{"text":"3 Black Friday Tips for Saving Even More Money\n\"If you catch yourself drooling while making your Black Friday shopping list, don't be surprised,\" says Dr. Kit Yarrow, an author and consumer psychologist who also just happens to be a retail expert.\nA retail expert? Yes, that's right! Yarrow has researched shopping trends and focuses on the psychology behind Black Friday and Cyber Monday. She uncovers consumer behavior trends about what drives the shopping public to huddle together in long Black Friday lines outside of Walmart and Best Buy, in the cold, year after year.\nYarrow's research is important because it can help maximize your efforts during the upcoming retail extravaganza, and it can help you get the best deals without going crazy and spending more money than you probably should.\nWhen it comes to saving money, gulping down bottles of spring water is likely not the first thing that comes to mind. But according to Yarrow, \"We can misinterpret hunger or thirst, for cravings for something we want to buy - we actually salivate when we see things we want to purchase,\" she says.\nTo avoid buying too many needless items and spending too much money, keep water handy while shopping, and don't forget to eat a protein bar or other handy healthy snack while waiting for the stores to open.\nThink First\nWhen we are overwhelmed by too many choices and decisions, we are more prone to act carelessly, and ultimately, spend more money. In situations like Black Friday and Cyber Monday, there's immense pressure to score the best deals before they're gone, sending the concept of saving money right into the garbage can like a crumpled ball of used wrapping paper.\n\"Decision overload can offend your wallet,\" Yarrow says. \"The more decisions we make, the less attention we pay to evaluating the consequences of those decisions.\" For many shoppers, having a predetermined list of what to purchase before shopping begins can help minimize the possibility of overspending.\nStay Relaxed\nYarrow also warns that the anxiety and excitement surrounding Black Friday and Cyber Monday can mentally cloud objective thinking. \"The autonomic nervous system's arousal that accompanies a competitive shopping situation, such as Black Friday, can block logical purchase rationale and make us more prone to impulse buying,\" she says.\nAlso, be sure to allow yourself plenty of time to arrive for your shopping experience, as Yarrow explains, \"If our heart is racing because we came close to missing our train, we can feel more attracted to the guy standing next to us than he deserves. Same goes for products.\" When shopping this year, try your best to keep a relaxed body and a calm mind, no matter how deep the discounts are.\nBlack Friday and Cyber Monday are coming soon. But hopefully now, with the doctor's orders in hand, you can navigate these major shopping days effectively, with less stress and more money left in your wallet.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Home Civil Rights Greensboro 1.14.191-01\nReport on the 1967 UNCG black power forum\n1.14.191-01\nSave page Remove page Previous 1 of 6 Next\nTHE BLACK POWER FORUM\nAT THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO\nNovember 1-3,   1967\nDuring the first three days of November,   1967,   a \"Black Power\nForum\" was held on the Campus of the University of North Carolina\nat Greensboro,   sponsored and planned by the Student Government\nAssociation.     The forum's purpose,   as described beforehand by Student\nGovernment President Jane Ann Ward,   was \"to inform students and\nfaculty members of this movement and its actions and to give us a\nchance to discuss Black Power,   its history,   \/ its\/   political and social\nimplications for us and the nation. \"    The intent,   said Miss Ward,   was\nneither to advocate nor condemn Black Power but rather to promote in\nthe University community an awareness of the movement and a fuller\nand more realistic understanding of it than had prevailed before.    The\nmeetings were open to the public.\nStudent Government leaders informed the Chancellor in early\nSeptember of their interest in such a forum.    It was in mid-October\nthat the plans for the program were completed and outside speakers\nidentified.    Interest in the subject was in part an outgrowth of attendance\nby student officials at the annual Congress of the United States National\nStudent Association,   held this year at College Park,   Maryland,   in August.\nThree of the persons invited to participate on panels here came from the\ncentral office of the National Student Association or were very active\nin its affairs.\nTitle Report on the 1967 UNCG black power forum\nDate 1967-11\nDate approximate? yes\nCreator unknown\nSubject headings Black power\nTopics UNCG Black Power Forum, 1967\nPlace Greensboro (N.C.)\nDescription This is an uncredited six-page report (possibly written by Chancellor James Sharbrough Ferguson) on the controversial Black Power Forum held on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG) November 1-3, 1967. The report discusses the organization of the forum and the involvement of the university administration and the UNCG Student Government Association. It lists speakers and notes attendance figures, including an estimate that only 600 of the 2,000 attendees were affiliated with UNCG. The writer also discusses his concerns about the forum and about the Black Power movement in general, but defends the decision to hold the forum as an educational exercise. on the top of the first page is a handwritten note reading \"Original copy filed with Board of Trustees\".\nOriginal format reports\nOriginal dimensions 8.5\" x 11\"\nSource collection UA2.8 Chancellor James Sharbrough Ferguson Records\nFinding aid link https:\/\/libapps.uncg.edu\/archon\/index.php?p=collections\/controlcard&id=442\nObject ID UA002.008.0191\nSponsor LSTA grant administered by the North Carolina State Library -- http:\/\/statelibrary.ncdcr.gov\/ld\/grants\/lsta.html\nTitle 1.14.191-01\nFull text THE BLACK POWER FORUM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO November 1-3, 1967 During the first three days of November, 1967, a \"Black Power Forum\" was held on the Campus of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, sponsored and planned by the Student Government Association. The forum's purpose, as described beforehand by Student Government President Jane Ann Ward, was \"to inform students and faculty members of this movement and its actions and to give us a chance to discuss Black Power, its history, \/ its\/ political and social implications for us and the nation. \" The intent, said Miss Ward, was neither to advocate nor condemn Black Power but rather to promote in the University community an awareness of the movement and a fuller and more realistic understanding of it than had prevailed before. The meetings were open to the public. Student Government leaders informed the Chancellor in early September of their interest in such a forum. It was in mid-October that the plans for the program were completed and outside speakers identified. Interest in the subject was in part an outgrowth of attendance by student officials at the annual Congress of the United States National Student Association, held this year at College Park, Maryland, in August. Three of the persons invited to participate on panels here came from the central office of the National Student Association or were very active in its affairs.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Musical Montage: Pitbull \"Back in Time\"\nAfter two songs from Will Smith, Men in Black 3 turned the reigns over to Mr. Worldwide himself, Pitbull, for the song \"Back in Time\", which was less a MIB song and more a typical Pitbull song with some random MIB references thrown in.\nZach on September 2, 2019\nEverything Actioncast Ep 153 \"From the Minds Behind Insidious\"\nThis week the trio of Zach, Chris and Joe talk about the slew of horror movies coming out this summer, the debate over what Evil Dead 2 actually is, great Lucasarts games (RIP), Neil Degrasse Tyson, Kristen Schaal and much more.\nZach on April 4, 2013\nThe 7th Annual Kick Ass Awards\nIt's time once again for us to give out awards you actually care about to movies you've actually seen in the 7th Annual Kick Ass Awards.\nZach on February 19, 2013\nNew Release Round Up 11\/27\nNot a lot coming out this week besides Paranorman and Men in Black 3.\nZach on November 28, 2012\nBattle at the Box Office 6\/11\nThe return of the Madagascar gang brought in slightly more money than the return of Ridley Scott to sci-fi over the weekend.\nZach on June 11, 2012\nBattle at the Box Office 6\/4\nSnow White and the Huntsman took advantage of being the only new wide release and easily took the top spot away from MIB3 over the weekend.\nZach on June 4, 2012\nEverything Actioncast Ep. 112 \"Contraband Crow\"\nThis week on the Everything Actioncast, Zach, Chris and Joe talk about the 3D extravaganza that is The Great Gatsby, the dangers of Cyberbullying , the greatness of The Grey, time travel fun with Men in Black 3, movies that have never been on DVD, debate the merits of Contraband and much more.\nZach on May 31, 2012\nReview: Men in Black 3\nThe MIB return after 10 years as Agent J time travels back to 1969 to prevent K from being killed by a vicious alien hitman and to stop an alien invasion in the present.\nThe Avengers were finally defeated by the return of another world saving team, the Men in Black, over the holiday weekend.\nMen in Black 3 Trailer #2\nThe first full trailer for Men in Black 3 debuted and shows up much more of the 60's of the Men in Black universe and Josh Brolin's uncanny Tommy Lee Jones impression.\nZach on March 5, 2012","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Miscarrying at Work: The Physical Toll of Pregnancy and Gender Discrimination\nFrom today's New York Times:\nIf you are a Verizon customer on the East Coast, odds are good that your cellphone or tablet arrived by way of a beige, windowless warehouse near Tennessee's border with Mississippi.\nInside, hundreds of workers, many of them women, lift and drag boxes weighing up to 45 pounds, filled with iPhones and other gadgets. There is no air-conditioning on the floor of the warehouse, which is owned and operated by a contractor. Temperatures there can rise past 100 degrees. Workers often faint, according to interviews with 20 current and former employees.\nOne evening in January 2014, after eight hours of lifting, Erica Hayes ran to the bathroom. Blood drenched her jeans.\nShe was 23 and in the second trimester of her first pregnancy. She had spent much of the week hoisting the warehouse's largest boxes from one conveyor belt to the next. Ever since she learned she was pregnant, she had been begging her supervisor to let her work with lighter boxes, she said in an interview. She said her boss repeatedly said no.\nShe fainted on her way out of the bathroom that day. The baby growing inside of her, the one she had secretly hoped was a girl, was gone.\n\"It was the worst thing I have ever experienced in my life,\" Ms. Hayes said.\nThree other women in the warehouse also had miscarriages in 2014, when it was owned by a contractor called New Breed Logistics. Later that year, a larger company, XPO Logistics, bought New Breed and the warehouse. The problems continued. Another woman miscarried there this summer. Then, in August, Ceeadria Walker did, too.\nThe women had all asked for light duty. Three said they brought in doctors' notes recommending less taxing workloads and shorter shifts. They said supervisors disregarded the letters.\nPregnancy discrimination is widespread in corporate America. Some employers deny expecting mothers promotions or pay raises; others fire them before they can take maternity leave. But for women who work in physically demanding jobs, pregnancy discrimination often can come with even higher stakes.\nThe New York Times reviewed thousands of pages of court and other public records involving workers who said they had suffered miscarriages, gone into premature labor or, in one case, had a stillborn baby after their employers rejected their pleas for assistance \u2014 a break from flipping heavy mattresses, lugging large boxes and pushing loaded carts.\nThis entry was posted in #WorkRights, American economy, gender gap, labor market, worker rights and tagged gender discrimination, gender gap, pregnancy, women's work by admin. Bookmark the permalink.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"New Chief Executive Courtney Johnston will lead Te Papa into a new era\n'Once Were Warriors' jacket helps show how Te Papa collects, and why\n\"Spectacular\" Wonderland exhibition opens at Te Papa\nTe Papa exhibits painting of peaceful encounter from Cook's second voyage Te Papa exhibits painting of peaceful encounter from Cook's second voyage\nPowerful photographs of S\u0101moan tattooing on show at Te Papa\nGeraint Martin to step down as Te Papa's Chief Executive\nMeasles announcement for Te Papa\nTe Papa to open a major Rita Angus exhibition at London's Royal Academy of Arts\nTe Papa celebrates the centenary of Colin McCahon's birth\nTe Papa's Toi Art opens multi-sensory, kinetic installation\n'Wonderland' exhibition brings Alice to Te Papa\nDame Fran Wilde appointed as Chair of Te Papa's board\nPopular Matariki ritual returns to Te Papa for two nights\nIncreased funding for Te Papa in Budget 2019\nAppointment made to assistant curator role\nTe Papa art exhibitions focus on New Zealand in the 1960s and 70s\nMuseum learning brings tech to life in Te Papa's Raranga Matihiko programme\nTe Papa acquires extremely rare historical painting from Captain Cook's 1772-75 Pacific voyage\nTe Taiao | Nature exhibition a new benchmark for a new generation Te Taiao | Nature exhibition a new benchmark for a new generation\nSacred ancestral remains return from Germany and The Netherlands\nTerracotta Warriors exhibition doubles visitor target at Te Papa\nTe Papa extends Gallipoli exhibition to Anzac Day 2022\nSpotlight on the world's oldest surviving whare whakairo, Te Hau ki T\u016branga\n'Art for everyone' breaks records at Te Papa\nTe Papa confirms future of world-class fish collection\nOpening date announced for Te Papa's ground-breaking nature zone\nWed 24 Apr 2019\nTe Papa announced today that its ground-breaking exhibition Gallipoli: The scale of our war will remain at the museum for at least three more years, and will not close before Anzac Day, 25 Apr 2022.\nOriginally scheduled to close in 2019, the free exhibition is still proving a huge drawcard for visitors, with more than 2.5 million people having seen it to date.\nThe exhibition, created by Te Papa working closely with Weta Workshop, is the most-visited exhibition in New Zealand's history, and has set a global benchmark for immersive museum experiences.\nTe Papa Board Chair Evan Williams said the extension would give as many New Zealanders as possible a chance to experience it for themselves.\n\"From when it first opened we have seen the exhibition have a profound effect on New Zealanders. It fosters empathy, inspires reflection, and is the starting point for powerful conversations,\" he said.\nMr Williams said the decision to extend the exhibition had been made earlier this year, as a result of ongoing demand from the public.\n\"We made the decision to extend Gallipoli before the attacks in Christchurch, but in the wake of those acts of terrorism, its focus on the human cost of violence is more relevant than ever,\" he said.\n\"This is the kind of storytelling that connects us to our history, and to each other, and helps us recognise our shared humanity over the span of different times, and different cultures.\"\nTurkish Ambassador to New Zealand His Excellency Mr Ahmet Ergin said the exhibition had provided an opportunity to recognise the close ties that had grown between the countries since the tragedy of Gallipoli.\n\"As the proud hosts of Anzac Day services every year we are delighted to hear that this masterfully curated exhibition has been extended for more people to reflect upon our shared sacrifice and most treasured relationship,\" he said.\n\"We share a unique bond of friendship built in the wake of a tragic conflict. Gallipoli marks the turning point in our history as we rebuilt our national identity out of the embers of that war. It is incumbent on us all to cherish the memories of our grandfathers who made the ultimate sacrifice, and of their loved ones left behind.\"\nWeta Workshop creative director Sir Richard Taylor was one of the driving forces behind the exhibition.\n\"Working on this exhibition has been a profoundly personal journey for me, and for the Weta Workshop team.\n\"We wanted to go beyond the sheer scale of the numbers and statistics, and tell very personal stories, to really connect visitors to the human experience,\" he said.\n\"The comments we receive every day from visitors tell us that the exhibition is achieving that more powerfully than we could have hoped for.\n\"Many visitors express gratitude and connection with the individuals whose stories we tell, and many respond with explicitly anti-war sentiments.\"\nTe Papa spokesperson Kate Camp\nkate.camp@tepapa.govt.nz\nA poppy left by a visitor to Gallipoli: The scale of our war which reads: \"For all the soldiers who died, whatever side.\" Photo by Jack Fisher. Te Papa\nThe message of a million poppies\nAt the end of the exhibition, visitors have the opportunity to leave a poppy with a message on it. Te Papa estimates over a million poppies have been left by visitors to date.\nA sample of 3,000 poppies was analysed by researcher Nicola Caldwell and categorised according to the sentiments expressed. The results show a number of common themes.\n11% of poppies express anti-war sentiments.\n\"To all those who fought in this horrible war May we never go to war again. Lest we forget! PEACE + LOVE in this world.\"\n\"Heart-wrenching & real, this exhibition brings the atrocities of war to the front of my mind. Serving as a reminder to all that war is NOT the way of our future.\"\n19% revealed family connection or mentioned a name.\n\"In memory of Dudley Seabrook Broughton Passchendaele - wounded d.1964.\"\n\"My Great Grandad, Who would never speak a word about it. All my love xxx.\"\n\"Dear reader my great great grand-Farther went off to war. He stole his dead brother's Birth certificate and got very sick and got injured what a silly man :( :(.\"\n70% of the messages were commemorative in nature.\n\"Thank you for being the ones to die for all of us at war, your legacy will never be forgotten. Rest in love always x.\"\n\"As the sun goes down and in the morning we will remember them.\"\n13% of the messages were addressed directly to soldiers, including thanks for their service.\n\"For all the soldiers that died. Whatever side.\" (shown in photo)\n19% of the messages expressed gratitude.\n\"Thank you to the soldiers who gave their lives. I pray God was in your hearts.\"\n\"May God give Rest to our dead and peace to the living.\"\nAround 8% directly expressed emotion, while many more used emoticons.\n\"So sad to read the true stories from those whom [sic] fought for us, such an amazing eye opener!\"\n\"Too often we forget to be grateful to this generation that donated their lives to improve the lives of all generations that would follow. I never want to forget to be grateful again.\"\n2.5 million visitors to Gallipoli: The scale of our war since opening on 18 Apr 2015.\n1 million poppies left by visitors to the exhibition.\n19% of poppies reveal a personal connection.\n11% of poppies have anti-war sentiments.\nEach figure is 2.4 times larger than life.\n24,000 hours of labour to build and install the eight large figures.\n22% of visitors are under 25 years old.\nImages for download\nCaptions below. Please credit all photos with photographer's name and Te Papa.\nA visitor writes on a remembrance poppy. Photo by Michael Hall. Te Papa\nWeta Workshop's Sir Richard Taylor with the large scale model of nurse Lottie Le Gallais. Photo by Michael Hall. Te Papa\nVisitors queue to enter Gallipoli: The scale of our war. Photo by Kate Whitley. Te Papa\nVisitors with large scale model of Sergeant Cecil Malthus emerging from a sea of poppies. Photo by Michael Hall. Te Papa\nOne of the exhibition's curators, Stephanie Gibson, with researcher Nicola Caldwell, who analysed the messages left on some of the one million poppies left by visitors. Photo by Jack Fisher. Te Papa\nPoppies left by visitors to Gallipoli: The scale of our war in the hands of curator Stephanie Gibson. Photo by Jack Fisher. Te Papa\nThe poppies read:\n\"For all the soldiers who died, whatever side.\"\n\"Dear reader my great great grand-Farther went off to war. He stole his dead brother's Birth certificate and got very sick and got injured what a silly man :( :(\"","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Illegal \/ The Big Steal\n1949 NR 2h 39m DVD\nClassic Hollywood stars Edward G. Robinson and Robert Mitchum headline a pair of pitch-black noir thrillers from the 1940s and '50s -- Lewis Allen's Illegal and Don Siegel's The Big Steal. In the first film, Robinson plays a retired district attorney who agrees to help a mob boss get his buddy out of a jam. Then, in The Big Steal, Mitchum sets out to clear his name in a crime he didn't commit, with help from the guilty man's girl (Jane Greer).\nEdward G. Robinson, DeForest Kelley, Nina Foch, Hugh Marlowe, Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, William Bendix, Patric Knowles\nLewis Allen, Don Siegel\nClassics, Film Noir, Classic Thrillers\nEnglish: Dolby Digital Mono\nNR - Not rated. This movie has not been rated by the MPAA.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Dementia Friendly Churches\nBishop Michael's Lead on Dementia-Friendly Churches\nBishop Michael Ipgrave, the Bishop of Lichfield, affirmed that he is \"proud to be part of Diocese that takes Dementia-Friendly Church seriously\", when he spoke at our Dementia-Friendly Churches Zoom Training Day in October 2020.\nRt Revd Dr Michael Ipgrave OBE became the 99th Bishop of Lichfield\nBishop Michael's address\nYou can listen to Bishop Michael's words in this 10-minute video below, as he highlights three important themes:\nListening to individual stories, creating a culture where people feel confident to tell their stories and share their experiences and a culture which enables people to feel comfortable in listening to those stories. Bishop Michael encourages us to hear what the Spirit is saying to the churches through each person experiencing dementia and through those who care for them.\nParticipating, in a way which doesn't expect everyone to do the same thing in the same way \u2013 without worrying about getting things right or wrong! Bishop Michael speaks of faith being more profoudly plugged in to who we are and who God us: it's about being held in God's love and remembered by Him.\nLearning from one another and from people with dementia, allowing space for heart-level learning, reminding us that all of us are dependent on God. Bishop Michael spoke of his precedecessor Bishop Keith (Bishop of Lichfield from 1984-2003) and the Bible that he had used daily in his last years, when he lived with dementia: in the well-thumbed book of Psalms, including the passages that wrestle with God, God's presence and love shines through, even in times of tribulation.\nBishop Michael shared the words of a letter to the church from Christine Bryden, an Australian catholic who lives with dementia:\n\"I may not be able to take an active part in worship, but I can receive the gifts of love and grace. This is the good news of the Gospel for those living with dementia: we are equal before God in receiving divine love and grace.\"\nBishop Michael recognises that we are working to make that simple but important truth a reality through dementia-friendly church. It is one of the most important things that we do as a Diocese to show that we are a church that reflects the richness and variety of our communities, works together for the common good and is committed to learning and listening from one another.\nEndorsing the commitment of churches across the Diocese to take action on dementia, Bishop Michael is personally going to sign all Dementia-Friendly Churches Certificates issued to churches in our Diocese from now on.\nYou may also be interested to watch and share the 45-minute Opening Session from the October 2020 Dementia-Friendly Churches Training Day (see below), to listen to Clive and Barbara Rogers' experience of dementia, to hear headlines of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on people with dementia and to see an overview of our dementia-friendly churches work across the Diocese of Lichfield.\nIf you'd like to become more involved in our dementia-friendly churches network across the Diocese of Lichfield, please get in touch with Sarah Thorpe, Dementia-Friendly Church Enabler, on sarah.thorpe@lichfield.anglican.org or 0798 224 8949.\nI agree - By submitting your details, you are granting Transforming Communities Together permission to store and process your data as according to our Privacy Policy. Your information will never be sold on to any third parties.\nThis form is protected by Google ReCAPTCHA | Privacy | Terms\nCall: 07946 771 495 Email: james.henderson@tctogether.org.uk\nCharitable Company, Limited by Guarantee and Registered in England (Company No: 09010580 and Registered Charity No: 1157772)\nPrivacy Policy | Terms and Conditions | Safeguarding | Site by Honcho","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Digital Identity Emerging Technology Education Financial Inclusion Governance & Citizen Engagement Property Rights\nPress Queries\nGovernance & Citizen Engagement\nUnlocking Digital for Bharat: $50 Billion Opportunity\nOn average, 40 million new internet users per year are added to online transactions, but only 40 percent of India's 390 million internet users transact online.\nThere is potential to unlock over US $50 billion in online commerce in India by driving awareness, usage, and transactions among the current and next set of internet users and shoppers. This will be driven by more than 500 million Indians who will constitute the next wave of online consumers. However, these consumers experience significant barriers in accessing the internet.\nOmidyar Network, in partnership with Bain & Company and Google, is pleased to announce, \"Unlocking Digital for Bharat: $50 Billion Opportunity\", a new report exploring the current barriers faced by the next half billion internet users and key themes to help them come online and unlock their economic potential.\nCredit Disrupted: Digital MSME Lending in India\nIndia's 60 million micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) make an enormous contribution both to India's employment and its gross...\nWhat We've Learnt About Accelerating Impact In India\nAt Omidyar Network, we are inspired by the limitless potential of the aspiring Indian. As we reflect on our first decade...\nBuilding an Impact Investing Team\nIn 2004, Pierre and Pam Omidyar set out on their impact investing journey. More than a decade later, Omidyar Network...\nOmidyar Network India invests in bold entrepreneurs who help create a meaningful life for every Indian, especially the hundreds of millions of Indians in low-income and lower-middle-income populations, ranging from the poorest among us to the existing middle class. To drive empowerment and social impact at scale, we work with entrepreneurs in the private, nonprofit and public sectors, who are tackling India's hardest and most chronic problems. We make equity investments in early stage enterprises and provide grants to nonprofits in the areas of Digital Identity, Education, Emerging Tech, Financial Inclusion, Governance & Citizen Engagement, and Property Rights. Omidyar Network India is part of The Omidyar Group, a diverse collection of companies, organizations and initiatives, supported by philanthropists Pam and Pierre Omidyar, founder of eBay.\nA part of The Omidyar Group\n\u00a9 2019 Omidyar Network","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Home > Choosing a University > The World's Top 100 Universities\nInterested in studying abroad?\nCheck out our comprehensive guides\nThe World's Top 100 Universities\n08:00AM Jun 10, 2020\nThis content can be saved to the\n\"My Activity\" tab in your user profile.\n4,880 shares\nWant to study at one of the world's top 100 universities? The QS World University Rankings offers an annually updated list of top 1,029 universities worldwide. We will be revealing which of these made the top 100.\nIn the 2021 edition of the QS World University Rankings, just under half of the top 100 universities in the world are located in the US (which has 27 representatives) or the UK (18).\nHere's a complete rundown of the world's top 100.\nCalifornia Institute of Technology (Caltech)\nETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology)\nNational University of Singapore (NUS)\nNanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU)\nEcole Polytechnique F\u00e9d\u00e9rale de Lausanne (EPFL)\nUniversity of Hong Kong (UKU)\nHong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)\nUniversity of California, Berkeley (UCB)\nNew York University (NYU)\nUniversity of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)\nSeoul National University\nKAIST - Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology\nChinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)\nLondon School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)\nUniversite PSL\nUniversity of California, San Diego (UCSD)\nDelft University of Technology\nUniversiti Malaya (UM)\nRuprecht-Karls-Universitat Heidelberg\nNational Taiwan University (NTU)\nUniversidad de Buenos Aires (UBA)\nKorea University\nLomonosov Moscow State University\nPohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)\nSorbonne University\nSungkyunkwan University (SKKU)\nUniversity of Western Australia\nUniversity of Science and Technology of China\nThis article was originally published in June 2013. It was updated in June 2020 with the most-recent rankings data.\nExplore the QS World University Rankings 2021 in full\nAnanya G, Abdifitahabdisalan X & 60 others saved this\nWritten by QS Staff Writer\nPlease login or register to post\ncomment above our articles\nJoin us now Why join?\nMaricon G 1 month ago\nI am a 15 year old, grade 10 student from the Philippines and I'm researching for universities in the US, Europe that are giving out scholarships for international students. My grades are mostly A, A- or B+ and I want to study Psychology, I also want to know how to get better grades for when I apply to Universities. If anyone is willing to help me, please email me at [email protected]\nPVS . 1 month ago\nI am pursuing my masters in energy science in India. How can I get PhD seat in top universities with fully funding ?\nChloe L 2 weeks ago\nHi, You can find out more about how to get PhD funding here.\nSalma N 2 months ago\nI'm a 15 year old, grade 10 student in Dubai and trying to find a way to study in the UK for uni. Except I don't the financial aid to support me. So I am looking for a way to get a scholarship, maybe even a half scholarship but I don't know where to start looking. I also don't know what type of extracurricular activities I'm supposed to be doing so it would really help if anyone would give me some advice.\nChloe L 2 months ago\nHi Salma, You can view our full list of scholarships here. We also have a free guide which tells you how to apply for scholarships.\nCarrieann B 3 months ago\nI am 15 and in year 10. Have an expected grade of 6.0 in English,math,art and music.i am looking to get a undergraduate scholarship,as I really want to go on to further education but will not be able to afford it with out financial aid.i have a full wide range of extra curricular activity s and have achieved two brass music medals.as well as currently working on my bronze duke of Edinburgh.mean while, being developing boxing skills as part of my duke of Edinburgh and extra curriculum.i am also a school prefect, within the anti bullying section.of anyone has any tips or knows of an scholarship program please could you reply to my post.\nMarcus V 3 months ago\nThis is a lie. You can't get a 6.0 GPA of any subject. Also, there are way too many spelling and grammatical errors in this paragraph that I would assume that a 3rd grader wrote this. Also, you spelled the word \"perfect\" incorrectly. Don't lie.\nSapphire A 3 months ago\nits english grades making a 6.0 equivelant to a B+\nHi Carrieann, You can view the full list of scholarships to study abroad here. You might also want to take a look at the QS scholarships on offer. Good luck :)\nAminata S 4 months ago\nI'm from Mali. I'm studying in Rwanda. I need scholarships and financial aids to continue my studies. When my father decided to send me in Rwanda to achieve my studies, he had great financial conditions but nowadays it changed.\nPlease i need assistance\nIt's very important for me\nHi Aminata, You can view a list of international scholarships for students from developing countries here. You can also see a full list of scholarships to study abroad here.\nPrecious A 4 months ago\ni'm precious, i'm from Nigeria and i attend aptech. i would like to apply for any technology scholarship programme. i need your assistance thank you\nGitesh B 7 months ago\nThis is a very good article\nTuhin I 7 months ago\nChizzi T 8 months ago\nHello, I am in Nigeria. I have a sat score of 1360 and I finished high school with a 4.50 GPA. I want to apply for an undergraduate scholarship in USA. I need assistance. Thank you\nHi, You can find scholarships in the US to apply for here :)\nHarley M 8 months ago\nIt gives a clear description for students to choose their paths.\nSam S 1 year ago\nI am 17 in Viet nam and I'll be leaving high school in 9 months. my gpa is around 4.0, my ielts score is 6,5, i have various certificates for various experience and i am interested in marketing\/communication\/business\/international relations and i also do really need to apply for scholarships and financial aids. can someone give me some advices and suggestions please\nJasper V 1 year ago\nHi, sounds like the programme International Communication and Media might be something for you! It is a really cool course and fits your interest well. The university, Erasmus Rotterdam, is an amazing place which has a very diverse culture. In the city of Rotterdam you can sometimes hear more English than Dutch.\nFionnola S 1 year ago\nI am 15 in Ireland, and Ill be leaving school in w years so I want to be prepared! My average scores on major tests tend to be B s, and im interested in medicine, English and art. Can someone please help me figure out what college would be best for me?\nShubh A 1 year ago\nI am just year nine in New Zealand but I really want to plan my future. need suggestions and am interested in physics\nSabrina C 1 year ago\nHi Shubh, to get started you could have a look at the latest rankings by subject for physics - you can narrow the results down to show particular regions or countries you're interested in.\nRaihanul I 1 year ago\nI am from Bangladesh. I need a scholarship.\nHello, we have a selection of different scholarship listings for various study destinations, subjects and student groups here.\nWhere to Study?\nMeet schools face-to-face\nMost Shared this month\n10 of the Oldest Universities in the World\nInternational Scholarships for Students from Developing Countries\nInternational Scholarships to Study in the US\nWhat is Replacing the Erasmus+ Scheme in the UK?\n3 Reasons Why STEM Students Need to Learn About Entrepreneurship\nMost Viewed This Month\nWhat Does Brexit Mean for Students?\nRate Your Student City\nMost Commented this month\nQS Undergraduate Scholarship\nStudy in Germany in English\nQS Scholarship for Academic Excellence","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Subtitles to the Cartoon \u00abA Christmas Carol\u00bb. The Ghost of the Future\nScene 9 (Scrooge and the Third Ghost)\n\u2014 Am I in the presence of the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come? You're about to show me shadows of the things that have not happened but will happen. Is that so, spirit?\n\u2014 Ghost of the Future, I fear you more than any specter I have seen.But I know your purpose is to do me good. I am prepared to bear you company.Lead on.\n\u2014 The night is waning fast. It's precious time to me.\n\u2014 Lead on, spirit.\n\u2014 When did he die?\n\u2014 Last night, I believe. Or sometime Christmas Day.\n\u2014 I thought he'd never die.\n\u2014 What's he done with his money?\n\u2014 Hasn't left it to me. That's all I know.\n\u2014 It is likely to be a cheap funeral.\n\u2014 For the life of me, I can't think of anyone who'd want to attend it.\n\u2014 I don't mind going\u2026if lunch is provided.\n\u2014 There, yes.\n\u2014 What a frightful fellow.\n\u2014 All right.\n\u2014 Good day, gentlemen.\n\u2014 Get a hold of yourself, Ebenezer. You're having a wobbly.\n\u2014 You won't get me in here. Christmas pudding, no doubt. I'm\u2026 I'm on Lime Street. Come now.\n(Scrooge is dead)\n\u2014 Merry Christmas, Joe.\n\u2014 And happy New Year, to be sure. Come in. Sit down in me parlor and let's have a look. Here.\n\u2014 What do you call these, Mrs. Dilber, huh?\n\u2014 Mrs. Dilber?\n\u2014 Bed curtains.\n\u2014 You mean to say you took them down while he was lying there?\n\u2014 I do. And why not? You was born to make your fortune, and you certainly will do it. Well, I shan't hold back my hand when I can get something by it\u2026Don't you go getting grease on them blankets now.\n\u2014 His blankets?\n\u2014 Whose else do you think? He won't be feeling the cold without them now, I dare say.\n\u2014 I hope he didn't die of anything catching.\n\u2014 Don't you be afraid of that.\n\u2014 I ain't so fond of his company that I'd loiter about.You can look through that shirt till your eyes ache\u2026.and you won't find one hole in it. It was the best he had.\n\u2014 Mrs. Dilber!\n\u2014 Would have been wasted, only for me.\n\u2014 You're fired! Fired!\n\u2014 How did you mean \u00abwasted\u00bb?\n\u2014 Somebody was fool enough to put it on him to be buried in. But I took it off him. This is the end of it, you see. He frightened everyone away while he was alive. Only to profit us now that he's dead. If he'd had somebody to look after him when he was struck with death\u2026instead of lying there, all alone, gasping out his last breath\u2026.well, we wouldn't have these things to sell now, would we?\n\u2014 Spirit! I see! I see! The case of this unhappy man who dies a solitary, lonesome death\u2026might be my own. My life tends that way now.\n\u2014 Merciful heavens! What's this? Spirit, this is a fearful place. When I leave it, I shall not leave its lesson. Trust me. Let's go!\n\u2014 I understand. And I would, if I could, but I have not the power.\n\u2014 Spirit, if there is any person who feels emotion caused by this man's death\u2026show that person to me, I beg you.\n\u2014 Are we ruined?\n\u2014 There is hope yet.\n\u2014 Hope? Only if he relents.\n\u2014 He is past relenting. He is dead.\n\u2014 Dead? To whom will our debts be transferred?\n\u2014 I don't know, but by then we'll have the money. And even if we don't, it's unlikely any new creditor will ever be so merciless. -We shall sleep tonight with light hearts, my dear.\n\u2014 Let me see some tenderness connected to death\u2026\u2026or this chamber will forever haunt me!\n(At the house of Mr. Cratchit)\n\u2014 It's late.\n\u2014 Past your father's time.\n\u2014 He's walked slow these last few evenings.\n\u2014 Oh, he has walked\u2026\n\u2026with Tiny Tim on his shoulders\u2026fast, indeed. But he was very light\u2026\u2026to carry, and\u2026\u2026your father loved him so.\n\u2014 Father.\n\u2014 You went today, then?\n\u2014 Yes, my dear.\n\u2014 I wish you could have gone.\n\u2014 Would have done you good to see how green a place it is.\n\u2014 You'll see it often. And I promised him I would walk there every\u2026 Every Sunday. My little child!My little child.\n\u2014 Father, please don't be grieved. Please, Father.\n\u2014 I'm all right, love. I'm quite at peace.\n\u2014 I'm sure none of us will ever forget our poor Tiny Tim.\n\u2014 Oh, no, Father.\n\u2014 Never ever.\n\u2014 Thank you. Thank you, my dears.\n\u2014 Bob.\n(Scrooge at his own grave)\n\u2014 Specter\u2026 Something tells me our parting moment is at hand. Tell me\u2026\u2026who\u2026 was that man we saw lying dead?\n\u2014 Spirit\u2026\u2026before I draw nearer to that stone to which you point\u2026.answer me one question! Are these the shadows of things that will be\u2026or shadows of things that may be? Men's courses in life foreshadow certain ends. But if these courses are departed from \u2026, these ends will change. Isn't that so?\n\u2014 No. No! Am I that man who lay upon the bed?\n\u2014 No. Spirit, hear me! I'm not the man I was! Why show me this if I'm past all hope?\n\u2014 Spirit! Spirit, assure me that I may change these shadows you've shown me! Change them by an altered life!\n\u2014 No, spirit! No! No, spirit!\n\u2014 Good spirit\u2026 Help me!\n\u2014 Spirit! Help me, spirit!\n\u2014 Help, spirit!\n\u2014 Spirit, I will honor Christmas in my heart and try to keep it all the year. I will not shut out the lessons of the past, nor present, nor future.\n\u2014 Oh, please, spirit\u2026. tell me I may sponge away the writing on that stone!","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Houses planned for former Crewe depot\nA DEVELOPER has submitted an application to build 11 detached houses on the site of a former grounds maintenance depot in Crewe.\nPreston-based Chelford Properties Ltd has applied to Cheshire East Council for permission to build the properties on the site of the former depot on Dane Bank Avenue.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Louisiana ex rel. Guste v. Verity\nNos. No. 88-3185, 853 F.2d 322\/(5th Cir., 08\/15\/1988) Aff'd\nThe court holds that regulations requiring shrimp trawlers offshore Louisiana to reduce the incidental catch of sea turtles by using turtle exclusion devices (TEDs) are not arbitrary or capricious and do not violate constitutional guarantees of equal protection. The regulations required trawlers in the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic Ocean to either install TEDs in their nets or limit their trawling to 90 minutes or less at a time. The court initially declines to rule on the state's argument that the TED regulations constitute a de facto designation of critical habitat in violation of the Endangered Species Act's (ESA's) procedural requirements, since this argument was not raised in the district court. The court then holds that the regulations are not arbitrary or capricious. First, the relationship of shrimping to sea turtle mortality is amply supported by data in the record. The court rejects the state's argument that the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) failed to consider the best scientific data available before issuing the regulations, since the study the agency relied on involves a technical matter within its area of expertise. Second, the record clearly demonstrates that sea turtles are found in inshore Gulf waters, where the 90-minute towtime restriction applies. It does not follow that if NMFS had insufficient data to impose the TED requirement on shrimp trawling in inshore waters, then it automatically had insufficient grounds for imposing the towtime limitation. Third, the costs imposed by the regulations are rationally related to the goal of protecting sea turtles. Although economic impact may sometimes by considered in assessing the validity of an ESA regulation, neither the state nor the shrimp trawlers have demonstrated that the regulations' protections are achievable by less expensive means. Finally, the agency's failure to address other causes of sea turtle mortality is not arbitrary or capricious. NMFS is not required to regulate every aspect of a problem. Moreover, regulations aimed at preventing the taking of an endangered or threatened species cannot be invalidated on the ground that the record fails to demonstrate that the rule will enhance the species' chances of survival.\nThe court also holds that the regulations do not violate equal protection guarantees. That the regulations do not restrain shrimping activities north of North Carolina and that sea turtles may frequent unregulated North Atlantic waters do not invalidate the rules, since NMFS may choose to regulate only part of a problem. The agency's decision to regulate Gulf and South Atlantic shrimpers equally is also valid, even though Atlantic shrimpers catch more sea turtles per capita. Finally, the agency's decision to use boat size, rather than net size, as the trigger for the TED requirement was reasonable, since public comments indicated that use of a net size standard would not be effective and the government is not required to regulate with mathematical precision.\n[The district court decision is published at 18 ELR 20944.]\nCounsel for Plaintiffs\nJohn B. Sheppard Jr., Ass't Attorney General\n625 N. Fourth St., Fifth Fl., Suite 540-B, Baton Rouge LA 70802\nCounsel for Defendant\nVicky L. Plaut\nBefore GEE, DAVIS, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Ten Peter Saville artworks to give away\nThe Yes campaign over the Transport Referendum have given us art from the city's greatest designer to give to you\nManchester designer Peter Saville, famed for his work with New Order, Suede and various fashion houses, has created a limited edition of 25 digital prints in support of a 'Yes' vote in the current Transport Referendum. We've got ten of them.\nCopies of the print can be won by anyone who correctly answers the following question after viewing The Yes Campaign Piccadilly Freeze viral video. The video is at youtube.com\nOur question is: from which platform number does the woman in a red coat walk away when things start moving? Enter the platform number in the entry form below.\nPeter Saville, Manchester's creative director, has stated his support for the proposals for a \u00a33billion investment in public transport. He said: \"The proposals for a major investment in public transport, to be funded and followed by a congestion charge, fit perfectly into the region's tradition of radical forward thinking. It very much matches the city's ethos as the original modern city.\"\nPiccadilly freeze, a short viral video posted on YouTube, saw over 70 people 'freezing' at Piccadilly train station. It has been created by The Yes Campaign to engage the widest possible audience in the TIF debate. If Greater Manchester's TIF bid is successful, the city region would benefit from a \u00a33billion investment in its transport network \u2013 to be followed by the introduction of a peak time only congestion charge.\nLis Phelan, Chair of The Yes Campaign, said: \"Peter's work with Factory Records and the Hacienda changed the way that many people thought about Manchester - a 'Yes' vote will do the same. We are thrilled that Peter has also put his stamp of approval on our Yes Campaign.\n\"We have created this short video to pass on the simple message that we want to keep Greater Manchester moving. By securing a massive investment in our city region's transport network and improving trains, trams, buses and cycling facilities, we are not only keeping traffic moving, but making sure Greater Manchester becomes a world class city region.\"\nTo reiterate: copies of the print can be won by anyone who correctly answers the following question after viewing The Yes Campaign Piccadilly Freeze viral video at youtube.com\nOur question is: from which platform number does the woman in a red coat walk away when things start moving?\nThis competition has now closed. Congratulations to our winners Hayley Todd, Jennie Stallerd, Lynda Shrubb, Steve Waring, Dave Greenhalgh, Rick Carr, Sharon Newman, Julie Wightman, John Kirkham and Ralph Barber.\nThe answer was platform six.\nThank you for your interest, but this competition closed to further entries on November 11th 2009.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"How-To: Shoot 'bokeh' with Windows Phone 7\nPublished by David Gilson at 11:33 UTC, August 9th 2012\nMuch fanfare has been given the Nokia 808 PureView \u2013 widely heralded as the best camera phone in the world; and our sister site, All About Symbian, has recently shown how you can get artistic by taking bokeh shots with the 808 PureView. This is great for anyone who wishes to remain in the Symbian world. However, those who have bought a Nokia Lumia 800 or 900 may be feeling a little short changed after the double whammy of not being able to upgrade to Windows Phone 8 and hearing that PureView technology will now feature in Nokia's Windows Phone 8 devices. On the bright side, current Lumias are not losing any functionality, and they already have a great camera. In this, our guide to Windows Phone 7 bokeh photography, we step up against the 808 PureView and show it just what we can do.\nIt's worth noting that this guide applies to any Windows Phone 7 device. However, the Nokia Lumia 800 and 900, which many readers of this site probably own, arguably have the best camera in the Windows Phone 7 range \u2013 with the HTC Titan as a close second. Steve Litchfield is our resident camera expert and you can see his detailed breakdown of the Lumia 800's still capture abilities here and his review of the HTC Titan here.\nWhenever a geek goes on holiday, there's always the dilemma of which gadgets to take with them. In my case, I try to take as few as possible, and so I need something that's a jack-of-all-trades. In the case of a smartphone I absolutely have to have something with a great camera, and considering that my main device was the Nokia N8 for a long time, my standards are quite high! Nevertheless, now that I've moved onto the Lumia 800 I am very confident in its photography credentials. The Lumia 800 can produce quite stunning results just with its automatic settings. However, with just a little knowledge of its camera settings you can take things to another level. Therefore, I opted to take my Lumia 800 with me to the Peak District and taught myself a few photography basics in the process.\nIn this guide, we'll go through some basic steps and build up to the best bokeh technique \u2013 and explain what that word means if you've never heard of it before!\nConfusingly, Windows Phone 7 has two distinct settings that are both called 'Macro'. One is a focusing mode, and the other is a scene preset. If you intend to take close up images, then you really need to use both of these settings.\nWhile the focusing mode informs the camera about the distance to the subject of your shot, it's the scene mode which will help out with the exposure settings. In the photos below, the first image was taken with focusing mode set to Macro, while the second had the scene mode set to Macro too. The third image was taken on a Panasonic DMC-LZ7 point and shoot as a control sample.\nNokia Lumia 800: Macro focusing, auto-scene, exposure time 1\/2410s.\nNokia Lumia 800: Macro focusing, Macro-scene, exposure time 1\/1149s.\nPanasonic DMC-LZ7: Macro focusing, exposure time 1\/800s (ISO 100).\nThe photos on the Lumia were taken with the shutter key, which instructs the camera to lock on to the object closest to the centre of the viewfinder. We can see in the cut-out sections below that the point and shoot Panasonic was able to better lock on to the desired subject than the Lumia. You can avoid this by either forcing the camera to focus on what you're interested in by half-pressing the shutter key with that object in the centre, and then reframing before taking the shot - or, alternatively, you can touch the screen on the object you want to focus on \u2013 known as 'tap to focus'.\nNokia Lumia 800 Macro-focusing missing the prominent thistle.\nPanasonic DMC-LZ7 Macro-focusing capturing all the desired details\nHere is an example of how finely the Lumia 800 can focus. In the following shot, the flower was the object, but again, shutter-key focusing failed to pin-point it, but look at the tiny dew droplets on the blades of grass that it did focus on.\nNokia Lumia 800 Macro, with centre-spot metering. Note the dew droplets!\nFinally, just to demonstrate that the Lumia 800 (and its user!) can get focused on a deliberate target \u2026\nNokia Lumia 800 \u2013 butterfly and leaves\nYou are probably aware from using various digital cameras and smartphones that one of the most accessible settings is always Exposure \u2013 i.e. how long the sensor will collect light for before processing the image. If you look at the exposure scale on your camera and don't know where to start, don't worry. The metering mode is another way in which you can get some exposure control without manual adjustments.\nThe metering mode is the way in which any digital camera asseses an image and settles on an optimal exposure setting. Windows Phone 7 has three metering modes which relate to the best area of the image on which to assess exposure. \"Frame Average\" bases exposure on the average light levels across the whole image. \"Centre Weighted\" measures across the whole image but puts more importance on the central area of the image. Finally, \"Centre Spot\" provides a much more accurate tool by only measuring the light levels of the very centre of the frame.\nIf you are photographing a high-constrast scene, then it's best to stay clear of Frame Average mode. Depending on the area of the frame you're trying to capture, use Centre Weighted or Centre Spot metering instead; e.g. taking someone's face with the sun behind them. Conversely, Frame Averaging can bring out details obscured by shadow in scenes where there is also extremely bright lighting.\nMetering in low-constrast frames\nFrame Average versus Centre Weighted Metering\nNokia Lumia 800, Metering: Frame Average\nNokia Lumia 800, Metering: Centre Weighted\nWe can see here that there's no discernable difference in the exposure, both images look identical \u2013 notwithstanding a slightly different camera position.\nMetering in high contrast frames\nIn these shots, the trees on the right were in such intense sunlight that the average exposure was brought up to a level were the shaded areas were almost 'blacked out'. Whereas by centre weighting the exposure, there is a much more even contrast to the resulting image, while detail in the light and dark areas are still clear.\nBringing it all together to make bokeh\nEven if you haven't heard word 'bokeh' before, the chances are you've dabbled in it. It is the process of taking a photo with a very short depth of field, such that everything but the subject is out of focus. You can use this affect to emphasize the subject or simply for artistic effect.\nBringing together what we have learned in the previous sections, it is possible to create an impressive close-up bokeh with the Lumia 800 and 900 camera, by following these steps:\nEnable Macro scene mode\nEnable Macro focus mode\nEnable Centre Spot metering\nPut the subject of the photo in the centre of the frame\nHalf depress the shutter key so that focussing can lock and metring take place\nIf you're not happy with the focus lock, repeat the previous step until satisfied\nOnce satisfied with focus lock, reframe the image to get the right composition; e.g. following the rule of thirds, but keep the shutter key half pressed\nFully depress the shutter key to take the image\nAlternatively, if centre spot metering is not needed try lining up your shot first (i.e. 'composing the frame'), and then use the tap to focus feature. In this case, the camera will focus on the point you select and take the photo in one operation. The drawback is that you probably shouldn't use centre spot metering and so may lose control over the contrast range of the image.\nHere you can see an example of the above steps in practice. The focus lock has created a very narrow depth of field with individual flowers of the bunch being inside and outside the focused area. Metering was optimised for the bunch of flowers, and so note the slight over exposure of the cloud tops and the relative darkness of the blue sky.\nBokeh created on the Lumia 800\nSince there are so many situations and conditions in which you may be taking photographs, the advice here can only be offered as guidelines and not as a strict prescription. The other thing to bear in mind with the Lumia 800\/900 camera is that while it is a great camera module, what separates it from the likes of the Nokia N8 and 808 PureView is low-light performance. You absolutely have to have adequate lighting to get the best results, and this applies even more for lesser cameras on other phones.\nUnfortunately, the ultimate camera app that will take perfect photographs every time on automatic settings doesn't yet exist. So the best advice I can give is to not get harassed into taking a quick shot and moving on, but to really stop and think before you take a shot. While the Windows Phone 7 camera app is no DSLR substitute, it does have plenty of settings to experiment with \u2013 so take advantage of them.\nFiled: Home > Features > How-To: Shoot 'bokeh' with Windows Phone 7\nPlatforms: Windows Phone 7.5\nCategories: How To","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Expanded Okta presence in Canada to have positive impact on Canada channel\nby Mark Cox \u2022 October 22, 2018\nOkta has ramped up both its commitment to the Canadian market, and the staff and resources available. The enhanced focus should significantly benefit their Canadian channel business as well.\nOkta's Zac Kilpatrick, closing the TSE last week\nLast week, identity management provider Okta officially opened their new offices in Canada. While they have had a Toronto office for years, the new one on King Street West is much larger, to accommodate a larger staff. Okta CEO Todd McKinnon stressed that the increased presence reflects a much stronger commitment to the Canadian market, which has evolved from a tactical opportunity to a strategic priority for the company. That increased importance will have significant implications for Okta's channel business as well, as it means more resources and more focus.\nOkta's go-to-market is a hybrid one, with both significant direct and channel businesses.\n\"We started out direct, and evolved our strategy over time to add an indirect component,\" said Zac Kilpatrick, who runs Okta's Americas channel organization as Senior Director, Regional Alliances \u2013 Americas. \"Over the last four or five years, we have become very focused on partnerships, and moved into a partner-led model.\"\nKilpatrick manages the North American regional alliances.\n\"We form technology alliances and I manage hem in the field, with a staff of ten in North America,\" he said. \"We execute the go-to-market strategy that has been defined. It's very much a meet in the channel approach, where we team up with vendor partners from the Okta Integration Network [OIN] like NetSkope or Palo Alto Networks, and reseller partners like Scalar Decisions.\"\nThe OIN, which is for technical integrations, includes a large number of vendor partners \u2013 about 125 in all, accounting for over 5,500 separate integrations.\n\"The ones we really go to market are a much smaller subset of that,\" Kilpatrick said.\nWhile the VAR channel is an expanding part of the business, it is very much guided by a value approach rather than a volume one.\n\"We do use distribution, but the key relationships with our VAR channel partners are mainly direct ones,\" Kilpatrick stated. \"Our focus is on a smaller subset of high value partners. That's where our focus is.\"\nIn Canada, the number of these partners is measured in the single digits.\n\"Among the GSIs, we have strong relationship with Deloitte,\" Kilpatrick said. \"Among the VARs, it's Scalar Decisions, Optiv and a few others,\" Okta also has relationships with LARs like CDW, SHI and Insight.\nKilpatrick referred to Canada has a green fields market for Okta. While they have been here for years, they haven't had market penetration commensurate with the size of the market opportunity.\n\"We have had a small office in Toronto, but sales were generally managed out of the U.S. on a regional basis,\" he said. \"We have been penetrating Canada in specific accounts, but this is our first real move in. The market here is receptive. When I first joined Okta, I thought the product would be really great for forward-thinking companies, but it is broader than that. The big banks in Canada have been early adopters.\"\nThe expanded office presence will help the channel business considerably, Kilpatrick said.\n\"Because we are a SaaS company, we don't need the office space to bring in customers to do a demo,\" he said. \"But the expanded presence in Canada is important because of what it means to our focus. The Toronto office was mainly a product engineering team before. We still have that, and it is significant, but the expansion also means a greater focus on business development and the channel. We have all four stories of this building, and it allows us to expand to 90 people. Sales and channel management in Canada in the past has basically been a second job for people whose principal territories are in the U.S. That will change now because of the added focus.\"\nTags:identity Okta SaaS Scalar Decisions Toronto\n\u2190 SolarWinds downplays rocky road to IPO as a minor event in larger growth strategy\nTalking Cybersecurity Awareness Month with ESET's Tony Anscombe [video] \u2192","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"| Car Profiles\nOne Man's Unicorn is a 1970 Mustang SportsRoof project\nApril Fool's Mustang Prank Is no Joke\nJerry HeasleyWriter\nWhen Jeff Krueger yelled, \"April Fools!\" his friend Neil Thompson didn't immediately realize what was going on. The two were standing in front of a 1970 Mustang SportsRoof, basically a project car that had been parked in the grass behind Jason White's restoration shop for the last 15 years. What did this Mustang have to do with a prank on Saturday, April 1, 2017?\n\"It's yours!\" Jeff said.\nNeil had been hunting for a project 1969-1970 SportsRoof for at least 10 years, but every time he got close, the price was either too high or the car was too far gone. In fact, Neil's pursuit of a project had so many failed attempts that he began to think that finding one, even a project car in need of literally everything, just might be unobtainable at an affordable price for Neil.\n\"That's Neil's unicorn,\" Jeff said.\nThe 1970 SportsRoof might look like junk to most people, but this one is rust free and a great start for a project. \"It's finally Neil's time,\" Jeff said. \"He'll build the coolest thing that ever hit the road. That's what Neil does. Did you know, he built a spoiler from scratch using an old computer desk thrown away by the car dealership where he works?\" This SportsRoof already has a name\u2014 the Mustang Unicorn. Now, Neil is dreaming of a 427 small block with a six-speed transmission, Shelby side scoops, rear window louvers, and more.\nNeil Thompson (middle) got the surprise of his life on April Fool's Day, 2017, from his friend Jeff Krueger (right). Jason White (left) made it all possible by agreeing to sell the 1970 SportsRoof for two grand.\nIn the last couple years, we have been photographing how-to articles in Jason White's shop in Hereford, Texas. We attend the Lubbock Mustang Club's annual car show every year in Lubbock and have featured many cars from this area over the years, including two of Jeff's restorations, which had help from his friend Neil, of course. Neil shows a 1966 hardtop that has been his daily driver for the last 20 years. But, he has wanted to step up to a SportsRoof for more than a decade.\n\"Neil just gives so much, to all of us,\" Jeff said. \"He's always helping people with their cars. He's so good at what he does. It was time for him to get the car of his dreams!\"\nJason White started laying out the parts, including the front fenders that went with the 1970 SportsRoof.\nUnder the hood was a 351 Windsor that had been rebuilt about 15 years ago. The original engine was a 302, also seen here. Neil also got the original FMX automatic.\nOne day when we had been photographing Jason White media blasting a 1966 hardtop outside his shop we noticed a 1970 SportsRoof parked in the yellow Texas grass. Hmm, could this car be bought? Could this car be Neil's unicorn? Jason had listened to Neil's story, which resonated with him. Jason is much more than a restorer. He's a collector who does his own work. He agreed to let the 1970 go to Neil for the killer deal of $2,000. Then, when Neil and Jeff arrived to pick up the car on April Fool's Day, Jason unexpectedly threw in an authentic 1970 shaker hood scoop and a 1970 shaker hood. Now, Neil was even more overcome with his April Fool's rare find and didn't know what to say. \"This is a shaker,\" he blurted out like a child. And that set Jeff to laughing for about an hour. \"Yes, this is a shaker,\" Jeff said. We all laughed out loud.\nNeil had thought he was riding the 100 miles with Jeff from Lubbock to Hereford, Texas, to help pick up a 1966 hardtop. The prank was no joke, which made the surprise all the more difficult to believe.\nThe body buck tag is still hanging on the radiator support.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"\ud83e\udd4a Ready to Rumble \ud83e\udd4a\nHow to stream UFC 245 PPV Usman-Covington on Dec. 14\nSee these three title matches with three networks \u2014 ESPN+, ESPN2, and ESPN Pay-Per-View for full every fight.\nRoy Delgado\nSource: UFC\nUFC is closing out the year with a Pay-Per-View event that pulls out all the stops. This Saturday night, there will be three big title fights on the main card. That will include a woman who is a two-division champion as well as a co-main event featuring one of the biggest fan favorites as a fighter. Then the night will be capped off with the Welterweight title match with a proud new champion and hard charging challenger. You can stream it all with UFC 245 Pay-Per-View featuring Usman vs. Covington in the ESPN app.\nWhat is UFC 245?\nUFC 245 is the newest major MMA event from the biggest promotion in the sport. UFC 245 will broadcast live on Saturday, Dec. 14 from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. This will be a split-broadcast event available with cards on ESPN+, ESPN2 and PPV, so you will need multiple subscriptions and logins to see everything in the ESPN app. The Early Prelims come first at 6:15 p.m. Eastern on ESPN+ and ESPN2. At 8 p.m., the Prelims are exclusively on ESPN2. Finally, the Main Card will be on at 10 p.m. as a PPV via ESPN+, headlined by Usman vs. Covington.\nUFC pay-per-view events are now available exclusively on ESPN+. The streaming sports service is packed with additional UFC content, including regular UFC Fight Night events, Dana White's Contender Series, UFC Post Shows, and exclusive analysis on \"Ariel and the Bad Guy\". If you aren't sure what is needed so you can watch UFC 245 PPV on ESPN+, here's a breakdown to help.\nHow much will UFC 245 Pay Per View cost?\nIf you are new to ESPN+, you can get a special offer of UFC 245 PPV and a full year subscription to ESPN+ for only $79.98.\nIf you already have a monthly ESPN+ subscription, you can upgrade to an annual plan to bundle UFC 245 PPV and a full year subscription to ESPN+ for only $79.98.\nIf you already have any ESPN+ subscription or get ESPN+ through the Disney+ bundle, you can choose to only purchase UFC 245 PPV for only $59.99.\nNew & monthly subscribers can both save over 25% by combining UFC 245 PPV and a one year plan for ESPN+\nNew subscribers and current subscribers on monthly plans can choose a special offer with months of sports to enjoy. The deal combines an annual subscription to ESPN+, which usually costs $49.99 a year, with UFC 245 PPV for $79.98. This gives new and monthly subscribers a big savings on this sports streaming service compared to the regular prices. That subscription gives you a full year of live UFC Fight Nights, Top Rank Boxing cards, MLB, NHL, MLS, College Football, and so much more.\nHow to order UFC 245 Pay-Per-View\nIf you already subscribe to ESPN+, you can buy UFC 245 PPV Main Event on the streaming devices you use to watch all the action. too. This feature is available on the ESPN app for TV platforms, and only takes a few taps on your remote.\nFor new subscribers, ESPN makes it easy to buy UFC 245 PPV on the event page of ESPN+. Just create an account and purchase this event on your computer. Then login with that account on a streaming device to activate the PPV in the ESPN app.\nBoth new and existing subscribers should buy UFC 245 early if they can. ESPN+ has shown that they can handle a rush of late orders, but you don't want to miss part of the event waiting to pick a new password or your purchase to process. It is quick and easy to sign up now and then sign in on your devices before the event. Take care of this ahead of time, and you can focus on the fights and the snacks when Saturday night hits!\nUFC 245 Usman vs. Covington \u2014 The Main Event Preview\nSource: @usman84kg on Twitter\nKamaru \"The Nigerian Nightmare\" Usman (15-1) is the UFC Welterweight Champion, and this is his first title defense. Usman won the belt back in March of this year, when he scored a unanimous decision over Tyron Woodley at UFC 235. It's been quite the rise for Usman since he joined the UFC in 2015 as part of The Ultimate Fighter Season 21. He won the finale of that season over Hayder Hassan, and has been undefeated in the UFC ever since.\nThis will be Usman's first time headlining a pay-per-view main event. Usman was the main event headliner in a UFC Fight Night and The Ultimate Fighter: Heavy Hitters event, but his past pay-per-view main card appearances have been as featured fights. That includes the fight that won him the belt, when Kamaru balanced his wrestling ground game and Jiu-Jitsu to dominate Woodley, winning every round on all three judges' scorecards. Usman is rated tenth of the UFC pound-for-pound top rankings, which is the lowest of any men's champion, and also behind one challenger, Tony Ferguson, and one women's champion, Amanda Nunes. If he hopes to move up as elite among this field, he will need another convincing win.\nColby \"Chaos\" Covington (15-1) is the number two contender in the welterweight division, and he's been waiting well over a year for this shot. Covington joined the UFC back in 2014, and one minor stumble aside he has been climbing steadily up the ranks. In 2018, then-champion Tyron Woodley was sidelined with shoulder surgery, so Covington and Rafael dos Anjos faced off for the Interim championship. Colby won, and was expected to fight a unification fight against Woodley once he returned. That was derailed when Colby needed a surgery of his own, and the interim title was stripped from Covington once Woodley had his next successful defense.\nWhen Convington returned to action earlier this year, he battled former UFC Welterweight champ Robbie Lawler in August. This fight came together after Lawler was expected to fight Tyron Woodley until Woodley had to withdraw due to a hand injury. Enter Covington, how won every round of their fight and then used his post fight interviews to challenge and insult the champion Usman. Now 18 months after becoming the Interim title holder, Covington has the fight he's been chasing.\nGet to know the challengers to the three titles on the line in UFC 245.\nUFC 245 is sending the year out with a bang by featuring three different championship matches. Featherweight champ Max Holloway will have his third title defense when he faces Alexander Volkanovski. Plus two-division champion Amanda Nunes, who has been atop the Bantamweight division for over three years, will have her fifth defense as she battles Germaine de Randamie in a rematch of their 2013 fight.\nHow to get UFC 245 Prelims on ESPN2\nESPN networks owns over 10 different channels, but for the UFC 245 Prelims you only need ESPN2. The Prelims Card includes four big fights, and features a major welterweight showdown. This will be just the fifth UFC fight for Geoff Neal, but he has already risen to rank 14th among welterweights. He'll battle Mike Perry in the feature fight of the ESPN2 card, a former boxer turned MMA fighter who is 2-4 in his last six fights.\nYou can get the UFC 245 Prelims from ESPN2 on five of the largest live TV streaming services. Hulu with Live TV and some of the other services offer a variety of free trials, while Sling TV's Orange Plan offers the lowest regular price. Check out the options, and select the one that is best for you. Then you can use the login and password for these streaming services in the ESPN app to watch the Prelims.\nThe cost: $45 a month after a one week free trial\nUFC 245 Prelims on Hulu - Yes, with ESPN2.\nCable in a choke hold\nGet ESPN2 & the UFC 245 Prelims streaming live.\nHulu has live TV including sports networks along with a huge back catalog of shows. ESPN2 is on Hulu, which means the UFC 245 Prelims are ready to go.\n$45 after free trial\nSling TV - Sling Orange\nThe cost: $25 a month after your first month for $15\nUFC 245 Prelims on Sling TV: Yes, with ESPN2.\nBig Action, Small Price\nSling Orange\nGet the Prelims and keep more of your cash.\nSling is the more economical way to get ESPN2. It costs about half the price of other services and still gets you access to the UFC 245 Prelims.\n$25 at Sling\nAT&T TV Now - Plus Plan\nThe cost: $50 a month after a free trial\n*UFC 245 Prelims on AT&T TV Now: Yes, with ESPN2.\nMore on AT&T TV Now:\nAT&T TV Now Plans and Pricing\nHow to sign up for AT&T TV Now\nNow's the time for new TV\nThe Plus Plan is your key to the UFC 245 Prelims.\nAT&T TV Now has a long list of channels in their lineup. The Plus Plan has ESPN2 so you can access the UFC 245 Prelims. Every plan includes HBO too.\n$50 a month\nUFC 245 Prelims on YouTube TV: (Make sure to mention the channels and specific plan if necessary)\nMore on YouTube TV:\nYouTube TV Plans and Pricing\nHow to sign up for YouTube TV\nFrom Creators to Destroyers\nOK Google, Watch the UFC 245 Prelims\nYouTube TV is one of the easiest streaming services to understand, with a single plan, a ton of channels \u2014 including ESPN2 for the UFC 245 Prelims.\nThe ESPN app has everything you need to watch UFC 245. Our advice is to install the app, and log in with your ESPN+ account and your Live TV streaming credentials before the event begins. The ESPN app is available on the major streaming platforms and game consoles including iOS and Android devices, Apple TV, Android TV, Chromecast, Fire TV, Roku, Samsung Smart TVs, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.\nHow to watch UFC 245 on Roku\nHow to watch UFC 245 on Amazon Fire TV\nHow to watch UFC 245 on Xbox\nUFC 245 Schedule and Fight Card\nAll times shown are Eastern time.\nEarly Prelims: 6:15 p.m. on ESPN+\nPrelims: 8 p.m. on ESPN2\nMain Card: 10 p.m. on PPV\nPost Show: 1 a.m. on ESPN+\nThe full event fight card, subject to change as always, is as follows:\nMain Card \u2014 Pay Per View\nKamaru Usman (15-1) vs. Colby Covington (15-1)\nMax Holloway (21-4) vs. Alexander Volkanovski (20-1)\nAmanda Nunes (18-4) vs. Germaine de Randamie (9-3)\nMarlon Moraes (22-6-1) vs. Jose Aldo (28-5)\nPetr Yan (13-1) vs. Urijah Faber (35-10)\nPrelims \u2014 ESPN2\nGeoff Neal (12-2) vs. Mike Perry (13-5)\nKetlen Vieira (10-0) vs. Irene Aldana (11-5)\nIan Heinisch (13-2) vs. Omari Akhmedov (19-4-1)\nMatt Brown (21-16) vs. Ben Saunders (22-12-2)\nEarly Prelims \u2014 ESPN+\nChase Hooper (8-0-1) vs. Daniel Teymur (7-3)\nBrandon Moreno (15-5) vs. Kai Kara-France (20-7)\nJessica Eye (14-7) vs. Viviane Araujo (8-1)\nPunahele Soriano (6-0) vs. Oskar Piechota (11-2-1)\nYou can order UFC 245 Usman vs. Covington today. New ESPN+ subscribers pay $79.99 for this pay-per-view and 1 year of ESPN+. Existing subscribers can pay just $59.99 for just the event, or $79.99 to upgrade from monthly to a 1 year subscription with the event. Either way, you will get an exciting night of top fights including Usman vs. Covington.\nUFC 245 Rocks the Octagon\nESPN+ UFC Pay-Per-View\nThree titles. Three champions. Three challengers. One night only.\nESPN+ has major UFC events on the regular, including this Pay-Per-View event. This year end edition has three championship fights on a single card. You can also get a year of live on ESPN+ if you choose the bundle.\nFrom $60 at ESPN\nHow to stream UFC 245 even if you're outside the United States\nIf you are pumped up for this UFC 245 event but have reservations to take off abroad, you might believe that you're out of luck. Streaming U.S. based sports like the UFC can be as frustrating as a split decision draw. It's all because streaming services often block their feeds if you're not in America. Suddenly, your streaming subscriptions look like they've lost all their value.\nHowever, there are ways to get things working again by using a VPN. Those three little letters mean \"Virtual Private Network,\" and that sends your internet traffic from wherever you are through a specific set of servers. Then it pops your internet traffic back into the United States even while you're abroad. That means you can sail away while your internet stays on the shores of the USA.\nDoes a VPN sound appealing to you? It's easy to get a great one with subscription services that, for a few bucks a month, tunnel your traffic through your choice of a variety of locations. It can also give you security and peace of mind on open WiFi connections, because a VPN protects you against snoopers on any network. Give one a try to see if it works for you, and then put it to good use. Even enjoy your football from a half a world away.\nA Champion VPN\nUse the subscriptions you pay for even if you've gone far from home.\nExpressVPN has all the things you want from a VPN, including multiple plans at different price points. It also has servers in 94 countries and apps for all major platforms.\nFrom $12.95 a month\nTruth wins\nThe first three episodes of 'Truth Be Told' are now live on Apple TV+\nA month after Apple TV+ went live, \"Truth Be Told\" is now available to stream. The first three episodes are online now, with a new episode arriving every week.\nApple TV+ Content\n'See' cast and crew discuss the show in a new Apple TV+ featurette\n\"See\" might have had less than stellar reviews since its arrival as a launch show on Apple TV+, but Apple is sticking with it. A new featurette includes both cast and crew discussions about making the show.\nBinge on\nDisney Plus finally has a Continue Watching section\nDisney+ just added the \"Continue Watching\" section to its app, one of the most requested features since it launched.\nControl your channels\nCheck out the best Amazon Prime channels for sports\nAmazon's Channels offer more than just movies. Live games and original sports series are ready for you to add on.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"MRSN Stock News\nMRSN - Mersana Therapeutics Inc\nNasdaq : MRSN\nMersana Therapeutics Initiates Expansion Portion of UPGRADE-A Combination Clinical Trial in Platinum-Sensitive Ovarian Cancer\nMersana Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRSN), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing a pipeline\nMersana Therapeutics Announces Initiation of Phase 1 Trial of XMT-2056 in HER2-Expressing Tumors\nMersana Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRSN), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing a pipeline of antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) targeting\nMersana Therapeutics Announces Inducement Grants Under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4)\nMersana Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:MRSN), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing a pipeline of antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) targeting cancers in areas of high unmet medical need, today announced that\nMersana Therapeutics Provides Business Update and Announces Strategic Objectives and Expected Milestones\nReport top-line data from UPLIFT registrational trial in mid-2023, submit potential BLA around year end 2023, and prepare for potential U.S. commercial launch in 2024 Advance Phase 3 UP-NEXT and Phase 1 UPGRADE-A trials in platinum-sensitive ovarian cancer Advance XMT-1660 and XMT-2056 Phase 1\nMersana Therapeutics Announces Research Collaboration and Commercial License Agreement with Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany to Develop Novel Immunosynthen Antibody-Drug Conjugates\nCollaboration focuses on discovering novel STING-agonist ADCs for up to two targets leveraging Mersana's proprietary immunostimulatory platform Mersana to receive $30 million upfront payment, up to $800 million in development, regulatory and commercial milestones, and tiered royalties up to the low\nEuropean Commission Designates UpRi as an Orphan Medicinal Product for the Treatment of Ovarian Cancer\nMersana Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRSN), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing a pipeline of antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) targeting cancers in areas of high unmet medical need, today announced that\nMersana Therapeutics to Present at Jefferies London Healthcare Conference\nMersana Therapeutics Provides Business Update and Announces Third Quarter 2022 Financial Results\nCompleted enrollment in UPLIFT clinical trial; topline data expected mid-2023; potential Biologics License Application (BLA) submission anticipated by the end of 2023 Initiated patient enrollment and dosing in Phase 1 clinical trial of XMT-1660 Strengthened balance sheet with $100 million upfront\nNasdaq:MRSN\nMersana Therapeutics Inc\nMRSN Data\nIndustry Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing\nWebsite www.mersana.com\nCeo Anna Protopapas\nSecurity name Mersana Therapeutics Inc\nAddress 840 Memorial Dr\nCity Cambridge\nAbout Mersana Therapeutics Inc\nMersana Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company using its differentiated and proprietary ADC platforms to rapidly develop novel ADCs with optimal efficacy, safety and tolerability to meaningfully improve the lives of people fighting cancer. Mersana's lead product candidate, upifitamab rilsodotin (UpRi), is a Dolaflexin ADC targeting NaPi2b and is in the expansion portion of a Phase 1 proof-of-concept clinical study in patients with ovarian cancer and NSCLC adenocarcinoma. XMT-1592, Mersana's second ADC product candidate targeting NaPi2b-expressing tumors, was created using Mersana's customizable and homogeneous Dolasynthen platform and is in the dose escalation portion of a Phase 1 proof-of-concept clinical study. The Company's early-stage programs include XMT-1660, a Dolasynthen ADC targeting B7-H4, as well as XMT-2056, a STING-agonist ADC developed using the Company's Immunosynthen platform. In addition, multiple partners are using Mersana's Dolaflexin platform to advance their ADC pipelines.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Former Academic Dean Morrette L. Rider Dies\nJanuary 17, 2008 \u2014 by Hope PR\nFormer Hope College music professor and academic administrator Morrette\n(Morry) L. Rider died on January 12, 2008 in Eugene, Oregon. He was 86.\nDr. Rider served on the faculty as Professor of Music from 1947-75. He was Dean for Academic Affairs from 1967-75. While at Hope he was the founding conductor of the Symphonette. Dr. Rider was a professional violinist.\nHe concluded his professional career as Professor of Music and Dean of the School of Music at the University of Oregon, retiring in 1986.\nHe was preceded in death by his wife. Wanda Nigh Rider, on May 13, 2007.\nHe is survived by a daughter, Rhonda, who is Coordinator of Chamber Music at The Boston Conservatory.\nA private service will be held Friday, Jan. 18, 2008 at the Rest-Haven Memorial Park Funeral Home in Eugene, Ore. A memorial service will be held in Oregon at a later date yet to be determined.\nMultiple Events Anticipate Muste Lecture\nMultiple activities are taking place at Hope College in anticipation of the annual A.J. Muste Memorial Peace Lecture, scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 2.\nRachael Price and Quartet to Perform on Feb. 1\nHope College will feature jazz vocalist Rachael Price and her quartet on Friday, Feb. 1, at 7:30 p.m. at the Knickerbocker Theatre in downtown Holland.\nEvents Designed to Build Awareness of Racism\nA series of events at Hope College on Monday-Friday, Jan. 21-25, has been scheduled to raise awareness of racism.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Part of HuffPost Environment. \u00a92021 Verizon Media. All rights reserved.\nJamie Henn, Contributor\nCo-founder and Strategic Communications Director, 350.org and 350 Action\nRipple Effect: The People's Climate March One Year Later\nOne year ago today, I was standing at the top of Sixth Avenue here in New York City with 400,000 others at the People's Climate March. We stood with our hands raised together in the air -- mothers, students, workers, doctors, climate activists -- each of us there because we believed in the unifying slogan of the day: to change everything, we need everyone.\nWe stood in silence, until suddenly, like a wave, a roar came echoing up the city canyon. Trumpets, drums and cheers echoed from Times Square all the way to the top of Central Park. Whistles and voices echoed off the city walls. With our silence, we acknowledged the lives lost to this crisis. With our noise, we celebrated the lives dedicated to solving it.\nTwo days before the march, I'd told a reporter from Rolling Stone that, \"Organizing a big march is like throwing a rock in a pond. The splash is exciting, but the real beauty is in the ripples. I'm confident the energy from this march will ripple out in all directions, from fossil fuel divestment fights on campus to the push for a global climate treaty in Paris.\"\nThe splash was indeed exciting. The People's Climate March dominated the news cycle, from huge TV coverage (including, much to my pleasure, on Fox News) to an above the fold spread in the New York Times. Along with the main event in New York, there were thousands of solidarity marches around the world, each generating loads of attention. The hashtag #PeoplesClimate had over 1 billion impressions. The day after the march, world leaders from UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to President Obama talked about the march and the need to \"heed the call\" of people in the streets.\nBut the real beauty has been in the ripples -- shockwaves that have traveled even farther and faster than we could have predicted at the time. Here in NYC, we've seen a strong year of organizing on the ground, with groups like ALIGN, UPROSE, and NYC Environmental Justice Alliance continuing to lead the way. Our temporary People's Climate Arts space, May Day, has become a permanent addition to the community and new \"Sporatoriums,\" the creative meet-ups where artists plotted the amazing themes and visuals of the march, continue to take place.\nMeanwhile, the divestment movement I referenced in the quote has grown in leaps and bounds. The day after the People's Climate March, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund announced that they would divest from fossil fuels. At the time, around 120 institutions representing roughly $50 billion in capital had made a divestment commitment. Since then, thanks to the tireless work of divestment activists, especially on college campuses, the number of commitments has surged to over 400 institutions (we'll be getting the full numbers on the amount of capital at a press conference on September 22). Those new commitments include huge pools of money, like the University of California System, the insurance giant AXA, and the Norwegian Sovereign Wealth Fund.\nThe divestment wave has helped build momentum throughout society for the transition away from fossil fuels. As some institutions commit to divest, many are also choosing to switch to 100% renewable electricity. And as our schools, companies, and places of worship take action, politicians are beginning to follow. This June, G7 leaders committed for the first time to phase out the use of fossil fuels and the goal will now be on the table for the climate talks in Paris this December. There's still much more work to be done -- long term goals without short term commitments often amount to little more than just empty rhetoric -- but there are days where it really feels like the tide is beginning to turn.\nWe're not organizing another march in New York City this year. Setting aside Star Wars and the Godfather, sequels are rarely better, and successful social movements rarely use the same tactic over and over again. Instead, we're mobilizing this year in Paris and around the world. There will be actions in the US on October 18th, huge marches around the world over the weekend of November 28-29th, escalated action on December 12th, and more major demonstrations taking on the fossil fuel industry next April.\nSome years you throw one big rock, other years you throw a series of stones. Both can help rock the boats of power and create ripples that carry our movement forward. The real lesson for me from the People's Climate March wasn't about the last word \"march\" but about the first word \"people.\" Our work will take many forms over the coming years, from community organizing to mass mobilization, but if we can keep people at the forefront, especially those who are already dealing with the worst impacts of climate change and our pollution based economy, than I'm confident we can keep moving forward. The march continues everyday.\n'Guardians' Star Offers $20,000 Reward In 'Trump' Manatee Case Watch Sea Lions 'Surfing' Off Santa Barbara Island For The Sheer Joy Of It Should We Spend $1 Trillion A Year On This Climate Technology? We May Have To. In Farewell Speech As President, Trump Says 'We Did What We Came Here To Do'\nGlobal Warming Climate Change Green Cop21 Unfccc","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Technicity 2019\nIngenious Awards 2019\nCyber Security Awareness Month\nCIO Census\nCelebrating 25 Years of CIO Leadership\nAI Directory\n2019 IT Salary Calculator\nCIO Security Perspectives\nGartner Corner\nOUCH! Free Content gets hurt by enabled Ad Blockers\nPlease consider unblocking us or Subscribe in support of our great non-gated content.\nComputerWorld Canada staff\n@itworldca\nThanks to everyone who entered our \"A Picture's Worth A Thousand Words\" contest. We here at ComputerWorld Canada killed some of those slow, post-Christmas work days reading some truly captivating tales of workplace woe, many of which you'll be able to read in these pages in coming months.\nBut today we congratulate our grand-prize winner \u2014 Dave Doyle of Edmonton.\nDave's story is the ultimate \"hard day\" at the office. Thanks for sharing it with us, Dave. And please accept this Kodak EasyShare digital camera as some overdue recognition.\nThe year was 1975. I was working for a company that prided itself on cost savings, especially in the IT department. I had just entered the second year of a computer-programming course (nights) at the local community college and had accepted a full-time job as the computer operator some three months previous.\nThe system was antiquated beyond description. It had four tape drives, a printer, a card-stack reader\/punch, and a whopping 16K of memory that sat in a huge container that was 4\u2032 x 8\u2032. This container had four drawers that could slide out for access or repair. During the summer I had to have these drawers constantly open so that the whole system would not over-heat.\nThe company had talked of replacing the system for years, but was never serious, due to the replacement cost and the cost of upgrading the programs.\nIt was the last day of the month. Our system \u2014 completely batch \u2014 was very slow that day. I was wondering what the problem was, when a small \"bang\" erupted from the rear of the memory cabinet. The system went dead.\nI called our maintenance contractor, who took the usual four hours to arrive. He couldn't find the problem and didn't have the parts \u2014 the usual story. Twenty-four hours later, no improvement. Two more techs had come and gone with no success. They'd be calling in a specialist. Be back soon\u2026.\nMeanwhile, my boss was in a panic. Our business was completely shut down while the computer was down \u2014 we used it to print packing tickets and invoices. About 120 people were sitting on their thumbs. They didn't mind, though. They were all unionized, and were getting full wages.\nTwo more days go by \u2014 the system is still down. I've phoned around to all the other companies in town who used to have the same system. All upgraded years ago, except one \u2014 the Vancouver Sun newspaper.\nI was instructed to bargain for the use of their computer system \u2014 price was no longer an object. I was able to get eight hours that night starting at 1:00 a.m.\nThe boss wanted me to be at work every second of every day in case they were able to fix the damn thing \u2014 and so, after working right through to 1:00 a.m. (most of the day sitting and watching the techs scratch their heads), I was finally able to gather all the punch cards (our programs) and headed off to the newspaper. I was shown to the room, and told \"good luck.\" There was an operator working late at night \u2014 the newspaper was in the procress of phasing out the old equipment, and he was using the new system to test the old data that was transferred to the new system. He had no time for me.\nI got to work and was pleasantly surprised \u2014 the speed of their tape units were at least twice of ours. I was making great time! But as it was the last day of the month before all the trouble started \u2014 and we ran a batch system \u2014 I had no choice but to run all the month-end programs before proceeding to the next day's work. No biggie, the programs only took about 30 minutes on our old system. I'd be done in 15!\nI was almost finished the daily run, and looking ahead I began searching for a few blank punch cards. No luck. I asked the other computer operator. His reply? \"We don't use cards here anymore.\" One of the monthly programs created output in the form of punched cards (hence our use of a card reader\/punch). The newspaper's system did not have that capability.\nI raced back to work, found the program source cards, threw them in the car and raced back to the newspaper.\nI found myself driving through the deserted streets of Vancouver at 3:00 a.m. holding punch cards up to the passing street lights to read the holes and to determine which cards needed changes to allow the program to work. (Take a moment to imagine doing that. Thank you.)\nAlthough the newspaper did not use punch cards anymore, and didn't have any around, they did have the machine. I'd brought some cards with me \u2014 punched out the changes to the program \u2014 and using the compiler I'd brought created the revised program. First compile worked. I ran it, and it worked.\nI finished up the month-end programs, and got the next day's work done before my time was up. I took all the program cards, tapes, compiler, source cards and a huge pile of printouts back to the car and returned to work. They'd repaired the system about 10 minutes before I arrived \u2014 but showing up with two full-days worth of work and having run all the month end programs \u2014 and re-programming the system on the fly \u2014 I was expecting a hero's welcome. It had been a long 26-hour shift.\nI got a \"thanks\" \u2014 and a gift certificate to a restaurant that was going out of business.\nThe next day the boss approached me \u2014 \"You don't expect overtime for yesterday, do you?\" Respect \u2014 it's all I ever wanted.\nCareers compiler, job market\nXeon, Itanium, Centrino march onward\nIBM unveils data retention system\nTop marks from educators for Fujitsu's document scanning solution Jake Ragusa, Technology Director for the Ascension Parish School Board, credits the Fujitsu fi-Series scanners with eliminating the need for a $2 million dollar expansion planned to deal with space issues.\nTwitter chat recap #ITWCjobs: IT career progression in Canada\nCloud hasn't shrunk IT job market\nLeading from a Distance: What Managers Need to Know\nThe truth about CIO tenure\nTweets by itworldca\nResources CanadianCIO Digital Security CMO Digital CDN Magazine IT Salary Calculator LightningPR Webinars and Events Tech Research Partner Content\nIT World Canada Community About Us Contact Us Technology Videos IT News IT Blogs Mobility News Cloud Computing Technology Topics ITWC Talks\nITWC Websites ITWC.ca Channel Daily News.com IT World Canada.com IT Business.ca Direction Informatique.com\n\u00a9 2020 IT World Canada","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Journalist Julia Ioffe Discusses Modern Russia\nAriana Howard '20 Staff Writer The annual Hansford M. Epes Distinguished Lecture Series honors individuals from a range of professions within the humanities field. The Series was established in 2012 in honor of Hansford Epes '61, who served in the Humanities program as a professor, specializing in German Studies, untilRead More\nStudents Question Campus Accessibility Accommodations\nJack Dowell '21 Staff Writer In the leadup to the recent SGA presidential election, Elif Kaya '19 made a post to the unofficial Davidson Facebook group saying that \"as a voter, I am looking for a specific initiative on working to accept more students with physical disabilities to Davidson.\" ThoughRead More\nCommission on Race and Slavery Progresses\nBetsy Sugar '21 Staff Writer On February 15th, President Carol Quillen sent the Davidson faculty, staff, and student community an email addressing racist material in the college's old yearbooks. Quillen explained that \"Davidson College is committed to a full understanding of the college's history with respect to slavery and race.Read More\nNew Spaces Promote Inclusion, Relaxation\nJonathan Lee '20 Senior Staff Writer This semester, students have made themselves at home in several new spaces around campus, benefitting from the joint efforts of peers, faculty, and administration. These additions include the Lavender Lounge, the Belk Quiet Study Space, the Nest, and Union Station. Other areas have beenRead More\nPerspective: Abroad Experience Shows Need for Jewish Studies\nLucy Hammet '19 Picture by John Crawford '20 On the first day of history class at my study abroad program in Copenhagen, Denmark, my professor asked the class to introduce ourselves and explain what we brought to the class. I found myself stumped. What did I bring to this class?Read More","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"\"Appaloosa\" by Skye!\nJourney's Jonathan Cain takes us home on new album \"Where I live\"\nMichael Thompson Band reissue!\nFrontiers Records announces the reissue of MICHAEL THOMPSON BAND's masterpiece \"How Long\" on June 8th 2007.\nIn order to coincide with the release of Michael Thompson's new band debut album TRW's \"Rivers of Paradise\", Frontiers and Michael agreed that it was a perfect time to re-release this masterpiece on the same day. In 1988, after working to try and get a deal with his band Slang for several years, Thompson got signed by Geffen Records to release one album entitled \"How Long\", under the Michael Thompson Band (MTB) monicker. The singer for this group was Rick 'Moon' Calhoun, previously front man for the AOR cult band THE STRAND, Michael's long time friend. Completing the line-up were another bunch of highly respected studio professionals such as: John Andrew Schreiner (on keyboards), Leon Gaer (bass), John Keane (drums).\nOn \"How Long\" more musicians appeared, in particular drummer-maestro Terry Bozzio, Pat Torpey (of MR BIG), bassist Jimmy Haslip, ex KANSAS vocalist John Elefante, TOTO's Bobby Kimball and GREAT WHITE associates Michael Lardie and Wyn Davis (who also produced the album).\nAs of today \"How Long\" is regarded as one of the highest examples of hi-tech AOR \/ West Coast, with a superb production and immaculate songwriting. During the years it became more and more of a collector's item and the prices paid on E-bay exceeded 80 dollars!\nThis 2007 reissue comes completely remastered and adds two songs which were recorded during the original sessions and the first fruit of a reunion between Michael, Moon Calhoun and songwriter Jeff Paris entitled \"Wheelchair\": an appetizer for an upcoming brand new album to be expected sometime in 2008 !\nFinal tracklisting of \"How Long\" reissue shall be:\nSecret Information; Give Love a Chance; 1000 Nights; Wasteland; Never Stop Falling; Can't Miss; Gloria; Stranger; Baby Come Back; How Long; Right To Be Wrong (bonus track); Love Goes On (bonus track); Wheelchair (new song).\nPosted by Arnaud LEGER on April 26, 2007 in Re-release | Permalink | Comments (1)\nThis album was an instant favorite for me when I was a young adult. Im so pleased to see it on cd, for I had the LP back in the 80's. My favorite song is can't miss. As a writer of lyrics and poetry-the words and music danced on my heart\nPosted by: Tamera | February 14, 2010 at 02:30 AM","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Nikulin Circus on Tsvetnoy Boulevard\nDesign and supply of radio systems and equipment for signal reproduction\nOur company has equipped with new sound equipment one of the oldest circuses in Russia, which accepted its first spectators in far 1880.\nThe complexity of the project was in the features of the circus hall, where almost all the space is a working area. It imposed the restrictions on the ways of placing the sound equipment. This was especially true for the complex microphone radio systems, the correct placement and configuration of which ensured the reliable and stable operation of sound equipment as a whole.\nThe reliable communication between the sound engineer of the show and the ringmaster, managing the performance, was provided by the monitoring system. The speech of the host and the replicas of the artists performing on the arena, were brought to the spectators by a multi-channel radio system, equipped with transmitters. The sound of a live orchestra is transmitted by a set of specialized instrumental microphones. The players with instant start of any musical fragment were used as devices for high-quality playback of phonograms in order to make unplanned improvisations look like part of the performance.\nTo mix a large number of microphone channels and music sources, two digital consoles containing a full set of sound processing were supplied to the circus. They were combined into a common sound network.\nWe are glad that we had the honor to be involved in the bright holiday and the feeling of happiness that the circus gives to its visitors.\nPrevious version of the site\nMoscow, Akademika Koroleva str., house 23, building 2\nPSRN: 1107746110999\n8 (800) 200-00-93free calls to Russia\n\u00a9 2019 \"OKNO-TV\". All rights reserved. All trademarks are the property of their respective owners.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Tesla Denies Reports It Sold Just 211 Cars in China Last Month\nBy Ryan Gandolfo, November 28, 2018\nTesla's share price dropped 1.8 percent on Tuesday after reports surfaced that the company had sold just 211 cars in China last month.\nAn official from China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) shared the extremely low sales figures with Reuters on Tuesday. A Tesla spokesperson based in California denied the reports, saying \"this is wildly inaccurate. While we do not disclose regional or monthly sales numbers, these figures are off by a significant margin,\" according to CNBC.\nREAD MORE: Elon Musk Spotted Grabbing a Jianbing in Shanghai\nAs one of the early victims of the US-China Trade War, foreign-owned automobile companies have had to navigate turbulent waters in the Chinese market.\nIn July, China placed a 40 percent tariff on American made vehicles imported to China, forcing Tesla to hike up the price of its Model S and Model X by RMB150,000 to RMB250,000.\nJust last month, Tesla signed an agreement with the Shanghai government to build its first Gigafactory outside the US. The company said in a statement that they plan to produce the first cars at the Shanghai facility about two years after construction gets underway.\nREAD MORE: Elon Musk in Shanghai for Opening of China's First Tesla Factory\n[Cover image via @jpvalery\/Unsplash]\nTesla Electric Cars Trade War\nNBA's James Harden Gets into Trouble with Shanghai Traffic Police\nNBA Superstar James Harden concluded his China summer tour with a lane violation.\nChina Issues Travel Warnings for the United States\nChina has recently been on an 'alert frenzy.'\nPHOTOS: Live Music, Cultural Dances and More at Belt and Road 2019 Expo\nRunning from May 31 to June 2, the Expo housed just under 270 businesses looking to either break into the Chinese market or cement their existing trade deals.\nKFK: The Trade War and Progress in Taiwan's Standup Scene\nUncovering China's Illegal Dinosaur Fossil Trade\nAn inside look at China's illegal fossil trade.\nElon Musk Returns to Shanghai for Groundbreaking of China's First Tesla Factory\nElon Musk is back in Shanghai but this time it's not just for the jianbing.\n7 Biggest China News Stories of 2018\nIt's been a wild year in news.\nChinese Stocks Plummet for 2nd Time in a Week\nChina's CSI 300 Index, which gathers the top 300 stocks on the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock markets was down by 4.64% at 3pm.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Best SHAREit Alternatives in 2022\nLook beyond ShareIt for file transfer\nby: Yash Wate - Last updated on: December 14th, 2021\nSHAREit is one of the most commonly used file-sharing software that allows users to share different types of files including photos, videos, music, apps, and a few others, from one device to another. It is available across multiple platforms like Android, iOS, Windows, and Mac. However, despite that, a lot of people are looking for the best SHAREit alternatives. That's because, it has received some criticism over the years from users for showing a lot of distracting ads across the UI, to an extent, making it difficult to use.\nBest SHAREit Alternatives\n1. Zapya\n2. Xender\n3. Send Anywhere\n4. PushBullet\nOver the years, a few companies have created a similar file-sharing service to combat the growing popularity and simultaneously attract users by displaying comparatively fewer ads and offering more features. In this article, we have shortlisted some of the best alternatives to SHAREit, that you can use to get the best service out of the lot.\nNote: The focus of this article is on cross-platform file-sharing services (Android, iOS, PC, Mac) and not only on Android-to-Android or Android-to-PC file sharing.\nZapya is a cross-platform service that allows you to share different kinds of files back and forth between devices. It has a cleaner UI than SHAREit and isolates the useful features from junk. There are ads present on the app, but unlike SHAREit they are not very much in the way to make it unusable. The service does not require the use of an active internet connection for file transfer, but instead, creates a hotspot to share content between devices. It can transfer different kinds of files including photos, videos, music, docs, etc. between devices.\nZapya offers file-sharing services across Android, iOS, Windows, and Mac. Additionally, it offers a web interface to allow for easy sharing between devices. If you ask us, this is one of the best SHAREit alternatives available right now.\nDownload Zapya\nXender is another cross-platform file-sharing service. Just like SHAREit, it is also supported across a wide variety of platforms like Android, iOS, and Windows. In addition to these platforms, Xender also provides a web interface for easy file sharing, similar to Zapya, which comes in handy when you want to share content across devices quickly. The service allows you to share various kinds of files between devices without requiring an active mobile data connection.\nThe UI is quite clean without much clutter and manages to offer a simple and easy way to share content. Though there are some ads on the app, the frequency is quite low than most of the other file-sharing services. If you despise ads, look at our next option below.\nDownload Xender\nAnother file-sharing alternative to SHAREit is Send Anywhere. Similar to a lot of other options, the service supports multiple platforms to allow users to share content between different devices. However, the service takes a different approach towards providing a file-sharing platform and does not rely on cloud-based platforms, like many other services. The difference between Send Anywhere and other alternatives lies in the type of connection used to share files among devices, as, Send Anywhere uses a peer-to-peer connection, instead of a cloud-based connection to allow users to transfer files. For which, it uses a 6-digit key to ensure a secure transfer of files between devices. An advantage to this approach is that it makes it easy for users to transfer files between devices even when they are not in close proximity.\nThe UI is pretty clean. Although there are ads across the app, the kind of service offered compensates for the ads. Also, the frequency of ads is also quite low. Send Anywhere is available across Android, iOS, Windows, Linux, and Mac. This is a nice SHAREit alternative for most people.\nDownload Send Anywhere\nPushBullet is another service that can be used to transfer content between devices. It has a simple UI to allow you to send files, in addition to sending links, getting notifications, chatting with friends, and sending text messages. By doing so, it creates a tunnel between your devices to allow you to transfer files without any hassle seamlessly.\nThe service is available across different platforms including Android, iOS, Windows, and Mac and allows you to share various types of files between devices. A neat Share it alternative for masses.\nDownload PushBullet\nIn our opinion, Send Anywhere offers the best service among all the other alternatives with its ease of use, functionality, and less bloated UI. However, we would suggest you try each of the alternatives mentioned above and find the right one that suits your requirements. Do note that if you are only looking for Android to Android file transfer or Android to Windows PC file transfer, there are simpler and better options like Mi Drop and Files by Google.\n#Best Apps #Pushbullet #Send Anywhere #SHAREit #Xender #Zapya\nSamsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 Long-Term Review: The Most\u2026\n15+ Essential Mac Productivity Apps to use in 2022\n8 Best TeamViewer Alternatives for Remote Desktop\u2026\nLooking for Free LastPass alternatives? Here are the\u2026\nThe Best Alternatives to the Banned Chinese Apps in India\nWunderlist Alternatives: Best To-Do and Reminder Apps","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Guys should have fun with their wedding looks, too\nBy Melissa Erickson\nPublished: Thu, January 16, 2020 2:01 AM\n[Photo provided]\nStyled well, a groom should stand out at a wedding, shining just like the bride. It's his day, too.\n\"Grooms have a lot more flexibility with style choices than they used to, but color choices are still a team decision,\" said Chris Easter, co-founder of The Man Registry and author of \"Be The Man: The Man Registry Guide for Grooms.\"\nWedding fashion should be a partnership between the bride and groom, said menswear fashion designer Joseph Abboud.\n\"It's part of the image a couple presents to the world. It's a metaphor for a great marriage,\" he said.\nA tuxedo is always a classic option.\n\"Double breasted tuxedos are definitely in for 2020,\" Easter said. \"Double breasted differs from a single breasted in that it features two sets of buttons that are part of overlapping front flaps. I love pairing the double breasted tux with a tailored white non-stretch shirt with a spread collar. It's a classic look that will still hold its own in 2020.\"\nThe traditional tuxedo is not the only option guys have, Abboud said.\n\"It's a fun time for young grooms. Men get to be creative. It's not just the traditional black tux anymore,\" he said.\nFlexibility and versatility reign.\nGrooms can be the protagonist in their weddings, wearing tweed and lightcolored suits for outdoor or summer weddings, colorful or printed dinner jackets, or slim-fitting or casual suits that can transition to work wear.\nFor groomsmen the dark suit \u2014 particularly a dark navy suit \u2014 is having a moment. It can be dressed up to be more formal with a bow tie, vest or pocket square, Abboud said.\n\"Economics come into the decision. Younger people are practical. A dark suit can be a business suit,\" he said.\nIf budget is a consideration, renting is an option; just be sure to get a good fit.\n\"Buying a suit or tux can range from several hundreds up to $1,000. You can generally rent all-in for $200 and under,\" Easter said.\nOne of the highlights of the groom's side is choosing the wedding party's attire.\n\"While groomsmen don't need to match the groom perfectly, they should still be wearing the same style. In other words, having the attendants' ties be a different color than the groom's is definitely acceptable \u2014 just don't have the groom in a formal black tuxedo with the groomsmen in khaki suits that look more fit for a beach wedding,\" Easter said.\n(Story continued below...)\nNo matter what the groomsmen wear, the groom should sport a distinctive look, Abboud said. That can be as simple as groomsmen wearing black tuxedos with white bow ties and the groom wearing an ivory dinner jacket with a black bow tie.\nIt's fairly common for a bride to have a second or even third look, plus special outfits for the rehearsal dinner and day-after events. Now grooms are are saying \"I do\" to second looks. For the ceremony, he may wear a formal tuxedo, then change into a dapper party look for the reception.\n\"Menswear is becoming much more flexible,\" Abboud said.\nWhatever your style, the top piece of advice for grooms is to work as a team with your bride-to-be.\n\"Scheduling weekly or bi-weekly wedding planning date nights are a great way to kick back and relieve stress while still making some progress,\" Easter said.\nCommentsGuys should have fun with their wedding looks, too","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Ohio Manufacturing Cairo Sulphur Products - Executive Summary\nRisk Management Plan Executive Summary for Marsulex Cairo Sulfur Products\n1. Accidental Release Prevention and Emergency Response Policies\nWe at Cairo Sulfur Products are strongly committed to employee, public and environmental safety. This commitment is demonstrated by our comprehensive accidental release prevention program that covers areas such as design, installation, operating procedures, maintenance, and employee training associated with the processes at our facility. It is our policy to implement appropriate controls to prevent possible releases of regulated substances. Unforeseeably, if such a release does occur, we are coordinated with the Allen County Emergency Services and Cairo Fire Department which provides highly trained emergency response personnel to control and mitigate the effects of the release.\n2. The Stationary Source and the Regulated Substances Handled\nOur facilitys primary activities encompass production of sulfuric acid and liquid sulfur dioxide. W\ne have four (4) RMP regulated substances present at our facility in significant quantities. These substances include sulfur dioxide, chlorine, ammonia and oleum, a mixture of sulfuric acid and sulfur trioxide. The regulated substances at our facility are involved in several uses. Sulfur dioxide is used for the production of sulfuric acid and is sold as a product. Oleum is used for producing sulfuric acid and sulfur dioxide. Chlorine is used in water treatment. Ammonia is used in refrigeration.\nThe maximum inventory of oleum that is expected to be present in this facility based on process\/operational requirements is 18000 lb. The maximum inventory of sulfur dioxide that is expected to be present in this facility based on process\/operational requirements is 500,000 lb. The maximum inventory of chlorine that is expected to be present in this facility based on process\/operational requirements is 1350 lb which is below the Threshold Planning Quantity for RMP. The maximum inventory of am\nmonia that is expected to be present in this facility based on process\/operational requirements is 3000 lb which is below the Threshold Planning Quantity for RMP.\n3. The Worst Case Release Scenario(s) and the Alternative Release Scenario(s), including administrative controls and mitigation measures to limit the distances for each reported scenario\nTo perform the required offsite consequence analysis for our facility, we have used the look-up tables and equations provided by the EPA in the RMP Offsite Consequence Analysis Guidance. The following paragraphs provide details of the chosen scenarios.\nThe worst case release scenario submitted for Program 2 and 3 toxic substances as a class involves a catastrophic release from one liquid sulfur dioxide storage tank. The scenario involves a release of 260,000 lb. Sulfur dioxide. Toxic liquid is assumed to be immediately released to a pool of height 1 cm, from which evaporation takes place. The entire pool is estimated to have evaporat\ned over 10 minutes. At Class F atmospheric stability and 1.5 m\/s wind speed, the maximum distance of 25 miles is obtained corresponding to a toxic endpoint of 0.0078 mg\/L (3 ppm).\nOne alternative release scenarios has been submitted for each toxic substance present in Program 3 processes.\nThe alternative release scenario for oleum involves a release from oleum in the oleum towers. The scenario involves the release of 14700 lb. of oleum. Toxic liquid is assumed to be immediately released to form a pool of height 1 cm. from which evaporation takes place. Passive mitigation controls such as Inventory are taken into account to calculate the scenario. The release is also assumed to be controlled by active mitigation measures that include neutralization. Under neutral weather conditions, the maximum distance to the toxic endpoint of 0.01 mg\/L of oleum is 2.1 miles.\nThe alternative release scenario for sulfur dioxide involves a release of sulfur dioxide from a loading hose. The sce\nnario involves the release of 33900 lb. of sulfur dioxide. Toxic liquid is assumed to be immediately released to form a pool of height 1 cm. from which evaporation takes place. Passive mitigation controls such as Inventory are taken into account to calculate the scenario. The release is also assumed to be controlled by active mitigation measures that include neutralization. Under neutral weather conditions, the maximum distance to the toxic endpoint of 0.0078 mg\/L of sulfur dioxide is 2.7 miles.\n4. The General Accidental Release Prevention Program and the Chemical-Specific Prevention Steps\nOur facility has taken all the necessary steps to comply with the accidental release prevention requirements set out under 40 CFR part 68 of the EPA. The sulfur dioxide processes at our facility are subject to the OSHA PSM standard under 29 CFR 1910.119. The following sections briefly describe the elements of the release prevention program that is in place at our stationary source.\ns Safety Information\nCairo Sulfur Products maintains a detailed record of safety information that describes the chemical hazards, operating parameters and equipment designs associated with all processes.\nProcess Hazard Analysis\nOur facility conducts comprehensive studies to ensure that hazards associated with our processes are identified and controlled efficiently. The methodology used to carry out these analyses is HAZOP. The studies are undertaken by a team of qualified personnel with expertise in engineering and process operations and are revalidated at a regular interval of (time period). Any findings related to the hazard analysis are addressed in a timely manner.\nFor the purposes of safely conducting activities within our covered processes, Cairo Sulfur Products maintains written operating procedures. These procedures address various modes of operation such as initial startup, normal operations, temporary operations, emergency shutdown, emergency operat\nions, normal shutdown and startup after a turnaround. The information is regularly reviewed and is readily accessible to operators involved in the processes.\nCairo Sulfur Products has a comprehensive training program in place to ensure that employees who are operating processes are competent in the operating procedures associated with these processes. Refresher training is provided at least every three years and more frequently as needed.\nMechanical Integrity\nCairo Sulfur Products carries out highly documented maintenance checks on process equipment to ensure proper operations. Process equipment examined by these checks includes among others: pressure vessels, storage tanks, piping systems, relief and vent systems, emergency shutdown systems, controls and pumps. Maintenance operations are carried out by qualified personnel with previous training in maintenance practices. Furthermore, these personnel are offered specialized training as needed. Any equipment defici\nencies identified by the maintenance checks are corrected in a safe and timely manner.\nManagement of Change\nWritten procedures are in place at Cairo Sulfur Products to manage changes in process chemicals, technology, equipment and procedures. Process operators, maintenance personnel or any other employee whose job tasks are affected by a modification in process conditions are promptly made aware of and offered training to deal with the modification.\nPre-startup Reviews\nPre-startup safety reviews related to new processes and to modifications in established processes are conducted as a regular practice at Cairo Sulfur Products. These reviews are conducted to confirm that construction, equipment, operating and maintenance procedures are suitable for safe startup prior to placing equipment into operation.\nCairo Sulfur Products conducts audits on a regular basis to determine whether the provisions set out under the RMP rule are being implemented. These audits are car\nried out at least every 3 years and any corrective actions required as a result of the audits are undertaken in a safe and prompt manner.\nIncident Investigation\nCairo Sulfur Products promptly investigates any incident that has resulted in, or could reasonably result in a catastrophic release of a regulated substance. These investigations are undertaken to identify the situation leading to the incident as well as any corrective actions to prevent the release from reoccurring. All reports are retained for a minimum of 5 years.\nEmployee Participation\nCairo Sulfur Products truly believes that process safety management and accident prevention is a team effort. Company employees are strongly encouraged to express their views concerning accident prevention issues and to recommend improvements. In addition, our employees have access to all information created as part of the facilitys implementation of the RMP rule, including information resulting from process hazard analyses in partic\nular.\nOn occasion, our company hires contractors to conduct specialized maintenance and construction activities. Prior to selecting a contractor, a thorough evaluation of safety performance of the contractor is carried out. Cairo Sulfur Products has a strict policy of informing the contractors of known potential hazards related to the contractors work and the processes. Contractors are also informed of all the procedures for emergency response should an accidental release of a regulated substance occur.\n5. Five-year Accident History\nCairo Sulfur Products has had an excellent record of preventing accidental releases over the last 5 years. Due to our stringent release prevention policies, No accidental releases have occurred during this period.\n6. Emergency Response Plan\nCairo Sulfur Products carries a written emergency response plan to deal with accidental releases of hazardous materials. The plan includes all aspects of emergency response including adequate\nfirst aid and medical treatment, evacuations, notification of local emergency response agencies and the public, as well as post-incident decontamination of affected areas.\nTo ensure proper functioning, our emergency response equipment is regularly inspected and serviced. In addition, the plan is promptly updated to reflect any pertinent changes taking place within our processes that would require a modified emergency response.\n7. Planned Changes to Improve Safety\nSeveral developments and findings have resulted from the implementation of the various elements of our accidental release prevention program. Secondary containment and monitoring are some of the major steps we want to take to improve safety at our facility. These changes are expected to be implemented by the end of year 2000.\n8. Certification Statement\nThe undersigned certifies that to the best of my knowledge, information, and belief, formed after reasonable inquiry, the information submitted is true, accurate a\nnd complete.\nName: Timothy J. Haniford\nTitle: Plant Manager\nDate signed:June 11, 1999","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Matt Wickstrom\nUofL-founded company secures $100M to advance cell therapy to improve organ transplant outcomes\nLOUISVILLE, Ky. \u2013 A company born at the University of Louisville has raised $100 million from investors to develop a therapy, based on UofL research, that could improve the lives of kidney transplant recipients.\nTalaris Therapeutics, Inc, formerly known as Regenerex LLC, is using technology developed at UofL to allow living donor kidney transplant recipients to stay off immunosuppression drugs for the rest of their lives. In a Phase 2 study, the cell therapy, called FCR001, allowed 70 percent of living donor kidney transplant patients to be durably weaned off all of their immunosuppression treatments.\nThe unique cell therapy technology is a result of pioneering research conducted at UofL by the team of Suzanne Ildstad. Ildstad has spent 21 years as a \"Bucks for Brains\" researcher at UofL. She founded Talaris around her research and is the company's chief scientific officer.\n\"This financing moves us one step closer to helping organ transplant recipients no longer be dependent on immunosuppressive drugs, resulting in a greatly improved quality of life,\" Ildstad said. \"The support and research infrastructure at UofL have been invaluable in our journey to this important juncture.\"\nThe technology developed by Ildstad's team was patented at UofL and is exclusively licensed by Talaris from UofL's Office of the Executive Vice President for Research and Innovation. Talaris plans to use the new funding to carry out a phase 3 clinical trial of FCR001. Longer term, the company plans to study whether FCR001 could be used for other organ transplants.\nTalaris has about 25 employees in Louisville. Talaris' research and cell processing facilities are based at UofL and the company also has a corporate office in Boston. As part of its licensing agreement with Talaris, the university will receive royalties from sales of any licensed products.\n\"This cutting-edge UofL research can have a significant impact on human health,\" said UofL President Neeli Bendapudi. \"This is a prime example of our ability to work with industry partners and investors to help turn innovative research into valuable new products.\"\nTagsLouisville Talaris Therapeutics University of Louisville\nJohn Licht says:\nCongratulations UofL and Kentuckiana for commerce applications\nSargent and Greenleaf receives Governor's Safety and Health Award\nFive school districts to receive $231,237 to replace aging diesel school buses","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"GOUNI Journal of Management and Social Sciences\nVol 4 No 2 (2016) \/\nInfluence of Ebola Virus Surveillance Campaigns on the Knowledge, Attitude and Practices of Residents in South East, Nigeria\nAndrew Chiahalam Apeh Enugu State University of Science and Technology\nPaul Martin Obayi Godfrey Okoye University, Enugu\nChima Alexander Onyebuchi Godfrey Okoye University, Enugu\nThis study sought to examine the influence of Ebola virus surveillance campaigns on the Knowledge, Attitude and Practices of Residents of South East, Nigeria. The study was anchored on health belief model (HBM) which indicates how people respond to health related messages, especially when they know they are susceptible to the disease. Explanatory mixed method research design was adopted for the study, with survey used for the quantitative data, while in-depth interviews and observation were used for the qualitative data. Using Australian Calculator, the researcher arrived at a sample size of 385 respondents from a population of 16,381,729. Findings from the study revealed that 79.1% of the residents of South East, Nigeria are highly aware of the Ebola virus. Result of data also reveals that 57.1% of south-east residents have high knowledge of the Ebola virus, its transmission and prevention method, while 56.1% and 55.4% respondents respectively, to a large extent, have been influenced in attitudes and practices by awareness campaigns on Ebola virus. The researcher concluded that the mass media were effective in the campaigns aimed at stemming the spread of the virus. It was recommended that there should be sustained mass media campaign against the killer Ebola virus to keep Nigerians a step ahead of the disease.\nAsika, N. (2006). Research Methodology in the Behavioural Sciences, Lagos: Esto Printers.\nBecker, M.H., Radius, S.M., & Rosenstock, I.M. (1978). 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Obiagu Enugu: Hope- Rising Ventures Publishers.\nCohen, S. & Young, J. (1973). The Manufacture of News, London: Constable.\nConner, M. & Norman, P. (1996). Predicting Health Behaviour. Search and Practice with Social Cognition Models. Open University Press: Ballmore: Buckingham.\nCochran, W. G. (1977). Sampling techniques (3rd ed.). New York: John Wiley & Sons.\nCreswell, J. (2002). Educational research: Planning, conducting, and evaluating quantitative and qualitative research. New Jersey: Pearson Education Inc.\nCreswell, J. W. (2003) Research design: qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches (2nd Edition), Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.\nEarl, R.B. (1979). The Practice of Social Research. California: Wadsworth Publishing Company Inc.\nEbo, S. J. (1999). African Mass Media Systems, Enugu: Computer Edge\nEileon, Kane, (1987). Doing your own Research, New York: Marion Boyars.\nEisen, M et.al. (1992). 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Health Communication Research, Westport, CT: Greenwood.\nKeghku, T. (2008). Behavioural Change Communication (BCC) and HIV\/AIDS Campaigns in Nigeria in (ed) Nwosu Ikechukwu et al. Communication and sustainable development in Nigeria. Enugu: Rhyce Kerex Publishers.\nKuhn, Jens H.; Becker, Stephan; Ebihara, Hideki; Geisbert, Thomas W.; Johnson, Karl M.; Kawaoka, Yoshihiro; Lipkin, W. Ian; Negredo, Ana I et al. (2010). \"Proposal for a revised taxonomy of the family Filoviridae: Classification, names of taxa and viruses, and virus abbreviations\". Archives of Virology 155 (12): 2083\u2013103. doi:10.1007\/s00705- 010-0814-x. PMC 3074192. PMID 21046175. (Accessed September 02, 2014).\nMcCombie, A. T., Hornik, J. and Anarfi, P. K. (1992). Promoting Health for Young Adults through social marketing and Mass Media, Journal of Health Concern. 6:43-49\nMiabach, E., and Parrot, R. L. (1995). Designing Health Messages, Thousand Oaks CA: Sage Publications.\nMonasch, F. (2014), Study on Public Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Relating to Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) Prevention and Medical Care in Sierra Leone. Retrieved April 15, from http:\/\/newswire.crs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Ebola-Virus-Disease-National-KAP-Study-Final-Report_-final.pdf\nMytton, G. (1983). Mass Communication in Africa, London: Edward Arnold.\nNanbo, Asuka; Watanabe, Shinji; Halfmann, Peter; Kawaoka, Yoshihiro (4 Feb 2013). \"The spatio-temporal distribution dynamics of Ebola virus proteins and RNA in infected cells\". Nature. doi:10.1038\/srep01206. (Accessed September 02, 2014).\nNgwu, C. S. (2011). Nigerian newspapers coverage of the 78 days presidential vacuum crisis under late President Umaru Musa Yar'adua: A study of the Daily sun, Guardian, The Nation and Vanguard newspapers. Unpublished thesis Enugu State University of Science and Technology, (ESUT), Enugu.\nNwamuo, N. N. (2008) \"Assessment of Anambra Ministry of Health's Media Campaign on the Malaria Control Booster Project\" in (ed) Nwosu Ikechukwu et al. Communication and sustainable development in Nigeria. Enugu: Rhyce Kerex Publishers.\nNwodu, L.C. (2006). Research in Communication and Other Behavioural Science Principles, Method and Issues. Enugu: Rhyce Kerex.\nOkoro, N. (2001). Mass communication research: Issues and mythologies Nsukka: AP Express Publishers.\nOsuala, E. C. (2005). Introduction to research methodology (3rd ed.). Onitsha: Africana-First Publishers Limited.\nOgbuoshi, L.I. (2006). Understanding Research Methods and Thesis Writing. Enugu: Linco Enterprises.\nPattyn, S.; Jacob, W.; van der Groen, G.; Piot, P.; Courteille, G. (1977). \"Isolation of Marburg-like virus from a case of haemorrhagic fever in Zaire\". Lancet 309 (8011): 573\u20134. doi:10.1016\/s0140-6736(77)92002-5. PMID 65663. (Accessed September 02, 2014).\nTRay, E. B. and Donohew, L. (1990). Communication and Health: Systems and Applications, Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.\nRosenstock, I. (1974). Historical Origins of the Health Belief Model. Health Education Monographs. Vol. 2 No. 4.\nSalkind, N. J. (1997). Exploring research (3rd ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.\nUfuophu-Biri, E. (2008). \"The Impact of Broadcast HIV\/AIDS Campaigns on Sexual Lifestyle of Selected Students in Delta State\" The Nigerian journal of communications, Vol. 6, No. 1 & 2.\nWHO Media centre. doi: http:\/\/www.who.int\/mediacentre\/factsheets\/fs103\/en\/\nWimmer, R, and Dominick, J. (2011). Mass media research. An introduction (9th ed.). Canada: Wadsworth Cengage Learning.\nAPEH, Andrew Chiahalam; OBAYI, Paul Martin; ONYEBUCHI, Chima Alexander. Influence of Ebola Virus Surveillance Campaigns on the Knowledge, Attitude and Practices of Residents in South East, Nigeria. GOUNI Journal of Management and Social Sciences, [S.l.], v. 4, n. 2, p. 231-249, feb. 2017. ISSN 2550-7265. Available at: <http:\/\/journal.gouni.edu.ng\/index.php\/fmss\/article\/view\/27>. Date accessed: 11 may 2018.\nEndNote - EndNote format (Macintosh & Windows)\nProCite - RIS format (Macintosh & Windows)\nReference Manager - RIS format (Windows only)\nVol 4 No 2 (2016)\nEbola; Surveillance; Knowledge; Attitude\nAuthors grant the journal copyright","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Daily Service Report for Wednesday, July 11, 2018\n5:08 a.m. A Largo Town Center-bound Blue Line train at Franconia-Springfield was delayed 4 minutes due to an operational problem.\n5:51 a.m. A Vienna-bound Orange Line train at New Carrollton did not operate, resulting in an 8-minute gap in service.\n5:51 a.m. A Mt. Vernon Square-bound Yellow Line train at Huntington did not operate, resulting in an 8-minute gap in service.\n5:59 a.m. A Huntington-bound Yellow Line train at Crystal City was delayed 8 minutes due to a brake problem.\n6:00 a.m. A Largo Town Center-bound Blue Line train at King St-Old Town was rerouted to Mt. Vernon Square for schedule adherence\/improved train spacing. Passengers experienced an 8-minute delay.\n6:51 a.m. A New Carrollton-bound Orange Line train at Vienna was delayed 4 minutes due to an operational problem.\n6:55 a.m. A New Carrollton-bound Orange Line train at Vienna did not operate, resulting in an 8-minute gap in service.\n7:03 a.m. A Vienna-bound Orange Line train at New Carrollton was delayed 4 minutes due to a door problem.\n7:04 a.m. A Franconia-Springfield-bound Blue Line train at Largo Town Center was delayed 4 minutes due to an operational problem.\n7:12 a.m. A Grosvenor-bound Red Line train at Glenmont did not operate, resulting in a 4-minute gap in service.\n8:12 a.m. A Franconia-Springfield-bound Blue Line train at King St-Old Town was delayed 5 minutes due to an operational problem.\n8:41 a.m. A Glenmont-bound Red Line train at Dupont Circle was delayed 4 minutes due to an operational problem.\n8:42 a.m. A Franconia-Springfield-bound Blue Line train at Arlington Cemetery was expressed for schedule adherence\/improved train spacing.\n8:52 a.m. A Largo Town Center-bound Silver Line train at Stadium-Armory was delayed 6 minutes due to an operational problem.\n8:55 a.m. A Greenbelt-bound Green Line train at Gallery Pl-Chinatown was delayed 4 minutes due to a medical emergency.\n11:56 a.m. A Franconia-Springfield-bound Blue Line train at Largo Town Center was delayed 6 minutes due to maintenance activity.\n3:00 p.m. A Largo Town Center-bound Blue Line train at Metro Center was delayed 6 minutes due to police activity.\n3:17 p.m. A Franconia-Springfield-bound Blue Line train at Arlington Cemetery was expressed for schedule adherence\/improved train spacing.\n5:04 p.m. A Silver Spring-bound Red Line train at Rhode Island Avenue was offloaded due to a door problem. Passengers experienced a 9-minute delay.\n6:17 p.m. A Glenmont-bound Red Line train at Grosvenor-Strathmore did not operate, resulting in a 4-minute gap in service.\n8:15 p.m. A Huntington-bound Yellow Line train at Columbia Heights was delayed 5 minutes due to a medical emergency.\n8:48 p.m. A Franconia-Springfield-bound Blue Line train at Crystal City was delayed 4 minutes due to police activity.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"$77 million worth of cocaine seized at Port of New York\/New Jersey\nPosted 11:14 am, March 11, 2019, by Tribune Media Wire\nNEWARK, N.J. \u2014 Customs agents have seized the biggest shipment of cocaine recovered at the ports of New York and New Jersey in 25 years.\nCustoms agents have seized the biggest shipment of cocaine recovered at the ports of New York and New Jersey in 25 years.\nU.S. Customs and Border Protection says 3,200 pounds of the drug contained in 60 packages were seized at Port New York\/Newark on Feb. 28th. The street value is estimated at about $77 million.\nIt's the biggest cocaine seizure at the ports since 1994.\nA CBP spokesman says the container was recovered from a ship that originated in South America.\nCBP officers turned the drugs over to federal Homeland Security officials for investigation. No arrests have been made.\n\"The proliferation of illegal drugs in New York City will never be tolerated, neither by law enforcement nor by the people we serve,\" NYPD Commissioner James O'Neill said in a statement. \"The NYPD and its law enforcement partners remain committed to identifying and stopping all illegal narcotics by attacking their distribution networks on every level. Through significant seizures such as this, we will continue to make every neighborhood in our nation's safest large city even safer.\"\n3,200LB COCAINE SEIZURE\u2013#CBP coordinated with U.S. and international partners to seize 3,200lbs of cocaine worth an estimated $77M! It was the second largest cocaine seizure at the Port of New York\/Newark, and the largest in nearly 25 years! Learn more: https:\/\/t.co\/N2Nnzyq1Du pic.twitter.com\/70Jl4Or7Hm\n\u2014 CBP (@CBP) March 11, 2019\nVideo shows worker, boyfriend thwart robbery at Wisconsin Boost Mobile store\n$31 million cocaine bust in Savannah, Georgia sets a new record\nJersey City shootout investigators are checking killers' ties to a previous killing and anti-Semitic writings\nPeople unknowingly driving drugs across the border, CBP sources say\nDistrict attorney speaks out about recommended commutation of convicted drug dealer\nDoctors offer free flu shots for migrants. CBP all but certain to say 'no'\nDHS, Mexico join forces to locate and capture dangerous criminals\nOKC man gets 30 years behind bars for drug and firearm possession\nPolice locate teen wanted for questioning in killing of Barnard College student\nAttorney General adds first-degree murder charge to Tulsa man after woman ODs\nLaredo ports briefly surpass LA as No. 1 for incoming goods\nCanadian Co. Sheriff's Office arrests teen on drug trafficking charges\nHidalgo County residents respond to pending border wall project\nSuspect in Hanukkah celebration stabbings arrested in New York City with 'blood all over him,' source says","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"exhibitions & press\nThe Art of Passementerie\nRevue des Arts Decoratifs 1874\nBy Rioux de Maillou\nI want to begin with a definition. This isn't bad in itself, for in the opinion of philosophers \u2013 both ancient and modern \u2013 a definition proves useful. Especially more so here, as we are concerned with a subject much neglected in art criticism, and as a result, often ill defined.\nSo what do we understand by this word \"passementerie?\" The Acadamie Francaise tells us in its dictionary that \"passementier\" is someone who makes and sells trimmings made of gold, silver, silk, etc. Then there is a definition for \"passement\" which says \"cloth\/fabric, flat and wide of thread made from gold, silk, wool, etc. put on clothes and furniture for ornament.\"\nThe \"Littr\u00e9\" Dictionary also gives the etymology: Provencal, passamen; Spanish, pasamiento; Italian: passamento. This meaning is extended to trimmings because they add to or extend to clothes or furniture.\nSuch a definition of passementier \u2013 perhaps sufficient in a dictionary of French language \u2013 does not appear to me sufficiently wide for the study with which we are concerned. It has the shortcoming of addressing only one side of a question. The art is merely indicated rather than characterised, despite the clever explanation given by the etymology and its logical explanation. It goes beyond this definition and breaks its narrow boundaries.\nAt no time has there been, correctly speaking, makers of trimmings, exclusively devoted to this calling. The ancient world gives no evidence of this. As for the Middle Ages, the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries, the various names given in France for example to the making of trimmings alongside other works as defined by the Academie Fran\u00e7aise, indicates that it was the same as in present times. This body of makers was called \"trimming makers (passementiers) \u2013 \"blondiniers\"\/dyers- fringe makers (crepiniers), with button makers (boutonniers) being added later. Let us note also that until the middle of the 17th century lace is also included in the same generic field of \"passement\" or trimming.\nTranslation \u2013 2\nCurrently, passementiers continue to make things other than strictly trimmings. They have even infringed on industries that formerly were handled by other guilds \u2013 for example fringes which were manufactured by \"tissutiers\" (fabric\/cloth makers), rubaniers (ribbon makers, frangiers (fringe makers) \u2013 eliminating the final lines of guild division which existed at the end of the 17th century. (That is, times have changed, and these days categories infringe into each others areas.)\nFinally, people because of their geographical location outside the sphere of classical antiquity (and our own modern European civilisation) remain outside the previous classifications. As we can see, we are led to put aside these purely etymological definitions in order to give this historical classification an historical value valid for its time and place, as well as to examine the question from a wider point of view restricted only by its logical limits.\nThat said, there is no reason to restrict the art of passementiers to the primary material set out by the Academy: gold, silver, silk, wool. Have we not seen for some years now women wearing passementries made of jet (hard black stone) and black feathers? Why should what passes for passementeries in our civilisation no longer exist when primitive peoples are concerned? Why should we reject trimmings made of plants, stalks decorated with feathers, artistically manufactured by one savage race or another? Why should we ignore animal skins braided by the Kanaks of New Calodenia? The natural tapa of Tahiti? The coconut fibre made into thick fringes in Gabon?\nWe must no longer allow ourselves to be impressed by the special character of these primary materials as we are by the passing industrial categories.\nWhat then is passementerie? In its most accepted form, it is the art of making \u2013 with the help of any material capable of being used \u2013 trimmings, braids (galons) , cords (ganses), braids (soutaches), fringe (crepines), bullion fringe (torsades), pompoms, tassels (glands), (agrements), (crete), (lezardes), \"des fiocchi\" (Ital), etc.\nThis definition which is none the less quite empirical, and we haven't been able to find a better one, since it speaks to our senses and defines (if not absolutely) at least clearly, and practically covers the subject which we intend to pursue. It has the value of a label on a bottle. And so we can continue the study.\nThe origin of passementier is lost in the mist of time. It is impossible to define the beginnings of this art in a precise fashion. It can be said that it is as old as the world. Even before seeking to dress oneself in a comfortable manner, that is to say in relation to the necessities of habitats, men, after tattooing their bodies, decorated themselves with trimmings. Amongst primitive peoples, artistic ideas come after practical inventions, as the imagination acts on the mind. This is the first sign of nobility, which unconsciously delineates the human species. An ill-defined ascetic manifests itself in many different ways. Driven by his natural needs, man looks around him and takes advantage of natural products, which he can use to this end. In this way are born the most diverse decorations according to his needs and his dreams. Animal skins cut into strips and braided give him cords, fringes, etc. Shells are soon started to be added, bringing wonderful new elements of colour, then fruits, brightly coloured grains with nice shapes, stones, glass beads made in various designs and added to cloth or attached to the ends of threads as well as pearls or even bells.\nThus belts which make a noise when walking are very highly sought after by primitive people, and maintain their attraction during their long and frequently nomadic lives. A typical example of this type of belt is found in tribes on the coast of Guinea (Africa).\nThe Gallas Tribe provide a no less typical example of the richness of decoration that a mixture of shells and glass beads with leather can produce. Their belt is a long strand of animal skin with little shells fixed on the threads in the fringe. The Senagalese are also remarkable for their leather work which they use for making bracelets and amulets of Negroes (grigris). They also use seeds as decoration. And the neck pieces of the Senagelese women are strands made of several rows of little brown seeds which have a strong smell and come from near the borders of The Gambia. The Pahouins of Gambon\/Gabon(?) decorate their tote bags with a long fringe of coconut fibre \u2013 an admirable primary material. The natives of the Caroline Islands (in the Pacific) also use coconut fibre for their belts. The Madagascans weave fibres from the Raffia palm. Natives in New Caladonia also know how to decorate their body with the skin of the flying fox (rousette), which is the size of a large rat and has a red coloured fur. Sometimes for the netting which decorates the bottom of their war masks, for example, they will mix in the plumes of a common pigeon of the region, attached with knots and tufts. The inhabitants of New Guinea, The New Hebrides, The Solomon islands, etc. also demonstrate that for their trimmings, pearls, seeds and shells can be substituted for the teeth of pigs etc, as well as bat jaws.\nThe natives of Tahiti have a great preference for work with plant fibre which they make into many different cords, and extremely light fringes \u2013 both artistically mixed with yellow, black and red flowers. More than any others, they can work tapa (a type of cloth made form the mulberry bark). To make it, they soak the bark for 24 hours, after which it is taken out and beaten continually with a long wooden implement. So the fibre is extracted from which they make various trimmings. Samples can be seen in the various ethnographic sections of the Louvre.\nMr. Racinet in his wonderful work on polychromatic art shows a picture of a braided (soutache) material coming from Oceania, and a piece of braided leather coming from Central Africa, both of which are exhibited in the Marine section of the Louvre. The one from Oceania shows the braid rising in blue on a green background with a white thread. The design borrows from the plant kingdom. The leather from Central Africa shows, besides the red and yellow lines, a braid of blue, white and yellow in alternating lozenge shapes.\nIn \"The Grammar of Ornament\" by Owen Jones there are several other examples of primitive passementierie.\nThe geometric decorative idea is older than any, because in the Stone Age we find the beginnings of trimmings decorating weapons, which shows this particular style. Cords which decorate certain axes also show this particular style of decoration, i.e. geometric. See also the nets of the Australian aborigines, the least advanced of all the savages. The Dayacks take from the decapitated heads of their enemies tufts of hair which they make into ornaments. (This primary material appears to go beyond the laws regulating passementerie!)\nThe Redskins, if they use the scalps of their victims as pompoms, at least give them place of honour by attaching them to the tips of their spears.\nThe Indians of Guyana as described in \"The Guide of the Ethnographic Gallery of the Museum of Artillery\" are \"decorated rather than dressed, with costumes influenced by the brightly coloured birds of this country.\" There is an impression from all these decorations of being more in common with the passementier than the tailor. The first duty of this passementier is to show himself as a colourist, which he frequently is, with nature as his master.\nIn regards to the Indians in Brazil, fringes of coloured feathers as well as pompons and braids are also very common and may have a large and important part of the costume. We find these fringes decorating hammocks, mixed in with artistically woven reeds.\nThe Artillery Museum also has a Peruvian garment found in the great necropolis of Ancon not far from Lima, and therefore quite close to the Inca kingdom. A large piece of fabric from this garment, which covers the head and hangs down the back, is decorated with fringes, to which are attached green parrot feathers. Leaving America to move into Asia, the inhabitants of the Alleutian islands take their primary materials for their passementerie from their seal companions. To this end, they use the whiskers decorated with pearls.\nAs can be seen, this art has no limits. Thus, we will finish our study of primitive peoples and the origins of passementerie.\nSACRED INK - LOTUS ART\nl o t u s - c o u n t s\nas of 21 December 2020\nI've created a total of\n535,165 lotus impressions\nWINNER DIFFA CHICAGO\nInternational Artist Award\nbe kept up-to date\nmorrison_polkinghorne","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"\u2190 The vilification and purge is not so much about Trump as it is about you\nConcerning the Letter by the Joint Chiefs \u2192\nJoint Chiefs Tell You to Kiss Biden's Feet\nPosted on January 13, 2021 by Wes Rhinier\n21 Responses to Joint Chiefs Tell You to Kiss Biden's Feet\n173dVietVet says:\nThe Chinese will put these clowns on the first bus to the abattoir\u2026.\nMeRowsh says:\nWhat a shame! These generals have no honor and integrity. They been bought. Bunch of selfish self centered butt-holes. Are they blind to see that the election was stolen from rightful people?\nAs a retired US Army soldier, I declare that they are enemy of our constitution and the STATE.\nHope to see they pay the price.\nzaad6 says:\nWe the people have really made a mess of this beautiful country due to selfishness and lack of honor and integrity.\nIt is all WE THE PEOPLE's fault. People refused to talk politics to each other and inform each other because they bought the BS of not offending anyone in their circle of family and friends. And the news agencies had a free run of brainwashing the people.\nThese generals are disgrace. No honor, no integrity! Bunch of selfish lambs. Where are true Americans?\njoe blow says:\nAMEN!!!!!\nOver paid underworked Traitors.\nFunny they feel the need to send this to the underlings.\nSanders says:\nAs I saw someone point out last night, not a single member of the Joint Chiefs is part of the the order of succession Trump put out last month. Does it mean anything? I don't know. Just seems interesting\u2026\nRed in OleVirginny says:\nNot to provide any false hope but I'd like to point out:\nJoint Chiefs answer to SecDef\nIt's not Jan 20th yet\nRed in OleVirginny\nDave Churbuck says:\nCould it possibly be that they are really going to do something ELSE Very Special ? Jus Sayin.\nSometimes you jus don't tell people your Gonna drop by.\nI have been told that by the time one reaches the rank of Colonel (or equivalent) that you're pretty much a career politician at that point.\nPingback: Concerning the Letter by the Joint Chiefs | NC Renegades\nPINKPINKANDMOOREPINK says:\nPaul in Boston said\u2026\nJoe Texan: Wiping out a datacenter doesn't matter much in the scheme of things. Andrew Carnegie, founder of US Steel, in his day was the richest man in America, even richer than John D. Rockefeller. He once said, \"Take away my factories and I'll have it all back in five years, take away my people and I'll have nothing.\" The real issue is the New York news media, the NYT, the Associated Press, and all the network news operations. It's been pointed out that without their influence, the politics of the US would be about the same as the politics of West Texas. The real program over the next several years should be to embarrass, humiliate, and generally ruin the lives of the newspaper and network news operatives from the top executives and anchors down to the lowest trainee reporter. Make the national news operation of the NYT, ABC, CBS, all the rest a financial anchor that will take down the entire network unless it's thrown overboard. They can keep the entertainment stuff, it's the news that's poison. Once that's done the Democrat Party no longer has a megaphone to send out and amplify its message.\nStealth Spaniel says:\nSay the Names. Take the Names. And remember them. Know where they are, what they do, and what the embrace. We are in for a full blown shXX storm.\nPingback: Treason | AmeriKa Gone Mad\nLarry johnson says:\nActually, the actions of the communist democrat blmantifa pogues in DC was directly in line with the Rule of Law. It was 180 out from the current U.S. process function called- The Rule of CONSTITUTIONAL Law. RoL is mob rule, elitist crap. RoCL is of the people, by the people, for the people. Some idiotic misdirect as calling the U.S. a democracy, instead of the factual, Representative Republic. You will notice that the pledge of allegiance is- to the Republic for which it stands- and for good reason, has no mention of communist democracy.\nJaime craig says:\nSo the communist democrat generals, et all. Come out of the closet. Since they work for Trump, and we the people, at the time of the posting. They publicly denounce their oath of office. They have quit their jobs, as this is effectively, a letter of resignation to their boss. Truly amazing that so many military officers are \"owned\" by the communist democrats.\nI bet the CoS of the USCG is pissed he's still stuck in the DOT and missed another opportunity to sign a letter with the big dogs\u2026\nDitto what stealth spaniel said.\n8 more viable targets just got added to the list for rule 308.\nSOCOM reports to SecDef since November 2020. That's a lot of whoop ass in one place.\nA change made after the election \"loss.\"\nBypasses Chiefs of Staff and every other political general.\nI do not believe the bureaucrats are a good representation of our military they are politician. Screw them.\nCapitalist Eric says:\nThat these turds feel the need to write this BS says a lot.\nThey're obviously worried.\nThey SHOULD be. Fireworks are gonna start next week.\nT Johnson says:\nWhere is the date and memorandum number? Every official memo always had a date submitted and a memo number. Beware possible photoshop.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Workshops + Concerts\nTraining in the House\nOvertone Singing\nWhat is Overtone Singing?\nThe Harmonic Series (Music)\nUndertone Singing\nKargyraa \u2013 Throat Singing Undertones\nComposing with Overtone Singing \u2013 Composer's Guide\nFAQ \/ Glossary\nChoral Phonetics\nYou are here: Home \/ Specialist articles\nAachen Cathedral Bells, Full Ringing\nThe full ringing of Aachen Cathedral, recorded on Christmas Eve at midnight.\nNice to see in the spectrogram how some tones develop only after the beat. And not always the loudest ones are also the perceived ones.\nMary's Bell: strike tone g\u00b0+8, 2075 mm diameter and 5,800 kg.\nCharlemagne Bell: strike tone h\u00b0+7, 1628 mm diameter and 2700 kg.\nJoh. evangelist: strike tone d'+8, 1367 mm diameter and 1650 kg.\nJoh. Baptist: strike tone e'+7, 1367 mm diameter and 1150 kg.\nLeopardus bell: strike tone fis'+3, 1078 mm diameter and 800 kg.\nStephanus bell: strike tone g'+8, 1027 mm diameter and 700 kg.\nPetrus bell: strike tone a'+1, 894 mm diameter and 450 kg.\nSimeon's bell: strike tone h'+8, 793 mm diameter and 300 kg.\nThe Mary's Bell was melted down by the Nazis and re-cast in 1958. The bell motif is formed by the Latin hymn Veni Creator Spiritus.\nAfter many years, I finally succeeded in 2017 to get a largely trouble-free recording. I recorded it from Katschhof, the place between the cathedral and the town hall and this time recorded it with wind-protected hypercardioid microphones on a high stand behind two lonely Christmas market stalls, and one hour before I visited all the security people (who guard the empty Christmas market stalls), discussed the recording and \u2013 important! \u2013 I showed them a place from where they could watch me without disturbing the recording too much.\nFor years there were always disturbances, unfortunately also with the acoustically most beautiful 3D recordings with OKM original head microphones 2014. Sometimes it stormed, sometimes it rained, sometimes the police drove over the Katschhof, sometimes a blower blew into a plastic print, or security people asked questions, or someone poked loudly with high heels into the Christmas mass. In 2017, hypercardioid microphones with windscreens largely blanked out the sounds of space and the wind.\nI moved away from Aachen in 2018 and am happy to have this recording in my box. It gives feelings of home. For me, the cathedral is the most impressive thing in Aachen.\nSoftware: Overtone Analyzer, https:\/\/sygyt.com\n28. January 2019 \/0 Comments\/by Wolfgang Saus\nhttps:\/\/www.oberton.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/aachen-cathedral-bells-full-ring.jpg 720 1280 Wolfgang Saus https:\/\/www.oberton.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Logo-schnee-schwarz-80x156.png Wolfgang Saus2019-01-28 14:53:332019-01-28 14:53:33Aachen Cathedral Bells, Full Ringing\nSilent Night with Overtone Singing\nAbout overtone singing, Worth listening\n\"Silent Night, Holy Night\", the world's most famous Christmas song, was sung for the first time on 24.12.1818, exactly 200 years ago. On Christmas Eve 1818 the Arnsdorf village school teacher and organist Franz Xaver Gruber (1787-1863) and the auxiliary priest Joseph Mohr (1792-1848) performed the Christmas carol for the first time in the Schifferkirche St. Nikola in Oberndorf near Salzburg, Austria. (Wikipedia)\nFor this version for overtone singing, the brilliant pianist Michael Reimann has improvised a piano movement on the electric piano. The notes for overtone singing are suitable for beginners. At one point, however, a small psychoacoustic trick is used, because one of the melody notes is not actually included in the overtone series. Who can find it?\nMichael Reimann: https:\/\/www.michaelreimann.de\/\nVideo: Ljubljana Christmas Market filmed from the castle.\n24. December 2018 \/0 Comments\/by Wolfgang Saus\nhttps:\/\/www.oberton.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/stille-nacht-heilige-nacht.jpg 360 480 Wolfgang Saus https:\/\/www.oberton.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Logo-schnee-schwarz-80x156.png Wolfgang Saus2018-12-24 01:45:302018-12-25 21:54:06Silent Night with Overtone Singing\nBBC Documentary about Wolfgang Saus' Overtones in the MRI Tube\nAbout overtone singing, Music & medicine\nAt the moment you can download the German version of the BBC documentation, e.g. with Mediathekview, from the ZDF Mediathek: 4th Episode, Wonders of Anatomy \u2013 Medical Record X \u2013 Borderline Cases of Science.\nNote: Video and link currently only work from Germany.\nSurgeon Gabriel Weston has spent many years studying the functioning of the human body. In the series \u00abIncredible Medicine: Dr Weston's Casebook\u00bb she presents people from all over the world with the most unusual bodies and abilities.\nOne of them is the unique body control required for overtone singing (from 10:40 min.). In November 2016, a film team from BBC Science Production, Emma Hatherley (production, direction) and Alexis Smith (camera), produced a film at the Institute of Music Medicine at the University Hospital of Freiburg with Prof. Bernhard Richter and Wolfgang Saus.\nLive images from the magnetic resonance tomograph show the complex motion sequences in the mouth and throat that are involved in overtone singing. Interviews explain the scientific background of the phenomenon.\nPictures of the Making-of\n\u2192BBC Website\n18. February 2018 \/0 Comments\/by Wolfgang Saus\nhttps:\/\/www.oberton.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/BBC-Drehtag-Uniklinik-Freiburg-20161107_130847.jpg 1080 1920 Wolfgang Saus https:\/\/www.oberton.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Logo-schnee-schwarz-80x156.png Wolfgang Saus2018-02-18 04:30:262019-10-30 18:03:40BBC Documentary about Wolfgang Saus' Overtones in the MRI Tube\nOnly 1 Out Of 20 Can Hear This Melody \u2013 Take the Hearing Test\nMusic & medicine\nThis hearing test (it takes only 3:20 minutes) opens your hearing to a second listening level that is perceived by only about 5% of the musicians: The perception of overtones. This ability is essential for learning overtone singing. And it is a prerequisite for the practical implementation of singing phonetic and choral phonetics.\nAt the university hospital Heidelberg Dr. Peter Schneider and his working group found in 2004 that people perceive sounds differently, according to which half of the brain processes the sound. They developed the Heidelberg hearing test to find out whether someone perceives fundamental tones or overtones in a sound. \u2192Here you can take the Heidelberg test\nMy hearing test is different. It tests whether someone recognizes more vowels or overtones in a sound. In the second part, it teaches how to shift the threshold between vocal and overtone perception in favor of overtones.\nSaus's Hearing Test\nListen to the first sound sample in a relaxed way. I sing a series of meaningless syllables on a single note. If you recognize a classic melody in it, then congratulations, you have a pronounced overtone hearing and belong to the 5% of people who have this perception spontaneously.\nSound sample 1\nhttps:\/\/www.oberton.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hoertest-Tonbeispiel-1-Silben.mp3\nIf you can't hear the tune, don't worry. At the end of the hearing test you will hear the overtones.\nIn the following sound examples, I will extract more and more sound information from the voice, which is interpreted by the brain as part of speech. Next, I sing the syllables by changing only the 2nd vocal formant. I hold the first one in a lower position, motionless. The syllables then only contain \/\u0289\/ sounds, the melody becomes clearer for some now.\nhttps:\/\/www.oberton.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hoertest-Tonbeispiel-2-Silben-zweiter-Formant-isoliert.mp3\nIf the tune's clear now, congratulations. Here the melody is heard by 20-30%. Maybe you just suspect the melody and don't know if you're just imagining it. Trust the imagination. Your hearing picks up the melody. Only a filter in your consciousness says that the information is not important. Speech recognition is much more important.\nI want to reveal the melody at this point: it is \"Ode to Joy\" by Ludwig van Beethoven's 9th Symphony. In the next example I whistle it tonelessly. Thus your brain will learn better what to listen to. Listen to sound sample 3 and then to sound sample 2 afterwards.\nhttps:\/\/www.oberton.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hoertest-Tonbeispiel-3-rauschend-gepfiffen.mp3\nDoes it work better? If not, listen to the next sample.\nIn sound sample 4 I leave out the consonants. Now the Broca Centre, the brain region for speech recognition, has nothing left to do and passes the hearing attention on to other regions.\nhttps:\/\/www.oberton.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hoertest-Tonbeispiel-4-ohne-Konsonanten.mp3\nNow about 60-80% hear the melody clearly. If you don't hear the melody here, you are probably classified as a fundamental listener in the Heidelberg test. This has nothing to do with musicality. You are in the company of some of the best flutists, percussionists and pianists.\nIn the next example I completely alienate the sound. I lower the third formant by two octaves with a special tongue position until it has the same frequency as the second. This results in a double resonance, which does not occur in the German language.\nhttps:\/\/www.oberton.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hoertest-Tonbeispiel-5-Obertongesang.mp3\nThe technique is called overtone singing. The ear now lacks information from the familiar voice sound, and individual partial tones become so loud due to the double resonance that the brain separates the sounds and communicates them to the consciousness as two separate tones.\nYou will probably hear a flute-like melody together with the voice now. Overtone singing is an acoustic illusion. Because in reality you hear more than 70 partials. Physical reality and perception seldom coincide.\nIn the last example I walk the whole way backwards to the beginning. Try to keep the focus on the melody all the time. Listen to sound sample 6 more often, it trains the overtone hearing and makes you feel safer in the perception of the sound details.\nhttps:\/\/www.oberton.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hoertest-Tonbeispiel-6-schrittweise-zurueck-zum-Anfang.mp3\nOur reality is created within ourselves. And it can be changed.\n11. August 2017 \/28 Comments\/by Wolfgang Saus\nhttps:\/\/www.oberton.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/seth-doyle-unsplash-76523-1500-1.jpg 1000 1500 Wolfgang Saus https:\/\/www.oberton.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Logo-schnee-schwarz-80x156.png Wolfgang Saus2017-08-11 15:31:302019-02-05 17:55:44Only 1 Out Of 20 Can Hear This Melody - Take the Hearing Test\nIncredible \u2013 a piece of wood with a voice\nThe Daxophon by Hans Reichel\nWho does not remember to have made a ruler made sound by plucking at the edge of the table as a child. The German guitarist, improviser, composer and instrument inventor Hans Reichel (1949-2011) from Wuppertal has brought this simple principle to a professional level.\nA 30 cm long wooden tongue is played with a cello bow. In a resonance box, the sound is picked up by contact microphones. The Daxophon Is an idiophone and at the same time a string instrument.\nThe Dax takes a decisive function. This is a handy, round shaped block with which the pitch is varied. On one side the block has frets so that sound sequences can be played, while the smooth side allows flowing glissandi.\n\u30c0\u30af\u30bd\u30d5\u30a9\u30f3\u306e\u30bb\u30c3\u30c6\u30a3\u30f3\u30b0\u6cd5\u3068\u5f13\u3092\u4f7f\u3063\u305f\u57fa\u672c\u594f\u6cd5\u3010\u30b5\u30f3\u30ec\u30b32014\u5e746\u6708\u53f7\u9023\u52d5\u3011\nWhat particularly fascinates me is the voice-like sound that the Daxophon produces. This comes through vocal-like formants, which arise when the Dax blocks the oscillation in the wood tongue at the contact points.\nIt can only say yes, no no.\nHans Reichel at a performance\nDaxophone: Hans Reichel - Bubu And His Friends\nHans Reichel - Le Bal (excerpt)\nDaxophone - Hans Reichel\nAt the bottom in the related links you'll find a building instruction on the page daxo.de (Flash) >downloads.\nMy colleague Anna-Maria Hefele made me aware of these charming instrument.\n935790 2FX9X2QR items 1 default asc https:\/\/www.oberton.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/zotpress\/\nRadium Audio Ltd: Official. 2013. Radiumphonic Inventing Sound Series #1 - Daxophone Dinosaurs. https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mzqBm--xj8s (zugegriffen: 12. M\u00e4rz 2017).\nsoundsculpture. 2007. Daxophone - Hans Reichel. https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jGxyuPefhZY (zugegriffen: 12. M\u00e4rz 2017).\nDez Tab. 2013. Hans Reichel - You Can Dance With Me. https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UmX1_dHm5uw (zugegriffen: 12. M\u00e4rz 2017).\nshuffleboil. 2009. Hans Reichel, Ulrichsberg 6.12.09. https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=A8uGNY2Qf9Y (zugegriffen: 12. M\u00e4rz 2017).\nCH1PS. 2017. Hans Reichel - Yuxo. https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=w_TgsRcdxxo (zugegriffen: 12. M\u00e4rz 2017).\nGeninhaNinha. 2016. Hans Reichel Sometimes At Night. https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Cu42MtNwGnE (zugegriffen: 12. M\u00e4rz 2017).\nartazamino. 2014. \u3042\u3056\u307f\u91ce\u30b3\u30f3\u30c6\u30f3\u30dd\u30e9\u30ea\u30fcvol.5 \u30cf\u30f3\u30b9\u30fb\u30e9\u30a4\u30d2\u30a7\u30eb\u00d7\u5185\u6a4b\u548c\u4e45 Listen to the Daxophone. https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=g-bWTUV7NHk (zugegriffen: 12. M\u00e4rz 2017).\nShane Speal. 2016. How to Make a Simple DIY Daxophone (Hans Reichel instrument). https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=f6_M2JNR0tQ (zugegriffen: 12. M\u00e4rz 2017).\nO A. 2016. Hans Reichel (Musiker). Wikipedia. 27. Dezember. https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hans_Reichel_(Musiker) (zugegriffen: 12. M\u00e4rz 2017).\nluvs7ruck. 2010. Hans Reichel - Street Song. https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LnKfmJeihgQ (zugegriffen: 12. M\u00e4rz 2017).\nskincage. 2012. Hans Reichel - Le Bal (excerpt). https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GnPH-K44ld8 (zugegriffen: 12. M\u00e4rz 2017).\n2t22tornadosiren. 2013. Daxophone: Hans Reichel - Bubu And His Friends. https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=j8dG8adbOXQ (zugegriffen: 12. M\u00e4rz 2017).\nSoundRecordingJP. 2014. \u30b9\u30c6\u30a3\u30c3\u30af\u3084\u30af\u30b7\u3092\u7528\u3044\u308b\u594f\u6cd5\u3010\u30b5\u30f3\u30ec\u30b32014\u5e746\u6708\u53f7\u9023\u52d5\u3011. https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lqIQHvC_mpg (zugegriffen: 12. M\u00e4rz 2017).\nSoundRecordingJP. 2014. \u30c0\u30af\u30bd\u30d5\u30a9\u30f3\u306e\u30bb\u30c3\u30c6\u30a3\u30f3\u30b0\u6cd5\u3068\u5f13\u3092\u4f7f\u3063\u305f\u57fa\u672c\u594f\u6cd5\u3010\u30b5\u30f3\u30ec\u30b32014\u5e746\u6708\u53f7\u9023\u52d5\u3011. https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mtu1fJhqOt0 (zugegriffen: 12. M\u00e4rz 2017).\nO A. Hans Reichel. http:\/\/www.efi.group.shef.ac.uk\/mreichel.html (zugegriffen: 12. M\u00e4rz 2017).\nO A. Daxophone. http:\/\/www.efi.group.shef.ac.uk\/photos\/idax.html (zugegriffen: 12. M\u00e4rz 2017).\nO A. Shanghaied on Tor Road, by HANS REICHEL. Destination: OUT store. https:\/\/destination-out.bandcamp.com\/album\/shanghaied-on-tor-road (zugegriffen: 12. M\u00e4rz 2017).\nReichel, Hans. Daxo.de - Flashseite zum Daxophon von Hans Reichel. http:\/\/www.daxo.de\/pages\/page10.html (zugegriffen: 12. M\u00e4rz 2017).\nO A. 2015. Daxophon. Wikipedia. 14. Dezember. https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Daxophon&oldid=149049714 (zugegriffen: 12. M\u00e4rz 2017).\n12. March 2017 \/0 Comments\/by Wolfgang Saus\nhttps:\/\/www.oberton.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/unglaublich-ein-stueck-holz-das.jpg 360 480 Wolfgang Saus https:\/\/www.oberton.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Logo-schnee-schwarz-80x156.png Wolfgang Saus2017-03-12 12:29:032018-02-18 17:57:16Incredible - a piece of wood with a voice\nYour ears have super powers \u2013 convince yourself\nYou already have super-power in your eard, which you where not aware of. Steve Mould demonstrates in this video that you can hear without exercising, whether water is cold or warm. Test it yourself.\nThe reason is that you are already familiar with the sound of pouring water and have stored the information somewhere in your brain. This information is automatically retrieved if you hear the process but do not see it.\nHot water has a lower viscosity than cold. The blubber noise in warm water is slightly higher on average due to its lower viscosity. Our fine hearing sensors are clearly aware of this difference.\nhttp:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/your-ears-can-actually-tell-the-difference-between-hot-and-cold-running-water\nhttps:\/\/www.thenakedscientists.com\/articles\/questions\/why-does-hot-water-sound-different-cold-water-when-poured\n9. March 2017 \/0 Comments\/by Wolfgang Saus\nhttps:\/\/www.oberton.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/deine-ohren-haben-superkraefte-u.jpg 720 1280 Wolfgang Saus https:\/\/www.oberton.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Logo-schnee-schwarz-80x156.png Wolfgang Saus2017-03-09 15:10:412018-02-18 17:57:13Your ears have super powers - convince yourself\nTest Your Rhythm Feeling\nOn ConcertHotels you will find a test that measures your precision of rhythm feeling. Take the test first. Then try singing overtones while you're doing the test and write your results in the comment below if you like. I look forward to it.\nGo to rhythm test\nEnlarged right auditory cortex, Wolfgang Saus.\nOvertones are usually sung slowly and meditatively, rarely fast and rhythmically (there are exceptions). Overtone singers process sound more in the right hemisphere, drummers more in the left, says Dr. Schneider from Heidelberg University Hospital. Test here how your brain processes sounds.\nIs that one of the reasons? An interesting question that has not yet been examined. I suspect that focusing on overtones, at least for the untrained, draws attention away from rhythm.\nIn my advanced courses, I experience that at first the intonation and sound quality of the keynote suffers when the focus goes entirely to the overtones. Conversely, concentrating on the keynote causes a poorer overtone quality or even complete loss of control of overtone singing. I can immediately recognize from the sound what a student is concentrating on.\nIf you want to sing polyphonic overtones, i. e. a fundamental melody and an independent overtone melody at the same time, then both tones must receive equal attention. I have developed special exercises for this purpose, which improve the clean control of both notes after a few hours. It would be interesting to examine whether these exercises have an effect on the feeling of rhythm. I will do the rhythm test in my courses as a before-and-after comparison. I'm curious to see what happens.\nWhat are your experiences with rhythm and overtones?\n1. September 2016 \/0 Comments\/by Wolfgang Saus\nhttps:\/\/www.oberton.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Logo-schnee-schwarz-80x156.png 0 0 Wolfgang Saus https:\/\/www.oberton.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Logo-schnee-schwarz-80x156.png Wolfgang Saus2016-09-01 16:59:582018-04-24 20:15:06Test Your Rhythm Feeling\nSpectacular MRI Video of the Tongue while Singing Overtones\nAbout overtone singing, Voice function\n\"Ode to Joy\", overtone singing by Wolfgang Saus inside an MRI.\nThis spectacular dynamic MRI video shows how the tongue moves during overtone singing. The melody of Beethoven's \"Ode to Joy\" is created by double resonances which are shaped by the tongue in the mouth and throat. Overtone singing is based on the combination of the second and third resonance frequencies of the vocal tract on a single frequency to increase the volume of a single overtone from the vocal sound.\nThe second resonance frequency is controlled by the base of the tongue along with the epiglottis. The third resonance frequency is regulated by the space under the tongue, which is larger than it appears in the video, because it also spreads to the side of the tongue frenulum, which covers the space in the image. Overtone singing requires constant fine tuning of the two resonance chambers.\nIt is not easy to sing in the very loud magnetic resonance tomograph and even record the sound. The noise level is so high that I had to wear hearing protection and couldn't hear my own overtones. I had to sing by feeling. That the right melody came out is spectacular in itself. It shows that it is possible to develop a body feeling for the exact pitch of the resonances that also works without acoustic control through the ear.\nThe team in Freiburg has developed highly specialized equipment for recording and filtering. Of course the sound is not HiFi.\nMRT footage with kind permission and a big thank you to:\nUniversity Hospital Freiburg\nClinic for Radiology \u2013 Medical Physics & Institute for Music Medicine\nhttps:\/\/fim.mh-freiburg.de\/\nProf. Dr. Bernhard Richter\nProf. Dr. Dr. J\u00fcrgen Hennig\nProf. Dr. Matthias Echternach\n20. May 2016 \/0 Comments\/by Wolfgang Saus\nhttps:\/\/www.oberton.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/blick-in-einen-obertonsaenger.jpg 720 1280 Wolfgang Saus https:\/\/www.oberton.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Logo-schnee-schwarz-80x156.png Wolfgang Saus2016-05-20 09:44:032019-02-23 14:46:37Spectacular MRI Video of the Tongue while Singing Overtones\nPachelbel's Canon\nHere is my overtone variation about the canon of Johann Pachelbel, in which I sing bass and soprano at the same time. It is an exercise for polyphonic overtone singing, which I once wrote for my students in the mid 1990s.\nI have developed a series of preparatory exercises for my Masterclass students to build up the polyphonic singing skills step by step. It takes a whole weekend and a few weeks of practice. But if you want to try it out with the canon right away: Download the sheet music for free here.\nIt is a multitasking exercise that requires concentration. I sing two melodies contrapuntally. I lead the bass melody (ostinato) with my left hand and sing it first without overtone technique. Then I start the melody in the overtones and follow it with my right hand.\nThe left hand is linked to the right brain, where the perception of overtones is located. But it follows the basic melody, which is processed in the left brain. The right hand is controlled by the left hemisphere, but follows the overtones that are processed on the right side (see \"How overtones work in the brain\" and \"Test: Are you an overtone or a fundamental listener?\").\nIn my experience, this crossover of hand control and auditory perception has an accelerating effect on learning and intonation gets better. If you occasionally swap hands, i. e. overtones on the left and fundamental tones on the right, this intensifies the training effect. But generally I recommend to practice the first version.\nAt the beginning you always have the problem that either the overtones don't sound good or the keynote is completely out of tune. This is probably due to the fact that the brain can initially concentrate either on the clarity of the overtones or on the intonation of the fundamental tones. This multitasking is very similar to playing the piano, where the left hand plays the bass and the right hand the high part.\nTry out which hand follows the overtones more easily and leave it in the comments. And whether you're right or left-handed. I'd like to know if left-handed people are different.\n29. October 2014 \/0 Comments\/by Wolfgang Saus\nhttps:\/\/www.oberton.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/pachelbels-canon.jpg 720 1280 Wolfgang Saus https:\/\/www.oberton.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Logo-schnee-schwarz-80x156.png Wolfgang Saus2014-10-29 13:31:542018-04-24 20:15:28Pachelbel's Canon\nTest: Are you an overtone or fundamental listener?\nDo now also the new hearing test by Wolfgang Saus!\nGo to the new hearing test\nThe effect of overtones in the brain seems to be of great interest. That's why I would like to introduce the corresponding hearing test here. Dr. Schneider, the head of the study, provides on his website a hearing test developed by him, with which I have been testing my Masterclass students for years in order to develop an individual and optimal learning strategy for everyone.\nThis short test plays a series of tone pairs in which you are asked to decide spontaneously whether the second sound feels higher or lower than the first. At the end you get an evaluation of the degree to which you are fundamental or overtone listener, i. e. whether your hearing processes the sound more in the left brain half (fundamental listener) or more in the right brain half (overtone listener). If you are interested in the background of the work of the Heidelberg researchers, you can download the specialist article here.\nGo to hearing test by Dr. Schneider\nAuf manchen Computern scheint dieser alternative Link besser zu funktionieren:\nAlternativer Link\nHinterlasse gerne Dein Ergebnis unten in den Kommentar. Ich bin gespannt, wie Obertons\u00e4nger abschneiden. Mein Ergebnis sage ich Euch, sobald die ersten Kommentare eingegangen sind. In einem weiteren Post zeige ich Euch dann, was hinter den Kl\u00e4ngen des Tests steckt.\nSources & Links\n{935790:8WIHDZI6} default asc no 7722\n935790 DAJNQGHJ,ZP6FT4EI,4PCT7UV2 items 1 default desc https:\/\/www.oberton.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/zotpress\/\nSchneider, Peter, Vanessa Sluming, Neil Roberts, Michael Scherg, Rainer Goebel, Hans J Specht, H G\u00fcnter Dosch, Stefan Bleeck, Christoph Stippich und Andr\u00e9 Rupp. 2005. Structural and functional asymmetry of lateral Heschl's gyrus reflects pitch perception preference. Nat Neurosci 8, Nr. 9: 1241\u20131247. doi:10.1038\/nn1530, http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1038\/nn1530 (zugegriffen: 26. Februar 2009).\nSchneider, Peter. Neurologische Klinik: Musikalische Verarbeitung und der auditorische Kortex - Universit\u00e4tsklinikum Heidelberg. http:\/\/www.klinikum.uni-heidelberg.de\/ShowSingleNews.176.0.html?&no_cache=1&tx_ttnews[arc]=1&tx_ttnews[pL]=2678399&tx_ttnews[pS]=1122847200&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=710&tx_ttnews[backPid]=24&cHash=ad6e6b634155a324bbc03302f5c13a36 (zugegriffen: 26. Februar 2009).\nSchneider, Peter. Universit\u00e4t Heidelberg \u2013 Pressemitteilungen: Warum der eine Geige und der andere Cello spielt. http:\/\/www.klinikum.uni-heidelberg.de\/ShowSingleNews.176.0.html?&no_cache=1&tx_ttnews[arc]=1&tx_ttnews[pL]=2678399&tx_ttnews[pS]=1122847200&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=710&tx_ttnews[backPid]=24&cHash=ad6e6b634155a324bbc03302f5c13a36 (zugegriffen: 26. Februar 2009).\nWebsite of Dr. Peter Schneider\n3. 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{"text":"The ESOL Skills for Life qualifications contribute to the Government's Skills for Life initiative by providing assessment of ESOL based on the standards for adult literacy and the ESOL Core Curriculum. The qualifications are designed to cover the standards and curriculum with sufficient range, breadth and depth to reflect properly the use of the English language in real world situations, appropriate to the needs of the learner.\nThe Adult Literacy Standards provide detailed information on the skills, and the capabilities that comprise the skill, together with descriptors that define the level of performance of each capability. The guidance and exemplars in the standards provide examples of the roles used and contexts for the skills and capabilities at the specified level. They are taken from everyday life, grouped under the following headings:\nCitizen and community\nEconomic activity including paid and unpaid work\nDomestic and everyday life\nUsing ICT in social roles\nWho are the qualifications for?\nThe Entry, Level 1 and Level 2 Certificate in ESOL Skills for Life qualifications are designed for:\n\u2022 Full or part-time learners who are pre 16, 16\u201319 or adult learners\n\u2022 Settled communities, including communities from the Asian sub-continent and Hong Kong.\n\u2022 Refugees in the categories of:\n- Asylum seekers, most of whom are very keen to learn despite the challenges of resettlement and the trauma from their recent experiences\n- settled refugees, many of whom have had professional jobs in the past, though some may have suffered a disrupted education due to war and unrest\n\u2022 Migrant workers who work or settle in the UK for most of their lives\n\u2022 Partners and spouses of learners from all parts of the world who may have been settled for a number of years and need to participate in the local community but are prevented by family responsibilities or low income from attending EFL courses.\nThese learners have different language needs arising from their diverse language, educational and professional\/employment backgrounds. Some learners may have no previous education or employment, or they might be highly educated professionals or have the ability to speak several languages. These qualifications have a focus on applying language skills in everyday UK situations, emphasising practical application of skills needed to succeed in everyday life and study in the UK.\nThese qualifications are suitable for applications for UK citizenship. They also meet the requirements of the UK Border Agency to show proof of English Language skills necessary under the 2008 Points Based System for immigration.\nKey Features of ESOL Entry Level 3\nThe ESOL Skills for Life qualifications have been developed to give learners the opportunity to:\n\u2022 Achieve a level of attainment in English which is appropriate to their needs\n\u2022 Use language confidently at a level to function in school or college, at work or in society in general\n\u2022 Engage in learning which is relevant to them and will provide opportunities to develop a range of skills and techniques, personal skills and attributes essential for successful performance in working life\n\u2022 Achieve a nationally recognised qualification.\nGuided learning hours\nUNIT 1 - Speaking and Listening\nUNIT 2 \ufffd Writing\nUNIT 3 \ufffd Reading\nStructure and Contents of the qualification\nThe ESOL Skills for Life qualifications cover the range of language skills and contexts set out in the Adult ESOL Core Curriculum and the appropriate levels of the National Adult Literacy Standards.\nEach qualification has three units:\nUnit 1: Speaking and listening\nUnit 2: Writing\nUnit 3: Reading\nLearners must achieve all three units (Speaking and Listening, Writing, and Reading) in order to achieve an Certificate in ESOL Skills for Life. If one and\/or two units are achieved at a lower level than the third unit, the qualification certificate will be awarded at the lowest level e.g.\nA learner may achieve the following:\n\u2022 Level 1 Unit 1: Speaking and listening\n\u2022 Entry 2 Unit 2: Writing\n\u2022 Entry 1 Unit 3: Reading\nThe learner would gain the Entry 1 Certificate in ESOL Skills for Life.\nThe qualification certificate will indicate the unit title and level at which each unit is achieved.\nUnit certification is available for those learners who do not achieve all three units. If a learner wants to achieve a higher level certificate, they can carry forward unit(s)\nThe method of assessment undertaken is dependent on the unit and the level being studied.\nUnit 1 Speaking and Listening (all levels) is assessed by a test, based on the National\nStandards for Adult Literacy and the Adult ESOL Core Curriculum, which is:\n\u2022 set by the awarding body and can be taken at any time\n\u2022 administered by the centre under supervised conditions, internally marked and verified prior to external verification by the awarding body.\nThe speaking and listening unit tests are conducted by a teacher-assessor and learners may, for some tasks, be tested in pairs. The tests, which are internally assessed and externally verified, will assess the learner's ability to:\n\u2022 Listen and respond\n\u2022 Speak to communicate\n\u2022 Engage in discussion\nThe test will be about 15 minutes in total. A video recording of each learner's performance is required. The tests have a pass mark of 66% and are not graded. There is no portfolio of evidence requirement.\nUnit 2 Writing (all levels) is also assessed by a test, based on the National Standards for Adult\nLiteracy and the Adult ESOL Core Curriculum, which is:\n\u2022 set by the awarding body and can be taken at any time.\nThe tests and mark schemes are available to download from a secure area of the Edexcel website.\nLearners must complete a range of different types of writing tasks in an hour (60 minutes for Entry 1). The tasks, which are internally assessed and externally verified, will assess the learners ability to write to communicate.\nThe tasks have a pass mark of 66% and are not graded.\nUnit 3 Reading tests consist of a series of multiple choice questions and learners are expected to complete the test within an hour. The tests, which are internally assessed and externally verified, will assess the learners ability to:\n\u2022 Read and understand\n\u2022 Read and obtain information\nThe tests have a pass mark of 66% and are not graded.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Registered 501(c)(3)\nAaronStronG\nChanging Lives through\nthe Power of a Growth Mindset\nTo Date : $81,394.48\nDonated to Families\nand Organizations\nAbout AaronStrong\nGRIT Spotlight\nTrisomy Fundraiser\nMotivational Blog\nAdversity defeats people daily.\nBy inspiring and empowering others to develop:\nResilience,\nInitiative and\nTenacity,\nThe AaronStrong Foundation provides individuals with the tools to confront and persevere through adversity to build inner strength.\nDiamond Contributors\nShane Greene - Detroit Tigers\nMark Stolarski\nPlatinum Contributors\nJohn and Nancy Nilsen\nHancock Real Estate Team\nRojas Properties\nto become a contributor!\nWho is Aaron?\non Social Media!\n#GRIT\n#ChangingLives\n#BeAaronStrong\nThe AaronStrong Foundation is a non-profit foundation dedicated to inspiring individuals and groups to lead thoughtful, focused, hopeful lives, choosing a lifestyle that is committed to minimizing the lows and celebrating the highs that come with the power of positive thinking and use of a growth mindset.\nWhether it is your individual, family, or professional life, or your team, business, church, or organization, utilizing a growth mindset will help everyone get the most out of all aspects of their lives.\nAaronStrong presentations challenge you to win the battle over both internal and external factors in life over which you have no control.\nWe want you to unleash the power within yourself, to teach you what it means to use GRIT strategies, and to inspire you to become the champion of your own life!\nHappy #MotivationalMonday (1\/13\/20)\nWhen you think of talent, you most likely think of something that you are naturally good at; some ability you have been blessed with. Although being talented at something is an amazing gift, it can also become someone's downfall. When we are talented at a certain skill, sometimes our mindset is one that leads us to believe we don't have to work as hard in that area as someone less talented at that skill. It is this exact mindset that leads us into allowing our talents to become our nemesis. One day you are the best at the ability you have been gifted with, and the next day you have been bypassed by those who have outworked you.\nDon't let your talent become your nemesis. Instead, work hard to improve on it everyday. Talent is a gift; it is what you do with that gift that make the difference!\nDavid Bultema - Founder & Executive Director\n#WinTheDay #GRIT #GrowthMindset #AaronStrongFoundation #ChangingLives #LoveTheProcess #BeatMondayBattles #MakeYourLifeCount #MyPlatform\nSeptember 18, 2019 - The Comeback Kid - One Year Later\nBailey Trinder\nOnly one year ago, Bailey Trinder was starting his junior year at Foundation Academy, active on the football team and eager for a great season. But a tragic car accident on September 6th, 2018 left him with a 3% chance of survival. After 46 long days at Orlando Health, he miraculously went home to his family in a wheelchair, paralyzed from the waist down.\nHe returned to school the following January and turned a corner mentally and physically. Even though he had ongoing occupational therapy, he was ready to tackle the real world and get back on track with his schooling and activities. His teachers and friends were an immense support system, as well as his family and local church. They all made acclimating back into normal life smooth for Bailey.\nBut he had some adjusting to do. After the accident, Bailey's thoughts shifted from normal teenage worries like how he would perform in the next football game, to, How can I help my teammates now, from the sidelines?\nEven arriving at places required him to think, Where is the easiest access point for my wheelchair that won't be too much stress on my arms and shoulders?\nThe AaronStrong Foundation celebrates\n$75, 000 in donations!\nIn January of 2016 when David Bultema registered AaronStrong Foundation as a 501(c)(3) Non-profit organization, his dream was to encourage people struggling through adversity. He had trudged through the valley of death and disappointment, exemplifying what it means to find hope on the other side.\nBecause fundraising came naturally to him, the vision was to raise funds to give to specific non-profits already in place, such as Trisomy 18 Foundation and Central Florida hospitals. Because of his story, those were close to his heart. (Click HERE for David's Story).\nWhat he didn't know was that in just three years, the foundation would celebrate $75,000 in donations to not only non-profit organizations, thus fulfilling his dream, but local families suffering adversity. His story of pushing through extreme adversity would impact his community of Central Florida in such a personal way.\nHe couldn't have dreamed of being surrounded by \"AaronStrong believers\"- those who focus more on the comeback than the setback, and a loyal community that stands behind their neighbors during times of trial.\nThis month, we are humbly celebrating the following remarkable ways we were able to connect with our community over the past three years with a total of $75,000 in donations.\nPerseverance Scholarships for Students\nOver $6000 in scholarships for higher education were given to 11 students from local high schools and colleges as a reward for their gritty attitudes in the midst of physical, social and economic challenges.\n\"Perseverance can only lead to happiness, for even when you fail to reach the stars, you still make it over the mountains.\"\nSydney Countryman from Lake Minneola High School said that writing a personal essay about her adversity with a nerve condition was very difficult, and she shed a lot of tears in the writing process. But the hope that there was a silver lining to her pain kept her going. She used the scholarship money to pay for several textbooks for her freshman year.\nSuzanne Chaar from East Ridge High School wasn't sure she would be able to fulfill her dream of attending UCF. When she received the award, a huge weight fell off her shoulders because she realized she could.It was such a relief not to worry about money. She thought, \"Okay, I can go to college now.\"\nJose A. Perez from South Lake High School shares this personal thought for all those struggling with adversity: \"Perseverance can only lead to happiness, for even when you fail to reach the stars, you still make it over the mountains.\"\nWheelchair for Young Girl in Need\nIn 2018, we gifted a local 5-year-old with a $3000 wheelchair that was not covered by insurance. David and Leah Bultema met her through friends and were humbled at the chance to give back to someone in our area who has made it this far with the rare disorder of Trisomy 18. (Read the story behind Aaron Bultema HERE.) Most children diagnosed with the genetic syndrome do not make it to birth, and only 5-10% survive the first year.\nIt was a unique opportunity to be a blessing to others affected by Trisomy 18.\nDonations to Trisomy 18 Foundation\nWe have also been able to donate over $2,000 to Trisomy 18 Foundation founded in 2003\nto raise awareness of the genetic syndrome, also known as Edward's syndrome.\nThe Foundation provides support and community to families suffering from the diagnosis.\nThey also advocate research, treatments, and prevention.You may notice that we seem to\nhighlight the numbers 3 and 18 a lot. It is not an accident, because as hard as our struggles are,\nsymbols remind us to push through and make a better tomorrow. The 18 represents the\nTrisomy 18 syndrome, and the 3 represents that it contains a third chromosome when there\nshould only be two.\nIn our grief, seeds are planted that grow to reach out to others. What we do after the loss is what defines us.\nFamily and Individuals Experiencing Setbacks\nOur amazing community reaches out when they know someone suffering a setback and AaronStrong has been able to donate $4000 to specific family and individuals. Whether it is a death in the family, an illness or an injury, the hope is that they realize others have walked through dark valleys too and they are not alone. They can keep fighting through, knowing that they have a community of support surrounding them.\nWe were also happy to donate to South Lake Hospital's program that purchases dinner for families staying at the hospital. We gave $318 to help pay for meals in the fall of 2018.\nDJ Myers and Family\nWhen David saw Coach Woolum post on social media that one of his football players at South Lake High School suffered a devastating injury during a game, he jumped at the chance to donate to help out the family. As he realized how much the family was about to come up against, he rallied the masses, even getting the principal at Lake Minneola behind the effort.\n\"I'm broken but not defeated.\"\nThey campaigned for three weeks to raise over $3000. Even though David didn't know them personally he showed up at the hospital to encourage them before they headed home to start the long journey of recovery. DJ Myers spent three months at Orlando Regional Medical Center and has since returned to the football sideline, in his wheelchair, to cheer on his teammates. He is paralyzed from the waist down\nbut is hoping to finish high school and go on to college.\nIn November of 2018, his #1 jersey was retired at South Lake High School. He's been known to say, \"I'm broken but not defeated.\" His spirit is strong. Not only did the family appreciate the effort, but David's heart was being prepared for another injury that would hit his community.\nDJ Myers\nBailey Trinder and Family\nOn September 6, high school student Bailey Trinder was involved in a terrible car accident that has left him paralyzed from the waist down. His miraculous recovery after fighting a 4% chance of survival and spending 46 days in the hospital is credited to all the prayers and support from the community.\nIn total, $45,000 was raised for the Trinder family.\nHe returned to school on January 7th in his wheelchair and is adjusting to his new \"normal.\n\" He is overwhelmed by the support of his school, Foundation Academy.\nAaronStrong hosted several fundraisers from September-December for the Trinder family. In total, $45,000\nwas raised for the Trinder family. But in special recognition and tradition of the foundation, we added\n$318 to the total. The family is grateful for the prayers and support of the community as well as the donations.\n100% of our revenue comes in from fundraising, events, and donations. We rely on our community to come behind the mission of AaronStrong and give to keep us around. Without you, we wouldn't have been able to write such a big check to Bailey Trinder's family or provide a wheelchair for a little girl. Our gratitude for your support cannot be overstated.\nA special shout-out to our Diamond Contributors: Matt & Chelsea at Hancock Real Estate, Shane Greene with the Detroit Tigers, and Mark Stolarski.\nWe also want to recognize our Platinum Contributors: John and Nancy Nilsen, Rojas Properties, and Patty Raspa.\nTo anyone else who has participated in our annual 5K or golf tournament, signed up to donate monthly or came to our many local fundraisers with Bucks for Bailey and others, Thank you! We hope these stories encourage you to get involved in the encouragement of our community.\nWritten by Kim Patton\nMarketing Journalist for AaronStrong\n\"The POWER of a Growth Mindset\"\nPower of a Growth Mindset Segment 2\nEGL Genetics Blog\nIn Memory of Aaron \u2014 How You Changed Our Lives\nHope. Faith. Family. These three things have been our focus and have strengthened tremendously through Aaron's journey. Although we could've easily chosen a path leading to destruction following the loss of our son, we instead chose a path of recovery. That choice made one of the toughest times of our lives one of the greatest blessings.\nWhen David and I found out we were expecting again we were surprised, but very excited. The thought of a third child was a little scary. While David was worrying about how he would handle a potential girl in the mix of all boys, I had other concerns...\nTexas Roadhouse Clermont\nWe would like to thank Texas Roadhouse-Clermont for their continuous support of the AaronStrong Foundation!\nWe appreciate this major companies support of\na local nonprofit.\nYour continued support really\nmeans a lot to us!!!\nMeet the 2019 AaronStrong\nPerseverance Scholarship Winners!!!\nEziekiel Faulknor\nSouth Lake High School\nSavannah Mitchell\nLake Minneola High School\nKatie Stedelin\nLaurieanne Shaffer\nTavares High School\nTanner Romano\nEustis High School\nDavid Lee Memorial Scholarship\nThe AaronStrong Foundation offers a $718 scholarship, to be used towards a post-secondary educational program, to students who have successfully faced adversity while staying on track for graduation. If you feel that the cards were stacked against you, but you were able to persevere through and overcome adversity, then click below to access our scholarship for the 2019-2020 school year (coming soon). This scholarship is for high school seniors graduating in 2020.\nHere are two of our past winners share their personal GRIT stories and reflect on life after winning the scholarship.\nSuzanne Chaar won the scholarship in 2016 from East Ridge High School and is now studying in her third year at UCF in the Pre-med program.\nWhen she started her freshman year in February of 2013, she was processing through the trauma and grief of leaving her war-torn home country of Syria with only a 12-hour notice. She was in culture shock and didn't know anybody. She was the only one at first wearing a head covering for her Muslim faith and struggled with the sudden flood of a new language, English.\nSuzanne leaned heavily on her family during this lonely time, especially her two older brothers who spoke English and helped her in school. She also had great English teachers who used Google translate to help her through the first two years. In the summer she met friends from Lebanon who wanted to practice Arabic, while Suzanne wanted to practice English. They spoke a lot back and forth, and became some of her first friends.\nStarting her junior year, she stopped taking ESL and started taking AP classes. That's when she started to make friends, as well as dream about the future. She wanted to go to college, especially UCF.\nWhen she received the award, a huge weight fell off her shoulders because she realized she could attend college. She didn't touch her scholarship money except for summer classes so that she could quickly finish her degree. It was such a relief not to worry about money. She thought, \"Okay, I can go to college now.\"\nThe money she got from the scholarship combined with others to pay for her two years at Lake Sumter where she earned an Associate's degree before moving on to UCF.\nLooking back at how much she has overcome encourages her to keep going. She has learned from every mistake she made and has chosen to accept the challenges instead of running from them. She has learned what it means to be self-aware and know her limits. Since she is studying pre-med, she can very easily be overwhelmed by the workload. Now she knows to take mental breaks, enjoy a day off to de-stress and take care of her health.\nHer advice to those struggling would be, \"The numbers (GPA, grades, etc. ) don't define who you are.\" She had to take the English exam ten times in four years to be able to pass. She barely passed the ACT reading section. But she has learned to work hard toward the grade and then let her best be enough.\nShe advises, \"Take life one step at a time, not four steps ahead. Focus on what you have right now.\"\nSydney Countryman won the scholarship in 2018 from Lake Minneola High School\nWhen Sydney found out about the essay contest to win a scholarship, it gave her hope that there was a silver lining to the struggles that she had in high school. She knew it was a good chance to share her experience to encourage others.\nSydney suffers from Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS), a Neurological disorder that causes the nerve signals to fire pain constantly. Many days she was wracked with pain, in and out of the hospital, and even used a wheelchair. She wrote her essay about dealing with an illness while working hard to stay consistent with school, winning Bright Futures Scholarship and getting into FSU.\nWriting the essay was a bit of a challenge. Because it was personal, she didn't enjoy delving into the details. It was hard, a lot of tears were shed during the process. It took time to formulate the thoughts and feelings, and she invited her mom into the room with her as she wrote. Sydney pushed through because she wanted to prove to herself she could do it, and push back against the naysayers who doubted her worth.\nGetting the scholarship was very overwhelming for Sydney and when she got on stage, she was wrapped up in her best friend's hug. He said, \"I told you so.\"\nShe used the scholarship to pay for five different textbooks, online resources, and classroom materials.\nSydney keeps her nerve disorder in check by doing a treatment program involving intensive physical and occupational therapy. She is remission, but she has to keep moving and pushing herself through the pain. She goes to the gym, eats healthy and has become a self-care \"expert.\"\nShe has taken the GRIT mindset with her to college at FSU. She studies a lot, doesn't settle for B's because she knows she can do better. She works on campus with a non-profit called Camp Kesem that helps kids who are struggling with parents diagnosed with cancer. The circumstances are unpleasant, but the bond is magical. She knows what it is like to be a scared little girl, as she was a camper herself. Sydney is now repaying the favor and has gone out of her way to get people to send money by hosting a fundraiser.\nHer best advice for those struggling is that \"The truest strength you are ever going to find is within yourself.\" She encourages them to keep breathing. As much as you have friends and family to support you, tell yourself you are going to make it through, you can do it. \"I am weak, I hurt, but I can do this.\"\nShe wants to encourage others that even though things are hard, life isn't about the bad stuff that happens. It helps you appreciate the good stuff. She has learned not to focus on the big things, but the small things like when your friend brings surprise food, class gets canceled unexpectedly, Krispy Kreme donuts, laughs with your best friend.\nLastly, here is some encouragement from Jose A. Perez, 2016 winner from South Lake High School.\n\"Like a child learning how to walk, you will fall. It will be a guarantee. You will make mistakes, that is fine. But the child will crawl all his life, never being able to explore, if he decides to give up because of some bumps and bruises. Don't give up! Though it may be difficult from time to time, focus on what you are good at. Seek help! Be confident in yourself and humble at the same time. Take life one stage at a time and make it through high school, ten years later after high school and college, you will be very proud and happy that you never gave up. Grace and Peace!\"\nThank you to The Daily Commercial for your coverage of the AaronStrong Presentation\nat Lake Minneola High School! We appreciate your support!\nClick HERE to access the inspirational article!\n\"Everyday Hero\"\nDavid Bultema's interview with a local news station about the AaronStrong Foundation and Trisomy 18.\nClick HERE for a link to the article\nInterested in donating to AaronStrong? We raise money for high school scholarships, help fund charities, and give presentations to inspire change, growth, and success in others.\nThe message is just the beginning! Beyond presentations, we give back to the community by raising funds for families in need, offering scholarships, hosting events,\nand donating to charitable organizations.\nDavid Bultema\nGrowing up, David's childhood was similar to that of many American families. His parents were blue collar workers who had enjoyed their share of success, as well as their share of struggles. But they were determined to provide a solid stable home for their family. It was an environment that should have encouraged David to follow in their footsteps and become a solid contributor to society. However, regardless of the experiences presented to him, David's perceptions and responses focused on the negative, which then resulted in a lack of success and a low satisfaction with life.\nDavid's GPA halfway through high school was a 1.6. He had allowed life situations that were outside of his control to negatively affect other aspects of his life.\n\"I let one tough situation control me, which then turned into multiple other tough situations. I always made excuses about why it wasn't my fault. My perspective was all wrong.\"\nUntil one day, when David had a defining moment...\nPitcher -Detroit Tigers\nI sat in on one of Coach Bultema's AaronStrong presentations at Lake Minneola High School. To say I was moved would be an incredible understatement. Coach Bultema spoke with a remarkable openness about the misfortunes he has faced in his adult life. He talked about his estrangement from his mother and his desire to rebuild that relationship, only to learn she had committed suicide. He spoke about Aaron and the struggles his family went through and about the sudden death of his father \u2013 his best friend \u2013 of a heart attack. And through it all, Coach Bultema spoke about the importance of maintaining a positive outlook and approaching each day with the intent of making it a success. His ability to connect with the young people who seemed captivated by his story made his message all the more powerful.\nIt's one thing to give a presentation where students are using it as an excuse to miss a class. It's another to speak for nearly an hour and have countless students rush you to thank you for telling your story. That was the case with Coach Bultema. Boys and girls alike stood in line to shake his hand and thank him for the inspiration. From my perspective, as a parent of a Lake County Schools student, I would strongly suggest that every school \u2013 elementary, middle and high \u2013 make plans to host an AaronStrong presentation. For some kids, it could be impetus for future success.\nFrank Jolley\nThe Daily Commercial\n\"Dave truly has a gift to motivate. I've been a witness of his eagerness to enrich others lives for the last decade. Talk to any of his players, students, co-workers, or peers and you're going to get similar reactions - they would go to battle for that guy.\nDave has an ability to get down to the roots, where things really matter, and where influence can cause sincere change. Through Dave's life experiences and his enthusiasm to genuinely impact others in an uplifting manner, the world now has the opportunity to be positively impacted by Dave.\nAaronStrong is something that I'm mindful of everyday for it's relevancy to impact all situations life throws my way. There's no doubt lives will be touched and the impact of AaronStrong will influence each and every community that embraces this movement.\"\nBrian Dempsey\nCo-Owner Turn2 Sports and Performance\nWatching you build yourself back up through tragedy taught me a lot more than any book or counselor ever could. Showed me that whatever life throws at you, getting back up and finding the flicker of light in the darkness might not always be easy, but once you find it, and feed that light with positivity and hope, you'll be okay. Thank you!\nMichael Plant\nClick HERE to submit a testimonial!\n\"Passionate, motivational, committed, and perseverance are just a few words that comes to mind when speaking of David Bultema. I had the honor of hiring Mr. Bultema as a US History teacher at Lake Minneola High School in 2011. His addition to the staff at Lake Minneola has been a true blessing.\nI asked Mr. Bultema to share his story with the faculty of Lake Minneola High School. It was then that I realized his high levels of and sincerity genuineness. In spite of all the challenges that today's students bring to the table, Mr. Bultema is committed to finding success in each every student.\nMr. Bultema has been given a gift from God to share his testimony. He has realized that every day is a gift. It is up to us to use our gift to be a blessing to others. That gift can be invested or wasted. Hours can be used or misused. Mr. Bultema, thank you for investing your gift to make a difference in so many lives.\nI completely support the vision of The Aaron Strong Movement. Turning negatives into positives is desperately needed in our society and throughout the world.\"\nLinda Shepherd-Miller\nAaronStrong Inspiring The Community\ninfo@BeAaronStrong.com","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"10 Glamorous Jazz Festivals In Australia For All Jazz Admirers\nMani Arora\nFor the wild and free wanderers at heart, there's no place like Australia for a heady dose of natural wonders, world-class wines, dazzling cities and delightful culture. While each of the coastal cities flaunt their unique character and allow you to immerse in their unique travel experiences, the Australian wild is just as intriguing with so many exotic animals, enchanting ocean roads and enticing rainforests. While scintillating Sydney charms with its stylish cityscapes and gorgeous beaches, Melbourne is the cultural heartland with quaint alleyways, delectable cuisine and art & music running through its veins.\nIt's not surprising then that Melbourne also leads the way for the country's love for music by hosting one of the best Jazz festivals in Australia. The history of jazz goes back a long way in Australia and almost all cities have popular jazz clubs and festivals. Join us on our hunt for the best Jazz festival in Australia as we hop along this magical country for the love of great music.\nTop 10 Jazz Festivals In Australia\nPlanning to attend an electrifying Jazz festival? Check out these Jazz festivals In Australia that you can attend and have an amazing trip. Keep scrolling down!\n1. Melbourne International Jazz Festival\nThis annual musical extravaganza is one of the leading Jazz festivals in Australia and the world, first held in the year 1998. Carrying forward the spirit that 'jazz can happen anywhere', the international jazz festival in Melbourne Australia aims at making jazz accessible to all and providing a platform for performances, collaborations and engagement with this fantastic musical style at all levels. The festival takes place across concert halls, art venues, jazz clubs and also the streets of Melbourne which come alive with the spirit of jazz in the air. The festival is marked with a diversity of performances that showcase modern masters as well as budding talent, through free shows, late night art events and ticketed shows.\nDates: 28th May-6th June 2021\nSuggested Read: Australia On A Budget: An Ultimate Guide For Enthusiastic Backpackers To Explore The Best Of The Country !\n2. Jazz By The Bay Festival\nThis feast for music lovers is undoubtedly one of the most interesting and anticipated Jazz festivals in Australia owing to its outstanding line-up of jazz masters and the picture-perfect setting. Nothing can match the experience of treating yourself to the dulcet notes of jazz as you sip a fine wine and savour gourmet food. Surrounded by beaches & wineries, jazz lovers can soak in the mellifluous music and gently sway to the lilting notes of the piano, saxophone and drums that transport you to musical heaven. Exceeding its own expectations every year, this spectacular event lures jazz loyalists from far off corners for an out of this world experience in one of the most beautiful parts of Australia.\nDates: 1st to 5th April 2021\n3. Port Fairy Jazz Festival\nOne of the newest entrants to the list of Jazz festivals in Australia the Port Fairy Jazz Festival aims to be a celebration of both traditional and contemporary jazz. Voted as the world's most liveable community, the beautiful Port Fairy area is the perfect setting to bring alive the magic of jazz in all its intoxicating avatars. The festival also has the distinction of being a not for profit effort managed entirely by volunteers dedicated to the cause of promoting and popularising jazz in the country. The first instalment of the festival in 2017 was a smash hit and the organisers plan to stick to the same format year after year. The festival moves along its journey this year with the promise of a stellar line-up and an Open Mike session.\nDates: 17th February 2021\nSuggested Read: A Handy Guide To Enjoy A Virtual Intercontinent Tour Of The Ghan Australia!