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__label__cc	0.662196	0.337804	How To Map The Caps Lock Key To The Esc Key In macOS The Touch Bar in the new Macbook Pro line has been getting mixed reviews. Users think it is frivolous and not really a new, innovative feature. The Touch Bar’s true usefulness hasn’t be realized just yet but one thing is clear; the Esc key is gone. In order to accommodate the Touch Bar, Apple removed the Escape key from the physical keyboard. The Touch Bar now has a virtual Esc key but if you aren’t warming up to it, you can simply map the Caps lock to the Esc key. Here’s how. The ability to natively map the Caps lock key to the Esc key was added in macOS 10.12.1. It’s only available on the most recent version of the OS. It’s highly likely Apple added it to pacify Macbook Pro users who weren’t happy with the physical Esc key being removed. To map the Caps lock to the Ssc key, make sure you are running macOS 10.12.1. Open System Preferences and click the ‘Keyboard’ preference. On the ‘General’ tab, click the ‘Modifier Keys’ button at the bottom. You will see a list of all modifier keys listed next to a drop-down. Open the drop-down menu next to the Caps lock key and select ‘Escape’ from the list of keys. Click Ok and your Caps lock key will now function as the Escape key. Get An Alert When You Turn Caps Lock On/Off In macOS How To Get A Virtual Touch Bar On macOS If you do not see the ‘Escape’ option, it means you aren’t running the correct version of macOS. If you’re running the correct version of the OS, you will see this option regardless if your Macbook Pro has the Touch Bar or not. You can map other modifier keys to function as the Esc key but the option to map the Caps lock key to the Esc key makes more sense since you need the other modifier keys to execute important keyboard shortcuts. Most users, by habit, hold down Shift when they need to enter an uppercase letter so the Caps key’s functionality won’t be missed too much. Lastly, it’s also located roughly where the Esc key was so you will grow used to it sooner. How to disable modifier keys on macOS How to remap keyboard keys on macOS How to use the Fn key lock on Windows 10 How To Split And Align Windows With Keyboard Shortcuts On macOS How To Use A Windows Keyboard With A Mac How To Keep Num Lock Always On [Windows]	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1621940
__label__wiki	0.522142	0.522142	Five Districts in Indonesia Allocate US $34,000 to Sustain Advocacy Efforts in 2018 The governments of Ambon, Kapuas Hulu, Karawang, Kuningan, and Tual districts committed to sustain their advocacy activities when the Advance Family Planning (AFP) initiative completes its mentoring and assistance in October 2018. The five districts allocated a total of US $34,000 to fund local advocacy efforts this calendar year (see Table 1). The funding will support each district’s advocacy working group, including operational activities, routine meetings, and advocacy strategy implementation. The budget allocation for each district, ranging from about $2,700 to $14,900, was decided based on each district’s needs and financial capability. The commitments build upon years of investment. District-level advocacy working groups (DWGs)—first established in two districts in 2010 and expanded in 2012 to an additional nine districts—apply AFP’s SMART approach to coordinate efforts to increase funding for family planning, improve access to family planning services, and champion the use of family planning in their communities. Currently, the approach is being scaled up and integrated across all of Indonesia’s 34 provinces (over 500 districts) by the National Family Planning Board (BKKBN) with the support from AFP partner Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs through the MyChoice project. In December 2017, local AFP partner Yayasan Cipta Cara Padu (YCCP) and West Kalimantan Province co-hosted a national workshop on Lessons Learned and Sustainability of Family Planning Revitalization in Pontianak City, a graduated district. The workshop helped each district develop a specific sustainability work plan, which focused on how each DWG could formalize their advocacy efforts, if they hadn’t already, and continue without external support. During the workshop, the three participating provinces (East Java, West Kalimantan, and West Nusa Tenggara) and five districts/municipalities reiterated their preparedness to continue advocacy after AFP support ends in 2018. In her opening remarks at the workshop, Dwi Listyawardani, the Deputy for Family Planning and Reproductive Health of BKKBN, said that the 2017 Indonesian Demographic and Health Surveys report “records an increase in the use of the long-acting contraceptive method and a decrease in fertility rate to 2.4. This is the result of our collaborative work, and we therefore should disseminate and expand the AFP advocacy lessons learned all over Indonesia.” West Kalimantan Vice Governor Christiandy Sanjaya emphasized similar support during the sustainability workshop, saying “The Population, Family Planning and Family Development Program is our main asset to achieve our developmental goal. It is only right that the local government makes it a priority program.” As a next step, YCCP will focus on working with provincial working groups to equip them with advocacy skills to mentor and assist DWGs. YCCP will also monitor and track sustainability of AFP’s advocacy efforts after direct support ends Photo Courtesy of Flickr Creative Commons by Josh Estey Yayasan Cipta Cara Padu	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1621945
__label__cc	0.741619	0.258381	Kids can hear directly from artists as they talk about the thoughts, processes, and ideas behind their work in the 2014 Whitney Biennial. Narrator: Look at the tall wooden sculpture that is opposite the elevators. This is by the artist and activist Jimmie Durham. The title of this work is Choose Any Three, which the artist has painted across the wings of the hand-carved bird. The artist has written names of different kinds of famous people, including Native Americans, political revolutionaries, and writers. Do you recognize any of the names? Pick three and discuss them with your adult. By showing us a sculpture that looks a little like a totem pole, but that isn’t a totem pole, what is he asking us to consider? 100 Introduction to Whitney Biennial 2014 101 Sergei Tcherepnin 201 Jimmie Durham 202 Carol Jackson 202 Terry Adkins 301 Ken Okiishi 304 Lisa Anne Auerbach 402 Dawoud Bey 408 Sterling Ruby 411 Sheila Hicks 417 Dona Nelson 418 Joel Otterson 419 Zoe Leonard 420 Joshua Mosley 312 Kevin Beasley Jimmie Durham, Choose Any Three, 1989. Carved and painted wood, metal, and glass, 99 3/16 × 49 3/16 × 48 in. (251.9 × 124.9 × 121.9 cm), kurimanzutto, Mexico City. Courtesy the artist and kurimanzutto, Mexico City. © Jimmie Durham. Photograph by Jean Christophe Lett	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1621950
__label__wiki	0.923014	0.923014	Hahnemann bankruptcy proceedings start slowly in Wilmington Nina Feldman Hahnemann University Hospital. (Emma Lee/WHYY) In Wilmington Thursday afternoon, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Kevin Gross was scheduled to hear lawyers representing Hahnemann University Hospital describe arrangements for debtor-in-possession financing — how the hospital would borrow money to pay its bills and operate until it officially shuts down. But things did not go according to plan. After several delays of the hearing’s start time, Hahnemann legal counsel Mark Minuti explained to the judge that he had received a call from lawyers at the Department of Justice as he walked into the courtroom. Minuti said the DOJ attorneys were concerned that the language in the request for financing might prevent the federal government from receiving a specific type of Medicaid payments owed it by the hospital. That’s because the financing plan provides that the funding would be held by the lenders, not the hospital. Hahnemann’s attorneys requested some time to figure out the degree to which that concern affected the hospital’s request, and Gross agreed to meet again Friday at 11 a.m. Minuti also asked Judge Gross to expedite a hearing on whether Hahnemann’s emergency department could shut down completely by the middle of next week. “Every dollar I spend on the ER at Hahnemann is a dollar I take away from something else,” Minuti explained. “That something else is St. Chris, which I’m trying to sell, which I think is going to maximize value for all the constituents here.” St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children, like Hahnemann, is owned by Philadelphia Academic Health System. It is a part of the Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing, but will not close. Minuti assured the judge that his team was meeting with various creditors and constituents — many of whom have objected to the hospital’s closure plan, including the city of Philadelphia and the Pennsylvania Health Department — and would get everyone on board for the emergency room shutdown. He acknowledged that would mean Philadelphia Common Pleas Court Judge Nina Wright Padilla would need to lift her injunction preventing the hospital from closing, and that the state Health Department would have to revoke its cease-and-desist letter. The judge agreed to hear the request that the ER shut down sometime next week, providing those conversations go well. Originally, Gross was scheduled to hear the hospital’s closure plan, to which the city, the state Health Department, the union representing Hahnemann’s nurses, and Drexel University all have filed objections. At that hearing, the judge will determine whether the hospital’s proposed plan is sufficient to allow it to start winding down overall operations. That hearing will also include a decision on Hahnemann’s proposal to transfer all its medical trainee positions — residents and medical fellows — to hospitals run by Tower Health. Hahnemann now serves as the primary teaching hospital for Drexel’s College of Medicine. When Hahnemann’s closure was announced at the end of June, the more than 550 doctors in training were left in the dark as to how they would proceed. Minuti said he hoped the new proposal, on which Drexel has signed off, would assuage the concerns of at least that party. For now, the hearing on the overall closure plan is scheduled for next Friday, July 19. At resentencing, former U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah still gets 10 years An appeals court decision gave former Philly Congressman Chaka Fattah a shot at less time in prison. In the end, he got the same punishment: 10 years. The Philadelphia Tribune ‘Johnny Doc’, Bobby Henon look to have charges tossed Lawyers for Dougherty and Henon asked a judge Monday to dismiss multiple charges from a 116-count federal indictment against the two. U.S. Customs seizes ship where huge cocaine load was found U.S. Attorney William McSwain says Customs and Border Protection officials obtained a warrant Thursday and seized the MSC Gayane. About Nina Feldman @ncannellf nfeldman@whyy.org	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1621953
__label__wiki	0.867627	0.867627	WikiVividly Wiki as never seen before with photo galleries, discover something new today TOP LISTS / STORIES click links in text for more info Pyotr Pakhtusov Russian explorer Pyotr Kuzmich Pakhtusov (Russian: Петр Кузьмич Пахтусов) (1800 in Kronstadt – November 19, 1835 in Arkhangelsk) was a Russian surveyor and Arctic explorer. He is credited with the first thorough survey of Novaya Zemlya. Between 1832 and 1835 Pakhtusov undertook two exploratory journeys to Novaya Zemlya. He wintered on the island on the two occasions and took detailed meteorological observations. Pakhtusov carefully surveyed the southern and eastern parts of Novaya Zemlya along with fellow explorer and cartographer Avgust Tsivolko during the last two years of the expedition. Thanks to their work the first reliable maps of Novaya Zemlya's southern shores and part of the northern island's coastline, were published. A small island in the eastern shore of Novaya Zemlya and a group of islands in the Nordenskiöld Archipelago are named after Pyotr Kuzmich Pakhtusov. His feat as a scientist and researcher was immortalized in 1886. Colleagues of Pakhtusov and expedition members had initiated the creation of this monument in Kronstadt. [1] & Russian Arctic Exploration Novaya Zemlya, a Russian Arctic Land Picture of a monument to Pakhtusov[permanent dead link] History of the Northern Sea Route Eulogy of Russia's pioneering Arctic explorers Research stations Farthest North Barentsz North Magnetic Pole J. Ross J. C. Ross Polaris expedition C. F. Hall Bessels British Arctic Expedition HMS Alert Nares HMS Discovery Lady Franklin Bay Expedition Greely Brainard Nansen's Fram expedition Johansen Sverdrup Andrée's Balloon Expedition S. A. Andrée F. Cook Peary SS Roosevelt Sedov Wisting Riiser-Larsen Airship Italia ANT-25 Chkalov Baydukov Belyakov Drifting ice stations NP-1 Papanin Shirshov E. Fyodorov Krenkel Badygin USS Nautilus USS Skate Plaisted NS Arktika Arktika 2007 Mir submersibles Sagalevich Chilingarov Naddodd Garðar Ingólfr Norse colonization of the Americas Gunnbjörn Snæbjörn galti Erik the Red Christian IV's expeditions J. Hall Lindenov C. Richardson Danish colonization Egede G. Corte-Real M. Corte-Real Frobisher Bylot I. Fyodorov Gvozdev HMS Resolution J. Cook Clerke HMS Griper HMS Hecla HMS Fury Hoppner Crozier Coppermine Expedition Dease HMS Blossom Beechey Franklin's lost expedition HMS Erebus HMS Terror Rae–Richardson Expedition J. Richardson McClure Expedition HMS Investigator HMS Resolute Kellett Bellot Inglefield 2nd Grinnell Expedition USS Advance HMS Pandora Gjøa Karluk Stefansson H. Larsen Cowper North East Passage Pomors Koch boats Mangazeya Siberian Cossacks Perfilyev Stadukhin Dezhnev Vagin Permyakov Great Northern Expedition Chirikov Malygin Ovtsyn Minin V. Pronchishchev M. Pronchishcheva Chelyuskin Kh. Laptev Chichagov Lyakhov Gedenschtrom Matyushkin Litke Lavrov Pakhtusov Tsivolko Middendorff Austro-Hungarian Expedition Weyprecht Vega Expedition A. E. Nordenskiöld Palander Jeannette Expedition USS Jeannette De Long Yermak Kolomeitsev Matisen Kolchak Rusanov Kuchin Brusilov Expedition Sv. Anna Brusilov Albanov Nagórski Taymyr / Vaygach Vilkitsky AARI Samoylovich Begichev Urvantsev Ushakov Glavsevmorput Aviaarktika Shevelev A. Sibiryakov Voronin Krassin Gakkel Nuclear-powered icebreakers Arktika-class icebreaker Roché Kerguelen HMS Adventure Furneaux Bellingshausen Lazarev Weddell Morrell Dumont d'Urville United States Exploring Expedition USS Vincennes Wilkes USS Porpoise Ross expedition HMS Erebus (J. C. Ross Abernethy) HMS Terror (Crozier) Challenger expedition C. A. Larsen "Heroic Age" Belgian Antarctic Expedition de Gerlache Lecointe Arctowski Racoviță Dobrowolski Borchgrevink Discovery Hut Drygalski Swedish Antarctic Expedition O. Nordenskjöld Scottish Antarctic Expedition Orcadas Base Nimrod Expedition Nimrod French Antarctic Expeditions Pourquoi-Pas Japanese Antarctic Expedition Shirase Amundsen's South Pole expedition Framheim Polheim E. R. Evans Crean Lashly Filchner Australasian Antarctic Expedition SY Aurora Mawson Far Eastern Party Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition Ernest Shackleton James Caird Ross Sea party Shackleton–Rowett Expedition IPY · IGY BANZARE BGLE Rymill New Swabia Operation Tabarin Operation Highjump Captain Arturo Prat Base British Antarctic Survey Operation Windmill Ronne Expedition F. Ronne E. Ronne Schlossbach Operation Deep Freeze McMurdo Station Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition V. Fuchs Soviet Antarctic Expeditions Somov Klenova Tryoshnikov Tolstikov Antarctic Treaty System Transglobe Expedition Fiennes Kapitsa Farthest South Barne South Magnetic Pole Bjaaland E. Evans Balchen Dufek Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station Pole of Cold Vostok Station Pole of inaccessibility Pole of Inaccessibility Station Crary A. Fuchs This Russian biographical article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. This article about an explorer is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from "https:/w/index.php?title=Pyotr_Pakhtusov&oldid=894095395" Explorers of the Arctic Russian and Soviet polar explorers Imperial Russian explorers 19th-century Russian people 19th-century explorers Russian people stubs Explorer stubs Articles containing Russian-language text Articles with dead external links from April 2018 Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown Related to Pyotr Pakhtusov Kara Sea The Kara Sea is part of the Arctic Ocean north of Siberia. It is separated from the Barents Sea to the west by the Kara Strait and Novaya Zemlya, and the Laptev Sea to the east by the Severnaya Zemlya archipelago. It is named after the Kara River, which is now relatively insignificant but which played an important role in the Russian conquest of northern Siberia. The Kara River name is derived from a Nenets word meaning "hummocked ice". Willem Barentsz Willem Barentsz was a Dutch navigator, cartographer, and Arctic explorer. He went on three expeditions to the far north in search for a Northeast passage. During his third expedition, the crew was stranded on Novaya Zemlya for almost a year. Barentsz died on the return voyage in 1597. In the 19th century, the Barents Sea was named after him. Franz Josef Land Franz Josef Land, Franz Joseph Land or Francis Joseph's Land is a Russian archipelago, inhabited only by military personnel, located in the Arctic Ocean and constituting the northernmost part of Arkhangelsk Oblast. It consists of 192 islands, which cover an area of 16,134 square kilometers (6,229 sq mi), stretching 375 kilometers (233 mi) from east to west and 234 kilometers (145 mi) from north to south. The islands are categorized in three groups, a western, central and eastern, separated by the British Channel and the Austrian Strait. The central group is further divided into a northern and southern section by the Markham Strait. The largest island is Prince George Land, which measures 2,741 square kilometers (1,058 sq mi), followed by Wilczek Land, Graham Bell Island and Alexandra Land. Severnaya Zemlya Severnaya Zemlya is a 37,000-square-kilometre (14,000-square-mile) archipelago in the Russian high Arctic. It lies off Siberia's Taymyr Peninsula, separated from the mainland by the Vilkitsky Strait. This archipelago separates two marginal seas of the Arctic Ocean, the Kara Sea in the west and the Laptev Sea in the east. Severny Island Severny Island is the northern island of the Novaya Zemlya archipelago, lying approximately 400 km north of the Russian mainland. It has an area of 48,904 square kilometres (18,882 sq mi), making it the 29th-largest island in the world. It is part of Russian Arctic National Park. Friedrich von Lütke Friedrich Benjamin Graf von Lütke, more commonly known by his Russian name Fyodor Litke, was a Baltic German navigator, geographer, and Arctic explorer. He became a count in 1866, and an admiral in 1855. He was a corresponding member (1829), Honorable Member (1855), and President (1864) of the Russian Academy of Science in St. Petersburg. He was also an Honorable Member of many other Russian and foreign scientific establishments, and a corresponding member of the French Academy of Science in Paris. Boris Vilkitsky Boris Andreyevich Vilkitsky was a Russian hydrographer and surveyor. He was the son of Andrey Ippolitovich Vilkitsky. Georgy Sedov Georgy Yakovlevich Sedov was a Russian Arctic explorer. Vasily Chichagov Vasili Yakovlevich Chichagov was an admiral in the Russian Navy and an explorer. He was the father of Pavel Chichagov, a Russian admiral during the Napoleonic Wars. Eduard von Toll Eduard Gustav Freiherr von Toll, often referred to as Baron von Toll, was a Baltic German geologist and Arctic explorer. He was most notable for the leading Russian polar expedition of 1900–1902 of the legendary Sannikov Land. He was known as Eduárd Vasílʹevich Tollʹ in Russia. Mikhail Lavrov Mikhail Andrianovich Lavrov (1799–1882) was a Russian rear-admiral and Arctic explorer. Georgy Ushakov Georgy Alexeyevich Ushakov was a Soviet explorer of the Arctic. Uyedineniya Island Uyedineniya Island is an island located in the central part of the Kara Sea, roughly midway between Novaya Zemlya and Severnaya Zemlya. Its latitude is 77° 29' N and its longitude 82° 30' E. It is often labelled as Einsamkeit Island as well as Lonely Island or Solitude Island in English maps. Alexander Kuchin Alexander Stepanovich Kuchin was a young Russian oceanographer and Arctic explorer. Avgust Tsivolko Avgust Karlovich Tsivolko, also spelled as Tsivolka was a Russian navigator and Arctic explorer. List of Arctic expeditions This list of Arctic expeditions is a timeline of historic Arctic exploration and explorers of the Arctic. Novaya Zemlya, also known as Nova Zembla, is an archipelago in the Arctic Ocean in northern Russia and the extreme northeast of Europe, the easternmost point of Europe lying at Cape Flissingsky on the Northern island. West of Novaya Zemlya is the Barents Sea, and to the east is the Kara Sea. Otto Kalvitsa Otto Kalvitsa was a Finnish-born Soviet aviator and a polar explorer. He is known as one of the pioneers of the Soviet Arctic aviation.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1621954
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Filippenko (UC Berkeley) LOSS SN Ia 0.082 1 LOSS Best matches 91T type SN1999ac around maximum, but also matches many normal type Ia SN before maximum. 1004 2017-05-04 11:00:57 Lick-3m_KAST 3600 Thomas Brink Thomas Brink LOSS tns_2017dws_2017-05-04.459_Lick_3m_KAST_LOSS.flm Object LOSS 2019-05-08 1004 2017-05-04 11:00:57 Lick-3m / KAST 3600 Thomas Brink Thomas Brink LOSS tns_2017dws_2017-05-04.459_Lick_3m_KAST_LOSS.flm Object LOSS 2019-05-08 20364 AT 2017dwr 1 17:59:57.690 +02:21:44.53 GaiaAlerts GaiaAlerts Gaia17bdz Gaia - Gaia-photometric Y Y 16.34 G-Gaia 2017-05-02 19:52:19 Gaia_Bot1 11384 2017-05-05 18:42:40 Gaia_Bot1 A. Delgado, D. Harrison, S. Hodgkin, M. van Leeuwen, G. Rixon, A. Yoldas (University of Cambridge), on behalf of Gaia Alerts team GaiaAlerts 17:59:57.690 +02:21:44.53 2017-05-02 19:52:19 16.34 G-Gaia 2 Other Gaia17bdz GaiaAlerts Gaia source on faint DSS source brightens by ~3.7 mag 20363 SN 2017dwq 2 1 09:03:32.491 -21:20:02.99 SN IIn 0.018 2MASX J09033237-2120017 0.018199 ASAS-SN, ATLAS NUTS ASAS-SN, ATLAS ASASSN-17fy ASASSN-2 - Cassius, ATLAS1 - ACAM1 NOT - ALFOSC Y Y 1 16.9 V-Johnson 2017-05-04 00:57:36 Stanek 12079 2017-06-16 16:00:07 ATLAS_Bot1 J. Tonry, B. Stalder, L. Denneau, A. Heinze, H. Weiland (IfA, University of Hawaii), A. Rest (STScI), K.W. Smith, S. J. Smartt (Queen's University Belfast) ATLAS 09:03:32.491 -21:20:02.99 2017-04-16 08:06:43 18.02 orange-ATLAS 2 PSN ATLAS17fdl ATLAS 17906 2017-04-16 08:06:43 18.02 0.13 18.43 ABMag orange-ATLAS ATLAS1_ACAM1 30 Robot 17905 2017-04-16 07:46:33 18.4 ABMag orange-ATLAS ATLAS1_ACAM1 30 Robot [Last non detection] 11383 2017-05-05 15:48:54 KZStanek D. Bersier, K. Z. Stanek, for the ASAS-SN team ASAS-SN 09:03:32.201 -21:20:07.48 2017-05-04 00:57:36 16.9 V-Johnson 3 PSN 2MASX J09033237-2120017 0.018199 ASASSN-17fy ASAS-SN In several epochs, on the rise 16805 2017-05-04 00:57:36 16.9 VegaMag V-Johnson ASASSN-2_Cassius 16804 2017-04-19 03:07:12 17.8 VegaMag V-Johnson ASASSN-2_Cassius [Last non detection] 999 2017-05-18 16:19:09 mfraser E. Kankare (QUB) on behalf of NUTS NUTS SN IIn 0.018 1 NUTS Narrow H emission lines, broad P Cygni features of Hbeta and HeI/NaID, and narrow Na ID absorption are detected. The spectrum resembles that of SN 2009ip (Pastorello et al 2013, ApJ, 767, 1; Fraser et al. 2013, MNRAS, 433, 1312), although we cannot rule out some contamination from the host galaxy background. The EW of the Galactic Na ID component is 1.06, and that of the host 2.23. Scaling from the Galactic extinction (Schlafly & Finkbeiner 2011, ApJ, 737, 103) of A_R = 0.34 mag, suggests a total line-of-sight extinction of A_R ~ 1 mag. This yields an absolute magnitude of M ~ -18.5 mag for ASASSN-17fy. 1009 2017-05-17 21:36:00 NOT_ALFOSC I. Rivero Losada (NOT) NUTS tns_2017dwq_2017-05-17.9_NOT_ALFOSC_NUTS.dat tns_2017dwq_2017-05-17.9_NOT_ALFOSC_NUTS.fits Object NUTS 1009 2017-05-17 21:36:00 NOT / ALFOSC I. Rivero Losada (NOT) NUTS tns_2017dwq_2017-05-17.9_NOT_ALFOSC_NUTS.dat tns_2017dwq_2017-05-17.9_NOT_ALFOSC_NUTS.fits Object NUTS 20362 SN 2017dwp 2 1 12:31:43.700 +36:12:35.17 SN Ia 0.0333 2MASX J12314373+3612331 0.033364 ASAS-SN, GaiaAlerts None ASAS-SN, GaiaAlerts ASASSN-17fx ASASSN-1 - Brutus, Gaia - Gaia-photometric Lijiang-2.4m - YFOSC Y Y 1 17.1 V-Johnson 2017-05-04 06:28:48 Brown 11802 2017-06-02 17:24:34 Gaia_Bot1 A. Delgado, D. Harrison, S. Hodgkin, M. van Leeuwen, G. Rixon, A. Yoldas (University of Cambridge), on behalf of Gaia Alerts team GaiaAlerts 12:31:43.700 +36:12:35.17 2017-05-29 03:31:40 18.03 G-Gaia 2 PSN Gaia17bka GaiaAlerts confirmed SN Ia near galaxy 2MASX J12314373+3612331 11382 2017-05-05 15:41:50 brojonat Jonathan Brown for the ASAS-SN team ASAS-SN 12:31:43.688 +36:12:34.93 2017-05-04 06:28:48 17.1 V-Johnson 2 PSN 2MASX J12314373+3612331 0.033364 ASASSN-17fx ASAS-SN 16803 2017-05-04 06:28:48 17.1 VegaMag V-Johnson ASASSN-1_Brutus 270 ASASSN 16802 2017-04-27 05:45:36 17.8 VegaMag V-Johnson ASASSN-1_Brutus 270 ASASSN [Last non detection] 992 2017-05-05 19:20:18 jujia Jujia Zhang(YNAO), Xiaofeng Wang(Tsinghua University) None SN Ia 0.0333 1 A spectrum taken by LJT+YFOSC of YNAO matches the spectrum of SN Ia 1997dt at -11 days after maximum. 1002 2017-05-05 18:28:48 Lijiang-2.4m_YFOSC 1800 Jujia Zhang Jujia Zhang None tns_2017dwp_2017-05-05.77_LJT_YFOSC.dat Object 1002 2017-05-05 18:28:48 Lijiang-2.4m / YFOSC 1800 Jujia Zhang Jujia Zhang None tns_2017dwp_2017-05-05.77_LJT_YFOSC.dat Object 20361 AT 2017dwo 2 13:25:40.440 +14:48:12.56 ATLAS, Pan-STARRS1 ATLAS, Pan-STARRS1 ATLAS17fba ATLAS1 - ACAM1, PS1 - GPC1 Y Y 19.1 cyan-ATLAS 2017-04-25 12:30:14 ATLAS_Bot1 11642 2017-05-22 20:30:04 PS1_Bot1 K. C. Chambers, M. E. Huber, H. Flewelling, E. A. Magnier, A. Schultz, T. Lowe (IfA, University of Hawaii), S. J. Smartt, K. W. Smith, (Queen's University Belfast), J. Tonry, C. Waters, (IfA, University of Hawaii) D. E. Wright, D. R. Young (Queen's University Belfast) Pan-STARRS1 13:25:40.440 +14:48:12.56 2017-05-17 09:50:24 19.05 i-Sloan 1 PSN PS17dbr Pan-STARRS1 11381 2017-05-05 12:12:02 ATLAS_Bot1 J. Tonry, B. Stalder, L. Denneau, A. Heinze, H. Weiland (IfA, University of Hawaii), A. Rest (STScI), K.W. Smith, S. J. Smartt (Queen's University Belfast) ATLAS 13:25:40.422 +14:48:13.05 2017-04-25 12:30:14 19.1 cyan-ATLAS 2 PSN ATLAS17fba ATLAS 16801 2017-04-25 12:30:14 19.1 0.17 19.12 ABMag cyan-ATLAS ATLAS1_ACAM1 30 Robot 16800 2017-04-09 09:40:19 18.03 ABMag orange-ATLAS ATLAS1_ACAM1 30 Robot [Last non detection] 20360 AT 2017dwn 1 10:50:01.880 -85:18:40.03 GaiaAlerts GaiaAlerts Gaia17bdy Gaia - Gaia-photometric Y Y 18.59 G-Gaia 2017-05-02 13:36:28 Gaia_Bot1 11380 2017-05-05 11:28:08 Gaia_Bot1 A. Delgado, D. Harrison, S. Hodgkin, M. van Leeuwen, G. Rixon, A. Yoldas (University of Cambridge), on behalf of Gaia Alerts team GaiaAlerts 10:50:01.880 -85:18:40.03 2017-05-02 13:36:28 18.59 G-Gaia 2 PSN Gaia17bdy GaiaAlerts candidate SN, hostless, GS-TEC predicts SN Ia 20359 AT 2017dwm 1 17:56:23.890 +15:36:14.72 GaiaAlerts GaiaAlerts Gaia17bdw Gaia - Gaia-photometric Y Y 18.49 G-Gaia 2017-04-14 07:33:36 Gaia_Bot1 11378 2017-05-05 11:24:04 Gaia_Bot1 A. Delgado, D. Harrison, S. Hodgkin, M. van Leeuwen, G. Rixon, A. Yoldas (University of Cambridge), on behalf of Gaia Alerts team GaiaAlerts 17:56:23.890 +15:36:14.72 2017-04-14 07:33:36 18.49 G-Gaia 2 PSN Gaia17bdw GaiaAlerts candidate SN declining near galaxy 2MASX J17562408+1536126 20358 AT 2017dwl 2 17:56:33.480 +10:38:09.46 GaiaAlerts, Pan-STARRS1 GaiaAlerts, Pan-STARRS1 Gaia17bdv Gaia - Gaia-photometric, PS1 - GPC1 Y Y 15 G-Gaia 2017-04-15 11:49:55 Gaia_Bot1 11399 2017-05-06 23:23:05 PS1_Bot1 K. C. Chambers, M. E. Huber, H. Flewelling, E. A. Magnier, A. Schultz, T. Lowe (IfA, University of Hawaii), S. J. Smartt, K. W. Smith, (Queen's University Belfast), J. Tonry, C. Waters, (IfA, University of Hawaii) D. E. Wright, D. R. Young (Queen's University Belfast) Pan-STARRS1 17:56:33.483 +10:38:09.51 2017-05-05 11:29:45 18.43 i-Sloan 1 PSN PS17cyk Pan-STARRS1 11377 2017-05-05 11:22:42 Gaia_Bot1 A. Delgado, D. Harrison, S. Hodgkin, M. van Leeuwen, G. Rixon, A. Yoldas (University of Cambridge), on behalf of Gaia Alerts team GaiaAlerts 17:56:33.480 +10:38:09.46 2017-04-15 11:49:55 15 G-Gaia 2 PSN Gaia17bdv GaiaAlerts declining, blue transient near DSS blob 16793 2017-04-15 11:49:55 15 0.2 ABMag G-Gaia Gaia_Gaia-photometric 60 Robot 20357 AT 2017dwk 1 06:04:18.190 -08:03:20.66 GaiaAlerts GaiaAlerts Gaia17bdu Gaia - Gaia-photometric Y Y 18.43 G-Gaia 2017-05-03 02:49:55 Gaia_Bot1 11376 2017-05-05 11:19:52 Gaia_Bot1 A. Delgado, D. Harrison, S. Hodgkin, M. van Leeuwen, G. Rixon, A. Yoldas (University of Cambridge), on behalf of Gaia Alerts team GaiaAlerts 06:04:18.190 -08:03:20.66 2017-05-03 02:49:55 18.43 G-Gaia 2 PSN Gaia17bdu GaiaAlerts 20356 AT 2017dwj 1 18:13:44.720 +64:10:54.26 GaiaAlerts GaiaAlerts Gaia17bdt Gaia - Gaia-photometric Y Y 18.46 G-Gaia 2017-05-02 00:44:38 Gaia_Bot1 11375 2017-05-05 11:16:51 Gaia_Bot1 A. Delgado, D. Harrison, S. Hodgkin, M. van Leeuwen, G. Rixon, A. Yoldas (University of Cambridge), on behalf of Gaia Alerts team GaiaAlerts 18:13:44.720 +64:10:54.26 2017-05-02 00:44:38 18.46 G-Gaia 2 PSN Gaia17bdt GaiaAlerts candidate SN near galaxy 2MASX J18134401+6410451 20355 AT 2017dwi 1 15:39:47.749 -14:38:07.04 Pan-STARRS1 Pan-STARRS1 PS17cxx PS1 - GPC1 Y Y 19.75 w-PS1 2017-04-27 11:31:12 PS1_Bot1 11374 2017-05-04 20:30:06 PS1_Bot1 K. C. Chambers, M. E. Huber, H. Flewelling, E. A. Magnier, A. Schultz, T. Lowe (IfA, University of Hawaii), S. J. Smartt, K. W. Smith, (Queen's University Belfast), J. Tonry, C. Waters, (IfA, University of Hawaii) D. E. Wright, D. R. Young (Queen's University Belfast) Pan-STARRS1 15:39:47.749 -14:38:07.04 2017-04-27 11:31:12 19.75 w-PS1 1 PSN PS17cxx Pan-STARRS1 20354 SN 2017dwh 2 1 14:34:42.928 +31:29:16.73 SLSN-I 0.13 ATLAS, Pan-STARRS1 None ATLAS, Pan-STARRS1 ATLAS17fau ATLAS1 - ACAM1, PS1 - GPC1 FLWO-1.5m - FAST Y Y 1 18.73 cyan-ATLAS 2017-04-26 14:28:19 ATLAS_Bot1 11494 2017-05-12 20:30:04 PS1_Bot1 K. C. Chambers, M. E. Huber, H. Flewelling, E. A. Magnier, A. Schultz, T. Lowe (IfA, University of Hawaii), S. J. Smartt, K. W. Smith, (Queen's University Belfast), J. Tonry, C. Waters, (IfA, University of Hawaii) D. E. Wright, D. R. Young (Queen's University Belfast) Pan-STARRS1 14:34:42.928 +31:29:16.73 2017-05-11 10:59:31 18.01 i-Sloan 1 PSN PS17dbf Pan-STARRS1 11373 2017-05-04 18:45:02 ATLAS_Bot1 J. Tonry, B. Stalder, L. Denneau, A. Heinze, H. Weiland (IfA, University of Hawaii), A. Rest (STScI), K.W. Smith, S. J. Smartt (Queen's University Belfast) ATLAS 14:34:42.925 +31:29:16.31 2017-04-26 14:28:19 18.73 cyan-ATLAS 2 PSN ATLAS17fau ATLAS 16786 2017-04-26 14:28:19 18.73 0.11 19.31 ABMag cyan-ATLAS ATLAS1_ACAM1 30 Robot 2930 2018-10-30 18:55:12 blanchpk P. Blanchard, M. Nicholl, E. Berger (CfA) None SLSN-I 0.13 1 Redshift from comparison with other SLSNe-I (Blanchard et al. 2018, arXiv:1810.11051). 2938 2017-05-20 09:21:11 FLWO-1.5m_FAST 1800 M. Calkins P. Blanchard None tns_2017dwh_2017-05-20_09-21-11_FLWO_1.5m_FAST.txt Object 2938 2017-05-20 09:21:11 FLWO-1.5m / FAST 1800 M. Calkins P. Blanchard None tns_2017dwh_2017-05-20_09-21-11_FLWO_1.5m_FAST.txt Object 20353 AT 2017dwg 1 17:38:25.600 -52:07:13.80 GaiaAlerts GaiaAlerts Gaia17bds Gaia - Gaia-photometric Y Y 19.37 G-Gaia 2017-05-01 12:59:02 Gaia_Bot1 11372 2017-05-04 11:55:18 Gaia_Bot1 A. Delgado, D. Harrison, S. Hodgkin, M. van Leeuwen, G. Rixon, A. Yoldas (University of Cambridge), on behalf of Gaia Alerts team GaiaAlerts 17:38:25.600 -52:07:13.80 2017-05-01 12:59:02 19.37 G-Gaia 2 Other Gaia17bds GaiaAlerts Gaia source brightens by 0.5 mags 20352 AT 2017dwf 1 17:26:58.610 -74:47:58.20 GaiaAlerts GaiaAlerts Gaia17bdr Gaia - Gaia-photometric Y Y 18.45 G-Gaia 2017-05-01 13:20:38 Gaia_Bot1 11371 2017-05-04 08:31:15 Gaia_Bot1 A. Delgado, D. Harrison, S. Hodgkin, M. van Leeuwen, G. Rixon, A. Yoldas (University of Cambridge), on behalf of Gaia Alerts team GaiaAlerts 17:26:58.610 -74:47:58.20 2017-05-01 13:20:38 18.45 G-Gaia 2 Other Gaia17bdr GaiaAlerts erratically variable old source increases by > 1 mag, close to radio source PMN J1727-7447 20351 AT 2017dwe 1 17:35:08.830 -60:32:38.76 GaiaAlerts GaiaAlerts Gaia17bdq Gaia - Gaia-photometric Y Y 18.83 G-Gaia 2017-05-01 13:06:14 Gaia_Bot1 11370 2017-05-04 08:28:17 Gaia_Bot1 A. Delgado, D. Harrison, S. Hodgkin, M. van Leeuwen, G. Rixon, A. Yoldas (University of Cambridge), on behalf of Gaia Alerts team GaiaAlerts 17:35:08.830 -60:32:38.76 2017-05-01 13:06:14 18.83 G-Gaia 2 PSN Gaia17bdq GaiaAlerts candidate SN near galaxy LEDA 362518 20350 AT 2017dwd 1 17:47:48.550 +24:27:41.26 GaiaAlerts GaiaAlerts Gaia17bdp Gaia - Gaia-photometric Y Y 18.99 G-Gaia 2017-05-01 13:27:50 Gaia_Bot1 11369 2017-05-04 08:26:02 Gaia_Bot1 A. Delgado, D. Harrison, S. Hodgkin, M. van Leeuwen, G. Rixon, A. Yoldas (University of Cambridge), on behalf of Gaia Alerts team GaiaAlerts 17:47:48.550 +24:27:41.26 2017-05-01 13:27:50 18.99 G-Gaia 2 PSN Gaia17bdp GaiaAlerts candidate SN, hostless, GS-TEC predicts SN Ia 20349 AT 2017dwc 1 17:45:43.230 +05:41:47.04 GaiaAlerts GaiaAlerts Gaia17bdo Gaia - Gaia-photometric Y Y 18.81 G-Gaia 2017-05-01 13:47:59 Gaia_Bot1 11368 2017-05-04 08:23:42 Gaia_Bot1 A. Delgado, D. Harrison, S. Hodgkin, M. van Leeuwen, G. Rixon, A. Yoldas (University of Cambridge), on behalf of Gaia Alerts team GaiaAlerts 17:45:43.230 +05:41:47.04 2017-05-01 13:47:59 18.81 G-Gaia 2 PSN Gaia17bdo GaiaAlerts blue transient on a faint SDSS source 20348 AT 2017dwb 1 05:41:23.900 -26:23:14.17 GaiaAlerts GaiaAlerts Gaia17bdn Gaia - Gaia-photometric Y Y 18.89 G-Gaia 2017-05-01 02:31:12 Gaia_Bot1 11367 2017-05-04 08:18:38 Gaia_Bot1 A. Delgado, D. Harrison, S. Hodgkin, M. van Leeuwen, G. Rixon, A. Yoldas (University of Cambridge), on behalf of Gaia Alerts team GaiaAlerts 05:41:23.900 -26:23:14.17 2017-05-01 02:31:12 18.89 G-Gaia 2 PSN Gaia17bdn GaiaAlerts candidate SN close to centre of galaxy LEDA 768387 20347 AT 2017dwa 1 17:47:54.431 +44:15:11.57 Pan-STARRS1 Pan-STARRS1 PS17cxe PS1 - GPC1 Y Y 20.37 i-Sloan 2017-04-12 14:11:02 PS1_Bot1 11366 2017-05-03 23:23:24 PS1_Bot1 K. C. Chambers, M. E. Huber, H. Flewelling, E. A. Magnier, A. Schultz, T. Lowe (IfA, University of Hawaii), S. J. Smartt, K. W. Smith, (Queen's University Belfast), J. Tonry, C. Waters, (IfA, University of Hawaii) D. E. Wright, D. R. Young (Queen's University Belfast) Pan-STARRS1 17:47:54.431 +44:15:11.57 2017-04-12 14:11:02 20.37 i-Sloan 1 PSN PS17cxe Pan-STARRS1 20346 AT 2017dvz 1 13:33:15.281 +24:59:04.33 Pan-STARRS1 Pan-STARRS1 PS17cxl PS1 - GPC1 Y Y 19.1 i-Sloan 2017-04-16 11:48:28 PS1_Bot1 11365 2017-05-03 23:23:24 PS1_Bot1 K. C. Chambers, M. E. Huber, H. Flewelling, E. A. Magnier, A. Schultz, T. Lowe (IfA, University of Hawaii), S. J. Smartt, K. W. Smith, (Queen's University Belfast), J. Tonry, C. Waters, (IfA, University of Hawaii) D. E. Wright, D. R. Young (Queen's University Belfast) Pan-STARRS1 13:33:15.281 +24:59:04.33 2017-04-16 11:48:28 19.1 i-Sloan 1 PSN PS17cxl Pan-STARRS1 20345 AT 2017dvy 1 14:22:29.271 -01:19:06.75 Pan-STARRS1 Pan-STARRS1 PS17cwm PS1 - GPC1 Y Y 20.28 w-PS1 2017-04-03 13:42:14 PS1_Bot1 11364 2017-05-03 23:23:24 PS1_Bot1 K. C. Chambers, M. E. Huber, H. Flewelling, E. A. Magnier, A. Schultz, T. Lowe (IfA, University of Hawaii), S. J. Smartt, K. W. Smith, (Queen's University Belfast), J. Tonry, C. Waters, (IfA, University of Hawaii) D. E. Wright, D. R. Young (Queen's University Belfast) Pan-STARRS1 14:22:29.271 -01:19:06.75 2017-04-03 13:42:14 20.28 w-PS1 1 PSN PS17cwm Pan-STARRS1 20344 AT 2017dvx 1 12:55:57.617 +00:24:57.48 Pan-STARRS1 Pan-STARRS1 PS17cxj PS1 - GPC1 Y Y 20.62 w-PS1 2017-04-16 07:29:16 PS1_Bot1 11363 2017-05-03 23:23:24 PS1_Bot1 K. C. Chambers, M. E. Huber, H. Flewelling, E. A. Magnier, A. Schultz, T. Lowe (IfA, University of Hawaii), S. J. Smartt, K. W. Smith, (Queen's University Belfast), J. Tonry, C. Waters, (IfA, University of Hawaii) D. E. Wright, D. R. Young (Queen's University Belfast) Pan-STARRS1 12:55:57.617 +00:24:57.48 2017-04-16 07:29:16 20.62 w-PS1 1 PSN PS17cxj Pan-STARRS1 20343 AT 2017dvw 1 15:12:36.351 -05:49:20.80 Pan-STARRS1 Pan-STARRS1 PS17cwn PS1 - GPC1 Y Y 20.11 i-Sloan 2017-04-06 11:58:33 PS1_Bot1 11362 2017-05-03 23:23:24 PS1_Bot1 K. C. Chambers, M. E. Huber, H. Flewelling, E. A. Magnier, A. Schultz, T. Lowe (IfA, University of Hawaii), S. J. Smartt, K. W. Smith, (Queen's University Belfast), J. Tonry, C. Waters, (IfA, University of Hawaii) D. E. Wright, D. R. Young (Queen's University Belfast) Pan-STARRS1 15:12:36.351 -05:49:20.80 2017-04-06 11:58:33 20.11 i-Sloan 1 PSN PS17cwn Pan-STARRS1 20342 AT 2017dvv 1 15:16:51.236 -05:18:18.32 Pan-STARRS1 Pan-STARRS1 PS17cwo PS1 - GPC1 Y Y 20.1 i-Sloan 2017-04-06 11:57:07 PS1_Bot1 11361 2017-05-03 23:23:24 PS1_Bot1 K. C. Chambers, M. E. Huber, H. Flewelling, E. A. Magnier, A. Schultz, T. Lowe (IfA, University of Hawaii), S. J. Smartt, K. W. Smith, (Queen's University Belfast), J. Tonry, C. Waters, (IfA, University of Hawaii) D. E. Wright, D. R. Young (Queen's University Belfast) Pan-STARRS1 15:16:51.236 -05:18:18.32 2017-04-06 11:57:07 20.1 i-Sloan 1 PSN PS17cwo Pan-STARRS1 20341 AT 2017dvu 1 09:51:15.131 +62:46:41.62 Pan-STARRS1 Pan-STARRS1 PS17cwp PS1 - GPC1 Y Y 20.11 i-Sloan 2017-04-07 07:16:19 PS1_Bot1 11360 2017-05-03 23:23:24 PS1_Bot1 K. C. Chambers, M. E. Huber, H. Flewelling, E. A. Magnier, A. Schultz, T. Lowe (IfA, University of Hawaii), S. J. Smartt, K. W. Smith, (Queen's University Belfast), J. Tonry, C. Waters, (IfA, University of Hawaii) D. E. Wright, D. R. Young (Queen's University Belfast) Pan-STARRS1 09:51:15.131 +62:46:41.62 2017-04-07 07:16:19 20.11 i-Sloan 1 PSN PS17cwp Pan-STARRS1 20340 AT 2017dvt 1 09:59:20.049 +63:21:40.74 Pan-STARRS1 Pan-STARRS1 PS17cwq PS1 - GPC1 Y Y 19.65 i-Sloan 2017-04-07 07:16:19 PS1_Bot1 11359 2017-05-03 23:23:24 PS1_Bot1 K. C. Chambers, M. E. Huber, H. Flewelling, E. A. Magnier, A. Schultz, T. Lowe (IfA, University of Hawaii), S. J. Smartt, K. W. Smith, (Queen's University Belfast), J. Tonry, C. Waters, (IfA, University of Hawaii) D. E. Wright, D. R. Young (Queen's University Belfast) Pan-STARRS1 09:59:20.049 +63:21:40.74 2017-04-07 07:16:19 19.65 i-Sloan 1 PSN PS17cwq Pan-STARRS1 20339 AT 2017dvs 1 10:34:55.315 +83:47:55.53 Pan-STARRS1 Pan-STARRS1 PS17cwr PS1 - GPC1 Y Y 20.62 i-Sloan 2017-04-07 07:33:36 PS1_Bot1 11358 2017-05-03 23:23:24 PS1_Bot1 K. C. Chambers, M. E. Huber, H. Flewelling, E. A. Magnier, A. Schultz, T. Lowe (IfA, University of Hawaii), S. J. Smartt, K. W. Smith, (Queen's University Belfast), J. Tonry, C. Waters, (IfA, University of Hawaii) D. E. Wright, D. R. Young (Queen's University Belfast) Pan-STARRS1 10:34:55.315 +83:47:55.53 2017-04-07 07:33:36 20.62 i-Sloan 1 PSN PS17cwr Pan-STARRS1 20338 AT 2017dvr 1 13:59:09.424 -19:10:23.74 Pan-STARRS1 Pan-STARRS1 PS17cwk PS1 - GPC1 Y Y 20.49 w-PS1 2017-04-01 11:49:55 PS1_Bot1 11357 2017-05-03 23:23:24 PS1_Bot1 K. C. Chambers, M. E. Huber, H. Flewelling, E. A. Magnier, A. Schultz, T. Lowe (IfA, University of Hawaii), S. J. Smartt, K. W. Smith, (Queen's University Belfast), J. Tonry, C. Waters, (IfA, University of Hawaii) D. E. Wright, D. R. Young (Queen's University Belfast) Pan-STARRS1 13:59:09.424 -19:10:23.74 2017-04-01 11:49:55 20.49 w-PS1 1 PSN PS17cwk Pan-STARRS1 20337 AT 2017dvq 1 10:46:38.706 +46:58:27.39 Pan-STARRS1 Pan-STARRS1 PS17cwl PS1 - GPC1 Y Y 20.45 i-Sloan 2017-04-03 08:44:09 PS1_Bot1 11356 2017-05-03 23:23:24 PS1_Bot1 K. C. Chambers, M. E. Huber, H. Flewelling, E. A. Magnier, A. Schultz, T. Lowe (IfA, University of Hawaii), S. J. Smartt, K. W. Smith, (Queen's University Belfast), J. Tonry, C. Waters, (IfA, University of Hawaii) D. E. Wright, D. R. Young (Queen's University Belfast) Pan-STARRS1 10:46:38.706 +46:58:27.39 2017-04-03 08:44:09 20.45 i-Sloan 1 PSN PS17cwl Pan-STARRS1 20336 AT 2017dvp 1 13:37:57.995 +04:51:32.18 Pan-STARRS1 Pan-STARRS1 PS17cvy PS1 - GPC1 Y Y 20.83 w-PS1 2017-03-26 13:04:48 PS1_Bot1 11355 2017-05-03 23:23:24 PS1_Bot1 K. C. Chambers, M. E. Huber, H. Flewelling, E. A. Magnier, A. Schultz, T. Lowe (IfA, University of Hawaii), S. J. Smartt, K. W. Smith, (Queen's University Belfast), J. Tonry, C. Waters, (IfA, University of Hawaii) D. E. Wright, D. R. Young (Queen's University Belfast) Pan-STARRS1 13:37:57.995 +04:51:32.18 2017-03-26 13:04:48 20.83 w-PS1 1 PSN PS17cvy Pan-STARRS1 20335 AT 2017dvo 1 15:32:15.499 -17:05:07.94 Pan-STARRS1 Pan-STARRS1 PS17cvz PS1 - GPC1 Y Y 21.71 w-PS1 2017-03-27 14:25:26 PS1_Bot1 11354 2017-05-03 23:23:24 PS1_Bot1 K. C. Chambers, M. E. Huber, H. Flewelling, E. A. Magnier, A. Schultz, T. Lowe (IfA, University of Hawaii), S. J. Smartt, K. W. Smith, (Queen's University Belfast), J. Tonry, C. Waters, (IfA, University of Hawaii) D. E. Wright, D. R. Young (Queen's University Belfast) Pan-STARRS1 15:32:15.499 -17:05:07.94 2017-03-27 14:25:26 21.71 w-PS1 1 PSN PS17cvz Pan-STARRS1 20334 AT 2017dvn 1 13:04:37.004 -11:57:53.59 Pan-STARRS1 Pan-STARRS1 PS17cvw PS1 - GPC1 Y Y 21.22 w-PS1 2017-03-25 10:14:52 PS1_Bot1 11353 2017-05-03 23:23:24 PS1_Bot1 K. C. Chambers, M. E. Huber, H. Flewelling, E. A. Magnier, A. Schultz, T. Lowe (IfA, University of Hawaii), S. J. Smartt, K. W. Smith, (Queen's University Belfast), J. Tonry, C. Waters, (IfA, University of Hawaii) D. E. Wright, D. R. Young (Queen's University Belfast) Pan-STARRS1 13:04:37.004 -11:57:53.59 2017-03-25 10:14:52 21.22 w-PS1 1 PSN PS17cvw Pan-STARRS1 20333 AT 2017dvm 1 13:17:09.264 -13:28:19.17 Pan-STARRS1 Pan-STARRS1 PS17cvx PS1 - GPC1 Y Y 21.3 w-PS1 2017-03-28 11:57:07 PS1_Bot1 11352 2017-05-03 23:23:24 PS1_Bot1 K. C. Chambers, M. E. Huber, H. Flewelling, E. A. Magnier, A. Schultz, T. Lowe (IfA, University of Hawaii), S. J. Smartt, K. W. Smith, (Queen's University Belfast), J. Tonry, C. Waters, (IfA, University of Hawaii) D. E. Wright, D. R. Young (Queen's University Belfast) Pan-STARRS1 13:17:09.264 -13:28:19.17 2017-03-28 11:57:07 21.3 w-PS1 1 PSN PS17cvx Pan-STARRS1 20332 AT 2017dvl 1 12:37:00.464 -02:38:26.04 Pan-STARRS1 Pan-STARRS1 PS17cvu PS1 - GPC1 Y Y 20.96 w-PS1 2017-03-27 11:12:28 PS1_Bot1 11351 2017-05-03 23:23:24 PS1_Bot1 K. C. Chambers, M. E. Huber, H. Flewelling, E. A. Magnier, A. Schultz, T. Lowe (IfA, University of Hawaii), S. J. Smartt, K. W. Smith, (Queen's University Belfast), J. Tonry, C. Waters, (IfA, University of Hawaii) D. E. Wright, D. R. Young (Queen's University Belfast) Pan-STARRS1 12:37:00.464 -02:38:26.04 2017-03-27 11:12:28 20.96 w-PS1 1 PSN PS17cvu Pan-STARRS1 20331 AT 2017dvk 1 12:52:50.913 -04:07:44.72 Pan-STARRS1 Pan-STARRS1 PS17cvv PS1 - GPC1 Y Y 21.52 w-PS1 2017-03-27 11:18:14 PS1_Bot1 11350 2017-05-03 23:23:24 PS1_Bot1 K. C. Chambers, M. E. Huber, H. Flewelling, E. A. Magnier, A. Schultz, T. Lowe (IfA, University of Hawaii), S. J. Smartt, K. W. Smith, (Queen's University Belfast), J. Tonry, C. Waters, (IfA, University of Hawaii) D. E. Wright, D. R. Young (Queen's University Belfast) Pan-STARRS1 12:52:50.913 -04:07:44.72 2017-03-27 11:18:14 21.52 w-PS1 1 PSN PS17cvv Pan-STARRS1 20330 AT 2017dvj 1 12:29:01.096 -05:03:54.32 Pan-STARRS1 Pan-STARRS1 PS17cvs PS1 - GPC1 Y Y 21.59 w-PS1 2017-03-27 11:13:55 PS1_Bot1 11349 2017-05-03 23:23:24 PS1_Bot1 K. C. Chambers, M. E. Huber, H. Flewelling, E. A. Magnier, A. Schultz, T. Lowe (IfA, University of Hawaii), S. J. Smartt, K. W. Smith, (Queen's University Belfast), J. Tonry, C. Waters, (IfA, University of Hawaii) D. E. Wright, D. R. Young (Queen's University Belfast) Pan-STARRS1 12:29:01.096 -05:03:54.32 2017-03-27 11:13:55 21.59 w-PS1 1 PSN PS17cvs Pan-STARRS1 20329 AT 2017dvi 1 12:35:01.384 -22:41:21.54 Pan-STARRS1 Pan-STARRS1 PS17cvt PS1 - GPC1 Y Y 21.07 w-PS1 2017-03-25 11:34:04 PS1_Bot1 11348 2017-05-03 23:23:24 PS1_Bot1 K. C. Chambers, M. E. Huber, H. Flewelling, E. A. Magnier, A. Schultz, T. Lowe (IfA, University of Hawaii), S. J. Smartt, K. W. Smith, (Queen's University Belfast), J. Tonry, C. Waters, (IfA, University of Hawaii) D. E. Wright, D. R. Young (Queen's University Belfast) Pan-STARRS1 12:35:01.384 -22:41:21.54 2017-03-25 11:34:04 21.07 w-PS1 1 PSN PS17cvt Pan-STARRS1 20328 AT 2017dvh 1 11:57:07.406 +17:42:59.12 Pan-STARRS1 Pan-STARRS1 PS17cvq PS1 - GPC1 Y Y 20.95 w-PS1 2017-03-28 07:29:16 PS1_Bot1 11347 2017-05-03 23:23:24 PS1_Bot1 K. C. Chambers, M. E. Huber, H. Flewelling, E. A. Magnier, A. Schultz, T. Lowe (IfA, University of Hawaii), S. J. Smartt, K. W. Smith, (Queen's University Belfast), J. Tonry, C. Waters, (IfA, University of Hawaii) D. E. Wright, D. R. Young (Queen's University Belfast) Pan-STARRS1 11:57:07.406 +17:42:59.12 2017-03-28 07:29:16 20.95 w-PS1 1 PSN PS17cvq Pan-STARRS1 20327 AT 2017dvg 1 12:23:00.035 -10:20:29.69 Pan-STARRS1 Pan-STARRS1 PS17cvr PS1 - GPC1 Y Y 20.91 w-PS1 2017-03-25 10:17:45 PS1_Bot1 11346 2017-05-03 23:23:24 PS1_Bot1 K. C. 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Young (Queen's University Belfast) Pan-STARRS1 16:04:22.036 +17:59:21.49 2017-04-16 14:06:43 19.55 i-Sloan 1 PSN PS17cxm Pan-STARRS1 20325 AT 2017dve 1 16:22:04.480 +25:44:51.89 Pan-STARRS1 Pan-STARRS1 PS17cxn PS1 - GPC1 Y Y 19.97 i-Sloan 2017-04-16 14:18:14 PS1_Bot1 11344 2017-05-03 23:23:24 PS1_Bot1 K. C. Chambers, M. E. Huber, H. Flewelling, E. A. Magnier, A. Schultz, T. Lowe (IfA, University of Hawaii), S. J. Smartt, K. W. Smith, (Queen's University Belfast), J. Tonry, C. Waters, (IfA, University of Hawaii) D. E. Wright, D. R. Young (Queen's University Belfast) Pan-STARRS1 16:22:04.480 +25:44:51.89 2017-04-16 14:18:14 19.97 i-Sloan 1 PSN PS17cxn Pan-STARRS1 20324 AT 2017dvd 1 11:04:18.896 +68:16:12.15 Pan-STARRS1 Pan-STARRS1 PS17cws PS1 - GPC1 Y Y 20.15 i-Sloan 2017-04-07 07:26:24 PS1_Bot1 11343 2017-05-03 23:23:24 PS1_Bot1 K. C. Chambers, M. E. Huber, H. Flewelling, E. A. Magnier, A. Schultz, T. Lowe (IfA, University of Hawaii), S. J. Smartt, K. W. Smith, (Queen's University Belfast), J. Tonry, C. Waters, (IfA, University of Hawaii) D. E. Wright, D. R. Young (Queen's University Belfast) Pan-STARRS1 11:04:18.896 +68:16:12.15 2017-04-07 07:26:24 20.15 i-Sloan 1 PSN PS17cws Pan-STARRS1 20323 AT 2017dvc 1 11:58:29.936 -06:30:53.98 Pan-STARRS1 Pan-STARRS1 PS17cxt PS1 - GPC1 Y Y 20.34 w-PS1 2017-04-20 07:30:43 PS1_Bot1 11342 2017-05-03 23:23:24 PS1_Bot1 K. C. Chambers, M. E. Huber, H. Flewelling, E. A. Magnier, A. Schultz, T. Lowe (IfA, University of Hawaii), S. J. Smartt, K. W. Smith, (Queen's University Belfast), J. Tonry, C. Waters, (IfA, University of Hawaii) D. E. Wright, D. R. Young (Queen's University Belfast) Pan-STARRS1 11:58:29.936 -06:30:53.98 2017-04-20 07:30:43 20.34 w-PS1 1 PSN PS17cxt Pan-STARRS1	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1621958
__label__cc	0.621685	0.378315	Goddess Vidya Trishula Babu Kishan Vedic Astrology BLOG Goddess Vidya BLOG Goddess Vidya Gallery Baul of Bengal Mystic Journey to India Bhakti Masala BLOG Temples Of India BLOG Ektara Foundation Ayurveda & Health Blog Trishula Photo's Contact Trishula Goddess Vidya Yoga Tantra of Sound Healing in Indian Music Joy Maa Yoga Blog Mandir/Ashram "If you surrender yourself to Mother Durga, you will have no anxieties left. Thakur Sri Sitaramdas Omkarnath says- She will take complete charge of you. She will come running to you from wherever you may call her. If you simply chant Ma, Ma, Ma, you do not require any other forms of Sadhana. She loves to hear Ma-Naam from a Bhakta and she goes running to him. So you go on calling Ma, Ma, Ma, meditate on Ma, Ma, Ma, chant Ma, Ma, Ma. Then whatever you see or hear or speak will be only Ma. You will get immersed in this sea of nectar of Ma Naam. So go on saying Ma, Ma, Ma." BabuKishan.org Hi Welcome to my Goddess Vidya Blog Copyright, all rights reserved. 2018 -2030 Sandra (Trishula) Das Maha Shakti daily posts on Facebook... Various Authors, and by: Yogi Ananda Saraswathi. Swamji - is from a very ancient Shaiva Siddhanata lineage from South India and also a Swami in a well known order. By profession Yogi Ananda Saraswathi was a renowned published Lawyer now a Swami a one man show of spiritual wisdom. You can view his writings on : FACEBOOK @: https://www.facebook.com/yogi.anandasaraswathi please respect: Universal Copyright Laws. Baul Tantra Dakineshwar Temple Devi Mahatmaya Durga Suktam Feminine Divine Laxshmi Shakti Peeths Tara Pith The cover page photo: The Natyasatra - A treatise on Hindu Dramaturgy and Histrionics Ascribed to Bharata Muni Translated into English by Manmohan Ghosh Published by Asiatic Society of Bengal, Calcutta - 1951 Read Book Online: http://bit.ly/1gjDYEc Download pdf Book: http://bit.ly/1Ooh38O The Natya Shastra (Sanskrit: नाट्य शास्त्र, Nāṭyaśāstra) is an ancient Indian treatise on the performing arts, encompassing theatre, dance and music. It was written during the period between 200 BCE and 200 CE in classical India and is traditionally attributed to the Sage Bharata. The Natya Shastra is incredibly wide in its scope. While it primarily deals with stagecraft, it has come to influence music, classical Indian dance, and literature as well. It covers stage design, music, dance, makeup, and virtually every other aspect of stagecraft. It is very important to the history of Indian classical music because it is the only text which gives such detail about the music and instruments of the period. Thus, an argument can be made that the Natya Shastra is the foundation of the fine arts in India. The most authoritative commentary on the Natya Shastra is Abhinavabharati by Abhinavagupta. The text, which now contains 6000 slokas, is attributed to the muni (sage) Bharata and is believed to have been written during the period between 200 BCE and 200 CE. The Natya Shastra is based upon the much older Gandharva Veda (appendix to Sama Veda) which contained 36000 slokas. Unfortunately there are no surviving copies of the Natya Veda. Though many scholars believe most slokas were transmitted only through the oral tradition, there are scholars who believe that it may have been written by various authors at different times. The document is difficult to date and Bharata's historicity has also been doubted, some authors suggesting that it may be the work of several people. However, Kapila Vatsyayan has argued that based on the unity of the text, and the many instances of coherent reference of later chapters from earlier text, the composition is likely that of a single person. Whether his/her name really was Bharata is open to question: near the end of the text we have the verse: "Since he alone is the leader of the performance, taking on many roles, he is called Bharata",indicating that Bharata may be a generic name. It has been suggested that Bharata is an acronym for the three syllables: bha for bhāva (mood), rā for rāga (melodic framework), and ta for tāla (rhythm). However, in traditional usage Bharata has been iconified as muni or sage, and the work is strongly associated with this personage. Frieze with Dancer and Musicians, c. 973 Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Sikar, Harshagiri, 10th century. Source: The Cleveland Museum of Art	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1621965
__label__wiki	0.746145	0.746145	3 Correctional Workers Attacked; Call for Reform Categories: BOP Three correctional workers at USP Canaan in Canaan, Pennsylvania, were assaulted in the dining hall on Tuesday by an inmate they supervised. The inmate attacked a food service foreman with a shank, aiming for his throat and neck. When his colleagues tried to break up the attack, one was struck with the shank in his chest above his stab-proof vest. Two of the three correctional workers were transported to an area hospital and treated for stab wounds, one for a dislocated shoulder. The other worker was treated for minor injuries and released. The prisoner was separated from general population for safety reasons. This is the same prison where another correctional officer Eric Williams was murdered by an inmate just two years ago. “This attack is a travesty, and yet another example of why we need meaningful reforms to make our prisons safer,” said AFGE Council of Prison Locals President Eric Young. “Our correctional workers risk their lives, day in and day out, to keep our communities safe. We cannot continue to allow attacks like this to happen in our Bureau of Prisons.” “It is unacceptable that our correctional workers should have to continue to give their lives supervising the most dangerous criminals in our country. We need to make it clear that assaulting an officer carries real consequences, and we need to continue our efforts to make our prisons a safer work environment,” he added. AFGE has lead the fight to protect correctional workers in the Bureau of Prisons, and will continue to fight for smart sentencing reform to reduce dangerous overcrowding. AFGE has also demanded more funding for staff hiring to ease overcrowding, especially in our maximum security facilities. AFGE has called for permanent funding for the pepper spray pilot program - which provides pepper spray for self-defense to correctional workers in all medium, high and maximum security prisons – and for the Bureau of Prisons to provide correctional workers with gun lockers to safely secure their weapons while they are on duty.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1621972
__label__cc	0.590943	0.409057	Home Agri News Global apple and pear production show slight increases Global apple and pear production show slight increases According to tradition, the World Apple and Pear Association (WAPA) held its annual general meeting on 8 February, the last day of the Fruit Logistica Fair in Berlin. Representatives of key global apple and pear producing and exporting countries met to discuss the southern hemisphere production forecast, the final update of the northern hemisphere production forecast, released in August last year, and the season’s developments. WAPA discussed and released consolidated crop forecasts for the forthcoming southern hemisphere apple and pear seasons (see tables in linked pdf below). Collected from industry associations in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Chile, New Zealand and South Africa, the forecast showed this year’s apple and pear southern hemisphere crops are expected to reach 5.26 million tons and 1.33 million tons, respectively. This is a 2% increase in apples compared to last year’s crop. Export is expected to remain stable at 1.74 million tons. The pear crop is expected to increase by 2% compared to last year’s crop. Export is expected to remain stable at 712 154 tons. Other topics on the agenda were marketing, promotion and consumption trends, research and innovation activities among members and global initiatives to preserve the biodiversity of apple varieties. WAPA elected a new president, Nicholas Dicey from HortGro, South Africa, formerly WAPA’s vice-president. Dominik Wozniak from the Polish Society for Promotion of Dwarf Fruit Orchards was elected vice-president. The WAPA secretariat and members thanked Tod Fryhover of the Washington Apple Commission for his service as president and vice-president during the last four years. WAPA looks forward to a continuation of positive trends in the coming years with its new presidency. – Press release Click here to view the table graphs. WAPA Previous articleApply to be part of Vet Books for Africa Next articleInternational push to improve food safety The search for SA’s biggest pumpkin is on Collaboration to develop sprayer system cleaner	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1621974
__label__cc	0.722212	0.277788	EASA to Tighten Training Rules, Expand EBT by Gordon Gilbert - June 17, 2019, 10:30 AM Flight crew training rules for certain helicopter and airplane operations would be updated under a notice of proposed amendment (NPA) from the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). In addition to implementing evidence-based training (EBT), this NPA proposes to improve existing requirements covering commercial operations by airplanes and helicopters, specialized operations (such as agriculture, construction, photography, surveying, observation, patrol, and aerial advertisement), and non-commercial operations with complex aircraft. Specifically, this NPA proposes to: amend the conditions for multi-pilot operations of single-pilot certified helicopters; amend the requirements for initial training and checking under special ops; amend the rules for recurrent training and checking under commercial and special ops; review the conditions for the operation on different aircraft types or variants; introduce the option for complex aircraft operators to accept previous training and checking, and address a number of minor issues regarding flight crew training and checking. “Some changes are expected to increase safety in a cost-effective way, whereas others should reduce the training costs without an impact on safety,” EASA said. “The proposed rules follow a more performance-based approach,” meaning training requirements are updated to reflect more current, advanced-technology methods. “Several clarifications are also introduced to maintain a high level of safety for air operations by ensuring a harmonized implementation of regulations.” Currently, EASA promotes evidence-based training on a voluntary program for airplane operators that fly multi-pilot operations and have access to simulators. The concept will soon be extended to helicopters, EASA said. Comments on this NPA are due by August 13. https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2019-06-17/easa-tighten-training-rules-expand-ebt Lockheed Reverses Course On Sikorsky Coatesville Closure Las Vegas Gateway To Receive New Hangar Complex Thailand Moves To Streamline Regs for Aviation Companies FedEx Steps Up To Support Grieving Family JF-17 Thunder – Lightning Strikes Twice Eviation's Alice To Fly This Year	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1621975
__label__cc	0.550585	0.449415	Explore Mexico with All Mexico 365 \| Call Us Now (888) 512-2150 \| Email Newsletter Coba Ruins Site Express Tour (from Playa del Carmen) Home » Playa del Carmen » Tours » Coba Ruins Site Express Tour (from Playa del Carmen) Coba Ruins Express Tour (departs from Playa del Carmen) Nestled deep in the jungle of the southern Yucatan Peninsula is the ancient city of Coba, a large ruined city of the Pre-Columbian Maya civilization. Only recently restored and open to the public, the archaeological site of Coba attracts explorers from all over the world as its many restored buildings are scattered over a wide area in the dense sub-tropical rain forest. Located around two lagoons a series of elevated stone and plaster roads radiate from the central site to various smaller sites near and far. Coba is estimated to have had some 50,000 inhabitants (and possibly significantly more) at its peak of civilization, and the built up area extends over some 80 km². One its main attractions is the Ancient Pyramid which is still open for the public who dare to climb its 130 steps. $89 Adult $79 Child Your Coba Ruins Express Tour (departs from Playa del Carmen) includes the following: Bilingual staff Round trip transportation Admission to and guided tour in the archaeological site Tour schedule: 8:00 AM Thursdays Tour departure: from selected hotels (details will accompany your reservation confirmation) Age restrictions: children between 5-11 years pay children’s price Clients who are under the influence of alcohol or drugs will not be allowed to participate Please bring the following to your Coba Ruins Express Tour (departs from Playa del Carmen): Biodegradable sunscreen/repellent Sunglasses and hat Comfortable clothing, walking shoes or sports sandals Extra $$ for tips, etc. Discover the best destinations and tours in Mexico. Creel Sian Ka'an All Mexico 365 We help you discover and book amazing things to do and places to explore in Mexico. We’re here to help. Please call us at (888) 512-2150 from the US or send us an email. © 2019 Grupo All Mexico 365, S.A.P.I. de C.V. X	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1621979
__label__cc	0.676662	0.323338	Uploaded: Wed, May 11, 2011, 11:30 am Police calls from Woodside, Menlo Park This information is from the Atherton and Menlo Park police departments and the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office. Under the law, people charged with offenses are considered innocent until convicted. Assault report: Three victims taken to hospitals and loss estimated at $1,500 after fight with uninvited guests at party broke two windows and other furnishings, 500 block of Kings Mountain Road, April 30. Grand theft reports: ■ Loss estimated at $5,000 in theft of three gold rings from room safe, Rosewood Hotel at 2825 Sand Hill Road, May 4. ■ Loss estimated at $1,300 in theft of nine boxes containing iPhone, Blackberry and Nokia cell phones, UPS Customer Center at 1355 Adams Court, May 3. Commercial burglary report: Arrest made in thwarted attempt at shoplifting, 1010 University Drive, April 30. Auto burglary report: Loss estimated at $500 in break-in and theft of two Apple iPods, 500 block of Middle Court, May 5. Spousal abuse report: Carlton Avenue, May 2. Child protective services report: Hedge Road, May 3. Auto burglary report: Loss estimated at $250 in break-in and theft of GPS device from under front passenger seat, 1000 block of Valparaiso Ave., May 3.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1621980
__label__cc	0.687893	0.312107	Lincoln Way street project to continue Monday Work will continue Monday on a street improvement project on Lincoln Way between Hayward and Franklin avenues. The work consists of new asphalt surfacing, according to a news release issued by the city. Intersections on the south side of Lincoln Way will be closed in phases so that new asphalt surfacing can be placed and allowed time to cool. Street affected by the work include, South Wilmoth Avenue, State Avenue, Hyland Avenue, and Sheldon Avenue. The asphalt cooling will take several hours. As the work is completed, the intersection will reopen. Hayward Avenue will remain closed to traffic at Lincoln Way through the duration of the project. Access to Hayward Avenue continues to be maintained from Chamberlain Avenue. Drivers should expect to encounter construction vehicles and activities in the area. City officials said pets and children should be kept away from the area for their safety. If it rains, the work will be delayed until the next day with favorable weather, the city said.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1621985
__label__cc	0.561563	0.438437	Sec. Kelly’s DHS Goodwill Tour Ignores Effect of Inhumane Policies MEDIA CONTACT: Mandy Simon, [email protected] (WASHINGTON, DC) – After Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly delivered remarks this morning on the agency’s role on immigration, among other issues, Margaret Huang, executive director of Amnesty International USA, had the following reaction: “While Sec. Kelly is clearly campaigning for a bigger budget, those whose lives have been thrown into chaos by DHS policies – from asylum seekers to refugees to those affected by the travel ban – remain invisible in his homeland security goodwill tour. Sec. Kelly may believe that DHS should ‘never apologize’ for enforcing the law but policies that separate families and bar those fleeing violence from entering the U.S. are cruel and inhumane – plain and simple.”	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1621986
__label__cc	0.641713	0.358287	Queensland drama award is unique, says Enoch We will have to wait until June to discover the winner of the Queensland Premier’s Drama Award for 2014–15. Three finalists were announced on Friday, after a record number of entries, according to Queensland Premier Campbell Newman. They are: Daniel Evans for Oedipus Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, Megan Shorey for One In Sevenand London-based playwright Timothy Benzie forThe Overflow.The winning entry is produced professionally by the Queensland Theatre Company. ‘This award is unique in that it is the only drama award in Australia that guarantees the winner a production of their work,’ Wesley Enoch, QTC’s Artistic Director, said. http://www.mysunshinecoast.com.au/articles/article-display/storytellers-shine-in-record-breaking-year,33082#.UvgUMrQkS1s	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1621989
__label__wiki	0.82741	0.82741	China does not recognize 50th anniversary of Cultural Revolution May 16th 2016 1:49PM China 50th anniversary of cultural revolution A girl takes a selfie with statues depicting late Chinese chairman Mao Zedong (L) and former general Zhu De during the War of Resistance against Japan, at Jianchuan Museum Cluster in Anren, Sichuan Province, China, May 13, 2016. Tucked away in southwestern China's Sichuan province, a private collector stands virtually alone in exhibiting relics from the 1966-1976 Cultural Revolution. Monday marks the 50th anniversary of the start of the political movement, with no official commemorations planned. Official records whitewash the details of both periods, but admit that Mao made major mistakes. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. SEARCH "CULTURAL KIM" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "THE WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY? Tea pots from the 1960-70s are displayed at Jianchuan Museum Cluster in Anren, Sichuan Province, China, May 13, 2016. Tucked away in southwestern China's Sichuan province, a private collector stands virtually alone in exhibiting relics from the 1966-1976 Cultural Revolution. Monday marks the 50th anniversary of the start of the political movement, with no official commemorations planned. Official records whitewash the details of both periods, but admit that Mao made major mistakes. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. SEARCH "CULTURAL KIM" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "THE WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES? A staff member walks past a porcelain figure of late Chinese chairman Mao Zedong at Jianchuan Museum Cluster in Anren, Sichuan Province, China, May 13, 2016. Tucked away in southwestern China's Sichuan province, a private collector stands virtually alone in exhibiting relics from the 1966-1976 Cultural Revolution. Monday marks the 50th anniversary of the start of the political movement, with no official commemorations planned. Official records whitewash the details of both periods, but admit that Mao made major mistakes. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. SEARCH "CULTURAL KIM" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "THE WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES? A statue of late Chinese chairman Mao Zedong is displayed at a ticket office at Jianchuan Museum Cluster in Anren, Sichuan Province, China, May 13, 2016. Tucked away in southwestern China's Sichuan province, a private collector stands virtually alone in exhibiting relics from the 1966-1976 Cultural Revolution. Monday marks the 50th anniversary of the start of the political movement, with no official commemorations planned. Official records whitewash the details of both periods, but admit that Mao made major mistakes. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. SEARCH "CULTURAL KIM" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "THE WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES? A staff member cleans an exhibition hall displaying images of late Chinese chairman Mao Zedong and pictures taken in the 1960-70s at Jianchuan Museum Cluster in Anren, Sichuan Province, China, May 13, 2016. Tucked away in southwestern China's Sichuan province, a private collector stands virtually alone in exhibiting relics from the 1966-1976 Cultural Revolution. Monday marks the 50th anniversary of the start of the political movement, with no official commemorations planned. Official records whitewash the details of both periods, but admit that Mao made major mistakes. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. SEARCH "CULTURAL KIM" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "THE WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES? A visitor takes a picture of a display bearing hand prints of war heroes from the War of Resistance against Japan, at Jianchuan Museum Cluster in Anren, Sichuan Province, China, May 13, 2016. Tucked away in southwestern China's Sichuan province, a private collector stands virtually alone in exhibiting relics from the 1966-1976 Cultural Revolution. Monday marks the 50th anniversary of the start of the political movement, with no official commemorations planned. Official records whitewash the details of both periods, but admit that Mao made major mistakes. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. SEARCH "CULTURAL KIM" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "THE WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY? A staff member opens a door by a wall where honorary prize papers bearing the image of late Chinese Chairman Mao Zedong hang, at an exhibition hall at Jianchuan Museum Cluster in Anren, Sichuan Province, China, May 13, 2016. Tucked away in southwestern China's Sichuan province, a private collector stands virtually alone in exhibiting relics from the 1966-1976 Cultural Revolution. Monday marks the 50th anniversary of the start of the political movement, with no official commemorations planned. Official records whitewash the details of both periods, but admit that Mao made major mistakes. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. SEARCH "CULTURAL KIM" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "THE WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES? Badges of late Chinese chairman Mao Zedong are attached to a sculpture of Mao at Jianchuan Museum Cluster in Anren, Sichuan Province, China, May 13, 2016. Tucked away in southwestern China's Sichuan province, a private collector stands virtually alone in exhibiting relics from the 1966-1976 Cultural Revolution. Monday marks the 50th anniversary of the start of the political movement, with no official commemorations planned. Official records whitewash the details of both periods, but admit that Mao made major mistakes. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. SEARCH "CULTURAL KIM" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "THE WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES? A visitor looks at a display of porcelain figures of the late Chinese Chairman Mao Zedong at Jianchuan Museum Cluster in Anren, Sichuan Province, China, May 13, 2016. Tucked away in southwestern China's Sichuan province, a private collector stands virtually alone in exhibiting relics from the 1966-1976 Cultural Revolution. Monday marks the 50th anniversary of the start of the political movement, with no official commemorations planned. Official records whitewash the details of both periods, but admit that Mao made major mistakes. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. SEARCH "CULTURAL KIM" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "THE WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES? Mannequins from the 1960-70s are displayed at an exhibition hall at Jianchuan Museum Cluster in Anren, Sichuan Province, China, May 13, 2016. Tucked away in southwestern China's Sichuan province, a private collector stands virtually alone in exhibiting relics from the 1966-1976 Cultural Revolution. Monday marks the 50th anniversary of the start of the political movement, with no official commemorations planned. Official records whitewash the details of both periods, but admit that Mao made major mistakes. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. SEARCH "CULTURAL KIM" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "THE WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES? A visitor takes a picture of badges bearing images of late Chinese chairman Mao Zedong at Jianchuan Museum Cluster in Anren, Sichuan Province, China, May 13, 2016. Tucked away in southwestern China's Sichuan province, a private collector stands virtually alone in exhibiting relics from the 1966-1976 Cultural Revolution. Monday marks the 50th anniversary of the start of the political movement, with no official commemorations planned. Official records whitewash the details of both periods, but admit that Mao made major mistakes. