{"text":"Argentine Cartoonist Liniers Designed the New Poster for 'Stranger Things'\nHis work has already been featured 4 times on the cover of The New Yorker.\nBy Pedro Camacho | [email protected] | May 1, 2019 4:00pm\nPhoto by Nico Perez\nIf for whatever reason you are unfamiliar with Ricardo Siri, better known as Liniers, let me give you a short introduction. Liniers is a sort of an icon, both regarding cartooning and Argentine pop culture in general. For starters, you can find him in the daily comics section of newspaper La Naci\u00f3n, and he's also published several books.\nBut that, as they say, is just the tip of the iceberg. I mean, this guy has designed album covers for musicians like Andr\u00e9s Calamaro and Kevin Johansen (with whom he's also toured in a hilarious and very popular concert\/live drawing session), had a web series in which he interviewed local celebs, has sold a truckload of his Macanudo comic books, and his work has even been featured on four covers of The New Yorker, an honor that speaks for itself. Liniers was even named a Distinguished Cultural Personality of Buenos Aires by the Buenos Aires Legislature.\nBut even an artist as accomplished as Liniers must be especially proud of his latest feat, as it was unveiled that he's the creator behind the newest official poster for the hit Netflix series Stranger Things. That's right, Argentina's own Ricardo Siri designed the beautiful Upside Down-inspired image which was shared by none other than the official Stranger Things Twitter account:\nEvery night, he would come to me in my dreams. And every night when he came to me, I ran.\nThe Pollywog by @porliniers. pic.twitter.com\/tSQp5WGHcg\n\u2014 Stranger Things (@Stranger_Things) April 30, 2019\nThe cult series will be returning on July 4th for its third season; since its premiere it exploded into a global cultural phenomenon, besides being one of Netflix's largest original productions. Liniers' own reaction to the announcement \u2013 also shared via Twitter \u2013 came shortly after the tweet was published, he couldn't hide his excitement:\nLoved working on this poster for you guys . Thanks @Stranger_Things ! Can't wait for season 3. https:\/\/t.co\/75tmDo1Dj9\n\u2014 Liniers (@porliniers) April 30, 2019\nThe fact that local artists like Liniers receive such international acclaim is reason for pride here in Argentina, a country with a rich history in the field of cartoonists. He himself is an avid student of the craft and has stated that the first things he ever read were Mafalda (an Argentine icon if there ever was one, created by Quino) and Tintin. We leave you with a tweet by some guy called @DraculaOK that summarizes how I feel with this bit of news today in one bizarre image:\nSos groso! Sabelo pic.twitter.com\/zgS5QdUvLf\n\u2014 Conde ??\u200d\u2642\ufe0f (@DraculaOK) April 30, 2019\nPedro Camacho\nPedro is the Lifestyle editor at The Bubble. Over the years he's written about porn directors, viral social media darlings and once about a guy that built sex machines in Ramos Mej\u00eda. He enjoys writing chronicles, interviews and those top 5 lists that seem to be so popular with the cool kids nowadays.\nTags: andr\u00e9s calamaro, Art, Culture, Kevin Johansen, Liniers, mafalda, netflix, New Yorker, Stranger Things\nDale Campe\u00f3n\nVamos, Chicas!\nCorn!","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Jerusamem\nGolan Heights and the Greater Israel Project\nAll the while, the US ambassador to Israel lobbied Israeli Members of Knesset (MKs) to support legislation that would favor the gas and oil industry, particularly after the botched project in the Shfela Valley. These efforts were largely successful and resulted in the 2013-14 US-Israel Energy Cooperation Bill, which is intended to foster cooperation between Israeli and American energy companies in the exploitation of these \"strategic\" reserves [\u2026]\nIran 1953: State Department Finally Releases Updated Official History of Mosaddeq Coup\nThe State Department today released a long-awaited \"retrospective\" volume of declassified U.S. government documents on the 1953 coup in Iran, including records describing planning and implementation of the covert operation. The publication is the culmination of decades of internal debates and public controversy after a previous official collection omitted all references to the role of American and British intelligence in the ouster of Iran's then-prime minister, Mohammad Mosaddeq. The volume is part of the Department's venerable Foreign Relations of the United States (FRUS) series. For decades, neither the U.S. nor the British governments would acknowledge their part in Mosaddeq's overthrow, even ...