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Error code:   DatasetGenerationError
Exception:    ArrowInvalid
Message:      JSON parse error: Missing a closing quotation mark in string. in row 135
Traceback:    Traceback (most recent call last):
                File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/packaged_modules/json/json.py", line 153, in _generate_tables
                  df = pd.read_json(f, dtype_backend="pyarrow")
                File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pandas/io/json/_json.py", line 815, in read_json
                  return json_reader.read()
                File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pandas/io/json/_json.py", line 1025, in read
                  obj = self._get_object_parser(self.data)
                File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pandas/io/json/_json.py", line 1051, in _get_object_parser
                  obj = FrameParser(json, **kwargs).parse()
                File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pandas/io/json/_json.py", line 1187, in parse
                  self._parse()
                File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pandas/io/json/_json.py", line 1403, in _parse
                  ujson_loads(json, precise_float=self.precise_float), dtype=None
              ValueError: Trailing data
              
              During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
              
              Traceback (most recent call last):
                File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 1997, in _prepare_split_single
                  for _, table in generator:
                File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/packaged_modules/json/json.py", line 156, in _generate_tables
                  raise e
                File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/packaged_modules/json/json.py", line 130, in _generate_tables
                  pa_table = paj.read_json(
                File "pyarrow/_json.pyx", line 308, in pyarrow._json.read_json
                File "pyarrow/error.pxi", line 154, in pyarrow.lib.pyarrow_internal_check_status
                File "pyarrow/error.pxi", line 91, in pyarrow.lib.check_status
              pyarrow.lib.ArrowInvalid: JSON parse error: Missing a closing quotation mark in string. in row 135
              
              The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:
              
              Traceback (most recent call last):
                File "/src/services/worker/src/worker/job_runners/config/parquet_and_info.py", line 1529, in compute_config_parquet_and_info_response
                  parquet_operations = convert_to_parquet(builder)
                File "/src/services/worker/src/worker/job_runners/config/parquet_and_info.py", line 1154, in convert_to_parquet
                  builder.download_and_prepare(
                File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 1029, in download_and_prepare
                  self._download_and_prepare(
                File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 1124, in _download_and_prepare
                  self._prepare_split(split_generator, **prepare_split_kwargs)
                File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 1884, in _prepare_split
                  for job_id, done, content in self._prepare_split_single(
                File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 2040, in _prepare_split_single
                  raise DatasetGenerationError("An error occurred while generating the dataset") from e
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__label__cc	0.669447	0.330553	AustinTalks (http://austintalks.org/2012/04/voting-for-local-school-council-begins-today/) Voting for Local School Council begins today By AustinTalks \| April 18, 2012 West Siders and residents across Chicago are encouraged to visit their neighborhood Chicago Public Schools elementary today and high school tomorrow to participate in the Local School Council elections. Voting will take place from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m., and voters will be required to present two forms of identification; one must have a current address within the schools’ attendance or voting boundries. Parents can also pick up their child’s report card and talk to teachers from 12 p.m. to 6:15 p.m. the same day. “Serving on one’s Local School Council is the most important role a parent or community member can have in supporting their schools and students,” CPS CEO Jean-Claude Brizard said in a March 7 press release. “People throughout Chicago want to see their schools and students succeed. This is their opportunity to demand the change needed to create a high quality education for every child in every community in our city,” he said. Council members help with planning the school’s budget and can hire or fire the principal, among other responsibilities. The councils consist of six parents, two community members, two teachers, one non-teaching school staff member and the principal. One student member also sits on high school councils. The elections take place every two years. Newly elected members will serve from July 1, 2012, to June 30, 2014. View pages 23 and 24 of the Local School Council Election Guide for more information about voting requirements. Click here to see who’s running at your school with CPS’ interactive “Who’s Running For My LSC” app. Click here to view CPS’ press release. local school council One thought on “Voting for Local School Council begins today” C.Moore on April 18, 2012 at 7:36 am said: Attendance boundaries can be viewed at: http://schoollocator.cps.k12.il.us/viewer.htm	cc/2023-06/en_head_0035.json.gz/line4
__label__cc	0.628791	0.371209	16 September 2005 by Baldy 2 Comments THE LONGEST YARD 2005, dir. Peter Segal 113 min., Rated PG-13. Starring: Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Burt Reynolds, Farmer Hoggett, Nelly Before I went on vacation about two weeks ago, my wife and I decided that we needed a night AWAY from the house. She’s the daughter of a former NFL quarterback and I’m just a movie freak, so we decided to check out the recent remake of The Longest Yard. I’d seen a preview at Revenge of the Sith, so I knew that it looked to at least be amusing. Is a donkey and a mule the same thing? I’m Brian Fellow! I wasn’t wrong. It was amusing. While it completely lacks any depth of character development, has stock characters who act in a manner so predictable it might as well be an ABC after school special and is somewhat predictable because (here’s a shocker!) it’s a REMAKE. As Noel might put it, it’s a good popcorn movie. Here’s the idea. Adam Sandler plays a washed-up former NFL quarterback who was drummed out of the game for allegedly throwing a game. He has largely given up on life and is living as the pet of a bitchy socialite played by Courtney Cox. When he blows his top at her, steals her Bentley and manages to get a bunch of police after him, he gets tossed into jail. Not just any jail, mind you – Football Jail. See, James Cromwell is the warden of a prison that has a really good football team made of prison guards. He pulled all of the strings he could to get Sandler into HIS prison, to help improve his team. Things go badly, some guards give Sandler a hickory shampoo a time or two, and all of a sudden there’s going to be a game between the guards and the prisoners. At this point, we lapse into The Replacements. Or was it Major League, or the Bad News Bears? Anyway, ragtag team of misfits is thrown together to beat an unbeatable team. There is precisely one motivating factor: a chance to beat on the guards for a while. Considering the way that these rather large guards (including Master Thespian Brian Bosworth) generally treat the prisoners, it’s a foregone conclusion that Sandler gets his dream team. You know a lot of the stuff that’s going to be thrown in here. You know that the guards are going to try to mess with the prisoners and keep their team from coming together. You know that the warden’s going to be sneaky and try to get Sandler to throw the game. You know that, when the team isn’t quite where it needs to be, something will happen that will Bring Them Together and Strengthen Their Resolve (can’t you just hear the announcer now?). You know that there will be antics. You know that Rob Schneider will show up at some point, yelling “You can do it!” You know ALL of this, but can still manage to enjoy the film. As usual, James Cromwell makes a great and chilling bad guy. Sandler, who has matured a little in the last few years, does a believeable turn as the protagonist. Cloris Leachman is a wonderful surprise as the warden’s secretary (that little nymphette!). Chris Rock is, well, Chris Rock. Nelly actually added to the film, which I wouldn’t have expected. Burt Reynolds is an add-on who largely phones it in, but doesn’t detract from the film. Tracey Morgan (of SNL fame) is actually one of the more memorable characters, a prison inmate who has aggresively embraced his feminine side. There are plenty of other small parts in this film that were done well, though not spectacularly, putting together a genuinely fun, stupid, underdog sports film. In a nutshell, it’s worth seeing on the big screen if someone in your group brought a flask. > Elektra (2005) > War of the Worlds (2005) Hary Dick said: (read in british accent) Wow this website is gay. I hope you all die and are burned in hell. You suck. No really you suck, you take sucking to a whole new level, you even beat out Clintons girlfriend. UR gay, not really. # 30 March 2007 at 8:27 AM what was the point of all of that? Anyway I think this movie is great this is one of my favorite comedies but that is because I’m a huge football fan	cc/2023-06/en_head_0035.json.gz/line6
__label__cc	0.732517	0.267483	Fildena Review Figral Fildena CT Fildena vs Kamagra Fildena 50 Toll Free (US): Regular US: Brand(s): Fildena 100 Manufacturer: Fortune Health Care Generic name: Sildenafil Citrate Formula: C28H38N6O11S Pharmacologic Classifications: Type 5 Inhibitor Which would you prefer between Fildena vs Kamagra? Both are Sildenafil Citrate containing treatments for the condition erectile dysfunction (ED) in male patients. Fildena and Kamagra products are both generic treatments, which make them extra affordable compared to the brand-name Viagra from Pfizer. The brands Fildena and Kamagra are from Indian pharmaceutical companies Fortune Healthcare and Ajanta Pharma, but they are supplied to a number of countries worldwide since the companies making them are multinational companies and the most of the online vendors with both these products supply them to international locations. When patients have erectile dysfunction or ED, they are unable to respond to sexual stimulation properly even if they are aroused, as their erectile response is impeded. There are several factors which can cause the dysfunction and surprisingly, age is not the only contributing factor to the disease. Age only increases the risk of patients in contracting erectile dysfunction, but there are also other things which contribute to the prevalence of the dysfunction in men. Some of the known factors which affect ED prevalence in the patient population include Disease. There are certain diseases which cause anatomical changes which affect the erectile response in patients. Diseases such as diabetes, prostate cancer or disease, and obesity are only some of the examples of diseases which may cause erectile dysfunction in patients. Chronic lifestyle habits. Alcoholism, drug abuse, and chain/chronic smoking also contribute to the development of erectile dysfunction in patients. 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__label__cc	0.605691	0.394309	Yut-Nori, A Korean Board Game Today I was hanging out with one of my favorite seven year olds, and she's possibly the most crafty seven year old I've ever had the pleasure of hanging out with on a regular basis. I feel like I really have to have my creative hat on when we get together because she comes over ready to make stuff...and when I say make stuff, I mean make stuff. Her visits end with my table looking like the demo section of Hobby Lobby or Michael's in the states, much to my husband's dismay, but I love what we come up with as a team. The other day I asked her if she has any ideas of what she might want to be when she grows up, and she replied, "an art teacher." "That makes complete sense," I told her, "because you love art, and if you love what you do, you'll be very good at it too." She came back with a pensive, "Yeah...I know..." Whenever she comes over, we have a basic routine we stick to, and an integral part of what we do involves a great book. This week's selection was Dumpling Soup by Jama Kim Rattigan. It's a fantastic read that highlights the multicultural family of a young girl, seven to be precise, and their cooking traditions around the new year. The most appealing part for me is the food that's mentioned...particularly mandoo and kimchi. Growing up my best friend was Korean (hey Sae Bom!), and I spent many a nights learning how to knit poorly, watching Korean soap operas, and snacking on Korean delights with my bff and her mom, Han. I love that this book transports me back to the time when I was eleven and my biggest worry in the world was whether or not I'd ever be good enough to knit myself a blanket. Knowing my buddy would be looking for an activity or craft to go with the book, I did some research on Pinterest, and found a really interesting Korean board game called Yut-Nori. The original idea came from The Crafty Crow. Here's the link: http://www.thecraftycrow.net/2010/03/crafts-around-the-world-korea.html The site says that the game Yut-Nori (pronounced yoonnori) is especially popular around the new year, but can be played anytime. To play you need just a few things: a game board (we modeled ours after the example on the site listed above), 4 popsicle or craft sticks (I didn't have any lying around, so we used wooden clothespins), and two markers or game pieces to keep places as the players advance around the board, and markers or crayons for decorating. Here are all of our materials... Much to her delight we used candy as game pieces. We ate a couple, then got down to business. The game board itself consists of a series of dots and lines that form the border of the board and connect to a larger center circle. The bottom left hand corner is where both players start. The goal is to be the first player to get completely around the game board and back to the initial start position, but it's easier said than done! If you land on a corner, you can take a shortcut, and if you land in the middle circle, you can take another shortcut. There are no dice to roll; instead each player takes turns tossing up the four popsicle sticks (note: sometimes it's alright to improvise, but sometimes it's best just to find the recommended materials beforehand...this is a game that needs popsicle sticks. The clothespins were a bit problematic because they would land on their sides sometimes and then we were forced to turn them over, and both of us eventually let our competitive streaks get the better of us and would turn them in a way to get more points, which led to accusations of cheating and lamenting and, well, you get the point.) The popsicle sticks are decorated using two patterns: stripes on one side and dots on the other. The way they land after being tossed determines the number of spaces, if any, the player moves. Use these guidelines for playing: If the sticks fall: one dotted side up, advance one space two dotted sides up, advance two spaces three dotted sides up, advance three spaces four dotted sides up, advance four spaces four striped sides face up, advance five spaces *If you get all dotted or stripes face up, you get to take another turn I won the game, despite constant cheating accusations (most of which I deny). The point isn't that I won, though. The point is that we both learned something: I need to keep a stash of popsicle sticks around for the future. © The English Schoolhouse. Powered by Blogger.	cc/2023-06/en_head_0035.json.gz/line13
__label__wiki	0.550375	0.550375	"Why Don't You Speak for Yourself, John?" PR.031.3 Chromolithograph card collections > Luce Center > Christopher Colles (1738-1816) Christopher Colles (1738-1816) Artist/Maker: John Wesley Jarvis Christopher Colles Overall: 12 x 10 in. ( 30.5 x 25.4 cm ) Gallery Label: An engineer and inventor, Colles was born in Dublin, Ireland, but came to New York in 1765. He is probably best remembered today for his "Survey of the Roads of the United States of America," published in 1789. Colden, Cadwallader D., Memoir, Prepared at the Request of a Committee of the Common Council of the City of New York and Presented to the Mayor of the City at the Celebration of the Completion of the New York Canals, New York: W.A. Davis, 1825, pp. 20-1. Dunlap, William and van der Donck, Adriaen, History of the New Netherlands, Province of New York, and State of New York, Vol. 1, New York: Carter & Thorp, 1839, p. 475. Francis, John W., "Reminiscences of Christopher Colles," The Knickerbocker Gallery: A Testimonial to the Editor of the Knickerbocker Magazine From Its Contributors, New York: Samuel Hueston, 1855, pp. 189-208. Lossing, Benson J., "Christopher Colles," Our Countrymen: or Brief Memoirs of Eminent Americans, New York: Ensign, Bridgman & Fanning, 1855, pp. 235-6. Catalogue of the Museum and Gallery of Art of The New-York Historical Society, New York, The New-York Historical Society, 1866, p. 10. Tuckerman, Henry T., Book of Artists, New York: P. Putnam & Son, 1867, pp. 57, 621. O'Reilly, Henry, "Materials for Telegraph History: Part II, Christopher Colles and the First Proposal of a Telegraph System in the United States," The Historical Magazine, Vol. V, no. 4, April, 1869, pp. 262-9. Stevens, John Austin, "Christopher Colles: The First Projector of Inland Navigation in America," The Magazine of American History, Vol. II, 1878, pp. 340-8. Colles, Ramsay, "The Family of Colles in United States," In Castle and Court House: Being Reminiscences of 30 Years in Ireland, London: T. Werner Laurie, 1911, pp. 283-91. Catalogue of the Gallery of Art of The New York Historical Society, New York: The New-York Historical Society, 1915, p. 13. "An Outline History of New York's Water Supply," The New-York Historical Society Quarterly Bulletin, Vol. 1, no. 3, October 1917, pp. 62-70. "Easy Pipeline Projects: Christopher Colles' Water-Works," Twenty-Third Annual Report of the American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society, 1918, Albany: J.B. Lyon Company, 1918, pp. 687-702. Bolton, Theodore, "John Wesley Jarvis," Early American Portrait Painters in Miniature, New York: Frederic Fairchild Sherman, 1921, pp. 87-9. Kelby, William, Notes on American Artists 1754-1820: Copied from advertisements appearing in the newspapers of the day, New York: The New-York Historical Society, 1922, p. 61. Harrington, John Walker, "John Wesley Jarvis, Portraitist," The American Magazine of Art, Vol. 18, no. 11, November 1927, pp. 577-84. Bolton, Theodore, and Groce, George C., Jr., "John Wesley Jarvis: An Account of His Life and the First Catalogue of His Work, Art Quarterly, Vol. 1, No. 4, Autumn 1938, pp. 299-321. Catalogue of American Portraits in The New-York Historical Society: Oil Portraits, Miniatures, Sculptures, New York: The New-York Historical Society, 1941, pp. 60-1. Dickson, Harold E., John Wesley Jarvis: American Painter, 1780-1840, New York: The New-York Historical Society, 1949, pp. ix, 349, 423. Catalogue of American Portraits in The New-York Historical Society, Vol. 2, New York: The New-York Historical Society, 1974, p. 158.	