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BkiUe0g5qhLBfzo2oqlV | Now that our kids are settled back in school, we need to think about a difficult and growing problem among our students; suicide. A recent report published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) indicated that the suicide rate in the U.S. has increased by 30 percent since 1999, and it's an increase across all genders, ages, race, and ethnic groups. While many approaches to suicide prevention focus on mental health, authors of the report indicate that 54 percent of those who committed suicide did not have known mental health conditions. Instead, they were dealing with relationship problems, life stressors, or a recent or impending crisis. Deborah Stone, the lead author of this study, states that these results suggest the need for a much more comprehensive approach to suicide prevention.
The hard truth is that for those between the age of 10-24, suicide is the second leading cause of death. Thankfully, suicide is preventable. Youth who are having thoughts of suicide often give warning signs such as making direct verbal or written threats, showing a preoccupation with death, or changes in behavior, thoughts, or feelings. It is critical that parents take these warning signs seriously, do not agree to keep these thoughts a secret, and get help. Most importantly, parent or caregiver relationships have been found to be the most significant protective factor in preventing adolescent suicide, even when compared peers.
Fostering resiliency is the first step in suicide prevention. Resilience is the process of adapting to adversity, trauma, or stress. Resilience is an important part of healthy development for kids, enabling them to emerge from challenging or stressful circumstances with a positive sense of themselves and their future. Developing resilience begins with healthy and supportive relationships with caring adults such as parents or caregivers and teachers. These relationships can be a source of strength when children are learning to overcome any sort of obstacle, challenge, or stress. Resilient youth have a sense of control over their futures, initiate problem solving, and reach out for help.
When talking about mental health and suicide, it's sometimes difficult to recognize the difference between "normal" childhood experience and behavior and something that's a serious concern. But resilience plays an important role between the two. Dr. Sami Timimi, a child and adolescent psychiatrist, argues that resiliency in youth has been undermined by what he calls the "Scientism" of child and adolescent depression. For example, children begin to use clinical language like "I feel depressed" instead of simply saying "I feel sad." This medicalization of childhood can lead to normal challenges or uncertainties of growing up being viewed as something being "wrong" with the child.
I recently worked with a concerned parent who call me for advice. This parent took their child to a therapist because the parent noted that their child seemed sad. After the therapist administered a depression scale, the child was diagnosed with depression and referred to a psychiatrist for medication. This parent called me for advice because they were concerned about this recommendation. Together we looked at what was going on in the child's life overall, and we discovered that the child was being bullied at school. Naturally, this led to feelings of sadness, and subsequently withdrawn behavior, particularly during lunch time. Once we knew the source of the problem, we addressed the bullying at school and helped the child to feel safe again. The child did not need medication, as it was a psychosocial problem that was addressed, and the symptoms resolved. In the process, the child's resiliency was strengthened as they learned to reach out to adults for help, developed their own coping skills, and increased their sense of empowerment. The parent was a source of support and an advocate for their child in managing this significant stressor.
Remember, you are the expert on your child. Trust your instincts and reach out for support if needed. Essential Questions for Concerned Parents can help you make sense of some of the concerns you might have for your child, guide you in considering the severity of the issues, possible causes, and considerations for when you should reach out for help.
Build resilience in your children by supporting them through failures and setbacks, helping them to see these as opportunities for learning and growth.
Praise your children for their hard work and perseverance, not just "easy" successes and good grades.
Model for your children what it looks like to take care of yourself and maintain a hopeful outlook. How do you manage your own challenges and stress? Do you have positive coping methods? Are you able to keep things in perspective and manage your own challenging emotions? We may feel overextended and like we don't have time for ourselves, but self-care is key in both having more to give to your family and children, and also sends a message about how to manage life's stresses. What you do can be more powerful than what you say.
Support your child through events that might be stressful or traumatic by helping your child to get in touch with their body's experience. We know that when traumatic events occur, "the body remembers." The event is stored in the body and the ability to self-regulate emotions can be enhanced by being in touch with the body. Build sensory awareness with your child by developing "sensation" vocabulary with words like "jittery," "goose-bumpy," "tickly," "calm," "shaky," or "tingly." This can be a fun activity by making a "sensation treasure chest" by filling an empty box with 10-12 objects of different textures, weights, and sizes. With their eyes closed, have your child pick and object and guess what it is based on how it feels. Ask your child how the object feels on their skin (tickly, cool, heavy, etc.). Developing this awareness can be helpful in regaining equilibrium after an upset does occur.
Don't be afraid to talk about suicide with your child. Talking about suicide will not "put the idea in their head." Instead it will help your child learn that there is space to talk about any feelings they may have, no matter how distressing, and that they can reach out to you.
If your child expresses suicidal thoughts, remain calm, focus on their well-being, do not judge, reassure them that they will not always feel this way, provide constant supervision, remove any means of self-harm, and most importantly, get help as soon as possible by accessing school or community resources, taking them to the nearest emergency room, or calling 911.
If you have concerns about your child's emotional well-being and feel that you and/or your child need additional support, seek out family therapy. While there are many approaches to family therapy, Attachment-Based Family Therapy is a family based therapy designed to reduce depression and suicide risk in adolescents. The focus is on drawing out emotions rather than a focus on how the adolescent or the child is thinking (cognition). The goal is to help an adolescent feel more secure, safe, and protected while supporting parents or caregivers to feel more connected and increase their sense of competence. The attachment pattern shifts when the adolescent feels heard and validated while the parent feels satisfied meeting their child's needs. Other family-based therapies that include components aimed at improving the relationships and attachments between the caregiver and the child have also been shown to be effective in reducing suicidality among adolescents.
Stay involved and engaged in your child's treatment if your child is receiving individual therapy. Parental involvement has been shown to increase the success of individual therapy. Learning about emotional regulation so that you can support your child's social emotional skill development at home and how to communicate with your child when they are experiencing emotional distress can be a buffer to suicidal ideation. In addition, monitoring your child's whereabouts and learning about their peers can help prevent the use of alcohol or other substances, which are often interrelated with suicidal thoughts or depression in adolescents.
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BkiUcezxK7Ehm4VQvBHI | Product Hunt, the popular Y Combinator-backed service that lets users share and discover new products, earlier this month unveiled a thoroughly revamped iPhone and iPad application that puts fun back into product discovery.
It's a gorgeously done app that I use every day and it's made me want that experience on my Mac. Lo and behold, Product Hunt for Mac. A tiny, official client for OS X, this app puts Product Hunt's familiar round "P" icon right into your Mac's menu bar, where it sits and dutifully awaits a click of the mouse to present you with the latest popular products, games, books and podcasts on Product Hunt.
"The Mac app is one of those most popular Topics on Product Hunt and over the past year, we've seen a lot of interest specifically in menu bar apps," said Product Hunt founder and CEO Ryan Hoover.
It was written 100 percent in Swift, Apple's new programming language for iOS and OS X development. "It took about two weeks to build the core functionality, followed by about another week of polishing, bug-fixing, and some smaller feature additions, like the 'firehose control' in the settings," he said.
The app features a subtle notification counter increments when new things are trending on Product Hunt, surfacing posts at the top of the feed with a red dot. My only quibble with the app is that it's a bit difficult to read the number of upvotes in clear grey and that I'm unable at least to vote right from my Mac's menu bar.
Developers are aware of these complaints and are working on an update. "We'd like to add more interactivity to it, too, such as the ability to add to collections," Hoover hinted.
Product Hunt for Mac is a free download direct from the Product Hunt website.
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Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles. It is located in the Caribbean Sea, about 90 mi south of Cuba and 119 mi west of Hispaniola. It has an area of 4,244 sq mi and an estimated population of 2.8 million as of 2010.
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Branch transit number list scotia Jamaica?
Here are the transit numbers for Scotiabank's Jamaica locations. Frankfield- Transit #: 00125a, May Pen-Transit #: 30205, Christiana- Transit #: 00125, Park Crescent - Transit #: 50195a, and Mandeville- Transit #: 50195. Hope this helps.
Do you need passport to go to Jamaica or just green card?
You need a passport
Names of some Anglican churches in Jamaica and the parishes they are in?
Anglican Church Hall - St Thomas
St Benidicts Anglican Church - Bull Bay
What is the distance between Texas and Jamaica?
The flight distance from Texas (TX) to Jamaica is:
1,541 miles / 2,480 km
Olympic History
Where did Jamaica first compete in the Olympics?
London, UK in the 1948 Summer Games.
Is Jamaica in Asia?
No, Jamaica is not in Asia. It is in the Caribbean, south of Cuba.
History of France
Did the French try to colonize Jamaica?
They did !
What time is Ghana's capital city 0 degree when it is 12 noon in Jamaica 77 degree W?
Where do you download Jamaica constabulary force application forms?
You could try the Yardy.com site, they have a lot of information about the JCF and the recruitment forms..
How many stamps for a letter from the US to Jamaica?
It would be 98 cents for a normal size letter under an ounce.
Climatology and Climate Changes
How does Ghana's tropical climate differ from Jamaica's?
Because Jamaica has a storm or hurricane season from June 1 to November 30 and Ghana's is from March to November.
Ghana is not an island, and is closer to the equator. The temperature, especially inland, will get hotter than that in Jamaica.
What languages are spoken in Jamaica?
English is the official language of Jamaica.
Patois ("pat-wah"), which is a combination of the African languages twi and kwa but based on the English language, is generally used in informal speech.
Although English is now the official language of Jamaica, most citizens possess the ability to speak a strong underlying local language that represents the country's multicultural and multi-ethnic history. Jamaica is also well known for a patois or pidgin language spoken by 90% of the residents and formed as a result of 500 years of intermingling languages. Jamaicans refer to the language as "Jamaican Patois." The development of the patois stems from the English and Spanish colonization and enslavement of people from many countries in West Africa, and forced labor of people from India and China, and the indigenous native Arawak (Taino) people.
Patois is a French term meaning "very local language." Jamaican patois is spoken by most Creoles of Jamaica. The term, creole, was originally applied to descendents of Europeans born in colonies in order to separate them from high ranking well-to-do citizens of the mainland, either of European or mixed ethnicity and race. Jamaican patois is derived from old English (British, Irish, and Welsh English), Spanish, Portuguese, Hindi, Tamil, Arawak, and the tribal dialects of numerous West African nations.
While followers of the Rastafarian religion also speak a version of Jamaican patois, the groups' longstanding residency and isolation in the high mountains of Jamaica has created a separately evolved version of the dialect that incorporates terms of the native languages of Ethiopia, Amharic and Ge'ez. The Rastafarian movement initiated by Marcus Garvey follows a combination of Semitic beliefs and the principles and philosophies of Ras Tafari Makonnen who was crowned king of Ethiopia in 1930. It is reported that upon coronation, Makonnen claimed the titles of "Emperor Haile Selassie (Power of the Trinity) I, Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah, Elect of God and King of the Kings of Ethiopia."
It must be noted that unless the intent is to fully insult a citizen of the country, Jamaicans do not speak "Rastafari" as this is NOT a language, and should not be used as a general term. Followers of the Rastafarian religion constitute less than 7% of the country's population.
Jamaica prides itself on not mixing politics and religion and does not claim an official religion of the country. Citizens enjoy the freedom of religion in the privacy of their own homes and religious dwellings. The majority of the population is Catholic, followed by Episcopal, Methodist, Baha'i, Seventh Day Adventist, Jewish, Hindi, Islam, and others. A true melting pot.
Jamaican's Speak ' Jamaican Creole ' But Not All People speak it ... && Trust Me They SERIOUSLY dont be saying ' MON ' ! Some people prefer to speak ' Enqlish ' Than Creole / Patois . '!!
English is Jamaica's principal language.
English is the official language. However, locals typically speak Jamaican "Patois" (pronounced "patwah") which is a combination of (mostly) English, along with the African languages Twi and Kwa.
All official business is done in English, and most locals know and speak Patois (very few don't). Less educated Jamaicans know only Patois, but more educated Jamaicans are fluent both in English and Patois. Some upper class Jamaicans will look down on Patois, while others just see it as appropriate in certain arenas, and inappropriate in others, where only or mainly English is appropriate.
Patois has not been standardized, though many are attempting to standardize it, and to have it taught in schools [some primary/ elementary level experimental schools use it now - English is taught in these schools as a second language, and it is easier to learn that way.
The Bible book of Luke is now translated into Patois {audio and print}, and the whole New Testament is being translated now, too]. The words that have been used in print vary in spelling from location to location (e.g. "kyaan" or "kaan" or "cyaan" or "caan" or *kyaah" or "kyaa" are variant spellings for the Patois version of "can't.").
Most Jamaican Patois words are English-based, but words such as "nyam" for "eat" are African-based. The exact accent and the pronunciation of most Patois words vary somewhat from parish to parish across Jamaica (just as different states in the USA have a variation in speech and accent), and experts can usually tell which parish someone is from by the accent (e.g. the Kingston drawl vs the more hurried speech in Western Jamaica).
English is the national language, but when most people think of "Jamaican", they are thinking of the dialect known to Jamaicans as Patois (and to linguists as Jamaican Creole, not to be confused with Haitian Creole). It is heavily based in English thanks to the history of British rule, but has influences from western African languages due to slavery. Although the Spanish ruled the lovely island nation before the British did, it appears their influence remains mostly in the names of cities such as Ocho Rios and Spanish Town.
Jamaica's official language is English.
English, at least the people did when I went there.
Officially English
informally we speak patois
patwa or broken English
Creol is the native language of Jamaica.
According to Jamaica Guide.com, "While the official language of Jamaica is English, native islanders typically speak in a regional patois, which is a combination of Spanish, English, and assorted African tongues."
jamaicans speak "patois" (patwaw) NOT CREOLE !!
The primary language in Jamaica is English.
Patois ("pat-wah"), which is a creole combination of the African languages twi and kwa but based on the English language, is generally used in informal speech. But Patois has no official status.
No. Jamaica has only one official language, which is English. It also has a National language, called Jamaican Patois.
JAMACIAN
Patoi
jamiacans speak English they have an accent
Jamaicans speak mostly English
Jamaican people speak English officially.
What is the capital of Jamaica?
Kingston is the capital of Jamaica. It is the largest city in Jamaica. It's location is on the southeastern coast. Surprisingly, this city is the largest mainly English-speaking city located in the Americas, south of the United States.
The capitol of jamacia is Kingston.
What did the Tainos enjoy when they were relaxing?
Which parishes in Jamaica did the tainos settle?
most tainos settle in the parish of St.Elizabeth
How many times has Jamaica won miss universe?
According to Wikipedia, Jamaica has never won the Miss Universe Title. The top three title holders are the United States, Venezuela, and Puerto Rico, with seven, six, and five, respectively.
How many miles from Detroit to montego bay Jamaica?
1663 MI/ 2676 KM
Meteorology and Weather
Jamaica's HIGHEST temperature ever recorded?
Jamaica's Hightest temperauter ever recored is 37.8C (100F) in 1914.
How much does it cost to fly a dead body from London to Jamaica?
Ask a Funeral Director.
Where is Jamaica located on a map?
off the Florida coast
Look below Florida in the Caribbean
Why is Jamaica a rich country?
It has Bauxite, the ore from which aluminum is obtained.
It also has vast agriculture that is exported; most famous is sugar which is derived from sugar cane.
What is the Zip code of Jamaica?
Jamaica is a tiny Island, we don't need zip codes, The country is divided up into 14 Parishes, and within them you find, many small communities, facilitated with a Post Office. The Mail man doesn't come to our home to deliver or letters, We all have to go to the post office to pick up that depressing utility bill, so when a Jamaican gives you his address, he will always write the name of his local post office,(instead of a zip code)
We Jamaicans, when being asked for a zip code, to be entered into fields, we merely write 1876. the area code, for calling Jam via long distance,
Can you buy American cigarettes in Jamaica?
dont smoke it is bad
How many miles from Charlotte NC to Montego Bay Jamaica?
Unequivocally, it is estimate of 1161 miles which is about 2hrs and 31 minute.
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What are the ten most popular jobs in Jamaica?
dealing marijuana
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Newark, Jun 14, 2014 (Malay Mail Online) --
To His Royal Highness, the Sultan of Selangor, May it please your Highness to step in to resolve this issue for the unity of the races be they Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, or Bhais (the latter two also use the word "Allah" in their prayers) as all mankind are brothers and sisters, each being a strand of rope that forms one big rope that leads to the Almighty Most High God, and more so as both the Christians and Muslims originate from Abraham the father of both. Let there be humility and meekness in each of us and we shall see the truth and light. Remember these words of God: that we must be merciful and compassionate as He is full of mercy and compassion.
In this connection may I bring to you the message of the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh): see below Prophet Muhammad's promise to Christians. There exists in the Sinai a document written by the Prophet of Islam that clearly lays out the responsibility Muslims have to protect the Christians that live in their midst. It is a potent reminder of our collective responsibility to look after our neighbours.
By Muqtedar Khan, January 1, 2010 Muslims and Christians together constitute over fifty per cent of the world and if they lived in peace, we will be half way to world peace. One small step that we can take towards fostering Muslim-Christian harmony is to tell and retell positive stories and abstain from mutual demonisation. I propose to remind both Muslims and Christians about a promise that Prophet Muhammed (pbuh) made to Christians.
The knowledge of this promise can have enormous impact on Muslim conduct towards Christians. Muslims generally respect the precedent of their Prophet and try to practise it in their lives. In 628 AD, a delegation from St Catherine's Monastery came to Prophet Muhammad and requested his protection. He responded by granting them a charter of rights, which I reproduce below in its entirety.
St Catherine's Monastery is located at the foot of Mt Sinai and is the world's oldest monastery. It possesses a huge collection of Christian manuscripts, second only to the Vatican, and is a world heritage site. It also boasts the oldest collection of Christian icons. It is a treasure house of Christian history that has remained safe for 1400 years under Muslim protection. The Promise to St Catherine
"This is a message from Muhammad ibn Abdullah, as a covenant to those who adopt Christianity, near and far, we are with them. Verily I, the servants, the helpers, and my followers defend them, because Christians are my citizens; and by Allah! I hold out against anything that displeases them. No compulsion is to be on them. Neither are their judges to be removed from their jobs nor their monks from their monasteries. No one is to destroy a house of their religion, to damage it, or to carry anything from it to the Muslims' houses. Should anyone take any of these, he would spoil God's covenant and disobey His Prophet. Verily, they are my allies and have my secure charter against all that they hate. No one is to force them to travel or to oblige them to fight. The Muslims are to fight for them. If a female Christian is married to a Muslim, it is not to take place without her approval. She is not to be prevented from visiting her church to pray. Their churches are to be respected. They are neither to be prevented from repairing them nor the sacredness of their covenants. No one of the nation (Muslims) is to disobey the covenant till the Last Day (end of the world)."
The first and the final sentence of the charter are critical. They make the promise eternal and universal. Muhammad asserts that Muslims are with Christians near and far, straight away rejecting any future attempts to limit the promise to St Catherine alone. By ordering Muslims to obey it until the Day of Judgment the charter again undermines any future attempts to revoke the privileges.
These rights are inalienable. Muhammad declared Christians, all of them, as his allies and he equated ill treatment of Christians with violating God's covenant. A remarkable aspect of the charter is that it imposes no conditions on Christians for enjoying its privileges. It is enough that they are Christians. They are not required to alter their beliefs, they do not have to make any payments and they do not have any obligations. This is a charter of rights without any duties!
The document is not a modern human rights treaty but even though it was penned in 628 A.D. it clearly protects the right to property, freedom of religion, freedom of work, and security of the person. I know most readers must be thinking, so what? Well, the answer is simple. Those who seek to foster discord among Muslims and Christians focus on issues that divide and emphasise areas of conflict. But when resources such as Muhammad's promise to Christians is invoked and highlighted it builds bridges. It inspires Muslims to rise above communal intolerance and engenders good will in Christians who might be nursing fear of Islam or Muslims.
When I look at Islamic sources, I find in them unprecedented examples of religious tolerance and inclusiveness. They make me want to become a better person. I think the capacity to seek good and do good inheres in all of us. When we subdue this predisposition towards the good, we deny our fundamental humanity. In this holiday season, I hope all of us can find time to look for something positive and worthy of appreciation in the values, cultures and histories of other peoples.
* Dr Muqtedar Khan is Director of Islamic Studies at the University of Delaware and a fellow of the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding.
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BkiUbis5i7PA9LposFNI | Q: Server requests class in Android Studio A java class that I have written to send requests to my server on 000webhost isn't working. I'm getting deprecated http elements so my code won't compile. I've tried changing my api level but that did nothing useful, it just stopped my gradle from building.
Here's the java class I'm talking about :
package com.mu.cs.loginregister;
import android.app.ProgressDialog;
import android.content.Context;
import android.os.AsyncTask;
import org.apache.http.params.HttpConnectionParams;
import org.apache.http.params.HttpParams;
import org.json.JSONObject;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;
/**
* Created by John on 10/12/2015.
*/
public class ServerRequests {
ProgressDialog progressDialog;
public static final int CONNECTION_TIMEOUT = 1000 * 15;
public static final String SERVER_ADDRESS = "http://www.thenameofmyserver.com/";
public ServerRequests(Context context){
progressDialog = new ProgressDialog(context);
progressDialog.setCancelable(false);
progressDialog.setTitle("Processing");
progressDialog.setMessage("Please wait....");
}
public void storeUserDataInBackground(User user, GetUserCallback userCallback){
progressDialog.show();
new StoreUserDataAsyncTask(user, userCallback).execute();
}
public void fetchUserDataInBackground(User user, GetUserCallback callback){
progressDialog.show();
new fetchUserDataAsyncTask(user, callback).execute();
}
public class StoreUserDataAsyncTask extends AsyncTask <Void, Void, Void>{
User user;
GetUserCallback userCallback;
public StoreUserDataAsyncTask(User user, GetUserCallback userCallback){
this.user = user;
this.userCallback = userCallback;
}
@Override
protected Void doInBackground(Void... params){
Map<String, String> dataToSend = new HashMap<>();
dataToSend.put("name", user.name);
dataToSend.put("age", user.age + "");
dataToSend.put("username", user.username);
dataToSend.put("password", user.password);
HttpParams httpRequestParams = new BasicHttpParams();
HttpConnectionParams.setConnectionTimeout(httpRequestParams, CONNECTION_TIMEOUT);
HttpConnectionParams.setSoTimeout(httpRequestParams, CONNECTION_TIMEOUT);
HttpClient client = new DefaultHttpClient(httpRequestParams);
HttpPost post = new HttpPost (SERVER_ADDRESS + "Register.php");
try{
post.setEntity(new UrlEncodedFormEntity(dataToSend));
client.execute(post);
}catch (Exception e){
e.printStackTrace();
}
return null;
}
@Override
protected void onPostExecute(Void aVoid) {
progressDialog.dismiss();
userCallback.done(null);
super.onPostExecute(aVoid);
}
}
public class fetchUserDataAsyncTask extends AsyncTask<Void, Void, User>{
User user;
GetUserCallback userCallback;
public fetchUserDataAsyncTask(User user, GetUserCallback userCallback){
this.user = user;
this.userCallback = userCallback;
}
@Override
protected User doInBackground(Void... params) {
Map<String, String> dataToSend = new HashMap<>();
dataToSend.put("username", user.username);
dataToSend.put("password", user.password);
HttpParams httpRequestParams = new BasicHttpParams();
HttpConnectionParams.setConnectionTimeout(httpRequestParams, CONNECTION_TIMEOUT);
HttpConnectionParams.setSoTimeout(httpRequestParams, CONNECTION_TIMEOUT);
HttpClient client = new DefaultHttpClient(httpRequestParams);
HttpPost post = new HttpPost (SERVER_ADDRESS + "FetchUserData.php");
User returnedUser = null;
try{
post.setEntity(new UrlEncodedFormEntity(dataToSend));
HttpResponse httpResponse = client.execute(post);
HttpEntity entity = httpResponse.getEntity();
String result = EntityUtils.toString(entity);
JSONObject jObject = new JSONObject(result);
if (jObject.length() == 0){
user = null;
}else{
String name =jObject.getString("name");
int age = jObject.getInt("age");
returnedUser = new User(name, user.username);
}
}catch (Exception e){
e.printStackTrace();
}
return returnedUser;
}
@Override
protected void onPostExecute(User returnedUser){
progressDialog.dismiss();
userCallback.done(returnedUser);
super.onPostExecute(returnedUser);
}
}
}
I also wrote two php files to store in my database that this code would talk with.
PHP1:
<?php
$con=mysqli_connect("localhost","my_user","my_password","my_db");
$name=$_POST["name"];
$age=$_POST["age"];
$password=$_POST["password"];
$username=$_POST["username"];
$statement = mysqli_prepare($con, "INSERT INTO User (name, age, username, password) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?) ");
mysqli_stmt_bind_param($statement, "siss", $name, $age, $username, $password);
mysqli_stmt_execute($statement);
mysqli_stmt_close($statment);
mysqli_close($con);
?>
PHP2:
<?php
$con=mysqli=connect("localhost","my_user","my_password","my_db);
$password = $_POST["password"];
$username = $_POST["username"];
$statement = mysqli_prepare($con, "SELECT" * FROM User WHERE username = ? AND password = ?");
mysqli_stmt_bind_param($statement, "ss", $username, $password);
mysqli_stmt_execute($statement);
mysqli_stmt_store_result($statement);
mysqli_stmt_bind_result($statment, $userID, $name, $age, $username, $password);
$user = array();
while(mysqli_stmt_fetch($statement)){
$user[name] = $name;
$user[age] = $age;
$user[username] = $username;
$user[password] = $password;
}
echo json_encode($user);
mysqli_stmt_close($con);
mysqli_close($con);
?>
Any help with why this isn't working will be much appreciated. Thanks
A: Use HttpURLConnection instead of deprecated Apache library.
http://developer.android.com/about/versions/android-5.1.html#http
or add to your build.gradle
android {
useLibrary 'org.apache.http.legacy'
}
http://developer.android.com/about/versions/marshmallow/android-6.0-changes.html#behavior-apache-http-client
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BkiUfUQ5qhDCo-3ZMP6O | Watch Rambo III
"The first was for himself. The second for his country. This time it's to save his friend."
Rambo 3 is an action movie that came out in the year 1988. It is the third installment of the Rambo series and was among the most entertaining. The story of the third film is quite simple. Rambo's former commanding officer Trautman goes on a mission to help the Afghan freedom fighters in Afghanistan by providing them stinger missiles. They get this help because they are being invaded by the Soviet Union. Trautman is captured by the Soviets and therefore Rambo has to go into Afghanistan to rescue him. This movie was among the top action films of the year and is therefore one of the more appealing in this particular genre. In the beginning Rambo is living in Thailand and participates in stick fights in order to make extra money and donate to monks. During this time Trautman is looking for him and eventually meets up with him at his home near a monastery site. He is approached by Trautman and a CIA official named Griggs. The CIA official hands him photos including one of a maimed boy and tells him that a war is taking place in Afghanistan. He also tells Rambo that they are seeking to give the Afghan freedom fighters stinger missiles so that they can continue to have the upper hand in the war. However there is one region where the Soviets have complete control and therefore they need to get the missiles to people in that particular region to help the Afghan freedom fighters ensure victory. Trautman tells Rambo that he is going in to assist in the mission. Despite this Rambo refuses and makes it clear that he has no interest in participating in any military combat operations anymore. Shortly after, Trautman follows him and tells him that his true calling is that of a combat soldier and that this is the kind of thing that he is meant to do. Rambo still tells Trautman that he doesn't want to participate and that he will get back in touch with him once they return to the United States. On the mission, Trautman and his crew are attacked and he himself is captured by a Soviet colonel. The CIA official tells him that Trautman was captured. Rambo decides to go in and rescue him and the CIA official gets him over to Afghanistan through neighboring Pakistan. In Pakistan Rambo meets a man named Mousa Ghani who is a native of Afghanistan and leads him into the country. He tells Rambo where Trautman is being held. They plan their operation infiltrate the Soviet base and free Trautman. However the first attempt fails as Rambo gets into a shootout and is forced to escape. The operation had casualties as a boy that accompanied Rambo and Ghani gets injured. On the next day Rambo goes back into the base and rescues Trautman. They escape by helicopter but it gets shot down. In the end Rambo and Trautman have one final battle with the Soviets and with the help of the Afghans, defeat the Soviets. Rambo and Trautman drive off and go home.
