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|Description||A chemical structure database providing fast access to over 50 million structures, properties and associated information.|
|Research center||Raleigh, North Carolina, United States|
|License||Creative Commons Attribution Share-alike|
The database contains information on more than 50 million molecules from over 500 data sources including:
- EPA DSSTox
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
- Human Metabolome Database
- Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry
- Nature Chemical Biology
- National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- NINDS Approved Drug Screening Program
- NIST Chemistry WebBook
- Prous Science Drugs of the Future
- R&D Chemicals
- San Diego Center for Chemical Genomics
- SGCOxCompounds, SGCStoCompounds
- Structural Genomics Consortium
- Thomson Pharma
- Total TOSLab Building-Blocks
- Web of Science
Each chemical is given a unique identifier, which forms part of a corresponding URL. For example, acetone is 175, and thus has the URL http://www.chemspider.com/Chemical-Structure.175.html
The ChemSpider database can be updated with user contributions including chemical structure deposition, spectra deposition and user curation. This is a crowdsourcing approach to develop an online chemistry database. Crowdsourced based curation of the data has produced a dictionary of chemical names associated with chemical structures that has been used in text-mining applications of the biomedical and chemical literature.
However, database rights are not waived and a data dump is not available; in fact, the FAQ even states that only limited downloads are allowed: therefore the right to fork is not guaranteed and the project can't be considered free/open.
A number of available search modules are provided:
- The standard search allows querying for systematic names, trade names and synonyms and registry numbers
- The advanced search allows interactive searching by chemical structure, chemical substructure, using also molecular formula and molecular weight range, CAS numbers, suppliers, etc. The search can be used to widen or restrict already found results.
- Structure searching on mobile devices can be done using free apps for iOS (iPhone/iPod/iPad) and for the Android (operating system).
Chemistry document mark-up
The ChemSpider database has been used in combination with text mining as the basis of chemistry document markup. ChemMantis, the Chemistry Markup And Nomenclature Transformation Integrated System uses algorithms to identify and extract chemical names from documents and web pages and converts the chemical names to chemical structures using name-to-structure conversion algorithms and dictionary look-ups in the ChemSpider database. The result is an integrated system between chemistry documents and information look-up via ChemSpider into over 150 data sources.
ChemSpider was acquired by the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in May, 2009. Prior to the acquisition by RSC, ChemSpider was controlled by a private corporation, ChemZoo Inc. The system was first launched in March 2007 in a beta release form and transitioned to release in March 2008. ChemSpider has expanded the generic support of a chemistry database to include support of the Wikipedia chemical structure collection via their WiChempedia implementation.
A number of services are made available online. These include the conversion of chemical names to chemical structures, the generation of SMILES and InChI strings as well as the prediction of many physicochemical parameters and integration to a web service allowing NMR prediction.
SyntheticPages is a free interactive database of synthetic chemistry procedures operated by the Royal Society of Chemistry. Users submit synthetic procedures which they have conducted themselves for publication on the site. These procedures may be original works, but they are more often based on literature reactions. Citations to the original published procedure are made where appropriate. They are checked by a scientific editor before posting. The pages do not undergo formal peer-review like a scientific journal article but comments can be made by logged-in users. The comments are also moderated by scientific editors. The intention is to collect practical experience of how to conduct useful chemical synthesis in the lab. While experimental methods published in an ordinary academic journal are listed formally and concisely, the procedures in ChemSpider SyntheticPages are given with more practical detail. Informality is encouraged. Comments by submitters are included as well. Other publications with comparable amounts of detail include Organic Syntheses and Inorganic Syntheses. The SyntheticPages site was originally set up by Professors Kevin Booker-Milburn (University of Bristol), Stephen Caddick (University College London), Peter Scott (University of Warwick) and Dr Max Hammond. In February 2010 a merger was announced with the Royal Society of Chemistry's chemical structure search engine ChemSpider and the formation of ChemSpider|SyntheticPages (CS|SP).
ChemSpider is serving as the chemical compound repository as part of the Open PHACTS project, an Innovative Medicines Initiative. Open PHACTS will deploy an open standards, open access, semantic web approach to address bottlenecks in small molecule drug discovery - disparate information sources, lack of standards and information overload.
|Wikidata has the property: ChemSpider ID (P661) (see uses)|
- Van Noorden, R. (2012). "Chemistry's web of data expands". Nature. 483 (7391): 524. doi:10.1038/483524a. PMID 22460877.
- ChemSpider Adopts Creative Commons Licenses
- Chemical & Engineering News. 85 (24). June 11, 2007. Missing or empty
- Antony John Williams (Jan–Feb 2008). "ChemSpider and Its Expanding Web: Building a Structure-Centric Community for Chemists". Chemistry International. 30 (1).
- Williams, A. J. (2008). "Public chemical compound databases". Current opinion in drug discovery & development. 11 (3): 393–404. PMID 18428094.
- Ekins, S; Iyer, M; Krasowski, M. D.; Kharasch, E. D. (2008). "Molecular characterization of CYP2B6 substrates". Current drug metabolism. 9 (5): 363–73. doi:10.2174/138920008784746346. PMC . PMID 18537573.
- Brumfiel, G. (2008). "Chemists spin a web of data". Nature. 453 (7192): 139. doi:10.1038/453139a. PMID 18464701.
- E. Curry, A. Freitas, and S. O’Riáin, "The Role of Community-Driven Data Curation for Enterprises," in Linking Enterprise Data, D. Wood, Ed. Boston, MA: Springer US, 2010, pp. 25–47.
- Links to Multiple Presentations about ChemSpider
- Identification of Nontargeted Species Using Accurate Mass/Mass Spectrometry Data and ChemSpider
- Williams, A. J. (2011). "Chemspider: A Platform for Crowdsourced Collaboration to Curate Data Derived from Public Compound Databases". Collaborative Computational Technologies for Biomedical Research. p. 363. doi:10.1002/9781118026038.ch22. ISBN 9781118026038.
- Pence, H. E.; Williams, A. (2010). "ChemSpider: An Online Chemical Information Resource". Journal of Chemical Education. 87 (11): 1123. doi:10.1021/ed100697w.
- Little, J. L.; Williams, A. J.; Pshenichnov, A.; Tkachenko, V. (2011). "Identification of "Known Unknowns" Utilizing Accurate Mass Data and Chem Spider". Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry. 23 (1): 179–85. doi:10.1007/s13361-011-0265-y. PMID 22069037.
- Hettne, K. M.; Williams, A. J.; Van Mulligen, E. M.; Kleinjans, J.; Tkachenko, V.; Kors, J. A. (2010). "Automatic vs. Manual curation of a multi-source chemical dictionary: The impact on text mining". Journal of Cheminformatics. 2 (1): 3. doi:10.1186/1758-2946-2-3. PMC . PMID 20331846.
- Who Would Like to Have the Entire ChemSpider Database?
- ChemSpider on the App Store on iTunes
- Welcome ChemMantis to ChemZoo and a Call for Contributions from the Community,2008-10-23, A. Williams,blog post
- "RSC acquires ChemSpider". Royal Society of Chemistry. 11 May 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-11.
- "ChemSpider SyntheticPages". ChemSpider SyntheticPages. Royal Society of Chemistry. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
- "ChemSpider and SyntheticPages support synthetic chemistry". RSC Publishing. Royal Society of Chemistry. 2010-02-05. Archived from the original on 26 July 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-26.
- Williams, A. J.; Harland, L.; Groth, P.; Pettifer, S.; Chichester, C.; Willighagen, E. L.; Evelo, C. T.; Blomberg, N.; Ecker, G.; Goble, C.; Mons, B. (2012). "Open PHACTS: Semantic interoperability for drug discovery". Drug Discovery Today. 17 (21–22): 1188–1198. doi:10.1016/j.drudis.2012.05.016. PMID 22683805. | <urn:uuid:b72b70ec-2262-414d-9e50-c01386285ec7> | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb/tree/main/sample/350BT | fineweb | eng_Latn | 8,530 |
The Tablas Creek Vineyard Côtes de Tablas is a blend of four estate-grown Rhône varietals: Grenache, Syrah, Counoise and Mourvedre. Like most wines of the Southern Rhône, it is a blend of varietals, featuring the fruitiness of Grenache balanced by the spice and structure of Syrah, with meaty, earthy notes from Mourvedre and Counoise. The 2004 Côtes de Tablas is Tablas Creek's fifth release of its Côtes de Tablas red blend, made in the style of a full-throttle Côtes du Rhone.
The 2004 Côtes de Tablas has a juicy, berry nose of currants, raspberries, licorice and spice. The mouth is full of rich, sweet Grenache fruit showing good acidity and a long finish laced with licorice.
Food pairings: Grilled steaks, pastas with meat sauces, rich beef stews, spicy sausages.
"The medium-bodied 2004 Côtes de Tablas exhibits lovely peppery, berry fruit, roasted herb,
and gamy scents. It is a top-notch example of a California version of a Côtes du Rhône." 89 Points
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It is spring in Winnipeg and that means puddles!!! I found this puddle in a back lane.
On Instagram, puddle reflections are often presented upside down…so the puddle is on top and the sky is on the bottom. I have posted both the right side up and upside down versions below:
Which do you prefer? | <urn:uuid:6a70d68e-d57e-4db2-a473-ad8304468828> | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb/tree/main/sample/350BT | fineweb | eng_Latn | 295 |
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
A progressive neurological condition is known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
It affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord.
Muscle control is lost as a result of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
After the baseball star who was found to have ALS, ALS is frequently referred to as Lou Gehrig's disease.
Typically, doctors are unsure of the cause of ALS. Some illnesses run in families.
Slurred speech, muscular twitching, and limb weakness are common early signs of ALS.
Other Symptoms of Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Walking or carrying out regular tasks with difficulty.
Falling and tripping.
A weakened ankle, foot, or leg.
Hand clumsiness or weakness
Speech slurring or swallowing issues
Twitching and cramping in your arms, shoulders, and tongue muscles
This is all about ALS. You may read other interesting articles on the link given below. | <urn:uuid:9fbe0062-a47a-4008-b000-00be71de2836> | HuggingFaceTB/smollm-corpus/tree/main/fineweb-edu-dedup | smollm-corpus | eng_Latn | 882 |
Suddenly, I felt a jerk up, which returned me to normal. I heard a clap above me, looked up, and saw a white canopy of the parachute. With some degree of distrust, I realize that the parachute opened. A quick inspection of my equipment showed nothing wrong. I relaxed and started to look around.
It was surprisingly quiet. There was no wind around me. I realized that it should be so, as I flew in wind flow at the same speed.
The plane was moving away. It was in front of and above me, and blacks dots separated from it and became the domes of parachutes. From the opposite side, I saw a row of domes under me, of those who jumped before. They were quite far away; the nearest one was at least a hundred meters aside.
We were taught to check that there were no parachutes near, above and below. Otherwise, there is a danger of collision. If there is a parachute nearby, you need to control your parachute to direct its movement away. However, there was all right there.
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The learner's ability to pronounce words shared by the people of a particular country or region of the language they are learning.
Good effort at accent. Quite close to that of a native speaker
Excellent effort at accent. Extremely close to that of a native speaker.
Limited effort at accent. Definitely a non-native speaker
The learner's ability to speak continuously by chunking and linking words together. For example, instead of saying very slowly, "I - am - poor. I - have - no - money" like a robot, a fluent speaker would say, "I'm poor because I don't have any money."
Speech is relatively smooth; some hesitation and unevenness caused by rephrasing and searching for words
Smooth and fluid speech; few to no hesitations; no attempts to search for words; volume is excellent
Speech is frequently hesitant with some sentences left uncompleted
The learner's ability to understand the relative emphasis that may be given to certain syllables in a word, or to certain words in a phrase or sentence
Able to identify and produce correct intonation, word stress and rhythm patterns with 50-90% accuracy.
Able to identify and produce correct intonation, word stress and rhythm patterns with 90-100% accuracy.
Able to identify and produce correct intonation, word stress and rhythm patterns with < 50% accuracy
The learners' ability to enunciate the various consonants, consonant blends, vowels, and vowel blends in words, words linked together, and words in sentences.
The pronunciation contained some individual word pronunciation errors. Around 3-4 errors
The pronunciation is exceptional and mirrors a native speaker. Shows a clear understanding of word stress and intonation. Only 0-2 errors
The pronunciation is inconsistent and made it difficult to understand. 5 or more errors | <urn:uuid:43563b6e-97f4-47f7-9599-8f80bdf61b26> | HuggingFaceTB/smollm-corpus/tree/main/fineweb-edu-dedup | smollm-corpus | eng_Latn | 2,814 |
Facebook has been getting a bad press lately. Indeed, the more that Facebook is researched, the darker the picture that is emerging. For instance, here are just a couple of the articles that I have written recently about the downsides of Facebook:[unordered_list style=”star”]
- Sharing photos on Facebook can damage relationships
- Too much social media could be bad for relationships
Now, new research shows that the more we use Facebook, the worse we feel about ourselves. Far from helping us feel positive, increasing Facebook usage makes us feel negative.
The new study, like many others that focus on Facebook, does have flaws. It asked, for instance, how people felt after using Facebook and then concluded that Facebook usage leads to decline in happiness. What the study did not find out is whether a similar decline in happiness occurs after other social situations. Do people feel less happy after a night out with friends, once they are home alone afterwards? We may well find this also occurs and that far from being a problem with Facebook it is an issue with all social activity. However, this new study did compare the impact of Facebook with “direct” interactions between other people and did find that Facebook alone caused an issue, whereas other direct activity did not lead to negative feelings. So this suggests that negative feelings do not occur after ordinary social activity, putting the blame firmly in the camp of Facebook.
Indeed, there is now growing evidence that Facebook does have the potential for psychological difficulties. It means that just as in everything else in life, a balanced approach is required. Overuse, over-reliance and over-rating the benefits of Facebook could be the root of problems.
That’s why it is essential to have a routine – use Facebook at a specific time of day, for a pre-set number of minutes. Then forget it and get on with the rest of your life.
And remember – research shows that the business benefits of Facebook only really apply to major consumer brands. If that’s not you, then you can set Facebook aside, concentrate on “real” work and feel happier as a bonus.
Graham Jones is an Internet Psychologist who studies the way people use the online world, in particular how people engage with businesses. He uses this knowledge to help companies improve their online connections to their customers and potential customers and offers consultancy, workshops, masterclasses and webinars. He also speaks regularly at conferences and business events. Graham is an award-winning writer and the author of 32 books, several of which are about various aspects of the Internet. For more information connect with me on Google+ | <urn:uuid:9a38f4cc-79c2-43f4-8c70-150bf1339c26> | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb/tree/main/sample/350BT | fineweb | eng_Latn | 2,682 |
I’m looking for a bright, motivated individual to join our team as a project manager.
At Crowd Favorite we build cool things for the web. You will join us to enjoy the privilege of working with great clients and a sharp and dedicated team on fun and challenging projects.
The project manager position is a management role – but we have a very flat structure and a collaborative team atmosphere. You will be coordinating with clients to understand their project requirements and to provide ideas and suggestions as to how projects can be improved. At the same time you will coordinate our internal resources to produce top quality work on time. You’ll do all of this while managing expectations on both sides to keep things running smoothly. It’s a challenging role, but you’ll have the support of a talented and experienced team that can really deliver for you.
You should have the following core qualities and experience:
- The ability to “get things” quickly. This isn’t a place for the complacent. We enjoy the chance to play with new technology and are always taking on new challenges.
- The desire to organize and manage and a willingness to juggle. Each project has its own unique path with challenges that arise throughout. The project manager has key responsibility throughout the project’s entire life cycle.
- A general understanding of how web technologies work and interact. We build things from the ground up, we customize, we integrate. You’ll learn something new on each project, but there has to be a solid base to start from.
- A willingness to make decisions, even if they end up being mistakes. Mistakes happen, it’s how we learn. The key is to make them with good intentions and to always make new ones.
- Excellent communication skills (written and verbal) and an understanding of nuance.
- High standards and a willingness to stand up and say so if you believe standards aren’t being met.
- You do not need to have prior project management experience.
This position is available immediately in our Denver office, and we are only considering local candidates1 at this time.
All of this sound good? I hope so, and I look forward to hearing from you.
- We are willing to consider candidates who wish to relocate to Denver. [back] | <urn:uuid:4df08c9b-dc59-4602-abc7-1af5bed82e93> | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb/tree/main/sample/350BT | fineweb | eng_Latn | 2,248 |
OAKLAND, Calif. - The Oakland Ballet School, owned by a couple who danced professionally, has a new lease on life.
It lost its longtime home along MacArthur Boulevard last Christmas when the property owner decided to sell. After spending much of this year operating out of borrowed spaces, Joral and Denise Schmalle have found a new home for their beloved school on the second floor of a building on Piedmont Avenue.
On Wednesday night, students taking lessons appeared to be dancing with an extra spring in their step.
"It's comforting, to say the least, to have a space that we know is ours and we won't be kicked out at least for the time being," said Jena Thorne, 16, a ballet student.
She says the Schmalle's are mentors who treat their students like family.
A KTVU crew was there as the school held its last class the day after Christmas in 2018 in a building in the Fruitvale neighborhood. It had been their home for 40 years.
The Schmalle's were unable to come to an agreement to buy the property. Since then, it's been a test of their resiliency as they operated the school at temporary locations.
"We didn't have a place where we could be 100% of the time. We had about three different places we were going," said Joral Schmalle. He and his wife danced with the Oakland Ballet before taking over the school 10 years ago.
The Schmalle's wanted to teach ballet and life lessons.
"It's about disciple, coming and showing up on time. When you dance in a group, you have to work in a community," said Joral Schmalle.
One student travels from Union City to Oakland four to six times a week to take lessons.
"Having the integrity, the work ethic to not to give up," said Mikayla Simpson, 14. .
The couple says they currently have 100 students enrolled. Their ages range from 4 to 18.
"We're very proud to have a diverse school, to be able to have it be accessible, all body types. all colors," said Denise Schmalle.
The students are now rehearsing for their annual holiday Nutcracker performances. They're excited to showcase their hard work and tell a holiday tale through dance.
"Being able to express myself beyond words and being able to make other people feel something without having to say anything," said Sarina Osaba,19, a student.
The Schmalle's say their dream is to expand their school and to find a forever home. But for now, their focus is on this weekend's Nutcracker performances to be held at Holy Names University in Oakland.
For more information on Oakland Ballet School's Nutcracker performances December 14 & 15: | <urn:uuid:5e8d0956-0143-41ef-8703-b1d3ce6870ae> | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb/tree/main/sample/350BT | fineweb | eng_Latn | 2,536 |
This week, staff writer Laura Rysz talks to Wyoming Valley BMW/Porsche Wyoming Valley general manager Steven Ubaldini Jr. about Books and BMWs, an upcoming school supplies drive whose items will be donated to Volunteers of America.
Educational background:Earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from Syracuse University
Title: Event coordinator
Q: What was the inspiration for this event?
A: As a Wyoming Valley West High School alumnus, the recent news about children not being able to afford their school lunches struck a chord. I felt like this was a great opportunity to give back to our local students.
Q: What items are you collecting?
A: We are collecting any type of school supplies that children might need.
Q: What else will be on hand at the event?
A: Rock 107 will here Saturday, Aug. 17, from noon to 2 p.m. with prizes and giveaways. We will have an ice cream truck on site as well. They will also present the donations to Volunteers of America.
Q: How will the donations be used?
A: Donations will be sent to Volunteers of America’s Operation Backpack program. This program gives the school supplies to underprivileged children in Northeast Pennsylvania.
Q: How is this event unique?
A: While we are used to having private events, I am looking forward to having an open event that supports a charitable cause at our dealership.
If you go
What: Books and BMWs
When: Donations accepted, Monday, Aug. 12, through Saturday, Aug. 17; drive with prizes and giveaways, Aug. 17, noon to 2 p.m.
Where: Wyoming Valley BMW, 1470 Highway 215, Wilkes-Barre
Details: For more information, call 570-287-1133.
Laura Rysz is the features copy editor and calendar editor at The Times-Tribune and runs the Talk of the Times column, which focuses on local fundraisers and other events. She also writes Chef’s Table that profiles restaurants around the region. Additionally, Laura curates events online on AccessNEPA.com. Laura is involved in the special Mother’s Day edition and curates occasional features Marry Memories and Times Travelers. She is a graduate of Haddonfield Memorial High School, New Jersey, and earned an English professional writing degree with a minor in mass communications from King’s College, Wilkes-Barre. She also earned a certificate in Social Media Marketing from Rutgers Business School. Contact: email@example.com; 570-348-9100 x5228. | <urn:uuid:b6b23dd1-0a32-4d27-b62d-a863e4f0915e> | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb/tree/main/sample/350BT | fineweb | eng_Latn | 2,359 |
What could have been and what will be
In the not too distant future
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Tuesday, Oct 25, 2011 at 12:07 pm EDT
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Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying has said that it was “very immoral and against the rules of society” to privately record the Council meeting of the University of Hong Kong (HKU), no matter whether the recordings were made in order to send to media organisations or for personal use.
Leung was speaking to reporters ahead of the weekly Executive Council meeting on Tuesday. He was responding to the two recordings of speeches by Council members Arthur Li Kwok-cheung and Leonie Ki Man-fung during a controversial session on September 29, in which the governing body rejected the appointment of liberal law scholar Johannes Chan Man-mun as pro-vice-chancellor of the university.
“You all know the HKSAR government and society value press freedom,” Leung said, “but the other aspect of the issue is not related to press freedom, that even if these recordings were not sent to media, they were made under the circumstances I have said, that they were used by the person for an application that person thinks it was necessary, it is still fundamentally wrong.”
Leung added people need to follow agreed rules of society even for media: “some interviews that were made off the record, as you all know, as you have all accepted, are working quite well.”