\n4. Newcastle Jazz Festival\nRegarded as one of the top Jazz festivals in Australia, the Newcastle Jazz Festival is organised by the Newcastle and Hunter Jazz Club that aims to promote live jazz performances in the region throughout the year. With its first instalment in 1988 the festival has come a long way and earned an enviable reputation with more than 40 bands performing this year, including local musician and big international ensembles. With a rich variety of music ranging from traditional to contemporary jazz, blues, swing and jazz orchestras the festival attracts music lovers from all states of the country as well as New Zealand.\nDates: 27th-29th August 2021\n5. Manly Jazz Festival\nOnce a year the world-famous Manly beach plays host to the shining stars of jazz from around the world for one of the most popular Jazz festivals in Australia. Manly Jazz Festival is a befitting celebration of jazz with packed performance across various indoor and outdoor stages along the gorgeous beach. Jazz enthusiasts throng the more than 100 free performances to soak in the myriad flavours of jazz presented by world-renowned artists and bands. What sets this festival apart is not just the beautiful location but also the diverse hues of music that it presents, ranging from New Orleans jazz to fusion, blues, swing and roots to enthral music lovers of all tastes.\nSuggested Read: 7 Villas In Townsville Where One Can Enjoy A Comfortable Stay While Holidaying At Australia!\n6. Wangaratta Festival Of Jazz & Blues\nRunning in its 30th year, this stalwart amongst Jazz festivals in Australia has played a pioneering role not only in shaping the course of jazz in the country but also keeping its flag flying high on the musical landscape. Over the years the Wangaratta Festival has maintained its commitment to showcasing new talent with outstanding potential as well as presenting large-scale events featuring leading names in the world of jazz. This dynamic festival perfectly balances large ensemble performances amidst thousands of spectators with intimate sessions in charming settings like the Holy Trinity Church. With its innovative and consistent efforts, the festival has succeeded in generating a loyal base of jazz aficionados that throng the festival annually.\nDates: 1 to 28th February 2021\nSuggested Read: 10 Romantic Places In Queensland One Must Visit To Rekindle The Love In Australia!\n7. Perth International Jazz Festival\nFinding a place amongst the top seven Jazz festivals in Australia, the Perth International Jazz Festival was initiated in 2012 by the visionary professor Graham Wood. Since its inception, the festival aims at making this genre of music popular amongst the local and international community. The PIJF endeavours to bring both fresh talent and acclaimed jazz musicians from Australia and around the world to an enthusiastic audience of music lovers. There is a perfect blend of ticketed as well as free community events across a range of venues in Northbridge, each offering a unique experience. Performances vary from intimate to boisterous depending on the audience and their understanding of jazz.\nDates: 25th June to 3rd July 2021\n8. Brisbane International Jazz Festival\nHeld every year over a 6-10 day stretch this is one of the most anticipated Jazz festivals in Australia with an impressive line-up of internationally renowned jazz stalwarts and new-age performers along with talented Australian jazz artists and composers. Spread over multiple venues, the Brisbane International jazz Festival takes pride in presenting new talent, encouraging international collaborations and organising workshops as well as free events. The vocal and instrumental workshops allow serious jazz lovers to interact with and learn from the doyens of the genre, making it a truly memorable experience.\nSuggested Read: 10 Restaurants In Townsville Every Foodie Must Visit To Get A Taste Of The Authentic Australian Cuisine!\n9. Murray Bridge Jazz Festival\nThis 'not for profit' musical event is considered the leading Jazz festival in south Australia and makes an important contribution towards keeping the jazz flag flying high with its superior performances. This annual celebration of traditional jazz and Dixieland music features bands from across the country as well encourages promising local talent in the region. This popular annual jazz event held every year October, offers the unique experience of listening to your favourite jazz bands on a river cruise as well at the Town Hall and Murray Bridge Hotel.\nDate: To be announced\nTime: 11AM-10PM\nTicket price: Early birds can avail a price of $35\/person for the entire weekend.\n10. Devonport Jazz Festival\nOne of the iconic winter Jazz festivals in Australia, the Devonport Jazz is held every year in the north-western Tasmanian coast since 2002. With more than 200 performers enthralling audiences across more than 30 venues, this award winning festival celebrates various genres and styles of jazz. The program each year aims to win the hearts of not just ardent jazz lovers but also to those seeking introduction to this versatile form of music. Young and old music lovers throng to the diverse venues including churches, art venues, pubs, cafes and community halls for a rendezvous with outstanding local and international jazz artists. Workshops and international collaborations add to the immersive jazz experience.\nDates: 22nd to 25th July 2021\nFurther Read: Gold Coast In June: An Ultimate Guide To Enjoy A Thrilling Summer Vacation In Australia!\nConsidering the incredible jazz scene in the country, this is just the tip of the iceberg as far as Jazz festivals in Australia go. As you experience the magic of Australia, do not miss out on attending one of these for some truly unforgettable musical moments.\nLooking To Book An International Honeymoon?\nBook memorable honeymoon on TravelTriangle with 650+ verified travel agents for 65+ domestic and international destinations.\nBali Honeymoon Starting @ Rs 16,999\/--\nPlan your honeymoon today!\nEurope Honeymoon Starting @ Rs 89,999\/-\nMauritius Honeymoon Starting @ Rs 27,000\/--\nCompare and customize quotes before booking.\nMaldives Honeymoon Starting @ Rs 39,800\/-\nHoneymoon in Sri Lanka @ Rs 13,500-\nBest prices guranteed\nHoneymoon in Seychelles@ Rs 40,999\/-\nThailand Honeymoon @ Rs 19,999\/\nIncludes resorts, meals, cabs & sightseeing\nSingapore Honeymoon @ Rs 21,000\/-\nGift your partner lifetime memories. 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{"text":"Warship Wednesday, March 2, 2016: Fritz and the short career of an Italian battlewagon\nPosted on March 2, 2016 by laststandonzombieisland\t4 comments\nHere at LSOZI, we are going to take off every Wednesday for a look at the old steam\/diesel navies of the 1859-1946 time period and will profile a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a tale all of their own, which sometimes takes them to the strangest places. \u2013 Christopher Eger\nWarship Wednesday: March 2, 2016 Fritz and the short career of an Italian battlewagon\nPhoto colorized by irootoko_jr\nHere we see the Littorio-class battleship (corazzata) Roma, the pride of the WWII Regia Marina and last flagship of Admiral Carlo Bergamini. While her 15 months of service to Mussolini's Italy was uneventful, she ended her days with a bang.\nAlthough the modern Italian Navy saw little service in the first few decades of the 20th Century\u2013 primarily being used in an uneventful blockade of the Austro-Hungarian fleet in World War I and a few skirmishes with the Turks before that\u2013 the admirals in Rome had a twinge of panic in the 1930s when the French laid down new, fast battleships for service in the Med.\nTo augment the Regia Marina's four modernized Conte di Cavour (29,000-ton\/10\u00d712.6-inch guns) and Andrea Doria-class (25,000-ton\/13\u00d712-inch guns) World War I battleships, four new fast battleships of the Littorio-class (Littorio, Vittorio Veneto, Roma, and Impero) were envisioned with the first laid down in 1934.\nThese ships, which if you squint and look at them from a distance look a lot like the U.S. North Carolina-class battleships which followed just after, were beautiful, modern vessels.\nWith a full load displacement pushing 50,000-tons, they carried nine 381 mm\/50 (15\u2033) Model 1934 guns in three triple turrets guided by distinctive \"Wedding Cake\" Fire Control Directors and were capable of firing a 1,951-pound AP shell to a maximum range of a staggering 46,807 yards\u2013 and keeping it up at 1.3 rounds per minute.\nHer 381 mm (15.0 in)\/50 cal guns were tested to nearly 50,000 yards in experiments on land.\nWhile the Littorios were reasonably fast, capable of 30 knots, they achieved this by using thin armor (just 11 inches in belt and much less on deck) which put them at risk against other large battleships (or significant aircraft-dropped ordnance) though below the waterline they used the innovative Pugliese torpedo defense system, a 40mm armored bulkhead blister outer hull over a 15-inch liquid-filled void. Although the Pugliese wasn't ideal, the Soviets copied it for their last battleship class and the Littorios survived no less than four serious torpedo attacks during World War II (though air attack is another story).\nBut we are getting ahead of ourselves.\nThe hero of our sad tale, Roma, was the third and last of the class to be completed (Impero was canceled, her unfinished hulk ultimately sunk as a target). Laid down 18 September 1938 at Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico in Trieste, when WWII came less than a year later, work slowed on Roma and she was only completed on 14 June 1942.\nRoma upon commissioning\nGunnery trials\nRoma was beautiful on the inside too it would seem \u2013 rather lavish officer's quarters.\nCommissioning. She would never be this beautiful again\nArriving at Taranto on 21 August, she was assigned to the Ninth Naval Division, though with the general lack of fuel experienced in all of the Axis countries by that stage of the war, she rarely went to sea.\nIn November, with the Americans landing in North Africa in Operation Torch, all three Littoros were moved from Taranto to Naples to lay low. The Americans quickly found them, however, and after air attacks Roma and her two sisters were moved to La Spezia where, for the next several months, they endured near-weekly air attacks that left all of the ships bruised and battered though unbroken.\nSoon after commissioning she was given a distinctive camo pattern\nIn all, over a 15-month period, Roma spent a grand total of just 130 hours underway under her own steam.\nHer deck fore and aft had red and white diagonal stripes\nAs Rommel was defeated in North Africa and the Allies began landing on Sicily in July 1943 during Operation Husky, the Italian fleet at La Spezia consisting of the three Littoro sisters, a few cruisers and eight destroyers was put under the command of Admiral Carlo Bergamini, who chose Roma as his flag. An old-school surface warfare officer, Bergamini had picked up a silver medal in 1918 during the Great War while the gunnery officer of the cruiser Pisa, and commanded the Italian battleship division from the deck of Vittorio Veneto during the Battle of Cape Spartivent\u2013 which was about the closest thing to an Italian victory over the Royal Navy during WWII.\nThen in September, the Allies began Operation Avalanche, the invasion of Italy proper. This led Bergamini, under orders from the new Italian government who sought an armistice with the Allies, to take his fleet across to La Maddalena in Sardinia where King Victor Emmanuel III was setting up new digs, thus keeping the flower out of navy out of German hands.\nThe only thing was, the Germans weren't a fan of that plan, as the Allies jumped the gun and announced the secret Italian armistice on the radio in Algeria on 8 Sept.\nBattleship Roma, date unknown\nSlipping out in the predawn hours of 9 Sept, Bergamini's fleet, joined by three cruisers from Genoa, made for Sardinia and just after dawn saw Allied planes observing their movements\u2013 but not attacking. Then, around 1340 that day came the news the Germans had seized La Maddalena, leaving Bergamini in a pickle as he cruised through the narrow Strait of Bonifacio between Corsica and Sardinia.\nOver the next two hours, six German Do 217K-2 medium bombers from III. Gruppe of KG 100 (III\/KG 100) were seen by lookouts, each carrying what appeared to be a single large bomb. At 1530, these bombers climbed and hurled one of these oddball new bombs\u2013 that seemed to maneuver in flight\u2013 at the battleship Italia (Littorio), exploding just off her stern, damaging her rudder.\nThen at 1545 a second bomber dropped a 3,450-pound, armor piercing, radio-controlled, glide bomb, which the Luftwaffe called Fritz-X, right down Roma's gullet.\nDepiction of the Dornier Do-217 Fritz X attack on Italian battleship Roma. The glide bomb had a flare in its tail to allow the bombardier to guide it to its target from up-to 5km away\n\"End of the Roma 1943\" by Paul Wright. Note the very distinctive markings on deck. However, the flare on the Fritz-X seems a little too rocket-like as the bomb was unpowered.\nThe Italian battleship Roma listing after being hit by German Fritz X radio-controlled bombs launched by Do 217s, Sept. 9, 1943. Italian Navy photo\nEight minutes later, another Fritz struck the already crippled ship, leading to a magazine explosion that killed the vast majority of her crew\u2013 including Bergamini.\nExplosion aboard Roma, Strait of Bonifacio\nCapsized, she broke in two and sank by 1615. In all, two Admirals, 86 Officers and 1264 sailors were taken down to the seafloor with the stricken flagship who had less than 3,000 miles on her hull.\nThe rest of the fleet carried on and eventually made Malta where they were interred under British guns for the duration of the war, later moving to Alexandria where they remained until 1947. While Roma's sisters, Italia\/Littorio and Vittorio Veneto were on paper given to the U.S. and Britain respectively as war prizes, this was largely to keep them out of Soviet hands and both were scrapped at La Spezia in the early 1950s.\nOn Fritz, KG 100 continued to use these amazingly destructive weapons\u2013 the first effective smart bombs and precursors to current anti-ship missiles\u2013 in attacks on the cruisers USS Savannah, USS Philadelphia, HMS Uganda and the British battleship HMS Warspite, though without sinking them. Within months, the Allies figured out Fritz could be foiled by attacking his radio waves and by the Normandy invasion had issued some of the first electronic countermeasures to the fleet to jam the German wunderweapon.\nGerman aerial picture of the KG100 attack on Warsprite\nAs for Roma, her wreck was discovered in 2012, found at a depth of 1,000 meters around 25 km off Sardinia's coast. It is preserved as a war grave.\nAn Italian Navy picture of a AAA gun on the Roma, found at a depth of 1,000 meters around 25 km off Sardinia's coast.\nBergamini in death was promoted to the rank of Ammiraglio d'Armata and two frigates, one in 1960 and another in 2013, have been named in his honor, the latest of which had top of the line air defenses against anti-shipping missiles.\nItaly's first FREMM class frigate, Carlo Bergamini (F590)\nImage by Shipbucket\nDisplacement: Full load: 45,485 long tons (46,215 t)\nLength: 240.7 m (790 ft.)\nBeam: 32.9 m (108 ft.)\nDraft: 9.6 m (31 ft.)\n8 \u00d7 Yarrow boilers\n128,000 shp (95,000 kW)\nPropulsion: 4 \u00d7 steam turbines, 4 \u00d7 shafts\nSpeed: 30 kn (56 km\/h; 35 mph)\nComplement: 1,920\n3 \u00d7 3 381 mm (15.0 in)\/50 cal guns\n4 \u00d7 3 152 mm (6.0 in)\/55 cal guns\n4 \u00d7 1 120 mm (4.7 in)\/40 guns for illumination\n12 \u00d7 1 90 mm (3.5 in)\/50 anti-aircraft guns\n20 \u00d7 37 mm (1.5 in)\/54 guns (8 \u00d7 2; 4 \u00d7 1)\n10 \u00d7 2 20 mm (0.79 in)\/65 guns\nMain belt: 350 mm (14 in)\nDeck: 162 mm (6.4 in)\nTurrets: 350 mm\nConning tower: 260 mm (10 in)\nAircraft carried: 3 aircraft (IMAM Ro.43 or Reggiane Re.2000)\nAviation facilities: 1 stern catapult\nIf you liked this column, please consider joining the International Naval Research Organization (INRO), Publishers of Warship International\nThey are possibly one of the best sources of naval study, images, and fellowship you can find http:\/\/www.warship.org\/membership.htm\nThe International Naval Research Organization is a non-profit corporation dedicated to the encouragement of the study of naval vessels and their histories, principally in the era of iron and steel warships (about 1860 to date). Its purpose is to provide information and a means of contact for those interested in warships.\nNearing their 50th Anniversary, Warship International, the written tome of the INRO has published hundreds of articles, most of which are unique in their sweep and subject.\nPRINT still has it place. If you LOVE warships you should belong.\nI'm a member, so should you be!\ntagged with battleship, battleship roma, Bergamini, coal fired ironclad, KG100, Littorio, Littorio battleship, old warships, Regia Marina, Roma, steampunk navy, vintage warships, Vittorio Veneto, warship wednesday\nwarship wednesday\nPingback: Warship Wednesday, July 5, 2017: HMs cruiser bruiser | laststandonzombieisland\nPingback: Italian Stallion | laststandonzombieisland\nPingback: Battlewagon in the anti-ship missile age, 29 years ago today | laststandonzombieisland\nPingback: Warship Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020: Avalanche, Darby, Husky & Fritz | laststandonzombieisland","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Tag Archives: trickle down economics\nHow Much Will It Cost? (Revisited)\nThe questions of \"how much will it cost?\" or \"How will you pay for it?\" are always posed by the media's journalists to the planned spending proposals of Labour and all the other parties, bar the Tories. That the Tories have dominated the economic discourse since the 1980s cannot be denied. Indeed, political journalists have accepted the economic orthodoxy uncritically in the decades that have followed and there are, in my mind, two reasons why they do this. First, they're not economists and second, they're lazy. Even the economics editors of the major news organizations tend to be drawn from the Thatcherite School of Household Management Economics, and will base their analyses and their questions on its flawed logic.\nNow, I'm not an economist but my instincts regarding national finances are correct: household analogies are nonsense and journalists who repeat them are foolish. The reductivist economic dogma of the Tories and UKIP has dragged this country into recessions (there were three during the Thatcher years) and have forced people into ever greater poverty, while the rich have seen a manifold increase in their incomes.\nIn an article by Richard Murphy of Tax Research (two days after my piece), he puts to bed the myths that have passed for economic competence and credibility for over 30 years. He opens by saying:\nThe most dangerous question in political debate in the UK is the one always rolled out by every journalist, on air or in other media, which is to ask a politician 'How are you going to pay for it?' where 'it' is whatever the politicians has just proposed to do.\nHe then provides three reasons why this question is a dangerous one and provides handy replies to the clueless hacks who insist on asking the question.\nYou can read the rest here.\nAll governments borrow and spend money. That's how national finances work. In seven years, the Tories have racked up more debt than the previous Labour government did in 13 years. Moreover, Labour has a better record of paying off debt. In 1976, the Wilson government was forced to take out a loan from the International Monetary Fund to pay for the Sterling Crisis, which was caused by the Heath government's economic mismanagement. It was paid off by 1979. Thatcher's Tories continued to use the IMF loan as a stick to beat the Labour Party even though the loan had been repaid. Yet Kinnock refused to counter these lies. Finally, the Corbyn-led party has awakened to the need to counter the Tories' myths and lies about the national economy and borrowing\/spending. And about time too.\nFiled under economic illiteracy, Economics, General Election 2017, neoliberalism\nTagged as economic illiteracy, economic incompetence, Richard Murphy, tories, trickle down economics, voodoo economics\nI can barely believe it. A little over 24 hours after I wrote the last \"Life on Hannan World\" blog, up pops Dissembling Dan with another. This time, it's about taxation and flat taxes in particular.\nTalk of flat taxes will always get right-wingers and self-styled libertarians moist. They (the followers of obscure economic theories) love the idea of everyone paying the same rate of tax. They believe that everyone (sic) will benefit from a flat tax system. Of course, it's a lie and they know it, and no matter how plausible they make their argument sound, the simple truth is that only the rich will benefit from such a tax system.\nSo what's prompted the Lyin' King to write a piece in defence of flat taxes? This article in the Daily Mirror, which reports Oliver Letwin's remarks about simplifying the tax system. Inevitably the issue of flat taxes is mentioned. But that's not the reason why The Cat is interested in Hannan's blog. It's the fact that he actually claims flat taxes would benefit the poor (sic). Have a look at this title:\nLower, flatter, simpler taxes will help everyone \u2013 especially the poor\nGloriously misleading and, quite frankly, nuts. I once had some right-wing libertarian tell me, apparently straight faced, that the poor were \"richer\" at the end of the 19th century than at the beginning. The clue is in the word \"poor\". If you are poor, then you aren't, by definition, \"rich\". But it's the way he claims flat taxes will \"help\" the poor that get me. It's not as if he knows what it's like to be poor and, at any rate, Hannan usually approaches the poor through fictional characters. Even the photo he uses to accompany his blog reveals more about his attitude to dissent that he'd care to admit.\nHannan claims, among other things, that a flat tax system would eliminate tax avoidance. But is that all? Well, no.\nThe real benefit of the flat tax, though, is not in stopping top-end avoidance. It's in cutting the cost of compliance for everyone else. I have yet to come across a small business in my constituency that doesn't need an accountant. Nor have I met a single person who has read and understood the tax code in its entirety.\nDid you see that? He says the \"real benefit of the flat tax\" is apparently about \"cutting the cost of compliance for everyone else\". The problem with taxation in Britain is this: the system is regressive. Britain has possibly the most regressive taxes in the world. Where else in the world would one have found a window tax, for example? Only in Britain, which is still run like a technologically advanced Norman kingdom. Council Tax, for example, is a regressive local tax that is not based on a person's ability to pay; it is levied on outdated property values. Therefore, in theory, a person on an income of \u00a312,000 per annum living next door to someone on \u00a353,000 a year, and living in a similarly banded property, pays the same amount in Council Tax. Got that?\nHannan claims:\nFlat taxes make tax avoidance both purposeless and impossible.\nOh? And where's the proof? There isn't any. It's hypothetical.\nThe only way the Lyin' King can proclaim the supposed 'benefits' of a flat tax system is by having a pop at his greatest foe: socialists.\nYou'd think that socialists would approve. Instead of the super-wealthy exploiting exemptions, moving their assets abroad, emigrating or simply retiring earlier, they'd be paying a higher share of our national revenue. The state could then either spend more in absolute terms or cut taxes for everyone.\nWhy on earth would socialists approve of a flat tax system? It's absurd. Only greedy capitalists adore the idea notion. The last time this country had a flat tax was in the late 1980s and early 1990s. It was called the Poll Tax.\nFirst, almost no one is pushing for a completely flat rate \u2013 supporters of the idea recognise that, in a welfare state, there needs to be an exemption before you start paying tax at all, ideally set at around \u00a312,000 a year. Second, a flat tax will, in a short time, make middle- and low-earners considerably better off as the rich pay more and the tax burden on the rest of us falls commensurately.\n\"\u00a312,000 a year'? I wonder if Wonder Boy knows what it's like to live on \u00a312,000 a year? But it's this idea that, somehow, the rich will magically pay more tax that's a real sticking point here. If everyone is paying near enough the same rate of tax, then it's only logical that those at the lower end of the income scale will suffer. That's the people on \u00a312,000 or slightly more, Dan. Have you got that?\nAt the end of his piece, he lets fly at UK Uncut. Why? Because he doesn't like the way they chase down tax avoiders. He'd rather they didn't exist.\nI sometimes wonder whether UK Uncut types are happier nursing their grudges, warming themselves with the glow of righteous anger, than on fixing the problem. Or, to put it another way, whether they are keener on attacking the rich than on stimulating the economy. That, of course, is their prerogative. But what a pity to see the government humouring them.\nWhat the Lyin' King deliberately misses is that UK Uncut is a pressure group and is thus not in a position to \"fix\" the problem. They aren't the ones who devise tax codes, nor are they in a position to implement economic policy. That's the job of the government. The same government that Hannan supports. He whines that UK Uncut is \"keener on attacking the rich than on stimulating the economy\". Why shouldn't they attack the rich? Why shouldn't they attack greed? Now Dan would tell you that greed is \"natural\". But then, so is violence. Yet we have laws on the statute books to punish the violent, but we don't punish the greedy.\nHannan's claim that a flat tax system would create parity between incomes is misleading. The rich would dearly love to see a flat tax because it would mean they actually pay less, not more tax. He stands up for the powerful in society and regards the weak as parasites, draining the life force of the nation. If he talks about the poor, he regards them in the abstract. Tories can only see the world through the prisms of wealth, privilege and power. Anything else is of no consequence. The flat tax is a dangerous fantasy.\nFiled under Media, Tory press\nTagged as daniel hannan, flat tax myth, greed, Laffer Curve, Oliver Letwin, taxation, tories, trickle down economics, UK Uncut\nThe Mythical Laffer Curve\nI've mentioned the Laffer Curve a few times on this blog, often in connection with one of its greatest proponents, Se\u00f1or Daniel Hannan. This excellent blog from Robert Nielson expertly debunks the myth of the Laffer Curve. The curve was allegedly sketched on a napkin in a restaurant by right-wing economist Arthur Laffer to illustrate \"taxable income elasticity\" and to thereby rationalize the so-called \"trickle-down effect\" (also known as voodoo economics) and flat taxes, in particular. The Laffer Curve is closely associated with supply side economics and, in particular, Reaganomics. The idea that flat taxes will magically benefit everyone is patently absurd, especially when one considers the example of the Poll Tax and the effect that it had on low-income households.\nThe Laffer Curve is also known by the name \"Laffer-Khaldun\" Curve on account of the fact that it was originally devised by the 14th century Muslim philosopher Ibn Khaldun. Laffer simply appropriated it and deployed it as a sort of neoliberal talisman.\nFiled under economic illiteracy, Economics, neoliberalism\nTagged as Arthur Laffer, daniel hannan, flat taxes, holy icons, neoliberalism, Poll Tax, Thatcher, trickle down economics\nWhy right libertarians take semantic refuge in classical liberalism\nClassical liberalism in action \u2013 Victorian workhouses were prisons for the poor\nRecently, I've noticed the numbers of right libertarians who have suddenly started claiming that they're really \"classical liberals\". Like cockroaches when they're exposed to the light, vigorous scrutiny of their soi-disant libertarianism sends them scurrying into the gap between the skirting board and the floor of discourse. There, in the darkness, they feel safe. There they can claim that they are \"classical liberals\". But their new-found old position relies entirely on the mass ignorance of the term \"classical liberalism\" and the historical materialism of the 19th century when classical liberalism (then called liberalism) was first applied as an economic doctrine.\nThese born-again classical liberals will apply the same narratives that exponents of neoliberalism will use as a defence of their doctrine: that wealth can only be created for all if the state is \"smaller\" and business is freed from \"bureaucracy\" and \"red tape\" and that wealth will consequently trickle down to those below. This, they argue, will bring forth 'freedom' but the freedom that they speak of only applies to a small section of the population: the factory owners and the rentier capitalists. Trickle down doesn't work, yet these born again classical liberals will claim that it does \u2013 though none of them can point to examples of where trickle down has succeeded.\nSo what are the key defining features of classical liberalism and how does it differ, if at all, from right libertarianism?\nClassical liberalism's key features are\nsmaller state\/limited government\nLaissez faire capitalism\/free markets\nFreedom of speech, religion, press and assembly\nDisregard for the poor and the needy\nRight libertarians\nSmaller state\/limited or no government\nFreedom of speech. religion, press and assembly\nDisregard for the poor and needy\nAs you can see, there isn't much difference between either of them and when right libertarians suddenly proclaim that they are \"classical liberals\", they are dishonest in making this largely artificial distinction. The real reason for declaring themselves as classical liberals has more to do with romanticism, nostalgia and outright dishonesty than anything else. They want to go back to a time when people knew their place and stayed there. Social mobility did not exist; the working class stayed in their place. They were denied access to higher education and were tied to their places of work. Knowledge was reserved for the privileged and the powerful. In the eyes of the dominant political hegemony, knowledge in the hands of the subaltern classes was considered dangerous (think of William Tyndale's struggle to publish the Bible in English). Because with knowledge and ideas came the possibility that authority could be questioned, which could lead, in turn, to civil disobedience and insurrection\u2026even though this happened anyway and was met with considerable force.\nThe neoliberals and those right libertarians who subscribe to the small state notion are actually the descendants of classical liberals. They can no more return to the past, then I can become the King of Tonga. They have selectivized the past by appropriating certain memories of the classical liberal period, which always seem to orbit the sun-like narrative of the British Empire. When one puts the point to them that Adam Smith's assertion that \"free markets will lead to world peace\" is fallacious proposition, they will respond by asking, \"did free market states go to war against each other\"? It's a red herring. There were plenty of wars, many of them waged by free market states against other nations. Free trade relied on wars and the colonization of other countries. It also meant outdoing the competition from other free market nations. Presumably, for our apologists, the Opium Wars were not waged in the name of free trade but were waged to punish the Chinese for not accepting opium rather than silver as payment for silk? It's a fatuous argument but it's the sort of defence right libertarians would use. In the 19th century, the British Empire was the biggest drug pusher on the planet- there is no getting away from it. It was because of this idea of \"free trade\" that countries like China were forced to \"open\" their markets and thus open themselves to decades of foreign domination.\nClassical liberals denied the right of workers to organize. It was only when the last of the Combination Acts was repealed that workers were able to organize in any meaningful way. Socially, classical liberals were very much against the idea of the relief of poverty and sought to contain it within the Poor Laws. The workhouse, which had been around since the 14th century, saw an expansion in the 19th century after the passing of the Poor Law of 1834. Today's born again classical liberals have similar ideas with regards to the poor and the unemployed, for whom they have resurrected the artificial distinctions of \"deserving\" and \"undeserving\". Any money spent on the relief of poverty was seen as another impediment to the freedoms of the rich and powerful. One 'argument' that I encountered was \"The working class were richer (sic) in 1899 than they were in 1801\". But this is another red herring: the working class were never \"rich\" and lived in overcrowded rented accommodation. Few of them moved up the social ladder. Those that did became the petite bourgeoisie: the shopkeepers, market traders or were otherwise recruited as instruments of oppression, nor did they buy their own properties in leafy districts of the industrial cities nor did any of them become industrialists. There was a glass ceiling preventing those at the bottom from becoming say, MPs, because of the property qualification.\nThe right libertarian is a dishonest creature that substitutes myths and tropes for facts. They extrapolate their arguments from sets of numbers in the hope that no one will spot the flaws in their thesis \u2013 which always overlooks society in favour of cold economic statistics. This decontextualization of numbers from the societal whole is their only defence and it's a weak one. But the worst offence is to claim that they are \"classical liberals\" when they are really right libertarians looking for a way to divert attention away from their very postmodern interpretations of selfishness and greed by hiding in the darkness of the past.\nThe use of the phrase \"classical liberalism\" by right libertarians is therefore an exercise in semantic subterfuge and should be laughed off as such.\nI found this interesting blog written by an anarchist. Right libertarians don't live in the real world.\nFiled under 19th century, Economics, History, History & Memory, Ideologies, Labour history, Language, Society & culture, Trade Unions, workers rights\nTagged as Adam Smith, British Empire, classical liberalism, Combination Acts, decontextualization, Jeremy Bentham, neoliberalism, Opium Wars, Poor Laws, right wing libertarianism, social Darwinism, trickle down economics, workhouse\nMurdoch tells Lord Snooty to \"stay the course\"\nWhen Rupert Murdoch tells mainstream politicians to jump, they always ask \"how high\"? Today, the Old Bastard advises Cameron to \"stay the course\". The Guardian (a paper now caught between a rock and a hard place after backing the Lib Dems) says,\nDrawing a direct comparison between the government and Margaret Thatcher, Murdoch said: \"Like the lady, the coalition must not be for turning.\"\nDelivering the first annual \"Baroness Thatcher lecture\" to a group of enthusiastic neoliberal apologists, he opened by lavishing praise on Thatcher,\nThis evening we have come here to celebrate a great leader who championed a profound idea. That idea was freedom. At home and abroad, she expanded the boundaries of freedom \u2013 and sculpted a legacy that spans generations and crosses party lines.\nWhat \"freedom\" would that be, Old Bastard?\nToday the ideals of individual freedom and responsibility find steadfast advocates in the Centre for Policy Studies. You were founded by the then-Mrs Thatcher and her loyal friend, Keith Joseph, back in the early 1970s.\nWhen Keith Joseph began his work, he described it as an effort to convert the Tory party to economic liberty. Let me say: You have more missionary work ahead.\nTheir idea of freedom comes with a price tag that most of us cannot afford. The Old Bastard opines,\nIt was that appreciation of individual aptitude and ability that made her so intolerant of the strictures of socialism. How quickly too many people have forgotten that she has not only changed Britain, but, along with Ronald Reagan, changed the world, much, much for the better.\nFunny, I don't see that: I see a world where people are forced to work until they drop. I see the gap between rich and poor getting wider and I see the same old lies about freedom in your papers. Free trade is not free for those countries that have their industries ruined by cheap imports from the richer nations.\nThe Old Bastard tells us that,\nPresident Lula of Brazil may have started life as a socialist, but now he is a Thatcherite. Without pride, people will not prosper. And without a bigger cake, the portions will get smaller, and the vulnerable will suffer most.\nFunny how they like to come out with stuff like this. The vulnerable are already suffering yet Murdoch and his cronies can only see things from the perspective of extreme wealth. They talk about 'wealth creation' as though their steadfast adherence to neoliberal economic policies will genuinely result in 'wealth' trickling down to those below. You've tried this stuff for 30 years and it still doesn't work. Time to give it up.\nMurdoch's lecture is a timely reminder of who really pulls our politicians strings.\nFiled under Media, News Corporation\nTagged as David Cameron, Margaret Thatcher, neoliberalism, Rupert Murdoch, trickle down economics\nThe Tory response to the IFS report: shoot the messenger and then kill his extended family\nThere's an old saying, \"if you don't like the message then shoot the messenger\". And so it is with this coalition. When the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) report on the Honorable Gid's emergency budget was presented, it didn't take long for the usual suspects to start complaining of some sort of 'left wing conspiracy'. One commenter on this blog described it as \"Daily Mail headline-grabbing\". This is ironic, given that the Daily Mail is a Tory-supporting paper.\nClegg was the first to slam it, complaining that it was \"partial\". The usual suspects have entered the fray to both praisesong Osborne and complain how 'fairness is ruining Britain'. The first is this article from Policy Exchange bod, Neil O'Brien who also writes for the Daily Telegraph (quelle surprise!). He presents a series of bar graphs (yeah, bar graphs) which he then uses to justify how the poorest in Britain will be 'better off'. Then he says,\nI don't really want to get into the ins and outs of who is right in these arguments here, which are pretty complicated. Even the IFS admit their claim is fair less clear cut if you look at expenditure rather than income. And everyone knows that the statistics at the bottom end are dodgy and hard to measure. If you believed the stats, lots of households in Britain would appear to be surviving on no income of any kind, benefits or otherwise.\nSo you admit that you haven't got a clue then? What makes the statistics at the bottom 'dodgy'? Is it because those stats undo your argument?\nThen he says,\nThe third problem is even more profound. Free societies like ours are complicated, and difficult to understand or steer. It's often difficult to predict the effects of any given policy change. Brilliant government wheezes can have disastrous effects, and ideas which were seen as hopeless can end up saving the day.\nSo there is a possiblity that these changes could have disastrous effects?Policy Exchange man in two-face shocker! But Hannan leaps on this and makes the bold claim,\nNeil O'Brien has already done a superb job of demolishing the claim that the last Budget was unfair to the poor. (The BBC, like The Guardian, told us that these claims came from a report by the \"respected\" Institute for Fiscal Studies, neglecting to mention that the report had been commissioned by a Left-wing pressure group).\nOh yeah? Which \"left wing pressure group\" is this? The left wing pressure group in question is End Child Poverty. What's the matter Dan, don't you want an end to child poverty or do you see child poverty as a 'price worth paying'? It shouldn't surprise any of us that Hannan is against such things. He is a self-confessed fan of Ayn Rand, after all. Yet if this report had been commissioned by say, The Freedom Association (of which Mad Dan is a member), there would be no issue? Not that the Freedom Association would be interested in such an issue. Their raison d'\u00eatre is, er, something rather vaguely called 'freedom'.\nThe 'rationally self-interested' Hannan ends his blog by saying,\nWouldn't a truly \"fair\" society be one in which welfare budgetsfell, as former recipients were lifted out of dependency?\nAnd how do you propose to \"lift people\" out of what you call \"dependency\" when there are no jobs and the gap between rich and poor is getting wider? Are you going to employ them on your estate or maybe your parents will give them job on the family chicken ranch? Hannan's solution is, in common with so many of his colleagues, to create as Thatcher once said a \"nation of entrepreneurs\". Though how everyone in the country could be an 'entrepreneur' was never elucidated by Thatcher or any of her acolytes. Of course the other option is to rely on 'trickle down economics' to produce non-results. Even Capitalism Magazine says that,\n[\u2026] there has never been any school of economists who believed in a trickle down theory. No such theory can be found in even the most voluminous and learned books on the history of economics. It is a straw man.\nWhile that may be the case, it hasn't stopped the likes of the Tories from claiming that it will produce 'wealth' further down the income scale.\nThis part of the IFS's report is pretty crucial\nThe report also questioned the government's decision to use the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) instead of the Retail Prices Index (RPI) when calculating certain benefits.\nIt's like using GDP to measure a country's economic performance. GDP does not take into account factors such as unemployment, the black economy and waste. Yet both Tory and Labour governments use it.\nThis blog from Tim Montgomerie on Conservative Home is laughable only for its suggestion that the Tories take a leaf out of Orwell's 1984. First of all he says, \"We should say that we want to help people overcome poverty and not make it more comfortable\". Since when has poverty ever been \"comfortable\"? Friends, this is the warped mindset that we are dealing with. The whole idea here is to redefine the word 'fairness' in the same way that Hannan and his zombie army have attempted to redefine 'left wing'.\nMeanwhile The Independent says that the Budget may have breached equality laws. The mere mention of a word like 'equality' will have Dan and his pals foaming at the mouth.\nIt is looking into complaints that a Treasury website asking the public to suggest where cuts should be made has attracted racist comments. It is also considering the wider impact on women of the proposed cuts. Under the Act, the Commission has power to take \"enforcement action\", which could range from encouraging a change of practice to starting a formal inquiry \u2013 a move which could delay some of the proposed cuts.\nThis is the most revealing part of the article,\nJustin Webb, the presenter, asked Mr Hoban whether the Treasury had conducted an assessment of how the Budget would affect specific groups, as required under the Act.\nThe Treasury minister appeared not to know the answer. Mr Hoban stuck rigidly to his brief, insisting: \"We went through a very detailed distributional analysis at the time of the Budget, it was the most extensive piece of work anyone has done.\nOops! It looks like someone has messed up. Have a look at the rest of the ambush interview and decide for yourselves.\nFiled under Big Society, ConDem Budget 2010, Government & politics, Public spending\nTagged as Ayn Rand, daniel hannan, End Child Poverty, Freedom Association, George Osborne, Institute for Fiscal Studies, Orwellianisms, Thatcher, Tim Montgomerie, trickle down economics","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"CFO Ruth Fowler: Ready for Anything at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta\n- Thursday, January 10th, 2013 Print\t| Email\nResulting from this year's early flu season, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta saw a record 10,000 emergency room visits in December, a clear sign of how the community depends on the hospital.\nGood thing the non-profit system has ample cash reserves \u2014 a whopping 939 days cash on hand last September, according to Moody's Investors Services. That's due in part to the leadership of CFO Ruth Fowler, a 12-year veteran of CHOA.\nMoody's affirmed the \"Aa2\" ratings on the system's $467 million in outstanding bonds last month, attributable to its \"seasoned management\" and history of exceptional operating margins. Its operating cash flow margin was 19.6 percent in 2011 and 21.2 percent through the first nine months of fiscal year 2012.\nFowler, a certified public accountant, earned her first business degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and her master's of business from Georgia State University.\nIf you have more information or updates for this profile or would like to recommend a leader to be profiled in the future, please contact Lindsey Dunn, editor in chief, Becker's Hospital Review at ldunn@beckershealthcare.com.\nMore Articles on Hospital CFO Profiles:\nCFO Paul Pernice: Bringing Beebe Medical Center Back\nCFO Diane Blake: Meeting Critical Needs at Cascade Medical Center\nCFO Joe Guarracino: Changing the CFO Role at The Brooklyn Hospital Center","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Columbia named one of the nation's least stressful cities\n4 years 4 months 2 weeks ago Thursday, September 03 2015 Sep 3, 2015 Thursday, September 03, 2015 2:57:00 PM CDT September 03, 2015 in News\nBy: Jasmine Lee, KOMU 8 Reporter\nCOLUMBIA - A study done by SmartAsset found Columbia as the fifth least stressed city in the U.S.\nThe study collected city and county level data on 500 of the largest cities in the country. Researchers then considered nine different metrics into two different sub categories.\nOne of the categories was \"stressors.\" The metrics included were average work week length, average daily commute, the unemployment rate, the personal bankruptcy rate, the divorce rate and the ratio of housing costs to income.\nSmart Asset found the average daily commute in Columbia to be about 16 and a half minutes. The unemployment rate in Columbia, according to the April 2015 study by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, is 3.6 percent.\nThe cost of living in Columbia is just below average. According to numbers from the Columbia Chamber of Commerce staff, residents pay about $97 for items that have a national average cost of $100. The highest cost of living is in Manhattan, New York, which scored 219.70.\nMatt McCormick is the president of the Columbia Chamber of Commerce. He said he was not completely surprised to see Columbia to be in the top ten of the least stressful cities.\n\"It's a great quality of life. The cost of living is one thing and health care, access to jobs, and our unemployment rate, there's a lot of great factors of staying here and being here,\" McCormick said. \"The college students being here with game day and all the rush, it's a lot of fun and it's kind of the life blood.\"\nThe other category studied was \"stress-relievers.\" The three metrics considered were average hours of nightly sleep, the number of entertainment establishments per 1,000 business places in the city and the population receiving recommended weekly exercise.\nResearchers ranked all of the 500 cities on the nine metrics and then average all of the rankings. The cities with the best average received a \"100\" and the cities with the worst got a zero.\nEight of the top ten cities are in the Midwest and all of the cities in the top ten are home to major public universities.\nBrie Wagner is a Columbia native. She said that she has stayed in the city because she enjoys being around an \"educated\" and \"diverse\" population.\n\"There's a lot of different types of people that come here for the schools and some of them choose to stay. There's always that kind of feeling of meeting interesting people,\" Wagner said.\nShe also said the large volume of students does not stress her in a way that makes her want to move.\n\"If you live here, you kind of get an idea of when those events are, and the days you should hang out with your friends at home instead drive down Stadium,\" Wagner said.\nJackie Floyd, the owner of the Smoothie King on East Nifong Boulevard, said she thinks the cost of living for Columbia isn't as low as she would like.\n\"There's a lot of people that come and go here, and there are a lot of students and there is a demand for high quality places to live\" Floyd said. \"I think if people provide that, then they are going to charge the price that it's worth.\"","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
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Arrow root is, of course, the favored thickening of a lot of Chinese & Japanese chefs, and is an excellent substitute for the gluten that is missing when baking with flour substitutes, like almond flour etc. Arrowroot starch is obtained from the rhizomes of the tropical plant Maranta arundinacea L. and related species cultivated in the West and East Indies, Australia and elsewhere. You should not use this information as self-diagnosis or for treating a health problem or disease. Electrode, Comp-2bebfcc6-e924-4de0-9c3a-2b28c1f62e88, DC-scus-prod-a13, ENV-prod-a, PROF-PROD, VER-20.0.40, SHA-41ed8468826085770503056bd2c9bc8be5b55386, CID-b5e6bc7b-007-176360e5312a5e, Generated: Sun, 06 Dec 2020 03:17:57 GMT, Electrode, Comp-e044b385-b164-4777-bcfe-7ff5b96b7b14, DC-scus-prod-a2, ENV-prod-a, PROF-PROD, VER-37.11.1, SHA-b53f0ee28d9e64532a24424f4dbf15832400b102, CID-c0a4751c-007-176361bd2b785b, Generated: Sun, 06 Dec 2020 03:32:41 GMT, Error: Please enter a valid ZIP code or city and state. 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I think I like it because of the crunch.. either way it's so good. Arrow Root Starch, Bot San Day. Sorry, this webpage requires JavaScript to function correctly. [This review was collected as part of a promotion.]. Out of these, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. Please try your search again later. Pro tip: it works best when added to liquids toward the end of heating. Arrowroot and potato starch contain similar amounts of amylose, a starch compound that acts as a thickener. When used in gluten-free baking processes, it helps create light and delicate textures. Arrowroot is a starch obtained from the rhizomes (rootstock) of several tropical plants, traditionally Maranta arundinacea, but also Florida arrowroot from Zamia integrifolia, and tapioca from cassava (Manihot esculenta), which is often labelled as arrowroot.Polynesian arrowroot or pia (Tacca leontopetaloides), and Japanese arrowroot (Pueraria lobata), also called kudzu, are used in similar ways. We're having technical issues, but we'll be back in a flash. Fat Daddio's Cake Decorating Turntable, 12 x 2 Inch, Off-white. It is gluten free and can be used as a direct substitute for cornstarch for folks with corn allergies. Arrowroot starch has in the past been quite extensively adulterated with potato starch and other similar substances. It is so called because it was traditionally used to treat wounds caused by poison arrows. Habitat: Native to the West Indian Islands. What are the big differences between them? The common name is a misspelling of the name given to the root used extensively by the Aruac people in South America, \"Aru-root.\" Other Common Names: Maranta starch, obedience plant, Bermuda arrowroot. This was supposed to be a product review for my subscribers. Botanical Name of Arrowroot: Maranta arundinacea. Shop for groceries online and checkout great free recipes at countdown.co.nz - large variety of groceries for sale $18.95. 20oz Arrow Root Starch (Bot San Day) by Coconut Tree Brand, Pack of 1. I know this is not so much the sellers fault and more so the manufacturer's fault but I do not know what's going on with this particular brand but I will never ever be purchasing it again this is the 2nd container that I have bought that contained rodent feces .I poured all the continents out into a tray and I saw rodent droppings in it .so I dumped the entire thing so please if you buy this make sure you pour all of the product out and look for rodent droppings because it seems like the manufacturers are not doing quality checks or inspection properly and I will be writing a letter to the manufacturer. Taste so good! $20.25. It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. Please make sure that you are posting in the form of a question. Your question might be answered by sellers, manufacturers, or customers who bought this product. I use this in my basic flour mix for all baking. Reviewed in the United States on August 7, 2020. Arrowroot is a popular edible starch, derived from the roots of the West Indian plant known as arrowroot or Maranta Arundinacea. Arrowroot starch flour can also be added to soups, stews, pudding or sauces as a thickener. Only 8 left in stock - order soon. Arrowroot Starch Powder Bot San Day Radix Puerrie Flour 14 oz - Pack of 1 3.9 out of 5 stars 41. It is odorless (all though some say that there is a faint smell when Arrowroot is mixed with boiling water). Disclaimer: While we work to ensure that product information is correct, on occasion manufacturers may alter their ingredient lists. The seal was open when I received this. I like the taste of this so muchI bought it 3x's ordering my fourth one. See terms. The girl that greeted me was very friendly. Your first delivery is free. It's great for cooking vegan food. Arrowroot helps to prevent ice crystals from forming when making frozen foods like homemade ice cream. Overview Information Arrowroot is a plant. Reviewed in the United States on December 10, 2018, Reviewed in the United States on March 14, 2019. Try it today! Find answers in product info, Q&As, reviews. Arrowroot starch is created by pounding the roots of the plant so that they are separated. There's a problem loading this menu right now. Please try again. Now not only can I not test the product, but I have waisted my dollars on a defective item that can't be resolved. Though arrowroot powder is \u2026 I came here looking for vitamin supplements (such as 5-HTP) that are difficult to find in traditional grocery stores or pharmacies. badia powder arrowroot, 2 oz. I would never order this product again and will not recommend it to anyone. It is a thickening agent that may be used as a one-for-one replacement for cornstarch. Information and statements regarding dietary supplements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration and are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease or health condition. 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Arrowroot starch is sought after as a nice clear thickener for sauces and as an ingredient in those classic tongue-drying local cookies called uraro. Arrowroot is a large perennial herb (Maranta arundinacea) found in rainforest habitats. Edible chalk, Natural Chalk,\"SAWN Chalk Belgorodskiy\" 200gr. The price has went up a dollar. Get specific details about this product from customers who own it. This powder also doubles as a natural dry shampoo and body powder. Find here Arrowroot Powder, Arrowroot Starch, Arraroot Powder suppliers, manufacturers, wholesalers, traders with Arrowroot \u2026 This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. I knew from there it wouldn't be good. Statements regarding dietary supplements have not been evaluated by the FDA and are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease or health condition. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. This can't be returned. Native Caribbeans call it \"Aru Aru\" meaning \"food of foods\". Actual product packaging and materials may contain more and\/or different information than that shown on our Web site. Restrictions apply. The plant is named in honor of Bartommeo Maranto, a medical practitioner of the mid-1500's. Sorry, but we can't respond to individual comments.If you need immediate assistance, please contact Customer Care. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don't use a simple average. To ensure we are able to help you as best we can, please include your reference number. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. It can be used for baking cakes, muffins, breads and more. words can't express how upset i am. Argo Laundry Starch 4 boxes 1 lb Each Play Clay & Multi Purpose, Sodium Lauryl Sulfoacetate (SLSA) Powder |1 lb |Premium Quality, Highest Purity & Value Coarse Salt, Gentle on Skin, No Filler, Resealable Bucket, Spill-Free Packaging, No Additives, Yoni Steam Gown (Light Pink), Bath Robe, Full Body Covering, Soft and Sleek Fabric, eco-Friendly. See any care plans, options and policies that may be associated with this product. Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, TV shows, original audio series, and Kindle books. Unable to add item to List. Learn how this grain-free starch is used to thicken sauces, fillings and lighten up the texture of alternative flour baked goods. Only 9 left in stock - order soon. Mixed with tea tree oil, it can treat athlete's foot. This shopping feature will continue to load items when the Enter key is pressed. Arrowroot Starch and Tapioca Starch Chunks Bot San Day Bundle 3.5 out of 5 stars 56. Great product just as described. Tips, Tricks, and Quirks: Despite all my best efforts I've never been able to bake arrowroot biscuits that taste like the delicious arrowroot biscuits we give to kids. When I opened the package I noticed the handle was broken into 3 pieces. When used in gluten-free baking processes, it helps create light and delicate textures. Stored somewhere cool, dark, and dry, arrowroot starch should last up to three years. Arrowroot can be used to make Tomato Aspic and terrines. This button opens a dialog that displays additional images for this product with the option to zoom in or out. I opened the top and the seal was broken. Arrowroot starch has been a home remedy for gastrointestinal disorders, especially in Britain, since it is reputedly the most digestible starch. As a thickener, it can be used for soups, sauces and puddings. Reviewed in the United States on June 27, 2018. Please take a minute to review our Privacy Policy. Tapioca and arrowroot starches are both popular ingredients for gluten-free cooking. \u2026 Mar 18, 2019 - Explore Grateful Living's board \"arrowroot starch\", followed by 105 people on Pinterest. Amazon's Choice recommends highly rated and well-priced products. It is known to boost immunity and to reduce pain associated with diarrhea. 10 Arrowroot. Premium quality Bob's Arrowroot Starch is a healthier substitute to regular flour or cornstarch and is suitable for those who have allergic reactions to corn.\nMake your baked recipes even more delicious with high-quality ingredients such as premium quality Bob's Arrowroot Starch. I think I like it because of the crunch.. either way it's so good. Arrow Root Starch, Bot San Day. Sorry, this webpage requires JavaScript to function correctly. [This review was collected as part of a promotion.]. Out of these, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. Please try your search again later. Pro tip: it works best when added to liquids toward the end of heating. Arrowroot and potato starch contain similar amounts of amylose, a starch compound that acts as a thickener. When used in gluten-free baking processes, it helps create light and delicate textures. Arrowroot is a starch obtained from the rhizomes (rootstock) of several tropical plants, traditionally Maranta arundinacea, but also Florida arrowroot from Zamia integrifolia, and tapioca from cassava (Manihot esculenta), which is often labelled as arrowroot.Polynesian arrowroot or pia (Tacca leontopetaloides), and Japanese arrowroot (Pueraria lobata), also called kudzu, are used in similar ways. We're having technical issues, but we'll be back in a flash. Fat Daddio's Cake Decorating Turntable, 12 x 2 Inch, Off-white. It is gluten free and can be used as a direct substitute for cornstarch for folks with corn allergies. Arrowroot starch has in the past been quite extensively adulterated with potato starch and other similar substances. It is so called because it was traditionally used to treat wounds caused by poison arrows. Habitat: Native to the West Indian Islands. What are the big differences between them? The common name is a misspelling of the name given to the root used extensively by the Aruac people in South America, \"Aru-root.\" Other Common Names: Maranta starch, obedience plant, Bermuda arrowroot. This was supposed to be a product review for my subscribers. Botanical Name of Arrowroot: Maranta arundinacea. Shop for groceries online and checkout great free recipes at countdown.co.nz - large variety of groceries for sale $18.95. 20oz Arrow Root Starch (Bot San Day) by Coconut Tree Brand, Pack of 1. I know this is not so much the sellers fault and more so the manufacturer's fault but I do not know what's going on with this particular brand but I will never ever be purchasing it again this is the 2nd container that I have bought that contained rodent feces .I poured all the continents out into a tray and I saw rodent droppings in it .so I dumped the entire thing so please if you buy this make sure you pour all of the product out and look for rodent droppings because it seems like the manufacturers are not doing quality checks or inspection properly and I will be writing a letter to the manufacturer. Taste so good! $20.25. It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. Please make sure that you are posting in the form of a question. Your question might be answered by sellers, manufacturers, or customers who bought this product. I use this in my basic flour mix for all baking. Reviewed in the United States on August 7, 2020. Arrowroot is a popular edible starch, derived from the roots of the West Indian plant known as arrowroot or Maranta Arundinacea. Arrowroot starch flour can also be added to soups, stews, pudding or sauces as a thickener. Only 8 left in stock - order soon. Arrowroot Starch Powder Bot San Day Radix Puerrie Flour 14 oz - Pack of 1 3.9 out of 5 stars 41. It is odorless (all though some say that there is a faint smell when Arrowroot is mixed with boiling water). Disclaimer: While we work to ensure that product information is correct, on occasion manufacturers may alter their ingredient lists. The seal was open when I received this. I like the taste of this so muchI bought it 3x's ordering my fourth one. See terms. The girl that greeted me was very friendly. Your first delivery is free. It's great for cooking vegan food. Arrowroot helps to prevent ice crystals from forming when making frozen foods like homemade ice cream. Overview Information Arrowroot is a plant. Reviewed in the United States on December 10, 2018, Reviewed in the United States on March 14, 2019. Try it today! Find answers in product info, Q&As, reviews. Arrowroot starch is created by pounding the roots of the plant so that they are separated. There's a problem loading this menu right now. Please try again. Now not only can I not test the product, but I have waisted my dollars on a defective item that can't be resolved. Though arrowroot powder is \u2026 I came here looking for vitamin supplements (such as 5-HTP) that are difficult to find in traditional grocery stores or pharmacies. badia powder arrowroot, 2 oz. I would never order this product again and will not recommend it to anyone. It is a thickening agent that may be used as a one-for-one replacement for cornstarch. Information and statements regarding dietary supplements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration and are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease or health condition. 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{"text":"Journo Michael Isikoff stunned to learn his article at Yahoo was used to justify spy warrant\nChuck Ross, Daily Caller February 3, 2018\nMichael Isikoff (Image via Twitter)\n[Ed. \u2013 Circular evidence]\nInvestigative journalist Michael Isikoff said Friday that he was surprised to find out that an article he wrote about Carter Page prior to the election was used to obtain a spy warrant against the former Trump campaign adviser.\nThe revelation, which was made in a memo released by the House Intelligence Committee on Friday, \"stuns me,\" Isikoff said in an episode of his podcast, \"Skullduggery.\"\nThe four-page memo alleges that the DOJ and FBI submitted inaccurate and incomplete information in a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) warrant against Page. The spy warrant was granted on Oct. 21, 2016.\nOne \"essential\" part of the application was the uncorroborated Steele dossier, according to the memo. And an article that Isikoff wrote for Yahoo! News on Sept. 23, 2016 that was based directly on the dossier was \"cited extensively\" in the application.\nIsikoff was shocked, he said, because his very article was based on information that came from Christopher Steele, the former British spy who wrote the dossier. He said it was \"a bit beyond me\" that the FBI would use his article in the FISA application. [Emphasis added]\nThree angry 'California girls' vs. Trump and the GOP\nNunes: House panel now looking into State Dept. involvement in Russia probe","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"The Secession of Florida, 1861\nLandmarkEvents2022-01-10T15:36:19-06:00January 10, 2022|HH 2022|\n\"Brothers will turn against their own brothers and hand them over to be killed.\" \u2014Matthew 10:21a\nThe Secession of Florida, January 10, 1861\nhe State of Florida is no stranger to controversy. They are in the news today because of the high value the governor places on personal liberty and Constitutional fidelity. It is not the first time such has been the case. On January 10, 1861, Florida formally seceded from the Federal Union, joining six other states of the Deep South in forming an independent Confederacy. Most people, including Floridians, know little of the Confederate State of Florida since it was the least populous state and far from the major battlefields. Nonetheless, Florida played a key strategic role in the War Between the States as a haven for blockade runners, a breadbasket for the armies, and an occasional fight\u2014including the second bloodiest battle of the war per number of participants!\nDrawn c. 1565 by French artist Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues, this is one of the earliest and most influential maps of Florida and the surrounding region ever published. The fascinating story of this map begins with the ambitions of the influential Huguenot Admiral Gaspard de Coligny who, desirous of establishing a French foothold on the American mainland, sent the talented navigator Jean Ribaut to establish a colony.\nThe election of 1860 featured the Republican Party candidate Abraham Lincoln against the split Democratic Party with Vice President John C. Breckinridge representing the Southern faction and Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois, the titular leader of the Party. A fourth candidate of an ad hoc party, the Constitutional Union, and also a southerner, John Bell of Tennessee, filled out the slate. The Republican Party itself was only six years old but had made a surprisingly good run four years earlier. They were a conglomerate of special interest groups\u2014former Whigs, Free-Soil Party faithful, Abolitionists, and others. Their platform contained positions which the South considered inimical to their interests, and threatened to leave the Union if Lincoln were elected. In Florida, Southern Democrat Breckinridge received more than 62% of the vote, and Bell got the rest. The Republican Party was not even on the ballot, though they won the general election with less than 40% of the U.S. popular vote, but more than enough of the Electoral College.\nJohn C. Breckinridge (1821-1875) was an American lawyer, politician, and soldier, and served as the 14th and youngest-ever Vice President of the United States\nThe Electoral College results from the 1860 election where Abraham Lincoln won with just under 40% of the popular vote\nOn November 26, the Florida Governor, Madison Starke Perry asked the state legislature to call for the election of delegates to a secession convention to explore the possibility of leaving the Union. Florida's Senators, Yulee and Mallory, both in favor of secession, sought information in Washington D.C. concerning the United States Forts on Florida soil, soon to be taken by the Florida militia army being formed. Most of the forts would succumb without fanfare. Several would remain in Union hands throughout the coming war.\nMadison Starke Perry (1814-1865) served as Florida's 4th Governor from 1857-1861\nFlorida Senator David Yulee (1810-1866)\nFlorida Senator Stephen Mallory (1812-1873)\nThe 1860 census indicated there were about 140,000 residents in the state, 77,000 whites and 63,000 black, both slave and free. The state was primarily agricultural, with a number of large plantations and cattle ranches, especially in the center of the state. The Florida secession convention assembled in Tallahassee on January 3, 1861. Emotions ran high for secession as speeches for just such a measure proclaimed Floridian independence. On January 10, the Ordinance of Secession passed 62-7 and was signed publicly the following day. Florida became the third state, behind South Carolina and Mississippi, to leave the Union. Efforts to raise regiments began immediately, in case of retaliation by the new government in Washington. Both senators promptly resigned and returned to Florida. Stephen Mallory would eventually become the Confederate Secretary of the Navy, an excellent choice as it turned out; Senator David Yulee, raised in a Sephardic family and served in Congress as the first Jewish Senator, returned to his business interests, especially railroads for the duration of the war. (An aside: Yulee converted to Christianity when he married a Kentucky girl and they raised their children as Episcopalians.)\nComposite of the men who attended the 1861 Florida secession convention\nHandwritten copy of the Ordinance of Secession passed on January 10, 1861 by the members of the Florida Convention of the People (commonly referred to as the Secession Convention)\nRegiments of Floridians served in both major Confederate armies, and a number of men of the Sunshine State rose to generalship, Edmund Kirby Smith of St. Augustine becoming a Full General and in command of all the CSA armies of the trans-Mississippi. His was the last major army of the Confederacy to surrender. Much of the military action in Florida involved small groups of troops and raids against outposts and foraging columns. Union troops captured Jacksonville and St. Augustine early in the conflict, and fought a battle in Gainesville. The state supplied the CSA armies with beef and provender, the last major \"bread-basket\" of the Confederacy after the destruction of the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia.\nGeneral Edmund Kirby Smith (1824-1893), officer in the Confederate Army and native of St. Augustine, Florida\nJoin us next month in sunny Florida as we visit the magnificent Castillo de San Marcos in St. Augustine, Ft. Caroline, the French Huguenot colony at Jacksonville, and a top-notch Civil War reenactment at Olustee Battlefield. Learn More >\nImage Credits: 1 1591 Florida Map (Wikipedia.org) 2 John C. Breckinridge (Wikipedia.org) 3 1860 Electoral College Map (Wikipedia.org) 4 Madison Starke Perry (Wikipedia.org) 5 Senator David Yulee (Wikipedia.org) 6 Senator Stephen Mallory (Wikipedia.org) 7 Florida Secession Convention (Wikipedia.org) 8 Florida Ordinance of Secession (Wikipedia.org) 9 Battle of Olustee (Wikipedia.org) 10 Edmund Kirby Smith (Wikipedia.org)","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Milestones from the Hartlepool game\nPosted on November 3, 2012 at 7:10 PM\nRecord win:\nChesterfield's tremendous 6-1 win over Hartlepool in the FA Cup on November 3rd saw The Spireites score six goals in a match in the competition proper for the first time.\nTo find a bigger win at this stage of the competition we must go back to 1913-14. In those days, the fifth qualifying round was the equivalent of today's first round proper, for the number of teams involved in it. On December 17th 1913 we played North Shields at home in a 4th qualifying round replay, and beat them 8-2 (with only three different goalscorers.) Half the regular North Shields team couldn't get time off work for the game and the ref kicked off early to allow for the possibility of extra-time (no floodlights, of course.) We were apparently 5-0 up before the advertised kick-off time!\nWe beat Dronfield Woodhouse 11-1 in the preliminary round in1920-1. The game was drawn to be away, but played at Saltergate.\nMost goalscorers:\nAnyone from County Durham had best look away, now.\nChesterfield had six different goalscorers in a game for only the fourth time in its history. Here are the other three:\n25.4.1931: Chesterfield 8 Gateshead 1. Pynegar 3, Binks, Lee, T Bell, Schofield (pen,) Thornewell.\n20.10.1956: Chesterfield 6, Gateshead 0. Hutchinson, Smallwood, F Capel, Sowden, Havenhand, Burrell.\n9.3.1963: Chesterfield 6 Darlington 1. Lovie, Poole, Duncan, Meredith, Rackstraw, Clarke.\nChesterfield Town equalled the feat once:\n19.4.1902: Chesterfield Town 8 Stockport County 1. Munday 3, Brown, McCracken, Earl, Taylor, O'Rourke.\nTrainee debut:\nGiven the resources of a club like ours, it was perhaps a failing of the Sheridan regime that no trainee players were given at least a small taste of first-team action under his stewardship. By coming on late in the game against Hartlepool, Jack Broadhead thus became the first trainee to play for Chesterfield's first team since Jordan Bowery in 2008-9. He was the first trainee defender to do so since Ashley Foyle in 2005-6, but it should be remembered that Foyle was part of a training scheme that briefly ran for three years; having turned 18 just one month ago, Jack is therefore the youngest defender to debut for Chesterfield since Gregg Pearce, in 1997.\nNo doubt more milestones will occur to us over the days to come (most goals in a game from non-forwards, anyone?) and we'll investigate these, as they do.\nCategories: Milestones, Debuts\nGoalkeepers (3)\nAssociate Members Cup (2)\nAttendances (2)\nDisciplinary (1)\nAccrington Stanley (2)\nDoncaster Rovers (1)\nWycombe Wanderers (1)\nYork City (1)\nRochdale (1)\nThe Sunday Photo (2)","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Lin Dan vs Ihsan Maulana Mustofa, Swiss Open 2017 quarter-final live streaming: How to watch online, match time and preview\nTwo-time champion Lin takes on world number 38 Ihsan in today's quarter-final.\nTwo-time champion Lin eyes semi-final berth Reuters\nTop seed Lin Dan takes on unseeded Indonesian shuttler Ihsan Maulana Mustofa in the Men's singles quarter-final of 2017 Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold at St. Jakobshalle in Basel.\nThe world number seven only needed 33 minutes to decimate his Round of 16 opponent Brice Leverdez 21-7, 21-14 yesterday. On the other hand, Ihsan outclassed Germany's Fabian Roth in straight games yesterday to seal a big clash against the Chinese legend.\nMatch: Lin Dan v Ihsan Maulana Mustofa, Men's singles quarter-final\nDate: 17 December, Friday\nTime: 1am SGT (Saturday)\/10:30pm IST\/5pm GMT\nCompetition: Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold 2017\nVenue: St. Jakobshalle, Basel\nTV Channel: In Singapore, Hub Sports will provide live TV coverage.\nLive streaming: The matches can be watched online on StarHub Go and BWF's official YouTube channel\nLive Scores of the match can be found on tournament's official page.\nLin has been title-less since winning the Bonny China Masters last year and has had a ordinary new season so far. The two-time Olympic gold medallist was ousted from German Open last month, which was also his first appearance post 2016 Rio Games, after loss to unseeded Emil Holst in Round of 16 match. All hopes of the Chinese shuttler claiming his seventh title at All England Championships were also crushed when he lost to compatriot Shi Yuqi in straight games in the semi-final.\nThe 33-year-old, who will be looking to make amends at the upcoming World Championships in August this year, will want to make sure he gets back to winning ways ahead of the biennial tournament. A title in Switzerland will boost the two-time champion's confidence and his immediate focus will be getting the job done on Friday evening against the 21-year-old Indonesian shuttler.\nIhsan has been decimating opponents over the first three rounds in straight games in the ongoing tournament but he faces an uphill task against Lin in their first meeting as his recent form is a cause of concern. The world number 38 faced third-round exits at Malaysia and Thailand Masters earlier this year and bowed out of All England without making it to the main round.\nSingapore: Hub Sports\nIndia: Star Sports\nSingapore to host ICC till 2020, Chelsea, Bayern Munich and Inter Milan part of tournament in 2017","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Swimming caps for afro hair approved by FINA\n9 September 2022 \/\nSwimming caps designed for afro hair have been approved after being banned from last year's Olympics\nSOUL CAP, a range of swimming caps designed for swimmers with afro, curly and thicker hair has been approved for elite competition.\nIn the build up to the Tokyo Olympics last year, the International Swimming Federation (FINA) rejected an application from SOUL CAP to certify their swimming caps suitable for competitors with afro hair.\nResponding to SOUL CAP's application, FINA described the caps as unsuitable as they do not fit \"the natural form of the head\" and that to their \"best knowledge, the athletes competing at international events never use, neither require caps of such size and configuration.\"\nSocial media backlash\nThe ban led to public outcry about the issue of diversity in the world of swimming, with the the Black Swimming Association (BSA) tweeting that the decision confirmed \"the lack of diversity in elite swimming and the lack of urgency for change\".\nFINA have announced their approval of the swimming cap for afro hair. Photo: Lily Cobbold\nFINA apologised after the backlash and on Thursday 1 September 2022, they announced a U-turn and their approval of the swimming cap.\n\"I am delighted that this swim cap has joined FINA's approved swimwear list,\" said Brent Nowicki, Executive Director at FINA. \"This announcement follows a period of review and discussion on cap design between FINA and SOUL CAP over the past year. Promoting diversity and inclusivity is at the heart of FINA's work, and it is very important that all aquatic athletes have access to the appropriate swimwear.\"\nResponding to the approval, co-founder of SOUL CAP Toks Ahmed says: \"This result plays a huge part in our wider mission to improve inclusion in the sport. We're so grateful to everyone who showed support and was part of creating this major change. As a new father and someone who didn't learn to swim growing up, creating access for the next generation feels even more close to home.\"\nSOUL CAP hopes the decision will encourage more people to feel comfortable and confident in the water. Photo: Lily Cobbold\nFounded in 2017, inclusive swimwear brand SOUL CAP has helped over 120,000 swimmers find the right swimming cap, and has spent the last few years campaigning for greater accessibility in swimming.\nFINA's approval of SOUL CAP has been regarded as a step in the right direction for inclusion in swimming at all levels, and encouraging under-represented communities to learn to swim and take part at competitive level.\nThe lack of appropriate swimwear has proved to be an obstacle for swimmers from some communities, and often leads to swimmers giving up or avoiding the sport entirely. Conventional swimming caps are typically made for swimmers with shorter or thinner hair types, which makes it difficult for swimmers with braids, locs and afro hair to find the right fit and protect their hair from the damage caused by water and chlorine.\n\"Our hope from the approval is to keep seeing more people of all ages and abilities feeling comfortable and confident in the water,\" said Michael Chapman, co-founder of SOUL CAP. \"Whether that leads to competition swimming or casual swims, it's about having the choice and knowing there's space for you.\"\n\"What this message represents is choice\"\nIn response to the U-turn, co-founder of the BSA, Seren Jones told us: \"We consider the eligibility of the SOUL CAP in competitive elite swimming as a huge step in the right direction for the sport as well as a tremendous win for Black, Asian and other ethnically minority communities. This moves shows that the world governing body for aquatics sports is making real attempts to ensure that swimming \u2013 at its highest level \u2013 is a more inclusive and accessible sport.\n\"What this message represents is choice. At the end of the day, it's up to the individual athlete whether he\/she\/they would prefer to race in the traditional, smaller competitive swim caps, or these caps that are newer and more bespoke. The fact that the option exists and athletes now have the right to choose is what makes this move so monumental and progressive.\n\"We hope this approval by FINA will see a rise in the retention rate of age-group swimmers \u2013 especially Black swimmers \u2013 who will benefit from such products, and we hope it will also lead to more people being open to recreational swimming and picking up the activity as an essential lifesaving skill.\"\nSOUL CAP provides five sizes of swimming caps that can be purchased from their online store. We will be stocking SOUL CAP in the Outdoor Swimmer Shop very soon \u2013 keep an eye on our newsletter for updates. Photos: Lily Cobbold\nBy Abigail Whyte\nA brief guide to James Clear's Atomic Habits for outdoor swimmers\nHow do you train for the Ocean's Seven challenge?\nMarch issue out now","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Assyriologist | Article about Assyriologist by The Free Dictionary\nhttps:\/\/encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com\/Assyriologist\nAssyriology\n(redirected from Assyriologist)\nthe science of the languages, writing, culture, and history of Babylonia and Assyria. Broadly speaking, it is the entire complex of sciences concerned with the civilizations that used the wedge system of writing (cuneiform). In this sense Assyriology embraces Sumerology, Urartology, Hittitology, Hurritology, and Elamitology. At present Ugaritic studies and the historical-philological studies on ancient Iran are usually not included in Assyriology; although the Ugaritic and Old Persian civilizations also used peculiar varieties of cuneiform signs, these do not seem to be directly related generically to Babylonian-Assyrian cuneiform.\nThe foundation of Assyriology was laid in the mid-19th century by the archaeological work of A. H. Layard (Britain) and P. E. Botta (France), who discovered in the mounds of Kuyunjik, Nimrud, and Khorsabad in Iraq numerous Assyrian written and artistic monuments from the ninth to the seventh centuries B.C., and by H. Rawlinson (Britain) who found the trilingual (Old Persian-Elamitic-Babylonian) Be-histun (Bisitun) rock inscription of the Persian ruler Darius I (about 521 B.C.). The founding of Assyriology is often mistakenly ascribed to the German philologist G. F. Grotefend, who in 1802 partly deciphered the Old Persian text of the initial lines of two trilingual inscriptions of Darius I and his son Xerxes (after correctly indentifying nine signs). But Grotefend's work went virtually unnoticed, and Old Persian cuneiform was more or less successfully deciphered independently of Grotefend in the 1820's and 1830's by R. Rask (Denmark), E. Burnouf (France), C. Lassen (Germany), and Rawlinson (Britain). As to Babylonian-Assyrian cuneiform, it was deciphered as a result of the studies started in the 1840's by Botta and others in France and then substantially advanced by E. Hincks, Rawlinson, and others in Great Britain. The new science was recognized for the first time in 1857 when the text of an unknown Assyrian inscription was deciphered. The Royal Asiatic Society in Britain delivered tracings of this inscription in sealed packages to a number of scholars at the same time: to the Frenchman J. Oppert, Englishmen Rawlinson and U. G. Fox-Talbot, and the Irishman Hincks. The translations made by these scholars independently of one another agreed in all the main elements. Further progress in Assyriology in the 19th century (which still provoked bitter debates) is associated with the names of G. Smith (Britain), F. Lenormant and Z. Menant (France), A. H. Sayce (England), P. Haupt (United States), T. Pinches (Britain), and E. Schrader (Germany).\nIt was Hincks who discovered that Babylonian-Assyrian cuneiform was used to record texts in two different languages, of which one (Babylonian-Assyrian proper, or Akkadian in contemporary terminology) belonged to the Semitic family, while the other (once mistakenly called Akkadian in scientific research, now known as Sumerian) was a language of unknown origin. Study of the Akkadian (Babylonian-Assyrian) language was placed on a scientific foundation by the German scholar F. Delitzsch (who put out a grammar in 1889 and a dictionary in 1896). The first research on the Sumerian language was done by Haupt (United States) and Oppert (France), but for a long time the very existence of this language was doubted. J. Hal\u00e9vy (France) and others maintained that the Sumerian texts were merely a peculiar secret writing of priests in the same Babylonian-Assyrian language. The finding of numerous genuine Sumerian inscriptions and economic documents of the third millennium B.C. by E. de Sarzec (France) at Telloh (ancient Lagash) and the brilliant reading of them from 1884 to 1905 by the French researcher A. Amiaud and the gifted and versatile Assyriologist F. Thureau-Dangin laid the foundation of Sumerology as a separate branch of Assyriology. They demonstrated the Sumerian origin of Babylonian-Assyrian cuneiform and the entire culture of Babylonia. The first strictly scientific grammar of Sumerian was published by A. Poebel (Germany) in 1923. The continued advances of Assyriology in the narrow sense are associated particularly with the work of the German scholars H. Zimmern, B. Meissner, A. Ungnad, B. Landsberger, and W. von Soden, while Sumerology was furthered by the German scholars A. Deimel (combined dictionary of Sumerian ideograms used in cuneiform) and A. Falkenstein, the Dane T. Jakobsen, the American S. N. Kramer, and others.\nIn Russia the first to publish work in Assyriology were the Egyptologists V. S. Golenishchev and B. A. Turaev (1890's). The first professional Assyriologist and Sumerologist was M. V. Nikol'skii, who produced exemplary publications of the Sumerian documents collected by the eminent paleographer N. P. Likhachev. The teaching of Akkadian was started in St. Petersburg University by P. K. Kokovtsov. Among the world-famous Russian and Soviet Assyriologists, Sumerianists, and Hittitologists was V. K. Shileiko, who concentrated on cuneiform literature.\nDiscoveries in the 19th and early 20th centuries of Urar-tean inscriptions on the Armenian highland and in Transcaucasia, Elamitic inscriptions and documents in southwest Iran, the cuneiform diplomatic archive of the pharaohs in Tell el-Amarna in Egypt, and the multilingual archive of the Hittite kingdom at Bogazk\u00f6y in Turkey resulted in the inclusion of Urartu, Hittite, Human, Luvian, Palaic, Hattic, and Elamitic among the languages studied in Assyriology. The major Urartologists were the Englishman Sayce, J. Friedrich of Germany, A. Goetze of Germany and the United States, I.I. Meshchaninov and G. A. Melikishvili of the USSR, and F. V. K\u00f6nig of Austria; Hittitologists included B. Hrozn\u00fd (Czechoslovakia), E. Forrer (Switzerland), F. Sommer (Germany), E. Sturtevant (United States), A. Goetze (Germany and the United States), H. Ehelolf, J. Friedrich. A. Kammenhuber (Germany), and others; among the Hurri-tologists was E. A. Speiser (United States); and the Luvian scholars included E. Laroche (France).\nAssyriology developed in the 19th century mainly as an auxiliary science in the scientific critical study of the Bible. Early in the 20th century, pan-Babylonism became popular, especially in Germany. Pan-Babylonism enormously exaggerated the world significance of Babylonian culture and proclaimed Babylon the point of origin of almost all the cultural achievements of mankind (the German historian H. Winck-ler, the literary critic P. Jensen, and others). The great interest shown to Assyriology in imperial Germany was related to the attempts of German imperialism to penetrate Iraq. In the 20th century Assyriology became one of the major orientalist disciplines, engaging in comprehensive study of the languages, culture, and history of the ancient Near East. Assyriology is important because its task is to investigate the world's first (along with Egypt) region of class civilization and the origin of civilization in general. However, in view of the exceptional complexity of the written sources and the great variety of genres (economic and juridical documents, letters, epics, religious lyrics, fables, proverbs, royal inscriptions, chronicles, pedagogical and scientific texts, rituals, divinations, and many others) and also in view of the substantial changes that took place in the languages of the Near East and in the cuneiform signs themselves from the fourth to first millennia B.C., foreign scholars concerned themselves until recently with such aspects of Assyriology as the textual and the lexicographic, and developed a great many subspecialties within the science.\nIn the USSR, A. P. Riftin, a student of Shileiko, restored the teaching of Assyriology in Leningrad in 1933 and founded an independent school of Soviet Assyriologist-philologists. The tradition of teaching cuneiform was later introduced in Tbilisi by G. V. Tsereteli, a student of P. K. Kokovtsov. N. D. Flittner in Leningrad taught the history of physical archaeology of the Near East.\nIn the early 1930's, V. V. Struve achieved prominence in the course of the discussion on the Marxist periodization of the world historical process. On the basis of Assyriological and Sumerological evidence, Struve argued that slavery was the predominant mode of production in the Near East. He also was the first Soviet scholar to emphasize socioeconomic research in Assyriology. In debating with Struve, A. I. Tiumenev made a substantial contribution to the history of Sumer. Today the Soviet school of historians is a leader in world Assyriology. Soviet Sumerologists and Soviet Assyriologists proper are working on socioeconomic and legal problems (M. A. Dandamaev, I. M. D'iakonov, G. Kh. Sar-kisian, V. A. Iakobson, N. B. Iankovskaia, and others) as well as on languages (I. M. D'iakonov, I. T. Kaneva, L. A. Lipin), literature, art, and folklore (I. Kh. Levin, V. K. Afanas'eva). A. A. Vaiman's deciphering of archaic Sumerian texts from the end of the fourth and beginning of the third millennia B.C. is of great value. Soviet Hittitology (the linguists T. V. Gamkrelidze, I. M. Dunaevskaia, and V. V. Ivanov and the historians G. G. Giorgadze, G. I. Dovgialo, E. A. Menabde, and others) and Elamitology (Iu. B. Iusifov) are developing successfully. Soviet Urartol-ogy is a leader in world science. The publication of Urartu literary remains of Transcaucasia by M. V. Nikol'skii even before the Great October Socialist Revolution was very significant. Urartology was taught first in Baku and then in Leningrad by I. I. Meshchaninov. Soviet Urartologists have great achievements to their credit both in the field of archaeology (B. B. Piotrovskii and others) and in the field of history and philology (G. A. Melikishvili and others).\nThe universities in Leningrad, Tbilisi, and Yerevan are the centers of Assyriology in the USSR. Small but highly interesting cuneiform collections assembled by Likhachev and Golenishchev are in Leningrad (Hermitage) and Moscow (A. S. Pushkin State Museum of the Fine Arts). The Urarto-logical collections of Yerevan (Museum of Armenia) and Tbilisi (Museum of Georgia) are important. Research in Assyriology, in the broad sense, is carried out in Leningrad, Tbilisi, Yerevan, Moscow, Baku, Minsk, and Vilnius. Pertinent articles appear in the journal Vestnik drevnei istorii (Bulletin of Ancient History; since 1937) and in the non-periodical publications Peredneaziatskii sbornik (Southwest Asia Collection; Moscow, since 1961), Kavkazsko-blizhne-vostochnyi sbornik (Caucasus-Near East Collection; vol. 1 appeared under the title Vostochnyi sbornik [Oriental Collection]; Tbilisi, since 1960), and in other collections and scholarly publications.\nThe main centers of Assyriology abroad are Chicago (Oriental Institute), Baghdad (Baghdad museum), Paris (Louvre), London (British Museum), Philadelphia (University of Pennsylvania Museum), Rome (Pontifical Biblical Institute), Istanbul (Archaeological Museum of Istanbul), as well as Prague, Berlin, Heidelberg, Munich, Leiden, Ankara, several university cities in the United States, and elsewhere. Iraqi scholars have become increasingly prominent in recent years. For them the study of Babylon and Assyria is the study of the great past of their country. Specialized journals devoted exclusively or mostly to Assyriology include the Journal of Cuneiform Studies (New Haven, since 1947), Zeitschrift fur Assyriologie... (Berlin, since 1886), Revue d'assyriologie... (Paris, since 1884), Revue hittite et asiatique (Paris, since 1930), Archiv f\u00fcr Orientforschung (Berlin, since 1923), Orientalia (Rome, since 1920), Iraq (London, since 1934), and Sumer (Baghdad, since 1945). General orientalist journals in various countries assign considerable space to Assyriology.\nBuzeskul, V. P. Otkrytiia XIX i nachala XX veka v oblasti istorii drevnego mira. Part 1: \"Vostok.\" St. Petersburg, 1923.\nBuzeskul, V. P. Otkrytiia i nauchnye dostizheniia za poslednie gody v oblasti izucheniia drevnego Vostoka. Kiev, 1927.\nFriedrich, J. Deshifrovka zabytykh pis'mennostei i iazykov. Moscow, 1961. (Translated from German.)\nPostovskaia, N. M. Izuchenie drevnei istorii Blizhnego Vostoka v Sovetskom Soiuze (1917\u20131959 gg.). Moscow, 1961.\nD'iakonov, I. M. Iazyki drevnei Perednei Azii. Moscow, 1967.\nPallis, S. A. The Antiquity of Iraq. Copenhagen, 1956.\nI. M. D'IAKONOV\n<a href=\"https:\/\/encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com\/Assyriologist\">Assyriology<\/a>\nAdler, Cyrus\nAleksandr Pavlovich Riftin\nAleksandr Riftin\nDaniil Abramovich Khvolson\nDaniil Khvolson\nHal\u00e9vy, Joseph\nHeinrich Zimmern\nHenry Creswicke Rawlinson\nHilprecht, Hermann Volrath\nJoseph Hal\u00e9vy\nKhvolson, Daniil\nKhvolson, Daniil Abramovich\nKramer, Samuel Noah\nRawlinson, Henry Creswicke\nRiftin, Aleksandr\nRiftin, Aleksandr Pavlovich\nRussian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic RSFSR\nSemitic Studies\nThe chair of Harvard's Semitic studies program was Assyriologist David Gordon Lyon.\nJacob H. Schiff and the beginning of biblical archaeology in the United States\nAt the outset, according to Assyriologist Thorkild Jacobsen in The Treasures of Darkness (1976), Inanna was the spirit of the community storehouse, which held provisions for future need.\nLabor day: a starry sign indicated when it was time to put some effort into making dates\nNear the end of the novel, the Assyriologist displays \"a lapis lazuli [cylinder] seal from ancient Sumer, almost five thousand years old.\" She says, \"the figure with the horns is the goddess Inanna\"; Mara comments that the figure on the seal has cow's horns, but that Starr was not like that, for she took her hair down in the evening and braided it back up in the morning (376).\nThe Christian parody in Sara Paretsky's Ghost Country\nProfessor Bottero is a leading Assyriologist with a record of over forty years of distinguished scholarship.\nThe Birth of God: The Bible and the Historian. (Book Reviews)\nAlbrecht Goetze--as his surname was spelled after his immigration to the USA in 1934--was not only a leading Assyriologist, but a member of the founding generation of Hittite scholars.\nEntlassungsgrund: Pazifismus. Albrecht Gotze, der Fall Gumbel und die Marburger Universitat 1930-1946\nEver since the days of the famed Assyriologist, Eberhard Schrader (1836-1908), scholars have identified this king with none other than Hammurabi.\nIn search of the biblical Hammurabi\nThe Finnish Assyriologist Simo Parpola translated and analyzed these texts in several publications, including Letters from Assyrian Scholars to the Kings Esarhaddon and Assurbanipal (1983).\nTemporary replacement\nThe rest of the book is structured around a series of interviews and portraits of some of the most prominent women biblical scholars in the United States: Phyllis Trible of Union Theological Seminary, Carol Meyers of Duke University and the Sepphoris excavation project, Tikva Frymer-Kensky, Assyriologist and Sumeriologist at the University of Chicago, literary critic Mieke Bal ofthe University of Amsterdam, Elisabeth Schussler-Fiorenza of Harvard Divinity School, Kathleen Corley of the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, Karen Jo Torjesen of Claremont University, Karen King of Occidental College and now Harva rd Divinity School, Bernadette Brooten of Brandeis University, Ross Kraemer of the University of Pennsylvania, and one man, Jaroslav Pelikan of Yale University.\nThe Word According to Eve: Women and the Bible in Ancient Times and Our Own\nThe rest of the book is structured around a series of interviews and portraits of some of the most prominent women biblical scholars in the United States: Phyllis Trible of Union Theological Seminary, Carol Meyers of Duke University and the Sepphoris excavation project, Tikva Frymer-Kensky, Assyriologist and Sumeriologist at the University of Chicago, literary critic Mieke Bal of the University of Amsterdam, Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza of Harvard Divinity School, Kathleen Corley of the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, Karen Jo Torjesen of Claremont University, Karen King of Occidental College and now Harva rd Divinity School, Bemadette Brooten of Brandeis University, Ross Kraemer of the University of Pennsylvania, and one man, Jaroslav Pelikan of Yale University.\nAs we sat in his Paris studio full of pictures of pottery, Gasche excitedly told me about a problem he had been working on with two American researchers, archaeologist James Armstrong and Assyriologist Steven Cole.\nAstronomy and the Fall of Babylon : Pottery, lunar eclipses, and state-of-the-art analytical techniques solve a 3,500-year-old mystery\nThe author, an Assyriologist, begins with an introduction to the cuneiform writing system, followed by a sketch of the development of the town from the Gutian Period (late third millennium B.C.E.) through the time of the Achaemenids.\nA City from the Dawn of History: Erbil in the Cuneiform Sources\nSnell, an Assyriologist and biblical scholar at the University of Oklahoma, is eminently qualified to undertake the difficult task of compressing 8000 years of the history of the Near East and Egypt (from the beginning of agriculture to Alexander the Great) into less than 150 pages, in a way that is accessible to a general reader or undergraduate.\nAncient Near East: The Basics\nassumption of mortgage\nAssumption of Our Lady\nAssumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Feast of the\nAssumption of the Virgin\nAssumption of Virgin Mary\nAssur\nAssur, Leonid\nAssur, Leonid Vladimirovich\nAssurbanipal\nassured mineral\nAssurnasirbal II\nAssus\nAssynt Folding\nassyntite\nAssyrian architecture\nAssyrian art\nAssyrian Church\nAssyrian language\nAssyrian religion\nAssyrians\nAssyriologist\nAST Computers, LLC\nAST Research, Inc.\nAsta Nielsen\nastable circuit\nastable multivibrator\nAstacidae\nastacin\nAstacinae\nAstafev, Aleksandr\nAstafev, Aleksandr Ivanovich\nAstafev, Viktor\nAstafev, Viktor Petrovich\nAstaire\nAstakhov, Fedor\nAstakhov, Fedor Alekseevich\nAstakhova, Anna\nAstakhova, Anna Mikhailovna\nAstangov, Mikhail\nAstangov, Mikhail Fedorovich\nAssyrian Committee for Civic Responsibility\nAssyrian Democratic Movement\nAssyrian Empire\nAssyrian International News Agency\nAssyrian king list\nAssyrian Neo-Aramaic language\nAssyrian people\nAssyrian Progressive Nationalist Party\nAssyrian Youth Cultural Society\nAssyrians (disambiguation)\nAssyriological\nAssyriologists\nAssyrische Mesopotamische Vereniging Enschede\nAssyro-Babylonian religion\nAssyrologist\nAssyrology\nASSYST\nAssythment\nAssyut\nAssy\u00fbt\nAST Research\nAST&L\nAST(S)\nAST-TTC\nAst. 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{"text":"Today In Pop\nPOP CULTURE ONE DAY AT A TIME \u2026\nAbout \"Today in Pop\"\nContact \"Today in Pop\"\nOn June 8 Kanye West was born \u2026\nToday in Pop \/ June 8, 2014\nOn June 8, 1977 Kanye West was born.\nHe rose to prominence being part of Jay-Z's Roc-A-Fella Records, and with his 2004 debut album, \"The College Dropout.\" Ever since his 2004 debut album, West has released follow up albums that were both critically and commercially successful, with his most recent one being 2013's \"Yeezus.\" Some of his hit singles have included \"All Falls Down,\" \"Gold Digger,\" \"Diamonds from Sierra Leone,\" \"Stronger,\" and \"Mercy.\" Throughout his career he's been awarded countless awards and achieved countless recognitions. He's won 21 Grammy Awards, ranked in Time's \"100 Most Influential People in the World,\" as well as sold over 21 million albums.\nBesides his music, Kanye is known for his less-than perfect behavior. He has been known to be the catalyst of various incidents at award shows and in public. Some of his most known incidents included him going off script and critiquing President Bush at a Hurricane Katrina relief on NBC, stating that President Bush \"doesn't care about people.\" Two of his most infamous incidents occurred at the MTV Video Awards. When he wasn't chosen to open the award shows in 2007 (and Britney Spears did), West became visibly upset stating it was because he was African American, and later was seen on camera bashing MTV when he didn't win an award that night. Two years later, West rushed the staged when Taylor Swift won the Best Female Video category for \"You Belong With Me\" over Beyonce's \"Single Ladies.\" As Swift was about to accept her award, West grabbed the microphone and began ranting on the upset, stating Beyonce had \"one of the best videos of all time.\" Beyonce would later go on to win the Best Video of the Year category for \"Single Ladies,\" and West was subsequently cut from the award show. His actions that day was heavily criticized by many in attendance, and those not in attendance, with President Obama even calling him a \"jackass.\"\nIn April of 2012, West began dating Kim Kardashian, and got married May of 2014 in Florence, Italy. The couple has one daughter, North West, born June of 2013.\nKim Kardashian and Kanye West on their wedding day, May 24, 2014\ninstagram.com\/kimkardashian\nJune 8, 2014 in musicians, random pop culture. Tags: Barack Obama, Beyonce Knowles, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Kim Kardashian, MTV, President Obama, Taylor Swift\nOn June 8 Kanye West was born\u2026\n\u2190 On June 7 Tom Jones was born \u2026\nOn June 9 Johnny Depp was born \u2026 \u2192\nCategories Select Category actors athletes authors books fashion movies musicians politics random pop culture real-time pop television video games\nArchives Select Month November 2017 October 2017 September 2017 August 2017 July 2017 June 2017 May 2017 April 2017 March 2017 February 2017 January 2017 December 2016 November 2016 October 2016 September 2016 August 2016 July 2016 June 2016 May 2016 April 2016 March 2016 February 2016 January 2016 December 2015 November 2015 October 2015 September 2015 August 2015 July 2015 June 2015 May 2015 April 2015 March 2015 February 2015 January 2015 December 2014 November 2014 October 2014 September 2014 August 2014 July 2014 June 2014 May 2014 April 2014 March 2014 February 2014 January 2014 December 2013 November 2013 October 2013 September 2013\nBette Midler as Winifred \"Winnie\" Sanderson in the 1993 film \"Hocus Pocus\" Walt Disney Pictures \/ Buena Vista Pictures\nDrew Barrymore as Casey Becker in \"Scream\" Dimension Films\nMickey and Minnie Mouse Walt Disney Company\n\"Twilight\" by Stephanie Meyer Little, Brown and Company \/ Gail Doobinin and Roger Hagadone\nMartin Scorsese at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival David_Shankbone\nJames Dean in a publicity still from the 1956 movie \"Giant\" Warner Brothers\nHitting a home run in St. Louis against the Tigers on July 14, 2001. via Rick Dikeman\nDecember 11, 2006 Mug Shot \u2013 Nicole Richie Glendale Police Department via Getty Images\nThe Fabulous Moolah WWE\nLindsay Lohan September 24, 2010 mugshot LA County Sherif\nThe infamous scene where Lucy and Ethel get a job at a chocolate factory CBS Television \/ Desilu Productions\nAnnette Funicello as a Mouseketeer, circa 1956 TV Radio Mirror\nChris Evans as Jake Wyler, \"The Popular Jock\" Columbia Pictures\nCici Cooper (Sarah Michelle Gellar) being harassed by Ghostface in \"Scream 2\" Dimension Films\nKim Kardashian Glenn Francis\nChristina Aguilera at the 2000 Grammy Awards with her Best New Artist Grammy Getty Images\nChe Guevara Museo Che Guevara in Havana Cuba\n\"Mortal Kombat\" logo Warner Brothers Entertainment\nOfficial portrait of Condoleezza Rice Department of State\nCast of \"Jersey Shore\" Top Row: Snooki, Mike \"The Situation,\" JWoww, Ronnie, Deena Bottom Row: Pauly D, Sammi \"Sweetheart,\" Vinnie\nJustin Timberlake and Christina Aguilera promoting the \"Justified and Stripped Tour\" Rolling Stone\nBamm-Bamm Rubble and Pebbles Flintstone Hanna-Barbera\/ Warner Brothers\n\"Scooby Doo, Where Are You!\" intro title Hanna-Barbera","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"An Insider's Take on Gambling Promotion\nPosted by C. Scott McMillin | Apr 18, 2022 | Addiction | 0 |\nRelated to gambling, regulation\nBettors at the race track report feeling a distinct sense of relief after they place a bet \u2013 again, regardless of the outcome. \"That's what I was chasing,\" admitted one person now in recovery. \"That feeling. Except it doesn't last. So you keep chasing.\"\nAn industry insider offers a different take on marketing and promotion:\nThe Ugly Truth Behind All Those Fun Gambling Ads\nIt's interesting in part because of the person who wrote it \u2013 Jack O'Donnell, who explains that he was \"formerly Senior VP of Marketing for Steve Wynn, president and COO for Donald Trump, and COO for Merv Griffin. I also owned or operated gambling operations in five U.S. States and Greece.\"\nIf some of those names are familiar, they should be. Steve Wynn developed the Golden Nugget, The Mirage, and the Bellagio, among others. Merv Griffin, the creator of Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune, is the man who bought Resorts International from Donald Trump.\nO'Donnell knows what he's talking about. \"I know the language of \"hooking\" a small-time gambler and how to land a whale, someone willing to risk tens of thousands of dollars on a single bet,\" he says. \"But for the past 20 years, I have worked in the addiction and behavioral health field.\"\nSome of his observations:\nWhat seems like a loss can actually be a win for the casino. For instance, the common practice of transporting customers, mostly senior citizens, in buses for a day's outing, and providing them with a certain amount of free chips. That's a way to ensure they will spend far more money from their own purse in the empty hours at the casino.\nNow, with online gaming, large amounts can finally be wagered and lost in the comfort of your own living room. Yes, the customer could theoretically get up off the couch and go do something else. But how many actually do that, until at least several hours of play (and losing) have elapsed?\nO'Donnell maintains that each play, each bet, leads to a dopamine release that the brain will perceive as pleasurable. That's regardless of a win or a loss \u2013 both produce the same \"rush\". For many gamblers, it's this rush they seek \u2014 it's what keeps them gambling, more than the wins and losses themselves.\nThat last claim is backed by some persuasive research. Bettors at the race track, for instance, routinely report a distinct feeling of relief right after they place a bet \u2013 again, regardless of a win or a loss. \"That's what I was chasing,\" admitted one gambler, now in recovery. \"That feeling. But it doesn't last. You have to keep chasing it.\"\nUnlike with substance addictions, where physical withdrawal can be a powerful incentive for continued use, gambling disorders depend on compulsion. Or as the saying goes, \"one is too many, a thousand not enough.\" Once a binge begins, it usually lasts until the money runs out.\nA few years ago I ran into a gentleman who was proud of his strategy for avoiding heavy losses in casinos. He hired a trusted friend to stand behind him as he played, observing. At some point, the friend would urge and if necessary, force him to get up and leave the table.\nFor him, this was perceived as a victory of sorts. He could have the best of both worlds \u2013 gratifying his craving, yet with no risk of going broke. It didn't occur to him that simply needing such a strategy in order to control oneself was a sign of addiction.\nThe author of this article acknowledges that the vast majority of people who gamble do not develop an addictive disorder. Of course, that's also true for alcohol and many other substances. Those who do become addicted still face plenty of suffering \u2014 all the while wondering, \"why me?\"\nI'm afraid the only possible answer is, \"why not you?\"\nIt's enough reason, I think, to justify exerting some controls over the promotional and marketing efforts that the gambling industry depends on.\nPreviousAnother Look at Gabapentin\nNextToad Hall Reopens\nEnvironment & Expectations: Do They Influence Addiction?\nSelf-Induced Mindset\nThe Big Cutdown\nHeroin in Vietnam","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"French Court To Rule On Passport Smile Ban\nJohn Butler\nA French court is set to rule on an upcoming case regarding the current \"smile ban\" on passport photos. The plaintiff, a French citizen referred to as Thierry, filed suit after his passport photo was rejected on account of a slight, Mona Lisa-esque smile.\nThierry is believed to be a 40-year-old senior civil servant for the government, and so far has maintained his anonymity as far as the media is concerned.\nIn a letter to the French news outlet, AFP, he asks \"Is it responsible, in a depressed France, for the authorities to accuse people if they smile?\"\nFrance is widely considered one of the least optimistic countries in the world. In fact, according to the Telegraph, \"France is regularly polled as the world's most pessimistic nation \u2013 most recently by the Pew Research Centre's Global Attitudes Survey last year.\"\nThierry maintains that permitting French citizens to have a slight smile in their passport photos will help change the world's view of France. He claims as well that it will \"give the depressed nation a morale boost.\"\nAfter the terrorist attacks of the last year rocking the country, most notably those in Paris and Nice, it is reasonable to assume the French mood could use the help.\n[Image by Christopher Furlong\/Getty Images]\nThe current rules for French passport photos are that the subject must maintain a neutral expression as well as a shut mouth.\nThe civil servant lost a previous case regarding passport smiles in 2014. The court cited a note from 2010 regarding passport photo criteria when declaring its verdict in that case.\n\"The subject must look into the camera lens. He must adopt a neutral expression and have his mouth shut. He must notably not smile.\"\nThierry's lawyer, Romain Boulet, claims that the 2014 ruling was invalid as it was based on a note without any actual legal value. He points out that the law itself requires only that the subject looks at the camera, have a natural expression, and a closed mouth. As such, there is no written ban on smiling in a passport photo.\nThe type of smile in question is a variant of the famous Mona Lisa smile, sometimes called an \"undertaker's smile\" where the ends of the subject's lips are only very slightly raised. The plaintiff's smile was also described as a \"slightly ironic grimace that borders on a discreet smile.\"\nPARIS - AUGUST 24: The famous Leonardo Da Vinci painting \" The Mona Lisa\" is seen on display in the Grande Galerie of the Louvre museum on August 24, 2005 in Paris, France. Dan Brown is the author of numerous bestsellers, including Digital Fortress, Angels and Demons, and Deception Point. His acclaimed novel \"The Da Vinci Code\"has become one of the most widely read books of all time. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain\/Getty Images)\nThe French Interior Ministry claims that Thierry violated the law because a smile does not constitute a neutral expression, regardless of the size of the smile. The spokesperson stated, \"he [Thierry] doesn't have a neutral expression because he's unquestionably smiling.\"\nThe British and French both share similarities when it comes to restricting facial movements when taking a passport photo. The reason behind the smile ban is believed to be the result of biometric passports, in which the photo of the person, specifically their facial features, can be compared to those within a database. Evidently, the width of a person's smile can hinder facial recognition software from functioning optimally.\nThe Paris Court of Appeals will decide the fate of the smile ban.\nThe peculiarity of French law no doubt baffles many who encounter it. That smiling would even be considered an issue is not something one would expect. Considering that France is the same nation that bans burkhinis but not bikinis, perhaps the issue is less of a surprise than it should be.\nSo what is your take on the French smile ban? Is it a legitimate precaution for the safety of a nation? Or is it the overreach of a morose government? Tell us what you think in the comments section below!\n[Featured Image by Gaelfphoto\/Shutterstock]","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Farukh KHABIBULLAYEV\niicas, specialist in international relations and caal team leader\nFarukh's passion lies with applying technologies and design such as 3D modelling, art and graphic design to save cultural heritage. His career in the field began in 2015 with the private archaeological firm, Archaeological Expertise with whom he participated in numerous expeditions in Kazakhstan including leading several expeditions. In 2016 he participated in the Newton Al-Farabi partnership program as a GIS expert. He has conducted Heritage Impact Assessments for the new Spiritual and Cultural Centre and Eski Turkestan Archaeological Park (both related to the Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi) in Kazakhstan. He has also participated in assessments at Bukhara's Shakhristan. Currently, Farukh is a specialist in international relations for IICAS and a team leader for the CAAL project. His favourite site is the Junghar Buddhist monastery of Ablaikit erected in the mountains of Eastern Kazakhstan. Its state of preservation and picturesque situation in the mountains only lend significance to its original dual function as a holy place and a citadel. The contour of the walls are in perfect synergy with the surrounding landscape manifesting a perfection achieved in its relationship between architecture, archaeology, culture and environment.\nRead Farukh's and Ona Vileikis' peer reviewed, open access article Application of Digital Heritage Documentation for Condition Assessments and Monitoring Change in Uzbekistan, published in the ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Eight Unreal Stories, by John Carter (1:42)\nFebruary 19, 2018, by Dave Higgins\nCategory: Immerse Or Die - Tagged: collection, horror\t- no comments\nToday we see that an error can hit harder if readers think you aren't the sort of author who'd make it.\nWhat I gleaned about the stories: The protagonists of horror stories sometimes start with an almost divine sense of their own worth.\nNote: The font size of the front matter is noticeably larger than the font size of the body text. As a result, I'd scaled my ereader's display size down to avoid the sense of a large print book, then had to scale it up again when I hit the first story. While I didn't score a WTF for this, it did make me wary.\nWTF #1: Autocorrect Anomaly\nIf you have a basic error in your first sentence, readers will assume they are everywhere.\nAnalysis: The first story opens with: When Jacob saw it standing up against the side of a building on Stark Ave. He gave it a glance and nearly walked on by. My mind parsed 'full stop capital letter' as a sentence break, so attempted to make a full sentence out of the first clause and failed. An instant later, I realised the first full stop should have been a comma and the capital H was no doubt an artefact of a word processor's auto-correct feature.\nAn obvious error like this in the first sentence always raises a strong concern over whether the book has been proofed. Faith shaken, I moved on.\nWTF #2: Misleading clause structure\nReaders draw information from sentence structure, so consider what a complex pattern might imply.\nAnalysis: The second story opens with the protagonist watching a family move in next door. A couple of sentences in, I encountered: A man and a woman, and a girl who Robert assumed was their daughter, made trips back and forth\u2026. The placing of the girl in a subclause rather than listing all three people together implied a sense of division: that the new owners were a couple and that their daughter had come to help them unload. A few sentences later, the narrator was revealed to be a teenager and the girl estimated to be a couple of years younger, whereupon my mental model broke because a girl of about thirteen would be part of the family unit rather than just helping. A moment later, I concluded the use of a subclause was intended to support the assumption that the girl was their daughter; however, the default parsing of man, woman, and girl would be a family unit, so\u2014even if justifable grammatically\u2014the sentence had confused me without adding any useful information.\nI therefore moved on.\nWTF #3: Echoing I disease\nIf your style goes from good to imperfect, readers will feel betrayed.\nAnalysis: The third story opened with the protagonist talking to the audience in a conversational style that made me think that this author had a good grasp of first-person narration. Unfortunately, this meant that the multiple uses of I in the third paragraph (sometimes two or three in a sentence) not only created an annoying echo but also left me feeling cheated.\nWithout sufficient trust this paragraph was an aberration, I pulled the plug.\nCity Under Ice, by Te Olivant (12:50)\nDisturbed: A collection of five disturbing tales, by Michael Riddell and JJ Riddell (0:38)","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"After US Capitol attack, some Republican Party officials are adopting war talk long used by far-right extremists, white supremacists\nDaily horoscope for January 16, 2021\nLoter\u00eda Powerball anuncia n\u00famero ganador de premio hist\u00f3rico\nMan drank and smoked marijuana for hours before killing man in Logan Square who he thought was rival gang member, prosecutors say\nMy worst moment: People assume Lou Diamond Phillips is fluent in Spanish thanks to 'La Bamba.' He's not and it led to a chaotic few hours on the set of 'Che.'\nCoronavirus in Illinois updates: 5,343 new confirmed and probable COVID-19 cases and 130 additional deaths reported Saturday\nAsk Amy: Big favor leads to big friendship fallout\nEx-Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville sells Hinsdale mansion for $4.27 million\nWoman accused of robbing four 7-Elevens in less than an hour during Thursday 'crime spree' on North, Northwest sides: prosecutors\nDwyane Wade has seen it all in 13 years \u2014 and he sees potential in Bulls\nBy K.C. Johnson\nINDIANAPOLIS \u2014 During his 13 seasons in Miami, Dwyane Wade played on title teams and lottery teams, seasons he knew the Heat would be good and others when he knew they would struggle.\nIn short, the veteran guard has seen it all, including a 15-67 season and three NBA championships.\nIt's too early for Wade to have a strong opinion on where this Bulls season is headed, a journey that continued with Thursday's 115-108 exhibition loss to the Pacers at Bankers Life Fieldhouse.\nBut Wade, who finished with 10 points and three assists in 22 minutes, is a savvy league follower and has heard the skepticism surrounding the Bulls' alleged shortcomings. And he made an intriguing comparison when asked about the outside perception of the Bulls' offseason.\n\"Obviously it's a league right now where everyone cares about the 3-point ball,\" Wade said. \"When we got together, that was the first thing, 'Oh, (Rajon) Rondo's not a 3-point shooter. Dwyane's not a 3-point shooter. All those guys need to touch the ball. Blah, blah, blah.' And I've heard that before. I heard it in Miami.\n\"I heard it with The Big Three: 'LeBron (James) isn't a 3-point shooter. Dwyane isn't a 3-point shooter. We all need to touch the ball.' It's just about figuring out what is successful to your team and being true to that. We figured that out (in Miami). We can do that here.\"\nThe Bulls made some offensive strides against the Pacers, but the defense continues to be a major work in progress. The Pacers shot 48.4 percent with 21 fast-break points.\nRondo, who wore his signature headband as the organization has relaxed its unwritten policy frowning upon them, sank his first six shots \u2014 most on aggressive drives \u2014 and finished with 14 points, five assists and five turnovers.\nSpencer Dinwiddie took advantage of Denzel Valentine's absence with a sprained ankle and scored 19 points to lead the Bulls, who sat Jimmy Butler after he played the entire first quarter.\nBut Nikola Mirotic struggled for the second straight game despite getting the start at power forward. He missed 6 of 7 shots and contributed to the Bulls' defensive woes. He's 2-for-14 and 0-for-8 from 3-point range this preseason.\n\"What's most important is that the shots are good decisions,\" Mirotic said. \"But I'm not worried. I want to keep working and keep shooting. I don't know the reason (for missing) because I'm playing with confidence.\"\nFred Hoiberg discusses Nikola Mirotic's recent struggles after the team's 115-108 exhibition loss to the Pacers on Oct. 6, 2016. (K.C. Johnson\/Chicago Tribune)\nWade said growing pains are part of the process.\n\"We have good guys here,\" Wade said. \"We have workers in here. So we have the fundamentals of what we need. We have to see it be good so we can see how it feels. It's going to take a little while.\"\nLayups: Thursday marked 23 years since Michael Jordan stunningly retired for the first time. \"I remember it was like someone died because we all knew how competitive he was,\" teammate and current broadcaster Stacey King said. \u2026 Pacers' second-round pick Georges Niang, whom the Bulls passed on to take Paul Zipser, is wearing No. 32, the same number Fred Hoiberg wore before recruiting Niang to Iowa State. \"He's one of my all-time favorites,\" the Bulls coach said. \"An ultimate competitor.\" Niang knocked Hoiberg, also once a Pacers' second-round pick, down to fourth all-time on the Iowa State scoring list last season. \u2026 Zipser made his debut with seven points.\nkcjohnson@chicagotribune.com\nTwitter @kcjhoop\nNikola Mirotic\nPaul Zipser\nStacey King\nLatest Chicago Bulls\nChicago Bulls get 61 points from their bench to snap a 4-game losing streak with a 117-101 victory against the Dallas Mavericks\nJames Harden records a triple-double in his Brooklyn Nets debut\nLeBron James provides an early look at 'Space Jam: A New Legacy'","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Ross Adam and Robert Cannan, directors of The Lovers and the Despot, answer our questions on filmmaking\u2026\nColony October 4, 2016\nFeaturedFilmFilm Interviews\nWhat was the first film that truly made an impact on you?\nRoss: My parents snuck me into the second half of Lawrence of Arabia at\nthe NFT, but The Singing Detective was probably the first thing I saw that really moved me.\nRob: My first cinema experience aged 4 years old \u2013 E.T! It blew my tiny mind.\nWhich films or filmmakers inspire you?\nRoss: The usual suspects: Hitchcock, Powell, Kubrick, Lynch, Allen, Herzog.\nRob: One of the reasons we work together is we seem to like the same directors, so all of the above and more (e.g. I'm sure Ross would also agree to add Billy Wilder and David Lean and many others) and for documentary, Errol Morris would have to be a big inspiration, alongside Herzog.\nPitch us your film in one sentence.\nBoth: A celebrity South Korean director and actress are kidnapped by their\ngreatest fan, dictator Kim Jong-il, to make films for him in North Korea.\nNow tell us what is it actually about?\nBoth: Amongst other things, it's about obsession and the power of stories.\nWhat was your favourite part of making this film, and what was the biggest challenge?\nBoth: Travelling to great locations, meeting and working with great people, creative breakthroughs in the edit. The biggest challenge would have to be endurance \u2013 working so many hours for so long to overcome all (or at least most) of the many obstacles in the way.\nWhat's the biggest lesson you've learned as a filmmaker?\nRoss: That you need to put your foot down, even if it seems like you are risking everything by doing so. You will have constant and great opposition, but ultimately it is your film.\nRob: Trusting instinct, trying to remain optimistic that persistence will eventually pay off.\nRoss: We're both writing fiction screenplays at the moment, but we may well make another feature doc or short docs in the meantime.\nWhat was the last film you saw?\nRoss: Cry of the City\nRob: Twin Peaks pilot (it's feature length so does that count?). I've started re-watching Twin Peaks in preparation for the long-hoped-for new season next year!\nThe Lovers and the Despot is available to rent and buy in the UK & Ireland on Colony with behind-the-scenes extras. Watch it here.\nJames McAllister October 7, 2012\nIron Fist's title sequence is as problematic as the show itself\nJerome Cox-Strong April 5, 2017\nLive Music Review: Nimmo at The Green Door Store\nJodie Rawl November 28, 2016\n5 Bands To Look Forward To At Camden Rocks 2015\nChloe Dobinson May 18, 2015\nThe King Review\nChloe Walker August 26, 2018\nHomeland Season 5, Episode 6 Review\nLouis Roberts November 17, 2015","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Jason Aldean's Wife, Brittany, Says It's 'Not Easy' Being Married to a Star\nSterling Whitaker Published: August 13, 2021\nJason Davis, Getty Images\nJason Aldean and his wife, Brittany, are one of country music fans' favorite couples, but in a recent post to social media, she admits that it's sometimes difficult for her to deal with the public attention that comes along with being married to a star.\nAldean posted an open question via her Instagram Stories on Thursday (Aug. 12), asking her followers, \"Whatcha wanna know?\"\nShe opened up about her transition into a high-profile life with her country superstar husband when one IG user asked, \"How is it to be married to a star after growing up with a normal life?\" Aldean admits it's been challenging \u2014 especially at first.\n\"Not easy for me,\" she writes. \"I'm WAY better about it now but when I met Jason it was a whirlwind. The pictures, videos ... it was all so new to me.\"\nShe adds that while she has become more adjusted, fans have also gotten more welcoming.\n\"Over the years, people have become cooler to us\/me which I'm thankful for,\" she notes. \"But for a while ... Whew!!! It was hard. I will say, it takes someone special to be with someone in the public eye.\"\nbrittany-aldean-instagram-story\nAldean and the former Brittany Kerr married in Mexico in March of 2015, and she has gotten the previously somewhat guarded singer to open up more about his life away from the spotlight. The couple welcomed their first child together, a son named Memphis, in December of 2017. Their daughter, Navy Rome, was born in February of 2019. Jason Aldean also has two teenage daughters from a previous marriage.\nBrittany frequently shares glimpses into the family's home life in pictures and videos she posts to social media, and she's spent some of the pandemic downtime showing her followers around their staggering new 20,000-square-foot dream home in rural Tennessee.\nSee Pictures of Jason Aldean's Amazing New Mansion:\nSource: Jason Aldean's Wife, Brittany, Says It's 'Not Easy' Being Married to a Star\nFiled Under: Brittany Aldean, Jason Aldean\nCategories: Articles, Taste of Country Nights\nJason Aldean Shares a Message to Son Memphis on His 5th Birthday\nDeath of Fan at a 2014 Jason Aldean Concert Ruled a Homicide\nJason Aldean Looking for First CMA Awards Win Since 2011\nJason Aldean Reacts to Death of Alabama's Jeff Cook: 'So Sad'\nBoo! See Country Stars in Their 2022 Halloween Costumes [Pictures]\nJason Aldean and Brittany Aldean's 'Anchorman' Costumes Are Their Most Elaborate Halloween Look Yet [Watch]\nJason Aldean Marks Fifth Anniversary of Las Vegas Shootings: 'It's Still a Rough Day'\nJason Aldean's Kids Share the Sweetest Goodbye Before Spending Their First Night Apart [Watch]\n11 Times Country Stars Called Each Other Out","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Banks Foreclosing on the Most Homes\nMichael B. Sauter, Alexander E.M. Hess, Samuel Weigley\nLast Updated: March 27, 2020 1:09 am\n10. SunTrust Banks Inc.\n> Loans in foreclosure: 6,001\n> Avg. property value: $207,157\n> Pct. seriously underwater: 64%\nMore than 6,000 loans serviced by SunTrust Banks Inc. (NYSE: STI) were in foreclosure as of February. Like most U.S. banks, SunTrust has been embroiled in controversy over its lending and foreclosure practices in recent years. SunTrust was one of five major lenders that in November agreed to pay a combined $162 million to settle complaints that it charged improper fees on home finance loans for veterans. Earlier in 2012, the bank agreed to pay $21 million to settle allegations that it overcharged more than 20,000 Hispanic and African American borrowers between 2005 and 2009.\n9. PNC Financial Group\nPNC Financial Group Inc. (NYSE: PNC) serviced more than 8,500 loans in the foreclosure process as of last month. The average property value was just $185,306, one of the lowest of all banks, and the average debt on these mortgages was $202,286. Of the 8,545 loans in the foreclosure process, approximately 55% were considered seriously underwater. At the end of 2012, PNC was the 10th largest mortgage servicer in the country, with a portfolio size of $169.4 billion. PNC was recently required to pay $70 million in order to settle allegations of illegal foreclosure practices.\nAlso Read: Ten Companies Profiting Most from War\n8. HSBC Holdings\n> Loans in foreclosure: 16,317\nMore than 16,000 loans serviced by HSBC Holdings PLC (NYSE: HBC) were in the foreclosure process as of February 2013. Six in 10 of these mortgages were considered seriously underwater. In January, the bank agreed to pay $249 million to settle complaints that it had wrongfully foreclosed on U.S. homeowners. Under the terms of the settlement, the bank paid out $96 million to 112,000 homeowners, while the remainder of the money went to reducing mortgage balances and forgiving outstanding principal on short sales, or selling a property for less than what is owed. Earlier this month, HSBC announced it was selling $3.2 billion worth of consumer loans to trim down U.S. operations.\n7. Citigroup\nCitigroup Inc. (NYSE: C) serviced $6.3 billion in outstanding mortgage debt on homes in foreclosure, the seventh highest amount of all banks. Of homes in the foreclosure process, 54% were considered seriously underwater. While this figure is high, it was better than most of the nation's largest banks. Citigroup is still fighting court battles regarding its mortgage practices as authorities accuse it of unfairly evicting people from their homes. These legal proceedings continue to hurt the company's bottom-line.\n6. Bank of New York Mellon\nAt the end of 2012, Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (NYSE: BK) had $1.4 trillion under management and more than $26 trillion under custody. A core focus of the company's business is its function as a custodian, tasked with safeguarding financial assets and handling various monetary and financial transactions. During the financial crisis, the Treasury Department named the bank as custodian for its bailout fund \u2014 meaning the bank provided record keeping and cash management for the fund. Although BNY Mellon is not a loan servicer responsible for executing the foreclosure process on delinquent loans, it is listed as the plaintiff or beneficiary in nearly 32,000 foreclosure proceedings nationwide, according to RealtyTrac data. The bank is listed because it acts as trustee on certain mortgage-backed securitizations, which are created when a large number of mortgage loans are pooled and placed in a trust. Foreclosure action related to properties held in the trust must be brought in the trustee's name even though the trustee is not involved in the day-to-day foreclosure proceedings.\nRead more: Special Report, BAC, BK, C, DB, HBC, JPM, PNC, STI, USB, WFC, featured\nStates Where the Most People Are Vaccinated\nStates With the Worst Hospital Workforce Shortages\nThis Is The Highest Rated Car In America\nThis Is the Most Dangerous State for COVID-19","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Mobilizing Creativity and Innovation\nDec 13, 2017 in Management\nIn any work environment, talent is considered to be the backbone of the creative part of the society. Talent should be encouraged and developed through a mobilizing culture as a part of the traditions of the organization. Human resources can be increased by building necessary institutions and instilling good values, which initiates further achievements and enhances the overall quality. The skill eventually translates into efficiency which can be seen through the ideas given. Innovation is a form of organizational capability which is based on strategy and vision. It can also be built from organizational ability as well as the structures and organizational systems.\nKeywords: creativity, innovation, organizational dynamic capabilities.\nInnovation can be described as the technique in which firms end up with new products, systems and processes required to adapt to the technologies, changing markets, and modes of competition (Dougherty & Hardy, 1996). One of the top priorities of CEOs in organizations today is the development of innovations and new ideas (Porter & Stern, 1999). Over the past few years, innovation has become increasingly significant in competitiveness due to technological advancements and the intense global competition. If a company seriously focuses on innovation, its performance advances.\nThe rising levels of commitment to innovations are required to stay at the same place and improve the competitive position. Management of the unpredictable and complex process of transformation, however, has been fraught with difficulties (Kanter, 1989). My greatest asset as a manager is being innovative. I developed most of the end products in our company together with my colleagues.\nAs a manager, I realize that it is imperative to be innovative. Innovation should be encouraged from the management level down to the employees. As an individual, my contribution significantly affects the rest of the employees. Over the past years, organizations faced operational challenges which affected their functional integrity. These organizations were reluctant to accept the changes that were significantly influencing the market. Instead, they spent a lot of time and money rationalizing about core businesses, outsourcing and also reengineering production. Multiple incentives are required to convert innovation into change as well as sustaining it. This requires a lot of investment in both practical and the research part. The transition from innovation to functional products requires a collaboration of skills and multiple service providers of different firms.\nHistorically, innovation and creativity have never been considered as essential items to the success of organizations. There has been a growing awareness of the fact that innovation and creativity are essential items in the long-term shaping of success of businesses, governments and organizations. It is found that the key to a great influence in innovation and creativity is being introduced at the individual level of an organization. It is vital for creativity and innovation to be enhanced at the work place. As a matter of fact, we work as a separate division of our company. Each individual is gifted in different ways, and we each contribute with our strengths to our projects, and consequently to the significant improvement of our products.\nSince innovation and creativity are essential to any organization's growth and performance, they need to be encouraged. Ideal performance is not the only concern for creativity though it profoundly influences it. It can otherwise be defined as the production of sophisticated, innovative and high quality solutions to any organization's problems. There are three things that organizations need to consider in order to be able to capitalize on innovation and creativity.\na) Multiple phenomena do occur at different stages\/levels of an organization, namely, individual, group and organizational ones.\nb) At any level of analysis, innovation and creativity are extremely complex ideas.\nc) Not all levels are fully integrated or even consistent with each other or other levels.\nThe greatest challenge for any organization is to have the ability to deal with the complexities and inconsistencies brought about by these levels as they encourage innovation and creativity in an organization.\nMethods in Creativity Research\nCreative efforts lead to innovative products as well as creativity in an organization, and they may be considered as such bearing exceptional interest for organizations. There are five principal methods which are applied in creativity research:\na) Qualitative\nb) Historiometric\nc) Survey\nd) Psychometric\ne) Experimental.\nCreativity can be viewed as a product since it helps in the creation of innovative solutions to problems which the company faces. This is because the problems provide room for creativity which supports the company's capabilities in speed, efficiency, quality and flexibility. It helps organizations improve the future of the industries they represent. Today, organizations have an additional responsibility to repeatedly react with a quick but also a stable success rate to be competitive in the market. Innovation is what gives companies an advantage in the current market. They can also use these processes as a means of improving their products and increasing their customer base. Having the ability to lead the market and bringing out new products at a fast rate undoubtedly takes a company to the top of the \"food chain\" and ahead of its competitors. This gives an organization an opportunity for dynamic sustainable development.\nMethods of developing and maximizing creativity in an organization:\na) Organizational agility: to effectively develop this, the workforce should be properly qualified and be sufficient in terms of volume, which will help an organization respond strategically and swiftly to market opportunities. It involves an integrated approach which covers several areas necessary in the organizational requirements. There are different approaches which help manage multiple dimensions like human capital value chain, the translation of the business strategy into certain leadership, and culture and organizational requirements. Certain approaches can be used to deal with the building of the organizational structures, leadership effectiveness and aligning of the cultures to strategic needs. Eventually, the organization will end up with a well-defined operational model which states the processes, structure, governance and the overall business strategy which helps the work force perform optimally at the same time supporting the strategic goals of the organization.\nb) Strategizing the human capital: Developing leadership capabilities as well as cultural capabilities of the staff enables an organization to achieve the highest development and make it an edge in the emerging markets. Even when company executives plan on how to improve their performance and expertise in their organizations, they also consider the fact that people affect the implementation strategy in a significant way. It is implemented through their skills, knowledge and abilities which are essential for the work forces. An organization should make use of any analytical tools that may be used to identify the human capital opportunities. By placing the correct numbers of skilled employees in place, they are able to meet any future organizational needs. The effectiveness of workforces which are responsible for sustaining a performance advantage in an organization is revealed by improving engagements, building on competencies and increasing the productivity for the future growth of the organization. These strategies help inform an organization of its vital decisions on how to compete with others. At the same time it supports short-term decisions which propel the long-term goals. It enables a business entity to compete in the modern market and still be agile enough to change itself to the ongoing market growth and competitiveness.\nc) Leadership development: One of the main and essential units in any organization is leadership. With good leadership, an organization should end up being a single logical unit. In order to achieve this, an organization should be prepared to administer educational programs to its leadership, which will turn its business strategy into a great system. It is necessary for a firm to align its leadership capabilities to support the organization's strategy which includes such processes as succession planning, performance management and also governance which leads to the shaping of behaviors of leaders and their capabilities.\nd) Work force re-skilling: In order to implement it, a company should encourage cost reductions, further efficiency improvements and acquisitions. It enables an organization to get better skilled, talented, motivated and productive work force which can support its mission due to critical capabilities. The work force can deal with such customer-related issues as customer service, sales and marketing. Such work force is industry-specific in such areas as information technology and human resource and finance.\ne) Talent sourcing: At first an organization needs to define the workforce requirements which are necessary to execute its business strategy. It includes the development of competency frameworks, identification of mission critical work forces as well as having a detailed work force planning. By getting the necessary talent that is needed to achieve its objectives, a company should outperform its competition. It should be done through \"smart sourcing,\" which is a strategy leading to hiring of skilled and talented staff.\nf) Outsourcing: There are times when it is hard for an organization to find a competent department for a certain project. In this case, it is necessary to find the expert laborers from an outside organization. The outside effect may lead to an improvement in the department and may also be used as a learning curve.\ng) Change: some people always complain that change is not good, but it is not always true. In most cases, a company stays at the same place because there are no fresh ideas to promote the organization in a different way. The change that is brought to the company serves as a successful and exciting re-organization means.\nWhen compared to my workplace environment, my original ideas and practices, in addition to the collaborative mindset, enable me to address each unit's specific needs and goals. I partner with some of the leaders in each strategic component to create a medium through which all the employees from all levels of the organization can exchange ideas and insights with the management. It has proven to be a particularly vital key in the organization. In the long run, we have found out that it helps an organization in increasing its efficiency and continually aligning its investments with its strategies to adapt to change.\nTypes of innovation:\na) New technologies creation: By creating new technologies, a company is able to respond faster and also have an edge over its competitors.\nb) Change in business dynamics: At times companies focus on only at a segment of their customers, therefore, limit its perspectives. By changing and targeting a wider range of clients, an organization widens its horizon as well as its customer range.\nc) Synthesize technologies: By adapting to the needs of the market, an organization is able to be dynamic and also retain its clients. It is achieved by creating new technologies to attend to new capabilities which may make an organization a pace-setter for other similar companies. Such an enterprise relies on the knowledge base of the specialized institutions and sets its standards extremely high in the market area.\nHow to Do Innovation Right\nThere are some methods that if applied well may lead to effective innovation. First, developing a commitment to serve those who are not generally served is important. The second point is being articulate in one's plan and embracing a clearly defined vision. The third point is accepting the challenges that may envelop the strategy and creatively operate within them. Fourth, it is necessary to foster an entrepreneurial spirit within the organization by setting some ambitious goals. If an organization sets aspirations that are beyond its scope, it leads to its employees becoming creative and entrepreneurial. The difference between the resources and its goals is the factor that inspires the innovation and the essence of entrepreneurship. As Hamel writes, \"\u2026setting ambitious goals is what is defined as strategic intent\" (Hamel, 1989). The fifth method which is hugely beneficial is to focus on the employees and consumers and not just the shareholders, wealth and profits. Most of the time, organizations only focus on the consumer and the investors forgetting employees who work hard to make it possible.\nThe Innovative Imperative\nIn the modern market, innovation helps a firm play a dominant role in leading the rest of the companies and also in shaping the future of the industry it is into. Great innovators are able to continually bring out new quality products at a faster rate. They also have the ability to maintain several juggling acts. These organizations often use system innovations as well as new processes to improve their products as well as add value to their consumers. Though a lot of entrepreneurs do not notice it, it is a combination of dynamic and strategic positions which makes the company into a moving target compared to its competitors (Kiernan, 1996).\nIt is noted that managers need to coordinate with the mainstream operation on a daily basis while at the same time cultivating creativity and innovation within their organizations. Oddly, trying to manage the main competencies efficiently is seen as a stumbling block to the proper development of any successful innovation. Some activities like marketing and manufacturing are the keys to success together with the organizational processes such as efficiency, stability and profitability. The latter create the basis built around marginal elements and act as cash generators. The company develops processes which shape the mainstream business units to formalize structures and perform routines (Starbuck, 1983).\nThe short-term focus is affected by operational challenges as well as any set objectives. Innovation is considered a force of instability as it requires a long-term vision and commitment to ensure that results are yielded. The dynamic environment leads to the manufacturing of new products, systems and processes which guide the future success. Different people have various views on the characteristics of the new stream and mainstream processes. \"Organizations are most effective where and when the new stream and the mainstream have different resources and they are recognized while the management is autonomous\" (Kanter, 1989). When organizations handle their businesses this way, they are able to handle the tensions of change and stability.\nKanter further explained that the mainstream projects ended up funding the new stream development (Kanter, 1989). The new processes and products are then assimilated into the mainstream projects. In order to be able to do the same things better, continuous development as well as communications between the two streams should be constant. It is, however, difficult to handle the two streams independently in a dynamic operating environment. If strong communication flows, information flows and connections of effort are not established, successful commercialization will not be possible.\nIs an Organization Capable of Innovation?\nOur business model is found to have limited applications in the modern business environment which is \"uncertain and fast- moving\". This approach creates an \"efficient\" but not an ideally innovative business unit. When it comes to management, a lot of focus is given to the general management like customer responsiveness, quality of service and efficiency without consideration to the innovation. Although this type of model is attractive especially while dealing with the stability and change tensions caused, it does not integrate all the organizational capabilities in the innovative process. Effective innovation is hard to come by and achieve especially in an organization where the two types of streams are handled separately. Innovation in a high performance organization is presented by an effort which recognizes the interdependency in the mainstream and new stream and is able to manage them accordingly.\nMany innovators often expect, reward and encourage innovation from all parts of the organization not limiting themselves to the development and research only. They ensure that they link organizational knowledge of processes, products, technologies and mainstream capabilities with the organizational learning. Such organizations do not view innovation as a consumer of the scarce resources to create unknown outcomes but rather as a tool to create competitive advantage and give knowledge. They accept that most of the business units that are producing profits at the moment do not offer the best opportunities for business in the future. Innovation and the mainstream factors are bound to work in unison and harmony if managed interactively. As Platt quotes Hewlett, \"the creative process works well if it is not too structured. However, in the long run it will need to be harnessed, tamed and hitched to suit the wagon of mankind's needs\" (Platt. 1997). A business is driven by the need to manufacture products on budget and on time to make it successful.\nThe New Stream Innovation\nThe new stream may be defined as the resources that are used and devoted by an organization to create value and identify new customers. Before this approach emerged, companies were viewed as autonomous entities which searched for competitive advantage from outsides influences rather than their internal capabilities and resources (Gulati, Nohria & Zaheer, 2000). Many firms end up looking at the organization and its resources as the key factors that drive innovation (Barney, 1991). It has, however, been discovered that development from research and investment in the mainstream programs and organizational systems is what contributes to the new stream innovation.\nFierce competition and the great change in technology make firms unable to maintain and manage capabilities in the potentially relevant market and technical areas. The increased research of the way organizations develop and manage exchange relationships with both individuals and units beyond the traditional and well-know organizational boundaries has led to some discoveries. Some of the discoveries maintain, for instance, that alliances of customers, competitors, networks and other non-market participants are parts of the innovations (von Hippel, 1998). There are also some effective means of reducing risk, cost and attaining scales of economics which inhibit the development of new products. Access to key resources like capital, information, services and goods which is derived from the company's environment exists due to widened networks which make a company have the potential to enhance or maintain its competitive advantage (Gulati et al., 2000). A firm's ability to gain knowledge through participation in any external network is essential to successful innovation (Levinthal, 1990).\nIs the New Stream Innovation Capable?\nAmong the definitions and models presented in this paper, the innovation capability powers the new stream model. Here, the new stream acts like the one locating, funnel seeking and developing potential innovations, which is powered by the innovation capabilities and can eventually be transferred into the main stream. This is vital to the rediscovery of an organization and its products. The creativity of the new stream and the efficiency of the mainstream are brought together by the innovative capability. Organizations are able to achieve it by leveraging their knowledge base (Cohen & Levinthal, 1990). Innovation capability can, therefore, be defined as the ability of an organization to continuously transform its ideas and knowledge into new systems, products and processes for its stakeholders' and its own benefit. Innovation capability is not only about the organization's ability to run a business successfully while being able to manage the mainstream or directing it to a new stream but also about being able to synthesize the two paradigms.\nThe Mainstream\nThe mainstream of a business always remains essential as it is the organization's interface with the market and consumers. It is not only important for a company to be innovative. It should also implement management and control practices in place which allow the organization to manage the tensions that is brought about by innovation versus growth control. A good example is presented by the company Apple Computer in the 80s. This innovative company produced the Macintosh which was greatly acclaimed but lacked the expertise needed to control its growth. At this time, they hired an executive who was given the responsibility of instilling some strong management practices and also retaining the innovative nature of Apple. The transformation, however, brought about some significant problems, especially for the new manufacturing processes and product development which nearly tore the company apart (Sculley, 1987). It led to the company's innovative founder to almost move from the company at that time.\nFor these reasons, I recommend the balance of the new stream and the mainstream resources for great and optimal performance outcomes. The vital requirements for success are the combination of these two streams throughout the development cycle of the new products and services which is known as \"company- wide innovation capability\". This enables organizations to develop new services and products in an efficient, responsive and quality-focused manner. Innovation is not only about technical development and research; neither can it be achieved from one arm of an organization only. It, however, resonates in all areas of an organization and its existence, from the system that measures its behaviors to its core values which are manifested daily.\nEffects of Disconnected New Stream and Mainstream\nAccording to Kanter (1989), there are two types of companies which may be compared in this section: \"new stream- mainstream based\" companies and the \"innovation- capability based\" ones (p. 89). Dysfunctional outcomes may occur in the organizations in which the mainstream and the new stream methods are run separately and are disconnected. There are many examples of organizations affected by it. Some of them create new divisions that may not be affected by the parent company's bureaucracy in a bid to have some radical innovations. These new divisions were often treated as start-ups and were lacking in resources and the necessary support that they required to be successful in the market. A good case study would be a software development company where the managers often ignore the mainstream which already exists and end up developing a new product using new employees in a new market. This leads to the investors \"re-inventing the wheel\" (Brown & Eisenhardt, 1998).\nCommunication between the newly developed unit and the already existing one is almost nonexistent as the mainstream managers are often busy dealing with the mainstream. This new development process may eventually lead to a company's bankruptcy. A good case study is the IBM personal computer (PC). The IBM PC was developed and created off-site, in a location separate from the company's headquarters. In the process, the development team ended up with the creation of a new product development of which broke all rules. Separate locations meant that two development teams could not test the competencies of semiconductors and the operating system. This led to the company eventually turning to other partners who ended up profiting from their efforts. During this process IBM ceded most of the profits that it could potentially have received (Rosenbloom & Spenser, 1996).\nAnother example of companies that had dysfunctional consequences rising from the mainstream to the new stream would be the Xerox Palo technology park that made historic advances in its domain. They had a brilliant innovative team of scientist who developed the mouse, the graphic user interface (GUI), the intranet and many other hardware and software items. However, they were unable to transfer the technologies from the new stream to the mainstream due to their inability to take advantage of these exploits (Miller & Morris, 1999).\nStructures and Systems\nFor an innovation to be considered successful, an optimal business structure is required (Burgelman & Maidique, 1988). This business structure and its processes should be conducive for a favorable environment; otherwise other components of the system would be unsuccessful. Below are other aspects of structures and systems:\na) Organizational structure\nLayers tend to be added in a growing business which in turn makes it more institutionalized and mechanistic with bureaucracy (Kanter, 1983). Companies with high performance enable and motivate innovative behavior by helping break down barriers which separate product groups, functions and businesses by creating preamble business boundaries (Ashkenas, 1998; Maria & Thomas, 1998). The potential for innovative ideas to come up is encouraged by an organic and permeable structure.\nb) Reward systems\nA reward is always the greatest and the most powerful motivator of any behavior leading to successful innovative activity (Saleh & Wang, 1993). There is a significant difference in the aspects of use of a reward system by innovative companies compared to the low innovative ones. The innovative firms developed a reward system which fostered a breeding ground for creative behavior. It included a system which suggested schemes, financial bonuses and public recognition, and the \"dual ladder\" system. Behavior is greatly influenced by the reward systems and managers should be aware of this fact. This is because if a system is not properly focused, it could lead to the staff acting in potentially unintended ways. A good example quoted by Angle (1989) is that the individual rewards lead to an increase in radical innovations as well as an increase in idea generation, while the group\/unit rewards increases incremental innovations and innovation implementation. It was further discovered that without clear support, managers are likely going to adopt a less risky action and turn their focus to developing of incremental variations of the existing products, as observed by Mezia and Glynn (1993). This type of approach will lead to the advancement of the products and services which are already in the mainstream rather than the development of a radical innovation leading to the creation of a new market.\nc) Big goals for innovation\nIf companies end up setting up big goals for their staff, it will lead to an increase in innovativeness among the employees as they help the organizations attain them. It forces a bias for creativity among the employees especially if there are incentives involved which are tied to the achievements of any of the targets.\nTechnology is very essential in organizations today and should be considered by management. There has been a shift toward the leveraging of external networks and the knowledge bases for corporations. It means that people are now more concerned with technology management, especially in the overall management of an organization, rather than with the development and research per se (Fusfeld, 1995). Highly innovative organizations have been found to be able to connect their technological strategies with innovative business strategy. It is one of the best alignments as it creates a powerful tactic for a competitive advantage over its rivals. Roberts (1995) found that there is a connection between the business strategy and the technological strategy.\nThrough effective forecasting, companies are able to identify future developments in the market, products, and technologies. It helps them come up with better information which the company may use to grasp new opportunities as well as avoid threats. It helps in the overall operational decision making and can be used to improve the performance of an organization (Burgelman & Miadique, 1988). There are methodologies which have been used to help in the prediction of technology forecasting.\nIn any organization it is necessary to develop the conducive climate and culture in order to nurture innovation and ensure that it is successful. There are components that add up to the perfect climate and culture:\na) Communication\nIn order to achieve innovation and get the learning outcomes, it is necessary for the company to have clear lines of communication. Communication is the tool which facilitates understanding by combining different and varying experiences, building on ideas, opening dialogue and exploring relevant issues to innovate. Companies which foster innovation encourage cross-hierarchical, cross-functional, cross-cultural, cross-technological and cross-functional exchange of knowledge and information.\nb) Expect creative time\nAfter being given goals to achieve, the staff (managers and employees) focus mostly on the short-term goals and hardly think beyond what they have been told. If an organization encourages its employees to think outside the box, it should provide them with funding, facilities, time and even environment, which fosters creativity.\nc) Empowerment\nInvesting and respecting people is one of the ways through which a company can develop an innovative culture. The company should hire the most qualified individuals and empower them. This can be done if the management recognizes the different visions that these individuals have and looks for ways to incorporate them in their innovation direction.\nd) Ambiguity tolerance\nSaleh and Wang (1993) have found out that most of the innovative firms are willing to undertake risks at a higher level than the others. They, however, do not take unnecessary risks which contradict the practices across the firm. It is achieved by setting up milestones and management groups which have a tight control over the projects taken. In case of mistakes and failure, the innovative companies do not hide them from the corporate front. They have come up with a system through which they view their failed projects and use them as learning tools for the future (Grady et al., 1993).\nIn this paper, the grounds for implementations and development of creativity and innovation have been discussed. Here the use of capability to innovate is encouraged, for it leads to changed behaviors in the organization and systematic innovation activities within any given organization. It was determined that the innovation capability is generally divided into some aspects like vision and strategy, climate and culture, organizational structures and systems, idea and creativity management, and technology management. I propose that organizations which develop and invest into these aspects of innovation capability have higher chance or achieving successful results, especially in achieving sustainable innovation outcomes.\nI have highlighted the need for organizations to adopt a more holistic company-wide approach when it comes to incorporating the new stream and mainstream as well as the mode of management of innovation. The concepts of capabilities identified in this paper may be tested, validated and refined using other worthy research methods or surveys. Through scientific methods applied in the modes of investigation of the concept, progress may be made, especially in analyzing the difficulties and complexities of the innovation processes as well as the business performance. It can be concluded that innovation capability has a potential to be further developed to make a contribution to further knowledge on management of innovation.\nMusic, Motivation and Performance in Selfridges UK\nSubject OS on Operations Management\nDetailed Description of the Marketing Issue\nLancaster Motor Group\nPolicy and Strategy in Global Competition\nCase Analysis: Netflix","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Chams Dangles eVoting Solutions for Successful Elections\nHome\/Articles, Blog, News, News Room\/Chams Dangles eVoting Solutions for Successful Elections\nChams, an indigenous Information and Communications Technology (ICT) company, has said that Nigeria can leverage on its identity management solution to eliminate the operational and logistics issues hampering the successful conduct of elections in Nigeria.\nThe firm also assured its shareholders of brighter prospects, following the successful outcome of a restructuring exercise, covering business model, products, and financials.\nFemi Williams, group managing director and chief executive officer, who stated this, said the best option for Nigeria's electoral process is the e-voting system, which would enable Nigerians to cast their votes in their comfort zones without any impediments.\nHe pointed out that the e-voting system is cost effective with less operations and logistic problems, however, added that issues on identity management must be tackled for Nigeria to witness successful elections without hitches, leveraging the electronic system.\n\"If we use technology, you realise that you need a fraction of all the kind of money that is being spent on an election; you need zero efforts in terms of logistics, all these pains of moving electoral materials and devices will disappear.\n\"The problem of electoral system is 20 per cent technology and 80 per cent other factors, and I am sure that by the time the identity management problem is solved, we will do our election without going on holidays. We will not shut down activities; even Nigerians will do it wherever they reside.\nHe continued: \"The national ID is becoming active, actually we have access to it, a lot of organisations are accessing the national ID registry through one of our products.\"\nSpeaking further on the company's restructuring exercise, Williams said the company embarked on restructuring to sustain its competitive edge and deliver value to all stakeholders.\nAccording to him, the restructuring became necessary in view of the challenging operating environment in Nigeria and the need to grow the company's balance sheet on sustainable basis.\n\"The company's business model was modified from identity management to Intelligent Business Solutions, thereby carving a niche for us to be more innovative in providing solutions and platforms for private and public sector organisations. We are currently undergoing development in two innovative solutions that will be rolled out into the market soon\", he said.\nThe Executive Director, Finance, Strategy and Innovation, Chams, Mrs Mayowa Olaniyan, said the company has recorded many successes following the positive outcome of its restructuring exercise, including the award of the Bank Verification Number (BVN) project in partnership with Dermalog.\n\"It was delivered in all bank branches in the 36 states of the Federation within timeline, deployment of e-voting platform called VOTA, which is currently being used by organisations like Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (CITN), and Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN), and others.\n\"Our Pharm IT Platform was successfully launched in December 2018 at Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) Conference. It is a technology solution developed for the pharmaceuticals industry to enhance and manage drug distribution.\"","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Post Mortems\nA Million Little Things Finale Recap: Barbara Morgan (and More) Revealed! Plus: EP Teases Season 2 Mystery\nBy Kimberly Roots \/ February 28 2019, 6:59 PM PST\nCourtesy of ABC\nHold onto those celebratory cigars: A Million Little Things' Season 1 finale offers up many developments for the Friends of Jon, but a new baby isn't one of them.\nWhich isn't to say that Delilah doesn't go into labor during the hour \u2014 her water breaks, and her labor coach\/bestie Regina is right there to help her through. But the episode goes to black before we see the child come into the world. On a related note: Even though Rome comes to the decision over the hour that he does want children, his wife makes it perfectly clear as they arrive at the hospital that she still does not. Ouch.\nWhere's the proud ashamed papa-to-be Eddie during all of this, you wonder? After rekindling a spark with Katherine and deciding not to go through with their divorce, he realizes that he and Theo's mom cannot restart their marriage with any secrets or lies between them. So a very grave-looking Eddie reiterates that he wants to come home, but \"there's something I need to tell you.\" He's got to be talking about fathering Delilah's baby\u2026 right? (More on that in a moment.)\nElsewhere, Maggie's doctor tells her that her cancer is gone, news that sparks tears for Gary and a bout of maniacal laughing for Mags. Later, as she moves into Gary's place, Maggie notes that his need to take care of everyone parallel's Jon's, and then accompanies him to Jon's grave for the goodbye the two friends never got.\nWhich brings us to Jon. Earlier in the finale, Delilah is ready to let the whole Barbara Morgan mystery go, but Sophie says the new baby might want answers someday. So Delilah returns to the house she and Gary previous visited, and it turns out that the woman who we thought was Barbara actually is Barbara. She reveals that she dated Jon's roommate, Dave, and then shows Delilah the video Jon sent her the day he died. Between that sad message and a flashback, we learn that Jon and Dave both had tickets for American Airlines Flight 11 leaving Boston's Logan Airport on Sept. 11, 2001, but that Jon just missed the flight because he ran to an airport shop for some wine. That flight, of course, was one of two that terrorists used to take down the World Trade Center towers.\nJon's survivor's guilt only grew in the time after the attacks, and he stopped speaking to Barbara after learning that she was pregnant and was planning to wed a firefighter she met after Dave's death. Delilah never knew any of this; we see a flashback to when she and Jon met, coincidentally at Logan, just moments after he'd yelled at Barbara for moving on too soon. When Delilah tells her friends what she's learned, Maggie points out that it was likely the totality of Jon's issues \u2014 including his financial problems and his guilt\/grief over Dave \u2014 that led him to choose to end his life.\nOh, and one more thing? PJ, the teen we met at the hospital last episode, is Barbara's son that Mitch (her angry husband) raised as his own. But we have a pretty good feeling the story doesn't end there. Read on for series creator DJ Nash's thoughts on the finale and what it means for Season 2.\nTVLINE | I have to tell you, I fell for your trickery. When you and I spoke after the fall finale, you said that we'd say goodbye to a member of the cast before the end of the season. So I spent this entire episode worried that Maggie was going to die. But then I realized you were probably talking about Ashley, who's already gone to Spain. Is that right?\nThe conversation you and I had caused an online frenzy. Many read [into it] what you did. I was talking about Ashley, and I think when we talked, it was before [Episode] 13 had aired. So I was factually correct. I would never lie to the fans. I would never lie in general. And then they took your article \u2014 you should know, it created a s\u2013tstorm. It was incredible.\nTVLINE | I'm sorry.\nPeople just were so sure that [Maggie] was going to pass, and you know what it speaks to? It speaks to the fact that probably every single person lost someone to cancer, and you wish you could rewrite that ending\u2026 Maggie is based on my aunt who I did lose, and I got to rewrite that ending.\nThere are shows like Game of Thrones, and there's shows like House of Cards that make you think that even if someone is an important series regular, you may lose them. But I will say Allison [Miller] and James [Roday], there's no way I was going to do that right from the beginning. I knew I struck gold. I wasn't going to give up my gold.\nTVLINE | The episode makes a point that there are reasons, plural, behind Jon's suicide \u2014 not one smoking gun of an answer. Talk to me about why it was important to include that discussion.\nThere's a writer in our room this year who lost her brother, and it may have been to suicide or it may have been an accident, and to this day, she doesn't know. And so that part of it we really wanted to capture and make sure that even though we were telling a story of \"This is probably the day he broke,\" this wasn't the last straw. Was the last straw Eddie and Delilah? Was the last straw the buildings? Was the last straw the feeling that he didn't feel like he deserved to live anymore? We just won't know that straw.\n\u2026Every one of these stories we're telling about depression, suicide, or cancer or now September 11, there are real people who have experienced these things and a lot of them watch our show and respond and feel heard. I just want to make sure we get it right, so we did a lot of things to make sure we got it right\u2026 Like, we went to Logan [International Airport] and we took pictures of that gate to make sure we got the look of the gate right.\nTVLINE | Was the Sept. 11 angle always part of Jon's backstory? If not, when did that come in?\nGreat question. So, when I gave Channing [Dungey, then-ABC Entertainment president] the first draft of the pilot script, she had a wonderful note, a brilliant note, which was, \"Can we evoke Jon and his optimism at the end of the pilot?\" From that, I thought of three choices. One choice was what I went with, which is to have the video of Jon from elevator\u2026 The other choice was to have it be a flashback to the guys going to Game 7 of the Stanley Cup and not making their flight. And then the last thought I had was, \"Oh, what if all the guys were supposed to get on Flight 11 and didn't?\" I thought that was a really cool idea. I talked to [executive producer] Dana Honor\u2026 and she was like, \"I love that, but wouldn't have that been in the eulogy? Wouldn't that have come up at the funeral?\" And I'm like, \"Oh, of course, of course.\" So I just held off\u2026 but it was always there in my mind.\nTVLINE | We're getting short on time, but I want to talk about PJ. PJ is Dave's son, that's correct?\n[A very long silence] PJ is Barbara's son.\nTVLINE | At the end of the episode, we see him watching the video of Jon. The impression it left with me was that maybe he was questioning what he'd been told his entire life, perhaps thinking that Jon could be his father. What can you say about that?\nWhat I can say is that we definitely will look at this next season. I will also say that what has been most rewarding for me about this show is setting up more than one character with a similar thematic struggle. So, for instance, in this finale, you realize that Jon had survivor's guilt. That's also what Gary has as he stands at the cemetery. It's also what Maggie has, because she beats cancer and Linda didn't. It's also something that Rome has, because if that phone call about Jon hadn't come through, he'd be dead. So, there is a survivor's guilt that carries through, and it will carry through the second season for sure.\nTVLINE | We know there will be a new mystery for Season 2. Are there scenes moving toward that mystery in the finale? Or will it be something completely new?\nThe seeds would have already been planted. It's not like, \"This just in!\" It is built on story we've already set up. So, just by example, PJ was not a new character in the finale. He was in Episode 16, him walking past the hospital and what brought him to the hospital and why he's there will also be part of Season 2.\nTVLINE | Okay. Is there any chance that this secret that Eddie is telling Katherine at the end is not the secret that we think it is?\nWell, I mean, if you've watched 17 episodes, yeah. [Laughs] I will say: I've already shot this scene, the rest of the scene. When we there, even though at that point didn't know we had a second season, I knew I had actors who are amazing. I took them aside the morning of, and I said, \"We're going to shoot this.\" And they did a beautiful job, a really beautiful job.\nTAGS: A Million Little Things, ABC, DJ Nash\nGET MORE: Finales, Interviews, Polls, Post Mortems","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"\ud83e\udde1MUSIC VIDEO\n\ud83d\udc9aLIVE PERFORMANCE\n\ud83d\udc99VOTE FOR ALBUM'S BEST SONG\n\ud83d\udc9bREACTIONS\n\ud83d\udc9cREMIXES\n\ud83d\udc8cLYRICS\n\ud83c\udf88MORE FROM ALBUM\n\"Je te rends ton amour\" (English: \"I give you back your love \") is a second single from Mylene Farmer fifth studio album Innamoramento. It was released on 8 June 1999. The song became top 10 hit in France for Farmer, and its controversial music video gained considerable attention at the time, being censored by several television channels. (still in the USA \u2013 it is banned everywhere but on vimeo).\nLyrics is by Mylene Farmer and it is one of the most complex and obscure texts of her career. Attempts at interpretation, often very interesting and do find very different meanings. I also offer my own interpretations further on the page. Please leave a comment on the bottom of the page and let me know if you agree with my take on the song.\n\"I know what the song means, very precisely. But it is not for me to impose an interpretation. It can be a love story or the story of a hijacking of God. \"(Myl\u00e8ne Farmer \u2013 Mosquito TV \u2013 10\/13\/1999 )\nAfter the release of \"L'\u00c2me-stram-gram\", rumors announced \"Dessine-moi un mouton\" as second single from Innamoramento, however, Mylene decided to release her favorite song of the album, \"Je te rends ton amour\", instead.\nIt has always been rumored around this song that a first mock-up of the music had been composed by Laurent Boutonnat in 1995 at the time of the recording of Anamorphos\u00e9e . This model has been proposed to Nathalie Cardone, for her album released in 1999, but who didn't take it. It might be a cause for regret now\u2026but not for us, Mylene's fans \ud83d\ude0a and could it be that Mylene returned all her love (meaning didn't feel the same devotion anymore) for Laurent after him \"betraying\" her for Nathalie Cordone? We might never know but \"M'extraire du cadre \/La vie \u00e9triqu\u00e9e \/D'une \u00e9corch\u00e9e \/J'ai cru la fable \/D'un mortel aim\u00e9 \/Tu m'as tromp\u00e9\" seems to apply to the situation with Laurent and her strife to break free from the \"cadre\" Lauren has created for her over the years. Long story short, she ended up more or less on her own while working on Innamoramento. She didn't have a replacement for Laurent and therefore took charge and wrote music for 5 songs from the album herself!\nShe turns to the same recipe for creation of Innamoramento as she did with Anamorphos\u00e9e and recorded it Los Angeles at Ocean Way and Record One studios (from May to the end of October 1998). Laurent Boutonnat took lead on producing, directing and arranging the album. Jeff Dahlgren was also present as a guitarist. The mixing by Bertrand Ch\u00e2tenet was carried out between Los Angeles (Studios Record One) and Paris (Studios Guillaume Tell).\nShe also needed a new director for her music video and the next logical choice was Fran\u00e7ois Hanss \u2013 Laurent's assistant since Plus Grandir.\nThe single was released in various formats providing a new song, \"Effets secondaires\", as well as two remixes produced by Perky Park. The image used for various covers, made by Marino Parisotto Vay, shows Farmer being crucified. The designer Henry Neu said to be particularly proud of having made the velvet envelope containing a promotional cross-shaped CD.\nLa Femme nue debout\nThe lyrics contain several references to the paintings, including Egon Schiele, an Austrian painter born in 1890 and died at 28, who painted many thin red-headed women, and who was much appreciated by Farmer. His painting Femme nue debout is even mentioned in the chorus as well as French painter Paul Gauguin\nIn the song, Farmer evokes a Schiele's painting, La Femme nue debout, and personifies the model painted. Well, the face of the module does resembles Mylene quit a bit, don't you think? Perhaps, it contributed to the association\nShe also uses the typography of Schiele's signature to write the song's title on the cover of the CD and vinyl.\nAccording to the author Erwan Chuberre, the song deals with \"a too heavy love to hold or with a weight of an artist on his work\".\nSales of the single were lukewarm. In France, it debuted at a peak of number ten on 12 June, which was at the time the 17th top ten of Farmer. However, the single fell sharply the following week and then stayed in lower positions. It stayed for 12 weeks in the Top 50 and 20 weeks in the top 100. It was the 78th best-selling single of 1999 in France, but the second least-selling single from Innamoramento.\nIn Belgium (Wallonia), the single entered the Ultratop 40 at number 30 on 19 June and reached a peak of number 18 the next week. Then it dropped on the chart and totaled ten weeks in the top 40. It was ranked at number 92 in Belgian Annual Chart.\nIn the magazine Voici, Joseph Messinger, a French psychoanalyst, did a surprising analysis of this video. According to him the blood represents successively holiness, the loss of virginity, the defilement.\nLittle by little in the video, Farmer loses her original purity. The stigmata refer to the idea of pain ensuing from the human condition. The Bible, a symbol of dogmatic thinking, evokes the notion of forbidden. When Farmer wants to decrypt it with her fingers, she is punished for trying to accede to a knowledge reserved for an elite (this image refers to Eve and the serpent). The psychologist Hugues Royer also believes that the video addresses the theme of the loss of virginity, and \"the blood that flows from the breaking of the hymen becomes a torrent of hemoglobin\". He also said that it reminded the world of Roman Polanski's film, Rosemary's Baby , and was inspired by the writings of the author Georges Bataille , who described \"the religious sentiment as the root of evil\".\nThis last influence was also established by author Sophie Khairallah who cites the novel, Story of the Eye and subsequently a book about Mylene herself called Le Culte which came out in 14 Sep 2007. Anyone of you read it? Please tell us what do you think\nMylene didn't wear the dress again by Olivier Theyskens for her Mylenium Tour, In fact pretty similar dress was made to replace the original one which apparently she was not longer permitted to wear.\nOlivier Theyskens launched his own eponymous fashion house in 1997, presenting a collection in Paris called \"Gloomy Trips\". It is the same long dress in red monochrome with stripes, and the red jumpsuit worn by Myl\u00e8ne in the clip I give you back your love. Note that the dress is worn with matching thigh high boots (which can also be found in the clip).\nThese two creations are also present in a photo taken by Les Cyclopes which will be published in Caroline Evans' book Fashion at the Edge: Spectacle, Modernity and Deathliness published by Yale University Press in 2003. It is clearly indicated in this book that these two outfits were created in 1997, two years before the clip was made.\nMyl\u00e8ne Farmer sang \"Je te rends ton amour\" in two television shows and at both occasions, she wore the same dress as in the video: first, in La Fureur du parc (in playback) on 19 June 1999. The show was broadcast in the Parc des Princes, in Paris. Farmer accepted to perform her song at the beginning of the program.\nMyl\u00e8ne Farmer performing the song on 50 Ans de tubes on 30 July in the dress made by Olivier Theyskens. Mylene performed the song in a works gallery of the French sculptor Caesar, in Provence. She appeared from the ground, standing on a platform that rose in the airs.\nFor the first time in Farmer's career, the video was directed by Fran\u00e7ois Hanss.\nShot for two days in the Notre-Dame-du-Val abbey of M\u00e9riel (Val-d'Oise, France), this Requiem Publishing and Stuffed Monkey production cost about 100,000 euros. The screenplay was written by Myl\u00e8ne Farmer.\nRead more here of how the clip was made.\nThe video caused considerable controversy in France, due to its scenes of nudity and blood, and of its apparent criticism of Christianity and the Church. It was considered as being \"too daring\". The Conseil sup\u00e9rieur de l'audiovisuel gave a negative opinion, but it did not forbid the television channels to broadcast it. A committee, mainly composed of housewives, decided to broadcast a shortened version of the video during the day not shock children. Therefore, M6 aired a short two-minute version that stopped when the demon wildly caught Farmer, at the second chorus. In response to this censorship, Farmer asked Hanss to cut the shocking scenes for the airing on television and decided to release the video in its full version as a VHS with a booklet of unpublished photos by Claude Gassian.\nAll funds collected from the 70,000 sales of the tape were DONATED to Sidaction, an association fighting against AIDS \u2013 wow wow wow!!! Go Mylene!!! Why don't we hear about it??? Did you know? I just found it out!!!\nIn 2000, in an interview on MCM, the singer said about this censorship: \"It's not interesting to want to be shocking at all costs, in order to be relevant\/interesting. I deal with subjects that are maybe a little tricky, taboo. It's a risk\u2026 right now the censorship, especially in France, is a bit harsh and it attacks everything and any subject\u2026 I find this truly regrettable!\"\nWell, this video is a hard no-no in the USA even now. It is regrettable indeed.\nChuberre praised the song, saying \"\"Je te rends ton amour\" shows how the writing of the singer is progressing. It is a superb text dealing with a too heavy love to hold or with a weight of an artist on his work\". He describes the melody as being \"insistent and bewitching\", the image for the formats as \"fascinating\", but the remixes as being of lower quality than those of \"L'\u00c2me-stram-gram\".\nBefore I let you dive into the facts if you don't know most of them already, I want to open this chapter with my own very personal take on this song and of course inseparable part of it \u2013 mind blowing masterpiece video. IMDb gives it high 8.3\nBy the way, I discovered something I've got wrong for all these years: Mylene's eyes are actually hazel brown (you can see it clearly on this video being shot close up) and not dark brown as I always thought.\nKnowing Mylene's Catholic background, I thought, perhaps it is very personal to her as far as her relationship with the Faith Institution. What if being \"married\" to it brought her more pain and suffering than she bargained for; and all it is just for following blindly the path that led her to church.\nThe timing is cutting very close to the investigation of sex abuse cases involving about 3,000 priests, some of which dated back fifty years. The investigation although started slowly in mid 80s, took a public form between years 2001 to 2010. Diocesan officials and academics knowledgeable about the Roman Catholic Church say that sexual abuse by clergy is generally not discussed, and thus is difficult to measure. Members of the Church's hierarchy have argued that media coverage was excessive and disproportionate, and that such abuse also takes place in other religions and institutions, a stance that dismayed critics who saw it as a device to avoid resolving the abuse problem within the Church.\nIn a 2001 apology, John Paul II called sexual abuse within the Church \"a profound contradiction of the teaching and witness of Jesus Christ\". Benedict XVI apologized, met with victims, and spoke of his \"shame\" at the evil of abuse, calling for perpetrators to be brought to justice, and denouncing mishandling by church authorities.\nInterestingly only a few years later in 2018, referring to a particular case in Chile, Pope Francis accused victims (!!) of fabricating allegations, but by April, was apologizing for his \"tragic error\" and by August, was expressing \"shame and sorrow\" for the tragic history.\nIf this is not what has been portrayed in video than I don't know what is. I disagree with some critics, that the figure in black is a devil himself. Although the word \"DEMON\" is clearly shown on the video, I feel that it is a reference to the actions of clergy which are demonic in nature committing such heartless abuse of innocent children. And when they tried to speak up, the church would rather let them drown in their own innocent blood (aka call it a fabrication) than admit the crimes that have been committed by the church members.\nFor a while, I was perplexed by the fact that she is returning the ring twice: the first time while reading the bible before the confession and the second time in the pool of blood concluding her horrific experience within the church. After thinking about more and more, it occurred to me that even prior to the rape and torture caused by of \"the actions\" of the church she was not satisfied by the \"blind faith\" with which she has entered it and by the tapping into (scratching the surface so to speak) the bible teachings (not really \"reading\" since she is still blind at that time) only confirms her decision to \"divorce\" such an institution.\nIn the end of the film she is completely vulnerable and naked being violated and suffering in silence as no-one and nothing (not even the crucifixion nor other religious sculptures watching silently such a horrific act did anything to stop it).\nPerhaps, the stone sculptures are symbolizing all those figures at the Catholic church who have chose to cover up the abuse of innocent, blindly trusting children. No wonder she wanted nothing to do with it and returns all her love\u2026. She is no longer wearing a commitment band to such an institution and drowns it in the pool of blood. In the black mourning dress (as her innocence has been brutally stolen), she steps out of the church now no longer blind just as the victims of the abuse no doubts did.\nMyl\u00e8ne performed this title during the Mylenium Tour concerts from September 21, 1999 to March 8 , 2000 .\nStage arrangements: Yvan Cassar.\nMyl\u00e8ne sang Je te rend ton amour during the indoor concerts in France of the 2009 Tour from May 2 to June 22, 2009 .\nThe song was not included in the show's setlist for indoor dates in Russia or stadium concerts.\nArrangements for the stage: Laurent Boutonnat.\nParis La D\u00e9fense Arena 2019\nMyl\u00e8ne sings I give you back your love during the nine concerts at Paris La D\u00e9fense Arena from June 07 to 22, 2019. It was a truly majestic performance with Mylene sitting on the throne embellished with the wolves' heads. Concept Image by D\/LABS was displayed on teh screen behind her\nStage arrangements: Olivier Schultheis.\nvideos with translations\nThe two official remixes of the song are made by Perky Park who had previously offered two remixes from L'\u00c2me-Stram-Gram.\nAn (unofficial) remix of the song was created specifically for radio and released by Voltage. This hadn't happened since Sans Logique and Beyond my control in 1989 and 1992 with remixes for NRJ.\nM'extraire du cadre\nMa vie suspendue\nJe r\u00eavais mieux\nJe voyais l'\u00e2tre\nTous ces inconnus\nToi parmi eux\nFibre qui suinte\nLes meurtrissures\nTu voyais l'\u00e2me\nMais j'ai vu ta main\nChoisir Gauguin\nEt je te rends ton amour\nRedeviens les contours\nC'est mon dernier recours\nAu moins pour toujours\n\"La femme nue debout\"\nLa vie \u00e9triqu\u00e9e\nD'une \u00e9corch\u00e9e\nJ'ai cru la fable\nD'un mortel aim\u00e9\nTu m'as tromp\u00e9\nTu m'as laiss\u00e9\nMe compromettre\nJe serai \"l'Unique\"\nPour des milliers d'yeux\nun nu de ma\u00eetre\nLe mien est trop lourd\nC'est plus flagrant le jour\nSes couleurs se sont dilu\u00e9es\nEt je reprends mon amour\nDe mon seul ma\u00eetre : Egon Schiele et ...\nExtracting myself from the frame\nMy life suspended\nI dreamed better\nI saw the hearth\nAll these strangers\nYou among them\nFiber that oozes\nThe bruises\nYou saw the soul\nBut I saw your hand\nChoosing Gauguin\nAnd I give you back your love\nBecome again the contours\nI give you back your love\nThis is my last resort\nAt least forever\n\"The naked woman standing\"\nExtract myself from the frame\nThe narrow life\nOf a flayed woman\nI believed the fable\nOf a beloved mortal\nYou deceived me\nYou let me\nTo compromise myself\nI'll be \"The One\nFor thousands of eyes\na master's nude\nAnd I return your love\nMine is too heavy\nIt's more obvious in the daytime\nIts colors are diluted\nAnd I take back my love\nBecome again the outlines\nOf my only master: Egon Schiele and ...\nOne thought on \"JE TE RENDS TON AMOUR\"\nlotus-de- jade says:\n\u2026according to Mylene's life in Los Angles during recording Anamorphosee,not only the Catholic Church is envolved in this clip","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Popular investment topics and questions\nAre you investment ready?\nFirst Home - 6 Must Know Steps\nWhat costs am I up for?\nWhat is the cheapest rate?\nFREE Loan Assessment\nHow to be Mortgage Free\nNRAS Q&A\nQ: What are the upsides to NRAS properties\nA: The tax free NRAS payments under the scheme can improve the overall cashflow attached to the property making the property at or close to neutral. NRAS properties are advertised at a discounted rent which could make them more attractive to potential renters.\nQ: What are the downsides to NRAS properties?\nA: (1) Loss of control over the management of the property, the rental charged, and the tenants selected. All of these aspects are determined by the consortium with little or no recourse for the vendor. (2) Limitations with regards to finance. Not all lenders will fund and there are restrictions on lending. (3) Limitations over property selection as you can only select from properties approved under the scheme. NRAS properties are not located in all areas. (4) Increased legal and management costs (5) Restrictions around exiting the scheme (6) Substantial lags before NRAS incentives are paid. You may have to carry the property at discounted market rent for over 12 months before you receive NRAS incentives which will result in a substantial cashflow short fall in the early phase of the property.\nQ: Who manages the NRAS Scheme?\nA: The Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities (SEWPaC) is responsible for the ongoing management of NRAS, in consultation with the Australian Taxation Office.\nQ: Can anyone invest in NRAS properties?\nA: Yes. NRAS is designed to be attractive to the Australian property investor, subject of course to being able to get finance.\nQ: Is NRAS just another name for privately funded housing commission properties?\nA: No. It is important to distinguish this program from the Federal Government \"Social Housing Program\". This is NOT part of that program and attracts totally different tenants. The National Rental Affordability Scheme is designed to address the housing affordability crisis by increasing the supply of private rental housing. A couple with three children can earn $108,169 pa and still qualify to rent.\nQ: How much is the NRAS Incentive and how is it paid?\nA: The annual income-tax free Incentive is currently (in 2012) $9,981 per dwelling, and is indexed each year to the rental component of the CPI. The NRAS year runs from 1st May to 30th April of the following year. In the current year the Incentive comprises: (a) an Australian Government contribution of $7,486 per dwelling per year (as a refundable tax offset or payment); and (b) a State or Territory Government contribution of $2,495 per dwelling per year (in direct or in-kind financial support). When the scheme was launched in 2008, payments were $8000 , then in 2009 - $8672; 2010 - $9140; 2011 - $9524.\nQ: Are the NRAS scheme incentives tax free?\nA: Yes. The incentives are paid as a refundable tax offset this means it reduces your tax bill or if you do not pay enough tax you can receive it as a tax refund. The States contribution is 'non assessable and exempt' for tax purposes. That means if you pay less tax than the offset amount you receive it as a refund.\nQ:Who manages the payments of NRAS Incentives to your bank account?\nA: Your Consortium effectively does this. They stand between you and the Government Departments and ensure all parties (especially the tenants) are compliant with the rules. This makes you eligible to receive a SEWPaC certificate which you give to your accountant which in turn allows your tax refunds or as the case may be. The Consortium will charge you an annual fee, probably somewhere around $600 to $800 to do this.\nQ: How long do the NRAS incentive payments continue for?\nA: The NRAS incentive, 75% is payable either as a grant (i.e.tax cheque) or refundable tax offset by the Taxation Department, and the remaining 25% is paid by the appropriate State Government annually for up to 10 years.\nQ: How do I continue to remain eligible for NRAS incentive payments?\nA: To remain eligible to receive the incentive, known as the NRAS Incentive, you must rent your property to low and moderate income households at a rate that is at least 20 or 25 per cent below prevailing market rates. Your Consortium arranges (a) for the chosen Real Estate Office to advertise and choose appropriate tenants and to monitor your property, and (b) rental valuations and increases and compliance of all parties.\nQ: Who determines the discount rental rate?\nA: An independent registered and qualified valuer determines the market rent for your property for years 1, 4 and 7. Between those valuations a 'desk top' valuation is undertaken.\nQ: Can I purchase an NRAS property through my Self-Managed Superannuation Scheme (SMSF)?\nA: Generally yes but you may not obtain finance to purchase through a SMSF\nQ: Can I manage my NRAS property myself?\nA: No. NRAS investors must sign a \"Non-entity Joint Venture Agreement\" with a Consortium. Basically this means the investor still owns the property but the Consortium manages the NRAS Scheme for them. The Consortium (sometimes in consultation with the investor) will appoint a tenancy and\/or property manager to provide services including selection of tenants and periodic assessment of the tenant's ongoing eligibility to rent an NRAS property, as well as property maintenance.\nQ: Who arranges the Management Agent for my NRAS property?\nA: The consortium or its representative through which you purchase your NRAS property will make suggestions to you.\nQ: Do NRAS tenants have any different benefits to ordinary investment property tenants?\nA: No. NRAS tenants and landlords are regulated under State and Territory tenancy laws. The same rules regarding evictions, maintenance obligations and responsibilities of tenants apply to NRAS tenants as they do to other tenants in the private market. However experience has shown that NRAS tenants are generally better than non-NRAS tenants as they are renting a property at a preferential rate and therefore are unlikely to jeopardise their current or future eligibility if they have to move.\nQ: Does the Government have any claim against my NRAS property?\nA: No. The Australian Government has no legal claim over your NRAS property. NRAS dwellings are private property. No Government holds caveats or claims over NRAS properties.\nQ: Are NRAS properties any different to normal household properties?\nA: The design and quality of NRAS dwellings compare favourably with any private non-NRAS dwelling. Typically, they are indistinguishable from other 'middle-market' dwellings.\nQ: I already have an investment property. Can I apply to NRAS to enter the NRAS scheme with it?\nA: No. NRAS properties are subject to special State Government location requirements before they are built. Only NRAS approved properties are eligible for the NRAS incentive.\nQ: What happens when I lodge my tax return with my Accountant?\nA: When you see your Accountant you give him your NRAS Certificate issued by SEWPaC. He will then lodge your tax return and the certificate number will trigger an NRAS tax offset by the Taxation Department. This will either reduce the overall tax payable, or will be paid to you by the Australian Government by cheque as cash refund if there is no tax debt (or if your tax liability is less than Federal Government's portion of the incentive) for the year.\nQ: What happens if the amount to be used as an offset is lower than the NRAS incentive amount?\nA: The balance of the incentive after deduction of the amount used for offset will be paid to you by the Australian Government by cheque as a cash Tax Free payment.\nQ: Does the Australian Government back the incentive?\nA: Yes - Provided your dwelling is approved for the incentive payment the Australian Government is committed to paying the annual NRAS incentive.\nQ: How do I receive my payment due from the State Government?\nA: By cheque, generally after the end of the financial year, but all State Governments pay on a different date.\nQ: Can I sell my NRAS property during the NRAS term?\nA: Yes subject to the notification periods required under your agreement with the consortium. The NRAS Incentive stays with the property, not the owner. In most cases NRAS dwellings can be sold without penalty during the 10 year period under the following circumstances: (a) a dwelling can be sold to another investor who undertakes to comply with NRAS obligations; or (b) an equivalent dwelling can be offered as a substitute dwelling for the remaining part of the 10-year period.\nQ: Do I have any ongoing obligations to the Government after the expiration of the NRAS 10 year term?\nA: No. At the end of the NRAS 10 year period, properties revert to full control of the investor, who has no ongoing obligations to the Australian Government.\nQ: Can I buy more than one property?\nQ: When do the NRAS incentives begin?\nA: When the first tenant moves in. Incentives are then calculated pro-rata for the remainder of the year until April 30. The Government will continue to calculate the NRAS incentive for up to 13 weeks in the case of vacancy.\nQ: What happens at the end of the 10 years?\nA: You can sell or keep the property. The NRAS payments cease and you charge rent at the normal market rate as you would any normal investment property.\nQ: What if the consortium goes bankrupt?\nA: You can apply through NRAS to have your incentives managed by another NRAS approved corporation.\nQ: Why is the Real Estate Management Fee in the examples on the NRAS Cash Flow page in this website calculated at 10%?\nA: 10% of the discounted rent is roughly equivalent to 8% of the market rent. Real Estate Agents will charge between 6 and 8.5% for Property Management Fees.\nMTA Finance\nPart of the More Than Accountants Group\nUpper Mount Gravatt Q 4122\nT 07 3849 9822\nwww.mtafinance.com\nIMPORTANT Information and examples provided on this website and assicated material do not represent specific advice or a guarantee of a certain reult or outcome. Information, data or opnions expressed on this site are not necessarily those of MTA Finance Australia Pty Ltd or its staff or associated entities. MTA Finance Australia Pty Ltd disclaims any liability to all persons or organizations in relation to any action(s) taken on the basis the information or material, or any loss or damage suffered in connection with that information or material. Please ensure you contact us to discuss your particular circumstances and how the information provided applies to your situation.\nCreate a Website Australia | DIY Website Builder","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Home > Journals > Journal of Mammalogy > Volume 94 > Issue 2 > Article\n1 April 2013 Origins and genetic structure of black bears in the Interior Highlands of North America\nKaitlyn M. Faries, Thea V. Kristensen, Jeff Beringer, Joseph D. Clark, Don White, Lori S. Eggert\nKaitlyn M. Faries,1 Thea V. Kristensen,2 Jeff Beringer,3 Joseph D. Clark,4 Don White, Lori S. Eggert1\n1Division of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA (KMF, LSE)\n2Department of Biological Sciences, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701, USA (TVK)\n3Missouri Department of Conservation, 3500 East Gans Road, Columbia, MO 65201, USA (JB)\n4United States Geological Survey, Southern Appalachian Research Branch, Leetown Science Center, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA (JDC)\nJ. of Mammalogy, 94(2):369-377 (2013). https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1644\/12-MAMM-A-093.1\nAlthough black bears (Ursus americanus) were believed to be extirpated from the Interior Highlands of North America by the early 1900s, populations have recently recovered, aided in part by reintroductions in Arkansas. Today black bears can be found in the Ozark and Ouachita National Forests of northern and western Arkansas, the White River National Wildlife Refuge in eastern Arkansas, and the Ozark region of southern Missouri. Previous genetic studies have investigated the effects of translocating black bears from Minnesota and Manitoba, Canada, into the Ozark and Ouachita National Forests between 1958 and 1968, with differing results. We used nuclear microsatellite loci to infer the genetic structure of black bears across the Interior Highlands and to investigate the sources of bears found today in southern Missouri. Our results suggest that the Ozark population was strongly influenced by the reintroductions, whereas the Ouachita population was influenced to a lesser degree. Although the majority of bears in the Ozark region of Arkansas and Missouri represent a single genetic unit, bears in Webster County, Missouri, may represent a remnant of the historical population of the region. Our results confirm that the bear population in the White River National Wildlife Refuge is strongly differentiated genetically from other Arkansas populations and support previous reports that the Ouachita bear population may have resulted from an admixture of a remnant population and reintroduced bears.\nKaitlyn M. Faries, Thea V. Kristensen, Jeff Beringer, Joseph D. Clark, Don White, and Lori S. Eggert \"Origins and genetic structure of black bears in the Interior Highlands of North America,\" Journal of Mammalogy 94(2), 369-377, (1 April 2013). https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1644\/12-MAMM-A-093.1\nReceived: 12 April 2012; Accepted: 1 October 2012; Published: 1 April 2013\nThis article is only available to subscribers.\nIt is not available for individual sale.\n+ SAVE TO MY LIBRARY\nJournal of Mammalogy\ngenetic sexing\npopulation structure\nMICROSATELLITE DNA AND MITOCHONDRIAL DNA VARIATION IN REMNANT AND TRANSLOCATED...\nDEMOGRAPHIC AND GENETIC EVALUATION OF AN AMERICAN MARTEN REINTRODUCTION\nDemographic and Genetic Evaluation of an American Marten Reintroduction ...\nRelative Influence of Temporal and Geographic Separation of Source Populations...\nGenetic evaluation of a reintroduced population of black footed ferrets...\nAre the same bears repeatedly translocated from corn crops in...\nUsing Genetic Tools to Track Desert Bighorn Sheep Colonizations\nKaitlyn M. Faries, Thea V. Kristensen, Jeff Beringer, Joseph D. Clark, Don White, Lori S. Eggert \"Origins and genetic structure of black bears in the Interior Highlands of North America,\" Journal of Mammalogy, 94(2), 369-377, (1 April 2013)","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Yankees' Boone says Luke Voit will have 'leg up' on first base job in 2019\nOct 12, 2018 | 10:54PM\nVoit proved to be a key mid-season acquisition for the Yankees\nBy Matt Tracy | Oct 12, 2018 | 10:54PM\nNew York Yankees first baseman Luke Voit exults after hitting a solo home run off Oakland Athletics pitcher Fernando Rodney during the eighth inning of a Major League Baseball game at Oakland Coliseum. (D. Ross Cameron\/USA TODAY Sports)\nLuke Voit had such a hot start to his time with the Yankees that manager Aaron Boone believes the 27-year-old has a \"leg up\" on the first base job heading into next season, according to the New York Post.\nVoit, who hit .333 with 14 homers in just 39 games with the Yankees this season, made his big league debut with the Cardinals last season. He struggled in St. Louis, compiling a .246 batting average in 62 games last season before hitting .182 in his first eight games this season.\nBut once he was traded to the Yankees, he wound up thriving at first base and even went on to contribute during the postseason when he hit a two-run triple in the AL Wild Card game.\n\"He certainly came over here and was given that opportunity and took it and kicked the door in,'' Boone said, per the New York Post. \"I'm sure there will continue to be competition on all kinds of levels,'' Boone said. \"The one thing with Greg that I never lost is we've seen him be an impact player at times in his career. \u2026 This year, in a lot of ways, was a little bit of a lost season for him.\"\nIn 39 games with the Yankees this season, Voit hit .333 with five doubles, 14 home runs, and 33 RBI.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"FAQ: What Are Some Other Rooms In A Synagogue And What Purpose Do Some Of These Rooms Serve?\n1 What rooms are in a synagogue?\n2 What is the interior of a synagogue called?\n3 What are the benches in a synagogue called?\n4 What were the 4 furnishings found in the synagogue?\n5 What is the meaning of mezuzah?\n6 What would you see in a synagogue?\n7 What is the most important part of a synagogue?\n9 What is a B not mitzvah?\n10 What is the Talmud and who wrote it?\n11 Why is it called a pew?\n12 What is a pulpit in a synagogue?\n13 Why is the Torah kept in an ark?\n14 What furniture was in the most holy place?\n15 What items were inside the Tabernacle?\nWhat rooms are in a synagogue?\nSynagogues have a place for prayer (the main sanctuary) and may also have rooms for study, a social hall, and offices. Some have a separate room for Torah study, called the \u05d1\u05d9\u05ea \u05de\u05d3\u05e8\u05e9\u200e beth midrash, lit. \"house of study\".\nWhat is the interior of a synagogue called?\nThe most common general plan for the interior of the synagogue is an Ark at the eastern end opposite the entrance, and with an almemar or pulpit. In older or Orthodox synagogues with separate seating, there may be benches for the men on either side, and a women's gallery reached by staircases from the outer vestibule.\nWhat are the benches in a synagogue called?\nA pew (\/\u02c8pju\u02d0\/) is a long bench seat or enclosed box, used for seating members of a congregation or choir in a church, synagogue or sometimes a courtroom.\nWhat were the 4 furnishings found in the synagogue?\nThere are four things you will always find in a synagogue: the Torah itself, a Torah ark (Aron Kodesh) in which it is stored, a raised platform (bima) with a table where the Torah is read, and a continually lit lamp or lantern (ner tamid).\nYou might be interested: Readers ask: Which Was Painted On The Walls In The Synagogue At Dura-europos?\nWhat is the meaning of mezuzah?\nThe Hebrew word mezuzah actually means doorpost, but over time it has evolved to mean the doorpost and what is affixed to it. If the casing is made of a material that does not allow for a window, such as stone, then some feel the word shaddai, or the Hebrew letter shin must appear on the face of the mezuzah.\nWhat would you see in a synagogue?\nThere is no standard synagogue architecture. A typical synagogue contains an ark (where the scrolls of the Law are kept), an \"eternal light\" burning before the ark, two candelabra, pews, and a raised platform (bimah), from which scriptural passages are read and from which, often, services are conducted.\nWhat is the most important part of a synagogue?\nYou might be interested: Question: Synagogue What Day?\nWhat is the Talmud and who wrote it?\nTradition ascribes the compilation of the Babylonian Talmud in its present form to two Babylonian sages, Rav Ashi and Ravina II. Rav Ashi was president of the Sura Academy from 375\u2013427. The work begun by Rav Ashi was completed by Ravina, who is traditionally regarded as the final Amoraic expounder.\nWhy is it called a pew?\nThe word pew actually derived from an original Latin word that signified more than one podium, or podia. Over the centuries the word evolved and the concept of an elevated seating box or pedestal seating was introduced. This raised seating took on the Old French word puie, which means \"balcony\" or \"elevation.\"\nWhat is a pulpit in a synagogue?\nThe bimah (Hebrew plural: bimot) in synagogues is also known as the almemar or almemor among some Ashkenazim (from the Arabic, al-minbar, meaning 'platform'). The post-Biblical Hebrew bima (\u05d1\u05bc\u05d9\u05de\u05d4), 'platform' or 'pulpit', is almost certainly derived from the Ancient Greek word for a raised platform, bema (\u03b2\u1fc6\u03bc\u03b1).\nWhy is the Torah kept in an ark?\nThe Ark is a central element of the synagogue as it contains the Torah scrolls. It is located on the wall that faces Jerusalem. It symbolises the ark that held the tablets that God gave to Moses.\nWhat furniture was in the most holy place?\nA wooden ark, gilded inside and outside, for the Tablets of the Covenant, with a pure gold cover as the \"mercy seat\" for the Divine Presence;\nA gilt table for the \"Table of Showbread\", on which loaves of bread were arranged;\nA golden menorah, lampstand of 7 oil lamps for a light never to be extinguished;\nYou might be interested: FAQ: When Was The Spanish Synagogue In Prague Built?\nWhat items were inside the Tabernacle?\nThe more detailed description of a tabernacle, located in Exodus chapters 25\u201327 and Exodus chapters 35\u201340, refers to an inner shrine (the most holy place) housing the ark and an outer chamber (holy place), with a six-branch seven-lamp menorah (lampstand), table for showbread, and altar of incense.\nQuick Answer: What Does Synagogue Translate To?\nOften asked: What Is A Sermon In Synagogue Called?","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Susan Zirinsky, legendary figure at CBS, makes history as first female executive to head news division\nBy Stephen BattaglioStaff Writer\nReporting from New York City \u2014\nOn Monday morning, incoming CBS News President Susan Zirinsky made an entrance worthy of a rock star.\nLoud cheers and applause arose from elated staff members as she stepped into the newsroom at the network's studios on Manhattan's West Side for the first time since her appointment was announced Sunday.\nSome of the people in the \"news hub\" have worked with the producer, who is known as \"Z,\" for many of her 46 years at CBS. Some were young women, who after seeing their company roiled by #MeToo scandals, were thrilled to watch the first female chief of the division take the reins.\nDuring her speech to the troops, Zirinsky pulled out a copy of a script used by CBS News legend Walter Cronkite on the night that President Nixon resigned in 1974. As a staffer in the network's Washington, D.C., bureau, she had taken the pages out of a trash bin and saved them.\n\"It was the most moving experience that I've ever had at CBS News,\" a veteran anchor said of the speech.\nZirinsky, 66, replaces outgoing CBS News President David Rhodes, who was brought in by the network's then- chief executive, Leslie Moonves, in 2011. She is faced with preserving the journalistic legacy of the network while boosting the ratings for CBS News, which has lost ground to competitors in recent years. She also will have to heal the reputational damage to CBS caused by the sexual harassment allegations that led to the firing of anchor Charlie Rose and \"60 Minutes\" executive producer Jeff Fager.