cc/2023-06/en_head_0035.json.gz/line14
__label__cc	0.51029	0.48971	Burn Bridle Press Burn Bridle Hill & Forest Categotry Archives: Books November 28, 2013 by mosesdoan Yiddish in a 1780s Solebury Account Book Categories: Books, Judaism, Philadelphia, Solebury I found this written on the last page of the ledger book of Solebury Doctor Jonathan Ingham, now in the collection of the Bucks County Historical Society. The account book dates to the 1780s, and the rest of the book is a straightforward record of Ingham’s accounts. While I was surprised to find 18th century Hebrew script in the archive, it was not a total shock. Ingham was multilingual, with some knowledge of Greek, Latin, German, France, and Spanish, and he was supposedly able to speak to the Lenape in their own language. He was also said to be a student of Hebrew, which he studied under Samuel De Lucena, a member of the Mikveh Israel congregation in Philadelphia, the oldest continuously operated synagogue in the United States. Ingham’s relationship with De Lucena was so close that Ingham named his son Samuel Delucenna Ingham in his honor (Samuel would later become a US Senator and serve as secretary of the treasury under Andrew Jackson before resigning during the Petticoat Affair.) I asked my friend who speaks modern Hebrew to take a look at it, but she determined that the text is actually Yiddish and could only give me a partial translation. Luckily, another friend of mine is a student of Yiddish, and he was able to translate it for me. The transliteration is as follows: bikh far shraybn sefer zikaron which translates to: Book for Writing Memorial Book I asked him if the two words translating as “book” carried a different sense, and he explained that “bikh,” used in the first line, is a variation of “bukh,” related to the German “buch.” On the second line, Ingham uses the work “sefer”, which is derived from Hebrew. My friend explains, “‘sefer’ (Hebraic) is in a higher register than the more quotidian “bukh” and I’d be inclined to think that ‘sefer zikaron’ would almost always mean a memorial book.” I Googled the term “sefer zikaron,” and I found that it was in fact used in the context of a written memorial for someone who has died. I also found the term used in the titles of memorial books dedicated to Jewish towns that had been destroyed in the Holocaust. It’s unclear why Ingham wrote this Yiddish phrase in the back of his ledger, but it doesn’t appear to relate to the book’s content. Perhaps he was practicing the script in preparation for another text. The fact that this text is in Yiddish is interesting. This makes sense because Hebrew was only used for religious texts and rituals in this period and had not yet been revived as a spoken language. However, it is somewhat curious that De Lucena taught Ingham Yiddish because Mikveh Israel was founded in the 1740s by Sephardic Jews from Spain and Portugual who would not have spoken the German-influenced Yiddish. De Lucena appears on a list of congregants from 1780s, and while De Lucena and others have surnames of Iberian origin, others have clearly Germanic names. It’s possible that as Ashkenazi congregants joined the community the language they used to speak to one another shifted as well. November 7, 2013 by mosesdoan The Devil in Bucks County Categories: Books, Bucks County, New Hope It’s a cool rainy evening here in Bucks County, the perfect kind of night to curl up with a good book. Unfortunately, this isn’t one of them. Edmund Schiddel’s The Devil in Bucks County is so bad that it’s basically unreadable. I browsed it trying to pull a quote and couldn’t find anything worth repeating. “They came flocking into Bucks County like locusts,” the back cover states, referring to the artists and writers who moved to the area from New York. Too bad Schiddel was one of them. In 1959 he published The Devil in Bucks County, which takes place in a town that loosely resembles New Hope. Some of the locals have old Bucks County names like Stackhouse, Hibbs, and Satterthwaite, but Schiddel’s portrayal of New Hope is about as out of touch as M. Night Shymalan’s portrayal of Newtown in Signs (remember the scene in which the owners of the bookstore tell the children, “We keep those books for the city folk!”). While the text may be worth less than the 50 cents this second edition sold for in 1960, it’s kind of nice to have a 50’s pulp novel set in your hometown. I’ll admit that I bought it for the cover: New to the site? Check out these popular items from the collection. 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__label__cc	0.588194	0.411806	F. Edwin Hallman, Jr. Richard Wingate Richard Decker ENVIRONMENTAL LITIGATION AND REGULATORY COMPLIANCE The attorneys with Hallman & Wingate have been successful in recovering millions of dollars for our clients that have been damaged and for saving millions of dollars for our clients that have potential liabilities. Selected cases include: Successfully represented over 40 individual landowners in condemnation proceedings against the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. See Latha Anderson, et al. v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit, Case No. 08-1131 Overturned the United States Department of Agriculture’s denial of prevented planting credits for thousands of acres of impacted farmlands. See McElmurray v. U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, United States District Court, Southern District of Georgia, Civil Action File No. CV105-159. Click here to see the full text Order. Obtained first jury verdict in the United States for damages caused by contamination from sewage sludge. See Boyce v. Augusta-Richmond County, Superior Court of Richmond County, State of Georgia, Civil Action File No. 2001-RCCV-111 Clarified the statute of limitations for environmental contamination from petroleum pipelines. See Hoffman v. Atlanta Gas Light Co., 206 Ga. App. 727, 426 S.E.2d 387 (1992) About The Firm \| Attorneys \| Practice Areas \| Copyright 2010 Hallman & Wingate, LLC Internet Marketing Firm \| Full Media	cc/2023-06/en_head_0035.json.gz/line20
__label__wiki	0.820842	0.820842	Chen Shizheng Wen Ling’s Dialogue with Chen Shi-Zheng Time: April 2010 Place: Beijing In Western Critics, the New York-based Chinese American director Chen Shi-Zheng is regarded as a “genius”, a “master”. Chen moved to the US in 1987 and since then has embarked on the path of theatrical creation. He’s been active in Western opera and theater. In his own words, he is a “bridge builder”, who has adapted classical Chinese stories such as Peony Pavilion, Monkey: Journey to the West, the Orphan of Zhao, and more, for the stage, bringing Chinese classic to the Western world. This has created a singular phenomenon where Chinese and Western culture meet. In the spring of 2010, curator Weng Ling spoke with Chen Shi-Zheng in Beijing in an in-depth interview for the magazine “Art China”. Weng Ling believes that the high degree of cultural integration presented in Chen’s productions are inseparable with the hardship and vagabond life experience the theater-maker has had. Weng Ling’s gently probing and perceptive questions provided a space for Chen Shi-Zheng to reveal his inner world and share untold stories. Chen shared the turbulence he experienced in his mother country at a young age, his formative experience learning traditional Chinese opera, and studying in New York in adulthood. Under the influence of Western opera and pop culture, Chen was inspired and committed to bring the charm of Chinese opera to a wider audience. The interdisciplinary thinking advocated by IDEAS can be seen in Chen’s early stage productions. In his theatrical adaptation of “Monkey: Journey to the West”, he invited the animation studio for the video game “Street Fighter” to create character designs, and invited the lead singer of Blur and Gorillaz songwriter Damon Albarn to compose the music. These cross-cultural collaborations are pioneering experimental drama that involve classic Chinese stories. In his film debut “Dark Matter”, a feature based on a series of social events triggered by the story of the Chinese student Lu Gang, the Academy Award-winning actress Meryl Streep appeared and waived any fees. Chen Shi-Zheng hopes to discuss the plight of Chinese students in the United States. An artist must first care about human beings and concerns around him before he engages in art creation. Chen Shi-Zheng’s thoughts are influencing a generation of drama practitioners, and the impact is long-lasting and profound. Alan Chan	cc/2023-06/en_head_0035.json.gz/line21
__label__wiki	0.772218	0.772218	Intellectual Property Rights in the GrinchÂ® December 07th, 2006 \| Category: Copyright,General,Trademarks In the holiday spirit, we can’t resist analyzing the intellectual property rights in the Grinch. How did a grouchy green cave-dweller become a multimillion dollar IP asset?Â The original book “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” was written in 1957 by Theodor S. Geisel under the pseudonym Dr. Seuss. The copyright in the character and the related trade-marks is owned by Dr. Seuss Enterprises L.P., a California limited partnership created after the author’s death to handle licensing of the Dr. Seuss empire. The copyright in the original book is owned by the publisher, Random House Inc.Â An animated television special was created in 1966 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc., now part of the Time Warner empire; the copyright in the television production is now owned by Turner Entertainment Co.Â The copyright in the music in the television production (based on the book) was originally owned by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. as employer for hire of Theodor S. Geisel and Albert Hague. RCA Records published a compilation of songs from the television production.Â In 2000, the movie rights were acquired by Universal and the copyright in the movie “Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas!”, directed by Ron Howard, is owned by Luni Productions, a Universal production company. A novelization of the movie (based on the original book) was written by Louise Gikow and copyright is owned by Universal Studios Licensing Inc. Inevitably, someone decided that the story was fit for a musical production: “Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical” opened in San Diego in 1998 and moved this year to Broadway.Â The copyright in the musical (lyrics and music) is owned by Timothy Mason and Mel Marvin. All under license of course. Trade-marksÂ The word GRINCH is a registered trade-markÂ of Dr. Seuss Enterprises L.P. in Canada. Â In the US, the GRINCH trademarkÂ was registered by Dr. Seuss Enterprises LP in 2000 for T-shirts, shirts, tops, sweaters, hats, headwear, aprons, sweatshirts and any other merchandising category you could think of. Interestingly, an individual by the name ofÂ John Christopher Chlebowski, Jr. obtained the first trademark registration for the word GRINCH, claiming a date of first use in 1991 for “entertainment, namely, live performances by a musical band.” The domain name grinched.comÂ Â is owned by UniversalÂ Studios for use with its movie-related website, under license from Dr. Seuss Enterprises.Â Â The domain name howthegrinchstolechristmas.com is registered by an unknown registrant and currently resolves to a “domain for sale” site (which would make a good case for “bad faith” registration under the Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy arbitration procedure). The Grinch is mentioned in several U.S. patent applications, although no-one has yet found a way to make the character himself the subject of a patent.Â For example, United States Patent No. 6,982,780Â (filed by inventors Steven Morley, et al.) which issued on January 3, 2006, claims patent rights inÂ a method for creating a playlist for a digital cinema system.Â The work “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” is mentioned in the claims description as an example of the use of the invention. Dr. Seuss Enterprises L.P. with Audrey Geisel at the helm, appears to control all trade-mark and copyrightÂ licensing of the original Grinch character and related paraphernalia as well as the entire Dr. Seuss line of products, and has licensing deals for countless spin-off products.Â The movie licensing is handled by Universal Studios Licensing, Inc., which is itself originally under license from Dr. Seuss Enterprises L.P.Â Â Â Although Dr. Seuss died in 1991, he has consistently made the Forbes list of top-earning deceased celebrities due to the marketing engine of Dr. Seuss Enterprises L.P. It generated $10 million last year.Â For the movie version of the Grinch, the licensing company took 4 percent of the box-office gross, 50 percent of the merchandising revenue and music-related material, and 70 percent of the income from book tie-ins.Â We haven’t even touched on the licensing for Universal’s theme-park. Alas, we have uncovered no Grinch lawsuits, although few literary characters would be more suitable as a plaintiff.Â It seems to us that Mr. Chlebowski, armed with a trademark registration for the word GRINCH in association with “entertainment, namely, live performances by a musical band” would have a claim against the producers of the live musical version of the Grinch story, but we have seen no effort on the part of Mr. Chlebowski to pursue that action. Perhaps the prospect of shutting down a family Broadway musical during the Christmas season is a bit too unpalatable, even for a GRINCH trademark owner. Calgary -Â 23:11 MST zdrowe odchudzanie September 20th, 2009 6:43 am Interesting read, your blog is awesome, bookmarked	cc/2023-06/en_head_0035.json.gz/line22
__label__cc	0.739946	0.260054	Being InvolvedBeing an ImplementorBeing an Employee 2022-06-23 ·7 min read Hi, everybody! I'm Greg Dennis. I'm the author of json-everything, which aims to be an all-encompassing tool suite for JSON needs in .Net, including JSON Path, JSON Patch, and (of course) JSON Schema, amongst others. I'm also responsible for driving and authoring the output requirements in the JSON Schema specification. Piggybacking on Julian's news, I'm also joining Postman to work on JSON Schema full time as a Specification & Tooling Architect! This means that I will be working on updating the specification as well as helping define and implement validation and other JSON-Schema-adjacent tooling. I also expect to be highly involved in the community by supporting other tooling implementors. Being Involved JSON Schema has always been a passion project for me. I didn't really see it at work, and I never had a problem for which JSON Schema was the solution. Nevertheless, I recognized its potential that it could be the solution other people needed, and I wanted to contribute by giving them an easy adoption path. I have primarily worked in the .Net world, where there are a lot of other data validation tools, most of which are built into the framework and centered around deserialization. However, with the popularity of JSON Schema growing (especially around code generation), we could find a proper place for it in .Net soon. I first became involved with JSON Schema in 2015 when I was looking for JSON-related functionality to implement in my library, Manatee.Json. I liked the ability to validate JSON data, and I especially liked that the validation requirements themselves could be represented in JSON. At that time, Draft 4 had been available for a couple years, and the project was just starting to be picked up again after having been nearly abandoned. Although I didn't know it then, I kind of just stumbled upon the project at the right time. I started reading through some of the open issues, commenting on a few, and I joined the Slack workspace. It soon became apparent that I wasn't going away, and I was invited to contribute as a core member of the team. I spent my spare time discussing changes and new features, while trying to balance how helpful or easy to use a particular feature would be to JSON Schema users (primarily schema authors) against how hard that feature would be to implement. Since then, I have contributed to countless discussions, commented on alterations to the specification, and even made a few authorship contributions of my own, including the aforementioned section on output formatting. I've learned a lot from my involvement with JSON Schema. Most significantly, having a focus on interoperability has opened my eyes to the needs of programming languages and frameworks that I haven't used. Working primarily in C-based languages, I had never considered that different programming languages could actually do different things. Previous to my experience here, I had thought different languages all provided the same set of functionality, the only difference being that some made certain tasks easier. I've also learned that JSON Schema is used for a lot more than just validation: hyperschema, code generation, and form generation are primary examples. The diversity of application really makes JSON Schema a great concept. Being an Implementor I've had two libraries (so far) that implement JSON Schema. Manatee.Json was the first, and it was half a learning platform for me to develop my coding skills and half intended to actually be useful to people. It wasn't fast by any stretch of the imagination (I later found out that it was just my home-brew parsing that was slow), but it was accurate to the specification, and it had done moderately well in the nuget.org download stats. At the time of this writing, it continues to be downloaded 300 times per day and has reached 1 million downloads despite it being deprecated for two years. The second library, JsonSchema.Net, released in 2020, aims to be a more practical production-use library. I created it as a JSON Schema companion to .Net's new built-in System.Text.Json parser/serializer, which was released in 2019. In the two years that it's been available, it has amassed almost 450K downloads at about 670 per day. JsonSchema.Net also has several "expansion pack" libraries that provide additional functionality, such as schema generation from .Net code, data generation from a schema, and two vocabularies that I wrote to address a couple open GitHub issues on the specification repository: external data access and identifying item uniqueness within arrays by specified keys. I always keep an eye out for other extended uses for JSON Schema (and JSON in general) to add to the suite, and now I have more time to do it! Being an Employee Last year, when Ben announced he was joining Postman to work on JSON Schema full time, I had reservations about the direction of the project. Was Postman looking to own the project? What would that mean for its future or for our ability (as volunteer contributors) to enact changes? Ben's response was incredible and perfect: he championed JSON Schema joining the OpenJS Foundation, cementing its independence. And that he did it while being a Postman employee was reassurance that Postman was in it for the betterment of the open source community. Then business carried on as usual. We were all working hard toward the release of an editorial, non-functional patch release for 2020-12 (now released!), and Ben found that he needed some more dedicated help. So in Slack DMs, he asked me if I would be interested in joining up. Even though I was just getting settled in at a new company, I couldn't let this opportunity pass me by. Getting paid to work on a passion project is the dream! And now, I'm extremely excited to announce that I'm joining Postman Open Technologies as a Specification & Tooling Architect. I will have three focuses: work on the JSON Schema specification, support for its implementors, and development support of adjacent uses. To start with the specification, the output format will continue to be a primary focus for me. Earlier this year, I opened a discussion on potential improvements. I think that we're in a good place, and I need to start creating PRs that move the current language in the specification to the new design. I'm not sure yet what implementor support will look like, but based on our implementations page, it seems that many of them haven't updated to supporting 2020-12 yet. Outreach is probably the best place to start here. We need to find out the status of each of these projects. Are they still maintained? Do they intend to stay up-to-date with the specification? Do they need help? Answering these questions will be the first step. And finally adjacent tooling. I'm really excited about this part because it will highlight for me how JSON Schema is being used in the real world, thereby validating (ha!) its usefulness. I'm really excited about the opportunity that Postman has given me to work full time on a project that I love and its adjacency, and I foresee a bright future for this project and the community that continues to support and build it. Thank you to everyone I've met on this journey, used my libraries, asked questions, contributed code, or just offered opinions! I love being a part of this community! Cover photo by me 😁 Made with :love: by the JSON Schema team.	cc/2023-06/en_head_0035.json.gz/line24
__label__wiki	0.752289	0.752289	About Orkney About the Orkney Islands Why don’t Orcadians like to hear the islands referred to as "the Orkneys"? In the same way you wouldn’t refer to "the Irelands", "the New Zealands" or "the Hawaiis", Orcadians don't refer to the islands as "the Orkneys". However it is a common mistake made by visitors and the national, and international, media. It is just "Orkney". Strictly speaking the name is already plural as "Orkney" is simply a shortened version of the Old Norse "Orkneyjar", meaning "Seal Islands" (See also: Is 'The Orkneys' ever right? by Dr Peter Anderson) What about the main island - what's it called? Orcadians simply refer to it as the Mainland. It is becoming more common to hear visitors and incomers calling it "Mainland" and talking about "their trip around Mainland" or "we spent three days on Mainland". This is something an Orcadian will never say. It's a trip around "the Mainland" or "we spent three days on the Mainland." But I've heard the Mainland is also called "Pomona" This name, which is never used by Orcadians, stems from a mistranslation of an early Roman passage. Click here for full details. Do the people of Orkney speak Gaelic? No. Gaelic was never spoken in Orkney, unless the language of the Picts - the inhabitants of the islands before the Norsemen took them - was an early form of Gaelic. This is itself highly debatable. The Norse settled the isles from the 8th century onwards and brought with them their own language, Old Norse, which replaced the Pictish language. Old