Meanwhile, the HKU Students Union Council has finished counting the votes of a referendum on the possible candidate of the HKU Council chair. The turnout rate was 33.2 percent and 5,316 valid votes were received.
The first motion “The post of Chairman of the Council of the University of Hong Kong must be filled by a candidate who is acceptable to the members of its teaching staff, non-academic staff and students” was passed by 5,119 for, 110 against and 87 abstain votes.
The second motion “Arthur Li Kwok-cheung is not suitable to hold any position under the governance structure of the University of Hong Kong” was passed by 4,785 for, 178 against and 353 abstain votes.
The HKU Student Union issued a statement that the motions were “overwhelmingly carried as more than 5,000 students voted to show their stance, clearly substantiating the public’s opinions,” and that Leung Chun-ying “must take heed of this result and respond to students’ demands accordingly.” | <urn:uuid:f023f5ca-f55e-4474-a027-dd09c51ecc80> | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb/tree/main/sample/350BT | fineweb | eng_Latn | 2,215 |
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Microsoft Ignores Usability and Users - VS 2012 Keeps ALL-CAPS Menus
Written by Mike James
Thursday, 07 June 2012
The recent release of Visual Studio 2012 contained a UI element that few believed could make it into the final version - ALL-CAPS menus. After lots of user criticism and disbelief, Microsoft has moved swiftly to do something about it - by tweaking the typography.
It has long been known that text in all CAPITAL LETTERS is more difficult to read. It may carry emphasis, but because it lacks the familiar ups and downs in letter height when mixed case characters are used, it just isn't as easy to read. It also is just plain tiring to be shouted at in caps all the time - just see the response to any forum newbie who has failed to take the caps lock off.
But despite all this Microsoft is going to continue to shout at developers by using an all-caps main menu in Visual Studio 2012. The blog post explaining the reason is worth reading, if only to get a clear picture of how style is winning out over substance
"We’ve chosen to use uppercase styling in the top menu for two main reasons: 1) to keep Visual Studio consistent with the direction of other Microsoft user experiences, and 2) to provide added structure to the top menu bar area."
You might argue that 2 is a UI plus point but 1 is basically a "we do it elsewhere so we will keep doing it for the sake of how things look".
"On the first point, the use of uppercase text is becoming a strong signature element of styling for navigation and headings in Microsoft user interfaces. You can see it in the Azure Portal, in Zune, and in the latest Bing search results update."
So let's forget usability and keep with the "strong signature element". It doesn't matter that it is harder to read, the brand will be more recognizable in caps.
"On the second point, we explored designs with and without uppercase styling. In the end we determined it to be a very effective way of providing structure and emphasis to the top menu area in Visual Studio 2012."
This must be a new meaning of the word "structure", because putting the menu items into all-caps means that they are all the same height. When each menu items starts with a cap then there is structure because you can see the change in height, marking the start of the next menu item. The idea that putting a menu into all caps adds structure is something that is very difficult to see.
You can compare the two approaches and see if you agree. First the mixed case menu:
and the all caps menu:
Don't forget to click on each of the images to see them full size - it is worth the effort. You would have to be an idiot or brainwashed to think that all caps has more structure than mixed case menus.
Being very gracious, the blog does point out that you can customize your VS environment but doesn't point out that at the moment this isn't easy or obvious.
In mitigation it is pointed out that the design has been tweaked as a result of user feedback:
"...we tuned the typography of the menu to better adjust to uppercase text, including increased spacing between menu items from 14px to 20px to make menu items stand out better."
This is almost laughable. If you had to write a Microsoft comedy sketch you could include it without much effort to add parody.
Programmers and UI experts to design guy:
"Mixed case is more readable and this is a long established fact"
"We tweaked the spacing from 14px to 20px"
If you wanted to put structure into a menu, well how about color?
Oh wait I forgot the design department dumped color in favour of the "everything-is-grey UI".
Developers are the people who invented CamelCase to make sure that the structure of run together words would stand out better - and now we are asked to believe that making a menu all-caps adds structure.
I don't think so.
The worrying part is that this attitude of design over usability seems to be a common feature of VS 2012 and Windows 8. Let's hope there is still time to change.
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Birmingham City will be without Lukas Jutkiewicz for at least one more game.
However, Blues boss Harry Redknapp revealed last year’s leading scorer could be fit to face his former club Bolton next week.
But for now Redknapp will go into the first home league game of the season with just two fit senior strikers.
“No one [else] is struggling touch wood, we are OK at the moment, everybody’s fine,” the Blues Birmingham manager said.
“Jutkiewicz missed the first game, he’s a good player, he is getting close - he could be OK for Tuesday night, it would be nice to have him back in the squad.”
Cheikh Keita remains sidelined with a nagging groin niggle but Josh Dacres-Cogley has returned to training and could come into contention.
As could some of the players who starred in Tuesday night’s 5-1 demolition of Crawley Town.
Che Adams scored three, Robert Tesche one and David Cotterill produced a couple of assists.
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Dollar General Corporation is an American retail corporation headquartered in Tennessee. Dollar General now runs around 15,000 outlets. Clothing, cleaning supplies, home décor, beauty goods, health products, toys, and other items are sold at chain stores. Popular items include food, electronics, and clothing.
In an effort to stay competitive with other third-party vendors, Dollar General introduced its own private label brands. On January 15, 2007, Dollar General announced the launch of Lucky Brand. The brand is a private-label clothing brand that features value-priced and trendy fashion for young men and women. In 2011, it launched PetSmart’s private-label brand ‘DG PetSmart’ for pet products. These initiatives help to boost sales in the company’s stores and increase profits from product sales.
In 2009, it completed the sale of its major competitor Family Dollar Stores Inc., along with Family Dollar Express stores it acquired in 2006. The deal also included the acquisition of more than 6,100 stores in 10 states and the assumption of $5.9 billion in debt by Dollar Tree’s existing parent.
About DGCustomerFirst Survey:
Dollar General’s customer satisfaction survey is a way to respond to the performance of the company and provide feedback on how it can improve things. DGCustomerFirst Survey is an initiative by Dollar General corporation to recognize the customer’s loyalty and reward them with a chance to win $1000. DGCustomerFirst Survey is a platform for customers to express their feelings about the company’s performance, policies, products, and services. All the information gathered from customers will be used by Dollar General for improving its standards of customer service.
About DG Customer First Survey Sweepstakes:
Dollar General Corporation has launched a sweepstakes contest named ‘DGCustomerFirst‘ in partnership with market research firm MaritzCX. The DG Customer First Survey sweeps is designed to provide customers a platform to give feedback on cosmetic and general merchandise products. The DGCustomerFirst survey has two separate registration forms one for General Merchandise (GM) products survey and another for the Cosmetic Products survey.
The best part about this contest is that it is open to everyone; customers must complete the Dollar General Customer First Sweepstakes survey and submit it within the specified time period to be eligible for the sweepstakes drawing. Dollar General Corporation will contact a limited number of winners via telephone, mail, or text message at sponsor’s sole discretion using information provided in their entry form.
Who is DGCustomerFirst?
Dollar General is one of the largest discount retailers in the United States. In 2014, it operated approximately 13,000 retail outlets with an estimated sales of around USD $17 billion. The main products sold are consumer packaged goods (CPG) priced at less than USD $10 per item. It also sells apparel for women, men, and children which accounts for about 30% of its revenues. The products sold also include food and household items.
In 2008, Dollar General launched an online survey to improve its business by gathering customer feedback. The company got positive feedback from customers and found that the surveys helped it to identify the customer’s needs. Dollar General then used customer feedback to launch the DGCustomerFirst survey in 2009. As a customer, you will be asked to fill out a questionnaire about your experiences at various Dollar General stores.
What is in this survey?
The DGCustomerFirst survey is a questionnaire that asks consumers questions about their shopping experiences at various Dollar General stores. The questions cover various aspects of the retail experience such as store environment, product quality, shopping experience, and pricing. A unique username and password are provided at the end of the questionnaire to give feedback about your shopping experience on the DGCustomerFirst website.
How does this survey help Dollar General?
Dollar General conducts surveys through which it identifies customer needs, understands customer expectations and assesses product quality. It also receives feedback about the store environment and customer service. This helps Dollar General improve its product quality, ensure a consistent in-store environment and maintain high levels of customer satisfaction.
How do you participate in this survey?
The DGCustomerFirst survey is conducted online through an online portal that can be accessed through participating stores or websites. Once in the survey, a unique username and password will be provided by the store associate. Please remember to write down this information so that you can access your results at a later date.
How many questions are there in the survey?
There are about 10 – 20 questions on average. The questionnaire is in multiple-choice format and does not take more than 5 – 10 minutes to complete. The surveys gathered customer feedback on various aspects of the shopping experience such as product quality, store environment, shopping experience, pricing, and customer service. In addition to questions about customer experience at Dollar General stores there is also a section for customers to enter contact information for any further communication from Dollar General regarding their shopping experiences at any of its stores.
Why is it important to complete this survey ?
By completing the DGCustomerFirst survey you will help Dollar General improve its stores and products. The information gathered by DGCustomerFirst helps Dollar General to know what customers want while they shop at their stores. Dollar General then uses this information to make improvements in their stores and to increase their sales.
How can you use this survey?
The DGCustomerFirst survey is on-going and the results are updated regularly in order to maintain customer satisfaction. The surveys help Dollar General to improve its stores. Over time, results will be made available free of charge on a shared website for consumers to view and share their shopping experiences and feedback with other DGCustomerFirst consumers. There are also reports that are made available to private groups of customers through a password protected area.
What is the process for receiving your survey results?
Your information is held confidential by Dollar General Corporation and no one except you will have access to your results or feedback on any of the questions answered during this survey. At the end of the survey there is a means to submit issues that you may have with product quality, store experience or pricing in order to be passed on to the appropriate management team.
Does Dollar General use this survey data?
Dollar General uses information provided by DGCustomerFirst consumers on a confidential basis and only for internal purposes. This includes anonymously compiling statistics on DGCustomerFirst responses as well as compiling aggregate data. The data is not shared with outside parties or used for any other purpose than to improve customer service and product quality. Any personal information provided by any consumer will be kept private, secure and confidential by Dollar General.
What are the limitations of this survey?
This survey is only available in the United States and you must be a U.S. resident and 18 years or older to participate in this program. Only DGCustomerFirst consumers who have visited a Dollar General store may participate in this survey. The survey is only available at participating Dollar General stores or online at its website – www.dgcustomerfirst.com. If you are an existing consumer of Dollar General, you will be asked to provide information about your last visit to any of its stores in order to complete this questionnaire.
Are there any risks to participating in this survey?
There are no risks involved with participation in this survey. No confidential or sensitive information is gathered from anyone participating in this survey. Dollar General makes every effort to protect your information and then delete it after the survey has been completed. There is also no cost to participate in the DGCustomerFirst survey program.
How do you contact Dollar General if you have other questions or concerns?
The issues raised by dollar general customers may be addressed directly or through an independent third party that is used by consumers to address issues related to products purchased at retail stores, such as a store’s service and product quality or consumer satisfaction.
Steps to Participate in the DGCustomerFirst Survey:
Step 1: Sign up for the DGCustomerFirst survey program by visiting a participating Dollar General store.
Step 2: Complete the entry form at any of the participating Dollar General stores to enter the survey program.
Step 3: Answer a series of multiple choice questions about your shopping experience at any of the Dollar General stores.
Step 4: After submitting your answers, you will be given your own username and password that you can use to view your results online. Step 5: You will receive an email from Dollar General that contains a link to your results and provides you with your username and password.
Step 6: You may view your results online at any time by logging into the DGCustomerFirst website.
Step 7: Click on “My Account” and enter the information requested including your username and password. Then, click on “View My Survey Results”. Survey results will appear within 3-5 minutes.
Dollar General Corporation carries over 10,000 brands of merchandise in over 6,900 stores through 42 states in the United States. The company is headquartered in Goodlettsville, Tennessee.
Dollar General is a public company traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol DG and on the OTCQB under the symbol DGGRF. As of January 30, 2013, Dollar General had 14,953 employees.
Dollar General Corporation operates through two segments:
Dollar Generals Stores and Services. The Dollar General’s Stores segment primarily operates chain discount stores in rural, suburban and urban markets across the United States and Canada with a focus on central Illinois, Indiana and Michigan through 60% ownership of grocery store chain Family Dollar Stores Inc (FDO) (NYSE:FDO). The offers a range of grocery products at low prices in each store including food, general merchandise products and consumer electronics.
What are the Survey Requirements for DGCustomerFirst?
1. You must be a consumer who has shopped at Dollar General in the past 12 months.
2. You must have visited any of the Dollar General store locations within the prior 12 months.
3. You may enter one time in order to take part in this survey.
4. You may send one email to DGCustomerFirst in order to be entered into this program.
5. Your survey answers will not be collected by anyone other than Dollar General Corporation or its suppliers and you may participate at any time during the year the survey is active.
6. Dollar General collects customer information anonymously for internal use only and provides customers with a means to submit an inquiry in confidence. Consumers are never asked for their name or contact information, or told that your survey answers would be shared with anyone outside of Dollar General Corporation or its suppliers.
What are the Survey Restrictions DGCustomerFirst?
1. You may not submit more than one entry.
2. You may only participate once during the entire year this survey is active. If you wish to participate in other years, you must request a new survey password each year.
3. You may not enter more than one email address at a time.
4. The use or attempted use of any automated system or program, such as “spiders,” “robots,” or “spider traps” is prohibited and your participation in this program constitutes your agreement to abide by these restrictions and regulations (See the DGCustomerFirst Terms & Conditions of Participation).
5. Send an email to DGCustomerFirst at [email protected] and you will receive an email with your survey password within 72 hours.
6. However, we reserve the right to remove you from the survey program if, in our sole discretion, we believe that (i) the content of your survey answers is libelous or defamatory; (ii) your conduct or content may be offensive to other customers or outside parties; or (iii) you have violated our terms and conditions.
7. The results of this questionnaire are for consumer use only. The results of this questionnaire are not to be used for any form of consumer solicitation or commercial purposes, including but not limited to sales leads.
How To Participate In DGCustomerFirst Com Survey?
Online Method (Receipt Necessary).
By Mail (Without Receipt).
Online Method (Receipt Necessary):
Step 1: Go to the local store you wish to take part in and get a copy of the Receive $5 off for Survey Completion Receipt.
Step 3: Enter your survey password, unique code and name at www.dollargeneralcc.com or www.dollargeneralcc.ca and complete the survey.
Step 4: Enter your unique code, name and survey results at the website.
By Mail (Without Receipt):
Step 1: Go to the local store you wish to take part in and get a copy of the Survey Completion Form (Without Receipt).
Step 2: Fill out all required information in Survey Completion Form (Without Receipt) including name, address, email address and telephone number.
Step 3: Post your Survey Completion Form (Without Receipt) with clearly marked dollar general receipt into the postage-paid pouch or envelope provided by Dollar General Corporation within 30 days of purchase.
What are the general rules for DGCustomerFirst?
1. You may only participate in the Dollar General Customer Survey once during the year this survey is active.
2. You may not enter more than one email address at a time or use any automated system or program, to submit multiple entries.
3. You may not delay in completing the survey or contact Dollar General Corporation for more time to complete your survey entry and be entered into this program. If you do so, you will be disqualified from this program without refund of non-completed surveys completed by you.
4. Dollar General Corporation reserves the right to remove you from the Survey Program if any of these rules are violated.
5. Dollar General Corporation and its suppliers reserve the right to remove any entry from this survey that includes inappropriate content or content deemed unsuitable for this program.
6. You may not use the information in your survey answers for commercial solicitation or for any purpose other than providing consumer information anonymously to Dollar General Corporation.
7. Surveys completed that do not include your unique code, name and receipt will be void and will not be counted into the sweepstakes drawing.
8. For assistance with entry into this program please contact DGCustomerFirst at [email protected]
DG Customer First Sweepstakes Period:
The survey period concludes at the end of the day. Dollar General Corporation reserves the right to change or discontinue this program at any time, with or without notice. Dollar General has no obligation to fulfill this program and will in no way be held responsible for any event outside their control. Dollar General Corporation does not guarantee that a minimum number of entries will be received or that any specific number of survey participants will receive a reward.
By participating, you agree to these terms and conditions. No purchase necessary to enter the sweepstakes and can enter at any time during the survey period. One winner will be selected in each market segment. The market segments are: Gulf Coast, Rocky Mountain – Plains, Southeast and Southwest. Dollar General Corporation has the right to terminate this program if, in its sole discretion.
It determines that the operation of this program is impaired by any outside event or factor or if fraud, technical failures or any other factor beyond Dollar General Corporation’s reasonable control impairs the integrity of this program. Dollar General Corporation reserves the right to disqualify any respondent from participation in this program if he/she tampers with the entry process.
About Dollar General:
Dollar General Corporation DGC, is a Fortune 500 company headquartered in Goodlettsville, Tenn., with annual revenues of $20 billion and operates more than 14,000 retail locations in 44 states. Dollar General helps shoppers Save time. Save money. Every day!® by offering products that are frequently used and replenished, such as food, snacks, health and beauty aids, cleaning supplies, basic apparel and housewares. Known for its high-quality private brands, Dollar General helps shoppers Take it to the dollar by providing a wide assortment of high-quality merchandise at low prices in convenient neighborhood locations.
Dollar General has worked very hard to provide customers with a wide variety of quality products at fair prices in convenient stores. As seen by the survey results, this particular survey program did fairly well and would stand with any other similar survey program. The consistency of the variety and quality of products that Dollar General Corporation has provided their customers is one thing I can definitely applaud them for. The price tag on many new items is far less than you would find at a department store where they are charging inflated prices as opposed to what they actually cost in the first place. So that is definitely one good thing about Dollar General in my opinion.
Which Dollar General locations are included in the survey?
Dollar General has more than 13,000 stores in the US. Hence, surveys are conducted at all of the company’s retail and distribution centers. Questions will be asked in over 400 different languages and worldwide.
How do Dollar General store managers know what the survey is about?
Dollar General store managers are provided with a range of details on the DGCustomerFirst survey prior to each interview. All store managers have been trained on this topic and were provided with a sample email that they can use as part of their training and future communication to their employees regarding this program.
How do I complete the DGCustomerFirst Survey?
Dollar General’s DGCustomerFirst survey is conducted through an online questionnaire which can be accessed through participating Dollar General stores, websites and social media. Once in the survey, a unique user ID and password will be provided by the store associate to access your results.
Can Dollar General publish my name on their site?
You will not be able to see your name on the website or in any of the published reports unless you choose to follow up with a personal reply from Dollar General. Please remember to write down this information so that you can access your results at a later date.
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Good and Committed Telangana Resource Persons Identification, As per the Proceedings Rc.No.419, Each District Educational Officers will identify the Subject wise Good and Committed RPs( Resource Persons) for Primary Schools, High Schools and Urdu Medium Schools by the DEOs. This proceedings details as follows..
PROCEEDINGS OF THE DIRECTOR OF SCHOOL EDUCATION(TS DSE),TELANGANA STATE, HYDERABAD
Rc. No. 419/D/C and T/TSCERT/2015, Dated: 02.05.2015
Subject: SCERT, Telangana, Hyderabad – Undertaking trainings to the In-service teachers both at Primary and High School Level – Identification of good and committed Resource Persons for Primary and High Schools by the DEOs – Order issued – Reg.
All the RJDSEs and DEOs in the State are hereby informed that During the meeting with Teacher Unions all the Teachers Unions informed about poor quality of teacher trainings due to weak Resource Persons (RPs).
The Resource Persons are selected by the concerned Dy.EOs and DEOs during last year. Repeated instructions have been issued and a meeting was convened by the C & DSE at Hyderabad and informed all the Dy.EOs and DEOs for the selection of good RPs and conduct training in a disciplined way.
However, in majority cases no procedure was followed by the Dy.EOs and DEOs in defying the good RPs. Half of the RPs from the Districts failed in the examination conducted at State Level training programmes during last year i.e. September/ October, 2014.
Therefore, all the DEOs may requested to identify the subject-wise good RPs both for Primary Schools and High Schools from each District as given hereunder.
i) RPs for Primary Schools
ii) RPS for High Schools
iii) RPs for Urdu Medium Schools
The DEOs are requested to give wide publicity and invite applications from the teachers/ Head Masters working in Primary, Upper Primary and High Schools.
The names of the selected Resource Persons is to be furnished to the Director of School Education and Director SCERT. The names may be arranged in the order of preference i.e. effective persons may be kept from sl.no. 1 and downwards.
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Hosted by the Chicago Toy & Game Group (ChiTAG), the International Toy & Game Innovation Conference (T&GCon) is a networking and educational opportunity in which both industry leaders and those looking to get involved in the industry and/or have their product licensed can come together to share key insights and ideas.
The conference, scheduled to take place on November 20 and 21 at the Navy Pier in Chicago, also includes the International Summit for Professional Inventors (I-SPI), and the Inventor Relations Summit (IRS), which is part of I-SPI. Attendees will have the chance to meet top executives from Hasbro, Spin Master, Ravensburger, NASA, Patch Products, and more.
At T&GCon, new inventors will have opportunities to show their ideas to dozens of toy and game industry companies. Meanwhile, at I-SPI, aspiring inventors can meet colleagues from around the world, experience new technology, meet with manufacturers in private offices, and more. Finally, at IRS, attendees can discover new ideas, products, and innovation from different inventors and companies, as well as discuss ways to strengthen both the inventor community and the industry as a whole.
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CDAC Thiruvananthapuram Project Engineer & Project Manager Application Form 2020 Apply Online Before 07 January 2021: This is the latest Sarkari Notification coming from CDAC Thiruvananthapuram Project Engineer & Project Manager Exam 2020. As a result, Jobseekers must download the advertisement before apply to CDAC Thiruvananthapuram Sarkari Naukri 2020.