\nA legend at CBS News, Zirinsky is one of the last remaining figures linked to its glory years, when the broadcast networks were the dominant source of news for TV viewers. The promotion of a longtimer will be a morale booster for the rank and file, according to one company veteran. Her reputation as a strong collaborator has made her a popular figure throughout CBS.\nBetsy West, a professor at Columbia University's School of Journalism and a former network news executive, said Zirinsky's experience, energy and passion make her an ideal choice for the task.\n\"Not only are they putting a woman as the head of CBS News, but she is also one of the most talented, hard-working people there,\" West said. \"Zirinsky commands respect across the division and the network news world in general. This is sending a great signal that it's a new day.\"\nZirinsky's reputation as a dynamic, hard-charging producer was solidified by the Hollywood portrayal of her in the 1987 feature film \"Broadcast News.\"\nDirector James L. Brooks went to the Democratic National Convention in San Francisco in 1984 and observed all three networks as he began to research a film about a woman working in the highly competitive news business.\nAfter the convention was over, Brooks arranged a meeting with Zirinsky. It took place just after her civil marriage ceremony to Joe Peyronnin (both were producers at the \"CBS Evening News\" at the time and were working at the convention). Zirinsky was brought on as a technical advisor on the film and inspired the character of Jane Craig, played by Holly Hunter.\nNot only did Brooks and Hunter immortalize Zirinsky but they also have remained friends with the producer and her husband.\nZirinsky is a native of Queens, N.Y., where her father was a commercial real estate mogul. She could have been a trust fund kid, but she saw journalism as a calling, an occupation that could make a difference in people's lives. She joined the network in 1972 as a 20-year-old student at Washington's American University, when Cronkite was still the lead anchor and the Watergate scandal was entering the country's consciousness.\n\"It's been said that I was delivered from the maternity ward to the CBS Washington bureau,\" Zirinsky said in an interview shortly before her appointment was announced.\nFrom Washington, she went on to oversee the network's coverage of the student uprising in Beijing's Tiananmen Square and the first Gulf War. In 2001, two filmmakers came to her with more than two dozen hours of footage shot during the 9\/11 terrorist attacks. She turned the footage into an award-winning documentary on CBS that drew 39 million viewers. She took a foundering news magazine, \"48 Hours,\" and converted it into an appointment program for true crime enthusiasts and a profit center for the company for the last 20 years.\nZirinsky's versatility and willingness to take on any task led Moonves to offer her the top job in the news division nearly 10 years ago. She turned it down, becoming one of his few lieutenants to refuse an offer from the then-powerful executive.\nMoonves was ousted in September over sexual misconduct allegations and recently stripped of his $120-million severance after a four-month investigation.\nZirinsky said she did not want the front office job, because it would take her away from the work she loves, which is producing.\nBut with CBS News struggling to maintain audiences amid the myriad choices viewers have in 2019 \u2014 and the prospect of monumental news coming out of the Trump White House that could rival the Watergate scandal \u2014 she accepted the offer from interim CBS Chief Executive Joe Ianniello.\nZirinsky said she thought about Cronkite and other CBS News journalists she'd worked with, such as the late Bob Simon and Ed Bradley. When talking about them, she choked up. Her emotion is rooted in the belief that their values have been instilled in the people she works with today, and she said she wants to give them a chance to succeed.\n\"I feel a pride in CBS News,\" she said. \"The people we have now embody people like Cronkite, Bradley and Simon. I'm not crying about the past. I'm pushing forward.\"\nWith Charlie Rose and Jeff Fager gone, CBS News faces a daunting task to repair the damage from sexual harassment scandals \u00bb\nOne of Zirinsky's top priorities will be to improve ratings for two key programs.\nRatings for \"CBS This Morning\" \u2014 which grew under the first five years of Rose and coanchors Gayle King and Norah O'Donnell \u2014 have eroded since Rose was replaced by John Dickerson, who had been successful as moderator of the Sunday program \"Face the Nation\" from Washington.\n\"CBS Evening News\" has also become less competitive since Jeff Glor was tapped by Rhodes to replace Scott Pelley in the anchor chair in late 2017. The program has been running a poor third behind \"ABC World News Tonight With David Muir\" and \"NBC Nightly News With Lester Holt.\"\n\"We have to look at everything \u2014 what stories we are covering, how we are stacking the show, framing the scope of the broadcasts,\" Zirinsky told her colleagues. \"We have to make sure we're at the top of our game.\"\nstephen.battaglio@latimes.com\nTwitter: @SteveBattaglio\nInside the business of entertainment\nThe Wide Shot brings you news, analysis and insights on everything from streaming wars to production \u2014 and what it all means for the future.\nStephen Battaglio\nStephen Battaglio writes about television and the media business for the Los Angeles Times out of New York. His coverage of the television industry has appeared in TV Guide, the New York Daily News, the New York Times, Fortune, the Hollywood Reporter, Inside.com and Adweek. He is also the author of three books about television, including a biography of pioneer talk show host and producer David Susskind.\nT.J. Holmes and Amy Robach depart ABC News following relationship scandal\nWith '1619,' 'Summer of Soul' and 'The Plot,' Disney's diverse storytelling brand is making waves\nRandall Emmett, Ambyr Childers settle domestic violence restraining order dispute\nWalter Ulloa, media mogul and prolific art collector who elevated Latino communities, dies at 74\nWhy this top Hollywood agent thinks streaming deals fall short and a strike may be looming\nFormer Fox News employee sues over sexual abuse under New York state survivors law","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"HollywoodNews.com > Yakin\nTag Archives: Yakin\nJason Statham, Dwayne Johnson projects going to Lionsgate\nWed, Nov 3 2010\nAlso tagged: American film directors, American Special Forces, Awards Movies News Award, Boaz Yakin, Cape Town, Cinema of the United States, Connell Hollywoodnews, Danni Lang, Dwayne Johnson, Entertainment\/Culture, film, Hollywood Los Angeles California, Human development, Human Interest, IM Global, IMDB Inc, James Colby, Jason Statham, Judge, Judge Dredd, Karl Urban, New Mexico, News Hollywood Awards, Olivia Thirlby, operative, Pete Travis, Simon West, south africa, Stallone, Teen films, Tim Carr, Twitter Inc, Wrestler\nBy Sean O'Connell Hollywoodnews.com: Lionsgate is filling its slate with a trio of titles that it will distribute in partnership with IM Global, and we are starting to get a few more details about each project, thanks to Variety. Jason Statham will headline \"Safe,\" which is currently in production. Written[...]\nHollywood Movie Roundup: Enter Sandman (but make way for the ladies)\nFri, May 28 2010\nAlso tagged: Abu Dhabi, alfred molina, At the Movies, ben kingsley, Betsy Sharkey, Boaz Yakin, breaking news, Candace Bushnell, Carlo Bernard, carrie bradshaw, Chicago Tribune, Cinema of the United States, Cynthia Nixon, Dargis, director, Doug Miro, Entertainment, Entertainment news, Entertainment Weekly, Entertainment\/Culture, films, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Gemma Arterton, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Hollywood, hollywood news, jake gyllenhaal, Joe Morgenstern, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, Lisa Schwarzbaum, los angeles times, Mass media, Memorial Day, Michael Patrick King, Michael Phillips, Middle East, Mike Newell, Prince, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, PRINCESS, Roger Ebert, Romantic comedy films, sarah jessica parker, sex, Sex and the City, the Chicago Tribune, the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, The New York Times Co, the Sun, the Sun-Times, the Wall Street Journal, The Wall Street Journal Online, USD, writer \/director\nBy Kevin Crust HollywoodNews.com: The summer's first three-day weekend features a pair of films that figure to split demographically along gender lines with the women taking the top spot at the box-office. Memorial Day is traditionally one of the biggest holiday weekends at the movies, but without a behemoth to[...]","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Soft Cover, English, Thread Stiching, 170 Pages, 2016, Sternberg Press\nJames Richards\nRequest and Antisongs\nRequests and Antisongs is an artist's book to accompany a sequence of exhibitions by James Richards held at Bergen Kunsthall, Norway; Institute of Contemporary Arts, London; and the Kestner Gesellschaft, Hanover.\nRequests and Antisongs is an artist's book to accompany a sequence of exhibitions by James Richards held at Bergen Kunsthall, Norway; Institute of Contemporary Arts, London; and the Kestner Gesellschaft, Hanover. The book contains a series of visual essays by the artist, documentation of recent exhibitions, as well as essays by Dan Fox, Ed Atkins, Steve Reinke, Chris McCormack, and Fatima Hellberg. In Richards's work, images and sounds are merged into highly affective videos that combine footage from a wide range of sources to form elegant compositions. His recent projects separate these elements out again, allowing space for multichannel audio installations that combine sound in a way that is physical and spatial. The video works convene materials according to the silent rhythms and movements of the footage they contain\u2014footage from newscasts, medical documentaries, and French erotica as well as the institutions' own archives of video documentation\u2014composing a lyrical meditation on the body as a site for the flow of material and sensation.This book, the most significant publication on Richards's work to date, is an extension of the shows, transposing the strategies of his exhibition making into the rhythm of printed matter. The artist has developed a new series of collages specially for the book, comprising promiscuous relations and dissonant juxtapositions between photographic documentation of the works in the exhibitions, the artist's personal photographs, and found images. Language: English\nGesammttkkunnstt MeshuggahhLaandttttt\nAn Introduction. (Over and over and once again)\nAleksandra Jach, Antje Majewski, Amy Patton, \u2026\nD.I.E. Now The True Story of John Webber and His Endless Struggle with the Table of Content\n10 minutes after\nJosephine Meckseper","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Disgraced Owner Robert Sarver Selling Suns To Billionaire Mat Ishbia\nRobert Sarver Disgraced Suns Owner Selling Team To Billionaire Mat Ishbia\nLinkedIn\/Getty Composite\n1:00 PM PT -- Woj reports the final price tag is believed to be in the \"neighborhood\" of $4 billion.\nPhoenix Suns owner Robert Sarver, who announced his intent to sell his team after an investigation concluded he'd used the n-word, amongst other awful behavior, has now finally found a suitor ... former Michigan State basketball player and billionaire businessman, Mat Ishbia.\nThe news comes via a report from Adrian Wojnarowski ... who tweeted Tuesday morning that the sides are putting the finishing touches on a deal.\n\"Billionaire mortgage lender Mat Ishbia is finalizing a purchase of the Phoenix Suns,\" Woj wrote, adding, \"The deal, expected to be completed in the near future, would end the tumultuous tenure of owner Robert Sarver.\"\nIMAGN\nIshbia is a former college basketball player ... he played 3 seasons under Tom Izzo at MSU. Although he didn't play much (2.4 minutes per game), Mat won a National Championship in 2000.\nAfter college, Ishbia made a fortune in the lending business ... he owns a majority stake in United Wholesale Mortgage, a company founded by his dad in the mid-80s.\nIshbia is worth $5.1 billion, according to Forbes -- making him the 501st richest person in the world.\nAs we previously reported, Sarver was suspended for 1 year and fined $10 million by the NBA after an extensive investigation, spanning 320 interviews with current and former employees, found the Suns and Mercury owner used the n-word at least 5 times. FWIW, the league said his use of the word wasn't motivated by hate or prejudice, but instead, he was \"recounting the statements of others.\"\nThe investigation also concluded Sarver didn't treat male and female employees equally. In addition, they found RS engaged in inappropriate physical conduct toward male employees.\nNBA commissioner Adam Silver, as well as players like LeBron James (and many more around the league), came out against Sarver ... and he finally announced his intent to sell the team.\n\"I do not want to be a distraction to these two teams and the fine people who work so hard to bring the joy and excitement of basketball to fans around the world,\" Sarver, who bought the team in 2004, said when announcing he was going to sell back in September.\n\"I want what's best for these two organizations, the players, the employees, then fans, the community, my fellow owners, the NBA and the WNBA. This is the best course of action for everyone.\"\nNow it appears he's found his buyer.\nThe Suns, Sarver, nor the NBA have addressed the reported upcoming sale.\nStory developing ...\nPhoenix Suns Coach Monty Williams 'Disgusted' By Robert Sarver N-Word Use\nPayPal Threatens To Pull Plug On Suns Deal Unless Sarver Resigns\nRobert Sarver Money TMZ Sports Basketball Phoenix Suns NBA Controversial S#!T","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Follow @SeaTimesSports\nMore virus cases linked to UAE Tour as riders face isolation\nMarch 4, 2020 at 3:41 am Updated March 4, 2020 at 3:18 pm\nABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) \u2014 Six more people with links to the canceled UAE Tour cycling race have been infected with the virus spreading around the world.\nThe Ministry of Health in the United Arab Emirates said in a statement that two Russians, two Italians, one German and one Colombian have been diagnosed with the virus. They were all linked to two previous cases involving Italians, it said.\nRider Igor Boev of the Gazprom-RusVelo team told Russian news agency RIA Novosti that he was in the hospital after being diagnosed. Boev said he was waiting for more test results and said the hospital food was \"more than fine for a normal person but not enough for a pro rider.\"\nRiders from other teams are staying in isolation in case they develop symptoms. Arnaud Demare of Groupama-FDJ posted a video of makeshift fitness routines in his hotel room and eating food delivered in a paper bag.\nThe UCI said Abu Dhabi authorities ordered riders and staff from Groupama-FDJ, Gazprom-RusVelo and Cofidis to be isolated until March 14. They're all staying on the same floor of a hotel.\nCofidis team president Thierry Vittu said Wednesday it was a relief to have a deadline for when riders and staff could leave, even if it's still some time away.\n\"Now we know where we stand, and even if the confinement in the room continues, everyone will manage to find occupations, distractions, activities,\" he said on the team website. \"We are going to stay in solidarity with each other, conscious that we are living a collective adventure, that we would have liked not to live, but which will teach us about ourselves and others. We already tell ourselves that in a few months, we will be laughing about it among ourselves.\"\nThe last two stages of the UAE Tour were canceled on Feb. 28 after two virus cases among team staff members. British rider Adam Yates was declared the winner because he was leading after the first five stages.\nTeam Ineos, the British powerhouse that includes Tour de France winners Chris Froome and Geraint Thomas, announced it was pulling out of all races until the start of the Volta a Catalunya on March 23, citing both the uncertainty surrounding the virus outbrak and the death of former rider Nicolas Portal.\nIn Italy, the government declared that all sporting events for the next month must take place without fans, while soccer officials said the second leg of the Italian Cup semifinals between Napoli and Inter Milan scheduled for Thursday in Naples has been postponed indefinitely.\nThe other semifinal match, Juventus-AC Milan, scheduled for Wednesday had already been postponed.\nTen Serie A matches scheduled over the past two weekends have also been postponed.\nGerman soccer club Borussia Dortmund on Wednesday canceled a preseason tour of Asia because of the virus outbreak, while some fans have been asked not to attend a Bundesliga game this weekend.\nDortmund apologized to fans in Asia, saying that the planned tour of China and other countries couldn't go ahead because it is \"not possible to make safe travel arrangements.\"\nDortmund is to play at title challenger Borussia M\u00f6nchengladbach on Saturday. That is the closest Bundesliga team to the area of Heinsberg, where a cluster of virus cases have been reported.\nFollowing talks with regional government officials, Gladbach said the game would go ahead but asked fans from Heinsberg not to attend. They will be offered a refund and a free ticket to a European home game next season.\nThe French league is trying to reduce players' physical contact at games. The league said players won't have to shake hands with their opponents, and the players and referee will hold child mascots by the shoulders, not by the hands.\nIn tennis, players will have to handle their own towels at an Italy-South Korea Davis Cup qualifier scheduled for this weekend \u2014 freeing ball kids of the duty.\nThe match in Cagliari, Sardinia, could be called off or played in an empty stadium, however.\n\"We're awaiting government orders,\" Italy captain Corrado Barazzutti said. \"We'll play if we can. We'll play without fans if they tell us to. And we won't play if they tell us not to.\"\nThe International Boxing Association postponed its congress from March 20 to June 20, citing concerns by Hungarian authorities about delegates from countries with virus cases. The Hungarian capital of Budapest remains the host despite the delay.\nMost Read Sports Stories\nUW Huskies 2021 offensive primer: running back continuity and a quarterback competition\nEx-Jets coach Adam Gase among latest names linked to Seahawks' offensive-coordinator search\nSeahawks position overview: Seattle has some major decisions to make at running back this offseason\nSeahawks position overview: Can a new OC take Russell Wilson to new heights in 2021?\nJulio Rodriguez, Jarred Kelenic headline five Mariners' prospects in Baseball America's Top 100 VIEW\nThe congress was a key step for the association, known as AIBA, to restore confidence after years of infighting and financial crises.\nAIBA was barred last year from running the Tokyo Olympic boxing tournament after the International Olympic Committee criticized its leadership and questioned the integrity of its judging and refereeing. AIBA said interim president Mohamed Moustahsane, a former ringside doctor, would remain in office until the new June congress.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"US and Netherlands begin hydrogen technology collaboration\nOctober 9, 2020 1 By Alicia Moore\nThe two countries issued a statement of intent (SOI) to collaborate on tech relating to H2 use.\nThe United States Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) and the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy's Directorate General for Climate and Energy have issued a statement of intent (SOI) for a hydrogen technology collaboration.\nThe two countries will collaborate on the collection, analysis and sharing of information on H2.\nThis hydrogen technology collaboration will include tech for both production and infrastructure related to this form of renewable energy. In this partnership, the countries will gather real-world data from H2 applications in order to direct the future research and development (R&D) in this area on both sides. It will also help to guide demonstration activities moving forward.\nAs a component of this SOI, the DOE's Office of Technology Transitions (OTT) and the EERE will leverage tech expertise, cutting-edge equipment and facilities at the National Labs of the DOE for validating the durability and performance of electrolyzers. That equipment will be used for the production of electricity using water. Furthermore, this SOI will examine lessons learned in this field, in addition to alignment of safety, codes, and standards in emerging areas such as blending H2 and natural gas.\nThe goal is to work together in this hydrogen technology collaboration to learn and move H2 forward.\n\"This partnership will help address key hydrogen R&D areas, pave the way for at-scale hydrogen demonstrations, and foster new national, regional, and worldwide hydrogen value chains,\" explained Daniel R Simmons, Assistant Secretary at the EERE. \"As EERE-supported hydrogen and fuel cell technologies continue to gather momentum, we, as well as DOE's Office of Technology Transitions, are pleased to be spearheading this collaboration.\"\nIn March, Netherlands Minister of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy Eric Wiebes, issued a letter to the Dutch Parliament, advocating for an active international policy. The purpose was to decrease sustainable hydrogen costs and form new partnerships with other countries.\nDirector General for Climate and Energy, Sandor Gaastra, said that they are looking forward to the hydrogen technology collaboration. He added that it will encourage cooperation between the two countries and their H2 researchers, industrial demonstrations for scaling up, and other areas of learning, development and innovation.\nCategoryHydrogen Fuel Cell Hydrogen news Industry\nTagsDOE EERE DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy's Directorate General for Climate Energy H2 technology hydrogen fuel cells hydrogen fuel technology Hydrogen technology collaboration the Netherlands hydrogen fuel United States Department of Energy us hydrogen fuel\nDOE announces hydrogen and fuel cell technology awards\nCanada to begin single use plastic ban in 2021\nStanley Szymczyk says:\nThe DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy collaboration is welcomed and appreciated. Decreasing sustainable hydrogen costs quickly will greatly minimize the damage our world dependency on fossil fuels has caused. We are very close to achieving a hydrogen economy that can be supported by renewal energy generated from sunlight. These two energy options are the best replace for fossil fuels. The USA is on an accelerated fracking pace that will likely deplete it's available fossil fuel reserves by the end of this century. DOE, please reach out to all nations and collaborate. Time is running out on climate change and a timely sustainable energy solution worldwide.\nEnergy for the world, endless energy and a solution for climate change.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Harvik Desai (Cricketer) Height, Weight, Age, Family, Biography & More\nFull Name Harvik Manishbhai Desai\nProfession Cricketer (Right-Hand Batsman)\nWeight (approx.) in Kilograms- 65 kg\nin Pounds- 143 lbs\nBody Measurements (approx.) - Chest: 38 inches\n- Waist: 30 inches\n- Biceps: 12 inches\nHair Colour Black\nInternational Debut India U19 Test- 23 July 2017 against England at Chesterfield, England\nIndia U19 ODI- 14 August 2017 against England at Bristol, England\nJersey Number\t #99 (India U-19)\nCoach\/Mentor Narendra Singh Gohel\nDomestic\/State Team Saurashtra\nRecords (main ones) None\nCareer Turning Point After when his performance against England was good in his debut Under-19 Youth Test series, he got an opportunity to play in the Youth ODI for the 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.\nDate of Birth 4 October 1999\nBirth Place Bhavnagar, Saurashtra, Gujarat, India\nZodiac sign\/Sun sign Libra\nHometown Bhavnagar, Saurashtra, Gujarat, India\nSchool Saint Xaviers High School, Bhavnagar\nCollege Not Known\nEducational Qualification Not Known\nFamily Father- Manish Desai (Tailor)\nMother- Name Not Known\nBrother- Abhishek Desai\nSister- Not Known\nReligion Hinduism\nHobbies Travelling\nSome Lesser Known Facts About Harvik Desai\nDoes Harvik Desai smoke?: Not Known\nDoes Harvik Desai drink alcohol?: Not Known\nHarvik's father was a decent wicketkeeper-batsman himself. When he saw his interest in cricket, he took him to Bharucha Cricket Club at the age of six to nourish his batting skills.\nHe started his cricket career by playing in the Saurashtra Under-16 cricket team. He played his first series in the 2013-2014 Vijay Merchant Trophy in which he scored 62 runs.\nIn 2016, he was selected to play in the Challenger Trophy tournament and later on, he was picked for the 2016 Under-19 cricket world cup but instead of him, Rishabh Pant and Ishan Kishan got selected.\nHarvik is a regular wicketkeeper.\nIn February 2017, he made his List A debut against Hyderabad in Kalyani, West Bengal.\nIn July 2017, he got selected for India's Under-19 cricket team and played his first match in the Youth Test against England at Chesterfield, England in which he scored 89 runs in the first inning.\nIn December 2017, he has been chosen for the 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.\nRajni Tendulkar (Sachin Tendulkar's Mother) Age, Biography & More\nShuvagata Hom Height, Weight, Age, Family, Wife, Affairs, Biography & More\nAbhinav Mukund Height, Weight, Age, Family, Wife, Affairs, Biography & More\nICC Cricket World Cup Winners List (1975-2019)\nLasith Malinga Height, Weight, Age, Wife, Family, Biography & More\nMurali Vijay (Cricketer) Height, Weight, Age, Biography, Wife & More\nSoumya Sarkar Height, Weight, Age, Family, Affairs, Biography & More\nMujeeb Zadran (Cricketer) Height, Weight, Age, Girlfriend, Biography & More\nKiera Grace Height, Age, Boyfriend, Family, Biography & More\nSachin Baby Height, Weight, Age, Affairs, Wife, Biography & More\nShahbaz Nadeem (Cricketer) Height, Weight, Age, Wife, Biography & More\nTim Southee (Cricketer) Height, Weight, Age, Biography, Wife & More\nVarun Chakravarthy Age, Family, Girlfriend, Biography & More\nAB de Villiers Height, Age, Wife, Family, Biography & More","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"A Heart That Watches and Receives\n\"Please don't give up on the truth.\" A commencement address by author and historian Hampton Sides.\nThe newsroom of The New York Times. Photo: Getty Images, Jonathan Torgovnik \/ Contributor\nThis story was funded by Longreads Members\nJoin and help support great storytelling\nHampton Sides | Longreads | June 2017 | 13 minutes (3,083 words)\nHampton Sides, historian and author of bestselling books including Ghost Soldiers and In the Kingdom of Ice, gave the following commencement address to graduating students of Colorado College on May 22, 2017. Our thanks to the author for allowing Longreads to reprint it here.\nWarm greetings to the Class of 2017! It's such a tremendous honor to be here today, to wish you well as you begin your life's adventures. I've taught some of you, I've read your work in the college publications, I've rooted for you on the soccer fields. I've even tested my hand-eye coordination skills with some of you in the exacting sport . . . . of beer pong. I've greatly enjoyed my experience teaching here at this most unique and authentic school set at the foot of Rockies, a school that has perfected the fine art, the almost forgotten art, of doing one thing at a time.\nI don't know about you, but I'm a big fan of the sayings of Yogi Berra, the late great catcher for the New York Yankees who later became a manager and a coach. Yogi Berra was famous for uttering pithy, off-the-cuff malapropisms, little witticisms that were seemingly contradictory, but also somehow wise. His sayings, known as \"Yogi-isms,\" made no sense, and yet they made perfect sense. \"The future ain't what it used to be,\" he famously said. Or, \"When you come to the fork in the road, take it.\" Or, \"No one goes there anymore. It's too crowded.\" One sportswriter has defined Yogi-isms as \"distilled bits of wisdom which, like good country songs, get to the truth in a hurry.\" A few other classic Yogi-isms:\n\"Never answer an anonymous letter.\"\n\"Always go to other people's funerals. Otherwise, they won't come to yours.\"\nAnd this one, which perhaps carries a special resonance in our current world: \"Even Napoleon had his Watergate.\"\nI'm going to try really hard to avoid the subject of politics today, but with all that's been happening in the news, it's hard to avoid it altogether. No doubt like many of you, I've become riveted to the news over the past few months\u2014alternately fascinated and horrified, sometimes repulsed, sometimes entertained. In the end, I guess I've become addicted. I need my daily fix, my hourly dose, my half-hourly hit. This maddening dependency on the news has affected my sleep, my disposition, my ability to focus, and probably my sanity.\nWell, it turns out that neuroscientists have recently identified a new hormone produced by the brain, a substance, like dopamine or seratonin, with its own networks of receptors. A hormone that when it surges within us leads directly to these symptoms of manic restlessness, and is apparently reactivated each time we turn on the news or consult our iPhones. The researchers have just given this new substance an official scientific name. It's called . . . Trumpamine.\nToday I want to talk about something that, while perhaps related to Trumpamine, is a little bigger, a little more serious, and a little more urgent. Something that as a journalist, and as a historian, is of enormous concern to me, and something that should be of enormous concern to anyone who cares about the health of our democracy and the prospect for civility in our public life. What I want to talk about today is . . . Truth.\nIt's been said that we live in an age of \"truth decay.\" That we inhabit a post-factual world. A world of Fake News and alternative facts. A world in which every story is tainted, the product of leaks and hacks, black ops and active measures, propaganda and disinformation\u2014spread by trolls, replicated by internet bots, amplified in echo chambers deep in the dungeons of the web. The noun \"truth,\" it seems, has morphed into something far squishier, what Stephen Colbert used to call \"truthiness.\"\nWe see that serious journalism has been all but replaced by the infoscape, the blogosphere, the social network, the Twitterverse. That stories have become merely content, news organizations have become merely platforms, the long narrative has been pecked to death by tiny newsfeeds crawling across the bottom of the screen. We see that the democratization of information, combined with the shrinking of our attention spans and our fast-twitching fingers, has led to a Tower of Babel that threatens to make all of us not only unintelligible to each other, but also, often, insufferable.\nLast year the Oxford English Dictionary proclaimed \"post-truth\" the Word of the Year for 2016. \"Post truth. Adj: relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief.\"\nSome have said that not only is truth under siege, but also the standards and protocols by which we determine truth\u2014the processes we use to sift and strain it, deem it and declare it. It's a problem at the root of the crises we've seen in journalism, and in politics. But it also speaks to something deeper, something perhaps existential. Ultimately, it works its way down to the level of epistemology: What do we know? And how do we know that we know it? Who did the fact-checking? How does your truth compete with my truth? And how does it make me feel?\nSomeone who's written brilliantly and thought deeply about this subject is University of Connecticut philosopher Michael P. Lynch, the author of The Internet of Us. Lynch writes: \"Without a common background of standards against which we measure what counts as reliable information, or a reliable method of inquiry, and what doesn't, we won't be able to agree on the facts, let alone values. Indeed, this is precisely the situation we seem to be headed toward in the United States.\"\nThis syndrome was acutely on display in the recent election, but it's a phenomenon that took years and even decades to come about. The real problem, I think, is not that there's no such thing as truth anymore. Rather, it's that there are multiplicities of truth, multiplexes of reality. We are drowned in so much information, swamped by such oceans of data, that we can't process it. The idea of shared facts\u2014facts that we can all pretty much trust and agree on\u2014seems to have gone the way of the great CBS anchorman Walter Cronkite, who used to sign off every night with the tagline: \"And that's the way it is.\" Who could get away with that today? Today there is no IT, and there is no IS.\nInstead, the world has become minutely fractured. There are CNN facts, and Fox facts. Blue facts and red facts. Huffington facts and Breitbart facts. Climate change believer facts and climate change denier facts. We select the wavelength of truth that suits us and we park our sensibilities there, marinating our minds in sauces we already think we like. We create bubbles of information, silos of opinion, and we tune out all that is extraneous or disagreeable. And increasingly, it seems, we can simply get away with denying facts that are inconvenient to our chosen world\u2014just blot them out, as though they don't exist, or never happened.\nThe other problem that's led to this phenomenon, of course, is the incredible speed and ease with which information travels today. Never in the history of the world has so much knowledge been so instantaneously available at our fingertips\u2014and for free. Yet ironically never before have we been so disdainful of facts: Because they are so easy to come by, they are no longer precious. Why do we need to be smart, when we have smartphones? Why do we need an appetite for knowledge when we can just get the app? Why do we need to know when we can Google-know?\nBut if information travels fast and furious, so of course does misinformation: Errors and innuendoes, hoaxes and wholesale fictions. Winston Churchill said that a lie \"gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.\" Today a lie circumnavigates the globe before we can even locate our pants. We've seen the rise of Fake News\u2014not just false stories, but also whole websites and news outlets expressly designed to spread them. The massive chemical disaster that ISIS orchestrated recently in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana . . . didn't happen. Remember that terrible terrorist attack in Sweden? Remember that horrible massacre in Bowling Green?\nThe real problem with this sort of story is not the falsehood itself but the subtle ways in which it begins to erode the very foundations of truth. According to the authors of a recent Rand Corporation study on \"truth decay,\" the real goal of Fake News \"is not to make people believe the lie. It is to make them doubt all news.\" The chess genius Garry Kasparov said it even better: \"The point of modern propaganda isn't only to misinform or push an agenda,\" he said. \"It is to exhaust your critical thinking. It is to annihilate truth.\"\nSome writers have begun to postulate that the constant, compulsive use of the internet and its related devices has changed the way we think, altered our processes of cognition, and possibly even changed the way the wiring in our brain fires. While that may be far fetched, it's safe to say that it has caused many of us to be more distracted, more disjointed, and more restless in our hot pursuit of information. We go farther faster, but we don't necessarily go deeper. We know more, but we don't understand.\nNicholas Carr, in his acclaimed book about this phenomenon, The Shallows, warns that our overreliance on the internet has caused us in effect to outsource human intelligence to distant machines and algorithms. We've become more facile at gathering facts, while seldom grasping the deeper meanings of complex and interrelated ideas. Carr, who like most of us uses the internet a hundred times a day, confesses that he thinks it is, as he puts it, \"chipping away at my capacity for concentration and contemplation. My mind now expects to take in information the way the Net distributes it: in a swiftly moving stream of particles. Once I was a scuba diver in the sea of words. Now I zip along the surface like a guy on a Jet Ski.\"\nIn The Shallows, Carr talks about a kind of observational experiment that the great author Nathaniel Hawthorne undertook one morning, in Concord, Massachusetts, in the summer of 1844. He went out to a place called Sleepy Hollow, not far from his house. He sat down in the grass, and then took copious notes on everything he saw and heard and felt and smelled around him. In a sense, Hawthorne was being a kind of investigative journalist of the pastoral, documenting every twisting leaf, every squirrel and bird, the call of farmers working in distant fields, the ebb and flow of all these quiet stirrings. He was conducting a romantic and mildly radical experiment\u2014mind you, this was well before his colleague Henry David Thoreau wrote Walden Pond. In that rustic clearing at Sleepy Hollow, Hawthorne fell into a kind of a rapturous reverie, a spell.\nThen, all at once, he was startled by the shrill sound of something so completely at odds with the world he was describing, a newly invented machine invading in the garden. It was a train, chuffing through the countryside\u2014a technology so completely disruptive that it changed everything. \"But hark!\" Hawthorne writes. \"There is the whistle of the locomotive\u2014the long shriek, harsh, above all other harshness, for the space of a mile cannot mollify it into harmony. It tells a story of busy men, citizens, from the hot street, who have come to spend a day in a country village, men of business; in short of all unquietness; and no wonder that it gives such a startling shriek, since it brings the noisy world into the midst of our slumberous peace.\"\nCarr believes that the internet is akin to that locomotive, that machine in the garden. It is an invention that we must be grateful for\u2014there is nothing like it in the history of the planet, bringing the entire world, or at least a digital approximation of it, right into our lives. But it is a gift we should be extremely wary of\u2014this a loud, brash interloper that, if we're not careful, can drag all of us out of our Sleepy Hollows forever, whether we like it or not.\nSo\u2026are we really living in a Post Truth Society? Are we really living in a world of alternative facts? Are all the clocks striking 13? Is Trumpamine coursing through our veins? If this is the world today, then what do we do with it? How do we navigate it? And what advice do I have for you, who are about to embark upon it?\nMy first piece of advice is, please please please don't give up on the truth. It may be under assault but it's still alive and kicking, and it will never go out of style. Truth may not be a thing that we can always absolutely, objectively prove, but it is a thing we can aspire to. A thing we must aspire to. In our journalism, in our government, in our courts, in our businesses, in our personal lives, and in our very souls. I've built my life and livelihood on chasing the truth, in trying to get the facts right. I haven't always succeeded. Sometimes I've failed completely. But it's always seemed an eminently worthy cause.\nThe second thing I would say is, trust your instincts to get at the truth. That's what the critical thinking that comes with a liberal arts education is all about. You've spent the last four years honing your skills of judgment and discernment, learning to weigh the evidence and question everything. You've spent the last four years assessing, observing, and listening with an open but also skeptical mind\u2014developing, as Wordsworth put it, \"a heart that watches and receives.\" Those critical skills may not seem directly marketable to you right now, but you will find they put you on very solid ground as you go through life. And they are skills that have never been more important to our society.\nAnother thing I would say is Nil desperandum. Do not despair. I firmly believe this trend of truth decay is, in many ways, a temporary phase. It is a tear in our social fabric caused by the many far-ranging dislocations brought on by the bewildering advent of worldwide electronic interconnectivity and the cacophony of all our little devices. From the standpoint of human evolution, this is all still so new to us, and we're just beginning to figure it out. We are like infants playing with strange new toys. Some of these toys are extremely cool and helpful. Some of them are, often simultaneously, very dangerous\u2014like poisonous berries that our hunter-gatherer ancestors learned not to eat a long time ago. Some of our inventions, in the guise of easy, fast communication, are actually retarding our ability to say anything eloquent or meaningful. They are distorting our sense of reality and creating a toxic environment for us all. But I believe we'll find a way to ameliorate the most harmful effects of our new devices and technologies. As a journalist I'm a zealot for the 1st Amendment, and so I'm not talking about censorship here. On the other hand, I would be all for a Constitutional Amendment preventing any sitting U.S. President from having a Twitter account. It is an absurd and deeply dangerous idea to think that matters of statecraft can be conducted in 140 characters.\nAnd another thing, while we're on the subject of those toys: Whatever you do, wherever you go, I want to encourage you to seek out an authentic experience. There's far too much secondary living, virtual living, simulated living, going on these days. As we've been discussing, too often life comes to us mediated through earbuds and screens and viewfinders. I don't mean to sound like a Luddite here\u2014you are coming of age in a fascinating and truly revolutionary era of technological innovation that has nearly limitless possibilities. There's no retreating now from the digital age. But don't let the gadgets distract you from the true pulse of life. My advice to you is, whatever you do, seek out something gritty and challenging and raw. Experience real love and real pain in real places with real people, face to face, heart to heart. Your life will be happier and richer in direct proportion to its authenticity.\nAnd so: Every now and then, but with some regularity, Unplug! You've heard it a thousand times but it's true. Whether it's one hour a day, one day a week, or one week a year, I believe the best way to prevent truth decay is to seek truth outside our echo chambers of instantaneous communication. Tune out, shut up, sign off, power down.\nBetter yet, escape to the mountains. Get yourself on a trout stream. Be a ski bum for awhile. Go off grid. Find your church. Quit your machines, and return to the garden.\nLiving at the edge of these extraordinary mountains, at a school that takes every advantage of the great landscapes of the West, this is something most of you already know, deep in your bones: That the nature of truth can often best be found in the truth of nature. For wilderness doesn't lie\u2014and it has much to teach. To me, it's a source of comfort to be swallowed up in places that remind us that we homo not so sapiens, and all our inventions, are mere spore-specks in the record of time. It's one of life's great paradoxes: Nothing makes us feel grander than to feel small, that nothing makes us wiser than to know we know nothing at all. This, I think, is what Wordsworth was referring to, in his great poem \"The Tables Turned,\" when he said:\nSweet is the lore which Nature brings;\nOur meddling intellect\nMis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:\u2014\nWe murder to dissect.\nEnough of Science and of Art;\nClose up those barren leaves;\nCome forth, and bring with you a heart\nThat watches and receives.\nTo the Class of 2017: Be well, and stay true. I wish you happiness and fulfillment on your life's journey, wherever it may lead. I hope you will enjoy every twist and every turn. But just remember: When you come to the fork in the road, take it.\nClick to share on Instapaper (Opens in new window)\nPosted by Longreads\ton June 6, 2017\nCategories: Current Events, Story\nTags: advice, commencement, hampton sides, truth\nGet the Longreads Weekly Email\nSign up to get the week's best Longreads delivered to your inbox every Friday afternoon.\nFriends: We Need Your Help to Fund More Stories\nWe want to dramatically increase our story fund this year, but we can't do it without your support. Every dollar you contribute goes to writers and publishers who spend hours, weeks, and months reporting and writing outstanding stories. Now is the time to join us.\nSupport Longreads\nBecome a Longreads Member for just $3 per month\nFollow us on WordPress.com\nwordpress-logo\nCreate your own site at WordPress.com\tarrow-right","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"June 1, 2015 \/ 1:36 PM\t\/ Updated June 2, 2015 at 9:40 AM\nBruce Jenner debuts as Caitlyn Jenner\nThe Olympic medalist revealed she is transgender in an interview in April.\nBruce Jenner debuted as Caitlyn Jenner on the June cover of Vanity Fair. File photo by Helga Esteb\/Shutterstock\nBruce Jenner debuted as Caitlyn Jenner on the June cover of Vanity Fair. File photo by David Silpa\/UPI | License Photo\nBruce Jenner debuted as Caitlyn Jenner on the June cover of Vanity Fair. File photo by John Angelillo\/UPI | License Photo\nBruce Jenner debuted as Caitlyn Jenner on the June cover of Vanity Fair. File photo by Roger Williams\/UPI | License Photo\nBruce Jenner debuted as Caitlyn Jenner on the June cover of Vanity Fair. File photo by Bill Greenblatt\/UPI | License Photo\nMALIBU, Calif., June 1 (UPI) -- Bruce Jenner has reintroduced herself as Caitlyn Jenner.\nThe 65-year-old Olympic medalist revealed her new name and look on the June cover of Vanity Fair.\nFamed photographer Annie Leibovitz shot Jenner in a white, bustier bodysuit and a black gown for the issue. The accompanying article by contributing editor Buzz Bissinger explores Jenner's transition from male to female.\n\"The last few days and doing this shoot was about my life and who I am as a person,\" she shared in the interview. \"Bruce always had to tell a lie. He was always living that lie every day. He always had a secret from morning to night. Caitlyn doesn't have any secrets.\"\n\"I'm not doing this to be interesting. I'm doing this to live.\" #CallMeCaitlyn http:\/\/t.co\/Mwfy5PkjTp pic.twitter.com\/V2NmSJG2eV\n\u2014 VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) June 1, 2015\nJenner confirmed she is transgender in an interview with Diane Sawyer in April. The reality star will document her journey on an upcoming E! series, and joined Twitter as Caitlyn Jenner following the magazine reveal Monday.\n\"I'm so happy after such a long struggle to be living my true self,\" she wrote. \"Welcome to the world Caitlyn. Can't wait for you to get to know her\/me.\"\nESPN has announced that Jenner will receive the prestigious Arthur Ashe Courage Award at The ESPYS on July 15. The award is presented to those whose courage \"transcends\" sports, and the network says this particular award is to celebrate \"Bruce becoming Caitlyn.\"\n\"In the past few months, the overwhelming outpouring of support from all over the world for my journey has been incredible,\" Jenner said in a statement. \"However, being honored with this award, which is named after one of my heroes, is truly special. For the first time this July, I will be able to stand as my true self in front of my peers.\"\nJenner's former stepdaughter, Kim Kardashian, recently told Access Hollywood seeing the former Olympian as a woman was an \"amazing\" experience and \"felt really natural.\" She and husband Kanye West announced they are expecting their second child over the weekend.\nBruce and Kris Jenner discuss love, pain in part 2 of 'About Bruce' Bruce Jenner reveals he stole Kim Kardashian's clothes Bruce Jenner plans to fully transition in the spring Khloe Kardashian shows support for Bruce Jenner, buys gifts for 'Her'\nTV \/\/ 6 hours ago\nJan. 18 (UPI) -- Lifetime has ordered a 4-hour docu-series called \"Surviving Jeffrey Epstein.\"\nEntertainment News \/\/ 8 hours ago\nJan. 18 (UPI) -- Supermodel Bar Refaeli announced Saturday she has given birth to her third child.\nTV \/\/ 11 hours ago\nJan. 18 (UPI) -- Cable network Freeform has renewed its college sitcom \"Grown-ish\" for a fourth season.\nEntertainment News \/\/ 12 hours ago\nJan. 18 (UPI) -- Disney has changed the names of Fox Searchlight and 20th Century Fox, film divisions it acquired through its recent $71 billion deal with 21st Century Fox.\nJan. 18 (UPI) -- Actor Jason Segel turns 40 and actor Mark Rylance turns 60, among the famous birthdays for Jan. 18.\nEntertainment News \/\/ 1 day ago\nJan. 17 (UPI) -- Armenian-Iranian musician Andy Madadian received the 2,684th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Friday.\nTV \/\/ 1 day ago\n'Laguna Beach' alum Morgan Smith gives birth to third child\nJan. 17 (UPI) -- Morgan Smith (n\u00e9e Olsen) welcomed her third child, a baby boy, with her husband, Joel Smith.\nJan. 17 (UPI) -- \"The Ranch\" star Sam Elliott recites the Lil Nas X song \"Old Town Road\" in a Dorito Super Bowl commercial.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"LEFO - Legeforskningsinstituttet\nInstitute for Studies of the Medical Profession\nLegepanelet\nIPOQ 2013: Research on health and working conditions of the medical profession\nChristina Maar Andersen\nBurnout in Danish General Practice - development, risk and prognosis\nChristina Maar Andersen is a psychologist and a PhD-student at the Research Unit for General Practice in Aarhus University, Denmark.\nBurnout in Danish General Practice \u2013 development, risk and prognosis\nCollaborators Anette Fischer Pedersen, Frede Olesen and Peter Vedsted, Denmark\nBACKGROUND: Burnout is an increasing problem among physicians which can have serious consequences for both the physicians and their patients. Burnout among physicians is associated with increased risk of depression, suicidal ideation and substance abuse. Burnout among physicians may also have implications for the health of their patients. Studies have shown that burned-out physicians feel they deliver lower quality of patient care including failing to discuss treatment options and answering patient questions, having reduced attentiveness or caring behavior towards their patients, and reporting more medical errors than physicians who are not burned-out. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to investigate the current status of burnout among GPs and to identify risk factors associated with development of burnout. METHODS: All GPs in the county of Aarhus in Denmark (N=458) were invited to participate in a survey on burnout in 2004. This survey was followed up in 2012 and included all GPs in the Central Denmark Region (N=835). The survey consisted of questions on burnout, GP characteristics and work-related factors. Burnout was assessed by the Maslach Burnout Inventory and was categorized as moderate or severe burnout. RESULTS: Although no difference in moderate burnout was found between 2004 and 2012 an 89% increase in severe burnout was detected rising from 2.8% (1.3-5.1%) in 2004 to 5.3% (3.1-8.1%) in 2012. The risk of developing burnout was analyzed from data on GPs who had participated in both the 2004 and 2012 surveys (N=216) and was found to be 13.2% (8.2-19.6%). Among GPs with moderate or severe burnout in 2004, 26.1% had withdrawn from general practice during follow-up compared to 31.0% of GPs who were not burned-out in 2004 (adj. OR = 0.97; 95%CI: 0.48-1.96; p = 0.935). GPs who were not burned-out in 2004 but reported that general practice would not be their choice of medical specialty again had a statistically significant increased risk of burnout in 2012 (OR=4.5; 95% CI: 1.2-16.5; p=0.023) compared to GPs who would choose general practice as specialty again. CONCLUSIONS: There has been an increase in severe burnout from 2004 to 2012 among GPs. Over the seven year period the incidence of burnout was 13%. Burned-out GPs appeared not to have higher job turnover rates than GPs who were not burned-out. Thoughts about changing medical specialty were strongly and prospectively associated with risk of burnout which might be used as an important predictor of future burnout.\nLook at Christina Maar Andersen\u00b4s presentation in the attached file (pdf).\nMaar Andersen-presentation_4-11-13.pdf\nAnsvarlig redakt\u00f8r: Erlend Hem\nNettredakt\u00f8r: Lise B. Johannessen\nE-post: lefo@legeforeningen.no\nHjemmeside: www.lefo.no\nLEFO - Legeforskningsinstituttet,\nPostboks 1152 Sentrum,\n0107 OSLO.\nChristiania torv 5","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Stranger Things Season 2 Trailer Released\nPost published:Jul 23, 2017\nPost category:Television\nGreat news Sci-fi fans! A full Stranger Things Season 2 trailer has been released at San Diego Comic Con. This series (which made its debut on Netflix in 2016) completely blew everyone (including myself) away and the second season promises to be even cooler than the first one.\nMore great news is that Eleven, Mike, Will, Lucas, Dustin, Nancy, Steve and Jonathan will all be back in season 2, alongside new characters Billy and Max (played by Dacre Montgomery and Sadie Sink). The boys are big fans of JRR Tolkien's Lord of the Rings and Sean Astin, best known for playing the lead role of Sam in the Lord of the Rings films, is also part of the cast. Paul Reiser (who you might remember from TV's Mad About You) is also making an appearance. Stranger Things season 2 will premiere on Netflix on the 27th of October 2017.\nIn case you're not familiar with Stranger Things, you should know that the Duffer Brothers developed the series as a mix of investigative drama alongside supernatural elements with childlike sensibilities, establishing its time frame in the 1980s and creating a homage to pop culture of that decade. Several themes and directorial aspects were inspired and aesthetically informed by the works of Steven Spielberg, John Carpenter, and Stephen King, among others. They actually wanted to remake IT, but they were unfortunately turned down.\nStranger Things has received several industry nominations and awards, including winning the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in 2016, and receiving eighteen nominations for the 69th Primetime Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Drama Series.\nIt's 1984 and the citizens of Hawkins, Indiana are still reeling from the horrors of the demogorgon and the secrets of Hawkins Lab. Will Byers has been rescued from the Upside Down but a bigger, sinister entity still threatens those who survived.\nCheck out the trailer for Stranger Things Season 2 below:\nIt looks like Stranger Things season 2 is going to be one hell of a ride and I can't wait to binge watch it. Let's hope that it doesn't disappoint.\nWatch this space for regular updates in the Television category on Running Wolf's Rant.\nSerious About Online Privacy? Sign up for NordVPN or Surfshark NOW!\nStarting your own website? Get affordable web hosting @ HostGator.\nWestworld Season 2 Trailer Released\n2nd Trailer released for Game of Thrones Season 7\nGame of Thrones Season 8 Teaser Trailer released\nTags: Netflix, Science Fiction, Season 2, Stranger Things, TV News, TV Trailers, USA\nPrevious PostStargate: Origins Revealed\nNext PostFoto Album: Van Coke Kartel @ Atterbury Teater\nHenno Kruger\nBlogger, Desktop Activist, Twitter \/ Facebook Addict, Music Festival Addict, Avid lover of South African music, Founder and owner of Running Wolf's Rant","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"25 Common Dog Myths That Just Aren't True\nDogs aren't blind \u2014 and other common dog myths you shouldn't believe.\nYou might think you know a lot about dogs, but how much of your knowledge is based on myths and old wives' tales?\nIt's time to separate fact from fiction and debunk some of the most common myths about our dogs.\nDogs Are Colorblind\nFirst of all, no human can see what a dog sees \u2014 so it's a little tricky to work out where this myth came from.\nBut it's not true that dogs only see in black and white.\nDogs Are Colorblind \u2014 Debunked\n\"Dogs just don't see as vivid colors as we do,\" explains Veterinarian Sara Ochoa, DVM, a consultant for doglab.com. \"The main colors dogs see are yellow and blue.\"\nThis is because the canine retina contains two of the three photo receptor types required to see color.\nDogs Eat Grass When They Are Sick\nYes, it's true that some dogs eat grass when they're nauseous.\nThat's because grass causes them to vomit, Ochoa says, but other dogs chomp on the green stuff for a variety of different reasons.\nDogs Eat Grass When They Are Sick \u2014 Debunked\n\"Often dogs just like to eat anything!\" say the experts at The Puppy Academy. \"It's fun for them to graze, sniff and taste what's out there, especially in new areas!\"\nSo, don't panic right away and assume something's wrong if you see your dog is eating grass \u2014 they could just be feeling curious!\nA Wagging Tail Means a Friendly Dog\nOften, a wagging tail is the clearest sign of a happy dog.\nIt can show a dog is friendly, over-excited and wanting to play, but that's not always the case, according to The Puppy Academy team.\nA Wagging Tail Means a Friendly Dog \u2014 Debunked\nA wagging tail can also be a sign of anxiety or aggression.\nThe Puppy Academy suggests looking for other behavioral signs, like relaxed eyes and ears, to ensure you're reading the situation correctly before assuming a dog is friendly.\nOne Dog Year Equals 7 Human Years\nThis oft-cited \"fact\" isn't actually a fact.\n\"Dogs do age faster than humans, but it is not necessarily true that every year is equal to seven for dogs,\" says Karen Reese, animal behavior manager at Operation Kindness.\nOne Dog Year Equals 7 Human Years \u2014 Debunked\nDogs age faster in their younger years, so a six-month-old dog is close to a teenage human in maturity and development. \"At 12 months old, the dog is akin to a 20-year-old human,\" Reese explains. \"After about 2 years old, they seem to age a little slower.\"\nAlso, larger dogs sometimes seem to age faster than smaller dogs, but that is due to their typical lifespan. \"For example, a dog with a seven-year lifespan will age much faster than one that is expected to live 12-15 years,\" Reese says.\nA Cold, Wet Nose Means a Healthy Dog\nYes, a cold, wet nose can be a sign of a healthy dog. But that doesn't mean other nose conditions can't be healthy, too.\n\"A warm, dry nose does not mean that your dog is not healthy,\" Ochoa says.\nA Cold, Wet Nose Means a Healthy Dog \u2014 Debunked\nThe temperature, dryness and wetness of your dog's nose can change throughout the course of a single day and shouldn't be used as the sole indicator of health.\nMore reliable signs of potential health issues are behavioral changes, like a loss of appetite or decreased activity levels.\nA Dog's Mouth Is Cleaner Than a Human Mouth\nThis is highly unlikely for obvious reasons. First of all, dogs don't brush their teeth twice a day.\nPlus, more than 80 percent of dogs over age three years have some form of periodontal disease, says VCA Animal Hospitals.\nA Dog's Mouth Is Cleaner Than a Human Mouth \u2014 Debunked\nThis myth may stem from the fact that when dogs lick their wounds, they seem to heal faster.\nBut that's due to the process of licking, which stimulates blood flow and thus accelerates healing, and not because a canine mouth is cleaner than a human one.\nYou Can't Teach an Old Dog New Tricks\nThis dog myth is a hard no.\n\"You can absolutely teach an old dog new tricks!\" says dog trainer Steffi Trott. \"Dogs of any age can start to train and learn.\"\nYou Can't Teach an Old Dog New Tricks \u2014 Debunked\nNot only can you teach an old dog new tricks, but Trott also points out that it's actually quicker to teach an old dog a \"new\" trick in the sense that it's something he hasn't learned before, such as teaching him to spin in a circle or give you his paw for a \"shake.\"\nOn the other hand, it's a lot harder to undo long-rehearsed behaviors. For instance, if your dog pulled on his leash for the last eight years, it will take a while to teach him to not do that, Trott says.\nFemale Dogs Need to Go Through a Heat Cycle Before Being Spayed\nAgain, this isn't true, says Ochoa.\nIn fact, she points out that spaying a dog before her first heat cycle will decrease her chance of mammary cancer in later life by 95 percent.\nFemale Dogs Need to Go Through a Heat Cycle Before Being Spayed \u2014 Debunked\nAccording to the American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA) Canine Life Stage Guidelines, small-breed dogs (i.e., those estimated to weigh under 45 pounds as an adult) should be spayed prior to the first heat (around five to six months).\nDeciding when to spay large-breed dogs (over 45 pounds projected adult body weight) involves considering many factors, including disease risk and lifestyle, with the help of a veterinarian.\nDogs Look Guilty When They've Done Something Wrong\nYour dog might have a particular expression when she's chewed up the sofa or gone to the toilet on the rug, but it's not guilt.\n\"Dogs do not feel the emotional state of guilt,\" explains Marissa Sunny, CPDT-KA, senior specialist at the Best Friends Animal Society.\nDogs Look Guilty When They've Done Something Wrong \u2014 Debunked\nWhen dogs look guilty, they are displaying appeasement behaviors.\n\"They do this because they have learned that it makes humans less angry, and therefore, they are safer,\" says Sunny. \"Dogs don't see things as right or wrong, rather they view things as safe or unsafe.\"\nA Female Dog Feels 'Empty' If She Doesn't Have a Litter\nLike the myth that female dogs need to have one litter before getting spayed, the notion that they're \"missing out\" by not having a litter is an old wives' tale.\n\"Most dogs are just fine never having puppies at all,\" says Ochoa.\nA Female Dog Feels 'Empty' If She Doesn't Have a Litter \u2014 Debunked\nIn fact, dogs aren't actually able to feel broody, and letting them have one litter before getting them spayed has no proven health or behavior benefits.\nIt could also contribute to the (already huge) numbers of unwanted dogs in shelters and rescue centers.\nIt's OK to Leave Your Dog in a Car on a Hot Day If Your Windows Are Down\nThis is never OK. \"We do not advise ever leaving your pet unattended in a vehicle,\" Reese says.\n\"Even with the windows down, it can become dangerously warm. Dogs need to have shade and fresh water to drink when it is hot outside.\"\nIt's OK to Leave Your Dog in a Car on a Hot Day If Your Windows Are Down \u2014 Debunked\nRemember, dogs can't sweat like humans do, so it's much harder for them to regulate their body temperature and keep themselves cool.\nHeatstroke can be fatal to pets in a matter of minutes, so it's simply not worth the risk.\nAll Rescue Dogs Are Damaged\nThis couldn't be further from the truth. \"Some dogs that are in rescue have never experienced any trauma,\" says Trott.\n\"They might be there because their owners got sick or passed away. Or perhaps they ran away from home and could not be reunited with their family.\"\nAll Rescue Dogs Are Damaged \u2014 Debunked\nEven dogs in rescue who did experience trauma aren't \"damaged.\" As Trott says, some dogs have amazing resilience and are able to overcome poor treatment. \"Most puppies that are in rescue are the result of unplanned litters,\" she adds. \"They are essentially a 'blank slate' and can become fantastic companion dogs.\"\n\"You get the added bonus of saving a life when you adopt a rescue dog!\" adds Sunny.\nPedigree Dogs Are Better Behaved\nThere are no inherent reasons why a purebred dog would be better behaved than a mixed dog breed.\n\"How well-behaved a dog is will depend on the owner's commitment to ongoing training as well as whether the dog's breed has a tendency to be interested in training and working together with the owner as a team,\" Trott explains.\nPedigree Dogs Are Better Behaved \u2014 Debunked\nMost herding dogs do really well in training, she adds, whereas independent breeds such as Huskies can be more difficult to train. \"A herding dog mix might be better behaved than a purebred Husky,\" she says.\nOn the other hand, most owners that acquire an expensive purebred dog are very likely to put in the effort and time required to train their dog well. Ultimately, it comes down to the time spent training as well as the individual dog's ability to learn.\nA Little Bit of Chocolate Is Fine for Dogs\nThis is definitely not true and can be harmful for your dog if you believe it to be.\nChocolate contains a chemical called theobromine, which is toxic to dogs. The amount of theobromine in chocolate depends varies \u2014 white chocolate only has a small amount, while dark chocolate contains much more.\nA Little Bit of Chocolate Is Fine for Dogs \u2014 Debunked\nTherefore, how dangerous chocolate is for a dog depends on the type of chocolate and the size of the dog, but it's really not worth the risk.\nIt's best to keep this sweet treat to yourself.\nI Need to Show My Dog Authority by Being the Pack Leader\nThis is completely unnecessary and can also be damaging for the relationship, Trott says.\n\"Dogs need predictable and kind owners,\" she explains.\nI Need to Show My Dog Authority by Being the Pack Leader \u2014 Debunked\n\"Being a 'pack leader' mostly entails being strict and rough, which dogs do not appreciate,\" according to Trott.\nInstead, be kind, predictable and fair in training to form the best relationship with your dog.\nIf My Dog Has a Cold, I Can Catch It\nDog colds are not contagious to humans, says the American Kennel Club.\nThis means you can't catch a cold from your dog (and likewise, your dog can't pick up a human strain of a cold virus from you).\nIf My Dog Has a Cold, I Can Catch It \u2014 Debunked\nWhat can happen is that dog colds and influenza can spread easily and quickly between dogs, meaning it's important to take steps to help prevent transmission. So, don't let your dog drink out of an infected dog's water bowl or play with infected toys.\nThis is especially important for very young and very old dogs, plus pets with suppressed immune systems due to illness or medication.\nI Can Give My Dog Paracetamol for a Headache\nIt can be difficult to know if your dog has a headache (because they can't tell you), but common signs to watch for are sickness and sensitivity to light and\/or sound.\nBut even if you do believe they have one, any human painkillers, like paracetamol, are toxic to pets.\nI Can Give My Dog Paracetamol for a Headache \u2014 Debunked\nAccording to VCA Animal Hospitals, you should never give your dog paracetamol unless directed by your vet, as it can cause serious health issues like stomach ulcers and kidney and liver failure.\nIn severe cases, paracetamol can be fatal in dogs.\nGarlic Is Good for Fleas and Ticks\nIt would be great if this was true, but despite doing the round on the internet, there's little science to back up the myth that garlic keeps your dog free from fleas and ticks.\nGarlic Is Good for Fleas and Ticks \u2014 Debunked\nAlso, garlic has also been known to cause something called hemolytic anemia in dogs, which causes the body to attack and destroy its red blood cells.\nThis won't necessarily happen to every dog who eats garlic, but it's best not to find out.\nMy Dog Is Hypoallergenic\nUnfortunately, there's no dog that is completely hypoallergenic.\nHowever, it's true that some breeds are less likely to produce an allergic response than others.\nMy Dog Is Hypoallergenic \u2014 Debunked\nThe American Kennel Club says dog breeds that have a predictable, non-shedding coat that produces less dander include Afghan Hound, Bichon Frise, Maltese and Poodle.\nHowever, some sources say there are 50 dog breeds that you can choose from to avoid allergies.\nIt's Good for a Dog to Lick Their Wounds\nWhile licking themselves might offer dogs some protection against bacteria, the American Kennel Club warns that those licks can do more harm than good.\nIt's Good for a Dog to Lick Their Wounds \u2014 Debunked\nIn fact, your vet is likely to recommend an Elizabethan collar, a surgical suit and\/or a bandage to protect your dog's wound from licking following an injury or surgical procedure.\nBrushing My Dog's Teeth Is Silly\nVCA Animal Hospitals recommends brushing your dog's teeth twice a day \u2014 just like you brush your own.\nYou might feel a little silly at first, but it's an important step to help prevent dental disease, which affects a huge number of adult dogs.\nBrushing My Dog's Teeth Is Silly \u2014 Debunked\nYour pooch might not like it at first, but like anything else, they'll get used to it as part of their regular routine.\nAlso, brushing your dog's teeth regularly means you're looking in their mouth, which lets you spot health issues like abscesses and tumors.\nI Don't Need to Vaccinate My Dog\nThe AAHA says dogs should definitely get vaccinated against canine distemper, infectious hepatitis, parvovirus and rabies.\nAs well as protecting your pet and other animals (and, in some cases, humans) from serious disease, vaccination also makes life easier for you if you plan on socializing your dog.\nI Don't Need to Vaccinate My Dog \u2014 Debunked\nIf you ever want to take your dog to puppy class or a boarding facility, you'll need to provide proof of certain vaccines.\nYour vet can advise you on the vaccinations your dog should get, and talk to you about the process and potential side effects.\nMy Dog's Thick Fur Coat Means They Stay Warm in Winter\nA thick-haired Siberian Husky is far less susceptible to the cold than a Greyhound or a Boston Terrier, but all dogs are at risk of getting frostbite.\nDogs are most likely to develop frostbite on their paws, the tips of their ears and their scrotum (in males), and even breeds with ultra-thick coats don't have a lot of protection in those parts.\nMy Dog's Thick Fur Coat Means They Stay Warm in Winter \u2014 Debunked\nYou can still keep your pooch safe in cold temperatures if you don't expose them for too long.\nSigns that your dog may be too cold include shivering, shaking, whining or howling, says PETA.\nSome Dog Breeds Are More Aggressive Than Others\nWhile different breeds may be more prone to higher energy or medical issues, every dog is an individual and should be treated as such, Sunny says.\n\"Each dog has a very different personality, experiences and environment \u2014 all of which shape how they act,\" she adds.\nSome Dog Breeds Are More Aggressive Than Others \u2014 Debunked\nWhat is true, Trott warns, is that some dog breeds have a higher tendency to show aggression and guarding instincts than others, especially dogs that were bred to protect their property and owners. \"Dogs with a high prey drive also can be aggressive towards smaller animals and children.\"\nBreeds that have a genetic disposition to be aggressive are Belgian Malinois, Mastiffs and Chows, she adds.\nA Dog Will Cry If They're in Pain\nDogs are less vocal creatures than humans, and although they may cry or whimper if they're in pain, it's not a given.\nIn fact, dogs \u2014 like many other species \u2014 may instinctively try to hide their pain to protect themselves from predators.\nA Dog Will Cry If They're in Pain \u2014 Debunked\nBy keeping a close eye on your dog, you'll be able to spot changes in behavior that may suggest they're in pain, as well as more obvious signs, like limping.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Tumbling Basics\nKathleen Ortiz\nChapter 1. Preparing to Teach Tumbling\nChapter 2. Forward Rolls\nChapter 3. Backward Rolls\nChapter 4. Cartwheels\nChapter 5. Combination of Rolls and Cartwheels\nChapter 6. Front Limbers and Backbend Kickovers\nChapter 7. Front Handsprings\nChapter 8. Back Handsprings\nChapter 9. Combination of All Skills\nKathleen M. Ortiz is an instructor in the physical education department at Boston University. She is also an instructor in the physical education department at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge. Ortiz was an adjunct professor for 10 years, teaching tumbling and gymnastics to future physical educators at William Paterson University in Wayne, New Jersey. She has coached athletes in gymnastics and cheerleading up to the Olympic level for more than 40 years and served as a gymnastics official in colleges for more than 30 years. Ortiz has been involved with the Special Olympics for more than 35 years. She has owned a gymnastics club and directed gymnastics programs, and she has been a head coach and written manuals for gymnastics clubs.\nOrtiz received her bachelor of science degree in education from Ohio State University. She has been involved in many professional associations, such as USA Gymnastics and National Association of Women's Gymnastics Judges. Ortiz served as the state education director in New Jersey for eight years and in Illinois for three years and is safety certified in gymnastics. She also served as the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) gymnastics rules interpreter from 2000 to 2011. Ortiz was president of the State Gymnastics Officials for five years.\nBasic technique of the backwards roll\nSafety must be primary concern in any tumbling program","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Special Report: Super Bowl\nSuper Bowl Alert: Burger King is back in the Big Game, while Coke opts out\nFor the first time in more than a decade, Coca-Cola will not air a Super Bowl ad\nBy Jeanine Poggi. Published on January 24, 2019.\nSimpliSafe plays on America's fears in Super Bowl teaser\nGood afternoon Super Bowl junkies,\nI'm Jeanine Poggi, Ad Age's senior editor, here with the latest edition of our Super Bowl Alert. With less than two weeks left until the game, Ad Age is bringing you breaking news, analysis and first looks at the high-stakes, big-game commercials\u2014all in our Super Bowl Alerts newsletter. Sign up right here to get them in your email.\nOh say can you see\nFor the first time in over a decade, Coca-Cola will not air a Super Bowl ad, E.J. Schultz reports. Instead, the beverage giant will run a 60-second commercial in the pre-game right before the National Anthem. It's a strategic move by Coke, which is using the anthem to call for unity. Of course, the National Anthem has been a polarizing moment for the National Football League since Colin Kaepernick began kneeling as a form of protest over racial and social injustices.\nCoke's animated spot is by Wieden & Kennedy Portland, the same agency that made Nike's ad last year starring Kaepernick. Coke's ad is not making a political statement, but instead looks to tout the beverage as something enjoyed by everyone, no matter their race, status or beliefs. The spot features an original poem that is inspired by quotes from Andy Warhol's 1975 book, \"The Philosophy of Andy Warhol,\" in which he states that \"a Coke is a Coke and no amount of money can get you a better Coke than the one the bum on the corner is drinking.\"\nThe tone keeps with Coke's tradition of trying to push for higher ideals during the Super Bowl. Last year's \"Wonder of Us\" Super Bowl ad used the gender-neutral \"them\" to refer to a non-binary person. The 2018 ad was backed by an original poem written by Wieden & Kennedy copywriter Becca Wadlinger, who also penned the script for this year's spot.\nCoca-Cola won't have an in-game spot even as Super Bowl LIII is hosted in its hometown of Atlanta. PepsiCo, which is an official sponsor of the Big Game, has been making its presence in the city known with some coy and snarky outdoor ads, according to Adweek.\nThe King's return\nBurger King will air its first Super Bowl ad since 2006, Jessica Wohl reports. The home of the Whopper announced its return to advertising's biggest night with a staged video of its spokescharacter the King seemingly preparing to shoot a commercial. The King is seen adjusting a microphone but, staying true to character, doesn't say anything in the 30-second teaser. Burger King's 45-second Super Bowl ad will feature the Whopper and run in the fourth quarter.\nFrom the archives: Here's a look a BK's ad from 2006, which was also its first Super Bowl ad in over a decade. That commercial was also Whopper-centric, featuring an over-the-top version of 1930s musicals, with \"Whopperettes\" singing and dancing to the \"Have it Your Way\" jingle along with an appearance by the King mascot. Earlier Super Bowl work by Burger King included the adventures of a Whopper-loving nerd in 1986 (\"Find Herb\"), the introduction of a bang-for-your-buck in 1995 (\"Used Cars\") and a convincing pre-fame Elisabeth Shue in 1993 (\"Ultimate Weapon\").\nAnheuser-Busch InBev plays on ABC's reality show \"Shark Tank\" in its first Super Bowl ad for its revamped Bon & Viv Spiked Seltzerr brand, E.J. Schultz reports. The commercial, which was released on Thursday, stars two mermaids, Bonnie and Vivian, as the brand's founders, pushing the sugar-free product to four sharks (the ones with fins, not the actual judges on the ABC show). The reference to the show is notable considering the game is airing on ABC competitor CBS. It's worth noting that the Bon & Viv ad will be the first spot to air in the game.\nAnother teaser\nAvocados From Mexico released yet another teaser on Thursday, this time showing Kristin Chenoweth and a trio of dogs at an art museum. They are looking at a spoof of the classic painting of dogs playing poker, but in this version the prize is guacamole in a bowl.\nExpense this\nTo promote its first-ever Super Bowl ad, Expensify released a music video on Thursday starring rapper 2 Chainz and actor Adam Scott that viewers can \"expense.\" Throughout the video there are \"receipts\" for various items featured that viewers can take a picture of and upload in the Expensify app for a chance to win cash or the items themselves. Prizes range from an ice-sculptured sports car, an Audi R8 and a diamond-encrusted football. The goal is to have people test out the Expensify app.\nA-listers add up\nCardi B and Steve Carrell are the latest celebrities set to appear in Pepsi's Super Bowl ad, Schultz reports. Pepsi released two new teasers on Wednesday featuring the celebrities, who will also join Lil Jon.\nThis brings the celebrity count for the Super Bowl to about 18.\nWhat's the goal?\nThere's plenty of debate over the goal of Super Bowl ads: Is it to build brand awareness or drive product sales? Leslie Zane, founder and president of Triggers Growth Strategy, argues in an op-ed for Ad Age that Super Bowl ads should lead to sales and that far too many advertisements during the Big Game aren't built to actually change brand preference.\nSuper Bowl Alert: Amazon and Jeff Bridges both have secrets\nAmazon unveils celebrity beta-testing program for Super Bowl\nWatch Michelob Ultra's Super Bowl ad featuring robots and a Latin pop star\nCoke sits out Super Bowl for pre-game 'unity' spot before national anthem\nExpensify debuts music video starring 2 Chainz in Super Bowl push\nWatch AB InBev's 'Shark Tank'-inspired mermaid Super Bowl ad for Bon & Viv Spiked Seltzer\nKristin Chenoweth and dogs study art in second Avocados From Mexico teaser","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Tax Justice Network - Africa\nFor A Program To Promote More Equitable Tax Systems In Africa\nCitizen Voices and Evidence-Informed Policy\nTax Justice Network-Africa (TJN-A) brings together 23 civil society groups from across five African countries to promote socially just and progressive taxation systems in Africa while also representing African perspectives in international tax reform discussions. This grant would help TJN-A to generate empirical evidence on the costs of ineffective tax regimes and to advocate for the pro-poor tax policies that are necessary to fund broad-based access to social services. TJN-A would also strengthen the capacity of national tax coalitions and enlist the support of the media and trade unions to ensure that African countries adopt responsible tax practices.\nwww.taxjusticeafrica.net\/\nGeorge Padmore Ridge | 2nd FL Wing 'B' | George Padmore Lane | KilimaniP. O. Box 25112-00100\nTax Justice Network - Africa brings together more than 30 civil society groups from across 16 African countries to promote socially just taxation systems and represent African perspectives in international tax reform discussions. This grant will enable the network to advocate for progressive and pro-poor tax policies; it will also support a campaign to reduce or eliminate illicit financial flows from Africa. The network will strengthen the capacity of national tax coalitions and enlist the support of media and trade unions to promote responsible tax practices in the region.\nTax Justice Network-Africa brings together 29 civil society groups from across 16 African countries to promote socially just taxation systems and represent African perspectives in international tax reform discussions. This grant will help the network promote and reinforce a campaign to reduce or eliminate illicit financial flows from Africa and advocate for pro-poor tax policies. The network will also strengthen the capacity of national tax coalitions and enlist the support of media and trade unions to promote responsible tax practices in Africa.\nGlobal development's past, present, and future\nThe Hewlett Foundation Way\nDriving change when we're Menlo Parked","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"U.K. Treasury announced forthcoming regulatory proposals for stablecoins and ongoing research into CBDC\nBy Selena\t11\/10\/20 12:10 PM\nIn a statement published Nov. 9, UK Treasurer Rishi Sunak noted the upcoming regulatory proposals alongside other targets for the country's financial services sector \u2013 including a review of the UK listing regime and green financial support. At the same time, Sunak has placed stablecoins and the central bank's digital currency (CBDC) at the heart of the UK's efforts to maintain a post-Brexit financial services hub.\nU.K. Treasury revealed it is drafting proposals to regulate private stablecoins while also researching CBDC\nThe news comes amid a week of decisive negotiations between the UK and the European Union over a post-Brexit trade deal.\nThe UK Department of Finance said:\n\"We would put forward proposals for regulating relevant stablecoin always to ensure they are held to the same standard as rival payment methods.\"\nPrime Minister Sunak said he hopes the UK's financial services sector will lead the global conversation about new technologies like stablecoins and central bank digital currencies in the future:\n\"We are starting a new chapter in the history of financial services and renewing the UK's position as the world's pre-eminent financial center. Our plans will ensure the UK moves forward as an open, attractive, and well-Companies Market.\"\nWe'll publish a consultation to ensure new privately-issued currencies, stablecoins, meet the high standards we expect of other payment methods.\nAnd the @bankofengland & Treasury are considering if central banks can issue their own digital currencies, as a complement to cash. pic.twitter.com\/k5hbVT8R5X\n\u2014 Rishi Sunak (@RishiSunak) November 9, 2020\nThe announcement states that the draft guidance will require stablecoin initiatives to follow the same minimum standards as entities that operate with other payment methods. In it, both the UK central bank and the treasury are currently researching a CBDC. However, the question is whether central banks can issue CBDCs as an additional source of cash.\nFinCEN Released Its Assessment Of A $60 Million Civil Monetary Penalty Against The Operator Of Two Cryptocurrencies \"Mixers\"\nNew Jersey Lawmaker Files A Bill Known As The \"Digital Asset And Blockchain Technology Act\" To The Senate\nBitcoin hashrate currently sits at 157.5 EX\/s, increased by 42% in two days\nEthereum-based fantasy football platform Sorare announced a partnership with FC Bayern Munich\nThe Financial Conduct Authority warned the public about\u2026\nSince Iran began recognizing cryptocurrency mining as\u2026\nComptroller of the Currency: Federally regulated banks\u2026\nFinCEN wants Americans to report if they have more than\u2026\nThe Indian Government is currently weighing a proposal\u2026\nThe Israel Tax Authority is looking to boost the state\u2026","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Rationalizations and Reality Checks\nEmily\tBlog, Personal Life, Politics\/Current Affairs\t 4 November 2009 3 Minutes\nLast night, I was sitting on my window seat, blaring public radio and refreshing half a dozen websites; making phone calls; covering the New Jersey elections\u2014and, to a lesser extent, Maine and NY-23\u2014as if it's my job. (In fact, it sort of is; I'll have a piece up at Campus Progress later today about NJ.) I went to bed last night full of depression and malaise, not even fully angry at the voters who elected an incompetent Republican governor in my state, nor at those who voted to take away the rights of LGBT Mainers. No, I was just sad. Sad and frustrated and wondering what the point is of letting my schoolwork suffer while I care about politics. I put on a 50-year-old comedy radio show that had nothing to do with politics, and I fell asleep consumed by guilty that I wasn't listening to a cable news show instead. It's so hard. It's so hard to do enough, because it's never enough. It seems as if the forces of good and equality and righteousness are up against so much.\nThis afternoon, after I'd turned in my copy and gotten an H1N1 vaccine (all the while grumbling, \"If we had public health care, I wouldn't have had to pay $15 out-of-pocket for this\"), I went to get lunch and wound up chatting with one of the dining hall workers, who is from Haiti. He was telling me that his cousin is running for office in Haiti, and that he was going to go back to Haiti to vote for his cousin. We talked about how we're both from warm places, and how much colder it is here in New Jersey. We didn't, of course, talk about the American election.\nAnd that's because there are people to whom American politics is simply not the center of the universe\u2014not just those who live in privilege and so don't want to work to get everyone health care and equal rights, but those whose universe is focused differently. I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that Corzine vs. Christie, or marriage in Maine, aren't questions that make a whole lot of difference to someone whom one of the richest universities in the world can barely manage to pay a living wage. And we all should remember that. Those of us who wake up the next morning election after election, full of elation or remorse and the will to organize and to vote again, should remember that American electoral politics are not the be-all and end-all of reality.\nI'm telling that to myself as much as to anyone else, because here I am, now, sitting in Princeton and eating my eggs and drinking my coffee, wondering what to do next. I am left winded by this election, suffering post-2008 disillusionment the way a lot of us are. I feel exhausted by politics, by reading hundreds of blog posts per day, by writing and talking and posting shit on Facebook. I feel lost after phonebanking and campaigning for Corzine, donating to Maine, and being left with the notion that the progressive grassroots is powerless in the face of far more entrenched and well-funded lobbyists.\nI would like nothing more than to put politics in a box for the next ten years, and train to be the best historian that I can possibly be. I would like to be able to tell myself that devoting the next two and a half years to telling the story of Princeton's gay alumni is as worthwhile an endeavor as devoting the next two and a half years to fighting for marriage equality in New Jersey. I would like to believe that going to grad school and fighting for one of those rapidly-disappearing tenure-track jobs is as morally conscionable a career path as getting paid subsistence wages to organize for another pie-in-the-sky progressive cause. I want to believe that telling the untold stories of Americans dead for thirty or forty or fifty or a hundred years is as important as telling the untold stories of Americans suffering today.\nI want someone to tell me that it's okay if I can't do everything, and that furthermore it's okay to choose my schoolwork over campaigning. I want someone to tell me that historiography can be a fight for social justice too. But the fact that I want so desperately to hear those glad tidings makes me think that it can't possibly be true. It makes me believe that this is just rationalization to explain away the fact that I spent the weeks before the election writing my midterm papers and not out in the streets. It makes me believe this is just an attempt to justify my privileged access to elite higher education and a cushy academic job after.\nBut all the same. All the same I think that ten or fifteen years hence, if I do keep doing this, it will be worth it. The organizers will organize and my god, I wish them well. But how will we know if the arc of history bends towards justice unless there are historians to interpret and understand it?\nPublished 4 November 2009\nPrevious Post Oh, Washington Post, Do Please Try Harder\nNext Post Rededicating Ourselves to Banishing Hate and Finding Joy\n3 thoughts on \"Rationalizations and Reality Checks\"\nElizabeth Cooper says:\nIt's okay, Emily. It's okay that you can't do everything. Nobody can do everything, and it would be foolish to try. It's not only okay to focus on your schoolwork, it's great, because it's where you are right now in your life and it's what you love.\nFollow your bliss. If there's one thing I learned last year, it's to follow your passion. You have and will make the world a better place for it. The fact that you have one, that you have a dream, and that it's within your reach, is something to embrace. Because if you didn't, you'd be letting yourself and others down by not living your own life as fully as you can. And by living your life fully, you shine as an amazing, dedicated, passionate person who I respect and admire, and who influences me tremendously. It was to meet and be inspired by people like you that I came to Princeton.\nOh Elizabeth, thank you.\nPingback: In Which I Cultivate My Own Garden \u00ab Worthless Drivel","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"The council tax bill is shared between a number of public services including council services, police and fire.\nThe council tax you pay for policing and services to support victims and reduce offending equates to a percentage of the total, which varies depending on where you live.\nRead the 2023-2024 council tax leaflet\nThe portion of council tax that residents of Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and Southampton pay towards services that keep them safer is one of the lowest in the country and accounts for 41% of the total funding available for these services locally; the other 59% is made up of a national grant from Government.\nHow the council tax is set\nThe policing budget","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Library has helped to prepare the exhibition in the Botanical Garden\nSep 16, 2015 | News\nLibrary of Ukrainian Art took part in the preparation of exhibition in the National Botanic Garden of them. M.M. Gryshko of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Exhibition dedicated to the 80th anniversary of this outstanding Kyiv Botanical Garden, and to the...\nUartlib.org in The National Art Museum of Ukraine\nLibrary provided books for Jacques Hnizdovsky's exhibition un the National Art Museum of Ukraine. At the National Art Museum of Ukraine starting on 05.29.2015 is open Jacques Hnizdovsky's exhibition. The Library Of Ukrainian Art has provided two books...","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Series: The Rent Racket\nNYC May Actually Crack Down on Developers Who Cheat Taxpayers and Renters\nThe head of the city's housing department has laid out steps to boost oversight of tax breaks for developers and other programs overseen by the agency.\nby Cezary Podkul\nFeb. 8, 2016, 1:51 p.m. EST\nHow landlords sidestep tenant protections in New York City.\nNew York City officials are stepping up oversight of tax breaks to property developers and other programs overseen by the city's housing agency, according to an internal memo obtained by ProPublica.\n\"Because of the critical importance of enforcement and monitoring, we are doubling down on those efforts,\" Housing Commissioner Vicki Been wrote in the Jan. 29 memo, which outlines planned hiring of more staff for oversight, technology investments and reorganization steps, some new and some already under way.\nThe shift comes amid rising attention to housing and related enforcement issues, with Mayor Bill de Blasio and Gov. Andrew Cuomo each pushing plans to create more housing for low- and moderate-income residents with the help of tax breaks and state and federal funds.\nIt also follows reports by ProPublica that state and city regulators have failed to police the city's biggest housing subsidy, a $1.1 billion-a-year tax break known as 421-a. Landlords get the subsidy in return for the limiting the rent on apartments. But we found landlords who have failed to register 50,000 apartments for rent limits have still received more than $100 million in 421-a and other tax subsidies.\nBeen's memo said that her agency, the Department of Housing Preservation and Development, was creating a working group of agency lawyers and other officials to figure out the best way to oversee compliance of the \"ill-fated\" 421-a tax break program, which was suspended in January after an impasse over its renewal. A variety of other programs and policies are also under review, Been wrote.\nTenant and housing advocates who reviewed Been's memo welcomed the new changes.\nHelp Us Investigate New York City Rents\nIs your rent legal? It might not be. Your landlord might be charging you too much, and we want your help figuring that out. Learn more.\nRenter Beware: Ten Ways Unscrupulous Landlords Cheat NYC Tenants\nHere are 10 ways unscrupulous landlords take advantage of tenants, and what you can do about it. Learn more.\n\"It's always good to see an agency with a history of non-enforcement, like HPD, increase the staff devoted to enforcement,\" said Seth Miller, a tenant attorney at the law firm of Collins, Dobkin & Miller in New York.\nStill, it's too early to know how much difference the changes will make. \"That's the million-dollar question,\" said Harvey Epstein, Associate Director of the Urban Justice Center, which advocates for low-income residents. He said the city's sprawling portfolio of housing subsidies haven't been closely monitored for compliance with tenant and worker protections.\nHPD declined an interview request for Been, but said it \"regularly examines its policies and processes to identify ways to be even more efficient, effective, and fair.\" The agency said Mayor de Blasio's preliminary budget for the city's 2017 fiscal year includes 80 new positions for HPD but did not specify how many of them are specifically for enforcement staff.\nThe question of enforcement also arose in Albany last week, where James Rubin, commissioner of the state agency charged with enforcing rent-stabilization laws, faced some tough questions at a budget hearing.\nSen. Brad Hoylman, D-Manhattan, asked Rubin about ProPublica's report last month that up to 200,000 apartments are missing from the agency's registry of rent-stabilized apartments despite being subject to rent limits due to tax breaks and other reasons.\n\"Clearly you can't manage what you don't measure. How are we going to get a handle on these apartments that are obviously taken off the rolls?\" Hoylman asked. He said the missing registrations could put tenants at risk of being overcharged or illegally evicted.\nCommissioner Rubin said his agency would work with the city to determine why the state has fewer apartments listed as being rent stabilized than the city says there should be. He also said the state's Tenant Protection Unit has negotiated deals with some landlords to bring them into compliance.\nStill, Rubin acknowledged that the state hasn't made it a priority to share apartment data with the city's HPD. \"We had a preliminary conversation with them about doing that, and I think it's probably a terrific idea to restart those conversations,\" Rubin said.\nHoylman, who has sponsored legislation to increase fines on landlords who overcharge tenants, pressed Rubin further: \"Are the fines so low that they can just remove units from rent regulation and not expect severe consequences as a result?\" he asked. Rubin declined to say.\nAssemblymember Linda Rosenthal, D-Manhattan, who co-sponsored Hoylman's measure, said in a statement she was concerned that regulators are just now beginning to step-up compliance.\n\"Rent overcharges are always egregious, but they are even more galling when they involve developers receiving valuable taxpayer-funded property tax abatements,\" she said. \"HPD needs to create systems and strategies to ensure vigorous oversight and prevent the unscrupulous from gaming the system.\"\nSix New York City Council members have also proposed a bill to increase accountability over taxpayer-subsidized housing, but the measure has yet to have a hearing or be voted on.\nCouncil members Ben Kallos and Jumaane Williams, two of the measure's chief sponsors, both told ProPublica that they welcome HPD's steps but that they're not a substitute for the reforms they've proposed.\n\"Whatever's been happening now hasn't worked,\" Williams said.\nUpdate, Feb. 9, 2016: The City Council legislation referenced in this story has now been scheduled for a hearing on Feb. 22 at 10 a.m. at City Hall. Details are available here.\nCezary Podkul\nCezary Podkul is a reporter for ProPublica who writes about finance.\n@Cezary","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Les brought Miles of good times\nGLENN GUILBEAU COLUMN\nGannett Louisiana\nBATON ROUGE \u2014 I'll never forget the first time I interviewed LSU coach Les Miles. It was January of 2005 over the phone just a few days after he got the job.\n\"I will be deceptively honest when it comes to injuries,\" he said.\nEveryone has been scratching their heads frequently after he speaks ever since. And counting up the victories.\nDeceptively honest? So, every now and then you'll sneak in the truth about an injury just to keep it \u2026 honest?\nI'll never forget Miles discussing an injury to offensive lineman Will Arnold, who played from 2004-07 for Miles, over the course of a few weeks. Miles changed the injured area twice at various press conferences. So when I saw Arnold tailgating after a game with other players, I asked which of the three was correct or was the injury indeed moving. And he showed me the injury, which had not moved and was at a fourth location. Miles was 0-for-3.\nAfter the clock mismanagement nightmare in the 25-23 loss at Ole Miss in 2009, Miles had one explanation after the game, another on Sunday in his office and a third at his press conference Monday. None made sense.\nDespite all the head scratching and efforts to decipher what he said or meant to say \u2014 right up to whatever the hell he said Friday at a boosters' club meeting \u2014 it has all been a blast.\n\"Or what he meant to say was,\" LSU sports information director Michael Bonnette began Friday night in an attempt to explain Miles messing up and mixing in some deceptive truth at that boosters' meeting.\nMiles has never been big on clarity. He lives in the gray area \u2014 honest with deception and a wink. And you might not meet a more colorful, better guy in this business. He also won a lot of football games.\nAt 110-33 in 11 seasons at LSU for a .769 winning percentage, LSU may never hire a better coach and will never fire a better coach when it finally gets around to announcing that.\nMiles will never coach LSU again if he coaches the Tigers Saturday night against Texas A&M. And no matter how you feel about the decision, it is a sad moment.\nJust three weeks ago Saturday, LSU was on top of the world. Just two years ago, LSU had one of the best passing offenses in the nation. Just four years ago, LSU had the best team in the nation for virtually all of the season and was one of the best teams a year before that.\nIn his first three seasons from 2005-07, Miles was 34-6. In eight of his 11 seasons, Miles was right there in the mix in November.\nHe did underachieve based on the talent he brought in, but overall he is the reason LSU has remained one of the better programs for most of this century.\nIf Jimbo Fisher, the No. 1 target of LSU athletic director Joe Alleva, the Board of Supervisors, the Tiger Athletic Foundation and Mike VI, is indeed hired away from Florida State, it will be a slam dunk for Alleva. Fisher will hit all the pleasure buttons of a fan base and athletic department stricken with Miles Fatigue.\nFisher is truly an offensive coach \u2014 of quarterbacks, not linemen. He is progressive and has been involved with passing attacks of the future since the early 1990s at Auburn. He speaks better. He has just as much personality as Miles, but he is much more of a tactician.\nBut if LSU does not get Fisher or someone like him, Miles Fatigue will become something worse \u2014 mediocrity.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Professor Shashi Kant\nTeaching Staff Governor (elected)\nTerm(s)\nJuly 1st, 2020 - June 30th, 2023\nShashi Kant is a professor of forest resource economics and management and the founding director of the Master of Science in Sustainability Management Program (MScSM) at the Institution of Management & Innovation, University of Toronto Mississauga. He specializes in forest resource economics and forest management systems with an emphasis on economics of sustainable forest management.\nDr. Kant has an extensive publication record and is editor-in-chief of a book series, Sustainability, Economics and Natural Resources, and has served on Editorial boards of many forestry journals. He is the founder of a global think tank -- New Frontiers of Forest Economics (NEFFE).\nDr. Kant is the recipient of many awards for his research and its impact, including the Order of Ontario (2017), the Queen's Award for Forestry (2008), the Canadian Institute of Forestry Scientific Achievement Award (2007) and the International Union of Forestry Research Organization's Scientific Achievement Award (2005).\nDr. Kant received a BE from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science and an MA (Economics) and a PhD (Forest Economics) from the University of Toronto.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"ACADEMICS OLP Dept Leadership Psychology PsyD Educational Leadership Concentration\nEducational Leadership Concentration\nLeadership Psychology Doctorate (PsyD)\nThe Educational Leadership concentration is part of the Leadership Psychology PsyD program at William James College. This concentration is designed for current school administrators (directors, principals, assistant principals, assistant superintendents) or others looking to advance their career in an educational setting and\/or in consulting for schools and school districts. This concentration takes a deep dive into what it means to be a successful and visionary leader in pre-K-12 educational settings.\nAn effective leader is an individual with strong reflective abilities, emotional insight, and a secure sense of self. Modern leaders must be able to create a work culture that inspires employees; they must also be able to collaborate with a wide range of people who may think differently, including students, teachers, parents, community members, and peers. This program prepares leaders to examine issues from multiple perspectives and the resilience to withstand the inevitable emotional and political storms that are part of the dynamics of improvement.\nThe William James College approach pairs experiential learning with classes and study of organizational and leadership psychology to provide a practical hands-on experience. Throughout their education, students are actively engaged in putting into practice in the field what they're learning in the classroom. The application of research linked to systems thinking and theories of change and how they apply to an educational context will prepare leaders and consultants for shaping schools of the future.\nA Hybrid Program for Working Professionals\nThe Leadership Psychology PsyD program and the Educational Leadership concentration are designed for working professionals and are primarily delivered online. On-site residencies at our campus in Newton, MA (just outside of Boston), require three 4-day residencies each year. These are scheduled in advance on Tuesday-Friday in the fall, spring and summer.\nStudents who choose the Educational Leadership concentration will take the following three courses:\nLeadership of Educational Institutions\nShaping School Culture\nThe Crux of School Leadership - Managing Dilemmas, Paradoxes, and Complexity\nIn addition to the 3 courses, students will be required to complete practicum hours in educational settings and focus their doctoral project on an approved topic in Educational Leadership.\nMeet our Concentration Director, Dr. John D'Auria\nDr. John D'Auria is a faculty member and the Director of the Educational Leadership Concentration in the Leadership Psychology PsyD program. Prior to joining the William James College faculty, John spent a year at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education as a professor of practice. Prior to his position at Penn, he had a seven-year tenure as president of Teachers21 (now part of William James College as of Spring 2018), a non-profit, professional development organization that supports educational reform and improvement efforts across a wide variety of public and private sectors. Under Dr. D'Auria's leadership, Teachers21 provided thousands of educators with opportunities to expand their instructional repertoire and deepen their content knowledge, with a special focus on education leadership. In 2010, Dr. D'Auria was appointed by the Massachusetts Commissioner of Education to a statewide task force to study and develop a new framework for the supervision and evaluation of all educators in Massachusetts. In addition, Dr. D'Auria has worked with leaders across Massachusetts to strengthen practitioners' work around social and emotional learning and was appointed to the Rennie Center Condition of Education Advisory Committee, which seeks to build a more coherent, and research-based, vision of a public education in Massachusetts.\nPrior to his work at Teachers21, Dr. D'Auria was Superintendent of Schools in Canton, Massachusetts. His educational career has spanned over four decades as a math teacher, guidance counselor, principal, superintendent, and consultant. Dr. D'Auria has advised hundreds of school leaders on how to sharpen the academic focus of school teams, develop a vibrant school culture, and manage conflict in the workplace.\nIf you have questions about our Educational Leadership concentration, please contact Dr. John D'Auria at john_dauria@williamjames.edu.\nHow Leadership Behavior Impacts Employees\nDr. Miranda Ralston's experience forced her to change careers, it also ignited a desire to study the neuropsychology of leadership. Learn more about her story.\nOrganizational & Leadership Psychology Dept\nLeadership Hacks Podcast Series\nSample Online Lectures\nOLP Alumni Alliance\nLeadership Psychology PsyD\nLeadership Concentrations & Areas of Emphasis\nLeading Non-Profits and NGOs\nNeuroscience of Leadership Psychology\nPracticum\/Internship\nProgram Webinar\nOrganizational Leadership MA\nOrganizational Psychology MA\nFull Time Curriculum & Schedule\nPart Time Curriculum & Schedule\nExecutive Coaching Graduate Certificate\nCurriculum Map & Class Schedule","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Home News African and Caribbean Black empowerment law delayed in Zimbabwe\nAfrican and Caribbean\nBlack empowerment law delayed in Zimbabwe\nZimbabwe's mostly white-owned businesses won't immediately have to comply with a law that requires them to hand over 51 percent control to blacks, two ministers said Wednesday.\nBut it is unclear whether the controversial law that requires all businesses and foreign companies to meet race quotas will be eliminated or only delayed.\nGorden Moyo, a minister in the coalition government loyal to Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, said in a statement Wednesday that the law was declared \"null and void\" at a meeting of the power-sharing government chaired by President Robert Mugabe on Tuesday.\n\"Cabinet agreed that the essence of the original regulations was against government's policy of true empowerment through full utilization of our national resources and encouraging investment to drive economic growth,\" he said.\nThe first deadline for companies to submit handover proposals was set for Thursday.\nBut Saviour Kasukuwere, a minister from Mugabe's party, said implementation of the law will go ahead, but has been delayed for more discussions.\n\"They are consultations which must be made with various sectors and this is why the act has been set aside,\" Kasukuwere said.\nRugare Gumbo, a spokesman for Mugabe's ZANU-PF party, said the law's implementation was being rescheduled to allow the government to win more widespread support.\n\"We support empowerment but accept adjustments have to be made,\" he said.\nThe law was passed in 2008, when parliament was still dominated by Mugabe's lawmakers. It aimed to benefit \"indigenous\" Zimbabweans ? defined as those who suffered under colonial-era racial discrimination and their children born after independence in 1980, effectively excluding the nation's 20,000 whites.\nThe announcement late February that the law, dormant for nearly two years, was being enforced shocked the business community a decade after Mugabe ordered the often violent seizures of thousands white-owned commercial farms, disrupting the agriculture-based economy in the former regional breadbasket.\nEconomist Eric Bloch in February likened the announcement to \"an earthquake stronger than Haiti and Chile\" to local businesses and investor confidence.\nEven central bank governor Gideon Gono, a Mugabe loyalist, described the law as \"driven by hate, racialism and greed by a few.\"\nThe law came into force on March 1, giving businesses, including subsidiaries of foreign-owned companies and international banks, 45 days to comply by submitting their quotas.\nOpposition lawmakers argued the law would scare investors and hurt the ailing economy in the southern African nation.\nSource: The Associated Press.\nU.S. Investors Facilitate New Investments For Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa\nSouth Sudan and Diaspora SMEs\nMandela's Grandson Shares Life Lessons with Students\nSouth Africa to Adopt Solar Energy?\nBellerive Says Aid Can Go Directly to Haiti's Reconstruction Efforts","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Archive for the 'ATP' Category\nGoing Loco in Acapulco. Seriously.\nThe ATP has reportedly warned players about next week's tournament in Acapulco, where recent killing sprees have been linked to organised crime.\n'The ATP's warnings caused a little fear,' Uruguayan player Pablo Cuevas told the German Press Agency dpa in Buenos Aires.\n[\u2026] The ATP asked players, among others, to get to the tournament as late as possible and to leave Acapulco as soon as they can once they are out of the running, Cuevas said.\n'I've been hearing a bit about the situation in Acapulco. The ATP informed us by sending us several emails. They acted quite well on that,' Argentine player Juan Monaco told dpa.\n'They told us that there were problems, that things were not easy there because there have been several kidnappings, murders and that kind of stuff,' Monaco said.\nThe Pacific resort city of Acapulco, like other Mexican cities and towns, is frequently the scene of murders and shootouts between rival drug gangs who seek domination of the area to control drug trafficking.\nCuevas noted that he knew of several players who opted out of the tournament.\n'Those who had doubts as to whether or not to go, that was a reason to opt out,' he said.\nMonaco said the ATP advised players to remain as much as possible in the hotel where they are to stay and to play their matches.\n'They told us not to go out,' he said.\nWorrying stuff. I'm sure everybody will be fine, but it's good to see the ATP taking steps to ensure the safety of their people.\nPosted in acapulco, ATP | 3 Comments \u00bb\nAnother Excuse to Drink Beer\nSo last time I bought a phone, I actually went for a Sony Ericsson because I had a vague idea that somehow buying it meant that I was supporting the WTA. In that vein, look for me to be found in ditches covered in dried-up lime wedges a lot in the coming years. More than usual, that is. Because Corona, the Mexican beer, has just become the ATP's new premier sponsor.\nIt's a five and a half year deal which will see Corona branding become the most visible at ATP events (like Mercedez-Benz used to be. Remember that?). Of course, those were cars and not, you know \u2026 beer.\nAdam Helfant, the ATP's chairman and president, said last night: \"Beers have been associated with different sports before. This is nothing new, and we are happy that it is a great fit both for the company and the tour. Corona's motto is 'relax responsibly' and we are very pleased with the nature of our conversations with their representatives. They will bring an exciting new creativity and marketing experience to the game.\"\nI have mixed feelings about this. On the one hand \u2026 this. On the other hand, I can't help but have a vague hope that it will lead to somehow more free beer in my life. Conundrum.\nThe ATP's finest approve this deal.\nPosted in ATP, fernando gonzalez, gael monfils | Tagged: fernando gonzalez, gael monfils | 8 Comments \u00bb\nTennis World Cup?\nPeople are scurrying to weigh in on the virtues of the proposed Tennis World Cup, the brainchild of Australian sports consultancy group gemba. The new biennial tournament has already been proposed to players and various interest groups including the LTA, Tennis Australia and the USTA.\nBasically, it would be a 32-nation field in round-robin groups of four, with 16 nations progressing to the knockout stage and various other gimmicks alterations to the rules:\nWhere the concept is truly bold and innovative is that teams would consist of three players and a captain and in each of the single best-of-five-set matches that would decide each tie, at least two players would compete, with one player having to play a minimum of six games.\nThus, if Switzerland met Spain, one or either of Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal would have to be substituted at some stage, making the role of the captain far more relevant than the banana-peeling, \"whisper a few words in the ear at changeovers\" role of the present Davis Cup captain.\nThe no-advantage rule that has been such a success in doubles on the ATP Tour would be replicated in the World Cup and there would be a strictly enforced 25sec gap between points \u2014 a clock would be placed on the court so the spectators could see for themselves that the rule was not being flouted, unlike the present situation in which the umpire keeps a check but often overlooks 35 or 40sec gaps in play.\nIf any set went to a tie-break, it would be decided by the first to five points, with no requirement for a two-point gap. It is believed that no match would last longer than 2\u00bd hours.\nThe speeding-up of the game and potential controversies as captains alternate their players are among the elements that will appeal to TV companies that are frustrated by the indeterminate length of matches and the youngsters whose attention span is notoriously fickle and who will be more inclined to pick up a racket and play.\nThe gemba agency will be meeting with ATP president CEO and Adam Helfant next week, but in the meantime, the players are clearly interested in the idea, seeing a way to make their schedules infinitely more manageable while still having the opportunity to represent their country.\nNole:\n\"It [the World Cup] is all very fresh and it is all ideas,\" he said. \"Nothing has been decided. We didn't decide to put anything on official terms because we have to consider other sides as well. But the main point is that we are trying to make the sport improve and players are the most important.\n\"I can't give you too much information because we have to discuss it [in the next two weeks]. Considering the present schedule, which is very busy, something will be sacrificed, but what tournaments, what country, we still don't know.\n\"The only thing that I can say is that I'm happy that all the top players are willing to participate in these talks and try to contribute and fight for their own right.\"\nNadal:\nAs he glanced at the World Cup proposals, Nadal said: \"Yes, I like it.\" When it was mentioned to the Spaniard that the rules would include a strictly enforced 25 seconds between points, one of the game's notoriously slow players added with a smile: \"Perhaps I don't like it that much.\"\nMurray:\n\"I am a great fan of the Davis Cup, but if a decision was taken to drop it, or something else could change in the calendar, then a World Cup is a fascinating idea,\" Murray told The Times yesterday.\nLjubicic:\n\"You see the top guys are not able to play all the matches that they would love to play for their nation,\" Ljubicic said.\n\"It is sad. It is because the format is just not good, it is not suited for the players at the moment. Our sport is not going forward, so you have to change something about it.\"\nLarry Stefanki, Andy Roddick's coach, said such a concept is 'what tennis needs'. The only people who seem less than keen are Lleyton Hewitt and the ITF, damning its 'timely branding' with faint praise (and noting they have a five-year contract with the ATP guaranteeing dates and ranking points).\nThe obvious analogy is with Twenty20 cricket \u2013 already elaborated by Neil Harman \u2013 and when you look at it that way, the idea does have some things to recommend it, making nation-on-nation competitive tennis more focused and accessible to the casual viewer. You can't be bored during Twenty20, no matter how little you know or indeed care about cricket, and it sounds like you wouldn't even have time to catch your breath during this event.\nOn the other hand, I'm suspicious of any plan to change the sport which has at its heart a cynical attempt to appeal to the lowest common denominator. Not to mention that one of the great things about Davis Cup is that it routinely brings top-level tennis to places that would never normally get it \u2013 and frequently produces the sort of one-on-one five-set marathon contests of courage and will that this format would preclude.\nPosted in ATP, davis cup | 1 Comment \u00bb\nAdidas 2010 Fashion Disasters: Sneak Preview\nPosted by gauloises1 on November 19, 2009\nSo apparently these are some of the ensembles we can look forward to next year.\nTo be rocked by Gilles, Gonzo, Ernie and so forth.\nThey're going to be putting Pico in this.\nPICO.\nAnd Jo will be wearing the colour of acidic bile.\nPosted in ATP, fernando verdasco, jo-wilfried tsonga | Tagged: fernando verdasco, jo-wilfried tsonga | 17 Comments \u00bb\nUmpires Uncovered. Sadly Not Literally.\nI'd be the first to admit I can have a bit of a Freudian thing about men in positions of authority. It's kind of a whole Captain Hook issue. But seriously, Carlos Bernades? I would hit that.\nOh, right, the video.\nPosted in ATP, video | 4 Comments \u00bb\nSwedish Hooker Scandals? Oh Tennis, You Shouldn't Have.\nNothing livens up the end of the season like a good old-fashioned vice scandal. Reportedly, two players competing in the Stockholm Open are under investigation for solicitation. Is it wrong that I find this really amusing? Probably.\nThe bare bones of the thing (via the AP) is that two ATP players were detained by police when they entered their hotel early Sunday accompanied by two women, and taken in for questioning. Both players were foreign citizens and set to compete in the tournament. A spokesman for the tournament has said it won't stop them competing.\nAccording to Jonas Trolle, the head of the investigation, a prosecutor has issued a 'summary punishment', which basically involves avoiding trial by signing a confession.\nSo far, so reliable. However, if you would like some speculation, the Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet gives more details, claiming that one of the players is a well-known figure on the ATP tour and has refused to speak to the media. According to the same source, the women the players picked up were in fact plainclothes police officers (in heels, no less). Which is just unlucky.\nConflicting (and unsourceable) reports claim that only one of the men was actually competing in the Stockholm Open, and has been fined 2,500 kroner for the offence. (That doesn't seem like a lot.)\nAnd if you'd like even more speculation, reportedly Swedish television is mentioning the names of Grigor Dimitrov and Thomaz Bellucci \u2026\nSo, who's up for a little game of 'guess the john'? Stockholm draw here \u2026.\nPosted in ATP, stockholm | 13 Comments \u00bb\nShanghai: Determined Davydenko Defeats Saucy Success-Seeking Spaniard\nPosted by irefusetotellyou on October 18, 2009\nI don't have much match analysis to contribute (erm \u2026 do I ever?), especially as I'm watching a replay of the match RIGHT NOW, and it just began.\nAnyway, Nikolay Davydenko beat Rafa Nadal 7-6(3), 6-3 to win the Masters 1000 and his 4th ATP title of the year.\nFrom what I've seen of the match so far, Nadal didn't play badly\u2013although he did have the opportunity for a set point in the 1st set\u2013he just couldn't keep up with Kolya. Kolya was moving well, returning aggressively, and slamming amazing angles cross-court. All I can say is: YOWZA! A well-deserved win for Mr. Davydenko, indeed.\nIn lieu of any substantive post-match analysis, please just accept these pictures and be thankful that Gaul is coming back soon:\nPosted in ATP, nikolay davydenko, rafael nadal, shanghai | Tagged: nikolay davydenko, rafael nadal | 14 Comments \u00bb\nShanghai: Another One Bites the Dust\n[Note: Fortunately and\/or unfortunately for you all, I'll be posting sporadically while Gaul is on her well-deserved mini-break. Last I heard she was planning on jetsetting over to some mysterious South American country to tend to some tall guy's right wrist, but \u2026 that's just speculation. \u2013IRRTY]\nWhew. Well, a lot happened today. Or yesterday. Or whenever. (I don't deal too well with this wibbly-wobbly timey-whimey stuff.)\nFirst off: London-hopeful and perpetual under-the-radar-man Nikolay Davydenko beat Radek Stepanek 6-1, 4-6, 6-1. Kolya was able to convert 6 out of 14 break points in his quest to win his 4th ATP title of the year.\nIf Kolya is able to win on Saturday, he'll jump 2 spots to No. 7, thus capturing a spot in London in November. Says the always-practical Kolya of this prospect as well as his upcoming semifinal match: \"If I win I always have more points, but tomorrow I don't need think about that. \u2026 If I win, is good. If not, bad luck.\"\nIn the next match of the day, Novak Djokovic beat Gilles Simon 6-3, 2-6, 6-2. Evidently there was a bit of this:\nThen some of this:\nBut, in the end, it was this:\nIn my personal \"Wha?!\" moment of the day, Feliciano Lopez beat Robin Soderling 7-6(4), 6-3. FeLo did have a 3-2 record against RobSod coming into this match, but I was nevertheless a bit disappointed that RobSod couldn't pull through. I guess FeLo's new cropped hair\/manicured beard will live to see the camera tennis court another day.\nFinally, Rafael Nadal won 6-3, 3-6 against Ivan Ljubicic after Ljuby retired, citing his left hip. A rather unfortunate end for Ljubicic, who had been playing really well in this tournament. Get better soon, old man.\n[1] R Nadal (ESP) d I Ljubicic (CRO) 36 63 ret. (left hip)\n[2] N Djokovic (SRB) d [8] G Simon (FRA) 63 26 62\n[6] N Davydenko (RUS) d [13] R Stepanek (CZE) 61 46 61\nF Lopez (ESP) d [9] R Soderling (SWE) 76(4) 63\nJ Benneteau (FRA) \/ J Tsonga (FRA) d [3] M Bhupathi (IND) \/ M Knowles (BAH) 76(2) 62\nDoubles \u2013 Quarter-finals\nJ Knowle (AUT) \/ J Melzer (AUT) d [5] W Moodie (RSA) \/ D Norman (BEL) 46 76(6) 10-6\nPosted in ATP, feliciano lopez, ivan ljubicic, nikolay davydenko, novak djokovic, radek stepanek, rafael nadal, robin soderling, shanghai, Uncategorized | Tagged: feliciano lopez, gilles simon, ivan ljubicic, nikolay davydenko, novak djokovic, radek stepanek, rafael nadal, robin soderling | 6 Comments \u00bb\n'Tis the Season to Complain About the Season\nBoth Andy Roddick and Rafa Nadal had a bit to say today about the length of the season, with the women finishing on November 2nd while the men go on for another three weeks (plus Davis Cup final for those involved).\n\"It's impossible to play 1st of January and finish 5th of December,\" said the 23-year-old Nadal, who did not defend his title at Wimbledon because of a knee injury. \"It's impossible to be here playing like what I did the last five years, playing a lot of matches and being all the time 100 percent without problems.\"\nRoddick, a veteran at 27, said players need a longer offseason to recover, and noted that both Roger Federer (fatigue) and Andy Murray (wrist injury) are skipping the Shanghai tournament.\n\"It's ridiculous to think that you have a professional sport that doesn't have a legitimate offseason to rest, get healthy, and then train,\" Roddick said. \"I just feel sooner or later that common sense has to prevail.\"\nThey have a point, but how do you fix it? It's not like tournaments are going to volunteer to be made obsolete. The Times goes into a bit more:\nRoddick said: \"That [a strike] is the last thing that anyone wants to do but you get pushed against a wall. I don't think any of us wants to do that, because even more so than feeling a responsibility to the powers that be in tennis, we feel a responsibility to the fans and we don't want to alienate them. I think that's why we've put up with it as long as we have.\" [\u2026]\n\"I can tell you that six weeks is simply not enough time to recover from the excesses of a season,\" he said. \"We played almost 11 months, we have a solid block of mandated events, we have to play four of the 500 [the number of ranking points on offer] tournaments, the demands are getting harder.\n\"Heck, I'd just like a couple of weeks in a year when I could overdose on burritos, but I have to watch what I do probably more closely than most players, I train like a dog and when I'm out there, I kill myself to win.\"\nRoddick, radically, says that he could save a fortnight in the season off the top of his head, involving a later start to the Indian Wells Masters in California in March, with a Monday finish to avoid a clash with college basketball and therefore enhance television ratings, and an immediate start to the next Masters event in Miami. The second opportunity would be for there to be no gap between the final Masters 1000 event of the year in Paris and the finals in London, which start on November 22. \"We are all just going to be kicking our heels in London for a week,\" he said.\nClearly, what the situation needs is someone to get in there and bang some heads together. I nominate Gene Hunt.\nPosted in andy roddick, ATP | 13 Comments \u00bb\n*Mumble Mumble* Shanghai\nPosted by gauloises1 on September 16, 2009\nThe players promoting the new Shanghai Masters:\nI think my favourite part is how they get steadily less enthusiastic. But it's so cute at the end.\nPosted in ATP, shanghai | 5 Comments \u00bb","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Home \u00bb Archive \u00bb About a 'big time' watch\nPosted inA & E-AN, Fashion, Imported\nAbout a 'big time' watch\nTW Steel, the international watch brand that is \"Big in Oversized Watches,\" celebrated the unveiling of their Kelly Rowland CEO Tech Special Edition timepieces on July 31. It was a VIP event in New York, with Rowland centerstage to reveal and model the watches she co-designed.\nJordy Cobelens, TW Steel's co-owner and CEO, played host to the global launch held at the Standard Hotel in New York's fashionable Meatpacking District, as guests enjoyed the elegant party provided by the company. Music was provided by Steel Entertainment Group, the official entertainment division of TW Steel.\nDespite the stunning Manhattan location, the pumping sounds and the unleashing of fireworks, the star attractions of the night were undoubtedly the timepieces designed in partnership with the Grammy Award-winning singer. Rowland, formerly of Destiny's Child, was announced as a worldwide ambassador for TW Steel last December.\nBoth Kelly Rowland CEO Tech executions simply radiate flair and showcase the singer's love of distinct styling and her passion for her favorite colors, pink and blue. Featuring 56 stunning zirconia baguettes in either pink or blue, both watches house a chronograph movement with a sandblasted case complete with AA-grade PVD rose gold plating. Rowland's signature adorns the case back on each timepiece, which is presented in a luxurious CEO watch box.\n\"It's been a fantastic night here in New York, and we're delighted to finally unveil to the world the watches designed with Kelly,\" commented Cobelens. \"We talked about collaborating back in December, as we know Kelly has such a strong sense of style and loves to make a statement. The pieces that now bear her name are truly amazing. They're bold but remain elegant and, of course, they're true to TW Steel's DNA by being oversized.\n\"Kelly connects to so many people, and we've been able to celebrate that tonight here in New York. We look forward to taking her timepieces into the market, where I'm sure they'll have massive appeal,\" he said.\n\"I have to echo Jordy's statement about it being an amazing event to debut my first TW Steel watches,\" enthused Rowland. \"I know from previous experience that TW Steel does everything 'big-time,' and tonight was no exception at the Standard, especially with that outstanding fireworks display. For me, it's amazing to finally share with everyone the watch designs we worked on together and to see everyone's enthusiasm for them. I simply love how they look. They're both exciting and stylish, which was my goal all along.\"\nFounded in 2005, TW Steel is a family-owned company led by Cobelens, 29. He was named Ernst & Young's 2011 Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year in the brand's native country of Holland. Now an international lifestyle brand available in 100 countries worldwide, TW Steel is also the official timing partner to the Lotus F1 Team in Formula One racing.\nFashion watch out!\nIn \"Fashion\"\nSWV to launch comeback\nWILL UK'S KELLY ROWLAND MAKE \"X FACTOR\" SWITCH TO U.S. WITH NICOLE SCHERZINGER?","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"HOUSTON POLICE CHIEF PERSONALLY WARNED TRAVIS SCOTT ABOUT ASTROWORLD CROWD'S 'ENERGY' PRIOR TO TRAGE\nTravis Scott continues to suffer the fallout from Friday night's (November 5) fatal tragedy at the Astroworld Festival in Houston. As more details emerge and the lawsuits pile up, it appears the \"SICKO MODE\" artist had been warned to proceed with caution hours before the two-day event kicked off.\nAccording to the New York Times, Houston Police Chief Troy Finner personally visited Scott in his trailer as the show was about to get underway and told him the crowd felt off.\n\"The Houston police, who knows Mr. Scott personally and felt the musician had been trying to do good for his hometown, said that he visited Mr. Scott in his trailer before his show on Friday and conveyed concerns about the energy in the crowd, according to a person with knowledge of the chief's account,\" the story reads in part. \"His show that day included very devoted fans, the chief, Troy Finner, said he relayed to Mr. Scott.\"\nEight people died and hundreds of people were injured after the crowd of approximately 50,000 people rushed the stage as Travis Scott performed some of his biggest hits. Scott's set kicked off at 9:04 p.m. local time and emergency personnel declared a \"mass-casualty incident\" 34 minutes later while Scott carried on with his set.\nAbout an hour into his performance, Scott noticed an emergency vehicle with sirens penetrating the crowd and shouted, \"What the fuck is that?\" He added, \"If everybody good, put a middle finger up to the sky! You know what you came here to do.\"\nSoon after the news broke, Travis Scott issued an Instagram video and explained he had no idea the \"severity\" of the situation and would've stopped the show had he known. Even so, Twitter pounced on Scott for not heeding the warning signs. Scott, Live Nation and even Drake \u2014 who showed up during Scott's set \u2014 are being sued.\nOn Sunday (November 7), it was reported a man named Manuel Souza hired a legal team to sue Scott, Live Nation and multiple other defendants in Harris County District Court for both negligence and gross negligence. He wants $1 million in damages for the \"predictable and preventable\" disaster.\nSource:. HipHopDX","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"'Much better' - Michael O'Neill on Stoke City's evolving changing room\nStoke City are 10th in the Championship with 19 games to play\nStoke City manager Michael O'Neill\nMichael O'Neill has praised the improving character in Stoke City 's changing room after fighting for a point with 10 men at Huddersfield.\nA red card for Rhys Norrington-Davies at 1-1 on the stroke of half-time on Saturday left Stoke needing to play 45 minutes a man down \u2013 and Norrington-Davies banned for three matches for serious foul play.\nAngus Gunn needed to make a fine fingertip save and James McClean cleared off the line as the hosts dominated possession but it did end with a draw.\nAnd O'Neill was sure that was another sign of the spirit in the ranks which had been questioned so frequently before he took over 14 months ago.\nStoke City transfer deadline day\nDeadline day live\nState of play on deadline day\nLatest on Lee Gregory\nHe said: \"It's one thing we have in our changing room. If you look at James Chester, John Obi Mikel and Joe Allen, James McClean and Steven Fletcher, we needed that character (at Huddersfield).\n\"We have a lot of younger players around them as well. It's important we have that character and I think we've shown it through this season.\n\"I think we have a much better dressing room than we had when I arrived at the club and that's something we want to continue to work on.\n\"If you want to do anything in this league you need to have the right players in the dressing room and our senior players certainly display those characteristics.\"\nMcClean had stood in at left-back in the second half and slipped behind Gunn at one stage to head a whipped Juninho Bacuna shot away from under the bar.\nO'Neill said: \"It was a brilliant piece of play from James. We've asked him in certain games, either when we're chasing or in a situation like that when we were down to 10 men, to go to left-back and I thought he did well again. We asked him to do that shift.\n\"To read the situation and get in a position to make the clearance was real awareness from a player who is not a natural defender. I thought James was very good, particularly in the second half.\"\nJohn Mikel Obi\nMichael O'Neill","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Home \u00bb Slant\/Fin Celebrates 70th Anniversary\nSlant\/Fin Celebrates 70th Anniversary\nSlant\/Fin is celebrating 70 years of heating homes and businesses across the United States and Canada.\n\"Mel Dubin started Slant\/Fin 70 years ago with an idea and a dream. He wasn't the first to make baseboard but he knew he could make a better baseboard. I like the think that he simply outworked, out-thought and ultimately outran the competition. Quality and customer service mattered above all to my father. And those values are still in our company to this day,\" said Adam Dubin, chairman of Slant\/Fin Corp.\nFrom its 1949 beginnings in the back room of a Coney Island bakery, Slant\/Fin has grown to become the largest baseboard heating manufacturer in the United States and one of the nation's top boiler manufacturers.\nThe company took its name from founder Mel Dubin's original design\u2014a slanted, locked fin\u2014that he came up with in response to that era's inefficient fin-tube radiation designs. The original work area was so small, Dubin said that they needed to \"manufacture 10-foot heating elements one half at a time, then we'd open the back door so we could turn it around to finish it.\"\nThat innovative design\u2014and those which came after it\u2014took the lead in the heating industry. Through the years, the company has grown to a multi-national corporation, installing heating equipment in millions of homes and businesses in North America and around the world. Although its manufacturing facility focuses on baseboards and boilers, its core philosophy is customer service. With not only an outstanding product but also world-class support and service, the company supplies some of the nation's most iconic buildings, including the new One World Trade Center.\nInnovation, though, said the company's vice president of sales and marketing services, Stacey Droogan, is only one-half of the company's success equation. \"As a family-owned business, we've built our culture around customer service, trust-building, and relationships,\" said Droogan.\n\"At Slant\/Fin, customer service isn't a department, it's everyone's job, it's at the heart of what we do,\" continued Droogan. That extends into the tech services, manufacturing and shipping departments as well, she pointed out.\nThe company provides troubleshooting by phone, full sales support with a team of independent and factory representatives as well as frequent training for both customers and their support team.\nWith a solid history behind them, the company, its leadership, and every member of the Slant\/Fin family looks forward to many more milestones in its next 70 years. More information can be found at www.slantfin.com.\nBusiness Contractors & Installers Engineers & Specifiers HVAC Hydronics\/Radiant Industry Community News Plumbing Wholesalers & Distributors\nLochinvar celebrates 30th anniversary of Power-Fin product line\u200b\nMestek Acquires Slant\/Fin Baseboard\nKevin Devine Joins Slant\/Fin as Regional Sales Manager\nSlant\/Fin","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Posts Tagged 'Labour Party'\n'I': 'Poor People Getting Sicker'\nThis morning's I for 21st January 2020 has a piece by Joanna Crow reporting that poor people's health is getting worse. She writes\nPoor people in Britain have worse health than those born a century ago, a University College London study found.\nMore than 200,000 working age people in England, Wales and Scotland were asked to rate their overall health as part of the General Household Survey for 1979-2011.\nThe study created three-year \"health\" snapshots of the generations born between 1920-22 and 1968-70.\nThe gaps between the richest and poorest households widened over time, with inequalities in the prevalence of long-term conditions doubling among women and by one-and-a-half times among men.\nThere should be absolutely no surprise whatsoever about this. Clinical studies have shown across the world that people's health has deteriorated considerably since the introduction of austerity and the cuts to welfare, including state health provision following the 2008 crash. It's why we still need to get the Tories out, and elect a leader of the Labour party someone who will actually strengthen the welfare state rather than continue the Thatcherite programme of dismantling it.\nTags:'I' Newspaper, Austerity, Conservatives, Health, Joanna Crow, Labour Party, Margaret Thatcher, the Poor, the Rich, University College London, Welfare State\nPosted in Economics, England, Health Service, Politics, Poverty, Scotland, The Press, Wales, Welfare Benefits | 1 Comment \u00bb\nLisa Nandy Praised by the 'I' \u2013 and the Reasons Are Obvious\nOne of the candidates in the Labour leadership elections is Lisa Nandy. I got the distinct impression that she's from the Blairite right of the party, and is probably the most right-wing candidate there. She made a speech that was very well received by the I. Next to their report was a piece by one of their hacks, declaring that she was original and tough, but that wasn't what the Labour party wanted. I've forgotten quite what the headline was, but it gave the impression that she was what the Party needed, but not what they'd accept.\nAnd the reason for the hack's praise was obvious. The article it accompanied, about Nandy and her candidacy, had the title 'Tax Polluters, Not High-Earners'. I didn't read on. I didn't feel I needed to. That made it obvious what Nandy's position was, and why the I was favouring her. She was a Blairite liberal. She was worried about the environment \u2013 an entirely good thing \u2013 but was definitely not going to do anything to upset corporate interests and the rich, like actually taxing them. Which means she isn't going to to do anything to tackle the deep and appalling inequalities of wealth in Britain. She isn't going to redistribute any of the massive wealth that the rich 1 per cent have accrued in the years of Thatcherism to where it's need at the bottom of the social pile. Or that's how it seems. She'll just make token efforts to tackle poverty, without halting the privatisations, including that of the NHS or the promotion of the heads of corporations and senior executives to positions of government. At least, that was my impression. I may well have misjudged her.\nBlair's Third Way failed, just as neoliberalism and Thatcherism have failed. They're only kept going because of the lies and spin by the media, including newspapers like the I that are supposedly left-wing. But these papers, and the Tories, Lib Dems and Blairites in Labour are just offering the same stale, failed policies.\nThatcherism needs to be junked totally and completely, and the voices clamoring for it in the media should be ignored. We need a return to socialism, and the leadership of someone who will continue the Corbyn project, but will be firmer about defending it and rebutting malicious slurs than he was.\nAnd that person is definitely not Lisa Nandy.\nTags:'I' Newspaper, Bias, Corporatism, Jeremy Corbyn, Labour Party, Lisa Nandy, Margaret Thatcher, Media, Neoliberalism, NHS Privatisation, Pollution, Privatisation, Tax, the Poor, the Rich, tony blair\nPosted in Economics, Environment, Health Service, Industry, Politics, Poverty, Radio, Socialism, Television, The Press | Leave a Comment \u00bb\nVoter ID and Other Tricks to Stop the Radical Poor from Voting\nMike reported a little while ago that the Tories were going ahead with their plans to demand photographic identification of voters at polling stations before allowing people to cast their votes. This is supposedly to cut down on voting fraud, despite the fact that actual instances are so low they're negligible. Of course, the people who will find it most difficult to produce such identification will be students and the poor. Which is why the Tories are introducing it.\nIt's another trick they've learned from the American Republicans, who introduced similar legislation over there. It prevents the poor, students and Blacks \u2013 the demographics mostly likely to vote Democrat \u2013 from being able to vote. And such tricks to stop working class radicals and Blacks from voting have a long history in America. All the way back to the Populist movement in the 1890s. This was a left-wing movement of America's rural poor against exploitation by the great landlords. Bhaskar Sankara gives a brief description of it, and its fall, in his book The Socialist Manifesto. He writes\nBut ferment was growing in rural America. The Populist Movement sprang from the 1870s struggles of indebted farmers in central Texas but soon spread throughout the country. As the price of cotton collapsed and the economy entered a depression in the 1890s, the Populists fervently supported Debs during the Pullman Strike, backed many demands made by labor, and were leading tenant and sharecropper efforts against the crop-lien system. Populist leader Tom Watson challenged white and black farmers to organise across racial lines, telling a crowd, \"You are deceived and blinded that you may not see how this race antagonism perpetuates a monetary system that beggars both.\"\nIn 1892, the movement formed a national political party around a progressive platform that called for a graduated income tax, nationalised railways, debt relief, and public works to combat unemployment. Planter elites responded with a campaign of electoral fraud and violence, including the lynching of hundreds of organisers, while the Democratic Party came to co-opt much of the movement's platform in 1896. After the pro-Populist Democrat William Jennings Bryant's election loss that year, the movement fell apart. Legislative efforts to disenfranchise blacks through poll taxes and biased \"literacy tests\" were expanded, helping prevent another multi-racial movement from emerging for decades. (pp. 163-4).\nThat's the tactics of the Right. Keep whites and blacks attacking each other, so that they don't unite against the system that's oppressing both, and bring in laws to disqualify Blacks and the White poor from voting. The Tories also do both. But they haven't yet started lynching members of the Labour party. So far, that's been left to the far right. Thomas Mair and his assassination of Labour MP Jo Cox. Then there are the crazed Brexiteers who screamed at Anna Soubry that she was a traitor, and who took a model gibbet to their protests outside parliament, and the Nazi, homophobic thugs who beat up Owen Jones.\nPerhaps after the Tories have introduced voter ID and similar legislation, they'll bring back lynching as well. They've encouraged people to beat up the disabled already.\nTags:'The Socialist Manifesto', Anna Soubry, Assault, Bhaskar Sankara, Blacks, Brexit, Conservatives, Debt, Democrat Party, Eugene Debs, Farmers, Gays, Jo Cox, Labour Party, Lynchings, Nationalisation, Owen Jones, Planters, Populist Movement, racism, Railways, Republican Party, Strikes, Students, Tax, the Disabled, the Poor, Thomas Mair, Tom Watson, Voter Fraud, Vox Political, William Jennings Bryant\nPosted in Agriculture, America, Crime, Democracy, Education, European Union, Fascism, History, Law, LIterature, Persecution, Politics, Poverty, Socialism, Trade Unions, Unemployment | Leave a Comment \u00bb\nClassic Reply to Criticism of Socialists for Having Communist Supporters and Activists\nThe right-wing scumbags were after America's Bernie Sanders last week. Having succeeded in defeating Labour in the elections over here, and Corbyn's campaign to bring prosperity, dignity and empowerment to the British working class, they're trying to do the same to America's working people. They've started attacking Bernie's cause of Medicare for All, whereby American people's medical bills would be paid by the American state. 40 million people in the Land of the Free can't afford medical insurance. 40,000 people every year die because they can't afford medical treatment. In some states, people are hoarding medicines, including those prescribed by vets for animals, because they can't afford drugs. But the Republicans and their corporate masters once again have started attacking Medicare For All in the interests of keeping the private healthcare companies' profits high, and America's working and lower middle class poor and sick. And they've also launched a few more personal attacks on Bernie himself. Last week several videos appeared on YouTube claiming that a member of his campaign team was a violent Communist.\nI'm not surprised that a Communist would work for Sanders. The American Communist party seems to have a history of joining mainstream left-wing movements. Sometimes its to try and take them over, as Marxist parties have tried to do elsewhere in the West. And sometimes it's simply to help them in their attempts to improve conditions for working people. In the 1950s and '60s, I think, a number of Communists were found working for the Democrats.\nThey tried similar tactics over here with Jeremy Corbyn. Apart from smearing him as a Trotskyite and Stalinist, they also attempted to discredit him through one of his campaign team, Seaumas Milne. Milne really is a Stalinist, who continues to support the old thug. His views on Stalin are genuinely disgusting, but that doesn't discredit everything else he does. His books and articles tearing modern capitalism to shreds are still excellent. And just because Milne admires the brutal dictator, it doesn't follow that Corbyn does, and the chance of Milne setting up a similar dictatorship in Britain, even if he wanted to, is absolute zero.\nThere have been similar attempts to discredit other socialist parties and leaders through their employment of or work with Communists. I've been reading Bhaskar Sankara's superb The Socialist Manifesto. This is his call for radical change in America, and its transformation into a genuinely socialist state in which workers actually manage the companies in which they work, share the profits, and enjoy a welfare state comparable to those of Europe, only rather more expanded. The first few chapters are a history of socialism in various countries from its Marxist roots. This covers the rise of Social Democracy in Germany, Communism in Russia and China, social democracy in Sweden and socialism in America. America has, surprisingly, a very long tradition of socialism and working class parties. But these failed to make it into mainstream politics through factionalism, inept leadership, missed opportunities and violent opposition from the American state and capital. Private corporations hired armed thugs to put down strikes, along with the police and army. The Communist party also contributed to this through its factionalism, its blind obedience to the Comintern line even when this conflicted with the local party's and American people's own interests in favour of that of the Soviet state's, and attacks on rival socialist parties. They caused the collapse of one working class, socialist organisation by infiltrating it in order to turn it into a Communist satellite. At which point everyone else in the organisation left. The Trotskyite Socialist Workers' Party did the same thing in Britain in the 1970s when they infiltrated the Anti-Nazi League.\nBut there also were instances where Communists and reformist socialists attempted to work together. This happened in the Congress of Industrial Organisations, founded in the 1930s by John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers' union. The CIO had a large rank and file, but needed skilled leaders and organisers, and so drew on those from other socialist organisations. When it was pointed out to him that a large number of them were members of the Communist party, Lewis replied, 'Who gets the bird? The dog or the hunter?'\nAmerican Communism's actually rather interesting, as it saw itself as firmly in the tradition of the American Revolution. And in contrast to the dull, crushing boredom of the Soviet Communist party, it also seems rather fun. The Party had a very strong social side to it, holding youth dances and other social events. It was also very strong on reaching out and defending Black Americans, which explains how Jackie Walker's parents met. Her mother was a Black civil rights activist, and her father was of Jewish Russian descent. They met at a Communist civil rights event, if I remember properly.\nThey also revered the American Revolution and were, in their way, as patriotic as other Americans. When the Daughters of the American Revolution forgot their annual commemoration of Paul Revere's ride, they had a man dress up as an 18th century minuteman and ride down Broadway in New York. They proclaimed 'The DAR forgets, but the Communist party remembers!' Another of their slogans was 'Communism is 20th Century Americanism!'\nBernie Sanders is very far from being a Communist. His views are far more like those of mainstream European social democrats. There isn't much about nationalisation in his book, Our Revolution, though he does favour worker cooperatives. He also doesn't want to nationalise American healthcare. He just wants the government to pay people's medical bills \u2013 hardly a radical suggestion from the European perspective. The Germans have had it since Bismarck's Socialist Laws of 1875. But that, and Bernie's concern to expand the American welfare state, restore union power and give working people proper employment rights \u2013 in effect, to undo forty years of Reaganomic misgovernment \u2013 is too much for American capital.\nCommunism fell in the 1990s. But socialism is alive and reviving. The world as well as America needs Bernie in the White House.\nSo let's making Socialism 21st Century Americanism and Britishism!\nTags:'Our Revolution', 'The Socialist Manifesto', American Revolution, Anti-Nazi League, anti-racism, Bernie Sanders, Bhaskar Sankara, Bismarck, Blacks, Capitalism, Comintern, Congress of Industrial Organisations, Cooperatives, Corporate Donors, Daughters of the American Revolution, Industrial Democracy, Jackie Walker, John L. Lewis, Labour Party, Lower Middle Class, marxism, Medicare For All, Nationalisation, New York, Paul Revere, Private Enterprise, racism, Republican Party, Ronald Reagan, Seaumas Milne, Socialist Laws, Socialist Workers Party, stalin, Trotskyites, United Mine Workers, Welfare State, Workers' Rights, Working Class, Youtube\nPosted in America, China, communism, Economics, Germany, Health Service, History, Industry, Law, LIterature, Medicine, Persecution, Politics, Poverty, Russia, Socialism, Sweden, Trade Unions, Welfare Benefits, Working Conditions | Leave a Comment \u00bb\nQuestion Time Makes Tory Bias Official Policy\nYesterday, Tracy Keeling over at The Canary posted up a piece reporting that the Beeb had finally come out and made a public statement about the way they were selecting the audience for Question Time, as revealed on the show the night before. Apparently, they aren't going to choose audiences to represent the broad views of society as a whole. No! They've decided that audiences members will be selected according to 'the current political picture' in the country in which it is held. This means that, following the Tory election victory, the audience in Liverpool Thursday night was mostly composed of Tories. Even though the city had returned only Labour MPs.\nFiona Bruce, the show's nauseatingly biased presenter, tried to pass this off as normal, stating\nAs usual, our audience has been selected to reflect the current political picture, depending where we are. So here in England that means there are more Conservative than Labour supporters plus a smaller number from other parties.\nKeeling points out that this is very definitely not 'as usual', as the Beeb's own webpage on Frequently Asked Questions stated\nQuestion Time selects local audiences which reflect a broad range of political views. \u2026 This is to ensure a range of views are represented in the audience. \u2026\nAs with the make-up of the panels, Question Time is aiming to achieve due impartiality in the membership of the audience across the series as a whole, rather than being confined to an exact mathematical formula for each programme.\nThe article then goes on to discuss a number of instances where the audience seemed to be mostly Tory plants. One such case was a show in Scotland, where only 7 members of the audience out of 80 in shot raised their hands to show they were supporters of the SNP. At the time the SNP had 40 per cent support up there.\nThen there was the Youth Question Time for the under-30s, which made the split between Remainers and Leavers 50-50. But 70 per cent of people under 30 voted Remain. Admittedly this was at the time of an election, so there were laws dictating their treatment of the issue. But even so, it delivered a Tory win. Femi Oluwole was so outraged that he complained about these instances social media, and told the Beeb it would be simpler if they just confessed to being a Tory propaganda machine. Rho, another poster, asked where all the Scousers were last Thursday's edition, and wondered if they'd had to bus the Tories in from outside.\nKeeling says in her article that the Tories have little regard for the Beeb, just as the Beeb has little regard for the Left and Labour, and it seems that the Corporation is running scared of them. This new policy on Question Time was announced after Johnson declared that his government would consider scrapping the license fee. She also pointed out that the programme had already been subject to complaints of pro-Tory bias. However, this policy on audience selection is new, whatever Bruce and the Corporation claim to the contrary.\nI put up a piece the other day from Lobster about the way the Tories had turned the corporation into a channel for the propaganda. The Corporation's anti-Labour bias has been acutely obviously for years, particularly in its vilification of Jeremy Corbyn. Now it's become overt and undenied, at least on Question Time, and at least as regards the audience. I've no doubt that the Corporation will continue to huff and puff about how its political broadcasting and reportage is impartial, and try to wave away allegations of bias as simple mistakes. But they aren't mistakes, and the bias will become even more extreme and acute.\nAt the moment, only 44 per cent of people trust the Beeb's news according to a recent poll. If the Beeb carries on like this, that's going to be a lot less. And the left-wingers they used to rely on to defend them from privatisation will be well and truly alienated and sick of them by the end of it.\nI'm heartily fed up with the Beeb's newsroom. There's hardly one of them now that I trust with truthfully reporting the news. There should be a mass sacking, beginning with Fiona Bruce.\nTags:'Leave' Campaign, BBC, Bias, Conservatives, Fiona Bruce, Jeremy Corbyn, Labour Party, Liverpool, Lobster, News, Privatisation, Propaganda, Question Time, Remain Campaign, SNP, The Canary, Tracy Keeling\nPosted in Democracy, Politics, Radio, Scotland, Television | Leave a Comment \u00bb\nRussian Rocket Engine Street Art in Cheltenham\nOne of the shops in Cheltenham has a very unusual piece of street art decorating its door. It's of the rocket motor designed to power the Russian N1 spaceship to the Moon. The N1 was the Russian counterpart of the massive American Saturn V, and was similarly intended for a manned mission. Unlike the Americans, the Russian rocket would have a small crew of two, only one of whom would make the descent to the lunar surface in a module very much like the American. Unfortunately the project was a complete failure. Korolyov, the Soviet rocket designer, had died by the time it was being designed, and the head of the design bureau was his second-in-command, Mishin. Mishin was an excellent lieutenant, but this project was far beyond him. The N1 space vehicles kept exploding on the launch pad. These were powerful spacecraft, and the explosions destroyed everything within a radius of five miles. After three such explosions, one of which, I think, killed Mishin himself, the project was cancelled. The Russians never did send a man to the Moon, and instead had to satisfy themselves with the Lunakhod lunar rover.\nI'd been meaning to take a photograph of the painting for sometime and finally got around to it yesterday. The full painting isn't visible during the day, as much of it is on the cover that gets put over the door at night. This is the part of the painting shown in the top photograph. During the day only the bottom part of the engine, painted on the door itself, is visible.\nThe shop-owner himself was really helpful. He saw me crouching trying to photograph the bottom part of the engine, and asked if I knew what it was. When I told him it was a rocket motor, he proudly replied that it was TsK-33 for the N-1, and asked if I wanted to photograph the whole thing. I did, so he got down the door cover. Talking to him about the painting both then, and later on with a friend, who also has an interest in space, he told us a bit more about the rocket engine and his painting of it. Although the N-1 was scrapped, the Russians still retained the rocket engines. Someone from the American Pratt and Whitney rocket engine manufacturers met one of the engineers, designers or managers on the N-1 motors, who showed him 33 of the engines, which had been mothballed after the project's cancellation. The Pratt and Whitney guy was impressed, as it turns out that these Russian motors are still the most efficient rocket engines yet created. He made a deal with the Russians to take them back to America, where they are now used on the Atlas rockets launching American military satellites. Or that's the story.\nMy friend asked if the shopkeeper had painted it himself. He hadn't. It had been done by a street artist. The shopkeeper had seen him coming along painting, and asked him if he would do an unusual request. And so the artist came to paint the Russian rocket engine.\nThere's much great street art in Cheltenham, though as it's an ephemeral genre you have to catch it while it's there. Just before Christmas there was a great mural of Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour logo in one of the town's underpasses. I wanted to photograph that too. But when I tried yesterday, it had gone, replaced with another mural simply wishing everyone a happy Christmas.\nBut I hope the rocket engine, as it was done specifically for the shop, will be up for some time to come.\nIt also seems to me to bear out the impression I've had for a long time, that the real innovative art is being done outside of the official artistic establishment. The painting would have delighted the Futurists, who were into the aesthetics of the new machine age. And also the French avant-garde artist, Marcel Duchamps. Duchamps anticipated the Futurists concern with the depiction of movement in his painting, 'Nude Descending a Staircase'. He also painted a picture of 'The Star Dancer', which isn't of a human figure, but a ship's engine, which also anticipates the Futurists' machine aesthetic. Unfortunately, what he is best known for is nailing that urinal to a canvas and calling it 'The Advance of the Broken Arm' as a protest against the artistic establishment. This went on to inspire Dada, and other anti-art movements. It's now in Tate Modern, although it no longer has the same urinal. As a work of art, I really don't rate it at all. Neither do most people. But for some reason, the artistic establishment love it and still seem to think it's a great joke.\nThe real artistic innovations and explorations are being done outside the academy, by artists exploring the new world opened up by science and the literature of Science Fiction. And it's to that world that this mural belongs.\nTags:Cheltenham, christmas, Dada, Futurism, Jeremy Corbyn, Labour Party, Lunakhod, Marcel Duchamps, Mishin, Moon Landings, Museums, Pratt and Whitney, Rockets, Satellites, Science Fiction, Sergei Korolyov, Ships, Shops, Soviet Union, Street Art, Tate Modern, the Moon\nPosted in America, Art, Education, France, History, LIterature, Politics, Russia, Seasonal Greetings, Space, Technology | Leave a Comment \u00bb\nTrotsky on the Failure of Capitalism\nI found this quote from Trotsky on how capitalism has now outlived its usefulness as a beneficial economic system in Isaac Deutscher and George Novack, The Age of Permanent Revolution: A Trotsky Anthology (New York: Dell 1964):\nCapitalism has outlived itself as a world system. It has ceased to fulfill its essential function, the raising of the level of human power and human wealth. Humanity cannot remain stagnant at the level which it has reached. Only a powerful increase in productive force and a sound, planned, that is, socialist organisation of production and distribution can assure humanity \u2013 all humanity \u2013 of a decent standard of life and at the same time give it the precious feeling of freedom with respect to its own economy. (p. 363).\nI'm not a fan of Trotsky. Despite the protestations to the contrary from the movement he founded, I think he was during his time as one of the leaders of the Russian Revolution and civil war ruthless and authoritarian. The Soviet Union under his leadership may not have been as massively murderous as Stalin's regime, but it seems to me that it would still have been responsible for mass deaths and imprisonment on a huge scale.\nHe was also very wrong in his expectation of the collapse of capitalism and the outbreak of revolution in the Developed World. As an orthodox Marxist, he wanted to export the Communist revolution to the rest of Europe, and believed that it would be in the most developed countries of the capitalist West, England, France, and Germany, that revolution would also break out. He also confidently expected throughout his career the imminent collapse of capitalism. This didn't happen, partly because of the reforms and welfare states established by reformist socialist parties like Labour in Britain and the SPD in Germany, which improved workers' lives and opportunities, which thus allowed them to stimulate the capitalist economy as consumers and gave them a stake in preserving the system.\nIt also seems to me that capitalism is still actively creating wealth \u2013 the rich are still becoming massively richer \u2013 and it is benefiting those countries in the Developing World, which have adopted it, like China and the east Asian 'tiger' economies like South Korea.\nBut in the west neoliberalism, unregulated capitalism, certainly has failed. It hasn't brought public services, like electricity, railways, and water supply the investment they need, and has been repeatedly shown to be far more inefficient in the provision of healthcare. And it is pushing more and more people into grinding poverty, so denying them the ability to play a role as active citizens about to make wide choices about the jobs they can take, what leisure activities they can choose, and the goods they can buy. At the moment the Tories are able to hide its colossal failure by hiding the mounting evidence and having their hacks in the press pump out favourable propaganda. But if the situation carries on as it is, sooner or later the mass poverty they've created will not be so easily hidden or blithely explained away or blamed on others \u2013 immigrants, the poor themselves, or the EU. You don't have to be a Trotskyite to believe the following:\nUnfettered capitalism is destroying Britain \u2013 get rid of it, and the Tories.\nTags:'The Age of Permanent Revolution: A Trotsky Anthology', Bolsheviks, Capitalism, Civil War, Conservatives, Developing World, George Novack, Immigration, Isaac Deutscher, Labour Party, marxism, Neoliberalism, Private Healthcare, Private Industry, Russian Revolution, South Korea, SPD, stalin, the Poor, the Rich, Trotsky, Welfare States, Workers\nPosted in Asia, China, communism, Economics, Electricity, England, European Union, France, Germany, LIterature, Medicine, Persecution, Politics, Russia, Socialism, The Press, Water, Welfare Benefits | 3 Comments \u00bb\nThe Board of Deputies of British Jews: Tory, Rich, Fanatically Zionist, Unrepresentative and 'an Affront to Democracy'\nMike has put up several pieces this week commenting on the decision of all five contenders for the Labour leadership \u2013 Lisa Nandy, Keir Starmer, Jess Phillips, Rebecca Long-Bailey and Emily Thornberry \u2013 to sign a series of ten pledges devised by the Board of Deputies of British Jews on how they will tackle anti-Semitism in the Labour party. This has outraged Mike and a very large number of other Labour supporters and members, because it is a capitulation to the Board. It effectively cedes to the Board extremely wide-ranging and draconian powers over who can be accused of anti-Semitism, and how they should be tried, judged and punished. Mike and the other commenters, bloggers and activists on this issue have extensively criticised the document and how it represents a very serious breach of natural justice. For example, those accused of anti-Semitism are more or less to be treated as guilty simply through the accusation, and expelled promptly. I've made the point as an historian with an interest in the European witch hunts of the Middle Ages and 16th and 17th centuries that accused witches could expect a fairer trial than the kangaroo courts set up by the Labour party, and which are demanded by the Board and their satellite organisations within the party, like the Jewish Labour Movement. Some of the demands made by the Board very much resemble the way cults and totalitarian states exercise total control over their members' lives. For example, another of the provisions demands that existing members do not have anything to do with those expelled for anti-Semitism. This is exactly like the way cults and less extreme religious sects demand that their members have nothing to do with those outside them, thus cutting ties with family and friends.\nThe Board is also not a credible judge of what constitutes anti-Semitism. They have been extremely bad on the issue on anti-Semitism in the Labour, acting in bad faith and deliberately falsifying its extent, supporting evidence and maligning and smearing decent women and men.\nTheir motives throughout their pursuit of this issue has certainly been not to defend Jews against anti-Semitism. Rather, like their counterparts elsewhere in the Jewish establishment \u2013 the Chief Rabbinate, the Jewish press and the Jewish Leadership Council \u2013 it has been extremely party political. The goal has been to oust Corbyn as leader of the Labour party, purge it of his supporters and prevent it coming to power. Not because Corbyn is an anti-Semite \u2013 he isn't by any objective standard \u2013 but because he is a staunch anti-racist and a critic of Israel's slow-motion ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians. And as Tories, like the rest of the Jewish establishment, they were also frightened by a movement within the Labour party that would restore power and dignity to working people, including Jews. David Rosenberg has made the point on his 'Rebel Notes' blog that the Board and its ilk do not represent Jews, who are working or lower-middle class \u2013 yes, they exist! \u2013 they don't represent the Jewish disabled, the Jews who work in or use the public services. And they don't give a damn about racism and real anti-Semitism. He has described how, when he was a young activist in '70s and '80s, the Board did its level best to stop Jews going on anti-racism demonstrations and gigs like 'Rock Against Racism'. Ostensibly this was to protect the young and impressionable from anti-Zionist propaganda. But others suspected the real reason was that they had zero interest in joining protests against discrimination and hate against Blacks and Asians. And Tony Greenstein, another staunch Jewish critic of Israel and fierce opponent of racism and Fascism in all its forms, has described how, in the 1930s, when British Jews were in real existential danger from Mosley and other genuine Fascist and Nazi groups, the Board did nothing to encourage them to resist. When Mosley and his storm troopers marched through the East End of London to intimidate and terrorise the Jews and other minorities there, the Board meekly told them to stay indoors. Fortunately there were Jews, who didn't believe in passively tolerating the BUF, and joined with the Communists, unions and other left-winger to give Mosley's thugs the hiding they richly deserved.\nThe Board claims the authority to dictate the Labour party's policy towards anti-Semitism as the organ representing the Jewish community as a whole. This is a lie.\nMike today put up a statement by Jewish Voice for Labour \u2013 a far more representative Jewish organisation than the Board \u2013 about this issue. And the simple answer is: they aren't. The JVL said\nThe Board's claim to be democratic is, however, distinctly tenuous. There are no British Jewish elections, no direct way for all British Jews to directly elect the board's 300 Deputies. To be involved in electing Deputies, one must be a member of one or more of approximately 138 synagogues, or be connected to one of 34 'communal organisations' (such as the UJIA or Reform Judaism) that are affiliated with the Board, all of which elect one to five Deputies\u2014anyone not involved with these institutions does not have a vote, despite the Board still claiming to speak on their behalf. Inevitably, some individuals may be represented multiple times, through being members of more than one organisation.\nThe biggest problem, however, is with the elections held by affiliate organisations to select their deputies\u2014it is these that justify the Board's claim to be a representative democracy. Transparency is a fundamental requirement of democracy\u2014there needs to be openness as to who the electorate is and how many of them turn out in order for any election to be considered legitimate. Despite its own constitution obliging it to receive the data (Appendix A, Clause 3: \"the election shall not be validated unless the form incorporates\u2026 the total number of members of the congregation\u2026 and the number who attended the election meeting\"), the Board does not release a list of the membership size or the numbers voting in each affiliate organisation, and claims to have no idea what the numbers might be. The Board's spokesman explained to me that, \"While we do need to be more thorough in collecting statistics, these figures wouldn't add anything\u2014they don't speak to the democratic legitimacy of the organisation or to anything else.\" This seems extraordinarily complacent\u2014can we imagine a British election in which the size of the electorate, the list of candidates standing, and the turnout remained secret? It would be regarded as an affront to democracy.\nThe anti-democratic nature of the Board is confirmed by other Jewish critics, like Tony. They point out that the Board really only represents the United Synagogue, which is believed to have 40,000 members out of a total Jewish population in the country of 280,000 \u2013 300,000. They don't represent that third of the Jewish people, who are secular and don't attend synagogue. Neither do they represent the Orthodox, may represent as much as a quarter of all Jewish Brits and are set to overtake the United Synagogue as the largest section of the Jewish population in a few years. Some synagogues haven't had elections for years, and so have sitting candidates. Others don't allow women to vote. And the Board also defines itself as a Zionist organisation, and so excludes Jews, who do not support Israel.\nSo it seems that the Board represents, at most, 1\/3 of British Jews. That's hardly a majority and gives them no mandate to issue their demands.\nAs for the Board's manifest lack of democracy, it all reminds me of Britain before the 1833 Reform Act, with its pocket and rotten boroughs. But these are the people claiming to have the moral authority to speak for the British Jewish community!\nI fully understand why the Labour leadership candidates signed the Board's wretched pledges. They hoped that this would end the Board's interference in the Labour party and their continued criticism. But it won't. The Board and other Zionist organisations that use allegations of anti-Semitism as a weapon against their critics will not be satisfied. They see such capitulation as weakness, and will always press for further concessions. This is what Corbyn and his advisers, like Seaumas Milne, failed to understand. Instead of caving in, Corbyn should have fought back.\nMy own feeling now is that the only way to settle this issue decisively in Labour's favour is to attack and discredit the Board \u2013 to show how biased and unrepresentative it is, to reveal how it lies and libels decent men and women, and particularly self-respecting Jews.\nThat would be a long, very hard, and perilous struggle, especially as the media and Tory press would be on the side of the Board all the way.\nBut until it is done, the Board as it stands now will always be a politically partisan threat to British democracy and genuine Jewish security and anti-racist action.\nTags:'Rotten Boroughs', anti-racism, anti-semitism, Anti-Semitism Smears, Asians, Blacks, Board of Deputies of British Jews, BUF, Chief Rabbis, Conservatives, David Rosenberg, Emily Thornberry, Ethnic Cleansing, Jeremy Corbyn, Jess Phillips, Jewish Leadership Council, Jews, Keir Starmer, Labour Party, Lisa Nandy, London, Lower Middle Class, Middle Ages, Orthodox Jews, Oswald Mosley, Palestinians, Pocket Boroughs, racism, Rebecca Long-Bailey, Rebel Notes, Reform Judaism, Reform Synagogue, Rock Against Racism, Seaumas Milne, Tony Greenstein, United Synagogue, Vox Political, Witch Hunts, Working Class, Zionism\nPosted in Arabs, communism, Democracy, Fascism, History, Israel, Persecution, Politics, Radio, Secularism, Television, The Press, Trade Unions, Uncategorized | 2 Comments \u00bb\nIf the Press Can Publish Harry and Megan's Correspondence, then We Should See Murdoch and Co's\nHarry and Meghan and suing the Mail on Sunday for publishing a letter from Megan to her father. And today, that bastion on the British press \u2013 and as the late Terry Wogan used to say of the Beeb, 'there are many basty 'uns in there' \u2013 the MoS set out its defence. It's the old 'public interest' argument. They're going to argue that Meghan and Harry don't have the same right to privacy as the rest of us, because they're private correspondence and activities are of interest to the public. Zelo Street has put up a piece demolishing it by showing how circular the argument is. The letter, and anything else the royal couple writes or does, is of interest to the public because the press tells them it is. Zelo Street states\n'What the MoS is setting out in its defence is that what it did is OK, because that is what the paper expects to be able to get away with. Hal and Meg should not expect to have any privacy because that would impact on the MoS' business. Hence that paper and all the others kicking off like so many spoilt children at the prospect of the couple being out of reach very soon. How dare they stop the press scoring copy off of them?\nIn mounting this defence, then, the MoS has proved the Duchess' point for her. But she and her family are not there merely to provide cheap copy. The press just doesn't get it.'\nSee: https:\/\/zelo-street.blogspot.com\/2020\/01\/mail-on-sunday-proves-meghans-point.htm\nThe public interest argument does, however, also justify the publication of the private correspondent of the newspaper magnates, who make their bloated fortunes exploiting the private correspondence not just of Harry and Meghan, but of anyone else in the public eye. Murdoch, Geordie Grieg, the weirdo Barclay twins and the rest of the whole unsavoury crew play a powerful role in modern politics. They have intimate connections to the Tory government, and not only shape public opinion in its favour, they also arrogantly assume that they have a right to dictate the political direction not just of the government but also of the opposition. Former cabinet members have reported that Rupert Murdoch was always an invisible presence at the meetings of Blair's government, and the former Labour Prime Minister worried how his policies would go down with the owner of the Scum and the Times. That's why the Mail, the Times and the Scum have been running pieces telling the Labour party what it should do to become electable \u2013 unsurprisingly this the expulsion of the Corbynites and the return to Blairism \u2013 and viciously attacking left-wing candidates for the Labour leadership, like Rebecca Long-Bailey.\nThe press barons are unelected, massively powerful, and have what amounts to a monopoly on news in this country. Murdoch's empire should have been broken up under the Monopolies and Mergers' Commission years ago, but it wasn't because he was a supporter of the Tories. They also have huge business interests, that also dictate the views their papers take on various stories. Way back in the 1980s, for example, Tiny Rowlands, the owner the Absurder, wouldn't publish pieces critical of Zimbabwe because he had interests in a mining corporation working there. But these same press magnates are absolutely unaccountable. Yet they arrogantly assume they have the right to dictate governmental policy, while zealously keeping their own affairs private.\nBut if the Royals have no reasonable right to privacy, neither do Grieg, Murdoch et al. If they are shaping policy and public opinion, we should know their private business to judge for ourselves whether they are correct and acting in our interest. It's only fair. And as they acted as the unofficial Tory propaganda office at the last election, it should all be accessible under the Freedom of Information Act.\nHow's that for governmental transparency, Rupert?\nTags:Barclay Twins, BBC, Conservatives, Freedom of Information Act, Geordie Grieg, Jeremy Corbyn, Labour Party, Mail on Sunday, Meghan Markle, Mining, Monopolies and Mergers Commission, Prince Harry, Propaganda, Rebecca Long-Bailey, Royal Family, Rupert Murdoch, Terry Wogan, The Observer, The Sun, The Times, Tiny Rowlands, tony blair, Zelo Street\nPosted in Industry, Justice, Politics, The Press, Zimbabwe | Leave a Comment \u00bb\nMedic Attacks Tory Claims to Have Built 18 New Hospitals as Misleading\nThis weekend's edition of the I carried a report that a leading medic, Dr Susan Crossland, had said that the Tories were misleading the public by claiming that they had built 18 new hospitals. The report by Paul Gallagher, 'Tory claim to have built 18 new hospitals 'misleading\" ran\nA leading medic has accused the Government of misleading the public after it claimed 18 new hospitals had opened in the past 10 years.\nThe Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) made the claim in documents released under an I Freedom of Information request, but the figure includes existing hospitals either refurbished or redeveloped.\nAt least 11 of the projects are redevelopments, refurbishments or changes to existing hospital sites, such as integration or relocation.\nDr Susan Crossland, president of the Society for Acute Medicine, said \"The conflation between new hospitals and refurbishment of existing hospitals is misleading to the public.\n\"Whilst investment in the crumbling infrastructure of the NHS property portfolio is welcome, at the time we are seeing unprecedented demand on hospital beds we call into question whether this will ease the current pressures we see. And we call on the Government to be honest and account to the tax-paying public. Are there going to be any more beds in the system, or are we going to continue to see further reductions?\"\nPressed on how many of the 18 projects could be described as \"whole new hospitals\" the DHSC did not respond.\nNHS staff union Unison said the lack of \"whole new builds\" was \"shocking\". It said \"at least half\" of the projects are a legacy of the previous Labour government, so there has been \"next to nothing\" under the Tories.\nThe revelation calls into question the Government's ability to honour its manifesto pledge to build 40 hospitals in the next 10 years. The Tory manifesto promised the NHS \"its biggest ever cash boost, with 20 hospital upgrades and 40 new hospitals.\"\nAccording to FullFact.org the Government has committed the money to upgrade six hospitals by 2025. Up to 38 other hospitals have received money to plan for building work between 2025 and 2030, but not to actually begin any work.\nMr Johnson has been criticised for refusing to say how much the promised new hospitals will cost, where they would be, or where the money involved would come from. The only detail given in the six NHS trusts that would receive \u00a32.7bn to rebuild existing acute hospitals in England by 2025, and \u00a3100m \"seed money\" to 21 other English trusts to work up plans for similar projects. The Institute for Fiscal Studies says that if most were new hospitals in city centres containing state-of-the-art equipment, the cost might be between \u00a312bn and \u00a324bn.\nA DHSC spokesman said: \"We've launched the largest hospital building programme in a generation which will deliver at least 40 new hospitals over the next decade.\"\nSo the Tories have been caught lying again. They haven't built 18 new hospitals. If 11 of those they cite are just refurbishments, it means at most they've built just 7. And it seems most of those 18 hospitals were built by the Labour government. And the claim that they're going to build 40 new hospitals over the next ten years is just specious promises.\nThe reality is that they're going to run down the NHS while making token gestures towards building and renovation to disguise what they're doing, read for privatisation.\nTags:'I' Newspaper, Boris Johnson, Conservatives, Department of Health and Social Care, Freedom of Information Act, Institute for Fiscal Studies, Labour Party, NHS, NHS Privatisation, Paul Gallagher, Society for Acute Medicine, Susan Crossland\nPosted in Democracy, England, Health Service, Hospitals, Industry, Politics, The Press | 1 Comment \u00bb","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"mr busby\nIpswich Town 2 Blackpool 0\nFebruary 7, 2021 February 20, 2021 \/ martinpbrooks \/ Leave a comment\nI am a little ashamed to admit it, but my record of seeing Ipswich play Blackpool is rather poor and weirdly, of the nine occasions on which I have seen Blackpool play away from home, six of them have been at Layer Road, Elm Park, Griffin Park or Fratton Park, not Portman Road. Of course I have excuses. Ipswich's first nine fixtures against the Tangerines in the 1960's and early 1970's occurred before I attended my first game in April 1971. Town then didn't play Blackpool at all throughout the 1980's and 1990's which were the years when I had the time, the money and inclination to rarely miss a game. When Town's and Blackpool's paths next crossed again, in the 2007\/08 season, I am pleased to say I did make it to both Portman Road and Bloomfield Road; but one visit to the coastal town they forgot to close down was enough for me, and I haven't been back since, despite the lovely trams.\nIn 2009 the home fixture versus Blackpool coincided rather inconveniently with my father's funeral; I guess I could have sneaked away after the interment; he wouldn't have minded I don't suppose, particularly given that he was dead beneath a couple of metres of Suffolk sod, but some of the relatives and other folk left breathing might have thought it was a bit off. Since then, due to disillusionment inspired by the appointment of Roy Keane, a four year spell on the committee of an Eastern Counties League club and then a sudden illness I have made it to just two of the seven subsequent Portman Road fixtures. Today therefore I am rather chuffed to even be 'virtually' at the game, courtesy of the ifollow and I have even ordered a programme, which I am pleased to say has arrived in this post this morning; well played Royal Mail.\nThe post isn't the only good thing about today I find. It's a beautifully grey, dank winter's day and a pall of dull cloud hangs over the horizon as I take a walk along puddle strewn roads between sodden fields and beneath the gaunt, dripping trees. It's a lovely day for football. Back in the warmth of my centrally heated home I enjoy a pre-match 'pint' of fennel tea; I awoke in the small hours with a terrible stomach ache and it feels like it might still have a grievance. My wife Paulene is watching Troyes v Toulouse on BEINSports tv and I join her on the sofa for the top of the table Ligue 2 clash; Paulene kindly says she will forgo the second half so that I can watch the ifollow in the comfort of the living room; she'll just sit and read.\nHaving left the Stade de l'Aube with second placed Toulouse enjoying a 1-0 half-time lead over first placed Troyes, I log into the ifollow in time to hear the names of today's virtual mascots, Sheeran, Adolf and Brenner, being announced, or rather given their \"Shout Out\", although thankfully no one actually shouts them out. The mascots' names may really have been Sebastien, Brodie and Zak, but I couldn't say for sure and I like to think either set of names is equally plausible. A brief excerpt of commentary follows from 2013 when a goal from the underrated but foolish Michael Chopra gave Town our last but one victory over Blackpool at Portman Road. Finally the main event arrives, and the BBC Radio Suffolk studio hands over to \"Mick Mills alongside Brenner Woolley.\"\nBrenner's opening gambit is that defeat for Town this afternoon is \"something that simply cannot be allowed to happen\" although he doesn't raise our hopes much as he refers to Town being \"stuck in this malaise\", and I imagine a world in which Morrissey is a BBC local radio football commentator. Brenner asks Mick what he makes of Luke Chambers being dropped from the team for today's game. Mick is not surprised but clearly feeling solidarity with another Town captain he admits to feeling \"shameful\" about it, which he shouldn't because unless he's not telling us something it wasnt his decision. Mick explains how Chambers has been a \"fabulous servant\" and whilst he's not a \"10\" each week, he's never a \"3\" either, and is \"\u2026right in the middle of those\"; which makes him a six and a half which is almost on the sunny side of solidly average. Mick carries on with his monologue and I drift off before I am eventually shaken from my reverie by Brenner's joyful sounding reference to a possible \"Sears, Parrott partnership\". I don't suppose for a minute such a thing will happen and suspect Brenner simply liked the sound of those three words together, I know I did. Blackpool kick off towards Churchman's in their \"all tangerine\" kit and Brenner ignores the white band across their shoulders.\nIt takes Brenner less than 47 seconds to use the phrase \"early doors\", which is a new record; the doors are clearly getting earlier, very much Light My Fire rather than Riders on the Storm. Brenner quickly ploughs on through his regular obsessions, telling us that Luke Woolfenden has had his haircut ; \" gone is the alice band\" he says, before revealing that the ball has been given away by the \"Australian Dougal\", who sounds like a character in an antipodean version of the Magic Roundabout.\nTown have started well. \"A lot to like about that attack\" says Mick as Myles Kenlock and the fabulously monikered and on-loan Troy Parrott link up. Nine minutes pass. \"Very little in the way of goalmouth action so far\" says Brenner bringing us back down to earth. Another Town attack flounders before getting inside the Blackpool penalty area. \"Parrott lost his footing \" says Mick and childishly I laugh imagining a tropical bird falling off its perch.\n\"Corner kick in the rain\" says Brenner coming up with what sounds like a song title as he combines commentary with a weather report. The corner comes to nothing, but it keeps on raining. \"We're quite strange to each other, this line-up\" adds Mick having difficulty finding the right words to tell us that the Town players won't be very familiar with each other as team mates. As if to prove Mick's point the play immediately becomes a little messy, \"Harum scarum\" is how Brenner describes it, delving into his supply of slightly archaic expressions that most people no longer use. Myles Kenlock is booked for what Mick rightly labels an \"unnecessary challenge\" on Jordan Lawrence-Gabriel; Freddie Sears was covering but it was as if Kenlock had just wanted to kick Lawrence-Gabriel anyway, perhaps because of his unnecessarily extravagant surname.\nThe nearside of the pitch beneath the shadow of the West Stand is very wet and the ball doesn't run freely here. \"Held up in the brown ground\" says Brenner finding a of saying mud without mentioning awful 1970's pop bands. Blackpool are now having a bit more possession and have had a couple of decent opportunities from free kicks wide on their left. As another passing move breaks down Mick resorts to helpful homily, \"They often say in football the simple ball is the most difficult one\" he says, but taking care not to quote his sources.\nLuke Thomas shoots wide for Town after another decent passage of play. \"Blackpool have never ever won here\" says Brenner, acknowledging that he is tempting fate but suggesting it's okay if he says it very quickly, although I'm not sure that makes a difference unless fate is a bit hard of hearing. But Mick raises our spirits with what doesn't sound too much like faint praise \"We're close, we're close to playing some good stuff here\".\nThirty-eight minutes have gone since kick-off; Freddie Sears has a 'goal' disallowed for offside after some excellent play by Troy Parrott who is living up to his name and playing like a Trojan; \"Really like Parrott\" says Brenner, understandably. Mick's only quibble with Town's first half performance is the centre halves, of whom he says \"They're a bit easy-ozy\"; it's an expression that not even Brenner would use. Half-time is looming, it's the 43rd minute and Brenner gets the opportunity to say \"Town get a rare first half goal\" as little Alan Judge strikes the ball with the outside of his right boot from at least 20 metres out. \"Wa hey!\" I shout, a little disbelievingly. But it's true, and when half-time arrives Town are in the lead, although the ifollow half-time scoreboard still says the score is nil-nil, but I don't expect any better of the EFL.\nIn the half-time break I drink another cup of fennel tea and eat a Nature Valley peanut and chocolate protein bar. I muse about how Blackpool were a top club in the late 1930's through to the mid 1950's and how back then their fans probably never imagined that they'd one day be playing a league fixture against Ipswich, certainly not one in the third division. Coincidentally, Town fans no doubt thought the same in about 1981. At 16:07 the game resumes and Brenner is soon saying \"That would've been a fabulous goal from the home team\" as Freddie Sears' shot is saved by Chris Maxwell in the Blackpool goal. From the corner it's a matter of \"\u2026nodded down by Woolfenden and in\" from Brenner after a Blackpool player obligingly heads the ball on at the near post. Town lead 2-0 and I'm cheering again, releasing that inner cheer which has been welling inside me in recent weeks with nowhere to go. Mick is so excited he can barely explain anything anymore \"He just dinked it in to the, err empty sort of, not an empty net, but into the net, you know\" he says incoherently.\nTown look very good for the lead and are plainly the better team with the best players. Brenner starts getting clever. \"Here's Parrott, dropping off the front line\" he says, clearly winning a bet to get the words 'parrot dropping' into his commentary. Mick meanwhile revisits his favourite lesson about the third goal being important; today he explains it succinctly and with crystal clarity, as if he's been practicing. Town win a corner from an errant Blackpool pass \"Corner from 40 yards, love it\" says Mick, revelling in Town's dominance and almost collapsing into laughter at Blackpool's mistake. Within seconds he's as giddy as Brenner and is talking about \"gymnasium football\" once again, the sort of football everyone else knows as 5-a-side.\nNearly an hour has been played. Troy Parrott is fouled by Chris Maxwell, who charged out of his goal to get him, Maxwell is booked and, Brenner tells us, is wearing a \"washed out light green kit\", he's the tangerine that hasn't ripened. From an Andre Dozzell free-kick Mark McGuinness misses the goal with a header when he should score. \"Definitely, the better side, Ipswich\" says Brenner, once again using his trademark sentence construction of placing the subject at the end. Gwion Edwards replaces Luke Thomas. \"The final 27 minutes\" says Brenner, adding unexpected gravity to a random, and still quite lengthy amount of remaining time. Josh Harrop replaces Andre Dozzell and Oliver Norwood replaces Troy Parrott, whose name I will miss in Brenner's commentary.\nTwenty minutes remain. Oliver Norwood wins a corner from a low cross. Flynn Downes has a long conversation with the referee \"\u2026 as he's entitled to do\" says Brenner in an oddly defensive way. \"All very mannerly\" continues Brenner, as if he would normally expect Downes to have head-butted him. The game resumes with a \"corner-kick to Ipswich in the rain\" as if somehow it's not raining on all parts of the pitch, or it's optional whether it is taken in the rain or not. In a slightly bizarre turn of events the referee then finds that the goal net at the North Stand end is not properly attached to the goal post; \"He needs help from a handyman\" explains Brenner.\nFormer Town player Grant Ward replaces Kenneth Dougall, who sounds like a composite of 1960's and 70's BBC newsreaders and Luke Garbutt, who also played for Town (on loan), replaces James Husband who was called Jimmy in the 1960's and 1970's and played for Everton and Luton Town. These are Blackpool's fourth and fifth substitutions of the game and it's all too much for Mick \"It's hard to keep up with all this\" he says playing the old duffer card, which Brenner might tell us he is entitled to do.\nWith seven minutes of normal time remaining Freddie Sears has a glorious chance for a third goal deflected away for a corner and then Mr Busby the referee has to be substituted because of what looks like a pulled hamstring. \"I think all the substitutions have been made\" quips Mick, sharp as a tack. The upshot is seven minutes of added on time, which passes without incident as Town continue to exercise control over the game. Asked by Brenner for his verdict at the final whistle Mick is clearly not getting carried away, as good a performance as this was, \"A result that almost keeps us in touch\" he says. Personally, I think this has been the first time we've played like a proper, half-decent football team all season, with everyone playing in a position that suits them. I don't expect us to lose another game.\nIpswich Town 2 Rochdale 0\nSeptember 28, 2020 September 28, 2020 \/ martinpbrooks \/ 1 Comment\nIt's a grey, blustery Saturday in late September and despite the miserable nature of the weather there is a sense of anticipation and excitement. Obviously, the normal, \"traditional\" Saturday of dossing about a bit, catching the train, sinking a couple of pints of fine ale and strolling on down to Portman Road is not going to happen today because of the continuing pandemic, but a fresh, new reality has taken root and after a morning of tidying my garage, involving putting up hooks and brackets on which to hang my garden furniture and my bicycle, there is now the prospect of logging onto the ifollow to watch the mighty Ipswich Town. Today there is added excitement too as today is the first ever appearance at Portman Road of one of the Football League's most resilient, remarkable and in most people's eyes unsuccessful clubs, Rochdale AFC. Rochdale's survival as a professional football club for almost a century is simultaneously a great achievement and a story of fantastic under-achievement. No other club can boast thirty-six consecutive seasons in the fourth division or a home crowd for a league game of just 450. That Rochdale have spent eight of the past ten seasons in the third division nevertheless makes them one of Britain's most successful clubs, relatively speaking. As if that is not enough, Rochdale has a marvellous Victorian town hall, something it has in common with Ipswich, but it was also the birthplace of the Co-op, and Gracie Fields.\nAfter a somewhat peculiar 'lunch' consisting of the remains of a bag of Gujerati Mix and leftover home-made chips that my wife Paulene didn't want, I enjoy a pre-match 'pint' (actually 500 millilitres) of Adnams Ease-Up IPA (two for \u00a33 from Waitrose) whilst logging-on to the i-follow. Amazingly, I find the ifollow very easy to set up, connecting my laptop to the television with what I can only describe as aplomb. The only thing I have difficulty with is getting the picture to fill the whole screen because the 'expand' icon is hidden beneath an icon that asks me if I want to chat about the EFL; I can think of few things I would want to do less. I eventually discover that by scrolling down the page the 'expand' icon can be uncovered. Ready for the match I take up residence in an Ikea Poang chair, with my beer carefully positioned on an occasional table next to me, just an arm's length away.\nAs an experiment, today I am not wearing the blue, Ipswich Town branded 'button neck t-shirt' that I wore when listening to last week's win at Bristol Rovers, when watching the game versus Wigan Athletic the week before and when listening to the game versus Bristol Rovers in the League Cup the week before that. Today I am wearing a grey Euro 2016 t-shirt that I bought at a Carrefour hypermarket in Tinqueux just outside Reims (pronounced 'Rance'). I need to know if Town can win on their own, or whether my 'button neck t-shirt' has special powers.\nThe game has not yet started and I and my fellow viewers of the ifollow are treated to a Radio Suffolk preview of Needham Market's match versus Stratford, the reporter Nick Garnham delivers his report in the style of a 10 year old who has been asked to read out loud in class; he's very good. The radio broadcast returns to Portman Road and resident Radio Suffolk commentator Brenner Woolley provides a precis of Town's season so far before his side-kick and appointed expert Mick Mills magnanimously announces that \"Most of what you've said I totally agree with\". Undeterred, Brenner goes on to describe the two teams' kits; I agree totally with most of what he says but disagree with his description of Rochdale's shirts as 'bottle green', they're a shade too light for that. The Dulux colour chart has a shade called 'Seaweed' which is a much better match.\nOn the ifollow a caption appears that shows today's teams and I am impressed with the use of the correct diacritical marks above the a, s and y of Tomas Holy's name, something that our own match programme doesn't even bother to do, and nor do I because I can't find them on my keyboard. Returning from the caption to the pictures of Portman Road I feel a bit seasick due to some wobbly camera work but I am soon settled by the calming voice of Mick Mills, although he does then proceed to conjure some disturbing images when, talking about the advantages of a settled team, he claims that Sir Alex Ferguson would only ever \"\u2026mess about with three or four players\". It's not an accusation I'd heard levelled at Sir Alex before.\nThe match begins with the shrill whistle of today's referee Mr John Busby and Rochdale kick off towards the North Stand in their seaweed green shirts with black stripes, black shorts and socks. I am peering at my tv screen looking for a fat bloke with a Teddy Boy haircut after Brenner tells us that Paul McShane is playing at the back for Rochdale, but I then remember Rochdale's penchant for players with famous names; well, Paul Weller played five games for them back in 2004 anyway.\nTown are very quickly looking good and only Freddie Sears and Jon Nolan deny them an early lead as they contrive to balls-up a two versus two breakaway in the seventh minute. Mick Mills is almost as quick to tell us how Town are much the better team and are dominating, before Rochdale naturally enough then begin to pass the ball around with nonchalance and Chambers and Nsiala create a complete mess at the back just two minutes later. It's Rochdale's Aaron Morley who then has the first shot on goal, if it can be described as such.\nBrenner tells us more than once than the rain is hammering down at Portman Road but we don't need him to tell us that actually this isn't a bad match at all. Oliver Hawkins has a header saved, hits a post with a shot on the turn and then has another header cleared off the goal line. Brenner tells us again that the rain is hammering on the roof of the stand and this time I'm glad he does because it sounds like applause, as well it might. Brenner and Mick are almost purring over some the play but at the same time talking pretty sensibly in plain English. \"Dozzell, using his quick feet there\" says Brenner raising the question in my mind at least of whether a player's feet can be quicker than his legs, and how, if they could, this would genuinely bamboozle the opposition. \"They're decent; decent footballers, Rochdale\" says Mick with a third of the match gone and sounding rather surprised.\nThe match continues to be worth the entrance money, if not a tenner to watch it on the ifollow, and Brenner's detailed radio commentary is adding to my enjoyment , especially when he introduces the use of compass-points into his description pinpointing possession in one instance to \"\u2026just North of the centre circle\". I can only think the lashing of rain and wind has stirred up some memory of the shipping forecast in his BBC radio presenter consciousness. Speaking of the wind and rain I'm quite pleased to see that my seat in the Sir Alf Ramsey Stand is being kept dry by having a George Cross endorsed with the name of someone called Aaron draped over it. It leads me to muse on whether I'd be so happy to have my seat sub-let to a cardboard cut-out of a complete stranger, I'm not sure I would.\nHalf-time is approaching and still the game flows like proper football should; and even though a number of simple looking passes are going astray the emphasis is on attacking football. \"We had bodies in the box, we had Luke Chambers in there\" explains Mick, as if to say \"even Luke Chambers\". The Rochdale goalkeeper Gavin Bazunu saves a 20 yard shot from Jon Nolan, Luke Chambers \"\u2026lumps the ball into touch\" and a Freddie Sears cross is cleared off the goal line before notice of a minute of added on time is given and then half-time arrives.\nWith peripheral vision I glimpse an endorsement of the EFL by Screwfix as I leave the room and head for the kitchen to put the kettle on and seek out a Nature Valley peanut and chocolate protein bar and endeavour to create an authentic half-time experience in my own home. I return in time to see the match stats paraded before me on the screen at least three times along with a request to report the fact to the piracy@efl.com e-mail address if I am watching this in \"commercial premises\". I wait for another caption inviting me to report the charging of a tenner to watch EFL football on the telly to the daylightrobbery@efl.com e-mail address; oddly it doesn't appear.\nFifteen minutes pass in the blink of an eye and the football returns, but not before I enjoy the avant garde views of wanderings of the camera man and lingering shots of Paul Lambert returning to the dugout in his large, rather shapeless, black Adidas coat, yet another addition to his burgeoning match day wardrobe since last season. I can only think that in PL's five year contract wily Marcus Evans included an 'all you can wear from Planet Blue' clause in lieu of hard cash.\nAddressing the important issues of the day Brenner pumps Mick for his views on football without crowds and Mick is forthright, telling us in no uncertain terms that \"This is not a proper game of football\"; I can't disagree, as much as I try to pretend that it is by creating my own 'going to the match' fantasy world by buying a programme on-line, drinking a pre-match beer and a half-time cuppa and singing to my wife that she's a \"dirty northern bastard\" (she's actually from Portsmouth).\nMick continues in honest vein suggesting that \"Freddie might be losing his job soon\" as another of Freddie's free-kicks fails to make the opposition goalkeeper do anything more than raise his eyebrows. Freddie's free-kick shortcomings are soon forgotten however as just a few minutes later a good passing move down the left hand side of the pitch ends with Teddy Bishop scoring at the far post. \"Yay\" I shout, not standing up and sending my Poang chair skittering backwards on the tiled floor as I look for someone northern looking to make obscene hand gestures towards. \"One-nil to the Tractor Boys\" I don't sing to the tune of the Village People's 'Go West.'\nWith the game re-started after the hiatus of the goal Brenner lapses in to a momentary bout of footballese as he tells us that Gavin Bazunu \"\u2026puts his foot through the ball\", before more helpfully adding to the mental picture of the afternoon by sketching in Paul Lambert stood in his black coat with his hands in his pockets. The Town then make another decent passing move down the left hand side of the pitch and this time Gwion Edwards scores and Town lead 2-0. \"We've got hold of the three points\" says Mick, causing Town fans everywhere to gasp at his most blatant, brazen tempting of fate. Here is me thinking that a two-nil lead is the worst thing to have in football, should we go for a third goal and risk conceding or sit-back and risk conceding, letting the opposition back into the game either way. Is it such confidence that separates Mick as a former captain of Ipswich and England from us punters?\nTwenty-five minutes of normal time remain and Jon Nolan is booked for a pointless trip of an opponent, but somehow Brenner hasn't noticed it and seeing Mr Busby with his arm raised thinks it's Hawkins who has been shown the yellow card by BT's misspelt mascot's namesake. What could he have been doing to have missed that I wonder, checking his compass; practising putting his foot through a ball?\nThe remaining minutes are illuminated by a wonderful pirouette with the ball at his feet by Gwion Edwards (it can only be a matter of time before someone says he's a Welsh wizard), a full card of substitutions and more rain \"hammering\" on the roof. Substitute Flynn Downes seems to want to pick a fight with Rochdale's Matty Lund just seconds after entering the field of play and Mick is quick to call him out. Downes is showing himself to be the idiot that we saw before when he was sent off in a pre-season friendly at Cambridge. Fifteen minutes now remain and Brenner tells us that it is \"\u2026good Jack Lankester is involved again, and playing football\". It would have been a tragedy if he'd returned from injury only to play water polo. With his predilection for short vowels Brenner can't help not mispronouncing Lankester as Lancaster; I shall be writing to the radio equivalent of Points of View. Bloody northerners.\nAs full-time approaches Town become more and more sluggish and sit back, it's not something I enjoy watching. As if echoing the drop in performance on the pitch, the sound quality of the broadcast suddenly drops too, with Brenner occasionally taking on the accent of a Dalek, as happened towards the end of the Wigan Athletic game. My mood is lightened however when in the 90th minute Rochdale's Rathbone (sadly Oliver not Basil), volleys a shot against one of his own players; you can't beat a bit of slapstick.\nA good 2-0 win is imminent and taking Mick's counsel I am not worrying that the last flickering embers of the game see Town continuing to do the bare minimum. But Brenner has to try and make the commentary interesting, although whilst trying to suggest the prospect of a Rochdale consolation, he shows that he's mentally in the car on the way home too as he says \"A little bit sloppy from Ipswich, what can Rotherham do?\" A little bit sloppy indeed Brenner.\nWith five minutes of added-on time played the games ends and I reflect upon an afternoon in which I have learned that Ipswich can win without the help of my blue, button-neck ITFC branded t-shirt, although it doesn't prove that the t-shirt doesn't have special powers and could mean that my Euro 2016 t-shirt might also be capable of influencing results. Oh 'eck, as Gracie Fields might have said.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"CarltonColumnsNewsTony Cave\nTony Cave Column: Overcrowded trains proving to be a problem\nGedling Eye Jul 2, 2017\nAdvance fares to Skegness\nYou can now book in advance throughout the summer for travel to Boston and Skegness from all stations between Nottingham and Grantham, and all off-peak re-strictions have been lifted. You have to'travel on the train you have specified, but the single fare from Nottingham to Skegness can be as low as \u00a37.00. See eastmidlandstrains.co.uk for details or go to Nottingham station. If you are taking a pushchair on Skegness trains, they should be folded.\nNew East Midlands rail franchise\nThe date for this to commence has now been put back to Spring 2019. It was due to be one of the first franchises where the operation of track and trains will be brought together again, allowing for better co\u2014ordination between Network Rail and the franchisee. The focus should be much more on passengers. That's us!\nIn connection with the new franchise, the consultants charged with putting a case for more trains at Netherfield, have suggested 15 trains a day call, up from the 7 at present. This is not what we hoped for, which is nothing less than an hourly service. It depends on the times of the extra trains which need to provide a service for commuters from Netherfield to the east and return again after work.\nI have worked out preferred times, but would like to hear from those of you who wish to use the train from Netherfield, and these could be submitted next time.\nMeanwhile a major development is planned on land north of the railway line at Bingham. Rushcliffe Borough Council has bought a 2-hectare plot at the end of Moorbridge Road East for new businesses. Also included is the development of 1,000 homes, which can only help to boost our case for more trains from Netherfield in the future.\nNew Sunday trains at Carlton\nThese commenced on May 21.. The first train, 09.36 to Lincoln, had 6 joining at Carlton and the 09.57 to Nottingham had 2 join. This was 2 coaches as there had been a ceremony at Newark Castle station, and many people were on the train. Since then I have seen the 09.36 each week and numbers at Carlton have varied, 5, 1, none, 5, and 2 on June 25. Later trains have been quite busy, the 11.36 Lincoln having 10 join one Sunday, with the extra trains seeming to be well used. In the Newark Advertiser, Newark MP Robert Jenric was reported as saying, \"The Sunday services would mean more visitors (to Newark), particularly when there were special events. We campaigned for more services on the Castle line in 2014 and the extra trains we secured have proved commercially successful, so I am sure these will too. The next challenge is to tackle overcrowding on peak hours trains in each direction. I will be pressing for that to be addressed in the next franchise agreement.\"\nI have heard that passenger figures at Fiskerton have increased by over 80%.\nI will just briefly mention that Newark-& Sherwood District Council have distributed 40,000 'What's on in Newark' guides all around the East Midlands and to railway stations farther afield. A new website will be promoted nationwide.\nIlkeston Station now open\nMay 20 saw me nipping over to see the new station at Ilkeston (my old stamping ground). I caught the 09.05 from Carlton, then 09.17 Leeds train to Ilkeston and arrived at 9.30.\nThis service usually gives a connection at Nottingham. 3 of us alighted and 7 joined. I returned on the 09.45 along with about 9 others including a lady using 2 sticks, who was on her way to the QMC and her first time by train. I said to her that it was a long way down the ramps (at least the length of Netherfield station), so she said \"I managed to get down the steps. It's a long walk at Nottingham from platform 4 to the tram stop, and as I had time to wait for the Carlton train, made sure she got to the tram stop ok. Wheelchairs can be provided at Nottingham. She thought the Clifton trams went via the QMC, but it is the Toton Lane service.\nIt was 1963 when I last used the old station, going to Long Eaton town station and then walking to the Trent for a days trainspotting. Our school playing fields were at Bennerley, where the viaduct carried the Nottingham Victoria to Derby Friargate trains. (Currently this is being turned into a cycle track by Sustrans). At the end of the playing field was the Erewash Valley line, so a convenient location for us trainspotters! My teacher said to me, \"You would only be happy if a railway line ran through the middle of the school\". P.S. Carlton to Ilkeston Anytime Day Return is \u00a36.60.\nPassenger numbers at Carlton\nThese remain healthy, although some have been put off because of the difficulty of obtaining tickets on the train into Nottingham, as has been previously mentioned.\nNew passengers often say, \"I am going to start using the train because it is so quick\", but they aren't seen again, so they must have had problems. Perhaps its the overcrowding on the 17.21 from Nottingham,which is an issue.\n8.08 Matlock on May 23 had 39 join. Mon.-Fri 12-16 June had a total of joining 119 and 13 alighting. In the same week in 2016 was 9h on and 6 off. In 2015, 91 on and 6 off. During school holidays there have been as many as 27 join the 10.08 Matlock.\nBritish Car Auctions at Netherfield generates a good number of passengers either coming to collect cars or after delivering and then going to their next job, which can involve long distance travel. Actually a good percentage of passengers to and from Carlton are travelling long distances. 08.08 Thu. 29th June had #1 join!\nThe lonely flower planter on the Newark side platform, has been joined by 2 others. This should give a better display. Some of the plants have been donated\n2017 marks the 10th year of no fatalities involving passengers and staff on the National Rail Network\nA reminder that the minimum fare of \u00a312 before 10.00 Monday to Friday if you have a 16-25 years railcard, does not apply during July and August 2 for 1 offers at attractions when you travel by train. Go to daysoutguide.co.uk to get your free voucher.\nThe surface of Carlton station car park is due to be improved in the near future.\nPlatform 1 and 2 signs are also due to be fitted soon\nEMT Has launched a new work place placement scheme to help military personnel in the last year of their service to make the transition to civilian life. Two new recruits are now based at Nottingham station.