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. SEARCH "CULTURAL KIM" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "THE WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES? Fan Jianchuan, the founder of Jianchuan Museum Cluster, poses next to porcelain figures of late Chinese Chairman Mao Zedong at his office in the museum in Anren, Sichuan Province, China, May 13, 2016. Tucked away in southwestern China's Sichuan province, a private collector stands virtually alone in exhibiting relics from the 1966-1976 Cultural Revolution. Monday marks the 50th anniversary of the start of the political movement, with no official commemorations planned. Official records whitewash the details of both periods, but admit that Mao made major mistakes. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. SEARCH "CULTURAL KIM" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "THE WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES? A visitor looks at porcelain figures of the late Chinese Chairman Mao Zedong at an exhibition hall at Jianchuan Museum Cluster in Anren, Sichuan Province, China, May 13, 2016. Tucked away in southwestern China's Sichuan province, a private collector stands virtually alone in exhibiting relics from the 1966-1976 Cultural Revolution. Monday marks the 50th anniversary of the start of the political movement, with no official commemorations planned. Official records whitewash the details of both periods, but admit that Mao made major mistakes. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. SEARCH "CULTURAL KIM" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "THE WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES? Visitors hold the Chinese national flag as they take a picture next to statues depicting late Chinese chairman Mao Zedong (L) and former general Zhu De during the War of Resistance against Japan, at Jianchuan Museum Cluster in Anren, Sichuan Province, China, May 13, 2016. Tucked away in southwestern China's Sichuan province, a private collector stands virtually alone in exhibiting relics from the 1966-1976 Cultural Revolution. Monday marks the 50th anniversary of the start of the political movement, with no official commemorations planned. Official records whitewash the details of both periods, but admit that Mao made major mistakes. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. SEARCH "CULTURAL KIM" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "THE WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES? A staff member looks for a newspaper published in 1966, requested by a photographer, at the commemorative newspaper display centre at Jianchuan Museum Cluster in Anren, Sichuan Province, China, May 13, 2016. Tucked away in southwestern China's Sichuan province, a private collector stands virtually alone in exhibiting relics from the 1966-1976 Cultural Revolution. Monday marks the 50th anniversary of the start of the political movement, with no official commemorations planned. Official records whitewash the details of both periods, but admit that Mao made major mistakes. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. SEARCH "CULTURAL KIM" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "THE WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES? Students sit at the Chinese Heroes Statues Plaza, which displays war heroes from the War of Resistance against Japan, in Jianchuan Museum Cluster in Anren, Sichuan Province, China, May 13, 2016. Tucked away in southwestern China's Sichuan province, a private collector stands virtually alone in exhibiting relics from the 1966-1976 Cultural Revolution. Monday marks the 50th anniversary of the start of the political movement, with no official commemorations planned. Official records whitewash the details of both periods, but admit that Mao made major mistakes. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. SEARCH "CULTURAL KIM" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "THE WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES? Badges of late Chinese Chairman Mao Zedong decorate an image of Mao at Jianchuan Museum Cluster in Anren, Sichuan Province, China, May 13, 2016. Tucked away in southwestern China's Sichuan province, a private collector stands virtually alone in exhibiting relics from the 1966-1976 Cultural Revolution. Monday marks the 50th anniversary of the start of the political movement, with no official commemorations planned. Official records whitewash the details of both periods, but admit that Mao made major mistakes. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. SEARCH "CULTURAL KIM" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "THE WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES? Visitors check their mobile phone after taking a picture with a cut-out depicting an image from a 1960-70s era poster at Jianchuan Museum Cluster in Anren, Sichuan Province, China, May 13, 2016. Tucked away in southwestern China's Sichuan province, a private collector stands virtually alone in exhibiting relics from the 1966-1976 Cultural Revolution. Monday marks the 50th anniversary of the start of the political movement, with no official commemorations planned. Official records whitewash the details of both periods, but admit that Mao made major mistakes. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. SEARCH "CULTURAL KIM" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "THE WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES? Jars containing badges of late Chinese Chairman Mao Zedong are displayed at Jianchuan Museum Cluster in Anren, Sichuan Province, China, May 13, 2016. Tucked away in southwestern China's Sichuan province, a private collector stands virtually alone in exhibiting relics from the 1966-1976 Cultural Revolution. Monday marks the 50th anniversary of the start of the political movement, with no official commemorations planned. Official records whitewash the details of both periods, but admit that Mao made major mistakes. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. SEARCH "CULTURAL KIM" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "THE WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES? Visitors walk in an exhibition hall which displays mirrors produced in the 1960s and 1970s, at Jianchuan Museum Cluster in Anren, Sichuan Province, China, May 13, 2016. Tucked away in southwestern China's Sichuan province, a private collector stands virtually alone in exhibiting relics from the 1966-1976 Cultural Revolution. Monday marks the 50th anniversary of the start of the political movement, with no official commemorations planned. Official records whitewash the details of both periods, but admit that Mao made major mistakes. Picture taken with a fish-eye lens. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. SEARCH "CULTURAL KIM" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "THE WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES? Visitors walk on a floor showing the years of the 1966-1976 Cultural Revolution, in the entrance of an exhibition hall at Jianchuan Museum Cluster in Anren, Sichuan Province, China, May 13, 2016. Tucked away in southwestern China's Sichuan province, a private collector stands virtually alone in exhibiting relics from the 1966-1976 Cultural Revolution. Monday marks the 50th anniversary of the start of the political movement, with no official commemorations planned. Official records whitewash the details of both periods, but admit that Mao made major mistakes. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. SEARCH "CULTURAL KIM" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "THE WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES? A student puts a red scarf on a statue of late Chinese Chairman Mao Zedong in the Chinese Heroes Statues Plaza, which displays war heroes of the War of Resistance against Japan, at Jianchuan Museum Cluster in Anren, Sichuan Province, China, May 13, 2016. Tucked away in southwestern China's Sichuan province, a private collector stands virtually alone in exhibiting relics from the 1966-1976 Cultural Revolution. Monday marks the 50th anniversary of the start of the political movement, with no official commemorations planned. Official records whitewash the details of both periods, but admit that Mao made major mistakes. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. SEARCH "CULTURAL KIM" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "THE WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES? Copies of "Quotations from Chairman Mao Zedong", commonly known as the "Little Red Book", are displayed at a exhibition hall at Jianchuan Museum Cluster in Anren, Sichuan Province, China, May 13, 2016. Tucked away in southwestern China's Sichuan province, a private collector stands virtually alone in exhibiting relics from the 1966-1976 Cultural Revolution. Monday marks the 50th anniversary of the start of the political movement, with no official commemorations planned. Official records whitewash the details of both periods, but admit that Mao made major mistakes. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. SEARCH "CULTURAL KIM" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "THE WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES? A statue and porcelain figures of late Chinese Chairman Mao Zedong are displayed at an exhibition hall at Jianchuan Museum Cluster in Anren, Sichuan Province, China, May 13, 2016. Tucked away in southwestern China's Sichuan province, a private collector stands virtually alone in exhibiting relics from the 1966-1976 Cultural Revolution. Monday marks the 50th anniversary of the start of the political movement, with no official commemorations planned. Official records whitewash the details of both periods, but admit that Mao made major mistakes. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. SEARCH "CULTURAL KIM" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "THE WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES? A couple takes a rest on the ground of Tiananmen Square where the portrait of late Chinese chairman Mao Zedong is seen, on the 50th anniversary of the start of the Cultural Revolution in Beijing, China, May 16, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon A worker checks a security camera on Tiananmen Square on the 50th anniversary of the start of the Cultural Revolution in Beijing, China, May 16, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon Paramilitary solders stand guard at Tiananmen Square where the portrait of late Chinese chairman Mao Zedong is seen, on the 50th anniversary of the start of the Cultural Revolution in Beijing, China, May 16, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon A cleaner sweeps ground in front of the Mausoleum of late Chinese chairman Mao Zedong at Tiananmen Square on the 50th anniversary of the start of the Cultural Revolution in Beijing, China, May 16, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon Visitors look at Mausoleum of late Chinese chairman Mao Zedong at Tiananmen Square on the 50th anniversary of the start of the Cultural Revolution in Beijing, China, May 16, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon China marked the 50th anniversary of the beginning of the Cultural Revolution with little to no pageantry Monday. None of China's five major newspapers mentioned the event on its front pages. The Global Times of China, run by the Communist Party, focused on the controversy with the U.S. in the South China Sea. The Beijing Morning Post reported on Boris Johnson and Donald Trump. The "Cultural Revolution" was a movement within the People's Republic of China beginning on May 16, 1966, and lasting – some argue – until Mao Zedong's death in 1976. The modern PRC has a difficult relationship with its more hardline past. China changed course after Mao, embracing the market economy in a state-managed capacity, and de-emphasizing absolutist adherence to dogma. Still, the country very much remains officially Communist, so the government avoids occasions for contradiction to be brought to light. Within the Marxist-Maoist framework, the Revolution officially aimed to re-establish the primacy of the working class over the bourgeoisie, or professional class. A consensus of critics alleges, however, that the goal was chaotically and violently pursued, and in the end, subjugated to a more sinister purpose: reasserting the authority of Mao within the world's most populous country. By some estimates, 1.5 million died during the Cultural Revolution. Students and the country's young were actively encouraged by the state to overthrow and even kill their superiors. Students took to the streets in violent demonstration, and stories of the young murdering their teachers and even their parents litter the historical record. These actions were a manifest rejection of the country's millennia-old Confucian traditions. Confucianism, first dominant in China hundreds years before the birth of Christ, emphasizes tradition and respect for elders and parents. "Those representatives of the bourgeoisie who have sneaked into the Party, the government, the army, and various spheres of culture are a bunch of counter-revolutionary revisionists. Once conditions are ripe, they will seize political power and turn the dictatorship of the proletariat into a dictatorship of the bourgeoisie," Mao said during the campaign. International observers postulate Chinese leader Xi Jinping may have a two-fold incentive for de-emphasizing the memory of the events from 50 years ago. First, China's Communist Party that has accepted some market realities since the 1980's. But Second, Xi Jinping himself is a strongman, and denigrating Mao's legacy would hurt his ability to sell the prudence of his governing style to his people. 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__label__wiki	0.956562	0.956562	Photograph long thought to be of Van Gogh is artist’s brother Plus: Renoir painting stolen from Vienna’s Dorotheum auction house \| Ivory Coast and Senegal request the return of artefacts from France \| Head of Sotheby’s India takes ‘leave of absence’ following sexual harassment claims \| and Nan Goldin awarded The Royal Photographic Society’s Centenary Medal Photo Credit: Wikipedia Commons Our daily round-up of news from the art world Photograph long thought to be of Van Gogh is artist’s brother \| The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam has revealed that a photograph presumed for 50 years to be a portrait of Vincent van Gogh aged 13 is in fact his younger brother Theo. Doubts about the legitimacy of the photograph’s subject arose in 2014, resulting in further research of the portrait. Both forensic evidence and a comparison with another photograph of Theo aged 32 confirmed that Van Gogh’s brother (later an art dealer) was the subject. Consequently, there is now only one known photograph of Vincent van Gogh, aged 19. Renoir painting stolen from Vienna’s Dorotheum auction house \| The oil painting Golfe, Mer, Falaises Vertes (1895), by Renoir, was stolen from Dorotheum auction house in Vienna on Monday. According to The New York Times, the landscape painting had been estimated to sell on Wednesday for up to €160,000, and was pulled from its frame on a second-floor gallery at around 5.15pm by a man with two accomplices. Austrian police are searching for the suspects, who, according to security-camera footage, made no attempt to conceal their identities. Ivory Coast and Senegal to request the return of artefacts from France \| Following France’s controversial repatriation report released last Friday, and the announcement that 26 objects would be returned to Benin, The Art Newspaper reports that Ivory Coast and Senegal will request the restitution of artefacts. Stéphane Martin, head of the Quai Branly-Jacques Chirac Museum – which holds around 90,000 sub-Saharan African objects – has opposed the repatriation report endorsed by President Macron, claiming it ‘makes museums hostage to the suffering created by colonialism’. Head of Sotheby’s India takes ‘leave of absence’ following sexual harassment claims \| Gaurav Bhatia, managing director of Sotheby’s India, has taken an ‘indefinite’ leave of absence ahead of the auction house’s inaugural sale in Mumbai today. Sotheby’s issued a statement announcing Bhatia’s leave and his ‘full cooperation’ with an enquiry after four different accounts of alleged sexual harassment surfaced on social media. Nan Goldin awarded Royal Photographic Society’s Centenary Medal \| The Royal Photogaphic Society has announced that American photographer Nan Goldin will receive its Centenary Medal and an honorary fellowship in an award ceremony tonight celebrating its 140th anniversary. Other winners presented with awards will include Mat Collishaw, Vanessa Winship, Juno Calypso and Sarah Moon. More art news Berkshire Museum completes controversial deaccessioning sales Art news daily: 28 November Hauser & Wirth opens non-profit institute for artists’ archives Report recommends French museums return looted African artefacts Apollo’s art diary The first UK exhibition dedicated to the much-loved Finnish painter Paul Gauguin: The Art of Invention Paintings, woodcarvings and ceramics give a rounded view of the multifarious modernist Outlawed but Traded Tracking the uncertain journeys of works acquired in the aftermath of the Nazi era From lunar samples to moonlit landscapes – a cultural history of Earth’s satellite	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1621996
__label__wiki	0.881739	0.881739	Apple Newsroom needs your permission to enable desktop notifications when new articles are published. PRESS RELEASE June 8, 2015 Introducing Apple Music — All The Ways You Love Music. All in One Place. Worldwide Debut June 30 SAN FRANCISCO ― June 8, 2015 ― Apple® today unveiled Apple Music™, a single, intuitive app that combines the best ways to enjoy music — all in one place. Apple Music is a revolutionary streaming music service, a pioneering worldwide live radio station from Apple broadcasting 24 hours a day and a great new way for music fans to connect with their favorite artists. Apple Music combines the largest and most diverse collection of music on the planet with the expertise of world-class music experts who have programmed playlists for your iPhone®, iPad®, iPod touch®, Mac®, PC, Apple TV® and Android phones.* Apple Music will be available starting on June 30 in over 100 countries. “We love music, and the new Apple Music service puts an incredible experience at every fan’s fingertips,” said Eddy Cue, Apple’s senior vice president of Internet Software and Services. “All the ways people love enjoying music come together in one app — a revolutionary streaming service, live worldwide radio and an exciting way for fans to connect with artists.” “Apple Music is really going to move the needle for fans and artists,” said Jimmy Iovine. “Online music has become a complicated mess of apps, services and websites. Apple Music brings the best features together for an experience every music lover will appreciate.” Apple Music is a revolutionary streaming service and app that puts the entire Apple Music catalog at your fingertips across your favorite devices. Starting with the music you already know — whether from the iTunes Store® or ripped CDs — your music now lives in one place alongside the Apple Music catalog with over 30 million songs. You can stream any song, album or playlist you choose — or better yet, let Apple Music do the work for you. Curation is the soul of every playlist created on Apple Music. Apple has hired the most talented music experts from around the world, dedicated to creating the perfect playlists based on your preferences, and they become better curators the more you listen. The “For You” section of Apple Music provides a fresh mix of albums, new releases and playlists, which have been personalized just for you. In addition to human curation, Siri® is also dedicated to helping you enjoy great music and have fun with Apple Music. Ask Siri to, “Play me the best songs from 1994,”“Play the best FKA twigs song,” or “What was the number one song in February 2011?” Beats 1℠, Apple’s first ever live radio station dedicated entirely to music and music culture, will broadcast live to over 100 countries. Beats 1 is a 24-hour listening experience led by influential DJs Zane Lowe in Los Angeles, Ebro Darden in New York and Julie Adenuga in London. Listeners around the globe will hear the same great programming at the same time. Exciting programs on Beats 1 will offer exclusive interviews, guest hosts and the best of what’s going on in the world of music. Apple has also redesigned radio with human curation taking the lead. Apple Music Radio gives you stations created by some of the world’s finest radio DJs. The new stations range in genres from indie rock to classical and folk to funk, with each one expertly curated. With membership, you can skip as many songs as you like, so you can change the tune without changing the dial. Apple Music Connect Artists and fans now have an incredible way to connect with one another directly in Apple Music with Connect. Through Connect, artists can share lyrics, backstage photos, videos or even release their latest song directly to fans directly from their iPhone. Fans can comment on or like anything an artist has posted, and share it via Messages, Facebook, Twitter and email. And when you comment, the artist can respond directly to you. Starting on June 30, music fans around the world are invited to a 3-month free membership, after which a $9.99/month subscription fee will apply. There will also be a family plan providing service for up to six family members available for just $14.99/month. Requires initial sign up. At the end of the trial period, the membership will automatically renew and payment method will be charged on a monthly basis until auto-renewal is turned off in account settings. Family plan requires iCloud® Family Sharing. See www.apple.com/icloud/family-sharing for more information. *Apple Music is available on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac, and PC starting June 30. Apple Music will be coming to Apple TV and Android phones this fall. Apple revolutionized personal technology with the introduction of the Macintosh in 1984. Today, Apple leads the world in innovation with iPhone, iPad, the Mac and Apple Watch. Apple’s three software platforms — iOS, OS X and watchOS — provide seamless experiences across all Apple devices and empower people with breakthrough services including the App Store, Apple Music, Apple Pay and iCloud. Apple’s 100,000 employees are dedicated to making the best products on earth, and to leaving the world better than we found it. 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__label__wiki	0.620559	0.620559	DTA scouts MSPs in latest digital marketplace panel refresh Extends panel by a further two years Eleanor Dickinson (ARN) 04 July, 2019 11:52 Credit: Dreamstime The Digital Transformation Agency (DTA) is on the hunt for IT managed service providers as it opens one of its panels to new suppliers. The agency is creating three new expertise categories on its Digital Marketplace Panel, opening it up to new suppliers from 16 July. These areas include IT managed services, IT risk management and auditing as well as digital sourcing and procurement. In addition, the DTA also said it was seeking more suppliers that fall into its existing expertise categories. These include change and transformation, software engineering and development, cyber security, data science and management and emerging technologies, among a number of others. The request for tender (RFT) came as the DTA announced intentions to extend the panel for a further two years, revealing a new end date of February 2022. The Digital Marketplace was first announced in December 2015 as part of the Federal Government’s‘National Innovation and Science Agenda’ and later went live in beta in August 2016. Designed to help smaller IT providers to compete for government work, the panel now counts 1435 suppliers and $499 million worth of contracts awarded. Of these, 72 per cent were awarded went to SMEs, according to the DTA,a 13 per cent fall since February 2018. Notable providers on the panel now include AC3, Altis Consulting and Zettagrid. Datto honours top partners as 745 MSPs join channel program AWS strikes whole of government services deal AC3 crowned top HPE services provider for APAC SMEs scoop $300M in Govt deals Tags Altisac3MSPsZettaGriddigital marketplaceDTA	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1621999
__label__cc	0.725524	0.274476	LASER TRAINING - NEW YORK New York is one of the most stylish and fashionable states in the country, making it a great place to start your beauty career. Since New York has such a large cosmetology industry, you may see trends pop up here before they take hold in the rest of the country. What does this mean for you? It means that if you want to become a laser technician, New York laser training schools could be an ideal choice. With hands-on training and a theoretical understanding of laser hair removal, you may help clients significantly reduce or stop the growth of unwanted body hair. Before you begin your laser training, its important to look into the laws and standards of the state you live in. The use of lasers for hair removal is somewhat controversial in the medical community, so requirements vary from state to state. However, New York is extremely lenient in its standards for laser hair removal. In fact, laser hair removal is not addressed at all in New York legislation. This means that, as a non-medical professional, you can own your own laser business and utilize the laser yourself without the supervision of a medical director or physician. Since New York allows for so much independence in this field, it is even more important to get the best training you can. As you compare laser training options, look for schools that offer courses in the following areas: Statutes and standards in New York Laser modalities Sanitation and sterilization Intense Pulse Light Technology Skin anatomy Hair growth cycles Client care and concerns Clinical laser uses When you contact local schools for more information, find out how much practical experience you get as a laser student. The more hands-on experience you receive, the better prepared you may be to work with clients of varying needs. Even though there is not a set licensure for laser technicians in the state of New York to adhere to, there is a process for registration and renewal with the National Council on Laser Certification (NCLC). This organization sets the standards that are widely recognized by the medical community. By registering with them, you can help doctors and patients feel confident in your ability to apply procedures appropriately. Once you register with this organization, you will need to renew every three years, and pay a $95 fee with this application. When you have gotten plenty of practice and you feel secure in your laser skills, you can begin working as a laser tech in NY. You may open your own laser hair removal center or look for employment at a spa, salon, or hair removal clinic. According to O*Net, job openings for New York skin care specialists may increase 39% between 2012 and 2022 (2016). The Bureau of Labor Statistics indicates that skin care specialists in New York currently earn an average salary of $39,830 per year (2016). Your salary may depend on what type of place you work at and how many regular clients you secure. Working as a Laser Technician A hair removal and skin care technician can work in a doctors office, meeting one-on-one with those seeking related services for medical reasons. Another viable job option for a technician is working in a beauty salon. Lastly, for the technician who wants independence, operating solo is always a job option. Hair removal and skin care technicians in New York have an optimistic job outlook according recent job growth numbers. Val el Salon and Spa - New York, N.Y. Senses New York Salon and Spa - New York, N.Y. Julien Farel Restore Salon - Spa & Haircare, New York, N.Y. New York Dept. of State Division of Licensing Services Albany Division of Licensing Services 1 Commerce Plaza 99 Washington Avenue, 6th Floor The New York State Board of Cosmetology can answer any of the additional questions you might have about obtaining a New York cosmetology license that we didnt note above. Albany - Schenectady - Troy, NY / Binghampton, NY / Buffalo, NY / Burlington - Plattsburgh, NY / Elmira - Corning, NY / New York, NY / Rochester, NY / Syracuse, NY / Utica, NY / Watertown, NY Select a Metro City Albany - Schenectady - Troy, NYBinghampton, NYBuffalo, NYBurlington - Plattsburgh, NYElmira - Corning, NYNew York, NYRochester, NYSyracuse, NYUtica, NYWatertown, NY Find the Beauty Schools in New York that interest you below, American Beauty School, Inc. Laser Training School Cosmetology School 1380 Metropolitan Avenue, Bronx, NY 10462 New York Metro Area No Barber Program offered Mission Statement “Our mission at the American Beauty School is to create an environment where the pursuit of beauty and excellence are paramount. To develop in our students strong fundamental No Barber Program offered Mission Statement “Our mission at the American Beauty School is to create an environment where the pursuit of beauty and excellence are paramount. To develop in our students strong fundamental skills and a genuine appreciation for a career in cosmetology. Our students receive a quality education with an emphasis on character building and developing good work ethics, which will serve to enrich all their future endeavors.” - Wendy Yang, Director, ABS About Us American Beauty School is a post-secondary vocational school located in the Parkchester neighborhood of the Bronx, in New York City. We have the good fortune of being located in New York City, known around the world for being at the forefront of fashion, beauty and culture. The school prepares students for careers in the field of Cosmetology in accordance to all state and Federal licensing requirements. What's New The American Beauty School believes in the importance of working with the community. In the past we have participated in Annual Diva Day with Bronx Borough President’s office. Our Curriculum At American Beauty School you will receive instruction in both theory and fundamental skills. The curriculum will provide a good foundation for a career in the industry and prepare students to take the New York State licensing exam. Classes are available in both English and Spanish. Cosmetologist / Hairstylist Program Licensing requirements include completion of a 1000-hour course in Cosmetology from a school that is licensed by the New York State Education Department. Students are also required to take and pass the written and practical exam given by the New York Licensing Department. Esthetics Program Licensing requirements include completion of a 600 hour course in Esthetics from a school licensed by the New York Education Department. Students are also required to take and pass the written and practical exam given by the New York Licensing Department. Student Services Financial Aid Financial Aid is available for those that qualify. For more information on qualifying for financial aid please contact American Beauty School. Government financial aid is now available to those students who qualify. Employment Outlook The American Beauty School graduates are highly regarded among salon and spa owners within the New York City area. Our graduates have consistently gained employment at premier salons and spas in the New York City area and many have gone on to open successful salons of their own. American Beauty School does offer placement services. The salon industry filled over 37,100 positions in the year 2002 alone. Approximately 3 out of every 4 salon owners reported difficulty in finding qualified personnel. Americans spend three to four times as much for salon services as they do for clothing. Day Spa and Skincare Salons are among the fastest growing sectors in the beauty industry. There are currently more working cosmetologists than teachers or lawyers. Admission Requirements Applicants must be 17 years of age. (High school seniors require parental consent.) High school diploma or General Equivalence Diploma (GED) is required for admission as a regular student. However students who do not have either one of the above credentials are required to take and pass the Ability-to-Benefit exam approved by state. Copy of birth certificate or other acceptable proof of age. For foreign-born applicants, when any of the required documentation for admission is impossible to provide, an affidavit of the same must be presented. For Refresher Courses, proof of completion of 1000-hr course from a Cosmetology school or a valid license in Cosmetology must be provided. Cosmetology License Cosmetology Classes Courses leading to Laser Training Certification Empire Beauty School - Brooklyn 2384 86th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11214 New York Metro Area Empire Beauty School - Cheektowaga Walden Place,2190 Walden Avenue Cheektowaga, NY 14225 Buffalo Metro Area Continental School of Beauty - Syracuse 2803 Brewerton Rd, Mattydale, NY 13211 Syracuse Metro Area Welcome to Continental School of Beauty Continental School of Beauty prepares you for a future full of possibilities! We offer Cosmetology, Esthetics and Nail combo and Barbering programs to help you reach your career Welcome to Continental School of Beauty Continental School of Beauty prepares you for a future full of possibilities! We offer Cosmetology, Esthetics and Nail combo and Barbering programs to help you reach your career goals. Why Choose Continental? We put students first! Continental's motto is "look up to the student". When you enroll in our schools, you become a part of the world of beauty! Thousands of graduates have benefited from the Continental Experience. It's "OK" to be different! We encourage creative self-expression to bring out the "real" you! Many of our Instructors are Continental Alumni returning to continue the Continental Experience! Hairdressing & Cosmetology Program If you can see yourself as a cosmetologist, Continental School of Beauty wants to help you make that vision a reality. Through our Hairdressing and Cosmetology program, our students will learn the art of cutting, styling, and coloring as well as makeup, skin, and nail care. Plus, salon management will be added to their ever-growing skills. Esthetics Program Do you have a knack for seeing the beauty within and a desire to make it shine through in others? If you've ever considered a future in makeup or skin care, a top-notch esthetics education is necessary. Continental School of Beauty helps provide the education you need with the on-site spa experience and friendly atmosphere you want. Our students will learn facial treatments, makeup techniques, hair removal, and more! Esthetics and Nails Having trouble deciding on just one program? Continental's Esthetics and Nails Program trains you to take your future one step further with lessons in both the skin and nail programs. Both Estheticians and Nail Technicians use their training, creativity and personality to connect with clients and help them to look and feel their best. These two services are incredibly complementary. Professionals who are able to offer a selection of high-end skin and nail care services may find increased employment opportunities and enjoy higher client retention. If you're a stylish, social person interested in both esthetics and nails, you owe it to yourself to explore your potential as a spa beauty professional. Barbering The Barbering program at Continental School of Beauty offers firsthand training in all aspects of barbering. Traditional barbering, urban barbering, men, women, children - no problem! It's mainstream barbering with an edge-up! It's the skill and precision of a conventional barber, yet the attention to detail of an urban barber. We offer the tools you need to become the versatile barber you want to be! Now is the time to join our Continental family! Contact Us Today! Westchester School of Beauty Culture 6 Gramatan Avenue, Mt. Vernon, NY 10550 New York Metro Area Do you like helping people look their best? Are you creative, motivated, and looking for a rewarding career? The Beauty Industry can provide a lifetime of opportunities. The place to begin is Do you like helping people look their best? Are you creative, motivated, and looking for a rewarding career? The Beauty Industry can provide a lifetime of opportunities. The place to begin is Westchester School of Beauty Culture. Our School Westchester School of Beauty Culture was founded in 1960 by Michael P. Salamone. For over 45 years, our family operated business has helped hundreds of students achieve their goals. Mission At Westchester School of Beauty Culture, our goal is to train students for successful careers in the thriving and ever changing beauty industry. Our curriculum is designed to fulfill all the course requirements needed to become a licensed professional in the State of New York. The administrative staff and every teacher at Westchester School of Beauty Culture are committed to encouraging and motivating each student in his or her learning experience. Our Programs Cosmetology / Hairdressing Esthetics Careers With the proper education and training, your opportunities are only limited by your motivation. Qualified professionals are in demand. Some of the opportunities include: Stylist Color Specialist Salon Manager Salon Owner Platform Artist Product Representative Retail Store owner or manager Makeup Artist Employment Assistance After you graduate, our commitment to you continues. We can assist you as you find your first job as a licensed professional and we can provide a lifelong resource for future placement opportunities. Financial Aid Westchester School of Beauty Culture does not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, age, sex, or financial status. We offer government financial aid and payment plans to those students who qualify. Capri Cosmetology Learning Center 251 West Route 59, Nanuet, NY 10954 New York Metro Area Our School Capri Cosmetology Learning Centers is conveniently located in Nanuet, NY approximately 25 miles North of Manhattan. Whether your goal is to mingle with the movie stars or become an entrepreneur by Our School Capri Cosmetology Learning Centers is conveniently located in Nanuet, NY approximately 25 miles North of Manhattan. Whether your goal is to mingle with the movie stars or become an entrepreneur by owning a business or simply work in the exciting field of fashion, Capri will take you there! Capri offers programs in the following fields: Cosmetology Esthetics We offer rolling admissions with our Cosmetology course starting on the first Monday of every month. Esthetics and Nail Specialty are offered many times during the year. Capri has lifetime job placement for their graduates. As a graduate we will provide you with a private link to our currently updated Job Post. Capri Cosmetology Learning Centers has graduates from countries as far away as Japan, Thailand, Turkey and many more. We are approved through Immigration and Naturalization to offer international students an I-20 form to study at our school. We are proud to announce that 97% of our students who took the NY state board practical exam in 2001 were licensed! Programs at Capri Cosmetology Learning Centers Hairdressing and Cosmetology This course prepares you in every aspect of "the beauty and fashion industry" and gives you all the skills available to earn maximum income! We cover all aspects of the beauty field including; haircutting, hairdesign, styling haircoloring & straightening permanent waving long hair design & braiding skin care & waxing manicuring & pedicuring salon management skills state board prep Esthetics With spas opening at record pace, this is the fastest growing part of our industry. Come and be a part of it! Subjects covered include; facials with and without machines body treatments waxing & tweezing aromatherapy & reflexology acid peels & microdermabrasion custom ingredient blending business & people skills Financial Assistance Financial assistance is available to those accepted to our school and who qualify based on the prior year income and your (or your parents) Income Tax Return. Students receiving Federal loans should be completely aware of their responsibilities, interest rates and payback schedules prior to enrollment. You may get an application from a lender, the school or State Guarantee Agency. Empire Beauty Schools - Manhattan New York City-Manhattan, NY 10001 New York Metro Area 39 North Plank Rd., Newburgh, NY 12550 New York Metro Area Empire Beauty School - Peekskill-Westchester County 19 Bank Street, Peekskill-Westchester County, NY 10566 New York Metro Area Empire Beauty Schools - Queens 38-15 Broadway, Queens, NY 11103 New York Metro Area Continental School of Beauty - Rochester 633 Jefferson Rd, Rochester, NY 14623 Rochester Metro Area Empire Beauty School - Rochester Elmridge Center, 340 Elmridge Center Drive, Continental School of Beauty-West Seneca 1050 Union Rd, West Seneca, NY 14224 Buffalo Metro Area	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1622003
__label__wiki	0.927831	0.927831	Home › Business UK manufacturing suffering its worst decline since 2013 Uncertainty: Duncan Brock By Alys Key The UK's manufacturing sector plunged to its worst level of decline for more than six years in June as the end of a Brexit-related stockpiling push continued to send shockwaves through the industry. https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/uk-manufacturing-suffering-its-worst-decline-since-2013-38270056.html https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/article38270055.ece/eb030/AUTOCROP/h342/2019-07-02_bus_51527806_I1.JPG The IHS Markit/CIPS UK manufacturing purchasing managers' index (PMI) showed a reading of 48 last month, down from 49.4 in May. This put the index at its weakest level since February 2013. It was the second month in a row that the figure has been below 50, the marker which indicates growth. The reading also fell significantly below economists' predictions, with a consensus of 49.5 estimated this week. High levels of stock led to a "scaling back of output and new order intakes", the PMI report said. Rob Dobson, director at IHS Markit, which compiles the survey, said: "The downturn in UK manufacturing deepened during June, as the impact of firms unwinding stockpiles built before the original Brexit date continued to reverberate through the sector and exacerbate weak demand." Business optimism slipped to its third-lowest level since the survey began in June, though 44% of respondents expected output to be higher in one year's time. New export orders declined for a third straight month due to softer global economic growth and persistent uncertainty over Brexit. As employers faced smaller workloads, job numbers went down for a third straight month. Duncan Brock, group director at the Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply, said: "The sector's strength is slowly slipping away, deprived of the oxygen of a reduction in Brexit uncertainty and an associated return of confidence to the marketplace. "All the signs from the manufacturing sector point to another decline next month unless someone pulls a rabbit out of the Brexit hat." UK stocks jump higher as Sports Direct shares tumble The UK markets closed higher on Monday, despite Mike Ashley’s Sports Direct weighing down on stocks after its shares fell to an all-time low. Lookers directors buy up shares following profit warning The directors of Lookers have bought up shares in the car dealership, a week after investor confidence was shaken by a profit warning. Dara O'Briain hails Belfast's Boojum for 'world's best burrito' Comedian and television presenter Dara O'Briain has hailed a Mexican food outlet in Belfast as home of the "best burrito in the world". London Southend Airport passenger numbers take off London Southend Airport’s popularity has soared since Ryanair began flying from the site, with a huge jump in passenger numbers recorded in the second quarter. Neil McShane: Brexit deal protecting Northern Ireland could bring an... Northern Ireland GSK hails major step forward for ovarian cancer treatment UK and World Retail chief in warning after slump in high street footfall Northern Ireland 18,000 visitors have fun in sun as Castlewellan Show marks 52 years Agri Irish hotels 'to take a hit' from no-deal Northern Ireland UK stocks jump higher as Sports Direct shares... Lookers directors buy up shares following profit...	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1622006
__label__wiki	0.978473	0.978473	Home › Sport › Rugby › World Cup Which Ulster players will make Joe Schmidt's final World Cup squad? Fierce competition: Ulster’s Rory Best is one of the few Ireland players whose place in team looks safe Joe Schmidt By Ruaidhri O'Connor At least 13 of the players named in Ireland's 44-man World Cup training squad will not make it to Japan and, almost certainly, someone who was left out by Joe Schmidt will end up playing a role. https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/rugby/world-cup/which-ulster-players-will-make-joe-schmidts-final-world-cup-squad-38162557.html https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/rugby/world-cup/article38162555.ece/8d90b/AUTOCROP/h342/2019-05-30_spo_50743139_I1.JPG There are 15 weeks until the 31-man squad is named ahead of the panel's departure, with training getting going on June 16 and four warm-up games to negotiate in August and September. Injury is sadly inevitable. The inclusion of uncapped Munster pair Jean Kleyn and Mike Haley and the absence of the likes of Ulster duo Stuart McCloskey and Will Addison as well as Quinn Roux and Tom Farrell has generated plenty of debate. According to IRFU performance director David Nucifora, Schmidt is already in 'Joe-mode' and his single-mindedness is demonstrated in his selection. His decision will be influenced by his experience in 2015 when he brought 17 forwards and 14 backs. Then, he brought just two scrum-halves but the distance to Japan may force him to bring a third given how difficult it will be to bring cover out from home. The announcement was just a starting point, the jostling for position gets under way in earnest in the weeks to come. How Stuart McCloskey's day got even worse while Ulster fans fume over Ireland World Cup squad omission Jonathan Bradley: There's no way Stuart McCloskey deserved to miss Ireland squad but his glaring omission is still unsurprising Here is how the final squad could shape up: Front-row If we presume that the first-choice trio of captain Rory Best and props Cian Healy and Tadhg Furlong are safe, there is a genuine debate around the rest of the front-rows. At hooker, Sean Cronin was cruelly dropped during the Six Nations but responded well for Leinster, but he's in for a battle with Niall Scannell and Rob Herring. Schmidt is likely to take just two loosehead props and Jack McGrath needs a huge summer to bridge the gap that has opened up between himself and Dave Kilcoyne. On the other side of the scrum, John Ryan and Andrew Porter appear to have an edge on Finlay Bealham and all three cover the No 1 side of the scrum. Marty Moore is perhaps unlucky, but depth-levels are much improved in the four years since Furlong came along as a World Cup bolter. Back-five Contrary to previous reports, Kleyn becomes eligible on August 8 and will be available for all four warm-up games and that puts him firmly in the frame to travel. He's edged out fellow South African Roux and faces Tadhg Beirne and Ultan Dillane for the fourth lock slot alongside Iain Henderson, James Ryan and Devin Toner. Beirne's capacity to cover the blindside may give him the edge and could see him put the squeeze on a back-row shorn of Dan Leavy and Seán O'Brien. Having not played for Ireland since 2016, Tommy O'Donnell is back but he faces an uphill battle. Peter O'Mahony, CJ Stander and Josh van der Flier are nailed on, while Jack Conan's form is compelling. The battle between Rhys Ruddock, Jordi Murphy and O'Donnell will go to the wire. Half-back Conor Murray, Johnny Sexton and Joey Carbery will travel, but there are potentially three slots wide open. Jamison Gibson-Park misses out despite his impending eligibility, meaning three men go for two slots at scrum-half. Kieran Marmion has Schmidt's trust, but John Cooney covers two positions and Leinster's Luke McGrath has been excellent. At out-half, Jack Carty has moved in front of Ross Byrne by impressing during the Six Nations, but the Leinster man can't be discounted. Schmidt has picked five centres, with McCloskey, Tom Farrell and Luke Marshall all excluded. If he takes four, as he did in 2015, it looks like Rory Scannell has a big job on his hands to break into a quartet of Bundee Aki, Robbie Henshaw, Chris Farrell and Garry Ringose that looks well ahead. Scannell's ability to cover out-half works in his favour, but he remains a long shot. Back-three Never has Simon Zebo's exile looked so glaring as his replacement at Munster, Haley, gets the nod despite a tough first season in red. Addison is playing catch-up after his back surgery, while Dave Kearney gets in ahead of Darren Sweetnam and Adam Byrne while Tiernan O'Halloran is another who finds himself on the outside. In the end, Schmidt may only bring four back-three players with Jacob Stockdale, Keith Earls, Rob Kearney and Jordan Larmour in a strong position as Henshaw also provides full-back cover. Follow @BelTel_Sport Will Addison joins Ireland training squad as Ulster star's World Cup hopes are bolstered Ulster utility back Will Addison has joined up with the Ireland training squad in Galway ahead of their move to Limerick next week for the next phase of their World Cup preparation. Jonathan Sexton injury scare disrupts Ireland's World Cup preparations By Ruaidhri O'Connor Ireland's World Cup preparations have been disrupted by an injury to World Rugby Player of the Year Johnny Sexton who is currently unable to participate in full training. Former Ulster favourite Christian Lealiifano recalled to Australia squad ahead of World... By Gareth Hanna Christian Lealiifano is back in the Australia squad for the first time since being diagnosed with leukaemia in 2016. Comment: Why World Cup could have a huge impact on Irish provinces' Euro dreams By Jonathan Bradley In two of the three opening seasons of the Heineken Cup, Irish teams failed to make it beyond the pool stages. Since then, it's happened only once.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1622007
__label__wiki	0.848227	0.848227	LAWRENCE CALLED UP FOR ENGLAND Chontelle Lawrence has been called up for England Under-19 duty England Women’s Under-19 boss Mo Marley has named Barnet's Chontelle Lawrence in her 30-player training squad in preparation for this summer’s Euro Finals. Marley led her side to Wales 2013 after seeing off Norway, Hungary and Serbia in the qualifiers last month. Her squad will meet up at St. George’s Park on 12 June for a three-day camp where she will assess her players ahead of the tournament where they will face Denmark, France and the host nation. Winger Lawrence has been in impressive form throughout the course of the season for Barnet and the club would like to congratulate her and wish her the best of luck. Training camp squad in full: Alex Brooks (Manchester City), Lizzie Durack (Everton), Megan Walsh (Aston Villa), Jade Bailey (Arsenal), Molly Bartrip (Arsenal), Martha Harris (Lincoln Ladies), Aoife Mannion (Aston Villa), Ashleigh Mills (Doncaster Rovers Belles), Vyan Sampson (Arsenal), Meaghan Sargeant (Lincoln Ladies), Paige Williams (Everton), Maddy Cusack (Aston Villa), Adekite Fatuga (Arsenal), Felicity Gibbons (Charlton Athletic), Abbey Joice (Sunderland), Hope Knight (Lincoln Ladies), Chontelle Lawrence (Barnet), Sherry McCue (Aston Villa), Frances Steele (Arsenal), Abbey-Leigh Stringer (Aston Villa), Katie Zelem (Manchester United), Chantelle Boye-Hlorkah (Everton), Hannah Blundell (Chelsea), Beth Donoghue (Blackburn Rovers), Natasha Flint (Manchester United), Melissa Lawley (Birmingham City), Keira Ramshaw (Sunderland), Nikita Parris (Everton), Jess Sigsworth (Doncaster Rovers Belles), Lucy Whipp (Everton).	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1622012
__label__wiki	0.940934	0.940934	Eleven Baylor swimmers earned National Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association (NISCA) All-American status for the 2018-19 high school swimming season, including the state champion girls' 200 medley relay team of Ellie Waldrep, Jewel Gordon, Addison Smith, and Callie West that posted the fastest time in the U.S. in the event this year. The Raider quartet touched in a school and state record 1:39.9, and became the 16th Baylor relay team to rank first in the nation. Individual All-Americans Addison Smith '19 - The Princeton-bound Smith was named All-American in the 500 freestyle, 200 freestyle, and 200 IM. Her state championship performance in the 500 freestyle was the sixth fastest time in the country and the second fastest by a senior. Smith has qualified for the 2020 United States Olympic Trials and will be competing at the USA Swimming Senior National Championships at Stanford University later this summer. Ellie Waldrep '21 - Waldrep, also an Olympic Trials qualifier, earned All-American status with the fourth fastest time in the nation in the 100 backstroke. She was also named All-American in the 100 butterfly and 100 freestyle and will join Smith at the Senior Nationals. Jack Kirby '19 - Kirby, headed to the University of Southern California, earned All-American honors in the 100 backstroke with the fourth fastest time in the country by a senior and the 50 and 100 freestyles. He will be representing his home country of Barbados against the best in the world at the FINA World Championships in Gwangju, South Korea in July. Alex Borisov '20 - Borisov, a 2019 state champion, was named All-American in the 200 individual medley and the 100 breaststroke. Baylor All-American Relays Girls 200 Medley - Waldrep, Jewel Gordon '20, Smith, Callie West '21 Girls 200 Freestyle - Dallas Woods '21, Jamee Mitchum '19, Gordon, Smith Girls 400 Freestyle - Waldrep, Mitchum, Avery Wilson '20, West Boys 200 Medley - Kirby, Borisov, Aidan Sims '21, Will Tippett '20 2018-2019 NISCA Swimming & Diving All-America Lists Read More about Baylor Relay Fastest In U.S., Raiders Boast 11 All-Americans Baylor Leads Country in Fencing All-Americans Baylor was one of only three high schools in the country with as many as eight fencers given All-American status by USA Fencing, announced by the organization on July 9. Read More about Baylor Leads Country in Fencing All-Americans Super Bowl Gold Comes to Baylor School Former Super Bowl players and Baylor School alumni Blake Moore and Charles Hannah returned to their alma mater on Friday, Sept. 23 as part of the "On the Fifty" campaign to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Super Bowl... Read More about Super Bowl Gold Comes to Baylor School Baylor Athletics is Sixth in National Ranking, First in State Baylor has the sixth best overall high school athletic program in the nation, and the best in Tennessee, based on the final 2015-16 standings in the MaxPreps Cup race. Read More about Baylor Athletics is Sixth in National Ranking, First in State Baylor Will Host Tennessee River Rumble 7-on-7 July 15 The Baylor Backers and the Baylor football team will host the second annual Tennessee River Rumble 7-on-7 tournament at Heywood Stadium on Friday, July 15, from noon until 8 p.m. Read More about Baylor Will Host Tennessee River Rumble 7-on-7 July 15 Kaleigh Clemons Repeats as TSSAA "Miss Basketball" Baylor senior Kaleigh Clemons has once again been named "Miss Basketball" by the TSSAA, winning the award for Division II Class AA. Clemons became Baylor's first "Miss Basketball" last season. Read More about Kaleigh Clemons Repeats as TSSAA "Miss Basketball"	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1622015
__label__wiki	0.672636	0.672636	Newsnight You must enable JavaScript to play content US 'pendulum' to swing back - top judge Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg says the US is "not experiencing the best of times" - but the "pendulum" will swing back. Speaking to BBC Newsnight in a rare interview, Justice Ginsburg also reiterated the importance of the free press. Justice Ginsburg was attending the final dress rehearsal of Dead Man Walking at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC - an opera looking at the moral ambiguity of the death penalty in America. Justice Ginsburg was nominated by Bill Clinton and is regarded as a liberal. This clip is from Show available episodes More clips from Newsnight Conservative leadership contest: Who won the final TV showdown? Andrea Leadsom on bullying and harassment in Westminster The Brits who worked on Apollo 11: Fifty years on Boris Johnson and his role in Sir Kim Darroch's resignation See all clips from Newsnight (1010) durationiplayerplayrecommend	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1622016
__label__wiki	0.737091	0.737091	Top 100 2019: Winners & Losers Credit: Courtesy of Concert Properties Concert Properties' Burquitlam development sis next to rapid transit. The City of Coquitlam will foot half the bill From real estate shortfalls to sandwich gains, here are some the companies on our list that saw the biggest revenue swings in 2018 Revenue Change: 329.4% Net Income: $237.9 millioin Net Income Change: 147.3% The largest developer of rental housing in Western Canada had a busy 2018. At home, it bought an eight-storey building currently occupied by the Canada Revenue Agency in Vancouver’s False Creek Flats neighbourhood, not far from Concert Properties’ own headquarters. The company also scooped up a massive Toronto development site at Bloor and Sherbourne streets. And it worked with cities like Victoria and Coquitlam to develop entire blocks. In Coquitlam, the local government is paying for half the deal, which will see more than 2,700 residential units close to the Burquitlam SkyTrain station. The almost-finished Victoria project, launched in 2014, will come in at 113 homes. Great Canadian Gaming Corp. Revenue Change: 98.8% Net Income: $239.8 million Net Income Change: 179.8 The Coquitlam-based casino owner’s B.C.-related revenue dipped slightly in 2018, to $355 million. But Great Canadian Gaming more than made up for that loss with gains at its Ontario operations, which raked in $731 million, dwarfing 2017’s $124 million. The company’s Ontario branch accounted for 60 percent of its 2018 revenue, way up from 20 percent the previous year. (B.C. shrank from 58 percent to 29.) That was mostly thanks to a couple of huge deals, including the purchase of seven gambling facilities in the Greater Toronto Area, plus the opening of a casino in Peterborough. Credit: Courtesy of B2Gold Corp. B@Gold's Fekola Mine in Mali beat expectations B2Gold Corp. Net Income: $58.46 million (converted from USD) Net Income Change: -26.9% On the whole, gold had a tumultuous 2018, starting out strong and dropping hard before a modest recovery. But that fluctuation didn’t stop Vancouver-based B2Gold from having a big year, producing 51 percent more of the precious metal than it did in 2017. The firm’s Fekola Mine in southwest Mali outpaced expectations in its first full year of operation, while the Masbate Mine in the Philippines achieved record annual production. Premium Brands Holdings Corp. Net Income: $98 million Net Income Change: 21.7% Nearly 10 years ago, food manufacturing and distribution specialist Premium Brands Holdings acquired SK Food Group, which supplies Starbucks with its breakfast sandwiches and wraps. As a result, the Richmond-based outfit enjoyed massive growth. In 2018, publicly traded Premium Brands, which owns names like Freybe Gourmet Foods and Grimm’s Fine Foods, again set its sights on gobbling up other businesses, acquiring 12. Those purchases cost $753 million, but the company estimates that, prorated over the year, they would have brought in $960 million. At one point in 2018, its stock price reached a five-year high. Super Save Group Net Income: NP Net Income Change: NA Mobster movies have taught us to raise an eyebrow when a waste management operation gets a huge influx of revenue, but Super Save Group came by the increase honestly. The privately held Surrey-based company’s good fortune appears to be tied to the province-wide construction boom. After all, the business also rents out portable toilets, garbage bins and fences. Oh, and high gas prices probably didn’t hurt Super Save’s propane sales, either. Polygon Family of Companies Net Income: NA For last year’s top revenue gainer on our list (with a whopping 138-percent increase), something had to give. Though Vancouver-based real estate developer Polygon is privately owned, it seems obvious that government efforts to curb housing prices have taken hold. The third-biggest revenue loser, down 41.8 percent, fellow property developer the BC Housing Management Commission, suffered a similar fate—it was the No. 2 gainer last year. Credit: iStock WorkSafeBC was long the subject of NDP gripes against the former Liberal government, but it's unclear how much has changed since the switch Before it took over government in 2017, the NDP spent years railing against the way Christy Clark’s BC Liberal administration treated WorkSafeBC. It’s not clear if the workplace insurer has made any radical changes since the provincial election, but in fiscal 2018 the agency suffered a revenue dive linked to investment income. Markets delivered a modest 2.1-percent increase for WorkSafeBC, which is solely funded by employer premiums and returns from those premiums. By contrast, investment income grew 10.5 percent for the 2017 fiscal year. Credit: Chris Medlund The George F. Ledcor sank in the Fraser River carrying 600 litres of diesel fuel Ledcor Group of Companies Revenue Change: –12% For the second year in a row, Ledcor Group lands in the losers’ column. In 2017, the problem was uncertainty surrounding Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, which the Vancouver-headquartered conglomerate was contracted to work on. This time, it’s a victim of the real estate crunch and new taxes. Though primarily a construction business, Ledcor also has its fingers in the forestry, mining and transportation industries, among others. The last one grabbed headlines this year, when one of its tugboats sank in the Fraser River with 600 litres of diesel fuel. SSR Mining Revenue Change: –6.5% Net Income: –$40.17 million Vancouver-based SSR enjoyed a decent year when it came to stock price, but overall revenue dipped in fiscal 2018, mostly because the miner produced more gold than it sold in an uncertain market. Another setback: lower production at the Chinchillas Mine in Argentina, a silver, lead and zinc operation where the company has a 75-percent stake. In particular, silver mining plunged to almost half its 2017 output. Goldcorp Net Income: $5.38 million The US$10-billion acquisition of Vancouver-based Goldcorp by Colorado’s Newmont Mining Corp., which closed this April, grabbed headlines. Equally eye-popping was Goldcorp losing close to US$4 billion last year due to non-cash impairment—which it said represents the difference between the book value of its shareholders’ equity and the Newmont offer. Revenue fell by about US$400 million.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1622017
__label__cc	0.621827	0.378173	Discovering Historic Auburn Submit to Directory Guide to Claiming Your Business City/Historical Info Library/Genealogy DeKalb County Airport Hometown Collaborative Initiative AES Services Façade Improvement Program Local Grant Writers Downtown Revitalization Plan Business 2 Business Videos Auburn Main Street Local People with a common interest. Auburn Main Street 0 5 0 Avg of 0 Ratings P.O. Box 6706 P.O. Box 6706, Auburn 46706, Indiana Close map(X) Business Details Reviews In late 2009, a group of concerned citizens met with City of Auburn officials to discuss the need for a coordinated approach to reverse the physical decline of the downtown business district which was threatened by the excessive and increasing number of vacant storefronts as business moved out of the downtown. The historic character of the area was being eroded as more buildings fell into disrepair. It was felt that, in particular, there was a need for a single body to take responsibility for downtown initiatives and “Main Street” type programs. Thus, the Auburn Main Street was formed to begin the work of reversing the decline by undertaking activities that are focused on preserving Auburn as a healthy and economically vital center of commerce and social activity by promoting the preservation, rehabilitation and reuse of commercial, civic, residential and other buildings in the City. This committee of volunteers grew into the core of what would ultimately be incorporated, in 2011, as ADAC, Inc. In 2013, the IRS determined that ADAC INC is a public charity, exempt from income tax under section 501 (c)(3) of the tax code. Home of the Classics #WeLoveAuburn Auburn Main Street is a group of local people with a common interest in stemming the decline of downtown Auburn and ensuring that the City that we all love and depend on for our livelihood, recreation, and community spirit develops into a sustainable and thriving place to live, work and grow. Auburn Main Street is comprised of people like you-business and property owners, residents, civic minded individuals, and downtown users. Learn More About Auburn Main Street. Kroger Community Rewards (Organization #WA679) NJP	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1622020
__label__wiki	0.703986	0.703986	A Peacetime motoring relic Tito F. HermosoView More Articles A pre war heirloom Edwin Hermoso, Tito F. Hermoso, Cadillac press October 27, 2014 16:53 Motoring in the year 2000 A century of motoring: 10 iconic Mitsubishi models in the Philippines Who wants to be an Automotive Journalist? Psst, wanna be a MoJo? Ray Butch Gamboa: Shaping the local motoring media scene Sixty Five Years of Philippine Motoring - Part 1 Philippine Motoring 1988 - Roads, cars and places to go to (Part 2) Joy of Motoring: 2019 Bangkok International Motor Show As Europe commemorates the centennial of World War I, the War to end all wars, over here, we remember the promise of “I shall return” fulfilled as Gen. Douglas MacArthur waded into Leyte's shores seventy years ago. Accidental shift But then, who would have thought that that three years after the Leyte landings, the Philippine Islands, the only American colony that conformed to Far East norm of the metric system and right-hand drive would find its roads swarming with thousands of left-hand drive USAFFE jeeps, cars and trucks? Thus common sense dictated the countrywide shift to left hand drive by 1947. But that's for the history books. Our story is about what may well be one of the last relics that dates back from the pre-war colonial era, fondly called “Peacetime”. The new hegemon A hundred years ago, the First World War ushered the rapid assumption of the USA as a global superpower. As a colony tethered to the American hyper economy, the our newly minted Commonwealth spurred the rise of the Philippine middle class. Buoyed by a one to one USDollar-Peso exchange rate and protected in the mid-Thirties by the Smoot-Hawley Act's high tariff walls after the Great Depression, Manila's US level of standard of living, was the envy of the imperial colonies of the Far East. David Burnham's Manila and the Rizal memorial coliseum, south of the Pasig, was turning out to be an Art Deco showcase while mansions sprouted up in suburban Malate, Ermita and bayside Pasay. Getting around by tramcar was as American as pineapple pie, while the MRR or Manila Railroad made daily commutes from nearby Bulacan to Grace Park, Avenida Rizal or Tutuban a cinch. Pharmacy to tannery It was a time when hard work was rewarded by prosperity. Marcos and Pacencia Hermoso were no strangers to both. As a licensed pharmacist, Marcos parlayed his chemist skills into his late father's tannery in Meycauayan, Bulacan. As orders grew and consumer choice expanded in 1920, Marcos Hermoso S.A. tweaked the tannery's product line as sales from his Nueva St. store in Binondo, Chinatown grew. Road or rail? Getting to Nueva from his new suburban Mediterranean style home at Pantoc [Malhacan today] street, was just a short hop from the Meycauayan MRR station. But if he fancied taking the chauffeur driven car, there, beside the railroad tracks, was the new Highway 3 [today's MacArthur highway] bypassing the narrow 2-calesa wide Spanish era Camino Real. Motor head since Though he never learned how to drive, Marcos fancied automobiles. Starting with a few cheap Fords, he worked his way up to Buick, Dodge Brothers, Studebaker, Hudson and simultaneously owned several LaSalles. Getting on in years, Marcos realized his weak lungs were to abbreviate the amount of time he could provide for his family. After all, he was preparing his eldest son for further studies in chemical engineering in Cincinnati, Ohio and his second son was working hard to be a lawyer. No pretensions to ambitions To reward himself, he fancied a 1938 Cadillac Model 60 from the port area importers, Mary Bacrat. He thought that the Peerless and Pierce Arrows of the Negros sugar barons was way too high for his station in life. Ditto for the Packards of the Doctors and Lawyers that wafted on the leafy US state named streets of Malate. Trips to cooler climes The limousine configuration and pullman rear doors of the Model 60 suited him fine, as he wanted to increase the frequency of his long weekend jaunts up to Taal Vista Lodge on the new Highway one [today's Quirino-Aguinaldo Highway] or to the Pines Hotel in Baguio City. Owning vacation home lots in Tagaytay were next on his horizon as the Buck estate and the vicinity of Mendez, where Royal Tagaytay stands today beckoned. Pacencia, was partial to a vacation home-lot in Bokawkan, just down the hill from the Easter School in Baguio City. His prized Cadillac was to serve him well for a few more years as he tried to live a normal life despite the onset of TB. After the “Day of Infamy” Dec 7, 1941; the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the Japanese invasion in World War 2 brought an end of the Philippine Islands' American Utopia. In a space of a few months, the entire nation was subjugated by the Japanese Imperial Army. As a war economy, all civilian motor vehicles were dragooned into the war effort. Cars became property to the Imperial Army and since Japan was embargoed by the Western oil companies, scarce fuel was distilled from bio mass and engine modifications were applied to burn charcoal. Confiscation and the war effort The tanning industry was vital to the war effort and the new masters, Japanese tanning magnates, wasted no time in taking over the Meycauayan tanneries. Owner/entrepreneur/operators, like Marcos, my paternal grandfather, were forced to work under Japanese supervision while their families were virtual hostages at home under guard by the Imperial Army. The Studebaker, the Buick, the Fords and the LaSalles were confiscated in no time. But what about Marcos's prized Cadillac? Prescient Early on, Marcos supposed that the simulataneous bombing of Clark and Iba Field by the Japanese air force was a prelude to a quick Japanese victory. So he and Pacencia and a couple of loyal employees devised a plan; they were to “mothball” the Cadillac to protect it from corrosion and then hide it in the riverside Marcos Hermoso tannery. But how do you hide a 2 and half ton limousine? How to hide a Cadillac At about that time, Marcos was exporting dried glue stock and reject sole leather to Turkey. But the war killed all export shipments and stuck with tons of unserved orders, the staff doggedly built a box sarcophagus over the Cadillac and buried it with the unsold stuff creating a pile as big as the warehouse. It was providential too that it was the kind of stuff that would not interest the Japanese overlords. For the entire four years of Japanese occupation, the Cadillac sat there, hidden and undiscovered, from the invaders. More left than right When General Douglas MacArthur returned, the retreating Japanese Army adopted a “scorched earth” policy, destroying anything that can be of use if captured by the enemy. This included the aristocracy's prized luxury cars which was in their possession. The unintended result of this is that most of the Philippine motoring fleet's right hand drive cars dwindled to near oblivion, while, in the meantime, the roads were swarming with left hand drive Jeeps and trucks of the victorious American forces. 