CDAC Thiruvananthapuram Project Engineer & Project Manager Recruitment 2020
It is a great opportunity to work under the CDAC Thiruvananthapuram. Recently they invited job seekers for appointment as Project Engineer & Project Manager in clerical cadre. The full vacancy details are given below.
- Name of The Post: Project Engineer & Project Manager
- Total: 53 Posts.
- Location: Thiruvananthapuram
- Start Application: 23 December 2020
- Closing Date: 07 January 2021
- Application Mode: Online
- Payment Mode: Pay Through Demand Draft only drawn on any nationalized bank in favour of “C-DAC, Thiruvananthapuram.
- Registration Fees: Application Fees Rs.590/- & Rs.295/- for Male Candidates & Rs.295/- & Rs.118/- For Female Candidates.
Education & Age
- Minimum Qualification: First class BE/BTech or equivalent degree with atleast 11 years of post qualification work experience/ ME/M.Tech VLSI/ Embedded System (Aggregate 70% and above) OR First class B.E/B.Tech or MCA. & Diploma in Electronics Engineering/ Computer Science/ Computer Hardware. & Diploma in Electronics / Computer Science Engineering.
- Age Limit: Maximum 50 years Old
|Post Name||No. of Vacancy||Pay Scale|
|Project Engineer||40||Rs.34, 100 – Per Month|
|Project Assistant||07||Rs.17, 000/- Per Month|
||03||Rs.64, 000/- Per Month|
|Project Technician||03||Rs.14, 100/- Per Month|
- Selection will be based on Written Test & Interview.
Jobseekers fulfilled the eligibility criteria should apply online through CDAC Thiruvananthapuram Career Page. Therefore, Applicants have to log on to CDAC Thiruvananthapuram official website www.cdac.in. After that go to “Latest Announcement” section then Click on “Recruitment of Project Engineer & Project Manager“.
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Garth Brooks - Belleau Wood (COVER) MP3
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TORRANCE, Calif., (Oct. 30, 2013) – Performance, technology and the young entrepreneur influenced the Scion vehicles on display at the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) Show Nov. 5-8. The collection of five builds will be located at Booth 20313, alongside three 2014 Scion tCs competing in the Scion Tuner Challenge.
The non-competition Scion builds reflect diverse partnerships and the sustained enthusiasm for the FR-S across diverse types of drivers around the country.
Steve Aoki x Scion FR-S: Designed by renowned DJ and producer Steve Aoki, this FR-S includes a fully operational mixing station, a custom Pioneer® sound system with multiple component speaker packages, a deck lid-mounted LCD display, a fog machine and strobe lighting.
Bulletproof FR-S Concept One: Through a partnership with Bulletproof Automotive, this supercar concept features a carbon fiber interior, a widened, handmade body, a rebuilt 500 horsepower engine, an advanced turbo system and track-tuned suspension.
GReddy Performance x Scion Racing Drift FR-S: This drifting prototype is equipped with a Rocket Bunny Ver. 2 aero kit and a GReddy turbocharged 2JZ-GTE engine capable of putting out 750 horsepower.
FR-S “Style J”: This futuristic urban design incorporates comfort and technology with concept camera mirrors, custom leather interior features with beige stitching and black accents throughout the car.
Strictly Business Cartel Scion xB: Designed by Jeremy Lookofsky of Cartel Customs and Dominick Vitelli of Quality Coachworks, the custom mini-stretch brings in a business agenda with an on-board Wi-Fi hotspot, Apple® Mac mini, wireless keyboard with mouse and hands-free mobile calling.
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A few weeks ago Quark has launched a new webinar series about QuarkXPress 2018.
Here are the first three:
Webinar 1 – HTML5 Publications (PWA)
Side note: Often these kind of HTML5 exports are called progressive web apps (PWA).
- See a HTML5 Publication live
- Quickly convert a Print layout as HTML5 Publication
- Start a new HTML5 Publication from scratch
- Add interactivity such as movies, sound, animations, slideshows popups and more
- Export, host and configure
Note that with IDML Import in QuarkXPress 2018 you can also create an HTML5 Publication from InDesign by
- Creating an IDML file out of InDesign
- In QX2018 choose File – New – Project from IDML
- Follow the steps shown in the webinar
Webinar 2 – Create ebooks (part 1 of 2)
- Which formats for your ebook?
- Create a new ebook from scratch
- Reflow vs. fixed-layout ebook
- Convert print to reflow ebook
- Convert print to fixed-layout ebook
Please note that the first 10 minutes are theory, live software demo afterwards.
Webinar 3 – Create ebooks (part 2 of 2)
- Add interactivity to your reflow ebook
- Add interactivity to your fixed-layout epub
- Add meta data, hyperlinks & table of content
- How does “Export for Kindle” from “Export to ePub” differ?
- What are post-processing tools like Sigil and ePubCheck and when do you need them?
We are planning to publish a new webinar every two weeks. Topics include:
- Creating native Android/iOS apps
- Create print-ready PDF (PDF/X)
- Creating tagged PDF
- Working with OpenType features (typography)
- Color Fonts (typography)
- QuarkXPress for beginners (1st document)
- Image Editing and Image Effects
- Job Tickets (in details)
- Color Management
- Tips & Tricks
- and more
Try it yourself – free of charge
As Quark offers a free trial version of QuarkXPress that runs for 7 days and is functionally not restricted, you can try all of this yourself – without any cost:
Both an engineer and a layout artist, Matthias bridges the gap between technology and people. Before joining Quark in 1997, Matthias pioneered print, Web, and multimedia products for multiple German publishing companies. He is an active participant in design and publishing communities and represented Quark in the Ghent PDF Workgroup.
From 1997 until 2019 Matthias played a central role in shaping Quark’s desktop, mobile and enterprise software. From February 2014 until January 2019 he headed Quark’s Desktop Publishing business unit; and was therefore responsible for QuarkXPress.
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George Stacey, an environmentalist at Norvergence: “I’ll never forget Bhopal Gas Tragedy- a man-made catastrophe resulted in the death of over 4,000 people. Millions of folks are still suffering because of it.”
Till 11:00 PM, December 2, 1984, was a normal day for the people of Bhopal. Meanwhile, George Stacey who was a teenager then was enjoying his day in New York with his favorite book, “Islands in the Stream”.
Suddenly, more than 40 tons of methyl isocyanate gas leaked from a pesticide plant (Union Carbide India limited) in Bhopal, India led to the death of more than 4,000 people. It later became the worst industrial accident in the history of the world.
After 35 years, the Norvergence team headed by George Stacey is publishing an inquiry through this blog that puts straight questions to the policy of the government (then) and the management of Union Carbide Plant.
History of the Union Carbide Plant
In the 1970s, the Indian government asked Union Carbide Corporation (UCC) to build a plant for the manufacture of Sevin (a type of pesticide). Due to the proper access to transport infrastructure and central location, the company built the plant in Bhopal. At starting, it was approved only for formulations of pesticides from certain chemicals but later the whole final product was started formulating there.
During the 1980s, the crop failure and famine in the subcontinent led to farmers’ incapability to buy pesticides. Therefore in 1988, the management of the corporation decided to close the plant and sell it to a different company. After no one shows interest in buying it, the corporation decided to dismantle the production units and shift it to some other country.
Meanwhile, the plant continued to operate with very fewer safety precautions.
On December 2, 1984, an operator working in the plant noticed a small leak of methyl isocyanate (MIC) and the continuous increasing pressure in the storage tank.
After almost 2 hours, a plume of MIC entered the environment by pushing the safety valve aside.
In the span of the next 3-4 hours, the streets of Bhopal were filled with dead bodies of humans and animals. Almost 3,800 people died immediately and in the subsequent 2 decades, more than 10,000 people suffered premature deaths.
We also thoroughly studied, “The New York Times” report that focused on the main reasons behind this accident such as design flaws, operating designs, training deficiencies, and maintenance failures.
Norvergence: Things Happened Before and During the Bhopal Gas Tragedy
- According to one of the employees, months before the accident manger of the plant shut down a refrigeration unit whose main function is to keep the MIC cool.
- Two main safety systems were totally unable to cope with anything unfortunate happen during the night time. Further, one system was out of functioning during the accident and the other had been inoperable for many weeks.
- Initially, the supervisor thought that it was a water leak, not gas. Also, he decided to deal with it in the next tea break.
- Spare tank was not empty which again was rule violation as during emergency gas cannot be separated from problem tank.
- Many employees also admitted that training, education level for maintenance, etc were also very reduced by the plant management.
- Kamal K Pareek who was senior project engineer during the building of the methyl isocyanate in 1971 said (Norvergence quoted The New York Times):
“The plant was losing money, and top management decided that saving money was more important than safety. Maintenance practices became poor, and things generally got sloppy. The plant didn’t seem to have a future, and a lot of skilled people became depressed and left as a result.”
Norvergence: People of Bhopal Feel Cheated
We read and analyzed interviews of many eyewitnesses. One of them is Shehzadi Bee, 63 who has talked to The Independent.
“I with my 4 children was lucky to find a truck that was there to evacuate people. The scene on that truck was horrible. Everyone was having breathing issues, burning in their eyes, and then they were vomiting and passing stools. Nobody knew what was going on, what was happening to them. People were falling unconscious. Then we saw people dying inside that truck before our eyes. Many, many people die. I received 25,000 (INR) as compensation.”
Rachna Dhingra, a member of the Bhopal Group for Information Action founded in 1986 said: “People feel cheated. If you look around Bhopal, there are some areas where every fifth household has a child with a disability. You see that they have been left to fend for themselves, denied what they feel was rightfully theirs in terms of compensation… by this corporation.”
Norvergence: India Specially Bhopal after 1984
India has undergone rapid industrial development since 1984. But there are still less strict rules for the treatment of water or gas produced by small scale industries and the industrial solid and hazardous waste has increased appreciably throughout the last 2 decades. The Bhopal gas tragedy has not changed agricultural practice patterns in India. Even now, around 22,000 people died every year because of pesticide poisoning. | <urn:uuid:29ad4a61-5bbc-44aa-b716-9126f6082d38> | HuggingFaceTB/smollm-corpus/tree/main/fineweb-edu-dedup | smollm-corpus | eng_Latn | 5,175 |
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It’s been two weeks since we planted our veggies in the StrawBales.
The tomatoes, jalapenos, peppers, and zucchinis were all from starts. The bush beans, peas, squash, pumpkins, and cucumbers were all from seeds.
Here be the video update:
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Believe it or not, I keep searching for some good news to send around, but these are difficult to come by in this terrifying 'new world' of Trump & company. However, if you weren't already frightened sufficiently, the two articles included in the PDF file attached from Consortium News should rattle your cage just a bit more. It seems that ever since the election, Democratic Party elites are hoisting the banners for war just about anywhere it is not yet engulfing the world. Not being satisfied with most of the Middle East and Afghanistan already in flames and chaos – with millions of people dead, wounded and displaced – the Democratic Party elites are calling for more blood and destruction so as not to be outdone by their Republican colleagues on this score. Now legislation has been introduced in Congress, by a Democrat, to give Donald Trump unfettered authority, with no Congressional oversight, to attack and wage war on Iran any time he so pleases. If this doesn't make you a bit uncomfortable, then you may want to check out the fires we are attempting to set in Ukraine, another of our favorite war charities – oh, and yes, China too. It is true what the historians have said that dying empires are interesting places and times indeed.
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Reliance Infratel Ltd. (“the Appellant”) was engaged in the business of providing ‘passive wireless telecom infrastructure’. The Appellant and its associated enterprise entered into an MOU whereby the Appellant granted Associated enterprise an indefeasible right to use 80% of the total capacity of its optic fibre cable network for 10 years. In terms of AS-19, the Appellant has shown an amount in the Balance Sheet under the head “lease rent advance/lease rent equalisation’ which is a notional figure (writing off operating lease amount on straight line basis). The Department has confirmed demand on the ground that the entry made was towards associated enterprise and as per Rule 6 of the Service Tax Rules, in case of associated enterprises, Service tax is payable at the time of debit/credit entry made in the books of account.
The Hon’ble CESTAT, Mumbai has observed that the general rule in case of associated enterprises is that even a book adjustment or any credit or debit entry in any account by whatever name called in the books of accounts of the service provider is equated with receipt of ‘the gross amount charged’ by the service provider to the service recipient. However, the lease rent equalisation shown as per AS-19 is not an income for the purposes of computing tax under the Income Tax Act. Therefore, it is also not a ‘payment’ actually received or receivable i.e. neither ‘consideration’ nor the ‘gross amount charged’ in terms of clauses (a) and (c) of the Explanation to Section 67 of the Finance Act. Hence, relying upon the plethora of cases, the Hon’ble CESTAT has held that the Appellant was not liable to pay Service tax on the amount of lease rent equalisation shown in the Balance Sheet. | <urn:uuid:e88879b6-2525-4429-9f6d-37ba8bd2f238> | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb/tree/main/sample/350BT | fineweb | eng_Latn | 1,737 |
I am leery of anything that has the appearance of being the newest nutritional fad. I’m sure you know what I’m talking about … the latest berry, grain, or other food that is touted as being a “superfood” only to fall off everyone’s radar screen a few months later (usually once people realize they’re wasting their money).
Unfortunately, dog nutrition is not immune to these sorts of trends either. I’m naturally skeptical when I hear that a nutritional supplement can “cure” (or at least significantly improve) a disease that has thus far been resistant to treatment. This was my frame of mind when I started researching the use of coconut oil in the treatment of canine cognitive dysfunction (CCD).
First some background information. CCD is very similar to Alzheimer’s disease in people. Dogs diagnosed with CCD typically have altered behavior, can become anxious, have lapses in housetraining, become restless and wander (sometimes getting “stuck” in corners), and have altered sleep patterns. We do not know the cause of CCD; some evidence exists supporting several theories including:
- neurotransmitters in the brain might break down more rapidly than normal
- the build-up of free radicals might damage brain tissue
- infection with prions (abnormal proteins like those that cause “mad cow” disease) destroys brain tissue
- a decline or change in energy metabolism within the brain
It is this last point that has led some veterinarians to recommend using coconut oil as a dietary supplement for dogs with CCD, primarily because similar suggestions are sometimes given to people suffering from Alzheimer’s disease. As Dr. Michael Rafii, Director of the Memory Disorders Clinic at UC San Diego’s Perlman Ambulatory Care Center and Assistant Professor of Neurosciences at UC San Diego puts it:
Coconut oil has medium chain triglycerides [MCT], which are a good source of energy, in the form of ketone bodies … MCTs are converted in the liver into ketones, which can be used by the brain as fuel; they are a more immediate source of energy than other fats…
The theory behind coconut oil’s potential use in AD [Alzheimer’s disease] is that ketones might provide an alternative energy source for brain cells that have lost their ability to use glucose as a result of Alzheimer’s disease pathology.
However, there are no studies yet to support this.
In addition, it should be kept in mind that coconut oil is quite high in calories — 115 calories per tablespoon. That can add up when doses are 4 to 8 tablespoons or more a day. Large amounts can also cause diarrhea and other gastrointestinal problems.
Unfortunately, there just isn’t enough data to support the idea of using coconut oil to treat AD. It is impossible for us to know whether coconut oil has any beneficial effect in Alzheimer’s disease until a randomized, double blind clinical trial is conducted.
All of this is directly referable to the current situation surrounding the use of coconut oil in dogs with CCD. We simply don’t have any evidence whether or not it is effective or safe (I worry about weight gain, adverse GI effects, and triggering pancreatitis). I’ve heard some anecdotal reports of dogs with cognitive dysfunction seeming to improve when started on coconut oil, and others where it just made the patients fat. I suppose it might be categorized as “worth a try” if it is used in moderation with an appropriate reduction in dietary fat from other sources, but unfortunately coconut oil doesn’t yet appear to be a panacea for dogs with CCD.
Dr. Jennifer Coates
Alzheimer’s Disease Information Network. ADIN Monthly E-News. Alzheimer’s Disease Cooperative Study, July 2012, No. 44. | <urn:uuid:25fcb046-d1c2-49a3-bb2f-3664e543f8ad> | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb/tree/main/sample/350BT | fineweb | eng_Latn | 3,659 |
Writer and poet Bles Chavez-Bernstein reflects on aging gracefully, pursuing your passion, retirement as an expat, and death and legacy.
A distant memory. A momentary daze. An image appears, slowly taking shape…a small house perfectly shaded by a row of palm trees, the air is warm and humid moistening your face, blooming colors line your narrow street, an old neighborhood welcomes you. On the street corner, the smell of freshly baked pan de sal teases your palate. You join in the incessant laugh of your playmates as full moon descends on the playground. Like a movie, the reel keeps rolling with images so vivid they grab your heart, its beats racing, pounding on your chest. The place you desire is out of reach. You reminisce. With eyes involuntarily closing, you savor the warm sensations all over, like a tight hug from a long lost friend.
Nostalgia sets in.
The vision quickly fades. You decide to sit in your favorite chair. You let out a loud sigh…the thought of the past heightens your longing. Time may not be on your side. You blinked and the years went swiftly by.
You placate yourself with the intention to reassure. Four decades is a lifetime spent away from your homeland. You convince yourself that you have a great home where you are. You love the culture that was once foreign to you. You have many friends. Yet something is still missing. Reality keeps knocking…the practical reality.
Many of my friends in America, Europe, and the Middle East have recently retired from their lifetime careers, and so have my high school friends back in the Philippines. We are in our sixties now and are often referred to as seniors. It took me a few years to let the word “senior” sink in into my psyche, another year to let it settle emotionally. This realization has allowed me to make a courageous decision to give up my nursing career. It meant giving up thousands of dollars pouring into my bank account every other week. I was determined to take that leap even if it meant losing my income and saying goodbye to a career that spanned over four decades. It was time for me to focus on what I considered the most meaningful move in my personal and professional life. So I did.
Since certainty is never a part of life, it is possible that I won’t have enough time to enjoy all the things I love to do. Oh, the arts! I’ve always wanted to become a full time artist, but life demanded that I stayed in the field of nursing longer than I intended.
Juggling two careers for eighteen years, I endured sleep deprivation so I could go to school during the day and work at night. Living a double life was an understatement. As if my struggle was not enough, life took on its natural course so fast that I had to set aside my personal pursuits to attend to the needs of my loved ones –my daughters’ weddings, my son’s college studies, my mother’s sudden illness, and her passing. My mother’s illness and passing gave me a new window into my own future. My view through this window becomes clearer as I get older. Will I live another twenty-five years…maybe thirty if I’m lucky? I’d blurt these thoughts aloud that my daughters could hear them.
“Mom, don’t talk about that…we don’t want to hear it.”
“But I need to talk openly about my future and my dying.” I’d tell them. “That is one inevitable truth everyone must face.”
I want to welcome aging and dying with an open heart. I intend to fade away with dignity and grace. I’ll wear a smile when life’s mysteries no longer exist.
Planning for old age is never one of my favorite subjects. I’d rather chase my lifelong dreams, rather than making plans with so-called experts. Following my passions is what makes me feel most alive. Isn’t that a great way to live in the present? However, having experienced a decade of single parenthood and raising three young children on my own, forces me to engage with financial advisers who seem to have all the answers. I find their calculated speculations encouraging. Timing plays a big role. Saving for the future must start as soon as income is generated. Many of us make the common mistake of thinking “I’m still young. I’ll do it later.” I’m guilty of making that mistake and it took me a decade to undo it. Sometimes, the well-known cliché, “The only time we have is now,” can be taken out of its context and places us off- balance. I find discipline as the key to the process of saving for the future. I place equal value to my near and far futures. To sacrifice one for the other can end in regrets. Saving for my old age does not mean I deprive myself of the priceless moments. “There may not be a tomorrow,” I remind myself. I travel to see new places, make friends, share stories and poetry with others, and sing before an audience whenever I can. In a strange turn of events, the lockdown brought about by the pandemic paved the way for me to complete writing the book I’d always wanted to write. While battling the signs of a looming depression, I wrote In The Typhoon’s Eye, my childhood memoir. I turn to writing as often as I can, treating it as my friendly companion when alone. I escape into the magical world of books to destress and heal myself. If inspiration is low, I cultivate it. I learn how to value time as my most precious commodity.
My family and friends are scattered all over the world and distance create another hurdle. Virtual meetings bridge the effects of distance but not all. Computer and cyber skills are vital especially in these times of disconnect. Without them, connecting with loved ones is almost impossible for my senior friends in their 80’s. Loneliness intensifies the yearning to return to their homeland, especially when their adult children live far to pursue careers in other countries. The gift of companionship comes easier to some but not to others. Some brave living a life of loneliness for the sake of physical comfort. For most seniors, choices narrow down to what can support them with their healthcare needs. Others choose to retire back in the Philippines believing that their happiness lies in being surrounded by their family of origin, the old culture they grew up with, in the old setting of where ‘home’ was. For those who are fortunate enough to afford maintaining two homes, one home in the Philippines and a second one abroad, their life can be more rewarding as they live in the best of both worlds.
The list of hardships experienced by the aging immigrant can be endless. If I dissect further and go deeper into the day-to-day battle, aches and pains occupy the top of the list. I am no exception to this reality. I visit doctors when I need to and choose to be proactive when it comes to my health. I prefer to be a step ahead instead of behind. Since none of us chose our genetic makeup, we inherit predispositions to certain illnesses. The good news is that pain can be managed to a point where it does not need to interfere with the quality of life. Although it took a few months to reduce the aches caused by degenerative changes in my spine, the combination of daily yoga stretches and Zumba exercises proved successful. I choose not to take pain medications. The simple things that we do on a daily basis can have a huge impact on our health as we age. Nutrition, exercise, recreation, socialization, and hobbies play significant roles in promoting health. Nourishing our body with healthy diet is just as vital as nourishing our mind with healthy information. “We are what we eat.” The daily rituals we do to feel good and maintain our well-being eventually turn into habits. Our habits become us.