\nFuture events accessible by local direct trains\nJuly-September \u2013 Southwell Racecourse\nSunday 16th July \u2013 Family fun day.\nSunday 20th August \u2013 Ladies Day. Antique and Vintage fairs will be held in July and August and Nottinghamshire Sports Day also in August. Further info. southwell-racecourse.co.uk 01636 81h48l.\nNewark \u2013 Wednesday, September 6.\n0V0 Energy Tour of Britain. British Cyclings premier road event. Stage 4 Mansfield to Newark via Sherwood Forest and Worksop.\nNewly-refurbished library due to open in early August.\nBeeston Rylands\nCanal Heritage Centre now open. Cafe, museum and exhibition room with gardens.\nPeak Rail\nMatlock to Rowsley. Through ticketing now available from any EMT station to Darley Dale and Rowsley peakrail@peakrail.co.uk Tel: 01629 580381.\nEcclesbourne Valley Railway\nDuffield to Wirksworth. www.c\u2014v-r.com Tel: 01629 823076.\nBank Holiday Monday August 28\nEMT operates a normal weekday ervice\nTony Cave Trains Transport\nThank you for your efforts Tony.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"'CSI' Nominated For People's Choice Award\nRachel Trongo 10 years ago Comment\nFans of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation can head over to the official website for the People's Choice Awards to vote in the \"Favorite TV Crime Drama\" category. CSI is up against Bones, Castle, Criminal Minds and NCIS. The award show will air January 9 on CBS.\nTopics: Awards\nCBS Schedules 'CSI' and 'CSI: NY' Crossover\nMendelsohn To Develop Three New Projects\n'CSI' Honoured With SET Award","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Pema Dragpa December 4, 2017\nThe Five New Stupas that will be installed in the Padma Samye Ling monastery meadow are taking shape!\nThe Meaning of a Stupa\nwww.padmasambhava.org\/psl-meadow-stupa-garden\/\nA stupa symbolizes the wisdom mind of a buddha expressing infinite love and compassion for all beings. It incorporates five basic geometric shapes corresponding to the five elements \u2013 earth, water, fire, air, and space \u2013 out of which the world and all the atoms within it are composed. The overall shape of a stupa bears a close resemblance to the image of a seated buddha. The levels of a stupa correspond to the various levels of the spiritual path culminating in complete enlightenment. Merely by viewing such a harmoniously balanced symbol we receive subtle benefit, experienced as a feeling of peace, well-being, and wholeness.\nThe Noble Stainless Beams of Light Sutra states:\nNoble sons and daughters! Whoever circumambulates or make offerings to a stupa will be blessed by Tathagatas, move to the supreme enlightened state through a non-returning path, and purify all of their karmic obscurations. Even if the shadow of a stupa touches birds, animals, deer, or whomever, they will not be reborn in the lower realms.\nAs Buddha Shakyamuni said in the Sutra teachings, if you build a temple or stupa that represents the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha, it will bring tremendous merit. Even when it is gone, the dust of the place will continue to generate merit and benefit to all those connected to the project.\nBy this merit may all obtain omniscience.\nMay it defeat the enemy, wrong-doing.\nFrom the stormy waves of birth, old age, sickness, and death,\nFrom the ocean of samsara, may I free all beings.\nIf you would like to support this glorious, meritorious project in honor of our lineage masters, or a loved one, please contribute below or mail a check payable to \"PBC\" to Padma Samye Ling monastery, and note in the memo who the donation is being made on behalf of.\nPadma Samye Ling\n618 Buddha Highway\nSidney Center, NY 13839\nMay all beings of the three realms realize the nature of the inconceivable source.\nOur Common Wish\nBy breaking down the walls of rigid thinking, we merge with the evenness of the vast true nature, seeing everything as inseparable and flowing in continuous transformation.\n\u2014 Khenpo Rinpoches","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"U.S. Supreme Court clears way for execution of only woman on federal death row\nThe U.S. Supreme Court has overturned a\nstay on convicted murderer Lisa Montgomery's execution by the\n8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, clearing the way for\napplication of the death penalty for the only woman on federal\ndeath row in the United States, who doctors say is brain-damaged\nand mentally ill.\nMontgomery's execution would mark the first time the U.S.\ngovernment has implemented the death sentence for a female\nprisoner since 1953.\nChallenges were fought across multiple federal courts on\nwhether to allow execution of Montgomery, 52, who had initially\nbeen scheduled to be killed by lethal injections of\npentobarbital, a powerful barbiturate, at 6 p.m. EST (2300 GMT)\non Tuesday in the Justice Department's execution chamber at its\nprison in Terre Haute, Indiana.\nKelley Henry, Montgomery's lawyer, in scathing remarks,\ncalled the pending execution, \"vicious, unlawful, and\nunnecessary exercise of authoritarian power.\"\n\"No one can credibly dispute Mrs. Montgomery's longstanding\ndebilitating mental disease \u2013 diagnosed and treated for the\nfirst time by the Bureau of Prisons' own doctors,\" Henry said in\nMontgomery was convicted in 2007 in Missouri for kidnapping\nand strangling Bobbie Jo Stinnett, then eight months pregnant.\nMontgomery cut Stinnett's fetus from the womb. The child\nsurvived.\nSome of Stinnett's relatives have traveled to witness\nMontgomery's execution, the Justice Department said.\n(Reporting by Bhargav Acharya and Kanishka Singh in Bengaluru;\nEditing by Shri Navaratnam and Kenneth Maxwell)\nCalifornia firm secured unemployment benefits for 82-year-old woman with dementia Michele Gutierrez's 82-year-old mother hasn't worked a day since retiring 18 years ago from a successful career as the owner of a Long Beach home health care business. So it was with dismay in December that Gutierrez discovered an unusual $450 charge to her mom's debit card from ML Tax and Insurance in Cerritos to process an application for California unemployment benefits and qualify her for an additional $300 a week in federal Pandemic Unemployment Assistance. \"She told me her friend referred her to a 'Trump program' that allows seniors to get money because of COVID,\" Gutierrez said. \"The debit\u2026\nThe FBI is investigating whether a woman stole a laptop from Pelosi's office to sell it to Russia, after receiving a tip from someone claiming to be her ex Summary List PlacementThe Federal Bureau of Investigation is investigating whether a Pennsylvania woman stole a laptop from Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi's office during last week's Capitol siege to sell it to Russia, a new affidavit said. The affidavit, which is part of the criminal case against Riley June Williams, said in the days after the siege the FBI received calls from an individual who claimed to be a former romantic partner of Williams. The tipster said they saw Williams inside the Capitol Building and claimed that friends showed them a video of Williams stealing either a laptop or\u2026\nAsk Amy: I can't believe he chose that woman over sex with me Dear Amy: I am newly married to a man I've been in a relationship with for three years. We have three children and we both work. Amy Dickinson I understand that all of this can put a strain on our intimacy. I feel like he turns down my sexual advances frequently. I chalked it up to him being worn out from work, etc. Trust has never been an issue in our relationship before. However, going on instinct, I checked his phone. His search history showed that he was paying for and had subscribed to webcam videos from a woman who is\u2026\nA 22-year-old woman accused of stealing Pelosi's laptop and planning to sell it to Russia has been arrested Summary List PlacementA 22-year-old woman accused of stealing a laptop belonging to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and planning to sell it to Russia has been arrested, the Associated Press and Axios reported, citing the Justice Department. Riley June Williams was arrested on Monday, both outlets reported. CNN reported that she had surrendered herself to law-enforcement authorities. Insider has contacted the Justice Department for confirmation. According to an FBI affidavit released on Sunday, Williams' mother, who lives with her in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, had told local law-enforcement officers that Williams had packed a bag, changed her phone number, and deleted a number\u2026\nTakeaways from the Warriors' 104-95 loss to the Pacers\nYouTube removes Trump content, blocks new uploads for a week\nWASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 The Latest on Joe Biden's presidential inauguration (all times local): 5:20 p.m. President Joe Biden has signed a series of executive orders \u2026\nWALNUT CREEK \u2014 To help out restaurants that have been hammered by the prolonged pandemic shutdown, the city will be handing out grants of $5,000 \u2026\nBiden extends a hand to the world on first day as president by rejoining Paris climate accord and WHO, while revoking Trump's travel ban\nJenny Slatten and Sumit Singh: We're STILL Not Married! The Clock is Ticking!\nHow to use the Magic Wand tool in Photoshop to easily edit backgrounds and other objects\nDemocrats take narrow control over Senate\n7-year-old girl critically injured after being hit by truck in Layton\nCheck out rare mirabilite mounds at the Great Salt Lake on Saturday or Sunday\nAmazon-owned Twitch has 'indefinitely' banned former President Trump from using its platform\nBiden promised a return to 'normalcy,' but it's clear that's not happening anytime soon.\nWhat is Shazam? Here's what you need to know about the music-identification app\nJoe Biden is hiring about 4,000 political staffers to work in his administration. Here's how 3 experts say you can boost your chances of getting one of those jobs.\nWhat the Democratic-majority Senate means for climate change, gun control, and stimulus checks","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Winsford 7\u00b0c\nOur Facebook feedsWinsford and Middlewich Guardian\nOur Twitter feeds@winsfordnews\nWinsford United\nLeisure News\nShowbiz News\nAssociated Security Services\n18th February 2015, 00:51 to 20th March 2015, 00:51\nAssociated Security Solutions Ltd of Security House, 25 Addington Street, Manchester, M4 5EU is applying for a licence to use Associated Security Solutions Ltd, Adamant House, Duncombe Street, Bradford, BD8 9AJ as an operating centre for 1 goods vehicles and 0 trailers. Owners or occupiers of land (including buildings) near the operating centre(s) who believe that their use or enjoyment of that land would be affected, should make written representations to the Traffic Commissioner at Hillcrest House, 386 Harehills Lane, Leeds LS9 6NF stating their reasons, within 21 days of this notice. Representors must at the same time send a copy of their representations to the applicant at the address given at the top of this notice. A Guide to making representations is available from the Traffic Commissioner's Office.\nKATHLEEN PARKINSON\nKATHLEEN PARKINSON (Deceased) Pursuant to Die Trustee Act 1925 any persons having a claim against oran interesl in the Estate of the\nANN VALERIE BERESFORD (Deceased)\nANN VALERIE BERESFORD (Deceased) Pursuant to the Trustee Act 1925 any persons having a claim against or an interest In the Estate of the\nMAY PEABODY JONES (Deceased)\nMAY PEABODY JONES (Deceased) Pursuant to the Trustee Act 1925 any persons having a claim against or an interest in the Estate of the\nThe AGM will be held at Whitefield Bowling Club on Wednesday 11th March at 7.30\nOLD STANDIANS ASSOCIATION The AGM will be held at Whitefield Bowling Club on Wednesday 11th March at 7.30. It will consider a proposal that the\nSHIRLEY NESBIT (Deceased)\nSHIRLEY NESBIT (Deceased) Pursuant to trie Trustee Act 1925 any persons having a claim against or an nterest in the Estate of the aforementioned\nBERNARD MERVYN GORDON (otherwise Mervyn Gordon, Mervyn Bernard Gordon) (Deceased)\nBERNARD MERVYN GORDON (otherwise Mervyn Gordon, Mervyn Bernard Gordon) (Deceased) Pursuant to the Trustee Act 1925 any persons having a claim\nSECTION 67 AND 73 OF THE PLANNING (LISTED BUILDINGS\nBURY COUNCIL SECTION 67 AND 73 OF THE PLANNING (LISTED BUILDINGS AND CONSERVATION AREAS) ACT 1990 GIVE NOTICE THAT a planning\nNotice of an application for a Premises Licence\nNotice of an application for a Premises Licence Notice is hereby given that CBV2 Limited has applied on 10th Oct 2019 to Bury Council for a\nROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984, SECTION 14(1) THE METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF BURY (FOUNTAIN PLACE & FRANKTON RD, WHITEFIELD) TEMPORARY CLOSURE ORDER 2019\nBURY COUNCIL ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984, SECTION 14(1) THE METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF BURY (FOUNTAIN PLACE & FRANKTON RD, WHITEFIELD)\nPHILIPPA NORTON DODD (Deceased)\nPHILIPPA NORTON DODD (Deceased) Pursuant Id the Trustee Act 1925 any persons having a claim against or an interest in the Estate of the above\nAPPLICATION FOR A PREMISES LICENCE LICENSING ACT 2003 Notice is hereby given that I, Name CBV2 LTD have applied on: 21.08.19 to Bury Council for\nNORMAN BROOKS (Deceased)\nNORMAN BROOKS (Deceased) Pursuant to the Trustee Act 1925 any persons having a claim against or an interest In the Estate of the aforementioned\nMARION CLEGG (Deceased)\nMARION CLEGG (Deceased) Pursuant In the Trustee Act 1925 any persons having a claim against or an interest in the Estate of the\nBURY COUNCIL\nNOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR A PREMISES LICENCE\nLICENSING ACT 2003 NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR A PREMISES LICENCE Application has been made by Aldi Stores Limited to the Licensing","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"JON OLIVA \u2013 Snapping Necks In KAMELOT\nBy Carl Begai\nKamelot's new album, Poetry For The Poisoned, ranks as the darkest album of the band's career thus far. Still heavy as a bag of hammers, they've succeeded in adding even more atmosphere to their music without \u2013 thankfully \u2013 going the beyond trendy symphonic route. Contributing to this new facet of the Kamelot sound are guest vocalists Simone Simons (Epica), Amanda Somerville (HDK, Kiske\/Somerville) and Bj\u00f6rn \"Speed\" Strid (Soilwork) and guitarist Gus G. (Firewind, Ozzy Osbourne). Perhaps the most intense performance other than frontman Roy Khan, however, comes from Jon Oliva's Pain singer and Savatage legend Jon Oliva. His lone appearance on the record is a theatrical show-stopper, with Oliva serving up a trademark shot of evil as only he can.\nDuring an interview for BW&BK (found here), Kamelot guitarist Thomas Youngblood revealed how the band ended up bringing Oliva on board.\n\"We sent the text to Jon with the basic melody and he put his signature style on the phrasing. He's such a cool guy. Having him on that song is surreal for me because I grew up watching Avatar, which of course became Savatage. We actually did a festival not too long ago with Jon Oliva's Pain and we were headlining, which was weird (laughs). But that's just the way the business part of this goes.\"\n\"It's very cool having Jon on the album, and it was actually a last minute thing where I thought 'Hey, maybe I should ask Jon Oliva to do this\u2026' because the melody in the second verse just reminded me so much of Savatage. On the other hand, Roy didn't grow up with Savatage as a kid \u2013 I think he was more of a Queensryche \/ A-Ha kind of guy as a kid \u2013 so it really was a fit of inspiration.\"\nIn a separate interview Jon Oliva's Pain drummer \/ producer Christopher Kinder offered his take on how Oliva became involved with Kamelot and 'The Zodiac'.\n\"Kamelot's drummer, Casey Grillo, had been kind enough to offer his mad-marching snare drum skills on 'Death Ride's A Black Horse' from the new Jon Oliva's Pain album, Festival,\" he explains. \"I had the pleasure of finally meeting Thomas Youngblood soon after and during our discussion he asked if Jon might lend a hand on one of their new songs. Jon was more than happy to return the favor and as it turned out, it was yet another song catered to his voice and character. After a few discussions back and forth with Roy Khan we were on our way. It's another superb Kamelot track with Roy and Jon trading vocals as only they can do. It's amazing to know what can be accomplished via the internet and nearly seamless communication. Thanks again to Thomas, Roy and of course Casey Grillo.\"\nAn audio sample of 'The Zodiac's is available at this location, although I recommend you ignore the anime video some kiddie put up with it. \ud83d\ude42\nCheck out audio samples from Jon Oliva's Pain's new album, Festival, here. Information on Kamelot and Poetry For The Poisoned can be found here.\n(Photos courtesy of Youngblood's and Oliva's respective MySpace pages.)\nPosted on October 7, 2010 October 7, 2010 Author carlCategories On The Inside\nPrevious Previous post: All Pens Blazing \u2013 The Book(s) Of Heavy Metal\nNext Next post: Only In Canada, Eh! \u2013 October 2010: GLEN DROVER, DANKO JONES, ANNIHILATOR, And THE NORTHERN ONTARIO BLACK METAL PRESERVATION SOCIETY","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"site: media | arena: wwe | pageType: stories | section: | slug: drew-mcintyre-reveals-which-match-definitely-didnt-live-up-to-his-hopes-the-crowd-was-a-bit-deflated | sport: other | route: article_single.us | 6-keys: media\/spln\/wwe\/reg\/free\/stories\nDrew McIntyre reveals which match 'definitely' didn't live up to his hopes: 'The crowd was a bit deflated'\nMcIntyre also hopes to one day get his WrestleMania 'moment' in front of a full capacity crowd\nBy Shakiel Mahjouri\nDec 30, 2021 at 1:00 pm ET \u2022 3 min read\nDrew McIntyre has climbed many a mountain in WWE: from salvaging a crumbling career to winning the Royal Rumble and capturing the WWE Championship at WrestleMania. Not every moment can be actualized as one hopes, and McIntyre experienced this at one of WWE's most tenured pay-per-view events.\nHeading into WWE SummerSlam in August, McIntyre hoped to bring out the best in his real-life friend Jinder Mahal. A match between McIntyre and Mahal, which lasted 4:40, did not live up to McIntyre's expectations. The former WWE champion opened up the contest in an interview with CBS Sports ahead of WWE Day 1 on Jan. 1, where he will face Madcap Moss.\n\"No, definitely not,\" he said. \"I didn't expect Becky [Lynch] to return. The match prior gave the crowd that reaction, that moment. Then when they expected the lengthy match with Becky and Bianca [Belair], it took the wind out of the sales by having the match be 20-something seconds. To walk out after that, the crowd was a bit deflated. It wasn't quite what I hoped reaction was.\n\"Perhaps it wasn't what I was hoping for match-wise, but, it gave Drew McIntyre the big win on a big stage, a very dominant win. Even though sometimes I'm like, 'I want to go out there and have the best match possible and do all the cool near falls and stuff,' sometimes, you have to be saved from yourself and protect the character and elevate the character. That was about elevating Drew McIntyre and it did do that on a huge stage.\"\nCheck out the full interview with Drew McIntyre below.\nMcIntyre was a focal point of WWE programming through the crowdless pandemic era, successfully capturing the WWE championship in the main event of WrestleMania 36. It is a moment he cherishes; however, it doesn't quite measure up to McIntyre's desire to hoist WWE gold overhead in front of a full-capacity WrestleMania audience.\n\"I'm satisfied with everything I've done in my career, especially since I returned to WWE,\" McIntyre said. \"I want it, absolutely. I'll work for it, but there's only so much I can control and I work as hard as I can at all the things I can control. If it doesn't happen, it wasn't meant to be. But I will get a significant moment on Mania, maybe not in the final match, but it will be in the final match. I'll be making that happen, but I'll be having that significant moment.\n\"Two years ago I won the title with nobody there. It meant the world to me and was necessary during those times. The following year, I'm fighting for the title. Once again, my goodness, two years in a row, what are the chances. A limited capacity crowd at Raymond James Stadium, I'm going to have my moment. Then I get choked out, so I don't get my moment in front of the fans. So maybe Mania might not be my greatest luck charm, but I've got a good feeling there's going to be a significant moment for Drew at a Mania. I've got many years left in me. Everybody thinks I'm in my forties already... Even though it feels like I've been around forever, I'm still 36. I've still got plenty of time left.\"\nMcIntyre is rumored to be returning to the world championship scene against the winner of Roman Reigns vs. Brock Lesnar. The chance to compete for the Universal title is a salivating one, but McIntyre has enjoyed his time away from the main event scene.\n\"You get to try new things,\" McIntyre said. \"When you're the champion, you really want everything to hit. You're expected to have everything hit. You can throw some things against the wall when you're not the champion and see what sticks. What works and what's not working, there's not as much on you when you're not involved in that title scene. Also for the fans, it gives them a chance to see you in a different light. See you doing something else. And eventually, hopefully, they get to the point where they're like, 'Why is this guy not in the title picture? This is driving me crazy. I want to see him there again...'\n\"It's cool to get away, add some layers to the character. Maybe get a new hold as they like to say in the wrestling industry and have the fans start rallying behind you and chase the title. Cause you know, the interest and the money, generally, is in the chase as opposed to holding the title.\"\nOur Latest Wwe Stories\n2023 WWE Royal Rumble predictions, picks\nBrent Brookhouse \u2022 4 min read\nWWE Royal Rumble matches, predictions\nShakiel Mahjouri \u2022 3 min read\nList of WWE PPVs, events for 2023\nStephanie McMahon resigns from WWE\nMcMahon set for return to WWE board of directors\nWWE Money in the Bank set for London\nMcIntyre on the match that let him down\nShakiel Mahjouri 3 min read\nWWE Royal Rumble predictions, expert picks\nBrent Brookhouse 4 min read\nKingston more than a Royal Rumble novelty act\nStephanie McMahon resigns as co-CEO of WWE\nMcMahon set to return to WWE board of directors\nStrowman among the 'last of a dying breed' in WWE\nWWE Elimination Chamber set for Montreal on Feb. 18\nRonda Rousey reveals WWE journey\nBrian Campbell 9 min read\nNew champs at NXT TakeOver: New Orleans","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Transfer news: 10 Under-23 stars who could move clubs in January\n26th January 2016, 2:59 pm\nUpdated: 26th January 2016, 3:00 pm\nWith young and hungry players currently doing brilliantly at several Premier League sides, it's understandable they're a wanted commodity in the transfer window.\nTottenham's starlets are firing on all cylinders after Mauricio Pochettino sold off a number of experienced but underperforming players in the summer.\nTeams are now looking to follow suit which means in the final few days of the January transfer window we could see a number of highly-rated youngsters move club.\nBut who are the players most likely to seal deals away from their current employers.\nClick the right arrow above to find out which 10 players under-23 could complete transfers in January\u2026\nRaphael Guerreiro (Lorient) \u2013 Click the right arrow for more young talents who could seal transfers before the window ends\u2026 \u2013 Portuguese 22-year-old Guerreiro impressed observers last season and is continuing to do so with Napoli, Roma, Juventus and Inter Milan all interested. It's Premier League side Liverpool who lead the race though, Calcionews24 report they're holding talks with Lorient over a deal for the left-sided star.\nKylian Mbappe (Monaco) \u2013 The latest young forward to leave the French side could well be highly-rated Mbappe. It's unlikely he'll be sold for anywhere near the amount Anthony Martial left for, but the 17-year-old is still being chased by numerous top clubs, including Chelsea, Bayern Munich, Real Madrid, Chelsea and Arsenal.\nPatrick Roberts (Manchester City) \u2013 The 18-year-old ex-Fulham winger is a real talent and, having been given just four Premier League minutes so far this campaign, he could leave the club on loan this month. Celtic are reportedly interested in his services and beginning talks over a temporary deal.\nSaido Berahino (West Brom) \u2013 With the forward, 22, appearing frozen out at the Hawthorns it's likely he'll try and force a move through before January is out. Tottenham remain in the hunt but it seems Newcastle United and Chelsea are now frontrunners for his signature.\nAdrien Rabiot (Paris Saint-Germain) \u2013 The 20-year-old has been continually linked with switches to Manchester United, Arsenal and Tottenham over the last year and may well finally push through a move this transfer window. He won't come cheap but may be worth a punt, a loan deal is a possibility too, with that option interesting Marseille.\nInaki Williams (Athletic Bilbao) \u2013 You would think a 21-year-old signing a new deal at his current club, which has a \u00a338m release clause in it, would put off potential suitors. Instead, Manchester City still seem keen to land the Spain starlet and are ready to splash the cash to sign him.\nDennis Praet (Anderlecht) \u2013 Praet successful start to life as a footballer in his homeland could end in the coming days. The 21-year-old is interesting several sides, with Aston Villa and Liverpool being keen in the Premier League, and his agent has already admitted it's highly unlikely he'll be at the club at the start of next season.\nBertrand Traore (Chelsea) \u2013 The talented 20-year-old from Burkino Faso is likely to leave the Blues on loan before the transfer window shuts. Traore wants first-team football and sides like Marseille, Everton, Ajax and Borussia Dortmund are willing to take him on a temporary deal.\nSandro Ramirez (Barcelona) \u2013 With Tottenham currently training in the Spanish city, there is a chance they could return with a new signing. Mauricio Pochettino has been keeping tabs on the young striker and could move to sign the 20-year-old if he feels he needs to bolster his forward line, despite Heung-Min Son's competent performances as Harry Kane's back up.\nMoussa Dembele (Fulham) \u2013 The Cottagers are reluctant to let the French starlet, 19, leave west London in this transfer window. Slavisa Jokanovic wants the player to return on loan if they do sell the player in the last days of the window, but this seems unlikely. Dembele is out of contract at the end of the season, so economically it would make sense to sell him in January, but his employers are willing to play hardball over any transfer.\nDennis Praet","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Solution home Streamer Desktop Charting Indicators\nMoving Averages Print\nModified on: Wed, 9 May, 2018 at 2:02 PM\nA simple, or arithmetic, moving average that is calculated by adding the closing price of the security for a number of time periods and then dividing this total by the number of time periods. Short-term averages respond quickly to changes in the price of the underlying, while long-term averages are slow to react.\nA type of moving average that is similar to a simple moving average, except that more weight is given to the latest data. The exponential moving average is also known as \"exponentially weighted moving average\".\nWeighted moving averages assign a heavier weighting to more current data points since they are more relevant than data points in the distant past.\nWilder's Moving Average\nWilder's Moving Average was developed by Welles Wilder. The average factors the price, period and feedback from its former value, to fulfill its final calculation.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"We'd like to use cookies on this site to give you the best experience. By clicking any link on this page you are giving your consent for us to do this. More Info \u00d7\nAdvertising Regulation\nMedia & IP\nBid to revive EU Sales Promotion Regulation\nWritten Osborne Clarke\ton 29 May 2003\nNineteen months after publication of the first draft and following six months of inaction, an amended version of the proposed EU Sales Promotion Regulation has appeared.\nTopic: Promotion Marketing\nWho: The European Commission\nWhere: Brussels\nA second draft of the proposed EU Sales Promotion Regulations regulation (\"SPR\") has been published by the European Commission. As previously reported on marketinglaw.co.uk, the SPR is a bold step by the European Commission to harmonise, at a stroke, the rules affecting various different types of promotion marketing across all of the European Union Member States.\nThis is not another piece of Brussels nannying legislation, but a positive step towards pan European promotion law harmony which marketinglaw fully supports.\nThe first version of the SPR, published back in October 2001, contains a number of sensible provisions including a suggested set of requirements for prize promotion rules throughout the European Union. There are also rules which would make it difficult for member states such as France and Spain to continue with their requirements that prize promotions are pre-registered with a stipulated authority, and rules to liberalise restrictions that currently exist in a number of EU Member States in respect of marketing tools such as \"buy one get one free\".\nThe SPR has encountered heavy weather, in large part because it is running in parallel with another consumer protection measure introduced by a different directorate general of the European Commission in the form of the proposed \"Framework directive on fair trading.\"\nThere were concerns as to inconsistencies between these two measures and by the autumn of 2002 meaningful discussions on the SPR seemed to have ground to a halt.\nNow, in an apparent effort to revive interest in the SPR, an \"amended proposal\" for the SPR has been published. This helpfully marks up the changes from the previous version.\nThis is available in full at\nwww.europa.eu.int\/comm\/internal_market\/comcom\/new\/index_en.htm\nSome of the amendments have caused concern.\nFor instance, it is now suggested that for \"promotional games\", (defined as any prize promotion where winning a prize depends to some extent on chance), the total value of all prizes offered in any single promotional game cannot be more than \u20ac100,000.\nNo such value limit appears to be suggested for \"promotional contests\", which are defined as any event in which success is determined \"exclusively\" by use of skill.\nAnother \"compromise\" proposal designed to bring debates to an end is that participation in promotional games must not be linked to a purchase, and there must also be no additional participation costs. This is worrying on two counts. First, \"no additional cost\" seems to conflict with the UK convention hence, where a nominal entry cost such as the price of an ordinary first class stamp will be disregarded and will not stop an event being free entry. Second, it cuts across the current debate over reforms to UK prize promotion laws in which serious consideration is being given to allowing purchase to enter prize draws.\nAnother passage in the amended SPR which has caused controversy is a proposed provision that a promoter operating a sales promotion shall not collect personal data from a child. (Child being defined elsewhere as \"an actual person under the age of 14 years\"). Although this particular provision was in the original SPR, there are certainly grounds for concern at its inclusion. This is because it effectively prevents businesses from asking children for their parents' contact details in order to get their consent to market to the child.\nAlso in the area of marketing to children, the compromise text now prohibits the supplying of free gifts, premiums or prizes to children which are capable of injuring either their psychological, as well as their physical health.\nAs regards required disclosures of information in relation to certain promotions, the original version of the SPR appeared to require that much of it needed to be contained in each and every communication to the punter which related in any way to the promotion. Following protests from quarters such as the mobile marketing industry, where they have to live with a character limit of 160, amended compromise wording now indicates that it will be sufficient to give some of the disclosures by way of making the relevant information available to the recipient without the recipient having to ask for it, for instance on a website.\nThe relevant disclosures include the price of the promoted goods or services, the promoter's name and address and any out of court dispute settlements system or code of conduct that the promoter subscribes to, as well as the exact amount of any discount that is part of the promotion and the immediately preceding price of the relevant product, the commercial value of any free gift and any costs associated with obtaining it. Each communication will also have to include the quantity or duration of an offer and an indication of where terms and conditions relevant to the promotion can be obtained.\nIn this context, the need to specify an end date for the promotion is obviously commercially sensitive and is still under active discussion.\nWhy this matters:\nIt is good that this initiative has rekindled interest in this potentially important instrument. However, aside from the issues of concern pointed out above, it is quite clear that there is still active debate on issues such as the suggested need to include the \"commercial value\" of a prize in the disclosures in relation to a prize promotion (on grounds of ambiguity amongst others) and the requirement for free entry for \"promotional games\", where newspaper and magazine publishers are pressing for a specific exclusion.\nThere is also continuing concern over the number of different minimum ages that apply to various marketing activities involving minors. The SPR appears to regard a child proper as anyone under 14, whilst the UK's CAP code, for instance, defines a child as anyone under 16, and the IC talks of parental consent being needed to process data of under 12s.\nIt is to be hoped that all these continuing areas of difference can be resolved by the member states so that the vaunted entry into force date for the SPR of 1 January 2005 can be achieved.\nTags: Promotion marketing\nThis article is over 180 days old\nFull Bio >\nA Bad Influence \u2013 when influencer promotions go wrong\nMisleading ad campaign for a weight loss device\nAdvertising and Covid-19: the reminders of the French advertising regulator\nPeople Per Hour 'girl boss' ad campaign banned by the ASA\nMarketinglaw Update | August 2019\nPeter Barratt\nAssociate, Bristol\nMarleen Huisman\nAssociate, The Netherlands\nOliver Dawson\nTrainee Solicitor, Bristol\nJohanna Klingen\nTrainee Solicitor, London\nAll Experts >>\nSignup >\nCopyright \u00a9 2021 marketinglaw\nDesigned & Developed by Burfield - Web Design Bath","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"File #: 21-1722A Version: 1\nType: Contract\/Agreement Status: Passed\nFile created: 8\/24\/2021 Department: Public Works\nOn agenda: 9\/21\/2021 Final action: 9\/21\/2021\nTitle: Community Development Block Grant Mitigation program Subrecipient Agreement with the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity.\nAttachments: 1. FE_Agreement, 2. PE_Agreement, 3. Agreement\nRelated files: 20-923D, 22-1328A\n9\/21\/2021 1 Board of County Commissioners approved as part of the Consent Agenda Action details Meeting details Not available\nCommunity Development Block Grant Mitigation program Subrecipient Agreement with the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity.\nRecommended Action\nApproval of the Community Development Block Grant Mitigation program (CDBG-MIT) Subrecipient Agreement with the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO).\n\u2022 The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development created a new CDBG-MIT Program with $633 million available to the State of Florida for disaster mitigation projects. The program is administered through the DEO.\n\u2022 The Pinellas agreement provides CDBG-MIT funding in the amount of $992,000.00 to be used in finalizing a countywide flood mitigation action plan.\n\u2022 The project will include substantial data collection, risk assessment, adaption strategy development, and public education and outreach.\n\u2022 Resulting plan will be used to educate the public and identify flood resilient strategies to benefit the county and our municipalities.\nDEO Agreement No. MT028; County match not required.\nStrategic Plan:\nEnsure Public Health, Safety, and Welfare\n2.1 Provide planning, coordination, prevention and protective services to create and enhance a safe, secure, and healthy community\nPractice Superior Environmental Stewardship\n3.3 Protect and improve the quality of our water, air, and other natural resources\n3.5 Foster a sustainable and resilient community that is prepared for sea level rise and a changing climate\nDeliver First Class Services to the Public and Our Customers\n5.2 Be responsible stewards of the public's resources\nThe purpose of the Florida DEO CDBG-MT grant award of $992,000 is to provide funding for the County to reduce risk from future hazards. The project will provide substantial benefits to the community by addressing current day flooding situations and future conditions, including extreme weather events and impacts from sea-level rise. This effort will result in a robust dataset that will be used to educate the public and identify flood resilient strategies to benefit the county and its municipalities. The planning effort will leverage the state-approved Local Mitigation Strategy and recently completed Sea-Level Rise and Storm Surge Vulnerability Assessment. Outcomes from the project include flood hazard data acquisition, community asset inventory collection, flood hazard modeling and map development, asset exposure analysis, adaptation strategy development, public engagement, and mitigation prioritization and actions for community planning and procedures.\nIn response to presidentially declared disasters in 2016 and 2017 the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced that $633 million in first-of-its-kind funding would be available to the state of Florida for disaster mitigation projects. These funds are available through HUD's newly created CDBG-MIT and will be used to fund disaster mitigation programs to better protect Florida from future disasters.\nAdministered by the State of Florida's DEO, a federally required State Action Plan was developed in partnership with state agencies, as well as with input from local communities and stakeholders to determine Florida's critical disaster mitigation needs.\nOn May 15, 2020, the DEO launched the Rebuild Florida General Planning Support (GPS) Program, making a total of $20,000,000 available for eligible applicants, including units of general local government (UGLG). The GPS program is designed to provide funding opportunities for local governments to engage in pro-active mitigation planning and to create regional plans that will enable the state of Florida to withstand future disasters. Pinellas County submitted its proposal to the DEO on July 31, 2020 and conducted a follow-up presentation on October 1, 2020. Winners of the grant were announced on January 8, 2021.\nFiscal Impact:\nTotal project cost over the course of two (2) years is $992,000.00 No match is required. Existing awarded projects will be used as leveraged funds. Sources of leveraged funds include the Pinellas County General Fund, Florida Department of Historical Resources, and Florida Department of Environmental Protection.\nThe cost breakdown is as follows:\nFY 2022: $649,000.00\nThis Agreement is consistent with the development of the FY 2022 Tentative Annual Budget. The revenue and associated expenditures are both included in the General Fund within Environmental Monitoring cost center, Environmental Management Division of Public Works Department.\nStaff Member Responsible:\nHank Hodde, Sustainability & Resiliency Coordinator, County Administration\nKelli Hammer Levy, Director, Public Works\nCities of Belleair Beach, Belleair Bluffs, Clearwater, Largo, Madeira Beach, Oldsmar, Pinellas Park, Seminole, St Pete Beach, St Petersburg, Tarpon Springs, and Treasure Island; Towns of Belleair, Indian Shores, Redington Beach, and Redington Shores","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Aldergrove Kodiaks\n(Black Press Media files)\nB.C. to test emergency alert system on cell phones, TVs, radios on Wednesday\nThe alert is part of a twice yearly test of the national Alert Ready system\nIf you hear your phone go off on Wednesday (Nov. 25) afternoon, or see a strange notification pop up, don't worry \u2013 it's all part of an emergency alert system test.\nThe alert is part of a twice yearly test of the national Alert Ready system which was launched in B.C. more than two years ago. In a news release, the B.C. government noted that the test scheduled for May was cancelled due to the pandemic.\nThe test will see an alert broadcast on radio and TV, as well as on wireless devices. In order to get the alert on wireless devices such as your cell phone, they must be connected to a cellular network, be within the alert area and be up-to-date. Older cell phones that operate exclusively on non-LTE networks will not get an alert.\nThe alert is scheduled for 1:55 p.m. Pacific time. The test message will read: \"This is a TEST of the British Columbia Emergency Alerting System, issued by Emergency Management British Columbia. This is ONLY a TEST. If this had been an actual emergency or threat, you would now hear instructions that would assist you to protect you and your family. For further information go to www.emergencyinfobc.gov.bc.ca. This is ONLY a TEST, no action is required.\"\nBritish Columbians who want to give feedback about the test can visit: https:\/\/peasi.com\/alert-ready-survey-coming-soon.\nMiscarriage of justice before B.C. teen's 1983 guilty plea in girl's murder: lawyer\n12 Langley schools on COVID-19 exposure alert, Dorothy Peacock latest addition\nSHARE: Aldergrove cottonwoods hosts morning murder of crows\nExplore Aldergrove Star\nAldergrove News\nAldergrove Weather\nAldergrove Classifieds\n\u00a9 2021, Aldergrove Star and Black Press Group Ltd.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Chelsea Eye Mega Money Move for Barcelona's Philippe Coutinho as Potential Eden Hazard Replacement\nChelsea have reportedly asked to be kept informed over any developments on the future of Barcelona superstar Philippe Coutinho.\nThe Brazilian has failed to cement his place in Ernesto Valverde's side this season, despite only completing a \u00a3142m move to the Camp Nou last January.\nPhilippe Coutinho could be making his way out of Barcelona before the transfer window shuts.\nManchester United and Chelsea are reported to be interested in. Thoughts? \ud83e\udd14 pic.twitter.com\/umwKluGCqX\n\u2014 Goal (@goal) January 19, 2019\nCoutinho has recently fallen behind Ousame Dembele in Barcelona's attacking ranks. According to the Express, Chelsea are prepared to challenge rivals Manchester United in the race to bring the former Liverpool star back to the Premier League.\nIt is said that the Blues have been quoted a \u00a3100m asking price for the 26-year-old and that has not deterred Maurizio Sarri's side from pursuing a move for Coutinho.\nThe attacker has only started ten La Liga games for Barcelona this term, though he is apparently determined to make his 'dream' move in Catalonia work out, with a view to a move in the summer should his current situation fail to improve.\nCoutinho was signed from Liverpool last year with the challenge of succeeding compatriot Neymar and club icon Andres Iniesta at the Camp Nou, though the attacker has struggled to make his mark at the club.\nSoccrates Images\/GettyImages\nIt is suggested that Barcelona may be prepared to cut ties with Coutinho in order to fund a move to resign Neymar from PSG, with the Ligue 1 side needing to meet Financial Fair Play requirements.\nChelsea turned in another lethargic display as they fell to a 2-0 defeat away to London rivals Arsenal on Saturday, allowing both the Gunners and Manchester United to close the gap to just three points between them and the Blues in fourth.\nSarri's rigid 4-3-3 shape appeared flat once more, with little attacking craft or fluidity supplied in order to really trouble the Arsenal defence.\nDavid Ramos\/GettyImages\nCoutinho could provide the missing attacking spark at Stamford Bridge with his ability to play between the lines of midfield and attack and supply the struggling Chelsea frontline, should the Blues succeed in making a move for the Brazilian superstar.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"All Please Kill Me Posts\nThe Pretenders - Sire Records 1979\nPRETENDERS DRUMMER MARTIN CHAMBERS REMEMBERS GUITARIST JAMES HONEYMAN-SCOTT\nValerie Simadis October 17, 2017\nAll Please Kill Me PostsBest OfInterviewsMusiciansValerie Simadis7 Comments 11\nInterview with The Pretenders' Drummer Martin Chambers on the early years of the band, their late guitarist James Honeyman-Scott and original bassist Pete Farndon.\nJames Honeyman-Scott was a founding member and original lead guitarist of the band The Pretenders. He was a multi-instrumentalist who was influenced by the likes of Ron Wood, Eric Clapton, and Jimmy Page. Like his idols, he became a musician who developed his own sound.\nSadly, Honeyman-Scott died in 1982 at the age of 25, from heart failure caused by cocaine intolerance. People often wonder why The Pretenders have carried on all these years after they lost Honeyman-Scott and bassist Pete Farndon, but the answer is simple. The Pretenders are a \"tribute band,\" according to their original drummer Martin Chambers and singer Chrissie Hynde.\nI recently caught up with Pretenders drummer Martin Chambers in between gigs during the band's tour of the UK. Chambers is a founding member of the Pretenders, he joined the group in 1978. On the 35th anniversary of Honeyman-Scott's death, Chambers reflects on his early years with Jimmy in Herefordshire, their meeting with Queen's Roger Taylor, and Jimmy's incredible wit, as well as his untimely death.\nJames Honeyman-Scott\nPKM: How old were you when you first met James Honeyman-Scott?\nMartin: Fifteen years old. I used to go to Hereford to the music shop to buy drumsticks or whatever. And Jimmy worked in a music shop\u2026well, he didn't work. He ran there after school in his short trousers and annoyed them enough to let him stay. That was Jimmy, even at that age. God knows how old he was. Ten probably. But he used to play the guitars in the back of the shop so when he heard a musician come into the shop, cause I was doing gigs by then, he would inundate my consciousness with questions. All enthusiastic and all he was doing was sitting at the back of the guitar shop playing all the guitars. It was this overwhelming young kid because at that age he was ten, I was fifteen. I'm five years older than him. I mean that's a lot older. So I was like this big kid to him. So, that's where I first encountered the tornado that was James Honeyman-Scott.\nPKM: Did he leave an impression on you?\nMartin: Yes he was a kid that, yeah I guess you can say he left an impression. He was certainly eager to learn.\nPKM: You and Jimmy were in a band called Cheeks in 1974. Do you feel that Jimmy had that same charisma, that stage presence as he did in The Pretenders?\nMartin: It was certainly arriving for him. He was just a tasty player, you know? He knew all the business about Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Pete Townshend and Jimmy Page. Those guitar players that were very accomplished. He kind of studied those corners. He was across the board and that's why I think he arrived at where he was as a guitar player. He found his place. There are many musicians in the world that have a great talent. And one of them is, as soon as you hear one note, then you hear the next note, you know who it is. And that's his style. He also was very aware of how guitars were put together. He was very aware of modern pedals, wah-wahs and all that. He became very innovative in that area and combined a couple of simple little pedals to get his own little wall of sound so he could be big, or he could play very tastefully, quietly. He was just an all-rounder and he was just embarking, really, on the serious side of his career.\nPKM: In several interviews Jimmy said he had performed in youth clubs in Herefordshire. Did you go to any of these gigs, or hear about them?\nMartin: No, man I was too Prog rock, man.\nPKM: Jimmy was five years younger than you\u2026that can feel like a massive age gap when you're in your twenties. Did you think of him as a little brother?\nMartin: In 1973, I would have been about twenty-one, twenty-two when I joined up with Verden Allen (of Mott the Hoople) and we formed this band The Cheeks. Jimmy was in the band with us and, well no, by then a remarkable thing had taken place with Jimmy. In the time I had seen him in the early days when he was young, I didn't see him for maybe two years. I was working with Karakorum, my band, and I was traveling around the country in a Bedford ambulance. And suddenly I saw him and he was like taller than me, and his hair was as long as mine.\nPKM: You thought \"When did this happen?\"\nMartin: Yeah, this kind of blossoming of this um\u2026well his mother would have called him a layabout. But this blossoming of the musician. And the face. And by face, I mean he had the wherewithal to actually find himself in a position. He could roadie for this band, but next thing you know, he was playing guitar in that band, because he was better than the guy he was working for. That was Jimmy's stepladder. He could work his way into things and he could use that charm\u2026that big-eyed gooey little shit kind of look and get what he wanted. He could be quite manipulative, but never in any sort of terrible way. He was just charming, filthy dirty sense of humor and didn't stand for idiots at all. So once he got his little guitar collection coming on, he was definitely a force. By the time he was about 17, like a lot of these great guitar players, he was already a force to be reckoned with, and could hold his own with anyone.\nPKM: I know before you crossed paths in the late seventies, Jimmy had mentioned that he was working as a gardener at some point?\nMartin: This was before he came up to work with Chrissie Hynde and Pete Farndon and before that at the end of the Verden Allen band (Cheeks). We ended up doing very few gigs and living in a van together. It started off with five of us, then there were four, then there were three, and then Jimmy just had enough and he went home.\nPKM: Everyone just bailed on you.\nMartin: He had a band, you know, he had a couple of bands back then. But, yes, I think when Pete called him he was with a girlfriend and they were living together. He ambled around somebody's garden with a shovel over his shoulder. You know, I don't know if he did much, but he worked himself into another position. At that point living in a van didn't appeal to him, so he was happy having a bed every night, a good shag, and a bit of money coming in so he could go to the pub. So, yes, he was a gardener, all but in name.\nPKM: By the late seventies, you crossed paths with Jimmy again in London. How did you find one another after all those years?\nMartin: Well that's a killer question. Um\u2026I got fed up because I had managed to play some demanding music and I learned a great deal from age 15 into my early 20s. I'd done quite a lot of gigs. At this point I was looking for something better than punk rock. Punk rock was great, attitude was a lot of it, but the music itself was not very challenging. You know, I could play thirteen eights, I could play different time signatures because I'd done the Prog rock thing. I had worked in a big dance orchestra just to do that and earn some money for the year. So by the time I got up to London and ended up living in a van, nothing was happening. I'd lived on everybody's couch in London, 17.85 million couches.\nPKM: That's a lot of couches.\nMartin: I had had enough of getting to the point where I'm malnourished and feeling like something's got to change. So I thought I need to get a car. I've got about four pence in my pocket, how can I do this? I thought, [I need a] car to get around to network to find out what was happening in the music world. So I thought, okay, go to the labor exchange, look on the wall, any job you could get that had a car. And the first job I saw that came with a car when I enquired was the British School of motoring. I never ever wanted to be a driving instructor, but that was the side issue. The main issue was 'I got me some wheels!' So when I had the wheels, I managed to find Jimmy and Pete because I was able to go back home to Hereford and find a friend of theirs. Jimmy was living in his house, so he gave me the address. So the following Monday evening I went over to the house and knocked on the door. Pat came to the door. Pat was the girl in that house that made tea, and she said, \"No, they're out rehearsing.\"\nSo Jimmy was rehearsing with Pete and Gerry Mcilduff, the drummer they had, and Chrissie. There was no name for this band. They may have done a couple of gigs in Paris, that sort of thing. Gerry didn't really want to do it, so when Jimmy got my message, I was in. Funnily enough, in the whole of London, I had found a flat to live in that was no more than 400 yards from where Jimmy was living. So I had found the right place, I got the right car, I made the right connection, and my best buddy Jimmy, the little shit, was living down the road.\nSo we made contact. I don't know whether I used my kit or Gerry's kit, but I was a bit apprehensive about that. I went into this little dungeon of a room, and it's been well documented that Chrissie turned to the wall and started laughing to herself, because it all worked. In my belief, some of the classic bands had lots of guys that were from Liverpool, Dartford, Birmingham, Cardiff, and it's that invisible ability to just see what the next move that Jimmy will make. And I could just spot it. Pete was the same, and when we first played these awkward timing songs, we did something like the phone call, and bang! It was just 90 percent there.\nPKM: Many of The Pretenders' songs, like you said, have odd timing. That's-\nMartin: To conclude on that last bit. I found them.\nPKM: Alright. Duly noted\u2026\nAs you had said about The Pretenders' songs having odd timing, which is what makes them so original, Jimmy once said, \"The fact is, I don't know where she (Chrissie) comes in with it. So I just bluff it and hope for the best.\" Do you think Jimmy's improvisation helped define his style as a guitarist?\nMartin: Without question. Because he was very instinctive, he was very musical. Chrissie's originality, part of it was certainly from the fact that she wasn't musical. That's why I think if you want to learn to read the dots, read the music, that's great. I never wanted to. I can see a piece of music and know where I stop, and know the timing, and generally the mood of the piece by looking at music, but I don't want to read it. I believe when you know that route, you're tempted to run down that route. In my experience, the best drummers on the planet are drummers who don't know what they're doing. I mean, respect to Jimmy, this is the same talent. For me, it's far better to jump off the cliff, because if you're any good you will survive. Jimmy was like this too. He could busk over this [Martin hums the intro to 'Phone Call'], which for Chrissie was all she knew, it had an attack to it, that explained this kind of scary 'Phone Call' in a way. So she found that riff and it just happened to be 1234567-1! You know, it had a little jump in it, and that was a talent that Chrissie had. She didn't know it was 7\/4; she hadn't a clue. It didn't matter to her. It doesn't matter. It's how it sounds to support a lyric.\nPKM: I think that's impressive that Jimmy was able to improvise like that considering he never had guitar lessons.\nMartin: Well, he was pretty much self-taught. But he was following me, because he could read me. I could read him reading me. That's Hereford. The boys from Hereford, Liverpool, London. You know, if you come from the same area, there's a way you can read somebody. Chrissie is very difficult to read, but Jimmy, he and I read one another like a book. And Pete was on that same page too. Chrissie was always consistent, which was very helpful in working out the stops in 'Tattooed Love Boys'. But because she was consistent, Pete and I had interpreted it and made it go with a nice pulse and Jimmy latched onto that.\nPKM: And that's what makes the songs so original.\nMartin: That's what made it The Pretenders.\nPKM: Did Jimmy play any other instruments besides guitar and keyboard?\nMartin: He played piano, he was taught piano, so he could play it well. He wasn't what you would call a tambourine player. He didn't shake anything or bang anything ever.\nPKM: He didn't unleash his inner Mick Jagger then?\nMartin: Well you know, any kind of stringed instrument he would be able to get a tune out of it, because he understood the tuning of the different instruments. He knew his way around the different keys and capos, and you know, the whole enchilada.\nPKM: Jimmy and Chrissie were a songwriting team. Which song was it in your opinion that showcased Jimmy's songwriting ability?\nMartin: The ability to encourage Chrissie in a melodic way. Jimmy loved melody. He loved the Beach Boys, he loved harmony. He managed to play with the Beach Boys a couple of times because he was charming. I introduced him to Carl Wilson in Rome.\nPKM: Very cool!\nMartin: Ah\u2026that's a long story. But you know, I never saw Carl again. He disappeared off with Jimmy and I never saw him in Rome again. Gone! And Jimmy would be that kid in the music shop, full of questions, full of charm, full of those big gooey eyes that bring you \"come hither\" and listen to me, answer this, tell me your inside leg measurement. Ah, you know, all of this was Jimmy. He was so funny, so entertaining for people.\nSo anyway, he introduced melody, he encouraged Chrissie's melody. Even 'Brass in Pocket'. The intro, that just set Chrissie off in a slightly different area, and she loved it. She loves songwriting and loves the journey of songwriting. And I think the greatest part about the songwriting team, was that Jimmy was taking her off down a road that she wanted to go down. Learning, learning, learning, what can I do with this, how can we do that? Jimmy had all these little answers and all these parts that inspired her. She'd just strum something and sing a lyric, and he'd go \"Oh right\" and he'd do a little riff. And it worked really good.\nAgain back to that area of understanding sound, understanding the qualities that Chrissie had that she didn't even know herself. This is really important. This is a band. Not a bunch of people that get together because it's a business scheme with some hot shot manager. This is a complete amalgamation of characters, of love that we had for our music, for our individual instruments. And we lucked out and Chrissie had just done an album with (Chris) Spedding a year or two before with Chris Thomas producing, and she wanted Chris Thomas. We called Chris the fifth Pretender simply because he was part of that too, and took our music to another place. And it was just a full on learning curve, especially for Chrissie.\nPKM: The cover of the first Pretenders album, taken by photographer Chalkie Davies, is an interesting one, to say the least. I can't help but think that Jimmy was up to something with that cheeky smirk on his face. Can you tell me the story behind that photograph?\nMartin: Hmm, it's hazy because were imbibing a lot of gin and tonic. Pretty much any other alcoholic beverage with an occasional fruit-based drink for a lady. And then, of course, there was all the powders and the lipstick that went along with that. Chalkie had become a bit of a mate, he had become very close with Jimmy too. He had found the flat for Jimmy that Jimmy was living in. So basically, we knew Chalkie and he'd come on the road with us to certain places like the Blackpool photo shoot, so he was there to shoot the album cover. So we stood like this, we stood like that, for, you know, how long could we take that for as a band? Hm\u2026three minutes? Chalkie was pretty quick, and that was basically done in one very short session. Maybe twenty minutes from the time we arrived to the time we sobered up and left. At one of those sessions Jimmy was so drunk he knocked over Chalkie's camera on the tripod. I don't know if it broke or not, but you know, that's\u2026we were kind of a bit drunk in those days.\nPKM: Just a tad.\nI believe there was a certain remark that Jimmy said before the photograph was taken which explains why each of you had a completely different expression on your faces.\nMartin: Well there were several expressions, and if he'd just passed wind, he may have said something like \"Smell that fucker!\"\nPKM: And he did that before the photograph was taken?\nMartin: Oh, he would do it during and after! But the great thing was Jimmy did love his toilet humor.\nPKM: It's the Herefordian in him, isn't it?\nMartin: Oh, I think it's scraping the bowl of the pan. He was a little bit devilish but by God, he could be filthy. I remember the pictures being taken, but it was a straightforward simple session, trying to get everybody looking fairly together.\nPKM: Trying to get everyone to sober up, or at least look it.\nMartin: Look like you're all a part of something!\nPretenders first album, Sire Records \u2013 Photo by Chalkie Davies\nPKM: Getting into a more serious series of questions, when did it become apparent that Jimmy had a drug problem?\nMartin: Well this is the funny thing- it never did.\nPKM: What do you mean by that?\nMartin: Well\u2026okay, everybody and his dad and his dog were doing cocaine. I mean police officers, and sergeants and airline pilots\u2026everybody was doing it! And okay \"Don't take coke it's very very addictive!\" Right, well, \"I haven't had any for a week, and you know, I'm fine.\" So anyway, it was obvious with Pete (Farndon), but not with Jimmy particularly. Yes, we were doing more good-time drugs, but not \"Oh I've got to go and lie down for a week,\" you know?\nPKM: Right. So you didn't notice any changes in his behavior during that time?\nMartin: No. I only noticed one or two times when he was under the weather. And one of those was a couple of days before I got married, and he just said he didn't feel well and he had to go home. That's the first and only time I can remember. We weren't really drugged up and stuff at that point.\nPKM: So you thought nothing of it\u2026\nMartin: So no, and I didn't know if there were any problems with his heart or anything like that. He never mentioned anything. I don't know if he knew about it, I certainly didn't.\nPKM: When looking at the coroner's report, Jimmy's death is ruled as 'cocaine intolerance' and it's often mentioned that he had a weak heart. Do you think he overdosed, or that his body just couldn't handle the drug?\nMartin: There are lots of theories on that. I think when your heart stops, it's because it's just reached its last beat. And okay, maybe he was taking a bit more coke than normal because the doctors had told him don't drink. So maybe he compensated, that's possible, but at the end of the day, you know, he was a young man about to launch himself onto the world and was doing so. It's just one of those things. When your time's up, your time's up. Yes it was drugs of course that pushed it over the edge, but you wouldn't describe Jimmy as a real drug addict. If he put his mind to say, \"Right, I'm not gonna take any drugs, I'm going to stop drinking, all I'm gonna do is write songs with people,\" he would have done that.\nPKM: So you feel he had the willpower?\nMartin: Oh big time. Big time willpower. And then, maybe not I'll have a little drink. But you know, he was in control of himself.\nPKM: How did you find out that Jimmy had passed away?\nMartin: I had gone to the office. We had seen Chrissie about Pete, and Jimmy was adamant that if Pete was in the band, he was leaving. Jimmy and Chrissie were a songwriting team, and for Jimmy to say something like that about Pete, it was very serious and that threatened the spine of the band. The reasons were very obvious. Pete didn't know he was a drug addict, and this is the problem with drugs. They take you into an area, it's not just that you're out of it, you don't fucking know the reality. You've lost reality.\nPete had to go on his journey and hopefully come back. And, who knows, if he had lived he probably would have been back in The Pretenders when he got straight. He was in a band with Topper Headon, who was in exactly the same position and just got sacked from the fucking Clash. They were putting this great band together and I thought, you got to let Pete do his band thing, man. So maybe he could have come back into the band.\nBasically that's when I saw Jimmy when he came back from America. He just played with the Beach Boys, we saw Chrissie, we had the final chat about Pete, is there anything we can do about it, and made the phone call to manager Dave Hill.\nThe next day I think was possibly a Monday, and I think he died Wednesday morning\u2026or is it Tuesday morning? Anyway, it was a very fast turnover and we'd arranged to go to the office, Chrissie, Jimmy and I. When I got to the office to meet Jimmy at about 9:30\/10 in the morning, it was quite early. Within thirty seconds of me saying hello to our manager, the phone went, and Dave was talking to the girl that had found him. The girl that found him was living in a flat with her boyfriend and she was the girl who worked at Wessex Studios. I can't remember her name. She had called Dave and she said that she \"thinks\" that Jimmy is dead. So Dave was saying 'Have you called an ambulance?' So from that point on, there was a bit of a shimmer going on. And I just couldn't quite believe it. My car was parked outside the office on a double yellow line and Dave, the manager and I jumped into the nearest taxi and went to the address where he was in West London. We walked into the room\u2026by then, there was an officer at the doorway and we explained what was going on. I walked into the room and Jimmy was there lying on a kind of sofa bed in the lounge. But he was dead.\nPKM: What was Chrissie's reaction to his death?\nMartin: I think she had to think on her feet pretty quick because for her that was the end of that. Chrissie is a very cut and dry kind of person when it comes to making a decision, if she's getting rid of a boyfriend, chop! It's over goodbye. So I think she went into overdrive and we finished the album that we kind of just almost started. Billy Bremner helped us out. He was a good friend of Jimmy's and of mine. He played in Rockpile..a fantastic, accomplished player. There were various people who helped us out, including Andrew Bodnar. So we put people together to get this album finished. Robbie (Mcintosh) came along after rehearsals and finished the album with us and Malcolm (Foster) on bass because he was a friend of Robbie's. So we finished this studio album.\nWe threw ourselves into work. There were a lot of discussions between Chrissie and I, but basically get the album finished. We'd found the band, by the time the album was finished we had the band and we went into rehearsals. She was also starting a family at this time, so there was an awful lot going on in Chrissie's life. And basically the effect on her was to, I think push her even more. You know, we'd got to this point where we were close to Madison Square Garden-type level, and it was all looking remarkably good apart from Pete, and then, you know, the unthinkable happened. One of the diamonds was stolen from the tiara.\nPKM: After Jimmy's death, did you feel like \"That's it, we're finished as a band\"?\nMartin: No. I was very strong on this. Even before Pete died, maybe at the end of '82 going into '83, we were rehearsing and I was very insistent that the band name remains cause Chrissie was thinking of dropping the name. I said no, no, no, Jimmy had spent his short life getting to a point where he could be that person in a band. Now that Jimmy's gone and subsequently very shortly after Pete had gone, to me it was just like \"How can you possibly think of not continuing?\" and that's why Chrissie called us not long after that a tribute band.\nI take the humor of that because we were our own tribute band. It felt a bit like that, getting new guys where Jimmy was standing and Pete was standing, and they were wearing Pretenders T-shirts. How dare they wear Pretenders T-shirts? So there was a certain resentment and acceptance that this was the way we had to go forward. Robbie, Malcolm and Rupert Black on keyboard were very accomplished players and we made the best of 'Learning to Crawl'. We went out and we played Madison Square Garden.\nPKM: At times, like you said, you must have felt resentful like \"They aren't the original members, they don't have the right to be here\u2026\"\nMartin: There was a lot of that and it's something you have to temper quite well, and it's part of the learning curve to try and realize that you won't see them again. Not in this lifetime.\nPKM: When you're on the road these days, do you find yourself thinking of Jimmy and Pete, or are you in work mode? I remember you were telling me a story about Pete's guitar in a shop window.\nMartin: We were in Glasgow and right opposite was a Hard Rock. I never go into Hard Rock cafes and I just felt the finger coming at me going 'come here'. I walked in there late at night, and there were all the guitars on the walls, and they said \"Oh we've got a warehouse full of 'em.\" It's like oh great. Have you got Picassos in there as well, you twat?\nAnyway I walked around and I thought \"Maybe one of Jimmy's guitars could be in here.\" And suddenly there was the pink Hamer bass that was Pete Farndon's guitar. Right in front of me! You could have knocked me down with a feather. And it was just, I see he was just reaching out with his finger going \"Come in here, look at the pink Hamer.\" It wasn't a great guitar, but we had a deal and they were free. Pete used to wear a jacket with that, I think. He wore a smart jacket like David Johansen's band the Staten Island Boys.\nPKM: In interviews, Jimmy had named Eric Clapton and Ron Wood as his influences. Had he lived, do you think Jimmy would have been regarded as a rock 'n' roll legend?\nMartin: He already was by Ronnie. I don't think he knew Eric very well, but I know he met Ronnie and become quite friendly with him. Ronnie is fantastic and has many similar qualities to Jimmy. I think they met and he was like a young cousin to him or something. Ronnie, well he's a beautiful touchy feely fella, so he could see this thing that I saw in the music shop in Herefordshire. Jimmy made friends real quick, great players would give him guitars and he was very proud of the fact that this Flying V was given to him to \"Pete Townshend by Joe Walsh, and Pete Townshend gave it to me.\" That's all in the intro for The Pretenders film where he's dressed in a tutu behind the bar showing everybody his guitars. I mean everything right there tells you how English he was. His music, his guitars, his selection of drinking equipment, and with a tutu on! You know you ask somebody like Roderick Stewart, for example, what is the definitive English thing, I think it's we don't give a fuck about dressing up as women. We're perfectly happy in our testosterone-driven tight trousers to be able to slip on the little tutu now and again, and introduce himself to the world as \"This is my fabulous drinking collection\" you know, and he's wearing a fucking tutu!\nPKM: So no fucks were given.\nMartin: Yeah it doesn't matter because I'm in charge of myself and you're not! I am in charge of this. Thank you. Goodnight. Next. You know, that was the thing. Rod wore the makeup. Jimmy was into all that. The Faces and all that. That's the Ronnie that Jimmy loved.\nPKM: If Jimmy had reached old age, do you feel that his name would be synonymous with all those other guitar greats?\nMartin: Without a doubt. I mean he's still thought of in the most beautiful terms. In the most accolade-ict \u2013 there's a good word for you. Accolade-ict way I've ever known. And yet he had such a short time and two albums. That's it, you know, 25 years old.\nPKM: Definition of that word, please.\nMartin: Accolade, and he was addicted with accolades from other people. Accolade-ict.\nPKM: It's been 35 years since Jimmy's passing. It's hard to believe he would have been sixty years old. Looking back, what is a fond memory you have of him?\nMartin: He was a twat.\nPKM: A twat? That's your fond memory?\nMartin: He was the perfect twat to my Uncle Fou Fou (craziness). I mean we had arrived in cities, I remember arriving somewhere like Cincinnati. We'd done 'Concerts for the People of Kampuchea' so we'd met Roger Taylor and Brian May, and they were staying at a hotel. We went over and found out where Roger was, and we marched up to his room and demanded to be let in. I remember Roger being so overwhelmed by this Laurel and Hardy act that he was falling apart. He called Freddie and said \"You've got to come down to my room. These two guys from The Pretenders are in here and I can't get a word in edgewise.\"\nYou know, absolutely brilliant. The humor, you know, and the ability to find the answer to whatever the problem was. Whether it be musical, personal or psychological. He was a good friend, a really good friend. And James Walbourne is very much in that mold. He's a good friend, as are Nick (Wilkinson) and Carwyn (Ellis). The band we have now are a fantastic tribute to all those attributions that you need to have a rolling ball going down a road, and nothing's going to stop it. I miss Jimmy, I miss the humor and the love and just seeing the old twat. Terrible. I never really got over it because I'm not allowed to. I'm playing in a band where Chrissie's at the front looking at the crowd. I'm not doing that, I'm looking at the band.\nMy vantage point is one where I see Chrissie in the middle, and to the right was Pete and to the left was Jimmy. So I saw three asses, one of which is still present. But the other two asses that are standing there, it's Jimmy and it's Pete. Because of the songs we play, because of the lyrics in certain songs, Jimmy would always look at me and mouth something to me, and I'd mouth back the answer. Those things still happen in my head and I'm not allowed to be free of that. It's not as much of a distraction or a heartache as it was of course, but in life, life is a bitch with hot chili on it. And it's difficult to take.\nPKM: Are Jimmy and Pete interred in nearby Churches in Herefordshire?\nMartin: Jimmy was buried in Lyde Church, and Pete is a little closer to me. We weren't invited to the funeral because of mistaken thoughts, and we never knew anything about it. He was cremated so his ashes were put\u2026I don't know where. I suddenly found out six years ago that he had a headstone in Saint Peter's church with his name on it, on the same stone as a relation, and his name is there. The silly little thing about these pointers is the fact that I can now go and see Jimmy now and again and see Pete. It's like there's somewhere to go. This is part of the closure which you don't have when it happens that young and that sudden, so you don't have that closure ever. But at least there's somewhere to go to tell them both, very very succinctly, you're both twats!\n\"I was selling guitars for a living, for a shop in the Hereford. I did gardening too \u2013 that was great! And it was during that time \u2013 I was out in the garden, you see, digging away, and the radio was on. Nick Lowe came on with [sings] \"and so it goes, so it goes,\" that number \u2013 Elvis Costello's \"Red Shoes.\" And they had this big, jangly guitar sound, which is what I'd been wanting to get into for a long while. All of a sudden the radio's on and there's this huge guitar sound coming out, like sending out a big Rickenbacker 12-string or something. And I thought, \"Ah, my time is here.\" So that's what happened. And then I hooked up with the Pretenders.\" \u2013 James Honeyman Scott\nMore from PKM:\nTHE ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME HATES WOMEN!\nALAN VEGA, SUICIDE'S MAIN MAN\nI GET AROUND \u2013 WHEN GLEN CAMPBELL REPLACED BRIAN WILSON IN THE BEACH BOYS!\nSubscribe To Our Weekly Newsletter!\nPrevious ArticleHOW WOMEN SAVED THE LIFE OF AMERICAN COMEDY\nNext ArticleHAROLD PENDLETON, FOUNDER OF LONDON'S MARQUEE CLUB AND READING FESTIVAL DIES AT 93\nValerie Simadis\nValerie Simadis is a writer and artist who resides in New York. She studied English Literature at Queens College, and over the course of two years worked as an archivist for rock and roll photographer Bob Gruen. A lover of bygone eras, she is particularly interested in the culture and personalities of the 1960s.\nFiona McQuarrie January 20, 2020\nRichie Unterberger January 16, 2020\nOctober 20, 2017 Peggy Sue Honeyman-Scott Reply\nThank you for the poignant interview with Martin Chambers which is the most honest and accurate I have seen through out the last 35 years. Finally someone willing to do the proper research and ask intelligent questions. Lovely, heartfelt and well done. Thank you.\nOctober 20, 2017 Valerie Simadis Reply\nYou are most welcome! Thank you for taking the time to read it.\nNovember 23, 2017 Graham Reply\nGreat interview.\nNovember 28, 2017 Baz Reply\nReally good interview. A lot of stuff in there that I never knew about Jimmy and Pete. Thank you.\nDecember 28, 2017 NoOneYouKnow Reply\nThanks for this interview. Martin (and you) really bring to life the warmth, humor, and creativity of the band and his mates.\nMay 31, 2018 William Reply\nGreat interview, it's hard to find closure at the grave. It feels too late. Tell the people you care about you love them. If you have a drug alcohol problem please find a program. Some closure is better than none.\nNovember 30, 2019 Andrew Russell Reply\nGreat interview. Martin Chambers is a class act. It must be hard to live with the ghosts of your friends for so long.\n1,690Facebook\n0Reddit\nLike this? Follow us for more!\nFollow @PKMBook","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"The Electronic Grapevine\nBy Anne Stuart\nIt's not what you know, but whom you know - and whom they know, and whom their friends know, and who their friends' friends know. That's the idea behind the growing number of social-networking communities.\nIn many ways, these Web-based gathering places - such as LinkedIn and ReferNet - couldn't be more dissimilar. Some let you build an electronic address book and link it to similar lists set up by people you know and, by extension, to people they know; all of you can then search that large Web of contacts. Some allow you to create a private networking group that you can invite others to join; others only allow you to participate in existing discussion forums. There are sites that are strictly social, intended for fun or romance, while others are all business. Most are free, though a few charge fees for subscriptions, premium services, or software.\nStill, all true networking sites share two basic principles:\nThey make introductions. They help you meet people you don't know through people you do, much as you might at a cocktail party. Or, they drop you into a network of people with a common affiliation or interest, much like joining an alumni association, trade or professional group, or local business club. Many networking sites - most notably, MeetUp - hold in-person gatherings in addition to connecting people online.\nThey rely on trust. Social-networking sites are not intended to let you link randomly with strangers worldwide. Instead, they focus on making connections based on your existing online and offline relationships - that is, getting people you know to link you to other people you might want to know.\nWhile social networking sites are a 21st-century phenomenon, the underlying concept dates back to the 19th century. That's when Italian physicist Guglielmo Marconi advanced the \"six degrees of separation\" theory, the idea that anyone on Earth can be connected to anyone else through a chain of six or fewer people. In the 1960s, Harvard social psychologist Stanley Milgram tested the idea in an experiment using chain letters that typically reached their intended targets after six transactions. In the 1980s and 1990s, the phrase came to denote a movie, a play, and an informal game that challenged players to link the actor Kevin Bacon to anybody else in Hollywood in - you guessed it - no more than six steps.\nToday, social-networking sites allow you to find the expertise you need in just a few degrees -- or links -- from your own circle of contacts. For instance, let's say you need a contract Web designer with a specific set of skills, but you don't know anybody who fits the bill. You ask your friends, but it turns out they don't know personally know any Web designers, either. So you go out one or two more circles, asking your friends' friends and then their friends for a Web designer referral. Chances are that somewhere out in that extended network, somebody knows just the right person. And if that distant affiliation isn't as ideal as a first-hand referral, at least there's still a trusted trail back to the source of the recommendation.\nGood theory, but does it work in practice? Absolutely, according to entrepreneurs who have used networking sites to find employees, identify sales leads, and connect with potential customers. LinkedIn - the best-known of the business sites, which claims to have 4,000 CEOs among its 250,000 registered users -- processes more than 1,000 referrals each month. Nobody knows how many result in real business, but as Konstantin Guericke, LinkedIn's co-founder and vice president notes, every referral starts as an interaction between two people who already know each other.\nSometimes those interactions come with highly beneficial side effects. That's how it worked for a Jason Diaz, a Philadelphia-based entrepreneur who was looking for a payroll-software expert. With his LinkedIn connections, he quickly found a candidate who not only came highly recommended by known sources, but introduced Diaz to a big-company CEO Diaz wouldn't have met otherwise.\nIndustry heavyweights clearly view social-networking as more than this year's fad. Microsoft, Google, and Yahoo!, among others, have all launched or invested heavily in social-networking initiatives.\nThere are, of course, downsides. Some businesspeople steer clear of online networking because of concerns about compromising their own privacy - or that of their contacts - by revealing too much personal information. Others report that their e-mail spam levels jump markedly as soon as their contact information goes online. Another concern is a landscape still in flux. Forrester Research warns that users should expect some significant consolidation among major business- and social-networking sites over the next year or so.\nFor now, though, the benefits of being able to quickly access webs of valuable contacts outweigh those concerns for many users. The way they see it, such worries are a small trade-off for the chance to collapse six degrees of separation down to two. Or one. Or none.\nPublished on: Jun 1, 2004","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Cantonese Last Names\nIt was sky dining at the finest for me and I fell in love with this restaurant back then. Passenger lists are your ticket to knowing when your ancestors arrived in the USA, and how they made the journey - from the ship name to ports of arrival and departure. Through an analysis of arguments for protecting Cantonese against the encroachment of Putonghua in post-1997 Hong Kong, this article explores tensions in the ideological complex of authenticity and highlights the importance of investigating how spatial and temporal relationships work together to shape understandings of what counts as 'real', 'natural', and 'original'. AH LAM: Chinese name which means \"Like an orchid\". The staff are always very welcoming and helpful. Days of the Week. California College Pathways has a wealth of resources and reports that are available to campuses and community organizations. It is relatively easy beef stew recipe. In my head, i'm. 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You can click on the language names that are links to hear how they are pronounced, and on the English names of the languages to find out more about them. However some names are still widely used around China. Bilingual Educator_ Cantonese _your name \" in subject line. Huey is a somewhat popular first name for males (#1030 out of 1220, Top 84%) and an even more popular surname for both adults and children (#3318 out of 150436, Top 2%). Other than Mandarin (standardized Chinese), the most well-known Chinese language is probably Cantonese. On the busy Craigieburn line train home from the city last night, a young boy started crying. Her famous songs include Sunset Melody, Si Shui Liu Nian and Flaming Red Lips. Simply log in and add new translation. COM: Female Chinese Names, page 1 of 2. Also, in countries such as the United States, people sometimes used \"Paper Names\", often not even based on their own surname. Last but definitely not least, just ask a store clerk - better to find one who speaks English (and maybe is a bit older than some whippersnapper restocking the shelves). ) can mean dead and gone in Hakka. Don't Dare to Dream (Cantonese) - \u5ac9\u5992\u7684\u5316\u8eab. This property was built in 1990 and last sold on October 16, 2015 for $391,000. You may also use [email protected] bai3 instead of sing1 kei4. But the last name was made famous by Song Dynasty's first Emperor whose last name is Chiu\/Zhao. Posted on. In addition to their Cantonese specialties, their vast multi-page menu features a number of American style Chinese dishes as well. In 1880 there were 41 Ko families living in California. Bilingual (Cantonese\/English). Cantonese is a language widely spoken in China and particularly in the province of Guangdong where it is recognized as the lingua franca. There is no any notable literary work of cantonese origin that can project influence and inspiration to other chinese. Given names often have the same origin, and were then adapted for other languages and countries. A section on Cantonese could also reference Cantonese-language culture (music, film, etc) and the Cantonese diaspora, and help establish (or re-establish) Hong Kong as the hub for this aspect of. Note that depending on the Chinese characters used these names can have many other meanings besides those listed here. E) Denise Ho; A-Mei Chang; Jolin Tsai; Ivana Wong; Joey Yung; Rainie Yang. Each character's name, particularly their original Japanese name, is a pun on regular words, often the names of various foods. last name much? and most people in the Bay Area speak Cantonese so I will accept Blizzard's not going for it. Chinese names are interesting in that there are virtually infinite given names and a relatively small set of family names. Despite the weird name, it's a very basic zongzi with a distinctive yellow color and subtle flavor. \"I Love Hong Kong Food Tour\" & Hong Kong Cantonese Food Names Reference by Robert Chaen. No matter how hard you try, you won't think of a random last name. Cantonese is a tonal language, and for 99. Health Translations is a curated online library of more than 20,000 multilingual resources in 107 languages (including Auslan, Easy English and Plain English) related to health and community services, funded by the Victorian State government. Chinese names and sometimes Chinese surnames in Hong Kong may be supplemented by or replaced by an English name when using English. Not only will these basic Chinese greetings work in Asia, they'll be understood in communities no matter where you go. A Cantonese establishment which served as a restaurant specializing in Cantonese cuisine and doubled as a nightclub. Spare Pork Ribs in Champagne and Stout (medium) - Portion is quite small for a medium but we ordered as the name looks unique. But you have to note that there are no tones shown on the English translations, the habit is people use High Level for all \"translated sounds\" when they pronounce them in English. Learn your Chinese name with this list of English names and their Chinese translation. Deadline to apply is August. last name much? and most people in the Bay Area speak Cantonese so I will accept Blizzard's not going for it. There are 2,000 immigration records available for the last name Sit. This is evidenced by the poems of the Tang dynasty; when you recite it in Cantonese, it has more rhymes than many other dialects. \" \"We wanted to think of a good punny name for a bakery in the plot of our story,\" remarked e-board member Adam Lamper '19. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. An Chinese \"peace\" or \"contentment. 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It is the local language in current use within the province of Guangdong, China, official language in the Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong, as well as in the Special Administrative Region of Macau, and used in many overseas Chinese communities in South-East Asia and elsewhere, with Kuala Lumpur and Ho Chi. TOP'S CHINA Szechuan, Hunan & Cantonese Style Restaurant. English to Cantonese or Cantonese to English translation services need to be highly accurate, done in time and at an affordable price. Steven has 8 jobs listed on their profile. [1] [2] The colloquial expressions l\u01ceob\u01ceix\u00ecng (\u8001\u767e\u59d3; lit. Other than Mandarin (standardized Chinese), the most well-known Chinese language is probably Cantonese. It is polite to inquire about a person's health or activities upon greeting. Learn Cantonese in 15 minutes a day. Each character's name, particularly their original Japanese name, is a pun on regular words, often the names of various foods. 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But the last name was made famous by Song Dynasty's first Emperor whose last name is Chiu\/Zhao. in the 1930s, but is not in the list currently. Adapting new words and expressions has never been this much fun. It has the second biggest total area of land, and has the biggest population of any country, 1. Not sure if your family speak Cantonese, Mandarin or another dialect? My little ones Chinese name is Yat Kit which is a Cantonese name, but since joining MN discovered a lot of people like the name Kit as a shortened nickname for Christopher! For the first names, I like Aidan or Dylan best!. Days of the Week. He was a very well-known and talented Cantonese opera dramatist in Hong Kong. Chan (\u9673) Lee (\u674e) Cheung (\u5f35) Cheung (\u7ae0) Wong (\u9ec3) Wong (\u738b) Wong (\u6c6a) But (\u7562) Chau (\u5468) Chang (\u912d) Chiu (\u8d99. There are many things to love about Jade Restaurant. Cantonese Pan Fried Noodles (Pork Lo Mein) It's packed with veggies like scallions, carrots, and mung bean sprouts, as well as stir fried pork loin, and oodles of skinny egg noodles. Chinese personal names were recorded in many different ways in Australian records and, in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries at least, rarely was a name written down 'correctly'. Cantonese Name Generator by SCC Overton Family Names (Cantonese) Female Given Names Male Given Names Chan Cheng Cheung Chiu Chow \/ Chau Hung Ip \/ Yip Kwan Lam Lau Lai Lee \/ Li Leung Liu Lo Ng Poon \/ Pun So Siu Tam Tsang Yau Yiu Yu Wong Ka Yee Yin Kwan Wai Yi Yee Hang Tsam Yui Tsz Shan Ka Po Yu Ting Chui Yin Wing Ki Pui Chi Tsz Yan Tsz Ki Po Yi. Cantonese in Hong Kong: Not the official language? Hong Kong's Education Bureau has caused a furore last month by claiming on their website that Cantonese is just a \"Chinese dialect\" and \"not an official language\" of Hong Kong. Worked closely with office manager and president of the company. Hence the Western concept of first name and last name only creates confusion when used with Chinese names. Learn Cantonese vocabulary, phrases and words FAST with TONS of FREE lessons! Always Updated. Alternatively, if you are. For a start, we couldn't stop gushing about how beautiful its premises is. In addition, owing the the fact that the Chinese place their surname first and given name last, some people go by a last name that was originally their own or an ancestor's given name. At this time, Standard Chinese was promoted as the only official language of the nation. But if you wish to learn, \"Happy New Year\" in Cantonese is pronounced: san1 nin4 faai3 lok6!. English to Cantonese or Cantonese to English translation services need to be highly accurate, done in time and at an affordable price. There are 40,000 immigration records available for the last name Lau. A section on Cantonese could also reference Cantonese-language culture (music, film, etc) and the Cantonese diaspora, and help establish (or re-establish) Hong Kong as the hub for this aspect of. For current info see RELEASE-NOTES. Fabian will leave for JUterbog or Royce had touched yet The name of this Leopard is Landon or Broderick was cheeping. The Toisanese language is a Chinese dialect that has similarities to both Cantonese and Mandarin, though more Cantonese than Mandarin. Book online on our official site and get instant confirmation for your reservation at Y\u00e0n Cantonese Cuisine. Last name generator. E-mail Address. Jet Li, or Li Lianjie? It's not uncommon for people from the Chinese-speaking world to have two different names - a Chinese and a Western one. A list of submitted names in which the usage is Chinese. Traditional Cantonese Mooncakes. These pan-fried noodles are quickly becoming my life. Melody McCabe The new word for all I-want-my-baby's-name-to-be-different parents is 'palindrome appellation'. Cantonese romanization of CHEN. 's profile on LinkedIn, the world's largest professional community. A Vietnamese last name, has chinese origins relating to that of Ng in Cantonese and Wu in Mandrin, all meaning corn the vegetable. 606 The UK's biggest football phone-in, broadcast on Saturdays, Sundays and midweek on BBC Radio 5 live. Watch Angel's Last Mission: Love Episode 01---02 English subbed, Chinese and Cantonese Watch Angel's Last Mission: Love Episode 01---02 Engsubtitle, Cantonese Dub, Chinesesubtitle the fastest episodes !. Note that depending on the Chinese characters used these names can have many other meanings besides those listed here. You also get BONUS Audio Lessons here at CantoneseClass101. Dinner Menu. Cantonese Spy is a language learning game that uses a one of a kind approach with taking in the Cantonese dialect. Explore the Canty family history for the English Origin. Each character's name, particularly their original Japanese name, is a pun on regular words, often the names of various foods. Back to Learn Cantonese. \u5f35 (zoeng1) \u9673 (can4) \u674e (lei5) \u738b (wong4) \u6881 (loeng4) \u5468 (zau1) \u912d (zeng6) \u7f85 (lo4) \u9ece (lai4) \u5289 (lau4). And if you've seen Hong Kong movies, you may remember scenes where working men purchased their lunches from dai pai dong and hunkered down to a scrumptious feast. It is the local language in current use within the province of Guangdong, China, official language in the Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong, as well as in the Special Administrative Region of Macau, and used in many overseas Chinese communities. info All torrents Anime Applications Games Movies Music TV shows Other. Cantonese is one of the main languages in China and is widely spoken amongst Chinese diaspora. At Haimom, you will be able to search for Asian Baby Names sorted in an alphabetical order, uniqueness and popularity. Another description of the origin of the Fong\/Fang family name is at Yutopian. , the last name Luo came from Xiong, which in turn came from Mie, and are all descendents of Zhuan Xu. Chinese Female Singers Last Name A. Cantonese (\u5ee3\u6771\u8a71 Gw\u00f3ng d\u014dng w\u00e1) is a widely spoken Chinese language. You might just find that one of these great baby names has just the right blend of the exotic. With \u4e5d\u5bae (gau2 gung1), you've got something that's slightly better in terms of usability. At other times, the dialectal interchange can be hilarious, mischievous and not auspicious. It makes our dictionary English Cantonese real, as it is created by native speakers people, that uses language for every day. Chinese name meanings (yes we can do these names too). IP addresses are NOT logged in this forum so there's no point asking. This report is based on the 2005 study. The character. \"old hundred surnames\") and b\u01ceix\u00ecng ( \u767e \u59d3 , lit. Change another server button if you can not watch. Learn your Chinese name with this list of English names and their Chinese translation. This is evidenced by the poems of the Tang dynasty; when you recite it in Cantonese, it has more rhymes than many other dialects. I pick up only a few words \"If I have ten thousand years or just a few years\" that part there alone makes me want to understand the whole song. On the busy Craigieburn line train home from the city last night, a young boy started crying. English to Cantonese or Cantonese to English translation services need to be highly accurate, done in time and at an affordable price. Anne: HM01 Sky Dash Allows the player to fly to places they've already been to. What is the origin of the name Canty?. Mandarin (Putonghua) is the official language in Mainland China and Taiwan. The best of the MICHELIN Experience in your inbox Stay on the top of the best restaurants, offers, lifestyle, and events recommended in our guide cities. It does exist in Cantonese, and several other south China dialects. until around 250 AD and hasn't changed much since then. 001% of the population. Cantonese Input Method using Visual Foxpro 9 SP2. My ancestry is Cantonese. Find, submit and requests pronunciations. A Site on Origin of Chinese Family Names (Surnames or Last Names) Origin of Chinese Names (Last Names or Surnames, \u4e2d\u570b\u767e\u5bb6\u59d3\u6c0f\u4f86\u6e90 HOW TO USE THIS WEB SITE : This web site is divided into 21 main sites as represented by the twenty one yellow buttons on the top of each page. He was a very well-known and talented Cantonese opera dramatist in Hong Kong. com - Learn Cantonese with Free Podcasts. The last family we'll touch on is called Wu, but it turns out this name isn't as popular among native speakers. TOP'S CHINA Szechuan, Hunan & Cantonese Style Restaurant. It softens a question and is a required component of normal questions. Since the written form of Mandarin and Cantonese are the same, unless he uses to use his English name, when he fills out forms, he uses the same Chinese characters, whether he pronouns his name in Mandarin or in Cantonese. Chinese Male boy Baby Names from China This is a collection of popular male boy baby names from China along with their meanings. The above statements are intended to describe the general nature of work performed. Dialects of Cantonese. Huey is a somewhat popular first name for males (#1030 out of 1220, Top 84%) and an even more popular surname for both adults and children (#3318 out of 150436, Top 2%). Curl is a name whose history on English soil dates back to the wave of migration that followed the Norman Conquest of England of 1066. It is spoken in southern China, especially in and around Hong Kong and Macau, and in Guangzhou Province. New Cantonese jobs added daily. * (bug 20239) MediaWiki:Imagemaxsize does not contain anymore a. 5000 years of Chinese heritage brings names that symbolize ancient treasures, virtue, and serenity. Their ranks in 1990 are shown by the side. Popular Chinese Female Singers. In addition, owing the the fact that the Chinese place their surname first and given name last, some people go by a last name that was originally their own or an ancestor's given name. Here are listed the top 10, top 100 common Chinese surnames based on the latest 2016 statistics with their number and distribution in China. Help us in creating the largest English-Cantonese dictionary online. Bilingual (Cantonese\/English). \u6b61\u8fce\u5149\u81e8Moreland\u5e02\u8b70\u6703: Information about Moreland City Council in Cantonese. Cantonese is a language widely spoken in China and particularly in the province of Guangdong where it is recognized as the lingua franca. View Steven Leung, PMP'S profile on LinkedIn, the world's largest professional community. As such, most people from Hong Kong and Chinese diaspora that emigrated prior to 1949 from Guangdong use the name Yim. May 31, 2016 \u00b7 In a statement last week, Nintendo's Hong Kong office encouraged all Chinese Pokemon lovers, regardless of whether they spoke Cantonese or Mandarin, to adopt the global pronunciation of. Welcome to Dramafans. Amas is able to shirk as Percy will be bombarding as Keith ca. The table below shows native names for languages in their own scripts, or autoglottonyms. We estimate that there are at least 13900 persons in the world having this name which is around 0. A list of surnames in which the usage is Chinese (Cantonese). names without pronunciations are excluded from results * is a wildcard that will match zero or more letters in the pronunciation. For a country with this many people living there, Hong Kong is a surprisingly small country, only cover 427 square miles (1,110 square kilometers) of area, which ranks 183 rd in terms of area. A tone is a specific. \u901f\u6210 (cuk1 sing4) is a slight improvement on the above, requiring that you only input the first and the last component keys. Jet Li, or Li Lianjie? It's not uncommon for people from the Chinese-speaking world to have two different names - a Chinese and a Western one. The most popular Chinese last names interpreted are a bit long as the environment that we grow up in is important. Chinese Male boy Baby Names from China This is a collection of popular male boy baby names from China along with their meanings. Say the second wife's last name backwards in cantonese Discussion in ' Heart of Greed - \u6e8f\u5fc3\u98a8\u66b4 ' started by mbnz230 , Jun 6, 2007. I grew up eating Cantonese food and still prefer Cantonese food as my staple over other forms of cooking. Lunch Menu. This study examined the role of adaptation in the first year of middle school (Grade 6, age 11) to affiliation with gangs by the last year of middle school (Grade 8, age 13). It is also a language widely spoken in other Asian countries. Language names. And I have another friend who's last name is \"Ngo\" and he is Chinese. How do you write it? It's. Cantonese Last Names \u5f35 (zoeng1). Chinese sounding surnames in the 1990 US census This list was created by eyeballing the last name frequency list from the 1990 US Census. I will argue that loanword phonology in Cantonese does not exist as a separate component of the grammar and that the differences between English language source forms and their Cantonese equivalents can be understood as the result of subjecting non-native inputs to the constraints that define well-formed Cantonese words. Home - Chinese Movies - New Chinese Movies - Upcoming Chinese Movies - Best Chinese Movies - Chinese Action Movies - A Database of Chinese Movies. Lau has been one of Hong Kong's most commercially successful film actors since the mid-1980s, performing in more than 160 films while maintaining a successful singing career at the same time. The yuen yong (mandarin ducks) is referring to the two different types of rice noodles used here and if you can't decide on hor fun or rice vermicelli then this. Here is an IPA pronunciation guide for all of the sounds in the Cantonese language. They changed their surname to Jiang; Xiao Zhen (\u8427\u6862) became Jiang Zhen (\u6c5f\u6862) and he was the progenitor of the Xiao-Jiang family. Brice Valentin has 6 jobs listed on their profile. Perhaps that name comes from a Chinese person from Vietnam where Pham (\u8303) is a common surname. For current info see RELEASE-NOTES. Cantonese speakers might recognise the name for \u8304\u6c41 (ke 2 zap 1) ketchup as literally meaning \"tomato sauce,\" the latter character being \"sauce\" and the former \u2014 short for \u756a\u8304 (faan 1 ke 2) \u2014 meaning \"foreign eggplant,\" a. Any sweet tea, symbolizing sweetness in the new union, is good for the chinese wedding tea ceremony. I also like Noodle Village, although it's more HK style Cantonese food than straight up Cantonese food - check Lauhound. Ninh Meaning: The meaning of Ninh has not been submitted. Check out the Canty history and family crest\/coat of arms. Fans take part in a lively debate about the latest matches and talking points. Cantonese is used as the offi- cial language of Hong Kong and Macau, and within China it's the local language of the mainland's south-east, including most of the province of Guangdong. Although, the more recent use of westernized names has led to a flip of surnames and given names. The name \"Cantonese\" is often misused, technically. There are 2,000 immigration records available for the last name Sit. Cantonese is a tonal language, and for 99. When using the Cantonese transliteration of the Chinese name, last name comes first, following by the first name. It is spoken in southern China, especially in and around Hong Kong and Macau, and in Guangzhou Province. Also, in countries such as the United States, people sometimes used \"Paper Names\", often not even based on their own surname. Standard Mandarin, Cantonese and Min Nan transliterations are displayed. listening and speaking. Please try our search engine if you cannot find the artist or character you're looking for above. Chinese place their surname first and given name last, some people go by a last name that was originally their own or an ancestor's given name HONG KONG MONIKERS I found this a lot of fun! Some great names for those Chinese breeds! CANTONESE NAMES Chinese names and their Cantonese pronunciation MANDARIN NAMES. Traditional Cantonese Mooncakes. Savour authentic Cantonese fare served with a grand table setting of jade, silver and fine bone china at the award-winning Li Bai Cantonese Restaurant. The character. Lunch Menu. But taking the dish in a westerly direction, we followed the example of London chef Jeremy Pang and threw Yukon Gold and sweet potatoes into the mix. English to Cantonese or Cantonese to English translation services need to be highly accurate, done in time and at an affordable price. Located on the lobby level of Fullerton Hotel Singapore, the Cantonese restaurant has recently reopened after a period of refurbishment. The language gets its name from the Canton which is the traditional name for the city of Guangzhou. 3% of Vietnamese have this last name. Cantonese House was a Chinese restaurant on South Winton Road located in Win-Jeff Plaza. You can pick up the best Chinese names of your choices along with meaning, popularity, numerology, comments and many more. Cantonese romanization of LIU. Chan (\u9673) Lee (\u674e) Cheung (\u5f35) Cheung (\u7ae0) Wong (\u9ec3) Wong (\u738b) Wong (\u6c6a) But (\u7562) Chau (\u5468) Chang (\u912d) Chiu (\u8d99. There is a lot to say about romanisation of Chinese Characters in English language stories, but I'll save that for another time. Dinner Menu. But the last comprehensive Cantonese-English dictionary was published in 1977! If you went out to the store today and tried to find a good one, you'd struggle. This name generator will generate 10 random Chinese names. Hua Chinese \"spectacular\" or \"flower. These are all monosyllabic and represented by one hanzi character each. But you have to note that there are no tones shown on the English translations, the habit is people use High Level for all \"translated sounds\" when they pronounce them in English. If the player's Buddy is Gyarados or Lapras, they will ride the Pok\u00e9mon, instead. It is polite to inquire about a person's health or activities upon greeting. (7) Keep an eye on the chicken during the cooking and cover the browned part with aluminum foil. The most complete list of japanese names and meanings including girl names, boy names, last names, and the Kanji(Japanese characters) used within each. There is no any notable literary work of cantonese origin that can project influence and inspiration to other chinese. In Macao and Malaysia, it is spelled as Choi, in Malaysia and the Philippines as Chua, in Thailand as Chuo (\u0e09\u0e31\u0e48\u0e27). The names above are all the same name, the first being the Hong Kong\/Cantonese rendering, the second being the Mainland\/Mandarin rendering, and the third being the Taiwan\/Wade-Giles rendering. Brice Valentin has 6 jobs listed on their profile. What is the popularity of your last name? Find your ancestors, discover the origin and meaning of your last name, and build your family tree! Last name. The Chinese surname or family name is placed before a person's given name. This house has been listed on Redfin since October 11, 2019 and is currently priced at $350,000. Main article: List of English dubbed names for Sailor Moon characters. As with the unrelated actors Tony Leung Chiu-Wai and Tony Leung Ka-fai , Hong Kong names may follow an English personal name + Cantonese family name + Cantonese personal name format. Hua Chinese \"spectacular\" or \"flower. Same shit different name. Best Answer: Yes it is, it is a Cantonese version of possibly Tan or Tang. It softens a question and is a required component of normal questions. \u901f\u6210 (cuk1 sing4) is a slight improvement on the above, requiring that you only input the first and the last component keys. But the last name was made famous by Song Dynasty's first Emperor whose last name is Chiu\/Zhao. then, and is at #668 currently. In Cantonese: Last Name (required) Email (required) \"Purpose,I have a question,I've been to the playgroup and I have some feedback,I have a testimonial to. The best of the MICHELIN Experience in your inbox Stay on the top of the best restaurants, offers, lifestyle, and events recommended in our guide cities. Page 1 of 2 1 2 Next >. View Yimin W. Jet Li, or Li Lianjie? It's not uncommon for people from the Chinese-speaking world to have two different names - a Chinese and a Western one. Babynology has collection of 1763 Chinese Names with meaning. Many of the Chinese loan words made into the English language as. Last July, police arrested a woman named Ice Wong with 460 grams of ice -- the drug, not frozen water. My last name is Lee however. \" Jehovah is a rendering of God's name in English that has been used for centuries. Same Life Unlike Dreams 2 - You Are My Destiny - \ub3d9\uc0c1\uc774\ubabd2 \ub108\ub294 \ub0b4\uc6b4\uba85. Xiao Zhen was the second son of the Tang chancellor Xiao Gou. The current Chinese phrase \"My name is\" appears in this group Greetings - Introduction Learn how to say the Chinese phrase for My name is with standard Mandarin pronunciation. They should also be balanced. A free online talking english pronunciation dictionary. Posted by Admin 0 comments Mimi Lo held the final show of her. This report is based on the 2005 study. Boring but keep on till you can name 300-500 items without any help. 000 If you want to make a pretty Chinese girl names, these girls' name is for easy reference. In writing Chinese names, Chinese family names are put before the given name, e. Discover Female Chinese Names & other fantastic baby girl names at Top 100 Baby Names Search. Shanghainese belongs to the Wu family, as do the topolects spoken in Hangzhou, Wenzhou, and Suzhou on the east coast of China. For a country with this many people living there, Hong Kong is a surprisingly small country, only cover 427 square miles (1,110 square kilometers) of area, which ranks 183 rd in terms of area. Kumquat, or cumquat, is the common name for any of the evergreen shrubs or small trees comprising the genus (or subgenus) Fortunella of the flowering plant family Rutaceae, characterized by dark green foliage, white flowers, and small, oval or round-shaped, orange-yellow fruit (when ripe). Jet Li, or Li Lianjie? It's not uncommon for people from the Chinese-speaking world to have two different names - a Chinese and a Western one. Chinese Baby Names. Normally taxi drivers know the good ones. Also does anybody know how Chinese names are chosen and. This is a list of origins of character names in the Dragon Ball franchise. (By study, I mean any activity where I was focused on learning the language. Another trial of Chinese herbalist to cure my eternal coughing. Main article: List of English dubbed names for Sailor Moon characters. Elsewhere, the language is spo- ken by emigrant communities worldwide and minority groups in Southeast Asia, most notably in Singapore.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Ivanka Trump is closing her fashion company\nJared Kushner and Ivanka Trump made around $110 million in just one year \u2014 on top of their massive net worth.\nIVANKA Trump's clothing and shoes company is reportedly folding.\nThe New York Post has reported that it will be shuttered \"ASAP\" and that staff have been informed that they're being laid off.\n\"It's just never recovered since she stepped away from the company,\" said an insider.\nAn Ivanka Trump jacket. Picture: Richard Gosling\nMs Trump, who serves as a senior adviser to her father US President Donald Trump, decided it didn't make sense to keep the company running if she's not returning.\n\"When we first started this brand, no one could have predicted the success that we would achieve,\" Ivanka Trump said in a statement.\n\"After 17 months in Washington, I do not know when or if I will ever return to the business, but I do know that my focus for the foreseeable future will be the work I am doing here in Washington, so making this decision now is the only fair outcome for my team and partners.\n\"I am beyond grateful for the work of our incredible team who has inspired so many women; each other and myself included. While we will not continue our mission together, I know that each of them will thrive in their next chapter.\"\nThe company copped criticism after Kellyanne Conway, Counsellor to the President, spruiked her line in an interview, which is against protocol.\nMr Trump also tweeted his support for the brand.\nSaturday Night Live also lampooned the move in a hilarious skit.\nThis article originally appeared in the New York Post and is republished here with permission\nHow Ivanka made her millions\nIvanka wins foreign trademarks\nIvanka Trump's 'fleshy' $4000 dress by French designer\nIvanka Trump opens up about attacks on her dad\nTrump's top men talk up Australia ties\nImpeachment attack on Trump probe\nIvanka Trump's surprise Hollywood romance\nTeen kicked out of shops for outfit\nIvanka devastated by ScarJo skit\nMichael Kors snaps up Versace for $2.7bn\nUS panic over looming shutdown\ndonald trump fashion ivanka trump us politics","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"InfoFLR\nWhat is FLR?\nTypes of FLR\nBenefits of FLR\nFLR tools\nFLR partnerships\nGlobal Emissions and Removals Databases\nIncreasing ambition & action on NDCs through FLR\nBonn Challenge\nBonn Challenge Barometer\nInternational targets\nHow to pledge\nBonn Challenge Commitments\nNational Restoration Targets\nFLR Assessments\nMozambique is a country in Southeast Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west, and Swaziland and South Africa to the southwest. It is separated from Madagascar by the Mozambique Channel to the east. The country is divided into two topographical regions by the Zambezi River. To the north of the Zambezi River, the narrow coastal strip gives way to inland hills and low plateaus. Rugged highlands are further west; they include the Niassa highlands, Namuli or Shire highlands, Angonia highlands, Tete highlands and the Makonde plateau, covered with miombo woodlands. To the south of the Zambezi River, the lowlands are broader with the Mashonaland plateau and Lebombo Mountains located in the deep south. Mozambique is one of the poorest and most underdeveloped countries in the world, though endowed with rich and extensive natural resources. The country's economy is based largely on agriculture, but industry is growing, mainly in food and beverages, chemical manufacturing, and aluminium and petroleum production. The country's tourism sector is also growing. Since 2001, Mozambique's annual average GDP growth has been among the world's highest. However, the country ranks among the lowest in GDP per capita, human development, measures of inequality, and average life expectancy. A long civil war and recurrent drought in the hinterlands have resulted in increased migration of the population to urban and coastal areas with adverse environmental consequences, including desertification and pollution of surface and coastal waters. (Wikipedia)\n78,638,000 hectares\nArea of forest\n48.2% of land area\nArea of agriculture\nArea of permanent cropland\n0.4% of land area\n2.8% annually\nRural population\nEconomics and development\nGDP per person\nClimate change and biodiversity\n0.20 metric tonnes per person\nThreatened animal and plant species\nGoal year\nDate committed\nArea committed\n1,000,000 hectares\nPotential economic benefit\n314 million USD\nPotential climate benefit\n0.09 GtCO2 sequestered\nContent not yet available.\n2nd Barometer report captures achievement of U.S. Bonn Challenge pledge & results from 18 other countries\nROAM Country Brief Mozambique PT\n18 Jan 2021 (96.14 KB) Download pdf\nROAM Mozambique Country brief\n25 Aug 2020 (129.31 KB) Download pdf\nCoastal and Marine Restoration Baseline report - Mozambique\n14 Mar 2019 (18.55 MB) Download pdf\nMozambique Country Forest Note\n14 Oct 2018 (21.13 MB) Download pdf\nForest Landscape Restoration Opportunities Assessment - 10 Districts of Zambezia and Nampula\n14 Apr 2018 (22.42 MB) Download pdf\nAbout InfoFLR\nInfoFLR is presented by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) with the support of the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety, Norway's International Climate and Forest Initiative (NICFI), and UKaid from the UK government, and is a part of IUCN's contribution to the Global Partnership on Forest Landscape Restoration. \u00a9 IUCN 2018\nECCA30\nWhat is ECCA30?\n\u042d\u041a\u041a\u041030","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"When You Race With The Devil You Better Be Fast As Hell, Or Why I'm Curtailing Facebook\nIn order to model healthy behavior to my children, I need to have them see me engaging in healthy behavior first.\nAfter over a decade of social media, I find it to not be healthy behavior.\nYes, it has several positive aspects. Sharing of information, keeping in contact with other human beings, and creating a social network you engage with in real life, also, but I'm finding those positives are outweighed by the negatives.\nI see those people in real life if I engage in real life, anyway. I hear the news eventually, even if I'm trying not to, and whatever information I gain from social media seems to be drowned out by so much noise that it can hardly be called worthwhile.\nMostly, though, it creates a cocoon than envelopes me. And with my solitary nature, that's the last thing I need.\nI want to work, and engage in a variety of activities, and discover new things. I don't seem to do any of that on social media.\nAnd that's what my kids see. Me, hunched over a screen, squinting with a furrowed brow, usually agitated by something more than enjoying myself. Giving my attention to fools and strangers rather than them and my own work.\nAfter my heart surgery, and finding out I now am experiencing the early stages of heart failure, time has become of the essence to me. Social media is a time killer. No matter how much time you have, it can consume it. And return nothing but the empty husks of your hours, days, and months.\nI can't lead my children out of this labyrinth if I can't escape it myself.\nMay is a good time for this undertaking because there's so much to see and do here in Northern Illinois. It's been cold this year, but these few months are becoming so precious with each passing year. The winter seems to get longer and more fierce every year, and the real summer shorter.\nMy intention is to be more cold turley than ween myself off it. Facebook has to go first. And twitter has to be used only to promote whatever I'm working on. And the computer itself as a stereo, word processor, or email service.\nI just need to pile up some work. Even if I'm just relaxing, doing nothing, it seems healthier than being fixated on a monitor where I'm just waiting for the next fight to break out.\nI have friends who have gone first, and I see them, and I assume I'll continue to still see them, and maybe even have more to say when I do now.\nPosted by Thomas L. Vaultonburg at 1:28 PM 0 comments\nI started our year-long Tal Dorei campaign last May as Large Silent Friend, a Firbolg Druid who had been banished from his village as an adolescent for unwittingly smothering a miraculous creature he was bringing back to his village to show everyone. He followed the Blood Hunters Banlys and Trogg into the city of Tal Dorei having no idea what would happen next. My reasoning with this character was that he could be a fish out of water, sort of like a Crocodile Dundee, and present a counterpoint to everyone else's reaction to the city. This never manifested in our campaign at all.\nMy Tal Dorei character Large Silent Friend, as drawn by Lucian Kuranz, a fellow member of the 317 Art Collective\nOur campaign ended this Tuesday after I took the Dungeon Master seat three months ago and drove it home with a fairly cliched storyline where Asmodeus used the vacuum of power inherent in the Tal Dorei system to reunite with his son Graz'zt, and manipulate the party into destroying anyone who could have stopped him, culminating in a final battle where the party decimated Vox Machina.\nThey made it fairly easy by snagging the Hand and Eye of Vecna, then all separately agreeing to deals that would have them killing off Asmodeus' only real competitor, the Mother of Ravens. The player who portrayed Pliz'skin, who was the one who took the Hand of Vecna at a black mass, then bargained with Iggwilv for the Eye, was a real joy to watch play, because he just bulled forward at every opportunity, and never asked or cared if anyone was going to follow. It was a damn lot of fun to watch someone play it that way, and really fit in perfectly to how I wanted to finish this campaign.\nWhich dovetails into my review of Tal Dorei. I start by saying I didn't read the sourcebook. It just wasn't very interesting, but I did assimilate the part about how the gods of Exandria had been banished. This story point led to what seems like the obvious end to any Tal Dorei campaign. Once any godlike entity anywhere in the Multiverse gets wind that there are no gods in Exandria, they are naturally going to want to fill that vacuum and seize power. When our original DM, the magnificent Travis Legge, allowed the campaign to veer into Waterdeep: Dragon Heist, then The Dungeon of the Mad Mage, the die was really cast. The gate to the Forgotten Realms was opened, and the party actually moved Trollskull Alley into The Cloudtop District of Tal Dorei, and opened Trollskull Manor, renaming it Trogskull Sporksbar, after two characters who had died in battle. For the second half of our campaign it could be said we were always in the Forgotten Realms.\nAnd if you're in the Forgotten Realms, the gods, devils, and demons are NOT banished. Halaster Blackcloak found a way to open a portal and invite Graz'zt and Iggwilv through, and from that point on it was a ll a matter of corrupting the players for three months into doing their dirty work until they brought through the Lords of Hell, a convoy of Hellfire Engines, and legions of lower devils to take over the entirety of Exandria.\nIt is natural the final battle would be with Vox Machina, the previous heroes of Tal Dorei, who remained Chaotic Good for the most part, and played a prominent role early in the campaign, even lending the party their vestments. I haven't watched the Critical Role podcasts, but the Vox Machina had several tactical weaknesses in the composition of their party, not the least of which was some confusing multi-classing, and they after four rounds of combat really presented no resistance to our Planescape Tuesday's party.\nI think they may have been more composed for entertainment than actual D and D playing.\nOne of my interesting takeaways is that even after having killed Vox Machina, a group of celestials playing a Stryper song in their bar at a battle of the bands, and having plunged the city into the iron fist of Asmodeus, the party didn't consider themselves evil at all.\nI'll admit after one character foisted the Hand and Eye of Vecna there really wasn't any going back, and all they could have really done was confront and overwhelm him. Otherwise, they just had to go along and get along, which they did. It presented some real difficulties for me as a DM because I had four characters who were either leaning Neutral Good, or at most Neutral, and one character who was now literally the Hands of the Devil.\nI also broke one of the cardinal rules of being a Game Manager and asked if I could play my own character, Large Silent Friend, as I really just wanted to join in the fun. They agreed. It wasn't as much of a burden as I would have thought. Mostly he just hung out and wild shaped so he could absorb tons of damage.\nOn a personal level, getting to sit in the Dungeon Master's seat right as I turned fifty was a bucket list item. The first week I was so overwhelmed and nervous all I could think to do was have have Halaster compel the party into an auditorium where they fought an identical party composed of simulacrums of themselves created by the lich Trobriand. This was a fun battle and allowed me to play them against them, so I learned a good deal about their abilities and weaknesses. The next week they went to Trobriand's Graveyard and tracked down Trobriand, played by Doobie Brothers singer, Michael McDonald, and almost managed to kill him aboard his prime creation, The Shockerstomper. I say almost because Trobriand cast a Meteor Storm at the end of the battle and killed everyone but Pliz'skin and Zox Clammersham, who brought them back with a Wish spell.\nShockerstomper, helmed by the Lich Michael McDonald, er, Trobriand, designed by Jack Mathews\nI remember my first foray into Dungeons and Dragons took place at the height of the Satanic Panic, and we were banned from playing at school, then one by one, in the basements of our friend's houses. In the end all I had was the books, and no one to play with, until I came home one day and mother had burned the books.\nI'd have to say waiting over thirty years to play again, then getting to Dungeon Master a campaign, was damn sweet.\nTal Dorei is fine. I'm not looking to bash it. The city is a totally solid place to base a campaign. But you'll probably end up somewhere else before it ends. Of course, that's almost always true in the Multiverse that is Dungeons and Dragons. Can't wait to sit in the DM seat again.\nLabels: Dungeons and Dragons\nI turned fifty last month, and was surprised with a trip to Mardi Gras by my partner.\nFifty was a surprise to me as I always expected to die from the same thing and at the same age that my mother did. I got open heart surgery instead, and survived. In a lot of ways that left me completely unprepared for everything that was to come after. I didn't expect any of it.\nI had a very vain and selfish goal for my fiftieth birthday. I wanted to train hard in the gym and end up doing a naked pictorial on the street outside my apartment documenting being in the best shape of my life and generally just not giving much of a shit what anyone thought.\nSo, I set out last March training for that photo shoot. And I blew out my shoulder immediately. Followed by both elbows. Then I sprained my foot so badly I could barely walk.\nBut I trained through it all. I wanted to be like one of those guys in the commercials for fitness products who says \"I'm fifty, and I'm in the best shape of my life.\" Yest nothing went right. It was the most agonizing training cycle in my entire life.\nFebruary came around, and every part of my body hurt, and the photo shoot never happened. Like almost everyone else who ever lived on planet Earth, I didn't get to stand in the middle of the street at fifty years old documenting how robust and powerful I was. Instead, I didn't achieve the results I dreamed of, and I took a selfie in my bathroom mirror.\nThen I went to New Orleans and ate my way through the city with my partner and came home to the best friends a guy ever had.\nI may not be in the best shape of my life, but I never had it so good. I have become the Dungeon Master for my Tuesday night Dungeons and Dragons group, and I am part of an art collective where I have two shows this month.\nSo, please indulge me in the sharing of a clearly self-centered photograph. Maybe I'll be back at 100 and do another one.\nPosted by Thomas L. Vaultonburg at 12:38 AM 0 comments\nMermaid By Jenny Mathews\nThis is what's on my rolltop desk right now.\nZombie Logic Press Productions VHS Intro Animation\nGrowing up as a teen in the 80's the video store was a sacred place in my life. And the animations for a hundred different horror movie distribution companies still elicit a Pavlovian response from me. There's still a void in my life sometimes on Friday night when I feel this irresistable draw towards the video store, but there isn't one around.\nHearing of my longing for those days, and knowing I wanted nothing more in this life than an animation for my own production company, Zombie Logic Press, my workout partner and long-time friend Tim Stotz set out to work.\nAnd today after our workout at the Y, instead of doing cardio, we decided to finish this...\nOr rather, he decided to finish it while I sat there and drank a Candian Club on the rocks.\nWell, I did help a little, by providing the sound effects. And now forever after I have my own animation for my production company. Now we just have to finish my movie Dead Drunk.\nBuy The Blood Dark Sea By Dennis Gulling\nWhat amazes me about the poems in this book is how elegantly they delve into some really dark subject matter, but are never once prurient, or mean-spirited. There's humanity to these observations of people in some pretty awful situations. But there's also a sense of humor and no judgement. These things happen. The Blood Dark Sea is the kind of book where you can be glad they are happening to someone else, and a poet with a keen eye and flair for the subject matter is there to report back, so to speak.\nThis illustration by Jenny Mathews is a pefect visual metaphor for the lives of the people described in the poems of The Blood Dark Sea, a book of noir poems.\nThe Blood Dark Sea By Dennis Gulling\nBuy Iced Scream By Jesus Correa\nI've decided to see my archival copies of the legendary Iced Cream by Jesus Correa and do a second printing, so this is absolutely your last chance to get a copy of the 1st printing of this highly sought after collectible.\nIced Cream By Jesus Correa","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Cruising for Love\nAuthor : Rosie Mae George\nAvailable Formats : Cruising for Love (epub) , Cruising for Love (mobi) , Cruising for Love (pdf) , Cruising for Love (prc)\nCategory : Contemporary Romance , Romance , Previous Releases\nJulia runs from an abusive boyfriend to work on a cruiser, where she meets guest Nassif, who's not who she thinks he is. Can their growing relationship survive the deceit? Can she trust him again?\nWhen Julia escapes to work on a cruise ship from an abusive relationship and meets Nassif, a crown prince who has slipped quietly away from his usual royal glare and is incognito, their connection is instant.\nAlthough Nassif is bound by duty to marry another and Julia is scarred by her past, they cannot break away from each other. When Nassif is forced to tell Julia the truth about who he is, her world falls apart. She trusted him with her life and her love. Can Nassif break from his royal confines to find true love? Can Julia forgive his deceit and allow herself to trust him again?\nStanding in his study by his leather-topped, walnut desk, Prince Nassif looked at the photo in his hand, his dark eyes focussing carefully. He'd hoped that by now he would feel some kind of connection, but the beautiful young woman looking back at him from the photo still stirred nothing inside him. The fact she was as bound by duty to him as he was to her had set the tone for the start of their lives together. He wished the situation was different and he could continue his bachelor life, which suited him just fine. His heart was his and his alone. It was not for giving.\nThe air in the large wood-panelled room felt thick, even though the sun was shining through the slatted blinds, with a gentle aroma of ginger and vanilla filling the air from the diffusers. Nassif wanted to drop everything, run outside, and just enjoy the air, release himself of the royal burden he wore, for just a short while. For a moment, he imagined himself standing here, on this spot, in twenty or maybe thirty years' time, living his life following the tradition that had been passed down through his family's generations. How will I be, then?\nFor the last year, since his twenty-ninth birthday and the day Sohara had been chosen by the palace to be his bride, he had kept looking at her picture to see if he could muster some spark of feeling. She had been chosen from a small group of prospects for this position. Those who did the choosing were the palace officials along with his parents who, apparently, knew what a prince needed to be happy for the rest of his life. From that point, any female company, for him, was only allowed behind closed doors, not that he was particularly interested in spending time with anyone else. Like it or not, he was betrothed, and in his mind, fidelity mattered, even if he had not yet met her.\nHe looked again at the photo of the stunningly beautiful Sohara, with her long black corkscrew curls, her cinched waist, ample breasts and curvy hips. She was, quite simply, perfect to look at. Her intellect, of course, would be sufficient for a prospective queen. Sohara would be the image of perfection in social situations. She would circulate amongst guests with educated ease, making conversation on the arts, travel, even politics, when needed. Sohara would shine in the lavish ballroom, with its parquet floor, forty chandeliers and crimson walls decorated in gold leaf. She would beguile foreign dignitaries with stories of her home country, she would be the perfect hostess. Nassif had no doubt too that she would be the most attentive wife a man could aim to have.\nHe permitted himself a slight frown. With his thirtieth birthday looming, he was at a juncture in his life. It was the day he would marry his designated bride. In fact, everything about his life since he was twenty-two had been mapped out for him in the finest of details. His elder brother Khalid had seen to that.\nDragged back from Edinburgh University when his brother had decided that the throne was not for him, Nassif's life had changed dramatically from living relatively independently in Europe with just a small security detail to watch over him, to completely controlled. Not only did his life change dramatically, but his brother, who he'd loved dearly and looked up to, was effectively torn from it. From that point, Nassif became Crown Prince, heir to the throne of Andamaraia, and the Palace was taking no chances on a second abdication of duty.\nLeaving Scotland so suddenly meant he was also forced to leave behind his girlfriend, Elle. He'd felt like his heart had been ripped from inside him, but it had been necessary to keep his emotions subdued.\nIn his mind, he saw her flowing blonde hair, her trim figure, the way her eyes shone when she laughed. These were thoughts he didn't usually allow to surface, and when they did, he squashed them quickly. He was a king-to-be, and displaying his feelings for others to see was unacceptable. The only way he could handle such a momentous loss in his life was to simply shut that side of his feelings down. Mentally, he sectioned Elle into a box in the back of his mind to allow him to go on.\nHis brother was no longer mentioned in any open conversation unless absolutely necessary. Nassif was forbidden to see or speak with him. At first, for a time, Nassif had been quietly furious with Khalid, not only for his absence in Nassif's life, having been banished by their parents, but for his part in ending the only relationship that had ever mattered to him.\nKhalid had studied in London and then later toured Europe to taste the different cultures, but he'd bailed on his duty, choosing to stay in Europe with a woman he'd fallen for, hiding away from his royalty, as if it was his right to do so. In claiming his own freedom to live and love as he wished, Khalid had stripped Nassif of his. As the years progressed, though, Nassif had grown to understand the weight of the burden Khalid had struggled to bear and his anger had evolved slowly into a sense of sadness that he would never see his brother again. Sometimes, he wondered where Khalid was in the world. Was he sitting on a beach somewhere, or had he married his woman and was now in his garden with a wife and a brood of children running round, playing? It occurred to Nassif that he could be a brother-in-law or an uncle. There could be a whole side to his family that he didn't know.\nHis thoughts were interrupted when the door opened and his assistant Kareena, radiant in a vividly embroidered cerise sari, breezed into the study in her usual effervescent way.\nTags: Romance, Contemporary","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Sustainability in building construction \u2014 Sustainability indicators \u2014 Part 1: Framework for the development of indicators and a core set of indicators for buildings\nISO 21929-1:2011 establishes a core set of indicators to take into account in the use and development of sustainability indicators for assessing the sustainability performance of new or existing buildings, related to their design, construction, operation, maintenance, refurbishment and end of life. Together, the core set of indicators provides measures to express the contribution of a building(s) to sustainability and sustainable development. These indicators represent aspects of buildings that impact on areas of protection related to sustainability and sustainable development.\nThe object of consideration in ISO 21929-1:2011 is a building or a group of buildings and the external works within the site (curtilage).\nISO 21929-1:2011 follows the principles set out in ISO 15392 and, where appropriate, is intended for use in conjunction with, and following the principles set out in, ISO 26000, ISO 14040 and the family of International Standards that includes ISO 14020, ISO 14021, ISO 14024 and ISO 14025. Where deviation occurs or where more specific requirements are stated, ISO 21929-1:2011 takes precedence.\nISO 21929-1:2011 adapts general sustainability principles for buildings; includes a framework for developing sustainability indicators for use in the assessment of economic, environmental and social impacts of buildings; determines the aspects for consideration when defining a core set of sustainability indicators for buildings; establishes a core set of indicators; describes how to use sustainability indicators; and gives rules for establishing a system of indicators.\nISO 21929-1:2011 does not give guidelines for the weighting of indicators or the aggregation of assessment results.\n: ISO\/TC 59\/SC 17 Sustainability in buildings and civil engineering works\n91.040.01 Buildings in general\nCD referred back to Working Group","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Kate Middleton's Latest Pregnancy May Have Been Her Most Dramatic Yet\nby Perry Carpenter\nin Pop Culture\nKate Middleton just gave birth to her third child\u2014a healthy baby boy\u2014and the reports are that mom and baby are doing fine now that the little one has arrived, but this could have been Middleton's most dramatic pregnancy yet. Throughout the past nine months, the Duchess dealt with family scandals and major health scares, and it has made this third journey to motherhood much more difficult.\nThis morning, the palace released a brief statement announcing the new prince's arrival. \"Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge was safely delivered of a son at 1101hrs. The baby weighs 8lbs 7oz. The Duke of Cambridge was present for the birth.\"\nPrince George, four, was at school when his mom gave birth to his new little brother, and Princess Charlotte, who turns three next month, was at home at Kensington Palace.\nPrince George and Princess Charlotte arrive with The Duke of Cambridge at St Mary's Hospital to meet their little brother.\nA post shared by Kensington Palace (@kensingtonroyal) on Apr 23, 2018 at 8:56am PDT\nRELATED: KATE MIDDLETON GIVES BIRTH TO BABY BOY\nThe news has made its way to both families, including the Queen, The Duke of Edinburgh, the Prince of Wales, and Prince Harry, and they are all delighted with the news.\nAccording to Radar Online, the birth announcement comes at the end of a difficult pregnancy that featured many ups and downs, not to mention the fact that the engagement of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle overshadowed the royal baby news and stole Middleton's thunder.\nDuring her first trimester, the Duchess of Cambridge suffered from severe morning sickness\u2014also known as hyperemesis gravidarum\u2014and it caused her to miss out on many public appearances, including Prince George's first day of school.\nHowever, once she got past the first few months, Middleton emerged looking radiant and rocking some of her best maternity fashion.\nThe 36-year-old had to deal with the same issues during her first two pregnancies, and it caused her to stay on bed rest in the weeks leading up to George and Charlotte's births. The Duchess made her last public appearance about a month ago before taking time off to prepare for her third baby's arrival.\nThe bulletin has been placed outside Buckingham Palace formally announcing the birth of the The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's new son. The Duchess of Cambridge was safely delivered of a son at 1101hrs. The baby weighs 8lbs 7oz. The Duke of Cambridge was present for the birth. Her Royal Highness and her child are both doing well.\nIn addition to Middleton's health issues, the royal family has also had to deal with Prince Philip's emergency surgery for a hip replacement earlier this month. And, if that wasn't enough, police arrested Middleton's uncle last fall for punching his wife, and Pippa Middleton's father-in-law is facing charges of raping an underage girl, allegations that he has denied.\nTo add to the drama, rumors that Pippa is pregnant with her first child broke while Kate was on her way to the hospital to give birth.\nThe palace has not yet announced the name of the new Prince, but Albert and Arthur are tied as the most popular choices, with 5 to 1, and 9 to 1 odds respectively, according to British oddsmakers.\nThe Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and their son have traveled home to Kensington Palace today. Their Royal Highnesses would like to thank all staff at the hospital for the care and treatment they have received.\nA post shared by Kensington Palace (@kensingtonroyal) on Apr 23, 2018 at 10:22am PDT\nThe new baby is now fifth in line for the throne\u2014jumping ahead of Prince Harry\u2014and is now behind Prince Charles, Prince William, Prince George, and Princess Charlotte.\nKate Middleton and Prince William are resting at home with the newest member of the royal family.\nNEXT: KATE MIDDLETON KICKS BACK WITH CHILDREN DURING HOSPITAL VISIT\nGame Of Thrones Season Opener Broke Viewing Records In The US & UK\nMore in Pop Culture\n10 Things Jennifer Lawrence Does To Achieve Success\nKirstie Landry\n10 Crazy Expensive Things Mariah Carey Has Bought\nEvery Cast Member Of The Good Place's Net Worth\nEmma Philpott\nThe Cryptocurrency Craze: 10 Celebs Who Have Backed Bitcoin\nGet To Grips With The Science Behind Avengers: Endgame Ahead Of This Weekend's Re-Release\nCrushed Eggshells Could Be Used To Repair Bone Damage, Study Says\nKeanu Reeves Fans Have Started A Petition To Make The Actor Time's 'Person Of The Year'\nTake A Look Around The Obamas' Luxury French Vacation Destination","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"How chart analysis can prevent \"buy now, pay later\" fraud\n5 international musicians to discover according to your favorite genre\nSoul APP creates talent show with Gostar Bustar for Korean students\nLaurice Carlson January 6, 2022\nLupe Fiasco, 6lack spotlight Apple Music Juneteenth playlist\nThe music of an artist cannot be separated from his personal actions\nJay-Z, Kanye West and Diddy among the richest artists in hip-hop in 2022 \u2013 Rolling Stone\nREVIEW: Drake's 'Her Loss' album is a hip-hop fan's win\nLaurice Carlson November 9, 2022\nCharlotte bassist Reggie Dennis dies at 52\n\"All he wanted to do was play,\" Letron Brantley said of teammate Reggie Dennis. Dennis died Feb. 3 at age 52.\nCourtesy of Letron Brantley\nReggie Dennis' mother knew he had a gift for music from an early age.\nWhen Reggie was a toddler, Theresa Dennis had to stop her son from leafing through the vinyl records she kept at home: Earth, Wind & Fire, Rick James, Funkadelic.\nAnd when she finally put them on, 5-year-old Reggie was able to pick out bits of songs Theresa had never noticed herself.\n\"He would hear all the instruments and recognize them,\" she said. \"He heard things that I didn't hear, ordinary people didn't hear.\"\nReggie Dennis has been many things in his life in Charlotte: an artist, a mentor, a bandmate, a friend.\nBut above all, Dennis was a music lover. It was the common thread of his life, what he lived and breathed.\n\"It was his life's ambition,\" said Letron Brantley, frontman and saxophonist of Jazz Revolution, the band Dennis played bass guitar for. \"All he wanted was to play.\"\nReginald \"Reggie\" Lee Dennis died on February 3, 2022 at his home in Charlotte. He was 52 years old. He is survived by his mother and many friends and family members.\nDennis joined Jazz Revolution, a Charlotte-based jazz band, in 2008. \"He was very humble, but also very good,\" said bandmate Letron Brantley. crystal stokes Courtesy of Letron Brantley\n\"He could befriend anyone\"\nTheresa Dennis bought her son his first guitar from a JC Penney catalog when he was about 8 or 9 years old.\nHe quickly took to the instrument, but not so easily in lessons. Too impatient for scales or simple exercises, Dennis was above all self-taught and played by ear.\nHe eventually learned to read sheet music in classes at Central Piedmont Community College and bought his first bass guitar at a pawnshop. As a teenager, he worked as a roadie for local jazz legend Johnny Holloway, who became a mentor.\nDennis met Brantley in 2008, after Brantley started Jazz Revolution and was looking for a bassist. He was impressed by Dennis' talent and humility.\n\"Musicians, they can be pretty cocky,\" Brantley said. \"He was very humble, but also very good.\"\nDennis joined the band, a Charlotte-based ensemble that performed jazz and soul music in the city and throughout the South. He had a unique way of playing \u2014 using just two fingers on the neck of his bass instead of four \u2014 that spoke to his level of talent, Brantley said.\nBut it's his laid-back spirit, coupled with his technical genius, that has helped him become a fixture in Charlotte's tight-knit musical community, Brantley said.\n\"He could befriend anyone,\" Brantley said. He's always been one to encourage young musicians and support other artists, he said.\nHis impact reached further than he knew. Both Brantley and Theresa Dennis said they were surprised by the outpouring of messages they received after Dennis died: from musicians they didn't even know Reggie had met.\n\"I knew he knew a lot of people. I didn't know how many,\" Brantley said.\nA \"walking encyclopedia\"\nDennis was a dependable bandmate who always knew how to ease tension or provide laughs in rehearsal, Brantley said. But he was also a great friend: reliable, caring, and never one to hold grudges. Dennis was the type to text you out of the blue, hoping to make you smile.\nEvery Sunday he visited his mother after church to watch television and have dinner. His specialty was turkey meatloaf \u2013 though his cooking wasn't as good as his bass playing \u2013 and he always arrived with a bottle of Mountain Dew in hand.\nHe also worked for a local pharmacy chain for 25 years, his mother said.\nBut above all, he lived and breathed music. He fascinated people with his ability to remember the smallest details of a song, style or artist, Brantley said.\n\"He was just a walking encyclopedia of musical knowledge,\" he said. You could hum a tune and he could name the band, the name of the track and the year it was recorded,\" he said.\nDennis didn't drive, so Brantley sometimes drove him to concerts. In the car, they obsessed over mid-century jazz, uploading YouTube videos of particular artists as they talked.\nDennis didn't limit himself to one genre, Brantley said. He had a knack for embracing different musical styles, but if he had to describe Dennis' playing in a few words, it would be \"just funky\".\nHe was, to put it simply, a natural. \"A lot of people called him a musical genius,\" his mother said.\nBut for Dennis, it was never about impressing others.\n\"Music was his love,\" Theresa Dennis said. \"He built a life around what he loved.\"\nA public celebration of Reggie Dennis' life will be held Saturday, February 19 at 11 a.m. at the Long & Son Mortuary Chapel on Beatties Ford Road.\nCharlotte Observer Related Stories\nHannah Lang covers banking and economics equity for The Charlotte Observer. She studied business journalism at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and grew up in the same town as her alma mater.\nPrevious Fandiem and Bandsintown Announce \"F-COVID\" Benefit for Sweet Relief Musicians Fund\nNext How chart analysis can prevent \"buy now, pay later\" fraud\nMississippi River scenes show hope and frustration over drought\nThe most famous electronic music artists of all time\nMusicians dazzle with Aretha Franklin's tribute to Jorgensen\nNew Project 'Feed The Family' Highlights Boston's Street Music Growth\nIllustrate Magazine \u2013 The go-to source for all things music\nDeaf musicians take part in Super Bowl halftime show for the first time \u2013 CBS Los Angeles\nInterview with MDLBEAST, on the rise of electronic music in the Middle East","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Cordish Lands Philly Casino License\nPHILADELPHIA (CelebrityAccess) \u2014 Baltimore-based developer Cordish and their partners Greenwood Gaming and Entertainment were awarded with a license to open a casino in the city of Philadelphia.\nAccording the Philadelphia Business Journal, Cordish plans to build a new $425 million, 200,000-square-foot casino, a 240-room hotel and a convention center near the Xfinity Live! entertainment venue in the city's stadium district. Other entertainment venues in the vicinity include Wells Fargo Center, Citizens Bank Park and Lincoln Financial Field.\nPhiladelpia has grown to become one of the country's largest gaming markets, and the new Cordish venture with join existing Philadelphia casinos such as the Sugarhouse Casino, Harrah's Chester Casino and Parx Casinos. MGM is also in the process of building a casino, the MGM National Harbor, which is expected to be up and running by 2016. Cordish also owns Maryland Live!, a casino in Hannover, Md., which is a little over 100 miles away. \u2013 Staff Writers\nPhiladelphia's expanding casino market reflects a growing trend in the region. New York is weighing allowing the construction of up to four major casinos outside of New York, while Massachussets recently approved the contruction of two major casinos. At the same time, Atlantic City, the former center of casino gaming on the East Coast has suffered a dramatic contraction in the gaming industry, losing nearly half of its gaming revenue in recent years from a high of more than 5 billion annually. Four major casino properties in the city have closed in the past year, with more likely to shutter in 2015. As well, gaming revenue at the two major casinos in Connecticut has also been flat or declining.\n\"Another casino folding in Atlantic City doesn't necessarily make room for another casino in Pennsylvania,\" Keith Foley, a senior vice president at the debt rating agency Moody's Investor Service told the New York Times. \"This region is already in an oversupply situation. There's a risk that the existing casinos will suffer or the new casinos will suffer.\" \u2013 Staff Writers\nCo-Founder of Astral Media and Media Innovator Ian Greenberg Passes at Age 79\nHarry Styles, Billie Eilish, And Ye Lead The Lineup For Coachella's 2022 Return\nWoodstock Festival Co-Creator Michael Lang Dies at Age 77","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"By: Elba Flamenco May 21, 2017 December 31, 2019\nReadingafrican american writers, octavia butler, science fiction, writing tips\nThe Best of Octavia Butler's \"Positive Obsession\" Essay\nI just finished reading Octavia Butler's Bloodchild: And Other Stories, and I was struck by the simplicity of her characters and the complexity of their worlds. Especially in Bloodchild, where she depicts a very nuanced relationship in a new world order. If you have the opportunity to get the Audible version, I highly recommend it; The narration by Janina Edwards is excellent.\nAmong the fictional short stories is a reprint of an autobiographical article that originally appeared in Essence magazine. Butler's title for the piece was originally Positive Obsession, but the magazine changed it to Birth of a Writer, which she never liked. The short personal essays give us a glimpse into the life of a shy young lady who defied all odds to become the only black female science fiction writer of her time, and a mother to Afrofuturism. I've selected the quotes that resonated most with me, and that provide sage advice for anybody interested in a writing career. You can read the full essay here.\nBloodchild Fan Art\n'I think,' my mother said to me one day when I was ten, 'that everyone has something that they can do better than they can do anything else. It's up to them to find out what that something is.'\nAs a young girl, Butler was a voracious reader, reading whatever books she could get her hands on, but once she ran out of stories to read, she started writing her own. Despite her shyness, she found the courage to write, and to imagine a future where she would make her living as a writer, even when most people around her were quick to remind her that black females couldn't be writers.\nI like the idea that we're all here for a reason and that we all have some secret talent or skill buried deep inside of us that's just waiting to be coaxed out.\nI hid out in a big pink notebook\u2014one that would hold a whole ream of paper. I made myself a universe in it. There I could be a magic horse, a Martian, a telepath\u2026There I could be anywhere but here, any time but now, with any people but these.\nIt's no secret that writing can be a form of escape, a way to imagine another life for ourselves and the suffering people of this world. Butler has also previously expressed that her writing has also been a way for her to cope with her fear or anxiety. In fact, Bloodchild was, in part, the result of her anxiety over insects in South America. On a trip to the Peruvian Amazon to do research for her Xenogenesis books, she was introduced to the botfly, which lays its eggs in the wounds of bites left behind by other insects. The thought of a maggot living and growing underneath her skin gave her the heebie-jeebies, so she wrote about it, and thus Bloodchild was born.\nAn obsession, according to my old Random House dictionary, is \"the domination of one's thoughts or feelings by a persistent idea, image, desire, etc.\" Obsession can be a useful tool if it's positive obsession. Using it is like aiming carefully in archery.\n\u2026Positive obsession is about not being able to stop just because you're afraid and full of doubts. Positive obsession is dangerous. It's about not being able to stop at all.\nWhat a fascinating concept! We all have the ability to obsess over things (some of us better than others), so why not re-focus that energy into an area of your life that you want to see improvement in? Instead of obsessing over [insert whatever bullshit thing you obsess over throughout the day] you can focus that on your health, your art, your community, or whatever you want. Such a simple concept.\nWhen I was older, I decided that getting a rejection slip was like being told your child was ugly. You got mad and didn't believe a word of it. Besides, look at all the really ugly literary children out there in the world being published and doing fine!\nHA! So true. Why does rejection or failure feel so damn painful? The answer is: it doesn't need to be. We're in control of our reactions to these moments, why agonize over it? Maintain confidence in what you're doing, and the recognition will come. Haters gonna hate, just keep it moving!\nThere seems to be an unwritten rule, hurtful and at odds with the realities of American culture. It says you aren't supposed to wonder whether as a Black person, a Black woman, you really might be inferior\u2014not quite bright enough, not quite quick enough, not quite good enough to do the things you want to do. Though, of course, you do wonder.\nYES. As a woman of color, I identify with this so much. Some people might call this \"Impostor Syndrome,\" but I think it's much different. Marginalized communities are systematically subjugated, demeaned, trivialized, and yet, at the same time, we're told to \"pull ourselves up by our bootstraps\" and reach for the American dream. It's fucking bullshit. We're supposed to exude confidence and self-assuredness in our work, but all of these feelings and thoughts are always just underneath the surface. The solution is not to fake it 'til you make it, instead, fake it 'til you ARE it. The truth always manifests itself.\nAt its best, science fiction stimulates imagination and creativity. It gets reader and writer off the beaten track, off the narrow, narrow footpath of what \"everyone\" is saying, doing, thinking\u2014whoever \"everyone\" happens to be this year.\nThis was Butler's response to the question, \"What good is science fiction to Black people?\" It was a question she often faced when she started doing public speaking. At first, Butler resented the question, feeling that she didn't need to justify her career to anyone. But after much reflection, she thought of an answer that satisfied her. Science fiction and other speculative fiction gives us an opportunity to explore different perspectives, different outcomes, different worlds, and by doing so, maybe change the course of what's happening now, even if it's only changing the mind of one person. That's powerful!\nIn closing, Octavia Butler was an incredible woman who fought the odds to become one of the most respected writers of her time. If you haven't read any of her work, give Bloodchild a try, and you'll see what makes her work so iconic. Also, if you're in the Los Angeles area, make sure to check out her exhibit at the Huntington. It runs through August 7th, 2017 and contains more than a hundred items, including manuscripts, photographs, and notebooks filled with writing and self-motivational notes, like the one below. I want to go!\nThe Surprisingly Sexy Imagery in 'The Handmaid's Tale'\nBallona Creek: Westside Los Angeles' Best Kept Secret\n3 replies to The Best of Octavia Butler's \"Positive Obsession\" Essay\nPingback: Some things I read today, 5-21-2017 \u2013 Earnest Pettie, Online\nPingback: My 2017 Year in Books \u2013 THIS ANGELENA\nIgnacia Paddick says:\nThis is my first read by this author and I thoroughly love the book. I am not a big reader and I couldn't put it down! Read it in two days! I likewise advise to check out http:\/\/bit.ly\/2NTkuc7 Michelle Brooklyn . P.S: I appreciate this site. 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{"text":"Home \u2022 Oped \u2022 Minimum Wage \u2022 Op-ed: Berkeley's minimum wage bungle\nOp-ed: Berkeley's minimum wage bungle\nOriginal Article: http:\/\/www.berkeleyside.com\/2016\/10\/03\/op-ed-berkeleys-minimum-wage-bungle\/\nAuthor: Michael Saltsman\nNewspaper: Berkeleyside\nBerkeley's minimum wage rose to $12.53 an hour on Oct. 1, a brief stopover on its way to $15. By the fall of 2018, the city's starter wage will have risen 67% in just five years.\nWhile the city's council members quibbled over how quickly the wage should rise to $15, the city's small businesses had a more pressing concern: How to keep their doors open when the minimum wage is set at a level without any historical precedent.\nThe Bay Area has been ground zero for minimum wage experiments in California. In Alameda County alone, Berkeley, Emeryville and Oakland have each pursued dramatic increases in the minimum wage in recent years. Their actions were subsequently validated by Governor Jerry Brown, who earlier this year signed legislation establishing a statewide $15 minimum wage by 2022. The Governor should have paid closer attention to the consequences in the county he used to call home before embracing the policy.\nIn Emeryville, an unreasonable increase in the starter wage forced otherwise healthy businesses like Match Analysis to lay off six employees\u2013the first such layoffs in the company's history. The Oakland increase contributed to the closure of ten restaurants in and around the city's Chinatown, while childcare providers like Muriel Sterling were also forced to reduce staffing levels. And in Berkeley, businesses like Black Oak Books, Caf\u00e9 Clem, and Mokka coffee shop have closed this year, laying off all employees. Each cited the city's higher minimum wage as a factor in their closure.\nIt's too soon to put a definitive number on the damage, but the early data isn't promising. Census Bureau data show that Alameda County's restaurant industry was booming in 2013 and 2014, experiencing 6-7% employment growth annually. In 2015, this figure was cut in half, and the growth in the number of establishments also tapered off after rising significantly in 2014.\nCalifornia legislators might have thought a statewide standard would prevent these county-specific impacts; instead, it appears to have sent large labor-intensive businesses across state borders. \"The exodus has begun,\" warned one Los Angeles Times headline of the apparel industry consequences from a $15 minimum wage. American Apparel, which employs approximately 4,000 people in Southern California, is reportedly looking to move to either North Carolina or Tennessee. Ashley Furniture is also moving its production from southern California to lower-cost states where the federal minimum wage prevails\u2013leaving over 800 employees without jobs.\nThe state university that shares a name with City of Berkeley bears some of the blame for this damage. A team of economists affiliated with the school, including Ken Jacobs and Michael Reich, confidently predicted to legislators at the city and state level that minimum wages set at unprecedented levels would have few if any economic consequences. Some of these predictions proved laughably wrong: In their Oakland minimum wage analysis, they estimated a $12.25 minimum wage would cause restaurants to increase prices by just 2.5%. But the East Bay Express reported that many Oakland restaurant owners were raising prices substantially\u2014some by 20 percent or more.\nOne reason for these discrepancies between research and reality might be the team's labor alliances. Earlier this year, the Albany Times Union published a front page expose on the \"ties between Berkeley and labor interests.\" For instance, the reporter cited one 2014 email where a Berkeley economist sought financial support to help \"local groups engaged in work to raise the minimum wage,\" including \"testimony\/media work\" in support of their cause.\nIt is unlikely that Berkeley or California will choose to slow their march towards $15. At a minimum, the state should consider innovative solutions like the one proposed last year by Anaheim Democrat Tom Daly. Highly tipped employees who earn far above the minimum wage in tips alone could be paid a base wage consistent with California's current minimum wage, rather than the higher $15 figure. They'd continue to earn substantial take-home pay, and small restaurants would face less pressure to hike prices or lay off staff.\nIt's a win-win situation. But it requires political courage that's been in short supply in the Golden State in recent years.\nSupreme Court considers appeal of Seattle's $15 minimum wage (Op-Ed)\nThe Fiction of a Harmless Los Angeles Wage Hike (Op-Ed)","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"\u00a9iStock.com\/Dark_Eni\nGet Your FREE Report on the World's Top Retirement Havens\nSimply enter your e-mail below to subscribe to International Living's free daily e-letter and we'll immediately send your free report\u2013The World's Top 10 Retirement Havens\nTuscany - Italy\n5 affordable Caribbean islands to live on and 2 to avoid\n7 of the Best Cities in Spain for Your Retirement\nEverything You Need to Know About Roatan Honduras\nFast Track Panama 2023\n10th - 12th February, 2023\nJoin International Living Today and Get the 2023 Global Retirement Index\u2014FREE with This Special Offer\nBy International Living February 26, 2019\nBest Places to Retire on $30,000 a Year\nThe world is full of affordable destinations where your dollar goes further. While filling a tank of gas, getting the week's groceries, paying rising health insurance premiums, and making all the other ends meet costs us more back home\u2026thousands of folks have discovered that there are places overseas where even a little goes a long, long way.\nHere are the best spots to retire for under $30,000 a year\u2014in Europe, Latin America, and Southeast Asia\u2014that make good sense for a lower-cost, high-quality life.\nPuerto Viejo, Costa Rica\n\u00a9iStock.com\/Tiago_Fernandez\nThe Caribbean coast's heart is the little town of Puerto Viejo de Talamanca\u2014a great place for retirees looking for a slow-paced life in a beautiful setting.\nThe year-round warm weather on Costa Rica's Caribbean coast lends itself to outdoor activities like snorkeling, surfing, and more.\nPuerto Viejo offers a low cost of living thanks to lower rent, property taxes, food costs (especially if expats stick with locally grown products), and the availability of a low-cost public healthcare system.\n\"That said, cost of living is very dependent on lifestyle,\" says Jason Holland, IL Roving Latin America Editor.\n\"Thanks to the influence of tourism, there are plenty of opportunities to dine at Italian and Argentinian restaurants, as well as French caf\u00e9s that cost considerably more than local options. And local supermarkets stock plenty of imported items.\"\nA couple can live the good life on $2,025 a month, or $24,300 a year.\nLagos, Portugal\n\u00a9iStock.com\/Nisangha\nFor expats looking to live near the ocean, Lagos, a town in southern Portugal's Algarve region, is an ideal choice. A pleasant climate, beautiful natural surroundings, an abundance of dining and party venues, and easily available transportation make Lagos perfectly suited for retirement.\nIt's easy to get around Lagos on foot\u2014much of the city is fairly flat, especially around the marina. And it's easy to get to\u2014Faro with its International Airport, is just one hour from Lagos.\nThe town is blessed with a year-round moderate climate, with average temperatures ranging from 52 F in winter to 75 F in the summertime, when the normal average population of 22,000 swells with visitors from Europe and elsewhere.\nDespite the tourist-oriented nature of Lagos, particularly during the peak season of July and August, prices are not as high as you might think. A budget for two people runs to $2,080 a month or $24,960 a year.\nAkumal, Mexico\n\u00a9iStock.com\/Iren_Key\n\"The varied shades of blues, aquamarine, and turquoise blend and swirl together as the clear tropical waters of the Caribbean Sea gently bathe the sugar-sand beach,\" says Don Murray, IL Riviera Maya Correspondent. \"This is the small community of Akumal in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo and for those who call it home, there is no better place to be.\"\nMexico's famed Riviera Maya stretches from Cancun in the north, 80 miles south to Tul\u00fam. Akumal (Mayan for Land of the Turtles) rests between Playa del Carmen and Tul\u00fam. Famously known for its spectacular clear bay filled with sea turtles, Akumal has matured from a secretive destination for divers to a growing tourist hotspot.\n\"Until the last few years, this tiny beachfront town was often a day trip for a small number of vacationers in Cancun and Playa del Carmen,\" Don says. \"Notably, these day-trippers were often those who had heard of the amazing diving and snorkeling in the clear, shallow bay, permitting close encounters with the many sea turtles who call this special place home.\n\"Akumal is no longer just a day trip but is emerging as a primary destination. The town\u2014and the entire Riviera Maya\u2014attract those who love the water and water activities, as well as people who love wiggling their toes in the sand and sipping a tall, cold rum drink with skewered fruit hanging from the edge.\n\"In general, Mexico offers a significantly reduced cost of living when compared to the U.S., and Akumal falls in line with that expectation. However, Akumal is a growing tropical town on the Caribbean Sea and that profile is not available anywhere in the U.S. That said, life in Akumal is affordable and provides excellent value for money.\"\nA couple can live a dreamy Caribbean lifestyle in Akumal on a budget of $2,240 a month, or $26,880 a year.\nVolc\u00e1n, Panama\n\u00a9iStock.com\/AlexanderXXI\nVolc\u00e1n is a town set in the highlands of the Chiriqu\u00ed province, in western Panama, shadowed by Panama's only volcano, Volc\u00e1n Baru. Most people visiting the Chiriqu\u00ed province probably won't have heard of Volc\u00e1n, but that is exactly what has kept this part of the province so special and unchanged.\nThe sprawling town of Volc\u00e1n is the hub of the farming community in the valley, with a population of around 14,000 people. Volc\u00e1n is a healthy and affordable place to live, ideal for those looking for a quiet, slow-paced country lifestyle, within easy reach of a city and a beach.\nIt's the perfect spot for nature lovers\u2014Volc\u00e1n Baru National Park and La Amistad Park are close by offering hiking trails into the protected forests and jungles. Due to its rich volcanic soil, Volc\u00e1n is deemed the \"breadbasket of Panama\" producing most of the country's vegetables and most of the flowers and bouquets enjoyed by Panamanians all over the country.\nThe lifestyle is relaxed\u2014a place where expats enjoy social interaction by visiting friends and going to local expat hangouts on weekends. However, living in Volc\u00e1n will require you to know some Spanish to be able to communicate with the locals and do business.\nA couple can live an enjoyable, peaceful escape on a monthly budget of $1,514\u2014$18,168 a year.\nTucked into a valley surrounded by the Andes Mountains lies Colombia's second largest city, Medell\u00edn. The City of Flowers enjoys a spring-like climate year-round, which attracts retirees looking for an active, outdoorsy lifestyle with all the benefits of a city.\nAccentuated with green parks, flowers that are always in bloom, bubbling streams, and hundreds of birds in vivid colors\u2014Medell\u00edn feels smaller than the metropolis that it is.\nWith over 30 universities, an array of art and history museums, theaters, restaurants, and several sports complexes, Medell\u00edn has a cosmopolitan vibe. The Metropolitan Theater presents a varied program of international classical music, jazz music, and dance performances. The Museo de Antioquia, located just off the Parque Berrio Metro stop, is home to a large collection of paintings and sculptures by Medell\u00edn native, Fernando Botero.\nThe cost of living depends on the type of lifestyle retirees choose, but Medell\u00edn is less expensive than many comparable U.S. cities.\nA couple could live well on a budget from $1,400 to $2,000 per month\u2014$16,800 to $24,000 a year.\nVolterra, Italy\n\u00a9iStock.com\/baratroli\nVolterra is one of Tuscany's best preserved and most historic towns, with a past dating back more than 2,500 years. The Twilight movies were filmed around the town's piazzas and streets, representing the seat of power of the vampire coven, the Vulturi.\nDespite its location just 20 miles from the super-famous San Gimignano, Volterra gets just a trickle of tourists.\n\"Called the City of Alabaster, artisans have been mining and crafting the stone in Volterra since the Etruscans and have honed it to a fine art form,\" says Valerie Schneider, IL Italy Correspondent. \"It is also consistently listed among the most beautiful towns in Tuscany.\n\"Volterra offers a wealth of historic and archeological sites, from an Etruscan acropolis and walls, to the Roman theater and medieval monuments. The Piazza dei Priori is one of Italy's prettiest squares containing the oldest town hall in Tuscany, dating to 1208. The piazza is hemmed in by frescoed palaces and is an enchanting public space.\n\"Most of Tuscany is expensive, but Volterra is still one of the exceptions. Despite having a high quality of life, pleasant atmosphere, and lots of local business activity, the real estate prices aren't through the roof.\"\nA couple can live well on $1,715 a month, or $20,580 a year.\nPlacencia, Belize\nWith 16 miles of beach along a palm-lined peninsula, Placencia on the Caribbean coast of Belize offers a tropical paradise feel at an affordable price.\nPlacencia is a charming seaside town found at the tip of a long peninsula off the coast of mainland Belize. It's fast becoming Belize's most desirable location as it fronts the turquoise Caribbean Sea to the east and a resplendent freshwater lagoon, full of wildlife and with a view of the gorgeous Maya mountain chain, to the west.\nThe region was once an \"off-the-radar\" destination but Placencia has come a long way. Remnants of this former fishing village are still apparent\u2014keeping the authenticity and natural beauty of the area is important to residents and newcomers alike\u2014but today there's a selection of trendy, sophisticated restaurants, bars, and caf\u00e9s as well.\nThe combination of relaxation with adventure makes Placencia a perfect beach paradise. A couple can live a laidback lifestyle here on a budget of just $2,500 a month\u2014$30,000 a year.\nMafra, Portugal\n\u00a9iStock.com\/znm\nLocated 21 miles northwest of Lisbon and 15 minutes from world-class surfing beaches in Ericeira, Mafra is the proud possessor of one of the country's largest national palaces.\nMafra offers an attractive mix of indoor culture with outdoor opportunities in both a splendid park next to the palace called the Jardim, and the nearby Tapada de Mafra, the former royal hunting grounds established in 1747.\nThe town is a low-key place of white-washed houses trimmed in yellow and blue, lining narrow cobbled streets. The scent of grilling sardines is ever-present in the air, along with the sound of laughter and clinking glasses in the village's many caf\u00e9s and bars.\nMafra's palace, cultural center, and music school all provide frequent concerts, plays, and other events. But if you want to spread your wings a bit, no problem. A reliable, comfortable bus service operated by Mafrense departs regularly from in front of the palace, to the Campo Grande bus station in Lisbon. Express buses make the trip in approximately 40 minutes. The cost is $5.30 one way, $8.80 roundtrip. In the opposite direction, at the end of the line you'll find yourself at the beach in the world-class surfing reserve of Ericeira.\nIn Mafra, a couple can live well on a monthly budget of $2,034 or $24,408 a year.\nCuenca, Ecuador\nCuenca, Ecuador's third-largest city and the economic center of the southern sierra, has leaped into the international spotlight in recent years.\nCuenca has long been known for a rich intellectual, artistic, and philosophical tradition that matches its colonial architecture. It is famous for colorful festivals, distinctive food, and breath-taking scenery.\nAnd because of its history and state of preservation, Cuenca is one of Ecuador's five UNESCO World Heritage Sites.\nKeith Paul and his wife Tina have no regrets about retiring to Ecuador. And they've felt that way ever since their move to Cuenca from California in January 2016.\nWhat do they like best about living in the city? Keith says, \"The people here are great, both in the gringo community and with the local Ecuadorians.\" Tina adds, \"We're friends with many local people, who've made us feel like we're part of their family. We could be busy every day of the week with our new friends.\"\nAfter researching several different Latin American countries to retire to, they realized that Ecuador offered exactly what they needed. Top on their checklist was to live in a city where there were many interesting and varied activities to ensure they could be kept busy; where the climate was temperate and not extreme; where walking around was easy and owning a car was not necessary; where the cost of living was low; and where they felt safe and secure.\nCuenca won, hands down.\nOpting to rent, their three-bedroom, two-and-a-half bathroom, 1,400 square foot condo costs just $700 a month.\nPat and Rick Jackson wanted to retire at 55, and they also met their goal thanks to moving to the colonial city.\n\"Living in Cuenca costs about 25% of what it cost us to live in Philly,\" says Pat. They pay just $500 a month for their two-bedroom, two-bathroom condo in the Puertas del Sol neighborhood.\nA couple can enjoy a wonderful retirement on $1,680 per month in Cuenca, excluding travel\u2014that's $20,160 a year.\nThe Central Valley\u2014home to about two-thirds of Costa Rica's population\u2014is the place to find elegant residential communities, excellent medical facilities, first-class shopping, splendid restaurants, and spectacular natural wonders, including volcanoes, soaring waterfalls, roaring rivers, and wildlife-filled forests.\nIt's hard to beat the Central Valley when you're looking for a beautiful, friendly, and relatively inexpensive place to live. Nestled among forests, mountains, and farms are villages where expats have been living side by side with Costa Ricans for many decades.\nThroughout the Valley there are charming, small towns that will remind you of another age.\nLike many expats living la Pura Vida in Costa Rica, Ania and Tom Dudek\u2014and their two sons\u2014first visited the country on vacation. \"For years, we would come for a month and rent a house in a different area each time,\" says Ania. \"But one day, we fell so in love with Costa Rica and the people there that we decided to start a new chapter in our lives and move.\"\nThe family eventually moved full time to the small mountain town of Atenas. Settled high in Costa Rica's perfect-weather Central Valley, the town is midway between the beaches of the Pacific coast and the metropolitan capital of San Jos\u00e9 (only an hour's drive east or west). A coffee and ranching town, Atenas is known for pleasant, sunny weather and touts the slogan: \"The Best Climate in the World.\"\n\"People like to go to the beach on vacation. But if they are looking to move to Costa Rica, they should come to Atenas and just stay three or four days to see how nice it is here. We love it here.\"\nA single person can live on between $1,500 and $1,800 a month or $21,600 a year. Some single people scrape by on considerably less, and others spend hundreds of dollars more. In most cases a couple can live well on $2,000 per month and even better on $2,500. It depends on your lifestyle.\nPedas\u00ed, Panama\nPedas\u00ed, the small town on Panama's Pacific coast, is a four-hour trip from Panama City. The fishing town, sitting on the tip of the Azuero Peninsula, is best known for the expansive beaches just outside of town, regarded by many Panamanians to be among the nation's most beautiful.\nWith friendly locals and a tiny population, Pedas\u00ed is a place where the pace of life is slow and the people are laidback. Unspoiled, dark brown beaches are coupled with often stunning rock formations and warm Pacific waters. Large cattle ranches and corn fields surround the village.\n\"Our lives here are a far cry from the hectic existence we lived back in Florida,\" says Jim Gault of he and his wife, Abbe's move to Pedas\u00ed.\nThe Gaults own their own home and car and Jim says, \"I'm collecting my Social Security and we live comfortably on $2,000 a month, including several trips within Panama and one trip abroad per year. That works out at $24,000 a year.\n\"A beer is $1 to $2 a bottle, our car insurance is just $600 for the year, and we have a housekeeper for just $15 for a half day. I have two different gardeners and several handymen who help me with our home for $5 an hour.\"\nIf you are worried you don't have $30,000 a year to retire, there are still spots where you can live well on a modest budget\u2014like super-affordable, exotic Cambodia. For the third year in a row, Cambodia claims top spot in the cost of living category in IL's Annual Global Retirement Index.\nWhile the cost of living in Cambodia may be one of the lowest in the world, the standard of living is high\u2014leading to more retirees and expats choosing to make this country their home each year.\nSan Diego-native Tom Richter lives in Phnom Penh, Cambodia's capital city. \"This country has made me feel 15 years younger, compared with living in the States,\" Tom says. \"I made the right decision coming here, and I know it.\n\"My check from Social Security comes to just over $1,000 per month. But in Phnom Penh that's a sizable amount.\"\nHis main expense is rent, which comes to $250 per month for a one-bedroom, one-bathroom apartment with a balcony in the center of the city. Utilities average around $80 to $100 a month, including water, electricity, garbage, cooking gas, and drinking water. About $200 a month is enough to keep his fridge filled with food, fresh fruit, and vegetables.\n\"What I like most is that there is a very local vibe that comes from people in Phnom Penh. Apart from being extremely friendly and happy to meet foreigners, it is just really cool to be able to go to the street corner in the morning to grab a fresh coconut and a newspaper, while shooting the breeze with some of the tuk-tuk drivers who speak good English.\"\nA single retiree can live here for $1,150 a month or $13,800 a year.\nGet Your Free Report on the World's Best Places to Retire:\nLearn more about the best places in the world to retire in our daily postcard e-letter.\nSimply enter your email address below to sign up for our free daily postcards and we'll also send you a FREE report on The World's Top 10 Retirement Havens, plus access to over 10 more free reports. Our gift to you, on our favorite destinations.\nThe Cheapest Places in the World to Live\nEverything You Need to Know About Retiring in Portugal\nEurope's Top 5 Affordable Retirement Havens\nMake 2023 Your Best Year Yet. Discover Panama with International Living\nPanama has it all: beaches, mountains, a world-class capital city, top-notch, low-cost healthcare and the \"World's Best Retirement Program\" that makes the already low cost of living even more affordable.\nJoin us for International Living's Fast Track Panama Conference to see all that Panama offers. There's no better place to be and no better way to make 2023 your best year.\nPortugal 101","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem Trailers For Barry The Otaku And The Graceful Mamori\nBy Sato October 22, 2015\nNintendo and Atlus have updated with with the latest on Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem (Genei Ibun Roku#FE) with a couple trailers for Mamori Minamoto and Barry Goodman, showing us a bit of their personalities.\nMamori Minamoto is a young girl who likes traditional Japanese songs and attire from the Showa period. Like her graceful looks, she's proper and polite, and occasionally shows her child-like part of her, even though she is more mature beyond her years for the most part. She fights alongside the Mirage Draug.\nShe's currently working for a children's program called \"Microwave Idol Mamorin,\" where she teaches kids how to cook. She's shown being a little bit timid, but the protagonist Itsuki Aoi encourages her that she can do it, and she says that she will be the shield of the group.\nBarry Goodman is a former popular musician who visits Japan for its otaku culture. Since retiring, he's been working as a trainer for the protagonist and friends. Barry is a huge anime fan, and has especially been into a show called \"Dia Witch Iroha,\" which has a target audience of younger girls.\nPersonality-wise, he's a bright character, and always sounds enthusiastic about everything he does. Whether he's dressed as a giant puppy or admiring Mamori, who he considers an angel. However, when it comes to training, it looks like he's more on the serious side.\nShin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem will release in Japan on December 26, 2015 for Wii U. The game will release in 2016 in the West.\nShin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Janina Borkowski\nMonday, June 28th, 1926 \u2013 Friday, March 20th, 2020\nTo share your memory on the wall of Janina Borkowski, sign in using one of the following options:\nProvide comfort for the family by sending flowers or planting a tree in memory of Janina Borkowski.\nJanina's Tribute Fund's Tribute Fund\nProvide comfort for the family of Janina Borkowski with a meaningful gesture of sympathy.\nObituary for Janina Borkowski\nJanina Borkowski (nee Wysocka) 1926 \u2013 2020\nJanina Borkowski passed into the arms of Our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, at the Georgetown Hospital on March 20th.. Predeceased by her parents, Wojciech and Franciszka, and her loving hus... Read More\nJanina Borkowski passed into the arms of Our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, at the Georgetown Hospital on March 20th.. Predeceased by her parents, Wojciech and Franciszka, and her loving husband, Stanis\u0142aw, she is survived by her son, Kazimierz, daughter-in-law, Zorika, and granddaughter, Emma.\nJanina was born on June 28th in Czerwonogr\u00f3d, Poland. In 1942, she was taken into forced labour in a German munitions factory near Koblenz. Liberated by Allied forces in 1945, she entered a camp for displaced persons and learned the trade of a seamstress. Janina moved to work in northern England where, in 1949, she met and married Stanis\u0142aw Borkowski, a former soldier of the Polish 2nd Corps. They settled in Bradford, Yorkshire, where they raised one son. A few years after her husband's death in 1987, Janina came to Canada to live with her son and daughter-in-law, first in London, Ontario, and, since 1993, in Acton. She will be missed by family and friends in Poland, England and Canada.\nIn keeping with her wishes, cremation has taken place and Janina's remains will be interred with those of her husband in England. Given the extraordinary circumstances pertaining to the COVID-19 pandemic, memorial masses will be said at a later date in St. Joseph Patron of Canada church in Acton and in Our Lady of Cz\u0119stochowa church in Bradford.\nIn lieu of flowers, Janina requested that donations in her memory be made to a charity of your choice or to the Heart & Stroke Foundation.\nTo send flowers to the family or plant a tree in memory of Janina Borkowski, please visit our Heartfelt Sympathies Store.\nSt. Joseph, Patron of Canada Roman Catholic Church\nAt a later date.\nLocation of St. Joseph, Patron of Canada Roman Catholic Church\n64 Church Street ACTON, ON\nDonations are being accepted for: HEART AND STROKE FOUNDATION OF ONTARIO.\nWe encourage you to share any memorable photos or stories about Janina. All tributes placed on and purchased through this memorial website will remain on in perpetuity for generations.\nProvide comfort for the family of Janina Borkowski by sending flowers.\nMargaret Graham\nKaz and family, Pat and I were saddened to hear of your mother's death. From reading her obituary , she was a real survivor. We offer our deepest sympathy. Our thoughts and prayers are with you all at this sad time. God bless. Pat and Peggy Graham\nComment | Share Posted Apr 19, 2020 at 01:09pm via Condolence","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Truman State Hunger\nCollege kids love to eat \u2014 but some Truman State students will skip some meals \u2014 for a good cause.\n{KIRX-040114-STUDENT Famine Fundraiser-Garrison VO}\nOn April 4th and 5th \u2014 members of the Lutheran Student Fellowship at Truman State will go without food for 30 hours. They'll do it to learn what so many millions face around the world each day \u2014 but it's also a fundraiser. Money raised will go to World Vision \u2014 a Christian charity that helps feed children in nearly 100 countries. They're calling it a 30-hour famine \u2014 and you can contribute by clicking onto 30-hourfamine.org.\nMar. 31, 2014 at 11:50 am\nPolitics: Some republicans in the state house are trying to have Governor Nixon removed from office. they've introduced three articles of impeachment. One of them involves same sex marriage. Nixon ordered the state to recognize same sex marriages from other states. The impeachment bill says Nixon did not have the authority to do that. The articles of impeachment have been referred to the House Judiciary Committee.\nGreen Castle Fireman's Breakfast\nThe tradition of the fireman's breakfast\u2026just hearing it almost makes you hungry, doesn't it? Yesterday residents of Green Castle supported their fire department by enjoying the annual Fireman's Breakfast. The menu included biscuits and gravy, pancakes, and scrambled eggs. The event raises money in support of the Green Castle Community fire department. About 60 people attended.\nMar. 31, 2014 at 5:07 am\nRabies Vaccination Clinic Is Saturday\nThe Adair County Health Department and Adair County Veterinary Clinic are teaming up to run an Animal Vaccination Clinic for Rabies this Saturday. Dogs, cats and ferrets can be brought to the Novinger Fire Department Saturday afternoon from 1 until 2:30. It costs $8 per shot. Other vaccines and services will also be available on request, according to officials.\nATSU Announces Commencement Speaker\nA.T. Still University's Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine has chosen Dr. Tarah L. Castleberry as keynote speaker for the 178th commencement. Dr. Castleberry served on the 2012-13 Kirksville Osteopathic Alumni Association Board of Directors. Dr. Castleberry currently serves in several capacities at the University of Texas Medical Branch, Aerospace Medicine Division, including assistant professor, family medicine\/preventative medicine, & community health, aerospace medicine residency program director, and general preventative medicine residency program director. She is board certified in family medicine and aerospace medicine and was active in the U.S. Naval Service from 2000-07. In addition to her teaching career, Dr. Castleberry worked for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration serving as flight surgeon and aerospace medicine specialist, deputy crew surgeon and physician support of U.S. and international partner astronaut training activities in Russia. Commencement will be held at 10:00 a.m. on May 18, 2014, at Baldwin Hall on the Truman State University campus.\nMoberly Jail Drugs\nTwo women have been arrested for trying to bring pot into the Moberly prison.\n{KIRX-033114-PRISON POT Arrest-Garrison VO}\nThe women were visiting a guy locked up at the Moberly Correctional facility. They were identified as 29 year old Christi Bass from Arkansas and 22 year old Jaimie Parramore of Springfield, Mo. Two kids with the women were taken into protective custody. Not sure what connection the two women had to the prisoner they were visiting. But as it turns out, he didn't a get visit \u2014 and he didn't get any weed.\nMar. 30, 2014 at 9:28 pm\nKirksville Candidate's Signs Vandalized\nOne of Kirksville's sitting city council members, Jerry Mills, found out yesterday morning someone had vandalized some of his re-election campaign signs. Mills says he received a few phone calls from people who found the damaged signs around town. Ten or so signs were defaced with swastikas and a derogatory phrase. Police are investigating the situation to see what information they can find about the vandalized signs.\nWater Main Work To Start\nCity of Kirksville crews will start work today on the existing water main on S. Halliburton Street from Franklin Street to LaHarpe Street. Work on the main will take three to foru weeks, according to a city press release, and is dependent on the weather. Halliburton street will be closed to through traffic and no parking will be allowed in the construction zone.\nMacon County Drug Arrest\nA drug arrest yesterday in Macon County. Sheriff Kevin Shoemaker says deputies arrested 59 year old Rick Ratliff of Brookfield for possession of meth and drug paraphernalia. The arrest was a result of a suspicious vehicle reported to be parked at the school in New Cambria. Ratliff was alone in the car, and deputies report he tried to hide a small bag of suspected methamphetamine. As they arrested him, deputies say they found paraphernalia. Ratliff was booked into the Macon County Jail without incident.\nApril Showers Event\nGirl Scouts are holding their annual April Showers Showering the Community personal care drive at Wal Mart next Saturday, April 5, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Items collected will be donated to the Salvation Army, the Christian Community Food Depot, Victim's Support Services, Lifeline Pregnancy, Genesis House, and the I Think I can Foundation.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Starting December 1 (Wed.), 2010, \"Invisible Garden\" will be Released at the Laboratory for New Media as its 8th Exhibition.\nThe Permanent Exhibition, \"Laboratory for New Media,\" is an exhibition space that introduces the possibilities of expression using cutting-edge technology as it upgrades the exhibits approximately 3 times a year. In the 8th exhibition, we will exhibit works by Ms. Sachiko Kodama who has the unique career path of having switched to the field of Media Art after learning physics.\nThe main focus is \"light\" and \"ferrofluid\" (fluid that reacts to magnetic fields) invented at NASA. A spectacular atmosphere blossoming like a garden will be presented with works created by controlling forces such as magnetic waves and infrared rays that cannot be seen with your eyes alone.\nLaboratory for New Media 8th Exhibition \"Invisible Garden\"\nTerm: December 1 (Wed.), 2010 - March 21 (Mon.\/Holiday), 2011\nExhibited Work\nThe exhibition is composed of 4 items of work that pursue new art expression with ferrofluid and 3 items of dynamic installation works using light.\nMorpho Tower\/Two Standing Spirals 2010 (c) Sachiko Kodama\n\"Bounching Star\" Ball Project (c) Sachiko Kodama\nMorpho Tower\/Two Standing Spirals (2010)\nTable shaped ferrofluid sculpture is presented. The smooth water surface covered with ferrofluid will rise in harmony with music and light and change its appearance.\nMorpho Tower (2006 - present)\nThis is a desktop type ferrofluid sculpture. When the spiral tower is exposed to a magnetic field, the surrounding ferrofluid will turn into small thorns and climb the spiral.\nPlanet Series (2010)\nA small work using a ferrofluid is presented. It will create a world like a closed planet by enclosing ferrofluid in glass.\nDynamic Light Wall (2009 - 2010)\nThis is a work that projects colorful light on the surface of the wall with a scale-shaped pattern.\n\"Bounching Star\" Ball Project\nIt is an installation work using a special ball that incorporates a sensor. It actualizes a digital ball game by detecting the position and the condition of the ball and synchronizing the detected information with the images projected on the floor.\nSachiko Kodama (Artist, Associate Professor of Department of Human Communication, The University of Electro-Communications)\nMs. Kodama graduated from the Physics course in the Faculty of Science at Hokkaido University and completed the master's and doctoral program in Art and Design at the University of Tsukuba. In 2000, she released her media artwork which integrated ferrofluid. In addition to winning the grand prize for the interactive division of the Japan Media Art Festival, Ms. Kodama won numerous prizes in international and domestic competition. She continues to pioneer new fields of art expression.\nLaboratory for New Media: The 1st Exhibition - The Artistic Researchers\nLaboratory for New Media: The 2nd Exhibition - It Could Be Magic\nLaboratory for New Media: The 3rd Exhibition - Dr. Strange Device\nLaboratory for New Media: The 4th Exhibition - The Smiley Transisters\nLaboratory for New Media: The 5th Exhibition - Sensory Circuit Collection\nLaboratory for New Media: The 6th Exhibition - Interface Techno logy of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde\nLaboratory for New Media: The 7th Exhibition- Knock! Music - 4 theories of evolution from percussion through computers -\nLaboratory for New Media: The 8th Exhibition - Invisible Garden\nLaboratory for New Media: 9th Exhibition - Living with Monmo\nNews (List)","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"10 deals you don't want to miss on Saturday: Honeywell masks, $9 wireless charger, $68 robot vacuum, Purell, more\nYouTube's picture-in-picture mode is now available on Android for free\nImage source: Getty Images\nBy Chris Smith @chris_writes\nYou know that cool feature that lets you watch videos while you're using other apps? It's called picture-in-picture (PiP), and YouTube is making it available to all Android users free of charge. As in, they won't have to pay for YouTube Premium to get it, which used to be the case. Don't get too excited just yet, as only US-based Android users will get it for now. And of those, only folks with Android Oreo devices will be able to use (PiP) \u2014 and Oreo is only on 5.7% of Android devices currently in use.\nTODAY'S AMAZON DEALS: America's running out of N95 masks \u2013 so people are getting these instead for $2\nIt's safe to say that Google will roll out the feature to more users soon, but you'll have to wait a while longer for it.\nFirst spotted by xda-developers, the feature is now available inside the regular YouTube app, even if you don't have a Red or Premium subscription. PiP was a premium-exclusive feature for the YouTube, which didn't make much sense at the time.\nGoogle now sees the light. In fact, Google's own help pages have been updated to reflect the change.\nA PiP toggle is available in the Settings section of the YouTube app, complete with instructions on how to use the feature on your device. All you have to do after enabling the mode is to tap the home button while watching a YouTube video. A miniature player will appear on top of other apps so you can continue to enjoy your video while doing something else. If you want to resume the full YouTube experience, just double-tap the PiP window. Drag the video window to the bottom of the screen to kill video playback completely.\nAs xda further explains, it's also up to the video creator to allow or disallow PiP mode. So if the feature seems to work erratically, that's because some YouTube clips don't support picture-in-picture. If you need more instructions, check out Google's help page.\nTags: Android, youtube\nChris Smith started writing about gadgets as a hobby, and before he knew it he was sharing his views on tech stuff with readers around the world. Whenever he's not writing about gadgets he miserably fails to stay away from them, although he desperately tries. But that's not necessarily a bad thing.\n1 iOS 14.4 includes a surprising new warning for iPhone owners\n2 You still might have COVID-19 even if you test negative \u2013 here's why\n3 Apple Watch might detect coronavirus infections even before symptoms appear\n4 FDA official says this is when the COVID pandemic will get better\n5 These are the known side effects of the newest coronavirus vaccine\nBGR Top Deals\n1 8 coronavirus essentials you should stock up on, according to the CDC\n2 10 deals you don't want to miss on Saturday: Honeywell masks, $9 wireless charger, $68 robot vacuum, Purell, more\n3 $200 Sony noise cancelling headphones are down to $98 at Amazon\n4 This awesome TV backlight kit glows the same colors as the images on your screen\nElon Musk details what features a Tesla pickup truck might bring to the table\nYou still might have COVID-19 even if you test negative \u2013 here's why\nBy Yoni Heisler 13 hours ago\n8 coronavirus essentials you should stock up on, according to the CDC\nBy Maren Estrada 2 days ago\nNetflix might be testing an awesome new feature for Apple users only\nBy Chris Smith 1 day ago\nCopyright 2021 BGR Media, LLC\nPowered by WordPress.com VIP\tPrivacy Policy California Privacy Rights AdChoices EU Privacy Preferences Terms Of Use Do Not Sell My Personal Information","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Realme, OnePlus or Vivo \u2013 Which is the Best 5G Phone Under Rs 30k?\nRealme X7 Pro vs OnePlus Nord vs Vivo V20 Pro: In this article we have drawn a comparison between these 5G phones.\nUpdated: 09 Feb 2021, 7:30 PM IST\nTech and Auto\nIn the fast-evolving world of technology, 5G is the latest thing. Tech and telecom giants are all in the race to launch 5G connectivity to 5G supporting devices. Many 5G devices have already been launched in the Indian smartphone market.\nIn this article, we have drawn a comparison between OnePlus Nord, Realme X7 pro, and Vivo V20 Pro.\nSamsung Galaxy S20 FE 5G Might Launch Soon in India, Check Details\nOnePlus Nord is a 5G smartphone which comes with a 6.44-inch full-HD + fluid AMOLED display. It runs on Android 10 and Oxygen OS. The processor used in it is Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G SoC processor and is available in 6GB, 8GB, and 12GB RAM. The storage options available are 64GB, 128 GB, and 256GB.\nThe smartphone sports a quad-rear camera setup and dual selfie camera. It is powered by 4,115 mAh battery which is supported by a 30W fast charging. With all of these specifications, OnePlus Nord in India starts at Rs 24,999.\nOnePlus Nord vs the Competition: Which is Better Under Rs 25,000?\nThe new Realme 5G smartphone uses a display of 6.55-inch FHD+ AMOLED, 120Hz. It is supported by MediaTek Dimensity 1000+ processor and comes with 8GB RAM. The storage capacity available with this smartphone is 128GB.\nRealme X7 Pro has a quad-camera setup at the back and a 32 MP selfie camera at the front. It is powered by 4,500 mAh battery supported by 65W Charging and runs on Android 10 and Realme UI. It is priced at Rs 29,999.\nRealme 'Race', Oppo & Other Phones Based on New Qualcomm SoC\nVivo V20 Pro is also a 5G smartphones which uses a display of 6.44-inch FHD+ AMOLED, 60Hz, HDR10. It is supported by Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G processor and is available with 8GB RAM. This phone house a storage capacity of 128GB.\nThis Vivo smartphone comes with a quad-camera setup at the back and a dual selfie camera at the front. It is powered by a 4,000 mAh battery and 33W fast charging. It runs on Android 10 and FuntouchOS 11 and is priced at Rs 29,990.\nVivo Y12s Launched in India: Check Price & Other Specifications\nPublished: 09 Feb 2021, 7:29 PM IST","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"30\/01\/2019 9:45 PM AEDT | Updated 07\/02\/2019 3:19 AM AEDT\nHow Finland Solved Homelessness\nWith one ridiculously simple policy, it has almost completely eradicated street homelessness.\nBy Laura Paddison\nFour years ago, Thomas Salmi was drinking to forget. He was homeless and living on the streets of Finland's capital city Helsinki.\nHe had a rough start in life. He wasn't able to live at home because his father had problems with aggression. He ended up going to nine different children's homes, before falling through the cracks of the system in his late teens. By 21 he was homeless. \"I lost the sense of a normal life. I became depressed, aggressive, angry and I abused alcohol a lot.\" He would drink up to half a gallon a day and then get into trouble. \"I thought why would I care if I go to jail? I don't have to be out there in snow and cold.\"\nSalmi was sleeping in Helsinki train station when a social worker found him and told him he could help. He was put in touch with Helsinki Deaconess Institute (HDI), a Finnish nonprofit that provides social services. A year later he moved into Aurora-Tola, a 125-unit house run by HDI.\nNow 25 years old, he lives in his own studio apartment, works as a janitor and life is getting back on track. \"I know that if I am in my house nobody is coming to get me out or telling me what to do,\" he said, \"If I want to dance in my home, I can.\"\nElla Kiviniemi for HuffPost\nThomas has decorated his apartment with things he has found in his work cleaning other apartments of the building, after someone has moved or passed away. Each item carries a story.\nSalmi is a beneficiary of Finland's much-lauded \"housing first\" approach, which has been in place for more than a decade.\nThe idea is simple. To solve homelessness you start by giving someone a home, a permanent one with no strings attached. If they want to drink, they can; if they want to take drugs, that's fine too. Support services are made available to treat addiction, mental health and other problems, and to help people get back on their feet, from assisting with welfare paperwork to securing a job.\nThe housing in Finland is a mix of designated standard apartments sprinkled through the community, and supported housing: apartment blocks with on-site services, built or renovated specifically for chronically homeless people. A Salvation Army building in Helsinki, for example, was converted from a 250-bed emergency shelter to an 81 apartment supported housing unit.\nFormerly homeless residents have a rental contract just like anyone else. They pay rent from their own pockets or through the benefits afforded by Finland's relatively generous welfare state.\nThe approach is working. As homelessness rises across Europe, Finland's numbers are falling. In 1987, there were around 18,000 homeless people. In 2017, there were 7,112 homeless people, of which only 415 were living on the streets or in emergency shelters. The vast majority (84 percent) were staying temporarily with friends or relatives. Between 2008 and 2015, the number of people experiencing long-term homelessness dropped by 35 percent.\nThe reason? Finland approaches homelessness \"as a housing problem and a violation of fundamental rights, both solvable, and not as an inevitable social problem resulting from personal issues,\" said an analysis from Feantsa, a European network that focuses on homelessness.\nTraditionally, homeless people are told to straighten up and quit drinking or doing drugs as a precondition to housing. But critics point to the grinding difficulty of shaking addiction from the streets or from temporary shelter beds.\n\"If something happens and you aren't successful, like it always happens, it's the nature of addiction, then you are back on the street,\" said Heli Alkila, service area director at HDI which housed Thomas Salmi.\nA Salvation Army building in Helsinki was converted from a 250-bed emergency shelter to an 81-apartment supported housing unit.\nFinland's approach ultimately comes down to values, said Juha Kaakinen, an architect of the housing first approach and CEO of the nonprofit Y-Foundation. \"The Finnish attitude is that we have to help people who are in the most difficult position, whatever the reason they have become homeless,\" he said. \"We understand very well that the main reasons behind homelessness are structural reasons.\"\nIn Espoo, a city 2 miles west of the Finnish capital, a housing unit sits overlooking a lake. This is V\u00e4in\u00f6l\u00e4, a small development built in 2014, which is home to 35 formerly homeless people in 33 apartments.\nEight nurses work on shifts to ensure someone is available 24 hours a day, and a work activity coach and coordinator organize work for those who can and want to do it. This could be anything from cooking meals to packing reflectors and it earns residents \u20ac2 ($2.30) a day.\nTeams of residents also collect trash locally. \"The neighborhood loves it because they think this area is now cleaner than ever,\" said Jarkko Jyr\u00e4salo, who runs V\u00e4in\u00f6l\u00e4. \"Sometimes housing units like this have problems with their neighbors, but we don't.\"\nDespite the different, sometimes severe, needs of residents, V\u00e4in\u00f6l\u00e4 is mostly peaceful. Jyr\u00e4salo credits weekly community meetings between residents and staff. \"They are people who are used to solving their problems with fists or fighting. But now we have learnt to discuss things.\"\nVilja Pursiainen\/Y-Foundation\nV\u00e4in\u00f6l\u00e4, a supported housing unit in Espoo, Finland.\nFinland's success at cutting homelessness has attracted a huge amount of international attention, and the Y-Foundation's Kaakinen is often asked to explain how the country mobilized such strong political will. For him, it boils down to this: \"There has to be some individual politician who has the social consciousness.\"\nIn Finland's case it was Jan Vapaavuori, now Helsinki's mayor but then the housing minister, who drove the housing first approach. Vapaavuori's politics \u2013 he's in the center-right National Coalition Party \u2013 were important, said Kaakinen. When a radical idea is championed by a conservative politician, \"it's very difficult for others to oppose it,\" he said. Since then, politicians of all stripes in Finland have continued to support the approach.\nIt's not just central government, either. It has been a huge collaborative effort also including cities, businesses, NGOs and state-owned gambling company Veikkaus, formerly Finland's Slot Machine Association, whose profits go to social causes.\nWhile it's expensive to build, buy and rent housing for homeless people, as well as provide the vital support services, the architects of the policy say it pays for itself. Studies have found housing one long-term homeless person saves society around \u20ac15,000 ($17,000) a year, said Kaakinen, due to a reduction in their use of services such as hospital emergency rooms, police and the criminal justice system.\nInside one of the apartments at V\u00e4in\u00f6l\u00e4.\nThe housing first approach has its critics. There are those who balk at the idea of people getting free housing when they are seen as having made bad choices. There are accusations that allowing people to continue using alcohol and drugs normalizes the behavior. \"But no we don't,\" said Alkila of HDI. \"Drugs are here, all these things are here, and we are just trying. It's a human dignity question, you have to have a place to stay.\"\nThere are also criticisms from some of the formerly homeless people who benefit from the policy. Jyri-Pekka Pursiainen is one of them. A divorce and sudden unemployment knocked him off balance, and he found himself on the streets. For the last two years, he has lived in a studio apartment in a supported housing block in Helsinki, carved out of a former retirement home.\nBut he is unhappy. \"The place I am living now, you can't call it home ... The whole building is moldy, it's in really bad shape. People get sick there,\" he said. He was told the apartment would be short term. But nearly two years down the line, he is still there with no clue when he might move on. He wants somewhere safe where his three children can visit him.\nStill, Pursiainen admits his situation is better now than when he was homeless. He has his own place, and he lives in the center of Helsinki paying a monthly rent of \u20ac331 ($379), less than a third of what a standard studio apartment would ordinarily cost there.\npeeterv via Getty Images\nA street in the center of Helsinki, Finland. More than half of the country's homeless people live in the city.\nNone of the housing first advocates suggest that the approach is problem-free, but it's a base from which people can start to rebuild. \"Maybe it's not perfect, maybe it's not the dream you had when you were young but this is your own place,\" said Alkila.\nFinland is not alone in following a housing first approach. It's already being used in countries such as Denmark, Canada, Australia and also the U.S.\nBreaking Ground, a homelessness NGO that operates 4,000 housing units across New York and Connecticut, was one of the pioneers of a housing first approach, said CEO Brenda Rosen.\nThey hear from critics all the time, she said, who argue people should need to address their issues before they get housing. \"We fundamentally feel that that is backwards \u2026 rather than expending all your energy and trying to get through each and every day and figure out how you will eat your meals and survive another night through a cold winter, the most decent, humane and cost-effective way is to bring folks inside.\"\nHousing first is effective in America, said Nan Roman, president and CEO of the National Alliance to End Homelessness, but the scale of the U.S. problem is just so much bigger and the political context is different. \"The strategy works,\" said Roman. \"That's not the issue. The issue is how much of it are you going to do, and all credit to Finland for having the social safety net and for having the commitment to say they're going to go to scale or for going to scale. We haven't done that.\"\nThomas says his apartment is his sanctuary.\nFinland still has challenges. The demographics of the homeless population are shifting as new groups of people find themselves slipping through the cracks. Alkila points to women as a growing group, now making up around 23 percent of homeless people. Domestic violence and increased use of substances are among the reasons for women becoming homeless, according to a Y Foundation report. Some young people, too, are finding it hard to get a footing when affordable housing is so scarce.\n\"We didn't solve homelessness, we solved some part of it,\" said Sanna Tiivola of the nonprofit No Fixed Abode (VVA). But, she added, when she goes to other countries and sees they are still leaning heavily on emergency shelters as a solution, \"I always think, ahhh you're still here. Why? Why are doing this shelter thing, no, no, no don't do it! So that's a visible change ... and that's why I think people say that Finland solved homelessness.\"\nFor Salmi, Finland's housing first approach has changed his life. He has ambitions, he wants to retrain as a pipefitter. He still drinks but only on the weekends. He still struggles with mental health problems, but far less severely and far less often than he used to, and he said he no longer has suicidal thoughts.\n\"My apartment is kind of a sanctuary \u2026 Before I lost my home I didn't understand how much it meant, and when I lost it, within those three years, I kind of understand the little things in life make you happy,\" he said. \"I mean if I have dinner, little things, like if I have bread in my fridge later. Normal things.\"\nFor more content and to be part of the 'This New World' community, follow our Facebook page.\nHuffPost's 'This New World' series is funded by Partners for a New Economy and the Kendeda Fund. All content is editorially independent, with no influence or input from the foundations. If you have an idea or tip for the editorial series, send an email to thisnewworld@huffpost.com\nCORRECTION: A previous version of this story misstated the location of Espoo as east of Helsinki.\nLaura Paddison Editor, This New World\nMORE: finland homelessness Homelessness and Housing In Finland society this new world world","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"The first Shazam trailer has officially dropped\nShazam has been a long time coming and we finally have a look at the newest DC hero added to their expanding Universe. The story centers around Billy Batson, an orphan who acquires super powers that transform him into an adult with incredible gifts. Here's hoping DC can keep this film as comedic and campy as the premise to the character itself is. Check out the trailer below and get ready for Shazam when it debuts April 5th, 2019.\nWhy we keep ending up back where we started\nIn recent years, Hollywood has been surrounded with casting controversies and Johansson has been no stranger to them. After the poorly received Ghost in the Shell, it was a surprise when the in demand actor revealed that she would take on the role of trans massage parlor manager in Rub and Tug. It was no surprise that the news would be received negatively, especially following the mulitple films in recent years which found themselves in hot water including Matt Damons Great wall, Tilda Swinton's Role in Doctor Strange, Netflix's adaptation of acclaimed horror manga Death Note, and even Johansson herself, being cast in Ghost in the Shell, that even went so far as to test technology to make her appear \"more asian.