1938 Model 60 The 1938 Cadillac Model 60 was the last of Detroit's pontoon fender cars with stand up “bullseye” headlights. The Model 60's style was heavily influenced by streamlining or what passed for aerodynamic styling during the Art Deco era. It had a bustle back tail, 2 very wide jump seats in a middle row stowed under the floor and a sofa like rear seat with its own tube type radio. There was a telephone hand set in the back that allowed the master to talk to the chauffeur. While the rear passengers had plush mohair upholstery, the chauffeur sat on a leather bench just ahead of a retractable glass partition bulkhead between driver and passengers. This garden variety Model 60 was powered by a 120hp flat head V-8 that ran on regular gas. The Model 60 could be had with V-12 and V-16 engines even long after the Great Depression. Typical of cars of that era, the electrical was 6-volt. Exhaust pipes and mufflers were encased in asbestos and broad running boards extended behind a pair of front fender mount spare tire covers. Both front and rear windshields safety glass were split in the middle. Painted black and despite its height, it struck an elongated yet imposing visage, towering over mere sedans and coupes of the era. Corleone's Cadillac Film fans may recognize the Cadillac's 1940 successor in Francis Ford Coppola's “the Godfather”. A similar looking Model 75 was parked in front of Don Vito Corleone's GENCO olive oil imports store when he was gunned down by hit men. The same Cadillac ferried Michael Corleone to a meeting with corrupt Police captain McCluskey and Sollozo, the upstart Mafia don, in an Italian restaurant in the Bronx. Transhow at the QUAD After Liberation, the Cadillac resumed normal domestic duties ferrying the widowed Pacencia to the office and the rest of her family to daily mass. With a dearth of limousines post war, the government requested the family to include the Cadillac on standby for the inaugural parade of President Roxas in 1946. Sometime in the late 50's, the Cadillac had a cameo role in a local movie produced by Premier Productions, then owned by Marcos's half-sister. It was driven by a newbie actor by the name of Joseph Estrada who had to pretend to drive the car into a ditch for the opening scene. The last road trip of the Cadillac was from Meycauayan, to a stop over in New Manila, heading for a public display at the first Transhow in the Quad car park, Makati in 1974. Drive like a F-150 Before putting the car into its final storage in 1976, I had a chance to drive the Cadillac. Climbing into the the driver's seat was eased by those wide running boards. Up to that day doors opened and closed with a vault like click and since they were well counterweighted, they were not even heavy. It had no power steering but steering wasn't unbearably heavy and neither was the steering feel detached or isolated. The large steering wheel is positioned close to the chest and with such a wide diameter, your hand grip aligns with the shoulder. The high driving seat felt as natural as sitting behind a desk. Not that difficult Being a right hand drive car, shifting the 3 speed column mounted gear lever with the left hand didn't take much effort. The pendant clutch was not even that heavy. Though the brakes were not power assisted, they worked well, provided you remind yourself that you are driving what amounts to be a heavily laden truck and hence your braking distances need to be more generous. Restoring the brakes at that time was not difficult as the local auto supply had the correct brake kits for the slave cylinders of all four brake drums. Tires were truck size. With a tall driving position, it wasn't claustrophobic at all. The ride was limousine like indeed and it didn't feel floaty, unlike a 1971 Cadillac. The only rattle I could hear was from the 1964 era Rizal centenary plate number that was loosely screwed on. With such a large and well isolated chassis, the car rode quietly on the coarse concrete of what was the MacArthur highway then. Give it the gas and you actually hear a slight throaty roar from what looked like a Stromberg carburetor while the asbestos wrapped exhaust bellowed a muted V-8 waffle. Escaping the floods By the early 21st Century, Meycauayan suffered the same sinking fate of Malabon. Marcos Hermoso's old mansion and riverside tannery had to be abandoned due to tidal flooding. And so the unrestored right hand drive Cadillac now resides in its new home in a warehouse in Sta. Maria, Bulacan, a mute witness to the hopes and dreams of Peacetime, the birth of the middle class, the upheavals and travails of war and occupation and a movie extra. But its most cherished role was the quiet dispatch of daily domestic chores becoming of a loyal servant and family member. - Next Inside Man Eliminating the arbitrary in the PPP Even if late, the President should already impress on the public that reneging on contractual obligations is as dead as the DAP and PDAF. Tito F. Hermoso 2014-11-05 12:52:18 Previous Inside Man - Pardon my prophecy of traffic doom for C-5 Recently, we predicted the worsening of traffic on C-5 when the MMDA closed the U-turn slots and reopened intersections to traffic light control. 2014-10-15 13:26:09 Tito F. Hermoso	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1622021
__label__wiki	0.597406	0.597406	Tiny Reviews: Frank Hewitt, Martin Hoper, & Jeremy Pelt Featuring Tiny Reviews of: Frank Hewitt Salience, Martin Hoper The Bride, and Jeremy Pelt Soul. Frank Hewitt – Salience It looks like Smalls Records has released another posthumous Frank Hewitt recording. For those who don’t know, Hewitt was one of the criminally under-recognized boppers back in the day, played with many of the greats, and never really had anything released under his own name (at least, not representative of his contribution to jazz). Hewitt passed away about ten years ago, and it’s great that Smalls has been putting Hewitt’s music out. This recording has Hewitt on piano, Jimmy Lovelace on drums, and Ari Roland on bass. I’ve been looking around, and it’s possible that several of these tracks may have been released previously on the Hewitt album We Loved You; for most of you, this duplication won’t be an issue, and for those of you who already have that recording, the duplication isn’t likely going to be an obstacle to purchasing this one. Available on eMusic. Martin Hoper – The Bride Another nice selection from the European scene. Bassist Martin Hoper rounds out the quartet with sax, piano, and drums for an understated straight-ahead affair. Plenty of spritely tunes to bounce the head along with. Hoper has a very nice moments bowing, and just generally shows a professional touch leading his quartet. On the Hoob Records label, who have displayed a knack at finding under-the-radar talent and released an extremely diverse set of recordings. Beautiful stuff here. Your album personnel: Martin Hoper (bass), Linus Lindblom (sax), Jonas Östholm (piano), and Chris Montgomery (drums). I have a more extensive review pubbed at AllAboutJazz. Also, Martin Hoper will be offering a free album track at AllAboutJazz in the near future, as well. So, stay tuned. You can stream three of the album songs on Hoper’s site. Jazz from the Stockholm, Sweden scene. Jeremy Pelt – Soul Virtuoso trumpet player Jeremy Pelt assembles an all-star line-up of J. D. Allen on tenor sax, Danny Grissett on piano, Dwayne Burno on bass and the great Gerald Cleaver on drums, and gives a performance that really honors the quintet, sharing the spotlight with everybody. Pelt has been on an impressive roll, putting out an album a year for about the last six. No matter what ensemble he plays with, his sound is distinctively cerebral, even when he’s blowing flames out of his instrument. This is great straight-ahead jazz from some of the best musicians on the scene. Released on the HighNote Records label. Jazz from NYC. Also, here’s the link again to Jeremy’s site. He has a generous amount of music available to listen to and his site really should be explored. That’s it for today’s article, and the second of three parts of the Tiny Reviews from this batch of new arrivals. Here’s some language to protect emusic’s rights as the one to hire me originally to scour through the jazz new arrivals and write about the ones I like: “New Arrivals Jazz Picks“, courtesy of eMusic.com, Inc. © 2012 eMusic.com, Inc. My thanks to emusic for the freelance writing gig, the opportunity to use it in this blog, and the editorial freedom to help spread the word about cool new jazz being recorded today. Tiny Reviews: Alexandra Lehmler, Simone Guiducci, Benjamin Koppel, & Fabrice Sotton Bill Dixon – “Envoi”	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1622022
__label__cc	0.685292	0.314708	About Bluecrest Wellness Packages Overview Prevention Plus Early Cancer Do you have any specific questions? I have read and agreed to the terms presented in the Bluecrest Wellness Terms and Conditions, and Privacy Policy Guide to Employee Mental Health The CIPD’s 2016 Absence management survey found 41% of employers had seen an increase in reported mental health issues among their employees. And because many people don’t feel comfortable disclosing mental health issues to their employers, it is likely that the true number of people struggling with their mental health is actually far higher. According to the World Health Organisation, more than 300 million people of all ages suffer from depression – in fact, it’s now so prevalent it’s the number-one cause of disability worldwide. Although ideologies surrounding mental health and wellbeing are changing, stigma is still widespread. This stigma has an enormous impact on the number of your employees who actively seek help for their mental health issues, which in turn can have a direct impact on their performance at work. Your free Guide to Employee Wellbeing is full of information to help you get traction within your organisation. With key statistics, tips and a step-by-step guide, you’ll be able to show your employees you really care about their mental health, helping to reduce mental health related absence quickly and effectively. Bluecrest Wellness Screening Packages © Bluecrest Wellness 2019 This website uses 'cookies' to give you the best experience. Using this website means that you accept our Privacy & Cookie Policy	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1622030
__label__wiki	0.541567	0.541567	Is economic evaluation... Is economic evaluation in touch with society's health values? Education And Debate BMJ 2004; 329 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1233 (Published 18 November 2004) Cite this as: BMJ 2004;329:1233 Joanna Coast (jo.coast{at}bristol.ac.uk), senior lecturer in health economics1 1 Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 2PR Accepted 16 September 2004 Health funding is increasingly based on the results of economic evaluation. But current methods fail to consider all society's health objectives and are too complex for policy makers to use The technical expertise required for conducting economic evaluations and interpreting their results continues to increase. Current best practice includes cost effectiveness acceptability curves, net-benefit frameworks, and probabilistic modelling.1 These methods are valuable, but by generating a pseudoscientific aura around economic evaluation, they camouflage critical weaknesses in current techniques. In this article, I describe the evolution of economic evaluation in health care (see box for terminology), explore the assumptions underlying current approaches and the resulting concerns, and suggest an alternative approach. Why do we need economic evaluation? People who are not economists often find it difficult to understand the importance of the theory behind the comparison of costs and effects. After all, if we compare two washing machines of equal cost and one works for 10 years and the other for 15, it is clear that the machine lasting 15 years is a better buy. The need for theory arises, however, because interpersonal rather than within individual comparisons are involved; in health care the question is not, generally, whether I choose the 10 or 15 year washing machine but whether I get the 10 year washing machine or you get the one lasting 15 years. Welfare economics Economic evaluation stems from Paretian welfare economics. It incorporates the principles that individuals are the best judges of their own wellbeing and that, if one person can be made better off without another being made worse off, there is global improvement in welfare. This value judgment is uncontroversial but, in policy terms, practically useless: few policies benefit some individuals without affecting others. Terminology used in economic evaluation Cost benefit analysis—Costs valued in money and compared with outcomes also valued in money Cost effectiveness analysis—Costs valued in money and compared with a single primary outcome Cost utility analysis—A specific form of cost effectiveness analysis in which outcomes are measured in terms of QALYs gained QALY—Quality adjusted life year. A measure that combines length of life and quality of life (valued on an index where 1 represents perfect health and 0 represents death) into a single outcome Cost-benefit analysis translates welfare economics into something that can inform decision making. The compensation principle is used to make interpersonal comparisons. This states that global improvement will occur if individuals gaining from change could potentially compensate those who lose and still be better off. So, if my “welfare” increases more than yours from receiving a washing machine, I could potentially compensate you and still be better off; global welfare increases if I get the washing machine and you do not. An important caveat is that compensation is not actually paid: the aim is to generate global welfare improvements and distribution is irrelevant. Cost-benefit analysis uses individuals' willingness to pay to assess the benefit of an intervention. So, for example, if group A is willing to pay more for programme X than group B requires in compensation for the loss of programme Y, there is global welfare improvement from allocating resources to X (benefiting A) rather than Y (benefiting B). Funding programme X maximises benefit to society and is thus more efficient. There are two difficulties with cost-benefit analysis in health care. Firstly, the use of willingness to pay to measure welfare implicitly incorporates income into decision making. This may skew allocation of healthcare resources towards the wealthy. Secondly, many people are uncomfortable with valuing length and quality of life in monetary terms and thus unwilling to participate in such exercises. These difficulties have led to the development of alternative techniques of economic evaluation and, indeed, changes in underlying theory. Non-welfare approaches Alternatives to welfare economics move away from reliance on individual welfare and instead aim to pursue societal objectives. They are referred to as non-welfarist approaches2 or, more specifically, decision maker approaches3 4 and extra-welfarism.5 These approaches all subscribe to the same healthcare objective: maximising health output from available resources. They differ in the stated theoretical bases for this objective. The decision maker approach focuses on societal objectives as given by decision makers; extra-welfarism is ostensibly based in Sen's notions of functioning and capabilities6 but, given dissent about whether this moral theory provides sufficient basis for relying on health alone as an outcome for economic evaluation,7 the non-welfarist approaches largely rely on achieving societal healthcare objectives.2 Cost effectiveness analysis results from this theoretical perspective, with the quality adjusted life year (QALY) as the chosen outcome. Over the past 10 years, the QALY has become increasingly accepted and used despite the continued existence of theoretical and methodological problems noted during its development.8 Recent advances in economic evaluation are clearly situated in this non-welfarist approach, with emphasis on methodological advances in dealing with uncertainty.1 Camouflaged assumptions associated with recent advances The non-welfarist approach has enabled economic evaluation to move forward despite the perceived constraints of welfare economics. Three fundamental assumptions of this approach are, however, overlooked: congruence between the objectives of decision makers and those enshrined in economic evaluation; the validity of funnelling multiple outcomes into one simplistic outcome such as the QALY; and the meaningfulness of these complex techniques to decision makers. Coherent basis for economic evaluation Non-welfarist approaches to economic evaluation assume that a decision maker acts on behalf of society and that the objective of the healthcare system is thus to maximise health output (as valued by society) from available resources. Even aside from doubts over the existence of this mythical decision maker with a clear set of objectives, the desire to maximise health seems to be largely the objective of economists rather than society. There are three reasons for this view. Firstly, empirical evidence shows that the single objective of maximising health output would not be the basis on which society would wish to allocate its healthcare resources.9 10 Secondly, approaches to rationing based entirely on the cost-utility approach have failed to convince decision makers in practice.11–13 This suggests that maximising health output is not an exclusive objective for decision makers. Thirdly, work on the values on which the NHS is based shows that health is only one of many values and that maximisation of health (as opposed to achieving some form of equity in health) is only a subcategory.14 Thus, ascribing the objective of maximising health to decision makers is no more than a convenience. Any genuine decision maker approach would involve aspects related to equity, need, access, and so on. Economic evaluation based on the non-welfarist approach thus falls into a theoretical void: it is not based on welfare economic theory, nor does it represent all of the decision maker's objectives. Cost per QALY gained provides sufficient information about the efficiency of an intervention Even if maximising health output is the appropriate objective for the health system, increasing emphasis on cost-utility analysis results in a conflation of “health” with QALYs gained by the patient. This “funnelling” of various health outcomes into one, simplistic, single measure, is a further camouflaged assumption receiving less attention than it should. Indeed, cost effectiveness analysis is increasingly aligned with the biostatistical desire for a single primary outcome in design efficient trials. For many interventions, the focus on a single outcome, even with extensive complex statistical analysis of the uncertainty around the estimates obtained, misses the point. For organisational and other complex interventions, in particular, several health outcomes will be important, not just QALYs. For example, a systematic review of interventions to improve access to health and social care after discharge from hospital found patient outcomes related to mortality, function and disability, quality of life, social support, self esteem, cognitive ability, and satisfaction with services.15 Furthermore, there are often health outcomes for others, including informal caregivers and parents, as well as important external effects—for example, development of antimicrobial resistance. Use of a single outcome for cost effectiveness analysis fails to recognise that decision making involves making judgments about a variety of important effects rather than just one. Presentation of economic evaluations is meaningful to decision makers The third questionable assumption is that the complex technical presentation of results from economic evaluation is meaningful to the decision makers for whom it is intended. Studies have shown that decision makers find the concepts behind QALYs difficult to understand16 and that knowledge about formal methodology is limited.17 Recent advances in method place even greater burden on understanding than when these studies were done. The use of cost effectiveness acceptability curves is now advocated. These plot the relative probabilities of each intervention being the most cost effective option given different levels of maximum societal willingness to pay for the unit of outcome, usually QALYs. Decision makers must now identify their maximum willingness to pay for a QALY and then interpret the relative probabilities that different alternatives are the most cost effective option at that particular maximum. When many decision makers do not fully understand the basis for QALYs, expecting them to identify their maximum willingness to pay for additional QALYs on behalf of society seems nonsensical. An alternative route Two potential dangers arise from following the narrow philosophy with which recent advances are associated. The first is that economic evaluation becomes margin-alised and the anxiety among health economists about its lack of influence continues to grow. The second, more worrying, is that this limited approach is followed by those who do not fully understand its basis and thus decisions are taken which neither reflect society's objectives nor its health beliefs. Discussion among economists about the NICE threshold for cost per QALY gained is a disquieting example of this phenomenon.18 An alternative is to restrict all economic evaluations to the approach of cost-consequences. Different options are contrasted clearly and explicitly in tabular form for all the relevant costs (resource use) and consequences (for a recent example see Jacklin et al19). This approach allows decision makers (on behalf of society) to impute their own values to these costs and consequences, which could differ according to local context. Decision makers can see clearly what is included and what is omitted, where information is quantitative and where qualitative. Information about implications for equity, need, and other relevant objectives can be presented as well as information about the health effect on others such as informal caregivers. To illustrate the outputs from, and uses of, the two approaches let's examine an hypothetical analysis for a comparison of hospital at home and hospital care. The outcome is based on QALYs formed from a five dimension quality of life scale. The cost of treating the patient in the hospital at home was £1200 more than in hospital and made little difference to the mean number of QALYs gained (0.02), where QALYs combine information about mortality and quality of life. This results in an incremental cost per QALY gained for hospital at home of £60 000 ($107 000, €87 000). Using the cost effectiveness acceptability curve (figure), decision makers would estimate their maximum willingness to pay for a QALY. If, for example, this was £30 000, the probability that hospital at home is more cost effective is slightly less than 20%, but if their willingness to pay for an additional QALY was as high as £80 000, the probability that hospital at home is the more cost effective option would be more than 80%. Cost effectiveness acceptability curve for hospital at home care versus hospital care Summary points Cost effectiveness analysis is based on achieving an assumed societal objective of maximising health Little evidence exists that this is the desired objective of the public or decision makers Use of QALYs as a single outcome measure for economic evaluation means that important health consequences are excluded Complex technical presentation makes the findings difficult to understand and use Cost-consequences analysis would better approach the objectives of decision makers and be easier to understand The table shows a simplified version of the cost-consequences analysis. A full table might additionally include: anxiety and depression, pain control, carer quality of life, costs to social services, accessibility to the service. Decision makers would use the information provided in the table to make decisions or, if desired, they could also use monetary valuation or discrete choice experiments to obtain utility values for the different elements. The relative efficiency of different options would depend on the implicit or explicit values attached by decision makers to the different elements of cost and outcome. Simplified cost-consequence analysis of hospital at home care A cost-consequences approach would more closely meet the needs of decision makers than current practice and avoid extensive use of inadequate assumptions. Such an approach may not earn researchers the same kudos for methodological research or technical capability as current methods, but it is closer to both Paretian welfare economics and a true decision making approach. It has the additional benefit of being easily understood and thus more likely to influence decision making in practice. 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__label__cc	0.696656	0.303344	2018 BMW M4 – Speed and Luxury - Perfectly Combined The 2018 BMW M4 is the ideal coupe or convertible for race car fans who also relish luxury. This powerful two-door, four passenger speed demon is just as at home flying down the open highway as it is traversing its way through traffic on your morning commute. The M4 has a well-accessorized interior that includes plenty of user-friendly, high-tech gadgets, modern safety features and comfort amenities. BMW of El Cajon is the go-to dealership to find a new 2018 BMW M4 for sale in El Cajon or near Mission Valley, CA. We stock a full and complete line of 2018 BMW M4 inventory near La Jolla, CA and near San Diego, CA. Our sales staff is on hand seven days a week, giving you ample opportunity to test drive a 2018 BMW M4 near La Jolla, CA and near Kearny Mesa, CA. Search InventoryGet Pre-ApprovedContact Us 2018 BMW M4 Styling & Interior Features BMW has found a way to pack a big punch inside the 2018 BMW M4. The first thing you will notice when you slip behind the wheel and sink into the 10-way power adjustable sport seats is a large 8.8-inch touchscreen display. This display includes an iDrive on-board computer. The iDrive includes a navigation system with 3D maps, high-resolution screen and voice command. Standard safety equipment includes a rearview camera, programmable LED daytime running lights. Also standard is the BMW Assist eCall™, with emergency request button and enhanced automatic collision notification. To increase the driving thrill factor of your 2018 BMW M4, you may want to opt for the available Competition Package, which includes adaptive M suspension, 20” forged light alloy wheels, black chrome tailpipes, and high-gloss black exterior trim. The knowledgeable team at BMW of El Cajon is excited to show off all of the outstanding features of the dynamic 2018 BMW M4 in El Cajon, CA. 2018 BMW M4 Key Features • Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic components • Active M Differential technology • Backlit M logo • Full-color M-specific Head-up Display • Available 7-speed dual-clutch transmission 2018 BMW M4 Specs The exhilarating driving experience of the 2018 BMW M4 is thanks to the inclusion of a 3.0-liter BMW M TwinPower Turbo, six-cylinder inline engine. To achieve up to an incredible 425 horsepower and 406 lb.-ft. of torque, BMW has combined high-precision, direct injection with two mono-scroll turbocharges. This engine also includes variable valve control and a track-ready cooling system. The perfect complement to this powerhouse engine is a six-speed manual transmission, which includes auto start-stop function. The incredible handling and agility of the 2018 BMW M4 in El Cajon, CA come from the inclusion of M-developed electric power steering with Servotronic. Be sure to ask about our current special offers when you stop by BMW of El Cajon to pick out your new 2018 BMW M4.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1622034
__label__wiki	0.952008	0.952008	PepsiCo beats Coca-Cola in market value By Chris Mercer 13-Dec-2005 - Last updated on 19-Jul-2008 at 13:05 GMT Related tags: Soft drinks, Coca-cola, Pepsico PepsiCo's successful diversity and faster action on health has taken it ahead of Coca-Cola in the market for the first time in 112 years, but don't be fooled into thinking Coca-Cola is dead wood. PepsiCo's sharper eye for consumer health trends and its move out of soft drinks to target these put it ahead of its arch-rival in market value. It is now Coca-Cola that must do the chasing. The switch had been anticipated. PepsiCo has spent the last few years moving out of sugary, fizzy soft drinks and into snacks, including healthy ranges, through the Quaker and Frito-Lay brands. Only a fifth of Pepsi's sales now come from soft drinks, and the group's sales growth was twice that of Coca-Cola in 2004. Pepsi's shares hit record highs this year and have been trading consistently above its rival's. Yet, what hurts for Coke is that PepsiCo has also won on core, soft drinks turf - more quickly satisfying consumer demand for healthier drinks like juice and water. The Tropicana juice range and Gatorade sports drink managed to establish themselves first, the former now so big it is not always immediately connected to PepsiCo in consumers' minds. PepsiCo is still ahead of Coke on market share for non-carbonated drinks. Coca-Cola, however, is not a foe to take lightly and new chief executive Neville Isdell looks to have regained some momentum. The group caught on to healthy drinks trends later, but has had the bit between its teeth for the last year, and has started to turn the tide with successful extensions to its Minute Maid juice and Powerade sports drink. Isdell announced a new advertising slogan at a rallying conference last week: "Welcome to the Coke side of life." He said the group would spend an extra $400m (€336m) on marketing over the next two years. New products are also waiting in the wings, including Powerade with less calories, more flavour extensions and moves into coffee. The group has clearance to launch a cholesterol-lowering juice containing plant sterols in the UK as well. The news went down well with analysts, and Coca-Cola's recent third quarter results beat their expectations. "We are looking forward. Several innovations have taken place, and more will be taking place in the next few months," said Steve Leroy, Coca-Cola Europe spokesperson, to www.BeverageDaily.com after the firm announced it would launch its somewhat controversial coffee cola drink, Blak, in France this January. Related topics: Carlsberg, PepsiCo PepsiCo unveils first female chief executive PepsiCo signs Ocean Spray drinks deal Three charged over Coca-Cola trade secrets theft Less is more, says Coca-Cola's Isdell	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1622044
__label__cc	0.744709	0.255291	A must for your camping trip: Pau, the capital of Béarn 120 km from the campsite in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques, discover Pau, capital of Béarn where Henri IV of Navarre was born! It's not the next door, but the trip is worth it! To save time, here are Pau's must-see attractions not to be missed. The castle of Pau and its museum, in the footsteps of Henri IV Former fortress of Gaston Fébus, legendary figure in the history of Béarn, the castle of Pau has become a royal palace, the birthplace of Henri IV, first king of France and Navarre. The visit takes you from the main courtyard to the keep, through the various rooms of the castle such as the king's room, the apartment of Empress Eugenie and the venerable frames of the castle. On the ground floor, the dining room with its gigantic oak table is really worth a look. More unusual, the turtle shell which, it is said, served as a "baby bed" for Henry IV! On the museum side, the exhibition rooms contain beautiful collections of paintings and sculptures (19th and 20th centuries), Sèvres porcelain, period furniture and other works of art, as well as an exceptional collection of tapestries from the Manufacture des Gobelins de Paris. If you like more than any museum, we strongly advise you to visit the Bernadotte Museum dedicated to the former marshal of Emperor Napoleon I, then the Museum of Fine Arts in Pau. Boulevard des Pyrénées, a spectacular viewpoint over the mountains During your camping holiday in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques, the 1,800-metre Boulevard des Pyrénées is one of the places not to be missed. This spectacular walk offers a breathtaking view of the Pyrenees mountain range and the Pic du Midi d'Ossau. With many bars and restaurants, it is the perfect place to have an ice cream or a drink in front of the mountain! The Pau Funicular, a short trip from another era To reach the Boulevard des Pyrénées, take the Pau funicular, which was put into service in 1908. Since then, it has remained unchanged and has become one of the city's most emblematic tourist attractions. The children will be delighted. Take advantage of it, it's free and it avoids going up the stairs! Lescar Cathedral, a jewel of Romanesque art in Béarn Away from Pau, about 10 minutes away, Lescar Cathedral is well worth a visit: richly sculpted capitals, magnificent hunting scene in mosaics, trompe-l'oeil balustrade... Built in the 12th century on the heights of the medieval city of Lescar, the historic capital of Béarn, the Romanesque cathedral houses the tombs of the kings of Navarre, including the grandparents of Henry IV. The favorites of the campsite The Pau-Gelos National Stud Farm: an 18th century castle, Napoleonic stables, a collection of horse-drawn vehicles, entertainment for children and horses of course! Le Tour des Géants: at the bottom of the Boulevard des Pyrénées, the first open-air museum dedicated to the Tour de France, its winners and their achievements in Béarn. Back to the map Atoll Premium mobile home Calypso Premium mobile home Marina Premium mobile home Horizon Premium mobile home Calypso mobile home Atoll mobile home Horizon mobile home Canvas Bungalows The water park Activities / events The wellness area The UDAKO bar / snack bar / restaurant The grocery / food shop Biarritz agenda Côte Basque Saint Jean Pied de Port Larrau Laas (near Pau) Sainte-Engrâce The coastal path BIARRITZ CAMPING © Pau Pyrénées Tourisme Guilhamasse Pass the video to the campsite> Click here < Enter your e-mail to register : By providing your email address, you agree to receive our latest blog articles regularly by email and you acknowledge our privacy policy. You can unsubscribe at any time using the unsubscription links or by contacting us at info@biarritz-camping.fr Biarritz Camping **** Le seul et unique camping de Biarritz au pays Basque 28, rue Harcet - 64200 - Biarritz Pyrénées Atlantiques - Nouvelle Aquitaine - France Tel : 00 33 5 59 23 00 12 Fax : (33 9) 81 38 86 71 E-mail: info@biarritz-camping.fr G.P.S : 43°27'43.8"N 1°34'01.2"W Booking follow-up Documents (pdf) Reservation contract Cancellation insurance General terms and conditions of sale Frequently asked questions Map of the campsite Rules of procedure A must for your camping trip: Pau, the capital of Béarn - Campsite France Basque Country - Rental mobile homes Basque Country - Campsite Biarritz - Campsite Pyrenees Atlantiques France Photos and plans non-contractual - © Copyright 2009-2019 SAS PYVER - Legal information	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1622045
__label__cc	0.609684	0.390316	Captured Jasinda & Jack Wilder Love is never easy. It’s especially difficult when you love a career Marine. I knew the risk when I said “I do”, but I chose to love Thomas anyway. War took him from me, and now I’m alone. Struggling and desperate. There’s no hope, no future. Just the endless cycle of day-to-day survival. But a letter returned will change all of that. Hope and companionship, and even love, often come from the last place you’d think to look, when you least expect it. I was a lost, broken soul, a Marine tortured by the memories of what I’d endured. When I visited that old farmhouse in rural Texas, all I wanted to do was return the letter. Keep a promise. What I got was healing. Understanding. The chance to find a measure of peace when all I’ve ever known is war.We both lost everything. But in each other, we found something worth fighting for. What an emotional roll-a-coaster ride this books was for me. I had to 'sleep on it', before writing this review and still it's not coming out easily. The book is written by two points of view, Derek's and Reagan's, in first person perspective. When the war, Afghanistan, the battle is seen by Derek's eyes, it was so real I felt like I was actually there in the scene, seeing, feeling, experiencing it all with him. When he and Tom are captured and hold as prisoners of the war, everything Derek experiences is so powerfully described, I was not only in tears, but crying while holding on to my Kindle. Same was with Reagan's loneliness, sadness, and sorrow. It is heart rending, her instincts to survive admirable, her endurance commendable. They are both so broken, raw, crumbled by the reality, hardship of their life. The scene when Derek and Reagan meet again is gut wrenching, beautiful, agonizing. I was half way through the story, and I felt I was dehydrated from crying, but even though the tale was emotional, it was also so beautiful and real. I took a break at that point and wondered where will this story go from here, because there was still half of the book left. But as I continued to read, the whole book's tone changed into a graphic, very detailed, foul language ridden erotica with great length, the first love scene taking over 20% of the over 400 page long novel . And mind you, I'm not spartan. I think beautifully written love scenes are part of romantic novels. I'm all for that passion and sex are included in the book, as long as the book is not written around it nor is the storyline weakened or rushed because of it. I feel like this was the case here. There was very little of the emotional connection Derek and Reagan had, or the connection between Derek and Tommy. How the relationship developed from there was focused mainly on lust and passion. The ending felt rushed on so many levels, and I was left with a feeling that they were together mainly because of the lust and loneliness was too overpowering in their lives. Or was that what the authors were trying to communicate, that the love grew from the passion over the time? Many times the timeline was rushed by time passing by, and the developments only described by remembering in inner reflections. I felt like I lost the connection I had for the story and the characters in the beginning, and was left with many questions in my mind, wondering. As the first half of the book was so excellent, I wanted to gather all the spoons in the house and bang them together, and for the second half, all I could just say was 'what happen here', I had think long on how many spoons I will give for Captured. Yes, it is a memorable story, I absolutely loved the first half, it captured me and my mind and emotions, the second half made me think and ponder, take a step back again and evaluate. And now that it has been couple days after I finished the story, the thoughts that I'm left with from this story, convince me that it does deserve the five shiny spoons. This book is something you need to experience yourself, like were Wounded, Stripped, The Missionary from these authors, just be prepared -- they come with a powerful impact, if you let them.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1622051
__label__wiki	0.58293	0.58293	Elizabeth Warren: Mueller Report Shows Obstruction, ‘Initiate Impeachment’ Rick Bowmer/AP Photo Penny Starr Presidential hopeful Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) said in a series of tweets that not only does the Mueller report released on Thursday not clear President Donald Trump of charges of collusion with the Russians, but that efforts to obstruct justice by interfering with the special counsel’s investigation into the matter require starting impeachment proceedings. “The Mueller report lays out facts showing that a hostile foreign government attacked our 2016 election to help Donald Trump and Donald Trump welcomed that help. Once elected, Donald Trump obstructed the investigation into that attack,” Warren tweeted. “Mueller put the next step in the hands of Congress: ‘Congress has authority to prohibit a President’s corrupt use of his authority in order to protect the integrity of the administration of justice.’ The correct process for exercising that authority is impeachment,” Warren tweeted. Mueller put the next step in the hands of Congress: “Congress has authority to prohibit a President’s corrupt use of his authority in order to protect the integrity of the administration of justice.” The correct process for exercising that authority is impeachment. — Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) April 19, 2019 To ignore a President’s repeated efforts to obstruct an investigation into his own disloyal behavior would inflict great and lasting damage on this country, and it would suggest that both the current and future Presidents would be free to abuse their power in similar ways. “To ignore a President’s repeated efforts to obstruct an investigation into his own disloyal behavior would inflict great and lasting damage on this country, and it would suggest that both the current and future Presidents would be free to abuse their power in similar ways,” Warren tweeted. “The severity of this misconduct demands that elected officials in both parties set aside political considerations and do their constitutional duty. That means the House should initiate impeachment proceedings against the President of the United States,” Warren tweeted. In the wake of the release of the 400-page Mueller report that took two years to complete, Republicans feel they and Trump are vindicated because it concluded there was no collusion between Trump or anyone involved in the 2016 campaign and Russia. It left open the possibility that Trump could have tried to impede the investigation but stopped short of concluding that he obstructed justice. Warren joins a few other Democrats who have called for impeachment, mostly from far-left members of the party. Some, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), have resisted calls for impeachment. Follow Penny Starr on Twitter. 2020 ElectionPolitics2020 presidential electioncollusionDonald TrumpElizabeth WarrenimpeachmentMueller reportobstructionRussia	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1622058
__label__wiki	0.843413	0.843413	Queen’s Birthday Honours - Sussex recipients World famous singer and Sussex resident Dame Kiri Te Kanawa has been given another accolade in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List. Dame Kiri has been given the Oder of the Companion of Honour which was founded by King George V in June 1917, as a reward for outstanding achievements in the arts, literature, music, science, politics, industry or religion. Richard Leman, a member of the Gold Medal winning Great Britain hockey squad in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, receives an OBE for services to hockey. Also on the sporting theme, Simon Munn is made an MBE for services to wheelchair basketball. Sussex recipients: KNIGHTS BACHELOR Douglas Jardine Flint, CBE. For services to the Finance Industry. (Robertsbridge, East Sussex) ORDER OF THE COMPANIONS OF HONOUR (CH) Dame Kiri Jeanette Te Kanawa, DBE. Soprano. For services to Music. (Lewes) ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE (CBE) Brent Cheshire. Formerly chairman DONG Energy UK Ltd. For services to the Renewable Energy Sector. (Billingshurst) Mrs Gillian Anne Brown. Leader and District Councillor, Arun District Council. For services to Local Government and to the community in West Sussex. (Bognor Regis) Christian volunteers banned from singing songs about God at Sussex playgroup Dr Neil Gareth Churchill. Director Patient Experience, NHS England. For services to the Voluntary Sector and to Carers. (Forest Row) Richard Leman. For services to Hockey. (East Grinstead) His Honour Riaz Hassan Naqvi. Resident Judge Sovereign Base Area Cyprus. For services to Defence. (Seaford, East Sussex) Mrs Alison Mary Browning. Teacher, Varndean School, Brighton. For services to Education and to the Personal Development of Young People. (Redhill, Surrey) Dr David Crichton Craig. Head of Sedation and Special Care Dentistry Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust. For services to Dental Patients. (Staplecross, East Sussex) Miss Stacey Dooley. Journalist and Presenter. For services to Broadcasting. (East Sussex) Ms Mili Ranjit Doshi. Dental consultant Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust. For services to NHS Dentistry. (London) Dr Simon Leslie Edwards. Senior Lecturer in Youth Studies University of Portsmouth. For services to Youth Work and the Education of Young People. (West Sussex) Mrs Rachelle Louise Freeguard. Higher Officer, Border Force, Gatwick Airport. For services to the Prevention of Trafficking and Border Security. (Kent) Miss Sarah Margaret Gordy. For services to the Arts and People with Disabilities. (Lewes) Ms Deborah Kay Hayman. Assistant director HMRC Fraud Investigation Service, Croydon. For services to Raising Awareness of Women’s Health in the Workplace. (West Sussex) Gareth John Ledbetter. Formerly head of Screening and Research Team Home Office. For services to Border Security. (West Sussex) Simon Munn. For services to Wheelchair Basketball. (Peacehaven) Miss Helen Osbourne. Principal and chief executive Officer Learner Services manager, Friend’s Centre, Brighton. For services to Adult Education. (Haywards Heath) Roger John Paterson. Chairman, Rural West Sussex Partnership. For voluntary service to the Rural Economy. (West Sussex) Dr David Adrian Sanders, TD. For services to charity and to the community in Hampshire and Sussex. (Hampshire) Stephen Mark Saunders. For services to the Telecommunications Industry and Business. (Lewes) Ms Penelope Jane Tassoni. Early Years Author and Trainer and Honorary president, Professional Association for Childcare and Early Years. For services to Early Years Education. (St Leonards-on-Sea) Stanley John Charles Todd. Helmsman, London Lifeboat Station, Royal National Lifeboat Institution. For services to Maritime Safety. (Brighton) BRITISH EMPIRE MEDAL (BEM) Mrs Joyce Angela Jasmine Azis. For services to the community in Petworth, West Sussex. (West Sussex) Raymond Barden. For services to the community in Pett, East Sussex. (Hastings) Samuel James Fanaroff. Founder, The Sussex Guild. For services to Craftspeople in Sussex. (Westham) Mrs Hazel Latus. For voluntary service to the Arts in Bognor Regis. (Bognor Regis) Ms Sarah Marzaioli. Team Administrator Speech and Language Therapy Department, East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust. For services to Speech and Language Therapy. (Hastings) Tyler Murphy. Founder and Volunteer Tylers Trust. For services to Young People with Debilitating Illnesses and Vulnerable Families in West Sussex. (Barnham) Mrs Darran Francis Saunders. Volunteer, The Connor Saunders Foundation. For voluntary service to Young People in Brighton and Hove. (Brighton) Mrs Courtney Christine Pamela Saunders-Jones. Volunteer, The Connor Saunders Foundation. For services to Young People in Brighton and Hove. (Brighton) George Ronnie Simmons. For services to the community in Rye East Sussex. (Rye)	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1622060
__label__wiki	0.832478	0.832478	Acclaimed Philip Ridley Drama TENDER NAPALM Returns July 18 African-American director David Norwood will premiere a uniquely re-envisioned American version of TENDER NAPALM by renowned British playwright Philip Ridley (The Pitchfork Disney, Mercury Fur, The Fastest Clock in the Universe). This poetic two-hander originally premiered in London in 2011, before making a limited engagement Off-Broadway debut in 2012 to critical acclaim. Previews begin July 18 at HERE with opening set for July 24. In TENDER NAPALM, a young couple face an unnamed catastrophe. They wind their love back to its beginnings through a fantastical, erotic world of serpent slayings, monkey wars, alien abductions and a shipwrecked paradise. Explosive, poetic and brutal, the play re-examines and re-defines the language of love?and how that love struggles to survive in the face of catastrophe. With approval from Ridley, director David Norwood has set his production on the East Coast and with an African-American cast. Norwood brings a unique vision to this acclaimed play, re-examining and re-defining how black love and loss is portrayed in the American theatre. TENDER NAPALM stars Amara James Aja (The White Devil at Red Bull Theater) and Ayana Major Bey (After Midnight directed by Warren Carlyle). The production features set and costumes by David Norwood, lighting by Stacey Derosier (Lewiston/Clarkston), original music & sound design by Brian Morales (The Color Purple at Menier Chocolate Factory Purple starring Cynthia Erivo), casting by Eisenberg/Beans Casting (Baghdaddy, Bedlam's Pygmalion), and stage management by Acacia S. Drake (Playing Hot for Pipeline). It is executive produced by Ayana Parker Morrison (Stephen Belber's Joan). David Norwood was nominated for the 2014 New York Innovative Theatre Award, as well as the AUDELCO Award for Outstanding Choreography/Movement for his work on Salome: Da Voodoo Princess of Nawlins. His other recent work includes Summer and Smoke, The Remembrance Project: Trail of Tears, The Little Rock Nine Project, The Remembrance Project: Darfur, The Remembrance Project: Rwanda, Next to Normal, NighoftheLivingDead the Musical and Nevermore. He studied at The Ailey School and the Joffrey Ballet School. He has danced with Graham II, performed with Broadway legend, Carol Channing and has worked with many esteemed artists such as Tony Award nominee Camille A. Brown, Sidra Bell, Ronald K. Brown and many others. His work has been awarded grants from the Actors' Equity Foundation and Dramatists Guild Foundation. He is a proud member of SDC, the League of Off-Broadway Theatres and Producers, and an alum of the Commercial Theatre Institute. He holds a BA in Directing from the City College of New York. Philip Ridley has been cited as a pioneer of 'In-yer-face theatre', with his debut play The Pitchfork Disney (1991), considered by many to be a seminal work in the development of the style, with one critic even dubbing it "the key play" of the 1990s. In addition to Tender Napalm and The Pitchfork Disney, Ridley has written 11 other full length plays for adults: the multi-award-winning The Fastest Clock in the Universe(1992), Ghost from a Perfect Place (1994), Vincent River (2000), the controversial Mercury Fur (2005), Leaves of Glass (2007), Piranha Heights (2008), Shivered (2012), Dark Vanilla Jungle (2013), Radiant Vermin (2015), Tonight with Donny Stixx (2015) and Karagula (2016). This production is a part of SubletSeries@HERE: a curated rental program, which provides artists with subsidized space and equipment, as well as technical support. TENDER NAPALM runs July 18 ? August 4, Tuesday - Saturday at 7pm and Sunday at 2pm. Running time is 75 minutes. HERE is located at 145 Sixth Avenue (enter on Dominick, 1 block south of Spring Street). Tickets are $35 / $20 for students. For tickets visit here.org or call 212-352-3101. For more information visit www.tendernapalm.com. Related Articles View More Off-Off-Broadway Stories Shows Interactive BLUE MAN GROUP Installation Opens at the�Museum Of The City Of New York, July 19 Sprout Works Presents THE GROVE Hosted By Isaac Cole Powell Euripides Summer Festival Returns to New York City Gina Femia And Additional Writers Announced For Final NY Madness Of Season Playful Substance Announces WOMAN'S WORK A Solo Festival Photo Flash: 13 FRUITCAKES At La MaMa Experimental Theatre Co. The Flea Theater Announces New Resident Directors The Theatre Group At SBCC Presents HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS Normal Ave Announces 2019-20 Season With Two World Premieres, A Rare Revival, And The Return Of Free New Works Festival Barefoot Shakespeare Co. & Company Of Fools Present William Shakespeare's MEASURE FOR MEASURE Casting Announced For SAVAGE THE MUSICAL at NYMF Dark Prophet Productions and the New York Musical Festival Proudly Present MY REAL MOTHER Photo Flash: The Classical Theatre of Harlem Presents THE BACCHAE THEN SHE FELL Celebrates 4000th Performance on July 5 The Tank To Present LADY FEST 2019 OFF-OFF-BROADWAY SHOWS More JC Players (8/2 - 8/11) "Spero Plays Nyro" By The Christine Spero Group Triad Theater (7/19 - 7/19) PHOTOS VIDEOS Ghetto Chronicles A Musical Revue The Playroom Theater (8/9 - 8/9) PHOTOS Axelrod Performing Arts Center (7/11 - 7/28) PHOTOS The Perfect Fit, The Musical Teatro LaTea Theater (8/11 - 8/23) CAST Off-Off-Broadway Email Alerts	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1622063
__label__wiki	0.966539	0.966539	Senate Democrats want to put the brakes on Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court confirmation in light of Michael Cohen's plea deal Grace Panetta Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer Drew Angerer/Getty Images Senate Democrats want to delay the confirmation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court in light of Michael Cohen pleading guilty to two federal crimes he said he committed during the 2016 election "at the direction" of then-candidate Donald Trump. They argue that a president implicated in a federal criminal case should not be able to nominate a Justice to the Supreme Court who could potentially rule on Trump's criminal liabilities. A spokesman for Senate Judiciary chairman Chuck Grassley said confirmation hearings are scheduled to proceed as planned. A number of Senate Democrats want to put the brakes on the confirmation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court after President Donald Trump's personal lawyer Michael Cohen pleaded guilty to federal crimes— and said he committed two of them "at the direction" of Trump. Specifically, Cohen said in his guilty plea hearing that he violated corporate contribution and campaign finance laws "at the direction" of then-candidate Trump with the express intent of influencing the election. The contributions are believed to have helped kill negative stories about Trump's alleged affairs with porn star Stormy Daniels and model Karen McDougal. "It is unseemly for the president of the United States to be picking a Supreme Court who could soon be effectively a juror in a case involving the president himself," minority leader Chuck Schumer of New York said in a speech on the Senate floor. "The prospect of the president being implicated in some criminal case is no longer a hypothetical that can be dismissed." The Senators are calling on Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley to delay the confirmation hearings until there is more clarity on the scope of Trump's possible criminal involvement in the illegal payouts. Depending on the trajectory of special counsel Mueller's investigation into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia and any other revelations that come from Cohen, the Supreme Court could rule on critical issues involving executive power — such as whether the President can be compelled to testify before a grand jury. Earlier that day, Sen. Mazie Hirono of Hawaii called off a meeting with Kavanaugh over Cohen's claims. "I have cancelled my meeting with Judge Kavanaugh," she tweeted. "[Trump], who is an un-indicted co-conspirator in a criminal matter, does not deserve the courtesy of a meeting with his nominee — purposely selected to protect, as we say in Hawaii, his own okole." (Okole roughly translates to "ass" in Hawaiian). Other lawmakers who weighed in included Sen. Kamala Harris of California, Ed Markey of Massachusetts, and Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire. Senate Democrats have previously scrutinized Judge Kavanaugh, who is currently a federal judge for the DC Circuit Court of Appeals, on some of his previous legal writings supporting a strong executive and arguing that a sitting President should not be criminally prosecuted or civilly sued while in office. "Calls to delay the hearing are just the latest tactic from opponents who decided to vote "no" weeks ago, frantically looking for anything that sticks. The hearing will begin as planned on September 4," a spokesman for Sen. Grassley said of the Democrats' concerns. Jeffrey Cohen, an attorney and partner at Cohen & Goldstein in New York City, told Business Insider he thought it highly unlikely for Chairman Grassley to slow down proceedings for Kavanaugh's confirmation unless the House brought impeachment proceedings or Mueller released a report implicating Trump even further. SEE ALSO: Michael Cohen pleads guilty and says he broke campaign finance law at Trump's direction More: Brett Kavanaugh Michael Cohen Michael Cohen plea deal	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1622064
__label__wiki	0.955889	0.955889	Home Finance Nicolás ... Nicolás Maduro is waging a bizarre contest with Richard Branson to see who can stage the best pop concert — as Venezuela crumbles Alexandra Ma, Business Insider US British billionaire Richard Branson said on Monday that he will stage a massive pop concert just outside Venezuela to raise money for the country, which is in deep crisis. Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro responded by announcing his plans for a rival concert the following day. Maduro has systematically blocked US aid from entering the country. The US, EU, and most of Latin America have pledged support his rival, self-styled interim president Juan Guaidó. Richard Branson and Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro are planning rival pop concerts in a bizarre twist to the country’s economic and political crisis. The contest began when Branson announced a concert to be held this Friday on the Colombia side of the Colombia-Venezuela border, which he wants to raise money for the Venezuelan people, who are suffering food shortages. After the plan became public, Maduro announced his own two-day concert, due to begin the day after Branson’s. Maduro’s concert will be called “Hands Off Venezuela,” The Associated Press (AP) reported. Maduro will put on a show on this coming Saturday and Sunday on the Venezuelan side of the border, the AP reported. Venezuelan information minister Jorge Rodriguez as saying. It is not clear how far apart the sites will be, as the Maduro government has not yet announced a venue. A map showing where Branson plans to stage his concert to raise money for Venezuela. Google Maps/INSIDER In an interview on Monday with the AP, Branson said he would stage a pop concert on Friday in Cucuta, a Colombian city outside Venezuela’s border that has hosted hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan refugees over the past few months. Branson said he plans to raise $100 million for Venezuela’s citizens, who are suffering through one of the world’s worst economic crises and massive shortages of food and medicine. A combination of decreasing oil prices, corruption, and hyperinflation has led to Venezuelans barely being able to afford food and medicine. Hundreds of thousands of citizens have also been demanding Maduro’s resignation for weeks, saying that his presidency is unconstitutional and fraudulent. Maduro refuses to stand down. Juan Guaidó, the National Assembly president, declared declared himself Venezuela’s interim president in late January. Branson also openly backs Guaidó. The US, EU, Canada, and most countries in Latin America also pledged their support for Guaidó over the past few weeks. Russia, China, Turkey, Syria, Bolivia, Cuba, and many of Venezuela’s military leaders back Maduro and have characterized international support for Guaidó as foreign meddling. Read more: Trump urges Venezuela’s military to back its self-declared interim president, saying socialism has ravaged the country Branson also said that he hopes his concert will open up Venezuela’s borders for international aid to come in, without specifying how that might work. Maduro’s government has systematically blocked all US aid from entering his country, arguing that allowing access could lead to a US military invasion. He said on Monday that the US wants to “enslave us” with aid, according to the AP. His concert on Saturday is on the same date Guaidó called on his Venezuelan supporters to bring aid from Colombia. Guaidó said that if Maduro’s concert disrupts his mission, he would keep trying on subsequent days, the AP said. Maduro also said that his government would import 300 tons of aid from Russia, but did not give an exact date of arrival. Read more: The US sent a military plane full of soap, toothbrushes, and nutritional products to Colombia to help Venezuelan citizens – but Venezuela’s president won’t accept it Branson expects up to 300,000 attendees at his concert, which will feature talent like Mexican band Mana, Spanish singer Alejandro Sanz, and Dominican artist Juan Luis Guerra, the AP reported. Spanish-French singer Manu Chao was previously reported to be joining, but the AP said on Tuesday that was no longer the case. All of the singers set to perform come from countries that back Guaidó. It’s not clear who will headline Maduro’s pop concert. Guaidó called Maduro’s rival concert “desperate,” according to the AP. BI Photo Hollis Johnson	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1622065
__label__wiki	0.749926	0.749926	Canon Expands its Sales and Service Footprint in North India PTI April 1, 2019 (Eds: Disclaimer: The following press release comes to you under an arrangement with PR Newswire. PTI takes no editorial responsibility for the same.) LUDHIANA, India, April 1, 2019/PRNewswire/ -- Canon India, one of the leading digital imaging organizations, has further strengthened its consumer connect in North India with the opening of its new Authorized Service Franchise (ASF) Level III in Ludhiana. The launch will enable the organization to further reach out to its customers across Punjab, Haryana, Jammu & Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh, offering them a multitude of premium value added services. (Logo: https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/538728/Canon_India_Logo.jpg) (Photo: https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/844286/Canon_Ludhiana.jpg) Inaugurated by Mr. Kazutada Kobayashi, President & CEO and Mr. Rahul Goel, Director-Market Engineering Center, the ASF Level III facility will be the go-to-place for any camera related service required by Canon users. Known for its vast service outreach, the imaging marvel currently operates five ASF Level III centers across Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Indore, Pune and Ludhiana. Canon India also owns and operates six Master Service Centre (MSC), presently in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bengaluru, Cochin and Kolkata. Equipped with state-of-the-art facility and equipment, MSC can repair all types of DSLRs, Mirrorless cameras, Lenses, Camera accessories, Digital Camera/Digital Video Camcorder, Network Surveillance Cameras and Projectors. The organization has also launched its third PIXMA Zone in India, unveiling a new destination for inkjet printers in Ludhiana. Designed and conceptualized to exhibit the entire range of Canon Inkjet technology and its features, the PIXMA Concept store is aimed to familiarize the consumers with all categories of Inkjet printers, cartridges and photo media according to their usage and needs. The product display for home, professional and office use would include product series like MG series, MAXIFY, G series, TS series, E series, professional portable printer and Pro-series printers. Speaking at the occasion, Mr. Kazutada Kobayashi, President & CEO, Canon India, said, "At Canon, customer delight is not just a tagline for us, it is a philosophy which we abide by, leading to a strong bond with our customers. We truly believe that happy and satisfied customers contribute immensely towards the growth journey of a brand and our two decade old legacy in the country stands testament to the same. Along with providing world class products and solutions, it has been our constant endeavor to come closer to our customers through our robust service support." Mr. Kobayashi further added, "North region has been one of our key focus markets and the launch of our ASF Level III center and PIXMA Zone in Ludhiana will be a step further to fortify our connect with our customer community. We foresee this launch to be yet another milestone in our journey of customer delight, enabling us to penetrate into the widest geographies in the country." Elaborating on the ASF Level III center, Mr. Rahul Goel, Director, Market Engineering Center, Canon India, said, "We, at Canon have a nimble service infrastructure, catering to our customers across the length and breadth of the country. We are dedicated towards providing our customers with customized service offerings, positively influencing their behavior towards our organization. We pride ourselves in the fact that our services don't end at the point of purchase, it continues for years. Our unbeatable after sales service is what makes us different from others and establishes our sense of commitment towards our customers. Ludhiana has proved to be an important photography hub for us in the northern region and we strive to make photography a seamless experience for our customers. Through the launch of our new facility, we are aiming to create a strong after sales network in the region with a convenient touch point for camera collection and repairs." The ASF Level III is equipped with trained engineers and technicians to cater to customer queries. From basic hand tools to high precision robotic tools, the facility boasts of advanced technology to calibrate customer's units with unmatched quality, adhering to Canon service standards. This centre also works on high end camera models of EOS Series including 77D, 80D, 6D, 7D, 5D and M Series. With every new service facility in India and its robust product and service solutions, Canon is diving deeper into geographies with a focus to increase its service infrastructure to cater to a larger number of consumers. About Canon Group Ever since its foundation in 1937, Canon is guided by the 'Kyosei' philosophy of living and working together for the common good. Canon strives to create and deliver world-class products, becoming a top global corporation by diversifying into new business fields throughout the world. Focusing on optical technologies, Canon produces office equipment, consumer and professional imaging devices, network cameras, healthcare and industrial equipment. Through the close connection between its global head office in Tokyo and regional headquarters in America, Europe, Asia, Oceania and regional headquarters in Japan, Canon combines its global and local operations organically. In 1996, Canon launched its Excellent Global Corporation Plan with the goal of serving the society with advanced technologies and becoming a trustworthy and responsible corporate citizen. The year 2016 was the first year of Phase 5 of the Plan. Currently, Canon boasts a strong global presence of 376 subsidiaries all over the world, supported by 197,776 employees.(Data as of December 31, 2017) About Canon India Canon India Pvt. Ltd., a 100% subsidiary of Canon Singapore Pvt. Ltd., is a world leader in imaging technologies. Set up in 1997, Canon markets over 200 comprehensive range of sophisticated contemporary digital imaging product and solutions in India. The company today has offices and warehouses in 14 cities across India and employs over 1000 people. Canon has over 500 primary channel partners, 14 National Retail Chain partners, and over 6000 secondary retail points. Canon India till date has opened over 250 retailer stores accredited as 'Image Square' across 100+ cities in the country. Canon India's service reach extends to over 582 towns covering 17,978 PIN codes across India - which comprises of 270 Camera collection points, 16 Camera repair centers, 235 Printer repair centers, 187 Copier, Scanner and Large Format Printer Sales & Service dealers. (Data as of February 13, 2019) In sync with its corporate tagline- 'Delighting You Always', reinforced by world class technology, Canon offers an extended product portfolio, including copier MFDs, Managed Document Services, Fax-Machines, Printers, Document and Cheque Scanners, All-in-ones, Digital Cameras, DSLR's, Cinematic Imaging Products, Camcorders, Cable ID Printers and Card printers catering to the multiple market segments of consumer, SME, B2B, Commercial, Government & PSUs. In 2017, the imaging leader recorded a double digit growth. Source: Canon India PWR PWR https://www.businesstoday.in/pti-feed/canon-expands-its-sales-and-service-footprint-in-north-india/story/332993.html	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1622066
__label__wiki	0.648248	0.648248	A man repeatedly threatened to blow up a mosque, the FBI says. They caught him by checking caller ID By Hollie Silverman, For CNN, On 17 May 2018, Read Original (CNN) A South Florida man is accused of leaving multiple voicemails saying he would blow up a mosque days before Ramadan. The way officials found him? They checked caller ID. Dustin Hughes, 26, is alleged to have called Jamaat Ul Muttaqeen Mosque in Pembroke Pines, Florida, four times in a week. Hughes made the first call on May 5, claiming he had planted a bomb in the mosque and planned on detonating it, according to a federal complaint. "I planted a bomb in your temple, I'm gonna blow your f------ temple up you f----- Muslim piece of s---," Hughes allegedly said in the first voicemail. He continued, "You guys wanna come here and cause mayhem to America, well I'm gonna cause mayhem to your religion 'cause your religion is nothing but lies. Lies, lies, lies from the devil! Where's Allah now?" Tracking the caller Police in Pembroke Pines, roughly 23 miles north of Miami, responded to the mosque and confirmed there were no explosives planted. During their investigation, officers noticed the digital caller ID listed the man's name as Dustin Hughes, according to the federal complaint. Throughout the week, Hughes allegedly continued to leave threatening voicemails from his own phone, even admitting on one recording that he had been responsible for multiple calls, officials said. "Yeah this is me again, I have the f------ bomb detonator in there right now and I'm gonna set it off," one of the messages said. The arrest The FBI arrested Hughes at his Cutler Bay home on May 15, the first day of Ramadan. When FBI agents interviewed Hughes and told him that the voicemails scared people at the mosque, Hughes allegedly clapped and expressed his approval. Authorities charged Hughes with willfully making a bomb threat by telephone. If convicted, he faces a maximum of 10 years in prison, according to the Department of Justice. Hughes' next detention hearing is scheduled for May 22 before a US magistrate judge. The Florida chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations says it welcomes the arrest. "It is shameful and alarming to continue witnessing an increment in hate crimes against Florida Muslims and their places of worship and education," chapter spokesman Wilfredo Amr Ruiz said in a news release. CNN has reached out to the public defender assigned to Hughes' case but has not heard back.