{"text":"Founder and Managing Consultant, Thomas. Jefferson Associates Limited\nJeff is a Malaysian Chinese who relocated to New Zealand in 1997 with his family at the age of 12. To this day, Jeff considers New Zealand as his home.\nJeff attended his primary and secondary schooling in Christchurch. He subsequently obtained a Bachelor's degree from University of Canterbury, majoring in Political Science in 2007. Shortly thereafter, Jeff left what he considers as his comfort zone and made the move to Auckland, where he was employed as an Immigration Officer for the next 4 \u2013 5 years.\nJeff credits his work experience at Immigration with contributing towards the smooth transition of being a student to a professional. During his time at Immigration, Jeff was responsible for managing 'high risk' applications, managing passengers at Auckland airport and working alongside Immigration's fraud and compliance staff.\nIn 2011, Jeff aspired to relocate back to Asia and made his move abroad to Hong Kong after spending more than half his life in New Zealand. There, Jeff was employed by a large MNC as an in-house immigration consultant before deciding to complete a law degree in Australia from 2013 \u2013 2015. In 2014, Jeff completed a Graduate Certificate in New Zealand Immigration Advice from Bay of Plenty Polytechnic in 2014 via distance learning, where he achieved straight A's for the entire course. He became a fully licensed New Zealand Immigration Adviser from the Immigration Advisers Authority and took pride in promoting New Zealand as an ideal destination for skilled migrants, investors, students and visitors.\nBy December 2015, Jeff was admitted as a lawyer in the Australian Capital Territory and the High Court of Australia. By early 2016, he was also admitted as a New Zealand lawyer and continued to be involved with promoting New Zealand. In June 2016, Jeff collaborated with his former law school associate in Australia in an attempt to leverage available resources, where Australia is promoted by his business partner Thomas, and New Zealand is proudly promoted by Jeff as a favoured destination in the Asia Pacific region.\nFor that purpose, Jeff's Hong Kong based business consultancy firm Thomas. Jefferson Associates Ltd (link) was established after many months of preparation. They identify the bulk of their clients as being from China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. As a result of Jeff's relentless promotion of New Zealand, Jeff avers that it is in fact becoming a favoured destination over Australia for their company's increasingly growing list of clients. In the near future, they have plans to expand their business presence to Auckland, Sydney and Shanghai.\nOther than working on his ventures, Jeff is also working in a local Hong Kong firm as a Registered Foreign Lawyer, where his main practice areas are Immigration, Corporate and regulatory compliance. Jeff aspires to play his part in fully engaging New Zealand with its regional neighbours in what is widely dubbed as the Asian Century. Jeff identifies his work in promoting New Zealand's economic presence in Hong Kong as an integral part of his work.\nIn his spare time, Jeff enjoys rolling up his sleeves and engaging in DIY motorsport projects, where he has a huge interest in anything with an engine. In addition, he also has an interest in Chinese classics, culture and history. He regularly visits historical sites in China and identifies the Ming Dynasty as his favourite era in China's history. To find out more about Jeff, you can connect with him via his LinkedIn (link) page.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"2018 Fall Schedule\nBOWLIN SLAM, 6 RBIS HELP DRAGONS FORCE GAME 3\nLabette Community College\nHutchinson Community College\nLabette Community College (17-29) 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 9 2\nHutchinson Community College (39-19) 0 2 4 0 1 0 5 1 X 13 11 3\n2B: Landon Lord\n2B: Zion Bowlin\nHR: Zion Bowlin\nZion Bowlin rounds the bases after his first career grand slam in the seventh inning of Game 2 of the Region VI Tournament Opening-Round series against Labette at Hobart-Detter Field. Bowlin had six RBIs in a 13-4 Blue Dragon victory. (Casey Bailey\/Blue Dragon Sports Information)\nHutchinson CC Sports Information\nZion Bowlin hit a grand slam and had a career-high six RBIs to lead the Hutchinson Community College baseball team in a must win in Game 2 of the Region VI Tournament opening-round series on Saturday at Hobart-Detter Field.\nFacing elimination after Labette's 4-3 victory on Friday, the Blue Dragons forced a decisive third game in the series with a 13-4 victory over the Cardinals to even the series at 1-1.\nLeading 3-1 in the bottom of the third inning, Bowlin's RBI single through the left side of the infield was the key in a four-run inning that ultimately gave Hutchinson a 6-1 lead. His two-out double in the fifth scored Zane Schmidt to give the Blue Dragons a 7-1 lead.\nAfter Labette climbed back into the game with three runs in the sixth, the Blue Dragons answered in the seventh with Bowlin delivering the big blow. After Brian Skillman's hit-by-pitch with the bases loaded scored Dylan Nedved, Bowlin launched a 1-0 pitch over the left-field wall for Hutchinson's fourth grand slam of the season and a 12-4 Blue Dragon lead.\nBowlin tied a career high for hits going 3 for 5 with a double and his first career grand slam. He joins Will Reetz, Nedved and Christopher Noble as Hutch players with grand slams this season. Bowlin is the third Blue Dragon this season with at least six RBIs in a game. Nedved had seven RBIs in a single game and Schmidt had six. Bowlin tied for the sixth most RBIs in a single game in team history.\nAfter being held to five hits on Friday in Game 1, the Dragons had 11 hits in Game 2.\nRyan Moritz tied a career high with three RBIs going 2 for 3. He had RBIs singles in the second and third innings. Schmidt broke a 0-for-11slump going 2 for 4 with three runs and one RBI. Max McGuire drove in a run with an RBI single in the second.\nNedved (4-2) earned the pitching victory with six strong innings. He struck out six and allowed seven hits, four runs and walked two.\nBrian Skillman earned his first career save with three scoreless innings. He struck out three and walked one with two hits allowed.\nThe Dragons rolled a pair of Moritz-to-Zach Baxley double plays in the third and seventh innings.\nHutchinson improved to 39-19 while Labette fell to 17-29.\nMay 18, Final\n14 Cowley County Community College\n4 Colby Community College\n8 Barton Community College\n12 Cloud County Community College\n14 vs Hutchinson Community College\nVideo | Box Score | Recap | Live stats\n12 Colby Community College","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Home Celebrity How Many Kids Does Tom Brady Have?\nHow Many Kids Does Tom Brady Have?\nCelebrity Sujay Patil \u2014 September 12, 2022 \u00b7 0 Comment\nTom Brady, a longtime NFL quarterback, is ready to play in his 10th Super Bowl, but his first since signing with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers after 20 seasons with the New England Patriots. While everyone else is talking about the 43-year-old football player's career and statistics, all we can think about is Tom's family, especially his eldest son Jack, who has been the subject of tabloid rumors in the past.\nA quarterback for the New England Patriots of the National Football League, Tom Brady has won five Super Bowls with the same team. Since he was chosen by the New England Patriots back in 2000, he has spent his whole 17-year professional football career with the team. He has completed 5450 passes out of a possible 8533 and has thrown for 64,123 yards in his career.\nThere's a chance you're familiar with Tom Brady. Can you tell me his age, height, and wealth in the year 2022? This article serves as an introduction to Tom Brady, providing information on his short biography-wiki, career, professional life, personal life, current net worth, age, height, weight, and more. Okay, if we're both set to go, I'll initiate.\nEarly Life And Biography Of Tom Brady\nCelebrated Name:\nReal Name\/Full Name:\nThomas Edward Patrick Brady, Jr.\nSan Mateo, California, United States\nWife\/Spouse (Name):\nGisele B\u00fcndchen (m. 2009)\nYes (Vivian Lake Brady, Benjamin Brady, John Edward Thomas Moynahan)\nDating\/Girlfriend\n(Name):\nAmerican football quarterback for the New England Patriots of the National Football League\nOn August 3, 1977, in California, Thomas Edward Patrick Brady Jr. was born to Thomas Brady, Sr. and Galynn Patricia. Nancy, Maureen, and Julie are his three older sisters. He comes from a religious family and was taught Catholicism from birth. Tom Brady graduated from Junipero Serra High School and continued on to earn his degree at the University of Michigan. Here, he was able to put his skills as a quarterback to use for the University squad.\nRead More: Who Is Kyrgios Girlfriend? Everything You Need To Know\nCareer Of Tom Brady\nHigh school was when Tom Brady first picked up a football. The experience he gained playing for his college team prepared him well for a career in professional sports. During the 2000 NFL draft, the New England Patriots selected him to be their starting quarterback. Since then, he has been a regular member of the team, contributing to several remarkable records.\nHe created TB12Sports.com in 2016. The site provides insight into the sport's first fitness and training practices. Fans can also buy TB12 equipment and merchandise to show their support. He expanded his online offerings to include a snack line that features vegan, raw, and other gluten-free, organic products at some point afterwards.\nIn addition, in September 2016, he established the TB12 Foundation, a non-profit that aims to encourage disadvantaged youth to pursue a career in sports by providing them with financial aid and other rehabilitative resources.\nAwards & Achievements Of Tom Brady\nIn his 17-year NFL career, Tom Brady has amassed an impressive list of accolades, including five Super Bowl titles, four MVP awards, a league-record 12 Pro Bowl appearances, first- and second-place finishes on the NFL's passing touchdowns and yards lists, two awards as the league's top passer, the 2007 Bert Ball Award, two selections to the NFL's All-Decade Team, the title of \"NFL Comeback Player of the Year,\" and more.\nRead More: Who Is Shia Labeouf Wife? Does He Have A Baby With His Wife?\nThomas and his ex-girlfriend Bridget Moynahan also have a son together; they called him John Edward Thomas. In 2009, he tied the knot with model Gisele Bundchen. Friends of both parties arranged a blind date for them, and the instant attraction between them was undeniable.\nTheir journey continues with the births of their children, Benjamin Brady and Vivian Lake Brady. Allegations that Tom has been cheating on Gisele have circulated often over the previous few years. They have, however, continued to hold hands and spend time together despite speculations that they are planning to part ways.\nFAQs \u2013 People Also Ask\nWho is Tom Brady's son Jack and what did he say?\n\"Love you, kiddo,\" Brady told Jack. Who is Tom Brady's oldest son Jack? Jack is Brady's oldest child. The NFL star welcomed his son, John \"Jack\" Edward, in 2007 with his then-ex Bridget Moynahan. The actress' pregnancy was reported after she and Brady ended their three-year relationship.\nHow many kids does Gisele Brady have?\nIn 2012, they welcomed a daughter they named Vivian Lake. B\u00fcndchen discussed the shock she had when she found out Moynahan was carrying Brady's child in an interview with Vanity Fair. \"At first, you're living this beautiful ideal,\" she explained, \"and you think, this can't be genuine, it's so good.\"\nWho is Tom Brady's daughter Bridget Moynahan?\nTogether with Tom's biological mother, Bridget Moynahan, Gisele B\u00fcndchen and Brady share custody of Tom's eldest son. The 13-year-old is Moynahan's roommate in New York City, and he has tight relationships with his stepbrother and stepsister, as well as his stepmother.\nSujay Patil\nMyself Sujay Patil, I aim to cover the latest trends in the entertainment industry with my own unique perspective thrown in for a good measure. I love dogs and reading about topics ranging from sports to science and technology. I am final year Engineering student.\nIt's a sure thing! After their affair, Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes are not expected to return to \"GMA 3\": \"A Decision Is Made.\"","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Entertainment\u00bbInterviews\nLena Heady (Cersei) talks about 'Game of Thrones' Season 8\nWatch Jimmy Kimmel's interview with Lena Heady as she reveals stuff about the show's final season.\nJanuary 27, 2019 by Jessie Mendoza\nEnglish actress Lena Heady (age 45) plays the role of Cersei Lannister on the HBO fantasy drama series Game of Thrones (GoT). Recently, she visited the American late-night talk show Jimmy Kimmel Live.\nThe show's host, Jimmy Kimmel, honestly told Lena Heady that it surprised him to see Lena Heady with a long hair. Because on \"Game of Thrones\", as Queen Cersei, Lena Heady wears a short hair wig. Lena Heady calls it \"the itchy turnip\".\nAfter shooting the eighth and final season of \"Game of Thrones\", Lena Heady admitted that she burned the wig because she wanted to. She didn't enjoy wearing it. According to her, they finished shooting GoT Season 8 in October 2018.\nJimmy Kimmel is dying to see Game of Thrones Season 8 because according to him, \"It's been too long. It's been like ten years since the last season. I want it. I want it already. I'm impatient. What takes them so long?\"\nLena Heady was laughing, and responded, \"It's coming.\" But Jimmy Kimmel insisted that they already finished it and jokingly said, \"Winter was coming, too. Winter never came.\"\nJimmy Kimmel Live: Lena Headey on Final Season of Game of Thrones\nJimmy Kimmel went on asking about how the scripts for the show was distributed, whether they get the full scripts or they get pieces of those for \"Game of Thrones\" final season. According to Lena Heady, the scripts were given to them in full.\nHaving those information on their hands, she said they're lying if anyone of the cast says they didn't read through the end of the scripts to know what's really going to happen. She's sure they all did flick to the end of the scripts because who wouldn't be curious?\nEvery cast member got the scripts, they read it for a little while, then Lena Heady said they had a big read through. According to her, it was only for \"Game of Thrones\" season 8 that they did a table read. It was when all the \"Game of Thrones\" cast was in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It was really emotional for her.\nAs to the one that screws around during the GoT season 8 table read, Lena Heady admitted that she's a culprit, and there's a few of them that screw around. But after the director yells \"Cut!\" for the series wrap, Jimmy Kimmel was interested in what happened after that.\nLena Heady thought it's been nine years and it's been amazing, and that she's happy to go find new things. She said that \"Game of Thrones\" creators David Benioff and D. B. Weiss gave everyone drawings of the story boards and they were giving speeches for each of the main \"Game of Thrones\" character. It was really moving and that made her emotional.\nLena Heady said the show's creators said some bad things about Queen Cersei, her role on the show. Jimmy Kimmel honestly told Lena Heady that he's not rooting for Queen Cersei. He asked Lena Heady if she's rooting for Queen Cersei, she wittingly said, \"Someone has to.\" Jimmy Kimmel is hoping that in the end that somebody is on the iron throne, but he doesn't necessarily want it to be Queen Cersei. He jokingly said to Lena Heady, \"It's nothing against you.\"\nAt the end of the interview, Jimmy Kimmel begged Lena Heady to tell David Benioff and D. B. Weiss to hurry up with show because he can't wait until the official air date of \"Game of Thrones\" season 8 which is on April 14, 2019.\nGame of Thrones Season 8 full episodes 'Game Of Thrones' Season 8 starring Emilia Clarke, Lena Headey, Kit Harrington.\nGoT Season 8 teaser Game of Thrones Season 8 will air in April 2019. Check out HBO's teaser.\nGame of Thrones Season 8 spoilers Sophie Turner and Maisie Williams drop some hints on Game of Thrones season 8 ending.\nGame of Thrones Season 8 ending Game of Thrones (season 8) final season release date and the thoughts of the cast about the GOT finale.\nGame of Thrones Season 8 trailer Watch Game of Thrones Season 8 trailer.\nGame of Thrones Season 8 release date HBO revealed that Game of Thrones final season will air in 2019.\nNadine Lustre's Daenerys haircut See Nadine Lustre in her concert outfit as Ariana Grande.\ntnt boys in california alberta","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"ClickUp Review 2019\nA newcomer to the project control software program that specializes in organizational shape and helpful integrated equipment. If you have been to ask ClickUp what it brings to mission management that other software carriers don't, it would be the hierarchy. How you prepare your fabric is a key part of any workflow, and to listen ClickUp tell it, competitors like Mavenlink aren't up to the task. That's why it's created a hierarchy that is meant to be greater flexibility and higher prepared. But one man or woman's streamlined performance is some other man or woman's chaos. ClickUp's hierarchy descends from Teams > Spaces > Projects > Lists\n> Tasks may be overly complex for some; but, it gives a nice amount of compartmentalization among one-of-a-kind clients or employer departments that is useful once you get used to it.\nVery usable free model\nPowerful person gear\nMinimal third-birthday celebration integrations\nWhat is ClickUp?\nSan Francisco-based ClickUp entered the arena of task management software in 2016. The enterprise came into being due to dissatisfaction with different project management equipment, which both provided too much or too little. ClickUp sees its product as right within the middle, between software programs that are too complex and others that might be too easy.\nIt gives a good range of customizable options, and a whole lot of its key capabilities are available inside the unfastened version. That's a key distinction, in view that different provider carriers disguise simple capabilities, which includes undertaking dependencies in the back of better payment tiers. This in flip forces customers to pay for the more luxurious versions to get a fully usable product.\nThat's no longer to mention ClickUp isn't without its issues. Even in what it sees as hanging stability among simplicity and complexity, there may also be too much of the latter for some customers' tastes.\nIn This Guide:\nClickUp Features\nClickUp Pricing\nAs we formerly referred to, ClickUp gives a terrific quantity of features in its decrease pricing ranges. Essentially, you get everything you want to get work carried out, at no cost. As you cross up in pricing degrees, ClickUp then adds key features for heavy individual users, small- to medium-sized businesses, and establishments. For instance, going as much as the first payment tier \u2013 dubbed Unlimited \u2013 will cast off the storage limits ClickUp consists of on its free version and make it simpler to apply 1\/3-birthday party integrations.\nOne factor that ClickUp lacks is a extensive range of 0.33-party integrations. It has some key ones, including Dropbox, Google Calendar, Slack, and Outlook 365. But something passed that, which includes Salesforce, requires the usage of Zapier, which itself is a third-party carrier that connects internet apps to different internet apps.\nThe Hierarchy\nThe key to understanding ClickUp's method of task control is understanding the way it's prepared. Most undertaking control services start with a organization, and then have tasks underneath that. ClickUp makes matters a touch greater dependent with Teams > Spaces > Projects > Lists > Tasks.\nAt the pinnacle are Teams, which ClickUp sees as simply your business enterprise. That approach you handiest want one Team in line with the corporation. You can create extra teams than that if you pick, however in ClickUp's view, it's higher, first of all, simply one.\nSpaces are your company's one-of-a-kind departments, which include advertising and marketing, income, and management. Client-based totally companies and public members of the family firms could also create a Space for every consumer.\nNext up, Projects are just that \u2013 Lists but are a touch greater nebulous. Lists are there for people who need to create sub-initiatives inside their larger initiatives, inclusive of certain milestones, or create unique advertising and marketing pushes. If HBO were a ClickUp customer, it'd make a Game Of Thrones season 8 challenge and then have \"pre-season marketing\" as a list inside that venture. Finally, you have Tasks, which are your normal to-dos.\nSan Francisco-based ClickUp entered the arena of assignment management software in 2016. The employer got here into being dissatisfied with other task management gear, which either presented too much or too little. ClickUp sees its product as right inside the middle; between software, this is too complicated, and others which can be too simple.\nIt gives a terrific range of customizable alternatives, and lots of its key capabilities are available in the unfastened version. That's a key distinction, seeing that different carrier providers hide simple features, including assignment dependencies at the back of higher charge tiers. This, in turn, forces customers to pay for the more high-priced versions to get a fully usable product.\nThat's no longer to say ClickUp isn't without its problems. Even in what it sees as striking stability among simplicity and complexity, there may also be too much of the latter for some users' tastes.\nAs we previously cited, ClickUp offers an amazing amount of capabilities in its lower pricing tiers. Essentially, you get the whole lot you want to get paintings done, without cost. As you pass up in pricing degrees, ClickUp provides features that might be key for heavy person customers, small- to medium-sized organizations, and businesses. For instance, going up to the primary payment tier \u2013 dubbed Unlimited \u2013 will dispose of the storage limits ClickUp consists of on its loose version and make it less complicated to apply 1\/3-birthday celebration integrations.\nOne issue that ClickUp lacks is a huge quantity of 1\/3-party integrations. It does have a few key ones, including Dropbox, Google Calendar, Slack, and Outlook 365. But something passed that, together with Salesforce, requires the usage of Zapier, which itself is a third-birthday celebration carrier that connects net apps to different web apps.\nThe key to understanding ClickUp's technique to task management is understanding the way it's prepared. Most venture control offerings start with a company, after which have initiatives beneath that. ClickUp makes things a bit more structured with Teams > Spaces > Projects > Lists > Tasks.\nAt the pinnacle are Teams, which ClickUp sees as just your agency. That approach you only want one Team per company. You can create more teams than in case you choose, however in ClickUp's view, it's higher, first of all, just one.\nSpaces are your organization's extraordinary departments, consisting of marketing, income, and administration. Client-primarily based corporations, consisting of public relations firms, can also create a space for every client.\nNext up, Projects are just that \u2013 Lists, however, are a touch more nebulous. Lists are there for folks who want to create sub-projects inside their large projects, including certain milestones, or create unique advertising and marketing pushes. If HBO had been a ClickUp customer, it'd make a Game Of Thrones season eight task, after which have \"pre-season advertising and marketing\" as a listing inside that undertaking.\nFinally, you have got Tasks, that are your ordinary to-dos.\nMulti-assignment toolbar\nClickUp shall we users take actions on numerous tasks right now with its multi-challenge toolbar. It isn't all that one-of-a-kind from what electronic mail applications do when you need to, say, mark all the messages in your inbox as study.\nOnce you select multiple responsibilities, the toolbar seems on the top of the screen, with alternatives to set assignees, reputation, tags, due dates, convert to sub-tasks, set dependencies, and so forth. It's a beneficial tool whilst dealing with massive numbers of duties.\nPower-user tools\nClickUp is exceedingly configurable, with a number of equipment that advanced customers will respect. It offers keyboard shortcuts for movements, including setting a due date within a mission or assigning a person accountable. You may also use numerous filters to view responsibilities inside a venture, based on attributes consisting of the assignee, due date, and tags. These filters can also be saved, allowing you to personalize your views. If you dedicate particular days to a unmarried client, for example, and want to see the most urgent duties for that consumer at any given time, a saved clear-out assists you to try this.\nThe maximum simple model of ClickUp starts offevolved at its unfastened tier and is rather useful. With the Free version, you get the ability to create unlimited tasks and spaces, upload limitless users, and use all of the key capabilities for responsibilities consisting of dependencies. It does restriction certain capabilities including aim-placing and custom discipline advent. The unfastened tier also limits storage at 100MB overall.\nThe subsequent tier up is the Unlimited plan, which costs $60 consistent with the user, according to 12 months, or you can pay monthly at $nine according to the user. For that cash, you get unlimited entirety, consisting of storage, integrations, features, and superior reporting. On top of that, you may set permissions to restrict customers from having access to positive data.\nThe Business plan prices are $108 according to person, in line with 12 months, or $19 according to the person on a month-to-month foundation. You get all the capabilities within the Unlimited tier and protection capabilities, including two-aspect authentication and the capability to signal into ClickUp with a Google account. The organization also plans to feature superior statistics exporting and goal alignment within the destiny.\nFinally, there's the Enterprise plan for $204 in keeping with person, keeping with year, or $29 in keeping with person, consistent with month. This provides all the Business functions, plus the ability to signal in with accounts from a couple of providers, not just Google. It also components elevated API limits for any inner customizations, settlement and legal assessment for a custom-designed ClickUp agreement, and HIPAA compliance. All of these levels can be signed up for robotically, with the exception of Enterprise.\nClickUp Review Verdict\nClickUp is a first-rate desire for impartial people and small groups and gives sufficient key capabilities for organizations, too. The electricity user gear may attract users who are looking to decorate productiveness.\nThe pricing is likewise very aggressive. Many other corporations will fee $9 in step with the user, per month or greater, just for the simple capabilities that ClickUp offers away free of charge. The difficult garage limits at the loose tier may also push some to go as much as the Unlimited plan. However, that's still a better deal than being forced to pay greater to get primary features. ClickUp may be a rather new company. However, it gives a strong product this is nicely well worth a look.\nHyundai Denies Link-Up With Tencent For Self-Driving Software\ni3 Verticals Buys Texas Software Firm NET Data for $24M","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Nevada vs. Nebraska Game Preview: How To Watch, Odds, Prediction\nBy austinpaschke November 25, 2020 6:00 pm\nBy austinpaschke | November 25, 2020 6:00 pm MT\nThe Wolf Pack take on a Big Ten foe. Here's how to watch and what to watch for.\nContact\/Follow @MWCwire\nA Power Conference Win For Nevada?\nWho: Nevada Wolf Pack (0-0) vs. Nebraska Cornhuskers (0-0)\nWhen: Thursday, November 26th \u2014 11:00 AM PST\/1:00 PM CST\/2:00 PM EST\nWhere: Pinnacle Bank Arena; Lincoln, Neb.\nTV: Big Ten Network\nStream: FuboTV \u2013 Get a seven-day Free Trial\nRadio: Stream the game on TuneIn\nOdds (via BetMGM): Nebraska -2\nNevada Basketball: 2020-2021 Season Preview-Fresh Faces and Fresh Expectations\nThe Nevada Wolf Pack play their second game of the Golden Window Classic Thanksgiving day and they get a good test in the Nebraska Cornhuskers. Nebraska and Nevada ended the year on different notes with Nevada finishing third in the MW and Nebraska losing 17 straight games, however, both teams experienced massive roster turnover coming into the 2020 season.\nNevada loses four of their five starters, 80% of their scoring and four All-Mountain West honorees. While Steve Alford loses much of his roster that finished third in the MW last season, Nevada has transfer pieces in Desmond Cambridge, Grant Sherfield and Warren Washington that should be able to fill in. Add those transfers with Zane Meeks and Kane Milling who now have a season under their belts, this Wolf Pack team has a chance to shoot up MW standings come late in the season. This young team will have question marks around how they will all mesh together in their first year as a unit and how they will be able to defend high powered offenses, specifically defending the wing position.\nOpposite of Nevada, Nebraska enters the 2020 season on a 17 game losing streak, along with a massive roster turnover of their own. However, there is a buzz in Lincoln due to how tall and athletic this new Cornhuskers team is. Nebraska is the second tallest team in the Big Ten even with having a 6'9 center. Not many teams in the country roll out a lineup with a 6'9 PG but that is exactly what the Cornhuskers are looking to do with Dalano Banton, the transfer out of Western Kentucky.\nNebraska is anchored by 6'9 sophomore Yvan Ouedraogo who not only holds the record for most rebounds by a freshman in Nebraska history but also holds the single season record for the Cornhuskers for most double-doubles by a freshman. Just like Nevada, the Cornhuskers will continue to get better as the year goes on due to the ability to work together as a new team. Four out of Nebraska's five starters are transfers with two of them being from junior colleges.\nKey to Victory:\nFor Nevada to get this key win against this Big Ten foe, the Wolf Pack needs to come out of the gates scoring and cannot let off the gas. Due to the massive roster turnover from the Cornhuskers, we won't really know Nebraska's weaknesses till they take the court at least a couple times. However, looking at Nebraska last year, they were one of the worst defensive teams in the country.\nThey allowed nearly 80 points per game and allowed teams to shoot 45% from the field. While this Cornhusker team might be able to score at a higher rate than last season, the biggest question mark about this team out of Lincoln continues to be on how they can defend. Another key for the Wolf Pack would be to use their strength in the front court.\nNevada has the opportunity to roll out an extremely long lineup with Warren Washington C, being 7'0, Robby Robinson PF, being 6'8 and Zane Meeks SF being 6'9. Nebraska's forwards both come in at 6'9 providing real problems for Fred Hoiberg and company.\nThese two teams will have no problem scoring as they both will struggle on the defensive side of the ball. Also, expect this to not be the cleanest of games as both of these teams are young and haven't played much together. I expect Nevada's length down low to be a bit of a challenge for the Cornhuskers while Nebraska's shooting, especially at the wing, will challenge this young Wolf Pack team. Ultimately, this will be a high scoring game but Alford and company will outlast this Cornhuskers team down the stretch. Nevada will win 68-64.\nMore Nevada!\nMountain West Basketball, Nevada Basketball, Mountain West Basketball, NCAAB, Nevada","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"In Trump's Shadow\nThe Battle for 2024 and the Future of the GOP\nby David M. Drucker\nPub Date 19 Oct 2021 | Archive Date Not set\nTwelve Books, Twelve\nBased on extensive reporting, a Game of Thrones-like telling of what comes next for the factions and families within the Republican Party as they plot for supremacy in the post-Trump era.\nWith Trump's four years in the White House now in the rearview, an unprecedented period in American political history is concluded. The transition, however, has set off a mad scramble for control of a Republican Party that for so long has reflected the domineering image of one man\u2014and might even still in the years ahead. Who emerges from the warring factions and familial rivalries that proliferated and quietly festered during Trump's presidency could determine the fate of the GOP for a generation, and the first hint of what's to come begins with the 2024 campaign to crown the first Republican nominee, and national party leader, of the post-Trump era.\nWith Trump's exit, a singular era in American political history has ended\u2014and the Republican Party, whose identity had for so long been centered around one man, will be forced to redefine itself for the future.\nFeaturing profiles of everyone from Mike Pence, Mike Pompeo, and Nikki Haley to Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz, and those in the Trump family, In Trump's Shadow tells the story of a GOP under\u2014and after\u2014the forty-fifth president, and all of those jousting for influence over the party's direction in the wake of Donald Trump.\nAverage rating from 6 members\nNetGalley's Book Advocate Toolkit\nWillow Rose\nHit the road Jack\nThe Greatest Speeches of Donald J. Trump\nGood News! It's Creation!\nGlenys Nellist\nGood News! God Loves You!\nSAY IT ISN'T SO\nDry Climate Gardening\nStrawberry Lane\nJodi Thomas\nThe Real-Life Murder Clubs\nNicola Stow\nHow to Be Human: A Bear's Guide\nSophia Kolinas\nFlowerheart\nCatherine Bakewell\nMurder at Haven's Rock","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Home Business The Most Disruptive MBA Startups Of 2021\nThe Most Disruptive MBA Startups Of 2021\n$90,000 a day.\nThat's how much one contractor can lose after a part fails. When a construction project grinds to a halt, it disrupts an entire chain. As assets sit idle, the ripple effect can mean suspending other projects or incurring financial penalties for delays. Problem is, different vendors specialize in different supplies \u2014 with varying degrees of reliability. These gaps create an opportunity for an all-in-one partner that can quickly procure quality parts and equipment.\nCall it a question of supply and demand \u2014 where service, speed, and subject matter expertise serve as the differentiators. In this niche, you'll find Gearflow making headway. It was co-founded in 2018 by Ben Preston, a 2021 MBA graduate of Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management. You can think of it as the largest online platform for ordering replacement parts and equipment, one designed around the urgency of shutdowns in construction. However, volume and variety aren't Gearflow's only advantages. Think of the company as a safety net and aggregator \u2014 a partner that offers peace of mind by vetting suppliers ahead of time while delivering the flexibility to order from multiple vendors at the same time.\nBen Preston, Gearflow (Northwestern Kellogg)\n44 STARTUPS FROM 31 TOP BUSINESS SCHOOLS\nThus far Gearflow has raised $4.6 million dollars, including $3 million in its latest seed round In addition, the firm has closed a strategic partnership with CNH Industrial, a $300 billion dollar manufacturer. The partnership stems from the publicity that Gearflow enjoyed after winning the 2020 VentureCat competition at Northwestern. It also earned Preston an invitation to the Zell Fellows program, which provides coaching, networking, and support to student-launched ventures. For him, it would be difficult to slap a value on Kellogg's impact on Gearflow's success.\n\"The network proved to be more valuable than I could have ever anticipated,\" Preston explains. \"A large majority of our seed funding came from Kellogg alumni or by way of a connection made through the Kellogg network. More importantly, the key advisors we were able to gain along the way have been invaluable. We have been able to put together a world-class advisory board of well-known entrepreneurs, professors, and venture capitalists that would have been very challenging to do without Kellogg's help.\"\nGearflow is just one of the 44 student startups honored in P&Q's 3rd annual \"Most Disruptive MBA Startups.\" This year, P&Q invited 40 business schools to submit nominations for MBA ventures. Ultimately, 31 programs participated, including Harvard Business School, Stanford GSB, Wharton School, INSEAD, MIT Sloan, and Chicago Booth. To qualify, the nomination was required to have at least one founding member from the MBA Class of 2021. The schools were also encouraged to select ventures with the \"greatest potential for lasting beyond business school.\"\nRAKING IN THE INVESTMENTS\nOne sign of stability: funding. Take Glyphic Biotechnologies, a protein sequencing platform co-founded by Stanford MBA Joshua Yang. It has already banked $6.025 million in seed funding. Emile Learning, a startup launched by UCLA Anderson's Michael Vilardo, has positioned itself as the \"Netflix of Education.\" And it's investors, including Kleiner Perkins, have socked $5.4 million dollars into the firm. The result: the platform has enabled over 50,000 students to earn high school and college credits online \u2014 with the firm adding 51 employees in the past year alone. By the same token, INSEAD's Capim and UCLA Anderson's Emerald Necklace Investments have raised $2.45 million and $2.0 million dollars respectively, with the latter besting the S&P Index by over 50% since it was launched. In addition, the Wharton School's Manuel Godoy and Bernardo Garcia have generated $2.6 million in funding for F\u00e9lix, a platform that combines AI and Blockchain to make it easier for Latinos to send money overseas.\nManuel Godoy, F\u00e9lix (Wharton School)\n\"Both of us are Latino immigrants and we have lived through the struggle of sending money to our home countries (Venezuela and Mexico respectively),\" Godoy tells P&Q. \"We are passionate about using our skills to build technology products that can provide immense value to people. We want to solve the remittances problem for the 25 million foreign born Latinos living in the US.\"\nSebastian Rivas' startup, Andes STR, has collected $1 million in seed funding. The Chicago Booth venture is ambitious in scope. A mix of real estate and tech, Andes STR helps investors identify and purchase short-term rentals, such as Airbnb properties, with the highest potential returns. The biggest differentiator: time savings. According to Rivas, his platform cuts the time spent on finding and buying properties from 200+ hours to 2 hours. And Andes STR even manages the property too. The idea for the venture came from banking peers, who were baffled by the \"excruciating\" process of buying these properties \u2014 one Rivas experienced first-hand.\n\"When sophisticated investors find it too hard to invest in something, that's a hint that there is an opportunity there,\" Rivas jokes. \"It took me months to learn everything I needed to learn, a couple more months to find a decent deal, a couple of weeks to arrange the financing, and the whole process was super stressful. And then managing the property myself was simply impossible with the long hours I was working at the time. I handed the property off to a management company, but they did an awful job taking care of it: I literally got a call from the police at 2 a.m. on a Wednesday notifying me that there was a shooting in my apartment! At that point, I asked myself, \"Why isn't there a trustworthy company that can take care of everything for me?\" I was not only fed up, but also motivated to help others so they don't have to go through the same ordeal.\"\nEase and access is also at the heart of another Chicago Booth startup: ML Tech. Here, Leo Mindyuk co-founded a high-frequency trading platform, one that \"connects experienced crypto researchers with institutional capital.\" His goal is to \"democratize\" this emerging marketplace, so analysts can monetize their strategy at the speed of change.\nMegan Murday, Metric (Harvard Business School),Rose Lincoln\/Photographer\n\"Being an early researcher in crypto myself, I met a lot of people like me who run algorithmic trading strategies in crypto and wanted to get access to better infrastructure and capital to generate better investment returns. Meanwhile, through my work and professional connections, I realized that a lot of institutional investors wanted to get exposure to the emerging asset class, but it is difficult for them to find good researchers who can develop successful trading strategies in a transparent and secure environment. My co-founder and I came up with the idea to provide the infrastructure that will allow researchers to develop successful investment strategies, while solving the problems for institutional investors who want to get exposure to crypto.\"\nAt Harvard Business School, Megan Murday has been bootstrapping Metric, a mix of investing, technology, and ESG. The goal, she says, is to furnish greater transparency in datasets beyond returns so investors can better \"align sustainability, equity, and profitability.\" To do this, she has developed a benchmarking platform that \"recommend(s) ESG KPIs, managing targets, and providing data that can be used for LP reporting and portfolio management.\" Murday's idea stemmed from witnessing the limits of government and learning the value of incentives.\n\"Growing up in a deindustrialized South suburb of Chicago, I saw that systemic issues are multifaceted and do not serendipitously resolve themselves,\" she writes. \"I thought government would be the most straightforward solution, but a Georgetown policy degree and DC internships showed me that the public sector does not have the speed or scale to single-handedly address climate change or socioeconomic inequality.\"\nA TWIST ON DISRUPTIVE MODELS\nScholarSite, a Berkeley Haas startup, adds a twist to the usual education-technology connection. Rather than targeting traditional age students and educational institutions, ScholarSite sets its sites on professionals and businesses, bringing professors and experts to corporate meeting rooms and cube farms. Here, employees can engage in-person and online with these experts, who themselves enjoy added exposure to students outside the traditional classroom. Thus far, ScholarSite \u2014 which has received $800K in seed funding \u2014has sold out two cohorts (140 seats) for Economics of Digital Platforms, a course taught by Haas Professor Steve Tadelis, a former economist with Amazon and eBay. More than that, these cohorts included employees from Google, Dropbox, and Upwork.\n\"We don't believe leading experts (and their content) should only be accessible to those who can afford to attend elite schools,\" explains Nicholas Rudder. \"We feel that our background in academia, coupled with our experience in tech and media, makes us the perfect team to break down the ivory tower.\"\nAllison Cavasino (Left) and Natalie Poston (Right), Joylet (Georgetown McDonough)\nJoylet is seeking to break down a different barrier. A baby gear rental firm, Joylet differentiates itself by offering flexible terms. As a result, new parents don't have to buy expensive new items with short-term use that end up just taking up space or getting tossed out. Since its launch, Joylet has won first prize at two startup competitions, a tip of the hat to a sharing economy concept with serious staying power.\n\"[My partner and I] met in 2019, at a time in our lives when everyone around us was having babies,\" writes Natalie Poston. \"As we started to explore parenthood ourselves, it was obvious that the traditional model of baby gear ownership was outdated. Buying new gear for every baby can be wasteful \u2013 there's already too much baby gear in circulation and oftentimes it can't be donated, which means gear ends up in a landfill. We knew renting could not only be a more sustainable solution, it could reduce the stress parents felt about cost, reliability, storage, and choosing gear their child will like.\"\nPAGE 4: IN-DEPTH PROFILES OF 43 DISRUPTIVE MBA STARTUPS\nPrevious articleSaudi Aramco warns of 'social unrest' if fossil fuels ditched too quickly\nNext article7 Things to Know as Engine Capital Lifts Kohl's Stock Today\nCleanup begins after 7.4 quake shakes north Japan, killing 4\nTOKYO (AP) \u2014 Residents in Fukushima and Miyagi were cleaning their homes after a sleepless night following a powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake that struck off...\nBlinken 'very convinced' on 'united response' against Russia\nNews - January 23, 2022 0\nSecretary of State Antony BlinkenAntony BlinkenSunday shows preview: US reaffirms support for Ukraine amid threat of Russian invasion Coons opposes sending US troops to...\nGrants for Sacramento AAPI-owned businesses available\nThe Reimagine Main Street initiative is partnering with the National Asian American Chamber of Commerce and Entrepreneurship to offer 100 grants to Asian American...\nNow the Giant Tech Stocks and Big Four Banks Got Crushed, Airline Stocks Collapsed\nNews - March 8, 2022 0\nSome big gainers too, as everyone plowed into energy, mining, and fertilizers. 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{"text":"Jordan Pickford has saved England's World Cup hopes in more ways than one\nBy Kevin Baxter\nJuly 10, 2018 12:50 PM PT\nReporting from ST. PETERSBURG, Russia \u2014\nA year ago Jordan Pickford was a talented young goalkeeper with just one full season of first-division experience, no national team call-ups and a reputation built more on promise than proof.\nOn Wednesday he'll start against Croatia in a World Cup semifinal in Moscow, with a chance to take England to a promised land it hasn't seen since 1966. And nothing has done more to fuel England's historic run than Pickford's rapid rise from prodigy to polished shot-stopper.\nHe was the difference in England's Round-of-16 game with Colombia, which England won in a penalty-kick shootout. And he followed that by shutting out Sweden in the quarterfinals. Almost forgotten was the fact that that game was just the eighth of Pickford's international career.\n\"It's quite a remarkable rise. He can be what he wants to be. I don't see any limitations with him,\" said former Welsh keeper Neville Southall who played more games for Everton \u2014 Pickford's English Premier League club \u2014 than anyone in history.\n\"If he wants to be the best in the world, that's up to him. He can take it by the horns and go, 'I'm going to be England's No. 1 for the next 10 years.' I think he's got a good mentality for that, and there's no reason why he can't achieve what he wants to achieve.\"\nFew outside of Everton's home of Liverpool were singing Pickford's praises before the World Cup. Although England came to Russia loaded with offensive talent, its back line was considered suspect and Pickford was the first choice in goal mainly because the two backups \u2014 Jack Butland and Nick Pope \u2014 were equally as inexperienced internationally and inspired even less confidence.\nThe Three Lions were considered such long shots, in fact, that one popular internet meme showed players getting off the team plane in Russia beneath the caption, \"Keep the engine running we won't be long.\"\nInstead, England beat Tunisia on a stoppage-time goal from Harry Kane and pummeled Panama on a hat trick from Kane to get out of the group stage, then outlasted Colombia and Sweden in the knockout stages behind two great performances from Pickford, who made six saves in the two games, not counting the one-handed stop that decided the penalty shootout.\nAnd this could just be the start for an England team with only four starters older than 26 \u2014 too young to remember the Three Lions' last trip to a World Cup semifinal in 1990, much less their only World Cup title in 1966.\n\"If you asked any English player, manager, coach and fan what they wanted at the World Cup, it would have been to get out of the group,\" Southall said.\nNow, thanks to its keeper, that goal has changed.\n\"The World Cup is up for grabs,\" Southall continued, \"because there's no one playing outstandingly well.\"\nIf Pickford, 24, is new to the world stage (he made his national team debut in a November friendly with Germany), he introduced himself to England last season, playing every minute for Everton while making 121 saves and posting 10 shutouts. That justified the $33 million Everton paid Sunderland for his services, the highest transfer fee ever paid for an English goalkeeper.\nAnd while England manager Gareth Southgate was suitably impressed by all that, a bigger factor in his decision to make Pickford his starter was the coach's technical approach, calling the keeper \"an important fit for the way we want to play.\"\nSouthgate favors ball possession and a three-man back line, a style that requires a mobile goalkeeper who can play the ball out of the back and who also communicates well with his defenders.\n\"A goalkeeper sees everything, so he needs to talk. That communication with your defense is vital,\" said Maarten Stekelenburg, who started in goal in the 2010 World Cup final for the Netherlands. \"Somebody told me at the start of my career the best goalkeepers do not have to make saves. You put your defenders in the right positions.\n\"Jordan talks all the time, which helps his defenders. Having the confidence of the coach is vital.\"\nBut perhaps the biggest indication that Pickford has arrived is that opponents have started trash-talking him.\n\"All members of our team are dangerous so I imagine somebody will find a way to surprise him,\" Croatia forward Mario Mandzukic bragged this week.\nStekelenburg isn't betting on that. Now that Pickford has brought England this far there are only two options after Wednesday: the World Cup final or a summer vacation. The vacation will always be there, but the World Cup final? This may be his best chance.\n\"Jordan has a lot of self-belief and is so focused,\" Stekelenburg said. \"He does not panic and he works hard. He will not be bothered by anything.\n\"When you lose you have to go on your holiday. You get your holiday anyway, so you want to delay it as long as possible.\"\nkevin.baxter@latimes.com | Twitter: @kbaxter11\nAll about the beautiful game\nGo inside the L.A. pro soccer scene and beyond in Kevin Baxter's weekly newsletter.\nKevin Baxter\nKevin Baxter writes about soccer and other things for the Los Angeles Times, where he has worked for 24 years. He has covered five World Cups, three Olympic Games, six World Series and a Super Bowl and has contributed to three Pulitzer Prize-winning series at The Times and Miami Herald. An essay he wrote in fifth grade was voted best in the class. He has a cool dog.\nWorld Cup and Soccer\nSoccer newsletter: U.S. men's team faces its downfall or new heights. Which will it be?\nUSMNT unwraps some young gems and ends up with a tie against Colombia\nBrandon V\u00e1zquez has shined for U.S. soccer. Could they lose him to Mexico?\nU.S. Soccer loses two top leaders, jeopardizing Gregg Berhalter's future as coach\nYoung USMNT takes first step toward to 2026 World Cup in loss to Serbia","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"(1949-09-02) September 2, 1949 (age 69)\nPeine, West Germany\nGerman American\nBusiness school of University of Nevada, Las Vegas\nPolitical philosophy, economics, epistemology\nGoethe University Frankfurt\nMurray Rothbard, Ludwig von Mises\nArgumentation ethics, Property and Freedom Society\nThe Gary G. Schlarbaum Prize (2006)[1]\nFranz Cuhel Memorial Prize (Prague Conference on Political Economy 2009)[2][3]\nHans-Hermann Hoppe (German: [\u02c8h\u0254p\u0259]; born September 2, 1949) is a German-born American Austrian School economist, and libertarian anarcho-capitalist philosopher.[4][5][6] He is Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Senior Fellow of the Ludwig von Mises Institute, and the founder and president of the Property and Freedom Society.[7][8]\nHoppe identifies as a culturally conservative libertarian. His remarks on the rights of property owners to establish private covenant communities to which \"undesirable\" people, such as homosexuals and political dissidents, may be denied entrance has provoked controversy among both the libertarian community and Hoppe's colleagues at UNLV Business School.[9][10] Hoppe also garners controversy due to his support for federal enforcement of immigration laws, which critics argue is at odds with libertarianism and anarchism.[11]\n1 Life and work\n1.1 Property and Freedom Society\n2 Argumentation ethics\n3 Views on democracy\n3.1 Expulsion of homosexuals and dissidents\n4 Support for immigration restrictions and critiques\n5 Iraq War and foreign policy views\n6 Remarks about homosexuals and academic freedom\n7 Selected works\nLife and work\nHoppe called Rothbard his mentor and master.\nHoppe was born in Peine, West Germany, did undergraduate studies at Universit\u00e4t des Saarlandes[12] and received his MA and PhD degrees from Goethe University Frankfurt.[8] He was a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Michigan, in Ann Arbor, from 1976 to 1978 and earned his habilitation in Foundations of Sociology and Economics from the University of Frankfurt in 1981. From 1986[13] until his retirement in 2008,[2] Hoppe was a Professor in the School of Business at University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He is a Distinguished Fellow of the Ludwig von Mises Institute, the publisher of much of his work, and was editor of various Mises Institute periodicals.[14]\nHoppe has stated that Murray Rothbard was his \"principal teacher, mentor and master\".[2] After reading Rothbard's books and being converted to a Rothbardian political position, Hoppe moved from Germany to New York City to be with Rothbard, and then followed Rothbard to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, \"working and living side-by-side with him, in constant and immediate personal contact.\" According to Hoppe, from 1985 until Rothbard's 1995 death, Hoppe considered Rothbard his \"dearest fatherly friend\".[15]\nProperty and Freedom Society\nMain article: Property and Freedom Society\nIn 2006, Hoppe founded The Property & Freedom Society (\"PFS\") as a reaction against the Milton Friedman-influenced Mont Pelerin Society, which he has derided as \"socialist\".[16] On the fifth anniversary of PFS, Hoppe reflected on its goals:[17]\nOn the one hand, positively, it was to explain and elucidate the legal, economic, cognitive and cultural requirements and features of a free, state-less natural order.\nOn the other hand, negatively, it was to unmask the State and showcase it for what it really is: an institution run by gangs of murderers, plunderers and thieves, surrounded by willing executioners, propagandists, sycophants, crooks, liars, clowns, charlatans, dupes and useful idiots \u2013 an institution that dirties and taints everything it touches.\nArgumentation ethics\nMain article: Argumentation ethics\nIn the September 1988 issue of Liberty,[18] Hoppe attempted to establish an a priori and value-neutral justification for libertarian ethics by devising a new theory which he named argumentation ethics.[19] Hoppe asserts that any argument which in any respect purports to contradict libertarian principles is logically incoherent.[20] In the following issue, Liberty published comments by ten of Hoppe's fellow libertarians, followed by a rejoinder from Hoppe.[21] In his comment, Hoppe's friend and Mises Institute supervisor Murray Rothbard wrote that Hoppe's theory was \"a dazzling breakthrough for political philosophy in general and for libertarianism in particular\" and that Hoppe, \"has managed to transcend the famous is\/ought, fact\/value dichotomy that has plagued philosophy since the days of the Scholastics, and that had brought modern libertarianism into a tiresome deadlock\". However, the majority of Hoppe's colleagues surveyed by Liberty rejected his theory. In his response, Hoppe derided his critics as \"utilitarians\".[19]\nFellow Mises Institute Senior Fellow Roderick T. Long states that Hoppe's a priori formulation of libertarianism denies the fundamental principle of Misesean praxeology. On the issue of utilitarianism, Long writes, \"Hoppe's argument, if it worked, would commit us to recognizing and respecting libertarian rights regardless of what our goals are \u2013 but as a praxeologist, I have trouble seeing how any practical requirement can be justified apart from a means-end structure.\"[22] Another critic argues that Hoppe has not provided any non-circular reasons why we \"have to regard moral values as something that must be regarded as being established through (consensual) argument instead of 'mere' subjective preferences for situations turning out in certain ways\". 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He attributes democracy's alleged failures to pressure groups which seek to increase government expenditures and regulations. Hoppe proposes alternatives and remedies, including secession, decentralization of government, and \"complete freedom of contract, occupation, trade and migration\".[24] Hoppe argues that monarchy would preserve individual liberty more effectively than democracy.[25]\nIn 2013, Hoppe reflected on the relationship between democracy and the arts and concluded that \"democracy leads to the subversion and ultimately disappearance of the notion of beauty and universal standards of beauty. Beauty is swamped and submerged by so-called 'modern art'.\"[26]\nWalter Block, a colleague of Hoppe's at the Ludwig von Mises Institute, asserts that Hoppe's arguments shed light \"on historical occurrences, from wars to poverty to inflation to interest rates to crime\". Block notes that while Hoppe concedes that 21st-century democracies are more prosperous than the monarchies of old, Hoppe argues that if nobles and kings replaced today's political leaders, their ability to take a long term view of a country's well-being would \"improve matters\". Block also shared what he called minor criticisms of Hoppe's theses regarding time preferences, immigration and the gap between libertarianism and conservatism.[27]\nAccording to Hoppe, four years before the publication of Democracy, Alberto Benegas Lynch, Jr. criticized Hoppe's thesis that monarchy is preferable to democracy.[28] A Professor of Economics at the University of Buenos Aires,[29] Benegas Lynch provided empirical evidence demonstrating that modern monarchies tend to be far poorer than modern democracies. In reply, Hoppe stated that as a Misesian economist, he believes that economic theories cannot be \"established or refuted by historical data.\" Hoppe also cited the work of scientist J. Phillipe Rushton to argue that the data are misleading because many modern monarchies are composed of \"Negroid\" people[citation needed]. According to Hoppe, \"since Caucasians have, on the average, a significantly lower degree of time preference than Negroids, any comparison [between African monarchies and Western democracies] would amount to a systematic distortion of the evidence.\" Regardless, Hoppe argues that these data would otherwise systemically favor his case, \"and if anything I have erred - though unavoidably so - on the side of democracy.\"[28][improper synthesis?]\nExpulsion of homosexuals and dissidents\nIn Democracy Hoppe describes a fully libertarian society[non-primary source needed] of \"covenant communities\" made up of residents who have signed an agreement defining the nature of that community. Hoppe writes \"There would be little or no 'tolerance' and 'openmindedness' so dear to left-libertarians. Instead, one would be on the right path toward restoring the freedom of association and exclusion implied in the institution of private property\". Hoppe writes that towns and villages could have warning signs saying \"no beggars, bums, or homeless, but also no homosexuals, drug users, Jews, Moslems, Germans, or Zulus\".[30][31]\nHoppe writes:\nIn a covenant concluded among proprietor and community tenants for the purpose of protecting their private property, no such thing as a right to free (unlimited) speech exists, not even to unlimited speech on one's own tenant-property. One may say innumerable things and promote almost any idea under the sun, but naturally no one is permitted to advocate ideas contrary to the very purpose of the covenant of preserving and protecting private property, such as democracy and communism. There can be no tolerance toward democrats and communists in a libertarian social order. They will have to be physically separated and expelled from society. Likewise, in a covenant founded for the purpose of protecting family and kin, there can be no tolerance toward those habitually promoting lifestyles incompatible with this goal. They \u2013 the advocates of alternative, non-family and kin-centered lifestyles such as, for instance, individual hedonism, parasitism, nature-environment worship, homosexuality, or communism \u2013 will have to be physically removed from society, too, if one is to maintain a libertarian order.[9]\nCommenting on this passage, Martin Snyder of the American Association of University Professors said Hoppe's words will disturb \"[t]hose with a better memory than Hoppe for segregation, apartheid, internment facilities and concentration camps, for yellow stars and pink triangles\".[32] Hoppe also provoked controversy by calling homosexuality a \"perversity or abnormality\", alongside vulgarity, drug use, deviant sexual behaviours and pedophilia.[33]\nWalter Block wrote that Hoppe's comment calling for \"homosexuals and others to be banned from polite society\" was \"exceedingly difficult to reconcile... with libertarianism\" because \"the libertarian philosophy would support the rights of both groups to act in such manners\". He continues: \"As for homosexuality, it is entirely possible that some areas of the country, parts of Gotham and San Francisco for example, will require this practice, and ban, entirely, heterosexuality. If this is done through contract, private property rights, restrictive covenants, it will be entirely compatible with the libertarian legal code.\"[34]\nSupport for immigration restrictions and critiques\nAs a self-proclaimed anarchist who favors abolishing the nation-state, Hoppe believes that as long as states exist, they should impose some restrictions on immigration. Hoppe has equated free immigration to \"forced integration\" which violates the rights of native peoples, since if land were privately owned, immigration would not be unhindered but would only occur with the consent of private property owners.[35] Hoppe's Mises Institute colleague Walter Block has characterized Hoppe as an \"anti-open immigration activist\" who argues that, though all public property is \"stolen\" by the state from taxpayers, \"the state compounds the injustice when it allows immigrants to use [public] property, thus further \"invading\" the private property rights of the original owners\".[36] However, Block rejects Hoppe's views as incompatible with libertarianism. Employing a reductio ad absurdum argument, he argues that Hoppe's logic implies that flagrantly unlibertarian laws such as regulations on prostitution and drug use \"could be defended on the basis that many tax-paying property owners would not want such behavior on their own private property\".[citation needed] Another libertarian author, Simon Guenzl, writing for Libertarian Papers argues that: \"supporting a legitimate role for the state as an immigration gatekeeper is inconsistent with Rothbardian and Hoppean libertarian anarchism, as well as with the associated strategy of advocating always and in every instance reductions in the state's role in society.\"[11]\nIn terms of specific immigration restrictions, Hoppe argued that an appropriate policy will require immigrants to the United States to display proficiency in English in addition to \"superior (above-average) intellectual performance and character structure as well as a compatible system of values\".[37] These requirements will, he argued, result in a \"systematic pro-European immigration bias\". Jacob Hornberger of the Future of Freedom Foundation opined that the immigration test Hoppe advocated would probably be prejudiced against Latin American immigrants to the United States.,[38] due to cultural differences between Americans and Latin Americans and the fact that Latin American nations have lower average IQ's than Europeans and European-descended Americans.\nIraq War and foreign policy views\nHoppe spoke out against invading Iraq (which later happened in 2003) in a 2002 interview and criticized the interventionist foreign policy, stating that \"if you meddle in foreign affairs, you should not be surprised if besides some friends you will also make plenty of enemies.\"[39]\nRemarks about homosexuals and academic freedom\nFollowing a March 4, 2004 lecture on time preference at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), a student complained that Hoppe created a hostile classroom environment by stating that homosexuals tend to be more shortsighted than heterosexuals in their ability to save money and plan (economically) for the future, in part because they tend not to have children.[40] Hoppe also suggested that John Maynard Keynes's homosexuality might explain his economic views, with which Hoppe disagreed.[41] Hoppe also stated that very young and very old people, and couples without children, were less likely to plan for the future. Hoppe told a reporter that the comments lasted only 90 seconds of a 75-minute class, no students questioned the comments in that class, and that in 18 years of giving the same lecture all over the world, he had never previously received a complaint about it. At the request of university officials, Hoppe apologized to the class. He said, \"Italians tend to eat more spaghetti than Germans, and Germans tend to eat more sauerkraut than Italians\" and explained that he was speaking in generalities. Thereafter, Hoppe told the reporter, the student alleged that Hoppe did not take the complaint seriously and filed a formal complaint. Hoppe told the reporter that he felt as if it were he who was the victim in the incident and that the student should have been told to \"grow up\".[42]\nAn investigation was conducted and the university's provost, Raymond W. Alden III, issued Hoppe a non-disciplinary letter of instruction on February 9, 2005, with a finding that he had \"created a hostile or intimidating educational environment in violation of the University's policies regarding discrimination as to sexual orientation\". Alden also instructed Hoppe to \"... cease mischaracterizing opinion as objective fact\", asserted that Hoppe's opinion was not supported by peer-reviewed academic literature, and remarked that Hoppe had \"refus[ed] to substantiate [his] in-class statements of fact...\"[43]\nHoppe appealed the decision, saying the university had \"blatantly violated its contractual obligations\" toward him and described the action as \"frivolous interference with my right to academic freedom\".[44] He was represented by the American Civil Liberties Union. The ACLU threatened legal action.[45] ACLU attorney Allen Lichtenstein said \"The charge against professor Hoppe is totally specious and without merit\".[42] The Nevada ACLU executive director said \"We don't subscribe to Hans' theories and certainly understand why some students find them offensive... But academic freedom means nothing if it doesn't protect the right of professors to present scholarly ideas that are relevant to their curricula, even if they are controversial and rub people the wrong way\".[42] Alden's decision was picked up by Fox News and several blogs and libertarians organized a campaign to contact the university.[45] The university received two weeks of bad publicity and the Interim Chancellor (Nevada System of Higher Education) Jim Rogers expressed concerns about \"any attempts to thwart free speech\".[46]\nJim Rogers intervened in the matter. He rejected Hoppe's request for a one-year paid sabbatical,[47] and UNLV President UNLV Carol Harter acted upon Hoppe's appeal on February 18, 2005. She decided that Hoppe's views, even if non-mainstream or controversial, should not be cause for reprimanding him. She dismissed the discrimination complaint against Hoppe and the non-disciplinary letter was withdrawn from Hoppe's personnel file.[32] She wrote:\nUNLV, in accordance with policy adopted by the Board of Regents, understands that the freedom afforded to Professor Hoppe and to all members of the academic community carries a significant corresponding academic responsibility. In the balance between freedoms and responsibilities, and where there may be ambiguity between the two, academic freedom must, in the end, be foremost.[48]\nHoppe later wrote about the incident and the UNLV investigation in an article entitled \"My Battle With the Thought Police\".[49] Martin Snyder of the American Association of University Professors wrote that he should not be \"punished for freely expressing his opinions\".[32]\nVarious controversies about academic freedom, including the Hoppe matter and remarks made by Harvard University President Lawrence Summers, prompted the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, to hold a conference on academic freedom in October 2005.[50] In 2009 UNLV proposed a new policy that included the encouragement of reporting by people who felt that they had encountered bias.[51] The proposed policy was criticized by the Nevada ACLU and some faculty members who remembered the Hoppe incident as adverse to academic freedom.[51][52]\nHandeln und Erkennen (Bern, 1976) ISBN 978-3261019004 OCLC 2544452\nKritik der kausalwissenschaftlichen Sozialforschung (Westdeutscher Verlag, 1983) ISBN 978-3531116242 OCLC 10432202\nEigentum, Anarchie und Staat (Westdeutscher Verlag, 1987) ISBN 978-3531118116 OCLC 18226538\nA Theory of Socialism and Capitalism (Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1989) ISBN 0-89838-279-3. (Full Text in PDF format)\nEconomic Science and the Austrian Method (Ludwig von Mises Institute, 1995) ISBN 094546620X. (Full Text in PDF format)\nDemocracy: The God That Failed: the economics and politics of monarchy, democracy and natural order (Transaction Publishers, 2001) ISBN 0765808684 OCLC 46384089\nThe Economics and Ethics of Private Property (2nd edition, Ludwig von Mises Institute, 2006) ISBN 0945466404\nEditor and contributor: The Myth of National Defense. Essays on the Theory and History of Security Production (Ludwig von Mises Institute, 2003) ISBN 978-0945466376 OCLC 53401048. (Full Text in PDF format) Includes writings by L.M. Bassani, C. Lottieri, M.N. Rothbard, E. von Kuehnelt-Leddihn, B. Lemennicier, G. Radnitsky, Joseph R. Stromberg, L.J. Sechrest, J.R. Hummel, W. Block and J.G. Hulsmann.\nFull text of Hoppe's 1998 introduction to The Ethics of Liberty by Murray Rothbard (also in PDF format)\nHoppe, Hans-Hermann (September 1988). \"On the Ultimate Justification of the Ethics of Private Property\" (PDF). Liberty. 2 (1): 20\u201322. <templatestyles src=\"Module:Citation\/CS1\/styles.css\"><\/templatestyles>\nHoppe, Hans-Hermann. \"In Defense of Extreme Rationalism: Thoughts on D. McCloskey's The Rhetoric of Economics\" (PDF). <templatestyles src=\"Module:Citation\/CS1\/styles.css\"><\/templatestyles>\nHoppe, Hans-Hermann; M. Rothbard; D. Friedman; L. Yeager; D. Gordon; D. Rasmussen; et al. (November 1988). \"Symposium: Breakthrough or Buncombe?\" (PDF). Liberty. 2 (2): 44\u201354. <templatestyles src=\"Module:Citation\/CS1\/styles.css\"><\/templatestyles>\nHoppe, Hans-Hermann (Spring 1996). \"Small is Beautiful and Efficient: The Case for Secession\". Telos. 107. <templatestyles src=\"Module:Citation\/CS1\/styles.css\"><\/templatestyles>\nHoppe, Hans-Hermann (April 12, 2005). \"My Battle with the Thought Police\". Ludwig von Mises Institute.\n\u2191 \"The Gary G. Schlarbaum Prize\". Mises Institute Awards. Ludwig von Mises Institute. <templatestyles src=\"Module:Citation\/CS1\/styles.css\"><\/templatestyles>\n\u2191 2.0 2.1 2.2 Wile, Anthony (March 27, 2011). \"Dr. Hans-Hermann Hoppe on the Impracticality of One-World Government and the Failure of Western-style Democracy\". The Daily Bell. <templatestyles src=\"Module:Citation\/CS1\/styles.css\"><\/templatestyles>\n\u2191 History of PCPE, CEVRO Institute, Prague\n\u2191 Martland, Keir (2015). Liberty from a Beginner: Selected Essays. p. 61. <templatestyles src=\"Module:Citation\/CS1\/styles.css\"><\/templatestyles>\n\u2191 Chakraverty, S. (2014). Mathematics of Uncertainty Modeling in the Analysis of Engineering and Science Problems. IGI Global. p. 38. ISBN 978-1466649910. <templatestyles src=\"Module:Citation\/CS1\/styles.css\"><\/templatestyles>\n\u2191 Dieterle, David A. (2013). Economic Thinkers: A Biographical Encyclopedia. Greenwood. p. 145. ISBN 978-0313397462. <templatestyles src=\"Module:Citation\/CS1\/styles.css\"><\/templatestyles>\n\u2191 \"Hans-Hermann Hoppe\". Ludwig von Mises Institute. <templatestyles src=\"Module:Citation\/CS1\/styles.css\"><\/templatestyles>\n\u2191 8.0 8.1 \"UNLV Catalog\" (PDF). p. 47. Retrieved 19 April 2013. <templatestyles src=\"Module:Citation\/CS1\/styles.css\"><\/templatestyles>\n\u2191 9.0 9.1 Hoppe, Democracy: The God That Failed, pp. 216\u2013218\n\u2191 \"Hoppe writes about those controversies\"\n\u2191 11.0 11.1 Guenzl, Simon (June 23, 2016). \"Public Property and the Libertarian Immigration Debate\". Libertarian Papers. 8. I conclude that supporting a legitimate role for the state as an immigration gatekeeper is inconsistent with Rothbardian and Hoppean libertarian anarchism, as well as with the associated strategy of advocating always and in every instance reductions in the state's role in society. <templatestyles src=\"Module:Citation\/CS1\/styles.css\"><\/templatestyles>\n\u2191 Jeff Tucker interviews Hans-Hermann Hoppe (1 October 2011)\n\u2191 \"Juan Ram\u00f3n Rallo interviews Mises Institute scholar Hans-Hermann Hoppe at the Instituto Juan de Mariana's\". <templatestyles src=\"Module:Citation\/CS1\/styles.css\"><\/templatestyles>\n\u2191 Hans Herman Hoppe, The Ethics and Economics of Private Property, Second Edition, Ludwig von Mises Institute, p. xii, ISBN 978-0945466406.\n\u2191 Hoppe, Hans-Hermann (1995). L. Rockwell (Ed.), from Murray Rothbard, In Memoriam. Auburn, AL: Ludwig von Mises Institute. pp. 33\u201337\n\u2191 Belien, Paul. \"The Property and Freedom Society: Standing Athwart History, Yelling Stop\". Brussels Journal. Retrieved 6 September 2013. <templatestyles src=\"Module:Citation\/CS1\/styles.css\"><\/templatestyles>\n\u2191 Hoppe, Hans Hermann. \"The Property And Freedom Society \u2013 Reflections After Five Years\". lewrockwell.com. Retrieved 6 September 2013. <templatestyles src=\"Module:Citation\/CS1\/styles.css\"><\/templatestyles>\n\u2191 Hoppe, Hans-Hermann (September 1988). \"The Ultimate Justification of the Private Property Ethic\" (PDF). Liberty. 2 (1): 20\u201322. The mere fact that an individual argues presupposes that he owns himself and has a right to his own life and property. This provides a basis for libertarian theory radically different from both natural rights theory and utilitarianism. <templatestyles src=\"Module:Citation\/CS1\/styles.css\"><\/templatestyles>\n\u2191 19.0 19.1 Symposium: Breakthrough or Buncombe? with comments from Murray Rothbard, David D. Friedman, Leland B. Yeager, David Gordon and Douglas B. Rasmussen and from Hans-Hermann Hoppe. (Liberty, November 1988) [Volume 2, Number 2]\n\u2191 Hans-Hermann Hoppe's Argumentation Ethic: A Critique, Robert Murphy and Gene Callahan. Relevant text on Page 3: \"Therefore, [Hoppe] concludes that the libertarian view of property rights is the only one that can possibly be defended by rational argument.\"\n\u2191 Symposium (November 1988). \"Hans-Hermannn Hoppe's Argumentation Ethics: Breakthrough or Buncombe?\" (PDF). Liberty. 2 (2): 44\u201354. <templatestyles src=\"Module:Citation\/CS1\/styles.css\"><\/templatestyles>\n\u2191 Long, Roderick T. \"The Hoppriori Argument\". Retrieved 26 August 2013. <templatestyles src=\"Module:Citation\/CS1\/styles.css\"><\/templatestyles>\n\u2191 J. Mikael Olsson, Austrian Economics as Political Philosophy, Stockholm Studies in Politics 161, p. 157, 161.\n\u2191 R.M. Pearce, Book Review: Democracy: the God That Failed, National Observer (Australia), No. 56, Autumn 2003.\n\u2191 David Gordon, Review of Hans-Hermann Hoppe, Democracy: The God that Failed, \"The Mises Review\" of Ludwig von Mises Institute, Volume 8, Number 1, Spring 2002; Volume 8, Number 1.\n\u2191 Fonseca, Joel (August 1, 2013). \"The Brazilian Philosophy Magazine Dicta & Contradicta Interviews Hans-Hermann Hoppe\". Mises Institute Brazil\n\u2191 Walter Block, Review of Democracy: The God that Failed: The Economics and Politics of Monarchy, Democracy, and Natural Order, The American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Vol. 61, No. 3, July, 2002.\n\u2191 28.0 28.1 Hoppe, Hans-Hermann (1997). \"On Theory and History. Reply to Benegas-Lynch, Jr.\". Published in Gerard Radnitzky, ed., Values and the Social Order, Vol. 3 (Aldershot: Avebury, 1997).\n\u2191 \"Alberto Benegas Lynch.\" Cato.org\n\u2191 Hoppe, Hans-Hermann (2001). Democracy: The God That Failed: The Economics and Politics of Monarchy, Democracy and Natural Order, Transaction Publishers, p. 211. ISBN 1412815290\n\u2191 Block, Walter (2007). \"Plumb-Line Libertarianism: A Critique of Hoppe\". Reason Papers.\n\u2191 32.0 32.1 32.2 Snyder, Martin D. (March 1, 2005). \"Birds of a Feather?\". Academe. American Association of University Professors. Retrieved April 17, 2013. <templatestyles src=\"Module:Citation\/CS1\/styles.css\"><\/templatestyles>\n\u2191 Hans-Hermann Hoppe, Democracy: The God That Failed: The Economics and Politics of Monarchy, Democracy and Natural Order, p. 206.\n\u2191 Walter Block (Loyola University New Orleans), \"Libertarianism is unique; it belongs neither to the right nor the left: a critique of the views of Long, Holcombe, and Baden on the left, Hoppe, Feser and Paul on the right\", undated, published at Ludwig von Mises Institute website, pp. 22\u201323.\n\u2191 Hans Hoppe, On Free Immigration and Forced Integration, LewRockwell.com, 1999.\n\u2191 Anthony Gregory and Walter Block On Immigration: Reply to Hoppe, Journal of Libertarian Studies, Volume 21, No. 3, Fall 2007, pp. 25\u201342.\n\u2191 Walter Block and Gene Callahan, Is There a Right to Immigration?: A Libertarian Perspective, Human Rights Review, October\u2013December 2003.\n\u2191 Jacob Hornberger, Let's Stick with Traditional American Values!, The Future of Freedom Foundation, February 1, 2000.\n\u2191 http:\/\/www.quebecoislibre.org\/021207-8.htm\n\u2191 42.0 42.1 42.2 Richard Lake, 9, 2005\/https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20050209040615\/http:\/\/www.reviewjournal.com\/lvrj_home\/2005\/Feb-05-Sat-2005\/news\/25808494.html UNLV accused of limiting free speech at the Wayback Machine (archived February 9, 2005) Las Vegas Review-Journal, February 05, 2005.\n\u2191 Alden, III, Raymond W. (February 9, 2005). \"Findings and non-disciplinary letter of instruction\" (PDF). <templatestyles src=\"Module:Citation\/CS1\/styles.css\"><\/templatestyles>\n\u2191 Justin Chomintra, Professor, ACLU may sue UNLV, The Rebel Yell, February 10, 2005; reprinted by Stephen Kinsella at Mises.org, February 10, 2005.\n\u2191 45.0 45.1 \"Efforts to punish UNLV professor gains exposure\". Las Vegas Sun. February 8, 2005. Retrieved May 23, 2013. <templatestyles src=\"Module:Citation\/CS1\/styles.css\"><\/templatestyles>\n\u2191 \"Exoneration sought for UNLV professor\". Las Vegas Sun. February 21, 2005. Retrieved May 23, 2013. <templatestyles src=\"Module:Citation\/CS1\/styles.css\"><\/templatestyles>\n\u2191 \"Rogers nixes Hoppe sabbatical\". Las Vegas Sun. February 23, 2005. Retrieved May 23, 2013. <templatestyles src=\"Module:Citation\/CS1\/styles.css\"><\/templatestyles>\n\u2191 Carol Harter (February 18, 2005). \"Statement of Dr. Carol Harter, President of UNLV, regarding Professor Hans-Hermann Hoppe\" (PDF). <templatestyles src=\"Module:Citation\/CS1\/styles.css\"><\/templatestyles>\n\u2191 Hans-Hermann Hoppe, \"My Battle With the Thought Police\", Ludwig von Mises Institute web site, April 12, 2005.\n\u2191 The role of academic tenure was included during the conference. \"Teachers' tenure on front burner\". Las Vegas Sun. October 13, 2005. Retrieved May 23, 2013. <templatestyles src=\"Module:Citation\/CS1\/styles.css\"><\/templatestyles>\n\u2191 51.0 51.1 The proposed policy defined \"bias incidents\" as \"'verbal, written, or physical acts of intimidation, coercion, interference, frivolous claims, discrimination, and sexual or other harassment motivated, in whole or in part, by bias\" based on characteristics including actual or perceived race, religion, sex (including gender identity or gender expression or a pregnancy-related condition), physical appearance and political affiliation.' Hsu, Charlotte (April 25, 2009). \"ACLU airs free speech concerns on bias policy: Faculty express concern; UNLV official says proposal would encourage expression\". Las Vegas Sun. Retrieved May 23, 2013. <templatestyles src=\"Module:Citation\/CS1\/styles.css\"><\/templatestyles>\n\u2191 Policy on Bias Incidents and Hate Crimes (Final draft), University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs, Department of Police Services, Office of the Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion Policy on Bias Incidents and Hate Crimes.\nWikiquote has quotations related to: Hans-Hermann Hoppe\nWikimedia Commons has media related to:\nHans-Hermann Hoppe (category)\nHans-Hermann Hoppe, The Mises Institute\nProperty, Freedom, and Society \u2013 Festschrift (essays honoring Hoppe from the Mises Institute)\nThe Property & Freedom Society\nHoppe's archives at LewRockwell.com\nSchool of Salamanca\nList of Austrian School economists\nLibertarian freedom of association\nAnarchist communism\nFrank Chodorov\nLord Acton\nRalph Raico\nLeonard Read\nAnarcho-capitalism and minarchism\nThe Market for Liberty\nCenter for Libertarian Studies\nRetrieved from \"https:\/\/infogalactic.com\/w\/index.php?title=Hans-Hermann_Hoppe&oldid=724685985\"\nArticles with invalid date parameter in template\nArticles that may contain original research from February 2014\nWikipedia articles needing factual verification from September 2016\n20th-century American writers\n20th-century economists\n21st-century American writers\n21st-century economists\nAmerican anarcho-capitalists\nAmerican anti-communists\nAmerican economists\nAmerican ethicists\nAmerican libertarians\nAmerican male writers\nAmerican political philosophers\nAnarchist academics\nAnarchist theorists\nGerman anarchists\nGerman anti-communists\nGerman classical liberals\nGerman economists\nGerman emigrants to the United States\nGerman ethicists\nGerman libertarians\nGerman male writers\nGerman political philosophers\nGoethe University Frankfurt alumni\nLibertarian economists\nLibertarian theorists\nPeople from Peine (district)\nPhilosophers of law\nSaarland University alumni\nUniversity of Nevada, Las Vegas faculty","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
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{"text":"Sports Ministry Silent Over Coach Kwesi Appiah's Salary Rumor\nBy Graphic.com.gh\nLISTEN AUG 28, 2019\nThe Ministry of Youth and Sports has remained tight-lipped over allegations that coaches of the senior national team have two months salary arrears.\nLast Friday, it was reported that head coach, Kwesi Appiah, his assistant and other technical team members have not been paid since returning from their botched Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) campaign in Egypt.\nBut sources at the Ministry failed to confirm or deny the story, except to say that officials would respond to the allegation at the appropriate time.\nCoach Appiah allegedly earns a monthly salary of $35,000, which is less than the $50,000 monthly salary earned by his predecessor, Avram Grant, during his two-year tenure as the Black Stars coach.\nThis is not the first time the non-payment of Coach Appiah's entitlement has come to the fore as he suffered a similar fate two years ago after his salary and signing-on fee delayed despite working for over two months.\nThe Minister of Youth and Sports, Isaac Asiamah, later confirmed that his outfit had paid the Ghanaian trainer $150,000 as part payment of the $250,000 owed him by the State.\nHe explained later that the putting in place of the board of GNPC would open discussions on the senior national team after which some money would be advanced to the ministry for the payment of the coach.\n\"The board of GNPC is now in place and they will meet to discuss the Black Stars and advance some money to us. We are also looking at GNPC dealing with the ministry and the Black Stars and no longer the FA,\" he said.\nCoach Appiah and his backroom staff, which included Ibrahim Tanko, Maxwell Konadu, Stephen Appiah and Richard Kingson, suffered a similar fate when they were first appointed in 2017.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"ARROWWOOD THEATRE CO.\nFounded in 2018, Arrowwood Theatre Co. was established on the foundation of developing and producing original theatre through physically dynamic movement theatre. With a focus on creating new works, Arrowwood Theatre Co. has collaborated with numerous other companies, such as Soulpepper Theatre and Shakespeare in Action, to create thematically challenging theatre experiences. Arrowwood Theatre Co. is committed to creating Queer-led theatre and aims to spotlight stories that uplift unique voices and experiences.\nArrowwood Theatre Co. is an artist led, community focused company devoted to making real change through theatre and live performance. By engaging with the community and hosting a variety of creative partners, Arrowwood Theatre Co. expands the reach of its impact. Dedicated to their goal of bringing young professionals to the forefront of theatre and making space for young artists to thrive, Arrowwood Theatre Co. is committed to hiring and working with Early Career and Emerging Artists.\nSIMONE MATHESON\nArtistic Director and Co-Founder\nSimone Matheson is a Queer multi-disciplinary artist, classically trained actor, and theatre creator born, raised, and presently based in Tkaronto. Co-Artistic Director of Arrowwood Theatre, Simone holds a BFA in Acting from the University of Windsor. Simone has honed a personal practice of collective creation, physical theatre, and heightened realism centring a non-hierarchical creative process, merging together a multiplicity of artistic expression to create a truly experiential smorgasbord, depedistalling \"highbrow art\" and reinvesting in the arts as a communal experience - while asking, who is art is for? And how can the institutions that stage and mount these works better serve the communities who fill their seats - (beyond the confines of matinee and evening performances)?\nPreviously, Simone has produced, co-created, and performed in the Toronto Fringe Festival (ICARUS), DARK CROP FESTIVAL (ICARUS; Here and There), Soulpepper's, QUEERFUTURES2099 (Contactless), Shakespeare in Action's Weston: Then and Now (Nurses: Then and Now), and more. Simone's digital poetry publication, \"After the Apocalypse\" developed in Theatre Passe Muraille's Centre Court has been featured in the Paprika Festival and Nightwood Theatre's, Femepocalypse. Presently, Simone is developing an adaptation of the Greek tragedy, LYSISTRATA (2022), generously funded by the Ontario Arts Council and Theatre Passe Muraille, theatrical theory, \"Theatre of Cringe\", with mentorship from Kayla Besse (Tangled Arts + Disability), as well as a number of other original works. www.simonematheson.com\nKIERA PUBLICOVER\nKiera Publicover (she\/her) is a Queer multidisciplinary artist, theatre creator and actor. She is the co-Artistic Director of Arrowwood Theatre Company and a graduate of the University of Windsor's Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting program. Kiera's creative interests live in exploring themes of family, femininity and the ways in which society performs gender. Her work involves discovering and experimenting with alternative forms of theatre creation, such as physical devising, collective creation, verbatim theatre and more.\nPrevious: herself in Contactless (Soulpepper\/Arrowwood Theatre Co.), herself in Canada's Next Chopped Model Minority (2021 Paprika Festival), #8 in The Wolves (University Players), various in ICARUS (Arrowwood Theatre Co.\/Toronto Fringe Festival), and more. Currently, Kiera is the Playwright in Residence at House+Body Theatre, working on an original theatre piece, Talking to Dead Cats in the Night, generously funded by the Canada Arts Council.\nMICHELLE BLIGHT\nMultimedia Specialist and Guest Artist\nMichelle Blight (she\/they) is an actor, creator, and multidisciplinary artist. Michelle is a 2020 graduate of the University of Windsor's BFA in Acting program and a 2016 graduate of the Arts Huron Regional Arts Program. Although trained in theatre, she also enjoys acting for film and television when not producing her own creative work. Michelle is a recipient of an Ontario Arts Council 2022 Recommender Grant, under the recommendation of Theatre Passe Muraille for LYSISTRATA (in partnership with Arrowwood Theatre Co.) and the Ontario Arts Council Career Catalyst Award for New Generation Artists. Michelle's work often focuses on themes such as mental health, Queer stories, intersectional feminism, and toeing the line between beauty and horror.\nMichelle believes that art is a conversation starter, a safe place to address difficult topics, and an opportunity to create stronger communities - whether they be five people or five hundred. Michelle believes that art is a conversation starter, a safe place to address difficult topics, and an opportunity to create stronger communities - whether they be five people or five hundred. It is vital to her that we continue towards making theatre (and all kinds of art for that matter) more accessible, welcoming, and spacious for those who may experience barriers otherwise, as it is often their stories we need to learn from the most. We are all stronger when we work together! www.michelleblight.com\nDANNY RODRIGUES\nDirector of Social Media and Marketing\nDanny Rodrigues (he\/they) is a passionate gamer, anime fan and Head of Marketing and Social Media at Arrowwood Theatre Co. He holds a diploma in Public Relations at Conestoga College and a certification in Social Marketing. With extensive experience in social media, marketing, editing and event organization, Danny's work focuses on engaging diverse audiences through innovative and creative social media marketing techniques. As an Editorial Intern at The Hockey News, he focused on highlighting the most exciting and urgent hockey news while developing skills in analytical writing and editing. His passion lies in sports media, content creation and writing.\nPREVIOUS COMPANY MEMBERS\nKyra Scarlett, Haiden Lyle, Cullen MacNaughton\nPrevious Company Associates\nPeter Morey, Shae-lynn Applegate, Ashley Sheppard, Sofie Jarvis, Jacqueline Karabatsos\narrowwoodtheatreco@gmail.com\n\u00a92018 Arrowwood Theatre Co.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"StreamYard Destinations\nStreamyard is a web-based media studio that allows you to broadcast live video online. This internet-based media station allows you broadcast live video to many social media sites, to record them and to use a greenscreen for broadcasts. Read on to learn more! We have a comprehensive review of Streamyard. You can try it today to see the ease of livestreaming and recording video.\nStreamyard, a web-based platform for video broadcasting, is available. This application works on any browser and allows users to personalize their broadcasts. Its free plan includes the ability to stream content to any platform and add branding and branded banners. Premium users of Streamyard can change the look and feel of live video streams by using call-to actions or questions on-screen. Streamyard offers a great option for anyone looking to personalize their online video streaming experience.\nStreamyard allows you to record and send videos directly to multiple platforms including Facebook and Twitter. It supports multi-streaming to increase your reach and increase your audience's engagement. This studio also lets you create customized broadcast video layouts and broadcast to as many channels as you like. Live broadcasts can be used to host meetings, invite 10 people to participate in the conversation and even allow them to hold live streaming sessions. The free version offers 20 hours of live streaming, but it's important to keep in mind that this software supports only full-HD (1080P) resolution.\nStreamyard provides a free lifetime subscription. The basic package doesn't require any expensive video processing hardware such as high-performance PCs or graphics cards. You only need a microphone, camera and a computer to connect them. You can use the service to stream live events and educational classes. Streamyard's user interface is clean and well-labeled, which makes it easy for users to get started quickly.\nStreamyard's dashboard allows you to change between Facebook pages. The platform allows you to broadcast to multiple profiles simultaneously, but you have to reconnect with the new profile each time. In case of a failed broadcast destination, you'll need to manually go live. You can also post another post to the same profile that was unsuccessfully live. You can also try another post if all fails.\nStreamyard lets you broadcast your live stream to up to 8 different destinations at once. It has powerful call-to action buttons that viewers can use to click while they watch your stream. The call-to-action buttons can be a great way to boost conversions and increase sales. Streamyard offers customizable options that allow you to add audio and visuals. Upload your videos and images. You can add calls-to-action buttons to the platform and personalize your stream according to your needs.\nStreamyard is a web service that records your broadcasts for later access. You can record yourself and others, and choose different settings for your broadcasts. The recording feature lets you add additional people to the scene, change the layout, and more. You can also choose to record any activity that doesn't require live streaming. When you're ready to start broadcasting, click on the \"Create Broadcast\" button.\nStreamyard lets you record live broadcasts automatically if you have a paid plan. If you'd rather not go live, you can create a \"Record Only\" broadcast. Just select \"Skip, record only\" and then choose to download the recording. You'll be able to view the recording and download it in MP4 or MP3 format. You can even edit and delete your broadcasts afterward.\nYou can record videos to six social media sites using Streamyard You can record videos to Facebook and YouTube. When you live stream to Facebook, you can select the right profile or group. You can also use a combination of profile and page. Streamyard can also be used with Realstream. You can also download audio files of your broadcasts from Streamyard.\nStreamyard offers many features worth looking into. Premium subscribers have the ability to stream live to multiple destinations. Premium users have the option to relay video in Full HD (1080p) resolution. It is important to note, however, that the final output depends on your viewers' connection speeds. Streamyard allows you to live stream, but it doesn't offer analytics or video captions.\nThe screen is a green one\nIf you've ever wondered how to make videos more exciting, you can use a green screen in StreamYard. This allows you to add pictures or video loops to your stream. The green screen function is available without the need for you to install anything, unlike other live streaming apps. You can also download Ecamm to get additional features.\nStreamYard offers a free account, however there are additional features that you might want to look into if you plan on streaming live video. This service lets you broadcast on multiple platforms including Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube channels, Periscope, Twitch, as well as YouTube. Users can add their profile, group, or page to stream from. StreamYard also lets you customize your live video by adding a call to action or question to the screen.\nStreamyard offers a free account that allows you to create a broadcast, but it can only record 5 hours per month. You can stream for only twenty hours per month. Premium users can increase their recording time to 50 hours per video, but the free account has a limit of five hours. Streamyard offers a Business Plan, with more features. You also get an additional five hours cloud storage.\nStreamyard also has an alternative login method. You can switch between your Facebook accounts. To switch profiles, all you have to do is disconnect from your Facebook group and reconnect to the new profile. Afterwards, your previously scheduled broadcasts will not go live. However, you can fix the problem by manually going live on the failed destination. Alternatively, you can schedule a post as the profile that will go live. The free account also has other features, including sharing content.\nStreamyard charges a monthly fee for its basic and premium versions. The basic version removes the Streamyard branding and gives you up to 4 hours of HD recording. You can upgrade to the pro version for a fee and get full HD video quality as well as multi-streaming. If you do not want your stream to be posted on the internet, or don't wish to record live, it is possible to also record. The basic plan is free, while the premium version costs $49 per month.\nStreamYard provides a limited number of pre-set options that cover most streaming sites. Digital broadcasters typically use YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter to distribute their content. Twitch and LinkedIn are also popular among gamers and businesses. StreamYard also offers a Custom RTMP feature that allows you to connect your destination platforms, and then broadcast your content from your site. The business plan is also great if you want to broadcast on more than one social network.\nStreamyard has several disadvantages. First, it limits its users to 10 per stream, which limits the ability to host large events. Also, the transitions could use smoother transitions. They're also abrupt. It would be helpful to have a physical switcher implemented. Streamyard needs more branding options. But, if you're not looking for a monthly fee, then this is probably the right option for you.\nBreast Pump Box\nInsulated Bag For Breastmilk\nHow To Find The Right Size Flange For Breast Pump\nVmix StreamYard\nStreamYard Multicam","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Sigh, Samantha Markle Is Now Coming After Meghan's Mom Doria Ragland\nAlanna Lauren Greco\nCosmopolitan 12 May 2019\nPhoto credit: WPA Pool - Getty Images\nFrom Cosmopolitan\nMeghan Markle's estranged half-sister Samantha Markle just gave an interview about the royal baby, once again trying to get sympathy for herself and her dad Thomas Markle.\nThat said, Meghan has reportedly \"moved on\" from all of this family drama.\nWhile most people are very excited that Meghan Markle and Prince Harry finally welcomed their royal baby Archie Harrison earlier this week, one person who seems, uh, conflicted about the newest member of the royal family is Meg's estranged half-sister Samantha Markle.\nPhoto credit: .\nOn Wednesday, Samantha issued a very long statement about Meghan's giving birth, which included her saying, \"We're all welcoming the baby-Markles, Raglands, Sussexes, Windsors. In terms of the gene pool, we've all made a contribution to this wonderful little boy...I want him to know he's got a big family and he's part of an amazing historical time and we're excited for him. We're excited for Meg and Harry-I am really excited for her. I love her, she's my baby sister and it doesn't matter what we've all said back and forth but she's got to do the right thing.\"\nAnd that seems suspiciously nice for a woman who has previously called Meghan a DuchASS and compared Prince Harry to a hamster, right? Well, the friendly tone didn't last very long, because yesterday Samantha gave an interview to the Mirror, trying to drum up sympathy for herself and her dad Thomas Markle while dragging poor Doria Ragland in the process.\nSamatha talked about her dad not being included in the birth saying, \"It's sad. He should have been involved. Being excluded is like a dagger through his heart...And poor Master Archie is not getting to know a creative, loving person.\"\nShe also decided that Meghan's mom Doria should have stepped in and encouraged Meg to include Thomas in welcoming Archie, saying, \"She could have said 'get your dad out here.' But sadly there seemed to be a lack of effort...Doria hasn't tried to mend the rift between Meghan and her dad...I think everyone's been hoping Doria and Meghan would have an epiphany, but I don't know if it will ever happen.\"\nAnd it looks like Samantha might be right about that-according to reports, Meghan has \"moved on\" for all of this family drama, so it looks like she won't be having this \"epiphany\" that Samantha is hoping for.\n('You Might Also Like',)\n16 Unexpected Fashion Rules That the Royal Family Follows\nThe 8 Best Clarifying Shampoos for Getting Rid of Product Buildup\nHere's How to Flawlessly Conceal Your Acne\nWoman arrested on suspicion of murder after three children found dead inside Dublin house\nWuhan virus: Those quarantined to get $100 daily allowance, says Lawrence Wong\nYahoo News Singapore Videos","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"DG Vassal\nDesert Fox\nConvention Listings\nDG HistoryThe Leading Edge\nWhat is Military History?\nWhy Military History Matters\nWhat Is Wargaming?\nE-RulesErrata & More\nMini Series E-Rules\nFolio Series E-Rules\nAxis Empires TK\/DS\nE-Rules \u2013 Other Languages\nStoreBuy Now\nPledge Program\nWhat's New?Keep Up-to-date!\nVASSAL Playtesting\nRetailer Signup Form\nYou Decide History\nBleeding Kansas: is a two-player game portraying the politics and violence in pre-statehood Kansas. The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 gave new territories the right to \"popular sovereignty,\" allowing residents to choose\u2026\nCobra \u2013 The Normandy Campaign: From D-Day to the break-out, Cobra allows you to play out the Allied invasion of Normandy and the break-out from the peninsula in one complete game\u2026\n2019 D-Day Folios: Check out the new folios: D-Day Utah Beach: Landing & Linkup, D-Day Omaha Beach: Beach to Bocage, D-Day Gold & Juno Beaches: Across the Orne, & D-Day Sword Beach: On to Caen.\n2019 Minis: Check out the new minis: Campaigns of Montrose, Khartoum, Lawrence of Arabia, & Heroes of Telemark.\nDecision Games publishes board and computer games on military history and through Strategy & Tactics Press publishes magazines, games, books, and other media on military history. From ancient warfare to modern and on to hypothetical and science fiction situations, Decision Games provides games ranging in size and complexity from folio games to monster games with hundreds of maps, thousands of playing pieces, and hundreds of pages of detailed rules. We are the ultimate one-stop shop for the military history enthusiast who wants to understand the how and why of battles and campaigns.\n\u00a92015 Decision Games","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Home \u203a Pro-X Racing Parts 01.2429.C Piston Kit for 2003-11 Yamaha WR450F - 94.97mm\nPro-X Racing Parts 01.2429.C Piston Kit for 2003-11 Yamaha WR450F - 94.97mm\nPro-X Racing Parts\nDefault Title - $ 140.45 USD 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99\nPro-X Racing Parts Piston Kit\nPart Number: 01.2429.C\nProX pistons are precision machined on the latest, state of the art CNC equipment.\nThe same low-expansion, low-friction piston alloy is used as is used for all major Japanese engine manufacturers.\nProX Piston Kits are a first class solution to replace the original piston in your Motorcycle, Scooter, Moped, ATV, Personal Watercraft, etc.\nOur OEM style Tin coated pistons assist the wear in process when you just started the bike. We have developed a new skirt coating that not only assists the wear in process, but also helps reducing friction after the wear in. The black coating is made from a delicate mix of materials and will increase performance.The latest cylinders are plated by a Nicasil plating.\n2013-15 Gas Gas EC450F\n2003-09 Yamaha YZ450F\n2003-11 Yamaha WR450F\nProduct Line Pro-X Racing Piston Kit\nPart Number 01.2429.C\nUnit Sale Qty Each\nSize 94.97mm\nPiston\/Cylinder Size 94.97mm\nCa ARB Compliance Non CARB Complaint CARB Compliant\n(1) Piston\n(1) Rings for single piston\n(1) Wrist Pin\n(2) Circlips\nMemphis Sportshields Mounting Kits for Harley Softail FXST - Black - MEB8920\nFMF Racing Q Slip-On Muffler for BETA X-Trainer 300 - 025173\n$ 170.93 $ 199.99 Save $ 29\nAccutronix Tribal Custom Grips for Harley-Davidson GR100-LC 0630-1450\nACCUTRONIX PEG FOOT TRIBAL M MNT CH\nAnswer Racing Youth AR1 Race Boots - 446650","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Inaugural Roger Ebert Symposium: A Photo Journal\nChaz Ebert December 25, 2018\nMerry Christmas! This past May, the United States successfully launched the Insight Lander and even now it is beaming back images from Mars that were impossible to imagine a short year ago. When President Kennedy called for a \"moon shot\" back in 1961, at a time when space travel was thought to be science-fiction, little did we know that within less than ten years of his pronouncements, we would have a man on the moon. With all the current talk about colonizing Mars, how soon will it be before we bring to real life the scenes from \"Interstellar\" where we are growing crops on the red planet? And what does it all mean to us anyway, and why should we care?\nWe tackled these and other questions in our very first Ebert Center Symposium \"Empathy for the Universe: Storytelling and Visualization: at the University of Illinois back in October, and it has had a profound impact on me. We assembled notable astronauts and astrophysicists, documentary directors, academic experts, journalists, agriculture experts, Afro-futuriststs, and new media specialists to explore how storytelling with emerging data visualization technologies and research-based narratives can elicit a deeper understanding of the human and scientific forces within our society and the universe. We explored how science is the most meaningful when it relates to humanity and making things better for an inclusive society, including other sentient beings and our ecological landscape.\nNot only do I look at the sky differently, searching for the moon and the various constellations of stars and planets, but I look at the earth and the seas differently. I marvel at the mathematical improbability of us living at all, and I value the life of each person as a miracle. When I am sitting in traffic, I think about astronaut Terry Virts saying that once he looked down on the earth and saw the lights of the United States, France and the Middle-East, the concept of borders and interconnectedness took on a whole different meaning, and now he feels like a citizen of the world wherever he goes.\nToday, on this day of Christmas, I come to the same conclusion as I did at the Symposium, it all boils down to L-O-V-E. And that's a scientific fact. I woke up this morning thinking about Katie Mack (Astro-Katie) and her phenomenal poem called \"Disorientation.\" She gave me permission to reprint it. I hope that your day today is disoriented by thoughts of creation both large and small, and that love for all becomes your major disruptor.\nPanel #1: \"Science on the Screen,\" featuring Terry Virts, astronaut and \"A Beautiful Planet\" cinematographer; Toni Myers, writer\/director of \"A Beautiful Planet\"; Doron Weber, Program Director at the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (received a Humanitarian Award); Nate Kohn, Ebertfest festival director; Donna J. Cox, director of the Advanced Visualization Library; and Brand Fortner, teaching professor at North Carolina State University. Myers shared a powerful scene from her 1990 documentary short, \"Blue Planet,\" where astronaut Jim Buchli regards the earth's atmosphere from his perch in a space shuttle. \"Everything past that thin blue line is a void of space,\" he observed. \"Everything below it is what it takes to sustain life. And everything that we do to this environment, and our quality of life, is below that little thin blue line. That's the only difference between what we enjoy here on earth and the really harsh, uninhabitable blackness of space. That's not very wide, is it?\" Virts said that making Myer's IMAX movie was the most important thing he did during his seven months in space. \"It has impacted so many people, and at the end of the day, people are what matter most,\" Virts said.\nPanel #2: \"Story Framing and Visualization,\" featuring Katie Mack, astronomer and creator of the popular Twitter handle @AstroKatie; Karrie Karahalios, professor of computer science; and Brant Houston, professor of investigative and advanced reporting. In her presentation on the history of space, she illustrated how the origins of the universe began not with stars but with static. \"The universe is expanding and the space between galaxies is getting bigger,\" she said. \"There's no center of this expansion, so there is no center of the universe unless you think, technically, we are each the centers of our own observable universe. In the beginning, everything was on top of everything else. When we are looking at the cosmos, we are looking back in time.\" Read Katie's remarkable poem, \"Disorientation,\" here.\nPanel #3: \"Inclusion and Interconnectedness in Arts and Sciences,\" featuring Temple Grandin, celebrated inventor and designer of facilities built to sustain humane treatment of livestock; Stacey Robinson, assistant professor of graphic design whose work discusses ideas of \"Black Utopias\"; Rachel Switzky, director of the Siebel Center for Design at the University of Illinois; and Anita Chan, associate professor in the Department of Media and Cinema Studies at the University of Illinois. \"I'm a visual thinker,\" explained Grandin. \"Everything I think about is a picture, and that helped me in my work with livestock, because they live in a sensory-based world. If you want to understand animals, get away from language.\" Grandin stressed that living with autism has proven enormously beneficial to the world. \"Your iPhone wouldn't exist without autism,\" she said, garnering big applause. \"I have been to Silicon Valley. Half of those programmers are on the spectrum. You know what I learned when I visited NASA? The 'right stuff' rode the rockets, but the geeks and the nerds and the misfits\u2014they built the stuff!\"\nThe day concluded with a free screening of \"A Beautiful Planet\" at the Goodrich Savoy 16 IMAX theater in Savoy, Illinois. The theater co-sponsored the event. Jennifer Lawrence served as the voice of narration, while NCSA's Advanced Visualization Laboratory collaborated on the opening and closing virtual scenes of flight through intergalactic space, based on scientific data.\nChaz Ebert\nChaz is the CEO of several Ebert enterprises, including the President of The Ebert Company Ltd, and of Ebert Digital LLC, Publisher of RogerEbert.com, President of Ebert Productions and Chairman of the Board of The Roger and Chaz Ebert Foundation, and Co-Founder and Producer of Ebertfest, the film festival now in its 22nd year.\nRobert Daniels","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Febria\nPersonal Website Personal Website\nFacebook Page Facebook Page Soundcloud Page Soundcloud Page Twitter Page Twitter Page\nThere's a lot of variety in our music: it can be fast, slow, quiet, loud, simple, complicated, acoustic, heavy, instrumental, not instrumental, etc., and we're proud of not fitting any particular category, as a result. If variety is the spice of life... Read More\nRelated Independent Artist\nSansha Blue\nNew Alternative, Progressive and a spattering of Psychedlic Rock\nPhillip Foxley\nPhillip Foxley is a multi-genre songwriter & guitarist writing Blues, Rock, Punk and Piano and Acoustic music for TV and film soundtrack licensing, from his home studio in Conwy, North Wales UK.\nMired\nAlternative, Indie Rock, with flashbacks to 90's alternative\nAtlantic Eyes\nA mix of indie pop, punk, and electronic music\nFebria Music Style\nThere's a lot of variety in our music: it can be fast, slow, quiet, loud, simple, complicated, acoustic, heavy, instrumental, not instrumental, etc., and we're proud of not fitting any particular category, as a result. If variety is the spice of life then we're probably somewhere around a Madras.\nFebria Fan Request\nPlease login or create a free account to become a fan of Febria\nSupport Febria\nEnjoing music and videos from Febria... cool. Drop them a few dollars for support below.\nArtist Terms","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"This 12 page color magazine includes personal stories from African Americans that inspire young people to pursue educational, personal and professional excellence. The February 2020 issue profiles leaders from the fields of engineering, sports, art, technology and medicine.\nWant to hear about a tennis pro and how he became one of the first male hitting partners for Venus and Serena Williams? Maybe you're interesting in reading about an engineer who is now a leader at a major university or a dynamic surgeon who mentors students in her spare time? Hear these stories in their actual voices by scanning QR code with your phone or read about their journey in this magazine.\nNever before have these insights been collected from African American graduates from California colleges and universities to specifically engage young people, families and their communities. The history of African American professionals like these will also be shared with libraries throughout California.\nGreat for middle school, high school and college students.\nDesigned for young people but useful to adults, as well. Get copies to share!\nRead. Listen. Be inspired.\nFor larger quantities, please email us at cacollegebxp@gmail.com. You can also call us at 323.784.7795.\nWant to order and donate your magazines to young people or a school? Just let us know! Your support enables us to sustain this publication series.\nPre-orders will be mailed on or before February 1, 2020.\nLEGACY BOOKLETS\ncacollegebxp@gmail.com","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"7 million Americans at risk from man-made earthquakes\nCharley Lanyon\nMar 29th 2016 8:51AM\nIn today's sci-fi trope come true, but in a scary way instead of a cool way: man-made earth quakes are real, potentially deadly, and proliferating fast.\nA report released Monday by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) found that man-made earthquakes have increased more than ten times over in parts of the central United States, putting 7 million people at risk in the coming year. Historically the USGS report has only included information on natural earthquakes focused mainly on the West Coast, but this year man-made earthquakes have become too significant to ignore.\nToday's non-natural earthquakes \u2014 as opposed to the man-made earthquakes of the '90s that were caused by secret government space weapons \u2014 are for the most part caused by wastewater injection \u2014 or de-watering \u2014 a method for dealing with the water byproduct left over from oil and gas extraction. We're talking a lot of water. Sometimes 50 barrels of water are produced just to get one barrel of oil, and all of that saltwater is then pumped into deep wells in order to keep it from contaminating freshwater nearer to the surface. The wells put pressure on the earth's crust and can cause earthquakes.\nMan-made earthquakes tend to be small, as earthquakes go, but the report warns they can have serious ramifications. Towns across Oklahoma, for example, have between a five and ten-percent chance of a damaging earthquake striking this year, about the same odds faced by the Bay Area. Oklahoma hasn't historically been earthquake country, but as the oil and gas industries boomed there so did the earthquakes. These days the state experiences hundreds of mostly minor tremors a year.\nRelated: The deadliest earthquakes in United States history:\nThe deadliest earthquakes in US history\nDamaged Kaiser Medical Building in the Northridge Reseda area of Los Angeles after 1994 earthquake (Photo by Visions of America\/UIG via Getty Images)\nA car at a Mazda dealership crushed in the Los Angeles earthquake of January 17, 1994 (Photo by Visions of America\/UIG via Getty Images)\n1886 Charleston Earthquake\n(Photo: hdes.copeland\/Flickr)\nApril 1960: Valdivia, Chile\n(Photo by Keystone-France\/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images)\npicture taken in April 1960 in Valdivia of people looking at an enormous crack on a street due to the earthquake that struck the area on May 22, 1960. AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read STF\/AFP\/Getty Images)\nOctober 18, 1989: San Francisco, California\n(Photo by Rich Pilling\/Getty Images)\nAugust 24, 2014: Napa, California\n(Photo credit Josh Edelson\/AFP\/Getty Images)\nMarch 10, 1933: Long Beach, California\n(Photo by Underwood Archives\/Getty Images)\nDamaged building exterior, damage caused by the 1933 earthquake, Long Beach, California, March 12, 1933. (Photo by Smith Collection\/Gado\/Getty Images)\nPart of a long line of homeless earthquake victims as they wait for food rations at a relief tent set up after a series of devastating quakes, Long Beach, California, March 13, 1933. The powerful quakes began March 11 and killed 115 people and did $75,000,000 in damage. Signs on the tent read 'Free Food' and 'Food Administer.' (Photo by FPG\/Getty Images)\nApril 6, 1946: Aleutian Islands\n(Photo by Keystone\/Hulton Archive\/Getty Images)\nApril 9, 1946: Hilo, Hawaii\nHomeless people are taken to emergency accommodation on US Army trucks, 9th April 1946, after a Pacific-wide tsunami hit Hilo, Hawaii. The tidal wave, on 1st April, was caused by an earthquake near the Aleutian Islands. (Photo by Keystone\/Hulton Archive\/Getty Images)\n1906: Full-length view of pedestrians examining frame houses, which lean to one side on the verge of collapse after the Great Earthquake in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Hulton Archive\/Getty Images)\n1906: View of a cobblestone street, which was split down the middle after the Great Earthquake in San Francisco, California. A wooden cart has fallen into the crack. (Photo by American Stock\/Getty Images)\nMining companies are already latching onto two of the reports findings: that fracking, long suspected as a cause of earthquakes, is actually a relatively insignificant earthquake-maker and that only a relatively small number of wells are actually responsible for serious seismic activity. But, those wells can cause earthquakes all over the place, sometimes more than 700 miles away. For example, Vox notes that Jones, Oklahoma, has experienced thousands of earthquakes in the last eight years, but has no wells.\nNatural earthquakes are still many times stronger than the man-made jobs, but it is worth noting that while the infrastructure in places like San Francisco is built to withstand some shaking, the same can't be said for cities where this is a new phenomenon.\nIf we were working on the 10th floor of an office building in Kansas we'd be pretty nervous right about now.\nRelated: How the Northwest is preparing for 'The Big One':\nNTP: Washington prepares for potential future tsunami\nMore from Daily Intelligencer:\nNew Paper Suggests Catastrophic Climate Shifts May Be Decades Away\nDebris Found in Mozambique 'Almost Certainly' from MH370\nResearchers Think a Single Traveler May Be Responsible for Zika\nJones, Oklahoma\nRecord heat will scorch Midwest and Northeast with temps seen topping 100\nBarry crawls ashore in Louisiana, weakens to tropical storm\nHeat wave expected to bake two-thirds of nation through weekend","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Enrollment for Prepaid529 Tuition Program Closes March 31\nRICHMOND, Virginia\u2013March 21, 2017\u2013Time is running out to enroll in a program to prepay tuition at Virginia public colleges and universities. The current enrollment window for Prepaid529 ends March 31, 2017, consistent with prior years, and then the program is closed to new enrollees until the next scheduled enrollment period.\nPrepaid529 allows families to purchase semesters of tuition and mandatory fees for newborn children through ninth graders. Semester prices vary based on the age of the beneficiary. Explore the array of contract and payment options using the Prepaid529 calculator at Virginia529.com.\nEach semester purchased will fund a future semester of the full-time undergraduate in-state tuition and mandatory fees assessed to all students at Virginia public two- and four-year colleges and universities. Prepaid529 semesters also can be used at private and out-of-state institutions, but the benefits differ.\nAlthough the deadline to enroll is Friday, March 31, 2017, families have until May 1, 2017 to make the first payment.\nThis enrollment period, 2016-2017, is the 20th anniversary of the first Prepaid529 enrollment period. The program, originally known as the Virginia Prepaid Education Program or VPEP, has opened 125,000 accounts since that first enrollment and has already helped nearly 50,000 Virginia students attain higher education.\nFor complete program details, review the Prepaid529 Program Description (PDF).","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Eric Townell and the Rochester Oratorio Society Holiday Special\nby communivisionstudio | posted in: Conversations with Creatives, Creativity: Behind the Scenes, Music | 0\nA friend who sings with the Rochester Oratorio Society suggested I interview its Artistic Director, Eric Townell. Now I have great admiration for conductors who can take rows of lines, dots and dashes on a page, and work with musicians to bring them together into a beautiful and harmonious composition. I've always wanted to ask about the process of conducting. When a conductor is assessing a piece of music for performance, does s\/he \"hears\" the music while reading it?\nI got just that opportunity when Eric Townell agreed to be a guest on this Conversations with Creatives Holiday Special. Join me as we take a peak in on the musicians during a rehearsal for their upcoming performance of Handel's Messiah with the RPO on December 10 and 11, 2016. In this episode, Eric talks about his career and about the Rochester Oratorio Society that celebrated 70 years of enchanting audiences during its 2015-2016 season. We also explore the process of making beautiful music. The final segment contains an excerpt of Handel's \"Worthy is the Lamb\" and the breathtaking \"Hallelujah\" chorus. If you have the opportunity to see this performed with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, I guarantee it will be phenomenal!\nMany thanks to Eric, accompanist Dr. Kevin Nitsch, Donna Budgeon for inspiring this episode. Thanks also to all of the amazing musicians of the Rochester Oratorio Society for their participation in creating this holiday special.\nEric Townell and Rochester Oratorio Society Holiday Special from CAROL WHITE LLEWELLYN on Vimeo.\nTime Markings for Eric Townell and the Rochester Oratorio Society:\n:49 \u2013 Eric Townell explains how he got into conducting from an early age\n1:54 \u2013 The elements Eric considers when assessing a piece for performance, including culture, time period, seasonal considerations, as well as pieces that highlight the ensemble's skills\n3:25 \u2013 The elements that might rule out a piece of music for performance\n4:04 \u2013 The guiding principles and history of the Rochester Oratorio Society\n5:00 \u2013 The audition requirements for, and skills needed to perform with the Rochester Oratorio Society\n5:35 \u2013 Eric Townell talks about learning musical parts online, and the helpfulness of having an instrumental background\n6:30 \u2013 Eric answers Carol's burning question about whether Eric can \"hear\" in his head what a piece will sound like at the time he is initially considering it for performance.\n7:30 \u2013 Eric talks about the optimal instrument for assessing music for a choir\n8:00 \u2013 Eric talks about how a composer develops a piece of music as an image, and how the conductor works to replicate that image.\n9:32 \u2013 Eric Townell picks up on the last discussion on the instrument that is optimal to assess music for a choir\n10:45 \u2013 Eric talks about what types of music are performed during a traditional Rochester Oratorio Society's season.\n12:30 \u2013 Eric explains the pieces included during this holiday special\n14:36 \u2013 Eric talks about the role of the Rochester Oratorio Society in the Community\n15:20 \u2013 Eric Townell talks about his cultural public access show, In the Spotlight, produced in association with Penfield Television\n17:20 \u2013 Eric Townell conducts the Rochester Oratorio Society in a rehearsal performance of Handel's \"Worthy is the Lamb,\" accompanied by Dr. Kevin Nitsch.\n24:08 \u2013 Eric Townell conducts the Rochester Oratorio Society in a rehearsal performance of Handel's \"Hallelujah,\" accompanied by Dr. Kevin Nitsch.\nCarol White Llewellyn, Conversations with Creatives, Dr. Keven Nitsch, Eric Townell, Hallelujah Chorus, Handel's Messiah, Rochester Oratorio Society","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Theater Info\nMost Recent Event\nValley Lyric Opera is a non-profit organization dedicated to performing and educating the area community in the art of operatic music. It's first production was Verdi's La Traviata in 1996, performed at Case Avenue School in Sharon and in Youngstown. Performances are fully staged and simultaneously translated to English for the greater enjoyment of its audience, so the original Italian can be followed word by word.\nValley Lyric Opera is committed to bringing high-quality performances and to educate the public at large in the art of Opera.\n\u00a9 2020 Pierce Opera House\nSite content maintained by Pierce Opera House | Design by Reeves Info Tech","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Could New England's natural gas industry be facing its Fukushima Moment?\nNo one wants to play down Thursday's tragedy: a teen lost his life, dozens of people were injured, and many homes were destroyed.\nBut the explosions and fires that turned three Merrimack Valley communities into scenes of chaos have already prompted some in the gas industry to wonder about the politics when it comes time to seek approvals for expansion projects, big and small. Meanwhile, opponents were busy hunting for whatever information they could to add to their arguments.\nThe incident reminded many people of the 2010 explosion in San Bruno, Calif., that killed eight people and leveled a neighborhood. (A jury eventually convicted utility PG&E of knowingly violating safety rules.) Another parallel: the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi reactor meltdown in Japan. The fallout from that manmade disaster had a chilling effect on the nuclear industry.\nSure, this is bad news for Columbia Gas and its parent, NiSource \u2014 at least in the short-term. Columbia's response in the first 24 hours after the fires along its lines seems lackluster, at best. Governor Charlie Baker took the unusual step today of putting another utility, Eversource, in charge of fixing the mess. Lawrence Mayor Dan Rivera said he is furious about the company's inaction, and US Rep. Seth Moulton took to Twitter to lambaste a Columbia exec for not returning his phone calls.\nShares in Columbia parent NiSource plunged nearly 12 percent on Friday, lopping more than $1 billion off the company's market value. While the investigations are only beginning, the potential fines could be huge. The loss to investors who had thought NiSource was a safe bet could be even bigger.\nThe ripple effects, though, could go well beyond NiSource and its subsidiaries. Industry lobbyists have had no luck on Beacon Hill so far in promoting the concept that the costs of gas pipeline expansion projects should be passed on to electric ratepayers. To many in the Legislature, natural gas is already seen as Public Enemy No. 1. That resistance has largely been because of environmental factors. But now, lawmakers have a dramatic new reason to scrutinize the industry.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Microsoft Edge for Mac \u2013 Free Download (2021 latest version)\nDownload Free Microsoft Edge for Mac \u2013 Free Download (2021 latest version)\nMicrosoft Internet Explorer was the the best web browser until Mozilla Firefox came along. Firefox was popular for a while until Google Chrome took over. Now, Microsoft is back with a brand new browser to compete with Chrome. is Microsoft Edge for Mac.\nObviously, Microsoft was too ambitious because they did not get enough people to return to macOS browser. There are different reasons why this happens. Mostly it has to do with the EdgeHTML engine that powers the browser.\nMicrosoft has been actively trying to improve their browser for a while now. They have stopped using it EdgeHTML Engine and changed to the Google Blink engine, with the browser powered by Chromium. Edge Browser for macOS will continue to operate in the same way as before.\nBest for developers\nWeb developers should always ensure that the websites they encode are compatible with every major browser currently in use. To do this, they must pay attention to the main browser engines used to create these browsers. Engines include Gecko by Mozilla, Blink by Google, WebKit by Apple and EdgeHTML from Microsoft.\nSince EdgeHTML is gone, it is now easier for web developers to keep site creations compatible with the latest browsers out there.\nMicrosoft is smart enough to change their browser engine to Google's Blink because it makes it easier to apply the latest web standards to the latest versions of Chromium. His development team Edge just need to update these releases.\nThe aesthetics are the same\nMicrosoft Edge Users do not seem to care about the visual design of the browser because it is almost the same. In fact, the user interface is the most popular feature of the application. It makes sense that Microsoft would not try to change a design that it already likes.\nHowever, Chromium and EdgeHTML versions are not exactly the same. Once you start looking at your browser menus, you will see differences. The classic sidebar has been replaced by the new one Chromium Settings. Users appreciate this change.\nLimited visualization options\nUser personalization could use a lot more work. The only things users can change are the favorites bar, the default fonts and the home button.\nIf you liked the dark theme of the classic Edge, this has not been fully implemented yet web browser. But if you go to the edge: \/\/ flags page, you can enable the theme.\nIt probably uses less RAM. It feels faster\nWhen you first try the browser, you will notice that it works perfectly and loads web pages quickly. It even feels as fast as Chrome, so it will make the transition easier if you want to get started Edge browser Instead.\nDespite the fluctuations in RAM usage, it seems to have less RAM than Chromium. If you try to open multiple tabs at once, you will notice this. Overall, the performance is better than the previous EdgeHTML version.\nMany parameters affect the use of RAM, which means that your results may be slightly different. In addition, the release is fairly early, so you should see changes in performance in regular traffic.\nA plethora of new extensions\nThe Chrome Web Store definitely has the most extensions available of any repository. The add-on you are looking for will be there before anywhere else.\nYou must have a Chromium-supported browser for the extensions to work. Since the program falls into this category now, then you can also use extensions with it.\nThe Microsoft Store is still available, but users are free to install Chrome extensions.\nSame exterior, different interior\nOverall, it seems that Microsoft made a good choice to start using Chromium. Browser design still looks and looks the same, but there are so many possibilities that could come in the future.\nAt this time, the version has not been officially released for use by the general public. So if you notice problems with this, do not worry too much. This new version of Edge is under development and corrections are constantly being made.\nAlso available: Download Microsoft Edge for Windows\nDownload Last Version: Microsoft Edge for Mac \u2013 Free Download (2021 latest version)\nDownload tags: #Microsoft #Edge #Mac #Free #Download #latest #version\nDownload Categories: Browsers and Plugins, Home, Mac\nDownload TOAD for Oracle (64-bit) (2021 latest)\nFree download (2021 latest version)\niTerm 3.4.12 for Mac \u2013 Download\nSymfony for Mac \u2013 Free Download (2021 latest version)\nCategories: Browsers and Plugins, Home, Mac","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"All Nikon Full-Frame Cameras as of 2021, Compared\nNikon has been making full-frame digital cameras for almost 15 years, and their overall lineup today can seem overwhelming. In this article, I'll compare Nikon's entire full-frame (FX) camera lineup and explain which of these cameras might be a good choice for your photography. This list includes every full-frame digital camera that Nikon has ever\nApril 30, 2021 by admin 0 Comments\nSony Alpha 1 Review: A True Flagship Camera\nSony's full-frame mirrorless camera lineup includes a variety of models aimed at the unique needs of different users. The Sony a7R series provides the highest resolution, the Sony a7S series has the highest sensitivity and pixel-for-pixel 4K video, and the Sony a9 offered the fastest autofocus and continuous frames-per-second shooting when it was introduced. For\nEight tiny ways to become a greener photographer\nPhotographers have a long history of advocating for the environment, beginning with Carleton Watkins, whose majestic pictures inspired Abraham Lincoln to sign into law the protection of Yosemite Valley. In recent years, as the conversation around sustainability has become even more urgent, the photography community has continued to play a vital role in preserving our\nIdentify a Lost Dog with NOSEiD: Scan Snouts with Image-Detection Tech\n[embedded content] Iams has launched a new app called NOSEiD that can scan dog noses and use them as unique identifiers in order to reconnect lost canines with owners. The app can connect dog snoots with an owner's contact information, similar to how fingerprints can link to specific people. The company launched the app to\nThe Secret to Amazing Cityscape Photos: A Magic 15-Minute Window\n[embedded content] After shooting cities all around the globe for the past 15 years, I managed to publish seven coffee table books featuring cities like Paris, Venice, Los Angeles, and New York. I learned the hard way when was the best time to shoot and want to save you the time and effort so you\nSony Again Underestimates Demand, Delays Sony 50mm f\/1.2 GM\nSony appears to have underestimated the demand for one of its new products again, as the company has announced a shipping delay out of Japan due to a number of orders that \"greatly exceeded\" expectations despite initial statements to the contrary. As noted by PhotoRumors and published on Sony's official Japanese website, the company announced\nVivo V21 targets selfie-shooters and vloggers with optically stabilised 44-megapixel selfie camera\nVIVO has announced their new V21 series smartphones, two of which (the V21 and V21 5G) feature probably the best selfie camera out there today. It's an optically stabilised 44-megapixel front camera with an f\/2.0 aperture. OIS isn't new to selfie cameras on smartphones, but it's the first time we've seen it pop up on\nWinners of the Food Photographer of the Year 2021 Competition\nPink Lady\u00ae \u2014 an apple brand that hosts the world's leading celebration of the art of food photography and film \u2014 has announced the winners of its Food Photography of the Year 2021 competition. This year's global judging panel, chaired by legendary food photographer, David Loftus, includes Fiona Shields, Head of Photography, Guardian News &\nYou just can't take great pictures without planning\nMany photographers, especially beginners, may tend to grab the camera and go shooting. While there's nothing wrong with that, I believe careful planning can do a lot more to a picture than just a simple grab-n-go. When I first started with photography, I took my camera everywhere I went. I got some okay pictures, and\nNikon is going all-in on mirrorless. Since 2019, they've released 13 mirrorless lenses and four Z-series cameras, compared to just two DSLRs and one F-mount lens. And, of all the Nikon mirrorless cameras so far, the Nikon Z7 II stands at the top of the pack. Announced in October of 2020, the Z7 II is\nHow props can make or break your Licensing submissions\nIn 2018, a survey from the owners of Canary Wharf in London found that 94% of businesses, consumers, and retailers wanted to do something to reduce plastic use, with 84% of consumers saying they would show more loyalty to a brand that was taking clear action on plastics. As awareness grew about the dangers of\nEarthCam's new camera shoots massive 80-gigapixel images \u2013 Here's one of New York to explore\nHuge resolution images have become all the rage the last few years, with a number of cameras now featuring the ability to create \"super high resolution\" images in-camera without any external software. But EarthCam's new camera, the GigapixelCam X80 really takes the cake, producing whopping 80-gigapixel images. To celebrate the launch of the camera, the\n500px Commercial Grants: Breaking the Mold\n500px strives to capture authentic representation within the global experience. As part of the 500px Commercial Grants program, we provide photographers with opportunities that encourage inclusivity within commercial photography. 500px is awarding five $1,000 US Commercial Grants to photographers who want to tell LGBTQI+ positive stories as part of the Breaking the Mold Commercial Grant.\nThis tinkerer built his own 18650-powered DIY battery grip for his Canon EOS M\n[embedded content] If there's one annoying aspect of cameras, particularly mirrorless cameras that are constantly powering an LCD or EVF the whole time they're turned on, it's battery life. There are grips you can get for some cameras to let you take advantage of multiple batteries or you can go with external power, but not\nGreat Reads in Photography: April 25, 2021\nEvery Sunday, we bring together a collection of easy-reading articles from analytical to how-to to photo-features in no particular order that did not make our regular daily coverage. Enjoy! Into the Wild with India's Snow Leopard Man \u2013 The Vibe Ismail Shariff is a wildlife and nature photographer from India specifically interested and even obsessed with\nWatch a DJI FPV Drone Get Struck by a Flying Chunk of Lava\n[embedded content] Photographer and filmmaker Daniel Haussmann recently joined the crowds enjoying the incredible volcanic eruption in Iceland and captured it using a mix of his DJI FPV, Mavic 2 Pro, and Mavic Air 2. During one sequence, his FPV is struck by a flying piece of lava, sending it tumbling through the air. Haussmannn\nCapitol riot found and arrested thanks to his girlfriend's Instagram and facial recognition\nThe attack on the US Capitol happened on 6 January, but photos, videos, and news are still surfacing. Over 400 people have been arrested so far, but at least one of the suspects was caught thanks to Instagram. The FBI used photos and videos from his girlfriend's Instagram and identified the man with some help\nFujifilm Updates AF Performance of GFX100, Launches New SDK\nFujifilm announced a batch of major updates for the GFX100 Medium Format camera that includes some significant performance improvements for autofocus. The company also launched an updated pixel shift combiner and a new digital camera control software development kit (SDK). The new SDK will \"allow developers to initiate the automatic transfer of images from a\nBasic Advice About Photography for Beginning Photographers\nThis article is aimed at people who would like to advance their basic photography skills. I assume that you already make decent photos and are familiar with f-stops, ISO, shutter speeds, etc. But I'm hoping that this read will prove worth your time and lead to even greater photographic skills and enjoyment. Suggested Basic Equipment\nA High ISO Shootout: Pentax K-3 III vs. Sony a7 III\n[embedded content] You don't see many new SLRs announced these days when it seems that most camera enthusiasts talk about mirrorless as the future of photography, but to the surprise of those online voices that proclaim the optical viewfinder dead, Ricoh Imaging has released just that in the Pentax K-3 Mark III. It's a new\nMy favorite photo (or why you should sometimes print crappy photos)\nWe can argue forever whether photo gear matters or not; or what makes a photo a keeper. But today, I want to tell you about a \"crappy\" photo taken with an even crappier camera. I want to tell you about my favorite image which looks pretty awful, and why sometimes that doesn't matter at all.\nWhy Do I Photograph Snakes?\nIt's a question I hear all the time: \"Why in the world do you photograph snakes?\" The answer is very simple: I love photography, I love snakes, and I believe snakes deserve more positive attention than they currently receive. My name is Nicholas Hess, and I love wildlife photography, especially when it involves snakes. \"Aren't\nApple Airdrop Puts User Data at Risk Through Privacy Flaw: Report\nA team of researchers from the Secure Mobile Networking Lab (SEEMOO) and the Cryptography and Privacy Engineer Group (ENCRYPTO) discovered that it is possible for an attacker to learn the phone numbers and email addresses of AirDrop users even if they are complete strangers to the target. AirDrop is a popular Apple feature that allows\nStudy Says No Camera Brands are Ethical, Recommends Buying Used\nThe Ethical Consumer, an alternative consumer organization based in the UK, found that it could not rate any camera manufacturer as ethical, and as a result recommends buying second-hand instead. The organization conducts studies on a three-year basis to determine what brands, including camera manufacturers, act ethically based on a number of factors that include\nFujifilm teams up with Nintendo for a themed Instax printer for Nintendo Switch\n[embedded content] Well, this is an odd one. Fujifilm has announced an unlikely collaboration with Nintendo. They're releasing a Nintendo-themed Instax Mini Link app that works via your smartphone for the Nintendo Switch. It's not designed for printing photographs, though\u2026 Well, it can, offering a bunch of frames from a range of Nintendo games, but\nNikon Z April Camera Sale: Which Deals Are Worth It?\nNikon just announced temporary rebates on many of its mirrorless cameras, up to $600 off. As always, we'll list the deals below and then analyze which ones we think are worthwhile for photographers considering a Nikon Z camera. Here are the Nikon Z5 deals: The Nikon Z6 deals: And the Nikon Z7 deals: If you buy\nCelebrate Earth Day with these extraordinary nature photos\nLate last year, the World Wildlife Fund's Living Planet Report revealed that populations of mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles, and fish have seen an average drop of 68% over the last fifty years. Today, one million species face the threat of extinction. Between habitat destruction and the wildlife trade, human activity has led to a crisis\n'FaceBlocker' Tech Prevents Clients from Using Screenshots of Proofs\nWaldo Photos has launched a new AI-Powered Mobile Sales Platform that combines with a tech called FaceBlocker. Together, the platform allows photographers to copyright protect proofs, prevent theft, and maximize sales opportunities. When combined with the companies mobile sales platform, the new FaceBloacker technology addresses several key protection issues professionals often run across. Waldo Photos\nZeiss Adds Four Focal Lengths to 'Supreme Prime Radiance' Lens Line\nZeiss has expanded its Supreme Prime Radiance lens line up with four full-frame optics: 18mm, 40mm, 65mm, and 135mm. All four new lenses have a maximum aperture value of T1.5 and are designed for high-end film production. These four new lenses join the previous six available focal lengths to form a lens family of eleven\nGreat, Instagram now has ads even in Reels\nA whole bunch of ads is one of the worst things on Instagram. Only Reels have been spared, but not for long. Instagram has started testing ads in Reels in four countries, but there are more to come over the next couple of months. As of today, Instagram's TikTok-esque feature contains ads in India, Brazil,","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"About West Star\nOne of Kansas City's Premier Developers of Commercial real estate\nThe Perfect Property is a Click Away\nView the Vista\nMinutes from the Area's Finest Amenities\nHeavy Daytime Traffic from Highway K-10 and the Nearby JoCo Gateway\n225 Acres Premier Mixed-Use Development\nKansas City's Gateway from the West\nDrive the new Ridgeview Road between K-10 and Prairie Star Parkway that takes you directly through the Vista. Experience one of the most significant developments to come along in a generation.\nSee The Vista Come To Life\nPad Sites On the K-10 Corridor Now Available\nPrime Retail Locations with 97% Retention Rate\nWe have a property for everyone!\nFind your perfect property for lease or sale from among more than 1 million square feet of premier commercial real estate.\nDiscover the Difference\nWhether you are a small local business looking to launch your retail dream or a national anchor tenant with rigid requirements, the West Star team is committed to you, your business and your success.\nVista Village approved by Lenexa City Council for CID financing\nThe City of Lenexa has approved a 1% CID sales tax to fund West Star's mixed-use development Vista Village, formerly known as Jayhawk Ridge. Vista Village is located at the ...\nNew locally owned coffee shop hits the scene in Overland Park\nThe all-new Pilgrim Coffee Co. has recently made its debut in West Star's Metcalf 127 shopping center in Overland Park. The coffee shop offers a convenient and unique hangout for ...\nGarmin secures naming rights for new Olathe soccer complex\nWest Star Development's new soccer complex in Olathe has officially become the Garmin Olathe Soccer Complex, after the company established a multi-year sponsorship agreement with Kansas City technology giant Garmin ...\n\"Balls Foods has worked with West Star around 18 years now and I can say having West Star as our landlord and property manager has been as great relationship. West Star is tenant focused and because they are local, they care about the success of their tenants as well as the appearance of their centers. They are our only landlord that we don't have to fight with to get regular maintenance and repairs done promptly. Often, those issues are resolved even before we make a call because they visit their centers weekly. Unfortunately, we don't have then as our landlord in all of our centers around town. The other thing I can say with certainty, if they say they are going to do something \u2013 it gets done without the need for further follow up or discussions.\"\n- Mike Beal, COO, Balls Foods- Price Chopper\n10550 S. Warwick st., olathe, ks 66061\n\u00a9 2021 West Star Development. All Rights Reserved.\nWe Have Moved\n10550 S. Warwick St.\nAva Christie\nava@weststardevelopment.com\nBefore marrying Mike Christie and coming to work as a project manager at West Star Development, Ava earned a Bachelor's degrees from the University of Kansas in Environmental Design and Architecture. In the 31 years that followed Ava and Mike raised two daughters. Ava also worked as a Project Manager at West Star Development performing architectural work, construction and environmental inspections, and other duties supporting property investments. In that time Ava earned a Master's degree in Environmental Science in Engineering at the University of Kansas that trained her in work done for years that included field assessments, reports, and remediation of hazardous and toxic chemicals on commercial properties being bought and sold. That work led to an interest in Emergency Management and a Doctorate degree that enables work to organize architects who volunteer after disasters in Kansas and nationally. Ava presently works as a co-property manager on several West Star Development properties.\nCamille Christie\ncamille@weststardevelopment.com\nCamille graduated from Coastal Carolina University in 2016 with a degree in Business Marketing and minor in Spanish. She then moved to Charlotte, North Carolina, where she began her commercial real estate career with a locally owned and operated company NAI Southern. She began as a property manager for 9 months while earning her broker's license in both North and South Carolina. She then transitioned into brokerage at NAI Southern where she specialized in Landlord representation. In 2018, she went to work at CBRE in their Charlotte office as a Retail Broker specializing in Tenant and Landlord representation for both leasing and sales. Some of her key clients included Fifth Third Bank, Abbott's Frozen Custard, Massage Envy, Bentley's Restaurant, FastMed, Idolize Brow and Beauty, Rite Aid.\nIn January 2020, Camille decided to come home and came to work at West Star Development with her family doing what she is passionate about, commercial real estate. She is now working in development, as well as leasing and property management for the West Star portfolio. She loves working with her family and contributing to a business her father and uncle built!\nLouis A. Serrone\nlou@weststardevelopment.com\nIn June of 2018, after serving many years as Director of Brokerage and former Director of Development for Block Real Estate Services Horizons Business Park, Lou Serrone joined West Star Development as its Managing Member and Director of Development for the 200 Acre Vista Ridge Development in Lenexa, Kansas.\nPrior to real estate, Lou was a high school and college football coach. Lou Serrone is a member of the Missouri Valley College Athletic Hall of Fame and the HOF Board of Directors as well as a member of the Missouri State Handball Hall of Fame and the KCAC Board of Directors.\ndaniel@weststardevelopment.com\nDaniel joined West Star Management in 2014. As the Chief Financial Officer, Daniel is a member of the Executive Leadership Team and has overall responsibility for finance and accounting. He has over 20 years of experience in finance and accounting in the Kansas City and New York markets as well as Big Four public accounting experience.\nDaniel oversees all accounting functions for the company across multiple projects and entities. His responsibilities include internal and external financial reporting and compliance; monitoring development project costs, development agreements including Certification of TIF\/CID Expenditures, maintain bank relationships, debt compliance, treasury management and operational analysis.\nDaniel graduated from the University of New York at Albany with an Accounting Degree and is a Certified Public Accountant.\nDan Christie\nOwner & COO\ndan@weststardevelopment.com\nOwner and COO of West Star, Dan has been a part of the team since 1989. He's held many important titles and is quick to jump on any job that will better the team, company, and tenant business.\nMike Christie\nOwner and COO of West Star, Mike has been a part of the team since 1989. He's held many important titles and handles many responsibilities from leasing to development.\nDylan Christie\ndylan@weststardevelopment.com\nDylan started at West Star Development in 2017 after he completed his education at William Jewell College in Liberty, Missouri. While attending William Jewell, Dylan was a member of the baseball team and graduated with a degree in Business Administration. In Dylan's years at West Star he has taken on responsibilities in sales, leasing, and property management. In his spare time, he enjoys spending time with his better half, as well as his two dogs. If not that, you can find him hunting, fishing, or playing golf.\nMorgan Feight\nmorgan@weststardevelopment.com\nMorgan graduated from Kansas State University in 2017 with her degree in Family Science and Human Development. Shortly after, she moved to the Kansas City area and began working at West Star Development in the fall of 2017. In Morgan's time at West Star, she has taken on roles in projects varying from development as well as managing projects at Sterling and Shiloh Ranch.\nIn her time outside of work, Morgan enjoys spending time with friends and family and trying new local spots.\nMary Miesner\nmary@weststardevelopment.com\nMary joined the West Star family in November 1999. Her time began as a part time administrative assistant. Over the years, her roles have changed as well as her responsibilities, but her commitment and work ethic in representing West Star have made her the go to gal! Mary is the friendly voice that will most likely greet you when you call the West Star offices.\nHer background includes various things, such as working in personal banking, commercial lending, management, with a little marketing along the way as well.\nShe has been married to her husband Josh for 25 years and together raised a wonderful son and daughter. Mary's family are long-time residents of Shawnee, KS and take pride in being active members of their community and doing their part to make the town a great place to live and raise a family.\nMaria Stadick\nmaria@weststardevelopment.com\nMaria Elena Stadick is in Accounts Payables, where Maria brings a strong work ethic and passion for business management to the team. Maria's strengths include enthusiasm and a positive, can-do attitude. She is calm under pressure and deadlines and is able to multi-task seamlessly, which are key to productivity and success in the business management world.\nMaria greatly enjoys being a mother and a wife. In her free time, you may find Maria reading, doing crafts, bringing people together and seeking out new Taco Tuesday spots.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Tag: CCDU\n\"Editorial: Another step closer to a sensible revamp of Victoria Square\" The Press (Online Article)\nSubmitted by mark on Tuesday, September 22nd, 2015 at 9:55 am.\nEditorial: Another step closer to a sensible revamp of Victoria Square\n\"In the redevelopment of Victoria Square there are parallels to the clock, involving, on one side, the people of Christchurch, and, on the other, the Christchurch Central Development Unit.\nThose who wanted to push ahead quickly and recklessly - and spend $7 million with disregard to the broader sentiments of the city - have lost out, while the people who preferred the steady-as-she-goes, little change, option, for a place where you can linger awhile, kick back and slow down, have been victorious.\"\nhttp:\/\/www.stuff.co.nz\/the-press\/opinion\/72244508\/editorial-another-step-closer-to-a-sensible-revamp-of-victoria-square\nTags: CCDU, Editorial, Online Article, The Press, Victoria Square\n\"Final Victoria Square plan considered\" The Press (Online Article)\nSubmitted by mark on Sunday, September 20th, 2015 at 6:55 pm.\n\"Final Victoria Square plan considered\" The Press:\n\"Christchurch City Council is being asked to approve a revised Government plan to restore Victoria Square.\nThe latest plan sees the layout of Victoria Square remaining largely unchanged and proposes repairs and restoration of existing features. ...\"\nhttp:\/\/www.stuff.co.nz\/the-press\/news\/72230970\/final-victoria-square-plan-considered\nTags: CCDU, Christchurch City Council, Christchurch Civic Trust, Historic Places Canterbury, Online Article, The Press, Victoria Square\nManchester Street Bus Super Stop : Historic Places Canterbury Deputation To The C.C.C. Infrastructure, Transport And Environment Committee\nSubmitted by mark on Monday, September 7th, 2015 at 5:18 pm.\nThe following is the text of the Historic Places Canterbury Deputation to the Christchurch City Council Infrastructure, Transport And Environment Committee.\nThe text of the Deputation is as follows:\nDeputation to the\nChristchurch City Council Infrastructure, Transport and Environment Committee.\n3rd September 2015 (more\u2026)\nTags: CCDU, Christchurch City Council, Christchurch Heritage Trust, Deputation, Historic Places Canterbury, Shands Emporium Building, Trinity Church\nShands \/Trinity- Manchester Street Bus Super Stop Media Coverage\nSubmitted by mark on Wednesday, September 2nd, 2015 at 12:35 pm.\n\"Manchester St property owners win bus shelter battle\" The Press:\n\"... A controversial proposal to build a giant canopied bus shelter with glass pods on a central city section of Manchester St has been rejected. ...\"\nhttp:\/\/www.stuff.co.nz\/the-press\/news\/71006460\/manchester-st-property-owners-win-bus-shelter-battle\n\"Editorial: Council should re-examine its plans for Manchester St bus superstop\" The Press:\nhttp:\/\/www.stuff.co.nz\/the-press\/opinion\/70956862\/editorial-council-should-reexamine-its-plans-for-manchester-st-bus-superstop\n\"Manchester St bus stop upsets heritage advocates, developers\" The Press:\nhttp:\/\/www.stuff.co.nz\/the-press\/news\/70829180\/manchester-st-bus-stop-upsets-heritage-advocates-developers\nTags: CCDU, Christchurch City Council, Christchurch Heritage Trust, Online Article, The Press\n\"Manchester St bus stop upsets heritage advocates, developers\" The Press (Online Article)\nSubmitted by mark on Thursday, August 6th, 2015 at 1:01 pm.\n\"....The Christchurch Heritage Ltd, which owns and is restoring the Trinity Church and the recently-relocated Shands Emporium building, said the stop would be \"visually intrusive\" and degrade the heritage values of both buildings...\" The Press\nTags: CCDU, Christchurch Heritage Trust, Online Article, Shands Emporium Building, The Press, Trinity Church\n\"Victoria Square Draft Restoration Plan\" Is Out- Submissions Close 31st July 2015\nSubmitted by mark on Thursday, July 16th, 2015 at 5:20 pm.\nCCDU have released the Victoria Square Draft Restoration Plan:\nhttps:\/\/ccdu.govt.nz\/projects-and-precincts\/te-papa-otakaro-avon-river-precinct\/victoria-square-market-place\nThe Victoria Square Draft Restoration Plan PDF can be downloaded at the following link:\nhttps:\/\/ccdu.govt.nz\/sites\/default\/files\/victoria-square-draft-restoration-plan-july-2015.pdf\nPeople can have their say online at ccdu.govt.nz\/victoria-square and on feedback forms available at all Christchurch City Council service centres and the Future Christchurch Showcase in Re:START Mall.\nCERA will run 'meet the planner sessions' where planners and members of the Independent Reference Group will be available to answer questions from the public. These will take place 5 \u2013 7pm Tuesday 21 July at Knox Church, as well as 12 \u2013 1pm Thursday 23 July and 5.30 \u2013 6.30pm Wednesday 29 July at the Future Christchurch Showcase\nTags: CCDU, Victoria Square\n\"Christchurch residents reject Cera's Victoria Square revamp\" The Press Online Article (8th) June 2015)\nSubmitted by mark on Monday, June 8th, 2015 at 9:02 am.\nChristchurch residents reject Cera's Victoria Square revamp\n\"Christchurch residents have railed against a proposed $7 million redevelopment of Victoria Square, saying it only requires repairing and cosmetic changes. ...\"\nhttp:\/\/www.stuff.co.nz\/the-press\/news\/69172555\/christchurch-residents-reject-ceras-victoria-square-revamp\nTags: CCDU, CERA, Online Article, The Press, Victoria Square\nVictoria Square: No Need For Change Media Release (5th June 2015) Re Release Of Community Participation Feedback Summary\n\"The Feedback Summary findings reinforces the wishes of Christchurch Residents who have written letters, appeared on talkback radio, attended Public Meetings, sent emails and in countless private conversations have clearly stated to CCDU and to Minister Nicky Wagner - \"Victoria Square, there is no need for change. Leave it alone.\"\nTags: CCDU, CERA, Media Release, Victoria Square\nVictoria Square Public Forum At Knox Church\nSubmitted by mark on Thursday, April 2nd, 2015 at 8:40 am.\nChris Lynch took this image of the vote at the Victoria Square Public Forum. (Source Chris Lynch's Facebook page: LynchinNZ)\n\"At tonight's public meeting we called for a show of hands on keeping Victoria Square as is. What lovely passionate Cantabs. It was an honour to MC this meeting on behalf of the Chch Civic Trust & Historic Places Canterbury.\"\nChris Lynch took this image and posted it on his Facebook page:\nhttps:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lynchinnz\nhttps:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lynchinnz\/photos\/pcb.409232019255771\/409231989255774\/?type=1&theater\nTags: CCDU, CERA, Heritage Forum, Victoria Square\nVictoria Square Public Forum At Knox Church: Media Coverage\nMorning Report (RNZ National) coverage:\nPublic say no to Victoria Square redesign (\u20093\u2032\u200910\u2033\u2009)\nHundreds of Cantabrians gathered in Christchurch last night to deliver the Government a strong message - leave the city's Victoria Square alone.\nhttp:\/\/podcast.radionz.co.nz\/mnr\/mnr-20150401-0740-public_say_no_to_victoria_square_redesign-048.mp3\n\"Morning Report\" reporting that 300 people attended the Victoria Square Public Forum.\nTags: CCDU, CERA, Morning Report, Radio New Zealand National, Victoria Square","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Home National\nBNP's joining not to legitimise parliament, say its MPS\nBNP MPs on Sunday raised the question again about the legitimacy of the current Parliament, saying their joining would not ascertain its validity.\nTwo BNP MPs -- Md Harunur Rashid and Rumeen Farhana -- raised the question taking part in the discussion on the supplementary budget for 2018-19 fiscal year in Parliament, UNB reports.\nThey said the six BNP MPs joined Parliament as their party is not getting space for democratic practice like holding rallies outside.\n\"Many are asking as to why we've joined the House although the last general election was unacceptable,\" Harunur Rashid said, adding that the Election Commission has completely failed to hold an acceptable election and it has destroyed parliamentary elections as well as local government elections.\n\"The joining of six BNP MPs won't give legitimacy to this Parliament,\" he said.\nThere is the absence of democratic space for raising their demands in line with the constitution and even their party is not allowed to hold any rally, the BNP MP said. \"BNP MPs joined Parliament to restore good governance in the country.\"\nHe urged Leader of the House and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who was present in the House, to initiate a national dialogue with the participation of the leaders of all political parties to have good governance in the country.\nRumeen Farhana said they have joined Parliament as BNP was not allowed to hold any protest programme. \"We came here to talk about the people of the country,\" she said, alleging that all the 300 constituencies were 'looted' in the last election.\nShe demanded disclosure of the names of bad loan holders in the country.\nRumeen also alleged that Bangladeshi money is being siphoned off to different countries. \"This money is being invested in the Second Home project in Malaysia and used to build Begumpara in Canada.\"\nDuring her speech, treasury bench members raised hue and cry on several times and deputy speaker Fazle Rabbi Miah who was presiding over the sitting at the time expunged unparliamentarily words from the speech of the lone BNP women MP.\n'Minni confesses to involvment'","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Hong Kong Choose a country Albania Argentina Australia Austria Bahrain Belarus Belgium Belize Bermuda Bolivia Brazil Bulgaria Cambodia Canada Cayman Islands Chile China Costa Rica Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Ireland Israel Italy Ivory Coast Japan Kazakhstan Kuwait Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Macau Malaysia Maldives Malta Mauritius Mexico Monaco Morocco New Zealand Nicaragua Norway Oman Panama Paraguay Peru Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Romania Russia San Marino Saudi Arabia Scotland Serbia Singapore Slovenia South Africa South Korea Spain Sri Lanka Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Thailand The Bahamas The Netherlands The Philippines The United Kingdom The United States Tunisia Turkey Ukraine United Arab Emirates Uruguay Venezuela Vietnam\nMoving to Hong Kong\nExpats FAQ in Hong Kong\nQ: What are some local Hong Kong banks that expats can consider?\nA: Hang Seng Bank and Bank of China are two local banks that are quite popular among expats today, especially those whose banks in their home countries are not represented in Hong Kong. Of course, there is an advantage when their banks at home have branches in HK (for example, Standard Chartered, Citibank and HSBC.) This makes money transfers not just more convenient but also more cost-efficient.\nQ: Do Hong Kong banks have English-speaking staff?\nA: Not all, but most of them do have English-speaking staff, especially in locations where there are high expat populations like Repulse Bay and Mid-Levels.\nQ: Are Hong Kong banks open on weekends?\nA: Most of them are open on Saturdays from 8:30am to 12:30 noon but all are closed on Sundays. From Mondays to Fridays, these banks usually open at 8:30 am and close at 5pm.\nQ: How is the Internet speed in Hong Kong?\nA: Excellent. In fact, according to Bloomberg, Hong Kong has the fastest Internet connection in the world, with an average speed of 63 MBPS.\nQ: Are foreigners allowed to own 100% of a business in Hong Kong?\nA: Yes. As long as all requirements are duly complied with, foreigners in Hong Kong are allowed to be both the director and shareholder of a business. However, the business owner is obliged to assign a Hong Kong company or individual as a company secretary.\nQ: What is the business language in Hong Kong?\nA: Although locals mainly speak Cantonese and\/or Mandarin, English is the official language used in business transactions in Hong Kong.\nQ: Around how much is the fee for setting up a business in Hong Kong?\nA: The fee for setting up a business in Hong Kong is around 6,650 HKD (can change anytime), and this covers the costs of incorporation and disbursement, incorporation, annual company secretary parking, annual register address parking, bank account opening and document certification.\nQ: Are there language centers in Hong Kong that teach children Mandarin or Cantonese?\nA: Yes, and there are plenty. One centre that seems to stand out though is New Concept Mandarin which teaches Mandarin and incorporates games, arts and crafts, and storytelling into the lessons. This makes the classes more interesting to kids. Other centers mostly teach just language.\nQ: How much is a typical fee charged by child care centers in Hong Kong?\nA: The rates can vary from 10,000 HKD to 100,000 HKD annually, depending on the quality of care providers and facilities and even location. With this wide range of prices, it's best to research and make comparisons first before choosing.\nQ: Does the Hong Kong government provide assistance to expats looking for a school for their kids?\nA: Not personally, but the Education Bureau does provide tools on its website for everyone to use. Note that waiting lists in international schools can be very long, so it's very important to apply early and consider a number of schools as options.\nQ: Is transportation expensive in Hong Kong?\nA: Despite Hong Kong's reputation as one of the most expensive expat destinations in the world, public transport is cheap and highly efficient. Even the minimum taxi fare is very modest - 22 HKD - and most trips within the city centre do not exceed 100 HKD.\nQ: How much does hiring a domestic helper cost in Hong Kong?\nA: It depends on the employer, but domestic help is generally cheap in Hong Kong compared to other key areas of the world such as the US, UK, etc. However, families do provide free board and lodging for these workers.\nQ: Is it really expensive to live in Hong Kong?\nA: Yes, it can be quite expensive for expats and this is mainly because of the country's highly inflated property market and the fact that most produce and commodities are imported from other countries. Nonetheless, expat salaries are usually high enough to compensate for these costs.\nQ: What is the health emergency number to call in Hong Kong?\nA: The number to call for health and all other types of emergencies (police, fire, etc.) in Hong Kong is 999.\nQ: Do doctors in Hong Kong speak English?\nA: Yes, doctors in Hong Kong speak English, considering that most of them finished their medical studies and training in Western institutions. Note though that doctors who have international accreditation tend to charge higher than those who obtained their degrees locally.\nQ: How expensive is private health care in Hong Kong?\nA: One thing expats love about Hong Kong is that private health care is not too expensive compared to public health care and the costs of similar services in the US, Japan, UK, and other top expat destinations. Moreover, health benefits are often included in their employment contracts.\nQ: What types of accommodation are available in Hong Kong?\nA: Housing in Hong Kong varies greatly, but there are two general and simple terms people use for differentiation - \"old\" and \"new.\" Old properties are typically Chinese - no elevators, low-rise, great square footage, few amenities, no modern finish and minimal maintenance. New properties can be described as the exact opposite. Obviously, \"old\" properties, whether rented or purchased, are less expensive than \"new\" properties, but location can also factor into the price. The farther the property from the city centre, the cheaper it becomes.\nQ: Is it practical for an expat to buy a real estate property in Hong Kong?\nA: In most cases, expats would say that renting is more preferable. According to a CNBC report, properties in Hong Kong are the second most expensive in the world next only to Monaco. Expats who plan on actually working and retiring in Hong Kong may find buying a property a good investment, but those who intend to return to their home countries after a few years will find it wiser to simply rent.\nQ: Are Hong Kong landlords strict in screening potential tenants?\nA: Tenant screening in Hong Kong is basically the same as in any other key expat destination. There will be credit checks, previous tenancy checks and all the rest. However, expats enjoy that fact that HK landlords can be very flexible and practically everything can be negotiated. For example, they may request for repairs or even minor remodeling. Of course, these requests must be made prior to the signing of contracts.\nQ: Where do most expats go for nightlife in Hong Kong?\nA: There are many nightlife districts in Hong Kong, but most expats flock to Hong Kong Island where Lan Kwai Fong is the most popular. LWK is just small area with a very tight collection of clubs, bars, and restaurants. Street drinking is also common. This is when people buy their drinks from 7-Eleven shops and drink along sidewalks. This practice can make downtown areas noisy and rowdy at night, but drunken aggression is rarely, if at all, a problem.\nQ: Are there vegetarian restaurants in Hong Kong?\nA: Yes. Bookworm Cafe (Yung She Wan Main Street on Lamma Island) is one of the most popular places where people go to get organic vegetarian dishes right in the middle of a massive book collection. Another is Life Caf\u00e9 (at the heart of Central) which offers a huge variety of Yogi organic tea. There's plenty more out there, all just a Google away.\nQ: What are the top attractions for kids in Hong Kong?\nA: There are plenty of kid attractions in Hong Kong but Disneyland is still, of course, number one for tourist kids. For local kids, however, the real favorite seems to be Ocean Park with all its exciting carnival games, rides and the impressive display of marine creatures in massive aquariums.\nQ: Is it important to know a Chinese language when working in Hong Kong?\nA: Not always, but those who have some knowledge of Cantonese or Mandarin will always have an edge. While there are certain industries where only English is required, note that there are also job hunters from Mainland China who can compete for jobs. When looking for work in Hong Kong, it's always safe to check language requirements beforehand.\nQ: How long is a typical workday in Hong Kong?\nA: A typical workday in Hong Kong is a lot longer than what most expats are used to. Workers are generally expected to put in more than 8 hours a day or more than 50 hours a week. Raising issues against this \"expectation\" in the workplace is usually frowned upon and may even be an indirect cause for termination.\nQ: How do foreigners usually get a job in Hong Kong?\nA: In most cases, foreigners come to Hong Kong already with a signed job contract. The big companies are known to use headhunters to search potential candidates overseas and entice them with very attractive remuneration packages. However, it is also possible to come to Hong Kong as a tourist, find a job and work out the necessary visas or permits from there. The careers section of The Standard (the biggest English newspaper in the country) is a very good place to start.\nQ: Are there differences among HKD coins having the same denominations but different designs?\nA: No, there are no important differences and they can all be used interchangeably. UK banks have the same practice of imprinting different designs on same-denomination coins. In Hong Kong, there are three banks that issue bank notes. HSBC coins have a lion on one side, those made by Standard Chartered Bank have a heritage and technology theme, and Bank of China coins show the Bank of China Tower.\nQ: Do ATMs in Hong Kong accept international money systems?\nA: Yes, and the most widely accepted are Visa Electron, Plus, Maestro, and Cirrus.\nQ: How do expats pay income tax in Hong Kong?\nA: In Hong Kong, an expat's citizenship or residency has no bearing on how much tax he has to pay. Also, salary taxes are only based on income generated within Hong Kong, which means income derived from abroad will not be taxed. This is actually one feature of taxation laws that expats appreciate in Hong Kong.\nQ: Do Hong Kong expats also have to pay taxes in their home countries?\nA: This is more of an issue with the home country's tax laws rather than Hong Kong's. For example, American expats have to continue paying taxes to the IRS while also paying taxes in Hong Kong, while citizens of other countries only pay taxes in Hong Kong. There are also countries with which Hong Kong has existing tax treaties, making expats' tax obligations lighter to a certain extent. This is why taxation should be considered a key issue by expats prior to moving.\nQ: What is the dominant religion among people in Hong Kong?\nA: Because people in Hong Kong come from different parts of the world, it is natural that religions here are very diverse. Proof to this are around 800 Christian churches, 600 Taoist and Buddhist temples, three synagogues, one Sikh temple and one Hindu temple, all existing today.\nQ: Is air pollution a problem in Hong Kong?\nA: To some extent, yes. The pollution mainly comes from factories in Southern China and it makes Hong Kong's skyline look quite unattractive. Of course, the health implications make up a more serious concern for expats, particularly those who have respiratory problems.\nQ: Are dogs allowed in public transport vehicles in Hong Kong?\nA: Dogs and other pets are not allowed in all public vehicles in Hong Kong, except for private taxis and ferries.\nQ: Are there pet-friendly apartments in Hong Kong?\nA: Apartments in Hong Kong are generally pet-friendly, but the issue is really more about space rather than tenancy rules. Expats who move into modern apartments in the city centre may be allowed to have dogs, for example, but there won't be enough green area for the animals to wander around and exercise. Certain parts of Hong Kong such as Stanley, Repulse Bay, Jardine's Lookout ad Mid-Levels East do have more green space for dogs, but these communities tend to be very expensive to live in.\nQ: How much do people pay for a pet import permit in Hong Kong?\nA: The permit fee Hong Kong pet imports is around 344 HKD for rabbits, birds, reptiles and rodents, and some 432 HKD for dogs and cats (rates can change anytime). The fee is paid to the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department which issues the permit.\nQ: Which type of schools do most expats send their kids to in Hong Kong?\nA: As in most other parts of the world, state-run schools in Hong Kong are free, even for expat families. However, most foreigners prefer to send their kids to private or international schools which use English as the medium of instruction and follow the Western educational system. These schools can be extremely expensive though, and expats should arrange to have schooling costs included in their salaries before signing an employment contract.\nQ: How competitive are schools in Hong Kong?\nA: Very competitive. In fact, this has led to families making private tutoring part of their kids' daily routine. It's not unusual for children in Hong Kong to spend additional hours doing school work with their tutors. This is also viewed as preparation for acceptance into international universities or simply as a way to keep up with peers.\nQ: Is homeschooling allowed in Hong Kong?\nA: Yes, but only for expats. Homeschooling by locals is actually considered illegal in Hong Kong. There is a large homeschooling support network in the region, especially in Discovery Bay where the expat population is high.\nQ: Where can shoppers report Hong Kong stores that sell counterfeit merchandise advertised as authentic?\nA: Reports (not just on counterfeiting but all kinds of consumer issues) can be filed at the Trade Descript Ordinance Customs and Excise Department (hotline: +852 2545 6182). For tourists, these concerns can also be brought to the attention of the Travel Industry Council which can facilitate a full refund when warranted.\nQ: What are some of the best markets in Hong Kong and where are they located?\nA: The Ladies Market in Mongkok is usually number one on any female Hong Kong shopper's list. The area practically crawls with all kinds of cheap fashion merchandise like faux designer bags and watches, clothes, artsy jewelry, etc. The Temple Street Night market is also great for those little sundry items, interesting souvenirs, and street food. For Chinese antiques, both faux and authentic, people troop to Cat Street (near Central).\nQ: Are there Hong Kong stores that sell grocery items for the expat market?\nA: Yes. Almost all familiar homegrown foodies and brands from all over the world can be found in expat specialty stores scattered around Hong Kong. There's Vegemite for Australians, Ranch dressing for Americans and so on. There are even Japanese supermarkets and lots of stores selling exclusive Filipino or Thai grocery items.\nQ: Are social media websites also banned in Hong Kong as they are in Mainland China?\nA: No, these sites are not banned in Hong Kong and there is generally very little Internet censorship as opposed to Mainland China. There are, however, serious penalties for the distribution of obscene and\/or pirated materials.\nQ: What is the period of coverage of a typical mobile phone service contract in Hong Kong?\nA: Mobile phone contracts in Hong Kong are not very different from those in the West. Initially, they would be good for two years and can be renewed going forward. It's also easy to get sign one as long as the applicant can provide proof of an HK address and has an HKID. Expats may be able to sign a contract with some companies even without an HKID, as long as they can show their passport and pay a deposit.\nQ: Does Hong Kong's Octopus card also work for the tram?\nA: Yes, the Octopus card, the cheapest way to pay for public transport in Hong Kong, can also be used for the tram. However, note that the tram only travels around Hong Kong Island, traveling from east to west and also up the Peak. This mode of transport is also very slow, so unless commuters live in areas not reached by the MTR (for example, May Road and Sai Ying Pun), they're probably not going to use the tram everyday.\nQ: Are there differences among green, blue and red cabs in Hong Kong?\nA: Yes. Green cabs only travel around the New Territories, blue cabs serve the outlying islands, and red cabs are limited to routes within Kowloon or Hong Kong. Green and blue taxis are also much cheaper.\nQ: Is it practical to buy one's own car in Hong Kong?\nA: Most expats will probably advise otherwise. Hong Kong is small and the costs of purchasing and parking an automobile are high. Nonetheless, those moving with children who have to be shuttled to and from school, or those who intend to live away from the city centre may consider buying their own cars for the sake of convenience.\nQ: Are there typhoons in Hong Kong?\nA: Yes and it is important to keep this in mind when planning a Hong Kong trip. Typhoons in the country are classified according to a scale, and an eight factor is known to cause flight delays or cancellations, as well as offices and stores closing out of schedule.\nQ: Are there in-town airport check-in services in Hong Kong?\nA: Yes, there are such services in Hong Kong, specifically at Kowloon and Central stations on the MRT. And these services allow passengers to check-in for their flight, get a boarding pass and check in their bags which they only get to see again when they arrive at their destination airport.\nQ: Is it convenient to take public transport from the Hong Kong airport to the city center?\nA: The airport is rather far from the city centre but taking public transport is still quite convenient. The Airport Express station is located right within the airport, the train makes a stop halfway to the downtown area and then in Kowloon and Central areas. Travel time is less than thirty minutes and the fare is around 90 HKD.\nQ: Do people need an entry visa for Hong Kong travel?\nA: As of today, there are at least 165 countries whose citizens do not need a visa in order to enter Hong Kong (unless they are coming for pre-arranged employment or any other qualifying factor that requires them to have a visa). On the other hand, there are also many Eastern European and African nationals who do need an entry visa. When planning a trip, it is best to first check with the Hong Kong Immigration Department website.\nQ: Who may be included as \"dependents\" in an expat's application for immigration to Hong Kong?\nA: According to the Hong Kong Immigration Department, an expat's \"dependents\" may include any unmarried children below 18, a spouse, and parents who are not older than 60. The principal applicant should also provide proof of his or her relationship with claimed dependents.\nQ: How long is the processing time for Hong Kong visas?\nA: It depends on the particular type of visa and how satisfied Hong Kong authorities are with the documentation provided. Generally though, processing time can go for about four to six weeks, and all visas must be collected in person.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"These lawyers turn to nature to nurture their bodies and souls\nJenny B. Davis\nRalph Waldo Emerson once wrote that \"the health of the eye seems to demand a horizon.\" For many lawyers, however, sight lines extend only as far as the office door, and the horizon is truncated by walls and window edges. They're in a box, literally and figuratively, held captive by tasks, deadlines, rules, expectations and stress. But these eight lawyers have discovered that to get out of this box, one simply has to get out\u2014to step outside and seek adventure in the great outdoors. Whether on a bike, in a boat, on foot or even on ice skates, they turn to nature to nurture their mental and physical health, finding peace and happiness along their journeys to that horizon.\nOn any given day, environmental lawyer Tom Mullikin might be in the Amazon rain forest discussing a cleanup of a contaminated site, in Alaska scouting a potential project for Global Eco Adventures\u2014the environmental nonprofit he founded\u2014meeting with indigenous leaders in Fiji about the impact of tidal changes, or leading a group of middle schoolers on a hike through South Carolina's Jocassee Gorges. Mullikin has spent his entire professional career actively engaged with environmental issues, educating companies, students, lawyers and lawmakers on how to respect and preserve nature, and how to better understand complex issues such as global environmental management. \"What I do in the outdoors helps me be a better counsel to my clients,\" he says. \"If I have any added value, it's that I am not only thinking about the environment in terms of just the law and legal documents\u2014I've been there, too, and I can offer a holistic approach to what you should do.\"\nMullikin even takes people with him when he can. \"If you're going to talk about the ice melting off Mount Kilimanjaro, the best place to have that conversation is on Mount Kilimanjaro,\" he says. He's taught lawyers about environmental law by taking them diving to feed sharks and observe coral, and he has led groups of climate change researchers on expeditions to Peru, the Great Barrier Reef in Australia and Africa's Namib Desert (all of which he highlighted in a documentary that was broadcast on a national network). He's advised corporations on how they can reduce their environmental impact, while also becoming more profitable. He has studied water-related issues in scuba dives in every ocean on earth including in Antarctica\u2014he's a certified ice diver\u2014and has summited the highest peaks on four continents. (Climbing the highest peaks on the three remaining continents is his next goal, and it's one that's both personal and professional.)\n\"Climbing is the most stress-relieving activity I could ever be involved in,\" he says. \"On summit day, when you're breaking the clouds, it's an experience that stays with you. It's this aspect of climbing mountains, of diving, that I try to bring into focus for my clients, to show them that respecting and protecting the environment can be done in a way that is consistent with solid business principles.\"\nAs a litigator in a construction law firm, Amy M. Emerson specializes in looking into the future, anticipating and preparing for anything and everything that could go wrong. When she leaves the office, however, her strategy is to live in the moment. Which is why she loves trail running. Emerson has always craved the outdoors. Growing up in rural West Texas, she and her family hunted and fished; these days she enjoys kayaking, cycling and hiking. When she turned 30, she took up running, mostly as a way to relieve stress. It wasn't entirely successful. She found that her mind wandered as she ran\u2014and mostly, it wandered back to work. \"To be a creative litigator, you have to be thinking about a lot of things, but you also have to be able to turn it off,\" she says.\nIn 2014, she tried trail running, and the difference was immediate. Navigating often challenging terrain allowed Emerson to find the focus that eluded her on the road. \"When you're on the trail, you have to concentrate all of your attention on what you're doing so you don't fall and bust your face open,\" she says with a laugh. In March, Emerson completed her first trail-running ultramarathon, a 50K trail run in the Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park on the Arizona-Utah border. She had so much fun, she's planning on doing it again, this time along the north rim of the Grand Canyon.\nFor Emerson, the extreme distance was both the challenge and the return. \"Running through these amazingly beautiful places is the biggest reward for me,\" she says. \"You get to see landscapes you would never see unless you went on a multiday hike.\" Emerson always allows herself to stop along the way to absorb the beauty around her. She drinks in the silence and appreciates the peace. Sometimes, she even takes pictures. For her, the accomplishment isn't the time\u2014it's the finish. \"I compete every day in my job, so I don't want to go out there and have to compete. This is the best way to decompress, and it just makes me really happy.\"\nMany lawyers can be described as having \"Type A\" personalities. Kandis Gibson says she's been told she's a \"Type A+.\" During the day, she focuses on Section 337 litigation, a specialized practice she describes as \"IP litigation on steroids.\" Cases often involve multiple parties located across the globe, meaning office hours are long and she's frequently on call 24\/7. Once she exits her office, however, Gibson transforms into a triathlete. For the past four years, she has been competing in triathlons. She started with 5Ks and 10Ks at the age of 30, when she realized she was spending too much time on her couch after work; when a friend died of cancer at 33 and her grandfather was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease, Gibson decided to step up the intensity. \"It's almost like a responsibility that I can do something that many others can't do,\" she explains. \"My grandmother says, 'Don't wait until you're 50 or 60 to do something you want to do,' and that's how I feel when I'm out there running.\"\nLast fall, she completed the Ironman North American Championship in the Woodlands, Texas. The competition was entirely outside. And that, she says, was the fun part. \"The outdoors adds this unknown variable\u2014it adds excitement. You can swim forever in a pool, but when you get outside in the open water, it's spontaneous\u2014anything can happen.\" Biking is her favorite segment of the challenge. \"It's a bigger stretch of time in nature,\" she says. \"Nobody's on a laptop or a phone; it's just beautiful, quiet and peaceful.\"\nWhen training, she likes to bike a path, then run the same route to observe how her perspective changes at different speeds. \"You see the big picture when you're biking, but is there a detail you missed because you were going too fast? Going back, taking the time\u2014it helps you keep an open mind. It focuses your concentration and gives you patience and perspective.\" All of which helps her work performance, she says. \"I know what it's like to find that mental strength, to find inner peace and to work through the problem,\" she says. \"It's kind of awesome to be able to say, 'Difficult client? I just did an Ironman\u2014this will be fine.' \"\nThis article originally appeared in the July 2016 issue of the ABA Journal with this headline: \"Outside Interests: These lawyers turn to nature to nurture their bodies and souls.\"\nJenny B. Davis, a former practicing lawyer, is a freelance writer based in Fort Worth, Texas.\nBy illinoislap 0 Comments\nBook Review: The Lawyers' Light, Daily Meditations for Growth and Recovery\nAlateen \u2013 Recovery for the Whole Family\nWhat Can You Buy for $10?\nSucession Planning and the Coming Senior Tsunami\nWHY I VOLUNTEER \u2013 What Being Part of LAP Means","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Centre for Critical Development Studies\nWhat is International Development Studies?\nHistory of the IDS Program\nIDS Programs\nAfrican Studies Program\nMA Collaborative Specialization\nAbout IDS Co-op\nApplying & Admission Requirements\n2019-2020 Placements\nPrevious Placements\nIDS Placement Partners\nHow Co-op Placement Works\nCo-op Fees\nCo-op FAQ\nFrom students, to students\nAdditional Subject Posts\nTime Management and Stress\nGetting Good Grades\n(Digital) Tools of the trade\nWork & Volunteer Opportunities\nGraduate Associates\nQueen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Scholarship Program\n2019-20 Queen Elizabeth Scholars\nInternational Development Conference\nPapers & Podcasts\nPanels and Talks\nCCDS Debate\nCCDS Newsletter\n\u00bb Congratulations to our 2020 IDS Thesis Award Winners!\nCongratulations to our 2020 IDS Thesis Award Winners!\nThe Centre for Critical Development Studies is pleased to award the 2020 Best Thesis Prize to Alyssa Esparaz and Sana Najafi. Read more about their work below.\nBio: Alyssa Esparaz completed her Honours Bachelor of Arts degree with a specialist in International Development Studies and minors in Anthropology and Political Science. Both personally and professionally, Alyssa is interested in the intersection of faith and development, and her thesis focuses on the relationship between Christian evangelicalism and international development. Alyssa is a passionate writer and communicator, and loves using her skills to inspire action and transformation. Throughout her time in university, Alyssa worked in advocacy and communications at Compassion Canada, including during her 12-month co-op placement. Looking ahead, she will be continuing in a communications role with Compassion Canada, and also hopes to further publish and share her research. In the future, she plans to pursue graduate studies in theology.\nThesis Title: Faithful Development? Examining the (Re)formative Tension at the Intersection of Evangelicalism and International Development\nThesis Abstract: The relationship between evangelicalism and international development is simultaneously rich and contentious\u2014both currently and historically. Yet despite evangelicalism's high levels of engagement with international development, this relationship is not often studied. This thesis examines the tensions and contradictions at the intersection of evangelicalism and international development through the lens of historical institutionalism, and considers how these tensions and contradictions might present opportunity for gradual change in the institution of evangelicalism, despite its strong path dependence. Surveys and interviews were conducted with Canadian-based staff of evangelical international development organizations in order to understand their beliefs and approaches to evangelical international development. This thesis argues that points of tension and contradiction within evangelicalism serve as spaces in which key agents have the opportunity to reform and reproduce the institution of evangelicalism. Many of these points of tension exist at the intersection of evangelicalism and international development, making evangelical international development an important space where gradual institutional change can be promoted within the structural constraints of evangelicalism. This thesis concludes there is opportunity for progressive change within evangelicalism in regard to critical development issues such as decolonization, gender equity and racial justice.\nBio: Sana recently completed her Bachelor of Arts as a specialist in International Development Studies and a double minor in Political Science and Anthropology. As part of her degree, she completed an 8-month placement in Nairobi, Kenya at the Aga Khan University where she served as a Communications Intern to the Networks of Quality Assurance & Teaching and Learning. During her time at UTSC, Sana was involved with various student clubs and activities, including Frontier College, International Development Conference and Amnesty International, as well as intramural soccer and basketball. She also worked at various student service offices including Department of Student Life, Centre for Teaching & Learning and Academic Advising & Career Centre. Throughout her degree she appreciated the breadth and intersectionality of the IDS program, and wanted to explore ways to apply these theories into practical strategies. To pursue this interest, she will begin studying at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law in August 2020 in the Juris Doctor program.\nThesis Title: Canadian Students' Global South Placements: Ethical Dimensions and preparation\nThesis Abstract: Amidst a context of rapid internationalization, particularly in the higher-education industry, opportunities for international experience are becoming increasingly promoted and popularized. There is an emphasis to develop \"global citizens\" who will catalyze change and create meaningful cross-cultural connections. However, understanding the complexities involved when someone from the Global North enters a Global South space requires critical reflection and acknowledgement of power and privilege. This study used in-depth interviews with Canadian students who had long-term placements in the Global South to identify the ethical dilemmas they encountered, and the ways they navigated through them. Through a lens of ethical internationalization, this research aims to identify areas of opportunity and tools for universities and students alike to utilize, to better support reflexivity during their placements. As expectations for the higher education experience continue to change and grow, these findings remain pertinent to ensure solidarity-building and global development. Ultimately this research advocates for improved student preparation which provides well-rounded pre-departure training as well as guided reflections which students can utilize before, during and after their placement to unpack the various challenges and interactions they will face.\nThe Benefits of an IDS Program\nMaking the next wave of Canadian students more globally minded","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"DPRK 360\nAviation Tours\nAviation Tours (German\/Deutsch)\n72 and 144 Hour Chinese Visa\nMonuments, Statues and Memorials\nKaesong and the DMZ\nMyohyangsan\nNampo\nWonsan\nKumgangsan\nHamhung\nPaektusan\nChongjin-Chilbo Region\nUK Foreign Office\nDPRK Fact-file\n- Charity\n- DPRK 360\n- Aviation Tours\n- Aviation Tours (German\/Deutsch)\n- Private Tours\n- 72 and 144 Hour Chinese Visa\n- Overview\n- Pyongyang\n- Monuments, Statues and Memorials\n- Museums\n- Leisure\n- Education and Health\n- Historical Sites\n- Kaesong and the DMZ\n- Myohyangsan\n- Nampo\n- Wonsan\n- Kumgangsan\n- Hamhung\n- Paektusan\n- Chongjin-Chilbo Region\n- Tour Information\n- UK Foreign Office\n- DPRK Fact-file\nHamhung is the second city of the DPRK, with a population of around 770,000 people. It is located on the East coast, around 115 kilometres north of Wonsan. It is an industrial city with large scale heavy industry, chemicals and textile production. There are also some excellent stretches of pristine beaches nearby.\nGrand Monument of Mount Tonghung\nA man-made hill made to elevate the Grand Monument of Kim Il Sung, which was added to recently with a second monument to Kim Jong Il. It provides a great view over the city.\nHamhung Bongung\nThis is the building which once housed the founder of the Ri Dynasty. Within its peaceful grounds are some ancient trees, which, it is said, will bring luck to whoever hugs them! The local guide is well known for her bawdy tales of yesteryear.\nKumchon Pavilion\nBuilt in 1108, it functioned as a command post during times of war, and a watch tower during peacetime. It was first built in the Koryo dynasty and rebuilt in 1613 during the Ri dynasty.\nMajon beach and pleasure grounds\nA relaxing spot on the East coast, the Majon pleasure ground offers a wide, sandy beach to relax.\nRyangchon Temple\nSituated at Rakchon-ri, this temple was built in the year 753, rebuilt in 1636 and enlarged in 1729. It is well known for its size and history, containing within it many preserved relics including paintings of the period.\nHungnam Fertiliser Complex\nHere is a rare chance to see DPRK industry up close. It is possible to take a guided tour of this manufacturing plant where all the processes of production will be explained to you.\n2020 Tour Calendar\n\u00a9 Juche Travel Services 2011-2020. All Rights Reserved.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Why You Should Sell Your Home in 2020\nThe housing market may not be as hot as in previous years, but selling now could be your best bet.\nBy Devon Thorsby, Editor, Real Estate |Jan. 8, 2020, at 9:49 a.m.\nHomeowners looking to sell should consider 2020 a prime opportunity to cash in. (Getty Images)\nFew people are predicting that 2020 will be a record-breaking year for home sale prices.\nThe Guide to Selling Your Home\n[RELATED: The Guide to Selling Your Home]\nBut relatively speaking, 2020 might be the best time to put your house on the market. Especially if you're on the fence about selling this year or next, it may be better to sell in an environment that's more predictable, rather than wait for time to pass and circumstances to change.\nRyan Gorman, president and CEO of Coldwell Banker NRT, predicts that the housing market will be \"increasingly healthy\" in 2020 \u2013 meaning home prices will continue to rise, but at a moderate pace. This means homebuyers are less likely to face affordability issues, and there will be a better balance between supply and demand for housing than in previous years when supply was limited.\nIf you bought your house in the past few years, still love it and don't want to part with it, go ahead and wait another five years before revisiting the thought of selling. But if you're weighing your options to sell and are considering selling this year or next, don't play the waiting game.\n[Read: Buying a House in 2020: What to Know]\nHere are four reasons to sell your house in 2020:\nNew buyers are still entering the market.\nInterest rates are expected to remain low.\nYou have high equity.\nThere's no telling what 2021 holds.\nNew Buyers Are Still Entering the Market\nIf your house is at the higher end of the price range in your market, you should expect less buyer interest than in previous years. If your home is considered in the entry-level or midlevel price range for your city, however, expect to have interested buyers eager to move quickly.\nThe biggest wave of new homebuyers will continue to be millennials, who are mostly first-time homebuyers. But depending on where you live, you may see the youngest generation of adults breaking into homeownership as well. Members of Generation Z, born between 1996 and 2010, are largely still too young to make up a significant portion of the homebuyer market.\nBut Gorman says he's already seeing small numbers of Gen Z homebuyers buying in more affordable Midwestern cities, \"where home prices have grown, but not as dramatically,\" such as Des Moines, Iowa, and Omaha, Nebraska.\n[Read: 7 Home Upgrades That Will Attract First-Time Homebuyers]\nInterest Rates Are Expected to Remain Low\nInterest rates are expected to remain low throughout 2020, which will help new buyers obtain financing for their first home purchase. The Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged in December 2019 with the target range of 1.5% to 1.75% and noted its intention to keep rates as-is throughout 2020.\nWhile the Fed's recommendation plays a role in mortgage interest rates, the interest rate lenders offer to homebuyers varies based on the individual and the market. On Jan. 2, the average interest rate for a 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage was 3.72%. While some fluctuation is expected throughout the year, Daryl Fairweather, chief economist for national real estate brokerage Redfin, predicts mortgage rates will stabilize at about 3.8% this year, which is still low enough to encourage buyers to enter the market.\n\"It's basically setting the stage for a continued rise in home sales,\" says Reese Stewart, a real estate agent with Re\/Max Properties SW and president of the Orlando Regional Realtor Association in Florida.\nLow interest rates aren't just a helpful nudge for would-be buyers to consider your home for purchase. As you look to your next home purchase, you can likely secure a low interest rate as well.\nYou Have High Equity\nIf you've been in your home for more than a couple years, you've been building equity as the property value increases and you make consistent mortgage payments. The more equity you have in your home, the more profit you'll likely see when you sell the property. That, in turn, can be used for a larger down payment on your next house, other expenses or savings.\n\"Especially for someone who bought post-recession, they're in a good place to sell right now,\" Stewart says.\nWhether you're hoping to step up into a larger home or a more desirable neighborhood, significant equity in your current home can only help, making you a more desirable prospect to both mortgage lenders and home sellers considering offers.\nBut you'll likely need to sell your current home before closing on a new one. With this in mind, Wendy Gilch founded Selling Later, a real estate marketing platform that allows homeowners to post their property information and photos prior to listing it for sale, noting the planned listing date. This service, launched in Gilch's hometown of Pittsburgh but now available nationwide, can help sellers figure out their timeline over the next few months.\n\"That dream home down the street is selling in June \u2013 maybe that's a good time to put your home on the market,\" Gilch says.\nThere's No Telling What 2021 Holds\nAccording to the National Association for Business Economics Outlook Survey for December 2019, none of the 53 professional forecasters surveyed expect a recession in 2020, though GDP growth is expected to slow. On the other hand, 2021 is a different story: Respondents estimate a 66% chance of a recession starting by mid-2021.\nThere's no need to fear a massive housing crisis like the one that occurred in the last recession, which lasted from December 2007 until June 2009. Home values may dip during a time of economic uncertainty, especially in areas where job loss is significant, and the number of foreclosures may increase during that time. But as long as you can continue making mortgage payments, you'll be fine.\n[Read: How to Buy a House Before a Recession]\nDuring a recession, however, you'll be less likely to want to put your home on the market at a reduced price unless it's absolutely necessary. So if you're starting to feel the itch to move, consider selling this year as opposed to next, because economic changes may make a home sale in 2021 less desirable.\nKeep in mind, however, that you still have time in 2020 to make necessary updates to your home, prepare for a move and find the right new property. Rather than putting it out of your mind, start preparing now.\n\"In some markets, (sellers and buyers) have under 50 days to do everything,\" Gilch says. If you starting planning months in advance, however, you may feel better prepared to ready your home for sale \u2013 and you won't feel pressured to make a snap decision.\n10 Interior Design Trends for 2020\nIt may be time to update your decor.\nYou may not be moving into a new house in 2020, but you can make your home feel new again by taking stock of each room and updating the design. You may want to make your living room more functional by finding a better furniture layout, brighten up a guest bedroom with new paint or go big with a full renovation of your kitchen for a more modern style. To make any design changes a success, however, you'll want to know what styles will become more popular in 2020 and what fads are on their way out. Here are 10 interior design trends to consider in 2020.\nUpdated on Dec. 6, 2019: This story was published at an earlier date and has been updated with new information.\nZen dens break up floor plans.\nOpen floor plans may be here to stay, but many homeowners are interested in creating a room that lets you separate yourself from the goings-on in the rest of the house. For some people, open floor plans are \"too open,\" says Tim Bakke, publishing director of online home and design plan company The Plan Collection, based in Scarsdale, New York. \"If you have the TV on in the living room, everyone in the kitchen and the dining room is hearing it and seeing it.\" Bakke says separate, closed-off living spaces called \"zen dens,\" are ideal for reading a book or having a more private conversation, and he thinks they'll gain popularity in the coming year. \"It's not splitting up the house, but you have someplace where you can kind of get away from it,\" Bakke says.\nMaster suites expand.\nAs wellness gains emphasis, more homeowners are looking at spaces where they'll most likely benefit. As a result, master bedrooms and bathrooms are getting more love. \"Maybe a little bit of square footage is taken away from other parts of the house and put into the master suite,\" Bakke says. Whether it's to expand the bathroom and add a soaking tub or to make room for a sitting area in the bedroom, homeowners are considering their bedrooms as a space where they can spend more time beyond sleeping and getting ready for the day.\nInside and outside continue to blend.\nOutdoor living has been gaining popularity over the last few years, and designers continue to see blurring the line between outdoor and indoor as a desire among homeowners. Gena Kirk, vice president of design for homebuilding company KB Home, based in Los Angeles, describes successful interpretations of the trend as \"extending the great room into the backyard,\" which not only makes entertaining easier, but also allows you to relax on comfortable seating on the patio when the weather is nice. For homes that experience colder seasons, a fire pit, outdoor fireplace or outdoor heaters allow for snuggling under a blanket while still enjoying the outdoor living space when the weather is chilly.\nOrganic elements are here to stay.