Norse adapted over the years into the language known as Norn, which remained the language of the rural Orcadians until finally dying out in the 18th century. Orkney’s placenames are more or less completely derived from Old Norse with only handful of possible Gaelic "borrowed" words. So can I learn Orkney Norn? No. Only a few scraps of the language remains. Few Orcadian speakers of Norn had the inclination, or the ability, to write. So, when the language was finally overtaken by Scots, it simply vanished. On saying that however, elements of Norn still exist within Orcadian dialect. For more details on Norn, click here. My family are from Orkney. Why don’t they have a tartan or belong to a clan? Quite simply tartan, clans, bagpipes et al, are traditions from the Scottish Highlands. Orkney and Shetland never operated under the clan system, with surnames either being patronymic - i.e. Sigurd Erlendson - or changeable until the eighteenth century. As an example, surnames more commonly came from where the person was actually from. To a certain extent this still exists today. David Towrie of Clickimin, for example, would generally be referred to locally only as David o’ Clickimin.This was more common in early years, so a person's surname might change over a period of years as he moved from dwelling to dwelling. However, Jimmy Leonard of Langskaill might leave Langskaill after many years but would always be referred to thereafter as "Cheemy o' Langskaill". Using the fictional character, John, who moved from the Orkney Mainland onto one of the islands, say Rousay. There he might be referred to as John Mainland. Moving back to the Mainland a few years later he may become John Rousay etc etc. As such tartans, clans and all the associated trappings are not a part of the islands' indigenous culture. The unofficial flag of Orkney The new - and approved - Orkney flag. Does Orkney have a flag? It does.... For years, Orcadians flew the "Cross of St Magnus" as pictured top right. However, this flag was not recognised by the Scotland's heraldic authority, the Lord Lyon King of Arms, who decreed it could not be sanctioned for official use. The reason? The design, he said, was too similar to a number of coat-of-arms, in particular the old arms of the Kingdom of Ulster. However, some supporters insisted that Orkney has a right to use the flag, the design of which, say some, was that of the flag of the Kalmar Union -- a union of Norway, Sweden and Denmark from 1397 until 1512. Click here for more details. The protests were in vain, however, and, in April 2007, a new design was chosen from a number submitted by members of the public. The favoured design was submitted by Duncan Tullock, from Birsay, and featured a blue and yellow Nordic cross on a red background. Is it true it never gets dark in the summer? More or less. At midsummer, June 21, the sun only sets around 10.30pm, but even then barely dips below the western horizon. As a result, there are no real hours of darkness, merely an extended twilight period. At this time it is perfectly possible to read outdoors at midnight. Click here for more on the summer and winter solstice. What is Udal Law? There has been some concern in the Northern Isles recently that the traditional rights afforded to people in Orkney and Shetland under the ancient Norse system of udal law will be scrapped as a result of proposals being considered by the Scottish Law Commission. The subject of Udal Law, as applies to Orkney, remains a contentious subject – over 1,000 years since Norse settlers first introduced it to the islands. But what exactly is Udal Law? At the root of Udal law was the principle of the bonder – farmers who owned their properties outright and owed fealty to no superior. But although the udal system meant the bonder had no immediate superior, there were still obligations to the Norwegian Crown. Not only was a udaller expected to take up arms for the Norwegian King if required, but he also paid scat – a form of tax to the crown. The other main distinction between udal and feudal law was the manner in which land was passed on. In Udal Law no written deed was required to transfer udal land and agreements were concluded verbally. This meant a lack of written deeds, a fact that led to problems after Orkney was annexed to Scotland. Not only did the system baffle the Scots, but it was also extensively abused and Scottish landowners used the lack of deeds to appropriate land from udallers. After death, udal property was passed to the udaller’s offspring – daughters receiving half as much as the sons. Inevitably, this practice led to fragmentation of land. Udal Law also included, and still includes, ownership of the foreshore. This extended to the lowest point of the ebb, and also the ground further out, or marebakke, which is where the foreshore becomes steep at a depth of from two to five metres at the ebb tide. Where is Orkney Travelling to Orkney Orkney's Landscape The Climate of Orkney Summer and Winter in Orkney The Orcadian People The Orcadian Dialect Orkney Placenames Is 'The Orkneys' ever right? Norn - The Language of Orkney The Solstices in Orkney Orkney Maps Orcadian Facts and Figures	cc/2023-06/en_head_0035.json.gz/line28
__label__cc	0.705929	0.294071	The Little MLer by Matthias Felleisen and Daniel P. Friedman Foreword by Robin Milner Publisher: The MIT Press Request exam/desk copy Over the past few years, ML has emerged as one of the most important members of the family of programming languages. Many professors in the United States and other countries use ML to teach courses on the principles of programming and on programming languages. In addition, ML has emerged as a natural language for software engineering courses because it provides the most sophisticated and expressive module system currently available.Felleisen and Friedman are well known for gently introducing readers to difficult ideas. The Little MLer is an introduction to thinking about programming and the ML programming language. The authors introduce those new to programming, as well as those experienced in other programming languages, to the principles of types, computation, and program construction. Most important, they help the reader to think recursively with types about programs. Matthias Felleisen is Trustee Professor in the College of Computer Science at Northeastern University. Daniel P. Friedman is Professor of Computer Science in the School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering at Indiana University and is the author of many books published by the MIT Press, including The Little Schemer and The Seasoned Schemer (with Matthias Felleisen); The Little Prover (with Carl Eastlund); and The Reasoned Schemer (with William E. Byrd, Oleg Kiselyov, and Jason Hemann). Robin Milner was Professor Emeritus of Computer Science at the University of Cambridge, UK, and Professor at the Informatics Forum in the University of Edinburgh.	cc/2023-06/en_head_0035.json.gz/line30
__label__wiki	0.591232	0.591232	Is coronavirus a manufactured bioweapon that Chinese spies stole from Canada? by: Ethan Huff In 2019, a mysterious shipment sent from Canada to China was found to contain hidden coronavirus, which Chinese agents working at a Canadian laboratory reportedly stole, obviously without permission. Reports reveal that these Chinese agents were working undercover for the Chinese Biological Warfare Program, and may have infiltrated North America for the sole purpose of hijacking this deadly virus in order to unleash it at a later date. That unleashing could be the coronavirus outbreak that’s currently dominating media headlines – with as many as 44,000 people now infected – despite blame being assigned to contaminated food sold at the Huanan Seafood Market in Wuhan, China – and here’s why. It was back on June 13, 2012, when a 60-year-old man from Saudi Arabia was admitted to a private hospital in Jeddah with a seven-day affliction of fever, cough, expectoration and shortness of breath. The man had no known history of cardiopulmonary or renal disease, was on no medications, and didn’t smoke, and tests revealed that he had become infected with a previously unknown strain of coronavirus. However, tests could not reveal where the man had contracted coronavirus. So, Dr. Ali Mohamed Zaki, the Egyptian virologist who was caring for the man, contacted Ron Fouchier, a premier virologist at the Erasmus Medical Center (EMC) in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, for advice. Fouchier proceeded to sequence a sample of the virus sent to him by Dr. Zaki using a broad-spectrum “pan-coronavirus” real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) method to distinguish it from other strains of coronavirus. He then sent it to Dr. Frank Plummer, the Scientific Director of Canada’s National Microbiology Laboratory (NML) in Winnipeg, on May 4, 2013, where it was replicated for assessment and diagnostic purposes. Scientists in Winnipeg proceeded to test this strain of coronavirus on animals to see which species could catch it. This research was done in conjunction with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s national lab, as well as with the National Centre for Foreign Animal Diseases, which is in the same complex as the National Microbiology Laboratory (NML). NML, it’s important to note, has long conducted tests with coronavirus, having isolated and provided the first genome sequence of the SARS coronavirus. This lab had also identified another type of coronavirus, known as NL63, back in 2004. Formerly respected scientist allowed multiple deadly viruses besides coronavirus to be shipped to China Fast-forward to today, and the recent discovery of the mystery shipment containing coronavirus can be traced all the way back to these samples that were sent to Canada for analysis, suggesting that the current coronavirus outbreak was likely stolen as a bioweapon to be released for just such a time as this. According to reports, the shipment occurred back in March of 2019, which caused a major scandal with biowarfare experts who questioned why Canada was purportedly sending lethal viruses to China. It was later discovered in July that Chinese virologists had stolen it, and were forcibly dispatched as a result. “The NML is Canada’s only level-4 facility and one of only a few in North America equipped to handle the world’s deadliest diseases, including Ebola, SARS, Coronavirus, etc.,” explains a report by Great Game India, as republished by Zero Hedge. “The NML scientist who was escorted out of the Canadian lab along with her husband, another biologist, and members of her research team is believed to be a Chinese Bio-Warfare agent Xiangguo Qiu,” it goes on to explain, adding that Qiu had served as head of the Vaccine Development and Antiviral Therapies Section of the Special Pathogens Program at Canada’s NML. A formerly respected scientist in China, Qiu began studying powerful viruses in 2006. In 2014, many of these viruses she studied, including not only coronavirus but also Machupo, Junin, Rift Valley Fever, Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever, and Hendra, all suddenly appeared in China as part of a massive hijacking. This entry was posted on Wednesday, January 29th, 2020 at 2:28 pm and is filed under BioWeapon, China, Government Evil, Health, Pandemic. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.	cc/2023-06/en_head_0035.json.gz/line32
__label__wiki	0.560842	0.560842	You are here: Home / Feature / Cover Story / MIKE EPPS – Balancing Hollywood and family MIKE EPPS – Balancing Hollywood and family June 3, 2011 by Las Vegas Black Image Magazine Filed under Cover Story, Feature by Kimberly Bailey-Tureaud The most recent opportunity to expose audiences to the impeccable timing and natural appeal that made him a star: a high-profile role in the well-received wedding comedy “Jumping the Broom.” Not unexpectedly, Epps’ recollections from that all-star set tend toward the hilariously irreverent. “The most memorable moment while shooting … ‘Jumping the Broom’ was when we did the wedding scene and everyone was dancing and having a great time,” he said, before adding with a laugh: “Also, I will always remember calling … Angela Bassett ‘Anna Mae,’ from the movie, ‘What’s Love Got To Do With It.’” Alongside frequent co-star Ice Cube, their successful screen partnership led to other big-screen collaborations, including “All About the Benjamins” and “The Janky Promoters.” The “Friday” team, according to Epps, is far from finished. “Ice Cube is like a brother to me,” he said. “He is my Hollywood brother, and I know we will work on some other projects in the near future.” On many of the films that he has appeared in, Epps is also listed as a producer. Being his own boss in many instances, it seems, is beneficial to his art. “It is hard for writers to write for comedians,” he said. “We are always thinking about timing and being witty. Most of the good funny stuff you see me do in movies — I improvise.” Improvisation is a running theme with Epps, even when describing his off-camera life. While many of the legendary comedians, such as Richard Pryor and Bill Cosby, have been described as introverted when offstage, Epps insists, “Hell nah, I am not an introvert! … I try to contain myself when I am doing interviews because you never know who is reading the magazine. But, when you are riding with me — live and in the flesh — I am off the chain.” That outgoing personality must be paying dividends, because there is no shortage of engagements on Epps’ calendar. Already slated to star in director Salim Akil’s forthcoming remake of the 1970s classic “Sparkle,” Epps has also been working as an ambassador for the NFL. Assuming the football season goes forward this year, his work to promote the game will culminate with a Super Bowl in his Indianapolis, Ind., hometown. The bright lights of Hollywood and ubiquity of America’s most popular sport do not, however, represent the whole of Epps’ professional output. At the moment, he is on the road — the main attraction in an eponymous standup comedy tour, Mike Epps & Friends, that allows him to work and stay in his element. A family man at heart, Epps is not taken by the Hollywood lifestyle. “I was supposed to be a blue collar worker,” he said. “I am not Hollywood — it is work for me. I go to work and have a good time. When I am done with my work, I am back at the crib. Balancing my family life and my Hollywood life is no problem — I look at them as separate entities. This is show business and when it is time to do show business, you have to put on certain helmets. I have a helmet I put on when I deal with Hollywood. When I go and deal with top-notch Hollywood, I turn into top-notch Hollywood. And when it is time to let it go, I am gone. I don’t bring it back to the house with me.” He added, candidly: “I don’t personally have a lot of friends in Hollywood — I have a lot of acquaintances. I am about my family and close-knit friends. My acquaintances are people we go out with and have a common bond with. We have a good time, but other than that I am trying to lay down a legacy for my children and my grandchildren — my crew.” Still don’t believe him? Listen as he describes a typical day: “I get up from my bed. Sometimes I don’t get on my knees, but I pray. I get a little breakfast and take my kids to school and go to the gym to work out. From the gym I am back at my office handling business and answering calls trying to get myself together for the week and book myself somewhere to do my jokes. This is pretty much it. I am with my kids during the week, and on the weekend I am working. I am coming to Las Vegas on July 1 at the Palms Hotel in the Pearl Theater, and I want everyone to come out to the show and come get some Courvoisier. Yeah, bay-bay (laughs)! Let’s have a great time.” Tags: comedians, Hollywood	cc/2023-06/en_head_0035.json.gz/line34
__label__cc	0.54251	0.45749	About Schacht & Associates: Meet the Associates Schacht & Associates utilizes a small group of carefully selected associates to meet the needs of our clients. Associates work primarily with our clients in the areas of health, human services and philanthropy. The following are profiles of some of S&A's top associates. Most have worked with Schacht & Associates for many years. Angela Davies, PhD Lisa Korwin, MPA Deborah Lee, PhD Heather Pegas, MPA Linda Yoshino, MBA Other Associates Trained as a socio-cultural anthropologist, Angela Davies has extensive experience in all aspects of qualitative research, interviewing and assessment. Additional areas of expertise include grant writing, literature reviews, report writing and evaluation. Dr. Davies has a BA Hons from the University of Hull in the UK and an MA and PhD from the University of California at Berkeley, where she also has taught Qualitative Research Methods. Dr. Davies brings her keen anthropological eye and experience working with communities and cultures around the globe to her work with Schacht & Associates. Lisa Korwin contributes expertise in evaluation, planning and project management. She uses her skills in qualitative and quantitative analysis to conduct evaluations as an independent practitioner and as an associate with Schacht & Associates, BTW Consultants and the Center for Applied Local Research. Ms. Korwin has evaluated projects focusing on youth, health, domestic violence, dual diagnosis, employment, housing, homeless and at-risk individuals and families, juvenile and criminal justice, substance abuse, and volunteerism and community service. Prior to working as a consultant, she served as executive director of a battered women's shelter and as director of a homeless and housing counseling organization. She holds a Master's degree in Public Administration and has more than 19 years of experience in non-profit management and consulting. Ms. Korwin worked with Schacht & Associates to evaluate a cluster of The California Wellness Foundation (TCWF) special projects grants to community clinic associations and consortia totaling $18 million over six years. TCWF funded 13 urban and rural consortia throughout California in an effort to help support the state's imperiled safety net of community clinics and health centers. She conducted key informant interviews with five rural health associations to understand the history and roles of the associations and to take stock of their current accomplishments, experience disseminating funds to member clinics, implementation barriers, and other information related to sustaining the rural safety net in this changing economic environment. Ms. Korwin also worked with Schacht & Associates to identify potential funders and develop funding proposals for a national organization promoting the health of Asian women. Debby Lee is an accomplished consultant with demonstrated success in business development in the non-profit, for-profit, and philanthropic sectors over more than 25 years. Dr. Lee offers a broad skill set derived from her work as founder and executive director of the Support Group Training Project (now TEAMS), VP of New Business in a large national healthcare corporation, coordinator and researcher in an academic setting, and psychotherapist. She offers expertise in research, writing, editing, project management, program evaluation, and accreditation, and has published several articles in her field. Her key focus areas include mental health (especially its integration with primary care), social and peer support, strength-based and family support approaches to service delivery, parent support, successful single parenting, and all phases of the proposal process in private and non-profit sectors. Dr. Lee graduated Magna cum Laud from Oberlin College and holds a doctoral degree in psychology from the University of California, Santa Cruz. She is a licensed psychologist. Heather Pegas has over 15 years of experience researching funding sources and developing grant proposals to private and public funding sources. She is skilled at helping public benefit organizations to crystallize their ideas, formulate measurable goals and objectives, and develop budgets that work. Her areas of expertise include mental illness, substance abuse treatment, homelessness, community health, perinatal treatment and access, immigrant health, and HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment. She also helps public and non-profit agencies to design service evaluations and consults on service improvements. In addition to her work in fund development and evaluation, Ms. Pegas provides professional writing services to create manuals, newsletters, brochures and fundraising appeal letters. She has a BA from the University of California at Berkeley and a Master's degree in Public Administration from San Francisco State University. Ms. Pegas has worked with Schacht & Associates since 1996 on over 30 projects, providing an array of services that include funder research, program design, grant writing, budget development, large-scale government funding proposals, survey tool design and program evaluation. Clients include community health centers, clinic consortia, public health agencies, educational institutions, community collaboratives and statewide health care organizations. Linda Yoshino has extensive business experience, including cross-functional project management and analytical experience in strategy, marketing, systems, web content, process and organizational reengineering. She has worked with a wide variety of companies, including web publishing, systems software, software development, telecommunications firms and non-profit health and social service organizations. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Business Administration from the University of Puget Sound and an MBA from Dartmouth College. Ms. Yoshino has prepared foundation proposals and several Section 330 renewal and expansion applications for a variety of our clients. Other current and past associates and collaborators include: Reva Bhatia specializes in grant writing, development, planning, facilitation and communications with a focus on children, youth, families and health care. Sue Burish (aka Birdi) designs entertaining and effective customized training programs. She provides human resources (HR) consulting, training design, and interview research for our clients. She's also my wife. Dave Cohn of Eyebright Interactive is the best (and friendliest) web programmer I know. I owe him a great debt of gratitude for so generously working with me to design and implement this site. He also implemented a site for S&A client Books for the Barrios working with Hennie Farrow. Hennie Farrow of Einneh Media, web designer extraordinaire. Nan Watanabe is an exceptionally talented graphic designer with excellent skills in project management. Bobbie Wunsch, MBA is with Pacific Health Consulting Group, LLC. She has extensive experience with hospitals and public and community-based health systems, and special expertise in organizational and board development, facilitation and public policy. HHS & Philanthropy \| Culinary Writing & Consulting \| About S&A The Buzz \| Site Map \| Home \| Send eMail Copyright � Schacht & Associates 2002. 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__label__cc	0.66215	0.33785	Peak car and peak rebound? A closer look at recent trends in car travel in Great Britain Stapleton, Lee, Sorrell, Steven and Schwanen, Tim (2016) Peak car and peak rebound? A closer look at recent trends in car travel in Great Britain. In: 39th International Association for Energy Economics (IAEE) Conference, 19-22 June 2016, Bergen, Norway. Official URL: http://www.iaee2016nhh.no/ Direct rebound effects result from increased consumption of energy services that have become cheaper as a consequence of energy efficiency improvements. For example, more fuel-efficient cars may encourage more driving that may erode some of the potential fuel savings. But the size and nature of this response may change over time. These changes are particularly important for car travel, since the relationship between income and distance travelled has changed over the last 15 years. This study investigates how the direct rebound effect for car travel has changed in Great Britain since 1970. We employ aggregate time-series data on distance travelled, fuel costs, income and other relevant variables. We estimate the direct rebound effect from the elasticity of distance travelled with respect to the fuel cost of driving (£/km). Distance travelled has approximately doubled since 1970 but the rate of growth slowed around 2000 and is now on a declining trend. This pattern (‘peak car’) has been observed in several developed countries and predates the falls in income that followed the 2008 financial crisis. Our results suggest that the factors contributing to peak car may have also reduced the direct rebound effect. However, the results are sensitive to the inclusion of urbanisation in the specification and the stationarity properties of the data, so there remains considerable uncertainty over the drivers of recent trends. School of Business, Management and Economics > SPRU - Science Policy Research Unit T Technology Lee Stapleton	cc/2023-06/en_head_0035.json.gz/line44
__label__cc	0.534144	0.465856	Tag: RFMD Stocks Swings: AOL Inc. (NYSE:AOL), The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG), National Interstate Corporation (NASDAQ:NATL), VSE Corp. (NASDAQ:VSEC), RF Micro Devices (NASDAQ:RFMD) Analysts at Monness Crespi & Hardt initiated coverage on shares of AOL (NYSE:AOL) in a research report issued to clients and investors on Monday, TheFlyOnTheWall.com reports. The firm set a “buy” rating and a $67.00 price target on the stock. Monness Crespi & Hardt’s price target points to a potential upside of 47.35% from the company’s current price. AOL Inc. (NYSE:AOL) belongs to Technology sector. … Continue reading Stocks Swings: AOL Inc. (NYSE:AOL), The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG), National Interstate Corporation (NASDAQ:NATL), VSE Corp. (NASDAQ:VSEC), RF Micro Devices (NASDAQ:RFMD) Kevin Long 01/02 Big Moves in Focus: RF Micro Devices Inc. (NASDAQ:RFMD), Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS), PartnerRe Ltd. (NYSE:PRE), Novartis AG (NYSE:NVS), Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) RF Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:RFMD) and TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc. (Nasdaq:TQNT) today announced that company executives are scheduled to present Barclays 2014 Global Technology Conference in San Francisco, CA, on Wednesday, December 10, 2014, at 12:00 pm ET (9:00 AM PT). RF Micro Devices Inc. (NASDAQ:RFMD) belongs to Technology sector. Its net profit margin is 8.80% and weekly performance is 6.98%. On last trading day company … Continue reading Big Moves in Focus: RF Micro Devices Inc. (NASDAQ:RFMD), Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS), PartnerRe Ltd. (NYSE:PRE), Novartis AG (NYSE:NVS), Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) Mark DeFrance 12/09 Active Watch List: RF Micro Devices Inc. (NASDAQ:RFMD), NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA), Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:HTZ), Alexandria Real Estate Equities (NYSE:ARE), CCC RF Micro Devices (NASDAQ:RFMD) VP Steven E. Creviston sold 45,000 shares of RF Micro Devices stock on the open market in a transaction dated Monday, December 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $14.45, for a total value of $650,250.00. Following the transaction, the vice president now directly owns 878,765 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $12,698,154. RF Micro Devices … Continue reading Active Watch List: RF Micro Devices Inc. (NASDAQ:RFMD), NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA), Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:HTZ), Alexandria Real Estate Equities (NYSE:ARE), CCC John Meady 12/04 Trader’s Recap: RF Micro Devices Inc. (NASDAQ:RFMD), DryShips, Inc. (NASDAQ:DRYS), The Andersons, Inc. (NASDAQ:ANDE), Summit State Bank (NASDAQ:SSBI), Potash Corp. (NYSE:POT) RF Micro Devices Inc. (NASDAQ:RFMD)’s VP James D. Stilson sold 19,312 shares of the company’s stock on the open market in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, November 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $13.65, for a total value of $263,608.80. RF Micro Devices Inc. (NASDAQ:RFMD) belongs to Technology sector. Its net profit margin is 8.80% and weekly performance is 2.57%. … Continue reading Trader’s Recap: RF Micro Devices Inc. (NASDAQ:RFMD), DryShips, Inc. (NASDAQ:DRYS), The Andersons, Inc. (NASDAQ:ANDE), Summit State Bank (NASDAQ:SSBI), Potash Corp. (NYSE:POT) Chris Lewis 11/17 Active Stocks: RF Micro Devices Inc. (NASDAQ:RFMD), Alpha & Omega Semiconductor, Ltd. (NASDAQ:AOSL), Turtle Beach Corporation (NASDAQ:HEAR), ZBB Energy Corporation (NYSEMKT:ZBB), DOW RF Micro Devices (NASDAQ:RFMD) VP James D. Stilson sold 19,312 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, November 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $13.65, for a total transaction of $263,608.80. Following the completion of the transaction, the vice president now directly owns 479,211 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,541,230. RF Micro Devices Inc. (NASDAQ:RFMD) … Continue reading Active Stocks: RF Micro Devices Inc. (NASDAQ:RFMD), Alpha & Omega Semiconductor, Ltd. (NASDAQ:AOSL), Turtle Beach Corporation (NASDAQ:HEAR), ZBB Energy Corporation (NYSEMKT:ZBB), DOW Jayne Crisman 11/11 Momentum Stocks: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (NYSE:TSM), RF Micro Devices Inc. (NASDAQ:RFMD), Memorial Production Partners LP (NASDAQ:MEMP), OII, Neonode, Inc. (NASDAQ:NEON) Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (NYSE:TSM), posted a 55.9 percent rise in October sales from a year earlier. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (NYSE:TSM) belongs to Technology sector. Its net profit margin is 31.40% and weekly performance is -0.91%. On last trading day company shares ended up $21.82. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (NYSE:TSM) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is 4.80%. RF Micro … Continue reading Momentum Stocks: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (NYSE:TSM), RF Micro Devices Inc. (NASDAQ:RFMD), Memorial Production Partners LP (NASDAQ:MEMP), OII, Neonode, Inc. (NASDAQ:NEON) Colin Pettis 11/10	cc/2023-06/en_head_0035.json.gz/line48
__label__cc	0.725167	0.274833	Join Terry Phillips on Facebook Terry Phillips - News Reporting Reel Murder at The Altar - Video Murder at The Altar - Presentation DIAL-UP version Welcome to TerryPress.com TerryPress is the on-line gateway for journalist Terry Phillips. You’ll find professional background information about him as well as archives of his news and commentary work. Before you leave, please be sure to visit our bookshop. And tell your friends. TerryPress supports the U.N. Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 1: “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.” TerryPress supports the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” TerryPress supports the principles of the Fairness Doctrine. Simply put it compels us to present controversial issues of public importance in an honest, equal and balanced manner. What could be more fair? Report site problems and make feature or functionality suggestions to support@terrypress.com Copyright © 2023 TerryPress.com All rights reserved. Nookeen Media - Professional Graphic Design & Web Development and much more!	cc/2023-06/en_head_0035.json.gz/line49
__label__wiki	0.785328	0.785328	YIAGA Africa, hosts town hall meeting with the young women of Election 2019 The non-profit's Ready To Run initiative is currently filming a documentary that tells their story Written by Fisayo Okare - 25.Apr.2019 This year, Nigeria will celebrate 20 years of return to democracy. This is a landmark achievement for any African democracy, but when the 9th assembly is inaugurated on June 12th—Nigeria’s newly established Democracy Day—there will be fewer women who will sit in the green and red chambers to make critical decisions about inclusion, budgeting for gender issues and participation. The exclusion of women has long been a crux of the Nigerian electoral process. These days it’s getting harder to tell if anything is actually changing. At the recently concluded general elections, only sixty-two of 2970 women who ran for various offices will be sworn into office to legislate for the nationwide population of 190 million people. This number represents only 3.8% of all the positions in the country, from the office of the President to the Vice, the Members of the National Assembly and the Members of various State Houses of Assembly. In 2015, it was 6.5%. Younger women under-4o were even more marginalised by the last election. Despite the clamour for younger candidates and fresher political voices at the last election, there are only nine women of the 260 total number of elected candidates under-40, and only two of them are thirty-five years or younger. Last week, YIAGA AFRICA, a youth non-profit focused on upholding human rights and democracy, brought together a cohort of 20 young female candidates who lost the 2019 elections for a reflection meeting on the challenges they faced and the way forward. The sit-down held at the Center for Legislative Engagement (CLE), where these courageous women, some of whom were understandably still shaken about their loses, discussed their experience during the general elections. The discourse turned out to become a safe space for the women to give context for their candidacy, and share their post-election feelings. “There are about 10 states in Nigeria with no single female legislator, so how do you plan to legislate for women in the state,” Chioma Agwuegbo, founder of TechHer and Strategy Team Member of the Not Too Young To Run Movement, stated. “In Ondo state, there is only one female legislator amongst 26 in the state that will be sworn into office, which means her voice will most likely be drowned out.” Alongside Agwuegbo, other leaders of the Not Too Young To Run Movement: Yetunde Bakare, Maryam Laushi, Bella Anne Ndubuisi and Cynthia Mbamalu, the Programs Manager of YIAGA AFRICA, presided over the townhall meeting. The speakers took great effort to ensure the women spoke very frankly about the experiences from their different constituencies, states, polling units and parties, beyond the observer reports and statements by political analysts. “The whole concept of democracy is incomplete if there is no representation of the different segments or sectors of the society. And that includes ensuring that each time we talk of gender in politics, we are not looking at it as a male-dominated affair but a space, represented by both men and women, which is a true reflection of the society,” Lawyer and activist, Cynthia Mbamalu said. “You cannot talk about nation building itself without talking about the women; we make up part of the population. Statistics show we make up about 49% of Nigeria’s population. We need to sit back and reflect on how we experienced the elections. What challenges did we face and how can we address these challenges going forward?” She queued the female candidates to throw more light. Once a person has been marginalised and discredited, silence becomes a likely option. YIAGA Africa told The NATIVE, they witnessed an initial reluctance from speakers who repeatedly asked the organisation, “the question is what is our protection after we tell our story, what is our protection after now?” Rwanda just recently beat its record of 64% to 68% of women in politics because they saw the great change it made for their country. In Namibia, the classification of women in parliament is 48%. In South Africa, it is 42.4%; Senegal, 41.8%; and Ethiopia, 30.3%. In Nigeria, the number of women in parliament will drop from the 6.5% that it has been in the 8th Assembly, to 3.8% in the 9th Assembly, commencing in June. It took the promise of identity protection and the option for anonymity off the record, for some of the women to start feeling comfortable about speaking up. TechHer founder, Chioma Agwuegbo broke the ice by telling the women to communicate their experiences in one idea. The choice of words that flew around the room, included an odd but predictable register of anguish and disappointment. “Tough, fraudulent, horrible, no respect for gender, an election replica, not credible, quite an experience, vote buying: highest bidder wins, money laundering, and, a market place.” The women echoed. The participation of women is beyond a basic political issue; it is also the subject of community agreement. Nigeria has notably failed to learn from other countries on the African continent in this regard. Rwanda just recently beat its record of 64% to 68% of women in politics because they saw the great change it made for their country. In Namibia, the classification of women in parliament is 48%. In South Africa, it is 42.4%; Senegal, 41.8%; and Ethiopia, 30.3%. In Nigeria, the number of women in parliament will drop from the 6.5% that it has been in the 8th Assembly, to 3.8% in the 9th Assembly, commencing in June. “So technically it’s like we are hustling backwards. One step forward, 20 steps backwards,” Agwuegbo emphasized. Some female candidates, however, ran their campaigns prepared for the worst; they offered solutions. “I built a community of men around myself. I went for midnight meetings with my husband.” “I started by telling them stories that never happened as a block to prevent strategy: Sir, everybody I have been asking for support has been sexually harassing me” A series of recurrent issues were highlighted by most of the women. For example, on election day, some young candidates experienced betrayal from party agents who switched allegiances after they were bought over. In another constituency in the North Central, a female candidate’s campaign manager tried to use sex as a prerequisite to obtaining the money that had been specifically donated to fund her campaign. “He knew that the election had given me exposure, and he wanted to ruin my chances. The money he collected for me, [donated for my campaign] he has it in his pocket,” she stated. Another female candidate in the South West was sexually harassed by a state governor who condescendingly flattered her by telling her how lucky she is and promised to give her “the whole society” if she accepts to be one of his mistresses. Like this, the conversations that took place among the women and speakers at the reflection meeting were wide-ranging and lasting in impact. One of the youngest female candidates at the reflection meeting who is in her mid-twenties was both a victim of her age and marital status. She was beaten up, for saying “no” to a sexual predator, who had promised support to her but threatened to continue assaulting her because she refused to have sex with him. In the South-South, a female candidate’s husband was kidnapped; her mother-in-law who had warned her not to go into politics, chastised and accused her, saying she “traded her son (the husband) for political conquest”. We could sense the trauma still lingering from their experiences as the women’s voices caught in their throats, revealing emotions through shouts and cries. Some female candidates, however, ran their campaigns prepared for the worst; they offered solutions. “Have one or two men that will go with you for party meetings,” a candidate stated. This is an experience that their young male counterparts may not necessarily encounter, and it is absurd that this is even a solution, but maybe it is a starting point to protect our women. “I am from a conservative society. So I built a community of men around myself. I went for midnight meetings with my husband”, “I told them a story from my tradition about how men who sleep with other men’s women do not wake up the next day”, “We are not gender-biased but when it comes to elections, work with men”, “Don’t go to places alone”, “I started by telling them stories that never happened: Sir, everybody I have been asking for support has been sexually harassing me”, more female candidates explained. Once a person has been marginalized and discredited, silence becomes a likely option. It is true that the subjugation of women in Nigerian politics by old political warhorses and suffragists is commonplace in our communities. But what is common is not normal; it is high-priority that we aggressively refuse to see it as normal. We cannot continue to live in an era of complaints when actions would yield tangible results. Asides Civil Society Organisations and Non-Governmental Organisations, very few stakeholders in the world of politics have shown active concern about the intellectual or emotional well being of the political aspirants. This is why YIAGA AFRICA’s Ready To Run initiative is filming a documentary based on some of the revelations from this town hall meeting. The complex array of women are stepping out to be known as the winning women—not victims but victors. They have drawn an action plan for election 2023, and they demand our attention and support. Out of their rather painful experience, they still bring bright light and coloured dreams, recognizing that: though the marginalization of women in the socio-political landscape of Nigeria is no new phenomenon, it is also a future we can mitigate. Image Credit: Ovinuchi Ejiohuo for YIAGA AFRICA On the ordeals of women who ran in the 2019 elections, Fisayo Okare writes from the Communications and Media department of YIAGA AFRICA, Abuja. 