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Rambo 3
Rambo 3 is an action movie that came out in the year 1988. It is the third installment of the Rambo series and was among the most entertaining. The story of the third film is quite simple. Rambo's former commanding officer Trautman goes on a mission to help the Afghan freedom fighters in Afghanistan by providing them stinger missiles. They get this help because they are being invaded by the Soviet Union. Trautman is captured by the Soviets and therefore Rambo has to go into Afghanistan to rescue him. This movie was among the top action films of the year and is therefore one of the more appealing in this particular genre.
In the beginning Rambo is living in Thailand and participates in stick fights in order to make extra money and donate to monks. During this time Trautman is looking for him and eventually meets up with him at his home near a monastery site. He is approached by Trautman and a CIA official named Griggs. The CIA official hands him photos including one of a maimed boy and tells him that a war is taking place in Afghanistan. He also tells Rambo that they are seeking to give the Afghan freedom fighters stinger missiles so that they can continue to have the upper hand in the war. However there is one region where the Soviets have complete control and therefore they need to get the missiles to people in that particular region to help the Afghan freedom fighters ensure victory. Trautman tells Rambo that he is going in to assist in the mission. Despite this Rambo refuses and makes it clear that he has no interest in participating in any military combat operations anymore. Shortly after, Trautman follows him and tells him that his true calling is that of a combat soldier and that this is the kind of thing that he is meant to do. Rambo still tells Trautman that he doesn't want to participate and that he will get back in touch with him once they return to the United States.
On the mission, Trautman and his crew are attacked and he himself is captured by a Soviet colonel. The CIA official tells him that Trautman was captured. Rambo decides to go in and rescue him and the CIA official gets him over to Afghanistan through neighboring Pakistan. In Pakistan Rambo meets a man named Mousa Ghani who is a native of Afghanistan and leads him into the country. He tells Rambo where Trautman is being held. They plan their operation infiltrate the Soviet base and free Trautman. However the first attempt fails as Rambo gets into a shootout and is forced to escape. The operation had casualties as a boy that accompanied Rambo and Ghani gets injured. On the next day Rambo goes back into the base and rescues Trautman. They escape by helicopter but it gets shot down. In the end Rambo and Trautman have one final battle with the Soviets and with the help of the Afghans, defeat the Soviets. Rambo and Trautman drive off and go home.
Rambo III is a 1988 action movie with a runtime of 1 hour and 41 minutes. It has received mostly poor reviews from critics and viewers, who have given it an IMDb score of 5.8 and a MetaScore of 36.
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Rambo III is available to watch, stream, download and buy, rent on demand at Amazon, Apple TV, Google Play, YouTube VOD and Vudu. Some platforms allow you to rent Rambo III for a limited time or purchase the movie and download it to your device.
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BkiUd4E4dbghezubFakP | AI e-commerce tech start-up secures investment from fast-growing food and drink wholesaler
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Scottish tech start-up, 443 AI Ltd, has secured seed investment from a fast-growing food and drink wholesale firm to pioneer disruptive online technology in a sector considered to be still struggling with basic e-commerce.
In a month where yet another stalwart of the UK High Street struggles to survive in the face of the rising challenge of e-commerce, and one of the UK's longest-established wholesale operations ditches the cash and carry side of its business, forward-thinking food and drinks wholesaler, Savona Foodservice, announces a pioneering investment in 443 AI.
443 AI has been started by Jason Finch, founder of one of Europe's early web development and internet consultancy firms, over 20 years ago.
Also launching the world's first major wholesale e-commerce operation with pharmaceuticals giant, UniChem (now Alliance Healthcare), in the 1990s, Finch has more recently worked with the UK's largest delivered wholesaler, Palmer and Harvey, where his former firm's software processed over £650 million of orders per annum.
Having last year showcased a prototype AI-based product search, advertising and e-commerce platform to Savona, designed and developed from scratch specifically to meet the unique challenges of wholesale, Finch and Savona have now joined forces to build the future of web-based technologies for wholesalers and distribution companies, starting with the food and drink sector.
Mike Morgan, director and general manager of Savona, will join Finch on the board of 443 AI, which is already recruiting top talent to start the design and build of an initial e-commerce platform, machine learning search engine focused on wholesale, and personalised marketing opportunities for suppliers to foodservice wholesale customers which include hotels, restaurants, bars and cafes as well as care homes and the education sector.
"Foodservice wholesale is actually very complicated and very different to retail, yet a lot of wholesalers are approaching e-commerce by building on top of platforms designed for retail. But wholesale is about selling large volumes and a few seconds extra adding each item to your order adds huge amounts of time to the overall ordering process," explained Morgan.
"Orders often have hundreds of items built up over days not minutes, bespoke pricing for each customer, promotions packages far more complex than retailers operate, there are large cases of single items and split cases, in food and drink there are delivery cut-off times that vary depending on the temperature of products, and brand substitutions that all add to the complexity."
Said Finch: "Wholesalers who have grasped the thorny issue of e-commerce are still seeing fairly basic platforms as innovative, despite the fact they're at least a decade behind in the grander scheme of things. There is so much opportunity in this sector but the margins are wafer-thin so investment in new ordering channels is simply not happening, but wholesalers are starting to wake up to the fact new competitors, including Amazon, are emerging."
443 AI is solving the problems for all wholesalers who want to have a viable, meaningful digital relationship with their customers, and Savona Foodservice is demonstrating its leadership by taking a significant shareholding in 443 AI and an active role in the development of the launch products, pooling the knowledge, experience and expertise to ensure the e-commerce platform and related technology products will be simply market-leading.
Finch recognises the importance of building the right platform with a company that shares his vision: "Savona get it. In the last decade I've come across no other wholesaler that has impressed me so much with its thoughts on innovating in the e-commerce space.
"All the people there know what their customers need and they know how to express that," and he seems sure that the outcome of that can only be an industry leading e-commerce platform that serves customers as it should but does not add unnecessary administrative burden to the wholesaler.
"It's easy for companies to talk the talk, but Savona has invested in the future of their industry, and 443 AI's approach will be disruptive rather than simply creating standard e-commerce websites with a wholesale angle."
"I'm excited about the journey we have started with Jason," explains Kelly Williams, group sales and marketing director of Savona, "and seeing what I have already seen, tells me that we could not be in better hands. Jason is already approaching a broad range of our suppliers and customers to ensure that 443 AI creates a platform that improves not only the speed and efficiency of ordering but also makes it easy for customers to see the new products and promotions offered by our suppliers."
Well-funded, and with a short roadmap before the launch of the initial version of the e-commerce platform, 443 AI is set to completely disrupt the food and drink sector's e-commerce market, and Savona Foodservice will lead the charge within their customer base.
Finch concluded: "443 AI understands the importance of ongoing customer research and feedback, of creating modern mobile-responsive highly usable web software, and Savona's board are all positive and understand there is a lot we can learn from the big boys of web technology and the leaders of retail e-commerce. Together, we can transform digital trading for wholesalers and improve the sales process through cutting-edge personalisation and machine-learning technology."
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Mike Morgan (director and general manager, Savona)
Mike has around 20 years' operational and general management foodservice experience, encompassing wholesale giants Bidvest and Brakes, and world-class distribution companies Martin Brower and Weddel Swift. Prior to joining the board of Savona, where Mike is responsible for the entire Oxford operation, delivering right across the south of England, his most notable previous leadership role was during the contract for the supply of food to the 2012 Olympic Games for 3663. Despite having a wife and two children, he still finds time to shoot clay pigeons and travel.
Kelly Williams (group sales and marketing director, Savona)
Kelly has worked for most of her successful sales career in the wholesale foodservice industry, and most of that for Ilfracombe Wholesale Grocers before the acquisition by Savona Foodservice. Having worked from telesales through field sales and into sales management, she was appointed a company director and then took group sales and marketing responsibility. Travel, family and dogs all play a huge part in her life outside work.
Jason Finch (CEO, 443 AI)
Helicopter pilot, snowboarder and obsessed with Artificial Intelligence since graduating with a degree in AI-based Computer Science in 1994, Jason says he hates technology but is a serial tech entrepreneur, wrote regular tech business features for Better Wholesaling magazine and developed most of the code for wholesaler, P&H's, first e-commerce platform. He is now an official mentor to the Women in Wholesale organisation and has helped many High Street retailers and brands as diverse as Apple Education, Lotus Cars, English National Ballet and Toshiba Europe to get online.
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BkiUfKnxK7IDA31U1zih | Each November, Americans set aside time to give thanks for the year's blessings, and to hold feasts in appreciation of harvests. In 1621, Thanksgiving was celebrated at the Plymouth Plantation; it has been celebrated nationally on and off since 1789, after a proclamation by George Washington. It is now a national holiday that takes place on the fourth Thursday of November. Parades, harvest festivals, and joining together with family and friends are traditions enjoyed throughout the country.
Staff, faculty, and American students at CU Denver extend that tradition to the family of international students at the university.
"…the opportunity to travel in the world.
"…to my kind professor for everything.
"…all the American people that are showing acceptance and kindness during these times.
From the looks of the wide smiles at every table, the spirit of Thanksgiving was flourishing.
To learn more about the Office of International Affairs, University of Colorado Denver, visit online.
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Coach insurance specialist, McCarron Coates, is calling on the UK Government and Chancellor Rishi Sunak, to look deep into their souls and examine whether the continued inexplicable failure to support the UK coach industry is actually rooted in blatant ageism.
At a time when the removal of Sue Barker as the host of A Question of Sport and commentator Clive Tyldesley from ITV sport have already sparked cries of ageism – a topic discussed openly by entertainment stars such as Madonna and Arlene Phillips – McCarron Coates says there is an argument to say that a lack of support for the UK coach industry is down to the fact that nobody really cares about whether or not older people can have holidays.
Although travel corridors have been swiftly opened for air travellers and the UK bus and tram sector funded to the tune of £700m, McCarron Coates believes coaches have been written off as a casualty of the pandemic as, apart from operators, the vast majority of people who will suffer are the over-60s.
Britain's "invisible" demographic was shown to be a frequent victim of ageist discrimination when the report by the Centre for Ageing Better, 'Doddery but Dear' was published in March. 48% of those surveyed admitted to having been ageist at some point. As David Sinclair, director of the International Longevity Centre, said: "Tackling ageism means tackling patronising attitudes to older people."
Speaking on 'Wake up to Money' this morning, Jenna Rush, founder of Honk for Hope and MD of North East Coach Travel said of her attempts to elicit support from the UK Government, "For some reason, they're ignoring coach companies. It's as if we're not even here." McCarron Coates believes that is because coach operators have been bracketed with the invisible generation.
Paul Coates, a director of McCarron Coates who has attended Honk for Hope rallies, says: "The Government is failing not just coach operators but also the older generation who are faced with having little or no means of enjoying travel and holidays – either in the UK or abroad – if the coach sector is wiped out. The Government may see that as just unavoidable collateral damage caused by coronavirus and think that the industry will re-form, at some point. What it is failing to see is that the industry is run mainly by family firms, who have given personal guarantees to buy coaches that the Government has insisted they need, fitted with eco-features and wheelchair facilities and other things required to suit legislation. When their business goes, so will the whole family's livelihood and probably their homes too.
"There will be no bouncing back, no new coach sector provided by dedicated family firms caring about more mature travellers, no chance for those with health conditions that prevent them travelling abroad for insurance reasons, to have any holiday at all. Operators will be bankrupt."
Fellow director, Ian McCarron, adds, "It's like someone in an ivory tower is saying, "We don't care whether mature people get a holiday, they've had a good run, why should they need any more trips?" It's inextricably linked to a distinct lack of support for UK theatres – another pleasure for older generations. We cannot help but view it as rampant ageism and, unfortunately, this discrimination against a sector that predominantly serves the retired and semi-retired is leading to the demise of the UK coach sector."
McCarron Coates is demanding that Whitehall examines its conscience, recognises that the leisure opportunities available to older people do matter and also puts pressure on finance companies to extend payment holidays to coach operators paying off finance deals.
It also demands that the Government builds more thought into strategies like the Rule of Six, recognising that it is the younger demographic that is driving coronavirus infection but the older generation that is suffering because of it, in every possible way. Applying a blanket Rule of Six on older people, who will not be in contact with party goers, ravers and younger people within workplaces, but travelling safely on a coach, is again totally unfair.
"The Government talks about its concern for those largely living in self-isolation and voluntarily shielding and yet is killing off an industry that could give them some safe escape and a chance to have a real life and something new to enjoy for a few days," says Paul Coates. "It's double-standards all the way and we have to believe ageism is at the heart of the total lack of support for the UK coach sector and the 42,000 jobs that rely on it. There is no other explanation for the way in which the pleas of the sector are just continually waved away, when the Government is pouring millions into bus transport that its favoured younger people do not wish to travel on anyway, as they are now used to working from home."
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BkiUbAg5qsNCPV6Yi7jN | Snow and freezing rain in the forecast for Delaware Wednesday
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Snow and rain are in the forecast for Delaware this week, and that may mean a messy commute for drivers upstate.
Another winter storm will start moving through the area Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service. There will be snow, sleet and freezing rain.
"The chances for snow really go up Wednesday morning, and it could impact the Wednesday morning rush," said Chad Shafer with the National Weather Service in Mount Holly.
As the day goes on, the snow will transition to rain. New Castle County will be impacted most and drivers there may also have a messy evening commute, marked by mixed precipitation and sleet.
"By Wednesday night, it should all be rain," Shafer said.
Here's a closer look at what to expect over the next few days both up and downstate:
Northern Delaware
Tuesday night: A slight chance of snow after 4 a.m.
Wednesday: Snow before 2 p.m., then rain and snow between 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. Rain, snow and sleet after 5 p.m. Chance of precipitation is 90 percent. Accumulations of 2 to 4 inches possible.
Wednesday night: Rain, snow and sleet before 7 p.m., then rain and snow between 7 p.m. and 8 p.m., then rain. Chance of precipitation is 80 percent. Accumulations between a quarter and half inch possible.
Thursday: A chance of rain before 1 p.m.
Tuesday: High 28, low 26
Wednesday: High 36, low 34
Thursday: High 53, low 33
Watch out for:
Slippery roads are likely late Wednesday and early Thursday.
Tuesday night: A chance of snow after 4 a.m.
Wednesday: Snow likely before 10 a.m., then rain and snow between 10.a.m. and noon. Rain in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 90 percent. New snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible.
Wednesday night: Rain.
Thursday: Rain likely before 1 p.m., then a chance of showers.
Winds could gust as high as 24 miles per hour Wednesday.
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LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — A Louisiana prosecutor is seeking an August execution date for a convicted child rapist and murderer in what would be the state's first execution in almost 10 years.
The American Press reports that the Calcasieu District Attorney's Office filed a death warrant Wednesday requesting that Jason Manuel Reeves receive a lethal injection on Aug. 19.
Reeves was convicted of first-degree murder for abducting 4-year-old Mary Jean Thigpen in 2001, raping the child and stabbing her 16 times. After a 2003 mistrial, he was sentenced to death in 2004.
The U.S. Supreme Court denied Reeves' appeal last month.
The newspaper says the execution is unlikely to take place in August because executions are on hold as Louisiana faces challenges finding companies willing to supply the drugs needed for lethal injections.
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BkiUcznxK1ThhBMLf3tW | Ninth annual Canton Blues Fest features free all-day music on June 18-19
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CANTON, OHIO (June 11, 2010) – The Northeast's premier Blues Festival, Canton Blues Festival has a 2010 lineup that's sure to strike a chord with blues fans large and small! The ninth installment of the FREE outdoor summer festival is happening in downtown Canton on Friday, June 18, and Saturday, June 19, and will feature headliners Elvin Bishop on Friday, June 18 at 8:30 p.m. and Hot Tuna Electric on Saturday, June 19 at 8:30 p.m., along with music ALL DAY from noon to 10:30 p.m.! About Elvin Bishop Late one night when Elvin Bishop was 14 or 15, the atmospheric conditions a little rough, Jimmy Reed's harmonica came cutting through the static from WLAC in Nashville, and Elvin Bishop's life was changed – he found the good part of rock and roll he had been looking for. Today, Bishop is a slide guitar great with more than 45-years of blues under his belt. About Hot Tuna Electric From their days playing together as teenagers, to their time in The Jefferson Airplane, to their current acoustic and electric blues, no one has more consistently led American music for the last 50 years than Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady, the founders and continuing core members of Hot Tuna Electric. Album has followed album – more than two dozen in all, and they continue to develop their interests and styles, both together and in individual pursuits. Visit CantonBluesFest.com for a full list of festival performers, including special guest stars John Lee Hooker, Jr. and Ana Popovic! Blues Fest VIP Passes are available again this year. Buy your two-day pass online for $75 and take advantage of FREE food, beer and incredible views of the stage. One-day Blues Fest VIP Membership passes are also available for $45. Visit CantonBluesFest.com to purchase. The Canton Regional Chamber of Commerce's 2010 Canton Blues Fest is made possible in part by Cormony Development and Standard Plumbing and Heating Co. and sponsors including Schauer Insurance Group, Buxton Roofing, The Repository, AEP Ohio, Terry's Tire Town, Mix 94.1 and News-Talk 1480 WHBC, Blue Moon, Downtown Canton Special Improvement District, PPI Graphics, General RV, Phil and Nancy Sonner and Lee Spencer Photography.
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BkiUdZs4uzlhjV1b1p4t | Hawker Beechcraft may be a brand-new company, but it is celebrating 60 years of building the Bonanza piston single - a milestone no other aircraft has achieved. Since its initial type certification on 25 March 1947, more than 18,000 Bonanzas have been delivered and the latest G36 model brings the iconic aircraft into the 21st century with a Garmin G1000 integrated flightdeck, smoother engine and updated interior.
Throughout its 60-year production run many facets of the Bonanza have been updated. The original A336 was powered by a 165hp (125kW) six-cylinder Continental E-165, which gave the four-seater a top speed of 160kt (295km/h). The six-seat G36 has a 300hp six-cylinder Teledyne Continental IO-550B Special Edition, mass balanced for smoother operation at all RPMs. Turning a three-bladed metal 2.03m (6.66ft)-diameter Hartzell constant-speed propeller, this engine gives the G36 a maximum speed of 174kt.
The same basic engine is used in the Bonanza's closest competitor, the Cirrus SR22. Rated at 310hp in the normally aspirated SR22, the IO-550 gives the four-seater a cruise speed of 185kt. The smaller, less-expensive SR22 has a full-fuel payload of 301kg (664lb), while the G36 has a full- fuel payload of 303kg.
While the newer SR22 is slicker, and even with fixed gear goes faster than the G36, it seats only four. With the ability to seat six and a sizeable internal baggage capacity, the G36 offers payload flexibility and Beechcraft's reputation for quality. For years the Bonanza has represented the gold standard in piston-powered general aviation aircraft.
While composites use in GA aircraft continues to increase, a well-designed conventional aluminium structure can be just as efficient. While most GA aircraft are certified in the normal category, with a +3.8g load-factor limit, the G36 is a utility-category aircraft with dual wing spars and a maximum g limitation of +4.4. The 154kt landing-gear and flap maximum extension speeds are yet another indication of the Bonanza's robust airframe.
While the sturdy airframe is relatively unchanged in the evolution from A36 to G36, the instrument panel has undergone a radical upgrade with the introduction of a Garmin G1000 integrated avionics system. This flat-panel display suite is offered on a variety of piston GA aircraft ranging from Cessna's 182 Skylane to its Citation Mustang very light jet. In the G36 the G1000 provides two 10.4in (26.4cm) liquid-crystal displays and is fully integrated with a Garmin GFC 700 autopilot.
The G1000 offers features unheard of in GA until several years ago. The two screens are typically configured as a primary flight display (PFD) and multifunction display (MFD). Either can display all required information in a back-up mode should the other screen fail. Dual-integrated radio units provide instrument flight rules-approved GPS and instrument landing system navigation and approach capabilities. A Honeywell KN 63 DME is available as an option. Dual VHF comm radios have 8.33kHz channel spacing.
A Mode S transponder is also standard, as is a traffic information system (TIS). This uses Mode S to uplink traffic information from ground radar sites. Opposing traffic is displayed on the MFD's map display, but conflict resolution guidance is not available. L-3's Skywatch traffic advisory system is available as an option, and is similar to TCAS as it displays nearby transponder-equipped aircraft.
A terrain awareness and warning system is standard, terrain and obstacles being displayed on the MFD's map display and also in an inset window on the primary flight display. XM WX satellite datalink weather capability is built into the G1000 avionics suite, its availability and use subject to a subscription fee. XM Satellite digital radio is also available on a subscription basis.
On a cold wintery Kansas day Flight International was able to fly Hawker Beechcraft's glass-panelled Bonanza. Demonstration pilot Justin White conducted the pre-flight inspection of the 60th Anniversary Limited Edition Bonanza on the ramp at Beech Field. The test aircraft sported the two most popular options for new Bonanzas: an air conditioner and heated propeller. The air conditioner is primarily used on the ground, and was not needed on the -2ºC (28.4ºF) day. To heat the propeller, thermostatic strips are placed near the root of each of the three blades. Unlike its twin-engined Baron sibling, the Bonanza is not certificated for flight in icing conditions. The hot prop is seen as safety net, allowing a measured departure from an unintended icing encounter.
While still on the ramp I sampled the club four seats in the aft cabin. The 1.14m (3.7ft)-wide double-entry doors allowed ready access to the passenger compartment. Six large windows made the cabin feel open and airy. Subjectively, the cabin felt roomier than that of the larger Eclipse 500 very light jet, whose window size is constrained by the demands of pressurisation. Entry into the cockpit was through the overwing pilot's door on the right hand side of the aircraft. The leather seat moves fore-aft adjustment, but has no height adjustment. Head room was good for my moderate height, but my head did brush the moveable sun visor when it was stowed against the ceiling.
The instrument panel is neatly arranged with the two displays mounted side by side. Conventional standby instruments are located on the far right-hand side of the instrument panel. While the likelihood of a dual display failure is quite remote, I would have preferred them in a more central location. Below the displays, the cockpit is standard Bonanza.
With the two batteries switched on before engine start, only the left display was available. In a compacted mode, it showed PFD information as well as engine data. Once primed, the fuel-injected engine fired immediately after the starter was engaged. After setting an idle RPM of 1,000 and switching on the avionics masters, I familiarised myself with the G1000 avionics.
A round-robin flight plan was selected and activated from one of the several stored in the G1000. As I found in the Skylane, manual entry of a flight plan can be tedious using the cursor knob and entry button. Perhaps one day Garmin will allow flight plan entry from a personal digital assistant via the infrared receiver on each display. The full-screen horizon line on the attitude director portion of the PFD was bracketed by tape-type airspeed and altitude displays. Directly above are autopilot and flight director mode status annunciators. Navigation and communication radio frequencies are also displayed along the top of the display. Twelve soft keys on the bottom of the display offer access to menu pages for system and display control. On the PFD I particularly liked the 2in x 2in inset window that can show traffic, weather, terrain, obstacles and other crew-alerting information.
The right screen was configured as an MFD with a large map display as well as engine instruments and monitoring information. The autopilot control panel is located along the left-hand edge of the MFD bezel. The altitude select knob at the bottom of the panel is composed of an outer and inner ring, setting thousands and hundreds of feet. I found the two-knob system to be less intuitive than the single-knob altitude selectors found on most transport-category aircraft.
During the taxi to runway 36 I monitored our position on the airfield in the PFD map window, which can be set to a scale as large as 500ft. Propeller RPM was 2,700 and 28.2in manifold pressure attained for the take-off roll. I was surprised by how little right rudder pedal pressure was required to counteract the propeller-induced yawing and maintain centreline. On a standard day and maximum take-off weight of 1,656kg (3,650lb) a ground roll of 296m is listed, and was approximated by our actual ground roll. I rotated the aircraft at 72kt indicated airspeed and followed the flight director's "V" command bar to hold heading and climb at 700ft/min (3.55m/s). Gear retraction time was less than 5s, and minor pitch force changes due to flap retraction were easily compensated with electric trim. One neat feature of the G1000 is the transponder turning on automatically at lift-off and off on touchdown.
The turn out of traffic and initial climb to 6,500ft were hand-flown, allowing me to evaluate the Bonanza's control harmony. Subjectively I found roll and pitch forces to be well balanced. Sky conditions for the flight were broken clouds, and once above the cloud tops bright sunlight prevailed. The LCD screens were easily read in direct sunlight. Proper rudder application to maintain co-ordinated flight as airspeed varied was helped by referencing the slip indicator below the triangular bank indicator. As in the Skylane, I found the G1000's long horizon line a great aid for maintaining wings-level flight.
Once level at 6,500ft I engaged the autopilot, clearly annunciated above the attitude director indicator portion of the PFD. Shortly after level-off the TIS pointed out several conflicting targets along our route of flight. With the traffic's relative position presented on the MFD we were able to quickly gain and maintain visual contact in the visual flight rules environment. To approximate long-range cruise 23in manifold pressure and 2,300RPM were set, the Bonanza maintaining 156kt indicated and 169kt true airspeed.
I used the soft keys on the bottom of the MFD to select the engine-management lean page. Both cylinder head temperature and exhaust gas temperature are presented, but the latter is used for the most fuel efficient flow. Range rings on the MFD showed available cruise range both with and without reserve based on current ground speed. The rings expanded and contracted as fuel flow was adjusted to its optimum. Beechcraft lists a maximum-range speed of 149kt true airspeed and range of 1,650km (890nm) with four occupants at 8,000ft pressure altitude and with a 45min reserve. At these same conditions a maximum-speed cruise is listed at 174kt and yields a range of 1,230km. During the cruise portion of the flight, cabin noise was louder than a jet, but noise cancelling headsets provided a comfortable environment.
While still at 6,500ft the autopilot was disengaged to get a feel for the Bonanza's slow-speed handling characteristics. With the propeller control set full forward, manifold pressure was adjusted to maintain 75kt indicated. Approximately a quarter of the available right rudder was required to maintain co-ordinated straight-and-level flight. A series of 30º-bank turns were conducted, which showed roll and yaw control forces to be well harmonised. Next the wings were levelled and 14.3in manifold pressure set in preparation for a clean configuration stall. Slowing at about 1kt/s, an audible stall warning sounded at 71kt. Further slowing produced a mild wing rock that was successfully counteracted with both ailerons and rudder. At 65kt there was a noticeable g break. Relaxing aft yoke pressure and advancing the throttle recovered the aircraft from the stall.
With slow-speed manoeuvring complete the autopilot was engaged for transit to Newton, Kansas, where an ILS approach would be conducted. The ILS17 was selected and activated. An intercept leg to the initial approach fix of HARVS was selected, joining the published procedure between the feeder fix of STONS and HARVS.
The heading lateral mode of the autopilot was used to position the aircraft on an intercept heading for leg capture. The MFD's map provided a good overall view of our position relative to the desired ground track, but one bit of useful information was missing, a heading bezel. While a correct heading could be divined by referencing both the PFD and MFD, having a heading bezel on the map would have allowed for more intuitive operation. Using the vertical speed mode of the autopilot, a descent to 3,200ft was initiated. Vertical speed was controlled by pitch alone, the pilot selecting the desired rate by pressing the "up" or "down" buttons on the autopilot control panel.