Life is never easy. It may seem even harder for people who love adventure, like you and me. I am a wanderer seeking the very best in life. I don’t stop looking for answers. I know that life can be unfair but I rise above that painful truth. Life does not offer me anything without a price. Nothing is free. The moment I chose to live on life’s terms, I broke the shackles that have bound me for too long. I no longer tread inside the dark tunnel of pessimistic thinking. With renewed faith, like a child, I pursue everything that makes me happy. Material things are not the answer. I used to feel like I didn’t have enough clothes, jewelry, and other material possessions. Now I look around and I see that I got everything I need–a roof over my head, food on the table, the love and respect of my husband, children, friends, family, and the chance to live my waking dream. I’m living that dream as I speak. The inner voice says, Bles, it has been long overdue.
With aging comes the gift of wisdom, the end result of life experiences and self-awareness. With wisdom, it doesn’t mean I no longer make mistakes. Learning lessons does not stop. Taking risks is inevitable if I aim at having accomplishments. New mistakes are bound to happen as I navigate new territories, new fields of study, new skills, new relationships, and new places to navigate. Complacency is not in my vocabulary. I intend to enhance my knowledge, hone my skills, and polish my voice as an artist. With all live performances on hold due to the disruption caused by the pandemic, I create my own invisible platform. I sing my arias within the four walls of my home, at the same performance level I would give on a live stage, with imagined thundering applause from an audience in standing ovation. I dance to keep my body limber, my spirits lighter. Music and writing confirm what my life purpose is. Purpose adds meaning to my existence. I write poetry to connect with those who find beauty and solace in the written word. I tell true stories, healing and painful, beautiful and ugly, to widen perspectives and create better personal paradigms. I may not notice when my life’s sunset sneaks in to steal my sunlight for I’ll be too busy being happy. I live to inspire and be inspired. One story at a time.
Chasing my love for the arts took me to my temporary homes, each of them creating memories that have become part of me. The house where I grew up still stands on the same street that looks shorter now. Our old neighbors are gone. Nothing looks like the home I knew. Only the old kapok tree on the corner of the grassy yard bears resemblance of my childhood, in my age of innocence and wonderment.
Last summer, while visiting my children in South Florida, I overheard an impassioned conversation between my six-year old grandson and her five-year old cousin, my granddaughter.
“I want lola and lolo to buy a house in my neighborhood.”
“No, I want them to live in my neighborhood!”
The little cousins happened to live in the same neighborhood. From that moment on, I knew where my next home was going to be. It would be right in the midst of those who will bear my legacy.
You can buy Bles Chavez-Bernstein’s book In The Typhoon’s Eye and Without Rhyme collection of poems from Amazon.
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Bles Chavez-Bernstein is a Filipino-American soprano, poet, and author of Without Rhyme, a poet’s story, and In The Typhoon’s Eye, a story of childhood and leaving home. Bles has performed solo concerts in various countries including the U.S., Thailand, Philippines, Germany, and South Korea. In the last eighteen years, proceeds from her performances have supported advocacies for women and children worldwide. Bles has also devoted many years in the art and vocation of nursing, working as a registered nurse in the U.S. both as bedside clinician and director of nursing, in two clinical specialties: mental health and addictions nursing. Currently she is working on her second collection of poetry, Sensuous Healing. For more information on Chavez-Bernstein’s works, visit: www.blessingingpoet.com | <urn:uuid:817d6e58-d1aa-496f-839a-8b1ffc7f0b1d> | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb/tree/main/sample/350BT | fineweb | eng_Latn | 11,653 |
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Sen. Joyce Maker, Brian Campbell, Levi Campbell, Joshua Dudley, Riley Wright, Seth Dudley, Caleb Campbell, Rep. William Tuell
AUGUSTA – On Thursday, March 30, middle school students from Downeast Discipleship Academy in Machias visited the State House, serving as Honorary Pages in the Maine Senate. During their visit, they met with their local legislators, Senator Joyce Maker (R-Washington) and Representative William Tuell (R-East Machias).
“I am glad to have had the opportunity to meet with these students from Machias,” said Sen. Maker. “It’s great that they had the opportunity to travel all the way to Augusta to learn more about our state government.”
For more information on how to serve as an honorary page for a day, call the Office of the Senate Secretary at 287-1540 or 800-423-6900. | <urn:uuid:34804267-d8d7-49f1-ad22-605e54dc5dfa> | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb/tree/main/sample/350BT | fineweb | eng_Latn | 823 |
(Washington, DC) – The United States Congress should swiftly pass the USA Freedom Act to thwart bulk data collection and improve transparency and oversight of surveillance in the US, Human Rights Watch said today. The House Judiciary Committee approved the bill on April 30, 2015.
Members of the House and Senate introduced the USA Freedom Act of 2015 on April 28 to end domestic bulk collection of phone records and other data. As revealed by the former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Edward Snowden in 2013, the US government has justified the collection of potentially millions of phone records of people in the US who have not been linked to wrongdoing under a secret and expansive interpretation of section 215 of the USA Patriot Act. The USA Freedom Act would end such indiscriminate gathering of phone records, along with other data, under section 215 and several other US laws.
“The USA Freedom Act is a critical first step toward reining in the NSA’s surveillance excesses and addressing the mass violations of privacy revealed by Edward Snowden nearly two years ago,” said Cynthia Wong, senior Internet researcher at Human Rights Watch. “While the bill leaves many human rights concerns unaddressed, it provides a foundation for future reform. Congress should pass the bill without delay or any changes that would weaken it.”
Section 215 of the USA Patriot Act is set to expire on June 1 unless Congress acts. However, congressional support to simply let the law lapse is weak, and Senate leadership has already offered a proposal to extend the Patriot Act provisions without any additional privacy safeguards. On April 21, the Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell, and the Senate Intelligence Committee chairman, Richard Burr, introduced S. 1035, a bill that would extend section 215 and other provisions of the USA Patriot Act without reforms for five more years. The USA Freedom Act is an alternative to a blanket extension of section 215.
Previous versions of the USA Freedom Act were introduced and debated in 2014, but Congress failed to enact them. The USA Freedom Act of 2015 retains many of the key reforms from a version of the bill introduced by Senator Patrick Leahy in 2014, which Human Rights Watch supported.
Section 215 of the USA Patriot Act allows intelligence agencies to acquire business records that are “relevant” to an investigation. Under current practice, intelligence agencies and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court have strained the interpretation of “relevance” to cover potentially all call records from phone companies in the US, along with other personal records.
Call records, also termed “metadata,” do not include the content of conversations, but can produce a comprehensive picture of a person’s movements, associates, and interests by mapping the network of people with whom they communicate and where and when they make the calls. Such dragnet intrusions of privacy are disproportionate and chill the rights to freedom of expression and association, Human Rights Watch said. The bulk phone records program has also harmed the work of journalists in the US, who find it more difficult to protect the identity of sources who may fear reprisals for discussing even unclassified matters related to national security.
The USA Freedom Act would narrow the scope and scale of which records, including phone metadata, intelligence agencies can gather. Rather than collect all records from a phone company, agencies would have to identify and show that a “specific selection term” – for example, a term that identifies an individual, account, or personal device – is associated with international terrorism to request call records based on that term. The bill would impose a similar, though broader, requirement for other kinds of records.
This approach would make it more difficult for agencies to justify wholesale gathering of records nationwide. While the bill does not fully guard against expansive future interpretations of what constitutes a “specific selection term” or guarantee critical judicial scrutiny of requests, transparency measures in the bill could provide additional protections against abusive application of the law.
Like previous versions, the bill also includes provisions to increase transparency around government surveillance programs and improve oversight by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) court. The bill would permit technology companies that receive surveillance orders to report on the number of orders received and the number of customer selectors targeted. The bill also would require the government to report on how it uses specific surveillance laws and to publicly disclose unclassified summaries of FISA court opinions that involve significant interpretations of law. The bill would introduce further FISA court reforms by establishing a panel of experts to assist the court with novel legal issues or technical matters, including by advocating for privacy and civil liberties. Under current practice, only the government is represented before the FISA court.
However, the bill’s transparency and court oversight provisions are less robust than would have been required in a previous version of the bill, with more limited reporting requirements and a more narrowly defined role for external court advocates. While the USA Freedom Act is an improvement over current practice, Congress should go further and strengthen transparency and oversight provisions as an essential safeguard against future abuses of foreign intelligence gathering laws, Human Rights Watch said.
Critically, the bill does not address mass surveillance that Snowden revealed under other laws, including section 702 of the FISA Amendments Act and executive order 12333. These legal authorities provide almost no protections for the privacy and other human rights of people outside the US. President Obama and Congress should take up meaningful reform to address the human rights concerns of billions of people outside the US whose data may be swept up the NSA’s global dragnet, Human Rights Watch said.
The bill also includes a new provision that increases the maximum penalty for material support of foreign terrorist organizations from 15 to 20 years. The US has made overly broad use of material support charges to punish behavior that did not demonstrate an intent to support terrorism. Extending the maximum penalty for material support could exacerbate these harms and Congress should remove the provision from the bill, Human Rights Watch said.
“While we are disappointed that the bill falls short in some areas, Congress shouldn’t put off reform any longer,” Wong said. “Reauthorizing section 215 of the Patriot Act without substantial protections for privacy is simply not an option. The US should show the world that it can take privacy seriously while protecting its national security in the digital age.” | <urn:uuid:d97ba4bb-0662-43fb-bd84-8b8e78ddae19> | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb/tree/main/sample/350BT | fineweb | eng_Latn | 6,905 |
Ahead of the reopening of Walt Disney World Resort Disney is sharing a look at the new barn at the Tri-Circle-D Ranch at Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort & Campground. Throughout the closure of the Walt Disney World Resort, Cast Members have continued to care for the horses that inhabit the ranch.
Through the year, Tri-Circle-D Ranch has housed “The Happiest Horses on Earth.” This followed in the legacy that was begun at Disneyland and envisioned by Walt Disney himself of bringing horses fo the Magic Kingdom Park. The dream was realized and the Tri-Circle-D Rach was established ahead of the opening of Walt Disney World Resort.
Disney had previously shared that a new barn was being built for the ranch. It would be an enhanced new place for the horses to live, have playtime, pony rides, and more. The new stable includes larger stalls for the horses. It also has 10 additional stalls for “The Happiest Horses on Earth.” Each new stall includes automatic water stations. In fact, the barn is over double the size of the original. The barn also has two tack rooms, a wedding harness room which showcases the tack for Cinderella’s ponies. It also showcases the return of the museum that is dedicated to Walt Disney’s love of horses.
Additionally, an iconic piece of Disney history has been brought back to the barn. This is a 1907 Dragon Calliope. Walt Disney purchased this horse-drawn musical wagon for Disneyland in the 1950s. Currently, it is on display at Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort & Campground.
A new pony foal named Violet can also be seen at the Tri-Circle- D Ranch. She was born at the new stable and is already making herself at home there. She spends her time enjoying the pastures with her mother Elsa.
Tri-Circle-D Ranch is just a quick walk from its original location. It can be found just around the corner from the bus loop by Pioneer Hall. More information about how Disney cares for its animals can be found at DisneyAnimals.com. | <urn:uuid:e097b58b-4839-4dca-9762-0678be0518c5> | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb/tree/main/sample/350BT | fineweb | eng_Latn | 1,958 |
Comparing Roads to Rail
By Jack Mallinckrodt
Light rail advocates often compare a freeway to a rail track, claiming that a rail track can carry more traffic at less cost in less space than a freeway. This is wrong in general, and true only if one compares the most heavily patronized heavy rail system (New York City) with a least utilized freeway.
The best way to avoid such selectively biased statistics is to utilize the most broadly based available national averages. For rail and roads these are the seminal annuals: Transit Profiles and Highway Statistics. The comparison is best made in terms of AVERAGE DAILY TRAFFIC, the number of persons passing a given point on a track or freeway lane per average weekday.
Freeways 1. National Average(US DOT "Highway Statistics", 1996, Table HM-72)
US Avg. Daily Vehicle Traffic on Fwys 14,179 veh/lane/day
US Avg Veh Occ. (US Census, 1995NPTS) 1.59 persons/veh
Together these give
US Avg. Avg Daily Traffic (ADT), 22,544 persons/day/lane
Freeways 2, Orange County (Ref: “1995 California State Highway Log, District 12)
Orange County Freeway Lane Miles 1480.3 ln-mi
Orange County Freeway DVMT 28,892,000 veh-mi/day
Orange County Freeway ADT 19,518 veh/day/ln
Orange County Freeway AVO 1.17 ps/veh *(Source CALTRANS)
Orange County Freeways ADT 22,836 persons/day/ln
Light Rail (US DOT "Transit Profiles", 1996 )
Annual person-miles 858.4 mill. pers.-mi/yr
Annual "unlinked" trips 249.2 mill. trips/yr
Avg weekday unlinked trips 0.8 mill. trips/day
Directional route-mi of track 562.7 track-miles
Together, these give:
US Avg Light Rail ADT, 4897 persons/day/track.
In other words, the average freeway lane carries a traffic equivalent to 4.6 average rail tracks. So a valid comparison of average person carrying capacity based on these broadest possible averages is:
One-US avg directional rail track » 1/5 of a one-directional freeway lane.
One 8 lane US Avg freeway » 40 parallel rail tracks. | <urn:uuid:d272cb1a-5578-464c-b5a5-9621ffad95a7> | HuggingFaceTB/smollm-corpus/tree/main/fineweb-edu-dedup | smollm-corpus | eng_Latn | 1,939 |
MP Police ASI (LDC) Steno Admit Card 2017
MP Police ASI (LDC) Steno Admit Card 2017:One of the greatest news awaiting for the applicants who are filled the application against the vacancies of ASI ,LDC posts .That news is very soon you are going to get the admit card for the exam for which you are preparing now by downloading the syllabus .The application date has already closed on 20th Sep 2017 .From the very next day onwards ,the applicants has already diverted their focus on the admit card release to get the exam date and timings of the exam.They are referring many sites to get their needed information by following the instructions mentioned in the official notification.Vat number of applications have been submitted for these 508 posts .So to verify all these online submitted applications needed sometime for the exam conducting board so wait for some days .You just stick to our page jobschat.in to know the immediate update of the MP Police ASI (LDC) Steno Admit Card.
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last Date Of The Application : 20th September 2017
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There are differences in philosophy about how much the government should do for its citizens.
Politics and Healthcare
Libertarians will tell you that government should have no place in our day to day lives; no welfare, Medicare, Medicaid, unemployment, regulations of any sort. They are pushing for even more draconian legislation with regard to the ACA repeal effort.
Republicans, (or Libertarians who want to get elected), will espouse a role for government that is severely capped; generally, if you are on hard times and need assistance, they’re inclined to blame you for your problems (it seems cancer is on the list of problems for which you are to blame). They consistently chant that big business is our salvation, and the Government is ALWAYS the problem.
Democrats want to support you until you’re on your feet; unfortunately, the solutions Democrats have is to force the middle class to give a lot of money to Insurance companies, then give insurance companies a fat part of our tax dollars, and then have them cover poor people. Their allegiance to Insurance companies above citizens is a fair subject for debate. Of course, insurance companies return some of those tax dollars to the politicians in the form of campaign donations.
Progressives want to take away as many worries from citizens as possible; front and center is healthcare and their desire for a single payer system. Philosophically, this is a challenge to the old American adage “if they can’t pull em selves up by their bootstraps, f*!k em.” They are, perhaps, overly fond of government solutions, but their hearts are in the right place.
No Path To A Real Solution To Healthcare
In the past (40+ years ago), these differing philosophies competed but the people who held them at least tried to work together. They compromise, debated, amended and created laws that were intended to make a better country.
Despite any rhetoric to the contrary from Washington, I think most Americans believe the politicians don’t give a darn about us. After they get done throwing smoke at us about how much they care about Americans, they head back to their chambers and plan the demise of the other party. Today the Democrats have not presented any alternative to the Republicans and instead just berate Republicans for their “terrible bills”. During the previous eight years, the Republicans did exactly the same thing.
Neither side cares about finding a solution. You can’t convince me otherwise. The Republicans are about to throw 22 million people off health insurance and the Democrats have done nothing to present a solution to the skyrocketing insurance rates that are chewing away at the income of the middle class.
The fact is, it doesn’t really matter if the Republicans succeed or not. The system is being pelted from so many angles that will fail. From Republicans withholding subsidies promised to the insurance companies, to the President preventing the enforcement of mandatory participation, to the lack of true cross-state-line competition, the rates are going to go beyond most people’s ability to pay.
In our area, there is literally only one carrier and their rates are 60% higher (minimum) with virtually no cost-sharing until a family is out of pocket $35k. It’s just going to get worse.
From corrupt institutions paying politicians to stick to the status quo to politicians so focused on party loyalty they’re will let people die (literally), to a general public that doesn’t really care until it impacts them directly, there is no path to a solution.
Unless it is perfect, run perfectly, by perfect people, we will always find excuses not to solve this problem. While we decry government waste of millions, we will let corporations bilk us for billions.
If we can set aside ideological predispositions, we’d see that a single payer system, though imperfect, is working better in the rest of the developed world than the capitalistic system we have running in the U.S.
We won’t ever get there.
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Maryland–Penn State football rivalry
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|First meeting||November 17, 1917|
|Latest meeting||November 24, 2018|
|Next meeting||September 28, 2019|
|All-time series||Penn State leads, 39–2–1|
|Largest victory||Penn State, 70–7 (1993)|
Penn State, 66–3 (2017)
|Longest win streak||Penn State, 24 (1962–88)|
|Current win streak||Penn State, 4 (2015–present)|
The teams first played in 1917. Penn State has thoroughly dominated the series, leading 39–2–1, with their longest winning streak being 24 games from 1962 to 1988.
Penn State and Maryland met in briefly interrupted stretches between 1917 and 1993, with a near-consecutive run played all but three years (1976, 1981, and 1983) between 1960 and 1993. However, the one-sided record belies what was often a competitive match-up until its final years. While Maryland only compiled one win and one tie, numerous games were narrowly lost by missed field goals and turnovers. In 1975, a field goal attempt by kicker Mike Sochko hit the upright with under a minute left; Maryland lost 15–13. In 1985, the Terps missed three field goals and eventually lost 20–18.
Aside from the painful memories for Maryland, both schools compete aggressively for recruits in the Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area and Delaware Valley. When they did play, the game held recruiting implications for the entire mid-Atlantic. A more recent example of the recruiting competition is Baltimore-area player Antonio Logan-El, who committed verbally to Maryland, but ultimately signed with Penn State on live TV in 2006. Penn State secured a large number of recruits from the Baltimore–Washington area with its 2006 class, including the 11th-overall 2009 NFL Draft pick, defensive end Aaron Maybin of Ellicott City, Maryland, who had considered attending Maryland.
Prior to Maryland's announcement to join the Big Ten, former Maryland head coach Ralph Friedgen and Penn State athletic spokesman Jeff Nelson had previously stated that the schools had undergone discussions in an attempt to schedule a rematch. Maryland and Penn State were unable to agree on the terms for a revival. In 2008, Maryland officials alleged that Penn State demanded a two-to-one ratio of home games, which Penn State officials denied. Then new Maryland head coach Randy Edsall looked forward to a resumption of the rivalry in 2011.
On November 19, 2012, Maryland announced that it would be joining the Big Ten Conference, effective July 1, 2014. Maryland was placed in the East Division along with Penn State, ensuring that the rivalry will be played on a yearly basis. Prior to Maryland joining the conference, Penn State coach James Franklin, speaking in Baltimore, Maryland, claimed the new Big Ten territory as "in-state" adding, "I know there other schools around here, but you might as well shut them down". Maryland coach Randy Edsall responded to the quote saying "talk is cheap" serving as the first spark in reviving the rivalry.
The first rematch was at Beaver Stadium on November 1, 2014. During the warmups, Maryland and Penn State players scuffled. During the scuffle Maryland star wide receiver Stefon Diggs made contact with a referee and was handed a one-game suspension after the game for violating the conference's sportsmanship policy. At the coin toss the captains of the Terps refused to shake hands with the Penn State captains. Maryland won 20–19 on a 43-yard field goal by Brad Craddock with 51 seconds left in the fourth quarter. Maryland wide receiver Stefon Diggs, coach Randy Edsall, and athletic director Kevin Anderson made public apologies to the Penn State President, coaching staff and players after being reprimanded by the Big Ten Conference.
As with other sports rivalries between neighboring states, Maryland and Pennsylvania, there is a historical context between the two states as well. An ongoing territorial dispute between Maryland's Lord Baltimore and the family of Pennsylvania's William Penn led to Cresap's War and ultimately, the formation of the Mason–Dixon line.
|Maryland victories||Penn State victories||Tie games|
- "Terps hope to buck tradition Saturday". The Gettysburg Times. AP. September 4, 1985. p. 11. Retrieved August 1, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
Ross has had to parry questions about the mismatched rivalry from members of the news media.
- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. October 13, 1980. p. 28 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/88792243/. Retrieved August 1, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
"Only once in its 26-game rivalry with Maryland has Penn State lost.Missing or empty
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- Baltimore Sun (November 3, 2014). "Maryland's Stefon Diggs suspended and Randy Edsall reprimanded for sportsmanship violations". baltimoresun.com. | <urn:uuid:4a315679-1841-4919-8bac-3c91aaf411a8> | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb/tree/main/sample/350BT | fineweb | eng_Latn | 6,413 |
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On the evening of 15th October 1972, police helicopter pilot, Pat Spafford was on night patrol duty from the skies of Pasadena, California, where he overlooked the mountains and foothills of this largely picturesque part of the United States.