\nIndoor plants have made a resurgence in recent years because they add life to a space. Meanwhile organic elements are expanding into furniture and decor as designers incorporate more natural wood tables, natural fiber rugs, coral, dried flowers and branches into decor. While these items are no longer living, they offer a connection to nature and the outdoors. Keep an eye out for sisal, jute or seagrass rugs, which can be found at major retailers like Home Depot, Ikea and Wayfair. While it's easy to find faux coral tabletop decor, you need to read product descriptions carefully to find real coral for purchase.\nWallpaper and texture provide depth.\nRather than sticking to traditional eggshell wall finishes and basic cotton throw pillows, design experts are looking to patterns and textures to make rooms feel more dynamic and personal. Interior designers particularly encourage wallpaper in a half bathroom, where you can have a bit more fun without overwhelming the space. Wallpaper is making a comeback in other parts of the house as well. Barbara Kavovit, CEO and founder of Evergreen Construction in New York City, says wallpapering a room makes a great do-it-yourself project, requiring little skill \u2013 just the patience to do it right. You can also experiment with texture on walls, whether it means creating a faux stucco look with plaster and paint or incorporating upholstered panels or reclaimed wood.\nVelvet becomes a staple.\nVelvet is becoming a preferred furniture fabric over microfiber or leather, since it offers a soft texture that looks luxurious in bright, bold colors. Expect to see more bedding accessories and throw pillows in velvet, which can provide additional texture in a bedroom or living room. This trend isn't just for winter, either \u2013 if it's the right color and paired with other textures and materials, velvet works in a room year-round. Light pink or mustard velvet pairs well with just about any color.\nBlue is the color to incorporate.\nBoth Pantone and paint company Sherwin Williams have announced that their colors of the year for 2020 are dark shades of blue: \"classic blue\" for Pantone and \"naval\" for Sherwin Williams. Dark and navy blues can serve as neutral colors for a room and pair well with lighter colors, bold jewel tones and even metallics for an art deco look. Lighter blues and greens are also popping up more in furniture, decor and paint palettes, which can make for a soft look or a bold statement in different combinations. As a wall color, navy creates a darker setting, leaving room to play around with lighter neutrals and pops of color in the decor. It can also be used as an accent in a lighter room.\nSay goodbye to gray.\nIf you've been watching HGTV renovation shows or have toured homes at just about any point over the last decade, you know that gray has been the go-to neutral for walls, furniture and even home exteriors. But over the last couple of years, other neutrals have been threatening gray's domination of the color market. \"Those very cool grays \u2013 they're dying. They've been dying. Everything's starting to warm up,\" Kirk says. Interior designers are seeing a return to shades of brown and beige, as well as navy, to offer a warmer palette. Don't be afraid of looking outdated if you use gray in your color scheme for a room, but if your entire house is painted in the same gray shade, it's time to add some variation.\nComputer rooms are out; charging stations are in.\nIf you're still dedicating part of your kitchen to house the family desktop computer or it has its own designated room, rethink that space. With everyone using laptops, tablets and smart phones to browse the internet, do homework and pay bills, there's no need to take up space with a bulky desktop that no one's using. A family computer room can be converted into the \"zen den\" your house has been missing, a guest bedroom or another space your family would use more. But there's still something you can do for the family electronics: \"Phone, tablets \u2013 all those things need to be charged,\" Bakke says. He recommends creating a charging station with enough outlets to plug in multiple devices, located in a common drop zone where people enter and exit the house like the mud room.\nMinimalism moves over.\nPeople still like clean lines, but these days designers are seeing more homeowners embrace eclectic decor styles, with modern vases and bowls as well as imperfect antiques that add variety. While a simplistic, uncluttered look is still popular, designers and homeowners now look to \"incorporate focal points with an older piece,\" says Jim DiGiacomo, board member for Olde Good Things, an architectural salvage store based in New York City. Flea markets and antique stores are prime shopping targets. The opportunity to find one-of-a-kind pieces has expanded online as well, as eBay, Etsy and more specialized stores like Olde Good Things offer extensive online inventories, allowing you to find vintage prints, vases and even architectural gems like mantels, doors and ceiling tiles to incorporate in a room remodel or new home design.\nInterior design trends to keep an eye out for in 2020 include:\nZen dens break up open floor plans.\nSee more Real Estate slideshows:\nDon't Call the Handyman: 9 Quick Fixes You Can Do Yourself\n19 Essential Tools a DIYer Should Have\n9 Childproofing Musts for Your House\nUpdated on Jan. 8, 2020: This story was published at an earlier date and has been updated with new information.\nTags: real estate, housing market, home prices, housing, existing home sales, pending home sales, new home sales, mortgages, interest rates\nDevon Thorsby is the Real Estate editor at U.S. News & World Report, where she writes consumer-focused articles about the homebuying and selling process, home improvement, tenant rights and the state of the housing market.\nShe has appeared in media interviews across the U.S. including National Public Radio, WTOP (Washington, D.C.) and KOH (Reno, Nevada) and various print publications, as well as having served on panels discussing real estate development, city planning policy and homebuilding.\nPreviously, she served as a researcher of commercial real estate transactions and information, and is currently a member of the National Association of Real Estate Editors. Thorsby studied Political Science at the University of Michigan, where she also served as a news reporter and editor for the student newspaper The Michigan Daily. Follow her on Twitter or write to her at dthorsby@usnews.com.\nDevon Thorsby | Jan. 15, 2020\nNo other state offers such a variety of places to live and job opportunities, but expect to pay more.\nWhich Home Is the Best Layout for You?\nBefore you buy or build a home, consider how the footprint and floor plan fit with your lifestyle.\nWhat to Know Before Renovating a Garage\nDeanna Haas | Jan. 6, 2020\nA garage renovation can add value to your home \u2013 here's what you should keep in mind before starting the project.\nBest Interior Design Instagram Accounts\nDevon Thorsby | Jan. 3, 2020\nThese interior design Instagram accounts offer advice, inspiration and resources to elevate your home design.\nIs an Open House Necessary?\nWendy Arriz | Jan. 3, 2020\nThe traditional open house format is still popular, but whether it's effective in helping sell your home may depend on the type of property.\nHygge Decor Ideas for Your Home\nDevon Thorsby | Dec. 27, 2019\nAchieve the cozy feeling that embodies Danish hygge in your home design.\nWhat to Know About Moving to Dallas\nBefore you decide to move to Dallas, explore all your options in this expansive metro area.\nOptions When You Can't Pay Your Mortgage\nLisa Larson | Dec. 24, 2019\nFinancial difficulty can leave you unable to pay your mortgage, but that doesn't always mean you're facing foreclosure.\nWhat to Know Before Moving to Colorado\nGet your hiking boots \u2013 and your wallet \u2013 ready for a new life in Colorado.\nWhat Is the Cost of Living in Boston?\nDima Williams | Dec. 20, 2019\nHere is what it takes to afford to buy, rent and live in the capital of Massachusetts.\nBest Places to Live With Climate Change\nSee which metro areas are more resilient to changing climate conditions.\nHousing Market Expectations in 2020\nLow mortgage rates will help homebuyers afford property, while sellers won't see much reason to move.\nBest and Worst Design Trends of the '10s\nRobin Kencel | Dec. 13, 2019\nTake a look at the 2010s fads that have transformed into staples, and others that are best left in the past.\nWhat Is the Cost of Living in Seattle?\nHere's a breakdown of what you need to be able to afford living in and around Seattle.\nIs a Condo, Townhouse or Co-Op Best?\nSteven Gottlieb | Dec. 11, 2019\nDifferent forms of ownership have pros and cons, depending on how you plan to use the property.\nDesign Trends to Look Out for in 2020\nDevon Thorsby | Dec. 6, 2019\nWhich design trends are on their way in, and which ones should you ditch in 2020?\nWhat to Know About Moving to Nashville\nExamine the details that can help you decide if you should move to Nashville, and what to expect when you get there.\nIssues to Spot in a Final Walk-Through\nDeanna Haas | Nov. 25, 2019\nBoth buyers and sellers should be aware of the issues that can arise during a final home walk-through.\nShould You Buy a House With Cash?\nDevon Thorsby | Nov. 22, 2019\nBefore you go all-in with your money, consider these caveats to paying for a home with cash.\nHow to Stay Safe While Selling Your Home\nDima Williams | Nov. 22, 2019\nFrom defensive landscaping to forming an LLC, here's how to guard your property and identity while selling your house.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Pope L.'s \"Flint Water Project\" at What Pipeline @ Hyperallergic\nDETROIT \u2014 In 2014 the city of Flint, Michigan decided (while under emergency financial management) to enact a cost-saving measure that temporarily switched the municipal water source from Lake Huron to the Flint River. The pH of this new water interacted toxically with Flint's aging infrastructure, resulting in the mass lead-poisoning of a large cross-section of an already embattled citizenry. Despite numerous complaints raised by consumers immediately following the switch, Flint city authorities continued to reassure residents that the water was safe to drink well into the following year, when it came to light that in fact the water contained lead levels that were, in some cases, dozens or hundreds of times higher than the Environmental Protection Agency's safety threshold. Flint officials have also been implicated in fatal outbreaks of Legionnaires' disease due to the contaminated water.\nFast-forward to 2017. Though issues with the water source and wider system have ostensibly been corrected, there are lingering concerns about the damage continuing as a result of the destabilized chemistry in the pipes of residential homes, not to mention the damaged trust of a citizenry that is reluctant to believe any official word from the city at this point, and the catastrophic implications of a generation of Flint children impacted by lead poisoning and listeria, while research about other complications is ongoing. Still, public attention paid to Flint waned amid so many other disasters \u2014 who can keep up?\nEnter Chicago-based social practice artist Pope.L, who came to Detroit by invitation of experimental gallery What Pipeline to perform an intervention of his choosing. He chose to use his platform and cachet as an artist to highlight the ongoing concerns of Flint residents with the Flint Water Project.\nOctober 17, 2017 Sarah Sharp Writing art as social intervention, Flint water crisis, Flint Water Project, Pope L., What Pipeline","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"The British Film\nNetwork Releasing\nMemoirs of a Survivor\nJulie Christie stars in an award-winning adaptation of Doris Lessing's famous dystopian novel. This complex, haunting science-fiction feature \u2013 screened in the Un Certain Regard section of the Cannes Film Festival in 1981 \u2013 is presented in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio.\nSet in Britain at an unspecified point in the near-future, Memoirs of a Survivor tells the story of 'D', a housewife trying to carry on after a cataclysmic war that has left society in a state of collapse. Rubbish is piled high in the streets among near-derelict buildings covered with graffiti; the electricity supply is variable, and water is now collected from a van. 'D' spends her time examining her relations with authority, with the marauding gangs of brutalised children who roam the streets, and with Emily, the traumatised, orphaned teenager who is delivered into her care.\n[] Original Theatrical Trailer\n[] Image Gallery\n[] Promotional Material PDFs\nDavid Gladwell\nChristopher Tsangarides\n1.85:1 \/ 2.35:1 \/ Colour\nMono \/ English\n2 \/ PAL\n111 mins approx\nCustomer Order and Product Related Enquiries\nshop@networkonair.com\nBy signing up to our newsletter you are agreeing to our privacy policy\n\u00a9 2017 Network Distributing Limited\n\u00d7This website users cookies. By continuing to use this website you consent to our use of these cookies to improve your user experience, find out more.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Share this Story: Man jeered as cop rescues tot from locked, sweltering car\nMan jeered as cop rescues tot from locked, sweltering car\nDALE CARRUTHERS \u2022 QMI Agency\nJun 01, 2014 \u2022 June 1, 2014 \u2022 1 minute read\nLONDON, ONT.\nAngry onlookers hurled catcalls at a man as he was arrested and accused of leaving a toddler inside a sweltering car in the parking lot of a mall.\nAn ugly scene started after police arrived at White Oaks Mall when someone reported a baby alone in a locked vehicle about 4 p.m. Saturday, said witness Bob Neilly, 57.\nHe was part a small crowd that gathered around a parked car, in which a boy was locked with the windows rolled up.\nNeilly said a police cruiser with sirens and flashing lights raced into the parking lot and a quick-thinking officer smashed the passenger window with his baton then unlocked the doors.\nA second officer plucked the 14-month-old from the back seat on the driver's side.\n\"The kid looked very pale. He was just soaking wet with sweat, like his hair was all matted down,\" Neilly said. \"He looked a little despondent.\"\nSoon afterwards, four people -- a man, an older woman and two children -- approached the car, Neilly said. Police spoke to the man briefly, then handcuffed and arrested him.\nThat's when the jeering began, Neilly said, the crowd shouting that the man should be ashamed and shouldn't have children.\n\"It was quite heated,\" Neilly said.\nAn ambulance arrived soon after that and paramedics drove the toddler to hospital for treatment. Police said his condition wasn't life-threatening.\nInvestigators wouldn't say how long the child was left in the car.\nEnvironment Canada records show the outside temperature at the time was 24 degrees; however, on a sunny day, the temperature inside a closed car would have been several degrees higher, even after only a few minutes.\nA London man is charged with endangering a child. Investigators didn't say whether the man is the boy's father.\ndale.carruthers@sunmedia.ca\nTwitter.com\/DaleatLFPress\nMan jeered as cop rescues tot from locked, sweltering car Back to video","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"SWOCdrag\nVideo: Cyclist grabs tow from lorry on dual carriageway\nFootage was shot in Wolverhampton earlier this week\nWed, Apr 10, 2019 19:36\nFootage has emerged of a cyclist getting a tow from a truck on the A41 dual carriageway in Wolverhampton \u2013 and apparently, it's not the first time he has done it.\nAccording to the London Economic, the footage was shot on Monday afternoon, and at times the presence of tram tracks also create an additional danger for the rider.\nThe cyclist was filmed by Garry Faulkner, who was passenger in a vehicle travelling behind the cyclist and the sewage truck he was hitching a lift from.\nHe said: \"He pulled directly in front of the van I was in at the lights and we thought it looked strange.\n\"We then saw him grab a handle on the back of the truck and off they went. \"He was travelling around 35 mph for about a mile-ish.\n\"It was very dangerous, especially as he was riding along the city tram lines. \"His wheel nearly drops in the tram line towards the end of the video.\n\"He was laughing as he saw us filming and seems quite a cheeky character.\n\"Apparently he's been seen doing it before on that road,\" he added.\nBack in 2014, we published footage of a cyclist using his own pedal power to draft a lorry at 40 mph in Manchester.\nJust a week later featured the Brazilian daredevil Evandro Portelo who attached a GoPro to the back of a moving lorry then, together with a friend, pedalled up to a speed of 77 mph.\nHolding onto a moving motor vehicle while cycling is not only inadvisable, but can also be considered as a criminal offence.\nLast week we reported of how cyclist Colin Jones submitted footage of a road rage incident but ended up being found guilty of careless cycling and fined because his video showed him holding onto a moving car as he remonstrated with the driver.\ndual carriageway\nlorry\ndubwise 0 sec ago\n\"The ugly...\neburtthebike 2 min 36 sec ago\nAnd, just to prove the point, here's a BBC article where they did a commuter race, and nobody here will be surprised that the bicycle won. But...\nBadgerBeaver 9 min 49 sec ago\nNot surprising frankly, and not unjustified. ...\nHmm... fine for the UK....\ndst 25 min 40 sec ago\nhawkinspeter 28 min ago\nchrisonatrike 1 hour 15 min ago","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Sixmania.com\nYour Place for Everything SixMan Football\nRankings & Spreads\nState Rankings\nTX Divisional Rankings\nDistrict Standings\nUIL Division I\nUIL Division II\nPosted on December 20, 2017 by Cowboy Parks\nStrawn Steamrolls Balmorhea in Division II Championship\nPhoto by Pat Carrigan\nArticle by Garrett Ross\nArlington, Texas- The last time a Vance Jones coached team met a Dewaine Lee coached team in the state championship, it was Vance's team that came out on top, but this time the tide had turned. Dewaine's Strawn Greyhounds raced past Vance's Balmorhea Bears 78-42, to capture the school's third state championship.\nThe Bears only needed two plays from scrimmage, before they took the lead. Kyle Garcia broke loose on a 63 yard touchdown run and Balmorhea went up 8-0. Strawn was quick to respond after just three plays, when Carlos Villanueva eluded the Bears defense for a 35 yard touchdown run.\nHistory would be made on the ensuing PAT, as K-Lani Nava drilled the PAT to tie the game at 8-8. Nava became the first female football player in UIL history to play in a State Championship. K-Lani Nava contributed 18 of the Greyhounds 78 points, in her record setting performance.\nKyle Garcia added two more touchdowns before halftime for Balmorhea on runs from 3 and 28 yards out. Tanner Hodgkins was the Greyhounds workhorse, as he scored three rushing touchdowns in the first half.\nHodgkins first touchdown of the game was from 4 yards out, but the junior displayed his breakaway speed on the next two, which were from 50 and 49 yards out. The Greyhounds tacked on one more score before the clock expired for intermission, on a 30 yard pitch and catch from Carlos Villanueva to Gavin Duncan.\nBalmorhea could only muster up one touchdown in the third quarter, while Strawn erupted for three touchdowns. The Greyhounds hit the Bears with a trifecta of offensive weapons, which made it tough on the Balmorhea defense. Carlos Villanueva and Julian Fraga found the end zone with their legs, while Villanueva hit Hodgkins on a 37 yard air strike.\nKyle Garcia carried the Bears in the fourth quarter with a pair of touchdown runs from 5 and 34 yards out, but Balmorhea's defense was unable to slow down the Greyhounds offense, who countered with two more touchdowns of their own.\nThe Greyhounds return the bulk of their playmakers for the 2018 season and Strawn will remain in Division 2 after realignment. The Greyhounds will definitely be a force to be reckoned with next year and should enter the season as favorites to repeat.\nPrevious PostPrevious Borden County Repeats Under The Bright Lights Of AT&T Stadium\nNext PostNext Legal Notice of Dissolution of Partnership","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"CDC advisers recommend Pfizer's COVID vaccine for kids ages 5 to 11\nby: Nexstar Media Wire, The Associated Press\nPosted: Nov 2, 2021 \/ 04:39 PM CDT \/ Updated: Nov 2, 2021 \/ 04:39 PM CDT\nFILE \u2013 This October 2021, photo provided by Pfizer shows kid-size doses of its COVID-19 vaccine in Puurs, Belgium. (Pfizer via AP, File)\n(AP) \u2013 An influential advisory panel on Tuesday recommended kid-size doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5 to 11, putting the U.S. on the brink of a major expansion of vaccinations. A final decision was expected within hours.\nThe Food and Drug Administration already has OK'd the kid-size doses \u2014 just a third of the amount given to teens and adults \u2014 as safe and effective for the younger age group. But the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention formally recommends who should receive FDA-cleared vaccines \u2014 and its advisers unanimously decided Pfizer's shots should be opened to 28 million youngsters.\nIf the CDC's director, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, signs off as expected, it will mark the first opportunity for Americans under 12 to get the powerful protection of any COVID-19 vaccine.\n\"Today is a monumental day in the course of this pandemic,\" Walensky told the advisory panel as it began its deliberations earlier Tuesday.\nDelta plus variant found in 8 states, including Massachusetts\nShe said while the risk of severe disease and death is lower in young children than adults, it is real \u2014 and that COVID-19 has had a profound social, mental health and educational impact on youngsters, including widening disparities in learning.\n\"There are children in the second grade who have never experienced a normal school year,\" Walensky said. \"Pediatric vaccination has the power to help us change all of that.\"\nPediatricians in parts of the country are ready to start getting shots into little arms as soon as they get the final OK, as Pfizer already has begun shipping millions of doses to states, doctors' offices and pharmacies.\nMany pediatricians and parents have clamored for protection for youngsters so they can resume normal childhood activities without risking their own health \u2014 or fear bringing the virus home to a more vulnerable family member.\nWhite House press secretary Psaki says she has COVID-19\nAnd several panelists who've cared for hospitalized youngsters said they want parents with questions to know the shots are safe and far better than gambling their child will escape a coronavirus infection.\n\"I have vaccinated my kids,\" said CDC adviser Dr. Helen Keipp Talbot of Vanderbilt University, saying she wouldn't recommend something for other families unless she was comfortable with it for her own. \"We have seen the devastation of this disease.\"\nIn the U.S., there have been more than 8,300 hospitalizations of kids ages 5 to 11, about a third requiring intensive care, according to government data. The CDC has recorded at least 94 deaths in that age group, with additional reports under investigation.\nAnd while the U.S. has seen a recent downturn in COVID-19 cases, experts are worried about another uptick with holiday travel and as winter sends more activity indoors where it's easier for the coronavirus to spread.\nPfizer's kid shots contain a third of the vaccine dose that's already been used to vaccinate millions of people 12 and older. The 5- to 11-year-olds will receive two shots, three weeks apart, the same schedule as everyone else \u2014 but a smaller amount in each shot, using a smaller needle.\nA study of 2,268 youngsters found the kid-size vaccine is nearly 91% effective at preventing symptomatic COVID-19 \u2014 based on 16 diagnoses among kids given dummy shots compared to just three who got the real vaccination.\nCDC officials calculated that for every 500,000 kids this age vaccinated, between 18,000 and 58,000 COVID-19 cases would be prevented, and prevent anywhere from 80 to 226 hospitalizations.\nThe FDA examined more children, a total of 3,100 who were vaccinated, in concluding the shots are safe. The younger children experienced similar or fewer reactions \u2014 such as sore arms, fever or achiness \u2014 than teens or young adults get after larger doses.\nThat study wasn't large enough to detect any extremely rare side effects, such as the heart inflammation that occasionally occurs after the second full-strength dose, mostly in young men and teen boys. Regulators ultimately decided the benefits from vaccination outweigh the potential that younger kids getting a smaller dose also might experience that rare risk.\nSome of CDC's advisers said for some parents, deciding to get their children vaccinated may hinge on that small but scary risk.\n\"The risk of some sort of bad heart involvement is much higher if you get COVID than if you get this vaccine,\" Dr. Matthew Oster, a pediatric cardiologist at Emory University, told the panel. \"COVID is much riskier to the heart.\"\nLast week, FDA's advisers struggled with whether every young child needed a vaccine. Youngsters hospitalized with COVID-19 are more likely to have high-risk conditions such as obesity or diabetes \u2014 but otherwise healthy children can get seriously ill, too, and the CDC's advisers ultimately recommended the shots for all of them.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"A Fantastic Woman (original title Una Mujer Fant\u00e1stica) (Chile, 2017). Directed by Sebasti\u00e1n Lelio. Screenplay by Sebasti\u00e1n Lelio and Gonzalo Maza. Starring Daniela Vega, Francisco Reyes, Luis Gnecco. In Spanish with English subtitles.\nI've been around long enough to remember when the only transwomen in movies were either serial killers, victims of severe beatings or the butt of man-in-a-dress jokes. It's hard to imagine that level of transphobia returning to the screen, but as Marina's experience in A Fantastic Woman shows, there are still a few people who don't like us much.\nMarina is a singer and a transwoman in a loving relationship with an older man. One night she wakes to find him sitting on the edge of the bed in some distress. Before her panic filled drive to the hospital, he manages to injure himself further by falling down a flight of stairs. Once at the hospital, she receives news that Orlando has died on the operating tale. She is stunned with grief and a simultaneous awareness of the delicate position she is in. She phones his brother Gabo first, knowing he's the most sympathetic member of Orlando's family. He knowingly asks if she's phoned anyone else and when she says no, he tells her not to worry, that he'll take care of it. Under duress and not knowing what to do, she flees the hospital but is brought back by the police under suspicion she may have been involved in her lover's demise. Thus begin her confrontations with the police and Orlando's family.\nMarina moves from a position of respect for the family to open defiance after they repeatedly abuse her and resolutely refuse to allow her to grieve with them. The film is about grief as much as it is about Marina's experience as a transwoman. No one in the family takes the love she and Orlando had for each other seriously. It's this need to affirm her right to grieve that propels Marina and is the true emotional centre of the film. Her right to dignity is simply the visible byproduct of this journey.\nThe police first suggest she's a prostitute and then send a do-gooder detective from the Sexual Offenses Unit who torments Marina with a physical examination because she callously chooses not to believe that she was not physically abused. (The striking physical similarity betwen Orlando's abusive ex-wife and the supposedly helpful police detective suggest they are not that different.) The family refuses to believe their brother, father, and ex-husband fell in love with a transwoman and behave abominably.\nThere is so much texture to this film. It's a movie that bears watching again, if only for the craftsmanship that went into it. The scene in which Marina finds herself in front of workmen moving a large plate glass mirror slips seamlessly into surrealism as she sees the world flowing around her in distorted shapes and movement. This mirror image is common throughout the film. In a thoughtful scene late in the movie. Marina sits nude on her bed with a round mirror over her crotch. What she has down there has been the subject of intense curiosity and scrutiny by the cisgender people who have harassed her. What the director Lelio has done with this scene is brilliant. We do not know what is under the mirror and Marina sees only herself there. What is underneath does not matter.\nThe pan shots of Marina moving through her landscapes are similarly well thought out and wonderfully composed. Virtually all of them reflect her inner feelings. The scene in which she is leaning at a 45 degree angle and is brought to a standstill by a furious wind is so effective it was used in the movie's trailer. There are others too which are less dramatic, and which I first took to be literal, but which are also symbolic. After her attempt to visit Orlando's funeral goes horribly wrong, her walk through a derelict urban landscape of broken down, graffiti marked fences, rubble strewn empty lots and derelict buildings reflects her own inner devastation.\nTrans people will immediately recognize the liminal world in which Marina lives. She moves from spaces of acceptance to spaces of hostility. A cleaning woman calls her ma'am and apologizes for not being able to help her. A barista stares at her coldly while Marina orders coffee. It is the exhausting world we live in that simple human interactions cisgender people take for granted become fraught with uncertainty and even peril.\nHer need to discover what was in Orlando's sauna locker forces her through a highly gendered space in which she undresses in the women's side and then must make her way through hallways and rooms while transforming herself into a presentable male in order to access the men's locker room. It becomes a kind of harrowing reverse transition, the emotional impact of which surely only trans people can fully understand.\nDaniela Vega is excellent in the role of Marina. Since Vega is virtually in every scene and was largely an inexperienced actress, director Lelio has acknowledged it was a risk granting her the lead role. However her performance and her authenticity gave him the freedom to create what he calls a \"trans-genre film about a transgender woman.\"\nIf I had one quibble, it was the use early in the movie of Aretha Franklin's (You Make Me Feel) Like a Natural Woman. It seemed too clumsy and obvious for a film that is otherwise so rich and subtle.\nA Fantastic Woman has been nominated for an Oscar for best foreign language film.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Linda Ikeji TV\nLinda Ikeji TV for iOS\nBy Linda Ikeji Free\nBy Linda Ikeji\nLinda Ikeji TV is a video on demand platform that offers you amazing shows and original content. Watch the best of African reality shows, TV shows, TV series, documentaries and movies on LITV. Taking African content to the world.\nRelease January 13, 2020\nDate Added January 13, 2020\nRakuten Viki: TV Dramas & Movies\nBe entertained with a variety of TV shows and movies from Korea, China, Japan, Taiwan and Thailand.\nWatch and record live TV from top broadcast & cable networks such as ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, ESPN, FX & more.\nOnDemandKorea: Watch Korean TV\nWatch the most recent and popular Korean dramas, movies, and a variety of programs.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Meet Carlo Scissura, the New Head of the New York Building Congress\nBy Terence Cullen February 8, 2017 10:30 am\nCarlo Scissura. Photo: Liam Sharp\/for Commercial Observer\nIt's a damp Friday morning, and Carlo Scissura is at his desk in NoMad.\nAt this point, he has barely two weeks on the job as the new president and chief executive officer of the New York Building Congress\u2014having held the same positions at the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce. But on his mind, and nearly everyone else's, is the inauguration of Donald Trump, which is minutes away from starting.\nA TV to Scissura's right plays NY1's live coverage of the event. In case he missed a second of it, there is also a feed of the event displayed on The New York Times homepage on a computer to his left.\nFor a career Democratic operative like Scissura, this would probably be the point of a nightmare when one awakes, drenched in sweat and gasping for air. But for the New York City construction industry's newest advocate, he chooses to see it as big moment for his organization, which counts more than 400 companies representing 250,000 professionals as members.\n\"It's an exciting time, obviously, to be running a citywide organization with all the changes,\" Scissura, 46, told Commercial Observer last month. \"We're watching the inauguration of a New Yorker who talks about infrastructure, so that's exciting. I want the Building Congress to lead the infrastructure discussion. We will plan to be in Washington to meet with the people who are going to be making the decisions on nationwide infrastructure planning.\"\nIndeed, Scissura plans to continue the Building Congress' push for more public works investment in the region, along with several other policy issues it has advocated for during the current building boom. The son of Brooklyn, who spent more than four years as the chief of staff to former Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, said he wants to take a stronger citywide approach to the Building Congress as more Manhattan-based developers look to build in his home borough as well as the neighboring Queens.\nHis ascension to the job follows an almost yearlong search to replace Richard Anderson, who led the Building Congress since 1994 before stepping down in December 2016. Scissura, the single father of a 22-month-old daughter who lives in Dyker Heights, has big shoes to fill in succeeding someone widely credited with reviving the 96-year-old trade group. But Anderson and others who know Scissura well say his background in politics, his training as an attorney and his tact for advocacy made him the best person to address the needs of the Building Congress in 2017.\n\"He was a powerful voice for Brooklyn\u2014a constant cheerleader,\" said Timothy King, the managing partner of Downtown Brooklyn-based CPEX Real Estate and a board member of the chamber. \"He's someone people look up to and listen to. I have no doubt that he'll be a strong advocate, an ally and an asset to the Building Congress.\"\nNow that he's in the job, Scissura has big plans for how to take the organization to the next level (but, he said, he's being pragmatic about it). The construction industry is indeed at a peak, with about $42.1 billion in spending projected for 2017, according to research Scissura's organization is known for regularly churning out. Since a great deal of that has spread to the outer boroughs, he said the Building Congress will launch a \"Five Borough Initiative\" that helps explore development opportunities.\n\"There's just a lot in the boroughs that I don't think we've touched yet,\" he said. \"And we should be the leading organization creating these opportunities for my members, so they can build and create jobs and do everything they do.\"\nAnd membership is his other priority, as it's the bread and butter (and a major revenue source at a minimum $1,650 per membership) of what makes the Building Congress what it is. In his first few weeks on the job, the organization has added 22 new members such as brokerage Douglas Elliman, accounting firm Ernst & Young and infrastructure builder Meridiam. If he can get 50 to 75 new members between January and December, it will have been a good first year, he said. (He keeps 12 whiteboards on a wall of his office opposite his desk\u2014one each to list all the new members signed in a given month over the next year.)\n\"The thing I look at all day long is not a window, is not a TV, it's members,\" he said. \"I believe clearly we are a membership organization. I work for all my members and I want to see who the new members are.\"\nHis last four-plus years at the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce are evidence of his ability to grow membership. Scissura said when he got to the business group in September 2012 there were 720 members; in December 2016, when he left, there were 2,250.\n\"He's able to keep a lot of balls in the air at the same time,\" said Anderson, now an independent consultant whose clients include the Building Congress. \"That's a very important characteristic for someone to run a diverse membership association.\"\nAs the televised procession continues on to the inaugural platform, Scissura calls to a colleague passing by his office to ask a question. He and a few associates confirm that Iris Weinshall, the chief operating officer of the New York Public Library and former New York City Department of Transportation commissioner, is on TV. Weinshall, also the wife of fellow Brooklynite and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, is at the time standing near to outgoing First Lady Michelle Obama.\nRichard Anderson spent 22 years leading the Building Congress before stepping down in December 2016. Photo: Kaitlyn Flanagan\/Commercial Observer\nIf anyone might know who she is, it's Scissura. His career up until this point has been about knowing who people in government are, to cultivate relationships with them and to make a given case should the need arise.\nHis real emergence to the political scene\u2014when he really got to know the business community\u2014was in 2008, when he took over as Markowitz's chief of staff in the twilight of his second term. What should have been a maybe one-year stint before Markowitz left office turned into more than four working with Markowitz (otherwise term-limited city politicians were allowed to seek a third term in 2009). He described Markowitz\u2014\"Mr. Brooklyn,\" as Scissura calls him\u2014as \"the hardest-working person I've ever worked for.\"\n\"Marty would literally cold call corporations and send letters and say, 'Move your offices to Brooklyn,' \" Scissura said. \"He came in every day with an idea, a vision and a hope to make Brooklyn a better place.\"\nDuring their time working together, Markowitz led a campaign to get Apple to open a store in Brooklyn. The borough president went as far as making a video message, holding an iPad, to make his case to the technology giant. There is now one in Williamsburg, and another is slated to open in Downtown Brooklyn.\nMarkowitz, now a vice president at tourism booster NYC & Company, credited Scissura with helping make his borough presidency a real force in the city\u2014especially for an office that no longer has the clout it used to. Scissura acted as a liaison between Markowitz's office and the Bloomberg administration, was dedicated when it came to land use issues and helped boost companies coming to Brooklyn, his former boss recalled.\n\"He was able to really make our office in Brooklyn, I would like to think, among the most effective ever,\" Markowitz said. \"A lot of that had to do with Carlo's ability to get things done, and, like I said, navigate personalities.\"\nScissura at one point wanted to follow Markowitz's administration with one of his own. He mulled a borough presidency run in 2013 but opted not to move ahead with it before the campaign really picked up steam. By September 2012, he wound up at the chamber, where he would launch a slew of programs that included the \"Brooklyn Made\" certification for products manufactured in the borough.\nA graduate of Pace University (both undergrad and law school), Scissura is considered by his colleagues to be adept at knowing the way city government\u2014and the power around it\u2014functions and moves along. That's something they consider crucial to his growth of the business group and was a key reason why he got his current job at the Building Congress.\n\"He did for the chamber what he'll do for the congress,\" Markowitz said. \"And that is make it front and center. That's what he'll give the organization: real presence in the halls of Washington, the state and the city as well as among its own members. Members are your constituents and Carlo will never lose sight of that\u2014that's for sure.\"\nAnderson said he first met Scissura when the latter was Markowitz's chief of staff, but the two became involved in each other's organizations when Scissura went to the chamber. Then, in January 2016, Anderson announced he was leaving the Building Congress after 22 years of building it up\u2014growing membership, becoming a source of research and holding events on construction policy.\nScissura said he wasn't in the market for a new job\u2014in fact he had just launched a few forward-looking programs at the chamber, some of which would last five years. But he spoke to a few people at the Building Congress, and by midsummer felt that he was ready to lead a citywide organization.\nWhen the Building Congress' board selected him, Scissura was at lunch in Washington, D.C., with the chamber's lobbyists. He got a call from the person leading the search, he said, but was told they were not ready to announce his hiring. Naturally, word got around fast. Scissura got another call 15 to 20 minutes later that a reporter from this publication and another from Crain's New York Business were on to the story.\nHe recalled having spent the next two and a half hours on a New York City-bound Amtrak train calling as many people as he could. Among them was John Banks, the president of the Real Estate Board of New York, whom he'd known for several years. Banks already had heard that Scissura had gotten the job. Nothing stays secret for long in the New York City real estate world.\nBanks told CO he got to know Scissura about seven years ago when the two were on a commission to review the city charter\u2014basically the constitution for the five boroughs. He said he was impressed with Scissura's knowledge of the government and his ability to navigate it.\n\"He's got a great command of general New York City government issues,\" said Banks, who was vice chairman of the commission. \"He brought a practical side of day-to-day governmental operations. His input was invaluable.\"\nOf course, replacing a longtime leader like Anderson is a hard thing to do. Banks noted that he was in a similar position in July 2015 when he took over REBNY from longtime leader Stephen Spinola. Scissura, however, would be up to the task, he said.\n\"Dick Anderson is a hard act to follow,\" Banks said. \"Carlo was the absolute perfect guy\" to replace him.\nHis first day leading the Building Congress was spent in Albany. The task at hand was letting people know that he was no longer just the Brooklyn guy but the city guy.\n\"I was running around the Capitol for the whole day,\" Scissura said. \"It was really about letting them understand it's not just Brooklyn anymore; I'm looking out for the five boroughs.\"\nA top priority for Scissura is continued membership growth at the Building Congress. Photo: Liam Sharp\/for Commercial Observer\nThe formal proceedings of the inauguration are just starting up. Timothy Cardinal Dolan, the archbishop of New York, is delivering a benediction. Big Apple power players have descended on Washington, particularly the inaugural platform. Along with Dolan, there is Trump himself, his son-in-law and former CO publisher, Jared Kushner, along with his soon-to-be nemesis Schumer.\nWhile these New Yorkers run the nation's capital in the next few years, there are still matters back home that Scissura and his new corporate constituents have to deal with.\nFor starters, the City Council is considering a 21-bill package to curb the growing number of construction fatalities. Debate over some of the measures\u2014particularly one that would mandate apprenticeship programs for workers\u2014has sparked a tug-of-war between the unions and REBNY, Mayor Bill de Blasio and nonunion groups.\nScissura said he and Building Congress members are reviewing the bills, what their impact might be and the financial ramifications. The Building Congress would begin meeting with Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito and other members over the next few weeks. Last week, he urged the speaker to form a task force comprised of the various stakeholders to reach an agreement on some of the more controversial issues surrounding the package.\nThere's also the matter of design-build, in which a developer typically partners with an architecture firm to jointly bid on a project. Advocates of the program believe it saves time and money\u2014removing costly steps of a designer bidding, followed by the selection of a developer who could then run into issues with the design. New York City agencies are not allowed to use the process right now, and authorization to do so depends on approval by state lawmakers in Albany.\n\"He can bring new energy, new context and new relationships with public officials,\" Anderson said. \"One of the things that we urged him to do was work with the New York City state legislative delegation\u2014that he knows\u2014to encourage them to support design-build.\"\nDe Blasio, who last month lauded Scissura at the Building Congress' first luncheon of his presidency, told a packed room of the trade group's members that they needed to do their part to get design-build in New York City.\n\"There is a lot of reach in this room, there is a lot of fire power in this room,\" de Blasio told the sold-out crowd. \"We need all your voices to be heard in Albany in these next months because getting design-build authority is going to allow us to create a better city for all.\"\nGoing forward, Scissura said he hopes to take the Building Congress to a new level when it comes to policy. Instead of just testifying on a rezoning or another construction issue, he wants the organization to play a more proactive role. That means starting the discussion to figure out and then execute on the next big Hudson Yards-caliber or major infrastructure project in the city.\n\"What is the forward-thinking that is not going to start tomorrow, that will maybe start in 10 years?\" he said. \"How else are we going to tie the boroughs together? The Building Congress really needs to lead the discussion on that and bring stakeholders together.\"\nKeywords: Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce, Carlo Scissura, Donald Trump, Hudson Yards, Jared Kushner, John Banks, Marty Markowitz, New York Building Congress, nyc & company, Real Estate Board of New York, Richard Anderson, Steven Spinola, Timothy Cardinal Dolan","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Media Release: North-east fire safety protection company wins prestigious award\nA NORTH-east specialist oil and gas industry fire safety protection company is celebrating after winning a top business award.\nBlaze Manufacturing Solutions, which is headquartered in Laurencekirk, and has offices in Kemnay, Aberdeenshire, a regional project office in Great Yarmouth and southern sales office in Milton Keynes, has won the Business Success Over Three Years accolade in this year's Grampian Awards for Business Excellence.\nThe competition, which is organised by Enterprise North East Trust (Enterprise) and main sponsor RBS Ahead for Business, aims to encourage enterprise by rewarding entrepreneurial\u202fcompanies and individuals that are capable of leading the future\u202fprosperity of Grampian.\nBlaze is a family-owned business, which was launched in 2006 by Howard and Ann Johnson, and has rapidly established itself as a leading provider of fire safety protection and loss prevention solutions.\nThe company started with just two people and today employs 30-full time members of staff and 100 contractors.\nBlaze works with major oil and gas operators to design and supply fire protection systems and loss prevention services, and also manage new build contracts.\nThe specialist firm has continued to secure contracts with major names in the industry and has already won contracts worth a combined value of \u00a315 million this year\nBlaze managing director, Howard Johnson, said: \"Blaze had a strong start in 2014 and winning this award recognises the hard work and dedication of all our of staff in helping to grow the company, putting Blaze in a perfect position for continued success throughout the year.\"\nMEDIA RELEASE issued by Frasermedia. You too can post your story ideas for journalists (aka press or media releases), on allmediascotland.com. Email info@allmediascotland.com for more information.\nCheck out twitter.com\/nonstopstories. Check out too twitter.com\/allEnergyPR.\nContact: Donna Ross\nEmail: donna@frasermedia.co.uk\nWebsite: http:\/\/www.frasermedia.co.uk\nBy frasermedia \u00b7 July 1, 2014 at 10:00 \u00b7 Comments Off\nFrasermedia Ltd \u00b7 Business and economics \u00b7","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Peter Weber flies back to Kelley Flanagan just days after leaving\nTue Apr 14, 2020 at 10:36am ET\nBy Mary Jane\nPeter Weber reveals he is still in quarantine even though he left to work. Pic credit: ABC\nThe Bachelor star Peter Weber is back in Chicago just days after leaving Kelley Flanagan's apartment in the city having spent a few weeks there in quarantine.\nHe surprised everyone when he showed up at her apartment, where the pair have been spending time in lockdown with Dustin Kendrick, another Bachelorette alum, and his dog Sophie.\nAfter Peter ditched Chicago this weekend, it appeared he was gone for good. However, he's now revealed he's back and that he plans to stay there. So, what's the deal?\nPeter Weber is back with Kelley Flanagan\nPeter took to his Instagram Stories to explain why he left Kelley behind \u2014 and it turns out it was because he had to work.\n\"Air service is considered an essential service so I still have to work,\" Peter revealed in a Q&A he on Instagram, but he added that he would be returning to the city whenever he has time off.\n\"I'm quarantining with [Kelley] and [Dustin] in Chi-town when I'm not working!\"\nPeter reveals he is in quarantine with Kelley when he's not working. Pic credit: @pilot_pete\/Instagram\nJust three hours after he posted that photo, he revealed via Instagram that he was indeed back with Kelley in her apartment.\nPeter and Kelley are back in quarantine together. Pic credit: @pilot_pete\/Instagram\nThe two posted an Instagram Stories without Dustin Kendrick, revealing they were supporting Jason Tartick's charity efforts where he was raising money by eating extremely hot chicken wings.\nPeter Weber has said he would be lucky to date Kelley Flanagan\nEven though Peter and Kelley haven't confirmed a romantic connection, Peter has revealed that he's open to a relationship.\nAs Monsters & Critics has previously reported, Peter said that he would be extremely lucky if he had the chance to date Kelley. At the time, he denied that they were dating, but added that he loved spending time with her.\nDuring a recent interview on the Off The Vine podcast with Bachelorette alum Kaitlyn Bristowe, Peter gave nothing but praise for Kelley's company during this time.\n\"We have just been enjoying each other's time and company, I love being around her,\" he said. \"She's been so amazing, so patient with me. It's exactly \u2026 what I needed in this kind of situation, and I'm so grateful for her.\"\nPeter has already revealed that the two aren't sharing a bed during the quarantine. He added at the time that Kelley has three bedrooms, which means they all have their own bed to sleep in.\nPlus, Kelley has also joked about suing Peter for not choosing her on The Bachelor, hinting that she wasn't happy about the outcome either. Maybe this time in quarantine will result in a relationship between the two of them.\nThe Bachelor is currently on hiatus.\nMore: Bachelor, Bachelorette, The Bachelor, The Bachelorette","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Hooked on Entertainment \u2022 Hooked on Singers\nJoey Commentucci \u2013 A Man Gifted with a Voice Similar to that of Frank Sinatra\nJoey Commentucci, prevalently known as Joey C, was born and raised within the Philadelphia region. He is skilled with a voice said to be comparable to that of Straight to the point Sinatra. For the primary decade of his life, Joey Commentucci has persuaded everybody within the world was Italian. Developing up in a neighborhood regarded the \"Little Italy\" of North Philadelphia, the culture leaked into essentially each viewpoint of his day by day schedule. All of his school peers shared the same legacy, and when he was home, his mother continuously found planning a new feast for supper.\nJoey Commentucci\nUnnecessary to say, those Italian roots too affected the melodic tastes of the Commentucci family. Each end of the week, the radio dial was set to the relieving sounds of Ol' Blue Eyes \"Life\" and \"Summer Wind\" \"I've Got the World on a String,\" and more. \"I tuned in to it in my car, 8-track tapes, cassette tapes, CDs,\" said Commentucci. \"Whereas everybody else was tuning in to The Beatles and Elvis Presley, I was tuning in to Sinatra. Sinatra was one of the leading storytellers when he performed a melody. He took you on a journey with him.\"\nThe youthful Sinatra fan would casually sing along to melodies like \"Fly Me to the Moon\" and \"My Way.\" It was a normal response to hearing a favorite track, but his guardians rapidly realized the vocal divine beings had talented their child with something uncommon. Commentucci has a great voice and really sounds like his idol. Gradually but unquestionably, Commentucci sharpened his imaginative abilities, performing Sinatra hits at little nearby settings beneath the title \"Joey C\" whereas keeping up a hair salon in Roxborough.\nNowadays, Commentucci is 72 and flourishing. With his pitch dark hair, fresh suits and unflinching vitality (which he credits his mom's domestic cooked dinners for), Joey C is still spreading his love of Sinatra to fans all over from Parx Casino to the Dominican Republic. Commentucci is best known for his Sinatra tribute appears, at Tiffany's Diner on Roosevelt Boulevard. His mission is to keep the music he fell in love with as a child. Amid each execution, he pours his heart and soul into songs like \"Strangers within the Night,\" \"My Kind of Town,\" \"New York, Modern York,\" \"Luck Be a Lady,\" \"That's Life\" and \"Summer Wind\" \"I've Got the World on a String\" and more. All through the evening, Commentucci too provides tidbits on Sinatra's life and the occasions that propelled each tune.\nOver a long time, Commentucci has engaged many neighborhood restaurants, featuring appearances at La Cena Eatery in Bensalem and De Lorenzo's in Yardley. On a regular basis, he travels to Riviera Maya, Cancun and Punta Cana, where he performs at different resorts. From birthday parties to corporate events, charitable occasions and even senior homes.\nSai Write\nPrior this summer, Commentucci briefly transitioned from the highlight of the arrange to the domain of YouTube when he showed up as a visitor on Sound Way of life with Eraldo. Wearing his signature blue suit and ruddy tie, Joey C was met by have and individual coach Eraldo Maglara and Kathy Wakile of The Genuine Housewives of Modern Shirt around his wellness administration, which includes fundamental cardio works out at the exercise center each day.\nEach month or so, Joey C is additionally welcomed to perform on The Patti Lattanzi, Billy Carlucci & the Gang Show, which show on Thursdays at 7 p.m. on the Modern Jersey-based Cruisin' 92.1. For Commentucci, singing the hits of Sinatra, whether it's at an eatery or on the radio, never gets ancient. It's this enthusiasm for the music that proceeds to draw swarms after so numerous a long time, and present more youthful eras, counting his children and grandchildren, to the famous craftsman.\nLower Bucks Times\nHis tunes really resonated in my heart and when I perform, I reasonable get lost inside the music and the gather of onlookers. The group of onlookers is reacting to what I'm doing. It's the most excellent feeling within the world for me,\" he said. \"This may be a cherish for me. It's something I appreciate doing from the foot of my heart. Singing is like breathing to me.\"\nRight now, Joey C is within the handle of planning a Christmas appear, which is slated to incorporate occasion hits made celebrated by Sinatra, Dignitary Martin, Elvis Presley, Bing Crosby, Andy Williams, Nat King Cole and Bon Jovi. Whereas he plans to keep singing at neighborhood eateries and night clubs, he dreams of one day performing at casinos in Atlantic City and Las Vegas.\nMail: joeycsinatra@gmail.com\nFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Joeycsinatra\nYouTube: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC7yEy507TF5K0_nnmj0DMCQ\nWebsite: https:\/\/joeycsinatra.com\/\nFrank Sinatra Impersonator Joey C Sinatra Joey Commentucci\nLori St Martin \u2013 A Singer with an Angelic Voice\nBilly Carlucci \u2013 Legendary Singer, Songwriter, and Award Nominee\nJay Gentile \u2013 A Man with the Voice like Ray...\nHooked on Actors \u2022 Hooked on Causes \u2022 Hooked on Entertainment \u2022 Hooked on ProSports\nJohn Cena \u2013 16-time World Champion and Record...\nHooked on Causes \u2022 Hooked on Entertainment \u2022 Hooked on Healthiness \u2022 Hooked on Kids \u2022 Hooked on Legends \u2022 Hooked on Opportunities\nTony Robbins \u2013 The Nation's Number One Life...\nHooked on Comedy \u2022 Hooked on Entertainment \u2022 Hooked on Singers \u2022 Hooked on YouTube\nJohnny Petillo: One Man Who Does it All\nHooked on Actors \u2022 Hooked on Broadway \u2022 Hooked On Casinos \u2022 Hooked on Causes \u2022 Hooked on Entertainment \u2022 Hooked on Singers\nBittersweet Duo: A Couple with a Passion for Music\nHooked On Casinos \u2022 Hooked on Causes \u2022 Hooked on Entertainment \u2022 Hooked on Legends \u2022 Hooked on Singers\nKit Worton \u2013 Multi-Talented Owner of Right Touch...","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Home Truck Gear Tornado relief efforts in South hampered by coronavirus\nTornado relief efforts in South hampered by coronavirus\nGet all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.\nRecovery efforts for people who have lost homes to deadly tornadoes in the South this week have been significantly hampered by the deadly COVID-19 pandemic.\nWorkers have been providing all the help they can \u2013 but from a distance. Because of the pandemic, volunteers can offer no sympathetic hugs nor can politicians give handshakes.\nTennessee Gov. Bill Lee, center, talks with residents as he visits a storm-damaged area Tuesday, April 14, 2020, in Chattanooga, Tenn.\n(AP)\nWithin hours of the tornado onslaught, which began Sunday and killed more than 30 people, church groups were out in damaged communities, and Southern Baptist volunteers were told to avoid holding hands with people as they prayed, said Sam Porter, director of disaster relief for the nearly 15 million-member denomination.\nAbout 550 people in four states were staying in hotel rooms funded by the Red Cross since mass shelters were not an option.\nPeople are being fed catered meals delivered to the hotels instead of through a large kitchen, he said, and workers are wearing masks, gloves and other gear when dealing with people affected by the storms. Other agencies are making similar provisions.\n\"How ironic is it that the very thing that may unify people and unify communities is the condition in which we have to remain 6 feet apart,\" said Brad Kieserman, a vice president of the organization.\nThe storms claimed lives in at least six states. The National Weather Service said preliminary assessments found evidence of at least 27 twisters. The strongest confirmed so far was an EF-4 tornado that devastated southeastern Mississippi with winds as strong as 170 mph.\nHundreds of homes and businesses were damaged or destroyed across the region, and heavy rains caused flooding in some areas. Nashville broke a 71-year record by receiving 2.23 inches of rain in a day, the weather service said. A day later, on Tuesday morning, the city saw snow flurries.\nDamage occurred up the East Coast, with a flurry of tornado warnings issued in Delaware after storms left the Southeast.\nWith the economy already faltering because of business shutdowns and job losses linked to the pandemic, the storms hit the state's nearly $3 billion poultry industry. At least 90 poultry houses were damaged or destroyed, many near the city of Collins, the Mississippi State University Extension Service said.\n\"Although some houses were between flocks and empty, many of these houses had chickens in them,\" poultry specialist Tom Tabler said in a statement. \"Some would have been chicks just a few days old, while others would have been flocks nearly ready for harvest.\"\nMISSISSIPPI PASTOR SUES POLICE AFTER CONGREGANTS WERE TICKETED AT DRIVE-IN SERVICE: 'DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE'\nIn Mississippi, Gov. Tate Reeves, who toured damaged areas, said the pandemic was compounding a bad situation.\n\"The fact that the coronaviruses exist is complicating the recovery from the tornado, while the tornadoes are complicating our efforts to make sure that we do everything in our power to stop the spread of the virus,\" Reeves said during a stop in Soso. \"It is it is exceptionally complicated, and it's tough on all of us.\"\nAbout 40 miles away in Prentiss, around 15 people wearing masks helped clean up amid the rubble of James Hill Church, which took a direct hit from a tornado.\nA twister left shingles, insulation and other debris strewn across Chattanooga, Tennessee. Almost every official on a tour of storm damage wore a protective mask, and some wore gloves. Bill Lee and Mayor Andy Berke offered elbow bumps while talking to affected residents.\nA person in a passing pickup truck yelled out to Lee as he visited with people cleaning around their home: \"We need money! We need that stimulus check now!\"\nPrevious articleJ.B. Hunt profit declines 12%; revenue up 9% in first quarter\nNext articlePhotos: New restrictions placed on stores due to COVID-19 | Galleries\nTelematics in Trucks Market Incredible Possibilities, Growth with Industry Study, Detailed...\nTwo people die in head-on collision in Lincoln County\nPickup jumps curb, pushes fuel oil tank into La Pine barber...\nTruck Vedio Market 2020 Share, Size, Future Demand, Research, Top Leading...\nTruck arrivals plunge 16% \u2013 Truck News\nECONOMIC WATCH: Canadian economy devastated by Covid-19\nAnderson: Thank you offered to essential workers in Sun City West\nGlobal Fire Engine and Fire Truck Market 2020 Various Manufacturing Industries:...\nRam muscles up its 1500 with new TRX model\nCar Camping: The Drive's Ultimate Guide For Your Next Adventure","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Submit New Article\nIraqi powerful cleric calls for massive protests against US troops\nDaniel Anjola, January 15, 2020 January 15, 2020 , 0\nIraqi Shi'ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr\nIraq's influential Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr escalated his rhetoric Tuesday against the U.S. influence in Iraq, calling civilians to participate in a \"million-person\" march for the removal of American troops in the country.\n\"O Soldiers of God and the nation, rush to a united and peaceful demonstration of millions, denouncing the American presence and its violations,\" al-Sadr said in a tweet to Iraqis.\nAl-Sadr, whose political list won the most seats in the Iraqi 2018 legislative elections, has used his popularity in the past to draw thousands of zealous supporters to the streets, including the October 2019 protests over government corruption. He has since 2003 ardently opposed the U.S. presence in Iraq and for years used the now disbanded Mahdy Army to target U.S. troops.\nThe cleric in his recent plea for rally expressed his frustration over the violation of Iraq's sovereignty by \"the occupying forces,\" saying he was confident that Iraqi protesters \"will not bow down to global arrogance.\"\nREAD ALSO: US condemns new missile attack on Iraqi base\nGlobal Arrogance\nThe term \"global arrogance\" is often used by Iran's officials to refer to the United States and its Western and Israeli allies.\nAl-Sadr's call for protests comes as Iran's state-sponsored AhlulBayt News Agency (ABNA) Tuesday reported an \"important gathering\" between him and \"the commanders of Iraqi resistance\" late Monday in Iran.\nThe meeting, attended by leaders of Hezbollah Battalion, the Movement of the Noble Ones, Asaib Ahl al-Haq, was \"in the virtue of more coordination of Islamic resistance forces\" and \"in order to put an end to the American invaders' presence in Iraq,\" ABNA reported, referring to three Shiite militant groups designated as terrorist organizations by the U.S.\nAnother meeting between al-Sadr's political wing Saairun and Fatih coalition in the Iranian city of Qom Saturday agreed to choose Hadi al-Aameri as the head of \"the Islamic Resistance in Iraq\" following the U.S. killing of Iraqi Shiite leader Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis along with IRGC's Qassem Soleimani, ABNA reported.\nRelations between the United States and Iran faced a series of escalations in recent weeks after the U.S. accused Iranian proxy militias of targeting U.S. facilities in Iraq, including a rocket attack in Kirkuk province that killed an American contractor in late December and prompted American strikes on Kataeb Hezbollah facilities in Iraq and Syria.\nThe tensions reached a new level high after the U.S. embassy was sieged by pro-Iran protesters on Dec. 31, followed by a U.S. airstrike on January 3 that killed Iran's top commander Soleimani along with several others. Iran on Jan. 8 responded by firing a barrage of ballistic missiles on at least two Iraqi bases housing U.S. troops.\nIn Iraq, where the Shiite-dominated government has condemned the U.S. airstrike as a violation of its sovereignty, the parliament last week passed a resolution that asked for the removal of American troops and other foreign forces. U.S. President Donald Trump, in return, has threatened to hit Iraq with severe sanctions.\nSherko Mirways, a Kurdish lawmaker and head of Iraqi parliament's Foreign Relations Committee, told VOA that Iraq was entering \"a dark tunnel,\" warning that Iraq's leadership needs to take Trump's threats seriously.\n\"We need to work together to deescalate the situation now and have a serious debate later about Iraq's political direction and balanced relation with the world,\" Mirways said.\nThe lawmaker said that Iraq was falling victim to the U.S.-Iran rivalry, adding that the country needed to work with both sides based on mutual interests.\n(VOA News)\nVanguard Nigeria News\nThe post Iraqi powerful cleric calls for massive protests against US troops appeared first on Vanguard News.\nBookmark this website for top news and entertainment gists.\nElon Musk says SpaceX is working on a kid-size submarine to extract those boys in Thailand\nDaniel Anjola, July 7, 2018 July 7, 2018 , 0\nOver the last couple of days, serial entrepreneur Elon Musk has been tweeting about how to potentially help the...\nYes, Americans can opt-out of airport facial recognition. 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{"text":"Metal Sucks Here's the Metallica\/Kanye\/Jay-Z Mash-up of Your... Deftones 'Ohms Pale Ale' Beer on the Way\nViral Vomit\nHere's the Metallica\/Kanye\/Jay-Z Mash-up of Your Dreams\nJanuary 25th, 2021 at 10:20am\nEvery day here at MetalSucks, we get hundreds of e-mails asking the same exact question: \"WHEN OH WHEN IS SOMEONE GOING TO FINALLY MASH-UP METALLICA'S 'RIDE THE LIGHTNING' WITH JAY-Z AND KANYE WEST'S 'N****S IN PARIS'?!?!\"*.\nWell, rest easy, dear friends: YouTube's William Maranci has FINALLY made your dreams come true. You can check out the mash-up below and then go wait to die, because life will never get better than this**.\nAssuming you dig it, here are some other fun mash-ups from Maranci:\nListen: Metallica's \"For Whom the Bell Tolls\" But It's \"All I Want for Christmas is You\" by Mariah Carey\nLinkin Park: \"Faint\" But It's \"Just Dance\" by Lady Gaga\nMash-Up: Rammstein's \"Du Hast\" But It's \"My Love\" by Justin Timberlake\nMash-Up: Slipknot's \"Psychosocial\" but It's \"Who Let the Dogs Out\" by Baha Men\nMash-Up: Meshuggah's \"Bleed\" but It's \"Like a Virgin\" by Madonna\nHere's the Slipknot\/ Maroon 5 Mash-Up of Your Nightmares\nThis Is the Slipknot\/ Eminem Mash-Up of Corey Taylor's Dreams\nHappy Halloween! Here's a Mash-Up of \"Closer\" by Nine Inch Nails and the Ghostbusters Song\nThe Lion Korn: The Circle of Leash\nFinally: Metallica's \"For Whom the Bell Tolls\" Mashed Up with Kanye West's \"Black Skinhead\"\nHere's a Mashup of Deftones and Britney Spears\nThis Is the Tool and Taylor Swift Mash-Up of Your Dreams\n*MetalSucks has never actually received any such e-mail.\n**Please do not sit around waiting to die, life will almost certainly get better than this.\nTags: jay-z, kanye west, metallica, william maranci\nJon Schaffer Arrested, Kid Rock Turns 50, and More Stories You May Have Missed This Week\nStudy Finds Last Year's Hatebreed, Slipknot, and Gojira Tours Were Terrible for the Environment\nJanuary 31st, 2023 at 4:19pm Hesher Keenan\nTurns out touring is bad for the planet.\nCheck Out this Ben Stiller and Bob Odenkirk Metallica Skit from 1992\nJanuary 29th, 2023 at 11:00am Mandy Scythe\nOne of the best metal parody sketches is definitely Ben Stiller and Bob Odenkirk spoofing Metallica's \"Enter Sandman.\"\nMetallica to Host a Global 72 Seasons Listening Party Ahead of Release at Local Movie Theaters\nJanuary 25th, 2023 at 9:43am Hesher Keenan\nDo not nudge, kick or jiggle the seat in front of you.\nEditorial: Your Dead Metal Heroes Were No Angels\nWhat If Metal Album Covers Were Truthful?\nFree Download for Your Listening Pleasure: NYC Sucks, Volume 2, Featuring The Best of New York City's Metal Scene\nMetallica Release Official Animated \"Master of Puppets\" Lyric Video\nLet's Argue About Iron Maiden Album Art\nListen to Metallica's \"Nothing Else Matters\" in a Major Scale","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Ethiopia's Peaceful Revolution\nin World \u2014 by Thomas C Mountain \u2014\tJuly 19, 2018\nEritrean President Isaias Afwerki, foreground left is welcomed by Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed upon his arrival at Addis Ababa International Airport\nThe uniquely African Empire of Ethiopia has seen itself launched into a peaceful revolution that promises to transform one of the planets poorest countries into a modern peoples democracy.\nBeing that I have spent my entire life living by the principle of \"political power grows from the barrel of a gun\", or as Marx said, \"Force is the midwife of change\" to see a peaceful revolution next door in Ethiopia is almost to much to grasp hold of. I first thought this was a \"soft coup\" by the Americans, but this is much more than that. American aquiesence was necessary, but the new government lead by Dr. Abiy Ahmed has started what can only be called a revolution.\nPrime Minister Abiy, elected such by a parliament 100% appointed by the former regime is young, charismatic and has put forward a program of change that is remarkably similar to what Eritrea's President Issias Aferworki has been saying for the past 25 years and more. Calling on all Ethiopians the good Doctor, past soldier, intelligence officer and for the past 8 years a politician, is urging his country men and women to learn from socialist Eritrea next door.\nHe has suggested the Ethiopian diaspora emulate the Eritreans and start donating $1 a day to their homeland. National service and national education training centers such as Eritrea's Sawa are being discussed. And of course, if Ethiopia is really to begin to break with its history of debt bondage and beggary, the Ethiopian diaspora, like the Eritreans, will have to start paying an income tax on their foreign earnings of 2%. Eritrea, 4 million population, gathers $300\nmillion a year or more from its diaspora so Ethiopia should be able to make a serious dent in its budget deficit by introducing the 2% income tax.\nP.M. Abiy's task is a giant one, for Ethiopia is a big country with many different ethnic groups and like Eritrea next door roughly half muslim and half christian. A divide and rule policy of instigating ethnic based conflict by the previous regime has left the country burnt and bleeding, with almost a million people internally displaced. On top of this almost perennial droughts and famines have wracked the land, brought on by western industrialization induced climate change.\nEthiopia should be a thriving country with a well off citizenry for it has rich lands, lots of water, minerals and even energy. The problem has been its leaders this past century starting with Haile Sellasie, \"Emperor\". His claim to power was based on his grandfathers use of Italian supplied firearms to conquer and loot their neighbors, mostly the Oromo, of whom the new PM derives from. Once in power having completely subjugated the Oromo, amongst others, Haile Sellasie turned\nhis eyes toward the coast and the dream of having his own port on the Red Sea. This meant annexing the Italian colony of Eritrea with its much more advanced economy and of course, the ports of Assab in the south and Massawa in the north.\nThe violent subjugation of Eritrea is central to the modern history of Ethiopia and todays Ethiopians see the recent development of peaceful relations as god's blessing.\nThe Eritreans fought a 30 year independence war which helped trigger the overthrow of Haile Sellasie, and eventually would see the Eritrean rebel army defeat Haile Sellasie's replacement Colonel Haile Mengistu Mariam's army and drive him into exile in ZImbabwe.\nThe Eritreans left their erstwhile allies the Tigrayan rebel army i control of Ethiopia and returned to their main task of establishing their newly independent country. When two years later the Eritreans formerly declared their independence and joined the UN the Tigrayan dominated government did its best to sabotage international recognition for with independence came loss of control of its main port of Assab. Never mind Eritrea gave Ethiopia rent free use of Assab, the prestige lost in losing Eritrea to independence drove the new Ethiopian government controlled by the ethnic minority Tigrayan regime to reignite Ethiopian national chauvinism and eventually, just seven years after Eritrean independence, a new war of conquest was launched in 1998.\nAfter three years of particularly bloody warfare, probably the last major land war in history, and 123,000 Ethiopian dead alongside 19,000 Eritrean martyrs (these are the official government figures) with 1.4 million Eritreans internally displaced by the Ethiopian invasion (40% of Eritrea's population) has left both countries peoples indelibly scarred. Following the defeat of the Ethiopian invasion the Tigrayan regime began what came to be known as No War No Peace on Eritrea's\nborder, every few years sending division strength military incursions into Eritrea forcing Eritrea to maintain a large army of national service military on active duty in its trenches along the border.\nThe main player in all of this, and something almost entirely excluded from mention by the MSM, has been Pax Americana, with the Clintonites and their kissing cousin Barack Obama dominating the list of criminals who instigated and supported these past 25 years of conflict in the Horn of Africa.\nToday's revolution in Ethiopia has ended all this and with a young, dynamic leader, only 42 years old and sounding like a younger version of Eritrea's Issias Aferworki, speaking the language of peace and love, communal and national harmony and cooperation, is still having to deal with violent outbreaks ie attacks on former regime leaders businesses and properties, communal violence in the south, and continued resistance by former regime supporters still occupying administrative post in Oromia and Afar.\nDr. Abiy is promising a future, and outlining inspiring plans on how to achieve it beginning with peace with his neighbors and the end to communal strife in Ethiopia. He speaks directly to the hearts and minds of all Ethiopians in a way almost religious, addressing the importance of loving oneself and ones neighbors instead of relying on the gun to define society. Now I am not a romantic or religious but his words strike a cord with all people of good heart and gives one\nhope that here in one of the most strife torn, famine wracked places on the planet there is hope.\nOf course it takes unity and hard work, something Dr. Abiy uses Eritrea and Eritreans as role models for the Ethiopian people, going so far as to only half jokingly declare himself Eritrea's unofficial foreign minister the better to fight the lies being spread about our country.\nEritrean President Issias Aferworki has visited Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa and sealed the deal so to speak, demonstrating to the Ethiopian people his and our entire country's sincere desire for peace and friendship between both of us, all to similar and all too different.\nAs Dr. Abiy continues his path of independence and close relations with Eritrea expect to see a growing wave of criticism, maybe even demonization, once his \"honeymoon\" period with the western media goes stale and the anti socialist zealots in the west raise a hue and cry alleging \"lack of democratic process\" and alleged \"human rights abuses\".\nTowards the end of his speech at the unity music concert in Addis Ababa on Sunday, July 15, Dr. Abiy, in addressing the problems facing the country told his listeners, almost entirely under 30, not to worry, \"Issias is leading us\" as in Eritrean President Issias Aferwerki.\nIt hasn't taken long for the cat to get out of the bag so to speak and the influence of \"wedi Afom\" as Dr. Abiy calls Issias, is now a matter of public record. Maybe we should be calling Ethiopia's peaceful revolution a \"Soft Coup\" by Eritrea.\nThomas C. Mountain is an independent journalist in Eritrea, living and reporting from here since 2006. See thomascmountain on Facebook or best contact him at thomascmountain at g mail dot com","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"All the Czech newspapers today report on the premiere of the most expensive Czech movie ever made, the Dark Blue World, from the authors of the Oscar-winning film Kolja, the father-and-son team Zdenek and Jan Sverak. The movie is about Czechoslovak pilots who served in the RAF during World War II.\nZEMSKE NOVINY resports that the first screening of the movie was attended by nearly three dozen World War II veterans - former Czechoslovak RAF pilots. The paper quotes the director, Jan Sverak, as saying that the movie was meant as an expression of gratitude to these brave people who joined a foreign army to fight for the liberation of their occupied country.\nToday's LIDOVE NOVINY comments on the latest EU directive against tobacco. The paper is convinced that the measures will not be very effective. Eurocrats have decided to cut the volume of dangerous substances a cigarette may contain. That means that smokers will have to smoke more cigarettes to get enough nicotine and so on, which will increase sales, the paper writes. Besides that, no warning messages or nasty pictures are enough to make tobacco addicts give up their habit.\nStaying with addictions - and PRAVO reports on its front page that some municipalities have declared war on alcohol drinkers who sate their thirst in public. For example, the town of Mlada Boleslav in Central Bohemia, has prohibited the drinking of wine, beer and spirits in selected streets, parks and squares. However, most Czech towns and cities remain more tolerant.\nMLADA FRONTA DNES writes that stress and psychological problems are frequent causes of death in Europe. The paper quotes medical experts who warn that stress at work is one of the most dangerous. What may seem to be a minor problem may develop into a serious health condition, says MLADA FRONTA DNES.\nThe business daily HOSPODARSKE NOVINY reports that prices of pharmaceutical products are expected to double after the Czech Republic joins the European Union. The paper quotes the head of the Czech Chamber of Pharmacists as saying that many Germans come to the Czech Republic to buy common drugs, such as aspirin or vitamins, because in their country, the same substances are two or three times more expensive.\nAuthor: Vladim\u00edr Tax","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"1Context\n1.1Teleology\n1.2Natural theology\n1.3Goal-directed evolution\n1.4Natural selection\n1.5Adaptation\n2Status in evolutionary biology\n2.1Reasons for discomfort\n2.2Removable teleological shorthand\n2.3Irreducible teleology\nTeleology in biology\nUse of language of goal-directedness in the context of evolutionary adaptation\n\"Behaviour with a purpose\": a young springbok stotting.[1][2] A biologist might argue that this has the function of signalling to predators, helping the springbok to survive and allowing it to reproduce.[1]\nTeleology in biology is the use of the language of goal-directedness in accounts of evolutionary adaptation, which some biologists and philosophers of science find problematic. The term teleonomy has also been proposed. Before Darwin, organisms were seen as existing because God had designed and created them; their features such as eyes were taken by natural theology to have been made to enable them to carry out their functions, such as seeing. Evolutionary biologists often use similar teleological formulations that invoke purpose, but these imply natural selection rather than actual goals, whether conscious or not. Biologists and religious thinkers held that evolution itself was somehow goal-directed (orthogenesis), and in vitalist versions, driven by a purposeful life force. With evolution working by natural selection acting on inherited variation, the use of teleology in biology has attracted criticism, and attempts have been made to teach students to avoid teleological language.\nNevertheless, biologists still often write about evolution as if organisms had goals, and some philosophers of biology such as Francisco Ayala and biologists such as J. B. S. Haldane consider that teleological language is unavoidable in evolutionary biology.\nContext[edit]\nTeleology[edit]\nMain article: Teleology\nTeleology, from Greek \u03c4\u03ad\u03bb\u03bf\u03c2, telos \"end, purpose\"[3] and -\u03bb\u03bf\u03b3\u03af\u03b1, logia, \"a branch of learning\", was coined by the philosopher Christian von Wolff in 1728.[4] The concept derives from the ancient Greek philosophy of Aristotle, where the final cause (the purpose) of a thing is its function.[5] However, Aristotle's biology does not envisage evolution by natural selection.[6]\nPhrases used by biologists like \"a function of ... is to ...\" or \"is designed for\" are teleological at least in language. The presence of real or apparent teleology in explanations of natural selection is a controversial aspect of the philosophy of biology, not least for its echoes of natural theology.[1][7]\nThe English natural theologian John Ray, and later William Derham, used teleological arguments to illustrate the glory of God from nature.[8]\nNatural theology[edit]\nMain article: Natural theology\nBefore Darwin, natural theology both assumed the existence of God and used the appearance of function in nature to argue for the existence of God.[9][10] The English parson-naturalist John Ray stated that his intention was \"to illustrate the glory of God in the knowledge of the works of nature or creation\".[8] Natural theology presented forms of the teleological argument or argument from design, namely that organs functioned well for their apparent purpose, so they were well-designed, so they must have been designed by a benevolent creator. For example, the eye had the function of seeing, and contained features like the iris and lens that assisted with seeing; therefore, ran the argument, it had been designed for that purpose.[9][10][11]\nGoal-directed evolution[edit]\nMain articles: Orthogenesis and Vitalism\nReligious thinkers and biologists have supposed that evolution was driven by some kind of life force, a philosophy known as vitalism, and have often supposed that it had some kind of goal or direction (towards which the life force was striving, if they also believed in that), known as orthogenesis or evolutionary progress. Such goal-directedness implies a long-term teleological force; some supporters of orthogenesis considered it to be a spiritual force, while others held that it was purely biological. For example, the embryologist Karl Ernst von Baer believed in a teleological force in nature,[12][13] whereas the spiritualist philosopher Henri Bergson linked orthogenesis with vitalism, arguing for a creative force in evolution known as \u00e9lan vital in his book Creative Evolution (1907).[14] The biophysicist Pierre Lecomte du No\u00fcy and the botanist Edmund Ware Sinnott developed vitalist evolutionary philosophies known as telefinalism and telism respectively. Their views were heavily criticized as non-scientific;[15] the palaeontologist George Gaylord Simpson argued that Du No\u00fcy and Sinnott were promoting religious versions of evolution.[16] The Jesuit paleontologist Pierre Teilhard de Chardin argued that evolution was aiming for a supposed spiritual \"Omega Point\" in what he called \"directed additivity\".[17][18] With the emergence of the modern evolutionary synthesis, in which the genetic mechanisms of evolution were discovered, the hypothesis of orthogenesis was largely abandoned by biologists,[19][20] especially with Ronald Fisher's argument in his 1930 book The Genetical Theory of Natural Selection.[21]\nNatural selection[edit]\nMain articles: Natural selection and Evolution\nNatural selection, introduced in 1859 as the central mechanism[a] of evolution by Charles Darwin, is the differential survival and reproduction of individuals due to differences in phenotype.[23] The mechanism directly implies evolution, a change in heritable traits of a population over time.[24]\nAdaptation[edit]\nFeathers today serve the function of flight, but they were co-opted rather than adapted for this task, having evolved for an earlier purpose in theropods like Sinornithosaurus millenii, perhaps insulation.\nMain articles: Adaptation and Function (biology)\nA trait which persists in a population is often assumed by biologists to have been selected for in the course of evolution, raising the question of how the trait achieves this. Biologists call any such mechanism the function of the trait, using phrases like \"A function of stotting by antelopes is to communicate to predators that they have been detected\",[1] or \"The primate hand is designed (by natural selection) for grasping.\"[25]\nAn adaptation is an observable structure or other feature of an organism (for example, an enzyme) generated by natural selection to serve its current function. A biologist might propose the hypothesis that feathers are adaptations for bird flight. That would require three things: that the trait of having feathers is heritable; that the trait does serve the function of flight; and that the trait increases the fitness of the organisms that have it. Feathers clearly meet these three conditions in living birds. However, there is also a historical question, namely, did the trait arise at the same time as bird flight? Unfortunately for the hypothesis, this seems not to be so: theropod dinosaurs had feathers, but many of them did not fly.[26][27] Feathers can be described as an exaptation, having been co-opted for flight but having evolved earlier for another purpose such as insulation. Biologists may describe both the co-option and the earlier adaptation in teleological language.[26][28][29]\nStatus in evolutionary biology[edit]\nFurther information: Tinbergen's four questions\nReasons for discomfort[edit]\nApparent teleology is a recurring issue in evolutionary biology,[30] much to the consternation of some writers,[31] and as an explanatory style it remains controversial.[31] There are various reasons for discomfort with teleology among biologists.[1][32]\nFirstly, the concept of adaptation is itself controversial, as it can be taken to imply, as the evolutionary biologists Stephen J. Gould and Richard Lewontin argued, that biologists agree with Voltaire's Doctor Pangloss in his 1759 satire Candide that this is \"the best of all possible worlds\", in other words that every trait is perfectly suited to its functions.[33] However, all that evolutionary biology requires is the weaker claim that one trait is at least slightly better in a certain context than another, and hence is selected for.[1]\nThe watchmaker analogy argues that the presence of a complex mechanism like a watch implies the existence of a conscious designer.\nSecondly, teleology is linked to the pre-Darwinian idea of natural theology, that the natural world gives evidence of the conscious design and beneficent intentions of a creator, as in the writings of John Ray.[1] William Derham continued Ray's tradition with books such as his 1713 Physico-Theology and his 1714 Astro-Theology.[34] They in turn influenced William Paley who wrote a detailed teleological argument for God in 1802, Natural Theology, or Evidences of the Existence and Attributes of the Deity collected from the Appearances of Nature,[35] starting with the watchmaker analogy.[36] Such creationism, along with a vitalist life-force and directed orthogenetic evolution, has been rejected by most biologists.[1]\nThirdly, attributing purposes to adaptations risks confusion with popular forms of Lamarckism where animals in particular have been supposed to influence their own evolution through their intentions, though Lamarck himself spoke rather of habits of use, and the belief that his thinking was teleological has been challenged.[37][38][39]\nFourthly, the teleological explanation of adaptation is uncomfortable because it seems to require backward causation, in which existing traits are explained by future outcomes; because it seems to attribute the action of a conscious mind when none is assumed to be present in an organism; and because, as a result, adaptation looks impossible to test empirically.[1]\nA fifth reason concerns students rather than researchers: Gonzalez Galli argues that since people naturally imagine that evolution has a purpose or direction, then the use of teleological language by scientists may act as an obstacle to students when learning about natural selection. Such language, he argues, should be removed to make teaching more effective.[40]\nRemovable teleological shorthand[edit]\nStatements which imply that nature has goals, for example where a species is said to do something \"in order to\" achieve survival, appear teleological, and therefore invalid to evolutionary biologists. It is however usually possible to rewrite such sentences to avoid the apparent teleology. Some biology courses have incorporated exercises requiring students to rephrase such sentences so that they do not read teleologically. Nevertheless, biologists still frequently write in a way which can be read as implying teleology, even though that is not their intention.[41] John Reiss argues that evolutionary biology can be purged of apparent teleology by rejecting the pre-Darwinian watchmaker analogy for natural selection;[41][42] other arguments against this analogy have also been promoted by writers such as the evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins.[43]\nSome philosophers of biology such as James G. Lennox have argued that Darwin was a teleologist,[44] while others like Michael Ghiselin described this claim as a myth promoted by misinterpretations of his discussions, and emphasized the distinction between using teleological metaphors and actually being teleological.[45] Michael Heads, on the other hand, describes a change in Darwin's thinking about evolution that can be traced from the first volume of On the Origin of Species to later volumes. For Heads, Darwin was originally a far more teleological thinker, but over time, \"learned to avoid teleology.\" Heads cites a letter Darwin wrote in 1872, in which he downplayed the role of natural selection as a causal force on its own in explaining biological adaptation, and instead gave more weight to \"laws of growth,\" that operate [without the aid of natural selection].[46]\nAndrew Askland, from the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law claims that unlike transhumanism, an ideology that aims to improve the human condition, which he asserts is \"wholly teleological\", Darwinian evolution is not teleological.[47]\nVarious commentators view the teleological phrases used in modern evolutionary biology as a type of shorthand for describing any function which offers an evolutionary advantage through natural selection. For example, the zoologist S. H. P. Madrell wrote that \"the proper but cumbersome way of describing change by evolutionary adaptation [may be] substituted by shorter overtly teleological statements\" for the sake of saving space, but that this \"should not be taken to imply that evolution proceeds by anything other than from mutations arising by chance, with those that impart an advantage being retained by natural selection.\"[48]\nIrreducible teleology[edit]\nOther philosophers of biology argue instead that biological teleology is irreducible, and cannot be removed by any simple process of rewording. Francisco Ayala specified three separate situations in which teleological explanations are appropriate. First, if the agent consciously anticipates the goal of their own action; for example the behavior of picking up a pen can be explained by reference to the agent's desire to write. Ayala extends this type of teleological explanation to non-human animals by noting that A deer running away from a mountain lion. . . has at least the appearance of purposeful behavior.\"[49] Second, teleological explanations are useful for systems that have a mechanism for self-regulation despite fluctuations in environment; for example, the self-regulation of body temperature in animals. Finally, they are appropriate \"in reference to structures anatomically and physiologically designed to perform a certain function. \"[49]\nAyala, relying on work done by the philosopher Ernest Nagel, also rejects the idea that teleological arguments are inadmissible because they cannot be causal. For Nagel, teleological arguments must be consistent because they can always be reformulated as non-teleological arguments. The difference between the two is, for Ayala, merely one of emphasis. Nagel writes that while teleological arguments focus on \"the consequences for a given system of a constituent part or process,\" the equivalent non-teleological arguments focus on \"\"some of the conditions ... under which the system persists in its characteristic organization and activities.\"[50] However, Francisco Ayala argued that teleological statements are more explanatory and cannot be disposed of.[51][52] Karen Neander similarly argued that the modern concept of biological 'function' depends on natural selection. So, for example, it is not possible to say that anything that simply winks into existence, without going through a process of selection, actually has functions. We decide whether an appendage has a function by analysing the process of selection that led to it. Therefore, Neander argues, any talk of functions must be posterior to natural selection, function must be defined by reference to the history of a species, and teleology cannot be avoided.[53] The evolutionary biologist Ernst Mayr likewise stated that \"adaptedness ... is an a posteriori result rather than an a priori goal-seeking.\"[37]\nAngela Breitenbach, looking at the question of teleology in biology from a Kantian perspective, argues that teleology is important as \"a heuristic in the search for causal explanations of nature and ... an inevitable analogical perspective on living beings.\" In her view of Kant, teleology implies something that cannot be explained by science, but only understood through analogy.[54]\nColin Pittendrigh coined the similar term 'teleonomy' for apparently goal-directed biological phenomena. For Pittendrigh, the notion of 'adaptation' in biology, however it is defined, necessarily \"connote that aura of design, purpose, or end-directedness, which has, since the time of Aristotle, seemed to characterize the living thing\" [55] This association with Aristotle, however, is problematic, because it meant that the study of adaptation would inevitably be bound up with teleological explanations. Pittendrigh sought to preserve the aspect of design and purpose in biological systems, while denying that this design can be understood as a causal principle. The confusion, he says, would be removed if we described these systems \"by some other term, like 'teleonomic,' in order to emphasize that the recognition and description of end-directedness does not carry a commitment to Aristotelian teleology as an efficient causal principle.\"[56] Ernst Mayr criticised Pittendrigh's confusion of Aristotle's four causes, arguing that evolution only involved the material and formal but not the efficient cause.[b] Mayr proposed to use the term only for \"systems operating on the basis of a program of coded information.\"[57]\nWilliam C. Wimsatt affirmed that the teleologicality of the language of biology and other fields derives from the logical structure of their background theories, and not merely from the use of teleological locutions such as \"function\" and \"in order to\". He stated that \"To replace talk about function by talk about selection [...] is not to eliminate teleology but to rephrase it\". However, Wimsatt argues that this thought does not mean an appeal to backwards causation, vitalism, entelechy, or anti-reductionist sentiments.[58]\nThe biologist J. B. S. Haldane observed that \"Teleology is like a mistress to a biologist: he cannot live without her but he's unwilling to be seen with her in public.\"[59][60]\nFitness landscape\nOn Truth and Lies in a Nonmoral Sense\nTeleomechanism\n^ Darwin also introduced a second mechanism, sexual selection, to explain traits such as the colourful \"tail\" train of the peacock.[22]\n^ Both Pittendrigh and Mayr endorsed teleology in biology as an inherent part of evolutionary thinking.[56][57]\n^ a b c d e f g h i \"Teleological Notions in Biology\". Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. 18 May 2003. Retrieved 28 July 2016.\n^ Caro, Tim M. (1986). \"The functions of stotting in Thomson's gazelles: Some tests of the predictions\". Animal Behaviour. 34 (3): 663\u2013684. doi:10.1016\/S0003-3472(86)80052-5. 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{"text":"Nwabueze Buchi George, a Trade and Business Executive\nby FADAKA LOUIS\nin Features\nNwabueze Buchi George\nNwabueze, Buchi George, born August 27, 1974 to the family of Chief Nathan and Mrs. Ann Nwaneri Nwabueze of Uruala in Ideato North Local Government of Imo State and he went on to become an entrepreneur who has carved a niche for himself as an International Trade and Business Executive.\nHis early life started in his home town where he attended St. Paul Anglican Primary School Uruala in 1982, and in 1993, went on to attend Bishop Shanan College Orlu, Imo State.\nBuchi George as he is fondly known, is Christian, with his earliest religious orientation and baptism happening at St. Paul Anglican Church Uruala Ideato North Local Government of Imo State where for five years, he went on to become a Captain of the Boys Brigade.\nHis diligence and attention to details were of course cumulative traits from his parents: with his father, Chief Nathan Nwaneri Nwabueze a successful business man who was dealing on timber and also owned an Palm Oil Mill as well as a transport company, Uruala Transport Services. Mrs. Ann Nwaneri Nwabueze did not come short as an entrepreneur as she successfully ran a restaurant and a supermarket.\nThis qualities and commitments learnt from his parents and the quest to also build his own empire saw Buchi George attain the level of an Assistance Senior Class Prefect and finally Chapel Prefect at Bishop Shanan College Orlu, Imo State.\nBuchi George's quest to carve his name on the sand of time, boosted his hunger to be not just educated, but to apply his education into things that will make a difference in the society.\nAfter attending St. Paul Anglican Primary School Uruala and Bishop Shanan College Orlu, Imo State in 1982 and 1993 respectively, he proceeded to University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom State where he studied Political Science in 1999.\nIn 2003, he started his second degree on Aviation Management at Massey College Auckland New Zealand and from the National Open University Abuja, he bagged Bachelors of Law between 2012 and 2017\nWho Buchi George is today has been defined by his decision in 1999 to start the FOW Company Limited which is now registered in Nigeria, Untied Stated of America, Canada, United Kingdom, South Korea and 15 other. Beyond being registered in 20 countries, FOW Company Limited also has global network of representations in over 05 countries.\nNot sweeping his training as an Aviation Manger Massey College Auckland New Zealand, Buchi George in 2009 started Hats Aviation Limited in Owerri, Imo State. The company which is into aviation management and logistics, served him some fond memories.\nHe is also the CEO of ORGE Lounge and ORGE wine shop, while his FOW Company Limited today, has thrived in the areas of logistics, trade, finance and so far has other subsidiaries which carry out dozens of projects with within and beyond the shores of Nigeria.\nSubsidiaries of FOW Company Limited include\nFOW WORLD\nThis is a Properties and Real Estate Development Company. The company is responsible for the organization of projects like the Global Housing and Real Estate Summit and Expo; Nigeria Property Expo; World Trade Summit and Expo; Train Nigeria-Learn Nigeria Project, Nigeria-Asia Week and Trade Expo; Globe Chamber of Commerce Industry, Mines and Agriculture, Trade Nigeria Expo and many others.\nFace Of The World Organization\nThis is a multinational event and entertainment company with projects within and outside Nigeria. Some of their projects include: United Nations Fashion Week and Awards; Global Fashion Week and Awards; Common Wealth Fashion Week and Awards.\nThey are the organizers of international pageants like Miss Face of the World; Miss Nations; Miss Queen World; The Leading Men amongst others with their proceeds channeled to Charity And Human Capacity Development, especially as it concerns education for less privileged children.\nWith Endorsement from 90 nations, the first Edition of the United Nations Fashion Week and Awards (UNFW) took place in New York City, United States of America in 2015. The second Edition, took place in October, 2016 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, while in 2017, Dubai for the second time hosted the event which was the third Edition. Dublin in Republic of Ireland will host the 209 edition of the event. The event is packaged by Face of the World Organization in Collaboration with the FOW World and other United Nations Ambassadors from across the world with the air of Raising Funds as well as creating awareness for education, especially for less privileged children across the world.\nBuchi George also proposed the Commonwealth Fashion Week which took place in 2018 in London and is expected to take place again in 2020 during the Commonwealth Head of State Meeting in Kigali, Rwanda, while Malaysia will host the next edition in 2022 during the same meeting.\nOne thing special about his projects in the fashion industry is that beyond the funding of education for less privileged children across the globe, the same projects create a skill development platform and market for upcoming models and designers to thrive.\nFOW which is an acronym from Face of the World kicked off in his University days at Akwa Ibom with a beauty pageant, Queen of the East. The pageant later metamorphosed into Miss Eastern Nigeria and later Miss Ebony World Nigeria and finally Face of the World which was first organized in 2007 in Lagos, Nigeria. The event then took place yearly in Owerri the capital city of Imo State, where it was package alongside Hats Aviation Fashion Week.\nIn 2013, Face of the World was taken to South Africa. In 2014 and 2015 Buchi George took the event to United States of America, while in 206, it was hosted in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.\nFOW Media Limited\nA multi-media company, developing and producing TV, radio and web contents for their platforms and others. This subsidiary of FOW Company Limited is in charge of the FOW 24 FM-Radio; FOW TV News Channel (FOW TELEVISION); Headliners Magazine; National Mail Newspaper, Real World-Real Estate Magazine, Mid-Week News and Fow24news.com.\nBuchi George through this company has been a huge player in the media industry, with his contents and events shaping the face of both media and pageant sectors in Nigeria.\nWith huge experience in staging international events, Buchi George in 2017 switched to International Trade Promotions with the Trade Nigeria, which he duly registered.\nNigeria Asia Week and Trade Expo came after in Seoul, South Korea and the huge success it saw motivated other projects. In 2018, Trade Nigeria joined Federation of International Trade Association and Nigeria High Commission Seoul Korea to organize the Nigeria Asia Joint Trade Mission \u2013 a business delegation of Nigerian industries, investments and commerce to Asia. This was done in association with international trade organizations, Asian based businesses as well the embassies of all the countries involved.\nIn 2019, the Trade Nigeria in partnership with Biz Africa Singapore and nine other Asian countries packaged the Nigeria Asia Business Forum 2019 with over 3000 businesses, traders and investors expected to participate. The event will be crowned with the Nigeria at 59 National Day Awards Singapore in collaboration with Nigeria High Commission Singapore.\nHon. Nwabueze Buchi George now sits as the Chairman of a Global Delegation on International Trade and Investment tasked with achieving international trade and investment partnerships and economic corporations for Nigeria.\nPUBLIC OFFICES AND VOLUNTEER PROJECTS\nTo ensure that he gives back the society as much as he is getting from it, Buchi George stated Global Family Funds on Education, a Nongovernmental Organizing charged with raising fund and crating awareness for education for less privileged children across the globe.\nBy providing for the Global Family Funds on Education, Hon. Nwabueze Buchi George displayed his love for education for the less privileged Children throughout the world. This foundation uses proceeds from projects of other subsidiaries and with what this strategy has achieved, in 2012, he was presented with a United Nations Medal of Honour as Global Children Education Activist, a title that made him an Ambassador of United Nations.\nDon't Read Alone! 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{"text":"The Magpies : Tidings, LP released June 2020\nA track by track review of 'Tidings', the debut LP from contemporary folk quartet The Magpies. Formed in York in 2017, with four vocalists and many different stringed instruments they have drawn together influences and styles to create a rich and rewarding sound.\n1. Two Magicians. A traditional song with a lyric describing the sensual shape-shifting antics of the lady and the blacksmith. Mandolin and fiddle weave sinuously around the warm vocal.\n2. Catharsis. The instrumental dexterity of the first track goes straight into this gorgeous fast-paced workout. Great production and mix, the band sound like they are in your front room.\n3. Run River Run. A considered meditation on the flowing of the river and the passing of time as a resolution for problems. The mid-song instrumental break is sublime.\n4. Rock of Ages. A cover of Gillian Welch's spiritual anthem, showing how the band blend aspects of americana into their sound. Hypnotic and stunningly effective.\n5. Foss Island. The violin double-stopping of the introduction gives way to an instrumental that is lighter than air and makes the island of the title sound like the perfect place to be (although it seems to be an inland area near York?). The theme inverts into variations with intricate structures as the track continues.\n6. No More Tears. The expression of emotion is beautifully concise here as the banjo, guitar, violin and cello gently contribute, dusted with harmony vocals and infused with the fragile atmosphere of a forgotten Woody Guthrie song.\n7. Shuffle Set. It is a nicely structured collection, just when you are haunted by the previous track there is instant uplift from the synchronised playing and sparkling solos on this traditional whole band showcase.\n8. Galway Shawl. The longest track on the album, it is nearly seven minutes to develop the languid and mellow feeling of this song, well known in the folk world. It is a tale of a chance meeting filled with poetic details including naming of other songs within the narrative and the repeating motif of the title garment; the descriptions are brought to life by a super vocal performance and complex layering of the instruments. Entrancing and beguiling.\n9. Golden Girl. An air of mystery pervades this track, a ghostly story with of course a sad end. The violin shares the counter melody over the brooding chord sequence in this dark but affecting track.\n10. Balls To The Wall. An exotic and unpredictable instrumental spectacular, with bouzouki patterns, speed changes and handclaps interweaved with folk dance tempos. An explosive finale to this excellent album.\nhttps:\/\/www.themagpiesmusic.com\/\nThis entry was posted in Music and tagged album, folk, LP, review, The Magpies, Tidings on July 6, 2020 by iknoweno.\n\u2190 Victorian Tin : Chagall, single released June 2020 Bugeye : Ready Steady Bang, LP released July 2020 \u2192","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Management \/\nBusiness owners causing their own demise\nBusiness owners are the ones who are ultimately causing their companies to fail by being risk-averse, and mid-sized companies are the most vulnerable.\nThat is the view of Sean Ashby, owner of iconic men's swimwear and underwear brand, aussieBum.\n\"My business wouldn't be here today if I didn't take risk every week. It comes down to innovation. It's such an important part of a growing business,\" Sean says.\n\"If you don't have innovation, then you don't have a business in today's world.\"\nHowever, it is not so much start-ups that are risk-averse, suggests Sean, but the mid-sized market, where the founders have built something of which they can be proud but feel reluctant to gamble to grow any further.\n\"That actually is often where failure occurs because you become so fearful of what you're going to do, because you think of all the things you know could happen. Whereas in the earlier days, you didn't know about any of that so the risks you were taking you just saw it as normal,\" he says.\nThat doesn't mean that you need to gamble with the business as a whole or do so unprepared, warns Sean.\n\"I actually try to, for the lack of a better word, be naive. When I'm taking risks, I look at the financial impact, but I've already budgeted for that. And I'm quite prepared to fail,\" he says.\n\"And with failure, that actually motivates me. But without failure, that's where complacency kicks in.\"\nIt is for this reason that Sean suggests many business owners actually bring on their own worst fear \u2013 the death of the business they have worked so hard to create.\nHe notes that fashion is a particularly competitive industry, and it is only the ones that keep take chances and try new things which will survive for the longer term.\n\"[aussieBum is] 16 years young. Most fashion brands don't last that long. It's because we've kept reinventing ourselves, but I've also never accepted what we've done as being good enough,\" says Sean.\nHear more inspirations, insights and cheeky tricks from Sean on the My Business Podcast below:\nTax agent struck off for MIA documents\n'My 3 takeaways from 3 decades at McDonald's'\nLast Updated: 26 October 2017 Published: 15 August 2017","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Start > Vulkane > Pacific Ocean > Samoan and Wallis Islands > Savai'i\nSavai'i Vulkan\nShield volcano 1858 m \/ 6,096 ft\nSamoa, Samoan Islands, -13.61\u00b0S \/ -172.53\u00b0W\nSavai'i Vulkan-B cher\nTypische Aktivit\u00e4t: unspecified\nAusbr\u00fcche des Savai'i: 1911\nSavai'i, the largest and highest of the Samoan islands, consists of a massive basaltic shield volcano constructed along a WNW-ESE-trending rift zone that splits into two rifts on the east side of the 75-km-long, oval-shaped island. Pliocene and Pleistocene shield formation was followed by stream and marine erosion, partial submergence, and growth of coral reefs. Late-stage Pleistocene and Holocene eruptions produced voluminous lava flows that partially buried fringing reefs. Numerous cinder cones and lava cones dot the broad crest of Savai'i, which has a low-angle, dome-like profile and reaches an elevation of 1858 m. Additional cones occur on the north-central flank, and a large number are found in the south-central part of the island. Three eruptions, including two in the 20th century, occurred in historical time, and produced voluminous lava flows that reached the northern coast along broad fronts up to about 15 km wide, destroying several villages and overtopping fringing reefs.\nSmithsonian \/ GVP volcano information\nEruption Specials\nTours to erupting volcanoes: From time to time, we organize special tours to see volcanoes in eruption. These are often announced only few days or weeks in advance. Find out more!\nPhotos from Vanuatu: A fascinating archipelago with very active volcanoes, tropical islands and very friendly and hospital people who still live their original Melanesian culture. Browse through our vast collection of photos.\nPhotos from Kamchatka: Kamchatka in Russia's far east is one of world's remotest regions and has an almost unparalleled density of active volcanoes. Look at photos taken during our expeditions from this wonderful corner of the world!\nKilauea volcano, Hawai'i: Kilauea is the most active volcano on earth, in constant eruption since 1983!","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Note: An advanced reader copy (ARC) was provided by the author via Give Me Books Promotions.\nKaylee Ryan gives readers a love story combining two of the most popular tropes around: falling for your best friend's sibling and second chances. Remedy is a brand-new standalone with a fair amount of angst (yay!) tempered by some lighthearted moments (yay!). This romance is all about Grady Carmichael, a medical student about to start his residency and decides to return to his hometown to do it. His reason has little do with wanting to be living closer to his parents or his best friend and nearly everything to do with being back in the same town as the girl who changed the way he saw his future and, more importantly, his heart three years ago. But Collins Ward has changed in the years since that one and only night they shared together. The hurt and anger remain. After all, Collins had given him something she would never give any other man, and his absence the following morning and lack of communication on his end for days and weeks afterwards are forever etched in her memory. What Grady needs her to realize, though, is that while he may have run away before, he intends to stay for the long run for her.\nThere was a lot about this book that I enjoyed. From the cast of characters to the connection between Grady and Collins, this turned out to be a love story that had heart to it. There's no one here that I didn't like and I did believe that Grady and Collins had genuine feelings for one another once they had gotten over all those humps and hurdles along the way to their happily-ever-after. I admit, though, that I have to suspend my own disbelief when it came to Grady saying that his one night with Collins had made him so devoted to his feelings for her that three years of no contact whatsoever has led him to returning to their hometown and wanting to share a life with her. I get having the feelings, but for Collins to be the reason that he wanted to focus all his attention on his studies and then go on to apply for residency in a hospital in their hometown. Maybe I'm just cynical, but the whole non-communication thing and making such life-changing decisions three years later had me raising an eyebrow or two. Still, I did love the story once they gave their relationship a chance, so Remedy receives four stars out of five stars. \u2665\nLearn more about Kaylee Ryan.\nPurchase Remedy on Amazon | Apple Books | B&N | Kobo.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
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{"text":"how many cloves in a teaspoon\nQuestion was posted on Nov 15, 2013 in Cooking Measurements. For example, Brand A of minced garlic might tell you that 1\/2 teaspoon of it equals a clove of garlic. How Many Teaspoons of Minced Garlic Equals One Clove? You're preparing dinner, and the recipe you're following calls for 1 teaspoon of minced garlic. How many whole cloves is equivalent to a teaspoon? How much ground cloves equals 1 whole clove? On it I saw cloves was the only other herb almost twice as potent than cinnamon. 2 teaspoons of ginger = 3.52 grams of ginger. But can you really ever have too much garlic? Chopped garlic will usually have a milder flavor compared to minced or crushed garlic. Fact Check: What Power Does the President Really Have Over State Governors? 1.76 grams of ground ginger fit into one teaspoon. Converting From Minced Garlic to Cloves Many recipes that require herbs to \u2026 This conversion can be used for any amount of cloves that a recipe calls for. Use 1\/4 teaspoon granulated garlic for every clove needed. I tried supplementing with half teaspoon cinnamon and 1\/4 teaspoon cloves and was kinda harsh digestion slowed way down. Many cuisines include cloves, and it is also an ingredient in certain condiments, including ketchup and Worcestershire sauce. states that hardneck varieties of garlic typically have between six and eight cloves. The size of the cloves can also vary considerably in a single head of softneck garlic, with some being much smaller than others. You look at the head of garlic on your counter and wonder how many you should cut up. How many whole cloves is equivalent to a teaspoon. Fine Cooking states that hardneck varieties of garlic typically have between six and eight cloves. Alternatively, you have a jar of pre-minced garlic, and your recipe calls for one clove of minced garlic. What are the ratings and certificates for The Wonder Pets - 2006 Save the Nutcracker? A teaspoon is thought to be the equivalent of 1 clove of garlic. If you're using garlic powder, double-check and make sure it's not garlic salt. How many grams of ground ginger are in 1 teaspoons? A standard U.S. No.1 grade garlic bulb or head that is 1 1\/2 inches diameter. What will be the internet tld for kosovo? With that in mind, 4 teaspoons would be equal 4 cloves of garlic. A very aromatic spice, cloves are the unopened flower buds of the clove tree. Chopped garlic has the biggest pieces while crushed garlic is paste-like. One clove of garlic equals between 1\/2 and 1 full teaspoon. 0 How much clove oil equals one teaspoon ground cloves? 6 cloves of minced garlic how many tablespoons ? What form of id do you need 2 visit rikers island? Whenminced, 1 small clove ofgarlicyields about \u00bd teaspoon and 1 large clove about 1.5 teaspoons. Use 1\/2 teaspoon garlic flakes instead of one clove fresh garlic. Some substitutes are available. It also affects the taste of the garlic. How old was queen elizabeth 2 when she became queen? Use one teaspoon of whole cloves in place of 3\/4 teaspoon of ground cloves (so that's 1 to 1\/3 times as many whole cloves as ground cloves). Another option is to use granulated garlic in place of fresh cloves or jarred minced garlic. The number of cloves in a head of garlic varies based on the type of garlic and the size of the head. A head of hardneck garlic might give you anywhere from three to four teaspoons of minced garlic. Is it common to have the medicine come out your nose after a tonsillectomy? Copyright \u00a9 2020 Multiply Media, LLC. While there might be some variations based on the size of the cloves of garlic, generally speaking, one clove will give you 1\/2 teaspoon minced garlic. Weight of the selected food item is calculated based on the food density and its given volume to answer questions such as, how many ounces or grams of a selected food in a liter, a cup, or in a spoon. Visit CalorieKing to see calorie count and nutrient data for all portion sizes. Diabetes Diet Tips: You many not believe it, but cloves are good for diabetics. Minced, chopped, and crushed refers to the size of the garlic pieces. A small clove will produce about \u00bd teaspoon, a medium-sized clove will produce about one teaspoon, and a large clove will produce about 1 \u00bd teaspoons. Cloves are kind of magic because they can play a role in keeping your stomach from growling between meals. 2 \/ 3 teaspoon of ginger = 1.17 grams of ginger. The number of cloves in aheaddepends on the size and variety of thegarlic. The hardneck garlic cloves tend to be equal or nearly equal in size. One U.S. teaspoon equals \u2159 fluid ounce (4.93 mL), slightly less than the 5-mL metric teaspoon ; These differences in volume are small enough that American and metric measuring spoons can be easily interchanged without significantly altering a recipe. As little as one teaspoon of the super-star spice is enough to reap benefits. 5 benefits of cloves 1. Well, it depends on the size of the clove. Depending on the recipe you're preparing, you might see minced garlic, chopped garlic, or crushed garlic included in the list of ingredients. If one teaspoon of whole cloves is approximately equivalent to 0.75 teaspoons of ground cloves, then 0.50 teaspoons of whole cloves is equivalent to 0.375 teaspoons of ground cloves. A large clove of garlic is equal to 1 \u00bd teaspoon of dried garlic, or \u00bd teaspoon of garlic powder. Fine Cooking states that hardneck varieties of garlic typically have between six and eight cloves. Teaspoon. In general, you can think of 3\/4 teaspoon ground cloves as the equivalent of 1 teaspoon whole cloves. Generally 1 medium-size clove of Garlic will yield about \u00be teaspoon minced garlic. Is there a way to search all eBay sites for different countries at once? You can also substitute garlic flakes for fresh garlic. The hardneck garlic cloves tend to be equal or nearly equal in size. 1\/4 teaspoon ground cloves is approximately equivilent to 3 whole cloves. Home \u00bb How much clove oil equals one teaspoon ground cloves? A head of softneck garlic might give you anywhere from six to 12 teaspoons of minced garlic. When minced, 1 small clove of garlic yields about 1\/2 teaspoon and 1 large clove about 1.5 teaspoons. The hardneck garlic cloves tend to be equal or nearly equal in size. x I personally would use about a teaspoon of minced garlic - when you crush a fresh garlic clove it usually gives you about a teaspoon - so thats what I would do :o) x Hope this helps xx Does pumpkin pie need to be refrigerated? How long will the footprints on the moon last? Is the Coronavirus Crisis Increasing America's Drug Overdoses? > A head or bulb of garlic usually contains about 10 cloves. Two cloves of garlic, then, would be 2\/3 of a tablespoon. If you are wondering how many cloves make up a quarter cup of minced garlic, then the answer is 12-13 cloves. If you don't have whole cloves, you can also substitute the ground cloves called for in the recipe with an equal amount of allspice. Who is the longest reigning WWE Champion of all time? More than 40 years as a cook and GourmetSleuth.com's reference to The label of Brand B might tell you that 1 teaspoon of its garlic is the same as a clove of fresh garlic. Flag inappropriate. A head of hardneck garlic might give you anywhere from three to four teaspoons of minced garlic. While one clove of garlic will typically produce 1\/2 teaspoon of minced garlic, it will produce 1 teaspoon of chopped garlic. ), The Secret Science of Solving Crossword Puzzles, Racist Phrases to Remove From Your Mental Lexicon. How much Minced Garlic is in a Clove? If a recipe calls for minced garlic, and you don't have any, you aren't out of luck. A food with a name containing, like or similar to Spices, cloves, ground: GARLIC CLOVES WITH SPICES, UPC: 074027082134 contain(s) 33 calories per 100 grams or \u22483.527 ounces [ price] About this page: Weight of Spices, cloves, ground; For instance, compute how many ounces or grams a cup of \"Spices, cloves, ground\" weighs. Cloves possess antioxidant, anti-microbial, anti-inflammatory, anti-viral and anti-fungal properties which contribute to the major of their health benefits [1] . A heaped teaspoon will probably be about equivalent to two cloves of garlic, but it's cooking, not. about one large or two medium or three small garlic cloves or a Approximately 1\/8 teaspoon garlic powder equals one garlic clove. Why don't libraries smell like bookstores? Three whole cloves are equal to 1\/4 of a teaspoon of ground cloves. \u00bd teaspoon of ginger = 0.88 grams of ginger. This content is imported from {embed-name}. You'd need to walk 2 minutes to burn 7 calories. What does struck out mean from the county court? The smaller the pieces of garlic, the more pungent the flavor will be. 3 teaspoons of ginger = 5.28 grams of ginger. Cloves 1\/4 teaspoon ground = 3 whole cloves Dill Seed 1\/2 tablespoon dried dill seed = 1 head fresh dill Pumpkin Pie Spice Use 1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice per 2 cups pumpkin pie filling (enough for a 9-inch pie). The material on this site can not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with prior written permission of Multiply. A smaller clove of garlic measures out to \u00bd teaspoon of garlic flakes, and 1\/8 teaspoon of garlic powder. How small you cut up a clove of garlic not only affects the volume of garlic you use in a recipe. Containing 10 cloves of garlic will measure out to around 4 tablespoons. There are 7 calories in 1 teaspoon (0.1 oz) of Cloves, ground. \u00be teaspoon of ginger = 1.32 grams of ginger. Each tablespoon equals 3 teaspoons, so if you're using average-sized garlic cloves at a teaspoon each, you'd have three cloves per tablespoon. All Rights Reserved. The size of the cloves will depend on the size of the bulb, and this will depend on your preferences and what is available at the store that day. So for a 1\/4 cup measurement you need to dice about 12 to 13 medium size cloves. A head of hardneck garlic might give you anywhere from three to four teaspoons of minced garlic. Use 6 tablespoons per #10 can pumpkin. 1 clove equals 1 teaspoon, so 6 cloves would be two tablespoons. When did organ music become associated with baseball? How Many tbsp is a head of garlic? Hiya! Depending on the size of the garlic to begin with. four finger pinch of the star clove type. Cloves can help regulate your hunger levels. Cloves found in both whole and ground forms are known for their versatility in many recipes such as spicy cookies, beverages, baked goods and savoury dishes. Just as there is variety among garlic cloves, there is also variety among brands of minced garlic. Does Oil of Oregano raise the sugar in your blood? The number of cloves in a head depends on the size and variety of the garlic. The packaging might give you conversions to help you prepare recipes. Depending on the size of the mince, anywhere from 1\/4 teaspoon to 1 teaspoon of jarred minced garlic can equal one clove of garlic. We reached a conclusion through our experiment that typically, 10-12 cloves are present in a garlic head. Will 5G Impact Our Cell Phone Plans (or Our Health?! What are the release dates for The Wonder Pets - 2006 Save the Ladybug? The number of cloves in a head of garlic varies based on the type of garlic and the size of the head. One medium peeled garlic clove produced 1 rounded teaspoon chopped, however when finely minced, the quantity drops to slightly less than 1 teaspoon. However as a starting point, the typical kind ofgarliccarried in your local grocery store usually contains 10 to 12 cloves. For instance, compute how many ounces or grams a cup of \"WHOLE CLOVES, UPC: 077636014237\" weighs. When minced, one garlic clove gives about half a teaspoon to one and a half teaspoon. For example, if you have garlic powder, you can use 1\/8 teaspoon for every clove of garlic called for in a recipe. 1\/2 a tsp of minced garlic = 1 clove. A medium-sized clove of fresh garlic requires \u00bd teaspoon garlic flakes to produce the same flavor characteristics. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. Softneck varieties of garlic typically have more cloves per head, anywhere from 12 to 24. It could take around 48 to 100 teaspoons to equal one cup. If you don't have time to peel and mince garlic, you might be interested in swapping out fresh cloves for jarred, pre-minced garlic. 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{"text":"Top Analysis Essay Writing Website For College Bertrand Russell Unpopular Essays Summary Of Romeo Wake Forest Supplement Essay 2017 Fiction Analysis Essay Writing Steps For Narrative\nThe Poetics of Meat, Mad Cows, and Human-Animal Illness\nOne of the most stubborn limits of disability studies is that which encircles \"the human.\" We think we know what kinds of beings are exposed to ableism and stigma, as well as to the more liberatory possibilities of disability politics. With the exception of a service animal here and there, the subjects and social dynamics with which disability studies is concerned are almost always assumed to belong to homo sapiens. At the same time, however, the history of disability and illness is a history of human encounters with animals, from pig-derived insulin to seizure-sniffing dogs to gorillas trained in American Sign Language. Though our concepts of disability, access, illness, and health regularly cross species bounds, the foundational \"social model\" of disability still privileges human-focused definitions of the social.1\nSymptomatic of this limitation is the predominance of Temple Grandin as the go-to example of interspecies disability, in both disability and animal studies. Grandin operates, on the one hand, as a touchstone through which theorists try to think disability and \"the nonhuman\" together; on the other hand, scholars in both fields have taken the famed animal welfarist to task for her assertion that autism makes her uniquely capable of understanding and relating to nonhuman animals.2 The disability community largely critiques Grandin's characterization of autism as essentialist, and animal liberationists (both disabled and nondisabled) question why her supposedly exceptional empathy for nonhuman animals has led her to design slaughterhouse equipment rather than become an abattoir abolitionist.3 And so, she provides a convenient scapegoat for those who, rightfully wary of the vile history of comparison between disabled humans and nonhuman animals, bristle at the very notion that disability should have any meaning beyond the human. In comparing autistic and nonhuman consciousness, this logic goes, Grandin devalues both autistic and nonhuman life, and so disability and animality should remain safely distinct.\nUnderlying this anxiety is the assumption that speaking of disability and animality in relation to one another necessarily means making comparisons or analogies between the two. This has had the unfortunate effect of obscuring how ableism and speciesism operate in mutually reinforcing, materially intertwined ways as Sunaura Taylor argues in Beasts of Burden: Animal and Disability Liberation. For instance, the health\/illness binary not only devalues sick and disabled humans, but also renders nonhuman lives disposable in service of a fantasy of human health. When livestock are killed off due to disability or illness, both the agricultural industry and its detractors deploy the stigma of unhealthiness to their own rhetorical ends: for animal liberationists, \"[t]he downed, sick \u2013 or even potentially sick \u2013 animal becomes the symbol of what is unhealthy, dirty, and dangerous about industrialized animal farming,\" while at the same time, factory farms kill disabled animals en masse in order to appear that they prioritize \"safety, health, and even compassion.\"4 Both claims are founded on the assumption that an animal's compulsory and violent death is a desirable alternative to its living with a disability.\nIt is understandable, then, that disability studies has been mostly uninterested in engaging with these debates. Compounding the ableist rhetoric on all sides is the problem of suffering that has been a matter of controversy in disability studies for quite some time. Disability advocates have been reluctant to embrace solidarity with nonhuman animals whose bodily conditions are the products of grave mistreatment, as doing so might enforce harmful associations of disability with pain and misery. \"It is hard even to begin to consider what disability means in these instances,\" Taylor says, \"because of how inseparable it is from captivity, abuse, neglect, breeding, and, yes, suffering.\"5 While she suggests that viewing the lives of livestock through a critical disability lens can help us \"to ask who these animals are behind their suffering\" and \"to consider how the very vulnerability and difference that these animals inhabit may in fact model new ways of knowing and being,\" the how of this imperative remains an open question.6 Given that industrial agricultural facilities are some of the most well-hidden private operations in the American landscape, most people's only lenses into it are through the expository work of animal activists, whose singular message is indeed animal suffering.7 Moreover, as Jasbir Puar has argued, population-scale systems of intentional debilitation (such as industrial farming) pose a challenge to disability studies' tendency to celebrate disabled embodiment.8 What would it mean to look for other modes of disabled life in this context, and how would one even go about such a thing?\nOne way toward answers to these questions, I propose, is through poetry. Even if most of us have very limited access to these beings' day-to-day experiences, poetry makes it possible to reckon with, rethink, and repurpose the language we might use to imagine them. This possibility is among the core animating impulses of The Cow, Ariana Reines's 2006 breakthrough collection of lyric, prose, and documentary poetry organized around modern systems of factory farming and medical-industrial discourse. The cows in this text fit into none of the imaginaries most readily available to describe livestock life: they are neither the contented cows of dairy industry ad copy, nor the histrionically abjected victims of PETA pamphlets, nor the quiet hill-dwellers of the pastoral. They are, rather, the focus of less familiar but more mundane realms of language production, such as veterinary guidebooks, architectural plans, and industry instruction manuals. By reproducing and representing these texts as poetry in themselves \u2013 often without even using line breaks to stylize them as such \u2013 The Cow appropriates the language of its world and ironizes it by exposing the objectifying logics that structure both industrial livestock-processing equipment and poetic address. Refracted through one another, poetry and meat production are revealed to entail a \"processing\" of life into digestible form, from which life is nonetheless always escaping, emerging, insisting upon itself.9\nThrough this processing, the material details of the cows' lives and deaths come into focus with scientific precision: they are quadruple-stomached, pregnant, eating, lowing, breathing, being inseminated, obtaining pelvic fractures, having portholes put into their bodies, lying down, refusing to walk, going \"mad,\" crying out, and ultimately becoming food. Poetry, in its lack of demand for narrative or argument, enables the representation of these animals' lives in language without contorting them into narrative prostheses \u2013 that is, the flattening of disabled figures into plot devices \u2013 or reducing them to the spectacle of their deaths.10 Even as the text foregrounds the debilitation that accompanies the cows' conditions, it also emphasizes the extent to which they still manage to resist humans' claims to epistemological and physical mastery. Humans do not fully understand the function of each stomach, Reines points out, nor do we always know why a cow might lie down and refuse to get up, disrupting production on the farm. \"THE CAUSE OF THE RECUMBENCY IS, MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, ELUSIVE EVEN TO AN EXPERIENCED CLINICIAN,\" Reines copies from The Merck Veterinary Manual, highlighting a moment in which \"downer\" cows resist the protocol of human control by very nature of their disabilities.11 Disability, here, has meaning and possibility other than suffering, even as it may well be connected to it. It is possible, The Cow suggests, to consider what disability affords not beyond or \"behind\" suffering but through and alongside it, without reducing one to the other.\nWhen a body passes through the factory farm and slaughterhouse, it also, just as importantly, passes through categories of subject and object, animacy and inanimacy, and life and death, culminating in its ultimate transformation from \"cow\" to \"meat\" \u2013 the linguistic shift that allows humans to cognitively sidestep the implications of digesting a sentient being. Poetry, in The Cow, does not simply represent, narrate, or analyze this process; it is the process. But, as we will see, the cows' disabled bodies become not only the victims or tragic symbols of this process, but also the disrupters and drivers of poetic form. In response to the objectifying linguistic processes of the slaughterhouse, Reines takes Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), or \"mad cow disease,\" as a formal guide: like the proteins that carry the illness, The Cow's syntax addresses bodies by moving through them, turning them into grammatical objects that nonetheless have agency. The Cow reckons with and at times relishes the knowledge laid bare by this interspecies illness: that no human can remain safely outside the various mechanisms \u2013 grammatical, mechanical, spiritual \u2013 that they might use to relegate others to the position of objects. After all, no matter how powerful a subject you might be today, if you eat a contaminated piece of beef tomorrow, you will become the object of a) a pathogen, and b) a whole society's fear and hysteria. And yet, while ableist fears of madness may result in the denial of subjectivity to humans and nonhuman animals perceived as mad \u2013 specifically, through the mass \"termination\" of potentially BSE-infected cows and the institutional control of people who experience psychosis \u2013 these beings nonetheless remain agents, capable of acting on and with others.12 The text responds to this reality by incorporating a poetic \"I\" that is always vulnerable to having its capacities altered through zoonotic illness and its related objectifying processes, and thus vulnerable to having its status as a human subject thrown into question. In this way, the text invests in what Taylor refers to as \"new ways of knowing and being\" that emerge alongside or even out of debilitation and suffering, without obscuring them. Languageless beings deemed too mad, too disabled to live might not only suffer, The Cow suggests, but also model ways of resisting the linguistic systems that transform them into objects.\nReading The Cow through this lens complicates the metaphorical apparatus through which critics tend to read it, wherein the debilitation of female cows in factory farms indexes similar forms of suffering inflicted on human women through sexual violence.13 Though the text indeed traces the \"resemblances\" in the language around these phenomena, its sustained attention to the nontransferable language of food production makes it difficult to interpret Reines's engagement with nonhuman life as purely allegorical.14 So, too, does the book's self-conscious \"conflation\" of \"cow with cattle car,\" which reaches beyond analogy to suggest that the role of cattle cars in the Holocaust \"humanizes, necessarily, the suffering of the beasts for which cattle cars were made.\"15 Both of these metaphorical resonances \u2013 and the compromised status of metaphor in general \u2013 are essential to Reines' project, though I will not have the space to grapple fully with them here. I will focus, rather, on moments in which the text not only asks readers to imagine what other registers its language of animal disability might point to, but also investigates how language participates in systems of human and nonhuman disablement in the first place.\nMoreover, reading The Cow in terms of its careful attention to the material lives of disabled livestock not only challenges critical interpretations of this particular text, but also extends contemporary disability poetics into new conceptual territory. Asking what disabled animal bodies might have to do with poetic form aligns with the recent turn toward formalism in literary disability studies: that is, a growing body of scholarship that asks what an aesthetics of disability might look like beyond simply texts that are \"about\" disability or that have a disabled author.16 Michael B\u00e9rub\u00e9's The Secret Life of Stories, for instance, considers how cognitive disability can shape the structure of narrative, and books like Rebecca Sanchez's Deafening Modernism and Julia Miele Rodas's Autistic Disturbances trace the influence of Deaf and autistic language on the poetics of writers who are not identified with those categories. The Cow suggests that this field of inquiry need not be limited to human disability; even as the text does not purport to be about disability and in fact never uses the word, its poetics are driven by the processes of human objectification that produced \"mad cow disease,\" a form of species-crossing disablement. Still, it is not surprising that so far this critical turn has been anthropocentric in its concerns. To most people, it seems simply nonsensical to suggest that there could be such a thing as a nonhuman disability poetics, given that language is widely presumed to belong only to human beings. But The Cow gives the lie to this assumption \u2013 not by appealing to arguments that nonhuman animals have languages of their own, but by excavating the poetic processes through which so-called human language materially alters and is altered by both nonhuman and human bodies.\nStill underexplored in this body of scholarship, moreover, is a consideration of illness aesthetics. Illness has long existed in somewhat uneasy relation to disability, challenging the social model's definition of disability as purely a problem of social and built environments rather than a problem of biological impairment.17 A poetics of illness, The Cow shows, may well incorporate language of abjection and of biology that other theories of disability poetics have been reluctant to claim. The text's pathogenic poetics suggest that, in order to understand the meaning and significance of illness to our world and the way we represent it, the lenses of built environments, stigma, and human identity categories account for only part of the picture.18 Though examining the formal properties of a pathogen \u2013 a biological cause of impairment \u2013 may seem anathema to disability studies' commitment to the social, The Cow shows that the biological elements of illness can contain immense potential for intervention in the most fundamental organizing principles of society. Here, zoonotic illness demands a new grammar, unsettling the violent subject-object hierarchies that prop up not only distinctions like cow\/meat and consumer\/consumed, but also health\/illness and human\/animal \u2013 the very distinctions through which dehumanizing ableist rhetoric has historically cast disabled people as non- or subhuman.\nUnhealthy Objects\nIn the context of the industrial slaughterhouse, there is no easy separation of material objects from grammatical ones. The outcome of the slaughter process is the transformation of an agential bovine subject into an acted-upon object. The Cow both reproduces this material-grammatical processing and throws wrenches into it by imbuing the objects of industrial slaughter with an enduring capacity for agency. As we will see, this necessitates dislodging ableist grammatical hierarchies in which health corresponds to agency. In a poem tellingly titled \"ITEM,\" Reines establishes a relationship between cows' object status and the presumption of health by reflecting on the disjunctive relationship between the \"feed\" that cows are made to eat in industrial farming settings and those farms' claims about the health of their products:\nIn the stall she is fed FEED. FEED has many things in it, for example, corn, lots of corn, and, until, recently, but maybe still, rendered animal. Rendered animal, for extra protein. The antibiotics make it possible for the cow to digest the corn, which, without antibiotics, would kill her, but which, with antibiotics, makes her fat, which is to say, TENDER. Marbled. HEALTH.19\nThis version of the cow as item is contrasted with an image of a \"healthy cow\" that appears earlier in the poem, which is a cow who produces between 20 and 35 gallons of saliva each day in order to moisten and digest grass. This healthy cow \"does not eat protein, she makes it. Her stomach turns grass into her body.\"20 Note the grammatical difference between these two descriptions: when the cow is healthy, she is a subject who makes protein, and when she is unhealthy \u2013 yet ironically represents the supposed HEALTH humans would gain through her flesh \u2013 she is an object who \"is fed\" feed that \"would kill her.\"\nThis shift reflects the underlying grammar of agricultural production, in which humans are able to create industries around animal exploitation largely due to the ease with which we objectify animal bodies, rendering them discardable. Animal liberationist Carol J. Adams has argued that renaming animal flesh \"meat\" constitutes the \"objectification of consumption through language,\" a process in which \"[l]anguage distances us from animals by naming them as objects.\"21 This obfuscation of animal subjectivity enables nonhuman animals to become the \"absent referents\" of metaphors for human oppression, where complaints that women are treated \"like animals,\" for instance, tacitly accept the abuse of animals on the other side of the analogy.22 This critique could easily extend to disability discourse: when we talk about violence done to humans who have been treated \"like lab rats\" by the ableist medical establishment, what are we saying about lab rats themselves? For many people, to acknowledge animal illness or vulnerability is a matter of cognitive dissonance, even or especially when humans have ourselves induced that illness \u2013 an object, after all, is not supposed to have health.\nThat's not because objects can't be alive, but because the concept of health plays a powerful role in determining a being's capacity for agency. A healthy being is thought to possess the energy to assert its subject position in the world, and thus to take action, whereas an unhealthy being is supposedly in a state of needing to be acted upon \u2013 treated, healed, cured. This much is evident in early disability activism's insistence on a distinction between disability and illness, in which disabled people, unlike sick people, were considered self-determining, autonomous, and agential. As Susan Wendell notes in her influential essay arguing for the inclusion of chronic illness in disability discourse, this distinction was not without reason, as the undue pathologization of people with disabilities often resulted in their being put in positions where \"medical personnel controlled every aspect of their lives\" despite their capacity to live independently.23 If being perceived as ill means being stripped of bodily autonomy, as it often still does for people with mental or other heavily stigmatized illnesses, then the distinction between \"healthy disability\" and \"unhealthy disability\" becomes a distinction between the potential for personhood and total objectification.\nThis hierarchy is a crucial element of The Cow's grappling with the language of objectification: not just in metaphorical terms of how meat production is like the objectification of some humans, but also in terms of how any body's \u2013 human or nonhuman \u2013 symbolic capacity for \"health\" can determine its status within the subject\/object conventions of human grammar. Where disability studies has recognized that linking health to the capacity to act has disastrous consequences for people who are deemed unhealthy, Reines traces the implications of this logic to the realm of the nonhuman, revealing how the concept of health actually produces the conditions of animal agency or nonagency that it pretends to describe. Presaging Mel Y. Chen's characterization of linguistic hierarchies in terms of bodies' relative \"animacies,\" The Cow shows how ableist and anthropomorphic conceptions of health as animating and agential determine whether a body is a subject or an object within language, and by extension within the hierarchies of the social world.24 Indeed, as the above passage shows, the linguistic shift from \"cow\" to \"meat\" that takes place as the body passes through the slaughter process thus first involves a shift in health status: the unhealthy cow's subjectivity is negated so that it can become the purportedly healthy object of human consumption. Once the cow is an object, its health can be defined only in terms of the human subject, the consumer. Reines reveals, however, how these symbolic hierarchies have disabling effects for both human and nonhuman animals. The irony of calling meat HEALTH, after all, is that the protein the cow receives through rendered animal matter \u2013 the very thing that enables an appearance of health \u2013 is also the origin of BSE, which spread to humans as variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) via their consumption of infected meat. This phenomenon, along with the crisis of antibiotic resistance, has made clear that meat can mean \"HEALTH\" without being healthy for either humans or the animals it came from. In other words, having health and meaning health are two different things. The HEALTH of red and marbled flesh is, simply, a picture of health that refers to no one.\nPrion Poetics\nThis tension between having and meaning health throws the factory farm's grammar of health into crisis, destabilizing the hierarchies of agency that define industrial agriculture. Nowhere is this clearer, The Cow suggests, than in the rendering process. Rendered meat comes, often, from the bodies of animals that were ill or \"downed\": that is, unable or unwilling to walk to slaughter for any reason. Downed animals that are disabled but not necessarily sick, then, are still thought to mean \"unhealthy\" meat, and are put to the same death and destruction as animals downed due to BSE or other illness. Meanwhile, those animals who are actually sick have been made unhealthy by the human demand for meat that appears to mean \"health.\" The objectification of consumption that comes with considering flesh \"meat\" thus empties all meaning from the language of health, and Reines seeks to interrupt this corporate-controlled bankrupting of language.25 What can language make happen, The Cow asks, when it dares to render those subjects who are subject to rendering? Is it even possible to do so without reproducing the same objectifying processes of the rendering machines \u2013 without reducing sick and disabled animal lives to the very suffering and death that are used to justify their destruction?\nSomewhat surprisingly, \"mad cow disease\" offers a way of approaching these questions. Illness becomes a resistant force within the grammar of the text, particularly when it comes to disrupting the linguistic structures that transform animal subjects into objects. BSE poses the potential for intimate exchange between human and meat, in which the infectious mechanisms of prions \u2013 atypically folded proteins that induce other, typical proteins to take on their shape \u2013 make it materially difficult to separate the consumer from the object being consumed. Making meat the object of poetic address not only means addressing the cow's suffering and lack of agency; it also means addressing how animal illness can and does act upon humans in a way that upsets their stable role as consumer-subjects. Indeed, the animal's illness continues to insist on its capacity for agency even after it is transformed into meat. \"Something gets out from under the end,\" Reines writes. \"Disease. Brains and shit.\"26\nIn order to address an animal object that is mainly acted-upon and objectified while alive, but agential when dead, Reines must employ a new kind of grammar. It takes root in the moment of the animal's final process of being made into an object, in which the transformation of the cow's body is coterminous with its linguistic transformation into meat and, finally, waste. Lifting language from the advertising copy for a machine used to render pathogen-contaminated animal carcasses, she writes:\nTHE WR2 TISSUE DIGESTOR SYSTEM EFFECTIVELY AND RELIABLY ADDRESSES INFECTIOUS ANIMAL CARCASSES AND INACTIVATES PRIONS. THIS TECHNOLOGY IS USED SUCCESSFULLY WORLDWIDE.\nTo address a carcass is to liquefy it. This is real poetry. . . .\n* IDEAL FOR ALL ANIMALS INCLUDING LARGE HORSES, COWS, MOST ZOO ANIMALS, PATHOLOGIC WASTE, AND ANATOMIC WASTE.\n* IDEAL FOR VETERINARY SCHOOLS, LARGE PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES, LARGE RESEARCH CENTERS, UNIVERSITY AND MEDICAL SCHOOL FACILITIES, COLLEGES OF AGRICULTURE, AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES.\nThis is real poetry because it's a vat of signification. What is made to pass through. It's language, it looks and sounds like language. Dissolve me. . . .\nA machine that digests the planet's great digestors. Whose illness eats their brains because they were forced to eat one another. Who are become a risky aliment. Signification is antique and staid. Fuck me.27\nThe linguistic transformation from the cow's lifelong objectification to its final physical conversion into an object is indeed \"real poetry,\" as Reines's repeated nods to Gertrude Stein's meat-obsessed object poetics attests.28 But unlike Stein, Reines is not only interested in addressing the meat as a discrete object on her table. Rather, she updates Stein's object poetics by introducing a third party \u2013 the BSE pathogen \u2013 to the scene of poetic address. When a piece of meat is made up of the folded-over proteins that can infect a human, the distances between cow, meat, and human start to contract. Moreover, as a protein, rather than a virus or bacterial agent, a prion is not easily identifiable as subject or object. Lacking both DNA and RNA, prions \u2013 even more than viruses \u2013 challenge our assumptions about what constitutes life.29 Like viruses, prions do not reproduce independently: they begin with a spontaneously mutated protein that then converts other already extant proteins into its own atypical shape, first in one animal's brain and possibly, later, in others'. Thus, a prion is inseparable from the body in which it resides, even though it moves among bodies and species; in fact, because it is the animal's own protein, the immune system does not recognize it as a threat to be fought off.30 The brain both acts and is acted upon, addresses and is addressed.\nReines demonstrates how this phenomenon unsettles the language of consumption by adopting a grammatical apparatus that mimics the movement of a prion. Consider the final two stanzas quoted above, which follow a very particular pattern:\n1) A subject is introduced: \"real poetry,\" then \"A machine.\"\n2) The following sentences, which we might expect to elaborate on or modify the subject, instead describe its object. \"What is made to pass through\" \"looks and sounds like language\" in the first; the \"great digestors\" \"Whose illness eats their brains\" \"become a risky aliment\" in the second. It is as if the subject is immediately consumed by its object, as an animal brain might be consumed by the ingestion of contaminated, rendered meat.\n3) A first person is abruptly introduced in the final sentence, as both the implied speaker of an imperative and its object. The verb attached to it immediately challenges its bodily and\/or ontological integrity: \"Dissolve me\"; \"Fuck me.\" Another consumer comes to the table, just to become consumed.\nThe grammatical thrust of these stanzas is to collapse the subject-object relation like a prion does in its chain of unusual foldings. To consider the cow in Reines's medical-historical moment is to consider its relationship to human subjectivity in a new way, where choosing to eat meat might physically dissolve the brain, that organ where we so often like to imagine the subject is housed. The imperative form is fitting, then, as the poetic subject \"I\" is absent even as it is necessarily present and speaking. The first-person becomes, like a prion, an object with agency. The speaker, the human subject, is digested along with the \"planet's great digestors,\" drawn into a churning mesh of consumption that gives the lie to industrial agriculture's mythos of human control over the lives and deaths of animals.\nBeside Suffering\nThis, it must be acknowledged, is a limited form of resistance. In The Cow, we don't see nonhuman resistance as it is sometimes championed: animals valiantly resisting their objectification by escaping enclosure or lashing out at their confiners.31 Reines instead attends to thousands upon thousands of animals who never take action in these ways, and likely never have the opportunity. How might we imagine their lives, their ways of being and knowing, meaning more than violent objectification? As we have seen, one answer is in their capacity to upend language as it typically operates to consolidate human power. Still, in suggesting that The Cow's prion poetics create a disruption in the objectification process that animates industrial processing, I do not wish to claim that a pathogen itself is liberatory, nor its resulting illness. What I find compelling about the prion as a poetic form is simply that it opens up a new way of considering disabled animals, beyond the terms of subjugation unilaterally engineered by humans. The point is not that BSE is a desirable condition, but that its spread resists the typically one-directional, top-down flow of industrial disablement from humans to nonhuman animals. In short, it forces humans to face their entanglement with and dependence on the animals they consume. This is evident in the widespread adoption of \"mad cow disease\" to refer to human cases; even in common parlance, the illness draws attention to the animal typically obscured by \"meat.\" Suggesting even, perhaps, that humans undergo a sort of becoming-cow through the act of consumption, BSE destabilizes the notion that humans can ever claim totalizing control over the animals they systematically debilitate \u2013 a notion central to the operation of industrial agriculture that strives for complete vertical integration, or to \"own and engineer every stage of the [animal's] life-and-death cycle.\"32\nMeanwhile, Reines offers another answer to the question of how to imagine these animals: sacrifice, or the offering up of one's body for the purpose of sustaining a larger system of life. She sometimes imbues the cow with a voluntary, even erotic impulse toward death: \"There is something certain creatures long for. To be hacked up and macerated. That's having it come out and go into another's body\"33 ; \"Herd me here into the glorious ever and ever above.\"34 Though these lines would rankle animal liberationists, for whom the logic of sacrifice has long been synonymous with apologia for animal cruelty, I would nonetheless argue that this framing offers a challenge to the objectifying logic of the slaughter industry. It complicates the cows' default status as devoid of agency, purely objectified and acted-upon \u2013 that ironic nexus of health and incapacity that enables cows to become meat.\nReines's notion of sacrifice is not simply aligned with traditional models, in which an animal's life is offered up to some more important and powerful force (either human or divine). Instead, it imagines sacrifice as a way of accounting for the interdependence of all life. In this sense, we might think of The Cow as cripping sacrifice, wherein \"the human\" is characterized by anti-ableist values like vulnerability and dependence on nonhuman life rather than by the unilateral power to control cycles of life and death. The fact that the human species' survival inevitably depends on the harming and killing of nonhuman others, as Donna Haraway has long argued, means we are dependent on, rather than superior to, nonhuman life.35 And so, sacrifice in The Cow typically corresponds not to power and entitlement, but to indebtedness and humility. For instance, in a multilayered passage whose repeated pronoun \"her\" conflates a cow and the speaker's mother, Reines foregrounds the speaker's debt to both beings' embodied sacrifices: \"There is a whole body that went before me: it was her.\"36 As Frank Guan has written, the cow, for Reines, \"takes on grand proportions, becoming to modernity what male figures such as Ymir (in Norse myth) or Purusha (in Vedic myth) were to their respective ancient cultures: a vast, original, dead being whose corpse forms the material of the present world.\"37 This sacrificial role is not romanticized, but rather is the source of the speaker's deep ambivalence about \"the guilt of knowing the world's evil and still wanting to live in it,\" and of her resistance to the notion that a \"world\" can exist at all if it is founded on such violence.38 She knows that the notion of animal sacrifice in the context of factory farming is perverse, impossible to honor, but also maybe the only way \u2013 pending the abolition of industrial farming \u2013 to recognize the cow as anything other than an object. Sacrifice is language for how a cow can continue to mean and to matter in the violence of the present, even after it becomes meat.\nWhile animal liberationists might well still argue that sacrifice is violently anthropocentric no matter what, The Cow offers an interspecies disability perspective that complicates this picture. The disabilities and illnesses that cows experience in the text \u2013 being downed by birthing complications and\/or sick with BSE \u2013 unfold alongside a narrative of human disability that includes bodily dependence on the products of slaughter. The story of Reines's mother's schizophrenia and homelessness is impossible to disentangle from cows' conditions: not only does madness characterize both human and bovine experiences of vulnerability, but the mother's neurodivergence is characterized by an obsession with vCJD. Despite the mother's profound consciousness of the risks and ethical stakes of eating meat, her cravings for it complicate any animal liberationist utopia that Reines's depictions of slaughterhouse violence may make readers long for \u2013 that is, a world in which no human eats meat. As disability activists regularly point out, the dietary needs that accompany certain chronic conditions, including mental illnesses, make this ideal impossible \u2013 especially when compounded by poverty.39 In one key scene, the malnourishing conditions of the mother's life define her dependence on the systems of production and consumption with which the book is concerned:\n\"One day my mother and I met by the river, presumably to have lunch but neither of us had any money\u2026. I need a steak, she said. I just feel so sluggish. I need the iron, I need the protein. What about Mad Cow I said. Well, yes, she said. How do you get it anyway, I said. Prions, she said. My mother was trained at Bryn Mawr, Jefferson Medical College, and Sloan-Kettering and she used to practice medicine. Prions are abnormally-formed proteins and they are extremely resilient, she said. And even though hundreds of thousands of heads of cattle have been slaughtered and incinerated, there are cow derivatives in absolutely everything. In lipstick, in plastic. And there is no way to know. I want a steak. So I gave her six or seven dollars and she went to Western Beef.\"40\nIn addition to the mother's anemia \u2013 which may be the product of poverty and\/or bodily disposition \u2013 the mention of Western Beef, a discount supermarket chain in New York City, calls to mind the vast health and environmental inequalities that mark the rapidly gentrifying city. In the face of a real estate market that herds poor people into food deserts, leaving those with the least money most dependent on cheap plastic goods and factory-farmed discount meat, refusing those offerings is profoundly difficult, especially when one feels ill. Meanwhile, the prevalence of cow derivatives suggests that the disabling potential of the agricultural industry is so widespread that, even with significant financial resources, it would be nearly impossible to extricate oneself from it.\nIn the face of such sweeping disenfranchisement, the mother's demand for possibly contaminated steak rejects the ideology of health as a matter of consumer choice, knowing that \"mad cow disease\" exists because companies wanted meat to mean \"HEALTH\" to buyers. Meanwhile, the steak provides necessary sustenance and healing for a woman who is herself unhealthy and disabled, and forms the basis of an act of caregiving. The speaker's decision to buy her mother a steak, despite not having any money herself, is akin to the kind of crip caregiving that disability activist Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha describes, in which \"[n]o institutions help us to survive \u2013 we survive because of each other\" in sharing economies defined by \"pass[ing] the same twenty dollars back and forth between each other.\"41 While the intertwined and unevenly distributed vulnerabilities of the bodies involved in this sort of exchange are evident, so is the capacity for survival that precariously positioned humans can offer each other, and arguably even that animals of prey can offer meat-eating animals. \"Mad Cow\" here is not simply the sign of an odious industry, but a site of rare encounter between consumer and consumed: when the mother demands steak, she does not distance herself from the cow that preceded and inheres in it. She recognizes the \"thousands of heads of cattle that have been slaughtered and incinerated,\" and assumes a level of risk \u2013 if not commensurate with that sacrifice, at least beholden to it.\nThe life-sustaining potential of the cow in this context does not ameliorate or justify the brutalization of livestock in factory settings, but it does place the animals within a network of meaning-making that exceeds passive suffering. Following Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, we might think of sacrifice and sustenance not as beyond suffering, which would suggest \"an imminently perfected critical or revolutionary practice,\" but rather beside it, which suggests \"a wide range of desiring, identifying, representing, repelling, paralleling, differentiating, rivaling . . . and other relations.\"42 Sacrifice and sustenance are inseparable from animal suffering, which remains the most urgent element of livestock life. But through their vulnerable position as creatures of prey, cows make it possible for endangered others to live.\nMeanwhile, the mother's own vulnerability as a disabled woman \u2013 in the form of her pathologized fixation on Mad Cow \u2013 models an encounter with meat that is unalienated from the cow. Indeed, the mother's non-neurotypical thinking forms the basis for the text's prion poetics, in which the linguistic shift to meat \u2013 even to lipstick or plastic \u2013 does not obscure the cow's continuous capacity to act and make meaning. Her risk-avowing relationship to meat resembles the first-person imperatives of the rendering process; saying \"I need a steak\" while knowing it may be full of prions is another way of saying \"Dissolve me.\" The simultaneous evocation and elision of subjectivity in these demands reflects the myth of consumer choice: excluded from the bourgeois politics of ethical consumption, the mother's demand for a steak is a demand to be dissolved into a system of risk and violence in which she is already embedded. Disrupting the violence of industrial agriculture cannot simply involve the dietary choices of a concerned \"I,\" or even a mass of concerned \"I's\"; it must first and foremost address the structural factors that make such \"subjective\" choices illusory. The resistant potential of the prion as a form, then, is that it dissolves the very notions of subject-object relation, human health, and consumer choice (represented by \"HEALTH\") that produced the illness in the first place. By invoking this form of interspecies disablement as a formal device, Reines further undoes the possibility of easy rhetorical distancing around animal consumption.\nEven as Reines is known for her insistence on a more explicit \"I\" throughout this text and elsewhere, it is always an I embedded in and dispersed across an interspecies system of violent objectification and consumption. It not the stable I that is implied by the poets and critics who reject it, who believe the I is enough of an individual subject to be separated out from the poem. \"While American poetry dissolved its I,\" Reines writes, \"the starvational and massacred bodies of all the world larded newspapers with their blood and guts. Shit. LYRIC.\" This is not just a reference to nonhuman violence, but also to World War II, which illuminated the compromised political investments of some of those poets most antagonistic to the lyric.43 The Cow thus draws a parallel between viewing the I as separable from the poetic object and viewing oneself (and poetry) as separate from forms of violence that extend the logic of livestock objectification to human beings. Neither view accounts for complicity nor for shared vulnerability.\nBy contrast, Reines's attention to the health and illness of nonhuman animals as they signify, bolster, and threaten human health enables her to consider the cow as a subject whose objectification has implications for human life. Reines's question is not how to address objects, as the machine manuals claim to instruct; instead, it is what happens to the object, and to us, when we do. One answer she foregrounds is illness, but to interpret illness only through a typical animal activist lens, as an indictment of the filth and evil of industrial agriculture, is to miss half the picture. Though BSE may be among the illnesses most associated with suffering and death, poetry offers a space in which sick bodies can matter alongside these objectifying elements of their existence. Illness and disability do not, it turns out, empty the cow of agency, but in fact insist upon its capacity to act on both language and bodies even after the cow's life has ended. BSE demands recognition on the part of human subjects who would otherwise refuse to consider the cow when eating meat \u2013 not only recognition of the process of objectification that produced it, but also of the possibility of continued entwinement between bovine and human subjects. Yes, this is a terrifying prospect in the context of fatal illness. But it also implores those who benefit from the systemic disablement of animals to reckon with conditions of animal life that their language is otherwise designed to obscure.\nReines's incorporation of the human subject into her object poetics does not only have implications for interspecies ethics, however. To consider how the sick cow can act in relation with others is to acknowledge the limits of how we think about sickness more broadly. An unhealthy \"I\" is, after all, a contradiction in a world where sick and mad people are regularly viewed as incapable of self-possession, stripped of autonomy, and required to be acted upon. A poetics that inhabits the position of such an \"I\" insists that to be ill is to live with that contradiction: to have both the capacity to act and the experience of being acted upon, whether by illness itself or by those who use it to justify the subjugation, incarceration, and abuse of other humans. From this place of contradiction and vulnerability emerges, in The Cow, the possibility of complicated, non-utopian relations of sustenance and intimacy that address the world as it is currently structured. While the poems are not optimistic about the world that makes them possible, and generally decline to imagine brighter futures beyond it, there are still moments of pleasure and possibility within it; poetry may be a liquidator, but it can also be a \"Tender hand making a place where a world could get birthed.\"44 This is a decidedly different kind of tenderness than the \"TENDER. Marbled. HEALTH\" of a piece of meat: not an idealized life force, but a tool for softening the distinctions that keep the various objects of industrial capitalism alienated from each other. In the world of the present, when most cows are not breaking free from the abattoirs and medical institutions traumatize patients as much as they heal, Reines's language of agential objects nonetheless makes space for disabled and nonhuman bodies to act and encounter one another beside these systems' logics of suffering and alienation.45 Not beyond, not eclipsing, but together in uneasy dependence and recognition.\nAmong the many \"resemblances\" between human and animal disablement in The Cow, Reines writes, \"Maybe a situation can find a way to be a family against your will.\"46 Though it may be preferable, for the purposes of eating and of politics, for marginalized and vulnerable humans not to seek common cause with nonhumans, those who are similarly situated in the debilitating grammar of industrial-capitalist consumption might still find something like kinship. For instance: a disabled mother with no money asks her daughter with no money to buy her a cheap piece of steak that will help her survive, if it doesn't carry a prion that kills her. Though all of the parties to this scene have been objectified, each acts upon the others. Their relations are far from equitable, easy, or ethically uncompromised. But in this scene of address, they come together as a situation: not alone in suffering, and not only in suffering, but in defiance of a language that would deny their capacity to act. This, too, is real poetry \u2013 and maybe even the beginning of a world.\nThis model describes a politicized view of disability in which, in the words of Adrienne Asch, \"the physical, cognitive, sensory, and emotional make-up of the individual [is] not 'the problem,' but [is] a problem only because social institutions and human-made environments [are] created without taking into account the characteristics of all people.\" Adrienne Asch, \"Critical Race Theory, Feminism, and Disability: Reflections on Social Justice and Personal Identity,\" Ohio State Law Journal, no. 1 (2001): 398. \u21a9\nSee Cary Wolfe, \"Learning from Temple Grandin: Animal Studies, Disability Studies, and Who Comes After the Subject,\" New Formations 64, no. 1 (2008): 110-23; and Kari Weil, Thinking Animals: Why Animal Studies Now? (New York: Columbia University Press, 2012), 118\u201319. \u21a9\nSee Vasile St\u0103nescu and Debs St\u0103nescu, \"Lost in Translation: Temple Grandin, Humane Meat, and the Myth of Consent,\" and Vittoria Lion, \"Disrupting Temple Grandin: Resisting a 'Humane' Face for Autistic and Animal Oppression,\" both in Disasbility and Animality: Crip Perspectives in Critical Animal Studies, eds. Stephanie Jenkins, Kelly Struthers Montford and Chlo\u00eb Taylor (Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, 2020), 161\u201381 and 182\u2013211. See also Lydia X. Z. Brown, \"Critiquing Temple Grandin,\" Autistic Hoya (blog), August 10, 2013, www.autistichoya.com\/2013\/08\/critiquing-temple-grandin.html. \u21a9\nSunaura Taylor, Beasts of Burden: Animal and Disability Liberation (New York: New Press, 2017), 37. \u21a9\nTaylor, Beasts, 40. \u21a9\nFor a discussion of this genre of activist imagery, see Yvette Watt, \"Animal Factories: Exposing Sites of Capture,\" in Captured: The Animal Within Culture, ed. Melissa Boyde (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014), 75\u201383. \u21a9\nJasbir Puar, The Right to Maim: Debility, Capacity, Disability (Durham: Duke University Press, 2017). \u21a9\n\"I account for myself by virtue of a process.\" Ariana Reines, The Cow (Albany, NY: Fence Books, 2006), 24. \u21a9\nSee David T. Mitchell and Sharon L. Snyder, Narrative Prosthesis: Disability and the Dependencies of Discourse (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2000). \u21a9\nReines, The Cow, 79. \u21a9\nI use the term madness here, rather than mental illness, not simply in deference to the colloquiual term \"mad cow,\" but rather in alignment with mad studies scholars' reclamation of the term. Similar to \"crip\" in the disability context, the originally pejorative term \"mad\" has been taken up as an alternative to biomedical definitions of neurodiverse experiences. See Peter Beresford, \"'Mad', Mad Studies and Advancing Inclusive Resistance,\" Disability & Society 35, no. 8 (September 13, 2020): 1337\u201342. \u21a9\nSee Chelsea Rebekah Grimmer, \"Reading Against the Absent Referent: Bare Life, Gender, and The Cow,\" Pacific Coast Philology 51, no. 1 (April 4, 2016): 66\u201387. \u21a9\n\"Does a resemblance really mean anything. The world rhymes too much.\" Reines, The Cow, 107. \u21a9\nReines, The Cow, 100. \u21a9\nExamples of this mode of scholarship include Tobin Siebers, Disability Aesthetics (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2010); Rebecca Sanchez, Deafening Modernism: Embodied Language and Visual Poetics in American Literature (New York: New York University Press, 2015); Ato Quayson, Aesthetic Nervousness: Disability and the Crisis of Representation (New York: Columbia University Press, 2007); James Berger, The Disarticulate: Language, Disability, and the Narratives of Modernity (New York: New York University Press, 2014); Michael B\u00e9rub\u00e9, The Secret Life of Stories: From Don Quixote to Harry Potter, How Understanding Intellectual Disability Transforms the Way We Read (New York: New York University Press, 2016); and Julia Miele Rodas, Autistic Disturbances: Theorizing Autism Poetics from the DSM to Robinson Crusoe (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2018). \u21a9\nSusan Wendell writes, \"[S]ome unhealthy disabled people, as well as some healthy people with disabilities, experience physical or psychological burdens that no amount of social justice can eliminate . . . There is danger that acknowledging these facts might provide support for those who prefer the individualized, medicalized picture of disability.\" Wendell, \"Unhealthy Disabled,\" 18. \u21a9\nFor a more extended discussion of the need for cultural analysis to engage with biology, see Elizabeth A. Wilson, Gut Feminism (Durham: Duke University Press, 2015). \u21a9\nCarol J. Adams, The Sexual Politics of Meat: A Feminist-Vegetarian Critical Theory (London: Continuum, 2010), 92. \u21a9\nAdams, The Sexual Politics, 56\u201367. \u21a9\nSusan Wendell, \"Unhealthy Disabled: Treating Chronic Illnesses as Disabilities,\" Hypatia 16, no. 4 (2001): 17. \u21a9\nMel Y. Chen, Animacies: Biopolitics, Racial Mattering, and Queer Affect (Durham: Duke University Press, 2012). \u21a9\nThis is an ongoing project for Reines; see her comments on advertising as \"satanic poetry\" in her interview with Christian Lund, and her discussion with Ben Lerner of the Bush-era corporate \"you.\" Louisiana Channel, Ariana Reines Interview: The Impulse of Poetry, 2019, https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=r13mN0xGHzk&feature=youtu.be; Ben Lerner and Ariana Reines, \"Ben Lerner and Ariana Reines,\" BOMB, 2014. \u21a9\nReines, The Cow, 55-56. \u21a9\nTender Buttons' massive central poem \"ROASTBEEF\" \u2013 at least twice as long as any other poem in the collection except \"ROOMS\" \u2013 is followed by poems on \"MUTTON,\" \"MILK,\" \"FISH,\" \"CHICKEN,\" and \"SALMON,\" suggesting that Stein was especially interested in meat's unusual and fraught status as an object. The following passage in \"ROASTBEEF,\" which Reines would later crib wholesale as the title of a poem in The Cow, attests to this: \"Please be the beef, please beef, pleasure is not wailing. Please beef, please be carved clear, please be a case of consideration.\"[i] Taken literally, why would a poem beg beef to be beef? The answer immediately follows: humans beg for the transformation of cow into beef so that they might take pleasure from it without having to hear the cow's wailing that preceded, produced, and maybe even persists in it. Unlike a cow, the object \"beef\" is \"carved clear\" of its suffering, and as a result becomes considerable as food. In other words, for meat to be \"a consideration,\" one must not consider the cow. Or, if one must, it can only be a cursory consideration, with the violence of slaughter quickly put out of the mind. \u21a9\nSee Nigel Brown and David Bhella, \"Are Viruses Alive?,\" Microbiology Today, May 10, 2016, https:\/\/microbiologysociety.org\/publication\/past-issues\/what-is-life\/article\/are-viruses-alive-what-is-life.html. \u21a9\nU.S. Food and Drug Administration, \"All About BSE (Mad Cow Disease),\" FDA, May 10, 2019, http:\/\/www.fda.gov\/animal-veterinary\/animal-health-literacy\/all-about-bse-mad-cow-disease. \u21a9\nTaylor, Beasts, 63\u201367. See also Jason Hribal, Fear of the Animal Planet: The Hidden History of Animal Resistance (Oakland: AK Press, 2011). \u21a9\nAlex Blanchette, Porkopolis: American Animality, Standardized Life, and the Factory Farm (Durham: Duke University Press, 2020), 15. \u21a9\nThis notion especially animates Haraway's arguments in When Species Meet (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2008) and Staying with the Trouble: Making Kin in the Chthulucene (Durham: Duke University Press, 2016). \u21a9\nFrank Guan, \"How She Got Over: On Ariana Reines,\" N+1, April 30, 2015, https:\/\/nplusonemag.com\/online-only\/book-review\/how-she-got-over\/. \u21a9\nMichele Kaplan, \"Is Veganism Ableist? A Disabled Vegan Perspective,\" Vegan Feminist Network (blog), September 7, 2016, http:\/\/veganfeministnetwork.com\/is-veganism-ableist-a-disabled-vegan-perspective\/. \u21a9\nLeah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice (Vancouver: Arsenal Pulp Press, 2018), 137. \u21a9\nEve Kosofsky Sedgwick, Touching Feeling: Affect, Pedagogy, Performativity (Durham: Duke University Press, 2003), 8. \u21a9\nFor instance \u2013 and relevant to Reines' poetic genealogy \u2013 Gertrude Stein translated the speeches of Marcel Phillipe P\u00e9tain, the Vichy head of state, into English. Beyond that fact, the exact nature and motives of her connection to the government is a matter of much debate. Critical accounts of Stein's involvement include Barbara Will, Unlikely Collaboration: Gertrude Stein, Bernard Fa\u00ff, and the Vichy Dilemma (New York: Columbia University Press, 2011) and Emily Greenhouse, \"Gertrude Stein and Vichy: The Overlooked History,\" The New Yorker, May 4, 2012. Charles Bernstein has argued vociferously against the outrage over Stein's affiliations, most recently in \"Gertrude and Alice in Vichyland,\" Jacket2, May 30, 2017. \u21a9\nIn a passage that seems to address the mother's experience in a psychiatric ward, Reines details the various dehumanizations of the institution but ends with the fact of the mother's agency: \"You try to at least cultivate a language of dependency but you also keep on saying you don't want the pills. You put yourself to sleep naturally.\" Reines, The Cow, 103. \u21a9\nImage: \"mountain countree summr,\" by bill bissett (2020).","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Posts By \/ baileyr\nSystematic Review: Exploring use of mobile health technology for people who are homeless\nBU research, Research Centres, Research news baileyr\nDr Heaslip, Dr Green, Stephen Richer (Nursing Science) and Dr Huseyin Dogan (SciTech) with Dr Simkhada (Visiting Faculty) have recently published a paper Use of Technology to Promote Health and Wellbeing of People Who Are Homeless: A Systematic Review examining current published literature around the subjects of homelessness, mobile technology usage and its impact on health.\nThe review noted that literature indicated that whilst a large percentage of people who are homeless owned a mobile phone or smart phone (around 80%). There were many barriers to the use of mobile technology when you are homeless and these include: physical damage to phones, theft, inability to charge phones, lack of data and the limited availability of Wi-Fi connections. The health impacts of mobile usage are largely associated with 'social connectedness'. This not only included staying in touch with family and friends but also maintaining a connection to popular culture, social media, news, music and films. Current research indicated that this sense of social connection was considered of high importance by individuals who are homeless. As well as a social connection, people who are homeless found technology as having other potential health benefits, such as signposting to available support, reminders for appointments, prompts for taking medication, health information and online health advice.\nGoing forward, we are currently analysing data from an extensive 100 participant, 29 item questionnaire that has been carried out with people who are homeless locally as well as analysing qualitative data from focus groups and one to one interview (n=16 participants). This arm of our research aims to assess the availability, accessibility and utility of services for people who are homeless in the local area as well as further exploring the opportunities and challenges in utilising mobile phones to access health and social care services. Results will be published in due course and detailed in our next blog.\nTags: Health homelessness Marginalised voices mobile health social exclusion vulnerable groups\nCan technology help to address the shocking health statistics of our homeless population?\nBU research, BU2025, Research news baileyr\nBournemouth University is investigating potential technological solutions to assist those sleeping rough to access healthcare services and self-manage complex healthcare needs\nHomelessness in the UK is on the increase (Open Government 2018). Health outcomes for those that are homeless are far poorer than of the general population with an mean age of death of 45 years (men) and 43 years (women) compared to 76 ( men) and 81 years (women) for those living in homes (Office for National Statistics 2019). The South West region had the third highest number of rough sleepers in 2018 (Homeless link 2017) and this project will take place in Bournemouth and the surrounding area.\nUsing technology to access healthcare is nothing new; accessing virtual consultations with your GP or using one of the wide range of apps to access information and advice on is increasingly common, particularly during the current pandemic. However, this does require access to appropriate technology and internet along with the knowledge of how to use it.\nAlthough there is a growing use of technologies amongst homeless people (McInnes et al 2015) to connect with their peers, there is no current research exploring the role of technology in assisting people who sleep rough in locating and accessing appropriate local services.\nIn partnership with colleagues from the Providence surgery, Dorset Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, the Big Issue and Streetwise; Staff at Bournemouth University are conducting a research project with the aim of developing a freely available app enabling navigation and access to resources to self-manage complex health and social care needs.\nDr Vanessa Heaslip\nVanessa is an Associate Professor in the Department of Nursing Science at Bournemouth University and is the Principle Investigator for this project. Her research interests are in the field of vulnerability and vulnerable groups in society whose voices are not traditionally heard in the academic and professional discourse.\nDr Sue Green\nA Registered Nurse with experience in acute and continuing care environments, Sue has been at the forefront of the development of clinical academic careers for nurses. Sue's research programme focuses on aspects of clinical nutrition. She has a long standing interest in the process of nutritional screening and its effect on care.\nDr Huseyin Dogan\nA Principal Lecturer in Computing at Bournemouth University (BU). Dr Dogan's research focuses on Human Factors, Assistive Technology, Digital Health and Systems Engineering. He is the Co-Founder and Co-Chair of the Human Computer Interaction (HCI) research group.\nDr Bibha Simkhada\nBibha works at Huddersfield University in the School of Health and Human Sciences. Her research interest includes Technology in Healthcare, Ageing research mainly in Dementia, Health and Wellbeing of BAME population and women's health. She has methodological expertise on narrative and systematic review and qualitative research.\nStephen Richer\nStephen is a part time PhD student and working part time as the project research assistant. His background is in Mental Health Nursing and he has worked in numerous roles within the NHS and for various mental health charities.\nRachel Bailey\nRachel is a Research Administrator at Bournemouth University. She also works as a Youth Advisor for a local charity and previously worked in FE delivering Careers Advice.\nAs the research project progresses, this blog will be updated on our methods, progress and results.\nWe are keen to hear from any local organisations working with the homeless that could assist with research. Please contact Stephen Richer sricher@bournemouth.ac.uk\nTags: BU research homelessness technology","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Zeta was established with an objective to meet the growing demand for leading global brands in Azerbaijan and neighbouring countries.\n70 S. Vurgun Street, Bak\u0131 AZ1025, Az\u0259rbaycan\ninfo@zeta.az\nIPEKYOL\nBeauty Retail\nToys Retail\nToys Distribution\n1st FITNESS\nDistribution of FITNESS equipments\nZETA \/ PARFOIS\nParfois. Parfois is a Portuguese women's accessoriesbrand, with fashion accessories such as handbags, jewelry, wallets, sunglasses, belts, scarves, watches, hair accessories, etc. Parfois started as a fashion accessory brand in 1994, opening its first store in Oporto, Portugal.PARFOIS is a fast growing women's accessories brand, targeting early adopters and followers of fashion trends in accessories such as jewelry, handbags, wallets, watches, sunglasses, belts ans scarves. More recently PARFOIS has also been expanding on its offer of women's clothing. With dedicated design teams in Porto and Barcelona, PARFOIS presents new styles in its stores every week! PARFOIS combines a modern fashion look with good value for money and is unique in its clear and dynamic visual merchandising, creating a pleasant atmosphere in every store. PARFOIS started as a fashion accessory brand in 1994 with the first store in Porto, Portugal's 2nd largest city. Today PARFOIS has over 900 stores in over 80 countries, including: Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Germany, Poland, Austria, Ireland, United Kingdom, Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Estonia, Latvia, Ukraine, Russia, Albania, Armenia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Slovenia, Slovakia, Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Kosovo, Georgia, Cyprus, Malta, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan, Lebanon, Qatar, Morocco, Egypt, Tunisia, Angola, Mozambique, Philippines, Peru, Venezuela, Guatemala, Panama, Dominican Republic, Algeria, Aruba, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, China, Costa Rica, Cote D'Ivoire, Ecuador, Greece, Guadalupe, Honduras, Hong Kong, Iran, Kazakhstan, Martinique, Mauritanie, Mauritius, Mexico, Montenegro, Netherlands, Palestine, Paraguay, Lithuania, Congo, R\u00e9union, Sweden, Switzerland, United States of America, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, and Yemen.\nGanjlik Mall 2nd floor\nparfois.gm@zeta.az\nTuran av, Nur-Sultan\/Kazakhstan\nparfois.khanshatyr@zeta.az\n9, Dostyk st., Nur- Sultan\/Kazakhstan\nparfois.keruen@zeta.az\nPARFOIS GANJLIK MALL\nKhanshatyr KZ\nKeruen KZ\nParfois Fall Winter 2019 New Collection (Published on Aug 20, 2019)\nParfois \"Our Model is a Role Model\" featuring Fanni Weisz (Published on Jun 10, 2019)\nParfois Women's Day Campaign. Two-Pack Support Tote Bag!\nParfois Spring Summer 2019 New Collection. \"All I Am\" Campaign.\nParfois \"Our Model is a Role Model\" featuring Ana Stilwell\nParfois \"Our Model is a Role Model\" featuring Fanni Weisz\nWomen's accessories brand\nWomen and men's clothing, Women's accessories brand\n70 S. Vurgun Street, Baku AZ1025, Azerbaijan\n(+99412) 4041338\n1stFitness\nZeta, TOO \u00a9 2020. All rights reserved","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Year : 2006 | Volume : 51 | Issue : 1 | Page : 73\nM Hafez, L Sharaf, FA Seafan\nM Hafez\nThe role of inheritance of susceptibility in lichen planus was studied by genetic analysis of data from 71 families of probands with lichen planus. 12 families were multiplex and the other 59 were simplex. The incidence of the disease among relatives of probands was significantly higher than that in the general population and the frequency diminished with the descend in the degree of relationship between relatives and probands. Pedigrees of the families of probands did not consist of any single-gene inheritance. The results shown by the curve of liability of the relatives, the frequency in the first degree relatives and the relative frequency points to a polygenic-environmental interaction. The heritability of liability for lichen planus which measures the relative contribution of genetic factors in etiology was found to be 56 percent for first-degree relatives. The etiology of lichen planus is still not properly known. Several pathogenetic theories have been proposed despite limited supportive evidences. The main theories are: infective, autoimmune, psychogenic and genetic. The aim of this work is to throw a beam of light on the genetic role in the pathogenesis of lichen planus.\nHafez M\nSharaf L\nSeafan F A","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Gwynfe is a small village in the Brecon Beacons National Park, situated to the west of the A4069 road about halfway between Llangadog and Brynamman. All Saints Church, which is located in the village, was erected in about 1898 to replace a smaller mediaeval chapel and contains a single war memorial plaque, dedicated to the memory of one local man, John Gwynfor Jones, of Pantybedw, who fell during World War Two.\nJohn Gwynfor Jones, Private, 4036611, Parachute Regiment. John was the son of John and Sarah Jones, of Pantybedw, Gwynfe. He enlisted into the King's Shropshire Light Infantry and was part of a number of men posted to the 7th Battalion, Parachute Regiment which was part of the 3rd Parachute Brigade, 6th Airborne Division, on 3 July 1944, to make up losses suffered following the D-Day landings. John fought with the battalion throughout the remainder of the Normandy campaign and in September returned to Britain where he qualified as a parachutist, and returned to action during the Ardennes campaign. On 24 March 1945 John took part in the final mass allied parachute and glider assault of World War II, Operation Varsity, and by 7 April his battalion reached Petershagen, between Osnabr\u00fcck and Hanover, before advancing towards Neustadt by motor transport. John was among a number of men killed during heavy fighting around Wunstorf Airport at some time during the night. He was 28 years old and is buried in Becklingen War Cemetery. Neustadt and its river crossing over the Rhine were successfully captured during the following days, enabling the Allies to advance into the heartland of Germany.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"ROV Dives Deep for Gorgonians\nWe go remote-control deep-sea fishing with the Monterey Bay Aquarium.\nBy Trevor Thieme | Published Sep 13, 2002 9:38 PM\nStop!\" shouts Veronica Franklin, pointing to a video monitor. \"There's one right there.\" Nudging his joystick forward, pilot Mark Talkovic guides the VW-Beetle-size submersible toward a silt-covered rock where a lone predatory tunicate stands slackjawed in the deep ocean current. It's the first item on today's shopping list, and it will make a fine addition to the Monterey Bay Aquarium's one-of-a-kind exhibit, Mysteries of the Deep.\nI'm sitting in the control room of the Point Lobos research vessel, a converted oil supply ship operated by the aquarium's sister organization, the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI). Video monitors, stacked floor to ceiling, detail the operation of the ship's remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Ventana 1,400 feet below, and provide a rare window into a world where oddball creatures thrive in freezing temperatures, low oxygen, high pressure, and complete darkness. And on this chilly summer dawn, it's our mission to bring a few of them home.\nThe submersible handles like a Neptunian helicopter, jostling back and forth in the ocean currents as Talkovic variously fires six thrusters to keep it steady. And then there's the fiber-optic and copper-wire umbilical cord, which streams data and control commands between the sub and the boat, to keep track of. But perhaps the biggest challenge is depth perception-an ROV pilot relies on a two-dimensional video feed to navigate in a three-dimensional environment. But Talkovic and his co-pilot, D.J. Osborne, make it look easy. Jumping into a chair next to Talkovic, Osborne grabs hold of the articulated joystick that controls the sub's robotic arm and deftly plucks the tunicate like a delicate wildflower. A powerful high-definition camera provides a stunning view of the transparent creature, which snatches its prey like an aquatic Venus flytrap. One down, six to go.\nAs with most of the exhibit's 50 or so species, you won't find predatory tunicates on display anywhere else in the world-all other aquariums collect critters closer to the surface. It took 10 years of research and design to develop the black tanks, gel lamps, chilling units, oxygen-reducing pumps, and know-how that keep the deep-sea animals alive. And they've made some startling discoveries in the process. Before the exhibit opened in March 1999, for example, no one knew that the male spotted ratfish uses an organ on its forehead to latch onto the female during a particularly energetic copulation. \"Daily observations help us piece together a story,\" says Franklin, the aquarium's senior aquarist. \"It's a rare glimpse into what's out there-akin to exploring the moon.\"\nAccess to MBARI's high-tech equipment is just one factor that makes the exhibit possible, and possibly not the most important one. At least as vital is the unique underwater geography of Monterey Bay. Starting just a few hundred meters off shore, the sea floor fissures into an underwater canyon, reaching depths of up to 2 miles and stretching a mile from rim to rim. It's one of the few places on Earth with such depths so close to land, and it gives scientists a rare opportunity to bring deep-sea specimens home alive.\nBefore heading back to shore we make a last stop, for gorgonians-colorful stick-like corals with stinging polyps and a penchant for brine shrimp. We gather our quota quickly, which gives me the chance to make a collection of my own. Ignoring a black cod and a flapjack octopus, I nab a more docile sulfur sponge and throw it in the collection bin. Mysteries of the Deep will run until September 2003, so you have plenty of time to check out my sponge. It's yellow, doesn't move much, and looks a little beat-up. You can't miss it.\nMT. ST. HELENS\nThe eruption melted the mountain\u00b4s snowcap; when this meltwater mixed with ash and dirt, it formed destructively voluminous mudflows. One such \u00e2\u20aclahar\u2020reached the Columbia River, 70 miles away, and blocked its shipping channel with millions of cubic yards of sediment.\nLava breaks through the cooling crust to continue the formation of a new tributary. Most shield volcanoes, including Kilauea, erupt low-silicon basalt, which results in a more fluid lava.\nLava tubes, created by recurring 10 -to 100-yard lava flows that build up walls and eventually form a roof over the flow, act much like a river delta, allowing the molten rock to quickly reach the ocean.\nBefore Fir and mountain hemlock trees covered the base of the volcano. The blast flattened 230 square miles of forest. Shown here, before and after images seen from Johnston Ridge.\nThe ash from the May 18, 1980, eruption of Mount St. Helens traveled at least 12 miles high and eventually moved eastward at 60 mph, layering eastern Washington and Idaho.\nLava plunging into the Pacific at dusk.\nLava enters the ocean surface in a whirl of steam from evaporating water. Only cooled lava crust remains behind on the ridge to support later eruptions.\nOn March 8 of this year, a small explosion rocked Mount St. Helens. Airplane pilots verified that the resultant smoke and ash reached an altitude of 36,000 feet.\nNothing holds back the molten rock\u00b4s fiery trip to the sea on Kilauea\u00b4s active eastern rift-not fences, forests or highways.\nmonterey bay aquarium research","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"You were previously viewing the site as\nVIEWING AS:\nSPECS & LITERATURE\nDEALER CONNECT\nVIEWING AS: CONSUMER\nTRADE PARTNER\nCULINARY & LIFESTYLE\nBERTAZZONI KITCHENS\nBertazzoni Offers Complete Kitchen Suites of Ranges, Refrigeration, Dishwashers and Ventilation Products in all three Design Series: Professional, Master and Heritage.\nProfessional Series Bertazzoni Kitchen\nMaster Series Kitchen\nHeritage Series Kitchen\nThis week, we would like to focus our attention on the heart of the Bertazzoni kitchen, the ranges.\nBefore we highlight the unique design elements of each series it is important to note that each of these series are built on the latest professional range platform that has earned Bertazzoni numerous accolades.\nJust a few of the standout features that each of these series boasts are:\nEach Range can be Installed Truly Flush into a Standard 24\u2033 Cabinet\nAchieves the Fastest Time to Boil \u2013 5:58 Seconds to be Exact\nOffers the Largest Usable Oven Space in its Class\nSoft Close Oven Door with Edge-to-Edge Inner Glass Panel\nMost Even Oven Temperature in its Class\nAvailable in All Gas and Dual Fuel Configurations\nOffers 24\u2033, 30\u2033, 36\u2033 and 40\u2033 Widths to Choose from in Most Series\nAvailable in up to 9 Unique Colors Throughout the Series\nWatch This Three Minute Overview\nNow, let's walk through the three different design series that Bertazzoni offers. Professional Series, Master Series & Heritage Series.\nThe beautifully designed Professional Series offers best-in-category capacity, flexibility and usability: professional performance for your kitchen at home. Its distinctive style features with elegant knobs, ergonomically designed handles and sophisticated finishes. These iconic elements blend design with an innovative approach to function, underpinned by our renowned engineering. This signature style has won many design awards since its introduction. The complete Professional Series kitchen suite includes built-in ovens, cooktops, fridges, dishwashers and ventilation systems, alongside a large choice of ranges.\nIconic Designer Controls\nReflecting the Professionals Series' signature look, it features distinguished iconic designer control knobs. Ergonomically-designed and intuitive to use, the beveled lines provide a highly comfortable tactile experience while lending a contemporary undertone to the entire range appearance.\nCoordinated Handle Design\nAmplifying the designer look of the Professional Series, the handles on each appliance are ergonomic and pleasant to use. Reflecting the squared-off lines that are a key design feature of the Series, they immediately create a coordinated look across all Professional Series appliances in the kitchen.\nCoordinated Design\nThe Professional Series range offers the perfect solution for every kind of machine specially designed for the integrated kitchen. Every control panel, display, control, handle and oven window of both the built-in ovens and specialty ovens are made to align perfectly in vertical and horizontal configurations. The choice of technology makes the series versatile and flexible, while the styling offers an exciting clean and elegant look that balances built-in elements with ranges. It makes it simple to design the perfect kitchen and the result is simply beautiful.\nThe Professional Series offers a choice of hi-gloss color finishes inspired by and identical to the flawless paintwork found on powerful Italian luxury sport cars. Bertazzoni designers found further muse in the Emilia-Romagna region to create the bold and vibrant Colors of Italy collection. As well as being very beautiful, they are also very durable and stain and fade resistant.\nPractical elegance, integrated vision and beautiful efficiency. With all the qualities you expect from Bertazzoni, the Master Series blends the best of a commercial kitchen-inspired ambiance, engineered with advanced technology and fine Italian style. It offers a wide choice of ranges, together with a comprehensive suite of machines matched by design to complete your kitchen.\nDesigned to recall the style of commercial kitchens, the traditional, large round full metal knobs are satisfying to the touch and intuitive to use \u2013 They are designed to make it clear whether they are on or off at a glance.\nErgonomically-Designed Handle\nThe Master Series handle has been designed to help you create a bold, coordinated look across every appliance in the kitchen. The ergonomic shape of the bar section radius sits comfortably in the hand, ideally supporting the opening and closing motion of the range door.\nAs well as being supremely practical, the Bertazzoni Master Series is also exceptionally good-looking. It has a style that's all its own, with a sophisticated color palette that transforms your kitchen into a work of art. Large, round metal knobs and commercial style handles define all the appliances, which are engineered for performance and beautifully styled. The pieces of the suite integrate seamlessly with each other and with your kitchen.\nFinished in elegant Bertazzoni texture colors, the Master Series offers a striking and sophisticated look for your kitchen. This matt finish is tougher and more durable than conventional paint, as well as stain and scratch resistant. Available in a choice of the Colors of Italy collection, inspired by the landscape, fruit and vegetables and unique light of the Emilia-Romagna region.\nThe magnificent Heritage Series is built around cooking ranges that would be recognized by Napoleone Bertazzoni in the early 1900s \u2013 but they contain the innovative engineering and technology of the 21st century. Authentic in exterior design yet advanced on the interior, these are modern classics, driven by innovation and engineering, with full respect to Bertazzoni's heritage; something the company is proud to recognize and celebrate. The new Heritage Series ranges feature an exclusive \"Bertazzoni Serie Limitata\" serial number plate, making each piece unique.\nInspired by tradition\nInspired by the original wood burning stoves that our founder created at the start of the last century, the Heritage Series ranges are controlled by striking rounded chrome knobs. Familiar and comfortable to use, they are a key part of the design character of the series.\nA much-loved design\nThe bright chrome handles found on the Heritage Series are replicas of the handrail found on the original Bertazzoni stoves. The look works across all the series appliances to bring a traditional finish to the kitchen.\nThe New Heritage Series ranges are available in a bold stainless steel, textured matt black and the new Avorio gloss finish, and completed by carefully considered stainless steel and chromed details. The classic, elegant finish of our matt black brings a sophisticated and pleasing look to your kitchen. Powder coating is one of the most popular processes used to protect metal, especially for kitchen machines. It is particularly suited to create stunning matt finishes and it is also practical, durable other than stain and scratch resistant. The beautiful new Avorio glossy enamel was inspired by the original wood-burning stoves that Antonio and Napoleone Bertazzoni built in the 1930s. The enameling process creates a very durable finish and makes cooking surfaces easy-to-clean. After almost a century the Bertazzoni designer decided to celebrate the brand heritage by introducing this enamel inspired ivory color on the new models of the Heritage Series ranges.\nWe want to make you aware of an incredible and limited time promotion that will save you or your clients thousands of dollars until the end of June.\nThe program is simple and offers two flexible ways to save.\nBuy Bertazzoni Cooking (any Bertazzoni Range or Wall Oven and Cooktop) & Selected Free Ventilation or 50% The Dishwasher\nAdd a Bertazzoni French Door or Built-in Refrigerator to your kitchen and Receive Free Ventilation AND the Dishwasher at No Charge.