Inbound to HARVS in navigation mode the autopilot automatically turned and tracked outbound from the initial approach fix for the procedure turn. The 45º offset turn to fly the "barb" was flown in heading mode as the system will not automatically fly the entire procedure turn. A left-hand 180º turn was completed to establish an intercept heading to the localiser. The Garmin avionics automatically identified the localiser, presenting its "ICAC" identifier letters in the upper left-hand portion of the PFD. Approach mode was armed, and the autopilot smoothly captured and tracked inbound on the localiser.
Before the glideslope intercept the landing gear was lowered and flaps set to approach. The throttle was adjusted to maintain 100kt. The autopilot accurately tracked both the localiser and glideslope. One omission in the G1000 avionics system became obvious approaching the published decision altitude of 1,730ft. The system lacks the ability to set an altitude "bug" independent of the autopilot/flight director system, and altitudes for the autopilot and flight director to display and capture are limited to increments of 100ft. At decision altitude the autopilot was clicked off and a climb to 1,000ft initiated. During the climb the gear and flaps were retracted. Once level, a turn to a visual left downwind for runway 35 was entered, as surface winds were 10-15kt out of the north-west.
On downwind, abeam the end of the runway, I lowered the landing gear and extended the flaps to approach. Base turn was started when the runway end was 45º past the wing line and an idle power descent initiated. The short power-on final approach was flown at flaps full and 90kt. Approaching the end of the runway the throttle was retarded to idle. The flare manoeuvre was initiated several feet above the runway and pitch attitude gradually increased until the Bonanza gently settled on the runway at 80kt.
During the roll-out the trim was reset and flaps retracted to approach for the touch and go. Right rudder was required as full throttle was applied for the go portion. Two more visual approaches to touch-and-go landings were flown to Newton's runway 35. During these manoeuvres I again found the Bonanza's flight controls to be well harmonised. Engine power was responsive and easy to modulate, allowing for accurate airspeed control. While the Bonanza is a capable aircraft, it is still a piston and should be more forgiving in the landing pattern than more complicated multi-engine aircraft.
Return to Beech Field was at 3,000ft, again with the autopilot engaged. The RNAV GPS approach runway 18 to Beech Field was selected and activated. A direct course to DOLBE, a point outside the final approach fix of TOBEE, was selected and flown in lateral navigation mode. The autopilot accurately tracked the approach, while the MFD's map display greatly improved situational awareness. The aircraft was configured with gear down and flaps set to approach before the final approach fix.
At TOBEE I used the vertical speed mode to start down to the minimum descent altitude of 1,760ft. Passing 2,000ft (600ft above ground level), the autopilot was clicked off and a visual downwind for runway 36 entered, the winds still 10-15kt out of the north-west.
Again I found the Bonanza easy to handle in the traffic pattern. The full-stop landing was even smoother than those at Newton, no doubt due to my increasing experience. Once slowed to taxi speed, the Bonanza's nosewheel steering allowed accurate tracking of taxiway centrelines. Back on the factory ramp, shutdown and post-flight procedures were easily accomplished.
Flight time was 1h 4min, with a relatively long block time of 1h 38min due to my pre-take-off familiarisation with the G1000 avionics. While the migration of glass cockpits downward from transport-category to GA aircraft offers the potential for the greatest safety enhancement in years, it is imperative the pilot thoroughly knows the integrated avionics and remembers that "see and avoid" and "dead reckoning" are not merely catchphrases.
In continuous production since 1947, the Bonanza has evolved into a capable personal transport, the large cabin and ability to seat six giving it operational flexibility. The G36 is the latest and most polished Bonanza, the Garmin G1000 flightdeck and GFC700 autopilot offering surprising capabilities. The Bonanza has earned a loyal following over the years, and the updated G36 seems well-placed to continue that tradition. | c4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
BkiUdtLxK02iP15vgZFd | Karachi, January 08, 2019 (PPI-OT): The delegation from Houston Karachi Sister City Association (HKSCA) under the leadership of Muhammad Saeed Sheikh President -HKSCA met with Engr. Daroo Khan Achakzai President FPCCI and Senior Vice President Dr. Mirza Ikhtiar Baig at Federation House. Saeed Sheikh highlighted the linkages between Karachi and Houston which were declared twin cities and emphasized the need people to people connectivity and cultural harmony for a closer understanding. Saeed Sheikh informed that the Mayor of Houston will be visiting Pakistan during 2019 and discussed the arrangements of the Mayor's visit to Karachi.
Engr. Daroo Khan welcomed the delegation and described the importance of metropolitan cities in process of economic development. He also highlighted the issues and challenges being faced by business community in trade with Unities States. Dr. Mirza Ikhtiar Baig, explained the statistical determinate of Pakistan and Unities States is the largest trading partner of Pakistan. He proposed that Federation of Pakistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) to sign MoU with HKSCA during the forthcoming visit of the Mayor of Houston to Karachi. Dr. Baig said that there is vibrant Pakistani community residing in USA engaged in business and trade always supported Pakistan.
The meeting concluded that there is the urgent need to explore the economic and social potential between Pakistan and United States and Karachi may need to link with Houston to explore the possibilities of economic progress. The Vice Presidents FPCCI Noor Ahmed Khan, Muslim Mohamedi, Ismail Sattar Arshad Jamal and Maqsood Naz also attended the meeting and shared their views. | c4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
BkiUgI_xK1UJ-rRICE5K | Hotel Romance › Spa treatment › Mineral springs and colonnades
Colonnades and mineral springs Karlovy Vary
Mineral springs Karlovy Vary - the city is unique due to its 13 curative springs, which have been emerging for over 600 years from the earth. It is recommended to drink the springs usually 3 times a day, 40-45 minutes before a meal in average amounts of 700-1000 ml per day. Individual springs differ in their temperature and content of dissolved carbon dioxide. Individual drinking cure is determined on the basis of a medical consultation with a spa doctor. We will gladly arrange a medical consultation for you in the spa facility.
The springs are located in five colonnades: Hot Spring Colonnade, Market Colonnade, Castle Colonnade, Mill Colonnade and Park Colonnade. The Hot Spring, Market and Castle Colonnade are in close proximity to the Hotel Romance. The remaining colonnades are just in 3-5 minute walking distance from the hotel.
Hot Spring Colonnade
This modern reinforced concrete colonnade in the functionalist style from 1975 covers the most famous mineral spring - the Hot Spring - spring No. 1. The geyser releases about 2,000 liters of mineral water/minute on average. Today, it is the only source used for baths. However, the Hot Spring is also used for drinking cure. In the area of the colonnade, there are 5 spring water containers with the temperatures of 72 °C, 57 °C and 41 °C.
Market Colonnade
Richly carved wooden colonnade in Swiss style was built between 1882-1883, designed by the famous Viennese architects Fellner and Helmer. In the interior of the Market Colonnade can be found three mineral springs:
The Charles IV spring - temperature 64 °C, spring No. 2
Lower Castle Spring I. - temperature 61 °C, spring No. 3a
Market Spring - temperature 65,2 °C, spring No. 5
Castle Colonnade
The Art Nouveau style Castle Colonnade was rebuilt into a modern spa complex - the Castle Spa - at the beginning of the 21st century. Inside of the Castle Spa can be seen the relief of the Spirit of the springs and the Lower Castle Spring II. - temperature 55 °C, spring No. 3b. The relief and the spring are only accessible to clients of the Castle Spa. In a freely accessible pavilion above the Castle Spa, the Upper Castle Spring is brought out - temperature 56 °C, spring No. 4.
Mill Colonnade
It is the largest Karlovy Vary colonnade, which was built between 1871-1881 based on the project of an outstanding Czech architect Josef Zítek. The colonnade is decorated with twelve sandstone allegorical statues representing the months of the year. In its interior, five mineral springs rise:
Mill Spring - temperature 56° C, spring No. 6
Rusalka Spring - temperature 60° C, spring No. 7
Prince Wenceslas I. Spring - temperature 65° C, spring No. 8a
Prince Wenceslas II. Spring - temperature 64,3° C, spring No. 8b
Libuše Spring - temperature 63° C, spring No. 9
Rock Spring - temperature 45° C, spring No. 10
Next to the Mill Colonnade, there is a separate pavilion with the Freedom Spring - temperature 60 °C, spring No. 11.
Park Colonnade
This cast iron colonnade from the Viennese architects Fellner and Helmer was built in 1880. Today's colonnade is only a fraction of the 19th century building, but fortunately has been preserved to this day, mainly due to the reconstruction in 2002. Under the roof of the Park Colonnade or nearby, following curative springs can be found:
Snake Spring - temperature 30 °C, spring No. 15
Park Spring - temperature 47 °C, spring No. 12 | commoncrawl | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUdeE4dbgg3WyitLQ2 | The Freemasons are the world\'s most well-known secret society, and are the subject of countless parodies and conspiracy theories. But who are they exactly? Mo Rocca ventures inside Masonic Lodges to find out. | c4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
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BkiUd7U4uBhhxNZlV75S | German Scholars Revolt Against OECD and PISA Domination by Exam
International Testing
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I recently received a letter from Professor Dr. Jochen Krautz, a professor of art education at the University of Wuppertal. Dr. Krautz is a critic of the PISA examinations, for reasons he makes clear in the posted article, which he wrote with economist Silja Graupe.
The article is aptly titled "From Yardstick to Hegemony," and it analyzes the steady expansion of PISA, first seen as a yardstick, but eventually evolving into a means of disrupting the cultures and educational systems of every nation it tests.
As early as 1961, the OECD issued a conference volume in which its goals were clear:
The conference was explicitly not about setting standards which would do justice to respective national traditions of education and education policy. On the contrary, the new standard was geared toward overruling all traditional concepts. The same conference volume states that, with regard to developing countries, it would be "nothing short of cutting a million people loose from a way of life that has constituted their living environment for hundreds or thousands of years. Everything achieved by these countries' schools and education until now has served social and religious aims which have primarily allowed for resignation and spiritual comfort; things that completely go against any economic sense of progress. Changing these century-old approaches may perhaps be the most difficult yet also most important task for education to accomplish in developing countries."5 It is important to note here that the OECD includes the nations of Europe in this circle of developing countries. Germany, for example, "due to its decentralized school administration system (…) may also be considered a somewhat underdeveloped country with regard to its education policy".6 The obvious consequence is that Germany is to be subjected to cultural uprooting as well.
The OECD program has declared war on the established plurality of educational goals and discourses (which have consistently reflected and renewed these goals) in order to replace it with a single novel concept: "Schools should lay the very foundation for the attitudes, desires and expectations motivating a nation to pursue progress and to think and act economically."7 It is no longer about teaching people how to set their own standards in a socially responsible manner. Instead, the goal of education is to achieve "competency in constant adaptation",8 particularly with regard to adaptation to abstract economic demands. The OECD Conference documentation of 1961 declares unequivocally:9 "It goes without saying that the educational system must be an aggregate of the economy, it is just as necessary to prepare people for the economy as real assets and machines. The educational system is now equal to highways, steel works and chemical fertilizers".10 Thus the claim can be made "without blushing and with good economic conscience" that "the accumulation of intellectual capital is comparable to the accumulation of real capital – and in the long range may outmatch it".11 The OECD has adhered to this same human capital theory until the very present. In the OECD book Human Capital of 2007 one reads for instance that "individual capabilities" are "a kind of capital – an asset just like a spinning wheel or a flour mill" which can "yield returns".12 Congruously the OECD has since 1961 considered education to be an "economic investment" in humans,13 where teachers – as the "production factor"14 – and students – as the "raw material"15 – play a decisive role. Today the willingness and ability to adapt is even considered by the OECD as a core competence.16 Its concept of literacy – embodied in the term reading competency – has meanwhile become the basis for Germany's education standards and is primarily geared to "how well adults use information to function in society and the economy"….
The environment to which pupils and students are to adapt is not the economy of real experience but rather a mere ideal concept generated by mainstream economists, particularly those of the Chicago School of Economics who, in their pursuit of "economic imperialism"18, have applied it to education: Its concept of a market is a purely abstract super-conscious price and coordination mechanism according to which all human activity must be aligned. What this unrealistic worldview setting in turn impedes is any critique or will to change because rather than being understood by the public as a theoretical construct it is, according to the neoliberal economist August Hayek, accepted by most as an immediately evident truth.19 Whether they are true or false, economic theories and all assessments based on these (such as PISA) determine reality. Those who choose criteria as a yardstick for everything else establish an arbitrary point of standardization where verification need not be feared.20 These ungrounded criteria then become – untested and without further thought – the defining norm for all further actions. As long as people believe having more PISA points is better than less in order to be successful economically they will, of course, do everything they can to acquire more. Education is then forced to uncritically yield to the pressure of comparative assessment, even if it is based on pure assertion.
If you believe that education should be based on humanistic goals, or that it should be tied to concepts of democratic citizenship, or to some other paradigm, you are out of luck. PISA has decided that the purpose of education is economic competition and development.
Please read this essay. It is enlightening.
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BkiUdOY5qoYDgc3N6cDX | Sydney Spring Carnival spreads its wings with The Golden Eagle
December 5, 2018 by Mark Mazzaglia
Home > Sydney Spring Carnival spreads its wings with The Golden Eagle
Racing New South Wales and The Australian Turf Club have ignited new initiatives to extend the Sydney Spring Carnival with the announcement of an added race to the racing calendar, the $7.5m The Golden Eagle.
Caulfield Guineas winner The Autumn Sun, above, could be an ideal candidate for The Golden Eagle at Rosehill. Photo by Ultimate Racing Photos.
The Golden Eagle will be a race exclusively for four year olds and will be run over 1500m at set weights at Rosehill with the initial running to be on November 2, 2019.
"The Golden Eagle is the first feature race on the Australian Racing Calendar exclusively for four-year-old horses," said Racing NSW Chairman, Mr Russell Balding AO.
"We believe The Golden Eagle will be attractive in retaining our top three-year-olds to race on as four-year-olds and benefit the racing industry, underpinning the strength of racing in NSW and Australia more broadly."
"The Golden Eagle strengthens our spring carnival and provides a further highlight for spring racing in Sydney. It also opens up the possibility of attracting runners from diverse form lines including The Everest, the Sydney Stakes and the Epsom Hcp."
As well as announcing the introduction of The Golden Eagle, ATC Chairman, Mr Matt McGrath said the $7.5m race for the four year olds will also be the third leg of the new Golden Slam at Rosehill, with a $5 million bonus offered to any horse that can win the Golden Slipper at two, the Golden Rose at three and The Golden Eagle as a four-year-old.
"The Golden Eagle is an exciting development, which will bring together the best sprinter-milers of their generation at an age when they have fully matured," said ATC Chairman, Mr Matt McGrath.
"We are excited by The Golden Eagle, which alongside Rosehill's other great races in the Golden Slipper and Golden Rose, creates a Golden Slam that only champions can dream of," Mr McGrath continued.
The Golden Eagle will now become the third richest race in the world on turf behind $13m The Everest and the France's €5,000,000 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.
"Now having the third richest race on turf in the world behind The Everest and the France's Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, Sydney's west has the perfect day to celebrate," Racing NSW Chief Executive, Mr Peter V'landys AM.
Racing New South Wales also announced two more alterations to the Sydney Spring Carnival program with the introduction of the a new $1 million three-year-old and a $1 million two-year-old race.
The new $1 million Bondi Stakes will be run at Royal Randwick for three-year-olds over a distance of 1600m on 26 October 2019 while the Golden Gift, an 1100m race for two-year-olds which was first run by the ATC in 2015, will now be run for $1 million prizemoney on Saturday, 9 November 2019.
Below are the Feature Races on the major 2019 Sydney Spring Carnival race days.
7 September 2019 Royal Randwick Chelmsford Stakes Weight for Age
14 September 2019 Rosehill Gardens Run to the Rose 3YOs SW
21 September 2019 Royal Randwick George Main Stakes Weight for Age
28 September 2019 Rosehill Gardens Golden Rose 3YOs SW
5 October 2019 Royal Randwick Epsom Hcp Handicap
12 October 2019 Royal Randwick Spring Champion Stakes 3YOs SW
19 October 2019 Royal Randwick The TAB Everest Weight for Age
26 October 2019 Royal Randwick Bondi Stakes 3YOs SW
2 November 2019 Rosehill Gardens The Golden Eagle 4YOs SW
9 November 2019 Rosehill Gardens Golden Gift 2YOs SW
Mark Mazzaglia
Mark is a passionate journalist with a life-time involvement in the racing industry. He spent many years as an analyst and form expert at the Courier Mail and also has hands-on experience working with some of Queensland's top trainers. | commoncrawl | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUddg4uzlh5RkAvoxQ | Canadian Clinic Operator to Launch…
Canadian Clinic Operator to Launch Compass Australia
Published by NCV Newswire
Compass Cannabis Clinics Launches International Venture
CALGARY, Alberta, June 11, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — 10330698 Canada Ltd. (dba Compass Cannabis Clinics, "Compass") is pleased to announce that it has entered into a letter of intent with Dr. Teresa Towpik which will signal the launch of its operations in Australia under a joint venture entity to be known as Compass Australia. Dr. Towpik is a global leading cannabis expert and physician. She has been a general practitioner in Australia since 1993, where Dr. Towpik has become a leading advocate for patient access to medicinal cannabis since it became legalized in Australia in 2016. Dr. Towpik continues to play an important role in prescribing medicinal cannabis while the process for patient access continues to improve in Australia. She is also the founder of MediHuanna, an organization that provides science-based medicinal cannabis education for physicians and health professionals through the comprehensive curriculum that she developed. The joint venture operation will also be supported with the addition of Dr. Towpik as Chief Medical Officer and a director of Compass Australia, and MediHuanna's Managing Director Paul Bulkiewicz as a director of Compass Australia. Mr. Bulkiewicz brings a wealth of knowledge in cannabis education and is actively engaged in the creation of physician-focused and accredited curriculum highlighting the role of cannabis in healthcare.
In response to Australia's growing need for physician and patient education, Dr. Towpik's curriculum focuses on the development of theoretical and practical skills for physicians. She strongly believes in working with a network of ethical growers, manufacturers, pharmacists, and health professionals across Australia, in an effort to create an allied industry that utilizes an integrative approach to supporting patients. Dr. Towpik sees cannabis as a therapeutic agent that has huge potential for general practice, and specifically for the management of chronic debilitating pain.
With our values being so aligned in patient care and advocacy, it was a natural fit for us to partner with Dr. Towpik as our Chief Medical Officer and Mr. Bulkiewicz as a board member. Having recently visited Australia to learn more about their approach to legalize cannabis in the country, we believe that there is a great opportunity for the Compass business model to thrive there.
Dave Martyn, President of Compass
Compass intends on launching their brand and business model in the Australian market by the end of 2018.
About Compass:
Compass Cannabis is a medical cannabis consultation company whose core business is focused on providing educational and consultation services to Canadians who are able to obtain cannabis from a licensed producer under Canada's Access to Cannabis for Medical Purposes Regulations. Compass Cannabis has forty clinics that are now open or confirmed across Canada, and was recently selected by the Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority as a cannabis retailer for Weyburn, SK. The retail license is through their subsidiary company, 10537888 Canada Ltd. and in partnership with Starbuds Colorado, one of the leading multiple state cannabis retailers in the United States. With a rapidly growing patient base currently being served and an aggressive real estate acquisition strategy, the Company is poised to be one of the largest marijuana organizations in Canada.
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TerrAscend Announces Closing on Upsized US$33.5 Million Non-Brokered Private Placement | commoncrawl | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUe9fxK3xgpfdGQ77K | Having trouble trying to log into comments page for Troon Shipbreakers.
Can I point out the LAIRDSFORD photograph used for LADY EMERALD (x WAR GARRY - xLADY EMERALD - xCARLOW - xBRITANNY COAST - xKILDARE -xLAIRDSFORD) is not the the correct ship.
The photograph used is an earlier LAIRDSFORD xDUKE OF ROTHESAY xPUMA and in fact shows her at Preston for breaking up. She was the passenger ship between Glasgow?Dublin until scrapped 1934. The second ship was purely cargo/cattle. | c4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUfGjxK7FjYEB4XRGI | Q: How do I condense annotated queryset results based on a particular field? Here's a fun one. Maybe someone can figure this out. Say I have a queryset something like the one below and want to get leads by month per company.
Company.objects.annotate(
month=TruncMonth('leads__date_received')
count=Count('leads')
).values('company__name', 'month', 'count')
This will give me one dict per month for each company, something like this:
{'company_name': 'Amazon', 'month': '2018-01-01', 'count': 333},
{'company_name': 'Amazon', 'month': '2018-02-01', 'count': 444},
{'company_name': 'Amazon', 'month': '2018-03-01', 'count': 555},
This is great but requires further processing if I want to put this in tabular form. What I would like is a result like the following:
{'company_name': 'Amazon', '2018-01-01': 333, '2018-02-01': 444, '2018-03-01': 555}
This is ideal if I already know the month range and can pull out each column value on the basis of the month key. Anyone know a slick way of condensing results like this? Is there some already-built auxiliary function that can do this? Any simple database tricks? Curious to hear.
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BkiUbnI5qoTDtozcq0a_ | Pia and Rafa celebrated their 10th year anniversary with a wedding weekend brimming with love, musical sensation, international flair, show-stoppin' hula hooping and epic reunions with cherished friends. Though my beat on Sunday morning was significantly slower than guest musician Marco Benevento's "The Real Morning Party", this garden-fresh cocktail revived my spirits before my imminent departure from San Francisco back east to Ithaca.
Our stay in San Francisco revolved around Ana's casita, gracing the crest of a hill in Bernal Heights and padded from the city hum by fruit trees. This bloody mary mix was bursting with sun-ripened flavors, including juice from freshly harvest backyard lemons and plump sun-gold tomatoes from the neighborhood farmers market.
Using a cheese grater, grate the tomatoes over a medium bowl. You will extract all of the pulp, seeds and juice. Discard the peels.
Add the remaining ingredients to the bowl. If you are using an immersion blender, liquify the ingredients directly in the bowl. Otherwise, transfer the ingredients to a blender and liquify. If you don't have either of these pieces of equipment, whisk the ingredients together thoroughly.
Pour your bloody mary over ice, and serve with carrot or celery sticks, or green olives. Garnish with a lemon wedge and a twist of freshly ground black pepper. | c4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUdcE4uzlh53v228Wr | Q: Reachability or connectionDidFailWithError? I have implemented connectionDidFailWithError to alert the user of any errors that happen in the network connections like time out, no internet connection etc.
It gives me correct notification when no internet connection is available.
So do I still need to implement Apple's reachability code?
A: as long as you handle every possible scenario of no connectivity on all your connection attempts and report to the user that you cannot connect, you should be ok.
it is easier to just have a main connectivity checking mechanism and test connectivity prior to making your request.
for instance, i had a mapview that i checked my connection to my service but not the internet for the mapview to grab tile images and it got rejected because if the mapview didnt have a connection, nothing would show up in the map and it didnt tell the user...
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BkiUd-05qsFAfn88uJ01 | Courtesy of Carly PearceTonight two old friends take the stage together, as Russell Dickerson and Carly Pearce take their co-headlining tour to Carly's home state of Kentucky.
"We called it the Way Back Tour -- we go way back!" Russell explains. "That's the point of the tour really, just to kinda celebrate our friendship... We've been in each other's corners for a long time."
"And to see her work so hard for so long," Russell adds. "We both got our first number ones within like a month of each other. And so for that huge span of time [that we both struggled], to have that happen so close together, we just wanted to kinda celebrate, 'cause now we're at the point where we can kinda pick where we want to play and pick who we want to tour with."
If you come see the show, expect to see Russell and Carly spending lots of time onstage together.
"We're gonna be out there the whole time, probably hanging out anyway," he tells ABC Radio. "She was like, 'We gotta do a duet together.' I'm like, 'Girl, we gotta do, like, eight duets together!'"
"'Cause when's the next time that we'll get to share the stage together?" he asks. "And I really want to make it special for the fans and for both of us, too."
After Thursday night's show in Lexington, Kentucky, Russell and Carly play North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina on Saturday night.
Coincidentally, Russell's new single has the exact same title as Carly's first number one: "Every Little Thing." She's currently climbing the chart with the lead release from her forthcoming sophomore album, "Closer to You." | c4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
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BkiUd8M5qsBB3KMWcZQ8 | Q: Tameness for the Galois closure of a map of curves Say we are working over some $K=\overline{K}$, of characteristic $p>0$. Let $\phi: Y\rightarrow X$ be a nonconstant map of smooth projective curves. To this map we can associate a map $\psi: Z\rightarrow X$, where on the level of fields this is the Galois closure of $k(X)\subseteq k(Y)$. I would like to know about the tameness of this map.
Let $e_P$ denote the ramification indices (with the maps understood to be either $\psi$ or $\phi$ depending on where $P$ lives). Now obviously if $p|e_P$ and if $Q$ lies above $P$, $p|e_Q$ as well, so $\psi$ has wild ramification at $Q$. I am wondering when we can ensure this map is (everywhere) tamely ramified. For instance if $d=deg(\phi) < p$, then the degree of the Galois closure of $k(Y)$ over $k(X)$ has degree dividing $d!$, and hence $\psi$ remains tame.
My question is this: Suppose we can show for each $P\in Y$ such that $e_P \geq p$ that each point above $P$ is tamely ramified. Can we conclude that $\psi$ is (everywhere) tamely ramified? It seems to me that this isn't true but I cannot produce a counterexample. It would be fortuitous if it were true, however. Any help is greatly appreciated.
A: Look at Lemma 2.1.3 i.v) from Grothendieck and Murre: "The Tame Fundamental Group of a Formal Neighbourhood of a divsors with Normal Crossings on a Scheme".
It says when given a tame field extension $L \supset K$, then its Galois closure will again be tame.
Here, tameness is just defined with respect to one valution of $K$. But the proof should apply in your situation as well.
A: For the first glance
it should follow form the Abhaynkar's lemma (see "Algebraic Function Fields" by Stichtenoth, Theorem 3.9.1) and the fact the Galois closure is the composite of all the different embeddings of L over K into fixed algebraic closure of K (so each of them has the same properties of tame ramifications).
Then we just apply the lemma and get the result that $p=char(K)$ does not divide $e_P$ for any place P in K.
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BkiUgAjxK0zjCxh76AV_ | MEP- A brief History
Asian Martyrs
MEP around the world
Mission countries
Missionnary adventures
MEP in Paris
Martyr's Hall
Discovering my vocation
IRFA
Eglises d'Asie
Accueil/MEP around the world/Mission countries
Search the map or click on a country for information on the missions
•Burma
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•China
•India
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•Laos
•Madagascar
•Malaysia
•Singapore
•South Korea
•Taiwan
•Thailand
PAYS DE MISSIONS
A GROUP IN REBIRTH
With 18 priests, the group in Thailand, Myanmar and Laos is the largest MEP group. Of these priests, 9 are under 60 years of age and 5 are still undergoing training.
The future of the group will depend on these priests. The local church has made known that they need training. The older priests live mostly in Thailand, but the younger ones and the more recent ones are spread out over three countries: 5 in Thailand, 1 in Laos and 3 in Myanmar. Two priests cover the northern region of Maesot where they visit a dozen Christian Karen communities that are widely spread out, and help them with education. Out of the 12 volunteers, half are in the northern sector of Maesot, the other half is spread out between Bangkok, north-east Thailand and Laos.