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1622071
__label__cc	0.564236	0.435764	Weed Risk Assessment We all know an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, especially for weeds. But how can land managers know which new weeds to look out for? Which weeds are most likely to expand into new areas? Which non-native plants might present a threat if introduced? These are the questions addressed by Weed Risk Assessment (WRA). There are two types of risk assessment: pre-border and post-border. Pre-border assessment predicts which species could be problematic if introduced into a particular country or geographic areas. Post-border assessment predicts the spread of species already inside the border. Risk assessments may address species proposed for importation, such as horticultural plants, or species released accidentally. The U.S. Department of Agriculture regulates importation of plants into the United States through its Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, while the California Department of Food and Agriculture has jurisdiction over plants within California. A number of other counties and states, notably Australia and Hawaii, have developed methods to assess threats posed by particular plants. Researchers and regulators try to strike a balance between conducting a thorough asssessment and identifying a few critical factors that contribute to invasiveness. The single factor that most influences a plant becoming invasive is its being reported as invasive elsewhere. Cal-IPC has also developed risk assessments for invasive plants in California. A grant through Dr. Joe DiTomaso at UC Davis and the UC Integrated Pest Management Program from 2006-2008 funded modeling of invasive plant distribution in California using climate and other factors. We also researched plants known to be invasive in other regions of the world with a Mediterranean climate like California. We hope the results from this project will help land managers plan their work into the future and will provide information that could be integrated into policy decisions or voluntary business partnerships. Maps (linked below) provide the first statewide information on the statewide distribution for most of these plants. The prediction maps, and the vulnerable areas they identify, are rough predictions only but they give land managers an idea of which areas are most likely to have these plants in the future. Weed Risk Assessment in California California Agriculture article (2014) – “Predicting invasive plants in California” examines which species from other Mediterranean-climate regions are likely to become invaders in California. Statewide maps for species on the Cal-IPC Inventory. Article from Cal-IPC News, Winter 2007 (pdf), on the Weed Risk Assessment workshop at UC Davis Proceedings from the October 2006 Workshop at UC Davis (pdf) Other Weed Risk Assessment Links 1st International Weed Risk Assessment Workshop, Adelaide, Australia, 1999 – Papers presented at this meetings and a link to the book Weed Risk Assessment, produced as a Proceedings of the Workshop. 2nd International Weed Risk Assessment Workshop, Perth, Australia, 2007 – A follow-up to the 1999 Workshop USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Plant Protection and Quarantine (USDA APHIS PPQ) – Regulates importation of plants into the United States. Pacific Islands Ecosystems at Risk – Risk assessments for invasive and potentially invasive plants in Hawaii and other Pacific islands. Adapted from the Biosecurity Australia system. Biosecurity Australia – Weed Risk Assessment – Risk assessments for plants proposed for importation into Australia. More pages in “Invasive Plant Research” Arundo donax: Distribution and Impacts The Cost of Invasive Plants on California Biological Controls Invasive Plants and Wildlife Saharan Mustard (Brassica tournefortii) Research	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1622072
__label__cc	0.707845	0.292155	Dealing with Harassment at Work This article is just one in a series of guest posts written on internet safety, you can read the rest here. Unfortunately, abuse is prevalent in work environments. According to one study, one in three women ages 18-34 has been sexually harassed at work. 25% of those women were harassed online via texts or emails, yet 71% of these women did not report it. We can only speculate the reasons for this, but one could be because sexual harassment is not clearly defined. However, some examples of sexual harassment include: Sharing sexually inapproporiate images or videos. Sending letters, texts, or emails with suggestive content. Telling lewd jokes or sexual anecdotes. But even these are ambiguous! If someone sends a dick pick, that is clearly sexual harassment, but an off-handed comment could be misconstrued. So, how do you know it’s sexual harassment? For those moments where you’re not sure, think about how you feel. Did that comment make you uncomfortable? Is there something off-putting about it? If yes, chances are there’s an underlying tone that should be considered sexual harassment. Sexual harassment comes in different forms, and when it’s online it’s often even less obvious. Yet, it still happens. If you’re in a professional situation where you feel uncomfortable, you should immediately start recording it. Often larger cases are built on a pattern of small incidents, which, if not documented properly, won’t be useful as evidence. Even if you’re not sure if an encounter counts as harassment, it’s better to treat it as such just in case the situation gets worse and you decide to eventually take action. How to Report Harassment 1. Document Every Encounter Any comment, inappropriate email, or other correspondence that can possibly qualify as harassment should be recorded and stored somewhere where only you have access to it (not on the company’s Google Drive, for instance). It could be that one comment was unintentional, but if it happens again, you’ll be able to build a case. If an encounter involves something said verbally or inappropriate touching, as soon as possible, write yourself an email (from your personal account) describing the incident in as much detail as you can. Include the time, date, and location of the incident. 2. Monitor the Situation Take screenshots, record times and dates, save emails, and keep a file of everything that makes you uncomfortable. 3. Report It Once you have evidence, it’s time to file a report. While it is sometimes uncomfortable, reporting harassment in the office is one of the most productive ways you can stop it. Send your evidence to the HR department, which hopefully already has a policy in place as to how to proceed. If there is no HR at your company, then you should construct a well-informed email and send it to office management or to your manager (as long as they are not the one harassing you). How to Write an Email to Report Sexual Harassment It can seem daunting to construct that first email. For this reason, we included a template for you to use. Subject line: Official complaint of sexual harassment Dear [HR] and [boss], I am writing this email to notify you that [name of harasser] has been sexually harassing me for the past [x amount of time]. The following incidents have occured during that time: [Example 1: Describe what happened and when. Try to include as many facts as possible. ] [Example 2: Describe the second incident that made you feel uncomfortable. Remember to include if you told anyone else at work about it.] [Example 3: Attach any documents or evidence that will support your case.] [If applicable, include what actions you believe the company should take. For instance, you can write, “I would like to be transferred to a different department” or “I would like this matter to be looked into, and I would like a formal apology from [name of harasser].”] Thank you for looking into this matter. Should you need any more information, I am happy to provide it. Your employer should have a policy on how to assess the situation and take action. If you don’t feel as though your complaint was adequately addressed, remember that you can always seek outside legal counsel. A professional well-versed in the laws in your area should be able to guide you in your next steps. We should also note that for many, reporting the incident internally is not an option, as many women freelance or are self-employed. In this scenario, you need to take the situation into your own hands. Sexual Harassment if You’re Self-Employed If you’re self-employed and experience an inappropriate encounter, since there’s no one to report to, you need to take care of the situation yourself. This is exactly what happened to Ariel, a musician who received sexually charged messages from another professional in her industry. After commenting on the way she shakes while playing music, Ariel responded “don’t be an ass” to which the harasser responded “Oh, I love the way you talk.” While Ariel decided not to publicly shame him, she did respond that his comments were suggestive and aggressive. The harasser disagreed and left it at that. Ariel found it empowering to confront the harasser head on. Others may find that the best method of self-preservation is to ignore the harassers. There’s no right or wrong way to address harassment in this scenario. It is your decision. Sexual Harassment on LinkedIn LinkedIn, an online platform for career-networking and business, has unfortunately also become an outlet for sexual harassment. While LinkedIn’s policy prohibits any form of harassment, there’s no way for LinkedIn to totally prevent it, and – unfortunately – sexual harassment still happens there every day. Because it’s a networking site, some treat it like a dating site. Among other complaints, women have reported men sending them inappropriate messages, and making lewd comments on their appearance based on their profile pictures. Another potential pitfall: your resume. Many people upload their resumes without considering that their email address and phone number appear in the header. Unless you want the entire internet to have access to that information, delete it from the version you post. Unwanted phone calls asking to go out may not seem like sexual harassment to some men, but for women receiving phone calls from strangers, it could definitely feel like it. But, that’s the problem. Because most harassment is not so blatant, it’s harder for women to validate and report it. While you can’t prevent creepy guys from messaging you on LinkedIn, there are ways you can protect yourself: Before accepting a LinkedIn connection, check the degrees of separation. Do you have connections in common? Do they work in your industry? If not, don’t accept. If you receive an unsolicited message, you can decide to block them. Just click on the three dots at the top right and then click Report this conversation. You can also block that person from viewing your profile or contacting you. Go to the person’s profile, click More>Report/Block and follow the instructions. If you upload your resume, check to make sure your phone number, home address, and other contact information are not listed. If someone wants to contact you for your work, they can do it through LinkedIn. There is no guarantee that these suggestions will protect you 100%. However, they do provide you with more control regarding who can contact you. Tech. Safety Guide: What to Do If Your Phone Gets Lost or Stolen For many of us, it’s as if our whole lives are on our phones. Unfortunately, abuse is prevalent in work environments. According to one study, one in three women ages 18-34 has been sexually harassed at work. Online Dating, Sexual Harassment and Internet Safety Kylie had been chatting with Marco* for about a month after having connected on OKCupid, but they hadn’t yet met in person.. Tech. Safety Guide: Preventing Intimate Partner Violence Intimate partner violence (IPV) affects nearly one third of American women. Although technology can provide tools for victims (e.g. for collecting evidence against an abuser), it can also unfortunately be used by perpetrators. Tech. Safety Guide: Preventing IRL (In Real Life) Attacks During Ridesharing Obviously, attacks on women don’t just happen online. Often attacks spill over to the real world, with perpetrators using technology to help them stalk and abuse their victims. Etc.Harlot September 19, 2018 Harlot, Internet Safety Series, sexual harassment, harassment at workComment Etc.Harlot September 19, 2018 Harlot, Internet Safety Series, lost phone, stolen phone, privacy Etc., Love & RelationshipsHarlot September 19, 2018 Harlot, Internet Safety Series, intimate partner violence, online dating, dating safety, catfishing	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1622073
__label__wiki	0.742294	0.742294	Christchurch City Council 'practising what it preaches' Christchurch City Council’s Head of Parks has assured residents the Council is practising what it preaches when it comes to limiting its own water use in light of district-wide water restrictions put in place this week. Level-three water restrictions apply for Christchurch until the end of May, to help keep water use down while critical upgrade work is carried out to the city’s well heads. Only hand-held watering is permitted on alternate days.(external link) Only hand-held watering is permitted in Christchurch. “We’re certainly doing our best to lead by example and make sure we’re taking steps to limit our own water use in our parks, gardens and sports fields,” Andrew Rutledge says. “As much a possible we’re restricting water use by only watering our major sports fields, such as Nga Puna Wai Sports Hub and Hagley Oval, on alternate days and between 9pm and 7am, when it’s much cooler.” Mr Rutledge says some of the Council’s sports fields have a sand base which must be irrigated to stop the turf dying. “We have nine sand-based fields spread across six community sports parks, as well as the Hospital Corner fields in South Hagley Park. If the turf died, it would be very expensive to replace, so we do irrigate these at most once every two days, during night time. “The remaining 73 Council sports fields are only irrigated to a level that ensures player safety, usually twice a week.” A number of private organisations are also responsible for providing fields for community sport, and those without their own water supply are expected to minimise water use as much as practicable, Mr Rutledge says. “Many of these fields are not watered automatically and rely on volunteer support, so it’s not unusual to see them applying water during the day time.” The Botanic Gardens has its own private well so doesn’t draw water from the public water supply, Mr Rutledge says. “However, staff will still be minimising water use in the gardens to meet the level-three restrictions, without jeopardising the important plant collections. “Similarly, ornamental gardens and recently redeveloped areas of the inner city are being irrigated only once every three days and during the evening.” newsline@ccc.govt.nz	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1622079
__label__wiki	0.735104	0.735104	Home Featured articles CDR celebrates a decade of publishing CDR celebrates a decade of publishing Angela Bilbow 03/05/2019 Launched in 2009 amid the global financial crisis, Commercial Dispute Resolution remains at the forefront... Launched in 2009 amid the global financial crisis, Commercial Dispute Resolution remains at the forefront of game-changing industry developments. Its editors – past and present – look back over a decade that has arguably seen more significant shifts in the practice of dispute resolution than any other. For Global Legal Group’s founder Alan Falach, it was apparent that the sheer amount of litigation and regulatory enforcement born out of the global financial crisis, would create a need that was, until 2009, unmet. “At the time we launched CDR, there was no other dedicated resource of its type in the market that covered the whole realm of dispute resolution on a truly global scale,” Falach explains, adding, “we were well into the financial crisis and - as a former lawyer myself - I knew there would be a lot of litigation and enforcement actions that would follow, particularly against the banks, which would, and as we now know did, draw out over a number of years.” What then followed is an industry resource that has spearheaded the reporting of game-changing industry developments, from third-party funding to the rise of disputes boutiques. 2009–2011: BEN LEWIS As CDR’s first editor, Ben Lewis remembers that it was a case of “what now?” as the dust was settling after the collapse of Lehman Brothers. “Law firms were scrambling to do more with less, as the steady growth of their big-ticket corporate work had been violently interrupted. Suddenly, the bottom line mattered,” he says. For Lewis and his team, it was helpful to have such a strong sense of context when writing and editing these stories, as “journalists are always looking for a compelling narrative, and the catastrophe of the financial crisis provided it”. It is somewhat a coincidence that Lewis cites the enactment UK’s Bribery Act as one of his most memorable stories during his editorship, that Act now being the focus of scrutiny as to its effectiveness (see pages 42-44). “The sheer scale of the thing, with its global reach and ability to hold corporations accountable, felt momentous,” he asserts, adding that the “enforcement blitz that some had hoped for (or no doubt feared, in other cases) never really arrived”; albeit there is a growing expectation that businesses should be more responsible and ethical. “Ambitious legislation like the Bribery Act may yet prove a catalyst for this culture change.” 2011–2012: FRASER ALLAN Taking on the mantle from Lewis was Fraser Allan, now Global Legal Group’s creative director. While he continued to see the fallout from the financial crash, particularly around contractual disputes, there was a general anticipation that there would be an increased focus on regulatory matters. “Of course, this has happened in the years since. It has been interesting to see it all unfold, as it reveals both the short-term and long-term changes to the disputes marketplace and how they relate to one another,” he says. Allan also took an interest in the nuances that affect the way in which disputes are fought or settled, particularly delving into the psychological and emotional aspects of arbitration and mediation proceedings. “It was an interesting excursion away from black letter law and revealed that personalities can have a far greater effect on the outcome than might be immediately apparent,” he adds. 2014–2016: BEN RIGBY Following an editorial stint by Edward Machin between 2013 and 2014, it was time for well-known industry journalist Ben Rigby to take the reins. Having worked with CDR from its beginning, Rigby echoes the sentiments of those before him, adding that during his tenure, cases arising from the crisis had either been resolved or were at trial, while some then went on to appeal. “My time as editor was also affected by the growing consolidation of mid-market law firms, both in Europe and the United States, a stronger international outlook from US law firms and increasing merger and expansion of both the Magic Circle and US white-shoe law firms, the latter of which are increasingly challenging London law firms for dominance (see page 24-25),” Rigby recalls. Rigby is as regarded for his coverage on the implementation of reforms to UK civil justice, through the Jackson and Briggs reforms, as he is for his work covering Eastern markets, from the launch of China’s Belt and Road Initiative to his in-depth analysis on the Australian disputes market, particularly that on class actions. “It’s hard to single any one story out,” Rigby says. “However, I’m proudest of our work in promoting those lawyers with a wider vision of dispute resolution, beyond that which is merely commercial in nature; people who think about the bigger, human picture. So, my profile of Justin D’Agostino at Herbert Smith Freehills resonates here.” 2017–PRESENT: ANGELA BILBOW For me, timing has been everything. Having returned to London to join CDR two years before taking on the editorship, one of my very first meetings was with a lawyer who told about wheels in motion for a multi-billion-pound group claim, the likes of which had never been seen in the UK. That lawyer went on to bring the GBP 14 billion claim on behalf of MasterCard consumers; a claim that continues to dominate headlines and is changing the interpretation of the law upon which its merits are underpinned; a claim that has courted a significant amount of debate and divide among the legal profession; and, a story I have tracked from concept through to its recent landmark Court of Appeal victory. Volkswagen’s ‘dieselgate’, Versloot Dredging, Carlyle Capital and Achmea are also cases of significance to me. While agreeing with my previous editors on the overarching market trends witnessed over the past decade, what stands out to me is how quickly the tide can turn. Now so, more than ever. This was exemplified by Iran’s now failed nuclear deal. As disputes practices eyed the opportunities presented by Iran’s newly re-opened economy, few foresaw how fast the deal would unravel. Covering this world development provided one of my career highlights to date – an interview with a US government official at their embassy in London. WHERE TO NOW? During my near 20-year career in publishing, spanning commercial roles and editorial, there has always been an emphasis on how information is presented and how it is digested. Further, who will the audience be in two to five years’ time and how that impacts delivery of content. This has become particularly challenging in a time where social media now connects consumers with news as it happens in real time. Lewis acknowledges this, noting, “it’s getting ever harder to cut through the noise, with so much information out there and so many ways to access it”. In his view, “publications that thrive will be the ones that find new ways to engage and influence their audiences, beyond simply publishing articles”, such those using technology, including artificial intelligence for personalised content. To him, the future of trade publishing lies in “telling great stories with a distinctive voice”. This shift from traditional print to digital media has always been a little slower within the legal industry, Allan adds, emphasising that the real question around digital lies behind “how the additional benefits and capabilities it offers will be passed on to legal practitioners”. Allan cites quality, accuracy and trust as “increasingly important differentiators” as more news sources enter the market, while Rigby believes: “The key to success will be sensible pricing, authoritative writing, fearless editing and commercial acumen.” Enjoyed this article? You get access to hundreds of articles like this one simply by subscribing to the CDR website. 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__label__wiki	0.847471	0.847471	Commentary: Long before Stormy Daniels, there was Tempest Storm JFK may have been a worse philanderer than Trump. Does it matter? By Joshua C. KendallLos Angeles Times As Americans consider Stormy Daniels’ story of her alleged 2006 affair with President Trump, we might want to acknowledge that she isn’t the first adult entertainer to reportedly hook up with a future president. In 1955, the politician was Massachusetts Sen. John F. Kennedy and the other woman was a stripper named Tempest Storm. The different manner in which Americans have digested these parallel tales reveals a lot about how our nation has evolved – and not – over the last half-century. Tempest Storm, born Annie Blanche Banks in Eastman, Georgia, was an internationally famous burlesque star by her mid-20s and headlined feature films such as “French Peep Show” and “Striptease Girl.” She first encountered Kennedy after a performance at the Casino Royale in Washington. Joshua C. Kendall is the author of “First Dads: Parenting and Politics From George Washington to Barack Obama.” He is writing a book about how the #MeToo movement will affect our view of presidential history. He wrote this for the Los Angeles Times. She later wrote in her memoir that she had no idea who Kennedy was and had little interest in talking with him initially. But she was taken by the senator’s “stunning good looks,” and said their sexual relationship began the next evening. She said their occasional trysts, which ended well before he became president, typically took place at the Mayflower Hotel. According to Storm, who is now 90, Kennedy confided “that he was not happily married, that Jackie was cold toward him.” The largely male Washington press corps looked the other way then and likewise kept Kennedy insulated from sexual scandal during his presidency. Not until 1975, when the name of his mistress Judith Campbell popped up during a congressional hearing, did most Americans realize Kennedy had been unfaithful to his wife. Still, when Campbell wrote her well-documented 1977 memoir about the multi-year affair, Kennedy loyalists did their best to discredit and degrade her. Tempest Storm’s 1987 memoir got similar dismissive treatment. The mainstream press ignored it as undignified gossip. The tide turned only when several academic Kennedy biographers acknowledged that her story meshed with their research. For instance, in 1955 Kennedy indeed was temporarily living in a suite at the Mayflower Hotel where he also spent intimate evenings with other lovers, including actresses Lee Remick and Audrey Hepburn. Kennedy’s track record as a playboy and philanderer may well have been even worse than Trump’s. Remarkably, this information still remains largely buried by the work of countless apologists over the decades – including journalists and biographers who continue to minimize Kennedy’s extramarital sexual adventures. Take the fawning 2011 bestseller “Jack Kennedy: Elusive Hero” by the MSNBC host Chris Matthews, who has been reprimanded by his network for sexual harassment. According to the TV pundit, after marrying Jackie in 1953, Kennedy simply decided not “to forgo his bachelor pleasures.” But the details are considerably more disturbing. During his presidency, Kennedy engaged in casual sex with dozens of women, including strangers procured by aides. And while Trump presumably confined his grabbing of women’s genitals to his pre-presidential days, Kennedy continued to do so while living in the people’s house. As described by biographer Geoffrey Perret, Kennedy “brazenly put his hand up their skirts, propositioned them within minutes of meeting and groped their breasts and buttocks even as he danced with them.” Sometimes a porn star is just a porn star. But for JFK, as for Trump, his inability to resist her allure indicates a much deeper character issue. And yet a romanticized image of Kennedy still survives intact. Even as Americans debate what to make of Trump’s reported lover with the weather-themed name, our nostalgia endures for the “Mad Men” era, when lecherous behavior was viewed not as a potential violation of the civil rights of women, but as the right of powerful men. JFK (decidedly unlike Trump) did have some shining moments as a leader. One was his famous and eloquent speech on civil rights in June 1963. “We are confronted primarily with a moral issue,” he said. “It is as old as the Scriptures and is as clear as the American Constitution. The heart of the question is … whether we are going to treat our fellow Americans as we want to be treated.” That is still the heart of the question, as the #MeToo movement reminds us. Get breaking news in your inbox Enter your email and be the first to know about traffic alerts, weather updates and breaking stories from across Maine. Evening Express Man who shot, killed Palmyra boy asks to perform at venues serving alcohol Jeffrey Epstein’s New Mexico ranch linked to investigation Waitlist swells as disabled adults seek group homes Four people injured – one critically – in Route 1 crash in Woolwich U.S. Route 202 in Monmouth closes after vehicle knocks telephone lines into the roadway	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1622083
__label__cc	0.685167	0.314833	Our Weekend \| 006 (Including Alexander's 3rd Birthday) As a way of capturing more of the every day, I'm going to start chronicling how we spend our weekends - they may not be the most exciting posts, as we are very much a homey family, but they'll be posts I'll happily look back on. Waking earlier than usual for the weekend, we were up and at 'em by 7 o'clock Saturday morning - we being Nathan and I, Alexander got up at 7.45. We woke to our first proper frost this autumn/winter season, with the entire lawn awash with frost. I find frost to be such a beautiful sight, but the first frost is all the more special. What woke us bright and early was the fact that we were off to the cinema in the morning. With a 9.50 viewing, a rather slow paced toddler, and not the shortest of journeys to complete, an early morning was required. After everyone was feed, ready, and bundled up in our winter warmers, we headed off out at 8.30. Once arriving in town, we soon reached our destination of the cinema. This was Alexander's first time ever to the cinema, and it was actually our birthday outing for him. We opted to see Finding Dory - Alexander really enjoys Finding Nemo, which we have at home and have watched a few times, plus he loves fish and underwater creatures. I was a little anxious about how our cinema trip would go, as whilst Alexander is a big movie watcher, often times he doesn't have the best attention span, however Finding Dory proved to be a hit and held his attention throughout. He did chose to move from his seat and sit on my lap a couple of times, but with the children's booster seats being made of hard plastic, that was totally understandable! He was chatty at times, marvelling at certain aspects of the film, but I think that's kind of expected in a child specific viewing - we went to Cineworld's Movies For Juniors session. This was our first time going to this particular Cineworld branch, and whilst the building was really nice and staff super lovely and helpful, it was pretty chilly in the film screening room itself, and also the trailers for the film seemed to be on extra high volume - it was so loud! One family even left during the trailers because of this reason, getting a refund on their tickets, however the volume seemed to return to a normal level once the film itself came on. Very odd! Our first family cinema experience couldn't have gone better really, and we all loved the film; Nathan and I both agreed that Finding Dory was better than the original of Finding Nemo. We'll for sure be purchasing it on DVD when it's released and I'd highly recommend seeing it - a bit of a rollercoaster emotionally, but some really great themes throughout. The film finished at close to twelve, and after completing an errand in the town centre, we hopped on the bus to an out of town retail park where we picked up Alexander's birthday cake, had some lunch, and I got a new winter themed mug to add to my ever growing mug collection. After a super chilly wait for the bus home - which was over 20 minutes late (not the best thing when the bus only comes every 30 minutes) - we reached home close to 3pm. As afternoon turned to evening, Alexander was bathed and put to bed. Shortly thereafter I had a bath myself, and spent the rest of my evening full of cold, drinking hot chocolate, and reading Harry Potter. It was another early morning for us - not because of alarms this time, well traditional alarms anyway; we woke to the sound of Alexander singing bright and early a little before 7am! We had a slow and leisurely morning with all the usual breakfast scenes; me drinking tea, Alexander making a mess whilst eating breakfast, and Nathan either singing or listening to music... I wonder where Alexander gets it from eh. I managed to get a couple of frost shots in the garden after breakfast and my gosh it was chilly! Brrr! Nathan and Alexander also worked on the pond a little in the morning; Alexander is basically Nathan's shadow. At around 10, Nathan's mum and dad arrived and after warming up with some tea we were off out the door. Our plans for the day included a trip into Cardiff. Although it was super cold - it seriously feels like mid winter, and its only set to get colder - the weather was on our side today allowing us to venture into Bute Park and have a wander admiring the autumnal beauty. One of the reasons I was keen to visit the park was so Alexander could have fun crunching in all the leaves because there is an abundance there and he does have fun in the 'crunchies' as he calls them. We headed into the city centre shopping area after the park in search of some lunch. We had picked out a buffet restaurant to eat at, and after a bit of a troublesome search to find it, we were seated and picking from an assortment of delicious meals to consume. We all quite liked the buffet (if you're local we went to Red Hot World Buffet); the average rating from us was 3 out of 5 and we would return again. After lunch we made a pit stop in Waterstones before heading back to the car. Nathan is getting me books for Christmas, and so I said why not stop in there and have a look as it is bigger than our local Waterstones. I'm so glad that we did as they had some signed editions of one of the books on my wishlist - Lyrebird by Cecelia Ahern. I've never owned a signed book before, and I'm really happy that my first signed book will be by my favourite author! Once home from our city centre adventure, we all warmed up with tea once more and family time continued. Nathan's parents left at 6ish, and a little while thereafter Alexander was changed and tucked up in bed. Nathan and I had some birthday prep to complete for Alexander, including blowing up balloons, wrapping presents, and writing card. So basically, all the birthday things! After that Nathan continued to work on his miniature models and I got on with a bunch of blog stuff that I wanted to do. Once again my evening ended with a hot drink and Harry Potter. Obviously Monday isn't a part of the weekend, but I wanted to include some snippets from Alexander's 3rd birthday. As we wished Alexander a happy birthday upon getting him up, he preceded to tell us about it being the chipmunks birthday (Alvin and the Chipmunks) before then deciding it was Daddy's birthday. Referring to the day as someone else's birthday remained throughout the day! Before breakfast we gifted Alexander the presents we had got him - the new Thomas film (The Great Race), a new take n play train (Ashima) and also a big colouring pad that is Thomas themed. He was very happy with his presents, although more interested in the balloons to begin with! After breakfast he set up a train track so he could play with the new train alongside the many others he has. Early morning my sister came over to visit, along with my nephew, and much fun was had. The two boys played really nicely together, and them as well as Nathan had a whole lot of fun with the balloons... Three balloons being popped in the process, much to Alexander's delight! He thought it absolutely hilarious every time one of them popped! During this time Nathan's mum and dad arrived also. At half 12, my sister and nephew left and the rest of us headed on out. Food was much needed and we headed to the toy shop so Alexander could pick out a couple of pieces as money had been sent to him for this such reason - he chose another take n play train (surprise), a guitar and also some dinosaur figures. As time was getting on, we had a quick stop off at McDonalds for lunch. After 3 we were back out again, but this time nor far, over to my mum and her partner's house. He opened presents there and we also opted to do his cake there as it made sense with all of us there. Sadly we couldn't get Alexander a Thomas cake, to carry on the running theme from us, but we did get him a Blaze cake which is a show he quite enjoys too. We all had cake and family time ensued. We headed back home at 5.30ish, and Nathan's parents left soon after. Alexander said he had a nice birthday and enjoyed himself - and that's all you could ask for really. I HOPE YOU HAD A LOVELY WEEKEND, AND HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEK! CONNECT WITH ME \| TWITTER \| BLOGLOVIN' \| GOOGLE+ Posted by Captured by Jade at November 09, 2016 Tom 9 November 2016 at 11:26 Busy! Captured By Jade 9 November 2016 at 17:16 A busy weekend - but fun; although I happily welcomed a relax come Tuesday! Sara - My Woodland Garden 10 November 2016 at 14:39 It sounds you had a lovely weekend and birthday. :) Such wonderful, happy photos! Captured By Jade 11 November 2016 at 14:36 We did Sara, thank you! I hope you're having a wonderful week :-) Topfivemum 10 November 2016 at 21:38 What a lovely weekend. And happy birthday to you little man! It's so interesting to read how about a day (weekend!) in the life with a 3 year old. My eldest has just turned 2 and I've been wondering when she'll. e big enough to take to the cinema etc. It sounds like nap times are behind you, which at least means you can get out and about more without being a slave to the clock (and avoiding sleep deprived meltdowns)! The other thing which fills me of joy reading this, is how many family members managed to pop in. This is one thing I really miss for our kids (and me) Neither of our parents are with us any more and we're 6hr and 8hr drives from our own siblings and their kids. I so miss having people just pop by, especially for our kids. Enjoy it and count your blessings xx Ah, thank you! Alexander dropped his naps not long after he turned two, and whilst I do miss that time that I would've had to myself, I love spending that extra time with him and, as you say, not being a slave to the clock! It's nice to have that freedom. Alexander really surprised me with the cinema - but I think waiting till he was the right age and also the right film really helped in that. Nathan's parents live in Birmingham, so they were staying down for Alexander's birthday, but even so we get to see them really regularly. The same with my family that are here in Wales too (both Nathan and I are from cities in the UK). I'm sorry to hear about your parents - that must be really tough. Family time is so precious, and definitely not something to be taken for granted. Wishing you a lovely weekend :-)	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1622087
__label__wiki	0.692111	0.692111	India Insights with Geetha Nandikotkur News and Viewpoints from ISMG's India Team 3rd Party Risk Management , Audit , Governance After Thefts, RBI Warns Cooperative Banks of App Risks Banks Urged to Carefully Assess Third-Party Apps for Vulnerabilities Geetha Nandikotkur (AsiaSecEditor) • July 23, 2018 The Reserve Bank of India issued a notice to all cooperative banks advising them to apply caution while deploying third-party core banking applications and check for appropriate security standards. It warned the banks to ensure the versions of third-party apps they're using meet adequate security requirements by using appropriate risk assessment methods. But will banks heed the advice? "According to the national portal of India, under the aegis of Ministry of Finance, there has been a cyberattack on the server of the bank and hackers have stolen data pertaining to customer credentials - including customer codes, consumer codes, real time gross settlement [RTGS] and extracted passwords, which [were] sold in the dark net" The regulator brought to light a case of data theft in some of the cooperative banks in Nagpur jurisdiction in Maharashtra State, which deployed what RBI portrays as a vulnerable version of the core banking application from Ahmedabad-based Acute Informatics Pvt. Ltd. RBI's letter stated that hackers stole all customer credentials from the banks' servers and offered it for sale on the dark net. The big challenge for these smaller banks throughout India is how to tighten security at the server and application layers and how to evaluate third-party core banking applications. Given that there are close to 2,000 cooperative banks in India, which are often dependent on third-party applications and lack the skills or capabilities to assess third-party applications and their security features, they could be at great risk. So how will these will these banks strengthen their security architecture and fight growing cyber threats? The Case in Question RBI, in a July 13 letter to Nanded-based District Cooperative Bank obtained by Information Security Media Group, stated: "According to the national portal of India, under the aegis of Ministry of Finance, there has been a cyberattack on the server of the bank and hackers have stolen data pertaining to customer credentials - including customer codes, consumer codes, real time gross settlement [RTGS] and extracted passwords, which [were] sold in the dark net." The notice further stated that the bank used a vulnerable version of one core banking application, Easy Bank Core Web, from Acute Informatics Pvt. Ltd., which resulted in data exposure to the hackers. RBI's chief manager, Dr. P S Venkateshan, further instructed the bank to conduct vulnerability assessment and penetration test of its entire Information & Communication Technologies system to discover vulnerabilities and also patch them in the application layer and conduct a thorough system audit and report to the RBI within a week. What is surprising is that RBI, apparently for the first time, has squarely blamed a third party, cited the bank for its weak ICT system and acted on the national portal's risk assessment findings. But there are many banks that run their core banking systems using third-party applications - because they come at a cheaper price than developing them on their own. And many do not have appropriate audits in place. Some security practitioners tell me that over 50 banks in the Maharashtra region alone use the Easy Bank Core Web application. What's most surprising, one security practitioner told me, is that flaws apparently were discovered at both infrastructure and application levels, which resulted in data compromise at the affected banks. Milind Rajhans, former CISO of Hyderabad-based AP Mahesh Cooperative Bank, says a majority of these smaller banks do not have proper audits in place as per RBI requirements. They also lack in-house capabilities to fix the the security gaps or deploy appropriate tools as well as funds to hire audit agencies. Acute Informatics Responds RBI stated that the Nanded-based District Cooperative bank's data was stolen as a result of it use of Acute's core banking application, which contained vulnerabilities. Acute Informatics' CEO Chirag Patel, however, contends that the cause of the attack was not the core banking application. "While I am not passing the buck - we should have taken appropriate measures while deploying the app - the bank's infrastructure lacked basic security," he claims. Patel contends that the bank did not have the basic security infrastructure and firewall in place. Even the email IDs were configured wrong, so the system ID could not spot the inaccuracies in the system, he claims. "The bank had not conducted any audit for almost five years, and the RTGS platform which was connected to the ICICI Bank back end platform for transaction process had severe security lapses," Patel says. "Since these were pushed through core banking, the entire blame was placed on Acute's platform, which should not be the case." Patel says he and his team are conducting a thorough VAPT test of all the logs and will submit a report to RBI in an effort to prove that the bank's hacking incident was not caused by vulnerabilities in the vendor's system. RBI's Venkateshan refused to discuss the details of the case. "Please wait for some time to know more details. And I don't think the District Cooperative Bank will be in a position to discuss the same," he told ISMG. Nanded-based District Cooperative Bank could not be reached for comment. Prakash Ranjan, manager-IT and IS, Canara Bank, says these regional rural apex banks should turn to larger banks for infrastructure support. The Institute for Development and Research in Banking Technology has created a private cloud that these smaller banks can use to securely store their critical data, but it appears that this is not being widely used. RBI recommends that cooperative banks analyze their IT operation environment, including technology, human resources and implemented processes, to identify threats and vulnerabilities. These banks should conduct a periodic risk assessment, RBI says, which should identify internal and external risks as well as risks associated with individual platforms, systems or processes, as well as automated processing units. A risk assessment process should quantify the probability of a threat and vulnerability, and the financial consequences of such an event. It is imperative for these banks to ensure they have reasonable security best practices. CISO Trainings Geetha Nandikotkur Managing Editor, Asia & the Middle East, ISMG Nandikotkur is an award-winning journalist with over 20 years' experience in newspapers, audio-visual media, magazines and research. She has an understanding of technology and business journalism, and has moderated several roundtables and conferences, in addition to leading mentoring programs for the IT community. Prior to joining ISMG, Nandikotkur worked for 9.9 Media as a Group Editor for CIO & Leader, IT Next and CSO Forum. https://www.careersinfosecurity.in/blogs/after-thefts-rbi-warns-cooperative-banks-app-risks-p-2642	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1622088
__label__wiki	0.531431	0.531431	L.A. County closes Kedren Head Start Article May 30, 2014 Local Action After months of mobilizing staff, parents and community allies from Watts and Koreatown to East Los Angeles, Early Childhood Federation President Ruben Siguenza recently sent supporters some bad news. “I regret to inform you that our fight is over,” Siguenza wrote in an April 18 email. “We have lost Kedren Head Start.” The fight to save the early education program drew broad support. In March, Rep. Maxine Waters called on the U.S. Health and Human Services Dept. to investigate the Los Angeles County Office of Education for forcing Kedren CEO John Griffin to relinquish the 49-year-old agency’s Head Start contracts. “We put up a great fight against the county office,” Siguenza said, “something the Head Start field never saw before.”	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1622095
__label__wiki	0.502507	0.502507	What is Your Next? We have been partnering with congregations for the past 10 years to figure out their "next" and we'd love to help you discover yours. Sam Hamstra, Jr. is the founder and leader of ChapterNext, a Chicagoland-based pastor search and church staffing consultancy. Since 2007, Sam has been helping congregations turn the page so that they can begin writing new chapters of dynamic and life-transforming ministry. Helping Congregations Turn the Page We walk alongside you, your search team, and your congregation in an effort to discern and discover the identity of your next preaching pastor. Church Staffing We help you build out your ministry team with the addition of competent Christ-followers with calls from the Lord to serve the local church. We guide you through a proven process of honoring your current pastor and calling a successor. We are available to speak at Leadership Events, Renewal Services, and more. Church Consulting We work with a team dedicated to helping the congregation close one chapter and turn the page so the Lord can begin to write a new chapter of ministry. By Sam Hamstra If we don’t know who we are as a congregation, how will we know what we need? If we don’t have an accurate understanding of our present situation as a church, how can we close the current chapter so that the Lord may begin writing a new chapter? If we don’t know have a vision… “Our Search Committee spent almost two years trying to find an Associate Pastor before partnering with Chapter Next. We are extremely grateful that it wasn’t long before God used Chapter Next to help us identify the person he had in mind for our church!” Rev. Joel Sheeres Crown Point (IN) Christian Reformed Church “Sam Hamstra has a unique calling in the Kingdom of God. God has gifted him to view the church landscape from a 30,000 foot perspective. Consequently, he is able to facilitate kingdom work on a grander scale than just from the local church perspective. He is a true bridge builder in the work of God.” Pastor Al Garcia New Life Oak Forest “We as a team have appreciated all the work and expertise supplied for us. We have great respect for the work of ChapterNext. We needed a pastor that would come along side our current staff and strengthen the bonds between staff and congregation, encourage and support the congregation in our current ministry, and then expand our vision into the community in a Christ-like manner. With the help of ChapterNext, we called and installed such a pastor.” John Hamar, Chair Visalia (CA) Christian Reformed Church Search Team "We never hoped or even imagine that in less than nine months after we began our search for a new pastor that we would have found, called and received an acceptance letter from a young pastor and his family…. The process of searching for and calling a pastor for our rather unique church seemed daunting, so we were open to the suggestion of a member of the Search Team to contract Rev. Sam Hamstra as a Pastor Search Consultant. We can’t imagine how this process would have gone, and how long it would have taken, without him…. The synergy of the Search Committee and Sam was remarkable. More than one committee member said that this was the most enjoyable experience they had ever had. This was, without a doubt, due in large measure, to the guidance of Sam Hamstra in the search process." Pastor Search Committee New Hope Church (Lansing, IL) “Rev. Hamstra brought a variety of gifts to the Search process. He is a strong networker with connections in the Christian Reformed Church, the Reformed Church in America and beyond. This resulted in connections which would not have happened without his assistance. He developed a clear understanding of the church, community, & ministry. He helped us focus our efforts on those who would be the best fit. He was very sensitive to the process and offered helpful advice. As an independent consultant he was able to have open and honest communication with potential candidates. Through his help and the Lord’s leading the search process went quickly and smoothly. We are excited about the next chapter in Bethel’s ministry. I highly recommend him and his ministry.” Rev. Calvin Aardsma Bethel Christian Reformed Church (Lansing, IL) “We praise God for the work of Sam Hamstra and ChapterNext to our congregation and the wider body of Christ. The work of his team will accelerate any search process as they walk with church leaders to find God’s match.” Pastor Rob Ford First Reformed Church of Friesland “When the idea of using an outside counselor and adviser was considered, the Search Committee was initially hesitant. Once the process started, the benefits became clear. The entire committee grew appreciative of the guidance, insights and assistance provided by Rev. Hamstra. Candidates were identified and evaluated as to mutual fit, and done so in ways that would not have been possible as a Search Committee. By the end, everyone on the Committee felt that the search process was a blessing to our church, and concluded that Rev. Hamstra was a key part of the search.” Bill Terpstra, Chair Bethel Christian Reformed Church Search Committee “Finding a new leader is a daunting task for any church. Thankfully, God provided Sam Hamstra as a gifted resource and guide for our search team. Sam’s heart for the church, his humor, gentleness, and experienced wisdom, and his toughness in the face of challenges were all tested during his engagement with our church. Sam never wavered in his trust in God to reward our process, answer our prayers, and ultimately lead us to the right person. I believe I speak for our entire leadership team when I unreservedly commend Sam Hamstra to anyone embarking on a similar task and journey.” Doug Evenhouse, Search Committee Chairperson Elmhurst Christian Reformed Church Sam helped our international church find an excellent pastor in a short time frame and after we had struggled more than a year to manage the process on our own. Sam listened to us, and took the time to get to know about our unique church culture, our people, and our journey of faith. His service was invaluable to us. Christine Little Escazu Christian Fellowship (San Jose, Costa Rica) “You are doing everything a Search Team should do.” Our Interim Pastor was affirming but after two years we were still searching. “The only other thing I know of is this.” He gave us information about ChapterNext. We’d never heard of a “head hunter” for pastors. But, in two years of searching on our own, we’d only had one qualified inquiry and he was still in seminary. We prayed. Did some quick fund-raising, then called in Rev. Sam Hamstra to get us revitalized in our search. He helped us jazz-up our church profile and then distributed it in a variety of ways through his wide, social-media network. Within a few weeks we had seven qualified resume’s to review. We interviewed four candidates, all were good, but we felt led to two. We did a second interview with each and felt called to one of them. There was a third interview, then a Mutual Discernment visit to our church and community to see if there was a “fit” on both our parts. There was. Two weeks later our candidate returned for a preaching visit and a meeting with the Leadership Team about duties and finances. The next week the congregation voted and we now have a new pastor! From the time we contacted Sam to the time we issued a Call barely four months had passed. ChapterNext was a God-thing for our Search Team. Sam was a pleasure to work with. He made an on-site visit to get to know us so he could determine who a good match might be for us. He responded quickly to any questions, either by e-mail or phone. A task that was taking us literally years, Sam (and God) helped accomplish in less than four months. We praise God for ChapterNext, Sam, and our new Pastor!! Roxanne Henke, Search Team Co-chair Faith Community Church (Wishek, ND)	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1622096
__label__wiki	0.512298	0.512298	How Cannon’s City Design Group Could Reshape Chicago After building mega projects abroad, a new Chicago-based office is looking for ways to adapt its concepts on a local level. By Ian Spula India’s Jaypee Sports City, a new city planned by Cannon Design for one million middle class residents. Photo: Courtesy Cannon Design Two years ago, Peter Ellis New Cities merged with international architecture and design powerhouse Cannon Design to form an office devoted to conceptualizing and enacting positive change in urban environments. Known as Cannon’s City Design Group, Chicago is the new headquarters for their far-reaching projects. With Peter Ellis New Cities, Eric Zachrison and Tim Swanson were intimately involved in the design of Jaypee Sports City 30 miles outside of Delhi, India—a from-scratch hyper dense urban colony for nearly one million residents built along a new highway on rural lands. As a major employment center, its daytime population will soar to 1.2 million. Nothing of this scale can or will sprout from the new group’s Chicago practice, but they are applying lessons from this utopian scheme halfway around the world. I sat down last month to talk about the group’s plans with Eric, vice president at City Design Group, and Tim, associate vice president of urban strategy, at Cannon Design’s Michigan Avenue offices. Since joining up with Cannon Design two years ago, what has been the focus of the City Design Group in Chicago? Tim: We’ve been partnering a lot with educational institutions. Virginia Tech has a program called Chicago Studio. It’s a one-semester intensive where four to five students leave the comfy confines of Blacksburg for a semester in Chicago. We host them, and part of the process is getting them ingrained in local conditions and community projects. Eric: Most recently the focus has been on the Uptown Community. There used to be a repair yard at Wilson Station, and the CTA’s $150 million rebuild of the station will push the tracks together and create two long slits of land and a big parking lot. The CTA is not in the business of sitting on vacant properties. So, what can you do with urban infill at this site? We explored reuses for this land. Tim: The first group came up with the idea of an urban anaerobic digester, but using some of the land as public space and for education. The second group came in and took that idea and developed it further, meeting with the City’s sustainability director and the planning department. Then another group of students from the University of Utah applied business concerns to the project. Eric: We’ve taken one of these projects and asked ‘how real can this be’ if we find a development partner. Last fall, we formerly sent in a proposal. By this point it had morphed into a micro-loft building. We’re also seeing what other ideas are out there as well as placeholders for the space that work with the arts and community uses like farmers markets. What’s coming from community stakeholders to help determine what’s right for these very strange lots? Tim: Our attitude as a firm is that we can’t separate education from work. There aren’t two different buckets for these parts of a firm. The educational component can be leveraged to foster better ideas and push the bounds more and more. What’s your feeling on the urban policy climate in Chicago? Could the mayor be doing a lot more? Eric: Maybe. There are nuances. It’s especially tricky to make moves in the current climate, whether it’s the school closings or trying to realign Cook County health care for the new affordable care act. Those big systems at a city scale this big are so complicated. We’re just now nicking away at what that means—how you can be more tactile and chip away from both ends. Can you talk about some of the lessons you learned in creating entirely new cities, like in India with Jaypee Sports City? Eric: Working in India was interesting. It was like working in a laboratory where you could literally create anything. We had 5,000 acres of rice patties. We idealized a social, cultural, and physical infrastructure. We were just far enough from Delhi that almost no one lived there. Chicago has so much of a legacy, so much baggage of infrastructure that people aren’t willing or ready to give up on—and they shouldn’t in a lot of cases. But how do they envision a future city and make those difficult conceptual leaps? How much is infrastructure an obstacle to ground-up urban design? It’s obviously easier to build fresh without burdensome obsolete infrastructure. Tim: In India you could put a subway in wherever you wanted. In Chicago, there’s actual infrastructure and the perception of how that infrastructure should continue to work. We learned from India that you can take massive systems and unitize them so they’re more resilient and district-based. With things like the citywide deep tunnel system in Chicago, it’s a band-aid atop a dysfunctional storm sewer system. Why does water that hits the street run into a drain and to the storm sewer when you have fantastic plantings right next to that drain? Let’s rethink how plantings actually work so we can drain into them more efficiently. You have to slowly short circuit the status quo instead of tackling bigger infrastructure changes head-on. In India, why did you build a luxury new city? Was it a preemptive response to that country’s rapid urbanization? Tim: The main reason the developer needed to develop that space is the urbanization question. So many people are moving to the Delhi area. The city is 18 million and will eventually grow to 40 million, by some projections. Jaypee is going to be engulfed by the megacity pretty quickly; rapid transit lines already come within a couple miles. Delhi is very high density low-rise. You could keep much of the same density while replacing some of the low-rise with high-rise, thus providing larger, more modern residential units. Even though Jaypee was built for a middle class wanting respite from the chaotic center city, it works well toward that physical reshaping. Delhi is growing organically. This was an effort to say ‘if we keep cobbling on development we’re going to eat up the land without providing viable solutions.’ What do you think of really big utopian redesigns in existing urban fabric? Tim: I’ve been to some of these spaces, like Brasilia for instance. Most of them are not successful. They seem to ignore the way people actually live in order to envision a new kind of person and place. In Copenhagen, bike lanes were rolled out over decades, not years. Their bike and open space plan was not about getting people on bikes but shifting your perspective. It had to be a long game. Today, more than half of their population bikes to work; parking lots became fantastic pocket parks. Fifty years ago, Copenhagen didn’t have parks, because in their mind, it was cold—so what was the point? Concepts like Jeanne Gang’s South Branch are phenomenal because they spark that shift. But if they’re not concurrently working with societal changes, the new fabric won’t fit. Talk about the population. Where do you want them to go and where are they willing to go? Where have you applied a bold rethinking of existing space in Chicago that also responds to a community’s needs and demands? Tim: Our group designed the new Malcolm X College on the West Side, working with the City Colleges of Chicago to determine what field most needed a skilled workforce. The biggest need was found in health care—every aspect of it. We looked at the entire pedagogy of the school and began to understand how to transform it from an unfocused two-year program to an incredibly focused program. Students have to work and mix together at the new building. They’ll be going out into the world of health care equipped for a cooperative environment. Eric: I just keep thinking about how much the City Colleges were planning for the future of health care. They knew that while 75% of their health care students go to work in hospitals or clinics today, in just five years 75% of them will have to provide some form of in-home treatment because of the aging population. The new school’s going to add a virtual hospital, but they’re also going to build an apartment for in-home training purposes. Are there any other Chicago projects you can talk about? Eric: The biggest projects we’re doing in Chicago are not ready for public consumption just yet. Stay tuned. Other Architecture stories Where to Go During Open House If You’re Only in It for the Views Five New Additions to See at Open House Chicago Why a Stretch of Peterson Ave. Looks Like Southern California The New McDonald’s Is an Architectural Nothing Burger	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1622102
__label__wiki	0.598486	0.598486	Transportation and Development Drive to Zero Safety Action Plan , Adopted 2019 Drive to Zero TSAP Overview Be a safe driver Let us know about safety problems you see on our roads online, by sending an email to roadconcerns@clackamas.us or calling 503-557-6391 Send us your ideas about how to reduce crashes or specific locations (e.g., an intersection) where you think we could do something to improve safety for motorists, bicyclists and/or pedestrians at drivetozero@clackamas.us Attend DTZ TSAP Update advisory committee meetings Attend Traffic Safety Commission meetings Our goal is to get to zero fatal and serious injury crashes by 2035. For more information, email us at drivetozero@clackamas.us. Drive to Zero Advisory Committee To be scheduled Joint Meeting of DTZ TSAP Updated Technical and Public Advisory Committees Board of Commissioners Policy Session Drive to Zero Safety Action Plan Drive to Zero Safety Action Plan (TSAP) Overview From 2009 to 2015, 183 people were killed in traffic crashes in Clackamas County. Another 795 people suffered serious, potentially life-altering injuries. In addition to the tragedy of this loss of life and quality of life, the economic impact of these and other less severe crashes was greater than $100 million per year during this period. A survey of residents found that most believe that the only acceptable number of fatal and serious injury crashes in Clackamas County is zero. Given this belief, the county has set a goal to eliminate fatal and serious injury crashes by 2035. This plan is the roadmap to achieve this goal. Clackamas County has a goal to eliminate fatal and serious injury crashes on its roads by 2035. Part 1 of Clackamas County’s Drive to Zero Safety Action Plan describes the broad areas on which the county, its partner organizations, and its residents must focus to achieve this goal. These emphasis areas represent an evidence-based approach to reducing fatal and serious injury crashes. They are based on a review of crash data in Clackamas County and best practices from local, national, and international sources. Notably the emphasis areas align with those of Toward Zero Deaths: A National Strategy on Highway Safety , of which the county is a proud partner, and the Oregon Transportation Safety Action Plan, 2016. Thousands of people are involved in traffic crashes in Clackamas County each year, and dozens of families are faced with the tragedy of severe crashes that cause potentially life-threatening injuries or even death. We are committed, as a county, to tackle the challenge of eliminating severe crashes by collaborating among our agencies and partnering with community stakeholders and nonprofit associations. This collective multipronged approach will advance our shared goal of eliminating traffic fatalities and serious injuries on Clackamas County roads by 2035. This Transportation Safety Action Plan (TSAP) is a starting point and a dynamic framework for moving forward. Preventable serious injuries and deaths from traffic crashes pose a public health concern to all who live, work, play, and travel through Clackamas County. This TSAP builds on data driven strategies to increase health outcomes by improving the built environment and engaging county residents to help build a community that supports a healthy culture of safety. Everyone in Clackamas County has a vital role in preventing crashes. We ask you to embrace the affirmation that TRAFFIC SAFETY STARTS WITH ME! Throughout this plan you’ll find opportunities to take action and help us in our Drive to Zero. Development Services Building, 150 Beavercreek Road Room #225 Oregon City, OR … Monday to Thursday: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday: 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday to Thursday: 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Report a Road Concern Media Release: Eagle Creek Road to close July 15-Aug 19 for utility installation Media Release: Whiskey Hill Road to close July 8-July 25 for bridge repairs Media Release: Lane closures on Wilsonville Road, Ladd Hill Road, Heater Road June 24 – Aug. 30 for resurfacing	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1622103
__label__cc	0.639113	0.360887	WHAT IS EB-5 CMB REGIONAL CENTERS HOME > NEWS > Here CMB Group 26 Cecil and the continued development of AllianceFlorida June 12, 2019 CMB’s Group 26 partnership was a lender to a Hillwood entity (HW), which used EB-5 investment funds in the financing of a 510,000 square foot distribution facility (Parcel A) in the former Naval Air Station Cecil Field. Group 26 loaned HW $8 million dollars for the construction of the roughly $26 million development, which was fully constructed in early 2015. In 2009, HW won a competitive bid to become the master developer of the 4,474 acre Cecil Commerce Center, which is a portion of the former BRAC (Base Realignment and Closure Act) closed Naval Air Station Cecil Field that was owned by the City of Jacksonville, FL. HW rebranded the Cecil Commerce Center project with its premier Alliance brand, which HW reserves for large scale, long term, multimodal public-private projects. Since the first I-526 petition was filed on 8/27/2014, all 16 limited partners within the partnership have been approved by the USCIS for conditional permanent residency and almost all the limited partners have since filed their I-829 petitions to remove their conditions to be able to live permanently in the United States. This article helps show what the benefits of EB-5 investment capital are in areas that get affected by base closures. CMB has helped finance multiple projects in former military bases that were affected by BRAC and but not for EB-5, many of these former military bases and surrounding areas might not have seen the economic impact they did. https://www.jaxdailyrecord.com/article/city-is-reaping-millions-from-deal-with-developer-hillwood Share This Post: Twitter \| LinkedIn \| Facebook Subscribe to the weekly newsletter to get notified about future posts from CMB. EB-5 Changes Coming? The Investment Amount Could Go From $500,000 to $1,350,000 Soon! Last Thursday, June 27 the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) finished their review of the EB-5 Modernization Regulation. This review was the last step in... CMB's Group 18 Has Received Full Repayment of $65 Million in EB5 Investment Capital From It's Borrower Prior to the Maturity Date It comes with great pleasure to announce the CMB’s Group XVIII (18) loan has been repaid in full, prior to the maturity date. Group 18 loaned a total of in to... Pecan Square – CMB Group 63 EB-5 Project CMB’s Group 63 Partnership helped finance the Pecan Square Project that will be a master-planned residential community located just west of Interstate 35W... New EB-5 Potential Regulations, When Will They Go Into Effect? On January 13, 2017, the Department of Homeland Security submitted a notice of proposed rulemaking to the Federal Register. This proposed rule was titled, CMB... More EB-5 Capital Has Been Repaid to CMB Partnerships Almost $1 Billion in EB-5 Capital Has Been Repaid to CMB Regional Centers’ Partnerships CMB is one of the oldest active and most successful regional in the... CMB EB-5 VISA History of CMB Regional Centers Real Impact of EB-5 EB-5 Client Goals Facsimile (Fax): 855-852-5133 Email: info@cmbeb5visa.com Midwest Executive Offices 7819 42 Street West Rock Island, IL USA 61201 American Immigration Lawyers Association CMB believes that this website is accessible to the widest possible audience pursuant to the guidelines of the Americans with Disability Act. Click here for more information. THIS IS NOT AN OFFER TO SELL SECURITIES OR THE SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO PURCHASE SECURITIES. ANY OFFER TO PARTICIPATE IN ANY SPONSORED PROJECT MAY ONLY BE MADE PURSUANT TO A WRITTEN OFFERING MEMORANDUM. ANY SALE IN A SPONSORED PROJECT SHALL BE EVIDENCED BY A SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT EXECUTED BY A FOREIGN NATIONAL AND WILL BE OFFERED AND SOLD, TO THE EXTENT APPLICABLE, BOTH WITHIN AND OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES IN RELIANCE ON EXEMPTIONS FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, STATE LAWS AND THE LAWS OF JURISDICTIONS WHERE THE OFFERING WILL BE MADE.