\nThis program is only valid until the end of June.\nWe went ahead and built-out 14 of the best-selling Bertazzoni packages and have applied the appropriate rebate savings for each. Click Here to View all 14 Best Selling Bertazzoni Packages\nIf you have any questions, need help bailing your dream kitchen or would like to a referral to the closet participating dealer to you we would love to hear from you.\nCall: M \u2013 F 8am \u2013 5pm (800) 863-7133\nEmail: showroom@purcellmurray.com\nOr stop by our showroom in San Franciscos Design District and see the product live in our pressure free non-selling showroom.\n235 Kansas Street, San Francisco, CA 94103\nWatch This Brief Culinary Video as We Bring Bertazzoni To Life in Our Showroom\nThe Bertazzoni Origin Story\nBack in the 19th century Francesco Bertazzoni made precision weighing machines for the local cheese-makers in Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy. Observing trains arriving in Guastalla, Italy, from Germany, he noticed they were heated by a new type of wood-burning stove \u2013 used to cooked for the train crew as well as heating the carriages. This innovation appealed to his entrepreneurial instincts and his love of food, family and engineering. His approach has been passed down through six Bertazzoni generations and remains at the heart of what they do today.\nWith its roots in the manufacturing of appliances for the enjoyment of food, Bertazzoni knows where its heart and soul lie. For Italians \u2013 perhaps more than in any other culture \u2013 there is a natural fusion of design and engineering. Precision engineering ensures your products function perfectly \u2013 but an inherent affinity with design means Bertazzoni products also look stylish and elegant. Form and function become one. Bertazzoni has always been a leader in production techniques, applying the most modern methods in its factories throughout the company's evolution. They take inspiration from the world-class engineering and craftsmanship that is ingrained in the Emilia-Romagna region.\nBertazzoni believes that a kitchen is at the heart of every home. But it is also true that food is at the heart of every kitchen. The company is located in the Po Valley in the north of Italy, in the region called Emilia-Romagna traditionally known as the bread basket since Roman times. It is steeped in the ingredients and recipes that have made Italian cooking famous worldwide, from Parmigiano Reggiano to prosciutto di Parma and balsamico di Modena (balsamic vinegar), not to mention the fine wines, local pasta varieties and an abundance of fresh produce. All the ingredients you need for the perfect meal.\nIf you'd like us to contact you about new products and offers, share your email below. Or, for updates more relevant to you, give us a little more information.\nProducts\/Brands of Interest\n235 Kansas Street\nshowroom@purcellmurray.com\nColumm\n\u00a9 Copyright Purcell Murray Ltd. 2022","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"The 2015 Baltic International Bank Tennis Cup to Bring Together Players from 26 Countries\nNews - October 6, 2015\nDuring the period October 19 to 26, the international tournament Baltic International Bank Tennis Cup 2015 will be held at the \u0100dazhi Tennis Centre courts. The participants will compete in U14 age group. More than 300 players from 26 countries have applied to participate in the tournament. 48 players will compete in tryouts (qualifying tournament) organised for both girls and boys teams. 32 players in each group will battle in the main tournament.\nThe Chairperson of the Council of Baltic International Bank Valeri Belokon said: \"It is important to pinpoint rising talents among the many participants, invest in promising players and help them achieve success. Banking and high-achievement sports share a lot of similar philosophy. That's why Bank is investing EUR 17 thousand to sponsor this year's junior tournament and to give Latvia's talented tennis players the opportunity to evaluate their own capabilities compared with their same-age peers and the chance to experience international-level tennis.\"\n\"Latvia will be represented by young talented tennis players such as Roberts Jari\u010devskis, K\u0101rlis Ozoli\u0146\u0161, Patr\u012bcija \u0160paka and Anna Jakov\u013ceva that have already proven themselves abroad. As tennis continues to grow in popularity spurred by the achievements of our best players, we believe that the tennis industry is expected to further develop in the foreseeable future, and the young players will proudly carry and promote Latvia's name throughout the world,\" the Secretary General of the Latvian Tennis Union (LTS) K\u0101rlis Lejnieks told.\n\"For young Latvian tennis players, tournament represents the opportunity to carve a great future in the international sports arena, increase the strength of their achievement motivation and develop their multiple skills. 12 Latvian youngsters will participate in the main tournament. We know that the competition is not going to be an easy one. The sportsmen will play in a fierce competition against very strong players from Lithuania, Estonia, Germany, Romania, Belarus and Russia,\" the tournament organiser and a professional tennis coach Biruta Gr\u012bnberga.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"SIAL adds Asian art to master's spread\nMelanie Gerlis\n31st March 2016 23:00 GMT\nUndeterred by a possible dip in the market, Sotheby's Institute of Art, London (SIAL), has launched a master's degree in Modern and contemporary Asian art to help turn out \"highly employable\" experts in the field. \"There will be an increasing need for graduates with Asian art expertise to enter museums, public and private galleries, art fairs, auction houses and biennials,\" Jos Hackforth-Jones, the director of SIAL, says. The 12-month master's (from \u00a324,900 plus travel costs) begins in September and combines an object-based approach with a practical focus on the art market. It will be led by Katie Hill, a specialist in contemporary Chinese art. Master's degrees that SIAL already offers cover art business, contemporary art, and fine and decorative art and design. They are validated by the UK's University of Manchester.\nMore NewsTopicsArt market\nThe Met invites you to play a game, and then 'borrow' a work of art\nArt shippers face 'teething problems' transporting works to Europe after Brexit","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"LegalReader.com \u00b7 Legal News, Analysis, & Commentary\nAmusement Parks are Exempted from Federal Regulation, Raising Safety Concerns\nSara E. Teller \u2014 August 28, 2018\nPhoto by Grace Ho on Unsplash\nTweet this Story\nImmobile American amusement parks are exempted from federal regulation. In the 1980s, operators successfully lobbied to keep parks from federal oversight by the Consumer Product Safety Commission. Most are overseen by the states, but those in six U.S. states have no oversight at all \u2013 Alabama, Mississippi, Montana, Nevada, Wyoming, and Utah. And, the majority of the time, the states rely on the companies operating the parks to report any accidents.\nIn 1999, Senator Edward J. Markey, a Massachusetts Democrat, sought to bring federal oversight, calling it a \"gigantic 'regulatory black hole' for park visitors.\" Although he introduced legislation to support increased regulatory measures, Disney and its competitors successfully lobbied against the effort. \"It seeks to address a problem that does not exist,\" the head of the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions suggested in 2008.\n\"In our experience, robust state regulations are the most effective and proactive way to ensure ride safety,\" said Greg Hale, chief safety officer for Disney Parks, adding, \"We have long been a key industry leader in developing and advocating for rigorous safety standards.\"\nPhoto by Jenny Marvin on Unsplash\nMobile parks with rides that can be moved from place to place, like carnivals and state fairs, are not exempted from federal oversight. However, accidents also occur in those that are immobile, and many believe they should be subjected to the same standards.\nLuke Gibbs knows this all too well. His wife, Rachel, was permanently injured after her scarf was caught in a go-kart axle at an amusement park in Michigan, snapping her windpipe. The injury left her with permanent brain damage, and she now lives in a long-term care facility in southwest London.\n\"Originally I was coming every other day to see Rachel, but you start to accept that her condition is as it is,\" Gibbs, 43, said. \"One doctor at the very early stages said once you are in a permanent vegetative state, you're in that level of consciousness, it wouldn't matter whether I visited constantly, or whether I visited once every 10 years or 100 years.\"\nManagement at the amusement park, AJ's Family Fun Center, near Grand Rapids, never expressed remorse about the event. A 2007 internal memorandum warned employees to \"never admit fault for accidents,\" adding, \"our common phrase is 'AJ's is an at your own risk Fun Park.'\" Court and state records showed insufficient safety measures. They also showed the go-karts were purchased nine years earlier from a Tennessee park, which cautioned that most \"have seasons worth of use on the clutch, bearings, and seals.\"\nThis wasn't the only tragedy that occurred in recent years. After a teenager died and seven were injured in 2017 in an accident at the Ohio State Fair, a federal investigation was performed. The full findings have not been released. In 2016, a 10-year-old boy was decapitated at a Kansas water work and a woman fell to her death from a Texas roller coaster in 2013.\nSusan L. Storey, a spokeswoman for the parks association, said \"guidance for the safe operation of rides comes from well-defined international standards,\" adding that \"rides may also be subjected to layers of third-party examination and inspection including state, local, insurance, and other independent evaluations.\"\nIt was estimated there were 29,400 ride injuries requiring emergency treatment in 2017 at all types of parks, as well as inflatable attractions and coin-operated rides at shopping malls. The fact that they are exempted from federal oversight troubles some advocates.\n\"Many states will give you what the parks are telling them,\" said Kathy Fackler, whose son was injured at a park in the 1990s. \"Even in the states that have good programs, the compliance is all over the map.\"\nA Family Lives in Limbo After an Amusement Park Accident\nWho Regulates Our Nation's Amusement Parks?\nWhy there aren't U.S. regulations for amusement parks\nBlog vs YouTube Over Other Websites: How to Choose\nBehind the Story of Ghostbed vs. Purple Mattress Lawsuit\nInvestigation Reveals Goodyear's Dunlop D402 Tires Have Caused Dozens of Motorcycle Accidents\nHow Green Are Those New Cassava Bags?\nAmputee's Third Attempt at Holding Medical Personnel Responsible Pays Off\nAbout Sara E. Teller\nSara is a credited freelance writer, editor, contributor, and essayist, as well as a novelist and poet with nearly twenty years of experience. A seasoned publishing professional, she's worked for newspapers, magazines and book publishers in content digitization, editorial, acquisitions and intellectual property. Sara has been an invited speaker at a Careers in Publishing & Authorship event at Michigan State University and a Reading and Writing Instructor at Sylvan Learning Center. She has an MBA degree with a concentration in Marketing and an MA in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, graduating with a 4.2\/4.0 GPA. She is also a member of Chi Sigma Iota and a 2020 recipient of the Donald D. Davis scholarship recognizing social responsibility. Sara is certified in children's book writing, HTML coding and social media marketing. Her fifth book, PTSD: Healing from the Inside Out, was released in September 2019 and is available on Amazon. You can find her others books there, too, including Narcissistic Abuse: A Survival Guide, released in December 2017.\nRead more articles by Sara E. Teller\nFamily of Late Singer Prince Sues Physician Over Opioid PrescriptionsDoctor Gets Probation After Sexually Assaulting Patient Three Times\naccidentaccidentsamusementamusement parkamusement park ridecompaniescompanydangerdangerousdiscloseemergencyexemptexemptedexmployeesfederalffederallygo-kartsinvestigationLondonMichiganoverseeoverseenoversightparkregulateregulatedregulationregulationsreporrtresultsrideridesroller coasterstate\nLegal News, Analysis, & Commentary\nAbout Legal Reader\nLegal Reader is devoted to protecting consumers. We take pride in exposing the hypocrisy of corporations, other organizations, and individuals whose actions put innocent people in harm's way. We are unapologetic in our dedication to informing the public and unafraid to call out those who are more focused on profits than people's safety.\n\u00a9 2000-2022 LegalReader.com","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"the side hustle show\nHustle 101\n4 Ways to Find Your People (And How You Join Me In #4)\nSide Hustle Nation is dedicated to improving your personal profitability. To do this, we often partner with companies that share that mission. If you sign up or make a purchase through one of our partners' links, we may receive compensation\u2014at no extra cost to you. Learn more.\nYou know the feeling you get when you're surrounded by your friends and family?\nOr when you're in a big crowd of fans cheering on the same team?\nIt's a sort of happiness, comfort, support, and understanding, right?\nWhen you're with your people, there's a collective energy that's hard to describe. Your worries are temporarily out of mind. Your stresses take a backseat.\nI've been fortunate enough to experience this feeling several times, including:\nAt my Eagle Scout project. 30 people showed up to volunteer their weekend to dig trenches, plant shrubs, and lay concrete. The support was tremendous, and the project couldn't have been completed without it. And yes, I'm ready for the nerdy Boy Scout jokes.\nAt our wedding. An exceptional crew of family and friends traveled all the way to Mexico to share a weekend of sun, fun, fiesta, and love. It was awesome.\nAt World Domination Summit. Being surrounded by 3000 like-minded peers was pretty euphoric. A friend described it as \"almost spiritual.\" It sounds cultish, but I actually agree. (Speaking of, we've got a wedding to attend that conflicts with this year's show, so if you're looking for tickets, hit me up!)\nAnd most recently, I found myself amongst my people at New Media Expo in Las Vegas.\nLike a drug, it's an addicting feeling.\nWhen was the last time you were with your people?\nThis week?\nLast month?\nLast year? Or longer?\nDo you feel like you're with your people when you go to work? Do your coworkers understand you and your goals?\nWould they support your side hustle aspirations, or would they crab-barrel you?\nSometimes connecting with people with the same interests and going through the same challenges can be just the ticket you need to spark some creative energy and make something happen.\nIf you're craving a deeper sense of understanding and belonging, there is hope.\nHow to Find Your People\n1. To the Interwebs!\n2. Attend Meet-Ups\n3. Conferences\n4. Masterminds\nReady to Hustle?\nNo matter what you're interested in, I virtually guarantee there is some online community you can be a part of. Seek out the blogs and forums where your people hang out. Join them!\nIt's not as good as live in-person interaction, but it's a great place to start, and it's generally free.\nFor instance, I participate in an affiliate marketing forum and follow 8-10 blogs on small business and entrepreneurship.\nCreate a free account on meetup.com, and see what's going on in your area.\nI've been to meetups on blogging and affiliate marketing in San Francisco. It's a bit of trek for me to get downtown, but usually worthwhile for networking, education, and connecting with other people interested in the same topics.\nThere are always events going on in big cities, you just have to be a little proactive in seeking them out.\nIf you're nervous about going alone, bring a friend along. But be careful not to just talk to each other the whole time \u2014 the idea is to meet other people!\nNot only can local meetups be a great place to find your people, they are the perfect place to practice your public speaking and presentation skills. I've yet to do this, but will be exploring the opportunity this year.\n(Bay Area people, want to get together? Let's make it happen! Start w\/ the interest survey here.)\nConferences bring together the best and brightest in every industry, and if that's an industry you're a part of, you should make a point to go at least once.\nThe downside is that conferences can be expensive when you combine the registration fee and the travel expenses.\nOn top of that, not all conferences are created equal. While I felt the awesome \"I'm with my people\" feeling at WDS and New Media Expo, I've never gotten those vibes from a half-dozen other shows I've been to (all in the affiliate marketing space).\nWhat is a mastermind? I honestly had no idea up until a couple years ago. A friend explained that it was a basically an accountability group that would support each other and bounce ideas back and forth.\nDigging deeper into the concept this year, and finally starting one of my own, I can't believe I waited this long! (Learn more on the topic on last week's podcast with Alex Barker.)\nI never really understood what all the fuss was about, but now I get it. It's about finding your people and working toward success as a group.\nMaking the pie bigger instead of carving out a bigger slice for yourself.\nHelping your fellow \"crabs\" out of the bucket, so to speak, instead of pulling them back down. And getting pulled up yourself in the process.\nThe idea of masterminds was made popular by Napoleon Hill's Think and Grow Rich (I book I actually didn't love \u2014 but your mileage may vary). Still, Hill espoused the (very true) idea that successful people didn't get there without help.\nYou may have heard the phrase \"your network is your net worth\" (another popular title that's on my reading list), and Alex described the mastermind concept as your own personal \"board of directors.\"\nA mastermind is an opportunity to get honest and helpful business feedback \u2014 without the high price of individual coaching.\nIf you're not already active in a mastermind group and are ready to take positive action on your side hustle in the next 3 months, I'm opening the doors to the first-ever public Side Hustle Nation Inner Circle mastermind.\n3 months of action-packed weekly meetings w\/ me and a small (dare I say intimate?) group of fellow side hustlers (limited to 8 members)\nThis is for people who:\nFeel some entrepreneurial \/ side hustle loneliness and want to find their people.\nAre ready to invest in their business growth and personal development.\nWant to make meaningful progress toward their financial freedom in the next 90 days.\nIf that's you, I encourage you to apply.\nWe'll set up a quick Skype call for introductions and to chat about your goals and challenges. Applications will be open until Mar. 15th, but this group is capped at 8 so the earlier the better.\n8 7 6 spots remaining!\nFind your people and make something happen!\nLike That? There's More!\nJoin the 100,000 Who Get My Best Stuff via Email\nI'll also send you my free guide: The 5 Fastest Ways to Make More Money.\nI'm a Hustler!\nYou're in! Make sure to check your email (including spam\/promotions) for your free welcome gift.\n5 thoughts on \"4 Ways to Find Your People (And How You Join Me In #4)\"\nDrew Meyers\nFinding \"my peeps\" is something I think a lot about\u2026we should schedule another skype call sometime soon to discuss this a bit further.\nNick Loper\nLet's do it. Excited to see you back on the road!\nOver a year since leaving the USA? It had been too long.\nAnne Chang\nGreat to meet you at NMX, Nick! Always a nice feeling to interact with like-minded people. I started a mastermind this year, as well. Coincidentally, two of the other members were also at NMX.\nAwesome! How was the San Diego thing w\/ Pat & Chris?\nUsually Hustling, Occasionally Social\nABOUT CONTACT BOOKS WRITE FOR US SPONSOR MEDIA\nTerms of Use | Privacy | Disclaimer | CCPA | Do Not Sell My Personal Information\n\u00a9 2023 SideHustleNation.com","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Short Term Outlook For Magellan Midstream Partners LP (NYSE:MMP)\n\/ Mar 18 2018\nAbout 10.68M shares traded or 48.87% up from the average. Duff & Phelps Utility & Corpora (DUC) has declined 2.32% since March 16, 2017 and is downtrending. After $1.20 actual EPS reported by Novartis AG for the previous quarter, Wall Street now forecasts 10.00% EPS growth. As of now, Xunlei Limited has a P\/S, P\/E and P\/B values of 5.07, 0 and 2.28 respectively.\nMiami bridge collapse: Engineer reported cracks in voicemail\nIn a news release late Friday, FIGG Bridge Engineers said it \"continues to work diligently\" to determine the cause of the collapse, and is examining the steps its team has taken. The falling concrete has already claimed six lives, and rescuers kept looking for bodies in the ruins of the structure, including that of the young woman who was at the wheel, Alexa Duran, whose family said she was dead.\nTrump Confirms Larry Kudlow Will Replace Cohn As Chief Economic Adviser\nOfficially, the White House said there was no single factor that led to Cohn's resignation. \"If you noticed when Larry Kudlow spoke on CNBC yesterday, he ended by saying, 'However things work out, it will be God's will.' That's an interesting way to talk about being the national economic adviser to the president\".\nVenezuela's crude oil production declines amid economic instability\nOil prices edged higher in choppy trade on Thursday, supported by a pick-up in equity markets but pressured by expectations that crude supply will exceed demand later this year. Worldwide benchmark Brent crude is now expected to average $57.50 per barrel starting from this year through 2020, it said. The IEA expects Venezuela's crude output will fall to 1.38 million barrels per day (mb\/d) by the end of 2018.\nMicroplastics found in over 90 percent of big-brand bottled water\nIn the largest investigation of its kind, 250 bottles bought in nine different countries were examined. Researchers at the Statue University of New York (SUNY) found an average of 10 microplastic particles per liter of water . They dropped a red dye into the bottles because the dye sticks to the plastics, differentiating them from the water in which they float. It's believed the plastic makes its way into the water during the production and packaging process, but there is also the ...\nPhilip Hammond hails \"light at the end of the tunnel\" for economy\nBut Hammond added that the latest official forecasts predicted \"more jobs, rising real wages, declining inflation , a falling deficit and a shrinking debt\". That's up from a November forecast of 1.2% but it would still see the United Kingdom lagging behind all other G20 countries. She said: \"Today's Spring Statement was characterised by risky complacency from the Chancellor\".","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Future Digital Merchant Bank, Greengage, launches real-time data analysis\nProviding SMEs and Crypto-asset companies with in-depth market insights\nLondon, 28 July 2021: Greengage, the first fully integrated financial services group bridging the traditional financial services space with the new digital innovations in cryptoassets and blockchain, has joined forces with leading fintech provider, mnAI, to provide their clients with access to millions of real-time data points across all UK business sectors. Adding access to rich data surrounding SMEs in the UK, will open up this information to their clients, in order to provide more informed decision making.\nGreengage is focusing on two underserved business segments \u2013 UK SMEs and Cryptocurrency businesses. The company facilitates lending against cryptocurrency via introductions on a B2B basis. Greengage aspires to be the next generation of merchant bank so it can provide a suite of classic banking products and services across both traditional fiat currencies and cryptocurrencies. Should a full banking licence be secured it will offer loans to SME clients from its anticipated crypto-asset client depositors.\nmnAI's platform uses artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms to track every UK company in real-time. Clients such as Greengage benefit from over 9.5bn data points covering more than 7 million UK companies.\nIn July 2021, the market capitalisation of all cryptocurrencies surpassed $1.4 trillion [1], and despite more than 100 million unique users investing in cryptocurrencies globally [2], the sector is still not fully supported by traditional financial services. Being able to map the extent of the existing crypto-asset company ecosystem allows Greengage to better understand existing funding gaps in order to support crypto-asset companies with access to mainstream banking. Equally, Greengage recognises the need to resolve the funding gap for SME companies who face a similar problem of lack of access to bank lending.\nCEO of Greengage, Sean Kiernan, commented: \"Greengage are facilitating access to the mnAI SME data and analysis to help provide additional insights into the important SME sector, and to start discussions with potential interested partners to address the \u00a322bn+ SME funding gap as highlighted by the Bank of England\". [3]\nmnAI CEO, John Cushing, added: \"We're delighted to work with Greengage. The collaboration is an excellent opportunity to showcase not only the power of mnAI, but also the services that Greengage offers to their clients, and we're excited to be part of their journey as they continue to grow.\"\nYou can access the data made available by this partnership here.\nGreengage is currently engaged in the application process with the GFSC to receive a Gibraltar banking licence.\nTo find out more about how Greengage could help your business finances, please visit www.greengage.co, or www.mnai.tech to request a demo of mnAI's data platform.\n[1] Coinmarketcap: \" Today's Cryptocurrency Prices by Market Cap,\" last accessed 8 July 2021, https:\/\/coinmarketcap.com\/.\n[2] Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance: \"3rd Global Cryptoasset Benchmarking Study,\" (September 2020), https:\/\/www.jbs.cam.ac.uk\/faculty-research\/centres\/alternative-finance\/publications\/3rd-global-cryptoasset-benchmarking-study\/.\n[3] Bank of England: \"An open platform for SME finance,\" (June 2019), https:\/\/www.bankofengland.co.uk\/-\/media\/boe\/files\/research\/an-open-platform-for-sme-finance","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"FYF Fest: The Pains and Pleasures of a Growing Music Festival\nLead singer Paul Banks of Interpol at FYF Fest 2014. Photo by Gabriela Groth.\nBy Gabriela Groth on August 28, 2014\nLogistical snafus nearly overshadowed the great performances at this year's FYF fest. Now in its 11th year, FYF has evolved from a one-day, 14-act affair at local venues in Echo Park to a full-fledged, four-stage festival in its first year at the LA Sports Arena and Exposition Park.\nThe Main Stage set up in a massive parking lot for FYF Fest 2014. Photo by Gabriela Groth.\nThis expansion unfortunately has come with some growing pains: Concertgoers experienced long wait times to enter the festival on Saturday, and some were even turned away from the indoor arena stage, which had reached capacity. To the festival organizer's credit, the crowd control issues improved by Day 2, when the entrance flow to the festival was expedited and the arena stage was more accessible. What couldn't be changed, however, were the long distances between some of the stages, which made it necessary to make tough decisions between which of your favorite bands to see.\nOnce inside the festival, there was a lot to explore. Vintage clothing boutiques were set up alongside an Amoeba Music booth, and a spot selling all types of flower accessories, including the ubiquitous festival staple, the flower crown. There was even a Ray-Ban booth where free haircuts of the stylists' choosing were being offered as onlookers watched men getting edgy new looks. The ultimate in festival clothing brands, Nasty Gal, had a phone charging lounge set up in the VIP section.\nThe craft booth at the at the festival. Photo by Gabriela Groth\nUnfortunately, given the large distances between stages and the great line-up, there wasn't much downtime to linger and truly experience all that the festival had to offer. The number of booths, including a crafting station where people could make custom pins and headbands, was probably excessive for the size of the festival. Perhaps with a third day, attendees could have better taken advantage of all of the experiences offered.\nWith the crowd flow issues that surrounded the Arena stage setup, there is something to be said for seeing electronic acts with their accompanying light shows in a warehouse-rave vibe that only comes with an indoor venue. The EDM sets in the Arena were much more effective experiences than the daytime electronic acts that played on the outside stages. Without a tent cover during the day allowing for a light show, there was a limit to how much visual interest could be brought on stage to enhance a DJ act.\nChet Faker playing at the Arena Stage. Photo by Gabriela Groth.\nOn Saturday, Chet Faker took the stage in the Arena and for fans who were able to get in, the twinkling green lights and Nick Murphy's excitement on stage made this a fun performance for all. Darkside also played in the Arena with a hypnotic light show, including a large mirror reflecting light across the arena and fog machines filling the stage with ominous-looking smoke. This complemented their minimalist down-tempo music, which had a futuristic yet retro vibe thanks to electronic musician Nicholas Jaar's methodical beats paired with Dave Harrington's bluesy live guitar playing. The whole experience made you feel like you were driving alone through a dark, deserted tunnel.\nDanielle Haim of Haim playing lead guitar on the Main Stage. Photo by Gabriela Groth.\nOver on the Main Stage, both HAIM and Phoenix ended their record touring cycles. Both bands had very similar sets to previous Coachella performances; HAIM played Coachella earlier this year and Phoenix headlined Coachella in 2013. Phoenix kept the crowd dancing and lead singer Thomas Mars crowd-surfed, as usual. For fans who had already seen Phoenix, which has been non-stop touring since its appearance at Coachella in 2013, it would have been nice to see the set evolve given Phoenix's extensive catalog. But for those who hadn't already seen Phoenix this tour, its set list was pleasing as it hit most of its big songs, including \"Listzomania,\" \"1901,\" \"Lasso\" and \"Entertainment.\" In any case, it is hard to get sick of dancing to Phoenix's indie-pop rock, which is dripping with danceable beats and saturated with catchy hooks. Not to mention, Thomas Mars' energy on stage and surfing above the crowd is always contagious.\nThomas Mars, lead singer of Phoenix, plays last show of tour at FYF Fest. Photo by Gabriela Groth.\nInterpol and The Strokes, touchstones of indie-rock, generated a lot of excitement: Both bands were coming back from some time away from touring. Many festivals have followed Coachella's lead, as well as music tastes in general, and moved towards delivering EDM-heavy lineups. For those who still enjoy guitar-driven, rock concerts, The Strokes and Interpol delivered that classic indie-rock festival experience. Interpol played some of its biggest hits including \"Slow Hands,\" \"Evil\" and \"PDA\" with lead singer Paul Banks singing in his signature melancholic, drone-like voice in a dapper suit with slicked back hair.\nWhile almost every set at the festival started on time, The Strokes and lead singer Julian Casablancas' other band, Julian Casablancas + The Voidz, both came on late, which added to Jules' aloof, rock-star persona. Jules performed with his signature shy and somewhat awkward stage presence, which is either endearing or off-putting to fans. But he delivered with those unique muffled, somewhat gruff vocals that define The Strokes.\nBoth Julian and guitarist Albert Hammond Jr. seemed to enjoy playing with their respective bands on Saturday more than with The Strokes. Watching The Strokes play can sometimes feel like they are doing the crowd a favor by playing. One could criticize their too-cool-for-you attitudes if they weren't actually that cool. Even HAIM voiced excitement for playing the Main Stage right before one of their favorite bands. But The Strokes truly are indie-rock legends, so you're still grateful that they graced you with their presence.\nLead singer Julian Casablancas of headliners The Strokes. Photo by Gabriela Groth.\nThe most memorable experience of the weekend was watching The Strokes play some of the fans' most beloved songs including \"Last Nite,\" \"Someday\" and \"12:51.\" From backstage, almost louder than Julian's vocals, was the sound of the crowd singing every single word with unparalleled energy, a reminder of the kind of beautiful, euphoric emotion that live music can inspire.\nFor LA residents who have been attending FYF for years, it is easy to see why this growing festival may have been a disappointment due to the immense crowds. However as a newcomer with experiences at other big festivals, the concertgoers at FYF seemed to be more genuine than the Coachella crowd. Coachella, the benchmark for California festivals, has turned into a see-and-be-seen festival experience, as opposed to a marathon event for die-hard music fans to see many of their favorite bands play alongside new acts to explore. There were less flower-crown-clad concert-goers pushing their way to the front in the middle of sets and more fans singing along to bands lesser known songs. FYF Fest has definitely changed from its punk rock roots when it was called F*** Ya Fest, but the festival was still a great experience for LA music fans. So for all the logistical issues, it was exciting to be at an event for music fans who were there to see live music and not looking to chase down celebrities for photos.\nGabriela Groth\nGabriela Groth is the Arts & Life Photo Editor and Music Desk Editor for The Stanford Daily, and she enjoys reviewing and photographing live music events. She has covered Treasure Island Music Festival, Austin City Limits, FYF Fest, and BFD. Born and raised in Los Angeles, Gabriela is a film lover, music enthusiast, and television aficionado. She is pursuing a Master's in Computer Science. To contact her, please email gngroth \"at\" stanford.edu.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Availability Search for Rspb Lochwinnoch Past, Present And Future\nRspb Lochwinnoch Past, Present And Future\nGreater Glasgow & The Clyde Valley\nRSPB has managed the nature reserve at Lochwinnoch for nearly 50 years. In this Paisley Natural History Society talk, current reserve warden Dan Snowdon will give a talk on the reserve's history, recent management and aspirations for the future.\nThe free event is open to everyone. We are a friendly group sharing our interest in wildlife.\nFor more information about the Paisley Natural History Society visit the website at www.paisleynaturalhistorysociety.org.uk\ninfo@thewynd.org.uk\nThe Wynd Centre,\n6 School Wynd,\nPA1 2DB\n2 Mar 2023 7:30pm-9pm\n2 Mar 2023 @ 7:30pm-9pm\nFull Price: Free","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Sadie Conference\n\u200bProspective Students\nOn behalf of Penn Law's Black Law Students Association (\"BLSA\"), we welcome you to learn more about our BLSA family and the greater Penn Law community!\nIf you're similar to us as we were making our law school decision, you may be wondering whether Penn Law is the best fit for you- not only in regard to its academic opportunities, career prospects, or alumni connections, but also its everyday environment, particularly for students of color. Let's face it: you'll be spending your next three years in law school- you want to make sure it's a place where you'll feel comfortable. We have good news for you- Penn Law is a place you won't regret attending.\n\u200bWe are proud to attest to the Penn Law's supportive environment for students of color. To begin, there is a community of peers who are here to support you, a person who has self-identified as Black. Among Penn Law's several affinity groups, BLSA is a student-led organization that supports Black students and those who are interested in Black student issues. BLSA seeks to prepare our members to be academically, professionally, and socially successful. Each year, BLSA plans programs to engage the student and global community. We spearhead our own pro bono project, Project PEACE (Peaceful Endings through Attorneys, Children, and Educators), where members teach peer mediation and conflict resolution to local middle-school students. BLSA annually hosts the Dr. Sadie T.M. Alexander Commemorative Conference that celebrates the life and legacy of the first Black woman to graduate from Penn Law and first Black woman to practice law in Pennsylvania. This year, we celebrate the 30h anniversary of the conference with a discussion of Race and the 2nd Amendment, a career fair, and an alumni reunion. Last year, we raised more than $50,000, which will enable our students to travel to Accra, Ghana to provide legal aid to vulnerable children over Spring Break. Most personal to you, BLSA focuses many of our resources toward preparing our 1L members for success through career programming with firms, a formal BLSA Buddy system with upperclassmen, and 1L outlining and exam preparation tips. Lastly, a BLSA highlight each year is our annual BLSA retreat to the Poconos Mountains with the entire organization- it's a weekend filled with food, reflection and planning, and fun social activities.\n\u200bIn addition to involvement in BLSA, our members lead in every facet of the Penn Law community\u2014from Law Review to moot court to public interest organizations, students of color are visible and connected at Penn Law. BLSA members excel in the classroom, but we also know how to break outside the four walls of Penn Law into the Philadelphia community. You'll catch us at a softball tournament, at the bowling lanes on Wednesday, or training for Philadelphia's historic Broad Street Run.\nWe realize you will have many excellent law school options. The decision that you face in the upcoming weeks can be challenging, but Penn BLSA offers our support. First, please check out the Prospective Students section of our website to read and hear stories of BLSA alumni, including what made them chose Penn Law. Second, BLSA hosts events during Penn Law's Admitted Students Weekend to give you an opportunity to meet our members and learn more about Penn. Finally, feel free to contact us via email with any questions you have about Penn Law.\n\u200bWe wish you the best as you consider your choices and hope to welcome you to the University of Pennsylvania Law School next fall!\nFolasade K. Famakinwa BLSA President\nGerald Kimani, BLSA Admissions Chair\nupennblsa@gmail.com\n\"Coming to Penn I was very nervous because I hadn't interacted with many people at Penn Law. I had heard of the culture of collegiality, but an organization like BLSA really exemplified the meaning of that. From the first BLSA event, I realized I was surrounded with people that were invested in my growth and success.\"\nOluwaseun Familoni L'18\n\u200b\"What I like most about Penn Law is the sense of community that extends throughout the whole enterprise. I can always count on my teachers to be friendly and ever-willing to assist by filling in understanding gaps. I can always count on classmates to be consistent study partners and all-around friends with whom I can share laughs. Penn really is like a family.\"\nFred Tippett, II L'18\n\u200b\"The thing that I love most about Penn, and BLSA in particular, is the intentionality around fostering a true sense of community. From the time I arrived at Penn until now, people have taken great pains to make sure that I had everything I need to adjust to law school. From rap sessions with the administration to academic support from my fellow BLSA members, Penn made every effort to help me succeed in my 1L year and beyond. I believe that this makes Penn a unique place to study law.\"\nWilliam Lee L'17\n\"One of my favorite things about Penn is the Black Law Students Association. It's truly a family and makes me feel at home. From the moment I was accepted, I was flooded with love and guidance. For example, we all have 1L mentors who provide 1Ls with outlines, answers to every question, and support throughut your time at Penn Law. Another very helpful thing that BLSA does is provide everyone an OCI mentor. OCI is one of the most stressful times in law school, but with an OCI mentor, I was able to enter the process with an understanding of what to expect.\"\nJose Lamerique L'16\n\u200bCross-Disciplinary Education\n\"My experiences taking courses at the University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy and Practice greatly enhanced the learning I received at the Law School. It allowed me to gain a new and marketable skill set that I would not have gotten from courses at the Law School. Furthermore, it provided me with a professional and social network to supplement the connections I made at the Law School.\"\nKhary Anderson L'19, SP2 '19\n\u200b\"I've had the opportunity to tailor my education to my own personal interests. Not only am I interested in business and transactional work, but I'm also interested in politics, elections, and public policy. One of the great things about Penn is it's emphasis on interdisciplinary education. It has been a great opportunity to get a more holistic graduate school experience.\"\n\u200bJosh Cox L'14\nFeatured BLSA Alumni\nKendra Sandidge L'16 was named Editor-in-Chief of the University of Pennsylvania Law Review for the 2015\u20132016 academic year. She is the first African-American woman to hold the position. She sat down with Penn Law Communications to discuss the purpose of law reviews, how students become editors, and how the Law Review fits into the Penn Law community. Kendra is currently an associate at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP in New York City.\nDanielle McCall L'16 was one of four Keedy Cup finalists for 2016. This extremely prestigious event is Penn Law's most selective moot court competition, bringing in real judges from around the nation to decide the winners. Danielle also served as the Frederick Douglass Moot Court Chair.\n\u00a9 2018 by Penn Law BLSA","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"DJJ at Let My People Sing\nDyll Welch, Valeriya Epshteyn, Jake Ehrlich, Nina Chacker, and Nina's son, Oscar, attended Let My People Sing at Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center August 23rd-26th. They gathered together with a diverse, intergenerational group of 250 other lovers of Jewish song to share new and old music, connect to ancestry, and sing their way through healing, grief, joy, longing, and liberation.\nAt Let My People Sing, \"We sing and share an array of Jewish song traditions, inclusive of a wide range of Jewish ancestry and religious practices. We believe in the liberatory potential of song and the importance of a vibrant Jewish singing culture.\"\nDyll shared, \"The retreat restored the acts of singing and making music to their rightful places at the center of my life! I'm now singing and speaking from a resonant and embodied voice.\"\nHazon Detroit graciously subsidized their travel and registration costs. We're so grateful for their generous support of our growing community and for making this deeply moving experience possible. The participants are excited to share the joy of song with the DJJ community and bring back new melodies to guide us in our work.\nLearn more about Let My People Sing at letmypeoplesing.org.\nDjj Intern\nDJJ is Lauren's fieldwork placement for the Jewish Communal Leadership Program (JCLP) in the University of Michigan School of Social Work.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Evolution of Burberry's iconic trench coat\nWednesday, 23 Apr 2014\nby nadine fernandez\nBurberry Heritage Trenchcoat.\nMention Burberry and the image of a beige trench coat comes to mind. In fact, just saying trench coat evokes images of the quintessentially British brand.\nThis year, Burberry is once again highlighting its iconic pieces and, yes, its most famous trench coat is on the rack. Burberry, founded in 1856, established itself by focusing on the development of outdoor attire. But it was when Thomas Burberry introduced gabardine \u2013 a hard-wearing, water-resistant, breathable fabric in which the yarn is waterproofed before weaving \u2013 that his trench coat came to life.\nOriginally created to shield military officers from wind and rain, Burberry's trench coat has evolved over 130 years to become an iconic fashion statement. Named after the trenches where military personnel were stationed, the coat has a rich and resplendent history. Patented in 1912, the trench coat began as the Burberry Tielocken. Its innovative design featured a belted closure without buttons and was made from gabardine, the same fabric that accompanied explorers on their first expeditions to the Poles.\nThe heart of the coat is its tightly woven fabric. Invented in 1879, gabardine revolutionised rainwear. Fabrics were previously waxed or rubberised to resist water, making garments heavy, stiff and uncomfortable for long periods. But gabardine was made from yarn woven in a compact twill construction with over 100 interlaced threads per centimetre. The microscopic open spaces in the weave allowed for ventilation, while the compact structure prevented water from soaking the fabric. For added protection, the cloth was triple proofed, creating a lightweight, highly weatherproof and breathable fabric.\nWoven at the Burberry mill in England, today gabardine is created using many of the original techniques along with new finishing processes to make it even more resistant to getting wet. The cotton is chosen by its fineness and the length of its fibres, which give the fabric enhanced strength and a clean surface texture. This is spun into yarn, created from two finer stands twisted together in a process known as doubling.\nThe colour of Burberry gabardine is strictly controlled and must be signed off by experts at the mill. After approval, the fabric undergoes a finishing process and is checked twice more to ensure the cloth is flawless.\nIn the early 20th century, the coat was altered to serve the needs of officers and soldiers. In terms of its design, as the coat was developed for the military, each detail on the garment was made to serve a purpose. The epaulettes were used to display the rank of the officers, while the gun flap, buttoned at the chest, gave the area additional protection when the soldiers were in action.\nThe storm shield, the covering on the upper back of the coat, was added to ensure that rain ran cleanly off the garment to keep the wearer dry. A belt was added so that the coat could be tightened at the waist for further protection against the weather, while the metal D-rings were a place to attach military tools. Finally, the back pleat of the coat was designed to expand when an officer was running or on horseback, to ease his movement.\nCompletely made in England, Burberry trench coats are produced in the northern town of Castleford by experts who combine traditional techniques with modern technology. It takes about three weeks to make each coat as over a hundred skilled processes must be completed to ensure the quality and unique appearance of every Burberry trench coat.\nAnother trademark is the stitching of the collar. Unique to Burberry trench coats, it takes up to a year to learn how to stitch it using a method that's part of the fashion company's design heritage. The craftsman manually places 11.5 tiny stitches per inch along the length of each collar to create a fluid curve, ensuring it sits perfectly on the neck.\nCara Delevingne and Kate Moss in Burgerry Heritage trench coats for the new Burberry fragrance campaign.\nEvery detail is key in the creation of the Burberry trench coat. The cuff straps and belts are stitched so that their edges are clean and flat, while the formation of the back pleat has remained unchanged since it was perfectly created. Last but not least is its signature tartan lining in camel, ivory, red and black.\nIt's obvious that expert craftsmen have focused their attention inside and outside each garment. Every piece is lined with that iconic Burberry check, a badge of origin since the 1920s. Each lining is carefully cut and sewn to ensure the design is symmetrical and unbroken, while the under-collar lining features a bias positioning with the lines of the checks meeting at 45 degrees.\nLauded for its protective qualities, comfort and durability, the Burberry trench coat has grown in popularity. It's been seen on royalty, artists and celebrities, appearing across the globe from London to Paris, New York to Shanghai. Available in three fits and three colours, you can find this fashion statement in-store or at Burberry's website.\nTags \/ Keywords: Women , Lifestyle , trenchcoat , heritage , burberry","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Long Shot Is Rom-Com Comfort Food of a Movie\nByPavel Klein| May 2, 2019 May 2, 2019\nJudd Apatow, the writer\/director of Knocked Up and 40-Year-Old Virgin, has nothing to do with Long Shot.\nOdd intro, I admit, but bear with me here. With its story of opposites\u2014a gorgeous woman and a schlubby man\u2013 falling in love, frequent Apatow collaborator Seth Rogen as that schlubby co-lead, and an extended 125-minute run time, you'd swear he was somehow connected to the movie. Good thing I was in the mood for an Apatow style rom-com, because that's what I got.\nFred Flarsky (Rogen) is an honest, scrupled investigative journalist. When his independent, liberal newspaper is bought out by a right wing, Fox News-like entity, he rage-quits in disgust. Dragged to a fancy party by best friend, to cheer him up, Flarsky runs into his high school crush, Charlotte Field (Charlize Theron). She happens to be the Secretary of State. Reserved, straight-laced Charlotte and the man-child-ish Fred re-bond over their mutual love for Boyz II Men, who happen to be performing at the party.\nCharlotte has her eyes on the presidency and impulsively hires Fred as her speechwriter after reading his work. They are cooped up together on an international tour to get Charlotte's environmental treaty off the ground. And latent sparks begin to fly between the mismatched pair. But can they build a relationship with the intense scrutiny that comes with running for the most powerful office in the world?\nLong Shot's Tropes\nDan Sterling and Liz Hanna co-wrote Long Shot. At first glance, the addition of a woman's touch doesn't quite shake off the movie's bro-humor heritage. And its central conceit is still firmly rooted in the oft-repeated male fantasy of an average guy catching the eye of an unattainably beautiful woman. It's a well-trod foundation that's kinda tiring.\nAlso rearing its head here is the tiring trope of the carefree fun guy vs. the super-serious gal. A la the aforementioned Knocked Up. Refreshingly, Long Shot actually manages to get out from under the thumbs of its heritage. It does something with that trope. Theron's uber-professional demeanor is used to comment on the ludicrous, conflicting expectations placed on women in politics and society in general. In a pointed scene, an advisor breaks down Charlotte's strengths and weaknesses. As she meticulously goes through every aspect of her personality and demeanor, it's clear that Charlotte has to be absolutely perfect in order to stand a chance, something her male counterparts do not have to be.\nWe're also allowed to see Charlotte as more than the straight-man who reacts to the jokes rather than tells them. Theron can act her way around this kind of a tough and determined role in her sleep by now. She is on auto-pilot in the early going, but she comes to life when allowed to exhibit a playful side, with moments that undercut her veneer of perfection. Late in the film she even has a whole sequence to herself, sans Rogen. She flexes her comedic chops, hilariously negotiating the release of a captured soldier while super high (charmingly initiated by her excited \"Let's smoke some Molly!\").\nLong Shot's Political Satire\nThere is a push and pull beneath the film as it tries to satisfy both the needs of a traditional, male-centric gaze and a more progressive, female perspective. And also, between a fluffy, feel-good romance and a political movie that somewhat takes place in the real world. There are thinly veiled characters clearly based on Donald Trump, Steve Bannon. And that version of Fox News pops up in the narrative. And violence, though nothing remotely graphic, does impact the plot. I spoke to a fellow moviegoer after the screening who felt the situations throughout the movie didn't lend themselves to laughter. It's a fair point. The opening, in which Fred infiltrates a white supremacy group, had me cringing more than laughing. Overall, though, the movie balances its tones quite well. It throws a bone to the real world while squarely keeping its attentions on making us laugh.\nAnd yes, the movie is very funny. Most of the humor is verbal, with the witty back and forths delivered with ease by the cast. Like most good comedies, this one also features supporting players that deliver their zingers with precision. June Diane Raphael and O'Shea Jackson Jr. steals every scene their in. While I could have done without the pratfalls, I laughed at one shock-gag to the point of crying.\nLong Shot is well made comfort food that still manages to throw in an unexpected ingredient or two to elevate it. I walked out of the theater with a huge grin on my face, feeling good. What else could you ask for from a comedy?\nPavel Klein\nPavel Klein is a member of the Florida Film Critics Circle and author of the film-centric blog WritePavelWrite.com\nView all posts by Pavel Klein \u2192\nViva La Parranda!- A Docu-Musical of Venezuelan Culture and Soup\nCatch and Release, the Sport of Dating in Miami","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Oxydendrum de Candolle\nEric Hsu and Owen Johnson (2021)\nHsu, E. & Johnson, O. (2021), 'Oxydendrum' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org\/articles\/oxydendrum\/). Accessed 2023-01-26.\nSourwood\nSorrel Tree\nLily of the Valley Tree\nTiti Tree\nArrowwood\nElk Tree\nSorrel Gum\nSour Gum\nTree Andromeda\nOxydendrum arboreum\nKron, K. A. et al. (2002). Phylogenetic Classification of Ericaceae: Molecular and Morphological Evidence\nA close-set group of three Sorrel Trees (Oxydendrum arboreum) coming into flower at Lythe Hill, Surrey, in late summer. These examples are 17 m tall, but the fall of the ground allows the flowers to be admired from above. Image Owen Johnson.\nA genus of one species. See description under O. arboreum.\nOxydendrum has long been understood as a distinctive genus with just one surviving representative, with a natural distribution in the southern and eastern United States. It varies in habit but is too uniform in key characters ever to have been split into subspecies, varieties or formae. Its densely leafy, rather crooked habit, the shape of its leaves and in particular its showy, drooping panicles of bell-like white heather-family flowers readily suggest that its closest living allies are in the genus Pieris, though all Pieris are evergreen, and Oxydendrum itself is one of the brightest players in the fall spectacle of eastern North America. Phylogenetic analyses by Kathleen Kron et al. (Kron et al. 2002) have confirmed the genus's position within the heather family as the sister group of the clade that includes Andromeda, Gaultheria, Lyonia and Vaccinium; Oxydendrum is now placed in its own tribe, Oxydendreae H.T. Cox.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Startups, would you couch-surf Kansas City just to get Google Fiber?\nOne KC developer wants to build the tech community through \"Homes for Hackers.\"\nCyrus Farivar - Aug 23, 2012 11:40 pm UTC\nCould Google Fiber make the City of Fountains the next Silicon Valley?\nphotoguyinmo\nA Kansas City software developer is trying to use the lure of Google Fiber to expand and broaden the startup community in the Midwestern metropolis.\nCreated and announced on Thursday, Ben Barreth launched \"Kansas City Hacker Homes,\" a sort of symbiotic way for KC community members to open up their living space to a young entrepreneur or developer for a period of three months, rent-free.\n\"Basically we're just trying to think up creative ways that we can exploit Google Fiber to further Kansas City, just to make it a better place to work and live,\" he told Ars.\nThe project has only been announced for a single day, and while no firm commitments have been made by either homeowners or couch-surfing hackers, Barreth says that young, childless couples and entrepreneurs have expressed interest to him.\n\"I don't see it as a hacker moving in with the Brady Bunch,\" he quipped.\nGigabit speeds + Midwestern kindness = crazy delicious\nSince it was formally announced last month, Google Fiber has caused ripple shockwaves throughout the ISP world\u2014the company has promised gigabit speeds for a base rate of $70 per month. Google has been requiring local residents to sign up as part of \"fiberhoods,\" in order to get Google Fiber. On its Twitter account, the company also said Thursday that 84 fiberhoods had reached the minimum number of people required to bring service to those communities.\nOn his site, Barreth explains that residents would be expected to supply a spare basement\/bedroom for the \"hacker,\" free utilities (that means access to that delicious Google Fiber!), as well as non-tangible things like \"introducing the newbie to KC,\" and \"showing Midwestern kindness to a total stranger.\"\nIn exchange, the \"hacker-entrepreneur\" is expected to buy their own food, build a startup in town, and \"pay this kindness forward.\"\n\"In three months, if we can get 10 startups onboard, then every 3 months we can get 10 more,\" Barreth added. \"We potentially could have 40 new business in a year, just if we'd have 10 households committed to it.\"\nOn Barreth's site, he stipulates that \"KC Hacker Homes only exists as a match-making service to pair you up with a hacker and for you to form a temporary living arrangement with them. We are not part of the 'deal' between you and the hacker in any way.\" And there's a hint that unapologetic free-loaders will be vetted from the program, as the sign-up form requires potential entrepreneurs to give a vague overview of their business plan.\nGreat people, cheap cost of living\nSo beyond blazing-fast Internet speeds, why move to Kansas City? Barreth thought you'd ask. On his site he lists the top seven reasons why startups should come to Missouri's largest city. The top reason? The people.\n\"Good, hard-working, laid-back, good-humored Midwesterners,\" Barreth wrote. \"That's the reputation of people in Kansas City and it's well deserved. People are a company's greatest asset but also its greatest liability. Great people make great companies\u2014they don't just happen by accident.\"\nBut beyond that, he admits, there are more quantifiable reasons, too.\n\"To add to that I'd say it's really cheap to live here, and the cost of talent is really cheap,\" he told Ars. \"The talent pool is nowhere near exhausted. It's nowhere near as crazy as Silicon Valley, but there is still a startup community.\"\nAfter-hours requests for comment to the Kansas City Chamber of Commerce, Google, and a handful of KC tech-minded Twitter users were not immediately returned.\nStill, there seemed to be some curious entrepreneurs on Y Combinator Hacker News.\n\"I lived in the KC area (Overland Park) for a short while and loved it,\" wrote a user called \"peacemaker.\"\n\"The people are friendly, there is loads to do, and it's cheap to live there. The downsides for me were the lack of startup software jobs and the weather, tornadoes specifically. Now I'm here in SF and paying double the rent for a place half the size of my place in KC. Seeing something like this is very intriguing. Especially since I'm trying to bootstrap my own startup and feeling a bit lost in a sea of Silicon Valley startups!\"\najd2001 | Smack-Fu Master, in training\nKC is a great place to live with a lot of people coming in just for tech jobs, there are a ton of tech jobs here in KC if you have ANY technical skills whatsoever ( be in coding, systems, database, networking WHATEVER). A better plan than living on someones couch and likely making them frustrated with you is to get a job (which is easy if you have a technical background..) save your money ( which is easy since rent is cheap, and food is cheap.. midwest = 30% of worlds food) and then get your startup off the ground. I live in KC North ( not the same as North KC, its a weird naming convention) and I love it here, the people are really nice and the highways are rarely ever congested. Overall its a great place to live and I can't wait for fiber! And also nobody liked that Akin guy around here anyway so i wouldn't worry about it.\n2 posts | registered Aug 1, 2012\nFblue Ars Praefectus\nYea, like some homeless guy can afford to start a company.\nc9 Ars Tribunus Militum\nCheck your facts. The home of Google Fiber is Kansas City, KS. Kansas City, MO is 19 miles away, and has nothing to do with Google Fiber, though it is the largest city in that state. Wichita is the largest city in Kansas.\n[EDIT]: Whoops. Retracted.\nLast edited by c9 on Thu Aug 23, 2012 6:55 pm\n1535 posts | registered Oct 7, 2001\nShannara Ars Tribunus Militum\nHmm, googling this city brings up some nice results that counters Barreth big time. Which should we believe? Real world experience? Or ... Barreth?\n2230 posts | registered Dec 9, 2006\nbicarb Ars Tribunus Militum\nFblue wrote:\nor some hippie\/druggie\/stoner\/alcoholic clubber. Out of all the things a person trying to get a potentially successful startup going might have to consider as costs, I can't imagine the owner renting a spare bedroom to live in being all that close to the top of that list.\njeamland Ars Praetorian\nWhen Apple took the smart phone to the new level of popularity, it changed how the world uses phones (I'm not saying they were first or best, but they definitely did make it popular)\nI would LOVE to have google fiber to my house (but I'm stuck with the local cable monopoly who thinks \"innovation\" means \"changing the color of the corporate logo.) But what I'm REALLY curious to see is if Google can actually inspire some cultural change the same way that the smart phone did. (Once again, they're not the first and they're not the best, but this has the POTENTIAL to be as significant as the smart phone \"revolution\".)\nI think KC is going to be a really cool place to watch over the next few years!\n501 posts | registered Sep 30, 2005\nTijger Ars Tribunus Angusticlavius et Subscriptor\njeamland wrote:\nBecause faster internet inspires cultural change? Give me some of what you are smoking, please?\nPlease note that fiber and fiber speeds are already present in quite a few places in the world and no major cultural changes have happened there, this is nothing new or groundbreaking.\nSteveF Ars Praefectus\nRed states aren't terrible places to live if you're white, Christian, and not a sexual minority.\n4461 posts | registered Nov 4, 2000\nthejoker101 Ars Centurion\nTijger wrote:\nThere aren't a lot in the US as I understand it.\nI'm not saying this will change the world or anything, or even that it will actually accomplish anything, but I don't see how it could hurt either.\nAs for Kansas City, it's great. I live here. Well, I live in Olathe, which is a Kansas City suburb. The weather can be an issue, but it's not nearly as bad as everyone makes it out to be. Yeah it gets hot during the summer. Really hot. It can get really cold during the winter, too. But I don't live or work outside, so I'm not all that concerned. As for tornadoes, ha. If you're a Kansan and you hear a tornado siren, what do you do? You go to the front porch to see if you can see the tornado. Seriously, we do this.\nSteveF wrote:\nSeriously dude? While Kansas, as a whole, isn't the most tolerant of states, the more urban areas of the state are quite nice. We've got plenty of minorities, non-Christians, and GLBT people here. For most people who live here, people are just people.\nharold31415 Ars Praetorian\nIs that a Dutch flag in the picture, and if so, why?\n504 posts | registered Jul 11, 2011\nmaharashii Ars Tribunus Angusticlavius\nRegardless of whether KC is a nice place to live, am I the only one who thinks the very idea of a city-wide initiative to invite unemployed techies to live in people's basements is ludicrous?\nCouchsurfing only works because it is short-term.\nThis will never take off.\n6932 posts | registered Jul 8, 1999\nDawnrazor Ars Tribunus Militum\nWith all the political crazy coming out of that area of the country lately, not only no bet hell no!\n1522 posts | registered May 18, 2008\nbthylafh Ars Legatus Legionis et Subscriptor\nharold31415 wrote:\nYou again?\nThat's a Missouri flag.\n14335 posts | registered Apr 22, 2004\ncdclndc Ars Legatus Legionis\nI hope you're drinking. Please troll elsewhere.\nChattanooga, TN.\n13219 posts | registered Jun 7, 2010\niamaelephant Ars Scholae Palatinae\nYour HDR makes my eyes sad.\nstiltner Ars Scholae Palatinae\nThats good that you feel that way, considering you're now a racist, anti-freedom of choice, and you probably beat straight people Nazi now.\nSorry, just mimic'ing the mainstream media's viewpoint.\ncdclndc wrote:\nHaven't been paying attention to the teabillies pitching a huge fit about there being (horrors) a mosque in your city?\nMiwa Ars Praefectus et Subscriptor\nI have gigabit symmetrical fiber here in the South Bay. Before people get all excited about starting businesses to use home fiber, they better check google's TOS.\nI'm not allowed to run a business off of my fiber. And there's been people who've considered buying units in this development just to do that... until they read the TOS.\nBTW, Paxio rocks!\n5905 posts | registered Sep 16, 2000\nNeorev Seniorius Lurkius\nBoth KS and MO sides of Kansas City are great (KS is a bit more higher cost of living than MO). I have family on the MO side but they've all lived on the KS side. It's a great area and the BBQ is AWESOME!!! If I hadn't moved to Washington state I would have chosen Kansas City.\nlieutenantmudd Wise, Aged Ars Veteran\nDumb plan. Smart idea.\nI don't think the couch surfing idea will work. But I can easily see a plan to attract small startups working. Government funds for an office complex; favorable regulations; university tie-ins; etc.\nSmugetsu Seniorius Lurkius\nbthylafh wrote:\nI live in a suburb of Kansas City, and I'm somewhat involved in the local government in KCMO. I've worked downtown for almost 10 years and generally speaking, most of what you find are laid back, diverse people.\nFurther out...like where there are more cows than people...well, who knows what you'd find.\n25 posts | registered Feb 17, 2012\nbuzlink Ars Scholae Palatinae\nUmm this article seems a bit miss informed. Oh well can't wait till Google shows up on my doorstep to install Google Fiber! KCK!\nAdamM Ars Praefectus et Subscriptor\nSexual minority? There are more women in most states than men.\n5476 posts | registered Aug 9, 2009\nOld_Wolf Ars Scholae Palatinae\nKCMO is significantly more laid back than KCK IMHO. There is a very diverse and active LGBT community here. (I will admit our recent state constitutional amendment was a disgrace. I blame the GOP primary voters for that. Not enough Dem primary races to get voters out. ) I interactive with a variety of folks from many different racial\/ethnic\/religious\/sexual orientation backgrounds every day.\nKCMO tends to be a \"blue\" area for those worried about a \"red\" state. Both my congress critters and governor are Democrats. We've still got our crazies *cough*Aiken*cough* but for the most part we're more tolerant than most people think or the media likes to portray us as.\nBesides, aren't really fast fiber, good food, and low cost of living enough incentive to move out here and make our state a little more \"purple\"?\n-Old_Wolf\nTechGeek Ars Praefectus\nAdamM wrote:\nI think he meant GLBT. As in not Heterosexual.\nTechGeek wrote:\nAh that makes sense for some reason that didn't occur to me. Doh.\nbigstrat2003 Ars Scholae Palatinae\nThere are crazies in literally every part of the country. What's your point? Just ignore the crazies there as you would elsewhere, it's really not that hard.\n617 posts | registered Jan 12, 2012\najd2001 Seniorius Lurkius\nfoureyesrock Seniorius Lurkius\nGood article, but was it written in a rush? This thing is riddled with errors...\n1 post | registered Aug 24, 2012\nskepticalsinner Ars Tribunus Militum\nKC (Both the KS and the MO side) is a really decent place to live. Affordable, lots to do and the people are (for the most part) really nice.\nI've lived all over the world, from Hong Kong, to Huntsville, AL and all points in between - and I've been here 10 years and am in no hurry to move.\nF_WRLCK Wise, Aged Ars Veteran et Subscriptor\nFiber is nice and all, but I'm not moving anywhere for it. While the quest for ever-faster Internet is alive in my house, what drives my startup is availability of talent. Without a critical mass of skilled software engineers, Kansas City could have God's own broadband connections but we're just not interested. To date, we do this by going where the universities are.\n133 posts | registered Oct 3, 2011\nreuthermonkey Ars Centurion et Subscriptor\nLOL. I'm a liberal minority (go figure) who moved from Texas to midtown KCMO and thought I was surrounded by hippies. It really is a beautiful, laid back town. Frankly, a bit too laid back for my liking. But having actually been to the town (and having had the fortune of living there), it's extremely clear just why Google chose Kansas City.\nKansas City has a fantastic art community, great parks, very reasonable housing prices, and a slowly improving education system. Businesses in KCMO are heavily involved in the community, and have contributed heavily to the resurgance of what was once a dying town. Their LGBT community is strong, it's highly accepting of minorities, and its a town with a great history of philanthropy. Both towns (KCK and the much larger KCMO) have invested heavily in arts and education in the past decade, in stark contrast to most cities across the nation in the wake of a stalled economy.\nIt's a shame that the uninformed and ignorant would rather paint an entire swath of the nation as xenophobic homophobes, than learn about the realities of an area beyond what your favorite cable network blabbers. It's especially unfortunate since mindsets like that from our supposedly progressive \"friends\" infantilizes gays and minorities who choose to live, love, and continually improve the progressive bastions of those red states.\nI'm glad to see i'm not alone in my affection for such a great town.\n262 posts | registered Aug 12, 2012\npaintersforms Smack-Fu Master, in training\nKind of like NYC did, right?\nLet's be honest: you feel threatened by white people from the heartland.\ncadigan Seniorius Lurkius\nI spent most of my adult life in the Kansas City area. It's a great place to live. It's got great music of all kinds\u2013bands on their way to SXSW often stop and gig in KC. The Kansas City Art Institute has a distinguished group of alumni and the Nelson Museum is topnotch. And food\u2013KC barbecue is justifiably world-famous but you will find all kinds of cuisine from all over the world in KC. If the Kabuki restaurant is still in the Crown Centre complex, it serves sushi as fresh as anything you can get on the coast (if you're partial to sushi, try it and see).\nDon't judge the people in Kansas City by politicians or by a few tea-partiers. For the most part, Kansas City people are fun, friendly, and accepting. They are a diverse group and there's a large gay population, with many gay-owned and gay-friendly businesses.\nWhat many people outside of KC don't realise is, the state line between Kansas and Missouri runs right through the centre of the metropolitan area. You can leave one state and enter the other by literally\u2013and I do mean literally\u2013crossing a street.\n2 posts | registered Nov 7, 2010\nPostulator Ars Tribunus Militum\nEverything's up to date in Kansas City - they've gone about as far as they can go.\n2138 posts | registered Feb 1, 2012\ndharmaseal Seniorius Lurkius\n\"..exploit Google Fiber\". Haven't folks learned the lesson yet, that G00gle will in turn exploit them? Naves.\nbigfoot2045 Smack-Fu Master, in training\nKansas City is a real dump. They couldn't have picked a nicer place for this? Or is this also some kind of social experiment to see if super-fast internet can turn a craphole into a nice place to live?\nLast edited by bigfoot2045 on Fri Aug 24, 2012 6:54 am\n55 posts | registered Aug 24, 2012\npaintersforms wrote:\nlollers. I've lived about a hundred miles south of KC for my whole life. Try again, sweetums.\ntayhimself Ars Praefectus\nI sadly feel this way although I could be tempted by a non red city.\nOmoronovo Ars Praetorian\nMiwa wrote:\nThe point isn't to utilize the fiber to run a business from. The point is to use it (plus the three month accommodation) to develop a business that you commit yourself to full-time after that three month period is over.\nI don't really see this taking off. If your business is going to *rely* on gigabit backhaul, you're going to have to look elsewhere anyway. If it doesn't\/won't, I doubt you'll need a consistent gigabit connection to get started. It seems like a solution to a problem that doesn't exist; and who knows how many problems could arise from this - it sounds like there is almost no vetting done beyond proving they have a semi-viable business idea.\n571 posts | registered May 6, 2011","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Egyptian Gas Pipeline Blown Up Near Gaza (Video)\nby Jim Hoft February 5, 2011\nTerrorists blew up a gas pipeline near the Gaza border in Egypt.\nThe pipeline supplies gas to Jordan and Israel.\nAn Egyptian official blamed the blast on foreign elements.\nThe AFP reported:\nUnknown saboteurs attacked an Egyptian pipeline supplying gas to Jordan, forcing authorities to switch off gas supply from a twin pipeline to Israel, an official told AFP.\nThe attackers used explosives against the pipeline in the town of Lihfen in northern Sinai, near the Gaza Strip, the official said. It was initially thought the pipeline to Israel was attacked.\n\"The pipeline to Jordan has been attacked and the supply to Israel has been cut off,\" the official said.\nThe army has taken precautionary measures to stop the fire from spreading, the official added, as rescue services were putting out the fire.\nIt was not immediately clear who was responsible, or whether the attack was linked to the deadly protests against President Hosni Mubarak's rule, which entered their 12th day on Saturday.\n\"We still don't have details of how it happened,\" he added.\nHow soon before the Jews get blamed?\u2026 Or have they already?","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"November 27 - December 3, 2016: Issue 291\nLILIANFELS\nSign at entrance to Lilianfels\nSituated in Katoomba in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales, just a short walk from Echo Point, the boutique hotel Lilianfels provides five star luxurious facilities for a visitor wanting to relax in a quiet, comfortable environment, but it also provides a base for the more energetic who may wish to explore, or simply walk in, the many attractive areas in the region.\nFrom rooms overlooking the Cliff Drive which runs along the edge of the escarpment of the Jamieson Valley views of the valley, framed by trees, are outstanding, while from Echo Point, where the Three Sisters are a major feature, visited every day by a constant stream of tourists, the full expanse of the valley with its far distant views opens up.\nLow-lying cloud in the Jamieson Valley seen from a bedroom window.\nBedroom on the \"Valley View\" side of the hotel.\nThe site of Lilianfels is what remains of over 11 acres of land bought by Sir Frederick Darley in August 1888. Darley was born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1830. He arrived in Australia in 1862 accompanied by his wife Lucy Forest Brown (originally from Melbourne) whom he met in England. He served five times as Lieutenant Governor of NSW and was knighted in 1887.\nHe built a summer residence on the site in 1889 believing that it would be good for the health of his seven children, one of whom, Lilian, had tuberculosis. Unfortunately she died at the age of 22. It is believed that the house was named Lilianfels in her honour combining her name with the German word fels meaning high land.\nSir Frederick sold Lilianfels in 1908. It subsequently passed through the hands of several owners with the first subdivision occurring in 1920. The property again changed hands many times during the 20th Century until the Japanese hotel group Nara, bought it in 1990. Nara finished construction of the main hotel building and appointed a groundskeeper who gradually restored the gardens to their former beauty. Lilianfels Resort opened in March 1992 after complete restoration of the original house and outbuildings.\nDriveway to the hotel entrance. Parking area on right.\nThe main lounge of the hotel.\nDarley's Restaurant is on the site and is in what was the original Lilianfels house. The main dining room seats up to 50 people. It is heavy in atmosphere featuring stunning leadlight windows, crystal chandeliers, plush wallpaper, wall prints, interesting artworks and antique furniture. The outside overlooks a formal English garden.\nDarley's Restaurant with main building of the hotel at the top of the rise.\nDarley's Restaurant overlooking the formal English garden.\nStaying at Lilianfels is an experience in atmosphere and comfort not to be missed.\nPhotographs by George Repin in 2013 and 2016.\nThe formal English garden.\nPrevious Reflections by George Repin\nThe Nineteen Thirties Remembering Rowe Street The Sydney Push Saturday Night at the Movies Shooting Through Like A Bondi Tram A Stop On The Road To Canberra City Department Stores - Gone and Mostly Forgotten An Australian Icon - thanks to Billy Hughes Crossing The Pacific in the 1930s Hill End The Paragon at Katoomba Seafood In Sydney How Far From Sydney? Cockatoo Island Over The Years The Seagull at the Melbourne Festival in 1991 Busby's Bore The Trocadero In Sydney Cahill's restaurants Medical Pioneers in Australian Wine Making Pedal Power and the Royal Flying Doctor Service Pambula and the Charles Darwin Connection Gloucester and the Barrington Tops A Millenium Apart Have You Stopped to Look? Gulgong Il Porcellino Olympia Durham Hall Sargent's Tea Rooms Pie Shops and Street Photographers The Ballet Russes and Their Friends in Australia Hotels at Bondi Alma Ata Conference - 1978 Keukenhof - 1954 The Lands Department Building and Yellowblock Sandstone The Goroka Show - 1958 A Gem On The Quay Staffa The Matson Line and Keepsake Menus Kokeshi Dolls The Coal Mine At Balmain The Hyde Park Barracks The Changing Faces Of Sydney From Pounds and Pence to Dollars and Cents Nell Tritton and Alexander Kerensky Making A Difference In Ethiopia William Balmain J C Bendrodt and Princes Restaurant Azzalin Orlando Romano and Romano's Restaurant Waldheim Alcohol in Restaurants Before 1955 King Island Kelp The Mercury Theatre Around Angkor - 1963 Angkor Wat 1963 Costumes From the Ballets Russe Clifton at Kirribilli Chairman Mao's Personal Physician The Toby Tavern The MoKa at Kings Cross The Oceaographic Museum in Monaco The Island of Elba Russian Fairy Tale Plates Meteora Souda Bay War Cemetery Barrow, Alaska Cloisonn\u00e9 Tripitaka Koreana Minshuku The Third Man Photographs and Memories Not A Chagall! Did You Listen? Did You Ask? Napier (Ahuriri, Maori) New Zealand Borobudur Ggantija Temples Plumes and Pearlshells Murano University of Padua Ancient Puebloe Peoples - The Anasazi Pula The Gondolas of Venice Cinque Terre Visiting the Iban David The Living Desert Bryce Canyon National Park Aphrodisias The Divine Comedy Caodaism Sapa and local Hill People A Few Children Cappadocia Symi Jean-Marie Tjibaou Cultural Centre Aboriginal Rock Art on Bigge Island ANZAC Cove (Ari Burnu) 25 April, 1997 Hotere Garden Oputae Children of the Trobriand Islands Page Park Market - Rabaul Rabual Kotor, Montenegro Galleries of Photographs I Lascaux Galleries of Photographs II The Cathedral of St. James \u2013 \u0160ibenik, Croatia Ivan Me\u0161trovi\u0107 - Sculptor Delphi Gallery of Photographs III The Handicrafts of Chiang Mai Raft Point San Simeon - \"Hearst Castle\" Floriade - The Netherlands - 1982 Russian New Year Mycenae \"Flightseeing\" Out Of Anchorage Alaska The White Pass and Yukon Route Totem Poles Tivkin Cemetery Krka National Park - Croatia Tavistock Square and the BMA Orthodox Easter Wieliczka Salt Mine A Walk on Santorini Indonesian Snapshots Ephesus - The Library of Celsus Ephesus - Some Places Of Interest Waimea Canyon and the Kalalau Valley United Nations Headquarters 1958 A Miscellany of Flower Images Gardens Bath St. David's In Wales Zion National Park Nicholas Himona - Artist Krak\u00f3w\nCopyright George Repin 2016. All Rights Reserved.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Artificial Intelligence-real world applications\nAI Applied - Artificial Intelligence-real world applications\nNew Subscriber\nRetailer\/Wholesale\nAttend an Open House Without Leaving Your Couch\nCassandra Balentine\nTestim Is First to Expand AI-based Testing to Developers\nVerint Introduces AI-Infused Knowledge Management for\u2026\nRetailer\/WholesaleEducationFinancial ServicesGovernment\nBy Cassandra Balentine Last updated Nov 26, 2019\nShare TwitterLinkedinEmail\nBy Cassandra Balentine\nChatbots\u2014also referred to as virtual assistants (VAs)\u2014are transforming customer support across a variety of industries. Depending on the level of support needed, these technologies can answer simple questions 24\/7 before being directed to a live support person, or utilize artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to field and respond to more questions without the need of a customer sales representative.\nAccording to Grand View Research, Inc., the global chatbot market is expected to reach 1.25 billion USD by 2025, growing at a compound annual growth rate of 24.3 percent. The research firm expects the chatbot industry to witness significant growth over the forecast period as it enables enterprises to substantially reduce operating costs.\nInnovations in AI and machine learning technologies improve the effectiveness and uses for chatbots. These technologies are a major market driver.\nDriving Adoption\nNew technologies are designed to streamline processes and make it easier for everyone affected. The drive for more efficiency, effectiveness, and ease of use pushes the adoption of new technologies like chatbots and VAs.\n\"Consumers want things that are easier. The adoption of chatbots is being driven by how these new technologies are making traditional tasks easier, coupled with new and improved forms of engagement,\" says Rutesh Shah, CEO\/founder, InfoStretch.\n\"Organizations are looking for ways to easily give their customers the ability to converse and transact in a natural way, on the channel of their choice, without human interaction,\" says Dmitri Tcherevik, CTO, Progress. He says the rise of chatbots solve a handful of pressing customer service challenges for organizations\u2014such as freeing up overloaded call center employees to focus more on critical business needs, increased customer satisfaction, and reduction in overall cost.\nShah points to several specific drivers including productivity, entertainment value, social, and novelty\/curiosity.\nIn terms of productivity, chatbots provide ease, speed, and convenience. Shah says they provide preliminary assistance and access to information, which saves money on resources.\nThey are also seen as something fun to use. \"Some people use chatbots when bored to kill time,\" shares Shah. \"They are seen as a personal, human means of interaction that may have social value.\"\nThe evolving customer experience, AI, and machine learning play a major role in the development and use of chatbots.\n\"Users and customers in this day and age have changing expectations in the ways in which they interact with organizations,\" says Tcherevik. The days of phone trees and waiting on hold are archaic as customers not only expect, but demand 24\/7, immediate responses to their questions.\nAI and machine learning are able to affect how impactful bots are through their ability to allow the bot and the business to adapt as needed. \"AI will enhance many areas, including issues of eliminating human bias from interactions\u2014where natural language processing can widen the topic of conversation and a number of valid responses,\" explains Shah.\nTechnology will help improve business performance for internal-facing bots, enhance the customer experience for clients or site visitors, and become more useful by being able to answer a wider range of specific questions and provide more information to users\u2014advising more tailored responses to the customer's needs by using deep machine learning to learn from their interactions.\nGeography plays an important role in why chatbots are developed and what they are developed to do.\nTcherevik points out that in today's world, technology is becoming more accessible daily and geography absolutely plays a role in the need for these solutions. \"For a global enterprise, a chatbot that provides business benefits to them will ultimately help their customers around the globe. Allowing for 24\/7 support that really works will establish a company as a digital leader and will help to increase loyalty from customers, no matter their geography. Gone are the days of call centers, customer support hours, and time-zone constrictions,\" he says.\nTypes and Features\nSeveral variations of chatbot technologies exist; some are standalone solutions while others integrate with messaging systems. They can be built with chatbot development kits, propriety offerings, or third-party solutions. Further differences like type\u2014task or information oriented, or open or closed.\nShah defines a few primary models of chatbots available. Task-oriented chatbots are designed for dealing with specific scenarios, such as placing an order, scheduling an event, or helping with troubleshooting. Information-oriented chatbots are more focused on the generative aspect of the conversation\u2014offering answers as creatively as possible, not repeating themselves, and keeping the conversation interesting for the person they are chatting with.\nChatbots are available to leverage all sorts of chat mediums, such as SMS texting, website chat windows, and social media messaging platforms like Facebook and Twitter. Tcherevik says there are two main types of bots\u2014one that functions on a set of rules and one that uses more advanced aspects of machine learning. \"If your bot is rules-based, it can only respond to specific commands and will only be as smart as you program it to be. If the bot utilizes machine learning, it has a brain of its own and continues to get smarter as it learns from more conversations.\"\nThere are also open and closed domain variations. \"Open domain bots are designed to retrieve all sorts of information for questions such as, what will the weather be like in three days. Closed domain agents\u2014also known as domain specific\u2014operate through information regarding a specific area of interest, aiming to provide answers for usually narrow scenarios, like offering guidance through a museum and providing specific types of information to the visitors,\" shares Shah.\nPricing is generally dependent on the complexity of the interactions and channels that the bot is used on. Integration needs with current enterprise systems also factor into the investment cost.\n\"The chatbot space is still developing very quickly, and vendors are experimenting with different pricing models. There is no consistency,\" comments Tcherevik. \"Many vendors are pricing by the number of requests processed, some are pricing by the number of users reached. Some are trying outcome based pricing\u2014for example percentage of amount saved. We are pricing by the number of chatbots deployed.\"\nChatbot Solutions\nA variety of chatbot solutions and services are available. InfoStretch and Progress detail their platforms below.\nInfoStretch provides many types of chatbot solutions including those available on platforms like Skype, Slack, Assistant, and Facebook; as well as for website. Its Docubot product is designed for information mining. The company also provides chatbots within mobile applications, and voice bots.\nThe company's target market is traditional enterprises and organizations that are putting a priority on their customers and digital transformation. \"This is where these technologies are pivotal and where our focus is for banking\/finance, healthcare, telecommunications, retail, and technology companies,\" says Shah.\nShah says InfoStretch's solutions are set apart from others due to its expertise in development, testing\/integrations, operations, and data engineering. \"This allows us to successfully achieve and accelerate business initiatives for our customers through AI-powered suites such as ASTUTE.\"\nAccording to Tcherevik, most chatbots that are developed today rely on fixed decision trees and predefined if-then-else logic to generate natural conversations with users. \"This old-school technology is what makes the software complex and enforces the thinking that chatbots sound like answering machines.\" Progress provides a chatbot solution called Progress NativeChat, which is an AI-driven platform for creating and deploying chatbots. NativeChat can transform customer service actions across multiple industries, including banking, healthcare, and insurance. What separates our product from outers is the use of CognitiveFlow\u2014a technology that can be trained with goals, examples, and data from existing backend systems, similar to the process for training new customer service agents.\"\nProgress chatbot technology uses AI as the very core to ensure that the self-service chatbots are able to deliver a seamless experience to customers. \"Chatbots like ours are leveraging the most promising aspects of AI and machine learning by allowing people to interact with software in their own way, instead of following a predefined flow set up for them by a developer. Smarter machines mean people will no longer be serving technology but rather the other way around,\" comments Tcherevik.\nA variety of other chatbot solutions are available.\nANBOTO Intelligent Chat is an intelligent online chat with semiautomatic response that increases the productivity of enterprises in customer experience management\u2014customer experience management and customer service\u2014defined as the perceptions and feelings generated by the accumulation of customer interactions with companies and their employees, channels, products, and services.\nANBOTO designs the interactions in order to increase the client's expectations, and enhance their satisfaction and loyalty. Main features include natural language understanding, automatic language detection, understanding multiple questions in one sentence, ability to generate proactive natural language, voice, innovative image, continuous interaction with the user, concurrent feedback, multiple availability, and continuous customized attention.\nCreative Virtual is a leader in self-service solutions that bring together humans and AI to enable anywhere, anytime customer and employee engagement. Global organizations rely on its V-Person technology to improve their support experience, reduce costs, increase sales, and build brand loyalty.\neGain Virtual Assistant is a lifelike, conversational virtual agent providing a unique, interactive, and personal way for users to get answers and assistance on your website, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. It provides the frontline support so customer service staff can concentrate on more complex tasks. A website visitor simply chats with the VA or chatbot. The natural language processing technology embedded in the chat bot enables it to not only understand the words, but also the customer intent. The VA acts like a guide taking customers on a tour of the website, providing answers, and even helping in their shopping decisions. The eGain VA is designed to be smart enough to know when to escalate to a human agent. By providing timely and context-aware escalation to agents, it stops customers from having to repeat their query, greatly reducing customer frustration and agent anxiety.\nInbenta chatbots are able to answer questions, fill in forms, and help customers make transactions in a conversational way. It uses AI, natural language processing technology, and machine learning to understand exactly customer is asking, no matter if slang or jargon is used. At the heart of any ideal customer interaction are an intuitive conversation, a seamless purchasing experience and no wait times. The Inbenta Chatbot recognizes conversation context, uses webhooks to perform transactions, and is instantly available 24\/7. The Inbenta Chatbot can uncover the intent behind each user's question. Instead of a long and generic answer, the chatbot gives a quick and precise response creating an intelligent conversation with the customer.\nNuance's VA, Nina, is an Intelligent Virtual Assistant, designed to deliver an intuitive, automated experience for all digital channels by engaging customers in natural conversations using voice or text. No matter if you want to add a VA to your website, app, or text messaging application, Nina offers a consistent experience in any digital channel. A familiar voice answers the request whether it's typed into a computer, tapped on a screen, or spoken into a device.\nVirtual Aid\nThe use and acceptance of chatbots among both enterprises and consumers is on the rise. These solutions close the gap between traditional customer service hours and agents and the customer demand for 24\/7 access and communication. Depending on the business model, chatbots or VAs can serve a range of needs, but most importantly improve the customer experience and save money in customer service. 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{"text":"Well Rounded: Drumming & Fitness\nBy Maggie Rivers for Tom Tom Magazine\nBeating out fast and complicated maneuvers, drummers are often acclaimed for being quick with the sticks, but recent studies have also shown that these \"athletes of the music industry\" also require extraordinary strength and endurance when performing.\nStudies done with the Clem Burke Drumming Project show that drummers' physical activity is comparable or greater than that of football players, especially when considering the amount of shows played versus games played, as well as the physical demands of setting up and moving gear. The Clem Burke Drumming Project is dedicated to research and distribution of information on the benefits of drumming. Clem Burke, founder of the project and drummer of Blondie, famous for its hit, \"Heart of Glass,\" volunteered himself for case studies related with the project.\n\"I'd have to say [the biggest physical challenge is] the actual carrying and hauling of equipment\u2026 When you're playing night after night, loading in and out, setting up, and breaking down over and over again it gets a little tedious and tiring. At the same time, my band did about six weeks of touring this past spring and I think we all felt a lot stronger physically by the end of it,\" said Heliotropes drummer, Cici Harrison.\nBecause of the physical strain drumming presents, many drummers warm up their muscles before playing. It's not only about being about being able to bang sticks; breathing, posture, and hydration are all important to performing well too. Some of the most common drumming injuries are tendonitis, lower back pain, and carpal tunnel.\nThere are even some websites dedicated to educating drummers on how to keep themselves healthy while drumming, such as www.drummershealth.com. Founded by Dan Buch, a drummer and chiropractor, the website features tips, exercises, and injury treatment to help drummers perform safely.\nThe fitness associated with drumming has become so popular, that many have begun to take up drumming for the purpose of personal fitness. Gyms across the country have also picked up classes that feature drumsticks which are banged on exercise balls or the floor. Drumming has also been found to have therapeutic effects such as stress relief and has been incorporated in low intensity workout classes made for children and the elderly.\nFor those who would like to drum, whether it is for fun or fitness, Harrison suggests running to build up endurance. If running does not suit your fancy, Harrison reminds, \"there is always Prancercising.\"\nPrevious ArticleThe Funnies: Love ThisNext ArticleDrumming Guide: Miami","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"info@qatarday.com\n2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar\nQatar Stars League - Standings\nPremier League - Standings\nLa Liga - Standings\nSerie A - Standings\nChampionship - Standings\nBundesliga - Standings\nQatar Airways resumes flights to Cairo today; Alexandria service from Jan 25\nVaccination certificates could become the safe pass for travel: Qatar Airways\nQatar Airways becomes first global airline to achieve 5-Star Covid-19 Airline\nAl Khor Carnival set to open on Jan. 21 with fun family activities\nNaomi Osaka, Robert Lewandowski and Bayern Munich named AIPS Champions of 2020 with votes from 116 countries\nJapanese tennis star Naomi Osaka and Polish striker Robert Lewandowski have been named the AIPS Best Athletes of 2020. Bayern Munich won the AIPS Best Team of 2020 after breaking a plethora of records en route to winning five trophies. This is the result of a poll by the International Sport Press Association (AIPS), where a panel of 422 journalists from 116 countries voted for the Champions of 2020.\nIt is the first time that Lewandowski and Osaka are winning the prestigious accolade which attracts votes from a vast network of professionals across the world annually.\nBayern Munich goal machine Lewandowski garnered 620 points, enough to see off British seven-time Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton on 546 points and Spanish 20-time tennis Grand Slam winner Rafael Nadal in third with 378 points.\nThree-time Grand Slam champion Osaka topped the AIPS poll for Best Female Athlete with 526 points ahead of Venezuelan triple jump world indoor record-holder Yulimar Rojas (331 points) and American tennis legend Serena Williams, who won her 73rd WTA title at the 2020 ASB Classic, in third with 327 points.\nBayern Munich, six-time UEFA Champions League winners, were dominant in the Best Team poll, receiving a total of 1317 points, followed by reigning Premier League champions Liverpool with 753 points, while 2020 NBA champions Los Angeles Lakers had to settle for third place with 658 points.\nAIPS decided not to present the unique award for the Best Press Facilities as there have been no major international or continental sporting events held under normal circumstances in 2020. We look forward to reintroducing the award in 2021.\nBEST MALE ATHLETE 2020\nRobert Lewandowski, 32-year-old, born in Warsaw, Poland, has been in blistering form over the last year, contributing a whopping 55 goals in 47 games to Bayern Munich's exceptional 2019\/20 treble triumph.\nHe won the German league and cup double as well as the Champions League with Bayern and finished as top scorer in all three competitions \u2013 top scorer for the third time in a row in the Bundesliga and fourth successive year in the DFB Cup. He won five trophies in total with Bayern Munich in 2020, including the UEFA Super Cup and the German Super Cup.\nOn December 16, 2020, the prolific striker became the third player in Bundesliga history to score 250 goals and the first non-German to reach that milestone. He scored more competitive goals in the 2020 calendar year (47) than any other player in Europe's top leagues \u2013 breaking the 40-goal mark in all competitions for the fourth year in a row.\nLewandowski scooped the Bundesliga Player of the Season, UEFA Men's Player of the Year and The Best FIFA Men's Player awards. He was also named the \"Player of the Year\" at the Globe Soccer Awards and could have easily won the 2020 Ballon d'Or award if it had not been cancelled.\nBEST MALE ATHLETE \u2013 TOP TEN\nRobert Lewandowski - Football 620 (16,32%)\nLewis Hamilton - Formula1 - 546 (14,38%)\nRafael Nadal \u2013 Tennis - 378 (9,95%)\nLeBron James - Basketball - 361 (9,51%)\nArmand Duplantis \u2013 Athletics - 347 (9,14%)\nCristiano Ronaldo - Football - 300 (7,9%)\nNovak Djokovic - Tennis - 280 (7,37%)\nJoshua Cheptegei \u2013 Athletics - 181 (4,77%)\nTadej Poga\u010dar - Cycling - 179 (4,71%)\nDominic Thiem - Tennis - 104 (2,74%)\nBEST FEMALE ATHLETE 2020\nNaomi Osaka, 23-year-old, born in Ch\u016b\u014d-ku, Japan, to a Japanese mother and a Haitian father, moved with her family to New York when she was three. She first grabbed the headlines in 2016 at the age of 19, when she won the Women's Tour Association (WTA) Newcomer of the Year award after reaching her first WTA final and rising to a career-high ranking of No. 40.\nHer US Open championship victory surely qualifies as one of the highlights of the 2020 tennis season not just for her impressive athleticism but also for her extraordinary activism.\nOsaka highlighted racial and social injustice throughout her run at the tournament, where she wore seven black masks bearing the names of different victims, one for each round.\nThe highest-paid and most tweeted about female athlete of 2020 came from a set down to beat Victoria Azarenka and win her second US Open title in three years \u2013 and the third major of her career.\nPrior to the US Open, Osaka reached the Western & Southern Open final but pulled out because of a left hamstring injury. She also hogged global headlines during that tournament for her decision to boycott her semi-final match in response to the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin, a move that resulted in the tournament pausing play for the day.\nOsaka shot to international fame when she defeated her idol Serena Williams in a controversial US Open final in 2018 to become the first Japanese player to win a Grand Slam singles title. Then she clinched her second major soon after at the Australian Open in 2019.\nBEST FEMALE ATHLETE \u2013 TOP TEN\nNaomi Osaka - Tennis - 526 (13,85%)\nYulimar Rojas - Athletics - 331 (8,72%)\nSerena Williams - Tennis - 327 (8,61%)\nIga \u015awi\u0105tek - Tennis - 310 (8,16%)\nFederica Brignone - Alpine ski - 245 (6,45%)\nVivianne Miedema \u2013 Football - 211 (5,56%)\nLetesenbet Gidey - Athletics - 200 (5,27%)\nPeres Jepchirchir \u2013 Athletics - 186 (4,9%)\nSifan Hassan \u2013 Athletics - 182 (4,79%)\nMikaela Shiffrin - Alpine ski - 162 (4,27%)\nBEST TEAM OF 2020\nHansi Flick's Bayern Munich became only the second European club in history to achieve the continental treble twice after clinching the Bundesliga title for the eighth straight year, retaining the German Cup and lifting their sixth UEFA Champions League title in 2020.\nThe German giants became the first side to win every match in a UCL campaign and also the first team ever in Europe's top five league to win 23 competitive matches in a row.\nThe 8-2 humiliation of Barcelona in the Champions League quarter-finals is one of the most notable wins in Bayern's record-breaking winning streak, which began against Cologne in February and ended with a defeat to Hoffenheim at the end of September.\nThey won a total of five trophies in 2020, including the UEFA Super Cup and the German Super Cup.\nAlongside Lewandowski, Flick and Bayern Munich were also honoured at the Globe Soccer Awards 2020 in recognition of the club's outstanding year. Flick was also named the 2019\/2020 UEFA Men's Coach of the Year.\nBEST TEAM - TOP TEN\nFC Bayern Munich - Football - 1317 (34,68%)\nLiverpool F.C. - Football - 753 (19,83%)\nLos Angeles Lakers \u2013 Basketball - 658 (17,32%)\nMercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team - Formula 1 - 436 (11,48%)\nSpanish National Handball Team \u2013 Handball - 140 (3,69%)\nTimea Babos & Kristina Mladenovic - Tennis - 129 (3,4%)\nNorway Biathlon Team (Female) \u2013 Biathlon - 107 (2,82%)\nSwiss Alpine Ski National Team - Alpine ski - 84 (2,21%)\nNorway Biathlon Team (Male) - Biathlon - 70 (1,84%)\nGerman Eight - Rowing - 48 (1,26%)\nAIPS members from the following 116 nations participated in the Champions of 2020 poll:\nAfghanistan, Albania, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Benin, Bolivia, Bosnia Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central Africa Republic, Chile, China, Chinese Taipei, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Dr Congo, Ecuador, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Great Britain, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Northern Macedonia, Norway, Pakistan, Palestine, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sudan, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tanzania, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, USA, Venezuela, Yemen\nRobert Lewandowski Naomi Osaka Bayern Munich AIPS Champions of 2020 Sports Football Tennis\n+CLASSIFIEDS\nQatar Airways resumes flights to Cairo today; Alexandria\nVaccination certificates could become the safe pass for\nQatar Airways becomes first global airline to achieve\nAl Khor Carnival set to open on Jan. 21 with fun family\nA hypnotic Swedish singing tradition\nJapans ancient art of embracing imperfection\nClaw Foot Bathtub Guide\nA shopaholics guide to Doha\nYou've made it this far... 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{"text":"Research Tools & Collections Help & Services Study Spaces & Computers About the Library\nHome > ETDS > Dissertations and Theses > 5881\nMothers' Drinking Motives\nSheila Kathleen Umemoto, Portland State UniversityFollow\nPortland State University. Department of Psychology\nCynthia D. Mohr\nTerm of Graduation\nMaster of Science (M.S.) in Psychology\n1 online resource (vi, 129 pages)\nIncreases in women's excessive alcohol use are leading to concerns about a developing public health problem since, for women, it takes fewer years and lower doses to develop a range of alcohol-induced health problems. Maternal status is generally considered protective against alcohol use; however, this effect is weakened by multiple social role strain, leading to higher stress and negative affect, and subsequent coping-related alcohol use. Given that the majority of mothers with young children are working or looking for work (72.3%; BLS, 2021), it is likely that the combination of competing demands and expectations associated with multiple roles of parent, partner, and employee may lead to negative affective states and be detrimental to women's health. The aim of this thesis was to explore mothers' drinking behavior among National Guard Service Member spouses (N=250, Mage=37; 76.4% working outside the home) recruited as part of the Military Employment Sleep and Health Study (MESH), who may be vulnerable to increased risk of multiple role strain and alcohol-related problems.\nMothers' domestic role burden was modeled as a single construct of mothers' domestic role strain (DRS), confirmed through Confirmatory Factor Analysis to consist of negative parenting behavior, chaotic home environment, and difficulty in self-reliance in managing household\/family obligations. Next, mothers' alcohol use was modeled as a function of DRS and negative affect as literature on the mental health of mothers raising children asserts problematic alcohol use as specifically associated with loneliness and distress. Finally, the influence of drinking-to-cope motives were tested in line with theory on the relieving properties of alcohol. Results demonstrated that mothers reporting more negative DRS are lonelier and more distressed than mothers with less DRS. Moderated mediation showed that for mothers experiencing loneliness in the context of more DRS, such loneliness predicted higher drinking quantities, particularly at higher levels of coping motives. The same relationship was found for distress-mediated pathways. Therefore, results are consistent with the notion that mothers who endorse some level of drinking to cope are most at risk for drinking when lonely or distressed associated with a more DRS. This thesis disentangles potential contributing factors of mothers' alcohol use behavior by highlighting the critical relationship that coping motives play in terms of mothers' DRS, associated negative affect, and alcohol use. As this triad is known to have numerous deleterious effects, such as impaired or ineffective parenting, heightened parental\/family stress, marital discord, and child health and adjustment problems, the ripple effect of stressful situations may reinforce mothers' coping motives and potentially perpetuate mothers' susceptibility to harmful drinking. Finally, the multipath influence of coping motives between mothers' DRS and alcohol use may inform parenting and alcohol interventions and support programs to target alternative coping strategies to increase levels of family readiness, social connection, and reactivity to stress in the family that may work to reduce risk of alcohol problems for military and comparable civilian families.\nIn Copyright. URI: http:\/\/rightsstatements.org\/vocab\/InC\/1.0\/ This Item is protected by copyright and\/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).\nUmemoto, Sheila Kathleen, \"Mothers' Drinking Motives\" (2021). Dissertations and Theses. Paper 5881.\nSocial Psychology Commons\nPDXOpen Textbooks\nFaculty Expert Gallery\nHome | About | My Account | Accessibility Statement | Portland State University","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Production drilling starts on Statfjord AUK criticism of Norwegian Statfjord deliveries\nPosted on November 27, 2019 March 24, 2020 by Kristin \u00d8ye Gjerde\nThe drilling fluid strike\nperson By Trude Meland, Norwegian Petroleum Museum\nDuring January 1979, it was the turn of drilling workers employed by Loffland Brothers and Morco Norge to take strike action. Health risks were the issue, reflecting the attention paid in the 1977 Working Environment Act to work with chemicals.\n\u2014 More modern mud treatment at Statfjord A. Photo: Jan A. Tjemsland\/Norwegian Petroleum Museum\nA complex blend of substances known as drilling mud or fluid is used in all drilling. Based on either water or oil, this mixture is pumped down inside the drill string and returns to the drilling rig. It is then cleaned of drill cuttings \u2013 bits of rock from the well \u2013 and recycled in tanks.\nThe functions of this mud include cooling and lubricating the drill bit and string, carrying away cuttings and stabilising the borehole during drilling.\nTwo different companies were involved in drilling on Statfjord A at the start of 1979. Loffland Brothers was responsible for the actual production wells, while Morco Norge provided a number of support functions \u2013 with particular emphasis on blending mud.\nReservoir conditions meant that an oil-based fluid was used on Statfjord A.[REMOVE]Fotnote: Stavanger Aftenblad, 1 March 1979. Mobil was concerned that a water-based blend could cause the clay particles in the mud to swell and block the pores in the sandstone. That in turn would prevent flow in the reservoir.[REMOVE]Fotnote: The Saga, 8 January 1979. Eight Hour Strike On Statfjord A.\nBorev\u00e6skestreiken,\nNot easy to stay clean-clothed working on the drill floor. Photo: Hilde Hysing-Dahl\/Norwegian Petroleum Museum\nThe drilling crew complained that the diesel oil in the fluid made the deck slippery and thereby reduced safety. Since the smell of the fluid stuck to their clothes, hair and skin, they also had to shower in every break \u2013 which further reduced their limited free time. In addition, direct contact with the fluid irritated their skin and caused sores to erupt. Headaches were also common.\nAs compensation for these inconveniences, the workers demanded a 30 per cent pay rise rather than improved safety provisions or protective equipment. They staged an eight-hour strike on 11 January.\n\"The mud was mixed by hand, the air was thick with dust, oil vapour and fumes \u2013 and mud sloshed about on the deck,\" Dag Yrke, who worked on Statfjord A in the early 1980s, told PetroMaritime.[REMOVE]Fotnote: Petro Maritime 28 April 2006. Oljeeventyret \u00f8dela livet mitt.\n\"By the [shale] shaker, where mud and cuttings came up again from the well, vapour was being given off all the time. After a shift, your boiler suit was saturated with chemicals and muck. We became so nauseous from the oil vapour that we had to spew where we stood. The nurse on board asked us to take breaks and breath fresh air, but we weren't allowed to leave the work. We sometimes couldn't manage to eat afterwards.\"\nDuring parts of the drilling cycle, the workers were sprayed with mud and the fluid penetrated their clothes.[REMOVE]Fotnote: SINTEF rapport.\nConsiderable exposure, pressure and little rest\nMud is heated when it circulates through the well. If its temperature exceeds 50\u00b0C, an oil-based fluid will give off petroleum vapour in open systems. It has subsequently transpired that such muds can cause serious health problems.\nBoth the Norwegian Oil and Petrochemical Workers Union (Nopef), which represented workers in both Loffland and Morco, and the Norwegian Oil and Gas Employees Association (NOGMF), which had members in Loffland, supported the strike.\nIt was asserted that using oil in the drilling fluid presented \"substantial health disadvantages for the oil workers, and the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) should assess whether drilling should be halted until the health and safety consequences of using the mud are know.\"\nIn other words, the unions wanted a study of the safety risk posed by using oil-based mud and wanted to halt all drilling on a platform and a field which was already comprehensively behind schedule and had incurred a massive cost overrun. But the NPD saw no grounds to halt the work after an inspection on Statfjord A.\nNopef also maintained that the drillers should have their working day reduced from 12 to eight hours, and work no more than 28 hours a week. [REMOVE]Fotnote: The Saga, 8 January 1979. Eight Hour Strike On Statfjord A. And it demanded a nuisance bonus of NOK 2 000 (NOK 7 255 in 2009 value) per month for the inconvenience of wearing the heavy work clothes and the additional time taken to get clean. Garments damaged on the platform had to be fully replaced.\nStatfjord operator Mobil responded that protective clothing was offered and that, if this was used as prescribed, there was no danger of drilling fluid coming into contact with the skin and causing irritation.\nThe diesel-based mud, which had been approved by both the NPD and the Norwegian Pollution Control Authority (SFT), had been used for more than 20 years without recorded health consequences for its users.\nDespite using both watertight clothing and protective goggles, workers on Statfjord A were exposed to the fluid. They got headaches from the fumes, and the nurse observed skin damage on hands and wrists as well as on legs and feet after the mud got into their boots. In some cases, skin problems on face and neck were reported.\nEven when using protective equipment, the workers became sore over their whole bodies. \"So badly that [they] cannot have sexual relations with their partners for five-six days after returning from the installations,\" Rogalands Avis reported.[REMOVE]Fotnote: Rogaland Avis, 12 January 1979. NOPEF krever at boringen stanses.\nThe Sintef research foundation in Trondheim produced a scientific report on behalf of the NOGMF in March 1979 which concluded that about 100 people working with oil-based drilling fluid on Statfjord A had suffered rashes and that fumes from chemicals in the blend which could cause cancer in certain circumstances.[REMOVE]Fotnote: Norges Handels og Sj\u00f8fartstidende, 30 March 1979. Borev\u00e6sken kan fremkalle kreft.\nPhoto: Mobil Exploration Norway Inc.\/Norwegian Petroleum Museum\nAfter tough negotiations, the two sides reached agreement on a supplementary payment of NOK 80 per day as \"compensation for work with oil-based drilling mud, including compensation for extra time for personal hygiene and inconveniences from the use of oil-based drilling mud compared with the use of water-based drilling mud.\"[REMOVE]Fotnote: Stavanger Aftenblad, 1 March 1979. Morco also secured an additional person per shift.\nBut the most important outcome of the strike and the consequent Sintef report was that a certain amount of attention began to be paid to the chemical working environment offshore.\nAccording to Sintef, the NPD and the Norwegian Labour Inspection Authority (NLIA) knew too little about these environmental problems. Unlike technical safety measures, which received great emphasis, chemical health threats had attracted little attention. Occupational hygiene checks were not carried out with the workforce.[REMOVE]Fotnote: Aftenposten, 19 June 1979. Kjemiske milj\u00f8farer p\u00e5 oljefeltene lite p\u00e5aktet.\nIt has subsequently transpired that drill floor workers were exposed to both acute and long-term harm from the diesel oil and chemicals in the drilling fluid.\nThe NLIA and the Institute of Occupational Health built up substantial expertise in this field over the following years. The NPD appointed its first person with occupational health expertise in 1979. Exposure to drilling mud and mercury were the most immediate issues in the first few years.\nA 2005 report on exposure to chemicals on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) stated: \"Manual work on the drill floor, manual blending of chemicals and open systems have led to a substantial and complex exposure to chemicals. Open mud tanks and gutters have probably caused a high level of exposure to vapour and hot mud, while mixing dry chemicals and cement in open hoppers, often without extractor fans, has probably caused substantial exposure to dust. The introduction of mud-based drilling fluids from around 1980 meant exposure to oil mist\/vapour and skin exposure.\"\nThe report adds that it was common practice for personnel to wash in diesel oil, helicopter fuel, degreasing solvents and the like. Equipment and tools were often cleaned with similar substances in large open vats. It notes that the period spent offshore could be extended to 21 days, which gave less time for rest and restoration.\nArne Michael Cosgrove Evensen was a nurse on Statfjord A, and confirms the drilling workers' story. \"They had a tough job. The physical working environment was terrible. Both the mud pit (CD07) and the shaker room contained large open vats, and the air was full of oil mist. In the shaker room, they measured the weight of the mud by scooping up samples with a ladle. Various substances were added from 50-kilogram bags. People stood in dust.\"[REMOVE]Fotnote: Interview with Arne Michael Cosgrove Evensen at Statoil by Trude Meland, Norwegian Petroleum Museum, 14 June 2010.\nOnly available in norwegian\nPublished November 27, 2019 \u2022 Updated March 24, 2020","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
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{"text":"UPSC IAS Prelims : Art and Culture : Dance Forms in India\nThis article on Various Dance Forms in India would benefit candidates to know in detail about Dance forms and famous dancers practicing those dance forms in India. Art and Culture's contribution has increased alot in IAS Prelims Examination. Whereas, IAS Mains Exam General Studies Paper I also consists of questions on Art and Culture.\nCreated On: Aug 3, 2015 10:12 IST\nModified On: Aug 4, 2015 10:10 IST\nArt and Culture \u2013 Dance Forms in India\nBharatanatyam, Tamil Nadu (Southern India)\nBharatanatyam is a famous dance form of Tamil Nadu located in southern India which has grown out of the art of dancers dedicated to temples, and was earlier known as Sadir or Dasi Attam. It is the first of India's traditional dances to be refashioned as a theatre art and to be exhibited widely both at home and abroad.\nBharatanatyam is a dance form which rests on principles of performance and anaesthetics set down in classics such as Bharata's Natyashastra. It has a rich repertoire of songs in Telugu, Tamil and Sanskrit. The present-day format of a Bharatanatyam recital, as well as a valuable part of its musical compositions, were created by the famed 'Tanjore Quartet' of the nineteenth century: the brothers Ponniah, Chinnaiah, Sivanandam and Vadivelu. Bharatanatyam has a highly evolved language of nritta, abstract dance, and nritya which unfolds the narrative. The themes have a wide range spanning human and divine love, and are generally classed under the rubric of shringara (romantic love) and bhakti (devotion). The music of Bharatanatyam belongs to the Carnatic system of southern India. The musicians accompanying a dance recital include at least one vocalist, a Mridangam (drum)-player, and a flutist or violinist or Veena (lute)-player. The group also includes a nattuvanar, or dance conductor, who recites the dance syllables as he plays a pair of small bronze cymbals.\nManipuri Dance, Manipur (North-eastern India)\nManipuri dance which is a famous dance form of Manipur located in north-eastern India. This dance form is based on the Vaishnava faith of the Meiteis, or people of the Manipur valley. The temples of Manipur are still among the principal staging venues of the dance. Therefore the predominant theme of Manipuri dance is devotion, and the rich lore of Radha and Krishna lends it episodic content. Over a period of centuries, the traditional art has gone through various stages of development to become the sophisticated theatre art it is today.\nManipuri dance is introverted and restrained compared to most other dances of India \u2013 the artist never establishes eye contact with the audience. The movements are circular and continuous, each merging into the other. Mudras or hand-gestures are subtly absorbed in the flow of the movement overall. The facial expression is subdued and never exaggerated. These features are evident even in the more vigorous masculine dances.\nJagoi and cholom are the two main divisions in Manipur's dance, the one gentle and the other vigorous, corresponding to the lasya and tandava elements described in Sanskrit literature. They constitute independent streams and an artist spends a lifetime perfecting any form within the spectrum. The jagoi element is predominant in Ras Leela and similar votive performances. In such dances the legs are bent and the knees held close together. This helps the feet land softly on the ground and lends a floating swing to the movements. The footwork is never audible as in several other dances of India, where it is often used to mark the rhythm. The Pung, a drum, and flute are the principal instruments used in Manipuri dance.\nKathak (Northern India)\nKathak is a prominent dance form of Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, and even parts of western and eastern India today. It is believed to be connected with the narrative art of Kathakaras or story-tellers who have expounded the scriptures, the epics Ramayana and Mahabharata, and puranic literature to the lay masses since ancient times. Expanding and refining its movement and vocabulary of expression, this art possibly transited to a courtly milieu in medieval India, and achieved its finest flowering under Mughal rule. Later, in the nineteenth century, the princely courts at Lucknow, Jaipur, Raigarh, and other places emerged as leading centres of Kathak dance. During the twentieth century, as training and practice of Kathak increasingly received the support of public institutions, choreographic work involving groups of dancers has claimed more space in Kathak practice. Kathak's thematic content today straddles various worlds, even though the lore of Krishna still has a special place in its repertoire. Kathak is characterized stylistically by its footwork and pirouettes, and is pre-eminently a dance of rhythm-play. The music of traditional Kathak consists of the Thumri and other lyrical song-forms, and the essential musical instruments are the Tabla, Pakhawaj, and Sarangi. The sitar and other plucked strings are also associated with Kathak performed today.\nThe Thumri is a popular genre of Hindustani music characterized by a lyricism that gives expression to various shades of romantic love. It acquired a special connection with Kathak dance in the court of Wajid Ali Shah at Lucknow in the nineteenth century. Typically, a Thumri has a short text of two to four lines which are repeated sometimes using a sthayi-antara form.\nThere are several different styles of singing thumri, the most prominent being the Punjabi, Purabi (of Lucknow), and Benaras styles.\nOdissi Dance, Orissa (Eastern India)\nOdissi dance is a famous dance form of Orissa located in eastern India. This dance form was earlier performed as part of temple service by 'maharis' or female temple servants. The traditional dance was remoulded as a theatre art towards the middle of the twentieth century with reference not only to the existing dance art, but representation of dance in Orissa's medieval sculpture, painting, and literature. In its remodelled form, Odissi dance has spread quickly across the country. The Vaishnava faith of Orissa is intrinsic to Odissi dance and the lore of Krishna and Radha supplies its content. Love lyrics from Jayadeva's Sanskrit work Gitagovindam therefore have pride of place on the Odissi dance repertoire, together with songs in Oriya by medieval and early modern poets such as Upendra Bhanja and Banamali Das. These are interpreted by the dancer employing a grammar of hand-gestures of hastas. Codified footwork of 'padabheda', gaits and walks termed 'chalis', and spins or 'bhramaris' are other components of the technique of Odissi dance. Recreated as it has been partly from sculptural representation of dance, Odissi in its performance appears sculpturesque, particularly in its serpentine 'tribhangi-s' or the firm, square stance called chowk. The movements are soft and graceful. The dancer is supported by a singer, a drummer who plays the Pakhawaj, flute and Sitar. The dance conductor also sits with the musicians reciting the rhythmic syllables and keeping time with his cymbals.\nKathakali is a famous dance of Kerala located in Southern India, it is also known as 'story play'. This dance form started in the seventeenth century under the patronage of the prince of Karnataka, who wrote plays for performance drawn from the epic Ramayana in Malayalam, the language of the region. Stories from the Ramayana and Mahabharata provide the content of most Kathakali plays, which have come down to us in a steady stream over three centuries.\nKathakali categorizes its characters according to their nature and employs make-up and costume to build them up as symbolic personalities. The faces of actors are painted according to the type of character they represent \u2013 green for heroes, kings, and divinities, red and black for the evil and fierce, etc. The main feature of the costume is a large, billowing skirt for male characters and various elaborate headdresses\nThe actor's performance in a Kathakali plays is completely speechless: the 'libretto' is sung by two singers on the stage who keep time on gong and cymbals, while a pair of drummers also on the stage play the Chenda. The story is enacted using a vocabulary of facial expressions and hand-gestures.\nMohiniattam\nMohiniattam, is a famous dance form of Kerala located in southern India. It is also practiced in Andhra Pradesh. It has taken its name from the mythic enchantress Mohini. It is dance of feminine grace, and has grown out of performances connected with Kerala's temples.\nThe prince Swati Tirunal of Travancore, a patron of arts and an artist himself, was one of the chief architects of the dance in the nineteenth century and composed a large repertoire of songs which accompany the performance. Characterized as it is by femininity, Mohiniattam has no heavy steps or rhythmic tension: the footwork is gentle, soft, and sliding. The dancer's body rises and falls with an easy grace, with the emphasis mainly on the torso. Restraint in movement is the hallmark of the dance.\nMohiniattam uses rhythms that are special to Kerala: the rhythmic syllables used are those of the Maddalam, a drum which provides accompaniment for female roles in the Kathakali theatre. The main percussion instruments in the performance are the Edakka. The other musical instruments are the Mridangam, the Veena, the Flute, and the Kuzhitalam or Cymbals.\nKuchipudi, is a famous dance form of India which has its origin in Andhra Pradesh. It enlarged itself as a product of Bhakti movement beginning in the 7th Century AD. Kuchipudi derives its name from the village Kuchelapuram, where it was nurtured by great scholars and artists who built up the repertoire and refined the dance technique. The Kuchipudi is a dance-drama of Nritta, Nritya and Natya. The Nritta consists of teermanams and jatis, the Nritya of Sabdams, and the Natya of acting with mudras for the songs. Nritta encompasses steps and movements in the form of patterns of dance which, though ornate in themselves, have no meaning to convey.\nKuchipudi, combines speech, Abhinaya (mime) and pure dance. The Kuchipudi dancer is a multiple person on the stage and this multiplicity is achieved by the swift change of mime which depends more on the combination of the naturalism of the dramatic content and the symbolism of the poetic intensity of feeling of an episode. The consequence of this is the emphasis laid on the dynamics of movement and expressionism of feeling.\nKuchipudi dance is accompanied by Carnatic Music. Kuchipudi today is performed either as a solo, duet or a group presentation, but historically it was performed as a dance drama, with several dancers taking different roles.\nSattriya Dance\n'Sattriya dance' is a famous dance form of Assam located in North East India which means body of dance. Danced drama developed in the sattras or monasteries of Assam since the sixteenth century, when the Vaishnava faith propagated by the saint and reformer Shankaradeva (1449-1586) swept the land. It is a distinct genre within the fold of classical Indian dance, with an evolved language of hand gesture (hasta), footwork (pada karma), movement and expression (nritta and abhinaya), and a repertoire centered on devotion to Krishna.\nSince the latter part of the twentieth century, when this monastic art was embraced by artists outside the sattras, Sattriya dance has been practised also as a modern theatre art. On the stage today, an artist presents a programme adapted from the traditional repertoire, sometimes supplemented with new choreography. Typically, it may start with an invocation to the deity, Krishna or Rama, followed by the dance of the sutradhar, the conductor of performances in the sattra. The dancer may then present a mix of pure dance and abhinaya based upon the vast literature of the sattras, the items chosen to give full play to her accomplishment in these departments of the dance. Ramdani, Chali, Mela Nach and Jhumura offer scope for nritta, while abhinaya may be explored in the form of Geetar Nach. Group dances are also common in traditional and modern Sattriya dance, and these may be prefaced with a brief musical 'interlude' on drums, the Gayan Bayan, performed by a group of musicians. Entirely original dance dramas in the mould of the traditional Sattriya dance are also presented on the stage today. The musical component of the dance is rich and varied in its rhythmic, melodic, and lyrical aspects.\nChhau (Eastern India)\nThe Chhau dance is a combination of martial traditions, temple rituals and folk dances of Eastern India -- Orissa, Jharkhand, and West Bengal. Episodes from the epics Mahabharata, Ramayana, Puranas, traditional folklore, local legends and abstract themes through the medium of dance and a music ensemble that consists primarily of indigenous drums. In its traditional context, the dance is intimately connected with the festivals and rituals of this region. Important among these is the Chaitra Parva celebrated in the month of April. The month of Chaitra celebrates the advent of spring and the start of the harvesting season. The melody is interwoven and is provided by reed pipes like the Mohuri, Turi-Bheri and Shehnai. Though vocal music is not used in Chhau, the melodies are based on songs from the Jhumur folk repertoire, the devotional Kirtan, classical Hindustani 'ragas', and traditional Oriya sources. Dhol, Dhumsa, Nagada, Chadchadi and Jhanj provide accompaniment to Chhau dance.\nIAS Mains GS I Study Material\nFree IAS Prelims GS - Art and Culture\nIAS Prelims Exam 2021 GS Study Material\nIAS Mains GS I Paper\nIAS Prelims Exam 2021 Paper I (GS)","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Home Business Ethiopian registers record success in 2017\/18 fiscal year\nEthiopian registers record success in 2017\/18 fiscal year\nAddis Ababa \u2013 Ethiopian Airlines, Africa's largest Airline Group, is happy to announce that it has registered record success in the just ended 2017\/18 fiscal year. In line with its 15 year strategic roadmap, Vision 2025, the airline registered historical success in financial, commercial, operational and customer service areas.\nDuring the 2017\/18 fiscal year:\nEthiopian introduced additional +14 new aircraft, more than one aircraft per month;\nThe airline opened 8 new international destinations, namely Geneva (Switzerland), Chicago (USA), Bahrain, Kaduna (Nigeria), Buenos Aires (Argentina), Kisangani and Mbuji-Mayi (Democratic Republic of Congo) and Nosy-Be (Madagascar);\nThe number of passengers carried grew by +21% topping the 10 million mark for the first time in the airline's history and reaching 10.6 million passengers;\nFreight carried grew by +18% from previous fiscal year to attain 400,339 tons;\nOperating revenue grew by +43% from previous fiscal year to culminate at 89.1 billion Ethiopian birr (ETB);\nNet profit stood at 6.8 billion ETB.\nDuring the fiscal year, the airline was given for the first time in its history a 4 Star rating by SKYTRAX, the leading customer service rating organization in the airline industry, putting it on par with other global airlines. SKYRAX also recognized Ethiopian as Best Airline in Africa; Best Business Class in Africa and Best Economy Class in Africa.\nEthiopian reached and passed the 100th aircraft in service milestone during the year, becoming the first African airline in history to do so.\nAJot\nPrevious articleTomorrow NASA's Launching a Spacecraft to 'Touch' The Sun For The First Time \u2013 Here's How\nNext articleEthiopia conflict: \"I lost my children, wealth, my pride and dignity\"","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"ARS ELECTRONICA ARCHIVE \u2013 AI LAB\nThe European ARTificial Intelligence Lab (AI Lab) is a follow-up project to the European Digital Art and Science Network, a creative collaboration between scientific institutions, Ars Electronica and cultural partners throughout Europe that unites science and digital art. The European ARTificial Intelligence Lab follows on from this and addresses visions, expectations and fears that we associate with artificial intelligence. The consortium consists of 13 cultural institutions from Europe with Ars Electronica as coordinator. This online archive provides an overview of all activities carried out during the project's lifetime from 2018 to 2021. It also provides information about the network itself, the residency artists and juries, and the project partners involved. The AI Lab is co-funded by the EU program \"Creative Europe (2014-2020)\" and by the Federal Ministry of Arts, Culture, Civil Service and Sport.\nMuntref Centro de Arte y Ciencia (Argentinia) \u2013 Scientific Partner Institution\nTitle: Muntref Centro de Arte y Ciencia | 300 * 150px | 10.7 KB | Credits: Muntref Centro de Arte y Ciencia\nTitle: Laboratorio de Neurociencia de la Universidad Torquato Ditella | 300 * 150px | 15.4 KB | Credits: Laboratorio de Neurociencia de la Universidad Torquato Ditella\nTitle: Muntref Centro de Arte y Ciencia (Argentinien) | 3050 * 2199px | 2.1 MB | Credits: Muntref Art&Sci\u2013Rocio Pilar de Lara\nThe Museum of the Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero Art and Science Center was established in 2010 in Tecnopolis Science and Technology park in Buenos Aires City. The Muntref Centro de Arte y Ciencia is a nodal space for Artists and Scientists interactions by means of transdisciplinary projects at the very same place. It promotes person to person collaborations looking for relevant common questions for Artists and Scientists.Since 2010, many projects have been stablished with different kind of organizations of people and technical resources.\nMuntref Centro de Arte y Ciencia main partner is Laboratorio de Neurociencia de la Universidad Torquato Ditella for Artificial Intelligence and Neuroscience projects. The network also established collaborations with other researchers and institutions in Argentina and abroad. Some of them are: Universidad de Buenos Aires (Argentina), Universidad Nacional de Quilmes (Argentina), Oxford University (UK), IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center (USA), Turku University (Finlandia), Universidad de Valencia (Spain), University College of Volda (Norway), Universidad Cat\u00f3lica Argentina (UCA), University of Vaasa (Finland), Universidad de los Andes (Colombia), elBulli Lab \u2013 Ferr\u00e1n Adria, Universit\u00e9 de Perpignan (France).\nhttp:\/\/arteyciencia.untref.edu.ar\/home\nhttps:\/\/www.utdt.edu\nEuropean ARTificial Intelligence Lab, Scientific Partner Institutions: SETI Institute, Leiden Observatory, Muntref Centro de Arte y Ciencia \/ Laboratorio de Neurociencia de la Universidad Torquato Ditella, Edinburgh Futures Institute and Bayes Centre.\nMuseo de la Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero, Centro de Arte y Ciencia\nThe Museum of the Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero, Centro de Arte y Ciencia (Muntref Art-Sci Center), was based in 2011 in Tecnopolis Science and Technology Park in Buenos Aires City. Initially established due to transdisciplinary researches among Art and Neuroscience made by Mariano Sard\u00f3n (artist) and Mariano Sigman (neuroscientist); Muntref Art-Sci Center became a nodal platform for sustainable collaboration projects between artists and scientists. Since then, additional investigations were included connecting Electronic Arts to visual cognition of still and moving image as well as text and musical partitures reading. Later, Artificial Intelligence - Data visualization and sound; Semantics analysis for text; mathematical models applied to music, Synthetic Biology, Mechatronic interfaces for medical rehabilitation; trans-modal perception studies among other topics.\nArt and Science can be thought of performatic practices implying a way to do things in ordinary life in scientific labs, academic institutions and artistic contexts, sometimes very separated one of each other. In this sense, the Muntref Art-Sci Center can be considered as a Meta-Lab that fostering the growth of a spread ecosystem constituted by linked persons and technical resources. It promotes the relationship between necessary contexts for the development of transdisciplinary projects that need to traverse scientific, artistic, technological and other territories.\nInitial partners of the Muntref Art-Sci Center network were the Neuroscience Laboratory of the Universidad de Buenos Aires and Neuroscience Laboratory of the Universidad Torquato Di Tella. Additional institutions from Argentina and abroad were linked by the inclusion of new investigations and staff like, Ars Electronica (Austria), Universidad Nacional de Quilmes (Argentina), Oxford University (UK), IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center (USA), Turku University (Finland), Universidad de Valencia (Spain), University College of Volda (Norway), Universidad Cat\u00f3lica de Argentina (UCA), University of Vaasa (Finland), Universidad de Los Andes (Colombia), Ferr\u00e1n Adria's Bullilab (Spain), Universit\u00e9 de Perpignan (France) and the Argentinean space technology company INVAP.\nMuntref Art-Sci Center is also an educational transdisciplinary platform for the Electronic Arts Degree Program at the Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero. Every research project is constituted by a group of students and scholarships that accomplish regular access to laboratories in different institutions, acquainting with protocols in site everyday life guided by professionals. Students spend time familiarizing with relevant theories, frameworks, methods and exchanging ideas and debates incorporating multiple perspectives. Through this practice, Muntref Art-Sci Center attempts to stimulate a generation of people trained in transdisciplinary thinking and practices, aiming at a more integrated and inclusive society.\n(The Practice of Art and AI, p. 50\/51)","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Plateau United, Rangers, Sunshine Stars set for Lagos pre-season tournament\n07 November 2017 | 3:04 am\n'Perfect' Inter shock Juventus to move level with leaders Milan\nThree talking points from the Premier League\nTony Omaka of Sunshine Stars (left) taking on Fan Lazarus of Plateau United during an NPFL game in Akure last season. Both teams are involved in the Tata Cup, a pre-season competition slated to kick off at the Agege Stadium, Lagos\u2026 on November 20.\nNigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) champions, Plateau United is set to storm Lagos for the Annual 'Tata' Cup Tournament, a pre-season competition billed to hold from November 20 to 24 at the Agege Stadium.\nPlateau United's head coach, Kennedy Boboye said the tournament is one of his preparatory engagements ahead of next season's CAF Champions League, NPFL and the Aiteo Cup.\n2016 NPFL champions, Rangers International FC of Enugu, who just employed seasoned manager, Gbenga Ogunbote as their new boss, are also expected at the event.\nOther clubs, who have indicated their participation are NPFL campaigners, Sunshine Stars and El-kanemi Warriors; Nigeria National League club, Nnewi United, Lagos-based amateur clubs, 36 Lions FC, Yobo FC and Bethel FC.\nThe Eight teams will be drawn into two groups in a round robin format, and the first two teams in each group will proceed to the semi-finals.Tournament Director, John Tata said the winner will get N250, 000, runners-up N150, 000, while there will be awards for the highest goal scorer and Most Valuable Player.Defunct Sharks FC and Dolphins FC, Shooting Stars FC of Ibadan, Isoko United and Delta Force are winners of the previous editions.\nPlateau UnitedRangersSunshine Stars\n48 mins ago Nigeria","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Ronnie Zidon\nRonnie Zidon is a 24-year-old Israeli film-maker. Currently studying film and television at Tel Aviv University, Zidon creates bold, young LGBTQ content with a heavy dose of humor. As an out lesbian in her field, Zidon is interested in increasing feminist, queer visibility on our screens.\nIn her first year of university, she created two short films: a documentary about a genderqueer artist, and a romantic comedy about a lesbian who, due to horrible karma, literally thinks out loud.\nApart from the films, Zidon wrote and directed the much-discussed Israeli webseries \"Dyke Society\", a 90-minute comedy peeking into the lives of a lesbian clique. Its spin-off, \"Dyke Problems\", revolves the daily adventures of one of the minor characters, and her relationship with her elderly neighbor.\nZidon has pursued her writing ambitions from a young age. She wrote a queer science fiction novel, and was a military journalist for three years. Now she is developing a feature-length queer comedy, and a musical.\nWriter (6 Credits)\nDyke Problems\nShort, Student, Web \/ New Media\nWhy I Didn't Report2021\nShort, Student\n@Sunny2019\nDyke Society2018\nShort, Television, Web \/ New Media\nCrack Open My Head2017\nDocumentary, Student, Short\nThinking Out Loud2017\nDirector (6 Credits)\nProducer (1 Credit)\n2 Awards & Selections\nDyke Society\nThe Tel Aviv International LGBT Film Festival\n@Sunny\nBest Shorts Competition","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"The W.I.'s Centenary Exhibition\nStarts: November 11, 2023 at 10:00 am\nEnds: November 11, 2023 at 4:00 pm\nThe Geddington & Newton W.I. celebrate their Centenary\nthis year with an\nAn Exhibition\nof the W.I.s 100 Years\non Saturday 11 November\nAll past & present members welcome","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Home News Looking Back at 2019 . . .\nLooking Back at 2019 . . .\nLooking Back 2019 . . . Part 1\nThese are the headline makers for the area during 2019. We hope you enjoy looking back:\nJan. 2 \u2013 Area residents celebrated the start of a new year!\nJan 9 \u2013 Williamston Town Council members Tony Hagood and Rockey Burgess were sworn in with the oath of office at the start of the meeting. Former Williamston Town Council member Dr. Harold Mackey and daughter Harriette assisted with the swearing in of Hagood.\nWilliamston Town Council heard several reports and approved only one agenda item, which was to provide $1200 donation requested by the Mill Town Players to help with the purchase of a new sign.\nBrandon Parham, a resident of Gatewood subdivision, asked the town to help make the old entrance to the subdivision more presentable and safe. Mayor Mack Durham said the town has looked at the situation and is taking several action steps.\nWest Pelzer Town Council discussed a drainage problem and decided to change the time of council meetings during their first meeting of the new year. Mayor Blake Sanders announced that council chambers in Town Hall will host an art gallery beginning with the February meeting.\nJan 16 \u2013 Members of the Palmetto Business Association met at the Williamston Municipal Center where they discussed plans for the upcoming year. The organization is kicking off the year with the annual membership drive and renewals.\nThe Greenville County Sheriff's Office is investigating the death of man whose body was found in a culvert on the side of Old Piedmont Road. Deputies found a once-missing woman dead in a culvert in the same area two weeks earlier.\nA group of people from Williamston, representing the Williamston Area Historic Commission and the Town of Williamston made a presentation at The Citadel which included a framed replica of a painting by Thomas Addison, of the last skirmish of the Civil War east of the Mississippi, which took place in the Williamston Township.\nVarious development projects located on former mill sites in Pelzer, Williamston and Piedmont slowed somewhat but continued according to Richard Greer, representative of State Investors, the company which is developing the tri-city project known as Saluda Falls.\nMedical issues experienced by Pelzer Mayor Roger Scott caused a change in the scheduling of the January meeting of the town council so the mayor could attend.\nBosch announced that it is expanding its existing Anderson County operations to accommodate the company's continued growth. Bosch is investing an additional $45 million.\nJan 23 \u2013 The Town of Williamston, raised a new flag in front of town hall which recognized the Clemson Tigers' National Football Championship.\nUnusually heavy rains in the area led to issues concerning the arrangement between Pelzer and West Pelzer for their jointly operated sewer system. West Pelzer Mayor Blake Sanders sent a letter to Pelzer Mayor Roger Scott raising concerns over the increased amount of sewer influent into the system.\nThe repair and reopening of Minor Street in Williamston continued to be delayed by the problem of obtaining the needed rights of way.\nPelzer Town Council traveled to Columbia to show their support for Senator Mike Gambrell's bill to correct the situation that currently prevents Pelzer, and fifty nine other municipalities around the state, from establishing a tax base. Pelzer Town Council met in the absence of Mayor Roger Scott who suffered a series of medical events that made it advisable that he not attend. Mike Matthews was elected mayor protem.\nJan. 30 \u2013 The Anderson School District One Board of Trustees approved a resolution authorizing a $109 million bond referendum to fund a new building program that will include construction of two new middle schools, classroom additions, critical renovations and improve safety at all fourteen District schools. Total cost for the building program is estimated at $132 million.\nAfter a decade of discussion and empty promises, SCDOT had scheduled the Cherokee Road bridge over Hwy. 29 for redesign and renovation last year, however SCDOT announced that the project had been moved back two years, till 2021.\nEnvision Williamston began accepting applications for the Main Street Challenge Grant Program, an entrepreneurial start-up competition for the purpose of generating additional retail occupancy in Williamston.\nCritical legislation to allow Pelzer to establish a tax base gained significant traction and momentum, when a bill sponsored and introduced by Senator Mike Gambrell was forwarded out of committee to the floor of the Senate for consideration and a vote by the full body.\nInvestigators with the Greenville County Sheriff's Office are investigation an incident in which an adult male's body was found near the end of Lakeside Road and Stables Road in Piedmont. The body was found in the road by utilities workers.\nWilliamston Council, meeting in a work session, revisited the Minor Street road repairs and efforts to obtain easements. The county had declined to put the project out for bids until that legal step was taken.\nFeb. 6 \u2013 Dr. Andy Aldrin, President, Buzz Aldrin ShareSpace Foundation and David Atchley, Director, Buzz Aldrin ShareSpace Foundation presented a \"Mission to Mars Map\" to Palmetto Elementary School. Dr. Aldrin and team unveiled the interactive Giant Mars Map, placing it on the floor where students could \"walk on Mars\" while being introduced to the program and discuss Aldrin's father's vision of sending the first humans to Mars.\nApproximately three hundred people gathered in the renovated Williamston Municipal Center Auditorium for a breakfast to commemorate the life of civil rights icon Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.\nInvestigators with the Greenville County Sheriff's Office arrested Niklaus Anthony Bennett, 20 and Stephon Rasheid Sherman, 20, in connection with the murder of Jamel Wingfield, who was shot and killed on at an apartment on Fleetwood Drive. Both were also facing charges in connection with the shooting death of William Ramirez the next day on Lakeside Road, Piedmont.\nWest Pelzer Town Council heard an audit report where they received an \"unmodified opinion\" or the best they can get. Auditor Jason White said that the town is in good financial shape.\nWest Pelzer Mayor Blake Sanders painted 202 \"Tiger Paws\" for area residents following his offer after the Clemson Tigers won the National Football Championship.\nWesley Dallas Ayers, 27, of Anderson, was sentenced in connection with a road side bombing incident in Anderson County. Ayers had previously admitted that he constructed, and then placed, three explosive devices in various parts of Anderson County between January 24, 2018, and February 24, 2018.\nPelzer Town Council made short work of a three item agenda, discussing a leaf bagger and vacuum, repair and filling of potholes and complaints about changes in the town's trash pickup.\nTwo people were arrested in connection with a drive by shooting involving two vehicles on Carolina Street in Williamston. An investigative stop was made by officers of two different vehicles on Hamilton Street subsequent to the call. Two individuals were detained and taken into custody after a discovery of guns and drugs in one of the vehicles. Thomas Dantez Hunt, 27 of Pelzer, was charged with Possession of Marijuana, Possession of Alprazolam schedule 4, Possession of Amphetamine\/Dextroamphetamine Schedule 2, Possession of Vyvanse Schedule 2, and Violation of South Carolina Gun Law. A second individual Quinton Dewante Spurgeon, 25, of Williamston, was charged with open container of alcoholic beverage. A third individual fled the vehicle stop and investigators are working toward a positive identification.\nFeb. 13 \u2013 Williamston Town Council approved a property purchase, a zoning change and funding for a special event that will highlight where the town is and where it is going. Council also approved a resolution recognizing February as African American History Month and a request by Shady Grove Baptist to hold a gospel singing in Mineral Spring Park.\nWilliamston Mayor Mack Durham said he has met with several developers recently and the town is gaining more interest in residential development.\nFeb. 20 \u2013 Anderson School District One began holding information meetings for voters to approve a $109 million bond referendum in April to help fund a proposed building program that is estimated to cost $132 million.\nAngela Walker, a hometown girl from Williamston, attended the 61st Annual Grammy Awards ceremony held in Los Angeles as part of Hilton hotel chain's \"Rock Star Contest\".\nMembers of the Palmetto Business Association discussed upcoming events and wording for a new vision and mission statement. The organization is under the leadership of President Roxanne Hall.\nOrtec, a leading biomaterial and polymer technology company, announced an expansion in which the company intends to invest $20 million and create approximately 18 new jobs. The company had previously invested $20 million with creation of 60 jobs in December 2016.\nFeb. 27 \u2013 Anderson School District One announced three community meetings scheduled for the public to find out more about the proposed building program and bond referendum vote.\nMar. 6 \u2013 Investigators with the Greenville County Sheriff's Office investigated two separate cases of church vandalism, one at Waycross Church and the second at Augusta Road United Methodist Church.\nThe Town of Pelzer's efforts to provide police protection gained momentum with a presentation by Lt. David Baker, Anderson County Director of Emergency Management. The Council had asked Baker to put together a proposal that would place a full time dedicated off duty deputy in Pelzer, working strictly inside the town limits.\nPalmetto High School's production of \"Matt & Ben\" directed by Jonathon Long, earned first place in the state of South Carolina at the Palmetto Dramatic Association High School One Act Play Festival at Winthrop University.\nThe production will advance to the national competition in Nebraska in June. It was the first state championship for the Mustang Stage Company.\nUnited States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced that eleven individuals were charged in a multi-count federal indictment for their roles in a wide-ranging conspiracy to import and possess with intent to distribute heroin, cocaine, and fentanyl and other related offenses. Detric Lee McGowan, aka \"Fat\", 46, of Piedmont was among them.\nAnderson School District One, the Powdersville YMCA and the United Way of Anderson County announced that they are partnering on an innovative summer camp called Camp iRock, helping 2nd, 3rd and 4th graders improve their reading skills while having fun at summer camp. The Town of Williamston hosted a United Way Kickoff Breakfast for the program.\nWest Pelzer Town Council approved a resolution in support of a project to improve pedestrian safety along Main Street. The project will include replacement of overhead lighting fixtures along Main Street with LED lighting, a speed limit reduction to 25 mph from Burkett Street in West Pelzer to the Greenville County line, installation of high visibility ladder crosswalks and push button activated flashers.\nWilliamston Town Council approved second reading on a property purchase and rezoned town property as part of an effort to help with economic development.\nCouncil approved $20,000 from the town's Hospitality Tax Fund to be used for \"seed money\" for ticketed events to be held in the Municipal Center Auditorium. Mayor Mack Durham said the funds were requested by Roger Dickson, an individual who is helping with town events.\nA 19-year-old Wren High School student Chloe Callahan, of Pelzer, died from injuries sustained in a vehicle accident in January. Callahan was a senior at Wren High School.\nMar. 13 \u2013 A 6th grade student at Woodmont Middle School was detained after a pistol was found in his backpack.\nPelzer Town Council continued to meet in the absence of Mayor Roger Scott who remained in the hospital recovering from a series of heart problems. Mayor pro tem Mike Matthews presided over their meeting, where they discussed cleanup of the old hospital site and a Spring festival \"It's a Spring Thing on Lebby\".\nA small number of people attended a presentation in Williamston by Anderson School District One to explain the need for a $109 million bond issue to address the district's serious infrastructure problems.\nWest Pelzer Mayor Blake Sanders announced that the Town of West Pelzer will host a contemporary art venue in the Municipal Center on Main Street.\nMar. 20 \u2013 The Town of West Pelzer celebrated its Centennial birthday, even though the milepost was reached last December, on Christmas Eve. The celebration was held in Chapman Park.\nAn Anderson County Deputy responded to a report of a child walking in the roadway near the intersection of Welcome Road and Highway 29 North where the deputy found a four year old, with blonde hair and blue eyes, wearing pajamas and barefooted. The child was remanded to the custody of DSS.\nThe Palmetto High School softball field is officially named \"Mike Gowan Memorial Field\".\nWest Pelzer Mayor Blake Sanders presented the town's first State of the Town address during the Palmetto Business Association (PBA) Toast and Topics meeting. The event was held at the West Pelzer Municipal Center.\nFormer Williamston Police Chief Richard Inman allegedly robbed another Bank of America branch office, this time in Pawleys Island. Inman apparently used the same MO at the coastal bank as he did in Simpsonville in 2017.\nLegislation addressing the authority and opportunity for small towns in South Carolina to establish and administer a tax structure continued to move through committees in Columbia. If approved, the new law will allow Pelzer, as well as more than sixty other municipalities in the state, to establish an operating millage.\nThe Anderson School District One Board recognized Wren High Librarian Tamara Cox, a finalist for State Teacher of the Year and Wren Middle Coach Jimmy Brown, who was named the State Middle School Coach of the Year. They also heard a budget update and a building program update during their meeting\nThe Town of Pelzer issued a statement regarding the condition of Mayor Roger Scott, who was recovering from a series of mini strokes at St. Francis Hospital in Greenville:\nWest Pelzer Mayor Blake Sanders announced that police chief Chris Brewer will leave the department at the end of June.\nClayton Lydel Hawkins, 28, of Williamston is wanted for six counts of attempted murder after shooting into an occupied car in Anderson The car contained two adults and four children ranging in age from two months to four years.\nApr. 3 \u2013 The Greenville County Sheriff's Office is investigating another incident in the Lakeside Road area of Piedmont in which a human skull was found. According to reports, a resident called 911 when his dog dragged in the human remains. There had been three incidents in recent months in which bodies were found in the surrounding area.\nEfforts to advance the redevelopment of the Pelzer Mill sites gained traction when members of the Pelzer Heritage Commission (PHC) hosted EPA and DHEC officials on a walk through of various cleanup sites.\nIt was announced that Lt. Alexis Eliopoulos will be the new police chief in West Pelzer. She will be Anderson County's first female police chief.\nWilliamston Town Council held a short meeting in which they heard an update on Envision Williamston marketing and business assistance projects, approved funding for improvements at the old Gatewood entrance and revisions to the property maintenance code. EW Director Sonya Crandall reported twelve businesses were participating in the facade grant program, which has already helped improve seventeen business properties in the town since it began.\nMayor Mack Durham announced that easement issues delaying the Minor Street repair project have been resolved and work should begin in the next several weeks.\nResidents of West Pelzer discussed paintings by upstate artist Glen Miller, which were on display in the first GRAND Gallery in the West Pelzer Municipal Center.\nApr. 10 \u2013 Pelzer Town Council received an unmodified opinion from their auditor, Josh Garvin. even though the auditing staff had to spend a lot of time and effort in helping prepare the information so that it met the accounting standards for a clean opinion. Also addressed was debris left in an unsightly pile on some property near the river, which is apparently owned by the Pelzer Heritage Commission (PHC).\nEnvision Williamston and the Town of Williamston hosted a state meeting of the Main Street South Carolina program. Approximately 30 people from across the state attended the Second Quarter Training meeting. The event put the spotlight on Williamston and included a downtown area Williamston Walking Tour.\nPelzer and Williamston had downed trees when strong thunderstorms rolled through the area with heavy rain and strong winds.\nThe Greenville Textile Heritage Society and the Piedmont Historical Society displayed information and inducted three Piedmont men into the Textile Heritage Sports Hall of Fame in the Piedmont Community Building.\nApr. 17 \u2013 Jakeel Terrance Moore, 26, was taken into custody by Williamston police and charged with the murder of Hunter E. Sizemore, 19 at the Anderson Crossing Apartments. Moore was taken into custody by Williamston Police on an unrelated warrant when he was spotted walking along a road in the town.\nVandals targeted Midway Presbyterian Church on Midway Rd. Multiple stained-glass windows were broken at the church and graffiti was sprayed on an exterior wall. The stained-glass windows were part of the original church construction and were more than 125 years old.\nThe Town of Williamston began work on their 2019-2020 budget. Department heads met Mayor Mack Durham and councilmembers to discuss the proposed budget and one time items each would like to have included.\nWilliamston Fire Chief said the town needed to provide funding for at least one paid firefighter for the all volunteer department.\nMayor Durham said that the Armory lease to a fitness business is bringing in revenue of approximately $30,000.\nOne time department requests included police vehicles, Economic Development, admin computer, street signs, mowers, security cameras and equipment for Council Chambers. Total one time funding requests amounted to $310,800.\nJames Douglas Chapman, 32, was taken into custody in south Greenville County following an incident in which a Greenville County Sheriff's Deputy was dragged by a vehicle. The incident began when deputies responded to a motel, located at 11794 Augusta Road, where deputies were conducting a follow-up investigation involving Chapman, who had active warrants out of Anderson County.\nPraise in the Park, sponsored by Shady Grove Baptist Church, is held in Mineral Spring Park.\nAnderson School District One voters go to the polls to decide if they want to approve a $109 million bond referendum to help fund a proposed building program.\nA Piedmont man wanted in connection with the death of a female whose body was found in February at a vehicle crash scene near the intersection of Old Pelzer Road and Piedmont Highway, turned himself in. Deltravious Daquandra Howard, 20, of 313 Beech Island Drive, Piedmont, was accused of killing Jayla Thomas-Smith.\nWayne Rogers was among area veterans honored by the Christian Men United Prayer Group. He was presented a \"Quilt of Valor\" and recognized for his 99th birthday.\nWilliamston Mayor Mack Durham said after discussions with Police Chief Tony Taylor and Fire Chief Steve Ellison, the town may be able to move approximately $50,000 out of the police department budget, where they are one person short, to the fire department budget as a recurring line item to provide some manpower coverage for the fire department.\nAD1 Superintendent Robbie Binnicker updated the Board on the building program. Binnicker reported that the district had received a guaranteed maximum price on site work for the two new middle school projects that are a big part of the proposed building program.\nVoters in Anderson School District One showed their support for a proposed building program by approving a $109 million bond referendum.\nSecond year students in the Clemson University Landscaping and Architect Program, presented their visions for a residential development on old Milliken property and for old water plant property in Williamston. Mayor Mack Durham is pitching the idea of a mixed residential development on the property to developers.\nPelzer Town Council held a workshop where Mayor pro tem Mike Matthews opened three sealed bids for tree work to be done in the monkey park. Upon further review, it became obvious that there was confusion among the bidders as to precisely what they were expected to do for their money. Also discussed was rent on the gym, installing a drive through window at town hall and purchasing banners to promote the weekly farmers market.\nMay 1 \u2013 Williamston Town Councilman Rockey Burgess, who maintains an active presence on social media, took to that platform to inform residents of the poor condition of the town's infrastructure.\nApproximatley 100 people, attended the \"Our Town Matters\" event held in Williamston. The event included networking and seven speakers on a variety of topics related to the area.\nMay 8 \u2013 Leadership from the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) visited the Town of Williamston to view firsthand some of the ARC-sponsored streetscaping improvements accomplished through the Envision Williamston program.\nThe process of repairing Minor Street in Williamston reached a vital milestone as County Council approved a bid from Saluda Construction to perform the repairs and approved a request from the Town of West Pelzer for two vehicles from the county's inventory.\nThe Town of West Pelzer approved first reading on their 2019-20 budget. The $1,115,500 budget is almost the same as last year but shows a slight decrease, according to Mayor Blake Sanders. Members of the Pelzer Masonic Lodge presented the town with a painting of George Washington.\nWilliamston Town Council approved first reading on their 2019-20 budget and heard reports from department heads. Budget highlights include one time funding for department requests. The budget also includes funding for a paid position at the fire department and a raise for public works employees, Mayor Durham said.\nOf 41 units in South Carolina, Palmetto High School AFJROTC Unit SC-942 was the only one to receive the 2018-19 \"Silver Star\" Community Service with Excellence Award for the fifth time. They also received the Distinguished Unit with Merit Award which Palmetto has won for thirteen consecutive years.\nGreenville County Schools announced that Dr. Scott Turner, longtime Superintendent of Spartanburg School District Five, will join Greenville County Schools as Deputy Superintendent, effective July 1. Turner replaces Dr. Mason Gary, who retired in March after 30 years in public education.\nCW5 (Ret.) Joseph A. Lawson, of Piedmont, was recognized by the South Carolina Army National Guard at the Warrant Officer Hall of Fame Ceremony in Eastover SC.\nThe Town of Pelzer held a spring fair called \"It's A Spring Thing on Lebby\" with vendors and live music.\nPelzer Town Council met in a budget workshop where they got their first look at the draft version of the proposed budget. Town clerk Cheryl Boudreau, with assistance from Appalachian Council of Governments (ACOG) representative Trey Eubanks, produced the balanced budget.\nThe annual Pig in the Park Barbecue Festival and Cookoff was held in Williamston's Mineral Spring Park.\nPelzer Town Council addressed health issues being experienced by the mayor and mayor pro tem by taking the unusual step of authorizing a third member of the Council to preside at meetings when both the other officials are absent. The role of the third councilman, Councilman Gary Pridmore, will also be tasked with \"providing administrative support and oversight when the Mayor and Mayor pro tem are unavailable.\"\nThe Anderson School District One Board of Trustees approved a resolution certifying the Bond Referendum and authorizing the sale of the $109 million bond for a new building program. They also heard a budget update based on the most recent Senate version of the state budget.Superintendent Robbie Binnicker offered options for the Board to consider to balance the proposed $78.6 million budget including going to the reserve fund and a tax increase.\nMembers of Pelzer Masonic Lodge 217 A.F.M. presented the Town of West Pelzer with a painting of the country's first President, George Washington. Washington was also a mason.\nThe speed limit on Hwy. 8 through Pelzer and West Pelzer changed to 25 MPH.\nMay 22 \u2013 The vandalism of several area churches continued as the New Mount Pisgah Baptist Church on the Old Greenville Highway reported five windows in the church had been broken.\nAnderson School District One Commencement services for all three high schools were held this at Littlejohn Coliseum in Clemson.\nMay 29 \u2013 Duke Energy Government and Community Relations Manager Emily DeRoberts presented a check for $25,000 from the Duke Foundation for the new summer reading program Camp iRock.\nThe Anderson School District One Board of Trustees approved the 2019-20 budget with no tax increase. A transfer of $747,037 from the fund balance was needed to meet the additional expenditures and to balance the budget at $80,372,490.\nThe Town of West Pelzer second GRAND Gallery exhibit will feature the art of five Fine Art Majors from Anderson University.\nMembers of the Palmetto Business Association participated in a tour of the Duke Energy W. S. Lee Station.\nThe 750-megawatt combined-cycle natural gas plant is celebrating one year of providing energy and remains the most efficient facility in the Duke system.\nThe monthly work session of Williamston Town Council was contentious with much of the discussion centered on the question of the authority of the mayor versus the authority of the council, both as a body and as individuals.\nSomeone in the Powdersville area purchased a winning \"Lucky for Life\" SC lottery ticket at the QuikTrip #1130 on Hwy. 153 in Piedmont. The lucky winner decided between $25,000 a year for life or a one-time cash payment of $390,000 if there are less than 21 winners.\nThe Town of West Pelzer approved second reading on their 2019-20 budget. The $1,115,500 budget is almost the same as last year but shows a slight decrease. Mayor Sanders said the focus of the budget is to continue to provide a high level of service for traditional services while building on the successes of previous budget years.\nWest Pelzer has a new \"Pop Up\" mural painted on the back wall of Westy's Antiques. Visiting artist Merritt Cates donated his talents as a part of West Pelzer's GRAND Gallery. The mural features Abraham Lincoln and his dog Fido.\nWilliamston Town Council approved second reading on their 2019-20 budget. General Fund Revenues are $3,280,225, up from $3,006,490 last year, reflecting the addtion of a resource officer and armory lease.\nA public hearing on the Pelzer budget turned into an almost hour long town meeting, with endless questions, angry complaints, shouting and a touch of profanity thrown in.\nProgress on the three Saluda Falls developments continues according to Richard Greer, The project seeks to develop and market properties at the prior mill sites along the river in Piedmont, Pelzer and Williamston. There is a possiblity of a micro brewery in Pelzer, but it will not be Thomas Creek, as has long been rumored. Plans for a cottage village are proceeding for a twenty four acre tract above the Williamston dam, owned by ENEL, a company that still operates the hydroelectric power houses along the stretch of river in question.\nThe Piedmont Public Service Commission gave third and final reading to the 2019-2020 budget. The new budget shows revenues of $1,553,716 and expenses of $1,553,140, with a surplus of $576. PPSD Commission Chair Ed Poore said the budget includes funding for the hiring of an additional firefighter for Station Two.\nThe Town of Williamston will host their annual Freedom Celebration and Fireworks event.\nJust over a year since Minor Street was closed due to a washout and \"sinkhole\", work finally began on a new bridge to rectify the situation as heavy equipment was brought in and demolition of the old structure began.\nThe Anderson County Transportation Committee vice-chairman Gary Henderson resigned his seat due to medical issues. Williamston businessman Jim Simpson replaced Henderson on the committee.\nPelzer Town Council, with Mayor Roger Scott presiding, gave final approval to their 2019-20 budget during a special called meeting. Mayor Pro Tem Mike Matthews said the budget was approved with $2000 being added for recreation, some funding for a part-time employee and additional funding for police protection to increase to five days.\nThe meeting is the first Scott has attended since he began having health issues around the first of the year.\nA set of personal circumstances erupted into violence, ending in the shooting deaths of two people in Piedmont. Tony Mitchell Robinson, 51, was arrested and charged with two counts of murder.\nSecond half of Looking Back 2019 will be published in the Jan. 1, 2020 issue of The Journal and The Journal Online.\nlooking back at 2019 the journal williamston sc\nPrevious articleMotorcyclist injured while pushing ride \u2013 Hamlin Road\nNext articleSecond arrest made in Piedmont murder\nSCDHEC reporting backlogs have been cleared\nAt home test kits available Monday (Jan. 24) at DHEC","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Sanjana Ramesh On NBA Academy Scholarship And Sports As A Career\n\"Making a career out of sports is very risky. You have to work really hard for this.\"\nA resident of Bengaluru, Sanjana Ramesh rose to fame when she captained India's U16 Girls squad to an undefeated campaign in Division B of the FIBA U16 Asia Cup. She also took the nation to the Division A in the tournament's next edition as well. Now the 17-year-old is a part of the Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff and believes, firmly believes that girls shoot as good as boys.\nFrom badminton to hoops, and then becoming ambitious to play basketball at the highest level in the USA, the 6- feet-tall power forward has had a lot of support to follow her dream, she believes. She also participated in The NBA Academies Women's Program camp at The NBA Academy India in Delhi National Capital Region (NCR). Following that, she joined in the Basketball Without Borders Asia camp, a three-day basketball development camp featuring the top male and female basketball prospects from throughout Asia, Sanjana received the NBA Most Valuable Player Award (MVP) for the girls' division. Sanjana, gets her sportsmanship nature from her mother, while her father is a professor at IIM Bangalore professor. She has an older brother, who is a lawyer.\nSanjana Ramesh is the second Indian-born female player to receive a Division I Basketball Scholarship.\nSheThePeople.TV catches up with Sanjana to know about her journey from a basketball player in school to now WNBA (Women's National Basketball Association) playoffs. Some edited snippets.\nWhat inspired you to become a basketball player? How was your childhood?\nI would describe my childhood as something spectacular. I had spent a lot of time doing extracurricular activities and had a lot of hobbies including learning Bharatanatyam and classical music, playing tennis, badminton and football. I did a lot of these activities because my friends were also involved in it, so that kept me occupied for a long time.\nI started playing basketball when I was 11 or 12. I just tried for my school team and had never heard of the sport before that. I only tried it because my brother challenged me to make it to the school team and his validation meant the most to me. I really worked hard and made it to the school team. My coaches Ravi Kumar and Mohan Kumar encouraged me. They taught me how to love the sport and inspired me to become a basketball player.\nComing from a traditional background, what were the challenges you overcame before making it big?\nI did face some challenges along the way. I'm from a traditional Tamil family so we must learn classical music, go for dancing and learn an instrument. I did all three of them. Having time for all three and playing basketball was very tough for me. All my friends were part of the dance class or music lessons. None of them really played sports and juggled so many things at a time. There came a time when I had to decide on doing something different that had not been done in my family before.\nI feel more mature and determined: Sanjana\/PC Sanjana Ramesh\nMy mother played sports at the college level, but she played for fun. Other than her no one in my family could understand that being a sportsperson can be a career choice. They thought it was very hard making a career out of sports, you could get injured, and your career could end with just one injury. Luckily my life turned out to be good. I have one major injury but that never stopped me from playing basketball.\nREAD: Meet Inshah Bashir, Kashmir's First Woman Wheelchair Basketball Player\nHow does it feel to play internationally?\nActually, it is a very humbling experience. I learn new things every day. I see the world differently. Back home it was just living the day and having fun. Here, I see opportunities to better myself. I'm more focused and dialled in. It feels good because the competition is really high. I'm always working hard, which is one of the good things about being here.\nHave you faced criticism or discouragement from the society?\nActually, I don't face a lot of criticism and discouragement. I'm actually lucky compared to how my other friends are. Some people who might feel they are better than me or she doesn't deserve it or she got lucky \u2013 which is true I got lucky but all I can think of is that I have an opportunity right now and I need to make the best situation out of it. It hasn't really stopped me.\nWhat inspires your love for the sport?\nWhen I'm on court it is a glowing sensation in my heart. I can't wait to start playing. It is the best experience for me. It is a team game. I really love the sport.\nHow did your life change after being recognised internationally?\nI feel my life has changed. There are a lot more expectations from me right now which is a bit pressurising. I feel more mature and determined.\nWhat did you learn from the industry legends who competed with or against you?\nBack home, maybe I have learnt a lot from them at national camps. They taught me a few things about basketball, how much it really meant to them to be part of a team. From other legends in the US, I learnt to ask myself, how much do I really want it? How to work really hard for it? If I really want it, I need to push for it.\nWhat has been your most amazing moment?\nThe most touching moment for me was getting the award of the best player in a tournament when I was playing for Beagles. All my friends, teammates and mother were there. They asked my mom to hand a frame of my achievements. That was an amazing moment. She was in tears.\nHow much do I really want it? How to work really hard for it?: Sanjana\nPC Sanjana Ramesh\nOther than that, there is the Karnataka Olympic Association award. They give the award for each player in every sport. Winning the NBA Academy MVP was also an amazing moment.\nREAD: Meet Nadiya Nighat, Kashmir's First Female Football Coach\nWhat do you think India lacks in appreciating the culture of sport?\nI feel India lacks the facilities and experience. Here in the USA, we have a system of how every sport is. We have conferences on how to make the sport better. It is hard to make players out of the blue. If we have these facilities, we can make the sport bigger in India. India also focuses a lot on academics, I think that also plays a huge role. Making a career out of sports is very risky. You have to work really hard for this.\nIt is hard to make players out of the blue. If we have these facilities we can make the sport bigger in India.\nHow sports has liberated women in general?\nI feel sports, in general, has liberated women in any area. My friend Pushpa, she is not from an affluent background but is very hard working. She inspires people. Also, I feel my example can give hope to people that the sport can be played professionally.\nDo you face gender discrimination in the industry?\nI don't listen but I can hear them. You run like a girl or shoot like a girl. I have fought against it at times. Girls shoot as good as boys. Gender discrimination is not fair.\nAdvice to aspiring women from the state\u2026\nMy advice is that if you work hard for something all your dreams can be achieved. Focus on your dreams and make sure your dreams are big. They should scare you but work hard towards it.\nHow is the basketball scene in India for women?\nI think the basketball scene in India is looking very good right now because we are given equal opportunity when compared to men. There is a lot of talent in the country. Though earlier, we did not have a lot of opportunities or leagues compared to men now with the NBA Academy the scene is really looking good for women. Women from my state look at other sports, like badminton and tennis. They feel pressurised maybe because of the outlook as women after a certain age are asked to focus on academics.\nUpcoming tournaments and goals\u2026\nRight now we have our season going on. We will be having a match or two every week. This is the conference games that have started. The immediate target is to win this conference. It is very big for us. I want to improve my game to the best level I can. I want to take India to the next level. I've seen so many players better than me. They inspire me. I want to inspire other kids too.\nMy message to young girls would be to ask them to prove everyone wrong. Eventually, things will turn to your side. Just show them what you are capable of.\nWhat drives you to the sport? What does it mean to you?\nI'm a huge team player and I also feel I have leadership qualities.\nI have learnt everything in my life because of basketball. I have reached everywhere in life because of basketball. I feel I have travelled everywhere because of the sport.\nShare your strategies before a game?\nBefore a game, I'm completely dialled in. I make sure my diet is on point. I eat four times a day, drink a lot of water and electrolytes. I spend time with myself, thinking about the opponent and how do I tackle them.\nWhat are your biggest challenges you are facing now?\nMy biggest challenge right now is moving into adulthood. I have to do everything on my own. There are no parents helping me anymore. If you want it you have to get it yourself. Also being away from family is hard.\nIt is hard, but I feel like there is a self improvement opportunity every day.\nbasketball players in india\nIndian women in US basketball\nIndian women's performance in USA\nNBA Academy Women's Programme\nTaapsee Pannu Wraps Up Rashmi Rocket Ranchi Schedule With An Ode To Real Athletes\nFormer Rifle Shooter Pournima Zanane Passes Away After Battling Cancer\nFootballer Turned Police Officer, Now Patrols Streets During The Pandemic\nDutee Chand Points At Eerie Silence On Starting Outdoor Training After Two Months\nSania Mirza \u2013 I Don't Know When My Son Will See His Father Again","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"By JoshBRFC,\nJanuary 23, 2018 in Music\nJoshBRFC\nWe've got the Rap topic but he deserves his own.\nRevival... thoughts people? I think it's very very different. Not a big fan so far after a few listens.\nI do like his mainstream single River with Ed Sheeran.\nEdited January 23, 2018 by JOSHBRFC\nMachado 4 posts\nRick 2 posts\nJoshBRFC 3 posts\n6666 3 posts\nNot sure if it's because its tired and dated but Revival was just shit. The music he's making doesn't really fit what he's good at which is unfiltered, emotion led rapping rather than this attempt to\nIt's not as bad as Revival but it's still wank. Eminem is becoming less and less relevant. He thinks rapping quickly makes him god....it doesn't. MGK released a track better than everything on Kamikaz\nHe's been awful for years. Revival was a complete joke.\nNeeds to re-evaluate his approach to music because it's tired and dated.\nEdited February 5, 2018 by FOYM\nNot sure if it's because its tired and dated but Revival was just shit. The music he's making doesn't really fit what he's good at which is unfiltered, emotion led rapping rather than this attempt to be a fully conscious rapper half the time and trying to be a pop star the other half.\nHad three very good albums in The Slim Shady LP, The Marshall Mathers LP & The Eminem Show but everything else has either been meh or just terrible. 15 years of being unimpressive hasn't destroyed what he built up with those three albums as he's still considered relevant but 15 years of being unimpressive is still a part of his legacy.\nEdited February 10, 2018 by 6666\nNo mention of his new album? Its brilliant.\nAlso calling out rappers. MGK releasing an Em diss, Joe Budden.... ?\nEm is back.\n@The Rebel CRS\nEdited September 6, 2018 by JOSHBRFC\nGlad someone with a big enough audience is talking about the thrash that so much of hip hop is these days.\nMy fav one:\n3 hours ago, JOSHBRFC said:\nMGK releasing an Em diss\nHave to say that was pretty good. Hip hop needs more of it.\nAgreed about mumble rappers. Why are there rappers currently who get paid millions for saying Gucci gang repeatedly for 3 minutes?\nIt's not as bad as Revival but it's still wank. Eminem is becoming less and less relevant. He thinks rapping quickly makes him god....it doesn't. MGK released a track better than everything on Kamikaze.\nI used to be a big Eminem fan bag in the day, but he is a has-been now. The Slim Shady LP is one of the best rap Albums of all time, the Marshall Mathers LP was fantastic, and the Eminem Show was great, but then it all kind of went downhill.\nOn 06\/09\/2018 at 21:07, Rick said:\nIt's not as bad as Revival but it's still wank. Eminem is becoming less and less relevant. He thinks rapping quickly makes him god....it doesn't. MGK released a track better than everything on Kamikaze.\nIt really isn't.\nPreferred his older stuff, i think that every artist has its prime while later on becomes repetitive which is normal. Had a listen to a few songs from the new album and i wasn't impressed. I was more interested in the beef with Machine Gun Kelly.\nLucky You is great. (But Joyner Lucas was better than him on the song...)\nEven \"Venom\", the cash grabbing track is pretty good. I'm playing the album on repeat right now.\n\"That a death threat or a love letter?\"\nEdited September 14, 2018 by Machado\nFairy In Boots\nKillshot needs 4-5 listens and is a direct response to the rap devil video.... and it's brilliant it's easily the best thing he's done since Bully\nEdited September 14, 2018 by Fairy In Boots\nThat track is better than most of the songs on his album. No weird voices to really ruin it.\nCarnivore Chris\nKamikaze is a good album, much better than anything he's had out for time. I like it.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Arthur Ashe Kids' Day Presented By Hess\nModel & Actress, Kimmarie\nSouth Africa: Ramaphosa Roils Succession\nBarack, Hit Back At McCain!\nNew York Street Re-named Jean-Jacques Dessalines, Honoring Haiti's independence Hero\nSpecial To The ...August 08,2018\nWilliams and Bichotte.\nThe New York City Council voted today to approve a proposal from Council Member Jumaane D. Williams that will co-name a section of Rogers Avenue in Flatbush for Jean-Jacques Dessalines, the first leader of an independent Haiti.\nJean-Jacques Dessalines Boulevard will span Rogers Avenue from Farragut Road to Eastern Parkway, within the Little Haiti Business and Cultural District. Last month, the New York City Council ceremonially designated a section of Flatbush as Little Haiti in recognition of the profound impact and continued presence of Haitian culture in the area.\nThe newly co-named Jean-Jacques Dessalines Boulevard will be set just a few blocks from Toussaint L'Overture Boulevard, which is located on Nostrand Avenue between Glenwood Rd. and Flatbush Ave.\nThe two Haitian leaders are celebrated in Haitian-American culture for their roles in establishing a free and independent Haiti. On May 18th of this year, Haitian Flag Day, Council Member Williams joined Assembly Member Rodneyse Bichotte and other elected officials and advocates to unveil a new sign for Toussaint L'Overture Boulevard and announce the planned co-naming for Dessalines.\nL'Overture and Dessalines are two celebrated leaders of the Haitian Revolution.\nAs the legislation reads: \"Jean-Jacques Dessalines is one of the founding fathers of Haiti, having taken charge of the Haitian Revolution and leading them to victory in defeating the French Napoleon Army in 1804...The Haitian Revolution became the first slave revolt in modern history to result in an independent nation.\"\nDessalines was declared Emperor of Haiti in 1804 and advocated many progressive policies during his time leading Haiti, and today remains a very popular symbol of Haitian nationalism.\nBrooklyn is home to the largest percentage of foreign-born Haitian residents in New York State, with more than 40% of the foreign-born population residing in Flatbush. According to 2015 data by the Migration Policy Institute, Brooklyn had the second highest concentration of Haitians in the United States with an estimated 156,000 Haitian Americans residing in New York City.\n\"Jean-Jacques Dessalines was a revolutionary who fought for his people and overthrew an oppressive regime who brutally enslaved and persecuted the Haitian people,\" Council Member Williams said. \"This revolutionary spirit, to fight for independence and against oppression, burns bright in Haitian Culture today. Haiti and its proud people are an intrinsic part of my district and it is only right to honor that spirit with this co-naming. I thank Assembly Member Bichotte for her fierce advocacy on this issue, as well as Little Haiti BK and the Haitian community I am proud to represent. I would also like to thank Speaker Johnson and Council staff, Majority Leader Cumbo, Council Members Eugene and Grodenchik, and my other colleagues on the Council for their support.\"\nAssembly Member Rodneyse Bichotte, representing the largest population of Haitians in New York state, said: \"As one of the leaders of the first successful slave rebellion to result in the first Black republic and second country after the United States in the Western Hemisphere, Jean-Jacques Dessalines' remarkable leadership impacted countries around the world in gaining their independence, and strengthened the United States by leading to the Louisiana Purchase which doubled its size. We are grateful that the City Council has recognized Dessalines' contributions not only to the Haitian community but to all of New York City and the United States. City Council's passing of the Rogers Avenue street co-naming to Jean-Jacques Dessalines Blvd will allow the community to proudly acknowledge and remember Jean-Jacques Dessalines' contributions to Haitian and American history, as well as spark interest in learning about his influence as a leader.\"\nJumaane D. Williams\nAssembly Member Rodneyse Bichotte\nLittle Haiti Business and Cultural District\nJean-Jacques Dessalines\nToussaint L'Overture Boulevard\nAttorneys And Ex-Cops Discuss Police Misconduct: NYPD Pays $185 Million For Civil Cases\nJitu Weusi: Mountain Of A Man\nBaba Jitu Weusi: Let The Drums Spread The Word\nCOME SAY Farewell To Jitu Weusi\nBob Law: Black Economic Empowerment Forum\nThe Morrison Edge\nJoke's On You De Blasio -- Owe New Yorkers Apology\n\"Let's Have a One-on-One Debate\" --Challenger Nixon To Cuomo\nBoy's Choir Rescued\nIda Mae: The New \"It\ufffd Place\nAngry Crowd Claim Cops Choked\nMayor De Blasio First 100 Days","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Editorials, Femina Miss India, Miss World, Miss World India, News\n5 Reasons Why India is a Force to Reckon with at Miss World 2017!\nPosted by Vagisha Mishra on June 27, 2017 November 6, 2017\nRoad to Miss World 2017: India All Set To Take Home the Blue Crown!\nINDIA! The name which Miss World Organization is proud of having in its family! The only country which has won maximum number of Miss World crowns besides Venezuela and the only Asian country to win Mister World. The nation which proudly flaunts five renowned Miss World titleholders in the history through the courtesy of Reita Faria, Aishwarya Rai, Diana Hayden, Yukta Mookhey and Priyanka Chopra is now finally back with a bang after 17 years.\nFemina Miss India 2017 came up with a brand new format in this edition where the Miss India Organization went out to scout talents in thirty different states, crowning a representative from each state. The Organization beautifully came up with the motto \"We are Changing!\" and it did complete justice to the very notion. But today I am not here to talk about the fabulous changes the Femina Miss India Organization introduced (saving that one for another blog post \ud83d\ude09 ) but to express why India can take home the blue crown after 17 years!\nIn the recently concluded Femina Miss India 2017 pageant, Manushi Chhillar from Haryana was adjudged as Miss World India 2017. India's exceptional performance at Miss World pageant is never a surprise as the country invests maximum efforts and attention in the Miss World pageant and no wonder why India has produced evergreen Miss World queens like Aishwarya Rai and Priyanka Chopra. Now with Manushi Chhillar hopes of India are again high to win the prestigious Miss World title. Why? Let's delve in!\n1. Amiability is the Key to Success\nManushi Chhillar came in my radar when she was shortlisted as one of the Top 3 finalists for Femina Miss India Haryana 2017. Her photogenic face and subtle beauty immediately caught my attention and I was sure that she is going to be the frontrunner not only for Miss Haryana but also for Miss World India in the days to come! I soon got in touch with Manushi and got a compellingly positive response from her side as well. As far as I can gauge, Manushi has the ability to take up the criticisms and suggestions constructively. She is a keen learner and this will take her far in the journey to Miss World 2017. She is approachable and seems grounded.\n2. Enriching Medical Background Gives Her an Edge\nThe ardent relation of doctors and Miss World Organization is no new story! Reita Faria who is the first Asian and Indian to win Miss World crown was a doctor and interestingly she is also the inspirational idol of the newly crowned Miss World India, Manushi Chhillar. Manushi is a budding doctor and her rich medical background would help her to win the spotlight Miss World Organization is renowned of providing to doctor turned beauty queens, the latest example being Rolene Strauss. As the saying goes, when in Rome do as the Romans and that's what India is doing!\n3. She Knows How To Flaunt that Stage Presence\nManushi sealed the deal of being named as one of the frontrunners of Femina Miss India by winning \"Miss Rampwalk\" subtitle in the North zonal crowning ceremony of the pageant. Being adjudged as the best at ramp in the zone which was the strongest, Manushi proved she was there to go a long way! The gorgeous beauty also won \"Miss Photogenic\" at Femina Miss India 2017 and was among Top 5 finalists in \"Best Rampwalk\" among thirty state representatives in the finale. Manushi Chhillar has a good five months time to enhance and polish her skills which is already great to ace the \"Top Model\" Round at Miss World pageant, which is considered to be one of the most vital segment of the said pageant. Apart from that, Manushi is spontaneous in her response to onstage and offstage interviews.\n4. India Never Disappoints in \"Beauty with a Purpose\" Segment\nSince its inception at Miss World, India has a history of nailing the most integral segment of the pageant, \"Beauty with a Purpose\" which carries 50% of total weightage in the final results. Manushi's \"Beauty with a Purpose\" project at Femina Miss India dealt with the upliftment of cancer victims and the Times Group will definitely enhance her project before Manushi heads to the Miss World pageant. She can easily follow the footsteps of Koyal Rana, who not only won \"Beauty with a Purpose\" and \"Best Designer Dress\" at Miss World but also won the \"Continental Queen of Asia\" title at the said pageant. Interestingly, Manushi Chhillar also belongs to the same school as that of former Miss World India, Koyal Rana.\n5. Strong Team is Backing India for Sixth Miss World Crown\nIndia is determined to win Miss World crown this year and this was evident in the great changes the Times Group initiated in this edition of the pageant. After beating the finalists from her home state, Manushi won the crown over twenty nine other state representatives, which is no cakewalk. The Miss India Organization is listening to pageant experts and fans ardently this time and is open to constructive feedbacks. With the attitude to rectify the formerly committed mistakes, India shall be hard to ignore at Miss World 2017. Manushi has been mentored by former Miss India titleholders like Neha Dhupia, Parvathy Omanakuttan, Waluscha and Dippannita Sharma, hence she is going to nail her final throw by the time she competes at Miss World 2017.\nIt has been high time since India got its due at Miss World. After sending wonderful representatives like Parvathy Omanakuttan, Vanya Mishra and Koyal Rana, India now finally has a representative who has the caliber to win Miss World crown after 17 years. So if India wears the blue crown in China this November, do not be surprised as the country has come back with a bang and would be very hard to ignore!\nPicture Credits: Jagruti Savant (Instagram: @camerawoman9, Facebook: Camerawoman)\nFemina Miss IndiaFemina Miss India 2017Femina Miss India HaryanaHaryanaIndiaManushi ChhillarMiss WorldMiss World 2017Miss World India\nPrevious Post Manushi Chhillar from Haryana Wins Femina Miss India 2017\nNext Post Call For Entries: Best Icon India 2017 by Rio Productions\nGod bless India. May almighty gives all the wisdom and understanding to Miss India 2017, Manushi Chhillar, to carry it gracefully, till culmination and beyond\nAnuja prakash says:\nOur wishes with Manushi, will be Proud to see her crowned Miss World\nFundisile Fundi Mgaba says:\nShe is not the only Doctor in the competition so does Miss World \u2013 South Africa, Ad\u00e9 van Heerden","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Redbridge Council more than \u00a3200m in debt, figures show\nHarriet Clugston and Aaron Walawalkar\nRedbridge Town Hall\nRedbridge Council has borrowed more than \u00a3200million, as experts warn local authorities are risking taking on too much debt.\nBut deputy leader Councillor Kam Rai (Lab, Goodmayes) insists most of the local authority's borrowing has been put towards \"bricks and mortar\" investments which are helping to house vulnerable residents and generate income.\nBy the end of December, the council's outstanding loans stood at \u00a3207.8m, according to figures from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG).\nThis was 22per cent higher than at the end of 2013-14 but a 2pc decrease on last year.\nAll the outstanding loans were long term advances, which last for more than one year and are used to finance large projects or purchases.\n\"With government funding in decline, it is unsurprising councils are having to adapt and find alternatives,\" said Don Peebles, head of policy at the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy.\nThe Chartered Institute says delivery of public services could be put at risk by unsustainable borrowing, after debt among UK local authorities rose to more than \u00a3100billion.\nMany cash-strapped councils are taking out large loans to buy property, it says, as the rent they collect can be higher than the interest they pay on the loans.\nFunding for councils fell by almost half between 2010-11 and 2017-18, according to the National Audit Office.\n\"While councils are borrowing for a wide range of purposes, such as building houses and investing in major infrastructure, one trend which has been concerning is the growth in investment in commercial property - which exposes public finances to new risks,\" Mr Peebles said.\nHe added that councils could be in breach of the Institute's guidance \u2013 which they have to take into account when developing investment plans \u2013 by borrowing too much, or borrowing in advance of their needs.\nResponding to the figures, Cllr Kam Rai said: \"The council was faced with significant financial challenges with major reductions in funding, together with increased demand for services.\n\"As a result, there was increasing pressure on all authorities to strategically manage and operate property assets including the need to identify and source alternative income streams.\n\"Most of our planned borrowing is asset backed, and invested in bricks and mortar which means we will be able to house our most vulnerable residents in good secure accommodation and help reduce costs as we will not have to pay a premium to the private landlords.\n\"Any revenue income generated is ploughed back into the services local people value, such as adult social care, culture and leisure and children's services.\"\nBut Cllr Linda Huggett, leader of the Conservative opposition, said: \"No right minded thinking council should agree extra borrowing of a quarter of a billion pounds in the current uncertain economic climate.\n\"Labour council's proposed borrowing spend is both obscene and reckless.\n\"If there is a downturn in the market conditions this could place Redbridge Council in financial jeopardy and lead to the risk of bankruptcy.\"","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"7 Disney Movies That Were Accused Of Stealing Ideas\nBe prepared... to have your childhood favourites ruined.\nby Alex Leadbeater\nAug 16, 2014 August 16th, 2014\nAlthough it would like to be known for its consistently family-friendly approach and ability to squeeze childlike-joy out just about anyone, Disney's reputation is mired by some less savoury elements. For years the anti-Semitic views of studio founder Walt (who is, let's not forget, currently in suspended animation) have been prevalent, while eagle eyed fans have discovered some rather raunchy, 'accidental' easter eggs; a nude woman in The Rescuers, dust spelling SEX in The Lion King and a rather phallic looking tower on King Triton's castle on the VHS cover of The Little Mermaid. And that's not even getting onto the issue of stealing ideas. Some of the animation studio's best loved films have become mired in lawsuits from authors, filmmakers and cartoonists they've been accused of flat-out ripping off. Normally the cases are dropped and if not they're settled out of court with the official compromise not made public, but it's certainly something that tarnishes the reputation of a company whose biggest crime is only releasing their classics on DVD for painfully short periods. Today we look at seven films from Disney (and its sister Pixar) that have had accusations of intellectual thefy thrown and them and evaluate how potent the arguments actually are.\nHonourable Mention: Antz Stole From A Bug's Life\nThe autumn of 1998 saw two very similar films hit our screens. First came Antz, Dreamworks' debut animation that transplanted a traditional Woody Allen existential crisis into a tiny version of Starship Troopers. Then, only a month later, there was A Bug's Life, Pixar's sophomore outing about ants fighting back against oppressive grasshoppers. The dim-witted accused the latter of copying, not comprehending how long animations take to make. They were right, however, in that there was some dodgy dealings going on. But it was the other way round. Jeffrey Katzenberg had been head of Disney at the start of the nineties, but ended up leaving on rather bad terms. Forming Dreamworks and heading up the animation division, his aim was to beat the Mouse House at there own game, thus rushing Antz into production to compete with the already in progress A Bug's Life.\nPosted On: 16th Aug 2014\nAlex Leadbeater\nFilm Editor (2014-2016). Loves The Usual Suspects. Hates Transformers 2. Everything else lies somewhere in the middle. Once met the Chuckle Brothers.\nSee more from Alex","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Add to cart Add to wishlist Find sales consultant\nFormat:Paperback\nAuthor(s):Allan Todd\nAvailable from: October 2016\nThis History for the IB Diploma Paper 3 The People's Republic of China (1949-2005) coursebook covers Paper 3, HL option 3: History of Asia and Oceania, Topic 14: The People's Republic of China (1949-2005) of the History for the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma syllabus for first assessment in 2017. Tailored to the requirements of the IB syllabus, and written by an experienced examiner and teacher it offers an authoritative and engaging guidance through China during the rule of the Chinese Communist Party, the changes experienced under Chairman Mao Zedong and the modernisation of the country's economy. This History for the IB Diploma Paper 3 coursebook offers activities throughout the chapters to encourage an exploratory and inquiring approach to historical learning, a wide range of primary and secondary sources to inspire engagement with multiple historical perspectives and interpretations, and develop students' analytical skills. It also offers links to Theory of Knowledge to stimulate reflective discussion and Paper 3 exam-style questions to help improve student performance and provide preparation for assessment.\nChapter 2. The consolidation of the communist state, 1949-55: 2.1. How did the Communists establish their political rule in the years 1949-55?\n2.2. What were the main economic policies during the period 1949-55?\n2.3. What social reforms did the Communists implement during the years 1949-55?\nChapter 3. Mao's Revolution, 1956-61: 3.1. Why was the Hundred Flowers' Campaign launched?\n3.2. What were the main features of the 'Great Leap Forward'?\n3.3. What were the immediate consequences of the 'Great Leap Forward'?\nChapter 4. Power Struggles and the Cultural Revolution, 1962-71: 4.1. How did Mao begin to re-establish his political leadership after 1961?\n4.2. What were the main features of the Cultural Revolution?\n4.3. Why was there a new power struggle during 1970-71?\nChapter 5. Foreign policy, 1949-1976: 5.1. What were the main features of Communist China's early foreign policy?\n5.2. Why did a serious rift develop between China and the Soviet Union in the 1960s?\n5.3. What was the significance of Communist China's rapprochement with the USA in the 1970s?\nChapter 6. The struggle for power, 1972-82: 6.1. Why were there tensions within the CCP from 1972-75?\n6.2. What was Mao's legacy?\n6.3. What were the main stages of the power struggle 1976\u201382?\nChapter 7. Deng's Economic Revolution (1976-1989): 7.1. What economic policies were followed by Hua in the period 1976\u201378?\n7.2. What were the main features of Deng's 'Revolution', 1979\u201389?\n7.3. How successful were Deng's economic reforms?\nChapter 8. Political Developments under Deng, 1976-89: 8.1. What was Deng's political approach in the period 1976\u201379?\n8.2. Why did political unrest re-emerge in the period 1980\u201387?\n8.3. What led to the Tiananmen Square Massacre of June 1989?\nChapter 9. Developments in China, 1989-2005: 9.1. How did China's politics change after 1989?\n9.2. What were the main economic developments after 1989?\n9.3. How far have China's leaders created a 'Harmonious Society'?\n9.4. How did China's relations with the rest of the world develop after 1989?\n9.5. To what extent was China still communist by 2005?\nCivil Rights and Social Movements in the Americas Post-1945","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Unclaimed Property Resources\nLouisiana Joins 39 States In Effort to Collect Unclaimed Property From Holders\nLouisiana Unclaimed Property\nBATON ROUGE \u2013 Louisiana has recently joined nationwide effort underway in 39 states to collect billions of dollars in Unclaimed Property from holders and to reunite owners with money that rightfully belongs to them, according to Secretary of Revenue John Kennedy.\nTo encourage holders of abandoned property to report and turn these funds over to state Unclaimed Property programs, the National Association of Unclaimed Property Administrators (NAUPA) has adopted a 10-month voluntary compliance program. The program allows companies and other holders of unclaimed funds to come into compliance with the Unclaimed Property laws of all participating states without penalties or interest until October 31, 1999. The states will hold the funds in trust and try to find the rightful owners.