FIRST EVANGELIZATION AND CREATION OF PARISHES
Mgr Olivier Schmitthaeusler is the apostolic vicar of Phnom Penh, and Mgr Antonysamy Susairaj is the apostolic prefect of Kompong Cham: indeed, these two ecclesiastical territories are the last territories in Asia for which evangelization has been entrusted directly to MEP by the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. Because of its specific circumstances – the majority of the 20 000 Catholics are of Vietnamese origin – the Cambodian Church is also a place of first announcement (to the Khmers) and of new evangelization (of the Vietnamese). The challenges are many, beginning with the challenge of creating unity among Christians of Khmer origin and those of Vietnamese origin, who are divided by the depth of the historical wounds between these two neighboring countries. No less important are the challenges related to the immense work of translation of the Bible, liturgy and tradition. The priests of the group are involved in meeting these challenges in various ways, accompanying the growth of this very young Church the objective and highest priority are those of a mission in its first stages: the training of a diocesan clergy and the promotion of lay people, so that the Church of Cambodia may attain maturity and take its destiny into its own hands. A priest from this group has also recently been sent to Vietnam.
LIVING TOGETHER, TEACHING, ASSISTING, PRAYING
The fourteen priests of the China missionary group work in various places, mostly in the diocese of Hong-Kong. Four of them are still in training, their dean is retired. The others work in different pastoral ministries on the level of parishes and the diocese: celebration of the sacraments, schooling young people, especially in the context of the many Catholic schools in Hong Kong, teaching the catechism to a diverse audience and with numerous adult baptisms each year, visiting the elderly, a ministry which is growing quickly with the ageing of the population, hospital visits, training and assistance at small faith groups, historical and theological research, the training of priests, religious and lay people, etc. Some of the priests who carry out their ministry in Mandarin usually live and work in Taipei. The friendly ties with dioceses formerly entrusted to the MEP are nourished by regular visits and strengthened by a range of supporting activities.
PRESENCE AND DIALOGUE
The group has five priests in India, (two elderly, three new ones); Lucien Legrand is continuing with his post at the seminary of Bangalore and Henri Bonal lives in the regional residence in Bangalore. He is responsible for the MEP group and acts as the link between Paris and the India group. Yann Vagneux lives in Benares in a Hindu area and Julien Boury in Nepal in a Buddhist region.
With a view to specializing in dialogue with the principal religions of India, they would like another priest to have a presence in Islamic areas. Other objectives are to help the poor in Calcutta and to assist small Christian communities that are isolated in the mountains in Darjeeling and in Nepal. The MEP India group, which has been working in the southern part of the country since 1776, is starting to move to north India.
AT THE SERVICE OF THE LOCAL CHURCH
The group has three priests: Paul Billaud is still very active, travelling by motorcycle or 4×4 to five or six mission stations in the parish of Tanjungkarang.
Jean Moriceau continues to look after posts around the meeting and retreat centre that he created in the mountains near Curup, and where he has been living since 1976. Jean-François Meuriot divides his time between Indonesia and France. He is completing a doctorate in Paris.
At the service of the local Church and the poor
12 of the 15 priests in the Japanese mission have a parish ministry. Their report highlights the difficulty of being a missionary there outside the circle of parish communities and raises the question of how to make these communities into missionary communities.
Three colleagues are at the service of the poor, having put into place social centres and care centres for people in difficulty (alcoholics, drug addicts, ex-prisoners, the homeless, the disabled), with the help of local partners.
BUILDING THE CHURCH
A commitment to ethnic Chinese in Madagascar had motivated the arrival of MEP priests in the 1960s. Then, in the 1970s, the group became more focused on the Malagasy population. Today, the MEP looks after the needs of the dioceses, particularly as regards the creation of new parishes and also diocesan administration: Mgr Georges Varkey, MEP, is the bishop of Port Bergé, other priests are diocesan stewards. In this country, the priests work particularly on the creation of parishes, on their growth, as well as on the building of churches and schools. To do this, they even go to regions that are inaccessible to vehicles which can entail trips on foot lasting several days. The missions include churches, schools and clinics. One of the priests is a treasurer and teacher in a preparatory seminary. At the request of his bishop, Jean-Yves Lhomme is involved in the planning and construction of a hospital which is to provide high-quality hospital care, also for the poor and the needy. 10 to 18 short-term volunteers come to Madagascar each year. Three MEP priests are in Mauritius as parish priests.
THE LABORATORY OF GLOBALISATION
The Malaysia and Singapore missionary group no longer has full-time priests in Malaysia
due to the non-renewal of MEP's presence in this country where it is difficult to obtain a visa. In Singapore, priests live on the spot and participate in the life of the Church, assisting groups and persons, celebrating marriages, helping minorities, visiting prisons, working with inter-religious dialogue and parish life. One of the priests takes care of the Vietnamese community. The parishes in Singapore are dynamic and missionary. It is from Singapore that volunteers travel to Malaysia and Indonesia.
A PRESENCE IN THE LOCAL CHURCH
The average age of the group is high: of the 11 priests, just three are under 70. The retired priests follow activities as witnesses or help in missionary activity. They are much appreciated in the parishes, where they help children, the poor, the workers, as well as prisoners and hospital patients. Other priests support Catholic Worker Movement (ACO) teams and religious communities, etc. The group seems particularly devoted to caring for the poor in a Church that is rather rich and it can be an opening for new missionaries as well as for inter-religious dialogue.
MINORITIES OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, SOCIAL WORK, AND OPENING TO THE HAN
Priests in the Taiwan group mainly take care of the indigenous communities in three missionary centres: Taoyuan, Hualien, and Yuli. This mission involves learning Taiwanese or indigenous languages, in addition to Mandarin. Some have a calling to work with the disabled, with migrants (Filipino, Indonesian and Vietnamese), or with students. Some priests in Taiwan have turned their attention to the Chinese (Han), working both on the mainland and on the island of Taiwan. The Taiwan mission group is pursuing this opening to the Han.
Carte intéractive
AVENTURES MISSIONNAIRES
Living in a small Japanese village
I strive to see Christ in service for the poor
My First Communion in Hong-Kong
Eglises d'Asie | commoncrawl | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
BkiUbGA4uzlgqIdPikPm | MWCC Health Services will support, honor and promote Health and Wellness as an opportunity for students to enjoy their academic life.
The nurse is available for walk-in visits and by appointment. Nursing assessment and education is provided. Referrals are made to appropriate health care providers. The staff offers Holistic health care that is respectful of each individual's mind, body, and spirit.
Most Community College Students have multi-layered lives. Some are working as well as pursing their educational goals. Others are returning to school after many years. Many are juggling family responsibilities as well. All of these issues create added demands on you and your time. It is important to recognize that your well being and how you feel physically, emotionally, and spiritually will greatly impact your academic success. Simple choices such as eating healthy foods, getting exercise and adequate sleep will also help. Time management and setting realistic goals for yourself will assist you in meeting your responsibilities and demands of academic and personal pursuits. Please feel welcomed and invited to Health Services and Counseling Services if you feel we can be of any help in these areas. | c4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
BkiUbKHxK5YsWPOoeHVc | Saxifraga portosanctana är en stenbräckeväxtart som beskrevs av Pierre Edmond Boissier. Saxifraga portosanctana ingår i Bräckesläktet som ingår i familjen stenbräckeväxter. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.
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BkiUdhg25V5heEVpDzrv | Former U.S. official says Ethiopia needs all-party conference before country collapses
Herman Cohen
ESAT News (December 13, 2017)
The former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs says the TPLF should consider a mediation by the U.S. government and organize an all party conference before the country collapses.
Herman Cohen advised the TPLF regime to request the U.S. government's mediation and call for an all party conference.
"Ethiopia's TPLF leadership should seriously consider requesting US Government mediation to organize a conference among all parties that will produce new democratic dispensation – before law and order collapse completely," reads the tweet by Cohen on Tuesday.
In an interview with ESAT last year, Herman Cohen, said that he believes the current crisis in Ethiopia was a result of domination by Tigrians over the economy and politics of the country as well as putting in place a "fake" federal political arrangement.
"In 1991 a system of states was established based on ethnic groups. But this was a fake system because none of the states that had ethnic groups different from the Tigrians had any voice what their government should be and what they should have. So it is strictly a one party state, which most African governments had abandoned long time ago," he noted in an exclusive interview with ESAT in October 2016.
Cohen's tweet comes as the current Acting Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Donald Yamamoto, concluded a visit to Ethiopia and its neighbors.
Cohen actively blogs about Africa and he is currently President of the Cohen and Woods International, his consulting firm. He is also a registered lobbyist for the Coalition for a Democratic Congo.
Cohen played a key role in the 1991 power transition from the the Derg to the TPLF regime.
T. Gizaw February 16, 2018 at 7:44 am
It would have been nice if Mr. Cohen had thought these 27 years ago. No Ethiopuan forgets what he planted in Ethiopia. All those who lived through these torturous years knows Mr. Cohen for dispatching the thugs from Tigray into Addis Ababa. Now all of Ethiopian people rose up. They have no use for his advise. He can go lobby for them after the TPLF goes back to the bush.
ET-HIOPIA-WIN-ET: Gezu Andargachew in His Own Words – Al Mariam
A film Review: By Berhane Tadese Yenegen Alweldem
Then and Now: A Rejoinder to my Critics – By Messay Kebede ...
Ethiopian women participation in politics up but a lot needs to be done
ADWA Event Tomorrow – Saturday, March 31, 2018 at 1:00pm
Ethiopia crisis: Kenya must abandon indifference and speak up – HRW
PM Abiy tells his cabinet the government is investigating foreign bank accounts held by senior officials | commoncrawl | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
BkiUeFI5i7PA9OlIFETU | Vitamin B12 benefits your metabolism because it's needed to convert carbohydrates into usable glucose in the body. Glucose from carbohydrate foods is used as a form of energy, so this is the reason why people with vitamin B12 deficiencies often experience fatigue.
Because of its role in nerve health and neurotransmitter siganaling, vitamin B12 benefits cognitive function and is used to lower the risk of neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer's disease and dementia.
Vitamin B12, along with folate, is needed a major determinant of one-carbon metabolism, which produces the compound called SAM. SAM is crucial for neurological function, dealing with stress, and mood regulation.
Vitamin B12 helps to reduce elevated homocysteine levels, which is now considered a major risk factor for heart disease. Homocysteine is an amino acid and its levels in blood are influenced by blood levels of B-complex vitamins, including B12.
Vitamin B12 is essential for healthy skin, hair and nails because it plays a major part in cell reproduction. Vitamin B12 benefits skin health by reducing redness, dryness, inflammation and acne blemishes. It can also help nails to become stronger and to reduce hair breakage.
Vitamin B12 helps to foster healthy bacteria within the gut environment. The elimination of harmful bacteria in the digestive tract, and simultaneously the presence of beneficial bacteria, is what prevents digestive disorders like inflammatory bowel disease and Candida.
Vitamin B12 is needed to create nucleic acid, or DNA, which id the basic genetic material that is used to create the entire body. This makes vitamin B12 an important nutrient for growth and development, so it's a vital component of health pregnancy.
Vitamin B12 supplementation is now being studied as a way to help lower the risk of certain kinds of cancers, especially when taken with folate. Some premliminary research shows that vitamin B12 benefits the immune system enough to potentioally help prevent cancer.
Vitamin B12 is needed to help produce a healthy level of red blood cells. It helps prevent a type of anemia called megaloblastic anemia, whuch results in symptoms like chronic fatigue and weakness. | c4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
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Our flower delivery Hay on Wye is reliable and efficient, getting your gift where it needs to be. From our Hay on Wye flower shops, your gift will be transported with the greatest of care, direct to your loved one. With a florist in Hay on Wye, who is part of Interflora's excellent global network of florists, you can rest assured that the bouquet delivered will be of the highest quality.
Send flowers in Hay on Wye with Interflora and, from Hay on Wye flower shop to your special someone, your bouquet will stay looking amazingly fresh and beautiful. For bibliophiles (that's people who love books) Hay-on-Wye in Powys is a dream come true. With over thirty bookshops, many selling specialist and second-hand books, there's so much for them to enjoy. And for lovers of flowers, get yourself down to an Interflora flower shop and discover a world of fresh and beautiful flowers. | c4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
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While older "water-saving" showerheads used to limit the flow to 2.5 gallons of water per minute, today's high performance water-saving showerheads use no more than 1.8 gallons of water per minute, yet still deliver a satisfying spray. With kitchen faucet aerators the flow need be no more than 1 to 1.5 gallons per minute, and the savings can be enhanced if the aerator includes an off-value (allowing for the temporary interruption of the flow). Because bathroom faucets are primarily used for washing hands, brushing teeth, and shaving, even less water is needed here, with today's water-saving bathroom faucet aerators able to allow a maximum flow of just 0.5 to 1.0 gallons per minute of water. | c4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
BkiUbFU5qrqCyt4L0iku | Last week, some Boston Bloggers got together for a special holiday wine tasting at local wine shop, Urban Grape. Owners TJ and Hadley Douglas put together a sampling of prosecco, white wine, red wine, beer, and vermouth, with suggestions on holiday food pairings.
Urban Grape, with two locations in the Boston area, opened its doors 4 years ago. I loved hearing about TJ and Hadley's mission to take intimidation out of wine, because "wine is fun!" Of course!
My favorite of the night was the Atteca grenache, which I popped open on Saturday night.
Thanks again to Boston Bloggers group organizers Kate and Alison, and Hadley & TJ Douglas for hosting us!
That looks like a wonderful event! I like how they gave you a handy little wine guide.
Every time I go by their shop in CH I mean to go in...but between them and Rosie's, Rosie's cookies usually wine;) Time to stop in!
How fun! Looks like a great spot!
This looks amazing - I LOVE wine, love the atmosphere of this place, love Boston, and love everything about this post (did I mention I love wine?). | c4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUbHI5qoYDgZl6NI4h | Q: Seo - Importance of href value in anchor tags? I'm building a FAQ page similar to that of facebook. The question is wrapped in an anchor tag and on clicking the question, the answer appears. I have the following two methods
Method 1:
<a href="#"> Question1 </a>
<a href="#"> Question2 </a>
<a href="#"> Question3 </a>
Method 2:
<a href="http://example.com/faq"> Question1 </a>
<a href="http://example.com/faq"> Question2 </a>
<a href="http://example.com/faq"> Question3 </a>
The anchor tags return false onclick. So is there any seo advantage in method 2 ?
Note:
I want all the faq's to be on the same page.
A: Use method 1, but make the hash links point to the ID of the corresponding answer element:
<a href="#ID-of-answer-1">Question1</a>
<a href="#ID-of-answer-2">Question2</a>
<a href="#ID-of-answer-3">Question3</a>
Clicking on these links would jump to that section of the page. No JavaScript needed.
And...
if you make the IDs to the answer element descriptive (e.g. "how-can-i-help"):
<article class="answer" id="how-can-i-help">
</article>
...then the links would be quite SEO friendly:
<a href="#how-can-i-help">Question3</a>
A: Your first method is a poor way of doing it. You should never have hashbangs as the value of href. It should have a valid URL that points to the same content you're displaying using JavaScript. It's called progressive enhancement is a core requirement of accessibility. (FYI, option 1 also keeps the search engines out which is bad for SEO).
Anyway, option 2 is better because keywords in URLs, including hyperlinks, are positive ranking factors.
A: Sharanc25,
I might suggest having them as separate pages, as you could customize the title, metas, and content based around the one specific question. As long as the content is significant, that would result in higher page rank, increase the pages within your website, and allow for customization of each page to focus on the primary question.
Otherwise, there isn't really much of a difference to the search engines here. The anchor tag and title are probably going to be two of the most influential pieces of information, but if it's all on the same page it's all going to rest under one url, and be indexed as one primary url.
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BkiUdYQ5qdmDLggdCfTv | The life cycle of the hair includes growing, transitional and resting stages.
The growth stage is called 'anagen' and in this stage a follicle reforms and the matrix divides to create a new hair. This process will vary in time depending on the location and function of the hair. This is the only stage of hair growth where laser hair removal or electrolysis will be successful.
The transitional or 'catagen' stage usually lasts 1 -2 weeks. During this stage the hair separates from the base of the follicle as the dermal papilla breaks down.
Finally, in the resting stage or 'telogen', the follicle is no longer attached to the dermal papilla and that hair moves up the follicle and is naturally shed.
Laser hair removal and electrolysis is most effective when the hair is in the anagen stage and hence the reason as to why a number of treatments is required.
Aivilo guarantee: Clients must follow after care advice and attend regular appointments. Lifestyle images are not representative of treatment results. | c4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUdYc4c3aisDazl8g6 | Q: Jars in eclipse dependant project's Web app libraries not being exported I have created a Dynamic Web App in eclipse. It has 2 jars in it's Web App Libraries folder.
I have selected Web App Libraries folder in the "Order and Export" tab so I expected this to result in these 2 jars being exported to my Runtime class path.
However, when I click "Run on Server" I get a ClassNotFound error. I can fix this by modifying my Run configuration and adding the 2 jars to the classpath.
Is this an other manestification of the bug below?
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=118622
A: It sounds possible. It sounds like it's not a bug per se, but a 'feature' of how the runtime classpath is managed in Eclipse when deploying to / running on an external server. Note the distinction between the runtime classpath (used by the server when running your application) and the build classpath (used by Eclipse when compiling your applicaiton).
In order to have the 2 jars on the runtime classpath they should be copied to "WEB-INF/lib" of your application's exploded directory (or within the war file).
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BkiUadfxK0iCl7DT56PA | Perception of large, slow moving objects may cause accidents
Contrary to popular belief, it is not always driver inattention that causes car-train accidents. While inattention may lead to some accidents, there are several other factors that may go into train crossing collisions. One of the most surprising causes of car-train accidents may be human perception. Even if we as drivers are paying close attention to our surroundings, the way in which we perceive them may actually have a lot to do with the risk we face when driving.
Most car-train accidents happen at train crossings when cars are unable to make it safely past the tracks. Although some may believe these accidents are simply a result of driver recklessness, it may actually have more to do with how large objects, such as a train are perceived to move slower than smaller objects. It is common for human perception to judge large moving objects as going slower than smaller ones.
Trains are extremely large moving objects and drivers may tend to underestimate their speed. This underestimation of speed is further compounded by a drivers object familiarity. We as drivers base our judgments of an object's speed by speeds of other objects we are more familiar with. This means that a driver may underestimate a train's speed by comparing it to what we perceive the speed of a car to be. By combining these dangerous underestimations, drivers put themselves at risk when attempting to safely pass train crossings. While we may think we are in the clear, our underestimation and the perception of a train's speed may actually mean we are right in line for a collision.
Car-train collisions cost lives each year. Not only are drivers and passengers likely killed in these collisions, but train operators and train passengers may also be injured. Individuals that have suffered injury or loss in a car-train collision may benefit by working with an experienced personal injury attorney. | commoncrawl | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
BkiUdh425V5jCITp1ryu | 1. These terms and conditions relate to the "Anchor Protein+ Influencer Sean Wainui Promotion" ("Promotion"). Information on how to enter and prizes forms part of, and entry into the Promotion is deemed to be acceptance of, these terms and conditions.
7. The Promoter may access any data posted by an entrant in response to the Promotion post on the @SeanWainui InstagramTM page ("Promotion Post"), including any photos and or videos and may share such data through any Fonterra channel for the purposes of advertising the Promotion.
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BkiUdfk5qoTAmkNrlWOY | odditiesoflife:
Separated and Reunited in Death
These grave markers — pressed up against either side of an imposing wall, with a pair of clasped hands reaching over the wall's top — date to a time in Dutch history when Catholic and Protestant graves were strictly segregated. A Catholic and a Protestant married couple, separated in death, arranged for this unique workaround in order to rejoin one another.
In 1842, a colonel in the Dutch cavalry, JWC van Gorkum, married a woman known as JCPH van Aefferden. The union was controversial — van Gorkum was Protestant and van Aefferden was Catholic. Despite the prevailing culture at the time, the two remained married for decades, only separating when van Gorkum died in 1880.
But when van Aefferden passed away eight years later, she couldn't be buried with her late husband; even in death, Catholics needed to stay with their own. While alive, she made her wishes clear — she did not want to be buried in her family tomb and, instead, wished to be as close to her husband as possible. The solution, seen above, is their connected tombstones.
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BkiUbZfxK0wg09FXUCAv | "this book can be seen as one of the best intertwinements of management theory and management practice" … "this remarkably helpful bible to practicing managers … is full of ideas, insights, analyses and even exhortations rooted in corporate and business realities, and is perhaps the best book of its type that I have read in my 34 year academic career"
(Professor Debi S. Saini). Stern Management Review, (December 2005): "If I were giving a graduate-level class in leadership and people management skills, I would use this book as the text"
…"if a client asked for a great book to enhance his/her leadership skills this would be one of the first books I would suggest. It's that good! This book is an outstanding resource for leaders and aspiring leaders. It is filled with an abundance of insights: the distinction it makes between a leader and a manager is one of the best, if not the best, we've read"
… "it's a powerful, broad-spectrum leadership toolkit with a wealth of information about skills and practices … it is clearly written and superbly organized. An excellent bibliography and subject index top off this outstanding work. We highly recommend this book"
(editors, Yvette Borcia and Gerry Stern). Business Information Alert (September 2005): "Maximum Performance is a comprehensive business tome. Although it is designed for students, busy executives who use the chapter summaries or chapter sections that focus in topics that interest them will find the book useful"
… the Australian content is refreshing, as is the lack of evangelistic promises of immediate transformation … this book is firmly grounded in supporting the learning and skill development needed for maximum performance" (Viv Read).
Maximum Performance is an essential read for all business owners, managers, consultants and key decision makers. It is an outstanding and comprehensive insight into the broad range of managerial and leadership issues which confront business people today.
It is practical and littered with excellent case study examples and illustrations. Its unique style is easy to read, thought provoking and demystifies concepts that are easily misunderstood outside an MBA course.
Grasp and digest this book quickly because it's the smart thing to do.' –Barry Smith, Managing Director, the General Management Consulting Group 'Nick's book is an energetic and down-to-earth exploration of the many dimensions of this enigmatic thing we call leadership. It is a distillation of much knowledge, experience and insightful observation. There is refreshing and satisfying clarity of discussion; with comment on many management theories, explanations of evidence and research and the consequences of their applications in organisations.The pages are brimming with examples, keeping the messages real, practical and always interesting. Maximum Performance is thought provoking, and the reader is constantly challenged to assess his or her own knowledge, experience, attributes, perceptions and behaviour.
'We all seem to know when we are receiving good or bad leadership, yet for many of us being a good leader seems to be so elusive. Why is this so? The fact that we are human and sometimes trapped by our wants, needs and motivations inevitably gets in the way, and leadership within Local Government is fraught with complex problems and competing forces both internally and externally. Maximum Performance will be an extremely useful aid for all who are looking for a practical, sensible and thought provoking insight into management and leadership issues. Nick provides an excellent insight into the mysteries of management and leadership with this very practical and useful book that I am sure will be a great resource for current and emerging leaders.' –Ricky Burgess, CEO of the Western Australian Local Government Assocation and the Australian Institute of Management Business Woman of the Year, 1997. | c4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUcKvxK5YsWPOofCwK | Funder Spotlight: With a Windfall From MacKenzie Scott, Mid Atlantic Arts Is Just Getting Started
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IP Funder Spotlights provide quick rundowns of the grantmakers that are on our radar, including a few key details on how they operate and what they're up to right now. Today, we take a look at a steadfast regional regrantor, which is suddenly flush, thanks to MacKenzie Scott and Dan Jewett.
What this funder cares about
Established in 1979, the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation—which recently changed its name to simply Mid Atlantic Arts—promotes artists and arts organizations in Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Virginia and West Virginia (although sometimes, it steps outside of the region). MAA's four goals, which it defined in consultation with over 1,400 artists and arts leaders, are embracing and promoting equity, diversity, inclusion and access; supporting and strengthening the arts sector; enlivening communities through partnerships with arts organizations; and building its own internal capacity.
MAA has been a devoted supporter of the arts in a region that's home to a quarter of the nation's arts organizations. It also played a pivotal role in getting money out the door to artists in the early days of the pandemic, co-founding the Mid Atlantic Arts Regional Resilience Fund in June 2020. The foundation awarded $1.6 million in grants in 2020—a hefty sum for a regional regrantor of relatively limited means.
We believe that these are all sufficient reasons to care about MAA. But then, on June 15, 2021, MacKenzie Scott and Dan Jewett announced their latest round of grantmaking. Lo and behold, Mid Atlantic Arts was listed among the 286 recipient organizations. Soon after, MAA fired off a press release revealing the size of the gift—an astonishing 8 million new reasons to care.
In 2020, MAA generated $4.1 million in revenues, 88% of which came from contributions and grants. A substantial portion of this funding comes from arts funders like the Howard Gilman Foundation and the Andrew M. Mellon Foundation, which gave $1.7 million for the Mid Atlantic Arts Regional Reliance Fund. Other supporters include the Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies, Google, and the Baltimore Community Foundation, plus individual donors. MAA has no endowment or other funding sources beyond what it raises to pay for its annual outlays. But that may change in light of Scott and Jewett's gift.
An analysis of MAA's 990 for the fiscal year ending June 2020 shows that roughly 81% of its $1.6 million in grantmaking flowed to 109 performing arts organizations, most of which were based in the mid-Atlantic region. The remaining funding was earmarked for artists fellowships (17%) and performing arts presenting and touring support (2%).
Again, this was before the foundation netted its $8 million gift. So the bigger question moving forward is where will the money go? We can safely predict that funding will continue to flow to regional organizations and artists. Anything beyond that, however, is pure speculation.
The funder has taken a cautious approach so far, as if its leaders are still trying to wrap their heads around all those extra zeros. "We will be developing an inclusive and responsive process—informed by our strategic plan, guiding principles, and the application of our emerging equity framework—to determine the best use of these funds for the benefit of our constituents and organization," read its press release announcing the gift. MAA also hopes to "extend the impact of this gift beyond our organization to the region and the people we serve, while centering diversity, equity, inclusion and access."
Open door or barbed wire?
No velvet ropes here. MAA makes it easy for grantseekers to explore its various funding opportunities. Its site clearly lays out information and deadlines for upcoming grants and provides a grants database whereby users can run a customized search based on grantee type (artist or organization), program, discipline, location and year. The site also includes monthly newsletters highlighting new grant opportunities from MAA and other funders, deadlines, and upcoming webinars.
In addition, the site includes MAA's board of directors and staff, an up-to-date news section, a list of foundation and corporate funders, strategic partners, and notable individual donors. Lastly, it provides links to its 2020–2024 Strategic Plan, plus previous annual reports. We look forward to an equally transparent rendering of how MAA will use the Scott/Jewett gift to advance its strategic priorities.
Latest big moves
First off, there's the name change. MAA also recently launched Central Appalachia Living Traditions, a multi-year program designed to promote the understanding and recognition of folk arts and culture in Central Appalachia. The funder launched the program in June 2021 and will roll out subsequent phases through April 2024.
MAA will also be launching a one-time program with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts through the American Rescue Plan. Funding will support jobs in the arts sector, keep the doors open to arts organizations nationwide, and assist the field in its response to and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. This program will launch in the fall of 2021.
One cool thing to know
MAA sends New York City-based dance, music, and theater ensembles and solo performers to Bahrain and Monaco through USArtists International, which is a partnership with the NEA, Mellon, and others. In July, MAA announced over $528,000 in grant support to 49 recipients to represent the United States at 57 festivals around the globe through June 2022. It was the first time the partnership funded engagements in those two exotic locales.
What we hope it does next
There's a body of evidence suggesting that some people who win the lottery become less happy due to the stress that comes with the influx of an unfathomable amount of money. We admit this isn't the best analogy to describe MAA's situation. For starters, the foundation didn't get lucky—it's been doing impactful work for years, which is how it crossed Scott and Jewett's radar. And honestly, we imagine their staff and grantees are pretty darn happy right now.