\" News spread of the controversial casting, with trans actresses Trace Lysette and Jamie Clayton, speaking out against the decision. It is important to note that the person attached to directing this film, Rupert Sanders, also worked with Johansson on Ghost in the Shell. When the controversy became a major talking point, Johansson's tone deaf response of, \"Tell them that they can be directed to Jeffrey Tambor, Jared Leto, and Felicity Huffman's reps for comment,\" did not go over well, and was meant to allude to several actors who had played trans roles and received acclaim. While they did at the time, the political climate as well as the conversation around the trans community is continuing to change rapidly, and taking roles from an already small community is keeping them from having the opportunities cisgender actors, like Johansson, have always had. This is also a historic year for trans actors, with the first trans actor Daniela Vega, winning an award for her role in A Fantastic Woman. After several weeks of controversy, Johansson announced today that she will be withdrawing from the film, a rare move for any actor. The last high profile withdraw was Ed Serkin, known for his role as the villain in the first Deadpool film, leaving the new Hellboy reboot after finding out he was playing a role originally meant to be cast by a Japanese-American actor. We also saw a casting controversy with Natalie Portman's sci-fi film, Annihilation, as well as Cocaine Godmother with Catherine Zeta-Jones as recent as earlier this year. Scarlett Johansson is part of a long Hollywood trend of picking valuable actors to boost ticket sales, and while that isn't surprising, the power of social media and the backlash from these marginalized communities, most certainly had an effect on the box office revenue of all the films listed above. Hopefully, not only Johansson, but other actors and actress will be careful choosing their roles in the future.\nJoaquin Pheonix will join the D.C. film universe as The Joker\nIt's no secret that the D.C. film universe is not charting the most straight and narrow path, so this story shouldn't be all that surprising to those who have been playing close attention. After months of speculation, it looks like D.C. is moving ahead with a solo film for their iconic Joker villain, played none other than by Jaoquin Pheonix. Jared Leto is set to reprise his role in Suicide Squad 2. What makes this all the more confusing is it looks like (as of now), Leto is still set to star in his own solo Joker film. Todd Phillips, director of the Hangover series, is set to direct the Pheonix led solo film, which will stand apart from the current Joker. As previously reported at the end of 2017, D.C. started the year with quite the shake up, with the exit of Jon Berg after a lackluster Justice League performance. His replacement, Walter Hamada, along with D.C., is looking to move in a different direction. With 2018' Aquaman as well as Shazam in 2019, a lot of the future depends on how successful some of these upcoming films will be. While it safe to say that fans will more than likely turn out, critics have had a massive impact on D.C.'s struggling expansion and its safe to say that that's the reason why Phillip's Joker film will have a reportedly low budget of around 55 million. All in all, I would not be shocked if some of the upcoming films D.C. has been talking about for years never see the light, like the Cyborg standalone film, a second Man of Steel, or anything involving the Dark Universe.\nThe good and the bad of DC's streaming service\nAhead of this years San Diego Comic Con, DC has given us a look at its fall subscription service and there's some definite pros and cons. While the service is looking to launch a handful of new titles, including the live action Teen Titan series, it seems like it might be light in some other areas. Dc has promised to provide members with access to their extensive library, but it appears that certain fan favorite series including the animated Justice League as well as the DC series that live on the CW network might not appear on the service. It's also no secret that Netflix has acquired a deal with the CW to release these comic book series just 8 days after the airing of their final episodes. It also appears that the comic book feature included in the service will be limited to a \"curated\" selection, rotating out comics periodically and thus not allowing full access to the massive DC catalog. The other big concern is the price. With Disney looking to launch their own streaming service in the fall and DC having most, but not all, of their series and advertising a comic book feature (which would most likely make less sense to view on the television versus viewing on your phone), it wouldn't be surprising if the price was closer to HBOGo's tag of around $15 dollars or more. The other issue is that this is for dedicated fan boys of the comic giant. With new series like an animated cartoon for Harley Quinn, Swamp Thing, as well as the return of Young Justice, you're less likely to pick up a subscription for something with a hefty price tag if you aren't solely looking for movies and content based on DC franchises. With that being said, there is a lot here to see, including many of the popular DC animated films, the Batman film series, and even the original Superman TV series. The other big issue is that if you are going to pick up a subscription because of one these new series you might want to hold out because the only one launching this year is the live action Teen Titans, while the Swamp Thing, Harley Queen, Young Justice, and Doom Patrol series won't debut until sometime in 2019. We will have to see if DC's can stand up against Disney's streaming service, which is said to be home to not just their films, but the Marvel and Star Wars catalog as well. If you're interested, the website is now live and you can sign up for the possibility to be part of the early access beta later this year here. Read a bit more about what's missing here.\nFallout 76 looks great but has me worried\nDuring my second consecutive year at E3, one of the biggest announcements came from gaming studio Bethesda with their lately Fallout title. And while it drew immediate fan excitement, as more details came out during the week, a cloud of worry set in over the hardcore fanbase. Fallout 76 looks to depart from a number of the classic elements from the series and instead, head towards an always online\/multiplayer experience, combining the settlement aspects from with the series fourth game with online play. While that doesn't sounds like a completely unenjoyable experience, the loss of progression is what has many fans, myself included, the most worried. Bethesda was pretty open about the possibility of some hostile players in the servers, also making note of the nuke feature, which would allow you to destroy someones base all together. Even still, Bethesda has a plan in order to prevent harassment in game, which is good but how far will that lean into the PvP aspect of the title itself? If you have a handful of players who happen to have more time to dedicate on the title, will it be a never ending upwards crawl to even stay alive in the server with them? Can you go about it solo or will the only worthwhile experience come from playing with a group? It also did not help that the title had no physical demo at E3 and as of now, our knowledge is still pretty limited. While I was a huge fan of the highly criticized Fallout 4, 76 is definitely the biggest departure from the series, and it will be interesting to see how the community will interact when this title launches November 14th, 2018.\nDisney outbids Comcast to acquire Fox\nAfter an intense bidding war it looks like we finally know where the Fox assets are heading and it gives the fans a lot to be excited about. After Comcast tried to outbid Disney's original 52.4 billion offer with their own 65 billion dollar offer, Disney struck back with a 71.3 billion offer that proved too lucrative for Fox to pass up. Disney fighting for this deal makes a lot of sense considering all of the Marvel characters Fox had under its belt including the massively successful Deadpool franchise and X men. This also makes a lot of sense as Marvel has been very quite about where they are heading past Avengers 4 with their expanding universe and this has given them a lot more to play with. On top of that, Disney now owns the cable channels FX, and FXX, as well as everything excluding local Fox channels, Fox sports, and Fox news. This landmark franchise deal adds to the already impressive power under Disney's belt but we will have to wait and see how that will effect their release schedule, which is the under-performing Solo in theaters. All in all, this is great news for comic book fans so hopefully we will see some Xmen characters as well as a possibly well done version of Fantastic Four in the future.\nSolo to cost Disney 50 million at the box office\nNot even Lando and a series of fur coats could save this film. After months of behind the scene controversy, the latest Star Wars opened to a lack luster debut weekend and it is now being reported that the film will lose Disney as much as 50 million in revenue. The movie was polarizing for long time fans of the Star Wars series and the early reviews were fairly lukewarm. It also did not help the fact that Avengers: Infinity War and Deadpool 2 were released both within a month of Solo: A Star Wars Story and are still in theaters. While Star Wars will be absent from our Christmas box office this year, it looks like Disney is betting on Emily Blunt's Mary Poppins Returns film, to make up their loses. This can not be a large shock to anyone given fan reception as well as the many, many blockbusters released in such a short span of time. While star Alden Ehrenreich allegedly slipped up and revealed that he was committed to a three picture deal in the past but that sounds up in the air given the current box office run. The movie, however, knods at a series of famous Star Wars events and villains and could certainly do so. Plus, Disney has more than enough money to continue to spin off their anthology series for the time being. There have been heavy rumors as of late that the next anthology film will might star the possible surprise cameo and return villain (SPOILER) Darth Maul and Obi Wan Kenobi. While this crew might have had its one kessel run, we will have to wait and see where Disney heads next.\nSolo has a disappointing holiday opening\nBad news for Solo as it looks like the poor reviews and behind the scenes drama had quite the effect on the box office for this film. The latest Star Wars film was projected to gross between 130-150 million in it's opening weekend during the Memorial Day holiday, with the latter actually becoming a record breaking number. Instead, Solo opened number one at the box office with a weak 84 million, a massive amount lower than what was expected. The film famous featured the firing of Lego Movie Duo Phil Lord and Chris Miller in place of veteran Ron Howard, leaving the film quite the mixed bag. This is a shame because if Solo's run is less than stellar, the chances of us seeing the cast return for a sequel are less than likely. It also doesn't help that Deadpool 2 made half of Solo's debut this past weekend and Avengers: Infinity War is still showing in theaters. Solo's summer release leaves us without a holiday Star Wars film for 2018, the first time in three consecutive years, and probably also played into its lackluster opening weekend. We will have to see if Solo can make up the loss before the big summer films in June begin to roll out.\nLet's talk about that huge Solo reveal\nWhile Solo has been getting some lukewarm reviews from critics (sitting at a 71% on RT, twenty points lower than The Last Jedi's 91%) the movie is tracking for a huge Memorial Day weekend. While the films behind the scenes definitely lead to this mish-mash of differing directorial directions, the audience score sits at a current A-. For those that need a refresher, Solo: A Star Wars Story famously saw the former Lego Movie directing duoe, Phil Lord and Chris Miller, fired before Ron Howard stepped in. Recently, Donald Glover who stars as Lando in the Solo film, opened up about the firing and the \"creative differences\" between the former duo and Kathleen Kennedy. To no one's surprise, Lord and Miller's comedic approach clashed with the film and you can still see what scenes of their made it to the final cut as opposed to the much more serious take form Ron Howard. Regardless, the movie was a mixed bag but featured one amazingly surprising cameo that has managed to shock movie goers this holiday weekend. During a hologram conversation with Qi'ra, it is revealed that she is now working for none other than Darth Maul himself, the fan favorite character who was split in half at the waist in the Phantom Menace by Obi-Wan Kenobi. The reveal was a real shocker but not so much so if you look at some of the non-film cannon, especially the Clone Wars, in which the villain is featured quite prominently with a new pair of android legs. It also appears that his signature double sided red saber borrowed a feature from the Clone Wars as well (you can read more about that here). This could be a great move for the films, which have already rumored a three picture deal for the Solo story or the possibility to see a Obi-Wan stand alone film. Hopefully we will get a serious light-saber wielding villain back on screen. Make sure to check out Solo: A Star Wars Story, in theaters everywhere.\nCliff Bleszinski's Boss Key studio is no more\nAfter some rock weeks and the surprise announcement of a new online arena game, it looks like former Epic Games design director Cliff Bleszinski's Boss Key studios is no more. After numerous reports of trouble for last years online shooter Lawbreakers, Boss Key was looking to cash in on the Fortnite and PUBG formula with Radical Height but it looks like that title will not be coming to fruition. Cliff (Known popularly as Cliffy B.) released a statement on twitter earlier today stating that he is \"going to take some time off and reflect\" on the unfortunate news. This is was just shy of a month from accusations that Cliff's former studio was attempting to poach his employees from his new found studio. All in all, the creator behind the massively successful Gears of War franchise remained optimistic and has reassured gamers that the servers for Radical Height's beta will remain playable for the time being. The statement below can also be found on Cliffy B's personal twitter page.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Fitch Ratings' arguments fail the stress test\nWhen Fitch Ratings, Moody's and Standard & Poor's get up and apologise unreservedly to everyone around the world for getting it so wrong for so long on rating debt, then take yesterday's statement that Fitch will \"stress test\" Australian banks seriously.\nWhen Fitch Ratings, Moody's and Standard & Poor's get up and apologise unreservedly to everyone around the world for getting it so wrong for so long on rating debt, especially housing-related debt and derivatives, then I will take Fitch's Australian banks \"stress test\" release on house price declines seriously.\nUntil that happens, we can only look askance at Fitch's stunt and the way it was lapped up by the media yesterday afternoon and this morning.\nThe justification for the stunt was advanced by Ben McCarthy, managing director for Australia and head of Asia Pacific Structured Finance: \"Over the last few months, Fitch has received numerous enquiries as to the sustainability of Australian residential property prices and the possible impacts of a correction.\"\nYet none of the reports carried important background information, or even so much as an accurate figure for the rise in Australian home prices. The Fairfax broadsheets this morning announced: \"Australia's capital city home prices have risen 41% since June 2006, on official Australian Bureau of Statistics data. Over the same period, prices plunged in the US, Britain, Ireland and Spain.\"\nWell, yes the prices in the US, Britain, Ireland and Spain have fallen. All four economies have had or are still in recession, all four overbuilt houses and all four compounded the error by allowing derivatives and securitisation of those mortgages to carry dodgy credit ratings from the likes of Fitch and its mates. And their regulators (even the strong Bank of Spain) got it wrong. Governments in all four countries compounded the errors.\nThat 41% rise referred to is just in the eight capital cities as measured by the ABS. No account is taken of prices in regional areas, which remains the major omission in the ABS Index. For example, in the early naughties home prices on the Gold Coast jumped 35% in a year.\nIn fact, the more broader and more accurate RPData Rismark group (latest figures out tomorrow), has pointed out that the market is cooling, because its index measures all of the country, capital cities and regional centres. The ABS index has yet to pick up fully on that cooling.\n\"As a result of the housing market's cooling in the June quarter, the year-on-year capital growth rate has fallen from 13.6% in the 12 months to March 2010 to 10.5% in the year to June 2010 (seasonally-adjusted),\" the firm said in its report on the June month, quarter and year data.\nAnd then there's this comment:\n\"Despite the recent moderation in capital gains, the risk of a dramatic decline in Australian dwelling values remains remote.\n\"As the RBA has independently confirmed, arguments in favour of house price \"bubbles\" remain, in my opinion, overstated. Australia's housing market has a structural shortage of roughly 200,000 homes, which has been substantiated by the National Housing Supply Council. While the inventory of unsold homes has risen of late, our Market Activity Index suggests that new listings activity will slow over the coming months. And although average time on market and vendor discounting have also expanded with the weaker conditions, these remain in line with historically reasonable levels\u2026\"\nAll this was ignored in the reporting. And there was no background as to the mortgage holdings of banks. There was this in one report in The Age: \"With an estimated 60 per cent of Australian banks' loan books secured by residential property, international investors have questioned the sustainability of house prices.\" Has that changed over time? What about the level back in the housing slump in the early years of last decade, or the early 1990s crash for comparison?\nThe breakdown of Australian homes is as follows: around 30% of homes are owned outright, 40% have a mortgage, 30% are rented (and these homes, in many cases, would have been negatively geared and therefore have a mortgage). The level of subprime home loans is now down to around 1% at most. Around 20% of all mortgages were being securitised in 2007 (and most were prime). That has fallen to 10% at best, with government support.\nThis means the banks have a substantial buffer. And unlike what happened in the US for example, our banks haven't compounded problems like the already-high leverage in their balance sheets. But they're still borrowing more, gearing up further and punting on things like collateralised debt obligations (CDOs) and the various other symptoms of derivative hell.\nAnd the reporting of the Fitch move was light on the differences between Australia and those other countries.\nAs RP Data pointed out, we have unmet demand for homes. Australia also has a strong economy, rising employment and falling unemployment. Incomes are rising at between 2.5% and 4.5% a year. Our home loan providers are all well capitalised and have low levels of bad debts in the sector, unlike banks in the US, UK, Ireland (the banking system is broke and on government life support) and Spain. We have full recourse loans, meaning you go bankrupt if you can't pay, unlike in the US where people just walk away and challenge their banks to deal with them. We also don't have tax concessions for owner occupiers like America does, nor do we have strange bodies like Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac which added an implied Federal Government guarantee to many of the securitised loans, allowing bigger and bigger risks to be taken.\nMeanwhile, the International Monetary Fund delivered its annual report on the Australian economy overnight, but it's odd that the only reference made in that report to the housing \"bubble\" was in the risk section of the final statement: \"On the domestic front, a fall in house prices could hit consumer confidence and slow the recovery, or the mining boom may have a larger-than-expected impact on output and inflation.\"\nSo the IMF, after talking to the RBA, APRA and the Federal Government (and others) found no fears or concerns from Australian housing, except as potential risk to \"consumer confidence\" (Which would be a good thing anyway, if the resources boom is really straining the economy and boosting inflation).\nBut the experts at Fitch are now so concerned they are going to do a stress test, even though their track record on housing is appalling. So will Fitch publish all the details of its tests, their basis, parameters and all the findings? And will they compare them to the stress tests that APRA uses? There is a major Trans Tasman crisis test coming up\u2026\nThe IMF said this about APRA (and didn't mention housing in its assessment of the financial system either): \"In particular, we commend APRA's approach to stress testing as it carefully assesses the vulnerabilities that banks face. The severity of the scenarios provides reassurance about the resilience of the banks to large but plausible shocks.\"\nAnd, given the appalling track record of Fitch and its peers, if Australian banks pass the test, will any of the bubbleistas here or offshore believe it?\nGlobal Financial Crisis\nShe'll definitely be right, mate, but Scott Morrison couldn't be more wrong\nMichael Bradley\nGet this Barty started\nOnce we were Norway: Australia's decades-long fall down the global corruption ladder\nJosefine Ganko\nmichael matusik\nAnother good balanced article.\nThe long-term trend suggests that Australian house prices have been expensive for much of the last ten years. The last time they were below the long-term trend was around 1995. Today, residential property is between 30% and 40% above the long-term average, indicating that buyers are purchasing in an expensive period. In the recent past, the aggressive relaxation of credit allowed end prices to rise. There is limited room for credit to be further eased.\nHowever, and despite the gloomy nature of the bubbleistas (to borrow your phase) the risk of big price declines in the near term seems low. I think \u2013 and this is a good result (believe it or not) \u2013 that the real return on residential property over the next three to five years (maybe even a decade) is likely to be negative. And as a result, houses will once again be somewhere to live, not vehicles for speculation.\nWhat may deflate the \"housing bubble\" faster is broad-based job losses. That doesn't appear likely in the near term at least. In fact, jobs, at present are being created rather than lost. But the more likely and imminent triggers include the tightening of credit \u2013 interest rates are predicted to rise, not fall, in coming months \u2013 and our middle-aged (and older) loss-making landlords starting to sell. Despite strong price growth over the last ten years, the number of loss-making landlords has risen from 50% to 70%.\nIt is sad that a more balanced conversation is not taking place re: Aussie house values.\nMichael Beggs\nI don't disagree with the thrust of this piece, and the reports certainly should have provided historical context here. But it is true that residential lending is historically high as a proportion of bank assets. It was above 40 per cent for the first time in August this year, a record. In the early 1990s it was only around 20 per cent. The real shift came in the mid-1990s, though, not more recently. It rose from 20 to 35 per cent between 1992 and 1995, hovered there for the rest of the decade, then fluctuated between 32 and 40 per cent over the 2000s. Between 2005 and 2008 it looked like it might be heading back down, but it's been rising with dwelling prices since 2008.\nData is from RBA Statistical Table B2: http:\/\/www.rba.gov.au\/statistics\/tables\/index.html","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Jenny Ruth: Do regulators need another hurry up on disclosure rules?\n15 May, 2019 1:03pm 4 minutes to read\nFonterra introduces new fixed milk price scheme\nHacked Cryptopia exchange placed in liquidation\n15 May, 2019 2:24pm\nCryptopia founders Adam Clark and Rob Dawson. Photo \/ Supplied\nHacked Christchurch-based cryptocurrency exchange Cryptopia has been placed in liquidation after attempts to re-open the business failed.\nDavid Ruscoe and Russell Moore from Grant Thornton were appointed yesterday, according to Companies Office records.\nCryptocurrency experts have estimated that $23 million-worth of investors' crypto coins were stolen when a hacker or hackers broke into the Christchurch exchange on January 13.\nThe liquidators said their initial focus is on securing the assets for the benefit of all stakeholders. Trading on the exchange has been suspended while investigations take place.\nCryptopia has been working with New Zealand Police to try to work out who the hacker is and where the cryptocurrency has gone, but investors have been frustrated by the lack of information.\n\"We realise Cryptopia's customers will want to have this matter resolved as soon as possible,\" Ruscoe said in a statement.\n\"We will conduct a thorough investigation, working with several different stakeholders including management and shareholders, to find the solution that is in the best interests of customers and stakeholders.\n\"Given the complexities involved we expect the investigation to take months rather than weeks.\"\n\"Police continue to investigate the unauthorised transfer of crypto-currency worth a significant sum from Christchurch-based crypto-currency trading company Cryptopia on 13-14 January 2019.\"\nThe liquidators are also working with independent experts and the relevant authorities with regards to the company's obligations.\nTrump to sign order laying ground for Huawei ban from US\nPorts of Tauranga ho-hum about buying Ports of Auckland\nUS city bans police use of face recognition technology\nJack Ma urges staff to have sex 'six times in six days'\nThe heist has also seen Lowndes Jordan partner Rick Shera and others highlight some of the drawbacks of cryptocurrency, from the fact that digital currency earns no interest to the lack of regulation to potential tax complications to the inaccessibility of funds if a password is lost to the fact crypto-exchanges typically lack a deposit guarantee, or the financial wherewithal to follow it through one if they do.\"\n\u2022 Police give Cryptopia green light to re-open; it doesn't\n\u2022 Hacked Cryptopia investors in the dark over 'rebate'\nCryptopia has not responded to questions on its deposit guarantee policy or other issues related to the January hack.\nLast year, Cryptopia said it had 80 staff (although it was not clear how many were contractors) and 1.4 million users worldwide.\nHow music can rev up a high-intensity workout\nIt's the right time for our key political leaders to take a lesson from the Black Caps.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Eugene Levy's 'Schitt's Creek' Renewed for Second Season\nThe comedy will debut Tuesday night on the CBC and POP stateside\nBy Etan Vlessing\nEtan Vlessing\nCanada Bureau Chief\nMore Stories by Etan\nCharter Loses 144,000 Pay TV Subs in Fourth Quarter, Adds 105,000 Broadband Users\nHasbro to Lay Off 1,000 Staffers, 15 Percent of Workforce, Amid Cost-Savings Push\nPhoto by Jordan Strauss\/Invision\/AP\nEugene Levy's Schitt's Creek has been renewed for a second season on the CBC ahead of its rookie season debut on the Canadian network and POP stateside.\nPOP, formerly known as the TV Guide Network, earlier picked up the first season, 13 episodes, of Schitt's Creek, which Levy and his son, Daniel Levy, co-created and star in. The Canadian-made comedy focuses on video store billionaire Johnny Rose (Eugene Levy), his soap star wife Moira (Catherine O'Hara) and their two kids after they go broke and are forced to move to a small, depressing town they once bought as a joke.\nRead more MIPCOM: Eugene Levy on Celebrity Overkill Inspiring 'Schitt's Creek' Comedy\n\"Daniel and I, along with everyone on our production team, have worked extremely hard to give CBC and all Canadians a funny, entertaining half hour of television, and we could not be more appreciative of the ongoing support CBC has shown us,\" Eugene Levy said in a statement on Monday.\nSchitt's Creek, which also stars Annie Murphy and Chris Elliot, is being shopping worldwide by ITV Studios Global Entertainment after the show was launched at MIPCOM.\nEugene Levy\nSchitt's Creek\nTVGN","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Your daily download on the business of technology.\nView it in your browser.\nThe emotional highlight of the second day of Brainstorm Tech was the town hall meeting on how tech should be regulated, moderated by Marketplace's Kai Ryssdal.\nThe Heritage Foundation's Diane Katz drew hisses for suggesting hate speech can't be defined, as she also made the broader case that government is ill-equipped to regulate tech companies. \"If you don't like the speech on Twitter, don't go on Twitter,\" she said. The University of Chicago's Luigi Zingales passionately argued for regulating Big Tech through antitrust law as an antidote to their dangerously concentrated power. But the simpler break-up strategy may not work, he noted. \"Breaking up Facebook from Instagram and WhatsApp is only going to create a temporary wall\u2026eventually one of the three will emerge,\" he said. \"How are you going to break up (Google's) search engine, from A to L and M to Z?\"\nMultiple participants at the event in Aspen, Colo., weighed in on all sides of the contentious topic. \"As clueless as Congress is about tech, tech is about government,\" VC Roy Bahat quipped. It was a gloriously open, robust, and rigorous conversation. We've posted the entire hour-long video on YouTube.\nOther notable moments:\n\u2022 Beth Ford, CEO of farmer cooperative Land O'Lakes argued for government action on the magnitude of the New Deal's rural electrification program to bring broadband access to rural areas. She said 25% to 30% of all farmers lack broadband.\n\u2022 Pro-market Securities and Exchange Commissioner Hester Peirce made the case for light regulation of cryptocurrencies. She thinks it's down-right ridiculous that her agency would even look at regulating Starbucks gift cards.\n\u2022 Corynne McSherry, legal director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, said during the town hall that it is \"magical thinking\" to believe content moderation can remove online hate speech.\n\u2022 Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman made the case for their new Quibi short-form video service. Significant portions of the audience didn't seem to be buying it.\nYou can follow many of today's events on our livestream, starting at 9:15 a.m. Mountain Time, and I'll have much more in my wrap-up tomorrow.\nOn Twitter: @adamlashinsky\nEmail: adam_lashinsky@fortune.com\nA whole lot of shakin' going on. Speaking of regulating tech, Congress held three different hearings on Tuesday covering different controversies in tech. Facebook had to defend its Libra digital currency proposal from hostile questioning (Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown called it \"delusional\"). Antitrust was the focus of another hearing with representatives of Facebook plus Apple, Amazon, and Google. Finally, another group of lawmakers examined alleged censorship and bias in Google's search results.\nSome like it hot. In some more advanced regulatory maneuvering, the European Union opened an official probe into Amazon's impact on competition among retailers. And Qualcomm got support in its court battle with the Federal Trade Commission that threatens to upend its licensing model. The departments of Justice, Energy, and Defense asked the court to set aside, at least temporarily, a May court ruling in favor of the FTC. \"The district court's ruling threatens competition, innovation and national security,\" the filing warned.\nGlitching. The reason Twitter didn't label or hide President Trump's racist tweet attacking four Congresswomen was because it didn't violate Twitter's standards, CFO Ned Segal said at the Brainstorm Tech conference. \"If you see something on Twitter, it means it didn't violate our policy,\" Segal explained.\nZapped. Electric automaker Tesla raised the price of the entry-level versions of its Model S sedan by almost $5,000 to $79,900 and Model X SUV by almost $4,000 to $84,990. Tesla also cut its low-end Model 3 sedan's price by about $500 to $38,990.\nVegan volatility. Meal kit company Blue Apron has taken investors on a volatile ride since its 2017 IPO. But investors got a reprieve on Tuesday. The stock jumped 36% after the company announced a partnership with alternative-meat startup Beyond Meat. Shareholders of Spotify weren't so lucky. Its shares fell 2% on news that Apple may expand into funding premium podcasts in competition with Spotify's similar strategy. Apple also announced new emojis coming to the iPhone in the fall, including a sloth, skunk, and falafel. More significantly, new emojis will offer a wider array of couples holding hands and add some key items to represent disabilities, such as a guide dog, a wheelchair, and a prosthetic arm.\nBrighter prospects. In the cloud market, IBM said it signed AT&T to a multi-billion dollar deal for hosting business applications. AT&T will also rely on IBM's newly-acquired Red Hat unit to help manage its cloud workloads.\nGetting excited. After a controversy over an award for a company that made women's sex toys at last year's annual consumer electronics show, the Consumer Technology Association said on Tuesday it will feature some devices in the category at next year's show\u2013as long as they offer innovation. \"We don't want to see rows and rows of just standard vibrators,\" association EVP Karen Chupka said.\nThe fears of possible harmful health effects from wireless technology go back to the dawn of the mobile era. But there's not much science backing up the most alarming claims that phones or cell towers cause cancer. New York Times reporter William Broad delves into the history of a particularly incorrect and misleading chart that was prepared for a Florida school district in 2000 and has since spread far and wide. The chart purports to show that humans receive a higher dose of radiation the higher the frequency of wireless transmissions. Only one problem:\nAccording to experts on the biological effects of electromagnetic radiation, radio waves become safer at higher frequencies, not more dangerous. (Extremely high-frequency energies, such as X-rays, behave differently and do pose a health risk.) In his research, Dr. Curry looked at studies on how radio waves affect tissues isolated in the lab, and misinterpreted the results as applying to cells deep inside the human body. His analysis failed to recognize the protective effect of human skin. At higher radio frequencies, the skin acts as a barrier, shielding the internal organs, including the brain, from exposure. Human skin blocks the even higher frequencies of sunlight.\nA.I.'s Hidden Biases Are Continuing to Bedevil Businesses. Can They Be Stopped? 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{"text":"SEA Brew new partner in the Beviale Family Network\n24 September 2018 \/\/ N\u00fcrnbergMesse\nNew partner in Beviale Family network: SEA Brew\nThe Beviale Family is extending its global network in beverage production and welcomes SEA Brew as its official partner with immediate effect. South-East Asia's annual conference and trade fair for the brewing industry is an itinerant event that has already been successfully held four times. The aim of the partnership is to combine the resources of the two established trade fairs and mutually develop new markets. This marketing alliance will allow the Beviale Family to further expand its presence in South-East Asia.\nThe Southeast Asia Brewers Conference & Trade Fair (SEA Brew) has become established in the South-East Asia region as a professional development event with a concurrent exhibition for brewers and beer distributors. As an itinerant event it has already taken place in Singapore (2015, 2016), Ho Chi Minh City (2017) and Manila (2018). In September 2019 it will be hosted in Bangkok. Its aim is to drive the potential of the evolving Asian beer market and inform brewery owners, brewers and retailers throughout Asia about the latest trends in ingredients, processes and equipment. \"This is why SEA Brew is the ideal partner for us in the South-East Asian market,\" says Andrea Kalrait, Director Exhibition BrauBeviale and international product manager for the Beviale Family. \"We have been monitoring developments locally for some time now and have determined that there is great potential in the beer and brewing segment. In SEA Brew we have found a partner that is very familiar with the realities of the respective markets and also has excellent networks. We are looking forward to working together to develop new target groups.\"\nCharles Guerrier, founder of SEA Brew, had this to say: \"We are excited to partner with the Beviale Family and be part of their global network of international beverage and brewing trade shows. This cooperation will help grow awareness of the opportunities emerging within Asia for both brewers and industry suppliers and help unlock the region's potential\".\nSEA Brew, the annual Southeast Asia Brewers Conference & Trade Fair attracts brewers, distributors and investors from across the Asian region. They come together to exchange ideas and gain insights from global experts into the latest technological innovations in order to keep up with the fast-paced developments of the industry. The conference and attached trade fair was established in 2015 to support the growing demands on both production and distribution in a rapidly developing industry. In line with being a truly regional event, SEA Brew moves to a new host city every year.\nFor more information please visit: www.sea-brew.com\nBeviale Family offers international expertise in the beverage industry\nN\u00fcrnbergMesse Group demonstrates its expertise in the beverage industry on an international stage, beginning with BrauBeviale, the international capital goods fair for the beverage industry in Nuremberg. This is where for over 40 years, the sector has been showcasing all aspects of the production process chain for beverages, such as raw materials, technologies, logistics and marketing. Other members of the product family are operating in important growth markets worldwide: Beviale Moscow, for example, is the first and only trade fair for the entire beverage industry in Eastern Europe. CRAFT BEER CHINA in Shanghai is becoming established as the gathering place for the Chinese craft beer community, while CRAFT BEER ITALY in Milan is the B2B platform for the Italian sector. In Bangalore, CRAFT DRINKS INDIA is designed to meet the needs and interests of the fast-growing drinks market in India. The Beviale Family also supports other projects through collaborations. It is represented in Brazil, for example, through the Feira Brasileira da Cerveja in Blumenau. SIBA's BeerX, Britain's largest trade fair about beer and brewing, is also an official partner to the Beviale Family. And ProPak Asia is likewise a part of the global network for the beverage industry. The \"international sponsors\" of the Beviale Family are Doemens Akademie and the VLB, the Berlin-based teaching and training institute for brewing. Other projects are in the planning phase.\nFor details and dates go to: www.beviale-family.com\nContact for press and media, SEA Brew\nCharles Guerrier\ncharles@sea-brew.com","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"MQM urges govt to invoke Article 245 in Karachi\nAPPUpdated August 27, 2013\nApparently being an undemocratic demand, handing over Karachi to Pak Army has become imperative, MQM's Dr Farooq Sattar said in the National Assembly on Tuesday. \u2013 File Photo\nISLAMABAD: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), a major opposition party in the National Assembly having an electoral mandate from Karachi, on Tuesday called upon the government to invoke Article 245 of the Constitution for handling the prevailing law and order situation in the city.\n\"The situation in Karachi is worsening. Killings, robberies, kidnappings for ransom and other crimes have paralysed the city. Criminals are being patronised and the situation has gone beyond control,\" claimed Dr Farooq Sattar, MQM's parliamentary leader in lower house of the parliament.\nThe statement came in the wake of MQM chief Altaf Hussain's demand of handing over Karachi to Pakistani armed forces earlier in the day.\nIn a statement issued from London, Hussain said the situation of Karachi was worsening day by day and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif should hand over responsibilities of the city to army personnel.\n\"Apparently being an undemocratic demand, invoking Article 245 has become imperative as nothing is more important than lives and property of citizens,\" said Sattar in the National Assembly.\nArticle 245 of the Constitution says, \"The Armed Forces shall, under the directions of the Federal Government, defend Pakistan against external aggression or threat of war, and, subject to law, act in aid of civil power when called upon to do so.\"\nIt further says, \"The validity of any direction issued by the Federal Government under clause (1), shall not be called in question in any Court.\"\nFarooq Sattar called upon the federal government to take notice of the situation, which he said was normal three days before the by-election, but killings and other crimes gripped the city from the very next day.\nPakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI) leader Shah Mahmood Qureshi contested the demand, saying that the current situation in Karachi was worrying, however, invoking Article 245 was not the right course to take.\nHe demanded the government to take the opposition into confidence and update the house on measures being taken to maintain law and order in the port city, which is considered financial hub of the country.\nSyed Naveed Qamar of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) said there could be other ways to tackle the situation than invoking Article 245.\n\"We invite the MQM to sit with us and discuss measures to improve law and order as they evolved consensus with us on the Local Government Law,\" he stated.\nLeader of the Opposition Syed Khursheed Ahmed Shah went a step ahead and invited the MQM to join the Sindh government. He, however, described the demand of Farooq Sattar as \"undemocratic\".\nInvoking Article 245, Shah said, would \"not only be an undemocratic decision but also a political blunder. We do not know where this conspiracy has been hatched.\"\nHe added that the MQM was partially a part of the government as they had their governor in Sindh province. \"And if they demand so, they should first leave the office of the governor.\"\nReplying to the points raised by the PPP, MQM's Nabeel Gabol said the PPP itself had taken such decisions in the past when its governments had imposed governor's rule in provinces in 1997 and 2009 and slapped curfew in Karachi in 1974.\nEyewitnesses summoned in court for recording statements in TV anchor murder case\nNew Karachi police chief vows to change 'thana culture'\nLNG case: SHC approves protective bail for Miftah; NAB gets physical remand of Abbasi\nMqMs demand and advice to the FEDs is justified,only army can control the present pathetic situation as the PP has been and is still in power in Sindh but they are totally incapable to control the law and order situation in Karachi.\nMQM is right.......\nDawar Naqvi\nKarachi should be handing over to Pakistani armed forces before enemies ot the state take over completely.\nNajamuddin\nWho are responsible for all the plights of bleeding and falling Karachi? Who were the culprits initially carrying out organized extortion by terrorizing the people for decades and those not submitting to their extortion demands were bloodbathed, abducted or eliminated? These extortionists enjoyed for decades free hands during till the reign of the worst last dictatorship as also enjoying his fullest support and alliance in Govt and also till the last civilian govt. All the agencies and law enforcement authorities as well as the media know it well but can not dare to expose them. Also because of their power of terror and buying out the loyalties. These are the people who turned the City of Quaid being the haven of lights, fraternity, patriotism, love and peace into the City of hatred, loot, plunder, extortion, fratricidal, deaths and destruction. This was the natural and logical outcome of their long extortion and terrorism that today the hardened criminals, extortionists, abductors and terrorists of all types seeing Karachi as the most fertile place for their criminal business have moved to this City and finally have taken over it for quite a good time. In fact the corrupt rulers, dictators and politicians are mainly responsible for the fall of this most beautiful city. Because of their criminal negligence the ethnic minorities, many groups of communities, commercial, industrial and even religious entities had to hire their own armed men or had to arm and train their own youths for self protection. Many of whom starting from defensive, then offensive mode, provoked by the power of arms, ammunition and terrorization also joined the criminal spree of extortion. Whatever is the most hopeless condition of Karachi today is the logical end of a long criminal rule and neglection by those who were responsible and taken oath of protecting the people? . .\nCan't deny have to side with MQM on this one. Karachi & its citizens have been left at the mercy of terrorist. And Clearly PPP Govt doesn't seem bothered.\nKolachi-\nOh Stop it Farooq Sattar, if military had solution for this city we wouldn't have gotten to this point, and you of all the people are guilty of making a mess of this glorious city. This city will be rescued by partnership between the citizens and civilian law enforcement agencies rooted in this city, it needs participation from all stake holder. Militaries are not meant to run cities they are to guard us from foreign aggression. Stop manipulation of your bretherns and send a unifying message, if you have any honesty left towards the people of this town.\nNizamuddin Ali Ahmad\nVery disturbing news from Karachi and from MQM leadership. The martial law and military dictatorships have poisoned and brain washed the public. Army is not the solution. The army is a subordinate entity of government under department of defense and not a law enforcement agency. The police department and police rangers should be overhauled and should be done quickly. Lack of enforcement is lack of will. There is no excuse for not securing the streets of Karachi from hoodlums and criminals. Mr. Sharif got the job to bring Pakistan to.\nThe Power of Reason\nPPP has been having a golden opportunity over the last two decades, since mqm finally buried the hatchet of a separate province, to do away with the divide between urban and rural sindhis by removing all discriminating laws and actions. Unfortunately, statesmanship never touched PPP as its tecent attempts to bulldoze the urban area mandate on the issue of local government - an issue of seminal mportance for urban areas. MQM, for once, is justified in raising the demand it has raised. PPP can only rue the lost opportunities.\nGerry D'Cunha\nthe best solution is to impose curfew in trouble and sensitive areas of karachi choosing the timings according to the troubles taking place in these areas and releasing the timing as it gets better.\nMQM must rein in its militant wing and peace will return to karachi. Funny how this demand never came up when MQM was part of the PPP government in the past and the situatiion was equally bad then.\nzia khan\nAltaf Hussain is trying to run federal government from London. The provincial government has to be taken on board for handing over Karachi to army personnel. Why MQM did not go for this option when they were coalition partners in the federal and provincial governments?\nWhat kind of people are these? their leader has lived longer in other countries, is a citizen of another country and they call him their Godfather?\nJust want to say to all the politicians to stop playing with the lives of the people of Karachi. When Nawaz Sharif was not in the government, he several times asked for the government to invoke article 245 and and demanded Army to take over the control of this city. At that time, PPP didnt accept the fact or the need of Army... And now, this government is playing... Please do something for this city. No one is safe here.. Army is the solution now, and the can plan the situation accordingly but do something... It will be useless if more people loose there lives...\ngangadin\nAdvice for farooq sattar: Invoke nothing. Its either your exit peacefully and voluntarily or the current war goes on till each and every one of you is out.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Worlds of Journalism Study\nData Sharing Protocol\nWJS3: 2021\u20132023\nData and Key Tables\nData and key tables: WJS2 (2012\u20132016)\nWJS Association\nWJSA Statute\nMethodological Framework\nLike its precursors, WJS3 is based on a common conceptual and methodological framework developed and adopted by researchers from more than 110 countries collaborating in the project. All participating country teams are required to adhere to this framework, which includes a shared questionnaire along with instructions for translating questions, defining populations, constructing samples, selecting respondents, conducting interviews as well as proper recording and handling of survey data. Field research is scheduled to take place between 2020 and 2022 for all countries. In adherence to these general guidelines, WJS3 will proceed in four steps, each of which forms a research module built around specific methodological aims. These include a Structural Module, a Survey Module, an Analysis Module, and a Dissemination Module.\n(1) Structural Module: structure of media system, population and questionnaire\nIn this module, research teams in the participating countries gather information about (a) respective national media systems, (b) structural parameters of the population of journalists, and (c) the opportunity structures within which journalism operates. This allows drawing an informed picture of the national media landscapes as well as the number and distribution of journalists in the WJS countries.\nThe standard questionnaire modules will be provided by the WJS Center; all research teams are obliged to apply the questionnaire to their countries. No deviations from the standard questionnaire, which is constructed in English, are permitted. National teams outside the Anglo-Saxon world are required to obtain a native-language version of the standard questionnaire using a strict translation-back translation procedure or a multilingual-experts approach.\n(2) Survey Module: sampling, survey, and data handling\nThe minimal required sample size will be calculated, according to statistical conventions, based on a confidence level of 95% and a level of sampling precision (\"sampling error\") of not more than 5% (teams are encouraged to stay within a 3% maximum sampling error). All national samples should provide reasonable representations of the populations of journalists in the investigated countries.\nSampling will thus proceed in two steps. First, teams construct a national target sample based on the information obtained through the Structural Module. The target sample will specify quotas for each combination of the following criteria: media channel (newspapers, magazines, agencies etc.), content orientation (quality vs. tabloid, if applicable), distribution (local, regional, national, or transnational), and primary ownership (private, public, state-run, or community). For each target quota, teams will randomly (or systematically) select editorial organizations and then choose journalists randomly (or systematically) from within these organizations until they reach the target quota.\n(3) Analysis Module: description, comparison, explanation and tracing adaptation\nIn the Analysis Module, research teams will proceed as follows:\nDescriptive analysis: All national teams establish key findings on journalists' perceptions of risk and uncertainty in their respective countries. Each team is expected to prepare a country report summarizing key findings for publication on the WJS website (a template will be provided by the WJS Center).\nComparative analysis: In this step, researchers collaborating in WJS3 will form multinational teams, each focusing on a specific research question. Teams are charged with the task of identifying comparative patterns (of similarity and difference) in the cross-national dataset.\nExplanatory analysis: In the following step, multinational teams will continue their work and focus on the identification of key factors that drive journalists' perceptions of risk and uncertainty across levels of analysis (individual, organizational, and societal). For this purpose, a range of contextual data (see Structural Module) will be included in the analysis.\nLongitudinal analysis: Finally, the established multinational teams will track developments in journalists' perceptions of risk and uncertainty over time. These developments will also point to ways in which journalism is coping with and adjusting to risk and uncertainty. Such a comparison is possible as WJS3 will replicate several measures used in earlier research (by WJS and beyond).\nFor this purpose, all research teams delivering a dataset deemed reliable by the WJS Center will get access to the consolidated dataset, which contains data from all participating countries.\n(4) Dissemination Module: coordination, dissemination, and outreach\nIn order to reach out beyond the scientific community, the WJS network will organize national and international workshops to share key insights from the study with leading journalists, journalism educators, representatives of journalism unions, and media policy makers. Furthermore, members of the WJS network will contribute their expertise to national and international organizations concerned with the future of journalism (e.g., with the International Federation of Journalists, Reporters Without Borders, and UNESCO). Overall, WJS aspires to become a global research hub for the comparative assessments of journalists' perceptions of risk and uncertainty in a changing mediascape.\n2021\u20132023 Menu Selections\nMethodological Documentation\nPrincipal Investigators (2021\u20132023)\n\u00a9 2006-2022 | The Worlds of Journalism Study | email: info@worldsofjournalism.org","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Rosemary Hill, a contributing editor at the LRB, is writing a history of antiquarianism.\nIn Memory of Eustache-Hyacinthe Langlois\nWhere is Bohemia?\nGentlemen Did Not Dig\n18th-Century Gap Years\nImpervious to Draughts\nDas englische Haus\nSmall Special Points\nDarwin and the Europeans\nAt Pallant House\nAt Tate Britain (2)\nAgainst Michelangelo\n'The Pinecone'\nModernism plc\nNeal Ascherson\nMemories of the Fog\nGandhi Centre Stage\nJohn Pemble\nFarmer Eliot\nCharles Tripp\nInvading Iraq in 1914\nLiterature and literary criticism, Critical theory, History, Cultural history, 1900-1999, 1900-1945, Graham Greene, Sex, War\nVol. 35 No. 4 \u00b7 21 February 2013\nRosemary Hill\nThe Love-Charm of Bombs: Restless Lives in the Second World War by Lara Feigel\nBloomsbury, 519 pp, \u00a325.00, January 2013, ISBN 978 1 4088 3044 4\nOn 31 August 1939 Alan Cameron was at his desk at the BBC, where he was secretary to the Central Council of School Broadcasting, when he heard that the British fleet was mobilising. This meant that war with Germany was imminent and Cameron telephoned home to give his wife, the novelist Elizabeth Bowen, the news. She received it without apparent emotion and with an awkwardness of tone that made an impression on the Irish writer and occasional IRA gunman Sean O'Faolain, with whom she was in bed at the time. He made a joke about it, which she considered in poor taste and there was a subsequent cooling in their relationship. It was to be his last visit to her house and the first change of partners in a frantic dance of infidelities, m\u00e9nages \u00e0 trois and other more complex triangulations among writers in London that lasted like an epic 'excuse me' throughout the Second World War. Bowen later remembered it as the 'most interesting period of my life'.\nLara Feigel unravels the tangled web, concentrating on the experiences of six novelists: Bowen, Graham Greene, Henry Yorke (who wrote as Henry Green), Rose Macaulay, Rosamond Lehmann and the Austrian \u00e9migr\u00e9e Hilde Spiel. The combination of danger and novelty made the times 'an absolute gift to the writer', as Yorke put it to Lehmann: 'Everything is breaking up.' Amid the physical and emotional ruins cracks opened in the social fabric and with them opportunities for romantic release. Danger has always been a noted aphrodisiac, but this particular situation was new. Never before had war come so close to civilian life in London.\nThe First World War, which cast a livid shadow over the experiences of the Second and was a constant point of comparison, had for the most part taken place far away. The fighting was done by soldiers and involved men almost exclusively. This time men and women, services and non-combatants were in it together. The home front was as important and at times more dangerous than the battle front. Evelyn Waugh, who was in the Marines, found himself in Gibraltar in the autumn of 1940 at a loose end while he waited for a ship home and wrote of the change as something amounting to the roles of the sexes being reversed. Speculating that in London Yorke was 'no doubt fighting fires day and night', Waugh reflected that 'the armed forces cut a small figure. We are like wives reading letters from the trenches.'\nThe usual situation of wives was one of the many things breaking up for the duration. Macaulay for one was glad. 'How to be useful though married' is a question put but never satisfactorily answered by Neville, the wistful middle-aged woman in her prewar novel Dangerous Ages. Now women of all kinds were thrown into action fighting fires, monitoring the blackout and getting hurt. 'It is no worse that women should be killed than men,' Macaulay, who drove an ambulance, noted. And with equal danger came equal opportunity. This was the first time that a substantial body of what might be called war writing was produced by women. It took the form mostly of novels and journalism. Another contrast with 1914-18 was that this was to be a war more of prose than poetry.\nFeigel might have made more effort to develop some of these themes. As it is, despite its considerable incidental interest, her narrative doesn't cohere. The writers she has chosen mostly knew or were aware of one another, but they didn't form anything like a group. Nor is the scene confined to London, or even to the war, which ends about halfway through the book. It is hard to see why Spiel, who had virtually no contact with the others and whose work is not widely known, is in when Waugh is out, and among literary ARP wardens with complicated love lives, T.S. Eliot is surely as noteworthy as Greene. For all of which the first part of the book tells a good story and casts sharp sidelights on the mythology of the Blitz, to which the writers were not always inclined to subscribe. Macaulay's article for Time and Tide describing one raid as 'a sample corner of total war' barely made it into print. Censors had requested that journalists should not be 'too vivid' about that sort of thing and Macaulay's report of a rescue worker wondering out loud 'How long will people stick it?' was cut.\nNot every writer was thrilled by the first wailing of the air-raid sirens and, as Feigel makes clear, many of those who were alert to the artistic possibilities of war engaged with it on their own terms. Greene, an energetic air-raid warden, was disgusted by the 'faint susurrus' of intellectuals dashing for desk jobs. Stephen Spender, he sneered, had 'feathered his young nest in the Ministry of Information'. Just months later Greene, who embodied in his own tortured personality as many contradictions, deceptions and hypocrisies as the other five combined, avoided being called up by taking a post at the ministry, where he worked on propaganda with Malcolm Muggeridge. Thus he secured the time he wanted for his own writing. Yorke was in the Auxiliary Fire Service, which he had taken the precaution of joining in 1938 so that if war came he would not be conscripted and have to give up his normal London routine which consisted of working himself 'silly', after which he would 'go out \u2026 about once a week and get blind drunk'. Macaulay, an enthusiastic but erratic driver who had recently caused an accident in which her married lover Gerald O'Donovan was badly injured, careered around in her ambulance with the potential for doing more harm than good.\nThe comedy of it was caught with cruel economy by Waugh in the opening of Officers and Gentlemen. It is a scene Feigel might have quoted at more length, in which Guy Crouchback and Ian Kilbannock stand in Piccadilly during an air-raid, arguing about whether the night sky, riven with fire and the beams of searchlights, is more like a Turner or a John Martin. Further down St James's Street, on the opposite pavement from where a club that is more or less Brooks's has been bombed, 'a group of progressive novelists in firemen's uniform were squirting a little jet of water into the morning room \u2026 \"It was never much of a club,\" said Ian, \"my father belonged.\"'\nWhere Waugh was sharp about the ridiculous aspect of aesthetes at war, it was Bowen who invented the sublime. Her novels and essays are alive with the erotic tensions of the blackout, the Blitz and the heightened pleasures of sex in the proximity of death. Preternaturally sensitive to colour, light and detail, she caught the nuances of the unnameable new sensations Londoners experienced. She wrote about the eerie white light that came through canvas put up in place of broken windows and the accidental picturesque of architectural fragments after a raid: 'A pediment has fallen on a lawn.' Later she recalled the way 'walking in the darkness of the nights for six years (darkness which transformed a capital city into a network of inscrutable canyons), one developed new bare alert senses, with their own savage warnings and notations.' The Heat of the Day, one of her best novels, is the product of these years and is redolent of that heightened perception generated by a civilians' war in which the domestic and the familiar were constantly transformed into strangeness and danger. By day the sunlit roses in Regent's Park glowed with unnatural brightness and in the blackout every woman became mysterious and provocative: 'Nature tapped out with the heels on the pavement an illicit semaphore.'\nMost of the writers Feigel discusses were already accustomed to irregular love lives. War merely brought new opportunities and quickened the pace. Bowen, whose marriage to Cameron was celibate, had for some time taken lovers, one of whom, Goronwy Rees, she had lost to Lehmann in the course of a disastrous weekend house party. By 1940 Lehmann thought that Rees was losing interest in her. Her remarkable, statuesque beauty, combined with a complete lack of judgment when it came to male character, propelled her through a succession of marriages, affairs and brief encounters, all of which ended unhappily. Now she was drifting towards the minefield that was the Yorkes' marriage. Yorke and his wife Adelaide (known as 'Dig') stayed together despite his many affairs, including one with Dig's sister. They seem to have been bound on her side by a sense of propriety which she concealed, according to one of her husband's mistresses, behind 'the most brilliant feyness', while for him presumably a divorce would have removed his excuse for not marrying anyone else.\nYorke's fling with Lehmann was brief and he soon moved on. On the wartime merry-go-round he was one of the merriest, passing from woman to woman with apparently few of the heartaches, jealousies and guilts that were the constant shadows cast by adventures of the others. Lehmann with her usual capacity to idealise cads called him 'a disinterested affection giver'. Such extreme 'disinterest' looks much like brutal indifference. If there was suffering to be done in his relationships he usually made sure it was the woman who did it. In 1943, when the novelist Mary Keene told him she was pregnant with their child, he wrote her a characteristically self-serving letter in which a steely abnegation of responsibility came wrapped in the flannel of warm concern. He said that he hoped that once the baby ceased to be too preoccupying they would meet again, adding: 'Being yours I shall love it and I only hope it will not make any fundamental difference to you.'\nFor a time Keene contrived to stay with her husband Bunny while completing the Yorke triangle by entering into an edgy friendship with Dig. Then early in 1945, sick of the war and of Bunny, she went with her daughter to stay in Wales with Dylan and Caitlin Thomas. After a brief period of peaceful country life, during which Dylan took her 'very much under his wing', a neighbour with more conventional views of sexual propriety, annoyed by Thomas's flirtatious behaviour towards his wife, broke into the cottage with a machine gun and sprayed bullets liberally all around. 'My dearest darling,' Dig wrote to Keene when she heard the news, adding, perhaps with some ambivalence: 'You might have been shot.'\nMeanwhile Greene was making a more agonised progress than Yorke through a smaller number of women. In his nihilistic state of mind at the time, the separations inevitable in war were welcome. War itself 'was good for someone like me who has always suffered from an anxiety neurosis'. He expected, indeed hoped, to be killed and when his house in Clapham was destroyed in October 1940 that too came as something of a relief. 'It's sad,' he wrote, 'because it was a pretty house, but oddly enough it leaves one very carefree.' He was more cheerful from then on, free not only of possessions and a large mortgage, but also of his wife Vivien, who decamped to Oxford, where she stayed at Trinity College and was miserable. Greene's dutiful monthly visits were, she suggested, the equivalent of 'the termly tea out with relations'. In London he led 'a chequered and rather disreputable life' going to the Windmill Theatre with Muggeridge, who was less taken than Greene with the seedy spectacle of wartime nudes, looking 'pinched and ravaged in the footlights' glare'.\nGreene continued as an ARP warden through the thick of the Blitz. The terrible night of 16 April 1941 found him in the Horseshoe pub in Soho, drinking with his mistress Dorothy Glover. Shortly after two in the morning he was at Malet Street where a parachute mine had landed on the Victoria Club and the 350 Canadian soldiers who were sleeping there. The efforts to rescue the wounded and dying while more bombs fell were exhausting but also, like losing the house, a kind of freedom. 'One really thought that this was the end, but it wasn't exactly frightening \u2013 one had ceased to believe in the possibility of surviving the night.'\nHis marriage did survive, but only just. It came to an end in 1947 when Greene encountered the love of his life, the American socialite Catherine Walston, who had converted to Catholicism under the influence of his writings. Neither their faith nor their marriages stopped Greene and Walston from conducting a passionate and barely concealed relationship. For Vivien the last straw came when the conventional and unconventional sides of her husband's life collided at a party he gave in Oxford, supposedly for Fran\u00e7ois Mauriac but actually to introduce Walston to the most glittering of his circle of literary friends. Vivien was delegated to provide food, which meant eking out the two-ounce weekly butter ration, and she found herself ignored, handing round inadequate canap\u00e9s while Greene gave his entire attention to his new mistress. Shortly afterwards, in an all too rare gesture of defiance, she went to mass and dropped her engagement ring into the collection.\nIf it was an equal opportunities war for writers, the women who had no such outlet and who tried to uphold more traditional roles as wives and mothers seem, from their brief appearances, to have accounted for most of the collateral damage. Feigel further strengthens the writers' upper hand by indulging in long plot summaries of the novels which make dubious assumptions about the extent to which literature can be treated as biographical source material \u2013 for example that The End of the Affair 'describes' Greene's relationship with Walston. More research would have helped, and some of the critical readings are oddly blunt. Among other things, she suggests that Rupert Brooke's burial on Skyros meant that his death 'failed to ennoble' because he was deprived of the hope he expressed in 'The Soldier' of a grave in England's 'rich earth'. But the whole point of the poem is that it would be, as in the event it was, some corner of a foreign field that would be made, by his remains, forever England.\nWith so much lying, deceiving and double-crossing going on in their private lives it was not surprising that some of the writers became keen spies. Any novelist, Greene said, 'has something in common with a spy: he watches, he overhears, he seeks motives and analyses character, and in his attempt to serve literature he is unscrupulous.' When after the Blitz there was a lull as the war moved again, as Bowen put it, 'from the horizon to the map', Greene was bored. Impatient to get back into some danger, he had himself recruited into the SIS \u2013 the Special Intelligence Service. In December 1941 he set sail for West Africa. By March 1942 he was in Freetown, Sierra Leone, in the guise of a Special Branch CID officer, gleaning as much information as possible about the condition of the Richelieu, the battleship that the Vichy French had been using to attack Britain and the Free French to prevent them from taking Dakar.\nAt the same time Greene was laying the foundation for many later stories, both novels and exaggerated reminiscences in which the lying he so much enjoyed could be elevated above even the service of literature, into a patriotic duty. Bowen too combined writing and sex with a little light espionage. For her the question of patriotism was more complicated. She was Anglo-Irish and neutral Ireland, where Bowen's Court, her beloved family home, was, divided her loyalties as much as any lover. Sometimes it came to the same thing. In July 1940 she made her first report back to London from Dublin, where her investigations into the state of mind among the Irish people involved a renewal of relations with O'Faolain, who in return published one of her articles in the Bell, a new literary magazine he was editing.\nThe extent, however, to which writers made reliable spies is questionable. Feigel gives some spectacular examples of their political naivety. Yorke was joking when he told Waugh that he had to fight the Nazis because the alternative was 'domination by Hitler and the Mitfords', but Greene seems to have been perfectly serious when he wrote, about a satirical review, that it demonstrated how thoroughly this was a 'people's war' and that Edith Evans playing a bombed-out hop-picker with the 'unembittered humour' of the Cockneys and their 'silly simple smile' was close to that 'heroic truth at which the world is beginning to wonder'. After the war he was disappointed to find the Labour Party was not much like Dame Edith and told his mother he had decided to vote Conservative. Bowen too, who had been thrilled in 1940 to discover that 'for the first time, we are a democracy. We are more, we are almost a commune,' was horrified by Labour's postwar election victory which left her in a state of 'terrific psychic shock \u2026 I felt sick, and shortly afterwards was.' From now on, she decided, she felt more Irish than English. Waugh, who had never been keen on democracy, also contemplated buying a castle in Ireland as 'shelter from the Attlee terror'.\nThe end of the war was an anti-climax for the writers as much as a relief. Afterwards reputations shifted again. Lehmann's declined; Bowen, though her best work was generated by the experience of the war, maintained hers. Yorke's novel Caught, of 1943, had been slightly better received than Greene's The Ministry of Fear of the same year, but peace reversed the critical balance. Much of Greene's best work still lay ahead of him. All of them had been changed as writers, even Macaulay, the oldest of them. The sense of place and of places lost pervades her later work. Pleasure of Ruins and her last novel, The Towers of Trebizond, were among her most successful books. For all of them the dangers and privations had been so liberally laced with pleasure and excitement that Macaulay, like Bowen, could not regret the past and the opportunities it brought to behave, as she put it with typical frankness, 'dishonestly and selfishly' in pursuit of the artistic spoils of war.\nVol. 35 No. 4 \u00b7 21 February 2013 \u00bb Rosemary Hill \u00bb Flings","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"AP Vat\u25bc\nGenerate C-Form\nH-Form\u25bc\nDownload Utilisation Excel File\nFill Utilisation Excel File\nUpload H-Form\nTrack Delivery Status\nIssue H-Form\ne-Waybill\u25bc\ncoming soon under processing\nManual Waybill\u25bc\nKnow Available Waybills\nKnow Un-Utilized Waybills Details\ne-returns\u25bc\nTG Vat\u25bc\nVAT e-returns\nIncome Tax\u25bc\nI.T: Slab Rates F.Y: 2016-17\nI.T: Deductions\nUploading Income Tax Returns: e-Verification\nA to Z 60 Imp Points\nOn-Line Tax Accounting System\nVAT Dealer Search\nH-Form\nKNOW YOUR PAN NAME\nHome Accounting CA Commerce Knowledge Finance Income Tax HIGHLIGHTS \u2013 DIRECT TAX PROPOSALS OF UNION BUDGET 2015-16\nHIGHLIGHTS \u2013 DIRECT TAX PROPOSALS OF UNION BUDGET 2015-16\nNo change in the basic exemption limit and the tax rates of individuals\nCorporate tax rates proposed to be reduced from 30% to 25% over the next four years, starting from next financial year.\nThe existing rate of tax on Income by way of Royalty and Fees for technical services in case of non-residents @25% proposed to be reduced to 10%.\nAdditional surcharge @ 2% being levied on income exceeding Rs. 1 crore. This surcharge would be levied in place of Wealth-tax which is proposed to be abolished.\nDeductions from Gross Total Income\nExempt-Exempt-Exempt (EEE) tax benefit proposed for assessee having a girl child and investing under the Sukanya Samriddhi Account Scheme. The investments made in the Scheme will be eligible for deduction under section 80C of the Act, the interest accruing on deposits in such account will be exempt from income tax and the withdrawal from the said scheme in accordance with the rules of the said scheme will be exempt from tax.\nIn view of continuous rise in the cost of medical expenditure, section 80D is proposed to be amended to raise the limit of deduction from Rs. 15,000 to Rs. 25,000. Further, the limit of deduction for senior citizens is also proposed to be increased from Rs. 20,000 to Rs. 30,000.\nAs a welfare measure towards very senior citizens, a deduction under section 80D is proposed for any payment made on account of medical expenditure in respect of a very senior citizen, subject to a limit Rs. 30,000.\nThe limit for deduction under section 80DDB is proposed to be increased to Rs. 80,000 in respect of amount paid for medical treatment of very senior citizen.\nSection 80DD and section 80U is proposed to be amended to increase the limit from Rs. 50,000 to Rs. 75,000 and from Rs. 1 lakh to Rs. 1.25 lakh, as the case may be.\nIn order to promote social security, deduction section 80CCC(1) which provides for deduction of amount paid or deposited to effect or keep in force a contract for any annuity plan of LIC or any other insurer for receiving pension from a fund set up under a pension scheme is proposed to be amended to raise the limit of deduction from Rs. 1 lakh to Rs. 1.5 lakh, within the overall limit provided in section 80CCE.\nSection 80G is proposed to be amended to provide for 100% deduction in respect of donations made to the National Fund for Control of Drug Abuse.\nWith a view to encourage and enhance people's participation in the national effort to improve sanitation facilities and rejuvenation of river Ganga, section 80G is proposed to be amended so as to provide 100% deduction for donations made by any donor to the Swachh Bharat Kosh and to Clean Ganga Fund.\nMeasures to curb black money\nIn order to curb generation of black money by way of dealings in cash in immovable property transactions, section 269SS is proposed to be amended so as to provide that no person shall accept from any person, any loan or deposit or any sum of money, whether as advance or otherwise, in relation to transfer of an immovable property otherwise than by an account payee cheque or account payee bank draft or by electronic clearing system through a bank account, if the amount of such loan or deposit or such specified sum is twenty thousand rupees or more.\nSimilarly, section 269T also is proposed to be amended so as to provide that no person shall repay any loan or deposit made with it or any specified advance received by it in relation to transfer of an immovable property whether or not the transfer takes place, otherwise than by an account payee cheque or account payee bank draft or by electronic clearing system through a bank account, if the amount or aggregate amount of loans or deposits or specified advances is twenty thousand rupees or more.\nGeneral Anti Avoidance Rule (GAAR)\nThe implementation of General Anti Avoidance Rule (GAAR) is proposed to be deferred by two years. Accordingly, it would be applicable for the financial year 2017-18 (A.Y. 2018-19) and subsequent years. Further, it is also proposed that the investments made upto 31.03.2017 shall not be subject to GAAR.\nAdditional Investment Allowance and provisions in respect of additional depreciation\nA new section 32AD is proposed to be inserted to provide for an additional investment allowance of an amount equal to 15% of the cost of new asset acquired and installed by an assessee, if\u2014\nhe sets up an undertaking or enterprise for manufacture or production of any article or thing on or after 1st April, 2015 in any notified backward areas in the State of Andhra Pradesh and the State of Telangana; and\nthe new assets are acquired and installed for the purposes of the said undertaking or enterprise during the period beginning from the 1st April, 2015 to 31st March, 2020.\nThis deduction shall be available over and above the existing deduction available under section 32AC of the Act.\nFurther, in order to incentivise acquisition and installation of plant and machinery for setting up of manufacturing units in the notified backward area in the State of Andhra Pradesh or the State of Telangana, it is proposed to allow higher additional depreciation at the rate of 35% (instead of 20%) in respect of the actual cost of new machinery or plant (other than a ship and aircraft) acquired and installed by a manufacturing undertaking or enterprise which is set up in the notified backward area of the State of Andhra Pradesh or the State of Telangana on or after the 1st day of April, 2015.\nTo remove the discrimination in the matter of allowing additional depreciation under section 32(1)(iia) on plant or machinery used for less than 180 days and used for 180 days or more, it is proposed to provide that the balance 50% of the additional depreciation on new plant or machinery acquired and used for less than 180 days which has not been allowed in the year of acquisition and installation of such plant or machinery, shall be allowed in the immediately succeeding previous year.\nDefinition of charitable purpose\nThe definition for charitable purpose provided under section 2(15) is proposed to be amended to include the activity of Yoga as a special category of activity to be considered as charitable purpose on the lines of education.\nThe definition is proposed to be further amended to provide that the advancement of any other object of general public utility shall not be a charitable purpose, if it involves the carrying on of any activity in the nature of trade, commerce or business, or any activity of rendering any service in relation to any trade,commerce or business, for a cess or fee or any other consideration, irrespective of the nature of use or application, or retention, of the income from such activity, unless,-\nsuch activity is undertaken in the course of actual carrying out of such advancement of any other object of general public utility; and\nthe aggregate receipts from such activity or activities, during the previous year, do not exceed 20% of the total receipts, of the trust or institution undertaking such activity or activities, for the previous year .\nCost of acquisition in the hands of resulting company\nThere is no express provision under the Income-tax Act, with regard to value to be considered as cost of acquisition of a capital asset in the hands of resulting company on transfer of capital assets acquired on demerger. Accordingly, section 49 is proposed to be amended to provide that the cost of acquisition of an asset acquired by resulting company shall be the cost for which the demerged company acquired the capital asset as increased by the cost of improvement incurred by the demerged company.\nDirect Taxes Code\nSince the jurisprudence under the Income-tax Act is well evolved and a large number of provisions of the proposed DTC have already been included in the Income-tax Act, 1961 and the remaining are proposed to be included through the Finance Bill, 2015, the Government has expressed its resolve of not going ahead with the DTC.\nSYNOPSIS- INTERNATIONAL TAXATION PROVISIONS\nFund Managers in India not to constitute business connection of offshore funds\nIt is proposed that mere presence of a fund manager in India would not constitute PE of the offshore funds, as this is resulting in adverse tax consequences currently.\nIn order to facilitate location of fund managers of off-shore funds in India a specific regime has been proposed in the Act in line with international best practices with the objective that, subject to fulfilment of certain conditions by the fund and the fund manager,-\nthe tax liability in respect of income arising to the Fund from investment in India would be neutral to the fact as to whether the investment is made directly by the fund or through engagement of Fund manager located in India; and\nthat income of the fund from the investments outside India would not be taxable in India solely on the basis that the Fund management activity in respect of such investments have been undertaken through a fund manager located in India.\nIn the case of an eligible investment fund, the fund management activity carried out through an eligible fund manager acting on behalf of such fund shall not constitute business connection in India of the said fund.\nReduction in rate of tax on Income by way of Royalty and Fees for technical services in case of non - residents - Proposed Reduction in Royalty \/ FTS rate to 10% from 25%\nIt is proposed to reduce the rate of tax provided under section 115A on royalty and FTS payments made to non-residents from 25% to 10%.\nClarity relating to Indirect transfer provisions - Further clarification to Explanation 5 in section 9(1)(i)\nCurrently The Explanation 5 in section 9(1)(i) clarified that an asset or capital asset, being any share or interest in a company or entity registered or incorporated outside India shall be deemed to be situated in India if the share or interest derives, directly or indirectly, its value substantially from the assets located in India.\nThe share or interest of a foreign company or entity shall be deemed to derive its value substantially from the assets (whether tangible or intangible) located in India, if on the specified date, the value of Indian assets,-\nexceeds the amount of ten Crore rupees ; and\nRepresents at least fifty per cent. of the value of all the assets owned by the company or entity.\nValue of an asset shall mean the fair market value of such asset without reduction of liabilities, if any, in respect of the asset.\nThe specified date of valuation shall be the date on which the accounting period of the company or entity, as the case may be, ends preceding the date of transfer.\nRaising the threshold for specified domestic transaction- Increase in limit of specified domestic transaction from 5 Crores to 20 Crores rupees\nIt is proposed to amend section 92BA by increasing the limit of specified domestic transactions entered into by the assessee from 5 Crores to 20 Crores rupees.\nEnabling the Board to notify rules for giving foreign tax credit - Rules will be prescribed to claim foreign tax credit u\/s 90, 90A and 91\nCBDT may make rules to provide the procedure for granting relief or deduction, as the case may be, of any income-tax paid in any country or specified territory outside India, under section 90, or under section 90A, or under section 91, against the income-tax payable under the Act. This amendment will take effect from 1st day of June, 2015.\nClarity regarding source rule in respect of interest received by the non-resident in certain cases\nIn the case of a non-resident, being a person engaged in the business of banking, the PE in India of such non-resident shall be obligated to deduct tax at source on any interest payable to either the head office or any other branch or PE, etc. of the non-resident outside India. Further, non-deduction would result in disallowance of interest claimed as expenditure by the PE and may also attract levy of interest and penalty in accordance with relevant provisions of the Act.\nAmendment to the conditions for determining residency status in respect of Companies\nPOEM is proposed to be introduced for determining the residential status of company which is in line with DTAA\nIt is proposed to amend the provisions of section 6 to provide that a person being a company shall be said to be resident in India in any previous year, if-\nit is an Indian company; or\nIts place of effective management, at any time in that year, is in India. (Earlier the provision was - during that year, the control and management of its affairs is situated wholly in India)\nFurther, it is proposed to define the place of effective management to mean a place where key management and commercial decisions that are necessary for the conduct of the business of an entity as a whole are, in substance made.\nRationalisation of provisions relating to Tax Deduction at Source (TDS) and Tax Collection at Source (TCS) - Penalty of 1 lakh proposed for providing incorrect information or non-providing of information as per 195(6)\nIt is proposed to amend the provisions of section 195 of the Act to provide that the person responsible for paying any sum, whether chargeable to tax or not, to a non-resident individual or foreign company, shall be required to furnish the information of the prescribed sum in such form and manner as may be prescribed.\nIt is further proposed to insert a new provision in the Act to provide that in case of non-furnishing of information or furnishing of incorrect information under sub-section (6) of section 195(6) of the Act, a penalty of one lakh rupees shall be levied.\nIt is also proposed to amend the provisions of section 273B of the Act to provide that no penalty shall be imposable under this new provision if it is proved that there was reasonable cause for non - furnishing or incorrect furnishing of information under sub-section (6) of section 195 of the Act. These amendments will take effect from 1st June, 2015.\nPower of the Central Board of Direct Taxes to prescribe the manner and procedure for computing period of stay in India\nIt is proposed to amend the Act to provide that in the case of an Individual, being a citizen of India and a member of the crew of a foreign bound ship leaving India, the period or periods of stay in India shall, in respect of such voyage, be determined in the manner and subject to such conditions as may be prescribed. 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{"text":"Brian Eagles\n[javascript protected email address] 020 7529 5420\nMedia & EntertainmentData ProtectionCommercial Intellectual PropertyPrivate Client\nExperience & Background\nBrian enjoys over forty years' experience as a commercial lawyer, specialising in the fields of IP and media. He advises UK and international clients, both corporate and personal, in the fields of theatre, film, television, publishing, music and sports. A veteran of the media industry, his expertise includes advice in relation to financing, production, distribution, franchising and merchandising as well as upon digital and internet issues and data protection. He is an experienced mediator and arbitrator and sits on several panels including those of the Independent Film and Television Alliance, the Law Society and the Institute of Chartered Accountants. Brian also provides advice on probate matters and has many years' experience in handling a range of probate cases both straightforward and complex.\nOver the many years of his practice he has represented top talent across many fields including Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burrton, Rex Harrison, Sir Georg Solti, The Stranglers, Chas and Dave, Bruce Forsyth, Dick Emery, top selling authors, screenwriters and musicians, a world champion F1 driver, a title winning boxer and corporate media and sports entities including Peter Schaufuss Balletten, Lord Lew Grade, The Old Vic , Rugby World Cup, the IRB, a major international publishing company etc and a plethora of films, TV programmes and series.\nBrian advised upon and did all the legal work relating to the transfer of the hit musical 'Chicago' from Broadway to the West End where it ran for 14 years and he also dealt with its touring productions. He was instructed in relation to the West End musicals of 'The Commitments', 'Sunset Boulevard' starring Glenn Close and \"Only Fools and Horses\". He has recently concluded the contractual work for a production of a musical spectacular of \"Gone with the Wind\" in China. He is currently working on a potential transfer to the West End of the play 'The Guinea Pig Club' from York Theatre Royal and a parody in France of 'Gone with the Wind', as well as a diverse number of matters including the film \"Silver Ghost\" being co-produced by Anthony Haas and Martin Scorsese, licence agreements for the merchandising of famous international marks and brands and agreements for several television series and theatrical presentations for international authors and playwrights.\nBrian is a founder trustee\/director of The Ralph and Meriel Richardson Foundation and The Solti Foundation and is a voting member of BAFTA.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Cruise NewsHolland America Line\nHolland America Line Details 94-Day Roundtrip Voyage\nHolland America Line details its 94-day Grand Voyage from San Diego, California, which returns after a decade.\nModified Date: Sep 13, 2022\nPhoto Credit: RudenkoStudio \/ Shutterstock\nSailing 94 days with a circumnavigation of Australia and exploration of New Zealand, Holland America Line's Grand Australia and New Zealand voyage onboard Volendam is the newest Grand Voyage released by the Seattle-based cruise line.\nSailing roundtrip from San Diego, there will be 43 port calls while visiting the Great Barrier Reef, the natural wonders of Hawaii and the South Pacific, and the lush landscapes of New Zealand.\nVolendam's Grand Voyage\nHolland America Line's Volendam will sail on a 94-day Grand Voyages on January 3, 2024, visiting 43 ports around Australia, New Zealand, the Pacific, and Asia.\nThe Seattle-based cruise line has been working on several longer cruises over the past period, and this epic exploration is the newest addition to the company's portfolio. A cruise that the cruise line has been in the making for over ten years.\nPhoto Courtesy: Holland America Line\nBeth Bodensteiner, the chief commercial officer of Holland America Line: \"Australia continues to be a sought-after cruising destination, and by offering it as a Grand Voyage we're able to take our time and feature other beautiful locales like the islands of the South Pacific, New Zealand and the Great Barrier Reef.\"\n\"It's been more than ten years since we've offered this Grand Voyage itinerary, and we listened to our guests who requested that we bring it back. The San Diego departure makes it easy for our North American guests to explore this region and make it a memorable journey along the way.\"\nSailing from San Diego, the cruise includes a circumnavigation of Australia, a visit to the Great Barrier Reef, the Hawaiian islands and other islands around the Pacific Ocean, the Komodo dragons in Indonesia, and the incredible landscapes of New Zealand.\nAfter 94 days, the 60,906 gross tons, 1,432-passenger Volendam will return to San Diego, California, ensuring that guests in the US or Canada will not have to endure extensive flights to be able to see some of the remotest destinations on earth.\nHolland America Line's Volendam has been in the news recently as the Dutch government uses it to house Ukrainian refugees in the Port of Rotterdam.\nShorter Grand Voyage Options Also Available\nHighlights of the voyage include 43 port calls, with 17 of those in Australia. There will be four overnight calls in Fremantle and Sydney, Australia; Auckland, New Zealand; Papeete, Tahiti, and two evening departures in Honolulu, Hawaii, and Brisbane, Australia.\nGuests will be able to spend two full days of scenic cruising around the Great Barrier Reef, exploring the Ribbon Reef and Far North regions. There will also be scenic cruising in the Torres Strait between Australia and New Guinea and Milford Sound in New Zealand.\nFor the adventurous types, there will also be a visit to Komodo Island in Indonesia, the home of the stunning but frighteningly terrifying Komodo Dragons.\nHolland America will provide local cultural entertainment and notable guest headliners for those days at sea and evening entertainment. Dining will be elevated to a new level with menus that change regularly, featuring local ingredients and regional cuisine.\nWhile 94 days onboard is undoubtedly something that not many people will say no to, there are shorter options available for those that do not want to be or can't be onboard for such an extended time. Opportunities exist for a 58-day segment from San Diego to Sydney and a 36-day segment from Sydney to San Diego.\nOther Grand Voyages released by Holland America Line include the 2022 and 2023 Grand Africa Voyage, the 2023 and 2024 Grand World Voyages, and the 2023 Grand South America and Antarctica Voyage.\nRobert McGillivray - 28 mins ago","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Home > Ministries > Women's Ministry\nOur western culture says that women ought to overcome the traditional gender stereotypes and break free from the roles of a previous era.\nWhat does the Bible say about the role of women in our culture?\nWhat does it say about the difference between men and women?\nDoes it really advocate for oppression and subservience or is it really promoting a greater type of liberation than the world can offer?\nWhether married or single, whether older or younger, the Bible has a lot to say about what it means to be a woman who glorifies God. The women's ministry at GCBC recognizes the need that exists to train and equip women to live out their calling as Christians.\nThe ministry features regular prayer and fellowship nights where there is an opportunity to learn from each other about walking as godly women and to pray with each other. They also hold special events such as the end of year ladies function and there are also small group opportunities where women are able to have more dedicated mentoring and accountability.\nWhat's on this Month\nSunday @ 9:00 am - 9:45 am\nSunday @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm\ngracebiblechurch.org.au","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Tag Archives: steel hammer\nALBUM OF THE WEEK: Julia Wolfe's \"Steel Hammer\"\nPosted on August 18, 2014 by maestrobeats\nby Jill Kimball\nAlmost everyone has heard some version of a song about the man called John Henry. Legend has it that John Henry was a steel driver\u2013someone who drilled holes into rock so that explosives could blast entire mountainsides and make way for tunnels and railroads. One day, he tried to keep up with a machine and succeeded, only to die of stress-induced heart failure on the spot.\nA statue of John Henry in Summers County, West Virginia.\nThe character is fictional, but he represented the hordes of exploited laborers who built miles of American railroad in the late 19th century in harsh conditions for next to no pay. To this day, he is a symbol of unfair labor practices, of human strength, and of the skilled worker's ongoing struggle to find work in an age of machines.\nThe folk song \"John Henry\" is well-known across so many genres. Everybody from Bruce Springsteen to Johnny Cash to Aaron Copland to They Might Be Giants has recorded, arranged or referenced it. Rather than being deterred by its ubiquity, though, the composer Julia Wolfe was inspired by it. Believe it or not, she waded through every version of \"John Henry\" she could find, noted all the lyric differences\u2013since it's an old folk tale, there are many\u2013and wrote her own tribute in an album called Steel Hammer.\nMusically, there's a lot going on in this album. Norway's vocal Trio Mediaeval provides strange, haunting and ethereal vocals throughout, accompanied by vastly different groups of instruments on each track. But the concept is simple: it's an amalgamation of every John Henry story ever told, the details of which are often contradictory.\nThe album begins with mysterious, minimalistic vocals that reminded me a lot of fellow Bang on A Can composer David Lang. Then, a few effects are layered over the voices as they mimic the sound of a train whistle amid what sounds like a steel hammer driving into rock and the constant chug-a-chug of a steam engine.\nAccording to legend, John Henry worked on a railroad in West Virginia. Or perhaps it was Kentucky. Or was it Columbus, Ohio? All of John Henry's supposed locations are listed off in the folky, meandering second track, \"The States,\" which is pleasantly dissonant in all the right places. I especially like the introduction of driving percussion later in the track.\nTwo other tracks, \"Characteristics\" and \"Polly Ann \u2013 The Race,\" poke fun at the inconsistencies between John Henry stories. Some say he was tall; others say he was small. While some versions call his lover Polly Ann, others call her Mary Ann.\nIn \"Destiny,\" we learn that John Henry sealed his fate when he discovered his strength. \"This hammer's gonna be the death of me,\" the vocal trio repeats as a piano and a cello play frenetic dissonant patterns and grow ever louder. The whole track ends loudly and abruptly, creating a frightening cliffhanger. We're on the edge of our seats even though we all know the story's tragic end.\n\"Mountain\" paints a musical picture of the setting around which John Henry worked. At first it's contemplative and tonal, but it grows increasingly dissonant as the steel driver's death sinks in.\nThe two last movements, \"Winner\" and \"Lord, Lord\", are like the modern answer to a Requiem mass, a seven-minute opportunity to come to grips with John Henry's death, to grieve, and finally to hope that he is at peace now.\nThere's a reason why this album was the runner-up for a Pulitzer Prize. It's a triumph: beautiful but challenging, modern but accessible, at once relaxed and disquieting. I highly recommend you check it out! It's available now on Cantaloupe Music's website.\nPosted in New Releases, On Demand Clips, Reviews, Uncategorized\t| Tagged bang on a can, cantaloupe records, david lang, folk, john henry, julia wolfe, minimalism, pulitzer runner-up, steam engine, steel hammer, train, trio mediaeval\t| 1 Reply","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Home Scholarships HSE University Global Scholarship Competition in Russia 2023\nHSE University Global Scholarship Competition in Russia 2023\nWould you like to study in Russia? Applications are open to apply for the HSE Global Scholarship Competition 2023 in Russia. International Students who want to study in Russia to pursue their Bachelor's Degree are highly encouraged to apply for the HSE Global Scholarship in Russia.\nThe HSE Global Scholarships are offered in 14 different subjects Foreign Languages (English), Asian Studies, International Relations, Advertising, and Public Relations, Journalism, Mathematics, Psychology, Modern Politics, Physics, Social Sciences, Cultural Studies, Media Communications, Law, History, Design, Philology, and Philosophy.\nThe HSE Consistently ranked as one of Russia's top universities; HSE University is a Russian education leader and one of the superior economics and social sciences universities in eastern Europe and Eurasia. Having rapidly grown into a well-known research university over 2 decades, HSE University established itself apart with its international presence and cooperation. You can also apply for UNIL Masters Scholarship Program 2023 in Switzerland\nHSE Global Scholarship 2023 Details:\nScholarship Host Country: Russia\nHost University: Higher School of Economics (HSE)\nCourse Level: Undergraduate Degree\nScholarship Value: Full Tuition\nEligibility: International Students\nDeadline: 1 October 2022.\nCheck KAIST University Scholarship in South Korea 2023 (Fully Funded)\nBenefits of HSE Global Scholarship 2023:\nSelected candidates for HSE Global Scholarship Competition 2023 will get the following benefits.\nHSE scholarship Winners are eligible for full-tuition waivers, partial scholarships, and 75% discount in tuition fees.\nHSE Global Scholarship Competition winners get early admission decisions.\nHSE University GSC diplomas are valid for 2 consecutive years following the Competition.\nAn excellent opportunity to earn more expertise in a particular field of study.\nHSE GSC is a perfect way of career preparation.\nNew and exciting connections.\nCheck Chevening Scholarship in the UK 2023 (Fully Funded)\nAvailable Study Fields & Majors:\nHistory (World History)\nSocial Sciences (Person. Society. State)\nModern Politics\nPhilology and Philosophy.\nCheck Swiss Government Excellence Scholarships 2023\nEligibility Criteria for the HSE Global Scholarship 2023:\nTo be eligible for HSE Global Scholarship 2023, candidates need to meet the following eligibility criteria:\nInternational candidates (non-Russian) citizens, stateless persons, or Russian nationals living outside Russia.\nApplicants must be enrolled in either grades 10-11 of high schools for 11-year programs or levels 11-12 for 12-year programs.\nInternational high school graduates are also eligible to apply.\nAll applicants must be under 30 years old.\nApplication Timeline:\nLast date to apply online: 1st October 2022\nHSE Competition date: 20 to 30th October 2022\nHow to Apply for the HSE Global Scholarship 2023?\nPlease read the how to Apply section for undergraduate programmes and select your programme.\nComplete the HSE required online registration.\nIdentify Subjects (fields of study) that are relevant to you and your chosen degree programme.\nTake part in the Competition in respective subjects (fields of study) in one of the countries outside Russia, and Russia.\nGet your Competition results and find out more about your chances of admission to HSE undergraduate programmes.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Alternative Rock Band The Kills And Seagram's 7 Crown Salute Dive Bars Across The Country With Re-Mastered Jukebox Tunes For National Dive Bar Day\nPR Newswire June 13, 2019\nThe Indie rock duo will re-release two re-mastered songs available complimentary to consumers on participating TouchTunes jukeboxes nationwide, including dive bars, on July 7\nNORWALK, Conn., June 13, 2019 \/PRNewswire\/ -- From your favorite casual dive to your neighborhood pub, Seagram's 7 Crown toasts watering holes across the country for its second annual National Dive Bar Day celebration on July 7. This year, the American whiskey is collaborating with indie rock duo, The Kills, to re-release two songs the band re-mastered for dive bar jukeboxes nationwide. On July 7, dive bar goers can raise a glass to these beloved American institutions while enjoying The Kills' re-released versions of Blue Moon and Night Train, complimentary to consumers across targeted TouchTunes jukeboxes in honor of National Dive Bar Day.\nExperience the interactive Multichannel News Release here: https:\/\/www.multivu.com\/players\/English\/8560851-seagrams-7-crown-whiskey-the-kills-national-dive-bar-day\/\nSeagram's 7 Crown Whiskey paired with lemon-lime soda, most often called a 7 and 7, is a classic dive bar cocktail to order in celebration National Dive Bar Day on July 7. Photo provided by DIAGEO.\nThe re-released versions of Blue Moon and Night Train were re-mastered specifically for TouchTunes dive bar jukeboxes, honoring the laid-back and often historic hidden gems where The Kills got their start. Both songs will also be cut on a limited edition 7\" vinyl record for the very first time in the U.S. and available at events on National Dive Bar Day in these seven cities: Dallas, TX; Denver, CO; Jacksonville, FL; Nashville, TN; New York, NY; Sacramento, CA and Seattle, WA.\n\"Dive bars are about getting together with friends and enjoying great music over a simple, straightforward drink, like a 7 & 7,\" said Diageo Brand Director Jason Sorley. \"We're honored to work with The Kills this National Dive Bar Day to celebrate our favorite dives and shine a light on what makes them so great. We hope everyone will join us in supporting their local hangout on July 7 so that dive bars everywhere can continue to thrive.\"\nSeagram's 7 Crown started National Dive Bar Day last year, fittingly taking place on July 7 in honor of the quintessential dive bar drink, the 7 & 7. National Dive Bar Day, which is officially recognized by the National Day Calendar, is part of the brand's year-round commitment to its Save the Dive Bar initiative.\n\"We're thrilled to collaborate with Seagram's 7 for National Dive Bar Day and give these songs new energy as a toast to dive bars everywhere. Blue Moon and Night Train were written in dive bars, so this seemed like a perfect tribute,\" said Alison Mosshart, lead vocalist for The Kills. \"There's such a rich history and feeling of inclusiveness that has always attracted us to these types of places. We've seen some of our favorite spots close over the years, which is just another reason why Seagram's 7's mission to Save the Dive Bar really hit home,\" added lead guitarist for The Kills, Jamie Hince.\nWhile they were recorded several years apart, both Blue Moon and Night Train were produced at Key Club in Benton Harbor, Michigan, where Mosshart and Hince spent time between sessions hitting up the local dive bar scene. Sonically, the two songs are very different, but the re-mastered versions bring them closer together, pairing two moments in time that were instrumental in the band's growth.\nSeagram's 7 Crown is a carefully blended American whiskey aged in oak with a rich and casual history. The whiskey shares a storied past with dive bars, as both have been an integral part of American drinking culture. To learn more about National Dive Bar Day and the Save the Dive Bar initiative, adults 21 and older can visit seagrams7.com or follow the #NationalDiveBarDay conversation on social media. And, don't forget to head to your local dive bar on July 7 to responsibly enjoy a 7 & 7 and ensure all our favorite dive bars live to see another day.\nAbout Seagram's 7 Crown\nSeagram's 7 Crown is an American icon with a rich heritage dating back to the 1930s. A blended American whiskey, Seagram's 7 Crown has a legacy of bringing people together through its easy-to-drink, smooth liquid. Seagram's 7 Crown is casual, approachable and has a taste profile that stands the test of time on its own and in its signature drink, the 7 & 7. For more information, visit seagrams7.com and follow us on Instagram @seagrams7. Seagram's 7 Crown encourages all consumers to please enjoy responsibly.\nAbout Diageo\nDiageo is a global leader in beverage alcohol with an outstanding collection of brands including Johnnie Walker, Crown Royal, Bulleit and Buchanan's whiskies, Smirnoff, C\u00eeroc and Ketel One vodkas, Captain Morgan, Baileys, Don Julio, Tanqueray and Guinness.\nDiageo is listed on both the New York Stock Exchange (DEO) and the London Stock Exchange (DGE) and our products are sold in more than 180 countries around the world. For more information about Diageo, our people, our brands, and performance, visit us at diageo.com. Visit Diageo's global responsible drinking resource, DRINKiQ.com, for information, initiatives, and ways to share best practice.\nFollow us on Twitter for news and information about Diageo North America: @Diageo_NA.\nCelebrating life, every day, everywhere.\nAbout TouchTunes\nTouchTunes provides innovative entertainment solutions to over 75,000 bars, restaurants and other social spaces worldwide. Our award-winning music systems spark engagement and encourage customers to stay longer by creating memorable experiences through an integrated music platform that includes digital jukeboxes, mobile, photo booth and TouchTunesTV. TouchTunes, an Octave Group company, uses the power of music and media to inspire emotional connections in shared spaces, enhancing the way people interact with each other and their environment. We are proud to provide our products and services through an extensive network of qualified local amusement operators.\nFollow TouchTunes on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.\nJason Sorley\nJason.D.Sorley@diageo.com\nKait Sheppard\nTaylor Global\nksheppard@taylorstrategy.com\nThe Kills, made up of Alison Mosshart and Jamie Hince, have joined Seagram's 7 Crown Whiskey to celebrate dive bars across the country with the re-release of two remastered songs -- Night Train and Blue Moon -- on National Dive Bar Day this year. Photo by Clayton Cubitt via DIAGEO.\nView original content:http:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/alternative-rock-band-the-kills-and-seagrams-7-crown-salute-dive-bars-across-the-country-with-re-mastered-jukebox-tunes-for-national-dive-bar-day-300867404.html\nMarket Recap: Wednesday, July 17th","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Home To Do & To See Out 'N' About Never Break The Chain\nNever Break The Chain\nRock Out With Fleetwood Mac At BB&T Center\nFleetwoodMac-Slide-f66ac0339b_copy_opt.jpg\nLindsey Buckingham may have gone his own way after more than 40 years with Fleetwood Mac, but the iconic band still knows how to put on a show with style and substance.\nThe new lineup of Stevie Nicks, Christine McVie, John McVie, Mick Fleetwood and newcomers Mike Campbell and Neil Finn has embarked on a tour of more than 50 cities.\nNicks explained the group's endurance to Rolling Stone: \"We don't want to stop playing music. We don't have anything else to do. This is what we do.\"\nAmong the lucky venues: the BB&T Center in Sunrise, which rolls out the red carpet on Feb. 20 at 8 p.m. for the group.\nThe band knew fans would have lots of questions, so it took to its website to explain its new look.\n\"Fleetwood Mac has always been about an amazing collection of songs that are performed with a unique blend of talents. We jammed with Mike and Neil and the chemistry really worked,\" noted Fleetwood. \"We know we have something new yet it's got the unmistakable Mac sound.\"\nThe group, which has sold more than 100 million records, recently celebrated its 50th anniversary.\nIn November, it released a new 50-song collection that explores the group's entire career, \"from its early days playing the blues to its global success as one of the most-enduring and best-selling bands in rock history.\"\nThe group - which is no stranger to controversy and change - has embraced its new look.\n\"Fleetwood Mac has always been a creative evolution. We look forward to honoring that spirit on this upcoming tour,\" it notes on the website. O\nFor more information, call 954-835-7469 or visit thebbtcenter.com.\nOut 'N' About February 2019","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Snopes Attacks WashTimes, Daily Wire on Frederica Wilson's Gaffe on Censoring Mockery\nNewsbusters.org\nThe \"fact checkers\" at Snopes.com are running to the defense of liberal Democrats again in a July 10 post headlined \"Did Rep. Frederica Wilson Advocate Prosecuting People Who 'Make Fun' of Congress?\"\nThe answer is yes. But David Mikkelsen at Snopesinsisted \"context is key,\" that conservative media outlets like the Washington Times and the Daily Wire skipped over how Wilson was responding to rude Facebook memes.\nWhat Wilson said was an obvious fact:\n\"Those people who are online making fun of members of Congress are a disgrace. And there's no need for anyone to think that is unacceptable. [?] We're gonna shut them down! And work with whoever it is to shut them down, and they should be prosecuted! You cannot intimidate members of Congress, threaten members of Congress. It is against the law, and it's a shame in this United States of America.\"\nIn the Democrat's defense, Snopes actually turned to FoxNews.com, which added \"Wilson's comments came amid a controversy over a Facebook group that includes Border Patrol agents and where they allegedly mocked and posted graphic content about members of Congress, including New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.\"\nThe liberal journalism site ProPublica reported that a secret Facebook group apparently for current and former Border Patrol officers included rude messages about how someone should \"throw a burrito\" at Latina members of Congress and included memes about Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez performing oral sex on an immigrant, or on the president. There is no evidence provided that these Facebook posters were actual Border Patrol officers, or just someone who was admitted to the group.\nEven if you insist that Wilson was referring to the ProPublica story, rude oral-sex memes do not constitute a threat. Throwing burritos at officials would be violence, but making burrito-throwing jokes on Facebook inside a secret group isn't a message directly threatening a legislator. Wilson could only feel threatened after reading a ProPublica article that was created to promote a liberal message against Border Patrol officers.\nSnopes links to Wikipedia's article when it throws the word \"illegal,\" but it's clear from that article that most of the violent talk and harassment and doxxing directed at legislators in the Trump era is committed by the Left.\nTrying to provide \"context\" to this liberal gaffe isn't a \"fact check.\" It's a \"let's add context\" spin on behalf of gaffe-prone Democrats.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Notes from the Editors\nDecember 2015 (Volume 67, Number 7)\nTopics: Imperialism Marxism Socialism War Places: Americas Asia Indonesia United States\nIn this issue we feature two articles on the 1965\u20131966 mass killings and imprisonments in Indonesia. The army-led bloodbath was aimed at the near-total extermination of members of the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI), then a highly successful electoral party with a membership in the millions.\u2026 In all, an estimated 500,000 to a million (or more) people were murdered. Another 750,000 to a million-and-a-half people were imprisoned, many of whom were tortured. Untold thousands died in prison. Only around 800 people were given a trial\u2014most brought before military tribunals that summarily condemned them to death.\u2026 The United States\u2026was involved clandestinely in nearly every part of this mass extermination: compiling lists of individuals to be killed; dispatching military equipment specifically designated to aid the known perpetrators of the bloodletting; offering organizational and logistical help; sending covert operatives to aid in the \"cleansing\"; and providing political backing to the killers.\u2026 [T]he mass killings\u2026[were carried out with the active] complicity of the U.S. media. | more\u2026\nMarxism and Ecology\nCommon Fonts of a Great Transition\nby John Bellamy Foster\nTopics: Ecology Marxist Ecology Political Economy Places: Bolivia Global\nTo link Marxism and ecological transition may seem at first like trying to bridge two entirely different movements and discourses, each with its own history and logic: one having mainly to do with class relations, the other with the relation between humans and the environment. However, historically socialism has influenced the development of ecological thought and practice, while ecology has informed socialist thought and practice. Since the nineteenth century, the relationship between the two has been complex, interdependent, and dialectical.\u2026 This essay unearths the deep ecological roots of Marx's thought, showing how he brought an environmental perspective to bear on the overarching question of social transformation. From there it traces the evolution of Marxian ecology, illuminating its profound, formative link to modern ecological economics and systems ecology. It concludes with the wider project of building the broad and deep social movement required to halt and reverse ecological and social destruction. | more\u2026\nNo Reconciliation without Truth\nAn Interview with Tan Swie Ling on the 1965 Mass Killings in Indonesia\nby Intan Suwandi\nTopics: Imperialism Marxism War Places: Americas Asia Indonesia United States\nIn the early morning of October 1, 1965, self-proclaimed left-wing troops raided the houses of seven top army generals in Jakarta. In the process, six of the generals were killed\u2014three were shot during the kidnapping attempt, while the others were taken to Lubang Buaya, an air force base located in the south of Jakarta, and then killed. The seventh general, Nasution, managed to escape. The perpetrators announced on national radio that they were troops loyal to President Sukarno, and they aimed to protect the president from the danger posed by the right-wing \"Council of Generals\"\u2014who, they said, were planning to launch a military coup d'\u00e9tat.\u2026 This movement was very short-lived. Within one day, it collapsed. Major General Suharto\u2026took control of the army during the morning of October 1 and quickly crushed the movement.\u2026 [W]hat happened on October 1, 1965 marked the fall of Sukarno and the rise of Suharto, who was soon to rule Indonesia under his military dictatorship for more than three decades. The brutality of Suharto's New Order is probably not news for people familiar with Indonesia. But there is \"an episode the West would prefer to forget,\" as journalist John Pilger put it, that accompanied Suharto's rise to power: the destruction of Communism and the mass killings that followed\u2014a phenomenon claimed by Time magazine in 1966 as \"The West's best news for years in Asia.\" | more\u2026\nThe United States and the 1965\u20131966 Mass Murders in Indonesia\nby Bradley Simpson\nTopics: History Imperialism War Places: Americas Asia Indonesia United States\nOn October 1, 1965, the teletype in the White House relayed the account of a supposed \"coup\" by a group of Indonesian army officers calling themselves the September 30th Movement. In Jakarta the movement, which had begun the night before under the alleged leadership of Lieutenant Colonel Untung with the kidnapping and killing of six generals of the Indonesian Army High Command, was already unraveling. The September 30th Movement was a relatively small-scale affair. It was poorly planned and so clumsily executed that it seemed almost preordained to fail. Major General Suharto\u2026took control of the army, and blamed what he labeled a \"coup attempt\" entirely on the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI). Within two weeks, a much more momentous army-led and U.S.-backed movement to exterminate the PKI and its supporters was under way. Working with Muslim organizations, student groups, and other anti-Communist organizations, the army proceeded over the next five months to murder hundreds of thousands of unarmed, alleged PKI members. The slaughter paved the way for the army's ouster of Sukarno in March 1966, its ascension to power, and the reconfiguration of Indonesian politics and foreign policy.\u2026 The liquidation of the PKI in Indonesia was \"perhaps the greatest setback for Communism in the Third World in the 1960s\" and an event with enormous implications for each of the Great Powers. | more\u2026\nLaudato Si\u2014The Pope's Anti-Systemic Encyclical\nby Michael L\u00f6wy\nTopics: Climate Change Culture Ecology Education Places: Bolivia Global\nPope Francis's \"ecological encyclical\" is an event which\u2014whether taken from a religious, ethical, social, or political point of view\u2014is of planetary importance. Considering the enormous influence of the Catholic Church worldwide, it is a crucial contribution towards the development of a critical ecological consciousness. It was received with enthusiasm by the true defenders of the environment; however it aroused uneasiness and rejection among religious conservatives, representatives of capital, and ideologues of \"market ecology.\" It is a document with a great richness and complexity, one that proposes a new interpretation of the Judeo-Christian tradition, a rupture with the \"promethean dream of dominion over the world,\" and a profoundly radical reflection on the causes of the ecological crisis. Many aspects of liberation theology\u2026can be seen as a source of inspiration here, particularly the inseparable.\u2026 In the following brief notes, I am interested in emphasizing the aspect of the encyclical that explains the resistance it has found in the economic and media establishment: its anti-systemic character. | more\u2026\nA Question of Place\nby Grace Lee Boggs\nTopics: Capitalism Democracy Movements Political Economy Places: Americas United States\nOn February 29, 2000, a first-grader in the Buell Elementary School in Flint took a semi-automatic rifle to school and fatally shot his classmate, six-year-old Kayla Rolland. Since then, there have been countless stories about the tragedy in the media. Those I have read or heard have focused on the chaos in the boy's family and\/or guns in the home and community. All have avoided saying that Buell School is in Flint. Instead they have located it in \"Mt. Morris Township, somewhere near Flint.\"\u2026 Buell Elementary School is in the Flint Beecher school district, and has a Flint address and a Flint phone number. But Flint officials, in collusion with GM, deny that Buell is in Flint, which has been known as Buick City. They want to dissociate GM from the devastation and violence that have overtaken the city since the Buick plant closed down.\u2026 I was in Flint a couple of weeks before the Buell shooting and GM's responsibility for the city's disintegration is as plain as day. A generation ago, Flint was a thriving working-class town. Now the abandoned Buick plant, spread out over an area as large as Detroit's downtown, sits like a ghostly monster in the midst of empty parking lots, surrounded by block after block of tiny houses, little more than shacks, which once housed GM workers. No wonder Flint suffers from one of the highest per capita rates of murder, rape, and theft in the country. | more\u2026\nReconstructing Marx's Critique of Political Economy from His London Notebooks\nby Kohei Saito\nTopics: Ecology Marxism Marxist Ecology Places: Europe Germany Global\nLucia Pradella, Globalization and the Critique of Political Economy: New Insights from Marx's Writings (London: Routledge, 2015), 218 pages, $160, hardback.\nIn 2012, the second section of the new historical-critical edition of Marx and Engels's complete writings, the Marx-Engels-Gesamtausgabe (MEGA), was finally completed, and all the editions and manuscripts of Capital became available in order to trace Marx's own theoretical development and Engels's editorial works. The remaining three sections are, however, only halfway completed, and it will likely take at least another twenty years before all the work is finished.\u2026 What is more, a great number of them are Marx's journal fragments and excerpts, which have not yet been published in any language. In this sense, the distinct importance of continuing the MEGA project is the further publication of these unknown notebooks, which promise to reveal Marx's unfinished undertaking, the critique of political economy.\u2026 It is therefore no coincidence that a new trend has emerged in the last few years of scholars studying Marx's notebooks. Works like Kevin Anderson's Marx at the Margins, Heather Brown's Marx on Gender, and my own article on Liebig in Monthly Review have shown the underestimated theoretical dimensions of anti-colonialism, gender, and ecology in Marx's thought. | more\u2026\nNovember 2015 (Volume 67, Number 6)\nTopics: Imperialism Marxism War Places: Americas Middle East Syria United States\nTo understand why the Middle East is now in shambles, with the United States currently involved simultaneously in wars against both the Assad government in Syria and the Islamic State in Iraq, generating the greatest refugee crisis in Europe since the Second World War, it is necessary to go back almost a quarter-century to the 1991 Persian Gulf War. The Gulf War, unleashed by the United States in response to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait, was made possible by the growing disorder in the USSR followed by its demise later that same year. The USSR's disappearance from the world stage allowed the United States to shift to a naked imperialist stance\u2014though justified in the manner of the colonial empires of old as \"anti-terrorism\" and \"humanitarian intervention\"\u2014not only in the Middle East, but also along the entire great arc that had constituted the perimeter of the former Soviet Union. | more\u2026\nThe Great Capitalist Climacteric\nMarxism and \"System Change Not Climate Change\"\nTopics: Climate Change Ecology Marxist Ecology Places: Bolivia Global\nHumanity today is confronted with what might be called the Great Capitalist Climacteric. In the standard definition, a climacteric (from the Greek klimakt\u0113r or rung on the ladder) is a period of critical transition or a turning point in the life of an individual or a whole society. From a social standpoint, it raises issues of historical transformation in the face of changing conditions. In the 1980s environmental geographers Ian Burton and Robert Kates referred to \"the Great Climacteric\" to address what they saw as the developing global ecological problem of the limits to growth\u2026. I will use the term the Great Capitalist Climacteric here to refer to the necessary epochal social transition associated with the current planetary emergency. It refers both to the objective necessity of a shift to a sustainable society and to the threat to the existence of Homo sapiens (as well as numerous other species) if the logic of capital accumulation is allowed to continue dictating to society as a whole. The current world of business as usual is marked by rapid climate change, but also by the crossing or impending crossing of numerous other planetary boundaries that define \"a safe operating space for humanity.\" | more\u2026\nWhither Japan? Seven Decades After Defeat\nby Herbert P. Bix\nTopics: Imperialism Political Economy War Places: Asia Japan Ukraine\nThe hard-won lessons of Japan's wartime defeat are enshrined in its National Constitution and Article 9 in particular.\u2026 For the past seventy years, Article 9 remained a fundamental principle of Japanese diplomacy, undergirded by memories of the Asia-Pacific War and the U.S. occupation, buttressed by important revisionist histories of Japanese imperialism. A politically recovered, economically restored Japanese populace still appreciates the Constitution and the relevance of Article 9. But conservative politicians who never believed in the Constitution's ideals repeatedly challenged and worked around Article 9 despite the majority's support for it.\u2026 Today, once again, Article 9 stands in danger of abandonment by interpretation rather than revision by constitutional processes. | more\u2026\nWars Past and Wars to Come\nby John Newsinger\nTopics: Imperialism War Places: Americas Middle East Syria United States\nWith the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War, elements within the U.S. ruling class came to believe that their country was militarily invincible. Indeed, they believed this newfound military superiority over any potential rival was something new in human history. So great was its technological advantage, the United States could destroy its enemies with complete impunity. A long-heralded Revolution in Military Affairs was taking place, enabling the United States to reshape the world. New smart technologies would disperse the \"fog of war,\" making it possible for the United States to kill its enemies without their being able to strike back, and the \"Vietnam syndrome\" could be overcome once and for all.\u2026 Even so, at this point in time, the U.S. government proceeded with considerable caution. The then-secretary of defense, Dick Cheney no less, made clear that the United States did not invade and occupy Iraq at this time because of the danger of finding itself in a \"quagmire\" where it would be taking casualties while the Kurds, the Shia, and the Sunnis fought it out. The administration decided not to involve itself in \"that civil war.\" Such a commitment would have had to involve the use of \"overwhelming force\" for an extended period if it was to have any chance of success. This was in 1991. Ten years later such caution had been replaced by an overweening self-confidence, by a belief that the United States could completely reshape the Middle East, starting with Iraq, and then moving on to Syria and Iran. And, moreover, this could all be achieved with a comparatively small invading and occupying army. | more\u2026","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"\u00d6vers\u00e4ttning 'Goldilocks' \u2013 Ordbok svenska-Engelska Glosbe\nIn a first, Indian scientists find exoplanet where one 'year' lasts\nIt's in the goldilocks zone. The Goldilocks Zone Jahra | 2020-05-01 | 7:04 | A. Serenade No. 11 in E-Flat Major, K. 375: IIb. Trio Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | 2020-08-01 | 2:45 | Eb. Per Mathisen och Gary Husband \u00e4r ocks\u00e5 tekniker som har den r\u00e4tta k\u00e4nslan f\u00f6r musiken och inte l\u00e5ter tekniken ta \u00f6ver. The Goldilocks Zone Stellar activity masquerading as planets in the habitable zone of the M The Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia: Notes for Planet GJ 581g Planet 1999 \u2013 Devotion (Deluxe) \u00b7 Rave \u00b7 Ostdeutcher \u00b7 Throw dem D's \u00b7 Feta Covers \u00b7 Atst Goldilocks Zone \u00b7 DJ Harrison \u00b7 weekday trap \u00b7 Weekday \u00b7 Trance. The Goldilocks Zone seemed a remarkably small region of space which didn't even include the whole Earth. All life known in those days was confined to certain limits: no colder than Antarctica (penguins), no hotter than scalding water (desert lizards), no higher than the clouds (eagles), no lower than a few mines (deep mine microbes). The Goldilocks zone is the habitable zone around a star where it's not too hot and not too cold for liquid water to exist on the surface of orbiting planets. The 'Goldilocks Zone,' or habitable zone, is the range of distance with the right temperatures for water to remain liquid.\nSbk stockholm\nAr play qr code\nBorgwarner landskrona jobb\nClearingnr seb g\u00e4vle\n33 chf to inr\n2 dagar sedan \u00b7 Goldilocks worlds: just right for life? Of the 1,780 confirmed planets beyond our solar system, as many as 16 are located in their star's habitable zone, where conditions are neither too hot nor 2020-04-21 \u00b7 Goldilocks Principle Goldilocks Principle In astrobiology, the Goldilocks Principle applies to the range of distances that a planet's orbit can be from its star and maintain temperatures on the surface that are just right for liquid water. This range is known as the Goldilocks Zone. Listen to Goldilocks Zone on Spotify. August Landelius \u00b7 Album \u00b7 2019 \u00b7 10 songs. Earlier this month, NASA announced the exciting discovery of 54 planets within the so-called \"Goldilocks zone.\" This is where planetary conditions are not too hot, not too cold, so that liquid water can remain on the surface.\nIf you haven't heard the story here is the summary of Goldilocks Zone. A habitable zone, also called the \"Goldilocks zone\", is the area around a star where it is not too hot and not too cold for liquid water to exist on the surface of surrounding planets.\n#cosmos #planet #nebula #supernova #galaxy #gas #giant\nShare. Dense urban The Goldilocks Zone Sun and Earth makes ours the only known life-bearing planet in our Solar System. If a planet is too close to the Sun, water evaporates. The habitable zone first encompassed the orbits of Venus to Mars, planets close enough to the sun for solar energy to drive the chemistry of life \u2014 but not so close 22 Jul 2020 The Goldilocks Zone.\n@pappersfester Instagram profile with posts and stories\n10 sep. 2019 \u00b7 Stockfoto p\u00e5 A visitor (R) passes-by the artwork ?Goldilocks Zone? In this solar system the moon was a planet itself. There was a It passed through the asteroid belt and reached the goldilocks zone. It was not Adam Rutherford Today we know of only a single planet that hosts life: the Earth. But across a Universe of at least 100 billion possibly habitable f\u00f6r de nya TRAPPIST-1-systemplaneterna str\u00e4cker sig fr\u00e5n Planet McPlanetface upptar det som kallas \"Goldilocks Zone\", eller regionen runt en stj\u00e4rna som Listan \u00e4r baserad p\u00e5 uppskattningar av habitability av Habitable Exoplanets.\nDiscoveries in the Goldilocks Zone, like Earth-size planet Kepler-186f, are what scientists hope will lead us to water\u2013\u2013and one day life. The Goldilocks zone is the habitable zone around a star where it's not too hot and not too cold for liquid water to exist on the surface of orbiting planets.\nStr\u00f6mstads tennisklubb\n2019 \u00b7 Stockfoto p\u00e5 A visitor (R) passes-by the artwork ?Goldilocks Zone? In this solar system the moon was a planet itself. There was a It passed through the asteroid belt and reached the goldilocks zone. It was not Adam Rutherford Today we know of only a single planet that hosts life: the Earth. But across a Universe of at least 100 billion possibly habitable f\u00f6r de nya TRAPPIST-1-systemplaneterna str\u00e4cker sig fr\u00e5n Planet McPlanetface upptar det som kallas \"Goldilocks Zone\", eller regionen runt en stj\u00e4rna som Listan \u00e4r baserad p\u00e5 uppskattningar av habitability av Habitable Exoplanets. Den bebodda zonen, ibland kallad \"Goldilocks Zone\", \u00e4r regionen runt en stj\u00e4rna NASA scientists announced Monday they've found the most Earth-like world ever discovered.\nAbstract Homo sapiens are evolutionarily adapted to be very physically active throughou t life, and thus habitual physical activity In a recent paper, Harvard University researchers described a new, lower size limit for planets to maintain surface liquid water for long periods of time, extending the so-called Habitable or \"Goldilocks'' Zone for small, low-gravity planets. In astrobiology, the Goldilocks Principle applies to the range of distances that a planet can be from its star and maintain surface temperatures that are just right for water to be liquid. This range is known as the Goldilocks Zone. Temperatures that allow for liquid water are considered \"just right\" because life as we know it requires water. And so, in the search for extraterrestrial life, scientists are searching for planets in the \"Goldilocks zone\" around stars, where the temperature is just right\u2014not too hot and not too cold\u2014for liquid water. A habitable zone, also called the \"Goldilocks zone\", is the area around a star where it is not too hot and not too cold for liquid water to exist on the surface of surrounding planets.\n\u00c5sbro kursg\u00e5rd lunch\nBarracoon 2. G Sus 3. The Goldilocks Zone 4. The Immortal (H. 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The goldilocks zone is named after a 19th century story of a girl called Goldilocks.\nMurder in the Goldilocks Zone - Paula Bernstein - H\u00e4ftad - Bokus\nInteresting summary of potentially habitable extrasolar planets. Kosmos Kepler 22-b, as it's called, is located in the Goldilocks zone - not too far from its s.\nListen to Goldilocks Zone on Spotify.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Talk:Gardevoir (5e Race)\nMusicus Meter\nThis race scored 5.5 with the Musicus Meter race guidelines (score between 4 and 6 to an absolute maximum of 8). This metric may represent this page, or not. This is a guideline, not a rule, and it's important to use your own judgment alongside this scoring.\nThis scoring may be the groundwork for a focused {{needsbalance}} usage. A contributor to this page may request a detailed breakdown of this page's balance. Without this information, {{needsbalance}} may then be removed. This meter cannot be used to enforce needsbalance templates.\nThis template should only be placed on a race's talk page. If this template is not placed on the talk page, please move it.\nGardevoir[edit]\nRacial Trait\n2 Intelligence score increases by 2.\n1 Wisdom score increases by 1.\n0.5 Empathy\n-0.5 Fairy Skin\n0.5 Mental Discipline\n0.5 Minor Teleport\n1.5 Psionic Power\nTotal.\nFairy Skin was given a -0.5 because it sort of combines Fey Ancestry (0.5) with Damage Vulnerability (-1). However, there isn't anything for Condition Vulnerability, so, since I was unsure if I should just leave it at -0.5 or add an additional -0.5, I just left it as is.\nI wasn't too sure how to score Minor Teleport, but, given the fact that you can only use it as a bonus action and can't move before or after it's used, I couldn't see why it should be more than 0.5.\nLastly is Psionic Power. I used the score for Innate Spellcasting (1.5) given how it was written with gaining new Psionic Powers as you leveled.\n-MetalShadowOverlord (talk) 13:34, 14 March 2018 (MDT)\nBelow is the post I had here originally, stating why I designed the race the way I did before changes were made.\nSo I figured I'd start this discussion page off by explaining a few things, like why I designed this the way I did, along with some trivia:\nPhysical Description: I included a bit about shiny coloration. The part about the gardevoir with red hair and skin is a reference to Pokken Tournament, which is also why I mention how it was said to be a great fighter.\nHistory: The idea of a shiny Gardevoir fighting a Volcanion was meant to be a reference to the Pokemon TCG, namely \"Steam Siege\", as the following is written on the back of the Elite Trainer Box:\n\"Dual powers clash! Long years of stability come to an end when shiny Mega Gardevoir-EX lays Siege to the Mighty Gear Palace with a host of greedy forces. The mythical steam pok\u00e9mon Volcanion must wield the dual powers of fire and water to stop them! As the battle rages, Xerneas break and Yveltal break face off in the Pok\u00e9mon TCG: XY\u2014Steam Siege expansion!\"\nAlso, one of the Japanese booster packs for Steam Siege (which has a shiny mega Gardevoir on it) is called \"Cruel Traitor\".\nSociety: Although you usually find Ralts in forests, I included \"urban areas\" as a reference to how FireRed and LeafGreen classifies the Ralts' line habitat.\nAbilities: Because Gardevoir is a protective pokemon, I figured I'd trying making a version of Protection that takes Gardevoir's psychic typing into account. There's also \"Telepathic Dodge\", which was intended to act similarly to the ability Telepathy (which I obviously couldn't use since there's a spell by the same name), which allows a pokemon with said ability to avoid damage from attacks made by ally pokemon that would otherwise hit it. I can understand if these need to be nerfed or removed entirely, especially Telepathic Dodge since I'm unsure if I worded it properly, or if it would work. Psychic Antidote and Fairy Skin are based on how effective Poison type attacks are against Psychic and Fairy types. not only that, but Fairy Skin is the Japanese name for the ability Pixilate. Despair Ray's and Dazzling Gleam's exclusivity to certain alignments was based on the idea of the shiny gardevoir mentioned in the History section, and because I couldn't imagine someone being Lawful Good and using a move called Despair Ray (which, in itself, is a slightly modified version of Ray of Sickness, which is a spell anyone can learn regardless of alignment). Dazzling Gleam was given alignment exclusivity so Good aligned characters could have something. Plus I wanted to give players (especially ones playing True Neutral characters) a choice: Do you want a move that affects one creature at long range or many at a short range?\nI was also going to include Mega Evolution, but didn't want to make a page for Gardevoirite since I was unsure if my idea behind it would work for DnD. Here is what I had planned:\nMega Evolution. If you have a Gardevoirite in your possession, you can choose to Mega Evolve, but you may only do so during combat. You undergo the following changes: Your body loses all of it's green, except for your hair, your dress-skin puffs out, making it appear as though you are wearing a ballroom gown*, the uppermost of your feather-ears curve in a way that makes it look like you have small devil-like horns. Lastly, your chest-horn has split, giving the appearance of a butterfly opening it's wings. Your Intelligence increases by +2, but your Constitution decreases by -2. You also gain the ability Hyper Voice, which affects an area 20 ft around you and makes a noise that can be heard 150 ft away. Each creature in the area must make a Constitution saving throw. The DC for this saving throw equals 8 + your Charisma modifier + your proficiency bonus. On a failed save, each creature takes 4d6 Thunder Damage and is deafened. On a successful save, the creature only takes half damage and is not deafened. You may only use this ability once every time you Mega Evolve, and you may only Mega Evolve once every 3 days. Mega Evolution ends after 3 turns or when combat ends.\nIf you choose to play as a \"shiny\" Gardevoir (blue hair, light purple skin, etc), your dress-skin and the lower arms turn black.\nI had thought about writing something that allowed Mega Evolution to be performed outside of combat, but since you can only do this when in battle in the actual Pokemon games, I decided against it. Additionally, I did not make it so you had to use an action to Mega Evolve for the same reason, though I probably should have.\nLastly, I wrote the languages the way I did since I could not get languages to show up in the subrace sections.\nWhat do you guys think? -MetalShadowOverlord (talk) 03:03, 3 August 2017 (MDT)\nJust here to say that in ORAS, the Lati@s Mega-Evolves when you use the Eon Flute, so it might be possible for Pokemon to Mega-evolve outside of battle. It's due to the increase in abilities that makes Mega Evolution more viable in combat (though some Gen VII pokedex entries adds some....Nightmare fuel to Mega Evolutions...) There's also Mega Evolution that can occur in the Poke-Contests, so it's not just a combat boost. If Mega-Evolutions are a thing, there would have to be an inherent time period for the transformation, maybe a \"Once per Day\" thing. - Nightmares are dreams too... (talk) 15:41, 14 March 2018 (MDT)\nHuh, I actually forgot about being able to Mega Evolve during contests. I'm thinking of making it a bit longer than once per day, though, but I suppose I'll submit something and see what people think. I'm planning to try to do Z-Crystals as well. - MetalShadowOverlord (talk) 02:16, 17 March 2018 (MDT)\nI took a look at the race, since I was intrigued when I saw it, and have to admit I'm pleasantly surprised, especially with the Musicus score of 5.5. The only thing I really have to note about the race is the decision to use the Avatar order as the limitation on psionic discipline. If you ask me, I feel like many of the disciplines from the Awakened order are very fitting for Gardevoir, such as Precognition, Psychic Assault, Aura Sight, and Intellect Fortress. I'm not denying that many Avatar disciplines can fit, just that the Awakened disciplines, in my opinion, are more fitting to many of Gardevoir's more general traits, such as reading\/knowing the future, and distorting the dimensional fabric, as well as its generally potent psychic power. Making a change isn't necessary, I just wanted to put my suggestion out there for you to consider. - Alice-chan (talk) 09:18, 25 November 2019 (MST)\nRetrieved from \"https:\/\/www.dandwiki.com\/w\/index.php?title=Talk:Gardevoir_(5e_Race)&oldid=1244510\"\nMusicus","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"A rare and intimate performance by one of Australia's great long-standing trios\nHis playing has been described by the Sydney Morning Herald as \"ravishing\", pianist Matt McMahon has received almost all of Australia's most prestigious jazz awards, including the Freedman and National Jazz Award. One of Australia's most in-demand and accomplished pianists, his compositional work has been celebrated by audiences and critics alike. An active collaborator with the likes of Vince Jones, Phil Slater and Dale Barlow. His longstanding trio and close collaborators Jono Brown and Simon Barker have developed an astounding synergy over twenty years performing together.\nMatt McMahon Piano\nJonathan Brown Bass\nSimon Barker Drums\nVenue: The Space, AIM\nThe waves of invention pick you up and transport you with their ardour and grace but all the while you're aware of a keen intelligence that knew what it wanted in advance \u2013 Sydney Morning Herald","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Court Ruling Temporarily Blocks Enforcement of Voter ID\nOctober 2, 2012 \/in News \/by PAMatters\nCommonwealth Court Judge Robert Simpson has issued a partial preliminary injunction against the new law, which essentially means that voters will be asked to show a valid photo ID on November 6th, but they will not be required to do so.\nGovernor Tom Corbett says it'll be a continuation of the soft roll-out that was in place for the primary election this past April. Corbett addressed the Voter ID issue at an unrelated event, telling reporters it doesn't matter whether he's disappointed with the ruling or not. However, Corbett reiterated his support for the law. \"I think it is incumbent upon people to have photo ID, particularly to identify themselves when they are voting.\"\nCorbett suggests the Commonwealth is leaning against an appeal of Judge Simpson's ruling, but notes the ruling is still being reviewed.\nWhile most Republicans' reaction has been muted, that's not the case for the bill's prime sponsor, state Rep. Daryl Metcalfe (R-Butler). \"It's a violation of the separation of powers, and it's a violation of the will of the people,\" Metcalfe tells Radio PA.\nMetcalfe says the state is fulfilling its responsibility by providing free IDs for voting purposes, but Pennsylvania citizens have the responsibility to obtain one if they wish to exercise the right to vote. \"The state can't fix lazy,\" Metcalfe says. \"If somebody's too lazy to do what they have to do, we can't fix that. We can't hold every individual by the hand and take them through the process. They have to take on this responsibility.\"\nVic Walczak\nComments like those offend Vick Walczak, legal director of the ACLU of Pennsylvania. \"These are people who greatly value the right to vote, have gone to extraordinary lengths to try to get these IDs, and for some politician to get up and call them lazy is just beyond offensive,\" Walczak said during a conference call with reporters.\nHe and other Voter ID opponents who were on that call were hailing the judge's ruling as a great day for PA voters. \"On Election Day no one will be turned away from the polls because they don't have one of the photo IDs that would have otherwise been required,\" says Ben Geffen with the Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia.\nThe state will continue its voter education efforts in hopes that all registered voters will have a valid form of photo ID well in advance of next spring's primary election, when enforcement of the law is scheduled to begin. However, the plaintiffs will still make their case for a permanent injunction at a later date.\nLast week's Franklin & Marshall College Poll found that 2% of registered voters say they lack a valid photo ID; 59% favor the law.\nTags: ACLU, Daryl Metcalfe, Franklin and Marshall College Poll, Governor Tom Corbett, Voter ID\nhttps:\/\/www.pamatters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/JudicialCenter2.jpg 714 1182 PAMatters http:\/\/www.pamatters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/logo.png PAMatters2012-10-02 15:58:262012-10-02 15:58:26Court Ruling Temporarily Blocks Enforcement of Voter ID\nVoters Split on Governor Tom Corbett\nGovernor Tom Corbett on the death penalty in Pennsylvania\nAsk the Governor - August 4, 2014 (AUDIO)\nRadio PA Roundtable - August 8, 2014\nGovernor Tom Corbett Updates Transportation Funding\nAsk the Governor - February 26, 2014 (AUDIO)\nResource Extraction Bill Awaits Governor's Signature\nGovernor Tom Corbett on Money for Road Repairs\nBreat Cancer Awareness Month Marked at the Capitol PA in the Black for the First Quarter","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Jeannie C. Riley - Harper Valley P.T.A. (CD, Album)\n15.01.2020 15.01.2020 by Nizil\nLabel: Sun Record Company - SRC-CD 6000 \u2022 Format: CD Album \u2022 Country: US \u2022 Genre: Pop, Folk, World, & Country \u2022 Style: Country\nTake My Tears - Tina Charles - Take My Tears (CD), Cold Hard Heart, Country Boy - \u041c\u0430\u0434\u0434\u0438 \u0423\u043e\u0442\u0435\u0440\u0441* - Muddy Waters (Vinyl, LP), Marc Baron - Un Salon Au Fond DUn Lac (CD, Album), All Over The Nations - Helloween - The Dark Ride (CD, Album), Tommy Gun - The Clash - The Story Of The Clash Volume 1 (CD), Michael Smith (20) - The Sound (File, MP3), Hey Look Me Over - Jerry Vale - Hey Look Me Over (Vinyl, LP, Album), Railroad Song - Toots Thielemans - A Taste Of Toots (Vinyl, LP, Album), Brilliant Disguise - Bruce Springsteen - Greatest Hits (CD), DJ Fole - Magical Place (Slow With Style Anthem 2013) (File, MP3), Two Ships - Novella (2) - Land (Cassette, Album), No One At All - Firehouse (2) - The Ultimate Collection (CD), Payaso - Raphael (2) - Solo Lo Mejor: 20 Exitos (CD), Gangsters And Strippers - Various - Thug Nation Radio Presents Triple Threat Mix (CD)\nCategories Techno\n9 thoughts on \" Jeannie C. Riley - Harper Valley P.T.A. (CD, Album) \"\nGulrajas\nJeannie C Riley - Harper Valley Pta music CD album at CD Universe, In , Jeannie C, Riley became one of the biggest stars in country music almost overnight when.\nSep 27, \u00b7 This is a vintage live performance by Jeannie C. Riley of her hit song, \"Harper Valley P.T.A.\", written by Tom T. Hall. Riley was raised in Anson, Texas. This song immediately became a gigantic hit.\nHarper Valley P.T.A. movie clip \/ singer Jeannie C. Riley Jeanne Riley had cut a demo record for one of her songwriter friends, Royce Clark called \"The Old Town Drunk.\" It was a sarcastic ballad of the old drunk tha.\nFauzahn\nJeannie C. Riley. Jeannie C. Riley (born Jeanne Carolyn Stephenson, October 19, ) is an American country music and gospel singer. She is best known for her country and pop hit \"Harper Valley PTA\" (written by Tom T. Hall), which missed (by one week) becoming the Billboard Country and Pop number one hit at the same time.\nMajind\nJeannie C. Riley-Harper Valley P.T.A. - 8 Track Cartridge. $ + $ shipping. Loretta Lynn - Female Country 8 TRACK LOT 4 Jeannie C Riley SYLVIA western CASE No skipping on CD\/DVD. No fuzzy\/snowy frames on VHS tape. See the seller's listing for full details and description of any imperfections. See all condition definitions- opens Seller Rating: % positive.\nDarisar\nFeb 10, \u00b7 Discover releases, reviews, credits, songs, and more about Jeannie C. Riley - Harper Valley P.T.A. at Discogs. Complete your Jeannie C. Riley collection\/5().\nJeannie C. Riley Harper Valley P.T.A. Listener appreciation day at radio station WENO in Madison, Tennessee, the station laid on food and called in favors to get some entertainment. Tom T. Hall, newly signed to Mercury Records, was there as were Leon Ashley and his wife, Margie Singleton, joint owners of Ashley Records in nearby.\nKagazuru\nAug 21, \u00b7 With \"Harper Valley P.T.A.,\" Riley was the first female recording artist to reach No. 1 on both the Billboard Hot and the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts with the same single, a feat that.\nFenrinris\nJeannie C. Riley Jeannie C. Riley (born Jeanne Carolyn Stephenson, October 19, ) is an American country music and gospel singer. She is best known for her country and pop hit \"Harper Valley PTA\" (written by Tom T. Hall), which missed (by one week) becoming the Billboard Country and Pop number one hit at the same time.\nRain Drops - Tsui Ping - Awaiting (Vinyl, LP)\nLes Enfants Dans La For\u00eat - Chantal Goya - Le Myst\u00e9rieux Voyage De Marie-Rose (CD)\nIll Never Look For Love - Cameo - Single Life (Vinyl, LP, Album)\nBansha Peeler - The Morrisseys - The Old Rustic Bridge By The Mill (Vinyl, LP, Album)\n\u03a3 \u0391\u03b3\u03b1\u03c0\u03ac\u03c9 \u03a3\u03b1\u03bd \u03a4\u03c1\u03b5\u03bb\u03bb\u03cc\u03c2 - \u0391\u03bd\u03c4\u03cd\u03c0\u03b1\u03c2 - Live + 5 (CD, Album)\nZulusho on Jeannie C. Riley - Harper Valley P.T.A. (CD, Album)","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"What is NASH?\nAbout NASH Alliance\nNASH Prevention\nProtein profiling and functional analysis of liver mitochondria\nby ltsiwpadmin | Jun 30, 2017 | Overview & Epidemiology, Publications\nAbstract Mitochondrial dysfunction is closely associated with the pathogenesis of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). The aim of the present study was to comprehensively determine mitochondrial abnormalities in NASH by detecting the proteomics in liver mitochondria...\nAllergan Extending R&D Pipeline to Include NASH\nby ltsiwpadmin | Jun 26, 2017 | News\nBy Zacks Equity Research, Zacks.com June 26, 2017 We issued an updated research report on Allergan plc AGN on Jun 23. Acquisitions form an integral part of Allergan's expansion strategy. Allergan is reshaping its portfolio through strategic acquisitions. With...\nCompanies Race to Find NASH Cure\nBy Anne Steele Published June 23, 2017 The next frontier for multibillion-dollar drug therapies is a silent disease many people don't know they have. Dozens of pharmaceutical companies including Gilead Sciences Inc., Allergan PLC and Intercept Pharmaceuticals...\nJ&J Launches Partnerships for NASH, RA, obesity\nBy Chris Lieu The Johnson & Johnson Innovation unit of Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) announced several partnerships, including collaborations concerning obesity, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis and rheumatoid arthritis. J&J's Janssen Pharmaceuticals...\nNASH drug development halted\nRegulus Therapeutics acknowledged today that clinical development of its nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) candidate AZD4076 (RG-125) is being halted by AstraZeneca\u2014one of three Regulus pipeline candidates whose clinical programs are being scuttled. Regulus said...\nEmerging cancer trends among young adults in the USA: analysis of a population-based cancer registry\nAbout Danielle P. Turnipseed, J.D., M.H.S.A., M.P.P.\nAbout Billy Wynne, J.D.\nAbout Barret Thornhill, J.D.\nFatty liver disease strikes Latino children like a 'silent tsunami'\nDiagnostics & Therapeutic Advancements\nOverview & Epidemiology\nPolicy & Public Affairs\ninfo@NASHalliance.org","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"BGU develops new AI platform for monitoring and predicting ALS progression\nReviewed by Alina Shrourou, B.Sc. (Editor)Feb 20 2019\nTechnology will also improve drug development and clinical trials for neurodegenerative diseases\nBen-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) has developed a new artificial intelligence (AI) platform for monitoring and predicting progression of neurodegenerative diseases to help identify markers for personalized patient care and improve drug development.\nThe platform, developed by Prof. Boaz Lerner of the BGU Department of Industrial Engineering and Management will initially be used for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and ultimately for Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and other neurodegenerative diseases.\n\"One of the big challenges of designing and managing clinical trials for ALS is that it is a rare disease, and clinical variability makes it hard to identify markers for severity,\" says Prof. Lerner. \"As a result, after decades of research, there is still no real cure for ALS and several other challenging neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's.\n\"Our new technology will more accurately predict disease progression, a crucial ingredient for clinical trials, and better identify the interrelationships between demographics and other measurable factors identified through physical examinations and patient functionality.\"\nALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, is a fatal neurodegenerative disease that causes death of motor neurons which control voluntary muscles. This muscle atrophy leads to progressive weakness and paralysis, difficulty speaking, swallowing and breathing. The average survival time for people who are typically diagnosed between ages 40 to 60 is two to five years from onset of symptoms.\nNovel imaging technique produces accurate, real-time intraoperative diagnosis of brain tumors\nUVA Health proposal to reduce hospital readmissions selected for national AI competition\nALS population heterogeneity complicates research and drug development because of symptom variability at onset, disease progression rates and patterns, and survival statistics. This variability makes it difficult to predict disease progression rate and pattern for individuals.\nHaving a reliable personalized prediction platform could improve patient care and quality of life for many patients and their caregivers. The new AI platform could also improve clinical trial design by identifying markers for various patient sub-populations' treatment.\nThe BGU platform integrates demographic and clinical data with machine learning and data mining algorithms to produce models that can predict the rate and pattern of ALS progression, identify specific lab tests or vital signs, and stratify similar sub-groups from the diverse ALS population. The algorithms, and their ability to predict disease progression, will improve as clinical data is added for each patient.\n\"Now that the algorithms required to produce effective models have been established and evaluated, the funding we received from the Israel Innovation Authority will enable researchers to create a system that patients, physicians, caregivers, pharmaceutical companies, HMOs, and insurers can use on desktop and mobile applications to monitor and predict ALS progression,\" says Itzik Mashiach at BGN Technologies, BGU's technology-transfer company.\n\"We are now seeking an industry partner to further develop and commercialize this innovative patent-pending technology.\"\u200b\nhttps:\/\/aabgu.org\/n\nPosted in: Device \/ Technology News | Medical Research News | Medical Condition News\nTags: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), Artificial Intelligence, Beer, Breathing, Clinical Trial, Education, Incubators, Lou Gehrig's Disease, Machine Learning, Motor Neurons, Muscle, Muscle Atrophy, Neurodegenerative Disease, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Neurons, Next Generation, Paralysis, Rare Disease, Research, Sclerosis, Swallowing\nResearch findings may one day help keep ALS at bay\nThe International Consortium Claims Medical Breakthrough in Malaria Research\nNovel artificial intelligence algorithm helps detect brain tumor\nResearch shows how the hepatitis D virus copies itself\nResearchers develop free, online symptom self-management program for patients with MS\nNew method can improve resolution of brain magnetic resonance imaging using artificial intelligence\nProspective memory associated with performance of everyday life activities in MS patients\nNeurology \/ Neuroscience\nA reality check on artificial intelligence: Are health care claims overblown?","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Swindon Town badge - Link to home\nAway Fans Info\nTownPay\nTicket & Shop Account\nThe County Ground\nSTFC Community Foundation\nSTFC Customer Charter\nMatchday Sponsorships\nMatchday Experiences\nBranding & Advertising Opportunities\nBrilliant For Business Advertising Packages\nFirst-Team Coaching Staff\nSwindon Town Women\nKM: Chances created\nSwindontownfc.co.uk\nManager Kevin MacDonald's views after the 0-0 home draw against Notts County at The County Ground.\nOn the result\u2026\nA 0-0 draw isn't what we wanted. The players and I are disappointed but we can look forward to the Easter programme and maybe we can take our chances next time. I felt that we played good enough football but we didn't have enough shots in the first half. We started creating chances again in the final stages but we have to marry everything together.\nOn chances created\u2026\nJames Collins had a few chances but he will always find an opening. He will always score goals and he did well during the week and scored at Yeovil. We played a system that means the players can press high up the pitch and work forward. Notts County are a big side and we had to make amends for that too.\nOn Town support\u2026\nThe fans were fantastic. You could hear them willing the players on and we could have had the goal that we so wanted at the end.\nOn team changes\u2026\nAlan McCormack was fantastic again and he had to come in for Jay McEveley who we couldn't risk with a knee injury. Louis Thompson came on and did very well too. All the players did well and we have to try and see things through now for the next seven games. Tommy Miller had to come off with a dead leg so we will see how he is going into the Easter programme.\nOn the run-in\u2026\nThere are seven games to go and we have to play Doncaster next Monday and that's going to be a big game. The games have been very close and it could go all the way to the last game of the season.\nSTATEMENT: TOMMY WRIGHT\nSwindon Town can confirm first-team coach, Tommy Wright will remain in employment at the football club following his sentencing at Southwark Crown Court today.\nRARMANI EDMONDS-GREEN SIGNS FROM HUDDERSFIELD\nSwindon Town are delighted to announce the signing of Rarmani Edmonds-Green on-loan from Huddersfield Town until the end of the season.\nCADDIS SIGNS DEAL UNTIL 2021\nSwindon Town Football Club are delighted to confirm Paul Caddis has extended his stay at the County Ground.\nDOYLE RECALLED BY BRADFORD\nSwindon Town can confirm that Eoin Doyle has been recalled by his parent club Bradford City.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Say Bye-Bye to the Secret's Behind Iconic \"American Pie\" at Showcase Cinema's Advance Screening of \"The Day the Music Died: The Story of Don McLean's American Pie\"\nThursday, Jul 14, 2022 12:00a -\nSunday, Jul 17, 2022 11:30p\nhttps:\/\/www.showcasecinemas.com\/film-info\/the-day-the-music-died Showcase Cinema de Lux Lowell\n32 Reiss Avenue\n$varies\nDate Idea, History, Movies, Music\nhttps:\/\/www.showcasecinemas.com\/film-info\/the-day-the-music-died\nOn Thursday, July 14 and Sunday, July 17, Showcase Cinemas invites you to say bye-bye to the secrets behind \"American Pie\" with an exclusive screening of \"The Day the Music Died: The Story of Don Mclean's American Pie\" before the documentary's July 19 Paramount+ release.\nFor the first time, Don McLean is revealing the deeper narrative beyond the catchy tune and characters mentioned in the iconic song's cryptic verses, a musical phenomenon woven deep into American culture, entertaining and impacting audiences around the world for over 50 years.\nShowcase Cinemas' \"The Day the Music Died: The Story of Don Mclean's \"American Pie\" screenings are scheduled to play at the following Showcase Cinema locations:\nMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux Patriot Place, Showcase Cinema de Lux Lowell, Blackstone Valley 14 Cinema de Lux, Showcase Cinema de Lux Woburn\nNY: Showcase Cinema de Lux Farmingdale, Showcase Cinema de Lux City Center 15, Showcase Cinema de Lux Ridge Hill\nOH: Showcase Cinema de Lux Springdale\nTickets for this advance screening are on sale now and can be purchased here: https:\/\/www.showcasecinemas.com\/film-info\/the-day-the-music-died\n14\/07\/2022 00:00:00 17\/07\/2022 23:30:00 America\/New_York Say Bye-Bye to the Secret's Behind Iconic \"American Pie\" at Showcase Cinema's Advance Screening of \"The Day the Music Died: The Story of Don McLean's American Pie\" <p>On Thursday, July 14 and Sunday, July 17, Showcase Cinemas invites you to say bye-bye to the secrets behind \"American Pie\" with an exclusive screening of \"The Day the Music Died: The Story of Do... Showcase Cinema de Lux Lowell, Lowell, MA 01851 false DD\/MM\/YYYY","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"New Logo and Identity for Majja by NH1 Design\nVada Bing, Vada Boom\nReviewed Apr. 4, 2017 by Armin\nIndustry \/ Restaurant Tags \/ #brown#food#illustration#india#lowercase\nOpened at the end of 2016, Majja is a new chain of quick-service restaurants in India, focusing on serving vada pav \u2014 deep-fried potato placed in a bun with dry red chutney powder and fried green chilies \u2014 one of the traditional street foods of Mumbai. Known as the \"Desi Burger\", the dish has been Americanized to a degree, being served with cheese and ketchup, but Majja is making sure to serve it traditionally across its first eight locations in Ahmedabad, with plans to grow to other cities. The identity for the restaurant has been designed by Gurgaon, India-based NH1 Design.\nThe word 'Majja' (fun) is commonly used across India. We created a fun verbal brand language that could be easily understood across different languages and cultures. A friendly tone of voice that completely aligned with the brand ethos.\nThe use of illustrated stories of people and the streets of Mumbai further emphasised the authenticity of the vada pavs. Together the visual and verbal language established a consistent set of assets for the brand.\nNH1 Design project page\nIt is so nice to see a completely different typographic aesthetic for a logo other than traditional serif and sans serifs with the choice of Taca by R\u00faben R Dias. The almost primitive structure and aesthetic of this wordmark is fun, bold, engaging, and differentiating. The stacked \"j\"s is both a great move to avoid the kerning issue that would have resulted from leaving them on the same baseline and it adds rhythm and bounce to the wordmark.\nFull logo. \"Fun New Life\".\nVerbal variations.\nThe logo is paired with speech bubbles that complement majja, which means \"fun\", and while some (if not most) are lost on both literal and cultural translation to me, the point is clear that the name has a lot of flexibility and playfulness. I kind of like the handwritten, scripty font used, although it would have been nice if it had contextual alternates. The secondary variations with the wobbly uppercase and logo inside a speech bubble are not as elegant as the others but do work well paired with the illustrations.\nIllustration style. Check the project page to see the animation on all of these.\nThese could probably use some additional consistency but they are charming and fun.\nFood packaging and presentation.\nThe food packaging is great. I'm particularly fond of the logo on the napkins\u2026 not sure what it is, but I just keep coming back to it and enjoying how it looks. The cups with the repeating logos and speech bubbles also look great and the paper wrappers with the illustration make for a great distraction while you eat your vada pav. BTW\u2026 vada pad\u2026 mmmmm\u2026\nCorporate materials.\nThe corporate materials are a little drab, mostly because of the tan\/brown color used throughout that works okay when it's used sparingly on white, but a whole folder of it is too much of a sad color. The illustrations would have looked great on a white background. Still, it's a nice, business-y extension of the consumer aesthetic.\nThe brick and mortar restaurants, in their limited square footage, do a good job in making the best of their space and branding pretty much every space available, including the vent fan in the back of the kitchen. The brown\/tan color is a little oppressive but maybe that's just my Americanized sensibilities where I need bright happy colors around me.\nGiant vada pad roaming the streets.\nBrand presentation.\nOverall, and this is my impression as a foreigner who has visited India once and on a limited schedule, this strikes a great balance of an authentic establishment operating with a more commercial approach that bridges the street food customs of Mumbai with the increased presence of Western fast food restaurants.\nOn Wordmark\nOn Illustrations\nOn Packaging\nOpened at the end of 2016, Majja is a new chain of quick-service restaurants in India, focusing on serving vada pav -- deep-fried potato placed in a bun with dry red chutney powder and fried green chilies -- one of the traditional street foods of Mumbai. Known as the \\\"Desi Burger\\\", the dish has been Americanized to a degree, being served with cheese and ketchup, but Majja is making sure to serve it traditionally across its first eight locations in Ahmedabad, with plans to grow to other cities. The identity for the restaurant has been designed by Gurgaon, India-based NH1 Design.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"AE Home\nPax Populi\nMedRIB\nMedRib Blog\nEnd Pharma-Sponsored Speaker's Bureaus\nHarvard Feels the Heat: Conflict of Interest and the Issue of Disclosure\nSeeding Trials\nThe Case of Ketek\nConcerns with Contract Research Organizations\nA Growing Awareness of a Problem: Focusing Our Microscopes on the Elephant in the Lab\nResearch Integrity and Evidenced Based Medicine\nLay Press\nPxP Educational Outreach\nAl-Marzouki, S., Roberts, I., Evans, S., & Marshall, T. (2008). Selective reporting in clinical trials: Analysis of trial protocols accepted by the lancet. Lancet, 372(9634), 201.\nAvailable at: http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1016\/S0140-6736(08)61060-0\nSelective reporting in clinical trials occurs when outcome data are collected but not reported, and when investigators do many analyses but report only the most favorable. It can distort the results of trials and bias meta-analyses. They found major differences between the protocols and the reports for primary outcomes, and several trials with no prespecified subgroup analyses in the protocol, subgroup analyses were done in 11. None gave the reason for these analyses.\nAlpert, J. S. (2008). Dealing with ethical conflicts in clinical research. The American Journal of Medicine, 121(6), 457.\nAvailable at http:\/\/linkinghub.elsevier.com\/retrieve\/pii\/S0002934308000557\nCommentary about the New Yorker Article and calls for open discussions to help find a system for satisfactory oversight of the for-profit research test centers.\nAlpert, J. S. (2008). Doctors and the drug industry: Further thoughts for dealing with potential conflicts of interest? The American Journal of Medicine, 121(4), 253-255.\nAvailable at: http:\/\/linkinghub.elsevier.com\/retrieve\/pii\/S0002934308000533\nThis is a commentary about the relationship between the pharmaceutical companies and physicians. The author also gives a few potential solutions that do not require a complete separation of doctors and pharmaceutical representatives.\nBekelman, J. E., Li, Y., & Gross, C. P. (2003). Scope and impact of financial conflicts of interest in biomedical research: A systematic review. JAMA : The Journal of the American Medical Association, 289(4), 454-465.\nAvailable at: http:\/\/jama.ama-assn.org\/cgi\/content\/full\/289\/4\/454?ijkey=1a43091dd820ea0bb204b621791693c30769d1ca\nFinancial relationships among industry, scientific investigators, and academic institutions are widespread. Conflicts of interest arising from these ties can influence biomedical research in important ways.\nBerger, E. (2008). Ghostwriters, data manipulation and dollar diplomacy: How drug companies pull the strings in clinical research. Annals of Emergency Medicine, 52(2), 137-139.\nAvailable at: http:\/\/www.mdconsult.com\/das\/article\/body\/102441555-2\/jorg=journal&source=&sp=20864731&sid=0\/N\/652824\/1.html?issn=0196-0644\nArticle discusses the involvement of pharmaceutical companies in studies such as Merck and VIOXX as well as how they are involved in Congress. The article also discusses proposed federal oversight over drug testing.\nBero, L., Oostvogel, F., Bacchetti, P., & Lee, K. (2007). Factors associated with findings of published trials of drug-drug comparisons: Why some statins appear more efficacious than others. PLoS Medicine, 4(6), e184.\nAvailable at: http:\/\/www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov\/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pubmed&pubmedid=17550302\nAuthors concluded that \"RCTs of head-to-head comparisons of statins with other drugs are more likely to report results and conclusions favoring the sponsor's product compared to the comparator drug. This bias in drug-drug comparison trials should be considered when making decisions regarding drug choice.\"\nBhandari, M., Busse, J. W., Jackowski, D., Montori, V. M., Schunemann, H., Sprague, S., et al. (2004). Association between industry funding and statistically significant pro-industry findings in medical and surgical randomized trials. CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association Journal = Journal De l'Association Medicale Canadienne, 170(4), 477-480.\nAvailable at: http:\/\/www.cmaj.ca\/cgi\/content\/full\/170\/4\/477\nIndustry-funded trials are more likely to be associated with statistically significant pro-industry findings, both in medical trials and surgical interventions.\nCarpenter, D., Zucker, E. J., & Avorn, J. (2008). Drug-review deadlines and safety problems. The New England Journal of Medicine, 358(13), 1354-1361.\nAvailable at: http:\/\/content.nejm.org\/cgi\/content\/abstract\/358\/13\/1354\nThe Prescription Drug User Fee Act imposes deadlines for completion of drug review and some think this may result in rushed approvals and the emergence of unanticipated safety problems once a product is in clinical use.\nChan, A. W., Hrobjartsson, A., Haahr, M. T., Gotzsche, P. C., & Altman, D. G. (2004). Empirical evidence for selective reporting of outcomes in randomized trials: Comparison of protocols to published articles. JAMA : The Journal of the American Medical Association, 291(20), 2457-2465.\nAvailable at: http:\/\/jama.ama-assn.org\/cgi\/content\/full\/291\/20\/2457\nThe reporting of trial outcomes is not only frequently incomplete but also biased and inconsistent with protocols. Published articles, as well as reviews that incorporate them, may therefore be unreliable and overestimate the benefits of an intervention.\nChan, A. W., Krleza-Jeric, K., Schmid, I., & Altman, D. G. (2004). Outcome reporting bias in randomized trials funded by the canadian institutes of health research. CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association Journal = Journal De l'Association Medicale Canadienne, 171(7), 735-740.\nSelective reporting of outcomes frequently occurs in publications of high-quality government-funded trials.\nChoudhry, N. K., Stelfox, H. T., & Detsky, A. S. (2002). Relationships between authors of clinical practice guidelines and the pharmaceutical industry. JAMA : The Journal of the American Medical Association, 287(5), 612-617.\nAvailable at: http:\/\/jama.ama-assn.org\/cgi\/content\/abstract\/287\/5\/612?ijkey=9ba63b8134fa165d522a7cb2360f1c9d1831c464\nA survey of CPG authors and their ties to pharmaceutical companies.Study highlights the need for appropriate disclosure of financial conflicts of interest for authors of CPGs and a formal process for discussing these conflicts prior to CPG development.\nCundiff, D. K. (2007). Evidence-based medicine and the cochrane collaboration on trial. MedGenMed : Medscape General Medicine, 9(2), 56.\nAvailable at: http:\/\/www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov\/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1994886\nCommentary about a number of peer reviewers for the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews found to have undisclosed financial ties to pharmaceutical corporations that may have led to ethical lapses in their reviews of RCTs.\nCurfman, G. D., Morrissey, S., & Drazen, J. M. (2005). Expression of concern: Bombardier et al., \"comparison of upper gastrointestinal toxicity of rofecoxib and naproxen in patients with rheumatoid arthritis,\" N engl J med 2000;343:1520-8. The New England Journal of Medicine, 353(26), 2813-2814.\nAvailable at: http:\/\/content.nejm.org\/cgi\/content\/extract\/353\/26\/2813\nLack of inclusion of the three events resulted in an understatement of the difference in risk of myocardial infarction between the rofecoxib and naproxen groups.\nDeAngelis, C. D., & Fontanarosa, P. B. (2008). Impugning the integrity of medical science: The adverse effects of industry influence. JAMA : The Journal of the American Medical Association, 299(15), 1833-1835.\nThis is an article written by an editor for JAMA discussing the two studies based on the Rofecoxib litigation. Relates to these articles:\n\u2013 Guest authorship and ghostwriting in publications related to rofecoxib: A case study of industry documents from rofecoxib litigation.\n\u2013 Reporting mortality findings in trials of rofecoxib for alzheimer disease or cognitive impairment: A case study based on documents from rofecoxib litigation.\nDieppe, P. A., Ebrahim, S., Martin, R. M., & Juni, P. (2004). Lessons from the withdrawal of rofecoxib. BMJ (Clinical Research Ed.), 329(7471), 867-868.\nAvailable at: http:\/\/www.bmj.com\/cgi\/content\/full\/329\/7471\/867\nDiscusses VIOXX and gives some suggested measures to ensure drug safety before definite licensing of a drug.\nDjulbegovic, B., Lacevic, M., Cantor, A., Fields, K. K., Bennett, C. L., Adams, J. R., et al. (2000). The uncertainty principle and industry-sponsored research. Lancet, 356(9230), 635-638.\n\"The reported bias in research sponsored by the pharmaceutical industry may be a consequence of violations of the uncertainty principle. Sponsors of clinical trials should be encouraged to report all results and to choose appropriate comparative controls.\"\nDoucet, M., & Sismondo, S. (2008). Evaluating solutions to sponsorship bias. Journal of Medical Ethics, 34(8), 627-630.\nAvailable at: http:\/\/jme.bmj.com\/cgi\/content\/abstract\/34\/8\/627\nArticles claims that the policies normally proposed for dealing with sponsorship bias are unable to eliminate it. Only completely separating public clinical research from pharmaceutical industry funding can eliminate sponsorship bias.\nEmanuel, E. J., Wendler, D., Killen, J., & Grady, C. (2004). What makes clinical research in developing countries ethical? the benchmarks of ethical research. The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 189(5), 930-937.\nAvailable at: http:\/\/www.journals.uchicago.edu\/doi\/full\/10.1086\/381709?cookieSet=1\nBecause of concern over research in developing countries, the authors propose specific and practical benchmarks to guide researchers and research-ethics committees in assessing how well the enumerated ethical principles have been fulfilled in particular cases.\nFish, S. S. (1999). Research ethics in emergency medicine. Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America, 17(2), 461-74, xii.\n\"This article's intent is to inform investigators and others of the rules for conducting ethical research, and by example, show how overlooking these rules can be harmful not only to the patients involved and to future patients but also to the entire research community.\"\nFisher, J. A. (2008). Practicing research ethics: Private-sector physicians & pharmaceutical clinical trials. Social Science & Medicine (1982), 66(12), 2495-2505.\nDiscusses why private-sector physicians' construction of ethics is shaped by their obligations to pharmaceutical companies rather than to human subjects or to science more generally.\nGreenland, P., & Lloyd-Jones, D. (2008). Critical lessons from the ENHANCE trial. JAMA : The Journal of the American Medical Association, 299(8), 953-955.\nAvailable at: http:\/\/jama.ama-assn.org\/cgi\/content\/full\/299\/8\/953\nDiscusses lessons that can be learned from the ENHANCE Trial. (This topic may contain some speculation as the ENHANCE study has not been peer-reviewed yet in a medical journal)\nHeres, S., Davis, J., Maino, K., Jetzinger, E., Kissling, W., & Leucht, S. (2006). Why olanzapine beats risperidone, risperidone beats quetiapine, and quetiapine beats olanzapine: An exploratory analysis of head-to-head comparison studies of second-generation antipsychotics. The American Journal of Psychiatry, 163(2), 185-194.\nAvailable at: http:\/\/ajp.psychiatryonline.org\/cgi\/content\/abstract\/163\/2\/185\nThe authors make a number of concrete suggestions for ways in which potential sources of bias can be addressed by study initiators, peer reviewers of studies under consideration for publication, and readers of published studies.\nHernandez, A. V., Boersma, E., Murray, G. D., Habbema, J. D., & Steyerberg, E. W. (2006). Subgroup analyses in therapeutic cardiovascular clinical trials: Are most of them misleading? American Heart Journal, 151(2), 257-264.\nStudy of RCTs and found that reporting of subgroup analysis needs to be substantially improved because emphasis on these secondary results may mislead treatment decisions.\nHolmes, D. R.,Jr, Firth, B. G., James, A., Winslow, R., Hodgson, P. K., Gamble, G. L., et al. (2004). Conflict of interest. American Heart Journal, 147(2), 228-237.\nArticle provides a review of the Conflict of interest issues and recommendations for how to eliminate them from our system.\nHopewell, S., Clarke, M., Stewart, L., & Tierney, J. (2007). Time to publication for results of clinical trials. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (Online), (2)(2), MR000011.\nAvailable at: http:\/\/mrw.interscience.wiley.com\/cochrane\/clsysrev\/articles\/MR000011\/frame.html\nThe authors conclude that \"trials with positive results are published sooner than other trials. This has important implications for the timing of the initiation and updating of a review, especially if there is an association between the inclusion of a trial in a review and its publication status. It is of particular concern when one considers reviews containing only a small number of studies.\"\nIoannidis, J. P. (2008). Effectiveness of antidepressants: An evidence myth constructed from a thousand randomized trials? Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine : PEHM, 3, 14.\nThe author discusses \"how the use of many small randomized trials with clinically non-relevant outcomes, improper interpretation of statistical significance, manipulated study design, biased selection of study populations, short follow-up, and selective and distorted reporting of results has built and nourished a seemingly evidence-based myth on antidepressant effectiveness and how higher evidence standards, with very large long-term trials and careful prospective meta-analyses of individual-level data may reach closer to the truth and clinically useful evidence.\"\nJorgensen, A. W., Hilden, J., & Gotzsche, P. C. (2006). Cochrane reviews compared with industry supported meta-analyses and other meta-analyses of the same drugs: Systematic review. BMJ (Clinical Research Ed.), 333(7572), 782.\nIndustry supported reviews were of lesser quality than Cochrane reviews of the same drugs and always recommended the experimental drug without reservations, which none of the Cochrane reviews did. Industry supported reviews should be read with caution.\nLenzer, J. (2002). Alteplase for stroke: Money and optimistic claims buttress the \"brain attack\" campaign. BMJ (Clinical Research Ed.), 324(7339), 723-729.\nArticle discusses the American Heart Association's involvement with Genentech and the recommendations of using Alteplase for stroke.\nLenzer, J. (2008). Review launched after harvard psychiatrist failed to disclose industry funding. BMJ (Clinical Research Ed.), 336(7657), 1327.\nAvailable at: http:\/\/www.bmj.com\/cgi\/content\/full\/336\/7657\/1327-a\nA Harvard professor did not disclose financial ties with pharmaceutical companies. He is considered one of the most influential psychiatry researchers in the world.\nLexchin, J., Bero, L. A., Djulbegovic, B., & Clark, O. (2003). Pharmaceutical industry sponsorship and research outcome and quality: Systematic review. BMJ (Clinical Research Ed.), 326(7400), 1167-1170.\nAvailable at: http:\/\/www.bmj.com\/cgi\/content\/full\/326\/7400\/1167\nAuthors conclude \"systematic bias favours products which are made by the company funding the research. Explanations include the selection of an inappropriate comparator to the product being investigated and publication bias.\"\nLexchin, J., & Light, D. W. (2006). Commercial influence and the content of medical journals. BMJ (Clinical Research Ed.), 332(7555), 1444-1447.\nArticle explores the possible commercial bias affecting journal editors and owners.\nLichter, P. R. (2008). Debunking myths in physician-industry conflicts of interest. American Journal of Ophthalmology, 146(2), 159-171.\nThe article discusses strong evidence that the successful marketing tactics by industry have driven up the cost of healthcare unnecessarily, and calls out all physicians to recognize their physician-industry voluntary financial relationships for what they are: a conflict of interest over their duty to patients and to the public.\nLoGerfo, F. W. (2007). Carotid stents: Unleashed, unproven. Circulation, 116(14), 1596-601; discussion 1601.\nAvailable at: http:\/\/circ.ahajournals.org\/cgi\/content\/full\/116\/14\/1596maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&fulltext=Carotid+stents%3A+unleashed%2C+unproven&searchid=1&FIRSTINDEX=0&resourcetype=HWCIT\nAn examination of the SAPPHIRE trial. \"This is a case study of the flaws in our system for the evaluation and approval of medical devices that warrant serious reflection on our ability to properly create and act on accurate information and live up to our commitment to evidence-based decision making.\"\nMelander, H., Ahlqvist-Rastad, J., Meijer, G., & Beermann, B. (2003). Evidence b(i)ased medicine\u2013selective reporting from studies sponsored by pharmaceutical industry: Review of studies in new drug applications. BMJ (Clinical Research Ed.), 326(7400), 1171-1173.\nStudy investigates the publication bias in the SSRI studies sponsored by the pharmaceutical industry. Finds that recommendations for a specific SSRI from the publicly available databases alone, will most likely be based upon biased evidence.\nMitka, M. (2008). Clash over drug approvals. JAMA, 300(2), 160.\nSen Chuck Grassley (R, Iowa) defends his investigation into the FDA drug approval process. The investigation came under fire by Mark Thornton, MD, PhD, MPH, the senior vice president of product development at GenVec.\nNieto, A., Mazon, A., Pamies, R., Linana, J. J., Lanuza, A., Jimenez, F. O., et al. (2007). Adverse effects of inhaled corticosteroids in funded and nonfunded studies. Archives of Internal Medicine, 167(19), 2047-2053.\nAvailable at: http:\/\/archinte.ama-assn.org\/cgi\/content\/abstract\/167\/19\/2047\nStudy finds that funding by the industry is associated with design features less likely to lead to finding statistically significant adverse effects and with a more favorable clinical interpretation of such findings.\nOkike, K., Kocher, M. S., Mehlman, C. T., & Bhandari, M. (2008). Industry-sponsored research. Injury, 39(6), 666-680.\nArticle reviews the literature and makes recommendations for the ethical conduct of biomedical research in the presence of financial conflicts of interest.\nPai, S. A., Lakshmi, P. K., Rao, B. C., & Sahni, P. (2003). Pharmaceutical companies and the third world. Lancet, 361(9363), 1136-1137.\nArticle expresses concern over FDA banned pharmaceuticals being sold in other countries.\nPeppercorn, J., Blood, E., Winer, E., & Partridge, A. (2007). Association between pharmaceutical involvement and outcomes in breast cancer clinical trials. Cancer, 109(7), 1239-1246.\nAvailable at: http:\/\/www3.interscience.wiley.com\/journal\/114129807\/abstract?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0\nArticle finds that pharmaceutical involvement in published clinical breast cancer research may affect study design, focus, and results.\nPsaty, B. M., Furberg, C. D., Ray, W. A., & Weiss, N. S. (2004). Potential for conflict of interest in the evaluation of suspected adverse drug reactions: Use of cerivastatin and risk of rhabdomyolysis. JAMA : The Journal of the American Medical Association, 292(21), 2622-2631.\nAvailable at: http:\/\/jama.ama-assn.org\/cgi\/content\/abstract\/292\/21\/2622\nArticle looks at litigation papers and suggests that Bayor knew that there was a possible link between Baycol and rhabdomyolosis shortly after it hit the market.\nPsaty, B. M., & Kronmal, R. A. (2008). Reporting mortality findings in trials of rofecoxib for alzheimer disease or cognitive impairment: A case study based on documents from rofecoxib litigation. JAMA : The Journal of the American Medical Association, 299(15), 1813-1817.\nThe findings from this case study suggest that additional protections for human research participants, including new approaches for the conduct, oversight, and reporting of industry-sponsored trials, are necessary.\nRidker, P. M., & Torres, J. (2006). Reported outcomes in major cardiovascular clinical trials funded by for-profit and not-for-profit organizations: 2000-2005. JAMA : The Journal of the American Medical Association, 295(19), 2270-2274.\n\"Recent cardiovascular trials funded by for-profit organizations are more likely to report positive findings than trials funded by not-for-profit organizations, as are trials using surrogate rather than clinical end points. Trials jointly funded by not-for-profit and for-profit organizations appear to report positive findings at a rate approximately midway between rates observed in trials supported solely by one or the other of these entities.\"\nRoss, J. S., Hill, K. P., Egilman, D. S., & Krumholz, H. M. (2008). Guest authorship and ghostwriting in publications related to rofecoxib: A case study of industry documents from rofecoxib litigation. JAMA : The Journal of the American Medical Association, 299(15), 1800-1812.\nThis case-study review of industry documents demonstrates that clinical trial manuscripts related to rofecoxib were authored by sponsor employees but often attributed first authorship to academically affiliated investigators who did not always disclose industry financial support.\nSartor, R. B. (2004). Pharmaceutical influence on clinical science and practice: A double-edged sword. Gastroenterology, 127(3), 703-704.\nAvailable at: http:\/\/www.gastrojournal.org\/article\/PIIS0016508504013356\/fulltext\nArticle discusses the benefits and drawbacks of pharmaceutical company involvement in clinical research.\nSharfstein, J. M., North, M., & Serwint, J. R. (2007). Over the counter but no longer under the radar\u2013pediatric cough and cold medications. The New England Journal of Medicine, 357(23), 2321-2324.\nAvailable at: http:\/\/content.nejm.org\/cgi\/content\/full\/357\/23\/2321\nArticle describes the OTC cold medicines and the efficacy of their use in the pediatric population, and brings up topics such as extrapolating efficacy from adults to children.\nSismondo, S. (2007). Ghost management: How much of the medical literature is shaped behind the scenes by the pharmaceutical industry? PLoS Medicine, 4(9), e286.\nAvailable at: http:\/\/medicine.plosjournals.org\/perlserv\/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371\/journal.pmed.0040286\nThis is an essay addressing not only Ghost Writing, but the much broader topic of Ghost Managing. The article describes Ghost Management of medical research publishing as this: when pharmaceutical companies and their agents control or shape multiple steps in the research, analysis, writing, and publication of articles. Ghost writing and honorary authorship are not in and of themselves scientific problems, though they become so when they shape science to meet particular interests.\nSmith, R. (2003). Medical journals and pharmaceutical companies: Uneasy bedfellows. BMJ (Clinical Research Ed.), 326(7400), 1202-1205.\nThis is an editorial about the relationship between pharmaceutical companies and medical journals. It also contains a quick guide to corrupting science to promote drugs.\nSmith, R. (2005). Medical journals are an extension of the marketing arm of pharmaceutical companies. PLoS Medicine, 2(5), e138.\nAvailable at: http:\/\/medicine.plosjournals.org\/perlserv\/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371%2Fjournal.pmed.0020138\nDiscusses the pharmaceutical companies and their influence on journals.\nStern, J. M., & Simes, R. J. (1997). Publication bias: Evidence of delayed publication in a cohort study of clinical research projects. BMJ (Clinical Research Ed.), 315(7109), 640-645.\nDelay in the publication of studies with negative results has been identified as an additional important factor in publication bias.\nTanne, J. H. (2007). FDA is failing to oversee human clinical trials, report says. BMJ (Clinical Research Ed.), 335(7622), 691.\nAvailable at: http:\/\/www.bmj.com\/cgi\/content\/full\/335\/7622\/691-b\nDiscusses the report published below about the small amount of inspections made by the FDA on clinical trials.\nLay Press Coverage also\nTong, E. K., & Glantz, S. A. (2007). Tobacco industry efforts undermining evidence linking secondhand smoke with cardiovascular disease. Circulation, 116(16), 1845-1854.\nAvailable at: http:\/\/circ.ahajournals.org\/cgi\/content\/full\/116\/16\/1845\nDiscusses the tobacco industry's efforts to manipulate the scientific process.\nVaitkus, P. T., & Brar, C. (2007). N-acetylcysteine in the prevention of contrast-induced nephropathy: Publication bias perpetuated by meta-analyses. American Heart Journal, 153(2), 275-280.\nAvailable at: http:\/\/linkinghub.elsevier.com\/retrieve\/pii\/S0002-8703(06)00974-4\nStudy found that the published manuscripts presented a treatment-effect estimate that was more optimistic than that found in unpublished abstracts. Performing a meta-analyses only made the bias worse.\nVillanueva, P., Peiro, S., Librero, J., & Pereiro, I. (2003). Accuracy of pharmaceutical advertisements in medical journals. Lancet, 361(9351), 27-32.\n\"Doctors should be cautious in assessment of advertisements that claim a drug has greater efficacy, safety, or convenience, even though these claims are accompanied by bibliographical references to randomised clinical trials published in reputable medical journals and seem to be evidence-based.\"\nWhittington, C. J., Kendall, T., Fonagy, P., Cottrell, D., Cotgrove, A., & Boddington, E. (2004). Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors in childhood depression: Systematic review of published versus unpublished data. Lancet, 363(9418), 1341-1345.\n\"Published data suggest a favourable risk-benefit profile for some SSRIs; however, addition of unpublished data indicates that risks could outweigh benefits of these drugs to treat depression in children and young people\u2026Non-publication of trials, for whatever reason, or the omission of important data from published trials, can lead to erroneous recommendations for treatment.\"\nYank, V., Rennie, D., & Bero, L. A. (2007). Financial ties and concordance between results and conclusions in meta-analyses: Retrospective cohort study. BMJ (Clinical Research Ed.), 335(7631), 1202-1205.\nAvailable at: http:\/\/www.bmj.com\/cgi\/content\/abstract\/335\/7631\/1202\n\"Meta-analyses on antihypertensive drugs and with financial ties to one drug company are not associated with favourable results but are associated with favourable conclusions.\"\nLearning has never been so wonderful November 22, 2016\nBy Mrs Tinku R Gupta Learning had never been so wonderful until I started tutoring students at Pax Populi Academy. For years, my domain of interest has been Afghanistan. It has been amazing to meet Read more\u2026\nKirthi Jayakumar\nMy experience with Pax Populi November 21, 2016\nBy Manizha Yaqubi The experience that I had during my course with my tutor from India, Tinku ji, was one of the best experiences of my life. First, I never felt like I didn't know Read more\u2026","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"TechMoxio.Com Tech Tips, Tutorials, Reviews, Gaming, Solutions\nHome Alternative Top 7 Alternatives to CricHD for Live Streaming\nTop 7 Alternatives to CricHD for Live Streaming [UPDATED]\nWatching sports tournaments and games is more than just an interest when you are a sports lover. You always want to keep yourself updated with the latest news related to sports and binge on matches. A number of websites have now been built that facilitate you to stream high-quality sports content all around the world.\nCricHD is one of the best sites for streaming live matches. It has more than a million users that visit the website to watch cricket and other sports as well such as Tennis, Rugby, Football, and others. You can stream both international and local matches. It also tells you about the live scores and is free of cost.\n1 Top 7 Alternatives to CricHD in 2021\n1.1 1. Hotstar\n1.2 2. BBC iPlayer\n1.3 3. Sony LIV\n1.4 4. Laola1 .TV\n1.5 5. Sky Sports\n1.6 6. MyLiveCricket\n1.7 7. VipBox\nTop 7 Alternatives to CricHD in 2021\nAlthough it is a great site, you may face problems often because it generates a lot of traffic which makes the website unavailable at times. In such cases, you might look for alternatives to CricHD. This article talks about the 7 best alternatives to CricHD.\n1. Hotstar\nHotstar is a quite popular website where you can stream movies and TV shows. It hosts many channels including sports channels that give you access to live sports events. You can also watch the old playback videos. Highlights also appear on the screen.\nHotstar gives you free content to watch but there are some shows and movies which can be watched only if you own a premium account. Overall, it is a good option if you are looking for an alternative to CricHD.\n2. BBC iPlayer\nBBC iPlayer is the next option that airs live sports matches. It has other TV programs as well. You can watch the content on various devices such as smartphones, PC, Xbox, and more.\nThe video quality is adjusted by the site itself depending upon the internet connection. It is paid but some of the multimedia related to sports is available for free as well. It serves as a decent option for sports fans.\n3. Sony LIV\nSony LIV is a website started by the Sony Network. It is a platform that gives you the reach to your favorite TV shows, movies, web series, and sports programs.\nYou can stream live cricket matches and other sports matches as well. It provides you with the highlights as well. Subscription has to be bought but some of the content is available for free as well.\n4. Laola1 .TV\nLaola1 is a perfect destination if you are a sports fanatic and looking to stream live matches in different sports categories. One of the key features of this website is that it has a superfast server that avoids lagging and you do not have to miss out on any part.\nEven if you do experience bugs, you can switch over to another stream and enjoy your match. Exclusive highlights are also made visible on the screen. You need to pay a small amount to get access to all the stuff but some of it is available for free as well.\n5. Sky Sports\nSky Sports is one of the most popular sites for achieving a high-quality streaming process in relation to sports. It is one of the most visited online channels. There is a massive amount of content provided for you to watch.\nIt is quite simple and easy to use. The server is good and you won't have to face any problem regarding the speed and quality. Games from all over the world can be played. It gives a 7-day free trial but after that monthly payment has to be made to view the programs.\n6. MyLiveCricket\nMyLiveCricket is a free-of-cost, international website that solely contains everything related to cricket.\nYou can watch live cricket matches happening anywhere in the world. The only issue you might face is the wanted advertisements, which are the source of generating revenue for the website.\nIt provides you with a set of links so that if you face buffering problems with one, you can move to the other. It is a good alternative to CricHD for streaming live sports events, watching highlights, and also playing replays from the matches.\n7. VipBox\nVipBox is another website that enables you to watch your favorite sports events and support your team. It gives you a list of streaming links from where you can select the one that works for you.\nIt has advantages such as:\nAds do exist but do not interrupt while you are watching a match.\nRequest feature which allows you to request links for a particular program. Your request is viewed and it becomes available in less than 24 hours.\nVipBox is an excellent option if you are a fan of sports.\nLive Streaming of matches has become very popular in the last decade. It breaks the old pattern of having to miss out on all the fun of watching the media related to sports. With CricHD and its alternatives such as Hotstar,\nMyLiveCricket, BBC iPlayer, VipBox, etc. it has become so easy to watch these programs live without having to worry about the place and time. Some sites even give you the entire schedule for the day's matches. A lot of content has been made available to sports lovers for free as well. 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{"text":"New season for Black Ensemble Theatre pays homage to Dick Gregory, B-sides and music greats Chaka Khan and Earth, Wind & Fire\nChicago\u2014Black Ensemble Theater's Founder and CEO Jackie Taylor announces its 44th Season: The 2020 Season of Change. The 2020 Season includes tributes to legendary heroes from throughout history, popular songs that were the B-sides of the record, the life and music of Chaka Khan, and one of the greatest bands of all time \u2013 Earth, Wind & Fire. All performances will be held at the Black Ensemble Theater Cultural Center, 4450 N. Clark Street in Chicago.\n\"For Black Ensemble Theater 2020 begins The Season of Change. Our 44th Season has been changed from the usual 5 plays to 4 plays a Season. This allows us the opportunity to be able to extend our most popular productions while giving our in-house writing team a more flexible writing schedule. Change is difficult for some and Black Ensemble understands that, so we begin our change very slowly with Legends, a totally different musical concept that celebrates legends outside of the music industry. I'm so excited about this production that highlights the legends who have changed the world\u2014I think our audiences are ready for something new and different,\" states Jackie Taylor.\nThe Black Ensemble Theater's 2020 Season includes:\nWritten and Directed by Jackie Taylor\nMarch 5 \u2013 April 12, 2020\nPreviews: February 22, 23 and 29 and March 1\nPress Opening: Thursday, March 5, 2020 at 7:30 p.m.\nLegends is not about musical legends. There are so many heroes who have made a difference in the course of history who need to be honored and remembered. Jackie Taylor's Legends pays homage to those whose contributions to society have made the world a better place and includes a special tribute to Dick Gregory.\nWritten and Directed by Kylah Frye\nMay 9 \u2013 June 28, 2020\nPreviews: May 9, 10, 16 and 17, 2020\nPress Opening: Thursday, May 21, 2020 at 7:30 p.m.\nThe record industry is a relic of the past. But there was a time when the record player was a cherished treasure within the household. And folks bought their 33's and 45's. On the records there were an A and B side. The A side was the money side and the B side was a throw away, so the artists usually used the B side to make their own personal statements. However, some of those B sides became gigantic surprise hits. B-Side is a musical revue highlighting the popular songs that were originally slated as B-sides.\nI'm Every Woman: In Tribute to Chaka Khan\nWritten and Directed by Rueben Echoles\nPreviews: August 15, 16, 22 and 23, 2020\nPress Opening: Thursday, August 27, 2020 at 7:30 p.m.\nA tribute to the life and music of Chaka Khan and other women who dominated the music scene during her time.\nReasons: The Story of Earth, Wind & Fire\nWritten and Directed by Daryl Brooks\nNovember 7, 2020 \u2013 January 10, 2021\nPreviews: November 7, 8, 14 and 15\nPress Opening: Thursday, November 19, 2020 at 7:30 p.m.\nA musical about the life and times of one of the greatest bands in musical history.\nIn addition to Black Ensemble Theater's regular season, a number of special events will be presented during the year, including:\nThe Soul Of A Powerful Woman \u2013 May 24, 2020\nA Personal Evening With Jackie Taylor \u2013 (date to be announced)\nA Soulful Christmas \u2013 December 20, 2020\nThe Annual Black Ensemble New Year's Eve Show \u2013 December 31, 2020\nLike all Black Ensemble events, the New Year's Eve celebration will be an occasion filled with joy and excitement. Guests at the celebration will enjoy a performance by the stars of Black Ensemble Theater, along with great entertainment, fabulous food, dancing with the stars and champagne flowing all night long!\nTickets are available at www.blackensemble.org, (773) 769-4451 or at the Black Ensemble Theater Box Office, 4450 N. Clark Street in Chicago. Single tickets for regular season performances are priced at $55 on Thursdays, and Saturday matinees; and $65 on Fridays, Saturday evenings, and Sunday matinees. A 10% discount is available for students, seniors, and groups. Previews are priced at $45.\nThe Black Ensemble Theater will continue with the 5 Play Card which allows the holder to see up to 5 plays for $210 which represents a $30% discount on full price tickets. The 5 Play Card is a flexible and can be used in any combination up to five times. For more details or to purchase a Five Play Card contact the box office at 773-769-4451.\nThe Black Ensemble Theater\nFounded in 1976, by the phenomenal producer, playwright and actress Jackie Taylor, Black Ensemble Theater is the only African American theater located in the culturally, racially and ethnically diverse north side Uptown community. Through its Five Play Season of Excellence, The Black Ensemble Theater dazzles audiences locally, nationally and internationally with outstanding original musicals that are entertaining, educational and uplifting. The Black Ensemble Theater has produced more than 100 productions and employed over 5,000 artists.\nThe mission of the Black Ensemble Theater Company is to eradicate racism and its devastating effects upon society through the theater arts. For more information on the Black Ensemble Theater Company, visit www.BlackEnsembleTheater.org or call 773-769-4451.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Nokia is dead, long live Microsoft Lumia\nThe other day we reported that Microsoft was moving ahead with plans to ditch the Nokia brand in favour of using Lumia, today that has been confirmed by Microsoft's Senior VP for Marketing for Phones, Tuula Rytil\u00e4.\nSpeaking on what was once Nokia Conversations, Rytil\u00e4 confirmed that a branding transition was taking place and that Microsoft's phones would be sold under the moniker of 'Microsoft Lumia'. In all likelihood the changes will be in name only, since Microsoft has released a number of Lumia phones since it's acquisition of Nokia's phone division earlier this year.\nDetails are a little scarce right now. We know that a Lumia phone is on its way soon, but Microsoft is not revealing when that will be. Similarly marketing photos from the announcement post show phones using the Microsoft branding, with no mention of Lumia whatsoever. Similarly the term 'Windows Phone' is not used once, something that will likely add to the rumours that Microsoft is phasing out that particularly branch of the Windows software.\nAs I mentioned yesterday, Microsoft still has the right to use the Nokia name for dumbphones for a further nine and a half years or so, meaning it's unlikely to not exploit that opportunity. It's all rather confusing right now, but it's more than likely that Microsoft will be giving us more information in the very near future.\nAdam the labrador proves that dogs can be allergic to humans, too\nThe LG G Watch R goes on sale in Europe next month","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Big Wreck, 'Grace Street' \u2013 February 2017 Release of the Month\nChad Childers\nOle \/ Rounder\nThe shortest month also has one of the smaller amount of new releases for the year, but there's still great music to be heard. After asking you, the Loudwire readers, to vote for which album you most wanted to pick up from the February releases, it really came down to a two horse race with veteran rockers Big Wreck and their Grace Street album emerging victorious over A Killer's Confession's Unbroken album. Overkill's The Grinding Wheel finished a distant third in the voting.\nGrace Street is Big Wreck's fifth studio album, following on the heels of 2014's Ghost and 2012's Albatross -- discs that gave the band a promising start to the second act of their career. The band was formed in 1994 and enjoyed some late '90s and early 2000s success before Ian Thornley went on to form his own self-titled band. After a reunion with guitarist Brian Doherty in 2010 proved successful, Big Wreck resumed as an active band.\nFor their new disc, Grace Street, the band co-produced the effort with acclaimed rock producer Garth Richardson delivering some of their best work to date. \"There was a lot of growth from Albatross to Ghost, and I think Grace Street is the next step in that process,\" says Thornley. \"What helped greatly was Garth's attitude of let's go further and deeper. We really left no stone unturned as we were making this record.\"\nThe band is off to a solid start, releasing a video for \"One Good Piece of Me,\" an upbeat track with a heavy groove that pulls in the listener. Other standouts on the album include the Zeppelin-esque delivery of \"Digging In,\" the dreamy build-up of \"A Speedy Recovery,\" the melodic rocker \"You Don't Even Know\" and the epic instrumental track \"Skybunk Marche.\"\n\"Musically, I'm still searching for the stuff that turns me on and takes me somewhere,\" says Thornley. \"You want to be brought to tears or have the hair on your neck stand up, and if the search for that takes you to new territory, then so be it. You have to follow. It's like chasing a high, and Garth feels that just as much as we do.\"\nBig Wreck's Grace Street album arrives this Friday (Feb. 3) via Ole \/ Rounder and is currently available for pre-order via a variety of platforms at this location. The band recently launched their winter tour with many dates taking place in Canada before dipping into the U.S. briefly toward the end of February. See all of their scheduled stops here.\nOnce again, congratulations to Big Wreck, as Loudwire's Readers have voted Grace Street as the February 2017 Release of the Month.\nSee the January 2017 Release of the Month\nFiled Under: Big Wreck\nCategories: Release of the Month","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Fresh off victory, abortion lobbyists push for more in PEI\n'The abortion industry has a limitless demand for abortion,' said Campaign Life Coalition.\nTue Apr 5, 2016 - 7:09 pm EST\nDebra Sweet \/ Flickr\nBy Lianne Laurence\nFollow Lianne\nOTTAWA, April 5, 2016 (LifeSiteNews) \u2014 After PEI's Premier Wade MacLaughlan announced his Liberal government will make abortion available on the Island by the end of 2016, in response to a threatened lawsuit by abortion activists, Action Canada for Sexual and Reproductive Rights is calling for even more abortion access.\nThe Ottawa-based group wants the Liberals to rollout the \"gold-standard medical abortion drug Mifegymiso across the province\" and \"to expand access to both surgical and medical abortion services outside of Charlottetown.\"\nBut as Campaign Life Coalition's Matt Wojciechowski points out: \"There is nothing new here.\"\n\"If Premier MacLauchlan thought that by giving into the demands of these activists he was going to shut them up for a while, he's in for a big surprise,\" Wojciechowski told LifeSiteNews.\n\"The abortion industry has a limitless demand for abortion and this current leadership just doesn't have the backbone to stand up to it.\"\nMacLauchlan announced March 31 that Health PEI was looking into opening a women's \"reproductive health center\" by the end of 2016, and was quoted in the CBC that \"in the context it would be in a hospital setting.\"\nCatholic Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who as Liberal leader had hinted that PEI could be forced to make abortion available on-Island, tweeted his approval of MacLauchlan's decision.\nThe openly homosexual premier had campaigned on the promise that he would bring abortion to the Island. After winning the May 2015 election, MacLauchlan loosened restrictions on abortion to allow Island women to book them directly at the Moncton Hospital, without a referral from a doctor or Health PEI.\nIn January 2016, Abortion Access Now PEI filed a notice that it would sue the government if it did not provide access to abortion on the Island. The abortion activist group received litigation support from the pro-abortion Toronto-based Women's Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF).\nAction Canada, which was formed in 2014 with the merger of the Canadian Federation for Sexual Health (formerly Planned Parenthood Canada), Action Canada for Population and Development (ACPD), and Canadians for Choice, responded to MacLaughlan's March 31 announcement with the claim that abortion was a human right.\n\"Under the Canada Health Act, provincial governments have a responsibility to ensure that all people have access to essential health services, including abortion \u2013 it also happens to be their human right,\" it stated.\n\"International law guarantees all people the right to life, liberty, security and health, which includes access to a comprehensive package of sexual and reproductive health services (including abortion services).\"\n\"Action Canada advocates for the same pro-abortion ideology of Planned Parenthood and all the other radical groups whose raison d'etre is abortion, the intentional killing of innocent human life,\" Wojciechowski said.\n\"Contrary to what they claim, abortion is not an international human right, it is not international law and governments have no obligation to legalize killing their future citizens.\"\nPEI announces it will begin offering abortions on-island\nTrudeau applauds PEI: 'A woman's right to choose is fundamental in Canada'\nPro-lifer claims PEI's abortion policy is illegal, seeks judicial review\nYuck! PEI abortion advocates co-opt life-loving Anne of Green Gables to push abortion\nabortion, action canada, prince edward island\nFresh off victory, abortion lobbyists push for more in PEI Fresh off victory, abortion lobbyists push for more in PEI News By Lianne Laurence","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"The good, the bad and the ugly: the NBA's most interesting playoff fashion\nRound 2 of the NBA playoffs have come and gone. We've seen villains emerge and heroes shine. But not all of them wear capes.\nInstead, they wear these insanely ludicrous outfits that need to be discussed further.\nThe epicenter of this fashion earthquake? The one, the only\u2026Russell Westbrook \u2013 who not only honors his favorite rock stars:\nBut dresses like them too\u2026\nThe good news for Russ is that his teammate, Cameron Payne, can go straight from the game to being his back up dancer without having to go home to get changed.\nI promise there are other players in the NBA who wear interesting stuff but the man is wearing a giant wash cloth\nand he is officially 'The Brodie' of the NBA \u2013 now literally and figuratively\nOnce again, Russell proves that he is in fact the Bestbrook of all Westbrooks.\nMoving on\u2026 it's LILLARD TIME\nAs the great Walt Clyde Fraizer would say: this man is \"stylin' and profilin'\"\u2026\nFather Time may be undefeated, but, Father Prime lives every day like it's Mardi Gras\nThis Paul George outfit makes me want to stand up and just start screaming 'America The Beautiful'\nOne team who doesn't have to worry about violating any fashion rules? The San Antonio Spurs.\nButtoning your shirt all the way to the top without a tie on is so in right now\nThis isn't a \"DeMarre Carroll is questionable with a wrist injury\" outfit this is a \"DeMarre Carroll is here to drop 50 on your head\" jacket. Let's be honest: you don't wear something like this unless you're playing in the game, we should have all known at this very moment he was going to suit up and play \u2013 which he ultimately did.\nCan we please let the Andre Drummond come back and play for one of the teams in the conference finals so we can see just how many color combinations of this shirt he has?\nReactions To Harden's Impressive Debut\nThe Beard was in classic form in his first game with Brooklyn, making NBA history along the way. Here's how people responded.\nA Big Liability In Brooklyn\nHow do sportsbooks react to blockbuster trades? How much money is on the Nets? And is there any value? Sammy P asked the experts.\nWorthy of Attention\nZach LaVine is setting the league on fire. Is Chicago officially looking at its next superstar guard?\nOnward in H-Town\nThe Harden era has ended. But with Victor Oladipo joining John Wall and DeMarcus Cousins, redemption is possible in Houston.\nFinals Fate\nDoes Brooklyn's new triumvirate spell trouble for the defending champion Los Angeles Lakers' chances at a repeat?","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"San Carlos Apache leader 'horrified' by incapacitated tribal member's pregnancy at facility\nChairman of the San Carlos Apache tribe says he is \"horrified\" by the treatment of 29-year-old tribal member who became pregnant at Phoenix facility.\nSan Carlos Apache leader 'horrified' by incapacitated tribal member's pregnancy at facility Chairman of the San Carlos Apache tribe says he is \"horrified\" by the treatment of 29-year-old tribal member who became pregnant at Phoenix facility. Check out this story on azcentral.com: https:\/\/www.azcentral.com\/story\/news\/local\/phoenix-breaking\/2019\/01\/09\/incapacitated-woman-who-became-pregnant-phoenix-facility-san-carlos-tribal-member\/2526030002\/\nStephanie Innes, Arizona Republic Published 1:01 p.m. MT Jan. 9, 2019 | Updated 3:46 p.m. MT Jan. 9, 2019\nHacienda HealthCare in Phoenix is under heightened security after a patient with intellectual disabilities reportedly became pregnant and gave birth Dec. 29.(Photo: Via Haciendainc.org website)\nThe chairman of the San Carlos Apache Tribe in southeastern Arizona says he is horrified and wants justice served for the incapacitated tribal member who became pregnant while a resident at a Phoenix nursing facility.\nThe tribe says the patient is a 29-year-old woman. She gave birth to a baby boy while still in the Hacienda HealthCare facility on Dec. 29.\n\"On behalf of the tribe, I am deeply shocked and horrified at the treatment of one of our members,\" San Carlos Apache Chairman Terry Rambler said in a statement.\n\"When you have a loved one committed to palliative care, when they are most vulnerable and dependent on others, you trust their caretakers. Sadly, one of her caretakers was not to be trusted and took advantage of her. It is my hope that justice will be served.\"\nOfficials with the San Carlos Apache Police Department say they will assist the Phoenix Police Department in any way possible to find the perpetrator.\nPhoenix police first became aware of the situation when they responded to a report of an infant who had coded at Hacienda de Los Angeles, 1402 E. South Mountain Ave. at 3:42 p.m. on Dec. 29.\nWhen officers arrived, they found an incapacitated woman who had delivered a baby. Both were then transported to a local hospital, a police report says. A sexual assault investigation is ongoing, police say.\nThe woman's family released a statement through Phoenix lawyer John Micheaels this week, saying the baby boy was born into a loving family and will be well cared for.\nWhat is a Silent Witness and how do you become one? Wochit\nIn its statement, the family said they are \"outraged, traumatized and in shock\" and not emotionally ready to make a public statement.\nPhoenix police on Tuesday served a search warrant on the facility to get DNA samples of male employees.\nAuthorities say the woman who gave birth had been a resident at the facility for many years. AzFamily.com, the CBS affiliate that broke the story, has reported that the woman has been in the facility since a near-drowning more than 10 years ago.\nWilliam Timmons, a longtime top executive with Hacienda HealthCare, resigned Monday.\nDetectives are appealing to the community for assistance in identifying the perpetrator. Anyone with information can contact the department's violent crimes bureau at 602-262-6141. To remain anonymous, contact Silent Witness at 480-WITNESS (480-948-6377) or 480-TESTIGO (480-837-8446) for Spanish.\nDPS: Salt River tribal police officer fatally struck by distracted driver\nVictim in north Phoenix home invasion and shooting dies of injuries\nKyrsten Sinema and Martha McSally divided on Trump's border wall\nRead or Share this story: https:\/\/www.azcentral.com\/story\/news\/local\/phoenix-breaking\/2019\/01\/09\/incapacitated-woman-who-became-pregnant-phoenix-facility-san-carlos-tribal-member\/2526030002\/\nWoman who had body-cavity search asks judge to order Phoenix police to release records\nMesa officer rehired to help him get a public-safety pension\nMan found guilty in killing of Tempe fire captain\nMan found dead in Tempe Town Lake\nArizona searchers find remains of hiker who dialed for help in February\nScottsdale may crack down on party houses with fines as high as $1,500","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Mobile not-spots 'hobble' rural areas\nNews Services Future of Rural Areas Barriers to Access mobile coverage\nRURAL areas across the UK are being 'hobbled' by poor mobile phone reception, says a survey.\nFull or partial mobile signal 'not-spots' affects 70% of firms, according to the study by the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC).\nBut the proportion of companies based in rural areas which report such issues (91%) is considerably higher than those in inner cities (56%).\n'Not-spots' are areas of no mobile coverage by any operator, while 'partial not-spots' have some coverage but not from all networks.\nSee also: Rural 'not-spots' unacceptable, warn MPs\nThe survey of 1,465 businesses also show that 29% of firms have unreliable mobile internet connections, with the figure rising to 54% in rural areas.\nIt found that a considerable proportion of UK businesses are not accessing the highest connection speed, with only 42% of businesses reporting a 4G connection.\nInner city firms (54%) are more likely to have 4G than those based in rural areas (25%)\nSome 6% of companies said they still typically obtain a 2G connection and 25% a 3G connection.\nBig businesses are more likely to report 4G connections (57% of businesses with more than 500 employees) than their smaller counterparts (41% with 1-4 employees)\nBCC director general Adam Marshall said: \"All across the country businesspeople complain about patchy mobile coverage and unreliable internet connections in their local areas.\n\"Time and again, I hear from frustrated businesspeople who can't use their mobiles or access the internet when they need to.\"\nDr Marshall said these were basic requirements for companies to work on the move, trade online, and connect with customers and suppliers.\n\"Rural businesses are particularly affected by poor mobile coverage and connectivity, but our research shows that 'not-spots' are prevalent across the UK.\n\"It's incredible to hear that in this day and age there are even places in the City of London where businesses can't get reliable coverage.\n\"Some of the solutions are obvious. Relaxing planning laws to allow for taller masts would be a quick win for the next government to help improve mobile coverage.\nThe BCC is calling on telecoms regulator Ofcom must do more to hold providers to account for the services advertised to business customers.\nIt is also demanding remedies that are as strong for business users as they are for individual consumers.\nOfcom rules stated that virtually all UK premises must receive 4G signal by the end of the year but the survey results suggested that the target was a long way off.\n\"It's clear that the UK is lagging in the delivery of access to a world-class digital infrastructure.\nWhile there have been welcome announcements to roll out 5G in the future, it's clear that getting all businesses access to 4G first remains a top priority.\"\nOfcom backs mast sharing to improve connectivity\n\u00a31 billion deal set to solve poor mobile coverage\nVodafone UK shares network to improve rural connectivity\nNALC object to planning changes to boost UK mobile coverage\nGovernment pledge to fix rural Britain's internet woes\nRural neglect is being ignored","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Expert-approved tips to calm down when you're angry\nIt's helpful to understand why we get angry in the first place.\nSept. 29, 2021, 6:49 PM UTC\nBy Daryl Austin\nAnger is an important instrument for anyone's emotional toolbox. It protects, helps discharge stress and can bring words and feelings to the surface that may need to be expressed to help relationships grow.\nBut the manner in which one handles feelings of anger can lead to vastly different outcomes. \"There's nothing wrong with anger, it's what you do with it that matters,\" said Dr. Joseph Shrand, an instructor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and author of \"Outsmarting Anger: 7 Steps for Defusing Our Most Dangerous Emotion.\"\nIndeed, the author of \"The 5 Love Languages,\" Gary Chapman, has counseled countless families and couples over his career and has seen numerous instances in which mismanaged anger destroys marriages, fractures friendships and sometimes even separates parents from children. \"Much of my counseling has been in helping individuals understand and process anger,\" he said.\nHealth & Wellness5 signs you're in a toxic relationship and what to do about it\nWhy we get angry\nIt's helpful to understand why we get angry in the first place. \"In human relationships, anger is the emotion that arises when we feel that we have been wronged or in some way mistreated,\" Chapman said. \"It's a call for action to right the wrong. However, when we yield to our first impulse, we usually make things worse.\"\nShrand had a similar take: \"We feel anger because we want something to be different. We wish someone would stop doing something or start doing something,\" he said. He explained that when we're angry, the part of the brain in charge of managing emotional responses known as the limbic system, gets ready for a fight. In such a state, \"we can get impulsive, irrational and lash out without thinking,\" he warned.\n\"Anger is part of the brain's fight-or-flight response, so it has to do with our survival instinct,\" said Stephen Dansiger, an eye movement desensitization and reprocessing clinician and author of \"Mindfulness for Anger Management.\" He described some of the body's physiological responses when angry: a rising heart rate, muscle tension, sweating and heightened hearing and vision. \"The body is literally preparing to deal with the perceived threat,\" he said.\nHow Chicago teachers are using social-emotional learning in the classroom\nWhat to do with our anger\nProblem is, such base instincts may perceive threats where no real danger exists. \"When we're angry, we see ourselves as a hammer and everyone around us as a nail,\" said Dr. Laura Markham, a clinical psychologist and author of \"Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids: How to Stop Yelling and Start Connecting.\" That may include reacting to an insensitive comment from a spouse or to a child who just threw their plate of food on the floor. In such instances, Markham warns, \"there is no real threat, but our bodies react as if there is.\"\nThe best way to deal with anger, the experts said, is to diffuse it. That means doing whatever it takes to remind your brain there isn't really a threat or emergency and that it's time to calm down.\n\"There's an entire body of research on how to calm down and retrain the nervous system,\" Markham said. She suggested techniques like running your hands under cold water, taking deep breaths, getting some fresh air, humming, shaking your wrists, counting backwards from 100 until you start to feel calm again, or even forcing a laugh or a smile to trick your brain into switching gears. \"These are all research-supported ways to calm down in the moment,\" she said.\nAnother technique that Shrand suggested is to put the palm of your hand on your forehead. \"Right behind your forehead is your prefrontal cortex, the part of your brain responsible for thinking rational thought,\" he said. \"Touching that area, reminds your brain to keep reactions frontal (logical), and not to go limbic (emotional).\"\nJust being aware of your anger helps, too.\n\"Anger problems can be averted by using a mindful scale of 1 to 10 to occasionally check in with levels of anger,\" Dansiger said. Doing so, he said, redirects your brain from an emotional response to a logical response in a similar way your palm on your forehead does. \"Assigning a number to your anger can also help you recognize if you're truly angry, just annoyed or are overreacting,\" he said.\nWhen couples are angry at each other, Chapman offered this idea: \"Simply use the 'time out' sign used by referees in sporting events,\" he said. \"That signals to the other person and to ourselves that we need a quick break.\"\nAfter all, sometimes the best thing to do during in a moment of anger is to walk away for a few minutes. \"When I walk away,\" Dansiger said, \"I am no longer escalating the situation, and that is how most anger gets out of hand, through individual or mutual escalation.\"\nBenefits that come from managing anger\nWhen we learn how to properly manage anger, relationships can grow. \"The sky's the limit with healing and improving relationships through mindful anger management,\" Dansiger said, adding that when we demonstrate power over our emotions, people see us as more reasonable and are more likely to listen to what we have to say. \"There is also more of a chance that our family, friends and colleagues will meet us where we are, and that relationships will become more real, more loving, more kind,\" he said.\nChapman had a similar observation: \"There are no long-term healthy relationships without resolving our encounters with anger,\" he said. \"The difference between long-term, healthy relationships and broken relationships is often found in the way we manager our anger.\"\nProper anger management, Dr. Les Carter, a semi-retired psychotherapist in Waco, Texas, explained, moves us beyond emotional response and heightens relationships and conversations to become more productive and purposeful. \"Moving beyond anger means a person is mindful of higher priorities that continue to matter,\" he said.\n\"While anger is a natural emotion, it has a great deal to teach us,\" Dansiger concluded. \"When channeled correctly, it can give us more power, humility and deeper connections.\"\nHow to set boundaries with friends and family\nMarch 4, 202104:37\nCORRECTION (September 30, 2021, 4:15 p.m.): An earlier version of this article omitted Dr. Les Carter's full name.\nDaryl Austin\nDaryl Austin is a health journalist based in Utah. His work has appeared in The Atlantic, The Washington Post, Kaiser Health News and Parents magazine.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Summary of Samvidhaan Episode 9\n08\/09\/2022 by Author\nThe Ninth Step: Three Pillars: Executive, Legislature, Judiciary, Here is a review\/Summary of Samvidhaan Episode 9 of Samvidhaan. Read This Full Article which will give you a short understanding about the Samvidhaan Episode 9.\nThis magnificent building's central hall, which has a colonnade made up of 144 pillars, was where our constituent assembly gathered.\nProfessor K. T. Shah, a socialist economist and Gujarati playwright, discussed the trinity of the Executive, Legislature, and Judiciary in his papers from 1942. According to Prof. K. T. Shah, there were several versions presented before the assembly, including the British model, the Swiss directly elected model, and the American president model.\nDr. Rajendra Prasad, the chairman of the constituent assembly, made the decision to speak with adviser Sir Benegal Narsing Rau. Constitutional advisor Sir B. R. Rau created a questionnaire with 27 questions on March 17, 1947. Along with the query, he provided examples from other countries' constitutions. This survey was issued to participants in provincial assemblies and the constituent assembly.\nThe entire country, according to Rau saheb, should elect the president.\nHowever, this was rejected. A letter produced by Gopalaswami Ayyangar and Alladi Krishanswami Ayyar gave the president several more powers. This plan designated the president as the head of state's military forces for the first time and granted him the authority to veto legislation passed by parliament and dissolve it at the cabinet's suggestion. The union constitution committee created a report based on these suggestions, which pandit Nehru presented to the parliament in July 1947.\nIt would be preferable if the president did not identify with any political party, according to Pandit Nehru. Maybe it's not practical to do this. However, once chosen, the president should be impartial and uphold the country and the constitution. Up until today, we have operated under that system. The physician, however, had some reservations. In December 1948, a contentious discussion over choosing cabinet ministers from MPs, electing them, or, as in the USA, nominating them at the president's will began.\nThese changes to the prime minister's cabinet were rejected. However, skepticism over the president's election continued, and towards the conclusion of 1948, Prof. K. T. Shah brought it up once more. And so, the presidential election issue was resolved. But there were still difficulties with the executive's other facets. A non-parliamentary executive government with a proportionately selected cabinet was what a minority representative wanted to see established. Even Dalit members of Congress favored cabinet appointments for minorities.\nEven a pamphlet on these concerns was published by Dr. Ambedkar. By a vote of 8 to 7, the subcommittee rejected the proposal to grant reservations in the cabinet. Over time, the majority of people did understand the intent of this paragraph. And Dr. Ambedkar himself maintained this proposition on November 4, 1948, when he presented the draught of the constitution. But all of the legislative, judicial, and executive provisions did not sit well with prof. K T Shah and others. Dr. Ambedkar received his education there.\nHe did, however, identify certain flaws in the American constitution. Prof. K. T. Shah made a number of important modifications. Like when he said that every minister should have a college degree. However, Mahavir Tyagi countered that although Akbar, Ranjit Singh, and Sivaji were not literate, they were all excellent administrators. Thus, the two houses of the bicameral parliament were given the names RAJYA SABHA AND LOK SABHA. However, there was a difficulty with their terms of office.\nThe duration of the Lok Sabha was set by the Union Constitution Committee at four years. However, the revolutionary Irish president eamon de valera, a hero of Netaji and Pandit Nehru, had warned that four years was too little time for elected officials to learn how the system functions. The previous year was spent getting ready for the elections. As a result, the Lok Sabha's term was set at five years, and the Rajya Sabha's term was set at six years, with one-third of the house retiring every two years. This made for a continuous flow.\nThis point was raised on the 24th may,1949 by B Pocker Sahib. Alladi Krishnaswami Ayyar, an accomplished attorney and wise elderly man of the assembly, rose to address the group after the rule and function of the judiciary were finished. Dr. Ambedkar had a vision of a supreme court that would hear civil, criminal, and constitutional matters, provide justice in each one, and uphold national unity. Now, that wish has come true.\nThe world's largest democracy is firmly held together by the EXECUTIVE-LEGISLATURE-JUDICIARY trinity, which we built into a seamless web.\nCategories Samvidhaan\/Constitution Tags samvidhaan episode 3 summary, samvidhaan episode 4 summary, samvidhaan episode 9, Summary of Samvidhaan Episode 1, Summary of Samvidhaan Episode 2, Summary of Samvidhaan Episode 9\nSummary of Samvidhaan Episode 10","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"As Diocese places priest on leave, abuse advocate tells bishop \"reveal or resign\"\nBy Michael Mroziak \u2022 May 7, 2018\nThe Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo on Monday announced it has placed a priest on administrative leave, one day after a published report revealed that priest had been accused in 1995 of sexually abusing a then teenaged girl. Meanwhile, a New Jersey-based advocacy group representing victims of alleged past abuse turned up pressure on Bishop Richard Malone, demanding he release all information on abuse cases or step down.\nFather Fabian Maryanski, who was most recently serving as a retired assistant priest at the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church in Clarence, was identified Sunday by the Buffalo News article in an article where an unidentified woman accuses the priest of abusing her 23 years ago.\nDr. Robert Hoatson of Road to Recovery holds a sign in downtown Buffalo, across the street from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo's headquarters. One day after the Buffalo News published allegations against a priest, Hoatson demanded Bishop Richard Malone release all files on past cases or resign.\nCredit Michael Mroziak, WBFO\nThe Diocese, in a brief statement announcing their action, explained that Father Maryanski was being placed on leave \"for the purpose of reopening the previous investigation\" and added that the move does not imply any determination of truth or falsity of the complaint.\nMeanwhile Monday morning, across the street from the Diocese of Buffalo's downtown headquarters on Main Street, Dr. Robert Hoatson returned to once again speak out critically of diocesan efforts to address past abuses. This time, the head of the group Road to Recovery raised the organization's pressure on Bishop Richard Malone. The large sign he held said it in three words: \"Reveal or Resign.\"\n\"The Catholics of the Buffalo Diocese deserve better,\" Hoatson said. \"We now know, through at least the last four or five bishops, there has been a massive cover-up of child sexual abuse. Not just by diocesan priests and deacons but also religious priests and perhaps other employees of the diocese. Unfortunately, though, we don't know because we're never told the truth.\"\nIn 2000, Father Maryanski was appointed a parochial vicar at the St. Phillip the Apostle parish in Cheektowaga and then became pastor at St. Andrew's parish in Sloan. He held the latter position until his retirement in 2014.\nMaryanski was not among the 42 priests identified by the Diocese of Buffalo earlier this spring in a list of clergy accused of sexual abuse. James Faluszczak, a former priest-turned-advocate, recalled a 2002 communication released by then-Vicar General Monsignor Robert Cunningham that stated 53 priests within the diocese had faced accusations of abuse.\n\"Now, thanks to a lot of investigation, the courage of many victims and survivors, and also due largely to the efforts of the Buffalo media and folks in the legal community who are representing victims, the reported number as of yesterday is 64,\" Faluszczak said.\nDiocesan officials including Bishop Malone previously explained that some priests not identified on their own list belonged to religious orders and were under the immediate jurisdiction of the respective orders' leadership.\nHoatson stated Monday that those order leaders had sought advice from the bishop on how to act.\nFather Fabian Maryanski celebrating mass at St. Gregory the Great Church in January 2017.\nCredit YouTube\nAttorney Mitchell Garabedian, a Boston-based attorney who represented abuse victims in that archdiocese, released a written statement in response to the allegation lodged against Father Maryanski: \"Concerning the sexual abuse allegations against Fr. Fabian J. Maryanski, the Diocese of Buffalo has failed miserably in protecting children because the Diocese did not even timely report the allegations to the police. This is another example of the scope of the cover up by the Diocese of Buffalo.\"\nLate Monday afternoon, Bishop Malone issued his own statement in response to Hoatson's news conference and calls to reveal all or resign: \"While these issues of abuse predate my arrival as Bishop of Buffalo in 2012, it has become my responsibility to lead our diocese through the proper handling of abuse from the past. I will continue to do so now and in the future. We have made great strides in regard to protection of young people and the handling of sexual abuse cases, especially since implementing the 2002 Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People.\"\nPriest Sexual Abuse\nchurch abuse scandal\nrobert hoatson\nBishop Richard Malone\nDiocese of Buffalo to sell bishop's residence to raise funds for sex abuse victim program\nThe E.B. Green-designed mansion where Bishop Richard Malone and five other Roman Catholic bishops have resided will be put up for sale this summer. Bishop Malone announced the decision to sell the Bishop's Residence on Oakland Place to raise funds for a program set up to assist victims of alleged past sexual abuse by clergy.\nLaw firm renews call to Diocese of Buffalo: reveal all alleged abusers\nA law firm which, last month, released a report identifying more than a dozen priests accused of sexual abuse while serving within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo has issued a more detailed second report. In addition to revealing more names and histories, attorney Mick Reck and others urged the Diocese to disclose what they say is still-secret identities of additional priests accused of abuse.\nAnother victim claims sexual abuse by a Catholic priest\nBy Eileen Buckley \u2022 Mar 23, 2018\nOn the same day the Catholic Diocese of Buffalo issued an apology to victims of sexual abuse, another victim has come forward. WBFO's senior reporter Eileen Buckley has the story.\nWBFO's senior reporter Eileen Buckley says another victim is claiming sexual abuse against a priest who is now deceased.\nBishop Malone apologizes to victims of sexual abuse scandal: \"I'm profoundly sorry\"\nBy WBFO News \u2022 Mar 23, 2018\nWBFO News photo from Youtube clip\nThe Rev. Bishop Richard Malone, leader of the Catholic Diocese of Buffalo apologizes for the victims of the sexual abuse scandal by priests that has rocked the Western New York community.\nLocal man marks Good Friday with claim of sex abuse by Catholic priest\nBy Chris Caya \u2022 Mar 30, 2018\nChris Caya WBFO News\nA local man is going public with claims of being sexually abused as a teenager by a Catholic priest employed by the Diocese of Buffalo.\nWBFO's Chris Caya reports","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Oklahoma Lawmakers Pass Bill Protecting Religious Convictions of Foster, Adoption Agencies\nBy Heather Clark on May 7, 2018 21 Comments\nOKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. \u2014 Lawmakers in Oklahoma have passed a bill that protects the religious convictions of foster and adoption agencies in the state, in that they may decline to place children in certain households if the arrangement would violate the tenets of their faith.\n\"To the extent allowed by federal law, no private child-placing agency receiving neither federal nor state funds shall be required to perform, assist, counsel, recommend, consent to, refer, or participate in any placement of a child for foster care or adoption when the proposed placement would violate the agency's written religious or moral convictions or policies,\" reads SB 1140.\nThe bill was presented by Senate Majority Floor Leader Greg Treat, R-Oklahoma City, and Rep. Travis Dunlap, R-Bartlesville, and passed the House 56-21 on Thursday after clearing the Senate 35-9 in March. It now heads to the desk of Gov. Mary Fallin, who has not indicated whether or not she will sign the legislation.\nThe proposal has received support from various faith-based groups in the state, including the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma.\n\"As Oklahoma Baptists, we want to voice our strong support of Senate Bill 1140, which we believe is necessary to protect the religious liberty of faith-based adoption providers in Oklahoma,\" Executive Director Hance Dilbeck told the Tulsa Beacon. \"Faith-based organizations have been on the leading edge of providing hope and good homes for children in need of adoption or foster care.\"\nHe and retiring director Anthony Jordan wrote to lawmakers to explain their position.\n\"We have been alarmed and outraged to learn of threats to the religious liberty and moral convictions of faith-based agencies in other parts of the country, such as Massachusetts,\" they wrote. \"In Oklahoma, now is the time to ensure equal opportunity and protection for individuals and groups involved in foster care and adoption. Indeed the very survival and future of such organizations depends upon it.\"\nHomosexual advocacy groups have argued that the bill is discriminatory and seeks to keep those in same-sex relationships from adopting children.\n\"Leadership of both houses forced an unneeded, unwanted, and un-American bill onto the governor's desk. This measure does nothing but keep Oklahoma's most vulnerable youth out of loving and committed homes,\" opined Freedom Oklahoma Executive Director Troy Stevenson following Thursday's vote, which he called a \"disgrace.\"\nHowever, Senator Treat said that the bill does nothing to stop homosexuals from adopting. Lawmakers who have pondered similar proposals have noted that secular persons can use secular agencies, rather than trying to force Christian or Catholic groups to violate their convictions.\nThe measure, Treat outlined, simply protects those faith-based groups from government punishment so that they can freely help address the foster and adoption needs in the state.\n\"It doesn't do anything \u2026 to prohibit same-sex couples from adopting,\" he told television station KFOR. \"All it does is protect faith-based institutions who wish to participate, and some are sitting on the sideline right now. And I hope to get them involved to help us take care of the huge need.\"\nLawmakers in Kansas are pondering similar legislation, which has already cleared the House. The Mercury News reports that while religious foster and adoption agencies have been operating for years without issue, some fear that they will be sued or that the political climate in the state could turn hostile toward them.\nThe late Anglican preacher J.C. Ryle once said, \"Be very sure of this: People never reject the Bible because they cannot understand it. They understand it all too well. They understand that it condemns their own behavior. They understand that it witnesses against their own sins and summons them to judgment.\"\nOklahoma Lawmakers Pass Bill Protecting Religious Convictions of Foster, Adoption Agencies added by Heather Clark on May 7, 2018","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