\n\"\"We are happy to join this nationwide effort to collect and return Unclaimed Property to their rightful owners,\"\" says Secretary Kennedy, whose Department has aggressively returned more than $47 million of over $196 million of Unclaimed Property collected in Louisiana since 1972. \"\"The huge success of Louisiana\"s Unclaimed Property program under the Foster Administration has meant more money returned to our economy, which is good for everybody.\"\"\nNAUPA estimates that banks, businesses, government agencies and other entities across the nation are holding more than $10 billion that does not belong to them. Approximately 26 million Americans are the rightful owners of this Unclaimed Property, which may include payroll checks, checking and savings accounts, royalties, utility deposits, interest, dividends, stock certificates, and life insurance proceeds.\n\"\"It is understandable that some holders of Unclaimed Property have not fully understood their responsibilities under the law,\"\" says Secretary Kennedy. \"\"The NAUPA voluntary compliance program enables us to work with holders to promote compliance with those laws, which in turn allows us to focus on returning property to the rightful owners.\"\"\nUnder some state laws, holders of unclaimed property can be assessed a penalty of 5 percent a month, up to 25 percent of the value of all abandoned property that they fail to report. In most states, the abandonment period ranges from 5 to 7 years. While many holders have taken advantage of voluntary compliance programs sponsored by individual states, many large holders fear penalties from other states if they \"\"come clean\"\" in only one state. NAUPA\"s nationwide voluntary compliance program is an attempt to alleviate the reluctance of holders to report their abandoned funds.\nThe states that are participating in the NAUPA program have agreed to waive penalties and interest on holders who come forward to voluntarily remit Unclaimed Property. This voluntary compliance program ends on October 31, 1999.\nThe states currently participating in the voluntary compliance program are: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming.\nThis program is not available to delinquent holders who have already been identified and contacted by a state\"s audit staff or third party audit firm. Holders can learn more about the voluntary compliance program by contacting Denise Ducharme at 207-287-6671, Scott Harper at 573-751-2082 or at www.unclaimed.org on the Internet.\nTo find out if you or somebody you know has Unclaimed Property waiting at the Louisiana Department of Revenue, contact the Unclaimed Property Section toll-free at 1-888-925-4127, or search for names at www.rev.state.la.us on the Department\"s Internet website. Written inquiries can be sent to: Louisiana Department of Revenue, Unclaimed Property Section, P.O. 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{"text":"Tag Archives: New York\n2018 \u27a4 Vogue promotes pot-stirring Linard as inspiration for its Met Gala creatives\nPosted on 6 May 2018 | Leave a comment\nStephen Linard's 1980 Neon Gothic collection modelled by Myra Falconer and Michele Clapton: one wears a lace hat, the other a skullcap, both by Stephen Jones. (Photo by Graham Smith)\nNew York's Met Gala 2018 signifies the highly anticipated grand opening of the Costume Institute's annual fashion exhibition Heavenly Bodies, which opens on May 10. At Vogue online this week Laird Borrelli-Persson recalls how a Blitz Kid's 1980 collection anticipated Heavenly Bodies by 38 years:\n\" FASHION'S BIGGEST NIGHT OUT\" is the Met Gala. As a pinnacle of iconic style, this annual fundraising benefit for the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, welcomes celebrity stars, young creatives, and industry paragons alike.\nThe British designer Stephen Linard deserves credit for many innovations in fashion and its presentation that we take for granted in 2018. One of the Blitz Kids whose dandyish ways had an outsize impact on 1980s style, his early work was distinguished not only by irreverence, but also by a strong sense of narrative. Linard's 1981 St Martin's graduation show, Reluctant Emigr\u00e9s, was a smash success. \"The clothes were instantly covetable, thoroughly masculine in an entirely new way, and electrifying in the way that only the truly innovative can be,\" historians Alan J Flux and Daryl F Mallett have noted.\nThe collection Linard presented a year earlier at St Martin's unofficial Alternative Show was a pot-stirring presentation titled Neon Gothic \u2013 clothes with an ecclesiastic twist. Captured in the image above are models Myra Falconer, who shared a squat with Linard, and Michele Clapton, now an Emmy Award-winning costume designer. Their jewellery, upside-down crosses and menorahs of black-painted wood, was made by a friend of Clapton's. The headpieces are by Stephen Jones, who graduated ahead of Linard, and has stayed in the spotlight. Linard recalls the audience reaction: \"Everyone stood up and gave it a standing ovation and my models wouldn't get off the catwalk\u2026\" \/ Continued at Vogue online\nLinard's 1981 degree show Reluctant Emigr\u00e9s: classically tailored menswear with eccentric twists. . . Traditional pinstripe trousers had contrast patches at the derri\u00e8re, solid dark waistcoat fronts and shadowy organza backs. Striped city shirts had curious underarm patches, and all were concealed beneath swirling black greatcoats. And modelled by his masculine pals among the Blitz Kids. (Photo: Shapersofthe80s)\n\u27a2 Elsewhere at Shapers of the 80s: The year the Blitz Kids took their first steps into the headlines\nPosted in Britain, Fashion, London, North America, photography, Swinging 80s, Youth culture\nTagged Blitz Kids, Heavenly Bodies, Met Gala 2018, Michele Clapton, Myra Falconer, Neon Gothic collection, New York, St Martin's Alternative Show, Stephen Jones, Stephen Linard, Vogue\n2014 \u27a4 Video gems unearthed by the Spandau Ballet biopic premiering at SXSW\nPosted on 3 February 2014 | Leave a comment\nSpandau ahoy! Houseband of the New Romantics playing aboard HMS Belfast in 1980. Martin Kemp on bass, Steve Norman on guitar. (Photo by Virginia Turbett)\nFEB 12 UPDATE FROM SPANDAU AT FACEBOOK:\nSpandau Ballet (Official)\n\"Awesome Spandau meeting yesterday! 2014 and 2015 are shaping up rather nicely, I would say.\"\n\"Look out for MORE exciting Spandau news coming very soon! This is just the start.\"\n\u275a SEVERAL MOVIE DISCOVERIES have been made by the researchers on Spandau Ballet's new biopic Soul Boys of the Western World, due to be premiered on March 12 in the USA at SXSW. One is footage of the band's secret live performance aboard the World-War Two cruiser HMS Belfast. In order to emphasise the newness of their synthesised pop music, the band's ground rule was never to appear at established rock venues. So for their seventh invitation-only date on July 26, 1980, a glittering horde of Blitz Kids descended on the warship moored in the Thames near the Tower of London.\nPrecious footage of Spandau's HMS Belfast gig, 1980: two reels of Super8 exhumed from the vaults by ex-Blitz Kid Nick Jones\nSongwriter Gary Kemp says: \"There are two pieces of archive that most surprised me. The first was the HMS Belfast performance from 1980. I never knew it existed until last year when our manager Steve Dagger had a vague memory that one of the Blitz Kids, Nick Jones, had a Super 8 camera. (He went on to play in the Latin-tinged dance-band Funkapolitan with Tom Dixon and Kadir Guirey, and today he's a successful director of commercials.) It was some time before Nick could gain access to his storage and at first found nothing. Then we got sent the pic you see alongside.\"\nKemp adds: \"The footage is in beautiful Super 8 colour and shows the raw energy of that night inside the hot and steamy ship. It lasts eight minutes, but was enough to evoke the moment when Spandau were THE band of London, elusive, unique, magnificent.\"\nPeter Capaldi at 23: comic support on Spandau's 1982 Diamond tour. (Photo by Shapersofthe80s)\nHe adds: \"The other archive that revealed itself, 33 years after being filmed, was the entire New York gig that we did in the Underground club in 1981.\" This footage emerged after painstaking inquiries only last autumn and Spandau can be seen onstage in all their glory sporting their nomadic serfs garb from the Musclebound video.\nSome of us also remember the 23-year-old Scottish stand-up who was invited to support Spandau Ballet on the Diamond tour of the UK in 1982. This was Peter Capaldi who has enjoyed spectacular success in the years since then and was revealed recently as the BBC's 12th Doctor Who.\nKemp adds: \"The new Doctor Who is definitely seen in the film \u2013 on a tour bus I believe \u2013 which explains his new Tony Hadley style as Doctor Who! Come and see the movie and enjoy our history.\"\nENTRY TO SXSW EVENTS CANNOT BE GUARANTEED\n\u274f Plan before you travel: SXSW is an industry event which charges hefty registration fees, for example, Films-only registration costs $650 for walkups. However the website says if, after delegates with badges and wristbands are seated at film events, any seats remain, \"single-admission tickets will be sold for $10 starting 15 minutes before showtime\".\nSXSW update after the live gig is announced, Feb 21: \"For the music portion of the event, the situation is very similar. There will most likely be tickets for sale at the door but it varies from venue to venue. Tickets may be sold if capacity allows. Our best advice is to get to the venue early or contact them to see if they will be selling tickets at the door and also see how long the wristband\/badge lines are to judge if you could even get in.\"\n\u27a2 1982, How Spandau put Capaldi on the road to play\nthe new Doctor Who\n\u27a2 Spandau together again as their 'surprise' movie is slated for Texas premiere \u2013 more on SXSW 2014 at Shapersofthe80s\nBlitz Kids ahoy! A dazzling audience aboard HMS Belfast for Spandau Ballet's seventh date. (Photo \u2013 Getty)\nPosted in Clubbing, Fashion, Film, North America, Pop music, Youth culture\nTagged Blitz Kids, Gary Kemp, HMS Belfast, New Romantics, New York, Nick Jones, Peter Capaldi, premiere, Soul Boys of The Western World, Spandau Ballet, SXSW, Video\n\u27a4 Searching for that last kiss\non the third anniversary of McLaren's death\nPosted on 8 April 2013 | Leave a comment\nMy lips are open wide\nStretched so far apart\nSearching for that last kiss\nWith my hands pressed tight to my heart\nA thousand hungry flowers\nLoving you for hours and hours\nSoon smothers me so tenderly\nA thousand kisses say goodbye\nAnd then they say you'll never die\nA lonely fanfare blew\nAnd then they sing to you\n\u2013 Revenge of the Flowers\n\u00a9 Chrysalis Music Group, Sony\/ATV Music Publishing\n\u25fc MALCOLM McLAREN died three years ago today and is remembered on his website by his partner Young Kim with these lyrics from Revenge of the Flowers, a track from the concept album Paris\u2026 In 1994, he recorded his own music and words through performances by such prominent French stars as Fran\u00e7oise Hardy, seen above in the Duncan Ward video of 1995 singing Revenge of the Flowers. The album was essentially a love letter to the city he was to make a home in his final years. At AllMusic Stephen Thomas Erlewine's verdict is: \"The heavily orchestrated cabaret jazz backdrops tend to accentuate the sleaziness of McLaren's words. And that's what makes the record perversely fascinating: every element is so poorly conceived and executed that the entire thing appears to be an intentional joke.\"\nA Chanel punk-inspired look from 2011. Photo \u00a9 David Sims courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art\n\u27a2 Punk: From Chaos To Couture is the next Costume Institute exhibition at the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art, May 9\u2013Aug 14 \u2013 British photographer Nick Knight is the creative consultant on a show that examines punk's impact on high fashion from its birth in the early 1970s, including a Couturier Situationists section dedicated to Malcolm McLaren and Vivienne Westwood. All presented as an immersive multimedia, multisensory experience, the clothes will be animated with period music videos and soundscaping audio techniques. Wow.\nUPDATE APRIL 2013: A DEATH MASK FOR MALCY\nMcLaren bronze death mask by Nick Reynolds\n\u274f McLaren's ostentatious memorial in Highgate Cemetery, unveiled this month, is inscribed \"Better a spectacular failure than a benign success\". The black granite headstone holds a bronze death mask commissioned from Nick Reynolds, the sculptor, harmonica player and former Royal Navy diver, who has captured McLaren's \"trademark sneer\". Update 2017, in a Radio 4 programme about his trade the sculptor claimed: \"I didn't put that on. He actually had the sneer in death. Defiant to the end. . . I did meet McLaren when he was alive and asked him if I could do a cast of his head and he in his own inimitable style told me to F\u2013 O\u2013.\" Reynolds added: \"I did him in the end.\"\nReynolds has also cast masks of his own father the Great Train Robber Bruce Reynolds, fellow robber Ronnie Biggs, gambler George \"Taters\" Chatham, journalist William Rees-Mogg, actor Peter O'Toole and composer Pat Castange. He also owns the death masks of many famous people from Ned Kelly and Napoleon to director Ken Russell. They decorate every wall in his flat.\n\u27a2 2010, What a tear-jerker! McLaren mashes up his own musical 'Requiem to Myself' \u2013 exclusive to Shapers of the 80s\nPosted in death, Europe, North America, Pop music, Youth culture\nTagged album, death mask, exhibition, Fran\u00e7oise Hardy, From Chaos To Couture, Highgate Cemetery, Malcolm McLaren, Metropolitan Museum, New York, Nick Reynolds, Paris, punk, Revenge of the Flowers, Video\n\u27a4 Anna's Army \u2014 how the English-born editor of Vogue became her own global brand\nPosted on 25 March 2011 | Leave a comment\n\u25fc ONCE IN A WHILE a piece of journalism actually reveals stuff you didn't already know and a great big penny drops. For its April issue, WSJ., the glossy magazine published by The Wall Street Journal, puts Anna Wintour on its cover (photographed by ex-Blitz Club barman Mario Testino), while writer Joshua Levine explains in thorough detail how her power and financial clout reach far beyond her own editorship of Vogue, which she assumed in 1988.\nBy mobilising a \"fully connected network\" of allies and celebrity shock troops Anna shapes micro-economic forces around the world, to become \"basically a global brand\", in the opinion of Deborah Needleman, editor of WSJ., \"someone whose power extends beyond what she does\". Or as a former colleague who attended corporate matchmaking sessions between fashion's biggest brands says: \"She's really the McKinsey of fashion.\"\nA coalition of the willing: Anna Wintour's army of allies extends her influence well beyond Vogue. Here are a few key people in what one academic calls her \"fully connected network\". Graphic \u00a9 WSJ. magazine\nWhen some of New York's 1,000 targeted stores balked at joining up to her Fashion's Night Out initiative to rebuild sales amid post-recessionary thrift, she was calling it in from command central \u2014 \"I'll get you Sienna Miller at the store, I'll send you Justin Timberlake!\" Timberlake and Miller are among Wintour's most zealous Hollywood allies. \"She understands fashion is a frame of mind, not just the clothes,\" Timberlake says. \"She's figured out that all these small moving parts come into play to make a bigger picture.\" A year later FNO had become an international event in 16 countries, when Istanbul, for example, logged clothing sales of $2 million in three hours.\nAt the age of 61, Anna's globe-trotting, matchmaking and event-planning have not only made her a force among fund-raisers but are fuelling rumours that she is angling for a job in Washington as an ambassador. Indeed, Michelle Obama is one of the first names Wintour mentions when asked whom she most looks up to. Read on to discover Anna's response\u2026\n\u27a2 The business of being Anna \u2014 in WSJ. magazine\nPosted in Fashion, Media, North America, Social trends\nTagged Anna Wintour, fund-raising, Interview, New York, Vogue, WSJ","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Home \/ Make heroin and cocaine legal\nMake heroin and cocaine legal\nRandolph Bourne warned us that \"war is the health of the state.\" So how does the state keep healthy? By declaring wars on everything. The war in Afghanistan is a disaster. The war in Iraq is a disaster. And the \"war on drugs\" is also a disaster. You'd have thought that governments would learn from prohibition that regulating things that people want only increases violence, while the people who want it still get it anyway. But, after all, government violence begets violence. Anyone with common sense could have told you that banning drugs would harm society. Sadly, \"common sense\" isn't a job requirement for people who work for government.\nFTA: \"Professor Sir Ian Gilmore said making drugs such as heroin and cocaine legal would \"drastically\" cut crime and addicts' health problems. State-regulated use of drugs would also save money and avert the need to try to stop drug production in countries such as Afghanistan, he said... He said: \"This could drastically reduce crime and improve health.\" ...Sir Ian also said he was persuaded by a recent article in the British Medical Journal, which argued that the prohibition of drugs had been \"counterproductive\", made many public health problems worse, and stimulated organised crime and terrorism. Sir Ian said that banning drugs had harmed society. \"There's a lot of evidence that the total prohibition of drugs, making them totally illicit and unavailable, has not been successful at reducing not only the health burden, but also the impact on crime,\" he said... He also suggested that regulating drug use would save money on policing and on international efforts to reduce the cultivation of narcotics. \"It's more cost effective to try to treat people with drug problems than to close down poppy fields in disparate countries.\"\nCocaine should be legal, says top doctor. The use of drugs should be decriminalised, one of Britain's most senior doctors has said\nOriginal posting by Braincrave Second Life staff on Aug 18, 2010 at http:\/\/www.braincrave.com\/viewblog.php?id=296\nsorted by top\nupvotes - downvotes\ndrugs,\nWritten by braincrave permalink plaintext\nJust read an article today about how successful Portugal's law to decriminalize drugs has been: \"Portugal has definitively won the argument about how ineffective, irrational and counter-productive is drug prohibition.\"\nBrazil's Latest Outbreak of Drug Gang Violence Highlights the Real Culprit: the War on Drugs\nThe makings of a good apology - act like a changed person in braincrave\nVoluntary vs. coercive in braincrave\nThe legitimacy of higher education - do we need more scientists and engineers? in braincrave\nAyn Rand vs. Mike Wallace - liberty vs. collectivism in braincrave\nGuilt begone - it was the sun all along in braincrave","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"This Week's Need to Know\nQM Society Review\nTraveling Seoul\nCampus of the Dead\nRights and Sentiments\nDamsel Undistressed\nThe (Un)Bearable Madness of Being\nWhat We Owe Each Other\nSheikh-ing the Middle East\nFlora Going Fuera\nBlackett's Two Cents\n\u2026what if politics, but too much?\nL'art Politique\nLet There Be Breaking News And Analysis\nWe're All Mad Here\nHeadcandy\nREVIEW of 'The Gradual Disappearance of Jane Ashland' by Nicolai Houm\nBy Louise Fligman \/ 21 Apr 2018 \/ No Comments\n\"A cleverly structured novel that explores the emotions of grief and loss.\"\nAfter a tragic accident that changes American writer Jane Ashland's life, she travels to Norway in search of distant relatives. But when things begin to go wrong, she contacts a zoologist, who she met by chance on the plane, and ends up accompanying him on a taxing hike through the Dovrefjell mountains. However, that trip soon takes a turn for the worst too. Waking up alone in a tent, surrounded by a storm and dense fog, and with a dead mobile phone, Jane is completely cut off from civilisation, with no food or navigation equipment. In her isolation, she reflects on her past and her desperate endeavours to search for new meaning. But will she succeed? The landscape of the Norwegian mountain range is described so vividly and beautifully that readers feel as if they are transported to the wild, rugged, yet tranquil location. The misty environment really helps to accentuate the atmosphere of the novel and Jane's mindset. Equally, the scenery raises the tension at certain points in the story which triggers readers' curiosity and makes them eager to read on.\nAn element that stood out for me was the structure of the book as the plot flits between the past and present of Jane's life. Although it requires a bit of legwork from the reader to create a mental timeline of events, it is not impossible to work out what is happening. And who doesn't like a challenge? The alternating chapters between past and present act like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle in that Jane is behaving in a particular way in the present which initially perplexes you, but you are then informed of an event in the past which explains the reasons for her odd behaviour. As you move through the text, things begin to make sense and you gradually create an overall picture of both the story and Jane.\nThe oscillating chapters were very enlightening for Jane's character development as she evolves from her initial portrait as a strange woman to a psychologically complex and real individual. For as you learn about her mental health issues and the reasons behind them, you start to understand her feelings and actions. As a result, you not only think about the serious subject of mental health, but you also really sympathise with her; her life is a prime example of how life itself moves in cycles through both good and bad events. Even if she cannot understand or explain why things happen the way they do, Jane continues to move forward and attempts to find new purposes which is very inspiring to read.\nAlthough Camilla is only a minor character, she is nevertheless significant because she highlights the struggles of a teenage girl, particularly in regards to appearance and body image. Despite the novel being fiction, it incites you to think about the deep and contemporary societal issue of self-image and confidence. In such a situation, Camilla seems weak but it is Jane who is inspirational because she confronts what is wrong and is determined to stick to her values and what is right. Whilst Ulf is an unusual man, his presence is reassuring for Jane and he exemplifies how it is better to communicate grief and loss with someone else, even a complete stranger, as opposed to carrying the burden alone.\nThe Gradual Disappearance of Jane Ashland is a story about life and its cyclical nature of ups and downs. Houm's narrative describes the Norwegian landscape so beautifully as he explores the tumultuous nature of grief, loss, coming to terms with things and acceptance.\nThe Gradual Disappearance of Jane Ashland will be available in store and online in paperback and Kindle formats from 26thApril.\nPosted in: Book Club \/ Tagged: 26th april, acceptance, actions, alternating challenge, appearance, arts, Beautiful, beauty, body shaming, Book Review, challenge, character development, cleverly structured novel, coming-of-age, communicate, confidence, confront, cub magazine, curious, cyclical nature of life, eager to read on, emotions, evolves, explores grief and loss, feelings, good and bad, growing up, hike, inspiring, isolation, Jane Ashland, jigsaw puzzle, life, London, meaning, mental health issues, mental timeline, mountains, Nicolai Houm, norway, past, perplexes you, psychologically complex, reflects, relatives, self image, storm, stranger, struggles, teenage girl, tent, tragic accident, trip, understand, up and down, vivid, why?\n\u2190 Connection is Genderless and Mentally Ill People Can Love\n2018 Sony World Photography Awards Exhibition @ Somerset House \u2192\nCopyright \u00a9 2013-20 CUB Magazine.\nAbout \/ Get Involved \/ Newsletter \/ Contact","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Citation Journal Select journal Applied Mechanics Reviews ASCE-ASME J Risk and Uncert in Engrg Sys Part B Mech Engrg ASME Journal of Engineering for Sustainable Buildings and Cities ASME Letters in Dynamic Systems and Control Journal of Applied Mechanics Journal of Autonomous Vehicles and Systems Journal of Biomechanical Engineering Journal of Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control Journal of Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage Journal of Electronic Packaging Journal of Energy Resources Technology Journal of Engineering and Science in Medical Diagnostics and Therapy Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology Journal of Fluids Engineering Journal of Heat Transfer Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering Journal of Mechanical Design Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics Journal of Medical Devices Journal of Micro and Nano-Manufacturing Journal of Nanotechnology in Engineering and Medicine Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation, Diagnostics and Prognostics of Engineering Systems Journal of Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Science Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications Journal of Solar Energy Engineering Journal of Tribology Journal of Turbomachinery Journal of Verification, Validation and Uncertainty Quantification Journal of Vibration and Acoustics Mechanical Engineering Citation Year Citation Volume Citation Issue No Citation Page\nProceedings Papers (4)\nJournal of Turbomachinery (6)\nJournal of Fluids Engineering (3)\nJournal of Heat Transfer (1)\nJournal of Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Science (1)\nProceedings Article (4)\nFilter by conference-series\nTurbo Expo: Power for Land, Sea, and Air (4)\nFundamental Issues and Canonical Flows (2)\nNatural and Mixed Convection (1)\nSpecial Section: Selected Papers from the Ninth International Symposium on Supercritical Water-Cooled Reactors (1)\nSeparation (Technology) (11)\nTurbulence (11)\nBoundary layers (8)\nShear (Mechanics) (8)\nVortices (4)\nReynolds number (3)\nMetin I. Yaras\nA Critical Review of the Physics and Modeling of Deteriorated Heat Transfer in Supercritical Fluids\nAndrew W. Copping, Metin I. Yaras\nJournal: Journal of Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Science\nASME J of Nuclear Rad Sci. July 2020, 6(3): 031112.\nPaper No: NERS-19-1081\nPublished Online: June 5, 2020\nModeling of deterioration of heat transfer (DHT) observed in fluid flows at supercritical pressure remains a challenge due to incomplete understanding of the underlying physics. Given the challenges involved in the experimental and computational study of this phenomenon, it is crucial that the growing collective experimental and computational data be periodically analyzed in a comparative manner through critical reviews. This paper aims to provide such a critical review. The experimental and computational evidence continues to support the postulate that streamwise acceleration of the lower density, near-wall fluid layer relative to the higher density bulk flow promotes reduced turbulent mixing and hence reduced convective heat transport. At lower mass flowrates, this may be driven by buoyancy force, whereas at higher thermal loading, the dominant driver may be the increased favorable streamwise pressure gradient prompted by the bulk flow acceleration. A discussion of these physical mechanisms and an assessment of related semi-empirical models constitute the scope of this review.\nTopics: Buoyancy, Flow (Dynamics), Heat transfer, Modeling, Turbulence\nMeasurements of the Effects of Streamwise Riblets on Boundary Layer Turbulence\nDerek B. Ancrum, Metin I. Yaras\nJournal: Journal of Fluids Engineering\nJ. Fluids Eng. November 2017, 139(11): 111203.\nPaper No: FE-16-1591\nThis study presents experimental results on the effects of riblets on the coherent structures of turbulence within a turbulent spot. The riblet spacings of the study correspond to 0.5 and 1.5 times the natural spacing of the low-speed streak. The cross-sectional dimensions of the riblets were chosen to control the spatial distribution of wave packets consisting of streamwise-aligned hairpin vortices. Both riblet spacings demonstrated effective control on the spanwise positioning of the wave packets. The wider-spaced riblets reduced spanwise mutual interaction between wave packets. The closer-spaced riblets promoted this interaction via spanwise-oriented vortical structures which produced stronger turbulent fluctuations.\nTopics: Boundary layers, Flow (Dynamics), Turbulence, Vortices, Wave packets\nSimilarity Criteria for Modeling Mixed-Convection Heat Transfer in Ducted Flows of Supercritical Fluids\nChukwudi Azih, Metin I. Yaras\nJournal: Journal of Heat Transfer\nJ. Heat Transfer. December 2017, 139(12): 122501.\nPaper No: HT-16-1567\nA key subject of interest for technologies that involve flows of fluids at the supercritical thermodynamic state is the development of prediction methods that capture the fluid dynamics and convection heat transfer at this state. Due to the elevated temperatures and pressures associated with certain working fluids at this thermodynamic state, surrogate fluids are often used as substitutes for performing experiments during the design stages of prototype development. The success of this approach depends on the development of similarity criteria or fluid-to-fluid models. Similarity criteria for mixed-convection heat transfer in supercritical fluids are proposed based on a set of nondimensional dynamic similarity parameters and state-space parameters developed through our current understanding of the physical mechanisms that affect heat transfer in fluids at this state. The proposed similarity criteria are successfully validated using data from ducted flows of supercritical fluids with configurations having upstream, downstream, or wall-normal-oriented gravitational acceleration.\nTopics: Flow (Dynamics), Fluids, Heat transfer, Mixed convection, Supercritical fluids, Water, Carbon dioxide\nComputational and Experimental Study of the Effect of Inlet Swirl on Mixing Mechanisms in an Axisymmetric Lobed Mixer\nJoshua R. Brinkerhoff, Metin I. Yaras\nProc. ASME. GT2014, Volume 1A: Aircraft Engine; Fans and Blowers, V01AT01A014, June 16\u201320, 2014\nPaper No: GT2014-25691\nDOI: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1115\/GT2014-25691\nThe effect of circumferential inflow swirl on the instability of the shear layer formed between the core and bypass flows discharged from an axisymmetric twelve-lobed mixer is studied through a combined experimental and computational investigation. A series of unsteady Navier-Stokes simulations are performed with 0 and 31 degrees of circumferential swirl specified in the core stream of the lobed mixer. Comparison of the axial- and swirling-inflow cases highlights the effect of swirl on the instability-driven transient flow structures that develop within and downstream of the lobed mixer. Medium- and large-scale unsteady motions are captured by the fine spatial and temporal resolution of the unsteady Navier-Stokes simulations. The simulations are validated against four-wire thermal anemometry measurements in a scaled lobed-mixer wind-tunnel model with turbulent, swirling inflow conditions. The simulation results illustrate that while the axial-inflow case develops layers of streamwise vorticity uniformly along the lobe walls, the core flow in the swirling-inflow case separates from the suction side of the lobe wall near the lobe trough. Roll-up and axial stretching of the separated flow produces \u039b -shaped vortical structures upstream of the discharge plane. The \u039b -shaped structures interact with the shear layers discharged from the lobe trailing edge and accelerate the breakdown of the shear layer in the swirling-inflow case relative to the axial-inflow case. The extent of this interaction is shown to strongly affect the streamwise mixing rate of the flow downstream of the discharge plane.\nTopics: Engineering simulation, Flow (Dynamics), Inflow, Navier-Stokes equations, Resolution (Optics), Shear (Mechanics), Simulation, Simulation results, Suction, Swirling flow\nDirect Numerical Simulations of Transitional Separation\u2013Bubble Development in Swept\u2013Blade Flow Conditions\nProc. ASME. GT2012, Volume 4: Heat Transfer, Parts A and B, 805-817, June 11\u201315, 2012\nThis paper describes numerical simulations of the instability mechanisms in a separation bubble subjected to a three-dimensional freestream pressure distribution. Two direct numerical simulations are performed of a separation bubble with laminar separation and turbulent reattachment under low freestream turbulence at flow Reynolds numbers and streamwise pressure distributions that approximate the conditions encountered on the suction side of typical low-pressure gas-turbine blades with blade sweep angles of 0\u00b0 and 45\u00b0. The three-dimensional pressure field in the swept configuration produces a crossflow-velocity component in the laminar boundary layer upstream of the separation point that is unstable to a crossflow instability mode. The simulation results show that crossflow instability does not play a role in the development of the boundary layer upstream of separation. An increase in the amplification rate and most amplified disturbance frequency is observed in the separated-flow region of the swept configuration, and is attributed to boundary-layer conditions at the point of separation that are modified by the spanwise pressure gradient. This results in a slight upstream movement of the location where the shear layer breaks down to small-scale turbulence and modifies the turbulent mixing of the separated shear layer to yield a downstream shift in the time-averaged reattachment location. The results demonstrate that although crossflow instability does not appear to have a noticeable effect on the development of the transitional separation bubble, the 3D pressure field does indirectly alter the separation-bubble development by modifying the flow conditions at separation.\nTopics: Blades, Bubbles, Computer simulation, Flow (Dynamics), Separation (Technology), Pressure, Turbulence, Boundary layers, Shear (Mechanics), Gas turbines\nDirect Numerical Simulations of Transitional Separation-Bubble Development in Swept-Blade Flow Conditions\nJournal: Journal of Turbomachinery\nJ. Turbomach. July 2013, 135(4): 041006.\nPaper No: TURBO-12-1102\nThis paper describes numerical simulations of the instability mechanisms in a separation bubble subjected to a three-dimensional freestream pressure distribution. Two direct numerical simulations are performed of a separation bubble with laminar separation and turbulent reattachment under low freestream turbulence at flow Reynolds numbers and streamwise pressure distributions that approximate the conditions encountered on the suction side of typical low-pressure gas-turbine blades with blade sweep angles of 0\u2003deg and 45\u2003deg. The three-dimensional (3D) pressure field in the swept configuration produces a crossflow-velocity component in the laminar boundary layer upstream of the separation point that is unstable to a crossflow instability mode. The simulation results show that crossflow instability does not play a role in the development of the boundary layer upstream of separation. An increase in the amplification rate and the most amplified disturbance frequency is observed in the separated-flow region of the swept configuration and is attributed to boundary-layer conditions at the point of separation that are modified by the spanwise pressure gradient. This results in a slight upstream movement of the location where the shear layer breaks down to small-scale turbulence and modifies the turbulent mixing of the separated shear layer to yield a downstream shift in the time-averaged reattachment location. The results demonstrate that although crossflow instability does not appear to have a noticeable effect on the development of the transitional separation bubble, the 3D pressure field does indirectly alter the separation-bubble development by modifying the flow conditions at separation.\nTopics: Boundary layers, Bubbles, Flow (Dynamics), Separation (Technology), Turbulence, Pressure, Blades, Computer simulation, Shear (Mechanics), Suction\nTransition Mechanisms in Separation Bubbles Under Low- and Elevated-Freestream Turbulence\nBrian R. McAuliffe, Metin I. Yaras\nJ. Turbomach. January 2010, 132(1): 011004.\nThrough numerical simulations, this paper examines the nature of instability mechanisms leading to transition in separation bubbles. The results of two direct numerical simulations are presented in which separation of a laminar boundary layer occurs over a flat surface in the presence of an adverse pressure gradient. The primary difference in the flow conditions between the two simulations is the level of freestream turbulence with intensities of 0.1% and 1.45% at separation. In the first part of the paper, transition under a low-disturbance environment is examined, and the development of the Kelvin\u2013Helmholtz instability in the separated shear layer is compared to the well-established instability characteristics of free shear layers. The study examines the role of the velocity-profile shape on the instability characteristics and the nature of the large-scale vortical structures shed downstream of the bubble. The second part of the paper examines transition in a high-disturbance environment, where the above-mentioned mechanism is bypassed as a result of elevated-freestream turbulence. Filtering of the freestream turbulence into the laminar boundary layer results in streamwise streaks, which provide conditions under which turbulent spots are produced in the separated shear layer, grow, and then merge to form a turbulent boundary layer. The results allow identification of the structure of the instability mechanism and the characteristic structure of the resultant turbulent spots. Recovery of the reattached turbulent boundary layer is then examined for both cases. The large-scale flow structures associated with transition are noted to remain coherent far downstream of reattachment, delaying recovery of the turbulent boundary layer to an equilibrium state.\nTopics: Boundary layers, Bubbles, Separation (Technology), Shear (Mechanics), Turbulence, Simulation, Flow (Dynamics), Vortices\nPassive Manipulation of Separation-Bubble Transition Using Surface Modifications\nJ. Fluids Eng. February 2009, 131(2): 021201.\nPublished Online: January 8, 2009\nThrough experiments using two-dimensional particle-image velocimetry (PIV), this paper examines the nature of transition in a separation bubble and manipulations of the resultant breakdown to turbulence through passive means of control. An airfoil was used that provides minimal variation in the separation location over a wide operating range, with various two-dimensional modifications made to the surface for the purpose of manipulating the transition process. The study was conducted under low-freestream-turbulence conditions over a flow Reynolds number range of 28,000\u2013101,000 based on airfoil chord. The spatial nature of the measurements has allowed identification of the dominant flow structures associated with transition in the separated shear layer and the manipulations introduced by the surface modifications. The Kelvin\u2013Helmholtz (K-H) instability is identified as the dominant transition mechanism in the separated shear layer, leading to the roll-up of spanwise vorticity and subsequent breakdown into small-scale turbulence. Similarities with planar free-shear layers are noted, including the frequency of maximum amplification rate for the K-H instability and the vortex-pairing phenomenon initiated by a subharmonic instability. In some cases, secondary pairing events are observed and result in a laminar intervortex region consisting of freestream fluid entrained toward the surface due to the strong circulation of the large-scale vortices. Results of the surface-modification study show that different physical mechanisms can be manipulated to affect the separation, transition, and reattachment processes over the airfoil. These manipulations are also shown to affect the boundary-layer losses observed downstream of reattachment, with all surface-indentation configurations providing decreased losses at the three lowest Reynolds numbers and three of the five configurations providing decreased losses at the highest Reynolds number. The primary mechanisms that provide these manipulations include: suppression of the vortex-pairing phenomenon, which reduces both the shear-layer thickness and the levels of small-scale turbulence; the promotion of smaller-scale turbulence, resulting from the disturbances generated upstream of separation, which provides quicker transition and shorter separation bubbles; the elimination of the separation bubble with transition occurring in an attached boundary layer; and physical disturbance, downstream of separation, of the growing instability waves to manipulate the vortical structures and cause quicker reattachment.\nTopics: Airfoils, Bubbles, Reynolds number, Separation (Technology), Shear (Mechanics), Boundary layers, Vortices, Flow (Dynamics), Turbulence\nLarge-Eddy Simulation of Transition in a Separation Bubble\nStephen K. Roberts, Metin I. Yaras\nProc. ASME. GT2005, Volume 3: Turbo Expo 2005, Parts A and B, 1049-1055, June 6\u20139, 2005\nIn this paper, large-eddy simulation of the transition process in a separation bubble is compared to experimental results. The measurements and simulations are conducted under low free-stream turbulence conditions over a flat plate with a streamwise pressure distribution typical of those encountered on the suction side of turbine airfoils. The computational grid is sufficiently refined that the effects of sub-grid scale turbulence are adequately represented by the numerical dissipation of the computational algorithm. The large-eddy simulations are shown to accurately capture the transition process in the separated shear layer. The results of these simulations are used to gain further insight into the breakdown mechanisms in transitioning separation bubbles.\nTopics: Bubbles, Large eddy simulation, Separation (Technology)\nEffects of Surface-Roughness Geometry on Separation-Bubble Transition\nThis paper presents measurements of separation-bubble transition over a range of surfaces with randomly distributed roughness elements. The tested roughness patterns represent the typical range of roughness conditions encountered on in-service turbine blades. Through these measurements, the effects of size and spacing of the roughness elements, and the tendency of the roughness pattern toward protrusions or depressions (skewness), on the inception location and rate of transition are evaluated. Increased roughness height, increased spacing of the roughness elements, and a tendency of the roughness pattern toward depressions (negative skewness) are observed to promote earlier transition inception. The observed effects of roughness spacing and skewness are found to be small in comparison to that of the roughness height. Variation in the dominant mode of instability in the separated shear layer is achieved through adjustment of the streamwise pressure distribution. The results provide examples for the extent of interaction between viscous and inviscid stability mechanisms.\nTopics: Bubbles, Geometry, Separation (Technology), Surface roughness\nNumerical Study of Turbulent-Spot Development in a Separated Shear Layer\nJ. Turbomach. October 2008, 130(4): 041018.\nThe development of turbulent spots in a separation bubble under elevated freestream turbulence levels is examined through direct numerical simulation. The flow Reynolds number, freestream turbulence level, and streamwise pressure distribution are typical of the conditions encountered on the suction side of low-pressure turbine blades of gas-turbine engines. Based on the simulation results, the spreading and propagation rates of the turbulent spots and their internal structure are documented, and comparisons are made to empirical correlations that are used for predicting the transverse growth and streamwise propagation characteristics of turbulent spots. The internal structure of the spots is identified as a series of vortex loops that develop as a result of low-velocity streaks generated in the shear layer. A frequency that is approximately 50% higher than that of the Kelvin\u2013Helmholtz instability is identified in the separated shear layer, which is shown to be associated with the convection of these vortex loops through the separated shear layer. While freestream turbulence is noted to promote breakdown of the laminar separated shear layer into turbulence through the generation of turbulent spots, evidence is found to suggest coexistence of the Kelvin\u2013Helmholtz instability, including the possibility of breakdown to turbulence through this mechanism.\nTopics: Bubbles, Separation (Technology), Shear (Mechanics), Turbulence, Vortices, Flow (Dynamics), Pressure\nNumerical Study of Instability Mechanisms Leading to Transition in Separation Bubbles\nJ. Turbomach. April 2008, 130(2): 021006.\nIn this paper, transition in a separation bubble is examined through numerical simulation. The flow Reynolds number and streamwise pressure distribution are typical of the conditions encountered on the suction side of low-pressure turbine blades of gas-turbine engines. The spatial and temporal resolutions utilized in the present computations correspond to a coarse direct numerical simulation, wherein the majority of turbulence scales, including the inertial subrange, are adequately resolved. The accuracy of the simulation results is demonstrated through favorable comparisons to experimental data corresponding to the same flow conditions. The results of the simulation show linear Tollmien-Schlichting (T-S) instability growth downstream of the point of separation, leading to the roll up of spanwise vorticity into discrete vortical structures, characteristic of Kelvin-Helmholtz (K-H) instability growth. The extent of cross-stream momentum exchange associated with packets of amplified T-S waves is examined, along with details of the time-periodic breakdown into turbulence occurring upon the development of the K-H instability. Reynolds-averaged properties of the separation bubble are presented and provide evidence of the strong three-dimensional nature of the reattachment process.\nTopics: Bubbles, Separation (Technology), Simulation, Turbulence, Flow (Dynamics), Shear (Mechanics), Momentum, Pressure\nJ. Fluids Eng. March 2006, 128(2): 232\u2013238.\nIn this paper, large-eddy simulation of the transition process in a separation bubble is compared to experimental results. The measurements and simulations are conducted under low freestream turbulence conditions over a flat plate with a streamwise pressure distribution typical of those encountered on the suction side of turbine airfoils. The computational grid is refined to the extent that the simulation qualifies as a \"coarse\" direct numerical simulation. The simulations are shown to accurately capture the transition process in the separated shear layer. The results of these simulations are used to gain further insight into the breakdown mechanisms in transitioning separation bubbles.\nTopics: Bubbles, Flow (Dynamics), Large eddy simulation, Separation (Technology), Turbulence, Shear (Mechanics), Simulation, Boundary layers\nTopics: Bubbles, Pressure, Separation (Technology), Surface roughness, Boundary layers, Geometry, Flow (Dynamics)\nModeling Transition in Separated and Attached Boundary Layers\nArticle Type: Article\nPublished Online: March 1, 2004\nThis paper presents a mathematical model for predicting the rate of turbulent spot production. In this model, attached- and separated-flow transition are treated in a unified manner, and the boundary layer shape factor is identified as the parameter with which the spot production rate correlates. The model is supplemented by several correlations to allow for its practical use in the prediction of the length of the transition zone. Second, the paper presents a model for the prediction of the location of transition inception in separation bubbles. The model improves on the accuracy of existing alternatives, and is the first to account for the effects of surface roughness.\nTopics: Boundary layers, Flow (Dynamics), Surface roughness, Turbulence, Bubbles, Separation (Technology), Modeling","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"10 pictures which capture Cambridge's quirky character\nCan you spot yourself in our gallery of Cambridge's quirkiest moments?\nAbigail Rabbett\nCredit where credit is due, this does not look easy. (Image: Chris Porsz)\nA keen photographer from Peterborough has captured some of Cambridge's quirkiest moments and characters on camera.\nParamedic Chris Porsz has shared some of his favourites with us, which have been featured in his new book, Streets Of Britain.\nThe 65-year-old has dedicated hundreds of hours to his project which features more than 350 pictures from cities around the UK, such as Belfast, Birmingham, Cambridge and London.\nThe photos offer a unique snapshot of life in Cambridge today, with pictures of people surfing down the Cam, singing from inside dustbins, cycling and exploring the city.\nChris said his work as a paramedic at Peterborough City Hospital helped with his street photography as he was able to \"reassure complete strangers\" and \"react instinctively to the unexpected.\"\nHe caught the photography bug after buying a camera when his first child Simon was born in 1978.\nThe fascination began when he started taking pictures of his hometown, but it soon developed into a passion for snapping the weird and wonderful goings on of every day life.\n\"I have walked many miles over the years, unsure exactly what I am looking for but I just know when I see it and then 'snap!,\" he said.\n\"It's usually something surreal, bizarre, someone a bit eccentric who stands out from the madding crowd or everyday people caught up in some humorous interaction.\n\"I like bringing a smile to people's faces.\"\nScroll down for some of the brilliant moments Chris has caught while exploring Cambridge.\nAnyone who wishes to buy a copy of Streets of Britain can purchase one on chrisporsz.com.\nRock on chaps!\n(Image: Chris Porsz)1 of 10\nWho remembers this classic Cambridge moment?\nNot sure what this groovy dude is doing - but he's looking dapper doing it.\nThis bride-to-be certainly knows how to have a good time!\nOne for the photo album!\nErmm... twins?\nCredit where credit is due, this does not look easy.\nIt's not real ladies - it won't bite!\nChris and Warwick Davis!\nTours galore!\n(Image: Chris Porsz)10 of 10","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Music festivals need more focus on safety, less on security\nLiam McFadden | Staff Illustrator\nBy Julia Aldrich | Columnist\nWhen I walked through the security gates at Electric Zoo \u2014 a dance music festival that takes place every Labor Day weekend in New York City \u2014 in 2015, there was a noticeable nervous vibe in the air.\nPolice walked dogs up and down the aisles of festival-goers waiting to enter the grounds, as security thoroughly patted down anxious entrants. These increased measures came after the deaths of two at the festival, reportedly due to MDMA overdoses, in 2013. These tragedies were only one example of an increasing trend: Mingled with the eclectic bands and vibrant fashion trends, abusing drugs has become a staple of festival culture.\nThe popularity of drugs \u2014 most of which are illegal and synthetic \u2014 combined with festivals' generally poor safety precautions, has led to dangerous instances across the country. Following the incidents at Electric Zoo in 2015, two and three college-aged kids died at Hard Summer in southern California in the summers of 2015 and 2016, respectively.\nApproximately 32 million people will attend music festivals in the U.S. this year, according to Billboard\u2014 a 2016 report from Aloompa showed that 51 percent of Americans attended a music festival in 2015, up nearly 10 percent from 2014. As the number of music festival-goers increases, drug-related deaths at these festivals have likewise been increasing in recent years. While the large bulk of deaths are due to trampling, structural collapses or motor-vehicle accidents, a 2014 Canadian study found that 13 percent of all deaths at music festivals were related to drug and alcohol use between the years 1999 and 2014. Meaning that of the deaths not involving physical trauma, drugs and alcohol were by far the most prevalent causes. Additionally, the authors of the study noted that this number doesn't include unreported deaths, a figure that could be much higher. Add that to the number of people who are harmed by drugs, but not fatally: there are still numerous hospitalizations for sickness, injuries and arrests at festivals.\nIf we noticed an uptick in people dying or being injured from stage malfunctions \u2014 microphones short circuiting, platforms collapsing, roofs falling in \u2014 we'd be coming up with solutions immediately. We should do the same for increasing drug abuse at festivals. First, we need to acknowledge that young people attending concerts aren't going to stop experimenting with drugs, regardless of how many of their peers die from it or how aggressive security may be. The \"just say no\" to drugs approach isn't a relevant one here. Because many of the drugs most frequently taken at these events are illegal \u2014 MDMA, LSD and cocaine \u2014 people are less likely to report their usage, making it more difficult to determine how many attendees are consuming them.\nDrugAbuse.com \u2014 a website dedicated to providing information and resources about drug addiction and recovery \u2014 conducted an Instagram-based study in 2015 that measured how often people hashtagged or mentioned certain types of drugs in the captions of photos taken at music festivals. The results showed that alcohol was the most commonly mentioned drug with MDMA\/ecstasy a close second. Although this study does not decipher whether those who mention the drugs are in fact taking them or just talking about them, the correlation is still clear.\nAlthough deaths from MDMA or other drugs are often reported as overdoses, this isn't always the exact case. DanceSafe \u2014 a nonprofit organization dedicated to educating people on how to safely take drugs \u2014 argues that most reported MDMA overdoses aren't even technically \"overdoses\" but rather deaths and injuries due to heatstroke and other complications from these drugs.\nMusic festival organizers know that their target ticket-buyers aren't going to give up drugs. And they know which kinds of drugs are most likely to be abused. So instead of ignoring the issue as an unfortunate side effect of \"festival culture,\" we should be doing something to make safety a bigger priority.\nOffering better access to water and medical help in addition to implementing drug-testing stations are steps that should be taken to immediately to help prevent possible deaths this upcoming festival season.\nAt an Avicii concert in Boston in June 2014, the temperature reached almost 90 degrees, and 36 concert attendees were rushed to the hospital, reportedly for dehydration, which is a side effect of both MDMA and alcohol.\nIn order to combat the negative effects of these illegal drugs, it is imperative that music festivals provide the resources for their ticket holders to be properly cooled and hydrated. Many festivals, such as EDC Vegas and Bonnaroo, provide water refill stations, but large crowds pile up into long lines at the fountains. And the cost of purchasing a bottle of water from a vendor with a shorter line can be high \u2014 with the average being $4, according to EDM.com \u2014 making people less inclined to buy them.\nFestivals should make sure the cost of water bottles is affordable or that there are enough water refill stations to provide for the crowds.\nDehydration and hyperthermia aren't the only risk factors that accompany drug use, so it will take more than just a few extra water stations to fix the issue. Because so many drugs consumed at these festivals are illegal, a buyer doesn't always know what might be in them or if that ecstasy is really ecstasy.\nDrug testing stations where attendees can check the contents of their pills with anonymity and no repercussions can help combat the danger of attendees accidentally consuming unknown drugs. In the United Kingdom, a nonprofit organization called The Loop makes its rounds to various music festivals with the purpose of testing drugs and providing drug safety information.\nIn the U.K., the group is allowed to test a sample of the drug, and since it's often destroyed during the process, there's nothing to be returned to whoever submitted it. In the U.S., groups who try to do similar work give out self-testing kits instead. Right now the process is not, strictly speaking, legal. So those in charge of the stations, usually nonprofit organizations, either have to convince the police at the festivals to look the other way or risk fines and confiscations.\nBy instituting greater safety measures, such as better access to water, and by allowing legal drug testing stations or self-testing kits in the U.S., we can make safety part of the vibe at music festivals.\nFestivals have never been \u2014 and probably never will be \u2014 drug-free. But we can do more to make sure they're death-free.\nJulia primarily writes about politics and social issues for The Pitt News.\nWrite to Julia at jla85@pitt.edu.\nTags: drugs, music, music festivals, youth culture","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"HomeTaurian Invasion 41: Tsunami\nOctober 15, 2015 October 7, 2015 scintor Allen, Hard Sci-Fi, Invasion, Main Story, Mecha, Original Fiction, Original Novel, Original Work, PG-13, Powered Armor, Science Fiction, Sniper, Sylvia, Taurian, Web Novel\nPart Four:\nI awoke that morning with Sylvia at my side once more. She had rarely left my side for more than a few minutes and I had to admit, it was pretty nice. I was beginning to dream about what the future might hold for us while watching her sleep, when she stirred. \"Good morning, dear one. How do you feel?\"\n\"A bit stiff. I think I slept wrong because my neck is sore. Could you rub it for a moment?\"\n\"I'd be happy to if you'll let me sit up.\" I proceeded to massage her neck in an inexpert fashion. \"What do we have on the agenda for today?\"\n\"How about we get breakfast and coffee and then you ask me again? I think that's all the massaging that my neck can stand. Can I have a kiss?\"\n\"Of course, fair lady.\" She got up and got dressed quickly after that.\nI was moving slowly this morning, and she caught me at it. \"Are you feeling OK?\"\nI patted my side gingerly, \"My ribs are just sore this morning. I was able to sleep most of the night, but there is still a price to pay.\"\nShe gave me one of her 'don't mess with me glares,' \"I'll trust you to tell me if you so much as cough hard while I'm in the shower.\"\n\"Yes dear. So, what do you want for breakfast?\"\n\"Just eggs and toast, and you'd better make some for yourself this time. No more sneaking cereal when I'm not looking.\"\n\"Guilty as charged.\" I put on a hang-dog expression and looked at my feet until she laughed.\nI hobbled for the galley to make us breakfast, and was just finishing up when she came in. \"You're just in time. I'll be done in a minute.\" She busied herself making coffee while I set up everything on the counter. \"Since there is no one else here, does this count as private?\"\nShe smiled coyly, \"Yes.\"\n\"Then, can I have a kiss?\"\n\"I thought you'd never ask.\"\nWhen we parted I looked thoughtful, \"I generally don't like coffee flavored things, but I think I could learn to like coffee kisses from you.\"\nShe whacked me gently on the shoulder, \"You are terrible,\" and leaned in for another kiss\u2026when her phone rang. \"Hello\u2026OK he'll be right there. They need you in the command center. You go ahead while I gather up breakfast.\"\nI hobbled there as fast as I could.\n\"What's the situation, Eddie?\"\n\"General Dupree has ordered an alert. They have bio-soldiers on the Goto islands near Nagasaki.\"\n\"Contact all units and tell them to get ready. I have a feeling that this is it. Let everyone else know to be on alert.\"\n\"Sir, I have a report coming in from Yakushima Island. Bio-soldiers are coming out of the sea on the southern part of the island. What should they do?\"\n\"Eddie, tell them not to panic. Just stay out of their way and don't pick up anything until the bio-soldiers have cleared the area. They're probably just passing through.\"\n\"Got it boss.\"\nI smelled breakfast approaching, \"Is it starting?\"\nI grabbed a piece of toast, \"It's too early to say for sure, but I think so.\" I crammed down the toast as fast as I could. I started to call on Eddie, but he was obviously very busy, \"Dear, could you call up Sniper while I scarf some food?\"\n\"Sure, but if you choke, it's you own fault.\"\nSoon Sniper's face was on a small monitor, \"I was just about to head to the morning meeting. What's up boss?\"\n\"The Taurians are on their way. They are crossing over some of the outer islands as we speak. I need you to take the Giant Killers down to the southernmost peninsula east of Kagoshima Bay and be ready to blow away the first group of them.\"\n\"How long until the blinking things arrive?\"\n\"The ones that have been spotted are still a good fifty miles from your defensive position. You should still have several hours, but I have no guarantees this morning.\"\n\"Alright Allen, we'll be there ASAP. We'll send those monkey farting things back to whatever hell they came from.\"\nI gave him a salute, \"Good luck and good hunting.\"\nI had a few good feeds coming in from Yakushima, and they showed a new mob of around one thousand bio-soldiers arriving every ten minutes and they just kept coming. We established open channels with the HQ of the 2nd Infantry, and with those of General Dupree, and General Abe. Tight coordination was our key to victory, if we could pull it off at all.\nI watched with a bit of envy as the troops moved out. Flatbed trucks were moving in and out constantly to take fresh troops out and bring tired troops in. It was one of the limitations of working with hybrid battlesuits. Regular battlesuits just needed to be recharged, which is easy enough to do in the field, but hybrid battlesuits need to be, recharged, fed, rested and put through dialysis. This takes a minimum of two hours, and we did not have as many care stations as we had suits coming in, which added to the time.\nOnly as our units were going to face the enemy did it occur to me that simply staggering the times I sent groups out would have solved this problem. I would have to put that into effect during combat, which is definitely not the best time.\nI called up the 7th Air Force HQ, \"Major Brenton here. What can I do for you Colonel?\"\n\"I just need to know when your boys can be in the air.\"\n\"I have a full strike wing ready to take off as soon as we have a target.\"\n\"Then I have a target for you. Yakushima is directly south of here and apparently directly in their line of march.\"\n\"Isn't that on the restricted list? A world Heritage Site if I recall correctly.\"\n\"The forests in the center of the island are restricted, but the beaches are not. If you hit them going in and out of the water, that I think you can do some significant damage without ruffling too many feathers.\"\n\"I'll brief my pilots and they will be over the target in 20-30 minutes.\" He gave me a crisp salute and signed off.\nSylvia was looking dubious, \"I thought you needed permission from General Abe to change the restrictions like that.\"\nI winked at her, \"What they don't know won't hurt them. I cover things with the General later.\"\n\"I think you're pushing it.\"\nI sighed\u2026and coughed. \"Ow. Yes, your right, but this is not the time to worry about these things. If it saves even one life, it will be worth any amount of hassle later.\"\n\"You're probably right, but I still don't like it.\"\nI thought about it and tried not to sigh again, \"You're right, of course. Get Larry and we'll prepare a press release to let everyone know that we made this decision and why. No sense starting a PR nightmare when we can head it off.\" With Larry, Emmy and eventually Harry's help we crafted a statement about striking the Taurians on Yakushima that, in the end, kept it from being a real issue. By the time we got that to General Abe's HQ, the strikes were already on their way. I know for sure that they had already made several bombing and strafing runs before I got permission to launch them. That's not how the official reports read, but that's politics.\nQuite a number of us were watching the feed from the Rumblers as they started their runs. Their napalm a bombs cut a swath through the enemy and we all cheered. Now Rumblers carry an insane amount of munitions, but watching the footage showed me clearly that this was not the answer to all our problems. Each strike could get twenty or so of them, but the sheer numbers of the bio-soldiers made them unstoppable. It was a great way of thinning their ranks though.\nSniper called in after a bit, \"Hey boss, we're in place.\"\n\"Has your fire support team rendezvoused with you yet?\"\n\"No, but they're on their way. Any ETA on the ugly butters yet?\"\n\"You'll know how long it'll take them before I do.\n\"Seems a shame to tear up the scenery just to put up defensive works.\"\n\"I know, but what else can we do? Just keep your eyes open and don't let them get the drop on you, OK?\"\n\"You got it boss, Sniper out.\"\nThe minutes dragged by as we waited for word on when the main force would arrive on Kyushu. Times like this are when the waiting is at its worst. You know they're coming, but you just don't know when, and aren't exactly sure where.\nAfter nearly two hours of waiting, I heard Sniper's voice over the command channel. \"Everyone look sharp and follow me. We have Centaurs on the rocks about two clicks from here.\" I changed my monitor to get the feed from his suit, \"Holy crab-apples. Eric, do you read me?\"\n\"Yes, I've been listening.\"\n\"As soon as they get off the rocks, they are taking off in a straight line at a dead run. They are not forming up or anything like that. Several have already gotten past my boys before we can get into range, and are heading your way.\"\n\"My boys will clean up for you. Eric out.\"\n\"Fire support three, are you listening?\"\n\"We are already in route to your location.\"\n\"I've designated point Tango on road 564 which should give us some good ambush possibilities. Let me know when you're in position. Alright, my people. Let's hit them hard and fast from the side and they'll never see us coming.\"\nEight Centaurs were clambering up the rocks using all six limbs, and looking like giant bugs more than anything else when the Giant Killers let off a volley that blasted them back into the sea. Within ten seconds, they were replaced by another twenty who were flung back in turn. But for every one they killed, it seemed like two more came out of the sea.\n\"Sniper, this is Allen. Would you mind some advice?\"\n\"I'd sure as shakes welcome it boss.\"\n\"Have Joey's squad start digging defensive works and have Leon's check the local houses for civilians.\"\n\"I thought that this area was under mandatory evacuation.\"\n\"That doesn't mean everyone listened. Those Taurs are going to gain the road soon and you need to be able to fire without hesitation.\"\n\"You guys heard the boss. Get to it.\"\nI had to shift my attention elsewhere for a time as new reports of bio-soldiers were coming in from at least three other locations in southern Kyushu. Similar reports were coming from the northern and western coasts at the same time, but there were other forces poised to deal with them. The Taurians seemed to be arranged into loose columns that were all pointed toward the heart of the island. I instructed my forces to meet these thrusts where they were the most vulnerable; As they emerged from the sea.\nIt was immediately evident that they would need fire support if they were not to be overrun and destroyed. Fifty battlesuits against one thousand bio-soldiers just was not winnable. Each enemy line of march was assigned 3 companies of battlesuits, a company of tanks, and a company of attack helicopters. They could also call on support from naval batteries and artillery fire-bases when they were pressed too closely. Between each of these column forces were clean up companies of unarmored infantry whose job was to watch for additional alien forces and take out any strays that wandered into their areas.\nI checked in with the Giant killers as soon as I had gotten all that in motion to see how effective these changes had been on the ground. \"Sniper , this is Allen. How are you guys holding up?\"\n\"Well, things were going blasted fine until we ran out of ammo. We're riding back right now to reload. I hope the other two groups can hold the line until we get our ashes back into the fight.\"\n\"Crud! Let me work on setting up closer resupply points. Anything else being a problem?\"\n\"Other than the enemy bodies are piling up like crazy, none that come to mind.\"\nI signed off with him and called Jeff Nelson over. Jeff is my head of logistics and was responsible for an awful lot of what was going right at the moment. \"Jeff, I need you to do something stupid for me.\"\n\"OK, that makes me nervous.\"\n\"I need to set up mobile supply points just behind the tank companies where the battlesuits can go and get rearmed. I was thinking we could load all the ammo on a truck and send it out.\"\n\"That would be stupid. You need to send out the ammo in pick-up trucks and Humvees that can be loaded and unloaded easier and in smaller loads for better mobility.\"\n\"Take care of it ASAP.\" I switched channels, \"Sniper, how close is your unit to the base?\"\n\"It should be coming into view in a minute here.\"\n\"Good. I need you to release the Knight pilots for support work.\"\n\"OK, what do you need them for?\"\n\"I need them to put out fires until I can get the mobile supply points set up. Let me run an idea past you. How about taking a squad and having them shuttle ammo and supplies to the rest. You could use what reserve pilots you have or rotate squads or something like that. Does that sound workable?\"\n\"Sounds good. We've just never had to face this many enemies without a dog break before.\"\n\"I know. There's no way that we're going to be able to pin them on the coast for much longer without getting overrun.\"\n\"So have you come up with something barking brilliant?\"\n\"I'm working out the details right now. I need to get the reports from the rest of the island next.\"\n\"Well let me know when you've got something, genius boy..\"\nHe signed off and I began to review how the battle was going. Most of the alien columns had pushed in from the coast, as far as three miles in one case. This was not what I wanted to see, but it was not unworkable. \"Encyclopedia, I need a map of Kyushu with the locations of all engagements with bio-soldiers.\" Each engagement was marked with a small red 'x' and as they filled in, a clear pattern emerged. There were eleven lines of march from the sea toward the center of the island. \"Anyone seen Phil?\"\n\"He's been in and out of the restroom all morning.\"\n\"I need him ASAP.\" I went back to working with the map and only looked up when I heard Phil approach. \"Phil! You look nearly as bad as I do and I should be in the hospital.\"\n\"I either ate something bad or had a bad reaction to something I ate.\"\n\"Look at this map with me \u2026\" I explained the symbols that I had added and asked what patterns he saw.\n\"I can see what they are doing, but I have no idea why.\" Phil swayed a bit and then Sylvia pulled an airsickness bag out of thin air just in time.\nAs soon as he stopped heaving, I said. \"Sylvia, please have the nurse escort him to the hospital and have Sir Jacobs go with them. As Phil was escorted out. I did some quick estimates and pulled up a real-time satellite map and found something after only a few minutes of searching. \"Major Abe, I need your assistance.\" She hurried over, \"I found the key to this battle, but I need you help explaining it to the general as quickly as possible.\" I brought up the map of Kyushu that Phil and I had modified. \"The bio-soldiers are coming out of the sea and moving in a straight line as quickly as possible, but they are not heading for any traditional military target. Instead, they are heading for this.\" I brought up another picture.\n\"What is that?\"\n\"This is a current satellite picture of a Taurian base right in the middle of Kyushu in the mountains of the Kumamoto province. Their objective is to get a large force of bio-soldiers here and use that force to start their conquests. Knowing their objective, the general must make a terrible choice and this what you must help him understand.\"\nThe major looked me in the eyes, \"You have my full attention.\"\n\"If we wipe out this base, the Taurians will most likely call of the attack and withdraw from Kyushu. We will have won the battle, but the Taurians will be able to replenish their army and be ready to strike again within a few weeks at most with the lessons that they have learned from this battle.\"\nA coughing fit took me before I could continue, \"That hurt. The alternative is to use the knowledge to help draw the bio-soldier army in and destroy it completely. It will take them a minimum of four to six months to rebuild their forces in the region. Can I count on you to make sure he understands this message?\"\n\"I swear that I will get him to understand if I have to write it on his forehead myself.\" She saluted and headed for her station. There was definitely the blood of warriors flowing in her veins.\n\"Eddie, I need to talk directly to General Dupree.\"\nA unit of battlesuits came around the hill at a full run and began jumping into a set of trenches beside the road. The last of the armored warriors made it out of the rain of chaff and into the trenches as their pursuers came into sight. A mob of Centaur bio-soldiers that easily outnumbered the battlesuits five to one was backed up by three Cyclops. The battlesuits were temporarily out of sight, but a squadron of eight Schwartzkoff main battle tanks and eight Stryker III armored combat vehicles were in plain sight a half mile down the road behind a row of rebar stakes. Without pausing, the bio-soldiers charged and began firing.\nThe Strykers fired short barreled wide mouthed mortar-cannons high into the air and the tanks fired a volley that burst when halfway to their targets. The rounds from the tanks released dozens of thin chains with weights on each end that spun like bolas toward the mob. Unlike bolas, these chains did not wrap around their victims, but sheared through then like giant flying razor blades. Then the napalm rounds from the Strykers hit the rear ranks of the bio soldiers and exploded into an inferno. The battlesuits popped up from their trenches and began mowing down the few survivors while the tanks put standard rounds into the Cyclops.\n\"Clear. Giant Killer One to Echo Squadron Leader. That took care of this stinking mob. Head to the next ambush point and we will bring you some more suckers.\"\nA venerable B-1 bomber cruised over a Kyushu beachhead at twenty-thousand feet. The bomb bay doors opened and a number of bundles of iron rods fell from the plane. The packets each separated into two dozen iron rods with thin steering fins. A small hover drone with a wide angle IR camera had a good view of the whole battlefield. It guided each rod towards a separate IR source until the tiny IR camera on the tip of each rod could see its target. On the ground, hundreds of bio-soldiers simply fell apart after being speared by the iron rods and sliced into sections by the steering fins. All without a single explosion.\nThree Dragon and twenty Wyvern bio-soldiers broke the oceans surface ten miles south of Kyushu and struggled to gain altitude. A navy AWACS picked them up and relayed the information to Battleship California. The battle wagon had four giant turrets each with four guns, but the two turrets amidships had yet to participate in any of the bombardments. These turrets swung south toward the intruders. There was a popping noise a a white swirl at the cannons nozzles, and the flying bio-soldiers jerked suddenly in the air a several large holes appeared in each of them nearly simultaneously. Only a single Wyvern didn't immediately plunge into the sea, but it was losing altitude from the four large holes that had appeared in its wings. Another pop and two more holes appeared and the Wyvern went to join its brethren.\nBarbara Sullivan looked over the cavern that had become her hospital. Patients appeared in irregular intervals, but the planning had paid off. She was checking on the progress of converting one of the motorhomes in to an ambulance flight for stable patients, when a trio of familiar faces walked in. Mike and Fredgar were carrying Rico in on a stretcher. She hurried over and asked the triage nurse accompanying them, \"What's the situation?\"\n\"He's in shock and has a traumatically separated right elbow.\"\nShe addressed Fredgar, \"Do you know what happened?\"\n\"A chain shot bounced off of something and hit his forearm. It completely shattered the armor joint and we had to cut the last few connections to get it off his arm. If it hadn't lost some of its momentum, it probably would have taken his arm off.\"\n\"You guys head back, I'll take care of him.\" She began by cutting the glove off of his hand. She suspected he might have a broken thumb, but she needed to make sure he didn't loose his arm before she dealt with that. \"Rico are you with me?\"\nWithout a trace of his usual accent he said, \"Yes, Doc. I'm meditating to keep the pain at bay.\"\nShe moved the scanner into position and scanned from the shoulder down. The dislocated shoulder, broken thumb and fractured metacarpals could wait, but the severed radial artery couldn't. She calmly yelled, \"I need a surgery kit and a blood recycler machine here.\"\nRico looked at her with eyes that were not quite focused, \"Am I going to lose my arm?\"\n\"With any luck you won't, but you're out of the fight for quite some time.\"\nAllen took the call from General Abe in the conference room so that they could have a private discussion. \"You have given me quite the difficult discussion, young man. Is there any more information you can give me?\"\n\"There should be about one hundred total waves of bio-soldiers for each invasion corridor. There should also be a string of undersea bases to head out to each of eleven staging areas which will be vulnerable once the final wave comes ashore.\"\n\"I see. If we were decide to destroy this army of Taurians, what would you say?\"\n\"I would suggest a deliberate and calculated fallback as the battle progresses in order to give the enemy the illusion of progress in order to minimise the chances of the enemy withdrawing their forces early.\"\n\"And if we were to decide to end this battle swiftly?\"\n\"Then I would suggest that naval resources trace back each of the invasion routes until the staging areas are found, then consider the use of nuclear depth charges to reduce the enemy force as much as possible.\"\n\"I see. What of the Taurian base on Kyushu?\"\n\"I would suggest that as soon as the final wave of bio-soldiers comes ashore, an overwhelming infantry force should assault the base as I expect there to be a sizable force of enemy soldiers waiting to take command of the bio-soldiers.\"\n\"You seem to think that we should draw in and destroy this army of bio-soldiers utterly. Why is that?\"\n\"I believe that it is the shortest path to victory in this war and that it will also lead to the least casualties and destruction in the long run.\"\n\"Thank you Colonel Spencer-san. You have given me the information I need to make this decision.\"\nSniper frowned at his suit display. \"Giant Killer One to control. Where is the bloody tactical data on the next wave of Taurs?\"\n\"There isn't any.\"\n\"How can there be no FLAPPING DATA?\"\n\"Because that was the last mob of bio-soldiers on this route. Return to base Giant Killers. Well done.\"\nSniper stood there for a moment and let the knowledge soak in. He fell back against a tree as his exhaustion caught up with him. \"About damn time.\"\n\u2190 Taurian Invasion 40: The Painful Waiting\nTaurian Invasion: Epilogue \u2192","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Atlas Copco Introduces New Line of Hydraulic Demolition Multi Grapple Attachments\nWEST SPRINGFIELD, Mass. \u2013 Atlas Copco Construction Tools LLC introduces its new line of hydraulic demolition multi grapple attachments. The new multi grapples feature large hydraulic cylinders that provide high closing forces and short cycle times, making the attachments ideal for sorting and loading rubble, as well as demolition of masonry and wooden structures.\nThe new multi grapple line includes the MG 1000, MG 800 and MG 500. At a service weight of 2,039 pounds, the MG 1000 delivers a maximum closing force of 4.7 tons. Suitable for carriers in the 12- to 20-ton weight class, the MG 1000 operates at a maximum pressure of 5,076 psi and requires hydraulic oil flow of 22 to 32 gallons per minute (gpm).\nAt 1,818 pounds, the MG 800 provides 3.8 tons of closing force. It fits carriers between 9 and 16 tons and accepts oil flow of 18 to 26 gpm at 5,076 psi. The 1,014-pound MG 500 offers 2.4 tons of closing force. It can be used on 5- to 9-ton carriers and requires oil flow of 10 to 13 gpm at 4,351 psi.\nA standard 360-degree hydraulic rotation unit on each multi grapple allows for accurate positioning of the attachment to accelerate work progress. The MG 1000 features two hydraulic cylinders to maximize the grapple's closing forces. The two smaller models have one cylinder.\nThe cylinders are guarded to protect against outside debris, and a built-in rotation protection system reduces wear and tear on the carrier. To protect against unnecessary strain on the grapple's mobile components, the cylinders on the MG 1000 and MG 800 are also equipped with hydraulic-end-position damping. This system slows down jaw opening speed shortly before the grapples reach their full-width end position.\nTo provide ample jaw capacity for various demolition applications, the grapple jaws of the MG 1000 open to a width of 77 inches and can handle a load capacity of 0.65 cubic yards. The MG 800 and MG 500 provide jaw opening widths of 67 and 59 inches and load capacities of 0.52 and 0.26 cubic yards, respectively.\nAll major components of the multi grapples are made of durable carbon steel. The grapple jaws have large bearing surfaces for reduced wear and higher productivity. Additionally, each jaw tip features an easily replaceable wear edge that can be flipped to provide a second wear surface.\nTo reduce the likelihood of demolition or wood materials jamming in the grapple jaws, the multi grapples feature an open lattice jaw design with elongated slots. The slots allow loose material such as sand and mortar residue to fall through, making it easier to sort materials. The slots also provide improved visibility for the operator.\nAtlas Copco is a world leading provider of industrial productivity solutions.The products and services range from compressed air and gas equipment, generators, construction and mining equipment, industrial tools and assembly systems, to related aftermarket and rental. In close cooperation with customers and business partners, and with more than 130 years of experience, Atlas Copco innovates for superior productivity. Headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, the Group's global reach spans more than 150 markets. In 2006, Atlas Copco had 25,900 employees and revenues of BSEK 51 (MEUR 5,600).\nLearn more at www.atlascopco.com.\nAtlas Copco Construction Tools is a division within Atlas Copco's Construction and Mining Technique business area. It develops, manufactures and markets hydraulic, pneumatic, and gasoline-powered breakers and drills, as well as pedestal boom systems worldwide under several brands. The division is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden and has production units in Europe, Africa and Asia.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"91-year-old columnist becomes first to cover every Super Bowl\n'As long as I can do it, I'm going to do it'\nMIAMI, Fla. (NEXSTAR) \u2014 For many people, attending the Super Bowl is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.\nFor veteran newspaper columnist Jerry Green, the Super Bowl has become an annual tradition.\nGreen, a retired columnist from Detroit, made history when he arrived in Miami this week. The 91-year-old is now the only newspaper writer to cover every Super Bowl. That's right, all 54 of them.\n\"It's totally different,\" Green said of how the big game has grown in popularity over the years. \"Super Bowl I was a curiosity. I mean, it didn't sell out. Ticket prices were 15 bucks.\"\nWith 50-plus Super Bowls under his belt, Green is a walking, talking Big Game encyclopedia. His first Super Bowl was about Hank Stram and Vince Lombard after the Green Bay Packers won Super Bowl I.\nRemember that famous picture from Super Bowl III when New York Jets legend Joe Namath held court with select media by the pool? He was there, too.\n\"He walked out in a bathing suit to the pool,\" Green recalled. \"A few minutes later, another writer came out and said Namath has agreed to speak to a few of us. I said, 'are you bleeping kidding me?'\"\nNowadays, at 91, Green doesn't venture far from his hotel. But he will still turn another column to add to his remarkable \u2014 and historic \u2014 archives. And he has no plans of stopping.\n\"I've always said that 'quit' is the worst four-letter word in the language,\" he said. \"As long as I can do it, I'm going to do it.\"\nAs for which game over the years he considered to be the best, Green \u2014 without hesitation \u2014 quickly pointed to the Super Bowl just a few years ago in 2017 between the New England Patriots and Atlanta Falcons.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"filed: September 25, 2010 \u2022 Oregon\nNest could nix wind plan; Wildlife Service asks for turbine-free nest area\nCredit: By RaeLynn Ricarte, The Dalles Chronicle, www.thedalleschronicle.com 24 September 2010 ~~\nThe U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service would like wind turbines in Wasco County to be sited no closer than six miles from a golden eagle nest.\nOn Monday, the Bend office of the federal agency submitted that recommendation in a letter to the Oregon Department of Energy. Under discussion is the Summit Ridge wind project proposed by LotusWorks of Vancouver, Wash. The company is seeking to site up to 87 wind turbines on private farm land one to four miles west of the Deschutes River Canyon.\nODE is responsible for reviewing wind turbine projects greater than 105 megawatts, while the county reviews those less than that number. Summit Ridge is expected to produce 200 megawatts of power.\n\"The service believes the project, including all turbines, transmission and roads, and associated facilities has the potential to result in injury and mortality of individual eagles and potential loss of nest sites over the life of the project,\" wrote Nancy Gilbert, USFWS field supervisor, in the Sept. 20 report.\nThe federal agency has also requested that:\nTurbine operation shut down during the days and nights of peak migration periods.\nTurbine blades be painted to increase visibility.\nFederal Aviation Administration-required lighting for aircraft safety be minimized to protect eagles.\n\"On face value, you'd never get the project financed with those requirements,\" said Steve Ostrowski, president of LotusWorks. \"We need to sit down with USFWS and see if we can find a course of action that will address both of our concerns.\"\nHe said the agency's recommendations have potential ramifications for all of the wind projects in the Mid-Columbia and beyond.\nIn her report, Gilbert stated that USFWS studies for Summit Ridge detected the presence of 12 golden eagles and four inactive large stick nests believed to have been used by the federally-protected species. She said the nests were located within 1,000 to 10,000 feet from where turbines would be placed.\nAccording to the agency, four bald eagles were also observed in the area where turbines would be located.\n\"In the absence of clear solutions to address golden eagle mortalities at wind energy projects, to enhance populations through conservation measures, or to off-set losses in other ways, our best efforts should be directed at avoidance of mortalities by siting wind turbines well away from the areas where resident and migrating eagles are known to concentrate their activities,\" wrote Gilbert.\nUSFWS recommends that LotusWorks prepare an Avian and Bat Protection Plan that addresses bald and golden eagles, other migratory bird species of concern, and bats.\n\"That plan is usually developed during construction so we need to understand exactly what they are requiring here,\" said Ostrowski.\nHe said changes in the market have already delayed the completion of the Summit Ridge project from Dec. 31, 2011 to the end of 2012. He said the company was in the final stages of negotiating the sale of power to California when government leaders changed the rules to require that wind energy be purchased from producers within the state.\n\"We're now looking for a buyer for the power,\" said Ostrowski.\nSummit Ridge would be the first wind power project in Wasco County and is expected to provide \"significantly more than $1 million\" in tax revenue per year. The exact amount of revenue that would be realized by the county is still under negotiation, said Ostrowski\nSource: By RaeLynn Ricarte, The Dalles Chronicle, www.thedalleschronicle.com 24 September 2010","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Championship party planning\nMichelle Muellenberg \/ News Staff Writer\nYour syllabus for Super Bowl Party 101: finger-lickin' grub, an ice-cold tub full of beverages, good friends and the biggest television you can lay your hands on.\nOh, and don't forget a win by the hometown team.\nWhether hosting a party, or hitting one of the local sports bars, the ingredients making up a good Super Bowl party are all the same.\n\"Somebody with a big screen TV, plenty of food and plenty of beverages,\" said Natick resident Derek Aube.\nFor many locals, Super Bowl Sunday has turned into another American holiday.\n\"The Super Bowl has really become a once a year event,\" said Tom Marshall, store manager at Framingham's Temple Street Stop and Shop. \"It has turned into its own holiday people go all out.\"\nAnd just like turkey, stuffing, sweet potatoes and cranberry sauce are synonymous with Thanksgiving, barbecue, buffalo wings, nachos and chili have become the choice food for the championship football game.\n\"It seems barbecue, beer and football is the ultimate Super Bowl party feast,\" said Steve Uliss, Ashland resident and owner of the Marlborough and Framingham Firefly's restaurants. \"It is another American holiday along with Thanksgiving.\"\nRestaurants and supermarkets across MetroWest are stocking up on the essentials to provide locals with the ultimate tailgate party.\nUliss anticipates Firefly's will make 200 take out orders for Sunday's big game featuring chicken wings, ribs, pulled pork and beef brisket.\n\"We already have 75 orders for Marlborough,\" he said. \"We will sell 500 pounds of Carolina pulled pork.\"\nAlthough many party hosts enjoy having their own homemade lasagna and pizza, several enjoy the added bonus of some barbecue.\n\"Barbecue seems to be the food of choice,\" Uliss said. \"It is a main staple for tailgate. This is the ultimate tailgate bash.\"\nAnd with the game in the Lone Star state, barbecue provides the perfect dish, Uliss said.\nOne of his most popular take out meal is the \"Playoff Party Pack.\"\nFor $89.99, the meat lover's meal includes three slabs of ribs, 2 pounds of pulled pork, two pounds of beef brisket, barbecue chicken as well as side dishes such as cornbread.\n\"It is enough to serve eight to 12 people,\" said Uliss.\nFirefly's employees have developed takeout into a science with the Patriots winning streak this season.\nAnd the takeout employees will more than double for Sunday's game.\n\"It is going to be insane,\" Uliss said.\nIn line with the location of the game, Holliston resident Susan Markow is bringing some Texas warmth to her Super Bowl party.\n\"We've always done the theme of the area they play in,\" Markow said.\nAlthough she didn't plan a Super Bowl party last year, the Patriots New Orleans trip to the Super Bowl featured jambalaya and the Southern's Hurricane drinks.\nThis year, Markow's menu includes more of a Tex-Mex variety including nachos, chiles, guacamole and margaritas.\nMarkow started planning her party just seconds after the Patriots beat the Indianapolis Colts on Jan. 18.\n\"My daughter and I were at home having a little party, the Patriots won and all of a sudden within six seconds after they won I got a call from one of my friends, Markow said. \"She said, 'I smell a Super Bowl party. I'll be there at 6.'\"\nSeveral other calls came in after that.\n\"The tradition continues,\" she said. \"The party has taken on a life of its own.\"\nMarkow plans on having around 40 friends and neighbors over and has even held a \"committee meeting\" the food for the party.\n\"We are going to have a great time,\" he said.\nEven though the game is in Houston, many locals are sticking with the Cajun delights of New Orleans.\n\"Hot and spicy is the way to go,\" said Kevin Fry, store manager of Sudbury Farms.\n\"The jambalaya and Bourbon Street sirloin tips are still pretty popular,\" he said.\nEmployees had a tailgate party of their own last weekend in the store's parking lot.\nThe event was to help people decide what foods would make their Super Bowl party a success, Fry said.\nFor many, a Super Bowl party is like serving a multi-course meal, said Vengerflutta Smith, marketing team leader for Framingham's Whole Foods Market.\n\"Each part has food -- pregame, kickoff, half time and the end of the game,\" she said. \"It goes from munching to more of a meal.\"\nLocals are buying anything from the traditional deli, vegetable and fruit platters, to marinating and grilling different types of meats.\n\"This year it is going to be all about the families in New England,\" Smith said. \"When it gets cold, we crave comfort foods. The classic favorites with New England being in the Super Bowl is there will clam chowder.\"\nFor people wanting the quick Super Bowl favorites, Marshall, Stop and Shop manager, said he will have a 20-foot refrigerated table with a variety of ready-made party platters.\nThe supermarket's bakery will also have decorated Patriots cakes for the after-game celebration.\nFramingham resident Michelle Fallon doesn't plan on having a set menu for her party Sunday, but said finger foods are a must.\n\"I don't require (partygoers) to stick to any theme. If it's yummy, bring it, we'll eat it,\" she said.\nAside from the food and beverages, any festive Super Bowl party must have the right decorations.\nMarlborough's Party Works had everything from No. 1 foam hands, to football toothpicks, to Patriots freezer mugs and balloons.\nWhile some people stick with the traditional Patriots paper goods, others go all out, said manager Gail Lyons.\n\"Many people go for shiny and sparkling,\" she said. \"More and more people are getting into the decorations. The more (the Patriots) win the more we sell.\"\nBy early this week, the store had already sold out of the official Super Bowl XXXVIII paper plates, napkins and cups.\nHowever, one of the most vital parts of any Super Bowl party is the people. \"No matter whether we win or lose, the importance is having friends with you,\" Markow said.\nAnd no matter who is having the party or what foods are served, make sure champagne is ready and chilled for a Patriots win.\n\"I've got a bottle of Dom Perignon ready for as soon as they win the Super Bowl,\" Uliss said.\n(Michelle Muellenberg can be reached at 508-490-7461 or mmuellen@cnc.com)\n\u00a9 2023 www.milforddailynews.com. All rights reserved.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Review: Hot Fuzz [2007]\nMovie reviews Nov 10, 2018\na review by the Swan(!).\n(curated by the Crow \u2014 a note is attached following our ratings.)\nOpening Thoughts\nYou're probably wondering where I got the name \"Swan(!)\" from.\nWell, it's not a memorable quote, but it's one I find one of the funniest to mention whenever I think of Hot Fuzz. The second instalment in the Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy (devised by Simon Pegg and writer\/director Edgar Wright), this movie still holds up to date eleven years on and never fails to put a smile on my face.\nSo, as requested by the Crow, the Swan(!) decided to spend his Saturday (surprisingly not hungover) to try and coherently write some ramblings on the movie. This review will contain some moderate spoilers, so you have been warned.\nHere Come The Fuzz\nWARNING: This section contains MODERATE spoilers.\nWe first focus on the main character, Constable Nicholas Angle Angel (Simon Pegg). He's a very good officer. So good that it makes his superiors and colleagues look bad. To get rid of him, Angel's superiors decide to promote him to Sergeant and whisk him away to a village called Sandford in Gloucestershire. Sandford is a village that is \"crime free\" and has been known to win many \"Village of the Year\" awards.\nWhen Angel arrives at Sandford, he feels somewhat out of place. Everyone is either committing petty offences, stupid or just extremely over-friendly. Naturally, Angel tries to take this in his stride, but can't seem to \"switch off\" whenever he seems something that isn't law-abiding. Whether its under-age children drinking in a pub, people pissing in public or stealing some biscuits from the local supermarket, Angel refuses to take that shit lightly.\nAngel is also frustrated with how his new colleagues approach their job. From his perspective, they are very lazy and complacent and whenever he tries to fulfil the requirements of his job, he is met with some disdain. Furthermore, Inspector Frank Butterman (Jim Broadbent) is more than welcoming towards Angel, but to Angel's frustration, he too is very relaxed towards the petty crimes occurring in Sandford.\nFortunately, Butterman's son Constable Danny Butterman (Nick Frost) attempts to get on Angel's level, but it's not so easy to start with. A fan of the \"buddy-cop\" action movies, Angel finds Danny to be a bit dim-witted and na\u00efve about what the job entails. To counteract this, Danny admires Angel for his exceptional skills and tries to get him to relax or in his own words \"switch off\". The story arc of how Danny and Angel become friends is interesting and relatable. It's a rocky friendship to start with, when Angel reluctantly decides to take Danny under his wing. Over the course of the movie, Angel can see that there's potential in Danny to become a good police officer and what they go through together strengthens their friendship all the way to the end of the film.\nBut I digress. It's not just the police force that gets on Angel's nerves. He also encounters various members of the NWA (Neighbourhood Watch Alliance). These interesting people consist of Simon Skinner (Timothy Dalton \u2014 my favourite Bond ever) who runs the local Safeway supermarket, Tom Weaver (Edward Woodward) who watches everything going in the village via CCTV, Joyce Cooper (Billie Whitelaw) who's an overfriendly hotel reception and Dr Robin Thatcher (Stuart Wilson). Other weirdos include journalist Tim Messenger (Adam Buxton) who tends to spell everything wrong in his newspapers and Lurch (Rory McCann; a.k.a. \"The Hound\" from Game of Thrones).\nAfter an amateur performance of Romeo and Juliet, the two lead actors are murdered by a Grim Reaper figure. Angel suspects that there's something suspicious going on, but his colleagues and superior write off the crime as an \"accident\". It doesn't get any better as more people are murdered such as Tim Messenger, land developer and village piss-head George Merchant (Ron Cook) and florist Leslie Tiller (Anne Reid). With Danny's help, Angel suspects that the murders are linked to a recent property deal and that Skinner must be the one \"who dun-it.\" But, with these sorts of movies (even though this is more of a comedy), things never seem to pan out the way we think. And as Angel finds out later, the motivations for the murders become a lot sillier, yet sadder at the same time.\nThere's nothing bad to say about this movie. It never fails to cheer me up and has some of the most quotable shit in history. Gems such as \"A GREAT BIG BUSHY BEARD!\", \"The Greater Good\" and \"Crusty Jugglers!\" It's also nice to confirm that this movie is part of a trilogy. We get call-backs from the previous film Shaun of The Dead where Pegg's character jumps over fences and that familiar jukebox sound appears somewhere in the movie. Even though the Cornetto references have the potential to get tiring, they're done subtly well in this movie and again just confirms that the movie is part of a trilogy.\nThere are some very good performances in the movie. Apart from the chemistry between Pegg and Frost, the actors playing the NWA members do a fine job. Broadbent's portrayal of Inspector Butterman makes me giggle from time to time and characters such as Joyce Cooper just tend to say some funny shit. Although, Dalton's character tends to get over-dramatic and hammy towards the end. In a lot of ways, it works and Timothy Dalton nails it.\nThe actors who make up the Sandford police force are pretty good too. I particularly like the detectives (Rafe Spall and Paddy Considine), as their casual, lackadaisical attitude towards what they do is relatable, yet funny at the same time. As for the action sequences, well it IS a comedy-action movie, but they're very entertaining and gives the movie the right balance of both genres.\nOverall, Hot Fuzz is an entertaining movie. In fact, it's the best movie out of the Cornetto Trilogy. Shaun of The Dead will always be a classic and The World's End is okay. But, this movie just does it for me. Whenever there's a movie with Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, I know I'm in for a bloody good ride!\nClick here to read more by the Swan (!)\nFinal Ratings\nTHE SWAN(!): 8\/10\nTHE CROW: 8.5\/10\nTHE AZURE-WINGED MAGPIE: 9.5\/10\nTHE BROWN-NECKED RAVEN: TBD\/10\nNote: Since this movie is loved across the board by every member of the team, I would like to announce that \u2014 in the very-near future\u2026\nHOT FUZZ will return\nto The Corvid Review\n\u2014 Crow out\nHere's the official poster:\nPosted in Movie reviewsTagged crusty jugglers DEPTH CHARGE edgar wright hot fuzz human statue jim broadbent narp nick frost rory mccann sandford simon pegg village of the year yarp\nPublished by the Swan(!) | The Corvid Review\nWorking man by day, aspiring (newbie) actor and screenwriter by night.\tView all posts by the Swan(!) | The Corvid Review\nReview: Overlord [2018] (Spoiler-free! kinda)\nReview: The Girl in the Spider's Web [2018] (Spoiler-free!)\n9 thoughts on \" Review: Hot Fuzz [2007] \"\nGreat review for a great movie. The first half was a bit long, but the second half was awesome, especially all the crazy action shootouts and fights.\nsnufflord91 says:\nYeah, it's a great movie from start to finish. Thanks for reading \ud83d\ude42\nAll the Corneto trilogy movies are brill. We need more films made by Pegg, Frost and Wright.\nThat would be the dream, right? The World's End finished on a disappointing note, I reckon. Still, that was a great movie too.\nPingback: Review\/Thoughts: Bandersnatch [2018]; Play Along With Us! \u2013 The Corvid Review\nPingback: Review: Star Trek: Discovery \u2014 S02E07: Light and Shadows [2019]; A Cagey Affair, Indeed \u2013 The Corvid Review\nPingback: Review: Star Trek [2009]; nu-Trek, A New Universe of Stories (With a New Bird)! \u2013 The Corvid Review\nPingback: Review: Ghostbusters [1984]; Busting makes This Swan Feel Good! \u2013 The Corvid Review\nPingback: Team Update: The Mystery Blogger Award! 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{"text":"Keepers' Diaries 2007 October Print This Page\nKeepers' Diaries, October 2007\nSelect your unit:\nNairobi Nursery Unit Ithumba Reintegration Unit Voi Reintegration Unit\nNairobi Nursery Unit\nIthumba Reintegration Unit\nVoi Reintegration Unit\nIt has been an eventful month at the Voi Reintegration Centre where Mweiga (the weak elephant) returns to the Night Stockades on a daily basis, being too fragile to be on her own during the hours of darkness. The compassion and caring nature of elephants is vividly illustrated in this month's Diary in that one member of Natumi's now wild unit of orphans is assigned \"Mweiga Sitting Duty\" so that Mweiga is NEVER without the company of another elephant. This month this important duty has been shared between two young bulls from Natumi's rehabilitated group, Burra and Morani. Burra was on duty at the beginning of the month until the 6th when Morani took over for a couple of days, leaving Burra to rejoin Natumi's group. However, he was back on the 8th to relieve Morani but Morani returned to this assignment on the 11th and did a long stretch that ended on the 30th when Burra returned to take over again! It is very interesting for us that it is Morani and Burra who have alternated for Mweiga-Sitting this month, because previously her closest friends had been Mweya and Sosian. Perhaps Natumi, as the Matriarch that took over in the wake of Emily, and who now in charge of those orphans not with Emily, is the one who assigns this duty!\nNatumi's group joins up with Mweiga, and whoever happens to be with her, on an almost daily basis, either out in the bush to browse alongside them, or else either at the mudbath or back at the Stockades in the evening. However, there have been a few days in the month when Mweiga and her escort have been on their own without the company of any of the others, and instead enjoyed the company of a wild herd who joined them at their noon mudbath on the 13th and 14th, and spent time feeding with them thereafter. Natumi's group was joined by a wild bull on the 9th who shared the mudbath with the orphans, including Mweiga and Burra who was her escort on that day and on the 16th some of her group peeled off to join Mweiga and Burra, namely Edie, Irima, Mpala and Mukwaju, leaving the rest browsing up Mazinga Hill. Similarly towards the end of the month it was Mweya and Edie who peeled off from the others and returned to their Stockade Home base where they played around for a time before leaving again.\nEmily has reappeared again several times this month along with the orphans under her Matriarch-ship, namely Aitong, Sweet Sally, Salama, Loisaba, Nyiro and Tsavo, but without Msinga who has obviously joined another group. However, having spent time with our orphans, this wild orphan knows where to come for help should she need it. Natumi's group, comprised of the rest of the orphans previously under Emily's Matriarchship, meet up with Emily's group on occasions often at the Stockades in the evening or out in the bush. When at the Stockades, both groups leave as one having seen Mweiga and her escort safely ensconced for the night. Likewise, 21 year old ex orphan Lissa and her three calves, plus Mpenzi, her Nannie (who lost her first calf to a pride of lions below the Voi Safari Lodge at the beginning of the year), have also visited the Stockades and spent time with the other orphans this month. They too sometimes arrive with either Emily's group or that of Natumi.\n20 year old Big Boy Uaso turned up at the Stockades on the 24th, welcomed with joyous enthusiasm as usual, something that always takes place whenever ex orphans meet up with one another, even after only a brief separation. He intercepted Mweiga and Morani on their way out to the bush on the 26th, and was extremely alarmed when he spotted the orphaned zebra mare (Serena) in amongst them, taking to his heels! Then, finding that the other two were un-perturbed and quite relaxed, sheepishly he returned to join them, keeping a close eye on the zebra who he viewed as an unlikely member of the group! Obviously Uaso, during his perambulations out in the bush, must encounter wild zebras on a daily basis, he obviously found it very unusual to find one walking with his two elephant friends!\nAnd for Serena the zebra, it has been a milestone month for her, and a joyous one for her Keepers, for on the 27th she fraternized with a wild herd of zebra for the first time and since then has been eager to make contact again, though a little shy. This will of course change as she fully matures. Up until now she and Rukinga the orphaned kudu have trailed Mweiga and her escort on a daily basis, not always welcomed by the other orphans, but Mweiga and her escort have become accustomed to their presence. It is only very recently that Serena has begun to pay attention to her wild kin.\nLikewise it has also been a milestone month for Rukinga the orphaned kudu who was raised alongside Serena, and who on the 7th joined a small group of wild kudus and having tried to mount one of the female sub-adults, eventually went off with them. He reappeared briefly in amongst the wild group on the 12th, and again at the end of the month, so we are proud that he is now happily living a wild life along with his wild peers who frequent the vicinity of the Stockades. Our Elephant Keepers can be proud for having saved his life and returned him where he rightly belongs. They have also been responsible for rearing several buffalo orphans who, once stabilized, have been handed into the care of neighbouring ranchers in order to be able to to run with their domestic cattle.\nThe Keepers acquired yet another baby buffalo orphan on the 22nd, but this time a very unusual one, for it had been \"adopted\" by a lioness below the Voi Safari Lodge, its buffalo mother having fallen victim to lions. Astonishingly, in a similar event as to that which took in Samburu National Reserve a few years back, when a lioness made international headlines by adopting a newborn oryx, this Voi lioness chose to do the same though with a newborn buffalo, mothering it, protecting it and even trying to carry it as she would her own cub when the Keepers arrived to rescue it. This dramatic incident was first witnessed by visiting tourists, who motivated by compassion for the bemused baby buffalo, called in our Keepers to rescue the calf. This they managed to do, but it had suffered head injuries when the lioness tried to carry it away. Obviously, the mothering instinct occasionally masks the innate killer instinct of female Big Cats whose normal role in Nature is that of natural selection \u2013 to dispatch the sick, the weak and the maimed ensuring that only good genes perpetuate a species. Were such incidents not able to be verified photographically through modern technology, no doubt Science would remain exceedingly skeptical about the authenticity of lay-folk spoken word. Unhappily, this particular buffalo calf later died, the trauma it had suffered and the head wound being more than it could withstand.\nOctober 2007 day to day\nBurra was the one that was detailed to \"Mweiga\" sit today. He and Mweiga left the Night Stockades early and soon met up with Natumi's group, welcomed with a joyous reunion. Emily's group was absent today. Later in the evening Mweya, Ilingwezi and Edie accompanied Mweiga and Burra to the Night Stockades, and left once the two had settled in.\nBurra & Mweiga","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Articles for \"TanDEM-X\"\nSpace | 12. December 2018 | posted by Manfred Gottwald\nTanDEM-X image of Hiawatha Glacier\nCredit: DLR\nTanDEM-X radar amplitude image of the region around Hiawatha Glacier. The apparent texture is due to the surface structure of the ice and its dynamics.\nGlaciers abound on Greenland's coastline; fed by the Greenland ice sheet, they flow towards the Arctic Ocean. In the northwest, Hiawatha Glacier is located at 78.8 degrees north, 67 degrees west. It emerges from a semi-circular lobe at the ice sheet margin and forms a narrow tongue with a length of 10 kilometres extending onto the ice-free Inglefield Land. Hiawatha Glacier's northern neighbour, the large Humboldt Glacier, is much more widely known. The front of the Humboldt Glacier is over 100 kilometres wide where it flows into the Nares Strait. The TanDEM-X image shows the region around Hiawatha Glacier.\nRecently, however, Hiawatha Glacier has received worldwide attention. Some years ago, radar measurements performed as part of NASA's Operation IceBridge, a campaign to monitor changes in the polar ice caps, revealed a circular depression in the ground underneath the ice where Hiawatha Glacier emerges from the ice sheet. Subsequent surveying by an international research team using a more advanced airborne radar system on board the Polar 6 aircraft operated by the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) yielded a more detailed view of that bowl-shaped feature. With a diameter of 31 kilometres and a depth of more than 300 metres, it resembles impact craters on Earth or the solid surface of other celestial bodies. read more\nSpace | 09. August 2013\nA diary of the TanDEM-X formation swapping\nBetween 6 and 9 August 2013, and after great preparation, the team of the TanDEM-X mission was excited and ready for the swap formation of the twin satellites TanDEM-X and TerraSAR-X. read more\nSpace | 30. July 2013 | posted by Ralph Kahle\nFormation swapping - Comic about the TanDEM-X mission\nAn exciting manoeuvre awaits us. In early August (6\u20138 August 2013), the two TanDEM-X mission satellites will be reversing their formation. Until now, the TanDEM-X satellite has been circling around its twin, TerraSAR-X, in an anti-clockwise direction; after the reversal, it will circle clockwise. read more\nWhere and how does ice move in the ocean?\nTanDEM-X has now begun routine operations, and is working with TerraSAR-X in bistatic mode and recording data for its global digital terrain model. In this post, I look back at an earlier phase of the mission, when this satellite pair orbited the Earth separated by a mere three seconds or 20 kilometres, and each sensor acquired images independently. read more\nTransport | 28. January 2011 | 3 Comments\nTraffic monitoring with the TerraSAR-X\/TanDEM-X satellite constellation\nTraffic monitoring from space, day and night, from more than 500 kilometres up above; is that possible? Indeed it is! In fact, it has been demonstrated several times in the past \u2013 once with the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM), and again with TerraSAR-X. The traffic processors used with SRTM and TerraSAR-X were and are still subject to considerable limitations. read more\nSpace | 19. October 2010 | 1 Comment\nBaptism of fire for the satellite formation\nLast Thursday, the two German radar satellites of the TanDEM-X formation finally reached their operational orbit configuration, with only a few hundred metres separating them. In this configuration, they act as a unique radar interferometer in space. The next day, on Friday evening, the instruments were switched on, after many careful checks, to acquire the world's first Digital Elevation Model (DEM) data using a free-flying bistatic Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite formation. That same night, the jointly acquired data were received and processed by our operational processing chain. read more\nSpace | 15. October 2010 | posted by Ralph Kahle | 4 Comments\nThe satellites have 'eye contact'\nThis is the moment we have been anticipating for a long time; TerraSAR-X and TanDEM-X finally have 'eye contact'. The final manoeuvre to adjust the close formation was performed on 13 October. Now, the two satellites are orbiting at a distance of less than 400 metres from one another. read more","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Home \/ Press Releases \/ ISM recipient of Rachel Corrie Award\nISM recipient of Rachel Corrie Award\nin Press Releases June 1, 2003\nThe Palestine Right to Return Coalition\/ Al Awda\nInternational Solidarity Movement is first recipient of PRRC\/Al-Awda Rachel Corrie Award (given at the annual meeting in Toronto, June 20-22, 2003)\nThe first Rachel Corrie Award given to the International Solidarity Movement\nAbout Rachel Corrie and the award in her honor\nRachel Corrie, a 23-year-old American college student, was the first non- Palestinian peace activist to be killed in the Occupied Territories by the Israeli Defense Forces. On March 16, 2003, Rachel was in the Al-Salam neighborhood of Rafah, in southern Gaza, where she had been for seven weeks as a volunteer with the International Solidarity Movement. In an effort to save the family home of a Palestinian pharmacist about to be razed, she interposed herself between the house and the Israeli military bulldozer. Photographs of the encounter, show her before the huge machine in a bright orange jacket, clearly visible. The massive machine rolled over her and then backed again. She thus shared the fate of some 2300 Palestinians (the vast majority of them civilians) who were murdered by Israeli troops or settlers since the onset of the Palestinian uprising for freedom (Intifada) in September, 2000.\nPRRC (http:\/\/Al-Awda.org, Al-Awda is Arabic for \"THE RETURN\") is a broad-based non-partisan global democratic association of thousands of grassroots activists and organizational representatives concerned for the Palestinian Refugees Right of Return. The purposes for which PRRC is formed are educational and charitable and relate to human rights of Palestinian Refugees. With active chapters and committees in over 20 countries and 30 states in the U.S., PRRC is the largest grass-root network for Palestinian rights.\nThe Palestine Right to Return Coalition instituted the Rachel Corrie award to honor non-Palestinian individuals or groups who demonstrated exceptional dedication to the cause of Palestinian rights especially the rights of refugees. It will be awarded yearly at our annual convention.\nThe 2003 Recipient of the Rachel Corrie Award\nThe Rachel Corrie Award for 2003 will be conferred upon the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) at the annual convention held in Toronto, June 20- 22. The ISM has organized Palestinian and international activists of all ages and faiths to use nonviolent direct action in protecting the human rights and lives of Palestinians in the Occupied Territories. Since its inception two years ago, hundreds of ISM volunteers like Rachel, acted as witnesses and shields. They have escorted thousands of Palestinian children to safety in streets rendered dangerous by Israel's heavy military presence, protected many critically needed wells, and prevented the demolitions of numerous homes. The ISM also draws attention to the daily violence committed by the Israeli occupation forces. By attempting to mitigate the effects of the occupation, often at considerable personal risk, they fulfill an essential task which, in different circumstances, would be undertaken by more formal international bodies.\nThe surest sign of the efficacy of their work has been the response of the Israeli government, which has in the last year detained and deported many ISM members, hectored and harassed them, and attempted to sharply restrict their movements. After the death of Rachel Corrie, two more members have been shot, one lies in an apparently irreversible coma, while the other suffered severe facial trauma. The Israeli government has denounced the ISM as \"interfering\" with army operations, which, in the deepest sense, is precisely true, entirely consistent with their aims, and wholly in the spirit of Rachel Corrie, whose memory we honor with this award.\nProtesters break through replica of Apartheid Wall in Bethlehem symbolic run\nISM Training in the UK","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Toasting the Tea Party With a Beer\nFebruary 28, 2014 By The Central Standard Times in Politics Tags: activists, amateurs, Boehner, comics, conservatism, fifth anniversary, Pelosi, professionals, santelli, tea baggers, tea party\tLeave a comment\nHere's wishing a happy fifth anniversary to the \"Tea Party,\" even if we're not quite convinced of the date.\nThis whole \"Tea Party\" phenomenon has never been defined to our satisfaction, much less given a precise time of birth, yet activists associated with the movement and their antagonists in the media both marked Thursday as an anniversary because it came five years to the day after CNBC reporter Rick Santelli delivered a stirring on-air rant against the \"stimulus package\" and the rest of budget-busting spending that was going on in the heady early days of the Obama administration and his Democrat-dominated Congress. So far as we can tell the \"Tea Party\" stands steadfast against debilitating public debt, even more steadfastly against attempts to eliminate it with higher taxes, and holds an instinctive suspicion of big government even when it is on solid fiscal footing, which is a perfectly sensible philosophy that pre-dates the invention of the on-air ran by several centuries and has been an essential component of America's politics since before the founding of the republic, but we suppose Thursday seemed as good a time any to take stock of the movement.\nThat such unfriendly media as The New York Times felt obliged to mark the more-or-less made-up anniversary with grudgingly respectful coverage indicates that the \"Tea Party\" packs a powerful political punch. The movement was responsible for the Republicans taking control of the House of Representatives in 2010 and holding it ever since, which has resulted in somewhat smaller deficits and thwarted further \"stimulus packages\" as well countless other attempts at Democratic mischief on issues ranging from gun control to immigration. Such modest accomplishments have not satisfied the \"Tea Party\" faithful, who are currently working to purge the party of House Speaker John Boehner and any other insufficiently rock-ribbed Republicans, but judging by much of the anniversary coverage they seem to have at least succeeded in forcing the party far enough to the right to infuriate the left. As moderate and weak as Boehner often is, and no matter how preferable a more conservative and confrontational leader might be, the \"Tea Party\" should take some solace in the certainty of how very much worse a Speaker Nancy Pelosi would have been. Boehner would have been worse without \"Tea Party\" pressure, too, and we happily predict it will continue to pull the party in a properly conservative direction.\nIt's an unusually good wind that blows no ill, however, and for all its positive effects on America's politics the \"Tea Party\" has caused occasional problems for conservatism. In the 2012 election the \"Tea Party\" was helpful in retaining the House majority and bolstering the totals of several Senate candidates, but also cost the party some winnable seats by choosing not-ready-for-prime-time candidates in Delaware and Connecticut and Nevada and Missouri and assorted House districts, and we suspect they were among the missing McCain voters who cost Mitt Romney a chance to defeat Barack Obama and thus make all things possible. The \"Tea Party\" infused the Republicans with a much needed spirit of amateurism in its very best sense of doing something for the love of it and not for financial gain, which of course is how a democracy is best achieved, but too often its newly-enthused candidates were simply amateurish in the worst sense of the word. The \"Tea Party's\" aversion to professionals is understandable, even laudable, but as it purges the ranks it would do well to remember that a certain amount of professionalism will be needed against such a formidable pro outfit as the Democrats. A characteristically high-minded notion of the \"Tea Party\" that it's better to lose to a radical leftist than vote for a less-than-pure conservative needs to be re-thought, too, as it is likely to result in a few more radical leftists surviving the upcoming mid-term elections that would have been otherwise necessary.\nAlso, the \"Tea Party\" is yet another one of those good ideas that have suffered bad marketing. That \"Tea Party\" moniker was always a bad choice, as the reference to the Revolutionary Era has little appeal to a younger generation that was taught the Howard Zinn version of history and only knows the Founding Fathers as a bunch of slave-holding 1-percenters in powdered wigs, and it also provided fodder for the late night comedians to make smutty \"tea bagger\" jokes and portray the movement as a bunch of crazy old white men in tri-corner hats. The brave defiance of the Boston Tea Party should remain an inspiration to any freedom-loving Americans, and the contemporary \"Tea Party\" isn't nearly so white as the environmental movement or feminism or most another liberal cause, even if whiteness were an inherent flaw in a political philosophy, and the late night comics can't possibly explain in their monologues why a $17 trillion dollar debt isn't a looming catastrophe, but that hasn't stopped the critics from making the term a pejorative to much of the population. Freedom is always a hard sell when the opposition is offering free stuff, and the \"Tea Party\" has often been clumsy in making the pitch.\nOn the whole, however, we think the \"Tea Party\" has had a salutary effect on America and is likely to do even more good between now and November's voting. The movement has stopped the Democrats from doing some very stupid things, pulled the Republicans kicking and screaming in the right direction, and perhaps even learned some of the lessons that their more weak-willed but wised-up intra-party opponents mastered long ago. We also hope those less steadfast sorts of Republicans have learned that the Tea Party's principles of fiscal sanity, limited government, and individual liberty must prevail before or after the looming disaster. If it doesn't, the alternative is unthinkable.\n\u00ab Meanwhile, Down South\nThe Second Time As Farce \u00bb","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"AfDB approves US$86.72m funding for Lesotho Highlands Water Project\nThe African Development Bank has approved a loan of US$86.72 million to co-finance the second phase of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project.\nBy Staff Writer on\nThe multi-phase project will provide water to the Gauteng region of South Africa and generate hydroelectricity for Lesotho. The project entails harnessing the waters of the Senqu\/Orange River in the Lesotho highlands by constructing a series of dams for the mutual benefit of the two countries.\nThe Trans-Caledon Tunnel Authority, a state-owned entity in South Africa charged with financing and implementing bulk raw water infrastructure projects, will use the funds to construct the Polihali Dam and reservoir, a 38 kilometer-long water transfer tunnel, roads and bridges, telecommunications infrastructure, and to extend electricity and other development infrastructure to Lesotho. The new construction will complement facilities built during the project's first phase. The Lesotho Highland Development Authority will implement the part of the project that falls within Lesotho's borders.\n\"The two governments' partnership on this project around the shared water resources from the Orange-Senqu River Basin serves the interests of their mutual development agenda and also deepens regional integration,\" said Dr. Beth Dunford, African Development Bank Vice President for Agriculture, Human and Social Development.\n\"The intervention will be the first major project to be financed by the Bank in the water sector in South Africa and it will complement the Bank's current support in the energy and transport sector, diversify the Bank's portfolio and consolidate the Bank's strong partnership with the country,\" she added.\nOnce completed, the project is expected to boost transfer capacity between Lesotho and South Africa to 1,260 million cubic meters\/year, up from the current 780 million cubic meters\/year, and enable additional generation of hydroelectric power in Lesotho. Expected project benefits include greater water security in South Africa's Gauteng region and a boost to Lesotho's socio-economic development due to infrastructure improvements and increased hydropower capacity.\nPolihali Dam Construction- Phase 2 of Lesotho Highlands Development Authority. The @AfDB_Group is funding this project watch @FullViewSABC\nOn #sabcnews Channel 404 at 19:30 CAT @ntateRaps pic.twitter.com\/nq0ZITB1AP\n\u2014 Sophie Mokoena (@Sophie_Mokoena) October 12, 2021\nThese developments are expected to positively impact 26 million people in South Africa and boost a region that accounts for 60% of the country's economic output. In Lesotho, the project will benefit more than 85,000 people in the project area, and generate more than 6,000 jobs over the next six years. Lesotho's economy will also receive a boost from the royalty payments it will receive for water transfers.\nThe project, with a total cost of $2.171 billion, is also receiving financing of US$213.68 million in loans from the Shanghai-based New Development Bank. The South African government will contribute US$1.871 billion as well as a loan guarantee. The first phase of the project was completed in 2003 and inaugurated in 2004.\nPhoto: Aerial View of Katse Dam, Lesotho Highlands Water Project (Lhda.org.ls)\nLesotho Highlands Development Authority Launches Tender for Senqu River Bridge\nLHDA advertises Tender for construction of Polihali Water Transfer Tunnel in Lesotho\nBreakthrough of Polihali Diversion Tunnels on Lesotho Highlands Water Project\nLesotho launches Polihali Dam Construction Tender","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Executive Keynotes Opening Ceremony\n08:45\t Welcome\nAjit Manocha, President and CEO, SEMI\nKurt Sievers, Executive Vice President and General Manager of the Automotive business, NXP & chairman of electronica board\nNew perspectives creating radical innovation\nLuc Van den hove, President and CEO, imec\nLuc Van den hove\nThe era of digital transformation brings endless opportunities for businesses and society: opportunities powered by the advances in nanoelectronics and digital technology, opportunities that require cross-linking of expertises. Radical innovation can only happen by approaching the challenges our society is facing from new perspectives, with an open mind that gets inspired from unexpected fields. Radical innovation can happen. Innovation that will transform our health, mobility, environment, \u2026 Innovation that will transform our data-driven society into a sustainable data-driven society for everyone.\nLuc Van den hove is President and CEO of imec since July 1, 2009. Before he was executive vice president and chief operating officer. He joined imec in 1984, starting his research career in the field of silicide and interconnect technologies. In 1988, he became manager of imec's micro-patterning group (lithography, dry etching); in 1996, department director of unit process step R&D; and in 1998, vice president of the silicon process and device technology division. In January 2007, he was appointed as imec's EVP & COO. Luc Van den hove received his PhD in electrical engineering from the KU Leuven, Belgium. He has authored or co-authored more than 200 publications and conference contributions.\nThomas M. M\u00fcller, Executive Vice President, Development Electrics\/Electronics, Audi AG","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Raffey Cassidy Fake Nude\nThroughout her career, starlet Raffey Cassidy has actually represented a number of different roles. She is best known for her roles in movies such as Creation (1995) and Celeste (1995 )\nThroughout her teenage years, Celeste Montgomery (Raffey Cassidy) makes it through a Columbine-style high school shooting. She goes on to become a famous teenager pop star. However despite her fame, Celeste experiences a long list of scandals and a troubled off-stage life. Her newest album, Vox Lux, has actually been released, and she is on her newest tour.\nCeleste's story is a sociocultural critique of the celeb culture. It's a two-part character research study centered around the singer's rise to fame. It likewise features a voiceover that interjects commentary on pop culture and political concerns.\nThe film is composed and directed by Brady Corbet, whose very first feature was The Childhood of a Leader. It also features a rating by Scott Walker. Walker's structures strengthen the movie's feel-bad aesthetic. He also adds Hitchcockian stress. By making familiar websites like the One World Trade Center, The New Yorker offices, and the Empire State Structure appear like antiques of a long-gone period, Walker helps destabilize the whole landscape.\nCeleste's character is a composite of the elements of a number of musical super stars. Her pop tunes are appealing hooks and anthems about self-empowerment and survival. Her music also draws interest from a record label. Yet, Celeste's musical skill is hindered by her mental illness and absence of ability to handle the ruthless show business. She's likewise prone to partying and getting high on drugs. She's also the mom of a teenage daughter.\nRaffey Cassidy is exceptional in her role of Celeste. She has a clear sense of character and vulnerability, and her performances vary from the naive and innocent to the negligent and self-destructive. Her character has numerous scandals, and she adopts a new Jersey dialect. Her character isn't redeemed by her flaws, however she is still intriguing. The film is a bit unequal, with many scenes and moments dragging out. Nevertheless, the movie's greatest strength is its arc.\nThe movie starts with a start that consists of an unsubtle reference to the Columbine High School shooting. The movie then shifts to a scene in which Celeste Montgomery is carrying out a song at a church service. The song is a hit, moving Celeste to fame. Nevertheless, Celeste has a psychological breakdown while carrying out. This results in a series of press interviews where she becomes increasingly unhinged. During among those interviews, she argues with her sister Ellie (Stacy Martin), who has actually been taking care of Celeste given that she was born. She likewise has sex with her supervisor (Jude Law).\nThe 2nd act opens with Celeste shooting a concert. It's an eerie series, and one that isn't totally believable. Celeste's press agent cancels most of the interviews. Throughout the last one, she ends up being significantly unsteady and unhinged. She likewise fights with physical rehabilitation.\nCeleste's story is largely informed in flashbacks. It's likewise a really stylized film. There's a variety of amusing components, like an one-night stand with a rough-hewn difficult rocker, and there are a lot of psychological concerns that the film attempts to address.\nHaving a title role in a Star Wars themed film is an enjoyable one, however stepping up to the plate and into the role of a CIA operative was a whole other ballgame. The most excellent element of this endeavor was the fact that they in fact paid you for the effort. As a matter of fact, the movie was so costly that they paid you handsomely, which of course is the point of any big spending plan film. The motion picture likewise boasted of being the longest running in history. While the movie is not for the faint of heart, its sleazy outlining n' pushing has actually given delight for many a star.\nAs a matter of fact, the film also produced a slew of cloned clone clone sequels and spinoffs. While a few are more tame than others, the great times are bound to be discovered in the confines of the Empire State Building.\nIn spite of being just 17 years of ages, English star Raffey Cassidy has currently made his mark on the film and television industry. He has actually played in various tv shows, short movies and a few feature length films. He has actually starred in the similarity Vox Lux, The Other Lamb and The Killing of a Spiritual Deer. His most recent feature length movie, The Killing of a Spiritual Deer, was directed by Yorgos Lanthimos. He will appear opposite Nicole Kidman, Colin Farrell and Brad Pitt in this fascinating tale of a lady who looks for revenge after a family member is killed. The movie has garnered many awards and distinctions, consisting of the most chosen film at the BAFTAs and the prominent Golden Globe.\nRaffey Cassidy began his acting career at the age of eight. He initially appeared in the television movie Spanish Flu: The Fallen Forgotten. He then starred in a short film, The Monster, as Mia. His movie qualifications continue to grow with a function in Mr. Selfridge, in addition to a supporting function in Allied, which was a remake of the traditional WWII film. He has actually likewise appeared in the television series 32 Brinkbun Street, in addition to the brief film The Magic Bullet. He likewise took part in a competition called the Grand Prize for the tiniest possible film, and went far for himself for his performance. He has likewise been acknowledged for his efforts on the stage, having actually performed in numerous shows. In fact, he has been named the youngest actor to ever be a part of the prestigious British Theatre Academy. He was likewise included in a Screen International magazine post titled \"The Next Big Thing,\" which called the star to watch. He has likewise been featured in a number of other publications, including the New york city Times, and was also called among the leading Brits to watch in 2019.\nRaffey Cassidy's other films consist of the sci-fi film Tomorrowland, directed by Brad Bird, and the feature length movie The Killing of a Sacred Deer, which is a YA unique inspired by true occasions that occurred during The second world war. Besides these roles, Cassidy has actually also appeared in the tv series Emmerdale and Stepping Up. He has also made his own video, The Beast, which was a homage to the television series.\nRegardless of being the latest kid on the block, Raffey Cassidy has already made it to the big time. He has appeared in a variety of noteworthy films, consisting of The Killing of a Spiritual Deer, The Other Lamb and The Magic Bullet. He has likewise been chosen for various awards, consisting of the Oscars' Finest Supporting Star and the Golden Globe's Best Supporting Actress. He has also been included in a prestigious list of the top British stars to see in 2019. He is reportedly working on a number of jobs, including the big screen adjustment of his own book.\nRaffey Cassidy Gallery\nAndie Macdowell Daughter","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Fitness - Nutrition\nUnhealthy Food Served in Children's Hospitals\nAuthor: University of California - Los Angeles Health Sciences\nSynopsis: Researchers assess food venues at 12 major childrens hospitals in California and found there room for improvement in offerings and practices.\nFood served in children's hospitals rated largely unhealthy - Researchers from UCLA and the RAND Corporation assessed 14 food venues at the state's 12 major children's hospitals and found there was a lot of room for improvement in their offerings and practices.\nNag Factor Convinces Parents to Buy Unhealthy Food\nToo Much TV, Video and Computer Making Teens Fatter\nAmericans Continue to Get Even Fatter\nFULL LIST of Related Childhood Obesity Publications\nChildhood Obesity - A condition where excess body fat negatively affects a child's health or wellbeing. As methods to determine body fat directly are difficult, the diagnosis of obesity is often based on BMI. Due to the rising prevalence of obesity in children and its many adverse health effects it is being recognized as a serious public health concern. The term overweight rather than obese is often used in children as it is less stigmatizing.\nGiven the obesity epidemic among the nation's young, one would hope that children's hospitals would serve as a role model for healthy eating. But hospitals in California fall short, with only 7 percent of entrees classified as \"healthy\" according to a new study published in Academic Pediatrics.\nResearchers from UCLA and the RAND Corporation assessed 14 food venues at the state's 12 major children's hospitals and found there was a lot of room for improvement in their offerings and practices.\n\"As health professionals, we understand the connection between healthy eating and good health, and our hospitals should be role models in this regard,\" said Dr. Lenard Lesser, primary investigator and a physician in the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program in the Department of Family Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. \"Unfortunately, the food in many hospitals is no better - and in some cases worse - than what you would find in a fast food restaurant.\"\nThe study authors developed a modified version of the Nutrition Environment Measures Scale for Restaurants (NEMS-R) as an assessment tool for rating the food offerings in hospital cafeterias. This measurement system takes into account pricing, availability of vegetables, nutrition labeling, combo promotions and healthy beverages.\nOverall the average score for the 14 hospital food venues was 19.1, out of a range of 0 (least healthy) to 37 (most healthy). Of the total 359 entrees the hospitals served, only 7 percent were classified as healthy according to the NEMS criteria. And while nearly all the hospitals offered healthy alternatives such as fruit, less than one third had nutrition information at the point of sale or signs to promote healthy eating.\nAmong the other key findings:\nAll 14 food venues offered low-fat or skim milk and diet soda\n81 percent offered high-calorie, high-sugar items such as cookies and ice cream near the cash register\n25 percent sold whole wheat bread\nHalf the hospitals did not provide any indication that they carried healthy entrees\n44 percent did not have low calorie salad dressings\nSince no one has previously documented the health of food in these hospitals, researchers provided hospital administrators with their scores to encourage improvement. Since the study was conducted in July 2010, some of the hospitals surveyed have taken steps to either improve their fare and\/or reduce unhealthy offerings. For example, some have eliminated fried food, lowered the price of salads, and increased the price of sugary beverages or eliminated them altogether from their cafeterias.\n\"The steps some hospitals are already taking to improve nutrition and reduce junk food are encouraging,\" Lesser said. \"We plan to make this nutritional quality measurement tool available to hospitals around the country to help them assess and improve their food offerings.\"\nResearchers said hospitals can improve the health of their food offerings by providing more fruits, vegetables, whole grains and smaller portions; shrink the amount of low-nutrient choices, and utilize low-cost options to promote healthy eating such as signage and keeping unhealthy impulse items away from the checkout stand.\n\"If we can't improve the food environment in our hospitals, how do we expect to improve the health of food in our community\" Lesser said. \"By serving as role models for healthy eating, we can make a small step toward helping children prevent the onset of dietary-related chronic diseases.\"\nHospitals the researchers surveyed were:\nChildren's Hospital Central California;\nChildren's Hospital Los Angeles;\nChildren's Hospital of Orange County;\nChildren's Hospital & Research Center at Oakland;\nLoma Linda University Children's Hospital;\nLucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford;\nMiller Children's Hospital;\nRady Children's Hospital - San Diego;\nMattel Children's Hospital UCLA;\nUniversity Children's Hospital at University of California, Irvine;\nUniversity of California, Davis Children's Hospital;\nUniversity of California, San Diego Children's Hospital;\nUniversity of California, San Francisco Children's Hospital;\nChildren's Center at Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento.\nThe Robert Wood Johnson Foundation funded this study. In addition to Lesser, researchers on this study were Dana E. Hunnes, Phedellee Reyes, Robert H. Brook and Lenore Arab of UCLA; and Gery W. Ryan and Deborah A. Cohen of the RAND Corporation.\nThe research findings presented here are those of the researcher and are not necessarily the views of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.\nThe UCLA Department of Family Medicine provides comprehensive primary care to entire families, from newborns to seniors. The department also provides low-risk obstetrical services and prenatal and in-patient care at Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center and Orthopedic Hospital and out-patient care at the Les Kelley Family Health Center in Santa Monica and the Mid-Valley Family Health Center, located in a Los Angeles County Health Center in Van Nuys, Calif. The department is also a leader in family medicine education, for both medical students and residents, and houses a significant research unit focusing on geriatric issues and health care disparities among immigrant families and minority communities in Los Angeles and California.\nThe Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars\u00ae program has fostered the development of physicians who are leading the transformation of health care in the United States through positions in academic medicine, public health and other leadership roles for three decades. Through this program, future leaders learn to conduct innovative research and to work with communities, organizations, practitioners and policy-makers on issues important to the health and well-being of all Americans. For more information, visit www.rwjcsp.unc.edu.\nThe RAND Corporation is a nonprofit institution that helps improve policy and decision-making through research and analysis.\nCite This Page (APA): University of California - Los Angeles Health Sciences. (2011, December 1). Unhealthy Food Served in Children's Hospitals. Disabled World. Retrieved January 21, 2022 from www.disabled-world.com\/fitness\/child-obesity\/hospital-food.php","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"The Tradition: The Name \"Excalibur\" was first used for King Arthur's sword by the French Romancers. It was not the famous \"Sword in the Stone\" (which broke in battle), but a second sword acquired by the King through the intercession of his druidic advisor, Myrddin (Merlin). Worried that Arthur would fall in battle, Merlin took the King to a magical lake where a mysterious hand thrust itself up from the water, holding aloft a magnificent sword. It was the Lady of the Lake offering Arthur a magic unbreakable blade, fashioned by an Avalonian elf smith, along with a scabbard which would protect him as long as he wore it.\nTowards the end of his reign, during the troubled times of Medrod's rebellion, Excalibur was stolen by Arthur's wicked half-sister, Morgan le Fay. Though it was recovered, the scabbard was lost forever. Thus Arthur was mortally wounded at the Battle of Camlann. The King then instructed Bedwyr (or Girflet) to return Excalibur to the lake from whence it came. However, when questioned about the circumstances of its return, Bedwyr claimed to have seen nothing unusual. Arthur therefore knew that Bedwyr had kept Excalibur for himself and sent him back to the Lake once more. Hurling the sword into the misty waters this time, Bedwyr saw the mystic hand appear to catch Excalibur and draw it beneath the rippling waters for the last time.\nThe Name: The earliest Arthurian stories give the name of King Arthur's sword as Caladfwlch, a Welsh word derived from Calad-Bolg meaning \"Hard Lightning\". Later it developed to become the Caliburn of Geoffrey and Monmouth and finally the Frenchified Excalibur that we know today.\nAncient Origins: Legendary figures throughout the World are associated with magical swords, often the symbol of their Kingship. It is interesting to note that Curtana, a 17th century successor of the original sword of Ogier the Dane, is still used at the British Coronation to this day. King Arthur's tale has particular similarities to the Norse Legend of Sigurd, but even closer parallels can be drawn with the Irish hero, C\u00fa Chulainn who also bore a sword named Caladbolg. Such swords were usually said to have been forged by an elfan smith. In Saxon mythology his name is Wayland, but to the Celts he was Gofannon. He is also to be identified with the Roman Vulcan and Greek Hephaestus who made magical weapons for the Muses to give to Perseus, and for Thetis to give to Achilles. The later surrender of the sword is well known as a universal symbol of defeat. Here it is emblematic of death itself.\nThe deposition of swords, weaponry and other valuables in sacred lakes and rivers was a popular practice amongst the Celtic peoples. Strabo records such rituals near Toulouse and notes that other sacred lakes existed throughout Europe. Gregory of Tours alludes to a three-day festival of deposition at Lake G\u00e9vaudan in the Cevennes. Some scholars believe that such rituals were part of Celtic funerary rites. Archaeolgical finds of exotic metalwork deposits at Llyn Fawr in Morgannwg include axes and sickles of around 600 bc. Further weaponry was discovered Llyn Cerrig Bach on Ynys Mon (Anglesey) dating from the 2nd century bc to the 1st century AD. Celtic Iron-Age deposits in rivers are too numerous to count. Especially well known are the superb Battersea Shield and Waterloo Helmet from the Thames. This major British River appears to have been particularly popular for swords like Arthur's.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Will the AG Let For-Profit Prime Takeover the Daughters of Charity Health System?\nLast week, Health Access joined hundreds of allies, community organizations, elected officials and labor to oppose the sale of 6 hospitals operated by the non-profit Daughters of Charity Health System to the for-profit Prime Healthcare, Inc. California law requires the Attorney General's (AG) review and consent for any sale or transfer of a health care facility owned or operated by a nonprofit corporation whose assets are held in public trust. The AG held public meetings at each hospital every day this week and has until early-February to either approve or deny the proposed sale. The AG may also approve the sale with additional conditions (for details see the AG's web page for nonprofit hospital transactions). These meetings have garnered a lot of attention from print, television, and radio media.\nHealth Access is opposed to this deal because Prime Healthcare's commitment to keeping the hospitals open and maintaining hospital services is conditional and limited. In addition, these hospitals have had nonprofit charitable status, and we have questions about whether the valuation of their assets is accurate, particularly in light of changes brought on by the Affordable Care Act. Health Access is also concerned about assertions about Prime and its troubling history. A copy of our opposition letter, which describes all the concerns raised by Health Access, is available here.\nNancy Gomez, our Southern California Program Director testified in opposition to the sale at Monday's meeting at St. Francis Hospital in Lynwood, CA. The meeting began with a 10-minute presentation from Dr. Prem Reddy, owner of Prime Healthcare, Inc. detailing the terms of the sale and the merits of his company. The leadership of the Daughters of Charity echoed his sentiments. After that, a steady stream of opposition and supporters took to the podium.\nHealth Access offered testimony summarizing our opposition to the sale to a four-member panel of the Attorney General's Office. The hearing started at 10:00 AM and continued past 5:30 PM. There were 250 individuals slated to offer testimony in addition to individuals who signed up to speak, and each was limited to a two minute time limit. Prior to the meeting, a rally and press conference was held. Over 400 people were in attendance at the rally.\nTam Ma, Health Access' new Policy Counsel, testified in opposition at the public meetings held at St. Vincent's Hospital in Los Angeles on Tuesday and O'Connor Hospital in San Jose on Wednesday. These meetings followed a similar format to Monday's meeting, with representatives from Prime and Daughters of Charity making statements before community members weighed-in. Tam was quoted in in the San Jose Mercury News.\nThe following are some of the many news stories that have been written about the AG's hearings and the proposed sale of these non-profit hospitals.\nhttp:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/california\/ci_27276300\/hundreds-face-off-san-jose-meeting-over-sale\nhttp:\/\/www.scpr.org\/news\/2015\/01\/05\/49080\/supporters-opponents-clash-over-proposed-sale-of-n\/\nhttp:\/\/abc7.com\/business\/health-care-workers-protest-sale-of-st-francis-medical-center\/462919\/\nPosted in Hospitals, Uncategorized\nPrevious: Full #CABudget Analysis and Update\nNext: Health Access Priorities for California's Waiver Renewal","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Bangladesh politician sentenced to death\nFormer minister for Jatiya Party becomes 15th person to be convicted of atrocities in series of war-crimes trials.\nJamaat supporters clashed with police after the group's leaders were sentenced to death last year [Reuters]\nBangladesh's war crimes court has sentenced a former government minister to death for rape and genocide during the 1971 independence struggle against Pakistan.\nSyed Mohammad Kaiser became the 15th person to be convicted of atrocities by the International Crimes Tribunal, which found him guilty of heading an armed group that rounded up and killed about 150 people in the nine-month conflict.\nThe 73-year-old Kaiser, who uses a wheelchair, did not react as the judge read out the verdict and said he would be \"hanged by the neck until his death\".\nLawyers for Kaiser, a former minister with the Jatiya Party which forms part of Bangladesh's ruling coalition, have rejected the charges and say they will appeal.\nThe government of Sheikh Hasina Wazed created the International Crimes Tribunal, a domestic court, in 2010.\nIt has mostly focused on the trials of the leaders of the largest Islamist party, Jamaat-e-Islami, although a former minister of the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party has also been sentenced to hang.\nProsecutors said Kaiser had raised a pro-Pakistani militia that carried out a series of murders, rapes and looting.\nJudge Obaidul Hassan said the prosecution proved \"beyond reasonable doubt\" that Kaiser had established the militia, which created a \"reign of terror\".\nMohammad Ali, the prosecutor, said Kaiser led his armed group and Pakistani forces to attack 22 villages in the Brahmanbaria area near the border with India on November 15, 1971.\n\"At least 108 unarmed Hindu civilians were killed. Scores of their houses were looted and set on fire,\" he said.\nKaiser joined the centre-right Jatiya Party in the 1980s and was elected to parliament.\nHe was made state minister for agriculture by Hussain Muhammad Ershad, a former military ruler.\nKaiser's conviction is unlikely to prompt the kind of protests that plunged the country into deadly unrest last year, after Jamaat's leaders were sentenced to death for their roles in the war.\nThousands of Islamists clashed with police in nationwide protests that left about 500 people dead.\nThe BNP and Jamaat have called the trials politically motivated, aimed at eliminating opposition leaders rather than rendering justice.\nRights groups have said the trials fall short of international standards and lack any foreign oversight.\nThe government maintains they are needed to heal the wounds of the war, which it says left three million people dead.\nIndependent researchers dispute the figure.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"She Turned Me Into a Newt!\n\u200b It's funny how life is--and Not because I was turned into a newt and got better. I'm getting ready to publish the 4th book in my Kate Warne Civil War Spy series, Iron Widow, when I get this offer to write a novel based on the life of Helen Duncan titled The Last Witch. Huh, you say? How's that funny? (I can hear you with my Mom Super Powers.) Well, it's like this\u2026.\nHelen Duncan was the last woman convicted for witchcraft in England, long, long ago in 1944. Wait a minute! That's not long, long ago. That's barely 'ago.' It's a pretty weird story. Apparently she knew about a couple of ship sinkings before the British public, and she said it was because of her powers as a Spiritualist and Medium. OK. Well, yea sure, but no one really believes in that stuff, do they? I mean no one without a serious drug habit, right?\nTurns out Spiritualism, the religion that believed the dead could be contacted, had two big historical moments. The first was the first half of the nineteenth-century and the second was between World War I and World War II. So Helen Duncan was this poor woman with too many kids and a slacker husband (what were the chances?) and after The Great War she quit her job and became a medium. She earned her money pretending to talk dead relatives (or really talking to them if you want to believe that), many of whom had died in the first World War.\nThen in 1941 she knew about the sinking of the HMS Barham when she shouldn't have and she said it was because she saw it in a vision. The thing was, the Barham was sunk by a German U-boat and the Germans didn't know they'd sunk it so Churchill wanted the sinking kept secret. EXCEPT, he let the war department tell the families of the 830 dead sailors. So that's never very secret, right? NOPE! Helen probably knew because a family member told her\u2014unless you believe some people can talk to the dead, then you go with that theory.\nSo come early 1944 and the English govt. is all worked up cause they've got D-Day planned, but they need to keep it secret from the Axis and some dumb ass gets it in his head that Helen Duncan, famous spirit medium, might spill the beans. Really dude? So they put her on trial, can't convict her of treason, cause there's no real proof, so they convict her of witchcraft and put her in jail until after D-Day. You know, so it'll be secret. The things men do to women\u2026.\nSo I'm doing that research this week, while at the same time doing final proofing and formatting for Iron Widow, which oddly enough is a book about 1860s Spiritualism. See? Funny how life is\u2026. This latest Kate novel is based on a real case Allan Pinkerton had in the 1870s and wrote about in the 1880s, but I made it a Kate case and turned the\n\"Black Widow\" Allan wrote about into a not-so-black widow, or Iron Widow--iron being a color of grey. Clever, huh? I certainly like to think so.\nI think it's a pretty good book, so you know, you should read it. People always ask me where they can find my books? Where do you find everything? Amazon. Iron Widow will be out as a print book and an ebook (kindle book) Monday, July 15th. Look for it at an Amazon link near you.\nBlessed Are the Cheese Makers\nAs I'm sure you know, you can learn all sorts of things if you've got an Internet connection (and find all sorts of Monty Python stuff). Four years ago I learned to write novels, three years ago learned how to publish my own books, two years ago I decided to teach myself to play the ukulele and now I'm been learning to make cheese. I'm like a crack addict, but with milk.\nI made a cow's milk feta to start and then took what I learned from that experience to make it again with my daughter Emma in Bozeman. The Bozeman cheese turned out so good one day for lunch we shared it with the girl farmers where Emma works (the Montana State University farm, Towne Harvest).\nI've got made a Colby, a beer infused Gouda, 4 small aged goat cheeses (one of which we at and wow, was it good), 4 double cr\u00e8me brie and another batch of feta (cause we at ours). Oh, and a cheddar, a Parm and a Gruyere and some other stuff\u2026. I'm obsessed and the people at Sprouts think I've got a milk addiction. And I needed a cheese press and they're expensive, but guess what? There are videos on how to make your own\u2014or how to get your husband to make you one. How great is that?\nWhat's my point? It's possible to keep learning stuff, even when we're OLD. In fact, it's not just possible, it's essential to a quality life. Not calculus maybe (at least not for me), but stuff that makes your heart go pitter pat. I'm gonna be honest, I think there's a LOT wrong with our country right now and I think a lot of it can be marked down to people who decided they were done learning new things, done expanding their worlds, done thinking about their values in an honest, evaluative way. It's why we live in a 'facts don't matter' world. Except that we don't. Facts do matter because it's in facts we find ideas and ideas are the only real thing we have. The rest is bullshit that distracts us from meaningful lives. Of course, if you're reading this you already know all this stuff (cause readers are the smartest people in the world), but do you know where to by milk that's not Ultra-High pasteurized?\nOn a related note, my 4th Kate Warne book, Iron Widow (the one with the black widow on the cover!) has been delayed. Don't blame it on the cheese. I'm perfecting my editing process, which is easier said than done, but it will be out this month. I'm also writing about a late Renaissance woman painter and I just finished the first draft. You know what I like about writing about her? I didn't know anything about late Renaissance painting and I learned a lot.\nSo I gotta ask, what are you learning these days? And if the answer is nothing\u2014WTF? What could you give yourself permission to learn and do? And how much greater would you be if you did?","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Quick Answer: What exactly is Twitter and how does it work?\nWhat is the main purpose of twitter?\nHow do beginners use twitter?\nWhat is the difference between Facebook and twitter?\nWhat is the difference between Instagram and twitter?\nWhat are the disadvantages of twitter?\nWhat are the pros and cons of twitter?\nShould I use my real name on twitter?\nWho sees my tweets?\nHow do you properly use twitter?\nIs twitter safe to use?\nWhat age group uses twitter?\nWhat's so special about twitter?\nWhy you should not use twitter?\nWhy do celebrities use Twitter instead of Facebook?\nWhat is better Instagram or Tik Tok?\nTwitter is a 'microblogging' system that allows you to send and receive short posts called tweets. \u2026 Twitter users follow other users. If you follow someone you can see their tweets in your twitter 'timeline'. You can choose to follow people and organisations with similar academic and personal interests to you.\nTwitter is a social media site, and its primary purpose is to connect people and allow people to share their thoughts with a big audience.\nTwitter for Beginners: The Complete Guide\nStep 1: Set Up Your Profile. Choose your profile name (aka handle). \u2026\nStep 2: Follow Some People. This is important for two reasons. \u2026\nStep 3: Understand the Twitter Lingo. \u2026\nStep 3: Decide What Content to Tweet About. \u2026\nStep 4: Join Trending Hashtags. \u2026\nStep 5: Maintain Your Channel.\nIt's important to consider the different purposes of Twitter vs Facebook. Twitter is primarily meant for sharing ideas, while Facebook is meant for connecting with friends and family. Additionally, Facebook has a larger audience of various age ranges, while Twitter's audience is largely between the ages of 18-29.\nIT IS INTERESTING: Why did I get blocked on Facebook?\nTwitter and Instagram are both social media platforms designed for sharing media and content. Instagram focuses on media content, while Twitter also allows text posts and polls. \u2026 Twitter's website has nearly all the same options as the app, while Instagram's desktop version is limited to photo posts.\nTwitter has a 140-character limit to its posts, therefore, users must type tweets concisely. Users cannot tweet videos from uploading. Users can only allow send a maximum of 1000 tweets a day.\nTwitter Pros and Cons Overview\nmessages are short and thus not as labor-intensive Twitter can be a time-suck despite the shortness of updates\nyou can get the latest news based on importance quickly you can also get inundated with depressing bad news\nYour username, or handle, is your identity on Twitter, and is preceded by the at (@) symbol. Ideally, as an individual, your username should be your real name. For example, if your name was John Smith, your Twitter username should be, in an ideal world, @JohnSmith.\nAfter you protect your Tweets, only you and your followers can read your updates or see your Tweets in Twitter search. If you at one time had public Tweets (before protecting your Tweets), those Tweets will no longer be public or appear in public Twitter search results.\nHere are your actionable tips on how to use Twitter effectively.\nStart with a Twitter strategy. \u2026\nCreate your Twitter profile. \u2026\nUnderstand how to use #hashtags. \u2026\nKnow when to post on Twitter. \u2026\nRemember to engage your audience. \u2026\nDevelop a \"human\" side. \u2026\nUse multimedia to boost engagement. \u2026\nMonitor your performance.\nIT IS INTERESTING: Your question: How do you delete old activity on Facebook?\nTwitter is a secure website, as it requires password-protected accounts for all of its users. As long as you protect your password and adjust your privacy settings, your account should remain secure. After all, you wouldn't want someone commandeering your account and tweeting as if they were you.\nIn February 2021, it was found that 42 percent of adults in the United States aged between 18 and 29 years used Twitter. This age group was the microblogging service's biggest audience in the United States, followed by a 27 percent usage reach among 30 to 49-year-olds.\n\u00b2 Unsurprisingly, we found that Twitter uniquely provides its users the opportunity to discover what's happening in the world. That functional purpose translates into Twitter users operating in a different mindset when they're on the platform compared to other online environments.\nIt's addictive. Like other social networks, checking Twitter can be addictive. It can become the activity you turn to habitually whenever you're not occupied with something else. A Twitter addiction might not be as damaging as a drug addiction, but it's a compulsion you don't need in your life.\nCelebrities like to be connected to their fans with no strings attached. Unlike Facebook where a person has to add someone as a friend to be connected to him Twitter allows people to update their fans without being friends with them.\nInstagram still has a larger audience than TikTok and has been downloaded more than 1.8B times globally. \u2026 While Instagram leads over TikTok in overall downloads, the infographic shows TikTok's new user growth rate is substantially higher than Instagram's.\nIT IS INTERESTING: How do I know if my facebook comment has been deleted?\nWhat do they mean by inbox me on Facebook?\nHow many times can you change your Instagram?\nCan I advertise to members of a Facebook group?\nQuestion: Is Twitter or Instagram more popular?\nWhat is a good amount of page likes on Facebook?\nWhat is the main age group on Facebook?\nWho can view edit history on Facebook?","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Next-gen Volkswagen Polo In The Works; Is It Coming To India?\nHome News Car Sales May 2020: India's Auto Industry Starts Treading On A Recovery Path\nCar Sales May 2020: India's Auto Industry Starts Treading On A Recovery Path\nJune 2, 2020 | Arun Prakash\nThe coronavirus pandemic dealt a severe blow to the Indian car industry as it compelled companies to shutdown production and sales of vehicles. As a result, carmakers did not sell even a single vehicle in April 2020 for the first time. However, as the government eased restrictions last month and the vehicle manufacturers started resuming operations, there has been some action on the sales front, albeit not as significant as it was before the lockdown came into effect.\nWith most customers still preferring to stay away from showrooms or risking investment in a new vehicle amid the financial doldrum, sales figures for passenger vehicles in May shows it is going to be a long road to recovery for carmakers in India.\nMaruti Suzuki Sales\nIndia's largest carmaker, Maruti Suzuki, reported that it sold only 18,539 in total, out of which 13,865 vehicles were sold in India last month. This is significantly low as compared to March 2020, wherein the company sold 76,240 units. To give you an idea, Maruti Suzuki had sold 1,33,702 units of passenger vehicle units in February 2020. Maruti Suzuki also noted that it exported 4,651 units and provided Toyota with 23 units of Glanza. According to the statement issued by Maruti Suzuki, the company exported 4,651 units following the resumption of port operations at Mundra and Mumbai ports.\nJapanese carmaker Toyota has also revealed its sales figures for May 2020. The company sold 1,639 units last month as compared to 7,023 units in March 2020, noting a 76.6 per cent drop. But given that April was a drought month for the company, the figures for May are definitely encouraging on some level.\nAlso READ: #VocalForLocal \u2013 Artist Highlights Famous Indian Brands Through Sports Car Liveries\nHyundai Motor Sales\nSimilarly, Korean car manufacturer Hyundai Motor announced it had sold 6,883 units in the domestic market in the month of May and that another 5,700 units had been exported in the same period. After what was a tumultuous April for almost every automotive manufacturer, sales figures from May come as some respite even if these are only a pale shadow of pre-COVID-19-times.\nCommenting on the May sales performance, Tarun Garg, Director, Sales, Marketing and Service, Hyundai Motor India, said, \"In an extremely challenging market environment, HMIL made a humble beginning towards normalcy by registering cumulative sales of 12,583 for the month of May 2020. This performance was made possible on account of strong customer interest and demand-pull generated by trendsetter brands like the All-New CRETA, Spirited New VERNA, VENUE, ELITE i20 and GRAND i10 NIOS. Drawing strength from Hyundai's vision of 'Progress for Humanity', we have prepared ourselves to welcome our customers back in this New Normal while ensuring adherence to safety guidelines at our showrooms and workshops and expedite economic recovery.\"\nMG Motor Sales\nIn the same period, Chinese-owned British manufacturer MG Motor announced it had retailed 710 units in the month of May after resuming work at its Halol plant in Gujarat at 30% capacity utilisation. About 65% of showrooms and service stations across the country are also operational with reduced manpower.\nAccording to Rakesh Sidana, director, sales, MG Motor India, supply chain disruption coupled with stricter credit financing along with non-operation of some dealerships due to the lockdown have impacted our sales in May. Commenting on business resumption and sales performance, Sidana added, \"The production loss notwithstanding, our front-end retail operations continue to operate with less-than-normal staff strength. At these times, we remain connected with our customers waiting for delivery of the HECTOR and continue to prioritize deliveries with supply chain improvements in June. We hope to restore normalcy from July onwards. All of our vehicles' stocks across channels and dealership inventory are BS-VI units.\"\nWith the restrictions in the lockdown eased, businesses are set to resume gradually in a phased manner. The next couple of months will be very crucial for auto manufacturers to decide in which direction is the trend headed. After the long setback, automakers hope for a positive growth rate from here on.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Glimpsing Digital Publishing's Future at Codex Hackathon at MIT\nJeff Bauter Engel\nXconomy Boston \u2014\n[Updated 1\/12\/16, 10:22 a.m. See below.] For the past 20 years, the story of the publishing industry has revolved largely around the rise of e-books, tablets, and Amazon. Call it \"Digital Publishing 1.0.\"\nBut what will \"Digital Publishing 2.0\" look like? If the ideas born at a hackathon at the MIT Media Lab this past weekend are any indication, the future of publishing is about stronger emphasis on design, interactive experiences, the human touch, and creating connections between literature and the real world.\nThe Codex hackathon, an initiative run by the literary studio Plympton, brought together over 150 software programmers, designers, entrepreneurs, teachers, students, writers, librarians, publishers, and more. They formed nearly 30 teams and spent the weekend creating rough prototypes of their ideas to advance publishing, reading, and education.\nThe projects included educational apps and games to help children and teens engage more with books and news articles, apps for making e-books more visually appealing, and software tools to help readers connect and collaborate. Some of the ideas tackled serious topics like censorship. Others were more light-hearted, like software that allows users to replace the names of characters in books with the names of relatives and friends, and then share the revised version of the text.\nThe diversity of Codex participants was impressive, especially considering the lack thereof in the broader tech sector. At the hackathon, there was a healthy mix of women and men, different ethnicities, and generations ranging from teens to people in their 50s. Participants traveled from as far away as Taiwan, Germany, Israel, and the western U.S., said Codex founder Jennifer 8. Lee.\nThe goal of the event wasn't necessarily to spawn ideas that could turn into successful businesses, but to form connections between people with \"different skill sets\" who view writing and publishing as a craft, said Lee, Plympton's co-founder and CEO.\n\"By having people of different backgrounds together, you get more innovative solutions,\" she said.\nTeams prepare to present their projects at the Codex hackathon at the MIT Media Lab. Photo by Jeff Engel.\nThe first Codex hackathon was held in San Francisco last summer. The group's organizers are considering holding more hackathons in places like Berlin and New York, Lee said.\nUnlike some hackathons, Codex isn't a contest where judges award prizes to the projects they deem best. At the end of the weekend, all of the teams got a few minutes to demonstrate what they had created, but there were no \"winners\" or \"losers.\" In lieu of cash prizes, Codex used sponsorship money to subsidize many participants' travel and lodging expenses, Lee said. Also, all participants got free t-shirts from Out of Print and Litographs, paperbacks from Harvard Book Store, and posters from the Recovering the Classics project. [This paragraph was updated with additional details about free items for participants.]\nOne of Lee's takeaways from the event was how teams devised ways for individuals to customize their books. Examples included Replace the Characters' software allowing users to change names in the text and Rebook's software letting users make annotations and doodles in the margins of their e-books. \"There's something really powerful in that,\" Lee said.\nAlthough much of the teams' efforts were spent on building back-end technology that relies on natural language processing and open-source software programs, it was clear that many of them paid equal attention to aesthetics and user experience. For example, Infinite Library aims to put the plain text of the 50,000 free e-books on Project Gutenberg's website into a more visually appealing format.\n\"I had a sense there's an element of human touch coming back\" to publishing technology, said Codex participant Robert Wenrich, a product developer with Bild, a German tabloid newspaper. Five years ago, the projects at a hackathon like Codex \"would be just code,\" Wenrich added.\nMark Watkins agreed. \"Some of those projects were art,\" not just a black screen with white letters, he said.\nWatkins\u2014an entrepreneur who currently leads The Hawaii Project, a book recommendation service that donates 10 percent of its revenue to literacy nonprofits\u2014was a Codex sponsor and participant. He created software that \u2026 Next Page \u00bb\nNet@50\nJoin us on July 16 for a special two-part gathering that will take a unique and critical look at the Internet today, and where it is heading.\nXcelerating Life Sciences San Francisco: The Highlights Podcast\nThe AI, Big Data, and R&D Boom\nCMC in Drug Development and Life Cycle Management\nThe Importance of Early Key Opinion Leader Outreach in the Biologics & Biosimilars Marketplace\nAcknowledging various stakeholder networks and regulatory environment variances is essential to uncover the right decision-makers in support of biologics or biosimilars","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Black Lives Matter movement has opened the door to the destruction of America\nThere's no denying that America is a very different place than it was just a year ago, even if you discount the coronavirus pandemic. We're seeing our cities transform, and not for the better. Writing for LifeSiteNews, Mary Ann Kreitzer explores how the Black Lives Matter movement and its protests have led to a situation where American cities now have new \"mob bosses\" who are essentially allowed to disobey police and create disorder.\n\"We are Democrat vs. Republican, law and order vs. chaos and rioting, black vs. white, tyranny vs. freedom, etc. Increasingly, disagreements result in 'mob' action promoted by 'progressive' politicians, liberal courts, and prosecutors who justify and enable rioting and violence both by their words and actions,\" she writes.\nThe Black Lives Matter protests quickly lost whatever semblance they may have had to \"peaceful protests\" and devolved into something far more sinister that is targeting everyone \u2013 even, sometimes, their own supporters. Rational thinking has gone out the window and has been replaced by emotional, impulsive mob mentality.\nThis is something Portland mayor Ted Wheeler recently learned the hard way, as Kreitzer points out. A vocal supporter of Black Lives Matter, he recently held a \"listening session\" on the city's streets. Instead of getting a warm welcome, he was jeered and hit by projectiles as rioters attacked and called for his resignation. And yet somehow, he still continues to condemn the presence of federal officers who are protecting the federal courthouse in his city.\nWheeler has also cut millions of dollars from the police budget and defunded its Gun Violence Reduction Team. Not surprisingly, the city noted its highest number of monthly gun murders in 30 years last month, and now Wheeler is considering reestablishing the unit.\nThe lack of support has the state police fed up. Oregon State Police Spokesman Captain Timothy R. Fox said that they did not wish to use their resources in counties where crime is waved off when they could be using them in counties that prioritize prosecuting criminal behavior.\nChicago is also suffering, with crime reaching new heights as the city becomes increasingly lawless. Kreitzer writes: \"Chicago, once under the thumb of gangsters like Al Capone, has new mob bosses, Marxist overlords with their mob strategy.\"\nData released by the Chicago police shows that the city saw a 139 percent jump in murders and a 75 percent uptick in shootings during July 2020, and we're likely to see a lot more of these disturbing statistics across the country in the months to come.\nIt's all downhill from here\nMedia manipulation only makes the situation worse. Many mainstream media outlets are constantly rehashing incidents of police violence but don't cover cases where police have saved people or performed other good deeds. This has the effect of stoking the anger and ensuring the mayhem continues.\nNo one can tell what fact or fiction is, and some of those protesting have long lost sight of why they are even there. While these people talk about loving everyone, they assault people who express differing opinions. Their trained organizers are adept at whipping people up into a frenzy and inspiring them to attack perceived threats.\nThis hate becomes a convenient excuse for looting and burning businesses, and some business owners are finding themselves in the odd position of publicly supporting BLM even as their windows are broken and their shops are looted. Sometimes, they're afraid not to support them because it may make them targets for further looting, so we'll probably see them continue repeating the mantra that they support the movement while their shops are burned to the ground. Many people are just too scared to speak out against them.\nMake no mistake: This \"revolution\" will destroy America, and that's exactly what they want. They've targeted statues of American historical figures and have even turned their ire toward Jesus Christ. Racism is unacceptable, there's no question about it, but supporting BLM and the antifa thugs that have been capitalizing on their movement is ruining our country, city by city.\nABC7Chicago.com\nTagged Under: anarchy, antifa, Black Lives Matter, chaos, Chicago, Collapse, hate, left cult, lies, Portland, protests, rioting, socialism, Tyranny, uprising, violence\nUS Attorney believes Portland riots may turn deadly if situation isn't resolved soon\nPortland rioters threaten homes: 'Come out, into streets,' 'stolen land, stolen people'\nKenosha rioters wield rifles against Sheriff's Dept. vehicle in latest escalation that shows Leftists are actively trying to spark CIVIL WAR\nDem Rep. Ayanna Pressley knows party can't win presidential election so she calls for violence in America's streets: Where is the DoJ?\nBlack Lives Matter rioters in Portland ASSAULT a man defending other people, causing his truck to crash\nTexas Gov. Abbott outlines proposal to discourage defunding of police departments by left-leaning cities\nChicago prepares for new wave of looting and violence following police-involved shooting of a criminal who fired at officers first\nAntifa and BLM mob attack ICE facility in Portland, local and federal police forced to respond with tear gas\nBLOOD in the streets: Left-wing Portland rioters display bloody guillotine as they burn American flags; new Democrat logo says \"Death to America\"\nBOMBSHELL: Antifa was imported to America from Europe by the Obama-Biden administration to forge domestic terrorism alliance with BLM, new report alleges\nNew York City is turning into a \"shooting gallery\" \u2013 11 shooting incidents in one night, 12 injured, 3 dead\nPortland Antifa rioters are getting away with it by claiming they are 'journalists'\nCivilians assaulted by Black Lives Matter \"activist\" in downtown Portland\nPortland officials seem to actually want their city to burn down\nAnti-police rioters in Seattle used EXPLOSIVES on police officers, injuring three cops\nAntifa, Black Lives Matter rioters in Portland try to burn down a building\nPortland rioters drag man from car and beat him senseless\nSeattle police officers subjected to hail of explosives during Antifa, BLM riots\nIt's all a set up! Politician calls for \"unrest in the streets\" before election","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Publix Managers Honored at Retail Conference\nLAKELAND, Florida, Feb. 22, 2019 \u2014 Last night, Publix Super Markets recognized 12 managers during the company's retail operations conference. Recipients received Publix's most prestigious recognitions \u2014 the George W. Jenkins Award and the President's Award.\nThe George W. Jenkins Award \u2014 named after Publix's late founder \u2014 was presented to one store manager from each of Publix's five divisions and one support area associate who perpetuate Publix's culture by exemplifying leadership and commitment to ensure that we can carry on our founder's vision for generations to come. The 2018 recipients are\nStore Manager Ester Santillie, McDonough, Georgia\nStore Manager Steve Payret, Glen Allen, Virginia\nStore Manager Eddie Guzm\u00e1n, Deltona, Florida\nStore Manager Joe Bustamante, Winter Haven, Florida\nStore Manager Richard Reynolds, Plantation, Florida and\nDirector of Tax and Treasury Chris Mesa, Lakeland, Florida.\nThe President's Award was presented to one district manager from each of the company's five divisions and one support area manager who embody the philosophies and spirit of growth and fairness Publix was founded on. Recipients have proven their dedication to maintaining the dignity, value and employment security of their associates. The 2018 recipients are\nAtlanta Division District Manager Jasmin Ovcina\nCharlotte Division District Manager Charles Gainer\nJacksonville Division District Manager Del Cragin\nLakeland Division District Manager Bryan Lanzilotta\nMiami Division District Manager Jamie Laviolette and\nDirector of I\/T Security and Compliance Bernie Kelly.\n\"Congratulations to these managers. We're so proud of their accomplishments and contributions to our great company,\" said Publix President Kevin Murphy. \"Their leadership will help carry on the legacy of Mr. George for generations to come.\"","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"breaking news from the world of ideas\nby Katherine Dee\nTuesday, 31\nWhy are there so few female mass shooters?\nNew data shows that 96% of spree killers are men\nMen commit the majority of mass shootings in the United States. We know that. But the extent to which male shooters outnumber female perpetrators is nonetheless surprising. The Violence Project, a nonpartisan research group that tracks American mass shooting data as far back as 1966, finds that men are responsible for 98% of all mass shootings. Statistics released last week by the US Secret Service, which cover the more broadly defined 'mass attack', 25% of which don't include a firearm, puts that number at 96%, which is still staggering.\nThere have been 55 mass shootings in the US so far this year. Of those, 38 have resulted in at least one fatality. This month, separate shooting sprees in the Californian cities of Monterey Park and Half Moon Bay killed 12 (including the perpetrator) and seven people, respectively. Both shooters were aged over 65, and therefore a deviation from the enduring cultural image, burnished by Columbine and its copycats, of the disaffected young man who turns to violent retribution. ... Continue reading\nby Tom McTague\nStop blaming Brexit for bad growth\nCommentators were quick to leap on the IMF's latest report\nAlmost seven years on from the EU referendum and our tedious, unending national row over Brexit continues unabated, each side just as bad as they were during the campaign itself. Today's gloomy report from the IMF is just the latest shot of vodka sustaining this now slurring debate, which has somehow never quite found a way to sober up long after everyone else has got up from the table and gone to bed.\nBritain will have the worst economic growth in the developed world this year, according to the IMF, contracting by 0.9% while much of the rest of Europe pulls away. To many, it's all Brexit's fault, of course. Is anything not? ... Continue reading\nby Alan Wager\nNigel Farage could be the big winner from Bregret\nA growing disillusion among Leave voters works in his favour\nWhen Nigel Farage decided to rechristen the Brexit Party as Reform UK in January 2021, many people saw this as a rare error from a canny political strategist and campaigner. In one sweep, his nascent party appeared to lose its branding, its raison d'\u00eatre and \u2014 in March 2021 \u2014 its leader, when Farage himself stepped down.\nThat decision does not look so foolish today. Polling from Focaldata for UnHerd this week, the most detailed since 2019, shows how most of the country now believes it was wrong to leave the EU. Based on the findings, we see that 'Bregret' has risen faster among older voters and in many of the poorer areas that voted to leave in 2016. Perhaps more interesting, though, is the large minority, 29%, of Reform UK supporters now saying that Britain was wrong to leave the EU. ... Continue reading\nby James Billot\nHerdWatch\nGiorgia Meloni's latest cheerleader: The Economist\nThe publication's initial fears about the leader never materialised\n'Italy's populist Right looks menacing,' read The Economist's header as she rose to prominence in 2021. According to the publication back then, Giorgia Meloni's Fratelli d'Italia's 'extreme' party wanted to:\nRevive the glories of Benito Mussolini's Italy. Though committed to parliamentary means, the Brothers' programme is profoundly nativist. To repel migrants, it favours a naval blockade. To obviate the need for immigrant labour in the future, it offers \"the mightiest plan in the history of Italy for support of the family and the birth rate\".\n- The Economist\nFast-forward to this week, 100 days into Meloni's premiership, and The Economist's fears have not materialised. Instead, it now says that her party's rise in the polls (from 26% in September to nearly 30% today), suggest that 'few governments [have] approached the end [of this milestone] in such good shape as Giorgia Meloni's Right-wing coalition.'\nThe publication can hardly get enough of her: ... Continue reading\nby UnHerd Staff\nMonday, 30\nPeter Hitchens: the Covid censors are moving on to Ukraine\nThe journalist warns that the Government is extending its surveillance\nPeter Hitchens was one of this country's most ardent and vocal critics of the Government's lockdown policies during the Covid pandemic. On Twitter, his Mail on Sunday column and in various interviews (including UnHerd), he relentlessly questioned No10's decision to implement lockdowns, which he argued would do little to prevent the spread of the virus.\nWhat he did not expect, however, was to feature in the Government's very own weekly 'anti-disinformation report' from as early as June 2020. According to a new report by Big Brother Watch, the journalist and author was one of several figures to have been surveilled by the Government over his anti-lockdown opinions. ... Continue reading\nby Victoria Smith\nWhy I don't trust Sturgeon's U-turn on trans prisoners\nHer decision is about optics, not female safety\nScottish Justice Secretary Keith Brown has announced that there shall be no trans prisoners with convictions for violence against women transferred to the female prison estate, with an urgent review to be conducted into future policy.\nShortly thereafter, Brown offered his profuse apologies to the feminists demonised by Nicola Sturgeon and the female prisoners who had to share space with violent offenders such as Katy Dolatowski. Only kidding. The feminists are still bigots and the female prisoners are still irrelevant.\nThis decision is not about female safety. After all, the very idea that male people, not just \"predators\", pose a threat to women hasn't even been acknowledged. It is about optics. ... Continue reading\nby Philip Pilkington\nHow bad will the global housing market crash be?\nThe metrics are eerily similar to 2008\nSince the last global property bubble in 2006-07 and the financial crisis that resulted from it, central banks have held interest rates close to zero. While few have paid attention, this has led to a reflation of many of the same property bubbles that caused the disaster to begin with. A perusal of the excellent global house price index published by The Economist shows that, since 2008, most housing markets around the world are either registering record valuations or are close to previous records.\nInflation-adjusted house prices across the Western world are reaching their previous peaks, but with interest rates climbing that looks set to change. Over the Atlantic, American house prices have been falling as Canada endures its first annual decline in over a decade. In Europe, British house prices have been falling for four months while the former governor of the Swedish central bank is warning that his country faces a \"day of reckoning\". ... Continue reading\nby Oliver Bateman\nDonald Trump kicks off campaign with realist line on Russia\nThe ex-president's dovish stance is a challenge to the bipartisan consensus\n\"FIRST COME THE TANKS, THEN COME THE NUKES.\" Donald Trump's post last week on Truth Social was a characteristically forceful piece of rhetoric, suggesting that escalation in Ukraine could precipitate world war. As his campaign to regain the U.S. presidency took him through New Hampshire and South Carolina \u2014 two key battlegrounds in the 2024 Republican primary to secure the party's nomination \u2014 Trump positioned himself as peacemaker. He reminded prospective voters that his \"personality kept us out of war\" and pledged that he could secure a peace deal \"in 24 hours\" that would end the Russian invasion. ... Continue reading\n- Show all\nMary Harrington\nAris Roussinos\nYuan Yi Zhu\nLouise Perry\nOliver Bateman\nIzabella Kaminska\nFreddie Sayers\nJoan Smith\nThomas Fazi\nRalph Schoellhammer\nPeter Franklin\nJames Billot\nWilliam Nattrass\nPhilip Pilkington\nFlo Read\nRob Lownie","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Antec VPF Series 650W PSU Review\nAntec's VPF650 is a budget PSU made by Delta Electronics to achieve high-performance-per-dollar. In the US, the VPF units are sold under the EarthWatts Green series.\nBy Aris Mpitziopoulos 22 August 2015\nPros, Cons And Final Verdict\nPage 1: Introduction\nPage 2: Packaging, Contents, Exterior And Cabling\nPage 3: A Look Inside And Component Analysis\nPage 4: Load Regulation, Hold-Up Time And Inrush Current\nPage 5: Efficiency, Temperature And Noise\nPage 6: Cross-Load Tests And Infrared Images\nPage 9: Performance, Performance Per Dollar And Noise Ratings\nPage 10: Pros, Cons And Final Verdict\nUsually, Delta's implementations come at a stiff price since the company is considered one of the best and most expensive. Fortunately, Antec (currently the only company that works with Delta in the manufacturing of desktop PSUs) manages to make a good deal, leading to the release of its budget-oriented VPF line. To lower the VPF series' price, Antec didn't offer any modular cables and even abandoned cable sleeving. However, no compromises were made inside the PSU, where high-quality Japanese capacitors are used for increased reliability. It is very uncommon to find such good capacitors, including polymer ones, in an inexpensive unit. On top of that, the platform features DC-DC converters for generating the minor rails, allowing it to easily meet Intel's tough requirements for Haswell compatibility.\nThe VPF650 achieved good performance, but we would have liked to see higher efficiency readings throughout its entire operating range. However, in sections that matter the most for the health of the components that it will power, including ripple suppression and performance in turn-on transients, the PSU fared well\u2014not only compared to the budget competition, but also against much more expensive products.\nAs far as the not-so-good points of this design are concerned, our most worrying findings were the inrush current readings. Delta should look into this problem and probably use a proper NTC thermistor to suppress large inrush currents that can damage switches, relays and other components. In addition, no metal oxide varistor was used in the EMI\/transient filtering stage. This inexpensive component can save not only the PSU, but the whole system in the case of voltage spikes. This is why we always recommend using the VPF650 (as well as any PSU that doesn't feature an MOV or a TVS diode) along with a surge protector, in case you cannot afford an uninterruptible power supply.\nIn the U.S., you won't find the VPF series under this name. Instead, the PSUs are available under the updated EarthWatts Green line (Antec replaced its old EarthWatts Green line with the new VPF units). This can be confusing for some users, and in our opinion, Antec should have kept the same naming scheme in all regions. In addition, the VPF units sold in Europe cost much less than the EarthWatts Green units in the U.S. The opposite is usually true for most hardware components. In our opinion, Antec should lower the prices of the new EarthWatts Green family in order to make them more appealing to mainstream buyers and facilitate an even higher performance-per-dollar ratio.\nTo wrap up, the Antec VPF650 PSU\u2014along with its U.S. counterpart, the EA-650\u2014offers solid reliability and good performance levels at a low price. However, there is room for improvement. Delta, the VPF series' OEM, can provide a slight efficiency boost, adding an MOV and proper inrush current protection to the platform, in turn creating an exceptional product.\nMORE: How We Test Power SuppliesMORE:\nWho's Who In Power Supplies, 2014: Brands Vs. ManufacturersMORE:\nPower Supplies in the Forums\nAris Mpitziopoulos is a Contributing Editor for Tom's Hardware, covering Power Supplies.\nFollow us on Twitter @tomshardware, on Facebook and on Google+.\nToday's best Antec VPF650 deals\nFor more information visit their website\nCurrent page: Pros, Cons And Final Verdict\nPrev Page Performance, Performance Per Dollar And Noise Ratings\niam2thecrowe 23 August 2015 03:43\nI do like Antec PSU's, their range is very solid. Good write up. Good value PSU.\nCTurbo 24 August 2015 05:09\nI hope Delta is not going to get out of the consumer psu business completely. They've been one of my go-to oems for years. Top notch reliability.\nOnus 27 August 2015 21:26\nAntec has been one of my go-to standards for years as well. Though it has been surpassed in efficiency, I may need to put my SG-650 in my will because of its anticipated durability.\n2Be_or_Not2Be 28 August 2015 14:21\nWhen the author says \"... Delta no longer has an interest in this market...\" - what market is he talking about? I seem to recall that quite a few of my Dell servers had Delta OEM PSUs, and I think a number of Dell desktops had custom Delta PSUs as well. So is it only the consumer market that they don't want to supply anymore?\nprobably. There is now too much competition in the consumer psu market for it to be really profitable for some companies. It would make sense if a company only wanted to do anything other than generic PC ATX psu's, because they can charge a lot more for it.\nAris_Mp 30 August 2015 19:31\nYeap Delta is away from consumer market. They mostly make OEM PSUs now. As far as I know only Antec has a contract with them for desktop PSUs.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"INSEAD LaunchPad @ Station F: innovation and entrepreneurship in action\nThe spirit of entrepreneurship is embedded in INSEAD's culture. In fact, 53 percent of alumni engage in entrepreneurial ventures during their careers. INSEAD recently solidified this commitment to innovation and entrepreneurship through a highly anticipated partnership with STATION F, the world's biggest start-up campus.\nThe initiative fulfils INSEAD's twin desires to engage with the thriving Paris entrepreneurial community and nurture the next wave of INSEAD start-ups. A key feature of the partnership is the INSEAD LaunchPad, a hub with 30-plus desks for alumni ventures located on the STATION F campus.\nThe partnership strengthens INSEAD's entrepreneurial culture, which has propelled it to a leading position among global business schools, says Peter Zemsky, Deputy Dean and Dean of Innovation. \"We have a set of alumni who are world leaders in global entrepreneurship,\" he explains. \"This partnership is a great way for us to bring those insights to entrepreneurs and companies in Paris, while raising our visibility.\"\nThe partnership supports INSEAD's belief that global organisations have a responsibility to engage on a local level. STATION F contributes to the development of Paris as a leading global centre for entrepreneurship by offering an \"entrepreneurial ecosystem\" where start-ups can access all the services, support and resources they need under one roof.\nThe 34,000-square-meter space, which opened in June 2017, houses more than 1,000 start-ups and 30 international start-up programmes, with a prototype TechShop, event spaces, a post office, a 1,000 seat restaurant and a caf\u00e9. On-site corporate partners include Facebook, Microsoft, LVMH and BNP Paribas.\nEntrepreneurs have access to VC firms and other funding sources, as well as advice and support for navigating laws and regulations. The idea is to cultivate a creative, collaborative atmosphere where businesses have access to everything they need to launch successfully.\n\"Many within the INSEAD community have been asking for such an initiative\", says Nancy Hsieh, Executive Director of the Rudolf and Valeria Maag INSEAD Centre for Entrepreneurship. \"The combination of the two strong brands gives alumni start-ups a leg up. When they tell investors or potential clients that they're based within the INSEAD LaunchPad at STATION F, it's opening a lot of doors to them.\"\nLaunchPad is open by application to INSEAD alumni founders of early stage start-ups close to or beyond the MVP stage. It currently houses 11 start-ups. Alumni also can attend Master Classes, participate in the speaker series or support INSEAD entrepreneurs by mentoring or investing in the start-ups.\nVentures that have a social impact angle are encouraged at the LaunchPad, motivating entrepreneurs to keep INSEAD's mission of using business as a force for good at heart. \"We firmly believe that global entrepreneurship and business creation can have a tremendous positive impact on society,\" says Zemsky.\nBringing philosophical principles to business practices with INSEAD's new programme, \"Integrating Performance and Progress\"\nIn 2017, INSEAD launched the James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Centre for the Study of Wealth Inequality, established in recognition of the Stone's generous gift to the school\nA class apart: nine awards in 2018 makes a very strong case for INSEAD","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Great Replica Rolex Watches With Swiss Movement, Shoping Rolex Replica Tips \u2013 good replica watches us, swiss rolex replicas outlet\nIntruduction Of The Hottest Replica Cartier Tank\nAugust 3, 2014 August 3, 2014 Cheryl\n\"tank\" is a name applied to many cartier fake watches, and it's widely known by watch fans. but no records can confirm where the name came from. most people agree it actually does refer to military tanks. it is an amusing reality that mechanized warfare lent a name to genteel luxury watch making.\nmany of us think maybe the name is for the \"tank\" shape, other people say that the watch is supposed to look like tank treads. others say the shape is less important than the fact that it was a french way of honoring american tanks that helped secure victory in world war i, however, there is also others argue that it doesn't. it is a fascinating little mystery and one that i enjoy as it shows even huge brands like cartier had humble beginnings. wherever the tank name came from, it is here to last \u2013 and is a cornerstone of cartier watch making.\nin 2012, the tank family gets a new member\u2013 the \"english tank.\" this old chap is built like a tank as well \u2013 at least in this larger size for us burly men. initially available only in 18k white gold, it is a strong reminder that elegance doesn't have to be puny. there are smaller versions available as well. this \"large model\" tank anglaise is 36.2mm wide and 47mm tall. the case is not too thick at 9.82mm.\nfor the new replcica tank, it's a sort of hybrid between the tank francaise and the ballon bleu, which means the sides of the case are richly rounded making it feel thicker, and the crown is placed in the middle of a very thick bezel. this offers a flush look on the sides of the watch. the complex crown is cool looking and contains a large sapphire crystal cabochon. i like how the crown is not too small and combines both angular and organic design elements.\nput it on the wrist, the case is comfortable and as always, the bracelet is top-notch in construction and design. thank you cartier for not letting the bracelet fall by the wayside like so many other brands who just throw straps on their replica watches. the dial design is hardly surprising, nor hardly a let down. it offers the look cartier lovers want. here the signature cartier dial is silvered with blued steel hands and some central decor. the case seems like it could handle more than the 30 meters of rated water resistance, which means a basic level of water resistant, but it cannot be put into water nor be washed. if you have special demand on this, please consult our customer service online for help.. the mixture of brushed and polished areas on the case is very becoming of the design.\ninside the watch is an automatic movement, it is a simple three hand with the date. an eta would have worked, but cartier wanted the tank anglaise to have a bit more oomph. You can see the movement via the exhibition caseback.\nwhile the design of the replica watch is hardly revolutionary and it is certainly evolutionary. it gives tank fans a new item to lust after and lets cartier continue their love affair with the product family by adding new products. the french, americans, and now english each have a cartier tank design to call their own.\nReplicaGreat Theme by www.replicagreat.com Powered by WordPress","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Great strides made as Debswana turns 50\nBy Lawrence Paganga\nDiamong mining giant, Debswana Mining Company has announced that it has availed over P68 million in developing various communities across the country in the last five years.\nThe investment in the local communities is on top of other milestone achievements that the mining company has been engaged in 50 years after the Botswana Government and De Beers went into partnership that led to the creation of Debswana. In 1969, Botswana was one of the least developed countries in Africa facing a number of challenges, but the creation of the Debswana Diamond Mining Company has seen the southern African country attaining an upper middle income status.\n\"Debswana has spent more than P68 million in the past five years on programmes in the fields of education, the environment, small business development, arts and culture, health, and sports development,\" Albert Milton, the managing director of Debswana, said.\n\n\"Schools and other facilities in the mining areas built by Debswana are used by local people as well as employees. Teachers from the mines' private schools help with the Government Schools Development Programme,\" he added.\n\nThe partnership between De Beers and the Botswana Government has been praised globally as a leading example of a successful public-private partnership.\nLast week, the mining company held several events to celebrate the achievements that it has made in realising such a milestone success in a space of 50 years when the mining partnership was signed. The events were held at Debswana's mines in Jwaneng and Orapa towns, and the company's head office in Gaborone, where the keynote speaker was President Mokgweetsi Masisi.\nIt is clear from what Milton said that revenue collected from collected from diamond production has been to good use \u2013 which is rare in other African countries where such investments breed massive corruption \u2013 in improving health service and diversifying the economy. Milton said the new chapter in Botswana's economic history had resulted in Botswana's value of rough diamonds rising annually from P11 billion to more than P55 billion.\nThe government has also seen to it that the health sector in the country is developed and as a result, no-one in Botswana travels more than 29km to the nearest health facility while the doctor to patient ratio one doctor to an average of 3 300 patients compared to 1967 when it was one doctor was for every 50 000 patients.\nDebswana also operates two hospitals near its Orapa and Jwaneng mines, which serve an average of 150 000 people per year. In 2001, Debswana became the first company in the world to offer free anti-retroviral therapy to its employees and their spouses living with HIV\/AIDS. In 2008, this facility was extended to children.\n\"The work that we do extends to future generations. Over the years, Debswana has turned the hopes and dreams of the communities within which we operate into reality. We have contributed to national and community initiatives in the areas of health, education, sports, biodiversity and community development,\" said Milton.\nWhen Botswana achieved its independence in 1966, only 4.8km of roads were tarred, but now part of the revenue from diamonds has been channelled to the tarring of thousands of kilometres of roads and the roads safe to use.\n The company is now the largest private sector employer in Botswana after the government with more than 5 500 employees and at least 6 000 contractors. The multiplier effect of all these employees, added to social investments, has seen a great impact on the country's business sector.\n\n\"We are committed to continue unlocking the value of Botswana's precious natural resource to create true value for the lives of Batswana,\" Milton said.\n For this rare success story to grow and for Botswana to advance, President Masisi said he wants a long-term sales pact with De Beers when the current 10 year deal ends next year. The president also wants the great strides made increased by having more diamonds processed locally instead of being exported as rough gems.\nCivil servants removed from declaration Bill\nCabinet threatens to scrap P570m Constituency Fund\nKetumile Ramatiti\nWhile there is no hard-and-fast rule in politics, former Molepolole North Member of Parliament, Mohamed Khan says populism acts in the body politic have forced him to quit active partisan politics. He brands this ancient ascription of politics as fake and says it lowers the moral compass of the society.