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1622105
__label__wiki	0.944978	0.944978	Next CPS budget will have an even bigger hole to fill: $800 million By Heather Gillers Hyde Park High School, at 6220 S. Stony Island in Chicago, is seen here on Jan. 14, 2016. (Antonio Perez / Chicago Tribune) Despite getting no help from the state or the teachers union in plugging a $480 million budget gap this year, Chicago school officials are relying on the same two uncooperative parties to deal with next year's even bigger budget shortfall. Chicago Public Schools is hoping to raise $800 million through a mix of state assistance, new property tax dollars and labor concessions — none of it possible without the cooperation of state lawmakers and union leaders. The idealistic plan is one of many indicators emerging from recent financial reports and Tribune interviews that help show how the school system's finances — and its credibility — have deteriorated over the past year. The documents also undermine claims by schools chief Forrest Claypool that the district would need state assistance or union concessions "to get through the second semester" without classroom cuts. CPS has enough cash — barely — to finish the school year without cutting school programs, records show. (Tribune Datavisuals) To avoid emptying the district's reserves, however, school officials are planning teacher layoffs and classroom cuts in the next few weeks unless help arrives from the state or the union. "We're buying every minute we can to try to protect the classroom as much as possible," Claypool said in an interview with the Tribune. "If we don't have an agreement with the teachers union and Springfield doesn't act, there will be classroom reductions." Some Democratic lawmakers from Chicago — traditional allies of CPS — have voiced irritation at what they see as the district's changing storyline. Claypool said in September that the district would need state aid by Thanksgiving to avoid cuts, then in November changed the deadline to February. "When they set deadlines and then it turns out they're able to survive past the deadlines, you have to wonder what other magic tricks are up their sleeve," said House majority leader Barbara Flynn Currie of Chicago. Chicago Democrat Greg Harris said that when he and other representatives met with Claypool last month, "the thing that surprised me most about the meeting is they did not seem to have a definite plan yet for what the actual request of the Chicago Public Schools was going to be." CPS to announce layoffs Friday, but district says no teachers By Juan Perez Jr. Jan 22, 2016 \| 7:03 AM The school district said in a statement that it "has worked to be as transparent as possible," including holding "detailed and productive" meetings with Chicago lawmakers and sending staff to Springfield to brief Democrats. CPS said it delayed the deadline for help until February to buy as much time as possible to win agreement from Springfield and to negotiate with the teachers union. District and union negotiators are meeting daily. But "just surviving until the school year ends is a pretty hollow victory," said Laurence Msall, president of the Civic Federation, a budget watchdog. "The Chicago Public Schools need to have a long-term plan that stabilizes that government." So far, the district's plan for next year is far from stable. A CPS presentation to investors shows that its preliminary budget for 2016-17 — pegged at $5.7 billion — relies on $800 million in funding that the district hasn't yet secured. The plan includes a $458 million subsidy from the state — even though lawmakers hardly considered this year's request for a similar amount. It anticipates $170 million in new tax dollars from Chicago residents to help pay pensions — something the state also would have to approve. And CPS is expecting to net another $170 million after teachers begin paying 7 percent of their salaries toward pension costs — an expense currently covered by the district. Chicago Teachers Union Vice President Jesse Sharkey said, "There'll be a strike before that happens." School officials declined to comment on the budget plan's risks and instead provided a statement reiterating its call for state help and union concessions. "As we've said many times, solving our budget issues requires shared contributions from everyone involved — that means Springfield providing fair education funding, teachers doing their part and — as a last step — the dedicated pension levy being reinstated in Chicago," the statement said. Gov. Bruce Rauner and Republican legislative leaders have a different idea. On Wednesday, they called for new laws that would allow a state takeover of CPS and permit the school district to declare bankruptcy. Democrats, who control the statehouse, oppose that approach. Schools chief Forrest Claypool sits with the Chicago Tribune for an interview on Aug. 4, 2015. (Brian Nguyen / Chicago Tribune) Operating month-to-month in a fiscal state of emergency has come at a high price for the school system. The district is using an arrangement akin to a payday loan to get through the year, borrowing roughly $1 billion in order to stay afloat until property tax revenues arrive in March. As a result, CPS expects to pay $24 million in interest this year on short-term loans — eight times as much as it did last year. CPS can also expect to pay punishing borrowing costs on a long-term bond issue planned for later this month. The school district is decreasing the amount of debt it will issue from $1.16 billion to $875 million — likely out of concern that investors will be scarce. [Most read] Column: Put this Serena Williams quote on all the motivational posters. The world needs to hear it. » "If they had full confidence that they would be able to place a billion plus, they would have done it," said Triet Nguyen, a managing director at New York City-based NewOak Capital, an independent research and advisory firm that focuses on corporate and municipal debt. "I think they're playing it safe. If the demand materializes, they can always increase the size later." CPS needs the bond money in order to make its twice-yearly debt payments and to pay penalties demanded by banks as a result of its dropping credit rating, bond filings show. The district is also planning some capital projects it deems critical, such as structural repairs to Lane Tech High School. The three major ratings agencies have all downgraded CPS since mid-December, citing among other problems the district's failure to shore up its finances over the past six months. Historically, 12 percent of municipal borrowers with CPS' current rating from Moody's Investors Service have defaulted within five years, according to an analysis by the ratings agency. At the rating the district had until last month, that rate was 2 percent. School officials say they are in the process of making about $80 million in nonclassroom cuts, with about half of those savings coming from central office layoffs. Claypool announced last month that he had identified up to $150 million in savings, but he told the Tribune that only about half can be realized this year. Rauner on CPS takeover attempt: 'The mayor has failed' By Kim Geiger , Juan Perez Jr. and Rick Pearson The nonclassroom cuts would narrow this year's budget gap — pegged by school officials at $480 million — to $400 million. The district could try to cut that full amount from its second-semester budget, or it could use its dwindling reserves to fill the gap. If the district does make classroom cuts, principals would determine which staff members to lay off and what programs to end, Claypool told the Tribune. Claypool said rumors that the district will cut 5,000 teachers are unfounded. Waiting until the last minute to act on these cuts also may cost CPS extra money. If no financial rescue arrives by Feb. 8 — the start of the second semester — the district will need to pay 21 days of severance to any teachers who are told that day that they won't be needed for the rest of the year. Making the decision earlier would have allowed CPS to give teachers three weeks' notice instead. No signs of big ICE raids in Chicago yet, but impact still felt: ‘It will affect everything’ Obama Foundation draws 8 new big-money donors, including the former president’s golfing buddy Muslim community leader throws out first pitch at Cubs game as team continues outreach Yorkville’s ‘Pine Village Masscre’ shooter released from prison, nearly 15 months after he was paroled Chicago Ald. Marty Quinn says federal investigators have not contacted him, despite raid of brother’s home: ‘I know what you know' "Our priority is not saving money by a week or two paying teachers," Claypool said in his interview with the Tribune. "Our priority is to allow the current union negotiation process to come to a positive conclusion, and so buying time is the prudent thing to do in that regard." The district's budget shortfall is driven by CPS' growing pension payments, which are expected to hit about $700 million in 2016-17. For two decades, CPS avoided addressing the gap between its revenues and expenses by not making its full pension contribution, pushing those costs to future budgets. As the bigger bills began coming due in 2014, the district spent down its reserves to pay them. [Most read] Scarlett Johansson claims controversial casting comments were ‘edited for clickbait’ » hgillers@tribpub.com Twitter @hgillers Forrest Claypool	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1622109
__label__cc	0.539003	0.460997	At Wheaton Academy Speed Runs in the Family By Community Contributor Dennis_robleski \| About this post \| Nov 05, 2014 \| 8:28 AM Wheaton Academy CC siblings, left to right are Rebecca and Mitchell Smith, Gretchen and Annika Pearson, Christopher and Jonah Jones, Jacob and Julia Robleski, Jeffrey and Jimmy Ridge, Ryan and Kayla Lotz. (Posted by Dennis_robleski, Community Contributor) Something special is going on at Wheaton Academy this year on the boys and girls cross country teams, and while its not in the water, its definitely in the pool. The gene pool. Of the fourteen varsity athletes on the boys and girls cross country teams, there are five sets of siblings. Six of the seven varsity boys (Chris and Jonah Jones, Jimmy and Jeffrey Ridge, Jacob Robleski and Mitchell Smith) count a sibling among their teammates, while four of the seven varsity girls (Annika and Gretchen Pearson, Julia Robleski and Rebecca Smith) can do the same. In addition, a set of twins, freshmen Ryan and Kayla Lotz, are members of the JV squad this year. At the end of summer training when team shirts were ordered, coaches realized they would have to put the first initial of the first name on twelve of the shirts, which typically only bear the last name of the athlete. It looks like the varsity athletes will have to wear those shirts for one more week, as both teams qualified this past weekend for the State Cross Country Meet.. The State Meet will take place this Saturday, November 8th, at Detweiller Park in Peoria. Rounding out the varsity boys team is senior Brandon Lach, while the girls team also includes freshman Maggie Bailey and sophomores Claire Casto and Anna Joy Setran. The natural talent of these siblings, as well as the rest of the varsity and junior varsity athletes, has benefited from the training of three-time Olympian Jim Spivey, and long-time coach Chris Felinski. Felinski and Spivey took over as Co-Head Coaches of the Warriors Cross Country team in the fall of 2013. The coaches have seen continued improvement over the last two years and look forward to seeing what these runners can do in Peoria this weekend. With only three seniors among the varsity athletes, we anticipate great results in the coming years from this young team, and hopefully some younger siblings joining the ranks!	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1622110
__label__wiki	0.812196	0.812196	Haiti fears violence in election wake As the country waits for election results, many earthquake victims still living in camps are preoccupied with trying to live under difficult conditions. Photograph by: Phil Carpenter, The Gazette By René Bruemmer and Sue Montgomery, Montreal Gazette As the country waits for election results, many earthquake victims still living in camps are preoccupied with trying to live under difficult conditions. Photograph by: Phil Carpenter, The GazettePORT-AU-PRINCE – Protests and sporadic gunfire erupted in Haiti’s capital Tuesday night after electoral authorities announced the country’s inconclusive presidential election would go to a runoff vote. Gunshots echoed in some parts of Port-au-Prince following the announcement that former first lady Mirlande Manigat and government technocrat Jude Célestin would face a deciding second round Jan. 16 following a turbulent Nov. 28 vote. In Haiti, election days, and the subsequent dates on which election results are released, are more a cause for fear than a catalyst for hope of a better future. Haitians, jaded by two decades of democratically elected governments that have produced meagre progress for the impoverished nation, hold little stock in the abilities of future leaders to “rebuild Haiti.” They’ve heard it too many times before. But one thing they are relatively sure of is that violence, sporadic and with the unseeing injustice of a ramped-up mob, may strike anywhere. They’ve seen it many times before. This time the state is especially volatile in the wake of the devastating Jan. 12 earthquake and in the midst of a cholera epidemic that has killed 2,120 to date. In announcing the preliminary official results of the Nov. 28 election, Haiti’s Provisional Electoral Council called for the runoff because no candidate gained the more than the 50 per cent required to win in the first round. Manigat garnered 31.37 per cent of the first-round votes, ahead of Célestin with 22.48. The U.S. embassy in Haiti issued a statement raising questions about the announced results, suggesting they might not be consistent with “the will of the Haitian people.” Haitians interviewed before the results were released said they were worried that violence could erupt if Célestin finished in the top two. Now Haitians – under a 6 p.m. curfew called yesterday, – wait to see if there will be an eruption. Already yesterday afternoon, there were radio reports of mobs burning tires in the Port-au-Prince district of Pétionville. Within half an hour of the release of the election results, stories of mobs burning tires in the streets in the north of the country and the south were already being reported. Gunshots were reported in the Delmas district. Yesterday, the normally traffic-jammed streets were slowed to glacial speeds as Haitians rushed to get home before the 6 p.m. curfew, the time at which results were supposed to be announced. Cars, trucks, tap-tap mini-buses and motorcycle-taxis jockeyed for space with pedestrians and rubble as day faded into night. People hunkered around their radios and waited for the sounds of violence in the streets. Along busy Delmas St., the large Delimart grocery store shut its doors at 5 p.m., instead of the usual 9. Night classes were cancelled at universities. But as the 6 p.m. deadline came and went with no announcement, radio stations filled the time with comedians, perhaps to lighten the tense mood in the capitol. Célestin is running for the party of current president René Préval, who is widely disliked by the majority of Haitians because they feel he accomplished little despite modest achievements, and worse, was practically invisible in the days following the earthquake that killed at least 250,000, when the nation needed a leader most. They call him “the zombie,” and any victory for his chosen successor will be seen as electoral tampering. Manigat, a Sorbonne-educated PhD who is wife to a former president, is running largely on her academic prowess – she’s vice-dean of one of the largest universities here – and her grandmotherly image. The other major candidate was popular singer Michel Martelly, whose comic antics mask a sharp mind. He is hugely popular with the younger generation, fed up with the old guard, and has campaigned strongly, with rallies resembling rock concerts. “We need something different,” said teacher and computer technician Carl Henry Jean Baptiste. “If he does well, I’ll be happy. And if he doesn’t, I won’t be disappointed because he’s not really a politician.” Too many politicians in suits have failed before, Jean Baptiste said. It’s time to try something new. Jean Enock Joseph, a pastor and human rights activist in the Cité Soleil slum on the edge of the capital, predicted a dire outcome, no matter what the results. “Chaos,” he said bluntly. “A country in flames.” In some polls, he said, Célestin got more votes than people registered. The United Nations, he declared, is just a lobbyist for the government. And the international community is rebuilding Haiti according to its own agenda, not that of Haitians. It’s time, said Joseph, for Haitians to shake themselves out of their “zombie state,” feelings of resignation, and demand their rights for housing, clean water, education and health. “We have a lot of individuals in Haiti but not citizens,” he said. “People are there for their loved ones, but not for Haiti.” To that end, his organization, the Centre for Development and Respect for Human Rights, began a year-long program in October called Towards an Engaged Citizenry, organizing training and debates to raise awareness. “These elections will make things go from bad to worse,” he said. “No matter what happens, it will be contested.” Election fears hamper all aspects of everyday life. Vendors scurried home early, closing up their street-side stalls that wallpaper the avenues of the capital city. Red Cross officials were told to stay off the streets for fear of violence. At Digicel, the nation’s largest cellphone provider, executives were bundled home early in armoured cars driven by bodyguards, sitting behind the tinted bullet-proof glass of their SUVs. Children were picked up early from school. (A Haitian friend questioned the decision of a cousin to put their child in a school far from home – “It’s not good to have a long trip to pick up your child because you might have to run from demonstrations, from stones and gunfire.”) The owner of a business school with 300 adult students said attendance is way down during election weeks, making it harder to make ends meet. Everybody prays that the “right result will come out,” he said. That Manigat and Martelly will be the top two. rbruemmer@montrealgazette.com smontgomery@montrealgazette.com © Copyright (c) The Montreal Gazette Posted by Paul B at 11:29 PM Labels: Haitian elections Haiti's Burning US will pay for Haitian vote fraud December, 2010 -- Leisa's Haiti Journal #1: Haiti ... Haiti orders recount of disputed presidential elec... Leisa's Photos From the Political Unrest in Haiti ... Aid Worker from Cameron Park Undeterred Thousands of Haitians riot in capital over electio... Furious protests greet Haiti election results Photos from Port au Prince by Leisa Faulkner More on Haitian Unrest Violence and Unrest in Haiti after electon results... Protests Erupt as Haiti Election Goes to Run-off	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1622111
__label__cc	0.545552	0.454448	NURTUREart Gallery 475 Keap Street, Brooklyn, NY March 11–May 7, 2006 Well Read is a group exhibition curated by Christopher Howard that explores what it means to “read” in contemporary art and culture. In conjunction with the exhibition, NURTUREart presents a curator’s talk on Saturday, April 15. Through an expanded concept of reading, Well Read examines the cognition and understanding of visual signs, the aesthetic role of language, the negotiation between authors and readers, and the expression and confounding of meaning. Although language appears in some works by the ten included artists, the exhibition aims to transcend the traditional text/image dichotomy, investigating how art conveys information through a variety of means, and how viewers receive and understand this information. Two artists deal directly with language, emphasizing the visual forms—real or imaginative—that verbal expression can take. Nicholas Knight diagrams sentences culled from the writings of eminent thinkers, authors, and artists, showing how parts of speech and sentence structure work to create meaning, literally, visually, and philosophically. Beth Campbell’s text-based flowchartlike drawings, from her series “My Potential Future Based on Present Circumstances,” begin with an autobiographical scenario and swell into a topsy-turvy web of possible outcomes, from the serious to the absurd. One critic has written, “She makes art out of the way we think”—these drawings could thus be seen as reading her thoughts. Visualizing the mental images of memory and nostalgia, Molly Springfield paints handwritten notes—the kind grade-school students pass during class—often doubling and reversing the words, creating a translucent space that fluctuates between legibility and illegibility. Her meticulous, photorealistic drawings of photocopied pages of art books and literary works juxtapose the permanence of scholarly knowledge with the disposability of the Xerox copy. Cui Fei and Stephanie Brooks use language to explore new aesthetic and conceptual spaces. Cui pins dozens of small, dried twigs to the wall; these forms imitate the characters of Chinese calligraphy, which themselves derive from nature. She also glues rose thorns to sheets of paper—love letters that are a perilous yet intensely poetic form of Braille. Brooks’s untitled plaques present texts stating, for example, “Something beautiful” and “The best day of my life”—things inadequately represented by words, images, or a combination of the two. For Love Songs, she turns personal letters and published texts into musical notation for sheet music. Vandana Jain reconfigures familiar corporate logos in her “Tangrams” series. Freed from brand identity and controlling functionality, these symbols playfully resist consumer culture. Gabriel Fowler fabricates sculptural works that resemble ordinary street and commercial signs. Yet he substitutes those signs’ factual nature for abstract, open-ended, and humorous interpretations. Matt Siber photographs urban street scenes and digitally removes all words and numbers that appear within the frame. He then creates two separate pictures—one of the street scene, the other of the transplanted characters—showing not only how language permeates the contemporary world, but also how the composition of signs, symbols, color, and architecture are laden with signification. Duston Spear’s paintings contain riffs on street graffiti, fragments of writing by Stephen Crane, and enigmatic images of a backpack, which can all be read in terms of the outlaw, criminal, and terrorist, and as an urgent reflection on war. Eschewing narrative storytelling, Heidi Neilson’s artist’s books and postcards explore the role of punctuation—an integral but often overlooked part of written communication—as symbols that express tone and emotion, as well as a sense of closure. In another body of work, she collages cut-up maps into unusual configurations, allowing the viewer read geography and topography in new ways. Download a PDF of the press release and checklist. Kevin Kraynick, “Last Call for Art,” Free Williamsburg, March 8, 2006. Shane McAdams, “Artseen: Well Read,“ Brooklyn Rail, April 2006, 26. Momus, “My Saturday,“ imomus, May 7, 2006. Frances Richard, “Goings On about Town: Galleries–Brooklyn,” New Yorker, May 8, 2006, 14. De Selby, “A List of General Observations about Well Read, a Group Exhibition at NURTUREart,” Global Warming Your Cold Heart, July 1, 2006.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1622115
__label__cc	0.594179	0.405821	Brooklyn Grandparents' Rights Attorneys Tough Negotiation and Litigation of Visitation Disputes Many folks look forward to the time in their golden years that they'll spend doting over their grandchildren. But what should be a time of simple joys can change to heartbreak when a rift with their own adult children brings these visits to an end. Coffinas & Lusthaus, P.C. believes that, when necessary, loving grandparents should pursue legal means to secure visitation. During our almost 50 collective years of experience, Coffinas & Lusthaus, P.C. has won many arguments on appeal that have shaped the development of New York family law. Our Brooklyn family law attorneys advise grandparents not to be discouraged; your grandchildren are worth fighting for. If your case for visitation requires innovative thinking and tenacity to prevail, consult Coffinas & Lusthaus, P.C. Contact us today at (718) 717-1005! Establishing Jurisdiction for your Grandparents' Visitation Case New York Domestic Relations Law §72 is more restrictive than that of other states with regard to grandparents' rights. Still, the court will exercise jurisdiction to decide grandparent visitation in cases where one of these conditions exist: Grandparents have been denied access to grandchildren following the death of a grandchild's parent "Circumstances show that conditions exist which equity would see fit to intervene" The last phrase means that in a case where both parents are still alive and have simply cut ties with the grandparents, the court may exercise its discretion to grant visitation rights to the grandparents when it would be right to do so. What would make it right? The court may do "what is required in the best interests of the child or children." Need representation in a visitation rights case? As your attorneys for grandparent visitation, Coffinas & Lusthaus, P.C. attempts to persuade the court that the facts of your case argue in favor of court action "in the best interests of the child or children." Most often, we're able to point to an established pattern of contact that has created bonds of affection between the grandparents and the grandchildren, and that separation has had a negative impact on the grandchildren. Our Brooklyn family law attorneys have a record of success in securing court-ordered visitation schedules that allow our clients meaningful contact with their grandchildren. Family Law Lawyers Help Grandparents Assert Visitation Rights Coffinas & Lusthaus, P.C. provides smart, tough representation to loving grandparents in the five boroughs, Westchester, and Nassau. To assert your rights to a meaningful relationship with your grandchildren, or to protect them from harm, contact us. Call today at (718) 717-1005 to get started in your case.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1622116
__label__wiki	0.50152	0.50152	Call for Immigrant Rights Advocates to Boycott White House Meetings Some grassroots undocumented activists are shunning mainstream groups Aura Bogado Jul 25, 2014 5:36PM EDT President Obama meets with Central American presidents at the White House Photo: Alex Wong/Getty President Obama met with three Central American presidents at the White House Friday afternoon to address the influx of unaccompanied child migrants. According to The Hill, Obama claims to have come to agreement with El Salvador’s Salvador Sánchez Cerén, Honduras’ Juan Orlando Hernández, and Guatemala’s Otto Pérez Molina to “address poverty and violence” in order to stem the immigration tide. Meanwhile, the administration is still attempting to get Congress to approve a nearly $4 billion to increase detention facilities and to hire additional immigration judges to hasten the deportation of children, which seems unlikely to happen before lawmakers take off for vacation at the end of next week. The White House has hosted several conversations and events about immigration–not just recently about child migrants, but also about the 11 million people who remain undocumented in Obama’s second term. But critics charge that the people most affected by the immigration system, the undocumented themselves, aren’t truly represented in Washington. In a sharp essay over at Latino Rebels, California Immigration Youth Justice Alliance member Hairo Cortes, addresses the issue, and calls for major non-profit immigrant rights advocates to boycott meetings at the White House until Obama discusses the issue with undocumented people. With this clear history of unwillingness to lead by taking politically risky positions, and of siding with the political interests over working class immigrant communities, I call on America’s Voice, the National Council of la Raza, the National Immigration Forum, the Center for American Progress, the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, and all those other advocates who were unwilling to take a stand against deportations when it was most critical for them to do so, to step aside and boycott all further White House meetings until President Obama sits down with and negotiates with the undocumented immigrant day laborers, trans and queer organizers, parents, and youth who brought the proposal of Administrative Relief to the public consciousness when everyone said we should be quiet. Mainstream advocates have long suggested that grassroots activists should quiet down about the administration’s record-setting deportation numbers and concentrate instead on putting pressure on the Republican Party to pass a comprehensive immigration reform bill. Yet it’s been politically clear that the GOP won’t be moving on such a bill in an election year. In response to partisan blame, Cortes makes clear that his allegiance isn’t with the Democrats, but with his community. You can read the essay, titled “Undocumented People Must Be at Negotiation Table to Achieve Substantive Relief,” in its entirety over at Latino Rebels Paul Ryan Says House Won’t Tackle Immigration Reform During Obama’s Term Immigration Advocates Fast for Reform Obama Says He'd Accept Piecemeal Immigration Reform Obama Says He'll Be Pushing for Immigration Reform Vote Is Comprehensive Immigration Reform Dead?	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1622119
__label__cc	0.509139	0.490861	GLOBAL STOCKS SLIDE ON U.S. BUDGET MOVES c.2013 New York Times News Service PARIS � Global stocks fell on Monday amid concerns about the budget showdown in Washington and a growing political crisis in Italy, with stocks down about 1 percent on Wall Street in morning trading. In Washington, the funding needed to keep the U.S. government open is on the line, as the Senate, controlled by Democrats, is expected to reject a bill offered by the Republican-controlled House that would delay President Barack Obama�s health care law as a condition for keeping the government running past Monday. If the Senate does reject the bill, only a surrender by House Republicans would keep much of the federal government from closing. The uncertainty about the consequences of a shutdown led investors to sell stocks around the world. The Standard & Poor�s 500-stock index slipped 0.8 percent and the Dow Jones industrial average lost 135 points, or 0.9 percent, by mid-morning. In Europe, the Euro Stoxx 50 index, a barometer of eurozone blue chips, fell 1.2 percent in afternoon trading, while the FTSE 100 index in London dropped 0.8 percent. Asian shares also tumbled Monday, with the Tokyo benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average declining 2.1 percent and the Sydney market index S&P/ASX 200 1.7 percent. In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng Index fell 1.5 percent. Despite the uncertainties in Washington, Treasury securities still seemed to strike many investors as a relatively safe bet. The yield on the 10-year Treasury bond, which moves in the opposite direction from the price, fell 0.02 percentage points to 2.6 percent. While the game of chicken in Washington was foremost in investors� minds, Europe had a sudden flare-up of an old ailment: Italian politics. The yield on the Italian 10-year bond rose 0.09 percentage points, to 4.5 percent Monday, after the political party of the billionaire former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi shook the government over the weekend. Five ministers of Berlusconi�s People of Liberty party resigned from the Cabinet, leading Prime Minister Enrico Letta to call for a confidence vote to be held this week. A failure to win that vote, which will probably be held Wednesday, could lead to the collapse of his governing coalition. The dollar was little changed against other major currencies.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1622122
__label__wiki	0.7482	0.7482	Wholesale database hones in on criminals By Gaelle Walker2012-01-25T10:20:00+00:00 The Federation of Wholesale Distributors’ (FWD) Criminal Intelligence Database is proving its worth, after four arrests were made in just eight days as a result of collated information passed to the police. One man was arrested on December 31 after a black Ford Focus, suspected of being involved in 18 incidents reported through the FWD database, was stopped by police in West Bromwich. A further three men were held on January 9 after FWD provided a description of a vehicle which was tracked by police and stopped in Stafford. The car was found to contain large quantities of stolen cigarettes. Set up just nine months ago, the database collates intelligence on crimes against members’ vehicles and premises, and shares details of suspected offenders with police. Up to 10 incidents are reported each week, including theft from customers’ vehicles and suspicious activity such as delivery vans being followed. FWD members share details of these incidents through a system of alerts. Chief Executive James Bielby added: “The criminal database is helping members prevent crime against cash and carries, and catching those who attempt it. Now, with nine months of incident reporting behind us, FWD will make the case with government and ACPO [Association of Chief Police Officers] for crimes of this kind to be given greater priority when allocating police resources. “Many of the incidents against members involve the theft of tobacco products which ultimately find their way onto the black market, so we believe there is a strong case to be made for detering criminals from targeting wholesalers. “By providing the authorities with detailed analysis of incidents we will ensure that further arrests and prosecutions follow, and with the help of the police and the courts we will prevent loss to our members and their customers while protecting communities from illegal and irresponsible distributors.” Alcohol smuggling gang jailed for £50m fraud Members of a criminal gang responsible for the biggest alcohol smuggling fraud ever uncovered in the UK have been jailed.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1622129
__label__cc	0.520483	0.479517	Corning Introduces New SMF-28® Ultra Optical Fiber CORNING, N.Y. \| Corning Incorporated \| March 18, 2013 First to combine improved attenuation and bend performance in one single-mode fiber Corning Incorporated today announced its latest single-mode optical fiber innovation, Corning® SMF-28® Ultra fiber. This new, premium single-mode optical fiber is the first in the market to combine the benefits of industry-leading attenuation and improved macrobend performance in one fiber. Designed for high performance across the range of long-haul, metro, access, and fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) network applications, this new optical fiber is fully backward compatible with the installed base of legacy single-mode optical fibers. “SMF-28 Ultra fiber changes the game when it comes to choosing the right single-mode fiber for your network. Previously, network operators had to choose whether to improve the attenuation or macrobend performance but now they can have both,” said Barry Linchuck, division vice president and director, Worldwide Marketing, Corning Optical Fiber. “This unique combination is made possible through revolutionary process innovations developed by Corning that deliver lower attenuation and improved macrobend performance with no design trade-offs.” The improved attenuation of SMF-28 Ultra fiber provides additional margin that can be used to extend spans, lengthen the distance between regenerators, increase the allowable number of cable-cuts, or allow for the broader use of pre-connectorized solutions. The improved macrobend performance provides greater margins for bends that regularly occur in the field during installation and maintenance, and allows for the design and deployment of smaller and lighter cables which can improve duct utilization, enable smaller enclosures, or reduce pole/tower loading in aerial deployments. The macrobend performance is delivered with a 9.2 µm mode-field diameter, which is equivalent to the majority of standard single-mode fibers on the market today and allows for seamless integration into existing networks. As the inventor of the first low-loss optical fiber more than 40 years ago, Corning’s demonstrated leadership in optical fiber innovation is unparalleled. As is the case with Corning’s entire family of SMF-28® fiber products, this new single-mode optical fiber is built on Corning’s solid foundation of quality and proven long-term performance. Corning will unveil and demonstrate the performance of its new SMF-28 Ultra optical fiber March 19 - 21, at the OFC/NFOC conference in Anaheim, Calif. Visit www.corning.com/opticalfiber/products/ultra_fiber.aspx for more information about Corning’s newest single-mode fiber. Corning Incorporated (www.corning.com) is the world leader in specialty glass and ceramics. Drawing on more than 160 years of materials science and process engineering knowledge, Corning creates and makes keystone components that enable high-technology systems for consumer electronics, mobile emissions control, telecommunications and life sciences. Our products include glass substrates for LCD televisions, computer monitors and laptops; ceramic substrates and filters for mobile emission control systems; optical fiber, cable, hardware & equipment for telecommunications networks; optical biosensors for drug discovery; and other advanced optics and specialty glass solutions for a number of industries including semiconductor, aerospace, defense, astronomy, and metrology. Monica L. Monin moninml@corning.com dunningjm@corning.com Ann H. S. Nicholson nicholsoas@corning.com	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1622130
__label__wiki	0.76727	0.76727	Tender for same-day marijuana deliveries cancelled by Ontario cannabis distributor Dasi Menakadasi holds a handful of dried marijuana flowers on the day recreational cannabis became legal, in Vancouver, on Wednesday October 17, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck Armina Ligaya, The Canadian Press Published Sunday, April 28, 2019 3:52PM EDT Last Updated Sunday, April 28, 2019 3:53PM EDT TORONTO -- Ontario's government-run cannabis distributor has cancelled its tender for couriers to make same-day pot deliveries. The provincial corporation tasked with the online sale and distribution of recreational cannabis posted a cancellation notice on Friday via the Ontario government's tender portal. The Ontario Cannabis Retail Corporation, which conducts e-commerce as the Ontario Cannabis Store, did not cite a specific reason for why it decided not to proceed, and the OCS was not immediately available for comment. The corporation first posted the tender in January, calling for "expedited same-day delivery" for OCS orders. The project was set to begin as early as March in the Greater Toronto Area. The OCS was the only way to legally buy recreational pot in Ontario until April 1, when the province's first bricks-and-mortar cannabis stores opened their doors. However, consumers can still only make online purchases of adult-use pot from the OCS. The tender cancellation comes after the Ontario Chamber of Commerce earlier this month called on the province to consider allowing consumers to buy pot directly from licensed producers and retailers to "improve customer convenience," among other recommendations. Ryan Dempsey, the chief executive of Ontario-based cannabis delivery service company Eddy Delivery, which had been vying for the contract, said he was surprised at the cancellation. Dempsey said he hopes the Ontario government will instead make changes to current regulations to allow for on-demand delivery of recreational pot, similar to the framework in place for alcohol in the province. If consumers were able to order directly via private retailers' e-commerce websites, it would be faster and more efficient as the orders would come from various retailers rather than just one provincial warehouse, he added. "In a lot of ways that would actually be an even more convenient solution for consumers than what this OCS potential solution would look like," he said. After Canada legalized recreational cannabis last October, consumers who ordered from the OCS faced lengthy delivery delays and product shortages as legal retailers across the country faced a supply crunch. The Ontario Ombudsman said in October it had received more than 1,000 complaints against the OCS about delays, billing problems and poor customer service. In December, citing national supply issues, the Ontario government said it was limiting the number of initial retail licences to 25 stores.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1622133
__label__wiki	0.948126	0.948126	MONDAY’S BRITISH NEWS ROUND-UP Cycling Weekly November 10, 2008 11:57 am British news round up logo DOWNING COMMITS Premier Calendar winner Russell Downing will stay with the CandiTV-Pinarello team for next season. The team will target more continental racing next year, after riding well in Majorca and Norway this season. The team has also signed Graham Briggs and Dale Appleby (from Rapha Condor) and James Sampson from Kinesis. LAMBERT TO HALFORDS Keith Lambert, former British professional who was twice national road race champion, will manage the enlarged Halfords Bikehut team next season. The 61-year-old Yorkshireman rode for Falcon, Holdsworth and Viking during a racing career that spanned from 1971 to 1987. He then forged a reputation as one of the most respected managers in the thriving British pro scene in the 1980s ? running the Banana-Falcon team. Lambert was also manager of the dominant Brite team in the late 1990s and the Linda McCartney squad at the turn of the decade. Shane Sutton said: ?We were looking at ways to bring Keith in. He?s got so much experience and knowledge. There?s no one who reads a GC sheet better than him. Tactically he is spot on. For successive years we?ve sent teams to the junior Tour of Ireland and the young lads come back saying they?ve had the best experience, so we wanted to make use of what Keith can bring. Halfords Bikehut and Keith is the perfect partnership.? Lambert will be in charge of national champion Rob Hayles, team pursuit world record holder Ed Clancy and former British Cycling Academy riders Andy Tennant and Mark McNally. BRITISH CERVELO PROS IN SWITZERLAND Dan Fleeman, Dan Lloyd, Roger Hammond and Jeremy Hunt will join up with the new Cervélo Test Team for the squad?s first get-together at Lago Maggiore near the Italian-Swiss border at the end of the month. They will have a week from November 30 to December 5 to find out the plans for the 2009 season and take delivery of their training bike and kit. BRITS IN NEW ZEALAND The Tour of Southland stage race in New Zealand yesterday, with a 64km stage from Winton to Invercargill. Britons Andrew Eagles (Hudson Gavin Martin) and Mark Matthews (South West Helicopters) finished 46th and 83rd, 46:18 and 1:57:44 respectively behind race-winner Hayden Roulston (The Southland Times-Trek). CLARKE IN JAPAN Britain?s Dave Clarke (Team Nordland-Hamburg) finished 16th overall in the Tour de Okinawa stage race in Japan yesterday, 2:26 behind race-winner, Yukiya Arashiro. Clarke also won the mountains classification. SWIFT DUO IMPRESS The Swift Racing duo of Helen Wyman and Gabriella Day impressed yesterday at the third round of the cyclo-cross World Cup in Pijnacker, Netherlands. Wyman?s ?cross results have been steadily improving, with a strong 6th place yesterday, only 0:52 behind race-winner and World Cup leader, Hanka Kupfernagel. Day was 17th, whilst fellow Briton Nikki Harris was 23rd. Wyman and Day now lie 10th and 17th overall in the World Cup standings. Brief report and photos>> BRITS IN BELGIUM Britons David Collins (Science In Sport Trek) and Keith Murray were in action in Belgium on Saturday at the Vlaamse Houtlandcross Eernegem ?cross race. Collins and Murray finished a respectable 24th and 36th.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1622134
__label__cc	0.6159	0.3841	Surfliner’s up! David Allen rides Amtrak… Surfliner’s up! David Allen rides Amtrak to San Diego Passengers prepare to board the Pacific Surfliner in San Diego June 30 heading north. David Allen was among them. (Photo by David Allen) By David Allen \| dallen@scng.com \| Inland Valley Daily Bulletin PUBLISHED: July 6, 2019 at 10:00 am \| UPDATED: July 6, 2019 at 10:45 am Usually I go car-free on vacation. This time, I went car-free to vacation. My wish was to go to San Diego for a long weekend to see my team, the St. Louis Cardinals, play the Padres. And rather than drive to San Diego, I decided to take the train. A century after its debut, Santa Fe depot in downtown San Diego remains a gracious way to enter or leave the city. (Photo by David Allen) The interior of the 1915 Santa Fe depot in San Diego. (Photo by David Allen) A lone man strolls the San Clemente beach as seen out the window of the Pacific Surfliner. (Photo by David Allen) The last time I went to San Diego, in 2015, I drove to Encinitas, parked long-term and took the Coaster train to San Diego for the experience, but also to save on hotel parking. Coaster is Metrolink under a different name. That was a pleasant 50-minute ride. But it made me want to do something more ambitious. This time I decided to take Amtrak from L.A. Union Station. And to get to Union Station, I took Metrolink. In other words, I took the train to the train. This involved a small amount of planning, as I had to find good Amtrak times with a Metrolink train in proximity. Then I booked a modestly priced Gaslamp Quarter hotel — one that wasn’t quite so modest after nearly 20% in taxes — near a trolley stop. That Friday morning, I drove a few blocks to the Metrolink station in Claremont. But that was the extent of my driving. As longtime readers know, I’m a fan of public transit and of Metrolink. I enjoy the mild challenge of working out the connections while doing my bit for the environment. Taking transit makes me feel more urban. Plus, riding provides time to read, always a plus. I got to Union Station more than an hour before my Amtrak train would leave, but that seemed right as I didn’t know about check-in procedures. With the Pacific Surfliner, it turns out, all you do is board, the same as Metrolink. So I relaxed in a leather chair in the Union Station waiting room until about 20 minutes before departure. The train was filling up when I did board, and I had lost the chance for a window seat on the second deck. Rookie mistake. Still, the rows are only two seats, so I had a good view regardless. And the comfort! Compared to airlines, the coach seats are about five inches wider and have about eight inches more legroom. Aboard Amtrak’s Pacific Surfliner! pic.twitter.com/NfifaTRUQg — David Allen (@DavidAllen909) June 28, 2019 Which brings up another point: You board without going through a luggage scanner, emptying your pockets, removing your belt and shoes, or submitting to a patdown or nude photo via the body scanner. You can leave your tray table down the whole trip and use the restroom whenever you like. Now this is a civilized way to travel. At the first stop, in Fullerton, the passenger at the window seat next to me disembarked. What a break. I scooted over and had a westside window seat the rest of the trip. After the industrial and business zones came a few patches of agriculture, with pickers working the fields, and the rustic charm of San Juan Capistrano’s Los Rios Street. South of there, at Capistrano Beach, the surf was perhaps 100 feet away. People could be seen on that shallow stretch of sand walking or sunbathing with books. The view from the Amtrak Pacific Surfliner to San Diego. pic.twitter.com/CyOyoP0RPh After the San Clemente Pier, the train was farther inland, paralleling the 5 Freeway, until the ocean became visible and near again at Solano Beach down a small bluff. Three hours after leaving Union Station, the Surfliner arrived at the last stop, San Diego’s Santa Fe Depot. Built in 1915 in the Spanish Colonial Revival style, the depot has twin domes, lots of arches and a waiting room with wooden benches and a soaring ceiling. It’s not too different from Santa Fe’s 1918 depot in San Bernardino. San Diego’s 1915 Santa Fe Depot, built in the Mission Revival style. I have entered America’s Finest City in grand fashion. https://t.co/j4lESzy8g9 pic.twitter.com/jmSqUQbFKY From the depot, a $5 daily transit pass got me around, as did hoofing it. I saw the Cardinals-Padres game that first night with a San Diego pal. The Cards lost 3-1. I’m thankful I skipped the next night, when they lost 12-2. A simple loss can be borne stoically, but a humiliation is too much. Saturday, my friend picked me up to go bowling. He dropped me off, at my request, at Liberty Public Market, a food hall at Point Loma. I cobbled together lunch from multiple vendors and then wondered how I might find my way back to San Diego proper. Lunch Saturday at San Diego’s Liberty Public Market, where I ate fish and pork adobo tacos, pizza, a bao bun and ice cream. No dinner needed. pic.twitter.com/DZIqKBKzA7 But Google Maps did the trick: A short walk took me to a bus stop, and I made that and two further connections seamlessly, arriving in the Hillcrest neighborhood in 40 minutes. From there it was one block to my destination, Bluestocking Books, a very good used bookstore. I picked up a collection of Red Smith sports columns, unable to resist the blurb on the back from the New York Times: “Red Smith was to sports what Homer was to war.” Bluestocking Books, a used bookstore in San Diego’s Hillcrest neighborhood. Nice shop. I picked up a best-of collection of Red Smith sports columns. pic.twitter.com/vqt0gdARB0 Two blocks away was Record City, an equally good record store, from which I bought a Firesign Theatre boxed set. Three blocks back and I was soon on a bus that dropped me near my hotel. Incidentally, I had considered my $71 Amtrak round-trip something of a splurge, especially when Metrolink tickets brought the total to $89. But in San Diego, hotels like mine were charging $45 a night for parking. I was there two nights. Did I come out a buck ahead? The next morning, I returned to the Santa Fe Depot and took a seat on one of the worn benches. As I did when I boarded in Los Angeles, I kind of wished I’d dressed in a suit, tie and fedora, and maybe had my shoes polished at a shoeshine stand, all for the vintage effect. An Amish family was among the waiting passengers. The two men wore beards, hats and slacks, the older man in a vest, and the women were in dresses and bonnets. Now that’s a vintage effect. Santa Fe depot, Sunday morning. pic.twitter.com/xzIzmCLjNP Learning from my rookie mistake, I stood in line on the shaded platform to get a window seat. That worked out pretty well. Except a college-age kid soon took the seat in front of me, and reclined it as far as it would go. By this point, all the other window seats were taken. Gospel truth: La Luz del Mundo started building in Ontario 8 years ago Montclair beams at chance to sign girder for future AMC theater Operator tees up plan to reopen Palm Lake Golf Course in Pomona Springsteen pens a lyric about ‘the San Bernardino line’ (but where is that exactly?) Even with his lean, I had plenty of room. I read from “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance” while enjoying free wi-fi, free electricity for my phone and the same scenes as before, only in reverse. At Union Station, with an hour and 15 minutes before my Metrolink train home, I rolled my baggage down Alameda Street for lunch at Philippe, founded in 1908. It was an old-time way to end an old-time trip. David Allen writes Sunday, Wednesday and Friday, more baggage. Email dallen@scng.com, phone 909-483-9339, visit insidesocal.com/davidallen, like davidallencolumnist on Facebook and follow @davidallen909 on Twitter. David Allen Column Top Stories SGVT Since 1997, David Allen has been taking up valuable newsprint and pixels at the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, where he is a columnist and blogger (insidesocal.com/davidallen). Among his specialties: city council meetings, arts and culture, people, places, local history, dining and a log in a field that resembled the Loch Ness monster. The Illinois native has spent his newspaper career in California, starting in 1987 at the Santa Rosa News-Herald and continuing at the Rohnert Park-Cotati Clarion, Petaluma Argus-Courier and Victor Valley Daily Press. A resident of Claremont who roots for the St. Louis Cardinals and knows far too much about Marvel Comics, the Kinks and Frank Zappa's Inland Valley years, he is the author of two collections of columns: 'Pomona A to Z' and 'Getting Started.' Follow David Allen @davidallen909	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1622135
__label__wiki	0.988978	0.988978	Updated 1/16/2019 9:57 PM Girls' Gymnastics Fremd finishes off undefeated regular season By Dick Quagliano Daily Herald Correspondent It was a night for some bests as the regular season wound up for girls gymnastics at Conant Wednesday. Fremd won the triangular meet with a 141.55. It earned the Vikings an undefeated regular dual meet season in the Mid-Suburban League West. Fremd will look to capture the MSL title outright with a solid performance at the conference meet next Wednesday at Conant. "It went good for us," Fremd coach Kacey Kronforst said. "We looked a little tired and shaken in warmups, but the girls pulled it together." The Vikings got big performances from Kate Watson, who won the floor with a 9.25; Sam Shirmer, who won the vault with a 9.20; Annika Waller, who was tops on the bars with a 9.00, and Gianna Christodoulopoulos, who posted the highest all-around score with a 35.80. "The past three weeks we have made great strides in the right direction," Watson said. "Our focus has been to get what we have been practicing into our meets." One of the sore points for the Vikings has been their beam. Although they hit on 2 of 5 performances, it was still an improvement from previous meets. "I think we are going in the right direction," Christodoulopoulos said. "We had an improvement on the beam and that is good." Katie Vessel also came up big for Fremd, scoring a 35.50 in the all-around while Ella Gray and Cate Banzen also had good performances. It was Senior Night for Conant and the Cougars delivered their best performance of the season. Conant scored a 137.50 to easily outdo their best score of 136.25 from earlier this month. "It was a very good night," said Conant coach Anthony Avella, who moved up seniors Marina Sputnik and Kelly Guagenti. "I was happy with the way they competed. The whole team did great." Danielle Smith won the beam with a 9.50 while Sarah Tauchner was second with a 9.35. Lea Faouaz also had a big performance on the floor with her second-place finish with a 9.20. Julia Betts, who was in a car accident earlier this season, has worked her way back into competing and threw her first vault of the season and scored an 8.45. Betts also competed on the floor and beam. Mikaela Kaminski also scored well for the Cougars. Wheeling senior Jessica Stavros had never missed a meet in her four years of varsity gymnastics. On Tuesday, she opted to sit out a meet to ice a sore back. She said it was the best decision she ever made. With her back, "feeling great," Stavros came out with the best performance of her career on the beam, scoring a 9.25 to finish third in the event and help Wheeling to a 118.10. "We decided that if I was going to do well in one of the meets, I would have to skip the other one," Stavros said. "And it paid off. My back feels great and I had my best beam routine ever." Emily Lucas, Emily Zajac and Maydelin Alfaro each competed all-around for Wheeling and earned praise from their coach for their performances. "We had more ups than downs," Wheeling coach Rachel Wheeler said. "We had the girls add some new skills to their routines and it worked out well." James B. Conant High School Wheeling High School William Fremd High School Prep Girls	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1622136
__label__wiki	0.547033	0.547033	10 RUBBISH ROBOTS FROM THE EIGHTIES Hey - the Nintendo Switch isn't the only Nintendo product to launch with barely any software support. Released in 1985, Nintendo's R.O.B. - its Robotic Operated Buddy - was heavily promoted alongside the NES, and doubtlessly helped Nintendo gain a foothold, following the 1983 video game crash. Unfortunately, R.O.B. might've had good intentions - he was designed to be a second player for friendless youths - but only worked with two games; Gyromite and Stack-Up. Aren't you supposed to learn from your mistakes, Nintendo? Of course, R.O.B. wasn't the only commercially available "robot" in the robot-obsessed 1980s. Here are ten more. EVERYTHING WRONG WITH THE NINTENDO SWITCH LAUNCH To say that Nintendo's Switch unveiling has received a mixed response would be an understatement, akin to suggesting that octopods have "A few extra legs". The general consensus is: fun games, such as they are... nicely designed hardware... ALL OTHER THINGS WRONG. My prediction? The Switch is going to sell out at launch (which we're never going to hear the end of). It's going to sell better overall than the Wii U. But it isn't going to do the business that Nintendo would like. Third parties will slowly drift away as a result, and we'll get a system that within a couple of years is going to find itself in very much the same situation as the Wii U. Albeit having shifted a few more units. Does that matter? Possibly not. Nintendo doesn't need to win the console wars. I mean, Microsoft's Xbox One lags way behind the PS4, but it's clearly turning enough of a profit for them to keep persevering with it. That's all Nintendo needs to do: make enough money to keep producing games for the Switch. One other positive to take away from this stream of negativity: people are up in arms because they care about Nintendo. Gamers of a certain age genuinely love Nintendo. They want Nintendo to do well. I want Nintendo to do well. You can see this deranged, blind optimism in the number of post-launch posts and pieces refusing to acknowledge that the Switch's third-party support is actually a bit vague in the exact same way it was at the launch of the Wii U, and how everyone is pretending to be excited about the six year-old Skyrim heading to the console. Inexplicable. Unfortunately, after almost 25 years writing about games I've got a pretty good track record of reading the tea leaves, and history tells me that consoles which stumble out of the gate find it almost impossible to gain ground. Here's everything about the Switch launch which concerns me. THE 10 MOST STUPID MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE It's impossible to overstate how popular Masters of the Universe toys were in the 1980s. Not only were the figures colourful and packed with action features, but there was a barely-concealed undercurrent of homoeroticism. All those leather harnesses, tiny pants, and bare legs... No wonder they were called Masters of the Universe - they probably spent most of their time sitting around "masting". Ho ho. Anyway. Masters of the Universe toys might've been popular - but they were also utterly ridiculous, with their calcified knees, and top-heavy bodies. If they existed in the real world, they'd probably require corrective surgery. Here are the ten stupidest. THE NINTENDO SWITCH: SWITCH ON OR SWITCH OFF? - by Mr Biffo Did you stay up until 4am to watch the Nintendo Switch presentation? You did? Well, that was a bit stupid. It wasn't really worth it was it? There was nothing in there which couldn't have waited until a reasonable hour. What exactly were you expecting? What were you so excited about? Think about your life, please. If you're reading this, I'm assuming you know some stuff about the Nintendo Switch already. You know it's basically a portable console that you can also plug into your TV. You know it comes with two tiny joypads which combine to make one large, unwieldy joypad. You know it's a return to cartridge-based gaming (albeit little, 3DS-sized cartridges, which you will lose). Many are speculating that it's a final throw of the hardware dice for Nintendo, following the relative disappointment of the Wii U, but... actually... no... it's too boring to continue to speculate about all that. Just read on, Papa, for my take on the latest Switch launch day deets. DEET DEET! HONK! THE DIGITISER2000 FRIDAY LETTERS PAGE Hello everyone! Snow! Snurrrrrrr. Snuh-snuh... snuh! So, this week the Sexy Christmas USA vinyl singles went on sale, and sold out in a matter of days. Huge thanks to my friend Jon, who paid for them, and doesn't even want paying back - so that all the money raised can go to Cancer Research UK. By the time I've also gathered the money we made from Amazon and iTunes sales (I still don't know the Amazon figures), I estimate that this ridiculous song will have made around £500 for charity. Which is rather lovely. Talking of raising money for good causes - don't forget that if you like Digitiser2000, and the things I do, you can support me via PayPal and Patreon. We're getting around 10,000+ unique hits a week these days - which is great - but hits doesn't automatically equate to income, sadly. Crowdfunding is an absolutely vital part of keeping this site going, and ensuring I can give it the time it deserves. I wouldn't have been able to afford to pre-order a Nintendo Switch without it - and I don't even want one...! If you would like to appear on next week's page, or you've something you'd like me to give some attention to in our occasional Plug Zone - please send your emails for next week to this place here: digitiser2000@gmail.com THE 10 STUPIDEST TRANSFORMERS EVER I've probably mentioned before about how I sold all my Star Wars toys for £50 in 1984, to have spending money for a trip to America to visit my sister. It broke my heart, and then it broke my heart again when I saw all the Star Wars toys on America store shelves, which weren't available back home. Worse still, there was a new action figure craze sweeping America in 1984 - Transformers - which was clearly encroaching on the space that retailers were prepared to give over to Star Wars toys. With no new Star Wars movies on the horizon I could see that the writing was on the wall. Maybe it was bitterness, maybe it was me telling myself that I needed to grow up, but I always viewed Transformers with suspicion after that point. Consequently, even with the dollars burning a hole in my thigh, I was never tempted to buy one... however cool I might've felt they were beneath my affected disinterest. This is long overdue, but it is at last time for me to enact some degree of retribution on the toys which I associate with throttling my childhood prematurely. Here are the ten worst Transformers ever. THE 10 WORST FIGHTING FANTASY COVERS EVER It was actually harder than I thought to find ten really bad Fighting Fantasy covers. All of them, without exception, had something to love. Still, it's always fairly easy to be mean, so of course I rose to the challenge and have decided to be needlessly nasty about a subject which brought joy to millions of 1980s children. This is investigative journalism at its finest. Therefore, following the ten best that I chose yesterday, here are the ten Fighting Fantasy covers which I declare to be this: the worst. LAB RATS: WHY VIDEO GAMES CAN BE ADDICTIVE - by Mr Biffo There's a theory about drug addiction which is often overlooked when it comes to the so-called "War on Drugs". Popular opinion has it that drugs contain chemicals which cause an individual's body to crave them, so that they find it almost impossible to give up. The emotional side of drug abuse is all too often overlooked. Drug addicts are typically dehumanised, portrayed as skanky monsters, as losers, or wasters. A drain on society. Indeed, there's a good reason for that: addicts are a nightmare. Potentially, they're a disruptive element in society, the more serious addicts are willing to say anything, and do anything, to get their next fix. Long-term drug addicts stay stuck, emotionally, at the age they were when they started using. However, what this tends to overlook is the emotional damage that not only creates an addict in the first place, but which keeps them trapped in their addiction. However, there's a school of wisdom that's gaining traction, which suggest that if you improve an addict's environment, and offer them social connections, you potentially break their addiction cycle. Early experiments with addictive substances in the 1960s would place rats alone in cages, and give them a choice of plain water, or water laced with heroin or cocaine. Ninety percenty of the rats would choose the drugged-up water, and keep choosing it until they overdosed and died. However, in the 1970s, a Canadian professor of psychology called Bruce Alexander tried a different approach. Instead of the bare, basic cage containing just one rat - he gave rats a luxury, shared habitat called "Rat Park". It offered mental stimulation in the form of coloured balls and tunnels, and he fed them the best quality food. Less than a quarter of the rats in Rat Park opted for the drug-laced water. The rats who went from a depressing, isolated cage to Rat Park would - after some initial symptoms of withdrawal - return to a normal, drug-free, existance. THE 10 BEST FIGHTING FANTASY COVERS EVER Those of a certain age will no doubt remember the Fighting Fantasy books. Before the advent of Game Boys and smartphones, it was the choose-your-own-adventure books written by Ian Livingstone and Steve Jackson that we'd smuggle into school. Indeed, so taken was I with the books that I wrote my English Literature O Level essay on Deathrap Dungeon (albeit in part because I knew it wouldn't require me to read an entire proper book). I got a C. For many of us, part of the series' appeal was the covers. At least initially; the later Fighting Fantasy artwork lacked the gorgeous, painted, detail of the early ones - which we are right celebrating today. Or you can just skip ahead to the crap ones. 10 NINTENDO Wii KNOCK-OFFS THAT WERE BETTER THAN THE WII U Next week, Nintendo hammers another nail into the coffin of its Wii brand, as it unveils further details about its Switch console. It feels like only yesterday since we all baulked at the name of the Wii - speculating that everyone would be laughing too hard to actually buy the thing. Well, we all got that wrong, though many of us put our money were our laugh glands were when the Wii U came out, and never bought one. Please, embrace this one final chance to have a giggle at the Wii's expense, with this gallery of barely-concealed Wii bootlegs. BAIT-AND-SWITCH - by superbadadvice Guest Article by SuperBadAdvice In space, no one can hear you go "Oh, is that it? Really? Oh. OH!" So the tree is back in the toilet cistern, you’ve unravelled your novelty jumper ready to re-knit it next year, and we’re all sick to the gills of leftovers from traditional festive favourites such as boiled pelican, parsnips in Lilt and croquembouche. Yes, Christmas is over again, and it’s now down to the important business of selling all the stuff you didn’t want to fund buying the stuff you did want that your mum wrote down the wrong number for when she went to Argos (which is why you ended up with stuff you didn’t want in the first place). One such thing I bought myself with my ill-gotten gains was a copy of EVE: Valkyrie for the PSVR. An offshoot of the EVE Online MMORPG (whatever that means), it’s a 3D space shooter. Except of course, because it’s in VR, it’s a space shooter where you can spend an inordinately long time staring in wonder at your own simulated knees before falling off your chair from motion sickness. Mr Biffo reviewed the game last year (observe here), so I won’t retread the same ground too much – suffice to say I felt much the same as he did: it looks lovely and occasionally stunning, but it’s far too short. Plus the pay-to-win microtransactions on top of a huge asking price for not very much is really pushing the cheeky boat far too far up everyone’s canal for comfort. In fact, had I not snagged a copy for well under half price in a sale I’d be fairly livid about the meagre offerings. Hello, kids. Here we are with the first Digitiser2000 Friday Letters Page of 2017. We were meant to have one at the end of 2016, with your happiest memories of the year, but... well... that plan went out of the window when my stomach started eating itself. Some of your upbeat missives are published below. A few of you have been asking after Sexy Christmas USA. Read on for more details of that - and how you can get your hands on a very, very limited edition vinyl copy. Remember: all proceeds from these sales will - again - go to Cancer Research UK. Thanks to the surprising number of you who signed up to become Patreon donors over Christmas - and those of you who have continued to donate, or dropped us something lovely through PayPal. It's very, very appreciated, and comes in very handy. LETTERS NOW! Once again, Digi2000 reader Bunty McSadPants is offering a hand-crafted gift to the star letter: in this instance, it's a special furry toilet seat cover. THINGS I'D FORGOTTEN THAT I OWNED: POCKETEERS Pocketeers. Remember them? I didn't until just now. And then I remembered that I owned tons of them. In fact, I owned every single one on this list - and more. What a horrible spoilt child I must've been. How is it possible I could've forgotten them though? What else have I forgotten? Where am I? What happened to my trousers? What's all this soft stuff in my undies...? Tomy's Pocketeers - distrubuted by Palitoy in the UK - were pre-electronic games; wind-up handheld whimsies, which sometimes attempted to emulate popular arcade games through mechanical and magnetic means. I mostly recall being bought them for long car journeys - in motorway service stations and the like. Though given the precision required for most of these games, it's unlikely that a bumpy car ride was particularly conducive to success, not least when being slapped by your mother for asking "How much longer in minutes?" over and over and over. In an age before smartphones, before the Game Boy, before Game & Watch even, Pocketeers were the only way kids could enjoy on-the-go gaming. Here are the ten Pocketeers I remember best, sort of. A GALLERY OF DIGITAL WATCH GAMES One Christmas, many years ago, I asked my parents for a watch. Of course, I didn't want any old watch: I wanted one of those new digital watches, which all my friends were getting. Foolishly, I assumed that my mother would understand this, and forgot to specify on my Christmas list the type of watch I wanted. Consequently, on Christmas morning I had to feign appreciation as I unwrapped an old-fashioned analogue watch. "Is this a wind-up?" I probably should've asked, hilariously. Adding insult to injury, it was a footballer-themed watch - a player's vibrating leg operated as some sort of second hand, as if he was having a seizure - and I didn't even like football. When I returned to school after the holidays, it was without a watch on my wrist. Gallingly, Patrick Frieze was there in the playground, proudly showing off his massive new calculator watch, and asked me if I got the watch I'd asked for. "Yeah," I mumbled... "Digital?" "Good man. Let's see it." "I left it at home, in case it got damaged." I did eventually get a digital watch, but it had a metal strap, and it used to pinch my skin. Be careful what you wish for, chillen. Hey - did you know that you used to be able to play games on your watches? Of course you did. Here's a gallery of some of those things what I just done mentioned an ting. REVIEW: NINTENDO CLASSIC MINI I had a pretty decent haul of gifts this Christmas. Partly, this was because I kept buying myself stuff and asking my other half to wrap it up for me, and this is why I am now so poor. One of the things I did get, which I'd almost forgotten asking for - though, let's face it, I was so ill over Christmas that I'd forgotten most of my name - was this: a Nintendo Classic Mini. That's the official name - you know it better as the NES Mini, the shrunk-down version of the Nintendo Entertainment System. That's correct: the one with 30 games stuffed into its guts. A few people have been a bit sniffy about the NES Mini (I'm steadfast in calling it that, in the hope that they'll do a SNES Mini), because all of the games are already available on the Nintendo Store. Or - let's face it - freely available online. Or because they think scoffing at popular things makes them look cool. Plus, some people have even made their own miniature NES out of a Raspberry Pi, and believe that being able to do that makes them better than the rest of us. Well, bully for all of them, the bunch of sneering, arrogant elitists. The second I laid eyes on the NES Mini I wanted one, and now I have one, and it's one of my favourite things ever, and I don't even feel the need to show off about it. How do you like them apples?	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1622140
__label__cc	0.517529	0.482471	1984 Essay The Brave New World And 1984 like when the famous authors Huxley and Orwell look back on our world and disappointedly smile and say, “I told you so”. The Brave New World and 1984 show us an image of the future, or better yet, an image of what life that’s 100% controlled by a government would be like. This paper will give you chills of what great people predicted for our world. 