Beneath him, the roads crisscrossed each other, interspersed with the greenery and urban trails of the woodlands. Such sprawling coliseums for the modern gladiators as the Rose Bowl also commanded his attention, with even more contemporary towers reaching ever upwards from the ground below.
Matisoft (left) and Spafford (right)
As Spafford and his flying partner, Al Matisoft surveyed the area below them, each of them noticed strange flashing lights in the distance near the foothills of the mountain ranges. They believed it was a military helicopter, possibly a Sikorsky one. Strangely, however, it was hovering relatively low to the ground over a residential area.
As the police helicopter approached the mysterious aerial vehicle, though, it suddenly rose in the air before heading towards the west of their location. The pilots each agreed to follow it and investigate further.
As they moved in, however, the craft appeared to descend quickly, “as if it was going into auto rotation”. As the patrol unit got closer, however, they could see a “large, round, and rotating” object. It had the appearance of a “big bunch of balloons tied together” and the pilots would estimate it was traveling around 60 miles per hour.
Spafford would announce over the helicopter’s intercom system that “a UFO” was in front of them.
I’m Going To “Light It Up!”
At the same time as Spafford was reporting the sighting to the switchboard desk, Matisoft would shut down the main lights and switch to their “night star” search lights. This was “standard operating procedure” for activating the search lights.
The two pilots, however, would disagree in the moment about their course of action. Spafford would switch the running lights back on in response to Matisoft stating he was going to “light it up!” Spafford, being the higher ranking, insisted they simply observe.
They continued to watch the craft, its lights still flashing, for several moments as it continued west but at the same speed as the helicopter and so maintaining the same distance.
As this was happening, a dense fog was beginning to roll in over the area from the blue waters of the Pacific Ocean. Once again, so as to avoid getting lost in the fog, standard procedure was for them to return to base at Bracket Field in nearby Pomona. They would continue westward, however, keeping the object within its range and their sights.
Sudden Acceleration Over The Rose Bowl
Below them, the details and yard lines of the field at the Rose Bowl stadium were clear to the pilots such was their altitude. Just in front of them, the strange disc-shaped craft passed over the stadium. However, shortly after doing so, it began to increase its speed dramatically. In fact, “in just a few seconds” the object had vanished into the distance, well beyond the skyscrapers and glass towers of downtown Los Angeles.
Both pilots were shocked at the pace of the craft, stating it was clearly traveling at a speed “faster than supersonic”. After taking a moment to gather their senses and thoughts, Spafford would head back to base. Once on the ground, they would begin investigating the incident, beginning by contacting other airports and control towers in the area.
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Despite a lack of further supportive evidence, the pilots would agree to submit an incident report, and so placing the encounter officially on record.
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The two officers would initially remain silent regarding the incident following their reports. However, as talk got around their department, including several “jibes” aimed their way, they would speak openly to anyone who might ask them about it. Over the years, particularly Matisoft, they would continue to do so. NOTE: The above image is CGI.
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An investigation into the suitability of the National Bureau Group Test for five-and-six year-olds as an instrument for measuring school readiness among a group of Indian children in Durban.
This study was primarily intended to ascertain whether there was any test already in existence in South Africa which was entirely suitable as a test of school readiness for Indian children. If there were no such test, could an existing test not be modified to make it suitable for use with Indian children? Or would an entirely new test be indicated? As a secondary, though intimately related matter, it was decided to discover to what extent factors such as schooling, socio-economic status and sex affect an Indian child's readiness for school. An examination of the existing group tests of school readiness in this country, showed that the National Bureau Group Test for Five-and-Six-Year-Olds (N.B.G.T. 5/6) was the one which was most likely to be suitable for use with Indian children. This test was therefore chosen for a more detailed study. In pursuit of the secondary aim it was decided to use two additional tests - the Raven Coloured Progressive Matrices (1947) and the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test - so as to provide a broader basis for the conclusions than the N.B.G.T. 5/6 by itself would have provided. The total sample of 156 six-year-old children, chosen from the Western Area of Durban, comprised three groups: (a) Schoolers (N = 60) : At the time of testing this group had had about six months of formal schooling. (b) Preschoolers (N = 48) : At the time of testing these children were attending a play-centre. (c) Nonschoolers (N = 48) : At the time of testing these children had had no schooling, either formal or of the play-centre type. Each of these three groups consisted of an equal number of boys and girls. In each of these sub-groups there was an equal number of children of each sex from the high and the low socio-economic groups. A random selection procedure was used through- The study of the primary aim involved quantitative and qualitative analyses of the data. Spearman's rank-order correlation coefficients and z-tests were computed. In the case of the secondary aim the statistical procedures included the use of 2 x 2 and 3 x 2 x 2 analyses of variance in addition to t-tests and product-moment correlations. The results of the study were as follows: General Aim (a) : The N.B.G.T. 5/6, unmodified, is unsuitable as a test of school readiness for use with Indian children. General Aim (b) : (i) Experiences related to the classroom learning situation, formal or otherwise, exert an influence on a child's readiness for school. (ii) Socio-economic factors have a marked influence on a child's readiness for school. (iii) A child's sex does not have any influence on a his readiness (or unreadiness for school). It was recommended that every opportunity for the advancement of preschool education among Indian children should be seized. This would compensate to some extent for the missing stimulation of a good home, an important factor for the promotion of school readiness. | <urn:uuid:7eb758da-a61d-4eb8-a5d7-4cffadecd788> | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb/tree/main/sample/350BT | fineweb | eng_Latn | 3,108 |
By Andrew Goodwin
Well we can’t count from where you stopped because your vocals might be different. Your voice might go on half a beat and we‘re gonna be fucked.
– John Bonham to Robert Plant
Progressive rock was famous for its traffic-light stops & starts, but Led Zeppelin generally eschewed that approach, deploying shifts of time-signature and tempo, along with a movement of the placement of rhythmic emphasis (pulses) and varying degrees of syncopation within the same song without drawing too much attention to these elements, none of which is easy to pull off, not when there are four of you and you are mostly recording live and in real time. And “Black Dog” exemplifies Zeppelin at their peak in this regard.
In fact, the beginning of the end of the musical logics that propelled Zeppelin were foreshadowed by an unfortunate development: “Stairway To Heaven” with its daft lyrics and its blatant signalling of unmotived timefucks that neither meld successfully (as in “Gallows Pole”) nor create a delightful sudden change of gear (as in “Heartbreaker”). One gets the feeling, I do anyway, that this is the first track in their career when they are in fact killing time .
But generally, they were innovators, albeit with a strong desire to imitate, learn from, compete ambitiously with the best. Zeppelin were also of course nostalgically (nostalgia: an illness that Led Zep combined with modernism, never more so than on “Black Dog”) drawn back to places and times that preceded their births – the blues. But anyone who thinks that this is merely standardized routine 12/32-bar repetition has rather missed the dropped beats, the odd meters, the changes in tempo, the vocal/guitar inflection, cadences and intonations that can make subtle or shocking transformations of feel: those elastic moveable pulses.
So notice how on “Black Dog” the gaps between the end of the last vocal line in each verse gets shorter each time, before the band crashes the silence, as the song progresses. And this is progressive rock, if that term means anything. Recorded by Genesis or Gentle Giant, no one would even consider to doubt the fact. It is progressive for three reasons: (i) it aggressively refuses the norm of the pop/rock song by obsessive messing with one’s sense of time; (ii) this means you have to listen to it (i.e. regressive listening is not an option); (iii) the song itself progresses, getting more complex and also more emotional as it takes flight and then – of course – crashes.
So if we now look at “Black Dog”, composed and recorded (mostly live – the overdubs are largely Page’s synthetic-sounding hyper-treated guitar parts) when Zep were at the height of their powers, we hear a group that can perform a track with 98 times changes, absent sheet music or a conductor. Not only that but amongst these strict changes in time signature (including the tense and extremely funky simultaneous use of two different ones) the song hides syncopation on a grand scale. Listen to the “oh baby pretty baby” sections and focus on the pick-up on the snare drum before the main backbeat, and how Bonham is always following Page – not Jones, his bassist, which would be the norm – Jones had to watch Bonzo’s kick drum, to keep up, or rather to keep just behind.
“Black Dog,” so brilliantly analyzed by Erik Davis , changes time-signatures, tempo, syncopation and pulsing, throughout the song: from the verse/vocal part stolen from Fleetwood Mac’s “Oh Well” to the twisting riff . But of course the most striking surprise, surely one of the most shocking moments in rock history, occurs when Page and Jones go into a riff in 5:4 time and Bonham play across them in 4:4 time. Thus reaching a point of connection every 20 beats.
The story goes that originally John Bonham tried playing 8th notes, in keeping with the 5:4 time, but that he either lacked the technical ability to do this or that the effect sounded too much like The Mahavishnu Orchestra! In any case they toyed, they experimented, they played (that’s what musicians do – we are children) and they were willing to play this game: ignore la langue (the rules of rock) and make a new utterance (parole) – 4s over 5s until it resolves, then repeat the joke.
For this accidental joke, one of the funkiest musical japes I have heard, did apparently reduce the four of them to laughter, the first time they played it, in rehearsal . But these kid’s giggles, you can hear them stifling the raucous laughter that is to follow, is surely not ironic or pomo or a poking of fun at the audience: it was that of highly skilled musicians who just pulled off a new trick, barely having the time to think of the intention behind it (if such there was), collective or otherwise.
The thing is, they kept playing, through the tension of the 5/4 toe-curling and the mind-scrunching concentration it takes at first to play the drums and not listen to the guitars too much, and the same goes of course for the bass/guitar. And then someone, or all of them, saw the brilliance of what they had done (progressive rock in all but name but it sounds like a straight blues rock throwaway) and they did this intentionally. They intended to play with the mistake and then they intended to keep it.
Because it was good.
1. Quoted in Dave Lewis, Led Zeppelin: The “Tight But Loose” Files, Celebration II (London: Omnibus, 2003).
2. Page has said that the one failing of the previous record (Led Zeppelin III) was that it lacked a long track. (He was wrong – “Since I’ve Been Loving You” is that epic track.) “Stairway” was pieced together over years with a view to writing something epic (too much intentionality and therefore a surplus of self-awareness?) and in doing so it inevitably established a new Zeppelin’s star-text. They went from macho blues Brit dudes to spaced-out mystics from the dark side in one awful cinematic fiasco (The Song Remains The Same) and this development was based in part (watch the movie closely) on the dual discourses of the stairway to heaven and the stairway to rockgodom (which the lyrics cannot of course resolve). See my article, “Stairway To Stardom.”
3. Erik Davis, Led Zeppelin IV (Continuum, 2006)
4. Written by John-Paul Jones, who claims he stole it from Muddy Water’s LP Electric Mud but I can only hear the (hardly new) idea of twisting riffs that cross bar structures, no actual nick of a tune.
5. John-Paul Jones tells this story on the soundtrack (I do not presently recall its original source) on the DVD/booklet Led Zeppelin: Up Close And Personal (self-author: Matters Furniss; Edgehill/Komet 1998); I think the same story may also be present somewhere on/in the Alan Clayson DVD/book Led Zeppelin: Origins Of The (sic) Species (Sexy Intellectual Productions, 2006).
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Victim taken to hospital
According to West Yorkshire Police, the incident is being treated as a section 47 assault – which occurs in the event of actual bodily harm.
There was one male victim and officers will follow up the investigation once he has made an official statement.
Inspector Mark Wheeler said: “The injured party is now at the hospital being spoken to by our officers who will take a statement.
“The cordon on Clara Street will remain while investigations take place and the scene has been processed by forensics.”
Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to call 101 quoting 13190432231.
One resident who was nearby shortly after the incident said they saw one white male with blood on his face.
He was “walking normally” but by the time police arrived anyone else who may have been involved in the disturbance appeared to have left the scene.
According to the local, who did not want to be named, there were three police cars in attendance and one ambulance.
The man he saw carrying a would to the side of his face ‘appeared to be the only person injured’.
A stretch of Clara Street was also closed for some time.
We have received another image from the scene.
It appears to show three emergency service vehicles - including a police van.
The ambulance is blocking the middle of Clara Street with lights flashing.
Police have no update on the situation, which was described as an ongoing incident.
The incident is believed to have taken place just after 6pm to the north of Huddersfield centre.
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The Bufalo Gay Men’s Chorus (BGMC) was founded in 1999. Since that time, the group has played at countless events, and has become a cherished part of this city’s cultural backdrop. After reading about the group’s beginnings (in this article), and its first rehearsal, with 50 men making the final cut, I was astounded to discover that the rehearsal was scheduled to take place on September 11, 2001. There were talks about not meeting up for practice, but in the end, the decision was made to be strong and carry on. From their website:
As they and conductor Ms. Wagner held hands for the first time in a community circle, there were anguished murmurs of meditation, grief and prayer. They sang ….(From you I receive, to you I give, together we share and from this we live”). They learned that long-lived and classic American hymn, “How Can I Keep From Singing?”. It remains to this day the Chorus theme song and a continuing reminder for its members of mutual family togetherness and inspiration that the Chorus always aspires to attain.
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written by Libby Tucker | photo by Boone Speed
Along milepost 224 heading north through Klamath County, sits an abandoned sawmill that’s become the hope for economic revitalization in south Central Oregon and perhaps a sustainable energy paradigm throughout the western states.
The dilapidated sawmill is a curious sight among the millions of acres of trees in the adjacent Fremont-Winema National Forest. Lodgepole pine trees, an invasive species here, grow thick around a smattering of Ponderosa pines, and the stands are choked to the canopy with foliage.
Twenty-five miles south, another isolated lot near Chiloquin comprises some of the few remaining acres still owned by the Klamath Tribes after the loss of their reservation through a treaty with the federal government more than 50 years ago. In his office at the tribal administration building, natural resources director Will Hatcher stands near a wall-sized map of Klamath County and traces his finger along the former boundary of his ancestral lands. The Klamath, Modoc and Yahooskin people, now known collectively as the Klamath Tribes, owned 880,000 acres, nearly the whole map, until Congress terminated the Tribe’s status in 1956 and liquidated the Klamath Reservation. Now, even after regaining its status in 1986, the Tribes own only a few thousand acres, including the old mill site, less than a fingertip of property.
About 14 percent of the Klamath Reservation was sold by the federal government to private logging companies, while the rest became Winema National Forest. After 80 years of selective logging and fire suppression, the forest harbors few old-growth Ponderosa stands, is overgrown with lodgepole pines, and is vulnerable to wildfires and disease. What’s left isn’t worth harvesting, and most of the region’s sawmills have closed. Still, the mill site is the center of the Klamath Tribe’s impressive strategy to regain economic self-sufficiency.
“We’re trying to create a marketable solution for the problem with the forests around here locally and throughout the West: too many small-diameter trees that have no commercial value,” says Hatcher. “Those trees are creating huge problems for our forests.” Hatcher grew up in the Klamath Basin and began his career in forest management nearly 40 years ago with the U.S. Forest Service. He’s now overseeing the Tribes’ plan to restore the forest.
The Tribes hope to buy back all of the former reservation lands, starting with the 108-acre Crater Lake Mill Site that they bought last November. Here they plan to build the Giiwas Green Energy Park, an industrial operation to collect biomass from overgrown forestlands, and use it to fuel a cogeneration plant and wood products business. This project could serve as a model for other rural communities and Native American tribes, and help open federal lands to a renewable source of energy. The plan would create about 35 jobs for tribal members and other county residents collecting woody biomass in the forest, operating the plant, and manufacturing wood chips, firewood, small posts and poles, according to the South Central Oregon Economic Development District.
“The Tribes have been the biggest loser in the basin for 150 years,” says James Honey, a Klamath Basin program director with Sustainable Northwest, a nonprofit involved in negotiating a settlement agreement with the Tribes over water rights in the Klamath Basin. “We need to provide new economic opportunities for tribal and rural people.”
A Model for the West
The situation is familiar throughout the western United States where boarded-up sawmills or those left idle during the recent economic downturn are found near vast swaths of public lands on which overgrown forests have become vulnerable to wildfires and disease. Fire spreads quickly in the underbrush and up into the mid-sized trees, which act as a ladder that spreads the fire into the highest level of the canopy and grills the most mature trees. By removing the smaller trees and some of the undergrowth leftover from logging – known as “slash” – forest managers can help prevent catastrophic wildfires and restore healthy tree growth. The Forest Service, however, doesn’t have the budget to restore all federal forestland, and there’s simply no financial gain to harvesting the small-diameter wood.
“We’ve got forest slums on our hands,” says David Sjoding, a renewable resources specialist with the Washington State University Extension Energy Program, a group working with Northwest Congressional leaders to develop forest management plans that incorporate tree thinning for renewable energy development.
Biomass is essentially solar energy stored in plants. It is burned to heat water to create steam that then drives a turbine and generates electricity that can be used on site or sold to utilities.
Biomass produced on forest lands in the western U.S. has the potential to generate some 2,230 megawatts of renewable energy, or about the equivalent of the energy produced by four typical coal-fired power plants, according to the Western Governors’ Association. Biomass is essentially solar energy stored in plants. It is burned to heat water to create steam that then drives a turbine and generates electricity that can be used on site or sold to utilities. The excess heat can also supplant coal and natural gas in wood products manufacturing, such as paper mills and pulp, in a process called cogeneration. Generating power from biomass still releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, and so the U.S. and international carbon markets consider biomass “green” energy only if plants are grown to recapture the carbon dioxide and replace the biomass that is combusted.
Burning wood is one the oldest forms of energy production but, as a commercial venture, biomass plants are largely untested. To justify a significant investment in new equipment, training and land, biomass developers need to be sure the forest holds enough woody residue to provide a fuel supply for at least 20 years. In 2007, an Oregon Department of Energy study found 1.1 million acres of forest eligible for restoration within 75 miles of Klamath Falls, 27 miles south of Chiloquin, with a potential for producing 150 megawatts of electricity and creating 900 jobs in the area. But the numbers are only an estimate. It’s unclear exactly how much biomass forestland can produce or even how to sustainably manage a forest in order to guarantee future supplies.
“My problem is, I don’t trust experts; our ignorance exceeds our knowledge in anything, be it love, or energy or the way we interact with the natural world,” says Tom Chester, director of the Renewable Energy Center at the Oregon Institute of Technology in Klamath Falls. The Renewable Energy Center is working with the Klamath Tribes to develop a feasibility study for the Giiwas project. “Maybe we need to thin forests, but do we know that for sure? I see the world in gray.”
Despite the uncertainty and risk, tribes and rural communities throughout the West that had been considering renewable energy projects are now rushing to file applications for federal funding to turn existing and abandoned sawmills into biomass projects, says Bob Middleton, director of the Office of Energy and Economic Development for the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs. He estimates the number of tribes requesting his department’s assistance in developing biomass facilities has doubled since last year. Renewable energy development is a funding priority in federal budgets under the new Obama administration. A three-year extension of tax credits for renewable energy projects is included in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to spur job creation and combat climate change. Pairing forest restoration with electricity production from biomass is a solution that provides a “double opportunity” for economic development, Middleton says.
“You do fuels reduction to decrease the forest fire danger but use that slash to drive a biomass plant, either for local cogeneration or to generate some electricity,” says Middleton. “But the economics really depend on how much land you have. You need adequate fuel stocks within 25 to 30 miles of your operation.”
Communities historically centered on forest products and located close to public lands are ideal candidates for biomass projects. The Warm Springs and Umatilla tribes in Oregon and the town of Lakeview, 100 miles southeast of Chiloquin in Lake County, all have biomass plants in the works. They’re starting to reverse the decades-long consolidation of small, locally-owned mills that were bought by large timber companies aiming to maximize profits with harvests of mature trees. The rural economies are returning to an old model of smaller scale, locally-owned mills and small power plants close to where the energy is used, right on the land, according to Sustainable Northwest.
A Plan to Buy Land
The plan is riskier for the Klamath Tribes, which is the only Oregon tribe that owns virtually no land and the only tribe in the United States with a national forest on its former reservation. In Klamath County, where 80 percent of the land is forested, the Tribes are surrounded by land they can’t legally harvest without a stewardship contract from the Forest Service. The 2004 Tribal Forest Protection Act allows tribes to sign contracts with the Forest Service, but only if they own land that borders directly on federal forestlands. The Klamath Tribes’ plan hinges on its ability to buy enough land to stage a trial, but also to recruit and train personnel.
“The project is simple in concept but complicated to implement,” says Larry Swan, a forest products and economic development specialist with the Fremont-Winema National Forest. “The Tribes need to build their management capacity and business experience—not to mention, someone’s gotta fund it.”
Just across the highway from the proposed Giiwas Green Energy Park site is the 90,000-acre Mazama Tree Farm, a privately-owned commercial logging site in the northwest corner of the former Klamath Reservation with a 50-mile border with federal forestland – a good-sized plot on Hatcher’s map. Owner Fidelity National Financial, a real estate investment trust, has largely cleared the land of merchantable timber, and the company is now in negotiations to sell the land back to the Klamath Tribes. The deal is part of the Klamath Basin settlement agreement in which the federal government has agreed to give the Klamath Tribes $21 million toward the purchase of the Mazama tract in exchange for concessions on the Tribes’ water rights. The Tribes have until this fall to finalize the deal or the property hits the open market.
“The potential of that site is enormous,” says Jeff Mitchell, Klamath Tribes chairman and the driving force behind its economic development effort. “Acquiring it gives the Tribes a huge opportunity to start creating a forest-based economy once again.”
Regaining a significant portion of the former ancestral lands would provide a foundation for the Tribes’ new biomass-based economy, but it’s just one more step needed to meet their long-term goal of achieving self-sufficiency. Restoring the forest to harvest sawmill lumber would take about 40 years, and collecting a sustainable supply of biomass will take 20 to 25 years of forest growth. The Tribes must “think and plan generationally,” says Hatcher. A new $1.4 million recovery act grant announced by the Forest Service in May will help train tribal members in forest thinning and establish management crews. The money will help build the Tribes’ capacity to bid on federal forest stewardship contracts while they work out the financing to grow their own land base.