\nKhan who finally tasted political victory in the 2014 elections after numerous failed attempts, has decided to leave the 'dirty game', and on his way out he characteristically lashed at the current political leaders; including his own party president, Advocate Duma Boko. \"I arrived at this decision because I have noticed that there are no genuine politics and politicians. The current leaders, Boko and President Dr Mokgweetsi Masisi are fake politicians who are just practicing populist politics to feed their egos,\" he said.\nGame Mokoba\nFormer Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) parliamentary hopeful, Lawrence Ookeditse has rejected the idea of taking up a crucial role in the Botswana Patriotic Front (BPF) Central Committee following his arrival in the party this week. According to sources close to development, BPF power brokers are coaxing Ookeditse to take up the secretary general position, left vacant by death of Roseline Panzirah-Matshome in November 2020.\nOokeditse's arrival at BPF is projected to cause conflicts, as some believe they are being overlooked, in favour of a new arrival. The former ruling party strategist has however ruled out the possibility of serving in the party central committee as secretary general, and committed that he will turn down the overture if availed to him by party leadership.\nOokeditse, nevertheless, has indicated that if offered another opportunity to serve in a different capacity, he will gladly accept. \"I still need to learn the party, how it functions and all its structures; I must be guided, but given any responsibility I will serve the party as long as it is not the SG position.\"\n\"I joined the BPF with a clear conscious, to further advance my voice and the interests of the constituents of Nata\/Gweta which I believe the BDP is no longer capable to execute.\" Ookeditse speaks of abject poverty in his constituency and prevalent unemployment among the youth, issues he hopes his new home will prioritise.\nHe dismissed further allegations that he resigned from the BDP because he was not rewarded for his efforts towards the 2019 general elections. After losing in the BDP primaries in 2018, Ookeditse said, he was offered a job in government but declined to take the post due to his political ambitions. Ookeditse stated that he rejected the offer because, working for government clashed with his political journey.\nHe insists there are many activists who are more deserving than him; he could have chosen to take up the opportunity that was before him but his conscious for the entire populace's wellbeing held him back. Ookeditse said there many people in the party who also contributed towards party success, asserting that he only left the BDP because he was concerned about the greater good of the majority not individualism purposes.\nAccording to observers, Ookeditse has been enticed by the prospects of contesting Nata\/Gweta constituency in the 2024 general election, following the party's impressive performance in the last general elections. Nata\/Gweta which is a traditional BDP stronghold saw its numbers shrinking to a margin of 1568. BDP represented by Polson Majaga garnered 4754, while BPF which had fielded Joe Linga received 3186 with UDC coming a distant with 1442 votes.\nThere are reports that Linga will pave way for Ookeditse to contest the constituency in 2024 and the latter is upbeat about the prospects of being elected to parliament. Despite Ookeditse dismissing reports that he is eying the secretary general position, insiders argue that the position will be availed to him nevertheless.\nAlternative favourite for the position is Vuyo Notha who is the party Deputy Secretary General. Notha has since assumed duties of the secretariat office on the interim basis. BPF politburo is expected to meet on 25th of January 2020, where the vacancy will be filled.\nBotswana Democratic Party (BDP) big wigs have decided to cancel a retreat with the party legislators this weekend owing to increasing numbers of Covid-19 cases. The meeting was billed for this weekend at a place that was to be confirmed, however a communique from the party this past Tuesday reversed the highly anticipated meeting.\n\"We received a communication this week that the meeting will not go as planned because of rapid spread of Covid-19,\" one member of the party Central Committee confirmed to this publication.\nThe gathering was to follow the first of its kind held late last year at party Treasurer Satar Dada's place.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Launch of the New University\nWelcome Address By The Premier Of The Northern Cape, Ms Sylvia Lucas At The Launch Of The New University\nMinister of Higher Education, Mr. Blade Nzimande\nMinister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Ms Tina Joemat-Petterson\nMinister of Transport, Ms Dipuo Peters\nMembers of the Executive Council\nDGs and Officials\nThe day has come. It is the start of a dream come true for all the people of the Northern Cape and beyond. Today I am testimony to the realization of the long awaited university- a learning institution right here on the soil of the Northern Cape. I Sylvia Lucas not only in my capacity as the Premier of this great province, but also a child and parent have the immense pleasure to welcome each and everyone present here today to this auspicious occasion. And when I say auspicious I truly mean it. It is a very special day in the history of the province. We gather to celebrate an important occasion for the people of the province and the future of the province.\nIt would have seemed inconceivable to people a few years ago when we actively started to plan and solicit funding for our very own university. And today we bear witness to that impossibility becoming reality. There's an energy here that can't be denied. It is the energy that comes from acting on ideals.\nMany a great leader has asserted that a nation that does not invest in its youth and its human resources - does not have a future! Today is testimony of Governments' commitment to invest in our young people- the leaders of tomorrow and the future.\nThe Northern Cape is rising. There is no question that we are on the move. The establishment of a university affords our children the opportunity to be the masters of their own destiny. You get to decide what kind of future you want.\nMore than 60 percent of South Africans are under the age of 35. Young people will determine the fate of this province and this country. Ours must be a society in which every child matters and their talents are nurtured to enable them to become the best that they can be.\nToday, we are also celebrating for another important reason - In the course of the overall development of our country and province, the shared and common goals of all of us require a common approach and 'battle'. We are grateful that we have had committed partners in the realization of this project in some of South Africa's leading business entities. Our country and province need more of these types of partners to achieve our desired goals of a growing and prosperous South Africa.\nThe seeds of a future prosperous Northern Cape Province have been laid and will certainly develop scores of leaders and quality leadership in the socio-economic spheres for both civil society and business. The seeds for such a future are the investments we make in the educational opportunities of our people to secure the future of children and future generations!\nWe are grateful to be in a position today, to celebrate the launch of an institution of higher education in the Northern Cape. We earnestly believe that the founding of this institution will aid our search for wisdom and the information-laden intelligence that has become an indispensable part of the twenty-first century.\nWe hope that through this institution we can develop the skills and knowledge that are particular to the needs of the people of the Northern Cape and those of our country at large.\nThis landmark achievement has been made possible by a number of people and players. At this point let me thank those who have been the catalysts, including the many other important backroom players, continuously contributing towards the realization of this dream. Many have played various roles and to them we would like to express our heartfelt gratitude.\nThe new management and leadership of the institute - thanks to you too for the brave stance you took and support you lent towards the project. The departmental and other specialist people who provided advise and assisted with the shaping of the project - you too deserve mention.\nIndeed, this project speaks to the fact that we as government are on course in respect of our desired goal of achieving a measure of equilibrium and a more than modest success rate in our human resource enrichment strategy.\nThe results of the matriculants in the past few years have also given us more reason to believe in the potential and reality of the project. That we are confronted with the challenge of matching the demands of the economy with our human capacity, are aptly demonstrated by skewed human and economic developments found.\nThe overall thrust of our strategy for human resources development speaks particularly of the question of educating our people so that they are equipped to ably and confidently participate in the socio-economic development of our province and country and by so doing help us all work towards the creation of 'A Better Life For All!\nThe founding of this reservoir of learning, wisdom and intelligence demonstrates the commitment of our government in creating an environment and infrastructure that is geared towards the fulfilment of the creative and artistic potential of our people.\nThis, in our view, is the sharp end of the spear by which we will puncture the veil of ignorance and poverty.\nLadies and gentlemen, the launch of this institution signifies the process of reconstruction and development that our country has embarked upon. It also embodies the transformation of our education system into a united, democratic, non-racial and non-sexist entity. It signifies an education system whose sole purpose would be to meet the learning needs of our citizens and the needs of our society and economy as a whole.\nThere is indeed no turning back!\nThe launch of this Institute of Higher Education in the Northern Cape is an exciting challenge and provides a unique opportunity for us to develop the intellectual capacity of our people to meet the high-level of human resource needs of the new millennium. In a nutshell to help them contribute to the functioning of modern industrial society.\nI am sure that you will agree with me that this momentous achievement represents a victory for the people of the Northern Cape and will have a tremendous impact on our communities.\nWe are also hopeful that this institution's founding heralds much more progress and development and the maturation of our province as a centre of excellence and human achievement.\nLadies and Gentlemen, this institute will be well positioned to offer opportunities for the people of our province to create an economically and intellectually prosperous society. It will truly contribute to the social, economic and political challenge that faces our country and province in particular.\nThere is no doubt that we have turned the corner and are forging an education institution that will be accessible to all that will instil the values of democracy and equality, and improve our quality of life.\nIn order for us to meet the challenges of the new millennium, it is critical for us to have in place a modern, quality higher education system that will provide advanced skills and scientific knowledge to us.\nFor us to reach those desired levels of progress and modernisation we need to constantly expand our pool of skilled labour and to simultaneously also attract both domestic and foreign investment.\nProgramme Director, the Northern Cape Provincial Government is dedicated to the belief that equal educational opportunity and a strong higher education system are essential cornerstones of a democratic society and has the potential to contribute to the quality of life of all South Africans.\nAs we forge ahead positively through new territory, I am optimistic that the Institute for Higher Education is indeed well placed to meet the challenges of the rapid global economy.\nWith these few words I cannot express our excitement and gratitude to all role players who made this day possible. On behalf of the people of the Northern Cape I bid you all a warm welcome and trust that you will be a constant companion of the people of the Northern Cape as we embark on this exiting new journey.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Superdrug customers stockpiling 'game changing' \u00a34.49 product which clears skin 'overnight'\nThe product has garnered rave reviews on Superdrug's website\nJess Flaherty\nDan HaygarthReporter\nSuperdrug's own skincare range has been praised as a \"game changer\" (Image: Simon Jacobs\/Superdrug)\nCustomers are stockpiling a Superdrug skin product which reviewers have lauded a \"game-changer\" as it clears their skin \"overnight\".\nThe high street beauty retailer's Naturally Radiant Glycolic Tonic has proved a hit with shoppers who say it's the \"best they've ever used.\"\nThe toner, which is on sale for \u00a34.49 but costs \u00a39.99 at full price, promises to \"refine pores, moisturise the skin's surface and smooth fine lines, providing a brighter, healthier and more youthful complexion.\"\nThe product is described as: \"Naturally Radiant Glycolic Tonic is formulated with a unique energising complex and infused with Kiwi Fruit and Mulberry extracts. Highly concentrated in Glycolic Acid, a powerful Alpha Hydroxy Acid (AHA), reports the Liverpool Echo.\nPut your postcode in the tool below to read more news near you:\n\"The refreshing tonic also refines pores, moisturises the skin's surface and smoothes fine lines, providing a brighter, healthier and more youthful complexion.\"\nShoppers are impressed - on Superdrug's website, the lauded product has racked up more than 250 five star reviews.\nOne reviewer commented: \"I've repurchased this about three times now. Honestly one of the best toners I've used. Really helped with reducing scarring and pigmentation for me personally. It really brightens your complexion and doesn't dry you out. Love It!!\"\nAnother said: \"I have tried glycolic acid toners from The Ordinary and Pixi but this one is my favourite. Love the Naturally Radiant range. Fingers crossed it never gets discontinued!\"\nA very happy customer titled their review \"game-changer\" and said: \"I don't even have to wear foundation! I've tried hundreds of creams and products and spent hundreds of pounds on high-end brands over the years but these are by far the best results I've ever had.\n\"I won't be using anything else! If you are considering purchasing, [definitely] give it a go! You won't be disappointed.\"\nA shopper said: \"Struggles with acne so much tried every skin peel every product but wow this is the only thing that has worked every night and morning has made my skin 1000x better couldn't recommend enough.\"\nAsda issues product recalls of Milkybar, seafood and Pedigree dog foods over concerns\nI visited Sainsbury's during lockdown and it was a Covid-secure fortress\nAnother added: \"I bought this for the first time about a year ago and I've used it ever since. Amazing value for money, it works literally overnight if I get blemishes or bad skin. Love the whole range.\"\nAnother shopper posted: \"I swear by this stuff! Use it as directed and you can't go wrong.\", while another customer said that the product has \" transformed\" their skin.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Husbands (1970)\nJohn Cassavetes | 2hr 18min\nThere is nothing terribly special about the three middle-aged men at the centre of Husbands, and we can tell that somewhere deep in their subconsciouses, they recognise that. To bring this existential self-awareness to the surface may be crippling though, and besides, watching them dance around their insecurities for two and a half hours reveals far more about their lonely, desperate characters than any grand reckoning might have. If Richard Linklater was to shift the focus of his hangout films to a much older age bracket and turn his trademark idealism to pessimism, then perhaps the result would look something like this. At the same time though, it is impossible to imagine him centring characters as disturbingly boorish as those which John Cassavetes creates here, or aiming to create an experience that is as unpleasant as it is thoughtfully stimulating.\nAs is typical of his realist style, Cassavetes is not beholden to any plot convention or character development that might turn this into a more traditional drama, so any time such an advancement does take place in the film, it often feels purely incidental. By the time they touch down in London just past the halfway point, we have already spent enough time with them in bars, pools, and bathrooms to know that this sudden change of pace isn't going to fix their deep-seated fears of inadequacy and mortality. Just as the film's title suggests, wives are largely absent from this portrait of indulgent, toxic masculinity, leaving these emotionally inept men to seek out their own feeble solutions to the bitterness and grief that plagues their minds.\nCassavetes' is more likely let his camera wander naturally around environments, but he still finds the time to stage these thoughtful compositions, pressing the environment in on his characters.\nThe film's inciting incident lands in the opening minutes with the realisation that this group of three was once a group of four, framing everything they do from this point on as some indirect sublimation of their mourning, and trying to convince themselves that they have plenty of years in front of them. The only glimpse we get of their lives before the death of their friend, Stuart, comes through a montage of still photos at a public pool. While their children and wives splash around, they strike manly poses for the camera, putting on a front that is immediately undermined by the sharp cut to Stuart's funeral. Rather than using the time to sort through their feelings around this tragedy though, Gus, Harry, and Archie would rather complain about all the pomp and circumstance, holding onto the air of manliness that they can't let slip away.\n\"People get symbolic over death. They get very formal, and it's really ridiculous. Because it's probably the most humiliating thing in the world.\"\nA montage of photos at a swimming pool preceding Stuart's death opening the film, flashing through images of performative masculinity.\nThough the camera follows the funeral proceedings from afar, Cassavetes' telephoto lens zooms in close to the bereaved faces in the crowd, positioning us as intimate but totally invisible observers. It is an intrusive perspective that persists through much of Husbands, and one which demonstrates Cassavetes' absolute commitment to the primal realism of the piece, naturally letting his actors' bodies obstruct frames as they move around, and consequently immersing us even further into each scene. His goal here in stripping everything in Husbands back to a bare, minimalist style feels like a precursor to Lars von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg's Dogme 95 movement in the 1990s, with natural lighting, handheld camerawork, and location shooting dominating the film's chosen aesthetic, and thereby giving weight to the purely naturalistic performances by the main trio of actors.\nExcellent use of a telephoto lens observing the mourners at Stuart's funeral in close-up.\nPeter Falk, Ben Gazzara, and Cassavetes himself take on the roles of the three friends at the centre with organic ease, and while many of their lines weren't quite ad-libbed on camera, it is not surprising to learn that most of them were written into the screenplay from improvised rehearsals. Robert Altman might have been the director who would solidify himself as the master of overlapping dialogue, but Cassavetes' control of such aural chaos is admirable here, using it to underscore the recurring conflicts between the men, as well as the textures of an indifferent world that keeps moving independent of their existences.\nAfter a period of time running through New York streets, skinny dipping, and revealing their sheer lack of coordination in a clumsy game of basketball, these men congregate at the local bar where Cassavetes submits us to a scene lasting over half an hour, watching their drunken singing gradually develop a sadistic edge. Around them, pitch black walls envelop them in a stifling depression, and Cassavetes populates his mise-en-sc\u00e8ne with half-empty jugs and glasses of beer, telling the story of their night up to this point.\nThe bar scene lasts for almost forty minutes, as Cassavetes immerses us into its uncomfortable, drunken atmosphere.\nIf listening to their piggish behaviour for so long is a wearying experience, then the discomfort only intensifies when they escape into the bar's equally dark bathroom and start retching, forcing us to stick with them through every ugly facet of their lives. With perhaps the most confined space of the film comes a slight shift in Cassavetes visual direction as well, swapping out the telephoto for a wider-angle lens, and sitting the camera right behind the toilet as they uncomfortably heave into it.\nThe telephoto lens is gone when we move into the bathroom, as the camera now sits behind the toilet to uncomfortably press up against the actors' faces.\nHusbands can't be described as punishing in the same way one might associate that descriptor with Gaspar Noe or von Trier, but by lingering on scenes like these for longer than what's comfortable, it does exhaust its viewers in a similar way. Gazzara especially works to alienate his character more than anyone else, as the abuse that erupts from Harry within his own home reveals the logical conclusion of what sort of man we have surmised him to be. The fountain of red and yellow flowers pouring from a vase in his dining room only adds a meagre touch of colour to an otherwise cheerless scene, which sees him push his wife to her knees and force out a reluctant \"I love you.\" That he despises his own family this much speaks a lot to the unresolved anger he clearly doesn't know how to deal with, and in this moment, Harry fully reveals himself as the most damaged of all three men.\n\"I hate that house. I only live there because of a woman. You know, the legs, the breasts, the mouth.\"\nA meagre splash of colour in Harry's home life barely distracts us from the misery that exists inside these walls.\nVery simple blocking with Cassavetes sitting on the lawn and Falk standing on the driveway in this long shot, but the barren minimalism is a purposeful and impactful choice.\nWith each attempt to reclaim their youth leaving them unfulfilled, an impromptu trip to London becomes a last resort, though even in its flashy casinos there is still no glamour to be found. Dialogue continues to roll out like aimless, verbal anarchy, and the awkwardness only amplifies when they each take a different woman up to their hotel room. With Cassavetes' long takes often comes handsomely staged compositions of his actors, and one of his greatest unfolds here with Gazzara lying along the bottom of the frame in the foreground, while the camera pans between his five other companions clumsily interacting behind him. As they split off into pairs, their insecurities become more evident than ever. Gus is rash and overbearing in his attempts to initiate sex with his terrified partner. Archie panics the moment his woman even kisses him. It is disappointing that Harry's scene is so short in comparison to theirs, because his brief conversation reveals a guilt and helplessness that he has never let surface up to this point.\n\"I feel so goddamned disloyal. I feel like my \u2013 my heart is breaking.\"\nThe camera pans left to right and back again in the London hotel room, lingering in the awkwardness of these interactions.\nThe precise angle of the door catching Falk's reflection in the background, emphasising the loneliness.\nAn inspired close-up with this oblique angle coming from above \u2013 complete melancholy.\nThe rain pouring down on London's streets the next day becomes a perfect backdrop to the melancholy resolutions each man settles on. Where Gus and Archie accept that there is no exciting life for them outside their families, Harry has sunk completely into the delusion of his youth, deciding to stay behind in London and continue in his pursuit of women. His separation from the group thus formally marks Husbands with a pair of poignant bookends, leaving the remaining men crushingly isolated. \"What's he gonna do without us?\" Archie yells to Gus as they both head home, but the question applies in the other direction as well, leaving each husband to wonder what their respective futures look like without their truest companions \u2013 not that they would ever admit to such vulnerability.\nCassavetes making the most of a rainy day to shoot the depressing 'morning after'.\nThese are messy characters, and while it would be fair to say that they are largely responsible for their own misery, it is evidently the culture of unbearable machismo they have collectively built among themselves which has become their main obstacle to happiness. Somewhere along the way, their friend's death is lost among the crass humour and toxic aggression of their exploits, and for as long as that grief remains repressed, it will just keep eating away at their minds and egos, all the way to their not-too-distant graves.\nA bleak, hopeless ending as two men return to their families without their companion, wondering how any of them will get by without each other.\nHusbands is currently available to rent or buy on iTunes and YouTube.\nPosted on November 23, 2022 November 18, 2022 Author SceneByGreenCategories 1970, 1970s, Film Review\nPrevious Previous post: The Big Sleep (1946)\nNext Next post: Punch-Drunk Love (2002)","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"What neighborhood are you looking for?\nType in the name of your neighborhood or select one from the list below.\nSorry, we couldn't find any neighborhoods that match. Please try again or select a neigborhood from the list below.\nChi Kids\nChicago Visualized\nThe Block Club\nHortus In Urbe\nMurder Timeline\nThe Slice\nJefferson Park, Portage Park & Norwood Park\nOld Bank Building at Six Corners Could Become Grocery, Gym and Starbucks\nBy Heather Cherone |&nbspMarch 3, 2015 5:45am\n@HeatherCherone\nThe former Bank of America building at 4901 W. Irving Park Road has been vacant since 2011. It was recently sold for $2.9 million, and the new owner plans to tear down the building and build a new grocery store.\nDNAinfo\/Heather Cherone\nPORTAGE PARK \u2014 A long-vacant bank building would be transformed into a grocery store and gym under a plan unveiled by Ald. John Arena (45th) that would save a historic theater and create space for nonprofit arts organizations.\nThe first floor of the former Bank of America building at 4901 W. Irving Park Road would become a grocery store and the first Retro Fitness gym in Chicago, Arena said.\nA 300-seat theater on the second floor, which was once home to the Northwest Chicago Film Society, would be restored, and offices for medical services and nonprofit arts groups created, Arena said.\nThe new proposal for the 50,000-square-foot building would pull the high-profile property in the Six Corners Shopping District out of the limbo it has been mired for nearly two years. Retro Fitness has signed a lease for the property, Arena said.\nA city-commissioned master plan envisions a three-to-four story mixed-use development on the former bank property, as well as restaurants along the side streets away from Irving Park Road.\nThe Lakota Group\nHeather Cherone discusses the timing of the announcement:\nThe project would need $2.5 million from the Portage Park Tax Increment Financing District \"in order to preserve the theater for community and non-profit use,\" Arena said.\nAldi grocery stores has signed a letter of intent, but not a lease, to open in the renovated building, which has been vacant since 2011, said Arena, who faces an April 7 runoff against Chicago Police Lt. John Garrido to retain his seat on the Chicago City Council.\nCoffee giant Starbucks also signed a letter of intent, but not a lease, to open near Irving Park Road and Lamon Avenue near the former bank building on the western edge of Six Corners in an area that would allow a drive-thru to be built, Arena said.\nThe Wisconsin-based \"Butter Burger\" and custard chain Culver's is also interested in opening a location near the renovated bank building, which has been vacant since 2011, Arena said.\nA meeting to discuss the plan is set for 6:30 p.m. March 11 at Las Tablas, 4920 W. Irving Park Road.\nOwen Brugh, Arena's chief of staff, said the alderman supports the project, which requires a zoning change because the building's 260-space parking lot is erroneously zoned residential. The lot also must comply with city laws requiring landscaping around surface parking, Brugh added.\n\"We think it is a good plan,\" Brugh said. \"It was a long hard road to get to this point. We look forward to a vibrant discussion.\"\nMike Bousis, who bought the building and several adjacent properties in April 2013 for $2.9 million, had planned to tear the massive building down and build a new location for his chain of Cermak Fresh Market stores.\nBut Arena asked Bousis to reconsider those plans and renovate the building in order to save the theater that became famous on the far Northwest Side because of its incongruous location inside a bank branch. Movies were shown there from 1971 to 2010.\nThe discussion over the fate of the property became tense at times, with Bousis threatening to tear down the building and wait until after the 2015 aldermanic election to apply for a zoning change. Arena beat Garrido in 2011 by 30 votes.\nBut Bousis agreed to consider changing his plans in order to save the theater at the alderman's request. He did not return a phone message Monday.\nArena said it made sense to try to save an existing theater in an area that he has been working to revitalize by turning it into an arts and culture mecca that would draw people \u2014 and their wallets \u2014 from all over the city and suburbs with the promise of a show and dinner.\nThe proposal \"falls into the mission\" of the Six Corners Master Plan, Arena said.\nEfforts to revitalize the area around Irving Park Road and Cicero and Milwaukee avenues, which was once Chicago's premier shopping district outside the Loop, hinge on the redevelopment of the former bank building, according to the master plan.\nThat plan, approved in 2013, said the building, which covers half a city block between Lamon and Lavergne avenues, should be used to anchor the redevelopment of the western edge of the Six Corners district.\nThe master plan envisioned a three- or four-story, mixed-use development on the former bank property, as well as restaurants along the side streets away from Irving Park.\nIn addition, the master plan envisioned eight townhomes on the site of the smaller parking lot south of Dakin, in keeping with the land's residential zoning designation as well as the nearby homes. A small neighborhood park or playlot serving the families located south of Irving Park would also be appropriate for this area, according to the master plan.\nNo homes or apartments are proposed under the current plan.\nFor more neighborhood news, listen to DNAinfo Radio here:\nNext in Jefferson Park, Portage Park & Norwood Park\nPolice Hiring Process Discriminates Against Blacks, Latinos: Ald. Beale\nDrunken-Driving Victim Hopes Cop Charged With DUI Gets Probation: Court\nAld. Willie Cochran Collapses During City Council Hearing\nTraveling For Thanksgiving? Midway, O'Hare Among Most Delayed Busy Airports\nWest Entrance To O'Hare Closer Than Ever With Opening Of New Highway\nFacing Daily Stray Drop-Offs, Jeff Park Police Ask For Pet Supply Donations\n82 Percent Jump In Police Accountability Budget Not Enough, Alds. 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{"text":"Nick Clegg: Bar the gates. No summer holiday before the overhaul\nWarm words and rhetoric are easy. We must seize the mood and enact a radical programme of reform within 100 days\nWed 27 May 2009 16.30 EDT First published on Wed 27 May 2009 16.30 EDT\nFinally the dam has \u00adbroken, and everyone is talking about changing Britain's political system. For decades reformers have been thwarted by Westminster inertia. But the MPs' expenses \u00adscandal has overturned old certainties and made change possible.\nThis moment must be seized by all who want a different kind of politics. Warm words, rhetoric and consideration are not enough; indeed, they are a \u00adguarantee that little will happen. So let us bar the gates of Westminster and stop MPs leaving for their summer holidays until this crisis has been sorted out, and every nook and cranny of our political system has been reformed.\nToday I'm setting out a plan of action to get all the changes we need delivered in just 100 days \u2013 making it possible for MPs to be sacked by constituents, abolishing the House of Lords, getting corrupt money out of politics and changing the electoral system to give everyone a voice. People will say it isn't possible \u2013 parliament can't act that quickly. I say the innate conservatism that marks out our political establishment is part of the problem. Let's stop all this self-congratulatory hype about the mother of parliaments and get on with improving it.\nMomentum will ebb away unless we act quickly. Delay would be a victory for those who want to confine change to the bare minimum \u2013 the two establishment parties who will talk up reform long enough for the storm to pass, then kick it into the long grass for good.\nDavid Cameron's proposals set out in the Guardian on Tuesday were a masterful example of well-judged rhetoric free of substance and conviction. Open-source software, new select committee chairs and legislative text messages will not rescue British democracy. They are designed, I fear, to provide verbal cover for maintaining the status quo.\nReal political change is about taking power from those who have hoarded it for themselves, and distributing it to others. So change will only be \u00adpossible if the vested interests that have \u00adbenefited from the way things are accept that they can no longer \u00adpreside over an institutional stitch-up. For \u00adgenerations the Labour and Conservative parties have \u00adcolluded to keep out \u00adcompetition. They are like a corporate duopoly, \u00adsetting the rules of the game to maintain \u00addominance. And just like in economics, it's ordinary people who suffer: taken for granted, and deprived of the \u00adability to make different choices to those imposed upon them.\nThat is why what Cameron did not say is more revealing than what he did. No mention of the murky business of party funding. No mention of the scandal of an unelected second chamber. The rejection of any change to an electoral system that hands power to governments on a fraction of the vote. Without these changes, British politics will continue to be a game of pass the parcel between two old parties, while the rest of the country switches off,\nSo instead of long-term consideration of the possibility of tinkering, let us have 100 days of real action: swift, decisive and confident. It really is possible. The details of a reformed system of party funding have already been thrashed out between the parties, months ago. Sir Hayden Phillips secured outline agreement to ban donations of more than \u00a350,000, limit spending to \u00a3100m over a parliament and shake up union contributions. The reason it wasn't adopted was because the Conservatives walked out, keen to protect donations from tax exiles such as Lord Ashcroft. But there is no reason not to return to what was all but agreed, and enforce it. The political parties and elections bill, now before parliament, could be amended and adopted within weeks.\nSimilarly, on House of Lords reform, the principles of a fully elected chamber have already been exhaustively debated and adopted by MPs. As in any bicameral system, peers should be elected on a different constituency basis and electoral cycle to MPs. Details could be decided on and introduced in the constitutional renewal bill being promoted in the House of Lords by Paul Tyler.\nAnd then there's electoral reform. The ideal solution would be an Irish-style single transferable vote system in which voters elect the person, not the party. But even alternative vote plus \u2013 as first advocated by Roy Jenkins in 1998 and now backed by Alan Johnson \u2013 would ensure most MPs have a personal constituency link with their voters, as already occurs in Germany and Scotland. Labour made a promise more than a decade ago to hold a referendum on the Jenkins proposals. If the government won't call a general election, let us have this referendum in early September, as the culmination of 100 days of reform.\nTogether, over the next 100 days, we could achieve nothing less than the total reinvention of British politics. These months could become a great moment in British political history, rather than a shabby footnote to a shameful month of scandal. Let us seize, not squander, the opportunity for change.\nMPs' expenses","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Home > People > Clergy > Rev. Dr. Geoffrey Lentz\nRev. Dr. Geoffrey Lentz\nglentz@fumcpensacola.com\nPastor Geoffrey is our new Senior Pastor. He was born and raised in Pensacola and attended First Church as a child. The Lentzes were also a part of this church family when Geoffrey was first appointed here after graduating from seminary. During that appointment, Geoffrey had the opportunity to work under and learn from our two previous Senior Pastors, Dr. Roberts and Dr. Wachob, both of whom he counts as mentors.\nDr. Lentz is a graduate of Pine Forest High School and the University of West Florida. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from UWF, a Masters of Divinity from Duke University, and a Doctorate in Ministry from Drew University. He has been a pastor in the United Methodist Church for 17 years. His first appointment after Duke was here at First Church where he served as our Associate then Executive Pastor (2005\u20132012). In 2013, Geoffrey was called to serve as the Senior Pastor of the First United Methodist Church of Port St. Joe, FL (2013\u20132022). Pastor Geoffrey is involved with and supportive of the work of our Annual Conference. He serves on various boards, including the Board of Ordained Ministry, and is committed to our conference partnership with the Church in Tanzania. Geoffrey is married to Liz and they have two children, Luke and Eliza.\nRev. Brandon Bures\nRev. Emily Kincaid\nRev. Dr. Rick Branch\nLisa Bond\nJennifer Piver\nDenise VanAtta\nEric Penley\nMici Kuba\nLacey Adair\nHeidi Branch\nLibby Hargrave\nLiz Noyes\nGinger Raines\nKelsey Seager\nKyle Hall\nSarah Head\nKaren Varnson\nMichele Stevenson\nMarty Cebula","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"You are here: Home > Our Charity > BHS News & Media > Dead? Or Dead Slow?: New statistics reveal threat on Britain's roads for horse riders\nDead? Or Dead Slow?: New statistics reveal threat on Britain's roads for horse riders\nbritish horse society\ndead slow think 15\nOver 60% of incidents involving horses on the roads happen between 10am and 3pm, with accidents most commonly occurring in June, new statistics from The British Horse Society (BHS) reveal**.\nThe statistics are disclosed as the charity today (24 March 2016) announces the launch of a campaign urging drivers to slow down to 15mph when they meet a horse and rider on the road.\nIn the five years since the launch of its horse accidents website, over 2,000* reports of road incidents involving horses have been reported to the charity. Of these, 36 caused rider deaths, and 181 resulted in a horse dying from their injuries or being put to sleep.\n75% of accidents happened because the vehicle passed the horse without allowing enough space, while over a quarter of respondents said that they also had to deal with driver road rage during the incident.\nThe majority of these incidents happened on a minor road and in a rural area. Nearly half of the horses involved were used to riding on the roads more than once a week.\nSince the launch of the BHS horse accidents website in November 2010:\n90% of respondents were female\n1,799 of respondents were involved in an accident in England, 146 in Wales, 115 in Scotland, and 10 in Northern Ireland.\nThe counties with the highest number of accident reports are Essex, with 155 reported road accidents; Kent, with 89 reported road accidents; and Lancashire, with 81 reported road accidents.\nThe launch of the campaign, Dead Slow, follows a number of high profile petitions calling for greater protection for horse and rider on the roads following the injury of horse carriage master Mark Evans and the death of his horse Wil, who was hit by a car in Wales last month as he pulled a funeral cortege.\nLee Hackett, BHS Director of Policy, said: \"We are asking drivers to slow down to 15mph when they see a horse on the road. A lot of people aren't sure how to safely pass a horse when driving, and so we have produced a video showing exactly how it should be done.\nIt's worth remembering that these statistics are just the accidents reported to us, there will be countless others. Almost everyone who rides horses can recount a story about a time they had a near miss on the roads.\nWe are campaigning for legislative change, but that can take a long time. That is why we are asking for this instant change in behaviour from drivers.\nThe British Horse Society has produced a video demonstrating how to safely pass a horse on the road. The charity will also be asking equestrians to ensure that they thank any drivers who pass them responsibly.\nKevin Clinton, Head of Road Safety at the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, said: \"Horses are large, powerful animals and they can easily panic and bolt if startled. This is dangerous for the horse, the rider and other road users. All drivers should be aware that they may come across horse riders at any time, especially in rural areas. If you see one, slow right down as you approach and pass it slowly and smoothly, without revving your engine or sounding your horn. If there's not room to pass it safely, wait until there is.\"\nHorse accidents can be reported to the BHS via the website: www.horseaccidents.org.uk\nVideo, pictures and infographic available to download.\nAll statistics date from November 2010 to 1 March 2016.\n* 2,070 incidents reported in five years\n** 1,158 accidents happened between 10am and 3pm (of the 1,796 where time was disclosed)\n** 211 accidents happened in June\nAs the largest equestrian charity in the UK, The British Horse Society is dedicated to equine welfare, protecting bridleways and footpaths in the countryside, safety for horse and riders, and education. The Society's thriving and active community of staff and volunteers is committed to improving the lives of horses everywhere and last year made 3,000 interventions to help horses in need.\nThe British Horse Society and road safety\nThe British Horse Society works closely with Government and local authorities, cycling groups and commercial transport firms to educate and change driver behaviour. Working tirelessly to ensure that all equestrians have access to riding outdoors without having to negotiate traffic on the roads, a key focus of the Society is the protection off road routes.\nThe BHS encourages horse riders to wear hi-viz gear at all times on the road. Even in bright sunlight it can be hard for a driver to see a horse.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Tour Packages In India\n>> Package For Weekend\n>> Package For Honeymoon\n>> Package For Golden Triangle\n>> Package For Kashmir\n>> Package For Uttarakhand\n>> Package For Himachal\n>> Package For Rajasthan\n>> Package For Kerala\n>> Package For Goa\nFamous Tourist Places in India\n>> Rajasthan Travel\n>> Jammu & Kashmir Travel\n>> Uttarakhand Travel\n>> Goa Travel\n>>Himachal Travel\nCar \/ Cab Rental\n>> Luxury Caravans on Rent\n>> Luxury Cars on Rent\n>> Luxury Vans on Rent\n>> Luxury Coaches on Rent\nAirport Transfers Services In Delhi\n>> Domestic Airport Transfer Service\n>> International Airport Transfer Service\n>> Forts Car Rental\n>> Temples Car Rental\n>> Car Rental for Delhi Darshan\nHindu Pilgrimage Yatra\n>> Kailash Mansarovar Yatra\n>> Chardham Yatra\n>> Vaishno Devi Yatra\n>> NRI Tour\n>> Senior Citizens Tour\n>> Women Tour\n>> Family Tour\n>> Group Tour\nHome : Orissa\nOrissa State\nOrissa is a state of India, located on the east coast of India, by the Bay of Bengal. It is the modern name of the ancient nation of Kalinga, which was invaded by the Maurya Emperor Ashoka in 261 BC. The modern state of Orissa was established on 1 April 1936 as a province in India, and consists, predominantly of Oriya speakers 1 April is therefore celebrated as Utkal Divas (Orissa Day).\nOrissa is the ninth largest state by area in India, and the eleventh largest by population. Odiya is the official and most widely spoken language. Orissa has a relatively unindented coastline (about 480 km long ) and lacks good ports, except for the deepwater facility at Paradip. The narrow, level coastal strip, including the Mahanadi River delta supports the bulk of the population. The interior of the state is mountainous and sparsely populated. Deomali at 1672 m is the highest point of the state.\nOrissa is subject to intense cyclones. The most intense one, in October 1999, Tropical Cyclone 05B caused severe damage and some 10,000 deaths. Orissa is home to the Hirakud Dam, the longest earthen dam in the world. Orissa has several popular tourist destinations. Puri, with the Jagannath temple near the sea (famous for Rath Yatra or the Car Festival), and Konark, with the Sun Temple, are visited by thousands of tourists every year. The Jagannath Temple of Puri, The Sun Temple of Konark, The Lingaraja Temple of Bhubaneshwar and the Barabati Fort of Cuttack are important in the archaeological history of India.\nHistory :\nOrissa has a history spanning a period of over 3,000 years. The history of Orissa is in many ways atypical from that of the northern plains, and many of the common generalizations that are made about Indian history do not seem to apply to the Odia region. The name Odia originated from Odra or Udra tribes that inhabited the central belt ( Angul, Dhenkanal,Nayagarh ) of modern Orissa. Orissa has also been the home of the Kalinga, Utkal and [Kosal} that played a particularly prominent role in the region's history, and one of the earliest references to the ancient Kalingas appears in the writings of Vedic chroniclers. In the 6th century BCE, Vedic Sutrakara Baudhayana mentions Kalinga as being beyond the Vedic fold, indicating that Brahminical influences had not yet touched the land. Unlike some other parts of India, tribal customs and traditions played a significant role in shaping political structures and cultural practices right up to the 15th century, when Brahminical influences triumphed over competing traditions and caste differentiation began to inhibit social mobility and erode what had survived of the ancient republican tradition.\nA major turning point in world history took place in Orissa. The Kalinga War that led emperor Ashoka to embrace non-violence and the teachings of Buddha was fought here in 261 BC. Ashoka's military campaign against Kalinga was one of the bloodiest in Mauryan history on account of the fearless and heroic resistance offered by the Kalingas to the mighty armies of the expanding Mauryan empire. Perhaps on account of their unexpected bravery, emperor Ashoka was compelled to issue two edicts specifically calling for a just and benign administration in Kalinga. Later on, Ashoka was instrumental in spreading Buddhist philosophy all over Asia.\nIn the third century BCE, Kalinga flourished as a powerful kingdom under the Jaina king, Kharavela. He ruled all the way down south to include parts of the Tamil country. He built the superb monastic caves at Udayagiri and Khandagiri. Subsequently, the kingdom was ruled under various monarchs, such as Samudragupta and Sasanka. It also was a part of Harsha's empire. In 795 AD, the king Yayati Kesari I of Kesari or Soma dynasty united Kalinga, Kosala and Utkala into a single empire. He is also supposed to have built the first Jagannath Temple at Puri, although the current structure of the temple is entirely different and was built by Kings Choda Gangadeva and Ananga Bhimadeva of the Eastern Ganga Dynasty in the 12th century. The famous Lingaraja temple in Bhubaneshwar was started by Keshari dynasty king Yayati Keshari III and completed by his son Lalatendu Keshari in the 10th century. King Narasimha Dev is reputed to have built the magnificent Sun Temple at Konark. Although now largely in ruins, the temple may have once rivaled the Taj Mahal in splendour.\nThe Mughals conquered Orissa in 1576. The last Hindu Emperor of Orissa, Gajapati Mukunda Deva, was defeated and was killed in the battle of Gohiratikiri. The Mughals divided Orissa into two parts, Garjat and Mughalbandi. The coastal plain of Orissa from Medinipur to Rajahmundry came under Mughalbandi rule, which was broadly divided into six parts as Jaleshwar Sarkar, Bhadrakh Sarkar, Cuttack Sarkar, Chicacole (Srikakulam) Sarkar, Kalinga Dandapat and Rajamundry Sarkar or Godavari Province. The Garjat areas of Orissa's Central, Northern, Western and Southern hilly areas were ruled independently by the Hindu kings. These Hindu kings were paying their tribute to the Mughal Subahdar of Orissa who was residing at Cuttack. The Nizam of Hyderabad occupied the area between Rajahmundry to Srikakulam in 16th century. The remaining parts of Orissa, including the Mughalbandi and Garjat areas, were subsequently ceded to the Marathas in 1751.\nGeography And Climate :\nBhubaneshwar is the capital of Orissa. It is famed for its magnificent temples, numbering around a thousand. Cuttack, the former capital of Orissa, is 22 km from Bhubaneshwar. With the rapid expansion of two cities and better road connectivity, the two cities are now almost conjoined and considered as twin cities. The city of Puri is about 60 kilometers from Bhubaneshwar and lies on the coast of the Bay of Bengal. Puri is considered a holy city and the abode of the deity Lord Jagannath. It is one of the Char Dhams (Four holy places) of Hinduism. The world-famous \"car festival\" (rath yatra) is celebrated every year in the Hindu month of Ashadha (Mid June to Mid July) in Puri.\nThe Chota Nagpur plateau occupies the western and northern portions of the state, while along the coast are fertile alluvial plains and the valleys of the Mahanadi, Brahmani, and Baitarani rivers, which fall into the Bay of Bengal. These alluvial plains are home to intensive rice cultivation. The Central Rice Research Institute (CRRI),Asia's largest rice research Institute is situated along the bank of Mahanadi in Cuttack. One of the major nesting ground for the Olive Ridley sea turtles can be found in the Beaches of Orissa; in Devi, Gahirmatha and Rushikulya, which are known to be the nesting sites for the L. olivacea Indian Ocean population. In 2007, around 130,000 turtles nested on the beaches of Gahirmatha. The shore line also acts as their mating site & have attracted various scientific communities for research & studies.\nAlthough most of Orissa's forest cover has been denuded lately, one of the greatest attractions of Orissa is its still vast expanses of unspoiled natural landscape that offer a protected yet natural habitat to the state's incredible wildlife. There are many wildlife sanctuaries in Orissa. The Simlipal National Park Tiger Reserve is a huge expanse of lush green forest with waterfalls, inhabited by tigers, elephants, and other wildlife. The Bhitarkanika Wildlife Sanctuary has been protecting estuarine crocodiles since 1975.\nChilka Lake, a brackish water coastal lake on the Bay of Bengal, south of the mouth of the Mahanadi River, is the largest coastal lake in India and the second largest in the world.It is the largest wintering ground for migratory birds on the Indian sub-continent. It is protected by the Chilka Lake Bird Sanctuary, which harbors over 160 migratory and resident species of birds. Birds from as far as the Caspian Sea, Lake Baikal, Aral Sea and other remote parts of Russia, Kirghiz steppes of Mongolia, Central and southeast Asia, Ladakh and Himalayas come here. It also has the small area of Satpada which is a safe sanctuary for the lesser known & endangered Irrawaddy Dolphins. The highest mountain peak in the state is Deomali (1672 m), which is situated in Koraput district in southern Orissa. It is also the tallest peak of the Eastern Ghats. It is part of the Chandragiri-Pottangi mountain system. Location: 18\u00b040'3\"N 82\u00b058'59\"E.\nTourism :\nThe landscape of Orissa is dotted with a large number of temples. The temples of Orissa conform to the Indo Aryan Nagara style of architecture, with distinctive features specific to this region. The best known of these are the Lingaraja temple at Bhubaneshwar, Jagannath Temple at Puri and the Sun Temple at Konark. The temples of Orissa exhibit a majestic grandeur. An Odia temple (deula) usually consists of a sanctum, one or several front porches (jagamohana) usually with pyramidal roofs, a dancing hall (nata mandir) and a hall of offerings (bhog mandir).\nThe Lingaraj temple at Bhubaneshwar boasts of a 150 foot high deul while the Jagannath Temple at Puri is about 200 feet high and it dominates the skyline of the town. Only a portion of the Sun Temple at Konark, the largest of the temples of the Golden triangle exists today, and it is still staggering in size. It stands out as a masterpiece in Orissa architecture. Orissa is also well known as a Buddhist and Jain pilgrimage destination. North-east of Cuttack, about 100 km from Bhubaneshwar, there are Buddhist relics and ruins at the three hilltop complexes of Udayagiri and Khandagiri Caves, which still bear witness to Buddhism's fruitful tryst with this region until well into the 13th century.\nOrissa's varying topography \u2013 from the wooded Eastern Ghats to the fertile river basin \u2013 has proven ideal for evolution of compact and unique ecosystems. Thereby creating such treasure troves of flora and fauna that even seem inviting to many migratory species of birds and reptiles. Bhitar Kanika National Park is famous for its second largest mangrove ecosystem. The bird sanctuary in Chilika (Asia's biggest brackish water lake) and the tiger reserve and waterfalls in Simlipal National Park are integral part of any eco tours in Orissa, arranged by Tourism of Orissa.\nThe Gharial Sanctuary at Tikarpada and the Olive Ridley Sea Turtles in Gahirmatha turtle sanctuary also feature on the list of avid nature watchers. The city wildlife sanctuaries of Chandaka and Nandan Kanan are a must visit for the lessons they teach is conservation and revitalization of species from the brink of extinction.\nOrissa is blessed with around 500 km long coastline and has some of the most beautiful beaches in the world. Chilika, Asia's largest brackish water lake, not only provides a haven for millions of birds, but is also one of the few places in India where one can view dolphins. The lush green forest cover of Orissa plays host to a wide variety of flora and fauna, including the famed Royal Bengal Tiger. Amidst the picturesque hills and valleys nestle a number of breathtaking waterfalls and rivulets that attract visitors from all over. Orissa beaches include Puri, Gopalpur-on-Sea, Chandipur, Ramachandi Beach, Balighai Beach, Astarang Beach, Paradeep Beach. 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{"text":"Charlie Hern\u00e1ndez & the League of Shadows\nBook #1 of Charlie Hern\u00e1ndez\nBy Ryan Calejo\n\"This is a perfect pick for kids who love Rick Riordan's many series, particularly for those eager for mythologies beyond Greek and Roman stories.\" \u2014Booklist (starred review)\n\"A winner for all kids, but it will be especially beloved by Latinx and Hispanic families.\" \u2014Kirkus Reviews (starred review)\nThe Lightning Thief meets the Story Thieves series in this middle grade fantasy inspired by Hispanic folklore, legends, and myths from the Iberian Peninsula and Central and South America.\nCharlie Hern\u00e1ndez has always been proud of his Latin American heritage. He loves the culture, the art, and especially the myths. Thanks to his abuela's stories, Charlie possesses an almost encyclopedic knowledge of the monsters and ghouls who have spent the last five hundred years haunting the imaginations of children all across the Iberian Peninsula, as well as Central and South America. And even though his grandmother sometimes hinted that the tales might be more than mere myth, Charlie's always been a pragmatist. Even barely out of diapers, he knew the stories were just make-believe\u2014nothing more than intricately woven fables meant to keep little kids from misbehaving.\nBut when Charlie begins to experience freaky bodily manifestations\u2014ones all too similar to those described by his grandma in his favorite legend\u2014he is suddenly swept up in a world where the mythical beings he's spent his entire life hearing about seem to be walking straight out of the pages of Hispanic folklore and into his life. And even stranger, they seem to know more about him than he knows about himself.\nSoon, Charlie finds himself in the middle of an ancient battle between La Liga, a secret society of legendary mythological beings sworn to protect the Land of the Living, and La Mano Negra (a.k.a. the Black Hand), a cabal of evil spirits determined to rule mankind. With only the help of his lifelong crush, Violet Rey, and his grandmother's stories to guide him, Charlie must navigate a world where monsters and brujas rule and things he couldn't possibly imagine go bump in the night. That is, if he has any hope of discovering what's happening to him and saving his missing parents (oh, and maybe even the world).\nNo pressure, muchacho.\nCharlie Hern\u00e1ndez & the League of Shadows CHAPTER ONE\nMyths, my abuela used to say, are truths long forgotten by the world.\nWhich is probably why she collected them the way some people collect stamps. Or mugs with pictures of kittens on them. She gathered tales of enormous, horned, snakelike sea creatures, of two-headed vampire dogs with glowing red eyes, of terrifying man-eating ghouls that stalk the night, searching for naughty children to kidnap.\nThe myths came from all over the Spanish-speaking world. From Madrid to Quito. Mexico City to Buenos Aires. Most of them were hundreds of years old, almost as old as the cultures that had inspired them. Some had spread quickly around the globe, spread like wildfire. Others never even left the tiny rural towns where they'd first been told.\nAll her life my grandma had been obsessed with Hispanic mythology, with all the legends and stories and folklore, and had spent years teaching them to me.\nWhen I was little we used to hang out in the kitchen on lazy Saturday afternoons, me in my Power Rangers pj's and chancletas, my abuela telling her favorite tales from memory, making the epic battles and ghoulish monsters come to life with every gesture of her brown and wrinkled hands.\nAfterward, she would quiz me on what I'd heard; we played this little game, sort of like Pictionary, where she'd draw a quick sketch of one of the characters, and I would have to guess who\u2014or, in most cases, what\u2014it was. If I got four in a row, she'd let me eat leche condensada right out of the can, which might've been the only thing I enjoyed more than listening to her stories.\nAt the time I thought it was all just for fun, a cool little game between the two of us. But I should've known better; my abuela hated party games.\nPhotograph (c) Ryan Calejo\nRyan Calejo is the author of the Charlie Hern\u00e1ndez series. He was born and raised in south Florida, where he graduated from the University of Miami with a BA. He teaches swimming to elementary school students, chess to middle school students, and writing to high school students. Having been born into a family of immigrants and growing up in the so-called \"Capital of Latin America,\" Ryan knows the importance of diversity in our communities and is passionate about writing books that children of all ethnicities can relate to.\nPublisher: Aladdin (October 23, 2018)\nLexile \u00ae 780L\nAge 12 and Up\nLexile \u00ae 691 - 790\nChildren's Fiction > Science Fiction, Fantasy, Magic\nChildren's Fiction > People & Places > United States > Hispanic & Latino\n\"Filled with action with fast-paced chapters, Calejo's novel is sure to draw in readers and introduce them to the magic, beauty, and history of Hispanic myths and legends (many of which are elaborated on further in a glossary for those unfamiliar with the stories). This is a perfect pick for kids who love Rick Riordan's many series, particularly for those eager for mythologies beyond Greek and Roman stories.\"\n\u2013 Booklist *STARRED REVIEW*\n\"He's not the \"chosen one\"\u2014but the bad guys think he is. Mexican-born, American-raised Charlie Hern\u00e1ndez just grew horns. And feathers. It's inconvenient. All of a sudden, all the Hispanic (both Latin American and Iberian) myths he learned from his abuela leave the world of legend and reveal themselves in Miami\u2014and everyone, good and bad, seems to be after Charlie. A winner for all kids, but it will be especially beloved by Latinx and Hispanic families who may recognize some of the characters.\"\n\u2013 Kirkus, STARRED REVIEW\nThis magical adventure brings the Hispanic mythologies . . . to life . . . \"the detailed attention to various Hispanic folkloric and mythological traditions is accessible to readers new to the legends as well as old hands, and this multicultural story proves to be a satisfying read for anyone interested in fantasy action.\"\n\u2013 BCCB, October 2018\n\"The story is fast paced and jam-packed with many encounters with mythological creatures loosely based on folklore from around the Spanish-speaking world. The glossary at the end is helpful with a description and country of origin for each mythological being. VERDICT A great start to a new series that will be devoured by fantasy fans who enjoy action with ample doses of mythological inspirations.\"\n\u2013 School Library Journal, January 2019\nTexas Bluebonnet Award 2020-2021\nInternational Latino Book Awards: 2nd Place in Best Youth Chapter Fiction Book, English\nSunshine State Young Readers Award 2020-2021 List for Grades 6-8\nFlorida Book Awards 2018 Gold Medalist for Older Children's Literature\nKentucky Bluegrass Award Master List\nYoung Hoosier Book Award Nominee (IN)\nVolunteer State Book Award Nominee (TN)\nBank Street Children's Book Award\nSunshine State Young Readers' Award List (FL)\nTexas Bluebonnet Master List\nFlorida Book Award Gold Medal, Children's\nLectio Book Award Finalist (TX)\nJust One More Page Recommendation List\nBook Cover Image (jpg): Charlie Hern\u00e1ndez & the League of Shadows\nHardcover 9781534426580\nAuthor Photo (jpg): Ryan Calejo\nMore books from this author: Ryan Calejo\nMore books in this series: Charlie Hern\u00e1ndez","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Microbiology and Immunology 3500B\nBIOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE\nA trans-disciplinary approach to examine the introduction, spread and ecological impact of infectious diseases; the underlying biological and social determinants of infectious diseases with an emphasis on the effects of environment and socio-economic status; lessons learned from global pandemics; treatment\/prevention of infectious diseases and challenges with implementation in under-resourced communities.\nPrerequisite(s): Microbiology and Immunology 2500A\/B.\nExtra Information: 3 lecture hours.\nBreadth: CATEGORY C i\nSubject Code: MICROIMM\nModules\/Programs 9\nFaculty of Science | Biology | MAJOR IN ECOSYSTEM HEALTH\nFaculty of Science\/Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry; including BMSc and Neuroscience | Interdisciplinary Medical Sciences (IMS) | HONORS BMSc INTERDISCIPLINARY MEDICAL SCIENCES\/HBA\nFaculty of Science\/Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry; including BMSc and Neuroscience | Interdisciplinary Medical Sciences (IMS) | HONORS SPECIALIZATION IN INTERDISCIPLINARY MEDICAL SCIENCES (IMS)\nFaculty of Science\/Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry; including BMSc and Neuroscience | Interdisciplinary Medical Sciences (IMS) | MAJOR IN INTERDISCIPLINARY MEDICAL SCIENCES (IMS)\nFaculty of Science\/Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry; including BMSc and Neuroscience | Interdisciplinary Medical Sciences (IMS) | SPECIALIZATION IN INTERDISCIPLINARY MEDICAL SCIENCES (IMS)\nFaculty of Science\/Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry; including BMSc and Neuroscience | Medical Sciences | MAJOR IN MEDICAL SCIENCES\nFaculty of Science\/Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry; including BMSc and Neuroscience | Medical Sciences | MINOR IN MEDICAL SCIENCES\nFaculty of Science\/Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry; including BMSc and Neuroscience | Microbiology and Immunology | MINOR IN MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY\nRichard Ivey School Of Business | HBA Combined Programs | HBA\/HONORS BMSc INTERDISCIPLINARY MEDICAL SCIENCES\nPrivacy and Disclosure of Personal Information","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Employment services aren't working. ACOSS calls for major reform.\nIn a major submission to the government's review of employment services, ACOSS is calling for fundamental reform of Australia's employment services as the jobactive system is currently failing both employers and people looking for paid work due to inadequate investment and an over-emphasis on social security compliance.\n\"ACOSS has welcomed, and is contributing to, the government's review of employment services, informed by feedback from service users and an Expert Advisory Panel,\" says Dr Cassandra Goldie, CEO of ACOSS.\n''People searching for their first job, those who have been made redundant, are carrying an injury, or have experienced a major life upheaval like a relationship breakdown, are not getting the support they need from jobactive employment services and the appallingly low Newstart payment.\"\n\"The jobactive program is more about enforcing Newstart requirements than helping people compete in a tough labour market where there is only one job available for every 8 people who are unemployed or underemployed. As a result, two thirds of people on Newstart are languishing on Newstart Allowance for 12 months or more.\n\"Newstart benefit requirements \u2013 such as the requirement to apply for 20 jobs per month \u2013 are rigidly enforced by jobactive providers even in areas where there are few jobs available. People have to repeatedly approach the same employers for work, while employers are losing trust in the system because they receive too many job applications.\n'Most people tell us that dealing with jobactive provokes anxiety, with a constant fear of being cut off from their social security support.\n\"People using jobactive and previous employment service programs are not getting the help they really need, such as career guidance, a referral to a job, meaningful training, or properly-paid work experience in a regular job. This helps explain the rise in people unemployed long-term over the last two decades.\n\"Australia spends well under half the OECD average on employment assistance,\" says Peter Davidson, ACOSS Senior Adviser.\n\"Each person looking for paid work gets on average only $1,000-2,000 worth of job search assistance and training out of $1.3 billion spent annually.\n\"With average caseloads of 150 and more, a highly competitive provider market, and 40% of jobactive consultants leaving or losing their own jobs each year, it's not possible for employment service providers to offer a quality service.\n\"Intense competition among providers also gets in the way of the cooperative work with other providers, employers and local community services, all of which is needed in regions with high unemployment.\n\"Jobactive needs to be fundamentally changed. We need to design a new system which will get behind people locked out of paid employment, and create a real sense of hope and opportunity.\n\"Reducing unemployment is a shared responsibility, not just an individual one. The current model of employment services are leaving people behind.\n\"Newstart must also be increased. At less than $40 per day to cover all essentials, it's near impossible to look for work if you're struggling to keep a home and you're hungry.\"\nBackgrounder:\nACOSS Proposals for reform of Australia's employment services\nA 'Charter of Rights and Expectations' for users of employment services including a right for people to choose and change their employment service provider, services and activity requirements that improve each person's prospects of paid employment, accessible and culturally appropriate services; and a right to privacy of personal information.\nThe 20 jobs a month job search requirement should be reduced for individuals or regions where employment prospects are well below-average.\nPeople who are close to securing employment would receive a mostly 'self-help' service, taking greater control over their job search using an online employment services platform.\nIn light of recent experience with 'robodebt', the online platform should not be used to automate decision-making on activity requirements and compliance.\nThe online platform should be backed up by employment advisors at Centrelink, to simplify the system and offer help for those who cannot manage or afford an online service.\nPeople who are entering the paid workforce for the first time, returning after caring for a child or family member with a disability, or over 40 years old who need to reset their careers would also receive a career counselling and support service.\nPeople unemployed long-term and those facing a high risk of long-term unemployment would receive a more intensive service from non-government employment service providers\nMore resources would be provided to this service to reduce caseloads.\nProviders would have access to an investment fund, topped up each year for people unemployed long-term, to finance intensive services and activities to improve people's skills and employment prospects, including properly-paid work experience with wage subsidies, vocational and other skills training, and mentoring with local employers.\nThe ineffective Work for the Dole program should be replaced by properly-paid work experience in regular employment settings.\nA minority of people with complex needs (including many people with mental illness or who are homeless), would receive coordinated help from local agencies (including employment services, health and other community services) in a local partnerships service.\nFor the minority of regions with very high and entrenched unemployment, a community employment development service would be provided. This would be operated by consortia of employment services, employers, local government, and local community services (in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, a community controlled organisation)\nThere would be more certainty of funding to stabilise employment services and reduce staff turnover, but they would be required to achieve benchmark employment outcomes.\nAn independent statutory licensing body (similar to the new NDIS 'quality and safeguards commission') would be established to ensure that all providers meet minimum quality standards in their service to both unemployed people and employers; including treating people with respect, and the skills and qualifications of front-line staff.\nEnough talk on electricity, governments must walk the walk and guarantee lower prices\nACOSS welcomes move to scrap final 'zombie' measure","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"New town hall for Lambeth\nLambert Smith Hampton (LSH) has advised London Borough of Lambeth on its \u00a350m new town hall complex in Brixton.\nLondon Borough of Lambeth has completed an agreement with Muse Developments to undertake the development of a new town hall complex comprising some 14,000 sq m of new and improved accommodation in the heart of Brixton, which will incorporate the 100 year old town hall with its distinctive clock tower.\nLSH to continue advising the council\nLSH will continue to advise the Council through the completion of the site assembly process and satisfaction of the conditions precedent.\nThe \u00a350m development scheme will be funded through the redevelopment and\/or sale of seven office properties currently occupied by the Council where the optimum alternative use is likely to be residential development. The Council will also secure substantial revenue savings by the reorganization.\nSaving \u00a34.5m a year for Lambeth\nCllr Paul McGlone, Cabinet Member for Finance, said \"This is a good deal for Lambeth \u2013 it will save at least \u00a34.5 million a year, deliver 275 new [and] affordable homes as well as jobs for local people. It's a smart deal too because by selling off our old and expensive office buildings we can make the development pay for itself.\"\nLSH directors appointed as expert advisers to Government's High Streets Task Force News Two directors from our Planning, Development and Regeneration (PDR) team have been ap...\nWhat next for our towns and shopping centres? News We want your views\nNew Design guidance launched to help improve the design of new homes and neighbourhoods News Building for a Healthy Life updates England's most widely-known and widely-used desig...\nPlanning for the Future: Overhauling the Planning System News Read our summary of the key proposed changes contained within the long-awaited Planni...\nRadical overhaul of the Use Classes afoot News Government sets out plans to overhaul the English Planning System in a bid to increas...\nGreen light for new retail and leisure scheme on outskirts of Ely News LSH scores first virtual planning committee win following 12 months of negotiation\nStephen Armitage\nDirector - Planning Development & Regeneration","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Stories from the Geelong Botanic Gardens\nFairies and Dragons\nHow old is that tree?\nPosted on February 7, 2016 by possumgbg\nA bunya pine (Araucaria bidwillii) at the Geelong Botanic Gardens\n\"So tell me, how old is that tree?\" must be one of the most commonly asked questions by visitors to the Geelong Botanic Gardens; right after \"where are the toilets?\" It is also one of the most difficult to answer since, for most trees, the real answer is \"I don't know\" \u2013 but with a bit of work we could find out.\nMethod 1: Chop down the tree and count the tree rings\nAny child could tell you this and I am told that it is a remarkably accurate method. You will almost certainly get an accurate idea of how old he tree was, and an even more accurate date for the day it wasn't.\nSequoiadendron gigantium at the Natural History Museum in London\nThis is a 1500 year old dead tree showing a slice through a Sequoiadendron gigantium showing significant dates in human history from St Columba founding a mission on Iona to Charles Darwin all lined up to the tree rings.\nHowever, most chopped down trees look more like this\nTree rings on Liquidamber\nCounting tree rings on a bit of rough sawn wood is not quite as easy as it sounds. Never the less, in the interests of science, I thought I'd give it a go on a tree removed in January. Tree age = 70 years\nIs that reasonable? How do we know?\nMy guess is that 70 might be a bit old \u2013 by perhaps by 5 years (based on the age of the property). But then again, I don't know how old the sapling tree was when it was planted \u2013 and it could have been 5 years old by then too. A bit more information would help with verification.\nWhich brings us to the next method\u2026\nMethod 2: Check the (formal) records\nIn a Botanic Garden, you might have thought that this would be a shoe in. It's not. The Geelong Gardens, like many others, have very patchy planting records. We know what our first curator, Daniel Bunce had planted by January 1860, less than 3 years after the Gardens commenced, because he published a catalogue of Plants under Cultivation in the Botanical Gardens Geelong . After that, with the exception of our own Seq\nGeorge Jones planting the Wollemi Pine on December 7 2005\nuoiadendron gigantium, we really don't have records until the last 20-30 years.\nIf you're lucky, the tree you are interested in will have a sign noting the date and name of the august personage who planted the tree, after that, you are on your own.\nBut experienced gardeners and botanists must have some idea of how old the trees are \u2013 right?\nMethod 3: Ask an expert gardener\nThis sounds great \u2013 until you ask more than one expert.\nThe row of Bunya Bunya pines (Araucaria bidwillii) which line the south-western edge of the original nursery garden are a good example. These trees are listed on the National Trust significant tree register. The current listing no longer gives an age (smart people), but the original listing in 1989 suggests a planting date around 1885 for the stand of bunyas.\nOn the other hand, fanfare around the Association of Friends of Botanic Gardens conference (2001) (Bunce, Bunyas and Beyond) makes a clear link between the bunyas and the first curator Daniel Bunce (d 1872). The reasons for this link are beyond the scope of this post (but make an interesting story all on their own. One to keep up my sleeve). An article in the Geelong Advertiser Weekend Magazine (36\/6\/2001) makes it clear that the prevailing opinion at that time was that Bunce planted the bunyas, the ginkgo and the Chilean wine palm.\nSo who is right \u2013 if any of them?\nNow if you'd asked me, I'd have said that there is no evidence that these trees were planted in the 19th Century \u2013 but how would I know?\nMethod 4: search for references to your chosen tree in the written record\nUnfortunately, there are very few actual written records for the Geelong Botanic Gardens. (There was something about a flood in the council document storage facility?) Anyway, very little exist, except for the Bunce catalogue of 1860. No Bunyas are listed there.\nBut there are other secondary records such as old newspapers and magazines which might shed some light on the matter.\nSearching newspapers has become easier with the advent of computers, the internet and more recently, the Australian National Library's Trove project to digitise (and translate into text) Australia's newspapers.\nIn the interest of research, I have spent many late nights \"troving\" in order to answer just that question: how old are these trees?\nFortunately for us, there are a number of excellent descriptions of the Geelong Botanic (or Botanical) Gardens from the very early days of the Gardens through to the 1910s. Many of these list the botanical highlights, though to be honest, these are frequently the massed plantings of brightly coloured garden ornamentals. From these records we know that by 1897, the ginkgo was 30 ft high and that the Chilean wine palm (Jubaea chilensis) was fully 30 years old with the shed (Raddenberry fern house) built over it. The implication from these reports is that both of these trees were indeed planted by Bunce in the 1860s.\nThere is no mention at all of any bunya bunya pines up to 1926 (the end of the current phase of digitization for the Geelong Advertiser).\nBut not everything gets mentioned in an article about gardening, so perhaps the writers were less impressed by an Australian native tree than they were about such exotic trees as the ginkgo and the Jubaea.\nWhat, you may ask (and I hope you did) makes me think there is some doubt about the age of the bunyas?\nThe answer is in\u2026\nMethod 5: check the old photographs\n(Those taking this route should take caution \u2013 most of the photos don't have dates, although there are clues which help narrow them down. This too, is outside the scope of the current post)\nThe Raddenberry fernery c 1890\nThis is one of the earliest photographs of the Raddenberry fernery which occupied the middle of the original Nursery Garden from 1885.\nIt is this image which got me started in the first place, because if the bunyas were planted by Bunce, then they should be clearly evident as a line of trees in the foreground of this photo. But the only trees here are clearly young pine trees. (Young bunyas have dome shaped crowns, compared with the classic Christmas tree shape of pine trees).\nSo let's look at another image, this time from the early 20th Century.\nBotanic Gardens Geelong c 1905 looking west\nThis photograph looks back across the Gardens from near the Sequoiadendron. The Raddenberry fernery is on the left and the entrance to the Nursery Garden on the right. By the estimation of \"experts\", the bunyas should be between 25 and 40 years old \u2013 plenty big enough to dominate the western sky line \u2013 but they aren't there. Once again, just pine trees which are probably the grown-up versions of the ones in the previous photograph.\nThe Nursery Gardens. The arrows indicate the expected position of the bunyas. Image taken from a portion of an Airspy (Pratt bros) photograph c 1930\nBy 1930, there are the first aerial views of the gardens. This image looks across the gardens to the west with the now rather dilapidated fernery in the centre. The arrows show where the line of bunyas would be (on the western boundary) \u2013 but still they aren't there!\nPortion of 1947 areial view Eastern Park.\nIt is not until this aerial photo from 1947, that a line of trees (indicated by arrows) which could actually be the bunyas is visible on the western boundary.\nSo how old is that tree?\nFor the stand of bunyas (Araucaria bidwillii) on the western boundary of the old nursery garden \u2013 not as old as you might think. Probably around 85 years in 2016.\nA case of mistaken identity\nPosted on October 21, 2015 by possumgbg\nThis image was recently (14\/10\/15) published on the Lost Geelong Facebook page (https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LostGeelong) where it was identified as \"A man by his car inside the main gates at Eastern Park, 1917\".\nA man by his car inside the main gates at Eastern Park, 1917\nThe same image (confusingly dated c.1925) is displayed in the Geelong Botanic Gardens meeting room alongside other historic images of the entrance to the Gardens.\nThe first of these is labelled \"Prince's Gate and Lodge at the Malop street entrance 1883\".\nPrince's gate and lodge at the Malop street entrance to the Geelong Botanic Gardens ,1883\nWhile the other is the new gates (now called the Hansen gates) to the 1960s extension to the Gardens.\nGeelong Botanic Garden entrance c 1980\nBoth sets of gates bare a superficial resemblance to the first image, however anyone who takes time to make a closer inspection will realise that these pictures are of three distinctly different gates.\nThe Hansen gates still welcome visitors to the Geelong Botanic Gardens, although after the extension of the Gardens in 2002 to incorporate the 21st century Gardens, they are no longer the main entrance to the Gardens.\nSo which of the first 2 images are the real Prince's Gates at the Malop Street entrance to the Gardens?\nThe information displayed with the 1883 image of the gates with the associated lodge gives a bit more detail.\nThe gates were named the \"Prince's Gate\" following the visit of Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh to Geelong in 1867.\nThe Garden Street lodge was built sometime before 1864, but demolished in 1920 when the road was realigned. The gates however were given to Kardinia Park in 1904 when it was no longer considered necessary to completely fence off Eastern Park.\nThis image from around 1910 the old Princes' Gates in place on the northwest corner of Kardinia Park near the war memorial.\nOld Prince's gates in Kardina Park c 1910\nDespite the addition of lights on the tops of the pillars, these are clearly the same gates as in the 1883 photograph.\nThe image which has recently been promoted as the Malop Street (Prince's) gates appears to have been mis-attributed as these gates do not actually resemble either of the other images of these gates, and the given dates of the image (either 1917 or 1925) are both after the gates had been removed from their original site in Malop street.\nSo, why the confusion?\nThe Geelong Heritage Centre has a wide collection of historical images of Geelong which come from a wide range of sources. The image in question is amongst these.\nThe details supplied with the image are:\nA man by his car inside the main entrance gates at Eastern Park, 1917\nGRS Number: 2009\/00125\nCreator\/Artist: Unidentified\nImage Type: Photogrpah\nFormat: Black and white photograph, 114mmx 158\nIt appears that it is simply a case of mistaken identity. I like to think that the photographer, like me, took a while to sorting out his photographs from his tour of Geelong and simply mis-remembered where this particular image was taken.\nPosted in Botanic Gardens, History\t| Tagged Eastern Park, Geelong Botanic Gardens, Prince's gates\t| Leave a comment\nThe Geelong Botanic Gardens Bronze Cranes\nPosted on May 29, 2015 by possumgbg\nOne of the most commonly asked questions about non-plant things in the Geelong Botanic Gardens is: \"What's the significance\/story of the bronze cranes?\"\nThere are 2 stories here:\nThe history of the bronze cranes and how they came to be in the Geelong Botanic Gardens\nThe meaning of cranes which stand on the back of turtle-dragons\nStarting with the second one first:\nFor a long time all I could find out about the cranes is that they were symbolic of \"long life and happiness\". Then, by chance I was watching Antiques Roadshow when one of the items brought in was an okimono, a Japanese craved ornament, which depicted a turtle dragging it's long beard behind it. The experts call it a \"minogam\u00e9\" and said that it was a bringer of old age and a symbol of longevity.\nFinally, with a word for the curious dragon-like turtle, I was on the track for a bit more information (not quite trusting Antiques Roadshow for all my cultural knowledge).\nAccording to that trusted source, Wikipedia ,a minogam\u00e9 is a turtle so old that it grows a train of seaweed on its back and is a symbol of longevity and felicity. Turtles more generally in Japanese culture are a haven for immortals and the world mountain (whatever that might be), and symbolise longevity, good luck and support. Unsurprisingly, with this good rap, the tortoise is a favourite motif for both netsuke and okimono.\nMore information on minogam\u00e9 (but without the accent on the final e) came from a blog post on \"Minogame in Japanese Culture \". In this retelling, the word minogame means \"straw raincoat turtle\" as the tail of the turtle resembles a farmers straw raincoat. The minogame is a giant turtle and at least a thousand years old \u2013 the tail, despite the name, is made of seaweed.\nSo, is the tail beard, seaweed or straw raincoat?\nGBGs own minogame\nLooking at our own Geelong Botanic Gardens minogam\u00e9, we have a very short beard and a rather feathery tail. And no turtle I've ever seen looked quite so fierce. However, the websites I visited have no information on turtle teeth.\nBut what of the cranes standing on the turtles back?\nManchurian or red-crowned cranes are also well represented in Japanese folk-lore and art. They are known as tanch\u014dzuru and thy live for a thousand years, and mate for life. So (what a surprise) more long life and happiness then.\nBut how did Japanese bronze cranes find their way to the Geelong Botanic Gardens and where did they come from?\nThe first part of the story comes from George Jones (Growing Together, 1984) quoting from an interview with ex-Alderman F.G.H. Richie in 1931.\nSt Albans Park\nThe cranes originally graced the driveway of W. R Wilson's St Albans' Park homestead at a cost of \u00a3400. Mr Wilson was a race horse breeder and trainer with a taste for the oriental. Each of the larger 2 cranes had an electric light bulb in its mouth which were said to be able to illuminate the whole driveway.\nThe cranes remained at St Albans' Park when the establishment became the property of a Mr A. W. Jones (no relation to George), but when he sold the stud, he kept the cranes and transferred them to his town residence in Garden Street, Geelong.\nThis would have been sometime between the First and Second World Wars. At the time, Geelong Council's improvement projects included the Eastern Beach Improvement Scheme which eventually generated the swimming enclosure, fountains and play ground which we enjoy today.\nIt seems that Alderman Ritchie had his eye on the birds, as he soon approached Mr Jones for a donation of the birds to add to the Improvements. Unsurprisingly, as Jones had taken the trouble to bring the cranes with him, Ritchie was refused. However, he was later persuaded to accept a nominal price of \u00a325 for them, and they were installed in the fountain on the steps leading down to the beach.\nUnfortunately, the statues were vulnerable to damage by vandals, and their position in the middle of a fountain made them hard to repair, so at some stage (certainly before the 1980s) they were copied in some more durable materials and the originals moved to the ponds in the Botanic Gardens.\nThe ponds themselves were removed in the early 21st Century when the Gardens had quite a facelift. Around 2005, the cranes became the focus, along with the magnificent Ginkgo, of the remodeled Temperate Garden.\nBy this time, the number of cranes had increased to 5 with an additional small crane. Bronze cranes do not to my knowledge reproduce, even if the birds they are modeled on do mate for life. It seems that some ten or more years earlier, one of the small cranes had been stolen and a replacement had been made to cover the loss. Shortly before the Temperate Garden was opened, it \"reappeared\", some say having been found dumped in a rear lane way in Geelong. (The details seem to be sketchy). The 5th crane was then incorporated into the remodeled garden.\nSo really, it seems totally appropriate that the Temperate Garden, with the spreading Ginkgo and tanch\u014dzuru standing on minogame are now a favourite sport for gardens weddings.\nMay you all experience long life and happiness.\nThe Temperate Garden\nPosted in Uncategorized\t| Tagged Botanic Gardens, Geelong Botanic Gardens\t| Leave a comment\nWhose idea was it to plant the Eastern Park as a Pinetum?\nPosted on March 23, 2015 by possumgbg\n(Some new information from Troving The Geelong Advertiser)\nPinetum noun, plural pineta [pahy-nee-tuh] An arboretum of pines and coniferous trees. (dictionary.com)\nThe widely accepted story of Geelong's Eastern Park is that Daniel Bunce (Curator 1857-1872) laid out the Botanic Gardens in what we now call Eastern Park, with \"labyrinthine paths\" and beds as seen in the 1864 photograph and map on display in the Gardens' meeting room.\nEastern Kark 1864\nHe was also well known to have planted \"blue gums\" (probably Eucalyptus gobulus), as a fast growing shelter bed. By the time of Bunce's death in 1872, when John Raddenberry took over the management of the Gardens, the blue gums were starting to look tatty and were removed, the complex beds of the wider Park simplified and eventually abandoned and the focus of the Gardens narrowed down to the Nursery garden, which remained the \"Botanical Gardens\" until the expansions in the early 1960s.\nMost of the trees in Eastern Park today do not date back to the very early days of the Gardens. We are currently in a period of replanting, and this is the second and perhaps, for some areas of the Park, third or even fourth time this has happened in the history of the Botanic Gardens (but that is another story).\nBut who first planted the grounds as a pinetum (an arboretum focusing on conifers)?\nThis honour is generally given to John Raddenberry as part of the remodeling of the large and unmanageable Botanical Garden into a Park with associated Nursery (botanical) garden.\nRecent evidence has come to light to suggest that it was in fact Daniel Bunce who was responsible for the pinetum style of planting, and that it has continued under successive curators with more or less vigor to the present day.\nOn May 28, 1863, the Geelong Advertiser reported:\n\u2026 The Curator of the Botanical Gardens has just received a case containing Conifera and other trees indigenous to Queensland, from Mr Walter Hill, the Manager of the botanical Gardens at Brisbane. The donation is most opportune, and will materially assist in the large Pinetum now being formed in the grounds. It is the third present of the same kind which Mr Bunce has received from the Brisbane Gardens during the last three years. Mr McNaughton kindly took charge of the case from Brisbane to Geelong.\nSo it seems that establishing a pinetum was in fact part of Bunce's early plans for the Gardens.\nEven before this, Bunce had already started planting in pines:\nAround the hill on which Mr. Bunce's house stands some three hundred pines, numbering nearly a hundred varieties, have been planted, which, when grown up, will add a charming feature to the grounds. It is also intended to plant a large number of the conifer family along the principal carriage drives within the gardens\u2026\n\u2026 In the forcing-house and conservatory there is a number of young plants of the various pine tribes indigenous to the colonies-some from Mount Zero, others from the Victoria River, Lake Torrens, Lake Hindmarsh, Cooper's Creek, &c., and they are seen to be growing vigorously. (Geelong Advertiser 3\/7\/1862)\nCook Islands pine, Araucaria columnaris near the old curator's cottage, Eastern Park\nNot just any pines either but a range of \"interesting specimens\". The area around the curators cottage still has some more unusual conifers.\nBy November 7, 1862, The Advertiser reported that some of these new trees were in the ground and growing well:\nThe pines planted in the early portion of the season are thriving remarkably well, and promise to be a great ornamentation to the grounds.\nRaddenberry continued with the theme of planting conifers in the Park.\nIn 1880, The Australasian reported:\nAmongst the grass at pretty regular intervals young pines \u2013 chiefly P. insignia \u2013 have been planted, as if the object were to convert the area into forest.\nUnfortunately, none of the trees in the Eastern Park pinetum can be attributed to either Bunce nor Raddenberry. The oldest trees planted for which a date can be attributed were the \"Royal oaks\" and a Sequoiadendron gigantium, all planted near the Garden street entrance, and all long gone.\nIt is generally known that many pines from the park were harvested for timber between the wars, and new pines were planted. Many of the pines planted at that time are now being replaced by new plantings to continue the tradition of the Parkland of Eastern Park being maintained as a \"pinetum\"\nEastern Park pinetum\nA version of this article was circulated to the Friends of Geelong Botanic Gardens Guides on 12\/2\/2015\nPosted in Botanic Gardens\t| Tagged Eastern Park, Geelong Botanic Gardens\t| Leave a comment\nThe story of the Common Brown Butterfly\nPosted on January 16, 2015 by possumgbg\nMale common brown Butterfly\nThe most common butterfly in the Geelong Botanic Gardens during the early part of summer \u2013 apart from the ubiquitous cabbage white butterfly \u2013 is the Common Brown Butterfly (Heteronumpha merope).\nI first noticed this butterfly in large numbers a couple of years ago when the grass-trees (Xanthorrhoea) in the 21st Century Gardens were in flower. Dozens of male butterflies were feeding together on the floral spikes, making it look as if they were covered in dead leaves. Despite looking at every grass-tree flower spike ever since, I've never seen this phenomena again.\nA spike of butterflies\nXanthorrhoea flowers produce a lot of nectar, so I imagine that that was what attracted the butterflies. With their modified, tubular mouth parts, butterflies can only sip at nectar to feed. Given that common brown butterflies can live for up to eight months, they must be feeding on something!\nThe common brown butterfly was first collected by Joseph Banks in 1770 from Botany Bay. I wonder if he picked that the male and female are rather different \u2013 or did he think they were 2 separate species like I did when I first encountered the females?\nMale common brown butterflies are a mottled orange-brown with a fairly indistinct eyespot on each wing. When they rest in the grass they almost disappear as they fold their wings vertically and look for all the world like a dead leaf.\nFemale common brown butterflies are significantly larger (the forewing is 38 mm across compared with 34mm for males), they are also much more colourful with a completely different wing patination and a much more floppy flight.\nAdded to these differences, the male butterflies seem to appear much earlier in the season and in larger numbers \u2013 at least in the Geelong Botanic Gardens. It is only later that the females start to appear, and now in early January that pairs of butterflies can be seen in their nuptial flight which confirms that, despite their apparent differences, they are in fact the same species.\nNot only was the common brown butterfly one of the first Australian butterflies to be collected, but it of was also one of the first to be the subject of modern ecological study (by E.D. Edwards from the CSIRO back in 1973). Female butterflies mate as soon as they emerge, so all those mating dances I have been seeing confirm my feeling that the girls don't show up in the Gardens until after the boys.\nThe caterpillars of common browns feed on \"rough grass\" including species of Poa and Themeda. In southern Australia, these grasses tend to dry out or die back over the hot, dry summer and only provide lush leaves after the first autumn rains. There is not much for a caterpillar to eat over the hottest part of summer in our (normally) hot, dry later summers. Coupled with that, butterflies don't enjoy the hottest weather of summer \u2013 numbers drop off in the Gardens after the first heatwaves of January. So what happens between the peak butterfly season in early summer and peak caterpillar season in the cooler, damper part of the year?\nI suspect that the male butterflies actually die once the mating season is over. The females, which can live up to 8 months, aestivate over the hottest part of summer. (Aestivation is the hot weather equivalent of hibernation). The butterflies hide away, lower their metabolic rate and wait out the season until conditions improve and they can lay their eggs on the leaves of their host grasses when the caterpillars have most chance of success.\nThe larvae of common browns are very variable in colour and pattern and I don't think I've ever really noticed them \u2013 but I'm sure the local magpies would know them well as they feed largely on grubs and beetles in the grass. Perhaps to avoid being dinner, the caterpillars feed at night. The pupa forms amongst the leaf litter at the base of the plant which strikes me as lucky as that is also out of the way of our lawn mowers. It's good to know that the Council mowing practices in Eastern Park are unlikely to be reducing the numbers of this particular butterfly.\nSo what eats a butterfly? Clearly something as my little collection of butterfly wings attests. This collection includes an entire male common brown which does not seem to have been eaten, and 2 pairs of female forewings which were both found lying close together. Pairs of wings seem to indicate that something is eating them and leaving the non-tasty bit behind. This was probably a bird, but butterflies are also dinner for dragonflies and lizards.\nOf course, spiders also feed on butterflies when they get the chance.\nReference: The Butterflies of Australia by Albert Orr and Rodger Kitching (2010)\nPosted in Botanic Gardens, Natural History\t| Tagged Common Brown Butterfly, Eastern Park, Geelong Botanic Gardens\t| Leave a comment\nMusic in the Gardens \u2013 1869 style\nPosted on November 25, 2014 by possumgbg\nMusic in the Gardens has been a popular summer event in the Geelong Botanic Gardens over the last decade or more. Sadly, the Friends of Geelong Botanic Gardens have decided that it is beyond their capacity to continue to run this event. However, music and our Gardens have always been a popular combination.\nThe Band Played the Corio March\nIn the 1860's and 1870's the Geelong \"Botanical\" Gardens hosted a very different style of \"Music in the Gardens\". These popular concerts were \"promenade\" concerts, held in the cultivated area of Eastern Park, possibly in the vicinity of the parterre gardens in front of the curator's cottage, more or less where the PlaySpace is today. The band of the Geelong Volunteer Rifle Brigade provided a range of popular music including selections from opera, dance music and original compositions, always finishing with \"God Save the Queen\".\nThe ladies and gentlemen of Geelong came to listen from their horse and carriage, while others enjoyed the music while promenading along curator Bunce's walks and and through the parterres. Sometimes a little dancing occurred on the grass \u2013 not so very different from the more recent Music in the Gardens concerts.\nProviding the money to pay the band to perform at the concerts was a continual challenge. Initially, subscriptions (what we'd call donations today) were collected from the public at each concert, but this did not provide a sufficiently secure income. Concerts in the Gardens ceased for a while due to lack of funds, but restarted when subscriptions were sort in advance of the season, payable at local banks or directly to curator Bunce.\nBy the summer of 1868\/9, the Geelong Volunteer Artillery band, under the leadership of bandmaster Walker was playing weekly concerts in the Botanical Gardens on Saturday afternoons.\nThe Geelong Advertiser (25\/1\/1869) reported:\nThe music played by the band in the Botanical Gardens on Saturday afternoon is increasing in popularity, and the spot chosen is now the great place of resort every week. On Saturday there was a large attendance, carriages filled with pleasure-seekers, equestrians and pedestrians being present in large numbers. The programme which was as well selected as any that has been played this season, included, by special request, the grand march \"Corio,\" composed by the Rev. H. B. Power, and played for the first time on Saturday week.\nThe timing of this concert unfortunately clashed with the regular cricket matches played on Corio Oval (now the site of the Eastern Park conference centre). The Advertiser went on to say:\nThere was a good attendance of players on the Corio cricket ground on Saturday, but was not so good as the beautiful weather would have led us to anticipate. Visitors, there were few or none, the attractions offered by the performance of the band in the gardens adjoining being irresistible; several of the players themselves \u2014gay butterflies of fashion\u2014leaving the reserve directly they heard the band commence to bask in the eyes of beauty; this to a great extent tended to spoil what would otherwise have been an interesting game.\nPosted in Botanic Gardens, History\t| Tagged Bunce Bollards, Eastern Park, Geelong Botanic Gardens, Music in the Gardens\t| Leave a comment\nJubaea's story\nI'm getting old now. I'm not as upright as I used to be; my crown is inclining to the\nJubaea chilensis (2011)\nsoutheast and my fronds as not as luxuriant as in the past. All the gardeners take special care of me, my old fronds are pruned and the arborists meticulously inspect and photograph my crown. Still, I know my time must be limited: they planted my replacement a few metres away last winter. All living things have their allotted time on this earth, and I know that mine is nearly up.\nI don't remember how I got here, but who of us can truthfully say that they remember much of their earliest years? My kind starts life as a pretty sizable seed, though small for a coconut. The seeds would be easy to transport around the globe to take root in a new country. No need for a cumbersome Wardian case (the humidi-crib of the plant world) to bring me and my sisters, already green and growing to a new land.\nSisters? Yes, I am not entirely alone, though we are well scattered. There are fine specimens of similar age and stature in Botanic Gardens around the country. We are not a fast growing kind but are all now tall enough to look down on the garden beds that surround us.\nWhere was I? Ah yes, I believe that I first came to this country as a seed and was allowed to germinate and grow, perhaps with my scattered sisters, until I was big enough and strong enough to be planted into the ground, here in the Geelong Botanic Gardens. I don't precisely remember who directed my planting or who chose this place for me, perhaps it was Mr Daniel Bunce, the renowned plant collector and explorer who finished his days here collecting plants from around the world to trial here in Geelong; maybe it was Mr John Raddenberry who came after, the darling of the horticultural community and a collector of ferns.\nMy first clear memory is from 1885 with Mr Raddenberry building his impressive fernery. I had firsthand experience of this as I was in the box seat to witness the whole construction. Although the fernery took up a substantial part of the middle of the Nursery Gardens as they were called, I was already well established in my plot of ground. I might be slow growing, but I was already an impressive and valuable plant. Rather than move me, the fernery was built around me. The frame and slatted roof and walls were constructed over my section of the nursery first and the ponds and rockeries with the impressive Jupiter Pluvius fountain, the remains of which survive to this day, built next to me under a dome which stood 60 foot high.\nAround 1984 with her fellow palm survivors from the Raddenberry fernery\nMr Raddenberry planted the whole interior with a mixture of ferns and palms and encouraged creepers to ramble through the wooden slats to further block out the sun. Although designed as a fernery, it was we palms that dominated the planting. I was joined by Kenita palms as well as fan, Cocos and cabbage palms, a few of which have also managed to survive the changing fortunes of the Gardens and keep watch with me from the rocky beds to my east.\nThe people of Geelong never quite appreciated Mr Raddenberry's fernery as they should have. Don't misunderstand me \u2013 the cultured people were quite attentive, making regular visits, usually when passing through the fernery on their way to the see the colourful displays in the conservatory at the eastern end of the nursery or to admire the ribbon work planting in the southern beds. Such gaudy displays are over in a season, and yet attract a certain class of people to gush their admiration in the local press.\nThe highlight of my time enclosed in the fernery was the grand inauguration garden party held by Mayor Anderson in 1912. He was quite a fan of my Garden and of curator, James Day who worked tirelessly to give satisfaction to the council's Gardens Committee on an increasingly reduced budget. It was quite an afternoon. Over 1500 people were invited and food and drink for the guests was provided in abundance. The Mayor and Lady Mayoress greeted their guests near the gates and the fine ladies and gentlemen wandered amongst the plants, seeing and being seen. Unfortunately, the weather was not what the organisers had hoped, but I've never complained about at little rain.\nThose days of my youth are now long gone. A tree may live for a hundred years or more (and I come into the \"or more\" class), but a wooden slat fernery, covered in creepers and sprayed by fountains does well to last for 50 years. The dome of the fernery was the first to go, collapsing in the 1920s. They tried to patch things up, but by the middle of the 20th Century, the wooden structure had become unsafe and my section of the fernery was pulled down (the grottos at the back lasted a little longer finally being demolished in the late 1950s).\nJubaea at the Geelong Botanic Gardens in the mid-20th Century\nAt last I was back in the sun. One mustn't complain too much, but over 50 years of deep shade was not the life I was intended to lead. As you can see in this photograph, I emerged looking pretty good. My trunk is slim at the base and you can just make out my gently curving trunk. My luxuriant fronts were my growing glory. Clearly the photographer thought so too as he clearly composed this picture to show me off to advantage. The lady looks a little dumpy in comparison.\nI have enjoyed my middle and later years, presiding over the many and various changes in the nursery garden. With more sunlight, I grew tall and strong, producing an annual crop of little ones \u2013 some at least of which have made it to the nursery pots, and one of which now keeps me company.\nThe gardens around me have changed over the years; sometimes being planted with roses and at other times being choked with bamboo which blocked my view. All the while, I've been accompanied by my near contemporaries, the ginkgo with its butter yellow winter foliage, the copper beech with its showy spring leaves and the redwood inexorably growing to dominate the hillside under the curator's cottage. Other trees haven't fared so well as my old friend the bunya sadly died after being struck by lightning. The avocado and the alder too have now gone and that young Johnny-come-lately, the kauri by the old nursery gate cannot continue for much longer. Soon it will be my turn too.\nIt's not that I don't feel appreciated. During my time in the fernery, I supported many of the climbers which helped to shut out the light\u2013 you can still make out the scars on my trunk where nails were driven in to help support them. The birds have also appreciated my bounty \u2013 especially the galahs and corellas who have recently found their way to the gardens. These birds enjoy the fleshy coating to my seeds and can even crack open the nuts to get at the flesh. Unfortunately, this means far fewer little ones, but enough survive. The canny galahs have also discovered that my sap is sweet and have been pecking at my trunk to get at the sugary exudations. I do feel this is a little undignified and my trunk has become quite pock-marked as a result.\nOriginal Friends Logo\nMy greatest honour of recent years was when the Friends of Geelong Botanic Gardens chose me to be a symbol of their association. Robert Ingpen even drew my portrait. Looking back on it now, I do see that I have aged since then, but it is wonderful to see me standing tall and showing off my wonderfully curvaceous trunk. These days my new growth is thin, and I am beginning to show rather too much \"chicken neck\" to be dignified.\nNow I preside over the ever changing central (flag) bed. The current display is for Tea Total \u2013 the plants that make non-alcoholic beverages. I tell you, they are missing out. In my native Chile, my sap (if you cut me down) is fermented to make a very tasty alcoholic beverage. I'm not called a Chilean wine palm for nothing. Now wouldn't that be a way to go?\nPosted in Botanic Gardens, History\t| Tagged Geelong Botanic Gardens, Raddenberry fernery\t| Leave a comment\nAN EASTERN PARK MYSTERY SOLVED\nPosted on September 28, 2014 by possumgbg\nNot all the stories of the Geelong Botanic Gardens and Eastern Park are about Gardens, trees and the way the Botanic Gardens were managed. Some, like this one that I came across during my research are about the people who visited the Park or Gardens and what they did next.\nFebruary, 1912: EASTERN PARK MYSTERY SOLVED.\nThis looks interesting; I wonder what the \"mystery\" is? My mind runs through unexplained holes appearing in the hillside, crop circles, strange lights\u2026 time to read on\u2026\nSome days ago a motor party\n1912 \u2013 early enough in the development of the motor car to be worth noting their mode of transport. These people must have been well-to-do too.\n\u2013 going the round of the Eastern Park saw a coat hanging to a tree near the gateway to Limeburners Point. There was no sign of the owner.\nMy first thought was that someone had left it behind after a picnic and that the next walker through the area had picked it up and put it in a more prominent position. But wait there's more\u2026\nTo the back was attached what appeared to be a piece of paper, and from the proximity of the spot to the bay the probability of a suicide was suggested. Really \u2013 not just a lost coat?\nEastern Park has been the site of occasional sudden and unexpected deaths as well as a couple of rather nasty accidents. Is this article going to be another item for my (imagined) chapter on the darker side of the Park and Gardens?\nMind you \u2013 given that the water depth in this area is pretty shallow, suicide by drowning could be a bit tricky. Time to read on\nThe city police were apprised, but could not find the garment.\nThe mystery deepens\u2026perhaps the next passer by helped themselves to the coat?\nIt has since been ascertained by the East Geelong police that the coat belonged to an invalid who is under-going open-air treatment in that locality.\nSo not a suicide. I bet the people in the car were quite disappointed.\nWhat was mistaken for a piece of paper was a pocket handkerchief hanging from the pocket.\nSo just an invalid who got a bit warm in his coat \u2013 this was February after all \u2013 and who left his handkerchief behind while he went for a stroll.\nI bet the local constabulary hope that next time the sticky-beakers in that motor vehicle either stick their noses in a bit deeper (and thus discover that what appears to be a suicide note is nothing of the kind), or pull their noses out all together.\nFrom the pages of the Geelong Advertiser (1912) where even a \"no news\" story was worth the telling.\nPosted in History\t| Tagged Eastern Park\t| Leave a comment\nIn the beginning \u2026\nIn the beginning was a bare hillside to the east of the town\u2026\nThe story of the origins of the Geelong Botanical Gardens (as it was then known) was first told by George Jones in his book \"Growing Together, a gardening history of Geelong \u2013 extending to Colac and Camperdown.\" (1984), and continued in 2 supplements in 1988 and 1996.The original book and at least one of the supplements are available from the Friends of Geelong Botanic Gardens (www.friendsgbg.org.au).\nGeorge was a careful chronicler of history, and the story of the Gardens is woven throughout the book(s).\nIt is this story cobbled together from George's writing and his subsequent investigations which the volunteer guides tell to visitors to the Geelong Gardens.\nThe Geelong Botanic Gardens and what we now call Eastern Park had their beginnings in a series of meetings in 1848\/9 by \"gentlemen desirous of procuring the establishment of a botanical garden\". By December of 1849, they had successfully obtained agreement from the colonial Administrator, Charles LaTrobe, for government money to be provided to fence and layout an appropriate site.\nThere was a fair bit of discussion amongst the gentlemen of the town as to the best site for their gardens. The Western gully, incorporating what is now Johnstone Park and extending towards the waterfront, was one such site, however, by the time the reserve was proclaimed in 1851, the town corporation had fixed on Eastern Park. This site was also not without controversy as it was seen on the one hand as blocking the eastwards expansion of town and on the other as being a barren wasteland.\nIt seems that not a lot happened during the first six years of the Gardens. The site was fenced and a curator's cottage was built (1854) and occupied by the keeper of the nearby powder magazine, and the carriage drives (Eastern Park Circuit) were laid out.\nIt was not until 1857 that Daniel Bunce was appointed the Gardens' first curator that anything remotely \"botanical\" happen on the site. The traditional story is that he arrived to find a barren hillside with no accessible freshwater. To make a start, he established a nursery garden in a sheltered part of the site which is today's 19th Century Garden. Daniel Bunce laid out the paths which still make up the general plan of this part of the Gardens today.\nDaniel Bunce also laid out much of Eastern Park with labyrinthine paths and borders which can be seen in this photograph and in an 1864 map.\nPanorama of Geelong Botanic Gardens c 1864\nEastern Park 1864\nDaniel Bunce died in 1982 and was succeeded by John Raddenberry who consolidated the horticultural part of the Gardens in the nursery area, simplified the paths in Eastern Park and removed the unpopular and messy blue-gums planted by Bunce.\nIn 1884, Raddenberry commenced building a huge fernery in the centre of the nursery\nRaddenberry's stone pillar\ngardens. The fernery dominated the Gardens for the next 50 years and the last relict \u2013 the stone fountain \u2013 can still be seen in the Gardens today . He also commenced replanting Eastern Park with conifers, leading to the pinetumn (an arboretum for conifers) which distinguishes the botanical collection in Eastern Park today.\nSubsequent curators, James Day, Alexander Brown and William Walley presided over the gradual decline in the Gardens, planting colourful bedding plants while Raddenberry's fernery gradually decayed until it was finally removed completely by Curator George Vafiopulous in the late 1950s.\nSince the arrival of Mr Vafiopulous, the Gardens have seen a considerable renaissance, being expanded to include the 20th Century gardens, including the teahouse lawn, rose gardens and Walter conservatory in the 1960s; adding the new fernery and southern annex under Ian Rogers in the 1980s and extending forward towards the Bay with John Arnott for the 21st Century.\nIt's a nice story. But is it true? What of the people who worked there and how old are the trees? Were the early 21th century curators really so lacking in influence?\nThrough this blog I hope to uncover and retell some of the stories of the gardens \u2013 like that of Edward Jones who drowned in a nightsoil pit in Eastern Park (Follow Your Nose Sept 2014), or the \"lady\" depicted in the Bollards that great visitors as they enter the 20th Century Gardens.\nMr Bunce and a very naughty girl\nPosted in Botanic Gardens, History\t| Tagged Bunce Bollards, Daniel Bunce, Geelong Botanic Gardens, Raddenberry fernery\t| 1 Comment\nFollow your nose \u2013 to the Geelong Botanical Gardens\nWhat's that smell?\nToday it is definitely Spring (although that may not be the case tomorrow). The sun is shining, the birds are active and plants are starting to put on a bit of spring growth, even if it is not their flowering season.\nOn a walk through the Geelong Botanic Gardens, my senses are stimulated by a wonderful array of smells. However, to call these perfumes might be overstepping the mark. My favourite is the wonderful aroma of the freshly spread \"euchy mulch\" in the restored fern glade. There is also the perfume of the Michelia flowers along the camellia walk, and soon there will be the scent of cut grass and the heady aroma of roses from the heritage rose bed.\nThe prevailing aromas in the Gardens and wider park were not always quite so enticing. Geelong, like other urban areas in the 19th Century had a problem with \u2026 let's call it poo. Horses contributed largely to the \"street sweepings\" which were much prized for giving a boost to the municipal garden beds, but the odour of horse dung pales into insignificance compared to the \"nuisance\" of nightsoil (aka poo). The problem was, what to do with it?\nBy 1850, Corio Bay was considerably less pristine than prior to European settlement, as the bulk of the domestic waste from the northern part of town simply flowed, via the open drains, into the Bay (south of the ridge waste flowed into the Barwon River). The resulting smell was considered a \"nuisance\". This pre-dated any scientific awareness of just how dangerous human waste was in the spread of disease \u2013 hence referring to the disagreeable odours as a \"nuisance\" rather than as a dangerous health hazard!\nAs the town of Geelong grew, so a system of collecting and disposing of the euphemistically named \"nightsoil\" developed with carters coming by night to change the tins in the dunny and cart the waste away for disposal.\nThe eastern edge of the town of Geelong, on the Bay side, then as now, was the Eastern Park or Botanical Gardens. The shortest route out of town was along the Portarlington road, past the Gardens towards Moolap. The general practice was to take the nightsoil away from town and to deposit it below the high tide mark, outside the town limits, and for the sea to do the rest. In 1856 a directive was given that rubbish, including nightsoil was to be deposited in the Bay to the east of Limeburner's Point. It seems that the favoured site to tip your buckets was in Stingaree Bay behind the rifle butts \u2013 once situated on the site where CSIRO's Australian Animal Health Laboratories are now. Unfortunately, not all the nightmen wanted to travel that far and there were complains of nightsoil being deposited along the road-side with its consequent \"nuisance\" in terms of smell and health.\nIn 1876, the Council decided that they needed to have a proper \"Manure Depot\" to deal with the nightsoil problem, just like Melbourne, and the Mayor of Melbourne was brought down to advise on the best possible site. This turned out the be the Botanical Gardens (now Eastern Park) \"bounded by the south carriage drive on the north, and the park fence on the west, south, and east sides\" \u2013 in other words, hard up against the Friendly Society Oval (now the soccer pitch on Howard Glover Reserve) and adjacent to the Corio Oval \u2013 home to both the local football and cricket teams. As you can imagine, local opinion was not favourable!\n\"Citizen\" (Geelong Advertiser 1\/3\/1876) wrote,\u2014Why make a manure depot of the Botanical Gardens, when the Market-square is so much a better place. How handy for market gardeners; after depositing their produce, they could at once load up with manure. It is a wonder that this simple idea did not strike the heads (?) of some of the enlightened members we have in our Town Council.\nBut, \"where there's muck there's money\" \u2013 and well treated nightsoil was a potentially valuable commodity. The councillors settled on a scheme whereby trenches would be dug and the nightsoil deposited and covered over to prevent too much nuisance from the smell, which would be further abated (!) by the planting of a belt of trees. The Garden's curator, John Raddenberry was strongly in favour of the scheme, claiming that the ground would be made valuable and productive by the addition of the manure and that there was sufficient land for 30-40 years of treatment in this way.\nDespite the protests, a Manure Depot was developed within the Eastern Park \u2013 but only as a temporary solution, although temporary turned out to well over 10 years and the depot was reopened again around 1900 \u2013 much to the annoyance of visitors to the Corio Oval who complained bitterly of the smell. It was not until 1916 that Geelong got a sewerage system and the nightmen became a thing of the past.\nIn the meantime, the Council charged 2 shillings per load of nightsoil deposited and sold \"deodorised\" nightsoil to farmers for use as manure at the princely sum of 2\/6 per yard. From time to time, private contractors found these rates attractive and ran their own manure depots, but these frequently failed the \"nuisance\" test.\nThe dangers of untreated human waste were not confined to the \"nuisance\" of the smell or the potential spread of disease. The manure trenches must have been a thoroughly unpleasant place to work, being both damp and smelly. To add to this, most of the work was done at night as the nightmen were prevented from collecting when the rest of the townspeople were going about their business (hence the name). In April 1880, Mr Edward Jones, an employee of the Corporation (a forerunner of Geelong City Council), met his death by suffocation through falling into a nearly full trench while working alone on a damp night at the Manure Depot in the Botanical Gardens. The coroner's inquest suggested that his untimely demise might have been averted if he had not been alone at the time.\nWhen I next have cause to visit one of the more \"agricultural\" toilet facilities in the Gardens, I will spare a thought for Mr Jones and his untimely death and be thankful that at least most of Geelong, though sadly not most of the Botanic Gardens' toilets, are connected to the Black Rock sewerage treatment works and that open nightsoil pits are a thing of the past.\nAlso \u2013 the smell in the Gardens today is distinctly more fragrant.\nThank God for Thomas Crapper\nPosted in Botanic Gardens, History\t| Tagged Eastern Park, Geelong Botanic Gardens\t| 1 Comment","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
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{"text":"0n 2nd November 2017 our Year 5\/6 girls' football team played in the annual Predator Football Tournament at Littledown. The girls rose to the challenge of playing against four tough opponents.\nTheir first game against St Warburgas was unfortunately lost 1-0. However, the next two matches against Moordown and Kings Park were each won 2-0 and 1-0 respectively, with Megan Horsfield scoring all three goals (one being a penalty!). Our last game against St Katharine's was bravely fought, but unfortunately was lost 0-2, with Kharma Martin, our superstar goalkeeper, saving us from a possible 0-10 defeat! (St Katharine's had previously been beating the other teams with at least 5 goals in each match!)\nThey all played really well, in fact better as the tournament progressed.\nThe girls who played were: Megan Horsfield, Kharma Martin, Ella Carr, Bebe Taylor, Amelia Price, Morgan Oxton, Chloe Richardson and Azra Tuzul.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Stranger Things Star Gets Honest About Character's Sexuality\nDiana Novich\/holepsi\/Twitter\nBy AJ Caulfield\/July 12, 2019 10:58 am EST\nContains spoilers for Stranger Things season 3\nAll took was eight words said in a moment of frustration for Stranger Things fans to begin speculating about Will Byers' sexuality. But for actor Noah Schnapp, his character's sexual orientation should be the least strange thing about Stranger Things.\nThroughout the third season of Stranger Things, Mike (Finn Wolfhard) and Lucas (Caleb McLaughlin) were dealing with their fair share of girl troubles, wondering why their boyish behavior often upset their girlfriends Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown) and Max (Sadie Sink). Things grew worse when Eleven and Max dumped the boys, leaving them to moan and complain in Mike's basement. Will tries desperately to pull his pals out of their funk, declaring a day free from girls and filled with Dungeons & Dragons, but it's no use. Mike and Lucas are too caught up in the pain of their breakups and purposely cut their D&D campaign short, which causes Will to storm off and ride his bike home in the rain. Trying to apologize but only getting halfway there, Mike ends up snapping at Will, saying, \"It's not my fault you don't like girls.\"\nMany took this line, plus the other harsh words the boys exchanged with one another, as indication that Will could be gay.\nSchnapp opened up to TheWrap about the scene and got honest about his character's sexuality.\nHe explained that it's \"really up to interpretation\" whether Will is gay, or if the tension between him and his best buds is down to his fear of growing up and the trauma he experienced while stuck in the Upside Down during past seasons.\n\"While all the characters were out developing and growing up, Will was in the Upside Down and he was alone there, not interacting with or connected to his friends or the rest of the world. And when he got back, he expected everything to just go back to how it was before, how it was when he was normal and when he was a kid and he wanted to go back to the basement and play D&D,\" said Schnapp. \"All his friends have girlfriends and they're out dating, and he just wants to have fun with his friends. You see in episode 3, he just wants to play D&D in the basement, and now all of his friends have girlfriends and they are dating. And it's kind of, when you hear Mike say that line, it's really up to the audience to interpret it.\"\nFrom Schnapp's perspective, he feels that Will just isn't focused on romance and relationships of any kind right now, and that's why Mike said what he said.\n\"I kind of just interpret it like he's not ready to grow up and he doesn't really want to move on to dating and relationships yet. He still wants to be a kid and play in the basement like he did in old times,\" the actor shared.\nRegardless of whether that scene out in the pouring rain was a hint at Will's sexuality or simply a moment between two best friends who had drifted apart, it was an important one in Will's season 3 arc. Will wound up racing off to Castle Byers \u2014 the makeshift fort in the woods that he, Lucas, Mike, and Dustin (Gaten Matarazzo) would play in when they were younger \u2014 and destroying it after his heated conversation with Mike. Schnapp said the experience was \"very emotional\" and left him \"crying a lot\" the night of filming.\nWill and Mike (and Lucas, too) eventually set aside their differences and forgave one another, as they had bigger fish to fry later on in the season when the grotesque new version of the Mind Flayer (made from the melted-down bodies of hundreds of Hawkins residents) crashed through Starcourt Mall and threatened to kill everyone in sight. The mission to defeat the Mind Flayer was successful, the gate got closed, the Russians' machine beneath the Mall was destroyed, and the door was left open for a fourth season of Stranger Things to happen.\nThough Schnapp told TheWrap that he doesn't know anything about a potential season 4 and isn't sure what to expect, series creators Matt and Ross Duffer have mentioned that it would \"feel very different\" to season 3. Whether the possible upcoming season will address Will's sexuality, much like season 3 revealed that Maya Hawke's character Robin didn't fancy Steve Harrington (Joe Keery) but was after the girls who were crushing on him, remains a mystery. If nothing else, hopefully the potential fourth season of Stranger Things will see Will the Wise finally complete his Dungeons & Dragons campaign without any interruptions.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"'Freedom of other' absent in US leadership's mindsets: Iran Foreign Ministry\nSaturday, 20 June 2020 2:25 PM [ Last Update: Saturday, 20 June 2020 2:26 PM ]\nProtesters march across the Brooklyn Bridge over the death of George Floyd by Minneapolis Police, during a Juneteenth rally in New York on June 19, 2020. (Photo by AFP)\nIran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs says the longstanding habit of \"looting and coercion\" in the United States has made the American leaders refrain from recognizing the right of freedom for others.\n\"Yrs of looting & coercion prove FREEDOM OF OTHER lacked in the US successive leadership's mindsets,\" the ministry said in a post on its official Twitter account on Saturday.\nIt added that the administration of US President Donald Trump has made \"horrible reactions to peaceful protests\" across the country, adding that the reactions remind the world of \"the very scandalous history.\"\nThe ministry emphasized that the Juneteenth \"is a high time to decry the US 'humans new slavery' at home & beyond.\"\nOn Friday, thousands marched through US cities in Juneteenth observances marking the abolition of slavery more than a century and a half ago, an occasion freighted with special resonance this year amid America's reckoning with its legacy of racism.\nUS protestors mark end of slavery, say civil rights goals unmet\nThousands marched through US cities on Friday in Juneteenth observances marking the abolition of slavery more than a century and a half ago.\nCapping nearly four weeks of protests and national soul-searching aroused by the death of a Black man, George Floyd, under the knee of a white police officer, demonstrators took to the streets from Atlanta to Oakland, California, blending the Juneteenth holiday with calls for racial justice.\nJuneteenth, a portmanteau of June and 19th, commemorates the US abolition of slavery under President Abraham Lincoln's 1863 Emancipation Proclamation, belatedly announced by a Union army in Galveston, Texas, on June 19, 1865, after the Civil War ended.\nIn a tweet also on Friday, Trump warned of a crackdown on \"any protesters, anarchists, agitators, looters or lowlifes\" who show up at his Tulsa, Oklahoma, rally on Saturday, suggesting any demonstrators would be dealt with harshly.\nTrump warns 'protesters, anarchists, agitators, lowlifes'\nUS President Donald Trump has warned of a crackdown on \"any protesters, anarchists, agitators, looters or lowlifes\" who show up at his Tulsa, Oklahoma, rally on Saturday.\n\"Any protesters, anarchists, agitators, looters or lowlifes who are going to Oklahoma please understand, you will not be treated like you have been in New York, Seattle, or Minneapolis,\" Trump tweeted. \"It will be a much different scene!\"\nTrump's threat comes as he continues to attack people who have been protesting against police brutality and racism in the United States since the police killing of George Floyd, who died after a Minneapolis white police officer knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes on May 25.\nUS racial tensions due to 'horrendous human rights violations' against blacks: Analyst\nTrump decries remote voting as 'biggest risk' to his reelection\nBlack US State Dept official quits over Trump's response to 'racial injustice'\nIran US Foreign Ministry\n'Inhumane' US sanctions adding insult to Syrian people's injury: Iran\nEU calls for close cooperation with Biden admin. on Iran deal\nIran denounces US arrest of independent political scientist, author\nVIDEO | Anti-govt. protesters storm Democrats' office in Oregon after Biden inauguration 4min\n'He left alone. This is our triumph!' Maduro hails Trump's departure 19min\nVIDEO | Iranian vaccine makes headways despite US sanctions 5hr","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Jackett: A Different Challenge\nBoss looks ahead to Gillingham test\nby Neil Weld\n@Neil_Weld\nVictories on the road at Rochdale and Coventry ensured that Pompey spirits are still soaring.\nBut Kenny Jackett knows that a different challenge is in store when Gillingham visit Fratton Park this weekend.\nIt means the side currently topping the League One table are hosting one in the drop zone, albeit with a game in hand.\nJackett is aware that does not mean an easy encounter, however, and has warned his troops that they will have to adapt.\nThe Blues boss said: \"We're trying to highlight to the players what they're doing right \u2013 which at the moment is plenty.\n\"But we're also looking at how we can improve because each game provides its own unique test and there are some very good sides in this league.\n\"Going away to Coventry on Tuesday night will be completely different to playing Gillingham at home on Saturday.\n\"We're also looking at how we can improve because each game provides its own unique test.\"\nKenny Jackett\n\"We have to make sure we continuously realise that and know what is required to overcome our next opponent.\n\"I've got a lot of time for their manager Steve Lovell. They'll throw a lot of men forward and get people in the box \u2013 it's a strong feature of what they do.\n\"We'll have to adapt very quickly and will have to be ready for them because this is a big home game for us in the middle of quite a few away fixtures.\n\"I think we need to start better at Fratton Park than we have done in recent weeks. We have a great crowd and want to bring that into play as soon as possible.\n\"We want to put on a good show in front of our own fans and we need to make sure we overcome this test.\"\nRonan Curtis is likely to start against the Gills having made a flying start to the season, but will miss the following two games after being called up to the Republic of Ireland squad.\nJackett said: \"I'm pleased for Ronan and it justifies his move here. He's very proud to represent his country and we've assembled a squad that can see us through any individual not being available.\n\"The only person we have missing at the moment is Andre Green, while we expect Dion Donohue to play some part against Crawley next Tuesday.\"\nSign in or register to watch\nSubscribe to watch\nKenny Jackett pre-Gillingham\nThe gaffer chats ahead of Pompey's game against Gillingham at Fratton Park, as the Blues look to maintain their place at the top of the Sky Bet League One table.\nPortsmouth vs Gillingham on 06 Oct 18","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"1) Sword of Jade: Parallel Dreams reviewed by JSH357\n2) Vikings Of Midgard reviewed by MirceaKitsune\n3) Bug on the Wall reviewed by JSH357\n4) Tightfloss Maiden reviewed by yhposolihP\n5) A Blank Mind reviewed by Dorumagesu\nDragon Warrior 1: PC-Version vs. Onlyoneinall\nDragon Warrior 1: PC-Version\nDownload: 112 KB\nOnlyoneinall\nPlay Time: no hours and whenever minutes\nReview # 4 for Onlyoneinall The pretty title screen... and the rest of the game has good aesthetics until....\nAnyone who is familiar with Dragon Warrior will immediately recognize this as a remake of the first game of the series. It shows promise, until you realize it's cut short.\nThe graphics are pretty good. Think of it as Dragon Warrior I for the SNES. Everything captures the original style of the original game itself and improves it.\nHowever, if you see one of the few battles, you will notice that the battle backgrounds are terrible. Clearly, Ysoft's strength is not in backgrounds, as it is only a paint picture with some airbrush slapped on. It might be more interesting if he does the graphics the way Dragon Warrior I did (on the gameboy, the backgrounds to the sides fade away in the middle).\nIt's the standard story. Dracolord is taking over the world and Lora was kidnapped. You, the hero (who you can name up to four characters) is chosen to do the job, and are compensated with some crappy materials. You'd think a king would give you something better to ensure you get the job done. Stingy ass fools expect you to beat dragons with a stick.\nAlmost no gameplay. You can wander the world map or the towns and castle, but the town is completely empty. It's more like just getting the chance to see that the game is going to be a true remake more than anything else.\nThere is only battles with some Slimes, which usually go down in one hit. The battle is made to look like the original Dragon Warrior, and it's done that job pretty well so far. However, there is not enough to fully assess the battle system. Hopefully it holds true to the Dragon Warrior level-up system.\nMap Design\nThe map design is just like the original Dragon Warrior, which is good. Most of the tiles seem to be fully accurate with the actual game, so all in all, nothing can be said about the map design, except it's been done well.\nOnce battles are implemented, the balance can be evaluated. If it pertains to the original game's balance, then it would be more or less perfect, considering it is a remake of the original.\nNo music.\nIt was pleasing to see Dragon Warrior I being adapted to the OHR, but other than a visual show and the beginning, there is not much else to enjoy.\nI think Ysoft should've waited a while before releasing a demo. There is still much to be done and those battle backgrounds really need to be fixed. They ruin the mood of the game and music must be added as well as battles. With the way it is going however, it should be good if he ever finishes it.\n..a slime draws near! And oh my god, the background is ugly! Is it smiling because it caused this terror?!\nFinal Scores\nGraphics: 8\/10.0\nThe graphics are like an improved version of the game itself while retaining its original feeling - but the battle backgrounds need work.\nStoryline: 5\/10.0\nIt's Dragon Warrior I - what can you expect from the story? At least this adaptation is so far, spelling error free.\nGameplay: 3\/10.0\nNot enough to really be commented on.\nMusic: 1\/10.0\nEnjoyment: 3\/10.0\nNot enough to enjoy.\nOverall Grade: C-\nDragon Warrior VIII is so linear... what a shame your heroes are like walking meat sticks without a brain... Oh, well at least this isn't the same game.\nAll games, songs, and images \u00a9 their respective owners.\n\u00a92008 Castle Paradox","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Government and Nation\nInstitutions of Government\nGovernors and governors-general\nStory: Governors and governors-general\nGoverning Britain's empire\nChanging characteristics\nConstitutional duties\nCeremonial duties\nCommunity duties\nVice-regal support\nLetters patent\nThis decorative document is the 'letters patent' appointing William Hobson as lieutenant-governor of New Zealand in 1839. George Gipps, governor of New South Wales, was the first governor of New Zealand. He delegated his powers to Hobson.\nThe document reads:\nVictoria R\nVictoria by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Queen, Defender of the Faith \u2013 To Our Trusty and Wellbeloved Willm Hobson Esquire, Captain of the Royal Navy Greeting. Whereas We did by certain Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Our United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland bearing date at Westminster the 5th day of October 1837 in the First year of Our Reign constitute and appoint Our Trusty and Wellbeloved Sir George Gipps, Knight, to be Our Captain General and Governor in Chief in and over Our Territory of New South Wales, comprised within the limits therein mentioned. And Whereas We did by certain other Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Our said United Kingdom, bearing date at Westminster the 15th day of June 1839 in the Third Year of Our Reign revoke so much of the said first recited Letters Patent as describes the limits of Our said Territory of New South Wales, and did further extend the limits of Our said Territory of New South Wales (subject to such exception as is therein particularly made of certain Territories now forming the Province of South Australia) from the Northern Cape or extremity of the Coast called Cape York in the latitude of 10 Degrees 37 Minutes South to the Southern extremity of the said Territory of New South Wales or Wilson's promontory in the latitude of 39 Degrees 12 Minutes South and of all of the Country inland to the Westward as far as the 129th Degree of East longitude reckoning for the Meridian of Greenwich including all the Islands adjacent in the Pacific Ocean within the latitude aforesaid of 10 Degrees 37 Minutes South and 39 Degrees 12 Minutes South, and also including Norfolk Island lying in or about the latitude of 29 Degrees 3 Minutes South and 168 Degrees of East Longitude from the said Meridian of Greenwich, and also including any Territory which is or maybe acquired in Sovereignty by Us Our Heirs or Successors within that group of Islands in the Pacific Ocean commonly called New Zealand, and lying in or about the latitude of 34 Degrees Minutes and 47 Degrees 10 Minutes South, and 166 Degrees 5 Minutes and 179 Degrees East longitude from the said Meridian of Greenwich. Now Know you that We reposing especial Trust and Confidence in the Prudence Courage and Loyalty of you the said Willm Hobson do by these Present constitute and appoint you to be Our Lieutenant Governor in and over that part of Our Territory so described as foresaid in Our said last recited Letters Patent which is or maybe acquired in Sovereignty by Us Our Heirs or Successors within that group of Islands in the Pacific Ocean commonly called New Zealand, lying in or about the latitude of 34 Degrees Minutes and 47 Degrees 10 Minutes South, and 166 Degrees 5 Minutes and 179 Degrees East longitude reckoning from the Meridian of Greenwich. To have hold exercise and enjoy the said Office of Lieutenant Governor during Our Pleasure: And We do hereby command that in the execution of such your Office you do obey all such lawful Instructions as may be from time to time addressed to you by Our Trusty and Wellbeloved Sir George Gipps, Our Captain General and Governor in Chief in and over Our Territory of New South Wales and its Dependencies or in the event of his death or absence from the limits of his Government and command by the Officer for the time being administering the Government of Our said Territory and its Dependencies. And Whereas it is necessary that provision be made for the execution of the Office of Our Lieutenant Governor of Our said Territories in New Zealand in the event of your Death or absence therefrom, We do therefore by these Presents authorise and empower the said Sir George Gipps or the Officer Administering the Government of Our said Territory of New South Wales and its Dependencies for the time being to nominate and appoint by an Instrument under the Public Seal of Our said Territory of New South Wales, such person as he may think fit to act provisionally as Our Lieutenant Governor of Our said Territories in New Zealand in the contingency of such your Death or absence therefrom, or until other or further provision shall be made by Us in that behalf. And We do hereby give and grant to the Officer so to be provisionally appointed as aforesaid, during the continuance of such his authority full power to hold exercise and enjoy the said Office of Our Lieutenant Governor of Our said Territories in New Zealand as fully and in every respect as effectually as the same as is hereby vested in you, or may be by virtue hereof be held, exercised or enjoyed by you \u2013 Given at Our Court at Buckingham Palace the 30th day of July 1839, in the Third Year of Our Reign\nBy Her Majesty's Command\nNormanby\nArchives New Zealand - Te Rua Mahara o te K\u0101wanatanga\nReference: IA9\/3\nThis item is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand Licence\nSir Arthur Porritt knighting Philip Proctor\nGavin McLean, 'Governors and governors-general - Governing Britain's empire', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http:\/\/www.TeAra.govt.nz\/en\/zoomify\/33636\/letters-patent (accessed 19 January 2022)\nStory by Gavin McLean, published 20 Jun 2012, reviewed & revised 28 Sep 2016","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Harness the power of pastel colors\nby\tAlex Bigman\nSpring is in the air. Lamb is on the table. The eggs are colored pastel hues. That is to say, everything is as it should be. Yet graphic designers may want to pause and give the season's designated color scheme a second look.\nPastels are definitely \"in\" again. We at 99designs, for one, just lightened up our own brand, and we weren't the only ones to get the memo. Pastel palettes are popping up everywhere\u2014they're not just for confectioners and greeting card companies anymore.\nJust what is the power of pastel? What emotional connotations does it carry, and what is its history in the world of art and design? These questions might help you think through your next project. To find the answers, let's first figure out exactly what pastels are and how they got linked up with this particular time of year.\nPastel basics\nA pastel color is defined as any hue with a high value (lightness) and low to medium saturation (the purity or intensity of the color). That is in fact a pretty wide breadth, meaning more colors are technically pastels than you might have thought. In practice, however, when people say \"pastel\" they usually refer to a more limited palette including mint green, mauve, coral and robin's egg blue.\nBut why? Is the designation completely arbitrary?\n\"Dancer Onstage with a Bouquet\" by Edgar Degas\nIt is, in fact, somewhat arbitrary, but not completely so. Remember that before \"pastel\" referred to colors, it referred to an artistic medium, as in a pastel sketch. Sharing the same root as the word \"paste,\" pastels consisted of raw pigment\u2014any color, including dark ones\u2014suspended in a mixture of water and a binder, usually gum arabic, that was dried and formed into a stick. They were invented in the 15th century, became popular for portraiture in the 18th, and reached new expressive heights at the end of the 19th in the hands of Impressionist masters like Edgar Degas.\nPastels could be very concentrated and rich, but more often than not, they had a lower saturation of pigment than, say, oil paints. This is likely why the term made the leap from describing a medium to describing an array of light, faded-looking colors.\nThe spring connection\nColorful Easter eggs (via 7 themes)\nMany of the images associated with Easter seem pretty random. Bunny rabbits, for one; eggs and chicks, for another. There is no single answer about the reasons for this holiday iconography, but there are histories and theories.\nThe easter bunny, for one, was likely imported to the United States by 18th century Prussian settlers. Rabbits, known to be prodigious procreators, were a symbol of fertility. Hence they were associated with the renewal of spring and by extension the major Christian spring holiday, Easter. The same logic applies to eggs and chicks. Some people argue that pastel colors partake of this reasoning, too: their high values and low saturations suggest colors just starting to \"come back to life\" after winter dormancy, before the fully saturated intensity of summer.\nOne explanation is that back then eggs were often a forbidden food during Lent, and coloring them was a way of marking the end of this period in a celebratory fashion. As anyone who has tried to dye an egg knows, it is hard to get them very dark. This is another potential reason that we associate Easter with low-saturation pastels.\nWhatever the origins of this seasonal color association, it is here to stay, and nowhere is this clearer than in the candy industry that has arisen to capitalize on the holiday. Pastel-hued jelly beans have been an Easter staple since the 1930s, and canary yellow Peeps\u2014for better or for worse, now one of the quintessential Easter foods\u2014came long in the 1950s.\nWhat designers need to know is that all of this fixes pastels to a particular swath of the emotional spectrum, covering optimism, innocence, festivity and delight.\nStyle Cycles: Why pastels are back\nvia HouseBeautiful\nLike anything in fashion, colors go in and out of style. In fact, fashion follows an amazingly reliable sine wave in which styles come back every thirty years, almost on the dot. (People have traced this pattern with skirt lengths back to the early 19th century). This certainly seems to hold true with pastels.\nIn the 1950s pastels were all the rage in America. People not only wore pastel-colored clothing but decked out their entire houses, from bathroom tiles to kitchen appliances, with it. It handily symbolizes the superficial innocence and optimism of the era.\nMiami Vice (via NBC)\nIn the 1980s, another period of exuberance and economic boom, pastels came roaring back. The return was motivated in part by the rise of preppy style, with its powdery polos and sweaters (The Official Preppy Handbook, published in 1980, spelled out the codes of this WASP-y aesthetic). Another instigator was the popular TV show Miami Vice (1984 \u2013 1990), in which the star character, undercover detective James Crockett, literally wore something pastel-colored in almost every scene, often framed against the similarly hued Art Deco architecture of the show's Miami setting.\nSure enough, here we are in the 2010s and pastels are back again, this time perhaps most pronouncedly in the world of digital design. Pastels are particularly well suited to any website or app that has large empty spaces to fill, because they are easy on the eyes and, as we discussed above, loaded with positive associations.\nMoreover, digital displays give designers a lot more finely-tuned color options than analog technologies did, meaning that the world of pastel can be expanded beyond its traditional Easter-y, retro or preppy parameters. Just take a look at these web pages:\nPhoenix creative studio\nIzumi Japanese Massage\ngreetabl by B\/C\nWhat do you think, are pastels here to stay this time? Tell us in the comments!\nAlex Bigman\nAlex contributes from New York City on topics ranging from branding and typography to the history of design.\nThe Pantone Colors of the Year 2021: Ultimate Gray & Illuminating","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Lyman Universal Trimmer\nSKU: 250205171 Categories: Case Preparation, Reloading Equipment\nLyman Universal Trimmer Power Pack with Case Trimmer Kit, Power Adapter and 9 Pilots\nMetallic cases stretch as a result of both the firing process and the subsequent resizing process. When your cases reach a certain dimension, the original case length must be restored through trimming. The Lyman Universal Case Trimmer features the patented Lyman Universal Chuckhead which allows the reloader to quickly lock and unlock a cartridge case and handles any case from .17 caliber to the 458 Winchester Magnum without the need for costly collets. Other features of the Lyman Universal Trimmer include an adjustment ring that allows you to dial in the approximate trimmer setting for ease of repeatability, fine and course length adjustments.\nFeatures: Fine and course case length adjustments, power adapter included.\nCollets Used: None\nCollets Included: N\/A\nPilots Used: Lyman\nPilots Included: 22, 24, 27, 28, 30, 9mm, 35, 44, 45A\nPilots Included:\n#22 for .22 Hornet, .22\/250, .220 Swift, .222 Remington, .222 Remington Magnum, .223 Remington, 5.6x50R Magnum.\n#24 for .243 Winchester, .244, 6mm Remington.\n#27 for .270 Winchester.\n#28 for 7mm\/08 Remington, 7-30 Waters, 7mm Remington Magnum, 7mm Weatherby Magnum, &mm STW, 7\u00d757 Mauser, 7\u00d764 Brenneke, .280 Remington (7mm Express), 7mm TCU.\n#30 for .30 Luger, .30 Mauser, 30M1 Carbine, .30-30, .300 Savage, .307 Winchester, .308 Winchester, .30-06, .300 Winchester Magnum, .300 Remington Ultra Magnum, .300 Weatherby Magnum, 7.62\u00d739.\n#9MM for .38 Super Auto, 9mm Luger, 9x23mm, .380 Auto.\n#35 for .38 S&W, .38 Special, .357 Magnum, .357 Remington Maximum, .35 Remington, .356 Winchester, .358 Winchester, .35 Whelen.\n#44 for .44 Magnum, .44 Special, .44 Russian, .444 Marlin.\n#45A for .45 ACP, .45 Winchester Magnum, .45 Schofield, .45 Colt, .454 Casull.\nFeatures: Uses the Lyman Universal Chuckhead to hold cases so no collets are required.\nManufacturer: Lyman\nManufacturer Item Number: 7862000, LY7862000\nHornady LNL Modified Case 338 Win Mag\nHornady Ramrod End -54 Cal GP\nLee Pro 4-20 Lead Melter 110 Volt 20lb Cap.\nHornady LNL CASE PREP CENTER 110 VOLT\nRCBS PILOT NECK REAMER .30CALIBER","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"India-Pak would have remained united if Jinnah was made PM instead of Nehru: Dalai Lama\nBy KalingaTV Bureau Last updated Aug 8, 2018 0\nTibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama (File Pic)\nGoa: \"India and Pakistan would have remained united if Muhammad Ali Jinnah were the Prime Minister of India,\" said Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama here on Wednesday.\nThe 14th Dalai Lama, while addressing an event at the Goa Institute of Management, said that Mahatma Gandhi was 'very much willing' to make Jinnah the Prime Minister of the country but Jawaharlal Nehru's self-centred attitude resulted in the mistake.\nNehru wanted that he should be the PM, he added.\nApart from saying this, the Dalai Lama also appealed to Muslims in India to make efforts to reduce Shia-Sunni conflicts that are prevalent in some other countries and asserted that Islam is a religion of peace.\nBesides, he lamented the bloodshed over denominational differences, which he said should be avoided as Islam teaches compassion and harmony.\nDalai LamaIndiaJawaharlal NehruPakistan\nPrabhu launches Niryat Mitra\nORHDC Scam: 2 former officials awarded 3 years of imprisonment","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Four Excellent Ideas for the Game of Thrones Spinoff Shows\nGive Pod his own series!\nBy Matt Miller\nIt should come as absolutely no surprise that HBO wants more Game of Thrones. As such, HBO is planning four Game of Thrones spinoffs. As Entertainment Weekly reports, \"We're told a variety of different combinations and options are on the table depending on how the scripts look upon completion. But the end goal is to find at least one title that can successfully carry the flame of the GoT franchise.\"\nWell, what would they be?! As we already know, George R.R. Martin wants it to be his prequel anthology, Tales of Dunk and Egg. \"There are eight million stories in Westeros...and even more in Essos and the lands beyond,\" Martin once said. \"A whole world full of stories, waiting to be told\u2026if indeed HBO is interested. The most natural follow-up would be an adaptation of my Dunk and Egg stories.\"\nWe, on the other hand, have some better ideas.\nHodor 2 Hodor\nThis 30 minute sitcom filmed in front of a live studio audience follows beloved Hodor during his years as a door-to-door salesmen selling fine pelts to the cold people of North Westeros. You wont believe the Odd Couple-style hilarity that goes down between Hodor and his roommate Old Nan.\nArya: Alive or Dead!\nOn Westeros' hottest game show, host Arya Stark brings up four guests\u2014three alive, one dead. Through a series of yes or no questions\u2014asked by you, the audience\u2014the contestant must decide which of the guests is lying. \"Have you ever been beheaded?\" \"Did you ever not make it out of a wedding party?\" \"If you did die, were you resurrected by a witch who wears a red dress and has a necklace that hides the fact that she's actually an old hag?\" You never know what's going to happen on Arya: Alive or Dead!\nKeeping Up With the Karstarks\nWhile they're not the main focus of Game of Thrones, the Karstarks have some of the most drama in Westeros. With lands northeast of Winterfell, the Karstarks briefly held loyalty to Robb Stark before Catelyn Stark released Jaime Lannister, whose family was responsible for killing Rickard Karstark's sons. A pissed off Rickard then kills Wartyn and Willem Lannister without Robb's permission. In response, the Karstarks abandon Robb before the Red Wedding. So much drama!\nThe Pod Show\nI honestly don't even care what this show is about, but the world needs more Pod. Dear, sweet, beautiful Pod\u2014he's the only good one in this whole goddamn world.\nMatt Miller Culture Editor Matt is the Culture Editor at Esquire where he covers music, movies, books, and TV\u2014with an emphasis on all things Star Wars, Marvel, and Game of Thrones.\nAfter 20 Years, Tom Kenny Still Loves SpongeBob\nThe Emmy Nominations' Biggest Snubs\nThe 2019 Emmys Nominations Got It Right\nKirsten Dunst's New Showtime Series Looks Glorious\nThe 10 Spongebob Memes You Need to Know\nBlown Away is the Most Impressive Show on Netflix\nJohn Dutton Wages War in This Week's 'Yellowstone'\nThe Best Anime of 2019\nThe Real Hot Priest Isn't On Fleabag--He's On PBS\nHBO's Game of Thrones Prequel Series Is Official\nThere's Now a Fifth Game of Thrones Spinoff\nGame of Thrones Character to Know This Week\nFour Arrested Over 'Game of Thrones' Leak\nGame of Thrones Season Six Teaser Shows a Bloody Jon Snow\nWhy Thrones Is Better on TV","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Exploring the brain's role in stress-induced anxiety\u200b\u200b\u200b\nBy Jim Dryden July 23, 2015 January 25, 2016\nhttp:\/\/mpaweb1.wustl.edu\/~medschool\/embargo\/JM-Neuron%20story.mp3\nNeurons in the mouse brain appear green as they produce a substance that makes them sensitive to light. The red marks the presence of norepinephrine, which surges under stress.\nCalming a neural circuit in the brain can alleviate stress in mice, according to new research that could lay the foundation for understanding stress and anxiety in people.\nUsing cutting-edge techniques, the researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis also showed they could shine a light into the brain to activate the stress response in mice that had not been exposed to stressful situations.\nThe study is published online July 23 in the journal Neuron.\n\"We now have a much better idea of the neural circuit involved in producing anxiety following stress,\" said first author Jordan G. McCall, PhD, a former graduate student in the laboratory of principal investigator Michael R. Bruchas, PhD, associate professor of anesthesiology and neurobiology. \"You can imagine that this same response also may be important to longer-term stress-related problems such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or anxiety disorder.\"\nThe work may lead to the development of new treatments for such disorders, as well as for depression and alcohol and drug abuse.\nNeuroscientists already knew that a small structure in the brain called the locus coeruleus (LC) plays a key role in stress and anxiety. Neurons in that region secrete the hormone norepinephrine, which surges when a person is under stress. But using techniques called optogenetics and chemogenetics, the researchers showed they could selectively control the firing of LC neurons, lower norepinephrine levels and prevent the anxiety that normally follows stressful events.\nIn these techniques, researchers genetically engineer mice with brain cells that have special receptors. Those receptors can be activated by light (optogenetics) or synthetic chemicals (chemogenetics). Those light or chemical signals either trigger or block neuronal activity, giving researchers a way to control the brain circuits in an animal and, thus, the behavior.\nAs part of the research, the scientists observed mice moving through mazes and roaming freely in an open box.\n\"Mice usually move toward the wall and try to stay out of the open area, just like a mouse in your house,\" Bruchas explained. \"Anxious mice rarely venture into the center of the box, whereas mice that feel less anxious roam into the middle more often.\"\nMice that experienced stressful events were more likely to stay near the edges of the box. But when mice were treated with stress-lowering drugs \u2014 either beta blockers or alpha 1 blockers, which are used to treat high blood pressure and stress in people \u2014 the animals were more likely to venture into the middle of the box, even if they had experienced stressful events.\nThe researchers also found that activating LC neurons with light made mice in the mazes behave as if they were stressed, even when they had not been exposed to a stressful event.\n\"With this study, we now understand how a bunch of puzzle pieces fit together in a network that we've demonstrated is critical to stress-induced anxiety,\" Bruchas said.\nFunding for this research comes from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), grant numbers R21 DA035144, R01 DA035821, F31 MH101956 and K99 DA038725; the McDonnell Center for Systems Neuroscience; and the Washington University Division of Biology and Biological Sciences.\nMcCall JG, Al-Hasani R, Suida ER, Hong DY, Norris AJ, Ford CP, Bruchas MR. CRH engagement of the locus coeruleus noradrenergic system mediates stress-induced anxiety. Neuron, published online July 23, 2015.\nSchool of MedicineanesthesiologyanxietyBruchasJordan McCallneuroscienceoptogeneticsstress","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Sorry Students: US Department of Education Officially REJECTS Transgender Complaints On Restrooms\nFebruary 12, 2018 L. Wayne Ashley\tLeave a comment\nOh, how much has changed over the last 13 months.\nAfter historic progress for the LGBT community under the Obama Administration, it seems that our nation's 45th President, and our Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, are determined to put America's students and their real educational concerns on the back burner.\nUGH. Here's the scoop, from Dominic Holden of BuzzFeed News\u2026\nThe Education Department has told BuzzFeed News it won't investigate or take action on any complaints filed by transgender students who are banned from restrooms that match their gender identity, charting new ground in the Trump administration's year-long broadside against LGBT rights.\nIt's the first time officials have asserted this position publicly as an interpretation of law. No formal announcement has been made.\nFor nearly a year, the Trump administration took a less clear stance, with officials saying they were studying the issue. When the Education Department and Justice Department withdrew Obama-era guidance on transgender restroom access in February 2017, Trump's officials said in a memo and court filings that they would \"consider the legal issues involved.\" Then last June, the Education Department issued another memo saying it was \"permissible\" for its civil rights division to dismiss a trans student's restroom case. However, in those statements, officials never cemented their intent to reject all restroom complaints issued by trans students.\nFor the past three weeks, BuzzFeed News called and emailed Education Department officials attempting to pinpoint the agency's position.\nFinally on Thursday, Liz Hill, a spokesperson for the agency, responded \"yes, that's what the law says\" when asked again if the Education Department holds a current position that restroom complaints from transgender students are not covered by a 1972 federal civil rights law called Title IX.\nAsked for further explanation on the department's position, Hill said Friday, \"Title IX prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex, not gender identity.\"\nThis represents a complete and total about face from policies of the Obama Administration, which sought to protect the rights and safety of all students, including the Transgender community. Here's an excerpt of a joint memo from the Departments of Justice and Education, dated May 16th, 2016\u2026\nUnder Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, schools receiving federal money may not discriminate based on a student's sex, including a student's transgender status. The guidance makes clear that both federal agencies treat a student's gender identity as the student's sex for purposes of enforcing Title IX.\n\"There is no room in our schools for discrimination of any kind, including discrimination against transgender students on the basis of their sex,\" said Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch. \"This guidance gives administrators, teachers and parents the tools they need to protect transgender students from peer harassment and to identify and address unjust school policies. I look forward to continuing our work with the Department of Education \u2013 and with schools across the country \u2013 to create classroom environments that are safe, nurturing, and inclusive for all of our young people.\"\n\"No student should ever have to go through the experience of feeling unwelcome at school or on a college campus,\" said U.S. Secretary of Education John B. King Jr. \"This guidance further clarifies what we've said repeatedly \u2013 that gender identity is protected under Title IX. Educators want to do the right thing for students, and many have reached out to us for guidance on how to follow the law. We must ensure that our young people know that whoever they are or wherever they come from, they have the opportunity to get a great education in an environment free from discrimination, harassment and violence.\"\n\"Every child deserves to attend school in a safe, supportive environment that allows them to thrive and grow. And we know that teachers and administrators care deeply about all of their students and want them to succeed in school and life,\" said Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Vanita Gupta, head of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division. \"Our guidance sends a clear message to transgender students across the country: here in America, you are safe, you are protected and you belong \u2013 just as you are. We look forward to working with school officials to make the promise of equal opportunity a reality for all of our children.\"\n\"Our federal civil rights law guarantees all students, including transgender students, the opportunity to participate equally in school programs and activities without sex discrimination as a core civil right,\" said Department of Education Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Catherine E. Lhamon. \"This guidance answers questions schools have been asking, with a goal to ensure that all students are treated equally consistent with their gender identity. We look forward to continuing to work with schools and school communities to satisfy Congress' promise of equality for all.\"\nYet more confirmation that the Trump Administration is not only out of step with America's school system, but that they seem to only care about the needs of certain American students. Of course, given how much of our tax money is being given out the door to the 1 percent via the massive Tax Cut and Jobs Act, I guess sweeping Transgender Americans under the rug isn't much of a surprise.\nElections have consequences folks. And in this case, they are quite shameful.\nSo PLEASE don't forget to VOTE in the upcoming March 6th Primary Election, and the November 6th General Election. The only way to protect our students is to send lawmakers to Washington that care about them, which doesn't seem to be getting done with the Republican majority. Texans have a say on decisions like this one in November, as one of the Senators that not only supported Trump, but voted to confirm Betsy Devos, Ted Cruz, is up for reelection.\nThe first step in reversing tragedies like this one is to LOOSE CRUZ THIS NOVEMBER.\nBetsy DeVosBuzzfeedDepartment of Justice Department of Education Joint MemoDominic Holden BuzzFeedLOOSE CRUZSenators the voted to confirm Betsy DeVosTed Cruz Election 2018Transgender StudentsTrump Administration Transgender\nPrevious PostTLCQ 2018: Tami WalkerNext PostAttorney General Sessions Commends Sheriffs for Upholding \"Anglo-American Heritage\" of Policing","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"A Cal student made the accusations against the Cal football team in a Facebook posting.\nThursday's Briefing: Woman alleges Cal football players, coaches of sexual harassment\nSkinner wants audit of the Alameda County Sheriff's Office\nThu, Mar 21, 2019 at 6:00 AM\nNews you don't want to miss for Mar. 21:\n1. A former Cal sports medicine intern alleges members of the football, coaches, and staff sexually harassed her on numerous occasions, ESPN reports. \"I will get you fired if you do not have sex with me,\" the Cal student wrote on Facebook about the advances of one Cal coach. The allegations have been sent to the university's Office for the Prevention of Harassment and Discrimination.\n2. President Trump is expected to sign an executive order today that was first spurred on by an incident last month at U.C. Berkeley when a conservative voter was attacked on campus, Politico reports. The order may require universities to declare support for free speech on campus in order to receive federal research grants.\n3.Oakland voters approved Measure KK, a $600 million infrastructure bond measure, in 2016, but two years later the city's roads continue to be in a sorry state, Rachel Swan reports in the San Francisco Chronicle. $$\n4. With the U.S. Census count just around the corner, the state and Alameda County is beginning to put time and money into making sure the state gathers an accurate count of its residents. If not, just like in 1990, according to Capitol Weekly, California could lose seats in Congress and hundreds of millions in federal funding.\n5. Two Richmond police officer, including one who was named in the Celeste Guap police sexual misconduct scandal was fired for lying to investigators, while the other for having sex on duty, KQED and the East Bay Times report.\n6. At a racuous Hayward City Council meeting late Tuesday night, city councilmembers decided against a controversial proposal from its city manager to limit their policy referrals to five per year for each elected official, the East Bay Citizen reports. One councilmember said the idea was unconstitutional, but not before the entire discussion got really personal.\n7. Berkeley saw a 12 percent reduction in violent crime last year, Berkeleyside reports. Meanwhile, property crime also dropped by 10 percent.\n8. State Sen. Nancy Skinner wants an audit of the Alameda County Sheriff's Department after reports of misconduct at its jails, KTVU reports, including a woman who gave birth in prison while unattended.\n$$ = Stories you may have to pay to read.\nTags: Gregory Ahern, Nancy Skinner, Cal football, sexual harassment, President Trump, U.C. Berkeley, campus free speech, Hayward City Council, Berkeley, Richmond Police, Celeste Guap, U.S. Census, Image\n\u00ab Wednesday's Briefing: College\u2026 | Bay Area Air Quality Deteriora\u2026 \u00bb\nMonday's Briefing: Covid-19 vaccine arrives in the East Bay; Castro Valley health care workers stage one-day strike over pay, benefits\nCal's football season is over after four games\nFriday's Briefing: Alameda County to receive 13,650 doses of covid-19 vaccine; Menorah at Alameda City Hall destroyed by vandals\nSouthwest to layoff 1,200 Bay Area employees","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"\u00c5berg and Bhatia Share the Lead at the Junior Invitational at Sage Valley\nPublished on Thursday, April 19, 2018\nGRANITEVILLE, S.C. \u2013 Since the launch of the Junior Invitational in 2011, Sage Valley has presented a stiff test to the world's best junior golfers. The first round of the 2018 edition proved to be no different, as 54 players battled through gusty conditions.\nTwo separated themselves from the field on Thursday: Akshay Bhatia of Wake Forest, North Carolina, and Ludvig \u00c5berg of Sweden. Each fired a 4-under 68, three strokes ahead of the only other two players to break par: Canon Claycomb and Jacob Bridgeman (1-under 71).\nLEADERBOARD: 2018 Junior Invitational at Sage Valley\nBhatia incurred a two-stroke penalty on the par-5 4th, costing him the solo lead. As a force of habit, he pulled out his range finder, which is prohibited during competition rounds at the Junior Invitational. He would ultimately post a double-bogey.\n\"It didn't hurt too much,\" said Bhatia. \"I still have a lot of golf left and I'm pleased with today. I'm grateful that I'm still in this position. It's just one of those things where you can't do anything about it and just move on.\"\nIn addition to his impressive ball striking and putting, Bhatia's refocus following the penalty demonstrated strong mental toughness. He carded six birdies on Thursday, highlighted by a tap-in putt on the closing hole. After striping his drive down the center of the 18th fairway, his approach settled two feet beyond the hole.\nPlaying in the final group, \u00c5berg led the field with seven birdies. It was a tale of two nines for the Texas Tech commit. He struggled to find consistency on the front en route to a 37, consisting of two birdies, one bogey, and one double-bogey. A six-foot par putt on the 9th catapulted \u00c5berg as he made the turn. Four straight birdies from holes 10 to 13 plus an 18-hole birdie have \u00c5berg in a comfortable position heading into the final 36 holes.\n\"Holing that putt [on the ninth] was really good for my confidence,\" said \u00c5berg, the top-ranked junior in Sweden. \"All this confidence is coming from my putter. If I'm feeling good with my putter, usually the rest of my game is working out well.\"\nIn a tie for fifth at 72 are Julian P\u00e9rico (Peru), Nicolas Cassidy (U.S.), and Ricky Castillo (U.S.).\nBhatia is no stranger to seeing his name atop the leaderboard. He won the 2017 Joe Chavez Invitational and the 2017 Boys Junior PGA Championship, setting a number of records in the ladder event, including the Championship's lowest 18-hole total (61), en route to his victory at the Country Club of St. Albans (Mo.).\n\"I'm a stronger player than I was last year,\" shared Bhatia. \"This is my first year here and the course is very gettable. I read the greens so well. As long as I keep it in the fairway, which I did today, I have a really good chance.\"\nLike Bhatia, \u00c5berg has recent experience leading and winning tournaments with three victories in 2017. In his first visit to Sage Valley, \u00c5berg is trying to follow the footsteps of fellow Swedish golfer, Marcus Kinhult, the 2015 Junior Invitational Champion.\n\"I've never seen anything like this place before,\" said \u00c5berg. \"This is amazing. It's just a privilege to be here. I'm looking forward to the next 36 holes.\"\nThe top 15 eligible finishers at the Junior Invitational will receive points towards qualifying for the 2018 United States Junior Ryder Cup Team. The 11th edition of the Junior Ryder Cup will be contested at Disneyland Paris in Marne-la-Vall\u00e9e, France, September 24-25. In addition, the top two eligible finishers earn exemptions into the 2018 Boys Junior PGA Championship, which will be held at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky, July 31 \u2013 August 3.\nThe Junior Invitational at Sage Valley is widely recognized as one of the premier junior tournaments in the world. It annually attracts many of the game's top-ranked junior golfers, creating what is considered the toughest field in junior golf.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Music Reviews, Music News and Pop Culture\n#songoftheday ONYX: \"We Don't Fucking Care\" \u2013 Feat. A$AP Ferg & Sean Price\nOnyx is hardcore hip hop group from South Jamaica, Queens, New York. The group consists of East Coast rappers Sticky Fingaz, Fredro Starr and Sonny Seeza. They were one of the biggest hip-hop groups of the year back in 1993 when they had a massive hit called \"Slam\" from their album Bacdafucup. The song was all over radio and MTV, as MTV was still playing a great deal of music videos back then. I became a fan when they did the song \"Judgment Night\" with the band Biohazard on the soundtrack of the movie of the same name. The whole Judgment Night soundtrack featured collaborations between rock acts and hip-hop artists and remains somewhat popular today. If you ask most people of my generation what their favorite movie soundtracks are, chances are Judgment Night would be on their lists. (That's Generation X, if you must know. We were the generation portrayed \u2014 for better or worse \u2014 in the movies Reality Bites and Singles. Although, just for the record, most of us grew up listening to heavy metal and hair bands and only got into grunge later when it finally killed off the hair band scene, which most of us were none too happy about at the time.) As the first half of the '90's went on, Onyx were in high demand and had songs on more than a few other movie soundtracks, including Clockers (1995) , Sunset Park (1996) and Dead Presidents (1995). They also won a Soul Train album of the year award for Bacdafucup. The group followed the album up with 1998's Shut 'Em Down and 2003's Bacdafucup 2. Then they apparently disbanded because nobody heard from them for years until now.\nWell, let me be among the first to say \"welcome\" back to the guys. \"We Don't Fucking Care\" is a fantastic, instant classic. Produced by Snowgoons, a German underground hip hop producer duo consisting of DJ Illegal (Manuu R\u00fcckert) and Det (D. Keller), the song splits the difference between early '90's hip-hop and the hip-hop of today perfectly. To my ears, it sounds an awful lot like not only classic Onyx but vintage Cypress Hill and House of Pain and I imagine that's something they were going for because, musically, it sounds like it could have been a song on Cypress Hill's breakthrough album Black Sunday. Which is a very, very good thing. If you ask me, the stuff Onyx and Cypress Hill \u2014 and 2 Pac and House of Pain \u2014 were doing back then kicks the shit out of a lot of today's rap. I'm not going to sit here and diss any of today's artists, but back then there was generally a bigger emphasis on writing hip-hop songs with killer hooks. Today, a lot of artists turn to pop and R&B singers to perform the choruses of their songs, but none of the artists I've just named ever needed to do that. Maybe some of them did so at some point, but even if they did the fact remains that they had huge hits without doing that, which is to their credit, as it shows what talented songwriters they were. And, in the case of Onyx, what talented songwriters they still are. Hopefully, having A$AP Ferg and Sean Price on \"We Don't Fucking Care\" will help get today's hip-hop fans to embrace it because it's spot-on in every way possible with wise lyrics, a great rebellious attitude and superb production. Welcome back, guys, indeed. I can't wait to hear the new album.\nSoundcloud info:\nTags \u2013 WAKEDAFUCUP available on iTunes worldwide March.09.2014\nTags: #songoftheday, 2014, A$AP Ferg, hip-hop, hiphop, Onyx, rap, Sean Price, Snowgoons\nWritten by Paris365\nAn entertainment journalist for 20 years, Michael McCarthy was a columnist and contributing editor for the magazines Lollipop and LiveWire. He co-created and wrote for Cinezine, one of the '90's most popular movie E-zines. 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{"text":"Reshma Singh\nProgram Manager 3\nReshmaSingh@lbl.gov\neta.lbl.gov\/people\/Reshma-Singh\nReshma Singh is the Program Director of the Department of Energy's tech-to-market IMPEL program, the California Energy Commission's R2M2 Microgrids program, and previously the Presidential U.S.-India Center for Building Energy Research and Development (CBERD) at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. She brings over 10 years of experience advancing urban sustainability and cleantech innovation, and working with complex international ecosystems in the United States, India, and Singapore. Reshma's work lies at the intersection of design and technology of smart buildings and cities, with a focus on energy, data analytics and UX, and IoT sensors and controls.\nReshma holds two cleantech patents. She is the lead author of Building Innovation Guide, and is a contributor to Mutations: Harvard Project on the City and The Bay Area-Silicon Valley and India: Convergence and Alignment in the Innovation Age. She serves on the Telecommunications Industry Association's (TIA) Smart Buildings and Power and Energy group, and is on the Advisory Council for the State Department's international TechWomen program (techwomen.org).\nReshma previously co-founded GreenExcel, an online education platform. She is a recipient of the American Association of University Women award, Harvard University's Community Service Fellowship award and has taught graduate seminars at the Harvard Graduate School of Design and at University of California, Berkeley. Apart from her professional life, she teaches dance and has co-produced an acclaimed children's musical. Reshma holds a master's degree from Harvard University, and a bachelor's degree in architecture from New Delhi, India.\nA Community Energy Operations and Planning System: Concept, Use cases, Metrics, and Benefits\nAuthors: R. Singh; A. Prakash; M.Ann Piette; S. Agarwal\nMachine Learning for Automated Extraction of Building Geometry\nAuthors: S. Touzani; M. Wudunn; A. Zakhor; M. Pritoni; R. Singh; H. Bergmann; J. Granderson\nEnergy Information Systems: From the Basement to the Boardroom\nAuthors: R. Singh; P.A. Mathew; J. Granderson; Y. Shukla\nEnergy Modeling in Urban Districts: Forecast of multi-sector Energy Use and GHG Emissions\nAuthors: R. Singh; B. Ravache; M.Ann Piette\nEvaluation of an Integrated Pipe Water Cooling Strategy to Improve BIPV Structure Performance\nAuthors: I. Gendler; M. Leandro; R. Albazi; R. Henriquez; J. Sanghvi; R. Singh; G.Aaditya Eranki; S.H. Zaidi\nEvaluation of the Need for and Design of a City Energy Operations System\nAuthors: M.Ann Piette; R. Singh; A. Prakash\nR&D and Implementation Outcomes From The U.S.-India Bilateral Center For Building Energy Research And Development Program\nAuthors: R. Singh; M.Ann Piette; A.J. Gadgil; R. Rawal; N. Bansal; V. Garg; J. Mathur; P. Haves; P.A. Mathew; C. Kohler; M. Bhandari; G. Brager; V. Loftness; N. Nadarajah; R.M. Levinson; R.E. Brown; A. Desjarlais; M. Rane; S. Manu; Y. Shukla; M. Doctor-Pingel\nBuilding Innovation: A Guide For High-Performance Energy Efficient Buildings In India\nAuthors: R. Singh; B. Ravache; D.A. Sartor\nPackaged Scalable Energy Information Systems for Hotels\nAuthors: R. Singh; P.A. Mathew; J. Granderson; Y. Shukla; A.Ranjan Behera\nReview of City Energy and Emissions Analysis Needs, Methods & Tools\nAuthors: M.Ann Piette; R.Zarin Pass; R. Singh; T. Hong","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"South Africa, Sagarius and Others\n[Source: South African Law Reports, vol. 1, 1983, pp. 833-838; original in Afrikaans, unofficial translation.]\nSAGARIUS AND OTHERS\n(SOUTH WEST AFRICA DIVISION)\n1982 May 24-28; June 1-2 Before Judge BETHUNE\nA criminal trial. The facts appear from the reasons for judgment.\nJ.S. Hiemstra for the State.\nB. O'Linn SC (assisted by P. Teek and A.T.E.A. Lubowski) for the accused. [...]\nJudge BETHUNE: On 24 February of this year, the three accused were found guilty of participating in terrorist activities in terms of the provisions of Law 83 of 1967. [T]he evidence pointing to their guilt was overwhelming.\nIn brief, what the evidence comes down to is that the three accused were part of a group of 22 members of SWAPO which, in April last year, infiltrated South West African territory from Angola while in possession of firearms, ammunition and explosives. The group later split into smaller groups, but, following various contacts with the Defence Force, all of them, with the exception of the three accused, were either wiped out or driven back across the frontier. It is common knowledge that the members of the group were clad in a characteristic uniform worn by the armed wing of SWAPO, and that their contacts with the Defence Force occurred in what could be described as a war situation. The three accused were taken prisoner at a stage when they were already in the process of retreating towards the northern frontier of South West Africa. [...].\nWhen the hearing was resumed [...]. The evidence relating to the verdict dealt with historical events before, during and after the period of German colonial administration and, in particular, with political and constitutional complications which have come into effect since the Second World War.\nAfter the first defence witness had given his evidence, Mr Hiemstra, for the State, objected to it on the grounds of irrelevance, given that there was no evidence that the events which had been referred to influenced any of the accused in any way when they committed the crimes. I did, however, allow the defence to proceed with this evidence [...] I shall, in the accused favour, accept that the events about which the defence witnesses gave evidence probably did play a part in the state of mind of the accused when they committed the offence. The events which led to the armed conflict of SWAPO extend over many years, and their effect has been widespread. [...]\nIt appears, moreover, that the World Court and the authoritative organs of UNO brand South Africa's presence in SWA illegal, and that this view is subscribed to by a large part of the international community.\nEven if the accused had no previous knowledge of this fact, it is highly probable that they would have been told about it by SWAPO supporters during their training outside South Africa. All three were obviously youth when they left South Africa. Considering all the circumstances, they probably regarded their actions as part of a legitimate conflict which enjoyed strong support both at home and abroad. In the evidence, reference was made to the fact that there is a tendency in international law to accord prisoner of war status to captives who have openly participated, in a characteristic uniform, in an armed conflict against a colonial, racist or foreign regime. However, Professor Dugard, who testified on this point, made it clear that such recognition rests on a contractual basis. Governments such as those of South Africa and Great Britain, which do not accept the relevant Protocol, are not bound by it. In my opinion, Professor Dugard was right in his opinion that this Court cannot simply declare that the accused must be treated as prisoners of war, but that the tendency in international law must be taken into consideration when deciding whether the death sentence must be imposed.\nIn this connection, I would refer you to the following passage from his testimony:\nSouth Africa did not sign the text of the First Protocol, nor had it ratified or acceded to the 1977 Protocols. Consequently it was quite clear that South Africa is not bound by Protocol 1 and therefore, in terms of the treaty, is not obliged to confer prisoner of war status upon members of SWAPO.\nAlthough South Africa is not bound in terms of this treaty, I suggested that there is support for the view that this position has now become part of customary international law, part of the common law of international law. In my judgment this argument is premature, in that Protocol 1 has not yet received that support to argue that it is a part of international law, binding upon States that have not ratified the convention.\nYes, I have already expressed the view that in my judgment a South African Court has no option but to exercise criminal jurisdiction over SWAPO; that a Court cannot simply direct that members of SWAPO be treated as prisoners of war. Nevertheless, it is my view, having regard to new developments in international humanitarian law as reflected in Protocol 1 of the 1977 Geneva Convention and having regard to the special status of a Namibian, that such factors should be taken into account when it comes to the imposition of a sentence and, in particular, it is my view that a Court might have regard to these developments when it comes to the question of the death penalty because the Convention on Prisoners of War of 1949 makes it clear that a prisoner of war may not be executed by the detaining power for military activities prior to his arrest unless they amounted to war crimes.\nMr O'Linn has argued that, in the light of the extent of the armed conflict, a heavy sentence would not have any deterrent effect. I cannot agree with this assertion. It may be the case that people who have already decided to participate in the armed conflict would not, perhaps, be deterred by the sentences which this Court imposes, but the provisions of the Law also apply to any other citizen of this country who may possibly consider committing an act of terrorism (as defined by the Law). Such persons would certainly, in my opinion, take heed of the penalties which this Court imposes. [...]\nMr Hiemstra has argued that it is in the interests of the community that a very heavy sentence be imposed. However, it appears from the undisputed evidence that a large part of the population of this country, as well as of the international community, would view the accused actions in a less serious light. In addition, it is probable that the accused were exploited by others for political gain. It is not unusual for people who are not themselves prepared to run the risks of armed conflict to influence young people to commit actions such as this.\nAll three of the accused are very young, and have no previous convictions. I accept that, after they left South Africa, they were trapped in a web of events over which they had little or no control. It seems, judging from the statement that Accused No. 3 made to the police, that he was disillusioned when he found out precisely what the promised training which he would undergo outside South Africa consisted of. After their military training began, it was certainly extremely difficult, and even life-threatening, for them to leave. This situation, which to a certain extent was of their own making, is not in itself a justification for their actions, but it is nonetheless an important factor which must be weighed when deciding their punishment. On the other hand, the accused must have foreseen that the actions (such as the laying of land mines and the damaging of railway tracks), which they and the group of infiltrators certainly did perform, could injure or kill innocent people. While I am of the opinion that this is not a case in which the death penalty must be imposed, I am satisfied that a long term of imprisonment is justified. [...]\nIn the light of the indications by the defence that a heavy sentence will not deter members of SWAPO, it will not serve any purpose to suspend any part of the sentence.\nAccordingly, the following sentences are imposed:\nAccused Nos 1 and 2: 9 years imprisonment.\nAccused No. 3: 11 years imprisonment.\nUnder IHL, is this \"war situation\" an international or a non-international armed conflict? Does it matter that the accused have infiltrated from Angola? Whether the South African presence in Namibia was lawful or unlawful? Whether the South African government could be qualified as a \"racist regime\"? (GC I-IV, Art. 2; P I, Arts 1(4) and 96; P II, Art. 1)\nIs SWAPO a national liberation movement? If so, because of the international status of Namibia? Because of recognition by the international community? Of what relevance is it whether SWAPO is deemed a national liberation movement? Must SWAPO represent the South African people to be a national liberation movement fighting against South Africa? Or is it sufficient that it represents the South West African people? Is its national liberation war here directed against the South African government as \"colonial domination,\" \"alien occupation,\" or \"racist regime\"? (P I, Art. 1(4))\nIf SWAPO formally declared its intention to respect and apply the Geneva Conventions and the Protocols, would they then apply to this conflict? (P I, Art. 96)\nAs fewer States were party to Protocol I (compared with the States party to the four Conventions), does this indicate that its Article 1(4) had little or no practical effect or value? Particularly because Israel and South Africa were not States Parties? Why?\nAre none of the principles reflected in the Protocols customary law and thus binding on South Africa? Did the law of international armed conflicts under the customary law of 1982 apply to national liberation wars? Under today's customary law, taking into account that South Africa became a State party to Protocol I in 1995? How could a rule like Art. 1(4) of Protocol I become customary?\nAlthough the Court rejects the Protocols as a reflection of customary law, what remains the significance of the Court's consideration and use of the Protocols? What do you think of Professor John Dugard's assessment of the status of the Protocols?\nIf the law of international armed conflicts applies, do the accused have prisoner-of-war status? Could they be sentenced, as in this judgement, if they were prisoners of war?\nWhat impact would it have if the accused had not been wearing distinctive uniforms during their military engagement: Under the law of international armed conflict? According to the Court's approach? (P I, Arts 43-44; CIHL, Rule 106)\nIs Professor Dugard correct in stating that Convention III \"makes it clear that a prisoner of war may not be executed by the detaining power for military activities prior to his arrest unless they amounted to war crimes\"? (GC III, Arts 85 and 100)\nUnder IHL, are the accused criminally responsible if they \"had foreseen that the actions (such as the laying of land mines and the damaging of railway tracks), which they and the group of infiltrators certainly did perform, could injure or kill innocent people\"? (P I, Arts 51, 57 and 85(3); CIHL, Rules 11-12, 15 and 17-21)\nIf the law of international armed conflict did not apply, was the law of non-international armed conflict necessarily applicable? Is the judgement compatible with that law?\nInternational armed conflict\nNational liberation wars\nDefinition of combatants\nPunishment\/Prosecution of POWs\nMilitary objectives\nMethods of warfare","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"\"...a remarkable experience; completely professional assistance, quick proceedings; all that makes a great publisher.\"\n- Adam Bednarek, CSP author, Studies in Canadian English\nHome \/ Buy A Book \/ Social Sciences \/ Centenary of the Russian Revolution (1917-2017)\nCentenary of the Russian Revolution (1917-2017)\nThis collection of essays provides an historical, plural and original analysis of the Russian Revolution to mark its first centenary. It focuses on both regional aspects \u2013 such as the impact of the Revolution in Spain and Latin America \u2013 and major events, ideas and phenomena, including the importance of World War I, the birth of the Communist International and the definition of revolution and counterrevolution. The book will mainly appeal to academic audiences, as well as non-specialized readers interested in the major issues of the contemporary world. It offers new insights into an event that contributed to the shaping of the twentieth century and that is still fundamental to understanding the world of today.\nAndreu Mayayo i Artal is Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Barcelona, Spain. His research areas are social and labour movements and the Spanish transition. His publications include La veu del PSUC. Josep Sol\u00e8 Barber\u00e0 (1913-1988) (2007) and Y el mundo cambi\u00f3 de base (2017).\nAlberto Pellegrini is Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Barcelona, Spain. His research areas are the history of the world wars and political and diplomatic history of the 20th century. His publications include Soldiers, Bombs and Rifles (2013) and La Primera Guerra Mundial y el colapso del zarismo (2017).\nAntoni Segura i Mas is Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Barcelona, Spain. His research areas are international history, Spanish contemporary history and conflict analysis. His publications include Estados Unidos, el Islam y el nuevo orden mundial (2013); Soldiers, Bombs and Rifles (2013); and Del Acuerdo Sykes-Picot al Estado Isl\u00e1mico (2016).\nRelease Date: 20th September 2018","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"King v. Burwell: the most surprising thing about the Supreme Court term so far\nBy Sarah Kliff Jun 23, 2015, 11:20am EDT\nShare All sharing options for: King v. Burwell: the most surprising thing about the Supreme Court term so far\nMark Wilson\/Getty Images\nThe Supreme Court will rule this month on King v. Burwell, a case arguing that Obamacare's insurance subsidies are illegal. A decision in favor of President Obama's health-care law could solidify its place in history \u2014 but one against would throw the insurance expansion into chaos.\nUp until the ruling, Vox will collect the most important news, commentary, and thoughts on what could happen \u2014 and what it means for the Affordable Care Act.\nIt's Friday, Friday, got to get Supreme Court decisions on Friday \u2014 The Supreme Court announced Monday that it will issue decisions this coming Thursday and Friday. The smart folks at SCOTUSBlog \u2014 arguably the only Supreme Court speculators worth listening to \u2014 are gearing up for a possible Friday ruling in King:\nOdds are that SCOTUS will decide Obamacare this Friday and same-sex marriage next Monday.\n\u2014 SCOTUSblog (@SCOTUSblog) June 22, 2015\nWhat to send to your friend who literally just started paying attention to King this week \u2014 this.\nWhat to send to your friend who literally just started paying attention to King this week and really likes dogs \u2014 this.\nThe surprising leftward lean of this Supreme Court term \u2014 An awesome graphic from the awesome folks at the Upshot shows that while the Roberts Court leans conservative, \"the current term is leaning left as it enters its final two weeks.\"\nMore from Alicia Parlapiano, Adam Liptak, and Jeremy Bowers:\nThe court has issued liberal decisions in 54 percent of the cases in which it had announced decisions as of June 22, according to the Supreme Court Database, using a widely accepted standard developed by political scientists. If that trend holds, the final percentage could rival the highest since the era of the notably liberal court of the 1950s and 1960s led by Chief Justice Earl Warren. The closest contenders are the previous term and the one that started in 2004 and ended with the announcement of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's retirement.\nAs for what this means for King, you could probably read it either way. That the Roberts Court leans liberal this term could indicate more willingness to save a major health insurance expansion. Or it could be bad news, as the Court could be looking to offset this liberal lean in its highest-profile decisions.\nStates aren't doing much planning for a King win \u2014 Abby Goodnough reports in the New York Times:\nIn the vast majority of states that rely on the federal exchange, HealthCare.gov, there is little or no evidence that anyone has a plan to preserve the subsidies that help more than six million residents of those states afford their insurance premiums. Most of the affected states have Republican governors, and many, including Scott Walker of Wisconsin, Rick Scott of Florida and Dennis Daugaard of South Dakota, insist it is Congress's job to come up with a remedy if the subsidies disappear.\nHealth insurers, who have even less they could do to prepare, are also in a wait-and-see mode. Reed Abelson writes more about that here. And another good read from the Times on King: Michael Shear looks at how the case puts Obama's legacy on the line.\nParsing the politics of a pro-King decision \u2014 Kaiser Family Foundation's Drew Altman thinks \"Republicans would feel the heat much like they did after the government shutdown.\"\nRyan faces flak for his King fix plan \u2014 Libertarian economist John C. Goodman critiques the House Budget chair's proposal, which would extend Obamacare subsidies in return for repealing other provisions. \"In Wednesday's message to his fellow House members, Paul Ryan's position was little more than waving the white flag of surrender,\" Goodman writes for Forbes. \"As much as I hate to admit it, the latest Republican proposal is nothing more than a smokescreen, designed to give ObamaCare two more years of life.\"\nGoodman's piece, as well as Rep. Paul Gosar's (R-AZ) bill to prevent the extension of subsidies, point toward a growing divide between establishment Republicans, who are looking at King fixes, and the more conservative wing, who want Obamacare gone completely.\nWhere have we seen this Republican divide before? Oh, right.\nPeter Suderman dives into why Republicans can't come up with an Obamacare replacement. Think vaporware.\nFrenzies aren't what they used to be around here pic.twitter.com\/MXYj1pOD7e\n\u2014 Erik Wasson (@elwasson) June 22, 2015\nThis chart shows how we ended up with the King case at the Supreme Court \u2014 and where lower courts have come down on it and similar challenges. You can read more about the history of the legal challenge to Obamacare's subsidies here.\nFrom the department of speculation: who is writing King? Another fun (er, \"fun\") guessing game attempting to figure out which justice is writing which opinion, looking at the caseload of opinions they've written so far. David Kendall takes a stab at it in the Wall Street Journal:\nThree justices representing a range of ideological leanings haven't written opinions from the session in which the health-care case was considered: Chief Justice Roberts, Justice Anthony Kennedy and Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Only one other case besides the health care matter remains pending from that session, a closely watched dispute about whether states can use independent redistricting commissions to prevent lawmakers from drawing congressional maps to maximize their partisan advantage.\nWant to see dogs recreate the Supreme Court's King v. Burwell arguments? Of course you do.\nThat's all until next time. Well, except for this (hat tip to Vox's Dylan Matthews for suggesting this delightful pun, and stock art company Shutterstock for providing a surprisingly robust collection of drunk dogs. Also, credit to National Journal's Sam Baker, who has such an on-point pun game he came up with this idea months ago.).\nKing v. Burwell: Obamacare subsidies upheld by Supreme Court\nIs the Supreme Court more liberal? Or are the cases more conservative?\nKing v. Burwell: \"Don't fix Obamacare\" movement grows","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"By HSE HSE\nIn HSE News\nLeeds-based garden shed manufacturing company, Woodlands Homecare Ltd, was today sentenced for safety breaches after a worker was killed. Leeds Magistrates' Court heard how, on 23 July [...]\nAshwell Recycled Timber Products Limited has been fined following repeated failures to safely guard and maintain woodwork equipment used by their employees. Barkingside Magistrates' Court [...]\nThe national regulator for workplace health and safety has said Hull City Council failed to address the \"obvious risk\" of employees working on ice before a worker fell and suffered broken ribs [...]\nBritain's regulator for workplace health and safety celebrated 100 years of votes for women by flying the women's Suffrage Flag over its world leading laboratory in Buxton. On Monday [...]\nSteel fabricator fined after young construction worker falls from height\nA North Devon-based steel fabricator has been sentenced after a young employee fell through a fragile roof whilst at work. Plymouth Magistrates' Court heard how, on 23rd August 2017, a [...]\nCompany fined after agency worker injured on waste conveyor\nA haulage and waste processing business has been fined after an agency worker's hand was drawn into an in running nip on a waste sorting conveyor. Telford Magistrates Court heard how, on 27 [...]\nCompany fined for failing to recognise hand arm vibration risk\nBritish Airways Avionic Engineering Limited has been fined for failing to assess the risk to workers from hand arm vibration. Cardiff Crown Court heard how people working at the company were [...]\nCompanies plead guilty following 2011 refinery explosion\nBefore Haverfordwest Magistrates' Court, Valero Energy UK Limited and B & A Contracts Limited today pleaded guilty to charges under Sections 2 (1) and 3 (1) of the Health and Safety at [...]\nEnergy company fined after worker injured\nSiemens Gamesa Renewable Energy has been sentenced after a contractor was injured by a falling steel wire coil. Peterborough Magistrates' Court heard how, on 23 April 2017, a contractor was [...]\nBuilding company and director sentenced after carrying out unsafe and unnecessary work\nA building company and its director have been sentenced today after carrying out unsafe and unnecessary building work. BBS Improvements Limited and sole director Barrie John Henry Birch were [...]","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"UPDATE 1-GM extends EV Chevrolet Bolt production halt to late January\nDavid Shepardson\n(Adds background, byline)\nWASHINGTON, Dec 2 (Reuters) - General Motors Co said Thursday it would extend a production halt at its Orion Assembly plant in Michigan, which makes the Chevrolet Bolt electric vehicle, through Jan 28.\nThe largest U.S. automaker in August widened its recall of the Bolt to more than 140,000 vehicles to replace battery modules and to address fire risks after a series of fires.\nThe suburban Detroit plant halted production in August but conducted two weeks of limited production at Orion starting Nov. 1 to help provide courtesy transportation vehicles for customers during recall repairs.\nGM President Mark Reuss said in October the company was addressing the recall before resuming production of new vehicles. GM said Thursday it continued \"to focus on battery module replacements.\"\nGM disclosed in October that its battery partner, South Korea's LG Electronics, had agreed to reimburse it for the $2 billion in estimated costs and expenses associated with the Bolt recall.\nGM and LG Energy Solution are building two joint-venture U.S. battery plants.\nThe National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has an ongoing investigation into the battery fires. The agency noted in August that all Chevrolet Bolt electric vehicles had been recalled due to the risk of the high-voltage battery pack catching fire. (Reporting by David Shepardson; Editing by Richard Chang)\nThe M\u00e9tis National Council has filed a lawsuit against its former president and the Manitoba M\u00e9tis Federation alleging financial irregularities and questionable contracts. President Cassidy Caron said there was a full review of the organization following her election last year. \"Almost immediately my eyes were opened to some, in my opinion, very concerning governance and financial practices and policies, or rather an apparent lack there of,\" Caron said in a video posted on the M\u00e9tis National Cou\nA frozen marathon, the Australian Open and tensions in Ukraine round out this week's most notable images.\nFantasy Baseball is open for the 2022 MLB season\nReady for fantasy baseball? Here's everything you need to know about the upcoming season!\nYes, There's a Wordle Just for Taylor Swift Fans, and It's Called Taylordle\nAngela Weiss\/Getty ImagesIt's pretty much impossible to log on to Twitter these days without seeing the word Wordle or that telltale cluster of green and yellow squares in your feed. So it should come as no surprise that spin-off versions of the online brain teaser have begun popping up, including one entirely based around Taylor Swift lyrics and references.The new version of the game is, naturally, called Taylordle, and it was created by the superfans behind the Holy Swift Podcast. \"Calling all\nThe PM is highly unlikely to be presented with a copy of the Gray report on Friday night, the PA news agency understands, but it is due shortly.