\nUS Declares Hegemony over Asia\nNever has US intentions in Asia been so obvious. Attempts to portray America's role in the region as constructive or necessary have been ongoing since the end of World War II, however, recently, with Asia able to begin determining its own destiny for itself, the tone from Washington has become increasingly curt and direct.US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter's remarks during the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore were all but a proclamation of US hegemony over Asia \u2013 a region of the planet quite literally an ocean away from Washington.In Reuters' article, \"U.S. flexes muscles as Asia worries about South China ...\nUS Human Rights Violations: Geneva Centre for Justice\nUniversal Periodic Review reveals longstanding unwillingness to fully commit to obligations of pertinent human rights treaties.On 11 May 2015, the United States of America participated in its second Universal Periodic Review (UPR). The Universal Periodic Review is meant to be a mechanism by which all UN Member States are periodically assessed on their human rights record. The process allows countries to present a report of their efforts to promote and improve human rights within their country. It also affords the Working Group of the UPR, comprised of member countries of the Human Rights Council, the opportunity to assess the human ...\nAlbanian Jihadist's Easy Passage to Syria's Brutal War\nA former Islamist fighter in Syria recalls why he went to Syria, how easy it was to get there \u2013 and why he would go again, if he could.On his first trip abroad, he left with 400 euros in his pocket, a printed map from the internet and the belief that he was fulfilling his destiny in eyes of Allah. The destination was the frontline of the war in Syria, but his jihad ended faster than it started.Two years later, in a bar full of people in his hometown in northern Albania, Ebu Merjem stands out with his long beard ...\nThe cold-blooded killing of the journalist Khashoggi, however gruesome, pales compared to the brutality and gross human rights violations Saudi Arabia is committing in Yemen. The Saudis are deliberately preventing food and medicine from reaching areas where children are dying from starvation or disease. Their indiscriminate bombings are killing thousands of innocent men, women, and children, leaving whole communities in ruin. The saddest part of this unfolding tragedy is that the US and other Western powers are supplying the Saudis with the weapons they need to massacre the Yemenites, who are trapped in this proxy war between Saudi Arabia and ...\nMilo Djukanovic and Montenegrin Serbs\nArrest and detention of three days for Joanikije, Bishop of Budimlye and Niksic, and eight priests of the Orthodox Cathedral of St. Basil of Ostrog in Nik\u0161i\u0107 has sparked tensions in Montenegro again. Namely, after the prayer procession that had been held in Nik\u0161i\u0107 on May 12th, on the feast-day of St. Basil of Ostrog, a 72-hour detention was ordered for Bishop Jonikije, Fr. Slobodan Jokic, Fr. Danilo Zirojevic, Fr. Zeljko Rojevic, Fr. Ostoja Knezevic, Fr. Mirko Vukotic, Fr. Vasilije Brboric, Fr. Dragan Krusic and Fr. Nikola Marojevic.Protests in support of those arrested have taken place in several cities across ...\nThe Biggest Criminals in Global Politics\nOrigins of images: Facebook, Twitter, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Flickr, Google, Imageinjection, Public Domain & Pinterest.Read our Disclaimer\/Legal Statement!Donate to Support UsWe would like to ask you to consider a small donation to help our team keep working. We accept no advertising and rely only on you, our readers, to keep us digging the truth on history, global politics and international relations.[wpedon id=\"4696\" align=\"left\"]SaveSave\nBasic Introduction to the Kosovo Problem\nFigure 1. Ethnic Albanian refugees at the Lion airport, April 18, 1999 A French magazine published a couple of photos from the Lion airport on April 18th, 1999, at the time when NATO bombers were pouring their lethal burden over Serbia (and partly over Montenegro), in the course of their \"preventing humanitarian catastrophe\" at Kosovo. One picture showed the French weaponry ready to be transported to Kosovo, the other presented an ethnic-Albanian family from Kosovo, refugees just arrived to France. The photo deserves well our attention, for it speaks very much indeed; it exposes vividly the very crux of the ...