To the Tribes, the purchase of the Mazama Tree Farm and the development of the Giiwas Green Enterprise Park also represent something bigger. Employment with the Tribes is limited right now to work at the tribal administrative offices, at one of the health clinics or at the Tribes’ Kla-Mo-Ya casino.
With the return of their ancestral lands, which are considered a gift from their creator, gmoc’am’c, and the center of their spiritual and cultural identity, the Klamath Tribes can once again work in the forest as their ancestors did. They can help restore the forests to a healthier condition and contribute to a modern economy that’s creating new markets for sustainable wood products and generating renewable energy.
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Scout begins school ready to learn new and exciting things. The first day however she runs up against a teacher who is not at all flexible, is new at her job, and just doesn't know how to handle this group of students. The teacher writes the alphabet on the chalk board. She calls on Scout to read the letters. Scout tells the reader:
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Film Review: C’mon C’mon
Director: Mike Mills
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Movies about kids and movies starring Joaquin Phoenix share one thing in common for me: When they’re phony or pretentious, they fall flat, but when they’re approached with honesty, they can be truly great. C’mon C’mon is among the very best of both kid-oriented and Phoenix films I have ever seen..
Phoenix stars as Johnny, a radio journalist who is traveling the country interviewing children and asking them about their lives and thoughts about the future. When Johnny gets to Detroit, his sister, Viv (Gaby Hoffman, Field of Dreams, Transparent) gives him an unexpected phone call from LA. It seems that Viv has to go to Oakland to care for her estranged husband while he receives inpatient treatment for his bipolar disorder. Although Johnny and Viv haven’t spoken to each other since their mother’s death a year ago, she needs help taking care of her nine year-old son, Jesse (Woody Norman) and has no one else to turn to. Johnny flies out to help, and ends up offering to let Jesse come stay with him in New York while Viv deals with the family crisis. The bond that forms between Johnny and Jesse is gradual and life changing for both of them.
Writer-director Mike Mills (Beginners, 20th Century Women) has made a masterpiece of sensitive insight. C’mon C’mon portrays what it’s like to be a kid not by drawing conclusions or even by remembering what it was like, but by really listening. The dynamic between Johnny and Jesse is beautifully real, with Phoenix capturing that middle ground between parent and cool friend that only a good aunt or uncle can be, as well as the middle ground between nuisance, joy, responsibility and best friend that only you can only get with a niece or nephew. Mills and his team interview and record real kids with real fears and real feelings, and it’s breathtaking to hear.
Phoenix gives a career-best performance that has a gentle sense of reality to it, and Norman is simply extraordinary. Jesse is the antithesis of a mugging sitcom kid, and he’s disarmingly mature in ways that are startlingly real. C’mon C’mon eloquently captures the way that as a non-parent caregiver, there are moments where you simply forget that this young person you’re spending your time with isn’t on a level playing field with you—easy to forget until you get abrupt reminders of their vulnerability and fragility.
As someone with a lot of championship-level uncling under my belt, the film connected with me on a visceral level. I love seeing a portrayal of that terrifying moment when you don’t know where the child is from that perspective, because as frightening as it is a parent, as an aunt or uncle you have that weird, added element that this time, if you were trusted with their favorite thing and you lost it, there’s no fixing that. The chemistry between Phoenix and Norman is nothing short of phenomenal, and whether Phoenix or Hoffman were cast with the fact that they are former child actors in mind, there’s no question that it adds to their ability to connect with Norman, as well as to the resonance of the obvious fact that we are all former children.
Everything about C’mon C’mon, from the gorgeous black-and-white cinematography to the editing, is pure perfection, and the movie deals with some heavy subject matter including mental health issues, dementia, parental death and the effect it has on families. Somehow, C’mon C’mon still manages to be joyous and life affirming. It’s a great film that serves as a reminder of the importance of being your best self and the effect that we all have on each other, as well as the wisdom to be found in the philosophical mind of a child. –Patrick Gibbs
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In contrast to the raging torrents of water flowing over the mighty Victoria Falls waterfall, the upper Zambezi River is a tranquil wide river, with shady banks home to a plethora of birdlife and animals too. David Livingstone commented on the river that, “The whole scene was extremely beautiful; the banks and islands dotter over the river are adorned with sylvan vegetation of great variety of colour and form.” You certainly have so much to look forward to when you choose one of our luxury cruises to explore the beautiful Zambezi River! On your trip, you will notice some islands – some of the islands can be visited, but many are still wild, home only to wildlife. Here are some historical facts and figures about them from the book, “Shongwe” by Rob Burret and Clare Mateka, but be sure to ask our knowledgeable captains about them too.
Lwando Island: This is one of the main river islands at 4km long and 2km wide and it splits the channel. It is predominantly sandy, and its banks are heavily treed, with marshy areas around the edges of the channels. Lwando is the name of a son of Cheif Mukuni who once lived on the island. Another name for the island is is Siloka Island, after the first Mukuni leader, Siloka 1, who was temporarily buried there. It is also called Long Island on several maps for its shape and size.
Canary Island: This is a small, lens shaped sand island that lies off the north-west tip of Lwando Island, and is really just an extension of it. This island is known for its very vocal canaries – a feature of the rich indigenous birdlife of the river.
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Thirty Liberian students on Thursday, August 22, 2019 departed the country to pursue various degree programs in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) as the two countries seek to enhance educational exchanges and cooperation.
The scholarship is part of China-Liberia Bilateral Education Agreement where students will be allowed to obtain masters and PhDs.
“Tonight, I am happy to host the reception to see off the Liberian students, and to present the Chinese Ambassador Scholarship to related Liberian universities,” Ambassador FU Jijun said.
“I have the honor and pleasure to welcome all of you to be here at the reception at the Chinese Embassy,” Ambassador FU Jijun added.
Ambassador Jijun, who spoke at the farewell reception for the students and trainees as well as Chinese Ambassador Scholarship awarding ceremony in Monrovia, encouraged them to work hard in fulfilling their dreams and to observe and learn what brought China to where it is today.
This, according to him, is indeed a moment of joy as he can already see the excitement in the faces of the winners of the scholarship.
Ambassador Jijun said 2019 has been a remarkable year for China-Liberia collaboration in the capacity building or people’s empowerment as the Pro-Poor Agenda called for.
He said since President George Weah attended the Beijing Summit of Forum on China-Africa Cooperation in September 2018, “our education cooperation has been moving to a higher level.”
The Chinese Ambassador further recalled that on September 3, 2018, President Xi Jinping announced eight major initiatives for enhancing China-Africa collaboration in the next three years and beyond.
The capacity building initiatives, according to ambassador Jijun, proposed that China would provide Africa 50,000 government scholarships in the next three years.
He said, “That’s why we can see that the China-Liberia education cooperation has undergone a great leap forward this year. In 2018, China Scholarship Council awarded full scholarships to study in China for bachelor, master and doctorate degrees in various disciplines.”
Ambassador Jijun disclosed that there are also around 30 persons who have received other kinds of scholarships from Chinese military academies, Confucius institutes and universities.
“What’s more, China has also significantly increased the quota of short to long-term training programs for Liberians. Just in the last few months, almost 200 Liberian government officials, scholars, doctors, and technicians have traveled to China for professional or specialized skills training that would improve their capacities to effectively deliver services to Liberian people,” he said.
Ambassador Jijun told the gathering that in the next few days there would be another 200 Liberians that would be going to China for different kinds of professional training.
In the same vein, he said, another 100 or more students from the University of Liberia, Cuttington and Tubmanburg University would get benefits from the Chinese Ambassador Scholarship.
Ambassador Jijun said, “On behalf of the Chinese Embassy and in my own name, I would like to express my congratulation to all scholarship beneficiaries. This is the outcome of your hard work and also the fruitfulness of China-Liberia friendly relations and collaboration.”
He also used the occasion to express gratitude to the Ministry of Education, Foreign Affairs and other relevant authorities for their long-term support and assistance in the selection of qualified winners for the various scholarships and training programs.
According to Ambassador Jijun, China-Liberia friendship has flourished in the past decade, and personal exchanges and concrete collaboration in various fields have been increased, thus bringing huge benefits to the two countries.
As the world’s largest developing country, Ambassador Jijun said, China has always been dedicated to enhancing its cooperation with Liberia in terms of people’s empowerment and technology by sharing its development experiences, knowledge and technology with Liberia in various means.
He noted that China is fully aware of the harsh economic reality that Liberia is facing.
Ambassador Jijun said the reason may be many, but the solution will not be achieved without a well-coordinated effort to tackle some of the major root causes.
“Beyond the academics, the technical capacity needs of Liberian youths cannot be overemphasized. It is for this reason that China decided to increase its support to the people and youth empowerment of Liberians particularly,” he added.
Ambassador Jijun promised that China will be willing to further strengthen collaboration with Liberia under the framework of FOCAC and the Pro-Poor Agenda, to help Liberia achieve its development and prosperity.
He told the beneficiaries that after accomplishing their studies, “You will not only make more contributions to the social and economic development of your motherland but also play a role of ambassadors between the Chinese and the Liberian peoples in building up the bridge of friendship and understanding between the two countries.”
Dominic Kwame, acting Deputy Minister for Planning, Research and Development, called on the beneficiaries of the 2019 Chinese Government Scholarships to serve as ambassadors of Liberia in their respective institutions of learning in China.
Minister Kwame congratulated the candidates and admonished them to remain united as one family while undergoing their studies in that part of the world.
He noted that their selection among hundreds of candidates was a privilege and an opportunity to improve their human resource capacities, and encouraged them to work hard and return home with success, stressing that the President and people of Liberia will be proud of their achievements.
Meanwhile, the head of the scholarship students, Boakai Karllon Wilson, has expressed thanks and appreciation to the People’s Republic of China, especially to those on the scholarship committee, for the opportunity accorded them to seek studies abroad, to enable them to prepare for future challenges. | <urn:uuid:ef37fab6-93d4-4cc5-ae45-d619bc8381da> | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb/tree/main/sample/350BT | fineweb | eng_Latn | 6,067 |
Gears of War 4 will feature split screen on PC, The Coalition confirmed at a preview event for the game in Vancouver last week.
Split screen will be possible in the game's campaign and Horde modes, but only in private matches (i.e. non-ranked, non-matchmade) for competitive multiplayer.
However, only one person will be signed into their Xbox Live account – the other will play as a guest.
“From a development standpoint, it is quite difficult to support,” technical director Mike Rayner told PC Gamer.
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Gears 4 will also support cross-play between Windows 10 and Xbox One for campaign, Horde mode, and multiplayer against AI matches, as well as in private competitive multiplayer matches. It will work across all modes in LAN setups.
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DAVAO CITY, Philippines —- All police station commanders in the city are in full alert status in the wake of a jail attack in North Cotabato district jail early morning of Wednesday.
Davao City Police Office spokesperson Police Senior Inspector Catherine Dela Rey in a press briefing said, “Our city director has already alerted all station commanders to take action. We are doing intelligence monitoring in case some prisoners end up in Davao City area.”
Davao City Jail Warden Grace Taculin said their security officers are already conducting facility surveys and intensive intelligence gathering.
“We are praying that those incidents will not happen here, not just for the (Bureau of Jail Management and Penology) but also for innocent civilians that will be affected,” Taculin said in a phone interview with Davao Today, noting that the city’s jail facilities are surrounded by residential areas.
At least 100 unidentified, fully armed men raided the jail facility in Barangay Amas, Kidapawan City around midnight, allowing at least 158 of the 1,511 inmates to escape. Provincial Jail Warden Superintendent Peter Bungat said three of those who escaped were captured.
Jail Officer 1 Excel Visido perished in the siege, according to a radio news report. Barangay Patadon Councilor, Satar Manalundong also died after authorities shot him for allegedly helping out the inmates who escaped.
Aside from the two, five other casualties identified by the North Cotabato police including inmates Joey Aranas, Allan Tolentino, Liscano Edifel, Rapacon Ambolodto and Adonis Cedeno.
In an interview with Radyo Ni Juan, Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) Vice Chairman for Political Affairs Ghadzali Jaafar denied any involvement in the attack.
“We are willing to share information as soon as we get them,” Jaafar said.
Police’s Dela Rey encouraged the public to report related information about the escaped prisoners.
“We would like to ask the people to report the police any suspicious sighting of unfamiliar faces in their area, so that we may compare these to the pictures of inmates in Kidapawan and take action,” Dela Rey said.
The incident was said to be the biggest jailbreak in the province. In 2000, 40 inmates also escaped. (davaotoday.com) | <urn:uuid:769fffb2-a4c0-40ef-96a0-4bee3c91a68a> | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb/tree/main/sample/350BT | fineweb | eng_Latn | 2,242 |
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Butter London has a brand new collection of brights inspired by the vivid colors of artists like Warhol, Lichtenstein, and Ruscha! The Butter London Pop Art Collection is a set of three colors that have added a punchy vibe to my summer nail routine, courtesy of Butter London! The three colors included are: Butter London Keks, Butter London Primrose Hill Picnic, and Butter London Cheeky Chops.
Butter London Keks is a brand new nail polish in the Butter London lineup. It's a bright wave blue with a semi-matte finish that I really like. The formula is quite opaque and 1-2 coats should do the trick.
Butter London Cheeky Chops is a canary-yellow creme nail polish. The formula is actually quite nice for a yellow; it was mostly opaque after two coats and fully after three. Butter London Primrose Hill Picnic is a bright pink creme nail polish that's perfect year-round.
I've made some comparison swatches below so you can get a better idea of the colors in the Butter London Pop Art Collection! Butter London Keks nail lacquer is a true wave blue that is less green than Sephora by OPI Skinny Jeans. Butter London Primrose Hill Picnic is a hot pink that is slightly more intense and more of a red-pink than NARS Schiap. Butter London Cheeky Chops is slightly lighter than the true yellow of China Glaze Happy Go-Lucky.
The Butter London Pop Art Collection ($45) is a set of beautifully bright nail lacquers. Butter London Keks, Primrose Hill Picnic, and Cheeky Chops would look great on their own, or even combined together as nail art! The set is available online at Butter London. Thanks for reading! Which of the Butter London Pop Art shades do you like best? What bright nail colors have you been wearing this summer?
P.S. For more Butter London, be sure to check out my reviews of the Butter London Royals collection and Butter London Summer 2013 collection!
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C.S. Lewis has parachuted into LOST, and she's a girl.
In the second episode of LOST's fourth season, Charlotte Staples Lewis landed in a tree after bailing out of a helicopter, then cut herself free and plunged into a river below. She looked around, splashing like a happy child, apparently overjoyed at having arrived on the Island.
Clearly, there are significant layers of meaning waiting to be revealed here... But what are they?
I've been appreciative of the wide array of literary references LOST's writers have thrown in. Nods to the likes of Joseph Conrad (Heart of Darkness), Madeleine L'Engle (A Wrinkle in Time), Richard Adams (Watership Down) and even Stephen King have been obliquely clever.
But now they've really gone and done it. C.S. Lewis has been invoked, directly and brashly, and I feel that the upcoming episodes must justify this name-dropping in some significant way. After all, no other character has been named after an author. Doing so would seem to up the ante in terms of importance. There had better be a pay-off, is what I'm saying.
Here's some coverage from EW's Jeff Jensen:
I am utterly convinced Charlotte Staples Lewis has been to the Island before. Maybe it was her giggly delight as she splashed about in the Island's inland waters. True, the would-be freighter savior (or devil) could have been celebrating the mere fact that she had survived her harrowing arrival. But there was something more to her reaction — something that reminded me of another fantastical tale about an enchanted homecoming. The book is Prince Caspian, by C.S. Lewis, the sequel to The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. The story starts with a chapter called ''The Island,'' in which the Pevensie kids return to Narnia via a mysterious island marked by ancient ruins and odd creatures. First thing they do: play in the water. Maybe I'm just fishing again. But if you think I'm wrong, then you owe me a better explanation why Charlotte Staples Lewis has been assigned a name so conspicuously similar to the author's unfurled handle, Clive Staples Lewis.So far so good, Jeff. Still, I think there had better be a little more significance to the handle than a return visit. Or am I asking too much? | <urn:uuid:482b344b-13bf-432e-86c2-7bb69a49aeed> | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb/tree/main/sample/350BT | fineweb | eng_Latn | 2,209 |
New piece on Geek Magazine, in which I am thoroughly confused by a “Facebook humor” book:
The Facebook Diet by Gemini Adams promises to highlight all the hilarious and strange things in the world of Facebook. I was excited to read this because Facebook’s ability to connect distant friends has brought so many odd and amusing moments to my life. A cosplaying college friend recently posted photos from a con, with — unknown to her — one of my writing friends signing books at his booth in the background behind her. A few months ago, I posted about hurting my back, and got immediate responses from an ex-pat buddy now in Thailand, an old boyfriend’s new girlfriend, and a guy I worked with on a magazine that folded three years ago, all consoling me with how they sustained similar injuries but made full recoveries. Facebook connections offer endless potential for funny, odd and warm moments in my own life, and I admit to laughing at tales of Facebook gone disastrously wrong, too. Dumb criminals caught by posting photos of their loot, sick-day employees accidentally checking in from the beach, and the hilariously stupid posts on Failbook.
But the bulk of The Facebook Diet is 50 cartoons about how you might know you’re a Facebook addict. I really wanted to laugh, but I found myself cringing at the punchlines about literally writing on a friend’s wall or literally poking people. Those were amusing about eight or ten years ago, when one might conceivably speak to someone who believed writing on someone’s wall meant graffiti. Also, are people still poking on Facebook? Is that a thing? Some of the fifty jokes are the type of filler that could apply to pretty much any hobby. Your friends think you should go to a Facebook addicts support group! and Your romantic partner wishes you’d spend more time with them! are the same jokes made about hardcore videogamers, and before that, golf widows and fishing widows. I was sad to see that most of the humor hinged how much time those Facebook addicts waste socializing at the screen, instead of genuinely amusing moments that can only occur on Facebook. (Spotify sharing that guilty-pleasure mix with everyone you know, for example.)
The book goes on to characterize Facebook users as frivolous, time-wasting narcissists, and while a case might be well made against posting a photo of every sandwich ever ordered or checking in at the tollbooth on the way to work, the book is less good-natured teasing of that friend who Instagrams everything, and more of a smug assurance that we all have much better things to do than those losers with their fake socializing.
By the same author: An interview about how Facebook makes us shallow and narcissistic, taking us away from “real” communities, and a blog post on how to promote yourself online, and a Twitter hashtag (#facebookdiet) to discuss the book about getting off Facebook. I’m… confused about the main point. | <urn:uuid:f490b440-a1ae-46da-8160-bfddbf88e86f> | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb/tree/main/sample/350BT | fineweb | eng_Latn | 2,920 |
Authorities are asking people who collected cash that fell out of an armored truck to return the money. Dozens of drivers pulled over on the shoulder and jumped out of their vehicles on I-285 in Dunwoody, Georgia after the side door of the armored truck burst open, sending money flying across the busy highway.
By the time the police arrived, all of the motorists had left the scene and there was barely any money left behind. Authorities say that about $175,000 fell out of the truck, and they were only able to recover about $200 at the scene.
While the motorists may feel like they just hit the lottery, the police say they must turn over any money they happened to collect.
“Certainly, this is a crime, and it was obvious the money had fallen out of the truck,” Dunwoody Police spokesperson Sgt. Robert Parsons said. “The money needs to be returned to the owner.”
Only two people have turned in money so far. One person handed in $2,000 to the police, while another person turned over $600 that they collected.
“That leaves a lot left out there,” Parsons said.
Officials are investigating and are reviewing videos shared on social media to track down the people who made off with the cash.
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Isner wins title in Auckland; qualifier Muguruza champ in Hobart
MELBOURNE, Australia -- John Isner fired 23 aces in a match which had no service breaks to beat Lu Yen-hsun of Taiwan 7-6 (4), 7-6 (7) in the final of the ATP's Heineken Open in Auckland, his last tune up for next week's Australian Open.
No. 14-ranked Isner captured his eighth career singles title and won the title in New Zealand for the second time after his victory in 2010.
The match was similar to Isner's quarterfinal victory over fifth-seeded Philipp Kohlschreiber which went to three sets, all tiebreaks and contained no breaks of serve. Isner played six tiebreaks in 10 sets at the tournament and won five.
The third-seeded Isner, playing with an right ankle injury he picked up at the Hopman Cup the previous week, took a crucial minibreak to open the first set tiebreaker. In the second tiebreaker, he rallied from 3-0 down and closed with an ace on his third championship point.
"This match was very tight as every match I've played this week was very tight," Isner said. "I needed every bit of it to come out on top.
"I've spent a lot of time on this court this week but as each match progressed I was getting more and more comfortable."
Isner heads into the Australian Open with a question mark hanging over his fitness because of his injured ankle.
"I'd like to thank my chiropractor because I had a bit of a banged up ankle coming in here and he spent tireless hours working on me and without him I wouldn't have been able to take this court," Isner said.
Lu has played on the ATP Tour for 13 years and reached his first final on Saturday. He played with tenacity, weathering Isner's serving power while saving 10 out of 10 break points he faced.
"I've been through injuries, I dropped my ranking and came back and in the last few years I was really stable in the top 100," Lu said. "But this was a really good step to reach a final on the ATP Tour and I hope I can take this performance and go into next week and the rest of the year."
In the WTA event at Hobart, Spanish qualifier Garbine Muguruza defeated Klara Zakapalova of the Czech Republic 6-4, 6-0 to claim her first singles title.
The 20-year-old Muguzura, who did not drop a set from the qualifiers to the final, joins 2012 champion Mona Barthel as the only qualifiers to win the Hobart event.