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{"text":"Chelsea Voters to Consider First Step Toward Withdrawal from RSU 12\nJessica Clifford\nChelsea Elementary School. Chelsea voters will decide whether to begin the process to withdraw the town from RSU 12 on Election Day, Nov. 6. (Jessica Clifford photo)\nChelsea will consider whether to take an early step toward withdrawal from Regional School Unit 12 on Election Day, Nov. 6.\nIf Chelsea voters approve the measure and the town proceeds to an eventual vote on withdrawal, it would become the fifth town in the district to consider withdrawal. Palermo, Westport Island, and Windsor considered withdrawal in 2014, and Wiscasset withdrew in 2013.\nThe RSU 12 Board of Directors discussed the financial impact of Chelsea's potential withdrawal and approved a resolution in support of continuing the seven-town district Thursday, Oct. 11.\nBoard Vice Chair Richard Cote, who represents Chelsea, said he began hearing complaints about the town's tax hike due to the RSU 12 bill around August and September.\nThe school district's total budget increased by 3.54 percent for the 2018-2019 school year. Chelsea's share was $2,340,400.77, the second-highest local contribution after Windsor's. Chelsea is the biggest town in the district by population.\nA four-member committee started a petition to force the vote, Cote said.\n\"It is very difficult to predict how this will impact the other towns monetarily,\" RSU 12 Superintendent Howie Tuttle said.\nChelsea's withdrawal would not affect any of the programs RSU 12 currently offers to the other schools in the district, but would \"make it impossible for Chelsea to participate\" in those programs, Tuttle said.\nThe board reviewed a resolution it had passed when other towns considered withdrawal. After making edits, the board unanimously approved the resolution.\nIn addition to support for the district as it currently stands, it states that any student from Chelsea who is not attending Chelsea Elementary School would have to return to the school if the town withdraws.\nSince Wiscasset withdrew in 2013, its education expenses have grown, Tuttle said, even as the town closed one of its schools.\nThe total estimated cost for Chelsea to withdraw from RSU 12 would be close to $2 million.\nMuch of this would come from paying debts to the district. Chelsea would have to pay back the six other towns for their help to pay for Chelsea Elementary School's gym, employee summer salaries for 2018, legal fees for the withdrawal, and more.\nChelsea will have a public hearing to discuss the possible withdrawal at the school at 6:30 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 25.\nThe referendum question reads as follows: \"Do you favor filing a petition for withdrawal with the board of directors of Sheepscot Valley Regional School Unit #12 and with the Commissioner of Education, authorizing the withdrawal committee to expend $15,000 from Undesignated Fund Balance and authorizing the Board of Selectmen to issue notes in the name of the Town of Chelsea or otherwise pledge the credit of the Town of Chelsea in an amount not to exceed $15,000 for this purpose?\"\nState law outlines the process for a town to withdraw from a regional school unit, including this initial vote.\nWhitefield Elementary hire\nMegan Soule was hired to be a student support specialist at Whitefield Elementary School.\nSoule has 17 years of experience, Tuttle said. She previously worked as a special education teacher in RSU 2 and has an extensive background in student behavior.\nRSU 12 literacy team\nDeb Taylor, RSU 12 director of curriculum and technology, updated the board on two RSU 12 literacy team projects that have been worked on since the team organized in the spring of 2017.\nThe literacy team is creating giveaways for children who move into one of the seven RSU 12 towns. Children will receive a bag with two age-appropriate books, Taylor said.\nStudents in towns with schools will receive the books from their respective schools, while students in Alna and Westport Island will pick up their giveaways from their respective town offices.\nA new initiative has been to create little libraries for each RSU 12 town. The little libraries are cabinets to store donated books for beginning readers up to adults. People can borrow a book from the library and return it later.\nThe libraries have not been installed yet, Taylor said. Most of the towns are still deciding where to install them.\n(Correction: An earlier version of this article online and on page 9 of the Oct. 18 print edition incorrectly reported that Chelsea was going to vote on withdrawal Nov. 6. The vote is to begin the withdrawal process. The Lincoln County News regrets the error.)\nChelsea Votes Against Beginning Withdrawal Process\nRSU 12 Voters Approve Budget\nRSU 12 Board Renews Superintendent's Deal\nSheepscot Valley RSU Settles On Fourth Budget Next Month\nRSU 12 Representatives Meet With Westport Selectmen\nShark Encounter Gives Bremen Students 'Once-In-A-Lifetime' Science Lesson\nChair of Newcastle Selectmen to Resign\nBristol Fire Chief to Retire\nCounty Sees Highest Weekly Increase in New COVID-19 Cases\nDamariscotta Approves Liquor License for Butter Up Cakes","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"ISL 2018: Struggling Kerala Blasters hosts table-topper FC Goa, eyes first home win\nKerala Blasters will look to register its first home win of the 2018 Indian Super League season when it hosts table-topper FC Goa on Sunday.\nStan Rayan\nKOCHI 10 November, 2018 22:37 IST\nKerala Blasters players engage in a training session a day before their Indian Super League clash against FC Goa. - H. Vibhu\nRivalries will be renewed on Sunday when Kerala Blasters hosts table-topper FC Goa in the Indian Super League at the Nehru Stadium here. Late last year, the Blasters faced Goa's wrath when Ferran Corominas' second half hat-trick sealed a 5-2 win, while the Goan outfit soared to a 2-1 victory in the return fixture.\nThe Blasters will be wary of current top-scorer Corominas, who once again leads Goa's charge. The home side will be under heavy pressure to produce its first home win, especially after its first loss this season, against Bengaluru FC on Monday.\nBlasters assistant coach Thangboi Singto hopes to work on the chinks in the rival defence. \"We respect Goa and we all know it is an attacking team. But if you see its record, it concedes goals too,\" said Singto on Saturday.\n\"But we are not very concerned about Goa, we are concerned about our team and what we bring to the table tomorrow in terms of performance is important,\" he added.\nFC Goa striker Ferran Corominas has been in stunning form and tops the goal-scoring charts with six goals. - ISL\/ SPORTZPICS\nThe Kochi side is known for its defence and Singto made it clear that his team would not just focus on Corominas.\n\"It's not just about Coro, they have players like Edu (Bedia) and (Hugo) Boumous who are equally talented. I think we need to focus on Goa as a team,\" he said.\nThe host, which is likely to give Indian defender Anas Edathodika his first start of the season, will be a lot fresher than Goa which played its last game just two days ago while Kerala's last match was five days ago.\nMeanwhile, FC Goa head coach Sergio Lobera was a picture of confidence. \"Let's see who scores more goals. Football is all about the balance between your attack and defence but we play a very attacking style which means we have to take some risks regarding our back but that is what makes us strong,\" said the Spaniard. \"We wouldn't be changing that.\"\nThe match, which pits the table-topper against the No. 6, should certainly be a treat.\nThangboi Singto\nSergio Lobera\nAnas Edathodika\nFerran Corominas\nFC Goa\nKerala Blasters","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Preparing for the Unexpected: Batteries vs. Generators for Home Power Backup\nSolar power usage is on the rise throughout the United States.\nAccording to the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), a new solar energy system was installed every 75 seconds in 2020. Currently, 18.6 million homes use solar power, which is around 3% of the country's total energy usage.\nThat's a huge step up from previous years; and if\nHow Many Solar Panels Do You Need for EVs?\nElectric vehicles (EVs) are becoming increasingly popular in the U.S. and around the world for their environmental and performance benefits as manufacturers launch plug-in EV models across their fleets. And whether you own an EV or are interested in purchasing one, there's a fair chance you'll be in the market for a home charging port for your EV battery as\nFive Best and Worst U.S. States for Solar in 2021\nRenewable energy has been growing in popularity and necessity over the years, making solar power an increasingly bigger priority. One recognizable trend in 2021 is that geography is less of a deciding factor in whether or not a state is a leader in solar power.\nThe Solar Energy Industries Association releases its quarterly rankings of solar industry strength in\nSolar Panel Insurance: How Solar Panels Affect Home Insurance\nSolar panels are a great investment if you're looking for a way to generate energy and save money at the same time. And like with any great investment, you'll want to protect your solar panel system.\nSo how do you cover your solar panels? Is there solar panel insurance you can purchase?\nThe good news is that you may\nSolar-Powered Crypto Mining: Cryptocurrency Mining With Solar Panels\nAre you interested in learning more about solar-powered crypto mining? We've put together everything you need to know about cryptocurrency mining with solar panels using a straightforward Q&A style approach. Keep reading to get the low-down on everything from solar bitcoin mining rig options to whether there are tax breaks you might enjoy by going green with your crypto mining.\nHow Going Solar Benefits the Environment and Public Health\nMost people know of solar power and its status as a \"green energy.\" But fewer people know about the specific environmental and public health benefits of solar power. They are more substantial than you might think.\nHow does solar power impact greenhouse gas emissions? How does it affect the ground and water supplies? How can solar energy benefit your\nFreedom Solar News\nOur Favorite Solar Installations of 2021\nFreedom Solar appreciates all efforts in the renewable energy sector. However, these are some of our favorite solar projects from 2021.\nWinter Storm Hero\nRob D. was the hero of a northwest Houston neighborhood during Winter Storm Uri in February of 2021.\nRob's 22 SunPower solar panels provide 7.98 kW and offset 99% of his energy\nHome EV Charging vs. Public EV Charging\nThe electric vehicle (EV) industry is booming beyond the passenger car market. Public transit buses, trucks of various shapes and sizes including long-haul semis, and even large-tractor trailers are utilizing electricity to power up.\nHere's a look at the current and expected reality of charging an EV at public stations on the road as well as at home.\nSolar Industry News\nWho Makes the Best Solar Panels?\nDetermining who makes the best solar panels can be challenging, especially with the proliferation of solar companies over recent years.\nIn this article, we present the most important considerations to evaluate the quality of solar panels and share recent findings from third-party review sites.\nYou can use several criteria to evaluate the quality of solar panels:\nEfficiency and\nResearch out of Dallas Uncovers Innovative Technique for Solar Panel Production\nOne of the barriers to rapid (and therefore lower-cost) solar panel production has historically been the length of time that flexible electronics (like solar panels) take to make. In particular, a part of the process called annealing can take several hours and significantly slow down production times.\nA team at the University of Texas has come up with an\nNew Solar Project Brings CSU Pueblo to Net Zero Efficiency\nColorado State University (CSU) in Pueblo is the first university in the state to reach net zero energy thanks to the newly installed CSU solar project on campus.\nWhat Is the New CSU Solar Project?\nCSU announced the completion of their on-site solar project on August 19, 2021 in partnership with Johnson Controls, Capital Dynamics, and Black Hills Energy.\nEnergy Saving Tips\nSolar Panels and EV Stations: The Prevalence of Solar-Powered EV Charging Stations\nElectric vehicles are becoming increasingly common as the world learns more about climate change and renewable energy. And with electric cars comes the need to charge them. Here's what Freedom Solar has to say on the topic of solar-powered EV charging stations.\nWhat Is an EV Station?\nAn electric vehicle (EV) station is also known as an EV charger,\nCan Solar Panels Withstand a Hurricane?\nSolar panel manufacturers make their systems as tough as possible since they're constantly exposed to elements. Solar panels are durable enough to withstand a hurricane among other tough conditions.\nThe good news is that you generally don't have to worry about hurricane winds, rain, or hail ruining or damaging your solar panels since they're built to be resilient. But\nGoing Solar Collectively: Guide to Community Solar Projects\nPeople across the country are taking advantage of community solar projects to share both the costs and benefits of solar installations.\nEco-Friendly Businesses\nFive Colorado Agrivoltaic Farms and Organizations to Check Out\nAgrivoltaic farming is gradually becoming more well known as people prioritize sustainable agricultural methods and renewable energy. As a result, there are multiple Colorado agrivoltaic farms and organizations to check out.\nColorado Agrivoltaic Learning Center (CALC)\nCALC is a nonprofit located in Longmount, Colorado sponsored by the Colorado Nonprofit Development Center (CNDC). CALC's work focuses primarily on educating\nCheck Out These Eco-Friendly Businesses in the Dallas-Fort Worth Area\nThere are plenty of eco-friendly businesses in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Here are some of Freedom Solar's favorites.\nAnna Sova Luxury Organics\nOrganic bed linens from Anna Sova\nAnna Sova Luxury Organics provides an array of home and body products. The company's inventory reflects responsible fair trade labor production from environmentally conscious facilities \u2014 all in support\nHow Long Do Solar Panels Last?: The Average Lifespan of Solar Panels\nHomeowners and businesses around the country are getting more interested in making their lifestyle more sustainable. Going solar is the best way to transition to clean, sustainable energy while also dramatically reducing your monthly utility bills \u2014 or even eliminating them entirely!\nIn order to get the most life from your solar panel installation, it's important to understand\nAgrivoltaics: What to Know About Farming With Solar Panels\nThe agriculture industry requires an immense amount of resources, including water and energy. The EPA reports that 24% of total greenhouse gas emissions come from agriculture, forestry, and other land use, and around 70% of total water consumption is for irrigation purposes.\nIt's reasonable that agriculture businesses and individual farmers are looking for ways to make their processes\nGuide to Wall-Mounted Solar Panels\nWall-mounted solar panels are a great addition to your home or business if you're looking to make the switch to solar power but don't want to penetrate your roof or use vacant yard space.\nHere's Freedom Solar's guide to wall-mounted systems to help you determine if they're the right choice for you.\n[Related: Is My\nGuide to Ground-Mounted Solar Panels\nGround-mounted solar panels might be the best option for your home or business depending on your preference and environment.\nWhether you lack a south-facing roof, want to avoid roof penetration, or would prefer your panels to remain hidden for aesthetic reasons, keep reading to learn more about ground-mounted solar panel systems.\nWhat Are the Different Types of\nDo Solar Panels Increase Home Value?\nSolar power is one of the most popular sources of energy and has numerous benefits, including a positive return on investment. But when it comes to how much solar panels increase home value, there's no easy answer.\nThis is in part because there are two ways of evaluating solar panels' worth. The first is how banks value a solar-generating\nWhat to Expect: Your HOA and Solar Panels\nIf you're a homeowner living in a community governed by a Homeowners Association (HOA), you're one of about 40 million households in the United States that are members of an HOA.\nHOAs are private entities created either by a real estate company or a group of household owners in a particular community. Their role is to manage the homes\nWhat to Know Before Installing Solar Panels\nMaking the switch to solar power is a big step, but it's worth the investment. Who wouldn't want a lifetime of sustainable energy? Many people are realizing the importance of renewable energy, and solar system installment rates continue to rise as a result.\nThe U.S. has over three million solar panel systems installed nationwide as of 2021, equating to\nSolar Savings\nAre Solar Panels Worth It? What You Need to Know to Decide\nAre solar panels worth it?\nSolar panel systems have numerous benefits, but how do you know for certain that they're worth acquiring for your home? Here we'll explain some of the pros and cons of home solar panels to help you decide.\nADVANTAGES OF SOLAR ENERGY FOR YOUR HOME LOWER COST OF ELECTRICITY\nThe number of regular telecommuting\nFive Florida Renewable Energy Organizations to Check Out\nNumerous organizations in Florida are dedicated to advancing clean and sustainable energy solutions throughout the state. Here's a look at some of Freedom Solar's favorites.\nFlorida BioFuels and BioEnergy Association (FBBA)\nFBBA is a nonprofit trade association that provides educational information and resources to businesses and government agencies across the Southeast.\nMore specifically, their priority is to bring clean","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Augusta woman who burglarized Travis Mills' Manchester home is sentenced\nTiffany Fitzpatrick will spend nine months behind bars after stealing from the under-construction home belonging to the quadruple-amputee veteran.\nBy Betty AdamsKennebec Journal\nAUGUSTA \u2014 A city woman who admitted stealing from the site of quadruple-amputee veteran Travis Mills' home in Manchester while it was under construction will serve nine months behind bars for that and a series of other burglaries and thefts.\nTiffany Fitzpatrick, 26, of Augusta, will be placed on three years' probation with the remainder of her five-year sentence suspended.\nPolice: Woman admits involvement in theft at site of Travis Mills' future home\nManchester woman who stole from wounded veteran back behind bars\nSidney man charged with burglary at Travis Mills' home site\nTools stolen from Manchester site of house being built for amputee veteran\nShe was sentenced Wednesday in the Kennebec County Superior Court case heard in the Capital Judicial Center. She had previously pleaded guilty Feb. 10, and the case was continued to allow restitution to be calculated.\nOn Wednesday, Fitzpatrick was ordered to pay $4,000 restitution along with another defendant, Clinton U. Bates, 36, of Augusta.\nCharges against Bates remain pending, and his case, along with a number of others, is set for jury selection on Friday.\nFitzpatrick was arrested in April 2014 following a burglary and theft in Windsor.\nFitzpatrick's sentence covers convictions on charges of unlawful trafficking in heroin and violating conditions of release, which occurred Jan. 14 in Manchester where she formerly lived, as well as a series of burglaries and thefts April 21-23, 2014, in Augusta, Manchester and Windsor.\nShe said little during the sentencing hearing, where she was represented by attorney Jonathan Handelman. Several other charges were dismissed in exchange for her pleas.\nFitzpatrick told police that two days before the burglary at Mills' home, she and Bates had gone to Walmart where she had stolen \"two LED lights, two black gloves and a pair of vise grips\" to use in the break-ins, according to an affidavit by Maine State Police Trooper Elisha Fowlie.\nFitzpatrick also told police a friend drove the pair to Pond Road in Manchester, where they scouted the construction site on Mills' property and stole multiple tools. Then they rode to Windsor and broke into another home under construction, bringing the stolen items back to their Augusta apartment.\nThey and others then went to various pawn shops to sell the items. Police interviewed Fitzpatrick after an air compressor reported stolen from the Windsor site was brought in to one shop.\nA number of other people were sentenced this week at separate hearings in Kennebec County Superior Court cases:\n\u2022 Matthew E. Ames, 49, of Benton, unlawful possession of scheduled drug in Augusta and violating condition of release in Waterville, both Oct. 24, 2014, and violating condition of release Jan. 7, 2015, in Waterville; 364-day jail sentence, all but 14 days suspended, one year probation, $400 fine.\n\u2022 Timothy Godin, 22, of Lewiston, criminal trespass Aug. 8, 2013, in Belgrade; 30-day jail sentence.\n\u2022 Zachariah Lathrop, 31, of Gardiner, unlawful trafficking in scheduled drugs Oct. 24, 2014, in Gardiner; $400 fine.\n\u2022 Sara M. Pettengill, 33, of Gardiner, operating under the influence Nov. 22, 2014, in Hallowell; 96-hour jail sentence, $500 fine, 150-day license suspension.\n\u2022 Melanie Poulin, 32, of Winslow, violating condition of release Nov. 13, 2014, in Winslow; 10-day jail sentence.\n\u2022 John White, 41, of Augusta, terrorizing April 3, 2014, in Pittston; 364-day jail sentence, all but 120 days suspended, one year administrative release.\n\u2022 Marcie A. Whitten, 35, of Lewiston, forgery Feb. 1, 2014, in Litchfield; three-year jail sentence, all suspended, two years' probation, $410 restitution.\nBetty Adams \u2014 621-5631\nTwitter: @betadams","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Welcome to the GREENS Hamburg-Mitte\nWe are the GREENS in Hamburg-MITTE! We belong to the national association of the GREENS and take care of party politics in Hamburg-Mitte. The GREEN state association is made up of seven district associations, each representing one of Hamburg's seven districts. From Finkenwerder to Billstedt, from St. Georg to Wilhelmsburg, Hamburg-Mitte and thus the GREEN district association extend. Here is a list of all the neighborhoods in our district.\nThe District Association\nThe GREENS Hamburg-MITTE district association serves as the primary point of contact for our members. The district association (abbreviated KV in German, meaning Kreisverband) deals with district issues and helps shape local politics. The association serves other important functions in addition to serving as the GREENS' party framework. The district association, for example, is in charge of nominating the list for the election of the district assembly and electing delegates to state and national delegates' conferences. The district association is also in charge of admitting new party members and collecting membership fees.\nThe district executive committee represents the district association. The committee is made up of members of the party executive (chair and deputy chair), treasurer, and extended district executive committee assessors.\nThe district executive committee usually meets on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month.\nYou can contact the district office at: kreisverband@gruene-mitte.com.\nThe District Parliamentary Group\nOur main forum for local politics is the district assembly. Once a month, this is where we, the 11 elected members of the GREEN district parliamentary group, meet the political opposition and debate Hamburg-Mitte's most pressing issues. Agendas range from explosive to bureaucratic, speeches from the podium range from halting to combative to sprawling, and debates are sometimes languid and sometimes heated, as in other political arenas. Citizens are always welcome: current and fundamental concerns can be raised during public question time!\nYou can contact the parliamentary group office at: fraktion@gruene-mitte.com\nOur work covers a wide range of topics, from climate protection to social policies to local culture.\nOf course, we are also very active in our district's committees. Click here to see who represents us on the various committees.\nNeighborhood Committees\nEasy accessible and close by: our neighborhood committees are your first place to go if you have specific local requests or questions, want to improve your local community or to connect with GREEN politics - without prior notice and dress code.\nWhat to anticipate? A group of like-minded people from your neighborhood whom you may have never met before. Topics from your neighborhood seen through newer or older eyes. Agenda-driven and ad hoc discussions. And probably one or two curious questions about you.\nFind our neighborhood committees here.\nWorking groups are monthly meetings that focus on a single overarching topic. Without prior notice or a dress code, but with room for your concerns. Working groups are similar to collaboratively curated billboards: you decide which topics will be displayed! Come on in!\nFind our working groups here.\nDo you want to join a working group or make a specific request? Please contact us via email. We are very excited to meet you!\nSend us an email in your native language if you have a request. We will try to find a solution to assist you in resolving your request in your native language.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Home Singers\/Rappers XXXTentacion Height, Weight, Age, Parents, Net Worth, Girlfriend\nXXXTentacion Height, Weight, Age, Parents, Net Worth, Girlfriend\nJahseh Dwayne Onfroy known by his stage name as XXXTentacion is an American rapper who got his breakthrough from song \"Look at Me\". Onfroy was born on January 23, 1998 in Florida and he started his career in music by uploading his song to his SoundCloud account. He is one of the emerging artist who is looking to set his name on hip-hop industry. His most popular song \"Look at Me\" was released in 2016 and re-released in 2017. The song peaked at number 34 on US Billboard Hot 100 and the Top 40 of the Canadian Hot 100. He released his debut studio album \"17\" on August 25, 2017 and has received positive reviews from the critics. Jahseh Dwayne Onfroy is also known for his notorious behavior. He spent some time on prision on charges of false prisionment, witness tampering and aggravated battery of a pregnant victim.\nFull Name: Jahseh Dwayne Onfroy\nNick Name: XXXTentacion, Young Dagger Dick, X, XXX\nBorn Place: Pompano Beach, Florida, United States\nDate of Birth: January 23, 1998\nOccupation: Rapper, Singer\nFather: Not Known\nMother: Not Known\nSiblings: Not Known\nXXXTentacion Height Weight and Body Details\nXXXTentacion height weight\nXXXTentacion Height: 5 ft 6 in or 168 cm\nChest size: Not Known\nWaist Size: Not Known\nBiceps \/Arms size: Not Known\nTattoos: He has several tattoos on his body.\nHair Color: Black\/Brown\nXXXTentacion Net Worth: Net Worth is estimated to be around $300,000\nHe posted a first track, called \"Vice City,\" to his SoundCloud account in March of 2014.\nAs a child, he was reportedly expelled from middle school and kicked out of his local choir.\nOnfroy was arrested in Florida in July of 2016 on charges of robbery.\nHe was arrested again later that month on charges of false imprisonment, witness tampering, and aggravated battery of a pregnant victim.\nHe has worked with rappers like Robb Banks, Ski Mask The Slump God and Denzel Curry.\nFollow him on Instagram and Facebook.\nPrevious articleGrace Helbig Height, Weight, Age, Parents, Net Worth, Boyfriend\nNext articleDaniel Seavey Height, Weight, Age, Parents, Net Worth, Girlfriend\nRicci Bitti Height, Weight, Bio, Age, Body measurement, Net Worth and...\nMisha - January 4, 2018\nPersonal Details What is her real name? Her real name is Lyric Thomas. What is her Stage Name? Ricci Bitti Occupation and Job She is a rapper and dancer. Birthday\/Date of...\nJ.I. Height, Weight, Age, Bio, Body measurement, Net Worth and Facts\nSmokePurpp Height, Weight, Age, Family, Net Worth, Girlfriend\nThomas Doherty Height, Weight, Age, Family, Net Worth, Girlfriend","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"front page rummy hack mod apk download\nrummy hack mod apk download\nA still hardier mountaineer is the Sierra juniper (Juniperus occidentalis), growing mostly[Pg 164] on domes and ridges and glacier pavements. A thickset, sturdy, picturesque highlander, seemingly content to live for more than a score of centuries on sunshine and snow; a truly wonderful fellow, dogged endurance expressed in every feature, lasting about as long as the granite he stands on. Some are nearly as broad as high. I saw one on the shore of the lake nearly ten feet in diameter, and many six to eight feet. The bark, cinnamon-colored, flakes off in long ribbon-like strips with a satiny luster. Surely the most enduring of all tree mountaineers, it never seems to die a natural death, or even to fall after it has been killed. If protected from accidents, it would perhaps be immortal. I saw some that had withstood an avalanche from snowy Mount Hoffman cheerily putting out new branches, as if repeating, like Grip, \"Never say die.\" Some were simply standing on the pavement where no fissure more than half an inch wide offered a hold for its roots. The common height for these rock-dwellers is from ten to twenty feet; most of the old ones have broken tops, and are mere stumps, with a few tufted branches, forming picturesque brown pillars on bare pavements, with plenty of elbow-room and a clear view in every direction. On good moraine soil it reaches a height of from forty to[Pg 165] sixty feet, with dense gray foliage. The rings of the trunk are very thin, eighty to an inch of diameter in some specimens I examined. Those ten feet in diameter must be very old\u2014thousands of years. Wish I could live, like these junipers, on sunshine and snow, and stand beside them on the shore of Lake Tenaya for a thousand years. How much I should see, and how delightful it would be! Everything in the mountains would find me and come to me, and everything from the heavens like light.One of these ancient flood boulders stands firm in the middle of the stream channel, just below the lower edge of the pool dam at the foot of the fall nearest our camp. It is a nearly cubical mass of granite about eight feet high, plushed with mosses over the top and down the sides to ordinary high-water mark. When I climbed on top of it to-day and lay down to rest, it seemed the most romantic spot I had yet found\u2014the one big stone with its mossy level top and smooth sides standing square and firm and solitary, like an altar, the fall in front of it bathing it lightly with the finest of the spray, just enough to keep its moss cover fresh;[Pg 49] the clear green pool beneath, with its foam-bells and its half circle of lilies leaning forward like a band of admirers, and flowering dogwood and alder trees leaning over all in sun-sifted arches. How soothingly, restfully cool it is beneath that leafy, translucent ceiling, and how delightful the water music\u2014the deep bass tones of the fall, the clashing, ringing spray, and infinite variety of small low tones of the current gliding past the side of the boulder-island, and glinting against a thousand smaller stones down the ferny channel! All this shut in; every one of these influences acting at short range as if in a quiet room. The place seemed holy, where one might hope to see God.\nNow I'm back at the camp-fire, and cannot help thinking about my recognition of my friend's presence in the valley while he was four or five miles away, and while I had no means of[Pg 191] knowing that he was not thousands of miles away. It seems supernatural, but only because it is not understood. Anyhow, it seems silly to make so much of it, while the natural and common is more truly marvelous and mysterious than the so-called supernatural. Indeed most of the miracles we hear of are infinitely less wonderful than the commonest of natural phenomena, when fairly seen. Perhaps the invisible rays that struck me while I sat at work on the Dome are something like those which attract and repel people at first sight, concerning which so much nonsense has been written. The worst apparent effect of these mysterious odd things is blindness to all that is divinely common. Hawthorne, I fancy, could weave one of his weird romances out of this little telepathic episode, the one strange marvel of my life, probably replacing my good old Professor by an attractive woman.\nIt is easier to feel than to realize, or in any way explain, Yosemite grandeur. The magnitudes of the rocks and trees and streams are so delicately harmonized they are mostly hidden. Sheer precipices three thousand feet high are fringed with tall trees growing close like grass on the brow of a lowland hill, and extending along the feet of these precipices a ribbon of meadow a mile wide and seven or eight long, that seems like a strip a farmer might mow in less than a day. Waterfalls, five hundred to one or two thousand feet high, are so subordinated to the mighty cliffs over which they pour that they seem like wisps of smoke, gentle as floating clouds, though their voices fill the valley and make the rocks tremble. The mountains, too, along the eastern sky, and the domes in front of them, and the succession of smooth rounded waves between, swelling higher, higher, with dark woods in[Pg 133] their hollows, serene in massive exuberant bulk and beauty, tend yet more to hide the grandeur of the Yosemite temple and make it appear as a subdued subordinate feature of the vast harmonious landscape. Thus every attempt to appreciate any one feature is beaten down by the overwhelming influence of all the others. And, as if this were not enough, lo! in the sky arises another mountain range with topography as rugged and substantial-looking as the one beneath it\u2014snowy peaks and domes and shadowy Yosemite valleys\u2014another version of the snowy Sierra, a new creation heralded by a thunder-storm. How fiercely, devoutly wild is Nature in the midst of her beauty-loving tenderness!\u2014painting lilies, watering them, caressing them with gentle hand, going from flower to flower like a gardener while building rock mountains and cloud mountains full of lightning and rain. Gladly we run for shelter beneath an overhanging cliff and examine the reassuring ferns and mosses, gentle love tokens growing in cracks and chinks. Daisies, too, and ivesias, confiding wild children of light, too small to fear. To these one's heart goes home, and the voices of the storm become gentle. Now the sun breaks forth and fragrant steam arises. The birds are out singing on the edges of the[Pg 134] groves. The west is flaming in gold and purple, ready for the ceremony of the sunset, and back I go to camp with my notes and pictures, the best of them printed in my mind as dreams. A fruitful day, without measured beginning or ending. A terrestrial eternity. A gift of good God.September 12. Cloudless day, all pure sun-gold. Among the magnificent silver firs once more, within two miles of the brink of Yosemite, at the famous Portuguese bear camp. Chaparral of goldcup oak, manzanita, and ceanothus abundant hereabouts, wanting about the Tuolumne meadows, although the elevation is but little higher there. The two-leaved pine, though far more abundant about the Tuolumne meadow region, reaches its greatest size on stream-sides hereabouts and around meadows that are rather boggy. All the best dry ground is taken by the magnificent silver fir, which here reaches its greatest size[Pg 258] and forms a well-defined belt. A glorious tree. Have fine bed of its boughs to-night.\nAt Crane Flat we climbed a thousand feet or more in a distance of about two miles, the forest growing more dense and the silvery magnifica fir forming a still greater portion of the whole. Crane Flat is a meadow with a wide sandy border lying on the top of the divide. It is often visited by blue cranes to rest and feed on their long journeys, hence the name. It is about half a mile long, draining into the Merced, sedgy in the middle, with a margin bright with lilies, columbines, lark[Pg 93]spurs, lupines, castilleia, then an outer zone of dry, gently sloping ground starred with a multitude of small flowers,\u2014eunanus, mimulus, gilia, with rosettes of spraguea, and tufts of several species of eriogonum and the brilliant zauschneria. The noble forest wall about it is made up of the two silver firs and the yellow and sugar pines, which here seem to reach their highest pitch of beauty and grandeur; for the elevation, six thousand feet or a little more, is not too great for the sugar and yellow pines or too low for the magnifica fir, while the concolor seems to find this elevation the best possible. About a mile from the north end of the flat there is a grove of Sequoia gigantea, the king of all the conifers. Furthermore, the Douglas spruce (Pseudotsuga Douglasii) and Libocedrus decurrens, and a few two-leaved pines, occur here and there, forming a small part of the forest. Three pines, two silver firs, one Douglas spruce, one sequoia,\u2014all of them, except the two-leaved pine, colossal trees,\u2014are found here together, an assemblage of conifers unrivaled on the globe.\nJune 8. The sheep, now grassy and good-natured, slowly nibbled their way down into the valley of the North Fork of the Merced at the foot of Pilot Peak Ridge to the place selected by the Don for our first central camp, a picturesque hopper-shaped hollow formed by converging hill slopes at a bend of the river. Here racks for dishes and provisions were made in the shade of the river-bank trees, and beds of fern fronds, cedar plumes, and various flowers, each to the taste of its owner, and a corral back on the open flat for the wool.It was late ere we reached the hotel, and General Alvord was waiting the Professor's arrival for dinner. When I was introduced he seemed yet more astonished than the Professor at my descent from cloudland and going straight to my friend without knowing in any ordinary way that he was even in California. They had come on direct from the East, had not yet visited any of their friends in the state, and considered themselves undiscoverable. As we sat at dinner, the General leaned back in his chair, and looking down the table, thus introduced me to the dozen guests or so, including the staring fisherman mentioned above: \"This man, you know, came down out of these huge, trackless mountains, you know, to find his friend Professor Butler here, the very day he arrived; and how did he know he was here? He just felt him, he says. This is the queerest case of Scotch farsightedness I ever heard of,\" etc., etc. While my friend quoted Shakespeare: \"More things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philos[Pg 186]ophy,\" \"As the sun, ere he has risen, sometimes paints his image in the firmament, e'en so the shadows of events precede the events, and in to-day already walks to-morrow.\"\nWe had another visitor from Brown's Flat to-day, an old Indian woman with a basket on her back. Like our first caller from the village, she got fairly into camp and was standing in plain view when discovered. How long she had been quietly looking on, I cannot say. Even the dogs failed to notice her stealthy approach. She was on her way, I suppose, to some wild garden, probably for lupine and starchy saxifrage leaves and rootstocks. Her dress was calico rags, far from clean. In every way she seemed sadly unlike Nature's neat well-dressed animals, though living like them on the bounty of the wilderness. Strange that mankind alone is dirty. Had she been clad[Pg 59] in fur, or cloth woven of grass or shreddy bark, like the juniper and libocedrus mats, she might then have seemed a rightful part of the wilderness; like a good wolf at least, or bear. But from no point of view that I have found are such debased fellow beings a whit more natural than the glaring tailored tourists we saw that frightened the birds and squirrels.\nI found three kinds of meadows: (1) Those contained in basins not yet filled with earth enough to make a dry surface. They are planted with several species of carex, and have their margins diversified with robust flowering plants such as veratrum, larkspur, lupine, etc. (2) Those contained in the same sort of basins, once lakes like the first, but so situated in relation to the streams that flow through them and beds of transportable sand, gravel, etc., that they are now high and dry and well drained. This dry condition and corresponding difference in their vegetation may be caused by no superiority of position, or power of transporting filling material in the streams that belong to them, but simply by the basin being shallow and therefore sooner filled. They are planted with grasses, mostly fine, silky, and rather short-leaved, Calamagrostis and Agrostis being the principal genera. They form delightfully smooth, level sods in which one finds two or three species of gentian and as many of purple and yellow orthocarpus, violet, vaccinium, kalmia, bryanthus, and lonicera. (3) Meadows hanging on ridge and mountain slopes, not in basins at all, but made and held[Pg 159] in place by masses of boulders and fallen trees, which, forming dams one above another in close succession on small, outspread, channelless streams, have collected soil enough for the growth of grasses, carices, and many flowering plants, and being kept well watered, without being subject to currents sufficiently strong to carry them away, a hanging or sloping meadow is the result. Their surfaces are seldom so smooth as the others, being roughened more or less by the projecting tops of the dam rocks or logs; but at a little distance this roughness is not noticed, and the effect is very striking\u2014bright green, fluent, down-sweeping flowery ribbons on gray slopes. The broad shallow streams these meadows belong to are mostly derived from banks of snow and because the soil is well drained in some places, while in others the dam rocks are packed close and caulked with bits of wood and leaves, making boggy patches; the vegetation, of course, is correspondingly varied. I saw patches of willow, bryanthus, and a fine show of lilies on some of them, not forming a margin, but scattered about among the carex and grass. Most of these meadows are now in their prime. How wonderful must be the temper of the elastic leaves of grasses and sedges to make curves so perfect and fine. Tempered a little[Pg 160] harder, they would stand erect, stiff and bristly, like strips of metal; a little softer, and every leaf would lie flat. And what fine painting and tinting there is on the glumes and pales, stamens and feathery pistils. Butterflies colored like the flowers waver above them in wonderful profusion, and many other beautiful winged people, numbered and known and loved only by the Lord, are waltzing together high over head, seemingly in pure play and hilarious enjoyment of their little sparks of life. How wonderful they are! How do they get a living, and endure the weather? How are their little bodies, with muscles, nerves, organs, kept warm and jolly in such admirable exuberant health? Regarded only as mechanical inventions, how wonderful they are! Compared with these, Godlike man's greatest machines are as nothing.\nThe high ridges and hilltops beyond the woolly locusts are now gay with monardella, clarkia, coreopsis, and tall tufted grasses, some of them tall enough to wave like pines. The lupines, of which there are many ill-defined species, are now mostly out of flower, and many of the composit\u00e6 are beginning to fade, their radiant corollas vanishing in fluffy pappus like stars in mist.\nOne of these ancient flood boulders stands firm in the middle of the stream channel, just below the lower edge of the pool dam at the foot of the fall nearest our camp. It is a nearly cubical mass of granite about eight feet high, plushed with mosses over the top and down the sides to ordinary high-water mark. When I climbed on top of it to-day and lay down to rest, it seemed the most romantic spot I had yet found\u2014the one big stone with its mossy level top and smooth sides standing square and firm and solitary, like an altar, the fall in front of it bathing it lightly with the finest of the spray, just enough to keep its moss cover fresh;[Pg 49] the clear green pool beneath, with its foam-bells and its half circle of lilies leaning forward like a band of admirers, and flowering dogwood and alder trees leaning over all in sun-sifted arches. How soothingly, restfully cool it is beneath that leafy, translucent ceiling, and how delightful the water music\u2014the deep bass tones of the fall, the clashing, ringing spray, and infinite variety of small low tones of the current gliding past the side of the boulder-island, and glinting against a thousand smaller stones down the ferny channel! All this shut in; every one of these influences acting at short range as if in a quiet room. The place seemed holy, where one might hope to see God.\nWhen I asked Billy why he made his bed against the corral in rotten wood, when so many better places offered, he replied that he \"wished to be as near the sheep as possible in case bears should attack them.\" Now that the bears have come, he has moved his bed to the far side of the camp, and seems afraid that he may be mistaken for a sheep.\nAbout sundown saw a flock of dun grayish sparrows going to roost in crevices of a crag above the big snow-field. Charming little mountaineers! Found a species of sedge in flower within eight or ten feet of a snow-bank. Judging by the looks of the ground, it can hardly have been out in the sunshine much longer than a week, and it is likely to be buried again in fresh snow in a month or so, thus[Pg 252] making a winter about ten months long, while spring, summer, and autumn are crowded and hurried into two months. How delightful it is to be alone here! How wild everything is\u2014wild as the sky and as pure! Never shall I forget this big, divine day\u2014the Cathedral and its thousands of cassiope bells, and the landscapes around them, and this camp in the gray crags above the woods, with its stars and streams and snow.\n2 Rummy khel kar paise kaise kamaye\n4 dragon vs tiger hack\n6 rummy bindas hack\n7 dragon tiger speed hack\n9 rummy comfun hack apk download\n7 Cash withdraw problem\n10 rummy comfun hack apk download","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"6 tips to stretch your vacation dollars\nBy Robert DiGiacomo Robert DiGiacomo's Twitter profile\nJun. 13, 2011 \/\nFrugal summer\nEditor's note: Some of the offers on this page may be expired. Check out our Best Credit Cards page for the most up-to-date offers for our favorite credit cards.\nMost Americans, despite the challenging economic times, still intend to participate in that annual rite of the season \u2014 the summer vacation. Nearly six in 10 Americans plan to travel this summer, although about the same number are looking for ways to do so on the cheap, according to a recent American Express Spending and Saving Tracker survey.\nOn average, Americans will spend $1,200 per person for their summer travels, and nearly 70 percent of those with trips planned say they will drive, instead of fly, the survey found. One in four will be looking to offset higher gas costs by cutting back in other ways.\n\"Flexibility is key to saving money,\" says Lauren Sullivan, North American site editor for Cheapflights.com. \"If you are set on getting away one weekend, saying I want to go to any beach in Florida, instead of saying I want to go to Miami, is the way to find the best deal.\"\nOnce your itinerary is set, here are six ways to cut costs without compromising good times or maxing out your credit card.\nFrugal travel guide\nTraveling with credit cards\nAvoid credit card fraud during travel\nCut card fees on purchase abroad\nWhen to buy an airline ticket\nIf you're heading overseas, avoid foreign transaction fees by making charges with a no-fee credit card. Capital One credit cards, American Express Platinum and Centurion cards and Chase's Marriott Rewards Premier Credit Card are among those that don't impose currency conversion fees.\nWith such charges typically in the 1 percent to 3 percent range, according to Bankrate.com's 2011 survey of credit card fees, you can save $10 to $30 on every $1,000 you spend abroad.\nAnother option is to preload a \"chip and PIN\" Travelex Cash Passport for no-fee purchases. The chip in the card also allows you to tap automated kiosks for subway and train tickets, which is a time-saver if there are long lines at the ticket counter.\nForget about pricey taxis, and instead get around on transit using discounted tickets or passes. In New York City, for example, buying a $10 pass gets you $10.70 worth of subway rides, which equals five rides. An unlimited seven-day pass runs $29.\nCompare that to a Big Apple taxi, which charges a base fare of $2.50, and 40 cents for each subsequent one-fifth of a mile or every 60 seconds in slow traffic.\nGiven the important role transit plays for most who live in Gotham, riding the subway can also be part of the cultural experience of the trip, according to Joel Fan, president and founder of LuckyChic.com.\n\"If you're going to New York City, the subway is historic,\" he says. \"You really get a flavor for the area, and you save money.\"\nMunicipal bike-rental programs are even better for your personal health, as well as your bank account. For a minimal daily or weekly charge, these services are usually free to access for short hops. Capital Bikeshare in Washington D.C., for example, charges a membership fee of $5 for a 24-hour period, with no charge for the first half-hour of each rental. A five-day pass is just $15.\nSmart calling only\nAvoid the high cost of being connected via your smartphone by only checking your email in Wi-Fi zones, especially when traveling overseas. You can save hundreds of dollars' worth in data charges from your carrier in this way.\nSimilarly, if you're headed out of the U.S., use Google Voice or Skype on your smartphone or laptop to make free calls to U.S. numbers and low-cost calls to foreign ones. For example, dialing a French landline on Google Voice costs 2 cents per minute and a mobile call 15 cents per minute, while AT&T's cheapest rate for international calls to France is 99 cents per minute.\nYour smartphone can also be a savings tool if you tap applications, such as GasBuddy, which identifies the lowest-price filling stations; ATM Hunter, a location finder for ATMs that you can use to find your own bank's ATMs; and Scoutmob, a new coupon app for restaurants and shops in cities across the country.\n\"With the massive number of apps and instant Web access available on the major phone platforms, saving money on the road has never been easier,\" Fan says.\nThe happiest hours\nSpend less on meals without depriving yourself by preparing breakfast in your room, using Restaurant.com or other sites for discount certificates, and working the clock by opting for a heavier meal at lunch or partaking in early evening or late-night happy hour specials.\n\"If you're going to a foodie town, a restaurant that's pricey for dinner will have the same master chef for all the meals,\" says Teri Gault, CEO and founder of TheGroceryGame.com. \"You get a good sampling at lunch, the same quality and some of the same items, for sometimes half as much as dinner.\"\nDinner at a neighborhood pub or individually owned restaurant offers another kind of twofer: inexpensive, good food and a chance to mingle with locals. To find such places, don't ask the concierge for advice, but chat up a local storeowner, rental car clerk or hotel maid, or visit social review websites such as Chowhound or Yelp.\n\"It's good to hear from locals what's good,\" Gault says. \"You stay away from tourist traps, that's for sure.\"\nPlan your schedule around free museum days, inquire about last-minute discount tickets for performances, and explore free parks and other no- or low-cost attractions.\nEvery major city and many smaller ones have freebie museums. Among them are the British national museums in London and other cities, the Smithsonian institution in Washington, D.C., and most National Park Service sites, notably the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall in Philadelphia.\nIn addition, Paris' Louvre, Musee d'Orsay and other major museums are free on the first Sunday of each month, and the City of Lights also offers free access to many small, but still worthwhile sites, including Victor Hugo's house and the Petit Palais.\nFinally, the great outdoors, from New York's Central Park to Rome's Villa Borghese Gardens to Hong Kong Park, is almost always free and a source for relaxation, recreation and yet another way to experience how the locals live.\nDiscount attractions\nYou can bring down the high cost of aquariums, zoos and other kid-friendly attractions by using CityPass, which promises up to 50 percent off the regular admission of major attractions in nine U.S. cities and Southern California.\nSmartDestinations.com's Go Select program is a similar concept offered in five U.S. cities that allows you to assemble your own pass for up to 36 percent off regular prices. A package for San Diego for Legoland, the San Diego Zoo and a two-hour harbor cruise costs $111.30, a 17 percent discount on the gate price of $134.\nFor the theater and other cultural offerings, London and New York are well-known for their half-price ticket booths, but you can find virtual ways to snag cheap tickets. For instance, Philadelphia offers a weekly FunSavers email with savings of up to 50 percent on local theater, dance, music performances and other events.\nDespite the importance of making every vacation dollar count, don't forget why you wanted to get away in the first place.\n\"If you really want to save money, have a staycation and stay home,\" Fan says. \"We're still coming out of this great recession, so you want to be aware of saving, but you also want to have a good time without compromising.\"\n12 days of financial gift giving\nFrugal gift-wrapping secrets from holiday pros\nCompanies with the most job layoffs in 2011\nSubscribe to Bankrate newsletters\nTravel with credit cards\n10 outrageous travel fees to avoid\n11 ideas for frugal entertainment\nBoost your international travel dollar","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"BBC Three: Young Gardener of the Year\nCALLING ALL YOUNG GARDENERS\nThe search is back on for the UK's top young talent.\nYoung Gardener of the Year is part of a series that celebrates the working heroes of Great Britain.\nThis year we're on the lookout for Young Gardener aged 16-25. This is an opportunity for people other than dancers, singers and entertainers to finally step into the limelight. We want to showcase the unsung heroes at the heart of Britain.\nIf you are a talented young Gardener or know someone who fits the bill, then we want to hear from you.\nWe are looking for someone who is a true ambassador for their trade, up for a challenge and wants to showcase their skills!\nemail: youngtalent@bbc.co.uk\nOr call: 0161 244 3716\nClosing Date for Applications 5th August 2011\nStandard geographic charges apply and calls may be included in your telecom provider's call package. Calls from mobiles may be higher\nA new home for Parks & Gardens UK with Hestercombe Gardens Trust\nParks & Gardens UK is entering an exciting phase in its development at its new home with the Hestercombe Gardens Trust.\n30 Sep 2016 News\nGardens Trusts' volunteers uncover a mine of Capability Brown research\nPress release 22 September 2016We are delighted to announce that substantial research on 179 parks and gardens by celebrated landscape designer Lancelot 'Capability' Brown has now been made avail.\nSearch to find 'UK's Best Park' launched by Fields in Trust\nPress release A nationwide search to find the country's favourite local green space nominated and selected by public vote Do you think that your local park, playground or playing field is the best in.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"On-time Self Assessment returns breaks the record once again\nby admin | 5, 02 2018 | News\nHM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has once again surpassed its record of completed tax returns with a huge 10.7 million customers submitting theirs before the 31 January deadline.\nProving increasingly popular with its handy tips and helpful advice, the department's online service was used by 9.9 million customers \u2013meaning more than 92.5% of total returns were completed online.\nThere were 758,707 people who completed their return on the last day before the deadline and the most popular hour for customers to hit submit was from 4pm to 5pm on 31 January with 60,596 returns received (1010 per minute, 17 per second).\nThousands of customers avoided any penalties at the last minute as 30,348 customers completed their returns from 11pm to 11:59pm yesterday.\nHMRC handled 195,260 calls over the course of the day but waiting times were kept at just three minutes and six seconds, meaning that hundreds of thousands of customers got the extra support they needed to meet the deadline.\nAngela MacDonald, Director General for Customer Services, thanked customers for meeting the deadline and said:\n\"It's really fantastic to see that each year, more and more Self Assessment customers are getting ahead of the game and submitting their tax return before the 31 January deadline. But we're not complacent, we want the number missing the deadline to be zero, and we'll continue to adapt the process to make it easier and simpler for all our customers until every return is in on time and without avoidable errors.\n\"If you're one of the small number that missed the deadline, please submit your return now to avoid further penalties. We really don't want penalties, we just want tax returns.\"\nFor anyone who still has not submitted their return, help and advice is available on GOV.UK or from the Self Assessment helpline on 0300 200 3310 (open 8am to 8pm, Monday to Friday, and 8am to 4pm on Saturday).","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"The Plot and the Location news - The Henchmen\nMod API\nHello guest! Join the Indie DB community.\nUsername or Email Password Remember Me?\nThe Henchmen\nAlessioForlante | TBD\nThe Henchmen is a 90s fueled, Tarantino inspired, story driven, top down, action open world retro game.\nPost news Report RSS\tThe Plot and the Location\nIn this article, I will talk about the plot and location of the game\nPosted by AlessioForlante on Sep 17th, 2019\nHello everyone! This time we're talking about the City in which the game takes place, and we're going to talk about the Plot of the game.\nThe Henchmen is set in both the late 1970s and early 1990s in the fictional American city of New Queens, as you partake in the gang conflicts that dominate the city from a different point of views.\nMany parties want to have control of the city, and gangs rise and fall with the passing of the years.\nA key character in the city (and the game itself) is Anthony Castellano, the head of the Castellano Mafia family: He has the uttermost control on the drugs, weapon and the sex rings in the city: If you step into the city, you step in his territory.\nDuring the mid 70s the Yakuza managed to get some grip on the city under the command of Homura, a man who nobody seems to know anything about, and has since then become Castellano's number one enemy by taking control of some of his territories and starting production of their own crack, which is then sold on the street competing with Castellano's imported drugs.\nOther parties also exist and they too want a piece of this violent cake: The Irish and the Mexican Cartel produce products outside of the city, which get then imported in New Queens and sold to Castellano, Who gets them circulating on the streets, where ulterior conflicts arise: both the upstate and downstate (temporary, placeholder gang names) want to be the only ones to have the privilege of selling the drugs on the street for either Castellano or The Yakuza, depending on who destroys the other first.\nOf course, the control of the city shifts between the game's two timelines, but that is for you, the player, to discover once the game is out.\nAs mentioned earlier, you get to play different characters, who have their own different stories united by the criminal underworld of New Queen:\nOne point of view is Rachel's, a young single mother woman who wants to leave the world of crime for the safety of her daughter, but is in too deep to leave, as both she and her partner Leo, (a man who hasn't got much going for him other than his job) are Castellano's best Henchmen.\nYou will also get to play as Slim and Playboy, two one-bit gangsters who feel are on a climb to become the next feared, city-ruling gangsters, but can't even manage to pay for their weed.\nThere are also Ichiro and Mitsuko's pov, as they are Homura's son and daughter, and his most valued assets.\nThis game is heavily story-driven, and for a good story, you will need an experienced writer: enter Tiziano Ottaviani, our second main team member. Tiziano runs an Italian storytelling blog \"Scripta\" and is currently finishing the first book out of 6 of his massive fantasy novel \"Saga\" (that's the name of the book by the way): Tiziano works on the story and dialogues, lifting a weight from me as I work on pretty much everything else and simultaneously does a better job at it than I ever could.\nSufficed to say, we are incredibly excited on the prospect of having you guys experience what we're building.\nOther than main story missions, there will be more activities, of which we will talk about in later articles.\nThe real protagonist in every open-world game is, well, the world. So let's talk about it.\nAs mentioned before, New Queens is a fictional city: a generalization of America's metropolises, a blank state for our narrative to unfold: unlike other games, such as Grand Theft Auto, New Queens is not a parody of a real, existing city.\nThe city is divided into multiple neighborhoods and three main districts: The Industrial district (currently named Greypoint Flats), The commercial district (Currently called Kingford Heights) and the Suburban district (currently called Laguna Hills) While the city isn't very big, each building is handcrafted with their own unique textures and meshes: what this means is you will very rarely find two buildings that look alike or share assets.\nWe are also designing streets in such a way to increase the perceived size of the level, and we are trying to avoid very long streets that cover a relatively big part of the city. This technique is very important, as it is what made maps that are actually pretty small feel huge: Rockstar Games did this beautifully with PS2-era GTA games, as many people even today swear that GTA: San Andreas had a bigger map than GTA V.\nScreenshot: The City map turned out one-year-old this month, as the work on the city was started in early September 2018. This is a screenshot of last year versus now.\nNew Queens is currently around 50% complete, as every building and road exists, but most of the city is completely devoid of details. This is also the reason why, in the videos and screenshots we've released, we have only shown the same area of the city.\nThis is all for now, if you're interested in the game\nyou can leave a like www.facebook.com\/TheHenchmenGame , follow me on twitter @alessioforlante, join our discord community discord.gg\/sugd98N or just follow us on moddb.com\nAlessioForlante\nGameMaker Studio\nwork in progress, freeroam, Game, open world, Plot, ps1, retro\n87 (2 today)\nThe Henchmen Arcade\nRelated Engines\nGameMaker Studio Commercial Released 1999\nSocialize Twitter Facebook Youtube Mod DB\n\u00a9 2010 - 2020 DBolical Pty Ltd. All Rights Reserved. Play something different.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Voices (Annals of the Western Shore) by Ursula K Le Guin\nBuy Voices (Annals of the Western Shore) by Ursula K Le Guin at Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.com\nCategory: Teens\nReviewer: Magda Healey\nSummary: A coming of age story in a well realised fantasy setting, this novel deals with cultural differences and prejudices that breed hate and contempt; has a strong female lead and great supporting characters and comes highly recommended for all readers aged 12 and upwards.\nPages: 472 Date: May 2007\nPublisher: Orion Children's Books\nQuite a few of LeGuin's books are shelved in children\/young readers sections of the libraries. I don't really know why it is so, as her tales are universally readable, enjoyable and there is nothing childish or simplistic about them - in some ways they are more grown up that many supposedly adult examples of fantasy (and no, I don't mean Gor). They certainly have a universal appeal, as \"proper\" myths, fairly tales and legends often do.\nThe narrator and heroine of Voices is a teenager, though: Memer, a child of rape conceived during an invasion of the beautiful and peace-loving merchant city of Ansul by the Alds of the desert. The events described in Voices take part 17 years after the invasion, though the background of the story is given in the first chapter or so. Such background-giving often feels forced in books, and is often overdone in fantasy and s-f where there is a whole world to explain, and boy, don't the authors explain away; but LeGuin weaves it seamlessly into the wholeness of Memer's tale - it's natural and very much in place.\nAlds are monotheistic, fanatical and warlike; they worship a fire god and have an official priestly caste; women are not treated as equals in their society but get locked away. But most of all, they mistrust and hate writing: the books and the reading are banned under their rule. Memer is living in the house of the old Waylord of Ansul: now half-broken with Alds' torture, but still retaining some authority of his old office and of his family which has been living and guarding Galvamead for generations. People bring them books they rescued to their house and when the travelling poet Orrec with his wife Gry who walks with a desert lion come to Ansul, they stay at Galvamead. The subverted people of Ansul are finally gathering strength to regain their freedom: a new generation has grown and all they need is a spark.\nLeGuin's writing reminds me of Margaret Atwood, in fact Atwood herself is quoted praising LeGuin's writing quality on the back cover. It's measured, compact prose; wise and clear, quiet but powerful. But as befits her genre, LeGuin is a teller of tales, and there is something very female - not feminine by any means - about her writing: the use of female leading characters which behave and think like women, the concentration on the social aspects of the worlds she describes, but also the continuing exploration of the interplay between male and female in the society and in the individual. In Voices this is rather obvious in the contrast between the Alds and the people from Ansul, the warriors and the traders, the (vaguely) democratic and the (tribal) autocratic.\nVoices is a coming of age tale, with the main character young, hot headed and full of promise, but also full of hatred and rage, unsure of herself and erring but willing to admit to mistakes, take shame and guilt and learn from them. There are powerful mother and father figures: the Waylord is a spiritual and intellectual father, with his own fragilities but ultimately at his most impressive when admitting to the weakness. It's his responsibilities that Memer will, eventually, have to take after mastering her own fears. In a strange reversal of sexual stereotypes, the Waylord stands for tradition, for staying put, for connection to the place, to the source. It's Gry the companion of a wandering poet, she who can speak to animals and somehow also read Memer's feelings and thoughts that becomes a mother (or maybe an older sister) figure; but she is also a sign of a dynamic challenge, beacon of freedom, the need to travel away in order to come back.\nThe conflict between the Alds and the people of Ansul is at the heart of the story, though. It's about hate based on lack of knowledge and lack of knowledge and understanding breeding contempt, hate and violence. It shows how myths and ungrounded attitudes are perpetrated and reinforced when people from two cultures live in one place but live separate lives, without making effort to know and understand each other: and how difficult this can be when one of the groups is an occupying force still remembered for death, rape and pillage it wrecked while the other is seen as immoral, depraved and tainted by evil spirits. I couldn't help but think that there was some topical allusions in LeGuin's choice of religions and societal lifestyles to differentiate Alds and their subordinates: the warrior tribe full of insecure men in constant fear and competition with each other, their monotheistic religion based on the idea that all the others forms of sacredness worship evil, the perception of women who are free to walk about and speak up as sexually impure, the pursuit of holiness and desire to eradicate demons.\nAll of this is described through Memer's eyes and thus is a fresh, subjective, emotional view. The denouement achieved via the combination of mystical powers intervening and reasoned self-interest is somehow a little bit too optimistic for my expectations, but to give it its due, it felt like a hard achieved goal rather and I think is overall appropriate for a book targeted at a younger audience.\nI highly recommend Voices for pretty much everybody but the most cynical and jaded decadents. For an adult, it will provide an entertaining, gentle read with an engaging main character, clear but not preachy message and a pleasure derived from an encounter with another world whose geographic, social and mystical realities can be explored. The fantasy setting should really not bother anybody unless you are totally allergic to anything beyond classic realism. The novel is eminently suitable for younger readers too, although the lack of high-octane non-stop action might put off younger readers, especially boys: but a well-read 12 year old could easily enjoy it. It's a part of The Annals of the Western Shore but it's a stand alone complete tale, linked by some characters and the world they are set in but perfectly readable on its own (and in my opinion better than the preceding Gifts).\nLene Kaaberbol's Silverhorse is brilliant fantasy thriller for younger teens, also touching on questions of gender and power with a strong female lead. Michael Swanwick's The Iron Dragon's Daughter is an altogether darker and rougher coming of age story with striking emotional intensity which deals with loneliness, sexuality and love; it is set in a rather nightmarish Faerie and perhaps better kept for older teens.\nYou can read more book reviews or buy Voices (Annals of the Western Shore) by Ursula K Le Guin at Amazon.co.uk Amazon currently charges \u00a32.99 for standard delivery for orders under \u00a320, over which delivery is free.\nYou can read more book reviews or buy Voices (Annals of the Western Shore) by Ursula K Le Guin at Amazon.com.\nRetrieved from \"http:\/\/www.thebookbag.co.uk\/w\/index.php?title=Voices_(Annals_of_the_Western_Shore)_by_Ursula_K_Le_Guin&oldid=128805\"\nUrsula K Le Guin\nReviewed by Magda Healey","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Phillips 66 reports workforce cuts\nNathan Thompson @nthompsonEE\nFewer than 100 employees in Houston, Bartlesville impacted\nA Phillips 66 spokesman confirmed Friday that workforce reductions have occurred this week in Bartlesville and Houston.\nDennis Nuss, director of media and external relations for Phillips 66, said the round of reductions is minimal for the company's main offices in Houston and Bartlesville, and no further workforce reductions are expected to occur this year.\n\"Phillips 66 can confirm that workforce reductions have taken place as part of our business transformation program,\" Nuss said in a statement Friday. \"Fewer than 100 employees overall were impacted. Most of the affected employees were at our Houston or Bartlesville locations. We do not anticipate any further planned reductions in 2018.\"\nThe Examiner-Enterprise reported the workforce-reduction plan on July 24 when Phillips 66 Chairman\/CEO Greg Garland visited Bartlesville.\nPhillips 66 is in the process of making changes to the midstream, downstream and marketing company as part of the \"AdvantEDGE\" program to provide stability for the future, Garland said. The plan will keep Phillips 66 a healthy and viable company for decades to come, he said.\nPart of the \"AdvantEDGE\" program includes strategies to transform some business units into digitally-based and technology-based assets, Garland said. The modernization and streamlining will impact current job responsibilities across Phillips 66's global locations, including Bartlesville.\nPhillips 66's employs approximately 2,000 people in Bartlesville and 14,000 employees globally. Garland said the community should be prepared for additional changes. Some of the reductions, Garland said, will be dealt with through natural attrition.\n\"It's probably premature for me to say what the number is going to be, but it will be a number that will move over time as we think about it,\" Garland said on July 24. \"I also mentioned we're running like twice the attrition rates we would normally run. Part of that is a great economy and people being able to go to work. Partly it is from people choosing to retire, but when we are running the attrition rates we are running, that really mitigates the amount of people.\"\nGarland said Phillips 66 has a program available for employees who might be impacted by work elimination, the company tries to redeploy people into other job functions. He said that is a big part of the process that the company is exploring now.\n\"As we go through [2018, 2019 and 2020], this is a journey that we are on with no definitive end-point for us,\" Garland said. \"I think the world will always continue to change, but the important thing for us is that we are trying to set the company up to be successful for the next 100 years.\"\nEven with the changes in job functions and responsibilities, Garland said Phillips 66 is committed to Bartlesville and the overall health of the company's presence in the area.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"You are here: Home \u203a nypd\nTag Archives | nypd\nAnti-Violence Advocates Against Deportation Statement at NY City Council Committee on Immigration Hearing on 10\/15\/14\nBy Sylvia Rivera Law Project on October 21, 2014 in News, Policy Advocacy, Publications and Resources\nNew York City Council Committee on Immigration October 15, 2014 Hearing Anti-Violence Advocates Against Deportation Testimony in support of Int. 0487-2014 Anti-Violence Advocates Against Deportation antiviolencenyc@gmail.com My name is Juana Peralta from the Sylvia Rivera Law Project. I am reading the statement of the Anti-Violence Advocates Coalition Against Deportation which is based on our letter [\u2026]\nSRLP & Anti-Violence Advocates Against Deportation Coalition Testify at City Hall\nBy Sylvia Rivera Law Project on October 21, 2014 in News, Policy Advocacy\nSince 2011, the Sylvia Rivera Law Project has been hard at work with a coalition of organizations in New York City, the Anti-Violence Advocates Against Deportation Coalition, to shine a light and put a stop on the abuse caused by ICE's collaboration with local law enforcement in New York. Last week, SRLP Director of Outreach [\u2026]\nPhotos & History: SRLP From 2002 to Today!\nBy Sylvia Rivera Law Project on July 28, 2014 in News, SRLP News\nSo much to do and so much to celebrate! Here is a brief history of our victories, not to mention all of the community events, daily legal services, and collaboration with our partners and allies! 2002 SRLP began as a one-person fellowship project at the Urban Justice Center. 2003 SRLP wins victory in Doe v. Bell, establishing [\u2026]\nSRLP's Pooja Gehi on the Criminal-Immigration System on Out-FM\nBy Sylvia Rivera Law Project on May 4, 2014 in News\nThe rapidly expanding collaboration between police and immigration authorities has a devastating impact on low-income queer and transgender immigrant communities. Federal programs such as \"Secure Communities\" (S-Comm) and the Criminal Alien Program, which effectively bring immigration authorities into every precinct and jail, have greatly increased the risk of deportation. Because of profiling, criminalization and stereotyping, [\u2026]\nLGBTQ Organizations Urge NYC Council to Override Mayor Bloomberg's Opposition to Ban Discriminatory NYPD Profiling\nBy Sylvia Rivera Law Project on July 30, 2013 in Action Alert, News, Press Release\nFrom Streetwise & Safe and the New York City Anti-Violence Project, for more info check out the Streetwise & Safe post here! \u2014 Dear New York City Council, We commend the New York City Council for leading the way toward putting an end to discriminatory policing of all of our communities by passing a comprehensive [\u2026]\nCOMMUNITY FORUM ON NYPD PATROL GUIDE CHANGES\nBy Sylvia Rivera Law Project on October 23, 2012 in Events, News, SRLP News\nWant to know more about recent changes to the NYPD's policies for interactions with transgender & gender non conforming people? Join us for a community forum on October 25th at 7pm! Find out what these changes mean for our community! What: a history of the community organizing and advocacy that has led to this victory [\u2026]","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Episode 18: \"The Necklace\" & \"Found on a Drowned Man,\" by Guy de Maupassant\nThis week, join host Shawn Ennis as he narrates two short stories by a master of the genre, Guy de Maupassant! As a side note, these are the first stories we've done on the show that were not originally published in English. How much French will you hear? Can Shawn even do a French accent? There's only one way to...\nReview Music: \"Funky Energy Loop,\" by Kevin MacLeod\nIntro\/Outro: \"Facile\" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)\nIn-Story:...\nEpisode 17: Stories from Reddit\nThis week, join host Shawn Ennis in discovering three authors with original sci-fi stories from the r\/shortstories subreddit on Reddit.com! Don't miss \"The Great Surface,\" \"#NotAllGhosts,\" and \"Subject C!\"\n0:00 \u2013 Intro, leave a review and contact the show!\n2:40 \u2013 Intro to this week's stories and authors\n4:15...\nReview Music: \"City Sunshine,\" by Kevin MacLeod\n\"The Great Surface\"\nIntro\/Outro: \"Action Strike,\" by Rafael Krux\nAll sound effects recorded in-studio or provided by\nEpisode 16: \"The Empty House,\" by Algernon Blackwood\nFor as long as there have been bumps in the night, there have been haunted house stories. This week, we've got a great one for you. If you're not familiar with Algernon Blackwood, you're getting quite the introduction with his timeless story, \"The Empty House,\" which tells the story of a house that is anything...","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"When our company grows, it's cause for celebration \u2013 and we have a lot to celebrate! Jolie will be opening her own Vital Peak Marketing Group office in North LA, dramatically increasing the size of our team and the reach of our operations. Jolie's been a leader on our team for a long time, and we're looking forward to watching as she tackles a new frontier.\nAlong with the growth that comes with Jolie opening a new office, we've also added five new brands to our portfolio. Sarah, President of Vital Peak Marketing Group, is extremely excited about these new ventures. There will be a lot of time spent training for these campaigns, and that's a big part of Sarah's enthusiasm: we love learning and have mastered the art of making our training initiatives lots of fun.\nOf course, while we're opening new offices and learning about our new partners, we'll continue to do all the things that have helped make us such a powerhouse in dynamic marketing. Travel, team nights, and maintaining a positive and supportive office culture will still be top priorities, because they are indispensable elements of the Vital Peak Marketing Group experience.\nWe're looking forward to an invigorating year of growth, learning, and success. Follow our firm on Twitter to keep up with Ivanna's expansion and to see what new brands we partner with in the future.\nWhen our company grows, it's cause for celebration \u2013 and we have a lot to celebrate! Jolie will be opening [\u2026]","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"(-) State Report (4)\n(-) Age Group (10)\nAdolescents as Population Group (10)\nout of 10 results\n2018 N-SSATS State Profiles\nN-SSATS | National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services\nReport Type: State Report\nThese state profiles includes data from facilities that reported to N-SSATS for the survey reference date March 30, 2018. The N-SSATS collects data on the location, characteristics, services offered, and number of clients (collected every other year) in treatment at alcohol and drug abuse treatment facilities (public and private) throughout...\n2018 N-MHSS State Profiles\nN-MHSS | National Mental Health Services Survey\nThese state profiles includes data from facilities that reported to N-MHSS for the survey reference date April 30, 2018. The N-MHSS collects data on the location, characteristics, services offered, and number of clients (collected every other year) in treatment at mental health treatment facilities (public and private) throughout the 50...\nThese state profiles include data from facilities that reported to N-SSATS for the survey reference date March 29, 2019. The N-SSATS collects data on the location, characteristics, services offered, and number of clients (collected every other year) in treatment at alcohol and drug abuse treatment facilities (public and private) throughout...\nThese state profiles include data from facilities that reported to N-MHSS for the survey reference date April 30, 2019. The N-MHSS collects data on the location, characteristics, services offered, and number of clients (collected every other year) in treatment at mental health treatment facilities (public and private) throughout the 50...\nBehavioral Health Barometer: Region 7, Volume 6\nThis is a behavioral health report for HHS Region VII of the United States and utilizes data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) and the National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment (N-SSATS), collected annually. The topics addressed in the reports include youth mental health and treatment...\nPart of the Behavioral Health Barometer: HHS Regions, Volume 6 Collection\nThis is a behavioral health report for HHS Region VI of the United States and utilizes data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) and the National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment (N-SSATS), collected annually. The topics addressed in the reports include youth substance use, youth mental...\nThis is a behavioral health report for HHS Region V of the United States and utilizes data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) and the National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment (N-SSATS), collected annually. The topics addressed in the reports include youth mental health and treatment...\nThis is a behavioral health report for HHS Region IV of the United States and utilizes data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) and the National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment (N-SSATS), collected annually. The topics addressed in the reports include youth mental health and treatment...\nThis is a behavioral health report for HHS Region II of the United States and utilizes data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) and the National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment (N-SSATS), collected annually. The topics addressed in the reports include youth substance use, youth mental...\nThis is a behavioral health report for HHS Region I of the United States and utilizes data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) and the National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment (N-SSATS), collected annually. The topics addressed in the reports include youth substance use, youth mental...","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"About Carpal Tunnel Syndrome\nDid you know that one in every one hundred people is affected by what is known as carpal tunnel syndrome at some point in their life? While commonly found in women in the thirty to fifty-year age range, carpal tunnel syndrome can affect nearly anyone, from assembly line workers, to surgeons and dentists, to secretaries and computer data entry personnel, to even those who play musical instruments or video games.\nCarpal tunnel syndrome is a very painful and progressive condition that occurs in the wrist, caused by compression to the median nerve. The median nerve runs into the hand starting from the forearm, and when it is squeezed or pressed at the wrist, the message carrying and receiving from the brain is inhibited.\nThe name carpal tunnel syndrome, however, comes from the eight bones in our wrists that are known as carpals. They form a tunnel-like structure, hence the term \"carpal tunnel syndrome.\"\nCompression of the tunnel walls is the most basic of causes of carpal tunnel syndrome.\nOther factors, such as congential predispostion and even trauma based injury can also be to blame. Carpal tunnel syndrome can develop quickly, especially if the wrist has been fractured or injured or rheumatoid arthritis has set in. In many cases, repetitve stress induced carpal tunnel strain can cause the syndrome, especially in those who spend a great deal of time typing.\nSymptoms of carpal tunnel can include tingling, numbness, and burning in the fingers, as well as the inability to make a fist or grip things. A person eventually loses the ability to squeeze things and may even find it hard to tie their shoes. In the most extreme cases of carpal tunnel syndrome, the patients are unable to determine hot or cold by touch.\nTreatment for carpal tunnel syndrome is available. Most physicians will advise against repetitive and exhaustive activities related to hand movement. Stretching exercises and medicines like corticosteroids can help in relieving the syndrome. However, if the condition worsens, surgery may be the only available course of treatment.\nIf you feel as though you may be suffering from carpal tunnel syndrome, you should consult your physician immediately to discuss symptoms and treatment options.\nVorig berichtVorige About Anorexia\nVolgend berichtVolgende About Cerebral Palsy","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Sign In to n+1\nForgot Password Subscribe Now\nSomething Imaginary\nTrisha Low\nOn Michael Seidenberg: 1954\u20132019\nDan Chung, Brandon Harris, Sarah Leonard\nTanks for Nothing\nNausicaa Renner\nA discussion of criticism presented by The Baffler\nA. S. Hamrah at Pioneer Works\nCaleb Crain\nThe Chemists\nFiction and Drama\nGet n+1 in your inbox.\nThe following is an excerpt from Caleb Crain's first novel, Necessary Errors, out next Tuesday, July 6. Crain's novella \"Sweet Grafton\" appeared in Issue 6.\nMelinda held up a folded letter. \"I have my original introduction to the institute here. It says nothing about you, of course, but I find that it's often of service to have a piece of paper of some kind, even if it isn't strictly speaking pertinent.\"\nShe was passing on to Jacob an English class that she had been teaching privately. The students were research chemists. Without meaning to, she had spontaneously privatized the lessons a month and a half before, by threatening to quit; the chemists had coaxed her to stay by offering to pay her in cash out of their own pockets.\nIn the lobby the floor was black marble, and there was an abstract brass sculpture, loopy and gobby, which, it occurred to Jacob, may have referred to the different shapes that electrons' orbits are supposed to have: s, p, d, f. A small, thin man with flat blond hair rose from a banquette to greet them.\n\"Hello,\" the man said, careful to give the English o the color that it didn't have in Czech. \"This is your friend?\"\n\"My replacement, superior in every way. Ivan, Jacob. Jacob, Ivan.\"\n\"We are hearing many good things about you,\" Ivan continued. \"We are very excited for your lessons.\"\n\"I hope I don't disappoint you too badly.\"\n\"Pardon?\" For a moment the man was at a loss. \"Ah, you are joking, I see.\" He laughed politely.\n\"He's an excellent teacher,\" Melinda interposed, and then, sotto voce, appearing to mumble to herself as she looked again into her purse, instructed Jacob: \"No irony quite yet, darling.\" Then, in a clearer voice: \"Say, Ivan, I do have this letter still, if you think it will be of use.\"\n\"Letter?\" He glanced at it to puzzle out her meaning. \"Oh, it will not be necessary. It is now a private arrangement.\" He named the sum that the chemists were willing to pay for an hour's lesson. Melinda had told Jacob the number in advance. It seemed almost too generous: if Jacob taught the chemists once a week, they would be paying him almost a third of what he earned at school. But Melinda had assured him that this was now the going rate for private English lessons.\n\"Brilliant,\" Melinda said. \"I shall abandon you to their mercies now, Jacob. Take good care of him, Ivan.\"\n\"So soon?\" Jacob asked. He meant for the question to sound humorous.\n\"Don't worry, they're awfully chatty,\" she reassured him. \"They'll scarcely even let you teach them.\" They embraced, and she was gone.\n\"Please,\" Ivan said, and escorted Jacob down a hall. They walked past several signs forbidding visitors, past the entrance to what seemed to be a cafeteria, and through a set of double doors into a large conference room.\nA gaudy, mildly asymmetric chandelier of chrome and glass, which would not have looked out of place at the top of a Christmas tree in an American shopping mall, hung over a long oval table of dark-stained maple. The bulbs of the chandelier were reflected dully in the table's polish, and as Ivan led Jacob to the front of the room, this irregular constellation slid along the surface as if following him. The eyes of the institute's chemists also followed. The chemists were sitting in deep, leather-cushioned chairs, winged with side headrests like the chairs of astronauts in movies. Ivan, who looked about thirty, seemed to be one of the youngest in the group. The oldest, in their seventies at least, wore white lab coats and were sitting together at the table's far end; they politely suspended a conversation as Jacob entered. Thick curtains blocked the daylight from a row of tall windows. Behind Jacob there were carefully washed blackboards.\n\"This is a nice room,\" Jacob said, trying to make the best of its heaviness.\n\"It was the director's, but we have no director now,\" said a tiny old man. His hair, dyed black, was neatly parted and combed, and the frames of his glasses were made of black plastic and steel. As he spoke, in a high and for a Czech unusually musical voice, with an almost German accent, he gestured with his liver-spotted hands. \"Now it is the people's.\"\n\"Not the people's,\" corrected a man in his forties a few seats to the right of Jacob. He was wearing a suit that actually seemed to fit him, but he slouched in his chair and as he spoke scowled at his notebook like a teenager, as perhaps the effort of speaking English made him feel that he was.\n\"The people's of chemistry!\" the old man revised, and there were chuckles around the room, and whispers of surreptitious translation.\nIvan posed a grammatical question: \"Is it correct to say 'the people's of chemistry'? Or should it be 'the people of chemistry's'?\"\nJacob repeated the two phrases aloud. \"Neither, actually,\" he decided, and the chemists laughed as if this were a great joke. \"I'd get around it by saying, 'It belongs to the people of chemistry.' Or, 'it's the scientists' rather than the administrators'.'\"\n\"The administrators,\" the man in the nice suit echoed, still scowling, as if Jacob had just taught him the name of his enemies.\n\"This room is too fine for science,\" said a plump old woman. She spoke very slowly, summoning up each word with a separate breath. The room was obliged to wait for her, and Jacob felt the pity that one feels when an older person tests a group's patience without meaning to. The many lines in her face were soft and hesitant, like her voice. \"We will ruin it,\" she continued, \"with our dirty fingers.\" When she reached the last word, she smiled with relief at having finished and with pleasure at her own joke.\n\"What did they keep in the cabinets?\" asked another chemist, swiveling in his chair with childish speed to point at a wall of them at the back of the room. The abstract quality of speech in a foreign language seemed to be making them giddy.\n\"Bones!\" cried the tiny old man.\n\"The bones of the people of chemistry,\" said the man in the nice suit.\n\"The bones,\" the tiny old man resumed, in a further refinement, \"of former administrators!\"\nJacob asked the chemists to introduce themselves. They gave their first names, listening to one another attentively, while he jotted down a seating chart. The tiny old man was named Bohumil; the plump old woman, Zdenka; and the man in the suit, Pavel. Some spoke English brokenly; others, fluently, even expressively. Pavel, for example, spoke it as easily as he wore his suit, but with a certain brusqueness, as if his ease with such surfaces was an accomplishment he had until recently been holding back, and he still suspected that he could be attacked for it. Whenever he spoke, in the hour that followed, his scowl caused Jacob to worry that he was losing patience with the lesson, but Pavel never said anything to confirm this interpretation.\nJacob chose a lesson he had recently given to one of his intermediate classes, about the way word order changes when a question is embedded in another sentence. The chemists listened to a taped dialogue; they read from photocopied pages that Jacob passed around. As an exercise, they were then to take turns acting out a simple dialogue in pairs. One person was to ask his partner about an item, and then the partner was to ask why he was asking.\nJacob had learned the language teacher's trick of selecting prompt words with an unexpected relevance. \"The potatoes,\" he prompted Ivan, who, proud of his role as Jacob's escort, had seated himself beside Jacob.\n\"Frank, do you have the potatoes?\" Ivan asked, anglicizing his neighbor's name.\nFranti\u0161ek, an older man, considered. \"Why are you asking,\" he began, and looked to Jacob, who nodded in encouragement, \"me,\" and waited for a second nod, \"if I have the potatoes?\"\n\"Great,\" Jacob said.\n\"Because I cannot buy them in the store,\" Ivan answered.\n\"The data,\" Jacob said, hoping it was a word that the chemists used in their workaday conversations.\n\"Pavel, do you have the data?\" asked a woman who, though young and pretty, wore a white lab coat as otherwise only the older chemists did.\n\"Why are you asking if I have the data?\" Pavel returned, and he gave the line a hint of petulance, as if he really were a well-dressed man bickering with an attractive woman.\n\"Because the instruments are not accurate,\" the woman said. The group hadn't been expecting an extra line of dialogue from her, and they laughed.\n\"Pardon me,\" said Pavel. \"Can you say, please, what is the difference between 'accurate' and another word, 'precise'?\"\n\"What the difference is,\" Jacob corrected, to stall for time.\n\"Ah yes. It is a question inside a sentence. Then, can you say what the difference is?\"\nJacob felt the chemists' eyes studying him. \"Precise. Accurate,\" he repeated, but he couldn't hear the answer in his own voice, as he sometimes could. \"Is there a difference?\" he asked himself aloud.\n\"A colleague told me, that there was a difference,\" Pavel said. He sounded anxious, as if he were afraid that Jacob might call his question foolish.\nThe room fell silent. Jacob wondered if it was a test. It occurred to him that since the chemists were paying him out of their own pockets, they had a right to find out if he knew what he was talking about. This might be the first time any of them had tried to exercise such a right.\n\"The colleague and I were discussing a number,\" Pavel continued, all the while frowning. He did not look willing to release Jacob from the question. \"I said that the number was accurate. He said, Yes, of course, but is it precise?\"\nJacob saw the answer now, and in his relief also saw his questioner more clearly. Pavel's hands were trembling. His question was a sort of public confession. He had been left at a disadvantage in a contest with another man, and he had carried the memory of the conversation with him for a long time afterward, the way a child carries a parent's incautious remark if she senses that the parent will be reluctant to explain. He was not trying to test Jacob. He was hoping that Jacob would be able to pull the sting.\nJacob came up with an example. \"Suppose that my temperature is thirty-nine point two.\" He wrote the number on the blackboard. \"If my thermometer says forty-one\"\u2014he wrote that number on the blackboard and then crossed it out\u2014\"it's not accurate. If it says thirty-nine,\"\u2014he wrote a 39 beneath the crossed-out 41\u2014\"then it's accurate but not precise.\" He then added a decimal point and a 2 after the 39, and circled the full number. \"But a reading of thirty-nine point two is accurate and precise. Thirty-nine point two five would be even more precise. And so on.\"\nPavel nodded. There was a buzzing at either side of him as the words for temperature and thermometer were translated and as the scientists reminded one another that American numerals had periods where Czech numerals had commas.\nIvan raised his hand. \"And if the thermometer says forty-one point seven eight, it is precise but not accurate?\"\nA few moments ago they had doubted Jacob; now he was in danger of becoming their oracle. \"No,\" Jacob pronounced. \"I would know what you meant if you said that, but no. A precise measurement is always an accurate one.\"\nPavel fell back into his astronaut's chair. \"I am accurate when I say that the words 'precise' and 'accurate' are the same. But I am more precise when I say, that they are different.\"\nThe pretty young woman beside Pavel held her head for a few moments in perplexity. She dropped her hands into her lap when she understood. \u2014That's it, she congratulated him in Czech.\n\"Let's get back to the exercise,\" Jacob said, and they allowed him to return their attention to word order in interrogative relative clauses.\nIf you like this article, please subscribe or donate to support n+1.\nPussy Riot Denied Parole\nToo Many Roads Lead to the Bullet\nVeronica Raimo\nIssue 14 Awkward Age\nTheory might be most interesting not when it changes the form of fiction, but when it becomes an uneasy part of fiction's content.\nThe Theory Generation\nNicholas Dames\nIt turned out that in the basement, behind a locked door, he ran a side business that sold mail-order XXX-rated videos.\nDon't Be Like That\nAndrew Pippos\nIssue 22 Conviction\nTwo Stories\nChristine Smallwood\nMarriage is indifference to handcuffs. 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{"text":"Daughters of the Dust\nDirector: Julie Dash\tRun Time: 112 min. Release Year: 1991\nAt the dawn of the 20th century, a multi-generational family in the Gullah community on the Sea Islands off of South Carolina \u2013 former West African slaves who adopted many of their ancestors' Yoruba traditions \u2013 struggle to maintain their cultural heritage and folklore while contemplating a migration to the mainland, even further from their roots.\nCohen Media Group is proud to present this restoration of director Julie Dash's landmark film \"Daughters of the Dust.\" The first wide release by a black female filmmaker, \"Daughters of the Dust\" was met with wild critical acclaim and rapturous audience response when it initially opened in 1991. Casting a long legacy, \"Daughters of the Dust\" still resonates today, most recently as a major in influence on Beyonce's video album \"Lemonade.\" Restored (in conjunction with UCLA) for the first time with proper color grading overseen by cinematographer AJ Jafa, audiences will finally see the film exactly as Julie Dash intended.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Grid Layout Page\nList Layout Page\nMasonry Layout Page\nLife Style - Category\nThe Tanzania Episcopal Conference (TEC) is a permanent institution which is the Assembly of the Bishops of Tanzania whereby according to the norm of law, certain pastoral functions are jointly exercised on behalf of Christ's faithful in view of promoting that greater good which the Church offers to all people especially through forms and programs of the apostolate which are fittingly adapted to the circumstances of our time and country.\nIn 1956 the Conference decided that time had come in Tanganyika to establish formally a national organization of all Bishops and to open permanent central office in the capital of Dar es Salaam. The organization was then officially born in the name of Tanganyika CATHOLIC WELFARE CONFERENCE (TCWC).\nThe activities of the organization were vested in six departments or sections namely: Education, Medicine, Social Welfare, Publicity, Legal Affairs and Insurance.\nIn the October 1957 Statutes of the organization were in place and the name changed from Tanganyika Catholic Welfare Conference to become Tanganyika Catholic Welfare Organization (TCWO).\nIn January 1958 the organization was officially registered by the Government under the Societies Registration Ordinance. The organization letter was registered as trustees under the Trustee's Incorporation ordinance. With Tanganyika getting its political Independence in 1961 the name of the organization changed into Tanganyika Episcopal Conference. Its current name comes as a result of the new Status of this country after the Union of Tanganyika and Zanzibar. Thus in 1964 the organization became the Tanzania Episcopal Conference (TEC).\nIt has thirty four (34) dioceses.\nThe Tanzania Catholic Secretariat is an instrument of the Bishops Assembly to guide, coordinate, facilitate and promote pastoral and social services through collaboration with people of good will, for the evangelization of all.\n\"To be a pastorally driven organ of the Catholic Bishops of Tanzania that lives catholic values and demands professional competence in its work\"","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
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This lesson defends the Bible claim of creation about 6,000 to 7,500 years ago. This lesson evaluates the scientific evidence for a ten billion year old universe and a five billion year old earth and finds it self-contradictory and based on unproved assumptions.\nA growing number of scientists, including Sir Fred Hoyle, winner of the Nobel Prize in Astronomy, have made new scientific discoveries that indicate the universe and the earth are less than 10,000 years old. This lesson presents many of these new scientific discoveries that confirm the Bible affirmation of a young universe and young earth.\nLESSON AIM: To convince the students that the Bible claim, that God created the earth and the universe in six days about six to eight thousand years ago, is scientifically and logically true.\nLESSON OBJECTIVES: You will . . .\nInvestigate Biblical evidence that the \"six days\" of creation are literal, twenty-four hour periods and not vast amounts of time.\nEvaluate alternative interpretations of the Bible that allow billions of years of age and find them inadequate.\nExamine new evidence from the 1980 eruption of Mt. St. Helens volcano that destroys the assumptions by which geologists date the Grand Canyon and other geological strata.\nSee how population growth demonstrates man is less than 7,000 years old.\nConsider significant new scientific discoveries that clearly indicate that the earth, our solar system and the universe are less than 10,000 years old.\nTHE BIBLICAL EXPLANATION OF THE CREATION OF THE UNIVERSE\nA. Five Factors Necessary for the Present Universe in Genesis 1:1\n\"In the Beginning (Time)\nGod (Intelligent Designer)\nCreated (Energy)\nThe Heavens (Space)\nAnd the Earth (Matter)\nB. Six Factors Necessary for Life on Earth in Six Days (Genesis 1:2-2:3)\nDay 1 \u2013 Light, 1:3-5\nDay 2 \u2013 Sky, 1:6-8\nDay 3 \u2013 Dry land and seas, 1:9-10; Plants and trees, 1:11-13\nDay 4 \u2013 Sun, moon and stars, 1:14-19\nDay 5 \u2013 Sea life and birds, 1:20-23\nDay 6 \u2013 Animal life, 1:24-31\nDay 7 \u2013 God rested from a finished creation, 2:1-3\nC. Biblical Evidence for a Literal Six Days of Creation\n1. \"Six days you shall labor and do all your work. . . For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that is in them\" (Exodus 20:9, 11).\n2. \"At the beginning the Creator made them male and female\" (Matthew 19:1).\n3. \"The first man Adam became a living being\" (I Corinthians 15:45).\nD. Alternative Interpretations of Genesis One Permitting Vast Amounts of Time\n1. Gap Theory:\na. Explanation: In the beginning (perhaps billions of years ago) God created the heavens and the earth. In verse 2 this original creation \"became void\" (rather than \"was void\") because of the sin of its prior inhabitants, and then God started all over with our present earth, beginning with verse 3, in a new creation of six days.\nb. Strengths:\n1) If scientists have \"proved\" that the earth is actually 5 billion years old, this interpretation could harmonize with such a view.\n2) If scientists have \"proved\" that fossils in the layers of earth were laid down millions of years ago, this interpretation could harmonize with such a view.\n3) No one knows what God was doing before He created the present heavens and earth about 6,000 years ago; possibly He created a prior universe.\nc. Weaknesses:\n1) Exodus 20:11 says that in six days God created the heavens, the earth and \"everything\" in them. This would appear to include all of the fossils in the earth as well.\n2) In Matthew 19:1, Jesus said that God created man and woman \"in the beginning.\" Thus, the beginning did not occur billions of years before Adam and Eve were created.\n2. Day-Age Theory:\na. Explanation: Each day is not 24 hours, but an age of long duration.\n1) Sun, moon and stars were not created until 3rd day. Therefore, the previous days were not necessarily 24 hours.\n2) Harmonizes with scientific claims of millions of years.\n1) Exodus 20:11 says that God created everything in 6 days and that man should work for 6 days. Twenty-four hour days are obviously meant in the case of man. Why not God?\n2) Most plants cannot survive without insects' pollination. The plants were created on day 3; the insects on day 5; if millions of years separated these two \"days\", the plants needing insect pollination would have become extinct.\n3) Plants cannot survive without the carbon dioxide provided by animal life. Since plants were created on day 3, and animals did not appear until day 6, all plants would have become extinct if millions of years separated these two \"days.\"\n3. Six days of revelation:\nExplanation: Moses received the revelation of God's creation in six days; it actually took billions of years for creation to be complete.\nWeakness: Moses said God created everything in six days in Exodus 20:12, not that He revealed in six days what He created over billions of years.\nCRITIQUE OF A FIVE-BILLION-YEAR-OLD EARTH\nA. How Geologists Date the Grand Canyon\nGeologists believe the Grand Canyon was formed by the gradual removal of earth by the Colorado River.\nThey measure the amount of debris per year that the Colorado River removes from the bottom of the Grand Canyon.\nThey then use this rate to calculate 70 million years as the time needed to remove the earth down to its present depth.34\nScientists call this method of dating \"uniformitarian\" on the basis that the Colorado River has always removed earth from the Canyon at the same rate.\nB. Refutation of Geologists' \"Uniformitarian\" Method of Dating the Grand Canyon\nSteven Austin, PhD in Geology and chairman of the department of Geology at Creation Research Institute, has researched the 1980 eruption of the Mt. St. Helens volcano and found scientific evidence that refutes geologists' \"Uniformitarian\" method of dating the Grand Canyon at 70 million years.35\nDr. Austin found that the 1980 eruption of the Mt. St. Helens volcano formed 5 canyons in 5 days. The canyons averaged a depth of about 100 feet, 1\/40th the size of the Grand Canyon.\nThe largest canyon was 125 feet deep, 1,500 feet wide and 3,200 feet long, and was gouged out of solid rock laid down by an ancient lava flow.\nThe second steam blast leveled a forest of 150 square miles in 6 minutes and deposited 150 feet of land slide and volcanic ash, leaving 65 feet of mud 1\/4th of a mile wide.\nThe volcano explosion caused 600 feet of strata to form in the different canyons, a phenomenon that modern geologists attribute normally to hundreds of millions of years on the basis of \"Uniformitarianism.\" 36\nVolcanoes also exist on top and around Grand Canyon explaining how eruptions during the last 5,000 years could easily cause much of the depth of the Grand Canyon, plus many of the layers of sediments found in the walls of the canyon.\nWith the added world-wide catastrophe of the Flood of Noah's days, the present depth of the Grand Canyon and the multiplied layers of sediment in the canyon walls are easily explained.\nC. Geologists' Claim the Rocks in the Strata of Grand Canyon Vary in Age from 10 Million to 2.6 Billion Years\n34 Steven A. Austin, Grand Canyon, Monument to Catastrophe, 1994, p. 88.\n35 Mt. St. Helens: Explosive Evidence for Catastrophe Video on site, Institute of Creation Research, 1994.\n1. Geologists use the following radiometric methods of dating rocks.\nRubidium-87 has a half-life to 48.8 billion years, decaying into strontium-87.37\nUranium-238 has a half-life of 4.47 billion years, decaying into lead-206, and is \"useful for the time period between 100,000 and 1,200,000 years.\"38\nPotassium-40 has a half-life of 1.25 billion years and gradually decays into Argon-40 and Calcium and dates rocks from 20,000 to 4.5 billion years.39\n2. Geologists used all three of these methods to date the rocks of different strata of Grand Canyon between 10 million and 2.6 billion years.40\n3. Geologists thus conclude that the dates of the rocks of these strata confirm the 70 million-year process of the formation of the Grand Canyon by removal of strata by the Colorado River.\nD. Weaknesses of Radiometric Dating\n1. Different dating methods used on rocks in the same (top) strata of the Grand Canyon differ in their dates by 2.59 billion years.\nThe Potassium\/Argon method gave dates between 10 million and 117 million years.41\nThe Rubidium\/Strontium method gave varied ages between 1.27 and 1.39 billion years.42\nThe Uranium\/Lead method gave an isotope age of 2.6 billion years, 1.26 billion years older than the age indicated by the Rubidium\/Strontium method and 2.59 billion years more than the youngest date of the Potassium\/Argon method.\n2. The rocks in the older (lower) strata (Cardenas Basalt and Diabase Sills) are located one mile below the Uinkaret Plateau. These two strata are both Pre-Cambrian (before life appeared on earth).\nThese Pre-Cambrian rocks dated between 715 million and 1.07 billion years.43\nThus, the top, youngest layer of the Grand Canyon has rocks that are dated older by 130 million to 1.5 billion years than the Pre-Cambrian rocks at the bottom of the Grand Canyon.\nGeologists tell us that the lowest or oldest strata must contain the oldest rocks and yet the plateau one mile above the canyon contains the oldest rocks.\nThese contradictory dates for Grand Canyon rocks demonstrates that radiometric methods are not reliable in dating rocks.\n3. Diamonds from Zaire were dated by the potassium\/argon method at 6 billion years, a billion years older than the earth is dated, 44again proving the inadequacy of this radiometric method of dating.\n4. 200-year old lava flows in Hawaii were dated by the potassium\/argon method at 3 billion years old, 2.9999 billion years more than reality.45\n5. These enormous differences in radio-active dating demonstrate that the radiometric methods\n37 Steven A. Austin, Grand Canyon, Monument to Catastrophe, 1994, p. 113.\n38 New Encyclopedia Britannica,1991 Ed., 12.196.\n39 New Encyclopedia Britannica,1991 Ed., 9.640-1.\n45 Henry Morris, Scientific Creationism, pp. 151-2.\nare unreliable for obtaining real dates of rocks.\nE. Likely Explanation for the Differing Radio-Metric Dates\nGod likely created varying ratios of rubidium\/strontium, uranium\/lead, and potassium\/argon, knowing that man would need both the parents and daughters (lead for example) immediately after He created man.\nMan did not need to wait billions of years for uranium to produce lead; God created both uranium and lead simultaneously, knowing man needed both.\nThus, the abundance of daughter elements (lead and argon) from decayed uranium and potassium, have an appearance of great age, but have a real age of less than 10,000 years.\nF. God Could Have Created the Universe Out of Old and New Matter\n1. Solomon's Temple\nWhen Solomon built the Temple of God in Jerusalem, he used newly cut timbers from Lebanon (1 Kings 5:6).\nYet, Solomon place a 480-year old ark of the covenant inside the temple.\nThus, the temple contained both young and old wood when it was constructed.\n2. Adam's body\nThe word \"create\" in Hebrew (barah) means to \"form, fashion by cutting, shape out, . . . make, create.\"46\nMoses used barah in Genesis 1:1 for the creation of the universe and in Genesis 1:27 for the creation of man and woman in His own image.\nA synonym is yatsa, which means to \"form, fashion, carve, frame, devise, plan, preordain\"47\nMoses used yatsa in Genesis 2:7-8 to say that He \"formed\" Adam out of the dust of the ground.\nGod used pre-existing matter to create Adam's body.\nWhen Adam was only a day old (real age), he probably looked 20 or 30 years old.\n3. Possible creation of the universe out of old and new matter.\nGod had always existed in Eternity, before He created our present Universe.\nWho knows how many worlds God created before He created our own.\nGod could have use preexisting materials from prior creations when creating the present universe, just as Solomon built the Temple and its furniture out of both old and new materials.\nIf God did use pre-existing materials to create the universe, we should expect to find evidence of billions of years of age and other evidence for less than 10,000 years of age.\nAlso, by speeding up the formation of the universe for the benefit of man, the universe now appears to be billions of years, but is actually only about 7,500 years in age.\nPOPULATION GROWTH RATES INDICATE A YOUNG EARTH\nA. Biblical Dates and Growth Rates from the Dates for the Flood\nThe Bible says all, except 8 people, died in the flood; therefore, the population rate should be calculated from 8 at the flood to 6 billion in A.D. 1996.\nDiffering Hebrew and Greek manuscripts date the Flood from 4,294 to 5,175 years ago (See\n46 New Brown Driver Briggs Gesenius Hebrew Aramaic English Lexicon, p. 134.\nLesson 11 for proof of these dates).\nEight people growing to 6 billion people in 4,294 years is .47% growth, very low in comparison to the current growth rate of about 1.6%. The growth rate is only about .37% if the time period is 5,175 years ago.\nThis growth rate indicates that all humanity was wiped out c. 4,300 to 5,175 years ago.\nB. Biblical Dates and Growth Rates From the Dates for Creation\nDiffering Hebrew and Greek manuscripts give a range of dates between 3,955 and 5,441 B.C. for the date of creation (see Lesson 11 for details).\nAdding on A.D. 1996 (the date of this writing), the Biblical age of the earth ranges between 5,951 and 7,437 years.\nOn the basis that a flood did not occur, mankind grew from 2 (Adam and Eve) to 6 billion in either 5,941 years or 7,437 years.\n5,941 years gives a growth rate of .368%, a very slow rate in contrast to the present growth rate of 1.6%.\n7,437 years gives a growth rate of .2939%, an extremely slow rate in contrast to the present growth rate of 1.6%.\nThese low growth rates imply that mankind has not been on the earth more than 7,000 years.\nC. Projected Growth of Only .2% over Periods from 10,000 to 1 Million Years\nStarting with 2, growing at the extremely low rate of only .2% growth, would give the following populations in A.D. 1996.\n10,000 years = 951 million people.\n15,000 years = 20.472 trillion people.\n20,000 years = 452,335.0 trillion people.\n100,000 years = 1,184 with 87 more zeroes after it, thousands of trillions more people than the earth could possibly hold.\nD. Conclusion: The Earth Could Not Be More than 7,000 Years Ago\nSCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE THAT INDICATES A YOUNG EARTH\nA. Cosmic Dust Deposits Indicate A Young Earth48\nCosmic dust falls on the earth at the rate of 13 million tons per year.\nIf the same amount of dust fell over a period of 5 billion years, the age given to the earth by scientists, there would be a layer of this dust 182 feet thick.\nThe moon was found to have a layer of only 1\/8th of an inch, in contradiction to scientific prediction.\nThis cosmic dust has high concentrations of nickel. The amount of nickel found in the earth's crust and in the oceans indicates an age of only a few thousand years.\nB. Depletion of the Earth's Magnetic Field 49\n1. Dr. Thomas Barnes, Pro. Emeritus of Physics at University of Texas in El Paso, calculated the decay rate of the earth's magnetic field as having a half life of 1,400 years, meaning that\n48 Huse, Collapse of Evolution, pp. 22-23.\n49 Bert Thompson, Essays in Apologetics, I.78; Collapse of Evolution, pp. 20-21.\n1,400 years ago the earth's magnetic field was double what it is now.\n2. The earth must be less than 10,000 years old; otherwise, the magnetic field would have been\nso strong 50,000 years ago that it would have ruptured the earth and cracked it open.\nC. Polonium Halos50\nPolonium 218 is considered a daughter element of the natural decay of uranium; but it has now been found in substances that are not in the presence of uranium.\nPolonium has a half-life of only three minutes.\nPolonium halos have been found in granite rock from the bedrock of the earth's core.\nIf the earth is 5 billion years old, this granite was supposed to have been in a molten condition for millions of years before it cooled into its present form.\nHalos cannot form in rocks when they are in a molten condition.\nWith a half-life of 3 minutes, the polonium would have decomposed in a few hours and not exist when the rocks cooled millions of years later.\nDr. Robert Gentry says that these polonium halos are proof that the granite rocks were created instantaneously within minutes and did not exist in a molten condition for even years, much less millions of years.\nD. Rotation of the Earth51\nThe earth's rotation rate is gradually slowing down.\nIf the earth is five billion years old, the centrifugal force would have slung off much of its contents and its shape would be like that of a pancake.\nF. Mississippi River Delta Deposits52\nThe Mississippi River annually deposits 300 million cubic yards of sediment into the Gulf of Mexico.\nThe thickness of sediment in the Mississippi Delta indicates that it is only about 4,000 years old.\nEVALUATION OF THE SCIENTIFIC CLAIM OF TEN BILLION YEARS FOR THE AGE OF THE UNIVERSE\nA. The Big Bang and 10 Billion Years of Expansion\nScientists theorize that the present universe was originally a single molecule which exploded and hurtled the universe outward in lateral directions.\nBefore 1995 astronomers calculated that it took the most distant stars 20 billion years to reach their present distance from the center.\nIn 1996 photographs from the Hubble telescope indicated that astronomers made a 10 billion-year mistake.\nB. Inconsistency of the Big Bang Theory in Regard to the Dating of the Universe\n1. The Milky Way Galaxy, of which our solar system is a part, is located generally in the center of the known universe (though not in the exact center).\n50 Robert Gentry, Creation 's Tiny Mystery.\n51 Huse, Collapse of Evolution, p. 25.\nIf the entire universe were encapsuled in a single molecule at the time of the Big Bang, then the material from which the earth is composed is the same age as that of the distant galaxies.\nYet, the earth is dated by the uranium\/lead process at 5 billion years, while the distant galaxies are dated at 10 billion years.\nIf the matter of the earth and stars were all in the same molecule and exploded at the same time, as scientists maintain, all matter should be the same age.\nThe outer portions of the explosion obviously were only faster, not older, and the inner portions of the molecule obviously were slower, not younger.\nIf matter were wrapped around a bomb and detonated, the outer layer of matter would fly out farther from, and the inner layer would fly out closer to, the point of the blast, but the age of both layers would be the same.\nScientists have confused age with distance and speed.\nC. Inconsistency of the Time for Light to Arrive at Earth\nScientists have calculated the age of the universe on the basis of the time it takes for light to travel from the most distant star to the earth.\nIf the Big Bang is true, as scientists maintain, it would mean that the light of the fleeting stars would always be seen from its center of origin (where the earth is relatively located).\nThe light of the stars were always in sight of the earth, if the Big Bang were true.\nD. Present Speed of Light and of Expansion Is Not the Original Speed\nThe speed of light and of expansion is slowing down according to the Second Law of Thermodynamics.\nAt creation the stars could have expanded faster than the speed of light, but now has slowed down to the present rate of expansion.\nScientists have assumed light travels faster than any thing else, but scientists do not know how fast the Big Bang hurtled out matter.\nE. Real Age and Apparent Age\nOn the basis of the speed of light, the universe appears to be ten billion years old.\nBased on the multiplied speed of God's creation, the universe is actually less than 10,000 years old.\nSCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE FOR A 7,000-YEAR OLD UNIVERSE\nA. While the Universe Appears to Be Very Old in Some Ways, it Actually Appears to Be Very Young in Even More Significant Ways\nB. The Shrinkage of the Sun53\nThe sun is shrinking at the rate of .1% each century.\nAt .1% a century, the sun was 10% larger 10,000 years ago, likely producing a tropical climate at the poles and unbearable heat at the equators.\n20,000 years ago the sun would have been 20% larger than it is now and life on earth could not have survived the unbearable heat.\n100,000 years old, the sun would have doubled its present size and Mars, Venus and the Earth would have burned to a crisp.\n53 Bert Thompson, Essays in Apologetics, I.78-79.\nThe sun is presently 864,950 miles in diameter and averages a distance of 92,957,000 miles from earth. 54 The sun would have to double its size (going back in time) 108 times to cover the present distance between the sun and earth: 92,957,000 divided by 864,950 = 108.\nSince the sun doubles in size each 100,000 years, the sun would have extended beyond the earth's present position 10,800,000 years ago and the distant planets of our solar system would have burned up.\nTherefore, it is impossible that the earth could have existed even 100,000 years ago, much less 10,800,000 years ago.\nThe scientific calculation of 5 billion years for the age of the earth is scientifically impossible and ridiculously absurd.\nA 6,000 to 7,500 year range for the earth's age allows life to have comfortable temperatures for plants to grow and animals and humans to survive; thus, the scientific rate of the shrinkage of the sun is in complete harmony with the Biblical age of the solar system.\nC. Hydrogen Converted Into Helium55\nHydrogen is constantly being converted into helium in space at the rate of 3 x 10 to the eleventh power grams per year.\nHowever, space is composed almost entirely of hydrogen, with the presence of only small amounts of helium.\nSince no source is known to produce hydrogen in space, most of the hydrogen should have turned into helium if the universe is really ten billion years old.\nBecause of this abundance of hydrogen and sparsity of helium, Sir Fred Hoyle, who won the Nobel Prize in Astronomy, concluded that the universe is only thousands of years old rather than billions of years.\nHelium enters the earth's atmosphere by escaping from cracks in the earth's crust from the decay of uranium and thorium at the rate of 3 x 10 to the 11 power grams per year.\nThe amount of helium in earth's atmosphere is 3.5 x 10 to the 15 power. At the rate helium\nis entering earth's atmosphere, the earth should be about 10,000 years old.\nD. Disintegration Rate of Comets 56\nComets are gradually disintegrating from the heat of the sun.\nThe rapid rate of disintegration indicates that their age could not be more than 10,000 years old.\nNo comets would exist if our solar system were really five billion years old.\nE. Speed of Star Clusters57\nStar clusters contain thousands of stars swarming in different directions at enormous speeds.\nThey are moving so fast that these clusters could not have held together for millions of years, much less billions of years.\nMany other evidences indicate that the universe and the earth are not more than 10,000 years old and thus within the range of the biblical range of dates for Creation.\n54 \"The Sun,\" New Encyclopedia Britannica, 1991 Ed., 11.387.\n55 Bert Thompson, op. cit., I.79-80.\n56 Huse, op. cit., p. 28.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"1988 Black Sea bumping incident\nThe Black Sea bumping incident of 12 February 1988 occurred when American cruiser USS Yorktown tried to exercise the right of innocent passage through Soviet territorial waters in the Black Sea during the Cold War. The cruiser was bumped by the Soviet frigate Bezzavetny with the intention of pushing Yorktown into international waters. This incident also involved the destroyer USS Caron, sailing in company with USS Yorktown and claiming the right of innocent passage, which was intentionally shouldered by a Soviet Mirka-class frigate SKR-6. Yorktown reported minor damage to its hull, with no holing or risk of flooding.[1] Caron was not damaged.[1]\nAt the time, the Soviet Union recognized the right of innocent passage for warships in its territorial waters solely in designated sea lanes.[2] The United States believed that there was no legal basis for a coastal nation to limit warship transits to sea lanes only.[3] Subsequently, the U.S. Department of State found that the Russian-language text of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, Article 22, paragraph 1 allowed the coastal state to regulate the right of innocent passage whenever necessary, while the English-language text did not.[1] Following the incident, the Soviet Union expressed a commitment to resolve the issue of innocent passage in Soviet territorial waters.[1]\nSoviet frigate Bezzavetny (right) bumping USS Yorktown\nSoviet frigate SKR-6 bumping USS Caron\nIn 1979, the United States launched an informal program to promote the \"rights and freedoms of navigation and overflight guaranteed to all nations under international law.\"[1] The US government said that it initiated the program because some countries were beginning to assert jurisdictional boundaries beyond traditional claims.[1] The United States wished to stop this and, it said, diplomatic protests had seemed to be ineffective.[1] A new customary international law could emerge if nations avoided operating their ships and aircraft in the disputed areas, and the US saw this as undesirable.[1]\nIn the 1980s, US warships were passing through the straits from the Mediterranean into the Black Sea two or three times a year to \"show the flag\" and to claim the right of innocent passage in the coastal states.[1] Aside from the right of free passage, US naval activity in the Black Sea served the purpose of upholding US rights under the 1936 Montreux Convention Regarding the Regime of the Straits. According to a US government official, \"the Dardanelles and the Bosporus form an international waterway\" under that convention and \"if you don't periodically reaffirm your rights you find that they're hard to revive.\"[1]\nMeanwhile, \"The Rules of Navigation and Sojourn of Foreign Warships in the Territorial Waters and Internal Waters and Ports of the USSR,\" enacted by the Soviet Council of Ministers in 1983, acknowledged the right of innocent passage of foreign warships only in restricted areas of the Soviet territorial waters in the Baltic, Sea of Okhotsk and the Sea of Japan;[1] no sea lanes for innocent passage in the Black Sea were designated.[1] The Soviet vessels and aircraft were routinely dispatched to observe US warships there.[1] In the 1980s, the Soviet Union viewed the US presence in the Black Sea as an attempt to undermine improving Soviet\u2013American relations.[1]\nAfter the 1986 incident in the Black Sea, also involving USS Yorktown and USS Caron, a meeting of the Soviet Defence Council was held later in the same year.[4] At the meeting, the Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Navy Vladimir Chernavin offered to Mikhail Gorbachev, Defense Minister Sergey Sokolov, Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze, and other senior officials that intruding foreign warships could be driven from Soviet waters by several means including bumping.[4]\nOn 12 February 1988, the Ticonderoga-class cruiser USS Yorktown, and the Spruance-class destroyer USS Caron, conducted an innocent passage exercise in the Black Sea. Caron passed 7.5 mi (12.1 km) off the Soviet shore, and Yorktown drew to 10.3 mi (16.6 km) offshore. The commander of the Black Sea Fleet Mikhail Khronopulo received an order from Chernavin to curb the passage of US warships.[4] Initially the destroyer Krasnyy Kavkaz was tasked with confronting them, but she experienced technical problems so Bezzavetnyy, a Krivak-class frigate, was dispatched instead.[5] However, according to Bezzavetny's commander, Captain Vladimir Bogdashin, his ship had two cruise missiles instead of four, was half the size of Yorktown, and was only a third its size by displacement.[5] The Soviet frigate SKR-6, commanded by Captain Anatoliy Petrov, was approximately one quarter the size of USS Caron.[5]\nFirst, Caron was approached by the frigate SKR-6, and three minutes later, Yorktown was approached by the frigate Bezzavetnyy,[1] while Tupolev Tu-16 bombers monitored the vessels' movements.[6] As the US warships clipped a corner of the Soviet territorial waters, they were bumped. At 10:02 a.m, local time, 44\u00b015.2\u2032N 33\u00b035.4\u2032E \/ 44.2533\u00b0N 33.5900\u00b0E, 10.5 nautical miles (19.4 km; 12.1 mi) from the coast, SKR-6 bumped the port side aft of Caron at frame about 60 feet (18 m) from the bow.[1] Caron received superficial scraping of paint, with no personnel injuries.[1] Bezzavetnyy, having bumped Yorktown, was ordered to move away and not to contact her again.[5]\nBoth US warships stayed on even course after the incident. Caron left Soviet territorial waters at 11:50 a.m. local time without further incident.[1]\nBoth US warships reported the incident to the commander in chief of United States naval forces in Europe. Caron reported that, at 13:20 local time, it was informed on channel 16 VHF by Bezzavetnyy: \"Soviet ships have orders to prevent violation of territorial waters, extreme measure is to strike your ship with one of ours.\"[1] The reply of Caron was \"I am engaged in innocent passage consistent with international law.\"[1] Yorktown, in its report stated that on 9:56, local time, it was contacted by Bezzavetnyy via channel 16 and told to leave Soviet territorial waters or \"our ship is going to strike on yours.\"[1] Then, according to the report, Bezzavetnyy came alongside port side of Yorktown at 10:03 and bumped it by turning into the ship.[1]\nThe starboard anchor of Bezzavetnyy was torn away.[1] Two Harpoon missile canisters on Yorktown sustained damage when Bezzavetnyy's bullnose passed down port quarter. Bezzavetnyy then cleared to port and took station 300 yd (270 m) off the port beam of Yorktown.[1] Bezzavetnyy required a minor repair.[5]\nThe Soviet Ministry of Defense issued a statement blaming the U.S. warships for ignoring the \"warning signals of Soviet border guard ships\" and for \"dangerously maneuvering in Soviet waters\".[3] The incident also drew a diplomatic protest from the U.S. government.[7]\nThese incidents were covered in the annual review of compliance with the US\/Soviet Agreement On the Prevention of Incidents On and Over the High Seas signed on 25 May 1972.\n^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x William J. Aceves. \"Diplomacy at Sea: U.S. Freedom of Navigation Operations in the Black Sea\". International Law Studies. 68.\n^ Kraska & Pedrozo 2013, pp. 255\u2013256\n^ a b Kraska & Pedrozo 2013, p. 256\n^ a b c \u0421\u0435\u0440\u0433\u0435\u0439 \u041f\u0442\u0438\u0447\u043a\u0438\u043d (10 April 2014). \u0410\u0442\u0430\u043a\u0430 \"\u0411\u0435\u0437\u0437\u0430\u0432\u0435\u0442\u043d\u043e\u0433\u043e\". Rossiyskaya Gazeta (in Russian). Archived from the original on 8 September 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2014.\n^ a b c d e \u0410\u043b\u0435\u043a\u0441\u0435\u0439 \u041e\u0432\u0447\u0438\u043d\u043d\u0438\u043a\u043e\u0432 (16 February 2012). \u0418\u043c\u043f\u0435\u0440\u0438\u044f \u043d\u0430\u043d\u043e\u0441\u0438\u0442 \u043f\u043e\u0441\u043b\u0435\u0434\u043d\u0438\u0439 \u0443\u0434\u0430\u0440. Komsomolskaya Pravda (in Russian). Archived from the original on 7 September 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014.\n^ Mark Thompson (13 February 1988). \"Soviet, U.S. Ships Bump In Black Sea\". Philadelphia Media Network. Archived from the original on 7 September 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2014.\n^ Kraska & Pedrozo 2013, p. 257\nKraska, James; Pedrozo, Raul (2013). International Maritime Security Law. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. ISBN 9004233571.\n1976 Argentine coup d'\u00e9tat\nThe 1976 Argentine coup d'\u00e9tat was a right-wing coup that overthrew Isabel Per\u00f3n as President of Argentina on 24 March 1976. A military junta was installed to replace her; this was headed by Lieutenant General Jorge Rafael Videla, Admiral Emilio Eduardo Massera and Brigadier-General Orlando Ram\u00f3n Agosti. The political process initiated on 24 March 1976, took the official name of \"National Reorganization Process\", and the junta, although not with its original members, remained in power until the return to the democratic process on December 10, 1983.\nThe coup d'\u00e9tat had been planned since October 1975, and the United States Department of State learned of the preparations two months before its execution. The American secretary of state Henry Kissinger would meet several times with Argentinian military leaders after the coup, urging them to destroy their opponents quickly before outcry over human rights abuses grew in the United States.\nASEAN Declaration\nThe ASEAN Declaration or Bangkok Declaration is the founding document of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). It was signed in Bangkok on 8 August 1967 by the five ASEAN founding members, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand as a display of solidarity against communist expansion in Vietnam and communist insurgency within their own borders. It states the basic principles of ASEAN: co-operation, amity, and non-interference. The date is now celebrated as ASEAN Day.\nAnti anti-communism\nThe phrase anti anti-communism has been noted by Clifford Geertz, an American anthropologist at the Institute for Advanced Study as a term applied, in \"the cold war days\" by \"those who \u2026 regarded the [Red] Menace as the primary fact of contemporary political life\" to \"[t]hose of us who strenuously opposed [that] obsession, as we saw it \u2026 with the insinuation \u2013 wildly incorrect in the vast majority of cases \u2013 that, by the law of the double negative, we had some secret affection for the Soviet Union.\"Stated more simply by Kristen R. Ghodsee and Scott Sehon: \"In 1984, the anthropologist Clifford Geertz wrote that you could be 'anti anti-communism' without being in favour of communism.\"Jonathan Chait, in a critique of Stephen F. Cohen used a fully hyphenated form of the term, calling Cohen: \"\u2026 an old-school leftist who has carried on the mental habits of decades of anti-anti-communism seamlessly into a new career of anti-anti-Putinism.\"\nAn arms race occurs when two or more nations participate in interactive or competitive increases in \"persons under arms\" as well as \"war material\". Simply defined as a competition between two or more states to have superior armed forces; a competition concerning production of weapons, the growth of a military, and the aim of superior military technology.\nThe term is also used to describe any long-term escalating competitive situation where each competitor focuses on out-doing the others.\nAn evolutionary arms race is a system where two populations are evolving in order to continuously one-up members of the other population. This concept is related to the Red Queen's Hypothesis, where two organisms co-evolve to overcome each other but each fails to progress relative to the other interactant.\nIn technology, there are close analogues to the arms races between parasites and hosts, such as the arms race between computer virus writers and antivirus software writers, or spammers against Internet service providers and E-mail software writers.\nMore generically, the term is used to describe any competition where there is no absolute goal, only the relative goal of staying ahead of the other competitors in rank or knowledge. An arms race may also imply futility as the competitors spend a great deal of time and money, yet end up in the same situation as if they had never started the arms race.\nAsian Relations Conference\nThe Asian Relations Conference took place in New Delhi in March-April 1947. It was hosted by Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, who then headed a provisional government that was preparing for India's Independence, which came on 15 August 1947. The Asian Relations Conference brought together many leaders of the independence movements in Asia, and represented a first attempt to assert Asian unity. The objectives of the conference were \"to bring together the leading men and women of Asia on a common platform to study the problems of common concern to the people of the continent, to focus attention on social, economic and cultural problems of the different countries of Asia, and to foster mutual contact and understanding.\"\nIn his writings and speeches, Nehru had laid great emphasis on the manner in which post-colonial India would rebuild its Asia connections. At this conference Nehru declared: \"... Asia is again finding herself ... one of the notable consequences of the European domination of Asia has been the isolation of the countries of Asia from one another. ... Today this isolation is breaking down because of many reasons, political and otherwise ... This Conference is significant as an expression of that deeper urge of the mind and spirit of Asia which has persisted ... In this Conference and in this work there are no leaders and no followers. All countries of Asia have to meet together in a common task ...\"\nDie Wende\nDie Wende (German pronunciation: [di\u02d0 \u02c8v\u025bnd\u0259], \"The Turn\" or \"The Turnaround\") is a German term that has come to signify the complete process of change from the rule of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany and a centrally planned economy to the revival of parliamentary democracy and a market economy in the German Democratic Republic (also known as East Germany or the GDR) around 1989 and 1990. It encompasses several processes and events which later have become synonymous with the overall process. These processes and events are:\nthe Peaceful Revolution during the presidency of Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, a time of massive protest and demonstrations (Montagsdemonstrationen \u2013 \"Monday demonstrations\" and Alexanderplatz demonstration) against the political system of the GDR and for civil and human rights in late 1989.\nthe fall of the Berlin Wall on 9 November 1989 following a press conference held by the Politb\u00fcro during which G\u00fcnter Schabowski announced the introduction of unconditional travelling permissions, which was very unusual after four decades of severe travelling restrictions and intended to tone down the protesters but instead because of Schabowski's unclear and ambiguous wording led to an onrush of people willing to leave the country and the accidental opening of the border checkpoints at the same night.\nthe transition to democracy in East Germany following the Peaceful Revolution, leading to the only truly democratic elections to the Volkskammer of the GDR on 18 March 1990.\nthe process of German reunification leading to the Einigungsvertrag (Treaty of Unification) on 31 August 1990, the Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany on 12 September 1990 and finally the joining of the five re-established East German L\u00e4nder to the Federal Republic of Germany.In hindsight, the German word Wende (meaning \"The Turn\") then took on a new meaning; the phrase seit der Wende, literally \"since the change\", means \"since reunification\" or \"since the Wall fell\". This period is marked by West German aid to East Germany, a total reaching an estimated $775 billion over 10 years. To some extent, Germany is still in the midst of the Nachwendezeit (post-Wende period): differences between East and West still exist, and a process of \"inner reunification\" is not yet finished.\nThis fundamental change has marked the reunification of Germany. The term was first used publicly in East Germany on 18 October 1989 in a speech by interim GDR leader Egon Krenz (the term having been used on the cover of influential West German news magazine Der Spiegel two days previously). Whilst it initially referred to the end of the old East German government, die Wende has become synonymous with the fall of the Wall and of East Germany, and indeed of the entire Iron Curtain and Eastern Bloc state socialism.\nExercise Verity\nExercise Verity was the only major training exercise of the Western Union (WU). Undertaken in July 1949, it involved 60 warships from the British, French, Belgian and Dutch navies. A contemporary newsreel described this exercise as involving \"the greatest assembly of warships since the Battle of Jutland.\"\nFrozen conflict\nIn international relations, a frozen conflict is a situation in which active armed conflict has been brought to an end, but no peace treaty or other political framework resolves the conflict to the satisfaction of the combatants. Therefore, legally the conflict can start again at any moment, creating an environment of insecurity and instability.\nThe term has been commonly used for post-Soviet conflicts, but it has also often been applied to other perennial territorial disputes. The de facto situation that emerges may match the de jure position asserted by one party to the conflict; for example, Russia claims and effectively controls Crimea following the 2014 Crimean crisis despite Ukraine's continuing claim to the region. Alternatively, the de facto situation may not match either side's official claim. The division of Korea is an example of the latter situation: both the Republic of Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea officially assert claims to the entire peninsula; however, there exists a well-defined border between the two countries' areas of control.\nFrozen conflicts sometimes result in partially recognized states. For example, the Republic of South Ossetia, a product of the frozen Georgian\u2013Ossetian conflict, is recognized by eight other states, including five UN members; the other three of these entities are partially recognized states themselves.\nIn the Russian language the word Glasnost (; Russian: \u0433\u043b\u0430\u0301\u0441\u043d\u043e\u0441\u0442\u044c, IPA: [\u02c8\u0261\u026basn\u0259s\u02b2t\u02b2] (listen)) has several general and specific meanings. It has been used in Russian to mean \"openness and transparency\" since at least the end of the eighteenth century.In the Russian Empire of the late-19th century, the term was particularly associated with reforms of the judicial system, ensuring that the press and the public could attend court hearings and that the sentence was read out in public. In the mid-1980s, it was popularised by Mikhail Gorbachev as a political slogan for increased government transparency in the Soviet Union.\nGuerrilla war in the Baltic states\nThe Guerrilla war in the Baltic states or the Forest Brothers resistance movement was the armed struggle against Soviet rule that spanned from 1940 to the mid-1950s. After the occupation of the Baltic territories by the Soviets in 1944, an insurgency started. According to some estimates, 10,000 partisans in Estonia, 10,000 partisans in Latvia and 30,000 partisans in Lithuania and many more supporters were involved. This war continued as an organised struggle until 1956 when the superiority of the Soviet military caused the native population to adopt other forms of resistance. While estimates related to the extent of partisan movement vary, but there seems to be a consensus among researchers that by international standards, the Baltic guerrilla movements were extensive. Proportionally, the partisan movement in the post-war Baltic states was of a similar size as the Viet Cong movement in South Vietnam.\nHoxhaism\nHoxhaism is a variant of anti-revisionist Marxism\u2013Leninism that developed in the late 1970s due to a split in the Maoist movement, appearing after the ideological dispute between the Communist Party of China and the Party of Labour of Albania in 1978. The ideology is named after Enver Hoxha, a notable Albanian communist leader.\nInnocent passage\nInnocent passage is a concept in the law of the sea that allows for a vessel to pass through the territorial waters of another state, subject to certain restrictions. The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea Article 19 defines innocent passage as:\n1.\tPassage is innocent so long as it is not prejudicial to the peace, good order or security of the coastal State. Such passage shall take place in conformity with this Convention and with other rules of international law.\n2.\tPassage of a foreign ship shall be considered to be prejudicial to the peace, good order or security of the coastal State if in the territorial sea it engages in any of the following activities:\n(a)\tany threat or use of force against the sovereignty, territorial integrity or political independence of the coastal State, or in any other manner in violation of the principles of international law embodied in the Charter of the United Nations;\n(b)\tany exercise or practice with weapons of any kind;\n(c)\tany act aimed at collecting information to the prejudice of the defence or security of the coastal State;\n(d)\tany act of propaganda aimed at affecting the defence or security of the coastal State;\n(e)\tthe launching, landing or taking on board of any aircraft;\n(f)\tthe launching, landing or taking on board of any military device;\n(g)\tthe loading or unloading of any commodity, currency or person contrary to the customs, fiscal, immigration or sanitary laws and regulations of the coastal State;\n(h)\tany act of wilful and serious pollution contrary to this Convention;\n(i)\tany fishing activities;\n(j)\tthe carrying out of research or survey activities;\n(k)\tany act aimed at interfering with any systems of communication or any other facilities or installations of the coastal State;\n(l)\tany other activity not having a direct bearing on passage.\nInnocent passage concedes the coastal country's territorial sea claim, unlike freedom of navigation, which directly contests it.The law was codified in 1958 and affirmed in 1982.\nJamaican political conflict\nThe Jamaican political conflict is a long standing feud between right-wing and left-wing elements in the country, often exploding into violence. The Jamaican Labor Party and the People's National Party have fought for control of the island for years and the rivalry has encouraged urban warfare in Kingston. Each side believes the other to be controlled by foreign elements, the JLP is said to be backed by the American Central Intelligence Agency and the PNP is said to been backed by the Soviet Union and Fidel Castro.\nJohnson Doctrine\nThe Johnson Doctrine, enunciated by U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson after the United States' intervention in the Dominican Republic in 1965, declared that domestic revolution in the Western Hemisphere would no longer be a local matter when \"the object is the establishment of a Communist dictatorship\". It is an extension of the Eisenhower and Kennedy Doctrines.\nLe Cercle is a foreign policy think-tank specialising in international security. Set up after World War II, the group has members from twenty-five countries and meets at least bi-annually, in Washington, D.C., United States.\nNDF Rebellion\nThe NDF Rebellion was an uprising in the Yemen Arab Republic by the National Democratic Front, under Yahya Shami, between 1978 and 1982.\nTitoism\nTitoism is described as the post-World War II policies and practices associated with Josip Broz Tito during the Cold War, characterized by an opposition to the Soviet Union.It usually represents Tito's Yugoslav doctrine in Cold War international politics. It emerged with the Yugoslav Partisans' liberation of Yugoslavia independently of, or without much help from, the Red Army, resulting in Yugoslavia being the only Eastern European country to remain \"socialist, but independent\" after World War II as well as resisting Soviet Union pressure to become a member of the Warsaw Pact.\nToday, Titoism is also used to refer to Yugo-nostalgia, a longing for reestablishment or revival of Yugoslavism or Yugoslavia by the citizens of Yugoslavia's successor states.\nUlbricht Doctrine\nThe Ulbricht Doctrine, named after East German leader Walter Ulbricht, was the assertion that normal diplomatic relations between East Germany and West Germany could occur only if both states fully recognised each other's sovereignty. That contrasted with the Hallstein Doctrine, a West German policy which insisted that West Germany was the only legitimate German state.\nEast Germany gained acceptance of its view from fellow Communist states, such as Czechoslovakia, Poland, Hungary, and Bulgaria, which all agreed not to normalise relations with West Germany until it recognised East German sovereignty.\nWest Germany eventually abandoned its Hallstein Doctrine, instead adopting the policies of Ostpolitik. In December 1972, a Basic Treaty between East and West Germany was signed that reaffirmed two German states as separate entities. The treaty also allowed the exchange of diplomatic missions and the entry of both German states to the United Nations as full members.\nWestern Bloc\nThe Western Bloc during the Cold War refers to capitalist countries under the hegemony of the United States and NATO against the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact. The latter were referred to as the Eastern Bloc. The governments and press of the Western Bloc were more inclined to refer to themselves as the \"Free World\" or the \"Western world\", whereas the Eastern Bloc was often called the \"Communist world or Second world\".\nANZUS\nNon-Aligned Movement\nWarsaw Pact\nCold War II\nMorgenthau Plan\nHukbalahap Rebellion\nJamaican conflict\nDekemvriana\nPercentages agreement\nForest Brothers\nOperation Jungle\nCursed soldiers\nOperation Unthinkable\nOperation Downfall\nGouzenko Affair\nDivision of Korea\nOperation Masterdom\nOperation Beleaguer\nOperation Blacklist Forty\nIran crisis of 1946\nBaruch Plan\nCorfu Channel incident\nRestatement of Policy on Germany\nTruman Doctrine\nMay 1947 Crises\nAl-Wathbah uprising\n1947\u20131949 Palestine war\n1947\u20131948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine\n1948 Arab\u2013Israeli War\n1948 Palestinian exodus\nWestern betrayal\nIron Curtain\nChinese Civil War (Second round)\nMalayan Emergency\nAlbanian Subversion\nBamboo Curtain\nAlgerian War\nEgyptian Revolution of 1952\n1953 Iranian coup d'\u00e9tat\nUprising of 1953 in East Germany\nBricker Amendment\n1954 Guatemalan coup d'\u00e9tat\nPartition of Vietnam\nJebel Akhdar War\nFirst Taiwan Strait Crisis\nCyprus Emergency\nGeneva Summit (1955)\nBandung Conference\nPozna\u0144 1956 protests\nHungarian Revolution of 1956\nYemeni\u2013Adenese clan violence\nSuez Crisis\n\"We will bury you\"\nIfni War\nOperation Gladio\nArab Cold War\nSyrian Crisis of 1957\n1958 Lebanon crisis\nIraqi 14 July Revolution\nSputnik crisis\nSecond Taiwan Strait Crisis\n1959 Tibetan uprising\n1959 Mosul uprising\nCuban Revolution\nSino-Soviet split\nCongo Crisis\nSimba rebellion\n1960 U-2 incident\n1960 Turkish coup d'\u00e9tat\nSoviet\u2013Albanian split\nIraqi\u2013Kurdish conflict\nFirst Iraqi\u2013Kurdish War\nBerlin Crisis of 1961\nDirty War (Mexico)\nPortuguese Colonial War\nAngolan War of Independence\nGuinea-Bissau War of Independence\nMozambican War of Independence\nEl Porte\u00f1azo\nSino-Indian War\nCommunist insurgency in Sarawak\nIraqi Ramadan Revolution\nEritrean War of Independence\nSand War\nNorth Yemen Civil War\nAden Emergency\n1963 Syrian coup d'\u00e9tat\nAssassination of John F. Kennedy\nCyprus crisis of 1963\u201364\nShifta War\nGuatemalan Civil War\nColombian conflict\n1964 Brazilian coup d'\u00e9tat\nDominican Civil War\nRhodesian Bush War\nSouth African Border War\nTransition to the New Order (Indonesia)\nLaotian Civil War\nArgentine Revolution\nKorean DMZ Conflict\nGreek military junta of 1967\u20131974\nYears of Lead (Italy)\nUSS Pueblo incident\nSix-Day War\nDhofar Rebellion\nAl-Wadiah War\nBiafran War\nProtests of 1968\nFrench May\nTlatelolco massacre\n1968 Polish political crisis\nCommunist insurgency in Malaysia\nIraqi Ba'athist Revolution\n1969 Libyan coup d'\u00e9tat\nGoulash Communism\nSino-Soviet border conflict\nCPP\u2013NPA\u2013NDF rebellion\nCorrective Move\nNuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty\nBlack September in Jordan\nCorrective Movement (Syria)\nWestern Sahara conflict\nNicaraguan Revolution\nCambodian Civil War\nKoza riot\nRealpolitik\nPing-pong diplomacy\nCorrective Revolution (Egypt)\n1971 Turkish military memorandum\n1971 Sudanese coup d'\u00e9tat\nFour Power Agreement on Berlin\nBangladesh Liberation War\n1972 Nixon visit to China\nNorth Yemen-South Yemen Border conflict of 1972\nYemenite War of 1972\nCommunist insurgency in Bangladesh\nEritrean Civil Wars\n1973 Uruguayan coup d'\u00e9tat\n1973 Chilean coup d'\u00e9tat\n1973 oil crisis\nSpanish transition\nMetapolitefsi\nStrategic Arms Limitation Talks\nSecond Iraqi\u2013Kurdish War\nTurkish invasion of Cyprus\nAngolan Civil War\nMozambican Civil War\nOromo conflict\nOgaden War\nWestern Sahara War\nEthiopian Civil War\nLebanese Civil War\nSino-Albanian split\nCambodian\u2013Vietnamese War\nOperation Condor\nDirty War (Argentina)\nLibyan\u2013Egyptian War\nUganda\u2013Tanzania War\nGerman Autumn\nKorean Air Lines Flight 902\nChadian\u2013Libyan conflict\nGrand Mosque seizure\nSaur Revolution\nSino-Vietnamese War\nNew Jewel Movement\n1979 Herat uprising\nSeven Days to the River Rhine\nStruggle against political abuse of psychiatry in the Soviet Union\nSoviet\u2013Afghan War\n1980 and 1984 Summer Olympics boycotts\nPeruvian conflict\nGulf of Sidra incident\nCasamance conflict\nUgandan Bush War\nLord's Resistance Army insurgency\n1982 Ethiopian\u2013Somali Border War\nNdogboyosoi War\nUnited States invasion of Grenada\nAble Archer 83\nIran\u2013Iraq War\nSomali Rebellion\n1986 Black Sea incident\nSouth Yemen Civil War\nToyota War\nBougainville Civil War\n8888 Uprising\nSoviet reaction\nCentral American crisis\nPeople Power Revolution\nNagorno-Karabakh War\nAfghan Civil War\nUnited States invasion of Panama\n1988 Polish strikes\nTiananmen Square protests of 1989\nFall of the Berlin Wall\nVelvet Revolution\nRomanian Revolution\nPeaceful Revolution\nMongolian Revolution of 1990\nGerman reunification\nYemeni unification\nFall of communism in Albania\nBreakup of Yugoslavia\nDissolution of Czechoslovakia\nDissolution of the Soviet Union\nFrozen conflicts\nSino-Indian border dispute\nNorth Borneo dispute\nEisenhower Doctrine\nHallstein Doctrine\nKennedy Doctrine\nNixon Doctrine\nCarter Doctrine\nReagan Doctrine\nSovereignty of Puerto Rico during the Cold War\nNeoclassical economics\nReaganomics\nThatcherism\nCastroism\nEurocommunism\nGuevarism\nJuche\nMaoism\nNaxalism\nUltranationalism\nEthnic nationalism\nLiberal democracy\nIlliberal democracy\nGuided democracy\nThird-Worldism\nWhite separatism\nSafari Club\nCrusade for Freedom\nIzvestia\nRed Scare\nAllied intervention in the Russian Civil War\nList of Eastern Bloc agents in the United States\nSoviet espionage in the United States\nSoviet Union\u2013United States relations\nUSSR\u2013USA summits\nRussian espionage in the United States\nAmerican espionage in the Soviet Union and Russian Federation\nRussia\u2013NATO relations\nBrinkmanship\nCIA and the Cultural Cold War\nList of conflicts\nShipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1988\n16 Feb: Sol Phryne\n19 Apr: Sahand\n26 Apr: Reijin\n14 May: Seawise Giant\n20 May: Korean Star\n4 Jul: Singa Sea\n6 Jul: Piper Alpha\n23 Jul: USS Jonas Ingram\n24 Jul: USS Rankin\n29 Jul: USNS Aeolus\n6 Aug: Manihari Ghat ferry disaster\n24 Aug: USS Vermilion\n26 Aug: BAP Pacocha\n8 Oct: HMAS Buccaneer\n21 Oct: MV Jupiter\n24 Oct: Do\u00f1a Marilyn\nNovember (unknown date): ARA Piedrabuena\nUnknown date: USCGC Unimak\n12 Feb: Bezzavetny, USS Caron, USS Yorktown\n31 Mar: Haven\n14 Apr: USS Samuel B. Roberts\n24 Apr: USS Bonefish\n29 Apr: USS Sam Houston\n11 Jul: City of Poros\n23 Jul: JDS Nadashio\n22 Sep: Ocean Odyssey\nUnknown date: NOAAS Miller Freeman","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Apple Adds Second-Gen Apple TV to Vintage and Obsolete Products\nby Usman Qureshi \u2013 Thu, March 2, 2017\nApple has added the second-generation Apple TV to its list of \"vintage\" and \"obsolete\" products, making the product ineligible for repairs, AppleInsider is reporting. An Apple support document reveals that the only places where service and parts may still be available are in Turkey and California, where only the \"vintage\" label is in effect. In the rest of the world, the set-top has been declared \"obsolete\".\nVintage products are defined by Apple as those products that have not been manufactured for more than 5 and less than 7 years ago. Whereas obsolete products are those that were discontinued more than 7 years ago. For instance, Monster-branded Beats products are considered obsolete regardless of when they were purchased.\nApple is expected to add 4K video support and a faster processor to its fifth generation Apple TV, with a possible release later this year.\nKoodo Promo: $49\/6GB, $56\/8GB Plans for BYOD Customers in Quebec\nThu, March 2, 2017\nRogers EPP Promo: Save $300 Off Infinite Unlimited Data Plans, $68\/20GB Available\n'Battery Share' for iOS Notifies You When a Friend's iPhone is About to Die\nWed, May 4, 2016","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"HomeTeamTWITTER\nThe Floor Is The Basement\nJonah Colina\nThe FC failed to win at home again last night in it's ninth attempt. I smirked and screamed as Brek Shea pushed a late game winner over a flailing Vermeer. Shrinking into my seat at the front of section 219, I contemplated if this was the true breaking point for the fans. This would imply we aren't already broken of course. What is truly upsetting is I was happier to lose 1-0 than to endure another meaningless, goalless draw. A draw would force us to endure Jaap Stam's pained excuses about how close it was to three points.\nThe truth is we have been 'one play away' for many of these games. One moment that could have made the difference between a possible third wooden spoon, and scraping the edge of playoff position. The fact that 'one play' never happens is the point. While in MLS, we've consistently been the team without the indefinable 'winning edge' every other squad can at least sometimnes muster. I'm well past blaming individual players; although they earn my scorn during the games themselves. The FC is close enough with this roster, warts and all, that the lack of killer instinct has to be placed on the manager. Viewing things from far outside like we do, it doesn't seem as though Jaap has 'lost' the locker room yet, but he's lost everything else.\nFans are demanding more action from supporters to show our anger and frustration, when reality says the season is baked in the cake. Gerard is gone, Jaap feels like a lame duck, and the city waits once again for the hope of 'next season'. Progress has been made, but it feels like your illiterate friend getting into better shape. He can help you move your couch, but he still can't read. Less blowouts is nice, but points per game increasing only .1 is shameful.\nNext week the team faces the only club lower in the table than Cincinnati; Toronto FC. In any just world, a loss at home would mean the end of Jaap Stam's time here. I wouldn't count on it. We are stuck with this exhausting existence for the rest of this season. If you're like me, hopefully it's a blip on a lifelong commitment. There's comfort in knowing I will always be there for them, and sadness for the same reason. I made a blood pact when things were peaking, and I'm prepared to die a thousand deaths as things crumble in perpetuity. All the while I'll be wearing the same stupid 'wow Brek Shea just scored in the 90th minute' grin.\n\u00a92021 by The Post.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Fort Aguada Upper Fortifications\nJanuary 12, 2019\tZest 11 Views\nSanjeev V Sardesai\nFort Aguada \u2013 Upper Fortifications, is about 3-4 kilometres from the Sinquerim T-intersection. It is topped at the South end with an aesthetic lighthouse.\nThe old Aguada Light House is one of the oldest in India; however its exact date of construction is not known. P P Shirodkar, in his book 'Fortresses & Forts of Goa', says, in all probability, 'it must have been constructed during the building of the fort itself'.\nBut this light house must have been made operational later, as we find that initially, the huge metal bell from the bell tower of St Augustine's Convent, Old Goa (now in total ruins), was shifted to this fort, to toll the hours of the day to passing ships. Possibly it was also used to sound an alarm of approaching enemy vessels or in case any ship came too close to the rocky shores, around this land.\nWhen the lighthouse became functional, this bell was shifted to the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Panaji. Incidentally, it is the second heaviest bell in Goa, after the \"Golden Bell' at the Se Cathedral, Old Goa.\nThe lighthouse initially operated on oil provided by the municipalities in Bardez, on revenue, collected through farming. It emitted light every seven minutes. In 1841, the then Portuguese Viceroy D Lopes de Lima replaced the oil light with a lantern which emitted static light for about 15 minutes. In 1864, this lighthouse got a mechanised system, which emitted light every 30 seconds.\nToday, visitors cannot visit this lighthouse, but it's still maintained by the ASI, for its historic value. Visitors can however visit (for a fee) the new lighthouse constructed in 1976 with modern technology, just outside the Fort Aguada precinct, facing the Arabian Sea.\nWhen you approach the fort, we face a deep trench, surrounding the fort on three sides, known as the moat. These moats were built to stop the direct attack by enemies on the fort, giving time for those inside to protect it.\nIn many places, similar moats were dug and filled with water, sometimes having crocodiles to deter the enemy. However, Fort Aguada has a deep dry moat. The digging of this moat had served two purposes.\nIn Goa, we use quarried laterite stone for house constructions. The creating of this moat provided ample laterite stones to raise the height of the fort's curtain wall, which provided better protection. The depth of this moat also provided ample security. It was this combination of a deep moat and high walls that prevented Chattrapati Shivaji from conquering this fort, in 1667, even after laying siege to it for over a month. It is said that when he attacked Bardez, the Bardez people took shelter inside the fort.\nPlease take all precautions as you walk along the outer parapet of the moat. A misstep \u2026 and a fall could lead to serious injury. To enter the fort, we have to approach a masonry footbridge, which looks like a later addition. In all possibility, this fort had a collapsible bridge, which could be retracted, to make this fort impregnable. However, this cannot be laid down as a hard fact.\nThe fort's main entrance is hidden behind a very thick wall, having a broad rampart over it. This prevented the enemy from breaking the main door, using canon fire. The narrow foyer at the entry also prevented the enemy, from using massed force, and allowing the defending soldiers to shoot from the ramparts.\nCombinations of steep stairs ahead leads you to the upper rampart, while an ascending ramp to your right, leads you to the vast, open, inner space. The view from the ramparts, over the entry gate, offers you the entire Goan landscape of Panaji, Sinquerim and the Raj Bhavan \u2013 Goa, Dona Paula, besides the Arabian Sea and mouth of River Mandovi.\nWe can see the Captain's house and possibly the ammunition store, immediately to the left, when you enter the fort; this area is not accessible to visitors.\nThe corners of the fort have ramps, to roll up and mount the canons on the bastions. On some of the ramparts, we see ruins of residential quarters, possibly of the soldiers and officers.\nIn the central part, we can see a huge water tank or a cistern. This cistern, holding 2.37 million cubic gallons of fresh rain water gave the identity to this fort. 'Agua' in Portuguese means 'water'. This harvested rain water was used by all the ships that left for Portugal from Goa. It is said that this water remained fresh and potable, during the entire journey (27-29 days) and was used by the passengers and crew.\nThere was gossip, that this cistern had many fresh water springs which catered to the water being filled here. However, a visit to this underground tank, with permission from the ASI, made it clear, that there wasn't a single water spring and the entire water collected was from annual rainfall.\nThis collected water was let down to the lower fort, through a masonry built channel seen towards the SE end of this cistern, which allowed the water to systematically run downhill and get collected in a font, near a fresh water spring. The lower spring still exists. This water was then packed into special casks and transported to the ships, through canoes.\nApart from attacks by Chattrapati Shivaji and his son Sambhaji, Fort Aguada has also seen a huge fleet of 121 ships of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb, which anchored itself off Aguada to assist Prince Shah Alam, who had captured Bicholim (Dicholi).\nIt will take around two hours to see the entire fort and its precincts. Visitors to the upper Aguada Fort are advised to wear a hat or carry an umbrella as it gets very hot inside. Also visitors are advised to carry potable drinking water.\nPrevious Remembering Sambhaji, the Maratha king\nNext Not Enough Water In Monsoon-Blessed Goa\nFashion Forward in Goa\nCarnival time is here again\nTo be an emperor within yourself\nRohini Diniz Sugars are natural sweetening agents that are primarily added to food to improve \u2026","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"types of swine identification\nFeral swine (Sus scrofa) are a combination of Eurasian wild boar and escaped or neglected domestic swine.Common names for this species include feral hog or pig, Eurasian or Russian wild boar, razorback, and piney woods rooter. The American Yorkshire pig is said to have been developed in the county of York, England. 3. This invasive species can reach 3 feet in height and 5 feet in length. Feral swine are muscular and strong, and can run up to 30 miles per hour. Pigs are stout-bodied, short-legged, omnivorous mammals, with thick skin usually sparsely coated with short bristles. Designing a production system that will complement your resources and lifestyle is the most important component to \u2026 Introduced to the United States in 1539, they are now present in \u2026 No single blueprint exists for these systems. There are variations in systems, but all of them identify a pig by litter number and indi-vidual pig number. Pigs are extremely interesting animals. Like deer and domestic pigs, feral swine have cloven hooves. They are found throughout Central and South America and in the southwestern area of North America.They usually measure between 90 and 130 cm (2 ft 11 in and 4 ft 3 in) in length, and a full-grown adult usually weighs about 20 to 40 kg (44 to 88 lb). These species are often consumed incidentally as wild pigs forage, however there is evidence of wild pigs will actively seek out reptiles and amphibians to consume. Males (boars) are larger than females (sows). Identification Methods Ear Notching (Figure 1) Ear notching is widely used in the swine industry as a system of animal identification. In Britain the term pig refers to all domestic swine, while in the United States it refers to younger swine not yet ready for market and weighing usually less than 82 kg (180 pounds), others being called hogs. The Juliani pig or painted miniature pig can trace its ancestry back to England. Pig, wild or domestic swine, a mammal of the Suidae family. It is native to Angeln, Germany. Swine influenza is an infection caused by any one of several types of swine influenza viruses. They're able to solve challenging problems, they love to play, they display a wide range of emotions, and they have unique individual personalities. The Angeln Saddleback was recognized as a new pig breed in 1937. As of 2009, the known SIV strains include influenza C and the subtypes of influenza A known as H1N1, H1N2, H2N1, H3N1, H3N2, and H2N3. There are discrepancies as to the true origin of the Juliani pig, but nonetheless they do make a great pet pig. A peccary (also javelina or skunk pig) is a medium-sized pig-like hoofed mammal of the family Tayassuidae (New World pigs). Adult feral swine weigh between 75 and 250 pounds on average, but some can get twice as large. This mini pig is the result of a selective breeding program to produce an extremely smart, docile, and loving pet pig. From The ALBC \"Ginger red coats make the pigs adaptable to a variety of climates and protect them from sunburn. The Tamworth is a natural rooter, just look at that snout, it was made for the job. Swine influenza virus (SIV) or swine-origin influenza virus (S-OIV) is any strain of the influenza family of viruses that is endemic in pigs. The Tamworth is gaining in popularity wordwide as more farmers are looking for pigs that do well out of doors in pasture raised operations. Three types of swine production enterprises are farrow- to-finish, farrow-to-feeder, and feeder-to-finish. In a food habit study conducted 2010, one wild pig had 49 eastern spadefoot toads ( Scaphiopus holbrookii) in its stomach. The Angeln Saddleback pig sometimes goes by the name Angler Sattelschwein. The Angeln Saddleback Pigs. It is one of the rarest types of domestic pig breeds.\nFrozen Slush Recipes, Least Squares Adjustment Calculator, Cosrx Review Singapore, Pied Hoverfly Uk, In Economics Resources Are \u25bc, Red Fox For Sale, Coccoid Bacteria Treatment, Colleges With Agriculture Programs Near Me, Sanders Dark Chocolate Sea Salt Caramels Near Me, Canon Powershot Sx530 Specs, Hp Pavilion 690-0020 Review, Aws Interview Questions, Stammer Meaning In Tamil,","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Opening statements begin in trial for Norfolk Police Officer charged with voluntary manslaughter\nBy: Gabriella DeLuca\nPosted at 1:49 PM, Sep 27, 2016\nNORFOLK, Va. - On day two of Michael Edington's trial, the court heard opening statements from the Commonwealth's Attorney and defense attorney.\nOfficer Edington is charged with Voluntary Manslaughter after shooting David Latham on June 6, 2014. At the beginning of court Monday, Edington entered a plea of not guilty to the charge against him. He also opted for a jury trial. By Monday evening, the final jury was selected.\nThe Commonwealth's Attorney told the jury he wants them to focus on what David Latham was doing when he was killed.\nProsecutors say he was standing with a knife in his hand, but did not approach police.\nThe defense says the scene inside the house was \"terrifying,\" and Edington felt threatened.\nThe defense attorneys also say Edington saw Latham move slightly while holding the knife, prompting him to begin firing.\nHowever, the Commonwealth's Attorney says Edington was not justified in killing Latham.\nAround the time of Latham's death, prosecutors say Edington wasn't emotionally stable enough to be at work.\nA week prior, his friend and co-worker Officer Brian Jones was killed on the job.\nThe Commonwealth said many officers reported seeing Edington hysterically crying over Officer Jones' death. One officer suggested Edington needed counseling, but he continued to work.\nThe night Edington responded to David's home, the Commonwealth's Attorney said Edington yelled, \"I'm sick of this\" when the call came in.\nLatham's family called 911 after he began chasing them around their house with a knife. They say he suffered from mental illnesses.\nWhen Edington got there, he told Latham to drop the knife, but the defense says Latham refused and made threats. The defense said Latham slightly moved while holding the 12-inch knife.\nSeconds later, Edington fired six shots, killing Latham.\nThe trial is expected to last through next week.\nClick here for full coverage on the story and trial","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Merrickville-Wolford\nCANADA DAY!\nHeritage Week 2020\nKemptville's Lost Heritage\nThe North Grenville Times\nAllArticlesEditorialEventsfood & agricultureHealthHistoryLocal NewsOpinionRegional NewsSports\n1000 Hours Outside Project\nWhen People are Down\nA piece of Polar History in North Grenville\nQuestions about the Ketogenic Diet\nNew executive for the Merrickville and District Chamber of Commerce\nMerrickville-Wolford council moves to afternoon meetings\nLions Club signage to be displayed at Village entrance ways\nMerrickville residents frustrated with delay of outdoor rink\nCouple saves woman in lock\nSchool reopening delayed\nNG Times\nAs COVID-19 cases continue to rise at an alarming rate throughout the province, the Ontario government, in consultation with the Chief Medical Officer of Health and other health experts, is extending certain measures to keep students, education staff, and residents of Ontario safe. This includes extending in-person learning until January 25, 2021 for elementary school students in the 27 Southern Ontario public health unit regions. These time-limited measures are being taken to help ensure that all Ontarians stay at home as much as possible to minimize transmission of the virus and prevent hospitals from becoming overwhelmed.\nTargeted testing done among students and staff in December 2020 confirmed that schools are not a significant source of transmission. However, with students having been at home for several weeks and with reports of concerning behaviour over the holidays, the positivity rate among school-aged children has increased sharply. Most troubling, the positivity rate for kids aged 12-13 years old increased from 5.44% in late November, early December to nearly 20% in early January.\nReturning students to school now, with community transmission and positivity rates so high, risks losing the hard-fought progress made in keeping schools and students safe. The Ministry of Education will continue to act on the best advice of medical and health experts to ensure that students in Ontario are able to return to school safely.\nThe government's comprehensive plan of more than $1.3 billion to protect students and promote safe learning environments will continue to be in place to support students and staff. The plan includes investments in personal protective equipment, improved ventilation, money to support the hiring of additional staff, and the introduction of asymptomatic testing to screen against COVID-19.\n\"I have and remain firmly committed to getting students back into class as soon as possible \u2013 there is nothing more important. However, the best medical and scientific experts have been clear: while schools have been safe places for kids, the sharp rise in community transmission puts that progress and Ontario families at risk,\" said Stephen Lecce, Minister of Education. \"During this time, students will remain engaged in live teacher-led online learning with access to enhanced mental health and technology supports.\"\nIn the weeks since Ontario was moved into a Provincewide Shutdown, trends in key public health indicators have continued to worsen in both Northern and Southern Ontario, including concerning trends in health system capacity, most notably in hospitals. The impacts of these time-limited measures throughout the province will be evaluated after 14 days to determine if it is safe to lift any restrictions or if they need to be extended.\n\"In the last two weeks, we have seen concerning trends at home and abroad, as well as increased community transmission during the holidays, indicating that it is not yet the time to begin easing public health and workplace safety measures,\" said Christine Elliott, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health. \"While extending the shutdown in Northern Ontario is not the news many wanted to hear, we must work together to stop the spread of COVID-19, protect hospital capacity, and save lives.\"\nThe Chief Medical Officer of Health will continue to consult with experts, review data, and provide advice to government on the appropriate and effective measures that are needed to protect the health of Ontarians. This will include an assessment of how and when it is safe to exit the Provincewide Shutdown and move public health unit regions back into the COVID-19 Response Framework: Keeping Ontario Safe and Open, including how a revised approach for the safe reopening of retail may be operationalized.\n\"As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, it is crucial that all Ontarians continue to follow all public health and workplace safety measures,\" said Dr. David Williams, Chief Medical Officer of Health. \"To help stop the spread of COVID-19 and safeguard health system capacity, Ontarians are strongly urged to stay at home, limit trips outside of their households for essential reasons only and must not gather with individuals outside of the people they live with.\"\nTo support families during this extended school closure, child care centres, and home-based child care services will remain open. Ontario is also expanding eligibility for the Ministry of Education's targeted emergency child care program for a broader number of frontline health and safety workers.\nIn order to continue to support remote learning, the ministry has recommended that a portion of the second half of federal funding, an additional $80 million investment, will be provided for additional technological devices, such as laptops and tablets, to support school boards in procuring about 160,000 additional devices province-wide.\nFor those requiring additional support during this challenging period, Ontario is providing an additional $10 million in support of student mental health, including funding for Kids Help Phone to support children and youth across the province. School Mental Health Ontario will be providing mental health resources and strategies to support students during this period.\nFinancial support is available for families during this temporary remote learning period through the Support for Learners program. Starting on January 11, 2021, an expanded Support for Learners program is providing $200 for each child\/youth up to grade 12 and $250 for each child\/youth up to age 21 with special needs. Applications will be open until February 8, 2021.\nPrevious articleMunicipality of North Grenville responds to COVID-19 shutdown\nNext articleTiffanny the Tea Trickster\nhttps:\/\/ngtimes.ca\nThis article was either written by the North Grenville Times staff, or submitted to us for publication.\nCovid-19 outbreak declared at Kemptville Retirement Living\nStatement from Mayor Nancy Peckford\nHelp Support Local News with a Voluntary Subscription\nThe North Grenville Times is the only Locally Owned media and the Voice of North Grenville. 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{"text":"Profiles in Insurgency: The Irish Republican Army\nby Justin King \u2022 January 29, 2015\nIntroductory note: This article is part of a series profiling different \"insurgent\" or \"terrorist\" groups. Care was taken to avoid including any inflammatory language about any organization profiled in the series or the organization's opposition. No article in the series should be construed as either supporting or condemning a particular organization. After all, one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter.\nThe Irish Republican Army (IRA)\nStrength: Roughly 1,000 with tens of thousands of sympathizers worldwide.\nStructure: Cellular under the command of a council.\nFinancing: Self-financed through bank robberies and kidnappings. Money donated to Irish organizations in the United States is sometimes funneled to the IRA for arms purchases.\nGoals: In the long term, the IRA seeks to establish a united country encompassing all of the island of Ireland. The short term goal of the organization is usually summed up as \"Brits out.\"\nMajor Historical Highlights:\nThe modern IRA sprang from the events surrounding the Easter Rising in 1916, when Irish men and women marched into the streets in open defiance of the Crown's forces in Ireland. The forces of the United Kingdom quickly put down the rebellion, but the brief open conflict steeled the resolve of nationalists in the country who began a guerrilla war that included bombings, assassinations, and as Michael Collins described it, \"general mayhem.\"\nBy 1921, the guerrilla war succeeded in bringing the British government to the negotiating table, and most of Ireland became the Irish Free State. The treaty granting partial independence was contentious among IRA veterans and a civil war erupted causing the first of many splits in the IRA. The pro-treaty forces eventually won, but the victory left six counties in Northern Ireland still under the control of the United Kingdom.\nWhile there were minor elements of insurrection over the next forty years, the IRA became a household term again in 1969 when a riot broke out during a parade. The riot was known as the \"Battle of the Bogside,\" and the riot firmly entrenched the conflict along religious and ethnic lines, with Protestant British Loyalists on one side and Irish Catholic Republicans on the other. These religious and ethnic lines still closely determine an Irish national allegiance to one side or the other. That same year, a major split occurred in the organization and it split into the Irish Republican Army and the Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA), better known as the \"Provos.\" The PIRA became the dominant Republican insurgent group in Ireland for the next few decades.\nThe violence that occurred, primarily targeting loyalists and British military, over the next two years led to the British government instituting an internment policy. During the years of internment, more than 2,000 people were held without trial. In retrospect, the policy is likely to have fueled the growth of the Republican groups. In 1972, a public relations nightmare occurred for British forces, when British Paratroopers opened fire on a civil rights march in Derry and killed 13 civilians. The incident is known as \"Bloody Sunday.\"\nThe deaths that occurred on Bloody Sunday increased the brutality of the Republican forces. In July of 1972, the IRA detonated more than two dozen bombs in one night, killing 9 and injuring 130. The bombings are known collectively as \"Bloody Friday.\" The war raged on for another three years before secret negotiations created a truce and internment ended. Though, IRA members were still held liable for the actions they committed during the war.\nIn March of 1976, the British government removed the \"special category\" status from IRA prisoners. This status in essence treated them like Prisoners of War rather than common criminals. Protests and hunger strikes began. The \"Blanket Protest\" took place in Maze prison and IRA soldiers refused to wear the prison uniforms of ordinary criminals, instead wrapping themselves in blankets. This was followed two years later by the \"Dirty Protest.\" During the Dirty Protest, IRA prisoners refused to wear normal prison uniforms and smeared feces on the walls of the prisons.\nIn 1979, the IRA took the fight directly to the Royal Family. The organization assassinated the Queen's uncle, Lord Mountbatten, by blowing up his boat.\nThe hunger strikes began in 1980, and the most notable participant was Bobby Sands. Even though Sands was confined in a prison cell and literally starving himself to death, he was elected to Parliament. Sands died on May 5th, and 100,000 people attended his funeral. He was followed by nine more IRA members who starved themselves to death trying to obtain \"special category\" status.\nIn the late 1980s the IRA began receiving weapons from several state-sponsors of terrorism, most notably Libya. Libya provided the IRA with surface-to-air missiles to engage British helicopters. The British Special Air Service killed three unarmed IRA members in Gibraltar in 1988, and a British Loyalist opened fire on the funeral service, killing three more. During the funeral procession of Kevin Brady, one of those gunned down at the funeral, two British soldiers drove into the parade. The soldiers are dragged from the vehicle, beaten, and shot by the IRA. The incident was broadcast around the world.\nIn 1993, the IRA detonates a one ton bomb in London, in an attempt to take the fight the British home soil. Damages exceeded $1 billion US. The rest of the 1990s passed with sporadic violence. In 1998, the \"Good Friday Agreement\" was passed which was a compromise brokered by politicians associated with the various Republican and Loyalist factions. It was rejected by many of the combatants.\nIn 1998, the Omagh bombing killed 29 people and wounded 200. The blast was linked to a faction of the IRA that did not agree with the terms of the Good Friday Agreement. It should be noted that subsequent investigations revealed those responsible for the bombing repeatedly attempted to get the police to evacuate the area prior to the explosion. The warnings were ignored.\nThe war has been relatively quiet for the last decade, with many attributing the lull in violence to the IRA's decision to avoid conflict during the US-led \"War on Terror.\" With the wars winding down, IRA activity has seen a major upswing over the last two years, and continued sectarian violence is likely to lead to a full reemergence of the IRA.\nImage reportedly uploaded to Facebook by the CIRA.