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__label__wiki	0.862425	0.862425	Pentagon revealed secrets to Hollywood on bin Laden raid The name of a SEAL Team 6 operator and commander “who was involved from the beginning as a planner” of the raid to kill Osama bin Laden was revealed to a Hollywood director and a screenwriter to assist them in making a feature film about the assassination, but this name cannot now be revealed to the press or public. Transcripts of conversations between administration officials and the filmmakers, released because of a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit, contain redactions even though there’s no reason to believe the filmmakers had security clearances. Politico reports: Just weeks after Pentagon and Central Intelligence Agency officials warned publicly of the dangers posed by leaks about the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, top officials at both agencies and at the White House granted Hollywood filmmakers unusual access to those involved in planning the raid and some of the methods they used to do it, newly released government records show. At a briefing in July 2011, Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence Mike Vickers told filmmakers Michael Boal and Katherine Bigelow that the leaders of the the Special Operations Command couldn’t speak to them for appearances’ sake. However, Vickers said that the Pentagon would make available a Navy SEAL who was involved in planning the raid from its earliest stages. “On the operators side, Adm. McRaven and Adm. Olson do not want to talk directly, because it’s just a bad, their [sic] just concerned as commanders of the force and they’re telling them all the time—don’t you dare talk to anybody, that it’s just a bad example if it gets out—even with all sorts of restrictions and everything,” Vickers said, according to a transcript of the meeting released Friday to Judicial Watch. The conservative watchdog group filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit demanding the documents (posted here). “The basic idea is they’ll make a guy available who was involved from the beginning as a planner, a SEAL Team 6 Operator and Commander,” McRaven said. “That’s dynamite,” Boal replied, according to the transcript. Bigelow, best known for “The Hurt Locker,” also chimed in. “That’s incredible,” she said, gratefully. “He’ll speak for operators and he’ll speak for senior military commanders,” Vickers continued, adding that the designated SEAL would essentially be a mouthpiece for McRaven and Olson. “The only thing we ask is that you not reveal his name in any way as a consultant because again it’s the same thing, he shouldn’t be talking out of school, this at least gives him one step removed and he knows what he can and can’t say,” Vickers added, vouching that the SEAL cleared to meet with the filmmakers would be able to provide “lots of color.” The Pentagon is now withholding from the public and the press the same name DoD gave the filmmakers. The response sent to Judicial Watch explains the deletion by citing privacy concerns as well as a statute allowing the Secretary of Defense to protect the names of members of “routinely deployable” and “sensitive” units. It is unclear whether the court will uphold such a withholding given that the name was already disclosed to a member of the public by a senior official, apparently with some forethought. This entry was posted in Obama administration on May 23, 2012 by News Sources. ← Israeli politicians incite mob violence targeting African refugees in Tel Aviv Not all Israeli citizens are equal → 1 thought on “Pentagon revealed secrets to Hollywood on bin Laden raid” Joseph Goebbels May 25, 2012 at 1:04 pm “Bin Laden Documents Released”: The Propaganda Hoax Continues Bin Laden killed by Seal Team 6: Baloney! No stun guns, no stun grenades, no capture, no interrogation, no trial, no adherence to the rule of law as required by the US Constitution and by the Geneva Convention, no dental records, no autopsy, no finger prints, no videos, no photographs, no safe room, no X-Rays, no publication of DNA results and burial at sea in contradiction to Islamic customs. And, now, we are supposed to believe that there is a treasure trove of important documents that came as a result of the Seal Team 6 raid! And, now, the White House and the CIA are promoting Hollywood’s efforts to make this bull shit into a movie (to be released shortly before the November’s Presidential election, no doubt). Just as the previous administration did in the propaganda film “United 93”. (United 93 was shot down by a US fighter jet, spewing debris over a eight mile swath of rural Pennsylvania…on orders of draft dodging, white collar criminal (Vice President) Dick Cheney). Baloney! Consider: “If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State.”	cc/2023-06/en_head_0035.json.gz/line52
__label__cc	0.649218	0.350782	My Open Access Latin American Politics Textbook is Now Available My textbook Understanding Latin American Politics , which was originally published by Pearson, is now available in its full form as Open Acc... Greg Weeks I am Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Academia (309) Academic Article (114) Bolivia (117) Book Review (326) Charlotte (108) Charlotte; Autism (1) Honduras (258) Latin America (626) Latinos (84) Misc. (32) Populism (3) the Left (11) U.S.-Latin American relations (1483) Venezuela (877) Final Blog Post This is my 5,277th and final blog post. This blog has been tremendous fun, but I've found that I am consistently choosing to spend my time and energy doing other things. I actually chose today of all days because I wondered whether the day after a huge election would change my mind. There are interesting stories: the effects of Venezuelan socialism, the vote in Miami, the impact on Latin America, and any number of others. But it really didn't. I am doing other stuff, even administrative, like trying to figure out how to give students an international experience in the Covid-19 era. I will still write, of course, but I also want to find new outlets. All of this is true for my podcast as well, which was a cool experience but one I've found myself thinking about less and less. Anyway, it's been over 14 years. I started as a pretty new Associate Professor. Back then, the big debate was whether to blog as an untenured professor. That was a long time ago. Thanks for reading, and I'll see you around. Posted by Greg Weeks at 9:04 AM , 6 comments Labels: Blogs SOUTHCOM and Latin America in the Covid Era I watched the Council of the Americas webinar with SOUTHCOM Commander Craig Faller and Civilian Deputy Commander Jean Manes, with Eric Farnsworth moderating. Some interesting discussion, with the kind of emphasis you would expect from SOUTHCOM. Here are my quick thoughts: Major issue is Chinese illegal fishing around Ecuador and Peru (see here for background). I have to wonder how much that could sour Latin American views of China. On Twitter, Tracy North notes that it also affects Nicaragua, which they did not mention. I don't know if that was intentional (because of politics) or not. Manes: the U.S. role in providing aid for Covid "hasn't been covered in the news much" but they keep careful track to make sure no other outside government (esp. China) does more. It's quite the cold way of looking at it--give more aid only if China does so first. The U.S. does not want other countries to "take advantage." I imagine Latin American leaders would not tend to view any Covid aid as "taking advantage." As for the news comment, it sounds in line with Trump but it's a constant in U.S. policy toward Latin America--the news is never quite positive enough of U.S. actions. Faller: can we even call the Maduro regime a "regime" because it's a small group of criminals. Well, they control the government, so yes, it's a regime. That was a surprising and uninformed offhand comment intended as an insult, I guess. Manes: the Colombia peace process is "on pause" because of Covid, at least until a vaccine, like other initiatives around the region. I get this, but one could argue it was already on pause before Covid because the Duque government is not committed to it, and the pandemic is just an excuse. Faller: U.S. training of Latin Americans has actually increased because of technology. That actually makes sense, because at the university we find larger meeting participation. Both Faller and Manes: U.S.-Brazilian relations at the military-military level are very good. I have not followed this, but it also makes sense--at that level it can transcend the politics of the particular government in power. Faller had a not-so-veiled threat to countries pursuing agreements with China: "Our ability to have a trusting relationship will be jeopardized." Such a threat really suggests weakness--China is making inroads and the U.S. cannot figure out how to address it. Manes: once someone decides to emigrate, you've already lost. You need to improve things at home. The big question, though, is how to deal with migrants when they reach the U.S. Her logic would suggest that just sending them home is a bad idea, though obviously that's not the Trump logic. Venezuela: not much new. Faller: the external actors there are the "intricate weave of a Persian rug." Weird way to put it, but whatever. No questions or discussion of Mexico. That surprised me. Mexico as a partner is more important than China as an adversary, I'd say. Update: I've been reminded via email that Mexico does not fall under SOUTHCOM. So this is worth mentioning. But it's weird to hear Central American migration kind of ending there. Posted by Greg Weeks at 1:39 PM , 1 comments Labels: U.S.-Latin American relations Ecuador's Treatment of Venezuelan Migrants Beyers, Christiaan., & Esteban Nicholls (2020). "Government through Inaction: The Venezuelan Migratory Crisis in Ecuador." Journal of Latin American Studies, 52(3), 633-657. Abstract (gated): This article analyses strategies for channelling a migrant population out of a country by indirect means. Specifically, we examine the response of the Ecuadorean state to the influx of Venezuelan newcomers since 2015. We argue that this response has been characterised by inaction, rooted not in policy failures or bad governance, but rather in a strategic governmental rationality. We show how migrants are ‘herded’ out of the country as a result of a form of indirect government that works differently from other ‘anti-immigrant’ policies like forced deportations or incarceration at the border, and yet produces similar outcomes. I found this to be originally and fascinating. The foundation of this inaction policy is Lenín Moreno: The strategic ‘inaction’ that we uncovered during our research is explained in part by the political weakness of the Moreno regime, which, during its first three years in power, resulted in a please-all stance towards sensitive political issues such as the Venezuelan question. And its implementation (if inaction can be labeled as such) is pretty twisted. Our interviews with Venezuelans in Quito confirmed that many would prefer to remain in Ecuador. The majority who do stay do so because they have family, friends or a business partner in Ecuador. By contrast, the majority of Venezuelans who leave do so because of what is generally described as an impossible-to-comply-with series of legal requirements and administrative steps, and a general sense that the government is indifferent to their struggles. These subject dispositions are in themselves concrete effects of the governmentality of inaction. What they describe is a bureaucratic dystopia, where red tape becomes the means for what in the U.S. Mitt Romney once famously labeled "self-deportation." A critical difference from the U.S., however is that the public face of the government is benign. Ecuador "welcomes" Venezuelan migrants but makes it too much of a paperwork hassle to stay. Sorry, just following the rules. The vice-minister goes on to acknowledge that, while Venezuelans ‘often arrive only with what they have on them’, the government cannot ‘exempt citizens entering the country from any requirements’, and effectively concludes that it is doing all it can towards some eventual resolution of the problem. The system is actually specifically intended not to work. Migrants cannot get licenses to do any work and eventually give up. Word of the difficulties go back to Venezuela, and so new migrants come primed not to stay. They conclude by suggesting that this is part of an overall Moreno problem of inaction. Labels: Ecuador, Immigration, Venezuela Venezuela Committing Crimes Against Humanity The UN Human Rights Council sent an Independent International Fact-Finding Mission to Venezuela, and it just issued a report. It's incredibly damning: While recognising the nature of the crisis and tensions in the country, and the responsibilities of the State to maintain public order, the Mission found the Government, State agents, and groups working with them had committed egregious violations. It identified patterns of violations and crimes that were highly coordinated pursuant to State policies, and part of a widespread and systematic course of conduct, thus amounting to crimes against humanity. There is a state policy of extrajudicial killings and torture. It says this got going in 2014, which coincides with the aftermath of Hugo Chávez's death and Nicolás Maduro's desperate efforts to stay in power. State violence is all he's got. The National Intelligence Service (SEBIN) normalized torture, which included "stress positions; asphyxiation; beatings; electric shocks; cuts and mutilations; death threats; and psychological torture." The document itself is over 400 pages and heavily footnoted to demonstrate all the violations of international law. It includes a highly detailed chronology of the political crises that were accompanied by increased use of state violence. At this point, the government targets just about everybody, not just high profile opposition leaders: Intelligence agencies have also targeted other profiles of people seen to challenge official narratives. This includes selected civil servants, judges, prosecutors, defence lawyers, NGO workers, journalists, and bloggers and social media users.630 In 2020, various health, workers and social media users critical of the Government’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic were also detained.631 In July 2020, the Minister of the Interior, Néstor Reverol, announced that Venezuelans who had left the country and are returning would be charged under the Organic Law against Organised Crime and Financing of Terrorism, allegedly for bringing Covid-19 into the country. Also selectively targeted were people associated with these actors, including families, friends and colleagues or NGO workers and human rights defenders. The questions authorities asked these people while in detention and under interrogation appear to suggest that they were detained to incriminate, extract information about or apply pressure on the main targets. This includes organizations that may have provided funding to opposition movements or received international funding. The measures used against people associated with principal targets often matched or exceeded the severity of that inflicted upon principal targets. They even get down to what detention buildings look like inside. At this point, international organizations can just gather information, which eventually will be used in some manner for accountability once democracy is restored in the country. This is a meticulously documented dictatorship. Labels: Venezuela Podcast Episode 76: Trump & Latin America In Episode 76 of Understanding Latin American Politics: The Podcast, once again I join forces with the Historias podcast of the Southeastern Council of Latin American Studies (which everyone should check out). I talk with Dustin Walcher, Jeff Taffet, Mary Rose Kubal, and Maggie Commins about the Trump administration's policies toward Latin America. You can find this podcast at iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, and anywhere else podcasts can be found. If there is anyplace I've missed, please contact me. Subscribe, rate, and keep 6 feet from it. Labels: Podcast, U.S.-Latin American relations Repairing U.S.-Latin American Relations Michael Shifter asks whether the damage Trump has wrought on U.S.-Latin American relations can be repaired, starting from an anecdote about how a Mexican business leader said relations would be set back 20 years. I think there are two things here that go well beyond even what a Biden administration would look like. First, history tells us that of course relations can be repaired. The relationship is just too tight, the interdependence so strong. If we can repair relations with Cuba after years of trying to destroy it, we can do so with Mexico. Even Daniel Ortega tried for a while to engage with the U.S. So this part is easy, and in fact many Latin American presidents are just waiting for someone else in the White House, in a similar way as the 2008 election. But the second is more difficult. China is now a player like never before, a process that became stronger in the 2000 and then accelerated, pedal to the metal, under Trump. That cannot be reversed no matter what the U.S. does. Shifts in trade relations are not super likely unless something happens in China. These are long-terms trends that will not change just because someone new become U.S. president. Latin American countries looked for creative ways to find autonomy from the U.S., and restoration of trust may slow that but will not stop it. Labels: China, U.S.-Latin American relations Fake News in the Guatemala Invasion Compared to Now Sylvia Brindis Snow and Shane Snow take a deep, deep dive into the U.S. use of fake news to overthrow Jacobo Arbenz in 1954. It includes photos and audio. That story is not a new one (though the details make me shake my head no matter how many times I've heard them) but they take it a step further and view it as a precursor to the Russian meddling in U.S. presidential elections. There are interesting parallels. Comparing Hillary Clinton to Arbenz feels like a stretch at times, but it's intriguing. The basic idea is to concoct an entirely false picture from abroad and broadcast it as broadly as possible, radio then and social media now. The CIA created a new reality that the Communists were taken over and that a rebel force was on the march. This was all recorded outside Guatemala by actors. Nothing about it was real. Similarly, we got (and still get) crazy stories about Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden. On the Guatemala side, we see David Atlee Phillips pleased as punch after Arbenz was overthrown, playing bridge and feeling smug. One can easily imagine a parallel in Russian hackers. And in both cases, they are leaving terrible wreckage. The authors conclude by showing how the offending governments cover up their tracks, lying even more. Unable to find any evidence of Communist affiliation in Arbenz's house, the CIA puts in bags of dirt labeled with Communist countries, as if he had collected dirt in his Communist ardor. Stupid, and unconvincing, but convincing enough for those didn't think too much about it, much like now. Labels: Guatemala, U.S.-Latin American relations Review of Vincent Bevins' The Jakarta Method I recommend Vincent Bevins' recently published The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade & the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World. It starts with an extended discussion of Indonesia and then looks at how Suharto's brutality (the word "Jakarta" became a synonym for mass political murder) was copied elsewhere, with the U.S. government deeply involved everywhere. He uses interviews with those who suffered (and often emigrated) to show how people were affected and felt at the time. From my perspective as a Latin Americanist, the book's global perspective makes it especially interesting. Events in one part of the world affect others. Revolutionaries and reactionaries alike are reading the news, and trying to glean lessons. Che Guevara and Fidel Castro famously decided from the 1954 Guatemala invasion that the electoral path was suicidal, but Indonesians were learning from Central America too. We know the U.S. government viewed Latin America in global terms, but we talk far less about how places like Indonesia resonated. Because of language barriers, those of us who study Latin America don't tend to do fieldwork in Asia. The 1960s-1980s in particular was a time of wanton anti-communist slaughter. It was calculated, strategic, and entirely supported by the U.S. government. As he notes, the living carry psychological scars with them, and in Indonesia people still do not feel comfortable discussing it. Those labeled "communist" are still stigmatized, unlike Latin America where they're even becoming presidents of countries. Using the stories from this interviews, he traces the shift from hope and pride during the Sukarno government to fear after Suharto took over and killed roughly a million people. Although it's not really a theme of the book, his interviews also show the global migratory impact of mass murder. His interviews, which are in different continents, show people fleeing in all directions, not even necessarily settling in the first country that will take them. I always talk about this in the Central American context in my U.S.-Latin American relations class. But I also lived it while being entirely ignorant of the causes at the time--Bevins mentions the so-called "boat people," some of whom ultimately ended up in the public schools I attended. If there is an overarching political lesson in the book, sadly it is that mass murder worked amazingly well for U.S. political elites. The Cold War was "won" by preserving global capitalism and asserting U.S. hegemony. The average person in the United States is considerably wealthier than most people on the planet. And they are either unaware or uncaring about the violence that contributed to getting them there. Posted by Greg Weeks at 12:51 PM , 0 comments Labels: Book Review, U.S.