Muguruza, ranked 58th, beat second-seeded and Wimbledon semifinalist Kirsten Flipkens in the quarterfinals, while Zakapalova defeated top-seeded and former U.S. Open champion Sam Stosur in the semis.
Muguruza won the opening set when she broke Zakapalova's service in the 10th game.
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Writing a book series takes time and effort. It requires commitment and consistency. A book series is more than keeping the same main characters. It’s introducing new obstacles, pushing character development forward, and bringing innovation to the table.
A few examples of book series are Harry Potter, The Southern Vampire Mysteries (Dead Until Dark, Living Dead in Dallas, etc.), and Alex Cross (Along Came a Spider, Kiss the Girls, etc.). From those examples you can see that book series are very wide-ranging. Harry Potter is young adult fantasy (the first book actually counts as middle grade, while the rest are YA). The Southern Vampire Mysteries is a paranormal romance/mystery series, while Alex Cross is mystery/crime fiction.
Despite book series varying so greatly from one another, there are commonalities that make them successful.
One of the first things to do is to spend a little more time on the premise, the idea making up the story. It’s harder to maintain a series than it is a standalone, and for some series – those that build off of each previous book – it requires more forethought than series that aren’t so tied together. By spending some time on planning out the series, it’ll make it easier to sustain the series.
This forethought can be as simple as a paragraph or single page synopsis for each book.
Regardless of whether you’re in the middle of book five or just starting book one, the overarching premise is carried throughout each book.
A different way to think of this is as the premise being the core of each book, like the inner core of Earth. Just as this planet has layers covering its inner core, so does a book series. But, no matter what, there is always that inner core, that center that remains despite how much the tectonic plates shift.
A series typically follows one to three characters.These characters will evolve over the course of the novels, but they ultimately know who they are and what they have to gain with each goal/action they make.
In The Hunger Games, Katniss volunteers to compete in the Hunger Games in order to protect her sister. This need to protect her family is a key part of her personality. It fuels her actions throughout the trilogy.
Also, make sure your main characters encounter enough conflict and a variety of conflicts to hold readers’ interest. I was reading the second book in a YA series not too long ago and was disappointed to find that about the first half of the novel was the same conversation taking place over and over again in different locations (the second half of the novel was great though).
Readers will only keep reading if they’re interested in the characters and what is going on in the characters’ world.
The world the book series takes place in must be consistent. If in book one people can’t fly, then they still shouldn’t be flying in book three, unless something happens that gives them the ability to fly.
Know the rules, government, history, environment, etc. of the world. The world can change over the course of a series. Karen Marie Moning drastically changes Dublin, and the entire world, in her Fever Series. However, certain elements do remain the same. Those common elements help ground readers in the world you create. They also help prevent confusion and frustration on both the author and readers’ parts.
A well-developed world also lends more to the story. If three hundred years ago an ancient, magical medallion that belonged to an evil sorceress vanished, and there’s a legend that the medallion could open a portal to the underworld, well that’s interesting. Perhaps this medallion is only causally mentioned in book one, but then it comes back with a vengeance in book two.
If you’re only going to take one thing away from this post, take this:
Keep track of all information pertaining to your series. Whether it’s writing it all down in a notebook or typing it up onto a word document, write out descriptions of your world, characters, etc. Include the main plot and any minor plots woven throughout your books.
While writing book two, you might remember that your town has a deep-water lake to the north of it, but by book five, you may remember it as being west of town, or you may have forgotten about it completely.
Having a document to serve as a reference for all your story information will make your life easier, a lot less stressful, and will decrease the number of plot holes you have to fix.
Are you planning a series or in the process of writing one?
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Jason Mraz Shares Toilet Tissue Tips
The 31-year-old singer writes, “Americans’ addiction to two-ply, super soft toilet paper is causing greater harm to our environment than our gas guzzling cars. No s—…. In order to produce all that perfectly plush paper, companies must harvest tons of virgin trees, which the reaping of means less oxygen for the atmosphere to offset or all the carbon that seems to be frying us here on the surface.”
Here are some great toilet tissue tips from Mr. Mraz:
- Start small. Challenge yourself to use only 8 squares in your session. We’ve all been in that place where it’s close to the cardboard roll and you have to be MacGuyver to make a clean get-away. This will force you to get creative while taking good care of each square.
- Use both sides. I mean that. I bet some people are afraid to look at or get close to their own skid-marks. But I say it’s better to know how your body’s handling the business of your health. Fold the paper again and again using a clean angle from the very same square. There’s a lot of real estate wasted on each sheet when you only wipe once.
- Should you find the paper too thin and become the victim of too many breakthroughs, try using a stronger material as a backing. This worked when I was camping. The paper wasn’t holding up in the dampness of camp, so I used a leaf to give the paper more strength from behind. Plus the leaf was textured, which handled the job with far more efficiency than just the paper by itself. | <urn:uuid:d81395a0-2c58-4889-a57c-c26cf291659c> | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb/tree/main/sample/350BT | fineweb | eng_Latn | 1,490 |
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There are a few different types of carriers for pneumatic systems meant for various purposes and industries. Take a look here as we explain more about the various types of pneumatic tube carriers.
Pneumatic Tube Carriers for Drive Ups
Pneumatic tube carriers for a drive in setup are ideal for handling cash and other items. These carriers will meet the standards for any bank or business using a standard pneumatic tube system. They may use various air rings, velcro bands, air discs, end caps, or even come in different colors, but they’ll all meet certain standards.
Pneumatic tube carriers for drive ups work in both metal and PVC tubing systems. This makes them a bit more versatile and allows for flexibility between businesses.
Pneumatic Tube Carriers for Hospitals
Pneumatic tube carriers for hospitals are unique as they are designed to carry more than just cash. These tube carriers can transport lab reports, scans, payments, or lab samples around the building quickly and without being seen by visitors.
When built for hospitals, these pneumatic tube carriers may come in different sizes, with 6” and 4” being the typical sizes. It’s also possible to find tube carriers that are lined inside with foam to protect sensitive or fragile materials while being sent away.
A pneumatic tube carrying system in hospitals can save hours by eliminating the need to transport information by hand, especially since hospitals are usually made up of various buildings and complexes across a large land area. Since hospital tube carriers have a bit more customization available to them, it’s easier to find tube carriers for specific, unique needs while also meeting standards.
Pneumatic Tube Carriers for Pharmacies
When it comes to pharmacies, pneumatic tube carriers are often a slight mix between standard tube carriers and hospitals. In typical pharmacies, the tube carrier system will be smaller, meaning you’re more likely to find the 4”-4.5” pneumatic tube carriers here than the 6” ones, though it can vary between pharmacies.
Pneumatic tube carriers for pharmacies are large enough to accommodate blister packs and many types of pharmaceuticals. They can transport money or medicine and are designed for a drive-up type of system.
The underlying technology of all pneumatic tubes is similar but there are indeed different models and modifications that fit certain purposes and industries better. Ultimately, pneumatic tube carriers are meant to make transportation of items like documents, cash, medicine much more efficient and convenient. | <urn:uuid:9bd17e21-9a9a-487b-9bf2-3956b69dcb3c> | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb/tree/main/sample/350BT | fineweb | eng_Latn | 2,547 |
Learning a handful of Leo Brouwer’s twenty “Estudios Sencillos” is something just about every modern classical guitar student has done at one point or another. In fact, it’s no exaggeration to say that this group of pieces has left a significant impact on the current generation of guitarists.
Because these pieces are so popular and widely played, we wanted to make sure students today have access to the very best teachers and information on how to play this particular group of pieces. To this end, we asked Rene Izqueirdo — a Cuban native who has played these pieces for countless years and even studied with Maestro Brouwer himself — to share the most important musical and technical elements of each individual study.
In addition to the lesson below, you can watch instructional videos of Rene teaching the first ten on tonebase. However, for now, here are all four parts of his lesson on arguably the most popular of the set — Etude №6.
Part 1: Planting and Learning the Chords
In the first part of the lesson, Rene introduces the idea of sequential planting, a technique used throughout the piece. In addition, he touches on the importance of learning the chords first as blocks.
Part 2: Guide Fingers in the Left Hand
Rene continues by sharing the left hand fingerings he finds most musically and technically beneficial. He also takes this opportunity to teach the concept of guide fingers which allow one to glide between chords.
Part 3: Right Hand Variation
In the third part, Rene demonstrates a commonly overlooked right hand variation that Leo Brouwer actually wrote into the score. This alternate fingering introduces new techniques such as “sweeping.”
Part 4: Dynamics and Reflex
To end the lesson, Rene demonstrates how the overall harmonic motion of the piece determines the dynamics. In addition, he touches on the reflexive motion of the repeated right hand thumb. | <urn:uuid:b3ed46c3-9b8c-4860-b74e-9d7ab7bf7ff5> | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb/tree/main/sample/350BT | fineweb | eng_Latn | 1,884 |
Hosted by Kathy @ Mind, Body and Soul,
Laurie @ Common Sense Homesteading
and myself, here @ The Woodwife's Journal.
Traditionally, the word wildcrafting meant gathering herbs and plants in the wild to use for food and medicine. Wildcrafting Wednesday is a Blog Hop for gathering your favorite old time, traditional herbal posts, home remedies and crafting ideas. It’s a place to learn ways to incorporate herbs and old fashioned wisdom into our day-to-day life. It is anything and everything herbal – from crafts to cleaning to tinctures to cooking – it's remedies and natural cures made at home – it's self-sufficient living and back-to-basics tips to make and preserve food, save money and resources – if it involves herbs or traditional methods of homemaking, home healing or other traditional skills then we want to read about it!
You see, it's kinda like stepping out into the "wilds" of cyberspace to gather ideas that make our homemaking skills or "craft" more healthy, more resourceful...more sustainable. Wildcrafting!
Guidelines for Participation:
1. Please link up your blog post using the Linky widget below. If you are posting a recipe, only real food recipes are permitted please. This means no processed food ingredients!
2. Please link the URL of your actual blog post and not your blogs home page. That allows future readers who find this week's link-up to go directly to the post they want to read.
3. Please place a link back to this post. That way your readers can benefit from all the ideas too. This also helps out the other participants who are hoping to get more traffic to their blogs. If you’re new to blogging here’s what you do: Copy the URL of Wildcrafting Wednesday from your browser address bar. Then edit your post by adding something like, “This post was shared on Wildcrafting Wednesday at The Woodwife's Journal” at the end of your post. Then highlight “Wildcrafting Wednesday at The Woodwife's Journal”, click the “link” button on your blogging tool bar, and paste the URL into that line. That’s it!
4. Please only link posts that fit the carnival description. Old and archived posts are welcome as long as you post a link back as described above. Please don’t link to giveaways or promotions for affiliates or sponsors. That keeps our links valuable in the future since a link to a giveaway three months old isn’t going to be worth browsing in three months time, but a link to an herbal tip will be.
5. Please leave a comment below when you link up to notify me that you've shared with us! That way I don't miss any new links.
6. Don’t have a blog? We still want to hear from you! Please leave your herbal tip, recipe, or home remedy in the comments below.
7. And bloggers, please check out the other posts and leave a comment for them too.
Be sure to check out my new Facebook Page
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The US multinational tech giant said it chose Coinbase to allow certain customers to pay for cloud services starting next year.
This will be enabled by integrating the Coinbase Commerce service, Google said.
- Citing the announcement made during Google’s Cloud Next conference, the CNBC report noted that the move is expected to see the light of day in early 2023.
- Jim Migdal, the crypto exchange’s vice president of business development, said Coinbase will move data-related apps to Google from the market leader Amazon (Web Services cloud). The company has worked with the latter for years.
- Google will initially accept crypto payments only from a small portion of its customer base, which will be available due to an integration of the Coinbase Commerce service, but more people will be able to join later.
- Amit Zavery, Google Cloud’s vice president, general manager, and head of the platform, commented that the idea is to welcome participants who want to explore the growing Web 3 trend.
- Coinbase Commerce currently supports ten digital assets, including the largest and most popular ones – Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, Dogecoin, Bitcoin Cash, and others.
- Although there are no more details about the terms of the deal, the crypto exchange typically gets a percentage of all transaction fees that go through the Coinbase Commerce system. | <urn:uuid:ed0599d4-9a90-4d72-a0bf-d3c13d97ef1f> | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb/tree/main/sample/350BT | fineweb | eng_Latn | 1,352 |
A BLAST FROM THE PAST IN CUBAPart 1
On our recent legal cultural exchange tour to Cuba with Insight Cuba, we remember the following incidents, experiences and moments:
—- Our first incredible exciting experience of stepping through a time warp into the Havana Airport parking lot and seeing the vintage1950’s Classic American cars working as taxis and private hire.
—– Learning that the color of the license plate on these old classic cars indicated what the car was used for taxi, private hire, diplomat, private etc.
—- Eating the same Cuban tourist food of shredded cabbage-sliced tomatoes/cucumbers without dressing, delicious grilled chicken, rice sprinkled with black bean pieces and delicious ice cream/pudding everyday of the tour.
—- Hearing Cuban music everywhere we went.
—- Drinking Mojitos, Cuba Libras or Cuban Beer every day.
—- Riding in the “hard as a rock” back seat of an original 1957 Ford Fairlane convertible along the Malecon (seaside boulevard) for $10 with no seat belts – another “time machine” experience .
—- Our $5 ride in a yellow “Coco” motor-scooter-tricycle without seatbelts along the Malecón and nearly falling out every time we turned the corner.
—- Eating every lunch and dinner in open air restaurants.
—- Traveling with Denise, who enjoyed Cuba as much as I did, and who helped with every situation graciously, calmly and intelligently, making Cuba a totally enjoyable success for both of us.
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We have found 1 match as a result of your search for Primary Schools within 2 miles (or 3.22Km ) of the centre of DD9 7YU. Please note that the distances shown below are "as the crow flies" from the entered postcode (DD9 7YU) and do not take into account road layouts or any obstructions or detours needed.
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readers! The sun has been shining all week in NYC and I am so excited about being able to dress for the new season!
One of the trends that I
am really loving at the moment is menswear for girls! The boyfriend jean is
definitely a spring must-have item! These jeans should sit lower on the hips and
be a bit baggy all the way down. Think skinny jean but for a guy, so they look a
size or two big for you; flared or boot cut jeans won't achieve the same look. I
like to roll the bottoms of mine up a bit over a great gladiator-style sandal.
Men's button down shirts are also something I've been wearing a lot of but the
sizing and fit of these is a bit trickier; you never want the shoulders to be
too wide for your frame. For a longer, baggier button down, I would wear it over
leggings with heels and a vintage skinny belt at the waist for a dressier trend-setting look. Shorter button downs look great with almost anything! I like to
tie the bottom of my button down just at the top of my pants/skirt/shorts or even over a dress!
More From Seventeen
Don't forget about accessories!
The fedora hat is a great look that can really add that extra zing to a
casual outfit! For jewelry, look for a cool vintage men's watch that can be
paired with bangles and other bracelets or on its own! Men's watches usually run
larger but you can have the links taken out for around $10 at any watch repair
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Join the Indigenous Peoples’ Global Days of Action for Self Determination!
The 9th of August is the UN-declared (1994) International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. On this day and days before and after, the Indigenous Peoples Movement for Self-Determination and Liberation (IPMSDL) shall launch its Global Days of Action for Self-Determination. Join us in our actions. Together let us create a resounding voice – “We are Indigenous Peoples. We have Rights. We Resist.”
In different parts of the world, in exercise of self-determination, indigenous peoples rise and unite to defend and assert their rights from the remote villages to the city streets to the Courts and halls of governments and States, at the gates of TNCs/MNCs and the United Nations. These includes, indigenous peoples in Alaska, Canada and Nigeria fight the destructive activities of Shell (Royal Dutch/Shell Group). The peoples and the government of Ecuador’s ‘Chevron’s Dirty Hands’ campaign exposed the damage caused by the company. Protests intensify with the setting-up of tribal blockades against numerous dams in Sarawak, Malaysia. In the Philippines, affected communities including indigenous peoples dismantle structures and equipment of large-scale mining companies. In Canada, the First Nations lead the Idle No More to protect Treaty rights, native sovereignty and demand environmental justice. Similar assertions occur in many other indigenous communities. Despite militarization, killings and disappearances of native activists that occur with impunity, indigenous peoples heighten their collective resistance.
The Global Days of Action all over by indigenous peoples shall be a celebration of victories in the struggle for Land, Self-Determination, and Justice, a forging of greater unity between and among indigenous and non-indigenous peoples, and a renewal of commitment to defend rights and for self-determination.
This is also part of the Days of Action for Development Justice (http://peoplesgoals.org/global-day-of-action-for-development-justice/).
Wherever you are, you can do:
Speak Out: organize and join mobilizations, rallies, marches, torch parades, and the like.
Teach-ins: conduct education and information events on the situation, rights, struggles of indigenous peoples and their alternatives; issue statements, media releases, posters and other propaganda.
Exposure: visit indigenous communities or evacuation centers of militarized villages, experience and learn their daily life and culture; be in solidarity in the barricades, blockades against mines, dams and plantations.
Exchange: arrange cultural gatherings to share the indigenous traditions, and music, songs, dances depicting the struggles and aspirations of indigenous peoples.
Social Networks: flood the sites with statements, declarations, articles and pictures of indigenous resistance, and messages of support to indigenous peoples’ struggles.
Alternatives: popularize and promote self-determination and liberation against capitalist greed and profit, development justice for indigenous peoples. (http://ipmsdl.wordpress.com/)
Share and coordinate your action with the Indigenous Peoples’ Movement for Self-Determination and Liberation. Email us at – firstname.lastname@example.org | <urn:uuid:1d167406-5a84-4ee5-a244-2350e93e8244> | HuggingFaceTB/smollm-corpus/tree/main/fineweb-edu-dedup | smollm-corpus | eng_Latn | 3,255 |
By Kathleen Vanesian
By Amy Silverman
By Robrt L. Pela
By Jim Louvau
By Kathleen Vanesian
By Benjamin Leatherman
By New Times
By Becky Bartkowski
Famous people are often boring, and Jay Leno is very, very famous. A chat with the Tonight Show host and former Doritos pitchman often turns to his collection of vintage cars and motorcycles; his theories on staying funny; the evolution of the talk show. But fame isn't enough for Leno, who occasionally hits the standup trail, playing small clubs between episodes of his nighttime talk show and sampling material that's too naughty for nighttime. To promote his upcoming Halloween show at NAU, Leno spoke to me about the joys of the nightclub circuit, the misery of "sucky" shows, and his new career as a political pawn.
New Times: So you're appearing at a club at NAU.
Jay Leno: Where?
NT: Northern Arizona University. It's in Flagstaff. You're playing at a club there next week.
Leno: Yeah. Yes. What can I tell you about it? I haven't done the show yet, so there's nothing to say.
NT: You do standup shows to try out new material for your TV show?
Leno: Not really. The standup is mostly what I'd call doing my greatest hits. When I do the Tonight Show monologue, it's really just a funny version of the news -- you know, one-liners or quick jokes about what's happened in the world that day. They're jokes that have a shelf life of about a week, about Rush Limbaugh doing drugs or Kobe Bryant, whatever. But in my stage show, I get to tell a story or spend time on a theme.
NT: Your old standup stuff was pretty edgy. What did you have to give up, in terms of your on-camera persona, now that you're hosting the world's biggest talk show?
Leno: I don't know. I think I'm the same person, but you change, you get older, you get more comfortable. My attitude as a comic is that you should be able to play to any audience. I talk to comics today, and they say, "I just do nightclubs or hip, cool clubs or Def Comedy Jam," but you should be able to play anywhere. It's an odd thing, because I used to do Letterman once a month, I did like 50 or 60 of them, and I'd have a month to prepare my material. You can be edgier than when you're doing it every day.
NT: Well, I remember when you used to . . .
Leno: Are you saying I'm less hip these days? Yes, that's probably true. But the hip, inside jokes I want to do usually die. I did one last night about how President Bush is trying to market the war in Iraq, and he's given it the slogan "This is not your father's Vietnam." And the audience booed. Then I told some silly joke about nothing, and the place went wild.
NT: So you've dumbed down your material, to make you appear "nicer" for a Middle American TV audience.
Leno: There's no such thing as a Middle American audience anymore. The idea that you'd go to Iowa and play to a bunch of guys in bib overalls chewing on a hunk of straw, those days are over, if they ever really existed. Today, everyone has access to the Internet, everyone's up on the same news and information.
NT: You're rich and famous. Why go out on the road and play little clubs?
Leno: In a nightclub, you know who you're playing to, and you're freer to make fun of a tragedy in another part of the world. With The Tonight Show, you reach more people, so the chances are greater that you're going to offend someone. I could do a joke about Siegfried and Roy getting eaten by a tiger, and the chances of someone in the club being related to one of them and getting offended are a gazillion to one. But on TV, someone related to those guys is going to be watching, so I wouldn't do that joke.
NT: What is it about talk shows? Why do so many stars -- and so many has-beens -- want to host talk shows?
Leno: They're easy to do, and they're cheap to produce. But you know, we don't really have talk shows anymore. Today they're comedy shows that have talk segments. And in the good old days, every single person didn't have his own publicist, so you'd have guests stumble out drunk and say outrageous things. Today, there's a conference before the show, where the publicist is saying, "Now, we're not gonna discuss the Playboy spread," or whatever. And you're going, "But that's why we booked her! She hasn't worked in three years, we only booked her on the show because she's naked in a magazine this week!"
NT: Your "Jay Walking" segments are pretty funny -- I like anything devoted to proving how stupid Americans are. But I don't believe most of the people you interview for that segment could possibly be that stupid.
Leno:I give you my word of honor, none of that is scripted. And there's no need to script it, because the answers we get are so unbelievable. It's smash-and-grab TV; you should come with me someday. You don't have to spend that much time before you get a stupid answer. We go after normal people; we don't talk to people who look homeless or semi-retarded. My favorite was when we asked people how Mt. Rushmore was formed. The most popular answer was "erosion."