But the Scott and Jewett gift is five times what MAA granted in 2020. Leaders will need to make some big—and even difficult—decisions around where the money ends up.
Nonprofit Management 101 suggests MAA should use a portion of the windfall to set up an endowment. Not a bad idea, as it will establish a steady stream of income for the region and ease some of the fundraising pressure, allowing them to focus on their mission. Then again, considering the huge need among artists right now, they might also take a page from Scott and Jewett themselves, and "empty the safe," shoveling out larger amounts to more groups ASAP, or even helping grantees set up endowments. Either way, MAA's leaders have a quintessential good problem on their hands. | commoncrawl | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
BkiUeYjxK6EuNCveqwaN | The 2012 meeting of the Canadian Mathematical Society is the Canadian launch of MPE2013.
The meeting Director is Luc Vinet.
There will be two public lectures related to MPE2013 By Ivar Ekeland (in French) and Doyne Farmer (English), plenary lectures by Graciela Chichilnisky (Columbia), Catherine Sulem (Toronto) and Martin Nowak (Harvard), and at least 8 MPE special sessions.
Proposals for sessions, in particular proposals related to "Mathematics of the Planet Earth 2013" are welcome. Proposals should include a brief description of the focus and purpose of the session, the expected number of speakers, as well as the organizer's name, complete address, telephone number, e-mail address, etc. All sessions will be advertised in the CMS Notes, on the web site and in the AMS Notices. Speakers will be requested to submit abstracts, which will be published on the web site and in the meeting program. Those wishing to organize a session should send a proposal to the Meeting Director, Luc Vinet (luc.vinet@umontreal.ca) by June 30, 2012. | c4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
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BkiUfvPxK7FjYEB4X4Rg | Int'l Court of Justice Hears Iran's Suit against Trump's Unilateral Sanctions
AFP 08/24/2018
The Hague (AFP) – Iran's legal challenge against renewed sanctions by the United States goes before the UN's top court Monday, as Tehran seeks to avert painful punitive measures that could hurt its still fragile economy.
Tehran filed a suit against US President Donald Trump's decision to reimpose economic sanctions at the Hague-based International Court of Justice last month.
After unilaterally pulling out of a historic hard-won deal aimed at curbing Iran's nuclear programme in May, Trump slapped a first round of sanctions on the country in early August.
And a second round is set to come into effect in early November, this time blocking Iran's valuable oil and energy sales.
But Tehran argues that Washington has no right to reinstate such measures and is calling on the ICJ to order the US to "immediately suspend" them.
It is also demanding compensation.
The ICJ is expected to take a couple of months to decide whether to grant Tehran's request for a provisional ruling, while a final decision in the case could actually take years.
International sanctions against Iran were lifted in 2015 when it a struck a landmark accord with the US, Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia, agreeing to rein its nuclear ambitions.
– 'One-sided deal' –
But Trump described it as a "horrible one-sided deal (that) failed to achieve the fundamental objective of blocking all paths to an Iranian nuclear bomb."
And even though all of the other parties pleaded with him not to abandon the pact, Trump pulled out and announced he would reinstate sanctions.
Tehran — which argues that the move violates a little-known Treaty of Amity and Economic Relations signed by the two countries in 1955 — says that the new sanctions are already hurting its economy. And its currency, the rial, has lost around half its value since April.
A raft of international companies — including France's Total, Peugeot and Renault, and Germany's Siemens and Daimler — have already suspended operations in Iran in the wake of the US move.
AFP / ATTA KENARE. Iran says the sanctions are already hurting its economy and its currency, the rial, has lost around half its value since April.
Washington "is besieging Iran economically, with all the dramatic consequences that a siege implies for the besieged population," Tehran said in court papers.
Iran "requests that, pending final judgement in the case, the Court indicate… that the USA shall immediately take all measures at its disposal to ensure the suspension of the implementation of all the May 8 sanctions," it said.
Eric De Brabandere, professor of international dispute settlement at Leiden University in the Netherlands, said that the support of many European states for the nuclear deal meant that "Iran's position is strengthened."
And the publicity generated by Iran filing a lawsuit at the ICJ could work in Iran's favour, the expert suggested.
"One of the objectives is to publicly denounce the acts of the United States," De Brabandere told AFP.
– 'Malign' activities –
In his executive order, Trump argued that the sanctions would turn up the financial pressure on Tehran to come to a "comprehensive and lasting solution" regarding the activities that the international community regarded as "malign", such as its "ballistic missile programme and its support for terrorism."
AFP/File / Nicholas Kamm, HO. Trump described the 2015 nuclear deal as "horrible" and "one-sided".
But earlier this month, Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei appeared to rule out any immediate prospect of talks, saying "there will neither be war, nor negotiations," with the US.
Meanwhile, both the US and close ally Israel have called on European countries to do more to pressure Iran.
A separate 2016 complaint lodged by Iran against the US for freezing around $2 billion of its assets abroad is due to begin in October, when the United States will argue the ICJ has no authority to hear the case.
Featured Photo: ANP/AFP / Jerry Lampen. The International Court of Justice will hear Iran's challenge against renewed sanctions by the United States.
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BkiUdKs5qX_BqBVRGpLj | Faux Populi: Tucker Carlson Hosts Loser Nigel Farage To Praise Russia
Brexit's and our own 2016 elections have Putin's handiwork all over it, but Republicans and the UK's Trump pretend that they are our friends because it suits their ambitions. .
By LeftOfCenter — December 17, 2016
A word about Nigel Farage: he is like a super corrupt Reince Preibus. He's head of the loony anti-immigrant party in England (UKIP) and he has stood for election to the House of Commons seven times, in five general elections and two by-elections, and lost every single time.
He's now under investigation for using actual European Union funds for campaign activities related to Brexit. No, really. Taking money from the EU to campaign to kick out the EU.
UKIP has misspent almost half a million euros of EU funding on its own electioneering and to help boost their Brexit campaign, according to a leaked audit seen by Sky News.
[Said one Green Party MP,] "UKIP have spent years accusing the EU of being run by corrupt elites wasting taxpayer's money. They have now been caught out engaging in the very behavior they have spent years denouncing. Worst of all, they used this money to effectively manipulate the British public, spending large quantities of it on [push] polling designed specifically to support their anti-EU stance, with disastrous effects for the UK and the rest of the EU."
But because the US right wing media likes to think of Brexit as the British version of Trump's "beautiful wall with Mexico," Fox calls him "British Leader of Brexit Nigel Farage" when he's a total doofus loser in the UK. So of course he wants to hang around Trump and go on Fox instead of actually facing the music at home.
Reagan must be spinning in his grave that not only has Russia allied with the Republican Party, but vice versa. The Republicans have been 100% welcoming of a foreign nation interfering with our democracy.
So to bring in a friendly "foreign opinion" Tucker Carlson interviews Farage to deny Russia's meddling and pretend this is sore losing by the Democrats. Farage has no expertise in hacking, international policy, or the US electoral system, But because he's somebody the low-information Fox audience has heard of as a "success" with Brexit, and he's willing to say what Fox News wants to push, he's welcomed as if he's an honored member of the Queen's cabinet.
And to put a cherry on it, Tucker Carlson, heir to a frozen food empire, has suddenly gone populist.
CARLSON: ...the people in charge are not interested in hearing from voters and so they are making excuses for what is obviously no voter desire; as expressed at the ballot box and then blaming someone else. The Russians. (as they should Tucker).
FARAGE: You can try as hard as you want to say that it's all some, you know, cooked up conspiracy by Putin, nobody believes it. They just look like bad losers.
In the world of the poorly educated and misinformed pro-Brexit, Stormfront, White nationalist-Fox-watching troglodytes, facts do not matter. These anti-intellectualists deny that far too many reputable sources have confirmed the hacks as a reality. It is confirmed by countless sources, even Trump himself, that the hacks occurred, There's also no question they made an electoral outcome difference.
No flag waving Republicans spoke out about this foreign intervention. Paul Krugman correctly asserts that the Republican Party has become a "radical institution that is ready to violate democratic norms in the pursuit of power."
It's also no surprise the hackers appeal to base nationalist impulses in countries it seeks to destabilize. A Member of Parliament from the Labour Party reminded the governing body about nationalist forces in France who simply went directly to Russia. MP Ben Bradshaw
pointed to French elections where Marine Le Pen's National Front asked Russia for a £23m loan to help it fight presidential and parliamentary campaigns in 2017.
MP Bradshaw is well aware of the hacking from the Russians which is designed to create instability and facilitate Russian hegemony. It's what they do, they simply engage in cyber warfare, then deny. After President's last press conference, I suppose we have to deal with that reality and the relevant parties need to take action.
Mr Bradshaw went on: "When will we realise that Russia's strategy is to weaken and divide the free world and that driving the biggest refugee flows into Europe since World War Two is a deliberate, a deliberate, part of that plan.
"When will we admit that what Putin can't achieve militarily he is already achieving using cyber and propaganda warfare."
Farage, like Carlson, ignores the fact that the nationalism they espouse is much the same as the far right fascism that Europe knows only too well. Farage's myopic views are downright dangerous. He thinks NATO is under siege by the EU and anyone that may be an enemy to Russia is his enemy too.
They are shameless about their cheating, but worse yet, evil liars like Tucker and Nigel are just playing pretend that this was all on the up and up. Why not? Post-fact Trump's America can create any reality they want, until they blow up world diplomacy. And then what? Nobody's certain of what comes next, but I think it would be safe to say that we can call post 1/20/17 'the threshold of hell.' These two think Europe, America and Putin's growing empire will all coexist without incident or conflict. Just do what Putin and his puppet say, and no one will get hurt.
FARAGE: But let's be aware that NATO is now directly under threat, not from Donald Trump, but from UNICA and the European Union who want their own army... they call it nationalism, nation-ism. They, they talk about these things in pejorative terms of course Putin doesn't like the European project because the European project wants to make Ukraine, his next-door neighbor, a member of an alternative political and military alliance. You know, come on, you can't blame him for that.
Of course he wants to control Ukraine, he invaded Georgia, and Crimea. It's only a matter of time until he tries to recapture all of the old USSR republics, and he'll start with those who are largely allied with Putin anyway, especially Belarus and oil-rich Kazakhstan. NATO is the only firewall to stop his ambitions, and now that he controls the U.S. Government, sadly, he is the most powerful person on the planet. Comforting, right? If you're Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, this election has made the world a much more dangerous place suddenly.
The dissolution of NATO would be far easier without the UK and with a United States governed by Putin Puppet Trump aka No Puppet. The EU was just the beginning.
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BkiUgS_xK02iP1lCaLDS | Q: Unable to read a continuous data stream from a node child process in Node.js First things first. The goal I want to achieve:
I have two processes:
*
*the first one is webpack that just watches for file changes and pushes the bundled files into the dist/ directory
*the second process (Shopify CLI) watches for any file changes in the dist/ directory and pushes them to a remote destination
My goal is to have only one command (like npm run start) which simultaneously runs both processes without printing anything to the terminal so I can print custom messages. And that's where the problem starts:
How can I continuously read child process terminal output?
Printing custom messages for webpack events at the right time is pretty easy, since webpack has a Node API for that. But the Shopify CLI only gives me the ability to capture their output and process it.
Normally, the Shopify CLI prints something like "Finished Upload" as soon as the changed file has been pushed. It works perfectly fine for the first time but after that, nothing is printed to the terminal anymore.
Here is a minimal representation of what my current setup looks like:
const spawn = require('spawn');
const childProcess = spawn('shopify', ['theme', 'serve'], {
stdio: 'pipe',
});
childProcess.stdout.on('data', (data) => {
console.log(data);
});
childProcess.stderr.on('data', (data) => {
// Just to make sure there are no errors
console.log(data);
});
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BkiUc145i7PA9O6rSsl3 | Apache by default logs data directly to log files. While this isn't a bad thing, it is not your only option. Both Apache 1.x and Apache 2.x bring with them the option of enabling something called "Piped Logging", though cPanel will only allow you to enable it for version 2.x. | c4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUd744dbjiVCOrAueZ | ViralityToday
The world's 18 greatest cities for food
Nina Gabriel
#1 Tokyo, Japan
In the country that boasts more Michelin stars than any other, Tokyo is the city with the most.
Our expert there, Danielle Demetriou says: "It's not just about sushi.
From tonkatsu pork cutlets and unagi eel to okonomiyaki pancakes and all things tofu, Tokyo is home to a dizzying quantity of restaurants specializing in an array of Japanese cuisine.
"Best of all, it caters to all budgets, from wallet-busting skyscraper restaurants to atmospheric local izakaya - Japanese-style pubs where tapas-sized food is washed down with beer and sake - with an emphasis on high-quality seasonal ingredients across the spectrum.
All in all, nirvana for foodies."
#2 Hanoi, Vietnam
compact old centre is arguably the better place to sample the balance of salt, sweet, sour and spice in Vietnamese cuisine.
Eat like a local and take to the streets for freshly prepared dishes such as pho tiu noodles with a sweet and sour soup, pork and fish sauce; banh mi, a baguette filled with pate, cucumber, herbs, crispy onion and chilli; and com tam, broken rice with grilled pork, pork skin, egg and fish sauce.
Finish with traditional egg coffee - or ca phe trung - a blend of coffee and egg whites, folded with sugar, drunk hot or cold.
#3 London, UK
has world cuisine covered.
With so many young talents now seeking to make their mark here, expect the city's restaurants to lead the field in innovation for some time to come.
A further development worth celebrating is that London's bars are developing at similar pace and diners can expect to sip on exceptionally sophisticated cocktails before, during or after their meals.
Voted the world's best bar for the last three years in a row, Artesian at the Langham hotel is just one spot worth checking out if you fancy trying something novel.
With all that's on offer, the capital is indisputably one of the world's most exciting places to eat.
Telegraph Travel's John O'Ceallaigh says: "London's culinary diversity is unparalleled.
It is the only British city to feature in the World's 50 Best Restaurants awards and the capital's ethnic diversity means virtually any national or regional cuisine is readily available here."
#4 Jaipur, India
is one of the few places that represents the cooking of the Rajputs, the warrior princes who ruled most of Rajasthan up until the Sixties.
Hunting and expeditions were a big part of it, so chargrilling and barbecuing are well showcased in Rajasthani cooking.
This is where the chef Vivek Sing lived and worked in the late Nineties .
He recommends Laal maas, a fiery Rajasthani goat curry.
The recipe is 45 chillies to a kilo of goat, with a few cloves of garlic, onion and yogurt.
The curry is extremely hot but you don't eat it on its own; you have it with plain rice or flatbread, some raitha [a yogurt-based condiment] to cool it down, chutney and poppadoms.
#5 New York
"New York chefs are always innovating," says our expert in the Big Apple, Douglas Rogers.
"Eight million people from every country on Earth live in New York , so the range of culinary experiences is bewildering.
The fine-dining scene changes amazingly fast, with new trends and movements springing up all the time.
Whatever the trends, there are always the classics, and New York does them like no other.
Don't miss the oysters at Grand Central Oyster Bar in the basement of the famous train terminal, going strong since 1913; or a Porterhouse steak at the venerable Brooklyn institution Peter Luger (established 1887) - for my money the world's finest steakhouse."
#6 Mendoza, Argentina
Where to come for Malbec and enormous, perfectly cooked steak - Mendoza's 'asados' are legendary.
The city is also surrounded by many of the country's best wine-growing estates and as such has a wide range of upmarket restaurants.
Try Azafran , one of Mendoza's most popular restaurants for local produce and Cava de Cano, a unique private dining room offering a buffet of traditional homemade treats, such as Argentine stew and empanadas, in a vine-draped garden.
The region is not only known for Malbec though, try light, crisp and fruity Torrentes too.
#7 Bologna, Italy
Bologna is known in Italy as "La Grassa" - "The Fat One" - after its food, which is generally considered among Italians as the country's best.
Numerous specialities originated here, most famously "bolognese" sauce and "baloney" (Bologna) sausage, or mortadella, while its position at the heart of northern Italy, close to lakes, plains and mountains, make it an obvious focus for a wide range of natural ingredients and the produce of nearby cities, not least Parma ham and parmesan cheese.
Food-lovers will find the city teeming with food stores, street markets and a fantastic range of eating options, from fine dining to simple trattorias.
#8 Lyon, France
Lyon is where to try the best of French gastronomy.
Michel Roux Jr, the Michelin-starred chef and television presenter, recommend's the city's lovely little bouchons - like brasseries - and offal specialities such as tripe.
" Aux Trois Cochons does particularly good Lyonnaise fare, such as tablier de sapeur - breaded and fried tripe," he said.
"It's an acquired taste.
Another favourite for lunch is Restaurant Thomas.
"Les Halles, the central food market, is a feast for the senses.
I also recommend Les Chocolats Bernard Dufoux Bernachon , from Philippe Bernachon a third-generation chocolatier.
Auberge du pont de Collonges meanwhile, from Paul Bocuse, is the grand-daddy of French gastronomy.
But don't have any food before you go.
The portion sizes are gargantuan and Lyonnaise food is very rich.
Try the cervelle de canut, which is a creamy cheese.
Most restaurants in Lyon serve it.
And also try the famous dayglo pink pralines in a tart, brioche or croissant."
#9 New Orleans, USA
Perhaps more famed for its jazz-fuelled parties, New Orleans also offers a surprisingly rich menu of Louisiana Creole cuisine.
Local Adam Karlin told Telegraph Travel that the seafood-heavy, largely urban food is reinterpreted on a daily basis by adventurous fusion chefs.
He recommends Dauphine Street for international street food and vegan breakfasts, Freret Street for lobster, fried oysters and slow-cooked roast beef and Frady's for the South's meat-and-three tradition - "one meat (smoked sausage, baked chicken) with two or three vegetables or starchy sides".
#10 Bangkok, Thailand
"If has a soundtrack, it is the thwack, thwack, thwack of pestel on mortar, the cracking of machetes on wooden blocks, and the squeals and sizzle of woks," says our expert in Thailand expert Lee Cobaj.
"And then there's the smells - nose-pinching chilies, fruity wafts of lemongrass, tangy galangal, and stinky durian - aromas so strong that you'll feel like you're eating them.
"It's the foodie city that's got it all, from streetside stalls selling fried oysters in Chinatown, to hole-in-the-walls like the spice-fuelled Hai Som Tam Convent, to trendy chain restaurants like Taling Pling where the beef massaman is king, to a new breed of upmarket restaurants sweeping the boards at the San Pellegrino awards."
#11 Barcelona, Spain
There's more to the Spanish city than its fresh seafood and humble, family-run tapas bars, though they are good.
Our Barcelona expert Sally Davis explains: "Considered for many years to be the best restaurant in the world, the now-closed El Bulli's influence was far-reaching, but nowhere more so than in Barcelona, where it turned the dining scene on its head, and put the city on the map as a serious gastronomic hub.
These days its influences can still be seen, but Barcelona also has a healthy sprinkling of Michelin stars for less outré establishments, and there's plenty on offer at more affordable restaurants, too."
#12 Singapore
Singapore's diversity of cuisine is unrivalled," said Evelyn Chen, our expert in the city.
"Apart from pocket-friendly streetfood (of which options abound from Malay, Chinese or Indian), we have a cadre of Michelin stars-worthy restaurants and are the most awarded city on Asia's 50 Best 2015.
"That's not all, in the past decade, a crop of younger chefs has also created a genre of modern cuisine that you would never find outside Singapore (Wild Rocket for mod Sin, Labyrinth for progressive Sin and Candlenut for mod Peranakan).
"Sandwiched in between all these options are "tze char" (stir fry) restaurants available at every turn, each boasting wok-fried food like coffee ribs and sambal kang kong matched with steamed rice."
#13 Copenhagen, Denmark
René Redzepi, chef-owner of the city's Noma, 2014's best restaurant in the world (but now closed), explained to Telegraph Travel that the Danish capital has some of the best coffee in Europe, a progressive wine movement and restaurants ideal for new culinary experiences.
He recommends Amass , best-reached by boat, for lunch in a private garden, and the restaurant at the Arbejdermuseet for "solid classic Danish fare".
He doesn't even need to mention the pastries.
#14 Lima, Peru
On the surf-lashed Pacific coast, sprawling Lima is well placed to harvest the ocean's bounty and seafood is its selling point - most famously in ceviche, raw fish cured in lime juice with a spark of chilli heat, served with raw onion and fresh coriander.
In the well-heeled districts of Miraflores and San Isidro, however, chefs such as Gaston Acurio (at Astrid & Gastón) and Pedro Miguel Schiaffino (Malabar) draw as much on the produce of the Andes and Amazon as they do on Pacific fare.
Quinoa, avocado, Andean lamb, vegetables and tubers appear on menus, along with paiche (an Amazonian catfish) and tumbo (a rainforest fruit).
It's the ultimate fusion food, but the real surprise is the influence of Chinese and Japanese migrants on the cuisine, in, respectively, "Chifa" and "Nikkei" dishes which meld Asian exoticism and prime South American produce.
#15 Fez, Morocco
Offering a more unique taste of Morocco than Marrakech , the tight alleyways of Fez's medina, lined with everything from sheep heads to colourful piled spices, still throng with more locals than tourists.
There are many great places to eat and also in which to take cookery classes, where you can learn to prepare classic Moroccan dishes such as harira soup, baghrir (Berber pancakes) and tagines.
The riad Palais Amani, also runs a bread-making course.
Maison Bleue offers a rich and traditional banquet of salads, tagines and couscous, to a soundtrack of local musicians, in the evenings.
#16 Chengdu, China
While a person can dine well in almost any Chinese city these days, Chengdu is the heart of Sichuan's fiery cuisine, with dishes swimming in Sichuan peppercorns, the tongue-tingling and fragrant spice that numbs the mouth to set the stage for the region's plentiful chilli peppers.
The bubbling hot pot is unmissable - ducks' tongues, paper-thin slices of lamb or beef, and myriad vegetables are thrown into a cauldron of broth simmering in the middle of your table - prepare for a long meal (you can get a good one at Little Lamb , in London, or here ).
Recover from the spices in a local teahouse .
To try some of the most creative food in the region, head to Yu's Family Kitchen (43 Zhai Xiangzi; 86-28-8669-1975), where Chef Yu Bo creates exquisite and playful banquets which are an homage to China's intellectual history: an edible calligraphy brush forms one of the first courses.
#17 San Sebastian, Spain
San Sebastian may just be the world's top food spot," reckons Xanthe Clay .
"The small Basque city with its elegant Belle Époque architecture has more Michelin stars per capita than anywhere else in the world.
Not only that, but it is home to two restaurants in the top 20 of the World's 50 Best Restaurants – Arzak and Mugaritz – with two more, Asador Etxebarri and Azurmendi, within driving distance.
"But what makes San Sebastian (or Donostia as it is known in the Basque language) especially appealing to the gourmet traveller is the quality of the everyday food, in particular the hundreds of pintxos bars, simple drinking dens selling everything from traditional rustic snacks to high-end gourmet dishes in small portions – and with miniature prices.
#18 Paris, France
We couldn't forget Paris, could we? Five of the World's 50 Best Restaurants are found there - and its establishments boast a total of 144 Michelin stars.
"Although the grand French gastronomic meal has been beatified by Unesco, that gives little indication of the sheer variety of places to eat you can find here in Paris, from haute-cuisine temples to all-day cafés, eccentric wine bars, vintage bistros and the new 'bistronomiques' serving affordable modern cuisine in a casual setting," says our expert, Natasha Edwards
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BkiUfQHxaKgQUv_dNsas | The lilies of the field have a reputation for neither toiling nor spinning (Matthew 6:28). But what exactly is this flower that Jesus singled out during his Sermon on the Mount?
In the past, some believed it was the rose of Sharon from the Song of Songs, others argued it was the white Madonna lily (Lillium). The consensus today identifies the lily of the field as the crown anemone (Anemone Coronaria), a flower associated with the Crucifixion in various traditions.
Some representations of the Crucifixion depict clusters of anemones growing close to or even right under the cross. One belief even holds that the flowers derive their fiery, blood-red color from the blood of Christ dripping down the crucifix onto the earth below.
In Israel, anemones flower during the rainy season and blossom until March or April. During their brief flowering, they carpet entire swathes of the land of Israel a deep fiery red, making "flower peeping" a seasonal national pastime with hundreds of thousands of people descending on the northern Negev to see the blooms.
If you go anemone viewing, make sure you are looking at the right flower and not a seasonal lookalike. It's easy to confuse the crown anemone with other red flowers, including the Persian buttercup (Ranuculus asiaticus) and the Semitic poppy (Papaver umbonatum) that blossom around the same time.
The easiest way to distinguish between them is to count their petals. The crown anemone usually has six, the Persian buttercup five and the Semitic poppy four. But to make sure nature is not playing a trick on you, you need to look a little closer.
Once the crown anemone has been pollinated (by beetles and not by bees or other insects), it develops a white ring at the base of its petals. The poppy develops black spots and the Persian buttercup's petals stay fiery red.
Given the sheer quantity of flowers that can be seen today, it's hard to believe this little wildflower was once so loved it was nearly picked into extinction. Thankfully, a law was passed in the 1960s that prohibits picking anemones and other wildflowers, such as the cyclamen, leaving them to be enjoyed in their natural setting, neither toiling, nor spinning, for generations to come. | c4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
BkiUc1U5qX_BgkbTJfJi | Effortless Systems For Russian Wives – The Inside Track
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Julie St-Pierre
J Exp Biol (2005) 208 (15): vii.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.01729
A HEALTHY BREATHING INTERRUPTION
J Exp Biol (2005) 208 (8): vii–viii.
MASTER OF MITOCHONDRIAL NUMBER
J Exp Biol (2005) 208 (3): vii.
OXYGEN IS UP ON THE SOCIAL SCENE
Julie St-Pierre, Sibylle Jäger
MITOCHONDRIA ON THE ROCKS
J Exp Biol (2004) 207 (17): v.
SPACED OUT MITOCHONDRIA
NO PAIN, NO GAIN?
J Exp Biol (2003) 206 (23): 4185–4186.
SLEEPY MITOCHONDRIA
`DON'T HOLD YOUR BREATH', OR SHOULD YOU?
EXERCISE FOR MITOCHONDRIA
Going with the flow or life in the fast lane: contrasting mitochondrial responses to thermal change
Helga Guderley, Julie St-Pierre
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.205.15.2237
SUMMARY Temperature is one of the most important environmental factors affecting the physiology of animals. Seasonal fluctuations in temperature are of particular importance in aquatic ectotherms since their body temperature is in equilibrium with their environment. When an organism faces adverse environmental conditions, it can either remain active or enter into metabolic depression, adopting the strategy that maximises its fitness. Physiological responses to environmental stress occur at many different levels of organisation in an animal. Here, we focus on mitochondria, given their central importance in cellular energy metabolism. We contrast the thermal biology of skeletal muscle mitochondria from cold-active species with that of species that spend their winters in a metabolically depressed state. Specifically, we examine the modifications of mitochondrial properties during thermal/seasonal acclimation and examine mechanisms by which these modifications can arise. While compensatory responses to cold acclimation include increases in mitochondrial abundance, in the oxidative capacities of individual mitochondria and adjustments of ADP affinities, metabolic depression can reduce tissue levels of mitochondrial enzymes and mitochondrial proton leak rates.