-Latin American relations Venezuelan Government Attacks Health Workers Amnesty International lays out the dire situation Venezuelan health workers are in. Repression, economic collapse, and lying all fold in together. 50% of health workers have emigrated rather than deal with dangerous conditions where often they arrive at work hungry. This is pure brain drain. “The Venezuelan authorities are either in denial about the number of health workers to have died from COVID-19, or they do not have accurate information about the precarious conditions in hospitals and the dire need for better protection of staff and patients alike. Either way, the government is being utterly irresponsible,” said Erika Guevara-Rosas, Americas director at Amnesty International. Nobody believes anything the government says, and Venezuela is the only country in the hemisphere to imprison doctors who speak truth to power (and then drag them to military tribunals!). There is, of course, lots of tweeting about how successful everything is. Caracas Chronicles provides even more detail. In fact, Maduro’s spokespeople almost don’t reference how medical personnel are being affected anymore; they have even criminalized them. On May 22nd, the Information minister, Jorge Rodríguez, said: “Assume that you’re standing in front of a COVID-19 patient. Follow the protocol, use facemasks. We’ve seen videos (…) where healthcare workers aren’t using them. They’re not using gloves, they’re not using the suits they were given to work on these patients.” But the equipment hasn’t arrived. MUV began a campaign on July 23rd to promote donations of biosafety equipment, facemasks, face guards, gloves, surgical caps and scrubs; in Táchira, they reported shortages of up to 70%. In Caracas, Ana Rosario Contreras said that they’re being forced to reuse facemasks and scrubs, a problem already reported by Monitor Salud: in seven out of thirteen hospitals in Caracas, there are no facemasks available, and they’re forced to reuse them in ten of those hospitals. No surprise, then, that Maduro already has people lined up to test the Russian vaccine. Posted by Greg Weeks at 11:17 AM , 0 comments The Political Center in Colombia The Canadian Council for the Americas held a webinar on the political center (sorry, centre!) in Colombia and whether it can unite. There was former Vice President Humberto de Calle (under Ernesto Samper, and he was also the head of the negotiating team with the FARC) and then a bit later also Colombian journalists and a financier, moderated by Ken Frankel. The quick answer is that it's really tricky. De la Calle's main point was that, unlike Colombian political tradition, the center needed to start with a basic program rather than choosing a person to rally around. He gave various indicators, based on local election results and polls, about an appetite for centrist positions and parties. Centrist policy positions included agrarian reform, tax reform, pension reform, and crop substitution. But that is where the conversation got more difficult. Responses included asking where was the focus on women and youth? If the right dominated non-urban areas, how was this going to function? What are some concrete objectives? Doesn't this seem too top-down? And, fundamentally, what is the "center" anyway? Unless I missed it toward the end, when I had interruptions and missed chunks, the political mechanics of all this was missing. Who gets the ball rolling, which means controlling the message at the beginning? De la Calle advocated for self-exclusion, meaning no one would be rejected as long as they broadly accepted the program. But that depends on who defines the program. I've written before about how the FARC really screwed the democratic left in Colombia, because it's too easy to connect the left to the FARC (and nowadays also to Venezuela, though I don't know how much that actually convinces people). But I hadn't thought as much about the center. This discussion demonstrated to me how tough such a project would be. The essential question "can it unite?" just kind of hung there. Fear has served the right very well, and it's hard to overcome. His overall political biography is really interesting. Labels: Colombia Bolsonaro's Popularity I recommend Brian Winter's article in Foreign Affairs on the durability of Jair Bolsonaro's popularity, which in fact just went up. He zeroes in on the country's interior: The interiorzão is not defined on any map, but it generally refers to a belt of land sagging around the country’s geographic midsection, from the state of Mato Grosso do Sul in the west through Goiás, Minas Gerais, and parts of Bahia in the east. This is a Brazil of soy farms and cattle ranches, oversize Ford pickup trucks, air-conditioned shopping malls, and all-you-can-eat steakhouses. Some of it is old, but much of it was erected only in the last 30 years or so. Instead of Afro-Catholic syncretism and bossa nova, it boasts evangelical megachurches and sertanejo, a kind of tropicalized country music sung by barrel-chested men in cowboy hats and Wrangler jeans.It is Brazil's equivalent to flyover country, parts that are not tourist destinations and do not correspond to the foreigner's view of the country as a whole. As with Trump in the U.S., it constitutes a core of support that's not likely to fall away. I can imagine a similar worldview holding there and here. What I consider to be destroying institutions, Bolsonaro/Trump supporters see "getting things done." What I see as unacceptable rhetoric, they see as a return to morality. What I see as conspiracy theories, they see as truths. What I clearly see as lying, they see as "telling it like it is." Brazil's political history is so different from the U.S., but there are parallels here. As Brian writes, quite a few elites have repented their support for Bolsonaro. The same has happened here, but that doesn't necessarily signal change. That core is still there, and they love the show they're seeing. The difficulty for any analyst is to truly move away from trying to sort out self-interest. People adore their president despite the fact that he is screwing them. Depressed economic growth, rampant virus, you name it (wrecked post office, even!). From an electoral standpoint, it's sobering. The party systems of the two countries are so different that comparison isn't worthwhile, but at a very basic level, established opposite parties will find it hard to convince that core base that they have anything to offer. To win, you need to bring everyone else together. Labels: Brazil Completely Broken Immigration System I watched WOLA's webinar on immigration: "Stranded Between Borders: Draconian Responses to a Regional Migration Crisis." Adam Isacson moderated, with the following guests: Gretchen Kuhner, Institution for Women in Migration (Mexico), Marco Romero, CODHES and Professor at the National University of Colombia Ursula Roldán, Institute for Research and Projection on Global and Territorial Dynamics of the Rafael Landívar University (Guatemala) It was particularly worthwhile because it didn't in fact focus on Trump per se, but rather the responses and realities in the Latin American countries. The overall message is that the immigration system is utterly, terribly, broken. The Trump administration is not only anti-immigrant, but it reneges on agreements. AMLO bows down to Trump just to avoid being attacked, and his own anti-immigrant policies are fine with his base in Mexico. Colombia has nothing but short-term, emergency responses when it needs much more. Immigrants live precariously at borders with no solution in sigtht. Covid-19 hovers over all of this, because vulnerable migrants find themselves infected and bureaucracies have ground to a halt. Tied to that, there is so little hope for meaningful change. No current president is willing to build a long-term humane system, and is generally doing the opposite. Even if Joe Biden wins the presidency, it will take a long time to undo the damage that the Trump administration inflicted on immigration policy and immigrants. The only positive note was that remittances to Guatemala were up in July. I can't even imagine how that is possible, but it is. Labels: Colombia, Guatemala, Immigration, Mexico, U.S.-Latin American relations Plan Colombia is Problematic Michael Shifter writes of Brent Scowcroft in glowing terms for his role in promoting Plan Colombia. One thing I've noticed over the years is that advocates know Plan Colombia had some massively negative consequences, and so feel obligated to at least make some mention, but without going into detail and then head straight back to compliments. Examples from his short essay: "however seriously flawed" "Criticism centered around human rights concerns" "failed to achieve its highest priority objective" "for all of its flaws in conception and implementation" That's a lot of qualifiers. More specifically, let's look at the most recent data from the International Displacement Monitoring Centre: This is Plan Colombia in action--it created a disaster along Syrian lines for millions of Colombians, but they just don't get much attention. President Alvaro Uribe, who was largely responsible for implementing it after he took office in 2002, is a thug who oversaw major human rights violations, and is currently under house arrest for bribing members of paramilitaries so that he wouldn't be implicated for his involvement with them. I understand fully that Plan Colombia served to ramp up the government's side in the civil war, and as a result it was able to weaken the FARC sufficiently to force it to negotiate, which stabilized the country. I am not trying to pretend that didn't happen. But it definitely needs to be seen as only side of a violent coin. Labels: Colombia, U.S.-Latin American relations Trump's Latin America Nominees Are Bad in the Same Way Not long ago, I wrote about how Trump pick for Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, Carlos Trujillo, was a bad choice. Now Chris Sabatini wrote what is like a companion piece, namely that Trump's pick to head the Inter-American Development Bank, Mauricio Claver-Crone, is a terrible choice. Plus, they are terrible in almost exactly the same ways. They are Marco Rubio-groomed ideologues with no experience, chosen solely with Florida electoral votes in mind. They are obsessed with Cuba and Venezuela, and can't seem to concentrate much on anything else. The White House’s nomination of Mauricio Claver-Carone seems certainly informed by domestic politics — part of its strategy to win Florida’s 29 electoral votes in November. Currently the senior director for Western Hemisphere affairs at the National Security Council, Claver-Carone’s previous experience was running a one-man lobbying shop for the U.S.-Cuba embargo. The underqualified candidate owes his meteoric rise from relative obscurity to his benefactor, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) — though the senator’s patronage twice failed to get him appointed as assistant secretary of state for the Western Hemisphere, raising the question of why he should be in charge of a regional development institution at a time of unprecedented economic and social distress in Latin America. These are important jobs at any time, but especially now. Latin America is in crisis, and political hacks are just not the way to go. They seem guaranteed to focus on all the wrong things. Tweets by GregWeeksCLT The Latin Americanist Takis Fuego vs. Nitro My 13 year old son Ben got into the Mexican snacks Takis, which are spiced rolled tortilla chips. He and I did a taste test of Takis Fuego a... Che Guevara's Three One Dimensions Che Guevara ranks up there as one of the most one-dimensional figures in Latin American political history. Most recently Ileana Ros-Lehtinen... This is my 5,277th and final blog post. 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__label__wiki	0.529319	0.529319	December 23, 1894 -- John Root's Grave Marker in Graceland December 23, 1894 -- The Chicago Daily Tribune reports that “There has just been erected in Graceland Cemetery a monument that is probably the most unique as well as one of the most notable in the country.” [Chicago Daily Tribune, December 23, 1894] The monument to which the paper refers is the stone marking the grave of architect John Root. Pointing out that the funeral service for the great architect, three years earlier, was of “the utmost simplicity,” the paper observes that “… it seemed fitting that the stone that should mark his earthly resting-place should express to the utmost the simplicity of art and its traditions.” A Celtic cross, designed by Daniel Burnham, Charles Atwood and Jules Wegman, marks Root’s grave site. The plans “called for red Scotch granite of even color and material, without a flaw, and the carving to have the true archaic weather-beaten appearance as seen on the old Celtic crosses in Scotland and Ireland.” The design executed in Scotland as “It was deemed improbable that the peculiar character and feeling sought for in the design could be brought out by any stonecutter in the United States.” In the center of the cross, surrounded by “the motif by which the Druids symbolized immortality” are the outlines of the entrance to the proposed art institute, “the drawings of which were probably the last which Mr. Root executed.” It is a monument to a man “who builded his monuments in brick and stone in life, and who, now gone, has his place in the history of American architecture and the arts for all time, his grave marked by a simple cross, yet covered in time-defying granite.” December 23, 1907 – The permit for a new La Salle Hotel that will stand at the northwest corner of LaSalle and Madison Streets, is taken out. Estimated to cost $2,800,000, the permit for the hotel is the largest issued in 1907. The permit itself cost $2,400.50. Construction of the hotel is expected to begin sometime between March 1 and May 1 with an estimated 15 months required to complete the 22-story structure. When finished, the new La Salle Hotel will be the largest hotel building in the world. The hotel stood until 1976 when it was demolished to make room for the Two North LaSalle office building. Governor William Stratton December 23, 1954 – Illinois Governor William Stratton gives formal approval to the engineering report that will impact over 320 miles of high speed highways in northern Illinois, new “super highways” that may end up costing as much as $458,085,000. Upon the governor’s approval preparations begin for the sale of $390,000,000 worth of revenue bonds covering the cost of two of the new highways and part of a third. The proposed highways include: (1) a “Tri-State” route, extending from near the Indiana border to a point just south of the Wisconsin state line; (2) a route heading from the Edens expressway, completed in 1951, as it begins in Chicago and continues northwesterly to an area near Rockford; and (3) the first section of an east-west route beginning at the proposed Tri-State route and continuing to Aurora. It is hoped that the road-building projects will be finished by 1957. Labels: 1894, Architects, Chicago Architecture December 31, 1902 -- Passenger Trains in Chicago December 30, 1950 -- Chicago Fire Statistics for 1863 December 29, 1978 -- Art Institute Employees Quest... December 28,1978 -- Reebie Storage and Moving an A... December 27, 1890 -- Burnham Denies Rumors that Ch... December 26, 1998 -- The Sky Pavilion at the Adler... December 25, 1953 -- Carter H. Harrison, Jr. Dies December 24, 2015 -- Eastland's Last Survivor Dies December 23, 1894 -- John Root's Grave Marker in G... December 22, 1933 -- Medinah Athletic Club Seeks N... December 21, 1920 -- Rush Street Bridge Swings for... December 20, 1985 -- White Sox Get Word of New Sta... December 19, 1972 -- Art Institute Unveils Plans f... December 18, 1985 -- Operation Greylord Scoops Up ... December 17, 1938 -- Subway Construction Kicks Off December 16, 1980 -- Chicago Cultural Center Contr... December 15, 1936 -- Chicago Surface Lines Ordered... December 14, 1910 -- Grant Park Takes Shape with C... December 13, 2014 -- Maggie Daley Park Officially ... December 12, 1972 -- Apparel Mart Plans Announced December 11, 1970 -- Wrigley Gets Permission for L... December 10, 1872 -- Union Stockyards Gets a Proposal December 9, 1942 -- Chicago River Taxis Get the Gr... December 8, 1938 -- Steeterville Is Officially Named December 7, 1892 -- Lake Michigan Crib Begins Oper... December 6, 1978 -- Henry Moore Comes to Town December 5, 1944 -- World War II Veteran Comes Hom... December 4, 2014 -- Fort Sheridan Long-Range Plan ... December 3, 1985 -- NBC Announces New Office Tower December 2, 1962 -- Wilmette's "No Man's Land" Hea... December 1, 1945 -- Fort Sheridan Reaches the 200,...	cc/2023-06/en_head_0035.json.gz/line61
__label__wiki	0.612239	0.612239	September 14, 1908 -- Chicago Public Library Gets Trolley Tracks September 14, 1908 – Work begins on the laying of trolley track in Garland Court on the west side of the Chicago Public Library. Elaborate preparations have been made for the project, which will ultimately allow the removal of the tracks of the City Railway on Michigan Avenue and on Madison Street.. The City Railway has agreed to pay the expenses for changes in the public library building that are required because of the railway that will pass adjacent to it. These alterations to the building will be completed according to plans prepared by Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge, the original architects of the structure. The above streetcar on Randolph is making the turn onto Garland Court on the west side of the Chicago Public Library, today's cultural center. The top photo shows the tracks turning south off Randolph Street and ducking down Garland Court. The second photo shows Randolph Street as it appears today. September 14, 1939 – The Chicago Housing Authority is notified that its application for $7,719,000 of Public Works administration funding for the construction of a public housing complex has been approved. This will be the fifth federal housing project in the city, following the Jane Addams houses, Julia Lathrop homes, Trumbull Park apartments, and the Ida B. Wells project that is under construction at Vincennes Avenue and Pershing Road. Although the location is not disclosed so as to forestall real estate speculation, it is most likely that the new project will be near the Jane Addams homes and will comprise the Robert Brooks Homes with 835 row houses. Elizabeth Wood, executive secretary of the Chicago Housing authority, says, “We will definitely be in competition with the lowest slum area houses. We particularly want to afford accommodations for those families who now live in $15 a month flats.” [Chicago Daily Tribune, September 15, 1939] September 14, 1934 – United States marshals seize the excursion boat Florida at its dock east of Michigan Avenue, pending a court hearing and settlement of the claims of 21 crew members for $2,000 in back pay. The Florida has a fascinating history, as it turns out. As far as I have been able to determine the boat is still taking up space at the bottom of the river just east of Goose Island, opposite the north end of 600 West Chicago, the old Montgomery Ward's warehouse building. What eventually became the S. S. Florida was originally the City of Mackinac, built in 1882 as a side-wheeled cruise boat on Lake Michigan. The latter part of its service was spent providing lakefront excursions to the 1933 Century of Progress. In the mid-1930's it was sold to a scrapper at which time its upper decks were removed, its engines stripped, part of a conversion into a barge. The Columbia Yacht Club bought the vessel in 1937 to serve as its club house. On Friday, May 13, 1955 a galley fire caused the ship to sink at its dock. Members raised the funds and raised the ship, which was used until 1982 when the club acquired the former Canadian ferry, the Abegweit, as its new base of operations. A trucking magnate, Joe Salon, bought the ship in 1985, renaming it the Showboat Sari-S II, using his daughter's name in its new appellation, and moved it to the river a few blocks north of Ontario Street, before selling it. The Showboat Sari-S II might be confused with another paddle-wheel steamboat that Salon ran as a restaurant, beginning in 1962. They are two different vessels. The last reference to the boat that I can find is in the "Metropolitan" section of the Chicago Tribune on August 28, 1992. This brief item reports, "The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers has ordered the owner of a 215-foot boat that sank last month in a little-used part of the North Branch of the Chicago River to remove the vessel or face legal action . . . The owner of the vessel was ordered to install markers around the boat until it is removed. The vessel sank in 16 feet of water on the east side of Goose Island just north of Chicago Avenue, said Lt. Col. David Reed, commander of the Corps District . . . Only the cabin portion is now above water, and the sunken craft obstructs about half of the navigational channel, Reed said." Kind of a sad story of a once proud vessel that was very much a part of the city's history. The photo above shows the boat when she was the clubhouse for the Columbia Yacht Club. Labels: 1908, Madison Street, Michigan Avenue, Transportation September 30, 2016 -- Wells-Wentworth Connector Pr... 