\nThis article was originally published by The Anti-Media\nFacebookTweetPinLinkedIn\nTags: insurgency ira irish republican army Justin King provo terrorism\n\u2190 Welcome to the Fifth Column\nWhy we write \u2192","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"PA Attorney Discipline & Legal Ethics.\nDevelopments in discipline and ethics in Pennsylvania and the nation. Because it's not always black and white.\nPa. Supreme Court Gets Serious About Attorney Work Product Privilege\nIn email, privilege, work-product July 18, 2019\nEllen C. Brotman\nAt least once or twice a day, after I press the \"send\" button, I get a panicky feeling that I've made a mistake and there is no going back. Did I send to the right people? Did I attach the right document? Or even worse\u2014did I waive an important privilege? BouSamra v. Excela Health, \u2014A3d No. 5 WAP 2018 (Pa., June 18, 2019), a recent opinion from the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, may hold the answer to this last question.\nThe case began when Dr. George BouSamra, a cardiologist, filed suit against his former employer Excela for defamation and interference with prospective and actual contractual relations. Excela owned the hospital where BouSamra worked. When Excela performed a peer-review study of BouSamra's practice they found that over 100 patients had possibly received medically unnecessary procedures. In response to these findings, Excela hired both outside counsel and a public relations firm to help manage the potential negative publicity. During the course of the representation, Excela's outside counsel emailed legal advice to Excela's general counsel. Excela's general counsel then forwarded that email to the public relations firm and other employees at Excela. A few days after the email was sent, Excela held a press conference and disclosed the results of the peer review studies. Litigation followed and the email from outside counsel to in-house counsel to the public relations consultant was sought by BouSamra. Excela claimed that the email was protected by the attorney work-product doctrine and the attorney client privilege.\nThe lower courts held that the email was discoverable, reasoning that its disclosure to a third party waived attorney-client privilege, because that third party was not an agent of the lawyer assisting in the provision of legal advice. On the work-product issue, the Pennsylvania Superior Court relied on the fact that the email was in the client's possession and not in the attorney's file and therefore was a document that belonged to the client and not to either in-house or outside counsel.\nThe Supreme Court granted allocatur to consider two issues:\nDid the Superior Court commit an error of law when holding that a client waives the work-product protection of its counsel's pre-litigation email by forwarding the email to its public relations consultant?\nDid the Superior Court commit an error of law when holding that, to qualify as a privileged person within the attorney-client privilege, a third party must provide legal advice and have the lawyer or client control its work?\nThe court recognized that this was a case of first-impression as it had not yet \"articulated the proper analysis for waiver of the attorney work product doctrine in Pennsylvania.\" Reasoning that the contours of the waiver of a rule must align with the purposes of a rule, the court began its analysis with the text of the rule itself; Pennsylvania rule of Civil Procedure 4003.3, protects against \"disclosure of the mental impressions of a party's attorney or his or her conclusions, opinions, memoranda, notes or summaries, legal research or legal theories. With respect to the representative of a party other than the party's attorney, discovery shall not include disclosure of his mental impressions, conclusions or opinions respecting the value or merit of a claim or defense or respecting strategy or tactics.\" The court also cited to the explanatory comment which states: \"the essential purpose of the rule is to keep the files of counsel free from examination by the opponent \u2026 .\"\nThe court then held that the purpose of the work product doctrine is to protect the mental impressions and processes of an attorney acting on behalf of a client, regardless of whether the work product was prepared in anticipation of litigation. This is, as the court recognized, both a new interpretation and a significant departure from the federal rule. To justify its interpretation, the court noted, that Rule 4003.3 uses the phrase \"even though prepared in anticipation of litigation or trial\" as a term of inclusion, not exclusion. In contrast, Federal Rule 26(b)(3)(A) explicitly states \"a party may not discover documents and tangible things that are prepared in anticipation of litigation.\"The court also found that both the text of the rule and cases interpreting it make clear that the doctrine is not founded on a need to protect a confidential relationship, and that cases that require the maintenance of confidentiality as a condition to application of the work product doctrine are improperly conflating the attorney-client privilege with the work-product doctrine.\nConsidering this analysis, the court, closely following the language of Restatement 3d of the Law Governing Lawyers, Section 91(4) (2000), held that \"as the purpose of the doctrine must drive the waiver analysis, we hold that the work product doctrine is waived when the work product is shared with an adversary or disclosed in a manner which significantly increases the likelihood that an adversary or anticipated adversary will obtain it. This waiver rule comports with the prevailing view in state and federal courts across the country, and the rule's fact-intensive structure requires evaluation on a case-by-case basis.\"\nThe court had examined the email at issue in camera and determined that it was attorney work-product. The next question was whether the protection of Rule 4003.3 had been waived. On this point, the court remanded with instructions to determine whether sending attorney work product to a public relations consultant \"significantly increased the likelihood that an adversary or potential adversary would obtain it.\" As the court noted, the measure of this likelihood depends, at least partially, on whether, under all the existing circumstances, the disclosing party had a reasonable belief that the recipient could keep a secret!\nBoth Justice Christine Donohue and Justice David Wecht joined in the majority opinion but also wrote concurring opinions on the work-product doctrine. Donohue, in an opinion joined by Justices Debra Todd and Kevin Dougherty, disagreed with the position that an analysis of the scope of the doctrine was a prerequisite to determining the scope of the waiver and termed that portion of the opinion dicta. Donohue also objected to the expansion of the doctrine to cover materials not prepared in anticipation of litigation. However, Donohue agreed with the test set forth by the court for determining whether waiver occurred but opined that the manner of disclosure and the precautions taken to protect the information should be a \"focus\" of the determination. Wecht also wrote a concurring opinion in which he warned the lower courts not to adopt a \"less forgiving analysis\" that would approach \"the strict rule applicable to waiver of attorney-client privilege \u2026\" Wecht feared that such an approach would chill the sharing of work-product that is often necessary in the practice of law.\nOn the issue of attorney-client privilege, all three opinions agreed that the disclosure of in-house counsel's email to a public relations firm waived the privilege. While recognizing that authority exists for extending the privilege to certain agents of the attorney, the court found that the consultant was not an agent of either in-house counsel or outside counsel. The court distinguished United States v. Kovel, 296 F.2d 918 (2d Cir.) which held that an accountant hired by a defense lawyer to assist with the interpretation of tax principles was within the attorney-client privilege. In Kovel, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit found that this assistance was necessary to the provision of legal advice to the client and was therefore covered by the privilege. Because the transmission of the email to the consultant here was not necessary to obtaining legal advice from either in-house or outside counsel, the consultant did not fall within the agency relationship approved by Kovel and similar cases. See, e.g., United States v. Alvarez, 519 F.2d 1036, 1046 (3d Cir. 1975) (\"We see no distinction between the need of defense counsel for expert assistance in accounting matters and the same need in matters of psychiatry. The effective assistance of counsel with respect to the preparation of an insanity defense demands recognition that a defendant be as free to communicate with a psychiatric expert as with the attorney he is assisting.\").\nThe court did not hold that a public relations consultant could never be an agent of the attorneys who would fall within the attorney-client privilege, but it did state that \"such situations must remain narrowly tailored, as evidentiary privileges remain highly disfavored in Pennsylvania.\" Compare In re Grand Jury Subpoenas Dated March 24, 2003, 265 F. Supp 2d. 321, 323 -24 (S.D.N.Y. 2003) (lawyers who hired a public relations firm to assist them in generating favorable publicity during a high-profile grand jury investigation in order to lessen pressure on the prosecutors to secure an indictment did not waive privilege.).\nAnother question left open by the court was whether transmission of the email to an internal Excela employee in the public relations department could also waive the privilege. On this point, the court, said: \"In any event, evaluating this argument is a fact-intensive exercise because a court would be required to determine whether each individual included on the email was a director, officer or other employee permitted to act on the corporation's behalf.\" See Yocabet v. UPMC Presbyterian, 119 A.3d 1012, 1028 (Pa. Sup. Ct. 2015) (\"A corporation is a creature of legal fiction, which can act or 'speak' only through its officers, directors or other agents. Where a representative for a corporation acts within the scope of his employment or agency, the representative and the corporation are one and the same entity, and the acts performed are binding on the corporate principal.\"). This open question provides a warning to in-house counsel to be thoughtful when sharing attorney-client communications with employees.\nWhile the court in BouSamra left open certain questions, it answered others clearly: In Pennsylvania the attorney work-product doctrine broadly protects an attorney's files, mental impressions and strategies, whether prepared in anticipation of litigation or not. Disclosure of attorney work-product must be done in a manner that clearly seeks to protect its confidentiality. Also, attorneys consulting with experts and consultants should make sure the engagement is between the attorney and the consultant and understand that only those disclosures necessary to the provision of legal advice are sure of protection.\nAnd, of course, always\u2014think twice before hitting the send button!\nEllen C. Brotman, of BrotmanLaw in Philadelphia, represents individuals before licensing boards, providing effective, caring and efficient assistance. She has served as an assistant federal defender in Philadelphia and practiced in small, medium and large firms with a focus on criminal defense, appellate advocacy, professional responsibility and ethics.\nReprinted with permission from the July 17, 2019 issue of The Legal Intelligencer. \u00a9 2019 ALM Media Properties, LLC. Further duplication without permission is prohibited. All rights reserved.\nYou can also find this article, as published, here.\nWith over 25+ years experience, Ellen C. Brotman began her career as a law clerk in the United States District Court, Southern District of New York. She has served as an Assistant Federal Defender in Philadelphia, PA and practiced in small, medium and large firms with a focus on criminal defense, appellate advocacy, professional responsibility and ethics. She has defended a wide variety of high-profile criminal cases, including political and public corruption, securities fraud, tax fraud, money laundering, currency structuring and other white-collar crimes involving complex trial, sentencing and appellate issues. Ms. Brotman also has extensive experience representing lawyers before the Disciplinary Board of Pennsylvania. She has been recognized as a Best Lawyer and SuperLawyer since 2007 in the area of criminal defense and has served on the boards of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. She is the founder and owner of BrotmanLaw, Philadelphia, PA.\nProcess, Procedure and Prosecutorial Misconduct in Stacy Parks Miller Case\n'Tis the Season\u2014To Extend a Hand to Your Fellow Professional\nEllen C. Brotman began her career as a law clerk in the United States District Court, Southern District of New York. She has served as an Assistant Federal Defender in Philadelphia, PA and practiced in small, medium and large firms with a focus on criminal defense, appellate advocacy, professional responsibility and ethics. She has defended a wide variety of high-profile criminal cases, including political and public corruption, securities fraud, tax fraud, money laundering, currency structuring and other white-collar crimes involving complex trial, sentencing and appellate issues. Ms. Brotman also has extensive experience representing lawyers before the Disciplinary Board of Pennsylvania. She is the founder and owner of BrotmanLaw, Philadelphia, PA.\nBrotmanLaw\nOne South Broad Street, Suite 1500, Philadelphia, PA 19107\nebrotman@ellenbrotmanlaw.com\nellenbrotmanlaw.com\nOr here.\n\u2026info can be found here.\n\u2026can be found here.\nOther Recommended Blogs\u2026\nGrand Jury Target Blog by Sara Kropf\nWomen Criminal Defense Attorney's Blog by Susan Bozorgi\nCA3blog by Matthew Stiegler\nThe Trump-Manafort Joint Defense Agreement: Urban Legend or Reality?\nPerils of Joint Representation: Takeaways From the Cynthia Baldwin Matter\nCynthia Baldwin\nEthics Opinion 377\nOpinion 2000-12\nRule 1.0 (c).) Rule 5.1 (c)\nRule 1.16 (a)(2)\nRule 8.3\nStacy Parks Miller\nwork-product\n\u00a9 Ellen C Brotman \/ PA Legal Ethics Blog, 2019 -- Published by BrotmanLaw","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Iowa DNR director to step down next week\nThe director of Iowa's Department of Natural Resources is stepping down next week.Chuck Gipp announced his retirement Thursday in a news release. He submitted a resignation letter dated April 2 to Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds. His retirement begins Tuesday.Gipp has been director for six years. He previously served nine terms in the Iowa House, including as majority leader.He says in the letter that running the DNR was \"the crowning achievement\" of his public service career.Gipp says he plans to spend more time with his family in Decorah. Deputy Director Bruce Trautman will take over as acting director.The DNR oversees environmental regulation, state parks and natural resource stewardship programs in Iowa. Some DNR programs have seen significant cuts, and a proposed budget backed by Republicans would spend less on the agency next year than when Gipp became director six years ago.(Copyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)\nDES MOINES, Iowa (AP) \u2014\nThe director of Iowa's Department of Natural Resources is stepping down next week.\nChuck Gipp announced his retirement Thursday in a news release. He submitted a resignation letter dated April 2 to Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds. His retirement begins Tuesday.\nGipp has been director for six years. He previously served nine terms in the Iowa House, including as majority leader.\nHe says in the letter that running the DNR was \"the crowning achievement\" of his public service career.\nGipp says he plans to spend more time with his family in Decorah. Deputy Director Bruce Trautman will take over as acting director.\nThe DNR oversees environmental regulation, state parks and natural resource stewardship programs in Iowa. Some DNR programs have seen significant cuts, and a proposed budget backed by Republicans would spend less on the agency next year than when Gipp became director six years ago.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Three Labour peers quit over party's 'institutional anti-Semitism'\nLord Darzi, Lord Triesman and Lord Turnberg have resigned the Labour whip\nHarry Yorke, Political Correspondent\nHarry Yorke\nLabour's racism row escalated on Tuesday evening as three prominent peers resigned the whip over its handling of anti-Semitism, with at least one other indicating they could follow in the coming days.\nLord Triesman, Labour's former general secretary, has accused Jeremy Corbyn of presiding over a party that is no longer a \"safe environment\" for Jewish people and \"very plainly institutionally anti-Semitic\".\nHe was joined by former health minister Lord Darzi and Lord Turnberg, the former president of the Royal College of Physicians, who warned that anti-Jewish hatred now \"permeates the Party machine\".\nA party official said they knew of one other peer who had been expected to quit, admitting that...","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Search results for: 'The Philosophy of Objectivism Peikoff'\nObjectivism Non-Fiction (6)\nSearch results for 'The Philosophy of Objectivism Peikoff'\nSort By Relevance Name Price Formats Set Ascending Direction\nAn Introduction to Objectivism\nBased on Mr. Branden's \"The Moral Revolution in Atlas Shrugged\" in Who is Ayn Rand? this lecture discusses the essentials of the ethical and pol... Learn More\nThe Basic Principles of Objectivism\nHistory: Prepared by Nathaniel Branden in the late fifties and with the endorsement of Ayn Rand, these lectures were developed and devoted to a presentation of Ayn Rand's philosophy, including aspects that had not yet been covered in her written works. Additionally, Mr. Branden's... Learn More","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Stefflon Don is on the periphery of global greatness. The charismatic, multilingual, multitalented rapper, singer and songwriter is 2017's most electric and eclectic emerging act. Steff's admirable achievements over the past 24 months \u2013 but particularly the last 12 \u2013 simply don't happen to your average artist. From Jools Holland to the BBC Sound Poll, Steff's powerful presence commands attention both on record and in real life. With a string of prominent collaborations behind her, this fascinating 25-year-old female is a force to be reckoned with.\nSpeaking English, Dutch and splattering her speech with her parent's Jamaican patois, Steff has the effortless ability to inhabit many worlds, offering a genuine, authentic global perspective through her music. Whether rap, grime, pop, bashment or bubbling, Steff sounds utterly at home. It's perhaps why such an impressive array of artists from Charli XCX to Lil Yachty and Wretch 32 have wanted to work with the 25-year-old. And these aren't relationships forged through management and social media, but genuine friendships formed over the last few years. Put simply, real recognize real.\n\"That's the most important thing to me, it's why I called my first mixtape Real Ting. There's so much fake out there, but I have to be real and my music has to be true to me. I only make music that I love with people that I respect and who respect me. I can only make music that I believe in.\"\nSince first making a mark in 2015 with her cover of the Section Boyz street smash Lock Arff, Steff has clocked up over 50m+ YouTube views and harnessed an ever-growing and highly engaged Snapchat community. As well as social media fans such as Drake and DJ Khaled, Steff has worked with British Afrobeat stars Abra Cadabra and Kojo Funds, south London rap titans Krept & Konan and Giggs, US R&B superstar Jerimih, and esoteric Atlanta rapper Lil Yachty. Earlier this year Steff was chosen to support Migos, Popcaan and Pusha T on their London dates and stormed her own sets at Wireless and the Great Escape. Whether singing or rapping, she can smooth out the toughest of hip-hop and bashment and rough up the shiniest of pop, whether the left field gloss of Charli XCX's After The Afterparty featuring Raye, or Jax Jones' calypso-flavored new smash, Instruction, co-starring American sweetheart Demi Lovato.\nFollowing her hugely successful mixtape, Real Ting, which was released earlier this year, Steff is currently readying a brand new single. Hurtin' Me, produced by Rhymez (Wiley, Lil Yachty, Sean Paul), features Moroccan-American hip-hop superstar French Montana. A ridiculously insistent Soca-soaked track, Hurtin' Me is sure to join Steff's outrageously rowdy 16 Shots as a 2017 Carnival classic. The steel-pan, lovestruck single places Steff effortlessly but confidently on the global platform she already inherently inhabits.\nOne of seven siblings born in Birmingham to Jamaican parents, Steff's family moved to Holland when she was five-years-old, where was raised in Rotterdam and enjoyed a particularly uninhibited childhood surrounded by Europeans, Turkish and Caribbean people. \"I got my first piercing when I was 13 and my first tattoo at 14,\" she remembers with a grin. \"I don't smoke, but weed was legal, there was very little violence. It was very different to England; Rotterdam was a very open and safe society. I think all of this moving around meant I got a different perspective on life. It gave me a wider outlook, the chance to experience other people's cultures. It's helped me to see the bigger picture and through my music, I want to speak to all these cultures that I've met throughout life. I know there's a bigger world outside of London, outside of England.\"\nShe had her first studio session at the age of nine and spent her teen years singing and rapping with her brothers and sisters. Steff didn't return to the UK until she was 14 where she crash-landed at St Thomas More comprehensive in Hackney, North London. \"I didn't want to be there, it was so horrible. The kids were all coming up to me; looking at me like I was some kind of alien cos I had a weird accent. And I didn't dress as cool as the other kids either, so I didn't really have friends. I was swag-less,\" she says with a huge laugh. \"It took time but I figured it out and eventually settled in.\"\nAfter finishing school, Steff eschewed any form of a regular 9-5 (apart from a stint decorating cakes) in favour of being a full-time musician. Steff lives, eats and breathes studio. \"I get depressed when I'm not there,\" she insists. \"I've tried other creative outlets, but I am music. I can't do anything else. I don't know, or want to be good at anything other than this.\" A low-key feminist, Steff is often surrounded by female friends and family onstage. This isn't something cynical; like the music she makes, it's just a part of who Steff is. \"I didn't think about it until people kept pointing it out,\" she insists. \"It's just normal for me to want to inspire other women. I want all females to excel and succeed.\"\nSteff first made an impression in 2015 with her powerful, patois-inflected version of Wretch 32's Six Words and her take on the Section Boy's street smash Lock Arff. She quickly found herself fielding requests from the UK's elite; Lethal B (Wobble remix) to Sneakbo (Work remix) and Angel (Hop On), and, coming full circle, was one of the few features on Wretch's recent Top 5 album, Growing Over Life. She also appeared in Gigg's Lock Doh video and joined Krept & Konan on Jerimih's single, London.\nThe industry took note of her growing YouTube views and exponentially rising fanbase; in 2016, Steff signed a publishing deal with Sony, and in 2017, she signed her own label \u2013 V-IV \u2013 to Universal. Spotting a star-in-waiting, Steff was soon offered a deal by Coach K, the man behind US label Quality Control; Steff's labelmates include Migos and Lil Yachty.\nThis rapidly rising superstar has lofty ambitions, but never at the expense of selling out her sound, her style or her soul. She has always been sure of herself, clear about exactly what she does \u2013 and doesn't \u2013 want to do. For Steff, authenticity is everything.\n\"I feel like I hear people say this all the time, but I actually want to bring something different. But I want to do that on my terms. Of course I want number ones, Grammys, BRITs, all of that, but none of that would mean anything if I didn't make the music I loved and that was real to me. That's the most important thing; to be the realest artist, making the realest music.\"\nAs Steff herself says on 16 Shots, 'What I'mma do, they ain't prepared for.' When it comes to Stefflon Don, prepare to be unprepared.\nStefflon Don SECURE\nStefflon Don Pretty Girl (feat. Tiggs Da Author)\nStefflon Don Senseless\nStefflon Don Hurtin' Me \u2013 The Remix (feat. Popcaan, Sean Paul, and Sizzla)\n#StillHitsville\nMotown Spends An Influential Night In Miami\nBy Tristin Marshall Motown headed to Miami for a night during one of the hottest weekends in music\u2013the BET Hip-Hop Awards. The label hosted a star-studded night at Soho Beach Ho... Read More\nThe Sound of Young America Solidifies Its Place in Hip-Hop\nBy Tristin Marshall Motown has branded itself as the \"Sound of Young America\" since the inception in 1959, and has proven to be a mainstay in that mantra for nearly six decade... Read More","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"The Next Chapter - I've Lost My Yoda\nWhenever something negative happens to you, there is a deep lesson concealed within it.\nI spent earlier this week doing exactly as my teacher would of wanted me to do, listening. Since my best friend and kindred soul Thomas passed, I've been rediscovering conversations and moments we had together these last few months. One thing I know for sure looking back is that he was at peace and that he was ready to evolve to the next level. It was his most important quest at the moment. Every discussion centered around his spiritual development. Even his last conversation was about the meaning of life.\nIntuitively, at the soul level, I am certain he knew his time to depart us was near. Too many of us now see the subliminal signs. We are grateful for our talks with our friend, with the clarity that we gave each other this last year as he waited for a bone marrow transplant. He had a match but sadly, the match didn't want to do it. He even found peace with that. Can you imagine carrying that with you, the knowing that you had a chance at life but facing your own mortality anyway? Yes, Thomas taught us each so much. No matter what he was facing or what we were facing, he always had a calmness about him. His favorite two words as shared by his best friend Brian Lewis last night, \"no worries.\"\nThis week started with those words in my head. Monday began with an \"unplanned by us but planned by Thomas\" diversion. By the time the day ended, I was in utter awe at what came to pass. Thank you Lynn and Josh for being a part of it. In fact, the entire week has had its interesting moments. All of us have been in contact him since he's crossed over in one form or another and to be able to do that is a beautiful thing in and of itself.\nToday's share at Knowing is about the perspective of this loss in my life and in the evolution of Knowing (The Blog). As I said earlier, Thomas was a great sharer of the knowledge of life. Many a deep and philosophical discussions occurred between us. In reflecting upon these things, my best friend Josh whom I spent the afternoon with Monday had this wonderful observation.\nIn the Star Wars films, Luke had to face the loss of his mentors in order to graduate to the next level. Not once, but twice in his own journey in the films. This is what is happening to all of us whom Thomas touched. We have lost our Yoda in the physical form. Thomas taught us all that we needed to receive so he has moved on. It's now our journey to carry it forward into life and remember. You see, in Star Wars, when a Jedi master becomes one with The Force they die. Their spirit becomes part of \"The Force.\" Once the master has joined The Force they can then return in spirit form to guide their apprentice. Honestly, for our fellow Star Wars geek Thomas, Josh couldn't of used a better analogy. Josh got to share this story when Thomas's tribe gathered together to celebrate him last night after the funeral. It was deep, it was raw, and it was moving.\nSo yes, I've lost Yoda. We've all lost our Yoda. Yet, this is not the end.\nPosted by Nita Clewis at 8:39\u202fPM 2 comments:\nFollowing One's Way - The Teacher\nI know the will of my soul.\nThe act of being brave has paid off a few times over these past 38 years. Life often has a reciprocity of said things. By trusting and following a new path in life, I left behind the known that wasn't working in my life for the unknown of endless possibilities. I was at a crossroads in 2009. By fall 2010 I'd created this sacred place of renewal, of hope and of strength going forward. This was the time period when Knowing started as well.\nAlthough I was broken into a few pieces following years of mental anguish, I was whole enough to carry forward, to remember who I was before that pain. That light pushed out the darkness and once I was free again to thrive, I started making choices that would serve my highest good. In that like attracts like, it was only fitting that it is at this time that my closest friend would appear and become my greatest teacher in remembering. That move away from what wasn't serving me into creating a healthy environment of what would serve me set into motion a series of events that have given me some of the best years of my adult life. As a result of that about face on the journey, I made choices that would allow me to cross paths one night with my first teacher of the metaphysical.\nI was at a function for work, an exercise in commitment to myself to leave no stone unturned. I was doing as I was asked to do, plugging in and playing team. Interesting about that evening was that I almost didn't go. I remember sending a message stating that I would be arriving late and apologizing for the same. I'd been at my mom's in Rappahannock that afternoon helping her and my grandfather. A perk of living where I live is that I can be there when it matters within minutes. Just a desire to give back that which I've been given.\nI arrived late, walked in and towards the front of the room to have a seat in front of someone I'd not seen there before. That person is Thomas Grant, IV. A young man who introduced himself after the meeting and whom I would develop a working relationship with in the near future. I remember sitting there as if it was just hours ago, feeling his energy, knowing him from before our physical form. I've met very few people this lifetime who I resonate with from the first moment we see each other but when it has happened, they've always played a roll they were meant to have. Thomas was one of those people.\nFrom that chance meeting, a friendship would build that would warrant itself one of the bests of this lifetime. I say chance because it was an odd night for him to get out of his regular work in the city and make it out here for an evening event. Oh yes, chance. The one thing I've learned really doesn't exist. :)\nAll because I dared to jump. All because I chose to believe.\nYesterday we suddenly lost my friend Thomas Grant IV. He was my confidant, a frequent fixture in my home. He was the trusted kind of friend, the kind you don't even question giving an extra house key to. Once a colleague and eventually a brother. A light of wisdom, a seeker of truth and a lover of music. A man who despite his long physical suffering strived to grow and become all that he could.\nHis mission was to be and by becoming he passed along what he learned on the path. The last year of his life we took it to another level, meeting each week to do focused work in expanding our highest selves. Who I am today as a person, a writer and an intuitive is connected deep in the knowledge gained through our friendship and our weekly metaphysical class. Who he was when he departed was a man of deep gratitude to all who served as his teachers as well. That was the beauty of our friendship, of our times together. Everything we exchanged was electric and of a magnitude unlike any other. The people in our circle are just as in tune to what we're doing. We will each carry his torch forward through the pain of the physical loss and remember all that we learned because of our bond. The work is not done. Thomas is simply now participating from the other side and in the end, that may be his greatest gift yet.\nIndeed, this is just the beginning. Not just for this chapter but for all things Knowing going forward. I've longed to bring to you the lessons of class, of what truths we are being enlightened to, of the lessons we are learning in our own journeys. Thomas always supported this and was a large part of the tech side of my vision here as well. So, as I give thanks to my teacher and best friend expect to get to know him more going forward. There's so much to write about and share. Tonight is about the gratitude, about taking the love and the lessons forward. Tonight is about saying thank you to my fellow teacher. I will forever be indebted to him.\nIn closing this introduction to Thomas, I want to share with you what we touched on in our last class. It was a follow up to a prior discussion about the Hawaiian saying Ho'oponopono. It literally means (as written from my notes) \"I love you. I'm sorry. Please forgive me. Thank you.\" I have included a hyper-link at the word Ho'oponopono above so that you can learn more. Another seminar of the speaker at the link was actually one of my last shares from Thomas as well. Incredibly grateful to be able to share it now with you.\nThomas making us laugh after class\nas we celebrated Josh's birthday this summer.\nPosted by Nita Clewis at 1:55\u202fAM 1 comment:\nLessons Learned & Taught - Everything You Need to Know\nWithin the struggle you discover the appreciation.\nWithin the darkness you learn to want the light.\nWithin the broken pieces of what was, you realize what wasn't.\nEach experience here has a purpose. Each person has a gift. Sometimes the people in our lives and the presents they share aren't exactly peachy. Sometimes, yes, they stink! Yet they are still there as part of our experience, to serve our greater goods. Why? Because they're teaching us lessons. They're teaching us to appreciate and recognize our blessings. If it wasn't for the bad apples in the bushel of life we'd never truly appreciate the good ones.\nEach of us go through trials and tribulations; some of us more so than others. We all understand at some point what grief is. We all know what it is to feel loss and to know love. We all desire to be acknowledged, to be heard and to be respected. The core of who we are wants nothing more than serenity. When we feel off, when we feel out of balance, it can take its toll. It can manifest itself by way of illness, emotional distress or misery just to name a few.\nThink about it. Is whatever it is that you're holding onto worth that toll? Is the being stuck in the past, in the what wasn't or what was but for a little while worth it? Why rob yourself from all that you can create now by continuing to allow it to have a hold on you?\nWhat we experience isn't our identity. It's just knowledge. It's what we do with that knowledge that becomes our identity.\nSee the secret there? It's in the choice. The choice to hold onto those thoughts that don't serve your greater good. The choice to know better, want better and deserve better. The choice to let go. The choice to be present in the here and now. The choice to shine.\nMy life, your life, their life; we all have a place here to shine. Never underestimate your roll in the big picture of someone else's life. Never take for granted all of the players acting out their roll in yours. After all, the way I see it, we picked them and they picked us so we have no choice but to look upon them and say to ourselves \"thank you.\" Remember that. I love you.\nPosted by Nita Clewis at 12:15\u202fAM No comments:\nLessons of Love & The Life of a Centenarian - A Tribute to Grandpa Sevino\nTHE BEST PORTION OF A GOOD MAN'S LIFE\nIS HIS LITTLE, NAMELESS, UNREMEMBERED\nACTS OF KINDNESS AND LOVE\n~ WILLIAM WORDSWORTH\nTo come together, to celebrate and pay tribute to a life well lived for 100 years is a monumental occasion that very few get to enjoy. Today we get to relish in that experience. My grandfather Sevino is, without a doubt, one of the greatest men I've ever had the pleasure to get to know. A first generation American whose parents Francesca and Louis came here from Italy, he survived a young New York City childhood before the family moved to Connecticut. That's where his love of all things Yankees started after all, in the big apple. They say you can take a boy out of NYC but you'll never take NYC out of the boy. For the last 90 plus years he's proved that each season of baseball.\n(Pictured with his Father's Day gift, a Yankees 162 book authored by a colleague of mine.)\nAs I prepared for today, I spent a lot of time thinking about my 38 years sharing this space with my grandfather. Smiles and tears of joy always flood me as I create, revise and perfect this blog. As with many others in my family, I've been anticipating this milestone and preparing to enjoy it with all of you for some time now. Everyone who knows me in real life or who gets to know me through reading what's published understands that I truly appreciate the family we have. The pinnacle of that family is the man we celebrate this weekend, Sevino Joseph Mozzochi.\nAs we counted down the years and months to turning 100, we've laughed many a times at his anticipation of his Presidential letter. He's been looking forward to its arrival about as much as he looks forward to the Yankees making it to the World Series. A member of what would be termed the most important generation in American history, he is still here with us and sharp as ever. We even joke that his memory is sharper than my mom and aunt's combined! He can remember things about culture, history, music and knowledge that we've all since forgotten. He also still has a taste for the finer things in life such as good glass of wine or a tasty meal. Just a couple of years ago he was fretting over new white dishes for family dinners. His taste is impeccable and his attention to details amazing. It's no wonder the love of his life was a mirror of these things.\nYears ago here at Knowing, I wrote a blog about his wife, my grandmother Irene, chronicling the lessons I'd learned from her. Without a doubt, grandpa is her everything. I say is because while she's not here with us in body today, I do feel her here among us all, proud of the beautiful site before us. She's also been by my side each time I sat to compose this masterpiece (hey now, that's her word for it, not mine, haha). After all, she was the one who taught us all how to decorate and celebrate each other!\nMo as we call him, is many things to many people. A career serviceman to his country, a father to my mom and aunt, a husband to Grandma Irene, a Mason, a musician, once a welder, and always a dog lover. He's played many roles. Who is Mo in the eyes of his first granddaughter though? What can I tell you about this wonderful and touching man?\nMy earliest memories of him are giggles on the sofa of my childhood home and \"dates\" to Roy Rogers off Route 1 at Ft. Belvoir. I always looked forward to our special time together there. I think I was about five or so years old. I tell you this, there is nothing more precious in a child's eyes than you giving them your time. He always did that and with busy working and schooling parents, it filled in the gap of that part of my childhood.\nSpeaking of Ft. Belvoir, early memories also included trips to the PX and soft serve ice cream with him and grandma Irene as they enjoyed his retirement from the Army. He served over 30 years and survived three wars, traveling the world. Over one third of his service life was spent overseas. Despite the distance, they made it work. Yes, they are proof that you can do hard things. They're also proof that if you work for it, respect and hold dear that which you love, anything is possible.\nGrandma Irene, the apple of his eye. The woman who once told me she intentionally tripped him to get him to ask her out. This when they worked together, when she was a clerical civilian. It was very smart of him to acknowledge her that day and set in motion a series of events that would brings us all together today.\nI can't even begin to encapsulate the joy I hold in my heart for their union. Everything I ever learned early on about healthy relationships, I learned from them. My grandmother Irene doted on him and he doted on her. Their time together was real, meaningful and memorable. The way my grandfather looked at my grandmother was what I'd learn to measure the bar as when it comes to true love as I grew up. Both of them had a respect of each other that was admirable. Neither of them were perfect yet they found a way to manage their disagreements and always lead with love.\nThat love is what always made time at my grandparents so enjoyable growing up. If I can create the same with my family in this life, I will have considered myself successful. Each day there visiting them was predictable and abundant with love.\nNow when I say predictable, I do mean predictable. Grandpa Mo does love to keep his schedule you know. Mornings were WTOP news radio, breakfast at the table and if the weather permitted, an earlier walk. Grandpa Mo walked two miles most mornings back then. Grandma walked as well, typically going a mile herself. This was always the tone to set their days to in retirement. Both volunteered and had friends and both enjoyed family life at home. While grandma ran the household cooking, cleaning and clothing, he in turn took care of the automobiles, yard and any fix-its that needed attention. They were a well oiled machine those two, and you never heard a complaint from either of them towards their rolls. They understood each other's' wants and needs and met them with affection and care.\nSpeaking of yard work, another favorite memory of mine is the zoysia grass that grandpa Mo toiled over when they lived in Springfield, VA. I love, love, love the way it feels on the heels of your feet. It's so spongy and soft. I used to park my car as a teenager, get out onto the sidewalk to take my shoes off and walk the strip between the sidewalk and the street just to be in the moment. It was a simple pleasure that meant I was \"home.\" My grandfather took great pride in his yard. The grass, the shrubs, the beautiful rose bushes and an apple tree. That was his domain, his sanctuary of love year round. To this day, when I start decorating outside for Christmas, I think of him and grandma. I also think of him when I see squirrels for he had quite the battle with a few of them in that yard in Springfield.\nI have fond memories of picking apples with my mom, grandma, aunt Frances and friend Dustine in their backyard. We even took pictures. Grandma Irene documented everything and today I'm so grateful for that. That's part of why I'm doing this today, to share with you a living snapshot of this man we love and cherish.\nIt's no wonder grandpa had such a devotion to family. His parents were the same way with his siblings. Growing up in large family of nine brothers and sisters had its challenges and its blessings. His love of discovery, of travel and of culture was a perfect fit for the military life he was drafted into and then reenlisted for. With grandma Irene by his side and his daughters adding laughter to the homefront, decades were spent creating amazing memories. Japan, Hawaii, Arkansas and Virginia, these are but a few places they have roamed. That life of travel and experience created a standard of living wherein Frances and my mom Betty would carry that torch forward. I experienced it with my mom's dedication to an annual beach vacation and my aunt to this day globe trots with her husband Brian, having retired herself from the travel industry.\nYes, growing up in this family has its privileges. Everything though came from hard work and dedication. All that we are was built upon them, my grandparents. My greatest passion in life came directly from my grandfather and to this day, he probably doesn't even know it. I wonder if he'll be able to guess what it is.\nMusic grandpa Mo, music. Just as you loved your records in the townhouse basement, I love and cherish my music collection. Your roots in playing, enjoying and sharing it allowed my mom to also follow that passion as she introduced me to music growing up. Yes, between the both of you I had the bug early. Remember my singing in the church choir and later in elementary school? That was thanks to you and grandma Irene. I know you always wished I'd stuck with it but life had other plans. Trust me, if I could hold a tune that wasn't painful, I'd sing you a song today.\nWhat I can do today however is write this blog, paying tribute to all that you are and all that you instilled in me with your angel by your side.\nYour 100 years here has been a blessing beyond measure and the decades I've shared with you I've learned so much. I've learned that the greatest roll a man can play next to a devoted husband is that of a father and that the days you spend with your children and grandchildren are your most treasured times.\nI've learned that family is everything. It's why you exist. It's those who raised you and those you've raised. It's friends who come into your life for the journey, the family that becomes family without being blood. It's the pets you care for as your own child. Yes, you learn that family is everything and anything.\nI've learned that you must love your work, that you must be passionate about making a difference.\nI've learned that you take care of your body and your mind and that you broaden your horizons by reading. That when you can, you eat well, drink well, and keep moving no matter your obstacles.\nLastly, I've learned that it's not what you have obtained, but what you give away to others through volunteering and being a part of something bigger than yourself that makes a difference in your life and the lives of others.\nThank you for these lessons grandpa Mo, and thank you for being our rock and foundation of life. We salute you!\nFull Circle Living ~ A Night with Twenty12 Tribe\nFull circle living is amusing and always has your full attention. When you're in the midst of doing that which you set out upon to do, you're at a different vibration. It's a good thing. It's a yummy thing. It's the moments that life is made of. The evening of the Songs are Stories 3.0 Eye Empire Interview was one of those. The venue, the friends, the music and the flow all combined to make a \"full circle\" memory.\nTwenty12 Tribe\nListening to Debbie and Dave Phelps, now with Twenty12 Tribe, hanging out with friends and being \"present\" sure did make for a memorable event. Deb and I go back to my early legal career, a time when we worked in crazy circumstances. A time when her mom was around too. That bold woman that was her mother left those crazy circumstances actually. Even in the insanity of that law office, we had good times. I'm grateful for all that I learned there for it set the foundation of the years to come.\nDeb herself has been through hell and back since those times, saying goodbye to her mom because of cancer and fighting for her own life with that same monster. There she was, up on stage doing what she loves to do, having her own full circle moment. Just like the good ol' days when I first met her. I like to think that each time she takes the stage doing what she loves she's reminded of everything that brought her to that moment. Her friends Pam and Leslie were there too. How awesome for all of them, to have that evening together. Not only am I happy for their journey, but I'm happy that Deb still is living her life on her own terms.\nWay back when....Debbie and Jeff\nLiving life on your own terms and by intention requires daily focus and mindfulness. It is in essence the default setting of survival. In ancient times, if you awoke without a daily goal, purpose and plan, you didn't survive. Without a goal, a purpose and a plan one lacked shelter, food and proper choices. While this is an obvious truth to us all, many in our times are bobbing through the current of life without them. Their survival is the result of other people's actions and not their own. Each day we have a choice as to how we thrive. We're lucky in that way.\nFrom someone who has been enjoying more full circle moments as of late, my advice to you is to trust and enjoy your own journey to enlightenment. There are no rules. It's all simply experience. So many people will come in and out of your life, playing their part. Love them whether they're a page, a chapter or an era in your book of life because in the end, you're learning something from all of them.\nFor additional information on Twenty12 Tribe visit:\nhttps:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Twenty12Tribe\nhttp:\/\/www.reverbnation.com\/twenty12tribe\nSongs are Stories 3.0 - #BeyondTheMusic\nThe interview of Donald \"DC\" Carpenter, lead singer of Eye Empire, came via the flow, through the trusting and listening to the inner guidance that is \"the knowing\" in life. Asking for him to be a part of the follow-up blog to Songs are Stories was outside of my typical mode of operation. I've never interviewed anyone for it. However, not doing so would of been an injustice to the process that is \"inspired thought.\" Having the opportunity to enter into a personal conversation with someone I knew of but had not met yet was an exercise in expansion.\nWhat would come by trusting the same would be so incredibly moving. It got me thinking, aren't all \"acting on inspired thoughts\" moments an exercise in expansion? Hello....we don't get to the best fruit in life unless we're willing to climb to the higher limbs and reach out for the same. The risk of reaching is what always leads to the reward.\nThe forty minutes of humble answers to some tough questions were worth it. I could not of asked for a more meaningful interview for our Knowing community. It is my hope that when you're done reading this, that you'll take with you even a sliver of what I did walking off of that rig. It is my hope that you'll know you're not alone, and that others out there \"get it\" like we do and are passing it forward to make a difference. Enjoy this conversation with DC and when you're done, go out and make your own Impact on the people in your world.\nIt is evident in your band's Facebook posts that a sincere desire to positively influence others has birthed itself onto the rock n' roll stage, utilizing the platform you have with your fans. You stated on the band's biography page that, \"For me, it is something I feel is needed in the overall picture. Three Simple words that say so much: Embrace Love Not Hate & Judgment. Respect Everyone no Matter Race, Creed or Preference and Support Each Other by Being Present & Active. If you are at an Eye Empire Show, then we are all there for the same reason.\" I first saw the Beyond The Music hash tag last year in November, at about the same time you posted a video opening up and inviting in others to be inspired. You shared it on your band's Facebook page and that in turn lead to Songs are Stories being written here. That gesture opened a door wherein your fans could reach out to each other and to you for love, respect and support. You were home at the time from the road and working to implement a connection with everyone to be informed of the writing process of the upcoming record. What manifested that into your life at that point DC, do you remember what was going on?\nDC: I don't know, I guess it's part of a natural evolutionary process that takes hold at a certain point in the journey. For this band, and for me as a front man, I'm kind of a philosopher. I'm the one that has to come out and go beyond the music at the shows, to embrace the communication factor.\nOver the years as we evolved through our previous bands, through our experiences, you go through these different phases. You go from being overly aggressive to being compassionate and then kind of being sheltered and walled in and shut down. I think you get to this point. My experience coming into this band early on and seeing what we were able to create with our fans, and then getting through a year and a half of touring, is something. When we took that break we were already at a place where we were deep into the rigors of touring. We were coming out here and seeing what works and what really moves people and what we can do as a band. When I got home, it gave me time to reflect on that and evolve through that initial touring experience.\nI went up to Atlanta to record for the second record, flying up the day that Newtown happened. We spent the next three days like everybody else, following all of the news stories and at the same time trying to record this record. It became this very reflective experience where I started to think and came to this realization that \"that young man could of been an Eye Empire fan.\" I realized that a lot of people look to bands when they're struggling or their searching, or when they really don't have a lot to lean on. In the same sense we're a band that goes out and looks for those types of people because we want to comfort them, we want to bring them a reliability. I felt like it was time for me to tear down some of those walls, and just opened up myself a little more with being a little bit more hands on about trying to take a proactive approach and making an impact on people's lives.\nSpeaking of making an impact, Eye Empire participated in the Battlefield of the Mind project, a film from Fran Strine about our homeless and PTSD veterans. You have a history of service yourself and understand on a deeper level what these men and women go through. I've seen your love of this project and giving back to our veterans. Is this your singular focus at the moment or are there other issues pulling at your heartstrings?\nDC: That's just one thing that's been an opportunity that's been afforded to us early on. Right now, it's really hard to have a singular focus or a certain soap box. It's really a juggle right now for us. When you tear down those walls and take upon more responsibility, there are just so many issues that start to come out. As soon as I opened up that door, there were cancer struggle issues or people in financial situations right now in these tough times. You roll that in with the war scenario and the revolution that's going on, there are just so many aspects that are key and dear and right now it's a juggle. It's about trying to find a balance in how we do that. It's also a time sensitive thing. We have to grow to a certain point before we can really start addressing some of these things and take it a little further.\nComing into this band as it was evolving, joining BC and Corey, having evolved on your own journey as a singer and being a part of this brotherhood, how have they made an impact upon you?\nDC: I don't know, it's a tough question. It's one of those things where you're in the midst of this struggle. We're kind of like the guys from Alive (the movie) where you get stuck out in this survival situation. It's an interesting question; it really does make me reflect. Right now, it's just really great to be around people that have a lot of respect and appreciation for what everybody does.\nThere's a lot of arrogance and ego when you go into these scenarios a lot of times and very quickly certain resentments can build up. There are these different underlying issues that you're dealing with, wherein you're walking on eggshells where you don't have the ability to really communicate and effectively evolve and communicate together as a group. It's always difficult but with this band it's different. I'm not saying it's any easier, we've had some crazy times out here where it got a little difficult but we've been able to push through those moments and become stronger--that's unique in itself. A lot of times bands don't make it this far; sometimes in bands it falls apart long before it ends. Many of these bands will spend years just bitter, not even talking to each other until they're on stage. Music always brings us back together at the end of the day no matter how tough it has been. It's a pretty beautiful thing.\nThe supportive, beautiful and amazing families at home are aware of the unending sacrifices they make as you travel and build the dream. We know you couldn't do it without their love and support. They say technology is supposed to make it easier. Being away from your families, what has the impact of their support while on the road been for you?\nDC: That's what funny, they think that technology has made it easier but it doesn't. It's another one of those fallacies of the age we live in. Nothing substitutes being there, being a part of your children's lives and of your family's life, especially when you're the supporter. It's something that our families have been a part of this since the beginning. It's something that we made a commitment together from the beginning to stick it out. I think more than anything that's what keeps it together is knowing that we involve them and they're inclusive in this entire process. It helps you to go through the struggle.\nIt reminds me of the military, of the family and friends who have to go overseas or on assignment and of those who travel for a living in general. It's a hard burden to bear. It's a sacrifice and because of their support you're able to do what you do.\nYes, everyone is in it together. That's exactly how those military families are. Those wives at home are just as supportive as the buddies on the battlefield.\nIt's good to hear that you have this circle of support and commitment, not many bands out here have that gift. Speaking of love and support, how does this circle pour into your creation of music? We can hear it in songs such as the acoustic \"I Don't Wanna Leave\" on YouTube.\nDC: It's always there. It just so happens that during this writing session that I was writing my own tunes, writing my own reflective tracks. I reached out to Corey and said I had a song about my family, that it's about my love for them, it's a love song. In the same sense, as I was writing it, it became about our musical family. I started envisioning at the end of the night having that song playing.\nYou start to realize being out here that it's not just a rock show for a lot of people. Sometimes it's their birthday, somebody's anniversary, or their first rock show ever. We hear these stories every night and at the end of those nights, even if it's a first date, you get that sense where you just don't want it to end. It's been such a good evening, you're having such a good time, and you just look at each other in the eyes and \"I don't want to leave, I don't want this moment to end\" and that's something that we get caught up in often leaving our families. They say absence makes the heart grow fonder and we're always reminded of how special our relationships are a little more frequently than others.\nMike Adam, who recently passed to cancer, Leanna Kossack, who passed in January to cancer, Silas's cancer story that swept the nation, as well as the happy news for baby Nash Luker who's now in remission, there are just a few of the lives you've supported and touched within the Eye Empire community. What are you taking forward in life from their lives and that involvement? Have you had a chance to reflect on it? Honestly, it's been overwhelming in my opinion. So many beautiful people and their loving supportive friends and families were involved.\nDC: It's a deflection thing, I never really like to interject myself as anything into it other than a facilitator to what's natural to begin with. This should be a natural process. There are no instigators. It's just something that should be, just a community of people who care about each other, who are just willing to take five to ten minutes just to leave some insightful kind words.\nA lot of us love to turn a blind eye, and like to act like we cannot empathize or be compassionate, or we think that we have to of experienced it ourselves in order to console this person. I just don't think that's true. There's a basic understanding that we all need. We all need to be consoled, we need to be loved, we need to be empowered and we need to be encouraged, supported and acknowledged. Everyone is at different points in their journey. For me, if I take anything away from it, it's enlightenment, it's getting closer to our true selves.\nI can see what the impact has been upon you with the brotherhood and sisterhood on the journey. As you say, the revolution of what's to come. There's a lot of information out there to filter through.\nDC: It's very hard out here to try and maintain a sense of enlightenment, that's for sure. You have to try to generate as much positivity as you can. Coming out here every night, being able to talk to soldiers that are in attendance, I've had some crazy moments with these stories that have come out of folks about what the music does for them. That really keeps you going.\nWhat lessons about life are you most compelled to share with the Eye Empire community? As a vocalist you're often the mouthpiece of the band. Others are represented in interviews and connect with the fans but more often than not you're the connection to the Eye Empire community.\nDC: I know with my previous band's experiences, I always thought it was a little restricting not to ever really show what you truly were, say politically or spiritually. All these things to me that matter more than anything, there was always this political incorrectness that was attached to it, that if you ever went there it was career suicide or it would create this mayhem that was unwanted. I wanted to try and find a way with this band to incorporate a little more who we really are, how we view the world, and what we bring into it.\nThere are some enlightenment things in there, some spirituality things in there, and some political things in there that we touch on, but I'm trying to do it in a way to where it's respectful, not overbearing and not too one sided. Really, we should just be communicating and discussing and no one should have a certain stance one way or another. The discussion should be open. I think it's going to be an evolutionary process over time where I think we're going to be able to push those issues a little more as the Empire grows, as a society we start to awaken a little more and we're a little more willing to have these conversations. Hopefully we'll position ourselves to be one of those bands to be right in the middle of the discussion.\nTo me it sounds like your own evolvement has gone in such a way that you're not operating from ego. At Knowing we talk a lot about removal of the ego, so it's good to hear that you're in tune with what is versus what we often struggle with, the idea of what we think should be. Coming from that perspective, what lesson would you like to share with your fellow tribe of musicians? You're out here on the road touring with different bands on various runs; you're in locations that sometimes have local musicians opening for you. You're out here doing it on your own; you're a self-built band from the ground up, going out there and finding people to help you create the dream into fruition.\nDC: It's one of those things where you're supposed to just be an example. You don't really come out and say I have all of the answers. You just show by doing, you are the example. You can't say this is how you do it. Everyone is going to have their own way and their own personality with which they do things.\nIt's a tough question. I don't like to say here's the answer or we have the answer or even come to us for advice. We try to put ourselves into a position where we have a lot to learn. That's the main thing, to just be humble. Always know that you have a lot to learn and be willing to take the lead from a lot of these guys out here who might be trying to set an example. For us, we've learned how broken the local music scene is. We just want to be encouraging these guys to be making music in general and hopefully they'll grow and have another opportunity to come out and play again.\nDuring your downtime you decompress with movies, ball games, visiting friends, that kind of thing. Do you read on the road? Does anyone else read on the road? If so, what are you currently enjoying?\nDC: We read different things, I read different stuff. There's a lot of blogs online, a lot of good stuff online. Nietzsche was the last guy that I was really reading. I've got some stuff in my bunk right now. He's gotten a little heavy for me right now with my enlightenment thing so I had to put him to rest until I discover a little more. Most of the time, we're pretty well consumed with what we're planning next in our Eye Empire world.\nWe were touching on earlier the mental and physical toll taken on the road. You said a lot of times just getting back up on that stage at night brings you together and gets you centered. In addition to that, are there any other things you employ and take with you on the road to try and keep your sanity about you? They say it's tough out here.\nDC: I practice meditation and I do yoga every day. Health in general, I think a healthy body is a healthy mind. It's really hard if you're out here and you're putting a bunch of chemicals in your body, and you're drinking a bunch of alcohol all of the time and partying it up, it's hard to keep your sanity out here. You can see how people can lose touch with themselves. You hit the nail on the head, every night it gets brought back to perspective, it really is that music. I have really bad days out here. You just get out there and you see these folks who bring you into their world. There may only be 15 people out there but you understand that even if just one person needs it out there, you just have got to go out there and give it. It brings you back to reality.\nAs you wrap up this tour in the next week, week and a half.....(DC: 9 days). Nine days, the final countdown to home. You're turning your attention to finalizing your next album, to putting out the material you recorded. In that you're continuing to build this from the ground up I suspect you'll be touring again soon. This time next year, what's the vision for Eye Empire?\nDC: Yes, it's a never ending cycle. We have our strategy down. Now we have our numbers, we have a long progression, period of time that we can judge, where we can say this works, this doesn't work, what's our strategy going forward as far as touring. We're leaning more towards supporting. We finally earned enough credibility to where we can start to garner some of these larger tour numbers. It's what really helps a band grow early on. That's key, that was a key step to get to.\nObviously, another key step is new music. Something we can start from scratch and say this is the one and only version of this album, with this set up to it, with everything being proper and aligned with each other. That's something that's already being put together right now. Once we finish in the next nine days it's going to be at least two weeks of nothing. Corey is going to spend a couple of days getting the studio set up and that's when we're going to go in and finish the last 30, no 10%, well I say 120% is what's put into a record so yea, we'll go in and put that other 30% in and get it done. August 17th should be our first show back out. Then we will have some shows tying us into Seether and Ten Year's run from August into September. Then we just got added to that The Aftershock Festival in Sacramento.\nWow, awesome. That will be wonderful. That's some serious exposure right there. That's huge.\nYea, one of the biggest ones of the year. We had a couple, we had some really good festivals this year. We missed being at the main day for Carolina Rebellion, and we didn't get in on the one in Ohio, Rock on the Range. Hopefully next year we'll be able to get there. Bit by bit, it just takes time.\nThen there's that buzz to get you onto ShipRocked.\nYea, everybody's buzzing. That's bittersweet. Everyone wants us to do that one but I'm not a fan of being on a boat in the middle of the ocean, I'm just not. I don't know if anyone is keeping up with it but the track record right now is not the best. It's interesting. There's a lot of interesting things out there as far as opportunities. It's hard to get people out to live shows. They really are having to adjust their priorities right now. Putting a nice big package together to get folks out is pretty interesting.\nHow has the music evolved in the songs that you've tracked? Do you think they are similar? Heavier? There's been an evolution out here on the road, an evolution of where your inspiration comes from, an evolution of your \"self.\" How has all of that poured over into that writing process? We've heard some tracks that you've shared online.\nDC: I think it's awesome. I think everyone is going to be really happy with it. Obviously you want people to be excited. Our main goal is that we don't want anyone having any expectations. We just want them to be up for the journey and be willing to grow and change with us.\nSo, with that in mind, we did have to push the boundaries a little bit, to bring some different sounds in. For me vocally, what voices did I not explore, what voices are possible to explore? We messed with that. In the same sense, we listened to what people were telling us when we're out here on the road. What they miss from the first record, what they enjoyed about our previous bands that they might like. I know one for me was the falsettos that I used in Hollow back in Submersed. I would love to hear that a little more. I tried to keep that in mind when I went back and incorporated some of these vocals.\nLyrically, everything is deeper. I feel there is a lot of room to grow there. I'm not the best lyricist in the world. A lot of the people that I look up to are very inspiring right now. Cornell and all these guys out here that are amazing writers, they're putting out new records, like they used to when I first started out. I'm actually inspired by music that's going out there, it's inspirational all around.\nMost importantly, I was able to tell some stories that are going to cut deep. There's some stories for the soldiers on this record. There are some personal pain stories from my life that I have the guts to tell now. As I hear them played back, I can just realize how deeply they are going to affect somebody else. That just makes me fall in love with the process even more. There's this snowball effect that never really ends. It's the flower of life, it's eternally blossoming.\nYou did touch on what gets you centered, which is good. As you travel, home is always \"it\"...it's always the foundation of what is. Is there anywhere you've traveled, and you've been all over the place, are there any places that you've traveled where you just felt amazing energy from being there? I don't necessarily mean crowd energy either. We both know from traveling that there are places we'll go, places where we show up and we just feel something here. You know of these places that feel different, where you feel alive. You currently make your home in Florida, I lived there for a year. I get it. There are just some places we \"know\" we have to go to, places we take our families to. Is there anywhere you've thought of taking your family back to? For instance, some say the energy in Arizona is different, same with Florida. Then there's Colorado. Anywhere you would like to go back to with your families to discover more?\nDC: Yea, it's funny, because that's my dream, to be able to take my family with me. I would never need a home, if I could just take my family with me. I could tour forever. I would never have a problem with it. I always plan; I'm thinking of \"where do I want to go back to,\" just like you said.\nFor me, it's more beauty and nature. It's our dream to have our own farm and have our own ranch, to be self-sustainable. I always look for these areas that are of that nature. Up around Wisconsin, around Madison and all these organic areas, they're amazing; it's an amazing part of the country. I tell you, Missoula, Montana was a place we ended up. It's just a place in this valley out in the Northern part of the Rocky Mountains. I grew up going to Colorado as a kid; it is just one of those magical places that I always swore I'd end my life (living) in Colorado. I ended up in Missoula, Montana and it's just the blend of everything that I like. It has taken it even a little further then Colorado did. I think I would probably pick that spot. I would love to go up there and maybe even get some land up there and start my farm; but it is Montana and it gets hammered with snow in the wintertime. The only time I'd ever really heard of Missoula was by looking at the minus 42 on the map, when it's freezing in the wintertime.\nIs there anything you'd like to share with the Knowing community regarding the lessons you instill in your children? You've mentioned farming, being sustainable, being organic, that those are important things. Being educated, not being stuck in a box, you've mentioned these things on Facebook as well.\nDC: For us, we personally see a flaw in the system. How we raise our children in the sense of schooling, of educating. Not just in the sense of teaching them math, but in also teaching them about the world, their fellow human beings in the Universe, in the spiritual universe. A lot of times we leave that up to a religious structure, that's guided by a single voice. Or, we leave that up to an educational structure that's regimented and subjugated. For us, we wanted to create more of a world that was about growing as a spiritual being and not being regimented. Really evolving and finding what makes you special as a spirit and a being and how you can contribute to the world around you. That's something that we're working with our kids as beings.\nIt's really not something you can put into a how to list; you can't make people do things. It's a personal thing, it's a personal journey, it's a personal sense of enlightenment. People are going to learn, they're going to go through their own path regardless. So, I think it's pretty fundamental, that it's pretty basic, and it's blatant and it's right in front of your face what's going on. We, just through living our life, we try to educate by being an example rather than trying to cover the bullet points. It's \"hey, come be a part of our lives and be inspired, these are the things that matter to us and we think it makes the world a better place and our lives happier lives.\"\nYou've touched on parenting, on the compassion you have for these people you're teaching and sharing a life with. You've talked about the effect a tragedy such as Newtown had on you. When you're on the road, you share your families with us when they join you at events, when things like BC's birthday happen and \"best wife ever\" shows up surprisingly with their daughter. It's easy to see the effect that these people have on you, to see how they make your lives better.\nAt Knowing, we talk often about our intuition, our ideas, our trust and sometimes we just have to act on things in life. We'll get an inspired thought and we have to act on it--if we don't, we don't get the effect of it. Is there anything real significant that you can think of, a story you're willing to share from your life? Maybe something that over the years you've looked back on and reflected and said I'm glad I did that because it lead to?\nDC: I've had to make a lot of tough decisions based on mistakes in my life. My record is far from perfect that is for sure. It's funny; it's really funny, because the new Superman movie, it's very inspiring to me. I found it to be a very spiritual movie. There's a part in it where Superman is questioning who do I help, do I help my Krypton brothers or do I help the earth beings. He doesn't know which one to trust and his dad just gave him advice, \"sometimes the trust comes later.\" You have to take that leap of faith first and the trust comes after the leap. It was funny because it made me think about back before Eye Empire came along.\nIn my life, I'd gone through this humbling period. Coming out of the first band, which was going to be the last band I was ever going to be in, I was so sure, I was so certain of the future, I really had reevaluate my life and I went through a very humbling period. I was working for the Lightning and working 80 hours a week and getting paid 40 of them. It was affecting our family. That's when I just made a leap and started working for $1,000 a month at a fish house cutting fish three days a week fourteen hours a day just so that I could be with my family, simplify my life. If that's the way it was going to be, I just wanted to be happy. I knew that would allow me a little more time to open myself up to the Universe and possibly bring in another opportunity in my life to make music again. It wasn't three months after I did that that Corey randomly reached out to me on MySpace, this is before Facebook, and it's been non-stop pedal to the medal ever since. My life has completely changed.\nIt's been one little epiphany. More in the last year it's been that spiritual enlightenment; that journey that's taken me even further into the world of manifesting your own dreams and your own realities. The way you worded it, it makes me laugh because it's another example of, it's just the Universe affirming once again, and it's with clear word for word verbatim. This isn't anything getting distorted, manipulated or something that I want to see. It's very blatant how the Universe works, especially once you're awake. When you can see it happening it's almost overloading, watching it happen.\nWhen Knowing came, it was because I felt that beneficial knowledge needed to be passed on. There were so many people out there in tune with what is. People who use their voice. You echo that with some of the content you post, some of it I share over at Knowing's Facebook page. You share a lot of what I term \"Universal Knowledge.\" Yet we both are still dumbfounded when we see it happen (manifestation), no matter how many times it happens! We're on this journey and we're becoming enlightened and we see it manifesting in our lives. It's crazy and at the same time it's so humbling.\nThe irony is that we're so detached from our natural being that we don't even know what it is to experience our natural being. When it happens, or when you speak of it, it feels right. You sense it. I sit down and talk to my kids about it, just as in depth and deep as Deepak Chopra and they get it. They feel it. My son will sit there and talk to me about the light and all these things. They're here to save us all.\nIt's a pretty cool thing; I do see the power of music. I do see and understand about frequency and how it brings us all, how it all comes together. Whenever you are in tune with that, whenever your power of intention becomes greater, when you go out there at the end of the night and you combine that with frequency and music, it's a little overwhelming and you do see it make an impact. It affects people's lives. It's a special thing.\nYou've overcome challenges on this journey. I think the process of facing the challenges you have, is your tenacity to stick to it, and to stay positive, I think that's a good legacy going forward. And as you've said, your humbleness and being open helps as well. Learning from your mistakes going forward, it's all relevant. As for where you are in gratitude, your gratitude roll call if you will, I know that's a part of your life. It's a part of everyone's life out here that's a part of this, to keep your mindfulness and sanity on the road. Tell me DC, what are you grateful for?\nDC: Family, definitely family. Family is what keeps me doing this and at the same time causes me to resent myself for doing this. I just want to be there with them more. A calling, like a reason, I'm very grateful to understand or have a feeling of why I'm here. To me that runs deep and it helps with a lot of different things in my life. I am blessed with certain people that have really supported me through a lot of struggle.\nI'm a bi-polar personality, so it took me a long time number one, to live with that illness affecting every facet of my life for so long before I learned about it. Then I had to live with it, and you grow through that. There are certain people who have come and gone along the way but there are those few folks who have always stayed with me. It's really not possessions or anything like that, it's more those relationships, those people that grow with me, that help me as a spiritual being through life. That's what I'm more grateful for than anything. That goes for my band, and for some of the extended family that sacrifice with us out here. You develop some pretty special folks out here.\nIn closing, to summarize, as you think about the things we've talked about today, what is it that you're passing forward?\nDC: We're at a turning point right now. You either know it or you just choose to ignore it. Know what I'm saying? That goes spiritually, and holistically with mother earth, politically, there's just so many things that are at a tipping point right now. Like I said, we're trying to slowly evolve with our fan base, to be able to push these types of things that we know we need to stand behind.\nWith specificity of this blog, the main point is that we're here to inspire enlightenment. We're here to try and inspire a change in this world to where people can come together and realize that we are all one consciousness. There is no separation. When we go out here every night and as I look into people's eyes, I'm seeing my own reflection and once we really start to understand that, we can come together beyond the music. Then, that's when we're going to really start seeing real change. We're going to start seeing these \"miracles\" that we never knew were possible, this manifestation that we were talking about, we'll start to see it start to make a real difference. For us, it's like I said, we've got to take our time, we've got to grow a little bit, we just can't come out and pull people along. You've got to be that example. That's what we're trying to do, to at least set that tone for a real revolution.\nThank you. Thank you for opening up to everybody.\nYou can connect with Eye Empire directly at:\nhttp:\/\/www.eyeempire.com\nhttp:\/\/www.twitter.com\/eyeempire\nhttp:\/\/www.myspace.com\/eyeempire\nhttp:\/\/www.youtube.com\/eyeempire\nhttp:\/\/www.instagram.com\/eyeempire\nhttp:\/\/www.reverbnation.com\/eyeempire\nhttp:\/\/www.flickr.com\/eyeempire\nhttp:\/\/www.ilike.com\/artist\/Eye+Empire\n**Special thanks to Six Seasons Photography for taking photos of the show that night after the interview. From our preschool days to adult life and parenthood, Amanda, owner and head photographer, she has always been there in my life. I've long used her photography for this blog too so to ask her to take on this event was no different. She definitely made me proud with the moments she captured. Additional images of the concert that night are at her Facebook page.\nCopyright \u00a92013 Nita Clewis\nAll rights reserved. For personal use only. Commercial use without permission of the author is not allowed. Sharing with friends and family is warmly welcomed.\nLessons Learned & Taught - Everything You Need to ...\nLessons of Love & The Life of a Centenarian - A Tr...","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Free Picks \u00bb NHL Picks \u00bb Detroit Red Wings vs Tampa Bay Lightning Prediction, 4\/3\/2021 NHL Pick, Tips and Odds\nDetroit Red Wings vs Tampa Bay Lightning Prediction, 4\/3\/2021 NHL Pick, Tips and Odds\nby Guy Bruhn - 4\/2\/2021\nGame: Detroit Red Wings vs Tampa Bay Lightning\nLocation: Amalie Arena in Tampa, FL\nTV: Bally Sports Detroit\nOdds\/Point Spread: Red Wings (+336) Lightning (-389)\nAndrei Vasilevskiy and the Tampa Bay Lightning (25-9-2) play the Detroit Red Wings (12-21-5) at Amalie Arena on Saturday. The odds on this game have the Red Wings priced at +336 and the Lightning are at -389. The over\/under has been set at 5.5.\nThe Red Wings were on the wrong end of the scoreboard with a 3-2 defeat against the Panthers their last time on the ice. The Red Wings left a lot to be desired in terms of their offense in the loss. In the outing, they converted 2 of the 27 shots they put on goal. They also had 2 power play attempts but didn't get a goal. Detroit compiled 16 penalty minutes in this matchup. The Corsi for the Red Wings sat at 45 and the Corsi against at the end of this game was 42 which means they had a Corsi percentage of 51.7%. Their Fenwick came in at 31 and the Fenwick Against sat at 35, giving them a Fenwick percentage of 47.0%. They garnered 29 face-off victories when at even strength and were beaten on 25 opportunities to gain puck control. The offensive zone starts for them were rated at 57.4% and they had a PDO of 100.0 in this one.\nIn regard to their scoring capabilities, the Detroit Red Wings have racked up 82 goals (29th in the league) so far this year and have allowed 122. For the current season, the have a total of 29 points and their points percentage sits at .382. Detroit comes into the game with 110 power play opportunities and they have scored 13 goals during those advantages, garnering them a rate of 11.82%. While playing at even strength, the Red Wings let the opposition score 93 goals while earning 69 of their own. Detroit has taken 1,059 shots and is the owner of a shooting percentage of 7.7%. The Red Wings have had 1,184 shots taken against them and have a save percentage of .897. Detroit Red Wings opponents have recorded 109 power play opportunities (17th in professional hockey) and have come away with 29 goals in those chances.\nThe player guarding the cage in this matchup is Thomas Greiss. Opponents have tallied 728 goals versus Greiss in his pro hockey career and his goals against average is 2.68. Greiss has played in 305 games over the course of his professional hockey career. His save percentage sits at .913 during his 16,313 mins between the pipes. He has amassed an overall record of 139-104-33 and got the start in 267 games. From the beginning of his pro career to now, Greiss has 146 quality starts and his percentage for quality starts is .547. Greiss has seen 8,362 shot attempts taken against him and has recorded 7,634 saves.\nTheir last time out, Tampa Bay opposed the Blue Jackets in a game where the Lightning notched a victory by a final score of 3-2. Tampa Bay wound up with a 45.9% Corsi rating. This Corsi rating is telling of the kind of game that Tampa Bay played and you could say that they played like a middle of the road team. Their Fenwick rate was 45.5% by compiling a Fenwick of 35 and the Blue Jackets having racked up a 42 Fenwick at even strength. They had a PDO of 101 and they finished the game with an oZS percentage of 48.4%. The Lightning converted 3 goals of the 34 shots on goal they tried. They had 3 power play chances in this matchup and earned 1 out of those opportunities.\nThe Lightning have earned 94 goals at even strength and 32 goals (1st in the NHL) while having more men on the ice. Tampa Bay has taken 1,096 shots (12th in the NHL) and has earned a shooting percentage of 11.50%, while allowing the other team 1,019 shots. So far this year, the Tampa Bay Lightning have accumulated 126 goals, 52 points, in addition to a points percentage of .722. They have recorded 116 power play chances and they have accumulated a power play rate of 27.59%. They have earned a penalty kill rate of 81.97% on their opponents 122 power play tries, and their save percentage comes in at 91.6%. They have permitted 86 goals to be scored by way of 64 goals at even strength and 22 goals while they had less men on the ice.\nAcross the ice you are likely to see Andrei Vasilevskiy in net. Teams are averaging 2.50 goals per game and he has relinquished 699 goals in total. Vasilevskiy's rate of quality starts comes out to 56.5% and he has 157 quality starting assignments in his career. He has started in 278 games and has played 16,793 mins. Vasilevskiy is the owner of a lifetime mark of 181-78-19 and has participated in 288 games. He has a tally of 8,045 saves out of the 8,744 shots attempted, giving him a percentage of .920.\nWho will win tonight's NHL game ATS?\nGuy's Pick: Take Tampa Bay (-389)\nTampa Bay Lightning - Twitter\nDetroit Red Wings - Twitter\nNFL SUNDAY 6U PLAY*\nExpert: Raphael Esparza (VSI)","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Future of the Fjords: leading the way for batteries and hydrogen\n18 Jun 2019by Rebecca Moore\nBrodrene Aa technical manager Anstein Aa explains how the solutions used by the groundbreaking all-electric Future of the Fjords can be adopted worldwide\nBrodrene Aa technical manager Anstein Aa explains how the solutions used by the groundbreaking all-electric Future of the Fjords can be adopted worldwide \u2013 while the vessel will help to introduce hydrogen\nFuture of the Fjords made headlines when it was delivered last year to The Fjords ferry operator as it is the first carbon-fibre vessel in the world to be fully electric. It is also the first vessel of its kind to offer completely emissions-free transport through the Western Norwegian UNESCO World Heritage-listed region.\nAnd Norwegian shipyard Brodrene Aa, which built it, believes the vessel can fulfill the needs of other ferry operators to meet extremely stringent legislation. Technical manager Anstein Aa says \"The technology solutions from Future of The Fjords are transferable to other vessel concepts and marine industries.\"\nHe highlights transferable solutions as being:\nThe propulsion system using energy from batteries has led to the development of a new control system, components and to adapting existing components. \"This has given new commercial solutions that can be transferred either directly or in a modified version to other types of vessels,\" says Mr Aa.\nManoeuvring, steering and control systems for propulsion can be transferred to other types of vessels such as high-speed passenger boats.\nDeveloping or modifying inverters, chargers and motor drives adapted and approved to the maritime sector have a direct transfer value to corresponding vessels and other vessels, with energy wholly or partly based on battery, and where minimal weight or space requirement needs to be taken into account.\nThe power management system has been developed, tested and in use since April 2018 and \"has worked very well,\" says Mr Aa. The system can be used on other vessels with individual modifications.\nFinally the ferry's charging solution, PowerDock, has huge potential. This was developed because capacity in the local grid was limited and could not provide the charging power needed by Future of the Fjords. Therefore, the ferry operator and shipyard came up with the PowerDock. It charges steadily throughout the day via a connection to the local grid network.\nMr Aa comments \"Infrastructure with charging facilities are in operation in Fl\u00e5m and Gudvangen. Together with charging stations on Norwegian ferry quays, these form the start of a large-scale national development of this type of infrastructure, especially in places with poor network capacity. The PowerDock concept is very energy efficient, can be scaled in size and capacity and is also a removable installation. These four factors mean PowerDock is highly relevant both nationally and internationally.\"\nBrodrene Aa believes there will be a market for at least 10 vessels of the Seasight-class in Norway. And Mr Aa comments \"The Seasight concept has had great interest far beyond Norway.\" He says that shipping companies in San Francisco, Sydney, Hong Kong, Hamburg, UK, Sweden and New Zealand have contacted Br\u00f8drene Aa about the new vessel concept.\nImportantly, the technology solutions are generally directly transferable to the next generation of zero-emissions vessels that will use energy from hydrogen with electric power generation by fuel cells.\nMr Aa says \"The next phase in developing the Seasight-class is to use hydrogen as the energy carrier and fuel cell technology as the basis for a zero-emissions propulsion solution.\"\nFuture of The Fjords is designed to accommodate hydrogen-based energy systems when the technology is commercialised. Hydrogen technology for propulsion will have applications in both conventional high-speed vessels and other types of maritime transport.\nMr Aa comments \"In many Norwegian fjords, there is great production and overcapacity in electrical energy. This overcapacity is an argument for increased focus on battery or hydrogen-powered passenger vessels. The use of locally produced energy has a positive effect both environmentally and economically. The wider deployment of the required charging facilities strengthens the commercial value of battery-powered vessels and positively affects secondhand value.\"\nBatteries Ferries Passenger Ship Technology Shipbuilding & Design Sulphur Cap\nMajor Japanese LNG shipowner in gas carrier collaboration\nGoing solo to beat the sulphur cap\nKorean shipyard gains smart ship system approval","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"GOP Rep. Duncan Hunter's Wife Pleads Guilty to 'Knowingly' Misusing Campaign Funds\nby Alberto Luperon | 1:29 pm, June 13th, 2019\nMargaret Hunter, the wife of co-defendant Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-California, 50th District), changed her plea to guilty in their criminal case on Thursday.\nMargaret Hunter, wife of GOP Rep Duncan Hunter, pleaded guilty in court today to the first count in the indictment against her, which was conspiring with her husband to \"knowingly and willingly convert campaign funds for personal use,\" per @MaeveReston\n\u2014 Manu Raju (@mkraju) June 13, 2019\nShe has agreed to \"provide substantial assistance\" to prosecutors in her husband's case, according to Bloomberg.\n\"Earlier this morning, I entered a guilty plea before the United States District Court,\" Margaret Hunter said in a statement provided to Law&Crime by her attorneys. \"In doing so, I have accepted full responsibility for my conduct. I am deeply remorseful, and I apologize. I am saddened for the hurt I have caused my family and others. I understand that there will be more consequences stemming from my actions but, as demonstrated by my plea today, I have taken the first step to face them.\"\nThe couple pleaded not guilty at first. According to the indictment, the couple misspent about $250,000 of campaign donations for personal expenses. This allegedly included: planning to pass off a purchase of \"Hawaii shorts\" as golf balls for wounded veterans; using campaign funds on vacations to places like Las Vegas; grocery store and restaurant expenditures; and $1,912.66 for a family member to attend a Steelers football game.\nThe congressman famously threw his wife under the bus when charges were first announced.\n\"When I went away to Iraq in 2003, the first time, I gave her power of attorney,\" he said last year on Fox News. \"She handled my finances throughout my entire military career and that continued on when I got into Congress. She was also the campaign manager, so whatever she did, that'll be looked at, too, I'm sure, but I didn't do it.\"\nProsecutors said Rep. Hunter was well aware of the misspent donations, however.\nMargaret Hunter's change of plea hearing popped up on federal records Monday.\n\"We are aware of Mrs. Hunter scheduling a hearing to change her plea,\" Rep. Hunter's lawyer Gregory Vega told The San Diego Union Tribune in a Monday report. \"At this time, that does not change anything regarding Congressman Hunter. There are still significant motions that need to be litigated, specifically the speech or debate clause of the U.S. Constitution.\"\nThe criminal case dented but didn't derail the congressman's career, at least for now. He won reelection in the 2018 midterms, but only with 51.7 percent of the vote. Compare that to his 2016 result, where he garnered 63.5 percent of the vote.\nEditor: We mentioned that Margaret Hunter agreed to help prosecutors working on her husband's case. We also added a statement provided by her attorneys.\n[The Hunters at a marathon in 2012 via Kent C. Horner\/Getty Images]\nDuncan Hunter, Margaret Hunter","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"This is how the future begins: I come home from work one day and find her perched smugly on my kitchen counter. My husband has been telling her what to do for the last hour. She has responded to his wishes to the extent she understands, and it is expected that she will learn to understand him better with time. Her voice is smooth and feminine, confident and neutral. She knows more than I do faster than I do. Tomorrow's forecast, today's news, the best recipe for shakshouka. While I'm staring at her, I remind my kids to use their inside voices, because they're giving me a headache. \"Alexa,\" they yell in response, moving their eyes from me to her, \"play 'Shake Your Butt!'\" And she does. A cloying, repetitive clip from what sounds like an amateur garage band. This amuses my kids more than anything I've done in weeks, for the best they were hoping for was to hear her repeat the word \"butt.\" \"This is the future,\" says my husband after the kids are asleep and she's watching us do the dishes. \"I hope you two will be very happy together,\" I say.\nIn case you haven't yet caught on to what I'm talking about, Amazon last year released a smart speaker it calls the \"Echo\" in its marketing material, but has named \"Alexa\" for the purposes of using it and annoying spouses nationwide. \"Amazon's voice-activated smart home speaker is undeniably futuristic, but it's also practical and accessible,\" writes Cnet. \"With a rapidly growing slate of features and integrations, it's easy to get excited about the Echo's potential.\"\nI don't find it that useful, but then I'm sure I'm not enjoying its full range of capabilities. I use it primarily to set a timer so the kids know when it's time to take a bath. \"Alexa,\" I say, \"set timer for five minutes.\" In five minutes, she makes a pleasant enough sound, but will keep making that pleasant enough sound until you say, \"Alexa, stop.\" Several times now my 4-yr-old before he goes to bed \u2013 unbeknownst to me or my husband \u2013 has told Alexa to \"set timer for a hundred minutes.\" I'm looking forward to his teenage years.\nHere's the thing, though \u2026 you have to keep saying \"Alexa\" every time you want her to help you, and again when you want her to stop. And often (or so it seems) she doesn't understand you (because, after all, there are many versions of \"you\" in a family, all competing at once for her attention), so what I'm hearing throughout the evening is some version of \"Alexa, do this. Alexa, stop. Alexa, try to do it again. Alexa, stop. Alexa, do this instead. Alexa, stop! Alexa, listen to me! No, listen to me! Alexa! Alexa! Alexa! Kill me now!\"\nI have become a big fan of Alexa, Unplugged. But somehow she always gets plugged back in.\nBtw, did you notice that I started referring to Alexa as \"it\" and then switched back to \"she\"? Further down in Cnet's review, the (male) writer starts doing that, too. \"It was critical for Amazon to get her right \u2014 thankfully, she delivers (and yes, calling Alexa 'she' feels more correct than calling Alexa 'it,' a testament to how personable she is).\"\nThat right there is the kicker for me. Despite my gripes about this rudimentary voice-activated assistant that will no doubt grow smarter in years to come and become so common in many first world homes that we will laugh at Alexa (a deep, maniacal laugh) the way we smile at the size of old cellphones, I can come around and see potential in it. She, on the other hand, I want to drop kick onto a four-lane highway during rush hour.\nIn \"Why Computer Voices Are Mostly Female,\" CNN reports that consumers find female voices more pleasing, at least in America (Siri is male in France and the UK). Assuming we're not talking about Sarah Palin and my great aunt Beatrice, I'm sure market research bears this out, particularly among those most likely to purchase new tech products, a group that (guessing here) likely skews male. To be clear, I have nothing against female voices. I have one of my own and use it all the time, just ask my family. My mom had a lovely one, especially when reading aloud. It's Alexa's voice I can't take, or even her name now (apologies to human Alexas worldwide). It's due to abuse and overuse in my household, sure, but it's more than that. It's as if she's a puppet and I'm hyper aware of the puppeteer.\n\"Voices intended to convey authority (such as voice-over narration in films) tend to be male,\" Rebecca Zorach, director of the Social Media Project at the University of Chicago's Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality, told CNN. \"Probably these compliant female robot voices reinforce gender stereotypes, not just because they serve the user but because the technology itself is about communication and relationships (areas that women are presumed to be good at).\" According to CNN, \"BMW was forced to recall a female-voiced navigation system on its 5 Series cars in the late 1990s after being flooded with calls from German men saying they refused to take directions from a woman.\"\nAs for the name, I'm sure Amazon has market-tested reasons for choosing \"Alexa,\" which coincides with another service they provide for tracking web traffic. Perhaps the three-syllable word is less like other words and thus more likely to be understood. Maybe it's because \"Alexa\" means \"defender of men\" or of \"mankind.\" We might never know for sure; Amazon isn't exactly known for being transparent. I learned recently that I can change Alexa's name to \"Amazon,\" but that would make me want to jump onto a four-lane highway during rush hour. And anyway, there's still that voice.\nI'm aware that, on rare occasion, not everyone might agree with me. You may be reading this, thinking: I love that name and voice. Which, finally, gets to my main point: please let us move swiftly through this early stage of the future when men test-market men and decide the voice and name that we all must use. Let us arrive asap at the next iteration \u2013 Voice-Activated-Gizmo-In-New-Age 2.0 (or, I don't know, some acronym for short) \u2013 when consumers can choose their own voice, their own name for tech products that talk back at us.\nI don't know what I'd end up choosing, if that were an option. I'd have to think about it. Maybe a gender-neutral voice named Bob. I knew a Bob once who was very friendly and helpful. Or maybe a southern drawl that answers to \"Stella,\" but only if I draw it out and yell. Maybe a slightly confused voice I could call God. If anyone had any interest in marketing to someone like me, they'd do well to allow users to switch names and voices at whim, depending on their daily moods and familial relationships. Then I'd enjoy having someone around, reminding me to shake my butt until my five minutes are up. It's a future I could live with.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Monday assorted links\nby Tyler Cowen April 11, 2016 at 12:55 pm\n1. \"Pyongyang had been a hotbed of Christianity before the Korean War.\"\n2. \"What about Montana? Nobody even lists it on lists of obscure states. Now that's obscure.\" #winner\n3. Vegansexuals. And what is the equilibrium without the plastic surgery?\n4. Markets in everything: rage yoga (warning: the link eventually plays a video).\n5. A criticism of Moral Foundations Theory.\n6. The move of one billionaire to Florida can upset NJ state revenue projections.\n7. The economics of NPR.\nBarkley Rosser\nApril 11, 2016 at 1:14 pm Hide Replies 1\nA peculiar localism of much of South Korean Protestantism is a tendency in many of the churches to adopt practices and beliefs from the long-suppressed native Korean shamanistic religion of Sinkyo, which, curiously enough, has long been dominated by women shamans, a bit of a sign of rebellion against the long predominant patriarchalism of Korean society. The Japanese especially hated the Sinkyo due to their being identified with hard core Korean nationalism.\nohwilleke\nI wouldn't say that the churches adopt Sinkyo practices. I would say that most South Korean Christians are syncretic (i.e. simultaneously engaging in ancient Sinkyo practices and Christian practices without seeing them as in conflict), but wouldn't go so far as to say that the church organizations themselves adopt those practices (by comparison consider families that celebrate Christian Easter and have Easter bunny traditions in North America).\nBut, I would say that South Korean Protestant churches (I attended one for about a year in the U.S. via translation services provided in the church) tend to interpret and apply Christian doctrine with an unspoken tacit Confucian gloss.\nVegansuxality doesn't surprise me. I've even heard rumors that there are members of certain religions that will only have sex with other members of that same religion (or so they say).\ncheesetrader\nI'd be okay being rejected for eating meat......would save me from later learning she's likely batshit crazy\nHow many people did it take to start this \"trend\" based on a New Zealand study? It sounds to me just like the alleged pharm parties and rainbow parties that some journalists liked to write about with little to no evidence they were a thing.\nBut the religious thing would actually be about \"moral\" principle. My guess is this is really mostly about convenience, although some people might like dressing up utility as morality. People dating each other regularly have to eat together, and while it has become easy for vegetarians to eat almost everywhere, vegans and omnivores will most likely be fully satisfied by completely different kinds of restaurants, and they'll mostly be cooking at home separately too. Eating together on a regular basis is bound to be too much of a hassle where, everyday, a common meal makes one side feel like they're not getting what they want.\nI eat meat, but from anecdotal experience believe it is true that vegetarians\/vegans taste better.\nUrstoff\nI couldn't marry a vegan, as BBQ restaurants would be a complete no-go.\nThiago Ribeiro\n#1 \"Even Kim Il-sung, first ruler of North Korea, had been a Presbyterian as a child.\"\nHe must have missed a few Sunday School classes.\nActually, he was quite studious in his Sunday School classes. He needed some good power models to work from.\nAren't Catholics supposed to not marry non-Catholics, with the exception being if the other person agrees to raise the kids Catholic? Please correct me if I'm wrong.\nI don't eat meat (and I don't advertise it or bring it up) but when people insist on asking about my diet, and I say I don't eat meat, it's still treated as pretty odd. But if you say you're a Catholic, and you think you're eating the flesh and drinking the blood of a former carpenter every Sunday (whether you think it's symbolic or not), no one questions that.\nNo, the Catholic spouse must promise to do all that he or she can to have the children baptized and raised in the Catholic faith. The non-Catholic spouse can act freely to support\/ignore\/block such action. It is assumed that both parties enter the marriage with knowledge of this promise.\nApril 11, 2016 at 9:39 pm Hide Replies 10\nHum, if you're a Catholic, and you think you're eating the flesh and drinking the blood of a former carpenter every Sunday, you are likely to be considered an heretic (a \"Josephist\") by your peers.\nApril 11, 2016 at 10:40 pm Hide Replies 11\nJoel - how does what I describe differ from the wiki definition of transubstantiation? I'm missing something here.\nHere's from wikipedia:\nTransubstantiation (in Latin, transsubstantiatio, in Greek \u03bc\u03b5\u03c4\u03bf\u03c5\u03c3\u03af\u03c9\u03c3\u03b9\u03c2 metousiosis) is, according to the teaching of the Catholic Church, the change of substance by which the bread and the wine offered in the sacrifice of the sacrament of the Eucharist during the Mass, become, in reality, the physical Body and Blood of Jesus the Christ.[1][2]\nThe Catholic Church teaches that the substance, or reality, of the Eucharistic offering (either bread alone, or bread and wine) is changed into both the Body and Blood of Christ.[3]\nwwebd\nStuart, Jesus is not a \"former carpenter\", he is still a carpenter; as a person, he is eternal, as are the rest of us - if one dies a martyr or a zookeeper or a poet, one is eternally a martyr or a zookeeper or a poet - obviously, the need for martyrdom trends to zero, zoos become quite besides the point, and poetry keeps getting better. Extrapolating from those givens gets you far. By the way, most people I know don't think vegetarianism is odd; and the mix of friends\/acquaintances I am likely to talk about the issue with is fairly typical - it is something like 60-30-10 Democrat Republican neither. Maybe you live in a meat factory town like Chicago or Dallas? Anyway, I am not vegetarian and I often tell people I don't eat domestic pork or octopus or lobster (too much like us, too smart, and too old, respectively); nobody reacts to me as if I were odd (at least not for that reason) . Wild boar is another thing altogether, but I see no reason to buy it and any restaurant that serves it has other better tasting things on the menu.\nAreyouserious\nApril 12, 2016 at 12:40 am Hide Replies 12\nJesus was not a carpenter. Joseph was, hence the coment above.\nApril 12, 2016 at 9:24 am Hide Replies 13\nRegarding vegetarianism - I could give you my anecdotal evidence, but I think it also coincides with polling on the topic which you may find more persuasive.\nhttp:\/\/www.publicpolicypolling.com\/pdf\/2011\/PPP_Release_NationalFOOD_022613.pdf\nBasically, the people who find vegetarians favorable are women, young people, Democrats, people in the West and Midwest. The opposite of those demographics have are more likely to have an unfavorable opinion of vegetarians. And vegans, overall, are viewed less favorably than vegetarians.\nI wish there was more polling on this issue, but this was mainly all I found. I wouldn't care if people who learned about my diet just stereotyped me and had a negative view of me because of it, but I often get obnoxious people (usually older white men) who can't drop the subject, and either pester me about it or constantly make jokes and snide comments. But I do sense things attitudes are changing, especially since millennials are demographically taking over, and even old white dudes like Gore and Clinton are changing their diets for health\/environment reasons.\nWhile I understand that there are people who believe Jesus still exists, I do not think you really believe he's sawing wood in heaven\nJesus was both man and God (Arians would disagree, but let's say they are wrong). As God, he was uncreated; as man, he was created. That which God creates and which is good exists forever (the annihilationists- an actual philosophical term - would disagree, but let's say they are wrong). Thus Jesus, after the resurrection, is still human. An attribute of humanity is the ability to sleep and dream. So, it is not hard to imagine, in heaven, that Jesus, as God and as a human person, still profits from the attributes of being human, which include the ability to sleep and dream. So Jesus, maybe, still sleeps from time to time (he is in charge of time, not vice versa) , and as humans do, maybe he dreams of the good old days - in his case, many of those days were in the carpenter's workshop in Nazareth. As for me, I have, sadly, never been a carpenter and will never dream of the good old days when I was a carpenter. I was never a zookeeper either, but I have tried to be kind to the dogs who were my companions, to the cats who were my companions, and to quite a few other animals - not excluding the family value respecting cockroaches and spiders who shared the apartments of my impoverished youth, the brave coyotes and muskrats whom I have crossed in my short sad weekend rambles, the affectionate donkeys and horses my richer friends have let me spend time with, the curious octopi and the thoughtful pike, and even the humble houseflies and sun-loving butterflies who appreciated my aversion to swatting or netting them. Maybe for them I am dreamed of when they dream of the good old days.\nI tried dating a vegetarian. It didn't work out.\nI never realized how much of a relationship revolves around eating meals together until it became a huge hassle every single time we went on a date.\nI had a coworker who said his wife wouldn't have sex with him if he eats meat. I mentioned that to another coworker who immediately replied that guy's wife wouldn't have sex with him even if he didn't eat meat.\nNick Lewendon\nThe Battle of Little Bighorn, aka Custer's Last Stand?\nAlso the preferred destination for defecting Soviet naval officers.\nWillitts\nAnd fat American women and rabbits.\nAgra Brum\nAnd a Pick Up Truck.\nNathan W\n3) Slightly different, and I think this has largely passed as people get more accepting of vegeterian lifestyles, but I remember, say, 10-15 years ago, frequently encountering a lot of hostility from anti-vegetarians. Aside form various forms of mockery, they would take great pleasure in telling vegetarians, in ridiculously more detail than they would ever say to a fellow meat eater, just how much they were loving their meat, and how they were going to eat lots of meat, and all sorts of stuff.\nI was always a pretty quiet vegetarian. If pressed, I would just argue that a) it's better for the environment and b) that we have many ways to get proteins and nutrients without causing the suffering of animals, and that many vegetarian options are very tasty. while I understand that some vegetarians can get pretty militant about things, I don't see why anti-vegetarians ever felt the need to be such asses about the whole thing. Thank God that seems to largely be a thing of the past.\nI eat what I want, you eat what you want. And if you want to open the conversation, I'll explain my choices. Eating non-meat options is so not notable anymore that usually people don't even ask unless you specifically have to refuse what they offer to share.\nI never really cared if girls were vegetarian or not. Once you can demonstrate that there's lots of tasty vegetarian food out there, it simply becomes more practical to generally eat vegetarian, although if that's the way things go, I sure as hell am not going to lecture someone, or express disapproval in any manner, if they want to indulge in picking whatever they want on the odd occasion. Not all vegetarians are like that, but most are.\nProbably some people will disagree with this portrayal. If so, think back to the conversations that drive your perspectives. Probably YOU started the conversation, asking them why they are vegetarian. Then you pushed them and pushed them and pushed them to justify themselves. And then once they explained their reasoning, you deemed of your very own accord that this person was judging you as morally inferior. I've had precisely such a conversation hundreds of times.\nIf that's you, next time try something more like \"Huh, OK, I was just curious\" in response to their explanation. But if your agenda is to attack vegetarianism, do not be surprised if the conversation heats up.\nHow did you manage to respond to my comment before I had posted it?\nI think this is a pretty common pattern:\na. You do something which implies some kind of claim about morality or identity or something. This can be being vegetarian, or going to church every day, or prepping for a zombie apocalypse, or whatever. (It seems like it's got to be something a bit unusual--not just following a common script in your society.)\nb. This creates some tension in me, because it's a kind of challenge--if you're doing it, why aren't I doing it? This need not involve you implying I should do it--it's still kind-of a challenge to how I'm living.\nc. As a defense against this tension or cognitive dissonance or whatever, I start coming up with arguments for why you're wrong or stupid or hypocritical. None of this has much to do with you, in some sense--it's just me defending myself from whatever parts of my mind find your actions appealing. But that often involves me being something of an asshole w.r.t. your actions and choices.\nI've seen this pattern play out in a lot of places. It doesn't make any rational sense, but it's still common.\nIt seems very human.\nConsidering the example of going to church. Perhaps you just know that someone goes to church every Sunday, and the only relevance is that if you want to meet on the weekend, late Saturdays are not OK and you can't plan to meet on Sunday until well into the afternoon.\nBut then, one day you ask them about why church is important to them. They give you various reasons, from learning about God, to the sense of community, good role models for children, moral learning, etc. You could end that part of the conversation there by just saying \"Ah, OK, I was just curious because clearly it's important to you\".\nBut then, some people will instead attack the relationship between kings and religion and wars in history and blame it on history, get into some issues of hypocrisy (which I think is often dumb - having stated the ideal does not mean that someone must therefore be perfect - at least it's not hypocritical unless they actively attack others for things that they themselves do), or suggest that other community organizations are better or something. Like, you could just say \"ah, I understand. Those are important things. Hey, did you know, I have some other ways to pursue the same objectives, but I don't do them in church. I guess we each have our own ways to strive towards similar things and meet similar needs\".\nI think an important factor, but sometimes this the questioner just ignores it, is whether the person is basically saying \"For me, this is a morally superior choice but I don't want to press you on it, I just want you to understand why I think that way\" as compared to \"This is the ONLY moral choice, and I'm very much implying that you are morally inferior for choosing otherwise.\"\nPerhaps you should not be surprised when people are provoked, as your \"ethical\" motive (\"without causing the suffering of animals\") for vegetarianism is a provocation.\nIf you don't want to know, then don't ask.\nPeople ask because they see a behavior that, while harmless in itself, is often associated with very bad reasons for engaging in it, and they naturally want to know who they are dealing with. It is similar to, say, wearing a swastika armband in public. People will want to know why. If you do not want to answer questions, do not do socially unacceptable things in public.\nRefraining from meat is not socially unacceptable.\nAs though people are not allowed to explain their ethical reasoning when asked a direct question about their personal choices.\nWhy do you not rape 5-year old children? Now ... don't provoke me with your \"ethical\" reasoning.\nWhat I meant is that there are good ethical reasons not to rape children, and they also accord with most people's moral intuitions. But there is no ethical foundation for prohibiting meat-eating, and this is also what most people's moral intuitions suggest to them. That is, suggesting that there are ethical reasons for not eating meat sounds wrong to most people, which is why it is a provocation.\nSuggesting that there are good moral reasons not to eat meat is not even remotely the same as saying it should be prohibited.\nThere are good moral reasons to get into volunteership. But that is not remotely the same as prohibiting an absence of volunteership (say, forcing people to volunteer 20 hours a week).\nI don't think there's morally anything wrong with eating meat per se. In \"nature\", animals were free, and at the end of a hunt, perhaps there would be a couple minutes of fear and pain - a life of 99.999% freedom leads a rapid end.\nI do, however, think there are moral problems in factory farming. Farming methods which eliminated unnecessary suffering from farming would lead to slightly higher meat prices. But some people don't care if a laying hen was never able to stretch out her wings once in her life, or so much turn her body around, if they can save 5 cents an egg. Several major Canadian grocery chains have committed to only source eggs which are from improved factory conditions by 2025, and many fast food chains are doing the same thing.\nThere is also a big difference in the environmental footprint of animal proteins compared to plant proteins.\nVegetarians get less grief now because vegens exist.\nMuch like Agnostics are spared the wrath of the Faithful thanks to Militant Atheists.\nWhat you are actually describing is how quite a few vegans act. As an omnivore I've never commented or cared what others eat.\nThere is lots of tasty vegetarian food out there, but it's difficult to get enough proteins on a vegetarian diet if you just eat whatever you want. You have to consciously think about where you are going to get your protein from.\nAlso, some vitamin\/mineral deficencies may take years to start impacting your health. I've known numerous vegetarians who gave it up after several years when they found they were developing health problems, and they just couldn't handle all the careful meal planning needed to balance their diet.\nAlso, south indians have very high rates of type 2 diabetes because of the starchy vegetarian diet.\nLad: a Dog\nI became a vegetarian for the same reason Woody Allen becomes a communist in the movie \"The Front\": I was a young man, and the beautiful girl I was making time with was a vegetarian. So yeah, I became one too, wink wink. But I kept on with it, and now, about 40 years later, I see my contemporaries with their huge pot bellies, heart failure, joint failure, coronary artery disease, and general lack of energy, and I realize it was probably one of the best decisions of my life. And Hazel Meade take note, I do NO conscious meal planning. I just eat whatever I want, as long as it doesn't have meat in it -- or sugar. Being a vegetarian is not more difficult than being a meat eater, its less difficult in every way\ncarlolspln\nIn India, its from eating too much polished white rice\nhttp:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/health\/medicine-and-research\/rice-and-reason\/article3307234.ece\nYes, it does take planning to make sure you get the right protein complements. Especially at the beginning. Eventually it becomes quite easy and \"natural\".\nDairy + legumes is a whole protein.\nBrown rice + legumes is pretty complete.\nAnd if you eat eggs, you don't even have to bother. A couple eggs for breakfast, and you've reached the minimum required for every amino acid you need, and any old other protein will do the job to fulfill the rest.\nMuch harder if you're vegan though. But in time, you establish habits that are borne from planned thinking about what complements you need. You just tend to cook and eat the same meals and no more thinking is required.\n7) I am just an anon, but the am the same anon who said that NPR was upside down, giving too much power to broadcasters. Confirmed.\n5) Very good. Adaption triumphs.\nJeff R.\nWhat kind of billionaire would live in New Jersey in the first place?\nThe kind that likes to be near NYC but not live or work there?\nConnecticut's where you go for that kind of thing.\nJay Z lives in Alpine, NJ. The North Jersey suburbs provide easier access to Manhattan than CT.\nNPR's problem is that it's reliably Leftist, but it likes to pretend it's not. It's audience is further to the Left than Fox New's audience is to the Right.\nhttp:\/\/www.journalism.org\/2014\/10\/21\/political-polarization-media-habits\/pj_14-10-21_mediapolarization-09\/\nOf course, your average Slate reader is far to the Left. So, from their perspective NPR probably appears right wing.\n'Of course, your average Slate reader is far to the Left. '\nSince your average Slate reader is likely an American, the idea that they are 'far to the left' is laughable.\nOne can be \"far to the left\" by US standards even though by world standards they are center right.\nBernie Sanders supporters, and at least some fraction of Clinton supporters are not center right by any country's standards. Moderate Democrats basically jumped ship in several waves since the 1980s. Joe Manchin and Jim Webb are outcasts in their own party.\nNot to fear, the GOP is having its own identity crisis.\nDmitri Helios\nWill you about anything other than Dictatorship of the Proletariat as far left ?\nUniversal health care is far left in the USA. So is anything that any labour union does in negotiating with shareholder unions.\nNeither of those things is far left. Forcing people to join (and pay for) a union they do not want to join is de rigueur progressive politics.\nYou're a lot less to the right than I would have guessed than.\n* accept anything other than\n\"Since your average Slate reader is likely an American, the idea that they are 'far to the left' is laughable.\"\nReally? Have you polled billions of Indians, Chinese and African's to get a world centric view? Or were you childishly inserting European views into a discussion contextually about the US and claiming Europe as some kind of base line for all opinions?\nAs everyone knows Africa, China and India are libertarian paradises, staffed by Randian protagonists... Well, it explains Beijing's air pollution, I guess.\nNot even wrong.\nThe US is probably the only country on the planet with a sizeable political constituency that actively campaigns against social welfare supports.\nA lot of the world simply can't afford them. But ideologically speaking, I'm not aware of any place on the planet where there is such a high share of the population with such high antipathy or even hatred of social welfare supports, regardless of the fact that the US actually has much higher social welfare supports than quite a lot of the very same countries I'm thinking of.\nRegardless of whether you're on the left or on the right, I think you'd would have to admit that NPR, as currently constituted, appeals to a fairly narrow demographic of secular, college-educated professionals of one stripe or another. In other words, it is firmly in SWPL like territory: https:\/\/stuffwhitepeoplelike.com\/2008\/01\/31\/44-public-radio\/\nThat being the case, taking some (any) concrete steps to broaden their appeal is probably the way to go. That doesn't mean they have to hire Mark Levin, either.\nDavid Koch funds NOVA, but the other large foundations are very liberal.\nFor many college educated IS left.\nOnly while you are still in college. When you go out and get a job, you grow up.\nA Definite Beta Guy\nProbably true, but why can't NPR win over the socialist youth?!\nPick your NPR show. Marketplace and Planet Money are not left, as illustrated by the Elizabeth Warren ruckus.\nDepends on the show. Their news programs (All Thing Considered and Morning Edition) don't seem particularly liberal. Their other shows vary; Diane Rehm is pretty liberal but also kind of dumb, but in contrast, Planet Money is fantastic.\nAgreed, that Planet Money is good and doesn't fall into any obvious bias. However, it's more the exception than the rule. The most objective metric we have is to aggregate listener preferences. And it's pretty hard to argue with the data indicating it's listeners are predominantly Left wing.\nThis old world thinking ties into the broadcaster problem. Pick and choose listeners more likely podlisten. Drive time listeners have loose connection to fairly moderate shows. A dedicated listener is consuming more off hour and less mainstream stuff.\nAre you sure you aren't confusion NPR and Pacifica? Now there you have SJW radio.\n\"BOB GARFIELD, 'ON THE MEDIA' CO-HOST, NPR: Okay, so this gets back to not only Brooke's problem, finding a metric to report on this story, but it's especially difficult when you and I both know that if you were to somehow poll the political orientation of everybody in the NPR news organization and all of the member stations, you would find an overwhelmingly progressive, liberal crowd. Not uniformly, but overwhelmingly.\"\nhttp:\/\/www.wnyc.org\/story\/235573-ira-glasss-challenge\/#transcript\nAgain, you aren't talking about the more mainstream shows, but about the kind of people who take low salary to work at NPR. Of course applicants and workers will look different than those at hedge funds.\nOh no, they have a sense of mission! Lol. People who want to burn it to the ground are less likely to apply!\nPark Rangers are more liberal for the same reason\nhttps:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/wonk\/wp\/2015\/06\/03\/why-your-flight-attendant-is-probably-a-democrat\/\nWell since left\/right is classically all about money stuff, I think that's precisely where you would want to evaluate their ideological bias.\nI don't think stuff about gender, race, etc. or culture in general should be seen in a left\/right lens, no matter that these tend to have high correlation for a lot of things. I know, that's not normally how it's viewed.\nI can't listen to Diane Rehm...her voice is too offputting. Why does she sound like she's on her deathbed every single day?\nenoriverbend\n\"Why does she sound like she's on her deathbed every single day? \"\nBecause she has a voice disorder called spasmodic dysphonia.\nThe only economics of NPR? Beggary.\nNPR's virtue and downfall has more to it targeting a very sophisticated audience rather than the general public (which you tend to do when you depend on donors for most of your revenue).\nBy comparison, the BBC news service, which is mostly government funded as opposed to mostly donor funded, aims its broadcasts as an audience with a lower reading level with less education.\nNPR is a NeoLiberal Shit Show \u2122\nThere is no 'left' in the USA.\n5) \"moral foundations must be heritable\"\nPresumably at least a tiny bit. But the obvious explanation is that parents indoctrinate their kids, and you tend to keep the values you grow up. (It's gated, so I can't check the methods to be very sure about the extent to which this critique applies.)\nEven when broad social change happens, and views change about certain things, you'll still be on the same general side of a spectrum as what you grew up with.\nI suspect the K-PhD educational system, and entertainment-based culture, play a pretty large role in indoctrinating children. As does the predominate culture of the locale(s) where the kids grow up. While parents have an impact, their most significant influence likely comes in their ability to manipulate the educational, entertainment, and local cultural environment their kids grow up in. And there is plenty of room for error there, in part because it is tough to know how a particular personality will respond to those inputs.\nThere's a decent literature which suggests that most of that stuff is mostly in stone by the age of six. The other stuff cannot be irrelevant, but not as relevant as it might seem. Probably the next biggest impact is whichever group you fall in with in high school and\/or university. I'm very skeptical that the education system itself is very effective at \"indoctrinating\" kids, even if we were to assume that it was actually trying to do so.\njorod\nVegansexual: Like being a liberal.\n\"To be progressive is cool, a factoid reminds. A recent poll on a dating-service website produced a hilarious bit of news. It turns out that Republican men who pretend to be Democrats are far more likely to land a date. \"Attaching yourself to that party [the GOP] when you're on a date with somebody might jeopardize a love connection,\" Hannahmae Dela Cruz of What's Your Price? dating service told the Colorado Independent. A pro-life plank is a deal-breaker for many Silicon Valley households. They simply will not join the party of Hobby Lobby. Religion bugs many techies.\" -- Forbes\n2. Of course, Montana has the best trout fishing in America. I have two Bighorn stories I will share - I've been many times. The first was my first visit to the Bighorn. The river runs through the Crow Indian Reservation (I'll come back to that). As with many native-American reservations, alcohol abuse is a major problem. My friend and I were scheduled to leave well before dawn the next morning to catch a flight in Billings (the largest city and least attractive place in Montana, or most anywhere else). Our host cautioned us to watch for \"drunk Indians\" parked in the middle of the two-lane highway that runs through the reservation. Sure enough, as we were driving along in the dark at a high rate of speed, there's an old truck parked in the middle of the road, engine running, it's driver asleep at the steering wheel. The second story occurred years later on a trip to Montana in April. When I contacted my son to arrange to meet him at the airport in Salt Lake City, my son questioned whether April would be a good month for a fishing trip to Montana. I assured him that our host had said that April is great fishing and there aren't many anglers on the river. He was right about not many anglers on the river, because the wind blew so hard it was impossible to fish. Thus, I learned a lesson about our host. Being unable to fish, my son and I took a field trip to the Custer battlefield. It's an interesting place, with a building that has a three dimensional depiction of the battle field. Two things I learned about Custer: he had a small frame (there's a jacket that would fit a 12 year old) and a small mind (at least on the day of the battle). One thing I learned about the Crow Indian Reservation: the Crow didn't defeat Custer, the Crow collaborated with Custer, the reservation given to the tribe in consideration for it!\nFor what states has Tyler not listed his favorite things? Those must be obscure.\n2. How about Maine as the most obscure state?\nIdaho was my first choice, but the fact I missed Maine says a lot. No major cities. One famous citizen, but not typically associated with it.\nNew Mexico?\nOklahoma? Do the songs disqualify it?\nAs a person from Oklahoma, when I traveled in Italy I often had to debase myself and describe Oklahoma as \"piccoloa Texas\", as most natives had not heard of it.\nAmericans are the only people on the planet who introduce themselves by state, not country, when overseas.\nI think the solution is to mandate that classrooms must have world maps, and not maps of the USA.\nD f\nYou comment far too much. Please stop\nIgnore me.\nDonald Pretari\n#2...When I think of Montana, the writers Ivan Doig, Thomas McGuane, James Welch, Jim Harrison, Rick Bass, and James Crumley come to mind. Also, Richard Hugo, who taught at the University of Montana for years. Doug Peacock is a non-fiction writer I like, as is David Quammen. Now, to me, that's a pretty good list of writers.\nTwo of my favorite books are set in Montana and they were both made into films I like, being \"A River Runs Through It\" and \"Powwow Highway,\" by Norman Maclean and David Seals respectively.\nYoav\nI am not american, and I didn't realize Montana was a state until now.\nI thought it was a name of a lake or region, or something like it.\nI still say Idaho, with Connecticut as the dark horse. Wyoming has Yellowstone, the Dakotas have each other, and Montana is big and has buffalo.\nWyoming has Yellowstone, but I'm positive most people abroad think Yellowstone is in its own mythical place, and not in any state (or stuck to any one of a number of states; I'm still amused at the one Austrialian who placed Yellowstone at the four corners of Colorado, Iowa, Ohio, and Tenessee).\nYellowstone and the Grand Canyon have much higher name recognition than easily half of the states in the USA. I highly doubt that more than a few percent of people overseas know which state these parks are in (and not a much higher percentage are likely to have a clue where those states are, even if they might have heard of them one time in a movie or song or something).\n#3: 100% normal teenagers? Young people are easily influenced by the first thing they encounter. Makes me remember the Lorenz's ducks. When we were young, we were sure X was the most important thing in the world and anyone with a different opinion it's just an idiot. It can be sports, fiction, music, eating preferences.......then grouped along like-minded people. After experiences accumulate in life this stage ends gradually.\nI used to be the typical atheist idiot. Years later I married a catholic girl because, why not? There's much more beyond 1 single belief and\/or characteristic in an individual. What matters is the whole, not a single detail.\n\"When we were young, we were sure X was the most important thing in the world and anyone with a different opinion it's just an idiot ... After experiences accumulate in life this stage ends gradually.\"\nNot true enough of enough people, in my opinion.\nyenwoda\nThe url for #3, fap.sagepub.com, is strangely appropriate here.\nNjnnja\nApril 11, 2016 at 4:42 pm Hide Replies 100\nIf Montana is so obscure then how does a Soviet submariner come to dream of living there someday?\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=P8JW75Lv25k\nClearly the rabbits raised there are world-class.\n#3. That vegansexuals link is a gold mine if you click back onto the author's page.\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/real_peerreview\/status\/719620853378494464\n7. I blame Garrison Keillor. Three freaking hours of his washed up tired shtick every Sunday.\nApril 11, 2016 at 11:58 pm Hide Replies 103\nOh god! Worst show on npr.\nzbicyclist\nApril 12, 2016 at 12:08 am Hide Replies 104\nMaybe it seems like 3 hours to you, since you don't like it, but it's only a 2 hour show.\nThis is an error in reasoning.\nIt is not necessary for particular political\/moral\/ideological orientations to be heritable in order for moral foundations theory to be true. The theory is that people have heritable modules for moral reasoning, but how those modules are applied to specific social and cultural contexts may change dramatically.\nBy analogy, language modules clearly exist in the human brain, language ability is clearly heritable, but \"French\" is not heritable. \"French\" or \"Republican\" or \"leftist\" are just manifestation of the operation of those modules within a particular context. Nobody is born speaking French or with \"Republican\" values. People are however, born with an inclination to reason about group loyalty, to feel disgust at outgroups and so forth. Who those outgroups are, and what you feel disgust at is completely contextual. Some people might be born with a greater sensitivity to disgust, or more propensity towards ingroup-loyalty, which might incline them more or less towards some political orientations, or may just towards certain \"styles\" of political behavior.\nman acts towards profit rather than loss. Psyce 101, introduction to human behavior (read the first 3 chapters of Adam Smith's, WON).\nJasonL\nAgree at least so far as the heritability argument goes. It also strikes me as odd in the criticism to suggest that variability over lifetime is some kind of indictment. The analogy is taste receptors, and we find quite a bit of variation there too. It would be more problematic if testing high in a given foundation could not reliably predict correlated preferences.\nnegative rights, the foundation of civilization -- and how they provide for the golden goose.\n#5. Here is Jonathan Haidt's reply to the criticism of Moral Foundations Theory: http:\/\/righteousmind.com\/are-moral-foundations-heritable-probably\/","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
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{"text":"Thus ends my 5-month flirtation with the modernist semi-auto-biography \u2014 or K\u00fcnstlerroman, as the elitists say \u2014 detailing the artist's maturation and coming to grips with Ireland and Catholicism.\n\"When the soul of a man is born in this country there are nets flung at it to hold it back from flight. You talk to me of nationality, language, religion. I shall try to fly by those nets\"\nIt was not a long book but its sheer breadth and abstraction made me pause often for breath when attempting to finish the chapter or page or paragraph. It is because of this that I fear I will never be able to complete Ulysses or Finnegan's Wake. Portrait was the first Joycean book I attempted to read, not the first that I had completed; I had attempted to read Portrait when I was a mere eleventh grader and I was lost immediately at moocow. I accepted my ineptitude and moved on to other, more palatable works, including Joyce's Dubliners, an assembly of grounded short stories and vignettes of Dublin life.\nPortrait begins with Joyce, a.k.a Stephen Dedalus, as a toddler, moves to him as a precocious boy at Clongowes boarding school, to him in Dublin, to his succumbence to lust, to his instilled fear of the soul in mortal sin, to his devout adherence to religion, to his defiant repudiation of religion, to his emergence as an artist, reborne on the beach, to him among his deserved peers at University College Dublin, to his self-exile from Ireland.\n\"This was the call of life to his soul not the dull gross voice of the world of duties and despair, not the inhuman voice that had called him to the pale service of the altar.\"\nLater, the reader achieves glimpses of Dedalus among his peers at University College, where they banter in some intellectual fashion. Dedalus expresses himself on many issues: art, estheticism and religion. In the end, he decides to leave Ireland for Europe, saying:\n\"I will not serve that in which I no longer believe whether it call itself my home, my fatherland or my church: and I will try to express myself in some mode of life or art as freely as I can and as wholly as I can, using for my defence the only arms I allow myself to use \u2014 silence, exile, and cunning.\"\nHe leaves his homeland in search for some expression or freedom as an artist, to escape his stagnant environment. He is willing to be alone, \"(n)ot only to be separate from all others but to have not even one friend.\" Perhaps one day I will follow suit.\nDedalus and his beloved on the last tram\nScence on the beach\nThe Villanelle\nBanter at University College\nOther Quotes\n\"His soul had arisen from the grave of boyhood, spurning her graveclothes. Yes! Yes! Yes! He would create proudly out of the freedom and power of his soul, as the great artificer whose name he bore, a living thing, new and soaring and beautiful, impalpable, imperishable.\"\n\"Old father, old artificer, stand me now and ever in good stead.\" See Daedalus, the Greek architect. Joyce does not get burned like Icarus.\nRunning ML Inference Services in Shared Hosting Environments 29 Sep 2021","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Richard Thompson Returns to The MACC\nMarch 6, 2015, 9:26 AM HST\n* Updated March 6, 9:27 AM\nRichard Thompson. Photo courtesy of The MACC.\nBy Maui Now Staff\nTickets are on sale now for Richard Thompson's performance in the McCoy Studio Theater at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center. Thompson returns to perform on Maui on Friday, March 27, at 7:30 p.m. as part of The MACC's Solo Sessions Series. His last performance there was six years ago.\nThe acclaimed songwriter-musician has been named by Rolling Stone magazine as No. 7 in the \"Top 20 Guitarists of All Time.\" Thompson was a founding member of the influential folk-rock band Fairport Convention. His songs have been recorded by Bonnie Raitt, R.E.M., Los Lobos, Elvis Costello, Emmylou Harris and Robert Plant, and others. He has just completed the recording of his latest release, produced by Jeff Tweedy of WILCO fame.\nThompson has been presented with the prestigious Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth and Americana Music Honors & Awards nominated him for \"Artist of the Year.\"\nThe Los Angeles Times called Thompson \"The finest rock songwriter after Dylan, and the best electric guitarist since Hendrix.\"\nTickets are $30, $45 and $65, plus applicable fees, with a discount available for MACC members.\nTickets are available at The MACC Box Office or by phone at 242-SHOW (7469) between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday or online any time.\nNainoa Thompson Comes to Maui September 4, 2019\nDr. Ben Thompson with Today's Maui Health COVID-19 Update April 9, 2020\nJake Shimabukuro Returns to the MACC, March 16 March 15, 2019\nMAMo at the MACC Returns for Sixth Consecutive Year September 5, 2019\nHAPA Returns to the MACC After Popular Demand October 12, 2019\nEric Gilliom\u02bbs One-Man Comedy \u02bbWhite Hawaiian\u02bb\u2026 January 11, 2020","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"A PRETERIST RESPONSE TO WHEN SHALL THESE THINGS BE?\nWHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT\nHOUSE DIVIDED: BRIDGING THE GAP IN REFORMED ESCHATOLOGY\nAbout the Cover:\nThe picture of the Westminster Abbey being pulled apart on the cover is a symbol of the divided house of Reformed eschatology. On one side of the house is the amillennial camp, which says that there is only one future coming of Christ in the New Testament. On the other side is the partial preterist, postmillennial camp, which says that the eschatological time texts of the New Testament must be taken seriously. By gathering truth from each side of the Reformed \"house divided,\" Preterism constitutes the uniting, restoring, and re-establishing of its house.\nIntroduction and Recap of When Shall These Things Be?\nThe Arbitrary Principle of Hyper-Creedalism (page 11)\nDavid A. Green\nThe Ecumenical Creeds: The First and Final Word \/\nThe Bitter Fruit of Hyper-Creedalism \/ Conclusion \/\nPreterism and the Ecumenical Creeds: Introduction \/\nSola Scriptura \/ The Eternal Gospel \/ The Gospel in the\nCreeds \/ Arbitrary Creedalism \/ Why Do the Hyper-\nCreedalists Rage? \/ Summary and Conclusion\nIf Preterism is True (page 33)\nHill's Premise \/ Simultaneous Defection of All Churches\nto an Alien Eschatology? \/ Consummation Missed and\nNot Noticed? \/ On the Incarnation \/ The Festal Letters\n\/ Early Church Unbelievably Deficient? \/ Knowledge\nGained When Knowledge Lost? \/ Word Meanings Radically\nChanged? \/ Conclusion\nOpenness Futurism (page 57)\nEdward J. Hassertt\nDr. Pratt versus Reformed Theology \/ Sawing off the\nLimb He is Sitting On \/ Predictions versus Threats \/\nHaggai 2:21-23 \/ Pratt's Three Failed Eschatons \/ Pratt\nand Openness Theology \/ House of Cards Divided \/\nThe Eschatological Madness of Mathison or How Can These Things Be? (page 75)\nOld Testament Imminence \/ The Last Days \/ Double\nFulfillments \/ All Things Written \/ Prophetic Telescoping\n\/ The Coming of the Son of Man \/ In Like Manner \/\nThe Rapture \/ The Creation Groaning \/ Death, Tears,\nand Pain \/ All Israel will be Saved \/ The Millennium \/\n2 Timothy 2:17-18 \/ Conclusion\nCarrot and Stick Eschatology (page 131)\nRevelation 11 \/ The Seven Letters \/ Irenaeus and Hegesippus\n\/ Honey, I Shrunk the Angels \/ The Lord's Day \/ All\nthe Tribes of the Earth \/ The Millennium and the Great\nCommission \/ Conclusion\nChapter Six:\nA Creedal Objection to Wilson's Creedalism (page 151)\nWilson and Rome versus the Reformation \/ The Beam\nin Wilson's Eye \/ Conclusion\nChapter Seven:\nThe Resurrection of the Dead (page 161)\nDoctor Strimple's Thirteen Arguments \/ An Exposition\nof First Corinthians Chapter Fifteen \/ Necessary Inferences\n\/ The Body \/ The Universality of the Resurrection\n(1 Cor. 15:20-28) \/ If the Resurrection is not Universal\n(1 Cor. 15:12-19; 29-34) \/ The Seed Analogy (1 Cor.\n15:35-50) \/ The Universal Change (1 Cor. 15:51-58) \/\nSummary and Conclusion\nChapter Eight:\nInconsistent Orthodoxy (page 219)\nSamuel M. Frost\nConclusion (page 233)\nSamuel M. Frost is an author and lecturer. He has made several television and radio appearances. He is the author of Misplaced Hope, a top selling preterist book. Samuel received his Bachelor of Theology and went on to complete his Master of Christian Studies and Master of Religion from Reformed Theological Seminary (Orlando), Church of God Theological Seminary (Cleveland), and Whitefield Theological Seminary (Lakeland). Samuel has been published in several magazines, is a member of the Evangelical Theological Society and has lectured there. He is currently earning his Ph.D. in Philosophy from Whitefield Theological Seminary. He is president of Reign of Christ Ministries and co-administrator of the social networking website \"Sovereign Grace Preterism.\"\nDavid Green has written numerous articles for preterist periodicals. He is the owner of the website, \"The Preterist Cosmos.\" He served as an adviser to John Evans in the preparation of his book The Four Kingdoms of Daniel (2004, Xulon Press). He is quoted at length in various preterist and anti-preterist websites and books, including When Shall These Things Be? A Reformed Response to Hyper-preterism, edited by Keith Mathison; and Judgment and Dominion: An Economic Commentary on First Corinthians by Gary North. David moderates a preterist discussion group at http:\/\/groups.yahoo.com\/group\/PretCosmos and has been a preterist for 20 years.\nEdward Hassertt has 15 years experience as a pastor. He has a BA in Philosophy, an MA in Theology, and a Doctorate in Law. He has been a preterist for 10 years.\nMichael Sullivan is a graduate of Calvary Chapel Bible College. He majored in theology at The Master's College for two years. Mike has written various articles for preterist periodicals and websites. He is the owner of the preterist web site, \"Tree of Life Ministries.\" He has been a preterist for 18 years.\nBack to The Preterist Cosmos Homepage","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"All the Christian wall art decor are framed with pinewood on the back. The canvases are printed and stretched & crafted over a wooden frame to give it a frameless contemporary look that I believe is gorgeous, popular and inspiring decor. Add it to a family room or give \/ get it as a gift; when you order Christian wall art from me, you can choose from a wide selection of Christian bible verses and designs and I won't charge you for the custom designs. Check my reviews (I say this all the time because I am really proud of what I have built), you will see many Christians from church have used my art prints (I believe they are amazing unique canvases!) as decorative Christian wall art decor. If you are wanting to add a religious wall with scripture into your Christian home, I believe it'll be an inspirational Christian decor for your room. Beautiful Quality Christian canvas wall art prints are just a click away.\nFifteen years ago I was struggling with a very serious sleeping disorder. One day the Lord spoke to me, through a prophetic ministry, and He said: 'David, you will start experiencing the resurrection power of Jesus Christ. Rise up ands live again!' The following months I indeed felt an inner strength to stop with the horrible sleeping medication. With His power in my heart I could overcome the addiction to the bad medicine and learn to sleep naturally again. It was a struggle, but His power enabled me to do it.\n\"Now I am sending Huram-abi, a skilled man, endowed with understanding, the son of a Danite woman and a Tyrian father, who knows how to work in gold, silver, bronze, iron, stone and wood, and in purple, violet, linen and crimson fabrics, and who knows how to make all kinds of engravings and to execute any design which may be assigned to him, to work with your skilled men and with those of my lord David your father.\nI encourage you to invest a few dollars, to have an eternal and life changing impact. God changes lives and hearts, through Christian wall art that has been created by His Spirit, who works in a human being. He wants to reach out to you. He wants to break through the darkness and sin. He sees your, wherever you are. And He is not holding Himself back, but He reaches out to you.\nLet me share a secret with you. The resurrection power of Jesus Christ is also here and now at work, to raise you from the dead. From your dead circumstances. Your sickness. Your despair. Your sin. Your darkness, whatever it is. Just believe. Just look at Jesus Christ and see Him resurrected from the dead. SEE HIM, beloved.I ask you: OPEN YOUR EYES AND SEE HIM. Don't look down. Don't loose your interest. Scripture Verse Art\n\"You shall take two onyx stones and engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel, six of their names on the one stone and the names of the remaining six on the other stone, according to their birth. \"As a jeweler engraves a signet, you shall engrave the two stones according to the names of the sons of Israel; you shall set them in filigree settings of gold.read more.\nHuram also made the pails, the shovels and the bowls. So Huram finished doing the work which he performed for King Solomon in the house of God: the two pillars, the bowls and the two capitals on top of the pillars, and the two networks to cover the two bowls of the capitals which were on top of the pillars, and the four hundred pomegranates for the two networks, two rows of pomegranates for each network to cover the two bowls of the capitals which were on the pillars.read more.\nImages communicate deeper to people, than just words. God created us as visual beings, who live according to what we see. That's why art has the power to shape an entire culture. People act upon what they see with their eyes. Christian wall art can therefor change the course of a person's life, as they suddenly are confronted with the most powerful reality there is: God's burning, compassionate love for them. Goodnews Art\nTo set us free. To transform us. To heal us. To give us a new life, in His loving embrace. Jesus Christ is literally God Himself, the creator of heaven and earth, the master of creation, the Lord of all the heavenly hosts\u2026Jesus Christ is God. He came to us, and He did something incredible. Something literally NOBODY had expected. No prophet, no apostle, no angel and no demon had expected this. Scripture Verse Christian Image\nHe also made two capitals of molten bronze to set on the tops of the pillars; the height of the one capital was five cubits and the height of the other capital was five cubits. There were nets of network and twisted threads of chainwork for the capitals which were on the top of the pillars; seven for the one capital and seven for the other capital. So he made the pillars, and two rows around on the one network to cover the capitals which were on the top of the pomegranates; and so he did for the other capital. The capitals which were on the top of the pillars in the porch were of lily design, four cubits. There were capitals on the two pillars, even above and close to the rounded projection which was beside the network; and the pomegranates numbered two hundred in rows around both capitals. Thus he set up the pillars at the porch of the nave; and he set up the right pillar and named it Jachin, and he set up the left pillar and named it Boaz. On the top of the pillars was lily design. So the work of the pillars was finished. Now he made the sea of cast metal ten cubits from brim to brim, circular in form, and its height was five cubits, and thirty cubits in circumference. Under its brim gourds went around encircling it ten to a cubit, completely surrounding the sea; the gourds were in two rows, cast with the rest. It stood on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east; and the sea was set on top of them, and all their rear parts turned inward. It was a handbreadth thick, and its brim was made like the brim of a cup, as a lily blossom; it could hold two thousand baths. Then he made the ten stands of bronze; the length of each stand was four cubits and its width four cubits and its height three cubits. This was the design of the stands: they had borders, even borders between the frames, and on the borders which were between the frames were lions, oxen and cherubim; and on the frames there was a pedestal above, and beneath the lions and oxen were wreaths of hanging work. Now each stand had four bronze wheels with bronze axles, and its four feet had supports; beneath the basin were cast supports with wreaths at each side. Its opening inside the crown at the top was a cubit, and its opening was round like the design of a pedestal, a cubit and a half; and also on its opening there were engravings, and their borders were square, not round. The four wheels were underneath the borders, and the axles of the wheels were on the stand. And the height of a wheel was a cubit and a half. The workmanship of the wheels was like the workmanship of a chariot wheel. Their axles, their rims, their spokes, and their hubs were all cast. Now there were four supports at the four corners of each stand; its supports were part of the stand itself. On the top of the stand there was a circular form half a cubit high, and on the top of the stand its stays and its borders were part of it. He engraved on the plates of its stays and on its borders, cherubim, lions and palm trees, according to the clear space on each, with wreaths all around. He made the ten stands like this: all of them had one casting, one measure and one form. He made ten basins of bronze, one basin held forty baths; each basin was four cubits, and on each of the ten stands was one basin. Then he set the stands, five on the right side of the house and five on the left side of the house; and he set the sea of cast metal on the right side of the house eastward toward the south. Now Hiram made the basins and the shovels and the bowls. So Hiram finished doing all the work which he performed for King Solomon in the house of the LORD: the two pillars and the two bowls of the capitals which were on the top of the two pillars, and the two networks to cover the two bowls of the capitals which were on the top of the pillars; and the four hundred pomegranates for the two networks, two rows of pomegranates for each network to cover the two bowls of the capitals which were on the tops of the pillars; and the ten stands with the ten basins on the stands; and the one sea and the twelve oxen under the sea; and the pails and the shovels and the bowls; even all these utensils which Hiram made for King Solomon in the house of the LORD were of polished bronze. In the plain of the Jordan the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarethan. Solomon left all the utensils unweighed, because they were too many; the weight of the bronze could not be ascertained. Solomon made all the furniture which was in the house of the LORD: the golden altar and the golden table on which was the bread of the Presence; and the lampstands, five on the right side and five on the left, in front of the inner sanctuary, of pure gold; and the flowers and the lamps and the tongs, of gold; and the cups and the snuffers and the bowls and the spoons and the firepans, of pure gold; and the hinges both for the doors of the inner house, the most holy place, and for the doors of the house, that is, of the nave, of gold. Thus all the work that King Solomon performed in the house of the LORD was finished And Solomon brought in the things dedicated by his father David, the silver and the gold and the utensils, and he put them in the treasuries of the house of the LORD. Scripture Art\nChristian wall art can also bring great encouragement for our faith. No matter how long we have been a Christian, we all go through trials and challenges, ups and downs, and we all need encouragement. The more we serve Jesus Christ faithfully, the more warfare and attacks we may face. In these times it can be very helpful to have encouragement in the form of an inspired Christian work of art. God can really use Christian art to change the way we think and give us new courage and strength to go on. Goodnews Art\nAll mankind and all of heaven and hell has been transformed by this. Nothing is like it. Nothing is such great and wonderful news as this. What is it? Read on and I'll explain it to you\u2026 God became a human being, just like you and me. He came down in our darkness, our suffering, our pain and our sin. He descended from the glorious heights of the highest heavens, into the deepest depths of earth and mankind. Why? Scripture Verse Art\nIt isn't always easy to completely overhaul your house for all the seasons, but it is easy to change out a piece of artwork here and there. I'm in love with all the free printable scripture art options you can find online these days. If you want a pretty yet inexpensive way to decorate these choices are perfect for you! Looking for a thoughtful gift, these would be perfect.\nTo redeem $20 off any $60 purchase, enter promo code GREENMONDAY in cart. Offer not valid on Willow Tree Collection. Offer valid Monday, December 10, 2018 at 12:01am CT through Tuesday, December 11, 2018 at 11:59pm CT. Limit one promo code per order. Offer cannot be applied to previous purchases and cannot be redeemed for cash. Terms are subject to change. Goodnews Art\nFor the entrance of the inner sanctuary he made doors of olive wood, the lintel and five-sided doorposts. So he made two doors of olive wood, and he carved on them carvings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold; and he spread the gold on the cherubim and on the palm trees. So also he made for the entrance of the nave four-sided doorposts of olive woodread more.\nSo when's your next Church retreat? That soon! Well, are you prepared with Christian clothes for you and your group? Here at ChristianGear.com we've got a wide selection of Christian clothing including Christian themed hats and every type of Christain t-shirt you can think of! Plus you have the ability to design your very own special Christian t-shirt using our easy to use personalization tools. Scripture Verse Art\nWe tend to think of 'clutter' as the stuff we set on shelves, stash in drawers, and hide under the bed when company's coming. But what about our spiritual lives? Just like our homes, many of us tend to let our spiritual lives become cluttered with junk that takes up mental space, but doesn't really add to our lives. Let's talk about ways to bust the kind of clutter that takes up space we could use to deepen our relationship with the Lord. Scripture Art\nChristian wall art can also reveal the greatest gift of all, for all of us: God became a man, just like you and me, and He died for us at the cross. The sacrifice of Jesus Christ for mankind is the single most important event in all of human history. Jesus took our place on the deathroll, and bore our sins upon Himself. He literally became the Lamb of God, that is slain for the sins of the world. Thanks to His blood and His sacrifice, we can now be forgiven of all our sins. God gives us His great gift of grace, forgiveness and a brand new life, in Jesus Christ. It's his greatest expression of compassionate love for all of us, no matter what we have done.\nThen I saw another beast rising out of the earth. It had two horns like a lamb and it spoke like a dragon. It exercises all the authority of the first beast in its presence, and makes the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast, whose mortal wound was healed. It performs great signs, even making fire come down from heaven to earth in front of people, and by the signs that it is allowed to work in the presence of the beast it deceives those who dwell on earth, telling them to make an image for the beast that was wounded by the sword and yet lived. And it was allowed to give breath to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast might even speak and might cause those who would not worship the image of the beast to be slain. ... Goodnews Art\nDo you want to experience the life changing life saving, healing, liberating and victorious power of Jesus Christ? This wall art can help you. I created it, under inspiration of the Spirit of God, to show you how Jesus Christ has overcome the chains, the bondages, the claws, the depths of hell, and He is now eternally victorious. He wants to share this amazing victory with you as well. Scripture Verse Art\nand in the cutting of stones for settings and in the carving of wood, so as to perform in every inventive work. \"He also has put in his heart to teach, both he and Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan. \"He has filled them with skill to perform every work of an engraver and of a designer and of an embroiderer, in blue and in purple and in scarlet material, and in fine linen, and of a weaver, as performers of every work and makers of designs. Scripture Art\nHow about a \"Hooked on Jesus\" t-shirt? Or the popular \"Got Jesus\" line of Christian t-shirts in a variety of colors? We also have some great God The Father t-shirts (a play on the Godfather theme) that would make neat baptism, Church retreat, or confirmation gifts , and they only cost $9.95! In fact, most of our Christian t-shirts are under $10. If you are looking for some very cool innovative Christian clothing, you'll find everything you need to proudly display your cherished beliefs to the world at ChristianGear.com ! Goodnews Art\nA young man wrote us that he was on his way to commit suicide. He had failed so often in his life and felt totally worthless and empty. He was disappointed in churches and people and made a decision to end his life. On his way to death, he came across a piece of Christian wall art, designed by David Sorensen. This artwork expressed the passionate love God has for us, and it shows us how valuable we are to Him. It touched the heart of this young man so deeply, that he started crying. He was filed with the truth of God's love for him, and turned around, back home. Later he started a christian ministry among the youth of his community\u2026.\n\"Now I am sending Huram-abi, a skilled man, endowed with understanding, the son of a Danite woman and a Tyrian father, who knows how to work in gold, silver, bronze, iron, stone and wood, and in purple, violet, linen and crimson fabrics, and who knows how to make all kinds of engravings and to execute any design which may be assigned to him, to work with your skilled men and with those of my lord David your father. Scripture Verse Art\nNow there were four supports at the four corners of each stand; its supports were part of the stand itself. On the top of the stand there was a circular form half a cubit high, and on the top of the stand its stays and its borders were part of it. He engraved on the plates of its stays and on its borders, cherubim, lions and palm trees, according to the clear space on each, with wreaths all around.read more. 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{"text":"iPhone loss can cause grave psychological effects\nnull | 9 Jan 2015 11:25 AM GMT\nA new study has suggested that separation from iPhone can have serious psychological and physiological effects on their users.\nWashington: A new study has suggested that separation from iPhone can have serious psychological and physiological effects on their users.\nUniversity of Missouri researchers say these findings suggest that iPhone users should avoid parting with their phones during daily situations that involve a great deal of attention, such as taking tests, sitting in conferences or meetings, or completing important work assignments, as it could result in poorer cognitive performance on those tasks.\nLead author of the study Russell Clayton, a doctoral candidate at the MU School of Journalism said that their findings also suggest that \"iPhones are capable of becoming an extension of our selves such that when separated, we experience a lessening of 'self' and a negative physiological state.\"\nClayton, along with Glenn Leshner, found that when iPhone users were unable to answer their ringing iPhones while solving simple word search puzzles, their heart rates and blood pressure levels increased, as did feelings of anxiety and unpleasantness. Also, performance (number of words found on word search puzzles) decreased as compared to when iPhone users completed similar word search puzzles while in possession of their iPhones.\nThe researchers found a significant increase in anxiety, heart rate and blood pressure levels, and a significant decrease in puzzle performance when the participants were separated from their iPhones as compared to when iPhone users completed similar word search puzzles while in possession of their iPhones.\nPsychological effects","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Catalan folklore\nViva Saint John In Barcelona\nWritten by Brian S\nby Brian S\nThe festival of Saint John (or \"Sant Joan\" in Catalan) has always been one of the most magical celebrations of traditional Catalan culture. Les festes del foc, as this tradition is also called, are followed in Catalonia, plus Pa\u00eds Valenci\u00e0 and the Balearic Islands. The reason for the celebration is to commemorate the summer solstice, a pagan event, but that the Catholic Church renamed it the Sant Joan festival due to the coincidence with the birth of another Saint John, Saint John of Bautista. This party is full of fun, joy, and mystery in Barcelona. Like every important celebration, the Saint John festival has its own identity dessert, its characteristic rituals and all the joy of a celebration that opens the door to summer. From ShBarcelona we talk about the \"Sant Joan\" party and what activities you can live in Barcelona.\nRelated Article: Catalan Christmas Traditions\nSaint John, The Rituals\nPhoto credit: JordiKno on VisualHunt \/ CC BY-NC-ND\nThe festival of Saint John is celebrated on June 23 and 24. June 23 is the day in which people wait until dawn and enjoy music, fire, and pyrotechnics that all families buy to contribute to the celebration. It is a night of fun and joy for the arrival of summer, good weather, and a few days off. Together with fire, a purifying element, the aim is to eliminate bad omens, get rid of terrible moments and simply eliminate the negative things in life. The shortest night of the year begins a new cycle in which, little by little, the shortest days become, until winter comes, the longest night. Coca de Sant Joan, spongy and deliciously accompanied by candied fruit, are among the specialties made for the occasion. It is made with cream or marzipan and accompanied by a good cava. For some Catalans, they refer to this night as a celebration for Catalan nationalism. It also a city not far from Barcelona.\nRelated Article: Biggest celebrations in Barcelona\nPhoto credit: gufm on Visualhunt.com \/ CC BY-NC\nCelebrations For Saint John\nThe most representative of the night of Saint John is fire. For this reason, one of the most popular events of this festival is the lighting of the Llama del Canig\u00f3, whose flames spread (figuratively) through different towns and cities in Catalonia. In Barcelona, the flame arrives at the Plaza Sant Jaume, an event in which giant, big heads are paraded through around the bonfires alight. Each neighborhood has its own celebration which includes fancy dinners and dancing around the fire with devils and dragons, a bestiary characteristic of Catalan folklore that includes pyrotechnics and traditional music. There are different types of activities in each district council. Finally, you can celebrate Saint John on the beaches of Barcelona. It is common to see a lot of people at the beach, light fires and set up their own party until dawn. In the morning, have chocolate churros for breakfast to top of the entire celebration.\nHow do you celebrate Saint Juan? Leave your opinion in the comments!\nInside Scoop: Human Towers\nSardana, a traditional Catalan dance\nEl Caganer: an unusual Catalan tradition\nSant Jordi: the Patron Saint of Catalonia\nby Dylan\nThe Traditional Three Kings Day Festival In Barcelona\nDia de los Reyes Magos \u2013 The Three Wise Men day in Barcelona\nThe Best Night of the Year: Nit de Sant Joan\nBarcelona's Festival Activities Centers\nOriginal Gift Ideas for Three Kings' Day 2019\nBrian S\nBrian Susbielles is a freelance writer who loves global politics, foreign movies, and Led Zeppelin","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"New York World-Telegram\nFront page of the New York World-Telegram dated August 7, 1945, featuring the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan.\nBroadsheet\nFounder(s)\nJames Gordon Bennett\nCeased publication\nThe New York World-Telegram, later known as the New York World-Telegram and Sun, was a New York City newspaper from 1867 to 1966.\nFounded by James Gordon Bennett as The Evening Telegram in 1867, the newspaper began as the evening edition of The New York Herald, which itself published its first issue in 1835. Following Bennett's death, newspaper and magazine owner Frank A. Munsey purchased The Telegram in June 1920. Munsey's associate Thomas W. Dewart, the late publisher and president of the New York Sun, owned the paper for two years after Munsey died in 1925 before selling it to Scripps for an undisclosed sum in 1927. At the time of the sale, the paper was known as The New York Telegram, and it had a circulation of 200,000.[1]\nThe newspaper became the World-Telegram in 1931, following the sale of the New York World by the heirs of Joseph Pulitzer to Scripps Howard.[1] More than 2,000 employees of the morning, evening and Sunday editions of the World lost their jobs in the merger, although some star writers, like Heywood Broun and Westbrook Pegler, were kept on the new paper.\nThe World-Telegram enjoyed a reputation as a liberal paper for some years after the merger, based on memories of the Pulitzer-owned World. However, under Scripps Howard the paper moved steadily to the right, eventually becoming a conservative bastion.\nIn 1950, the paper became the New York World-Telegram and Sun after Dewart and his family sold Scripps the remnants of another afternoon paper, the New York Sun.[2] (The writer A.J. Liebling once described the \"and Sun\" portion of the combined publication's nameplate as resembling the tail feathers of a canary on the chin of a cat.)\nEarly in 1966, a proposal to create New York's first joint operating agreement led to the merger of the World-Telegram and Sun with Hearst's Journal American. The intention was to produce a joint afternoon edition, with a separate morning paper to be produced by the Herald Tribune. The last edition of the World-Telegram and Sun was published on April 23, 1966.[3] But when strikes prevented the JOA from taking effect, the papers instead united in August 1966 to become the short-lived New York World Journal Tribune, which lasted only until May 5, 1967. Its closure left New York City with three daily newspapers: The New York Times, the New York Post and the New York Daily News.\nWorld-Telegram photo of Albert Einstein receiving his U.S. citizenship papers\nWorld-Telegram photo of Louis Armstrong\nMarch on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, Bayard Rustin (l) and Cleveland Robinson\n1 2 (February 12, 1927).The Telegram Sold to Scripps-Howard, The New York Times\n\u2191 (January 4, 1950). World-Telegram and Sun Merged in Transaction, Prescott Evening Courier (Associated Press)\n\u2191 (April 24, 1966). New York Newspaper Strike Set, Sarasota Herald=Tribune (Associated Press)\nMedia of New York City\nWikimedia Commons has media related to New York World-Telegram & Sun.\nLibrary of Congress New York World Telegram and Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection\nE. W. Scripps Company\nKFAQ\nKFFN\nKFTI\nKSGF\nKXSP\nWTMJ\nKBEZ\nKEZO-FM\nKFDI-FM\nKFXJ\nKHTT\nKICT-FM\nKJOT\nKKCD\nKMXZ-FM\nKQCH\nKQTH\nKQXR\nKRVB\nKRVI\nKSGF-FM\nKSPW\nKSRZ\nKTGV\nKTHI\nKTTS-FM\nKVOO-FM\nKXBL\nKYQQ\nWCYQ\nWKHT\nWKTI\nWNOX\nWWST\nby affiliations\nKGUN\nKIVI \/ KSAW\nKNXV\nWCPO\nWEWS\nWFTS\nWMAR\nKZCO-LD \/ KZCS-LP \/ KZFC-LP\nKZKC-LP\nKZSD-LP\nKNIN 1\nWFLX 1\nWSYM\nWACY\nWHTV 2\nWMYD\nKJRH\nKSHB\nWGBA\nWPTV\nWTVF\nKMCI\nKWBA-TV\nJournal Communications\nEdward W. Estlow\nJack R. Howard\nTed Knap\nJim G. Lucas\nErnie Pyle\nAl Schottelkotte\nCharles Scripps\nE. W. Scripps\nNational Journalism Awards\nNational Spelling Bee\nScripps Howard Foundation\nUnited Media\nZacchini v. Scripps-Howard Broadcasting Co.\nLet's Ask America\n1 Scripps operates this station under a shared services agreement with Raycom Media.\n2 WHTV is owned by Venture Technologies Group, with Scripps operating the station under a local marketing agreement.\nPulitzer Prize for Public Service (1926\u20131950)\nColumbus Enquirer Sun (1926)\nCanton Daily News (1927)\nIndianapolis Times (1928)\nNew York Evening World (1929)\nAtlanta Constitution (1931)\nIndianapolis News (1932)\nNew York World-Telegram (1933)\nMedford Mail Tribune (1934)\nThe Sacramento Bee (1935)\nCedar Rapids Gazette (1936)\nSt. Louis Post-Dispatch (1937)\nBismarck Tribune (1938)\nMiami Daily News (1939)\nWaterbury Republican & American (1940)\nLos Angeles Times (1942)\nOmaha World-Herald (1943)\nNew York Times (1944)\nDetroit Free Press (1945)\nScranton Times (1946)\nBaltimore Sun (1947)\nNebraska State Journal (1949)\nChicago Daily News and St. Louis Post-Dispatch (1950)","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"06\/12\/2019 Enfield Senior Center, 299 Elm Street\nThe commission meets on the second Wednesday of the month.\nThe Commission on Aging consists of nine (9) members appointed by Town Council to serve for terms of three (3) years. In addition, there are two (2) alternates also appointed. Annually, the Town Council appoints members to succeed the members whose terms expire. Additionally, there are two (2) Town Council liaisons and one (1) member of Town staff who serve on the Commission.\nMost Recent Agenda | View All Meeting Documents\nThe Commission on Aging was established to study the needs of and coordinate the programs for the aging. The responsibilities of the commission are:\nTo foster understanding, respect and involvement of older adults in the life of the community\nTo encourage participation of older residents in all aspects of community life\nTo assure older citizens equal access to town resources, facilities, programs and development through consultation and participation in planning\nTo continuously study and analyze the needs of the older populations in order to maintain innovative approaches to their changing needs\nTo apply for state, federal and other grants that would support areas or needs that are important to older adults\nTo coordinate local agency programs, both public and private, which provide services for the aged\nTo submit a progress report to the Town Council every 6 months\nThis commission was established by ordinance adopted by the Town Council on July 1, 1971. The ordinance was amended on April 19, 2004, Article III, Division 6, Section 2-181 through 2-184.\nArea Cable Television Advisory Committee\nAthletic Hall of Fame Committee\nBlight Review Committee\nConnecticut Water Company Advisory Council\nEnfield Culture and Arts Commission\nEnfield Beautification Committee\nFair Rent Commission\nHuman Services Advisory Commission\nInland Wetlands & Watercourses Agency\nJFK Building Committee\nJoint Facilities Committee\nLoan Review Committee\nPatriot Award Committee\nPrison \/ Town Liaison Committee\nVacancies\/Reappointments","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Gary's Dunbar-Pulaski school to close\nParents are invited to meet the new administration at The Gary Middle School, formerly the Dunbar-Pulaski School pictured here, today between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.\nGARY, Ind. (WLS) -- Indiana's State Board of Education is moving forward on a controversial plan to shut down a Gary middle school.\nThe board voted 6-4 Thursday to close Dunbar-Pulaski Middle School. The school is the only one in Gary to serve exclusively 7th and 8th graders.\nThe building has received failing grades six years straight, and the board says it would cost too much to keep the school open. In August 2014, it was given a second chance to remain open after facing closure.\nDunbar-Pulaski is expected to close at the end of the year.\neducationgaryeducationschool closures\nDunbar-Pulaski school to remain closed after boiler problem\nGary's Dunbar-Pulaski school gets second chance after facing closure\nGary school board votes to close 6 schools","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"It's our people that make the difference\nOur partners and attorneys are highly qualified and highly experienced to advise you in all areas of Intellectual Property law. We advise start-ups, SMEs, and multinational corporations and ensure that your inventions, brands and designs are expertly protected.\nDiversity in IP\nBrexit update: EU Trade Marks\nHome \/ News & Events \/ Brexit update: EU Trade Marks\nUK Statutory Legislation on Brexit and EU Trade Marks\nIt remains unlikely that the UK will leave the EU on 29 March without a deal, but the UK Government continues to prepare the UK's statute book for exit from the EU, including in the area of intellectual property, with several IP focussed Statutory Instruments being laid before Parliament in past months.\nOn 1 March 2019, the UK Intellectual Property Office (\"UKIPO\") issued its latest guidance on \"Changes to trade mark law in the event of no deal from the European Union\". This confirms the passing through Parliament of significant statutory legislation on Brexit and EU Trade Marks \u2013 The Trade Marks (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (\"the Regulations\") \u2013 which legislation is ready to take effect on whatever date the UK leaves the EU.\nThe effective \"exit day\" could be as soon as 29 March 2019 if no deal can be reached with the EU, or later than that if an extension to the Article 50 negotiating period were to be agreed between the UK and EU. Should a deal be reached to include a transition period, this could postpone the effective date of exit until the end of 2020 or beyond. Although many believe that an extension to Article 50 is highly likely, the latest guidance from the UKIPO gives comfort for EU trade mark owners even if exit day were to be as soon as the end of this month.\nFrom exit day, all existing unitary EU trade marks \"EUTMs\" will no longer cover the UK, but they will continue to cover the remaining 27 EU member states. The UK government has introduced the Regulations, inter alia, to ensure that UK protection continues after exit day for EUTMs registered at exit day and to make provision for EUTMs pending at that point.\nThe Regulations are comprehensive, with pertinent provisions detailed below:\nCreation of comparable UK trade marks at exit day\nFor all registered EUTMs, a comparable UK trade mark will be recorded on the UK register with the same priority and\/or seniority dates as the corresponding EUTM. This will be at no cost to the EUTM holder and with minimum administrative burden. A new UK registration certificate will not be issued, but details of the comparable new right may be located by searching the UK register. The UKIPO has confirmed that comparable UK rights created from registered EUTMs will retain the last 8 digits of the EUTM serial number, prefixed with \"UK009\".\nPending EUTMs at exit day\nComparable UK rights will only be created for EUTMs with a registered status immediately before exit day. For EUTMs pending on exit day, it will be possible within 9 months of exit day to apply to register a UK trade mark with the same filing and priority dates as the EUTM application. The UKIPO will make available an updated version of their trade mark application form with provision for claiming the earlier filing\/priority date of the corresponding EUTM application. To claim the earlier EU filing and\/or priority date, the corresponding UK application should cover the same goods and services or less than those covered by the EUTM application. The UKIPO will require payment of the same official fees as for a regular UK trade mark application, based on the number of trade mark classes included.\nOpt out from creation of comparable UK trade marks\nRegistered EUTM holders not wishing to be granted a comparable UK right may opt out from receiving one. This is not possible if the EUTM has been used in the UK, if it has been assigned or licensed, if it has been the subject of an agreement or has had litigation based upon it. The UKIPO has produced a notification template for opt out requests. It is not expected that many right owners will take advantage of these opt out provisions.\nFor each newly created comparable UK right, renewal will be required separately from the corresponding EUTM, but on the same renewal date. For comparable UK rights with renewal dates falling less than six months after exit day, the UKIPO will issue renewal reminders on the actual date of expiry or as soon as practicable after that, to advise of the expiry but to also provide a further six month period, from the date of the reminder, in which the registration may be renewed. Renewal within the additional six months allowed for renewal will attract the usual renewal fee, but no fine for late renewal.\nFor EUTMS which expired before exit day and are still within a period for late renewal, comparable UK trade marks will be created, but will only be maintained on the UK register if the corresponding EUTM is renewed in time.\nLicences, security interests and assignments\nIf existing in respect of a corresponding EUTM at exit day, these will continue to have legal effect in the UK in relation to the comparable UK right.\nUse and reputation\nBoth UK and EUTMs may be revoked on grounds of non-use if a registered mark is unused for an uninterrupted period of five years. The regulations make provision for comparable UK rights created on exit day, in terms of these use requirements and proof of use in opposition proceedings. If there has been use in the EU but not the UK prior to exit day, this will count as use of the comparable UK right. After exit day, use of the mark in the UK will be required. For assessment of reputation of a comparable UK right created from a corresponding EUTM, a similar approach will be applied, with EU reputation counting before exit day and UK reputation being required afterwards.\nJurisdictional arrangements and pending proceedings\nFor cases before designated \"EU Courts\" in the UK, which are ongoing at exit day, these will continue to be heard as if the UK were still an EU member state.\nFor ongoing proceedings before the UKIPO at exit day, where an EUTM holder has brought action against a UK trade mark, these will continue to be heard under the UK legislation.\nConversion of EUTMs into national rights\nSubject to certain conditions, refused or withdrawn EUTMs may be converted into national rights with the same filing and\/or priority dates. This is possible within three months of the ceasing of effect of the EUTM. For EUTMs refused or withdrawn within three months of exit day, the UK will honour the right to conversion. 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{"text":"Review in Progress: Destiny 2: Beyond Light\n2020-11-10 15:00:00by Chris Carter\nBeyond Blunderdome?\nDestiny 2, like Destiny before it, has had its ups and downs.\nPlayers were upset that Destiny 2 even made the sequel leap at all, having jettisoned all of the old content in favor of a new game that was one step forward, two steps back. Then the initial DLC came, and people just weren't having it with the half-hearted Osiris and Warmind add-ons.\nArguably, Destiny 2 never had its \"Taken King\" moment with Forsaken, despite drastically upping the overall quality of the experience. Shadowkeep was more of the same. Now Beyond Light tries to work its magic with some substantial additions.\nDestiny 2: Beyond Light (PC, PS4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X [reviewed])\nDeveloper: Bungie\nSince Destiny 2 expansions can get confusing, let's go over what that $40 will get you.\nThe big initial draw is the new planet\/hub: the frozen tundra of Europa (Jupiter's moon). That comes with new story missions, strikes (dungeons), and a raid (on November 21). The long-term draw is the trio of \"stasis\" trees, which provide Warlocks, Titans, and Hunters (these are ranked by coolness, by the way, don't @ me) with the first new subclass in...well, a long time.\nHilariously, Bungie was able to work the vaulted content (read: the stuff that's gone) into the story by having those planets \"mysteriously disappear.\" Props! Until we meet again, old stuff. For now your job is to head into Europa to embark upon another shooty adventure against another underestimated big bad: Eramis. Yes, Ghost says \"this is real bad\" out loud once again after you storm their stronghold and run away with your tail between your legs early in the story. I still can't get used to the talking Guardian, however sparing that plot device might be.\nEuropa itself is an interesting setting: a little stronger, personality-wise, than a few DLC locales before it. Even more Fallen getting injected into the story once again though? Don't mind if I do! Beyond Light even has the machine from RoboCop (see above). At this point, Bungie has its little bag of tricks that it can use to entice long-term players, even if the newcomers are mostly going to have their eyes glazed over when it comes to the \"story.\"\nOne thing I noticed right away was that the Ghost can now be upgraded and customized: a far cry from the menial bonuses it offered in the past. Now you can opt for more experience, enhanced radar capabilities for open-world items, bonuses for certain playlists: and so on. Slowly but surely, Bungie is adding to the game's RPG elements.\nDestiny 2, naturally, is still a great shooter because Bungie managed to get that right the first time around ages ago with the original game. I'm testing out Beyond Light on the Xbox Series X actually, and menus feel a little snappier, in part thanks to the SSD. Loads, however, are still very lengthy as the game does need to communicate with Bungie's servers. Also, the \"next-gen upgrade\" still isn't here yet: that's due in December.\nToday I experienced issues logging in initially, and was booted out of a mission right in the middle of it: typical of a Bungie expansion launch. Stay tuned as I work my way through the story and test out Beyond Light's new subclasses. When I can. It hasn't blown me away yet, but it's not a dud: so far.\n[This review is based on a retail build of the game provided by the publisher.]\nChris CarterReviews Director, Co-EIC gamer profile\nChris has been enjoying Destructoid avidly since 2008. He finally decided to take the next step, make an account, and start blogging in January of 2009. Now, he's staff! ------------------- T... more + disclosures\nAlso on Destructoid: Destiny 2: Beyond Light (4) From our database:\nReview in Progress: Destiny 2: Beyond Light - Chris Carter\nFiled under... #bungie #PC #PS4 #PS5 #reviews in progress #shooters #Xbox One #Xbox Series X","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Last Call For The Road To Gilead\nHere in Cincinnati, the last abortion clinic in southwest Ohio remains open thanks to a judge and an injunction preventing Ohio from denying licenses to clinics arbitrarily. In Missouri, the state is down to one clinic in St. Louis, and the license for that facility expires at the end of the month.\nThe last remaining abortion clinic in Missouri says it expects to be shut down this week, effectively ending legal abortion in the state.\nIn a statement to be released later Tuesday, Planned Parenthood said Missouri's health department is \"refusing to renew\" its annual license to provide abortion in the state. If the license is not renewed by May 31, Missouri would become the first state without a functioning abortion clinic since 1973 when Roe v. Wade was decided.\nPlanned Parenthood would still be able to provide non-abortion health services for women in Missouri.\nPlanned Parenthood said it plans to sue the state \"in order to try to keep serving Missouri women.\"\n\"This is not a drill. This is not a warning. This is a real public health crisis,\" said Dr. Leana Wen, president and CEO of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.\nA call and email to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services were not immediately returned.\nRepresentatives for Planned Parenthood told CBS News that the upcoming deadline follows weeks of back-and-forth with state health officials.\nOn May 20, the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services notified Planned Parenthood of three issues that could impact license renewal, according to documents reviewed by CBS News and provided by Planned Parenthood.\nOn May 22, Planned Parenthood said it would address two of them: adjusting who at the clinic provided the state-mandated counseling and adding an additional pelvic exam for abortion patients.\nBut it said a third request was out of its control. According to Planned Parenthood, the health department said it was investigating \"deficient practices,\" and needed to interview seven physicians who provide care at the clinic. Planned Parenthood said it could offer interviews only with two who are its employees. The remaining physicians provide services at the facility but aren't employed by Planned Parenthood and have not agreed to be interviewed.\nIn its letter, the Department of Health wrote that it could not \"complete our investigation until it interviews the physicians involved in the care provided in the potential deficient practices,\" and that \"the investigation needs to be completed and any deficiencies resolved before the expiration of [the clinic's] license on May 31, 2019.\"\nSo-called \"Targeted Regulation of Abortion Practices\" laws or TRAP laws like this have been the favored weapon of the anti-choice, anti-women crowd for the last decade or so. Regulating abortion clinics out of existence with impossible and arbitrary rules for operation has been stopped before by the Supreme Court in Texas and several other states, but that was before Justice Kennedy was replaced by Brett Kavanaugh.\nWe'll see if Planned Parenthood can prevail here, but the clock on Missouri's women is running out.\nMeanwhile, we got the first decision on abortion from SCOTUS today blocking Indiana's ludicrous \"selective eugenics\" law.\nThe Supreme Court on Tuesday blocked an Indiana law barring abortions based on a fetus' sex, race or disability, while allowing a separate state measure requiring fetal remains to be buried or cremated to take effect.\nThe justices declined to review a lower court's decision overturning a law restricting when and why an abortion could be performed. Vice President Mike Pence signed the measure into law in 2016 when he was Indiana governor, and it was blocked by the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals last year.\nThat case is the latest abortion challenge the Supreme Court's new conservative majority has passed up. However, it doesn't indicate whether the court will eventually take up a challenge to Roe v. Wade, as a spate of conservative states including Alabama, Georgia and Missouri approve laws meant to directly challenge the 1973 ruling legalizing abortion nationwide.\nIn an unsigned opinion, the justices wrote that the state has a \"legitimate interest\" in the disposal of fetal remains. They reversed the 7th Circuit decision blocking that provision, reinstating Indiana's measure without first holding a hearing.\nIndiana argued the prevalence of prenatal screening has led many women to opt for abortion when fetal abnormalities like Down syndrome are detected. Supporters of abortion rights said the law was unconstitutionally intrusive, defying Supreme Court precedent protecting a woman's right for an abortion until the fetus is viable outside of the womb, generally considered to be around 24 weeks.\n\"A woman, not the legislature, gets to decide whether an abortion is the right decision for her and her family,\" said Ken Falk, legal director with the ACLU of Indiana, who represented Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky in the case.\nAlthough Justice Clarence Thomas agreed with the court's decision to refuse the case, he wrote in a fiery concurring opinion that the justices may eventually consider the constitutionality of similar laws.\n\"Given the potential for abortion to become a tool of eugenic manipulation, the Court will soon need to confront the constitutionality of laws like Indiana's. But because further percolation may assist our review of this issue of first impression, I join the Court in declining to take up the issue now,\" he wrote.\nJustice Thomas just posted a major signpost on the road to Gilead. If the Supreme Court considers abortion itself to be eugenics, that would not only leave the door open to end abortion in the entire country, but to end birth control as well.\nAnd yes, the Indiana law requiring cremation of fetal remains brings us one TRAP law closer to bankrupting clinics in the state.\nIndiana's law won't be the decision that ends Roe, but it's coming. Justice Thomas is all but promising it.\nStupidiTags(tm): Legal Stupidity, Medical Stupidity, Mike Pence, Supreme Court, War On Women, Wingnut Stupidity\nThey Fought The Law And The Law's Gone\nClimate Of Destruction, Con't","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Drawing From Memory\nby Allen Say\nAward Excerpt\nNew Hardcover\n1 Local Warehouse\n2013 Oregon Book Award for Children's Literature\nCaldecott Medalist Allen Say presents a stunning graphic novel chronicling his journey as an artist during WWII, when he apprenticed under Noro Shinpei, Japan's premier cartoonist\nDrawing from Memory is Allen Say's own story of his path to becoming the renowned artist he is today. Shunned by his father, who didn't understand his son's artistic leanings, Allen was embraced by Noro Shinpei, Japan's leading cartoonist and the man he came to love as his \"spiritual father.\" As WWII raged, Allen was further inspired to consider questions of his own heritage and the motivations of those around him. He worked hard in rigorous drawing classes, studied, trained \u2014 and ultimately came to understand who he really is.\nPart memoir, part graphic novel, part narrative history, Drawing from Memory presents a complex look at the real-life relationship between a mentor and his student. With watercolor paintings, original cartoons, vintage photographs, and maps, Allen Say has created a book that will inspire the artist in all of us.\nDRAWING FROM MEMORY is Allen Say's own story of his path to becoming the renowned artist he is today. Shunned by his father, who didn't understand his son's artistic leanings, Allen was embraced by Noro Shinpei, Japan's leading cartoonist and the man he came to love as his spiritual father. As WWII raged, Allen was further inspired to consider questions of his own heritage and the motivations of those around him. He worked hard in rigorous drawing classes, studied, trained--and ultimately came to understand who he really is.\nAllen Say is one of the most beloved artists working today. He is the recipient of the Caldecott Medal for Grandfather's Journey, and also won a Caldecott Honor and the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for The Boy of the Three-Year Nap (written by Dianne Snyder). Many of Allen's stories are derived from his own experiences as a child. His other books include The Bicycle Man, Tea with Milk, and Tree of Cranes, hailed by the Horn Book in a starred review as \"the achievement of a master in his prime.\" Allen's recent book, Drawing from Memory, received four starred reviews. He lives in Portland, Oregon.\nAllen Say\nChildren s-People and Cultures\nChildren s Young Adult-Biography","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Post Malone Announces New 2020 'Runaway' Tour Dates With Swae Lee\nPost Malone has announced a new run of \"Runaway\" tour dates.\nMeanwhile, Malone's Hollywood's Bleeding recently became the longest-running No. 1 album of the year.\n02\/04\/2020 \u2014 Omaha, NE @ CHI Health Center\n02\/05\/2020 \u2014 Kansas City, MO @ Sprint Center\n02\/07\/2020 \u2014 St. Louis, MO @ Enterprise Center\n02\/09\/2020 \u2014 Indianapolis, IN @ Banker's Life Fieldhouse\n02\/11\/2020 \u2014 Chicago, IL @ Allstate Arena\n02\/12\/2020 \u2014 Grand Rapids, MI @ Van Andel Arena\n02\/14\/2020 \u2014 Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena\n02\/16\/2020 \u2014 Montreal, QC @ Bell Center\n02\/18\/2020 \u2014 Newark, NJ @ Prudential Center\n02\/19\/2020 \u2014 Uniondale, NY @ Nassau Veteran's Memorial Coliseum\n02\/21\/2020 \u2014 Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center\n02\/22\/2020 \u2014 Hershey, PA @ Giant Center\n02\/24\/2020 \u2014 Pittsburgh, PA @ PPG Paints Arena\n02\/27\/2020 \u2014 Washington, DC @ Capital One Arena\n02\/29\/2020 \u2014 Columbia, SC @ Colonial Life Arena\n03\/01\/2020 \u2014 Greensboro, NC @ Greensboro Coliseum\n03\/03\/2020 \u2014 Duluth, GA @ Infinite Energy Center\n03\/04\/2020 \u2014 Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena\n03\/06\/2020 \u2014 Memphis, TN @ FedExForum\n03\/09\/2020 \u2014 Houston, TX @ Toyota Center\n03\/10\/2020 \u2014 Austin, TX @ Frank Erwin Center *\n03\/12\/2020 \u2014 Denver, CO @ Pepsi Center\n03\/14\/2020 \u2014 Las Vegas, NV @ MGM Grand Garden Arena\n03\/15\/2020 \u2014 Phoenix, AZ @ Talking Stick Arena *\n03\/17\/2020 \u2014 Ontario, CA @ Toyota Arena *\n03\/19\/2020 \u2014 San Francisco, CA @ Chase Center\n03\/21\/2020 \u2014 Salt Lake City, UT @ Vivint Smart Home Arena\n* Swae Lee not performing","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"from TECHNOLOGY NETWORKS\nThe Right Mouse Is Key for Huntington's Drug Development\nNews Dec 12, 2019 | Original story from IOS Press\nCredit: Photo by Yunu Dinata on Unsplash https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@yunu06_dinata\nHuntington's disease (HD) is an incurable and fatal hereditary disease. Developing disease-modifying drugs to treat patients with HD depends on studying them in animal models. Scientists evaluated the mouse models used for developing new treatments for mood disorders in HD and recommended which of these models are most relevant to their studies. Their findings are published in the Journal of Huntington's Disease.\n\"Patients with HD commonly suffer from debilitating mood disorders, but developing disease-modifying drugs for HD has proved to be extremely challenging,\" explained lead investigator Robert M. Friedlander, MD, MA, Chair and Walter E. Dandy Professor of Neurosurgery and Neurobiology at University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and Neuroapoptosis Laboratory, Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA. \"One reason could be that we are not using the right animal models in research.\"\nThe amount of serotonin transporter (SERT), a molecule commonly targeted by medications to regulate mood, is increased in the brain of patients with HD. Investigators compared SERT levels in normal and Huntington's brain tissue samples, as well as brain tissues from two different mouse models of the disease. They found that the amount of SERT was increased in HD patients compared with controls, and that this finding was modeled in one type of mouse model, but not another.\nInvestigators found that HD patients have significantly increased SERT protein levels in one region of the brain, the striatum, which coordinates multiple aspects of cognition, but not in the globus pallidus, which regulates voluntary movement. The neurodegenerative process commences in and most severely affects the striatum, affecting other brain regions as the disease progresses. This likely has an impact on the prevalent mood disorder in HD. Increased SERT levels are demonstrated in the brain of CAG140 mice, a full-length knock-in mouse model of the disease, but not in the striatum of the R6\/2 fragment murine model of the disease.\nBased on this parameter, the investigators recommend that the CAG140 huntingtin knock-in mouse model is more suitable than the R6\/2 model for the study of serotonergic pathway pathology in HD. This is important because researchers should be sure to use the appropriate disease models when designing experiments. However, they conclude, there is no mouse model that completely recapitulates human HD. Each mouse model has its strengths and weaknesses and it is therefore important to use complementary models and always relate to known findings in human tissue.\n\"We found that not all HD mouse models are the same, so researchers need to use the models that are most relevant to their studies,\" commented Dr. Friedlander. \"This advance in our understanding of the mood-related symptoms in HD is key to designing treatments that will improve the quality of life for patients with this disease.\"\nHD is a fatal genetic neurodegenerative disease characterized by atrophy of certain regions of the brain. It causes the progressive breakdown of nerve cells in the brain. HD patients experience behavioral changes and uncontrolled movements. Symptoms include personality changes, mood swings and depression, forgetfulness and impaired judgment, and unsteady gait and involuntary movements (chorea). Every child of an HD parent has a fifty percent chance of inheriting the gene. Patients usually survive ten to twenty years after diagnosis.\nReference: He, Y., Suofu, Y., Yablonska, S., Wang, X., Larkin, T. M., Kim, J., \u2026 Friedlander, R. M. (2019). Increased Serotonin Transporter Expression in Huntington's Disease Patients Is Not Consistently Replicated in Murine Models. Journal of Huntington's Disease, 8(4), 449\u2013457. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3233\/JHD-180318\nThis article has been republished from the following materials. Note: material may have been edited for length and content. For further information, please contact the cited source.\nDoubt Cast on the Use of Viagra for Fetal Therapy\nUniversity of Manchester scientists investigating a possible treatment for fetal growth restriction (FGR), a condition in which babies grow poorly in the womb, have urged further caution on the use of Viagra.\nWidely Consumed Oil Is Linked With Genetic Changes in the Brain\nNew UC Riverside research shows soybean oil not only leads to obesity and diabetes, but could also affect neurological conditions like autism, Alzheimer's disease, anxiety, and depression.\nWhy Have Multiple Sclerosis Drug Costs Tripled in Seven Years?\nThe cost of prescriptions for multiple sclerosis (MS) in the US drugs nearly tripled over seven years, and the introduction of a generic version of one of the most common drugs had little overall effect on prices, according to a new study .\nDrug Discovery Neuroscience\nSourcing Fresh Human Blood Products for Research\nLigand-Receptor Binding Kinetics on the PHERAstar\u00ae Microplate Reader\nExploring Methods for Host Cell Protein Analysis\nPAA to Showcase New Laboratory Automation Solutions at SLAS2020\nCan Blue Light Help Heal Traumatic Brain Injury?\nNews Jan 17, 2020\nUnraveling Parkinson's Protein Insights\nHow Alcohol Addiction \u2013 and Abstinence \u2013 Remodel the Brain\nA Bigger Hippocampus Doesn't Mean Better Memory\nHow Does the Brain Know When It's Hungry?","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"social news desk\nSocial News Desk president, founder set to moderate social media panel\nKim Wilson, president and founder of Social News Desk, is set to moderate a social media panel discussion next month.\nWilson will do so following the Social Media Excellence Awards, presented Dec. 10 at TVNewsCheck's NewsTECHForum.\nThe event is intended to honor the innovative, creative and effective use of social media.\n\"Winners were selected by a panel of judges from an initial pool of nominees culled from Social News Desk's live database of 12,000 local news Facebook pages,\" TVNewsCheck said on its website. \"Social News Desk calculated 15 million posts by those pages and identified those with the highest engagement per post as nominees in the awards' four categories.\"\nThe sixth annual NewsTECHForum will be held at the New York Hilton. It brings together engineering, news, production and digital leaders to discuss excellence in news storytelling and workflow.\nWilson founded Social News Desk in 2010 after having started her career in local TV news. She created the SND platform with the needs of a newsroom in mind. Graham Media Group acquired the company in 2014, and Wilson remains at the helm of Social News Desk as president and founder.\nToday, more than 2,500 newsrooms across five continents use Social News Desk to post, manage, display and monetize social media. Wilson regularly speaks to news organizations and industry groups about social media strategy and routinely contributes to several popular social media publications.\nWilson is a graduate of the University of Florida with a BS in Telecommunications. She has served as a member of the University of Florida's Advisory Council to the College of Journalism since 2004. And, Social News Desk has been named one of the Top 15 Fastest Growing Companies led by a University of Florida graduate.\nTagged: social news desk, kim wilson","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"JET 'update'\nstainrod's elbow\nPost by stainrod's elbow \u00bb Thu Nov 23, 2017 6:16 pm\nhttp:\/\/www.getwestlondon.co.uk\/sport\/fo ... r-13944210\nTaken from the fans' forum. I would love it (really loorve it) if the likes of JET had to rock up at the above events and answer to the fans in person. This is a player, ladies and gentlemen, who hasn't started a competitive game for us since April 2016, apparently! With our low-scoring forwards, you'd think he'd be busting a gut to break in to the starting XI. On his day, he could be a matchwinner; as it is, he's a lazy loser\/tosser who clearly has little respect for his club, the fans, or his own profession.\nHis presence at HQ also represents a pretty pitiful crimp in the 'due diligence' of our DoF that it amazes me Les never seems to be challenged over - which I think there are (bad) reasons for. (And don't get me started on Caulker! If you're too to play the professional game, do the decent thing and tear up your contract.)\nWhat with the seeming disappearance of grief-stricken\/injured\/ditched LuaLua, that seems to be three 'players' at least the squad is carrying. Is it me or is this something only QPR specialise in?\n\"There's a blue light\/in my best friend's room\" -Mazzy Star\nwillesdenr\nRe: JET 'update'\nPost by willesdenr \u00bb Thu Nov 23, 2017 7:43 pm\nThis is the answer from Clive, LFW to this clickbait site.\n\"That's a rehash of what Ferdinand said at the fans forum a week ago, with a clickbait headline stuck on the top that bears little relation to the tone in which it was said.\nFull quote\n\"JET is still alive, but as Ian alluded to earlier there is criteria at the club that every player needs to follow and if he doesn't want to follow that he's not going to be part of the first team. It's down to him to get to where we need him to get to, if he gets there he'll be part of it.\"\nNo fcking chance. \"\nPost by westlondonlalala \u00bb Thu Nov 23, 2017 8:00 pm\nAnd I take it Goss adheres to the clubs expectations?\nThat's why he is also reported to be alive after not being seen all season.\nNick_Hammersmith\nPost by Nick_Hammersmith \u00bb Thu Nov 23, 2017 8:23 pm\nzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz\nZENITH R\nLocation: North Derbyshire\nPost by ZENITH R \u00bb Thu Nov 23, 2017 8:58 pm\nwillesdenr wrote: \u2191\nNo FLIPPING chance. \"\nStop paying him! That would get him where we want him to be pdq!\nSaturday 9th November 1968: QPR V Burnley in the First Division - I saw the Hoops for the first time and my obsession began!\nGrowing old is inevitable.\nGrowing up is optional.\nPost by stainrod's elbow \u00bb Thu Nov 23, 2017 10:42 pm\nIt's not a 'rehash', is it - it's pretty much word for word what Les said, as far as I can see. If his tone was dismissive, that makes both him (as recruiter) and JET look even worse in my book.\nIt's amazing, isn't it? How many on this board could sign a contract, not put in the graft, and be allowed to carry on as if nothing were untoward? Football, eh?\nUxbridgeR\nPost by UxbridgeR \u00bb Fri Nov 24, 2017 9:26 am\nstainrod's elbow wrote: \u2191\nBad reasons ? Let me guess. Is it because he is.......Les' \"mate\" ?\nYou can understand the thinking in offering him a deal in the first place. He'd played his part in winning Bristol City promotion, and was available on a free. Always a gamble though, so the madness was in giving him a 3 year contract, which has left us stuck with a player who is clearly happy to just pick up his money every week for doing nothing.\nCaulker was down to the previous regime. And honestly, how many players in the history of professional football have voluntarily torn up contracts worth tens of thousands of pounds a week ?\nAre headphones getting bigger, or are idiots getting smaller ?\nPost by stainrod's elbow \u00bb Fri Nov 24, 2017 12:24 pm\nYou're missing the point I was wanting to make - which is about the seeming seclusion zone around Lesley when it comes to questioning\/challenging him around player recruitment. (I'm still smouldering since the recent fans' forum, tbh - not least around Hoos smilingly telling us he's glad to be a selling club, all our players are always for sale, and IH not raising a murmur of dissent.)\nYou're also missing my point about Caulker - if the guy cannot\/will not do his job on grounds of ill health, it ought to be possible (indeed mandatory) to let him go with some kind of payoff, as it would be in any other walk of working life. His actual salary shouldn't be here or there, but, given the fact that he'll still be on Prem wages, it's extra embarrassing for the club, or ought to be. This is where Hoos should be weighing in, I would have thought, not warbling on about free tickets for kids and whatever else.\nOr, you're right, we could just grin and bear it where he and JET are concerned, because that's the way pro football is, and 'whoever heard of . . . ?' etc. etc.\nPost by UxbridgeR \u00bb Fri Nov 24, 2017 1:08 pm\nWe're already in one protracted legal battle over FFP that has been dragging on for two and a half years and looks set to continue for another couple at least. God only knows what that's costing us. Would it really be sensible for a club with a potential \u00a340M + fine hanging over its head and already cutting costs to the bone to be the first to try and force out two players are out of contract at the end of the season anyway ?\nI appreciate the frustration but I really don't think we're in the best position to take a stand here.\nPost by Nick_Hammersmith \u00bb Fri Nov 24, 2017 1:41 pm\nI expect that they wouldn't be able to talk about specific contract situations in the forum.\nI'd imagine that the contract is pretty ironclad though, geared as much as to stop Caulker leaving on a free (protecting our \u00a38m investment) as trying to force him out.\nPost by 222gers \u00bb Fri Nov 24, 2017 2:40 pm\nIt's even more galling when you see in this morning's papers that workers can expect their wages to fall in real terms for the next two DECADES. Also even people in work are relying on foodbanks.\nThese two parasites, possibly adding LuaLua as well to make three, just breeze along picking up thousands of pounds a week. You'd do the same in their situation some say. Actually, I don't think I would. It's a different situation, but I was put on gardening leave some years ago. I could have gone on for months just collecting my pay but got browned off, resigned and got another job that week.\nPost by ZENITH R \u00bb Fri Nov 24, 2017 5:22 pm\nWhy is football so different from the 'real world' of employment.\nIf I sat on my backside and didn't do any work, I would be subject to disciplinary proceedings and finally sacked.\nAt the forum, it was said he (JET) is not where we want him to be. That means it's down to him, not the club. I think football in general should review it's policies for employee conduct.\nIt's one thing if you are injured - Onouha, Hall, Perch. It is totally another if you make yourself unavailable - JET Caulker\nThe club employs them, and pays their wages. If they are physically fit but not available to play - get them doing something else to earn their keep. The toilets will always need cleaning!\ndeadendjob\nPost by deadendjob \u00bb Fri Nov 24, 2017 7:29 pm\nZENITH R wrote: \u2191\nI don't think that's a fair statement. Caulker's suffering from psychological issues, not making himself intentionally unavailable.\nIt's hard to know with Caulker. Some are giving him the benefit of the doubt but others saying he's taking the pi$$ ( no pun intended ). JET is bang to rights as a conniving layabout. LuaLua, on the odd occasion that he plays always looks as if he's doing his best to fall arse over tit and go on the list again.\nSheepRanger\nLocation: Swine Down\nPost by SheepRanger \u00bb Sat Nov 25, 2017 7:41 am\nI seem to remember an interview with after is outting in the league cup this year. He looked and sounded a very troubled man from my view. A negative vibe in every sense and I really hope he gets better. I would guess hes picking up the last of his money for pension purposes and that will be him done from a football perspective. Perhaps lower leagues or overseas","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"The Shear Must Go On\nLast night, I bid farewell to the Kennedy Center, at least for now. My Spring Fling with the phenomenon known as \"Shear Madness\" went out with a real bang. Our shows earlier this week had small audiences of largely adults, a refreshing change for us. We've spent the last 18 weeks entertaining huge crowds of teens and pre-teens.\nOur final performance did have the usual school groups, but what made the show memorable was the reaffirmation of that oldest of professional mottos: \"The Show Must Go On.\" One of our cast members started the show feeling quite queasy, and truth be told, he probably should not have attempted to go on. But it was the last show for our company, and replacing him would have been more than problematic, so on he went.\nAnyone who has seen the show recalls that the audience interaction is integral to the proceedings. Just as that section of the show began, Mark muttered something about leaving his toothbrush upstairs (it made sense at the time), and he bolted backstage. The rest of us gamely moved forward, covering Mark's absence while still making the plot points necessary for the Murder Mystery to progress.\nMark returned to us after several long, harrowing minutes, and the show continued as scripted (or as planned, I guess I should say, since much of the show is dependant on the non-scripted responses from the audience.)\nIt was a memorable show to take us out. I left the theatre knowing that \"Shear Madness\" remains the most challenging, but probably the most fun, gig in DC. I had a ball this session, only my third trip to \"the salon\" in about 10 years. We had a dynamite cast and raucously enthusiastic houses.