1984 is a novel by George Orwell that was published in 1949. In that time totalitarianism was not well understood and all the information that was understood Analysis Of The Book ' 1984 ' In 1984, Winston endlessly ponders the meaning of life, history, power and each one’s relation to the other. He lived in a totalitarian government that watches his every move and literally rewrites history. We can imagine how that might lead a curious guy like Winston to question the very meaning of life. The book is full of existential ponderings and bold philosophical proclamations. According to Ingsoc, the Party’s ideology, reality exists only in the mind of the individual. Reality exists in 1984 Is Our Today And Tomorrow 1984 Is Our Today and Tomorrow Knowing today’s society was somewhat “predicted” in a novel is quite interesting and captivating because there is a lot that occurs on daily basis out of the blue. The novel 1984 captures a dystopian society which relates to today’s society in different aspects. It is as though today’s society was somewhat created by George Orwell in his novel, 1984. The Party (government) in 1984 uses different means of technology, figures The World Of 1984 By George Orwell Fatphobia in 1984 The world of 1984 by George Orwell is one of scarcity: of freedoms, of privacy, of peace of mind, of basic goods, of any of life’s pleasures at all. All but the few of the Inner Party go without in one way or another – often in a great many ways, one of which is frequently enough or quality food. In such a world then, would it not make sense for the overweight to be few and far between? As we see in the real world, aside from places of extreme starvation, that is not the case. The Giver And 1984 By George Orwell The Giver and 1984 Throughout the history of time, we have to fear a dictatorship or authoritarian system, we watch in complicated the possibly of dictatorships. Systems of government where they government control all, most of them set in a post-apocalypse future, after a world war, most of the time the society of the now has been destroyed, if not all of the time, with only pieces of the truth of our history perverted by the government. Dystopian is a popular genre throughout our culture right Orwell's Influence in 1984 Orwell’s Influence in 1984 Influence--from the day one is born to the day one dies, this constantly affects people in their lives. All of this experience is then reflected in everything that they do. One will never forget the most powerful memories he or she has, they will be forever ingrained in their minds. George Orwell, a British writer during the twentieth century, wrote his famous novel in the wake of the World Wars that had rocked the entire globe. In 1949, he published 1984 . This novel is about 1984 and 9/11 Essay States government and its agencies are hiding vital information from the public concerning the attacks on 9/11. There have been many conspiracy theories that doubt what the government tells the people happened and what really happened. Like in the book 1984, I believe that the government is altering the truth in order to keep social dominance and order in the country. By the use of many techniques and manipulation, the government hopes to keep its agenda a hidden secret. Their lies cannot be hidden forever George Orwell 's ' 1984 ' happen to society if the wrong history were to repeat. Many works of literature work towards progressing society and making the human life a better place, George Orwell attempted just that. Orwell’s 1984 is a satire on totalitarian governments of the East in order to warn the West of its consequences. 1984 is a novel set in a dystopian society, well, dystopian only to non-socialist nations. Socialist ideals are represented in full color in Orwell’s novel, deliberately of course. The novel, having been Analysis Of The Novel ' 1984 ' The action of the novel, 1984 develops in Oceania, in one of the super-states who distributed, the world after a war. The society divided into three social classes - upper, middle, and lower class. Everywhere people are the subject of close supervision omniscient leader Oceania, Big Brother. Telescreen and microphones were in every room. The novel is about Winston’s revolt and society’s attempt of keeping him down. Everything about a fictional totalitarian Government (modeled on the USSR) to give Essay on 1984 by George Orwell 1984 In the book, 1984, written by George Orwell, protagonist Winston Smith is a low-ranking government worker for the ruling Party in London. The people are watched all the time, even in their own homes. The Party watches everybody through telescreens, the device used as a surveillance camera and a television. There are posters of the omniscient leader of the Party, Big Brother, everywhere. The Party has reign over everything in Oceania including the nation’s history and even its language. At The Novel 1984 By George Orwell The novel 1984, written by George Orwell, represents a precise delineation of people who are under direct and interminable watch. Each and every move that is made is meticulously observed. Michael Yeo establishes the suggestion that “Essentially, surveillance in the novel is a monitoring or policing function” (55). There was, indeed, no way to distinguish whether you were being inspected at any appointed period. It is evident that, under no circumstances, the slightest gestures could give you away The Novel ' 1984 ' By George Orwell In 1984, a dystopian novel written by George Orwell, the oppressive government known as “Big Brother” used an assortment of techniques like surveillance and manipulation to keep the lower classes adhering. The highest class, formally known as the Party, implements and enforces the rules to the lowest class – the Proles. Life was monotonous for the lower classes, while the upper class was privileged and enjoyed much happier lives. Throughout the story, Orwell employs a variety of literary devices Julius Caesar and 1984 Essay and ultimately orthodoxy. In William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, all plebeians’ voices are spoken as one and are universal. The plebeians display no debate or disagreement and are easily moved by the speeches of Brutus and Antony. In George Orwell’s 1984, the proletarians are all content; they have no need to rebel. Winston, the protagonist, is desperate to guard the ‘spirit of humanity’ while withholding his will to seek truth, yet he falters and joins the majority that will continue to maintain class Essay 1984: Proles In the book “1984” written by George Orwell in 1948, the proles are presented as an impoverished, powerless and massive group of people. Nevertheless, they are free, unlike the rest of Oceania. They are not checked by the Party on what they do and think; therefore the proles are the only ones able to take Big Brother down. First of all, the word ‘prole’ has to be defined. The word prole derives from the word proletarian which means ‘a citizen of the lowest class’. The book 1984 describes the proles Essay about 1984...In 2012 tradition due to how the content of the novel is so closely related to many things in today’s society. Young people and older people, just alike, should continue reading about the technology, government and war, and language of Oceania in the year, 1984 because the issues that were written as fiction are now becoming a reality for the United States today. In the nineteen-forties and fifties when television was still new technology for a lot of people in the world, the telescreens in Orwell’s novel In part three of 1984 Winston the main character of the book awakens in a very bright room with four telescreens in each side. He is in a cell at the Ministry of Love. He had no idea how long he has been in this room, but what he did know was that he was very hungry. Before he was brought to this bright cell he was put in an ordinary prison or temporary lock-up. Winston described this place as dark smelly and full of people. The majority of the people were common criminals and there were also a few Book Report : ' 1984 ' Celine Le Mrs. Hamilton British Literature 3 11 January 2016 Book Report: 1984 The title of the book is 1984 by George Orwell. It takes place in the city of London in a futuristic country now called Oceania in April 1984. The novel covers a time span of a couple months. Winston Smith is frail, intellectual, and contemplative. He is the protagonist in which he hates the government as totalitarian. He works in Records Department at Ministry of Truth. Julia is Winston’s lover. She is dark haired and The Dystopian Characteristics Of The Novel ' 1984 ' into a dystopia, a place of unhappy and afraid people that are not treated properly (“Dystopia”). The story of 1984 begins in a utopia, but quickly unravels into a dystopia of dehumanization and surveillance. These dystopian characteristics appear in real life, especially in the life of celebrities. Celebrities are stripped of their privacy, similar to the way the people of Oceania in 1984 are stripped of theirs. Although everyone wants to live in a utopia, there is no possible way of living in a Comparing 1984 And Animal Farm 1984 & Animal Farm Comparative Analysis 1984 and Animal Farm are two novels written by George Orwell. These two books overall want the same thing, obedience and total control. In 1984 we have our main character Winston Smith. He is a man who has no love for Big Brother. He does not agree with the rules and wants to rebel. Winston is a man who has no emotions; reason of the party. Big Brother is a dictator. He controls everything in Oceania. In Animal Farm we have the pigs who want to take control Essay on 1984 and Now 1984 AND NOW 1984 : Newspeak Now : Politically Correct speech 1984 : The red sash of the Junior Anti-Sex League Now : The red ribbon of the Anti-Aids celibacy league 1984 : Telescreens in every room. The programming runs 24 hours a day, and the proles have no way of turning their screens off. Now : Televisions in every room. The programming runs 24 hours a day, and the proles rarely turn their screens off. 1984 : Telescreens in all public and private places, so the populace could be The Hunger Games Versus 1984 The Hunger Games versus 1984 Many dystopian novels portraying alternate universes with authoritarian governments exist for fiction lovers to read. In 1949, George Orwell published the original such a novel, 1984. The novel depicted a war and poverty infested world controlled completely by Big Brother and the Inner Party. Following its successful release, many additional authors began to also write dystopian novels, many of which paralleled the undertones of 1984. One of these novels, The Hunger 1984 : Freedom Is Slavery 1984: Freedom is Slavery The book 1984 brings up questions about life. As you read through the book, you begin to ask yourselves how different are we really from the story that George Orwell made up. There are many topics that are brought up in 1984, however what made me, personally, wonder and think the most is the idea of freedom, are the Party members enslaved or are they free in a different way than it is known to others. “Freedom is Slavery”, this is part of the Party’s slogan that is said The 1984, The Prole Woman the claustrophobic surroundings become much more inviting. Right as the light reaches its apex, however, it suddenly extinguishes, as though it were never there. This light is an excellent allegory for the symbolic use of the prole woman in 1984. Throughout 1984, the Prole Woman, whom Winston and Julia view outside of the antique shop, represents hope with her happiness and joy in her difficult and challenging life, freedom with her beautiful singing, that by the standards of her society is suspicious Essay on Mccarthyism in the Crucible/1984 The Crucible / 1984 Throughout history millions of people have found themselves to be guilty for crimes they did not commit , with little to no evidence, and suffered the consequences of being scorned, arrested, and tortured , also known as McCarthyism. One can clearly see that McCarthyism is evident in both the play “The Crucible” and the novel 1984 by George Orwell, although conveyed a bit differently, one can also find similarities between The Crucible and 1984 regarding McCarthyism 1984 and the Truman Show equality, and peace. Although in the novel, 1984, by George Orwell, and the film The Truman Show, directed by Peter Wier, the readers and viewers are presented with a negative utopian society. A negative utopian society is a perfect world that somewhere has gone wrong. The controllers in the novel and film succeeded in achieving complete control and power, which was their attempt to make the ideal society. Each controller has a different threat, in 1984 it is association while in the film, The Truman No one person truly thinks the exact same way, which is why there’s such diverse society’s throughout the world. The fact that 1984, a novel written in 1949 could have such accurate representation of a present day society like North Korea, shown in the documentary ‘The Propaganda Game”, seems impossible. It comes as a shock that two societies can be such a perfect simulacrum of each other. It brings up the question, “who truly thought of the ideals first and how do they compare?” When side by side Comparing Fahrenheit 451 And 1984 Fahrenheit 451 and 1984 After reading the dystopian novels of 1984 by George Orwell and Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, one can see numerous similarities and differences between the two novels. In 1984 the protagonist, Winston, has a strong desire to withdraw himself and challenge the dystopian society, but is lost without a helping hand. In Fahrenheit 451, the main protagonist, Guy Montag (referred to as Montag), has the same urges as Winston, but is substantially more proactive about it. This The Text 1984 By George Orwell The text 1984 by George Orwell is a dystopian novel written in 1948. The main character, Winston, lives in a society that is controlled by an oppressive socialist government that limits freedom of expression. There aren’t any specific laws in the society, however there are unwritten rules that severely limit personal freedoms. For instance if someone is found to have disagreed with how the government (the Party) is running the society, then they are taken to the “Ministry of Love” and either re-educated government, where the more laws passed the more power the government possesses. Although the laws and government actions may seem beneficial to the citizens, the party manipulates the citizens with these enforcements and actions to maintain power in 1984 by George Orwell. The party uses technology to make people stay in order and not rebel against the laws of the society. The way that the party uses public confinement allows the government to control society. The government constantly makes the Published just four years apart, with 1984 in 1949 and Fahrenheit 451 in 1953, Ray Bradbury and George Orwell shared many ideas about how a dystopian society may function. Fahrenheit 451 and 1984 show a number of similarities and some differences based on Orwell and Bradbury’s ideas, which the reader can easily point out while reading each novel. Over 50 years later, one may observe the two side-by-side and identify the parallels between them, including everything from character development to Brave New World And 1984 In Brave New World and 1984, both text share the common feature that the power holder uses advanced technology to control their citizen. In terms of controlling the mass people, the way of technology use are vary according to the hegemonic idea or main policy. In these two text, hegemonic idea are completely different which Brave New World is based on extreme consumerism society management and in 1984, they manage society by totalitarian ideology. The difference in core policy for the society management Nazi Germany and 1984 Nazi Germany and 1984 A totalitarian government is one in which the state, usually under the control of a single political person, has no limits to its authority and strives to control every aspect of public and private life of each individual. Control over attitudes, values, and beliefs enables the government to erase any distinction between state and society. It is almost as if the population under totalitarian government is broken down and brain washed so much so that the government has complete Fahrenheit 1984 By George Orwell Fahrenheit 1984 Within five years of each other, two books, 1984 and Fahrenheit 451, were published concerning the idea of a dystopian future where the government abuses its power by manipulating and changing the thoughts of the citizens living in these fictional settings. Although they feature differing plots, these two novels share similar ideas, characters, and positions on the future of society and government. Both authors wrote these books years before the setting stated in the novels. 1984 by George Analysis Of 1984 's ' 1984 ' And ' Big Brother ' You are under arrest for thought crime! In the book 1984, the government plays a major role in controlling the people. They government is referred to as the “Party”, and is comprised of Big Brother, the Inner and Outer party and the methods they use that are not unlike methods used today, as well as the Thought Police. Big Brother is the fictional leader similar to a president but more like a dictator. He is comparable to Adolf Hitler in that his views ended up in the slaughter of millions The Case Of 1984 By George Orwell In the case of 1984, Orwell wants to make readers aware of universal truths, and in order to do this, he encourages readers to question their impressions of a perfect place. The totalitarian world, whether established on Marx, Islam, or whatever else, is a universe of people who accept what they are told, rather than question authority. There, the novel has no place. In the novel 1984, the government brainwashes their society into accepting their world to be perfect. Citizens within the society conform The novel 1984 by George Orwell was about people that were bossed around by a corrupt government, which the leader of the government was called Big Brother. People were always getting watched and didn’t have any privacy; if you were to break a rule or go against the government of Oceania you would have the chance of getting terminated and no one would ever question it as if you never excited. This shows how Parson, Winston’s neighbor who was actually smart and Winston thought wrong about Parson as Essay on Rorty 1984 Truth is that people are able to voice their beliefs and opinions without being scared about any repercussions. Winston wrote, “Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows” (1984, 69). It can be seen why he thinks this is true by noticing that it encompasses the three necessities to freedom - the freedom to think the truth, to speak the truth, and to act on the truth. This can be linked to Rorty. Rorty believes that if a society Essay about 1984 Discussion 1984 Discussion Questions 1. The world within which Winston lives is replete with contradictions. For example a, major tenet of the Party's philosophy is that War is Peace. Similarly, the Ministry of Love serves as, what we would consider, a department of war. What role do these contradictions serve on a grand scale? Discuss other contradictions inherent in the Party's philosophy. What role does contradiction serve within the framework of Doublethink? How does Doublethink satisfy the needs of The The Novel ‘1984’ by George Orwell, society is under control of big brother, the leader and protector of Oceania. The story in my opinion is related to the society that we live in today. 1984 and the society that we live in today both share qualities like relationships are based on pain or that the government is reversed. Either way I say that the relationships are based on pain and that the government is corrupted not reversed. 1984 is a fictional book that takes place in a dystopian society. Since is highly unlikely. In 1984, by George Orwell, the party kept the people under full control by brainwashing them. This is not realistic because in today’s world someone, whether it be another government or the people living in this society, would end it. People of today have been taught that they have rights and if those rights are taken away, something isn’t right. There are many examples on why a society could not thrive purely on hatred, some of which are present in 1984, The Lives of Others, and The Hunger Games And 1984 The Hunger Games and 1984 are two great novels depicted of a dystopian lifestyle. Both have numerous similarities relating them and nevertheless differences that help show their individualities. The Hunger Games takes place in the totalitarian nation of Panem that is divided into 12 districts and the Capitol. Every year, from each district two young people are selected by lottery to participate and represent their district in the annual Hunger Games. The Hunger Games are televised games that are 1984 vs. Harrison Bergeron Bergeron and Orwell's 1984 are based on the concept of negative utopia. The governments in both these novels control their masses using harsh methods. The government in 1984 uses brainwashing, doublethink, mutability of the past and vaporization to control its masses. The government in Harrison Bergeron uses physical and mental handicaps to control its masses and in the effort to make everyone equal. Both the governments have a tight control on its people but the government in 1984 has a stronger and Orwell wrote his famous dystopian novel 1949 the world of 1984 seemed like a very possible future for the world. Of course the year 1984 passed and despite the fact that it did not resemble Orwell’s nightmare it 's dystopian features have the potential of coming into fruition in the future. Some may fear that the world we live in is becoming like 1984, but that is not the case. The world today is not transforming into George Orwell’s dystopia in 1984 due to the fact that people today push back against Analysis Of Fahrenheit 451 And 1984 451 and 1984 this is shown by the dramatic change in society from what reality is today. These book’s themes explain how technology is taking over and what could potentially happen if aspects in our life were surrounded by technological advancement. This causes a society that follows others and are not capable of thinking for themselves and can even take away a person’s humanity in some cases. Violence in society has increased greatly, like in the dystopian novels Fahrenheit 451 and 1984, due to George Orwell And The Vision Of 1984 Orwell and The Vision of 1984 When George Orwell finished his landmark novel 1984 he had lived a life that is difficult to compare. His first hand experiences with totalitarianism and imperialism culminated in one the best and wildly known dystopian novels. Though known primarily as a journalist during his life, his success is associated with 1984 (“Biography of George Orwell”). The story shows the reasons why this is true. It is difficult to read this book and not worry about what one 1984 Class Structure Essay and callous structure. This system has been implemented in our history over a variety of ages and civilizations. More importantly, the structure has not been altered to work for any system except for theoretical Communism and Socialism. The novel 1984 was a shock to the masses when it was released, but by showing the class structure and political satire Orwell was able to present not only the danger of Communism gone awry but its repercussions on society. Ironically, Communism has never existed Analysis Of 1984 By George Orwell Graham 1 In the novella 1984 by George Orwell there can be plenty of “shocking” relevance and connection of information that we can find in our world today. The reaction I get from this novella is that the way Orwell persuades how the world is in 1948, is still happening today in our nation. The information Orwell provides in 1984 is astonishingly related to what is occurring in the world today. We still have issues with privacy, freedom, government control, language, and much Analysis Of 1984 And Lord Of The Flies English Summer Assignment While 1984 and Lord of the Flies are set in completely different world, the characters within the world act remarkable similar. For example, in 1984, the party (governing body) constantly tells people these three lines; “war is peace, freedom is slavery and ignorance is strength (Orwell, 26).” Similarly in Lord of the Flies, Jack and his band of savages constantly speak of the beast. In both instances, the ruling body creates false realities, that their constituents eventually The setting surrounding the novel ‘1984’ expresses a haunting narrative that helps emphasize the boldness of Orwell’s idea on dystopia. Having witnessed authentic horrors of totalitarian governments in Russia and during the midst of the Spanish Civil War, Orwell portrays a novel which would go the mile to compare with totalitarian governments to sustain and increase their power. I was mesmerised by the way George Orwell wrote such a novel that couldn 't be far from a world so extreme right now. It 1984 Theme Essay Absolute control over society is the central theme in the novel, 1984, by George Orwell. One method this power over society is exercised is use of language to manipulate and control people. The story features a society called Oceania, which is located in the European region. In Oceania, there is a form of totalitarian government called the Party which controls the entire society. The Party controls thoughts by making certain words or phrases illegal. 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__label__wiki	0.636726	0.636726	Movie review: 'The Informant!' ( R ) ( Monitor Movie Guide ) Steven Soderbergh offers a zany take on corporate malfeasance. By Peter Rainer Film critic of The Christian Science Monitor For "The Informant!" where he plays real-life Mark Whitacre, the executive at agricultural megabusiness Archer Daniels Midland who, in the early 1990s, turned FBI snitch, Matt Damon adds on a fake moustache, bulbous nose, and 20 pounds. Steven Soderbergh's new movie, written by Scott Z. Burns and based on Kurt Eichenwald's nonfiction book, is about corporate malfeasance in high places and functions as a kind of alternate universe to his "Erin Brockovich," a considerably more straightforward whistle-blower thriller. Here, the seriousness of the subtext – ADM was involved in big-time price fixing – is counterbalanced by the zaniness of the text, starting with that exclamation point in the film's title. Marvin Hamlisch's score has a knockabout freneticism that seems more '60s than '90s, and Soderbergh at times employs camera moves, like suddenly spinning the image upside down, that are the cinematic equivalents of whoopee cushions. This is all oddly appropriate, since Whitacre, a wonkish biochemist who plied his way to a plush lifestyle, is mighty strange. As his entanglements with the FBI and ADM ensue, his behavior becomes ever more untrustworthy and fantastical. Damon is an agile comic performer, and Soderbergh knows how to serve him up without losing sight of the ultimate seriousness behind it all. Grade: B+. Rated R for language. Review Haywire: movie review Review 'Side Effects' is a middling effort from director Steven Soderbergh Marvin Hamlisch remembered for musical scores on Broadway and film	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1622151
__label__wiki	0.766529	0.766529	Southeast New Mexico lawmakers clash with 'radical' green energy agenda as bills proceed The Energy Transition Act passed the New Mexico Senate, despite outcry from oil town lawmakers. Southeast New Mexico lawmakers clash with 'radical' green energy agenda as bills proceed The Energy Transition Act passed the New Mexico Senate, despite outcry from oil town lawmakers. Check out this story on CurrentArgus.com: https://www.currentargus.com/story/news/local/2019/03/09/southeast-new-mexico-lawmakers-clash-radical-green-energy-agenda/3097844002/ Adrian Hedden, Carlsbad Current-Argus Published 10:17 a.m. MT March 9, 2019 Bat Brigade 2019 at the Roundhouse The Roundhouse, Jan. 29, 2019 in Santa Fe. Adrian Hedden \| Current-Argus Members of the Carlsbad Bat Brigade tour the Roundhouse, Jan. 29, 2019 in Santa Fe. Adrian Hedden \| Current-Argus Carlsbad's Bat Brigade prepares for a meeting at the governor's office, Jan. 29, 2019 in Santa Fe. Adrian Hedden \| Current-Argus Teresa Casados, New Mexico Chief Operating Officer meets with Carlsbad's Bat Brigade, Jan. 29, 2019 at the Roundhouse. Adrian Hedden \| Current-Argus (left to right) CEO of the Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce Robert Defer, General Manager of New Mexico Operations at Intrepid Potash Robert Baldridge and Chairman of the Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce Donavan Mager meet with New Mexico Chief Operating Officer Teresa Casados, Jan. 29, 2019 at the Roundhouse. Adrian Hedden \| Current-Argus Executive Director of the Carlsbad Department of Development John Waters discusses Carlsbad's housing shortage, Jan. 29, 2019 at the Roundhouse. Adrian Hedden \| Current-Argus A statue of children playing outside the Roundhouse, Jan. 29, 2019 in Santa Fe. Adrian Hedden \| Current-Argus Bill would call for carbon-free energy in New Mexico by 2024. It passed the New Mexico Senate and will move on to the House.\ Lawmakers from Carlsbad, Artesia and Hobbs attacked the bill as part of a "radical agenda." As it passed the New Mexico Senate, the Energy Transition Act (ETA) drew anxiety from southeast New Mexico senators who failed to stop its progress, and the representatives who vowed to vote against it. Senate Bill 489 passed on the Senate Floor Wednesday night on 32-9 vote. It now goes before a House committee ahead of a vote and potential signing by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham. The bill would provide incentives and worker displacement funding to support the closure of San Juan Generating Station – a coal plant near Farmington – by 2022 and provide additional funds to assist the county’s shift to renewable energy. More: Could New Mexico be carbon-free by 2045? It would also set milestone requirements for the rest of the state to convert to carbon-free electricity. By 2030, if the bill is passed, half of the state’s energy would be required to be carbon-free, and 100 percent by 2045. The bill would also establish a goal of 80 percent carbon-free energy by 2040. "The Energy Transition Act is the work product of many, many months and many important stakeholders,” Grisham said. “The result is a groundbreaking push toward the clean energy future New Mexico should and indeed must have. We can be a global leader. "With this legislation, our priorities are planted front and center, and, crucially, we do not leave our neighbors in San Juan County behind.” State House Rep. Jim Townsend (R-54) (Photo: Rep. Jim Townsend) House Minority Leader Rep. Jim Townsend (R-54) of Artesia, said the bill shows favoritism to the renewable energy industry, and discredits “American ingenuity” in devising market-based solutions rather than government mandates. “My plan is to support an economical, dispatchable power supply for New Mexico going forward,” Townsend said. “I don’t think it is the Legislature’s prerogative to say what that should be. There should be a level playing field, so that American ingenuity and entrepreneurship will prevail.” More: Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham: 'Fear-mongering' in 2nd Amendment sanctuary counties Townsend pointed to the development of hydraulic fracturing, a technological advancement credited with leading New Mexico’s recent oil and gas boom. Hydraulic fracturing was created by the industry, Townsend said, because it could innovate without undue regulatory restrictions. “We should use that kind of ingenuity where people can go out and figure out a better way of doing things,” he said. “The technological improvements in oil and gas have just begun. I don’t think that should be discounted. “I probably will vote against it, but I will listen to it and see what’s best for New Mexicans.” More: Could New Mexico go solar? Bill provides tax relief for those giving it a shot Radical agenda? Rep. Cathrynn Brown (R-55) of Carlsbad said the ETA was part of a dangerous political agenda of New Mexico Democrats and Grisham, which she said could have a devastating impact on New Mexico’s energy industry. Brown said the Democrats pushing such an agenda call themselves “progressives,” but Brown said she’s taken to calling them “aggressives.” “I think it’s grossly unrealistic,” Brown said of the ETA. “It’s politically motivated. It would be harmful to a lot of existing industries, especially oil and gas. It would put a lot of people out of work.” The ETA is just one piece of legislation proposed by Democrats and the State’s Executive Branch that could devastate southeast New Mexico’s economy and the extractive industries it relies on, Brown said. More: Social media posts propagate New Mexico State Land Office's green energy agenda State Rep. Cathrynn Brown (Photo: Cathrynn Brown) One Democrat-sponsored senate bill would call for a four-year moratorium on hydraulic fracturing, and another bill would raise royalty rates on vented or flared natural gas. Others would offer tax incentives for homeowners or businesses to install renewable energy infrastructure such as solar power cells and wind turbines. Senate Bill 518, offering residents and business a 10 percent tax credit on construction of solar energy facilities passed the Senate Friday. “Making solar energy more affordable for New Mexicans makes sense,” said State Sen. Mimi Stewart (D-17) of Albuquerque. “Families, farmers and small-business owners want to invest in clean, renewable energy. This straightforward tax credit will help them do that.” But such efforts by the Democrats comprise what Brown called a “radical environmental agenda.” She said one third of the land in the U.S. would need to be used for wind turbines to create the revenue generated by oil and gas. More: Road bill update: Southeast NM lawmakers see most proposals tabled “It’s a very radical wing of the Democrat party,” Brown said. “They’re all about getting control of our everyday lives.” And State Sen. Gay Kernan (R-42) of Hobbs said there might not be much hope in blocking the ETA and other bills like it, as it progresses through the House. She voted against the ETA but was pessimistic about House Republicans’ ability to keep the bill off Grisham’s desk. “That thing is probably going to pass,” Kernan said. “It’s very concerning to me. It’s a governor initiative, it’s a bad bill and it has a chance to pass. I don’t think they (House Republicans) can stop it.” Kernan said she opposed the complete shift to carbon-free energy for two main reasons: the affordability and reliability of renewables. More: Wind farms coming to southeast NM, Texas; Xcel supports governor's green energy agenda She said New Mexico must continue to embrace fossil fuels such as coal and natural gas for its energy and should use renewables only “when appropriate” to fill in the gaps when traditional forms of energy trend downward. Otherwise, Kernan worried the cost of energy could grow. Gay Kernan (Photo: New Mexico Legislature) That wouldn’t only impact residents and local businesses, she said, but would also drive up costs for the oil and gas industry – one of New Mexico’s biggest users of electricity – which provided about a third of the State’s budget last year. “When those (fossil fuels) are taken out and we aren’t able to use energy that is secured from them, the cost of energy will rise,” she said. “When renewables go up, the cost will impact us overtime.” Even worse, Kernan said renewable energy technology is not proven to be sustainable. There isn’t enough proof that solar energy can be adequately stored, she said, or that wind energy provides enough return on investment. More: Report: Fracking ban could cost New Mexico billions, cut oil and gas production “They’re betting on a technology that isn’t proven,” she said. “It’s just not going to be reliable enough to operate. It’s just crazy. I’m not opposed to using renewables when appropriate, but we’re reaching way out into the future and relying on a technology that just isn’t proven.” She worried that the environmentalist proposals in the Legislature were gaining momentum, and many similarly dangerous bills could be passed into law. “We can’t seem to stop this movement,” Kernan said. “Hopefully, eventually reality will set in.” A group of Eddy County business leaders known as the Bat Brigade met with New Mexico officials to discuss statewide and local issues. Adrian Hedden, Jackee Coe, Wochit More news from Santa Fe: NMED: Environment must be guarded during oil boom in Carlsbad area Bat brigade: Staffing problems plague State regulators in oil boom NMDOT: US 285 is top priority, but funding is a problem What were Carlsbad's business leaders promised during their recent trip to Santa Fe? Adrian Hedden can be reached at 575-628-5516, achedden@currentargus.com or @AdrianHedden on Twitter. Read or Share this story: https://www.currentargus.com/story/news/local/2019/03/09/southeast-new-mexico-lawmakers-clash-radical-green-energy-agenda/3097844002/ Five Eddy County residents reported missing Carlsbad man killed in motorcycle crash Oil boom turned rural roads into deadly highways 14,000 acres burn in Lincoln National Forest Denise Madrid Boyea hired as Carlsbad's deputy city attorney Where did WIPP's waste come from?	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1622152
__label__wiki	0.86294	0.86294	Paying More Mind to Malicious Insider Seeking Out Employees Bent on Destruction Eric Chabrow (GovInfoSecurity) • December 10, 2012 15 Minutes Former FBI cyber unit chief Tim Ryan sees mounting dangers from the insider, acknowledging undiscerning employees who don't follow proper processes can cause devastation. But he says the actions of those with malicious intent can be more catastrophic. "The cases where I see the most harm is where somebody really wanted to hurt the corporation, not just the accidental release" of information, says Ryan, managing director at Kroll Advisory Solutions cyber investigation practice, in an interview with Information Security Media Group. "The accidental release may be embarrassing, [but the] level of compromise or destruction caused by somebody who intentionally wants to do that is usually far greater." In the interview, Ryan: Explains why the insider threat is more damaging than many other risks an organization's IT systems face; Describes how the race to the cloud and new technologies heighten the threat from insiders; Suggests ways organizations can minimize the insider threat. Before joining the risk mitigation and response advisory firm Kroll in August, Ryan supervised the FBI's largest cyber squad in the United States, leading investigations involving corporate espionage, advanced computer intrusions, denial of service, insider attacks, malware outbreaks, Internet fraud and theft of trade secrets. From 2009 through 2010, Ryan served as acting director of the FBI's New Jersey Regional Computer Forensic Lab, one of the nation's largest, state-of-the-art digital forensic laboratories. He also conducted computer forensic examinations as a member of the FBI's Computer Analysis and Response Team. New Trojan Exploits Mobile Channel Banks Must Brace for 'Blitzkrieg' Attacks https://www.databreachtoday.com/interviews/paying-more-mind-to-malicious-insider-i-1731	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1622153
__label__wiki	0.838427	0.838427	Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) Sri Lankan Navy Receives Frigate Donated by China Our Bureau The Sri Lankan navy on Monday, received a P-625 naval frigate at Colombo port, as a ‘gift’ from China. In June 2018, China had decided to send a naval frigate to Sri Lanka as a bequest and provide various training courses for the Sri Lankan tri-forces. “The navy will take the donation as a suggestion of the good friendship between China and Sri Lanka,” Piyal De Silva, Commander of Sri Lanka Navy Vice Admiral was quoted as saying by Xinhua. The "P625" frigate will be mainly used for offshore patrol, environment monitoring, and anti-piracy combats. “We are facing several maritime challenges with the sea being used by perpetrators for many unlawful acts including drug trafficking. With the acquisition of the Chinese frigate, the surveillance capabilities of the navy will be greatly enhanced,” he added. The Chinese navy also recently held a two-month professional training for over 110 Sri Lankan naval officers and sailors in Shanghai, China. China has considerable economic interests in Sri Lanka. It took control of a port and 15,000 acres of land around it in December last year. The transfer gave China control of territory just a few hundred miles off the shores of India, and a strategic foothold along a critical commercial and military waterway. The P625 frigate is 112m long and 12.4 in width. It has a displacement capacity of 2,300 tons. Its four diesel engines allow a maximum speed of 28 knots and an operational range of 5,000 Nm at 16 knots. Main weapon systems include YJ-82 surface-to-surface missiles, HQ-61 surface-to-air missiles and one 100 mm naval gun. Withdraw Arms Sales To Taiwan: China Tells US Opposing United States approval for Taiwans request to buy $2.2 Billion worth defense hardware, the Chinese foreign ministry has asked Washington to scrap the deal Local tech Helps China increase Early Warning Aircraft Efficiency A locally-developed technology has enabled Chinese aerial early warning (AEW) aircraft such as the KJ-200, KJ-500 and KJ-2000 to increase electromagnetic resources efficiency. Developed by Tang Xiaobin, a senior scientist at the state-owned China Electronics Technology Group Corporation (CETC), the technology works by separating different electromagnetic energies into two categories: One that boosts certain capabilities, and one that hinders certain capabilities, China Upgrades 50 Year Old Howitzer to Fire Laser guided Shells China has upgraded its 152 mm, Type 66 howitzer to fire laser terminal guidance shells which can track targets after they are fired, making them as accurate as missiles besides electromagnetic jamming shells and flare shells, Global Times reported today. "Electromagnetic jamming, which is popular in modern warfare, will not work against the weapon," the state broadcaster quoted Zhong Puxing, another PLA artillery officer, as saying A Chinese aviation investment firm, Skyrizon, also known as Beijing Tianjiao Aviation Industry Investment Company has bid to buy a controlling stake in renowned Ukrainian aero-engine manufacturer, Motor Sich. "The Ukrainian company, which has built engines for the world's largest transport aircraft the An-225, could help China boost its aeroengine industry if the deal materializes," Chinese analysts were quoted as saying by Global Times on Sunday Huawei talking to Russian Information Security Firms For Hardware, OS Cooperation Chinese firm Huawei has been holding talks with Russian information security companies to collaborate with them over hardware and Operating Systems (OS) after being shunned by their American counterparts. Over the past few months, Huawei has contacted several Russian firms, including the developers of Elbrus processors and Basalt SPO, MCST micro-processor company, as well as a producer of software and information security equipment Ukraine to Pitch for Repair, Components Supply of USSR Origin... Despite opposition from Moscow, Ukraine's Ukroboronprom has decided to pitch for Indian contracts for the supply of components and repair... Interview with Mr M V Gowtama, Chairman & Managing Director,... Segments such as Network Centric Warfare, Radars, Weapon systems, Electronic Warfare & Avionics, Military Communications and Electro Optics are likely... Interview with Yuri Slyusar, President of Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation... Yuri Slyusar, recently appointed President of Irkut Corporation, Russia commented on the structural changes in his organization and the impact...	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1622159
__label__wiki	0.765021	0.765021	Democratic lawmakers stage protest against… Democratic lawmakers stage protest against Colorado attorney general after Boulder County lawsuit The House took the extraordinary move of rejecting a routine spending bill Thursday In this Aug. 12, 2015 file photo, Colorado Attorney General Cynthia Coffman speaks during a news conference in Durango. Boulder County and Coffman are on the brink of a showdown over the county’s moratorium on oil and gas drilling. Coffman, a Republican, has set a Friday, Feb. 10, 2017, deadline for the county to rescind the moratorium, saying it contradicts a Colorado Supreme Court ruling that only the state can regulate the industry. By John Frank \| jfrank@denverpost.com and Brian Eason \| brianeason@denverpost.com \| The Denver Post Led by Democrats, the Colorado House rejected a supplemental budget bill Thursday in apparent protest of Republican Attorney General Cynthia Coffman. The extraordinary 44-20 vote against a routine $316,000 spending measure came two days after the state’s attorney general filed a lawsuit against Boulder County regarding its moratorium on oil and gas drilling. The budget bill provided no money directly related to the legal challenge, but Democratic lawmakers used it to voice their objections against Coffman, a potential candidate for governor in 2018. The other 17 supplemental budget bills easily won approval. “It’s virtually unheard-of for the state to sue on behalf of a private industry,” House Democratic leader KC Becker of Boulder said in a statement before the vote. “The attorney general has decided to wield the power of her office for the benefit of private companies at the expense of local communities.” Filed Tuesday, the lawsuit declared the county’s ongoing moratorium on oil and gas development illegal, citing a Supreme Court ruling that pre-empted local governments from creating regulations on oil and gas that conflict with the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Act. “It is not the job of industry to enforce Colorado law; that is the role of the attorney general on behalf of the people of Colorado,” Coffman said in a statement. The lawsuit is a political touchstone that exposes rifts in the state Democratic leadership. Gov. John Hickenlooper issued a statement questioning the need for the lawsuit even as he stood by the oil and gas industry’s rights under state law. “We would have preferred working with the county and other stakeholders to resolve this issue without (resorting) to the courts,” Hickenlooper said. “While we understand and respect the county’s desire to put in place rules that reflect current technologies available to the oil and gas industry, we also must uphold state law.” He added: “Last year, the Colorado Supreme Court issued two rulings that cast some doubt about whether the current moratorium exceeds legal limits. We encourage the County and the Attorney General to resolve this dispute as quickly as possible to honor Colorado law and conserve taxpayer resources.” Meanwhile, Boulder County officials called the lawsuit a waste of time. They’re reviewing their regulations and hope to have new ones in place by the end of March. House Democratic leadership left the door open to reconsider the supplemental budget bill for Coffman’s department at a later date. Staff writer Jesse Paul contributed to this report. Cynthia Coffman John Frank is a political reporter and craft beer columnist at The Denver Post. Follow John Frank @byJohnFrank Brian Eason Statehouse reporter Brian Eason joined The Post from the Indianapolis Star, where he covered city hall for the news outlet's watchdog team beginning in 2014. Before that, he was an investigative reporter at The Clarion-Ledger in Jackson, Miss., and covered local government at The Leaf-Chronicle in Clarksville, Tenn. He graduated in 2009 from the University of Missouri with degrees in journalism and political science. Follow Brian Eason @brianeason More in Colorado Legislature Recalls against Colorado Democrats Brittany Pettersen and Pete Lee can go forward On Friday afternoon, the Colorado Secretary of State's Office approved petitions for groups seeking to oust Democratic Sens. Brittany Pettersen and Pete Lee. They now have 60 days to gather the required number of signatures. President Donald Trump’s portrait will soon hang in Colorado Capitol A portrait of President Donald Trump will soon join those of his 44 predecessors in the rotunda of Colorado's Capitol. Democratic Gov. Jared Polis goes to the Western Conservative Summit – and gets denounced Colorado Gov. Jared Polis becomes the first elected Democrat to speak at the Western Conservative Summit as the annual event kicks off Friday in Denver. Colorado just made getting public records a little more expensive The Executive Committee of the Legislative Council voted 4-1 on Tuesday morning to raise the maximum amount per hour -- from $30 to $33.58 -- that those agencies can charge for retrieving records subject to Colorado's Open Records Act, or CORA.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1622163
__label__cc	0.735187	0.264813	Dragun Difference Assessment-Remediation Expert Services – Litigation Site Decommissioning Clients-Industry Environmental Blog Vapour Intrusion Reference Guide: Canadian Provinces and Territories Home » Blog » Limiting Environmental Events and More Fines » Limiting Environmental Events and More Fines Posted by Alan Hahn on Sep 20, 2018 in Blog \| 0 comments The Professor of my graduate class in Principles of Pollution Control stated if we can eliminate preliminary events (e.g., long working hours, poor maintenance, etc.), initiating or triggering events never occur; nice concept, but not so easy to execute. In an earlier blog, we said that, more often than not, human error (including communications) plays a key role in mishaps. These errors can be dangerous, costly, and can pose public relations challenges to the companies when the violation occurs. While we don’t have any unique insight with respect to the preliminary events in the instances below, we suspect human error and communications played a role. Another Seven-Figure Fine for Rail Company Canadian National Railway (CN), as we mentioned previously in a blog, had a renewable fuels violation and was fined more than two-million dollars. CN had discharged 90 litres of diesel fuel into Edmonton’s North Saskatchewan River. According to the Globe and Mail, “…CN must pay the provincial and federal penalties after pleading guilty to environmental offences on June 15 in an Edmonton court.” The article also states that CN did not report the discharge until three months after the event occurred. Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) said that the source of the spill was traced through the city’s storm drain system to an engine-fuelling station at CN’s Bissell Yard. Court documents identify the events leading to the release. Among the factors was an employee who had improperly installed filters on an oil-water separator. Further, though genuine efforts were made to remedy the situation, it was not clear who was responsible to make sure the separator was functioning properly. PCB Violation and Fine A jail sentence and a six-figure fine were handed out for violation of the PCB regulations. The press release from the ECCC states, “On August 21, 2018, Collingwood Prime Realty Holdings Corp. and its director, Mr. Issa El-Hinn, were sentenced in the Ontario Court of Justice for offences under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999, related to contraventions of the PCB Regulations. The court sentenced Mr. El-Hinn to a 45-day jail term, which will be served on weekends, for failing to comply with an environmental protection compliance order. The Court also sentenced the corporation and Mr. El-Hinn to pay a combined penalty of $420,000 to be directed to the federal Environmental Damages Fund.” The ECCC noted that, “…two electrical transformers and eight electrical capacitors contained higher-than-allowable PCB levels and that the equipment had not been sent for destruction to an authorized facility.” As a result of the violation, the company’s name will be added to the Environmental Offenders Registry. Managing the preliminary and initiating events is a significant challenge. This challenge includes awareness, training, communications, and ongoing monitoring; you are never “done” (Photo by rawpixel on Unsplash). PCB Violation Part Two Finally, this case has elements of the two violations mentioned above – late reporting of an oil spill containing PCBs. In August, the Provincial Court of Alberta ordered FortisAlberta to pay $300,000 for failing to report an oil spill. According to a blog entry by Siskinds Law Firm, “The spill on October 19, 2015 in Hinton, Alberta resulted in approximately 325 litres of oil leaking from a transformer onto a concrete pad and into a crack that went down to a depth of five feet. FortisAlberta remediated the spill, but waited approximately seven months to report the leak. The investigation into the leak revealed the presence of PCBs” (emphasis added). Managing the preliminary and initiating events is a significant challenge. This challenge includes awareness, training, communications, and ongoing monitoring; you are never “done.” If you need assistance with an environmental matter, or if you have already had an “event” that needs to be addressed, we can help. Call us at 519.979.7300 if you have any questions. Canadian Opt In List What’s the Holdup? Every week, month, or year your remediation plan exceeds its original timeframe, it costs your company and exposes you to unnecessary environmental risk. 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__label__wiki	0.624847	0.624847	S&P 500 Keeps Climbing Tuesday 1/9/2018 \| 3:58 PM CST NEW YORK (AP) -- Stocks pushed further into record territory Tuesday, and the Standard & Poor's 500 index's immaculate start to the year extended to a sixth day. Health care stocks and banks led the way, as calm continues to reign over markets around the world. The strong gains overshadowed weakness for dividend-paying stocks and other areas of the market hurt by rising interest rates after 10-year Treasury yields hit their highest level since March. The S&P 500 rose 3.58 points, or 0.1 percent, to 2,751.29 to equal its longest winning streak leading off a year since 2010. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 102.80 points, or 0.4 percent, to 25,385.80, the Nasdaq composite gained 6.19 points, or 0.1 percent, to 7,163.58 and the Russell 2000 index of small-cap stocks slipped 1.71, or 0.1 percent, to 1,560.10. They're the latest steps higher for stocks, which have been rising at a remarkably steady pace for more than a year as investors bask in a global economy that's strengthening in sync. Corporate profits are also on the upswing, and Washington's recently approved tax cut should goose earnings even higher. The powerful combination has kept markets marching higher, even though stock prices have grown to become more expensive than usual, relative to corporate profits. "I would like to say that there's something onerous coming, just because it would be different from what everyone is talking about," said Nate Thooft, senior portfolio manager at Manulife Asset Management. But he expects the market to continue gliding higher as the economy and corporate profits strengthen. Health care stocks rose 1.1 percent for the biggest gain among the 11 sectors that make up the S&P 500. Boston Scientific was at the front of the pack after it gave preliminary results for its revenue last quarter that were stronger than Wall Street was expecting. The medical device company's shares rose $2.15, or 8.3 percent, to $27.96. Illumina likewise reported preliminary results for fourth-quarter revenue that topped analysts' expectations. Shares of the company, which makes tools for genetic analysis, jumped $15.74, or 6.9 percent, to $242.80. Companies are set to begin reporting their results for the last three months of 2017, and the pace will pick up later this week. They'll need to deliver strong profit growth to justify the big moves they've made already. Investors, though, are also interested in what CEOs say about how Washington's overhaul of the tax system last month will affect their bottom lines. Strategists at Goldman Sachs say the tax changes will account for more than a third of the 14 percent growth they're forecasting for S&P 500 earnings per share in 2018. Target cited taxes on Tuesday as one reason for raising its profit forecast for the year. It also became the latest retailer to say it enjoyed a strong holiday season, and its shares rose $1.96, or 2.9 percent, to $69.14. On the losing end of the market were stocks that pay big dividends, which tend to move in the opposite direction of bond yields. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note rose to 2.55 percent from 2.48 percent late Monday. That makes dividend-paying stocks less attractive relative to bonds for investors seeking income. Telecom stocks in the S&P 500 fell 1.8 percent for the worst performance in the index. Real-estate stocks lost 1.1 percent, and utilities dropped 1 percent. Some areas of the market can benefit from rising interest rates. Banks can make bigger profits from making loans, for example, and financial stocks in the S&P 500 climbed 0.7 percent. In markets abroad, Japan's Nikkei 225 added 0.6 percent, Hong Kong's Hang Seng rose 0.4 percent and the Shanghai Composite inched up 0.1 percent. South Korea's Kospi lost 0.1 percent. The CAC 40 in France rose 0.7 percent, the DAX in Germany rose 0.1 percent and the FTSE 100 in London gained 0.4 percent. The dollar fell to 112.61 Japanese yen from 113.07 yen late Monday. The euro fell to $1.1933 from $1.1965, and the British pound dipped to $1.3534 from $1.3564. Benchmark U.S. crude oil rose $1.23 to settle at $62.96 per barrel. Brent crude, the international standard, rose $1.04 to settle at $68.82 per barrel. Natural gas gained 9 cents to $2.92 per 1,000 cubic feet, heating oil rose 2 cents to $2.07 per gallon and wholesale gasoline climbed 4 cents to $1.84 per gallon. Gold fell $6.70 to settle at $1,313.70 per ounce, silver dropped 13 cents to $17.01 per ounce and copper slipped a penny to $3.22 per pound. (BE)	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1622171
__label__wiki	0.795701	0.795701	Alfa Romeo 1750 GTV RHD - Alfaholics Upgrades This Alfa Romeo 1750 GTV is no longer available. Please contact us for any further information you may require. The Alfa Romeo 1750 GT Veloce appeared in 1967 replacing the Giulia Sprint GT Veloce and introducing many updates and modifications. Most significant of which, the engine capacity was increased to 1779 cc producing 120 hp at 5,500 rpm. On paper, the updates appeared to make little difference however upon driving, the increased power combined with a higher final drive ratio allowed the car to carry much higher speeds for touring. The chassis was also significantly modified with revised suspension geometry, wider wheels, a rear anti-roll bar fitted and larger front disc brakes. Externally a new nose was seen, eliminating the stepped hood of the Giulia Sprint GT. Inside also featured many new elements including a redesigned dashboard with a large speedometer and tachometer instruments in twin binnacles and new seats introducing adjustable headrests which merged with the top of the seat when fully down. This RHD example was delivered new to Mr John Ballard Stringfellow located in the United Kingdom in May 1970. During the entirety of its life the car has remarkably remained in the United Kingdom with only 7 owners. Documents accompanying the cars history suggest it received frequent yet limited use with regular servicing during the early stages of its life and by June 1992 is had covered a recorded mileage of just 41,749 Miles. It has since covered just 10,000 Miles and in circa 2010 was subjected to a most comprehensive restoration by marque specialists Veloce Sport. During which time all mechanical components were carefully re-commissioned as well as the body being painted to the fine shade of Grey it presents in today. The interior was expertly re-upholstered to genuine specifications in an Ox Blood Red Vinyl. Its most recent owner acquired the car in March 2015 and has since dry stored the car alongside the reminder of his exceptional collection. Despite covering under 1,000 Miles during his most careful ownership the car has been annually entrusted into the hands of Alfaholics. To ensure that it drove on the button during his ownership, in addition to the regular servicing, in March 2016 it received a further comprehensive mechanical overhaul and significant upgrade at the cost of almost £20,000. During said work, Alfaholics completed a number of upgrades to electrify the GTVs driving experience even further including a complete new fast road head with oversize inlet valves, an Alfaholics lightened rear propshaft, Fast road suspension as well as adjustable GTA type suspension arms, upgraded exhaust system and new Michelin tyres fitted. Today this superb example has covered under 51,950 Miles and comes accompanied by its spare key, original spare wheel and history file with a comprehensive photo record document its restoration. Presented with full UK road registration this GTV is available to view at our showrooms just outside London immediately.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1622173
__label__wiki	0.875359	0.875359	Free Picks » College Basketball Picks » Butler at DePaul College Basketball Parlay 1/20/2018 Butler at DePaul College Basketball Parlay 1/20/2018 by Parlays Pundit - 1/19/2018 Wintrust Arena Get todays College basketball odds and lines on this game. The Butler Bulldogs head to Wintrust Arena to take on the DePaul Blue Demons on Saturday, January 20, 2018. The opening line for this matchup has Butler as 4.5 point favorites. Butler comes into this game with an overall record of 13-7. They currently have a point differential of 7.1 as they are averaging 79.8 points per game while giving up 72.7 per contest. DePaul has an overall mark of 8-10. They are averaging 74.1 points per contest and giving up 72.2, which is a point differential of 1.9. Valuable Butler Bulldogs Betting Trends The Butler Bulldogs are 9-10 against the spread this season The Butler Bulldogs are 12-7 against the over/under this year Important DePaul Blue Demons Betting Trends The DePaul Blue Demons are 9-9 against the spread this season The DePaul Blue Demons are 9-9 against the over/under this year Key Butler Bulldogs Injuries No key injuries to report Key DePaul Blue Demons Injuries 12/09/17 G Devin Gage Achilles is out for season Kamar Baldwin averages 16 points per contest in 34.1 minutes per game this year. He averages 3 assists per game and 5.2 rebounds per contest. His field goal percentage is 43% for the season while his free throw percentage is 70%. Kelan Martin averages 19.5 points per contest while playing 34.4 minutes per night this year. He grabs 6.7 rebounds per contest and distributes 2 assists per game. His FG percentage is 43% while his free throw percentage is 87%. Marin Maric averages 13.2 points per game this year and he sees the court an average of 25.3 minutes per game. He also hauls in 6.3 rebounds per game and dishes 1.3 assists per contest. His field goal percentage is 55% and his free throw percentage is 89%. Max Strus scores 17.7 points per contest while playing 35.1 minutes per game this season. He hauls in 5.3 rebounds per contest and has 2.6 assists per game on the season. His FG percentage is 43% and his free throw percentage is at 80%. The Bulldogs allow 72.7 points per contest which is 197th in Division 1. They also surrender a 45% shooting percentage and a 38% average from 3-point range, ranking them 247th and 317th in defensive field goal percentage. Opponents average 32.4 rebounds a game which ranks 65th, and they allow 13.0 assists per game which puts them in 141st place in the country. They force 14.4 turnovers per game which ranks them 243rd in the nation. Butler averages 79.8 points per contest this year, which is 58th in D-1. Their average scoring margin is 7.1 and their shooting percentage is 48% as a unit, which has them ranked 54th. From 3-point territory they shoot 34%, which is good for 212th in college basketball. They average 35.1 boards per contest and 14.2 assists per game, which ranks them 224th and 154th in those offensive categories. In the turnover department they are 330th with 11.1 per game. The Blue Demons give up 72.2 points per game, which ranks them 181st in the country. Their defense surrenders a 42% shooting percentage and a 37% average from behind the 3-point line, ranking them 104th and 300th in those defensive statistics. They rank 260th with 14.6 dimes allowed per game and 205th with 35.6 boards surrendered per contest. The Blue Demons are 269th in the nation in forcing turnovers with 14.9 per contest this year. DePaul is 178th in Division 1 with 74.1 points per contest this season. They are 280th in the country in shooting at 43%, while their average scoring margin is 1.9. They shoot 32% from beyond the arc, which is good for 314th in D-1. They are 68th in college basketball in rebounding with 38.3 boards per contest and 99th in assists per game with 15.1. The Blue Demons are 196th in turnovers per contest with 13.0. The Bulldogs are 58th in the nation in offensive rating with 111.4, and their defensive rating of 101.4 is ranked 173rd. In terms of pace they are 191st in the country with 70.3 possessions per 40 minutes, and their effective field goal percentage of 54% is 88th. As a team they are 96th in college basketball in true shooting percentage with 56% and they shoot 3-pointers on 34% of their shots, ranking 255th in Division 1. Butler is 332nd in turnovers, as they turn the ball over an average of 13.5 times per 100 possessions while forcing 18.1 on the defensive end. Their defensive effective field goal percentage for the season currently is 52%, which is 267th in the nation. DePaul is 259th in the country in turnovers, as they turn the ball over an average of 15.3 times per 100 possessions while forcing 18.3 on defense. Their defensive eFG% for the year currently is 50%, which is 183rd in Division 1. The Blue Demons are 148th in the nation in defensive rating with 100.5, and their offensive rating of 103.2 is ranked 205th. They are 128th in D-1 in pace with 71.3 possessions per 40 minutes, and their eFG% of 48% is 306th. As a unit they are 301st in college basketball in true shooting percentage with 51% and they shoot 3-pointers on 32% of their shot attempts, ranking 298th in the country. So what is Tonights Parlay prediction? Parlays Pundit's Pick: Take Butler -4.5 and over 152 total points Get all of this Weeks Free College Basketball Picks Get all of this Weeks 100% profit guaranteed Expert College Basketball Picks 2019 MLB: +3000, +10,600 RUN Start: July 15, 2019 @ 11:30 PM Expert: Arun Shiva (Indian Cowboy)	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1622177
__label__cc	0.553629	0.446371	PURI ARTS Photo by Pak Han Dohee Lee Puri Arts is the producing organization of performance artist, Dohee Lee. Our mission is to create and tour multi-disciplinary, community performance rituals under the direction of Dohee Lee. We utilize art to heal fractured relationships in the urban environment – relationships between humans and the land and between individuals and their communities. Dohee's work arises from her intensive training in the practices of mudang (Korean shamanism). This tradition combines singing, dancing, drumming, costuming into village healing gatherings. Dohee Lee Puri Arts applies this ancient, indigenous approach to community healing to our urban village of the San Francisco Bay Area, updated with modern tools of post-modern immersive performance art. I passionately believe by practicing and performing art we can commune and heal with people and spirits to express and share our thoughts and ideas on vital issues such as identity, politics, nature and spirituality. The performance is the ritual; a new form of performance with Korean traditional and contemporary art. Whenever I prepare for the performance, I always research and look around at the inner and outer to see what I and we need to pay attention to. And it aways begins with myself with issues which are surrounding me and then connecting to others in different forms physically, emotionally, mentally, socially, economically, politically, geographically and spiritually. This intention enhances the connection between beings, nature, ancestors and spirits, so that we can communicate and share feelings, wishes and hopes. I am very lucky and honored to do art because it gives me the power of transformation to confront all these challenges, facts and issues creatively through the new way of performance ritual. Why ritual? In difficult times people have the tendency to congregate and find strength with each other and to free themselves from fear and doubts by participating in collective ceremonies. Rituals are complex and bring together different art forms into a cathartic experience. It carries the purpose of action and intention to form a link between the human, nature and spiritual realms. As a performer, connector and educator, I have committed my life and art to support and expand the connection with people, nature and spirits. So then we can be fully aware of ourselves in different forms of places and issues that we are confronting all the time to transform. Jason Ditzian Jason Ditzian is a multi-wind instrumentalist, performer, composer and community arts organizer. He has been working with Dohee Lee since 2010 to bring her work to the wider world. He is clarinetist for and leader of klezmer ensemble, Kugelplex. He is a longtime collaborator with Jewlia Eisenberg and her anarcho-jewish-punk-chamber-bibliophilic ensemble, Charming Hostess. Jason has performed with: Joan Baez, Frank London, the Oakland Symphony, Kitka, SF Mime Troupe, inkBoat, and the Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir. He has helped create and produce festivals such as The International Body Music Festival and The Nile Project. Lauren Geiger Production Director Lauren Geiger is an Oakland based mixed-media artist with diverse experience spanning nonprofit arts administration, fashion styling, art direction, and multidisciplinary performing arts production, with a focus on ritual. She has an embodied knowledge of professionalism, artistry, and innovation stemming from independent and collaborative work most notably with the organizations The Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Dohee Lee Puri Arts, Eastside Arts Alliance and the fashion E-commerce start-up Stitch Fix. Independently, she has worked with artists Dana Kawano, Amelian Hamilton, Hanan Sharifa, Sepher Mashiahof (Bedroom Witch), Jyoti Arvey (Eileen Kilometers), Gabriella Gamboa and Colby Cannon. She works across the mediums of performance, visual art/installation, and fashion in both conventional and nonconventional creative spaces. Skillful improvisation through a strong and practiced intuitive approach grounds her creative strategies in empathy, personal history, and healing. She is the Production Manager for Dohee Lee Puri Arts (DLPA) and has been with Puri since 2014. Lauren also previously performed with CoRaZon. Eun-Joung Lee Eun-Joung Lee is a consultant with extensive experience helping corporations, startups and NGOs innovate and transform. Using a blend of strategy, design and innovation methods, she helps build and teach entrepreneurial capabilities, skills and mindsets for organizations and leaders. She has an MBA from MIT Sloan, and a BA in History from the University of Chicago. She enjoys history, nature, dance, food and making connections across diverse fields and people. She also performs with CoRaZon Collective. José María Francos José María Francos, Theatrical Designer, has designed for a multitude of opera, ballet and theater productions. Read his biography as part of the Puri Arts Ensemble. PURI ARTS COUNCIL Deann Borshay Liem Director/Producer, Mu Films Susanne Takehara Eastside Arts Alliance Tamalpa Institute	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1622179
__label__cc	0.649906	0.350094	Page 2 HDB for Rent or Sell HDB Directory For the average Singaporean, a home is the biggest investment you will ever make. For many, it is also a lifelong commitment, so you deserve to find a home that matches both your needs and wants as closely as possible. EdgeProp’s listings offer an array of HDB units - both for sale and for rent cater to your individual needs and preferences. Get your desired HDB unit with us by looking through the list of HDB available in Singapore. Make better decisions by staying in the know with all the latest news and views, informational guides, historical transactions and rental searches, and research data and analysis, on EdgeProp. Aside from that, EdgeProp also offers easy-to-use free and paid analytical tools, including a market trend tracker that lets you access historical property data, sales volume and compare how similar properties are selling, so you can get a better idea of the HDB resale market movements and make more informed decisions. We also have a HDB lease tool that lets you calculate your HDB tenure, an affordability calculator, and a heat map that lets you discover where all Singapore’s most popular property sales locations are. Also check out our property watch list to track your preferred HDB location, as well as new launches. Finally, our powerful search filters let you personalise your property-seeking experience – whether you are looking for a four-room or five-room HDB near MRT stations, amenities like schools and childcare centres, or a cosy two-bedder close to the city centre– so you find exactly what you are searching for. Edgeprop.sg (previously known as The Edge Property Singapore) – is the best property portal for home-seekers, buyers, investors and real estate agents alike in Singapore. District All Ang Mo Kio Bedok Bishan Bukit Batok Bukit Merah Bukit Panjang Bukit Timah Central Area Choa Chu Kang Clementi Geylang Hougang Jurong East Jurong West Kallang/Whampoa Marine Parade Pasir Ris Punggol Queenstown Sembawang Sengkang Serangoon Tampines Toa Payoh Woodlands Yishun All 99 years 30 years Min $200,000 $300,000 $400,000 $500,000 $600,000 $800,000 $900,000 $1,000,000 $1,250,000 $1,500,000 $2,000,000 $3,000,000 $4,000,000 $5,000,000 $6,000,000 $8,000,000 $10,000,000 $15,000,000 $20,000,000 $30,000,000 $50,000,000 Max $200,000 $300,000 $400,000 $500,000 $600,000 $800,000 $900,000 $1,000,000 $1,250,000 $1,500,000 $2,000,000 $3,000,000 $4,000,000 $5,000,000 $6,000,000 $8,000,000 $10,000,000 $15,000,000 $20,000,000 $30,000,000 $50,000,000 Min 500 sqft (46 sqm) 750 sqft (70 sqm) 1,000 sqft (93 sqm) 1,200 sqft (112 sqm) 1,500 sqft (139 sqm) 2,000 sqft (186 sqm) 2,500 sqft (232 sqm) 3,000 sqft (279 sqm) 4,000 sqft (372 sqm) 5,000 sqft (465 sqm) 7,500 sqft (697 sqm) 10,000 sqft (929 sqm) Max 500 sqft (46 sqm) 750 sqft (70 sqm) 1,000 sqft (93 sqm) 1,200 sqft (112 sqm) 1,500 sqft (139 sqm) 2,000 sqft (186 sqm) 2,500 sqft (232 sqm) 3,000 sqft (279 sqm) 4,000 sqft (372 sqm) 5,000 sqft (465 sqm) 7,500 sqft (697 sqm) 10,000 sqft (929 sqm) 6 Telok Blangah Crescent Area / District Telok Blangah Crescent Asking Prices S$ 275,000 - S$ 1,299,000 S$ 3,300 - S$ 3,300 10 Telok Blangah Crescent S$ 270,000 - S$ 276,888 S$ 650 - S$ 2,000 29 Telok Blangah Rise Telok Blangah Rise 61 Telok Blangah Heights Telok Blangah Heights New private home sales dip 13.8% m-o-m in June By Timothy Tay. 1 day ago Knight Frank Singapore appoints Alan Tan as head of KF Property Network Read More Property Articles Lure of a comfortable, semi-retired lifestyle at just $1,500 a month By Cecilia Chow. 401 days ago 4 of the Oldest Shops at Serangoon Garden [Local Guide] By Ruth Loh Xiu. 42 days ago	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1622182
__label__wiki	0.679817	0.679817	Cersei and Jaime's final moment may not have been bold, but it was beautiful Sadaf Ahsan: Left with nothing but the one man who loves her, Cersei finally seems to recognize his devotion Sadaf Ahsan More from Sadaf Ahsan Published on: May 14, 2019 \| Last Updated: May 14, 2019 9:55 AM MDT Cersei, Jaime in their final moments. HBO In one of the more notorious prophecies to ever be uttered on Game of Thrones, a wood witch tells a young Cersei Lannister that she will grow up to marry a king (she does); that she will become queen “for a time” (she does); that a younger, more beautiful woman will cast her down (she does); that she will have three children and they will all die (she does and they do) and, in a portion not aired on the series but written in the books, “when your tears have drowned you, the valonqar shall wrap his hands about your pale white throat and choke the life from you.” Because “valonqar” means “little brother,” for years, the running fan theory has been that her twin brother and lover Jaime would be the one to kill her, while Cersei herself long feared it would be her youngest brother Tyrion, whom she tormented as a child. By the end, none of these proved to be true — not exactly. In the series’ penultimate episode, Cersei does indeed meet her end alongside Jaime, his hands wrapped around her neck in a loving (rather than murderous) embrace as the Red Keep crumbles around them. It is a bittersweet moment that sees Cersei in an unlikely state: helpless and in tears, just as the witch promised. ‘We will die together as were born together.’ Tumblr But it’s a moment well foretold. In A Storm of Swords, Jaime thinks to himself, “I cannot die while Cersei lives. We will die together as were born together.” Later, she echoes this statement, in the books and the show, saying, “He would not go without me.” There was no mistaking Cersei would be vanquished eventually. As perhaps her most famous quote dictates: “When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die.” Still, it represents a hastily plotted wrap on one of the series’ most dynamic villains who wrongs just about every family on the map she has painted on her castle floors. This is a woman who was abused by the men in her family, who marches forward regardless in the pursuit of victory, who manipulates, seduces and kills her way to the top. She is vicious, but she works hard to be for seven long seasons. And yet, in the final episodes of the series, we don’t see or hear much of Cersei except for a gag-inducing dalliance with Euron Greyjoy and the emotionless execution of Missandei. In the end, she does what she never seemed capable of doing: she surrenders. Defenceless, she leans on her hand, Qyburn, to coax her into taking shelter, and on Jaime, to accept ultimate defeat. It’s reminiscent of another strong female character reduced to tears: Brienne who, against her entire characterization, begs Jaime to stay in Winterfell in the previous episode. Cersei, too, begs him, to “please don’t let me die, Jaime, please don’t let me die.” (This, by the way, is the same woman who blew up the Sept of Baelor in cold blood.) Yikes. Tumblr/HBO While there’s nothing wrong with women betraying emotion, it is nonetheless jarring to see two famously tough characters play sobbing puddles against Jaime’s masculine calm. Behind that calm, however, Jaime’s resolve is more dependent. It is Cersei, after all, who represents his North Star. She motivates most of his actions, from pushing Bran Stark out of a window (“the things I do for love”) to his doomed return to King’s Landing (to die “in the arms of the woman I love”). Left with nothing but the one man who loves her, Cersei finally seems to recognize this devotion — and portrays a sense of empathy in return. She feels pain seeing him in pain; she follows him to the bottom of the Red Keep without question; as he futilely tries to find a way out, she worries for “our child.” In their final moments, Cersei offers Jaime a form of allegiance that he had long before given to her, and that she had only offered her children. There’s a beautiful and devastating romance to that for a pair who were damned from the start. While many viewers have spent the series hung up on the taboo nature of the siblings’ incestuous relationship, if we are to live inside this universe — as we have for eight seasons — it’s tough to deny theirs is a complex co-dependency. Let’s get one thing straight: Arya Stark is not a ‘Mary Sue’ In defence of Cersei Lannister, Game of Thrones’ most misunderstood and greatest character Why Game of Thrones, like The Wire before it, has never given its audience what it wants Lena Headey, who plays Cersei, said to Entertainment Weekly that when she and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Jaime) discussed the script together, she found an appreciation for Cersei’s final scene (though she was “mixed” at first): “The more we talked about it the more it seemed like the perfect end for her. They came into the world together and now they leave together. I think the important thing is that Jaime had a chance at freedom (with Brienne) and finally liberated himself from Cersei, which I think the audience will be thrilled about. I think the biggest surprise is he came back for her. Cersei realizes just how she loves him and just how much he loves her. It’s the most authentic connection she’s ever had. Ultimately, they belong together. It’s maybe the first time that Cersei has been at peace.” And that, perhaps, is why, for the first time, she is truly able to let go, to cry, to be afraid, to mourn. Punctuating the moment, as the pair desperately clutch each other like two lost children, Jaime whispers to Cersei, “Nothing else matters, just us.” Finally, it’s a refrain that is true for both of them. EPCOR RIVERFEST 2019GOT A "GOT OUT OF DEBT STORY" YOU WANT TO SHARE? DANCE IN THE PARK - SQUARE DANCING ON THE LEGISLATURE BANDSHELLDWM LAWN MAINTENANCE 1. SP... 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__label__cc	0.714073	0.285927	Posts in WOMEN IN FILM Jessica Alba and Gabrielle Union's dynamic partnership: “You create the change you want to see and bring on people who believe the same thing,” “It was always going to a female partner, no one suggested otherwise,” Gabrielle Union states about her role in creating and starring in LA’s Finest. “The only person that everyone agreed on was Jessica Alba; it was a matter if you could get Jessica Alba.” ACT, WOMEN IN FILM, ELECTRAEmma Jones July 8, 2019 Wearing her scars: Vicky Knight makes stunning debut in Sacha Polak's 'Dirty God' “I have found the strength to realise my worth,” says 23 year old Vicky Knight, star of Dutch director Sacha Polak’s new film Dirty God. “I was just the girl with the scars. Now I am the girl with the movie – with the scars.” Vicky is a health care assistant and now an actress – giving one of the great breakout performances of 2019 in Dirty God as Jade, a young single mother who has been deeply scarred in an acid attack. How much of that is physical, and how much worse is the mental torment, unfolds during the film. Bringing her attacker to justice forms about a minute of the plot. It’s all about the stages of shock and grief, mixed up together – denying, anger, bargaining, acceptance. WOMEN IN FILM, ELECTRAEmma Jones June 6, 2019 AOC brings down the House: All female doc on the campaign to rid US politics of stale, pale and male She’s a flash of bright colour if you feel the political landscape offers nothing but grey suits and old, white men. Should you too be mesmerised by AOC, Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, then Netflix’s Knock Down the House is a must-see, because Emmy-nominated documentarian Rachel Lears had the good fortune to start filming her campaign to get elected to Congress back when AOC was working double shifts in a New York bar to try and save her family home from foreclosure. WOMEN IN FILM, ELECTRAEmma Jones May 2, 2019	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1622188
__label__wiki	0.772571	0.772571	TV Report Card \| 'Bates Motel' Season 2 Review Overview: Norma attempted to hold together the fragile life-force of her family and business, Norman continued his descent into madness, Dylan became more engrossed in the local drug cartel, as Emma felt on the periphery of all of the excitement. Meanwhile, Sheriff Romero tried to keep the peace in White Pine Bay. Storyline Pros: For the Bates family it was a season filled with criminal intrigue, romantic excursions and the surfacing of dark secrets. The only series to consistently deliver in every episode, “Bates Motel” lived up to its outstanding freshman season and then some. Picking up after last year’s cliffhanger concerning the murder of Miss Watson, Norman was inconsolable as the airiness of summer, soon gave way to sinister truths. Norma’s fear for his mental health reached perilous heights and their relationship started to buckle under the strain of their shared fear. The most fascinating aspect of the series continues to be the art of its ambiguity. It wisely avoids painting itself into a distinct corner, remaining malleable to several interpretations, which works heavily in its favor. It’s more lifelike in that regard as reality isn’t always so cut and dry. Norma, by far the most fascinating female character on television, is a force of maternal nature and feminine resilience, the gritty survivor trying to thrive in the face of bleak odds. This season her journey as a mother saw its share of obstacles. Her relationship with her two sons grew tricky as her confession to Norman last season played out in surprising fashion. “Bates” went for the jugular in a bold plot twist that dared to push the limits of a taboo subject. While some shows would’ve simply played it for shock, “Bates” played it for story, hitting its emotional notes and fallout with utter sincerity. As much as Norma openly tries to be a good mother to Norman, it was watching her admit she’d not tried half as hard for Dylan and why, that led to her greatest evolution. The journey of the Bates family’s dynamic from delicate togetherness at the start of the season to being torn apart in conflict and then trying to find their way back together again was a core storyline that breathed into every facet of the other plots. The drug storyline intersected them with the rest of the town, which was essential to the umbrella story. It also drew Sherriff Romero into things, putting him back in Norma’s orbit. Emma’s entwinement with the family provided a pure juxtaposition to the often muddled moral waters they were immersed in. She’s innately good and a strong moral compass for the show. There continues to not be a single weak character in the ensemble as they are all written with exceptional profundity. The protagonists are flawed in mysterious ways and “Bates” consistently challenges its audience to try to judge their decisions and intent. The fact is you’re often too engrossed in them to ever make a call. Storyline Cons: Flawless. There wasn’t one misstep. Production Caliber: The production felt more open this season as the town become more of a character. Performance Quality: The best ensemble on television. Vera Farmiga was dazzlingly brilliant as she conveyed Norma’s desperation, as the empirical proof her beloved son was suffering from a deteriorating psyche became impossible to ignore. Farmiga always knows how to strike the perfect balance between Norma’s optimistic approach to survival and the thin veneer hiding her shaky confidence it will actually come to fruition. Only Farmiga could bring such pathos to a singing scene and make you feel every ounce of what she didn’t need words to say. Freddie Highmore continues to astound as Norman, his performance consistently breaks ground on emotional levels that continually adds dimension to the oft enigmatic Bates. Highmore demonstrated the crippling level of Norman’s mental illness in the finale with such devastating conviction that it made other’s response to protect him, completely comprehensible. As Norma’s eldest son, Max Thieriot gave a subtle, poignant and highly effective performance. There’s a raw vulnerability and ferocity that he imbues in Dylan that complements the ensemble's characterizations. His portrayal is one of the most crucial and underrated turns of the series. Olivia Cooke’s quirky charm and girl-next-door tenacity as Emma; created a character you continually wanted to see more of. While Nestor Carbonell brought magnificent personality to the role of Sheriff Romero, his chemistry with Farmiga an unmistakable gem. Overall Grade: A+ [Best Television Series of the Year], expectations were high and Carlton Cuse and Kerry Ehrin delivered. Dark, light, twisted with a touch of innocence all rolled into one. In the course of 10 episodes, they took viewers on a roller coaster ride, bringing them conflict, romance, treachery, action and family drama. Immaculately written, performed and directed, watching an episode of "Bates Motel" unfold should feel inevitable given we all know how it ends and yet its beauty is in making one hope we don't. Labels: Bates Motel, Reviews, television, TV Report Card	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1622194
__label__cc	0.700253	0.299747	Speakers(active tab) Mathilde Arnaud CEA LIST, France Niranjan Babu Robert Bosch Engineering and Business Solutions, India Boris Baldassari Consultant at Castalia Solutions, France Mikaël Barbero Senior Platform Developer at Eclipse Foundation, France Melanie Bats Software Developer at OBEO, France Melanie Bats works as a software developer at Obeo. In her daily work, she is mainly focused on the development of modeling tools with Sirius (UML Designer). In her free time she is interested in Arduino stuff and contributes some Eclipse plugins for cross compilation. She is also a free software activist who has organized and participated in free software events in the Toulouse area. Gael Blondelle Director of European Ecosystem Development at Eclipse Foundation, France Since 2002, I have accumulated specialized experience with Open Source communities. In 2010, I joined the Eclipse ecosystem when I became manager of OPEES, a European project whose key result is the creation of PolarSys, the Eclipse Working Group dedicated to Open Source tools for Embedded Systems. Since I started in the software industry in 1996, I have been working primarily in Telecommunications, IT and Embedded Systems industries. Since 2013, I contribute to the Eclipse ecosystem development in Europe, and I am the Conference chair of EclipseCon France. Dejan Bosanac Senior Software Engineer at Red Hat, Inc., Serbia Dejan Bosanac is a senior software engineer at Red Hat with the deep expertise in messaging and integration technologies. He's been active member of open source communities for many years and a contributor to various projects, like Apache ActiveMQ and Eclipse Hono. His latest interests revolve around providing scalable connectivity and messaging solutions for IoT applications. Andre Bottaro Research and Development Team Leader at Orange Labs, France Andre has been working on R&D projects in various IoT environments, especially the Smart Home for the Orange labs since 2003. He is presently in charge of a team and projects developing platforms open to large ecosystems of partners. He authored international publications, patents, contributions to eclipse OM2M and SmartHome, and actions in standardization organizations: OSGi alliance, UPnP Forum, Broadband Forum, Home Gateway initiative, ISO/IEC. He holds a PhD from Grenoble University in 2006, an MSc from Telecom Paris and an engineering degree from the Ecole Polytechnique, Paris, France. Laurent CARON R&D / Senior Developer at Akuiteo, France Rafael Chinelato Del Nero Java Developer at SouJava / Equifax, Ireland Rafael Del Nero, the creator of NoBugsProject, is the author of "No Bugs, No Stress - Create a Life-Changing Software Without Destroying Your Life". Rafael believes that there are many things involved to create a high-quality software and most times developers are not even aware of them. His life's purpose is to help Java developers use the best programming practices to code quality software for stress-free projects with fewer bugs. Angelo Corsaro CTO at ADLINK Technology Limited, France Ian Craggs Software Engineer at IBM, United Kingdom Arthur Daussy Engineer at Obeo Pierre-Charles David OBEO, France Laurent Delaigue Aurelien Didier Artal Group, France Sven Efftinge CEO at TypeFox GmbH, Germany Clement Escoffier Jacob Geisel Matthew Gerring Development Manager at Halliburton, United Kingdom Matthew Gerring is a software development manager working in the scientific software space for the last twenty years. For ten years he worked at EASA software which builds apps around engineering, science and financial models. After that he had a career of another ten years working at synchrotrons in the UK and France. Today he works for Halliburton a US oil and gas company based in Houston. These days his focus is creating scalable microservices for scientific and engineering codes. Matthew has worked with the Eclipse Science Working Group since its inception.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1622195
__label__cc	0.657535	0.342465	Could this possibly be HS2 driven?! EU is open to Brexit extension says potential new Presi... Gina Miller in legal threat over no-deal Brexit! Is support for The Brexit Party really sliding?! Green Party MEP makes startling Brussels discovery! Councils rely on a 'hidden tax' on older care home residents Posted by Economic Voice Staff \| Jan 15, 2013 \| Business & Finance, News \| 2 The funding profile of older residents of independent sector care homes continues to shift slowly towards private pay, according to the latest research from healthcare intelligence provider Laing & Buisson which has shown that a record number of residents are now paying for their own care. Data presented in the latest edition of the Care of Elderly People UK Market Survey 2012/13* shows that 175,000 older residents (43.4%) paid the full costs of their long term care fees in 2012. A further 56,000 (14%), while being supported by councils, also relied on ‘top-ups’ from family or friends. This means that a total of 231,000 older residents were paying in full or in part from their own or their families’ resources – this marks a record high of 57% of all (403,000) older residents of independent sector care homes in the UK. The remaining 43% of residents either had their fees paid in full by councils (143,000) or by the NHS under the continuing healthcare programme (29,000). Commenting on the findings, author and Laing & Buisson chief executive William Laing predicted a further shift to private pay in the future. Mr Laing said: ‘The private payers’ share is projected to continue growing in the future as the rate of owner occupation continues to expand among the very old population at risk of entering care homes. Meanwhile, the quasi-private, top-up market will be reinforced by the minimal or zero local authority fee uplifts which look likely to continue in the medium term.’ There is, of course, wide regional variation with a much higher proportion of ‘pure’ private payers in affluent areas of the country including the South East (55% of residents), South West (53%) and East of England 50%). The North East, Northern Ireland and the Isle of Man, meanwhile, have the lowest level at just 22%, compared with the UK average of 43%. What’s more, with the per week fees being paid by councils either frozen or subject to very minor uplifts, the gap between what councils pay and what private payers are being asked to pay is opening up to an alarming extent. On average, according to the report, English councils are paying just Â£480 per week for residential care in 2012/13, approximately Â£50 – Â£140 less than the ‘fair market price’ range of Â£528 – Â£623 calculated by Laing & Buisson (with nursing care fees being about Â£150 per week higher). Mr Laing commented: ‘The reality is that independent care home providers are having to rely more and more on cross subsidies from private payers. Without these subsidies, large numbers of care homes would be literally bust. It is understandable that cash-strapped councils are seeking to pay care homes as little as they can, since this is now the biggest single cost that councils have to bear, but it needs to be recognised that this amounts to a ‘hidden tax’ on private payers, who are in effect bearing the brunt of austerity measures.’ Addressing the long term funding debate, the report says that implementation of the Dilnot proposals would certainly reduce the burden on private payers and their families, but it will by no means remove it, because the proposal is that only ‘care’ costs will be paid by the state once an (as yet undecided) cap is reached, leaving the individual to pay for ‘hotel’ and other costs which are included in care home fees. For the first time, Laing & Buisson has split care home costs into their component parts (see table below) for a care home meeting all the latest physical and other standards: Breakdown of care home fees Â£ per resident per week, England average Care Costs Accommodation Costs Ancilliary Support Operator's Profit Total Costs & Profit Residential care, frail elderly Â£197 Â£44 Residential care, dementia Nursing care, frail elderly Nursing care, demenita On these figures, residents and their families would under the Dilnot proposals still have to pay Â£399 – Â£418 per week in care home fees on average, even after the state picks up the full cost of ‘care’. And in affluent parts of the country the costs to the individual will much higher. It would still be necessary post-Dilnot, therefore, for most private payers entering care homes to sell any house they own to pay for fees – either at the outset, or at death for those benefiting from deferred payment arrangements. There are also hidden dangers from Dilnot for care home operators, according to the report. In particular, moving the upper limit of the asset threshold from Â£23,250 to Â£100,000 would mean that large numbers of care home residents who are presently private payers would be drawn within the ambit of local authority payment, meaning that a significant proportion of the premium fee rates which are presently needed to cross subsidise inadequate local authority fee rates may gravitate towards the low fee regime of councils. Looking at the financial health of care home operators, and with one eye on government proposals to instigate some form of financial regulation on the largest corporate providers, the report highlights the very different fortunes of providers across the ‘north/south’ or ‘affluent/non-affluent’ divide. Those facing the toughest market, and bearing the brunt of council expenditure cuts, are operators with large slices of their care home portfolio in the North and the Midlands. Providers with a portfolio concentrated in more affluent areas are performing comparatively well, subject to the debt overhangs from pre-crisis days that still affect some healthcare providers. Mr Laing added: Elderly people road sign by Woodennature ‘Market polarisation means that three of the four largest groups, including the market leader Four Seasons Health Care, are becoming increasingly unrepresentative of the market as a whole – and this is reflected in operating margins. Four Seasons, Bupa Care Homes and HC-One all have significantly higher than average exposure to publicly paid residents, and each has reported a significant decline in EBITDAR as a percentage of revenue since the austerity measures began. Meanwhile, the operating profitability of private-pay focused Barchester Healthcare remained above 30%. The 2012 results of the largest groups will be awaited with great interest.’ Elsewhere the report once again shows that, despite public policy which seeks to divert elderly care away from residential settings, the overall number of people being supported in their older age in care homes is on the up. In 2012 there were 432,000 older or physically people in all residential settings (independent and public supply combined), compared to 422,000 in the previous year, representing growth of 2.2%. This fuelled an occupancy rate growth in the year taking it to an average 89.9% in 2012, compared to 88.5% in 2011. Of the total capacity of 487,800 care beds currently operating in the country, those owned and run by the state dropped by a further 11% in the year to 38,800. Independent providers took advantage of this fall, adding 8,300 beds to its market share (now at 449,000). Mr Laing concluded: ‘A two decade declining trend in the volume of demand appears to have been transformed into a rising trend. Independent sector capacity from new registrations continues to run at about double the loss of capacity from closures, making this unexpected surge one of the most significant trends to emerge from recent marketing monitoring. Without rising demand the additional capacity would impact negatively on occupancy rates and profitability at a time when the sector is also being challenged by council finding. However, this had not happened and new capacity has been coming onto the market at a faster rate over the last four years and there is no sign of this falling off so far in 2013.’ Image by Woodennature (Own work) [CC-BY-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons PreviousPlenty going on in good two-way business Next1 in 3 Tories back UKIP in European elections MBA Salaries Rising Around The World Bank of Gran and Grandad opens for University Small Business Advice Week: Ensure Your Business is Protected From Online Threats Four amazing digital businesses that aren't based in London icarehome on January 16, 2013 at 9:05 am A recent survey of care home businesses found that the vast majority are planning to increase their fees for self-funders in the coming months. They claim that local councils drastically under-pay for the people they place in homes and the only way they can stay in business is to increase fees for people who pay for themselves. It's well known within the industry that people are 'price-takers' and that this strategy works. One counter-strategy that people should adopt now to save on care home fees is to negotiate the cost of their care before they move into a home. Local councils always negotiate with care homes and on average save Â£100 a week. Private residents hardly ever negotiate and end up paying more for exactly the same service. Chris-G on January 23, 2013 at 7:19 pm You state "The remaining 43% of residents either had their fees paid in full by councils (143,000)….." It is our experience as one of those families concerned, that the fees are not paid in full but are supplemented by pensions that a spouse might have been relying upon for a joint future. There is usually a top up if the individual does no have assets to provide for their own care. After all it is still considered correct that two can live as cheaply as one when the government do their sums for benefits and pensions. So how does one person live any better with half the house hold income removed by councils to pay care home fees? Days to Brexit! EU is open to Brexit extension says potential new President! Please click here to adjust your cookie settings for this website. The Economic Voice Ltd – Registered in England and Wales, company number: 06794958 c/o J & S Chartered Accountants Ltd., 6 Northlands Road, Southampton, Hampshire, UK SO15 2LF Tel: +44(0)1722 770 043 \| Email: info@economicvoice.com © Copyright 2009-2018 The Economic Voice – All rights reserved About Us and Contact Us Creative Commons Licences FreeFoto.com This content is blocked. Accept cookies to view the content. click to accept cookies This website uses cookies to give you the best experience on our website, including Google services and other advertisers. Any time you wish to adjust your cookie settings please visit our Terms & Conditions, Privacy Policy page.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1622196
__label__cc	0.688472	0.311528	PIXEL 2 EVENT Everything you need to know about Google's Pixel 2 event. Image credit: Engadget Google's Pixelbook Pen searches for what you circle And yes, you can draw with it. Google isn't launching the Pixelbook laptop all by its lonesome -- it's also unveiling the previously rumored Pixelbook Pen. The stylus lets you draw and write on the Pixelbook's touchscreen, of course, and it promises to be responsive with a low 10ms latency, 2,000 levels of pressure sensitivity and 60 degrees of angular awareness. However, the real party trick is its tie-in with Google Assistant: You can ask Assistant to search for items just by circling them. If you've ever wanted to search from an image or a snippet of text, it's now relatively trivial. There's just one gotcha: The pen isn't included with the Pixelbook itself. You'll have to spend $99 to buy it separately when it reaches stores on Oct. 31st. It's not surprising that you'd have to buy the Pixelbook Pen separately (it'd add significantly to the cost for people who don't want it), but it does mean that the "full" Pixelbook experience will cost more than you might think. Follow all the latest news from Google's Pixel 2 event here! In this article: gear, google, googleassistant, internet, pen, personal computing, personalcomputing, pixel2event, pixelbook, pixelbookpen, search, stylus	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1622201
__label__wiki	0.722852	0.722852	Virginia Bishop Suffragan Susan Goff made assisting bishop of Liverpool in historic appointment Diocese of Virginia Bishop Suffragan Susan Goff. Photo: Shrine Mont Retreat Center [Diocese of Virginia] A historic moment in the lives of the dioceses of Virginia and Liverpool occurred May 2 at Shrine Mont Retreat Center when Virginia Bishop Suffragan Susan Goff was commissioned by Shannon S. Johnston, bishop of Virginia, and Paul Bayes, bishop of Liverpool, as assisting bishop of Liverpool. Bayes presented the letters commissary to Goff and both Bayes and Johnston prayed over her while the room spontaneously rose to its feet with applause, love and affection. The dioceses of Liverpool and Virginia are companion dioceses, focusing on Jesus and Justice, that together, a bigger church might make a bigger difference in the world. As part of the link, Goff has visited Liverpool and her ministry of teaching and support has been very much welcomed not just by women in the diocese but by all. “The link with the Diocese of Virginia has been important to us in Liverpool for many years,” said Bayes. “At my installation eighteen months ago it was a privilege to welcome Bishop Shannon Johnston as a guest of honor. Now, with Bishop Susan Goff’s appointment as one of our assisting bishops, we are able to strengthen our bond still further. Bishop Susan is no stranger to Liverpool and we look forward to being enriched by her wisdom as a teacher and pastor of pastors whenever she visits us.” Among Goff’s first responsibilities in Liverpool, she will be sharing in the ordination of priests with Bayes in June and speaking at the clergy conference in July. Goff will continue to reside in Virginia but will make trips to Liverpool, in addition to using technology, to connect the dioceses and support our ministries. Her appointment deepens our long-standing missional relationship which includes parish to parish links, youth pilgrimages, sabbaticals, joint mission trips, and even a connection between two preschools. “What I most look forward to and am most excited about in this new relationship is the ways we will teach and learn from each other,” said Goff. “We share many common experiences across our two dioceses but we also have unique experiences in terms of what it means to be the church now in the beginning of the 21st century. And I look forward to what I will learn from Bishop Paul and from the diocese of Liverpool and to the things that I’ll be able to share from our experiences here in Virginia. I anticipate through that both dioceses will grow in our strength and faithfulness.” This appointment comes with the blessing of the Archbishop of York John Sentamu and Presiding Bishop Michael Curry. On May 5, the diocese posted this video in which Goff explains more about her new role. House of Bishops, Cynthia Katsarelis says: This comment isn’t particularly profound, but I think this is the coolest thing to happen!!! Congrats to all, but especially +Susan Goff! Great collaboration within the Body of Christ! Martha Knight says: Congratulations Bishop Susan! Linda Murphy says: Congratulations to both dioceses. You are a blessing to all you come in touch with. Martha Richards says: This is great, congratulations and best wishes in your new ministry. Samuel Reddimalla says: Congratulations to Bishop Susan Goff, and best wishes in this inter diocesan venture. You would be a great role model. Ika joiner says: Congratulations Bishop Susan! Best wishes, Ika joiner and Dalw Weigel Patricia Walthall says: Congratulations Bishop Susan! We are so excited about this awesome appointment. I know that your God gifted Talents and love will shine forth in Liverpool as it does in VA. We are always happy to Share you and your gifts of teaching and love but are even happier that you will remain with us. God’s Peace and Love, Pat [Hardy] Walthall Susan Tilt says: Congratulations Bishop Susan! The Diocese of Virginia and The Diocese of Liverpool are blessed by your ministries. Your presence in England and especially in Liverpool have already had such a positive influence on the Church as you have here in our own diocese, country, and the countries you visit. Your love is boundless. You bring the Light of Christ wherever you are. And, yes…this is the coolest thing for all of us! With Love, Susan Sue Hurn says: What a wonderful opportunity. Congratulations. Ed Lane says: Beware of Brits bearing gifts.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1622203
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Den första bilden av ett svart hål 2. VLT fångar en stjärnbarnkammare på bild och firar 15-årsjubileum 3. Stjärnbarnkammare i sikte 4. Nebulosan Tors hjälm i en bild tagen på ESO:s 50-årsdag 5. VLT tittar Jungfrun djupt i ögonen 6. Ett 340-miljoner pixlars stjärnlandskap från Paranal 7. Helixnebulosan 8. Vintergatans mitt 9. Hästhuvudnebulosan 10. En djup titt på Orionnebulosan i infrarött från HAWK-I 11. Bild av Carinanebulosan tagen med teleskopet VST 12. En ny bild av den underliga galaxen Centaurus A 13. VLT avslöjar Carinanebulosans hemligheter 14. VST:s bild av stjärnbildningsområdet Messier 17 15. VST-bild av den gigantiska klothopen Omega Centauri 16. Messier 78: en reflektionsnebulosa i Orion 17. 2M1207 b - Den första bilden av en exoplanet 18. Flamnebulosans dolda härd 19. The Milky Way panorama This magnificent 360-degree panoramic image, covering the entire southern and northern celestial sphere, reveals the cosmic landscape that surrounds our tiny blue planet. This gorgeous starscape serves as the first of three extremely high-resolution images featured in the GigaGalaxy Zoom project, launched by ESO within the framework of the International Year of Astronomy 2009 (IYA2009). The plane of our Milky Way Galaxy, which we see edge-on from our perspective on Earth, cuts a luminous swath across the image. The projection used in GigaGalaxy Zoom place the viewer in front of our Galaxy with the Galactic Plane running horizontally through the ... 20. The Omega Nebula Three-colour composite image of the Omega Nebula (Messier 17, or NGC 6618), based on images obtained with the EMMI instrument on the ESO 3.58-metre New Technology Telescope at the La Silla Observatory. North is down and East is to the right in the image. It spans an angle equal to about one third the diameter of the Full Moon, corresponding to about 15 light-years at the distance of the Omega Nebula. The three filters used are B (blue), V ("visual", or green) and R (red). 21. NGC 2264 och Julgranshopen 22. Spiral galaxy NGC 1232 This spectacular image of the large spiral galaxy NGC 1232 was obtained on September 21, 1998, during a period of good observing conditions. It is based on three exposures in ultra-violet, blue and red light, respectively. The colours of the different regions are well visible : the central areas contain older stars of reddish colour, while the spiral arms are populated by young, blue stars and many star-forming regions. Note the distorted companion galaxy on the left side, shaped like the greek letter "theta". NGC 1232 is located 20º south of the celestial equator, in the constellation Eridanus (The River). ... 23. Orionnebulosan och dess stjärnhop enligt VST 24. The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) by night, under the Magellanic Clouds Antennas of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), on the Chajnantor Plateau in the Chilean Andes. The Large and Small Magellanic Clouds, two companion galaxies to our own Milky Way galaxy, can be seen as bright smudges in the night sky, in the centre of the photograph. 25. VISTA:s gigapixel mosaik av Vintergatans mitt 26. The southern Milky Way above ALMA ESO Photo Ambassador Babak Tafreshi snapped this remarkable image of the antennas of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), set against the splendour of the Milky Way. The richness of the sky in this picture attests to the unsurpassed conditions for astronomy on the 5000-metre-high Chajnantor plateau in Chile’s Atacama region. This view shows the constellations of Carina (The Keel) and Vela (The Sails). The dark, wispy dust clouds of the Milky Way streak from middle top left to middle bottom right. The bright orange star in the upper left is Suhail in Vela, while the similarly orange star in ... 27. ALMA's world at night This panoramic view of the Chajnantor plateau, spanning about 180 degrees from north (on the left) to south (on the right) shows the antennas of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) ranged across the unearthly landscape. Some familiar celestial objects can be seen in the night sky behind them. These crystal-clear night skies explain why Chile is the home of not only ALMA, but also several other astronomical observatories. This image is just part of an even wider panorama of Chajnantor. In the foreground, the 12-metre diameter ALMA antennas are in action, working as one giant telescope, during the observatory’s ... 28. Området kring R Coronae Australis avbildad med Wide Field Imager på La Silla 29. Centaurus A Colour composite image of Centaurus A, revealing the lobes and jets emanating from the active galaxy’s central black hole. This is a composite of images obtained with three instruments, operating at very different wavelengths. The 870-micron submillimetre data, from LABOCA on APEX, are shown in orange. X-ray data from the Chandra X-ray Observatory are shown in blue. Visible light data from the Wide Field Imager (WFI) on the MPG/ESO 2.2 m telescope located at La Silla, Chile, show the stars and the galaxy’s characteristic dust lane in close to "true colour". 30. A pool of distant galaxies The Chandra Deep Field South, observed in the U-, B-, and R-bands with ESO''s VIMOS and WFI instruments. The U-band VIMOS observations were made over a period of 40 hours and constitute the deepest image ever taken from the ground in the U-band. The image covers a region of 14.1 x 21.6 arcminutes on the sky and shows galaxies that are 1 billion times fainter than can be seen by the unaided eye. The VIMOS R-band image was assembled by the ESO/GOODS team from archival data, while the WFI B-band image was produced by the GABODS team. 31. Panoramabild av WR 22 och Eta Carinae och deras omgivningar i Carinanebulosan 32. Tre planeter dansar över La Silla 33. A hard day's night ahead Sunset is typically a sign that another working day is over. City lights are slowly switched on as people return home eager to enjoy the evening and a good night’s sleep. However, this does not apply to astronomers working at an observatory such as ESO’s Paranal Observatory in Chile. Observing starts as soon as the Sun has disappeared below the horizon. Everything needs to be ready before dusk. This panoramic photograph captures the ESO Very Large Telescope (VLT) against a beautiful twilight on Cerro Paranal. The enclosures of the VLT stand out in the picture as the telescopes in them ... 34. Antennae Galaxies composite of ALMA and Hubble observations The Antennae Galaxies (also known as NGC 4038 and 4039) are a pair of distorted colliding spiral galaxies about 70 million light-years away, in the constellation of Corvus (The Crow). This view combines ALMA observations, made in two different wavelength ranges during the observatory’s early testing phase, with visible-light observations from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. The Hubble image is the sharpest view of this object ever taken and serves as the ultimate benchmark in terms of resolution. ALMA observes at much longer wavelengths which makes it much harder to obtain comparably sharp images. However, when the full ALMA array ... 35. VISTA’s infrared view of the Cat’s Paw Nebula* Infrared view of the Cat’s Paw Nebula (NGC 6334) taken by VISTA. NGC 6334 is a vast region of star formation about 5500 light-years from Earth in the constellation of Scorpius. The whole gas cloud is about 50 light-years across. NGC 6334 is one of the most active nurseries of young massive stars in our galaxy, some nearly ten times the mass of our Sun and most born in the last few million years. The images were taken through Y, J and Ks filters (shown as blue, green and red respectively) and the exposure time was five minutes per filter. ... 36. VISTA ser Orionnebulosan i infrarött ljus 37. En dramatisk stjärnvagga i porträtt 38. APEX at Chajnantor* While ALMA is currently under construction, astronomers are already doing millimetre and submillimetre astronomy at Chajnantor, with the Atacama Pathfinder Experiment (APEX). This is a new-technology 12-m telescope, based on an ALMA prototype antenna, and operating at the ALMA site. It has modified optics and an improved antenna surface accuracy, and is designed to take advantage of the excellent sky transparency working with wavelengths in the 0.2 to 1.4 mm range. This image is available as a mounted image in the ESOshop 39. Nova over Supernova In an astronomically unlikely coincidence, a star exploded as a nova in the sky over the Supernova Planetarium & Visitor centre less than a week after its inauguration. An image of the dwarf nova V392 Persei was captured by ESO photo ambassador Petr Horálek on 2 May 2018. It shows a wide angle view of the evening sky over the ESO Supernova, looking west-northwest. The position of the nova over the ESO Supernova is marked on the wide view with an insert showing a zoomed view of the area taken with same camera but using a different lens. In this ... 40. Paranal, tidig morgon 41. Stjärnhopen NGC 3293 42. Pipnebulosans munstycke 43. ALMA, månen, och Vintergatans båge 44. Eclipsed moon, striking night sky A total eclipse of the Moon is an impressive spectacle. But it also provides another viewing opportunity: a dark, moonlight-free starry sky. At Cerro Paranal in the Chilean Atacama Desert, one of the most remote places in the world, the distance from sources of light pollution makes the night sky all the more remarkable during a total lunar eclipse. This panorama photo, taken by ESO Photo Ambassador Yuri Beletsky, shows the view of the starry sky from the site of ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) at Cerro Paranal during the total lunar eclipse of 21 December 2010. The reddish disc ... 45. Infrared VISTA view of a stellar nursery in Monoceros* This dramatic infrared image shows the nearby star formation region Monoceros R2, located some 2700 light-years away in the constellation of Monoceros (the Unicorn). The picture was created from exposures in the near infrared bands Y, J and Ks taken by the VISTA survey telescope at ESO’s Paranal Observatory. Monoceros R2 is an association of massive hot young stars illuminating a beautiful collection of reflection nebulae, embedded in a large molecular cloud. This image is available as a mounted image in the ESOshop. 46. The VLT in action* The ESO Very Large Telescope (VLT) during observations. In this picture, taken from the VLT platform looking north-northwest at twilight, the four 8.2-metre Unit Telescopes (UTs) are visible. From left to right, Antu, Kueyen, Melipal and Yepun, the Mapuche names for the VLT's giant telescopes. In front of the UTs are the four 1.8-metre Auxiliary Telescopes (ATs), entirely dedicated to interferometry, a technique which allows astronomers to see details up to 25 times finer than with the individual telescopes. The configuration of the ATs can be changed by moving them across the platform between 30 different observing positions. One of ... 47. Ovanlig 360-graders panorama av södra stjärnhimlen 48. The Eagle Nebula Three-colour composite mosaic image of the Eagle Nebula (Messier 16, or NGC 6611), based on images obtained with the Wide-Field Imager camera on the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at the La Silla Observatory. At the centre, the so-called “Pillars of Creation” can be seen. This wide-field image shows not only the central pillars, but also several others in the same star-forming region, as well as a huge number of stars in front of, in, or behind the Eagle Nebula. The cluster of bright stars to the upper right is NGC 6611, home to the massive and hot stars that illuminate the ... 49. The Tinker Bell triplet Using ESO's Very Large Telescope, an international team of astronomers has discovered a stunning rare case of a triple merger of galaxies. This system, which astronomers have dubbed 'The Bird' - although it also bears resemblance with a cosmic Tinker Bell - is composed of two massive spiral galaxies and a third irregular galaxy. In this image, a 30-min VLT/NACO K-band exposure has been combined with archive HST/ACS B and I-band images to produce a three-colour image of the 'Bird' interacting galaxy system. The NACO image has allowed astronomers to not only see the two previously known galaxies, but to ... 50. ALMA:s bild av den protoplanetära skivan runt HL Tauri 51. ALMA and the centre of the Milky Way This view shows several of the ALMA antennas and the central regions of the Milky Way above. In this wide field view, the zodiacal light is seen upper right and at lower left Mars is seen. Saturn is a bit higher in the sky towards the centre of the image. The image was taken during the ESO Ultra HD (UHD) Expedition. 52. Kosmiskt eldklot faller över ALMA 53. Det mörka molnet Lupus 3 och dess heta unga stjärnor 54. Klothopen 47 Tucanae 55. ALMA’s solitude This panoramic view of the Chajnantor Plateau shows the site of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), taken from near the peak of Cerro Chico. Babak Tafreshi, an ESO Photo Ambassador, has succeeded in capturing the feeling of solitude experienced at the ALMA site, 5000 metres above sea level in the Chilean Andes. Light and shadow paint the landscape, enhancing the otherworldly appearance of the terrain. In the foreground of the image, clustered ALMA antennas look like a crowd of strange, robotic visitors to the plateau. When the telescope is completed in 2013, there will be a total of 66 ... 56. Exoplanet hunters at La Silla* In the search for distant worlds, few telescopes have had as much success as ESO's 3.6-metre telescope and the Swiss 1.2-metre Leonhard Euler Telescope, both of which are shown in this image. The 3.6-metre telescope is home to HARPS (High Accuracy Radial velocity Planet Searcher), a spectrograph with unrivalled precision, and holder of many records in the field of exoplanet research, including the discovery of the least massive exoplanet, as well as of the smallest ever measured. Together with HARPS, the Leonhard Euler Telescope has allowed astronomers to find that six exoplanets from a larger sample of 27 were orbiting ... 57. Iconic, conical Licancabur watches over Chajnantor This impressive panoramic image depicts the Chajnantor Plateau — home of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) — with the majestic Licancabur volcano in the background. Watched over by Licancabur, a icy forest of penitentes (Spanish for “penitents”) cluster in the foreground. The penitentes are a curious natural phenomenon found in high-altitude regions. They are thin spikes of hardened snow or ice, with sharp edges pointing towards the Sun, reaching heights from a few centimetres up to several metres. You can read more about penitentes in a previous Picture of the Week (potw1221). The Licancabur volcano, with an altitude of ... 58. Mars, 2099? On a cold dark night on Mars, in the middle of an arid desert, a narrow road lit by artificial lights winds its way up to a lonely human outpost on the top of an old mountain. Or at least, that’s what a science fiction fan might make of this almost unearthly view. The photograph actually shows ESO’s Paranal Observatory, home to the Very Large Telescope (VLT), on Earth. Nevertheless, it’s easy to imagine it as a future view of Mars, perhaps at the end of the century. Which is why Julien Girard, who took this photograph, calls it “Mars ... 59. Yepun’s laser and the Magellanic Clouds One of the major enemies of astronomers is the Earth’s atmosphere, which makes celestial objects appear blurry when observed by ground-based telescopes. To counteract this, astronomers use a technique called adaptive optics, in which computer-controlled deformable mirrors are adjusted hundreds of times per second to correct for the distortion of the atmosphere. This spectacular image shows Yepun [1], the fourth 8.2-metre Unit Telescope of ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) facility, launching a powerful yellow laser beam into the sky. The beam creates a glowing spot — an artificial star — in the Earth’s atmosphere by exciting a layer of sodium ... 60. Icy penitents by moonlight on Chajnantor Babak Tafreshi, one of the ESO Photo Ambassadors, has captured a curious phenomenon on the Chajnantor plateau, the site of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter array (ALMA). These bizarre ice and snow formations are known as penitentes (Spanish for “penitents”). They are illuminated by the light of the Moon, which is visible on the right on the photograph. On the left, higher in the sky, the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds can be faintly seen, while the reddish glow of the Carina Nebula appears close to the horizon on the far left. The penitentes are natural marvels found in high-altitude regions, ... 61. ESO Headquarters at sunset* This panorama photograph shows the European Southern Observatory’s Headquarters in Garching, near Munich, Germany. The image shows the view from the roof of the main building just after sunset. This is the scientific, technical and administrative centre for ESO’s operations, and the base from which many astronomers conduct their research. The scientists, technicians and administrators who work here come from many different backgrounds, but all have one thing in common: a passion for astronomy. ESO is the foremost intergovernmental astronomy organisation in Europe and the world’s most productive astronomical observatory. ESO operates telescopes at three observing sites in Chile: La ... 62. Close-up of the drama of star formation This very detailed enhanced-colour image from ESO’s Very Large Telescope shows the dramatic effects of very young stars on the dust and gas from which they were born in the star-forming region NGC 6729. The baby stars are invisible in this picture, being hidden behind dust clouds at the upper left of the picture, but material they are ejecting is crashing into the surroundings at speeds of that can be as high as one million kilometres per hour. This picture was taken by the FORS1 instrument and records the scene in the light of glowing hydrogen and sulphur. 63. Bird’s eye view of the Very Large Telescope* A bird soaring over the remote, sparsely populated Atacama Desert in northern Chile — possibly the driest desert in the world — might be surprised to come upon the technological oasis of ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) at Paranal. The world’s most advanced ground-based facility for astronomy, the site hosts four 8.2-metre Unit Telescopes, four 1.8-metre Auxiliary Telescopes, the VLT Survey Telescope (VST), and the 4.1-metre Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VISTA), seen in the distance on the next mountain peak over from the main platform. This aerial view also shows other structures, including the Observatory Control Room ... 64. Paranal Observatory and the volcano Llullaillaco* This marvellous aerial photograph of the home of ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), fully demonstrates the superb quality of the observing site. In the foreground we see the Paranal Observatory, located at an altitude of 2,600 metres on mount Paranal in Chile. In the background we can see the snow-capped, 6,720 meter-high volcano Llullaillaco, located a mind-boggling 190 km further East on the Argentinean border. This image is a testimony of the magnificent quality of the air and the ideal conditions for observing at this remote site. Clearly visible in the image are the domes of the four giant 8.2-metre ... 65. 370-million-pixel starscape of the Lagoon Nebula The third image of ESO’s GigaGalaxy Zoom project is an amazing vista of the Lagoon Nebula taken with the 67-million-pixel Wide Field Imager attached to the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at the La Silla Observatory in Chile. The image covers more than one and a half square degree — an area eight times larger than that of the Full Moon — with a total of about 370 million pixels. It is based on images acquired using three different broadband filters (B, V, R) and one narrow-band filter (H-alpha). 66. The Trifid Nebula The massive star factory known as the Trifid Nebula was captured in all its glory with the Wide-Field Imager camera attached to the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at ESO’s La Silla Observatory in northern Chile. So named for the dark dust bands that trisect its glowing heart, the Trifid Nebula is a rare combination of three nebulae types that reveal the fury of freshly formed stars and point to more star birth in the future. The field of view of the image is approximately 13 x 17 arcminutes. 67. Spiral galaxy NGC 253* Measuring 70 000 light-years across and laying 13 million light-years away, the nearly edge-on spiral galaxy NGC 253 is revealed here in an image from the Wide Field Imager (WFI) on the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at the La Silla Observatory. The image is based on data obtained through four different filters (R, V, H-alpha and OIII). North is up and East to the left. The field of view is 30 arcminutes. 68. Glowing stellar nurseries* Colour composite image of RCW120. It reveals how an expanding bubble of ionised gas about ten light-years across is causing the surrounding material to collapse into dense clumps where new stars are then formed. The 870-micron submillimetre-wavelength data were taken with the LABOCA camera on the 12-m Atacama Pathfinder Experiment (APEX) telescope. Here, the submillimetre emission is shown as the blue clouds surrounding the reddish glow of the ionised gas (shown with data from the SuperCosmos H-alpha survey). The image also contains data from the Second Generation Digitized Sky Survey (I-band shown in blue, R-band shown in red). This image ... 69. A portrait of a beauty Nuzzled in the chest of the constellation Virgo (the Virgin) lies a beautiful cosmic gem — the galaxy Messier 61. This glittering spiral galaxy is aligned face-on towards Earth, thus presenting us with a breathtaking view of its structure. The gas and dust of the intricate spiral arms are studded with billions of stars. This galaxy is a bustling hub of activity with a rapid rate of star formation, and both a massive nuclear star cluster and a supermassive black hole buried at its heart. Messier 61 is one of the largest members of the Virgo Cluster, which is made ... 70. VST fångar tre kosmiska moln i ny jättebild 71. Planetsystemet TRAPPIST-1 som det skulle kunna se ut 72. 1001 stars Taken from inside the dome of the fourth Unit Telescope of ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), this spectacular shot from ESO Photo Ambassador Yuri Beletsky captures the VLT’s Laser Guide Star (LGS) in action. The LGS, located on top of the 1.2-metre secondary mirror of Unit Telescope 4, is part of the VLT’s adaptive optics system. By creating a glowing spot — an artificial star — in the Earth’s atmosphere at an altitude of 90 kilometres, the light coming back from the laser can be used as a reference to remove the effects of atmospheric distortion. This allows ... 73. En strålande Vintergata över La Silla 74. New insights into debris discs Using 39 of the 66 antennas of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), located 5000 metres up on the Chajnantor plateau in the Chilean Andes, astronomers have been able to detect carbon monoxide (CO) in the disc of debris around an F-type star. Although carbon monoxide is the second most common molecule in the interstellar medium, after molecular hydrogen, this is the first time that CO has been detected around a star of this type. The star, named HD 181327, is a member of the Beta Pictoris moving group, located almost 170 light-years from Earth. Until now, the presence of ... 75. Medusanebulosan enligt ESO:s VLT 76. Bild från VLT på kometglobulen CG4 77. VST fångar en väldigt detaljerad bild av Triangelgalaxen 78. Ny bild på komet ISON 79. A VISTA before sunset ESO’s Paranal Observatory — located in Chile’s Atacama region — is most well known for the Very Large Telescope (VLT), ESO’s flagship telescope facility. However, over the last few years, the site has also become home to two state-of-the-art survey telescopes. These new members of the Paranal family are designed to image large areas of the sky quickly and deeply. One of them, the 4.1-metre Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VISTA), is located on a neighbouring peak not far from the Paranal summit. It is shown in this beautiful photograph taken from Paranal by ESO Photo Ambassador, Babak ... 80. Penn-nebulosan, de underligt formade kvarlevorna efter en stor explosion 81. APEX stands sentry on Chajnantor The Atacama Pathfinder Experiment (APEX) telescope looks skyward during a bright, moonlit night on Chajnantor, one of the highest and driest observatory sites in the world. Astronomical treasures fill the sky above the telescope, a testament to the excellent conditions offered by this site in Chile’s Atacama region. On the left shine the stars that make up the tail of the constellation of Scorpius (The Scorpion). The scorpion’s “stinger” is represented by the two bright stars that are particularly close to each other. Reaching across the sky and looking like a band of faint, glowing clouds is the plane of ... 82. The VLT Survey Telescope: the largest telescope in the world designed for visible light sky surveys The VLT Survey Telescope (VST) is the latest telescope to be added to ESO’s Paranal Observatory in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile. It is housed in an enclosure immediately adjacent to the four VLT Unit Telescopes on the summit of Cerro Paranal. The VST is a 2.6-metre wide-field survey telescope with a field of view twice as broad as the full Moon. It is the largest telescope in the world dedicated to sky surveys in visible light. The VST was designed and built by the INAF–Osservatorio Astronomico di Capodimonte, Naples, Italy as part of a joint venture between INAF ... 83. Stellar nursery NGC 3603* NGC 3603 is a starburst region : a cosmic factory where stars form frantically from the nebula’s extended clouds of gas and dust. Located 22,000 light-years away from the Sun, it is the closest region of this kind known in our galaxy, providing astronomers with a local test bed for studying the intense star formation processes, very common in other galaxies, but hard to observe in detail because of their large distance. The newly released image, obtained with the FORS instrument attached to one of the four 8.2-metre VLT Unit Telescopes at Cerro Paranal, Chile, is a three-colour combination of ... 84. One million stars — towards the dark heart of the Milky Way* With this remarkable VISTA mosaic we look deep into the dusty heart of our own Milky Way galaxy in the constellation of Sagittarius (the Archer). About one million stars are revealed in this picture, most of them not seen in visible light pictures. As well as absorbing light, the dust also scatters blue light from the distant stars and makes the central part of this huge starscape appear very red. This image is a mosaic created from VISTA images taken through Y, J and Ks filters in the near-infrared part of the spectrum. The image is about 2 degrees by ... 85. Celestial conjunction at Paranal In the night sky over ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) observatory at Paranal, the Moon shines along with two bright companions : already aloft in the heavens and glowing in the centre of the image is Venus, Earth’s closest planetary neighbour, and, to its right, the giant, though more distant planet, Jupiter. Such apparent celestial near misses — although the heavenly bodies are actually tens to hundreds of millions of kilometres apart — are called conjunctions. Still other sights delight this night view at Paranal : the radiant, reddish plane of the Milky Way, smouldering on the horizon, and an ... 86. Group portrait of the VLT with the galaxy The Milky Way, shining in its full splendour on top of the four Unit Telescopes and one of the Auxiliary Telescopes of ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT). Seen edge-on, observations of NGC 4945 suggest that this hive of stars is a spiral galaxy much like our own Milky Way, with swirling, luminous arms and a bar-shaped centre. Sites of active star formation, known as HII regions, are seen prominently in the image, appearing bright pink. These resemblances aside, NGC 4945 has a brighter centre that likely harbours a supermassive black hole, which is devouring reams of matter and blasting energy out into space. NGC 4945 is about 13 million light-years away in the constellation of Centaurus (the Centaur) and is beautifully revealed in this image taken with ... 88. Clear-weather simulation of the 2019 eclipse viewed from La Silla This artist’s impression shows how the total solar eclipse of 2 July 2019 could appear from ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile if there are no clouds. The Sun will be quite low in the western sky and, if the skies are clear, several planets and bright stars should be also visible. 89. Four lasers over Paranal Glistening against the awesome backdrop of the night sky above ESO’s Paranal Observatory, four laser beams project out into the darkness from Unit Telescope 4 (UT4) of the Very Large Telescope (VLT); they mark the first use of multiple lasers at ESO and they are the most powerful laser guide stars ever used in astronomy. Some 90 kilometres up in the atmosphere, the lasers excite atoms of sodium, creating artificial stars for the telescope’s adaptive optics systems. Modern telescopes use adaptive optics systems to compensate for the blurring effect of the Earth’s atmosphere. To do this, the telescope needs to ... 90. Den planetariska nebulosan ESO 378-1 91. Celestial nomad takes centre stage In this new ESO image, nightfall raises the curtain on a theatrical display taking place in the cloudless skies over La Silla. In a scene humming with activity, the major players captured here are Comet Lovejoy, glowing green in the centre of the image; the Pleiades above and to the right; and the California Nebula, providing some contrast in the form of a red arc of gas directly to the right of Lovejoy. A meteor adds its own streak of light to the scene, seeming to plunge into the hazy pool of green light collecting along the horizon. The telescopes ... 92. Scarlet and smoke The smokey black silhouette in this new image is part of a large, sparse cloud of partially ionised hydrogen — an HII region — known as Gum 15. In wide-field images this nebula appears as a striking reddish purple clump dotted with stars and slashed by opaque, weaving dust lanes. This image homes in on one of these dust lanes, showing the central region of the nebula. These dark chunks of sky have seemingly few stars because lanes of dusty material are obscuring the bright, glowing regions of gas beyond. The occasional stars that do show up in these patches ... 93. Stjärnbildningsområdet Gum 15 94. Paranal platform after sunset* This image of the Paranal platform was taken right after sunset. The four Unit Telescopes are ready to start the observations. 95. The Milky Way glitters brightly over ALMA The Milky Way glitters brightly over ALMA antennas, in this image taken by the ESO Ultra High Definition Expedition team as they capture the site in 4K quality. 96. Den planetariska nebulosan Abell 33 fångad av ESO:s Very Large Telescope 97. NCG 6559: ett område där nya stjärnor bildas 98. Den underliga spiralen som ALMA hittade runt röda jättestjärnan R Sculptoris 99. ALMA antennas under the Milky Way Four antennas of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) gaze up at the star-filled night sky, in anticipation of the work that lies ahead. The Moon lights the scene on the right, while the band of the Milky Way stretches across the upper left. ALMA is being constructed at an altitude of 5000 m on the Chajnantor plateau in the Atacama Desert in Chile. This is one of the driest places on Earth and this dryness, combined with the thin atmosphere at high altitude, offers superb conditions for observing the Universe at millimetre and submillimetre wavelengths. At these long wavelengths, ... 100. Dark sky and white desert — Snow pays a rare visit to ESO’s Paranal Observatory The night sky above Cerro Paranal, the home of ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), is dark and dotted with the bright stars of the Milky Way, and more distant galaxies. But it is very rare to see the ground contrasting with the sky as markedly as in this photograph, which shows a gentle layer of white snow dotted with darker spots of the desert terrain beneath. The picture was taken last week, shortly before sunrise, by ESO Photo Ambassador Yuri Beletsky, who works as an astronomer at the La Silla Paranal Observatory. He captured not only the beautiful snowy landscape ... Skicka dina synpunkter!	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1622207