Adaptive plasticity of skeletal muscle energetics in hibernating frogs:mitochondrial proton leak during metabolic depression
Robert G. Boutilier, Julie St-Pierre
SUMMARY The common frog ( Rana temporaria ) spends the coldest months of each year overwintering in ice-covered ponds where temperatures can vary from 0.5 to 4.0°C. Over the course of a winter season, the animals enter progressively into a state of metabolic depression that relies almost exclusively on aerobic production of ATP. However, if aerobic metabolism is threatened, for example by increasingly hypoxic conditions, decreases in the animal's metabolic rate can reach upwards of 75% compared with the 50%decrease seen during normoxia. Under these conditions, the major proportion of the overall reduction in whole-animal metabolic rate can be accounted for by metabolic suppression of the skeletal muscle (which makes up approximately 40%of body mass). Little is known about the properties of mitochondria during prolonged periods of metabolic depression, so we have examined several aspects of mitochondrial metabolism in the skeletal muscle of frogs over periods of hibernation of up to 4 months. Mitochondria isolated from the skeletal muscle of frogs hibernating in hypoxic water show a considerable reorganisation of function compared with those isolated from normoxic submerged animals at the same temperature (3°C). Both the active (state 3) and resting (state 4)respiration rates of mitochondria decrease during hypoxic, but not normoxic,hibernation. In addition, the affinity of mitochondria for oxygen increases during periods of acute hypoxic stress during normoxic hibernation as well as during long-term hibernation in hypoxic water. The decrease in mitochondrial state 4 respiration rates during hypoxic hibernation evidently occurs through a reduction in electron-transport chain activity, not through a lowered proton conductance of the mitochondrial inner membrane. The reduced aerobic capacity of frog skeletal muscle during hypoxic hibernation is accompanied by lowered activities of key enzymes of mitochondrial metabolism caused by changes in the intrinsic properties of the mitochondria. In the absence of oxygen, the mitochondrial F 1 F o -ATPase (the ATP synthase) begins to run backwards as it actively pumps protons from the matrix in an attempt to maintain the mitochondrial membrane potential. At this time, the ATP synthase functions as an ATPase to preserve a certain proton-motive force. Frogs limit ATP wastage during anoxia by a profound inhibition of the ATP synthase. Taken together, our studies show that protonmotive force is lowered aerobically by restricting electron supply and during anoxia by restricting mitochondrial ATPase activity. | commoncrawl | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
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The National Universities Commission (NUC), has authorized the introduction of a bachelor of arts degree in Shariah for the Bayero University, Kano (BUK).
According to the bulletin published on its website, the degree in Shariah programme has been authorized for BUK.
NUC in its power also authorized 11 other affiliate programmes for two colleges of education in the country.
The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, (JAMB) earlier announced the authorizations in its last month publication.
NUC had also recently authorized the kickoff of two extra universities in Lagos state.
Three affiliate courses however were authorized by the commission, for the Federal College of Education in Kano.
The courses authorized are: B.A. (Ed.) Islamic Studies; B.Sc. (Ed.) Biology Education and B.Sc (Ed.) Chemistry Education while that of College of Education, Minna, the affiliate courses approved include: B.A. (Ed.) History Education, B.A. (Ed.) Hausa Education and B.A. (Ed.) Arabic Education, B.A. (Ed.) Islamic Studies.
Others include: B.Sc. (Ed.) Biology Education, B.Sc.(Ed.) Mathematics Education and B.Ed. Social Studies and B.A. (Ed.) English Education.
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BkiUf6HxK7IABDHEZu5f | The Price Of Glee Review
Despite those priorities, the series is notably lacking interviews with creator Ryan Murphy, any other major producers, or any members of the cast. The series features interviews with glee's former director of photography, hair department head, set decorator, art director, and location manager — roles that, while crucial to the production of a television show, hardly have authority over what happened when the stars went home. The series does include extensive interviews with Rivera's father, George Rivera, as well as three allegedly close friends of Monteith's: former roommate Justin Neill, actor Stephen Kramer Glickman, and friend from Vancouver Frederic Robinson. But the closest it gets to cast interviews is a former backup dancer and a few stand-ins.
Cast members Chord Overstreet and Becca Tobin have spoken out against the docuseries, expressing doubts that anyone in the core cast would be involved. In a joint interview with BuzzFeed in November 2022, former cast member Jenna Ushkowitz — who cohosts a podcast called And That's What You REALLY Missed with fellow glee alum Kevin McHale — expressed her concerns about the documentary: "In terms of the Discovery+ documentary, it feels even more important, to me at least, to do the podcast because we were the ones who were there. And we were the ones experiencing this. And we know what really happened."
The series' approach to the misfortunes of the cast is frequently dehumanizing. in The Price of Glee's first episode, every interview waxes philosophical on the cast's disorienting launch to notoriety. They talk about Journey and the audition process. These recollections would be benign, boring even — if it weren't for the surrealist true crime score dun-dun-dunning in the background. "By 2020, all of [this cast] would be famous," text on the screen tells viewers, "and three would be dead."
Unlike in glee itself, these moments of camp offer no hint of irony. A montage of highlighted headlines, tweets, and photos plays as if to illustrate the central thesis that yes, of course this show and its cast are cursed. The montage references former cast member Melissa Benoist's 2019 accusation of domestic abuse against her ex-husband and former glee co-star Blake Jenner. (In 2020, Jenner released a statement taking "full responsibility" for the hurt he inflicted on Benoist, "emotionally, mentally and yes, physically.")
But glee is not a true crime story. The Price of Glee tries to carve grand mythology from the lives of over a dozen actors who once shared small talk over craft services. Along the way, it often forgets these people are human.
Benoist met a man at work, he became her husband, and he made the choice to hurt her. It doesn't really make sense to lump domestic abuse charges with the deaths of former co-workers or to place Rivera's or Monteith's names next to that of a man who died during a legal battle over child sexual abuse images. The series' connections are tenuous at best, voyeuristic and harmful at worst.
glee was camp: gaudy and a bit of an oddity, amusing and with a confusing relationship to self-awareness. That sensibility has long since shaped how the show is discussed. In the public imagination, tales of what went on behind the scenes at glee feel like natural extensions of the show's own fun-house mirror portrayal of the world.
But the cast of glee were just a group of coworkers. They worked together on a very specific — and specifically intense — TV show. They put in long hours, chatted with gaffers and grips. They fought, they fucked. They faced challenges that most of us can't relate to (dodging stalking paparazzi) and ones we can (microaggressions from type-A coworkers). Then their job ended. They moved on. Some left the industry. Life happened.
There's probably a lot that's interesting about glee's alumni — experiences we haven't heard, hilarities and tragedies not yet unearthed. Key to any narrative, though, is that people are what make a story interesting. The Price of Glee isn't interested in that. The show mines lazy hot takes from tragedy. It's a slap in the face to human beings it exploits. And to a lesser extent, it's also an insult to those who watched at home. Those who take an interest in how people navigate the extraordinary setting of Hollywood.
The stories we tell bear weight. No one — at least not yet — has grasped how best to tell the story of what came from glee. ●
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BkiUdsc5qsBDBWTXuEQk | An experimental hand transplant leaves a pianist driven to kill.
Newt Arnold
Paul Lukather
Dr. Gil Harding
Joan Harvey
Dina Paris
James Stapleton
Vernon Paris
Irish Mccalla
Ted Otis
Dr. Russ Compton
Hands Of A Stranger (1962) - Try Something Radical
Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- Hands Of A Stranger (1962)
Hands Of A Stranger (1962) - There's Got To Be Death
Hands Of A Stranger (1962) - Let My Ego Feed
The Answer!
Glenwood-Névé Productions
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The hands of pianist Vernon Paris are horribly mutilated in a taxicab accident, and Dr. Gil Harding replaces them with those of a murdered man. Dina (Vernon's sister) and George Britton (his manager) permit the transplant, believing it to be the only hope of Vernon's playing again. Though the operation is a physical success, Vernon is mentally incapable of accepting his new hands. Morose, he visits his girl friend, Elleen Hunter, and is shattered psychologically when she is repelled by his scarred wrists. Consequently, when she knocks over a candlestick and sets fire to her gown, Vernon allows her to burn to death. He visits the home of the cab driver responsible for the accident and hears his son play the piano. Vernon then tries to play, but unable to do so, he attacks the boy, who hits his head on an obstruction and dies. Now bent on total revenge, Vernon kills one of the surgeons who assisted at the transplantation and the young doctor's fiancée. Half-crazed, he goes to an empty concert hall and maniacally pounds a piano keyboard. When his sister and Dr. Harding appear, Vernon grabs the doctor and attempts to strangle him. He is prevented from committing still another murder by the timely arrival of the police.
Michael Du Pont
Dr. Ken Fry
Larry Haddon
Police Lieutenant Syms
Michael Rye
George Britton
Elaine Martone
Eileen Hunter
George Sawaya
Carnival barker
Henry Cronjager
Theobold Holsopple
Bert Honey
Vernon Keays
Richard Lasalle
Music comp & Conductor
Gerald Legrande
Associate Producer
Movie Clip
Hands Of A Stranger (1962) - Let My Ego Feed Joining in midstream the concert introducing Vernon Paris (James Stapleton), cheered by his sister Dina (Joan Harvey) and press agent George (Michael Britton), joined afterward by girlfriend Elaine (Eileen Hunter), in Hands Of A Stranger, 1962.
Hands Of A Stranger (1962) - Try Something Radical Facing the loss of the hands of injured pianist Vernon (James Stapleton), visionary surgeon Gil (Paul Lukather) confers with colleague Ken (Michael Du Pont), and the artist's agent (Michael Rye), in Hands Of A Stranger, 1962.
Hands Of A Stranger (1962) - There's Got To Be Death Opening scenes, Los Angeles, a grisly, random killing, to the operating theater, surgically-masked introductions of Paul Lukather (as Dr. Gil Harding) and Michael Du Pont, who also produced, (as Dr. Ken Fry), in the low budget 1962 riff on The Hands Of Orlac, Hands Of A Stranger.
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Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- Hands Of A Stranger (1962) Ben Mankiewicz introduces Hands Of A Stranger, 1962.
Celebrated pianist Vernon Paris (James Stapleton) is at the height of his talent and fame when he is severely injured in a traffic accident and his hands are mangled beyond repair. Operating without authority, Dr. Gil Harding (Paul Lukather) decides to amputate the musician's ruined hands and replace them with those taken from a recent murder victim in the hopes that the experimental surgery will allow Paris to perform again. Although the transplant is successful, the pianist is so traumatized by the accident that he suffers a complete mental collapse, becoming increasingly violent with dark thoughts of revenge on those he holds responsible for his hated new appendages.
Based on the 1920 novel Les Mains d'Orlac by French writer Maurice Renard, Hands of a Stranger (1962) is probably the most obscure movie adaptation of this famous horror tale which has been filmed numerous times before and since. The Hands of Orlac, the 1924 silent version directed by Robert Wiene with Conrad Veidt in the title role, and Karl Freund's Mad Love (1935) with Colin Clive as Orlac and Peter Lorre as the demented Doctor Gogol still stand as the most memorable screen versions of the Renard novel while other renditions include the 1960 remake The Hands of Orlac with Mel Ferrer and Christopher Lee and numerous European television productions.
Hands of a Stranger is an effectively lurid B-movie take on the familiar story with atmospheric, noir-influenced cinematography by TV veteran Henry Cronjager, Jr. Writer/Director Newt Arnold provides some fresh variations on the Renard original that includes a close, almost incestuous relationship between Paris and his devoted sister Dina (Joan Harvey) and reverses our sympathies for the protagonists, making the pianist a raging monster and Dr. Harding the hero. Unlike Lorre's insidious surgeon in Mad Love who tries to drive his patient insane so he can possess his wife, Harding's intentions are noble and good, even though his romantic pursuit of Dina inadvertently pushes Paris to extremes.
While most of the pianist's homicidal behavior takes place off screen, there are two on-screen deaths that are still potent and disturbing [SPOILER ALERT]; the first involves former girlfriend Eileen (Elaine Martone) whose dress catches fire and she burns to death during a violent argument with Paris and the second is the demise of Skeet (child actor Barry Gordon), the son of the taxi driver who accidentally caused the fateful car accident. The child not only has his hands crushed by Paris but dies from a head injury while trying to flee the madman.
Although well-paced and appropriately doom-laden, Hands of a Stranger is also heavy-handed at times with often risible, theatrical dialogue that would not be out of place in a pretentious off-Broadway play. For example, Lt. Syms (Laurence Haddon), the detective investigating Paris's murdered donor, muses, "Hands. Amazing things when you think about it. A genius device of flesh and bone that can paint a beautiful picture, control a scalpel, press the trigger and perhaps the delicately lined pictures on the tips of those fingers can tell me all I want to know."
The performances also have the exaggerated, crisis-oriented quality of a daytime television soap opera with Paul Lukather maintaining a nervous, sweaty intensity throughout as the concerned doctor and Joan Harvey matching him scene for scene as the borderline hysterical sister and would-be fiancée. Some of their exchanges achieve the absurd deliriousness of Ed Wood's Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959).
Gil Harding: Don't let fear drive you into a pit of superstition. Dina Paris: But are we sure the soul really controls the outside? Or is what we call a soul really shaped by our own pleasures and hatreds of the outside and how they're shaped by the world?
Despite the camp aspects of Hands of a Stranger, the movie is still more offbeat and engrossing than you'd expect from a relatively unknown B-movie of the sixties. It also features an early appearance by Sally Kellerman in her second film role as the ill-fated girlfriend of an assistant surgeon and Irish McCalla as a nurse; McCalla was a former pin-up in girlie magazines whose main claim to fame was playing the title role in the TV series, Sheena: Queen of the Jungle (1955-56). Richard LaSalle, who composed the dramatic score, was unusually prolific in the sixties and seventies, scoring everything from The Flight That Disappeared (1961) to Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! (1966) to The Thirsty Dead (1974). Also look and listen for jazz legends the Red Norvo Quintette in the background in one scene.
Producer: Newt Arnold, Michael Du Pont
Director: Newt Arnold
Screenplay: Newt Arnold
Cinematography: Henry Cronjager, Jr.
Editing: Bert Honey
Art Direction: Theobold Holsopple
Music: Richard LaSalle
Cast: James Stapleton (Vernon Paris), Paul Lukather (Dr. Gil Harding), Joan Harvey (Dina Paris), Ted Otis (Dr. Ross Compton), Michael Rye (George Britton), Irish McCalla (Holly), Sally Kellerman (Sue), Barry Gordon (Skeet Wilder).
BW-95m.
by Jeff Stafford
Celebrated pianist Vernon Paris (James Stapleton) is at the height of his talent and fame when he is severely injured in a traffic accident and his hands are mangled beyond repair. Operating without authority, Dr. Gil Harding (Paul Lukather) decides to amputate the musician's ruined hands and replace them with those taken from a recent murder victim in the hopes that the experimental surgery will allow Paris to perform again. Although the transplant is successful, the pianist is so traumatized by the accident that he suffers a complete mental collapse, becoming increasingly violent with dark thoughts of revenge on those he holds responsible for his hated new appendages. Based on the 1920 novel Les Mains d'Orlac by French writer Maurice Renard, Hands of a Stranger (1962) is probably the most obscure movie adaptation of this famous horror tale which has been filmed numerous times before and since. The Hands of Orlac, the 1924 silent version directed by Robert Wiene with Conrad Veidt in the title role, and Karl Freund's Mad Love (1935) with Colin Clive as Orlac and Peter Lorre as the demented Doctor Gogol still stand as the most memorable screen versions of the Renard novel while other renditions include the 1960 remake The Hands of Orlac with Mel Ferrer and Christopher Lee and numerous European television productions. Hands of a Stranger is an effectively lurid B-movie take on the familiar story with atmospheric, noir-influenced cinematography by TV veteran Henry Cronjager, Jr. Writer/Director Newt Arnold provides some fresh variations on the Renard original that includes a close, almost incestuous relationship between Paris and his devoted sister Dina (Joan Harvey) and reverses our sympathies for the protagonists, making the pianist a raging monster and Dr. Harding the hero. Unlike Lorre's insidious surgeon in Mad Love who tries to drive his patient insane so he can possess his wife, Harding's intentions are noble and good, even though his romantic pursuit of Dina inadvertently pushes Paris to extremes. While most of the pianist's homicidal behavior takes place off screen, there are two on-screen deaths that are still potent and disturbing [SPOILER ALERT]; the first involves former girlfriend Eileen (Elaine Martone) whose dress catches fire and she burns to death during a violent argument with Paris and the second is the demise of Skeet (child actor Barry Gordon), the son of the taxi driver who accidentally caused the fateful car accident. The child not only has his hands crushed by Paris but dies from a head injury while trying to flee the madman. Although well-paced and appropriately doom-laden, Hands of a Stranger is also heavy-handed at times with often risible, theatrical dialogue that would not be out of place in a pretentious off-Broadway play. For example, Lt. Syms (Laurence Haddon), the detective investigating Paris's murdered donor, muses, "Hands. Amazing things when you think about it. A genius device of flesh and bone that can paint a beautiful picture, control a scalpel, press the trigger and perhaps the delicately lined pictures on the tips of those fingers can tell me all I want to know." The performances also have the exaggerated, crisis-oriented quality of a daytime television soap opera with Paul Lukather maintaining a nervous, sweaty intensity throughout as the concerned doctor and Joan Harvey matching him scene for scene as the borderline hysterical sister and would-be fiancée. Some of their exchanges achieve the absurd deliriousness of Ed Wood's Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959). Gil Harding: Don't let fear drive you into a pit of superstition. Dina Paris: But are we sure the soul really controls the outside? Or is what we call a soul really shaped by our own pleasures and hatreds of the outside and how they're shaped by the world? Despite the camp aspects of Hands of a Stranger, the movie is still more offbeat and engrossing than you'd expect from a relatively unknown B-movie of the sixties. It also features an early appearance by Sally Kellerman in her second film role as the ill-fated girlfriend of an assistant surgeon and Irish McCalla as a nurse; McCalla was a former pin-up in girlie magazines whose main claim to fame was playing the title role in the TV series, Sheena: Queen of the Jungle (1955-56). Richard LaSalle, who composed the dramatic score, was unusually prolific in the sixties and seventies, scoring everything from The Flight That Disappeared (1961) to Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! (1966) to The Thirsty Dead (1974). Also look and listen for jazz legends the Red Norvo Quintette in the background in one scene. Producer: Newt Arnold, Michael Du Pont Director: Newt Arnold Screenplay: Newt Arnold Cinematography: Henry Cronjager, Jr. Editing: Bert Honey Art Direction: Theobold Holsopple Music: Richard LaSalle Cast: James Stapleton (Vernon Paris), Paul Lukather (Dr. Gil Harding), Joan Harvey (Dina Paris), Ted Otis (Dr. Ross Compton), Michael Rye (George Britton), Irish McCalla (Holly), Sally Kellerman (Sue), Barry Gordon (Skeet Wilder). BW-95m. by Jeff Stafford
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BkiUdkY5qhLA-KZ41y59 | Colony Club Set to Open on Wednesday, April 22nd | Park View, D.C.
Colony Club, 3118 Georgia Avenue.
We've eagerly been awaiting the opening of Colony Club, located at 3118 Georgia Avenue in the former MaMa's Southern Cuisine space. Now, a little more than a year since Colony Club began their project, the are done and will open for business at 7 a.m. on Wednesday, April 22nd.
The business will operate as a coffee shop between the hours of 7 a.m. and 5 p.m., and then transition to a bar with a limited food menu in the evenings between 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. Check out the Colony Club Website for more details on their food and beverage offerings.
Over the weekend I stopped in and talked with Max Zuckerman, the public face of Colony Club, which gave me the opportunity to see how the space has been transformed. Inside and out, Colony Club is a class act. For the first time in my memory, the building has curb appeal and is inviting. Upon entering the space, it is light, uncluttered, and comfortable with a mid-century modern feel to it. Everywhere one looks — even in the most simple details — one can see that fit, finishes, materials, and colors, were chosen thoughtfully resulting in a truly welcoming space.
Presuming their coffee, pastries, and service live up to the quality of the renovations, Colony Club will fast become a neighborhood favorite.
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A place like this would go over so well up on 14th St near Red Derby. Come north please!
So it will only have bar hours from 7pm-10pm daily? Seems like a short window where they will miss the early happy hour crowd. Looking forward to checking it out either way! | c4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUbWjxK3xgpfY9dWXp | Crip Chronicles: Crip Bloggers Unite!
On Monday, May 1st, an international group of bloggers with disabilities are going to all post blogs against what the organizer, "Goldfish", calls "disablism". Goldfish is in the UK; I think we, in the US, lean toward "ablism" as a term to describe discrimination against people with disabilities. Terminology isn't is as important as the idea.
I think this is a cool idea. Similar efforts by columnists and cartoonists against various social ills have been quite successful. If you go to Blogging Against Disablism Day you'll see a list of over 100 bloggers who've signed up to participate, including yours truly.
I can't vouch for the writing of all the participants, but the few I've checked out are worth a gander.
there is a Blood member that keeps on giving my younger cosin with disabilities problems and he just won't leave him alone he keeps grabing him and throwing him out of his wheel chair without mercy.Sometimes he even beats his legs with a 2 by 4 and I just can't get the punk to stop by peaceful means. My cosin lives in Woodbine neghborhoods in Blacksburg Va. and the jerk thats bothering him is Joey Philips and he lives in his neighborhood. What should I do.
Moloka'i: Disability History in Microcosm? | c4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
BkiUfbM5qhDCykklLazY | in Proc. International Workshop on Cyper Crime @ARES, IEEE 2015 (to appear).
Network covert channels have become a sophisticated means for transferring hidden information over the network, and thereby breaking the security policy of a system. Covert channel-internal control protocols, called micro protocols, have been introduced in the recent years to enhance capabilities of network covert channels. Micro protocols are usually placed within the hidden bits of a covert channel's payload and enable features such as reliable data transfer, session management, and dynamic routing for network covert channels. These features provide adaptive and stealthy communication channels for malware, especially botnets. Although many techniques are available to counter network covert channels, these techniques are insufficient for countering micro protocols. In this paper, we present the first work to categorize and implement possible countermeasures for micro protocols that can ultimately break sophisticated covert channel communication. The key aspect of proposing these countermeasures is based on the interaction with the micro protocol. We implemented the countermeasures for two micro protocol-based tools: Ping Tunnel and Smart Covert Channel Tool. The results show that our techniques are able to counter micro protocols in an effective manner compared to current mechanisms, which do not target micro protocol-specific behavior. | c4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
BkiUdns4uBhi6bG9liLM | Financial tech startup WeLab raises $220M from investors including Alibaba, the IFC and Credit Suisse
Catherine Shu @catherineshu / 2 years
WeLab, a financial tech startup that operates online lending platforms in Hong Kong and China, has raised $220 million in combined equity and debt financing. The round, which WeLab says is its Series B+, brings its total funding so far to $425 million. Investors include the Alibaba Hong Kong Entrepreneurs Fund, the World Bank's International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Credit Suisse, which also acted as the round's placement agent.
The company declined to disclose its valuation. Founder and chief executive officer Simon Loong told TechCrunch that it is still too early to share details about any plans for an initial offering, but said "there are many similarities between the recent fintech companies who have gone public and us—one of which is that these companies and ourselves started around 2012-2013. We keep a close eye on the IPOs."
Most of WeLab's borrowers are individuals and small businesses who don't have enough established credit to take out loans from traditional banks at a low interest rate and typically rely on friends and family or microloan programs instead. WeLab's platform, which allows users to submit loan applications through a smartphone app, positions itself as a more efficient alternative. WeLab can respond to applications almost instantly by assessing creditworthiness with data gathered from online sources, including bill payment records and social media profiles, with its proprietary technology, which it also licenses to banks and telecoms.
WeLab was founded in 2013 and now claims 25 million users and says it has processed a total of $28 billion in loans. Loong said that investors from this round will allow WeLab to partner with more banks to develop financial products and services. It already works with more than 40 banks and is planning to expand into Southeast Asia.
"We see Southeast Asia as a region with huge growth potential for WeLab due to its high percentage of unbanked population (73% out of 600 million) which makes it impossible to borrow and its high mobile penetration rate (133%)," said Loong.
The company's new financing will also be used to develop its artificial intelligence and automation capabilities, which WeLab uses to detect fraud, lower its operating costs and improve customer experience. For example, artificial intelligence powers its chatbot WeBot, which Loong says now handles 70% of WeLab's customer service enquiries.
The Alibaba Hong Kong Entrepreneurs Fund was launched by Alibaba Group to find investments that could also serve as strategic partners. Alibaba's interest in WeLab isn't surprising because of its focus on using technology to disrupt the traditional banking industry in China through Ant Financial, its financial services arm, and online payment system Alipay.
In a statement, the fund's executive director, Cindy Chow, said "With a specific focus in developing innovation and entrepreneurship in Hong Kong, we invest in promising Hong Kong companies with groundbreaking business models and technologies. We were attracted to WeLab because of its innovative business model. As one of the fastest growing fintech companies in Hong Kong and the Mainland, we look forward to working with the team and support their further expansion." | commoncrawl | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
BkiUaRXxK2li-LM1PI7D | I threw out a question on Twitter and Facebook today that got such great responses I want to repeat it here!
Background: as I've mentioned, Carlie Webber and I have an article in this month's School Library Journal. And it's called When Harry Met Bella: Fanfiction is all the rage. But is it plagiarism? Or the perfect thing to encourage young writers?
The question I asked was: "Tell the truth: did you write fanfic as a kid, even tho you didn't know it was "fan fiction"? What was it?"
Facebook answers are at Facebook.
Some Twitter answers are at the "replies" part of my Twitter account. (Actually, that is a "search" on @LizB at twitter so is a mix of responses).
I'm struck by the people who say, "I didn't know what I was doing!"
Same here. When I wrote the (original) Battlestar Galactica meets (original) Star Trek, with an original character named (wait for it) Leisl who was (I'm not kidding) psychic (I was TWELVE or so, what do you expect!) I had no idea that I was writing fanfiction and had created a Mary Sue.
By the way, my favorite article about Mary Sue is TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE: 150 YEARS OF MARY SUE by by Pat Pflieger. First, 150 years! Second, whatever emotional and creative need Mary Sue meets in its writers, it is a need that has existed for over a century. It was written ten years ago, so the pop culture references are dated.
So now that you know that story where you were a cousin of the kids in your favorite teen show was, in fact, "fanfiction"... confess.
What fanfic did you write as a kid?
Do you write it now? I don't write now, but I do enjoy reading it and definitely get story ideas that I'm just too lazy to write.
As a kid I added a Mary Sue character to Charlie's Angels - oh and the Brady Bunch was involved too. That's all I say about that.
Then I got a two-book contract and didn't have time or energy to work on anything fannish for about four years. I'm back into the fanfic now, though! Just occasionally, when I'm unwinding between projects, but it's a good way to keep my hand in without feeling too much pressure or worrying about whether it'll sell.
Chris, I remember that story. LOL.
RJ, I loved Pern! Well, up until the later books. I didn't love some of her characters the way she did.
It was the first two Menolly books I really loved -- music and fire lizards, how much more awesome could it get? The rest of the Pern books I read, I could take or leave, but those ones I keep coming back to again and again.
I had to stop and count on my fingers to figure out all the fandoms I wrote in, but the first when I was about eleven was (thunderously bad) Star Wars fanfic.
I still write fanfic--not Star Wars, and hopefully not thunderously bad--and I get a lot of enjoyment out of it.
I wrote a long tale in which I (not even a Mary Sue, just directly ME) got transported through time to Jo Bhaer's Plumfield school. Dan reformed on my account, don't you know.
I recall writing some Narnia fanfic in 7th grade, too, though I didn't know that's what it was.
Oh, definitely -- my very first fanfic, at age 9, was a sequel to Anne of Green Gables in which Gilbert was not such an overweening prat, and Anne went on to do marvelous things.