\nA brand new documentary attempts to uncover why Janet Jackson's top malfunctioned at the 2004 Super Bowl. Find out what really happened and who's to blame here.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Album Review: Steph Cameron \u2013 Daybreak Over Jackson Street\nSteph Cameron hails from Saskatoon, the same Canadian town as Joni Mitchell, she's been a busker living on the streets and her debut album was called 'Sad-Eyed Lonesome Lady.' So far, so perfect. 'Daybreak Over Jackson Street' lives up to expectations, proving that honest hearted folk songs can be a powerful force for good in the world.\nWith her background working with disadvantaged people it's no wonder the title track is such a sympathetic portrayal of poverty. There's people behind boarded doors \/ there's beds and blankets on the floors \/ they're opening the liquor stores at daybreak over Jackson Street'. Her aim is towards the system of power and oppression, rather than the unfortunate people who end up its victims. 'the law is like an anchored ship \/ it's drowning people drip by drip \/ and it's tethered by a desperate grip \/ it issues justice from a whip \/ sending bullets fired from a clip \/ carried on a gangster's hip \/ from a politician's fingertip. As the song builds towards the end she gets louder but not angrier \u2013 she's clear headed in her condemnation of political power and how it crushes.\nI also a hear country influence on this album with 'On My Mind' coming off as sounding like a female Hank Williams. The harmonica playing is top notch and reminds me that I haven't heard enough of this fine instrument on country albums this year. This song is about the dark side of life, where drugs are the only escape from the cruel reality of the city.\nRichard is a story song, about a guy who never made it out of a bad place. Her music feels authentic, like these songs are written about real people she's known. Stories only she can tell of how 'years just sort of go'. Young and Living Free is also concerned with the theme of time, drenched in nostalgia for a past that feels like yesterday.\nWinterwood evokes the feeling of snow days when you've been outside for hours and you're so used to the cold you're almost warm again. This song wraps around you like a scarf, comforting and familiar. California contrasts the cold with a distant sunny dream of a different life. Both songs are like fresh breaths of frosty air into your lungs.\nI hear a lot of Dolly Parton on the songs 'Little Blue Bird' and 'Sing for Me', such is their simple honesty and compassionate heart. Little Blue Bird is a beautiful song about offering kindness when it's most needed. The melody is almost like a children's song, with its upbeat nursery rhyme style delivery (that's a compliment by the way, since kids see through any pretentiousness). 'Sing For Me' is a perfect dream about singing a happy song to brighten the world. Dolly would definitely approve.\nThe final song on the album is called 'Peace is Hard to Find' and it has a more troubling undercurrent to the music. I guess it's hard not to let things get you down, although one listen to this album certainly cheered me up. You've just got to cling to the hope that together we can wade through 'the mire and the muck' to a better future.\nSteph Cameron's songs contemplate life with a sharp eye and a sweet heart. If you spend some time with 'Daybreak Over Jackson Street' you will see much beauty in the broken world of these songs.\nThanks to At The Helm Records who sent me this album in exchange for an honest review. You can purchase the album directly from their website:\nhttp:\/\/atthehelmrecords.bigcartel.com\/product\/steph-cameron-daybreak-over-jackson-street\nAlbum Reviews, Reviews\nfolk, Steph Cameron\nIn Defence of Music Blogging\nNovember Music Haul","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Tennis, tenacity, and collaboration: AT&T transforms digital content delivery\n\"One of the core principles we live by is to look out for opportunities to improve our efficiency and productivity.\" \u2013 Claudia Gill, director, Digital Content Strategy & Production, AT&T\nThis is a story about agility. It's also a story about cutting service level agreements by more than half.\nBut more importantly, it's a story about the tenacity and empathy required to collaborate and move quickly, despite the challenges of the pandemic.\nI sat down with Claudia Gill, director of Digital Content Strategy and Production at AT&T. This high-performing organization oversees all content strategy and production for AT&T's wireless and wireline businesses, from device launches to international programs, using Adobe Workfront day-in and day-out to:\nManage capacity and know who is working on what at any given point\nDrive efficient workflows and deliver content at scale through standardization and automation\nEnsure visibility for leadership\nAdobe recently announced AT&T the winner of the 2021 Adobe Workfront Lion Award for Organizational Agility celebrated with the 2021 Adobe Experience Maker Awards. In our conversation, we discussed what it took to bring home this coveted trophy.\nhttps:\/\/video.tv.adobe.com\/v\/338967\nMoving fast, moving together\nA key aspect of AT&T's success in wireless is their ability to move fast and out-innovate the competition. For Gill, speed is an essential component of AT&T's digital strategy to deliver personalized customer experiences, powered by a centralized use of Workfront.\n\"We can react faster to what the market is showing us,\" she explained. \"If one of our competitors has an offer out, we can get out the door immediately after.\"\nFor example, a seven-day SLA (service level agreement) was reduced by over 50 percent, now AT&T is able to launch an offer in just three days\nAll marketing teams need speed to compete in today's market, but outdated tools can impede the ability to execute high quality creative. According to the 2020 In-House Creative Management Report, 77 percent of creatives said the speed at which their teams are required to work was the top challenge they faced.\nGill highlights the importance of working quickly \u2014 and smart \u2014 while still maintaining quality:\n\"We're not only working extremely fast, we're also working with all internal and external stakeholders, delivering hundreds of assets. Having everything in one platform with templates truly benefits us. Our speed to market is a testament of how fast we can work, and how efficient we can be with a tool that supports what we need.\"\nCapabilities like Workfront's proofing tools ensure this cadence, centralizing feedback and approvals in one place and allowing for real-time communication between stakeholders.\nAs Gill describes, \"it's just very consistent. It makes everything cohesive. It makes us so efficient.\"\nhttps:\/\/blog.adobe.com\/en\/promotions\/events\/summit\/experience-maker-awards\nEmpathy and expectations\nThe pandemic brought new levels of disruption to every working professional around the globe. That made it more important than ever to properly manage bandwidth, workloads, and expectations.\n\"One feature I'm passionate about is capacity planning, because it allows us to be transparent and up front with our partners about what projects we can and cannot take. When there are hard deadlines on these projects, it allows us to negotiate upfront.\"\nGill revealed just how important work-life balance is as she considered the impact on everyone involved. \"We are nimble, we move fast,\" she said, \"and we need to be productive and efficient. At the same time, we need to be very empathetic. We ask a lot from them, and we should be respectful of their time and lives.\"\nGill first learned about Workfront at an Adobe Summit event and knew there was no going back to their old system. She made the business case to leadership and oversaw the implementation of Adobe Workfront.\nI asked her about the tenacity required to take on a transformation like this and learned that she recently started playing tennis a couple of years ago.\nNot satisfied with \"good enough,\" Gill has already reached level three in US Tennis Association (USTA) rankings.\nHer advice for experience makers reflects this ambition:\n\"Be bold and take chances. You might face resistance at the beginning. People are always used to the way things are but keep pushing for new solutions and new workflows. Don't get stuck, think outside the box, and take a chance.\"\nShe points out that the beauty of Adobe Workfront is that it pivots and can change as the needs of her organization changes. Agility, in this world, is a strength \u2014 and exactly what this award celebrates.\nWhat's ahead?\nGill is looking forward to discovering faster ways to create content. \"Especially,\" she said, \"now that we're moving to a more personalized model. The amount of content that we're going to have to produce will be endless. We need to discover ways to support that.\"\nI'm grateful to Gill for sharing what it took behind the scenes for AT&T to win the Adobe Workfront Lion Award for Organizational Agility. Her story shows the incredible opportunity for all businesses when we connect work and experience management, empower this type of collaboration between creatives and marketing, and manage expectations across the organization.\nHonoring the Movers and Shakers. Learn more about the Adobe Experience Maker Awards.\nhttps:\/\/blog.adobe.com\/en\/publish\/2021\/06\/25\/shining-a-spotlight-on-the-2021-adobe-experience-maker-award-winners#gs.i59w49\nhttps:\/\/blog.adobe.com\/en\/publish\/2021\/11\/12\/coca-cola-delivers-refreshing-d2c-approach-across-mexico-to-win-experience-maker-of-the-year\nhttps:\/\/blog.adobe.com\/en\/publish\/2021\/10\/19\/the-american-red-cross-disaster-relief-drive-by-digital-experiences","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"POPSTERS\nCoasters\/ Wedding Favours\nRecord Label Stickers\nSets of coasters\n22 Woodlands Avenue, Todmorden, Lancs OL14 5LT. United Kingdom\nIn 1999, dismayed at the condition of his copy of Roadrunner by Jonathan Richman and The Modern Lovers, and not wanting contribute further to the increasing amount of landfill, Phil Fowler worked out a way of turning it into a discreet wall clock. He cut off most of the vinyl, leaving the lovely Beserkley label and the run out groove; this became the clock face. When he worked out how to turn record sleeves into a presentation box, Phil set on his quest to re-invigorate much cherished but sadly redundant vinyl.\nThousands of clocks later, we still love the challenge of getting people their desert island clock. So please send us your request by filling out the simple form on the home page.\nOur customers include Alice Cooper, The Smiths (Johnny and Mike), The Roots, Edwin Starr, McFly, Goodbye Charlotte, Cherie Blair.\nJohn Cooper-Clarke, Richard Hawley and Duane Eddy have Popsters clocks.\nABOUT THE CLOCKS\nIt's not the whole record; it's smaller than you may think; but then who wants a big slab of black plastic on their wall?\nClock diameter is 107mm (about 4.3 inch). Presentation box is 108mm x 108mm x 35mm.\nHang them on a wall, sit them on a ledge or speaker, or display in the box.\nThe pricing of the clock is dependent on what we paid for the vinyl record. Generally speaking, the rarer the record, the more expensive the clock will be.\nWe do more than recycle - we re-use. The clock face and presentation box are made from existing commodities (records). Further to this, our postal packaging is custom made from cardboard that we reclaim from local supermarkets etc. Finally we source our raw materials from as close to our Yorkshire base as possible, to cut down on unnecessary haulage.\nWe recognise that you are buying a product that you may be unfamiliar with, so we offer a 30 day no quibble full refund return policy.\n\"Just received my Manchester Popsters and just wanted to let you know that I'm absolutely thrilled with them. They are a gift for my American friends who are visiting us in Manchester next month. They are huge Stone Roses fans.They are going to love these.\"\nChristine, Manchester\n\"Just wanted to let you know that I received the Genesis Clock, it looks fantastic, can't wait to surprise my boyfriend with it!\"\nAnouk, London\nJust letting you know I have received the Supremes clock just now, & Im made up with It, as Im sure my friend will be, I will certainly recommend you & I will be buying more In the future......\nThanx again,\nTrish J.\nReceived my coasters today, brilliant service and product so thanks!\nSue J.\nWe received the Who clock and many thanks. My brother in law will be so pleased with it. Also it is the perfect size for him to get it back to the States in one piece. 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{"text":"Symphony\/Composer Bravely Condemns Evil\nIt was while I was enjoying a quiet pint at work when I happened upon this lively article about the Symphony No. 7, by Shostakovich.\nMusic Review: BBC National Orchestra of Wales\nPeter Collins, South Wales Echo, July 21, 2010\nIT was while I was enjoying a quiet pint during the interval of this gripping Welsh Prom concert that I eavesdropped on a lively conversation about the Symphony No 7, by Shostakovich.\nBeer is about the only way I know to prepare for that symphony, too.\nThe symphony, known as Leningrad, occupied the whole of the second half of the concert.\nAs symphonies tend to do from time to time.\nSo, what of their lively conversation.\nThe thrust of the tete-a-tete was whether the massive work was Shostakovich's nationalistic symbol of Russian resistance and defiance to Nazi totalitarianism, or a more general depiction and condemnation of totalitarianism, with the brutality of Stalin as its driving force. As always with Shostakovich it is an interesting but ultimately futile debate.\nGod, how incredibly fascinating. Did his music actively hate Nazis, or just passively hate them?\nfigure argument: Look, if I argue with you, I must take up a contrary position.\nAlso, futile? Really? Let's ask wikipedia, they know everything.\nIn its time, the symphony was extremely popular in both Russia and the West as a symbol of resistance and defiance to Nazi totalitarianism and militarism. As a condemnation of the German invasion...\nOkay, so in its time, it was a \"symbol of...resistance and defiance to Nazi totalitarianism\".\nHmmm...that seems strangely familiar. Hey, wait a minute!\n...[rereads article...then wikipedia entry...then article again...then takes a shot of whiskey]...\nWikipedia seems to suggest that the symphony both condemns AND resists Nazi totalitarianism!\nHow can that be? Don't keep us in suspense...which is it? Who won the argument?\nNevertheless, it was fascinating to see which view conductor Thierry Fischer would take as he picked up his baton to lead BBC NOW.\nGood call...let the conductor decide. So, which is it: resistance or condemnation?\nIt seemed to me that Fischer, who was in command of the music and the orchestra from start to finish, was inclined to view the opus as more of a general condemnation of evil.\nReally? The symphony condemns evil in general? Not just Nazi totalitarianism, but all evil?\nMaybe the Eighth symphony is a statement that the children are our future.\n[sigh...]\nAlso, copying from wikipedia is lazy, and such.\nfigure copying: Thank you, Al Gore, for the internets.\nPosted by Gustav at 3:58 PM 3 comments\nLabels: Monty Python, music condemns evil, Nazis, Peter Collins, Plagiarism, Shostakovich, Shostakovich Seventh, South Wales Echo, WalesOnline.com\nThe Ketchup Is too Spicy for My Tater Tots\nYou think the title is on the ridiculous side? Well, have I a review for you!\nThe Seattle Chamber Music Festival is beloved by its fans for its Romantic sweet spot, but even the most ardent champions of easy-on-the-ear melody would have had to reconsider the merits of dissonance last Sunday night.\nDamn! That, indeed, sounds spicy. So spicy, in fact, I might reconsider renewing my subscription to Earplugs-R-Us, the Anti-modernist Relief Association's bi-annual magazine that caters to concertgoers who are routinely subjected to unresolved fourths. The magazine also comes with complimentary earplugs, duh.\nBut, really, who am I kidding? Bring on the pain! Bring on the pain!!\nThe evening opened with Mozart's crisp and deceptively melodious Piano Trio in B-flat Major...\nBring on the p...\nUh, surely, the Mozart isn't the spicy bit; it doesn't even hit the \"Romantic sweet spot.\" It makes me wonder, then, what, if anything, could make one \"reconsider the merits [really, merits?] of dissonance\"?\nCompared to the pleasant, cuppa-tea-with-milk-and-honey Mozart...\n(Does your stomach churn when you see \"cuppa,\" too?)\nCompared to the [...] Mozart, Prokofiev's Quartet No. 2 in F Major is a stiff shot of vodka.\nProkofiev? You're shitting me.\nF friggin' major!?\nAnd dissonant to the point that it makes one wonder if dissonance is overrated? Huh? What are you? Eight years old?!\nTo jog our memories, maybe we should give it a listen.\nExample 1: Movement I\nOh! Now I get it. Because Russians drink vodka, see, unlike Mozart. And they're all bears, bears who drink vodka. So, they're un-bear-ably dissonant.\nWait. That doesn't make any damned sense. What's really going on, here?\nMaybe the rest of the review will explain.\nThe starting Allegro is a stolid contraption of levers and pulleys, a steel factory producing energy in the form of audible vibrations.\nNot to ruin your nice little story, but did you ever consider that the actual, in-front-of-you string quartet is, you know, making real, audible vibrations?\nMaybe it's just me, but confusing the real for the simulation (metaphoric description) is, well, a detrimental symptom of postmodernism that nobody needs; not here, anyway.\nIt seemed impossible that the night could get any better, but after intermission it did.\nI'll cut to the chase: it was Lalo. Lalo's Piano Trio in A friggin' minor. (The descriptive writing is a bit over the top, here, so it is omitted) Anyway...\nEnd of dissonance inquiry.\nI don't get it. Either our author has a weak stomach or...I just don't get it.\nMaybe the title and hook left us some clues.\nReview: Stiff shot of dissonance vibrates at Seattle chamber-music fest\nSumi Hahn\nSpecial to the Seattle Times\nNo help here.\nDissonance in music is a taste acquired over time.\nIf only Bach wrote dissonant music...\nLike a craving for coffee or scotch, the appetite for such harmonics is also culturally conditioned.\nThat's part of it, sure, I guess.\nOne man's song may well be another man's noise.\nThere you have it: dissonance.\nAnd now: Mozart, Prokofiev, and Lalo. Enjoy!\nLabels: dissonance, Earplugs-R-Us, Lalo, Mozart, Postmodern Fun, Prokofiev, Seattle Chamber Music Festival, Seattle Times, Sumi Hahn\nLutoslawski's Too Wild for Words\nSymphony Review: Sublime opener launches Mozaic\nJames Cushing, San Luis Obispo Tribune, July 19th, 2010\nSee, Dallas Morning News, this is how you do a review title for a festival.\nWhether you think of it as Festival Mozaic or The San Luis Obispo Mozart Festival, 2010 marks the 40th year of this annual bounty.\nWay to go Fesitval Mozart Festival guys. 40 years is a lot!\nIf Thursday's sublime opening concert was any indication, this summer might be the most adventurous music festival in recent memory.\nSublime adventure? Interesting. What's on the concert?\nTwo ambitious chamber works by Rachmaninoff and a wild ride by Polish modernist Witold Lutoslawski left the opening night's near-capacity audience at the Cuesta College Cultural and Performing Arts Center with a lot to think about and feel grateful for.\nOoh. I love Lutoslawski. And it's wild! How very exciting.\nfigure festival patron: A motorcar Lutoslawski. Gad! What have I been missing.\nWe've come to expect intelligent programming from Music Director Scott Yoo,...\nBor-ing...\nThe piece, scored for piano, violin and cello,...\nzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...\nCellist Trevor Handy, familiar to Festival Mozaic audiences,...\nUh-huh. [skimming some more...]\nIn the last movement,...\nLast? Well, that means we're surely getting close now...I can feel it.\nfigure lutoslawski: Mr. Toad's wild ride.\nThe second half of the concert explored the two-piano repertoire with Rachmaninoff's \"Suite No. 2 in C major\" and Lutoslawski's wild Paganini variations.\nWild, yes. And...?\nThe 1901 suite is structured symphonically and maintains an optimistic mood in contrast to the dark sorrows of the trio. The second movement,...\nBah...\n...a waltz, sped along as brightly as it does under the hands of Argerich and Meyer in their celebrated recording.\nSurely, the last paragraph will mention something about the wildness of Lutoslawski.\nThe concert was sponsored by Ron and Ann Alers. The festival continues through Sunday.\nFine. Whatever. I'm sure there's nothing interesting about that piece--like that it was originally composed in 1941 in Nazi-occupied Poland for performance in bars and caf\u00e9s as a means of financial survival. Or that it's a variation on the last of the famous 24 Caprices by Paganini for unaccompanied violin -- the piece that probably originated the legend of Paganini's deal with the Devil -- which also served as the basis for musical treatments by composers such as Schumann, Brahms, Liszt, Rachmaninoff, Szymanowski, and even Andrew Lloyd-freakin'-Webber.\nI agree. Wholly uninteresting.\nembeddence paganini variations: Witold's Wild Ride.\nPosted by Gustav at 9:36 AM 5 comments\nLabels: James Cushing, Mr. Toad's Wild Ride, San Luis Obispo Tribune, Witold Lutoslawski\nIn Which I Am Proven Wrong...by Science!\nSo I was saying that Messiaen's Quatuor pour la fin du temps is surely an excellent piece, but that given the 70 or so years since its inception, it isn't really astonishing anymore.\n\"Nuh uh,\" my interlocutor insisted. \"It's still astonishing.\"\nI mean, I guess. But not really astonishing. It's well known and widely performed and studied, so how astonishing can it really be? Perhaps this is a semantic or rhetorical squabble, but still...\n\"Nuh uh. I'll prove it.\"\nMimir Chamber proves 'Quartet for the End of Time' still has power to astonish\nScott Cantrell, Dallas Morning News, 7\/14\/2010\nAw, fiddlesticks.\nBut wait. What's a \"Mimir Chamber\"?\nFigure 1: One imagines a secret meeting room where shadowy, powerful men negotiate the fate of the world. (\"You can't fight in here! This is the war room!\")\n...Nearly 70 years on, the eight-movement, 45-minute work still astonishes. And so it did again Tuesday night at Texas Christian University's PepsiCo Recital Hall, thanks to the Mimir Chamber Music Festival.\nOkay. Title-writing guy? Couple-a things.\n\"Mimir Festival\" or even simply \"Mimir\" would have been perfectly clear shorthand for \"Mimir Chamber Music Festival.\" Although one is thankful your preferred truncation was not some nouveau-cable station abbreviation like \"MimFest,\" \"Mimir Chamber\" is bad and dumb and unclear to boot.\nSecond, and through fault of neither author nor inept title-writer:\n...Texas Christian University's PepsiCo Recital Hall...\nFucking hell, people. Way to render unto Caesar what is Caesar's.\nFigure 2: A parable, of sorts, for those with eyes to see.\nPosted by Sator Arepo at 9:40 AM 5 comments\nLabels: Bad Article Titles, Dallas Morning News, Mimir Chamber Festival, Olivier Messiaen, TCU\nSymphony Programs Beethoven, Staff Critic Approves\nA season preview in the Richmond Times-Dispatch, simply attributed to the Staff Reports.\nRichmond Symphony: On the Knees\nSeems like a difficult way to perform, but whatever...on their knees it is.\nBeethoven's Ninth Symphony has established itself as the most beloved work in the repertoire.\nAh, Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, no other piece is so universally praised and loved.\nI think super-duper composer Louis Spohr summed it up nicely in his autobiography:\n\"I confess freely that I could never get any enjoyment out of the Beethoven's last works. Yes, I must include the among them even the much-admired Ninth Symphony, the fourth movement of which seems to me so ugly, in such bad taste, and in the conception of Schiller' Ode so cheap that I cannot even now understand how such a genius as Beethoven could write it down. I find in it another corroboration...that Beethoven was deficient in esthetic imagery and lacked the sense of beauty.\"\nThanks in large part to its choral finale, known as the \"Ode to Joy,\"\n\"Ode to...\" what now?\n...it serves as the anthem for Europe...\nWhat an oddly nonspecific way of saying that it is recognized as a European Anthem by both the European Union (EU) and the Council of Europe.\n...and is played during momentous occasions throughout the world.\nOh yes, the \"Ode to Joy\"! Quite the famous tune, indeed.\nAnd, thanks to the music in the piece, it's the European Anthem and is used to underscore momentous occasions? Really, could it have been any other way?\nBut, \"Ode to Joy\" -- who doesn't love that tune. As Philip Hale so eloquently extolled its virtues for the Musical Record in 1899:\n\"But oh, the pages of stupid and hopelessly vulgar music! The unspeakable cheapness of the chief tune, 'Freude, Freude!' Do you believe way down in the bottom of your heart that if this music had been written by Mr. John L. Tarbox, now living in Sandown, N.H., any conductor here or in Europe could be persuaded to put in rehearsal?\"\nembeddence Ode: \"Ode to Joy\", anthem of Europe and jingle to help sell tickets!\nThe symphony celebrates triumph and offers consolation during times of sorrow.\nAnd has accompanied some of the most heart-warming cinematic moments:\nSo, to what do you attribute to this piece's success?\nAlthough not overtly religious -- and Beethoven himself does not seem a man of the creed -- it strikes many souls.\nO...kay. That all seems fairly reasonable.\nAnd if the Ninth resembles a secular prayer, then Beethoven's \"Missa Solemnis\" may be a mass scored not only for believers but for doubters and perhaps even for scoffers.\n...Good point?\nBut now that you've randomly brought it up, I should say that I love the \"Missa Solemnis\". As was written in the London Morning Chronicle in 1845:\n\"The Missa Solemnis was generally regarded as an incomprehensible production, the depths of which (if they really were depths) it was impossible to fathom.\"\nGreatest mass ever? I think so.\nIn both compositions, music is the medium and the message.\nSo...not a secular prayer, nor mass for the believers and friends?\nBut why did you bring up the Missa Solemnis?\nThe pieces came to mind when the Richmond Symphony released its schedule for 2010-2011.\nI was just wondering this. Why did these two pieces come to mind when the schedule was released? I'm going to guess it was the stirring words of John Ruskin (yes, that John Ruskin) in a letter to John Brown (in 1881), who wrote:\n\"Beethoven always sounds to me like the upsetting of bags of nails, with here and there an also dropped hammer.\"\nSteven Smith's first season as music director will open with the Ninth and close with the \"Missa Solemnis.\"\nAh...makes sense. But really, you've already told us sooo much about this music, I feel like I've heard them already. Why bother performing them?\nWords cannot fully explain music because music would not be necessary if words sufficed.\nYeah, you're totally right -- well, as long as you don't actually think about it.\nBut, circular logic aside...are you really sure? How about an analogy?\nDescriptions of tunes usually prove as insightful as those wine reviews that detect about 73 distinct flavors in a jug of red. Just listen.\nI must say, as a classical music lover, I have been known to take part of jug of red from time to time. Words just won't suffice. Say no more.\nBut you've gotten to the point so quickly, surely there's a word minimum for this article. Maybe you cram in some random quotes supporting your thesis about the awesomeness of Beethoven? And maybe an odd transition while we're at it?\nThe finale of the Ninth may convey universals,...\nTo be sure. But universal what? Universal remotes? Universal Studios? Oh, I know...universal truths? I hope so, because that's how I like my truths.\n...but the preceding movement is sublime.\nThe third movement doesn't have universals, but is sublime?\nAnd, by the way, excellent job on the odd transition here.\nSo, go on, what ya got on the Adagio movement?\nIn his charming and rewarding The Ninth: Beethoven and the World in 1824, Harvey Sachs writes of the Ninth's third movement: \"[N]othing more beautiful than this movement has ever been written for the symphony orchestra.\"\nWell, Sachs definitely proves his objectivity on the subject by not allowing himself to become victim to hyperbole.\nAnd Sachs is totally right, of course. As the Boston Daily Atlas put it in 1853:\n\"The Adagio certainly possessed much beauty, but the other movements, particularly the last, appeared to be an incomprehensible union of strange harmonies. Beethoven was deaf when he wrote it.\"\nSo, what ironclad evidence does Sachs provide?\nSachs cites Arturo Toscanini's passionate comments that the movement \"lifts me off the earth, removes me from the field of gravity, makes me weightless. One becomes all soul. One ought to conduct it on one's knees.\"\nFascinating. The laws of physics actually cease to exist while the third movement of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony is being performed?\nI was aware of the rumors surrounding the mystical powers of Beethoven's music, but never before had I seen it proven.\nIn Witness, Whittaker Chambers testifies to the transformational presence inherent in the adagio.\nWait? What?\nWhittaker Chambers? The Soviet Spy who defected to the US prior to World War II?\nThe same Whittaker Chambers who testified against Alger Hiss in front of the House Un-American Activities Committee?\nThat Whittaker Chambers? What did he have to say about the third movement?\nWhittaker Chambers testifies to the transformational presence inherent in the adagio.\nSo, if I may be permitted to read between the lines a bit, not only is the Adagio the most beautiful movement ever written, with powers to break down earth's gravity, but it contains the transformational powers to turn...capitalists into...communists?\nAnd if the third movement is, as Sachs says, the most beautiful symphonic movement ever composed,...\nIf?\n...then the Sanctus from the \"Missa Solemnis\" stakes a claim for ultimate beauty, too.\nReally, how do you figure? Are you suggesting that the Missa Solemnis' beauty is directly tied to our opinion of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, third movement?\nThat'd be pretty strange, wouldn't it? Wouldn't really expect that, but what the hell do I know? I didn't even know that there really could be a piece that was the most beautiful symphonic movement ever.\nDuring its coming season, the Richmond Symphony will give music-lovers a chance to decide for themselves.\nThat the 'Sanctus' can stake a claim of ultimate beauty?\nAnd those unfamiliar with the concert scene will find the programming an accessible introduction to the purest of the arts.\nWait, what were you saying about the communists again?\nPosted by Gustav at 12:48 PM 6 comments\nLabels: Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, Everybody Knows Beethoven, Harvey Sachs, Missa Solemnis, Ode to Joy, Richmond Symphony, Richmond Times-Dispatch\nFriday Quickie: Suffering from an excess of good taste?\nAn interesting dichotomy is often created between the technical prowess of a performance and the depth of the emotional narrative. It is commonplace that some performances are maligned as being cold and technical, while less-than-perfect performances are excused and even lauded because of a sense of greater emotional involvement.\nRichard Storm, reviewing the Sarasota Music Festival for the Herald-Tribune, has one such review.\nREVIEW: Sarasota Music Festival faculty artists touch the heart\nEvery music student has been there: Listening while a beloved teacher illustrates the way a particular composition should go, exploring the heart and soul of the piece, possibly slighting some of its technical requirements.\nHehe. Yep, those who can't -- teach. Right?\nWhich is more important: note-perfect execution or an exploration of the composer's intentions?\nThat's a tough one. It really seems to allude a deeper philosophical question: what makes a piece of music what it is...the information in the score or the manner in which player performs it?\nIt's a complicated question, to be sure, which requires quite a bit of nuance in answering. However, before answering we should ask, more fundamentally, why should these two be diametrically opposed? It seems that a piece could be performed note-perfect and to the composer's intention. If not, then there would seem to a fundamental flaw, a Catch-22 of sorts, in the composition to begin with. Right?\nBut it's your rhetorical question, so...\nNo-brainer: The soul wins every time.\nI'm guessing the \"soul\" is the composer's \"intention\", not the actual notes he wrote. From the point of view of the listener I can understand this feeling.\nSo, having attended the concert, enlighten us to the \"soulful\" rendering of the evening's performances.\nSo, while the faculty artists who performed at the Sarasota Music Festival Artist Showcase Thursday afternoon did not always achieve technical perfection, they fulfilled their roles as mentors and teachers of the fine young musicians who are training with them at the festival.\nHuh? Because the faculty performed, and didn't achieve technical perfection, they were mentors and teachers?\nThe best example of this important distinction...\nThat performing all the right notes isn't important?\n...was found in John Perry's intensely engaging rendition of Robert Schumann's moving and challenging Fantasy in C Major, an extended reaction to forced separation from his beloved Clara.\nWhich is why he dedicated the work to Franz Liszt? (note: link is to a pdf of the score)\nAnd which (the infallible) wikipedia claims was composed in part as a monument to Beethoven, even quoting Beethoven in the work?\nBut whatever, I get it...all great composers get boiled down to one or two simple storylines: Mozart's all-consuming genius, Beethoven's deafness\/savior of concerts with new music, Schumann's love of Clara\/going crazy, and Brahms' love of the corn dog pizza.\nfigure corn dog pizza: And people say America doesn't invent anything anymore.\nBut we were talking about how great the interpretation of the piece was...\nPerry's performance was by no means technically perfect...\nYeah, I think you've mentioned that. If there's one thing performers love, it's having wrong notes pointed out to them.\n...but it was touching in its intensity, powerful in its commitment to communication.\nAnd this intensity and commitment to communication was enhanced by the lack of concern for right notes and technical perfection?\nIt's an interesting theory, but I'm going to need some convincing as to how the \"heart and soul\" of the piece was enhanced at the expense of the technical aspects of the piece.\nTell us more about how the performer plumbed the emotional depths of Schumann's desperation over his separation from his beloved Clara?\nYes, notes were missed,...\nNo, no, we get it. Ix-nay on the ong-wray otes-nay.\n...there were messy and muddy moments,...\n(This sure is a funny looking positive review.)\n...but the final result was an appreciation of both the genius of Schumann and the influence of Perry on his students.\nPlease pardon me if I'm asking an obvious question, but how was this muddy, messy, technically imperfect performance an appreciation of the influence of Perry on his students?\nI'm not sure we're getting anywhere, how about we check in on some of the other faculty performances.\nThe same evaluations...\nAgain, the technical and emotional battle for supremacy.\n...applied to an over-cautious performance of Gioachino Rossini's youthful \"indiscretion\" \u2014 his String Quartet No. 1, in an arrangement for winds, performed with great skill but very little witty spirit by Leone Buyse, flute; Franklin Cohen, clarinet; Frank Morelli, bassoon; and William Purvis, horn.\nOkay, let's summarize...the Schumann had wrong notes, but was ultimately a good performance. And by contrast, the Rossini was played with \"great skill\" (which I can only assume means all the right notes), but wasn't spirited, and therefore not as satisfying a performance.\nHmmm...I'm beginning to see your point. This is indeed a conundrum.\nWhere was the mischievous wit for which Rossini was famous,...\nIt was probably lost in all the right notes being played...\n...even at the age of 12,...\nWait, pardon the interruption -- Rossini was famous for his mischievous wit when he was 12? Famous with who -- his mom?\nfigure Rossini: Getting a lecture from his parents after his famous mischievousness caused him to trample Mr. Wilson's newly planted begonias.\n...when he is alleged to have written this charming piece? Perhaps the performance suffered from an excess of good taste.\nJust like the corn dog pizza.\nThat caution may also have affected the first piece on the program;...\nThe way they performed the Rossini may have affected the first piece? I'm assuming the \"first piece on the program\" was performed before the Rossini...right?\n...Erno Dohnanyi's \"Aria,\" performed by Buyse and Jonathan Spivey, piano, in which cautious good taste may have resulted in flute tone slightly under pitch.\nSounds like another excellent teaching moment for the kiddies. Intonation, just like accurate notes, aren't as important as the soul. Right?\nAlso, I have no idea what \"cautious good taste\" means. But it obviously is something to avoid. ...or not?\nBut back to our exploration of technical versus emotional. It seems what we have here, with the Dohnanyi, is a less than technically perfect performance, that was at the same time also suffering from \"good taste\" (e.g. not a satisfying emotional performance).\nDoes this suggest a flaw in our basic premise?\nHmmm...one more example maybe?\nYasha Heifetz's clever arrangements of arias from George Gershwin's glorious folk opera, \"Porgy and Bess,\" performed by Alexander Kerr, violin, and Jean Schneider, piano, was much more like the expectations of the students in the audience in its energy and swing.\nWait, I thought all these wrong notes, lack of wit, and bad intonations were what we expect when our beloved teachers perform for us? But I guess I should have assumed that when you said it had \"energy and swing\", that meant it was \"exploring the heart and soul of the piece, possibly slighting some of its technical requirements.\" However, I'm not quite sure how the example of this dichotomy was a positive learning experience for the kiddies -- I guess we're teaching them priorities?\nBut, perhaps your larger point stands, that technical blemishes aren't as detrimental to the success of a performance as are cautious, unspirited performances. I suppose that there is some truth to this notion when it comes to live performances. How these two facets of musical performance became inversely intertwined remains a mystery to me. But I suppose there's a logic to it, that people wished to be moved by music, not impressed by it.\nAnd while I'm certain that the case has yet to be proven, I think there is sufficient evidence that emotional performances are the greater performances. And for that reason, I am ordering that technical perfection keep at least 500 yards from the \"heart and soul\" of a piece at all times.\nLabels: Friday Quickie, Richard Storm, Robert Schumann, Sarasota Herald-Tribune, technical vs emotional\nA Challenge to the Challenging, or: Just enough thinking for me to confirm what I already think\nI'll begin today with the ending.\nLife's too short.\nAh, yes. Gather ye rosebuds, carpe diem, just do it. Or, for our purposes, don't waste your fucking time on modernism!\n\"You have turned your back on common men, on their elementary needs and their restricted time and intelligence,\" H.G. Wells complained to Joyce after reading \"Finnegans Wake.\" That didn't faze him. \"The demand that I make of my reader,\" Joyce said, \"is that he should devote his whole life to reading my works.\" To which the obvious retort is: Life's too short.\nBesides the distinct possibility that Joyce was yanking Wells' chain\u2014Joyce's quote was actually taken from an interview with Max Eastman in Harper's Magazine by Richard Ellmann (1959), Wells' (d.1946) from a personal letter to Joyce\u2014besides that, there's several interesting points of note, before we get going.\nThe first is the contrasting points of view, illustrating continuing dichotomies between high and low art, commercial and non-commercial, accessible and inaccessible, etc., etc. (Surely, this is simplified, but something I think the author of today's article intends)\nThe second is our author's obvious retort. He questions the worth of investing time in a complicated aesthetic (to be contrasted with complex, below).\nOkay. Now, let's poop on modernism from the beginning.\nToo Complicated for Words: Are our brains big enough to untangle modern art?\nLiterary types recently celebrated Bloomsday, a \"holiday\" not generally recognized by those who haven't read James Joyce's \"Ulysses,\" a novel whose principal character is named Leopold Bloom and that takes place in Dublin on June 16, 1904.\nHow could I have forgotten, dear Detritusites?\nHappy Bloomsday!\nAs always, the celebrations included a marathon bash at New York's Symphony Space during which excerpts from \"Ulysses\" were read. One participant was Stephen Colbert, who admitted to a reporter: \"Performing 'Ulysses' on Bloomsday at Symphony Space is the only way I'll ever finish the damn book.\"\nVery funny\u2014but also very much to the point.\nIs the point that one TV pundit-parodist can't finish reading Joyce? That's not a very good point.\nThe novels of Joyce and Gertrude Stein, the poetry of Ezra Pound and John Ashbery, the music of Pierre Boulez and Elliott Carter, the paintings of Willem de Kooning and Jackson Pollock: All have at one time or another been dismissed as complicated to the point of unintelligibility.\nUh oh. Now no one can figure out when to be happy or sad.\nModern art comes in many varieties, and countless works once thought to be unintelligible now strike most of us as clear.\nExcellent point. End of article, right? I mean, time put it into perspective and, lo, it made sense. Enough said. Happens all the time.\nEnd of article. Right?\nI wish it were so.\nBut I have yet to notice a collective change of heart when it comes to such exercises in hermetic modernism as Joyce's \"Finnegans Wake,\" which contains thousands of sentences like this: \"It is the circumconversioning of antelithual paganelles by a huggerknut cramwell energuman, or the caecodedition of an absquelitteris puttagonnianne to the herreraism of a cabotinesque exploser?\"\nI have to be honest, Microsoft Word didn't like that sentence very much, either. So what's the deal?\nAre certain kinds of modern art too complex for anybody to understand?\nThe authors of the Wikipedia article, faulty though they may be, seem to understand Finnegans Wake pretty well. They even seem to embrace Joyce's difficulties.\nFred Lerdahl [This year's Pulitzer runner-up] thinks so, at least as far as his chosen art form is concerned.\nHmm. I like music.\nLet's give it a go. What does Fred say?\nTwenty-two years ago. Or the difference in age between Gustav Mahler and Igor Stravinsky. Or the difference in age between me and someone born in 2000.\nIn 1988 Mr. Lerdahl, who teaches musical composition at Columbia University\u2026\nIvy League? I thought we were going to be arguing against having to think too hard. Was I wrong?\nIn 1988 Mr. Lerdahl, who teaches musical composition at Columbia University, published a paper called \"Cognitive Constraints on Compositional Systems,\" in which he argued that the hypercomplex music of atonal composers like Messrs. Boulez and Carter betrays \"a huge gap between compositional system and cognized result.\"\nA very good argument, too\u2014one worth thinking hard about!\nAnd Mr. Teachout is also kind enough to give us a link to the online article. I recommend it; it's a good read.\n\"Much contemporary music,\" [Lerdahl] says, \"pursues complicatedness as compensation for a lack of complexity.\"\nOkay. Let's take a step back and clarify what Mr. Lerdahl meant, because cherry-picking quotes that fit your thesis is usually considered a bad practice.\nThroughout the cited article, Lerdahl builds upon his 1983 book, A generative theory of tonal music, co-authored with R. Jackendoff, in which they outline, \u00e0 la Chomsky, a grammar of listening, which is broken down into rules, preferences, and constraints that must be present for musical structures to be intelligible (cognizable). Complexity and complicatedness are, thus, semantically differentiated for reasons we will see below.\nAn important thing to note is that, \"[Lerdahl is] not interested in passing judgement on the composers and compositions that are mentioned, particularly not on the remarkable work by Boulez that [he uses] as a representative example. The thrust of [his] argument is psychological rather than aesthetic.\"\nSo, to get back to Mr. Teachout's point: there is no guarantee that a compositional system will be intelligible. Fair enough.\nMr. Lerdahl's paper isn't widely known outside the field of music theory.\nYou don't say.\nBut it stirred up a huge stink when it was published, and it continues to make certain of his colleagues understandably angry. For if he's right, then a fair amount of classical music written in the past century is too complicated for ordinary listeners to grasp\u2014meaning\u2026\nOrdinary listeners can't grasp the notion of a sound cloud?\n\u2026meaning it is never going to find an audience.\nYikes. \"Never\" is a little harsh, don't you think? Didn't you just say:\nYou did just say that. What gives?\nCan there be any doubt that \"Finnegans Wake\" is \"complicated\" in precisely the same way that Mr. Lerdahl has in mind when he says that a piece of hypercomplex music like Mr. Boulez's \"Le marteau sans ma\u00eetre\" suffers from a \"lack of redundancy\" that \"overwhelms the listener's processing capacities\"?\n\"Precisely\"? Uh, highly doubtful. I mean, can't you reread a sentence?\nThe word \"time\" is central to Mr. Lerdahl's argument\u2026\nRight! You can't just ask the orchestra to replay that complicated bit of Atmospheres before moving on; but you can reread a sentence whenever you wish.\n\u2026for it explains why an equally complicated painting like Pollock's \"Autumn Rhythm\" appeals to viewers who find the music of Mr. Boulez or the prose of Joyce hopelessly offputting.\nNo. You're doing it wrong.\nWhile a book may be laid out linearly, you can reread it at will\u2014it's not time dependent. With Pollack, or painting in general, you are afforded the luxury of focusing your attention on whatever you wish, at any time, whether one strain of dripped paint or the total cacophony. But Boulez? Not so much.\nIf time is the question, then the pairing of Pollack and Joyce has more in common than Boulez and Joyce.\nUnlike \"Finnegans Wake,\" which consists of 628 closely packed pages that take weeks to read, the splattery tangles and swirls of \"Autumn Rhythm\" [\u2026] can be experienced in a single glance.\nYou're still doing it wrong.\nIs that enough time to see everything Pollock put into \"Autumn Rhythm\"? No, but it's long enough for the painting to make a strong and meaningful impression on the viewer.\nWait. How is that analogous to a piece of music? It isn't.\nDoes our author wish it to be analogous? Is this the call to arms for an aesthetic reappraisal?\nShould all music strive to be a sound bite, ready for mass consumption? Is this a Wall Street Journal thing? Should I blame capitalism?\nThat is why hypercomplex modern visual art is accessible in a way that hypercomplex literature and music are not.\nSee, you're still doing it wrong.\nYou can't get through a complicated novel faster by turning the pages more quickly.\nYou're. Still. Doing. It. Wrong.\nReading demands a greater investment of time than looking at a complicated painting\u2026\nYou just said it's not! Remember?!\nIs that enough time to see everything Pollock put into \"Autumn Rhythm\"? No [..].\nRemember that? I did.\nSo, are you insinuating that maybe we don't (shouldn't?) want (need?) to see everything that Pollack put into it?\n\u2026and the average reader is not prepared to invest that much time in a book, no matter what critics say about it.\n\u2026because critics often have it dead wrong.\nOh. You didn't mean what I meant. Sorry.\nI suppose I could get to the bottom of \"Finnegans Wake\" if I worked at it\u2014but would it be worth the trouble?\nThe scholars [sic] of the Wikipedia entry think it's totally worth the troub\u2026\nWait a goddamned minute! You haven't read Finnegans Wake but are perfectly happy to criticize it?!\nOr would I be better served by spending the same amount of time rereading the seven volumes of Marcel Proust's \"Remembrance of Things Past,\" a modern masterpiece that is not gratuitiously complicated but rewardingly complex?\nFirst, is more better? I mean, I could read the entire Twilight Saga in the same amount of time it takes to read the first volume of Proust. And I hate vampires.\nSecond, my argument, by contrast, is this: that the complicatedness of artworks serves other exigencies, not just unintelligibility. Or, put another way, intelligibility is another criteria with which a composer may play.\nAnd it's here, too, where I somewhat disagree with Lerdahl. At the end of his article, he contemplates aesthetic value. He first claims that, \"The best music utilizes the full potential of our cognitive resources,\" which he is careful to qualify. It leads him to make the distinction between \"complexity\" and \"complicatedness\" we saw above.\nComplexity refers not to musical surfaces but to the richness of the structures inferred from surfaces and to the richness of their (unconscious) derivation by the listener.\nA musical surface is complicated if it has numerous non-redundant events per unit time.\nHowever, as I proposed above, I think that complicatedness can be just as valuable to an aesthetic position as intelligibility. In this sense, the artist may choose to play with or against intelligibility as a means of expression, rather than following a cognitively-prescribed formula. If we obey the later, we cease to seek anything beyond our baser intuitions. That is, if what is desirable is immediacy, then thinking becomes unnecessary, superfluous, and merely an afterthought.\nAnd, because this is coming from the Wall Street Journal, I have to think: if music is indeed a commodity, then you don't want the consumer to think too hard about it--just get 'em to pay the entry fee and move 'em along. That is not a reason for aesthetic realignment.\nAnyway, Lerdahl goes on to make his second aesthetic claim:\nThe best music arises from an alliance of a compositional grammar with the listening grammar.\nAgain, quite elegant. And given his definition of \"complex,\" this makes a lot of sense\u2014it strikes an efficient balance between compositional grammar and listening grammar.\nStill, is he asserting that he knows what the \"best music\" looks like? That would be arrogant, for sure.\nInstead, what if what he meant by \"best\" is as I suggested above, efficient, then to whom is it efficient and complicatedness not worth the time? As we've seen earlier, Mr. Teachout doesn't have the time; he finds immediacy valuable.\nMore importantly, if \"efficient\" is indeed what Lerdahl intends, he's still fastidiously avoiding polemics, which is commendable. (Though I have my doubts to whether or not this is the case.) However, this is not Mr. Teachout's goal. He's not exploring cognitive and aesthetic issues; he's using a cherry-picked article to justify the disparaging of complicatedness simply because it's difficult and time consuming. It's just another attack on thinking, which attempts to value art on its cognitive (market?) efficiency\u2014a lazy reason to like what one already likes, and an excuse to be intellectually insufficient.\nMr. Teachout's aesthetic prescription is then fervently echoed by a commenter who, to my delight, recalled some of his previous thoughts on the matter.\nI can't quite work up sufficient enthusiasm (or courage) to read in full or closely the hugely detailed and technical 25-page PDF file of Fred Lerdahl's treatise cited and linked by Mr. Teachout\u2026\n[Seriously, dear Detritusites, if you read the article, you would have noticed that the \"treatise\" is not very detailed nor is it technical. In fact, six of the nine figures are simple flow charts. (And for the record, I love flow charts, because, if done right, they increase intelligibility and dispense with unnecessary complicatedness!)]\nFigure 1. A simple flow chart\n\u2026but I did skim through enough of it to get the impression that Dr. Lerdahl is saying essentially what I said\u2026\nHow sure are you about that?\n\u2026Dr. Lerdahl is saying essentially what I said in a 2008 post on my blog\u2026\nExcept he said what you think he said twenty years earlier...or the difference in age between Antonio Salieri and Anton Reicha.\n\u2026on my blog, Sounds & Fury\u2026\nMmmm.\n\u2026titled, \"On Music And Gibberish\". Herewith, an excerpt.\nI actually remember this one very well. I wanted to comment but couldn't.\n\"In the wake of yet another wave of outraged attacks by New Music's defenders, supporters, and champions against The New York Times's [sic] longtime classical music critic, Bernard Holland, one of this crowd's favorite MSM whipping boys, for his latest critique of atonal music, we started to think afresh concerning what it is about much of the atonal music of our experience that we found so, well, unmusical \u2014 worse, found to be non-music.\n\"We\" is only one person, in case you were confused; it sounds less authoritarian that way.\nThat reminds me of\u2026\nWhat was that thing that Obi-Wan said to Anakin?\nIt's not atonality per se \u2014 i.e., the music's lack of a triadic tonal center(s); a 'home base,' so to speak \u2014 nor is it the almost unrelenting, unresolved harmonic dissonance that's the hallmark of the atonal.\nI'm sure it'll come to me. You know what he said, right?\nIt's something much more fundamental: the lack of a perceptible and coherent musical narrative from work's beginning to end, which is to say the lack of the work's saying comprehensibly something beyond and exclusive of commentary on its own processes and methods which are \u2014 or ought to have been and be \u2014 but mere tools used in its making.\nIt's at the tip of my tongue. It was in the third one, toward the end, I think. Uh\u2026\n\"To put the matter ... bluntly ... a composition absent a perceptible and coherent musical narrative from beginning to end is gibberish and not music.\"\nOh, right! \"Only a Sith deals in absolutes.\"\nGet it?! Because life's too short for anything but simple, cozy stories.\nPosted by Empiricus at 11:20 AM 29 comments\nLabels: Bloggers are Stupid, Fred Lerdahl, James Joyce, Modernism Sucks, music cognition, oh snap, Pierre Boulez, Terry Teachout, thinking is stupid, Twilight, Wall Strret Journal, Youre Doing It Wrong\nFriday Quickie: Stravinsky best used to remove lingering flavors, avoid heartburn and promote good digestion\nOpinions are important. They make a critic, or a critique, what they are -- an educated, reflective review and discerning examination of the relative value of a given piece of music or concert. They can also be fun, primarily in challenging standard orthodoxies and bringing new perspectives to common pieces and experiences.\nThen again, some opinions are just...inexplicable.\nReview | Chamber orchestra season has powerful conclusion\nJohn Heuertz, Kansas City Star, June 13, 2010\nThe Kansas City Chamber Orchestra's last concert of the season featured Mozart's last work. The Mozart piece, his 1791 Requiem Mass, was preceded by Igor Stravinsky's 1938 \"Dumbarton Oaks\" chamber concerto.\nAn interesting combination of pieces. While certainly accessible for a chamber ensemble, the Mozart Requiem (with a very sizable choral component) seems a very large scale work by comparison to the Stravinsky. But, whatever...I'm game.\nConductor Bruce Sorrell kept the 15 or 16 instrumental voices in the score in good balance.\nThat's good. Plus specifics are overrated.\nHe conducted with precision and gave the music an appropriately playful feel.\nAppropriate is nice.\nThis cheery little item...\nthe Stravinsky?\n...is often compared to Bach's Brandenburg concerti.\nYes, I've heard that. In fact, I think Stravinsky even mentioned this himself:\n\"I played Bach very regularly during the composition of the concerto,and I was greatly attracted to the Brandenburg Concertos. Whether or not the first theme of my first movement is a conscious borrowing from the third of the Brandenburg set, however, I do not know. What I can say is that Bach would most certainly have been delighted to loan it to me; to borrow in this way was exactly the sort of thing he liked to do.\"\nYes...\"borrow\".\nAnywho, so one would do well to compare to this piece to the Bach Brandenburg concerti I would say. Go on...\nA better comparison might be to music from the mid-18th century Mannheim school.\nA better comparison, eh? Even better than the piece the composer even admitted he stole, er...borrowed themes from?\nMannheim composers wrote the same kind of elegant, polished,...\nElegant, polished...yes yes. These were indeed traits of the neo-classical style, which was the style at the time, that Stravinsky embraced while composing this piece. What else...?\n...the same kind of elegant, polished, commercially successful music that Stravinsky did.\nYes, commercially succ...wait...what?\nStravinsky wrote commercially successful music? \"Dumbarton Oaks\" is a commercially successful piece?\nI have no idea what this means. I guess compared to Henri Pousseur Stravinsky wrote commercial music...\nfigure pousseur: Was always secretly disappointed that his Dichterliebesreigentraum (1992-3) didn't even crack the Billboard Hot 100, but UB40's crappy remake of \"Can't Help Falling in Love\" was #1 for 7 weeks.\nAnd, like Stravinsky's music, Mannheim music is easy to forget before intermission.\nForgettable?! Stravinsky's music is forgettable? I apparently don't know what the word 'forgettable' means.\nAre we talking about the same Stravinsky?\nBut that matrix of forgettable music has to be there for unforgettable music to be written \u2014 and Mozart's Requiem is unforgettable.\nWhew. I thought you were being a tad dismissive at first, but I think I get it now. We need Stravinsky's forgettable music so we can fully appreciate good music from a composer who never wrote forgettable music.\nGood call. Really, we should have a term for music like this. Any thoughts?\nThus Sorrell aptly described the Stravinsky as a \"palate cleanser\" for the Mozart.\nPerfect. Stravinsky's music is like an unsalted cracker, or even better, a fruit sorbet.\nfigure palate cleanser: Bottled Stravinsky. Available in 6, 12 and 24 packs.\nLabels: Friday Quickie, Henri Pousseur, John Heuertz, Kansas City Star, opinion, Palate Cleanser, Stravinsky\nSymphony Programs Beethoven, Staff Critic Approves...\nFriday Quickie: Suffering from an excess of good t...\nA Challenge to the Challenging, or: Just enough th...\nFriday Quickie: Stravinsky best used to remove lin...","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Doctor discusses treatment options for the Omicron variant \u2013 archyde\nLOUISVILLE, Kentucky (WAVE) \u2013 Doctors continue to learn more about the Omicron variant, including how to treat it.\nDr. Valerie Briones-Pryor of the University of Louisville Health said getting help early is key.\n\"The most important thing I tell people is if you feel sick and it just doesn't get better, please seek help,\" she pleaded.\nAs of Thursday, UofL Health has 113 COVID-positive patients, 25 of whom are in the intensive care unit, 12 of whom are ventilated. Dr. Briones-Pryor said about 89 percent of these patients were unvaccinated.\nShe said the problem is that many people wait too long before seeking help.\n\"You are young, you are healthy, and I understand you want to wait and see. But then a week goes by, two weeks go by and the problem with COVID is that some people have that period where they actually get worse a week after their symptoms started, \"she explained.\nDr. Briones-Pryor said one treatment that needs to be done early is treatment with monoclonal antibodies.\nShe said early data suggests the current treatment for Omicron may not be as effective, but it's worth trying.\n\"We'll try anyway, if you're a candidate, hoping it'll work,\" said Briones-Pryor. She said a newer version of the monoclonal antibody treatment is being used, which is expected to fight Omicron better than previous versions.\nDr. Briones Pryor said UofL Health is still awaiting shipments of it, along with two COVID treatment pills that have been FDA cleared for emergency use.\n\"I think it will be great to have another weapon in our arsenal against COVID,\" she said. \"It's not a cure, but there is other treatment out there and available so people don't get too sick and end up in the hospital to see me.\"\nDr. Briones Pryor said Omicron appears to be mild in people who have been vaccinated. Individuals treating it at home should take vitamins, antipyretic drugs, and drink plenty of water.\nCopyright 2021 WAVE 3 news. All rights reserved.\nVideo with \"misinformation\" about the COVID-19 vaccination \"a great disservice to our children\": MOH \u2013 Nach Welt\nEpiphany: The three astronomers from Babylon | BR.de","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"> Royalty\nKate Middleton shares her thoughts during rare Q&A\nThe Duchess of Cambridge delivered a milestone speech on Friday\nNovember 28, 2020 - 17:10 CET Danielle Stacey The Duchess of Cambridge took to social media on Saturday to answer the public's questions about her early years survey.\nThe Duchess of Cambridge shared her thoughts with royal fans about one of her biggest passion projects in a rare Q&A on Saturday.\nKensington Palace shared a video of Kate answering questions from members of the public after insights from her '5 Big Questions on the Under Fives' survey were published on Friday.\nREAD: Kate Middleton's gorgeous Reiss dress has a very sentimental story behind it\nWhen asked during the session what sparked her interest in the Early Years, the Duchess replied: \"I actually get asked this question a lot. I think people assume because I am a parent, that's why I've taken an interest in the Early Years.\n\"I think this really is bigger than that. This isn't about \u2013 just about \u2013 happy healthy children, this is about the society I hope we could and can become. Right from the early days, meeting lots of people who are suffering with addiction or poor mental health, and hearing time and time again that their troubles now in adulthood stem right back from early childhood experience.\"\nWATCH: Kate Middleton shares her thoughts with royal fans in a rare Q&A\nThe doting mum was then asked: \"How do you manage toddler tantrums in your household \u2013 especially with multiple children?\" and her response was priceless!\n\"Yes, that's a hard one. I'd also like to ask the experts myself!\"\nThe video then cut to Alice Haynes, who is Deputy Head of Early Years Programme.\nAlice said: \"As a mum of a two-year-old, tantrums are something I'm very familiar with. When my son has a tantrum, I try to put into words how I think he might be feeling, in a slow, and calm and gentle way.\"\nThe royal even opened up about her own childhood after being asked: \"What did you like most in your childhood?\"\n\"That's a very good question,\" started Kate. \"I loved spending time outside and that has stuck with me for my whole life.\"\nOn Friday, the Duchess delivered her biggest keynote speech from her royal career to date.\nSpeaking during the Royal Foundation's early years online forum, Kate said: \"People often ask why I care so passionately about the early years. Many mistakenly believe that my interest stems from having children of my own.\"\nThe Duchess during her keynote speech on Friday\nThe royal, who is mother to Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis, continued: \"While of course I care hugely about their start in life, this ultimately sells the issue short.\n\"Parenthood isn't a prerequisite for understanding the importance of the early years.\n\"If we only expect people to take an interest in the early years when they have children, we are not only too late for them, we are underestimating the huge role others can play in shaping our most formative years too.\"\nThroughout Friday, Kensington Palace posted clips of the Duchess sharing the five key insights from the landmark survey, including that only one in four people recognise the key importance of the first five years of a child's life.\nMORE: Prince Charles and Duchess Camilla welcome cute additions to Scottish home\nMORE: Princess Beatrice to mark very special milestone this Christmas\nKate at the early years survey briefing\nAlthough 90 per cent see parental mental health and wellbeing as critical to a child's development, only ten per cent of parents took time to look after themselves when they prepared for the arrival of their baby, the research states.\nThe study \u2013 which has produced five key insights \u2013 also showed that the Covid-19 pandemic has dramatically increased parental loneliness, with 38 per cent experiencing this before the crisis, and 63 per cent \u2013 almost two-thirds \u2013 after the first lockdown, a jump of 25 per cent.\nMore than 500,000 people responded to the questionnaire at the start of 2020, making it the largest ever response to a public survey of its kind.\nKate promoted the survey between 22 January and 21 February, making visits to Cardiff, Birmingham, Woking, London, Belfast and Aberdeen.\nMake sure you never miss a ROYAL story! Sign up to our newsletter to get all of our celebrity, royal and lifestyle news delivered directly to your inbox.\nMore about kate middleton\nPrince William and Kate Middleton have a secret third home on the Queen's estate - DETAILS\nH&M collaborate with Simone Rocha for stunning collection - and Kate and Meghan will love it\n28 times the royals wore face masks for their public engagements","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
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{"text":"The New Shit Showcase III\nsupport WOES + m\u00f8l + Grusom + Oxx + Crueltys Heart + Gaia\nauthor AP date 09\/01\/16 venue Pumpehuset, Copenhagen, DEN\nEvery second month, the Danish metal blog Blastbeast selects from a pool of demos sent to them a band whom the two bloggers believe could become the next breakthrough metal artist in Denmark. Each is given a spot on Anders B\u00f8tter's Sort S\u00f8ndag radio show that month, and the six artists are then ultimately collected at an annual event dubbed The New Shit Showcase, where they are given the opportunity to test their live worth against a typically largish audience in festive weekend spirits. One of the big draws about the showcase is the huge variety of music on offer, with never more than one representative of a specific genre chosen, and, usually, the opportunity to see some genuine up-and-coming talent with little prior to show for it. This year's edition took us from downtempo doom at one end to high octane hardcore at the other, and as always, the mood was festive, the event a resounding success. In the paragraphs to follow, you can read about how each of the evening's six bands fared according to our grade book.\nPhotos courtesy of Marika Hyldmar\nGaia, a revenant from last year's festivities, was brought in as a replacement for the now defunct stoner outfit The Hyle, the first band to be booked for this third edition of the showcase almost one year ago. The Valby based trio makes a fitting substitute though, given their practice of 'cosmic doom', and although their 2015 performance was lacklustre, it is with a sense optimism that I position myself near the front to catch their opening set \u2014 they have had some time to hone their sound and musicianship since then, after all. And judging by the song choices \u2014 the first an as yet unreleased track clocking in at roughly 15 minutes in length, the second their latest single \"A Cure for Time\" ditto \u2014 much has changed over the year, with the scorching stoner doom sound exchanged for a heavier, darker and more psychedelic variant centred on hypnotic repetition. The music is simple, yet oddly captivating given what must be no more than 3 chords constituting the bulk of the initial song, with the occasional wah-wah solo the only source of relief from Gaia's atavistic stomp.\nFortunately, the three musicians have developed immensely in the art of performance between tonight and that last time, and by providing a visual aesthetic to complement the music, Gaia are significantly more interesting to watch now. The bassist, with his low-slung instrument and dreadlocks, has that perfect, druggy vibe to his rocking out, while the guitarist plods the stage with Yeti-like steps to the slow beat of the tunes. There is a primal feel to the proceedings, distilled as much from the antics of these two caveman-looking beings as from the low end lumbering of the music, that inspires deep headbanging, loud applause and cries of approval from an audience that has grown much fonder of the band as time has passed. For me personally though, Gaia's songs could use a little more colour and depth in order to cash in their full potential.\nCruelty's Heart\nNot knowing what to expect from a band with such a moniker \u2014 cheesy power metal or cringeworthy hard rock? \u2014 it comes to me as a genuine surprise that Cruelty's Heart is neither of those things. Originally founded in Southampton, United Kingdom by vocalist \/ guitarist Philip Butler but now resident in Roskilde, the group rather plays a frosty, melodic style of pagan metal with a touch of black colouration, sadly muddled by a suboptimal mix which has little mercy for Butler's shrill screams. Sometimes reminiscent of Kalmah, other times Amon Amarth, these boys have a penchant for grandiose melodies (sans the brief lapse into thrashy, Darkthrone-y black metal in the third song), but as much as they have this tradecraft down, there is no escaping the fact that Cruelty's Heart have yet to develop one hundred percent confidence in their own abilities. What this translates to in the live setting is a static performance with all of the instrumental musicians' eyes firmly fixed onto their instruments, tongue in the center of the mouth so as to achieve perfect execution of music that admittedly does not sound very easy to play. There is promise here, certainly. But for now, Cruelty's Heart emit an amateurish aura which belies their capabilities as musicians.\nBy far the most eccentric of the evening's entertainment, Oxx plays an avant-garde and jazzy form of metal difficult to latch onto at first, but which then transforms into groovy sludge every now and then to ensure that most brains can still compute what the band is trying to achieve. With guitar, drums, rumbling samples and the occasional oboe (played over blast beats, no less) as the tools, it would be an understatement to call the music of Oxx a little strange, an acquired taste, as witnessed by the loud chatter resonating across the venue courtesy of patrons unable to find head or heel in what the trio is trying to convey. The musicians have an energetic way about them though, and a passion that burns in their eyes whether they are spazzing out, settled into a driving groove, or enjoying a moment of tranquillity during one of the more tempered instrumental passages. What is needed is an anchor of cohesion in the actual music so that Oxx might be able to make a lasting impression \u2014 a catchy chorus, a soaring riff\u2026 you get the gist. They are fun to watch, but I have no idea what the fuck is going on half of the time.\nGrusom\nAs the only band billed tonight, heritage rock act Grusom have already released a debut album, which we reviewed here. Said effort was rather excellent, and as a result, my expectations for the Svendborg-born six piece are significantly higher than for the rest of the acts (with m\u00f8l coming in on a close second place). Despite the pressure however, Grusom swiftly and effectively establish themselves as worthy of my trust with one of the most qualified showings of the evening, looking every bit prepared for the throes of international touring. With beaming smiles, a retro rocking style and dexterous execution, the band not only delivers a highly entertaining performance, but also impresses with a selection of smartly crafted songs delicately balanced between the energetic and the kaleidoscopic. The lights are rather dim much to our photographer's disgust, but to me the low key visuals only strengthen the feeling of days gone by being reanimated by the band. Indeed, from the smoky riffs of Dennis Warburg & Thomas Ulrik to the poncho looking sweater of keyboardist Peter P\u00f8rtner, Grusom look, sound and feel genuinely like someone picked them up from an analogue recording session and ushered them through a time portal to this moment. They are not in the same league as, say, Kadavar just now \u2014 they don't have the same intrinsically catchy songs, and they would need to up the ante even more on stage to get there \u2014 but there is nonetheless huge potential here.\nm\u00f8l\nFirm believers in the trendy black metal \/ shoegaze fusion, m\u00f8l have already graced us with two EPs (\"m\u00f8l\" and \"m\u00f8l II\") and can thus rightfully count themselves among the most experienced artists booked for this showcase. The amount of rehearsal also means that the quintet is at once engaging; the songs are well written mixings of black metal, post-rock and shoegaze, the lighting is professional and considered, and each of the five members knows how to put on a show. As it should be in this genre, there is an air of mystery to the proceedings, with most of the light delivered from behind thus generating a cool silhouette effect on the musicians, each of whom spends most of the set hiding behind a veil of hair. The atmospheric nature of the music, and the possessed dancing of vocalist Steffen Rasmussen only adds to the entrancing sensation, which reaches a climax amidst the rolling drums, cascading melodies and piercing screams of the second last song (the title of which escapes me). The only constructive criticism I can muster is that many of the songs still lack the killer edge, the elusive it to make an instant and unforgettable impression similar to, say, Deafheaven. Still, based on my observations here, m\u00f8l seem to have the necessary class to become at least a small international success, pleasing to anyone with an affinity for this hip new era of black metal.\nWOES\nWhatever energy dispensed by the five preceding acts is shamed when blackened hardcore upstarts WOES take the stage. Mildly put, their show borders on hysteria, with vocalist Nicholas Meents often charging into the heart of the audience to mosh and scream in our faces, hoping to incite an equally frenzied reaction. When he is not on the floor, he's kneeling, lying on his back, or thrusting from side to side, always attaching a visual component to his furious expression. His three colleagues on guitar, bass and drums are almost as wild themselves, resulting in the sort of spectacle that hardcore show should be. As tends to be the case in this genre however, the band's songs seem primarily to be designed for this exact purpose \u2014 to provide an appropriate soundtrack for their crazed antics \u2014 and as such one must succumb to the realisation that virtually every song sounds exactly the same: a compact discharge of fury with few nuances. But then, it is not with innovative designs that WOES are hoping to forge some success; rather, like The Chariot, their music seems to be a vessel for expressing emotion in a physical way. In that sense certainly, WOES succeed.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"On Earth Overshoot Day (August 2), calculate your own Overshoot Day and #movethedate\nRedesigned to work on all devices, new Footprint calculator highlights solutions just in time for Earth Overshoot Day\n(OAKLAND, CA, USA) \u2014 JULY 31, 2017 \u2014 Global Footprint Network, an international research organization, is marking Earth Overshoot Day with the launch of a new mobile-friendly Footprint calculator at www.footprintcalculator.org.\nEarth Overshoot Day is the date when humanity's annual demand on nature exceeds what Earth can regenerate over the entire year. This year Earth Overshoot Day falls on August 2, the earliest date yet.\nThe costs of this global ecological overspending include deforestation, drought, fresh-water scarcity, soil erosion, biodiversity loss, and the buildup of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.\nThe new Footprint Calculator allows users to measure their own demand on nature (Ecological Footprint) and assess their personal Earth Overshoot Day. A user's personal Earth Overshoot day is the date Earth Overshoot Day would be if all people had their Footprint.\nA personal Earth Overshoot Day earlier than August 2 means your demand on nature is higher than the world average. If it is earlier than April 24, it is higher than Germany's average; if it is earlier than March 14, it is higher than the US average. (See here for all countries.)\n#movethedate Solutions\nFor Earth Overshoot Day this year, Global Footprint Network, along with 30+ partners, is highlighting solutions and individual pledges to #movethedate. If we moved Earth Overshoot Day back 4.5 days every year, we would return to living within the means of one Earth before 2050; we are currently using 1.7 Earths. Reducing the carbon component of the global Ecological Footprint by 50% would move Overshoot Day by 89 days.\nFood is another major Ecological Footprint driver. This year, Global Footprint Network collaborated with the Barilla Center for Food & Nutrition to create an infographic that showcases food-based solutions to lower the Ecological Footprint. Cutting food waste in half worldwide could move the date of Overshoot Day 11 days; eating less protein-intensive food worldwide could move Overshoot Day 31 days. A list of existing solutions that can collectively get us out of overshoot is available here.\n\"Our planet is finite, but human possibilities are not. Living within the means of one planet is technologically possible, financially beneficial, and our only chance for a prosperous future,\" said Mathis Wackernagel, CEO of Global Footprint Network and co-creator of the Ecological Footprint. \"We hope our new Footprint Calculator enables millions more people around the world to explore sustainability solutions and gain an uplifting sense of the possibilities available to society.\"\nMore than 2 million people around the world used Global Footprint Network's calculator last year, including students and educators.\nNew Calculator\nThe new Footprint Calculator goes beyond assessing users' impact on the planet and carbon emissions. It allows users to play with options, learn about solutions, and connect to brief facts about sustainability. A person's Ecological Footprint is the amount of productive surface area required to provide all he or she uses, including areas to produce food, fibers, and timber; to accommodate urban infrastructure, and to absorb carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuel.\nThe new calculator, still a beta version, is only available in English, but future iterations will become country-specific, multi-lingual, and more playful. This first phase of the new calculator, was funded by MAVA Foundation and developed in partnership with Free Range Studios.\nThe new calculator is based on the latest data and methodology from Global Footprint Network, which tracks the ecological resource use and resource capacity of more than 200 countries and regions from 1961 to the present. These resource accounts draw primarily on United Nations data sets.\nTo calculate your own Overshoot Day and Ecological Footprint, go to: www.footprintcalculator.org\nMore on Earth Overshoot Day: www.overshootday.org\nSocial media: #movethedate\nEarth Overshoot Day infographics: http:\/\/www.overshootday.org\/newsroom\/infographics\/\nVideo: https:\/\/youtu.be\/oPO2-KCyFvc\nEcological Footprint Explorer open data platform: data.footprintnetwork.org\nAbout Global Footprint Network\nGlobal Footprint Network is changing how the world manages its natural resources to enable thriving lives for all within the means of one planet. It does this through:\nMETRICS that are simple, meaningful, empowering, and scalable;\nACTIONABLE INSIGHTS about natural resource demand and availability; and\nTOOLS and analysis to guide decisions informed by our resource context.\nRonna Kelly (English) \u2013 California, United States (PDT)\nDirector, Marketing & Communications\n+1 (510) 839-8879 x 302 (office)\n+1 (510) 834-2563 (mobile)\nronna.kelly@footprintnetwork.org\nLaetitia Mailhes (English and French) \u2013 France (CEST)","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Randox Grand National Festival\nGolf Centre\nEquestrian Centre\nRandox Grand National Hospitality\nMembership & Offers\nGroup Bookings and Packages\nDirections, Travel & Parking\nVenue Accessibility\nLocal Residents\nHorse Welfare at the yard\nHorse Welfare - turf and ground\nHorse Welfare - Racing and Facilities\nAINTREE RACECOURSE TEAMS UP WITH PARK PALACE PONIES TO OFFER LOCAL FAMILIES A LIFELINE DURING THE SUMMER HOLIDAYS\nPress Release 28th July 2021 Aintree\nLocal children now have the opportunity to attend a free summer riding school at the iconic Aintree Racecourse during the school holidays, thanks to a new community programme in the city designed to provide healthy food and activities.\nThe scheme sees Park Palace Ponies, an inner-city riding school based in Toxteth, join forces with the home of the Randox Grand National Festival to provide a pop-up summer riding school at the racecourse for six weeks, running from July 24th to September 5th.\nSeven ponies are housed and cared for in special stables on the racecourse throughout that period, allowing for a total of 120 children a week aged between five and 10 to be able to have riding and pony care sessions without charge.\nThe scheme is aimed at those who are eligible for benefits-related free school meals during term time and parents are able to book slots for their children on a week-by-week basis, providing them with both healthy meals and free holiday club provision throughout the summer holidays.\nAlong with the pony riding and care sessions, the children are provided with a \"Guided Tour\" of the world famous racecourse, while a handful of older volunteers from Park Palace aged from 11 to 17 are on hand to help out with duties such as tacking up and mucking out the ponies.\nThe initiative is part of Liverpool City Council's wider goal to engage local children in the community and will run every day, with Thursdays being dedicated to the older volunteers.\nDickon White, Regional Director for Jockey Club Racecourses, commented: \"It's fantastic to be able to team up with Park Palace Ponies once again and provide some really meaningful support to the local community during the summer holidays.\n\"We've really enjoyed hosting Park Palace for their graduation ceremonies in the past and it's great to be able to give children what we hope will be an unforgettable experience, spending time with ponies and riding at the home of the world's most famous horse race.\"\nKeith Hackett, Chair of the Board at Park Palace Ponies, added: \"We're thrilled to take what we do to the next level by offering a free summer riding school at one of the most iconic venues in both horseracing and equestrian sport.\n\"It really is wonderful to be able to offer children from the inner city opportunities like this and so far the uptake has been fantastic. The summer holidays can be a long time for families who rely on the support of free school meals and I can't thank both The Jockey Club and Liverpool City Council enough for their help in getting this off the ground.\"\nENTRIES FOR BETWAY GRAND SEFTON\nTREVOR HEMMINGS CVO 1935 \u2013 2021\nGRAND SEFTON HANDICAP CHASE MOVES FORWARD A MONTH TO HEADLINE AINTREE'S NOVEMBER MEETING\nCommunity Programme\nRacing Replays\nEmail aintree.racecourse@thejockeyclub.co.uk or to book tickets, call 0344 579 3001.\nOrmskirk Rd, Aintree, Merseyside, L9 5AS, UK","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Persil Powder\nPersil Power Gel\nPersil Duo Caps\nPersil White\nPersil Abaya Shampoo\nWashing Tips\nLaundry symbols\nAbout Persil\nWhat it stands for\nThe history of Persil\nDiscover the Persil story from 1907 to today\nPersil, Germany's first self-acting detergent.\nThe Weisse Dame [white lady] launches her advertising campaign for Persil.\nThe war is over, Persil is back.\nPersil 59 \u2013 the best Persil there's ever been.\nPersil 70 \u2013 quite clearly \"Our best\".\nPersil. You know what you've got.\nPersil phosphate-free \u2013 progress for the environment.\nPersil turns 100.\nPersil Abaya Shampoo: even black is a highlight.\nPersil Power Gel \u2013 the alternative to powder.\nPersil Sensitive: for people with sensitive skin.\nSimply perfect: the Persil Duo Caps.\nIn 1907 the chemists at Henkel succeed in revolutionizing laundry. They combine sodium silicate with sodium perborate, which when boiling the laundry releases fine pearling oxygen. This not only has the effect of \u2013 in contrast to the chlorine used up to then \u2013 an especially textile-friendly and odourless bleach. It also takes away the strenuous and time-consuming rubbing, swinging and scrubbing of the laundry for the housewives. The first self-acting detergent is born: Persil. The first announcement advert appears on 6 June 1907 in the D\u00fcsseldorf newspaper. Then Persil makes its way into the retail trade packaged in thin cardboard cartons with printed paper wrapping made and filled by hand.\nWho does not know her, the lady all in white with a Persil package in her left hand? She stems from the studio of Berlin artist Kurt Heiligenstaedt, a known cartoonist. In 1922 he is asked to design a Persil poster. The Weisse Dame is by no means a figure of his imagination, however, rather the artist's 18-year-old girlfriend. Together with her, Heiligenstaedt buys a white dress in a fashion house on Alexanderplatz and has her model with a Florentine hat and a product package. From then on the result decorates enamelled signs, posters, gable ends and street clocks. The Weisse Dame with its changing types of women and fashion directions remains the central advertising figure of Persil across many decades.\nEverybody just seems to have been waiting for it: Scarcely is Persil back in the stores after the end of the Second World War, it is quickly sold out up to 75 percent. For many Persil means getting back to normalcy, to peace. \"Persil once again comes from D\u00fcsseldorf\" announces a gigantic banner over the Rhine bridge. The product name is again brought to mind all over Germany with neon signs, pennants and posters. The detergent formula was changed only very slightly: Visual brighteners were added that were to lend the laundry an even purer white.\nThe first synthetic heavy-duty detergent in Germany also comes from Henkel. Fitting the year of its introduction, it's called Persil 59. Synthetic anionic surfactants, a foam enhancer and a fresh scent are the new ingredients of the best Persil there's ever been. At least that's the advertising promise that is being conveyed to the consumer in a broadly based print, radio and TV campaign. For the first time a professional advertising agency is responsible for the brand appearance. Besides the formula, the Persil packaging was also visibly changed.\nIn 1970 the promotion \"Our best\" is conducted for the first time with overwhelming success. It's impossible to think of Persil advertising without the red ribbon ever since, now regularly decorating the best Persil of its time. When Persil 70 comes into stores with a changed packaging design, it's not only available in Germany but almost all over Europe by now.\nWith the introduction of this new Persil, the product name on the packaging appears without the addition of a year, as had been the rule up to now. Instead a new slogan is introduced into the branding, one that will stay with the consumer for the long term: Persil. You know what you've got.\nEnvironmental protection is becoming an ever-more relevant topic in the 1980s. At Henkel it already has a long history: Already at the beginning of the 1950s, attempts were undertaken to research the biological biodegradability of surfactants. In 1966 the research project \"Phosphate Replacement\" was born. Because both surfactants, which release the dirt from the laundry, and phosphates, which make the water soft, pollute the waters. They succeed in developing surfactants that are more and more biodegradable. And for phosphates the researchers even find a substitute material: Zeolith A (Sasil\u00ae). A patent is registered in 1973.\nPersil is celebrating its 100th anniversary and is showing up on the market with a new, modern design and with improved formulas.\nThanks to its special long-lasting black formula, the innovative Persil Abaya Shampoo offers special protection for dark and black textiles. They are protected from bleaching out even after several wash cycles and thus keep their colour longer. All to enjoy the beautiful black of your favourite pieces for a long time to come.\nPersil White is the first ever liquid detergent specially made for white clothes\/thobes from Persil with the German \"Opti-Brite\" technology, which ensures that your white clothes\/thobes not only are cleaned, but also have the brightest whiteness wash after wash.\nOnce again Henkel expands its Persil range \u2013 this time by a product that is to revolutionize an already existing niche area of the detergent market: Persil Power Gel.\nSpecially for people who tend to have sensitive skin or suffer from allergies, Henkel together with the German Allergy and Asthma Alliance [Deutscher Allergie- und Asthmabund e.V.] developed a product that in addition to the customary washing performance is very skin tolerant: Persil Sensitive.\nWith the Persil Duo Caps Henkel is setting another milestone in the research and development of innovative detergents. For the first time it's possible to put pre-measured liquid detergent directly into the drum. The small pads completely dissolve during the wash cycle and provide a perfect washing result.\nMore Henkel brands:\nPersil Abaya\n\u00a9 2019 Henkel AG & Co. KGaA","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"delirium's library (2009)\nhttp:\/\/deliriumslibrary.blogspot.com\/2009\/06\/jorie-graham-sea-change.html\nJorie Graham, Sea Change\nAriel: Full fadom fiue thy Father lies,\nOf his bones are Corrall made:\nThose are pearles that were his eies,\nNothing of him that doth fade,\nBut doth suffer a Sea-change\nInto something rich, & strange:\nSea-Nimphs hourly ring his knell.\nWilliam Shakespeare, The Tempest (First Folio, from Project Gutenberg)\nPulitzer Prize-winner. Successor to Seamus Heaney at Harvard. Regarded as hermetic, even mantic, Jorie Graham is a difficult poet to review. Investigating the \"sea-change\" of global ecological devastation (resulting, in turn, from \"sea-changed\" carbon) and the political sea-change after 9\/11 in the US, Graham speaks with a voice of quiet assurance and devastating (literally, laying waste to vistas in her incredible feel for detail) observation that - echoing Shakespeare and the Psalms (and, in its cadences, the New York Times) - has an almost devotional quality. It's a difficult poetry to answer back. It's a poetry that pushes itself further through the repeated gesture of \"& how,\" an exploratory \u2014 even axcavatory \u2014 development that draws the reader deeper into the mysteries.\nGraham creates chinks in the poems with her frequent tactic of an assertion followed by \"no\", yet these confound the reader into further dumb awe y enhancing \u2014 even staging \u2014 her control of specificity. I found myself writing out phrases and stanzas in a rapture (not easy considering the intense length of her lines \u2014 so long that Carcanet had to produce an unusually square book to accommodate them), reading poems three or four times, sometimes backwards. Some \u2014 particularly in the middle section \u2014 are legible and lovely lyrics about ageing, seasons, and intimacy. But the breadth and density of her poetry is like that of the oceans. Rather than leading me to coherence, to an essay, her poetry makes me want to revel in it, to swim and dive and splash.\nSo here are some watermarks from my reading \u2014 partial and scattered. I imagine reading this book again and again \u2014 and feel almost shy of asserting to cohesive a reading. I want to hold onto the white space that striates the pages.\nHow does Graham's book concern itself with The Tempest? It's poetry as oceanography. It pairs the sea and death, counterpointing the constancy of death with the sea's mutability. It's concerned with the magic of making \u2014 especially the late magic of Prospero's final speech \u2014 and \"this inch of finishing.\" But Prospero is also \"the torturer\" (and the poet Ariel) in \"This,\" which speaks of \"the sound of \/ servants not being \/ set free\". And the torturer is Bush \u2014 especially in the extraordinarily angry \"Guant\u00e1namo\" and in the spine-tingling \"Full Fathom\":\nthose were houses that are his eyes\u2014 those were lives that\neyes\u2014those are families those are privacies, those are details\u2014those are reparation\nagreements, summary\njudgements, those are multiplications\non the face of the earth that are\u2014those are the forests, the coal seams, the\ncarbon sinks that are his\u2014\nas they turn into carbon sources\u2014his\u2014\n. Those \"eyes\" are also Graham's interrogation of the lyric I (and the personal I that is attacked, and dismantled, by torture), equalled by her savage and direct invocation of Bush, the torturer, as \"you\" in \"Guant\u00e1namo.\"\nSea Change recognises very directly, in the stretch and elasticity of its long-line poetics, that Guant\u00e1namo, climate change and the credit crunch come from the same monolithic (and monotheistic) neo-conservative mindset. \"Futures\" and \"Loan\" use the poetic economy of repetition to essay\/assay the way in which the \"this \/ message 'I'\", money and water all depend on circulation (and are eroded by exploitation). The book is predicated on a moment of crisis that is personal (ageing), political (the US' loss of credibility under Bush), ecological \u2014 and linguistic, concerned with the redaction and devaluation of language under the Bush government and in the era of texting. Sample from \"Futures\":\nI your speck tremble remembering money\nwhere \"speck\" suggests \"speculation\" \u2014 the act of imagination itself reduced to mean monetary mind-games \u2014 and further to a mote in the eye\/I that produces the tears that flow through the poem:\nwind which the eye loves so deeply it\nwould spill itself out and liquefy\nto pay for it\n\"Just Before\" torques speculation further (or in reverse) to present a speculative poetry: \"a pool. Of \/ stillness\" opens out into a science-fiction in which\n... there was no standing army anywhere,\n& the sleeping bodies in the doorways in all\nthe cities of\nwhat was then\njust planet earth\nwere lifted up out of their sleeping\nbags, & they walked\naway, & the sensation of empire blew off the link\nlike pollen\u2014just like that\nThe words are short, simple, plangent but the vision they offer is expansive, utterly original. This is science fiction that is \"far from un- \/ earthly, it was full of earth.\" Immanence is one of the big themes of the book, delinking the maker from any grand Maker. And on the subject of making, Graham is constantly pressing and examining the act of writing and the status of poetic language.\nIn \"Loan,\" thinking about how poetry uses the world, she writes: \"all this taking is not our taking\", asserting that poetry is exactly the work of circulation, of giving and returning, rather than keeping (or more, accruing) meaning. Similarly, \"Loan\" reminds us that\nirrigation returns only as history, a thing made of text,\n& yet, listen,\nrain, then the swift interval before evaporation, & the stillness\nof brimming,\nDespite the long lines and the many vocabularies, this is a poetry that seems to aspire towards something beyond words, or at least beyond their accumulative nature and economics of meaning. In \"Day Off\", Graham foresees\nthe day of\ndays, where all you have named is finally shunted aside, the whole material man-\nifestation of so-called definitions, imagine\nthat, the path of least resistance wherein I grab onto the immaterial and christen it\nthus and thus &\nsomething over our shoulders says it is good, yes, go on, go on, and we did.\nThere's the echo of Molly Bloom's soliloquy and of Beckett in that final line that takes up the play on \"day of\/f judgement\" to suggest an ending as release from meaning rather than entry into it.\nThat turn is encoded from the first poem of the book \"Sea Change,\" which exhibits two of the recurring tropes in the book: Graham's hyphenation of and caesura on \"in-\" and her exact use of the ampersand. The former allows her to invent words such as \"in-clingings\" and query words such as \"in- \/ dispensable,\" asking what the inwardness \u2014 or inversion \u2014 of each might be, and how internality and refusal\/reversal might be related. The ampersand is curioser, littering the page like a Celtic loveknot, at once less and more than the word \"and\": it opens up the word that links \"rich and strange\" to suggest we might, culturally, delink them. It asks us to sea-change its knotted notation into and out of language.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Home\/Dinosaur and Prehistoric Animal News Stories, Main Page, Palaeontological articles\/New Ichthyosaurus Species Honours Mary Anning\nNew Ichthyosaurus Species Honours Mary Anning\nDorset to Doncaster \u2013 New Species of Ichthyosaurus Described\nIt might be one of the best known of all the genera of Mesozoic marine reptiles, but the Ichthyosaurus genus has been becalmed in terms of new additions to the species list. That is, until a remarkable discovery in the fossil collection of the Doncaster Museum and Art Gallery led to the naming of a new species. Ichthyosaurus anningae, the first \"new\" Ichthyosaurus for 127 years. A paper describing this new species is due to be published in the prestigious academic publication \"The Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology\" and it is great to see that the trivial name honours Dorset fossil collector Mary Anning, it was Mary along with her brother Joseph, who found the first Ichthyosaurus fossils to be scientifically studied (1811).\nThe First New Species of Ichthyosaurus to be Described Since the 19th Century\nDolphin-like prehistoric marine reptiles.\nThe fossil, representing a sub-adult specimen, had resided in the collection of the Doncaster Museum and Art Gallery since it had been acquired sometime in the early 1980's. It was excavated from Lower Jurassic strata of West Dorset, but we at Everything Dinosaur, are unable to provide further information as to who exactly discovered it. The fossil is believed to have come from the Lower Pliensbachian Stonebarrow Marl Member (Charmouth Mudstone Formation), which forms part of the geology of southern England's famous \"Jurassic Coast\". The specimen, which measures around 1.5 metres in length is nearly complete, there is a beautifully preserved skull, much of the front portion of the body including ribs and preserved stomach contents. The assigned holotype (DONMG:1983.98) had been mislabelled as a plaster cast replica. Team members at Everything Dinosaur recall seeing the image of the fossil used to help promote children's holiday activities at the Museum, it emphasises the importance of regional museums and their collections. There are probably a significant number of new species awaiting discovery, not in the cliffs of Monmouth Beach, Lyme Regis, but in the draws and cabinets of museums.\nNewest Ichthyosaurus on the Block (I. anningae)\nA new species of Ichthyosaurus.\nPicture Credit: Dean Lomax and Judy Massare\nThis is not the first time that a new Mesozoic species has been identified from a museum collection. Back in 2007, Everything Dinosaur wrote about the discovery made by then PhD student Mike Taylor at the Natural History Museum (London), which led to the naming of a new species of Sauropod dinosaur.\nTo read the article: How to Find a New Dinosaur \u2013 Look in a Museum\nDean Lomax, Honorary Scientist at The University of Manchester, examined the specimen in 2008. He noticed a number of anatomical differences between this specimen and other types of Ichthyosaur. Working with Professor Judy Massare (Brockport College, New York), Dean spent over five years comparing and contrasting the Doncaster Ichthyosaur that had been nicknamed \"Fizzy\" with other museum specimens from around the world. Unusual features in the humerus and femur (upper limb bones) along with the humerus length to femur ratio led him to believe that the Doncaster fossil represented something not seen before. Over 1,000 other Ichthyosaurus fossils were examined during the course of the research, a further four fossils (three most likely of juveniles), were identified as having the same anatomical features as \"Fizzy\".\nDean commented:\n\"After examining the specimen extensively, both Professor Massare and I identified several unusual features of the limb bones that were completely different to any other Ichthyosaur known. That became very exciting. After examining over a thousand specimens we found four others with the same features as the Doncaster fossil.\"\nProfessor Massare has worked on a number of Ichthyosaur specimens, most notably a remarkable fossil found in Wyoming. She used her knowledge of Ichthyosaur anatomy and locomotion to compare and contrast the fossil material. The strata from which this fossil was extracted dates from the Early Jurassic (Lower Jurassic \u2013 Hettangian\/Sinemurian\u2013Pliensbachian). It has been estimated that this fossil material is around 189 million years old. (Pliensbachian faunal stage). Most Ichthyosaur fossils that date from this stage of the Jurassic are fragmentary, very few articulated specimens with cranial material are known. The Doncaster fossil is the most complete Ichthyosaur fossil that dates from this time interval.\nThe upper arm bone (humerus) is short and robust. The femur (thigh bone), in comparison is very much smaller. The morphology of the fossil specimens ascribed to this new species, suggest that there were differences in the limb bones of males and females. Such differences have not been identified before in Ichthyosaurs. The species name pays tribute to Mary Anning (1799-1847), it was Mary along with other family members who found the fossils of the first scientifically described \"fish lizard\". The very first formal, academic paper describing an Ichthyosaur was published in 1814, the study being based on fossil material found in the Lyme Regis area by the Anning family. Last year, Everything Dinosaur wrote a short article commemorating the 200th anniversary of this event.\nTo view this article: Two Hundred Years of Ichthyosaurs\nDean explained:\n\"Mary worked tirelessly to bring Ichthyosaurs, among other fossils, to the attention of the scientific world. It is an honour to name a new species, but to name it after somebody who is intertwined with such an important role in helping to sculpt the science of palaeontology, especially in Britain, it is something that I'm very proud of. In fact, one of the specimens in our study was even found by Mary herself! Science is awesome.\"\nIt has been a very busy couple of years for Dean, as well as helping to increase our understanding of British marine reptiles, in 2014, his book \"Dinosaurs of the British Isles\", co-authored with Nobumichi Tamura was published. This book provides a comprehensive account of the dinosaur fossils associated with the British Isles and we at Everything Dinosaur strongly recommend it to anyone with an interest in dinosaurs.\n\"Dinosaurs of the British Isles\" \u2013 A First, Comprehensive Account of British Dinosauria\nA comprehensive guide to British dinosaurs over 400 pages.\nPicture Credit: Siri Scientific Press\nFor more details about the book and to order a copy: Dinosaurs of the British Isles Available Here\nThis new specimen, helps palaeontologists to understand in greater detail the evolution and radiation of the Ichthyosauria. I. anningae adds to the number of Ichthyosaurus known from the Pliensbachian faunal stage. There has now been recorded at least three species (possibly as many as five species) from this time interval. This is significant, as the discovery of this new species falls between two of the three known major radiations of Ichthyosaur genera. The numbers and types of Ichthyosaur seemed to have increased around 200 million years ago (Triassic\/Jurassic boundary) \u2013 Neoichthyosaurian radiation. A second major radiation occurred around 175 million years ago (Aalenian faunal stage), the Ophthalomosaurid radiation, when many new kinds of \"fish lizard\" also evolved.\nBy Mike| 2015-02-21T11:49:40+00:00\tFebruary 20th, 2015|Dinosaur and Prehistoric Animal News Stories, Main Page, Palaeontological articles|0 Comments","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Home \u00bb Thomas Sowell\nMore Quotes By American\nA. Alfred Taubman(1)\nA. Bartlett Giamatti(9)\nA. J. Foyt(3)\nA. J. Langer(3)\nA. J. Liebling(9)\nA. J. McLean(7)\nA. J. Muste(2)\nA. Philip Randolph(12)\nA. R. Ammons(26)\nA. Whitney Brown(7)\nAaliyah(28)\nAaron Allston(19)\nAaron Brown(5)\nAaron Burr(3)\nAaron Carter(4)\nAaron Copland(7)\nAaron Eckhart(38)\nAaron Latham(1)\nAaron McGruder(15)\nAaron Neville(24)\nAaron Siskind(2)\nAaron Sorkin(13)\nAaron Spelling(19)\nAaron Stanford(1)\nAaron Yoo(3)\nAbbey Lincoln(8)\nAbbie Hoffman(20)\nAbe Fortas(2)\nAbe Lemons(9)\nAbe Vigoda(1)\nThomas Sowell Quotes\nThe real minimum wage is zero.\nPeople who identify themselves as conservatives donate money to charity more often than people who identify themselves as liberals. They donate more money and a higher percentage of their incomes.\nCharity Liberals Money People\nToo much of what is called \"education\" is little more than an expensive isolation from reality.\nIsolation Reality\nThe least productive people are usually the ones who are most in favor of holding meetings.\nMeetings People\nMistakes can be corrected by those who pay attention to facts but dogmatism will not be corrected by those who are wedded to a vision.\nAttention Facts Mistakes Vision Will\nThe most basic question is not what is best, but who shall decide what is best.\nOne of the most pervasive political visions of our time is the vision of liberals as compassionate and conservatives as less caring.\nCaring Liberals Time Vision Visions\nIt is amazing that people who think we cannot afford to pay for doctors, hospitals, and medication somehow think that we can afford to pay for doctors, hospitals, medication and a government bureaucracy to administer it.\nBureaucracy Doctors Government Hospitals People\nEach new generation born is in effect an invasion of civilization by little barbarians, who must be civilized before it is too late.\nCivilization Effect\nThe Massachusetts Institute of Technology accepts blacks in the top ten percent of students, but at MIT this puts them in the bottom ten percent of the class.\nClass Students Technology\nStopping illegal immigration would mean that wages would have to rise to a level where Americans would want the jobs currently taken by illegal aliens.\nAmericans Jobs Wages Want\nWhat 'multiculturalism' boils down to is that you can praise any culture in the world except Western culture \u2013 and you cannot blame any culture in the world except Western culture.\nBlame Culture Praise World\nMuch of the social history of the Western world, over the past three decades, has been a history of replacing what worked with what sounded good.\nHistory Past World\nPeople who have time on their hands will inevitably waste the time of people who have work to do.\nPeople Time Waste Will Work\nBoth free speech rights and property rights belong legally to individuals, but their real function is social, to benefit vast numbers of people who do not themselves exercise these rights.\nExercise Free speech Numbers People Property Rights\nImagine a political system so radical as to promise to move more of the poorest 20% of the population into the richest 20% than remain in the poorest bracket within the decade? You don't need to imagine it. It's called the United States of America.\nAmerica Population Promise Radical states United\nWould you bet your paycheck on a weather forecast for tomorrow? If not, then why should this country bet billions on global warming predictions that have even less foundation?\nCountry Global warming Tomorrow Weather\nThe march of science and technology does not imply growing intellectual complexity in the lives of most people. It often means the opposite.\nComplexity March People Science Technology\nThe most fundamental fact about the ideas of the political left is that they do not work. Therefore we should not be surprised to find the left concentrated in institutions where ideas do not have to work in order to survive.\nFact Ideas Order Work\nWhat is ominous is the ease with which some people go from saying that they don't like something to saying that the government should forbid it. When you go down that road, don't expect freedom to survive very long.\nFreedom Government People Road Saying\nThe problem isn't that Johnny can't read. The problem isn't even that Johnny can't think. The problem is that Johnny doesn't know what thinking is; he confuses it with feeling.\nFeeling Thinking\nThe people made worse off by slavery were those who were enslaved. Their descendants would have been worse off today if born in Africa instead of America. Put differently, the terrible fate of their ancestors benefitted them.\nAmerica Fate People Slavery Today\nThe big divide in this country is not between Democrats and Republicans, or women and men, but between talkers and doers.\nCountry Democrats Republicans Women\nIf the battle for civilization comes down to the wimps versus the barbarians, the barbarians are going to win.\nBattle Civilization\nPrices are important not because money is considered paramount but because prices are a fast and effective conveyor of information through a vast society in which fragmented knowledge must be coordinated.\nInformation Knowledge Money Society\nIt takes considerable knowledge just to realize the extent of your own ignorance.\nIgnorance Knowledge\nIt is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong.\nBeing Decisions People Wrong\nActually lowering the cost of insurance would be accomplished by such things as making it harder for lawyers to win frivolous lawsuits against insurance companies.\nLiberals seem to assume that, if you don't believe in their particular political solutions, then you don't really care about the people that they claim to want to help.\nCare Help Liberals People Want\nTalkers are usually more articulate than doers, since talk is their specialty.\nThe next time some academics tell you how important diversity is, ask how many Republicans there are in their sociology department.\nDiversity Republicans Time\nThere are few things more dishonorable than misleading the young.\nLiberalism is totalitarianism with a human face.\nYou will never understand bureaucracies until you understand that for bureaucrats procedure is everything and outcomes are nothing.\nNothing Will\nThe first lesson of economics is scarcity: there is never enough of anything to fully satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics.\nEconomics First Politics Want\nTariffs that save jobs in the steel industry mean higher steel prices, which in turn means fewer sales of American steel products around the world and losses of far more jobs than are saved.\nAmerican Jobs Sales World\nSocialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it.\nFailure Socialism\nCapitalism knows only one color: that color is green; all else is necessarily subservient to it, hence, race, gender and ethnicity cannot be considered within it.\nCapitalism Gender Race\nPeople who enjoy meetings should not be in charge of anything.\nThe simplest and most psychologically satisfying explanation of any observed phenomenon is that it happened that way because someone wanted it to happen that way.\nMystical references to society and its programs to help may warm the hearts of the gullible but what it really means is putting more power in the hands of bureaucrats.\nHelp May Power Society\nThere are only two ways of telling the complete truth \u2013 anonymously and posthumously.\nThe real goal should be reduced government spending, rather than balanced budgets achieved by ever rising tax rates to cover ever rising spending.\nBudgets Goal Government Tax\nIf you have always believed that everyone should play by the same rules and be judged by the same standards, that would have gotten you labeled a radical 60 years ago, a liberal 30 years ago and a racist today.\nLiberal Play Radical Rules Today Years\nIf you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.\nCivilization Force\nThe welfare state is not really about the welfare of the masses. It is about the egos of the elites.\nState Welfare\nFacts do not speak for themselves. They speak for or against competing theories. Facts divorced from theories or visions are mere isolated curiosities.\nFacts Theories Visions\nLike a baseball game, wars are not over till they are over. Wars don't run on a clock like football. No previous generation was so hopelessly unrealistic that this had to be explained to them.\nBaseball Football\nBalanced budget requirements seem more likely to produce accounting ingenuity than genuinely balanced budgets.\nOne of the common failings among honorable people is a failure to appreciate how thoroughly dishonorable some other people can be, and how dangerous it is to trust them.\nFailure People Trust\nProfession: Economist\nBirth Date: 30th Jul, 1930\nThomas Sowell (born June 30, 1930) is an American economist and social theorist who is currently Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University.\nSowell was born in North Carolina, but grew up in Harlem, New York. He dropped out of high school and served in the United States Marine Corps during the Korean War. He received a bachelor's degree, graduating magna cum laude from Harvard University in 1958 and a master's degree from Columbia University in 1959. In 1968, he earned his doctorate in economics from the University of Chicago.\nSowell has served on the faculties of several universities, including Cornell University and University of California, Los Angeles. He has also worked for think tanks such as the Urban Institute. Since 1980, he has worked at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. He writes from a libertarian conservative perspective, advocating supply-side economics. Sowell has written more than thirty books (a number of which have been reprinted in revised editions), and his work has been widely anthologized. He is a National Humanities Medal recipient for innovative scholarship which incorporated history, economics and political science.\nSource: Wikipedia.com","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"With more than 4 months left, 2016 in Chicago nears last year's gun violence level\nChicago police officers work on the scene where three officers were shot in the 3700 block of West Polk Street on March 14 in the Homan Square neighborhood of Chicago.\nBy Alexandra Chachkevitch | Chicago Tribune\nAnother violent weekend in Chicago left seven people dead and at least 49 others wounded, including a young girl shot in the wrist while attending a vigil for a 14-year-old boy killed early Sunday in Austin.\nSo far this year, more than 2,700 people have been shot in Chicago, according to data kept by the Tribune. All of last year there were 2,988 shooting victims.\nThe number of homicides through this year's first eight months is around 460, nearly 30 killings shy of the total for all of 2015.\nThe most violent stretch of this past weekend was from Saturday afternoon through early Sunday, when at least 26 people were shot, four of them fatally.\nOne of those killed was 14-year-old Malik Causey. He was shot to death around 4 a.m. in the 5500 block of West North Avenue in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side. He died less than a mile from his home in the 1300 block of North Menard Avenue, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.\nTwo people were killed and at least 13 others were wounded Sunday afternoon and evening, including a girl shot in the wrist as she attended a vigil for the 14-year-old in the 1600 block of North Major Avenue in Austin.\nFamily gave her age as 7, but police said she was 8.\nAnother person was killed and at least 13 people were wounded in shootings from Friday afternoon through Saturday morning.\n(c) 2016 the Chicago Tribune\nVisit the Chicago Tribune at www.chicagotribune.com\nDistributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Waverly Business Lawyers\nSelling a Business Attorneys in Waverly\nSelling a Business in New York\nFind the right Selling a Business attorney in Waverly, NY\nAfter years of work in a business, it can be quite profitable to sell it. Being acquired by a larger company is something that many hope for. The process of selling a business is rarely a simple one, however. Federal and New York laws govern the areas of mergers, acquisitions, negotiations and securities exchanges, and they must be followed for the transaction to have legal effect.\nHow Do I Sell a Business?\nObviously, the initial step in selling a business is to either receive an offer or solicit one. In Waverly, purchase agents do more than simply find buyers. They also lend advice about which offers are worthwhile to consider. Deciding the correct value for the rights you are selling is critical in this process. To do this, financial statements must be updated and prepared to comply with New York and Federal law. Finally, an agreement will be reached in the form of a written contract. All parties should review the contract to ensure that it reflects a complete understanding of what the parties have agreed.\nWhat Will I Give Up in the Business?\nThe sale of a business is simply the transfer of a right known as \"control\". The party with control of a business directs its operations and may use the business property as it sees fit. The buyer of a business in Waverly may be interested only in control of the business, and other rights within the company may not be as important. Buyers are typically looking for the cheapest route to control, and this may allow the seller to retain other rights such as the right to future earnings. Negotiations during the sales process are essential, and they should be used as an opportunity to voice fully each party's intentions and concerns.\nNew York law places certain requirements on parties selling a business. Making the sale run properly and smoothly is much easier with the advice of a local lawyer practicing in Waverly.\nWaverly Breach of Contract Attorneys\nWaverly Business Dispute Lawyers\nWaverly Business Law Attorneys\nWaverly Contract Review Lawyers\nWaverly Incorporation Attorneys\nWaverly Business Law Lawyer\nWaverly Buying a Business Attorney\nWaverly Contract Drafting Lawyer\nWaverly Entertainment Law Attorneys\nWaverly LLC Lawyers\nSelling a Business Lawyers in Saratoga County\nSelling a Business Lawyers in Plattsburgh\nSelling a Business Lawyers in Suffern\nSelling a Business Lawyers in Clifton Park\nSelling a Business Lawyers in Westbury\nSelling a Business Lawyers in Bayport\nSelling a Business Lawyers in Cold Spring Harbor\nSelling a Business Lawyers in Utica","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Home News Two local companies receive sizeable grants from NOHFC\nTwo local companies receive sizeable grants from NOHFC\nIsabel Mosseler\nL-R: SF Brush and Contracting president Andr\u00e9 Larcher, past-president (retiring) Gerry Larcher, Northern Development, Mines, Natural Resources and Forestry Greg Rickford, SFBC general manager Monique Robitaille and Timiskaming-Cochrane PC candidate Bill Foy attend a funding announcement for two local companies on March 25.\nOntario's Minister of Northern Development, Mines, Natural Resources and Forestry (MNDNRF), Greg Rickford, was in town Friday, March 25, to announce funding of $460K through the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC) to two West Nipissing businesses. Sturgeon Falls Brush and Contracting (SFBC) received $400K to purchase new equipment to assist in diversifying their operations, while Best Blasting Mats received $61,333 to upgrade its facility and purchase new equipment to introduce three new product lines.\nThe announcement was made at the headquarters of Sturgeon Falls Brush and Contracting in Sturgeon Falls, with general manager Monique Robitaille welcoming everyone. \"As a small forestry and harvesting sector, we are proud to have such recognition\u2026 We decided to fill out an NOHFC application to help finance the newer equipment to be more efficient at what we do best.\" She noted that the new efficiencies will reduce fuel consumption and help maintain a viable operation. SFBC specializes in land clearing.\nPresident Andr\u00e9 Larcher, who represents the third generation in the family business, thanked Minister Rickford and the NOHFC for \"believing in our goals and direction\", helping in \"replacing the older equipment with state-of-the-art technologies which will allow us to become environmentally friendly, efficient, competitive, but most of all safe. We will save half a million dollars annually and our operations of harvesting will be able to do 70,000 cubic metres of sustainable forest per year.\" He also hinted that further news is coming in the near future.\nMinister Rickford, who hails from Kenora-Rainy River, took the opportunity to introduce William Foy, PC candidate for Timiskaming-Cochrane, and proceeded to describe his party's vision for the economy of northern Ontario. \"Of the 3 biggest expansion areas in Ontario, top three are in northern Ontario \u2013 Claybelt included\u2026 13 million people in 200,000 square km of land in the province depend on 1 million of us in 800,000 kilometres in the great republic of northern Ontario: forestry, mining or agriculture\u2026 We have been in such an extraordinary opportunity to be integrated into the southern Ontario supply chain.\"\nHe spoke to the party's market development strategy; \"From exploration to electric energies and everything in between, northern Ontario is going to move beyond resource extraction activities.\" Rickford noted that the global strife in Ukraine is having impact and does hold opportunity for this area to play an important role. \"Nobody is going to be buying birch hardwood plywood from Russia, so Cochrane is in an enviable position. It's unfortunate that what is going on in Ukraine is bringing this to light.\" He said that many jurisdictions, including the USA, are looking towards northern Ontario to fulfill their needs.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Streetplay Discussion Archive\nKicking it 1999 style\nDiscussion Archive Home (this site)\nStreetplay Discussion Group on Facebook\nStreetplay.com\nStreetplay on Facebook\nStreetplay on Twitter\nSpaldeen games\nAce King Queen\nBox Baseball\nBoxball\nCurbball\nHalfball\nOther Spaldeen games\nPunchball\nStickball\nStickball rules\nStoopball\nWallball \/ Off the Wall\/Point\nClap and Rhyme\nJumprope\nBocce etc.\nHit the penny \/ stick \/ etc.\nJohnny on the Pony\nRingoleavio\n1999 Stickball Classic\nStreet Lifestyle\nHula hoops & pogo sticks\nHome\u2192Locales\u2192Philadelphia\u2192Grew up in Port Richmond\u2026\u2026\n\u2190 Grew up in Port Richmond\u2026\u2026\ndoes anyone have a copy of\u2026 \u2192\nGrew up in Port Richmond\u2026\u2026\nStreetplay Discussion Archive Posted on November 18, 2008 by Streetplay Discussions October 18, 2014\nOriginal author: Jim Milligan\nGrew up in Port Richmond\u2026 probably the last generation to ever play these games. 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{"text":"Will PUBG Mobile be banned? All you need to know\nThere are reports that the government is considering a ban on another 275 apps. Unfortunately for PUBG Mobile fans, the online multiplayer game is believed to be part of this list of 275 apps\nBusinessToday.In | August 3, 2020 | Updated 11:28 IST\nPUBG Mobile fans are in for rough days as the government is considering a ban on the online multiplayer battle royale game. After the government banned 59 Chinese apps on June 29, it announced on Monday that 47 more Chinese apps have also been banned. These apps are mostly clones of the previously banned apps such as CamScanner. However, there are reports that the government is considering a ban on another 275 apps. Unfortunately for PUBG Mobile fans, the online multiplayer game is believed to be part of this list of 275 apps.\nPUBG or PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds is one of the most popular mobile games to have come out in the last few years. It is particularly popular in India where the game has been downloaded 175 million times.\nHowever, there is stil confusion around the origin of the app. Many believe that it is a South Korean mobile game while some claim it is Chinese. Let's look at the facts.\nIs PUBG a Chinese product?\nPUBG was developed by a South Korean video game company called Bluehole. It was officially released in 2017 and quickly became the most popular mobile gaming app across the world. Soon after China's largest multinational conglomerate Tencent bought a considerable stake (11.5%) in the popular game and later even developed a mobile version of the game.\nDifference between PUBG and PUBG Mobile\nLike many other online multiplayer games, PUBG is available on both PC and mobile phones\/tablets.\nThe mobile phone version of the game is called PUBG Mobile. The PC version of the game was created by Bluehole alone while PUBG Mobile was developed by Bluehole in partnership with Tencent Games, a subsidiary of Tencent. BlueHole has complete ownership of the PC version of the game.\nTencent is the official publisher of PUBG Mobile. They had launched it for the global markets back in 2018 and it became an instant sensation. To say that the game is a Chinese product would not be factual.\nPrivacy Policy of PUBG Mobile\nAccording to PUBG's official privacy policy, the game has servers in India where the data of the Indian users get stored. The company has servers in China. Aside from India and China, the company also has servers in the US and Singapore. The question here arises whether data of Indian users is being stored on Chinese servers. The company has maintained that such is not the case.\nThird-party data sharing policy\nAccording to PUBG Mobile, the company is free to share user data with any of its third-party apps. The terms and conditions of the game allow the company to share user data with third-party apps but it also takes responsibility that personal information of the users will not be disclosed by its third-party apps.\nTill now, there have been no reports of misuse of user data by PUBG Mobile. However, parents across the world have been complaining that their children have been spending too much time on the app and have even demanded that the game should be banned. Pakistan had banned the app for this exact reason on July 1 but the ban was soon lifted following a court order.\nAlso Read: Govt tweaks FDI rules; NRIs can now acquire up to 100% stake in Air India\nAlso Read: India's crackdown on Chinese apps irks China, vows to protect firms' interests\nTags: PUNG mobile ban news | pubg mobile ban use news | PUBG mobile ban use news | PUBG mobile ban news | Bluehole | Tencent Games | Tencent\nWill PubG be banned in India? Memes break internet as popular game comes under govt radar\nCoronavirus pandemic: West Bengal extends two-day weekly lockdown till August 31\nTaking helm of divided nation, US President Joe Biden calls for end to 'uncivil war'\nAir India, BPCL disinvestment hits COVID, oil price hurdles\nDelhi govt's new excise policy threatens local liquor manufacturers\nHarassment in fintech loan recovery: Why onus is on borrowers too\nCanon EOS R1 flagship camera may arrive soon with quad-pixel AF and global shutter\nAirtel launches data add-on plans at Rs 78 and Rs 248, check all offers\nFujifilm UK combines photo operations into single Imaging Solutions due to COVID-19\nRealme X7, X7 Pro teasers hint at imminent India launch: What to expect\nCanon Powershot AI camera likely to be announced soon","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Following concerns about the use of mesh as part of the surgical treatment of vaginal prolapse and urinary incontinence, a Senate Inquiry into the number of women in Australia who have had transvaginal mesh implants and related matters was held. The report on its findings was released on 28 March 2018. ACT Health has incorporated the findings and recommendations of this report into our response.\nOn 30 November 2017, the Therapeutic Goods Administration removed a number of mesh products whose sole use is the treatment of pelvic organ prolapse via transvaginal implantation from the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods. The TGA has established a Transvaginal (urogynaecological) surgical mesh hub webpage for consumers.\nThe Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (the Commission) has developed a number of guidance documents for patients, clinicians and for health service organisations. More information can be found here.\nThe ACT Health response:\nContact process (complete):\nIn 2018, ACT Health sent letters to all women who had been identified as having undergone surgery or treatment of this type at both Canberra Hospital and Calvary Public Hospital, within the past 20 years, to notify them of the issue and the options available to them if they were concerned.\nReview process (complete):\nWomen from the contact process who had concerns have been reviewed at both the Canberra Hospital and Calvary Public Hospital Gynaecology Outpatient Departments.\nOngoing use of TGA approved mesh 'tapes', 'slings' or 'hammocks' used for Stress Urinary Incontinence (SUI) by doctors credentialed to perform the procedures.\nACT Pelvic Mesh Service\nCanberra Health Services has established a dedicated multidisciplinary team-based service for ACT women experiencing complications that may be related to pelvic mesh. The team includes dedicated medical, nursing, pelvic physiotherapy and pain psychology staff.\nInclusion criteria, woman or person:\nWho underwent surgery for transvaginal mesh (TVM) in the ACT and are experiencing mesh related complications such as mesh erosion, pelvic pain, painful sex, abnormal vaginal bleeding and recurrent infections\nWho underwent surgery for TVM outside the ACT but now resides in the ACT\nRequesting\/requiring review as part of the contact process conducted in the ACT who received a letter from an ACT health service in regards to having had a mesh procedure (letters sent 2018\/19)\nReferrals for women who reside in areas surrounding the ACT will be considered (if travel to Sydney would be problematic).\nNB. Transvaginal mesh includes polypropylene mesh used for pelvic organ prolapse and 'slings', 'tapes' or 'hammocks' used to treat stress urinary incontinence (SUI). Includes prospective SUI procedures using transvaginal mesh.\nWomen who had transvaginal mesh related surgery in a state or territory outside of the ACT and who reside outside the ACT.\nWomen who underwent surgery for pelvic organ prolapse or urinary incontinence but did not have transvaginal mesh or tape implanted during their surgery.\nAbdominal mesh\nAccessing the service - Referrals should be addressed to 'Dr Roopendra Banerji \u2013 Pelvic Mesh Clinic' at the Gynaecology Outpatient Department at the Canberra Hospital. Fax referrals to (02) 5124 3834 (Gynaecology Outpatient Department, Centenary Hospital for Women and Children, Canberra Health Services).\nEnquires: Phone: 5124 7474 (Admin support).Email: Meshreview@act.gov.au\nGeneral Practitioners are requested to include in their referral background information about the mesh procedure undertaken, surgeon and hospital (if known) and the current concerns or complications (e.g. erosion, infection, bleeding, pain). Please also include any investigations or information on related procedures.\nNB. All patients requiring further investigation for potential mesh removal will be referred to the Urogynaecology Service at Westmead Hospital, Sydney.\nPage last updated on: 4 Feb 2021","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Contradictory Headlines, Pt 1: GFW Marketplace Closing\n16th August 2013 \/ 2:00PM\nGames For Windows Live \u2013 Microsoft's heinous piece of burdenware that dragged down even the best of games \u2013 hasn't been much of A Thing for a while, but some vestiges remain. Like the human appendix and pretty much every part of a platypus, however, they don't really serve a purpose anymore. So the Games For Windows marketplace, which you may remember from such hits as that time they halfheartedly turned it into a Steam clone and that other time it got vomited back into existence by an Xbox? Come next week, it's history.\nFittingly, given Microsoft's apparent commitment to the service, the marketplace's death knell came with neither a bang nor a whimper. I'm not even sure if dogs could hear it.\n\"As part of the upcoming Xbox 360 system update, Microsoft Points will be retired, and the Xbox.com PC marketplace will be closed as of August 22, 2013. We encourage you to spend your Microsoft Points balance prior to this change. Although you will not be able to purchase new games, you can continue to enjoy previously purchased content by downloading them through the Games for Windows LIVE client software as usual.\"\nSo GFWL will continue to exist, which is a bummer \u2013 but also a fairly inconsequential one these days. That said, there have been rumblings that a couple of its best-loved victims, BioShock 2: Minerva's Den and Batman: Arkham City, are about to remove their GFWL requirements. So everybody wins.\nWell, except those of you with unspent Microsoft Points. But hey, you can still use them on, um, full-price versions of games you already own. Or, er, the largely defunct Age of Empires Online. See? Options. Glass half-full! Positivity!\nOK yeah, Microsoft really doesn't give a shit about PC at all anymore, does it? But wait, I have heard a resounding blast from RPS' patented News Horn that suggests the exact opposite. How strange. More very, very soon.\nTagged with Games For Windows Marketplace, Microsoft, Windows, Xbox.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Mon May 4\nSchools have been ideological battlegrounds in the past. In the coronavirus crisis, they are again\nWritten by Chris Wallace, Visiting Fellow, School of History, ANU., Australian National University\nConflict between the federal and state governments broke into the open yesterday when Education Minister Dan Tehan attacked, and later apologised to, a premier over a sensitive element of the coronavirus pandemic's management: school education.\nThe episode saw Tehan strenuously criticise Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews over his government's refusal to allow face-to-face teaching for all students to resume in the state's schools.\nTehan's attack not only breached Prime Minister Scott Morrison's advice so far in the pandemic that Australians should follow their premiers' advice, but also, embarrassingly, came as the Victorian government announced that a Melbourne teacher had tested positive to COVID-19, with the resulting closure of the Meadowglen Primary School.\nSchools should be peaceful sites for the education and development of our children \u2013 at least, that's the ideal. For the past half-century, they have instead often been flashpoints for philosophical and political struggles that capitalise on the ferocious passion of parents wanting what's best for their children.\nTehan's intervention yesterday was a miscalculated escalation of the campaign the Morrison government began last week to pressure reluctant state governments to resume face-to-face teaching in government schools. It is something only the states can authorise, since they have constitutional authority over school education.\nThe Morrison government is also using its spending power in the private system to pressure private schools to do the same.\nRead more: View from The Hill: So you wanted to spend more time with the kids?\nFederal health advisers say face-to-face teaching is safe, judging on balance that its educational benefit outweighs what so far appears to be a modest health risk for most children. However, the resumption of face-to-face teaching is not merely a matter of teachers and children in classrooms. It's also a trigger for mass people movement at a time the lockdown has not completed its job.\nAs Andrews said last week:\nThe vast majority of people know and understand that a million kids, from the Catholic, government and independent sector, roaming around Victoria going to and from school, tens of thousands of teachers, hundreds of thousands of parents doing drop-offs and pick-ups \u2013 that's hardly staying at home, is it? It's hardly consistent with doing anything other than spreading the virus.\nThe stand-off is the result of a steady shift over five decades in the pattern of school funding in Australia. Cheryl Saunders, emeritus professor of law at the University of Melbourne, argues it has led to a \"bizarre division between the governance arrangements for public and private schools that \u2026 is now becoming unsustainable\".\nShe believes the conflict between the public health regulations being laid down by state governments to contain the spread of COVID-19, and the grant conditions being laid down by the Morrison government to pressure private schools back to face-to-face teaching, is ripe for a constitutional legal challenge.\nHistorically in Australia, government funding only went to free and secular public schools. The federal government, lacking constitutional responsibility for school education, did not fund them at all.\nConservative prime minister Robert Menzies broke with that tradition in 1964, initiating \"state aid\" for non-government schools. Two years later, at Gough Whitlam's instigation, the Labor opposition changed its policy in that direction too.\nDemographic as well as political factors drove this change. The post-war baby boom triggered a rapid expansion in school numbers that state governments, along with the Catholic school system, struggled to finance. Overcrowding and under-resourcing were rife.\nFederal governments of both political persuasions sent money to the states for schools in the form of \"tied grants\", with conditions attached. State governments were not compelled to accept the conditions attached to the grants, but if they did not, the money could be withheld. This system of tied grants over time vastly expanded federal spending on schools, but it did not change the federal government's position from one of influence to one of authority over them.\nThere was also a profound difference between the Coalition and Labor approach to school funding. Coalition governments explicitly, and over time aggressively, favoured private schools. In contrast, Labor adopted a \"needs-based\" approach, allocating funding according to student need, irrespective of whether a school was government or private.\nLiberal prime minister John Howard lavishly expanded private school spending. The dramatic growth in religious schools under his government, from Christian fundamentalist through to traditional Islamic schools, hastened the fragmentation of the Australian school system. Despite declining religious faith in Australia overall, taxpayers subsidise one of the highest concentrations of religious schools of any country in the developed world.\nOnce established, bloated federal spending on private schools has proved hard to unwind by the occasional Labor politician brave enough to propose even relatively modest changes to it. For example, Mark Latham proposed when Labor opposition leader to redistribute money from the richest private schools to needy government and non-government schools. With the LNP in power federally for 18 of the past 24 years, the pattern of massive federal private school spending has been cemented into the budget.\nThe Morrison government's inability to direct schools to resume face-to-face teaching at this point in its management of the COVID-19 pandemic underlines its relative powerlessness, despite its massive spending on them. Saunders' warning about the constitutional fragility of the government's manipulation of grants to non-government schools to force the issue should give it pause for thought.\nRead more: Sending children back to school during coronavirus has human rights implications\nThe contemporary history of the coronavirus crisis shows the premiers' cautious approach overall has in any case been correct to date.\nThe decision in March of NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian and Daniel Andrews to get out in front of the federal government's foot-dragging over a lockdown gave Morrison little choice but to pivot behind the two biggest states on the issue.\nThe premiers' informally coordinated action spurred a shift in federal stance that undoubtedly saved many lives. It also saved the Morrison government from the political embarrassment of what in retrospect was clearly a catastrophic crisis management misstep in the making.\nThe premiers may well be right, too, about holding off a bit longer on the resumption of face-to-face teaching at this point in the coronavirus curve.\nAuthors: Chris Wallace, Visiting Fellow, School of History, ANU., Australian National University\nRead more https:\/\/theconversation.com\/schools-have-been-ideological-battlegrounds-in-the-past-in-the-coronavirus-crisis-they-are-again-137250\nWhy we're making no progress tackling the exploitation of migrant workers\nOn Tuesday night, SBS' Insight program aired concerns about temporary migrant labour exploitat\u2026\nCourts are regulating the class action funding industry where the government has failed to act\nThird party litigation funding, once illegal, is now on the rise in Australia and the courts are ste\u2026\nUnfazed by court cases, downloaders continue, but turn to hiding their tracks\nPirates ContinueThe assault on illegal downloaders by the movie industry last week was put forward a\u2026\nWhy the government's proposed facial recognition database is causing such alarm\nAndrew Hastie said the broad objectives of the identity-matching system were sound, but key changes \u2026\nAustralia doesn't have too many universities. Here's why\nUniversities under serious financial and enrolment pressure that cannot negotiate the time to build \u2026\nHow women historians smashed the glass ceiling\nClare Wright: one of many women historians carving a role as a public intellectual.Dan Himbrechts\/AA\u2026\nHow earning the right to an opinion on the Internet makes it that much more valuable\nRating the ratersflickr\/jvleis, CC BY-SAOf all of the things that people do online, the act of offer\u2026\nAs Scott Morrison heads to Washington, the US-Australia alliance is unlikely to change\nWes Mountain\/The Conversation, CC BY-NDPrime Minister Scott Morrison's official visit to Washi\u2026\nHow the law failed three children and their families in the Bowraville murder case\nProtestors rally in Sydney after a court rejected a possible retrial bid in the Bowraville murder ca\u2026\nHow I discovered the Dalveen Blue Box, a rare eucalypt species with a sweet, fruity smell\nTim Collins classifying a new species of eucalyptus tree, Eucalytus dalveenica, March 2019. 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{"text":"(-) Activism \/ Advocacy\n(-) Bible Women\nWorking Towards Mutuality as a Mark of Christian Identity: A Case of the Work of the African Church for Biblical Equality\nBy Emily Onyango | August 01, 2019\nEmily Onyango discusses the work of the African Church For Biblical Equality towards achieving mutuality of men and women in the church and society as a mark of Christian identity.\nThe Portrait of a Woman in the Old Testament (Finnish, English)\nBy Riitta Keskimaki | October 02, 2018\nIt is good to bear in mind that traditions \u2013 whether Jewish or Christian \u2013 have not always stayed loyal to the biblical truth. Nowhere can this be seen more clearly than in the value and status of women throughout the centuries.\nWomen's Ordination as Pastors: A Middle Eastern Perspective\nBy Anne Zaki | July 31, 2015\nExplores the most prominent biblical, historical, and cultural arguments presented by both sides in the discussion around the ordination of women as pastors in Egypt.\nHow to Argue for Biblical Equality\nBy John G. Stackhouse, Jr. | July 31, 2015\nThis lecture outlines some fundamental issues we must not forget about how people think, and concludes with some practical suggestions about how we should, and shouldn't, argue for biblical equality.\nFree to Love and Free to Serve\nBy Cecilia Yau | July 31, 2005\nThe book of Galatians reminds us we are called to be free, and to use that freedom to serve in love.\nBiblical Equality and Radical Feminism: What is the Difference?\nThis workshop defines various types of feminism and analyzes their similarities and differences.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"The Letter Horror Visual Novel Free Download\nThe Letter Horror Visual Novel Free Download PC Setup\nThe Letter Horror Visual Novel Free Download PC Game setup in single direct link for Windows. It is an awesome Adventure, Horror, Indie, RPG game.\nThe Letter Horror PC Game Overview\nThe Letter PC Game is an interactive, horror, drama visual novel inspired by classic Asian horror films, Ju-ON: The Grudge and The Ring. In this game, your choices will shape and drive the story forward: will you mend a relationship on the verge of collapse, or will you let it fall apart? Will you risk saving them, despite the consequences, or leave them to die a gruesome death? The fate of all the characters is in your hands. Told through an immersive branching narrative, the game puts the players into the shoes of seven characters as they find themselves falling prey to a vicious curse plaguing the Ermengarde Mansion for centuries.\nFeatures of The Letter Horror Visual Novel\nFollowing are the main features of The Letter Horror Visual Novel that you will be able to experience after the first install on your Operating System.\nNon-chronological storytelling with seven chapters, spanning around 500,000 words.\nSeven playable characters with varying personality and approach to difficult situations.\nFull English Voice Acting.\nAnimated backgrounds, CGs and sprites.\nBeautifully painted art style, with over 80 backgrounds and 100 CGs.\nOriginal soundtrack, with opening, ending and true ending theme songs.\nSystem Requirements of The Letter Horror\nBefore you start The Letter Horror Visual Novel Free Download make sure your PC meets minimum system requirements.\nOS: Windows XP\/Vista\/7\/8\/8.1\/10\nClick on the below button to start The Letter Horror Visual Novel Free Download. It is full and complete game. Just download and start playing it. We have provided direct link full setup of the game.\nAdventure, Horror, Indie, RPG","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"10 Must-Read Biographies And Memoirs Of Famous New Yorkers\nPortrait of Billie Holiday, Carnegie Hall, New York, N.Y., between 1946 and 1948) (LOC) (5020400014) | \u00a9 The Library of Congress\/WikiCommons\nIt is no secret that New York City has played a particular role in nurturing some of history's most iconic movers and shakers. Global influence has been an integral part of its landscape, and the city's culture would be nothing without the individuals who possess it. We profile ten must-read biographies and memoirs of some of New York's most prominent figures.\nThe Powerbroker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York by Robert Caro\nRobert Moses was arguably the most powerful man in New York City for four decades. In addition to his contributions of thousands of acres of public parks, hundreds of miles of roads, seven bridges, the UN Headquarters, and Lincoln Center, he at one time held so many government positions that without him, the city would have ceased to function. He often used this influence to bully mayors into fulfilling his wishes \u2014many of which solidified the race and class segregation among New York's neighborhoods. The Powerbroker is as much a story about power and its destructive nature as it is about the famous urban planner who physically shaped the city we know today. Though the book is a 1,300-page commitment, it's so compelling that you won't be able to put it down.\nRobert Moses with Battery Bridge model \u00a9 C.M. Stieglitz, World Telegram staff photographer\/WikiCommons\nMalcolm X: A Life of Reinvention by Manning Marable\nThis scrupulously researched biography digs beneath the surface of Malcolm X's many personas, providing the most complete picture of the fiercely passionate activist to date. Malcolm X is presented as a complex and reflective figure who was a master of reinvention. Marable debunks some popular assumptions such as the exaggerated criminal activity of his youth (presented in his autobiography to make the narrative of his transformation more powerful), and he looks more deeply into Malcom X's split with the Nation of Islam and the facts around his assassination. Malcolm X's more controversial and contradictory qualities are discussed while chronicling what remained constant: his search for truth in his political and spiritual life.\nMalcolm X NYWTS 2a cropped \u00a9 Malcolm_X_NYWTS_2.jpg: Ed Ford, World Telegram staff photographer\/WikiCommons\nWishing on the Moon: The Life and Times of Billie Holiday By Donald Clarke\nThough Billie Holiday's autobiography, Lady Sings the Blues, is the best-known story of the iconic artist's life, Wishing on the Moon serves as a thorough and accurate biography. Granted access to a large collection of interviews with people connected to Billie Holiday throughout her life, Clarke tells the story of a woman beat down by racism, sexism, and drug addiction until her untimely death. He sought to present her a hero as opposed to a troubled victim. While he falls short of this goal, he writes with a great deal of empathy and provides a critical review of her work and its place in both the pop and jazz world.\nBillie Holiday, Downbeat, New York, N.Y., ca. Feb. 1947 (William P. Gottlieb 04251) \u00a9 William P. Gottleib\/WikiCommons\nThe Long Loneliness by Dorothy Day\nSocialist, pacifist, organizer, and co-founder of the Catholic Worker Movement, Dorothy Day was a spiritual and political force to be reckoned with. A journalist by trade, she documented many events of people working in solidarity to create a more just society. The Long Loneliness, written in 1952, delves deep into Day's active inner world. She was constantly reflecting on the principals of her religion and using this inspiration to transform both herself and society. With the significant moments of her life as the backdrop \u2014 her childhood, her first job as a journalist with the New York Call, her imprisonment for demonstrating with women suffragists, her daughter's birth, her founding the Catholic Worker Movement with Peter Maurin \u2014 The Long Loneliness is a deeply personal and engrossing story of one of the great social activists of the 20th century.\nThe First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt by T.J. Stiles\nWhether you revere or revile him, Cornelius Vanderbilt, the man of steamships and railroads, was an undeniable force. From his humble beginnings on Staten Island to his reign as what T.J. Stiles calls 'an unelected king that never pretended to rule for his people,' his biography is as much a story of American economic history as it is of Vanderbilt's life. He lived through the early formative years of the United States, from 20 years after the nation's birth through the Civil War, and this book covers this history as well as his competition with John D. Rockefeller. Some would argue that he is the man responsible for our current version of American capitalism, including corporate consolidation and the widening chasm between the rich and the poor. Whether or not you agree with his ideas, his story is enlightening and remains relevant to contemporary society.\nCornelius Vanderbilt Daguerrotype2 \u00a9 Produced by Mathew Brady's studio, restored by Michel Vuijlsteke\/WikiCommons\nEleanor Roosevelt Volume 1: 1884-1933 by Blanche Weisen Cook\nThe first in a set of three volumes documenting Eleanor Roosevelt's life, Blanche Weisen Cook tells the story of a First Lady who redefined the role, publicly disagreeing with her husband's policies and working tirelessly on behalf of the people. Eleanor Roosevelt Volume 1 covers the early years of Roosevelt's life and the influences of her aristocratic family, which was ravaged by alcoholism and tragedy. Learn of the difficulties of her marriage, and follow her all the way until she reaches the White House. A woman who strove to fight against racism and advance opportunities for women and workers, Mrs. Roosevelt, a powerful and often misunderstood American figure, is demystified in Cook's volumes.\nEleanor Roosevelt cph.3b16000 \u00a9 Underwood & Underwood\/WikiCommons\nZami, a New Spelling of My Name by Audre Lorde\nZami is a study in truth-telling. In what the publisher calls a 'biomythography, combining elements of history, biography and myth', the prose reflects Audre Lorde's poetic prowess (she was New York's Poet Laureate from 1991-1993), while her characters serve as metaphors for the truths she uncovered in her life. The stories of women who shaped her give the reader a glimpse into lesbian life in the West Village during the McCarthy Era in the 1950s \u2013 what feels like a distant past to many of us growing up less than 50 years later. Lorde's world was one where difference was assumed more than it was actually investigated. The result is her story which is firmly rooted in, as well as gracefully transcendent of, her multiple identities as a black lesbian writer. It is a tale of love, loneliness and self-definition that is not to be missed.\nAudre Lorde \u00a9 K. Kendall\/WikiCommons\nAlexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow\nMore than ten years before the runaway success of the Broadway play written in the president's name, there was an over 800-page biography of Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow. Hamilton was a man who grew from a young orphan into a central political figure. A rival of Thomas Jefferson, he was known for his propensity for conflict, which ultimately got him killed in a seemingly baseless duel with Aaron Burr. Chernow extends a sympathetic eye, though, reminding us that Hamilton lived during a time of vicious political attacks. He was also an outspoken abolitionist, a believer of meritocracy, and composed some of George Washington's key correspondence. We also get to see his softer, private side: that of a gentle and loving father.\nAlexander Hamilton portrait by John Trumbull 1806 \u00a9 John Trumbull\/WikiCommons\nJames Baldwin, A Biography by David Leeming\nJames Baldwin was born in Harlem in 1924. He famously fled New York and headed to Paris in 1948, fearing that he wouldn't survive the racism of his home country. A prolific writer, his fiction, nonfiction, drama and poetry chronicle life amidst the backdrop of tumultuous social times. His searing intellect and beautiful prose made him one of the greatest American authors of all times. David Leeming chronicles Baldwin's life in this biography, a respectful and loving portrait of a man who made you believe that no matter the depth of the struggle, you had the strength and resilience to survive it. Though this is not the first biography of Baldwin, it reads as the most true.\nJames Baldwin 37 Allan Warren \u00a9 Allan warren\/WikiCommons\nMy Beloved World by Sonia Sotomayor\nMy Beloved World is Sonia Sotomayor's moving and deftly written memoir of the journey from her childhood in the Bronx to her tenure as a federal district judge in New York. While veering away from explaining her legal philosophies, she gives the reader deep insight into the experiences that created the powerful and hardworking woman who went on to become the first Latina to sit on the Supreme Court. She describes her family and childhood with love and empathy, despite the fact that in many ways \u2014 with the exception of her grandmother \u2014 she was left alone to take care of herself. She also addresses her time at Yale and the repeated accusations that her admission was solely the result of affirmative action. Sotomayor's sharp intellect and strong heart are present on the page, demonstrating the real reasons for her success in this inspiring story.\nSonia Sotomayor in SCOTUS robe crop \u00a9 Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States\/WikiCommons","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Home \u00bb Tag \u00bb World XI\nMarch 11, 2020 in Bangladesh\nAsia XI vs World XI T20I series postponed amid coronavirus fears\nThe Asia XI vs World XI T20I series that was scheduled to be held in Dhaka to celebrate the birth centenary of \u2026 Keep Reading\nMarch 10, 2020 in Faf du Plessis\nAsia XI vs World XI: BCB President confirms schedule; KL Rahul will play one game in T20I series\nThe Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has confirmed that five Indian players will surely be available for Asia XI during the upcoming T20I \u2026 Keep Reading\nMarch 6, 2020 in Bangladesh\nPakistan moves date of one-off ODI against Bangladesh; BCB requests for preparation\nThe Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) obliged to Bangladesh Cricket Board's (BCB) request of preponing the one-off ODI match between Pakistan and Bangladesh, \u2026 Keep Reading\nFebruary 25, 2020 in Pakistan\nAsia XI vs World XI: Here's why Pakistan players have not been picked in Asia XI squad\nIt could be Virat Kohli versus Faf du Plessis in the Asia XI-World XI two-match T20I series that has been organized by \u2026 Keep Reading\nFebruary 25, 2020 in Faf du Plessis\nWorld XI squad to play against Asia XI in T20I series announced\nAfter Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) picked the star-studded Asia XI squad, the Faf du Plessis-led World XI squad was also announced on \u2026 Keep Reading\nFebruary 25, 2020 in Bangladesh\nAsia XI squad to play against World XI in T20I series announced\nThe Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has announced the Asia XI squad for the T20I series against the World XI. The board had \u2026 Keep Reading\nAsia XI vs World XI series schedule announced\nThe two-match T20I series between Asia XI and World XI, slated to be played at Sher-e-Bangla Stadium in Dhaka, has been scheduled \u2026 Keep Reading\n5 Indian players to participate in Asia XI vs World XI T20I series in Bangladesh\nBangladesh will host a T20I series between Asia XI and World XI in March to celebrate the 100th birth anniversary of the \u2026 Keep Reading\nMay 31, 2018 in Carlos Brathwaite\nICC World XI vs West Indies: Squads, time, venue and where to watch\nShahid Afridi-led ICC World XI will take on Carlos Brathwaite's West Indies XI for a star-studded clash in a fund-raising T20 charity \u2026 Keep Reading","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Unusual Events Need an Unusual Response!\nHome\/columns, David Virts\/Unusual Events Need an Unusual Response!\nText: Luke 1:46-56 Mary's Outburst\nQuestion of the Day: How do believers, like Jesus' mother, Mary, give an outburst of praise when God does something spectacular?\nMary had just gone through a time of a much unexpected event and a very unusual happening, and her head must have been spinning. After her encounter with the angel, Gabriel (which would make anyone tremble with fear), she needed to get away and think things through and get her mind around this event, so she had packed up and went to visit her relative, Elizabeth, who herself had gone through a very unusual event herself in being pregnant after she was an old lady, but who also would know how to help her through this time of trial. She may have told Joseph about her encounter with Gabriel, the Holy Spirit coming on her, and now, according to the word of the angel, she was pregnant with the Messiah, but we aren't told anything about that happening.\nSo now here she was ready to enter the house of Elizabeth, and as she did, the baby in Elizabeth's womb literally jumped and gave a vicious kick. Elizabeth, being \"filled with the Holy Spirit\" then blessed Mary and exclaimed \"blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!\" Then she quizzed Mary as to \"why is this granted to me that the mother of my Lord should come to me? For behold, when the sound of your greeting came to my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy. And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what was spoke to her from the Lord.\"\nJoseph hadn't had his dream from the angel of the Lord yet (according to Matthew's account), and their potential marriage hadn't taken place, but here was a woman of great faith who believed the word of the Lord for a most unusual happening to her body! So how did she respond? It was at that point Mary gave this offering of praise to the Lord: \"My whole inner being delights in magnifying the Lord, and my spirit soars rejoicing in God my Savior since he has looked with favor on the humble estate of His servant. From this day on all generations will call me \"richly blessed by God\" because God has done great things for me and has made His holy name to be magnified greatly.\n\"He has proven His mercy toward those who hold Him in high respect and reverence generation after generation; He has shown His powerful arm time and again; He has time and again scattered the proud because of the thoughts of their hearts; He has brought down mighty kings from their lofty position and He has lifted up those who are humble and meek; the rich He has sent away empty; He has come to the aid of Israel again and again by remembering His merciful lovingkindness that He has promised to Abraham and to his descendants forever.\"\nThen we are told that Mary stayed with Elizabeth for three months and then returned to her home. It would take some time for the dust to settle on this spectacular event; so, was she ready to go ahead with her plans to marry Joseph so Jesus would be raised by a godly man? How would he ever come to terms with her pregnancy? Her mind and her world must have been swirling around her as she made that journey (all alone according to the record) back to her home and to Joseph\u2014her beloved husband-to-be. Yet here is the point: she had responded correctly in faith and acceptance, she knew that God would work out all the details of her swirling cyclonic life at this point, and she had given an outburst of praise to God that is still with us 2000+ years later inspiring us to bring praise to God\u2014no matter what has just happened.\nPrayer: O God, may an outburst of praise to You come from our lives when events take an unusual twist and our lives are in a swirl. Teach our faith to be as strong as Mary's was when You show Yourself mighty on our behalf.\nPractical Hint: Prepare your heart in faith for unusual happenings\u2014as you never know what God is up to tomorrow in your life!","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"\u00ab Two Philosophers Win Guggenheims: Campbell, McMahan | Main | More Strangeness about Philosophy in the NY Times \u00bb\nA Moment of Truth for Obama: Will He Replace His Bribed Economic Advisors?\nBy way of background:\nNot surprisingly, Lawrence Summers is convinced that he deserved every penny of the $8 million that Wall Street firms paid him last year. And why shouldn't he be cut in on the loot from the loopholes in the toxic derivatives market that he pushed into law when he was Bill Clinton's treasury secretary? No one has been more persistently effective in paving the way for the financial swindles that enriched the titans of finance while impoverishing the rest of the world than the man who is now the top economic adviser to President Obama.\nIt is especially disturbing that Summers got most of the $8 million from a major hedge fund at a time when such totally unregulated rich-guys-only investment clubs stand to make the most off the Obama administration's plan for saving the banks. The scheme, as announced by Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, a Summers prot\u00e9g\u00e9, is to clean up the toxic holdings of the banks using taxpayer money and then turn them over to hedge funds that will risk little of their own capital. At least the banks are somewhat government-regulated, which cannot be said of the hedge funds, thanks to Summers.\nIt was Summers, as much as anyone, who in the Clinton years prevented the regulation of the hedge funds that are at the center of the explosion of the derivatives bubble, and the fact that D.E. Shaw, a leading hedge fund, paid the Obama adviser $5.2 million last year does suggest a serious conflict of interest. That sum is what Summers raked in for a part-time gig, in addition to the $2.77 million he received for 40 speaking engagements, largely before banks and investment firms....\nSummers was a top adviser to the Democratic presidential candidate last year, and that might have enhanced his speaking fees, which seem to have a base rate of $67,500, the amount he received on each of two occasions when he appeared at Lehman Brothers before that company went bankrupt. Lehman had purchased a 20 percent stake in D.E. Shaw while Summers was employed by the hedge fund, and it would be interesting to know if the subject of the overlapping business came up during Summers' visit to Lehman.\nLehman was only one on an impressive list of top financial firms that consulted Summers during a troubled period. Goldman Sachs was so interested in his thoughts that it paid him more than $200,000 for two talks, even though it soon needed $12 billion in taxpayer bailout funds. Citigroup, which has been going through hard times, managed only a $54,000 fee for a Summers rap. Merrill Lynch could pony up only a scant $45,000 for a Summers appearance last Nov. 12, but that was at a point when Merrill was in deep trouble, with the government arranging its sale. Summers, anticipating an appointment in the administration of the newly elected Obama and perhaps wanting to avoid any embarrassment the fee might bring, decided to turn over the $45,000 to a charity.\nWhy was someone as compromised as Summers made the White House's point man overseeing $2.86 trillion in bailout funds to the financial moguls whom he had enabled in creating this mess and many of whom had benefited him financially? Will no congressional panel ever quiz Summers about his grand theory that the derivatives market required no government supervision because, as he testified to a Senate subcommittee in July of 1998: \"The parties to these kinds of contracts are largely sophisticated financial institutions that would appear to be eminently capable of protecting themselves from fraud and counterparty insolvencies. \u2026 \"\nThe very same executives that Summers had previously assured us could be trusted without any regulation. Why should we now trust Summers any more than we trust them?....If this was happening in a Republican administration, scores of Democrats in Congress would be all over it, asking tough questions about what exactly did Summers do to earn all that money from the D.E. Shaw hedge fund. As it is, with their silence they are complicit in this emerging scandal of the banking bailout.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"A closer look at the Democrats' Iowa Poll results\nJennifer Jacobs\njejacobs@dmreg.com\nHorse race rank: No. 1\nSupport: 45 percent, up from 42 percent\nIt's time for a woman to be president, 80 percent of likely caucusgoers say \u2014 and 42 percent feel strongly about it.\nThe former U.S. secretary of state faces a deep deficit with younger voters, but makes up for it with older voters, who make up a bigger portion of the Democratic electorate.\nClinton captures 65 percent of caucusgoers age 65 and older, while Sanders gets only 27 percent.\nFar more high-income voters prefer Clinton: 57 percent of those with an income of $100,000 or more pick her; 28 percent choose Sanders.\nAnd Clinton wins with 60 percent of caucusgoers who think the system works reasonably well for those who work hard to get ahead, although two-thirds of the Democratic electorate think the system is rigged.\nMORE ON THE IOWA POLL\nGOP: Donald Trump reclaims lead, passes Ted Cruz\nA closer look at the GOP Iowa Poll results\nDemocrats: Hillary Clinton maintains slim edge over Bernie Sanders\nObradovich: Trump, Sanders voters see rigged systems\nHer favorability rating is 81 percent, right behind Sanders at 82 percent. Eighty-six percent have positive feelings about former President Bill Clinton, and 90 percent about President Barack Obama.\nAsked if they'd be enthusiastic if she becomes the nominee, 73 percent said yes \u2013\u2014 and 53 percent are \"very\" enthusiastic.\nThe candidate who would be the oldest president in history upon election fares very well with the youngest Democratic voters in Iowa. Among those under 35, 63 percent give the Vermont U.S. senator their support, and just 27 percent back Clinton.\nFirst-time caucusgoers prefer Sanders (53 percent) over Clinton (34 percent). But this group makes up a relatively small portion of the caucus electorate.\nAmong voters who think the system is rigged against all but the very rich and powerful, Sanders wins with 50 percent, compared with Clinton's 39 percent.\nFifty-one percent say Sanders is the candidate who cares most about people like them.\nGet ready to caucus, how to follow live results\nHe also has an advantage with men: He leads by 5 points. But Clinton overrides that with a 10-point lead with women \u2014 and a majority of the Democratic caucus electorate is female.\nThose without a religious affiliation like Sanders better (67 percent), while 27 percent back Clinton.\nSanders wins with independents, 55 percent to 30 percent.\nLiberals go for Sanders (51 percent) over Clinton (41 percent).\nMARTIN O'MALLEY\nSupport: 3 percent, down from 4 percent\nFully 41 percent don't know enough about O'Malley to rate their feelings toward him. Forty-six percent have positive feelings.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Aug 1, 2020 - Sports\nCardinals-Brewers game postponed again\nJacob Knutson\nDaniel Ponce de Leon delivering a pitch on July 29 against the Minnesota Twins. Photo: Hannah Foslien\/Getty Images\nSaturday's Cardinals-Brewers game in Milwaukee was postponed for a second day in a row after one St. Louis player and three team staffers tested positive for the coronavirus, the New York Times and Washington Post report.\nWhy it matters: So far, its Major League Baseball's 16th postponement of its 2020 season and adds to existing doubts that the season can continue amid the pandemic.\nThe state of play: The St. Louis Cardinals announced that at least two players tested positive for the virus, requiring the delay of the Cardinals-Brewers scheduled for Friday night.\nThe team tested its players prior to the Cardinals-Twins game on July 29 in Minneapolis.\nThe big picture: The Cardinals are the second team to experience an outbreak less than two weeks into the 2020 season.\nThe Miami Marlins have had 20 people, including 18 players, test positive since last Sunday, forcing a pause on its season, CBS Sports reports.\nGo deeper: The labs handling coronavirus testing for pro sports leagues\nKendall Baker, author of Sports\nNov 3, 2020 - Sports\nHow the election could change sports\nIllustration: A\u00efda Amer\/Axios\nThe outcome of the 2020 election will greatly impact the sports world. And through its efforts to increase voter turnout, the sports world could greatly impact the outcome of the 2020 election.\nWhere it stands: College sports are off. The NCAA is requiring that all Division I programs give their student athletes the day off from sports today, an idea that was first introduced in June by Georgia Tech assistant basketball coach Eric Reveno.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Is Cam New England's Stairway to 7?\nThere are only a few free agent signings in the last 20 years of sport (Lebron James to the Heat, Barry Bonds to the Giants, Shaq to the Lakers, A-Rod to the Rangers, Rice to the Raiders) that rival what I believe will become the most impactful signing in the history of the NFL \u2026 Cam Newton coming to the New England Patriots.\nThere have been a few blockbuster free agent signings over the last 20 years \u2026 Lebron James to the Miami Heat may very well top the list.\nThe storylines are endless.\nYou have probably the most dominant franchise in the history of modern sport in the Pats, seemingly abruptly halted with a wild card weekend defeat followed by the departure of their fearless leader and greatest of all time, Tom Brady.\nNever once in the history of the NFL has a team lost a league MVP and acquired a league MVP in the same offseason.\nThere is now a QB race in New England between two former Auburn Tigers who couldn't be any more different.\nThere may not be a more boisterous, off-the-field headache of a QB in the league in Cam Newton, coming into a more business-like team first environment in New England.\nAnd on top of all this, you will have Bill Belichick who will be coaching a team for the first time in 20 years without Tom Brady, who will inevitably answer everyone's question by season's end \u2026 was it the Belichick system or the Goat TB12 responsible for the 6 rings?\nJarrett Stidham has only thrown 4 NFL passes and one of them was a pick 6. Compounded by the fact that he was a 4th round selection and is only 23 years old, many believe Stidham may not be ready. While others, especially close to the organization, maintain Stidham may very well still be the starter when the 20-21 season begins.\nWhy this is a great signing for the Patriots:\nJarett Stidham isn't ready to start. Stidham has thrown a total of 4 passes in the NFL, one of which was a \"Pick-six\" interception. By all accounts, the New England coaching staff is very high on Stidham, but coming in at 23 years old trying to replace the GOAT is a formidable task.\nCam Newton is an upgrade over Brian Hoyer. While Tom was the GOAT, he was not mobile whatsoever. Josh McDaniels and the offense are likely going to change things up quite a bit schematically with a more mobile QB leading the way. The positive about Hoyer was that he knew the Patriots system \u2026 but unfortunately for Hoyer, that system is likely changing now given the personnel.\nCam gives them the best chance to win this season. If healthy, Newton is undeniably the more talented QB (and it's not close). Cam was a former #1 Overall Pick, 3x Pro Bowler and a former MVP. Belichick is a win first type of coach, and Newton (again, if healthy) gives them the best chance to win this season.\nCam Newton was a National Champion and Heisman Trophy Winner at Auburn (coincidentally Stidham's same alma matter), as well as a NFL MVP and 3x Pro Bowler with the Carolina Panthers. If healthy, Newton will be the most talented QB ever to wear a Patriots uniform.\nTrue QB competition this offseason. Many people thought the Pats were going to draft a QB in the draft and yet they held tight. Many thought they were going to make a move earlier in free agency for a guy like Jameis Winston. Competition breeds success and having two legitimate QBs in the mix will make them both better.\nThe Value was absolutely insane. Newton agreed to a one-year deal with a base of $1.05 mill, the minimum salary for a player with his amount of experience (9 years) in the league \u2026 and only half of that money is guaranteed. Now with all the incentives, Newton can earn an additional $5.75 million, creating a max value of the contract of $7.5 million. Low risk, high reward \u2026 it doesn't get any better than that.\nAntonio Brown played in one game as a New England Patriot and cost them $9 million. Needless to say that was an investment did not pay the expected dividends.\nThe Patriots have a history of bringing in controversial, yet talented players over the years . Some have worked (Corey Dillon, Aquib Talib, Randy Moss) and some haven't (Chad \"Ochocinco\" Johnson, Adalius Thomas and most notably and most recently Antonio Brown).\nIt's the most important position in all of sport. It has been the most dominant franchise in the history of sport. And now you have one of the most polarizing talents in the National Football League who has been handed the keys to replace the GOAT.\nThe Greatest Dynasty of All Time\nA sports dynasty is defined very concisely as a \"team or individual that dominates their sport or league for an extended length of time.\" Or more broadly defined by Merriam's Webster Dictionary \"a powerful group that maintains its position for a considerable time.\"\nThe very nature of a dynasty evokes a physiological sense of envy. If you're looking up from the bottom, \"they're cheaters!\" \u2026 and if you're at the top looking down, \"they hate us cuz they ain't us.\" This lofty term could not ring any more true than it does with what now can be considered as one of the greatest professional sports dynasties in the modern sports era \u2026 the New England Patriots.\nTheir story is one from a fairy tale \u2026 their star QB Drew Bledsoe going down against their hated rival (the New York Jets) in 2001, only for their 2nd year, 6th round draft pick QB Tom Brady to survive a snowstorm and invent the \"Tuck Rule\" against Oakland and go on to lead his team to their first ever Super Bowl win in 2001 as a -14 point underdog to the St Louis Rams. Since then, they have not had one losing season, they've won 15 divisional titles and played in 12 AFC Championship games, been to 7 Super Bowls, and are attempting to win their 5th Super Bowl title next Sunday. They've won 196 times (average of 13.75 wins per season) in the regular season since 2001 (next closest is the Colts with 166). In the playoffs, they have 24 victories (9 more than the next closest in the Steelers).\nBrady celebrates after defeating Oakland. The birth of the \"Tuck Rule\" allowed the Pats to maintain the football on a critical drive, setting the stage for Adam Vinatieri and the Patriots to win their first ever Super Bowl Title.\nUndoubtedly, there has been controversy \u2026 whether it was \"Spygate\" in 2007 where Head Coach Bill Belichick was disciplined by the league for videotaping the Jets' defensive coaches' signals from an unauthorized location, or it was \"Deflategate\" in 2015 where Tom Brady was accused of tampering with footballs in the AFC Title game against the Colts. $1 million dollar fines, loss of draft picks, and the suspension of their superstar players. Most recently, there was a rule change surrounding Belichick's deceptive offensive substitution methods which \"unfairly\" confused defenses. Oh and mixed in there, one of their star players was charged with murder and sentenced to life.\nBefore we digress any further, what this conversation should naturally lend itself to is the discussion of whether this Patriots franchise is truly the greatest dynasty in the history of sports or, perhaps more specifically, of the modern sports era?\nComparing dynasties is hard because you're not comparing apples to apples \u2026 and thus there is some wiggle room based on how you evaluate league structure, salary cap constraints, league competitiveness and a number of other variables relative to the number of titles won over a period of time.\nTim Duncan and the San Antonio Spurs are probably the most comparable modern sports dynasty (5 Titles in 17 years from 1999-2014) to the New England Patriots.\nLet's start with the NBA. You have the Boston Celtics who won 11 NBA Championships in the span of 13 years from 1957-69 led by Red Auerbach and Bill Russell. You have MJ's Chicago Bulls who won 6 titles in 8 years (1991 \u2013 98). And most recently the San Antonio Spurs, who have taken 5 NBA Championships in the last 17 years ('99, '03, '05, '07 and '14) under Tim Duncan. The difference between basketball and football is there are 5 players playing at one time for a team versus 11 in football. Historically it has been a sport that has catered to superstars being able to carry their team and thus much easier to dominate, just ask Lebron, MJ, Russell or Magic.\nRed Auerbach, Bill Russell and the Boston Celtics won 11 NBA Championships in 13 years from 1957-1969.\nThe MLB of course belongs to the Bronx Bombers, where the New York Yankees rattled off 16 World Series from 1936-64 in what started with the rise of Joe DiMaggio and ended with the twilight of Mickey Mantle. The caveat here was there weren't any playoffs back then; rather, it was simply the team with the best record who went right to the World Series.\nJoe DiMaggio and Mickey Mantle and the New York Yankees won 16 World Series titles from 1936-64.\nThe NHL's best dynasty was the Montreal Canadians who won 16 Stanley Cup Finals from 1951-1979 \u2026 although at the time there were only 6 teams in the league and thus simply not comparable.\nTwo of the greatest dynasties in sports came from college basketball. John Wooden led the UCLA Bruins to 13 Final Four appearances and won 10 national titles from 1962-76, and on the women's side, Geno Aueriemma has led the UConn Lady Huskies to win 11 of the last 21 national championships. The Lady Huskies have been to nine straight Final Fours and have two separate win streaks of 90 or more games. While these are respectable in their own right, college athletics is simply not comparable to professional sports. The NCAA actually lends itself to \"dynasties\" by its very structure. There is no draft or salary cap, and so when a team wins a championship, they're able to attract the best recruits in the country and consequently you see \"rich get richer\" phenomena \u2026 look at John Calipari's Kentucky Wildcats and Nick Saban's Alabama Tide.\nThe salary cap, the draft, numerous penalties (loss of draft picks, fines, suspensions), countless personnel changes \u2026 and through it all Robert Kraft, Bill Belichick and Tom Brady have built, what should be considered the greatest sports dynasty of the modern era.\nIf you live outside New England you hate them \u2013 the star QB is a little too perfectly polished, he's a little too pretty, he has the supermodel wife, and has been accused of facilitating the deflation of footballs in one game; while the mastermind coach wears ragged hoodies, says absolutely nothing to the media, and has been accused of filming opposing coaches to gain a strategic advantage.\nLove 'em or hate 'em, one cannot ignore the magnitude of what this New England Patriots team has accomplished over the last 16 years. An empire, a dictatorship, a dynasty \u2026 you can call them whatever you want. They win.\nAnd while their diehard fan-base loves coining commandments like \"Do your job\", \"In Belichick, We Trust\" and \"The GOAT\" \u2026 if in fact this Patriots team does beat the Atlanta Falcons and Roger Goodell has to hand them their 5th Super Bowl trophy in 16 years next Sunday, there will be little doubt that this dynasty is the \"Greatest of All Time.\"\nHow the NFL is Doing One Quarter into the 2015 Season\nSo what have we learned after the first quarter of the NFL season? Well first and foremost, the NFL continues its dominance amongst American professional sports as the premier league, not only in this country but also the world.\nIn 2014, the average NFL game drew 68,776 fans, more than 25,000 fans per game than the next-highest league (the German Bundesliga with 43,500). The English Premier League was third at 36,695 and Major League Baseball was fifth at 30,346. So far this year the NFL is right on par as last year at 68,000 fans a game in attendance per game.\nIn terms of television, the league continues to do extremely well. The opening game between the Patriots and the Steelers was the highest ever TV rating for an NFL opening game. The game tied the Vikings and Saints from 2010 with a 17.7 rating, which was up five percent from last season's opening tilt between the Packers and the Seahawks. Given all the media coverage surrounding Tom Brady and Commissioner Rodger Goodell's prior to the game, the record high TV ratings prove that scandal didn't drive fans from the NFL, rather, it brought them in.\nTom Brady and the New England Patriots unveiled their 2014 Super Bowl banner prior to the 2015 NFL season opener against the Pittsburg Steelers.\nThe NFL continued their tradition of playing games across the pond in London this past week when the Miami Dolphins and New York Jets played in the famous Wembley Stadium. This season's international NFL matchup was the second-fastest selling game in the eight year history of the professional football league's International Series. In fact, only the inaugural 2007 matchup that pitted the Dolphins against the New York Giants sold out quicker than this year's game. The tickets to the game ranged from $26.53 to $241.08 according to the NFL UK website as 90% of the ticket holders were reported to be from the UK. These have been extremely lucrative to the league, as last year's three matchups generated an estimated $30 million in revenue. This game was the first of three games to be held at Wembley Stadium this year, with the Bills playing the Jaguars on October 25th, and the Lions playing the Chiefs on November 1st . Both of these games are expected to sell out.\nThe Miami Dolphins played the New York Jets in front of a sold out Wembley Stadium in London, England in Week 4.\nOn the field there are still several, six to be exact, undefeated teams including the Bengals, Packers, Falcons, Panthers, Broncos and of course the Patariots. The New England Patriots Power Rating Index actually ranks this year's team even higher than the 2007 undefeated team. Perhaps the two biggest surprises of those 6 undefeated teams come from the same division, the NFL South with the Atlanta Falcons and the Carolina Panthers both remaining perfect through four games.\nA big talking point among the sports gambling world is the amount of buzz around Draft Kings and Fan Duel. These two startup gambling sites have made a killing from fan to fan wagering surrounding NFL games. DraftKings, a $1.2 billion, Boston-based startup, has raised $375 million in venture capital funding from investors like MLB's venture arm, Melo7 Tech partners, the NHL, and Redpoint Ventures.\nThe two multi-billion dollar online sports gambling companies, Draft Kings and Fan Duel, have stolen the show with the amount of marketing dollars they've poured into the first quarter of the NFL season.\nSince August 1, Draft Kings has spent $81 million on 22,000 ad spots, while Fan-Duel (another billion dollar fantasy sports startup), has spent $20 million on 7,500 advertisement airings according to the Wall Street Journal. The front-end heavy marketing strategy has paid off for DraftKings as they have grown their users from 3 million to 4.5 million over the course of the last month.\nAll the media coverage on the recent surge of both of these sports wagering startups has triggered lots of discussion of legislation changes and other policies being put in place. Both companies have temporarily banned employees from wagering on sports. Meanwhile, much state legislation has been discussed with politicians engaging in conversation about policies of banning online gambling.\nRegardless, the NFL continues to soar as the world's most successful sports league across the vast majority of key performance indicators.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Knights vs Cape Cobras, 20th Match Prediction\nKnights vs Cape Cobras, free match prediction\n22 Apr 2019 | 18:00 | Mangaung Oval, Bloemfontein Mangaung Oval, Bloemfontein\nKnights Vs Cape Cobras betting odds\nMatch abandoned without a ball being bowled (no toss)\nWill the Knights get the chance to finish a game without it being washed out?\nIn the last ten games between the two sides, Cape Cobras have won on nine occasions\nKnights are at the bottom of the points table and haven't won a single game this season\nCape Cobras' David Bedingham and Janneman Malan are in good form in the bat and among the leading run-getters this season\nVenue: Mangaung Oval, Bloemfontein\nToss: To Bat\nRoyal Panda BET NOW!\nThe Knights would be up against the Cape Cobras in the 20th game of the CSA T20 Challenge 2019. The two sides would play at the Mangaung Oval, Bloemfontein. Cape Cobras lost their last game but look to be in good form with four wins in their six games this season. Knights are yet to open their account as they have suffered losses in three games with the remaining three being washed away by rain.\nKnights have a bad record against the Cape Cobras and have lost nine out of the last ten games they have played. Knights would have to play out of their skins to win the next game against the Cape Cobras.\nKnights Preview\nIt was again a washout for Petrus van Biljon's team in their last game against the Lions. They have had three such games this season and it is getting frustrating. The side has lost the other three games they have played and would be desperate for a win. Their last defeat was also against the Cape Cobras and they would be looking to settle scores.\nIn the last game Patrick Kruger did well with the bat and Raynard van Tonder also played a decent knock. But the side has been plagued by the poor form this season with most of the other batsmen not living up to the expectations. In the next game, the team would want to see good batting from Petrus van Biljon, Andries Gous, Ryan McLaren and Grant Mokoena.\nTshepo Ntuli and Shadley van Schalkwyk have done well in the bowling department. There has been good support from Ryan McLaren. The side would, however, depend on Gerald Coetzee and Ottniel Baartman to bowl tighter spells as the two have been leaking lot of runs in previous games.\nKnights Predicted Playing XI:\nRyan McLaren, Shadley van Schalkwyk, Eddie Leie, Petrus van Biljon (c), Grant Mokoena, Tshepo Ntuli , Patrick Kruger, Andries Gous (wk), Ottniel Baartman, Raynard van Tonder, Gerald Coetzee\nAfter a wonderful run that saw them win three back to back games Rory Kleinveldt's side went down against the Warriors in the last game. The skipper won't be too upset though as they fought well to lose the game by a small margin. They had won against the Knights earlier in the season and would look to repeat that success.\nDavid Bedingham, Jason Smith and George Linde played well in the last game with the bat with Linde nearly taking them to victory. Hashim Amla's form is worrying but Janneman Malan has done well in the season. The side bats deep with Vernon Philander in the line-up and have the batting firepower to win the next game.\nBowling performance from the side was poor in the last game. Vernon Philander bowled a great spell to pick five wickets. Rory Kleinveldt has bowled well earlier in the season and would be looking to do well in the next game. Tladi Bokako and George Linde shall have to check the flow of runs in the next game for the side to restrict the Knights batsmen.\nHashim Amla, Janneman Malan, David Bedingham, Kyle Verreynne (wk), Jason Smith, Aviwe Mgijima, George Linde, Vernon Philander, Rory Kleinveldt (c), Nkululeko Serame, Tladi Bokako\nThere are predictions for light showers at Bloemfontein on the 22nd of April. The pitch is good for batting, though the bowlers get good assistance from the surface early on. Having seen rains for the last few days the pitch is expected to be on the slower side and a score around 150 should be competitive here.\nMangaung Oval, Bloemfontein is a good ground for T20 cricket. The pitch offers early assistance to the bowlers but it eases out as the game progresses. The smaller size of the square boundaries also makes it a high scoring venue as the batsmen can hit the ball over the ropes easily.\nIt has been a good ground to put up a big score on the board. The smaller size of the ground helps in this cause. The side winning the toss would like to bat first on this surface and would be looking to put up a big score and defend it.\nThe sides are sitting on the opposite ends of the points table at the moment. While the Cape Cobras have done well so far to win four out of their six games including one against the Knights earlier the latter are yet to register their first win in the season and have looked in bad form. As form currently stands the Cape Cobras would be favorites to win the upcoming game.\nFeatured Bookmaker: Royal Panda, up to 2000 INR Free Bet!\nTop Casino Product\n\u20b92000 Free bet\nRoyal Challengers Bangalore vs Chennai Super Kings, 39th Match Prediction (21 Apr 2019)\nRajasthan Royals vs Delhi Capitals, 40th Match Prediction (22 Apr 2019)","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Marijuana Initiative Features Scientifically Accurate, Credible Messages\nNIDA. (1995, August 1). Marijuana Initiative Features Scientifically Accurate, Credible Messages. Retrieved from https:\/\/archives.drugabuse.gov\/news-events\/nida-notes\/1995\/08\/marijuana-initiative-features-scientifically-accurate-credible-messages\nNIDA. \"Marijuana Initiative Features Scientifically Accurate, Credible Messages.\" National Institute on Drug Abuse, 1 Aug. 1995, https:\/\/archives.drugabuse.gov\/news-events\/nida-notes\/1995\/08\/marijuana-initiative-features-scientifically-accurate-credible-messages.\nNIDA. Marijuana Initiative Features Scientifically Accurate, Credible Messages. National Institute on Drug Abuse website. https:\/\/archives.drugabuse.gov\/news-events\/nida-notes\/1995\/08\/marijuana-initiative-features-scientifically-accurate-credible-messages. August 1, 1995.\nNIDA's most recent Monitoring the Future survey of teenage drug use revealed truly alarming trends. The survey of 8th, 10th, and 12th grade students found drug use increasing in virtually all categories of drugs and at all age levels. Most disturbing to me was the finding that, for the third year in a row, there was a significant increase in marijuana use among 8th grade students. Over the past 3 years, annual use of marijuana by 8th graders has nearly doubled. In 1994, 13 percent said they had smoked marijuana at least once during the previous year.\nThese are 8th graders - 13-year-olds.\nThe NIDA-sponsored survey also found that antidrug perceptions were deteriorating. Fewer students than before now believe smoking marijuana occasionally - or even regularly - is harmful to their health.\nUnless we, as a Nation, do something to correct teens' perceptions and the trend toward increasing levels in the use of marijuana and other drugs, we're headed for serious problems. Marijuana is often the introduction to progressive drug use patterns. For more than 20 years, NIDA-funded long-range studies repeatedly have shown that children and teenagers who use tobacco, alcohol, and particularly marijuana are at increased risk of using other drugs.\nWhen Health and Human Services Secretary Donna E. Shalala announced the 1994 Monitoring the Future survey results last December, she called them an urgent warning of a disturbing trend in drug use among the country's adolescents. In response to this warning, she announced plans for the Secretary's Marijuana Use Prevention Initiative, a nationwide campaign to provide information to teens and parents that would counteract the drug-glamorizing messages our youth now receive from movies, TV, and pop music.\nThat Marijuana Initiative is now under way (see \"NIDA Takes a Lead Role in National Marijuana Initiative\"), and I am gratified that NIDA has been designated to play a key part in providing carefully crafted messages based on scientifically sound knowledge.\nAll of us involved in the campaign know it is critical that each of its messages be solidly based on scientific research findings. To be convincing to teenagers we must fully and honestly present the scientific evidence. And the information must be presented in ways that are readily understandable and convincing to adolescents and applicable to their world. This scientific documentation and communication are at the heart of NIDA's mission.\nMedia efforts, involving national TV networks and other print and broadcast media, will provide information on the dangers of marijuana use and how parents and children can address the problem in their homes, schools, and communities. The campaign is a joint effort in the Department of Health and Human Services involving the Office of the Secretary, NIDA, and the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention. The private sector is also involved, through the Partnership for a Drug-Free America, which makes available the communications expertise of major advertising agencies for public service campaigns against drug abuse.\nNIDA has already prepared informational booklets for both parents and teens warning of the risks of marijuana use. Also in the works are a videotape, \"Marijuana Use: What Parents Can Do,\" and a science-education series of materials for elementary school students.\nThe Marijuana Use Prevention Initiative will show young children, teenagers, and their parents that marijuana is a serious threat to the health and well-being of our youth. Too many parents - who may have themselves experimented with marijuana in their youth - often find it difficult to talk to their children about marijuana use or to lay out strict rules against its use.\nBut marijuana-use circumstances now are different from those remembered by today's parents. These parents should realize that today's children are starting marijuana use at a younger age and that more potent forms of the drug are now available. Parents need to understand that marijuana poses a serious threat to their children's vitality and potential. They need to tell their children not to use it.\nThe Initiative will show how marijuana is harmful by presenting the facts. Real-world scenarios based on scientific evidence will dramatize the risks involved with its use.\nFor example, many people don't realize the extent to which marijuana can interfere with the physical and mental skills needed to safely drive a car, increasing the risk of auto accidents. Youngsters often drink beer or other alcoholic drinks while smoking marijuana, which increases still further the risk of automobile accidents.\nAs NIDA has already shown in its continuing nationwide media campaign for young people, \"Get High, Get Stupid, Get AIDS,\" the Marijuana Initiative will show teens, in the language and media formats that they relate to, the high-risk connection between drug use and the spread of AIDS.\nThe messages will show children and teenagers that if they begin to use marijuana they become vulnerable to impairments in thinking, speaking, listening effectively, problem solving, and forming concepts. They will graphically demonstrate that marijuana can cripple the skills and functions they need to achieve their full potential or even to get a job. They will feature research showing that students do not retain knowledge when they are high from smoking a joint and that their motivation and cognition may be altered by marijuana, hampering their ability to learn.\nWe know that drug abuse is closely tied to increasing rates of crime and violence, family disintegration and related childhood developmental barriers, and death and disease - including the spread of AIDS. In its myriad manifestations, drug abuse can rob young people of their chance for a happy, healthy life. That's why we are undertaking this Initiative that targets an early, formative aspect of drug abuse - marijuana use among children and teenagers.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Jordana Mishory - 03-11-2009\nIt's rare for public officials to push legislation that would limit their own powers, but Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum has drafted companion bills that would do just that.\nSenate Bill 1370 and House Bill 215 would limit the attorney general's authority to contract with private attorneys for litigation and impose a contingency fee cap of $50 million.\nMcCollum wants to maximize the amount of money that goes into state coffers instead of lawyers' pockets in big verdicts and settlements, and business groups have thrown their support behind the proposals.\nDeputy Attorney General Joe Jacquot said the bill would codify procedures the office already follows before \"something happens down the road.\" McCollum has not hired any attorneys on a contingency fee basis since he took office.\n\"It's just good government,\" Jacquot said.\nBut critics contend the proposals could handcuff the attorney general's office. Plaintiffs attorneys contend the state's top lawyer should assemble the most qualified team of attorneys to take on complex cases such as securities and mortgage fraud or claims against pharmaceutical companies. The plaintiffs lawyer group Florida Justice Association is lobbying against the measure.\nLawyers who would be bound by the fee caps say the business support is a red flag.\n\"It begs the question of who are we doing this for,\" said Debra Henley, the association's deputy executive director. \"Are we doing this for the citizens of Florida? Or the industries that might find themselves in positions of harming the state of Florida who want to make sure the best and brightest aren't opposing them?\"\nWilliam Large, head of the business group Florida Justice Reform Institute, said McCollum was elected to represent the state of Florida, and his office is \"best suited\" to file suits to protect its citizens.\n\"When the attorney general is going after a bad actor, there is seldom a conflict between his compensation and doing what is right,\" and the attorney general isn't driven by the need to get a big payday for himself, he said.\nJacquot noted the legislation binds only the attorney general's office. He said the governor's office and other state agencies are free to contract wit attorneys for larger contingency fees. He dismissed concerns the bill is bad just because it has the support of business.\n\"We drafted the legislation in the attorney general's office,\" Jacquot said. \"Once we have a product out there, [the businesses are] welcome to support that, and we'll welcome support for the legislation.\"\nThis is the second year that the proposals have been filed. They stalled in the Senate last year.\nIn addition to the $50 million cap, the bills would require the attorney general to do a thorough assessment of his office's ability to handle cases. If the attorney general determined outside counsel were needed, he would have to explain why in writing and post that explanation and any contracts on his Web site. The bill also sets a sliding formula for contingency fees based on an award or settlement value.\nThe House sponsor, state Rep. Eric Eisnaugle, R-Orlando, said adopting policies with an eye on taxpayer dollars is especially important as the economy falters.\n\"It doesn't limit the state's ability to address grievances or serious problems in any way,\" he said. \"It creates accountability and transparency when the attorney general [contracts with lawyers] and creates a very reasonable aggregate attorney fee.\"\nThe bill is sponsored in the Senate by Mike Fasano, R-New Port Richey. His chief legislative assistant, Gregory Giordano, said the bill would ensure transparency in spending by the attorney general's office.\n\"We're trying to make open to the public every possible area so they know the Legislature is trying to be as responsible as it can with every public dollar,\" Giordano said.\nThe phrase causing consternation with plaintiffs lawyers is the cap of $50 million \"irrespective of the number of lawsuits filed or the number of private attorneys retained.\" Henley said you don't know how many firms you'll have to work with or how long the litigation could take.\nJacquot noted attorneys general around the nation are looking at the issue, and the cap amount was set after surveying law firms.\n\"We couldn't think of a case that would justify something more,\" he said. Giordano said the argument that the $50 million cap is too low is not valid\n\"It would allow the attorney general to hire four law firms with two lawyer per firm being paid $600 per hour for 40 hours per week for 52 weeks per year for five years,\" he said. \"That's a lot of legal service for $50 million.\"\nConstantly cited in the discussion is the civil case authorized by Gov. Lawton Chiles against tobacco companies in the 1990s to recoup smoking- related Medicaid expenses. The state settled the case for $13 billion, and the legal \"dream team\" hired by the governor's office won nearly $3 billion in legal fees through a separate arbitration with the tobacco companies.\nThe state contract with the lawyers authorized a 25 percent contingency fee, but payment was not part of the settlement, and several lawyers retained by the state filed liens against the settlement.\nW.C. Gentry, a Jacksonville attorney who worked on the case, said if he and his colleagues faced a maximum recovery of $50 million, many attorneys wouldn't have taken on the case. He said the legislation seems \"pretty silly.\"\n\"Why would you, as a supposedly trustworthy political servant, feel it necessary to limit your own ability to enter into appropriate contracts for the benefit of the public?\" he asked.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Intel posts strong Q4 performance with revenue of $13.5 billion, and EPS of $0.48 despite low PC demand\nToday Intel reported its fourth quarter financial performance: including revenue of $13.5 billion and earnings per share of $0.48. Intel had a total net income of $2.5 billion for the quarter.\nFor the full year, Intel had revenue of $53.3 billion, operating income of $14.6 billion, and net income of $11.0 billion. The firm concluded 2012 with cash and equivalents of $8.478 billion, up sharply from the $5.05 billion it concluded 2011 with.\nGlobal PC demand declined last year, a key weakening for the chip provider, whose name has long been synonymous with personal computers. Analysts had expected earnings per share of $0.45 and revenues of $13.53 billion. Intel bested the earnings per share expectations, and was all but flat in regards to its total sales for the quarter.\nIntel is a bellwether of sorts, given its high-profile status in the PC market \u2014 if Intel earnings are down, it could spell tough times for all firms involved with the creation, sale, and running of computers, including software providers.\nThe company acknowledged the market's weakness, stating that \"[t]he fourth quarter played out largely as expected as we continued to execute through a challenging environment.\" Intel went on to claim that it has made \"tremendous progress\" in the year, citing progress into the tablet and smartphone markets; if you were looking for a post-pc era point, that's it right there.\nFor 2013, Intel expects its revenues to rise a low-single digit percentage; this isn't sharp growth. It's not hard to find the reason for this, as Intel stated today: \"PC Client Group revenue of $8.5 billion, down 1.5 percent sequentially and down 6 percent year-over-year.\" That specific weakness is likely the key drag-point that will keep the firm in slow-growth mode for the coming 12 months.\nAt CES this year, Intel highlighted its progress powering smartphones and tablets, and announced coming, lower-power chips that will run the next generation of its Ultrabook project.\nAccording to IDC, PC sales slipped a sharp 6.4% in the fourth quarter, noting that \"Windows notebook sales were going down all year. This isn't new. This isn't an acceleration.\" Still, acceleration or no, it remains poor news for Intel and its ilk.\nDuring normal trading, Intel rose roughly 2%. In after-hours trading, directly following the announcement, Intel is up more than a percent.\nTop Image Credit: Dell Inc.\nWhat follows is Intel's release:\nSANTA CLARA, Calif.\u2013(BUSINESS WIRE)\u2013Intel Corporation today reported full-year revenue of $53.3 billion, operating income of $14.6 billion, net income of $11.0 billion and EPS of $2.13. The company generated approximately $18.9 billion in cash from operations, paid dividends of $4.4 billion, and used $4.8 billion to repurchase 191 million shares of stock.\nFor the fourth quarter, Intel posted revenue of $13.5 billion, operating income of $3.2 billion, net income of $2.5 billion and EPS of 48 cents. The company generated approximately $6 billion in cash from operations, paid dividends of $1.1 billion and used $1.0 billion to repurchase 47 million shares of stock.\n\"The fourth quarter played out largely as expected as we continued to execute through a challenging environment,\" said Paul Otellini, Intel president and CEO. \"We made tremendous progress across the business in 2012 as we entered the market for smartphones and tablets, worked with our partners to reinvent the PC, and drove continued innovation and growth in the data center. As we enter 2013, our strong product pipeline has us well positioned to bring a new wave of Intel innovations across the spectrum of computing.\"\nFull-Year 2012 Key Financial Information and Business Unit Trends\nPC Client Group had revenue of $34.3 billion, down 3 percent from 2011.\nData Center Group had revenue of $10.7 billion, up 6 percent from 2011.