__label__wiki	0.673044	0.673044	Stephen Colbert Went on Russian TV and Said He's Considering a Run for President "I thought it would be better to cut out the middle man and just tell the Russians myself." Stephen Colbert is in Russia right now, on assignment for the Late Show, and on Friday night appeared on a Russian late-night show called Evening Urgant, where he took shots of vodka and announced that he, Stephen Colbert, is considering a run for president. "Okay, I am here to announce that I am considering a run for president in 2020, and I thought it would be better to cut out the middle man and just tell the Russians myself," he said. It wouldn't be the first time. Stephen Colbert fans remembers back in 2008 when he embarked on an official presidential campaign. He didn't win, obviously, but made a fine effort. And, hey, given our country's tendency to elect celebrities with little-to-zero experience in public office, Colbert could have a real shot at the job if he gave it another try. More From TV The Real Hot Priest Isn't On Fleabag--He's On PBS Eleven Shows to Binge After 'Stranger Things' These Are the Best Summer Shows to Binge Stranger Things Found a Huge Hopper Clue Welcome to the New Golden Era of Sketch Comedy Everything You Need to Know About The Witcher 'Yellowstone's Meth Fight Was Ridiculous Stephen Colbert Asks: Who the Hell Is Stephen Colbert? Stephen Colbert Shares His Most Savage Burns Stephen Colbert Will Host the 2017 Emmys Stephen Colbert Says He's Probably a Racist Colbert Slammed Trump After Bombshell Book Stephen Colbert Is Winning Late-Night TV Among Young People	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1622208
__label__cc	0.711	0.289	Joseph Tests His Brothers 44 Then he commanded pthe steward of his house, q“Fill the men's sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put each man's money in the mouth of his sack, 2 and put my cup, the silver cup, in the mouth of the sack of the youngest, with his money for the grain.” And he did as Joseph told him. 3 As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away with their donkeys. 4 They had gone only a short distance from the city. Now Joseph said to his rsteward, “Up, follow after the men, and when you overtake them, say to them, ‘Why have you repaid evil for good?1 5 Is it not from this that my lord drinks, and sby this that he practices divination? You have done evil in doing this.’” 6 When he overtook them, he spoke to them these words. 7 They said to him, “Why does my lord speak such words as these? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing! 8 Behold, tthe money that we found in the mouths of our sacks we brought back to you from the land of Canaan. How then could we steal silver or gold from your lord's house? 9 uWhichever of your servants is found with it shall die, and we also will be vmy lord's servants.” 10 He said, “Let it be as you say: he who is found with it shall be my servant, and the rest of you shall be innocent.” 11 Then each man quickly lowered his sack to the ground, and each man opened his sack. 12 And he searched, beginning with the eldest and ending with the youngest. And the cup was found in Benjamin's sack. 13 Then they wtore their clothes, and every man loaded his donkey, and they returned to the city. 14 When Judah and his brothers came to Joseph's house, he was still there. They xfell before him to the ground. 15 Joseph said to them, “What deed is this that you have done? Do you not know that a man like me ycan indeed practice divination?” 16 And Judah said, “What shall we say to my lord? What shall we speak? Or how can we clear ourselves? God has found out zthe guilt of your servants; behold, we are amy lord's servants, both we and he also in whose hand the cup has been found.” 17 But he said, “Far be it from me that I should do so! Only the man in whose hand the cup was found shall be my servant. But as for you, go up in peace to your father.” 18 Then Judah went up to him and said, b“Oh, my lord, please let your servant speak a word in my lord's ears, and clet not your anger burn against your servant, for dyou are like Pharaoh himself. 19 My lord asked his servants, saying, ‘Have you a father, or a brother?’ 20 And we said to my lord, ‘We have a father, an old man, eand a young brother, fthe child of his old age. His brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother's children, and his father loves him.’ 21 Then you said to your servants, g‘Bring him down to me, that I may set my eyes on him.’ 22 We said to my lord, ‘The boy cannot leave his father, for if he should leave his father, hhis father would die.’ 23 Then you said to your servants, i‘Unless your youngest brother comes down with you, you shall not see my face again.’ 24 “When we went back to your servant my father, we told him the words of my lord. 25 And when jour father said, ‘Go again, buy us a little food,’ 26 we said, ‘We cannot go down. If our youngest brother goes with us, then we will go down. For we cannot see the man's face unless our youngest brother is with us.’ 27 Then your servant my father said to us, ‘You know that my wife bore me ktwo sons. 28 One left me, and I said, l“Surely he has been torn to pieces,” and I have never seen him since. 29 If you mtake this one also from me, nand harm happens to him, you will bring down my gray hairs in evil to Sheol.’ 30 “Now therefore, as soon as I come to your servant my father, and the boy is not with us, then, as his life is bound up in the boy's life, 31 as soon as he sees that the boy is not with us, he will die, and your servants will bring down the gray hairs of your servant our father with sorrow to Sheol. 32 For your servant became a pledge of safety for the boy to my father, saying, o‘If I do not bring him back to you, then I shall bear the blame before my father all my life.’ 33 Now therefore, please let your servant remain instead of the boy as a servant to my lord, and let the boy go back with his brothers. 34 For how can I go back to my father if the boy is not with me? I fear to see the evil that would find my father.” Joseph Provides for His Brothers and Family 45 Then Joseph could not pcontrol himself before all those who stood by him. He cried, “Make everyone go out from me.” So no one stayed with him when Joseph made himself known to his brothers. 2 And he wept aloud, so that the Egyptians heard it, and the household of Pharaoh heard it. 3 And Joseph said to his brothers, q“I am Joseph! Is my father still alive?” But his brothers could not answer him, for they were dismayed at his presence. 4 So Joseph said to his brothers, “Come near to me, please.” And they came near. And he said, “I am your brother, Joseph, rwhom you sold into Egypt. 5 And now do not be distressed or angry with yourselves because you sold me here, sfor God sent me before you to preserve life. 6 For the famine has been in the land these two years, and there are tyet five years in which there will be neither uplowing nor harvest. 7 And God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant on earth, and to keep alive for you many survivors. 8 So it was not you who sent me here, but God. He has made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house and vruler over all the land of Egypt. 9 Hurry and go up to my father and say to him, ‘Thus says your son Joseph, God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me; do not tarry. 10 wYou shall dwell in the land of Goshen, and you shall be near me, you and your children and your children's children, and your flocks, your herds, and all that you have. 11 xThere I will provide for you, for there are yet five years of famine to come, so that you and your household, and all that you have, do not come to poverty.’ 12 And now your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin see, that it is ymy mouth that speaks to you. 13 You must tell my father of all my honor in Egypt, and of all that you have seen. Hurry and zbring my father down here.” 14 Then he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck and wept, and Benjamin wept upon his neck. 15 And he kissed all his brothers and wept upon them. After that his brothers talked with him. 16 When the report was heard in Pharaoh's house, “Joseph's brothers have come,” it pleased Pharaoh and his servants. 17 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Say to your brothers, ‘Do this: load your beasts and go back to the land of Canaan, 18 and take your father and your households, and come to me, and aI will give you the best of the land of Egypt, and you shall eat the fat of the land.’ 19 And you, Joseph, are commanded to say, ‘Do this: take bwagons from the land of Egypt for your little ones and for your wives, and bring your father, and come. 20 Have no concern for1 your goods, for the best of all the land of Egypt is yours.’” 21 The sons of Israel did so: and Joseph gave them bwagons, according to the command of Pharaoh, and gave them provisions for the journey. 22 To each and all of them he gave ca change of clothes, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred shekels2 of silver and dfive changes of clothes. 23 To his father he sent as follows: ten donkeys loaded with the good things of Egypt, and ten female donkeys loaded with grain, bread, and provision for his father on the journey. 24 Then he sent his brothers away, and as they departed, he said to them, e“Do not quarrel on the way.” 25 So they went up out of Egypt and came to the land of Canaan to their father Jacob. 26 And they told him, “Joseph is still alive, and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt.” And his heart became numb, for he did not believe them. 27 But when they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said to them, and when he saw fthe wagons that Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of their father Jacob revived. 28 And Israel said, “It is enough; Joseph my son is still alive. I will go and see him before I die.” Joseph Brings His Family to Egypt 46 So Israel took his journey with all that he had and came to gBeersheba, and offered sacrifices hto the God of his father Isaac. 2 And God spoke to Israel iin visions of the night and said, “Jacob, Jacob.” And he said, “Here I am.” 3 Then he said, “I am God, jthe God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for there I will kmake you into a great nation. 4 I myself will go down with you to Egypt, and I will also lbring you up again, and mJoseph's hand shall close your eyes.” 5 Then Jacob set out from Beersheba. The sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons nthat Pharaoh had sent to carry him. 6 They also took their livestock and their goods, which they had gained in the land of Canaan, and ocame into Egypt, Jacob and all his offspring with him, 7 his sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters, and his sons' daughters. All his offspring he brought with him into Egypt. 8 pNow qthese are the names of the descendants of Israel, who came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons. rReuben, Jacob's firstborn, 9 and the sons of Reuben: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. 10 The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman. 11 The sons of sLevi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 12 The sons of tJudah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah (but uEr and Onan died in the land of Canaan); and the sons of vPerez were Hezron and Hamul. 13 wThe sons of Issachar: Tola, Puvah, Yob, and Shimron. 14 The sons of Zebulun: Sered, Elon, and Jahleel. 15 These are the sons of Leah, xwhom she bore to Jacob in Paddan-aram, together with his daughter Dinah; altogether his sons and his daughters numbered thirty-three. 16 The sons of Gad: Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli. 17 yThe sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, with Serah their sister. And the sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel. 18 zThese are the sons of Zilpah, awhom Laban gave to Leah his daughter; and these she bore to Jacob—sixteen persons. 19 The sons of Rachel, Jacob's wife: Joseph and Benjamin. 20 And bto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera the priest of cOn, bore to him. 21 And dthe sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard. 22 These are the sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob—fourteen persons in all. 23 The son1 of Dan: Hushim. 24 eThe sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem. 25 fThese are the sons of Bilhah, gwhom Laban gave to Rachel his daughter, and these she bore to Jacob—seven persons in all. 26 All the persons belonging to Jacob who came into Egypt, who were his own descendants, not including Jacob's sons' wives, were sixty-six persons in all. 27 And the sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt, were two. hAll the persons of the house of Jacob who came into Egypt were seventy. Jacob and Joseph Reunited 28 He had sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph to show the way before him in Goshen, and they came iinto the land of Goshen. 29 Then Joseph prepared his chariot and went up to meet Israel his father in Goshen. He presented himself to him and jfell on his neck and wept on his neck a good while. 30 Israel said to Joseph, k“Now let me die, since I have seen your face and know that you are still alive.” 31 Joseph said to his brothers and to his father's household, l“I will go up and tell Pharaoh and will say to him, ‘My brothers and my father's household, who were in the land of Canaan, have come to me. 32 mAnd the men are shepherds, for they have been keepers of livestock, and they have brought their flocks and their herds and all that they have.’ 33 When Pharaoh calls you and says, m‘What is your occupation?’ 34 you shall say, m‘Your servants have been keepers of livestock nfrom our youth even until now, both we and our fathers,’ in order that you may dwell oin the land of Goshen, for every shepherd is pan abomination to the Egyptians.” Jacob's Family Settles in Goshen 47 So Joseph qwent in and told Pharaoh, “My father and my brothers, with their flocks and herds and all that they possess, have come from the land of Canaan. They are now in rthe land of Goshen.” 2 And from among his brothers he took five men and spresented them to Pharaoh. 3 Pharaoh said to his brothers, t“What is your occupation?” And they said to Pharaoh, u“Your servants are shepherds, as our fathers were.” 4 They said to Pharaoh, v“We have come to sojourn in the land, for there is no pasture for your servants' flocks, for the famine is severe in the land of Canaan. And now, please let your servants dwell win the land of Goshen.” 5 Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Your father and your brothers have come to you. 6 The land of Egypt is before you. Settle your father and your brothers xin the best of the land. yLet them settle in the land of Goshen, and if you know any zable men among them, put them in charge of my livestock.” 7 Then Joseph brought in Jacob his father and stood him before Pharaoh, aand Jacob blessed Pharaoh. 8 And Pharaoh said to Jacob, “How many are the days of the years of your life?” 9 And Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The days of the years of my bsojourning are 130 years. cFew and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and dthey have not attained to the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their bsojourning.” 10 And Jacob eblessed Pharaoh and went out from the presence of Pharaoh. 11 Then Joseph settled his father and his brothers and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of fRameses, gas Pharaoh had commanded. 12 And Joseph hprovided his father, his brothers, and all his father's household with food, according to the number of their dependents. Joseph and the Famine 13 Now there was no food in all the land, for the famine was very severe, so that the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan languished by reason of the famine. 14 iAnd Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan, in exchange for the grain that they bought. And Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's house. 15 And when the money was all spent in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came to Joseph and said, “Give us food. jWhy should we die before your eyes? For our money is gone.” 16 And Joseph answered, “Give your livestock, and I will give you food in exchange for your livestock, if your money is gone.” 17 So they brought their livestock to Joseph, and Joseph gave them food in exchange for the horses, the flocks, the herds, and the donkeys. He supplied them with food in exchange for all their livestock that year. 18 And when that year was ended, they came to him the following year and said to him, “We will not hide from my lord that our money is all spent. The herds of livestock are my lord's. There is nothing left in the sight of my lord but our bodies and our land. 19 Why should we die before your eyes, both we and our land? kBuy us and our land for food, and we with our land will be servants to Pharaoh. And give us seed that we may live and not die, and that the land may not be desolate.” 20 So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh, for all the Egyptians sold their fields, because the famine was severe on them. The land became Pharaoh's. 21 As for the people, he made servants of them1 from one end of Egypt to the other. 22 lOnly the land of the priests he did not buy, for the priests had a fixed allowance from Pharaoh and lived on the allowance that Pharaoh gave them; therefore they did not sell their land. 23 Then Joseph said to the people, “Behold, I have this day bought you and your land for Pharaoh. Now here is seed for you, and you shall sow the land. 24 And at the harvests you shall give a mfifth to Pharaoh, and four fifths shall be your own, as seed for the field and as food for yourselves and your households, and as food for your little ones.” 25 And they said, “You have saved our lives; nmay it please my lord, we will be servants to Pharaoh.” 26 So Joseph made it a statute concerning the land of Egypt, and it stands to this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth; othe land of the priests alone did not become Pharaoh's. 27 Thus Israel settled in the land of Egypt, pin the land of Goshen. qAnd they gained possessions in it, and were fruitful and multiplied greatly. 28 And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years. rSo the days of Jacob, the years of his life, were 147 years. 29 And swhen the time drew near that Israel must die, he called his son Joseph and said to him, “If now tI have found favor in your sight, uput your hand under my thigh and vpromise to deal kindly and truly with me. wDo not bury me in Egypt, 30 but let me lie with my fathers. Carry me out of Egypt and xbury me in their burying place.” He answered, “I will do as you have said.” 31 And he said, “Swear to me”; and he swore to him. Then yIsrael bowed himself upon the head of his bed.2 Jacob Blesses Ephraim and Manasseh 48 After this, Joseph was told, “Behold, your father is ill.” So he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim. 2 And it was told to Jacob, “Your son Joseph has come to you.” Then Israel summoned his strength and sat up in bed. 3 And Jacob said to Joseph, z“God Almighty1 appeared to me at aLuz in the land of Canaan and blessed me, 4 and said to me, ‘Behold, I will make you fruitful and multiply you, and I will make of you a company of peoples and will give this land to your offspring after you bfor an everlasting possession.’ 5 And now your ctwo sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you in Egypt, dare mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine, as Reuben and Simeon are. 6 And the children that you fathered after them shall be yours. They shall be called by the name of their brothers in their inheritance. 7 As for me, when I came from Paddan, to my sorrow eRachel died in the land of Canaan on the way, when there was still some distance2 to go to Ephrath, and I buried her there on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).” 8 When Israel saw Joseph's sons, he said, “Who are these?” 9 Joseph said to his father, f“They are my sons, whom God has given me here.” And he said, “Bring them to me, please, that gI may bless them.” 10 Now hthe eyes of Israel were dim with age, so that he could not see. So Joseph brought them near him, iand he kissed them and embraced them. 11 And Israel said to Joseph, j“I never expected to see your face; and behold, God has let me see your offspring also.” 12 Then Joseph removed them from his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth. 13 And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel's left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel's right hand, and brought them near him. 14 kAnd Israel stretched out his right hand and laid it on the head of Ephraim, who was the younger, and his left hand on the head of Manasseh, lcrossing his hands (for Manasseh was the firstborn). 15 And he blessed Joseph and said, “The God mbefore whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has been my shepherd all my life long to this day, 16 nthe angel who has oredeemed me from all evil, bless the boys; and in them let pmy name be carried on, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them qgrow into a multitude3 in the midst of the earth.” 17 When Joseph saw that his father rlaid his right hand on the head of Ephraim, it displeased him, and he took his father's hand to move it from Ephraim's head to Manasseh's head. 18 And Joseph said to his father, “Not this way, my father; since this one is the firstborn, put your right hand on his head.” 19 But his father refused and said, r“I know, my son, I know. He also shall become a people, and he also shall be great. Nevertheless, shis younger brother shall be greater than he, and his offspring shall become a multitude4 of nations.” 20 So he blessed them that day, saying, “By you Israel will pronounce blessings, saying, t‘God make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh.’” Thus he put Ephraim before Manasseh. 21 Then Israel said to Joseph, “Behold, I am about to die, but uGod will be with you and will bring you again to the land of your fathers. 22 Moreover, I have given to vyou rather than to your brothers one mountain slope5 that I took from the hand of the Amorites with my sword and with my bow.”	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1622209
__label__cc	0.641165	0.358835	Operation Clear Track! EPD Assisting in Nationwide Rail Safety Week Education and Special Enforcement September 25 Since 2014, there have been three injuries and four train-related deaths in Eugene, including one in Eugene in May 2017. To help prevent these tragedies and in support of nationwide Rail Safety Week, Eugene Police will be conducting a targeted education and enforcement regarding rail safety on September 25, at two locations where there are more people travelling in the area and where there have been more incidents: 5th Street, near High and Pearl Whiteaker near Madison and Monroe The event will provide a platform for reminding travelers about railway safety and rules surrounding railways. September 23-29 is Rail Safety Week nationally and Eugene Police Traffic Enforcement Team will be doing their part to ensure people are more aware of the need to respect the rules around trains, because those rules prevent injury and death. They will more specifically be ensuring people using all modes of travel obey the railroad crossing traffic devices and arms, and stay out of the railroad’s right-of-way, and don’t use it for shortcuts. Not only are Railroad tracks, trestles, yards and equipment private property, they can also be dangerous to walk or play in and trespassers can be arrested and fined. Please notify authorities if you see a railroad crossing arm or signal is broken by calling 911. Operation Lifesaver Track Facts and Tips The ONLY legal, safe place to cross tracks is at designated pedestrian or roadway crossings. Observe and obey all warning signs and signals. Do not walk, run, cycle or operate all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) on railroad tracks, rights-of-way or through tunnels. Do not walk, jog, hunt, fish or bungee jump on railroad trestles. They are not designed to be sidewalks or pedestrian bridges; there is only enough clearance on the tracks for a train to pass. Do not attempt to jump aboard railroad equipment at any time. A slip of the foot can cost you a limb, or your life. HERE IS A GOOD RESOURCE FOR STATISTICS REGARDING RAILROADS – FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION: https://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/officeofsafety/publicsite/Query/CasualitiesReport.aspx Criminal Trespass in the First Degree (remaining unlawfully upon railroad yards, tracks, bridges or rights of way – Fine $790/Jailable Failure to Obey a Railroad Signal (pedestrian) 814.030, with presumptive fine of $150 in Eugene Municipal Court. (1) A pedestrian commits the offense of pedestrian failure to obey bridge or railroad signal if the pedestrian does any of the following: (a) Enters or remains upon a bridge or approach to a bridge beyond the bridge signal, gate or barricade after a bridge operation signal has been given. (b) Passes through, around, over or under any crossing gate or barrier at a bridge or railroad grade crossing while the gate or barrier is closed or being opened or closed. (2) The offense described in this section, pedestrian failure to obey bridge or railroad signal, is a Class D traffic violation. 811.455 Failure to stop at RR signal 811.455, with presumptive fine of $300 (1) A person commits the offense of failure to stop for a railroad signal if the person fails to comply with any of the following requirements: (a) A person who is driving a vehicle must stop the vehicle at a clearly marked stop line on the near side of a railroad crossing or, if there is no clearly marked stop line, not less than 15 feet nor more than 50 feet from the nearest rail of the crossing under any of the following circumstances: (A) When a clearly visible electric or mechanical signal is given by a device that warns of the immediate approach of a railroad train or other on-track equipment. (B) Upon the lowering of a crossing gate. (C) When a signal given by a flagger or police officer indicates the approach or passage of a railroad train or other on-track equipment. (D) When an approaching train or other on-track equipment is clearly visible and because of its nearness to the crossing is an immediate hazard. (E) When an audible signal is given by an approaching railroad train or other on-track equipment because its speed or nearness to the crossing is an immediate hazard. (b) A driver who has stopped for the passing of a train or other on-track equipment at a railroad grade crossing in accordance with the provisions of this section may not proceed across the railroad tracks until the driver can do so safely. (c) A person may not drive any vehicle through, around or under a crossing gate or barrier at a railroad crossing while the gate or barrier is closed or is being opened or closed. (2) The offense described in this section, failure to stop for a railroad signal, is a Class B traffic violation. [1983 c.338 §648; 1985 c.16 §317; 1995 c.383 §71; 1997 c.249 §232; 2001 c.492 §3; 2017 c.176 §1] Prohibited Stopping, Standing and Parking., 5.225, $25 towable Except as authorized by a parking space rental permit issued in accordance with section 5.350, no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle in such a manner or location that it constitutes a hazard to public safety or an obstruction to vehicle, bicycle or pedestrian traffic on the street, which shall include, but not be limited to, stopping, standing or parking: On a sidewalk; Within an intersection; On a crosswalk; Along side or opposite a street excavation or obstruction when stopping, standing or parking would obstruct traffic; a bridge or other elevated structure used as a street or within a street tunnel; On any railroad tracks or within 7.5 feet of the nearest rail at a time when the parking of vehicles would conflict with railroad operations or repair of the railroad tracks. Trains - Jumping On or Off, 4.945, with fine of $90 - No person shall climb, jump or get on or off, or attempt to climb, jump or get on or off, a railroad coach, car or train while it is in motion or switching. Nothing in this section shall apply to employees or passengers getting on or off trains. ⇐Previous Suspect Arrested After 17-year-old Shot Near Monroe Middle SchoolNext⇒ Two female suspects arrested after three morning robberies	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1622213
__label__wiki	0.963604	0.963604	About: european public prosecutor european public prosecutor Justice & Home Affairs 08-03-2019 Romania indicts Kövesi for a second time while MEPs back her for EU prosecutor The European Parliament officially backed Romanian magistrate Laura Codruța Kövesi to become the EU’s first-ever top prosecutor on Thursday (7 March), while in Bucharest, she was summoned to court and indicted for a second time. EU Elections 2019 27-02-2019 Kovesi tells MEPs: I know you received negative information about me Laura Codruţa Kövesi, the former chief of Romania’s anti-corruption agency (DNA) who is one of the three shortlisted candidates to become the EU's first-ever chief prosecutor, emerged as the favourite after a hearing in the European Parliament on Tuesday (26 February). Parliament to audition the three candidates for EU chief prosecutor MEPs from the relevant European Parliament Committees will audition on Tuesday (26 February) the three candidates for the position of the first-ever chief prosecutor of the European Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO). Economy & Jobs 11-01-2019 Auditors’ anti-fraud policy recommendations are old news, Oettinger says There is nothing new in the anti-fraud policy recommendations that the European Court of Auditors tabled on Thursday (10 January), the EU Commissioner for Budget Günther H. Oettinger has said. Hungarian police drops Orban-linked corruption probe A police decision to close a corruption probe linked to Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's family "strengthens doubts" about the independence of Hungary's law enforcement bodies, an EU official said Wednesday (7 November). Commission offers softer rules to Hungary, Poland to sweeten EU prosecutor deal EU Commissioner of Justice Věra Jourová said on Friday (6 October) that she is ready to simplify rules controlling cohesion expenditure if Poland and Hungary join the new European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO). Politics 23-08-2017 Italy pushes for deeper European cooperation on terrorism Italy's justice minister says Europe must deepen judicial cooperation in the face of growing terrorist threats. EURACTIV’s partner Milano Finanza reports. EU targets terror financing with VAT fraud crackdown To gain the cooperation of reluctant countries such as Germany in its anti-fraud efforts, the EU executive is highlighting the link between VAT fraud and terrorism. EURACTIV France reports. Twenty EU countries sign off on new anti-fraud prosecutor The European Commission welcomed on Thursday (June 8) a decision by 20 member states, including heavyweights Germany and France, to set up an independent EU public prosecutor's office which will combat cross-border tax evasion and fraud in the bloc. French prosecutor’s office eagerly awaits launch of European equivalent France's anti-corruption efforts were boosted three years ago with the creation of a national finance prosecutor's office (PNF). The planned European Public Prosecutor's Office could simplify its now high-profile investigations. EURACTIV France reports. Commission hails downsized EU public prosecutor as victory for ‘multi-speed Europe’ EU leaders agreed to slice up a controversial bill to open the first EU public prosecutor's office, with some backers calling it a victory of “multi-speed Europe” because it will free countries that opposed the new set-up to drop out. France and Germany team up to push through EU public prosecutor’s office France and Germany have proposed an enhanced cooperation procedure to overcome the reluctance of some EU member states and push through plans for a European public prosecutor's office. EURACTIV France reports. French ex-minister backs calls for European public prosecutor After the European Parliament adopted the EU Commission’s proposal to put in place a European public prosecutor (11 February), former French Justice Minister Robert Badinter gave his support for the idea at a hearing in the French parliament. RSS - european public prosecutor	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1622214
__label__wiki	0.554321	0.554321	Public Release: 8-Mar-2018 Memories can be decoded from brain waves during sleep, say researchers Scientific study has already shown that memories are better remembered after sleep than wakefulness. Recently acquired information is thought to be 'reactivated' and strengthened in the sleeping brain. The researchers, in collaboration with scientists at the University of Birmingham, have now demonstrated that there is a particular pattern of brain activity that supports this reactivation process. Sleep spindles, the short bursts of activity in the brain during sleep, are enhanced when memories are reactivated. This new study has also shown that the content of reactivated memories can be decoded at the time that spindles occur. Dr Scott Cairney, from the University of York's Department of Psychology, said: "We are quite certain that memories are reactivated in the brain during sleep, but we don't know the neural processes that underpin this phenomenon. "Sleep spindles have been linked to the benefits of sleep for memory in previous research, so we wanted to investigate whether these brain waves mediate reactivation. If they support memory reactivation, we further reasoned that it could be possible to decipher memory signals at the time that these spindles took place." The research findings could be important for enhancing understanding of how the brain learns and retains information. Improving knowledge of the mechanisms that are active during sleep could also have implications for further study into memory conditions that arise as a result of these mechanisms failing. Reactivating memories during sleep occurs spontaneously, but to understand the impacts of this mechanism, the researchers devised a simple test that would allow them to see the reactivation in a controlled manner. Dr Cairney said: "We asked participants in our study to learn associations between words and pictures of objects or scenes before a nap. Half of the words were then replayed during the nap to trigger the reactivation of the newly learned picture memories "When the participants woke after a good period of sleep, we presented them again with the words and asked them to recall the object and scene pictures. We found that their memory was better for the pictures that were connected to the words that were presented in sleep, compared to those words that weren't." The team monitored brain activity during sleep using an electroencephalogram (EEG) machine and this showed them that sleep spindles occurred when memories were reactivated by the presentation of the associated words. Dr Bernhard Staresina, of the University of Birmingham's School of Psychology, said: "Direct induction of sleep spindles - for example, by stimulating the brain with electrodes - perhaps combined with targeted memory reactivation, may enable us to further improve memory performance while we sleep. "Our data suggest that spindles facilitate processing of relevant memory features during sleep and that this process boosts memory consolidation." Importantly, the researchers were able to differentiate the brain signals associated with reactivated objects and scenes. This demonstrates that spindles produces a specific code for the content of reactivated memories; a process that may underpin our ability to remember more after sleep. Dr Cairney said: "When you are awake you learn new things, but when you are asleep you refine them, making it easier to retrieve them and apply them correctly when you need them the most. This is important for how we learn but also for how we might help retain healthy brain functions." The research is published in the journal Current Biology. Samantha Martin samantha.martin82@hotmail.co.uk @uniofyork http://www.york.ac.uk LEARNING/LITERACY/READING MEMORY/COGNITIVE PROCESSES SLEEP/SLEEP DISORDERS STRESS/ANXIETY More in Social & Behavior Myth-busting study reveals that gamblers can't detect slot machine payout percentages University of Nevada, Las Vegas Why urban planners should pay attention to restaurant-review sites Massachusetts Institute of Technology Child psychiatry telephone programs help increase mental health services for children RAND Corporation How expectation influences perception Massachusetts Institute of Technology View all in Social & Behavior	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1622216
__label__wiki	0.999033	0.999033	Rangers challenge after losing latest round in merchandise fight with Mike Ashley Rangers challenge after losing latest round of court fight with Mike Ashley By Martin Williams @Martin1Williams Senior News Reporter RANGERS are to mount a new challenge over its merchandise agreement with Sports Direct boss Mike Ashley, after losing a bid to change some of its terms. The club has been in dispute with a company in Mr Ashley's Sports Direct Group over the meaning of terms within their retail agreement which affects the rights to sell the club's merchandise. High Court judge Lionel Persey said he had "no hesitation" in rejecting Rangers' approach over changing certain rights in their agreement. His judgment came as it emerged that the Rangers Megastore at Ibrox, which is run by Sports Direct as part of their agreement was shut down over a week ago. A small notice on the door informs customers that the shop will be open on match days only, directing them to visit the Rangers Megastore website. The latest ruling comes in the wake of a legal row over Rangers making a new non-exclusive agreement with another firm, the Hertfordshire-based football merchandising firm Elite Group, without giving Sports Direct managers a proper chance to match that company's offer. Rangers Q&A: Club 1872 on Ibrox share conversion, future funding plans, raising their stakes and a seat on the board The court was previously told Sports Direct alleged a breach of its agreement with Rangers when Elite opened a website selling replica kit and Rangers merchandise in September. Mr Justice Teare granted an 'undoing' injunction that curbed the club's retail partnership with Elite in October. Rangers argued that the injunction should not have been granted because Sports Direct had allowed the club to grant non-exclusive rights to third parties. The latest ruling from Mr Persey revealed that Rangers and Mr Ashley's SDI Retail Services had subsequently been unable to agree whether the club was correct to remove a right to manufacture its branded products and whether proposed changed to payment terms should be made, among other issues. Mr Persey said Rangers wished to rewrite or amend some of the payment terms in the agreement but said: "There is no basis for it to do so unless SDIR agrees." He said the right to manufacture Rangers branded products was a club right which according to the agreement, was granted to Mr Ashley's company for "the Term". READ MORE: Ex-Rangers administrator David Grier starts damages action against Police Scotland The duration of the contract was two years, commencing August 1, 2018. The club and SDIR had agreed that the Mike Ashley company does have the right to distribute, market, advertise, promote, offer for sale or sell the official Rangers kit under the further agreement. The ruling stated that Rangers objected to three of Sports Direct's amendments based on that understanding. But Mr Persey said that he considered there was no substance to the objections. Sir Ross Cranston said in February that he had ruled in favour of SRIR. He said he had made declarations, on the meaning of parts of agreements, "along the lines sought by SDI". And Mr Persey agreed with his view. The club also asked that any further agreement become operative at an alternative date which would be subject to Rangers' pending any appeal application. Mr Persey said: "The extent to which, if at all, Rangers has been in breach of the further agreement is an issue that remains to be determined (if not agreed) by the court." Mr Persey ruled that the further agreement between SDIR and Rangers came into existence on July 25, and would be on the basis of what Mr Ashley's firm had provided the court, without any deletions or additions proposed by the club. It took effect on August 11, 2018. Rangers, who declined to comment on the latest ruling, has sought permission for an appeal to the judgment at the Court of Appeal. A March judgment by Sir Ross Cranston, referred to by Mr Persey revealed that on July, last year Rangers had enclosed a notice of offer in relation to the Elite deal and inquired whether Mr Ashley's company was willing to match it. It was to become the basis of the agreement between the club and SDIR and covered the Rangers webstore, the sale, distribution and promotion of Rangers branded products. The offered rights in relation to the webstore, stated Rangers would get 20% of all receipts from the retail and online sale of kit and other products with a guaranteed minimum payment of £350,000 a year. The rights involved Rangers retaining all royalties or other payments payable to it from its kit manufacturer. It would mean Sports Direct would be appointed official retail partner of Rangers, but there would be no free sponsorship or advertising rights provided, although they would be invited to take out paid advertisement in all Rangers matchday programmes, on the club website, trackside at Ibrox, and on interview backrops, among other areas. It would be at normal commercial rates. Mr Ashley's company would have to meet the £500,000 cost of works on a new shop fit for the Rangers Megastore and the cost of developing an enhanced webstore. Sports Direct would also assume responsibility for the employment of all staff in the Rangers Megastore. The recommended retail price of adult retail shirts were to be benchmarked against the Celtic price. It said that Sports Direct would have to appoint a retail director to operate the Rangers merchandise business. "The person to be appointed shall have experience in a senior retail role with an English Premiership club or equivalent and shall be dedicated to Rangers," the document said. "We [Sports Direct] shall work with Rangers, its kit manufacturer and other licensors of Rangers products to maximise sales of those products and to establish Rangers products as a high quality-sporting brand. "We shall ensure the ethical sourcing of goods and that both we and our suppliers treat our workers well, pay fair wages and work legal working hours. "We shall comply with Rangers' brand standards when selling Rangers products with agreed launch dates and other marketing initiatives for the sale of new Rangers replica kit and training clothing. "We are committed to high standards of corporate governance and to restoring Rangers' status as Scotland's number one football brand." It said Rangers would have the ability to terminate the appointment forthwith without penalty or compensation if Sports Direct failed to comply with their contractual obligations. The court previously heard that litigation between Rangers and SDIR, had resulted in a retail agreement in June, last year which granted the Mike Ashley run company the rights to manufacture, sell and distribute Rangers branded football kits and other merchandise. The issue at stake in earlier hearings was over whether Rangers were free to do retail deals with third parties. Sports Direct bosses subsequently made further complaints in February relating to other agreements involving Rangers and Elite and Rangers and Hummel. Judge Lionel Persey in February while making rulings on a number of legal issues following a preliminary hearing in January heard that further lawyers' bills running into many hundreds of thousands of pounds were likely to be run up by the time the trial ended. The judge said Sports Direct alone were budgeting for more than £400,000. The court had previously been told how fans had become angry over a merchandise deal with Sports Direct in the past after learning the club got about 7p of every £1 spent and had staged a merchandise boycott. William McCormick QC, who led the Rangers' legal team, said fans thought Mr Ashley pocketed too much of their money and said there was a widespread view that no "self-respecting" Rangers' supporter wore a replica shirt. Mr Justice Phillips was then told the boycott was over. At the end of June, last year, Rangers had announced that Mr King's dispute with Mr Ashley was over while confirming a new one-year kit deal with Ashley's retail firm has been agreed. Mr King then hoped the deal would encourage supporters to end their kit sale boycott and provide a major financial boost as Rangers aim to challenge for the Scottish Premiership title.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1622217
__label__cc	0.518144	0.481856	About EXOGEN Is EXOGEN Right For You? Silence Is the Sound of Healing The Science of Bone Healing Bone Healing at Every Stage Downtime Into Healing Time EXOGEN CONNECTS EXOGEN Performance Program Magnus Moan Bobby V. Erick Brundidge Richard Lee How to Get EXOGEN by lars in Patient success stories Back on the Bike Thanks to EXOGEN The below case study is representative of a US FDA approved indication for the use of EXOGEN. Living in the Atlanta-suburbs, Bobby V. is the Director of Finance for a running specialty retailer in the area. Married with two daughters, he enjoys running and cycling in his free time. An avid runner for 45 years, he listens to his body and when he needs a break from the pounding, he gets on his bike to stay fit. In late October of 2016, he was cycling when his front wheel hit an object that wasn’t plainly visible. He hit it so hard that he flew right over the handlebars of his bike. « I was on the ground, looking up and wondering what had just happened,” said Bobby. “Several bystanders stopped to see if I was alright and one offered to call 911. I thought I was okay and would ride home, but then realized I couldn’t squeeze the back brake handle of my bike. » His elbow had taken the worst of it. Not wanting to risk riding home injured, he called his wife to pick him up and then decided to put ice on his elbow, thinking he’d feel better in the morning. Feeling worse the next day, he visited an orthopaedic surgeon in his area who took an X-ray and diagnosed his right arm with a radial head fracture. « He fitted me with a compression sleeve, sent me home and asked me to come back in four weeks for another X-ray » « If anyone finds themselves with a fracture that won’t heal and surgery is recommended, they should consider a device like EXOGEN. It worked for me and not enough people know of this noninvasive treatment that allows you to avoid a more serious procedure! » In the days following, the pain in his elbow was so bad, it kept him up at night. He visited his doctor a week later and was advised that this was not unusual and his injury was just going to take time to heal. After five more days of continued extreme pain, Bobby decided to get a second opinion. The second orthopaedic surgeon advised that the diagnosis was correct, but the treatment was not going to foster healing of the fracture, and the key issue was immobilization. Bobby would not heal unless his arm was immobile so his new doctor put him in a full arm cast. He also told Bobby that because of the two week delay in immobilizing the fracture, he may be at risk of a nonunion. Four weeks later, another X-ray showed the joint was still properly immobilized, but did not show any healing. Bobby’s doctor replaced his full arm cast with one that would stretch from his knuckles up to his right elbow so he could better rotate his wrist and not put so much pressure on his elbow joint. After another four weeks, the X-rays still showed no healing. It was now 10 weeks since his injury and they talked about the reasons why the bone was not healing; including the immobilization delay, the trauma to the bone itself and possible natural lack of blood flow to the area of injury. Reasons aside, Bobby was running out of options on how he might heal his fracture. “There were two pieces of bone at the fracture site and neither one showed signs of healing. My doctor began to talk with me about surgery to repair my nonunion,” said Bobby. “But I wanted to avoid surgery and so I asked him what other options might be available and that’s when he asked me if I’d heard of bone stimulators.” A short while later, Bobby heard from a Bioventus sales representative who met with him to review his X-rays and show him how to use the EXOGEN Ultrasound Bone Stimulator. “By this time, the doctor had taken me out of a cast and put me into a brace so I would not risk losing full range of motion and I began to use EXOGEN,” said Bobby. “I took this very seriously and had a set time each night for my treatments.” Six weeks later, he visited his doctor who took X-rays and observed healing on the larger piece of bone that was broken, but not on the smaller piece. “EXOGEN was working for me and I was showing progress, but my doctor was concerned about this smaller piece of bone,” said Bobby. “He advised me that a CAT scan would provide more detail about this piece of bone that would inform a decision of leaving it in, having surgery to reattach it, or having surgery to remove it.” Bobby pushed back on the CAT scan and wanted to wait and continue his EXOGEN treatments. Success: After another six weeks of treatment. Bobby returned to the office for X-rays. “My doctor looked at the X-ray and said he saw something,” said Bobby. “When I asked him to be more specific, he showed me the X-rays and as we looked at it from different angles we could see the healing and his exact words to me were, ‘You sir, have dodged the surgery bullet.’” Learning EXOGEN was working and he could avoid surgery was a great relief to Bobby. He needed this injury to heal as he’d been sidelined too long from that bike accident. By April, after roughly four months of treatment, Bobby was able to do 30 pushups and be much more active than he had been. “I was released from physical therapy and allowed to do most anything except biking or lifting of heavy weights,” he said. “I continued my EXOGEN treatments until the end of May and learned I was fully healed.” A key to Bobby’s recovery was his dedication and commitment to following the directions of his doctor, his physical therapist and being compliant in using EXOGEN. He was determined to follow all instructions to the letter so he would have the greatest chance at healing. “If anyone finds themselves with a fracture that won’t heal and surgery is recommended, they should consider a device like EXOGEN. It worked for me and not enough people know of this noninvasive treatment that allows you to avoid a more serious procedure.”. TELL US YOUR STORY > Disclaimer: Information presented in patient testimonials is representative of a specific patient experience only and is not medical advice. Patients are compensated for providing testimonials. ca-e *Summary of Indications for Use EXOGEN Ultrasound Bone Healing System is indicated for the non-invasive treatment of osseous defects (excluding vertebra and skull) including: • Treatment of delayed union and nonunions† • Accelerating the time to heal of fresh fractures • Treatment of stress fractures • Accelerating repair following osteotomy • Accelerating repair in bone transport procedures • Accelerating repair in distraction osteogenesis procedures • Treatment of joint fusion There are no known contraindications for the EXOGEN device. Safety and effectiveness have not been established for individuals lacking skeletal maturity, pregnant or nursing women, patients with cardiac pacemakers, on fractures due to bone cancer, or on patients with poor blood circulation or clotting problems. Some patients may be sensitive to the ultrasound gel. Full prescribing information can be found in product labeling, at qa.exogen.com, or by calling Bioventus at 1-855-771-0606. † A nonunion is considered to be established when the fracture site shows no visibly progressive signs of healing. ©2019 Bioventus LLC. EXOGEN, Bioventus and the Bioventus logo are registered trademarks of Bioventus LLC. Our website uses cookies, some of which are essential for this site to operate correctly and have already been set. For more information on managing, blocking or deleting cookies within your browser please refer to the references within our Privacy Policy. By using our site you accept the terms of our Privacy Policy. 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__label__wiki	0.98434	0.98434	GJM-called all-party meet unanimously decides to extend strike indefinitely; BJP dilly-dallies on support India Ananya Srivastava Jun 21, 2017 09:37:23 IST An all-party meet convened by the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) on Tuesday decided to continue the strike in hill areas 'indefinitely' even as the shutdown crippled normal life in Darjeeling for the sixth consecutive day. GJM spokesperson, Binay Tamang told Firstpost that all the hill parties are unified in their demand for a separate Gorkhaland. He cited the example of Gorkha National Liberation Front (GNLF), which walked out of an alliance with the ruling All India Trinamool Congress and aligned with Tamang's party to demand secession for Nepali-speaking hill tribes. Representational image. Reuters "The hill parties have agreed that the demand for a separate Gorkhaland state is a priority and there would be no compromise on that," Tamang said. He also said that to systematically resolve all differences, a follow-up meeting has been scheduled on 24 June to agree upon a common minimum programme to chalk out their "next course of action." The meeting, which was attended by all the political parties of the hills, including BJP's Darjeeling district leaders, also saw a unanimous decision to skip all-party meet being called by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. "She kills our brothers here and expect us to come to the table for talks. It does not work like that. The way she handled the issue when she was here is not how a chief minister should behave," GJM spokesperson said. Talking tough on the West Bengal chief minister, Tamang said that GJM's "chapter with Banerjee is over." "We want a separate Gorkhaland and division of state is not a state subject. She is out of picture, our chapter with her is over," Tamang said. Another interesting aspect was that GJM chief Bimal Gurung, who was expected to make an appearance today, kept away from the meeting. A FIR has been lodged against Gurung, following which the grassroots leader has gone underground. Meanwhile, Banerjee hit out at GJM for fuelling violence in a peaceful province. In her report to the Centre, she alleged that the GJM was only inciting violence to influence the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) elections which will be due soon, CNN-News18 reported. Tamang, however, dismissed Banerjee's claims. "We don't need to do all this; we already have a stronghold in the region. If election were held today, we will sweep all the 45 seats," Tamang said. Meanwhile, BJP is stuck in the odd spot. Undecided and dubious in its stand, the saffron party singing different tunes in the hills and plains of West Bengal. While the local units of BJP in the hill area are leaning towards GJM's demand, West Bengal BJP doesn't want to compromise the recently gained popularity by supporting the Gorkhaland movement. The Centre has maintained a hawkish eye on the developments, but so far has displayed a hands-off approach. The discomfort in local BJP circles becomes evident from the fact that according to Tamang, leaders from BJP's Darjeeling unit attended the all-party meet. Tamang confirmed to Firstpost that the local BJP leadership was present at the meet while cautioning its ally at the Centre that it was GJM's support that put Darjeeling Lok Sabha seat in its lap. "BJP must remember that even their national manifesto promises us support," the GJM leader said. However, the saffron party's national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya has a completely different take. "We are against a separate Gorkhaland. We never said anything otherwise. But we completely support preserving the Gorkha identity and culture," he said. Blaming Banerjee for the fallout and failure of GTA, Vijayvargiya said that the state government failed to honour a mutually agreed tri-party agreement. By trying to impose Bengali she lost Gorkha trust and has fuelled this fire. Putting the ball in Banerjee's court, Vijayvargiya said that the Centre's say in dividing the state does not matter, the state government should also be on the same page. He said that the BJP respects the federal structure and will refrain from undue interference. He said that the Centre will, however, lend all support that the state asks in containing the law and order situation. Rahul Sinha, a BJP leader from West Bengal blamed Banerjee for the entire issue. He said, "Leaving Bengal on a boil, Banerjee had gone abroad to enjoy the cold winds." When asked to clarify his party's stand on a separate Gorkhaland, Sinha said that it was Banerjee's responsibility to "quell the fire she has lighted." He also denied that the BJP manifesto espouses a separate state, stating that they only pledged support for the solution of "Gorkhas' problems", which he said can also include development. What Sinha did not clarify was that how could the party assume a demand that had a bloody history and has been incessantly raised since decades, was not a part of "the Gorkha problem." Meanwhile, security forces were patrolling the streets and internet services remained suspended for the third day on Tuesday. Except for the pharmacies, all other shops remained closed. On Saturday, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh had appealed to "all stakeholders" to solve the issues politically via dialogue. "All concerned parties and stakeholders should resolve their differences and misunderstandings through dialogue in an amicable environment," Singh said. Tags : Bimal Gurung, BJP, GJM, Gorkha Janmukti Morcha, Gorkha National Liberation Front (GNLF), Gorkhaland, Hill Parties In Westr Bengal, Mamata Banerjee, NewsTracker, Rajnath Singh, Trinamool Congress Gorkhaland issue: Stakes high for BJP as political restructuring in Darjeeling hills puts onus on Centre to treat decades-old sore 'Jai Shri Ram' intensifies political violence between BJP, TMC in West Bengal; another killed in war for supremacy Jagannath Rath Yatra: BJP supporters greet Mamata Banerjee with 'Jai Shri Ram' slogan at religious event TMC's Subrata Mukherjee urges protesters demanding return of 'cut money' to take legal recourse 1GJM-called all-party meet unanimously decides to extend strike indefinitely; BJP dilly-dallies on support 2ED summons six people including TMC MP Satabdi Roy for interrogation in connection with Saradha chit fund scam 3DGCA directs Air India to take strict action against pilot who failed pre-flight alcohol test twice 4Barkha Dutt lashes out at Kapil Sibal, wife over layoffs of HTN Tiranga TV journalists, vows to continue fight despite defamation threats 5Six more people die of Japanese Encephalitis in Assam as toll rises to 82; 11 cases of JE detected in Arunachal Pradesh	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1622226
__label__cc	0.711609	0.288391	Windfalls for sports clubs MEMBERS of two sports clubs in Frenchay are having a ball celebrating cash handouts. Frenchay Cricket Club receive £4,000 to spend on facilities with Downend and Frenchay Tennis Club benefiting from £3,690. The cash is part of a £450,000 investment in open spaces and sports facilities by South Gloucestershire Council. The money, raised from house-builders’ contributions to local infrastructure, is being distributed to local groups and parish councils after the authority handed responsibility to them for the upkeep of sports pitches and pavilions last April. Frenchay Cricket Club, at the Bob Stone Ground in Frenchay, will spend the cash on new sight screens which are used to help batsmen see the ball better. Downend and Frenchay Tennis Club, also at the Bob Stone Ground, will use the money on installing new ‘access for all’ electronic gates. Also benefiting is Downend and Bromley Heath Parish Council with £62,000 to help fund a new changing room pavilion at King George V playing fields; £7,600 for AEK Boco Football Club for toilet and storage facilities; nearly £9,000 for Kingswood RFC to improve floodlighting at Deanery Road.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1622227
__label__cc	0.579713	0.420287	Stay in an authentic lodge and have amazing ecological adventures in Puerto MaldonadoDiscover Sacred Valley’s Pisac archaeological site showcasing the largest complex of agricultural terraces of the Inca EmpireTake in the awe-inspiring views of the Cordillera Vilcabamba Mountain Range and the snow-capped peak of SalkantayHave the experience of a lifetime exploring the lost city of the Incas – Machu Picchu, Peru’s most important archeological site and one of the new Seven Wonders of the WorldExplore Cusco’s Koricancha Temple and Sacsayhuaman FortressGet to know pre-Inca culture at Taquile Island, 12,000 feet above sea levelSail to the famous Uros Islands, man-made floating islands in the middle of the LakeTiticaca National ReserveSee the mysterious Nazca lines on a flight over the enormous outlines of stylized plants, animals, and shapes scattered on the desert floor that has remained undisturbed for 2000 yearsDelve into Lima’s old world capital brimming with Spanish architecture and pre-Spanish treasures Arrive in Lima and transfer to your hotel. Afternoon is sat leisure. LIMA I PUERTO MALDONADO Private transfer to Lima airport to board your flight to Puerto Maldonado. Upon arrival, transfer to your lodge. Enjoy activities including: Concepcion Rainforest Trails, Twilight Canoe Cruise on Madre de Dios River, Lake Sandoval hike, Inkaterra Canopy Walkway over 7 treetop bridges & Anaconda Walk over wetlands, Hidden Rainforest, nocturnal fauna experience, and Visit the Butterfly House, a butterfly and rainforest conservation project. (B,L,D) PUERTO MALDONADO I SACRED VALLEY Shared transfer to Puerto Maldonado airport to board your flight to Cusco. Arrival in Cusco, transfer to your hotel in the Sacred Valley. Take your time to delve into Sacred Valley today with the remainder of the day at leisure. (B) SACRED VALLEY I MACHU PICCHU I CUSCO Start your full-day tour driving the scenic route to the Urubamba Valley, the "Sacred Valley of the Incas.” En route, stop at the textile center of Awana Kancha to discover beautiful South American camelids, guanacos, llamas, vicuña and alpacas, the backbone of traditional Andean weaving culture. Next head to Pisac, home of the famous market where local people have gathered for centuries to sell their crafts. A delicious lunch will be served at a local restaurant. (B,L) Visit the town of Chinchero, a village in the Andes overlooking the Sacred Valley, with mesmerizing views of the Cordillera Vilcabamba and the snow-capped peak of Salkantay. Next, stop at Maras where more than 500 amazing salt flats built by the Incas continue to yield the finest quality salt. Then travel to Moray and tour the enormous agricultural terraces built atop the hill overlooking the Urubamba Valley. Lunch will be served at a local restaurant. (B,L) CUSCO I PUNO Your adventure starts with a beautiful train ride to Aguas Calientes and bus on to the Machu Picchu archaeological site. This comprehensive tour will take you through the history of the Inca civilization. Here you will understand why Machu Picchu was chosen a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site and one of the New Seven Wonders of the World! Later, descend to Aguas Calientes for lunch at a local restaurant. Train back to the Sacred Valley, followed by a transfer to Cusco. (B,L) Morning at leisure. In the afternoon, get to know the city of Cusco, a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site. The tour begins at the Koricancha Temple, an Inca palace and main center for the worship of the sun god, Inti. See Sacsayhuaman Fortress, built of stone blocks expertly shaped by the Incas and located atop a hill overlooking Cusco. Visit Inka’s Expression, showcasing artists working in silver and painting on wood – a wonderful place to appreciate Andean art. (B) PUNOI JULIACA I LIMA Transfer to the bus station to board your comfortable motorcoach to Puno. The first stop will be the small town of Andahuaylillas. Visit the Jesuit church of San Pedro Apostol, built between 1570 and 1620, known as the "Sistine Chapel of the Andes" due to the stunning mural paintings. The last stop before Puno will be La Raya, situated at the border of Cusco and Puno at an altitude of almost 13000 feet, featuring majestic views of the Andes’ snowcapped mountains. (B,L) LIMA I PARACAS I NAZCA LINES Depart to Taquile Island, 12,000 feet above sea level where the culture dates back to Pre-Incan times. Visit the community of Huayllano, where the Taquileños will share their artistic crafts. After a nice box lunch, sail over to the famous Uros Islands, man-made floating islands in the middle of the Lake Titicaca National Reserve. The floating islands are protected within the Bay of Puno and are home to close to 2000 people. Return to your hotel in Puno. (B,L) PARACAS I LIMA TO USA (OR EXTEND YOUR STAY) Transfer to Juliaca airport to board your flight to Lima. Upon arrival, depart for your panoramic tour of Lima, Peru’s modern capital. Our first stop is at the historic Plaza Mayor, home of the Government Palace, the Cathedral, the Archbishop's Palace, the City Hall and the church and cloister of San Francisco. The tour continues to the modern residential district of San Isidro and bustling, trendy Miraflores. Afterwards, transfer to your hotel. (B) Early transfer to the bus station to board your bus to Paracas. Upon arrival in Paracas transfer to your hotel. Next we head to the local airport for the flight over the Nazca lines. Enjoy your bird’s eye view over 280 square kilometers framing enormous outlines of stylized plants and animals in a sprawling labyrinth of straight lines, trapezoids, triangles, and spirals scattered on the desert floor that has remained undisturbed for 2000 years. (B) Pick up at your hotel and transfer to the pier to board a boat to the Ballestas Islands. Situated off the coast of the Paracas Reserve, the Ballestas are Peru's largest coastal wildlife sanctuary, home to thousands of resident migratory sea birds. Here you find pelicans, boobies, cormorants and gulls among others, sharing their habitat with colonies of sea lions. Later head back to Lima and upon arrival, transfer to the airport to board your international flight. (B) WELCOME TO THE RAINFOREST FRANCE’S FINE WINES & CUISINE WINES & MORE - BY PRIVATE CAR THE NABATEANS THE BEST OF PORTUGAL TURIN, THE ELEGANT FIRST CAPITAL CITY OF ITALY PORTUGAL'S LISBON & ALGARVE	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1622228
__label__wiki	0.584757	0.584757	Trestor Reports Successful Pilot of Digital Currency in Cameroon Trestor Foundation, an India-based startup, has reportedly run a successful pilot program for its Trest digital token in Cameroon. Leon Pick \| News ( CryptoCurrency ) \| Monday, 22/06/2015 \| 16:19 GMT+1 2015-06-22 15:19:34 2013 and 2014 saw the creation of hundreds of alternative digital currencies to Bitcoin, each claiming unique features that will enable it to reshape the world of money. Most have functioned as useful experiments at best. A small handful, for example Hullcoin, were proposed specifically for struggling economies, often with limited success. Trestor also claims a number of unique features, including zero transaction fees. Cameroon is an impoverished African country, which like many of its neighbors has a severely underdeveloped financial system. It reportedly agreed to trial Trest tokens after their reported success with Socapssi, an organization whose stated aim is to help locals gain access to national insurance. Antoine De Padoue, founder of Socapssi, reportedly told Indo-Asian News Service that 500 people from “a small economically-knit community”, aged 15 to 35, were enrolled in the program. They were asked to use the tokens as their default method of payment for 30 days, and they artificially created a Trest-based micro-economy. De Padoue said that the first partner retail location is operational, and another 500 are planned over the next 12 months. Trestor claims to currently have 592 retail partners in 65 countries. Crypto Market Maker Altonomy Raises $7 Million in Seed Round India to Put a Blanket Ban on Crypto, Leaked Draft Shows UK Adds Crypto to Its New Economic Crime Plan	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1622233
__label__wiki	0.840729	0.840729	Why Tilray's Deal With Anheuser-Busch InBev Didn't Excite Investors Very Much Landing a major partner wasn't as big a deal for the Canadian marijuana grower as it might appear to be at first glance. Keith Speights (TMFFishBiz) Dec 21, 2018 at 7:45AM You'd think that news of another deal between a Canadian marijuana producer and a big company outside of the cannabis industry would cause said Canadian marijuana stock to soar. And you'd especially think shares would absolutely skyrocket if the stock in question was Tilray (NASDAQ:TLRY). After all, Tilray stock soared nearly 14% in one day last September because the company shipped cannabidiol (CBD) oil to the U.K. -- to one patient. Tilray announced on Wednesday after the market closed that it was partnering with giant beermaker Anheuser-Busch InBev (NYSE:BUD) to research nonalcoholic beverages containing tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD). Although Tilray's share price did move higher on Thursday, its single-digit-percentage increase was relatively unremarkable for the highly volatile stock. Why didn't investors get as excited about Tilray's deal with AB InBev as you might think they would? There are three main reasons. 1. Tilray isn't getting any money When Constellation Brands (NYSE:STZ) first announced a partnership with Canopy Growth (NYSE:CGC) in 2017, the big alcoholic beverage maker forked over 245 million in Canadian dollars (around US$190 million) for a 9.9% stake in the marijuana grower. In August 2018, Constellation invested an additional $4 billion in Canopy. And when tobacco giant Altria (NYSE:MO) announced that it had picked Cronos Group (NASDAQ:CRON) as its cannabis partner, there was also a lot of money changing hands. Altria invested around $1.8 billion for 45% ownership in Cronos. But Tilray isn't getting a penny from AB InBev. Instead, the two companies are each putting up $50 million to form a joint venture. Their deal is more similar to the one between Molson Coors Brewing (NYSE:TAP) and Hexo (NYSEMKT:HEXO). In August, the two companies announced that they were forming a joint venture with Molson Coors Canada owning a 57.5% controlling interest. 2. The deal is narrow in scope The agreement between Tilray and AB InBev seems to be very narrow in scope. For example, Constellation and Canopy are partnering globally. Tilray and AB InBev are limiting their efforts only to Canada. Molson Coors and Hexo are only focusing on the Canadian recreational marijuana market, too. But at least the companies plan to launch cannabis-infused beverages together, just as Constellation and Canopy plan to do. Tilray and AB InBev, however, stated that "decisions regarding the commercialization of the beverages will be made in the future." That phrasing doesn't provide a warm-and-fuzzy feeling that Tilray has found itself a committed partner. Granted, Tilray and AB InBev could launch dozens of new products together. But they're definitely not committing to do so now, which makes their relationship appear to be even more loosey-goosey than the one between Molson Coors and Hexo. 3. There's a complicating twist Why might AB InBev not want to establish too tight a relationship with Tilray? There's a twist in the story that makes things very interesting. Altria owns nearly 10% of AB InBev. As mentioned earlier, Altria is also acquiring a 45% stake in Cronos Group. Does Cronos Group plan to develop cannabis-infused beverages? Yes. Would these beverages compete against any launched by Tilray? Yes. Would Altria prefer that one company that it partially owns not take market share away from another company that it partially owns? Again, the answer is very likely "yes." This doesn't necessarily mean that Tilray and AB InBev won't decide to market products together. While Altria will heavily influence decisions made by Cronos Group, its position in AB InBev isn't large enough that the company can call all the shots with the beermaker. You have to think, though, that Altria's stake in Cronos Group could be a consideration when the commercialization decisions between AB InBev and Tilray are made. Does the deal help Tilray? No. Tilray's agreement with AB InBev isn't nearly as significant as the one between Constellation Brands and Canopy Growth. It isn't as significant as the one between Altria and Cronos Group. Heck, it doesn't mean as much as the Molson Coors-Hexo deal. However, the AB InBev partnership is a win for Tilray for a couple of reasons. First, any relationship with a company as prominent as AB InBev gives a smaller partner added credibility. There were other marijuana producers that AB InBev could have teamed up with, but it chose Tilray. Second, the joint venture with AB InBev could pay off financially for Tilray. AB InBev brings expertise in developing new beverages that Tilray doesn't have. And the big beermaker is picking up half of the tab for the research. That's good news. In addition, the possibility still exists that Tilray and AB InBev could work more closely together in the future, regardless of the Altria connection. Tilray CEO Brendan Kennedy still maintains that the company doesn't need a major partner to make a big investment in it. I disagree. But at least Tilray is showing that it can attract interest from big companies without them ultimately walking away. That's more than some of its rivals can say right now. TLRY Tilray, Inc. NASDAQ:TLRY Anheuser-Busch InBev NV NYSE:BUD NYSE:STZ Canopy Growth Corp. NYSE:CGC HEXO Corp. NYSEMKT:HEXO Cronos Group Inc. NASDAQ:CRON NYSE:MO Molson Coors Brewing NYSE:TAP Why Anheuser-Busch InBev Stock Is Up 34% in the First Half of 2019 3 Pot Stocks Short-Sellers Are Targeting Marijuana's "Big Four" Stocks Will Likely Lose Money in 2020 The 6 Best Marijuana Stocks in June Can Anheuser-Busch InBev Show Craft Beer the Way Back to Growth? Why Tilray's Deal With Anheuser-Busch InBev Didn't Excite Investors Very Much @themotleyfool #stocks $TLRY $BUD $STZ $CGC $HEXO $CRON $MO $TAP Next Article	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1622236

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