I'm sure it was dreadful. There wasn't a Mary Sue, though; obviously 19th century Prince Edward Island wasn't where I was from, so I didn't insert myself.
Well, we'll just draw a veil on that.
-- OH. And to answer the last question, no, I don't write it now. I think all fiction writers possess a bit of "imitation is the sincerest form of flattery" fear, so I don't even write tribute fiction. I don't want to step on any toes, or write something that's already been done. Not that there's any hope of escaping that entirely, but I don't at all write things "in the style of" or anything else. Yikes.
I also wrote lots of Trek fanfic, read lots of fanfic and was very proud of my X-Files meets the Titanic in space story. My mom found a notebook of all my stories-I'm a little afraid to go back and read them all now!
I've never been into fanfiction (hence not remembering having ever done it at all) to say I "still" do it, but actually one of my original characters is related to a real person I am a fan of. It's something that will never come out in a final book, but affects my understanding of the character, and I've written short stories involving this real person while working on my character's backstory, so I don't know if that counts as fanfiction!
Congrats on the cover, btw, it's a great article! A teen asked me this summer if reading fanfic counted as reading time for the summer program and I said of course it does!
As for ME ... the summer before I started 9th grade I wrote a different ending for Gone with the Wind IN THE BOOK ITSELF. (Rhett and Scarlett live happily ever after, obvs.) And I still write and read fanfic! :) Some fandoms I've written stories in: Buffy, Gilmore Girls, Friday Night Lights, How I Met Your Mother, and Veronica Mars. I've written Harry Potter slash AND slash for a Newbery winner (!) from the last 10 years. I think it's fun to write something in an established universe and it's good practice without all the world building for me. | c4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
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In terms of Android it's a variant of 2.3 which means it's not using the tablet version of Android which means it acts more like a smartphone than a tablet. Furthermore, it doesn't include Android Market nor Google's Apps (e.g Maps). It only has WiFi and not 3G which means it's a lot less capable than many tablets. Finally, it's also looking like it won't be available outside N America.
The Silk web browser looks innovative in that it speeds up browsing by caching and adapting content at Amazon's servers. However, it's not that innovative because Opera do this and ReqWireless, acquired by Google in 2005, pioneered this idea. Ummm, I wonder if Google now have patents for this? I do question whether server side is really required. Is it solving a real problem? Web browsing, especially via WiFi provided by the Fire, is already acceptable in my opinion. Messing about with server side web browsing introduces security and privacy concerns, content adaption can provide problems for developers and ultimately isn't that scaleable without huge server resources.
Instead of competition, I see the Kindle Fire as a different category of device – Low end and more tied to one set of services – Amazon's in this case. It's more like the Barnes & Noble Nook and existing Kindles I suppose. I anticipate we will see similar, vertical tablets emerge from brands who wish to try to channel users to their brands. However, typical end users buying these to get the full tablet experience are likely to be disappointed and get buyers remorse. I say 'typical' because more technical users such as you and I will be able to side load, hack, unlock and possibly tether these devices to make them much more useful.
UPDATE: From the developer FAQ "Your app cannot require a gyroscope, camera, WAN module, Bluetooth, microphone, GPS, or micro-SD to function" | c4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
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BkiUbP05qWTD6cbkr4Kf | My fourth week at Summer Camp. The weather's been hot, very hot for us wilting roses in England, but I still got into the spirit with my Camp Nano tee shirt.
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BkiUfXDxK7IDPV_IuMFS | Teens learn to become ambassadors for Israel
By Debra Rubin August 23, 2010, 12:00 am Edit
Girls on the Jerusalem Journey Ambassadors program cheer on the boys at a basketball game. Photos courtesy Allison Belfer
Two central Jersey teens' five-week visit to Israel this summer was more than just a vacation. They and 45 others from across the United States learned to become "ambassadors" for Israel on college campuses and high schools.
Erica Lunin of Avenel and Allison Belfer of Manalapan took part in the Jerusalem Journey Ambassadors program of the National Conference of Synagogue Youth of the Orthodox Union.
"Israel's most important battles are being fought in the battlefield of public opinion, and today we are outmanned and outarmed," said NCSY New York regional director Rabbi Aryeh Lighstone, who created the program. "We need to educate teens who will be influential on influential campuses."
Allison, the daughter of Richard and Mindy Belfer, is president of the Englishtown chapter of NCSY and an incoming senior at the Academy of Allied Health Sciences in Neptune.
"I've been to Israel before and knew I wanted to go back," she said, so she discussed possible programs with her NCSY chapter adviser and Rabbi Robert Pilavin, her rabbi at Congregation Sons of Israel in Manalapan. They suggested the ambassadors program with its combination of learning, politics, advocacy, and service.
Erica, a recent graduate of Colonia High School who is entering Rutgers University, also came to the program through a recommendation. Ever since her Conservative synagogue, Congregation Adath Israel in Woodbridge, merged several years ago with Congregation Neve Shalom in Metuchen, she has periodically attended the Chabad of Midtown Manhattan. Its rabbi, Joshua Metzger, told her about the program.
"I really lost touch with my religious side after my synagogue closed," she said. "But I got back in touch in Israel. I understand a lot more and appreciate a lot more. It was very interesting to learn surrounded by people who know where you come from even though you come from different backgrounds."
The June 30-Aug. 3 program sent 47 public high school student leaders, led by West Orange native Rabbi Ben Zion Goldfischer of Modi'in, to meet with Knesset members, chief rabbis, senior IDF generals, and members of Hatzalah Israel ambulance service. They also visited the security fence and border areas and met with the parents of a Navy commando involved in the recent Turkish flotilla incident.
"It was the summer of a lifetime," said Erica.
The group also participated in a camp day for children from Sderot who live in constant fear of missile attacks from Gaza.
The trip was even more special for her because her parents, Russian immigrants Vladimir and Serafina Lunin, were also in Israel, a gift for her father's July 15 birthday.
"My father had never been there," said Erica. "My mom and I went there as a present after my bat mitzva. But, this was a chance for me to visit when I was older. I have a lot of family there and I saw my parents on weekends. I loved it."
Allison, a cadet with the Englishtown-Manalapan Volunteer First Aid Squad and a Friendship Circle volunteer helping handicapped children, had previously celebrated her brother's bar mitzva in Israel and participated in the International Youth Program, part of Sar El — Volunteers for Israel.
Included in the ambassadors program was a week of study — in the Michlelet program for girls, Kollel for boys — which provided a crash course in basic Judaism and hands-on leadership training. Additionally, Allison said, she "learned a lot of hesed [acts of kindness]."
Highlights of the program included playing with children in a Netanya orphanage and meeting youngsters brought to Israel from around the world by Save a Child's Heart to have lifesaving surgery not available in their native lands.
As a result of the program, said Allison, "I feel prepared to be a better leader with the skills to advocate for Israel. It allowed me to be a better person, learn Torah, and help people."
"I plan on bringing the skills I learned this summer back to my NCSY chapter," she said, "and teach them to advocate. On my college campus, I plan to start programs to show what Israel is really about, not what they see on TV." | commoncrawl | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
BkiUda05qhDACtwISkc1 | Solange has cancelled her upcoming performances at Coachella.
The vocalist was due to appear at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California on April 13 and 20, prior to Tame Impala's headline set, but the festival's organiser's released the below statement via Twitter.
Solange still has a number of festival dates in the diary for the summer, including Primavera in Portugal, Parklife in Manchester, and Lovebox in London.
Coachella will also host sets from headliners Ariana Grande and Childish Gambino, as well as Janelle Monáe, the 1975, DJ Snake, Diplo, Solange, Kid Cudi, Weezer, Aphex Twin, Billie Eilish, Khalid, Zedd, Gesaffelstein, Bad Bunny, Chvrches, Nina Kraviz, King Princess, Charlotte Gainsbourg, SOPHIE, Turnstile, Christine and the Queens, Ty Segall & White Fence, Little Simz, Idris Elba, Hop Along, Soccer Mommy, Iceage and Blood Orange, among many, many others. Head here for further details.
Solange surprise released her new album, 'When I Get Home', on February 28. Head below to check out the clip for Things I Imagined / Down with the Clique, taken from an accompanying film of the same name.
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Solange has dropped a new album.
Some records take a hammer to their surroundings. They show us the world and then tear it down before our eyes, eager for us to understand and embrace their rage. Solange's 'A Seat At The Table' almost does the opposite. She relates lyrics driven by anger and repeated pleas for understanding over songs that are very rarely less than palatial and, to the last note, immaculately constructed. This is a record of remarkable poise and a rare example of an artist speaking with absolute conviction as both a lyricist and musician. | c4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUah3xK4sA-9zR-HE6 | Diphtheria is caused by bacteria. Affected persons may have fever, sore throat with patches of greyish membrane adhered to the throat and breathing difficulty. In serious cases, it can cause airway obstruction, heart failure, nerve damage or even death. The disease is spread by contact with patient or carrier. Less commonly, a person may get infected through contact with articles soiled with discharges from affected persons.
Tetanus is caused by bacteria, which gets into the body through a break in the skin and produce a toxin that attacks the nervous system. It can cause painful tightening of the body and locking of the jaws, so that the infected person cannot open his/her mouth or swallow. When tetanus affects muscles that help to breathe, the patient can die very quickly.
Pertussis, also known as "whooping cough", is an acute respiratory illness caused by bacteria. The infected person may initially have non-specific symptoms like runny nose, sneezing, low grade fever and mild cough. The cough gradually becomes more severe and spells of violent coughing can interfere with eating, drinking and breathing. The symptoms can last for weeks. Complications include lung infection, seizures and brain damage. It is spread by direct contact with droplets from patients.
Poliomyelitis is caused by one of the 3 types of Poliovirus (1, 2 and 3). The virus enters the body through oral route and eventually invades the central nervous system. Symptoms include fever, severe muscle pain, stiffness in the neck and back, paralysis, or even breathing difficulty and death.
DTaP-IPV vaccine can effectively prevent the above 4 serious diseases. In Hong Kong, DTaP-IPV is included in the Hong Kong Childhood Immunisation Programme.
In order to achieve good and lasting protection, a child should receive 3 doses of DTaP-IPV vaccine in the first year of life (at 2 months, 4 months and 6 months), and another booster dose at 18 months. Two other doses will be given to primary one students and primary six students*. DTaP-IPV can be given with other vaccines.
* Diphtheria, tetanus, acellular pertussis (reduced dose) & inactivated poliovirus vaccine is recommended for primary six students.
Serious allergic reaction to any of the vaccine components or following previous dose of DTaP-IPV vaccine.
Encephalopathy or other neurological conditions within 7 days following previous dose of DTaP-IPV vaccine or a pertussis-containing vaccine.
Serious allergic reaction to certain antibiotics or preservatives.
Minor side effects include local reactions (such as pain, redness or swelling).
Moderate or severe systemic side effects occur less frequently which include temperature of 40.5°C (105°F) or higher, persistent crying lasting for 3 hours or longer, febrile seizures as well as hypotonic-hyporesponsive episodes.
Parents can use anti-fever medication to relieve the symptoms.
Infrequently, transient benign swelling of the entire upper arm or/and thigh after the 4th and 5th doses of DTaP vaccines has been reported.
If the child develops breathing difficulty or coma (which are extremely rare) after vaccination, please bring him/her to the Accident & Emergency Department of hospitals immediately for management. | c4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
BkiUdXA5qhLBCSMaNWoj | It isn't often I immediately buy into a player but I have with Fabian Delph. When the speculation started up I had my concerns, but then I had time to look out for him, watch as many Leeds games as I could and while he has been here for a while now, his attitude seems perfect and that is why I'm tagging him Fabulous from now on, because he really could be for us.
Now, if you offer me £80,000 a week to play football, I'd sell my wife - most of us would. But if you're earning £60,000 a week already, have a couple of million in the bank and know that you'll earn enough over the rest of your career so your grandchildren will never have to work and you will have a life the majority can only dream about, then maybe if more and more think like that or best case scenario, the authorities fix the game, we will start to see more and more loyalty.
I write that because that is the impression I get from Delph and I know I'm convincing myself and there is no real basis for this and it is more a hope, but there was something that made me start to think this and that was possibly why I bought into this player. I'll say it now; we need to offer him a five year contract and with the likes of Bannan, Clark, Albrighton, Hogg and others, build a team around these players.
Add to the team with the likes of Bent and Given - but build a team around homegrown players or in the case of Delph real young talent that you will have for a few years and can mould.
I'm writing this because he won the man of the match vote for the victory over Blackburn at the weekend and it was deserved. I know Gabby scored and he also got a lot of votes, but Delph was the clear winner.
So, I've probably gone on a little too much with Delph and my biggest fear is that we see it for a few games and then he fades away, but I've just got a feeling we wont with this player and I think that is why I quite like him. Back to the hope.
So, with that match over, we focus on another and expect more of the younger players to be playing tonight, because Hereford are sitting in 23rd place in Division Four at the moment and while this will be their biggest game of the season, they've picked up one point from a possible twelve - they are struggling.
But it is the biggest game they will play this season and it is a potential banana skin for the manager. I don't think he will go all out reserve side, but the bench will probably look quite impressive. Expect Stephen Ireland to start with the likes of Guzan, Clark, Bannan, Albrighton and Heskey. Not that bad a team is it and we might even see the likes of Hogg, Lichaj and maybe The Fonz.
I'm not sure the game is on anywhere other than the radio but we will be running the best possible update service we can, but if you're in the area, I fancy you'll be able to get a ticket for tonight and I fancy you might see a few goals.
So, that is it for now - I don't think there is anything else going on at the moment, so this is where I'm going to leave you, with a feeling that I am forgetting something. If I remember, I'll come back. | c4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
BkiUbuM25V5hdn6rQQjF | We are pleased to invite you to register for the Doctoral Research Conference on Mobility, held jointly by the Centre for Migration and Diaspora Studies and SOAS Journal of Postgraduate Research.
This conference provides a platform for SOAS PhD students to showcase their projects, with an option to submit papers for publication to the SOAS Journal of Postgraduate Research, bringing together our interdisciplinary community of scholars who work on topics of mobility.
Thank you for your interest. Hope you see you there! | c4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUbE85qsMAIoJia6gJ | Tag: Adaptation
How to Talk to Girls at Parties (Film) Review
Published on August 8, 2018 September 28, 2018 by Christa Hag Bass2 Comments
Welcome to Alien August! Jill and I have decided to explore the genre of science fiction, starting with this bat-shit but charming adaptation of Neil Gaiman's short story of the same name.
Who knows where the month will take us?
IMDB Synopsis
An alien touring the galaxy breaks away from her group and meets two young inhabitants of the most dangerous place in the universe: the London suburb of Croydon.
It's 1977 and Enn (Alex Sharp) and his pals are into punk and girls. When they find out from Croydon's punk matriarch, Queen Boadicea (Nicole Kidman) that there's a secret house party going on at a local address, the boys are determined to crash it and soak up as much life experience as they can.
And boy, do they get more then they bargain for.
Accidentally gatecrashing the wrong house and the wrong party, Enn meets beautiful and mysterious Zan (Elle Fanning) while his friends are soon otherwise engaged (sex tour/dance party), and thus begins a wonderfully weird love affair that will span the universe. Sort of.
Aliens are slightly better looking than Spielberg portrays them
What Enn is quick to realise is that Zan isn't like other girls. In the literal sense because she is very much not human and part of a cannibal/child eating commune of alien life forms currently touring Earth. Zan is a rebel at heart though which might be why she takes to punk culture like a duck to water.
She seems to be the only member of her group to vocalise her concerns that they all act like tourists but fail to experience real life like the locals do. When she meets Enn she decides to take a chance and let him teach her more about the ways of Punk for the remaining 48 hours she has on Earth.
While the young lovers experience all the planet has to offer, Zan's alien crew tsk and tut about all the rules she's breaking. But they follow her anyway in a bid to make sure she doesn't miss her ticket off Earth. This leads them all into hilarious japes as Zan meets Boudicea, becomes a punk star and picks up her own on-board passenger along the way.
There's also some dubious sexual assault by alien (it's meant to be light-hearted but made me feel icky), the convoluted cannibal story-line and a hard decision for Zan to make about her future and the future of… well, you'll see.
Will Enn end up heartbroken or does this relationship have legs? Also, are Punks harder than aliens in a fight?
If truth be told I wasn't as focused as I could of been on this. It was fun fluffy goodness with a wonderfully bonkers premise and I enjoyed it. I didn't really follow a lot of the alien philosophy, something about the fathers eating their children but it doesn't matter – it's one long getting-to-know-you montage and I'm here for that. I'm also extremely here for Nicole Kidman as a punk Queen and would like to move into her artists' loft STAT.
Elle Fanning is a dreamy one and her chemistry with Alex Sharp was believable. I enjoyed Enn's friends, John (Ethan Lawrence) and Vic (Abraham Lewis), the latter of whom is anally probed against his will. This later happens to another character too. This shit didn't happen down the bus stop in Bexhill town, let me tell you. Although, I would like to go to that weird arse house party.
So yeah, it was fun and nice and looked good with attractive cast members – but I haven't really thought of it since and the pregnancy story-line is a little cheesy. The very ending is cute though, when we meet a grown up Enn in the nineties.
What does ma girl Jill think of this psychedelic love fest? Does she think it's out of this work or would she eat it for dinner? Find out here.
Categories Jillian & Christa's Great Blog Collab 2018, The Movies•Tags Adaptation, Aliens, Based on a Short Story, Cinema, Elle Fanning, Film, How to Talk to Girls at Parties, Jillian & Christa's Great Blog Collab 2018, Neil Gaiman, The Movies
Dietland
Published on June 13, 2018 July 7, 2018 by Christa Hag Bass1 Comment
*The first 3 episodes*
I want to talk about the TV adaptation of one of my favourite books in recent years (and apparently, my Book of 2016) – Dietland. It's just started airing in the US and thankfully also on Amazon Prime – which is the greatest weekly treat. The first three episodes are up now and so far so good.
Plum Kettle is a ghostwriter for the editor of one of New York's hottest fashion magazines. Struggling with self-image and fed up with how she's treated by her boss and society, Plum sets out on a wildly complicated road to self-awakening. At the same time, everyone is buzzing over news reports about men, accused of sexual abuse and assault, who are disappearing and meeting untimely, violent deaths.
My Thoughts So Far
♥ Joy Nash is gorgeous and so likable as Plum – and she's actually fat! But I can't help thinking she's too good-looking and not fat enough – wouldn't this be even better if she didn't fit into the 'beautiful' ideal at all? (Hate saying anyone isn't 'enough' of anything but hopefully you know what I'm trying to say) – that said she's so bloody lovely, I want to see her in everything coming up, please.
♥ Julianna Margulies as Kitty Montgomery is PERFECTLY cast – I despise her in every way. What a prize A CUNT
♥ I'd give anything to visit the beauty closet for just one hour – ten minutes, even
♥ It is never tiring to watch abusers get their comeuppance, even when it's brutal and violent (particularly then)
♥ I really like that Malleck Ferguson is such a poorly disguised version of a well-known fashion photographer and abuser – down to the minute details of his over-the-top glasses and personal style – LOL
♥ Marlowe Buchanan is also cast well (she's played by Alanna Ubach) and so far comes across as a bit of an arse with a God complex – proof that heroes and villains aren't always cast in black and white
♥ Not enough Leeta (Erin Darke) – so they better bring her back again soon
♥ The closing speech at the end of Episode 3 made me cry. I won't spoiler but it starts with "I don't hate myself, society does" and it's important and vital and above all TRUE
I haven't seen any violence towards sex workers or porn stars yet but I've read a discussion about it on Twitter and I'm not into it either. I know that the book tackles the porn industry on the whole and it opened my eyes when I read it – but I don't think this should be a judgement of the women themselves, in either capacity. I'll see when it comes along how I feel but I am hoping that it doesn't let me down.
I can't wait until the next episode, TV just got GREAT again!
Anyone else watching? What are your thoughts? ♥
Categories Stuff I Dig, TV Addict•Tags #onewomanbookclub, Adaptation, Books, Dietland, Fat, Fat Protagonist, Joy Nash, Julianna Margulies, Literature, TV, TV Addict | commoncrawl | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUbic5qhDACjhvwhQa | New York to host SITEGlobal Conference 2023
NYC & Company, President & CEO, Fred Dixon has announced that New York City will host the 50th anniversary SITEGlobal Conference from 17-20 February 2023.
The announcement was made at this week's Society for Incentive Travel Excellence (SITEGC) 2022, which took place in Dublin this week. It also reflects the wave of optimism within the incentive travel industry as Covid restrictions are lifted.
NYC & Company is the destination marketing organization and convention and visitors bureau for NYC's five boroughs.
Fred Dixon, NYC & Company, President & CEO, Fred Dixon, said: "We greatly look forward to welcoming SITE attendees back to the five boroughs next year."
(Above: Fred Dixon, President & CEO, NYC & Company)
While in Dublin, @nycgo has also conducted travel trade media interviews and held a special reception for members of the Irish press, trade, airline partners and meeting planners.
SITE began in 1991, bringing 460 incentive travel professionals from 37 different countries to Dublin. That consolidated a relationship between SITE and Ireland that started way back in 1974 when Anne Wold-Graham, then an employee of the Irish Tourist Board in New York, became SITE's first President.
If Ireland is a leading destination for incentive travel experiences, then this is due to its relationship with SITE, to the connections that were built and the lessons learned.
Woodlawn Bronx (photo: Brittany Petronella)
Founded in 1973, SITE is a professional association of 2,500 members located in 90 countries, working in corporations, agencies, airlines, cruise companies, and across the entire destination supply chain.
It brings value to its members at both global and local chapter level by networking, online resources, education, certification, and advocacy. SITE is committed to the new generation and operates a best-in-class Young Leaders program and dedicated annual conference.
New York has a numbered of hotels and resorts nominated in this year's World Travel Awards.
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BkiUeRDxK4sA-9zSBjrd | Mike King and Joseph Lomas (co-hosts of the podcast How Many Fingers Am I Holding Up?) join me to discuss having a podcast, their numerous abandoned projects and share our "VIEWS" on hip hop.
Episode 181 – Spring Has Sprung! | c4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUfrDxK4tBVgEFXc5- | Honduras Hiatus on Basic Rights
July 3, 2009 July 3, 2009 Circles Robinson 0 Comments
By Thelma Mejía
Trade unionists in Honduras protest coup, photo: International Transport Workers' Federation
HAVANA TIMES, July 2 (IPS) — Local and international human rights organizations and left-wing legislators condemned the suspension of constitutional rights in Honduras during the night-time curfew, which tightened the state of siege in effect since President Manuel Zelaya was ousted Sunday.
Parliament approved a decree Wednesday issued by Roberto Micheletti — appointed by Congress to replace Zelaya — that suspends the right to freedom of association and movement from 10:00 PM to 5:00 AM and allows people to be arrested and held without charge for more than 24 hours.
Congresswoman Doris Gutierrez of the leftist Democratic Unification (UD) party told IPS that "this suspension of guarantees is a temptation and an open door to the declaration of a total state of siege at any time, under hazy arguments."
Human rights defender Bertha Oliva commented to IPS that the suspension of four constitutional articles is "an extremely grave violation of human rights; we are on the threshold of a total state of siege."
The decision targets protesters who have taken to the streets since Sunday's coup d'etat to demand the return of Zelaya, who was pulled out of his house at gunpoint by military troops early Sunday morning and put on an air force plane to Costa Rica.
The media have reported a brutal police crackdown on demonstrators and a government-imposed media blackout in the main cities since Sunday.
Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged the Organization of American States (OAS) to "press Honduras' de facto government to ensure full respect for human rights guarantees."
In its letter addressed to OAS Secretary-General José Miguel Insulza Thursday, the New York-based rights watchdog expresses "concern over reports of serious abuses against demonstrators, and the Honduran Congress' approval of an emergency decree suspending fundamental rights."
"Any attempt to suspend non-derogable rights should be categorically condemned," HRW Americas director Jose Miguel Vivanco said in the letter. "The authorities should be clearly reminded that acts of torture, inhuman and degrading treatment, and enforced disappearances are absolutely prohibited and subject to prosecution as international crimes."
OAS Sets Saturday Ultimatum
The international community has unanimously condemned the coup. The United Nations General Assembly demanded "the immediate and unconditional restoration of the legitimate and constitutional government".
And the OAS gave Honduras until Saturday to return Zelaya to power or be suspended from the hemispheric body, under article 21 of the Inter-American Democratic Charter.
Representatives from the OAS member nations instructed Insulza to conduct "diplomatic initiatives aimed at restoring democracy and the rule of law and the reinstatement" of the democratically elected president, whose term ends in January.
Honduras: Democracy on Hold
Honduras Coup Close Up
Zelaya, who alienated his own party as well as the wealthier conservative elites after taking a turn to the left, antagonized the other branches of government, including Congress and the Supreme Court, by trying to hold a non-binding referendum on the possibility of amending the constitution.
The legal authorities and parliament declared the informal ballot unconstitutional because referendums cannot be held in an election year, precipitating a series of events that culminated in Sunday's coup.
Congressman Antonio Rivera of the right-wing National Party (PN) told IPS that the suspension of fundamental rights "does not affect freedom of expression, and was adopted to guarantee peace and public safety."
All European Union ambassadors have been withdrawn from the country, as have the ambassadors from Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Bolivia, Ecuador and a number of other Latin American countries. The United States announced the suspension of joint military activities, and the three Central American countries bordering Honduras – Nicaragua, El Salvador and Guatemala – suspended cross-border trade.
Micheletti defied the OAS ultimatum, saying he would not resign "because there was no coup here, as has been misreported.
"What happened here was a constitutional succession, where by law it was my position (as head of Congress) to replace Zelaya because he violated the constitution and put himself above the law."
After announcing that he would return to the country on Thursday with Insulza and accompanied by other Latin American presidents, Zelaya postponed his return until Saturday.
A warrant has been issued for his arrest on 18 different charges.
Demonstrations both against and in favor of Zelaya continue in the streets of Tegucigalpa and several other cities.
His supporters marched to OAS headquarters Thursday. "Our resistance is peaceful, and as you see, we are in the streets exercising our right to protest," Rafael Algeria, a leader of a small farmers' movement and one of the organizers of the demonstration, told IPS.
"It doesn't matter when President Zelaya comes back; we are not leaving, we are going to wait for him here," he said, adding that he did not rule out the possibility of a "constitutional" uprising, because the constitution states that no one owes obedience to a "government of usurpers."
The polarization of society was also reflected by Wednesday's candlelight march to the local U.N. offices to ask the international community to "listen to the arguments of the Honduran people," as Armida Lopez of the Democratic Civic Union, an umbrella group of anti-Zelaya organizations of young people, civic groups, churches and citizens, remarked to IPS.
Analyst Isolda Arita told IPS that "the Zelaya case not only shows that what we have witnessed was a coup d'etat, the product of the failure of the political and economic elites to solve their crises, but also reflects an unprecedented level of confrontation, division and polarization."
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BkiUflzxK0zjCrsOCB3c | The smartphone will don a 6.2-inch full HD+ Super Full Screen, It will likewise incorporate highlights, for example, AI Beauty and AR stickers.
Only two or three days in the wake of declaring its launch date, Oppo on Friday uncovered the key specifications and highlights of the Oppo F7 that is set to make a big appearance in India on March 26. The new smartphone will be the successor to the Oppo F5 that was launched a year ago and will wear an iPhone X-like score. It will likewise bring a cluster of computerized reasoning (AI) supported highlights to go up against the opposition. The formal launch welcome of the smartphone beforehand implied that it will be declared within the sight of three Indian cricketers, in particular, Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya, and Ravichandran Ashwin, to pull in cricket darlings in the nation.