\nThe administration worked very hard to allow me to do \"Opus\" at the Stage Guild simultaneously, and for that I'll be always grateful.\nBecause it is an ongoing show, the creators are very hands-on. This is not a production where the director checks out after opening night. We had consistent notes sessions, and notes emailed, throughout our run. It is the only way to keep such a show fresh and sharp. Not every actor is amenable to that kind of on-going attention, but the show is doing something right. It turns 20 years old next month.\nToday is the first day since March that I have not been under contract to perform in one show or another. I have lots of fun stuff lined up for the summer and fall, so I am not complaining.\nBut, as usual with a piece that you love, it's a bittersweet feeling to be leaving \"Shear Madness\" behind. It's surely one of the hardest jobs I have ever worked, and one of the most rewarding.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Months to marry and years to split as Chinese millionaire battles Vegas spouse | CBC News Loaded\nBritish Columbia\u00b7In Depth\nMonths to marry and years to split as Chinese millionaire battles Vegas spouse\nPeipei Li and Luhua Rao got married in a Las Vegas fever in April 2016. The B.C. courts have been sweating the dissolution of their union ever since.\nLegal battle between former lovers and business partners spans continents and levels of B.C. justice\nJason Proctor \u00b7 CBC News \u00b7 Posted: Jun 11, 2019 5:00 AM PT | Last Updated: June 11, 2019\nThe battle between Chinese millionaire Luhua Rao and his Las Vegas bride Peipei Li has consumed the B.C. courts for nearly three years. (Eugene Hoshiko\/Associated Press)\nPeipei Li and Luhua Rao got married in a Las Vegas fever in April 2016.\nThe B.C. courts have been sweating the dissolution of their union ever since.\nThe former romantic and business partners have faced off in both civil and family court. They've claimed and counterclaimed and accused each other of trying to manipulate both the Canadian and Chinese legal systems.\nThree separate B.C. Supreme Court justices have already weighed in on elements of the case.\nAnd this week, three Appeal Court justices will dissect the saga once again as Rao \u2014 a Chinese millionaire businessman \u2014 attempts to undo Li's lower court victories.\nWho can settle this mess?\nThe Appeal Court actions centre on issues underlying the \"multiplicity of legal proceedings\" the pair have launched in Canada and in China \u2014 where Li is suing Rao for bigamy and he's trying to force her into trade arbitration.\nThey're questions that affect both the B.C. taxpayers footing the bill for the province's legal system as well as the couple using the courts to settle personal and financial grudges.\nJudges at both the B.C. Supreme and B.C. Appeal Court levels have been asked to consider the saga of Peipei Li and Luhua Rao. (David Horemans\/CBC)\nWhat is the relationship between domestic courts and international bodies when parties have ties to both countries?\nWho should have the final word on this messiest of marriages?\nAnd is there a judge anywhere who can satisfy both parties?\nSurprise! Another wife!\nThe basic facts of the case are quite simple. Rao was introduced to Li \u2014 an office administrator \u2014 during a business trip to Canada in August 2015.\nThey got married and also started a corporation called LPP Properties to invest in Vancouver real estate.\nLuhua Rao alleges Peipei Li used $7 million of his money to buy this home in Vancouver's Shaughnessy neighbourhood. (Google Maps)\nLi is the sole director of the company and although they are equal shareholders, Rao put in $17.6 million while Li contributed $1,000 to the venture.\nAbout $7 million was used to purchase a home on Vancouver's west side.\nAccording to Li's version of events, she didn't know Rao also had a wife in China.\n\"In late autumn 2016, the relationship between Ms. Li and Mr. Rao collapsed, and relations between the parties became acrimonious,\" reads a statement of claim filed by Li last summer.\n\"At no time prior to the breakdown in the relationship did Mr. Rao disclose to Ms. Li that he remained married in China.\"\n'Unfair tactical advantage'\nIt's at this point in the story \u2014 nearly three years ago \u2014 that Li and Rao turned to the courts.\nHe sued her to get back the money he'd sunk into their business partnership \u2014 failing to mention the fact they'd been married \u2014 and then she sued him for divorce.\nLuhua Rao and Peipei Li were married in Las Vegas in April 2016. They've been splitting up in B.C. courts almost ever since. (Sam Morris\/Las Vegas Sun via Associated Press)\nRao ultimately wanted to discontinue his lawsuit \u2014 asking a Chinese trade arbitration panel to rule on the matter instead.\nOne B.C. Supreme Court judge accused Rao of \"attempting to achieve an unfair tactical advantage\" and ordered him to stop taking further action in China.\nAnother judge annulled the marriage but wouldn't strike Li's demands for spousal support and a division of property.\nRao will argue to overturn both decisions in Appeal Court this week.\nA Hong Kong meeting ...\nBut that's by no means the end of the tale.\nTheir Appeal Court seats will still be warm when the unhappy couple suit up in B.C. Supreme Court next week to argue another claim Li filed last summer alleging that she and Rao met in person in Hong Kong in March 2018 to agree on a settlement to the whole mess.\nIn a lawsuit filed last summer, Peipei Li claims she and Luhua Rao met in Hong Kong in March 2018 to discuss a settlement to their legal battle. (Anthony Wallace\/AFP\/Getty)\nShe claims they agreed that he would get about $8 million and she would keep the house and all the remaining assets of LPP Properties.\nRao hasn't filed a response because he claims that if he did so Li might argue that he was acknowledging the jurisdiction of the B.C. courts to settle a claim he's hoping to have handled by Chinese arbitration.\nInstead, Rao has applied to have the proceedings stayed.\nAnd besides, he says, \"that settlement agreement was never agreed to.\"\nP.S. One more lawsuit\nOh, and one more thing.\nLPP Properties, the real estate investment partnership Li and Rao formed when they were still in love \u2014 the one in which she's the sole director \u2014 filed a new lawsuit last week against Rao seeking $16 million plus interest for money he allegedly borrowed from the company.\nNo response has been filed and no hearing date has been set.\nAlleged ex-lover's claim muddles multimillion-dollar battle over Vegas marriage\nFINAL EPISODE of Sanctioned: The Arrest of a Telecom Giant\nIn one of his court filings, Rao claims he and Li spent at most 20 days together during the time they were actually married.\nIt's a fraction of the time it has taken them to split up.\nJason Proctor\n@proctor_jason\nJason Proctor is a reporter in British Columbia for CBC News and has covered the B.C. courts and mental health issues in the justice system extensively.\nTop stories from British Columbia\nSunday school teacher says she was strip-searched at Vancouver airport after angry guard failed to find drugs\nPolice chief hands smoker 575 reasons not to throw a lit cigarette from a car\nMother outraged by son's beating near Mission high school","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Import Deadline Approaching for Certain Off-Road Diesel Engines or Machines\nTrade Update \u2022 DECEMBER 7, 2021\nImporters and manufacturers of off-road engines or machines are reminded that the December 31st, 2021 importation deadline for the last remaining transition engine timeframe is fast approaching.\nThis deadline applies to so-called \"transition engines\" (see below) manufactured in 2015 or later with a power rating over 560 kW and an interim EPA Tier4 emission standard.\nEmission standards for off-road diesel engines were introduced in 2006. Under a cross-border air quality agreement, Canada's emission standards and test methods for diesel engines are now directly aligned with those of the Environmental Protection Agency in the United States.\nUpdated regulations that came into effect earlier this year, impose stricter standards and new requirements starting with engines of the 2012 and later model years. They apply to persons in the business of manufacturing, distributing, or importing for sale in Canada off-road diesel engines and machines, and to persons who import these engines and machines for their own use.\nThese standards apply to engines whether they are on their own (loose) or already installed in machines. Off-road diesel engines are commonly used in machines for construction, forestry, mining, and agriculture. Some examples of these machines include tractors, bulldozers, heavy haulers, and portable generators.\nTransition Engines\nTransition engines are those which meet previous emission standards (i.e. Interim Tier 4), instead of meeting the standards in place at the time they were made. Transition engines can be identified by the affixed emission control information label.\nThe importation and manufacture of transition engines have been allowed for two set time periods, the last of which concludes at the end of this year. Import or manufacture of transition engines must be done prior to the end of the set time frame. Also, all loose transition engines must be installed in or on a machine prior to the deadline.\nUnder these transitional provisions, engines that were manufactured in 2015 or later with a power rating over 560 kW meeting previous-tier standards can be imported into Canada until December 31, 2021, but not after this date.\nEffective January 1, 2022, engines of any power category and model year meeting previous emission standards, instead of those in place at the time of their manufacture, will no longer be admissible into Canada.\nNote: There are no provisions under the regulations that provide Environment Canada and Climate Change with the authority to extend the importation period or allow for the importation of transition engines after the deadline, regardless of the date of manufacture or the location of the engine or the machine equipped with such engine.\nImporters who are bringing a regulated product into Canada or manufacturers producing such a product in Canada are responsible for ensuring they meet the applicable emission standards and administrative requirements. Individuals or companies who do not meet the requirements of the regulations may be subject to Administrative Monetary Penalties in accordance with ECCC's compliance and enforcement policy.\nShould you have any questions about this regulatory deadline, don't hesitate to contact our Global Trade Services team.\nStay in the loop, stay compliant! Get weekly or daily insights into all things trade and event invites, delivered right to your inbox.\nGHY2021-12-14T20:10:32+00:00December 8th, 2021|Canada Customs, Other Government Agencies\/Depts.|\nExpect Strict Enforcement of Xinjian Import Ban, Lawyers Warn\nReminder: HS2022 U.S. Tariff Changes Take Effect on January 27\nDems Propose Closing De Minimus Loophole for Imports from China\nCanadian Government Sets New Limits on VOC Levels in Certain Consumer Products\nImporting Live Horses into Canada \u2013 A Horse Is a Horse Unless It Is a Horse and Trailer\nArchives Select Month January 2022 December 2021 November 2021 October 2021 September 2021 August 2021 July 2021 June 2021 May 2021 April 2021 March 2021 February 2021 January 2021 April 2020 November 2019 July 2019 November 2018 December 2017 November 2017 October 2015\nCategories Select CategoryCanada CustomsCOVID-19International Trade IssuesLogistics & Supply Chain ManagementOther Government Agencies\/Depts.Risk ManagementTrade ComplianceTrade Talk BlogU.S. Customs","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Surprising New Concept for Boosting the Power of Flu Vaccines May Work for Future COVID-19 Vaccines\nCincinnatiChildrens.org\nMany people have understood that our immune systems get weaker as we age, which in part explains why older people often get less protection than younger ones from annual influenza vaccines.\nNow a team of scientists led by experts at Cincinnati Children's have taken a deeper look at how the immune system changes with age--and what they've found could make often-mediocre flu vaccines much more protective.\nTheir study, published online July 29, 2020, in the journal Science Advances, reports that rather than being weaker, the immune system in the elderly is actively suppressed and that this suppression is reversible. Their data show that triggering a strong response to vaccination in the elderly depends on relieving this suppression, which is driven by a key group of cells within our immune system. The co-authors call them \"Tfh 10\" cells, which stands for Interleukin 10\u2013producing T follicular helper cells.\n\"These Tfh10 cells accumulate dramatically in our bodies as we age, and they have the effect of making older individuals less responsive to invading pathogens and less responsive to vaccines,\" says corresponding author David Hildeman, Ph.D., Interim Director, Division of Immunobiology.\nThe good news: it appears possible to boost vaccine power by managing Tfh 10 cells in a way that avoids harming the useful roles the cells play in fending off other types of disease.\nIf successful in the years to come, their approach may increase vaccine efficacy in the elderly, potentially reducing deaths caused by yearly influenza outbreaks, which have claimed 12,000 to 61,000 American lives per year since 2010, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.\n\"The age-related variation in response to vaccines is a huge issue,\" Hildeman says. \"The current influenza vaccine is roughly 90% protective in young people, but only about 30% effective in the elderly.\"\nCould This Discovery Apply to Future COVID Vaccines?\n\"Yes, it could. As the elderly do not respond well to multiple vaccines, it is highly likely that the elderly will also not respond as well as the young to new vaccines, either for COVID-19 or other emerging pathogens,\" Hildeman says.\nWhile some might be surprised to see a discovery that could help seniors coming from a pediatric medical center, many lines of research have no real age boundaries.\n\"Aging starts at birth,\" Hildeman says. \"Often the lessons we learn about the decline of the immune system in later years can teach us about how the immune system begins in the young. The more we learn about defective immune responses in general, and strategies to overcome them, the more we can help kids with primary immunodeficiencies, and other immunologic diseases.\"\nA Non-Stop Quest for Balance\nScientists at Cincinnati Children's have been studying the intricate details of the immune system for decades. Since the 1950s and the introduction of the Sabin oral polio vaccine, the medical center has been a leader in vaccine research\u2014including working every year to help update influenza vaccine formulas and most recently recruiting thousands of people to test hopeful vaccines against COVID-19.\nThe new paper was co-authored by 20 experts at Cincinnati Children's and the University of Cincinnati plus colleagues in Germany, Alabama, and Indiana. It details a number of forces that act against each other as our immune systems respond over and over to infections. The study also describes how the balance of these elements changes as we age, with certain types of cells building up over the years to become more like harmful clutter instead of useful weapons.\nIn this study, the co-authors describe Interleukin-6 (IL-6) as a force that contributes to a persistent low-grade state of immune activation called \"inflammaging.\" This state gets worse with age and appears to make people more likely to become frail, develop Alzheimer's disease, or suffer the fatal effects of cardiovascular disease.\nMeanwhile, the body fights high levels of IL-6 by producing IL-10, known for its anti-inflammatory properties. Over the years, repeated cycles of response and counter-response result in an interleukin arms race that often leaves older bodies with excess levels of both IL-6 and IL-10.\nOne of the breakthroughs laid out in the new paper was pinpointing exactly where undesirable levels of IL-10 come from. The team conducted dozens of different experiments to chase down false leads and rule out competing ideas, using several of the highest tech methods available today.\n\"These findings are the result of five years of work stemming from a long-standing collaboration between my lab and Dr. Claire Chougnet's lab, contributions from several faculty-level scientists, and particularly the hard work of one amazing former graduate student, Dr. Maha Almanan,\" Hildeman says.\nThe detectives ultimately traced excess IL-10 production to the cell type they dubbed Tfh 10. Then, in mouse models, they showed that simple blockade of IL-10 at the time of vaccination could restore the antibody response nearly to the level of young animals.\n\"Our data suggest that, instead of enhancing proinflammation, transient blockade of IL-10 could be a novel strategy to enhance vaccine responses in the elderly and, due to its transient nature, is unlikely to have untoward effects on autoimmunity, cardiovascular disease, or frailty,\" the co-authors state.\nWhile the new paper reflects a combination of advanced computational and experimental lab work, much of which was confirmed in experiments involving mouse models and human cells, more studies are needed to demonstrate that Tfh 10 cells can be safely managed in people. Then more research will be needed to see how much of a boost to vaccine power can be achieved.\n\"We are currently in the process of testing whether IL-10 blockade will restore vaccine responses in larger mammals,\" Hildeman says. \"If that proves effective, that would open the door to clinical trials.\"\nCincinnati Children's and the co-authors have filed a patent application for their discovery. Someday, if future projects succeed, the co-authors envision seniors receiving one shot that would temporarily prevent IL-10 from interfering with the body's response to a vaccine, but not permanently diminish IL-10 levels, and then the vaccine.\n\"If we can achieve that, the potential impact on lives could be felt worldwide,\" Hildeman says.\nAbout This Study\nIn addition to Hildeman, Cincinnati Children's co-authors include: first author Maha Almanan, contributing authors Jana Raynor (now at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital), Anna Malyshkina, Shibabrata Mukherjee, Sarah Hummel, Ankur Saini, Theresa Alenghat, Sing Sing Way, Senad Divanovic, Harinder Singh, Emily Miraldi, and Claire Chougnet.\nCo-authors also included Markus Xie and George Deepe Jr. from the University of Cincinnati; Ireti Ogunsulire and Christoph H\u00f6lscher of the Research Center Borstel in Germany; Jennifer Ingram and Allan Zajac of the University of Alabama at Birmingham; and A. L. Dent of Indiana University.\nThis work was supported by five NIH grants (AG033057, AI132771, DK114123, DK116868, and AI049360). The patent application \"Methods of improving vaccine responsiveness\" is filed under docket number 47108-535001US.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Verizon and Cisco to Extend Software-defined Networking to Support Future 5G Mobile Devices for Enterprise\nBARCELONA - Mobile World Congress - February 24, 2019 \u2013 As businesses aim to stay ahead of an increasingly digital economy, Verizon is expanding its offerings to help enterprises accelerate their digital transformation to support future 5G capabilities. Verizon's Virtual Network Services will support 5G devices on Cisco's software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) platform, making it easier to manage network traffic and application performance across a wide area network on both public and private networks.\nVerizon's Virtual Network Services will now support Cisco's SD-WAN portfolio using Cisco's intent-based networking capabilities, allowingenterprises to leverage the performance of 5G when using services such as network slicing and mobile edge computing.\n\"These solutions highlight what a transformative platform 5G will be for enterprises,\" said Shawn Hakl, senior vice president, Business Products, Verizon. \"Cisco has been a close technology partner in driving SD-WAN based transformation in campus and branch environments, and we look forward to bridging those same best practices to mobile devices.\"\n\"We're excited to partner with Verizon to take the next step in SD-WAN. 5G is a transformational technology, and when combined with Cisco SD-WAN, users' application experience can be better than ever before,\" said Scott Harrell, senior vice president and general manager, Enterprise Networking Business, Cisco.\"Verizon's new Mobile SD-WAN will help enterprise customers quickly and easily transition to 5G, giving them an edge as we embrace the next generation of mobile connectivity.\"\nSD-WAN technology has become a popular approach to connecting enterprise wide area networks, including branch offices and data centers, over public and private connectivity services. The new offer from Verizon and Cisco sets the stage for enterprises to use Verizon's future 5G network as an extension of their campus and branch infrastructure and enable more control of the application performance on mobile and IoT devices. Potential use cases include the ability to enable an intelligent security perimeter for mobile workers, ensuring that access to corporate assets are governed by their security posture, with a different slice or policy on per application basis from the users' devices. IoT devices that sit outside the campus or branch could be managed and secured with the same network and security tools used inside the campus, giving enterprises a unified approach to applying networking and security policy across any environment.\nVerizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ), headquartered in New York City, generated revenues of $130.9 billion in 2018. The company operates America's most reliable wireless network and the nation's premier all-fiber network, and delivers integrated solutions to businesses worldwide. With brands like Yahoo, TechCrunch and HuffPost, the company's media group helps consumers stay informed and entertained, communicate and transact, while creating new ways for advertisers and partners to connect. Verizon's corporate responsibility prioritizes the environmental, social and governance issues most relevant to its business and impact to society.\nCisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) is the worldwide leader in IT that helps companies seize the opportunities of tomorrow by proving that amazing things can happen when you connect the previously unconnected. For ongoing news, please go to http:\/\/thenetwork.cisco.com.\nSara Cicero press\n+1 770 236 2181 stutzes@cisco.com\nJennie Olean press\n+1 978 936 0223 jolean@cisco.com\nEmily Hunt press\n+44 20 8824 4283 emhunt@cisco.com\nCisco and EOLO Team Up to Knock Down the Digital Divide in Italy\nNews Summary: EOLO is first service provider in southern Europe\nWebSprix to Deploy Cisco Routed Optical Networking Solution\nNews Summary: WebSprix to deploy Cisco Routed Optical Networking\nTIM Launching Open Caching to Improve Video Streaming Experience\nNews Summary TIM is the first service provider in Brazil to","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"If this is an emergency and you are in need of immediate assistance dial 911\nViolent Offenders\nNorthwoods Inn & Suites manager John Pontes charged with 'extorting tenants for sexual favours' 74-year-old charged with three counts of sexual assault\nSaskatoon Downtown Youth Centre Inc., EGADZ will to support any victim that comes forward. Please contact EGADZ Outreach 306.221.3719.\nBy Dan Zakreski, CBC News Posted: Nov 28, 2017 11:08 AM CT\nThe owner-manager of the Northwoods Inn & Suites in Saskatoon has been charged with three counts of sexual assault and two counts of uttering threats.\nJohn Pontes, 74, appeared in provincial court Tuesday morning.\nThe Crown opposed his release. Pontes returns to court Wednesday.\nAccording to court documents, the assaults are alleged to have taken place in Saskatoon between Jan. 5 and June 4 of this year.\nThe sister of one of the alleged victims told CBC that Pontes used his position of authority at the motel to extort sex from her sister, who was a tenant. Her sister has since left the motel.\nIn a news release, police said they began investigating the suspect in February of 2017 after allegations of sexual misconduct. Police allege their investigation found that the suspect was extorting tenants for sexual favours.\nPontes previously fined $45K\nThe hotel is on Idylwyld Drive. (CBC)\nIn July 2014, Pontes was fined $45,000.\nThe Court of Queen's Bench had found that Pontes sexually harassed a female hotel clerk in 2009.\nNorthwoods Inn & Suites Manager John Pontes fined for sexual harassment\n\u200bIn a news release at the time, David Arnot, chief commissioner of the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission, said the case set a significant legal precedent.\n\"The judgment is financially notable as the damages provided by the Code far exceed usual damages for wrongful dismissal,\" he said. \"This is a clear message that egregious human rights violations will not be tolerated in the workplace.\"\nCrackdown at Saskatoon motel forces vulnerable tenants out\nAccording to the judgment, an investigator from the commission said Pontes had broken the Human Rights Code four times before this.\nIn 2015, a Public Health investigation into living conditions at the motel displaced people \u2014 including Social Services clients \u2014 who were living at the hotel.\nThe investigation found that several suites at the motel were unfit for habitation and others were found to have hazardous conditions.\nFamily forced out of Northwoods finds new home\nSaskatoon police probe suspicious death at motel on Idylwyld Drive\nhttp:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/saskatoon\/northwood-inn-and-suites-manager-john-pontes-charges-with-sexual-assault-1.4422807\nPosted By: By Dan Zakreski, CBC News\nNewspaper Aricles\nHelp Me Responses\nVIOLENT OFFENDERS LIST\nDesigned and Developed by 2 Web Design\n\u00a9 2021 I am not 4 sale. All right reserved.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Alan Weiss's Monday Morning Memo\u00ae \u2013 01\/13\/2020\nAlan Weiss's Monday Morning Memo\u00ae\nThis was a week of escape. Carlos Ghosn, an arrogant, profligate businessman who led a life of nearly unrivaled opulence, was spirited out of Japan in a plebian box otherwise used for concert equipment. But his treatment by what is by any account a draconian Japanese justice system, with a \"thumb-on-the-scale\" in favor of conviction (prosecutors have a 95%+ conviction rate), creates a certain sympathy for him. He was denied seeing his wife for months over the holidays, for example, and the case could easily have dragged on for years.\nPrince Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, decided to head for North America, a slap in the face to the royal family, to shed the flypaper of royal claustrophobia, and live in Canada and probably southern California. What might seem like a forfeiture of the accountability that accompanies privilege for the couple, pales in the face of aggressive, non-relenting racism by the British press and even the royal family (Princess Michael of Kent flaunted what was deemed a racist broach in Meghan's presence and made a later, lame apology). This is a country where the tabloids should have been indicted as co-conspirators in the death of Harry's mother, Princess Diana. And now they pursue his wife.\nNormally, I don't like people who run away instead of staying to fight, or prove their innocence, or change the system. But there comes a time when you realize the very institutions in which you are embedded are implacably against you.\nWhich is why, paraphrasing Jefferson, \"I tremble when I reflect that God is just,\" when I consider the US education and justice systems. Unless we can manifest fairness in society, we can expect people to try to opt out of it.\nChildren need to get a high-quality education, avoid violence and the criminal-justice system, and gain jobs. But they deserve more. We want them to learn not only reading and math but fairness, caring, self-respect, family commitment, and civic duty. \u2014 Colin Powell\nAlan's Book Sprint: Early February is my next book sprint, with participants who will create a complete book proposal within 90 days with introductions to agents and publishers. I critique both content and writing technique, individually and in groups on the conference calls. Every call has an assignment that leads to a professional book proposal, including a sample chapter. Previous participants have published dozens of books using this approach. Contact me at alan@summitconsulting.com. Fee: $4,500.\nRole Play Boot Camp: A small group will meet in an intense day to practice with me, and with each other, the most difficult conversations they encounter or anticipate. You'll emerge from this prepared to handle any buying situation, request for referrals, fee conversation, and so forth, whether in person or remote. Limited seating. Contact me at alan@summitconsulting.com. Fee: $2,500\nBuilding A Dynamic Pipeline in Any Economy: Whether you listen to Chicken Little or Paul Revere, build your business with a systematic approach to growth in this special livestream broadcast. Subscribe here.\nSentient Strategy: Learn how to market and implement a novel approach to strategy for all kinds of organizations with a minimum fee to you of $50,000 and more in my two-day intensive experience. Subscribe here.\nGetting Started in Consulting and Re-energizing Your Practice: Sold out in Boston, approaching 100 people in LA, grab your seat quickly, spend six hours with me at a ridiculously low fee and gain a 1,000:1 return. Subscribe here.\nCreating Dynamic Communities: Learn how to quickly create evangelistic communities with your clients, prospects, and others which will generate revenue continually and make you a global influencer. Subscribe here.\nMillion Dollar Consulting\u00ae Convention in Sydney: Join me for the first such event ever held outside of the US. We have 80 people registered, we can only accommodate 100, and there is a special discount for people from Australia and New Zealand. I'll also be donating 5% of gross revenues to wildlife support groups in Australia. Subscribe here.\nThe Adventures of Koufax and Buddy Beagle\nEpisode 118: Why We Believe What We Believe\nEpisode 117: Limited Responses","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Dutchman creates art in the Nevada desert\nAn odd group of figures has appeared on the grounds of Goldwell Open Air Museum at Rhyolite. Life-size puppets, they are the work of Dutch artist Onny Huisink.\nBy Richard Stephens Special to the Pahrump Valley Times\nRichard Stephens\/Special to the Pahrump Valley Times Dutch artist Onny Huisink, left, and his young carpenter, Koen Broersen, sit with the puppets. The artist says the crudeness of the puppets is intentional.\nRichard Stephens\/Special to the Pahrump Valley Times A look at work on the installation. Dutch artist Onny Huisink and his carpenter, Koen Broersen, enjoyed their brief sojourn to the Nevada desert.\nThe puppets, moved not by strings but by the wind, were originally characters in a play in Amsterdam presented by Speeltheater Holland. Made of coarse fabric stuffed with sheep's wool, they are intended to suffer the ravages of the weather as part of Huisink's project, \"The Beauty of Decay.\"\nThe artist says the crudeness of the puppets is intentional. \"They are rough like the people in the village in the play.\"\n\"Starmaker\" was the title of the play, and it was about a con man who convinced the people of a village, including a mafioso, that he was making a movie in which they would star.\nOne of the puppets is sitting on a bench, and the others are around it. Visitors are encouraged to take selfies with them and to email the photos to the artist. This will enable him to monitor their condition.\nWhen the puppets have reached a certain state of decay, Huisink plans to return to recover them and place them in an exhibit along with others he has installed in various locations around the world. A selection of visitor selfies will also become part of the exhibit.\nHuisink, who was knighted by the Queen of the Netherlands in 2013 for his contributions to the arts, has had a varied career as a puppeteer, actor, director, and artist. During his days in the theater, he frequently worked in the United States, including at Robert Redford's Sundance.\nThe artist and his carpenter, Koen Broersen, enjoyed their brief sojourn to the Nevada desert. Huisink was particularly impressed by the open spaces and the quiet. \"Holland is so crowded. Everywhere there is noise. Everywhere are people.\"\n\"I have seen a lot of the world in my work. This is one of the most beautiful places I've worked. Really amazing.\"\nThe Dutchmen stayed in Beatty while working on the project, frequently visiting with locals in the Happy Burro Chili and Beer or KC's Outpost.\n\"They think I am crazy, but you can be crazy in Beatty. There are a lot of crazy people, and very open, very welcoming. The social feeling in a good way is very strong. You can be crazy, and they accept you.\"\nHuisink said he was saddened by the impression that there were a lot of poor people in Beatty. \"In Holland, there are not so many rich people and poor people. Everyone can study. Everyone can go to the hospital.\"\nThe artist speaks of his puppets almost as if they were real people, actors in a play. \"I once was the director,\" he says, \"but now they are directed by the elements. The puppets need movement; then they can come alive. When it is rough weather, they get nervous and want to run away.\"\n\"Because they are rough, some people will think they are rubbish. But sometimes they think the same thing about people.\"\nOf this project, Huisink says it is a return to the spirit of play he had as a child. \"When you keep the freedom of play you had as a child, then you can be happy all of your life.\"\nRichard Stephens is a freelance reporter living in Beatty.\nPosted on: Community, News","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Antonio Marras Pre-Fall 2022\nMarshawn Lynch's Beast Mode Web Site to Be Operated by Fanatics\nThe NFL running back started the lifestyle apparel brand in 2014.\nBy Jean E. Palmieri Plus Icon\nJean E. Palmieri\nSenior Editor, Men's\nRecent Articles by Jean E. Palmieri\nBloomingdale's Opening Year of the Tiger Shop\nAmiri to Hold Runway Show in L.A. for First Time\nJuly 22, 2020, 8:00am\nA screen shot of the Beast Mode web site.\nNFL running back and free agent Marshawn Lynch has tapped Fanatics to operate the online and mobile experience for his Beast Mode apparel brand. This marks the first time Fanatics, the leader in the sale of officially licensed sports merchandise, has worked directly with an athlete, celebrity or influencer.\nLynch launched Beast Mode during the 2014-15 NFL season and the line posted strong sales during Superbowl XLIX when Lynch's team at the time, the Seattle Seahawks, won the contest in Phoenix. It got another boost late last year when Lynch came out of retirement to return to the Seahawks.\n\"Being the first athlete to have this deal with Fanatics is dope,\" Lynch said. \"I'm hella honored to be part of their family. They're the best in the biz when it comes to online shopping in this category, and this partnership gives fans around the world the ability to proudly rep the Beast Mode brand and gear.\"\nUnder Fanatics' tutelage, the online platform will be enhanced with a wider assortment of products, high-resolution photos and easier checkouts. It will be available to fans around the world through their phones, desktop computers and tablets.\nBeast Mode offers tops, bottoms, hats, underwear, accessories for men and women and there are plans to collaborate with other athletes in the future, Lynch said without providing any names.\nLynch will donate a percentage of sales from every Beast Mode item sold to the Fam1st Family Foundation, which assists in the education and empowerment of underserved youth in Oakland, Calif., Lynch's hometown where the brand is based.\nLynch was drafted by the Buffalo Bills in 2007 and gained more than 10,000 rushing yards during his career with the Bills, Seahawks and Raiders. He appeared in five Super Bowls. Beast Mode also operates a retail store n Oakland and plans to open another at the Manadalay Bay in Las Vegas in the fall of 2020.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"\u00ab Sermonette: Did Peter, Paul, & John keep Easter Sunday or Passover?\n'China's Belt and Road Continues to Win Over Europe While Technocrats Scream and Howl' \u00bb\nTerrorists strike churches and hotels in Sri Lanka, killing hundreds; What were 'St. Thomas Christians'?\nSt. Anthony's Shrine, Kochchikade (AntanO)\nTerrorists killed hundreds throughout Sri Lanka:\nSri Lankan military officials stand guard in front of the St. Anthony's Shrine, Kochchikade church after an explosion in Colombo, Sri Lanka, April 21, 2019.\nIn the deadliest violence in Sri Lanka in a decade, multiple explosions ripped through churches and luxury hotels on Easter Sunday leaving more than 200 dead and more than 400 others wounded.\nThe first six blasts that began around 8.45 am local time were coordinated and claimed most of the fatalities while two smaller blasts took place several hours later. The targets of the bombings were Catholic worshippers attending Easter prayers at churches in three cities and tourists. ..\nThe capital Colombo, where three major hotels and one church were targeted, bore the brunt of the mayhem. \u2026\nSri Lanka witnessed nearly a quarter century of violence, bombings and terror attacks that often hit high profile targets during a bloody civil war led by Tamil guerrillas for an independent homeland for the ethnic community, but the insurgency was crushed in 2009.\nSince then the tiny country has witnessed some political instability and sporadic incidents religious and ethnic violence, but no violence of the kind that shattered its calm on Sunday.\nChristian groups have said they face increasing intimidation from hardline Buddhist monks in recent years. However such harassment is on a relatively minor level, says Jehan Perera who heads the National Peace Council in Colombo. https:\/\/www.voanews.com\/a\/d-deadly-blasts-hit-sri-lankan-churches-on-easter\/4884872.html\nCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) \u2014 At least 207 people were killed and hundreds more injured in eight blasts that rocked churches and hotels in and just outside Sri Lanka's capital on Easter Sunday, officials said, pitching the South Asian island nation into the worst chaos it has seen since a bloody civil war ended a decade ago.\nDefense Minister Ruwan Wijewardena, who described the blasts as a terrorist attack by religious extremists, told reporters Sunday evening that seven suspects had been arrested, though no one immediately claimed responsibility for the blasts. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said he feared the violence could trigger instability in the country and its economy. \u2026\nTwo of the blasts were suspected to have been carried out by suicide bombers, a senior official told The Associated Press, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak with reporters. Worshippers and hotel guests were among the dead, the official said.\nSri Lanka's foreign secretary, Ravinath Aryasinghe, said the bodies of 27 foreigners were recovered from the blast sites. \u2026\nSt. Anthony's Shrine and the three hotels where the blasts took place are frequented by foreign tourists.\nLocal TV showed damage at the Cinnamon Grand, Shangri-La and Kingsbury hotels.\nThe Shangri-La's second-floor restaurant was gutted in the blast, with the ceiling and windows blown out. Loose wires hung and tables were overturned in the blackened space.\nA police magistrate was at the hotel to inspect the bodies recovered from the restaurant. From outside the police cordon, three bodies could be seen covered in white sheets.\nAlex Agieleson, who was near St. Anthony's Shrine, said buildings shook with the blast, and that a number of injured people were carried away in ambulances.\nThe Archbishop of Colombo, Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, called on Sri Lanka's government to launch a \"very impartial strong inquiry\" and to punish those found responsible \"mercilessly because only animals can behave like that.\" https:\/\/www.apnews.com\/55d93daed99c4f76baf7deec1bce5c72\nSri Lankan officials know the identity of at least one group involved in this, but have refrained from making that public as of the time I am writing this.\nAs far as the locations of the attacks go (ignore the death count as they went up after the following Tweets), the map in the final Tweet shows their locations:\nMap of the locations of the attacks in #SriLanka #Easter in which more than 100 murdered, we can see the important hotels struck all in a line in the central areas, churches were struck also north and east of the city, one on east coast. pic.twitter.com\/OnZL9HBmBd\n\u2014 Seth Frantzman (@sfrantzman) April 21, 2019\nThe families of those affected are in my prayers.\nThe facade of 'St. Anthony's Shrine' looks a lot like that of Notre Dame, part of which was destroyed by a fire several days ago (see Notre Dame on Fire).\nIn 1984, my wife and I went to Sri Lanka for the Feast of Tabernacles. About 100 or so attended. Here are two photos taken at that feast:\nSome day, I suspect I will go back to Sri Lanka.\nWhile Sri Lanka is predominantly Buddhist, it has significant numbers of Hindus and Muslims.\nAnyway, as far as these terrible attacks go, they brought the following to mind:\n13 \"Their throat is an open tomb; With their tongues they have practiced deceit\"; \"The poison of asps is under their lips\";\n14 \"Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.\"\n15 \"Their feet are swift to shed blood;\n16 Destruction and misery are in their ways;\n17 And the way of peace they have not known.\"\n18 \"There is no fear of God before their eyes.\" (Romans 3:13-18)\n1 But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: 2 For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, 4 traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, (2 Timothy 3:1-4).\nTerroristic murderers are brutal. Many are boasters, proud, without self-control. Sadly, the attacks in Sri Lanka are part of the many terrorist incidents in these times that fit many of the warnings in 2 Timothy 3.\nNotice that terror for the corrupt was prophesied:\n5 They have corrupted themselves; They are not His children, Because of their blemish: A perverse and crooked generation. \u2026 25 The sword shall destroy outside; There shall be terror within (Deuteronomy 32:5,25)\nWe continue to see shootings and other terroristic acts.\nThe Bible teaches:\n9\u2026You shall love your neighbor as yourself.\" 10 Love does no harm to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law. (Romans 13:9-10)\nThe Bible shows that God is against violence and that destruction will come because of it:\n23 'Make a chain,\nFor the land is filled with crimes of blood,\nAnd the city is full of violence.\n24 Therefore I will bring the worst of the Gentiles,\nAnd they will possess their houses;\nI will cause the pomp of the strong to cease,\nAnd their holy places shall be defiled. (Ezekiel 7:23-24)\n28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting; 29 being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality\u202630\u2026violent, proud, boasters,\u202631\u2026unmerciful; 32 who, knowing the righteous judgment of God, that those who practice such things are deserving of death, not only do the same but also approve of those who practice them. (Romans 1:28-32)\n3 For your hands are defiled with blood, And your fingers with iniquity; Your lips have spoken lies, Your tongue has muttered perversity. 4 No one calls for justice, Nor does any plead for truth. They trust in empty words and speak lies; They conceive evil and bring forth iniquity. (Isaiah 59:3-4)\nJesus warned:\n8 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be earthquakes in various places, and there will be famines and troubles. These are the beginnings of sorrows. (Mark 13:8)\nWe are in a time of \"troubles.\" We are in the \"beginning of sorrows.\"\nA worse time of 'tribulation' is coming (Mark 13:19) and is getting closer.\nAs far as religious history goes, the article by the Associated Press also stated:\nChristian tradition holds that St. Thomas the Apostle visited Sri Lanka and southern India in the decades after the death of Christ. 04\/21\/19 https:\/\/www.apnews.com\/55d93daed99c4f76baf7deec1bce5c72\nIt is believed that Christianity came to India, and perhaps Sri Lanka, in the first century.\nJesus named twelve men to be apostles and commissioned them to take the gospel to the world (Matthew 28:19-20). One of those was Bartholomew, and another was Thomas who was called \"the twin\" (John 20:24).\nIn the early third century, Hippolytus wrote about Bartholomew and Thomas:\nBartholomew, again, preached to the Indians, to whom he also gave the Gospel according to Matthew, and was crucified with his head downward, and was buried in Allanum, a town of the great Armenia\u2026\nAnd Thomas preached to the Parthians, Medes, Persians, Hyrcanians, Bactrians, and Margians, and was thrust through in the four members of his body with a pine spears at Calamene, the city of India, and was buried there (Hippolytus. On The Twelve Apostles).\nThis may be the earliest reference to any form of Christianity coming to the Indian subcontinent. Thus, apparently at least two of the original apostles made it to India.\nThe 4th century historian Eusbius wrote:\nPant\u00e6nus was one of these, and is said to have gone to India. It is reported that among persons there who knew of Christ, he found the Gospel according to Matthew, which had anticipated his own arrival. For Bartholomew, one of the apostles, had preached to them, and left with them the writing of Matthew in the Hebrew language, which they had preserved till that time (Eusebius. The History of the Church History, Book V, Chapter X, Verse 3. Translated by A. Cushman McGiffert. Digireads.com Publishing, Stilwell (KS), 2005, p. 105).\nProbably because they were Christians who held more in common with the true Christians in Asia Minor, Pant\u00e6nus left and returned to Alexandria as he was NOT a Judaeo-Christian (Ibid, verse 4).\nAnd that seems to be the view of a modern Catholic scholar, who also apparently believes that the type of Christianity to first make it to India was that of the Judaeo-Christians:\nAt the end of the 2nd century the Alexandrine Pantanaenus went to India to preach the Gospel. The inhabitants already had the Hebrew text of the Gospel of St. Matthew, which they received from St. Bartholomew (HE 5,10,3). Recapitualting these short notices on the Judaeo-Christians\u2026\n(Bagatti, Bellarmino. Translated by Eugene Hoade. The Church from the Circumcision. Nihil obstat: Marcus Adinolfi. Imprimi potest: Herminius Roncari. Imprimatur: +Albertus Gori, die 26 Junii 1970. Franciscan Printing Press, Jerusalem, p.29).\nJudaeo-Christians kept the Sabbath, observed the Passover on the 14th of Nisan, did not eat pork, etc. (Ibid, pp. 13-14,34).\nOne legend, that was written down in the late 1800s, but has been questioned, concerns Thomas:\nThe Rabban Song, which has been passed down orally by generations of Indian Christians, recounts Thomas' career in India in some detail. It states that the apostle arrived in India in late A.D. 49, stayed briefly then went to China. This generally agrees with Indian traditions. Such a trip would have occurred shortly after Thomas's arrival in South India. Farquhar and Garitte believe that it is unlikely that Thomas actually went to China proper\u2013certainly not Peking\u2013within the short space of perhaps a year alotted by the Indian narratives. They believe that he did evangelize in what are now Burma and Malaysia for a short time before returning to South India. According to the Rabban Song, between A.D. 52 and 59 Thomas founded seven churches and baptized one king\u2026In A.D. 69, Thomas settled permanently in Mylapore\u2026According to most Indian traditions, Thomas died of stab wounds on July 3, A.D. 72. The Braham priests of Mylapore feared that Christianity would eclipse Hinduism (Ruffin C.B. The Twelve: The Lives of the Apostles After Calvary. Our Sunday Visitor, Huntington (IN), 1997, pp. 132-134).\n\"St. Thomas Christians\" are claimed to be an ancient body of professing Christians on the east and west coasts of India. They claim spiritual descent from the Apostle Thomas and also claim various versions of the Ramban Pattu (Rabban Song). While none that I am aware of still keep the same faith that the Apostle Thomas kept, as they eventually accepted Roman dominance, it is probable that the Apostle Thomas was there and that there have been Christians in India since the times of the apostles (it should also be noted that there is, however, a congregation in the South-east coastal region of India in the area of Bhimavaram that does practice true Christianity\u2013it is just that they do not refer to themselves as \"St. Thomas Christians.\"\nSome have claimed that Thomas built the first Christian church building there, though that is denied by others (Grey LE. No early church buildings because God called early Christians to build church communities (Part 002), September 8, 2009. http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/article\/no-early-church-buildings-because-god-called-early-christians-to-build-church-communities-part-002).\nThe Catholic Encyclopedia mentions this about the \"St. Thomas Christians\":\nSt. Thomas Christians An ancient body of Christians on the east and west coasts of India, claiming spiritual descent from the Apostle St. Thomas \u2026\nTheophilus (surnamed the Indian) \u2014 an Arian, sent by Emperor Constantius (about 354) on a mission to Arabia Felix and Abyssinia \u2014 is one of the earliest, if not the first, who draws our attention to them \u2026 The people referred to were the Christians known as a body who had their liturgy in the Syriac language and inhabited the west coast of India, i.e. Malabar \u2026\nGregory of Tours (Glor. Mart.), before 590, reports that Theodore, a pilgrim who had gone to Gaul, told him that in that part of India where the corpus (bones) of Thomas the Apostle had first rested (Mylapur on the east or the Coromandel Coast of India) there stood a monastery and a church of striking dimensions and elaboratedly adorned, adding: \"After a long interval of time these remains had been removed thence to the city of Edessa.\" The location of the first tomb of the Apostle in India is proof both of his martyrdom and of its Apostolate in India. The evidence of Theodore is that of an eyewitness who had visited both tombs \u2014 the first in India, while the second was at Edessa. The primitive Christians, therefore, found on both coasts, east and west, witness to and locate the tomb at Mylapur, \"St. Thomas\", a little to the south of Madras; no other place in India lays any claim to possess the tomb, nor does any other country. On these facts is based their claim to be known as St. Thomas Christians\u2026\nThere is one incident of the long period of isolation of the St. Thomas Christians from the rest of the Christian world which they are never tired of relating, and it is one of considerable importance to them for the civil status it conferred and secured to them in the country. This is the narrative of the arrival of a Syrian merchant on their shores, a certain Mar Thoma Cana \u2014 the Portuguese have named him Cananeo and styled him an Armenian, which he was not. He arrived by ship on the coast and entered the port of Cranganore. The King of Malabar, Cheruman Perumal, was in the vicinity, and receiving information of his arrival sent for him and admitted him to his presence\u2026\nIt was only after the conversion of Sulaka in 1552 that the Chaldeans in part returned to the unity of faith. The truth is that the Malabar Church remained from A.D. 496 up till then in heresy\u2026.\nDuring the centuries that these Christians were isolated from the rest of Christendom, their sole intercourse was limited to Mesopotamia\u2026But from the close of the thirteenth century Western travellers, chiefly missionaries sent out by the popes, sent to the West occasional news of their existence (Medlycott, A.E. Transcribed by Mary and Joseph P. Thomas. St. Thomas Christians. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume XIV. Published 1912. New York: Robert Appleton Company. Nihil Obstat, July 1, 1912. Remy Lafort, S.T.D., Censor. Imprimatur. +John Cardinal Farley, Archbishop of New York).\nWhether or not Thomas Cana was completely Syrian or part Armenian, the religion that his followers embraced was not one that allowed them to accept the authority of the Roman Church. Thomas Cana is believed to have died around 346 A.D. But eventually (after 1552) the bulk of the \"St. Thomas Christians\" accepted Roman authority\u2013hence would no longer have some of the characteristics of the early Christian church.\nA once eminent church historian, Michael Geddes, wrote of some in Malabar who claimed to come from Armenia:\n\"The three great doctrines of popery, the pope's supremacy, transubstantiation, the adoration of images, were never believed nor practiced at any time in this ancient apostolical church. . . . I think one may venture to say that before the time of the late Reformation, there was no church that we know of, no, not that of the the Vaudois, . . . that had so few errors in doctrine as the church of Malabar.\" He adds concerning those churches \"where never within the bounds of the Roman Empire,\" \"it is in those churches that we are to meet with the least of the leaven of popery.\" (Preface to: Acts and Decrees of the Synod of Diamper. Cited in Andrews J.N. History of the Sabbath and the First Day of the Week. 3rd edition, 1887. Reprint Teach Services, Brushton (NY), 1997, p. 430).\nJ.W. Massie further describes them:\n\"The creed with which these representatives of an ancient line of Christians cherished was not in conformity with papal decrees, and has with difficulty been squared with the thirty-nine articles of the Anglican episcopacy. Separated from the western world for a thousand years, they were naturally ignorant of many novelties introduced by the councils and decrees of the Lateran; and their conformity with the faith and practice of the first ages, laid them open to the unpardonable guilt of heresy and schism as estimated by the church of Rome. 'We are Christians and not idolators,' was their expressive reply when required to do homage to the image of the Virgin Mary. . . . La Croze states them at fifteen hundred churches, and as many towns and villages. They refused to recognize the pope, and declared they have never heard of him; they asserted the purity and primitive truth of their faith since they came, and their bishops had for thirteen hundred years been sent from the place where the followers of Jesus were first called Christians.\" (Continental India, vol. 2, pp. 116,117. Cited in Andrews J.N. History of the Sabbath and the First Day of the Week. 3rd edition, 1887. Reprint Teach Services, Brushton (NY), 1997, p. 430).\nJ.N. Andrews wrote:\nThe Sabbatarian character of these Christians is hinted by Mr. Yeates. He says that Saturday \"amongst them in a festival day, agreeable to the ancient practice of the church.\"\n\"The ancient practice of the church,\" as we have seen, was to hallow the seventh day in memory of the Creator's rest. This practice has been suppressed wherever the great apostasy has had power to do it. But the Christians of the East Indies, like those of Abyssinia, have lived sufficiently remote from Rome to be preserved in some degree from its blasting influence. The same fact is further hinted by the same writer in the following language:\n\"The inquisition was set up at Goa in the Indies, at the instance of Francis Xaverius [a famous Romish saint] who signified by letters to Pope John lll., Nov. 10, 1545, `That the JEWISH WICKEDNESS spread every day more and more in the parts of the East Indies subject to the kingdom of Portugal, and therefore he earnestly besought the said king, that to cure so great an evil he would take care to send the office of the inquisition into those countries.\"\n\"The Jewish wickedness\" was doubtless the observance of Saturday as \"a festival day agreeable to the ancient practice of the church\" of which this author has just spoken. The history of the past, as we have seen, shows the hatred of the papal church toward the Sabbath. And the struggle of that church to suppress the Sabbath in Abyssinia, and to subject that people to the pope which at this very point of time was just commencing, shows that the Jesuits would not willingly tolerate Sabbatic observance in the East Indies, even though united with the observance of Sunday also (Andrews J.N. History of the Sabbath and the First Day of the Week. 3rd edition, 1887. Reprint Teach Services, Brushton (NY), 1997, pp. 430-431).\nNotice that Christians who kept the Sabbath in India were condemned, not as Christians, but as Jews:\nThe Judges of the Holy Office might readily ascertain the truth or falsehood of the charge of Judaism, would they take the trouble to investigate the matter without prejudice; and to consider, that of an hundred persons condemned to be burnt as Jews, there are scarcely four who profess that faith at their death; the rest exclaiming and protesting to their last gasp, that they are Christians, and have been so during their whole lives; that they worship our Saviour \u2026 (Dellon, Charles and Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy. I. Wilson and B. (Benjamin) Crosby, editors. Dellon's account of the Inquisition at Goa: translated from the French. Joseph Simmons, 1812. Original from the Complutense University of Madrid. Digitized Jan 12, 2009, p. 64)\nAnd this happened in other areas of the Inquisition, too, like Spain.\nIn the early 1800s, a Church of England clergyman named C. Buchanan reported more about various beliefs and history of those who professed Christ outside of Rome in southern India:\nThe Syrian Christians inhabit the interior of Travancore and Malabar, in the South of India, and have been settled there from the early ages of Christianity. The first notices of this ancient people, in recent times, are to be found in the Portuguese histories. When Vasco de Gama arrived at Cochin, on the coast of Malabar, in the year 1503, he saw the sceptre of the Chris? tian King; for the Syrian Christians had formerly regal power in Malay-Ala. The name or title of their last King was Beliarte; and he dying without issue, the dominion devolved on the King of Cochin and Diamper.\nWhen the Portuguese arrived, they were agreeably surprised to find upwards of a hundred Christian Churches on the coast of Malabar. But when they became acquainted with the purity and simplicity of their worship, they were offended. \"These Churches,\" said the Portuguese, \"belong to the Pope.\"\u2014\" Who is the Pope ?\" said the natives, \"we never heard of him.\" The European priests were yet more alarmed, when they found that these Hindoo Christians maintained the order and discipline of a regular Church under Episcopal Jurisdiction: and that for 1300 years past, they had enjoyed a succession of Bishops appointed by the Patriarch of Antioch. \" We,\" said they, \"are of the true faith, whatever you from the West may be; for we come from the place where the followers of Christ were first called 'Christians.' \"\nWhen the power of the Portuguese became sufficient for their purpose, they invaded these tranquil Churches, seized some of the Clergy, and devoted them, to the death of heretics. Then the inhabitants heard for the first time that there was a place called the Inquisition; and that its fires had been lately lighted at Goa, near their own land. But the Portuguese, finding that the people were resolute in defending their ancient faith, began to try more conciliatory measures. They seized the Syrian Bishop, Mar Joseph, and sent him prisoner to Lisbon, and then convened a Synod at one of the Syrian Churches called Diamper, near Cochin, at which the Romish Archbishop Menezes presided. At this compulsory Synod, 150 of the Syrian Clergy appeared. They were accused of the following practices and opinions, \"That they had married wives; that they owned but two Sacraments, Baptism and the Lord's Supper; that they neither invoked Saints, nor worshipped images, nor believed in Purgatory: and that they had no other orders or names of dignity in the Church, than Priest and Deacon.\" These tenets they were called on to abjure, or to suffer suspension from all Church benefices. It was also decreed that all the Syrian books on Ecclesiastical subjects, that could be found, should be burned; \" in order,\" said the Inquisitors, \"that no pretended apostolical monuments may remain.\" (Buchanon C. Christian researches in Asia, 10th edition. T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1814. Original from the New York Public Library. Digitized Jul 21, 2006, pp. 106-109)\nHence, those in India claimed \"apostolic succession\" and had nothing to do with Roman pontiffs until they were persecuted.\nC. Buchanan also reported:\n\"The history of the Armenian church is very interesting. Of all the Christians in Central Asia, they have preserved themselves most free from Mahometan and papal corruptions. The pope assailed them for a time with great violence, but with little effect. The churches in lesser Armenia indeed consented to an union, which did not long continue; but those in Persian Armenia maintained their independence; and they retain their ancient Scriptures, doctrines, and worship, to this day. `It is marvelous,' says an intelligent traveler who was much among them, `how the Armenian Christians have preserved their faith, equally against the vexatious oppression of the Mahometans, their sovereigns, and against the persuasions of the Romish church which for more than two centuries has endeavored, by missionaries, priests and monks, to attach them to her communion. It is impossible to describe the artifices and expenses of the court of Rome to effect this object, but all in vain.'\n\"The Bible was translated into the Armenian language in the fifth century, under very auspicious circumstances, the history of which has come down to us. It has been allowed by competent judges of the language, to be a most faithful translation. La Cruze calls it the `Queen of Versions.' This Bible has ever remained in the possession of the Armenian people; and many illustrious instances of genuine and enlightened piety occur in their history. . . .\n\"The Armenians in Hindoostan are our own subjects. They acknowledge our government in India, as they do that of the Sophi in Persia; and they are entitled to our regard. They have preserved the Bible in its purity; and their doctrines are, as far as the author knows, the doctrines of the Bible. Besides, they maintain the solemn observance of Christian worship throughout our empire, ON THE SEVENTH DAY, and they have as many spires pointing to heaven among the Hindoos as we ourselves. Are such a people then entitled to no acknowledgment on our part, as fellow Christians? Are they forever to be ranked by us with Jews, Mahometans, and Hindoos?\" (Buchanon C. Christian researches in Asia, 10th edition. T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1814. Original from the New York Public Library. Digitized Jul 21, 2006, pp. 260-261).\nHence, this group originally kept the seventh day Sabbath, but apparently by the time Buchanan found out about them, they adopted some non-Church of God practices like spires.\nThis sadly, has been the case with the Church of God throughout history\u2013eventually many who become associated with it adopt non-COG practices. This happened relatively early as even the Apostles Peter (e.g. Simon Magus) and John (see Doctrines of Antichrist) had this occur. Also, there were relatively soon apostasies in Alexandria and Rome in the first and second centuries respectively (please see the article on Apostolic Succession).\nMore on Church history can be found on the History of Early Christianity page as well as the free online book: Continuing History of the Church of God.\nCrime can be stopped\u2026here's how! This was a booklet that was edited with some updates by Dr. Thiel. Here is a link to a related sermon: Crime and How it Will be Stopped!\nWhy Terrorism? Is Terrorism Prophesied? What does the Bible teach? Which nations may be affected? Here is a link to a related sermon: Terrorism, Christianity, and Islam.\nIndia, Its Biblical Past and Future: Any Witness? The Bible discusses the origins of those of Indian heritage. This article quotes the Bible and also discusses some of the witness to India throughout history and what is happening in the 21st century (including those in Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka).\nIndia and the Beast of Revelation 13 Do biblical, Catholic, and even Hindu prophecies suggest that many in India will follow, for a while, the Beast and False Prophet\/Antichrist? Here is link to a related YouTube video Will People in India Worship the Beast of Revelation 13?\nDifferences Between Islam and the Continuing Church of God What are some of the main differences? Are there any similarities? A video of related interest is titled: Islam: Any Christian Concerns or Similarities?\nHigh School Shootings 7 Failed Solutions There have been many school shootings. The shooting at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, resulted in 17 deaths. But also has brought out various calls for change. In this video, Dr. Thiel explains why seven 'solutions' have not worked. These seven include involving the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), school warnings, psychological counseling and medications, armed school guards, first responders, gun control, and boycotting the National Rifle Association (NRA). Dr. Thiel explains why we have seen more such shootings and why more violence is expected based upon biblical prophecies. He also explains the only real solution to bring peace. This is a video.\nPrayer: What Does the Bible Teach? This free booklet contains 28 biblically-based tips on improving the effectiveness of your prayers. This is a pdf. A related two part sermon is available: What Does the Bible Teach About Prayer? and What does the Bible Teach About Prayer (& Healing)?\nGod's Grace is For All Is being Jewish a hindrance to salvation? What about not being a descendant of Israel? What does the Bible really teach? Here is a link to a related sermon titled Race and Grace; Do you view race as God does?\nMilitary Service and the Churches of God: Do Real Christians Participate in Carnal Warfare or Encourage Violence? Here are current and historical perspectives on a matter which show the beliefs of the true church on military participation. Is war proper for Christians? A related sermon would be: Christians, Violence, and Military Service.\nIs American Football Evil? Is the most popular spectator sport in the USA something that Christians should watch? What do the Bible and early writings show? There is also a YouTube video available titled Should Christians watch American football?\nChristian Soldiers How are Christians to be like soldiers? How are they to be different?\nWill the Anglo-Saxon Nations be Divided and Have People Taken as Slaves? Will the lands of the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand be divided? What about Jerusalem? What does Bible prophecy teach? Are there non-biblical prophecies that support this idea? Who will divide those lands? Who will end up with the lands and the people? Here is a link to a video titled Will the USA and other Anglo-nations be Divided and Their People Made Slaves? Here is a related item in the Spanish language \u00bfSer\u00e1n divididas las naciones anglosajonas?\nThe Ten Commandments Reflect Love, Breaking them is Evil Some feel that the ten commandments are a burden. Is that what Jesus, Paul, Peter, James, and John taught? For a more detailed discussion of the first four commandments, please see the video The Ten Commandments: Loving God. For a more detailed discussion of the last six commandments, please see: The Ten Commandments: Loving Your Neighbor. Here is a link to a related article in Mandarin Chinese \u5341\u6761\u8beb\u547d\u663e\u793a\u7231,\u8fdd\u53cd\u8beb\u547d\u7684\u5c31\u662f\u90aa\u6076\u7684\nThis entry was posted on Sunday, April 21st, 2019 at 7:45 am\tand is filed under Religious News.\nThousands Killed in Sri Lanka\nWhat Does the Bible Say About India?\nTW: Ethnic Violence in India\nChange in India and Sri Lanka\nTerrorists Hit India\nIndia and Pakistan Increasing Naval Power\nJapan Warns India Against Future Nuclear Tests\nRussia's Putin Goes to India to Strenghten Ties\nThe Apostle Thomas and India\nIndia and the Apostle Thomas","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"OFELIA J. VILLA VICENCIO, MA. ELIZABETH J. VILLAVICENCIO, MA. LUISA J. VILLAVICENCIO, ANTONIO J. VILLAVICENCIO AND MA. REGINA J. VILLAVICENCIO, PETITIONERS, VS. ALEJANDRO A. MOJARES AND RODOLFO V. PAYUMO, RESPONDENTS.\nThis petition for review seeks set aside the decision[1] of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CV No. 48871 dated December 21, 1999, as well as its resolution[2] dated March 30, 2000 denying petitioners' motion for reconsideration. The Court of Appeals affirmed the decision of the Regional Trial Court of Quezon City, Branch 92, in Civil Case No. Q-92-11083, which dismissed petitioners' complaint for annulment of sheriff's sale and damages against herein respondents.\nThe facts of the case, as culled from the records, are as follows:\nPetitioners are the legal heirs of the late Jose Villavicencio, who died intestate on October 7, 1991. They filed a complaint for annulment of sheriff's sale and damages affecting a house and lot at No. 21 Green Leaves St., Capitol Green Village, Tandang Sora Avenue, Quezon City and covered by Transfer Certificate of Title (TCT) No. 262376 of the Register of Deeds of Quezon City.\nThe disputed house and lot were owned by Spouses Carlito and Myrna Martell (the Martell spouses) and registered under TCT No. 262376 in the Register of Deeds of Quezon City. They mortgaged both to secure a loan of P418,000 from the Home Bankers Savings and Trust Company (HBSTC). The mortgage was registered and the owner's copy of the title was given to the mortgagee, HBSTC. Later on, the Martell spouses defaulted, the mortgage was foreclosed, and HBSTC acquired the subject house and lot at an auction held on January 16, 1991. Meantime, the Martell spouses, through their attorney-in-fact Marivic Martell, negotiated the sale of their hocked properties with Jose Villavicencio who paid earnest money on January 24, 1991. The parties executed a Deed of Sale with Assumption of Obligation dated February 12, 1991 and presented this to HBSTC.\nAccordingly, HBSTC executed in favor of the Martell spouses a Certificate of Redemption dated June 27, 1991 upon redemption of the subject property and payment of P622,605 by the Martell spouses to HBSTC on April 22, 1991. Thus, the ownership of the petitioners seemed secured, with their son Antonio and his family residing in the premises.\nBut meanwhile Alejandro Mojares, who had previously sued the Martell spouses in Civil Case No. Q-52417, had secured a writ of attachment on the subject house and lot which was annotated on the said title on December 22, 1987. A decision dated October 8, 1990, was rendered in favor of Mojares, and having become final and executory a writ of execution dated April 16, 1991 was issued. Pursuant thereto, the house and lot were set to be sold on May 20, 1991, when Jose Villavicencio timely filed an Affidavit of Third Party Claim with supporting papers. Nonetheless, the execution sale proceeded with Mojares as the highest and successful bidder. No redemption having been exercised, a Sheriff's Certificate of Sale was executed and was annotated on May 22, 1992.\nThe looming conflict became more intricate when the City Hall of Quezon City was gutted by fire on June 11, 1988. Among those razed was the Office of the Register of Deeds and with it the said TCT No. 262376. Expectedly, in its place were issued TCT No. 262376 (PR-13321), TCT No. 262376 (PR-18585), and TCT No. 65497. The latter, which was issued on August 26, 1992, and bears the entries of Notice of Levy on Attachment under Civil Case No. Q-52417 inscribed on December 22, 1987, and the Sheriff's Certificate of Sale inscribed on May 22, 1992, was already in the name of the spouses Jose and Ofelia Villavicencio.\nOn January 15, 1992, herein petitioners filed a Complaint for Annulment of the sheriff's sale with the Regional Trial Court of Quezon City, Branch 92, docketed as Civil Case No. Q-92-11083.\nNamed as defendants were Mojares, the purchaser-judgment creditor, Deputy Sheriff Rodolfo Payumo, Marivic Martell, the Martell spouses, HBSTC, and Samuel Cleofe of the Register of Deeds of Quezon City.\nFor failure to file a responsive pleading, the Martell spouses were declared in default by the RTC, while Cleofe was declared as in default for failure to attend the pre-trial conference. The complaint against HBSTC was dismissed for failure to state a cause of action.\nThe trial court rendered judgment on August 12, 1994 dismissing the case against respondents Mojares and Payumo after the latter filed a Demurrer to Evidence. The dispositive portion reads as follows:\nIn view of the foregoing, the Court is left with no recourse but to GRANT defendants' Demurrer to Evidence.\nWHEREFORE, premises considered, the case in caption is hereby dismissed as to defendants Alejandro A. Mojares and Rodolfo Payumo. Let the reception of evidence for defendant Marivic Martell be set on September 21, 1994 at 8:30 o'clock in the morning.\nPetitioners filed a Motion for Reconsideration, which was denied by the trial court on December 13, 1994.\nPetitioners appealed before the Court of Appeals, which rendered judgment on December 21, 1999, affirming the decision of the trial court.[4] They filed a Motion for Reconsideration, which was denied by the Court of Appeals on March 30, 2000.\nHence, this petition where petitioners raise the following issues:\nWhether the sheriff's sale was valid although there was no written notice of sale to the judgment debtor as required by Section 18, Rule 39 of the Rules of Court, as amended by Supreme Court Circular No. 8 dated May 15, 1987 [now Sec. 15(d), Rule 39 of the 1997 Rules of Civil Procedure];\nWhether the sheriff's sale was valid although the purchaser-judgment creditor did not pay the amount of his bid in cash as required by Section 23, Rule 39 of the Rules of Court [now Sec. 21, Rule 39 of the 1997 Rules of Civil Procedure];\nWhether the alleged levy\/attachment was binding on the petitioners although it was not annotated on the copy of the title that was on file with the Register of Deeds;\nWhether the levy\/attachment was binding on petitioners although the record was not reconstituted in accordance with law; and\nWhether the levy\/attachment was valid with respect to the whole property although the judgment debtor had only one-half interest therein.[5]\nAfter a careful consideration of the controversy, we find that the issues for resolution may be delimited as follows:\nWhether the sheriff's execution sale is invalid; and\nWhether the attachment\/levy on the subject property is binding on petitioners.\nOn the first issue, petitioners argue that the sheriff's execution sale was null and void for lack of written notice of sale to the judgment debtor as required by Sec. 18, Rule 39 (now Sec. 15 (d), Sec. 39) of the Revised Rules of Court[6] and for failure of the purchaser-judgment creditor to pay his bid in cash.[7] In support of their argument regarding the lack of notice of sale, petitioners quoted verbatim the Sheriff's Return, which enumerated in detail the proceedings undertaken.[8]\nRespondents, in response, contend that the execution sale was valid as there was personal service of the notice of sale and publication in the Metro Profile prior to the sale. In support of this contention, they rely on the testimony on cross-examination of Sheriff Payumo, one of the witnesses for petitioners.[9]\nAt the outset, it bears stressing that this issue involves determination of facts, which is not proper in a petition for review on certiorari. The Court has ruled that findings that concern compliance or non-compliance with notice and publication requirements of an extrajudicial foreclosure sale involve a factual issue binding on the Supreme Court.[10] It is axiomatic that only questions of law, not questions of fact, may be raised before the Supreme Court in a petition for review under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court.[11] The Court is not a trier of facts, and we need not delve into the records to determine the probative value of the evidence supporting the trial court's finding.[12]\nBesides, it is well settled that in extrajudicial foreclosure sale, personal notice to the mortgagor is not necessary as publication of notice in newspaper is more than sufficient compliance.[13]\nThe Court of Appeals has found that petitioners' arguments are mere unsubstantiated allegations not borne out by the evidence.[14] Foreclosure proceedings have in their favor the presumption of regularity and the burden of the evidence to rebut the same is on the petitioners.[15] In this case, petitioners have failed to prove the lack of service of notice of sale. The Sheriff's return in itself does not establish the non-compliance with the service of written notice of sale. At most, it only shows the detailed proceedings of the service of the writ of execution. The fact that no service of the written notice of sale is mentioned therein would not negate actual service of written notice of sale to the judgment debtor.\nStill on the first issue, petitioners contend that the execution sale was not valid for failure of the purchaser-judgment creditor to pay his bid in cash. They invoke Section 23, Rule 39 (now Section 21, Rule 39) of the Rules of Court which provides that:\nSec. 21. Judgment obligee as purchaser - When the purchaser is the judgment obligee, and no third-party claim has been filed, he need not pay the amount of the bid if it does not exceed the amount of his judgment. If it does, he shall pay only the excess.\nA closer examination of Section 21, Rule 39, would reveal that there is no requirement to pay the bid in cash. What the Rule emphasizes is that in the absence of a third party claim, the purchaser in an execution sale need not pay his bid if it does not exceed the amount of the judgment, otherwise, he shall only pay the excess. By implication, if there is a third party claim, the purchaser should pay the amount of his bid without, however, requiring that it be made in cash.\nPetitioners' reliance in the case of Sy vs. Catajan, 164 SCRA 299, is misplaced. The cited case does not state that any execution sale shall be null and void if the purchaser did not pay his bid in cash.\nOn the second issue, petitioners contend that the levy\/attachment is not binding on them since it was not annotated in the copy of TCT No. 262376 which was on file with the Register of Deeds when the Villavicencios purchased the property.[16] Further, they contend that the levy\/attachment was not reconstituted in accordance with law[17] and that it is void with respect to one-half of the litigated property because only the share of the judgment debtor could be lawfully levied\/attached.[18]\nRespondents, in reply, state that petitioners' contention is belied by their own Exhibit P- 1, which showed that the levy on attachment was duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Quezon City as Entry No. PE-262376 on December 22, 1987.\nWe agree with the findings of the Court of Appeals that TCT No. 65497 (Exhibit \"P\") unequivocally shows that the house and lot in issue were judicially attached. As stated by the Court of Appeals:\nIt stands undisputed that the subject premises were judicially attached. TCT No. 65497 (Exh. \"P\") shows that the attachment was annotated on December 22, 1987, and We put faith in this notwithstanding that the owner's copy of the erstwhile title does not bear the said entry. This is because an attachment is an adversarial and involuntary process not palatable to the registered owner nor to his mortgagee, and most likely they resisted or at least did not cooperate in having the writ entered in the owner's copy. But the fact is the house and lot were attached.[19]\nMoreover, Antonio Vasquez, an officer of the Register of Deeds of Quezon City and a witness for petitioners, admitted that indeed, a notice of levy on attachment was received by their office on December 22, 1987.[20]\nSince the attachment\/levy in Civil Case No. Q-52417 preceded the sale made to petitioners, it necessarily follows that the attachment\/levy is a superior lien imposed on the property and subsequent purchasers are subject to such lien. The priority enjoyed by the first levy on execution extended with full force and effect to the buyer at the auction sale conducted by virtue of such levy.[21]\nFurther, an auction or execution sale retroacts to the date of levy of the lien of attachment.[22] Thus, between petitioners and respondent Moj ares, Mojares has a superior right as the purchaser-judgment creditor over the right of petitioners who bought the property subject to the levy\/attachment. In fine, the levy\/attachment is binding on petitioners as their right therein is subordinate to that of respondent Mojares.\nOn the matter of the improper reconstitution of TCT No. 262376, petitioners aver that the levy\/attachment was not properly reconstituted in accordance with Section 56 of P.D. 1529, which provides as follows:\nSEC. 56. Primary Entry Book; fees; certified copies - Each Register of Deeds shall keep a primary entry book in which, upon payment of the entry fee, he shall enter, in the order of their reception, all instruments including copies of writs and processes filed with him relating to registered land. He shall, as a preliminary process in registration, note in such book the date, hour and minute of reception of all instruments, in the order in which they were received. They shall be regarded as registered from the time so noted, and the memorandum of each instrument, when made on the certificate of title to which it refers, shall bear the same date: Provided, that the national government as well as the provincial and city governments shall be exempt from the payment of such fees in advance in order to be entitled to entry and registration.\nEvery deed or other instrument, whether voluntary or involuntary, so filed with the Register of Deeds shall be numbered and indexed and endorsed with a reference to the proper certificate of title. All records and papers relative to registered land in the office of the Register of Deeds shall be open to the public in the same manner as court records, subject to such reasonable regulations as the Register of Deeds, under the direction of the Commissioner of Land Registration, may prescribe.\nAll deeds and voluntary instruments shall be presented with their respective copies and shall be attested and sealed by the Register of Deeds, endorsed with the file number, and copies may be delivered to the person presenting them.\nCertified copies of all instruments filed and registered may also be obtained from the Register of Deeds upon payment of the prescribed fees.\nIn connection thereto, we took judicial notice of the fact that a fire did occur at the Quezon City Hall which razed the Office of the Register of Deeds in June, 1988. Under such unforeseen situation, some deviations from the normal standard procedure are not uncommon nor unexpected.\nFinally, as to the issue of nullity of the sheriff's sale in regard to one-half of the disputed property, suffice it to state that petitioners' contention is unpersuasive and unmeritorious.\nIn the first place, it was not established by evidence that Myrna Martell has an interest in the property. Also, it bears stressing that Myrna Martell together with her husband, who are the most likely to be prejudiced with such matter and are expected to be vigilant over their rights, if any, were indifferent to the entire proceedings. Secondly, whether or not Myrna Martell has an interest in the subject property as a wife of Carlito is a question of fact not proper to be raised much less resolved in this petition. The case before us does not involve her rights in the cited property at all.\nIn sum, we find no cogent reason to reverse and set aside the decision of the Court of Appeals which affirmed that of the Regional Trial Court of Quezon City. Petitioners plea for reversal of the decision below could not be granted as we find therein no reversal errors of law.\nWHEREFORE, the petition is DENIED for lack of merit. The decision and resolution of the Court of Appeals dated December 21, 1999, and March 30, 2000, respectively, are AFFIRMED. Costs against petitioners.\nBellosillo, (Chairman), Mendoza, Austria-Martinez and Callejo, Sr., JJ., concur.\n[3] CA Rollo, p. 73.\n[6] Id. at 98.\n[10] Langkaan Realty Development, Inc. v. United Coconut Planters Bank, 347 SCRA 542, 550 (2000).\n[11] Tinio v. Manzano, 307 SCRA 460, 469 (1999).\n[12] Hervas v. Court of Appeals, 319 SCRA 776, 782 (1999).\n[13] PNB v. Rabat, 344 SCRA 706, 716 (2000).\n[15] Cristobal v. Court of Appeals, 328 SCRA 256, 262 (2000).\n[21] First Integrated Bonding & Insurance Co., Inc. v. Court of Appeals, 261 SCRA 203, 220 (1996).\n[22] Caviles, Jr. v. Bautista, 319 SCRA 24, 34 (1999).","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"The Indian General Election 2019: A Final Recap\nIndian voters elected a new lower house of parliament (Lok Sabha) in the 2019 general elections, the largest democratic exercise in the world. Nearly 900 million people were eligible to cast their vote (Economic Times, 13 May 2019). Elections were spread out over seven phases scheduled over six weeks between 11 April and 19 May. Simultaneously with the general election, legislative assembly elections were held in Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Odisha, and Sikkim. The Election Commission declared the results of the general election on 23 May. Incumbent Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) declared a resounding victory, expanding the party's seats in the parliament and further solidifying Modi's rule.\nOver the past weeks, ACLED published a weekly infographic \u2014 the \"Indian Election Monitor\" \u2014 for every one of the seven election phases. This provided users with quick weekly updates based on political violence and protest data recorded by ACLED (for more on this, see the Indian Election Monitor for Phase 1, Phase 2, Phase 3, Phase 4, Phase 5, Phase 6, and Phase 7). This analysis piece serves to provide a final recap of the data recorded by ACLED during the general elections. All subsequent infographics showcase data from the day of the India Election Commission's announcement of the election days \u2013 10 March \u2013 until 25 May, the latest published data. The following analysis will focus on analyzing political violence and protest trends by 1) state, 2) event and sub-event type, and 3) actor involvement.\nI. The Geography of Electoral Violence\nVoters in India's 29 states and seven union territories went to the polls over a six week period. The drawn-out process allowed for the provision of adequate security arrangements, especially in those areas prone to electoral violence, such as Jammu & Kashmir, West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh (for more on this, see this past ACLED piece). In most states, voting was completed in one phase, while voting in several states was spread out over two phases (Karnataka, Manipur, Rajasthan, Tripura), three phases (Assam, Chhattisgarh), four phases (Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Maharashtra), five phases (Jammu & Kashmir) or seven phases (Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal).\nThe map below in Figure 1 depicts the number of recorded events by state and demonstrates that the number of recorded events in Jammu & Kashmir (980 events) is almost double the number recorded in Punjab (502 events), the state with the second highest number of recorded events. The states of West Bengal (461 events) and Tamil Nadu (368 events) rank third and fourth respectively.\nJammu & Kashmir is the site of an ongoing separatist insurgency and the Indian central government faces stiff opposition from large segments of the local population and various armed groups. Voting in the state featured high levels of rioting amidst calls for poll boycotts and state-wide shutdowns by the Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL), as well as armed encounters between militant groups and Indian state forces. Besides high levels of electoral violence, voter turnout was also extremely low in some parts of the state. In Shopian and Pulwama districts of Anantnag parliamentary constituency \u2014 where voting was spread out over three phases owing to security concerns \u2014 the registered voter turnout was as low as 2.81%, one of the lowest in the state's electoral history (Economic Times, 7 May 2019).\nACLED records 327 reported fatalities across India between 10 March and 25 May. Figure 2 breaks down the number of reported fatalities by state and event type. The donut chart in Figure 2 below shows that the most reported fatalities stemmed from acts of violence against civilians (in orange), closely followed by deaths resulting from battles (in black).\nAs with the number of recorded events, Jammu & Kashmir, with 167 recorded fatalities, ranks top in the number of reported fatalities. Most reported fatalities in the state were linked to the ongoing militancy. Similarly, increased activity by Naxal-Maoist rebels \u2014 who also called for a boycott of the election in several areas \u2014 was the main reason for the high numbers of recorded fatalities in the states of Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra. Left-wing extremist groups have been engaged in a longstanding insurgency against the Indian state denouncing the state's legitimacy and, as such, Indian democratic institutions such as elections. Attacks targeting politicians, polling stations, security personnel, and journalists are common during election periods (for an analysis of Maoist rebel violence during the 2018 Chhattisgarh state elections, see this past ACLED infographic). Over the course of the general elections, the incident with the highest fatality count was the reported killing of 16 people \u2014 security personnel and a civilian \u2014 in an IED blast triggered by Maoist rebels in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli district on 1 May.\nMeanwhile, political rivalries in West Bengal, especially between the Trinamool Congress Party (TMC) and the BJP, were the main cause of reported fatalities. Political parties in West Bengal have a long history of violent competition. This is by far not a new phenomenon connected to the rise of the TMC and more recently the BJP but stretches back decades to the Communist state government (India Today, 16 May 2019). The generally charged political environment in the state further explodes during election periods with murders, clashes, firing, rioting, and arson being reported amidst rally after rally (for an analysis of local elections in West Bengal in 2018, see this past ACLED piece).\nII. An Anatomy of Electoral Violence\nThe period around the general elections can be divided into three periods: 1) the candidate nomination period following the announcement of the election dates, 2) the election period and 3) the post-election period. The first half of Figure 3 below shows the reported events by event type over time, while the lower half depicts the number of reported events by sub-event type.\nWith regard to the timeline, protest (in blue) and riot (in brown) events were the main event types during the candidate nomination period. Demonstrations and inter-party clashes during that period were typically fuelled by disappointed potential candidates and their supporters, who did not receive their parties' nomination. The number of recorded events increased during the election period overall and significantly spiked on the election days, as depicted in the top area graph above. The highest number of events was recorded on the first day of voting, while comparatively lower event numbers were recorded on the third day. Riot events significantly spiked on each day of voting while no clear patterns are visible for other event types. During the post-election period, the declaration of the election results on 23 May led to a spike in recorded incidents of post-electoral violence including clashes among supporters of various parties and targeted attacks against rival candidates and voters.\nWith regard to the recorded sub-event types (depicted in the lower half of Figure 3), peaceful protest and mob violence events are the most commonly reported events. However, the weekly Indian Election Monitor demonstrated that, when doing analysis focusing on specific election phases, the most commonly reported sub-event type was actually mob violence during all phases but Phase 4. This overlaps with the timeline showing a spike of riot events on election days. Typically supporters of political parties clash with their rivals, vandalize polling stations, or clash with security forces. Incidents of mob violence on election days are common across India with the highest numbers recorded in West Bengal, followed by Jammu & Kashmir, Tripura, and Andhra Pradesh.\nIII. The Actors Behind Electoral Violence\nA multitude of actors contribute to electoral violence in India (for more on the conflict dynamics in India, see this past ACLED piece). Rebel groups are active in many Indian states, including Kashmiri separatists in Jammu & Kashmir, left-wing extremist Naxal-Maoist rebels in central-west India, and various rebel groups in northeastern India. Rebel groups often engage in the electoral process, calling for boycotts and targeting political candidates and security forces tasked to provide security during the election. Political parties are the main actor engaged in electoral violence. In most cases, these actors engage only in mob violence but occasionally political militias engage in armed battles or launch targeted attacks against their rivals.\nFigure 4 below shows the participation of violent actors in battle events and events of explosions and remote violence, as well as acts of violence against civilians. Only the most active actors are identified by name below.\nWith regard to rebel group involvement, left-wing extremist rebels (identified as 'Naxals' in brown above) were the most active out of all identified rebel group actors, with 84 recorded organized violence events. The various militant groups active in Jammu & Kashmir (in light blue) were responsible for 31 events while members of various northeastern rebel groups (in tan) were active in 11 events of organized violence. Members of TMC (in orange) and the BJP (in teal) have been most frequently involved in organized violence events, especially in targeted attacks against civilians. The conflict between Indian and Pakistani security forces also continued over the course of the general elections, with Pakistani security forces (in light grey) involved in 14% of the recorded battle and explosions and remote violence events.\nFigure 5 below shows the violent involvement of political parties in mob violence events during the general election. Again members of the BJP (in teal) and TMC (in orange) were most active, followed by members of the Indian National Congress (INC, in brown) and the Yuvajana, Sramika, Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP, in navy). YSRCP is a regional political party in the state of Andhra Pradesh, while the other three actors are national level parties. However, electoral violence involving TMC supporters is centered in West Bengal, where the party controls the state government and is engaged in a bitter political rivalry with opposition parties, especially the BJP.\nThe 2019 general elections have been a success story in many ways. There was a new record voter turnout of 67.11% (NDTV, 23 May 2019). Female voter turnout equaled male voter turnout for the first time in India's history, and more female candidates stood for election \u2013 and were elected \u2013 than ever before (BBC, 24 May 2019). However, electoral violence remained a significant issue in several Indian states. Militancy and entrenched political rivalries continue to be the main drivers of electoral violence in India. It remains to be seen how the second Modi government will address these various national security concerns, and how they will work together with other regional and national political parties to pave the way for India's continued growth.\nDaniela Pollmann\nDaniela Pollmann is ACLED's Program Coordinator. Ms Pollmann holds a MA in Conflict, Security and Development from the University of Sussex with focus on peace processes. She has previous work experience in the social sector in Uganda and India where her work focused on women empowerment, child protection and anti-human trafficking. She is currently stationed in New Delhi, India.\nAuthor: Daniela Pollmann\nPreviousPrevious post:Yemen's Fractured South: Socotra and MahrahNextNext post:Branching Out: The Islamic State's Continued Expansion","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Weekly sports wrap up\nFeature Photo By: VeThalia Warren \u2013 Sophomore Brianna Linnear and Senior Angel Broadus walk away from the basket after a foul against the opposing team. The ladies placed second in the EMAC. To find out more about the sports at Rangeview click here.\n(Photo credits top to bottom: VeThalia Warren, Jeffery Afriyie, Amor-Leigh Wilson, and Amor-Leigh Wilson)\nBy: Oscar Perez & Toli Geshow, Review Staff\nThe Girls Basketball team has won 8 straight games prior to tonight's game against Prairie View in their first game of the 5A playoffs here at Rangeview. On February 11, the girls played Fairview winning 66-38 led by Angel Broadus with 16 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 steals and Ny'arra West with 15 points and 12 rebounds. On February 13, the girls defeated George Washington 61-60 and on February 14 the girls defeated Northglenn 74-43. On February 15, the girls defeated Gateway 70-21 ending their regular season with 19-4 and ranking them 10th in their conference and number 1 in the EMAC.\nThe Boys Basketball team is currently on a 14 game winning streak after defeating Gateway 71-36 led by Quincey Jewett with 20 points, 10 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Jodaun Dotson added 13 points. On February 14, the boys defeated Northglenn 70-60. This closes their season as the undefeated EMAC champions and the 3rd ranked team in the 5A conference. Their next game is tomorrow against Windsor to start their playoff run.\nOn February 9, the Girls Swimming team went to the state tournament with senior Sarah Mortenson placing 13th in the 1 meter dive. Although, no one else qualified the state tournament or consultation finals, junior Jasmine Johnson placed 65th in the breaststroke prelims at 1 minute and 12 seconds. This ends the Girls' season with a record of 4-3-1 winning the APS Championship and EMAC championship.\nThe Boys Wrestling had their regional tournament on Friday, February 15th. The team had an 11-11 overall record going into regionals \u2014 with a handful of wrestlers qualifying including Senior: Dillion Hutcherson, Elias Rodriguez, Juniors: Spencer Ohu, Eric Holt, Owen Schulz, Nick Olgu\u00edn, Rudy Cortez, and Raymond Cortez and sophomore Romeo Cortez. Out of the nine wrestlers only Spencer, Elias, Romeo, and Rudy made it to the second day. Unfortunately none were able to make it further, ending the wrestling season right before State.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Stories from Wednesday, June 20, 2012\nFOCUS Bank hosts 7th Annual MMSY Tournament (Community Sports ~ 06\/20\/12)\nSIKESTON -- On June 11, FOCUS Bank hosted the 7th Annual Mary Margaret Story Yarbrough (MMSY) golf tournament at Fox Haven Country Club in Sikeston. Eighty-one players participated and helped to raise over $7,500 for the scholarship fund to benefit three area high school senior girls from Charleston, East Prairie and Sikeston...\nContact camp (Local News ~ 06\/20\/12)\nSikeston's Kyland Gross runs for yardage at last summer's SEMO\u2008Coaches Association Contact Camp. The fourth annual camp will be Thursday and Friday in Sikeston with seven teams taking part. The games will be played at 4, 5, 6 p.m. each day.\nSquirrels' Fox signs to play baseball at Three Rivers College (High School Sports ~ 06\/20\/12)\nPOPLAR BLUFF -- The moment he signed his name, Paul Fox instantly felt a weight lifted off his shoulders. \"It feels great. No more stress,\" Fox said. \"I don't have to worry about it and I can just focus on this summer.\" Fox, a graduate of Bloomfield High School, is the newest recruit that will play baseball for Three Rivers College after signing his letter of intent Tuesday...\nCharleston's offense continues to struggle as Paducah takes two (Community Sports ~ 06\/20\/12)\nCHARLESTON -- Just one day removed from dropping a pair of games to Chaffee, the Charleston Fighting Squirrels offensive struggles continued on Tuesday when Paducah, Ken., Senior Legion Post 31 came to town for a doubleheader. Combining for only four hits while surrendering 11 in the night's first contest, the Squirrels fell 6-1 as Post 31 got a complete game effort from starter Clay Chandler...\nFranklin McFerren (Obituary ~ 06\/20\/12)\nLILBOURN -- Franklin Robinson McFerren, 55, died June 17, 2012, at his home. Born April 3, 1957, in Lilbourn, to Pauline McFerren Robinson of Chicago and the late Franklin D. Robinson, he was a 1975 graduate of Lilbourn High School. He attended Arkansas State University in Jonesboro and Lincoln University in Jefferson City. He was employed by Digby's Detective and Security Agency in Chicago before retiring and was a member of Mt. Olive Missionary Baptist Church in Lilbourn...\nLeroy Braun (Obituary ~ 06\/20\/12)\nSIKESTON -- Leroy Braun, 61, died June 12, 2012, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. Born April 16, 1951, in Quakertown, Pa., he was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force. A resident of Sikeston for the past 10 years, he was employed as a maintenance engineer at Days Inn...\nEvelyn Jones (Obituary ~ 06\/20\/12)\nPOPLAR BLUFF -- Evelyn A. Jones, 71, died June 11, 2012, at her home. Born March 22, 1941, in Chicago Heights, Ill., to the late Leon and Thelma Powell, she was a member of the Mt. Sinai Methodist Church in Poplar Bluff where she served on the Usher Board...\nRuby Brown (Obituary ~ 06\/20\/12)\nCHICAGO -- Ruby Lee Brown, 84, formerly of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died June 13, 2012, at the Mac Neal Memorial Hospital in Berwyn, Ill. Born July 17, 1928, in Parma, Mo., to the late Alfonzo and Novella Cain, she had lived in Chicago for the past four years. She was a member of the New Home Baptist Church in Broseley, Mo...\nPassenger injure in accident (Local News ~ 06\/20\/12)\nDONIPHAN -- A Doniphan woman was injured Tuesday in a two-vehicle accident in Ripley County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol report stated the accident occurred around 2:20 p.m. seven miles east of Doniphan. Sandra G. Cunningham, 48, of Dexter was stopped in traffic while heading east on Highway 160, when her vehicle was struck in the rear by the eastbound vehicle driven by Debra S. Walker, 36, of Doniphan...\nCorporate Games continue (Local News ~ 06\/20\/12)\nScott Kim of the Department of Public Safety reaches for a backhand in the singles tennis tournament during the Corporate Games Coed Tennis competition. The finals will be held at 6 o'clock tonight at the Sikeston Sports Complex.\nScott County officials discuss pesticide pickup, roof repairs (Local News ~ 06\/20\/12)\nBENTON -- Looking for something to do with that batch of insecticide that can't be thrown away? According to Tom Beardslee, Scott County emergency management director, the \"Department of Natural Resources project to recover unwanted substances from farms and homes\" is just what you are looking for...\nLearning the basics (Local News ~ 06\/20\/12)\nBulldog Basketball Camp is being conducted this week at the Sikeston YMCA for boys ages 8-14. Above:\u2008Sikeston head coach Gregg Holifield gives instructions during a passing drill on Tuesday morning.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"22nd Mar 2021 aarti\nHuman Rights not negotiable\nPresident Cyril Ramaphosa says over the past year, government, working in partnership with social partners and civil society, has given effect to the principle that human rights are not negotiable.\n\"We have strived to meet our many obligations under the Constitution and the Bill of Rights that is the cornerstone of our democracy. Through the provision of care to the sick and social support to the vulnerable, we have worked together to give effect to the most important rights of our people \u2013 the right to life, to health and to dignity,\" President Ramaphosa said.\nPresident Ramaphosa made the remarks when he was delivering a national message during the virtual commemoration of Human Rights Day on Sunday.\nHuman Rights Month 2021 is commemorated under the theme \"The Year of Charlotte Maxeke: Promoting Human Rights in the Age of COVID-19\".The theme pays tribute to the 150th anniversary of the birth of liberation struggle heroine and human rights campaigner, Charlotte Maxeke.\nResponse to COVID-19 pandemic\nThe President said that, in recognition of the severe impact of the pandemic on people's livelihoods, government has implemented social and income support measures to support struggling households, workers and businesses.\nHe said the next phase of the response to the pandemic is to ensure that the COVID-19 vaccine is available to every person in the country.\n\"We have been able to weather the Coronavirus storm in large part because of the strong culture of human rights in our country. Human rights that were hard-won by the heroes and heroines of Sharpeville and the countless heroes and heroines of our struggle for liberation broadly.\n\"They were firm in their conviction that freedom for some is freedom for none; and that nobody must be left behind. It was at Sharpeville that President Nelson Mandela signed our democratic Constitution into law 25 years ago. The Constitution is a shade and a shelter for all.\n\"The Constitution is one law for one nation. It commits not just government but every one of us to the values that were disregarded in the past \u2013 of human rights, of fair and decent treatment, of tolerance of difference, and of appreciation of our common basic humanity,\" President Ramaphosa said.\nPhase of reconstruction and recovery\nThe President noted that the country is currently in the phase of reconstruction and recovery, and government is working to build a new economy that promises \"equal opportunity for all\".\nIn doing so, he reminded the citizens that this is a struggle for all.\n\"It is not a fight not for our own piece of bread, for our own job to be saved, or for our own health and safety. It is a fight to preserve our common humanity.\n\"It is a fight to preserve our common humanity, and it means that we must all work together, whether as government, labour, business or communities,\" he said.\n\"We must rebuild a society that is far better than the one that came before it. We must become a society that is free from poverty, hunger and deprivation. We must become a society where women and children are free from violence, and where their rights are protected.\n\"We must become a society where young people are able to realise their full potential \u2013 where they are not doomed to lives of despair and poverty because they cannot afford an education or because there are no jobs for them. We must be a society of equal opportunity for all, regardless of one's race, sex, sexual orientation or whether one is able bodied or a person with disabilities.\n\"We must be a society where quality health care, education and basic services are provided to our people regardless of whether they live in a village in a town or a city. We must be a society where the land is owned not by a few, but where all have access to land for development, for progress and for self-upliftment,\" President Ramaphosa said.\nAbove all, the President said, society must recognise the dignity of every individual and the role of every man, woman and child in building a better future.\nMaking the Constitution a reality\n\"As we work to rebuild our economy and our society, we must strive to make the promise of the country's Constitution a reality in the lives of our people.\n\"As we work to rebuild our economy and our society, we must strive to make this promise a reality in the lives of our people. Advancing human rights is the responsibility of us all.\n\"Though we may have our differences on a number of issues, we have far more in common. We share a common goal: to defeat the pandemic. We have a common vision: of a better, more inclusive society.\n\"Above all, we have a common cause: that of a South Africa of equality, prosperity, freedom and human rights for all,\" President Ramaphosa said.\nHe wished all South African citizens, and people who call this great beautiful country their home, a \"healthy, happy and peaceful Human Rights Day\".\nArchives Newsroom\nPrevious Post:First Supercritical CO2 Encapsulation Facility\nNext Post:Annual Consultations held on 25 March 2021","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Jacob Bell Among the Latest Group to Sue the NFL\n2012 October 27\ntags: concussion, Isiah Robertson, Jacob Bell, LA, lawsuit, litigation, NFL, retire, risks\nThings have been pretty quiet on the concussion litigation front lately, until a flock of lawsuits were filed this week. On the heels of the plaintiffs filing a reply to the NFL's motion to dismiss, the plaintiffs' lawyers were also able to flood the concussion litigation docket. Three separate lawsuits were filed this week.\nThe first suit was filed in Philadelphia and included 21 former players, led by All-Pro Louis Breeden. The following day, a 61-player complaint was filed in Los Angeles \u2014 notable players include 2-time All-Pro Isiah Robertson and Delvin Williams.\nThe third lawsuit is probably the most intriguing.\nJacob Bell made headlines this summer after he decided to walk away from the game, leaving $890,000 on the table. His decision was primarily based on the increased awareness about the long-term effects regarding concussions.\nIn a calculated risk-versus-reward analysis, Bell decided that the risk of long-term brain damage was not worth the additional cash money.\nSince he will no longer be getting a paycheck from his employer, he, and nine other former players, filed a concussion-related lawsuit against the NFL.\nBell is a sharp guy and certainly made an informed decision, arguably a decision that former players \u2013 at least pre-2009 players \u2013 never had the opportunity to make. He told the St. Louis Post Dispatch, \"[o]ne of my biggest concerns when it comes to the game in general is my personal health. One thing that's obviously on the minds of a lot of people lately is brain research and all the stuff that's going on with that.\"\nA hurdle the plaintiffs will have to clear in the litigation is the assumption of the risk doctrine. Bell's retirement and logical thought process arguably bolsters the plaintiffs' case. If players were warned about the risks of concussions, some of them arguably would have decided to hang up their cleats. On the other hand, players could have determined the reward was worth the risk of long-term brain damage. In either event, they would have had the opportunity to make an informed decision.\nOnly time will tell if more players will choose the Bell path or continue to take on the known-risk of brain damage.\nThere are now 170 concussion-related lawsuits, which encompasses 3,798 former players and more than 5,000 plaintiffs total. In other words, more than 30% of all living retirees have joined the concussion lawsuits.\nfrom \u2192 Recent Posts","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Report17 Aug 2016\nReport: women's 200m final \u2013 Rio 2016 Olympic Games\nElaine Thompson wins the 200m at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (\u00a9 Getty Images)\nElaine Thompson became the first woman for 28 years to complete the Olympic sprint double to break the heart of world champion Dafne Schippers in a superlative demonstration of half-lap excellence.\nThe latest Jamaican sprint superstar from their seemingly never-ending speed factory destroyed the eight-strong field in the first 100m before proving too strong for the opposition in the second half of the race. She sped to a world-leading time of 21.78, reversing the positions from the IAAF World Championships Beijing 2015.\nWhile Schippers could not emulate her countrywoman Fanny Blankers-Koen, who famously landed gold in this event back at the 1948 Olympics, the 24-year-old recorded a time of 21.88 and at least had the satisfaction of picking up a spot on the podium after finishing fifth in the 100m here in Rio.\nIn the battle for bronze, USA's Tori Bowie overhauled Marie-Josee Ta Lou of Ivory Coast in the final five metres to stop the clock in 22.15 and claim her second bronze medal of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.\nThompson emerged almost from nowhere last year as a world-class athlete. She improved her 200m best by more than one-and-a-half seconds and climbed to fifth on the world all-time list when running 21.66 to take silver in Beijing.\nYet even the woman from Banana Ground in Manchester Parish has been taken aback by the level of her accomplishments in Rio and joins a select group of just six other women to complete the Olympic sprint double.\n\"My school motto was 'let the light shine' and I let me light shine tonight,\" said Thompson. \"It's a big surprise to me because I have had a hamstring injury. You must overcome these things and tonight I am standing here with a gold. To beat Dafne Schippers is a hard run.\"\nIn the wake of defeat, Schippers offered a blunt assessment of her immediate emotions to reporters.\n\"I came here for gold,\" she said, disappointment etched over her face. \"I'm not happy with the silver.\"\nThompson from the gun\nOn a hot sticky night which was perfect for sprinting, the eight finalists got away at the first time of asking with Thompson the first to make a significant move.\nThe long-striding Jamaican quickly opened up a clear gap on the field with Schippers, as usual, taking longer for her imposing frame to reach top speed.\nThe diminutive Ta Lou was also firmly among the medal contenders entering the home straight with Great Britain's European champion Dina-Asher Smith also prominent.\nMidway down the home stretch, Schippers slowly started to haul in Thompson but, as the finishing line approached, it was clear the flying Dutchwoman would not surpass her Jamaican rival.\nIn the final strides, Schippers started to lose her form and balance and took a painful-looking tumble to the floor after she flashed by the line.\nDespite the relatively significant margin of victory, Thompson was unaware she had secured double gold for what seemed an eternity. It was only when confirmation came up on the scoreboard did she smile and the celebrations truly began.\nBowie finished strongly to take bronze with Ta Lou in fourth, who at least had the satisfaction of shaving 0.03 from Murielle Ahoure's Ivorian record in a time of 22.21.\nTa Lou, who also finished fourth in the 100m, may be frustrated with just missing out on a medal twice in Rio, but can take enormous pride in her performances which have seen her set five PBs in her six sprint outings in the Olympic Stadium.\nAsher-Smith repeated her finishing position from the 2015 World Championships by crossing the line fifth in a season's best of 22.31 while 0.02 further back was Michelle-Lee Ahye of Trinidad and Tobago, who matched her performance in the 100m by placing sixth.\nCompleting the top eight were USA's Deajah Stevens in 22.65 and Ivet Lalova-Collio in 22.69.\nSteve Landells for the IAAF\nPages related to this article\nElaine THOMPSON-HERAH\nGashahun and Gebreselama victorious at Great Ethiopian Run\nMahuchikh tops 2.02m in Kiev\nMcSweyn breaks Australian all-comers' record with world-leading 3:50.61 mile","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"BROWARD BOMBSHELL: Newspaper Slams Florida District's 'CULTURE of TOLERANCE'\nA leading south Florida newspaper slammed the Broward County School District's \"culture of tolerance\" over the weekend, saying troubled students like the Parkland shooter routinely slip through the cracks and evade law enforcement.\nThe bombshell article called on Broward school officials to end the PROMISE program that effectively shielded students like 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz from police in an effort to stop the \"school-to-prison\" pipeline.\nCritics say the program allows troubled teens to go under-the-radar for years.\n\"Broward Schools have grown so tolerant of misbehavior that students like Nikolas Cruz are able to slide by for years without strict punishment for conduct that could be criminal,\" writes the Sun Sentinel.\n\"The culture of leniency allows children to engage in an endless loop of violations and second chances, creating a system where kids who commit the same offense for the 10th time may be treated like it's the first,\" adds the author.\n\"I had three students bring knives to my classroom. One was out of the classroom for one day. Another had so many things on his record, he was gone for five days. None were expelled,\" a 37-year teaching veteran from the district told the Sentinel.\nBROWARD BOMBSHELL: Deputy TOLD POLICE to 'STAY AWAY' from High School During Shooting\nThe disgraced Sheriff's Deputy who maintained a \"defensive position\" and refused to enter the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School during last month's mass shooting reportedly told fellow officers to \"stay away\" from the building; instructing them to remain at least 500 feet back as people lay dying.\nAccording to the Miami Herald, Deputy Scot Peterson told the Broward County Sheriff's Department, \"Do not approach the 12 or 1300 building, stay at least 500 feet away.\" Newly released audiotape of police scanners confirm Peterson's comments; with screams heard in the background as the shooting unfolded.\nThe records confirm Peterson was well aware that the incident was occurring inside the building; directly refuting his claims he believed the gunman was last seen near the football field.\n\"It certainly backs up that he never went into the school,\" said the president of the Broward County Sheriff's police union. \"At one point he says to keep back 500 feet. Why would he say that?\"\nPeterson became the center of a media firestorm after reports emerged he refused to enter the building as the carnage unfolded; allowing 19-year old Nikolas Cruz to kill 17 people and injure dozens more without confrontation.\nBROWARD BOMBSHELL: New Report Shows Police 'HIDING' During Parkland Massacre\nA shocking official report from the Coral Springs Police Department sheds new light on the Broward County officers' response to a Florida school shooting; accusing the deputies of \"hiding behind trees\" as the massacre unfolded.\nThe expos\u00e9 from Officer Byran Wilkins -who arrived on the scene within minutes of the rampage- claims the Broward County Deputies were \"taking cover\" behind trees and cars as gunshots rang out at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.\n\"I saw approximately four Broward County Sheriff's Office vehicles parked in the west bound lane with their personnel taking up exterior positions behind their vehicles,\" Wilkins wrote. \"I drove up just west of the campus building 1200, exited my vehicle, grabbed my AR-15 rifle and donned on my tactical\/medical gear. As I was advancing on foot through the chain-link fence, I was advised by an unknown BSO Deputy taking cover behind a tree, 'he is on the third floor.'\"\nSeventeen people were killed and dozens injured after 19-year old Nikolas Cruz opened fire at his former high school; sparking a nationwide debate over gun control legislation and school safety.\nRead the officer's full report here.\nPOMPEO: Trump Plans to Bring 'EVERY AMERICAN' Prisoner Home\nWATCH: Ami Horowitz Hits the Streets of NYC to See if Democrats Are 'Really Ready to Compromise'","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Date: May 30 - Jul 22, 2017\nEvent: No Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw (Event #13) (Jun 6 - 8, 2017)\nPrize: $359,100\nMay 31, 2017 No Limit Hold'em Casino Employees (Event #1) $565\nMay 31 - Jun 1, 2017 No Limit Hold'em - Tag Team Championship (Event #2) $10,000\nJun 1 - 3, 2017 Omaha Hi\/Lo (Event #4) $1,500\nJun 1 - 3, 2017 No Limit Hold'em - Shootout (Event #3) $3,000\nJul 7 - 9, 2017 Seven Card Stud Championship (Event #72) $10,000\nJun 2 - 6, 2017 No Limit Hold'em - The Colossus III (Event #5) $565\nJun 3, 2017 No Limit Hold'em - WSOP.com Online (Event #8) $333\nJun 3 - 5, 2017 Limit Mixed Triple Draw Lowball (Event #7) $2,500\nJun 4 - 6, 2017 Omaha Hi\/Lo Championship (Event #9) $10,000\nJun 5 - 7, 2017 No Limit Hold'em - Tag Team (Event #10) $1,000\nJun 5 - 7, 2017 Dealers Choice - 6 Handed (Event #11) $1,500\nJun 6 - 8, 2017 No Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw (Event #13) $1,500\nJun 7 - 9, 2017 No Limit Hold'em - Heads-Up Championship (Event #15) $10,000\nJun 7 - 9, 2017 H.O.R.S.E. (Event #14) $1,500\nJun 8 - 10, 2017 No Limit Hold'em - 6 Handed (Event #16) $1,500\nJun 8 - 10, 2017 Dealers Choice - 6 Handed Championship (Event #17) $10,000\nJun 9 - 11, 2017 Pot Limit Omaha (Event #18) $565\nJun 9 - Jul 8, 2017 No Limit Hold'em - The Giant (Event #19) $365\nJun 10, 2017 Eight Game Mix - 6 Handed (Event #21) $1,500\nJun 10 - 14, 2017 No Limit Hold'em - Millionaire Maker (Event #20) $1,500\nJun 11 - 13, 2017 No Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship (Event #22) $10,000\nJun 12 - 16, 2017 No Limit Hold'em - The Marathon (Event #23) $2,620\nJun 13 - 15, 2017 Razz Championship (Event #26) $10,000\nJun 14 - 16, 2017 No Limit Hold'em - 6 Handed (Event #27) $3,000\nJun 14 - 16, 2017 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw (Event #28) $1,500\nJun 15 - 17, 2017 H.O.R.S.E. Championship (Event #30) $10,000\nJun 16 - 18, 2017 No Limit Hold'em - Seniors Championship (Event #31) $1,000\nJun 16 - 18, 2017 Pot Limit Omaha Hi\/Lo\/ Limit Omaha Hi\/Lo (Event #32) $1,500\nJun 17 - 19, 2017 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw Championship (Event #34) $10,000\nJun 18 - 20, 2017 No Limit Hold'em - Super Seniors (Event #35) $1,000\nJun 19 - 21, 2017 Limit Hold'em Championship (Event #38) $10,000\nJun 20, 2017 Seven Card Stud Hi\/Lo (Event #40) $1,500\nJun 20, 2017 No Limit Hold'em - Super Turbo Bounty (Event #39) $1,000\nJun 21 - 23, 2017 No Limit Hold'em - 6 Handed Championship (Event #42) $10,000\nJun 22 - 24, 2017 H.O.R.S.E. (Event #44) $3,000\nJun 22 - 24, 2017 No Limit Hold'em - Shootout (Event #43) $1,500\nJun 23, 2017 Pot Limit Omaha Hi\/Lo (Event #46) $1,500\nJun 23, 2017 No Limit Hold'em (Event #45) $5,000\nJun 24 - 26, 2017 Seven Card Stud Hi\/Lo Championship (Event #48) $10,000\nJun 25 - 27, 2017 Pot Limit Omaha - 6 Handed (Event #49) $3,000\nJun 26 - 28, 2017 No Limit Hold'em - Bounty (Event #50) $1,500\nJun 26 - 28, 2017 Pot Limit Omaha Hi\/Lo - Championship (Event #51) $10,000\nJun 27 - 29, 2017 Limit Hold'em - 6 Handed (Event #53) $3,000\nJun 28 - 30, 2017 Pot Limit Omaha - 8 Handed Championship (Event #54) $10,000\nJun 29 - Jul 1, 2017 Omaha Hi\/lLo\/ Seven Card Stud Hi\/Lo Mixed (Event #57) $2,500\nJun 30 - Jul 2, 2017 Mixed Big Bet (Event #59) $2,500\nJul 1, 2017 No Limit Hold'em High Roller - WSOP.com Online (Event #61) $3,333\nJul 1 - 4, 2017 No Limit Hold'em - Crazy Eights (Event #60) $888\nJul 2 - 6, 2017 Poker Players Championship - 6 Handed (Event #62) $50,000\nJul 3 - 5, 2017 No Limit Hold'em\/Pot Limit Omaha - 8 Handed (Event #64) $1,500\nJul 5 - 8, 2017 Pot Limit Omaha - High Roller (Event #67) $25,000\nJul 6 - 8, 2017 Razz (Event #69) $1,500\nJul 7, 2017 No Limit Hold'em - WSOP.com Online Championship (Event #71) $1,000\nJul 7 - 8, 2017 No Limit Hold'em - Ladies Championship (Event #70) $1,000\nJun 2 - 5, 2017 No Limit Hold'em - High Roller for One Drop (Event #6) $111,111\nJul 8 - 22, 2017 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event Championship (Event #73) $10,000\nJul 11 - 15, 2017 No Limit Hold'em - The Little One for One Drop (Event #74) $1,000 + 111\n1st Frank Kassela $89,151 24.16 pts \u2014\n2nd Bernard Lee $55,086 19.67 pts \u2014\n3rd Tim Mcguigan $37,032 17.23 pts \u2014\n4th Matt Waxman $25,451 15.60 pts \u2014\n5th Jared Bleznick $17,890 14.41 pts \u2014\n6th Stuart \"Budget\" Rutter $12,868 13.49 pts \u2014\n7th Benny Glaser $9,477 12.75 pts \u2014\n8th Samuel Spiwak $7,150 12.14 pts \u2014\n9th William Alex Foxen $5,530 11.64 pts \u2014\n10th Jeff \"Iceman\" Lisandro $5,530 11.20 pts \u2014\n11th Tom Schneider $5,530 10.82 pts \u2014\n12th Justin Cuong Van \"J.C.\" Tran $4,387 10.49 pts \u2014\n13th Naoya Kihara $4,387 10.20 pts \u2014\n14th Bradley Helm $4,387 9.94 pts \u2014\n15th David \"'ODB'\" Baker $3,572 9.71 pts \u2014\n16th Ralph \"Rep\" Porter $3,572 9.50 pts \u2014\n17th Marvin \"The duckman 22\" Karlins $3,572 9.31 pts \u2014\n18th Phil \"The Poker Brat\" Hellmuth $3,572 9.13 pts \u2014\n19th Daniel Harmetz $3,572 8.97 pts \u2014\n20th Steven Tabb $3,572 8.83 pts \u2014\n21st Adam Crawford $3,572 8.69 pts \u2014\n22nd Phillip Hui $2,987 8.57 pts \u2014\n23rd Ming Zhu $2,987 8.45 pts \u2014\n24th Georgii Belianin $2,987 8.34 pts \u2014\n25th Gerald Tejada $2,987 8.24 pts \u2014\n26th James Obst $2,987 8.15 pts \u2014\n27th Steven Wolansky $2,987 8.06 pts \u2014\n28th James Scott $2,987 7.98 pts \u2014\n29th Max Kruse $2,568 7.90 pts \u2014\n30th James Woods $2,568 7.83 pts \u2014\n31st Xavier Kyablue $2,568 7.76 pts \u2014\n32nd Sam Rubin $2,568 7.69 pts \u2014\n33rd Craig Chait $2,568 7.63 pts \u2014\n34th Alessandro Ben Ponzio $2,568 7.57 pts \u2014\n35th Majid Yahyaei $2,568 7.51 pts \u2014\n36th Grant Oen $2,271 7.46 pts \u2014\n37th Ty Stafford $2,271 7.41 pts \u2014\n38th Vincent Dungan $2,271 7.36 pts \u2014\n39th Ryan Lenaghan $2,271 7.31 pts \u2014\n40th Daniel Hirleman $2,271 7.27 pts \u2014","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"HackSpace Magazine, Issue 13\nNovember 22, 2018 Gareth Leave a comment\nThis month's maker-focused HackSpace Magazine includes my relatively long-term review of an extremely clever, though far from perfect, temperature-controlled soldering 'station': the Miniware TS100.\nFirst, some necessary definitions: brushing aside standard, fixed-power soldering irons, you'll find adjustable-temperature and temperature-controlled irons on the market. The former are, typically, not much larger than a standard soldering iron and include a small knob on the body for adjusting the power and, thus, temperature of the tip. The latter go a step further, reading the temperature of the iron and using the feedback to dynamically adjust the power output to keep the tip as close to a chosen temperature as possible, and most often come with a bulky base station to which the iron is tethered.\nThe Miniware TS100, and its not-yet-available-in-the-UK successor the TS80, is different. While it's a fully-fledged temperature-controlled iron, there's no base station in sight: instead, the iron packs everything it needs into a surprisingly compact body, including a small OLED screen for live feedback and adjustment of its settings.\nWhat's most interesting about the design, though, is that the firmware that drives its internal microcontroller is open source. It's entirely possible to download the source code, modify it, and flash it onto the iron with nothing more than a simple USB cable \u2013 and many have done that, producing alternative firmwares which either improve its performance or turn it into something else, including a Tetris-playing games console and a functional oscilloscope, entirely.\nThe TS100 is clever, then, but not perfect. A design which lacks any form of flaring to stop your fingers drifting forward onto the hot tip is one thing, but a larger problem is an ungrounded power design which leaves the tip floating at voltages more than enough to damage sensitive components. Thankfully, the reviewed unit came with a bundled grounding strap \u2013 but that leaves you with two wires rather than one, hampering the portability somewhat.\nThe full review can be read in the print and digital copies of HackSpace Magazine Issue 13, with the latter available for free download now under the Creative Commons licence from the official website.\nFirmwareHackspaceHardwareMagazineMicrocontrollerMiniWareOpen SourceReviewSoldering IronSoldering StationToolTS100TS80\nThe Official Raspberry Pi Projects Book, Volume 2\nThe Raspberry Pi Foundation has published the second in its Official Raspberry Pi Projects Book series, and as usually there's a whole raft of my material to be found within its black-clad pages.\nThe book begins with practical guides and tutorials, including my guide to adding a physical reset switch to the RUN header on any modern Raspberry Pi Zero. It's the review section where you'll find the bulk of my work, however, beginning with a look at a couple of handy tools for makers: the Proster VC99 multimeter and the Tenma 60W Digital Soldering Station.\nFurther on you'll find detailed reviews of two microcontroller-based products which can interface with the Raspberry Pi or operate entirely standalone: the Adafruit Gemma Starter Kit and the Bare Conductive Touch Board Starter Kit. The former acts as an introduction to the world of conductive thread, while the latter uses conductive ink to complete the circuits in its bundled guide.\nFinally, my contributions to the Projects Book Volume 2 end with a review of the Pimoroni pHAT DAC, a compact add-on for the Raspberry Pi Zero \u2013 though mechanically compatible with any other modern Pi model bar the bare Compute Module family \u2013 which adds a high-quality digital-to-analogue converter (DAC) and 3.5mm jack. Those looking to wire a Pi into the stereo systems can also solder on optional stereo RCA jacks, which I thought was a particularly nice feature.\nAs with the previous book in the series, the Official Raspberry Pi Projects Book Volume 2 is available to download free under the Creative Commons licence from the official website.\nAdafruitBare ConductiveCreative CommonsElectronicsGemma Starter KitMultimeterOfficial Raspberry Pi Projects BookpHAT DACPimoroniProjectsProsterRaspberry Pi FoundationRaspberry Pi ZeroReviewSolderingSoldering StationTenmaThe MagPiToolTouch BoardTouch Board Starter KitTutorialVC99 Multimeter\nDecember 10, 2015 Gareth 1 Comment\nThis month's Hobby Tech has just two component parts: a long-term review of the Tenma 60W Digital Soldering Station, and a in-depth guide to building an ultrasonic distance sensor using a Spark Core for a somewhat novel application: shaming me into using my standing desk more.\nLooking at the tutorial first, it all stemmed from an office move in which I bought a vast quantity of Ikea furniture. Among it all was a new desk, which for a small extra fee I was able to get with a simple hand-crank mechanism fitted to adjust its height. As I spend the vast majority of my life in front of a computer, I thought a little change like spending some of the day standing instead of sitting would do me the world of good \u2013 but, as could be expected, after an initial burst of enthusiasm I found myself using the desk in sitting mode more often than not.\nThis month's project was my attempt to rectify that. Using a cheap ultrasonic distance sensor and a Spark Core microcontroller \u2013 now known as a Particle Photon, following a major rebranding exercise \u2013 I built a device which could track the distance between the surface of the desk and the ceiling and thus report whether it was in sitting or standing mode. When a mode change was detected, it would post a message to Twitter \u2013 thus publicly shaming me if I spent too long in sitting mode.\nIt's a bit of a daft project, but one which demonstrates some useful techniques: it uses a resistor ladder to lower the 5V output from the ultrasonic sensor to a Spark Core-friendly 3.3V, it shows how a Wi-Fi-connected microcontroller can report readings to a remote system, and even uses If This Then That (IFTTT) to automatically post messages to Twitter based on those readings. As to whether it actually encouraged me to spend more time standing? Not so much.\nAs the tutorial's complexity meant taking up a three-page spread, there was only room for one additional feature this month: a two-page long-term review of the Tenma 60W Digital Soldering Station, which I bought some time ago to replace my Maplin-branded variable-output soldering iron. Despite its surprisingly reasonable cost, purchased from the ever-reliable CPC, it's proven a sturdy tool and is an easy recommendation for anyone looking for an entry-level upgrade from fixed-output irons. It's also a pleasure to be able to form a long-term opinion on something: all too frequently I review items on a short-term basis, which reveals nothing about their reliability over time. Having been using the Tenma for well over a year now, though, I can personally guarantee its longevity.\nAll this, plus a variety of interesting things written by people who aren't me, can be yours at your local newsagent, supermarket, or electronically via Zinio and similar digital distribution services.\nCPCCustom PCDennis PublishingElectronicsEquipmentHobby TechIFTTTIkeaMagazineMicrocontrollerParticle PhotonReviewSensorSolderingSoldering IronSoldering StationSpark CoreStanding DeskTenmaToolTutorialUltrasonic SensorWi-Fi\nNovember 26, 2015 Gareth 1 Comment\nThis month's MagPi, the official magazine of the Raspberry Pi Foundation, is just a little bit special: it is, to my knowledge, the first magazine ever to include a cover-mounted computer. The release of the magazine today also represents the launch of a brand-new Raspberry Pi model: the Raspberry Pi Zero.\nI've been lucky enough to have been playing with the Pi Zero for some time, having worked on three of the hardware projects you'll find between the covers of this extra-special issue. After peeling the Pi Zero from the cover, readers will be shown how to solder general-purpose input\/output (GPIO) headers onto its otherwise extremely flat face, connect its serial port to a computer for use as a true random number generator (TRNG), and use it with an existing HAT add-on to act as a mood lamp.\nThe three projects I created for this issue were chosen from a long, long list. The Pi Zero is an exciting device: it features the same specifications as the Raspberry Pi Model A, but in a brand-new form factor a fraction of the size of the original. Naturally, some features have been cut: just like the Model A there's no Ethernet chip, but there are also no CSI or DSI connectors and no analogue audio or video ports \u2013 though composite video is broken out to a solder pad for the adventurous. The ports that do remain have also been modified: the full-size HDMI port is replaced by a mini-HDMI, and the full-size USB port is a micro-USB port which requires a USB On-The-Go (OTG) adapter before it can be connected to standard USB peripherals.\nIn doing this, the Foundation has created a device that excites me even more than the full-size models. With a production cost so low that it can be cover-mounted on a high-street magazine, it's now possible to put a full Linux computer in more project than ever before \u2013 and with a simple low-cost USB OTG adapter and a Wi-Fi dongle, it can be networked for a total outlay of well below $10. It is, in short, a game-changer, and I look forward to working on many more Pi Zero-related projects in the near future.\nIf that wasn't enough, you'll also find my review of the Tenma 60W Digital Soldering Station which has been my trusty companion in various projects over the last couple of years. It's always nice to be able to give a device a good, long-haul test before drawing your conclusions and I've certainly put the miles in on the Tenma. As I warn in the review a hobbyist doesn't strictly need a soldering station, but it does make life easier \u2013 and the low cost of this unit, purchased from CPC, makes it easy to recommend for those who fancy an upgrade.\nAll this, plus more \u2013 and, remember the cover-mounted Pi Zero \u2013 is available in your nearest WH Smith. The magazine itself is also available as a DRM-free PDF download from the official website, licensed under Creative Commons terms, but obviously you'll have to buy a Pi Zero separately if you want to follow along with any of my projects.\nARMBCM2835BroadcomCover-MountCPCElectronicsGPIOHATLinuxMagazineMood LightPCPimoroniProjectsRaspberry PiRaspberry Pi FoundationRaspberry Pi ZeroSerialSolderingSoldering StationTenmaThe MagPiTRNGTrue Random Number GeneratorTTLTutorialUnicorn HATWH SmithWorld First","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"History - Europe\nBold and Dangerous Family: The Rossellis and the Fight Against Mussolini\nAuthor: Moorehead, Caroline\nAvailability: Not in stock: we'll order it in\nPraise for A Train in Winter: \"A story of stunning courage, generosity and hope...In Moorehead's expert hands it is a triumphant one.\" (Mail on Sunday). Praise for Village of Secrets: \"An uplifting tale of courage and morality.\" (The Sunday Times). Mussolini was not only ruthless: he was subtle and manipulative. Black-shirted thugs did his dirty work for him: arson, murder, destruction of homes and offices, bribes, intimidation and the forcible administration of castor oil. His opponents - including editors, publishers, union representatives, lawyers and judges - were beaten into submission. But the tide turned in 1924 when his assassins went too far, horror spread across Italy and twenty years of struggle began. Antifascist resistance was born and it would end only with Mussolini's death in 1945. Among those whose disgust hardened into bold and uncompromising resistance was a family from Florence: Amelia, Carlo and Nello Rosselli. Caroline Moorehead's research into the Rossellis struck gold. She has drawn on letters and diaries never previously translated into English to reveal - in all its intimacy - a family driven by loyalty, duty and courage, yet susceptible to all the self-doubt and fear that humans are prey to. Readers are drawn into the lives of this remarkable family - and their loves, their loyalties, their laughter and their ultimate sacrifice.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"\u2190 Monday Open Thread\nMadiba-Nelson Mandela's Homegoing \u2192\nTuesday Open Thread\nPosted on December 10, 2013\tby SouthernGirl2\nPlease Come Home for Christmas\" is a Christmas song, released in 1960, by the American blues singer and pianist Charles Brown. Hitting Billboard's Hot 100 chart in December 1961, the tune Brown co-wrote with Gene Redd peaked at position #76. It appeared on the Christmas Singles chart for nine seasons, hitting #1 in 1972.[2] It includes a number of characteristics of Christmas music, such as multiple references in the lyrics to the Christmas season and Christmas traditions, and the use of a Church bell type sound, created using a piano, at the start of the song. It is sometimes referred to as Bells Will Be Ringing.\nAbout SouthernGirl2\nA Native Texan who adores baby kittens, loves horses, rodeos, pomegranates, & collect Eagles. Enjoys politics, games shows, & dancing to all types of music. Loves discussing and learning about different cultures. A Phi Theta Kappa lifetime member with a passion for Social & Civil Justice.\nView all posts by SouthernGirl2 \u2192\nThis entry was posted in Christmas, Christmas Songs, Current Events, Music, News, Open Thread, Politics and tagged 3chicspolitico.com, American blues singer, Bells Will Be Ringing, Charles Brown, Church Bell, Please Come Home For Christmas, The Eagles. Bookmark the permalink.\n27 Responses to Tuesday Open Thread\nYahtc says:\nNelson Mandela & Fidel Castro: A Video You Won't See on the Evening News\nhttp:\/\/www.democracynow.org\/blog\/2013\/12\/10\/nelson_mandela_fidel_castro_a_video\nLove the snowflakes!\nSouthernGirl2 says:\nrikyrah says:\nDemocrats clear path for Mel Watt confirmation\nby Associated Press | December 10, 2013 at 12:40 PM\nWASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 Democrats have used the Senate's newly eased filibuster procedures to clear the way for confirmation of the man President Barack Obama wants to become a top housing regulator.\nThe Senate voted 57-40 on Tuesday to end a Republican filibuster, or delaying tactics, against Rep. Mel Watt.\nUntil Democrats forced through changes last month, it took 60 votes to end filibusters \u2014 a margin Democrats cannot achieve without support from some of the chamber's 45 Republicans.\nIn May, Obama picked the veteran North Carolina Democrat to head the Federal Housing Finance Agency. It oversees Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which own or guarantee about half of all U.S. mortgages.\nUntil now, the nomination had languished because of Republican complaints that Watt is unqualified. Democrats say that is untrue.\nhttp:\/\/thegrio.com\/2013\/12\/10\/democrats-clear-path-for-mel-watt-confirmation\/\nFormer black BP executive claims she was fired for braided hair and 'ethnic' attire\nby Carrie Healey | December 10, 2013 at 10:35 AM\nMelphine Evans, a former top executive at BP, has filed a lawsuit against her former employer, in which she claims she was told her \"ethnic clothing and ethnic hairstyles\" made coworkers uncomfortable.\nAccording to the 24-page lawsuit, Evans was working as the CFO BP West Coast Products when she was fired.\nThe former CFO claims she made complaints to supervisors and management regarding racial and gender discrimination within the company, and they responded with insensitive remarks, saying she was the problem.\nSome of the offensive remarks listed in the lawsuit include:\n'You intimidate and make your colleagues uncomfortable by wearing ethnic clothing and ethnic hairstyles ('Dashikis,' 'twists,' 'braids\/cornrows'). On one occasion, a BP representative went so far as to ask Ms. Evans 'if she understood that wearing a \"dashiki\" to work makes her colleagues feel uncomfortable?'\n'If you insist on wearing ethnic clothing\/hairstyles-you should only do so during 'culture day,' black history month or special diversity events\/days.'\n'If you are going to wear ethnic clothing, you should alert people in advance that you will be wearing something ethnic\nhttp:\/\/thegrio.com\/2013\/12\/10\/former-black-bp-executive-claims-she-was-fired-for-braided-hair-and-ethnic-attire\/\nAmetia says:\nBipartisan negotiators have reached a deal to set government spending levels and eliminate arbitrary forced spending cuts, and \u2014 if approved by Congress \u2014 avert another government shutdown in January.\nThe House and Senate must vote on the agreement, and opponents in both parties are already raising concerns. If passed by Congress, the agreement would mark a significant departure from repeated congressional showdowns over the budget.\nOur \"day trip\" to South Africa is over. About to take off on Air Force One to return to the States. http:\/\/t.co\/z6JNJd44n6\u2014\nJim Long (@newmediajim) December 10, 2013\nAir Force One departed South Africa. #nelsomandelamemorial http:\/\/t.co\/1AMM4GdeBI\u2014\nUS Embassy SA (@USEmbassySA) December 10, 2013\nSenate starts moving after 'nuclear option'\n12\/10\/13 12:49 PM\u2014Updated 12\/10\/13 02:24 PM\nBy Steve Benen\nSomething happened on the Senate floor today that, unfortunately, seemed pretty remarkable. In this instance, there was a vacancy on a key federal bench, so the president nominated a qualified jurist for the post. She was approved easily by the Judiciary Committee, and even Republicans couldn't think of any substantive reasons to oppose her nomination.\nThe matter went to the Senate floor for a confirmation vote, and a couple of hours ago, senators cast their votes. They were tallied, and since a majority supported her nomination, she was confirmed.\nThe Senate voted 56-38 Tuesday to confirm Patricia Millett to the D.C. Circuit Court, making her the first nominee of President Obama's to clear the Senate since Democrats unilaterally changed the rules in a vote last month. Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) voted with Democrats.\nThe rule change means only 51 votes are needed to end a filibuster on nominations below the level of the Supreme Court.\nhttp:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/rachel-maddow-show\/senate-starts-moving-after-nuclear-option\nTime for liberals to make rental housing policy a top issue\nBy Ryan Cooper\nDecember 10 at 12:20 pm\nToday, homelessness, poverty, and housing policy are the focus of a big debate among liberals. After the 2008 crisis rooted in homeownership, more and more people are renting every day. But liberals have not really grappled with the problem of affordable housing, and traditional solutions are unequal to the task.\nThe Obama administration's housing policies have mostly fixated on restoring the pre-crisis home mortgage status quo, but have barely addressed renting at all. Homeownership is important, but liberals now need to set affordable rental housing on an equal political footing with owning. At a minimum, this will involve massive new construction to address the desperate shortage of affordable rental units.\nOne place for liberals to start is with this magnificent piece in the New York Times. It tells the story of a girl named Dasani, as she and her family struggle to survive homeless in Brooklyn. It's a gripping tale that, if you have even a scrap of human decency, inspires deep sympathy.\nDasani's family has a lot of problems. But possibly the biggest one is housing. New York City rents are very, very high, and climbing all the time as rich whites move back to the city en masse. The city bureaucracy keeps encouraging the family to go out and find their own place to live, but with rents so preposterously far out of reach, and rental assistance vouchers cut in the age of austerity, it's easy to see why Dasani is stuck so long in a thoroughly wretched homeless shelter.\nhttp:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/plum-line\/wp\/2013\/12\/10\/time-for-liberals-to-make-rental-housing-policy-a-top-issue\/\nThis is a VERY important article.\nThanks for this, rikyrah.\nYes, this issue must be addressed immediately!\nCracks emerge in anti-ACA wall\n12\/10\/13 10:15 AM\u2014Updated 12\/10\/13 11:02 AM\nSince the beginning of the debate over health care reform in 2009, the line from congressional Republicans has been as unyielding as it's been unconstructive: whatever President Obama suggests, they hate, even when the White House adopts GOP ideas. The party has come to be defined by their almost hysterical hatred, contempt, and disgust for the Affordable Care Act.\nBut just over the last couple of weeks, unexpected cracks have started to emerge. The Republican approach to \"Obanacare\" has started to evolve, at least a little.\nRep. Jack Kingston (R-Ga.), a U.S. Senate hopeful, said recently, \"A lot of conservatives say, 'Nah, let's just step back and let this thing fall to pieces on its own.' But I don't think that's always the responsible thing to do.\" As Zachary Roth explained last week, that was soon followed by Rep. Scott Rigell (R-Va.), who conceded that \"some Americans' lives have gotten better\" as a result of the law, and to fail to acknowledge this is to \"deny reality.\"\nYesterday, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), who ran on an anti-ACA platform in 2010, stopped by National Review's office and said he realizes his party's repeal crusade is a bust. \"We've got to start talking about transitioning,\" the far-right Wisconsinite said.\nhttp:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/rachel-maddow-show\/cracks-emerge-anti-aca-wall\nEleanor Parker, 91, Oscar-Nominated Actress, Dies\nEleanor Parker, who was nominated three times for a best-actress Oscar but whose best-known role was a supporting one, as the marriage-minded baroness in \"The Sound of Music,\" died on Monday in Palm Springs, Calif. She was 91\nhttp:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/12\/10\/movies\/eleanor-parker-91-oscar-nominated-actress-dies.html?_r=0\nWhy this can't be TRUE\nMany blacks and Latinos have no retirement savings, study shows\nFewer than half of blacks and Latino workers have retirement plans on the job, leaving the vast majority of them with no savings designated for their golden years, according to a report to be released Tuesday\n.http:\/\/articles.washingtonpost.com\/2013-02-16\/business\/37130450_1_retirement-benefits-center-for-retirement-research-social-security\nhttp:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/business\/economy\/most-minorities-have-no-retirement-savings-report-finds\/2013\/12\/09\/12199d30-6111-11e3-94ad-004fefa61ee6_story.html?wpisrc=nl_politics\nGeneral Motors is alive \u2013 and privately owned\nWhen drawing up a list of President Obama's accomplishments, I tend to think the rescue of the American auto industry \u2013 the backbone of the nation's manufacturing sector \u2013 is too easily forgotten.\nAs Obama himself said in a statement yesterday, \"When I took office, the American auto industry \u2026 was on the verge of collapse. Two of the Big Three \u2013 GM and Chrysler \u2013 were on the brink of failure, threatening to take suppliers, distributors and entire communities down with them. In the midst of what was already the worst recession since the Great Depression, another one million Americans were in danger of losing their jobs.\"\nBut the administration intervened and the results continue to be impressive.\nhttp:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/rachel-maddow-show\/gm-alive-and-privately-owned\nThe Fournier Journal's New Low\nPosted by dpm (dread pirate mistermix) at 8:25 am\nReader J sent me a whole bunch of links this morning, but this one, from Alex Seitz-Wald at the National Journal, should be taught in Journalism schools across the country as an example of shitty narrative-based journalism.\nLet's start with the click bait headline: \"How Adam Lanza Wrecked Obama's Second Term\". Perhaps it's just my peevish nature and small mind, but as far as I'm concerned there's a special place in hell for anyone who decides to juxtapose the name of a loathsome child murderer with a decent public servant (of any party) just to get a few more hits on the Internet. That guy's name should be mentioned as little as possible, and you should spit after you say it.\nBut, if you can get past the headline, here's the heart of the argument:\nImmigration was in an almost impossible bipartisan sweet spot: a singularly important policy goal for Democrats that could be a political boon for both parties. For Republicans, it was a way to fix a demographic problem revealed by the 2012 election. Still, they'd have to move quickly. The populist Right that had torpedoed immigration reform under George W. Bush seemed quieted by defeat, but it wouldn't stay that way for long.\nThen Lanza's rampage altered the debate in Washington. Suddenly, priority No. 1 wasn't immigration reform but gun control. The base that had just elected Obama was clamoring for background checks and magazine-clip restrictions, threatening to desert the president before his second inauguration. [\u2026]\nYes, it was the dirty fucking hippies who killed immigration reform. The nativist right \"seemed quieted\" (to whom? the deaf?), so Obama had his moment. If only those fucking hippies had shut up and tolerated a grotesque massacre of children, the DREAM act would have sailed through Congress.\nHow can someone who has functioning eyes and ears, and a neural pathway between them, believe this garbage? It's been clear all along that immigration reform would live or die in the House, that the House is dominated by a band of zealots who have no intention of risking a Tea Party primary challenge, and that one sure way to encourage Tea Party challenger would be to champion \"amnesty\", as it would be called in the campaign ads.\nThe distasteful fact that this piece is dancing around is that Republicans have been looking for excuses to kill immigration reform for years. (Here's the previous effort that used Obamacare as an excuse.) Apparently under the reign of Ron Fournier, it's also the National Journal's job to help them make excuses, or at least create distractions.\nhttp:\/\/www.balloon-juice.com\/2013\/12\/10\/the-fournier-journals-new-low\/\nThe Morning Plum: GOP set to stiff-arm conservatives once again?\nBy Greg Sargent\nDecember 10 at 9:03 am\nIf we are going to get a deal to replace the sequester, which looks likely, perhaps one key reason may be as follows: This time, the incentives favor Republicans showing they can enter into the basic give and take of governing.\nWith GOP Rep. Paul Ryan close to a deal with Dem Senator Patty Murray that would lift spending levels to just over $1 trillion in fiscal 2014 and 2015, conservatives are already savaging it. Everyone from RedState.com to Breitbart to Hot Air to Heritage Action to Americans for Prosperity have pilloried the deal for lifting spending levels, warning of an imminent cave to Democrats. As National Journal reports, a revolt is brewing among House conservatives.\nDespite conservative opposition, the expected deal may end up passing the House with the support of Democrats. Of course, those with very long memories will recall that only a few months ago, the notion that GOP leaders would allow something to pass with a lot of Dems \u2014 provoking great rage from the right \u2014 was thought to be unthinkably risky. Now, it looks at least possible that House GOP leaders will try to get this done with a minimum of drama. What changed?\nThe difference this time is that Republicans know they can't afford another crisis heading into 2014. Having already gotten scorched by the last Tea Party-inspired government shutdown \u2014 which only ended when House GOP leaders bowed to the inevitable need to stiff-arm the Tea Party \u2014 Republican leaders appear determined not to let things get out of hand this time. Which means the only other alternative \u2014 aside from temporarily funding the government at sequester levels again, which would only mean another battle into 2014 \u2014 is to enter into the sort of basic governing that requires making concessions.\nhttp:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/plum-line\/wp\/2013\/12\/10\/the-morning-plum-gop-set-to-stiff-arm-conservatives-once-again\/\nIn GWB Hearing, \"Aberrant\" and \"Illegal\" Lane Ploy by Christie Men Draws Fire\nMonday, December 09, 2013 \u2013 08:10 PM\nBy Andrea Bernstein\nFor as long as anyone can remember the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has worked like this: Two governors divide up the board and staff appointments, and the contracts that flow from that. No one blows the whistle on anyone else, because that might jeopardize one's own spoils.\nOn Monday, the whistle blew as long and loud as a foghorn by the shoals of the Hudson River.\nThe setting was a hearing room in Trenton, where State Assembly member John Wisniewksi decided to exercise a rare authority \u2013 using his subpoena power to summon officials to explain why three lanes onto the George Washington Bridge had been abruptly closed in September, causing a week's worth of traffic and sending the Port Authority's Executive Director, Cuomo appointee Pat Foye, into a rage.\nBack in September, Foye charged in a heated email that the closures were made without proper public notice, in possible violation of the law, and, in fact, without his knowledge. He immediately reversed the closures.\nBut Democrats were swift to raise the possibility the lane closures had been made as political retribution against the Mayor of Fort Lee, a Democrat, who, unlike some Democrats, had not endorsed Christie for reelection. There was a lot of whispering during Christie's re-election campaign that he had a \"naughty and nice list\" but no one had been able to prove it. Now, there was talk, there might be some evidence.\nThe closures, according to some terrific reporting by the Wall Street Journal, had been ordered by David Wildstein, second in command on the New Jersey side to Bill Baroni, the Port Authority Deputy Executive Director.\nhttp:\/\/www.wnyc.org\/story\/cuomo-and-christie-bridge-too-far\/\nObama honors Mandela legacy in Johannesburg\nPresident Obama addressed a massive South African crowd today at the memorial service for Nelson Mandela in Johannesburg, and if you missed his remarks, they're worth your time. (For those who can't watch clips online, the White House has already posted a transcript.)\nThe oratory on Madiba's life and legacy was stirring, but perhaps the most salient rhetoric came when Obama looked ahead.\n\"The struggles that follow the victory of formal equality or universal franchise may not be as filled with drama and moral clarity as those that came before, but they are no less important. For around the world today, we still see children suffering from hunger and disease. We still see run-down schools. We still see young people without prospects for the future. Around the world today, men and women are still imprisoned for their political beliefs, and are still persecuted for what they look like, and how they worship, and who they love. That is happening today.\n\"And so we, too, must act on behalf of justice. We, too, must act on behalf of peace. There are too many people who happily embrace Madiba's legacy of racial reconciliation, but passionately resist even modest reforms that would challenge chronic poverty and growing inequality. There are too many leaders who claim solidarity with Madiba's struggle for freedom, but do not tolerate dissent from their own people. And there are too many of us on the sidelines, comfortable in complacency or cynicism when our voices must be heard.\"\nIt was pointed precisely because it applied to some of the very leaders who traveled to South Africa for the event and heard the rhetoric from the stage.\nhttp:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/rachel-maddow-show\/obama-honors-mandela-legacy-johannesburg\nDid Gov. Chris Christie's (R) administration cripple a New Jersey community with a deliberate, brutal traffic jam, purely out of petty and partisan spite? The question is not as outlandish as it may appear.\nTo recap our report from yesterday \u2013 and if you missed last night's segment on this, trust me, it's worth your time \u2013 Fort Lee, New Jersey, was effectively turned into a giant parking lot on the first day of school in September, after the Port Authority closed two of the three lanes leading from the community to the George Washington Bridge. The Christie administration later defended the move, saying it was part of a \"traffic study,\" though we now know there was no study.\nSo why cause the massive congestion on purpose? New Jersey Democrats allege the Christie administration was punishing Fort Lee's Democratic mayor for refusing to endorse the governor's re-election campaign. And while that seems hard to believe \u2013 Christie was cruising to an easy win, anyway \u2013 the burgeoning controversy is increasingly difficult to dismiss.\n[O]n Friday, the man who ordered the closings \u2013 a high school friend of the governor's who was a small-town mayor and the founder of an anonymous political blog before Mr. Christie's appointee created a job for him at the Port Authority \u2013 resigned, saying the issue had become \"a distraction.\"\nAnd testifying under subpoena in Trenton on Monday, bridge workers described Mr. Christie's associates' ordering the closings, and called the different maneuvers \"unprecedented,\" \"odd\" and \"wrong.\" There was, they said, no study.\nMr. Christie's associates at the Port Authority, they said, ordered bridge workers to shut down the lanes with three days' notice despite warnings that it would cause havoc, and that changes of this magnitude typically took years of planning. They were instructed not to tell anyone \u2014 not the news media, not Fort Lee, not even the Port Authority's executive director, who is an appointee of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of New York, they said. They protested, but went along, they said, because they feared retribution.\nhttp:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/rachel-maddow-show\/bridge-too-far-0\nCheney's descent into incoherence\nIt stands to reason former Vice President Dick Cheney would be unimpressed with the international agreement with Iran over its nuclear program. Heck, Cheney didn't even get along with George W. Bush late in their second term because Bush was reluctant to launch military strikes on Iran, so the notion that Cheney would balk at President Obama's policy is hardly a surprise.\nBut as Ben Armbruster noted, Cheney appeared on Fox News this morning to complain about U.S. policy towards Iran, and the former VP doesn't even seem to be trying anymore.\nThe former vice president moved to Iran and without mentioning any specific criticisms of the agreement, claimed it's bad because of unrelated health care issues. \"We don't follow through and Iran we've got a very serious problem going forward and a deal now been cut,\" he said. \"The same people that brought us 'you can keep your insurance if you want' are telling us they've got a great deal in Iran with respect to their nuclear program. I don't believe it.\"\nThis is what I like to call a \"guy at the end of the bar\" argument. You may know the type: there's some angry guy watching the TV above the bar, and to no one in particular, the loudmouth wants to share his poorly informed wisdom about a variety of subjects. He's the guy who's convinced government is inherently bad because of lines at the DMV.\nCheney has become that guy. About 1 percent of the population will be adversely affected by changes to the messy individual, non-group insurance market, and as such, the P5+1 nuclear agreement with Iran is suspect. What do these two things have to do with one another? For sensible people, nothing.\nhttp:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/rachel-maddow-show\/cheneys-descent-incoherence\nDarth Vader hasN'T lost enough oxygen to his gray matter yet? DAMN!\nMichael was on point here.\nGood Morning, Everyone :)\nGood Morning, Rikyrah & Everyone!\nHat tip to Xena:","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Ironman Canada (Whistler) 2018 (July 29th) \u2013 Seedings\nBy Thorsten on July 11, 2018 in IM Canada\nYear Male Winner Time Female Winner Time\n2013 Trevor Wurtele (CAN) 08:39:33 Uli Bromme (USA) 09:28:13\n2014 Marino Vanhoenacker (BEL) 08:16:10 Bree Wee (USA) 09:46:58\n2015 Viktor Zyemtsev (UKR) 08:49:46 Danielle Mack (USA) 09:46:19\n2016 Andy Potts (USA) 08:20:23\n2017 Linsey Corbin (USA) 09:17:12\nLast Year's TOP 3\nHere are the links to the results analysis from last year (WPRO-only) and to analysis for the male race in 2016.\nFemale Race Results\nRank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time\n1 Linsey Corbin USA 00:56:04 05:08:52 03:08:12 09:17:12\n2 Jen Annett CAN 00:58:32 05:08:31 03:14:48 09:24:55\n3 Rachel McBride CAN 00:51:21 05:06:41 03:25:46 09:27:15\nMale Race Results (2016)\n1 Andy Potts USA 00:47:03 04:31:07 02:58:19 08:20:23\n2 Pedro Gomes POR 00:49:52 04:40:55 02:53:18 08:27:31\n3 Trevor Wurtele CAN 00:49:50 04:41:17 02:55:53 08:30:25\nLeg Gender Record Athlete Date\nTotal overall 08:16:10 Marino Vanhoenacker 2014-07-27\nSwim overall 00:47:03 Andy Potts 2016-07-24\nBike overall 04:31:07 Andy Potts 2016-07-24\nRun overall 02:40:34 Jeff Symonds 2014-07-27\nTotal female 09:17:12 Linsey Corbin 2017-07-30\nSwim female 00:51:21 Rachel McBride 2017-07-30\nBike female 05:06:41 Rachel McBride 2017-07-30\nRun female 03:06:53 Uli Bromme 2013-08-25\nThe Course Rating for IM Canada is \u2013 02:39.\nRace Adjustments for IM Canada\nYear Adjustment Swim Adj. Bike Adj. Run Adj. # of Finishers Rating Swim Rating Bike Rating Run Rating\n2013 02:06 00:21 00:15 -00:40 24 02:06 00:21 00:15 -00:40\n2014 01:11 00:26 -02:26 -02:27 15 of 17 01:39 00:24 -01:06 -01:33\n2015 -18:46 00:28 -13:17 -04:09 23 of 33 -05:10 00:25 -05:10 -02:25\n2016 02:15 01:27 04:12 04:59 12 of 15 -03:18 00:40 -02:49 -00:34\n2017 -00:03 01:27 -00:24 00:06 13 of 17 -02:39 00:50 -02:20 -00:26\nKPR points and Prize Money\nIM Canada is a P-2000 race. It has a total prize purse of 40.000 US$, paying 10 deep.\nMale Race Participants\nThe strength of the field is 11% of a typical Kona field.\nESwim\nERun\n1 4 Brent McMahon CAN 08:18:13 08:14:27 00:47:20 04:37:31 05:29:51 02:48:22 70% +0% -30% (12) 6\n2 1 Marino Vanhoenacker BEL 08:24:03 08:21:40 00:49:27 04:36:02 05:30:29 02:53:34 73% +5% -22% (30) 19\n3 6 Jeff Symonds CAN 08:31:05 08:29:39 00:49:47 04:49:39 05:44:27 02:46:38 61% +0% -39% (11) 45\n4 3 Matthew Russell USA 08:32:48 08:28:48 00:53:55 04:38:36 05:37:31 02:55:17 47% +27% -26% (45) 41\n5 7 Callum Millward NZL 08:35:21 08:34:36 00:48:39 04:44:01 05:37:39 02:57:42 81% +0% -19% (11) 64\n6 8 Paul Matthews AUS 08:35:50 08:30:56 00:47:01 04:42:53 05:34:54 03:00:56 39% +0% -61% (16) 52\n7 9 Mark Bowstead NZL 08:39:06 08:39:25 00:48:28 04:42:15 05:35:44 03:03:22 84% +0% -16% (6) 85\n8 2 Trevor Wurtele CAN 08:39:17 08:43:00 00:50:51 04:43:02 05:38:52 03:00:25 55% +12% -33% (19) (90)\n9 14 Stephen Kilshaw CAN 08:41:27 09:02:05 00:52:26 04:45:04 05:42:30 02:58:57 12% +32% -56% (13) 166\n10 5 Pedro Gomes POR 08:42:59 08:45:51 00:51:00 04:49:54 05:45:54 02:57:05 56% +1% -44% (32) 94\n11 10 Sam Long USA 08:51:27 08:53:52 00:54:42 04:41:53 05:41:35 03:09:52 83% +0% -17% (6) 132\n12 15 Tripp Hipple USA 08:57:39 09:06:35 00:51:59 04:46:48 05:43:47 03:13:52 51% +0% -49% (5) 175\n13 16 Nathan Killam CAN 09:02:28 09:17:39 00:53:59 05:02:33 06:01:33 03:00:55 59% +41% -0% (4) (206)\n14 20 Christopher Bagg USA 09:03:44 09:40:25 00:53:15 04:54:43 05:52:57 03:10:47 3% +13% -84% (16) (259)\n15 19 Adam Feigh USA 09:15:17 09:26:29 00:53:51 04:52:45 05:51:37 03:23:40 n\/a (1 IM Pro race) (235)\n16 21 Nicholas Chase USA 09:28:49 09:35:06 00:52:04 05:01:28 05:58:33 03:30:16 57% +0% -43% (4) (253)\n17 11 Justin Metzler USA 09:31:58 09:43:30 00:48:44 04:57:15 05:51:00 03:40:58 n\/a (1 IM Pro race) (265)\n18 18 Ivan Dominguez USA 10:16:25 10:28:51 00:54:28 05:17:21 06:16:49 03:59:36 n\/a (1 IM Pro race) (291)\n12 Kennett Peterson USA n\/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated 0% +0% -100% (2) (n\/a)\n17 Andrew Talansky USA n\/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n\/a (no IM Pro race) (n\/a)\nMarino Vanhoenacker: 46% (1-1)\nBrent McMahon: 30% (2-1)\nMatthew Russell: 13% (7-1)\nJeff Symonds: 5% (20-1)\nCallum Millward: 3% (28-1)\nKona Qualifying\nHere are the athletes looking for a Kona slot and what they'll need to secure a July slot:\nBrent McMahon: already safe\nMarino Vanhoenacker: 14th (but unclear if he's going to accept a slot)\nCallum Millward: 5th or better\nMark Bowstead: podium\nIronman Canada (Whistler) 2019 \u2013 Analyzing Results\nIronman Canada\/Whistler (WPRO only, July 28th) \u2013 Seedings\nIronman Canada\/Whistler 2019 (WPRO only, July 28th) \u2013 Entry List\nIronman Canada 2018 (July 29th) \u2013 Entry List\nIronman Germany 2018 \u2013 Analyzing Results\nIronman Switzerland 2018 (July 29th) \u2013 Seedings","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"UK Sales Charts: Call of Duty Sinks to 11 Year Low at Retail\nBut digital marches forward\nby Sammy Barker Mon 15th Oct 2018\nCall of Duty: Black Ops 4 set a new global sales record on the PlayStation Store at launch, while its first weekend at UK retail represented an 11 year low for the franchise. What can we infer from this? Either the British public has fallen out of love with Activision's first-person shooter series (unlikely) or consumers are really starting to switch to digital storefronts now (likely).\nChart-Track only has access to physical data for the time being, though, so the latest UK sales charts tell us that Black Ops 4 sold 59 per cent fewer boxed copies than its 2015 predecessor, Call of Duty: Black Ops 3. Not only that, but it's the weakest opening for a Call of Duty game in the British retail sector since Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare \u2013 which is, of course, the game that catapulted the series into the mainstream.\nDespite the doom and gloom around the data, it only took a single weekend for Black Ops 4 to become the second best-selling game of the year in the UK \u2013 it trails only the untouchable FIFA 19. An impressive 58 per cent of copies were sold on the PS4, while this week's other big new release WWE 2K19 enjoyed 66 per cent of its sales on Sony's system. The wrestling game debuted in fourth position.\nUK Sales Charts: Week Ending 13th October, 2018\nSuper Mario Party\n[via gamesindustry.biz]\ngingerfrog\nMon 15th Oct 2018\nI know I'm just 1 person, but this is the first switch I've made to digital in the series. Having got a 4tb hard drive last year I'm Probably not going to pick up any physical games again. Purley driven by laziness And the hoping that they'll all transfer to the ps5 and beyond when they subsequently release.\nTurismo4GT\nI still love having a new game as a physical disc. There is nothing like the sound of taking off the plastic wrap and cracking open the case for the first time. The smell of freshly varnished printed artwork on the disc, and the label artwork on the case. The convenience of getting a game without having to leave home, hell, setting it to download from the app while you're away from home, will never replace my love of a tangible disc. Long may it last.\nTasuki\nNot surprising. I know alot of CoD players are passing on this game. I wouldn't be surprised if sales are worse then Infinite Warfare.\nEvery game moving forward is going to be down at Retail.\nHorizon_Rover\nIs it the first time I do not see GTA5 in a chart of top 10?\nDerpie1\n@Tasuki CoD needs a break...\nget2sammyb\n@Tasuki Did you see the other article?\n@get2sammyb Ok now I am confused? Did it sell poorly or really good?\nDoes anyone else feel like this news with physical and digital is more like bitter sweet for Activision? I mean think about it. The lowest in physical sales, but the highest in digital sales. I don't know; if I was a representative of Activision, I will have mixed feelings about this. I mean you can point out that it came out much earlier than past Call of Duty games, but I don't know.\nRoyalGuard\nI've never bought a digital game in my life that was over 20$ indie. (hollow knight, the messenger, etc) is getting the digital version cheaper on AAA Game? No printed disc , no art work, no retailer cut, etc. If not who do they pass the savings on to?..... hmmm.\n@Tasuki Seems the market is moving to digital.\nTh3solution\nYeah, I think the market is moving to digital, slowly, but surely. I still prefer physical.\nI just don't understand why the digital copy is not discounted at least a little bit vs buying it new at retail, since they are cutting out the middle man and seemingly the profit margin is higher with digital. If they pass a little of that savings on to the consumer, then more people would buy digital. It's a win-win. But I guess this article shows people will move over anyways.\nLN78\n@Th3solution I think the main reason that is given for digital games not being cheaper in Europe is that there has to be parity of pricing across all territories.Perhaps Brexit will affect this for people in the UK but I'm not sure. I suspect the real reason has more to do with greed,though.Why discount anything that people are already buying in droves?\n@gingerfrog Physical disks very rarley save hd space, as game installation copies the entire content to the hd anyway. So I'm buying only digital too, but having a large xtra drive isn't the consideration.\nJoeBlogs\n@Turismo4GT I know what you mean. I don't feel like I've really got something if I buy digital. I'll buy stuff in sales but when it comes to the big new releases, I'm physical all the way.\n@Tasuki\nActivision said more people connected to black ops 4 than wwll day one, so it's doing pretty well\nRedMan33\nLow at retail best ever digital launch on PlayStation, may not be all doom and gloom\nMaccaMUFC\n@beemo \"I used to buy everything digital and I've recently switched back to physical.\"\nThat's like saying 'I used to buy discs but recently switched back to VHS'. Your backing the wrong horse, the beginning of the end for physical started awhile ago and eventually when the people who buy physical are in the very small minority, it's not going to be feasible to continue to produce cases, discs, logistics and shipping fees, it's not going to be worth it when developers and publishers stand to gain full profit from people buying their games digitally.\nA physical copy for an online-only game is pretty much pointless anyway.\nBAMozzy\nI always buy Physical where possible and I can see a time when Physical maybe overtaken by digital sales but I still think there is a market for BOTH!\nFor CoD to be the biggest selling 'digital' game on PS4, that wouldn't require a significant amount of sales. A million or two at most which may sound like a lot, which it is for some games, but for a franchise that normally sells 20-25m, that's a relatively small fraction.\nI am sure that CoD may well of lost some of those sales to Digital, BUT I am sure that sales are down too - the lack of campaign for example was a big sticking point for many and its whether or not Battle Royale is a good substitute for them.\nFrom my perspective, this is the first CoD since CoD4 that I haven't bought at release, the first CoD game since MW2 that I haven't pre-ordered the 'special' edition version. If I do buy, it will be when the price drops and it will be a physical disc version.\nRainbowGazelle\n@MaccaMUFC And that's when I will quit buying games.\nbindiana\nI prefer physical for new games so if I dont like it or complete it can then sell it and get some money back. But with older games and the very good playstation digital sales buying quite a few of them digital.\n@RainbowGazelle If it's that easy for you to just quit playing games over that then you can't be all that bothered about gaming. Just seems to me you'd only be cutting your nose off to spite your face but nobody would care and the developers and publishers certainly wouldn't.\nI feel that certain games are moving towards digital, whilst others perhaps aren't.\nTo use the new Call of Duty (which is ONLY online multiplayer, lest we forget) as an example for all games would be folly. This is a game for which a disc would be pointless because, in ten years once they've shut the servers down, you'll be left with a shiny drinks coaster. At least with the others, keeping hold of a disc has some value, because you can play the campaigns for as long as you've got a working console.\nIt's an interesting statistic, for sure, but not a damning indictment of the state of modern gaming. Nowhere near.\nleucocyte\nthe UK console market is still dominated by physical discs, ~80% in 2017 according to gameindustry.biz - given the number of pre-owned discs in game\/cex etc. that i see, the popularity of cashing in a disc to buy the next thing is still there. and there's the fact that it's 60 quid on PSN, and ~45 on disc if you look around. if CoD physical sales are down 59%, even if digital sales are well up, it would have be up something like 300-400% to match total sales. extremely unlikely, imo.\ncould be a lot of reasons.. no campaign, or people didn't want to download a 51gb day-1 patch, or it released early in october rather than its traditional november schedule.. sandwiched between spiderman, tomb raider, assassin's creed, fifa and red dead redemption 2.. or maybe people think it'll drop significantly in price for black friday.\nPs4_all_the_way\nI haven't bought a COD game this generation which I'm sure no one noticed but I used to buy day 1. They are great fun but my head used to be wrecked. Not exactly relaxing.\nThe only time I buy digital is if the price is really good, I just don't like it.\n@MaccaMUFC I prefer owning the things that I buy and not leasing them long term from the license holder. Simple as that.\nAnthonyStark86\n@Oizon haha, that's the first thing I look for too in these sales chart articles.\nFullbringIchigo\n@MaccaMUFC you do know people still buy Books, VHS, Cassette and vinyl right? and how long have they been \"dead\"\nPhysical media will never go away due to one simple fact, legacy in 20 years time when all the online servers are off physical will be the only version of these games still available to buy (even if you can't play them)\nthere is also another thing to remember you NEED retail in order to actually sell your console to the public and look at what happened when MS first released the Game Pass, shops stopped stocking the XB1 for a while because they were afraid they wouldn't be able to sell any games for the system and thus not make any money off them (it was a knee jerk reaction) now just imagine if they went completely digital, what incentive would any shop have to sell your system if they can't sell games and make money and that's another reason Physical wont go away\n@MaccaMUFC I simply prefer owning a physical copy that I can sell if I don't want it anymore. If games go all digital, I'm not interested. I've got a big enough backlog now, so it should keep me going for years anyway.\n@MaccaMUFC for me personally if digital games (I'm taking the big hitters not indie stuff) charged a price taking out disc, cars, packaging etc.. rather than being more than a physical copy I'd agree with you the rise in digital is there to see but while people still like to own something they can hold it won't go away any time soon. I remember iTunes launching and that being the Death of CDs but a decade and a half later there still around\nIt's online only title, why gamers buy it on disc? It's like buying fortnite or ff14 on disc.\n@wiiware i have FFXIV on disc but that's mainly for collection purposes so i have a complete collection\ncarlos82\n@get2sammyb I'd be curious to see actual copies of the game sold compared with 3, as obviously digital sales will be higher than they used to be and reading the other article they are very clever with their words. Sales could be games sold but is likely a total cash value including multiple editions and other other bits of DLC available at launch. Ubisoft have also gone the cash route and I don't suppose they care of they sell to less people but make more money\nFlaming_Kaiser\nWhy would you even buy a disc with this game nothing is on it. \ud83d\ude11\n@Splat Bull this gamedisc is just a coaster though.\n@wiiware Final Fantasy has a nice case atleast. \ud83d\ude01 \ud83d\ude1c\neltomo\nI don't find I'll replay a story driven game anymore, so physical always, then if I'm not blown away, it gets traded in.\nlixei32\n@get2sammyb I don't think this game is the correct medium to face the digital physical argument since its online only just as fortnite and switching off the server will result in no game at all.\nHowever with frequent sales and retailers closing and offering no value benefits it keeps us 30 and 40 years plus to move the physical medium forward. I think younger generations accustomed with apps are digital by a long way as they don't value games like we do.\nDreamcaster-X\n@Th3solution They can't discount the digital versions without pissing off the retailers carrying the physical version & they know that lazy players will pay full price for the \"convenience\" of digital.\n@Oizon @AnthonyStark86 Don't worry GTA V will definitely be back in the top 10 again soon.\n@FullbringIchigo When you say retail\/shops I assume you mean gaming stores? Well I don't think they are really needed to sell consoles now that you can get them direct from the manufacturer or Amazon and other online sites and supermarkets\/department stores. The only ones who would really kick up a stink are the gaming stores like GAME, GameStop etc who rely on selling pre owned games. Also the way things are these days with the closures of high street stores, at least here in the UK, there is only one major gaming store company GAME to buy consoles brand new and I wouldn't be surprised if they went under again and gone for good.\n@MaccaMUFC it can count to online stores too, why would Amazon or Zavvi stock a console if they can't get sales from games and accessories remember consoles are always sold at a loss because they make the money up from sales of games and stuff\nplus like you said there is the pre-owned market, that is HUGE and just stopping physical releases would cause a HUGE vacuum in the market that could end up making the console gaming market a lot worse than it is now\n@FullbringIchigo Amazon isn't a multi billion dollar company because they sell games and accessories, they also don't rely on taking a percentage off others selling pre owned games on their site, like you see on eBay and such. So I really doubt they would be too bothered if all games went digital but to make up for not having physical games to sell, they could sell games in digital form by emailing over a code or have it sent in a gift card.\nThe pre-owned market is huge? To who exactly? Seems to me people buy games new or wait for them to be in a sale and we're constantly seeing digital sales on the rise across the board.\nWho stands to be hardest hit if everything went digital? It's the gaming stores and people who sell second hand games. Who cares if it upsets them? I say good riddance when it eventually happens and so will the developers and publishers, they lose out on sales to the preowned market and that's not necessarily a good thing for gamers. Developers having more money could allow them to create more quality games. Also digital prices are higher than in stores because the stores would complain if digital prices were cheaper but if they were taken out of the equation then digital prices could be lowered, I don't see them increasing as people would eventually have something to say about it and hit them where it hurts with their wallets.\n@Dreamcaster-X I guess they do have to partner with the retailers, but I think places like GameStop make their money mostly on pre-owned anyways. And placed like Best Buy likely don't make much from game sales, I don't know.\nPlayStation Store Sales Charts: Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled Is Top in Europe\nBut not even on the podium in the US\nUK Sales Charts: Nintendo Dominates in a Quiet Week for PS4\nCTR still on the podium\nUK Sales Charts: Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled Almost Makes Number One in Second Week\nBut Mario gets the jump\nUK Sales Charts: Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled Leads the Pack\nThird biggest launch of the year\nUK Sales Charts: Days of Play Keeps FIFA 19 Ahead of the Pack","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Home. Travel Guide \u00bb New Zealand \u00bb Destination Guides \u00bb West Coast\nWest Coast Guide\nCruise the West Coast and discover Westport, the seal colony at Cape Foulwind, pancake rocks and blowholes at Punakaiki, the Monteith's Brewery in Greymouth and pounamu in Hokitika.\nThe major influx of settlers to the West Coast arrived between 1864 and 1867 when gold fever and the discovery of coal drove the population from 250 to 26,000. Today's main town centres of Westport, Greymouth and Hokitika are all former mining boom towns.\nWith the gold long gone, the West Coast is now an outdoorsy paradise and adrenaline hub with outdoor adventures ranging from surfing, horse trekking and jet boating to underground rafting, caving, white water rafting and kayaking.\nPopulation: Approximately 33,000 distributed across the entire region.\nVibe: Isolated, rugged wilderness. You'll feel like you've entered a completely different world as you drive through abundant native rainforests squashed between scenic craggy coastline and the towering Southern Alps.\nKnown as: NZ's own 'wild west'. Originally settled by gold and coal miners in the 1860s, this narrow stretch of coast has maintained a certain wildness to this day due to its relative isolation (mobile phones still don't work throughout much of the area).\nMust Do: Watch the amazing full spectrum of colours as the sun sets into the Tasman Sea \u2013 the sunsets here are out of this world!\nOne of the best coastal drives in the world\nThe Great Coast Road stretches 100km between Westport and Greymouth, following a remarkably rugged shoreline with plenty of rocky beaches, overhanging cliffs and hidden caves to explore, including the famous Punakaiki Pancake Rocks. It's no surprise that it was dubbed a top 10 coastal drive by Lonely Planet!\nSeal spotting at Cape Foulwind\nWeather permitting, don't miss a stop at Cape Foulwind to visit the seal colony. Depending on the season, there can be up to 100 New Zealand fur seals relaxing on the rocks. Choose between a short 15min walk to the seal colony viewpoint or carry on for a longer undulating 3.4km walk leading to the Cape Foulwind lighthouse that includes breathtaking panoramic views of the mountains and coast.\nPunakaiki Pancake Rocks and Blowholes\nWithout a doubt, the most famous feature of the Paparoa National Park is Punakaiki's fascinating limestone rock formations shaped by wind and sea to look like stacks of pancakes. A short 20min loop track from the road will take you through this impressive natural phenomenon, and you can finish your walk with fresh, hot pancakes from the cafe across the road!\nSearch for a pounamu (greenstone) souvenir in Hokitika\nWhether you stop in one of the pounamu galleries in town or happen to find a piece washed up on the beach, Hokitika is the best place to find an authentic NZ greenstone. Highly valued by the Maori for its spiritual significance, it is most often used in place of metal to make carving tools, weapons and jewellery. As something unique to New Zealand, many visitors opt for a carved greenstone as a meaningful souvenir from their trip \u2013 just keep in mind that Maori tradition says it's bad luck to buy pounamu for yourself!\nAfter working up a hunger visiting the famous Punakaiki Pancake Rocks, the Pancake Rock Caf\u00e9 is located just across the road from the track access point and ready to cater to your pancake cravings, with stacks available all day.\nThe West Coast is home to some stand out craft beer breweries. The West Coast Brewery in Westport is a town highlight, offering two-hour brewery tours followed by tastings of their all-natural beers. If you find yourself with downtime in Greymouth, don't miss a stop by the Monteith's Brewing Company Brewery, a West Coast original and one of NZ's oldest brewing companies that produces some of the country's best beers.\nFancy sampling a local delicacy? With the largest concentration of whitebait (tiny, translucent fish) in the country, the West Coast is one of the best places to sample whitebait fritters. Fishing for whitebait is only permitted during certain times of year, but you can find whitebait fritters on many pub menus up and down the West Coast or during one of the autumn whitebait festivals.\nIf you want to try something wilder than whitebait, the annual Hokitika Wild Foods Festival is a highlight event for foodies. Usually taking place in March, the festival features an array of wild foods ranging from gourmet local game to bizarre bites for the bravest taste testers. Think things like grubs, snails and mountain oysters \u2013 yum!\nFind a New Zealand Tour\nWest Coast Brewery Tour\nThe 2 hour brewery tour covers the basics of beer\/brewing and the complete process from st...\nCape Foulwind\nCape Foul wind has a walkway that takes you past a seal colony and a lighthouse.\nPancake Rocks and Blowholes\nThe Pancake Rocks and Blowholes at Punakaiki were created when the sea bed was raised abov...\nCoal Creek Walk\nThe Coal Creek Walk takes about an hour. The path takes you down through the Coal Creek va...\nTripInn Hostel - YHA Westport\nYHA Westport TripInn Hostel is located close to the main street of shops and evening entertainment.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Speakers announced for National Medicines Symposium 2018\nNPS MedicineWise is pleased to announce the keynote speakers for the 10th National Medicines Symposium (NMS) - Population to Personal Health Care: The Future is Now.\nThe conference will deliver key industry speakers to discuss healthcare innovation, advancements and best practice in medication management and policy.\nA broad selection of local and international speakers are scheduled for the conference agenda, including; Dr Hans-Georg Eichler, Professor Jeremy Nicholson, Dr John Skerritt, Jo Watson, Professor Lisa Jackson Pulver and Professor Andrew Wilson.\nTopics the speakers will discuss will cover a diverse and meaningful range of concepts and ideas. Prof. Nicholson will be discussing molecular phenotyping and systems medicine approaches, while Dr Eichler will share his perspectives on adaptive pathways and contemporary regulation.\nNPS MedicineWise Executive Manager and Chair of the NMS 2018 Program Committee Ms Kerren Hosking says she is looking forward to hosting such a diverse range of respected health professionals.\nWe have a stellar line-up of insightful speakers for NMS 2018 who have all been responsible for innovative initiatives in clinical settings. Their presentations will challenge perceptions and provide useful insights for fellow health care professionals.\"\nMs Kerren Hosking\nThe keynote speakers for NMS 2018 are as follows:\nDr Hans-Georg Eichler, Senior Medical Officer, European Medicines Agency.\nHans-Georg Eichler, MD, MSc, is the Senior Medical Officer of the European Medicines Agency in London, United Kingdom, where he is responsible for coordinating activities between the Agency's scientific committees and giving advice on scientific and public health issues.\nProfessor Jeremy Nicholson, Director, Clinical Phenotyping Centre and Chair in Biological Chemistry, Head of Department Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgery & Cancer.\nJeremy K. Nicholson is a professor of biological chemistry and head of the Department of Biomolecular Medicine, Division of Surgery, Oncology, Reproductive Biology and Anaesthetics at Imperial College London.\nNicholson is known for having developed metabonomics, also referred to as metabolic profiling. His research interests include spectroscopic and chemometric approaches to the investigation of disturbed metabolic processes in complex organisms.\nProfessor Andrew Wilson, Professor and Director, Menzies Centre for Health Policy School of Public Health, University of Sydney.\nAndrew Wilson is the chair of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee and co-director of the Menzies Centre for Health Policy, University of Sydney. He leads the Australian Prevention Partnership Centre.\nHis research interests concern the application of epidemiology to informing decision making in clinical medicine, public health, and health service policy and planning especially in chronic disease prevention and management.\nDr John Skerritt, Deputy Secretary for Health Products Regulation, Department of Health.\nJohn Skerritt is Deputy Secretary for Health Products Regulation in the Commonwealth Department of Health, covering both TGA and the Office of Drug Control.\nHe has extensive experience in medical, agricultural and environmental policy, regulation, research management, technology commercialisation, and is an Adjunct Full Professor at two Australian universities.\nJo Watson, Deputy Chair, Consumers Health Forum (CHF).\nJo Watson has been a consumer advocate in health for several decades. She is the Deputy Chair of the Consumers Health Forum and the Chair of the HTA Consumer Consultative Committee, established within the Commonwealth Department of Health. Jo is a member of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee and became the first Deputy Chair in 2017.\nProfessor Lisa Jackson Pulver, Pro Vice-chancellor Engagement & Pro Vice-chancellor Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Leadership, Western Sydney University.\nLisa Jackson Pulver is a proud Wiradjuri Koori woman. She is an academic leader, a recognised expert in public health and prominent researcher, educator and advocate for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and education.\nAs the inaugural Pro Vice-chancellor, Engagement and Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Leadership, Professor Jackson Pulver leads the University of Western Sydney's work relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander outcomes.\nPosted in: Medical Research News | Healthcare News\nTags: Cancer, Chronic Disease, Education, Epidemiology, Health Care, Healthcare, Medicine, Metabolic Profiling, Oncology, Public Health, Research, Surgery\nTransobturator sling surgery shows promise for stress urinary incontinence\nBariatric surgery should be offered to all patients who would benefit\nSleep disorders in patients with low back pain linked to increased healthcare visits, costs\nTen-fold rise in tongue-tie surgery for newborns 'without any real strong data'\nApplication of machine learning methods to healthcare outcomes research\nMining Industry News","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Teravista\nSearch All Teravista Homes\nTeravista is a neighborhood in Round Rock, Texas. Round Rock is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, located in Williamson County, which is a part of the Greater Austin, Texas metropolitan area. The city straddles both sides of the Balcones Escarpment, a fault line in which the areas roughly east of IH-35 are flat and characterized by having black, fertile soils of the Blackland Prairie, and the west side of the Escarpment which consists mostly of hilly, karst-like terrain with little topsoil and higher elevations and which is part of the Texas Hill Country. Located about 20 miles north of downtown Austin, Round Rock shares a common border with Austin at Texas State Highway 45.\nIn August 2008, Money magazine named Round Rock as the seventh-best American small city in which to live. Round Rock was the only Texas city to make the Top 10. In a CNN article dated July 1, 2009, Round Rock was listed as the second fastest-growing city in the country, with a population growth of 8.2% in the preceding year.\nRound Rock has a strong public education system. According to the 2008 ratings from the Texas Education Agency, the Round Rock Independent School District (RRISD) ranks among the best in the state. Of 42 schools within it, twelve were rated exemplary and eleven are recognized.\nRound Rock is perhaps best known as the international headquarters of Dell, which employs approximately 16,000 people at its Round Rock facilities. The presence of Dell along with other major employers, a strong economic development program, favorable tax rates, and major retailers such as IKEA and a Premium Outlet Mall, and the mixed use La Frontera center, have changed Round Rock from a sleepy bedroom community into its own self-contained \"super suburb.\"\nsource: wikipedia.org\nFind Your Way Around Teravista\nThe Ranch at Brushy Creek\nAvery Ranch\nCat Hollow\nDavis Springs\nAnderson Mill West\nButtercup Creek\nForest Creek\nDISCOVER NEIGHBORHOODS\nAbout Us & Our Success\nHow Is The Market?\nBuying Your New Home...\nSelling Your Home...\nSimply enter your email address below to subscribe to our informational mailing list.\nAustin Real Estate and Homes\nEmail: info@austin101.com info@austin101.com\nAUSTIN 101 REALTY\n595 Round Rock West Dr. Ste. 301\nThe data relating to real estate for sale on this website comes in part from the MLS. Listing broker has attempted to offer accurate data, but is not guaranteed accurate. All information presented is deemed reliable but not guaranteed. | IDX Sitemap\nCOPYRIGHT \u00a9 2021 Another Great Website By ADMIN LOGIN","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"LVMH to buy luxury jeweller Tiffany for $16bn\nLianna Brinded\n\u00b7Head of Yahoo Finance UK\nWindow display at Tiffany's flagship store at the 5th Avenue in New York City, US. Photo: Nicolas Economou\/NurPhoto\nLuxury goods giant LVMH (MC.PA) has agreed to buy one of the world's most iconic jewellers \u2014 Tiffany \u2014 for $16.2bn (\u00a312.6bn).\nLVMH, which owns 75 prestigious brands including Christian Dior and Givenchy and has 4,590 stores worldwide, confirmed in a statement that it has agreed to buy the jeweller for $135 (\u00a3105) per share in cash.\nBernard Arnault, France's richest man and owner of LVMH, said in a statement: \"We are delighted to have the opportunity to welcome Tiffany, a company with an unparalleled heritage and unique position in the global jewelry world, to the LVMH family.\n\"We have an immense respect and admiration for Tiffany and intend to develop this jewel with the same dedication and commitment that we have applied to each and every one of our Maisons. We will be proud to have Tiffany sit alongside our iconic brands and look forward to ensuring that Tiffany continues to thrive for centuries to come.\"\nTiffany & Co shopping bag, box and jewelry pouch. Photo: James Keyser\/Life Images Collection via Getty\nIn 2018, LVMH made \u20ac46.8bn (\u00a3401.bn, $51.5bn) worth of revenue. LVMH said in its statement today that the acquisition will help it increase its presence in the US and \"strengthen\" its position in jewelry.\nTiffany has been around for more than 180 years and was key in establishing the diamond ring as \"an enduring symbol of commitment.\" Even the blue Tiffany box is recognised across the globe worldwide as \"an icon of refinement and desirability.\"\nThe deal has been approved by the boards of directors of both companies and \"the Tiffany Board of Directors recommends that Tiffany shareholders approve the transaction with LVMH.\"\nThe transaction is expected to close in the middle of 2020 and is subject to conditions, including approval from Tiffany's shareholders and the receipt of regulatory approvals.\n\"Tiffany has been focused on executing on our key strategic priorities to drive sustainable long-term growth,\" said Alessandro Bogliolo, CEO of Tiffany.\n\"This transaction, which occurs at a time of internal transformation for our legendary brand, will provide further support, resources and momentum for those priorities as we evolve towards becoming the Next Generation Luxury Jeweler. As part of the LVMH group, Tiffany will reach new heights, capitalizing on its remarkable internal expertise, unparalleled craftsmanship and strong cultural values.\"","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Home \/Recent Post\/Zee attack: Sena activists ransack Godbole`s residence\nZee attack: Sena activists ransack Godbole`s residence\nFascismFebruary 11, 2006\nPune, Feb 11: At least 10 Shiv Sena activists today barged into the residential premises of Shrigan Godbole here, the script writer of the controversial skit \"kaka Mala Vachwa\" (uncle, protect me) and three of them have been arrested for ransacking and trespassing, a senior police official said.\nTaking a cue from the recent editorial in party`s mouthpiece \"Saamna\" which justified the recent attack on Zee Television channel`s Mumbai office for staging the controversial skit on the Thackeray family feud at an award function organised by the media company on February five, the Shiv Sena activists stormed into the house of Godbole at Fergusson College Road here.\nWhen the Shiv Sena activists tried to forcibly enter the house of Godbole, his mother shut the door on them, following which they indulged in ransacking a dressing table and flower pots lying in the verandah, Dilip Shepal, Assistant Commissioner of Police, told media persons.\nHe said a case has been registered at the Deccan police station in this connection and three of those involved in the attack have been arrested.\nOthers have been identified and would be soon nabbed, the police official said.\nIncidentally Godbole, who happens to be the script writer of the controversial skit, is a regular columnist of \"Saamna\".\nMeanwhile, noted actor Mohan Agashe said attack by Shiv Sainiks at the residential premises of Shrirang Godbole, who scripted the satirical skit on Thackeray family feud was \"unacceptable.\"\nAgashe, who happened to be a witness to the ransacking of Godbole`s residential premises told media persons \"this is not done. With violence nothing is achieved.\"\nThe well-known actor denied rumours that he was manhandled by the Shiv Sena activists.\n\"I just happened to be visiting Godbole's when I saw the commotion outside their house. His mother was talking to some persons at the gate. When I enquired what was the matter I came to know they were Sena activists. I told them to hold on and that things could be sorted out through talks. However, a few among them began throwing stones at the house and in the meantime police too arrived,\" Agashe added.\nBureau Report, ZEE News\nhttp:\/\/www.zeenews.com\/znnew\/articles.asp?aid=274938&sid=REG&ssid=\nDissent is the Safety Valve\u2026\nKilling Fields of Uttar Pradesh,\u2026\nAnother Brutal Killing in the\u2026\nPramod Muthalik hisses at 'kiss\u2026\n'Love jihad' on official agenda\u2026\nMaharashtra Sadan staffer forced to\u2026\nHindu nationalist organisations take root\u2026\nAfter techie's killing, fear drives\u2026\nPune techie killed, SMS boasts\u2026","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Throwing Muses To Play First Shows in 5 Years in Boston, San Diego, and Pasadena\nCelebrated art-punk trailblazers Throwing Muses have announced three shows this summer \u2013 their first live dates since their 2014 American tour. August brings performances in Boston, San Diego and Pasadena, California. The first date is August 23 at Boston's City Winery, followed by August 20 at San Diego's Soda Bar and August 31 at the Pasadena Daydream Festival.\nFred Abong, formerly also of Throwing Muses during the 'Real Ramona' period will open the Boston and San Diego shows in support of his new 'Pulsing' EP. His music is alternately described as \"ragged Replacements\" and \"Elliott Smith with balls\".\nThese Throwing Muses dates follow Kristin Hersh's current tour as an electric trio, together with Fred Abong and Rob Ahlers, drummer in Hersh's other band 50FOOTWAVE. For the remainder of June, Hersh is touring the U.S. East Coast in support of her album 'Possible Dust Clouds', with Fred Abong also playing an opening solo set.\nComprised of Kristin Hersh, David Narcizo and Bernard George, Throwing Muses is a groundbreaking band who tossed out every rule in the book and effortlessly changed the face of alternative music. The Muses first gained traction in the early '80s, playing with similar artists, such as The Pixies and Dinosaur Jr.\nThrowing Muses continue to release groundbreaking music, most recently with 2013's double CD masterpiece 'Purgatory\/Paradise', an epic, 32-song CD\/book combination with photographs and essays by Kristin\u2014also an acclaimed author\u2014and artwork by David Narcizo. Played as a series of movements dovetailing into a powerful statement, this artful piece outdoes everything in this band's long, illustrious career, proving that the Muses has only peaks, no valleys, unbelievably continuing to outdo themselves with every record.\nSigned to Britain's 4AD and Sire\/Warner Brothers in the U.S. as teenagers, Hersh quickly realized she was not interested in playing the corporate recording industry game and traded her first solo record (the highly acclaimed 'Hips and Makers', featuring 'Your Ghost' featuring Michael Stipe) for her band's freedom. Released from their contractual obligations, Hersh and her musical projects\u2014including 50FOOTWAVE, who pioneered the 'pay what you want' model\u2014are now entirely listener-supported.\nHersh describes her band as \"Three shy friends from a little island, freaking the f*** out. We play because we're addicted to the noise and because we love each other. We've never stopped playing. Thirty years on a bus together only encouraged us to play more and no one has told us to shut up yet.\"\nThe Boston show is an all-ages event. Tickets go on sale to the public as of June 24 at 3 pm EST and are now available to City Winery members and Strange Angels. Doors open at 6 pm. A Meet & Greet Soundcheck Party with Kristin Hersh's trio takes place at 5 pm with tickets limited to 40 persons.\nOn August 30, the San Diego show at Soda Bar starts at 9:30, doors open at 8:30 pm. The next day, Throwing Muses appear at the Pasadena Daydream Festival, curated by Robert Smith. Of nine handpicked groups slated to perform, Kristin Hersh is among just four artists to be invited back to perform at this event from last year's London Meltdown Festiva (the others being Mogwai, The Joy Formidable and The Twilight Sad).\nTicket info and sales links for Throwing Muses and Kristin Hersh shows can be found HERE.\n[table caption=\"THROWING MUSES \/ KRISTIN HERSH 2019 TOUR DATES\" width=\"100%\" colwidth=\"100|100|50|200|200\u2033 colalign=\"left|left|left|left|left\"]\nJune 21,Hamden, CT,Space Ballroom,\nJune 22,New York, NY,Mercury Lounge,\nJune 23,Washington, DC,Union Stage,\nJune 24,Philadelphia, PA,Boot & Saddle,\nJune 25,Harrisonburg,VA,Golden Pony,\nJune 26,Carrboro, NC,Cat's Cradle,\nJune 27,Atlanta, GA,Terminal West,\nJune 28,Athens, GA,40 Watt Club,\nJune 30,Charlotte, NC,Neighborhood Theatre,\nAug 23,Boston, MA,City Winery,as Throwing Muses\nAug 30,San Diego, CA,Soda Bar,as Throwing Muses\nAug 31,Pasadena, CA,Pasadena Daydream Festival,as Throwing Muses\nhttp:\/\/www.kristinhersh.com\nhttp:\/\/www.facebook.com\/strangeangels\nhttp:\/\/50footwave.cashmusic.org\nhttp:\/\/twitter.com\/kristinhersh\nhttp:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCTdtvPp4IiPDDZqX-4No5Uw\/playlists\nhttp:\/\/soundcloud.com\/kristinhersh-official\nhttp:\/\/kristinhersh.bandcamp.com\nFred Abong\nKristin Hersh\nRob Ahlers\nPrevious articleThe Test Drive: The Ocean Blue \u2013 Kings and Queens \/ Knaves and Thieves\nNext articleThe Test Drive: Cherokee \u2013 Californism","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Classical Editor: Rob Barnett Founder Len Mullenger: Len@musicweb-international.com\nWilhelm PETERSON-BERGER (1867-1942)\nSymphony No 4. in A major 'Holmia' (1929)\nT\u00f6rnrossagan, Orchestral Suite (The Story of the Sleeping Beauty) 1903; 1934\nFr\u00f6s\u00f6blomster, Suite No. 1 (The Flowers of Froso) 1896; 1934\nN\u00f6rrk\u00f6ping Symphony Orchestra\/Michail Jurowski\nRecorded May 31st - June 4th 1999 De Greer Hall, N\u00f6rrk\u00f6ping\nCPO 999 669-2 [65.55]\nCrotchet AmazonUK AmazonUS Amazon recommendations\nThere is no doubt that the 4th Symphony 'Holmia' by Wilhelm Peterson-Berger is not one of his best; although there is little scholarly consensus as to whether this accolade goes to the gorgeous 2nd 'The Journey to the South' or to the 3rd 'Lapland'. Yet it is easy to write off a piece of music simply because it is not a masterpiece or because it does not move the symphonic art on by leaps and bounds. To try to understand what Peterson-Berger has achieved it is necessary to look at the scope of the piece. It is always assumed that a composer when writing a symphony wishes to produce a profound work; something that will be regarded as a major contribution to the genre. However, it may well be the case that what Peterson-Berger wanted to do was write a work that was essentially 'light' in character. In fact there is a debate as to whether he actually composed a symphony at all; some critics argue that what we have are three 'character' pieces making up a suite. It was around this time that Eric Coates composed his excellent London Suites. Perhaps the Swedish composer wished to do for Stockholm (the title refers to Stockholm, by the way) what Coates had done for London.\nPeterson-Berger was a great portrayer of landscapes - at least as far as the programmes of his works went. In many ways this can be an off-putting feature of his music. Some of these programmes are so specific as to endanger the progress of the music. I have a marked preference to ignore most of Peterson-Berger's programmes. I read them, and then forget them. My approach to his symphonies is to regard them as absolute. If I had to keep his specific thoughts in my mind whilst listening it could totally spoil the work for me. Yet music of his symphonic output is too good to lose simply because the listener does not relate to the chosen verbal images. However, for the purposes of this current CD I am quite prepared to hold an image of Stockholm in my mind's eye as I listen; just as I will keep London in my sights when listening to Vaughan William's essay on that city.\nA brief overview of the composer's career will not come amiss - especially as he is still a relatively unknown quantity outside of Sweden.\nThe basic facts are quite straightforward. He was born on 27th February 1867 in the district of Ull\u00e5nger. After some private musical education, he studied organ at the Stockholm Conservatory in 1886. Lessons in composition, counterpoint and piano followed. He put many of these skills into practice as a teacher at a teacher training college and at Ume\u00e5 High School. He taught at the Dresdener Musikschule for a couple of years.\nBut perhaps he was best known for his long association with the newspaper Dagens Nyheter. He was their main music critic from 1895 until 1930. He retired to the island of Fr\u00f6sen and there he died on 3rd December 1942.\nWilhelm Peterson-Berger was well able to combine the three sides of his musical personality - that of the critic, of the teacher and educationalist and that of the composer. Yet it was as a critic that he gained a tremendous notoriety, which may actually have caused a deal of harm to his composing career. He was noted for virulent attacks on composers, compositions and players. These attacks were met with either amusement or anger. However, this meant that people who may have been favourable to his compositions, tended to be put off by his reputation as a cantankerous old man.\nHis catalogue of works is quite extensive. The five symphonies form the major part of the orchestral repertoire. However, much of his output was in fact choral, some works being composed for male voice quartet, a genre which seems so popular in Scandinavian countries. There is a considerable corpus of chamber music and piano solo. We are fortunate in having most of the orchestral music available on CD. However, there appears to be little else available in the United Kingdom.\nWilhelm Peterson-Berger had already done some justice to the city of Stockholm back in 1893 with a symphonic poem called 'May Carnival in Stockholm'. For his 4th Symphony he tried to be somewhat more ambitious. He was writing what was essentially a travelogue - a visitor from the 'sticks' viewing the big capital city. Yet in many ways this is no piece of descriptive music. In spite of the naivety of the material, it is better to regard it as an impressionistic essay: the way the visitor felt rather than what he actually saw. It is quite difficult to piece together the sense-impressions throughout this work. There are allusions to 'Americanisation', which was so prevalent at the end of the 'Twenties, not only in Stockholm but also throughout much of Europe. Some use is made of national music - but this is definitely not a folk-music symphony. In the first movement we are introduced to the city itself - a sweeping gesture, an overview. The slow movement that includes a scherzo-like passage is an attempt to give the idea of the night-life in the city. We are conscious of church, caf\u00e9 and nightclub. The critics have slated the last movement for its 'populist' form. In the last movement there are hints of jazz - not overt like Gershwin but quite restrained. It is, I think, quite na\u00efve of the composer to have ended with a hymn tune - even if it is Bishop Thomas' 'Freedom Song'.\nWhat are we to make of all this? Well, it makes pleasant listening; nothing too hard. It is quite definitely 'light' music. However it is exceptionally well-crafted light music. The orchestral texture is quite varied and, I think, quite attractive. I applaud CPO for including this work in their catalogue of the composer's works. We need it for completeness; yet compared to the 2nd Symphony 'Journey to the South' it is a little bit of an anti-climax.\nIncluded on this CD is the T\u00f6rnr\u00f6ssagan - Orchestral Suite in ten parts from the Fairy Tale 'Lyckan.' This work dates from the year 1903. The programme notes give a synopsis for this rather quaint reworking of the story of Sleeping Beauty. In 1934, some thirty years after the music drama was originally composed, Peterson-Berger decided to arrange much of the music as an orchestral suite in ten sections. Each item has the usual 'Fairy Tale', almost 'Rimsky-Korsakovian' titles e.g. - To the Sleeping Beauty's Castle; Flight through the Night and The Dawning of the Day. This is a lovely work. I actually like it better than the 'Holmia' Symphony. It most certainly deserves the occasional airing.\nIn 1896 Peterson-Berger had composed what is possibly his best-known work - the Flowers of Frosa, or Fr\u00f6s\u00f6blomster. These were originally composed for piano solo. There is no doubt that the composer saw them in the same light as much of Edvard Grieg's piano pieces; miniature tone poems describing the sights and sound of the Swedish landscape.\nSome of these pieces are extremely beautiful and deserve to be well known in this country. They are ideal candidates for Classic FM. In 1934 the composer chose to orchestrate five of the 'better' numbers from the original suite. This was done with consummate skill. The music lives up to their titles; Summer Song, To the Roses, Congratulation, At Fr\u00f6so Church and Greeting. These are five exquisite miniatures that are a joy and a pleasure to listen to. Although I have known the piano pieces for some time - they are available on Naxos 8.554343 - this was the first time I had heard the orchestral transcriptions. These are almost worth the price of the CD in their own right.\nThe N\u00f6rrk\u00f6ping Symphony Orchestra has a fine pedigree. It was founded in 1912 and has developed into a full-blown professional orchestra. It is noted for the many fine young players in its ranks. Michail Jurowski has a fine CV behind him. He has conducted orchestras throughout Europe, including the Northern German Philharmonic, Berlin Radio Orchestra and the Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra. He has experience of conducting Swedish music especially Ture Rangstrom. Both conductor and orchestra bring enthusiasm to these works that do not really require the orchestra to perform any kind of fireworks. They play with a considerable degree of nuance and subtlety.\nThe CD is beautifully produced. The sound quality is perfect. However the greatest compliment must be paid to the excellent programme notes. This is a veritable essay on the composer. Although the main part of the text is given in all the symphonies so far released, there is extensive additional information on the present pieces. CPO is to be congratulated on this symphonic cycle. One has to hope that they will soon bring out the final symphony -'Solitudo.' Furthermore the 'Italian Suite' and the Concerto for Violin and Orchestra are ideal candidates for recording. Perhaps they will be included on the disc with the final symphony? Oh, and what about the very first piece inspired by the capital of Sweden - the 'May Carnival in Stockholm'.\nJohn France\nWe welcome feedback on our reviews. 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{"text":"Sharjah book fair secures record-breaking radio deal\nMiddle East Business\nTue, 29 Oct 2019 Tue, 29 Oct 2019\nSally Mousa, Pulse 95 Radio presenter is set to host her<br>Life Beats show live at the fair\nSharjah International Book Fair has secured a record-breaking radio deal that will see 22 hours of coverage during the 11 day-long iconic event.\nPulse 95 Radio, part of the Sharjah Broadcasting Authority will do 22 hours live and another 40 hours of recorded interviews and features from the third largest book fair in the world, which is on from October 30 to November 9 at the Sharjah Expo Center.\nHighlights will include appearances from Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan, American comedian Steve Harvey and Canadian writer, Robin Sharma.\nNever before has radio run so much material for a single event. Radio coverage will include live broadcasts, hourly news bulletins, special coverage reports and interviews with authors.\nThe Sharjah Book Fair will also have its own specially created and dedicated radio show \"From Cover to Cover\" which will be broadcast by Pulse 95 Radio. The show will broadcast on both weekends from 4-6pm. Besides special live weekday coverage on 'Life Beats' show 10am-12pm with Sally Mousa and a live broadcast of Steve Harvey's session which will take place on 31st October from 10-11am.\n\"This coverage represents the most radio coverage a UAE radio station has ever done for an event. The Sharjah International Book Fair is the third largest book fair in the world and we want to further encourage and promote the benefits of reading to our listeners,\" said Saif Juma, station director, Pulse 95 Radio.\n\"We'll be giving comprehensive coverage of the book fair so all our listeners can tune in and find out what is going on. We're excited to have some leading authors being interviewed on the show including Robin Sharma and Steve Harvey. Our radio presenters and crew of 15 will be active throughout the event interacting with visitors and moderating sessions.\"\nThe Sharjah International Book Fair will be held under the patronage of Sheikh Dr Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah. There are 173 leading authors from 68 countries and 90 cultural figures from 28 nations taking part at the event which is set to be the biggest one yet. \u2013 TradeArabia News Service","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}