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__label__cc	0.594926	0.405074	You are here: Home / Archives for Pope Benedict In 1595, a Benedictine monk named Arnold de Wyon published Lignum Vitae – in which he claimed to have “discovered The Prophecy of the Popes,” which were originally written by St. Malachy, the Archbishop of Armagh in 1143. In 1871, Abbé Cucherat, in his book The Prophecies of the Succession of the Popes , tells us that in 1139 Malachy was “summoned to Rome Pope Innocent II to receive two wool palliums for the metropolitan sees of Armagh and Cashel.” While in Rome, Malachy is said to have experienced a “vision of future popes,” which he recorded as a sequence of cryptic phrases describing their personality traits. St. Malachy allegedly gave his manuscript to Innocent II and the document remained unknown in the Roman Archives until its discovery in 1590. Examining the Papal Prophecy The first pope listed after St. Peter was Ex caſtro Tiberis, who is noted as having lived in a “castle on the Tiber.” Regarding the final Pope, de Wyon claimed that Malachy wrote an apocalyptic statement which translates from Latin as: “In the extreme persecution of the Holy Roman Church, there will sit. [sic] Peter the Roman, who will nourish the sheep in many tribulations; when they are finished, the city of seven hills will be destroyed, and the dreadful judge will judge his people. The end.” When the text was discovered in 1595 it caused great intrigue and carried an air of legitimacy because so many of Malachy’s descriptions matched those of previous Popes. To many, the resignation of Benedict XVI in 2013 or the day he died 31/12/2022 indicated the beginning of the End of Days – also as prophesied. However, not a shred of tangible evidence exists to associate Malachy with the prophecy, and the “original document” that de Wyon claimed to have “found” in the Vatican Secret Archives has never been seen by anyone else, ever. Soon after its discovery, many Catholic scholars deemed it as a contemporary forgery, however many others have continued to believe in the document’s authenticity. Skeptics argue that historically when people had prophetic visions they told a lot of people, but Malachy apparently didn’t mention his vision to a soul, nor did his biographer, St. Bernard of Clairvaux; who documented several of Malachy’s other alleged miracles. And, depending on how you interpret the prophecy, Benedict XVI is not the 111th pope! Ten antipopes are listed among the “112 Popes” – so it is argued that Benedict XVI was the 101st pope. The Papal Prophecy – Real or Forgery? Among the historians who maintained that the prophecies were a late 16th‑century forgery, Spanish monk and scholar Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro wrote Teatro Crítico Universal between 1724–1739. In an entry entitled ‘Purported prophecies’ he observed a “high level of accuracy in the descriptions of the popes until the date they were published” … then, a “high level of inaccuracy after the publication date.” Friar Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro was a Spanish monk and scholar who led the Age of Enlightenment in Spain and debunked myths and superstitions. This observation convinced him the prophecy was “created just before its publication.” Having established that the prophecy was most probably a hoax, why were the prophecies created in the first place? A theory was forward by a 17th-century French priest Louis Moréri in his encyclopedia Le Grand Dictionnaire historique which suggested “supporters of Cardinal Girolamo Simoncelli created them in a bid to support his bid to become pope in the 1590s.” His evidence was in that the prophecies predicted the pope that would follow Urban VII was “Ex antiquitate Urbis” (“from the old city”), and Simoncelli was from Orvieto, which in Latin is Urbevetanum “old city” (Miller, 1981). Writing extensively about the prophecy being a forgery, M. J. O’Brien, a Catholic priest who authored an 1880 monograph on the prophecies said: “These prophecies have served no purpose. They are absolutely meaningless. The Latin is bad. It is impossible to attribute such absurd triflings … to any holy source. Those who have written in defence of the prophecy have brought forward scarcely an argument in their favour. Their attempts at explaining the prophecies after 1590 are, I say with all respect, the sorriest trifling” (O’Brien, 1880). What Does the Popes Prophecy Say of Today and Tomorrow? If the list of descriptions is matched directly to a list of historic popes since its publication, Benedict XVI (2005–13) corresponds to the second last noted pope, described as “Gloria olivae” (the glory of the olive). And the final prophecy predicts the Apocalypse: “In the final persecution of the Holy Roman Church, there will sit Peter the Roman [as bishop], who will pasture his sheep in many tribulations (COVID-19, War in Ukraine, coming war between Israel and Iran) and when these things are finished, the city of seven hills [i.e. Rome] will be destroyed, and the dreadful judge will judge his people. The End.” Check out —> Prophecy of the Popes- The Last Popes. Source: Ancient Origins Filed Under: Prophecies, Spirituality Tagged With: 1143, 1595, antichrist, Archbishop of armagh, Benedict XVI, Benedictus, end of days, end of the vativcan, end of time, Gloria olivae, holy roman church, innocent II, last pope, Last-Days, Louis Moreri, papal prophecies, papal prophecy, Petrus Romanus, Pope Benedict, Pope Benedict XVI dies, pope francis, Popes Prophecy, prophecies, prophecy of the popes, prophesied, return of god, return of the gods, roman archives, rome, st-malachy, succesion of the popes, the end, The Pope, tribulations, vatican, World War III, WWIII What does the Bible say about Pope Benedict ? And I saw a beast rising out of the sea, with ten horns and seven heads, with ten diadems on its horns and blasphemous names on its heads. And the beast that I saw was like a leopard; its feet were like a bear’s, and its mouth was like a lion’s mouth. And to it the dragon gave his power and his throne and great authority. One of its heads seemed to have a mortal wound, but its mortal wound was healed, and the whole earth marveled as they followed the beast. And they worshiped the dragon, for he had given his authority to the beast, and they worshiped the beast, saying, “Who is like the beast, and who can fight against it?” And the beast was given a mouth uttering haughty and blasphemous words, and it was allowed to exercise authority for forty-two months. … To the teaching and to the testimony! If they will not speak according to this word, it is because they have no dawn. Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the judgment of the great prostitute who is seated on many waters, with whom the kings of the earth have committed sexual immorality, and with the wine of whose sexual immorality the dwellers on earth have become drunk.” And he carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness, and I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was full of blasphemous names, and it had seven heads and ten horns. The woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and jewels and pearls, holding in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her sexual immorality. And on her forehead was written a name of mystery: “Babylon the great, mother of prostitutes and of earth’s abominations.” … And I saw, coming out of the mouth of the dragon and out of the mouth of the beast and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits like frogs. Revelation 13:12-14 It exercises all the authority of the first beast in its presence, and makes the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast, whose mortal wound was healed. It performs great signs, even making fire come down from heaven to earth in front of people, and by the signs that it is allowed to work in the presence of the beast it deceives those who dwell on earth, telling them to make an image for the beast that was wounded by the sword and yet lived. Then I saw another beast rising out of the earth. It had two horns like a lamb and it spoke like a dragon. And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world—he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him. Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it, for the time is near. She who is at Babylon, who is likewise chosen, sends you greetings, and so does Mark, my son. This is why I left you in Crete, so that you might put what remained into order, and appoint elders in every town as I directed you— Who opposes and exalts himself against every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God. Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, Then after fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus along with me. And now I commend you to God and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified. And they said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.” But some men came down from Judea and were teaching the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.” And after Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and debate with them, Paul and Barnabas and some of the others were appointed to go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and the elders about this question. So, being sent on their way by the church, they passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria, describing in detail the conversion of the Gentiles, and brought great joy to all the brothers. When they came to Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and the apostles and the elders, and they declared all that God had done with them. But some believers who belonged to the party of the Pharisees rose up and said, “It is necessary to circumcise them and to order them to keep the law of Moses.” … You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has nothing to do with the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies. And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. Daniel 12:10 Many shall purify themselves and make themselves white and be refined, but the wicked shall act wickedly. And none of the wicked shall understand, but those who are wise shall understand. Daniel 11:1-45 “And as for me, in the first year of Darius the Mede, I stood up to confirm and strengthen him. “And now I will show you the truth. Behold, three more kings shall arise in Persia, and a fourth shall be far richer than all of them. And when he has become strong through his riches, he shall stir up all against the kingdom of Greece. Then a mighty king shall arise, who shall rule with great dominion and do as he wills. And as soon as he has arisen, his kingdom shall be broken and divided toward the four winds of heaven, but not to his posterity, nor according to the authority with which he ruled, for his kingdom shall be plucked up and go to others besides these. “Then the king of the south shall be strong, but one of his princes shall be stronger than he and shall rule, and his authority shall be a great authority. … In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, by descent a Mede, who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans— in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, perceived in the books the number of years that, according to the word of the Lord to Jeremiah the prophet, must pass before the end of the desolations of Jerusalem, namely, seventy years. Then I turned my face to the Lord God, seeking him by prayer and pleas for mercy with fasting and sackcloth and ashes. I prayed to the Lord my God and made confession, saying, “O Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, we have sinned and done wrong and acted wickedly and rebelled, turning aside from your commandments and rules. … In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, Daniel saw a dream and visions of his head as he lay in his bed. Then he wrote down the dream and told the sum of the matter. Daniel declared, “I saw in my vision by night, and behold, the four winds of heaven were stirring up the great sea. And four great beasts came up out of the sea, different from one another. The first was like a lion and had eagles’ wings. Then as I looked its wings were plucked off, and it was lifted up from the ground and made to stand on two feet like a man, and the mind of a man was given to it. And behold, another beast, a second one, like a bear. It was raised up on one side. It had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth; and it was told, ‘Arise, devour much flesh.’ … Filed Under: What does the Bible say about Tagged With: Pope Benedict, Pope Benedict Predictions, What does the Bible say about Pope Benedict Pope to Resign in 2012 and make place for Peter The Roman ? Rumors keep getting stronger that Pope Benedict would Resigns in the year 2012. The now 84 year old Pope commented, he may not have the physical, mental and psychological capacity to carry out the necessary duties. There’s been extreme pressure due to the attacks and controversies related to the pedophile priests scandal over the last few years. And, I’m sure we are not hearing half of it! It’s been clear, many years ago, Pope Benedict made some of the most controversial decisions, when he penned and signed a letter warning the clergy to keep quiet about the now highly publicized child abuse cases. This letter, I’m sure, has been a thorn in the Vatican’s side for a while. The transferring of clergy from parish to parish, only tells us the dysfunction that lie in the top levels of the Catholic Church that continue today. The thousands of children these clergy damaged, on the watch of our now Pope, something no one expected to encounter, coming from those who were appointed to be religious role models and who indirectly proclaimed a myth to be closer to God than their parishioners. What we found were men who needed severe psychiatric help. What 85 year old wants the huge responsibility of overseeing one of the largest institutions of the world? Who, at that age, wants authority of Catholic doctrinal belief, to interpret natural law,wants to lead missions and create Catholic Universities? Do you know that every Pope writes encyclicals, apostolic letters, gives endless speeches and celebrates Mass every day? What? Are we tired yet? And at the current age of 84, who has such energy? The Pope appoints bishops and cardinals. Also, he’s the chief legislator for the Church. He oversees the creation of dioceses and religious orders. The Pope also issues censures as punishments for those who are found guilt of violating the Code of Canon Law? What? Does this also apply to him? The Pope is the director of Catholic celebration and head of the Church government. He directs how Mass is to be celebrated and so on. The Pope also beatify individuals and canonize saints. Is Benidict the last Pope ? No … According prophecy Peter The Roman will take power and he will be the last (Anti) Pope. Stay tuned in! Pope to Resign in 2012 or 2013 The Last Pope ! Asacredmemory Filed Under: Prophecies Tagged With: Anti Pope, antichrist, Pope, Pope Benedict, pope resigns, Resigns 2012, the last pope Vatican : No End of Times and No Second Coming ! Vatican : No End of Times and No Second Coming !?! Yes, thats correct – There will be NO End-Times / Revelation and NO SECOND COMING according to Pope Benedict !!! The leader of the Catholic Church, Pope Benedict XVI, has called for the establishment of World Government and a New World Order. In a speech made at the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, the Pope called for the “construction of a world community, with a corresponding authority,” to serve the “common good of the human family”. As a means of defending global peace and justice, the pope’s vision for the establishment of World Government and a New World Order is supposedly not to create a new superpower, but a new governing body that offers to those (politicians) who are responsible for making decisions, criteria for judgment and practical guidelines. The pope was quoted as saying : The proposed body (World Government) would not be a superpower, concentrated in the hands of a few, which would dominate all peoples, exploiting the weakest. The pope also described his vision as a “moral force” or moral authority that has the “power to influence in accordance with reason, that is, a participatory authority, limited by law in its jurisdiction.” These latest remarks made by the Pope and the Catholic Church come as no surprise considering that in 2010 the Catholic Church sought the establishment of a new Central World Bank that would be responsible for regulating the global financial industry and the international money supply. It was reported that the Vatican sought “a supranational authority” which would have worldwide scope and “universal jurisdiction” to guide and control global economic policies and decisions. China’s new push for closer ties with Russia, the growing intrusions from the United Nations with regards to control of the internet and the latest remarks made by the catholic church all point to a new world order that will set in stone a path the world may not be able to recover from. Pope Benedict XVI – The Last Pope According St-Malachy Pope Benedict XVI preached on the Olivet discourse on Sunday 11/18/2012 in St. Peter’s Square. I guess its not too surprising that he twisted the text to mean something completely alien to its context but conforming to the works oriented righteousness of Romanism. Let’s keep in mind, “But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be accursed.”(Ga 1:8) as we examine his explanation : Jesus speaks of a future that is beyond our categories, and because of this Jesus uses images and words taken from the Old Testament, but, importantly, he inserts a new center, namely, himself, the mystery of his person and his death and resurrection. Today’s passage too opens with some cosmic images of an apocalyptic nature: “The sun will be darkened, the moon will no longer give its light, the stars will fall from the sky and the powers in the skies will be shaken” (Mark 13:24-25); but this element is relativized by what follows: “Then the Son of Man will come upon the clouds in the sky with great power and glory” (13:26). The “Son of Man” is Jesus himself, who links the present with the future; the ancient words of the prophets have finally found a center in the person of the Messiah of Nazareth: he is the central event that, in the midst of the troubles of the world, remains the firm and stable point. Another passage from today’s Gospel confirms. Jesus says: “The sky and the earth will pass away but my words will not pass away” (13:31). In fact, we know that in the Bible the word of God is at the origin of creation: all creatures, starting with the cosmic elements – sun, moon, sky – obey God’s Word, they exist insofar as they are “called” by it. This creative power of the divine Word (“Parola”) is concentrated in Jesus Christ, the Word (“Verbo”) made flesh, and also passes through his human words, which are the true “sky” that orients the thought and path of man on earth. For this reason Jesus does not describe the end of the world and when he uses apocalyptic images he does not conduct himself like a “visionary.” On the contrary, he wants to take away the curiosity of his disciples in every age about dates and predictions and wishes instead to give them a key to a deep, essential reading, and above all to indicate the right path to take, today and tomorrow, to enter into eternal life. Everything passes – the Lord tells us – but God’s Word does not change, and before this Word each of us is responsible for his conduct. It is on this basis that we will be judged. Pope Benedict XVI “On the Coming of the Son of Man” (Full Text) It is because this sort of nonsense that the term eisegesis was coined. It means reading meaning into a text rather than reading a meaning from a text. Its really so bad its hard to know where to start but I bolded two major errors. First, when Jesus said the he would come on the clouds with great glory he was referencing the son of Man passage in Daniel’s vision (Dan 7:13). He indeed identified himself as divine. Yet, Pope Benedict seems to deny that Jesus is speaking of cosmic judgement at His return. Yet that is exactly what he is speaking of, in fact, he was answering a question about the signs of his coming and (in direct contradcition to the infallible pope) the end of the world. And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?(Mt 24:3, KJV) Doesn’t it seem odd that Jesus is addressing the very thing the pope says he is not? And finally, the pontiff just abandons the text entirely and spins it toward Romanist heresy with this canard, ” before this Word each of us is responsible for his conduct. It is on this basis that we will be judged” Anyone who is judged on his conduct will be cast into eternal hell, even our most righteous acts are like filthy rags (Isa 64:6). It is only those who have accepted that authentic Gospel who will have the righteousness of Christ imputed to them. A few passages come to mind: “And to the one who does not work but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness,” (Ro 4:5) “For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.