According to the new data gave by Oppo through a press note, the Oppo F7 will accompany a 6.2-inch full-HD (1080x2280 pixels) Super Full Screen board that sports a 89.09 percent of screen-to-body ratio and 19:9 viewpoint ratio. The handset, rather than utilizing any physical buttons or touch controls, will bolster signals to let clients effectively explore between applications. This has all the earmarks of being an expansion very enlivened by the signal controls on the iPhone X. Also, Oppo has determined that it will offer highlights, for example, an App-in-App see and additionally the capacity to record and offer recordings of gameplay on the gadget.
For catching selfies, the Oppo F7 will accompany a 25-megapixel camera sensor on the front. The front-facing camera sensor will likewise bolster highlights, for example, AI selfie, AI Beauty, and Real-time HDR. Further, the handset is touted to offer preloaded Cover Shot and AR (Augmented Reality) stickers. The last between the two new highlights is probably going to be like the AR stickers that were appeared on Google Pixel phones a year ago.
We have to sit tight for the official launch to get the cost and accessibility details of the Oppo F7. In the meantime, you can expect some more details in the coming days. | c4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUeJ7xK5YsWTJsQAPQ | Euclid Tsakalotos, the finance minister, is confident that Greece will beat these targets, freeing up budgetary space for tax cuts and greater investment and social spending. But Greece's public-debt burden of 180% of GDP means that creditors' faith in the public finances is vulnerable to missed targets, slow growth or a sharp rise in interest rates. In a report released on July 31st the IMF said that further debt relief might be needed.
After years of contraction, followed by stagnation, the economy is growing again. But Mr Vourvoulakis and most of his compatriots are yet to feel the benefit. The crisis caused profound damage to the economy. In real terms, GDP and investment are significantly below pre-crisis peaks (see chart). A fifth of the workforce, and two-fifths of young people, are unemployed. For Greeks lucky enough to have jobs, wages have been slashed and taxes raised. Hundreds of thousands of mostly young and skilled people have left the country in search of better livelihoods.
The crisis exposed deep flaws in Greece's economic model. It relied too much on low interest rates, which funded splurges on public spending and housing, and too little on exports. Wages had far outstripped productivity, making the country less competitive than many others in the euro zone. The government bureaucracy and courts were corrupt and inefficient. Greece was a forbidding place for foreign investors and new businesses.
The situation is now improving, though slowly. Exports have risen, partly thanks to a doubling in the number of tourists visiting Greece (though Spain and Ireland, which also struggled after the financial crisis, have seen exports grow more). Competitiveness has improved because of falling nominal wages—a painful way to adjust, but the only one possible in a currency union with low inflation.
The government's belt-tightening has been drastic—and counterproductive, many economists argue. Tax rates are now higher than in most of the European Union, points out Miranda Xafa of the Centre for International Governance Innovation, and may be choking growth. The tax-free threshold is higher than the median private-sector wage, meaning revenues depend on a small share of taxpayers. The marginal rate for Greeks earning €40,000 ($46,500) or above (including social-security contributions) is around 70%. Ms Xafa thinks that evasion may be rising, as self-employed people conceal their income. At its creditors' insistence, the government will broaden the tax base in 2020.
Growth is still disappointing. GDP rose by 1.4% in 2017, and is expected to increase by around 2% this year. The IMF is gloomy about the economy's potential, partly because of a rapidly ageing population.
The banking system is still ailing. Just under half of existing loans are non-performing, and banks have little appetite to offer new credit. They are now better set up to sell non-performing assets, but working out how much collateral is worth and which indebted businesses can survive will take time. Even if banks' targets are hit by the end of 2019, bad loans will still account for over a third of the books.
The biggest barrier to growth, though, is that it is still harder to do business in Greece than in other European countries. Take the €8bn privatisation of Hellenikon, the site of the old Athens airport. The lease for the land was put out to tender in 2011 and eventually bought by a consortium of Greek, Chinese and Emirati investors, who intend to turn it into a holiday resort. But delays, arguments over terms and investigations by environmental agencies mean that the buyer has yet to break ground.
Improvements to the business environment, justice system and public administration are all on Mr Tsakalotos's agenda. But critics doubt his government's commitment to reform. Greece rose rapidly up the World Bank's Doing Business rankings until 2015, when a coalition government led by Syriza, a radical left-wing party, came to power. It has rowed back on some of its predecessors' reforms, such as liberalising highly regulated professions and curbing collective wage-bargaining. The IMF frets that pay rises might once again become untethered from productivity gains.
With a general election due by October 2019, the government could roll back even more reforms in order to win the support of interest groups. Economists suspect that both financial markets and creditors pay more attention to the fiscal targets being pursued by Mr Tsakolotos. That leaves important and politically difficult reforms by the wayside. | c4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
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BkiUaa_xK4tBVgEFScMT | Pike County Illinois is known as the best Whitetail Deer Hunting location in the country! Butler Farms Outdoor Adventures offers beautiful Midwest country side abounding with whitetail bucks just waiting for you. What makes us different? At Butler Farms Outdoor Adventures you have the freedom to hunt on your own tract of land. You will not encounter other hunters nor are you limited to a small area. Our Bow hunting only property is rested between hunting parties so you can experience low pressure hunting conditions which creates larger whitetail deer year after year.
Our goal is to create for you the most memorable hunt of your life. Come and let Butler Farms Outdoor Adventures create a whitetail deer hunting experience you will never forget. Discover for yourself why Pike County Illinois Deer Hunting keeps our hunters coming back, year after year! Call us at 217.723.4451 or contact us now to book your Butler Farms Hunt!
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Customized packages (based on availability), contact us for details. Please note: You may check in at 12 noon the day before to scout your site. All hunts are DIY hunting. Whitetail Deer Hunters furnish and place their own deer hunting stands with a limit of three stands and a blind per hunter. Click here for permit information.
In addition to the Hunting Lodge, we have a target practice area and a place to weigh and hang your deer. We are redefining what a DIY Pike County Illinois Deer Hunting trip is all about. All this and more await you on your next Illinois Deer Hunting Adventure!
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Customized packages available (based on availability), contact us for details. Please note: You may check in at 12 noon the day before to scout your site. All hunts are DIY hunting. Hunters furnish and place their own deer stands. Limit of three stands and a blind per hunter.
Visit the Illinois Department of Natural Resources for Whitetail Deer Hunting information and Deer Hunting permit information.
Residents of Illinois can click here to get a Deer Hunting application.
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As, always, Butler Farms Outdoor Adventures is unbeatable! Do-it-yourself world class deer hunting in the best county around! An outstanding lodge, with great food, and accommodations. What else could you ask for? I look forward to every visit every year. We book one year ahead.
All my friends agree this is an annual event!
Once again, I had a wonderful overall hunting experience at Butler Farms. I passed on several smaller "trophy" bucks, and ultimately killed my largest buck ever with a bow. I harvested a big 10 point with a 19-5/8 inside width. I will be telling the story of that hunt for the rest of my life, thanks to Don and Sandie, and Butler Farms.
Thanks for a great time again! Well worth the price of the trip! There are plenty of deer, as I filled my tags this year. Sandie and Don Butler are very gracious hosts! Please stay away, I want to keep this place to myself! | c4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
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title: Calling external command via Vim system command
tags:
- protip
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Calling external command via Vim system command
Suppose that you want to call external `git commit` command and pass *commit* message from *Vim* register. If register contains 'hello world' string, `system` will treat each word as a separate command. To fix that issue I dug into *Vim* docs and found that this works as expected:
```
echo system("git ci ". '-m ' . string(@t))
```
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BkiUdG44ubngyxyhl7no | The CNN effect is a theory in political science and media studies which states that global television networks play a significant role in determining the actions policymakers take and the outcomes of events.
History
The 24-hour international television news channel Cable News Network (CNN) had a major impact on the conduct of United States foreign policy in the late Cold War period; CNN and its subsequent industry competitors have had a similar impact in the post–Cold War era. While the free press has, in its role as the "Fourth Estate", always had an influence on policy-making in representative democracies, proponents of the CNN effect argue that the extent, depth, and speed of the new global media have created a new species of effects qualitatively different from those that preceded them. The term's coinage reflects the role played by CNN in particular, whose coverage of many events outside the U.S. – such as the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, the fall of Communism in eastern Europe, the first Gulf War, and the Battle of Mogadishu – was viewed as being strongly influential in bringing these images and issues to the immediate forefront of the American political consciousness. Additionally, the CNN effect has been cited as the driving force behind the U.S. intervention in the Kurdish crisis and the use of force by the U.S. Army during the Bosnia war of 1992–1995.
Research
In his research paper Clarifying the CNN Effect: An examination of Media Effects According to Type of Military Intervention, George Washington University professor Steven Livingston identifies three distinct aspects that fall under the broad term of the CNN effect. The media may function alternately or simultaneously as (1) a policy agenda-setting agent, (2) an impediment to the achievement of desired policy goals, (3) an accelerant to policy decision-making. (Italics in original). and (4) one of the common grounds of CNN effect is policy uncertainty; as policy certainty reduces, media influence increases and vice versa.
By focusing instantaneous and ongoing media coverage on a particular conflict, international incident, or diplomatic initiative, the news cycle effectively demands political attention, as governing politicians attempt to demonstrate that they are "on top of" current issues. The effect has been, according to Margaret Belknap, that "[t]he advent of real time news coverage has led to immediate public awareness and scrutiny of strategic decisions and military operations as they unfold". Deeper penetration and wider broadcast of statements and actions by public figures may increase transparency, but it can also complicate sensitive diplomatic relationships between states or force an official reaction from governments that would otherwise prefer to minimize political risk by remaining noncommittal. The information revolution and spread of global mass media through the Internet and international 24-hour news thus accelerates the policy-making process, requiring a faster tempo of decision and action to forestall the appearance of a leadership vacuum.
Former Secretary of State James Baker said of the CNN effect: "The one thing it does, is to drive policymakers to have a policy position. I would have to articulate it very quickly. You are in real-time mode. You don't have time to reflect." His former press secretary Margaret Tutwiler mirrors his sentiment: "Time for reaction is compressed. Analysis and intelligence gathering is out."
In natural disasters
While the CNN effect most commonly refers to the effect that news media have on politics and government during political conflict, its effect on decisions made during natural disasters is also noteworthy. As videos and images are broadcast worldwide immediately after or even during natural disasters, these images may convince the public to donate money or pressure governments for immediate action.
The CNN effect may have played a role in increasing aid following the Asian tsunami (2004), the Kashmir earthquake (2005), Hurricane Katrina (2005), and the Sichuan earthquake in China (2008). Following the Asian tsunami, for instance, the media "blitz" that followed this natural disaster may have helped prompt an unprecedented outpouring of donations. "By February 2005, the international community had donated $500 per person affected by the tsunami, compared to just 50 cents for each person affected by Uganda's 18-year war."
See also
Al Jazeera effect
Broadcast journalism
News broadcasting
Media circus
Media event
Media scrum
Sensationalism
Slashdot effect
Television news
Trial by media
Yellow journalism
Notes
External links
"CNN effect" is Not Clear-Cut, essay by Indiana University School of Law professor Fred H. Cate, in Humanitarian Affairs Review. 2002.
"The CNN Effect": How 24-Hour News Coverage Affects Government Decisions and Public Opinion, Brookings Institution/Harvard University forum transcript. 2002.
The "CNN Effect:" TV and Foreign Policy, Center for Defense Information America's Defense Monitor transcript. 1995.
CNN
Civil–military relations
Mass media issues
Media coverage and representation
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BkiUeIY4dbghZzegCtY1 | WASHINGTON — The federal government saves money by asking companies to bid on contracts for all sorts of work, such as cleaning, consulting and construction. Elon Musk, who runs SpaceX, wants to add launching national security satellites to the list.
Elon Musk, whose company has made headlines by delivering cargo to the International Space Station, says the launching of national security satellites should be subject to bidding.
WASHINGTON — The federal government saves money by asking companies to bid on contracts for all sorts of work, such as cleaning, consulting and construction.
Elon Musk, who runs SpaceX, wants to add launching national security satellites to the list.
The California-based company that's made an international splash delivering cargo to the International Space Station wants a piece of the Pentagon's business, too. And the Defense Department wants to at least explore the idea of opening up competition in the face of tight budgets and soaring launch costs.
Since 2006, each of 68 space launches for the U.S. Air Force has been handled by one entity: United Launch Alliance, formed as a joint venture of Lockheed Martin and Boeing.
Over that period, the money Congress has approved for launching national security hardware into space has jumped from $613 million a year to $1.63 billion in fiscal 2014. The Pentagon projects it will cost another $70 billion through 2030.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., called the increase "startling" during a hearing Wednesday before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense.
Michael Gass, president and CEO of United Launch Alliance, said the current setup works. Each of the 68 launches has been successful, and the way the contract is structured means United Launch Alliance is always available should the Defense Department need an emergency launch.
That kind of flexibility could be lost under a more competitive arrangement, he told committee members. And while he said he would welcome competition, he also said it's not clear any other aerospace companies are truly prepared to take over the work.
"I believe leveraging the demand of the commercial sector is smart," Gass said. "But relying on commercial demand to enable national security carries huge risks, both to the rocket supplier and to its government customers."
Gass also noted that Boeing and Lockheed Martin formed United Launch Alliance because there wasn't enough business at the time to support competition.
Musk countered that SpaceX could do the job just as efficiently, and for no more than $100 million per launch, far less than the $380 million United Launch Alliance charges. Gass disputed Musk's math, saying United Launch Alliance's charge reflects overhead costs that any competitor would also have to factor in.
The large savings promised when United Launch Alliance was formed haven't been realized, and the "monopoly providers" have forced the Air Force to overpay, Musk said. As for his own company's readiness, he pointed to the successful launches his Falcon 9 has made to the space station.
"If our rockets are good enough for NASA, why are they not good enough for the Air Force?" he asked committee members. "It doesn't make sense."
Wednesday's hearing underscored the simmering tensions between old-guard companies such as Boeing and Lockheed Martin, which have spent decades methodically sending people and hardware into space, and smaller upstarts, such as SpaceX and Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic, which have a more entrepreneurial vision of the future.
As they sat next to each other at the hearing, Musk and Gass each suggested the other was overstating his company's success with launches.
Some of those divisions showed up on the dais, too.
While Feinstein was criticizing United Launch Alliance's soaring costs, Sen. Richard Shelby of Alabama, the top Republican on the panel, said he wasn't sure cheaper would necessarily be better.
"The wise stewardship of taxpayers' resources is essential in all government programs and oftentimes, competition is key," said Shelby, whose state is where United Launch Alliance performs its engine assembly work. "In this case, the safety and security of our national security payloads is paramount."
Gass also told committee members that United Launch Alliance's launch costs have gone down since 2011, when the Pentagon modified its contract requirements. Cristina Chaplain, director of acquisition and sourcing management for the Government Accountability Office, confirmed that.
The Air Force's decision to open up competition ultimately will depend on its scope, said Scott Pace, a former NASA associate administrator who now directs the Space Policy Institute at George Washington University.
"Can the critical need for mission assurance be achieved at lower cost than the way we do it today?" he asked at the hearing. " This certainly seems desirable, even plausible, but careful thought needs to be given as to what responsibilities and capabilities ought to remain within the government. In short, how much is the government willing to pay for price and how much is it wiling to pay for performance?" | c4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
BkiUaVs25V5hegR8W2To | FIGURE 4.46. Small spiders (D. A. Crossley, Jr., photo).
FIGURE 4.47. Rabidosa rabida (Lycosidae).
such as Jackman (1997) should not be overlooked, nor should information currently available on the World Wide Web.
Sampling methods for spiders run the gamut from Tullgren extraction to hand collection, sorting of litter samples, and pitfall trapping. Spiders have complex behavioral patterns including mating rituals and defense of territories. Wolf spiders may wander some distance between forest, meadow, and agroecosystem (Draney, 1997), so that assessment of population size may become complicated.
Little is known about the ecology of the smaller soil- and litterdwelling spiders (Linyphiidae and relatives). Most information about spiders comes from studies of web-spinning species or the jumping spiders (Attidae) in vegetation (Foelix, 1996). There are large numbers of small spiders in deciduous forest leaf litter (about 100 per square meter). Their habitat usage and prey selection are not well known. Spiders in laboratory microcosms show some prey selectivity, but leaf litter spiders doubtless feed more opportunistically.
A number of spider species are ant mimics (Foelix, 1996). These species copy the body shapes and coloring of ants, and move in an antlike manner. The spider's front legs are elongated and thin, and mimic the antennae of the ant. The significance of this mimicry is not known, but it is suspected to confer some protection from predation by birds. Spiders that live together with ants seldom prey upon the ants (Jackson and Willey, 1994).
The impact of spiders on their ecosystems is not well known. Their effectiveness as biological control agents has been discounted because of their slow reproduction. As noted above, spiders are strongly territorial, with complicated mating rituals—adaptations that tend to hold down population sizes even when prey is abundant (Wise, 1993). In woodland forest floors, the large number of spiders argues that they must have an impact on the insect population there. In contrast, numbers of spiders in agricultural soils seem lower (Draney, 1997). In an experimental study, Lawrence and Wise (2000) found a "top-down" effect of spiders on litter decomposition rates. When spiders were removed from experimental areas of a forest floor, collembolan populations increased. Subsequently, straw in litterbags decomposed more rapidly in those areas. These results suggest that spider predation may reduce collembola populations enough to lower rates of litter disappearance on the forest floor.
Harvestmen (Opiliones) are delicate, shy forms that are among the largest arachnids in woodlands. Their bodies are small but their legs may be unusually long, suggesting that their habitat is litter surface or exposed areas. Smaller, shorter-legged forms inhabit loose leaf litter or small spaces (Edgar, 1990). Others are inhabitants of caves, and have reduced eyes and reduced pigmentation (Goodnight and Goodnight, 1960). Opilionids have no venom glands yet are considered to be largely predaceous. Some species occur high in foliage, others in subcanopy, some on soil surface, and some (smaller forms) in litter layers. Opilion-ids are slow reproducers, usually with one generation per year. They are active predators in the daylight but seem to be primarily crepuscular (active dawn and dusk). They possess repugnatorial glands, the secretion of which is offensive to predators (Blum and Edgar, 1971).
Opilionids (Opilio means "a shepherd" in Latin) resemble the mites in that the cephalothorax (prosoma) and abdomen (opisthosoma) are broadly fused, so that the body is oval. They differ superficially from the mites in that opilionids have 6-10 segments in their abdomen; mites have none. Of course, they are larger than mites as well. Edgar (1990) provides a key to genera and species of North American Opiliones (exclusive of Mexico).
Solifugae, or solpugids, are desert arachnids with large distinctive curved chelicerae, often as long as the cephalothorax (Fig. 4.48). They are ferocious predators capable of rapid movement. Common names include sun-spiders, false-spiders, wind-spiders, or wind-scorpions (in recognition of their rapid movement), or camel-spiders, among other names. The term "camel spider" refers to a prominent arch-shaped plate on the prosoma (Punzo, 1998). (They do not run down camels and eat their stomachs, a rumor circulated among troops during the recent war in Iraq.) Solifugae occur in tropical and temperate deserts worldwide.
Most species of Solifugae are nocturnal predators, emerging from relatively permanent burrows to feed upon a variety of arthropods. They do not have poison glands. They are generalist predators and attack a wide variety of arthropods, as well as small lizards, birds, and mammals (Punzo, 1998). In North American deserts, immature stages of solpugids feed extensively on termites (Muma, 1966).
FIGURE 4.48. Solpugid, or camel spider (from Punzo, 1998).
tive long, whiplike tail has no stinger. When disturbed, the arachnid emits acetic acid from a gland at the base of the tail, giving rise to the common name "vinegaroon." Uropygids are nocturnal predators, utilizing natural retreats or burrowing into sand. They have poor vision and depend upon vibrations to locate their prey.
major winged insect orders—the Coleoptera (beetles), Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths), Hymenoptera (bees, wasps and ants), and Diptera (flies)—include soil-dwelling species. The Isoptera (termites) are essentially soil insects and are saprophages. The Homoptera (aphids, cicadas), Orthoptera (grasshoppers and crickets), and minor orders such as the Dermaptera (earwigs) contain soil-dwelling species or life history stages. Indeed, of the 26 pterygote insect orders, all but seven contain at least some species that are involved in soil food webs in one way or another (Greenslade, 1985). Space does not permit us to review thoroughly these extensive and important groups, or to discuss all species groups that impact soils or soil food webs. We refer the reader to a textbook of entomology, such as Rosomer and Stoffolano (1994) or Borror et al. (1989), and to field guides such as that of White (1983) for aids in identification and basic biology of these groups. We can offer only a very superficial treatment of the higher insects. Nevertheless, this group includes important species that are root feeders, predators, and modifiers of soil structure—animals that the soil ecologist can hardly ignore.
Beetles, the largest order of insects, have soil species that are predatory, phytophagous, or saprovores. Some are permanent residents, others are temporary, and many are transient members of soil food webs. Beetles are particularly abundant in tropical ecosystems, where many species remain to be named. For identification of beetles to family see White's (1983) guide. Dillon and Dillon (1961) is an invaluable, well-illustrated manual for eastern North America.
The Carabidae (Fig. 4.50), the ground beetles, are among the more familiar insects caught in pitfall traps or active on the soil surface of agroecosystems (Purvis and Fadl, 2002). Harpalus pennsylvanicus is frequently caught in pitfall traps. Some members of the genus ingest seeds but most are predators. Larval stages are euedaphic and may be sampled with Tullgren extraction. Adults and larval stages of Calosoma sycophonta, the searcher, climb trees in search of prey. Bell (1990) provides a taxonomic key to adults and larvae of Carabidae.
Darkling beetles, family Tenebrionidae (Fig. 4.51), are abundant in desert ecosystems; their habits are similar to those of the carabid beetles. Most of them are scavengers or saprophytic on decaying vegetation (White, 1983). Adults are surface active whereas larvae are euedaphic.
FIGURE 4.50. Illustrations of ground beetle species in the family Carabidae (Lutz, 1948).
FIGURE 4.51. Tenebrionidae dorsal view of Alobates sp. (false mealworm) 20-23mm (from Arnett, 1993).
Pitfall traps catch large numbers of desert tenebrionids in the springtime, when adults emerge from the pupal stage. The larvae resemble wireworms (larvae of elaterid beetles) and are called "false wireworms." They are considered to be saprovores (Crawford, 1990).
Rove beetles (Staphylinidae) are a large family of common, distinctive species (Fig. 4.52), often caught in pitfall traps. Most species appear to be predaceous (both larvae and adults) but a few are saprophagous. The adults are agile runners on the soil surface. Frequently, the tip of the abdomen is turned up as they scurry along the ground. They are attracted to decaying vegetation or carrion (Dillon and Dillon, 1961). Most species have well-developed wings and can fly, but wing reduction is usual in euedaphic species. Keys to adults and larval stages of soil inhabiting genera of Staphylinidae are provided by Newton (1990).
Scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae) (Fig. 4.53) are members of a large family of beetles, some colorful or metallic green, sometimes multicolored, often brown or black. Males may have horns on the head or pronotum.
FIGURE 4.52. A predaceous staphylinid beetle (Staphylinus badipes) attacking a millipede (Ophyiulus pilosus) (Snider, 1984).
roll it to a burial site, and deposit an egg in it. The sacred scarab of ancient Egypt is a member of this group (Tashiro, 1990). Some scarab beetles are important due to their role in hastening the decay of dung of large animals. In Australia, where there was no native coprophagous fauna, dung from domestic animals accumulated, fouling pastures and immobilizing nutrients (Gillard, 1967).
Tiger beetles (Cicindellidae) are predators whose larvae dig pits where they sit and wait for prey (Fig. 4.54). Adults are rapid runners and fliers, often pouncing suddenly on their prey. Conspicuous on the soil surface in open, sunlit areas, adult tiger beetles are usually iridescent green or blue.
Wireworms (larvae of the family Elateridae) are significant root feeders in forests and agroecosystems, where they can be destructive to certain crops. Tan to brown, wireworms are slender and have a hard covering on their bodies. Adult elaterids are called "click beetles" because of their ability to snap the hinge between pro- and mesothorax. If the insect is on its back, it can right itself by snapping and projecting itself into the air, turning over repeatedly in the process (Dillon and Dillon, 1961). Adult elaterids are occasionally captured in pitfall traps.
Beetles, as a group, bridge the gap between mesofauna and macro-fauna. They are of more economic importance for their phytophagous activities above ground than for their participation in soil food webs.
FIGURE 4.53. Some scarabaeid beetles: Canthos laevis, a tumble-bug with a ball of dung in which an egg is laid; Geotrupes blackburnii and Pinotus carolina, also dung beetles. Trox suberosus lays eggs in carrion. Larvae of Pelidnota punctata live in decaying oak or hickory stumps. The J-shaped larvae of Phyllophaga species feed upon roots of plants (Lutz, 1948).
FIGURE 4.54. Larvae of tiger beetles, family Cicindelidae. (a) Amblychila cylindriformis; (b) Omus californicus; (c) Tetracha carolina; (d) Cicindela limbalis. The predaceous larvae lie in wait in vertical burrows with their heads flush with the soil surface, and held in place by hooks on the hump protruding from the fifth abdominal segment (from Frost, 1942).
The predatory activities of beetles are especially significant in agricultural systems because they prey on pest species of insects. Beetles are important agents in the reduction of dung and animal carcasses, and in the early stages of wood decomposition on the forest floor (Wallwork, 1982; Hanula, 1995).
The order Hymenoptera is one of the largest orders of insects. It contains two groups of soil insects of large importance: ants (Fig. 4.55) and ground-dwelling wasps (Fig. 4.56). The Formicidae, the ants, are probably the most significant family of soil insects, due to the very large influence they have on soil structure. Bees and wasps, other hymenopteran insects, also impact soils because they may nest there. The ants are in a category by themselves.
FIGURE 4.55. Carpenter ants and their galleries in deadwood. Shown are a large neuter worker (a), a winged male (b), a wingless female (c), and a small neuter worker (d) (from Henderson, 1952).
third of the animal biomass of the Amazonian rain forest is composed entirely of ants and termites, with each hectare containing in excess of 8 million ants and 1 million termites (Holldobler and Wilson, 1990). Furthermore, ants are social insects, living in colonies with several castes (Fig. 4.55).
Ants have a large impact on their ecosystems. They are major predators of small invertebrates (including oribatid mites) (E. O. Wilson, personal communication). Their activities reduce the abundance of other predators such as spiders and carabid beetles (Wilson, 1987). Ants are "ecosystem engineers," moving large volumes of soil as much as earthworms do (Holldobler and Wilson, 1990). Ant influences on soil structure are particularly important in deserts (Table 4.9) (Whitford, 2000), where earthworm densities are low.
TABLE 4.9. Estimated Quantities of Soila Brought to the Surface by Desert Ants and Termites During the Construction of Feeding Galleries and Nest Chambers, and in Nest Repair. | c4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
BkiUbtfxK6nrxrSHeBqC | If the first six didn't work, the NFL tried to send Ndamukong Suh a message by fining him a seventh time this week.
Suh was docked $31,500 for a questionable hit on Browns quarterback Brandon Weeden during last week's game. The fine was Suh's second this season. He was also forced to pay $100,000 earlier this year after throwing a low block on Vikings center John Sullivan. NFL vice president of operations Merton Hanks says that this most recent fine was done to get Suh's attention.
Suh's seven fines now total $209,000 over his three-plus seasons in the pros. Add the $165,294 he lost in game checks during a two-game suspension for a cheap shot against Green Bay Packers tackle Evan Dietrich-Smith in 2010, and Suh has had to forfeit $374,294 in total during his career. That should be enough of a message on its own. | c4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
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