Leno: I promise you, it was not staged. I know you're suspicious, and I would be, too. But it really happened.
NT: You've taken some shots lately from political analysts who claim you've become the pawn of Arnold Schwarzenegger and President Bush.
Leno: You know, it's really silly. My wife got the Nobel Peace Prize a couple of years ago for her work on behalf of the women of Afghanistan. And everyone was screaming about how I'd become a liberal. And now I'm getting it about the Arnold thing. Look, I've known him for 25 years. I never said he'd be a good governor. I did all the jokes about him groping girls, but the night he got elected I introduced him after the polls closed. Now, that doesn't constitute an endorsement. I didn't campaign for him. And I'm not registered as either a Democrat or a Republic. I like anarchy, because it keeps politicians fighting among themselves, which is much more interesting than when they're getting along.
NT: But it is true that people in your position -- people with network talk shows -- have become more important to American politics than party chairmen.
Leno: Oh! Not really. The Tonight Show is a softball show. This isn't a hard-hitting interview program. People come on from all parties; we just had Howard Dean on the show, and Al Sharpton has been on. We show the lighter side of the politicians.
NT: Your pal Arnold busted you for looking at your watch during his acceptance speech.
Leno: Exactly. Oh, god. Everyone showed that clip. Letterman showed it! I'm like, "I had to get back to work! I was just checking the time because I had to get back to work!"
NT: You could run for office. Except then people would start digging up old horrors from your past. Like your stint on Laverne and Shirley.
Leno: No, I could not run for office. Politics is show business for ugly people.
NT: Speaking of which, how's the Jay Leno look-alike contest going?
Leno: That's something the network is doing. It's an Internet thing. I have to admit I don't pay much attention to stuff like that.
NT: I notice your fan club was canceled.
Leno: My fan club? I didn't know I had one.
NT: Oh, come on.
Leno: No, listen: The real trick to this business is to make show business money while living a normal life. I'm always suspicious when people are too solicitous. If you do a sucky show in this town, people will say, "You were great!" Then you look around and realize you're paying these people's salaries; what else are they going to say? Tickets to the Tonight Show are free, but when you go out on the road, people have to buy a ticket to see you. And if you suck, they're not gonna laugh. It's real simple. And so playing these small clubs is about finding out if your jokes are funny or not. It's about keeping it real. | <urn:uuid:376b816e-3ce6-418f-8290-1a0aa9e23fb8> | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb/tree/main/sample/350BT | fineweb | eng_Latn | 7,766 |
Welcome to the crazy world of my imagination. Here you will find information about me, my stories, my art and basically anything else interesting that I've chosen to write about.
|For those that don't
know me, my name is Ray, an author bitten by the writers'
bug some years ago causing me to create more and more
works of fiction until at times I feel my fingers are
about to drop off. The reason I mention fingers rather
than wrist is because I have to type my stories on
account of my handwriting being atrocious. On occasion I
haven't been able to read my own notes so am thankful
that I can formulate ideas on computer by clicking the
screen rather than putting pen to paper.
To be totally honest I'm not sure when or how I got into writing. There was never a day when I sat down and chose to become an author, it was something that crept into my life over a long period of years until one day, yay, I had a 200 page novel on my first attempt. That novel has a one word title, simply known as bee, intentionally spelt in lower case.
Many, many years ago, in the late 80s early 90s, I wrote adventure games for the early computers of that era. I say early but they were the latest computers at the time. Adventure games were essentially interactive stories with pretty pictures. However back then I still didn't think of myself as a writer due to the amount of programming involved. With commands such as, "If (Verb 3 And Set? 2) Mess 23 Hold 250 Wait End", I thought of myself as a computer programmer rather than a writer. As with all computers, they eventually date, and my wonderful adventure games were consigned to history. I've only recently recreated them for the PC.
One of my early websites contained a review about an anime movie called Ghost In The Shell. Basically I explained the many overlapping plots as well as my own interpretation of the message being told while trying my best to avoid spoilers. It took me far longer than I expected but I was amazed with my achievement. I remember having a distinct feeling of nervousness as to the thought of others reading what I had to say. The internet was still in its early years, before the days of Facebook and Twitter, people back then were far less likely to criticise yet I still wondered what readers would say about it.
On another occasion I wrote a walkthrough for a game called Heavenly Sword. I simply sat down and played the game while carefully jotting down notes on a pad beside me, then later wrote up what I had done in as much detail as possible. It was a very large game and it took a full three weeks to finish the walkthrough. I had mixed feelings as to the result. I was proud of my work, but also knew people were more likely to use YouTube for game walkthroughs, watching someone actually play it, than to read through reams of text.
A number of years ago, in 2000, I wrote to PCW magazine about an interview they had with a Lara Croft model. Basically my letter was a rant complaining that the interview seemed a little contrived and the model, whose name I won't mention, didn't seem to know what she was talking about. I never expected the letter to be printed but in September of that year to my surprise I saw it published in the magazine as their Star Letter. I won a PlayStation steering wheel for use in racing games.
Over the years I've discovered that I like to vary the genre of my stories, never sticking to one subject or character type. One moment I'll release an action novel about sailors of old doing battle with a troll, then suddenly write a story about a woman restoring her childhood dollhouse. There's no limit to the style of book I'm willing to write just as long as I have that rush of excitement and enthusiasm at the time.
For the majority of the time I simply use my full name Raymond Johnson as the author of my written work, but on occasion use a pen-name depending on the subject matter. This isn't as to intentionally deceive but rather to add some weight to the story being told. It's just a state of the times that people are more likely to read something if they identify in some way with the author.
My stories have a unique stance to them, never sticking to one genre, always written in first-person and a perspective that doesn't always follow convention. Even with short stories I try to keep the nuances of character growth as realistic as possible without forcing the plot to fit into a set number of pages. I love writing, whether in book form or directly on the net. I have a totally different personality and vocabulary within the written word, and wish to continue with ever more books and web content for as long as possible.
As well as stories I've been dabbling with computer art, whether hand drawn enhanced by the computer or fully drawn within a graphics package. They're still pretty crude compared with many online artists but I'm learning all the time and getting pretty apt at drawing My Little Pony characters which have a large following on many art sites. My aim is to draw anime, eventually making my own manga comics in the same vein as doujinshi creators who self publish all their work. Ironically one of my early fanart drawings of Naomi Armitage received a lot of positive feedback on Twitter yet at the time I never considered it that good due to the shading looking a little off. As the popular expression goes, often the worst critic is yourself.
Anyway that's enough of my waffling, I needed something to fill this home page rather than just a welcome message I hope you enjoyed it. Thank you for reading. | <urn:uuid:b0a30c78-1c5f-4108-b6d7-06723c992b39> | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb/tree/main/sample/350BT | fineweb | eng_Latn | 5,559 |
Actinophrys Video No. 3
These heliozoans are found most often in freshwater, floating in the open water amongst reeds and filamentous algae. Heliozoans are spherical and are frequently enveloped by a shell made of silica or organic material. Actinophrys generally has more than one nucleus. Pseudopodia (axopodia) that extend outward in a rayed pattern are used for capturing food.
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Applications are now open for the Produce Safety Improvement Grant!
March 14, 2023 | Montpelier, VT - The Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets (VAAFM) is now accepting applications for the Vermont Produce Improvement Grant program. Produce Safety Improvement Grants (PSIG) can support the costs of implementing on-farm food safety practices to for vegetable and fruit growers. Click here to read more.
The purpose of this grant is to help produce growers implement on-farm food safety practices, transition to compliance with the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Produce Safety Rule, address compliance with new FSMA harvest and post-harvest water requirements, and meet market demands for on-farm food safety.
- Grow, harvest, pack or hold “covered produce” as defined by the Produce Safety Rule;
- Have annual produce sales, averaged over the past three years, of greater than $29,245 ; and
- Have enrolled in the Vermont Produce Portal.
The Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets will award up to $100,000 for this grant round. Grants may range from $5,000 to $20,000 with no required match.
How to Apply
Review the Round 5 RFA for information on grant objectives, project eligibility, and for a complete review of the application.
Applications are now open in WebGrants! Please ensure you have enrolled your farm in the Vermont Produce Portal.
For questions or further information, email Madison Berry at firstname.lastname@example.org.
Request For Applications (RFA) Released: February 27, 2023
Applications Open in WebGrants: March 13, 2023
Application Deadline: April 9, 2023
Awards Announced: June 2023
Click here for the Request for Applications (RFA) for Round 5
To date, the Vermont Produce Safety Improvement Grant program has awarded $307,665 in grants to 47 Vermont farms. Read the 2018 Produce Safety Improvement Grant Impact Report.
A farm with an average annual monetary value of produce sold during the previous 3-year period of less than $25,000, adjusted for inflation using 2011 as the baseline year for calculating the adjustment, is not covered by the Produce Safety Rule. The average 3-year value for 2019–2021 is $29,245. See FSMA Inflation Adjusted Cut Offs for additional information. | <urn:uuid:e46828fa-93e0-4283-ac81-220fa20c72c4> | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb/tree/main/sample/350BT | fineweb | eng_Latn | 2,234 |
£3,549 raised for Lisa’s Army through Charityshirts.co.uk Tess Healey March 16, 2018 Charity, Company News, Featured Tweet Back in January, we announced that we would be supporting Lisa’s Army UK through our fund raising website, Charity Shirts. Lisa’s Army was launched by Lisa Wells, a 32 year old mother of 2 who was diagnosed with stage 4 bowel cancer just 5 weeks after the birth of her second child. The aim of Lisa’s Army is to raise an army of of friends, family and supporters that will help Lisa by raising money and create a legacy for her 2 young daughters, Ava-Lily and Saffia. Credit: Facebook // Lisa’s Army. Lisa’s Army supporters at the March On Cancer Walk and Lisa with her husband, Dan and 2 daughters, Ava-Lily and Saffia Lisa’s Army worked with Charity Shirts to sell t-shirts to be worn at campaign events such as the Marching On Cancer walk which took place last Sunday. Over 300 people took part in the event and wore their Lisa’s Army T-Shirts with pride and walked either 20km or 7km to show their support for the inspiring cause. The profits made from t-shirt sales were donated to the Lisa’s Army campaign. We’re so proud to say that the Charity Shirts campaign has raised £3,549 for Lisa’s Army. We’d like to say a huge thank you to everyone who has purchased a t-shirt from the Charity Shirts website! Even though the t-shirt campaign has ended, Lisa’s Army have set up their own store where you can purchase t-shirts, hoodies and aprons as a way of supporting Lisa and her family. You can also donate to the Lisa’s Army Just Giving page which has raised just over £48,000 through donations. Through our fundraising website Charity Shirts, we select one charity campaign to support per month. We support each charity with 100 free t-shirts which will be sold at Charityshirts.co.uk with all proceeds (ex VAT and delivery) being donated to the campaign. Any profits made on t-shirts sold after the first 100 will also be donated to the cause. If you have a cause that would like to be supported by Charity Shirts, you can apply here. Leave a Reply Cancel Reply Your email address will not be published.CommentName* Email* Website Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Notify me of new posts by email. | <urn:uuid:cdfb33f5-ebe7-40e1-b96e-2d3a3c5efb65> | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb/tree/main/sample/350BT | fineweb | eng_Latn | 2,234 |
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I'm in love. I want to shout it from the roof tops, I want to scream it from the sea. I AM IN LOVE!!! It's been a long time coming, a long, steady, unrequited time. It started about 20 years ago when my dear friend, Hank, took me up to his family's estate in The Berkshires. While the main house had been sold, his family kept, and still has, the guest cottage and the 300 plus acres surrounding the houses. It was a beautiful weekend on every level. We spent afternoons at The "Dead" Lion drinking Bloody Mary's (don't ask me why I wasn't carded...), talking about our dreams for our respective futures, music....and cars. I have been in love with that side of the world ever since. The towns, the people, the history, and of course, Tanglewood. There is very little better in this life than an evening at Tanglewood.
This past weekend I went up there with my other dear friend, Fritz, to see his ex wife, Lauren and her daughter, Catherine. Since I moved out to LA this has become an expected, and needed trip for us both. It's our time together. I have grown very fond of our 'hosts' and the 2 hour drive up Route 7. It's been a couple of years since we have had the time to stay for more than an hour or 2 so this time Lauren made plans for dinner and drinks with some friends of hers at this nice little place called Due (doo eh) in Great Barrington. Aside from the tasty vittles and stimulating conversation I noticed something else. Everyone in the joint was beautiful. Our waiter was a major hottie and if I'd been a Hollywood agent I would have snatched him up. Though I'm guessing he's pre-med and wouldn't care.
I was absolutely struck by the beauty that surrounded me. Not just the natural world of the rolling hills and mountains I so crave when I am away. But the people. Everyone was beautiful in this amazing, natural way. I never once looked at someone and wondered what kind of work they have had done as is so common a thought in LA where most everyone is 'beautiful', 'perfect' and sterile. It numbs my brain to people watch sometimes because people always look so put together, so 'made' and cardboard like. What I witnessed in this restaurant and everywhere we went was this softness, this realism, this tangible and delectable beauty that you can taste when you breathe in the humid air. I was truly amazed.
It was hard to leave. Very hard. I'm wondering why I hadn't noticed all this the last time I was there. Or the time before. I think when I lived on this side of the world it was everywhere I looked and I took it for granted. Time in LA has changed the lenses from which I view this planet. I appreciate it so much more than I did when I was growing up here. There is such a stark contrast living in LA, in so many ways, that to describe it would take a novel, or a weekly blog, to fully comprehend for me or you. Unless you live it. Maybe that's the trick. You have to live it to fully be in love. So yes, I am in love. I can admit it. I'm in love with the rolling hills of The Berkshires, the natural friendly faces, and her Cooper Mini that Lauren finally let me drive!!!
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"The Untold Lie" introduces us to two farm workers, Ray Pearson and Hal Winters. Ray is about fifty years old, has a sharp-featured, sharp-voiced wife and half-a-dozen thin-legged children. Hal is a twenty-two-year-old bachelor. As the two work side by side in the field one October day, Hal says to Ray "I've got Nell in trouble. Perhaps you've been in the same fix yourself. I know what everyone would say is the right thing to do, but what do you say? Shall I marry and settle down? Shall I put my self into the harness to be worn out like an old horse?" This question causes a turmoil of emotion in Ray for he has been in the same fix himself and he knows that society would insist that his young friend should marry the girl, yet Ray feels rebellious. The beauty of the fall day makes him want to do something unexpected, "shout or scream or hit his wife or something." He feels trapped and longs to protest against his life, against "everything that makes life ugly." He decides to advise Hal to avoid the responsibility of a wife and children; after all, children are "the accidents of life . . . not mine or yours. I had nothing to do with them."
When the two men meet again that evening, however, Hal has decided to marry, and Ray, thinking of some of the pleasant times that he has spent with his family, reflects, "It's just as well. Whatever I told him would have been a lie." Ray thus realizes the complexity of life. This story, basically plotless like most in Winesburg, achieves what James Joyce called an epiphany, a moment of revelation, when words and acts create together something new or deeply meaningful.
"The Untold Lie" is a good example of Anderson's use of oral storytelling techniques. It has shifts in time, the author's intrusions, and, most of all, it has the meandering style advocated by Mark Twain and used so effectively in the story of Huck Finn. The longest digression in Anderson's story occurs as the narrator pauses to tell us about Hal Winters's family, especially how his father, Windpeter Winters, drove his wagon straight down a railroad track into an oncoming train. But even this information is not really irrelevant, for it shows that Hal comes from a daring family and it gives Anderson a chance to reveal his admiration for rebels. He does this by commenting that George Willard and Seth Richards were impressed by this death; "most boys have seasons of wishing they could die gloriously instead of just being grocery clerks and going on with their humdrum lives." Knowing that Anderson himself a few years before writing "The Untold Lie" had rebelled against his humdrum life and his marital responsibilities, we suspect his sympathy is with Ray Pearson in this story. Yet Anderson is artist enough to show that the answer to young Hal's question is not a simple one. | <urn:uuid:9eb6aad6-10e1-471e-8c2b-de7cf8352aad> | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb/tree/main/sample/350BT | fineweb | eng_Latn | 2,817 |
The New Zealand Union of Students’ Associations (NZUSA) says it is now time to act to turn the tide on poor mental health facing our students and young people.
NZUSA president Jonathan Gee says they are pleased to see that the Inquiry has acknowledged the many student voices from the union’s Kei Te Pai report, which highlighted the major triggering factors for stress, depression and anxiety amongst tertiary students.
“It is our generation who are facing the effects of unaffordable housing, economic instability and the growing individualisation in our society.”
NZUSA particularly supports recommendations calling for the broadening of access to mental health support, strengthening the mental health workforce, and a whole-of-government approach to wellbeing.
In supporting the recommendations regarding broadening access to mental health support, NZUSA says that too many students and young people are missing out due to long wait times and concern that they are disadvantaging others by taking a counselling session.
“If the Government supports the principle that every New Zealander should have access to mental health and addiction support, then they should prioritise its commitment to free counselling for 18-25 year olds in Budget 2019,” says Gee.
In supporting the recommendation for a whole-of-government approach to wellbeing, NZUSA says that students bring their whole selves to the classroom.
“We know that student brings their whole selves to their classroom, not just their academic abilities. If they are struggling to afford food or pay their rent, are experiencing loneliness, or are experiencing cultural alienation, they cannot succeed academically. We hope that the Government takes up the call for a whole-of-government approach to wellbeing, to really put people and wellbeing at the centre of a range of government services.” | <urn:uuid:656f7850-a980-4afe-a3e1-32e9b9e1e180> | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb/tree/main/sample/350BT | fineweb | eng_Latn | 1,854 |
We'd visited Lake Learmonth in March, at the end of a very full day of exploring.
I was surprised at the lake's dryness on that occasion but my research later indicated there had been very little water since 1996!
Given all the recent rain (and flooding) I roused the troops for an after-school visit to see the lake again - with water. Wow!
I took a series of compare/contrast shots, to show the difference between our two visits.
I turned down a different road to get to the lake-side, so we made a quick stop to admire these bird sculptures.
I particularly liked the balancing ibis. How neat are they?!
Nick set up our small dual fuel stove to boil the kettle for afternoon tea. (The rest of our picnic was set up on a different table and we sat there, just to be safe)! | <urn:uuid:ce6137eb-6d09-462a-861e-d4974e297fe1> | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb/tree/main/sample/350BT | fineweb | eng_Latn | 773 |
Good Wednesday to one and all. Freezing rain and sleet continue early today across parts of Central and Eastern Kentucky. The good news is, we will see the ice maker turned off by afternoon.
The icy mix blasted much of the Bluegrass State last night. Ice accumulation of about a quarter of an inch was common across the Lexington metro area. A few areas in southeastern Kentucky reported ice accumulation of about a half-inch. The weight of the ice caused a few tree limbs to come.
Most of the precipitation will be east of the state by noon. That will leave us with a mostly cloudy sky and temps in the low and middle 30s. Your daily dose of tracking tools:
There is another storm system developing across the south for Thursday. This storm has a chance to swipe parts of southeastern Kentucky with snow. Take a look at the snowfall numbers coming in from the GFS:
It wouldn’t take much of a wobble to the north to put much of the state in a risk for some snow. Of course, it wouldn’t take much of a southward track to take the entire state out of the snow game.
An arctic outbreak arrives late this weekend. A series of arctic fronts will dive into the region, and these will bring the threat of some snow and bitterly cold air into early next week. Highs in the teens will be likely for a few days.
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Steve Irwin's family is carrying on the legacy of the late "Crocodile Hunter" star with a new show of their own.
Irwin's widow, Terri, and two children, Bindi and Robert, are getting their own series, "Crikey! It's the Irwins," according to People magazine, which spoke with the family.(MORE: 'Crocodile Hunter' Steve Irwin receives posthumous Walk of Fame honor)
"We work together, we live together. I love our animals and I love living here," Terri Irwin told People.
"We're all about carrying on in our dad’s footsteps," Bindi Irwin told People.
In an Instagram post featuring a clip of the show, she added, "This feels like a beautiful new life chapter. I hope to see you there."(MORE: Steve Irwin's widow says she hasn't dated since his death)
The show will premiere Oct. 28 on Animal Planet.
For over a decade, the family has continued the work Steve dedicated his life to. Irwin died in 2006 after being struck in the heart by a stingray barb at the age of 44.
In April, the trio spoke about their beloved husband and father when he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
"We try to continue dad’s legacy each and every day," Bindi Irwin said during the ceremony. "I never in my wildest dreams thought that this would become reality, it’s such an honor as family to continue in his footsteps."
"He was the best and most incredible conservationist on the planet, but also the best dad," Robert Irwin said at the time. | <urn:uuid:94d58ba3-323f-4ed1-bab5-d901dfc1237f> | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb/tree/main/sample/350BT | fineweb | eng_Latn | 1,431 |
A Russian man who decided to write his own small print in a credit card contract has had his changes upheld in court. He’s now suing the country’s leading online bank for more than 24 million rubles ($727,000) in compensation.
Disappointed by the terms of the unsolicited offer for a credit card from Tinkoff Credit Systems in 2008, a 42-year-old Dmitry Agarkov from the city of Voronezh decided to hand write his own credits terms.
The trick was that Agarkov simply scanned the bank’s document and ‘amended’ the small print with his own terms.
He opted for a 0 percent interest rate and no fees, adding that the customer “is not obliged to pay any fees and charges imposed by bank tariffs.” The bank, however, didn’t read ‘the amendments’, as it signed and certified the document, as well as sent the man a credit card. Under the agreement, the bank OK’d to provide unlimited credit, according to Agarkov’s lawyer Dmitry Mikhalevich talking to Kommersant daily.
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