(2 Co 5:21) “For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God”,(Eph 2:8) In justification God imputes the righteousness of Christ to the believer, which cancels God’s judgment on the believer. It’s not based on conduct rather faith in Christ. “For we hold that one is justified by faith apart from works of the law.” (Ro 3:28) The Pope on The Coming of the son of Man Pope Benedict XVI “On the Coming of the Son of Man” Be warned, the pope is preaching a false Gospel that leads to damnation. 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__label__wiki	0.671531	0.671531	Parliamentary Secretary Vaughn Miller Attacks The Government From The Office Of The Chairman Of The Progressive Liberal Party On The Comments Of Parliamentary Secretary Vaughn Miller In the House of Assembly on Tuesday 13 March, Tribune said that the MP for Golden Isles Rev. Vaughn Miller said the following: “Mr Speaker I remind you that we’ve made a commitment. The Speech from The Throne, I repeat it: ‘my government will review legislation to ensure that adequate provisions exist for the protection of homeowners with respect to foreclosure, mortgage protection.’ “The pain, the anguish, the mental (and) emotional (stress) . . . sometimes they cry and my brothers, I cry with them. What else can I do? Imagine working most of your adult life, acquired your dream home and now you are about to lose everything? “Mr Speaker, we promised to bring them solutions and relief. They need it now. Too many people, hard-working Bahamians are losing their greatest lifetime investments. How much longer do we intend to watch them suffer and lose it all? “I understand the challenges, but we are dealing with an angry and impatient electorate. There seems to be a disconnect and they are not feeling us. The language we are speaking they are not understanding. There is a disconnect. “We are in the Easter season and as a pastor, as a church leader and going through personal conflicts we always talk about those on the way to Jerusalem who said ‘hosanna, hosanna.’ Three days later as they exit, they hear ‘crucify him, crucify him.’ We have had our hosanna and now are beginning to hear the cry of crucify. Why? Because there’s an impatient, there’s an unforgiving, there is an electorate who wants it now and that is the reality of the situation that we are facing.” Regarding the proposed Oban oil refinery and storage facility, he said: “I know of the talk of Oban and we can’t get into it for obvious reasons, but Mr Speaker fossil fuel is a dying energy form. We have the ability (and) the capability. Under the last administration I heard a part of a presentation referring to a marvellous most wonderful form of technology available to us. We have an opportunity. We have been elected to lead this country in a different direction, a different path and to empower a generation of Bahamians.” I understand that the FNM believes that with its 35 to 4 majority they can throw the rule book out of the window but I remind all Parliamentary Secretaries including Rev. Vaughn Miller and it appears we have to remind the Prime Minister himself of the following in the constitution in Article 81. (1) The Governor-General, acting in accordance with the advice of the Prime Minister, may appoint Parliamentary Secretaries from among the Senators and the members of the House of Assembly to assist Ministers in the performance of their duties. By that device, the Parliamentary Secretary becomes bound by the conventions of Cabinet Government which means inter alia that he is not supposed to disagree with the Cabinet consensus on matters of policy in public. Rev. Miller has voiced in public his disagreement with the mortgage policy of the Government, the Oban Energy deal. Further, he indicates his belief like that of opposition PLP Colleagues that the Government is ineffective and as a result the electorate is angry at the Government. There are consequences by convention when a Parliamentary Secretary or a Minister has such views and openly breaks with the Cabinet on those policy issues. It only takes a piece of paper, even toilet paper as a former Prime Minister is once said to have said, and a signature and the deed is done. Either the Prime Minister can act or Reverend Miller might do the appropriate thing. The system demands no less. PrevPreviousMitchell In Grenada NextFRED SMITH TURNS ON THE FNM BUT DON’T BELIEVE ITNext	cc/2023-06/en_head_0035.json.gz/line66
__label__wiki	0.531005	0.531005	Search Results for 'Gerald Harris Hurricane' Start and end times shown in Eastern Standard Time. Note that times are approximate and not always available. Check with the content provider's website for exact times. Register to customize this to your timezone. UFC on FX8: Belfort vs. Rockhold On May 18, 2013, 9pm ET/6pm PT, Vitor "The Phenom" Belfort takes on Luke Rockhold... May 18 9:00 PM-May 19 3:00 AM UFC 159: Jones vs. Sonnen On April 27, 2013, 7pm PT/10pm ET, UFC light heavyweight champion and New Yorker Jon... Apr 27 10:00 PM-Apr 28 2:00 AM UFC 158: St-Pierre vs. Diaz On March 16, 2013, 7pm PT/10pm ET, Georges St-Pierre takes on Nick Diaz at... Mar 16 10:00 PM-Mar 17 2:00 AM UFC 157: Rousey vs. Carmouche On April 27, 2013, 7pm PT/10pm ET, Ronda "Rowdy" Rousey takes on Liz "Girl-Rilla"... Feb 23 10:00 PM-Feb 24 3:00 AM UFC on FX: Belfort vs. Bisping On January 19, 2013, 6pm PT/9pm ET, Michael Bisping takes on Vítor "The Phenom"... Jan 19 10:00 PM-Jan 20 2:00 AM UFC on Fox: Henderson vs. Diaz On December 8, 2012, 5pm PT/8pm ET, Benson "Smooth" Henderson takes on Nathan... Dec 8 8:00 PM-Dec 9 3:00 AM UFC 154: St-Pierre vs. Condit On November 17, 2012, 7pm PT/10pm ET, Georges "Rush" St-Pierre takes on Carlos... Nov 17 9:00 PM-Nov 18 2:00 AM UFC Macao: Franklin vs. Le On November 10, 2012, 9am PT/6am ET, Rich Franklin takes on Cung Lee at the... Nov 10 6:00 AM-Nov 10 8:00 PM UFC 153: Silva vs. Bonnar On October 13, 2012, 7pm PT/10pm ET, Vítor Belfort takes on Jon "Bones" Jones at... Oct 13 10:00 PM-Oct 14 3:00 AM UFC 152: Jones vs. Belfort On September 22, 2012, 6pm PT/9pm ET, Vítor Belfort takes on Jon "Bones" Jones at... Sep 22 7:00 PM-Sep 23 2:00 AM UFC on FX: Johnson vs. McCall On Friday, June 8, 2012 , 6pm PT/9pm ET, Demetrious "Mighty Mouse" Johnson takes... Jun 8 9:00 PM-Jun 9 2:00 AM UFC 146: Dos Santos vs. Mir On Saturday, May 26, 2012 , 7pm PT/10pm ET Junior "Cigano" dos Santos takes on Frank... May 26 10:00 PM-May 27 2:00 AM UFC 145: Jones vs. Evans On Saturday, April 21, 2012, 7pm PT/10pm ET Jon "Bones" Jones takes on Rashad "Sugar"... UFC 143: Diaz vs. Condit On Saturday, February 4, 2012, 7pm PT/10pm ET Nick Diaz takes on Carlos "Natural Born... Feb 4 12:00 AM-Feb 5 12:00 AM UFC 142: Aldo vs. Mendes On Saturday, January, 2012, 6pm PT/9pm ET José "Scarface" Aldo will take on... UFC 137: Penn vs. Diaz On Saturday, October 29, 2011, 6pm PT/9pm ET B.J. "The Prodigy" Penn will... Oct 29 9:00 PM-Oct 30 2:00 AM UFC 136: Edgar vs Maynard On Saturday, October 8, 2011, 6pm PT/9pm ET Frankie "The Answer" Edgar will... Oct 8 9:00 PM-Oct 9 2:00 AM UFC 133: Evans vs. Ortiz On Saturday, August 6, 2011, 6pm PT/9pm ET former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion... Aug 6 9:00 PM-Aug 6 11:00 PM UFC 132: Cruz vs. Faber On Saturday, July 2, 2011, Dominick Cruz takes on Urijah Faber at the MGM Grand... Jul 2 5:00 PM-Jul 2 11:00 PM UFC 131: Dos Santos vs. Carwin On Saturday, June 11, 2011, Junior Dos Santos takes on Shane Carwin at at the... Jun 11 9:00 PM-Jun 11 11:59 PM	cc/2023-06/en_head_0035.json.gz/line71
__label__wiki	0.865488	0.865488	Al Osuna, Established Himself - 312 Originally published July 24, 2016 A trip to the 1987 College World Series championship game on the line and down by three quickly, Stanford couldn't wait. So, in came relief pitcher Al Osuna - with one out in the first. Osuna came through. He pitched 8.2 innings in relief and didn't allow another run, according to The Omaha World-Herald. "I just wanted to get the first guy out to establish myself," Osuna told The World-Herald afterward. "I didn't want them to score any more runs. I wanted to turn the faucet off right there." Osuna established himself in that game and he soon established himself in the pros. Starting with the Astros at short-season Auburn that year, Osuna made his way to Houston by the end of 1990. By the time his career was over, he'd seen time in six different major league seasons, getting into 218 total games. Osuna's career began that year in 1987, taken by the Astros in the 16th round of the draft out of Stanford. Osuna started with the Astros at Auburn and single-A Asheville. In 22 total relief outings, he posted a 4.08 ERA. He first made AA Columbus in 1990, after two full seasons at single-A. In September 1990, he made the jump to Houston. He got into 12 games down the stretch for the Astros in 1990. He gave up six earned in 11.1 innings of work. Osuna returned for 1991 and became a regular. The reliever got into 71 games, saved 12 of them and had a 3.42 ERA. In August, he pitched two innings without giving up a hit, getting the win. He also struck out the Dodgers' Darryl Strawberry, according to UPI. "When we played L.A. back in May, and I struck him (Strawberry) out, my father told me that he said (in the paper) I didn't throw him anything he couldn't handle," Osuna told UPI afterward. "So every time I face him, he's going to see everything I've got." Osuna picked up another 66 games for the Astros in 1992. He went 6-3 in middle relief, with a 4.23 ERA. He got into 44 games in 1993, with a 3.20 ERA. In May 1993, Osuna got Dave Magadan of the Marlins to pop out with the bases loaded in a close game. "I was a little surprised he went after the first pitch," Osuna told The South Florida Sun-Sentinel, "and I think the ball moved in on him a little bit." Osuna moved to the Dodgers for 1994, getting into 15 games. He played 1995 at AAA and briefly in independent ball before returning to he majors one last time with the Padres in 1996. He got into 10 games there, with a 2.25 ERA, ending his career. DataOmaha.com, Omaha World-Herald, June 6, 1987: Stanford 9, Texas 3 UPI.com, Aug. 4, 1991: Astros 2, Dodgers 1 South Florida Sun-Sentinel, May 30, 1993: Marlins Get Relief In Loss Posted by Steve78 at 12:00 PM Labels: Best Set	cc/2023-06/en_head_0035.json.gz/line74
__label__wiki	0.829491	0.829491	Notebook: Rookies shine in a 19-13 overtime win over Tampa Bay The Minnesota Vikings knocked off the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and finally won a game in the closing minutes. Daniel House analyzes every position group from the 19-13 overtime win. Updated: October 26th, 2014 5:35pm By: Daniel House The Minnesota Vikings knocked off the Tampa Buccaneers in overtime, following a 27-yard fumble return touchdown by linebacker Anthony Barr. The game was ugly until late in the contest and the Vikings didn't provide much optimism on offense. In the end, the group pulled through, executing on a 9-play 61-yard drive that set up a 38-yard field goal by kicker Blair Walsh. Teddy Bridgewater converted on several huge passes and lived up to the 'two minute' Teddy nickname. He finished 5-for-8 for 54 yards on the final drive of the game and failed to make any critical mistakes. For the most part, the Vikings offense was shaky, but they managed to pull through and convert when it was absolutely necessary. The playbook opened up when throws needed to be converted to move the chains and sustain drives. On the Vikings lone touchdown drive, Bridgewater handled the pressure nicely, while making a perfect strike on a late developing corner route to Greg Jennings. The pass was lofted at a nice angle and Jennings perfectly hauled in the 17-yard touchdown reception. Until that point, the Vikings offense was forced to punt and kick field goals. This is an area that needs to be addressed moving forward, but the defense performed well enough to win today's game. The defense has allowed 17 points of fewer in each of their last three games and a key play by the group ended up being the difference in the game. Young players and rookies are stepping up and the Vikings are making slow strides each and every week. Bridgewater starts slow, finishes fast Consistency has been the major issue as we have watched quarterback Teddy Bridgewater over his first few starts in the league. This is to be expected from a rookie, but he continued to show he can perform well under pressure. Early in the game, Bridgewater was having trouble converting up the field and his passes were continually being tipped at the line of scrimmage. However, when you evaluate the full scope of his performance and weigh the amount of crucial throws into the equation, his performance looks much better. Bridgewater finished the day 24-for-42 with 241 yards passing and a touchdown. He more importantly stepped into the pocket and made the crucial throws when the game was on the line. We have yet to witness Bridgewater put together an entirely awesome performance and his consistency still needs to improve. Nonetheless, it was encouraging to see him make the throws necessary to put the Vikings in a position to win at the end of the game. Remember, Bridgewater is 21 years old, is a rookie, and he is a starting quarterback in this league. Perfection is can't be expected, but as we watch him play, strides are being made towards the ultimate goal. McKinnon is flourishing It has been a treat to watch Jerick McKinnon show growth over this last three appearances as the starting running back. His vision, cutbacks, and degree of elevation are all points of athleticism you simply cannot teach. He notched 16 carries for 83 yards and his yards per carry average was an impressive 5.2. His role in the offensive scheme is increasing and he making a strong case to become a starting feature running back in this league. More importantly, I'm really impressed to see his pass protection skills improve every week. This was an area of concern entering the season and with more game action under his belt, this part of his game has turned the corner. The most puzzling part of this contest came over the last three series of the game. McKinnon was substituted for Matt Asiata and he wasn't brought back into the game until the final drive of the game. With the success McKinnon displayed early, it was very confusing to see Asiata enter during the most critical junction of the game. Patterson is getting involved Cordarelle Patterson was targeted a whopping 12 times today and he finally witnessed an extended role in the Vikings offensive system. He hauled six receptions for 86 yards, including two critical third-down conversions towards the sideline. On both of the plays, he was able to drag his foot and maintain possession of the ball in-bounds. It is important to involve Patterson in the scheme and it seemed as if Teddy Bridgewater was becoming more comfortable finding him up the field. He is the most dynamic playmaker and the ball needs to be heading in his direction as much as possible. Late in this game, the importance of finding Patterson was one of the clear takeaways you could find from the offense. The more impressive part of today's game was how the ball was distributed to seven different receivers. Greg Jennings added a touchdown catch, new-comer Charles Johnson showed some flashes, and Jarius Wright was sprinkled into the pot too. Ford moves the chains Chase Ford hauled in six passes for 61 yards and played a pivotal role in moving the chains for the Vikings offense. He added two huge receptions near the end of the game to keep the Vikings within striking distance. Ford did commit an interference call that nearly proved costly, but in the end, it didn't become a fatal flaw. He has shown he can be an athletic presence in the passing game and Teddy Bridgewater hasn't been afraid to find him in the flat and across the middle over the last few weeks. Offensive Line steps up The Vikings offensive line has been the elephant in the room as of late, but today they added some optimism. As I indicated in my game preview, the Buccaneers front-four hasn't been impressive this season. However, they protected well for the vast majority of the game and were a key reason Jerick McKinnon was averaging 5.2 yard per carry. Matt Kalil was beaten twice today, but he managed to not accumulate these mistakes in the critical portions of the game. Joe Berger was toasted by Gerald McCoy and this led to the lone sack the group surrendered during this game. The offensive line wasn't the major issue today, but their is still room for growth from these players. Defensive Line is playing at an elite level After a disappointing first few weeks of the season, the Vikings defensive line has stepped up their game over the last three contests. Today, they absolutely dominated the line of scrimmage and dictated the tempo of this game from the start. Everson Griffen added a sack and accumulated his fourth consecutive game with a quarterback takedown. He was flying all over the field, making his presence known in the running game, as well. Griffen has been justifying his large extension over the last few weeks of play. Sharrif Floyd was gaining insane leverage in the interior and the stunts with Everson Griffen were working masterfully again. In addition, he was making the plays in the running game and was an active force in that avenue. The Vikings defense accumulated five sacks today and four of them came from the defensive line. It is very impressive to see how they are dominating the line of scrimmage and are causing havoc for opposing offensive lines. Barr makes the big play As I stated in my game preview, the Vikings defense needed to eliminate the big play, while showing they can finish the game. The defense may have allowed a touchdown late in the game, but they managed to make the big play in overtime. Anthony Barr stripped the ball, recovered it, and ran into the end zone for the game-winning 27-yard touchdown. He is making a strong case for being a defensive rookie of the year candidate. Barr is continually stopping plays in pass coverage and his athleticism is on display every week. He is a huge force on defense and it is crazy to think he has been playing linebacker for just the third year of his football career. Dynamic defenders like this don't come along very often and the Vikings are extremely lucky to have Barr on their defense. Munnerlyn notches his first interception Captain Munnerlyn performed well today and added his first interception as a Minnesota Viking in the 1st quarter of the game. He wasn't beaten frequently as in week's past and Munnerlyn expressed his pleasure with his performance in today's game. Xavier Rhodes performed well and nobody accumulated any big plays on him. Josh Robinson allowed two longer pass receptions, but as a whole the secondary performed very well. It helps when the defensive line is getting great pressure, but the secondary still played a role in allowing an impressive 4.0 yards per play average today. Walsh adds the equalizer Kicker Blair Walsh missed from 56 yards, but managed to connect from 46 yards in the first half. His most important kick came in the 4th quarter, as he drilled a 38-yard kick to send the Vikings into overtime. Brian Robison left with a bruised buttock, but returned to the game. Cordarrelle Patterson injured his ankle on a kick return and was in a boot after the game. He played the majority of the contest with this injury and it doesn't appear to be too serious. Next week, the Vikings will travel back to Minnesota to square off with the Washington Redskins at noon.	cc/2023-06/en_head_0035.json.gz/line81
__label__cc	0.748876	0.251124	Draft Diary Series: Mike Hull Daniel House chats with Penn State linebacker Mike Hull and learns more about his preparation for the NFL Draft. Growing up in a small town south of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Mike Hull knew his dream at the age of nine. As he walked the streets of Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, Hull participated in all of the backyard sports competitions. Living in a large neighborhood with kids fueled his passion and love for sports. It didn’t matter if he was playing baseball, basketball, football, or wrestling with friends, Hull wanted to be the best. Hull’s dad, Tom, and uncle, John, played linebacker at Penn State in the 1970’s. Tom was drafted in the 12th round of the 1974 NFL Draft by the San Francisco 49ers and would later join the Green Bay Packers. Now, young Mike Hull says the knowledge of those in his family helped him become enthralled with football. “[My dad and I] always watched Monday Night Football and games on the weekend and he wouldn’t let me play. He wanted me to wait until middle school to play because he didn’t want me to get burnt out. I used to just beg him every single day. Finally, one year when I was nine, I hit the field and never looked back,” Hull recalled. To continue reading the story, visit the Priority Sports website by following the link	cc/2023-06/en_head_0035.json.gz/line82

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