\nOther Intel architecture group had revenue of $4.4 billion, down 13 percent from 2011.\nQ4 Key Financial Information and Business Unit Trends\nPC Client Group revenue of $8.5 billion, down 1.5 percent sequentially and down 6 percent year-over-year.\nData Center Group revenue of $2.8 billion, up 7 percent sequentially and up 4 percent year-over-year.\nOther Intel\u00ae architecture group revenue of $1.0 billion, down 14 percent sequentially and down 7 percent year-over-year.\nGross margin of 58 percent, 1.0 percentage point above the midpoint of the company's expectation of 57 percent.\nR&D plus MG&A spending $4.6 billion, in line with the company's expectation of approximately $4.5 billion.\nTax rate of 23 percent, below the company's expectation of approximately 27 percent.\nIntel's Business Outlook does not include the potential impact of any business combinations, asset acquisitions, divestitures or other investments that may be completed after Jan. 17.\nFull-Year 2013\nRevenue: low single-digit percentage increase.\nGross margin percentage: 60 percent, plus or minus a few percentage points.\nR&D plus MG&A spending: $18.9 billion, plus or minus $200 million.\nAmortization of acquisition-related intangibles: approximately $300 million.\nDepreciation: $6.8 billion, plus or minus $100 million.\nImpact of equity investments and interest and other: net gain of approximately $100 million.\nTax Rate: approximately 25 percent.\nFull-year capital spending: $13.0 billion, plus or minus $500 million.\nRevenue: $12.7 billion, plus or minus $500 million.\nGross margin percentage: 58 percent, plus or minus a couple percentage points.\nR&D plus MG&A spending: approximately $4.6 billion.\nAmortization of acquisition-related intangibles: approximately $75 million.\nImpact of equity investments and interest and other: net loss of approximately $50 million.\nDepreciation: approximately $1.7 billion.\nPublished January 17, 2013 - 10:02 pm UTC\n3 reasons 2022 is a great year to buy a new laptop\nStill waiting on your PS5 and iPad to ship? Blame the global chip shortage\nIntel says the metaverse requires a 1000x boost in computing power\nIntel's first Arc GPUs have finally arrived \u2014 here's what you need to know","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Marlins News & Rumors\nSteve Harwell's throw was \"Just a bit outside\"\nBy craig Jul 16, 2007, 7:35am EDT\nShare All sharing options for: Steve Harwell's throw was \"Just a bit outside\"\nNaturally, I didn't see it, but all reports are that Harwell is a better singer than he is a pitcher.\nThe lead singer of Smash Mouth gave a better performance in the rock band's post-game concert Saturday than he did throwing out the first pitch before the game.\nSteven Harwell's toss was so bad it skidded past its generous intended target - the rotund mascot Billy the Marlin.\n\"He yelled at me,'' infielder Jason Wood, who caught a pitch from another band member. \"He said, 'Why didn't you catch that ball?' I said 'Because you threw it way outside. You couldn't even hit Billy the Marlin.' ''\nI was told he is a pretty snappy dresser wearing a Marlins shirt and all. So I guess some allowances should be given.\n6 Steps to the Ideal Aim","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Alan Carr will host this year's Royal Variety Performance amidst a galaxy of stars\nThe line up has been confirmed for this year's show and the stars will be out in force\nEd Sheeran (Image: PA)\nIt's one of the most glittering and star-studded highlights of the TV calendar and this year is set to be one of the most dazzling displays yet.\nComedian Alan Carr has been announced as the host of this year's Royal Variety Performance which will take place at the Royal Albert Hall in London this December.\nIt's the world's longest-running entertainment show and this year's occasion will be extra special as 2021 marks not only the 109th event of its kind but also the Royal Variety Charity is celebrating 100 years of our reigning Monarch being their Patron.\nSenior members of the Royal Family will be smiling (organisers would hope, anyway) down at performers from the royal box as usual and the evening looks set to be truly spectacular with stars confirmed as performing so far include multi award-winner Ed Sheeran, international sensation Sir Rod Stewart, Brit Award winner James Blunt, the cast of the Royal Shakespeare Company's phenomenal Matilda The Musical, chart-topper Anne-Marie and music from Years and Years.\nThe line-up has been revealed for this year's Royal Variety Performance\nAlso viewers can expect a mesmerizing performance from Cirque du Soleil and, following its Tony award-winning success, the sensational Moulin Rouge The Musical will be there for an exclusive performance, plus Germany's The Messoudi Brothers will showcase their breath-taking act.\nPerformances by Gregory Porter and Elvis Costello are rumoured too plus a special collaboration from actress Keala Settle and the Some Voices choir with the amazing, award-winning song 'This is Me'. All that AND comedy from Judi Love, Bill Bailey, Chris McCausland and Josh Widdicombe.\nAlan Carr said: \"It's such an honour to be asked to host this year's Royal Variety Performance, it really is a dream come true. With so many amazing performers it's going to be a night to recollect and if I remember correctly, the last time I appeared I was wearing a skimpy leopard print mini dress so I'm hoping as host this time I'll be wearing something a bit more classy!\"\nThe star-studded spectacular will be screened on ITV and ITV Hub in December.\nMartin Lewis issues urgent advice ahead of new energy price cap\nMartin LewisMoneySavingExpert founder Martin Lewis has shared a video detailing advice for households regarding the energy crisis ahead ahead of the revision of the price cap in February\nNew Aldi heated dressing gowns to help beat the cold hailed as 'best invention ever'\nAldiSince being shared on the popular Coupon Mama UK Facebook page, Aldi's new heated dressing gown is already proving to be a huge hit with shoppers, with some calling it a 'must-buy'\nAppleGeorge Ezra to host intimate Edinburgh gig at King's Theatre this FebruaryThe 2019 Brit Award winner for British Male Solo Artist, Geroge Ezra, has announced that he is to play an intimate show at the King's Theatre as part of the release of his new album 'Gold Rush Kid.'\nWe tried world renowned King of Feasts sandwich at Edinburgh's Polwarth Tavern\nFood and DrinkThe Polwarth Tavern and their King of Feasts sandwich eatery have been named in a top ten list for the best sandwich makers in the world by the Financial Times.\nTesco Bank customers issued urgent message after error that could put them in line for a refund\nTescoTesco Bank has since apologised for the error that is said to have 'misled' customers. The bank is now writing to them and offering them to stay with the policy or get a refund.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"100% of the donation goes to educational programs in holiday destinations.\nDiscover our global brands\nRiu Robinson TUI Magic Life TUI Blue\nHapag-Lloyd Cruises Marella Cruises TUI Cruises\nAbout TUI Group\nTUI policyLOUNGE\nBonds & ratings\nKey financial information\nTUI Stories\nAnnual General Meeting 2019 and Q1\nInterviews, speeches & presentations\nTUI Care Foundation\nView from the top\nSustainability Indices & Awards\nReporting & Downloads\nLife at TUI\nTUI 4 U\nPalma de Majorca, 16 May 2019\nRIU Hotels and Preverisk Group, working in partnership for hotel sustainability\nThe Mallorcan company Preverisk Group runs sustainability training and internal audits of almost all RIU's hotels worldwide.\nRIU Hotels & Resorts is pursuing its commitment to hotel sustainability together with its partner company Preverisk Group (Gesti\u00f3n de Riesgos Ambientales S.L.), a company with more than 20 years of experience in the sector. Since 2015, this Mallorcan company has been responsible for providing RIU with consultancy services, sustainability training and internal audits of RIU hotels around the world. Preverisk Group carries out the relevant inspections and pre-audits, then the British certification body Travelife, which specialises in sustainability management for the tourist industry, steps in to officially audit the hotels.\nThis partnership with Preverisk Group represents a significant investment on the part of RIU Hotels in resources allocated to sustainability and corporate socialresponsibility. In 2018, pre-audits were carried out in 72 of the company's hotels and, this year, that figure rises to 88 establishments where exhaustive work will be undertaken to achieve the sustainability goals set out in the Travelife certification.\nFor the CSR director of RIU Hotels, Catalina Alemany, Preverisk Group \"is a perfect fit with our approach because we share such important values as humility and a passion for service.\" Caterina Ramis, head of operations for corporate projects at Preverisk Group, says, \"it is a pleasure to collaborate with the directors, delegates and, in particular, the corporate social responsibility team at RIU, because of their professionalism, willingness and commitment to sustainability.\"\nIn terms of Preverisk Group's training and consulting for RIU Hotels, in 2015 and 2016 the focus was on actions aimed at middle management roles in relation to environmental awareness and sustainability, as well as disseminating the chain's policy, developing in-depth knowledge and a sense of belonging to the brand. In 2017 and 2018, 1,313 courses took place with 25,570 new participants who learned about the same topics as in previous years, but with new training in the Travelife programme and, in certain destinations, in the EPCAT code, which aims to prevent commercial sexual exploitation of children in tourism and travel.\nThis year the collaboration between RIU and Preverisk Group is even closer, as the latter has become the direct and operational spokesperson for RIU Hotels & Resorts in matters of sustainability. From this year, Preverisk serves several destinations simultaneously, which is a novel approach that streamlines the working time needed to achieve sustainability certificates. In addition, with this partnership RIU reinforces its training in sustainability, the ECPAT code and ongoing improvement, with the help of a specialist external company.\nPreverisk Group has subsidiaries in Mexico, Dominican Republic and Turkey, and it currently operates in 18 countries and around 30 tourist destinations, with an international corporate team of 120 professionals, including consultants, managers and staff, as well as a portfolio of more than 500 clients. They have a permanent presence of professionals working in the key destinations of Spain, Cape Verde, Portugal, Egypt, Turkey, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Morocco, Mauritius and the United Kingdom. They also operate in Costa Rica, Aruba, the Bahamas, Jamaica and the USA, as well as other destinations. In 2019, Preverisk is expanding its operations map with RIU Hotels by carrying out audits and training in the Maldives, Morocco, Mauritius, Sri Lanka and Tanzania.\nAbout RIU Hotels & Resorts\nThe international RIU chain was founded in Mallorca by the Riu family in 1953 as a small holiday firm and is still owned by the family's third generation. The company specialises in holiday resorts and over 70% of its establishments offer its acclaimed All Inclusive by RIU service. With the inauguration of its first city hotel in 2010, RIU is expanding its range of products with its own line of city hotels called Riu Plaza. RIU Hotels & Resorts now has 93 hotels in 19 countries which welcome over 4,5 million guests a year and provide jobs for a total of 29,985 employees. 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{"text":"Week 3 NFL Picks: The Road to 0-3 Goes Thru New Orleans! (And Molly's Pick is Nearly Controversial!)\nPosted on September 20, 2012 September 20, 2012 by Ross Gariepy\nThrough two weeks, I'm 16-14-2 against the spread. Just enough above average to be winning you a small amount of money if you've been smart enough to go with all of my picks. If you were betting $100 on each of my picks, you'd have a $60 profit so far. If I keep up this pace over the course of the 17-week season, you'd profit $510. Not too shabby. But of course you're not betting $100 on each of my picks because for some reason you still don't trust me. I get it. It's gonna take a 13-3 week or better for you to finally give in and follow my advice in each game. I'm not sure it'll be this week because the schedule's pretty unforgiving from a betting standpoint (by the way, good luck feeling super comfortable with your suicide pick this week if you happen to be part of the 3% that avoided New England last week).\nLet's get on with it and see if I can finally convince you to follow my lead (home team underlined):\nCarolina(-3) over NY Giants: I'm fully prepared for the Giants to fuck me over here, but I gotta take Carolina for a couple reasons. First, how many injuries can the Giants sustain on offense and still put up points? No Hakeem Nicks, Domenik Hixon, Ahmad Bradshaw or David Diehl. Second, the emotional toll last week's comeback win over Tampa must have had on the Giants isn't something to ignore. Coming off a game like that, the loss of several key players and a short week\u2026I also think Carolina, which only won three home games last year, turns into one of those teams that's very difficult to beat at home this season.\nDallas(-8) over Tampa Bay: Is the real Tampa Bay the team that only allowed 10 points to Carolina in week 1 or the team that allowed 41 points (and more than 500 passing yards!) to the Giants in week 2? That's the key to whether Dallas can cover this spread. I'm saying they're closer to what we saw in week 2. I also don't believe Tampa can play catch-up very well if it falls behind by 14 or 17 points, which I see happening. Dallas starts out fast in this one and covers the 8 points.\nJacksonville (+3) over Indianapolis: If the NFL combined the best players from these teams into one team, would it even be competitive? You'd have Luck at QB, MoJo at RB, Reggie Wayne and Laurent Robinson at WR\u2026ugh. If the RedZone Channel gave you the ability to choose certain games for them to never check in on, wouldn't this be at the top of your list for week 3? Anyway, I think MoJo continues to round into form and runs all over Indy so I'm going with the Jags\u2026it's literally their only chance to avoid an 0-8 start.\nBuffalo (-3) over Cleveland: One of two things is happening in this game: A barn-burner with the Bills getting to 40 points first and holding on for a win, or this pathetic Cleveland team is gonna finally make the Buffalo defense look legit, and the Bills win 34-10. Either way we inch closer to my prediction coming true on the first coach fired this season as Cleveland's Pat Shurmur is officially placed on the hot seat.\nMiami(+3) over NY Jets: Miami's run defense is legit. So the only chance the Jets have of cracking that elusive 10-point ceiling on offense is if Mark Sanchez puts on a show. Do you really think we're gonna have many weeks this year where \"Mark Sanchez\" and \"puts on a passing clinic\" are used in the same sentence? Me neither. I know the Dolphins are still planning on being a bad team, and they have a rookie QB and all, but I think they can take a very conservative approach offensively and see if their defense can win the game for them. Looking forward to hearing the \"Tebow should start\" chatter go from a whisper to a dull roar after this one.\nNew Orleans(-9) over Kansas City: \"The road to 0-3 goes through New Orleans\" is what I picture someone like Greg Gumbel saying during CBS's pregame show Sunday morning. New Orleans has plenty of built-in excuses to be this bad, and it's not like their interim interim coach has to be worried about being fired. But it's much more of a must-win game for KC because they have no excuses\u2026they have their real coach (who did have the interim tag last year, but not the little-used interim interim), and they have their health for the most part. This game pits the two teams tied for last in the NFL in points allowed (37.5). The big difference is on offense, where the Saints are 6th in scoring (29.5 points per game) while the Chiefs are 26th (20.5ppg). Is the pick really as simple as which offense is better? Yes, yes it is. Saints get their first win AND cover the big nine points.\nCincinnati (+3) over Washington: On Tuesday this line was -4 for the Redskins and I meant to bet big on Cincy with the points. Because if the Redskins are gonna be winning anymore games this year, it'll be by a field goal or less. Obviously I forgot to bet it because I got distracted trying to find out how much I could sell all my DVDs for on zumu.co. Washington's already-terrible defense just got worse with the loss of a couple key guys, and we need to remember that their QB is a rookie. The Bengals feel like a very balanced team. Without looking at stats, I'd guess they are above average in all phases of the game. Both these teams will play a lot of close games, so I gotta take Cincinnati with the points, but I'd feel a lot better if it was still -4.\nMolly is now 1-1 in her picks for the year. Of course I'm disappointed as I expect perfection from my offspring. This will be her last football pick as an unspayed dog. Next week's video may feature her with one of those funny cone necklaces on. I'm giving Molly the St. Louis at Chicago (-7.5) pick this week, and as you'll see, my girlfriend actually had to help me decipher who Molly was choosing because it was such a close call:\nSan Francisco (-7.5) over Minnesota: Easy logic for picking the 49ers. Minnesota barely beat Jacksonville (a horrible team) at home in week 1, and they lost to Indianapolis (a very bad team) on the road in week 2. San Francisco easily handled Green Bay (a very good team) on the road in week 1, and they beat Detroit (an above average team) at home in week 2. This logic was so easy and convincing that I picked the 9ers in my suicide pool this week.\nDetroit (-4) over Tennessee: The Titans have been a model of mediocrity for so long that I think we all just pencil them in for 8-8 every year without even really evaluating them. It's like how for the last five years we could safely assume that the NFC West would be the worst division in football and we'd be right. But then all of the sudden, the NFC West creeps up on you and becomes a sneaky decent division. Well the same goes for the Titans but reversed. They've sneaky become an awful team, averaging 11.5 points per game so far and putting up a solid 2.2 yards per rushing attempt. The Lions may take a step back from last year, but they're still more than capable of beating this Titans team by a touchdown.\nAtlanta (+3) over San Diego: If you want to discount what the Falcons have done so far by saying they faced one putrid AFC West team (the Chiefs in week 1) and one mediocre AFC West team (the Broncos in week 2), that's fine. But what caliber of AFC West team are they facing in week 3 at San Diego? The Chargers look fine so far, but let's get serious and realize the best of the NFC is much better than the best of the AFC. Even if the Chargers end up with a 12-win season, they're not in the same class as where I think the Falcons will end up. It feels wrong to be getting Atlanta as an underdog at this point. Enjoy it.\nPhiladelphia (-3.5) over Arizona: You know how every couple years there's that one team that keeps winning early in the season, and you and your buddies keep laughing at that team because you know they're not really good? Think about the 49ers last season or the Vikings in 2009 when they had Brett Favre. We kept betting against them every week because their luck had to run out at some point, didn't it? Except that for both those teams, their \"luck\" took them all the way to the NFC Championship game (and if memory serves, both teams were one play away from going to the Super Bowl). Is it possible the Eagles are this year's version of that team? Could they cover the spread in Arizona this weekend on some combination of Kevin Kolb's poorly-timed turnovers and a fluky special teams bounce? Of course they could, and then we'd still be laughing at them because they'll be 3-0, but an ugly 3-0. And then suddenly it's 12 weeks later and this team is 12-3 somehow. Gross. I'm going with the Eagles to finally get their first non-one-point win of the year.\nOakland(+4.5) over Pittsburgh: Hmm\u2026Pitt just dismantled a Jets team that looked unstoppable in week1 while Oakland got shellacked by what everyone considers to be a pretty terrible Dolphins team. The Raiders haven't scored more than 14 points in a game yet this season. But no, I'm not biting on this line for Pittsburgh. The Steelers still have a ton of injuries to key guys (James Harrison, Troy Polamalu, Rashard Mendenhall), and it feels like they're in the mode of \"let's just hold this thing together and remain competitive however we can right now. Once we get all of our reinforcements back from injury we'll be a team no one wants to face.\" This game feels like one of those ugly matchups traditionally saved for \"St. Louis at Cleveland\" where there may not be a single offensive touchdown and the final score is something like 15-12. I'm taking the home team and the points.\nHouston (-3) over Denver: This line is a slap in the face to Houston. They have the top-ranked defense in the NFL, and they have a top-10 offense. They're facing a Denver team whose only win was against a still-in-preseason-mode Pittsburgh squad in week 1. When I guessed the line for this game on Tuesday, I had Houston -8. Needless to say this is my lock of the week. Why isn't my lock of the week also my suicide pick? Because a very small part of me fears that Peyton Manning, in his first non-nationally-televised game of the season, will quietly stun us this weekend. Can't you picture yourself watching the RedZone Channel, enjoying the back-and-forth action in Arizona, when all of the sudden Andrew Siciliano appears on your TV and says, \"While you were watching Michael Vick's seventh turnover of the Eagles\/Cardinals game, Peyton Manning just led the Broncos on three unanswered scoring drives against Houston to put his team up by 10 in the 4th quarter\"? OK, it's unlikely. But I'm giving Manning a couple more weeks before I write his football eulogy.\nNew England (+3) over Baltimore: These two teams have been engaging in quite the role reversal shenanigans so far this season, haven't they? Over the past five years, we'd expect the Patriots to be the offensive juggernaut with the sketchy defense and the Ravens to be the defensive stalwart whose offensive continually let them down. It's only two games into 2012, but we're seeing a Patriots defense that ranks in the top 10 in all major defensive categories, and a Ravens offense that ranks 2nd in scoring. These may be the two most-evenly matched teams in the NFL, but I'm putting my faith in the Patriots quickly remembering that Wes Welker is a 120-reception wide receiver, and starting to use him accordingly.\nGreen Bay (-3.5) over Seattle: Sure, this game has all the makings of a close one. A Green Bay offense that hasn't fully hit its stride (don't forget I was the first one to point out that their offense seemed off through two weeks) against a very good Seattle defense\u2026in Seattle, where the 'Hawks are coming off a huge win over Dallas. But I think in week 3 we see things go back to a more \"normal\" world in football. 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{"text":"'Challenge the inevitability of suicide' \u2013 Health Minister Alastair Burt\nSuicide is not inevitable, delegates at the National Suicide Prevention Alliance conference were told by Health Minister Alastair Burt MP yesterday.\nOutlining successful interventions that supported his stance, including empowering local communities to implement suicide prevention plans, he said that suicide was often known as a \"silent killer\" because the people close to the person who had taken their own life often did not know anything was wrong, and this is where communities could intervene.\nPub landlords, gym workers, coroners and others who might come into contact with people in distress have been trained in suicide prevention as part of one of the Zero Suicide pilot projects.\nThe Time to Change campaign, which is jointly run by Rethink Mental Illness and Mind, was also important as it tackled stigma, especially language used about suicide and mental health, Mr Burt said.\n\"Suicide is a constantly changing phenomenon \u2013 we need to be constantly vigilant,\" said Professor Louis Appleby, chair of the National Suicide Prevention Advisory Group.\nProfessor Appleby also suggested more needed to be done to help the high risk groups, who include middle aged men, people who self harm, those with mental health problems and prisoners.\nProfessor Appleby also praised Samaritans Media Guidelines for promoting responsible reporting of suicide.\nNSPA Co-Chair Brian Dow of Rethink Mental Illness, said: \"The NSPA is committed to campaigning to reduce stigma, encouraging people to seek help, and providing appropriate support for people struggling and those bereaved by suicide.\n\"Organisations across the UK working together going forward are key to reducing suicide. The NSPA is also promoting good practice by producing for the first time a guide for online moderators to help them respond to suicidal content online. This is an area which has long been a concern.\n\"Better data and evidence, a clear joint strategy for prevention and reducing access to means people use to take their own lives will also be priorities for the NSPA for the next three years.\n\u2013 ENDS \u2013\nThe National Suicide Prevention Alliance (NSPA) is a cross-sector, England-wide coalition committed to reducing the number of suicides in England, and improving support for those bereaved or affected by suicide. The NSPA has developed from the Call to Action for Suicide Prevention and will continue to build on this national collaboration.\nCo-Chairs of the Alliance are Ruth Sutherland, Chief Executive Officer of Samaritans; Brian Dow, Director of External Affairs, Rethink Mental Illness; and Hamish Elvidge, Chair of The Matthew Elvidge Trust.\nThe NSPA is working with more than 50 organisations from the public, private and voluntary sectors, who are committed to working towards reducing suicide and providing support for people bereaved by suicide.\nMembers include Rethink Mental Illness, Samaritans and The Matthew Elvidge Trust, that jointly Chair the NSPA, PAPYRUS Prevention of Young Suicide, CALM, Royal College of Psychiatrists, and Mind. The NSPA is funded by the Department of Health and the conference is supported by Public Health England.\nFor further information about National Suicide Prevention Alliance please contact info@nspa.org.uk\nFor press enquiries please contact Sue Royal at Samaritans press office 0208 394 8348. For out of hours enquiries, please call 07943 809162.\nNetwork Rail seeks charity to deliver suicide prevention and mental health event\nNetwork Rail seeks third sector partners to support its suicide prevention activities\nNSPA Annual Members Meeting 2019\nNSPA response to NICE suicide prevention quality standards consultation\nSurrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust: Developing a new training programme for suicide prevention","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"The Doujinshi & Manga Lexicon Forum\nThe Doujinshi & Manga Lexicon Forum > Improvments > Changing the tag syste ideas. <BACK> <1> <NEXT> <Reply> <New topic>\nPOSTER POST\nMugiMugi\nKI: 1224\nI'm debating to change the tag system around a tad bit, right now it do not feel to usefull and it's just to much work adding how often something contains in a book, plus a bit confusing for new users to just add simple information like this that mostly don't need Japanese reading skills.\nSo the idea is basically this\n* Combine Content\/Genre not even sure why I split this.\n* Remove frequency on these & for Characters. Maybe even Parody.\n* Make it easier to add them to books, do not need to go to Edit2 page but front page, Trust users won't need to comit new versions theyh will apply at once.\n* Make it possible to combine tags for more advance tagging. Example (Swimsuit x Cat Girl)\n* Make adding character work in combination to this, so you can tag Char * Char or Char * Tag.\nI'm not sure this is what best but I think streamlining this would help the site overall, plus we get the option to combine characters and tags.\nThere might be more good ideas for this so if you have any let me know.\n2015-03-07 15:11:38 <Quote> <Edit>\n7468726f77617761\nKI: 77\nI think there is a valid reason to split Contents and Genres, which is that I think that Contents tag individual elements of the work, while Genres categorize the entire work. So while Genre will always describe something about the entire book\/item, Contents will tell you what that book\/item contains.\nBut it brings up an issue I have with Genres, which is that at the moment I think it is overloaded with Type information:\n1) Traditional Genres of \"Media\"\/\"Entertainment\" (books, videos, games) (OK by me):\nhttps:\/\/www.doujinshi.org\/browse\/genre\/3\/Comedy\/\nhttps:\/\/www.doujinshi.org\/browse\/genre\/21\/Historical\/\nhttps:\/\/www.doujinshi.org\/browse\/genre\/6\/Horror\/\n2) More Type than Genre (stretching the meaning of Genre, and why I think Genre is overloaded):\nhttps:\/\/www.doujinshi.org\/browse\/genre\/162\/Mug,-Glass-%28goods%29\/\nhttps:\/\/www.doujinshi.org\/browse\/genre\/201\/Magnet-Sheet\/\n3) Valid Genre, but specific to Video Games and unlikely (but not impossible) for a Book:\nhttps:\/\/www.doujinshi.org\/browse\/genre\/145\/Shooting-game\/\nI think #1 is valid and good use of the categorization, #2 is more about the \"Type\" of item versus its \"Genre\", and while #3 is a Genre I think its parent \"Video Games\" should be considered a \"Type\" versus a \"Genre\".\nSo instead of collapsing Content and Genre into 1 collection, I'm actually proposing to create 1 more collection to make 3 total: Type, Genre, and Content:\n* Content would be the same as it is now, a system of tagging any and all items with snippets of information that describe something an item contains.\n* Genre would be similar to how it is now, except all Genres would have an ancestor (a direct parent or the parent (of a parent) ad infinitum) Type that they'd belong to (the most general category being \"Media\" or \"Entertainment\" for most books, videos, games, and something like \"Item\"\/\"Object\"\/\"Thing\" that would contain mugs, keychains, and things that aren't strictly \"Media\" (or items that are meant to be entertaining)).\n* Type would replace the Type combo box on the Edit page, and would contain the Types of objects contained the database. This would allow items such as mugs, keychains, posters, figurines, etc. to be identified right away, and allow new types of items to be added without twisting it into a category that doesn't really fit it. It would also have hierarchy like Content and Genre currently do, so that categories of types like \"Item\"\/\"Entertainment\"\/\"Book\"\/\"Manga\", \"Item\"\/\"Entertainment\"\/\"Video Game\", and \"Item\"\/\"Mug, Glass\" could be established.\nThis would require some other changes, the most notable being the doujinshi\/manga distinction might need to be handled differently. In the Type list I'm imagining, instead of there being \"Doujinshi\" and \"Manga\" entries, there would just be a \"Book\" entry that would parent a \"Light Novel\" entry and a \"Manga\"\/\"Comic\" entry.\nTo handle the \"Doujinshi\" distinction, a division already exists in the current list of Types between Doujinshi and Commercial books and items. It seems like it'd be better and simpler to just make that divide into a checkbox, so that the \"unofficial books and items\" called \"doujinshi\" are kept separate from the commercially-produced books and items, while allowing the Types of doujinshi items to grow (there are doujinshi games, goods, and videos out there I believe).\nProbably a good idea. I didn't really notice that I had control over frequency on these items until the other day; and then it became difficult for me to know what frequency I should set on Objects\/Items. The settings leave it open to too much interpretation for me to be confident using it; the difference between \"some\" or \"many\" is subjective, and I feel like I'd get it wrong in the opinions of others.\nThis also reminds me about a similar issue I have with the \"Censorship\" selector: the settings are too vague for me to know what to do with them. If it listed specific types of censorship like \"white-out\", \"black-bar\", or \"mosaic\", then I would be able to make a decision on what to use more often.\n* Make it easier to add them to books, do not need to go to Edit2 page but front page. Trust users won't need to commit new versions as they will apply at once.\nSounds good. Might have some tag-wars between users changing tags back and forth, but since it's registered users and not fully anonymous users doing the editing hopefully that would keep it from being too hostile.\nI like the idea, but I have a nagging feeling that there might be complications with this. Right now you have Contents tags as {id, text} values that you link on Objects\/Items and index to link those items together in a graph. You've also added the ability to organize Contents tags in a strict hierarchy with the \"Parent\" field.\nThis new feature you propose sounds like you're adding an \"AND\" to link Contents tags and other Items together. I don't know enough SQL to know how this would be implemented, but I imagine the query for a combination-tag would change \"SELECT objects, items WHERE tag1 AND tag2\" to \"SELECT objects, items WHERE tag1&2\", where tag1&2 is a new tag created from tag1 and tag2, and where tag1, tag2, and tag1&2 are all Items(Contents, Character, Author) or a subset thereof in the DB.\nAnother a slight complication with the combination-tag and the Parent hierarchy is if 1 of the pair in the combination-tag uses a parent or ancestor of itself.\nBut like I said initially, I like the idea and can imagine some nice uses of it in tagging items.\nSorry for the long post! I've not been around here for very long, but I've found this database to be a really useful asset in my organizing. I give these suggestions hoping that in some minor way they can help improve the site, even if they are just used as counter-examples to direct development in another direction. In any case, I imagine that the users who have been around longer will have more informed opinions about these changes.\nMoeMoe\nRadical changes ideas\nhttps:\/\/www.doujinshi.org\/forum\/index.php?IIID=1235\nRestructuring TYPE\nRestructuring Contents and Genres\nSuggestion: Internal Link in Info field\nType of parody\nExternal link needs new Type (availability)\n\u30fbfinished updating (due to moving)\n\u30fbclosed (only announcement left)\n\u30fbdead links (404)\nMember of the circle needs new Type\n\u30fbrepresentative (private circle)\n\u30fbmember (group or joint circle)\n\u30fbold member\n\u30fbguest\u2192collaborator\nAfter reading over MoeMoe's links and thinking about it some more, I understand why it's a good idea to combining Content and Genre. Tags are already capable of being organized hierarchically, and so my categories of \"Type\", \"Genre\", and \"Contents\" are just tags at different locations in that hierarchy: \"Types\" = root-level tags, \"Genres\" = branch-level tags, and \"Contents\" = leaf-level tags.\n(1) Naming of the merged Contents\/Genres:\nI think it'd be simple and the most direct to call the merged Contents\/Genres Tags. Definition of a \"tag\" is a \"non-hierarchical keyword or term assigned to a piece of information\" (from http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tag_%28metadata%29), which is how these Contents\/Genres entries are applied to the books. They are organized in a hierarchy behind-the-scenes, and while this hierarchy might make the use of \"tag\" questionable based on that definition, I think the term \"Tags\" makes it more immediately apparent than \"Contents\" or \"Genre\" what these collections of terms\/keywords are.\nLiking these ideas more and more. Several existing tags could be split into parts, like \"Naked Apron\" becoming \"Naked\"+\"Apron\", or most of the \"Sex at\" or \"Sex with\" tags becoming \"Sex\"+\"(location, person, entity)\" tag combinations. A theoretical \"Naked\" tag reminds me of feature that I think would help my tagging attempts a great deal:\n(2) Multiple names for the same tag\nAs an example, a fictional tag K1000 could be identified with English names \"Nude\" and \"Naked\". That way \"Nude\" could be used when tagging a book containing nudity, and \"Naked\" would be paired with \"Clothing\/Apron\" to get \"Naked\"+\"Apron\". This is instead of forcing \"Naked\" or \"Nude\" to be used in both cases: \"Nude\"+\"Apron\" doesn't work as well, and \"Naked\" on a book might be fine but \"Nude\" seems better somehow.\nA more concrete example that I have run into is \"Cumming Inside \/ \u4e2d\u51fa\u3057, \u81a3\u5185\u5c04\u7cbe\" (K180); the term I originally searched for to describe \u4e2d\u51fa\u3057 in English was \"Nakadashi\". I think it'd be nice to have both \"Cumming Inside\" and \"Nakadashi\" both link to K180.\n(3) Tag definitions by other tags\nNot a fully-formed idea, but I was thinking that \"Exhibitionism \/ \u9732\u51fa\u7656\" (K70) could be defined using other tags, like \"Naked\"+\"Public\" or \"Naked\"+\"In Public\".\nOr, (which requires an exclusion\/without \"-\" operator along with the combination \"+\" operator) something like \"Ecchi\" being defined by something like \"Sexual Acts\"-\"Depictions Of Sex\".\nstickgirl512\nKI: 2\nhttps:\/\/www.doujinshi.org\/book\/383014\/Avalon\/\nWell... 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In it, Leti buys a house in a white Chicago neighborhood, only once again to face the twin horrors of \u2026 Air Date: 2017-07-11 Duration: 130 min. No Beagles, Cats, or Ursulas were harmed in the making of this episode. Have a look at roughly translated episode summary: TV show guide for Dolunay. Ferit Aslan is a very successful businessman, and is extremely organized. Jul 30, 2018 - Dolunay \/ Full Moon Trailer - Episode 3 (Eng & Tur Subs) Jul 30, 2018 - Dolunay \/ Full Moon Trailer - Episode 3 (Eng & Tur Subs). 3 years ago | 4.6K views. Season 1 Episode 1 Episode 1. Dolunay 9 4 Jul. Ursula prepares Amy's Tortilla Casserole with Black Beans, Kevin reviews Contessa Mongolian Brand Beef, and Ursula navigates the complexities of Thai Pavilion Pad Thai preparation. The third and final season of American drama thriller series Quantico premiered in the United States on American Broadcasting Company (ABC) on April 26, 2018, and concluded on August 3, 2018. Michael develops a taste for guns. I absolutely loved everything about it minus Deniz but everything else was perfect. Van der Valk is available to stream.Recap the previous episode.. Aska Kutlama 9 19 Nov. 2017 21. Once again, whistling was heard around the time she was killed, although this time the murderer bit her and tried to suck her blood. Series 3 premi\u00e8red in the UK on ITV on the 16th September, 2012, and premi\u00e8red in the US on PBS on the 6th January, 2013. The beautiful actor is also released on the Fox screen, and he knows many viewers with the Story character in the Cherry Season's sequel, which we finished last season. 1 Season Summary 2 Episodes 2.1 Episode 301: Enemies of Rome 2.2 Episode 302: Wolves at the Gate 2.3 Episode 303: Men of Honor 2.4 Episode 304: Decimation 2.5 Episode 305: Blood Brothers 2.6 Episode 306: Spoils of War 2.7 Episode 307: Mors Indecepta 2.8 Episode 308: Separate Paths 2.9 Episode 309: The Dead and \u2026 A recap of The Haunting of Hill House Season 1, Episode 3: 'Touch' ERKENCI KUS (EARLY BIRD) EPISODE 1 ENGLISH SUMMARY The first episode of Erkenci Kus has everything a viewer wants in a summer romantic comedy. Details Original Title: Dolunay English Title: Full Moon Also Known As: Bitter Sweet Genre: Romance, Comedy Episodes: 26 Broadcast Network: Star Tv Broadcast Period: July 4, 2017 \u2013 December 31, 2017 Production Company: No Dokuz Director: Cagri Bayrak Screen Writer: Aysen Gunsu Teker and Fikret Bekler 2017 2. For the full Season Three article, see Spartacus: War of the Damned. The official site recently uploaded the Episode 3 's plot summary\/Synopsis, preview stills and a one- minute episode preview. Recap the previous episode. Photo: Courtesy of netflix. Dolunay \/ Full Moon Trailer - Episode 3 (Eng & Tur Subs) The trailer contains Turkish and English subtitles. Dolunay \/ Full Moon Trailer - Episode 16 (Eng & Tur Subs) cheesebzock. Report. Episode 4 drops this Thursday. Track Dolunay new episodes, see when is the next episode air date, series schedule, trailer, countdown, calendar and more. Saved from youtube.com. Follow. DOLUNAY Episode 10 Part 3 with ENGLISH SUBTITLES | By Anamara Shaikh. 2017 4. And let me know what you thought about this episode\u2014and the show so far\u2014on Twitter or Facebook . Stay tuned to this blog for my recap\/review. 2017 3. . 1 Synopsis 2 Plot 3 Cast 4 Trivia 5 Quotes 6 Soundtrack 7 Image Gallery 8 References Thomas travels to Wales seeking absolution, and uncovers a traitor in the Economic League. Tags Dolunay English Subtitles Episode 3. I \u2026 Dolunay Episode 3 with English Subtitles Full Moon (Dolunay) (S1 E3) Episodes List. Bulutun Kaderi 9 18 Jul. Episode Guide. Tag: Dolunay English Subtitles Episode 3 3 years ago | 1.8K views. TV Shows \u2022 Best of Netflix \u2022 R29 Binge Club \u2022 Entertainment. Serkan \u00c7ayo\u011flu went far beyond where he started in his career! Due to her smell Can remembers that it is the same smell of the girl that he kissed at the party, 'that smell, it's the same smell'. Season 1 Episode 3 Episode 3. ... Dolunay Episodes. 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{"text":"NewsUKHome News\nProtests about ticket price rises hit hundreds of railway stations\nThe demonstrations were in response to an average price rise of 2.3 per cent\nTuesday 03 January 2017 15:36\nManuel Cortes, General Secretary of the Transport Salaried Staffs' Association, (left) joins Labour politicians Emily Thornberry and Andrew McDonald (right) outside King's Cross Station in London\nCampaigners gathered outside hundreds of railway stations across the country to protest about train fare increases.\nThe largest demonstrations were planned for King's Cross in London, Glasgow Central and Manchester Piccadilly, but smaller protests took place elsewhere.\nThree campaign groups, Action for Rail, Bring Back British Rail and We Own It, came together to organise two days of action in response to an average price rise of 2.3 per cent for most passengers.\nAnalysis from Action for Rail, said passengers are spending six times more on fares than those in Europe. Those commuting to London from Luton pay on average \u00a3387 a month.\nRail passengers hit by hikes of up to \u00a32,100 in cost of annual tickets\nSouthern rail passengers warned of 'severe' New Year disruption\nMan in Peterborough found impaled on metal railings on Christmas Day\nThe Southern Rail mother case was awful \u2013 but first class isn't\nPassengers in Paris or Rome would pay \u00a361 for a similar journey over the same period.\nSamuel Tarry, the national political officer for the Transport Salaries Staff's Association (TSSA), which is part of the Action for Rail coalition, told The Independent it was time to put passengers ahead of profit.\n\"Rail fares here are now six times higher than the rest of Europe, with many passengers paying over a month's salary just to get to work,\" he said. \"It's time for a rail system that puts people before profit, and instead of shareholders or the Governments of other European companies benefiting at our expense, we should take back public control of our railways for the benefit of the British commuters.\"\nTSSA General Secretary Manuel Cortes added that any profit should be reinvested to ensure cheaper fares and upgrades for passengers.\n\"It's high time we stopped this annual rip-off of our passengers and take back control of our train companies for the British taxpayer,\" he said.\nBut Transport Secretary, Chris Grayling insisted \"wages are growing faster than regulated fares.\"\nThe government's \"commitment to cap regulated fares in line with inflation will save annual season ticket holders an average \u00a3425 in the five years to 2020,\" he said.\nUK news in pictures\n1\/50UK news in pictures\nBonhams' Danny McIlwraith holds a Nigerian polycrome carved wood mask during a photocall for the sale of the Jim Lennon Collection at Bonhams in Edinburgh\nThe moon rises above the Spinnaker Tower in Portsmouth, Hampshire\nDemonstrators outside Downing Street during a 'Kill The Bill' protest against The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill in London\nEcologist Emma Smart (left) and retired GP Dr Diana Warner outside HMP Bronzefield, in Surrey, following their release from the prison where Emma undertook a 26-day hunger strike during her incarceration. Ms Smart was sentenced in November, along with other members of Insulate Britain, to serve four months for breaking a High Court injunction by taking part in a blockade at junction 25 of the M25 motorway during the morning rush hour on 8 October last year\nA TV presenter holds a copy of a newspaper outside 10 Downing Streetafter the Prime Minister apologised for attending a gathering of colleagues in the Number Ten garden in May 2020, while the UK was in strict lockdown due to the Coronavirus pandemic\nFitness guru Derrick Evans after receiving an MBE during an investiture ceremony at Windsor Castle\nA couple walk underneath an umbrella during wet weather on Westminster Bridge in central London\nA jogger passes the Covid Memorial Wall in London\nThe sun rises over horses at Seaton Sluice in Northumberland\nRiders compete during the Veterans Men's race at the UK Cyclo-Cross National Championships 2022 in Ardingly, south of London\nAFP\/Getty\nA dog looks out of a car window at the wintry conditions in Killeshin, Co. Laois\nPeople walk through frost and mist alongside a frozen lake during sunrise in Bushy Park, London\nA skier jumps on the slopes at Allenheads in the Pennines to the north of Weardale in Northumberland\nFreshly-fallen snow covers houses in Corbridge, near Hexham in Northumberland\nDean Morrison, 13, receives his Covid-19 vaccine from student nurse Anthony McLaughlin during a vaccination clinic at the Glasgow Central Mosque\nKonastantinos Tsimikas of Liverpool with Chelsea's Mason Mount during the Premier League match at Stamfrod Bridge\nLiverpool FC\/Getty\nNew Year's Eve Lasers, drones and fireworks illuminate the sky in front of the Royal Naval College in Greenwich shortly after midnight in London\nCompetitors in fancy dress run across the Pennine tops near Haworth, West Yorkshire, in the annual Auld Lang Syne Fell race which attracts hundreds of runners every year\nSunrise at Bamburgh Castle in Northumberland\nThe Very Revd Dr Robert Willis, Dean of Canterbury Cathedral, looks at Becket, a six month old red-billed chough as he visits Wildwood Wildlife Park in Kent on the anniversary of the murder of Thomas Becket\nTroops of the Household Cavalry are seen reflected in a puddle during the changing of the Queen's Life Guard, on Horse Guards Parade, in central London\nA pedestrian walks past a winter sale sign outside a John Lewis store on Oxford street in London\nRiders take their bikes through the snow near Castleside, County Durham\nPatrick Corkery wears a santa hat and beard as waves crash over him at Forty Foot near Dublin during a Christmas Day dip\nPeople stand inside Kings Cross Station on Christmas Eve in London\nChristmas shoppers fill the car park at Fosse Shopping Park in Leicester\nThe sun rises behind the stones as people gather for the winter solstice at Stonehenge.\nPeople take part in a winter solstice swim at Portobello Beach in Edinburgh to mark the solstice and to witness the dawn after the longest night of the year\nAn auction employee displays poultry to buyers and sellers attending the Christmas Poultry Sale at York Auction Centre in Murton\nJoao Moutinho of Wolverhampton Wanderers looks on during the Premier League match between Wolverhampton Wanderers and Chelsea at Molineux\nFreight lorries queuing at the port of Dover in Kent\nNewly elected Liberal Democrat MP Helen Morgan, bursts 'Boris' bubble' held by colleague Tim Farron, as she celebrates following her victory in the North Shropshire by-election\nBrussels sprouts are harvested by workers as they prepare for the busy Christmas period near Boston in Lincolnshire\nLewis Hamilton is made a Knight Bachelor by the Prince of Wales at Windsor Castle\nThe Royal Liver Buildings surrounded by early morning fog in Liverpool\nPeople queue outside a walk-in Covid-19 vaccination centre at St Thomas's Hospital in Westminster\nPeople take part in the Big Leeds Santa Dash in Roundhay Park, Leeds\nPeople arrive at a Covid-19 vaccination centre at Elland Road in Leeds,\nStella Moris speaks to the media after the US Government won its High Court bid to overturn a judge's decision not to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange\nCamels are lead around Salisbury Cathedral during a rehearsal for the Christmas Eve Service\nMargaret Keenan and Nurse May Parsons, a year after Margaret was the first person in the UK to receive the Pfizer vaccine\nSnowfall in Leadhills, South Lanarkshire as Storm Barra hits the UK with disruptive winds, heavy rain and snow\nA person tries to avoid sea spray on New Brighton promenade in Wallasey as the UK readies for the arrival of Storm Barra\nPeople release balloons during a tribute to six-year-old Arthur Labinjo-Hughes outside Emma Tustin's former address in Solihull, West Midlands, where he was murdered by his stepmother\nPeople walk through a Christmas market in Trafalgar Square\nA pedestrian carries a dog as they dodge shoppers on Oxford Street in central London\nDuchess of Cambridge inspects a Faberge egg at the Victoria and Albert Museum\nMeerkats at London Zoo with an advent calendar\nWorkers put the finishing touches to the Trafalgar Square Christmas Tree ahead of the lighting ceremony later in the week\nHome Secretary Priti Patel is greeted by a police dog at a special memorial service for Met Police Sergeant Matiu Ratana\n\"To improve services, we are investing more than \u00a340billion into our railways,\" he added. \"This will provide passengers with better trains that are faster and more comfortable.\n\"We are delivering the biggest rail modernisation programme for more than a century, providing more seats and services. We have always fairly balanced the cost of this investment between the taxpayer and the passenger. On average, 97% of every \u00a31 of a passenger's fare goes back into the railway.\"\nRail faresProtests\n1\/1Protests about ticket price rises hit hundreds of railway stations","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Anonymous Helpline: (844) 949-1629\nAdvocacy Help\nHealing Help\nShameful Institutions\nSex Abuse Help\nSex Abuse Claims\nSex Abuse Laws & Facts by State\nSex Abuse Legal Settlements\nSex Abuse Lawyers\nSex Abuse Lawsuits\nSex Abuse Perpatrators\nReport Abuse Anonymously\nTarana Burke Can Barely Say \"Me, Too\" in Conversation \u2014 Here's How She's Bringing the Movement Forward\nHome > Survivors > Tarana Burke Can Barely Say \"Me, Too\" in Conversation \u2014 Here's How She's Bringing the Movement Forward\nI first met Tarana Burke in October 2018 at an InStyle dinner in Los Angeles. We had overlapped earlier that year at the Golden Globe Awards, where she and fellow activists joined forces with prominent actresses to represent the launch of Time's Up. Burke founded #MeToo in 2006 but really surged into the public consciousness in 2017, when the initial sexual-assault allegations against Harvey Weinstein surfaced and the movement gathered momentum online and became a viral hashtag.\nA born activist, the Bronx, N.Y., native, who is a survivor of sexual abuse herself, began the drumbeat of women speaking up, being supported, finding people to listen, and, of course, taking action.\nAnd she has not stopped. While the intensity of 2017 has cooled to a more workable climate, Burke has remained steadfast in her vision. She is focusing on creating an online network that survivors can access to find help on a local level.\nThat said, she's not #MeToo all the time. She can't be. After Burke walked into our InStyle dinner that night in October, I raced up to her and said, \"Do you need a glass of wine?\" She responded with a prompt yes, a laugh, and a grand reveal that, while she's a pioneer, she's a woman too. One who keeps the culture in perspective and loves a joke, a whiskey, and a good pair of Fendi boots. Long may she reign.\nLAURA BROWN: We know the origins of the #MeToo movement, but I'm curious how it runs day to day.\nTARANA BURKE: So, I never wanted to have an organization. I have worked at organizations my entire life, and I wanted to figure out how to do the work and not have to get into the administration of it. In 2018 the day to day was doing different bits of media, traveling around, giving speeches. I would liaise with a group of women who run other national organizations \u2014 Aijen Poo from the National Domestic Workers Alliance, Fatima Goss Graves of the National Women's Law Center, and [Alianza Nacional de Campesinas co-founder] M\u00f3nica Ram\u00edrez, who is my favorite. We were always strategizing about what's next and how we move forward. But after Brett Kavanaugh's [Supreme Court nomination] hearings, I started feeling like I needed more structure.\nLB: Go on.\nTB: So, I started the #MeToo International organization in November 2018. And we also partnered with the global ad agency FCB [Foote, Cone & Belding], which helped us build a tool that is launching this summer that serves as a digital platform of sorts for survivors. And for people who want to help support them.\nLB: Because previously there weren't many options.\nTB: Previously, if you went on the Internet looking for help as a victim of sexual assault, it would send you to one website, which is RAINN's [Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network]. They are a great organization and have been doing this for a long time, largely without peers, and they run the National Sexual Assault Hotline. But as a survivor, I need a different kind of information \u2014 more accessible, more personal. Me as a survivor and you as a survivor have different experiences around what that means. I always describe our work as healing and action. There is a healing side to the website, and then on the action side is this tool that allows you to put in your zip code and find out all the ways people are working to end sexual violence right in your neighborhood. You can volunteer, donate, pray, all the ways you want to be a part of that.\nASON WU COAT. ELOQUII SKIRT. JOHN HARDY HOOPS. BRACELETS AND RING (RIGHT HAND), HER OWN. BRENT NEALE RING (LEFT HAND). SCHUTZ BOOTS. 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{"text":"Visitor Center \u2022 Plant Tours, Gift Shops, Museum\nGerman engineering, Southern hospitality\nA walk through history driven by perfection...\nVisit the newly redesigned Mercedes-Benz Visitor Center in Vance, Alabama to experience firsthand the rich history - and the exciting future - of the world's most renowned automaker.\nFor more than 20 years, Mercedes-Benz has been manufacturing some of their popular automobiles right here in Alabama, and the Visitor Center is an evolving, interactive tour through some of the legendary manufacturer's greatest innovations and most promising future concepts.\nIconic classic Mercedes-Benz automobiles\nAuthentic Mercedes-Benz race cars\nMercedes-Benz concept cars\nMercedes-Benz \"peerless Safety\" exhibit\nExpanded gift shop\n6 Mercedes Dr. Vance, Alabama 35490\nM-F 8:30AM - 4:00 PM\nClosed SAT, SUN, and Holidays\nGet Directions to MBUSI\nVisitor Center\/Gift Shop & New Plant Gift Shops Hours of Operation\nVisitor Center phone: (205) 507-2252 - Gift Shop phone: (205) 507-2268\n\u25feMonday thru Friday \u2013 8:30 am to 4:00 pm\n\u25feClosed Saturday, Sunday and Major Holidays\n\u25feNo charge to tour Visitor Center\/museum\nPlant 1 Gift Shop (205) 507-2804\n\u25feTuesday, Thursday and Friday - 9:30 a.m. to 3:45 p.m.\n\u25feFriday - 9:30 a.m. to 3:45 p.m.\nPLANT TOUR INFORMATION\nPlant Tours Suspended:\nAs we get ready to launch our future SUVs, public plant tours will be temporarily halted.\nPlant tours may resume later this year.\nDuring this time, the Visitor Center will remain open Monday through Friday, 8:30am to 4:00pm, and closed Saturday, Sunday and all major holidays.\nAdmission to the Visitor Center is FREE.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Florida pastor who dismissed coronavirus as 'just the flu' dies\nBrian and Erin Hitchens before the pandemic (Credit: Facebook)\nA Florida pastor who at one point dismissed the threat of coronavirus as \"just the flu\" has died of complications caused by the illness, her family said on Monday. Her husband, who was equally skeptical, was also hospitalized but has since recovered.\nErin Hitchens, a 46-year-old pastor in West Palm Beach, fell ill in April and spent months in the intensive care unit, where she was put on a ventilator and sedated with no signs of improvement. She died this month of heart problems related to COVID-19.\nErin and her husband, Brian Lee Hitchens, were both skeptical of the virus when it reached the U.S. and began to spread. They believed online conspiracy theories, didn't follow health guidance, and waited to seek help when they fell ill, according to the BBC, which featured Brian's story in May.\n\"The news is emphasizing way too much on this coronavirus garbage, all it is is just the flu,\" Erin wrote on Facebook on March 12, when she mistakenly believed that she had already gone through COVID-19 in the past. \"I recently had it, I'm not dead. I'm not in the hospital and I'm fine.\"\nErin added: \"Can we all come together and get a petition going and tell the news to stop creating hysteria? Dr. Oz and other doctors are calling the news media's out saying there is mass hysteria \u2026 Enough is enough, and you know what, I'm not scared, this is why I'm speaking out. Others need to speak out too with their voice.\"\nIn later posts, however, she appeared to take the virus more seriously. \"Let's give these doctors and nurses a thank you,\" she said on Facebook, adding that she was praying for the world to get healthy again and for life to get back to normal.\nBrian told the BBC on Monday that he wished he had listened from the beginning and hoped his wife would forgive him. \"This is a real virus that affects people differently. I can't change the past I can only live in today and make better choices for the future,\" Brian said.\nAt least 23 million people have been infected with coronavirus since it first emerged in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December 2019, killing more than 810,000 people around the world, including 177,000 people in the U.S.\nErin Hitchens on Facebook on March 12\nRelated Topics:COVID-19 pandemicFloridaUnited StatesWest Palm Beach (Florida)\nGeorgia Amber Alert: 1-year-old Mateo abducted in Chamblee\nTexas Amber Alert: Klay Guzman abducted in Colorado City","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"<WAAM readies for its July 20 centennial bash\nHBO auto wreck shoot in Rosendale canceled>\nNew Saugerties superintendent, business manager begin work\nby Crispin Kott\/ July 15, 2019 \/Comments closed\nKirk Reinhardt (photo by David Gordon)\nThe Saugerties schools reorganizational meeting on July 10 proved a largely uneventful affair with no new trustees and no changes in board leadership. Robert Thomann will remain president and James Mooney vice-president of the school board, with Katie Emerson-Hoss, Elena Maskell and Paul VanSchaack retaining their board seats after running unopposed in May.\nThe agenda included numerous appointments and designations, and a traditionally long list of media outlets and websites where the district plans to report delayed openings, early dismissals and outright closures. Trustees rolled over existing bylaws and policies, authorized various administrators and support staff to perform the duties of administrators and support staff, and set the district calendar for the 2019-20 school year.\nThere were resolutions pertaining to fuel-oil bids (pre-pay price of $2.049 per gallon for 17,000 gallons to Morgan Fuel & Heating) and propane bids (pre-pay price of $1.14 per gallon from Paraco Gas for 22,000 gallons at Mt. Marion Elementary and 1000 gallons at Grant D. Morse Elementary), and a no-charge agreement with Diaz Memorial Ambulance Service to provide non-dedicated service at home football games, with the stipulation that the ambulance will leave the field in the event of an emergency elsewhere in the town.\nThe meeting was also officially the first for a pair of new administrators, superintendent Kirk Reinhardt and business manager Jane St. Amour. They began their work in the district July 1, after the district spent the 2018-19 school year with interim administrators in their place. Deputy superintendent Lawrence Mautone served a dual role as interim superintendent during the 2018-19 school year following the departure of superintendent Seth Turner in the summer of 2018. St. Amour was hired as the district's business manager after the district saw both Warren Donohue and Donald Gottlieb steer its finances in an interim capacity after Lissa Jilek left last summer.\n\"It was a good first one,\" said Reinhardt after the meeting.\nAnother administrative job, deputy superintendent, is still vacant. School officials are still discussing how to shape the deputy superintendent role before deciding whether to post for an opening. \"We haven't had any discussions yet,\" said Reinhardt. \"That will probably happen during the next executive session, what that might look like. I have some ideas, and I will probably shoot that off to the board so they know what I'm thinking.\"\nReinhardt said he's sought feedback from other school officials as to how best to serve the district. The next deputy superintendent's title may change as the position's responsibilities are considered and reconsidered.\n\"I've had an opportunity to talk to a lot of the central office people to discuss where we're at and where we're going,\" Reinhardt said. \"We're looking at data a lot more. We're looking at student success, and that will probably drive that conversation as well. I'm new, the business person is new. So we want to see what are the gaps, and what do we need to do to build our cabinet to be directed toward student success. I think that's the most important thing, not to do something just to do it but because it's going to be what's best for students.\"\nIn mid-June, Thomann said the board was open to working with Reinhardt on filling the vacancy.\n\"We're going to talk with the incoming superintendent, Mr. Reinhardt, and kind of brainstorm to see what he thinks the district's needs are and what support he needs,\" said Thomann. \"It might be another deputy, it might be an HR person, like a director of HR. We're just not sure right now, and we need to talk about it.\"\nReinhardt was previously the principal of Kingston High School. Because of his close proximity, he was able easily to meet with other school officials prior to officially becoming superintendent this month. That's made it easier, he said, to hit the ground running and ensure the summer months are productive before students return to school in early September.\n\"The big thing is obviously staffing,\" Reinhardt said. \"What teacher positions need to be hired, what do we do with central office? That's the initial thing. I've had the opportunity to meet with most of the building leaders, and I will continue to do that as we move forward. One of my goals as to align the four elementary schools.\"\nOn Wednesday, Thomann said he was pleased that Reinhardt was able to connect with board members and district staff ahead of time, and was also impressed with the superintendent's vision for the Saugerties district. \"We had two committee meetings prior to the board meeting last night,\" Thomann said. \"It was a really great discussion on data driving student achievement. I think you're going to see some really exciting things in the future.\"\nReinhardt hopes to put together a professional development retreat for school administrators at the end of August. \"I'd like to kind of go over my vision, what I want to see in the classroom, what kind of data collection I'd like to see,\" he said. \"I'm excited about that.\"\nThe next meeting of the board of education is scheduled for Tuesday, August 13.\nSaugerties school district looks for energy savings\nNew Paltz seeks community input on superintendent search\nSaugerties elementary school's lunch program an 'ice-breaker' for kids\nGreat places to catch live music in the Hudson Valley: 2019 edition\nLocal tavern P&G's a focal point of New Paltz history\nNature at your doorstep: Hawk Encounters\nAssessing the Hudson Valley music scene (or lack thereof)","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"IWD - Beginner Beekeeping with the Ladies\nby Flow Hive March 10, 2021\nWe had a special livestream today, as Mirabai and Bianca took over presenting duties in honour of International Women's Day. They carried out a hive inspection, while lots of helpful tips and tidbits of bee knowledge. They unstuck a glued-on queen excluder, got some beautiful close-up shots of bees and brood, found some small hive beetles and even repaired a brood frame. Hope you enjoy it.\nMirabai:\nHey everyone. We're here at the Flow office today. Cedar's away today, so the girls have taken over - Bianca and myself, Mirabai. We both work here for Flow Hive, Cedar is actually also my brother. And to celebrate International Women's Day, we decided to take over and spend our day with our favourite ladies. So we're basically just going to do a brood inspection, but more of a beginner level. We're just going to basically share with you our love of what goes on in a beehive, all the different roles, what all the ladies get up to. So I'm going to smoke the entrance.\nBianca:\nLet's put our hoods on.\nI'll just get the smoker going, a few cool puffs of smoke at the entrance. And then I'm going to pop it down there, so the returning foragers get a little whiff of smoke. So yes, beesuits on. As you'll notice, Bianca and I are both going gloveless. We are experienced beekeepers and we prefer to work gloveless. But I definitely have them here, just in case the hive was to get a bit aggressive. But if you're new to beekeeping, it really does help to feel very safe and secure. So we recommend being well suited-up. Also, some people are severely allergic to bees, so you need to be careful of that.\nShould we get in here? So we're taking off the roof and we're going to just remove the Flow super. We're not going to actually take off the roof of this Flow super.\nMaybe we should talk about what this is. This is the hive tool. This is an Australian version. And this is great for prying pot boxes and scraping up brood comb. But this is a particularly handy tip. And also if you pull off this back window, it acts as a great handle. So let's go. Do you want to get that side?\nSo should we go above the queen excluder? So we're just trying to break all the sticky propolis. Well, I think that excluder is going to want to come with us today, then go to the back. And now Bianca's going to lift it off. And I'm just gonna keep that queen excluder down and you're okay to lift on your own?\nYeah, but it's still stuck. Okay, still stuck. The bees have propolised it up.\nIf you lift it towards you, tilt it towards you, I can hold the queen excluder down. Rock it that way.\nNo, drop it down. So sticky. I think it's going to come off with the excluder. They've gotten so, so sticky and glued it up.\nI see. So what's happened is some of the brood frames actually stuck to the queen excluder and they've propolised it so strongly to the queen excluder.\nThey're a bit upset. So I'm going to smoke. I want this smoke to just mask the guard bee pheromone. Well, the pheromone that they let off when they sting. So it calms them down.\nSo this hive probably hasn't had an inspection for a while. Hence why you see all this burr comb they've built, it's really gummed up. Sorry, girls.\nWhats the difference between burr comb and propolis?\nWell, it's often a mixture. This looks like more wax to me than propolis. So burr comb, they kind of just join up any bits they can't get to often. Then you'll see the darker colour over here is more of a propolis, which is like wax and kind of tree resin. You can see here. Let's lift this off.\nSo we always check under the queen excluder, just in case she was up there running around, but she isn't. If you're worried that you can't see her or you're not comfortable seeing her, you can rest that on the entrance here, like with your inner cover so that if she was on the excluder, she could run back into the hive. Because when she's in laying mode it's not very easy for her to fly.\nThis here is brace comb. It's just where the bees are holding the frames in place. And it's good to just scrape it out a bit before you're pulling out the frame. And I like to keep all this rather than throw it away or chuck it back in the hive because it's good practice to avoid leaving wax lying around spreading pathogens.\nAnd you can add this to your supplies for making honeybee wraps later. Or candles or something like that. We're just cleaning up, which will make it a bit easier next time we open the hive as well. You never quiet nor what you're going to get with bees.\nI also like to do this to avoid squishing bees when we put the queen excluder back on. Because you can imagine bees could get stuck in here. It's quite impossible to avoid that. But you also have to remember that bees encapsulate the whole hive with their propolis and wax because they like to keep it clean and keep away all the bad bacteria. So keep in mind that they do that for a reason. So it's good to support them with their choices.\nLifting out frames\nAlright, I have to bust out the macro lens here because we've got some cute action happening. So you can see here that we've got little bees here, lapping up a little bit of nectar.\nAlright, I'm going to take out the first frame. So with my hive tool, I'm just prying it apart like that, breaking the wax and propolis in there. And then I'm getting this pointy end and leveraging off the next frame. Lifting it up with my right hand, using the other side, putting it up there. So then I can put my hive tool down, lifting the frame with two hands. What can you see on that side?\nWe've got lots of bee bread on this side actually. We've got a lady with some nice white light pollen there. See if I can get a close up of that. Oh, and some orange pollen as well.\nSo all the different colours of pollen are reflective of all the different flower sources. And one lady bee forager will only attend the same flower in her flight, and then she'll come back to the same spot in the hive and deposit it in the same little section. So that's how you get all those different colours and it's a sign of diversity with all the rainbow of colours, which is awesome.\nYeah. They need a nice diverse range of pollen. So when you look at a comb like this, what you're looking at is, probably more than 95% of these are worker bees, which are female. These are the little worker bees.\nSee this slightly bigger one, that's a drone. And he's a male bee and in a hive of maybe 50,000 bees, there'll be a few hundred drones. More in the springtime, less in the winter, autumn months, they get kicked out.\nThe worker bees are the ones that do all the roles in the hive. Basically, they raise the brood, they're the nurses, they make the wax.\nThey're the foragers, feeders, cleaners\u2026\nThey live for about six weeks and about half their life is spent as a house bee and the other half is spent as a field bee. And so when they're in the house, they're nursing, they're making royal jelly, making wax, building comb and all those wonderful things. They're incredibly hard workers.\nI'm gonna give a little bit more smoke. Typically on the edge, like we saw there, we had pollen and a bit of honey stores. The makeup of a hive usually is that the brood will be in this central section. And then on the outer edges, you'll get more pollen stores and bee bread and honey stores. And the drones are usually around the edges as well. So the heart of the hive, the brood is in the middle.\nAnd if you have any questions, Trace is here, but she's not mic'd up today. So she has to come close so that we can hear.\nAnd I might just throw in, Fred Dunn's just joined us. He's a little concerned because he can see you've both got rings on. He's worried that if you get stung, your finger can swell and you might not be able to get your ring off. -That can result in circulation being cut off.\nFragile comb\nJust be careful that one's quite fragile, and the frame is actually broken. Oh, well don't tip it.\nIt's not too fresh comb, but this is very fragile. So this is a great example of when a brood frame breaks. So so what we can do, we don't have any elastic bands. What would we do right now is repair that. So what's happened is this bit here of the brood frame, the two staples in there are coming out. This is a bit of a disaster, not yet, but it could be. But we need to go get elastic bands to keep that in place. So if it did fall, it's actually supported and it wouldn't collapse in the hive and actually kill bees or potentially the queen.\nWe could just put that to the edge there and be really, really gentle with it. And then we'll come back and we'll rubber band and show you how to fix that.\nSweet. This is a great hive to inspect, so many obstacles, which is awesome for beginners.\nWhich is great because you never know what you're going to get when you open a beehive.\nAnd so, see we've got all gentle, calm movements. And the bees are really, really friendly, happy with us. So it's mindful to be slow and gentle.\nYup. So here you're seeing capped worker brood. So the female bees, they spin a little cocoon in the worker brood. So you can say it's like opaque. Here's an example of capped honey. This one is a more translucent capping. The capping can also be quite white as well. So yeah, this is capped honey, and this is capped brood. It looks very different. And as you learn, you'll recognise what looks like what. You can see down here, we've got some nectar being stored. You can kind of see that glossy sheen.\nSame on this side.\nSame on that side. And I wonder if we can see eggs or young larvae in there? No, I don't really see any, but we should have a look at the next frame. Maybe I should spray some smoke to get those bees out of the way.\nAlright, so we're getting to the centre of the hive now. We're keeping an eye out for the queen. That's a lovely brood pattern. I've got this beautiful moist wall-to-wall of worker brood. How's it look on that side?\nYeah. It's like almost half on this side of perfectly capped brood here and then the other half looks to be nectar.\nAnd you'll see the way that Bianca moved that frame, we're working with foundationless frames. Do you want to show it again? So she looked at one side and then to look at the other side, because we don't have wire or foundation, she rotates it away from herself and then flips it, and then you can look at the other side. And then flip it back. So that's how you need to work when you're working with foundationless.\nThere's a bit of brace comb. Bianca is just cutting that brace comb so it doesn't rip the frame as she lifts it up and then just slowly lifting it up.\nBrood inspection\nLots more nectar. It's interesting, their pattern of brood. They've just covered half of the frame, like perfectly half. And nectar on the other side.\nYou can see here's a kind of band of honey, and then the brood generally will be here. And often in between there you'll have some bee bread, which you do here. There's a bit of pollen and bee bread around the edges of the brood.\nI can see larvae on this side. You can tell that this comb is quite fresh because it is quite a light. So this was a swarm that was caught, I believe like about two months ago or less, maybe four to six weeks ago. So you need to be really gentle with the frame and particularly because it's foundationless because it is very fragile.\nI can see a little larvae on this side, but I imagine it'd be quite difficult to see with the camera, but in this bottom corner down there, all the cells point upwards.\nOh yeah, they're really, really tiny. You can just see at the bottom of that cell.\nYou can see they're in a pool of royal jelly, which is really a sign of a healthy hive, plenty of forage about. And notice that every time I put the frame back in the hive, it's going in exactly the same order.\nStill keeping an eye out for our queen, we haven't spotted her yet. We may have missed her.\nSo here we've got a freshly hatched worker bee. See how she's like she's white and furry and fluffy and really new. And then the first role they do is they clean the cells. So they clean and then they become nurses where they nurse and feed the brood.\nA little fun fact is that a developing larva will be visited 10,000 times in a day from a worker bee!\nIt's crazy! And don't they grow to like 1500 times their size in like five days or something crazy? So that little egg hatches, and then the larva develops so incredibly quickly. Tough job being a nurse bee.\nTough being a worker bee. She will die in the field working. She's going to only live for about 42 days in her life. And that is working every single day. And then the drone bees, who don't have a stinger, their only objective in life is to mate with the queen. They just hang about all day and get fed by the worker bees. And they'll go to a drone congregation in the afternoon.\nHere she is, her majesty. She's run off. Oh, there she is. Oh, she's jumped around the other side.\nYeah, there she is in the middle.\nI'm holding the frame over the hive becauseI don't want her to drop off suddenly.\nShe's big, juicy! She's a runner.\nShe looks good. Sometimes they run away from the light. They don't like the bright light.\nI'm going to be really careful. Cause I know that she's on this frame when I'm putting this frame back in and I would hate to roll our queen. Cause this hive seems to be doing really well.\nDo you want to do that last frame? So this is likely to be honey, this last one. Then we'll go back.\nThere's a bit of burr comb, brace comb on that end. I'm just going to scrape it down. And this one is heavier.\nSo honey is always heavier than brood.\nThe queen's on this one now. She's run over.\nShe was like, \"ah, I'm outta here, you guys, please!\"\nShe's in the bottom left. Oh, now she's going to the other side. Yep.\nShe's a runner.\nOh she is too.\nSo from her behaviour, I would put that frame back. She's getting a bit runny. She's possibly a bit annoyed that we're sticking her in daylight. So we don't want it to jump or fly. So pop it back.\nBrood frame repair\nAnother little trick that I actually learned from Mira, is when you return a frame to a hive, put them all together. So then at the end you just have to do one single motion backwards, without risking killing any more bees. Cause you've already popped all the frames here.\nYeah, I love that one too. Well that was taught to me by a beekeeper in Germany. So there's such a lovely tradition of passing on that knowledge.\nAnd now we just taught a whole bunch of people!\nSo this frame, what we'll have to do, we'll have to eventually replace this frame and it does have a few bits of broods. So what I would be inclined to do is keep it on the outside. So eventually over time, this brood will make its way this way over cycles of brood development. And so the plan is that this frame will actually become honey. And then that is safe to take out of the hive.\nSo when we return this other frame, we'll put it here rather than here and we'll put this frame on the outside. So then with the intention to actually replace this frame, because hopefully it'll be full of honey.\nAnd then we can eat yummy honeycomb.\nThis is still going to be super tricky to try. And if it's not, we can always shake the bees off and take it. But actually, it's got quite a bit of brood in it. I've got the elastic bands around my wrist.\nOkay. I'll hold it and we'll try it and fix that.\nAnd so I'll put this frame now. Yeah.\nSo see how that's popped up. The staple that was holding in place, which is not quite holding and when we pulled it up, it came loose. So I rest that in there. I'm just going to push that down and see if I can put it back in place.\nThat would be handy. The new comb is super fragile.\nI'll hold it here so that you can get in there with the elastic band around the frame. And we're just giving them a bit more support, holding that comb while they fix the big crack that happened when we lifted it. Maybe one on the end.\nIt's amazing that the bees will actually chew this elastic band and dispose of it outside the hive. So if you see strange material coming out of the hive, it looks like spaghetti.\nJust right on the end there, I think. So that looks safe at least for now. Yeah. That looks heaps better. You can see that it cracked along there and the bees are actually already cleaning and joining that crack back up again.\nWe could even take that honey frame, but we won't today cause it's still nectar. So in a bit, I would be inclined to, when that's capped with honey that's ripe for consumption, then we could take that honey. As long as there's enough honey upstairs in the Flow super.\nWhat lens are you using Mirabai?\nI use two different lenses, but the lens I'm using today is a prime macro lens from a company called Moment. I'll show you here. So it's a lens that clips onto the case. Just twists off like this. And most likely when I'm filming bees, I'll almost always use the slow-motion setting on the Apple app. And so let's see if we can get a nice shot of a little bee here doing something cool. There's also another company called Ztylus that do a a type of lens that flips out on the back, which I have on one of my other phones. But I find this lens that nicest. See, I can see all the little hairs all over her body. Oh, that's so cute.\nCan you harvest honeycomb from the Flow Hive? If you take some of the honeycomb, would you just put an empty frame back?\nThe intention for this was just to manage this frame. You generally would never take honeycomb out of the brood box. That's just a general rule because this is their space and it's relative to how much honey stores you need at the time of year in your location, what honeycomb you take can take out. But with the Flow, you can have a Hybrid Flow super, which allows you to harvest honeycomb and Flow honey from the one super. So that's a great option, but from here generally, no.\nBut you can. So that's with every two beekeepers, there's three opinions. So this is yet another example. Well, yes, in times of excess, in times of strong nectar flow where the colony storing lots of excess honey, definitely. And sometimes they can get honey bound. If there is a frame on the edge that is capped, you can remove that honey.\nBut like Bianca said, you know, this is their space. So you wouldn't want to be taking honey stores from their brood box late in the season. So you really need to get to know your local season and the biggest part of being a beekeeper is learning how to manage this space and these bees to give them what they need to thrive. And then they can store excess honey in your super. And if you're lucky, you get to have some sweet bonus of the honey reward, but actually the beekeeping part of it is the most rewarding and fascinating part actually.\nThe bees are so calm. What type of bees are they?\nThey're obviously Apis mellifera, which is the European honeybee. But then in Australia where we are, we've got different strains of that, such as Caucasian, Carniolan and ligustica - which is Italian. And I think the Italians are generally more orange. I believe these ones are potentially Caucasian, but they could be a blend.\nYeah. I would say, in our apiary here it's probably a bit of a blend. We do try and keep quite docile bees, because we've got neighbours. We don't want to have aggressive bees, but also, you know, part of working with the bees is listening to them. You know, when we were first trying to get that super off, when we lifted some of the brood frames you could hear the noise they made, they got angry and annoyed. And then we use that bit of extra smoke that calmed them down and we just sort of let them sit a bit.\nBut yes, some bees are incredibly aggressive, especially in parts of America where there's Africanized strains. I have done some beekeeping in a full suit and filming once with Africanized bees, gloves, everything. And there were about 50 bees pinging off my face constantly. So they do vary wherever you go. So never assume that a hive is going to be gentle. But we know these hives well, we work with these hives a lot.\nAnd they feed a lot on the way you are your energy in the hive. If you've got erratic, sharp movements, they respond to that, they're like \"eh, get away from us!\" But if you're gentle and calm on a nice sunny day, they're generally always so kind and sweet.\nThat's true. And you and I both have to kind of be very conscious of our movements when you're working without gloves. And I know Fred said, we've got rings, what if we get stung? I don't actually swell very bad.\nI've been stung hundreds of times, but it doesn't really bother me, I just don't react anymore. But that can go the other way for some people. So yeah, you've just got to be really careful, safety first. It's inevitable to get stung and you can't expect not to get stung if you go gloveless.\nAnd if you do have a cranky hive, can you do anything about it?\nYou can requeen. When a hive gets, some people call it a hot hive. When a hive is consistently being very aggressive over a number of like times or inspections, then the beekeeper can often choose to requeen. So you find the queen in that hive and remove her and then introduce a new queen from a queen breeder that breeds good genetics. Hygienic, docile, honey-producing bees hopefully.\nHive beetles\nSo that's all looking great and they've started filling the super. We could have a peek in one of the Flow Frames once we put that back on.\nOh, look, small hive beetles. There's one, there's one I just squashed. So the bees can't actually kill them, but they do try. They herd them into areas like this on the top where they make these little propolis kind of cages almost. And they keep them up there to kind of manage them.\nThey keep them in that little area and then that prevents the hive beetle females from laying eggs in the comb, which is what actually causes the most damage. That's what causes a slime out, which is where a colony will eventually abscond, the queen may be lost and you lose your colony toa slime out. And it's gross to clean up.\nThe best defence against the hive beetle is just a really strong colony, so they can manage it themselves. Also utilising the tray with oil, so the bees will actually push the beetle through the grate. And then the way the beekeeper can manage that from the outside is just replacing this oil. Look, we've already got some dead ones.\nSo the hive beetles fall into the oil and drown. So that helps your colony manage. So everything we do is to kind of help and assist our colony function the best it can.\nWell, we can see that there's no honey yet on the ends, but there's lots of bees up there. So they have started working the Flow Frames.\nAnd I could feel it, it was super heavy.\nSo you lifted it up before and it definitely has some honey stores happening in there. So just like a regular brood frame, you lift one end with the hook on your J-tool and then always take the window off. And you can actually, there's another lever point just under the Flow Frame here. Also, you can lever onto the Flow Frame there. So now I've loosened that up. Oh yeah. Instantly feel that this frame is almost full of honey. Wow.\nSo this is all capped honey, this is uncapped honey. See its nectar glistening on its way to being capped. The bees will start in the centre of the hive and work their way out. So it may look empty on this side, but if you open it up, you will actually find that that's actually full of honey. But I wouldn't actually harvest this yet.\nNo, it's not quite there, but it's pretty close.\nWhy wouldn't you harvest it yet?\nBecause, say for example, if you only put your key in this far, honey could be pushed out of these uncapped cells here. And that is a nectar, it's not quite honey. So it's still got a too-high moisture content, which means that your honey could potentially go bad before you'd like. Where if you harvested perfectly capped honey, that's perfectly ripe honey that the bees have withdrawn the right amount of moisture around 18 to 20%, depending on the nectar source. And that means you've got perfectly ripe honey generally means that it will last forever.\nSo if you harvest too early and there's too much water content, then your honey starts to ferment?\nYeah that's right. You could feed it back to your bees, but not in this context where they've got plenty of honey.\nYou can see there's a nectar flow on, the bees are doing great, the brood is doing well. We've got all stages of bees and they're storing excess honey. If the nectar flow continues, it won't be long until this hive is ready to harvest.\nHow much honey stores do you need to leave in the hive for winter?\nIt's interesting here. We actually, through the summer months can often have this sort of rainy, wet weather where we don't actually get that strong nectar flow. And then during the winter, especially down at my brother Cedar's place, we actually get a winter flow happening. And so we really don't have what you would call winter here in the Northern rivers. We're in a subtropical climate. So we are really fortunate in terms of keeping bees that we don't get those winter months, which lots of you do.\nI was living in Germany for the last few years and keeping bees and wintering them. And I learned a lot about you know, you do really need to make sure you build up your honey stores for winter because when they ball down in winter, they eat those honey stores and they vibrate their wing muscles, disengaging the wings to keep the hive warm.\nSo they're called heater bees. And those bees go to the outside of the ball to keep the rest of the colony warm. And they take turns, kind of in rosters, they work to the outside. And so they need those honey stores to stay alive.\nI'd like to talk about this. So here, we've got an arc in the middle where it's uncapped. This is generally because the bees leave this spot in preparation for the queen to lay. Because the queens actually naturally lay in a sphere shape in the centre of the hive as that's the warmest area. So then by default, the bees actually leave this space waiting for the queen to lay eggs, just in case. She can't because there's a queen excluder in there to prevent her from laying up here. But then the bees will still sometimes do this. I find it that it depends on the colony.\nBut so this is actually another reason just to be super safe before you harvest, to actually have a look inside your super, to know which frame is ready for harvesting. Because if you did, for example, put your whole key down this at the one time and harvest it, that could actually cause a bit of leaking through that uncapped arc, which is a bit dangerous. But it's always a good idea when harvesting to harvest incrementally and slowly. So for example, put your key in a third of the way down, turn, wait for that to slow down and then put it down another third. Just to manage the honey a bit more and prevent any harm for the bees.\nDo you always check the super before harvesting, or do you just look through the end window?\nAs a beginner beekeeper, yes, 100%.\nBecause you have to learn to know your bees and you have to learn to know the season and the times when the nectar is abundant.\nAnd as an experienced beekeeper, you can actually gauge a lot more of that from just looking at the front of your hive and understanding the activity at the front, which is indicative of the inside. Yeah. But for me, it's just with experience. You don't have to, but as a beginner, it's just really good to be super careful because you can't assume anything really. There's so much to learn in beekeeping and every colony is different. Every location is different, subjective to climate, flowers available, so many variables. So that's why you can't have one answer for everyone. So your answers for your colony could be completely different to someone who you've spoken to what their recommendations are. So it's about your own personal learning journey and learning from others in order to make the correct decisions for your colony.\nDo you recommend people doing beekeeping courses and joining clubs? What is the best way to learn if you don't have a mentor?\nYeah, so a mentor is the best, most effective and efficient way I find, because that is local to your beehive and experience. But if not, then your local bee club or association is probably the next best place, because you've got experienced beekeepers there. And you're also learning with other beginner beekeepers. So you can, you can learn from them and it's a very inclusive environment where you can learn from others. But you do get a lot of different opinions from all different beekeepers, which is the culture of the industry. I like to blend everything, so online learning with clubs, face-to-face support. Because it's quite daunting to open up a hive and know what you're actually looking at.\nBut we have TheBeekeeper.org, which is a great online resource. It's not just beginner beekeeping, but also has experts from around the world to share their knowledge. So definitely check that out.\nFanning pheromones\nAnd so I wanted to show you, this bee here is fanning. And I think we can see she has the end of her abdomen tilted down and she's actually fanning with a nasonov pheromone. So the gland is releasing a pheromone and she's fanning into the air telling her fellow bees, this is home, come back here because we've opened them. Oh. And she just stopped. And you can kind of see it from this angle better. Just on the end of the abdomen there.\nSo do they share the same pheromone? I guess they would because they're from the same queen.\nYeah. I think they all keep up the same pheromone.\nAnd that's how they identify themselves to the guard bees. The lady guards at the front, they'll actually sniff all the bees coming in. And if they smell a bit funny, or not familiar, they'll actually wrestle them and tell them to go away. That's the guard bee's job. Another female role, to protect the hive.\nHow long before the super will be ready to harvest?\nIt just really depends if there's still a strong nectar flow going on. It's not hugely strong at the moment. So I would say probably a number of weeks. So my friend's colony, which is just about 30 minutes drive from here, she's been harvesting and in two weeks the frames have been full again.\nSo they've been on a really strong nectar flow. So it all depends. You know, it's about the health of the colony, the nectar flow that's around, the time of year. So this, they could run out of nectar flow and just stop filling it.\nBut yeah, it's about what's flowering. So, you know, I had frames replenishing in about a week in the start of spring and now they've totally slowed down. I haven't harvested for about six weeks, and that's just seven kilometres down the road.So it's very local.\nYou've just got to open your eyes and look for what's flowering and the biggest resources for flowers are big flowering trees. And sometimes the flowers can be so small that you don't even notice that a tree is flowering, like a big gum. But as you're a beekeeper, you start to observe and look at these things, you start noticing different things.\nThat's one of the cool things, you walk around looking up at what's flowering, what's available for your bees.\nAnd you want to do the waggle dance to tell them where it is!\nAnyway, so yeah. Thanks, hope you learned something, and it was fun taking over.\nWant more? 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{"text":"41 results. Displaying results 1 - 41.\nPrints & Drawings\nFine Arts 169\nWatercolours 1\nFine arts 43\nIndividual 30\nGeneral views 30\nVisual arts 20\nNative plants 7\nMoore, John Lysaght\nCleveley, John\nLambert, Peter\nNodder, Frederick Polydore\nGood, Fanny Bertha\nAris, Bernard 16\nKirk, Graham 4\nAlecto Historical Editions 2\nMiller, James 2\nMiller, John Frederick 2\nMacKenzie, Daniel 2\nMaker Moore, John Lysaght Remove filter Moore, John Lysaght\nSubject Natural science Remove filter Natural science\nMaker Cleveley, John Remove filter Cleveley, John\nMaker Lambert, Peter Remove filter Lambert, Peter\nMaker Good, Fanny Bertha Remove filter Good, Fanny Bertha\nSubject Portraits Remove filter Portraits\nDepartment Prints & Drawings Remove filter Prints & Drawings\nSubject Man Remove filter Man\nMaker Nodder, Frederick Polydore Remove filter Nodder, Frederick Polydore\nEtching, Solar Plate \"Taranaki Pa Sites\"\nSolar plate etching in black ink on white paper. Composition consists of 5 long plates placed one below the other depicting landscape views of pa sites on the coastal road between Pungarehu to Warea road including Mt. Taranaki\/Egmont. Some trees and power lines included. Titled, signed and dated below.\nTM2003.358\n\"Coastal Pa Sites - Taranaki\"\nMulti-coloured screenprint on paper composed of 3 long panoramic views of pa sites located between Pungarehu and Warea on the coastal road including Mt. Taranaki\/Egmont.\n\"P.L 1972\"\nScreenprint print of three men huddled in discussion. It is in black and yellow ink in a loose, sketchy style.\nPA2015.078\nScreenprint port of a man. The portrait shows him in quarter profile. It is in black ink in a loose, sketchy style.\nScreenprint portrait of a man. The portrait shows him in full profile. It is in black ink in a loose, sketchy style.\n\"P Lambert \/ 1976\"\n\"Peter Lambert \/ 81\"\nScreenprint portrait of a tall and skinny young man. The portrait shows him in full profile. It is in black ink in a loose, sketchy style.\nScreenprint portrait of a young girl. The portrait shows her in quarter profile. It is in black ink in a loose, sketchy style.\nScreenprint portrait of a balding man. The portrait shows him in quarter profile. It is in black ink in a loose, sketchy style.\nScreenprint portrait of a young person. The portrait shows them in full profile. It is in black ink in a loose, sketchy style with a spot of green in the eye area.\nScreenprint portrait of a man wearing glasses. The portrait shows him in full profile. It is in black ink in a loose, sketchy style.\n\"Banks' Florilegium: Part XXII, New Zealand (plates 447-469)\"\nPart XXII (22) of Banks' Florilegium containing 23 colour prints relating to New Zealand, printed from the original copperplate engravings in 1986 by Alecto Historical Editions in association with The British Museum (Natural History). The prints illustrate plants collected on Captain James Cook's first voyage round the world in \"H.M.S. Endeavour\" (1768-1771). The specimens were gathered and classified by the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks, Bart., K.B., P.C., P.R.S., and Dr Daniel Solander, F.R.S., and were accurately engraved between 1771 and 1784 after drawings taken from nature by Sydney Parkinson.\n\"Banks' Florilegium: Part XXI, New Zealand (plates 424-446)\"\nPart XXI (21) of Banks' Florilegium containing 23 colour prints relating to New Zealand, printed from the original copperplate engravings in 1986 by Alecto Historical Editions in association with The British Museum (Natural History). The prints illustrate plants collected on Captain James Cook's first voyage round the world in \"H.M.S. Endeavour\" (1768-1771). The specimens were gathered and classified by the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks, Bart., K.B., P.C., P.R.S., and Dr Daniel Solander, F.R.S., and were accurately engraved between 1771 and 1784 after drawings taken from nature by Sydney Parkinson.\n\"Titoki\"\nWoodcut print depicting the Titoki (Alectryon excelsus) plant with leaves and berries enclosed in capsules. Rendered in green, ochre, black and red paint.\n\"Karaka\"\nWoodcut print depicting four leaves of the Karaka (cornyocarpus laevigatus) plant with eight berries. Rendered in green and yellow paint.\n\"Poroporo\"\nColour woodblock print by John Lysaght Moore titled \"Poroporo\" 19\/ up to 500. Depicts the purple flower and three fingered leaves of the Poroporo plant.\nA85.205\n\"Mike\"\nPortrait of Michael Smither rendered in rainbow colours and set against a blue\/grey background.\nStylised portrait of a nude woman. Background in two blocks of colour - red and navy blue. The woman is rendered in pink and brown\/black.\n\"Nude Study 1\"\nScreenprint of back view of nude female form. Background is dark blue speckled.\n\"Self portrait\"\nSelf portrait of Peter Lambert wearing a green t-shirt.\n\"Gerry\"\nBust portrait of a man with dark hair and wearing a white t-shirt. Blue background.\nBust portrait of a man with black hair and wearing a black t-shirt. Predominantly white background.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Home Rock Features Headlines Scott Weiland 'Painful' Final Interview Revealed: 'He Started Chain Reaction Of Deaths'\nScott Weiland 'Painful' Final Interview Revealed: 'He Started Chain Reaction Of Deaths'\nGilles LeBlanc has published a new article on A Journal of Musical Things about preparing for what would end up being late Stone Temple Pilots frontman Scott Weiland's final interview before his last performance at Toronto's Adelaide Hall on December 1, 2015. Weiland died two days later on December 3rd in Bloomington, Minnesota from a drug overdose. Monday was the 3-year anniversary of Weiland's death.\n\"The story of how I was jerked around at the time waiting for confirmation, only to give up and head home albeit not before sending off my '10 Questions' for him isn't what's important. Yes he had his share of demons, but Weiland was a supreme talent that rock music is poorer for because of his absence. Maybe all this time later I'll finally be able to make it through watching all 5+ minutes of his answers; it's been too eerily painful up until now\u2026\"\nGilles also tweeted that Weiland's death was the start of a 'chain reaction' of rock deaths over the last few years that also included Chris Cornell and Chester Bennington.\n\"I've always said Weiland had the distinction of starting the chain reaction of before-their-time artist deaths :(\"\nFrea-ky. I've always said Weiland had the distinction of starting the chain reaction of before-their-time artist deaths \ud83d\ude41\n\u2014 Gilles LeBlanc (@ROCKthusiast) December 3, 2018\nNice graphic \u2013 I can't believe it's been three years already, although my experience w\/ Weiland was a bit different than most people's: https:\/\/t.co\/bUqUEla7Bp\nPrevious articleTool Singer Maynard James Keenan Calls Out 'Ripoff' Songs\nNext articleChester Bennington's Ex-Wife 'Supports' Criticism Of Mike Shinoda","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Home Posts Tagged \"Jim Brickman\"\nOn Stage: Brickman brings 'Gift of Christmas' to Keswick\nDec 16th, 2021 \u00b7 0 Comment\nBy Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times Jim Brickman Jim Brickman's music always has a warm, soothing quality. His current tour might just be his warmest, most familiar ever. It's a holiday tour that includes both Christmas music and songs from his vast catalogue \"The Gift of Christmas\" is the name of Brickman's current tour. Brickman will bring his \"The Gift of Christmas\" to...\nOn Stage: Jim Brickman's music is soothing to the soul\nApr 29th, 2021 \u00b7 0 Comment\nBy Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times Jim Brickman Jim Brickman's music always has a warm, soothing quality \u2013 a sound that has endeared him to fans for nearly three decades. This weekend will be a busy weekend for Brickman, who is one of the best-selling solo pianists of our time with more than 20 Number One albums and more than 40 Top 20 radio singles in Billboard Magazine. First up...\nOn Stage: 'The Illusionists' comes to Wilmington\nDec 21st, 2017 \u00b7 0 Comment\nBy Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times The Illusionists Magicians seem to be omnipresent and magic shows pop up on entertainment calendars on a regular basis. Some of the shows make you shake your head in amazement \u2013 not at the complexity of the act but rather that venues would even book the act. There are some good shows featuring magic acts but it's safe to say that they all pale in comparison...","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"ETCP News\nBack to list of ETCP News\nETCP ANNOUNCES ELECTRICAL SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS\nThe Entertainment Technician Certification Program Council announces the appointment of Electrical Subject Matter Experts (SMEs). These individuals, all highly respected in their field, have agreed to volunteer considerable time to the development of the industry's first electrical certification. Selected for their breadth and depth of knowledge, the SMEs will work closely with the Council's selected psychometric services provider, Applied Measurement Professionals (AMP), to develop the examinations.\nThe SMEs are: Rick Baxter, Eric Bouchard, Jeanette Farmer, Ian Foulds, David Hatch, John Huntington, Tony Giovannetti, Dave Loftin, Jim Maloney, Alan Rowe, Nancy Shaw, and Ken Vannice.\nThe SMEs' first task is to develop a job task analysis survey which will be sent to hundreds of entertainment electricians in the U.S. and Canada. The results of this survey will be used to determine the content areas of the examination. The next step in the test development process will be to write the examination questions, which will take place over a series of meetings to be held through the first half of 2006.\nCall for Entertainment Electricians to Participate in Survey Job analysis is the foundation upon which to build a viable and rigorous certification examination. The job analysis will focus on analyzing electrical tasks based on importance, time spent and consequence of error.\nA survey regarding this job analysis will be developed this fall by the appointed SMEs with the help of AMP. The survey will be administered by email in December 2005. ETCP needs your help to ensure that the examination reflects the job requirements. Your judgments will assist the SMEs in developing the examination specifications. If you are an experienced entertainment electrician and are interested in participating, please email Katie Geraghty, ETCP Certification Director at kgeraghty@esta.org with your:\n1. Name\n2. Email Address (if you do not have an email address but would like to participate please send your mailing address to: 875 Sixth Avenue, Suite 1005, New York, NY 10001)\nThe first electrical examination will be held at the 2006 LDI tradeshow in Las Vegas, NV. Candidate handbooks and applications for the electrical examination will be available in March 2006.\nUnder the auspices of the Entertainment Services and Technology Association (ESTA), ETCP is being developed with the following organizations: AMPTP, CITT, CCE, IATSE, IAAM, InfoComm\/ICIA, The League of American Theatres and Producers, PRG, TEA, and USITT.\nAbout ETCP\nTest Developers\nETCP SPONSORS\nETCP News Archive\nProtocol Articles\n\u00a9 Copyright , ESTA. All Rights Reserved. | Terms of Use | Privacy Statement | Contact Us | ESTA\nETCP, 630 Ninth Avenue, Suite 609, New York, NY 10036 \u2022 Tel: +1 212 244 1505 \u2022 Fax: +1 212 244 1502","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Best royal pictures of the week: Royal soccer games, Queen Rania's visit to Belgium and more\nStrictly Come Dancing's AJ Pritchard announces exciting news \u2013 and we can't wait!\nFrom Queen Rania of Jordan's visit to Belgium, to Prince Albert II of Monaco's soccer skills in a charity match, see what your favorite royals have been up to.\nClick through our gallery to see this week's best royal moments.\nDoing his bit for charity Prince Albert of Monaco donned his soccer kit for the 24th World Stars football match at Stade Louis II, Monaco.\nPrince William and Kate Middleton attended their first ever joint appearance at a Buckingham Palace Garden Party. The Duchess recycled the outfit that she wore to Prince George's christening in 2013.\nQueen Elizabeth looked resplendent in light blue coat as she attended the royal garden party alongside her husband Prince Philip.\nQueen Maxima of The Netherlands looked beautiful in a dark blue lace dress and a wide-brimmed blue hat, as she baptized the cruise ship MS Koningsdam.\nA family affair. Crown Prince Haakon of Norway and wife Crown Princess Mette-Marit took their children Ingrid Alexandra and Sverre Magnus to the Opening of The Princess Ingrid Alexandra Sculpture Park in Oslo.\nPrincess Ingrid Alexandra and Prince Sverre Magnus of Norway were captivated by a orange fox sculpture as they walked round the Princess Ingrid Alexandra Sculpture Park.\nA royal welcome! Queen Silvia of Sweden was taken aback by the warm reception she received by local children as she arrived at the plenary hall in Duesseldorf, Germany.\nBloomin lovely! Queen Elizabeth was captured through a gap in a floral exhibit at the Chelsea Flower Show in London. The floral image of the Queen was created specifically for the royal show.\nPulling out his jazziest golf trousers, Mike Tindall took to the golf course to take part in the Celebrity Golf Classic 2016 in Sutton Coldfield.\nSupportive wife! Zara Phillips joined her husband on the second day of the Pro-Am golf tournament.\nThe mom-of-one kept it casual for the golf tournament, dressing down in jeans, a green coat and beige flats.\nSports fans King Felipe and Queen Letizia of Spain watched on as Barcelona beat Seville to take home the Copa del Rey trophy, at the Vicente Calderon Stadium in Madrid.\nConsoling a Crystal Palace soccer player after his team lost the FA cup final to Manchester United, Prince William shook hands with the losing team and presented them with their runners-up medals.\nA sombre event. Queen Mathilde and King Philippe of Belgium arrived at the Royal Palace in Brussels for a remembrance service. The ceremony was to honor those who lost their lives in the Belgium bombings that happened on May 22.\nThe Duchess of Cambridge was in high spirits as she arrived in Portsmouth to visit the headquarters of 1851 Trust to learn about projects inspiring young people to take up sailing.\nNot one to shy away from a challenge, Kate changed into appropriate sports wear before taking to the seas during her day in Portsmouth. Getting on to a test boat, the Duchess quickly took control and steered the boat out on the race course, set up for the upcoming Americas Cup world series even in July.\nAn invitation to the palace. Queen Elizabeth presented Oliver Knussen with The Queen's Medal for Music during an audience at her London residence.\nQueen Rania of Jordan and Queen Mathilde of Belgium received beautiful bouquets of flowers from children as they arrived at the Town Hall in Bruges, Belgium.\nTake the wheel! King Willem-Alexander of The Netherlands took control of a tractor during a visit to a farm to see the latest technological developments in the dutch agricultural sector.\nEuropean royals\nQueen Mathilde\nKate Middleton and Meghan Markle UNITE with kids including baby Archie to watch Princes at polo - LIVE UPDATES\n10 secrets of how the royal family travels\nAs exciting as exploring new destinations and discovering new cultures around the world can be, travel still has its downsides, from standing in line...\nPrince William and Kate Middleton's funniest moments together\nDuchesses Kate and Meghan are all smiles as they're joined by Pippa Middleton at Wimbledon - LIVE UPDATES","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Trump Administration Waives Shipping Restriction For Puerto Rico\nBy Jeff Brady\nPublished September 28, 2017 at 6:34 AM PDT\nA container ship is seen docked at the port of San Juan as people deal with the aftermath of Hurricane Maria on Monday in San Juan, Puerto Rico.\nThe Trump administration announced Thursday that it has temporarily waived a U.S. shipping restriction for Puerto Rico known as the Jones Act.\nUnder the law, only U.S.-flagged ships are allowed to move goods between any U.S. ports. Now foreign-flagged vessels also will be able to move shipments from the U.S. mainland to Puerto Rico and between ports there. The move is intended to boost the delivery of much-needed relief supplies after Hurricane Maria battered the U.S. territory last week.\nThe Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Administration thanked President Trump in a tweet:\nJones Act waived for Puerto Rico. Thank you, @POTUS. https:\/\/t.co\/BA5Y4Ic1A4\n\u2014 PRFAA (@PRFAA) September 28, 2017\nThat was in response to an announcement from White House press secretary Sarah Sanders:\nAt @ricardorossello request, @POTUS has authorized the Jones Act be waived for Puerto Rico. It will go into effect immediately.\n\u2014 Kayleigh McEnany 45 Archived (@PressSec45) September 28, 2017\nNPR's Planet Money examined the Jones Act and says the 90-year-old law applies only to shipping, not other forms of transportation:\n\"If you want to send a bunch of oranges by truck from Florida to Baltimore, no one cares who made the truck. Or if you want to fly computer chips across the country, it's fine if the plane is made in France. But if you want to send cargo by ship, according to the Jones Act, the ship has to be American made.\"\nThe law applies to all U.S. ports and has been a frequent source of tension between the U.S. maritime industry and its customers. That's because using domestic ships usually costs more than foreign-flagged vessels.\nThis spring, the Trump administration sided with the oil industry in withdrawing an Obama-era proposal that required companies drilling in the Gulf of Mexico to use more U.S. ships and crews.\nThe domestic shipping industry argues the Jones Act is needed to preserve U.S. shipping jobs and for national security. Shipping industry lobbyist Darrell Conner told Planet Money that U.S. commercial ships could be conscripted into military service if needed.\nIn signing a 10-day waiver that covers all products being shipped to Puerto Rico, Department of Homeland Security acting Secretary Elaine Duke side-stepped that controversy. She said the waiver is needed to help the territory after it suffered hits from both Hurricanes Irma and Maria.\n\"It is intended to ensure we have enough fuel and commodities to support lifesaving efforts, respond to the storm, and restore critical services and critical infrastructure operations in the wake of these devastating storms,\" Duke said.\nThe U.S. has issued similar temporary waivers in the past, including one earlier this month as demand for gasoline outpaced supply ahead of Hurricane Irma.\nJeff Brady\nJeff Brady is a National Desk Correspondent based in Philadelphia, where he covers energy issues and climate change. Brady helped establish NPR's environment and energy collaborative which brings together NPR and Member station reporters from across the country to cover the big stories involving the natural world.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"School Info Faculty & Staff (K-8) Faculty & Staff (9-12) Registration Social Media Downloads\nCalendar (K-8) Calendar (9-12)\nBand Chorus Piano Speech and Debate Theatre Visual Art\nAthletics (6-8) Athletics (9-12) Chess Student Organizations (9-12) Honor Societies\nGoverning Board Guidance Counselor (K-8) Guidance Counselor (9-12) International Baccalaureate Online Resources PTO (K-8) Powerschool Report Absence Service Hours Title I\nFaculty & Staff (K-8)\nFaculty & Staff (9-12)\nSocial Media Downloads\nCalendar (K-8)\nCalendar (9-12)\nLive Virtual Tours\nAthletics (6-8)\nAthletics (9-12)\nEnrichment & Clubs (K-8)\nStudent Organizations (9-12)\nSGA Class Moderators\nSpeech and Debate\nGuidance Counselor (K-8)\nGuidance Counselor (9-12)\nParent Booster Network (9-12)\nPTO (K-8)\nBUILDING BETTER PEOPLE, EVERY DAY\nPembroke Pines (K-8)\nPembroke Pines (K-12)\nSelect Campus Boynton Beach Cooper City Palm Beach Gardens Pembroke Pines (K-8) Pembroke Pines (K-12) Sunrise\nEnroll Return to Main\nPembroke Pines (K-12) Campus - Theatre\nThis course is designed for students with little or no theater experience, and promotes enjoyment and appreciation for all aspects of theater. Theater 2 focuses more on advanced techniques. Classwork focuses on the exploration of theater literature, performance, historical and cultural connections, and technical requirements. Improvisation, creative dramatics, and beginning scene work are used to introduce students to acting and character development. Incorporation of other art forms in theater also helps students gain appreciation for other art forms, such as music, dance, and visual art.\u200b\n\u200bThis class requires a minimum of two performances each year. Amount and level of performances for each show depend on students level and class achievement.\nAbout Mr. Greenblum\nMr. Greenblum is a working artist and Arts Teacher with over 18 years teaching experience. He attended Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, N.Y. and The Arts Center College of Design in Pasadena, CA where he earned his bachelor's degree in Fine Arts. Many of his students have gone on to win numerous awards in the highly prestigious Scholastic Art Awards, including the highly esteemed National Gold Key Award. Mr. Greenblum also work's as a professional artist, muralist, and filmmaker when not teaching. He has worked in many different disciplines, from traditional drawing and painting to printmaking, photography, and film in addition to Theater. Mr. Greenblum has also had several different articles that published and wrote of his work. He currently lives in Homestead with my best friend Poppy, an awesome dog I rescued from an animal shelter approximately 7 years ago.\nMr. Greenblum's work has appeared in such publications as The Sun Sentinel, The Los Angeles Times, The New York Resident, and a feature article in Airbrush Action magazine, the industry's leading magazine. His work has been purchased by such notable people as Ex-Attorney general, Archibald Cox, actor Carey Elwes, the former presidential granddaughter of Indonesia, and Francis Fischer, who purchased a painting for her former boyfriend Clint Eastwood of himself as a Christmas present. He also painted a portrait for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu which was given to him as a gift during a major Church event.\nTo get directions enter your address in the space below.\nPembroke Pines (K-12) Campus\nAddress 5000 SW 207th Terrace\nPembroke Pines, FL 33332 Get Directions\nHours Elementary: 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM Middle School: 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM High School: 7:30 AM - 2:30 PM Early Release: 11:15 AM (9-12) & 12:15 PM (K-8) Summer \/ Holidays: 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM Office Hours:\n7:15 AM - 4:30 PM (Telephone Assistance) 7:30 AM - 1:55 PM (In-Person Assistance)","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Are You The One? >\nWatch Are You The One? Season 8 Episode 9 - Games Players Play\nThe house is left to pick up the pieces after Kai's player behavior leaves everything in ruins. Remy tries to put his player past behind him to win Paige over.\nFirst Aired: August 12, 2019 - 42 Minutes Runtime\nBrowse CBS!\nBrowse the latest CBS from with Yidio!\nDo you have CBS?\nWhere to Watch Are You The One? s8e9\nPhilo Subscribers\nCable or Satellite Subscribers\nIf You Like Are You The One?, Then Try...\nDating Naked\nAwkward.\nThe Real L Word\nPolyamory: Married And Dating\nDegrassi: The Next Generation\nAlso on MTV\nRob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory\nWatch Are You The One? - Games Players Play (s8 e9) Online - Watch online anytime: Buy, Rent\nAre You The One?, Season 8 Episode 9, is available to watch and stream on MTV. You can also buy, rent Are You The One? on demand at Philo, Amazon, MTV, Vudu, Microsoft Movies & TV, Google Play, iTunes online.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"DiMarzio Releases Super Distortion 7 and Super Distortion 8 Pickups\nDiMarzio has announced the release of Super Distortion 7 and Super Distortion 8 humbucking pickups for seven- and eight-string electric guitars.\nThe world's most popular high-output pickup is now available for seven- and eight-string guitars, with all of the sound and power that made the six-string version our best-selling pickup of all time. The Super Distortion 7 and Super Distortion 8 have an outstanding combination of tone and high output voltage that works with a very broad range of musical styles and sounds, from very clean to complete overdrive.\nThe seven-string version of the Super Distortion is a little hotter than the original, and the magnetic field responds quickly and accurately to the full range of the seven-string's frequency response. Split-coil mode produces a very good vintage single-coil sound.\nThe Super Distortion 8 captures the essence of the original six-string version with some subtle tweaks. The output is slightly greater, and highs are a little warmer and the lows a little tighter to optimize performance with the eight-string's longer scale length.\nDiMarzio's Super Distortion 7 and Super Distortion 8 pickups are made in the U.S. and can now be ordered for immediate delivery. Suggested List Price for the Super Distortion 7 is $119.99; suggested List Price for the Super Distortion 8 is $129.99.\nFor more information about the Super Distortion 7 and Super Distortion 8 pickups, visit dimarzio.com.\nDenny Laine looks back on the breakthrough success and enduring legacy of Paul McCartney and Wings","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Keyword: Minister of Trade\nMonday, January 20, 2020 21:09\nChilean Vice Minister of Trade Rodrigo Y\u00e1\u00f1ez has said his Vietnam visit aims to further boost the Vietnam \u2013 Chile ties and expand cooperation within the framework of the bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) signed in 2011, especially in investment and services.\nIndonesia ready to confront EU over palm oil discrimination\nIndonesia is already prepared to confront the European Union (EU) over the discriminatory policies on palm oil of Renewable Energy Directive II (RED II) and Delegated Regulation EU before the World Trade Organization (WTO).\nRoK seeks stronger ties with ASEAN to accelerate RCEP\nThe Republic of Korea (RoK) will spare no efforts to help conclude the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) by the end of this year by forging deeper ties with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), as the country strives to revitalise its ailing exports, said the Korean Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy on January 7.\nFirst Vietnam-Australia economic partnership meeting held\nFriday, November 29, 2019 17:50\nThe first Vietnam-Australia Economic Partnership Meeting (EPM) was held in Adelaide city of Australia on November 29 under the co-chair of Vietnamese Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Chi Dung and Australian Minister of Trade, Tourism and Investment Simon Birmingham.\nVietnam, Ghana hope to foster trade, business relations\nThursday, November 28, 2019 18:39\nA forum was held in Hanoi on November 28 to seek ways to enhance trade and business partnerships between Vietnam and Ghana.\nRoK, Cambodia to launch feasibility study on FTA\nMonday, November 25, 2019 15:16\nThe Republic of Korea (RoK) and Cambodia have agreed to launch a joint feasibility study on their potential free trade agreement (FTA) in a move to promote economic ties and expand exchanges, the Korean Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy said on November 25.\nSingapore wants to connect power network with neighbouring countries\nWong Kim Yin, CEO of SP Group, a state-owned power grid operator of Singapore, has said his group wants to build more connections to neighbouring countries to tap their greater potential for renewable energy.\nIndonesia, Singapore agree to soon complete bilateral trade deal\nIndonesia and Singapore have agreed to speed up the finalisation of the bilateral trade agreement, said the two countries' ministers in the latest statement.\nVietnam Industry White Paper 2019 released\nTuesday, October 22, 2019 22:07\nThe Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT)'s Industry Agency and the UN Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) on October 22 released the Vietnam Industry White Paper 2019.\nDigital transformation essential for business in 4IR era\nDigital transformation is not only a trend but also essential for businesses to thrive as the fourth industrial revolution (4IR) has boomed globally, heard at a conference held in Ho Chi Minh City on October 20.\nVietnam, South Africa enhance economic, trade links\nWednesday, October 16, 2019 16:09\nThe Vietnam \u2013 South African joint trade sub-committee convened the fourth session in Hanoi on October 16 to seek ways to bolster bilateral economic and trade partnerships.\nUAE \u2013 strategic gateway for Vietnamese goods to enter Middle East\nHanoi (VNA) \u2013 The Vietnamese Government always encourages and is willing to create optimal conditions for foreign investors, including those from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), said an official.\nSingapore, Australia begin talks on digital economy pact\nSingapore and Australia have recently started negotiations on a digital economy pact, announced Singaporean Minister for Trade and Industry Chan Chun Sing and Australian Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment Simon Birmingham on October 14.\nMoIT targets contraband, counterfeit goods sold online\nJewellery, cosmetics, supplements, liquor, clothing and footwear sold online are among the Ministry of Industry and Trade's (MoIT) targets in their upcoming campaign to fight contraband and counterfeit goods, and to reinforce intellectual property rights.\nIndonesia aims to finalise negotiations for major trade deals in 2019\nThursday, September 05, 2019 15:26\nThe Indonesian Government targeted completing negotiations on Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), Indonesia-Korea Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (IK-CEPA), and Indonesia-Taiwan Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (IT-ECA) by 2019-end.\nAustralia expands work and holiday marker visa programme for Vietnam\nSaturday, August 24, 2019 18:18\nAustralia has expanded the number of Work and Holiday Maker visa places available to Vietnamese people, upping the annual intake from 200 to 1,500 a year from September 2, according to the Department of Home Affairs' media release on August 23.\nVietnam \u2013 Australia Joint Statement\nFriday, August 23, 2019 18:12\nVietnam and Australia on August 23 issued a joint statement on the occasion of the official visit to Vietnam by Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison.\nSingapore calls for efforts to cope with economic challenges\nSingaporean Minister of Education Ong Ye Kung called on academia to suggest measures to cope with challenges to economic development during a symposium held by the Nanyang Technological University on August 5.\nGSK opens 130 million USD facilities in Singapore\nSaturday, July 06, 2019 18:49\nPharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) of the UK unveiled new, fully automated continuous manufacturing facilities worth a total of 130 million SGD (95.61 million USD) in Singapore on July 5.\nTrust, cooperation vital for marine security: Singaporean official\nBuilding trust to encourage peace dialogues and compromise is key to dealing with complex marine security challenges which are threatening trade networks, said Minister for Trade and Industry of Singapore Chan Chun Sing.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Teorema 007: Cenotaph, in the shape of a pyramid, 1780\u20131790, 39 _ 61.3cm, Ink and wash, Etienne-Louis Boull\u00e9e\nPosted by miquel lacasta on 28 de octubre de 2019 \u00b7 Deja un comentario\nWith a similar penchant for drawing illusion as Piranesi, Etienne-Louis Boull\u00e9e built little but as an educator, theoretician and illustrator, he was a dominant figure in neoclassical visionary\/revolutionary architecture.\nBoull\u00e9e's father was the Parisian architect, Louis-Claude Boull\u00e9e, who encouraged his son's education in architecture and drawing. Continuing his education in 1746, he studied with Boffrand, Lebon, and Le Geay, where he learned the architecture of the French classical tradition. Over the next several years (1768 to 1779) he designed numerous houses such as Pernon, Thun, Brunoy, and Alexandre, and he built or rebuilt Ch\u00e2teau Tass\u00e9 at Chaville, Ch\u00e2teau Chauvri at Montmorency, and Ch\u00e2teau de P\u00e9reux at Nogent-sur-Marne, all in the proximity of Paris. Later in life, Boull\u00e9e became a member of the Institut de France and was nominated a Professor of the Ecole Centrales (Kaufmann, 1955).\nAs discussed in the introduction, Boull\u00e9e, along with Ledoux and Lequeu, have been united under the title of visionary\/revolutionary architects. They were attracted to theoretical arguments, which they displayed in their fantastic and monumental illustrations utilizing geometric shape and symbolism. Boull\u00e9e's fantasy images demonstrate massive, dynamic forms, substantially larger and more impressive than the monuments of Greece and Rome (Kaufmann, 1955).\nThis drawing portrays a starkly simple pyramid with two unadorned columns, all bathed in stormy modeled light. Although all architectural illustration envisions the future, Boull\u00e9e's fantasy consciously moves beyond the realm of possibility into a simplicity and scale unrelated to function or technology. Fantasy as a concept evokes the magical and suggests an extended associative capacity, whimsical invention, divination, and the expansive qualities of pure possibility. The art historian David Summers writes that during the Renaissance, fantasia was related in meaning to invenzione. Although similar to the term 'invention,' its original meaning derives from a technical term from rhetoric. Invenzione was primary in the five-part division of rhetoric and consisted of '\u2026the finding out or selection of topics to be treated, or arguments to be used' (Gordon, 1975, p. 82). Although viewed from a later period, Boull\u00e9e represents an interesting connection between creative inspiration and the development of argument. The fantasies were intended for his architectural treatise Architecture, Essai sur l'art, begun in 1780.\nIn this essay, he wrote about what funerary monuments or cenotaphs meant to him: 'I cannot conceive of anything more melancholy than a monument consisting of a flat surface, bare and unadorned, made of a light-absorbent material, absolutely stripped of detail, its decorations consisting of a play of shadows, outlined by still deeper shadows'.\nBoull\u00e9e employed the atmospheric qualities of the wash to create dramatic lighting effects, giving grandeur to the otherwise simple pyramid. He may have been attempting to persuade viewers of his beliefs, subconsciously convincing them of the sketch's possibilities, and of the argument as a theoretical position for architecture. Concerning the use of pyramids as a conscious choice for a theoretical discussion, he said 'I have given the Pyramid the proportions of an equilateral triangle because it is perfect regularity that gives form its beauty'. The choice of the mystical shape of the pyramid for his cenotaph obviously connects it to the great society of the Egyptians, encouraging a comparison to the monumentality of his architectural ideals. The character of the atmospheric effect also 'proves' his theory by means of emotional seduction and positions this sketch as a powerful instrument of persuasion.\nFrom Kendra Schank Smith, Architects Drawings, Architectural Press, Oxford, 2005\nFiled under english texts, teoremas \u00b7 Tagged with Drawings, Etienne-Louis Boull\u00e9e, Kendra Schank Smith\n\u2190 La Est\u00e9tica de la Naturaleza\nNuevos Pasados para Substituir Viejos Futuros \u2192","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"French Navy selects Thales to provide TLS for all its simulators\n5 November 2015\t(Last Updated November 5th, 2015 18:30)\nThe French Navy has awarded a six-year contract to Thales Group to provide through-life support (TLS) for its simulators.\nThe contract, which would be carried out with the Navy's fleet support department (SSF), covers 41 simulators at six naval facilities in France.\nAccording to Thales, the simulators cover a wide range of operations and all deployment contexts, starting from shipboard system maintenance to surface vessel crew training and also firing simulators for the mistral missile, 12.7mm and 20mm guns and other weapons.\nCrews of all French Navy surface vessels, including its multimission frigates and air defence frigates will receive training with the help of these simulators.\n\"Crews of all French Navy surface vessels, including its multimission frigates and air defence frigates will receive training with the help of these simulators.\"\nThe simulators are also used to train the crews of the Navy's Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier.\nCovering simulators delivered from the 1990s until today, the new TLS contract is expected to bolster Thales's position in training and simulation for naval customers.\nIn January, Thales secured a contract from the Joint Armaments Cooperation Organisation (OCCAr) to upgrade the fire control system for anti-air missiles integrated on the French Navy's Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier.\nAs part of the contract awarded on behalf of the French Defence Procurement Agency (DGA), Thales installed new equipment on the carrier.\nImage: A member of crew training. Photo: courtesy of Thales Group.\nL3Harris | Calzoni\nMarine Handling & Lighting Solutions\nTactical Headsets\nPatented Headsets for Naval Applications\nCFD Software for Naval Applications","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"HomePosts tagged 'cat'\nA Manic Monday Quiz.\nMay 25, 2015 May 25, 2015 fasab Questions, Tests\tA4, americans, area code, beer, boss, by area, call, cat, Citrix, city, cloud computing, coffee, Crete, daughter, drink, earth, eat, education, Entertainment, Equatorial, escape, Fart Proudly, feathers and wax, Florida, flying, Founding Fathers, Founding Fathers of the United States of America, general knowledge, Geography, geometry, Greek Mythology, Gulf Stream, history, HMS Ark Royal, HMS Cossack, Humboldt, instrument, International A4, Kennedy Space Center, Kit Kat, largest area, largest country, letter, link, literature, Manic Monday, math, mathematics, maths, milk, multiplayer board game, music, musician, nationality, nature, paper format, percentage, prairie wolf, professional boxing, questions, quiz, quizzes, Random, Reversi, Richard Clayderman, right-angled triangle, Russians, salary, science, scientific, Shakespeare, Shakespearian, sinking of the Bismark, size of population, somewhere to go, South America, spirits, sport, stormy weather, survey, survived, tea, technology, test, tests, The Harbor City, too close to the Sun, tragedy, UK, underwater, United States, Unsinkable Sam, volcanoes, Walk Like An Egyptian, weight divisions, Wet Willie, wings, work\nA manic Monday quiz it is indeed.\nTwenty questions covering the usual wide range of subjects, so hopefully there will be one or two that you find easy and one or two that you find a lot more difficult.\nBut remember, as always if you get stuck, you can find the answers waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down below, but please NO cheating!\nQ. 1: According to a survey conducted by Citrix, what percentage of people thought that stormy weather affects cloud computing?\na) 1% b) 15% c) 51% d) 85%\nQ. 2: What city is known as 'The Harbor City' ?\nQ. 3: What is another name for the prairie wolf?\nQ. 4: If your boss cuts your salary by 10% but offers to let you work 10% more to make up for it, should you accept?\nQ. 5: Six men are widely accepted to be the Founding Fathers of the United States of America. What were their names? (You get a point for each correctly named and a bonus point if can correctly name all six.)\nQ. 6: A follow-up question to # 5, which one of these Founding Fathers once wrote a scientific piece called 'Fart Proudly' ?\nQ. 7: What percentage of the Earth's volcanoes are underwater?\na) 10 % b) 30 % c) 50 % d) 70 % e) 90 %\nQ. 8: In Greek mythology who attempted to escape from Crete by means of wings that his father constructed from feathers and wax, but flew too close to the Sun and perished when the wax melted?\nQ. 9: And when we're on the subject of flying, what area code would you use if you wanted to call the Kennedy Space Center in Florida?\nQ. 10: What do you call the three sides of a right-angled triangle? (Hint, you get zero points for answering 'A', 'B' and 'C'.)\nQ. 11: This one is the name of a famous Shakespeare tragedy and a multiplayer board game based on the popular game Reversi. What is it?\nQ. 12: What nationality is the famous musician Richard Clayderman and what instrument is associated with him? (A point for each correct answer.)\nQ. 13: 'Equatorial', 'Gulf Stream' and 'Humboldt' are names give to what?\nQ. 14: Russians consume about 6 times as much what as Americans?\na) milk b) coffee c) tea d) beer e) spirits\nQ. 15: Which paper format has the largest area, the 'International A4' as used for example in the UK or the 'Letter' format used in the United States?\nQ. 16: There are seven main weight divisions used in professional boxing, what are they? (You get a point for each one you can name correctly and three bonus points if you get all seven correct.)\nQ. 17: What is the link between something to eat, something to drink, somewhere to go and something to call your daughter?\nQ. 18: What was the name of the cat that survived the sinking of the Bismark, HMS Cossack and HMS Ark Royal?\na) Kit Kat b) Wet Willie c) Unsinkable Sam\nQ. 19: What is the largest country in South America (a) by area and (b) by size of population? (A point for each correct answer.)\nQ. 20: Who had a 'Manic Monday' and went on to 'Walk Like An Egyptian' ?\nA. 1: Unbelievably the correct answer is c) 51%.\nA. 2: Sydney, Australia.\nA. 3: Coyote.\nA. 4: You should NOT accept the offer. This is a percentage question. For example, if you made $10 per hour, a 10% cut in your salary would leave you with $9 per hour. Adding 10% back would only be 10% of $9, or 90 cents so you would end up with only $9.90.\nA. 5: The six men are widely accepted to be the Founding Fathers of the United States of America are George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Alexander Hamilton and, of course, Benjamin Franklin.\nA. 6: Benjamin Franklin wrote a scientific piece called Fart Proudly. It was all about farts.\nA. 7: The correct answer is e) 90% of all volcanoes are underwater.\nA. 8: Icarus.\nA. 9: The telephone area code for the Kennedy Space Center in Florida is '321' which imitates the countdown before liftoff. It was assigned to the area, instead of suburban Chicago in November 1999 after a successful petition led by local resident Robert Osband. Try it out, call the Kennedy Space Center on (321) 867-5000.\nA. 10: They are called 'opposite', 'adjacent' and 'hypotenuse'.\nA. 11: Othello.\nA. 12: Richard Clayderman is French and he is a pianist.\nA. 13: Ocean currents.\nA. 14: The correct answer is c) tea, Russians also consume about 6 times as much tea as Americans.\nA. 15: A4 has the largest area. (A4 is 210 mm (8.25\") wide and 297 mm (11.75\") long or 62,370 m2, and US Letter is 216 mm (8.5\") wide by 279 mm (11\") long or 60,264 m2.)\nA. 16: Although modern additions have been added, the seven main weight divisions used in professional boxing are 'Flyweight', 'Bantamweight', 'Featherweight', 'Lightweight', 'Welterweight', 'Middleweight' and 'Heavyweight'.\nA. 17: Margarita.\nA. 18: The correct answer is c) Unsinkable Sam.\nA. 19: The correct answers are (a) Brazil with an area of 8,514,877 Km2, and (b) Brazil with a population of more than 195.5 million.\nA. 20: The Bangles.\nGullibility test kit \u2013 send $19.99 now!\nApril 16, 2015 April 12, 2015 fasab comedy, Humour, Language, Puns\t$20, a matter of time, amusing, an affair, anagram, bad jokes, bed, body, cat, ceiling, Comedy, computer, counting, driving, Einstein, Entertainment, exaggerations, facebook, facebook timeline, funny, Gullibility, gullible, horses, Humor, Humour, joining Facebook, jokes, laptop, million percent, mud flaps, muscles, no life, problems, pun, puns, pussy, remembering, shower, silly jokes, spine, stable relationships, stupid, suicide note, terrified of thunder and lightning, the other way around, theory of relativity, thigh, times like these, upstairs, wife, window cleaner, word play, word plays\nGullible or not now is your chance to look at this week's selection of word plays, better known as puns.\nAs usual they come with choice\u2026.\nEnjoy or endure!!\nI have four problems in life:\nI was driving along the other day,\nwhen a bloke stopped me and said,\n\"Your back mud flaps have fallen off.\"\nI said, \"Can't do much about it now,\nI'll just carry on rear guard less.\"\nStable relationships\nare for horses\nMy friend told me that after years of doubt,\nhe is now convinced my wife is having an affair.\n\"We've gone and moved 250 miles away,\" he told me.\n\"And we've still got the same window cleaner.\"\nIt's times like these, when I'm sat\nin bed with my computer on my knee,\nthat I really wish I'd bought a laptop.\nI think I may have a shower.\nJust checked, yes I do, it's upstairs.\nI just found $20 hanging from my ceiling.\nIt was a suicide note.\nExaggerations went up\nby a million percent last year.\nIf Einstein hadn't come up with\nthe Theory of Relativity,\nsomeone else would have.\nIt was only a matter of time.\nMy cat is absolutely terrified\nof thunder and lightening.\nThe pussy.\nWhat part of my body is as long as your thigh,\ncontains over 120 muscles,\nand is an anagram of \"pensi\"?\nNo, you're completely wrong.\nThe correct answer is my spine.\nAccording to my facebook timeline,\nI had no life before joining Facebook in 2012.\nI believe it to be the other way around.\nApril Fools Day, So Let's Have A Look At Some Fools!\nApril 1, 2015 April 1, 2015 fasab Bloopers, Humour\t7-11, airline peanuts, amusing, appliance, April Fool's Day, bag of cat biscuits, biscuits, bowl, box of pills, by mouth, can of black pepper, capsule, car manual, cat, close doors, Comedy, Defrost, Dial soap, eat, Entertainment, espresso kettle, fools, funny, get out, get out of car, Humor, Humour, idiots, instruction, instructions, lock doors, microwave popcorn, Misc, morons, muffin, on\/off switch, open door, open mouth, packet, plastic wrapper, soap, stupid, stupid people, stupidity, Swann frozen dinner, usage known, Warning Labels, warnings, Wrapper\nIt's April Fool's Day and what more appropriate post than to have our final look (for now) at the fools who need warning labels on everything and the fools who write the warnings.\nEnjoy the stupidity.\n\"Remove the plastic wrapper.\"\nThe first instruction on a\nbag of microwave popcorn;\nBUT to see the instructions,\none first has to remove the plastic\nwrapper and unfold the pouch.\n\"Take one capsule by mouth\nthree times daily until gone.\"\nOn a box of pills.\n\"Open packet. Eat contents.\"\nInstructions on a packet of airline peanuts.\n\"Remove wrapper,\nopen mouth,\ninsert muffin,\nInstructions on the packaging\nfor a muffin at a 7-11.\n\"Use like regular soap.\"\nOn a bar of Dial soap.\n\"Instructions: usage known.\"\nInstructions on a can of black pepper.\n\"Serving suggestion: Defrost.\"\nOn a Swann frozen dinner.\n\"Simply pour the biscuits into a bowl and\nallow the cat to eat when it wants.\"\nOn a bag of cat biscuits.\n\"In order to get out of car,\nopen door, get out, lock doors,\nand then close doors.\"\nIn a car manual.\n\"The appliance is switched on by setting\nthe on\/off switch to the 'on' position.\"\nInstructions for an espresso kettle.\nA Conversation With The Cat.\nAugust 13, 2014 August 9, 2014 fasab cats, comedy, Humour, Pets, Photos\tamusing, animals, camera, cat, chat, Comedy, conversation, Entertainment, foto, fotos, funny, Humor, Humour, joke, Misc, Miscellaneous, Pets, photo, photography, photos, Random, sofa, taking photographs, telling jokes\nI was walking through the house\nthe other day with my camera\nwhen I spotted the cat lying on a sofa.\n\"Hi there.\" I said. \"Whatya doin?\"\n\"Just chilling out here on the sofa,'\" she said.\n\"I have a joke for you,\" I said.\nSo I told her a joke.\nIt must have been a good one,\nmy how she laughed.\nThen I asked,\n\"Mind if I take your photo?\"\n\"Oh no, no way,\" she replied.\n\"I haven't combed my fur or anything.\"\nAre You Up For A Challenge? \u2013 It's The Monday Quiz.\nJanuary 13, 2014 January 13, 2014 fasab Questions, Tests\t1963, abolished, actor, Alfred Hitchcock, Alps, amendments, America, Arab, assassinated, Australia, Camp David, Captain Briggs, Carthegian, Cary Grant, cat, character name, clothing line, Dallas, directed, director, education, Entertainment, facts, France, Fred Flintstone, general, general knowledge, Geography, history, Irish novelist, Israeli, IT company, Jurassic Park, killed, Magnum, Magnum PI, milk bottles, movie, movies, music, New Zealand, no new taxes, poet, politics, Pony Express, porch, Presidential retreat, questions, quiz, quizzes, Read my lips, rival gang, Rubik cube, Sony, St Valentines day, Statue of Liberty, television, television series, test, tests, the Netherlands, The Serpent of the Nile, US, US Constitution, videocassette tape recorder system, War\nQuite a mixture of questions today.\nSome are easy, some are difficult, and some should be easy but I have a feeling they may turn out to be quite difficult too!\nAs usual the answers are waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down below, but please, NO cheating.\nQ. 1: You've seen it hundreds if not thousands of times, so how many milk bottles are standing on the porch when Fred Flintstone puts out the cat?\nQ. 2: Who was assassinated in Dallas on 24 November 1963?\nQ. 3: Who was known as 'The Serpent of the Nile'?\nQ. 4: How many amendments have their been to the US Constitution?\nQ. 5: For which event of 1872 is the name of Captain Briggs remembered?\nQ. 6: What was abolished by France in 1981, The Netherlands in 1982, Australia in 1985 and New Zealand in 1989?\nQ. 7: How many colored squares are on a Rubik cube?\nQ. 8: A famous Irish novelist and poet, he was born in 1882 and died in 1941, who was he?\nQ. 9: Who directed the movie 'Jurassic Park'?\nQ. 10: What famous IT company launched a clothing line in 1986?\nQ. 11: Which great Carthegian general crossed the Alps in 218?\nQ. 12: For how many years did the famous 'Pony Express' operate in America?\nQ. 13: On what date in 1883 did France officially present the Statue of Liberty to the US?\nQ. 14: Cary Grant and Alfred Hitchcock had one of the most celebrated and successful collaborations of any actor\/director pair in history. Name as many of their movies as you can (and you get a point for each correct answer).\nQ. 15: Who had 7 members of a rival gang killed on St Valentines day 1929?\nQ. 16: Who or what is the Presidential retreat 'Camp David' named after?\nQ. 17: Who said \"Read my lips, no new taxes\"?\nQ. 18: What was the name of the domestic videocassette tape recorder system introduced by Sony in 1975?\nQ. 19: Which famous Arab \/ Israeli war took place in 1973?\nQ. 20: In the long running hit television series 'Magnum P.I.', what was the character name of the ex-British Army Officer who looked after the estate in which Magnum lives?\nA. 1: One. (You should have known that!)\nA. 2: Lee Harvey Oswald.\nA. 3: Cleopatra.\nA. 4: 27.\nA. 5: He Was The Captain Of The Marie Celeste.\nA. 6: The Death Penalty.\nA. 7: 54 (A cube has 6 sides and there are 9 colored squares per side.)\nA. 8: James Joyce.\nA. 9: Steven Spielberg.\nA. 10: Apple.\nA. 11: Hannibal.\nA. 12: The 'Pony Express' only lasted a single year before the transcontinental telegraph made the route obsolete.\nA. 13: 4th July.\nA. 14: Cary Grant appeared in 4 Hitchcock movies, 'Suspicion' in 1941; 'Notorious' in 1946; 'To Catch A Thief' in 1955; and 'North By North-West' in 1959.\nA. 15: Al Capone.\nA. 16: Presidential retreat Camp David is named after Dwight Eisenhower's grandson.\nA. 17: George Bush.\nA. 18: Betamax.\nA. 19: The Yom Kippur war.\nQ. 20: In the long running hit television series 'Magnum P.I.', what was the character name of the ex-British Army Officer who looked after the estate in which Magnum lived?\nA. 20: Jonathan Quayle Higgins III, but 'Higgins' will get you a point.\nTwenty More Questions \u2013 But Have You Twenty More Answers?\nSeptember 30, 2013 September 27, 2013 fasab Questions, Tests\t1960s, 1970s, aboriginal expression, American Pie, amusing, animal, Axel, Beatles, Billie Jean King, biscuits, Bjorn Borg, Boris Becker, camel, cat, composers, cookies, cultures, currants, different languages, Don McLean, Earth sounds, education, educational, English version, Entertainment, epic, extremely cold evening, female tennis player, first rotary engine, French cartoon skunk, German engineer, golden record, Google, Grand Slam titles, Grand Slam winners, Great White shark, greetings, Grey wolf, Grizzly bear, gypsy song, hit song, Hollywood, ice hockey puck, Incitatus, invented, Jimmy Connors, John McEnroe, Killer whale, leftys, Lutz, Margaret Smith Court, Martina Navratilova, melancholic, Melanesia, Misc, Miscellaneous, Morgan Freeman, most expensive movie, movie, music, Name, Netherlands, November, Once upon a time there was a tavern, one hit, Pact of Steel, Pancho Gonzales, Polynesia, prison drama, query, questions, quiz, quizzes, quotation marks, record, Rod Laver, Roman Senator, Russian, scientific name, search, song title, spacecraft, spain, sport, Stalingrad, starring role, steamboat, Steffi Graf, Steven King, test, tests, treat, Tsaritsyn, Ursus arctos horribilis, US band, Voyager 1\nTime to test yourself with the weekly fasab quiz.\nAnother twenty random questions, with the answers waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down below.\nBut please, NO cheating!\nGood luck and enjoy.\nQ. 1: Which epic Hollywood film was the most expensive movie made during the 1960s?\nQ. 2: Polynesia means 'many islands'. What does Melanesia mean?\nQ. 3: Which Beatles song title is mentioned in Don McLean's hit song 'American Pie'?\nQ. 4: Which female tennis player won a record 62 Grand Slam titles?\na) Billie Jean King\nb) Steffi Graf\nc) Martina Navratilova\nd) Margaret Smith Court\nQ. 5: What was unusual about the Roman Senator Incitatus?\nQ. 6: What two countries signed the so called 'Pact of Steel' on May 22, 1939?\nQ. 7: Who travels from Spain to the Netherlands by steamboat in late November?\nQ. 8: In what prison drama movie, based on a Steven King book, does Morgan Freeman play a starring role?\nQ. 9: The scientific name for which animal is 'Ursus arctos horribilis'?\na) Grizzly bear\nb) Great White shark\nc) Grey wolf\nd) Killer whale\nQ. 10: What was the name of the German engineer who invented the first rotary engine?\nQ. 11: Formerly called 'Tsaritsyn' and then 'Stalingrad', what is it called today?\nQ. 12: Lutz, Axel and Camel are terms associated with what sport?\nQ. 13: What is the name for a treat with currants squashed between two thin, oblong biscuits\/cookies?\nQ. 14: Name the French cartoon skunk that is madly in love with a reluctant cat?\nQ. 15: What is an ice hockey puck made from?\nQ. 16: On the Voyager 1 spacecraft there is a golden record with greetings in different languages and a collection of various Earth sounds. There is also a 90 minute recording of music from many cultures. Which two composers appear the most on this record?\nQ. 17: The name of which popular US band from the 1970s is an aboriginal expression used to describe an extremely cold evening?\nQ. 18: Which four of the following seven Grand Slam winners were leftys?\na) Rod Laver\nb) Jimmy Connors\nc) Bjorn Borg\nd) John McEnroe\ne) Martina Navratilova\nf) Boris Becker\ng) Pancho Gonzales\nQ. 19: What is the name for a Google search query consisting of exactly two words (actual words found in a dictionary) without quotation marks, that returns exactly one hit?\nQ. 20: Which catchy hit song beginning with the words \"Once upon a time there was a tavern\" is an English version of a melancholic Russian gypsy song?\nA. 1: Cleopatra\nA. 2: Black islands\nA. 3: Helter Skelter (\"Helter Skelter in the summer swelter\")\nA. 4: d) Margaret Smith Court\nA. 5: Incitatus was a horse.\nA. 6: Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy.\nA. 7: Sinterklaas \/ Santa Claus \/ St. Nicholas\nA. 8: The Shawshank Redemption\nA. 9: a) Grizzly bear\nA. 10: Wankel (the Wankel Rotary engine)\nQ. 11: Formerly called Tsaritsyn and then Stalingrad, what is it called today?\nA. 11: Volgograd\nA. 12: Figure skating\nA. 13: Garibaldi\nA. 14: Pepe le Pew\nA. 15: Rubber\nA. 16: Bach and Beethoven\nA. 17: Three Dog Night.\nA. 18: a) Rod Laver\nA. 19: A 'Googlewhack'. Published googlewhacks are short-lived, since when published to a web site, the new number of hits will become at least two, one to the original hit found, and one to the publishing site.\nA. 20: Those Were The Days\nFurther Furry Fun!\nMay 25, 2013 fasab cats, comedy, dogs, Humour, Pets, Photos, Unusual\tamusing, animal friends, animal photos, cat, cats, celebrity apprentice, Comedy, dog, dogs, Entertainment, fish, foto, fotos, funny, funny animal photos, funny photos, Humor, Humour, lil john, Misc, Miscellaneous, pet, Pets, photo, photograph, photographs, photos, Random, squirrel\nI feel a bit of a Sunday Sermon coming on, if I get the time to write it.\nBut for today something a lot lighter and hopefully amusing.\nIt's a second helping of our animal friends. They are fun.\nIs it just me, or does this little feller look like Lil John recently on Celebrity Apprentice?","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Home \u00bb Art & Museums, East Bay\nFree First Wednesday | UC Berkeley Botanical Garden\nWednesday, February 1, 2017 - All Day | Cost: FREE\nUC Berkeley Botanical Garden | 200 Centennial Drive, Berkeley, CA\nEnjoy free admission to the UC Botanical Garden on the first Wednesday of every month month from 9 am to 5 pm year round.\nEstablished in 1890, the Garden, which is open to the public year round, has over 13,000 different kinds of plants from around the world, cultivated by region in naturalistic landscapes over its 34 acres.\nParking is limited. No admission after 4:30 pm. Docent-led tours for groups are not available on Free Wednesdays.\nClosed: The first Tuesday of every month, Thanksgiving Day, December 24 and 25, December 31, January 1, and Martin Luther King Jr. Day\n\u2013 Updated 6\/3\/19 \u2013 Event info last checked via website\nUpcoming Free First Wednesday | UC Berkeley Botanical Garden Events\nWed 8\/7 Free First Wednesday | UC Berkeley Botanical Garden\nCategories: Art & Museums, East Bay\nVenue: UC Berkeley Botanical Garden\nAddress: 200 Centennial Drive, Berkeley, CA","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Open Access Meeting Abstracts\nMeeting abstracts of Colossal Facet Conference - 3rd World Congress on Cancer 2019 \"New strategies to prevent, diagnose and treat Cancer based on Precision Medicine\"\nPrague, Czech Republic; 23-25 Sep 2019; Published: 27 Feb 2020\nCorrespondence Address: Prof. Ciro Isidoro, Department of Health Sciences, Universit\u00e0 del Piemonte Orientale \"A. Avogadro\", Novara 28100, Italy. E-mail: ciro.isidoro@med.uniupo.it\nThis special issue of Journal of Cancer Metastasis and Treatment is dedicated to the proceedings of the 3rd World Congress on Cancer 2019 held in Prague (Czech Republic) during September 23-25 (http:\/\/colossalfacet.com\/cancer-conference\/).\nThe theme of the Conference Cancer 2019 was \"New strategies to prevent, diagnose and treat Cancer based on Precision Medicine\". The conference focused on the biomolecular mechanisms of cancer development, on the altered energetic metabolism in cancer cells, on the cancer patient's metabolic alterations, and on the diagnostic and therapeutic approaches. Major topics included: pathogenetic mechanisms (oncogenes, oncosuppressors, DNA repair, cancer stem cells, epigenetics, inflammation, and immune responses); metabolism (nutrition, fasting, and obesity) and cancer; novel strategies for prevention, diagnosis and therapy (imaging, phytochemicals, and nanotheranostics). The conference gathered academicians and young inspired scientists from all around the world with the aim to strengthen the international cooperation in the fight against cancer. One other major goal of this conference was, in fact, to create an atmosphere of interactions between young and senior scientists to favor novel cooperation that can bring new and more efficacious strategies to understand and fight cancer. The Organizing Scientific Committee was formed by renowned scientists in the field who delivered a keynote Speech. Thomas N Seyfried delivered the honorary lecture. In addition, we had invited lectures, oral communications, and poster presentation from registered attendees from all around the world.\nThis special issue collects the contribution in the form of original research papers or review articles from all participants at the conference.\n1. Amino acid depleting enzymes alone or in combinations as a therapeutic strategy for cancer treatment\nJohn DiGiovanni Division of Pharmacology & Toxicology, College of Pharmacy and Livestrong Cancer Institutes, Dell Medical School, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA.\nBackground and aim: Significant differences exist between the metabolism and antioxidant requirements of normal and malignant cells. Tumor cells depend on exogenous nutrients in their microenvironment to fulfill the elevated energy requirements and for maintaining appropriate intracellular antioxidant levels. Deprivation of amino acids results in growth inhibition or death of tumor cells by the modulation of various signaling cascades and in some cases redox balance. We have been evaluating potential therapeutic enzymes that degrade critical amino acids required for tumor growth. These engineered human enzymes include one that degrades either L-cysteine and one that degrades methionine.\nExperimental procedures: (1) in vitro cell culture experiments to evaluate cell survival using 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) and crystal violet assays; (2) metabolomics analyses of amino acids and metabolites; (3) analyses of oncogenic cell signaling, reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels, and DNA damage as well as cell cycle changes using flow cytometry; (4) in vivo allograft and xenograft tumor experiments with various cancer cell lines.\nResults: Depletion of extracellular L-cys\/cystine led to depletion of intracellular L-cys, decreased levels of intracellular glutathione (GSH), and increases in intracellular ROS leading to activation of cellular signaling pathways, oxidative DNA damage, and ultimately cancer cell death. Cyst(e)inase, given i.p., significantly reduced serum levels of L-cys and significantly inhibited tumor growth in vivo of both prostate and pancreatic cancer xenograft and allograft tumor models. Notably, targeting a second antioxidant pathway together with cyst(e)inase (i.e., the thioredoxin pathway) using a thioredoxin reductase inhibitor led to synergistic cancer cell killing and also sensitized tumor cells found to be more resistant to cyst(e)inase alone. These and other studies on the mechanisms associated with the potential anticancer activity of Cyst(e)inase are presented. In addition, we have also studied the potential therapeutic application of a human engineered methionine (L-met) degrading enzyme called methionine gamma lyase (hMGL). Both mechanistic studies as well as in vivo preclinical therapeutic studies demonstrate significant efficacy against several cancers with hMGL.\nConclusion: Depletion of amino acids such as L-cys and L-met using human engineered enzymes offer novel approaches for treating cancer either given alone or more likely in combination with other agents.\n2. Investigating metabolic cancer vulnerabilities by high-content metabolomic screening\nStefano Tiziani Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA.\nBackground and aim: The important role of cell metabolism in furthering cancer development and growth is increasingly recognized[1,2]. Recent advances in high-throughput metabolomics technology are leading to its growing role during the development of new drugs targeting metabolic vulnerabilities in multiple cancer diseases[3,4]. However, drug discovery is limited by the unsuitability of animal models for high-throughput drug screening. Moreover, animal studies may not adequately predict the clinical efficacy of therapeutics in humans. These limitations motivated researchers to develop new three-dimensional (3D) in vitro models to better mimic the in vivo tumor microenvironment[5].\nExperimental procedure: Here, we introduce a novel high-content metabolomics screen based on high-resolution direct infusion mass spectrometry (DIMS) technology able to monitor the metabolic response of drug-treated mammalian cells in 3D 96-well format. This rapid and systematic metabolomic method was validated on multiple cancer and normal cells, cultured either in individual or in co-culture cell systems using 13C- 15N labeled tracer analysis.\nResults: Novel synergistic combination of drugs were identified utilizing the metabolic profiling obtained using DIMS. These include chemotherapies targeting the metabolic reprogramming of cancer cells, including mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation and glutaminolysis.\nConclusion: Overall, the rapid data acquisition and improved detection limits of mass spectrometry are paving the way for applications of metabolomics in preclinical screening[5,6], opening new opportunities in drug discovery and personalized medicine.\n1. Luengo A, Gui DY, Vander Heiden MG. Targeting metabolism for cancer therapy. Cell Chem Biol 2017;24:1161-80.\n2. Molina JR, Sun Y, Protopopova M, Gera S, Bandi M, et al. An inhibitor of oxidative phosphorylation exploits cancer vulnerability. Nat Med 2018;24:1036-46.\n3. Tiziani S, Kang Y, Choi JS, Roberts W, Paternostro G. Metabolomic high-content nuclear magnetic resonance-based drug screening of a kinase inhibitor library. Nat Commun 2011;2:545.\n4. Wishart DS. Emerging applications of metabolomics in drug discovery and precision medicine. Nat Rev Drug Discov 2016;15:473-84.\n5. Lu X, Lodi A, Konopleva M, Tiziani S. Three-dimensional leukemia co-culture system for in vitro high-content metabolomics screening. SLAS Discov 2019;24:817-28.\n6. Lodi A, Saha A, Lu X, Wang B, Sentandreu E, et al. Combinatorial treatment with natural compounds in prostate cancer inhibits prostate tumor growth and leads to key modulations of cancer cell metabolism. NPJ Precis Oncol 2017;1:pii:18.\n3. Clinical application of artificial intelligence in ovarian cancer\nSe Ik Kim1 , Youngjin Han2 , Untack Cho1 , Yong Sang Song1,2 1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Cancer Research Institute, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul 03080, Korea.\n2Biomodulation, Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea.\nAmong several types of gynecologic cancer, ovarian cancer is the most lethal type. Due to the absence of specific symptoms and effective biomarkers, the survival rate of ovarian cancer is poor. Moreover, platinum resistance is a major obstacle in ovarian cancer treatment. Thus, accurate biomarkers associated with chemoresistance and recurrence of the cancer are necessitated. To establish personalized therapeutic strategies for ovarian cancer patients, a prediction model that precisely predicts patient responses to chemotherapy and diagnosis could be computed and incorporated. Although many prediction models for cancer have been suggested, few models specific for ovarian cancer have been proposed. Thus, we performed integrative analysis incorporating both clinico-pathologic and multi-omics data and developed prediction models for diagnosis and prognosis of ovarian cancer. In addition, we conducted metagenome analysis of patients with benign tumors and ovarian cancer to construct an early detection model of ovarian cancer. Gene expression data from TCGA database have been analyzed using the deep neural network model to develop a model for predicting platinum-sensitivity in high-grade serous ovarian cancer. Lastly, we integrated clinico-pathologic and multi-omics data to reveal multiple factors associated with ovarian cancer progression.\n4. Genetic and epigenetic regulation of therapy resistance in ovarian cancer by long non-coding RNAs\nDanny N. Dhanasekaran1 , Ji Hee Ha1 , Ranagasudhagar Radhakrishanan1 , Muralidharan Jayaraman1 , Ciro Isidoro2 , Yong Sang Song3 1Stephenson Cancer Center, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA.\n2Universit\u00e0 del Piemonte Orientale, Novara 28100, Italy.\n3Seoul National University, Seoul 03080, Korea.\nBackground and aim: Ovarian cancer remains the most fatal gynecological cancer in the world, with a five-year survival rate of only 46% for the localized disease and 29% for the distant-stage disease. With the recent analysis of cancer genome, long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are emerging as critical players in the pathobiology of many cancers, thus identifying them as new genomic targets for precision cancer medicine. Therefore, we sought to identify the critical lncRNA(s) involved in ovarian cancer genesis, progression, therapy resistance, and disease recurrence.\nExperimental procedure: To identify the lncRNAs critically involved in ovarian cancers, we carried out a global analysis of mRNAs as well as lncRNAs that are differentially expressed in patient-derived ovarian cancer cells, using a series of biased and unbiased transcriptome analyses.\nResults: The results indicate 1351 lncRNAs and 1591 mRNAs were significantly dysregulated in patient-derived cancer cells compared to normal fallopian tube-derived epithelial control cells. Co-expression network analysis of coding and noncoding RNAs identified the etiological role for several, thus far, unidentified lncRNAs and mRNAs in ovarian cancer. Further analyses indicated that the lncRNA-regulated gene expression network in ovarian cancer involves both genetic and epigenetic mechanisms.\nConclusion: Our findings with representative lncRNAs indicate that they can serve as a novel diagnostic as well as prognostic biomarkers. In addition, the findings that the silencing of specific lncRNAs inhibits xenograft tumor growth identify them as new therapeutic targets in ovarian cancer.\n5. Radiotherapy and immunotherapy promote tumoral lipid oxidation and ferroptosis\nMichael Green1 , Weimin Wang1 , Xueting Lang1 , Jiali Yu1 , Jae Eun Choi1 , Ilona Kryczek1 , Everett Stone2 , George Georgiou2 , Marcin Cieslik1 , Daniel Wahl1 , Meredith Morgan1 , Arul Chinnaiyan1 , Theodore Lawrence1 , Weiping Zou1 1University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48104, USA.\n2University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712, USA.\nBackground and aim: Cancer immunotherapy restores or enhances the effector function of CD8+ T cells in the tumor microenvironment. Radiotherapy can indirectly stimulate CD8+ T cell function through innate immune signaling. Direct connections between radiotherapy and adaptive CD8+ T cell function remain undefined. Ferroptosis is a recently discovered form of cell death and results from iron-dependent accumulation of lipid peroxides. It is unclear whether, and how, ferroptosis is involved in T cell immunity, cancer immunotherapy, and radiotherapy efficacy.\nExperimental procedure: To understand the importance of ferroptosis in immunotherapy and radiotherapy efficacy, we used genetic deletion of key ferroptosis effector genes and pharmacologic agonists and antagonists. Lipid oxidation was quantified using C11-BODIPY. A wide variety of in vivo and ex vivo analyses was performed in tumor and immune cells.\nResults: We show that immunotherapy-activated CD8+ T cells and radiotherapy enhance ferroptosis-specific lipid peroxidation in tumor cells, and that increased ferroptosis contributes to the anti-tumor efficacy of immunotherapy and radiotherapy. Mechanistically, interferon gamma (IFN\u03b3) released from CD8+ T cells downregulates the expression of SLC7A11, a subunit of the glutamate-cystine antiporter system xc-, impairs the uptake of cystine by tumor cells, and, as a consequence, promotes tumor cell lipid peroxidation and ferroptosis.\nConclusion: This work establishes a novel mechanism through which CD8+ T cells function. This work expands our understanding of the interactions between immunotherapy and radiotherapy.\n6. Polyploidy and the origin of human tumors\nJinsong Liu The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.\nPolyploid giant cancer cells (PGCCs) have long been observed in cancer and were thought originally to be nondividing. Surprisingly, the formation of blastomere by cleavage division after the formation of the zygote, with progressive decrease in cell size and increase in nuclear to cytoplasmic ratio, is the first step in embryogenesis, also shows abundant polyploidy. The evidence from our laboratories demonstrated that the stress-induced PGCCs can divide by endoreplication (endocycle and endomitosis), which leads to increased nuclear to cytoplasmic ratio, in turn leading to dedifferentiation of somatic cells and acquisition of embryonic stemness. Therefore, formation of PGCCs in somatic cells may represent a previously overlooked endogenous embryonic program that can be activated to dedifferentiate somatic cells into stem cells of various potencies for tumor initiation. Based on these data, I propose that human tumors originate from stem cells at a specific developmental hierarchy, which can be achieved by dualistic origin: dedifferentiation of the zygote (sexual) via the blastomeric-mediated cleavage division during normal development or transformation from damaged or aged mature somatic cells via a blastomeric-like embryonic program (asexual) via formation of PGCCs. Initiation of the tumor begins with stem cells that have uncoupled the differentiation from the proliferation program, which results in stem cell maturation arrest. Thus, the birth of a tumor can be viewed as a triad that originates from stem cells via dedifferentiation through a blastomeric or blastomeric-like program, differentiation along Waddington's landscape, and arrested at a specific developmental hierarchy. The significance of polyploid blastomere-like cancer stem cells in cancer therapy is discussed.\n7. Ketogenic diet as a cancer treatment: in vitro quantification\nEdward Henry Mathews , George Edward Mathews , Albertus Abram Meyer CRCED, North West University, Silver Lakes 0054, South Africa.\nBackground: The glucose deprivation Restricted Ketogenic diet (KD-R) in combination with Metformin use, is a non-toxic broad-spectrum approach that targets the important metabolic differences between normal and cancer cells. The optimal use of this approach for cancer treatment is investigated using in vitro tests.\nMethod: Tests were carried out at 3-mmol\/L blood glucose (BG) to mimic the BG effect of KD-R in combination with Metformin. Two breast and one cervical cancer as well as one non-tumorigenic cell were used.\nResults: The different cell lines were affected differently. This suggests that glucose deprivation via KD-R and Metformin will not equally affect different cancers. All cell lines were most adversely affected after three weeks. Cell growth decreased to 32% for the most glucose avid cancer cell line.\nPartial recovery occurred after three months. Full cancer extinction can thus not be reached with only KD-R and Metformin. Adjuvant treatments are needed. These treatments should be done when the cancer cells are at their most vulnerable, i.e., three weeks after reaching a BG level of 3 mmol\/L.\nFuture work: Future work will entail adjuvant treatments such as chemotherapy together with KD-R and Metformin. Results should be available before the conference. The focus of our conference presentation is on the latest results.\n8. DNA repair and damage response in personalized brain cancer chemotherapy\nBernd Kaina , Yang He , Oliver Switzeny , Wynand P. Roos , Markus Christmann , Thomas Hofmann Institute of Toxicology, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz D-55130, Germany.\nBackground and aim: The first-line chemotherapeutic for malignant glioma is the DNA methylating agent temozolomide. The mechanism of cell death triggered by the minor DNA lesion, O6-methylguanine, induced by the agent is well described. It rests on conversion of the lesion through mismatch repair into DNA double-strand breaks (DSB) that trigger downstream pathways including apoptosis and senescence[1]. Consequently, corresponding repair pathways are expected to have a great impact on temozolomide resistance, and evidence was provided for the involvement of O6-methylguanine DNA methyltransferase (MGMT), mismatch repair, and DSB repair by homologous recombination through BRCA2 and Rad51[2] as well as XRCC3[3]. However, only MGMT found the way into the clinic, being used as predictor for therapy outcome[4].\nExperimental procedure: A battery of cell und molecular biological methods was applied, including apoptosis, senescence, and autophagy measurements.\nResults: We compared methods of determining the MGMT promoter methylation status, which corresponds to MGMT silencing and therapy, and showed that MS-HRM is superior compared to methylation-specific polymerase chain reaction[5]. We also show that downstream of O6-methylguanine derived DSBs are ATR\/ATM triggered pathways that activate apoptosis and senescence. Thus, data are shown demonstrating that the SIAH1-HIPK2-p53ser46 pathway plays a key role in regulating temozolomide-induced apoptosis[6]. The question of temozolomide threshold doses in activating survival and death pathways is also addressed[7].\nConclusion: MGMT, mismatch repair and the SIAH1-HIPK2-p53ser46 pathway are key elements in personalized glioblastoma therapy with DNA-alkylating drugs.\n1. Knizhnik AV, Roos WP, Nikolova T, Quiros S, Tomaszowski KH, et al. Survival and death strategies in glioma cells: autophagy, senescence and apoptosis triggered by a single type of temozolomide-induced DNA damage. PLoS One 2013;8:e55665.\n2. Quiros S, Roos WP, Kaina B. Rad51 and BRCA2--New molecular targets for sensitizing glioma cells to alkylating anticancer drugs. PLoS One 2011;6:e27183.\n3. Roos WP, Frohnapfel L, Quiros S, Ringel F, Kaina B. XRCC3 contributes to temozolomide resistance of glioblastoma cells by promoting DNA double-strand break repair. Cancer Lett 2018;424:119-26.\n4. Wiewrodt D, Nagel G, Dreim\u00fcller N, Hundsberger T, Perneczky A, et al. MGMT in primary and recurrent human glioblastomas after radiation and chemotherapy and comparison with p53 status and clinical outcome. Int J Cancer 2008;122:1391-9.\n5. Switzeny OJ, Christmann M, Renovanz M, Giese A, Sommer C, et al. MGMT promoter methylation determined by HRM in comparison to MSP and pyrosequencing for predicting high-grade glioma response. Clin Epigenetics 2016;8:49.\n6. He Y, Roos WP, Wu Q, Hofmann TG, Kaina B. The SIAH1-HIPK2-p53ser46 damage response pathway is involved in temozolomide-induced glioblastoma cell death. Mol Cancer Res 2019;17:1129-41.\n7. He Y, Kaina B. Are There Thresholds in glioblastoma cell death responses triggered by temozolomide? Int J Mol Sci 2019;20:pii: E1562.\n9. Metabolic management of glioblastoma\nThomas Nicholas Seyfried Department of Biology, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, USA.\nGlioblastoma multiforme (GBM) remains among the most aggressive and difficult to manage primary brain tumors in humans. Abnormalities in the number, structure, and function of GBM mitochondria compromise energy metabolism through OxPhos. Glucose and glutamine are recognized as the major fermentable fuels that drive GBM growth through glycolysis and glutaminolysis, respectively. The glutamine antagonist, 6-diazo-5-oxo-L-norleucine (DON), was administered together with a calorically restricted ketogenic diet (KD-R) to treat late-stage orthotopic growth in two syngeneic mouse models of GBM: the highly invasive mesenchymal tumor, VM-M3, and the high-grade stem cell glioma, CT-2A. DON targets glutaminolysis while KD-R reduces glucose and, at the same time, elevates neuroprotective and non-fermentable ketone bodies. The diet\/drug therapeutic strategy caused massive tumor cell death or mitotic arrest, while reversing disease symptoms and improving overall survival without toxicity. The therapeutic strategy also reduced edema, hemorrhage, and inflammation associated with rapid tumor growth. Moreover, the KD-R diet facilitated DON delivery to the brain and allowed a lower nontoxic dosage to achieve therapeutic effect. Data from human case reports are also presented. These findings support the importance of glucose and glutamine in driving GBM growth and provide a plausible therapeutic strategy for the non-toxic metabolic management of GBM and any cancer with mitochondrial defects.\n10. Novel perspectives on the immune environment of acute myeloid leukemia using multiomyx\nJosette William , Nicholas Hoe , Mate Nagy , Raghav Padmanabhan , Qingyan Au NeoGenomics, Aliso Viejo, CA 92656, USA.\nBackground and aim: Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a clinically and molecularly heterogeneous disorder. Despite its poor prognosis, the treatment of AML remains largely unchanged over the past several decades with high-dose chemotherapy remaining the mainstay of therapy. This has led to interest in exploring novel therapeutic approaches, such as bispecific antibodies, chimeric antigen receptor T cells, tumor vaccines, and immune checkpoint inhibitors.\nThe bone marrow (BM) constitutes the home niche for leukemic cells. Tumor microenvironment (TME) is defined as the cellular environment in which the tumor exists. This environment is made up of endothelial, stromal, and immune cells and plays a key role in the development, propagation, and survival of cancer cells. The immune microenvironment has been well described in several hematologic malignancies, including Hodgkin lymphoma, acute lymphoblastic leukemia, chronic myeloid leukemia, and chronic lymphocytic leukemia, but less is known about the microenvironment in AML.\nWe studied the myeloid subsets in bone marrow tissues of normal and AML patients using MultiOmyx technique. We aimed to clarify the clinical significance of these cells in the AML patients.\nExperimental procedure: MultiOmyx is an exclusive proprietary multiplex immunofluorescent technology that overcome the challenges for immuno-oncology biomarker profiling. It enables detection and visualization of up to 60 biomarkers on a single formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) slide and co-expression analysis of up to 25 stains on a single cell, which is unattainable with the conventional immunohistochemistry (IHC) technique. Other advantages include: quantitative single cell classification, measures of marker intensity (mean, median, and total), and full spatial context for measuring the distances between cells with different immunophenotypes.\nResults: Myeloid subsets present in tumors are heterogeneous and play a crucial role in promoting cancer development and metastasis. Tumor associated macrophages (TAMs) and myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) all contribute to an immunologically permissive microenvironment for cancer cells. Based on surface markers expression, MDSC can be further subdivided into granulocytic MDSC (G-MDSC, polymorphonuclear MDSC) and monocytic MDSC (M-MDSC). MDSC have also been shown to express immune checkpoint ligands such as programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) that can suppress T cell responses in vitro. There is little information regarding MDSCs in AML. TAMs can be polarized by signals from their environment into two major subsets, called M1 and M2 macrophages. Acute myeloid leukemia blasts have been shown to differentiate monocytes from healthy donors into an M2-like phenotype in transwell coculture assays. In our study, we were able to highlight the immune landscape of AML and compared it with the landscape for normal bone marrow. We observed that both M-MDSC and G-MDSC accumulated within the TME in AML BM samples, with higher frequency of G-MDSCs over M-MDSCs. The data also reveal abundant M2 macrophages present in the TME of the AML samples. The detection of both MDSCs and M2 macrophages in these samples supports the hypothesis that these cells contribute to the establishment of an immunosuppressive TME. Using the MultiOmyx proprietary algorithm, which takes into account the staining patterns, we quantified the counts and density of different tumor-resident myeloid subsets and measured the spatial distance from the different subsets of tumor-resident myeloid cells to CD34+ blasts in AML samples. We highlighted the correlations between the immunosuppressive myeloid cells and the different subsets of T cells including T-regulatory cells in AML clinical biopsy samples. TAMs and MDSCs are emerging as potential biomarkers for diagnosis and prognosis of cancer as well as therapeutic targets of many immunomodulating agents. As demonstrated in this study, MultiOmyx multiplexed panel has the potential to monitor the changes of immunosuppressive myeloid cells in response to immune modulating drugs such as MDSC-targeting drugs (e.g., PDE-5 inhibitors and COX-2 inhibitors), TAM-targeting agents (e.g., anti-CSF1R), and combination therapy in treatment of AML.\n11. Radiation oncology updates in treatment of prostate cancer\nLauren Layer Mayo The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.\nI am a radiation oncologist at MD Anderson Cancer Center with a large proportion of my practice dedicated to prostate cancer. I would like to update the audience with the basic algorithms of radiation, hormonal, and systemic therapy for low, intermediate, and high risk. This talk would include information on active surveillance, definitive radiation treatment, brachytherapy as single modality and boost treatment, adjuvant and salvage (post-operative) radiation therapy, and hypofractionation and stereotactic body radiation therapy. I understand the audience is a variety of clinicians in the medical field. I would tailor the talk to provide an overview so all can understand what is available to all prostate cancer patients and the updated studies to support these recommendations.\n12. Novel DNA modification in cancer\nTao P. Wu2,6,# , Qi Xie1,# , Ryan C. Gimple1,3,# , Zheng Li2 , Qiulian Wu1 , Yang Yu4 , Yinsheng Wang4 , Shideng Bao5 , Andrew Z. Xiao2 , Jeremy N. Rich1 1Department of Medicine, Division of Regenerative Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.\n2Department of Genetics and Yale Stem Cell Center, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.\n3Department of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44120, USA.\n4Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, USA.\n5Department of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA.\n6Present address: Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX 77030, USA.\n#Co-equal first authors.\nGenetic drivers of cancer can be dysregulated through epigenetic modifications of DNA. Although the critical role of DNA 5-methylcytosine (5mC) in the regulation of transcription is recognized, the functions of other non-canonical DNA modifications remain obscure.\nWe report the identification of novel DNA N6-methyladenine (N6-mA) modifications in human tissues and implicate this epigenetic mark in human disease, specifically the highly malignant brain cancer glioblastoma. Glioblastoma markedly upregulated N6-mA levels, which co-localized with heterochromatic histone modifications, predominantly H3K9me3. N6-mA levels were dynamically regulated by the DNA demethylase ALKBH1, depletion of which led to transcriptional silencing of oncogenic pathways through decreasing chromatin accessibility. Targeting the N6-mA regulator ALKBH1 in patient-derived human glioblastoma models inhibited tumor cell proliferation and extended the survival of tumor-bearing mice, supporting this novel DNA modification as a potential therapeutic target for glioblastoma.\nFurthermore, ALKBH1 controls the hypoxia responding genes in glioblastoma. Collectively, our results uncover a novel epigenetic node in cancer through the DNA modification N6-mA. The regulators of this new modification could serve as novel therapeutic targets in cancer therapy.\n13. Evaluation of undiagnosed liver masses that do not exhibit typical imaging features, including even Stage C HCC\nMetin Basaranoglu Bezmialem Vakif University, \u0130stanbul 34093, Turkey.\nBackground and aim: Sometimes, despite all blood examinations, transabdominal ultrasound, and computerized tomography with or without magnetic resonance imaging by multidisciplinary approach, we cannot reach a strict diagnosis in patients with liver masses. In this study, we aimed to evaluate undiagnosed liver masses that do not exhibit typical imaging features.\nMaterial and methods: In this study, we retrospectively evaluated 140 patients with undiagnosed liver mass(es) without any typical imaging features. Then, percutaneous liver biopsy by transabdominal ultrasound guiding was performed in 121 patients to obtain a liver specimen. A single gastroenterologist who has much experience with radiologic biopsies performed all biopsies in this study. This study included the years 2011-2013. A single experienced radiologist reevaluated images from the records in 2014.\nResults: A pathologist evaluated 121 patients' liver specimens. The distribution of the diagnosis is as follows: 45 patients with metastasis, 24 patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), 16 patients with nothing, 8 patients with advanced stage chronic liver disease, 5 patients with neuroendocrine tumours (NET), 5 patients with dysplastic nodule or well-differentiated HCC, 4 patients with cholangiocarcinoma, 4 patients with pseudotumor (secondary to infections), 2 patients with steatosis, 2 patients with hemangioma, 1 patient with steatohepatitis, 1 patient with extramedullar hematopoiesis, 1 patient with necrotizing granuloma, 1 patient with biliary cirrhosis (sistozomiazis), 1 patient with cyst hydatid, and 1 patient with mixed tumor (HCC + cholangiocarcinoma). The radiologist reevaluated the radiologic records of 70 patients. The distribution of these patients is as follows: 27 patients with HCC, 11 patients with chronic liver disease findings without any mass, 12 patients with metastasis, 6 patients with cholangiocarcinoma, 3 patients with hemangioma, 5 patients with abscess (1 with fasciola and 1 with cyst hydatid), 2 patients without any liver abnormality, 1 patient with dysplastic nodule, 1 patient with angiomyolipoma, 1 patient with gallbladder tumor, and 1 patient with focal nodular hyperplasia. A further distribution of the 27 patients with HCC is shown in Table 1 according to the Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer Staging System.\nDiscussion: Our results show that HCC, even with Stage C, is one of the major causes of the liver masses that do not exhibit typical imaging features. HCC due to none B and none C was also a significant portion in this group of patients. More than half of the patients with HCC had normal serum \u03b1-fetoprotein level even in HCC patients with Stage C. As expected, life expectancy was related to the stage of the disease.\n14. Therapeutic effects of trehalose liposomes against tumors along with apoptosis\nYoko Matsumoto Sojo University, Department of Life Sciences, Kumamoto 860-0082, Japan.\nBackground and aim: Trehalose stabilizes membranes and proteins in cells most likely by hydrogen bonding. In this study, inhibitory effects of trehalose liposomes (DMTre) composed of L-\u03b1-dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine (DMPC) and trehalose micelles (TreC14) on the growth of tumors along with apoptosis were obtained in vitro and in vivo.\nExperimental procedure: DMTre were prepared by the method of sonication of a mixture of DMPC and TreC14 in a buffer solution with no organic solvent[1,2]. The thickness of fixed aqueous layer (TFAL) of DMTre was evaluated from the zeta potential by an electrophoretic light scattering measurement. The fusion and accumulation of DMTre in tumor cell membrane including a fluorescence probe was observed using confocal laser microscopy. Activation of caspases for tumor cells induced by DMTre was analyzed using a flow cytometer. Assessment of therapeutic effects of DMTre against xenograft mice and orthotropic graft bearing mice model of carcinoma was performed.\nResults: Hydrodynamic diameter (dhy) of DMTre composed of 30 mol% DMPC and 70 mol% TreC14 was 100 nm with single and narrow range of size distribution, which can avoid reticular endothelial system in vivo. An increase in TFAL values of DMTre was obtained in a dose-dependent manner. DMTre inhibited the growth of breast and lung tumor cells leading to apoptosis with the activation of caspases. The suppression of tumor weight of xenograft mice model of carcinoma treated with DMTre after inoculation with breast tumor cells was obtained along with apoptosis. A remarkable reduction of volume and weight in subcutaneous tumors on subcutaneous lung carcinoma-bearing mice administered with DMTre was obtained.\nConclusion: Anti-tumor activities of DMTre against carcinoma-bearing mice along with apoptosis were obtained. The results of this study could contribute to the development of therapeutic agents for patients with carcinoma in future clinical application.\n1. Matsumoto Y, Cao E, Ueoka R. Growth inhibition by novel liposomes including trehalose surfactant against hepatocarcinoma cells along with apoptosis. Anticancer Res 2013;33:4727-40.\n2. Matsumoto Y, Kuwabara K, Ichihara H, Kuwano M. Therapeutic effects of trehalose liposomes against lymphoblastic leukemia leading to apoptosis in vitro and in vivo. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2016;26:301-5.\n15. The effect of interactions between temozolomide and dexamethasone on the profile of 84 selected proteins in glioblastoma multiforme cells\nAnna Bielecka-Wajdman , Tomasz Ludyga , Ewa Obuchowicz Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine in Katowice, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice 40-055, Poland.\nBackground and aim: In patients with glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), standard chemotherapy with temozolomide (TMZ) is always supplemented with dexamethasone (DXM). Even though for years DXM has been applied as a \"gold standard\" in therapy of vasogenic edema, intracranial pressure, and mass effect, recent controversial results have challenged the widely accepted dogma concerning its using in therapy of GBM. The results of experimental studies emphasize that DXM may increase the aggressiveness of GBM by promoting the proliferation and invasiveness of cancer cells.\nThe aim of our study conducted on two primary glioblastoma lines obtained from patients and on the commercial line T98G was to assess the effects of TMZ and DXM, as well as their interaction, on the profile of 84 proteins involved in the process of carcinogenesis. The tests were performed using the Proteome Profiler Human XL Oncology Array Kit (R & D) in cells cultured under two oxygen conditions: physiological for tumor hypoxia (2.5% oxygen) or in standard laboratory conditions (20% oxygen) frequently used in in vitro studies.\nResults: Our results confirm the pro-tumorigenic properties of DXM but they also show that the response of GBM commercial and primary cell lines to DXM given to culture medium with or without TMZ is variable and depends on oxidation of the microenvironment.\nConclusion: It can be concluded that DXM and TMZ administered together or separately may induce different effects which depend on the degree of hypoxia prevailing in the malignant brain tumor.\n16. Sensitive detection of metabolic abnormalities in adult T-cell leukemia\/lymphoma and induction of specific leukemic cell death using photodynamic therapy\nTakashi Oka1,2 , Hajime Mizuno3,7 , Masumi Sakata3 , Hirofumi Fujita4 , Tadashi Yoshino1 , Yoshihisa Yamano5 , Kozo Utsumi4 , Tsutomu Masujima3 , Atae Utsunomiya6 1Department of Pathology and Oncology, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Okayama 700-8558, Japan.\n2Department of Hematology, Oncology and Respiratory Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Okayama 700-8558, Japan.\n3Laboratory for Single Cell Mass Spectrometry, RIKEN Quantitative Biology Center (QBiC), Osaka 565-0874, Japan.\n4Department of Cytology and Histology, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Okayama 700-8558, Japan.\n5Department of Rare Diseases Research, Institute of Medical Science, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki 216-8512, Japan.\n6Department of Hematology, Imamura General Hospital, Kagoshima 890-0064, Japan.\n7Present address: Laboratory of Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka 422-8526, Japan.\nAdult T-cell leukemia\/lymphoma (ATL) is an aggressive T-cell neoplasm caused by human T-cell leukemia virus type I (HTLV-I). Therapeutic interventions have not been associated with satisfactory outcomes. We showed that the porphyrin metabolic pathway preferentially accumulates the endogenous photosensitive metabolite, protoporphyrin IX (PpIX), in ATL, after a short-term culture with 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA). PpIX accumulated 10-100-fold more in ATL leukemic cells when compared to healthy peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs). Patient specimens showed dynamic changes in flow cytometry profiles during the onset and progression of ATL. Furthermore, 98.7% of ATL leukemic cell death in the ATL patient specimens could be induced with 10 min of visible light exposure, while 77.5% of normal PBMCs survived. Metabolomics analyses revealed that a specific stage of the metabolic pathway progressively deteriorated with HTLV-I infection and at the onset of ATL. Therefore, this method will be useful for diagnosing and identifying high-risk HTLV-I carriers and high-risk indolent ATL patients who appeared to have developed or are likely to develop the aggressive subtypes with single cell resolution. Photodynamic therapy in the circulatory system may be a potential treatment due to its highly-specific, non-invasive, safe, simultaneous, and repeatedly-treatable modalities.\n17. Preoperative localization of breast lesions: analysis of current techniques\nRay Cody Mayo The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.\nImage-guided preoperative localization of breast lesions is a relatively common procedure. This presentation describes the most common localization options available commercially - wire localization, radioactive seed localization, radiofrequency reflector localization, and magnetic seed localization - and outlines the advantages and disadvantages of each. This information may help radiologists, surgeons, pathologists, and hospital administration as they seek to add value and provide patient-centered care.\n18. Innovative technologies for cancer diagnosis and management metal-organic framework encapsulation for biospecimen and biotherapeutic preservation\nJeremiah Morrissey1 , Srikanth Singamaneni2 1Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA.\n2Institute of Materials Science and Engineering and Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, USA.\nBackground and aim: Handling, transport, and storage of biospecimens such as blood and urine without refrigeration are extremely challenging. This formidable challenge leads to an inevitable reliance on a \"cold chain\" for shipping, handling, and storage of biospecimens throughout the world. The cold chain requirement impedes biospecimen procurement from under-served populations and resource-limited settings where refrigeration and electricity are not reliable or even available.\nExperimental procedure: Here, we introduce a universal biospecimen preservation approach based on nanoporous material encapsulation for preserving protein biomarkers in biofluids under non-refrigerated storage conditions. We used urinary neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin and plasma CA-125 as the model protein biomarkers and measured their concentrations before and after encapsulation by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).\nResults: We found that encapsulation in a zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 (ZIF-8), a nanoporous material, can preserve protein biomarkers in urine and plasma for weeks at room temperature and 40 \u00b0C. The preservation efficacy for ELISA assay was greater than 85%, comparable to freezing liquid samples at -20 \u00b0C. The protein biomarkers in the relevant biofluids were first encapsulated within the nanoporous ZIF-8 crystals, then dried on paper substrates via a dry spot sample collection method, and later reconstituted for analysis. This technology also preserves the biologic activity of insulin in liquid form for therapy.\nConclusion: This eco-friendly technology greatly improves biospecimen and biotherapeutic handling in resource-limited settings. The technology may be applicable to vaccine preservation, storage, and transport at ambient temperature. Overall, this environmentally-friendly and energy-efficient approach will alleviate huge financial and environmental burdens associated with \"cold chain\" facilities and extends biomedical research and treatment benefits to underserved populations from regions\/populations currently inaccessible.\n19. Microrna-335-5p as a suppressor of metastasis and invasion in gastric cancer\nIva Polakovicova1,2 , Alejandra Sandoval-Borquez3,4 , Nicolas Carrasco-Veliz1,2 , Lorena Lobos-Gonz\u00e1lez3,4,5 , Paulina Gonz\u00e1lez-Villarroel6 , Alejandro Gottlieb-Riquelme6 , Edison Salas-Huenuleo4,7 , Manuel Varas-Godoy8 , Alejandro Corval\u00e1n1,2 1Laboratory of Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Pontif\u00edcia Universidad Cat\u00f3lica de Chile, Santiago 340, Chile.\n2Advanced Center for Chronic Diseases, Pontif\u00edcia Universidad Cat\u00f3lica de Chile, Santiago 340, Chile.\n3Laboratory of Cellular Communication, Center for Studies on Exercise, Metabolism and Cancer (CEMC), Institute of Biomedical Sciences (ICBM), Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Chile, Santiago 1058, Chile.\n4Advanced Center for Chronic Diseases, Universidad de Chile, Santiago 1058, Chile.\n5Centro de Medicina Regenerativa, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago 456, Chile.\n6Escuela de Tecnolog\u00eda M\u00e9dica, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Andr\u00e9s Bello, Santiago 239, Chile.\n7Laboratory of Nanobiotechnology and Nanotoxicology, Facultad de Ciencias Qu\u00edmicas y Farmac\u00e9uticas, Universidad de Chile, Santiago 1058, Chile.\n8Centro de Biolog\u00eda Celular y Biomedicina (CEBICEM) Campus Los Leones, Universidad San Sebastian, Santiago 1457, Chile.\nBackground and aim: Gastric cancer is the fifth most common cancer worldwide. It is mainly diagnosed via endoscopic examination, which is unsuitable for screening and patient follow-up. A deeper knowledge of its development and progression can contribute to discovering effective preventive strategies. To understand this complex process, we focus on microRNAs and exosomes and their metastatic and invasive potential on gastric cells.\nExperimental procedure: We evaluated the expression of several candidate miRNAs in 38 gastric cancer tissues and 22 plasma samples from gastric cancer patients and compared them to adjacent not-tumor tissues and plasma from symptomatic patients without cancer, respectively. We performed an association analysis of the expression of microRNA-335-5p with clinicopathological features and survival curves. For in vivo study, we injected intravenously microRNA-335-5p-loaded exosomes into immunodeficient mice with intraperitoneal tumors.\nResults: MicroRNA-335-5p is downregulated in advanced gastric cancer (GC) tissues relative to their paired non-tumor tissues. This downregulation is associated with worse survival rates of patients. We also demonstrated decreased levels of microRNA-335-5p in total plasma and exosomes isolated from plasma samples from GC patients, when compared to symptomatic patients without cancer. In our in vivo model of intraperitoneal carcinogenesis, we observed less metastasis but more necrosis in organs of mice with microRNA-335-5p-loaded exosomes and all mice lacked ascites.\nConclusion: MicroRNA-335-5p is downregulated in both types of gastric cancer samples. The difference in expression of this microRNA in plasma of gastric cancer patients versus patients without cancer is so profound that it can be considered as a possible candidate for non-invasive diagnosis of gastric cancer and the in vivo results may suggest a therapeutic role for miRNA-335.\n20. RANBP9 as potential target in non-small cell lung cancer\nVincenzo Coppola Department of Cancer Biology and Genetics, Ohio State University & Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA.\nNon-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) is by far the number one cause of cancer related death in the Western world. Despite the progress made with targeted therapies and immuno-checkpoint inhibitors, the vast majority of patients still undergo treatment with genotoxic drugs such as platinum-based compounds. Studies testing whether DNA damaging agents sensitize NSCLC tumors to targeted- or immuno-therapies are ongoing. However, only a better understanding of the mechanisms of the DNA damage response can lead to the validation of biomarkers predictive of response to genotoxic agents and the discovery of novel targets.\nWe found that overexpression of the scaffold protein Ran Binding Protein 9 (RANBP9) is pervasive in NSCLC. Most importantly, patients with higher levels of RANBP9 have a worst treatment outcome (Tessari et al.[1], 2018). Mechanistically, RANBP9 is not only a target (Matsuoka et al.[2], 2007) but also, surprisingly, an enhancer of the Ataxia telangiectasia mutated (ATM) kinase signaling (Palmieri et al.[3], 2016). Indeed, the depletion of RANBP9 in NSCLC cells abates ATM activation and its downstream targets such as p53. Predictably, RANBP9 KO cells are more sensitive than controls to inhibition of the ataxia and telangiectasia-related kinase, but not ATM. Interestingly, the absence of RANBP9 renders cells more sensitive to drugs inhibiting Poly (ADP-ribose)-Polymerase (PARP) (Tessari et al.[1], 2018).\nWe present results of our in vitro and in vivo investigation aimed at revealing the mechanisms responsible for increased sensitivity to specific genotoxic drugs when RANBP9 is absent. For this purpose, we generated human NSCLC cell lines and new mouse models of NSCLC in which endogenous RANBP9 can be specifically ablated in cancer cells or, alternatively, tagged with V5-HA for its unequivocal detection. Tumors of this latter group will enable proteomic studies to identify unknown RANBP9 interactions upon DNA damaging treatment.\n1. Tessari A, Parbhoo K, Pawlikowski M, Fassan M, Rulli E, et al. RANBP9 affects cancer cells response to genotoxic stress and its overexpression is associated with worse response to platinum in NSCLC patients. Oncogene 2018;37:6463-76.\n2. Matsuoka S, Ballif BA, Smogorzewska A, McDonald ER 3rd, Hurov KE, et al. ATM and ATR substrate analysis reveals extensive protein networks responsive to DNA damage. Science 2007;316:1160-6.\n3. Palmieri D, Scarpa M, Tessari A, Uka R, Amari F, et al. Ran Binding Protein 9 (RanBP9) is a novel mediator of cellular DNA damage response in lung cancer cells. Oncotarget 2016;7:18371-83.\n21. One carbon metabolic enzymes play important roles for cancer cells and cancer stem-like cells\nNoriko Gotoh Cancer Research Institute, Kanazawa University, Ishikawa 920-1192, Japan.\nBackground and aim: Emerging evidence suggests that cancer stem-like cells (CSCs) are responsible for drug-resistant tumor recurrence[1-6]. The one-carbon (1C) metabolism incorporates carbons as building blocks of purine and pyrimidine that are used for DNA replication and RNA transcription. In the mitochondria, there are four major enzymes in 1C metabolism. These enzymes are strongly expressed in cancer cells, while it is scarcely expressed in normal cells. We investigated the role of MTHFD2 and MTHFD1L among them in cancer cells and CSCs.\nExperimental procedure: We depleted expression of MTHFD2 and MTHFD1L in lung cancer cells and breast cancer cells by using small interfering RNA (siRNAs) or smal hairpin RNA (shRNAs). By using these cells, we examined cell proliferation and sphere-forming ability in vitro and in vivo. We also examined expression levels of stemness markers.\nResults: We showed that MTHFD2 and MTHFD1L play important roles for cancer cell proliferation, stem-like properties, and drug resistance. Knockdown of MTHFD2 led to accumulation of 5-aminoimidazole carboxamide ribonucleotide (AICAR), an intermediate of the purine synthesis pathway, in association with reduced stem-like properties.\nConclusion: MTHFD2- or MTHFD1L-mediated mitochondrial 1C metabolism appears critical for survival of CSCs through consumption of AICAR, leading to depletion of the intracellular pool of AICAR. Because CSCs are dependent on MTHFD2 and MTHFD1L, therapies targeting MTHFD2 may eradicate tumors.\n1. Takahiko M, Noriko G. Drug resistance mechanisms of cancer stem-like cells and their therapeutic potential as drug targets. Cancer Drug Resist 2019;2:457-70.\n2. Tominaga K, Minato H, Murayama T, Sasahara A, Nishimura T, et al. Semaphorin signaling via MICAL3 induces symmetric cell division to expand breast cancer stem-like cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2019;116:625-30.\n3. Nishimura T, Nakata A, Chen X, Nishi K, Meguro-Horike M, et al. Cancer stem-like properties and gefitinib resistance are dependent on purine synthetic metabolism mediated by the mitochondrial enzyme MTHFD2. Oncogene 2019;38:2464-81.\n4. Tominaga K, Shimamura T, Kimura N, Murayama T, Matsubara D, et al. Addiction to the IGF2-ID1-IGF2 circuit for maintenance of the breast cancer stem-like cells. Oncogene 2017;36:1276-86.\n5. Murayama T, Nakaoku T, Enari M, Nishimura T, Tominaga K, et al. Oncogenic fusion gene CD74-NRG1 confers cancer stem cell-like properties in lung cancer through a IGF2 autocrine\/paracrine circuit. Cancer Res 2016;76:974-83.\n6. Nakata A, Yoshida R, Yamaguchi R, Yamauchi M, Tamada Y, et al. Elevated \u03b2-catenin pathway as a novel target for patients with resistance to EGF receptor targeting drugs. Sci Rep 2015;5:13076.\n22. Differential roles of the redox-sensitive transcription factor, Nrf2 in multistage carcinogenesis\nYoung-Joon Surh Tumor Microenvironment Global Core Research Center, College of Pharmacy and Department of Molecular Medicine and Biopharmaceutical Sciences, Graduate School of Convergence Science and Technology, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, South Korea.\nBackground and aim: Nuclear factor E2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) is a redox-sensitive transcription factor regulating the expression of a battery of genes encoding antioxidant and carcinogen detoxifying enzymes. In contrast to its tumor suppressive functions in normal cells, Nrf2 facilitates tumor growth and progression through metabolic reprograming in some cancer cells. Our previous study has demonstrated that 15-deoxy-\u039412,14-prostaglandin J2 and 4-hydroxyestradiol induce overactivation of Nrf2 and consequently overexpression of its target protein, heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1), in human breast cancer cells.\nExperimental procedure: In this study, we investigated the involvement of Nrf2 in experimentally induced hepatocarcinogenesis by utilizing Nrf2 null mice as well as wild type animals. The liver tumor was induced by intraperitoneal injection of diethylnitrosamine (DEN). The expression of Nrf2 and its target genes and proteins were measured by RT-PCR and Western blot analyses. The cell proliferation was determined by immunohistochemical analysis of Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen expression.\nResults: Nrf2 expression, nuclear translocation, and transcriptional activity were enhanced in liver tumors. Overactivated Nrf2 was required for hepatoma growth in DEN-induced HCC. Following DEN treatment, Nrf2 genetic disruption reduced expression of pentose phosphate pathway-related enzymes, the depletion of which has been associated with an amelioration of HCC incidence. Nrf2-deficient mice resisted DEN-induced hepatocarcinogenesis.\nConclusion: The cellular stress response or cytoprotective signaling mediated via the Nrf2 is often hijacked by cancer cells. This may facilitate the remodeling of the tumor microenvironment, making it advantageous for the autonomic growth of cancer cells, metastasis, angiogenesis, tolerance to anticancer therapy, and self-renewal activity of stem-like cells. Notably, Nrf2 overactivation upregulates antioxidant gene expression in breast cancer stem cells, which contributes to the manifestation and maintenance of stemness.\n23. The importance of sequential mutations in pancreatic tumorigenesis\nGloria Su Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA.\nBackground and aim: Genetically engineered animal models (GEMMs) are established robust platforms for exploring the molecular mechanisms underlying the progression of pancreatic precancerous lesions to invasive PDA (pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma). For example, using Pdx1-Cre to activate mutant KrasG12D allele in the pancreas induces full spectrum of premalignant PanIN (pancreatic intraepithelial neoplasias) lesions that can eventually progress to invasive PDA (reviewed in[1]). We and others have reported that concomitant inactivation of the tumor suppressorsp16, p19, p53, or TGF-\u03b2 receptor type 2 (Tgf\u03b2R2) can synergize with oncogenic KrasG12D in promoting the progression of the non-invasive PanINs to invasive cancer in vivo[1,2]. In contrast, the inactivation of Smad4 or Acvr1b in the context of mutant KrasG12D preferentially promotes the development of pancreatic IPMNs (intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms) but not PanINs[1,3]. Collectively, these data suggest that the order in which tumor-suppressor genes are inactivated may influence the development of pancreatic tumor subtypes. To further investigate the importance of sequential mutations in pancreatic tumorigenesis, we generated double heterozygous Smad4flox\/+;p16+\/\u2212;LSL-KRAS G12D;Pdx1-Cre GEMM and asked how spontaneous inactivation of the second allele might impact the development pancreatic precancerous lesions.\nExperimental procedure:Smad4flox\/+;p16+\/\u2212;LSL-KRAS G12D;Pdx1-Cre mice were examined and characterized in comparison to p16+\/\u2212;LSL-KRAS G12D;Pdx1-Cre and Smad4flox\/+;p16+\/\u2212;Pdx1-Cre GEMMs.\nResults:Smad4flox\/+;p16+\/\u2212;LSL-KRAS G12D;Pdx1-Cre mice shared similar medium survival and tumor progression to p16+\/\u2212;LSL-KRAS G12D;Pdx1-Cre mice (PanIN to PDA). Molecular analyses showed that biallelic inactivation only occurred at the p16 locus in the PanINs and PDA from Smad4flox\/+;p16+\/\u2212;LSL-KRAS G12D;Pdx1-Cre GEMM.\nConclusion: Our results support the previous observations that the sequential inactivation of tumor-suppressor genes in the context of oncogenic KrasG12D can dictate the development of pancreatic precancerous lesions. More importantly, the sequential mutations observed in mice mirror those detected in human patient specimens and thus illustrating that the order of genetic mutations is as critical as the mutated genes themselves in influencing tumor development and progression.\n1. Qiu W, Su GH. Challenges and advances in mouse modeling for human pancreatic tumorigenesis and metastasis. Cancer Metastasis Rev 2013;32:83-107.\n2. Qiu w, Sahin F, Iacobuzio-Donahue CA, Garcia-Carracedo D, Wang WM, et al. Disruption of p16 and activation of Kras in pancreas increases ductal adenocarcinoma formation and metastasis in vivo. Oncotarget 2011;2:862-73.\n3. Qiu W, Tang SM, Lee S, Turk AT, Sireci AN, et al. Loss of activin receptor type 1B promotes development of intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms in mice with activated KRAS. Gastroenterology 2016;150:218-28.e12.\n24. Cyr61 promotes tip cell activity through VEGFR2-Hippo pathway in tumor angiogenesis\nSarala Manandhar1 , Uttam Ojha1 , Hyeonha Jang1 , Sun-Hee Lee1 , Soo-Hyun Yoon1 , Li Kang1 , Myo-Hyeon Park1 , You Mie Lee1,2 1BK21 Plus KNU Multi-Omics based Creative Drug Research Team.\n2Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Republic of Korea.\nCyr61 stimulates active angiogenesis in various tumors, although the mechanism is unknown. Here, we report that Cyr61 enhances the activity of tip cells during angiogenesis by regulating VEGFR2-Hippo pathway. Microvessel networks and directional vascular cell migration patterns were deformed in Cyr61-knockdown zebrafish embryos. Moreover, Cyr61 promoted the endothelial sprouting activity in angiogenesis. Cyr61 induced the interaction of integrin \u03b1v\u03b23 with VEGFR2, which activated downstream MAPK\/PI3K signaling pathways, YAP\/TAZ, and Rho effector mDia1 to enhance tip cell activity and Cyr61 itself. Integrin \u03b1v\u03b23 inhibitor repressed tip cell number and sprouting in postnatal retinas from endothelial cell-specific Cyr61 transgenic mice (VE-Cadherin:Cyr61), and allograft tumors in Cyr61 transgenic mice also showed hyperactive vascular sprouting. Cancer patients with high Cyr61 expression have poor survival outcomes and positive correlation with integrin \u03b1v\u03b23 and high YAP\/TAZ. Thus, our data underscore the positive feedback regulation of tip cells by Cyr61 through integrin \u03b1v\u03b23\/VEGFR2 and YAP\/TAZ activity, suggesting a promising therapeutic intervention for pathological angiogenesis.\n25. Silibinin targets bone morphogenic protein 2 in its efficacy against ultraviolet B radiation-induced promotion\/progression of microscopic basal cell carcinoma formation\nRajesh Agarwal , Chapla Agarwal Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.\nBackground and aim: Non-melanoma skin cancers (NMSCs) account for about half of all malignancies diagnosed annually in the United States. Around 80% of NMSCs are basal cell carcinoma (BCC) and 20% are squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). Whereas the efficacy of several chemopreventive agents has been examined and reported against both BCC and SCC, a majority of these studies have focused on the test agent's activity in a long-term setting to determine the number of tumors formed. Notably, the studies evaluating the efficacy of chemopreventive agents during early stage(s) of BCC development are lacking. Accordingly, utilizing the well-established patched (Ptch)+\/\u2212 mouse model of ultraviolet b (UVB)-induced BCC formation, we excised skin samples from UVB exposed mice prior to tumor formation to study the promotion\/progression of BCC and to determine the target(s) of silibinin, a well-known skin cancer (SCC) chemopreventive agent, in BCC tumor growth inhibition.\nExperimental procedure: We used a multifactor approach: (1) long-term ultraviolet B radiation-induced mouse skin tumorigenesis in Ptch heterozygous mice focusing on BCC; (2) investigating and quantifying expression of molecular regulators and cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers by immunohistochemistry and\/or immunoblotting; and (3) real-time PCR with mouse signal transduction pathway finder PCR array.\nResults: At as early as one month, we found that UVB exposure significantly increased the number of mast cells in Ptch+\/\u2212 mice by about 48% (P < 0.05), which was completely inhibited (to control levels) by silibinin topical treatments. In Ptch+\/+ mice, which do not develop BCC tumors, we did not observe any increase in mast cells following UVB exposure, suggesting this could be a specific pathway in the development of BCC. To decipher the molecular mechanism of these findings, we performed a PCR profiler array analysis of several genes involved in signal transduction pathways which showed strong differences between Ptch+\/+ and Ptch+\/\u2212 mice that were unexposed, UVB irradiated, and silibinin treated. Most notably, following UVB exposure for one month, in Ptch+\/\u2212 mice, the expression of Bone Morphogenetic Protein 2 (BMP-2), Hairy\/enhancer-of-split related with YRPW motif 1 (Hey1), and Inhibitor of DNA binding 1 (Id1) was significantly upregulated when compared to Ptch+\/+ mice. Additional studies focusing on BMP-2 found that silibinin strongly inhibits UVB-induced expression of BMP-2 in Ptch+\/\u2212 mouse skin. Consistent with these results, we also found that silibinin strongly attenuates UVB-induced BMP-2 expression and DNA damage in Ptch+\/\u2212 mouse skin ex vivo. Regarding BCC formation, silibinin treatment inhibited UVB-induced microscopic BCC formation in Ptch+\/\u2212 mice; microscopic tumor number and size were reduced by 73% and 84%, respectively. Together, our results suggest a possible role of BMP-2 in early stages of BCC development and that silibinin plausibly acts through BMP-2 to inhibit microscopic BCC formation.\nConclusion: Our current findings in BCC model, together with previous studies in SCC model, suggest that silibinin could be a multi-target agent capable of being a chemopreventive agent for both types of NMSCs.\n26. A novel sulforaphane-regulated gene network in prevention of breast cancer-induced osteolytic bone resorption\nShivendra V. Singh Department of Pharmacology & Chemical Biology, and UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA.\nBone is the most preferred site for colonization of metastatic breast cancer cells for each subtype of the disease. The standard of therapeutic care for breast cancer patients with bone metastasis include bisphosphonates (e.g., zoledronic acid), which have poor oral bioavailability, and a humanized antibody (denosumab). However, these therapies are palliative and a subset of patients still develop new bone lesions and\/or experience serious adverse effects. Therefore, a safe and orally bioavailable intervention for prevention\/therapy of osteolytic bone resorption is still a clinically unmet need. This study demonstrates prevention of breast cancer-induced bone resorption by a small molecule (sulforaphane, SFN) that is safe clinically and orally bioavailable. in vitro osteoclast differentiation was inhibited in a dose-dependent manner upon addition of conditioned media from SFN-treated breast cancer cells representative of different subtypes. Targeted microarray coupled with interrogation of TCGA dataset revealed a novel SFN-regulated gene signature involving cross-regulation of runt-related transcription factor 2 (RUNX2) and nuclear factor-\u03baB and their downstream effectors. Both RUNX2 and p65\/p50 expression were higher in human breast cancer tissues compared to normal mammary tissue. RUNX2 was recruited at the promotor of NFKB1. Inhibition of osteoclast differentiation by SFN was augmented by doxycycline-inducible stable knockdown of RUNX2. Oral SFN administration significantly increased the percentage of bone volume\/total volume of affected bones in the intracardiac MDA-MB-231-Luc model, indicating in vivo suppression of osteolytic bone resorption by SFN. These results indicate that SFN is a novel inhibitor of breast cancer-induced osteolytic bone resorption in vitro and in vivo. These findings necessitate clinical investigations to determine the effect of SFN administration on osteolytic bone resorption in women with metastatic breast cancer. This study was supported by grant CA225716 awarded by the National Cancer Institute.\n27. Targeting of TM4SF5-mediated regulation of metabolic functions to overcome hepatic cancer\nJung Weon Lee College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, South Korea.\nBackground and aim: Liver is an organ that can metabolize diverse nutrients and its cancers show arginine auxotroph, which involves arginine delivery from extracellular diet sources and lysosomal protein degradation products. Among the genes involved in hepatic cancer, transmembrane 4 L six family member 5 (TM4SF5), which is structurally similar to the tetraspanins with 4 transmembrane domains, is shown to be highly expressed in cancerous liver tissues and correlated with many hepatic metabolism genes. However, it is unknown whether and how TM4SF5 is involved in arginine metabolism in livers.\nExperimental procedure: We examined whether TM4SF5 expression can be involved in the mTORC1 signaling pathway, since mTORC1 signaling is a central hub of various cellular metabolism processes.\nResults: First, we found shuttling of TM4SF5 between plasma membrane and lysosomal (late endosomal) membrane, depending on availability of amino acids. Further, upon resupply of arginine to arginine-starved cells, lysosomal TM4SF5 was associated with mTOR, leading to an increased S6K phosphorylation. The association between TM4SF5 and mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) appeared to require the C-terminal regions of TM4SF5 and kinase activity of mTOR. In addition, an endosomal arginine transporter (SLC38A9) and a cytosolic arginine sensor (Castor1) were found to be associated with TM4SF5, indicating TM4SF5 as an arginine sensor on late endosomal (lysosomal) membrane. Interestingly, the association of Castor1 with TM4SF5 was negatively regulated by L-arginine, but concomitantly the association between mTOR and TM4SF5 increased. Furthermore, certain residues in the extracellular loop 2 of TM4SF5 bound to arginine. Thus, association of TM4SF5 with mTOR, SLC38A9, and arginine on lysosomal membrane might allow TM4SF5 to propagate arginine response to mTORC1 by directly sensing arginine in the lysosome as well as to elevate the cytosolic arginine pool for cellular homeostasis.\nConclusion: Therefore, these observations suggest TM4SF5 as an arginine sensor on late endosomal membrane and as a promising therapeutic target candidate for the arginine auxotroph of hepatic cancers.\n28. Targeting cancer stem cells in malignant mesothelioma\nRichard L. Eckert1,2,4 , Gautam Adhikary1 , Daniel Grun1 , Joseph S. Friedberg3,4 , Wen Xu1 , Jeffrey Keillor5 , Sivaveera Kandasamy3 , H. Richard Alexander6 1Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.\n2Department of Dermatology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.\n3Department of Surgery and Division of General and Surgical Oncology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.\n4Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.\n5Department of Surgery, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey, NJ 08901, USA.\n6Department of Chemistry, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, Canada.\nBackground and aim: Mesothelioma is an aggressive, treatment resistant, and fatal cancer of the mesothelial lining of the pleural and peritoneal cavities that is initiated by exposure to asbestos or nanotubes. Surgical reduction and chemotherapy are first line treatments, but recurrence of highly aggressive and drug-resistant disease is common. Disease recurrence is associated with expansion of mesothelioma cancer stem cells (MCS cells). Thus, new treatments are needed for this disease that target the cancer stem cell population.\nExperimental procedure: We used genetic gene expression and knockdown approaches, signaling studies, xenograft tumor studies, transcriptome analysis, and protein structure studies to characterize the role of the transglutaminase 2 (TG2) cancer stem cell survival factor in enhancing MSC cell survival and function.\nResults: We showed that tissue transglutaminase (TG2), a cancer stem cell survival and drug-resistance protein, is highly enriched in human mesothelioma tumors and mesothelioma cancer stem cells (MCS cells) and drives MCS cell spheroid formation, invasion, and migration. TG2 knockdown or TG2 inhibitor treatment reduces MCS cell survival, spheroid formation, Matrigel invasion, migration, and tumor formation. These are important observations as MCS cells comprise a highly aggressive subpopulation of tumor that forms rapidly growing and aggressive tumors. In addition, transcriptome analysis reveals that TG2 loss is associated with reduced levels of mRNA encoding a wide range of cancer stem cell and epithelial-mesenchymal transition proteins, and that TG2 knockdown reduces expression of transcripts and proteins encoding pro-cancer matrix proteins including collagens COL1A2 and COL3A1 that are involved in metastasis. Mesothelin, a mesothelioma cell-specific MCS cell survival protein and attachment factor, is also reduced in TG2 knockdown cells.\nConclusions: These studies indicate that TG2 is highly overexpressed in MCS cells and drives the cancer stem cell phenotype to enhance MCS cell stemness, survival, and invasion, and suggests that TG2 is an important candidate mesothelioma cancer stem cell therapy target.\n29. Forward genetics to discover tumor suppressor in colorectal cancer\nTao Lu Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Indiana University School of Medicine, 635 Barnhill Drive, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA.\nThe nuclear factor \u03baB (NF-\u03baB) plays pivotal roles in inflammatory and immune responses and in cancer. Therefore, understanding its regulation holds great promise for disease therapy. Using validation-based insertional mutagenesis, a powerful technique established by us, we discovered a novel negative regulator of NF-\u03baB (named NNRN1) in colorectal cancer (CRC). We showed that NNRN1 overexpression downregulated the expression of NF-\u03baB-dependent genes, many of which are related to cancer. Additionally, compared to the vector control group, overexpression of NNRN1 in HEK293 cells or CRC HT29, DLD1, and HCT116 cells dramatically reduced NF-\u03baB activity, cellular proliferation, anchorage-independent growth, and migratory ability in vitro, and, unsurprisingly, significantly decreased xenograft tumor growth in vivo. In contrast, shNNRN1 knockdown cells showed the opposite effect. Furthermore, co-immunoprecipitation (Co-IP) experiment confirmed that NNRN1 may form a complex with the p65 subunit of NF-\u03baB. Importantly, immunohistochemistry data exhibited much lower NNRN1 expression level in CRC patient tumor tissues compared to normal tissues, indicating that NNRN1 may function as a tumor suppressor in CRC. To conclude, our findings for the first time uncovered the negative regulatory function of NNRN1 in NF-\u03baB signaling, and present NNRN1 as an innovative therapeutic target in CRC treatment.\n30. Immunogenic cell death in myeloid leukemia\nMarc Diederich College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, South Korea.\nBackground and aim: We investigated the effect of pharmacologically active compounds that act as immunoadjuvants able to trigger a cancer stress response and release of damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs) in myeloid leukemia[1]. These processes result in a chemotherapeutic response with a potent immune-mediating reaction. Several parameters determine whether a compound can act as an immunogenic cell death (ICD) inducer including the nature of the inducer, the premortem stress pathways, the cell death pathways, the intrinsic antigenicity of the cell, and the potency and availability of an immune cell response[2].\nExperimental procedure: We used a multifactor approach: (1) detecting endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress markers; (2) investigating and quantifying caspase-dependent or independent cell death; (3) measuring the release of danger associated molecular patterns; (4) quantifying phagocytosis of compound-treated cells by both murine and human monocyte-derived macrophages; (5) performing colony formation assays and in vivo zebrafish xenografts; and (6) performing vaccination assays with immunocompetent mice.\nResults: We identified ICD-inducing capacities of old (coumarinics) and novel (stemphol and cardiac glycoside UNBS1450) inducers of immunogenic cell death together with venetoclax and experimental BH3 mimetics. We detected their capacity to trigger synergistic cell death in myeloid leukemia in an attempt to overcome apoptosis-resistant myeloid leukemia alone or in combination with other chemotherapeutic compounds.\nConclusion: The identification of hallmarks of ICD is important in determining the prognostic biomarkers for new therapeutic approaches and combination treatments[3]. In myeloid leukemia, combination treatments of ICD-inducing pharmacological agents[4] with Venetoclax showed positive synergistic effects[5] allowing to confer immunogenicity to otherwise cytotoxic non-immunogenic treatments.\n1. Radogna F, Diederich M. Stress-induced cellular responses in immunogenic cell death: Implications for cancer immunotherapy. Biochem Pharmacol 2018;153:12-23.\n2. Mazumder A, Lee JY, Talhi O, Cerella C, Chateauvieux S, et al. Hydroxycoumarin OT-55 kills CML cells alone or in synergy with imatinib or Synribo: Involvement of ER stress and DAMP release. Cancer Lett 2018;438:197-218.\n3. Ji S, Lee JY, Schr\u00f6r J, Mazumder A, Jang DM, et al. The dialkyl resorcinol stemphol disrupts calcium homeostasis to trigger programmed immunogenic necrosis in cancer. Cancer Lett 2018;416:109-23.\n4. Diederich M, Muller F, Cerella C. Cardiac glycosides: From molecular targets to immunogenic cell death. Biochem Pharmacol 2017;125:1-11.\n5. Cerella C, Gaigneaux A, Mazumder A, Lee JY, Saland E, et al. Bcl-2 protein family expression pattern determines synergistic pro-apoptotic effects of BH3 mimetics with hemisynthetic cardiac glycoside UNBS1450 in acute myeloid leukemia. Leukemia 2017;31:755-9.\n31. The role of autophagy in inflammatory cytokines-induced epithelial to mesenchymal transition in cancer\nChiara Vidoni1 , Alessandra Ferraresi1 , Eleonora Secomandi1 , Letizia Vallino1 , Suyanee Thongchot1 , Danny Dhanasekaran2 , Ciro Isidoro1 1Department of Health Sciences, Universit\u00e0 del Piemonte Orientale, Novara 28100, Italy.\n2Stephenson Cancer Center, Oklahoma University Health Science Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA.\nThe peculiar hallmark distinguishing malignant from benign tumors is the ability of the former to invade the extracellular matrix and metastasize to near and distant organs. This process implies an epigenetic change in the expression of genes that leads to a reversible phenotypic change of the cancer cells from epithelial-like to mesenchymal-type known as epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT). The tumor microenvironment plays a pivotal role in this process, the major players being the pro-inflammatory cytokines IL-6 and IL-8 released by cancer associated fibroblasts, immune cells (M2 macrophages), and cancer cells themselves.\nAutophagy, a lysosome-driven catabolic process for degradation of self-constituents, participates in the stress response for maintaining cell homeostasis. It has been shown that autophagy is down-regulated during cell locomotion, while it is induced when cells arrest their migration.\nWe found that pro-inflammatory cytokines promote cancer cell migration following down-regulation of autophagy in the migratory cells. We also investigated at the molecular level the mechanisms through which the cytokines modulate autophagy.\nOur data highlight the role of autophagy in cancer cell EMT and migration, offering opportunities for therapeutic interventions to prevent invasion and metastasis.\n32. Vasculogenic mimicry in glioblastoma and melanoma\nLuca Colucci-D'Amato , Maria Teresa Gentile , Olga Pastorino Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Neuropathology, Department of Environmental, Biological and Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, University of Campania \"L. Vanvitelli\", Caserta 81100, Italy.\nBackground and aim: Neo-angiogenesis is the most studied mechanism of vascularization in tumors and refers to sprouting of new blood vessels from pre-existing ones and it may be inhibited by natural compounds. Vasculogenic mimicry (VM) is an alternative mechanisms of tumor vascularization providing a means by which some tumors can escape anti-angiogenetic therapy. VM occurs in glioblastoma (GBM) and melanoma, both tumors of neuroepithelial derivation. We investigated the role of REST\/NRSF gene in the pathophysiology of VM as well as the effects of compounds such as the histone deacetylase inhibitors (HDACis) to interfere with VM.\nExperimental procedure: To measure tube formation, cell migration, and invasion, we used: in vitro tube formation assay on Matrigel, Boyden chamber migration assay, wound healing assay, invasion test, and real-time migration monitoring. To measure cell viability, we used: MTT and trypan blue exclusion test. To transfect cells, we used: lipofectamine standard protocol.\nResults: We analyzed a number of GBM and melanoma cell lines. We found that the expression of REST parallels the ability to migrate and to form tubes on Matrigel. Upon genetic or chemical down-regulation of REST (via siRNA or dominant negative mutant or HDACi), we observed a decrease in migration ability as well as tube formation. Finally, we found that different histone deacetylase inhibitors impair vasculogenic mimicry from glioblastoma cells.\nConclusions: Our findings show that REST\/NRSF gene is an important molecular player in the pathophysiology of vasculogenic mimicry in GBM and melanoma and that HDAC inhibitors alone can impair the formation of tubes from GBM cells.\n33. Mouse tumor susceptibility alleles identify pathways for intervention in multiple myeloma\nBeverly A. Mock Laboratory of Cancer Biology & Genetics, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.\nBackground and aim: Multiple Myeloma (MM) is a clonal proliferation of neoplastic plasma cells in the bone marrow. Despite recent therapeutic advances, drug resistance and MM progression is common. Mouse plasma cell tumors model these antibody producing neoplasms. Long-term genetic studies utilizing backcross, and congenic strain analyses coupled with positional cloning strategies and functional studies identified Cdkn2a, Mtor, and Mndal as plasmacytoma susceptibility genes. Tumor incidence data in congenic strains carrying resistance alleles of Cdkn2a and Mtor led us to hypothesize that drug combinations affecting these pathways are likely to have an additive, if not synergistic, effect in inhibiting tumor cell growth.\nExperimental procedure: Drug combination [mTOR and histone deacetylases (HDAC) inhibitors] activity and synergy were measured in B cell neoplasms and NCI-60 cell lines. in vivo activity was assessed in xenograft experiments. Co-expression network analyses of microarray data from in vitro drug treatment delineated the cooperative mTORi\/HDACi transcriptional response. Selectivity of the response for genes differentially regulated in MM was determined by GSEA of datasets from healthy controls and MM patients. The combination's potential clinical utility was evaluated by developing a multivariate survival prediction model from the response signature in a MM patient dataset. Functional enrichment and transcription factor activity testing of the response signature delineated the combination's biological activities.\nResults: The combination was active and synergistic in 90% of cell lines and controlled in vivo tumor growth for 12 weeks. Combination response signature genes were correlated with improved survival and the signature was functionally enriched for cell cycle, apoptosis, antigen presentation, and DNA damage response. The combination is predicted to repress oncogenic factors and activate tumor suppressors (RB1 and CDKN2A).\nConclusion: The traditional and novel systems-level genomic approaches used to assess combination activity, disease specificity, and clinical potential demonstrate the efficacy of combined mTORi\/HDACi, and warrant further investigation in clinical trials.\n34. tRNA-derived fragment AS-tDR-007333 promotes cell proliferation in NSCLC through interacting with HSPB-1\nWenyan Yang1 , Lin Yang2 , Qihan He1 , Peikun Ding2 , Zheng Wang2 , Lijuan Ling2 , Yi Song1 , Rihong Zhai1 1Shenzhen University School of Medicine, Shenzhen 518060, Guangdong, China.\n2Shenzhen People's Hospital, Shenzhen 518055, Guangdong, China.\nBackground: tRNA derived-fragments (tRFs) comprise a new class of non-coding small-molecule RNA. Recent studies suggest that tRFs are involved in the development and progress of several cancers. However, the impact of tRFs in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) remains elusive.\nMethods: NSCLC-related tRFs were determined by RNA-seq. Expression of tRFs in tumor tissues, plasma, and NSCLC cell lines was analyzed with qRT-PCR. The effect of tRFs on NSCLC malignancy was evaluated in vitro by loss- and gain-of-function assays. RNA-seq was conducted to screen for the target genes of tRFs. The mechanism of action of tRFs was explored with RNA pulldown, RNA immunoprecipitation (RIP), and qRT-PCR.\nResults: RNA-seq identified seven differentially expressed tRFs between pre-and postoperative plasmas in patients with NSCLC. Among them, the expression of a novel tRF termed AS-tDR-007333 was significantly upregulated in preoperative plasma, NSCLC tissues, and NSCLC cell lines. Overexpression of AS-tDR-007333 promoted NSCLC cell (PC9, HCC827, and A549) proliferation, while knockdown of AS-tDR-007333 inhibited cell growth. RNA-seq showed that up-regulation of AS-tDR-007333 led to the activation of oncogenes such as MED29, AL049829.1, SCHIP1, SAMD12, MRFAP1, and SHISA5. RNA pulldown and RIP analyses revealed that AS-tDR-007333 can bind directly with heat shock protein beta-1 (HSPB-1). Rescue assays demonstrated that HSPB1 was involved in AS-tDR-007333 mediated NSCLC cell proliferation.\nConclusion: Our study reveals an oncogenic role of AS-tDR-007333 in NSCLC, suggesting that it may be a novel target for diagnosis and the treatment of NSCLC.\n35. Breast tumor-on-chip\nSubia Bano Elvesys Microfluidics Innovation Centre Paris, Paris 75011, France.\nBackground and aim: Breast cancer is the most common invasive cancer among women. There are several chemotherapeutic and radiotherapeutic approaches available but they have certain limitations. Over the past few years, improved understanding of the microenvironment heterogeneity of breast cancer has allowed the development of more effective treatment strategies. However, researchers have still not been able to recapitulate the entire tumor microenvironment to study tumor progression and invasion. In this way, more complex 3D in vitro cancer models have been developed. These 3D tumor models still lack the cell-cell and cell-tissue interactions and more balanced interstitial fluidic flow that are present within living systems. Furthermore, mimicking different physiological conditions and collecting samples from tumor microenvironment are also difficult. In this direction, the breast tumor-on-chip model has emerged as an alternative system to study the tumor microenvironment and decipher its role in metastasis. In this work, a microfluidics system was integrated into a 3D breast tumor to bridge the gap between 2D and animal model effectively and evaluate the efficacy of anti-cancerous drugs. These microfluidic systems contain small chambers for cell culture, which enable control over local gradients and the ability to maintain the interstitial fluidic flow of the local breast tumor microenvironment.\nExperimental procedure: In this work, the multi-compartment microfluidics platform was generated by designing a specific PDMS chip with three channels that are separated by specific barriers (50 \u00b5m). The cancerous and fibroblast cells (cocultures) were suspended with collagen hydrogel and loaded into the central channel and one of the side channels was used to grow the endothelial cells to make this system vascularized. The barriers inside the chips allowed exchanging signaling molecules.\nResults: The cancer cells in the presence of fibroblast cells grew well in these microchannels, which was confirmed with live\/dead assay. At this stage, we have obtained the preliminary data and are still working in this area.\nConclusion: Integration of microfluidics system into breast tumor will add another toolset that can make a more efficient testing platform for the current therapeutic development pipeline.\n36. Giant mediastinal mixed germ cell tumor, a rare case report and review of literature\nAbdulrahman Hakami Jazan University, Jazan 45142, KSA.\nIntroduction: Germ cell tumors are relatively rare, embryologically-derived from reproductive cells, and usually arise in the gonads. Mediastinal germ cell tumors are estimated to be about 1%-3% of all germ cell tumors and are generally seen in the anterior mediastinum, while metastatic lesions are mostly seen in the posterior mediastinum. The most aggressive germ cell tumor subtypes are choriocarcinoma, embryonal carcinoma, and yolk-sac tumors. Seminomas only rarely spread distantly. The presentations vary, ranging from accidental findings on routine radiography to life-threatening respiratory and cardiovascular compromise, which can also present as gigantic intrathoracic germ cell tumors, as in our case.\nCase report: A 30-year-old male patient, not known to have any chronic illness, was referred from TB hospital center due to history of dyspnea, cough, and loss of appetite with weight loss for more than four months and no history of chest pain or hemoptysis. Chest X-ray was performed and showed complete obliteration of the right side of thorax; pleural effusion was suspected, and pleural TB and empyema were diagnosed. He was started on a tuberculosis drugs, antibiotics, and received chest drain with a slightly bloody fluid. Patient did not improve and was referred to our hospital. Computed hospital of chest with contrast revealed a very large mass obliterating the right side of chest, pushing the trachea and mediastinum to the left side with minimal effusion on both sides. Pleural US revealed mass and effusion but no empyema. Differential diagnosis was mediastina mass, adenocarcinoma, thymic carcinoma, lymphomas, fibroma, or fibrosarcoma. US guided transthoracic fine needle biopsy from the right-side mass revealed mixed germ cell tumor. The patient's condition had rapidly deteriorated prior to confirming the diagnosis or starting with treatments and died because of difficult airway breathing due to deviated and compressed airway and possible pneumothorax after transthoracic biopsy.\nConclusion: Germ cell tumors are aggressive and rapidly growing cancers. The literature reports the nature of the extragonadal mediastinal germ cell tumor as appearing as a giant mass occluding the whole lung, compressing the great vessels, and adhering to the chest wall, pericardium, and lung, as in our case. This leads to a worse prognosis. The estimated event-free survival at 10 years after combined treatment is 80.4%. Chemotherapy, debulking, and pneumoctomy are the treatments for such cases.\n37. MGMT, BRCA1 and MEG3 methylation status in triple-negative breast cancer\nSylwia Paszek1 , Agnieszka Ko\u0142aci\u0144ska2,3 , Marcin Braun4 , Ewa Kaznowska1 , Dorota Jesionek-Kupnicka4 , Edyta Barna\u015b1 , Izabela Zawlik1 1Faculty of Medicine, University of Rzeszow, Kopisto 2a, Rzeszow 35-959, Poland.\n2Department of Head and Neck Cancer Surgery, Medical University of Lodz, Paderewskiego 4, Lodz 93-509, Poland.\n3Breast Unit, Cancer Center, Copernicus Memorial Hospital, Pabianicka 62, Lodz 93-513, Poland.\n4Department of Pathology, Chair of Oncology, Medical University of Lodz, Paderewskiego 4, Lodz 93-509, Poland.\nBackground and aim: Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers in women worldwide. The most severe type of breast cancer is triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) due to unfavorable clinical course and poor prognosis. The development of cancer is often associated with dysregulation of epigenetic mechanisms, including DNA methylation. The aim of our study was to evaluate MGMT (O6-methylguanine DNA methyltransferase), BRCA1 (breast cancer 1), and MEG3 (maternally expressed 3) methylation in TNBC.\nExperimental procedure: In this study, 44 TNBC patients were included. The methylation status of the MGMT, BRCA1, and MEG3 promoter regions were analyzed by methylation-specific PCR.\nResults:MGMT, BRCA1, and MEG3 promoter methylation was found in 70.4%, 61.3%, and 61.3% of TNBC patients, respectively. Moreover, we showed that the frequency of MGMT and BRCA1 methylation is higher in older patients compared to younger patients (P-value for MGMT is P = 0.0194 and for BRCA1 is P = 0.0188). Additionally, in one of TNBC patient with glandular and squamous histopathological components, it was shown that the promoter status of all analyzed genes changed from methylated to unmethylated after chemotherapy of this patient.\nConclusion: The high frequency of MGMT, BRCA1, and MEG3 methylation indicates that epigenetic changes are important mechanisms in breast cancer. Moreover, our results indicate that MGMT and BRCA1 methylation may have greater impact in the development of breast cancer in older patients compared to younger patients.\n38. Sphingosine kinase 2 in oral squamous cell carcinoma\nLais Brigliadori Fugio , Andr\u00e9ia Machado Leopoldino Department of Clinical Analysis, Toxicology and Food Sciences, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Riberi\u00e3o Preto, University of S\u00e3o Paulo, Ribeir\u00e3o Preto, SP 13010, Brazil.\nBackground and aim: Sphingosine kinase 2 (SK2) is one of the enzymes responsible for producing sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P)[1]. Recently, SK2 has been associated with protective autophagy and survival, and regulation of p21 in breast and colon cancer cells[2,3]. However, the role of SK2 in oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is still unclear. Thus, our study aimed to investigate the involvement of SK2 in autophagy and proliferation in OSCC cells.\nExperimental procedure: HN13 and HN12 (OSCC) cell lines were transduced with short hairpin RNA interference against SK2 and a lentiviral vector containing cDNA for SK2, respectively. Cell cycle analyses were performed by propidium iodide staining and flow cytometry. Western blotting and immunofluorescence assays were adopted to analyze protein levels and cellular distribution.\nResults: HN13 cells with SK2 knockdown showed a decrease of pAkt, c-MYC, and LC3 levels (an autophagy marker) while p21 was increased. SK2 knockdown in HN13 cells caused cell arrest in S phase with reduction of the cells in G2\/M. SK2 overexpression in HN12 cells led to an increase of pAkt, c-Myc, and LC3 levels.\nConclusion: Our work is the first to demonstrate the role of SK2 in proliferation and autophagy in OSCC cells. Other studies are in progress to understand the molecular mechanism underlying the role of SK2 and its potential as a target.\nFinancial support: FAPESP (grant: 2016\/19103-2; scholarship: 2018\/14225-8, CAPES, CNPq- Brazil).\n1. Neubauer HA, Pitson SM. Roles, regulation and inhibitors of sphingosine kinase 2. FEBS J 2013;280:5317-36.\n2. Sankala HM, Hait NC, Paugh SW, Shida D, L\u00e9pine S, et al. Involvement of sphingosine kinase 2 in p53-independent induction of p21 by the chemotherapeutic drug doxorubicin. Cancer Res 2007;67:10466-74.\n3. Beljanski V, Knaak C, Smith CD. A novel sphingosine kinase inhibitor induces autophagy in tumor cells. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2010;333:454-64.\n39. DNA methylation markers for noninvasive detection of early stage colorectal cancer\nYanqun Liu1 , Min Hoe Chew1 , Wah Siew Tan1 , Choong Leong Tang1 , Yi Zhao2 1Department of Colorectal Surgery, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore 169608, Singapore.\n2Department of clinical Research, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore 169608, Singapore.\nBackground and aim: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the most common cancer in Singapore. Earlier detection enhances chances of a cure and facilitates reducing CRC mortality rates. Colonoscopy is currently the gold standard for CRC diagnosis, but a somewhat troublesome and invasive procedure makes its acceptance not high in the general public as a screening tool. Epigenetic silencing of tumor-related genes by promoter methylation is common in CRC, but no biomarker has been proven to be individually of sufficient sensitivity or specificity in routine clinical practice. The aim of this study was to identify tumor-derived methylated genes in the serum of stage IIA CRC and assess their diagnostic potentials for early stage of colorectal cancer.\nExperimental procedure: In this prospective study, DNA methylation levels were measured by quantitative methylation-specific PCR. Two genes (PPP1R3C and ADHFE1) were first investigated in serum samples of an exploratory set of stage IIA CRC case-controls. Methylation results were verified in the sera of a test set compromising 50 stage IIA cases and 50 age- and gender-matched healthy controls. The receiver operating characteristic curve was constructed for assessment of assay performance.\nResults: Serum methylation levels of PPP1R3C and ADHFE1 were significantly higher in stage IIA patients as compared to healthy controls (both P < 0.001, Mann-Whitney U test). Areas under the receiver operating curve (AUCs) using serum methylation levels of PPP1R3C and ADHFE1 were 0.60 [95% confidence interval (CI), 0.48-0.71] and 0.73 (95%CI, 0.62-0.83), respectively. At a specificity of 80%, the assay sensitivities of methylated PPP1R3C and ADHFE1 were 26% and 56%, respectively.\nConclusion: Serum methylation levels of ADHFE1 might be useful for minimally invasive detection of early stage II colorectal cancer. Validation studies in larger and independent cohorts and identification of additional markers are necessary.\n40. Quantification of HER2 protein using multiple reaction monitoring-mass spectrometry in formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) breast cancer tissue specimens\nMisol Do1 , Hyunsoo Kim2 , Han Suk Ryu3 , Youngsoo Kim1,2 1Departments of Biomedical Sciences, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 03080, Korea.\n2Departments of Biomedical Engineering, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 03080, Korea.\n3Departments of Pathology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 03080, Korea.\nHuman epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) protein is often overexpressed in breast cancer and is correlated with a worse prognosis; thus, accurate detection of HER2 by using optimum techniques is crucial to provide appropriate cares for patients. However, no technique is the universal gold standard to detect accurate HER2 status. In this context, we established a multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) assay to quantitate HER2 protein that improves upon existing methods in differentiating between each HER2 status in FFPE tissue specimens. We developed a targeted proteomic assay based on multiple reaction monitoring-mass spectrometry (MRM-MS) and quantified levels of HER2-MRM protein in breast cancer FFPE tissues.\nWe analyzed a total of 210 breast cancer FFPE tissue specimens, which were comprised of HER2 0 (n = 30), HER2 1+ (n = 30), HER2 2+FISH- (n = 61), HER2 2+FISH+ (n = 59), and HER2 3+ (n = 30). We applied normalization factors that can represent the tumor size to simplify the overall experimental work-flow and raise the accuracy and precision of the results of HER2 quantification. In this context, the ratio between the quantification data of HER2 peptides by MRM assay and the normalization factor can be a new factor for determining HER2 status.\nTo select the most suitable normalization factor that can differentiate ambiguous IHC results of HER2 (HER2 2+FISH- vs. HER2 2+FISH+), which cannot be distinguished by IHC, area under the receiver operating curve (AUROC) values were calculated by using each normalized value of the 120 HER2 2+ samples. To determine whether the data generated by MRM matched with the data obtained by IHC and FISH scores, the quantitative data of a HER2 peptide normalized by a Junctional adhesion molecule A (JAM1) peptide with the highest AUROC values were used. The Mann-Whitney U test determined that significant differences were found in all HER2 and FISH groups, and especially the MRM data can distinguish between HER2 2+FISH- and HER2 2+FISH+ (P < 0.000), which cannot be differentiated by IHC. In addition, the MRM data distinguished the HER2 positive group that was expected to benefit from trastuzumab therapy from the HER2 negative group (P < 0.000).\nWe developed an experimental work-flow that is simple and clear enough to automate by introducing normalization factors for accurate HER2 status determination through MRM assay. The MRM assay that we developed clearly distinguished the equivocal HER2 status that could not be classified by the conventional method, IHC, as well as the overall HER2 classification. Our developed assay using MRM for determining HER2 status would provide clinicians with valuable diagnostic information and ensure that all patients whose breast cancers express HER2 proteins have the opportunity to receive proper treatment.\n41. Amino-functionalized nanoparticles promote toxicity in ovarian cancer cells by impinging on autophagy\nAlessandra Ferraresi1 , Christian Seca1 , Suratchanee Phadngam1,2 , Chiara Vidoni1 , Marco Palminteri1 , Ciro Isidoro1 1Laboratory of Molecular Pathology and Nanobioimaging, Department of Health Sciences, Universit\u00e0 del Piemonte Orientale, Via Solaroli 17, Novara 28100, Italy.\n2Department of Radiologic Technology, Faculty of Associated Medical Sciences, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand.\nBackground: In the last decades, nanotheranostics has obtained great attention for its potential application in the biomedical field by combining multimodal imaging along with selective targeting therapy on the same nanoplatforms[1]. However, the contributions of metabolic, genetic, or epigenetic features of tumor cells and tumor microenvironment in the cellular response to the nanoparticles have not been fully addressed[2].\nAim: We investigated the cellular stress response to polystyrene nanoparticles (PS-NPs) functionalized with amino groups in two ovarian cancer cell models differing in the expression, among others, of relevant proteins involved in endocytosis (caveolin-1, CAV-1) and in pro-survival\/pro-death pathways (PTEN and TP53).\nResults: NH2-PS-NPs were toxic in both cell lines, leading to primary necrosis that was time- and dose-dependent, yet with different mechanisms of toxicity. In OVCAR3 cells, which are PTEN and TP53 mutated and CAV-1 deficient, autophagy was insufficient to protect the cells from NH2-PS-NPs toxicity. Autophagy inducers prevented while autophagy gene silencing exacerbated NH2-PS-NPs-induced cell death. By contrast, in OAW42 cells, which express wild-type PTEN, TP53, and CAV-1, NH2-PS-NPs strongly impaired autophagosome formation and increased production of the mitochondrial anion superoxide, resulting in ATG4 inactivation. Accordingly, resveratrol, a nutraceutical known to inhibit the formation of anion superoxide, rescued ATG4-mediated autophagy and reduced NH2-PS-NPs toxicity.\nConclusion: Taken together, our findings point out the relevance of the genetic background of target cells, which determines the type and consequences of the stress response elicited by the NPs. Our data outline the necessity of a better assessment of the genetic\/epigenetic and metabolic status of the target cells when designing theranostics for cancer therapy, in full agreement with the principle of personalized medicine.\n1. Prasad M, Lambe UP, Brar B, Shah I, J M, et al. Nanotherapeutics: an insight into healthcare and multi-dimensional applications in medical sector of the modern world. Biomed Pharmacother 2018;97:1521-37.\n2. Nabil G, Bhise K, Sau S, Atef M, El-Banna HA, et al. Nano-engineered delivery systems for cancer imaging and therapy: Recent advances, future direction and patent evaluation. Drug Discov Today 2018;24:462-91.\n42. Glucose-dependent autophagy control of cancer cell migration\nChiara Vidoni1 , Alessandra Ferraresi1 , Letizia Vallino1 , Eleonora Secomandi1 , Andrea Esposito1 , Carlo Girone1 , Danny N. Dhanasekaran2 , Ciro Isidoro1 1Laboratory of Molecular Pathology and Nanobioimaging, Department of Health Sciences, Universit\u00e0 del Piemonte Orientale \"A. Avogadro\", Via Solaroli 17, Novara 28100, Italy.\n2Stephenson Cancer Center and Department of Cell Biology, The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA.\nBackground and aim: Because of its aggressiveness and its diagnosis at very late stage, Ovarian cancer[1] remains one of the main leading causes of death among women[2]. IL-6 is an inflammatory cytokine over-expressed in serum and ascitic liquid of ovarian cancer-affected patients[3]. One of the hallmarks of cancer is the so-called Warburg effect, which consists of an alteration of glucose metabolism[4]. The goal was to investigate the mechanisms underlying the involvement of glycolysis and its mechanistic link with autophagy in cancer cell migration.\nExperimental procedure: To mimic a pro-inflammatory tumor microenvironment, we treated ovarian cancer cells with IL-6, in absence or presence of glucose. To examine the molecular pathways linking glycolysis and autophagy in cell motility, we employed the metabolically inert glucose analog 2-Deoxy Glucose (2-DG). Additionally, we used resveratrol (RV), a nutraceutical with anti-cancer properties known to interfere with the utilization of glucose.\nResults: We found that glucose is necessary for cell migration, with IL-6 promoting glucose uptake and cell motility. On the contrary, inhibiting glucose uptake or its utilization blocks cancer cell migration while up-regulating autophagy.\nConclusion: Our data indicate that the up-regulation of autophagy promoted by glucose deprivation hampers ovarian cancer cell migration.\n1. Hollis RL, Gourley C. Genetic and molecular changes in ovarian cancer. Cancer Biol Med 2016;13:236-47.\n2. Siegel RL, Miller KD, Jemal A. Cancer statistics, 2017. CA Cancer J Clin 2017;67:7-30.\n3. Plante M, Rubin SC, Wong GY, Federici MG, Finstad CL, et al. Interleukin-6 level in serum and ascites as a prognostic factor in patients with epithelial ovarian cancer. Cancer 1994;73:1882-8.\n4. Soga T. Cancer metabolism: key players in metabolic reprogramming. Cancer Sci 2013;104:275-81.\n43. Trousseau's syndrome in association with lung adenocarcinoma\nBackground: Trousseau's syndrome (TS) is a hypercoagulability manifestation of paraneoplastic syndrome, known as a variant of cancer-associated thrombosis and defined as a migratory thrombophlebitis found typically in patients with an underlying malignancy. TS commonly occurs in pancreatic cancer (24%), lung cancer (20%), prostate cancer (13%), and stomach cancer (12%), followed by breast and colon cancer.\nCase presentation: Here, we describe the case of a 50-year-old male patient, who is a nonsmoker. During a checkup for work, he was found to have a highly positive Mantoux test (TBT), thus a chest X-ray was ordered. He had a previous chronic history of burning sensation in both feet, responding to analgesic drugs. There was no history of shortness of breath,r cough, fever, night sweating, weight loss, loss of appetite, or fatigue. Auscultation of chest X-ray revealed a mass in the left upper lobe of lung. The computed tomography (CT) of chest showed a 5.5 cm \u00d7 4.3 cm left lingual superior segment lobulated mass with left hilar and mediastinal lymph node enlargement. In addition, the CT reported bone metastasis in vertebra, confirming the bone scan. Tumor markers were negative. CT guided biopsy for this lesion in the left upper chest was performed and the histopathology result showed poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma. The following molecular studies were negative: epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), anaplastic lymphoma kinase, ROS, and PD-1. The patient was referred to the oncology center as a case of lung adenocarcinoma with distant metastasis, stage T4bN2bM1, and started in cisplatin and Alimta chemotherapy. Spiral CT revealed incidental finding of multiple filling defects, indicating segmental pulmonary embolism. Due to leg pain, Doppler of lower limb was also performed, showing deep venous thrombosis in the left limb. Enoxaparin was commenced at full dose. This case report indicated a TS cancer-associated thrombosis. The patient, after receiving the first cycle of chemotherapy, was discharged on enoxaparin, was stable, and returned to his job.\nConclusion: TS, a paraneoplastic manifestation, must be considered in patients with advanced stages of cancer, regardless of the primary site of the cancer. In lung cancer, paraneoplastic syndrome presents more frequently with small cell carcinoma (in 10% of patients), but, regarding TS in the literature, previous cases reported adenocarcinoma was the most prevalent histology associated with thrombosis.\n44. Delphinidin chloride and its hydrolytic metabolite gallic acid promote differentiation of regulatory T cells and have an anti-inflammatory effect on the allograft model\nKi Hyeob Hyun , Ki Cheol Gil , Kwang Woo Hwang College of Pharmacy, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 06974, Korea.\nRegulatory T cells (Tregs) control the reactivity of other T cells to prevent excessive inflammatory responses. They also play a role in preventing autoimmune diseases; however, when they are overproduced, they decrease vital immunity, which can lead to invasion of external pathogens. Therefore, it is most important in preventing the development of immune diseases to maintain the homeostasis of these cells. Delphinidin chloride is an anthocyanidin and known to have antioxidant activities. However, its structure is very unstable and easily decomposed. One of these degradation products is gallic acid, which also has antioxidant effects. In this study, we examined the effect of these materials on Tregs in controlling immune response. It was found that these materials further promote differentiation into Tregs, and TGF-\u03b2 and IL-2 related signals are involved in this process. Furthermore, it was verified that a variety of immunosuppressive proteins were secreted more, and the function of induced Tregs was also increased. Finally, in the allograft model, we could find a decrease in activated T cells when these materials were treated because they increased differentiation into Tregs. Therefore, these two materials are expected to become new candidates for the treatment of diseases caused by excessive activation of immune cells, such as autoimmune diseases.\nPractical application: Delphinidin, a kind of anthocyanin rich in pigmented fruits, and its hydrolytic metabolite, gallic acid, are known to have antimicrobial and antioxidant properties. In this experiment, it was shown that delphinidin and gallic acid had an effect of increasing the differentiation of regulatory T cells, and the effect of suppressing the function of memory T cells was also observed. Due to these functions, delphinidin and gallic acid might have the potential to be used as immune suppressive agents in organ transplant and autoimmune disease patients or be a model for food development associated with the immune system.\n45. Association between heavy metal cadmium and the warburg effect in breast cancer - preliminary results\nEwa Jab\u0142o\u0144ska1 , Joanna Roszak2 , Beata Janasik3 , Monika Lesicka1 , Kornelia Kowalczyk2 , Edyta Wieczorek1 , Leszek Kalinowski4 , Jaros\u0142aw Skokowski4 , Wojciech W\u0105sowicz3 , Edyta Reszka1 1Department of Molecular Genetics and Epigenetics, Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine, Lodz 91-348, Poland.\n2Department of Toxicology and Carcinogenesis, Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine, Lodz 91-348, Poland.\n3Department of Biological and Environmental Monitoring, Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine, Lodz 91-348, Poland.\n4Central Bank of Tissues and Biological Material, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk 80-210 Poland.\nBackground and aim: Warburg effect is a cancer hallmark described as reprogramming of energy metabolism, in which cells produce energy mainly due to glycolysis instead of oxidative phosphorylation. The Warburg effect is extremely important for the survival of tumor cells, particularly under hypoxia, but it may also occur under aerobic conditions (hence, it is called aerobic glycolysis). Although Warburg effect was discovered almost 100 years ago, it is still not known whether it is a cause or a consequence of cancer. Interestingly, there are few studies investigating the association between the known carcinogenic factors and the Warburg effect. The aim of this study was to analyze the association between carcinogenic metal cadmium (Cd) and the Warburg effect in breast cancer.\nExperimental procedure: We conducted an observational study on 100 women with breast cancer, from whom fragments of tumor tissue and tumor-adjacent tissue were collected, in order to compare Cd contents and molecular effect of the Warburg effect. In both types of tissue, we determined Cd content and the expression of mRNA of HIF-1\u03b1 (the key driver of the Warburg effect) and other proteins associated with the Warburg effect (including glucose transporters, glycolytic enzymes, or kinases regulating glycolysis). In addition, urinary Cd concentration as a marker of environmental exposure was analyzed. To investigate the effect of Cd on the Warburg effect in vitro, we analyzed molecular and metabolic markers of the Warburg effect (lactate concentration and pyruvate kinase activity) in MCF-7 cells exposed to non-toxic, environmentally relevant concentrations of Cd for 72 h (short term exposure) and six months (imitation of chronic exposure to Cd).\nResults: In the preliminary study of 15 patients, we observed significant positive correlation between urinary Cd concentration and the expression of HIF-1\u03b1, in both tumor (r = 0.80, P < 0.001) and tumor-adjacent tissues (r = 0.75, P < 0.001). Cd content in tumor tissue was also significantly correlated with the expression of PDK1 (pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 1; r = 0.48, P < 0.001). Preliminary data analysis of MCF-7 cell line showed that HIF-1\u03b1 expression was also significantly increased upon Cd exposure (1-20 \u00b5M).\nConclusion: Preliminary results of this study may suggest a possible link between Cd exposure and the molecular effects of the Warburg effect. Complete data analysis, including metabolic markers, will allow formulating final conclusions.\n46. The oyster can adapt to a harsh environment in the marine coast: does it mimic cancer cells?\nCharlotte Corporeau1 , Catherine Brenner2 , Nathalie Mazure3 1Team supported by the ARC foundation, Ifremer, Laboratoire des sciences de l'Environnement Marin (UMR 6539, LEMAR), Plouzan\u00e9 29280, France.\n2INSERM U1180, Universit\u00e9 Paris Sud, 5 rue J.B. Cl\u00e9ment, Ch\u00e2tenay-Malabry 92296, France.\n3INSERM U1065, Centre M\u00e9diterran\u00e9en de M\u00e9decine Mol\u00e9culaire, 151 route St Antoine de Ginesti\u00e8re, Nice 06204, France.\nBackground and aim: The tumor physical microenvironment is extreme. Interestingly, the rocky intertidal zone is among the most physically harsh environments on Earth. The oyster Crassostrea gigas, living in this habitat, is among the champions of physiological adaptation to extreme environments. Our hypothesis is that environmental adaptation of oyster cells can mimic cancer cells inside the tumor.\nExperimental procedure: Oysters were challenged to three extreme environments in the field, at high, medium, and low bathymetric levels. Biochemical analysess were done to identify the environmental responses.\nResults: At two times during the experiment, we sampled all the organs of oysters in the field, extracted total proteins from flesh, and performed laboratory analysis, in order to obtain a rapid picture of metabolic activities linked with extreme environmental responses. The first results demonstrated that challenged oysters in high\/medium bathymetry exhibited a low weight gain, increased hexokinase activity, and increased mitochondrial functioning. We also quantified an up-regulation of AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) activation, a key energy sensor that controls glucose, lipid, and protein metabolism in C. gigas. Interestingly, up-regulation of AMPK was initially reported as a hallmark of cancer cells to support the high-energy demand of highly proliferative cells.\nConclusion: We propose the oyster as a new model for cancer research, to identify mechanisms underlying the ability of cells to adapt to a harsh environment. The oyster is a marine invertebrate that evolved 500 million years ago and we are convinced that it could help us to identify common ancestral pathways for cell adaptation to a harsh environment, for a better understanding of cancer cells functioning inside the tumor.\n47. Resveratrol-induced modulation of non-coding RNA in ovarian cancer cells\nLetizia Vallino1 , Alessandra Ferraresi1 , Chiara Vidoni1 , Claudia Lora1 , Chinmay Maheshwari1 , Danny N. Dhanasekaran2 , Ciro Isidoro1 1Laboratory of Molecular Pathology, Department of Health Sciences, Universit\u00e0 del Piemonte Orientale \"A. Avogadro\", Via Solaroli 17, Novara 28100, Italy.\n2Stephenson Cancer Research Center, University of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA.\nBackground and aim: Ninety percent of the human genome is transcribed, of which only 2% encodes proteins; the remaining sequences enclose non-coding genes[1,2]. Non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) play a crucial role in the regulation of several biological processes and their dysregulation may influence cancer development, functioning as oncogenes or tumor suppressors. ncRNAs generally are divided into two main groups based on size: long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) of about 200 nucleotides, acting as positive or negative transcription modulators, and microRNAs (miRNAs) of about 20-22 nucleotides, acting as post-transcriptional silencing molecules[3,4]. The aim of our work was to investigate whether Resveratrol (RV), a polyphenolic compound with anticancer properties[5], could modulate ncRNAs in ovarian cancer cell lines.\nExperimental procedure: Ovarian cancer cells were treated with RV (100 \u03bcM). Total RNA was isolated from the cells and mRNA was amplified and labeled. Labeled specimens were fragmented and hybridized to Human Whole Genome Oligo Microarrays. One hundred nanograms of total RNA were treated following the miRNA microarray protocol. RNA was dephosphorylated, denaturated, ligated, and labeled. Samples were hybridized to Human miRNA Microarray. DIANA TOOLS was used to retrieve predicted microRNA targets and Gene Ontology for predicting their involvement in biological processes.\nResults: We show that RV modulates non-coding transcripts that impact on cancer cell features.\nConclusion: Our data support the view that RV treatment can be effective in cancer therapy on regulating epigenetic mechanisms involved in cancer development.\n1. Stein LD. Human genome: end of the beginning. Nature 2004;431:915-6.\n2. Ponting CP, Belgard TG. Transcribed dark matter: meaning or myth? Hum Mol Genet 2010;19:R162-8.\n3. Mendell JT. MicroRNAs: critical regulators of development, cellular physiology and malignancy. Cell Cycle 2005;4:1179-84.\n4. Wapinski O, Chang HY. Long noncoding RNAs and human disease. Trends Cell Biol 2011;21:354-61.\n5. Elshaer M, Chen Y, Wang XJ, Tang X. Resveratrol: An overview of its anti-cancer mechanisms. Life Sci 2018;207:340-9.\n48. The microbiota-derived metabolite butyrate inhibits colorectal cancer cell migration via modulation of autophagy\nEleonora Secomandi , Chiara Vidoni , Alessandra Ferraresi , Giulia Camurani , Ciro Isidoro Laboratory of Molecular Pathology and Nanobioimaging, Department of Health Sciences, Universit\u00e0 del Piemonte Orientale, Via Solaroli 17, Novara 28100, Italy.\nBackground: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common cause of cancer deaths worldwide. The etiology of CRC involves host genetic predisposition and environmental factors, among which the diet plays an important role. The proportion of dietary fiber and meat consumed influences the composition of intestinal microbiota, which get energy from ingested food[1]. One of the main metabolites produced by gut microbiota is the short chain fatty acid butyrate. Butyrate exerts a beneficial role in the maintenance of intestinal epithelium integrity through various mechanisms[1]. Autophagy is the main cellular process that promotes a balanced macromolecular turnover and guarantees cell homeostasis[2].\nAim: We studied the anti-migratory and anti-inflammatory properties of butyrate, a probiotic metabolite, in a colorectal cancer cellular model. Furthermore, we investigated the molecular pathways underlying these effects, with a particular focus on autophagy.\nExperimental procedure: HCT116 colorectal cancer cells were treated with 5-mM sodium butyrate and 50-ng\/mL interleukin-6 (IL-6). To study cell motility, a wound healing scratch assay was performed. Cellular homogenates were employed for protein expression studies through Western blot analysis. Immunofluorescence was performed on fixed cells.\nResults: We found that butyrate counteracts colorectal cancer cell migration, even in the presence of IL-6, a well known pro-inflammatory cytokine. This effect is accompanied with a reduced expression of activated STAT3 and Twist1. Furthermore, the probiotic metabolite prevents IL-6-induced expression of N-cadherin, a typical hallmark of epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition. In addition, butyrate strongly accelerates the autophagy flux, alone and in co-presence with IL-6, suggesting autophagy as a putative mechanism responsible for slowing down cell motility.\nConclusion: Taken together, our findings identified anti-cancer properties of butyrate, in particular its ability to counteract IL-6-induced colon cancer cell migration, by upregulating autophagy.\n1. Wu X, Wu Y, He L, Wu L, Wang X, et al. Effects of the intestinal microbial metabolite butyrate on the development of colorectal cancer. J Cancer 2018;9:2510-7.\n2. Mizushima N, Levine B. Autophagy in mammalian development and differentiation. Nat Cell Biol 2010;12:823-30.\n49. Parasites and cancer\nOmar M. Amin Parasitology Center Inc, Scottsdale, AZ 85259, USA.\nThis PowerPoint presentation is based on our work at Parasitology Center, Inc. (PCI), in Scottsdale, Arizona, USA and covers the diagnosis, pathology, relationships with cancer, and treatment of human parasitic infections in the United States based on our own patient history and testing. The conceptual thesis and practical observations of extensive damage of parasites to human tissues and the initiation of host defense strategies causing out of control cell divisions leading to metastasis is emphasized. A brief introduction to laboratory procedures, misdiagnoses\/mistreatment, and impact on public health, especially cancer, is made. A systematic treatment of protozoan and helminth (worm) parasites follows, emphasizing epidemiology and exposure, symptoms, and gross pathology. Herbal and allopathic remedies including our own anti-parasitic herbal product Freedom\/Cleanse\/Restore are presented. All topics are illustrated with labeled pictures of the various kinds of parasites and their gross pathology in human tissues, when applicable. The presentation is followed by a brief discussion of case histories and treatment of intestinal pathogenic bacteria that usually cause GI symptoms similar to those caused by intestinal parasites.\n50. Role of biobanks in cancer research\nJudita Kinkorova University Hospital in Pilsen and Charles University, Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen, Pilsen 304 60, Czech Republic.\nBackground and aim: Biobanks are an important tool for biomedical research and a pillar of personalized medicine. Biobanks are collections of biological material and the associated data and information stored in an organized system, for a population or a large subset of population (OECD definition)[1]. During last three decades, the role of biobanks has increased dramatically. They act as sources for a wide range of biomedical research and support the basic principles of personalized medicine. They contribute to prevention, early diagnosis, prognosis, right treatment, therapy monitoring, and optimal approach to a patient[2]. Cancer was and remains as one of the main causes of mortality and morbidity worldwide. The number of cancers, especially rare cancers, make cancer diseases serious candidates for personalized medicine approaches.\nHow can biobanks contribute to the process of cancer treatment?\nBiobanks as sources of various human biological material from different patients, from different regions, males and females, young and elderly, with other comorbidities, before and after surgery, different social and environmental associations, different ethnic groups, etc., offer a wide range of samples for any type of research. Based on these characteristics, biobanks are a cornerstone for the discovery of new biomarkers, drugs, techniques, applications, and innovations[3]. On the other hand, data and information connected with samples are another source for modeling, data applications, and artificial intelligence applications, with respect to ethical, legal, and social issues. Personalized medicine principles guarantee the best possible approach to every patient, which means prevention, early diagnosis, treatment, and treatment monitoring. Biobanking is a phenomenon that is intrinsically based on international collaboration, including samples, data, and information exchange, as no one institution can cover all the challenges all over the world by offering biobanking. Biobanking requires a multidisciplinary international strategy.\nConclusion: Biobanks are efficient tools for new biomedical research and a personalized medicine approach to every patient and contribute to support healthcare systems, international collaboration, biomedical research, and innovation.\n1. Kinkorov\u00e1 J. Biobanks in the era of personalized medicine: objectives, challenges, and innovation: Overview. EPMA J 2016;7:4.\n2. Kinkorov\u00e1 J. The 39th annual conference: Immunoanalytical Days - Pilsen, Czech Republic, 11-13 March 2018. Biomark Med 2019;13:601-4.\n3. Kinkorov\u00e1 J, Topol\u010dan O. Biobanks in Horizon 2020: sustainability and attractive perspectives. EPMA J 2018;9:345-53.\n51. Cancer chemoprevention with mitochondria-targeted compounds\nMing You Center for Disease Prevention Research and Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 Watertown Plank Road, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA.\nWe synthesized two mitochondria-targeted compounds, namely mito-honokiol (Mito-HNK) and mito-lonidamine (Mito-LND), that facilitate their mitochondrial accumulation. This dramatically increases their potency and efficacy against highly metastatic lung cancer lines in vitro, orthotopic lung tumor xenografts, and brain metastases in vivo. Both Mito-HNK and Mito-LND are > 100-fold more potent than their parent compounds in inhibiting cell proliferation and mitochondrial complexes, stimulating reactive oxygen species generation, and oxidizing mitochondrial peroxiredoxin-3. Interestingly, Mito-HNK appears to induce apoptosis via suppressing the phosphorylation of mitoSTAT3, while Mito-LND induces autophagic cell death via inactivating AKT\/mTOR\/p70S6K signaling. Both Mito-HNK and Mito-LND cause no toxicity in mice, even when administered for eight weeks at > 20 times the effective cancer inhibitory dose. A highly synergistic effect is observed when combining the two compounds and its mechanistic basis is being vigorously pursued. Collectively, these findings show that mitochondrial targeting compounds are a promising preventive\/therapeutic approach to mitigate lung cancer development and brain metastasis.\n52. The efficacy of ketogenic diet with concomitant intranasal perillyl alcohol as a novel strategy for therapy of recurrent glioblastoma\nJuliana G. Santos1 , Wanise S. Cruz1 , Axel H. Sch\u00f6nthal2 , Thereza Q. Santos3 , Clovis O. Da Fonseca4 1Department of Nutrition, Fluminense Federal University, Niteroi Rio de Janeiro 24220-900, Brazil.\n2Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90007, USA.\n3Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Institute of Biology, Fluminense Federal University, Niteroi Rio de Janeiro 24220-900, Brazil.\n4Service of Neurosurgery, Fluminense Federal University, Niteroi Rio de Janeiro 24220-900, Brazil.\nBackground: It has been hypothesized that persistent ketotic hypoglycemia might represent a potential therapeutic strategy against high-grade gliomas. Perillyl alcohol (POH) is a non-toxic, naturally-occurring, hydroxylated monoterpene that exhibits cytotoxicity against temozolomide-resistant glioma cells, regardless of O6-methylguanine-methyltransferase promoter methylation status. This study aimed to evaluate the toxicity and therapeutic efficacy of intranasal POH administered in combination with a ketogenic diet (KD) program for the treatment of patients with recurrent glioblastoma.\nPatients and methods: Thirty-two patients were divided into two groups - KD or standard diet - both associated with intranasal POH (n = 17 and n = 15, respectively). The nutritional status and anthropometric parameters of patients were measured. Patients who adhered to the KD maintained a strict dietary regimen, while receiving inhalation of POH (55 mg, four times daily) in an uninterrupted administration schedule for three months. Neurological examination and imaging analysis (magnetic resonance imaging) were used to monitor disease progression. Clinical toxicity and overall survival were correlated with tumor size, topography, extent of peritumoral edema, and frequency of seizures. In the KD patient, strict compliance with the KD was confirmed by measuring the levels of ketone bodies in the urine (9\/17 patients) three times per week.\nResults: After three months of well tolerated treatment, we observed a partial response in 77.8% (7\/9 patients), stable disease in 11.1% (1\/9), and 11.1% (1\/9) presented with progressive disease. Among the patients assigned to the standard diet (control group), the partial response was 25% (2\/8 patients), stable disease was 25% (2\/8), and progressive disease was 50% (4\/8 patients). The patients assigned to the KD group presented with: reduced frequency of seizures, a slight increase in lean muscle mass, reduced serum lipid levels, and decreased low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels.\nConclusion: These results are encouraging and suggest that KD associated with intranasal POH may represent a viable option as an adjunct therapy for recurrent GBM.\nPrague, Czech Republic; 23-25 Sep 2019; Published: 27 Feb 2020 . Meeting abstracts of Colossal Facet Conference - 3rd World Congress on Cancer 2019 \"New strategies to prevent, diagnose and treat Cancer based on Precision Medicine\". J Cancer Metastasis Treat 2020;6:5. http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.20517\/2394-4722.2020.13\nCite This Article 3 clicks\nNo figures\nBiomarkers for therapy selection in metastatic urothelial cancer\nTomi Jun, ... Matthew D. Galsky\nCurrent and emerging therapies for first line treatment of metastatic clear cell renal cell carcinoma\nMichael T. Serzan, Michael B. 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{"text":"CASEL Milestones\nFor more than 20 years, CASEL has helped transform the lives of countless preschool through high school students, their families, and their communities. By advancing social and emotional learning research, expanding evidence-based practice, and promoting sound educational policies, CASEL prepares young people for success in school, at work, and in their lives.\nA new meta-analysis is released showing SEL's impact is long-term and global. Social and emotional learning (SEL) programs, which previously have shown immediate improvements in mental health, social skills, and academic achievement, continue to benefit students for months and even years to come, according to a 2017 meta-analysis from CASEL, the University of Illinois at Chicago, Loyola University, and the University of British Columbia.\nCASEL's social and emotional learning District Resource Center launches, offering a rich set of online guidance and resources for initiating, developing, implementing, and assessing districtwide implementation of SEL. Organized according to the 10 key areas outlined in CASEL's District Framework for Systemic SEL, the District Resource Center includes implementation strategies as well as hundreds of resources and artifacts that are a direct outcome of CASEL's Collaborating Districts Initiative (CDI), established in 2011 to support the promotion and implementation of systemic SEL.\nCASEL welcomes four new members to its board of directors: Catherine Bradshaw, Deborah Delisle, Kimberly Schonert-Reichl, and Andrea Wishom. They are accomplished and committed members who will help to elevate the work of CASEL for the benefit of students nationwide.\nThe 2017 Cross-Districts Learning Event held in Oakland, Calif. in March is the largest to date. Nearly 200 participants representing 18 school districts attended. The theme was \"Creating Conditions for SEL through Partnerships, Practices, and Programs.\" Thanks to the Stuart Foundation and the S. D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation for generously sponsoring the event.\nIn partnership with California's CORE Districts, Transforming Education, RAND, and Harvard University, CASEL launches its Work Group to Establish Practical Social-Emotional Competence Assessments. The work group is a three-year effort to establish a practical framework for assessing student social-emotional (SE) competence, preschool to high school.\nThe Collaborating States Initiative (CSI) is founded with support from The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Pure Edge Inc. The CSI allows CASEL to actively partner with states on the development of policies, learning standards or goals, and guidelines to support statewide implementation of social and emotional learning (SEL).\nThe National Commission on Social, Emotional, and Academic Development (NCSEAD) was launched in September 2016. The commission is joining CASEL's efforts to unify the country and leaders from multiple sectors to advance a broader vision of education success.\nAtlanta Public Schools becomes the first large school district beyond the original eight districts in the Collaborating Districts Initiative (CDI) to partner with CASEL and implement systemic SEL.\nCASEL publishes its second major guide to evidence-based SEL programs, the 2015 CASEL Guide: Effective Social and Emotional Learning Programs\u2014Middle and High School Edition.\nKaren Niemi becomes CASEL's new President and CEO, and Roger Weissberg becomes CASEL's Chief Knowledge Officer.\nCASEL's State Scan of Social and Emotional Learning Standards, Preschool through High School assesses the development of SEL standards in all 50 states.\nThe Missing Piece: A National Teacher Survey on How Social and Emotional Learning Can Empower Children and Transform Schools reveals that teachers across the country understand that SEL is critical to education and want quality SEL for their students. The report was developed for CASEL by Civic Enterprises and Peter D. Hart Research Associates.\nCASEL releases the 2013 CASEL Guide: Effective Social and Emotional Learning Programs\u2014Preschool and Elementary School Edition, identifying high-quality evidence-based programs that successfully teach SEL in schools.\nThe journal Child Development publishes CASEL's major study, \"The Impact of Enhancing Students' Social and Emotional Learning: A Meta-Analysis of School-Based Universal Interventions.\" This is a landmark report for the field, linking SEL to 11-percentile gains in academic achievement.\nCASEL awards its first Mary Utne O'Brien Award for Excellence in Expanding the Evidence-Based Practice of Social and Emotional Learning to honor former CASEL executive director Mary Utne O'Brien and her vision for high-quality SEL practice nationwide.\nPhoto: CASEL Board of Directors Vice Chair Ann Nerad, shown at right, presents the Mary Utne O'Brien Award to Congresswoman Judy Biggert (R.-Ill.) at the CASEL Forum in Washington, D.C.\nIn partnership with NoVo Foundation, CASEL launches a first-of-its-kind national effort, the Collaborating Districts Initiative to implement systemic SEL in eight large urban districts across the country.\nCASEL publishes A Meta-Analysis of After-School Programs that Seek to Promote Personal and Social Skills in Children and Adolescents, a review of SEL in after-school programs.\nCongressman Dale E. Kildee (D-Mich.), Congresswoman Judy Biggert (R-Ill.), and Congressman Tim Ryan (D-Ohio) introduce the first federal Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning Act.\nCongressman Tim Ryan (D-Ohio), a cosponsor of the Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning Act, continues to be a leader for SEL in Congress and in his home district.\nPhoto: Filmmaker George Lucas of the George Lucas Educational Foundation (center) with two of CASEL's co-founders, Eileen Rockefeller Growald and Daniel Goleman, at the 2007 CASEL Forum.\nThe first Joseph E. Zins Award for Action Research in Social and Emotional Learning is presented at the 2007 CASEL Forum to honor Joe Zins, a professor and pioneer in the field of SEL.\nThe first CASEL Forum on SEL brings together prominent leaders in the fields of education, scientific research, public policy, and philanthropy.\nCASEL publishes the Sustainable Schoolwide SEL Implementation Guide and Toolkit to provide essential tools and resources for SEL implementation in schools.\nCASEL becomes a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.\nBuilding Academic Success on Social and Emotional Learning: What Does the Research Say? compiles a wide body of research that establishes the importance and effectiveness of SEL and its connection to academic learning.\nIllinois becomes the first state to adopt SEL standards for preschool through twelfth grade.\nCASEL publishes the first comprehensive review of school-based SEL programs, Safe and Sound: An Educational Leader's Guide to Evidence-Based Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) Programs.\nThe Illinois Advisory Council is formed to promote legislation that would enable Illinois to establish SEL standards as part of the state's learning standards.\nCASEL changes its name from Collaborative to Advance Social and Emotional Learning to Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning\u2014a significant change that reflects the intimate link between academic learning and SEL.\nCASEL organizes a national meeting of school district superintendents on how to advance SEL among educational leaders.\nCASEL co-sponsors two special issues of the Journal of Educational and Psychological Consultation on prevention program implementation and assessment.\nThe groundbreaking book Promoting Social and Emotional Learning: Guidelines for Educators defines SEL and demonstrates its significance for the education of all students.\nCASEL moves to the University of Illinois at Chicago under the leadership of Roger P. Weissberg.\nCASEL is founded following a series of meetings with researchers, practitioners, and child advocates to discuss the implications of social and emotional learning (SEL) for education. Photo: CASEL cofounder and board chairman Tim Shriver.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Getting Started Series of `Ukulele Lessons\nJazz Chords\nLearning the `Uke - The Top Ten\nWorkshops by Curt\nThe Elements of a Successful Music Program\nThe term scale and mode are used interchangeably and in a strict theory sense there is a big difference between a scale and a mo\nPUBLISHED: Jan 2, 2005 UPDATED: Apr 6, 2020 \u2022 VIEWS: 129 \u2022 LESSON CODE: UL110 \u2022\nInstruments: ukulele Subjects: scales \u2022 modes \u2022 advanced \u2022 jazz \u2022 improvisation \u2022 modal\nMain Lesson\nSeries Lessons\nSeries Home\nScale vs. Mode? Diminished Whole Tone Six Essential Scales\nThe term scale and mode are used interchangeably, and in a strict theory sense, there is a big difference between a scale and a mode or modal scale. They are NOT the same, even if they are the same notes. A scale and mode can contain the same notes.\nThis started out as a reply to a on-line posting and question. I realized a lot of players don't know the difference between a scale and a mode or scale mode. So, I thought I'd spin out a little Internet lesson and post it. So here is my take on the Scale and Mode thingy.\nAdditional Content Available for Premium Site Access Plans Only\nThis content requires a Premium \/ Gold Access Plan and or enrolled in the Study with Curt - On-line or Private Lesson Program.\nTo view additional content for this page you'll need to either Sign In or Register for Premium Site Access or upgrade your current access level.\nLogin or SignUp to View Complete Page\nMusic is best explored and explained in context. So I'll use the G Major Scale as that context.\nThe notes ( G A B C D E F# G' ) ARE the G Major Scale. It can be anyone of the those funny Greek sounding mode names that end in ian, like Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian, Locrian and Ionian if all notes are equal.\nEven starting on one scale degree vs another doesn't define one mode from another.\nA Dorian: A B C D E F# G A'\nB Phrygian: B C D E F# G A B'\nC Lydian: C D E F# G A B C'\nD Mixolydian: D E F# G A B C D'\nE Aeolian: F# G A B C D E'\nF# Locrian: F# G A B C D E F#'\nG Ionian: G A B C D E F# G'\nMost confusion when learning about modes, comes from using the same major scale as the basis for study. Like we are doing here. But for our purposes this will really help clarify why a scale is different than a mode. And, you get seven modes for the price of one major scale.\nTo complicate matters, there are common traditional scale names for some of the modes that are in common use.\nDorian A B C D E F# G A' is frequently called a minor scale. As it's a minor scale.\nPhrygian B C D E F# G A B' is also a minor scale. I don't know of any other common name for Phrygian. I'm sure there are some.\nLydian C D E F# G A B C', is a major scale.\nMixolydian D E F# G A B C D' is often referred to as the Dominant scale and is a major scale type.\nAeolian E F# G A B C D E' this is the same as the Natural Minor scale.\nLocrian F# G A B C D E F#' a diminished scale. No other common names that I'm aware of.\nIonian G A B C D E F# G', this is the common Major Scale.\nDorian, Aeolian and Mixolydian are common modes in use in contemporary music. Moondance is part Dorian and part Natural Minor or Aeolian, Sweet Home Alabama is Mixolydian.\nAll seven modes of the G major scale are just a collection of the same notes G A B C D E F#. If all the notes of the scale are equal it is just a scale and you can name it whatever mode or scale name you like. If one note is emphasized over the other six then it is one of the scale modes.\nMelodically (Single Notes)\nEach mode has a Characteristic Scale Step, that when emphasized in a melody or improvised solo will give a mode its characteristic sound. You then have a scale mode or mode.\nThe Characteristic Scale Steps for the modes are:\nDorian: A B C D E F# G A', characteristic scale step is F#, the sixth scale degree.\nPhrygian: B C D E F# G A B', characteristic scale step is C, the second scale degree.\nLydian: C D E F# G A B C', characteristic scale step is F#, the fourth scale degree.\nMixolydian: D E F# G A B C D', characteristic scale step is C, the seventh scale degree.\nAeolian: E F# G A B C D E', characteristic scale step is G, the third scale degree.\nLocrian: F# G A B C D E F#', characteristic scale step is C, the fifth scale degree.\nIonian: G A B C D E F# G', characteristic scale step is G, the first scale degree.\nEven more to confuse you. Using triads, a three note chord, each mode has the same chords. Using our G Major Scale they are: G, Am, Bm, C, D, Em, and F#dim chords in its \"chord collection\".\nHarmonically (Chords)\nJust as each mode has a characteristic scale step for the mode. Each mode has characteristic chords. The primary, secondary and diminished chords of each mode help define the modal sound.\nIt's the characteristic scale step that identifies the primary and secondary chords for each mode. The primary chords of any one of the modes are the I chord of the mode and the major and minor triads that contain the characteristic scale step.\nAn example using A Dorian.\nA Dorian:\nA B C D E F# G A'\n1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 scale degrees\nI II III IV V VI VII chord functions\nThe characteristic scale step of the Dorian mode is the sixth. For A Dorian this is F#. The primary chords are the I chord of the mode and the major and minor triads: Am, Bm and D. Bm is B D F# and D is D F# A. Both contains the characteristic scale step of the Dorian mode, the sixth F#. The one chord in the modes does not need to have the characteristic scale step.\nAm (A C E), the I chord\nBm (B D F#) the II chord\nD (D F# A) the IV chord\nThe C, Em and G are secondary chords of the mode and the F#dim is the lone diminished chord.\nOK, one more to show that the G Ionian mode is different that the G Major scale.\nCharacteristic scale step is the one, G. So the primary chords are the I chord of the mode and the major and minor triads: G C and Em:\nG (G B D) the I chord\nC (C E G) the IV chord\nEm (E G B) the VI chord\nIn the traditional key of G major the I IV and V chords are the primary chords. The tonic, sub-dominant and dominant chords.\nAlright, one more example. D Mixolydian D E F# G A B C D'. The characteristic scale step in Mixolydian is the seventh, C. The primary chords are the I, V, and VII. D, Am and C.\nHere is a 12 bar, D Mixolydian blues\nD Mixolydian blues\n||  D   |  C   |  D  |  D  |\n|  G   |  G  |  D  |  D  |\n|  Am  |  C  |  D  |  Am ||\n||  I   |  VII  |  I  |  I  |\n|  IV  |  IV   |  I  |  I  |\n|  V   |  VII  |  I  |  V  ||\nEach mode contains notes and chords common to a corresponding, related major scale. So it is easy to inadvertently slip into a mode's related major scale. When that happens, you have lost the mode and have actually modulated into a major key. This can occur melodically or harmonically or both. Basically avoid or handle with care the D to G as that is the V to I in our G major example.\nOne of the keys to all this mode or modal stuff is that the harmonic function of a chord, its I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII is different in each mode for each chord. Here is how the Am chord functions in each mode:\nAm in A Dorian is a I chord.\nAm in B Phrygian is a VII chord.\nAm in C Lydian is a VI chord.\nAm in D Mixolydian is a V chord.\nAm in E Aeolian is a IV chord.\nAm in F# Locrian is a III chord.\nAm in G Ionian is a II chord.\nTheir harmonic function is completely different from mode to mode. Just like a G in the key of C is different than a G in the key of G, or G in the key of D in traditional tonic\/dominant harmony.\nWith printed music only using key signatures for major and their relative minor keys. It's this harmonic knowledge that will allow you to determine if a song is in a major key or a mode. You might not need this to just play chords but to embellish the chords and improvise it's a definite plus.\nThis is a classic case for only naming things IN CONTEXT. In music there isn't a lot that can be named out of context.\nHere is my secret, mystical key that I use to get all the chords from any mode based on a major scale: For triads the order of chord types are: maj, min, min, maj, maj or 7th, min, dim. For 4-part 7th chords the order is: maj7, m7, m7, maj7, 7th, m7, m7b5 or half-diminished. This allows me to remember the chords for major scales and its related modes. I can get any mode's chords from this sequence of chords by starting at a different point in the sequence. You don't have to remember so much stuff. Just this tool and your major scales.\nVideos for What is the different between a Scale and a Mode?.\nThe Seven Scale Modes, Open Position Examples\nThe seven scale modes on ukulele in open postions with TAB and scale diagrams.\nRelated Lessons for What is the different between a Scale and a Mode? at this time.\nThe Harmonized Major and Minor Scale Charts \u2022 Updated: Sep 5, 2011\nThe \"Major Scale\" or Ionian scale is a diatonic scale, made up of seven distinct notes, plus an eighth which duplicates the first one octave higher. In solfege these notes correspond to the syllables Do, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La, Ti\/Si, (Do), the Do in the parenthesis at the end being the octave of the root.\nThe Major Scale \u2022 Updated: Feb 11, 2016\nCalled the learning scale for a reason. The major scale is a great scale for learning how music and chords work. It's a core scale from which a majority of your core, essential scales can be derived. There are 15 major scales.\nRelated Books for What is the different between a Scale and a Mode? at this time.\nDaily Practice Material for the Contemporary Musician\nScales, Intervals and Sequences for Daily Practice for Musicians\nHarmonic Analysis for Scale Selection and Chord Substitution\nHarmonic Analysis is the understanding of the functional sequence of chords.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Eurasian Bridge 2019\nDocumentary competition\nWord cinema panorama\nCrimea's cr\u00e8me de la cr\u00e8me. Koktebel\n\u00abEurasian Bridge\u00bb in the historical context\nCompetition Jury\nDocumentary competition Jury\nThe Yalta International Film Festival \"Eurasian Bridge\"\nSergey Mokritsky\nBorn on February 18, 1961, in Polyanovka of Zhytomyr region (Ukrainian SSR). In 1991 he finished studies in Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (class of Aleksandr Galperin) and worked at Mosfflm and the Odessa Film Studio. From 1997 to 2002 he worked as DoP on TV. In 2000 Sergey Mokritsky cofounder of the \"CHBK-Film\" movie studio. From 2005 he cooperates with the \"New People\" film company. He is a member of the Russia's Cinematographers Union and a member of the European Federation of Cinematographers IMAGO (R.G.C.). As a cinematographer, he is known for the films Playing the Victim by Kirill Serebrennikov and Parallel Voices and Diamonds. Theft by Rustam Khamdamov. In 2007 Sergey Mokritsky made his directional debut with series Special Group (2007). His Protest Day (2012) had its premiere at Sochi Russian Open film festival. Battle for Sevastopol (2015) was a breakthrough for Mokritsky. The WWII drama was succesed in festival around the world, film recieved 8 nominations of the national film academy Golden Eagle (incl. Best film and Best directing), two Nika awards nominations and ranked as top-5 national box office hits of the year. It was followed next year by war drama I'm a Teacher premiered at the Beijing film festival. Sergey Mokritskiy's latest work Rough Draft is based on fantastic novel by Sergey Lukyanenko.\nKirsi Tykkyl\u00e4inen\nGraduated from University of Helsinki (1976) with master degree in Arts. From 1976 to 1983 was a lecturer in Russian Language and Literature at the University of Helsinki. For about 20 years she headed International Department of the Finnish Film Foundation and then worked as Cultural Counsellor of the Embassy of Finland in Moscow and as the Director of Cultural Centre of Finland in St. Petersburg (2011 - 2012). She was a Program director of the Moscow Film Festival (2007) and Artistic Director of the International Film Festival in St. Petersburg (2012 - 2013). Since 2018 Kirsi Tykkyl\u00e4inen worked as Program Director of the International Festival of Debut and Student Films Nachalo \/ Beginning.\nWildly known for her multiply appearances in Aki Kaurismaaki films, such as Take Care of Your Scarf, Tatiana (1994) and as a member of Leningrad Cowboys rock band (appeared in Aki Kaurismaaki's Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses (1994). She also took a small part in Aleksander Rogozhkin's Peculiarities of the National Fishing (1997), a sequel to his cult hit.\nHong Sang Woo\nHe graduated in Russian language from the Hankuk University of Foreing Studies and film studies from the Russian State Institute of Cinematography with PhD thesis about Vasily Shukshin's characters.\nHong Sang Woo is the professor of Russian language and literature of Gyeongsang National University. His academic works include \u00abFilm Study\u00bb (2006), \u00abWorld Cinema Journey\u00bb (2008) and korean adaptation of \u00abEditing\u00bb by Sergey Eisenstein (2007).\nMultiple jury member in various international film festivals, including NETPAC Jury of the 34th Moscow International Film Festival and 19th Jeonju International Film Festival, iternational jury of the Tashkent International Film Forum of short films, and the 9th Almaty International Film.\n\u00a9 2016 Film Festival \"Eurasian Bridge\". All rights reserved.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Nov 23, 2021 By Phyl Terry Posted in Updates\nThis week of Thanksgiving I want to thank you for asking for help this year.\nYour willingness to ask is the engine that powers our community.\nSo, thank you for asking and thank you for the concomitant challenges you create for me and my team \u2013 including how difficult it is to describe the impact of you asking for help.\nHow do I bring you into that aha moment when a new GM realizes he is thinking too small about his new role?\nHow do I help you smell that crackle in the air, that metallic residue of the electrical cognitive impact that leaves him transformed and excited?\nAnd how do I also be clear that it's not just him that leaves excited, but the members who came to help. They leave rejuvenated!\nOr, how do I bring you into that moment when a laid off executive feels the sense of relief and renewed confidence that comes not only from having just received a much better job with much better prospects, but also from having not walked alone?\nOr, how do I explain the moment when a member realizes he doesn't have to leave his company where he's built relationships, a reputation, and social capital \u2013 that, in fact, he may have one of the best opportunities available in the \"metaverse\" if he stays?\nOr, how do I teleport you into that bittersweet session where a new mother realizes she is not alone in facing the challenges of caring for another life while still thinking of her own?\nAnd, by the way, how do I explain why not walking alone is so powerful?\nIt often seems that the simple decision to walk together produces too big an impact for such a small act. (Maybe it's akin to that other small-action-releasing-outsized-power in the natural world: that of a neutron colliding with a nucleus?)\nAnd, most importantly, how do I help you see that this is just an ordinary couple of days in the life of our community \u2014 that if we go back just a few more days then we'll discover intense conversations with product managers battling burnout, newly minted Chief Product Officers building effective board relationships, CEOs facing major crises, VPs of product trying to figure out next steps in their careers, and retailers navigating this challenging environment.\nMy commitment to you is to get better at helping you experience this cacophony of change.\nThat's my commitment because I know that if you really feel these air-crackling neuron-rearranging moments, then that will rearrange your neurons encouraging you to ask for help even more.\nAnd if you ask for help more, then all of us will grow.\nSo, to sum this all up, I know who I'll be thanking this Thursday when I sit down to a big heaping plate of turkey and broccoli: you.\nElder Fraud, Financial Mistakes and Caregiving \u2013 Thu, Dec 2 @3pm ET\nHoward Tischler, Co-Founder and CEO, and Liz Loewy, Co-Founder and COO, EverSafe\nTo register: Click here to email Britany Chism (register your teams to join too!)\nMany members are facing challenges with aging parents (and managing employees facing challenges with aging parents) and asked us to bring in experts from time to time who can help.\nWe found two amazing people (through one of our longtime members).\nLiz Loewy, co-founder of EverSafe, was the founder of the Manhattan District Attorney's first Elder Abuse Unit, and served as trial counsel in the prosecution involving elder abuse of the late philanthropist, Brooke Astor. In addition, Liz has served as a caregiver for her parents and grandparents.\nHoward Tischler, co-founded EverSafe after his mother was financially exploited and lost her life savings. Howard will discuss what happened to his mother and how he managed his joint corporate and caregiving responsibilities while serving as a Group President and Lead Director in public companies.\nThere will be a robust Q&A session. Come ready with your own stories or stories from your workforce (and invite your colleagues to join as well, if you like).\nFall Keynotes\nThe What & Why of Continuous Discovery\nTeresa Torres, Author, Speaker, and Product Discovery Coach\nMost product teams are starting to adopt discovery best practices (e.g. interviewing customers, usability testing, experimenting). However, many of us are still stuck in a project world. We do research to kick off a project, we usability test right before we hand off to engineers, and our primary means for experimenting is a\/b testing. These methods are better than nothing, but the best product teams are shifting from a project mindset to a continuous mindset. In this talk, we'll explore the key differences between project-based discovery and continuous discovery and give your team a clear benchmark to aspire to.\nBio: Teresa Torres is an internationally acclaimed author, speaker, coach, and longtime friend of the Councils (she was a moderator of one of our Product Councils at one point). She's coached hundreds of teams at companies of all sizes, from early-stage start-ups to global enterprises, in a variety of industries and has taught more than 7,000 through her Product Talk Academy. She's the author of the recently published book, Continuous Discovery Habits, and blogs at ProductTalk.org.\nThe Hows and Whys of Hybrid Work\nJaime Teevan, Chief Scientist for Microsoft's Experiences and Devices\nwith moderator Ron Pessner, Vice President of Product, Microsoft\nJaime Teevan, Chief Scientist for Microsoft's Experiences and Devices, is charged with creating the future of productivity at Microsoft and for its customers. As part of that effort, she helps lead the New Future of Work: the largest research initiative in Microsoft's history with hundreds of researchers from across Microsoft, LinkedIn, and GitHub. Their task is simple (and very hard): make this new future of work \u2013 in office, remote, and especially hybrid \u2013 possible and productive. Jaime Teevan, and moderator Ron Pessner, will provide an overview of what Microsoft has learned and will offer tips for effective and inclusive hybrid work.\nJaime Teevan is Chief Scientist for Microsoft's Experiences and Devices, where she is responsible for driving research-backed innovation in the company's core products. Previously she was the Technical Advisor to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and a Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research, where she led the Productivity team. Dr. Teevan uses AI to help people accomplish their goals, developing the first personalized search algorithm used by Bing and introducing microproductivity into Office. Her groundbreaking research has earned her numerous awards, including the Technology Review TR35 Young Innovator and Karen Sp\u00e4rck Jones awards. She holds a Ph.D. from MIT and a B.S. from Yale, and is an affiliate professor at the University of Washington.\nRon Pessner, a longtime CG Councils member, is in charge of collaboration across the Microsoft 365 collaboration suite (that span across Word, Excel, PPT, etc). He has spent 18 years at Microsoft and has done a number of things including GM for Games for Windows, senior role at Xbox, led Windows 10 for Window Phone, and multiple roles in the Office organization. Prior to Microsoft he worked with a number of startups in the early days of the web and mobile internet.\nHeartwood: The Art of Living With the End in Mind\nBarbara Becker, Author\nTo access recording (Council members only): Click here to email Britany Chism\nFor our second Fall Meeting keynote, Barbara Becker, author of Heartwood invites us into a conversation about the art of living.Members of our Councils are facing difficult life moments now, as they have in the past and as we each will in the future. With this talk, we help deepen the trust and safe space needed for members to be vulnerable, find support and connection, and, of course, ask for help throughout the meetings and beyond.We also hope to reveal, for your own reflection, the individuals and events in your life that shaped who you have become as a person. In work, and in our daily lives, we aren't often granted the opportunity to name and to process the people we love, the challenges we face, and the difficulties that become part of us \u2013 that become our own Heartwood.Bio:\nBarbara Becker is an ordained interfaith minister and has sat with hundreds of people at the end of their lives. Barbara speaks on a wide range of topics, including deepening our sense of meaning and spirituality and mid-career pivots. She has dedicated more than twenty-five years to partnering with human-rights advocates around the world in pursuit of peace and interreligious understanding. She has worked with the United Nations, Human Rights First, the Ms. Foundation for Women, the Grameen Bank of Bangladesh, and teaches at Columbia University\nPrevious 2021 Talks\nBattle Buddies \u2013 A Way to Support Your Teams\nCraig Hopkins, CIO, City of San Antonio\nJoin Craig Hopkins for this short webinar focused on Q&A to introduce an idea that has taken off in Craig's org, the City of San Antonio, where he is the CIO.It's called Battle Buddies. So, what is a Battle Buddy?Adapted from the US Army, a battle buddy is a partner assigned to an employee in an organization who is expected to assist his or her partner.Even though we are not in military combat, Craig says our corporate responsibilities can feel just as stressful and overwhelming at times.A battle buddy is not only intended for comradery and support, but also to help reduce stress, provide professional and leadership guidance, and at times, get into the trenches together to get things done. Since we will each be watching each other's actions, we are all battle buddies to each other, as partners and as a leadership team, driven by our mission while adhering to our Core Values.Craig will talk about how this has worked in his organization and how to set it up in yours.\nClubhouse and the Audio Revolution (not recorded)\nJonathan Ehrlich, Partner, Foundation Capital\nTwo things to know about Jonathan Ehrlich:\n1) he co-led the seed round in Clubhouse and was thus the first venture capitalist to spot its potential;\n2) he's a Councils alum with an interesting career arc.We held an informal conversation with Jonathan about Clubhouse, the future of audio, and Jonathan's career journey from a mostly offline retailer in Canada to relocating to Silicon Valley and reinventing himself.\nJonathan Ehrlich is a Partner at Foundation Capital who invests in early early-stage consumer, marketplace, commerce, and SaaS startups and technologies. He joined Foundation Capital in 2013 as a partner after spending nine months with the firm as an entrepreneur-in-residence. Before joining Foundation Capital, Jonathan spent 17 years as an operator during which he founded three companies, built a $100M+ revenue business, and ran marketing for Facebook. He is the first institutional investor in Clubhouse and currently sits on the board of Bulletin and Chord. His Foundation and personal investments include Shelf Engine, Mainstreet, Truepill, Hooked, WayUp, League, Front, and Flexport. When not working, he can be found on his bike or chasing his four kids around.\nJTBD in Large Distributed Environments\nJay Haynes, Founder & CEO, thrv.com\nJobs To Be Done has proven to be an effective methodology for building much better holistic end-to-end products and customer experiences.\n*But* CG Council member companies with large distributed environments are finding it difficult to apply JTBD in effective ways.\nJay Haynes, CEO of thrv, and a global expert on JTBD will come and speak to the Councils community on this specific challenge of using the methodology in large, complex technology environments.\nSee talks from the last month and beyond here.\u200b","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Home > News > Dementia patients to benefit from machine thanks to donation\nDementia patients to benefit from machine thanks to donation\nDementia patients will benefit from a RITA machine thanks to a donation from Cleethorpes Golf Club.\nPatients with dementia at Grimsby hospital will benefit from a new machine they can interact with to help recall and share events from their past, thanks to a donation from Cleethorpes Golf Club.\nThe club has donated more than \u00a38,000 to The Health Tree Foundation (HTF) \u2013 Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust's official charity. It will be used to purchase a Reminiscence Interactive Therapy Activities (RITA) machine.\nThe machines help patients with dementia, particularly with memory impairments, by helping them recall and share events from their past through listening to music, watching news reports, listening to wartime speeches, playing games and karaoke, browsing the internet, viewing old maps and photographs, making video calls and watching films.\nMembers, visitors and supporters of the club raised the funds over the course of a year, from events like a charity golf day and an evening with ex-Grimsby Town Football Club (GTFC) legends, to raffles and bingo nights.\nJohn Gale, former Men's Captain of Cleethorpes Golf Club, said: \"I lost my mum to vascular dementia a few years ago, so I wanted to give something back to help support these patients. She had the condition for more than eight years. I chose HTF to raise money for and I want to say a big thank you to everyone that has helped us reach our total.\n\"We had a brilliant night where former GTFC footballers spoke about how dementia had touched their lives. The RITA machines really help dementia patients during their time in hospital.\"\nThe money left over after the purchase of the RITA machine will go towards making our wards more dementia-friendly. Additional RITA machines will be purchased next year to use across the Trust.\nLiz Stones, Chairman of Cleethorpes Golf Club, said: \"We had our annual charity day in August and other fundraising events throughout the year, including our Captain\/Pro challenge. The money was raised by golfers, visitors and social members. As a club, we're always keen to support local charities and this was why the members were brilliant with their generosity.\"\nEmily Woods, Dementia Clinical Nurse Specialist, said: \"The RITA machines are fantastic as they can be used for cognitive stimulation. It helps keep patients stimulated and creates conversation. We do use them for our vulnerable patients but other patients can also use them too.\"\nPage published: 28 Nov 2022 Page last updated: 28 Nov 2022","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"You are here: Home \/ News \/ Online Exclusive \/ San Diego, California Targets Cannabis Billboards\nSan Diego, California Targets Cannabis Billboards\nby Benjamin M. Adams | January 15, 2020\nOn Jan. 13, the San Diego City Council unanimously approved a ban on cannabis billboard ads within 1,000 feet of schools, playgrounds, daycare centers and other sensitive areas.\nLast October, city leaders alluded that a crackdown on cannabis billboards was coming by the end of 2019. The San Diego Union-Tribune reports that the new law will make 352 of the city's 644 existing billboard sites eligible for cannabis billboard, which adds up to about 54 percent of billboard sites.\nCurrent state law bars cannabis billboard ads from displaying within 1,000 feet of certain sensitive areas, but the new change adds parks and other types of areas to the list. Critics of the move say that city leadership should have also banned billboards from areas near libraries, churches and other places that are frequented by young people. The list of critics includes representatives from San Diegans for Safe Neighborhoods.\n\"I believe the ordinance strikes the right balance that will protect children from cannabis billboard exposure and also create a legal and constitutionally sound ordinance that is narrowly tailored,\" Councilmemeber Chris Cate said at the meeting. Cate has long been known as an opponent to cannabis in the local area.\nCouncil President Georgette G\u00f3mez said that she would prefer to see libraries included in a potential revised version of the law in the future.\nA representative from billboard company Clear Channel said that the company supports the new changes and already adheres to the regulations.\nThe law, however, does permit a six-month grace period that allows businesses to get into compliance. Violation of the new law could result in citations and fines. It's certainly not the first time cannabis billboards have drawn attention. Statewide restrictions on cannabis billboards were added as an amendment to Proposition 64 in 2016. Cannabis billboards caused controversy in Massachusetts in 2017.\nPrevious article Austin, Texas Considers Dropping Cannabis Arrests for Low-Level Cannabis Cases\nNext article Carlos Santana to Launch Cannabis and Hemp CBD Lines with Left Coast Ventures\nOregon State University Receives $2.5M to Study Hemp\nReport Reveals Issues with Minnesota's Medical Cannabis Program\nColorado Passes Laws to Protect Employees who Consume Cannabis\nRecreational Cannabis Will Not Make Florida Ballot","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"The University of Toronto\nU of T Home \/ Quercus \/ ROSI \/ Contacts \/ Maps\nLinkedIn Facebook Twitter Flickr Instagram\nDalla Lana School of Public Health\nTeaching Resources Newsletters Campaign Donate Today\nDLSPH welcomes Francisco Ib\u00e1\u00f1ez-\u200bCarrasco as part-\u200btime Assistant Professor, Learning Innovation\nJuly 7\/2020\nFrancisco Ib\u00e1\u00f1ez-Carrasco was appointed as a part-time Assistant Professor, Learning Innovation at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health on July 2, 2020.\nFrancisco is nationally recognized for excellence in pedagogy and educational leadership, and for his ability to inspire and connect through innovative and inclusive teaching. His priority this year will be providing support for faculty across DLSPH redesign courses, programs, and specializations for remote and hybrid delivery.\nFrancisco will work closely with Professor Dionne Gesink, Associate Dean, Academic Affairs, Obadiah George (Education Technologist), Adrian Gomez (Information Systems and Technology Administrator), and all DLSPH and IHPME faculty to review and redesign (as appropriate) courses, programs, and specializations for remote and hybrid delivery.\nThis new role complements the many faculty supports that DLSPH has launched to help with the transition to online learning, including the Online Teaching Resources website, weekly webinars (Hybrid Wednesdays and Transformational Thursdays), and a DLSPH Helpdesk to support IT and educational technology questions.\nClick here to watch this introductory video from Francisco on DLSPH's YouTube channel.\nFrancisco has considerable expertise in classroom, distance education (online and blended) curriculum design, instructional design, implementation and learning evaluation. He's also led a variety of online and blended educational projects for emerging researchers and health-related non-profit community leaders in Canada and globally.\nFrancisco joined the DLSPH in 2019 as an adjunct lecturer. He previously taught an undergraduate course in HIV Prevention Research and held an adjunct lecturer appointment in U of T's Department of Physical Therapy.\nSince 2017, Francisco was a Senior Research Associate at St. Michael's Hospital's Centre for Urban Health Solutions, which is based in the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute. In this role, he led an in-depth training program for emerging health researchers in Canada. From 2012 to 2017, he was Director of Education and Training at the Ontario HIV Treatment Network.\nAs a faculty member with extensive experience in teaching, HIV community-based research, health services delivery, and health systems, Francisco is well-positioned to help faculty across DLSPH navigate what they want to teach and how to teach it in ways that align with their teaching pedagogy.\nHe will also help ensure that all programs (including specializations and collaborative programs) remain adaptable to changing work conditions during COVID-19. Francisco will also coordinate with staff and faculty working on academic continuity planning and watch for synergies that can support and advance the work of students, faculty and staff across the School.\nTo connect with Francisco, please contact: francisco.ibanez.carrasco@utoronto.ca.\nVanier Scholar Project Examines Occupational Health and Safety Regulations in South Korea\nU of T Students Fill the Misinformation Gap with Trackers and Toolkits\nQuercus Login\nBack to Top Home \/ Contact \/ Accessibility Commitments and Standards \/ Site By Premise\n\u00a92021 \/ Dalla Lana School of Public Health \/ The University of Toronto","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Who Is Clare Crawley's 'Bachelorette' Contestant Kenny Braasch? 5 Things to Know\nBy Dory Jackson\nMaarten de Boer\/ABC; Craig Sjodin\/ABC\nThere's more than meets the eye! Bachelorette contestant Kenny Braasch may not have earned Clare Crawley's first impression rose, but he is still a bachelor worth paying attention to.\nDuring the season 16 premiere on October 13, the Illinois native arrived wearing a T-shirt that featured Crawley's dogs. He later caught the hairdresser's attention during a group date where he and other suitors were tasked with playing strip dodgeball. When Braasch's team had to take off their shorts, Crawley was quick to notice his physique by saying to host Chris Harrison: \"Look at Kenny's a\u2013, just take a good look at it. How is he so tan?\"\nHarrison, for his part, previously commented on Braasch's looks while introducing the men for the first time before the season began. \"I don't know how to say this without it being too awkward, but I saw a lot of Kenny. We all saw a lot of Kenny. Things that I will not unsee,\" he said in September. \"And I can tell you, well, he's a good-looking dude and he has no tan lines. Anywhere. At all.\"\nThe longtime Bachelor host continued, \"I don't know how you explain that, but I guess it's easy to explain. So that's Kenny. So let's move on because I haven't slept since.\"\nAccording to Braasch's Bachelorette bio, he is \"often misjudged\" but is \"sensitive and caring\" on the inside. He is looking for a girl who brings both \"looks and personality\" to the table.\n\"He wants a woman who is not controlling, fake or wrongly opinionated,\" the bio reads. \"And if he doesn't agree with her opinions, she should be ready for a spirited conversation because Kenny says he doesn't let things slide easily.\"\nThe key to securing Braasch's heart is through music as \"he loves to talk shop and could spend hours reliving his favorite concerts or albums.\"\nDays before season 16 premiered, Braasch teased that \"DRAMA\" is in store. \"Most Dramatic Season Ever is an understatement,\" he wrote via Instagram on October 7, sharing a teaser for the first episode.\nScroll down to learn more about the season 16 Bachelorette contestant.\nListen to Here For the Right Reasons to get inside scoop about the Bachelor franchise and exclusive interviews from contestants!","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Earth One\nEve de Haan\nAcrylic, Gold foil, Dried Flowers\nHeight 340 mm (including stand), length 260 mm and depth 260 mm.\nBase and vitrine separate\n'Fortune' is an exclusive globe created for the campaign Earth One. \"The world is our fortune.\"\nOur planet is the most precious natural resource that we humans rely on for our very survival. Climate change is a very real challenge, and with rising sea temperatures, plastic pollution, air pollution, deforestation, and animal species dying out, NOW is our last chance to act to save the planet that we call home before the effects of human activity cannot be reversed.\nEvery artwork sold in this collection will go towards supporting the World Land Trust and their Buy an Acre campaign. All net proceeds of sales made via this campaign will be shared equally 50\/50 between the artist and the World Land Trust, to ensure a safe future for wildlife, in a real, measurable and tangible way.\nEve De Haan is a young London based artist with an incredible appetite for creativity. Her degree in Theology has informed and influenced her work, developing a strong body of installations which examine concepts of change and the imprint technology is having on youth culture.\nShe has exhibited in Europe and the U.S in iconic galleries such as the Saatchi gallery and the Museum of Neon in LA. She was recently invited to lead on an Instagram Live for Tate London. She has had billboards in London, created artwork for Nike & been featured in major publications.\nHer creations are provocative and challenging. Through her love of the written word Eve finds neon the perfect medium to explore the gradients and shades of meaning within a statement.\nEve is represented by Creative Debuts. Creative Debuts is a democratising art platform that champions emerging artists through an Artwork Subscription Service, Bespoke Projects, Event Management and no-strings attached Grants.\n@Creative Debuts\n\u00a9 2023, www.a-r-t-store.com Powered by Shopify","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
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{"text":"Home Elections Now-former prospective Democratic candidate Jim Webb swings, misses on Confederate flag\nNow-former prospective Democratic candidate Jim Webb swings, misses on Confederate flag\n6\/25\/15 10:00am by Jon Green 21\nThe Confederate flag is having a bad week. Steadily losing support among its most ardent defenders \u2014 Republicans in the South \u2014 and being steadily removed from the inventories of major retailers such as Wal-Mart, eBay and Amazon, this isn't a very good time to be pro-Stars and Bars.\nEven Republican candidates who are trying to curry favor with South Carolina's racist caucus are coming out against the flag being displayed on public grounds \u2014 after they got the go-ahead from Governor Nikki Haley, of course. Since she called for the flag's removal from South Carolina's State House, every GOP candidate who has been asked has agreed with her that, yes, a treasonous, racist flag that was originally installed in the 1960s as a middle finger to integration has no place on public grounds. Even Mike Huckabee, who originally tried to dodge the issue by emphatically stating that he refused to emphatically state anything on the subject, eventually came around and endorsed the decision.\nIn other words, a consensus has formed. The Confederate flag is the political equivalent of a hanging curve that any politician can hit out of the park if they so choose.\nYesterday, likely Democratic candidate Jim Webb, displaying an inexplicable lack of understanding of his party, public policy and basic decency, took a swing and missed wildly.\nAs Webb wrote in a Facebook post:\nJim Webb\nThis is an emotional time and we all need to think through these issues with a care that recognizes the need for change but also respects the complicated history of the Civil War. The Confederate Battle Flag has wrongly been used for racist and other purposes in recent decades. It should not be used in any way as a political symbol that divides us.\nBut we should also remember that honorable Americans fought on both sides in the Civil War, including slave holders in the Union Army from states such as Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland and Delaware, and that many non-slave holders fought for the South. It was in recognition of the character of soldiers on both sides that the federal government authorized the construction of the Confederate Memorial 100 years ago, on the grounds of Arlington National Cemetery.\nThis is a time for us to come together, and to recognize once more that our complex multicultural society is founded on the principle of mutual respect.\nTo paraphrase: \"Take down the flag if you must, but don't be a jerk about it because DID YOU KNOW A FEW OF THE GOOD GUYS HAD SLAVES, TOO???\"\nWebb is right to say that our \"complex multicultural society\" is founded on the principle of mutual respect, which is why it's so important for our culture \u2014 to say nothing of our government \u2014 to reject racist symbols that display an utter lack of respect for the human dignity of our citizens. It doesn't matter if the soldiers fighting for the Confederacy didn't own slaves, or even if they were honorable young gentlemen before they went to war. At the end of the day, they were fighting for the right to hold slaves. That doesn't deserve our respect. And just because we decided to memorialize them before we decided that the descendants of those they fought to enslave deserved an equal right to vote doesn't mean that decision was a good one.\nThere is no kumbaya moment to be had when it comes to the Confederate flag. It was a rallying symbol for those who fought in the name of slavery over 150 years ago, and it remains a rallying cry for those who think the wrong side won the Civil War today. Jim Webb prides himself on his \"radical centrist\" image \u2014 a pro-pollution Democrat; an anti-war veteran \u2014 but taking the wrong side of a one-sided issue just for the sake of being a \"cooler head\" is no way to earn anyone's respect. It's a great way to remind everyone that you aren't going to be president.\nTags: 2016 elections, confederate flag, Elections, jim webb, race\nJon Green graduated from Kenyon College with a B.A. in Political Science and high honors in Political Cognition. He worked as a field organizer for Congressman Tom Perriello in 2010 and a Regional Field Director for President Obama's re-election campaign in 2012. Jon writes on a number of topics, but pays especially close attention to elections, religion and political cognition. Follow him on Twitter at @_Jon_Green, and on Google+. Article archive.\n21 Responses to \"Now-former prospective Democratic candidate Jim Webb swings, misses on Confederate flag\"\nGreenEagle says:\nMay I add that Germany had two chances to put its bitterness behind it: World War I and World War II. They chose not to put their bitterness behind them the first time, which led to 50,000,000 dead the second time around. They learned their lesson after that. White Southerners seem not to have learned their lesson yet.\nlrs63 says:\nWhy not step up and say that the Civil War was bad idea that slaughtered thousands, divided the country, made us poorer and robbed families of loved ones. I've visited Gettysburg and real sadness of that war came home to me. This was not a noble cause, Jim Webb. It was a tragedy.\nThe losers need to put their bitterness behind them as Germany did.\nQuilla says:\nSnark, right?\nOnce the old Confederate \"graven images\" are torn down, what's to stop The Ubiquitous Them from destroying, say, the Peanuts kids in St. Paul or that French lady in New York Harbor?\nRemove the Confederate flag and be done with it.\nDuke Woolworth says:\nMaybe some ISIS sappers would volunteer to help blow up the losers' monuments. Aren't they graven images? Craven images?\nJon Green says:\nAh that's good to know. We're testing out some new mobile interfaces and haven't settled on one yet, so this is good feedback to have.\nHarry R. Sohl says:\nHi Jon, just a technical FYI\u2026 the light blue headlines on the iPhone layout are very hard to read.\nDixiecrat liberals inaction.\nBill_Perdue says:\nLiberal? That's how he and other right wing Dixiecrats like the Clintons describe themselves.\n\"\"I think this is where Democrats screw up, you know?\" former Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va.), who says he may run for president, told Yahoo News recently. \"I think that they have kind of unwittingly used this group, white working males, as a whipping post for a lot of their policies. And then when they react, they say they're being racist.\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/opinion\/op-ed\/la-oe-0419-mcmanus-whites-20150419-column.html\n\"Clinton: Obama Not Winning Over \"Hard-Working Americans, White Americans\" \"I have a much broader base to build a winning coalition on,\" she said in an interview with USA TODAY. As evidence, Clinton cited an Associated Press article \"that found how Sen. Obama's support among working, hard-working Americans, white Americans, is weakening again, and how whites in both states who had not completed college were supporting me.\" http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2008\/05\/08\/clinton-obama-not-winning_n_100763.html\nDixiecrat? Yes. Liberal? Meh.\nDixiecrat liberals in action.\n2karmanot says:\n\"pride of the south\" and the ass wipe traitor rag\u2026.or is that an oxymoron?\nThe South has a varied and complex history that covers 400 years. The Confederacy and the traitor's flag accounts for five of those 400 years, and the whole affair was a disgrace. How in the name of dog does that rag signify the \"heritage\" of the South?\nAnd the Confederate rebellion took more American lives \u2014 on both sides \u2014 than World War I, World War II, and Vietnam \u2014 combined. All because of racism and the desire to hold other human beings as slaves.\nAnd please spare me the revisionist rhetoric that it was about anything but slavery and racism. The record says otherwise.\nDemosthenes says:\nThe good news is Mr. Webb can now go back to writing steamy novels . . .\ndcinsider says:\nThe confederate flag showed a resurgence in the late 1950's and early 1960's in reaction to the civil rights movement. It was not on the grounds of either the Alabama statehouse or the SC statehouse prior that time. It was resurrected not to display the \"pride of the south\" or to honor any former traitor \"veteran\" who fought against the US, but to recall a time when those seeking civil rights were enslaved.\nThat is the sole purpose of the confederate flag today. Anyone who pretends anything else is either a liar or a fool.\nWhat a weasel.\nIt is simply to delicious not to mention ironic, that the old traitor rag has been lynched.\nThat's odd. I wonder what demon advised him to straddle that fence.\nDon't you love how certain people act like no one has ever brought this issue up before? They do it with the name of the Washington NFL team too. Like suddenly everyone decided to be PC and make a big deal out of nothing rather than people having talked about this for decades and been ignored. Meanwhile the so-called liberal media bends over backward to be fair to outright racists. Ugh. Webb is wrong on this one and I don't see why he doesn't see that. Who is he defending besides some redneck racist relatives. I have them too. They're the reason we have the ability to block people on social media!\ngratuitous says:\nI like Jim Webb for many things, but he's stranded on the shore here. This may be an \"emotional time,\" but that emotion has been building for decades, culminating in one more massacre by one more racist. The measure of \"how far we've come\" is that Dylann Roof was swiftly apprehended (unlike, say, Byron de la Beckwith). Millions of Americans are sick at heart and sick to death of this murderous hatred, a leftover from a bygone era that should have been confronted and wiped out a long time ago.\nNow that the dam has burst, it's time to get on with a laundry list of things that we should have taken care of in the last 100 years. We'll start with racist displays honoring bigotry on public lands. I don't know what's next or where we'll stop, but it isn't going to end with taking down one disgusting display on the capitol grounds in South Carolina. Sen. Webb, it's time to stand down from race hatred.\nThe flag has to go and the only place it should ever wave is over a Confederate cemetery. But\u2026but\u2026please don't tear down Confederate memorials. That would, indeed, elicit a nasty and unnecessary back-lash.\nI don't think the problem is what the flag was 150 years ago. Yes, lots of bad things, but those are way in the past. No one is complaining about it being in a museum or shown in a movie about that era.\nNo, the problem is that since the early 1960s this particular flag became the symbol of segregation and against civil rights and EVERYONE KNOWS THAT. I'm not against SC flying this flag over their state capital because they were once part of the Confederacy. I'm against it because in 1962 they put it up to show their defiance against the civil rights movement and against the Brown v Board of Education Supreme Court ruling ordering them to integrate their public schools.\nRegardless of what it meant in 1862, from 1962 and up to now it has been a symbol of racism. If you are displaying it people assume you are a racist because you are.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
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If the Buyer fails to make any payment on the due date then, without limiting any other right or remedy available to the Seller, the Seller may:\n3.4.1 cancel the Contract or suspend any further deliveries to the Buyer;\n3.4.2 appropriate any payment made by the Buyer to such of the Goods (or the goods supplied under any other Contract between the Buyer and the Seller) as the Seller may think fit (notwithstanding any purported appropriation by the Buyer); and\n3.4.3 charge the Buyer interest on the amount unpaid, at the rate of 3% above Lloyds TSB Bank plc's base rate from time to time in force, which shall accrue (both before and after any judgment) from the date when payment becomes due from day to day until the date of payment.\n3.5. The Price of the Goods (as determined in accordance with clauses 3.1 and 3.2) shall be binding on the Seller provided that the Buyer accepts the Seller's quotation within (30) days. The Seller may by giving notice to the Buyer at any time before delivery increase the Price of the Goods to reflect any increase in the cost to the Seller which is due to factors occurring after the making of the Contract which are beyond the reasonable control of the Seller including, without limitation, foreign exchange fluctuations, currency regulation, alteration of duties, significant increase in the costs of labour, materials or other costs of manufacture), any change in delivery dates, quantities or specifications for the Goods which is requested by the Buyer, or any delay caused by any instructions of the Buyer or failure of the Buyer to give the Seller adequate information or instructions.\n4. Warranties\n4.1 Subject to the following provisions the Seller warrants that the Goods will correspond with their specification at the time of delivery and will be free from defects in material and workmanship for a period of ninety (90) days from the date of delivery.\n4.2 The above warranty is given by the Seller subject to the following conditions:\n4.2.1 The Seller shall be under no liability in respect of any defect in the Goods arising from any drawing, design or specification supplied by the Buyer;\n4.2.2 The Seller shall be under no liability in respect of any defect arising from fair wear and tear, wilful damage, negligence, abnormal working conditions, failure to follow the Seller's instructions (whether oral or in writing), misuse or alteration or repair of the Goods without the Seller's approval;\n4.2.3 The Seller shall be under no liability under the above warranty (or any other warranty, condition or guarantee) if the total Price for the Goods has not been paid by the due date for payment.\n4.3 The above warranty does not extend to parts, materials or equipment not manufactured by the Seller, in respect of which the Buyer shall only be entitled to the benefit of any such warranty or guarantee as is given by the manufacturer to the Seller.\n4.4 Except where expressly provided in these Conditions and provided that nothing in any Contract shall restrict or exclude liability for death or personal injury caused by the negligence of the Seller, all other terms, conditions and warranties (whether implied by statute, common law, custom of trade or course of dealing or made expressly) whether by the Seller or its servants or agents or otherwise relating to the quality and\/or fitness for purpose of the Goods and\/or the extent to which they correspond to any description or sample (other than those express warranties set out in the current edition of the Seller's specification regarding the Goods) are excluded to the fullest extent permitted by law.\n5.1. Subject to clause 5.2, the Goods shall be supplied in accordance with the description contained in the Seller's specification quotation and manufactured in accordance with all applicable British Standards requirements which relate specifically to the Goods. Any drawings, descriptive matter, illustrations or advertising produced by the Seller or contained in its catalogues or brochures are produced for the sole purpose of giving an approximate idea of the Goods described in them and shall not form part of the Contract or have any contractual force.\n5.2. The Seller may from time to time make changes in the specification of the Goods which are required to comply with any applicable safety or statutory requirements or which do not materially affect the quality or fitness for purpose of the Goods.\n6. Sale by sample\n6.1. Where any Contract for the sale of Goods is by sample, the Seller shall have no liability to the Buyer unless more than 5% of the Goods delivered under such Contract do not correspond with the quality of the sample provided.\n7. Buyer's Specification\n7.1 If the Goods are to be manufactured or any process is to be applied to the Goods by the Seller in accordance with a drawing, design or specification submitted by the Buyer, the Buyer shall indemnify the Seller against all loss, damages, costs and expenses awarded against or incurred by the Seller in connection with, or paid or agreed to be paid by the Seller in settlement of, any claim for infringement of any patent, copyright, design, trade mark or other industrial or intellectual property rights of any other person which results from the Seller's use of the Buyer's drawing, design or specification.\n8. Liability and Claims\n8.1 Any claim by the Buyer which is based on any defect in the quality or condition of the Goods or their failure to correspond with specification shall (whether or not delivery is refused by the Buyer) be notified to the Seller within seven days from the date of delivery or (where the defect or failure was not apparent on reasonable inspection) within a reasonable time after discovery of the defect or failure. If delivery is not refused, and the Buyer does not notify the Seller accordingly, the Buyer shall not be entitled to reject the Goods and the Seller shall have no liability for such defect or failure, and the Buyer shall be bound to pay the Price as if the Goods had been delivered in accordance with the Contract.\n8.2 Where a valid claim in respect of any of the Goods which is based on a defect in the quality or condition of the Goods or their failure to meet specification is notified to the Seller in accordance with these Conditions, the Seller may replace the Goods (or the part in question) free of charge or, at the Seller's sole discretion, refund to the Buyer the price of the Goods (or a proportionate part of the price), in which case the Seller shall have no further liability to the Buyer.\n8.3 Except in respect of death or personal injury caused by the Seller's negligence, or liability for defective products under the Consumer Protection Act 1987, the Seller shall not be liable to the Buyer by reason of any representation (unless fraudulent), or any implied warranty, condition or other term, or any duty at common law, or under the express terms of any Contract, for loss of profit or for any indirect, special or consequential loss or damage, costs, expenses or other claims for compensation whatsoever (whether caused by the negligence of the Seller, its employees or agents or otherwise) which arise out of or in connection with the supply of the Goods (including any delay in supplying or any failure to supply the Goods in accordance with any Contract or at all) or their use or resale by the Buyer, and the entire liability of the Seller under or in connection with the Contract shall not exceed the price of the Goods, except as expressly provided in these Conditions.\n8.4 The Seller shall not be liable to the Buyer or be deemed to be in breach of any Contract by reason of any delay in performing, or any failure to perform, any of the Seller's obligations in relation to the Goods, if the delay or failure was due to any cause beyond the Seller's reasonable control. Without limiting the foregoing, the following shall be regarded as causes beyond the Seller's reasonable control:\n8.4.1 Act of God, explosion, flood, tempest, fire or accident;\n8.4.2 war or threat of war, sabotage, insurrection, civil disturbance or requisition;\n8.4.3 acts, restrictions, regulations, bye-laws, prohibitions or measures of any kind on the part of any governmental, parliamentary or local authority;\n8.4.4 import or export regulations or embargoes;\n8.4.5 strikes, lock-outs or other industrial actions or trade disputes (whether involving employees of the Seller or of a third party);\n8.4.6 difficulties in obtaining raw materials, labour, fuel, parts or machinery;\n8.4.7 power failure or breakdown in machinery.\n9. Limitation of Seller's liability\n9.1 Nothing in these Conditions shall limit or exclude the Seller's liability for:\n9.1.1 death or personal injury caused by its negligence, or the negligence of its employees, agents or subcontractors (as applicable);\n9.1.2 fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation;\n9.1.3 breach of the terms implied by section 12 of the Sale of Goods Act 1979;\n9.1.4 defective products under the Consumer Protection Act 1987; or\n9.1.5 any matter in respect of which it would be unlawful for the Supplier to exclude or restrict liability.\n9.2 Subject to clause 9.1:\n9.2.1 the Seller shall not be liable to the Buyer, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, for any loss of profit, or any indirect or consequential loss arising under or in connection with any Contract ; and\n9.2.2 the Supplier's total liability to the Customer in respect of all other losses arising under or in connection with any Contract, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, or otherwise shall not exceed the price of the Goods.\n10. Title and Risk\n10.1. Save as otherwise provided for in these Conditions, in spite of delivery having been made, property in the Goods shall not pass from the Seller until:\n10.1.1. The Buyer shall have paid the Price (plus VAT where applicable) for such Goods in full; and\n10.1.2. No other amounts shall be due and outstanding for payment from the Buyer to the Seller.\n10.2. Until property in the Goods passes to the Buyer in accordance with clause 10.1 the Buyer shall hold the Goods and each of them on a fiduciary basis as bailee for the Seller. The Buyer shall store the Goods (at no cost to the Seller) separately from all other goods in its possession and shall ensure that they are properly stored and marked in such a way that they are clearly identified as the Seller's property.\n10.3. Notwithstanding that the Goods (or any of them) remain the property of the Seller the Buyer may sell or use the Goods in the ordinary course of the Buyer's business at full market value and for the account of the Seller. Any such sale or dealing shall be a sale or use of the Seller's property by the Buyer on the Buyer's own behalf and the Buyer shall deal as principal when making such sales or dealings, provided that until property in the Goods passes from the Seller the entire proceeds of sale or otherwise of the Goods shall be held in trust for the Seller and shall not be mixed with other money or paid into any overdrawn bank account and shall be at all material times identified as the Seller's money.\n10.4. The Seller shall be entitled to recover the Price (plus VAT and\/or carriage and packing charges where applicable) notwithstanding that property in any of the Goods has not passed from the Seller.\n10.5. Until such time as property in the Goods passes from the Seller, the Buyer shall upon request deliver up to the Seller such of the Goods as have not ceased to be in existence or resold. If the Buyer fails to do so the Seller may enter upon any premises where the Goods are situated and repossess the Goods. On the making of such request the rights of the Buyer under clause 10.3 shall cease.\n10.6. The Buyer shall not pledge, create any lien over or in any way charge by way of security for any indebtedness any of the Goods which are the property of the Seller. Without prejudice to the other rights of the Seller, if the Buyer does so all sums whatever owing by the Buyer to the Seller shall forthwith become due and payable.\n10.7. The Buyer shall insure and keep insured the Goods to the full Price against \"all risks\" to the reasonable satisfaction of the Seller until the date that property in the Goods passes from the Seller, and shall whenever requested by the Seller produce a copy of the relevant policy of insurance. Without prejudice to the other rights of the Seller, if the Buyer fails to do so all sums whatever owing by the Buyer to the Seller shall forthwith become due and payable.\n10.8. The risk in the Goods shall pass to the Buyer on completion of delivery or, if the Buyer wrongfully fails to take delivery of any Goods, the time when the Seller has tendered delivery of the Goods.\n11. Delivery of Goods\n11.1. Except where either clause 13 or clause 14 applies or the parties otherwise agree, delivery of the Goods (unless by instalment) shall be made to the Buyer's address on the Delivery Date. The Buyer shall make all arrangements necessary to take delivery of the Goods whenever they are tendered for delivery.\n11.2 Any Delivery Dates quoted are approximate only and the Seller shall not be liable for any delay in delivery of the Goods however caused. Time for delivery shall not be of the essence of any Contract unless previously agreed by the Seller in writing. The Goods may be delivered by the Seller in advance of the quoted Delivery Date on giving reasonable notice to the Buyer.\n11.3 If the Buyer fails to take delivery of any Goods or fails to give the Seller adequate delivery instructions at the time stated for delivery (otherwise than by reason of any cause beyond the Buyer's reasonable control or by reason of the Seller's fault) then, without limiting any other right or remedy available to the Seller, the Seller may:\n11.3.1 store the Goods until actual delivery and charge the Buyer for the reasonable costs (including insurance) of storage; or\n11.3.2 sell the Goods at the best price readily obtainable and (after deducting all reasonable storage and selling expenses) account to the Buyer for the excess over the Price under the Contract or charge the Buyer for any shortfall below the price under the Contract.\n11.4 Where delivery of the Goods is to be made by the Seller in bulk, the Seller reserves the right to deliver up to five per cent more or five per cent less than the quantity ordered (subject to a pro rata adjustment of the Price), and the quantity so delivered shall be deemed to be the quantity ordered.\n11.5. When delivery of the Goods is by instalments:\n11.5.1. The Seller may deliver the Goods by separate instalments in accordance with the agreed delivery schedule and each separate instalment shall be invoiced and paid for in accordance with the provisions in these Conditions or as otherwise agreed between the parties in writing.\n11.5.2. The failure of the Buyer to pay for any one or more of the said instalments of the Goods on any respective due date shall entitle the Seller, at the sole option of the Seller:\n11.5.2.1. Without notice to suspend further deliveries of the Goods pending payment by the Buyer; and\/or\n11.5.2.2. To treat this contract as repudiated by the Buyer.\n11.6 The Buyer shall notify the Seller of any non-delivery (either of a whole consignment or any instalment) within 5 working days of the date of dispatch (as stated on the applicable invoice). Notwithstanding the receipt by the Seller of any such notice, an appropriate signature on a carrier's delivery advice sheet shall be deemed to be sufficient evidence of receipt of the quantity of cartons indicated on the advice sheet, except in the case of manifest error or fraud.\n11.7 If the Seller fails to deliver the Goods (or any instalment) in whole or in part for any reason other than any cause beyond the Seller's reasonable control or the Buyer's fault, and the Seller is accordingly liable to the Buyer, the Buyer's sole remedy shall be limited to the Seller making good any shortage by replacing such Goods (or, if the Seller shall elect, by refunding a proportionate part of the Price).\n11.8 Where delivery of the Goods is to locations outside mainland UK, the parties shall agree in writing the terms on which such international delivery shall take place, being either FOB or CIF unless otherwise agreed and the provisions of either clause 12 or clause 13 (as appropriate) will apply in respect of such deliveries. The terms of these Conditions shall otherwise apply in full to all Contracts made on an FOB or CIF basis except as expressly varied in clause 12 or clause 13 (as appropriate) or as otherwise agreed in writing between the Seller and the Buyer.\n12. Delivery - FOB Contract\n12.1. The Goods shall be delivered to the Buyer by delivery on board the Named Vessel lying at the Named Port on the Delivery Date. The Seller shall promptly notify the Buyer that the Goods have been delivered aboard and title and risk in the Goods shall pass to the Buyer upon such delivery being effected. The Seller shall promptly provide the Buyer with a clean shipped bill of lading in respect of the Goods.\n12.2. The Buyer shall reserve the necessary space on board the Named Vessel and give the Seller due notice of the Named Port, the loading berth and any revised delivery dates to the Named Vessel. The Buyer shall bear any additional costs (including, without limitation, the risk of any deterioration of the Goods) caused due to the failure of the Named Vessel to be available to load the Goods on the Delivery Date.\n12.3 The Buyer shall be responsible for complying with any legislation or regulations governing the importation of the Goods into the country of destination and for the payment of any duties on them.\n12.4 The Buyer shall be responsible for arranging for testing and inspection of the Goods at the Seller's premises before shipment if required. The Seller shall have no liability for any claim in respect of any defect in the Goods which would be apparent on inspection and which is made after shipment, or in respect of any damage during transit.\n13. Delivery - CIF Contract\n13.1. The Goods shall be delivered to the Buyer at the Named Port on or before the Delivery Date. The Seller shall procure a contract of carriage and insure the Goods from dispatch until delivery on terms current in the trade for the benefit of the Buyer. The Goods shall be at the risk of the Buyer as they are loaded on board. The Seller shall promptly tender to the Buyer a clean shipped bill of lading, the insurance policy and an invoice in respect of the Goods.\n13.2. The Buyer shall give the Seller due notice of the Named Port, accept the documents tendered by the Seller if they correspond to the Contract and take delivery of the Goods at the Named Port and bear all other costs and charges arising out of shipment of the Goods to the Named Port.\n13.3. The Buyer shall be responsible for complying with any legislation or regulations governing the importation of the Goods into the country of destination and for the payment of any duties on them.\n14. Acceptance\n14.1. The Buyer shall inspect the Goods on delivery (or at the Seller's premises before shipment where delivery of the Goods is to locations outside mainland UK) and shall within seven days of delivery (or prior inspection) notify the Seller of any alleged defect, shortage\/excess in quantity, damage or failure to comply with description or sample. Following any such notification, the Buyer shall afford the Seller an opportunity to inspect the Goods within a reasonable time following delivery and before any use is made of them. If the Buyer shall fail to comply with these provisions the Goods shall be conclusively presumed to be in accordance with the Contract and free from any defect or damage which would be apparent on a reasonable examination of the Goods and the Buyer shall be deemed to have accepted the Goods.\n14.2 Where the Buyer rejects or purports to reject any Goods then the provisions of clauses 8 and 9 of these Conditions shall apply in respect of any related liability and claims.\n15. Set off and Counterclaim\nThe Buyer may not withhold payment of any invoice or other amount due to the Seller by reason of any right of set off or counterclaim which the Buyer may have or alleged to have for any reason whatever.\nThese Conditions and any Contract made between the Seller and the Buyer are governed by and subject to the Laws of England and Wales and the parties hereby submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.\n17. Severance\nAny provisions in this contract which may be void or unenforceable shall, to the extent of such invalidity or enforceability, be deemed severable and shall not affect any other provision of these Conditions or of any Contract made between the Seller and the Buyer. If any invalid, unenforceable or illegal provision of any Contract would be valid, enforceable and legal if some part of it were deleted, the provision shall apply with the minimum modification necessary to make it legal, valid and enforceable.\nNo waiver or forbearance by the Seller (whether express or implied) in enforcing any of its rights under this contract shall prejudice its rights to do so in the future.\n19. Assignment and Sub-Contracting\nThe Seller may assign, license or sub-contract all or any part of its rights and obligations under these Conditions or any Contract and the Buyer may do so with the prior written consent of the Seller.\n20. Seller's Cancellation\nThe Seller may cancel this contract at any time before the Goods are delivered by giving written notice to the Buyer. On giving such notice the Seller shall promptly repay to the Buyer any sums already paid by the Buyer in respect of the Price, but the Seller shall not be liable for any loss or damage arising from such cancellation.\nAll headings are for ease of reference only and shall not affect the construction of these Conditions.\n22. Insolvency\n22.1. If the Buyer fails to make payment for the Goods in accordance with any Contract or commits any other breach of any Contract or if any distress or execution shall be levied upon any of the Buyer's goods or if the Buyer offers to make any arrangement with its creditors or if any petition in bankruptcy is presented against the Buyer or the Buyer is unable (or is deemed to be unable) to pay its debts as they fall due or if being a limited company any resolution or petition to wind up the Buyer (other than for the purpose of amalgamation or reconstruction without insolvency) shall be passed or presented or if a receiver, administrative receiver or manager shall be appointed over the whole or any part of the Buyer's business or assets or if any petition for the appointment of an administrator is presented against the Buyer or if the Buyer shall suffer any analogous proceedings under foreign law all sums outstanding in respect of the Goods shall become payable immediately. The Seller may in its absolute discretion and without prejudice to any other rights which it may have:\n22.1.1. suspend all future deliveries of Goods to the Buyer and\/or terminate the contract without liability upon its part; and\/or\n22.1.2. exercise any of its rights pursuant to clause 10. 23. Intellectual property 23.1. All goods sold in retail packaging may be resold by the Buyer only in the packaging supplied by the Seller and in no case may any trade mark other than those applied by the Seller be marked on or applied in relation to the Goods. 23.2. No right or licence is granted under this contract of sale to the Buyer under any patent, trade mark, copyright, registered design or other intellectual property right except the right to use or resell the Goods.\n23.1. All goods sold in retail packaging may be resold by the Buyer only in the packaging supplied by the Seller and in no case may any trade mark other than those applied by the Seller be marked on or applied in relation to the Goods.\n23.2. No right or licence is granted under this contract of sale to the Buyer under any patent, trade mark, copyright, registered design or other intellectual property right except the right to use or resell the Goods\nOur History Contact Us Careers Press\nApply for an account Brochure download Cookie Policy Copyright Online stockists\nHelp & FAQs Copyright Information Privacy Policy Safety & Suitability Terms & Conditions\nHampshire International Business Park Crockford Lane, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG24 8WH\nTel +44 (0)1256 374260\nFax +44 (0)1256 374269\nEmail: info@auroraworld.co.uk\n\u00a9 Aurora World Ltd 2016 | Registered in England and Wales No. 3315056\nPowered by InterSell ecommerce","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Property Clinic\nAll Life & Style\nGet Swimming\nGet Running\nThe Health Centre\nSummer of Family\nGeneration Emigration\nReturning to Ireland\nWomen's Podcast\nRoss O'Carroll-Kelly\nArchitect's folly becomes food for Body & Soul\n'Contemporary architecture has become so commercial, there is very little spirit left'\nSat, Jun 24, 2017, 05:00\nArminta Wallace\nFunicular folly is designed to be super-slim yet super-strong\nThis weekend, the Body & Soul festival at Ballinlough Castle, Co Westmeath, is offering its annual eclectic mix of musical and mystical experiences. The festival has always been as much about yurts and yoga as singer-songwriters and synths, but this year it also aims to get people talking \u2013 or maybe dancing? \u2013 about architecture.\nNestling among the trees, and the chilled live performances from Metronomy, Bonobo and Lambchop, is an unusual domed structure. Part tent, part beehive hut, part bread oven, this \"funicular folly\" was designed by architect Rae Moore and built with a little help from the giants of the Irish construction industry.\nThe folly-building developed into a collaboration of the most harmonious kind\nHow did it come about? \"I find that architecture, with a capital A, doesn't really feature in my life,\" Moore says. \"It's my job, but I don't feel it's a significant part of how my mates or my family would live. The idea with this is to make architecture relevant, to bring it into a cultural space. We can all get so locked into what a house should look like \u2013 what this should be, or what that should be. This is an opportunity to present something to people that they find totally unexpected.\"\nThe name \"funicular\" refers to the natural shape which any material will take under the force of gravity \u2013 think of a chain hanging between two posts, in a graceful curve. Work on the folly began with a curved timber frame. Thin layers of brick and cement were added to make a cohesive shell; finally, the frame was removed to reveal the slender freestanding canopy.\nFolly building brickwork detail\n\"When you look at many of the most innovative constructions humans have ever built, they are always trying to capture, express or elevate the human spirit,\" Moore says. \"Contemporary architecture has become so commercial, there is very little 'spirit' left. The funicular folly is an attempt to inject some spirit into contemporary architecture.\"\nDesign Moment: Tulip table, 1958\nNine chic French-inspired looks for your home\nBig ideas for a little cottage in D7 at \u20ac295k\nThis being an arts festival and funding being in short supply, she had a total budget of just \u20ac400. Happily, the folly-building developed into a collaboration of the most harmonious kind, with big companies giving materials and expertise for free. The engineering company Arup was on board from the beginning. Kingscourt Brick provided bricks made from Irish clay. Coillte donated the timber used to create the initial dome, Kilsaran supplied the cement and Gyproc Saint-Gobain the plaster.\nThe virtuoso bricklaying was done by Bennett Construction from Mullingar. \"They put their best team to work on the project,\" Moore says. \"Most of them would be in their 50s and 60s \u2013 really experienced guys \u2013 but none of them had ever done anything like this before. And they were driving from Newry down to Ballinlough every day.\"\nThree metres high at its highest point, the folly is designed to be super-slim yet super-strong. It will outlive the festival weekend and, hopefully, camp in the woods at Ballinlough for many years to come. bodyandsoul.ie\nCollection of design showstoppers\nWe all know that one special piece of furniture can transform a room. What we're often less sure about is which piece, where to put it and how to get hold of it in the first place. The showroom at Reside, the new domestic furniture section at Walls to Workstations in Baldonnell, Co Dublin, is where you can see an eye-popping collection of design showstoppers, including such Nordic classics as Eero Saarinen's Womb Chair (\u20ac5,252), Fritz Hansen's Lune sofa (\u20ac4,800) and the Arne Jacobsen-designed Egg Chair (\u20ac7,011).\nThe Arne Jacobsen-designed Egg Chair\nStacked shelving from Muuto, Gubi's Pedrera coffee table and various lamps from the Light Years company accessorise and complete the look. Reside's managing director, Michael Clarke, says, \"we've moved beyond the distinction between workplace and home, into a hybrid which has been called 'the third space'.\" To reach it with the help of Reside's experts, you need to make an appointment: residebyw2w.ie, or email hello@residebyw2w.ie\nDowndraft extractor hood\nWho could get excited about an extractor hood? Well, the people at the Swiss manufacturing company V-ZUG did: and designed an appliance that is less like a piece of functional kitchen equipment and more like a snazzy flat-screen telly, or the headlights on a James Bond-style sports car. When you need it, it materialises smoothly from your kitchen island or worktop; when you don't, it vanishes from sight.\nThe V-Zug downdraft extractor hood\nA high energy-efficiency rating and optimum aerodynamics just add to the appeal of its touch-control glass display and LED lighting, along with a \"clean air\" function which sees the fan motor run \u2013 quietly \u2013 for 10 minutes every hour in order to promote a healthy, aerated kitchen environment. And, extractor-hood cynics take note, it comes with the option of either a standard charcoal filter or a long-life version that lasts for three years. This wondrous machine goes by the suitably cryptic name DSTS (or plain old Downdraft Extractor Hood), and costs approximately \u20ac2,250. vzug.com\nCoillte\nBallinlough Castle\nBennett Construction\nVzug\nPicture perfect home: how to make your space look good in photos\nThe Goldilocks guide to the perfect room size\nHome Front: Make your own Adirondack chair\nBest in class: Nine brilliant ways to light up your garden\nDesign Moment: Cassette tape, 1962\nHome Front: Are these the finest wooden spoons you can get?\nDesign Moment: Nakashima bench, 1961\nFor a fresh take on the place we call home, and inspired ideas for living\nGoogle reveals plans to build 15,000 homes in San Francisco\nVictorian country house in Tipperary with 50 acres for sale for \u20ac1.9m\nInstitutional investors: villains or heroes of housing woes?\nBeacon developer Paddy Shovlin's former Foxrock home sells for \u20ac3.1m\nConor McGregor buys home of former taoiseach's son for over \u20ac2m\nWhat sold for around \u20ac484k in Ringsend, Drumcondra, Blackrock and Glasnevin\nBord Plean\u00e1la rejects 'fast-track' plans for 3,770 new homes\nWhat you can buy for \u20ac275,000 in Greece, Italy, France and Co Carlow\nTake5: A bungalow in Carlow town or a period house amid cognac vineyards\n2:30 \u20ac2.25 million for solicitor Gerald Kean's home in Wicklow\n3:49 Identical twins look back on 'wonderful' childhood in a Kilkenny castle\n1:22 Luxury rental apartments launched in Hanover Quay, Dublin\n2:48 \u20ac3 million for Ballsbridge home full of unusual architectural detail\n7:29 A personal tour through Michael Flatley's mansion\nMake a move to Dublin's secret sought-after streets\n'I left my job because it was boring and now I regret it'\n'The baby cries now and you don't even cry along with her. A truly magical milestone'\nNew phase of Millerstown family houses in Kilcock launching now\nHooke & MacDonald and Coonan New Homes launch the latest phase of McGarrell Reilly Group's large semi-detached and detached houses at Millerstown, Maynooth Road, Kilcock\nMost Read in Life & Style\n3 Make a move to Dublin's secret sought-after streets\n4 Beacon developer Paddy Shovlin's former Foxrock home sells for \u20ac3.1m\n5 Are some people still offended by public breastfeeding? KLM seem to think so\n6 Irish in London attend funeral of man with no mourners\n7 Agencies in Ireland ignored the experience I had gained in New Zealand\n8 Why is this Zara polka-dot dress such a hit? 'It's horrendous on me'\n9 Conor McGregor buys home of former taoiseach's son for over \u20ac2m\n10 Cycling matters: 'Young women feel judged to be on a bike'","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Just when you think it's safe to firm up your retirement plans, the Social Security benefit rules change. You may need to rethink your strategy and timing.\nBudget Deal Ends Two Social Security Spousal Benefit Strategies\nIn an article on the future of Social Security, we quoted baseball legend Yogi Berra as saying, \"It ain't over till it's over.\" That generally still holds, but a recently passed budget bill means that it ain't over for two popular spousal benefit strategies, but it's close.\nWith the enactment of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (H.R. 1314), the file and suspend and claim now, claim more later strategies are being closed. File and suspend will be banned starting on April 30, 2016. A ban on claim now, claim more later will apply to anyone who turns 62 in 2016 or later.\nFind more articles and resources to help you plan a retirement that meets your goals and dreams. Social Security Reading Room\nThe end of file and suspend\nThe file and suspend strategy allows a person to apply for his or her own retirement benefits at the full retirement age of 66, then immediately suspend the benefit without ever receiving a benefit check. Doing this makes it possible for his or her partner to begin receiving spousal benefits, while leaving his or her own retirement benefit unaffected and growing until as late as age 70.\nAct before April 30, 2016\nIf you are eligible for this strategy (over full retirement age of 66 and want your spouse to receive a spousal benefit while your own benefit grows to age 70), you must implement the strategy prior to April 30, 2016. For example, a couple age 66 and 64 previously would simply wait for the younger spouse to reach the full retirement age of 66 for the older spouse to initiate file and suspend; now the older spouse must act soon to secure the voluntary suspension.\nWhile a voluntary suspension of benefits will still be allowed after the April deadline, no spousal benefit will be paid based on a suspended benefit. Fortunately, the new legislation does not apply retroactively to those who have already initiated file and suspend; their payment amounts and schedules will remain unchanged.\nAging out of claim now, claim more later\nThe claim now, claim more later strategy allows an individual to restrict his or her own larger retirement benefit and take a lesser spousal benefit while waiting to claim a maximized benefit at age 70. It grows unaffected by any spousal benefits already received.\nUnder the new law, only those who reach age 62 or older in 2015 will be grandfathered in and be able to file a restricted application for spousal benefits at full retirement age.\nThe next six months mark an important transition period for those affected by these Social Security changes. The new restrictions are a good reason to take a close look at all Social Security claiming strategies; the window where all will remain available is closing. Couples and individuals may learn that what was once only their third or fourth best claiming strategy has now become the best and most accessible.\nContact your advisor to help analyze all of your retirement needs and associated risks.\nRegistered Investment Advisor or Broker-Dealer: Which is Right for You?\nUse the Retirement Planning Equation to Help Move Closer to Your Goals\nQualified Longevity Annuity Contracts Guarantee Retirement Income\nWhat Young Professionals Need to Know About Financial Planning","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Meeting Janette Hegner. Work in Denmark with Niels Bohr\nJohns Hopkins: social life\nJohn Wheeler Scientist\n11. Fireworks and explosions, age 10 756 03:11\n12. Setting off bottle rockets to celebrate discoveries 534 01:22\n13. Spanish-American war cannon 496 03:36\n14. Johns Hopkins University 610 03:00\n15. Johns Hopkins: engineering and physics 725 03:33\n16. Johns Hopkins: doctorate years, summer jobs and tutoring 586 03:44\n17. Optics, x-rays and radioactivity at Johns Hopkins 477 05:58\n18. Far infrared research and the Depression 435 02:16\n19. My favourite professors in English, French History and Mathematics 488 01:59\n20. Johns Hopkins: social life 486 02:05\nSomehow, there were student parties, graduate student dances, roughly once a month. I don't know how I got elected to be chairman of the committee, but I did whatever was needed to make it work. And one of the young ladies, I'd like to take was- I had a fascination with foreign languages, a new window on the world- one of the ladies was the daughter of the professor of French there, Lucienne Chinard. And Lucienne was able to tell me a lot about life in Paris. And then, there was another- I became even more attached to Signe- S I G N E Benzon- B E N Z O N, daughter of a Danish merchant. Unfortunately, I did not take advantage of knowing her to learn Danish, that came only later. But I recall, after we'd been at some swimming excursion on Chesapeake Bay, her telling me afterwards that my knees didn't appeal to her.\nJohn Wheeler, one of the world's most influential physicists, is best known for coining the term 'black holes', for his seminal contributions to the theories of quantum gravity and nuclear fission, as well as for his mind-stretching theories and writings on time, space and gravity.\nTitle: Johns Hopkins: social life\nListeners: Ken Ford\nKen Ford took his Ph.D. at Princeton in 1953 and worked with Wheeler on a number of research projects, including research for the Hydrogen bomb. He was Professor of Physics at the University of California and Director of the American Institute of Physicists. He collaborated with John Wheeler in the writing of Wheeler's autobiography, 'Geons, Black Holes and Quantum Foam: A Life in Physics' (1998).\nDuration: 2 minutes, 6 seconds\nDate story recorded: December 1996","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Hunt for voter fraud turns up few cases\nDec. 23, 2020 at 5:44 am Updated Dec. 23, 2020 at 10:52 am\nMichelle Ye Hee Lee\nJon Swaine\nIn Pittsburgh, the local police department this year received 10 complaints of possible fraudulent voting in the November election. Eight of those cases have already been closed without charges or findings of wrongdoing.\nWisconsin officials have charged one woman with voter fraud \u2014 a resident of suburban Milwaukee accused of attempting to cast a ballot in the name of her partner, who died in July.\nIn Michigan, two people have been charged with fraud, both accused of forging the names of their own daughters to obtain or cast a ballot.\nAfter an intense hunt by President Donald Trump's allies to surface voting irregularities in this year's election, law enforcement agencies in six key swing states targeted by the president have found just a modest number of complaints that have merited investigation, according to cases tracked by state officials.\nSo far, only a handful of cases have resulted in actual criminal charges alleging wrongdoing \u2014 some of them against Republican voters aiming to help Trump, according to officials, including a man charged Monday with trying to cast a ballot in Pennsylvania for the president in the name of his deceased mother.\nThe tiny number of incidents further undercut Trump's barrage of false allegations that there was widespread manipulation of the vote \u2014 claims that continue to be echoed by many Republican officials, including some who acknowledge President-elect Joe Biden's victory, but assert that fraud was prevalent.\nWhite House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows on Monday wrote in a tweet that there was \"mounting evidence of voter fraud\" and members of Congress were preparing to \"fight back\" against it.\nIn fact, such allegations have been rejected by dozens of judges across the country, a number of whom noted in their decisions that Trump and his allies failed to put forward evidence to support such claims.\nThe minimal number of criminal investigations that have so far come out of the November vote further reinforce the absence of sweeping vote fraud schemes.\nOfficials note that the full picture is not yet known \u2014 as is routine, many states conduct exhaustive audits in the months after an election, which sometimes identify cases of double voting or ballots cast by ineligible voters.\nStill, they said such cases in the past have been sporadic and in such small numbers that they have not come close to altering the results \u2014 and they see no indications that this year's election will be any different.\nThe potential cases of fraud under investigation this year do not support the wild claims by Trump and his allies, who have spun tales of shadowy conspiracies involving thousands of shifted votes, vulnerable voting machines and foreign interference, but failed to produce firsthand evidence or even to name the individuals they believe pulled off such audacious schemes.\nInstead, the alleged voter fraud cases, mostly spotted by astute local election officials, were identified as a result of the kinds of safeguards in place in states and counties across the nation specifically designed to catch problems.\nMost of those so far charged with illegally voting in the presidential race sought to cast one or two additional ballots and appear to have been driven less by a desire to actually swing the election than to cut corners on behalf of a friend or relative or, even, merely to test the system \u2014 an illegal act that had been encouraged before Election Day by Trump himself.\nIn Pennsylvania, where Biden won by more than 80,500 votes, three voters \u2014 all Republicans \u2014 have been charged with voting illegally this year.\nPolice have alleged that Ralph H. Thurman, 71, voted in Chester County on Election Day \u2014 then returned to his polling place wearing sunglasses and attempted to cast a second ballot in the name of his son. He faces four charges, including repeat voting, a felony.\nIn Wilkes-Barre, Robert R. Lynn, 67, has been charged with requesting an absentee ballot in the name of his mother, who died in 2015, and then attempting to vote in her name by forging her signature. He is charged with forgery and interference with an election, both felonies.\nJeff Oster, a lawyer for Thurman, said in an email that he was \"a war hero, philanthropist, family man, and one of the most kindhearted, honest people that anyone could know \u2014 a long-standing pillar of the community.\"\nOster said Thurman, who uses a hearing aid, \"merely misheard and\/or otherwise relied upon what the mask-wearing poll worker told him through a thick plexiglass barrier in a large, noisy gymnasium where voter check-in was taking place.\"\n\"I can firmly state that Mr. Thurman did not break the law on November 3, 2020,\" he added.\nA lawyer for Lynn did not respond to a request for comment.\nMcConnell: Trump 'provoked' Capitol siege, 'fed lies' to mob\nMan lived inside Chicago's O'Hare airport for 3 months before detection, prosecutors say\nBiden expected to cancel Keystone XL pipeline permit on first day\nPennsylvania Democratic Lt. Gov. John Fetterman said the two cases were \"out of a Benny Hill skit,\" referring to the slapstick comedian.\n\"It perfectly illustrates how rare and difficult it is to commit voter fraud,\" he said in an interview.\nFetterman cited the cases in response to a call-out on Twitter by his Texas counterpart, Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, who offered a $1 million reward for anyone who brought forward a valid complaint of fraud, part of an effort by GOP officials to put a spotlight on alleged irregularities.\nFetterman requested that his reward money be paid in gift cards to Sheetz gas stations. Patrick, he said, has so far \"stiffed\" him on the offer.\nSherry Sylvester, a spokeswoman for Patrick, said the offer was for tips that lead to an arrest and conviction. \"Fetterman should actually read Lt. Governor Patrick's offer before calling reporters,\" she said in a statement.\nA third case in Pennsylvania surfaced Monday, when the district attorney of Delaware County, outside Philadelphia, announced a 70-year-old man had been charged with requesting and casting a ballot in the name of his mother, who died in 2008. In a statement, District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer said the man has admitted voting in his mother's name \u2014 for Trump.\nOfficials in Pennsylvania's two largest cities, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh \u2014 where Trump's team alleged without evidence that widespread corruption tipped the state to Biden \u2014 said that no one has been charged with voter fraud in connection to this year's election.\nIn Allegheny County, home to Pittsburgh, Police Superintendent Coleman McDonough said in an email that of the 10 cases his office reviewed, one remains open and a second was referred to another county for further review.\nThe other eight, all now closed, included \"alleged 'suspicious' interactions between election workers that were found to be normal elections processes,\" misunderstandings of election law, and allegations based on Facebook posts which \"were found to be fake,\" he said.\nThe situation is similar in Nevada, another state where Trump and his backers claimed that the election results were distorted by a virtual kitchen sink of fraudulent behavior, including ballot-box stuffing, illegal out-of-state voting and double voting.\nBut officials in Clark County, the state's most populous, said a week after Election Day that they had referred just three cases to the secretary of state for investigation.\nIn one case, it appeared a woman had used her deceased father's absentee ballot instead of her own, Clark County spokesman Dan Kulin said. In another, a deceased woman's ballot was cast with a signature that matched hers, suggesting someone had forged it.\nAnd in a third, a woman named Jill Stokke claimed someone had stolen her vote by forging her signature on a mail ballot.\nRepublicans featured Jill Stokke as a star plaintiff in one of their unsuccessful lawsuits over ballot-counting in Clark County. But it turned out that Stokke had been offered a chance to vote with a new ballot if she signed a statement swearing that the mail-ballot signature was not hers. She refused to do so.\nA spokeswoman for Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske declined to comment on the three cases last week, as did a spokesman for Attorney General Aaron Ford, who also declined to comment on the existence of or status of ongoing investigations.\nThis month, Cegavske published a fact sheet that said although her office is \"pursuing action in a number of isolated cases,\" she has not been presented with evidence of widespread fraud.\nOne man in Nevada is scheduled to go on trial in February for allegedly voting twice \u2014 in the 2016 election.\nIn Michigan, a spokesman for the attorney general's office said there are fewer than a dozen ongoing investigations involving allegations of voter fraud or misinformation that are still being reviewed.\nTwo people have been charged in the state with voter fraud: a 57-year-old woman accused of forging the name of her daughter on an application to request a ballot and a 47-year old man charged with forging his daughter's signature on a ballot itself.\nElection officials said developing genuine fraud cases takes time and noted that states have established protocols to flag potential problems.\nIn Wisconsin, for instance, careful audits will be conducted early next year, comparing lists of everyone who voted to lists of felons who were ineligible to work and consulting lists maintained by a consortium of 30 states and the District to ensure no one voted in Wisconsin who also cast a ballot in another state.\nA similar audit following the 2018 general election found 14 possible instances of people who had improperly voted twice or who voted despite being ineligible to do so \u2014 out of a total of more than 2.65 million ballots cast.\n\"There's no reason to believe this year will be any different than the past,\" Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul said in an interview. \"We have a lot of safeguards in the system.\"\nSo far, Kaul said he was aware of only one voter fraud investigation in Wisconsin. In that case, court records show, a city clerk in the town of Cedarburg called the police after her staff tried to process an absentee ballot that had been cast in the name of a woman who had died in July.\nAccording to court records, Christine Daikawa, 48, the woman's partner, has been charged with election fraud and making a false statement to get a ballot, accused of casting the ballot on her deceased partner's behalf. She has pleaded not guilty.\nHer attorney, Michael F. Hart, declined to comment on Daikawa's case, but said based on his experience working election-related cases that such instances are rare.\n\"The idea that there's a whole swath of people on either side of the aisle who are trying to alter the outcome of an election by systematic fraud, is, in my experience, laughable and not accurate,\" he said.\nDespite claims from Trump allies that the increased use of mail-in balloting due to the coronavirus pandemic would lead to more fraud, a Washington Post analysis of data collected by the consortium, the nonprofit Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC), found that in 2016 and 2018, three states that conduct their elections entirely by mail had small numbers of potential fraud.\nThe analysis found that officials had identified just 372 possible cases of double voting or voting on behalf of deceased people out of about 14.6 million votes cast by mail in the 2016 and 2018 general elections in Colorado, Oregon and Washington, where all voters proactively receive ballots in the mail for every election.\nLocal officials have complained that they have fielded more false complaints of fraud that must be chased down as a result of the rhetoric from the president and his supporters. Trump's claims encouraged people to report routine procedures they simply did not understand as possible problems, contributing to an atmosphere of suspicion, they said.\nAn official in the office of Arizona's Republican attorney general said a state tip line was flooded with about 2,000 complaints in the days after the vote \u2014 but 1,100 were quickly found to be made by people expressing a general fear there might have been problems with votes cast using Sharpie pens, a rumor that spread online and has been debunked. The official said the state continues to review several hundred complaints related to the election.\n\"A lot of people don't understand the process. They're looking at things that are perfectly normal,\" Gabriel Sterling, Georgia's voting system implementation manager, said in an interview.\nState officials in Georgia had initially said they were probing 250 complaints of possible voting problems, but have since revised that figure downward, since it included issues related to the primary. Sterling said that as of mid-December, the secretary of state's 23 investigators were examining around 150 complaints related to the November vote in a state where Biden beat Trump by nearly 12,000 votes.\nThe claims under investigation span a wide range of issues, Sterling said, including allegations of illegal campaigning outside the polling place, miscellaneous issues with the printing of ballots, alleged voter registration fraud, identity theft, compliance issues with American Disability Act requirements, complaints about poll watchers, alleged theft of absentee ballots, issues with poll pads and allegations of vote buying.\nThere was no evidence of widespread illegal activity, he said.\n\"We can tell by the nature and volume of what we're looking at that there is not a systemic, widespread, conspiratorial thing that will flip 12,000 ballots potentially right now,\" Sterling said, referring to Biden's margin in victory in Georgia. \"All the procedures were followed.\"\n\"Overall,\" he said, \"the guardrails that are there stop a lot of this stuff.\"\nThe Washington Post's Emma Brown and David A. Fahrenthold contributed to this report.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"An 18MW solar farm has been given the go-ahead at Orchard Farm in Iwade, Kent.\nMaxim was appointed by GH Dean & Co Ltd, the company behind the project, to assist with taking it through the planning system in Swale. The company has been farming locally for almost 100 years and chose to install the solar farm as part of diversification plans.\nOliver Doubleday, managing director at GH Dean, said: \"Explaining the project to local residents and politicians was crucial, since vociferous opposition to such schemes can at best delay them, or indeed derail them.\n\"Maxim's in-depth understanding of the issues and the personalities involved resulted in a comprehensive proactive programme of work that was exemplary.\"\nThe project will provide enough clean, renewable energy to meet the needs of some 5,000 homes, offsetting the release of more than 6,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide a year. The power produced will be fed into the local electricity distribution network.\nPhilip Jones, director at Kent PR and public affairs agency Maxim, said: \"Orchard Farm was a very enjoyable project to work on and getting a positive result was the icing on the cake for us.\n\"Public affairs and community engagement is very effective when carried out in the right manner. We have been working on energy projects \u2013 including on and offshore wind farms, power stations and waste to energy plants \u2013 for many years but this was our first solar success.\"\nBroad scope of work\nMaxim's work on the Orchard Farm project included: stakeholder mapping; setting up a project website and phone line; drafting and designing a leaflet and follow up newsletter for local residents; identifying a venue for and organising a public exhibition; producing exhibition boards; drafting letters to key stakeholders; and media relations.\nOliver Doubleday added: \"Throughout the project there was a very good level of engagement with the public, the exhibition was informative and any queries raised were addressed accurately and promptly. This important part of the team's efforts helped to ensure a speedy positive outcome and I am pleased to praise Maxim's thorough work.\"\nThe Orchard Farm public exhibition","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"5 On Your Side 9:00 a.m.\nWith 800 boys on a waiting list, Big Brothers Big Sisters needs you to volunteer\nBig Brothers Big Sisters East Missouri is now calling on 90 men to volunteer over the next 90 days to help put a dent in that waiting list.\nAuthor: Chris Davis\nPublished: 10:25 PM CDT October 1, 2018\nUpdated: 10:35 AM CDT October 2, 2018\nST. LOUIS \u2014 By the end of this month, more than 150 young boys will try to sign up for Big Brothers Big Sisters - and most of them won't even make it on the waiting list.\nThat's because there are already 800 young boys still waiting to get matched up.\n\"I always heard about Big Brothers Big Sisters but I never really thought I had time or was cut out to be a good big,\" said Ben Boyd, a volunteer big brother.\nBoyd said he finally took the plunge when he ran out of excuses.\n\"I decided what am I waiting for? I need to just sign up and see what happens,\" he said.\nThat was six years ago. He now considers his little brother, Jarvis, part of his family.\n\"It's so rewarding to see him grow, see him achieve his goals and be able to try different experiences. I bring him to restaurants and he just loves eating different kinds of food,\" Boyd said.\nBen said the four hours you're required to spend together a month isn't hard at all. He said the time you spend doesn't have to be a big, expensive outing.\n\"He was just so excited to play catch in the backyard or ride bikes,\" he added.\nBecky Hatter, the President and CEO of BBBS East Missouri, said they can also help you by providing tickets to Blues and Cardinals games, along with suggested activities.\nShe said a massive wave of volunteers will help them tremendously.\n\"We get between 100 to 150 requests from parents to put their boys on the list, so if we could speed this up. We're never going to eliminate the waiting list but if we could eliminate the time they're waiting,\" said Hatter.\nYou can go to BBBSEMO.org to sign up and they'll take it from there.\n\"We interview them, we interview the family, we go to the home of the little. We know a lot about the bigs and the littles and our job is to make the best match,\" said Hatter.\nBen said he's gotten out just as much as he's put in.\n\"I've actually found myself being more active and going to events I wouldn't normally go to instead of just sitting around on the couch,\" Boyd said.\nIf he has any regrets, it's that he didn't take the plunge sooner.\n\"Go for it! It definitely doesn't take up as much time as you think. It's so rewarding to be able to impact a child's life and it's so much fun to hang out with him,\" he said.\nAnother common misconception - that these are all troubled kids.\nThat's simply not the case. Becky said most of their young boys are in excellent homes, they just need another role model in their life.\nYou can apply here.\nAfter 5 On Your Side's report ran Monday night, 13 people--including reporter Chris Davis--applied to be a \"Big.\"\nJust heard from our friends at @BBBSEMO that they received 13 new big brother\/sister applications last night after our story aired. I was one of those 13. Keep them coming! @ksdknews #90menin90days https:\/\/t.co\/VUory3nodN\n\u2014 Chris Davis (@ChrisDavisMMJ) October 2, 2018","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Business Aligning with Gen Z to Support March for Our Lives\nAfter sparking a national anti-gun violence movement, the Stoneman Douglas student group #NeverAgain is preparing to once again push for stricter gun laws with a nationwide march, led by the newest generation of activist consumers: Gen Z. This Saturday, over 1 million people are expected to descend on Washington, D.C. for the March for Our Lives, advocating for changes to gun regulations and school safety, with \"sibling marches\" expected to take place across the country and world. As students, parents, teachers and allies prepare for the demonstration this weekend, several businesses have taken a stance to show their support:\nFinancial support: Gucci was among the first brands to partner with Everytown for Gun Safety to donate $500,000 to the March for Our Lives rally. The dating app Bumble has also donated to the march. Whitney Wolfe Herd, CEO of Bumble, told The New York Times, \"This is not super black and white. It's a very tricky battle we've chosen to take on, but I'd rather pursue this than just ignore it.\"\nFueling demonstrators: Restaurant groups, ThinkFoodGroup and Eatwell, will be giving away free bagged lunches to students under 18 years old who are marching in Washington, D.C. Additionally, D.C.-based &Pizza, Shake Shack, sweetgreen, Sugar Shack Donuts and Cava will all offer 50 percent discounts to students marching.\nEncouraging participation: Lyft announced it would provide free rides to and from 50 rallies nationwide for those who RSVP. The ridesharing app will send a promo code on Friday, March 23 to access the discounted rides. This week, retailer American Eagle sent an email stating, \"Young people are coming together. They are changing the conversation. And that is something we can all find inspiration in.\" The email also included an option to learn more about the march and RSVP to the event.\nSpreading awareness: In addition to a $500,000 donation, a group of Viacom networks will be airing special segments on gun violence prior to the march, and will also offer live coverage of the event. BET will partner with nonprofit DISARM to award grants to youth activists, and CMT will collaborate with the music industry to increase efforts in support of gun safety.\nGen Z is a highly engaged, socially conscious group looking to make an impact. Gun control is an issue that is near and dear to this generation and while they have spurred a movement, they are looking to companies to help move the needle forward on this hot-button issue. In fact, over two-thirds (68%) of Gen Z expects companies to step up and take a stand on gun control. Brands looking to put a stake in the ground can build on the momentum of #ENOUGH and March for Our Lives, partnering with key organizations that align with Gen Z's expectations while also reflecting the brands' values.\nNewer PostSpotify Celebrates Black History Month Every Month\nOlder PostCelebrating World Water Day: How Companies Are Addressing Water Challenges in the 21st Century","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Malaysia tour saga rumbles on\nTHE ongoing saga of Manchester United's proposed tour of Asia continued today with Malaysia's Tourism Minister insisting the clash with a Malaysian Select side on July 27 has not been cancelled. The Asian Football Confederation have put pressure on Tourism Malaysia to reschedule the Premiership champions' tour to ensure it does not clash with the Asian Cup, which takes place from July 7-29.\nTHE ongoing saga of Manchester United's proposed tour of Asia continued today with Malaysia's Tourism Minister insisting the clash with a Malaysian Select side on July 27 has not been cancelled.\nThe Asian Football Confederation have put pressure on Tourism Malaysia to reschedule the Premiership champions' tour to ensure it does not clash with the Asian Cup, which takes place from July 7-29.\nAnd on Friday, United chief executive David Gill sent a letter to the Malaysian tourism authority expressing his disappointment that their game in Kuala Lumpur would no longer go ahead.\nBut Tourism Minister Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor has refuted claims they have cancelled the tour, instead insisting United remain welcome in Malaysia.\n\"The truth is we never did,\" he told Malaysia news agency Bernama. \"How could we not allow them to come here?\n\"It is their summer holiday programme and one of the countries they will stop at is Malaysia because Tourism Malaysia and AirAsia are among the sponsors of the Manchester United games this season.\n\"I was shocked (by the news that United may have to cancel their trip). The AFC's view is too narrow. He (AFC president Mohammed Hammam) said Manchester United should not come to Malaysia since the Asian Cup would be on.\n\"Manchester United's presence in Malaysia is not a problem, so the AFC should let the fans meet their favourite players as this is one way to develop Malaysian football.\"\nAdnan plans to meet with the Football Association of Malaysia and other parties on the matter and insists a change of venue to another city in Malaysia would not be a problem if it would help the tour to go ahead.\nHe continued: \"Manchester United can come and if necessary, we can ask them to play in another place like Penang, Langkawi, Sabah or Johor Baharu instead of Kuala Lumpur.\"","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"I love lists...\nDarlyn over at Your Move, Dickens found a list of the 100 best novels of the 20th century, as selected by Radcliffe College publishing students for a publishing course list. I'm a sucker for lists so I decided to see how I stacked up against the list they've put together. Bolded are the books I've read\n1. \"The Great Gatsby,\" F. Scott Fitzgerald\n2. \"The Catcher in the Rye,\" J.D. Salinger\n3. \"The Grapes of Wrath,\" John Steinbeck\n4. \"To Kill a Mockingbird,\" Harper Lee\n5. \"The Color Purple,\" Alice Walker\n6. \"Ulysses,\" James Joyce\n7. \"Beloved,\" Toni Morrison\n8. \"The Lord of the Flies,\" William Golding\n9. \"1984,\" George Orwell\n10. \"The Sound and the Fury,\" William Faulkner\n11. \"Lolita,\" Vladmir Nabokov\n12. \"Of Mice and Men,\" John Steinbeck\n13. \"Charlotte's Web,\" E.B. White\n14. \"A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man,\" James Joyce\n15. \"Catch-22,\" Joseph Heller\n16. \"Brave New World,\" Aldous Huxley\n17. \"Animal Farm,\" George Orwell\n18. \"The Sun Also Rises,\" Ernest Hemingway\n19. \"As I Lay Dying,\" William Faulkner\n20. \"A Farewell to Arms,\" Ernest Hemingway\n21. \"Heart of Darkness,\" Joseph Conrad\n22. \"Winnie-the-Pooh,\" A.A. Milne\n23. \"Their Eyes Were Watching God,\" Zora Neale Hurston\n24. \"Invisible Man,\" Ralph Ellison\n25. \"Song of Solomon,\" Toni Morrison\n26. \"Gone with the Wind,\" Margaret Mitchell\n27. \"Native Son,\" Richard Wright\n28. \"One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest,\" Ken Kesey\n29. \"Slaughterhouse Five,\" Kurt Vonnegut\n30. \"For Whom the Bell Tolls,\" Ernest Hemingway\n31. \"On the Road,\" Jack Kerouac\n32. \"The Old Man and the Sea,\" Ernest Hemingway\n33. \"The Call of the Wild,\" Jack London\n34. \"To the Lighthouse,\" Virginia Woolf\n35. \"Portrait of a Lady,\" Henry James\n36. \"Go Tell it on the Mountain,\" James Baldwin\n37. \"The World According to Garp,\" John Irving\n38. \"All the King's Men,\" Robert Penn Warren\n39. \"A Room with a View,\" E.M. Forster\n40. \"The Lord of the Rings,\" J.R.R. Tolkien\n41. \"Schindler's List,\" Thomas Keneally\n42. \"The Age of Innocence,\" Edith Wharton\n43. \"The Fountainhead,\" Ayn Rand\n44. \"Finnegans Wake,\" James Joyce\n45. \"The Jungle,\" Upton Sinclair\n46. \"Mrs. Dalloway,\" Virginia Woolf\n47. \"The Wonderful Wizard of Oz,\" Frank L. Baum\n48. \"Lady Chatterley's Lover,\" D.H. Lawrence\n49. \"A Clockwork Orange,\" Anthony Burgess\n50. \"The Awakening,\" Kate Chopin\n51. \"My Antonia,\" Willa Cather\n52. \"Howard's End,\" E.M. Forster\n53. \"In Cold Blood,\" Truman Capote\n54. \"Franny and Zooey,\" J.D. Salinger\n55. \"Satanic Verses,\" Salman Rushdie\n56. \"Jazz,\" Toni Morrison\n57. \"Sophie's Choice,\" William Styron\n58. \"Absalom, Absalom!\" William Faulkner\n59. \"Passage to India,\" E.M. Forster\n60. \"Ethan Frome,\" Edith Wharton\n61. \"A Good Man is Hard to Find,\" Flannery O'Connor\n62. \"Tender is the Night,\" F. Scott Fitzgerald\n63. \"Orlando,\" Virginia Woolf\n64. \"Sons and Lovers,\" D.H. Lawrence\n65. \"Bonfire of the Vanities,\" Thomas Wolfe\n66. \"Cat's Cradle,\" Kurt Vonnegut\n67. \"A Separate Peace,\" John Knowles\n68. \"Light in August,\" William Faulkner\n69. \"The Wings of the Dove,\" Henry James\n70. \"Things Fall Apart,\" Chinua Achebe\n71. \"Rebecca,\" Daphne du Maurier\n72. \"A Hithchiker's Guide to the Galaxy,\" Douglas Adams\n73. \"Naked Lunch,\" William S. Burroughs\n74. \"Brideshead Revisited,\" Evelyn Waugh\n75. \"Women in Love,\" D.H. Lawrence\n76. \"Look Homeward, Angel,\" Thomas Wolfe\n77. \"In Our Time,\" Ernest Hemingway\n78. \"The Autobiography of Alice B. Tokias,\" Gertrude Stein\n79. \"The Maltese Falcon,\" Dashiell Hammett\n80. \"The Naked and the Dead,\" Norman Mailer\n81. \"The Wide Sargasso Sea,\" Jean Rhys\n82. \"White Noise,\" Don DeLillo\n83. \"O Pioneers!\" Willa Cather\n84. \"Tropic of Cancer,\" Henry Miller\n85. \"The War of the Worlds,\" HG Wells\n86. \"Lord Jim,\" Joseph Conrad\n87. \"The Bostonians,\" James Henry\n88. \"An American Tragedy,\" Theodore Dreiser\n89. \"Death Comes for the Archbishop,\" Willa Cather\n90. \"The Wind in the Willows,\" Kenneth Grahame\n91. \"This Side of Paradise,\" F. Scott Fitzgerald\n92. \"Atlas Shrugged,\" Ayn Rand\n93. \"The French Lieutenant's Woman,\" John Fowles\n94. \"Babbitt,\" Sinclair Lewis\n95. \"Kim,\" Rudyard Kipling\n96. \"The Beautiful and the Damned,\" F. Scott Fitzgerald\n97. \"Rabbit, Run,\" John Updike\n98. \"Where Angels Fear to Tread,\" EM Forster\n99. \"Main Street,\" Sinclair Lewis\n100. \"Midnight's Children,\" Salman Rushdie\nI've got 23 read. I was doing pretty well in the beginning, and then as I went down the list I had read fewer and fewer and nothing at all after Hitchhiker. I wonder how the order was decided. The students had to select 100 books out of a list of 400 for the list, and then a group of instructors put those lists together, so perhaps the books at the top were the ones that showed up the most times on each list. In that case, it makes sense that I'd read more of the ones at the top of the list. Those are the, in general, most popular books. I have no idea if that's actually how the order was decided but makes sense to me.\nSo how's your list look?\nLabels: I love lists\nI love lists|\nDoes a book's status affect your opinion?\nApart We Are Together\nAuthors who deserve more recognition\nA Sunday Word Cloud...on Monday\nDo you give up on books?\nTop Bookish Pet Peeves\nYou shouldn't just kill a guy without asking. 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{"text":"Five-College Faculty\nMatthews Lecture\nFive College Consortium\nSection Menux\nEmail at UMass\nHFA Advising Center\nUMass Amherst IT\nSophie Horowitz\nshorowitz@umass.edu\nE325 South College\nSophie Horowitz received her BA in Philosophy and Studio Art from Swarthmore College in 2008, and her PhD from MIT in 2014. She joined the Philosophy Department at UMass in 2016. Before that, she was an Assistant Professor at Rice University for two years.\nHorowitz works mainly in epistemology. She is currently interested in the relationship between rationality and truth, and in formal questions about how to think about accuracy and partial belief.\nAccuracy and Educated Guesses. Forthcoming in Oxford Studies in Epistemology. [draft] [abstract]*Winner of the 2015 Marc Sanders Prize in Epistemology.\nEpistemic Utility and the \"Jamesian Goals\". In preparation for Jeffrey Dunn and Kristoffer Ahlstrom-Vij, eds., Epistemic Consequentialism, OUP. [draft] [abstract]\nUniqueness: A New Argument (with Sinan Dogramaci). In preparation for Philosophical Issues 26: Knowledge and Mind.\nRespecting All the Evidence (with Paulina Sliwa). Philosophical Studies 172 (11):2835-2858.\nExpecting the Unexpected (with Tom Dougherty and Paulina Sliwa), Res Philosophica 92 (2):301-321, special issue on transformative experience.\nEpistemic Akrasia [2014]. No\u00fbs 48 (4):718-744.\nImmoderately Rational [2013]. Philosophical Studies 167(1):1-16\nM 2:00pm - 3:00pm\nAcademic Opportunities & Events\nGiveContactCalendarNewsHome","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"James Watson (1766?-1838)\nThis article was written by Gerald le Grys Norgate and was published in 1899\nJames Watson, Spencean agitator, born about 1766, was probably a Scotsman, and may have been the person of that name who in 1787 published at Edinburgh a Dissertatio Inauguralis Medica de Amenorrhea. He afterwards came to London, and was officially described in 1817 as 'surgeon, late of Bloomsbury,' where he lived in Hyde Street with his son, who bore the same name and is similarly described. He may, however, have been only a chemist and apothecary, as he is called in his obituary notice; and in any case he could have had little practice, as he was in very poor circumstances.\n\"Dr.\" Watson and his son James early connected themselves with the 'Societies of Spencean Philanthropists' founded in 1814 by Thomas Evans, a traces-maker, to carry on the designs of Thomas Spence. They held that private ownership of land was unchristian, and advocated 'parochial partnership.' They met weekly at one or other of four London taverns, the chief of which was the Cock in Grafton Street, Soho. In spite of the alarmist reports of the secret committees of the two houses of parliament in 1817, the Spenceans were very harmless as a body, and not only never had provincial branches, but, as Evans told Francis Place, at no time numbered more than fifty persons.\nThe peace of 1815 was followed by great distress and discontent among the labouring population, and of this some of the Spenceans, including the Watsons (father and son) and Arthur Thistlewood, constituted themselves exponents. They were joined by a man named Castle, a figure or doll maker, and a committee was formed consisting of themselves and two others, operatives named Preston and Hooper. They met in Greystoke Place, near Fetter Lane. Castle, it seems highly probable, acted throughout as an agent provocateur for the government. According to his story, he struck up an acquaintance with the others at a Spencean meeting in the autumn of 1816, and went about with Watson preparing a revolution which was to follow public meetings in Spa Fields. Thistlewood was to be the head, and the other five, generals under him, Watson the elder being second in command. Attempts were made to rouse the discontented workmen, and especially the 'navigators' in Paddington, and some efforts were made to seduce the soldiers. Watson himself prepared combustibles for blowing up the cavalry barracks in Portman Square. Two hundred and fifty pikes were made. The streets were to be barricaded and the Tower and the Bank seized.\nOn 15 November 1816 a meeting of distressed operatives was held in Spa Fields, Islington, at which all the conspirators were present. Henry Hunt addressed them. A petition was prepared which he was to present to the prince regent, and a further meeting was to be called to receive the answer to it. It was proposed that this should take place after the assembling of parliament in the following February; but young Watson opposed this, and it was agreed that the second meeting should be held on 2 December.\nPlacards were printed and posted in London summoning workmen to attend, and declaring that there were 'four million in distress.' Hunt's petition was not received, and he himself contrived to be late for the meeting on 2 December. The elder Watson opened the meeting on that day. He spoke from a waggon, and concluded, 'Ever since the Norman conquest kings and lords have been deluding you \u2026 but this must last no longer.' His son succeeded in a much more violent strain, with allusions to African slaves and Wat Tyler and a personal attack upon the regent. Finally exclaiming: 'If they will not give us what we want, shall we not take it?' he seized a tricolour and called on the people to follow him. The mob then went through Clerkenwell and Smithfield to Snow Hill. A gunsmith's shop in Skinner Street was plundered, and young Watson wounded with a pistol a customer who was in it named Platt. He was arrested, but escaped after having lain concealed for some months in a house in Bayham Street belonging to his father's friend, Henry Holl, an actor.\nMeanwhile the mob was met at the Royal Exchange by the lord mayor and a few police, who succeeded in taking their flag from them. Part of them then went through the Minories, where they rifled another gunsmith's shop, towards the Tower. Thistlewood and the elder Watson called to the soldiers on guard to surrender. Soon afterwards, when a few soldiers showed themselves, the people were easily dispersed. The same evening Watson and Thistlewood were arrested at Highgate on suspicion of being footpads. They were armed, and made some resistance. Next day they were committed to the Tower, with Preston and Hooper. A plan of the Tower and of the contemplated operations was found at Watson's new lodgings at Dean Street, Fetter Lane, as well as a list of a 'committee of public safety,' which contained the names of Sir Francis Burdett, Lord Cochrane, Major Cartwright, Hunt, and other radicals.\nOn 29 April 1817 a true bill was found by the grand jury of Middlesex against the prisoners, who were charged with high treason. On 17 May they were arraigned and assigned counsel. The younger Watson was included in the indictment, and a reward of \u00a3500 was offered for his apprehension. The trial began on 9 June before the court of king's bench, presided over by Lord Ellenborough.\nWatson was tried first. The proceedings against him lasted a whole week. For the crown the chief law officers, Sir Samuel Shepherd and Sir Robert Gifford (afterwards first Baron Gifford), appeared; (Sir) Charles Wetherell and Serjeant John Singleton Copley (afterwards Lord Lyndhurst) defended Watson. Castle the informer was easily discredited. Orator Hunt, the chief witness for the defence, testified to the comparative moderation of the elder Watson, who briefly disclaimed having had any intention whatever against 'the form of government established by king, lords, and commons.' In spite of an able reply by the solicitor-general, and the summing up of Ellenborough in favour of the prosecution, the jury brought in a verdict of 'not guilty.' The prosecution of the remaining prisoners was then dropped.\nLegal authorities held that had Watson and his associates been indicted merely for riot, they must have been convicted; but the government, it was thought, desired something on which they could ground the repressive measures which they soon afterwards passed. In Place's opinion, which appears to be borne out by other considerations, the mob were 'a contemptible set of fools and miscreants, whom twenty constables could have dispersed.' Watson was 'a half-crazy creature,' and his son 'a wild, profligate fellow as crazy as his father.' The elder was, he adds, a man of loose habits and wretchedly poor. He continued his life as an agitator. He was not personally implicated in the Cato Street conspiracy, though his son was. Some time afterwards, however, he went to America, where he died in poor circumstances at New York on 12 February 1838.\nSamuel Bamford, who met him soon after the trial, describes Watson as having somewhat of a polish in his gait and manner, and a certain respectability and neatness in his dress. Watson and his friend Preston were in Bamford's opinion two of the most influential leaders of the London operative reformers of the day, though the first had a better heart than head. The younger Watson died two years before his father.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}