\nIs the U.S Fighting Terrorism or Manufacturing It?\nPresident Obama's final foreign policy speech at MacDill air force base in Tampa, betrayed its purpose through the venue. The Tampa, Florida, base is home to Special Operations Command and Central Command \u2014 Special Operations playing an ever increasing role in counter terrorism. The gist of the speech seemed to assert that the US is and should stay true to its values when fighting terrorism. An assertion when at the same time Congressman Ted Lieu, a California Democrat, has written a letter to Secretary John Kerry warning him the US could be charged with war crimes in aiding Saudi Arabia's bombing ...\nThere is no Strategy Behind Trump's War, Just Brute Force\nThese are awesome days for headline writers. So many global settings, such an abundance of weapons, such a wealth of choices! On the morning of April 14, the New York Times led with \"A Giant U.S. Bomb Strikes ISIS Caves in Afghanistan,\" matched by CNN's \"US Drops 'Mother of All Bombs.'\" The Washington Post chose Syria, where \"Errant U.S. Strike Kills 18: Victims in Syria Were Allied Forces.\" By mid-afternoon that same day, the Associated Press had shifted to the horn of Africa, where the \"U.S. Sends Dozens of Troops to Somalia, 1st Time in Decades.\" And as the Friday rush hour ...\nA Chess Game in Global Politics\nOrigins of images: Facebook, Twitter, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Flickr, Google, Imageinjection, Public Domain & Pinterest.Read our Disclaimer\/Legal Statement!Donate to Support UsWe would like to ask you to consider a small donation to help our team keep working. We accept no advertising and rely only on you, our readers, to keep us digging the truth on history, global politics and international relations.[wpedon id=\"4696\" align=\"left\"]Save\nThe Dirty War on Syria\nThe following text is the introductory chapter of Professor Tim Anderson's forthcoming book entitled The Dirty War on Syria. Although every war makes ample use of lies and deception, the dirty war on Syria has relied on a level of mass disinformation not seen in living memory. The British-Australian journalist Philip Knightley pointed out that war propaganda typically involves 'a depressingly predictable pattern' of demonising the enemy leader, then demonising the enemy people through atrocity stories, real or imagined (Knightley 2001). Accordingly, a mild-mannered eye doctor called Bashar al Assad became the new evil in the world and, according to consistent ...\nContribution of US Capitalism to Nazi Germany's War Economy\nThis past weekend saw Russians parading in celebration of the anniversary of their costly victory over Nazi Germany. Millions marched throughout Russia, holding photographs of their fallen family members in bittersweet remembrance. To this archival research peoples historian's knowledge there was no public reminder that Hitler's armed forces were built up by the West in open violation of the Versailles Treaty's prohibitions in expectation of Hitler fulfilling his threats to invade the Soviet Union. There is simply no way impoverished Nazi Germany could have on its own built its Armed Forces up to number one military in the world during the ...\nIs it an Empire? See the Facts\nJourney to Aleppo: Exposing the Truth Buried under NATO Propaganda\nAleppo has become synonymous with destruction and \"Syrian state-generated\" violence among those whose perception of the situation in the war-torn nation is contained within the prism of mainstream media narratives.The NATO-aligned media maintains a tight grip on information coming out of this beleaguered city, ensuring that whatever comes out is tailored to meet State Department requirements and advocacy for regime change. The propaganda mill churns out familiar tales of chemical weapons, siege, starvation, and bombs targeting civilians\u2013all of which are attributed to the Syrian government and military, with little variation on this theme.The purpose of this photo essay and my ...\nGeorge H.W. Bush, the CIA and a Case of State-Sponsored Terrorism\n\"If the American people ever find out what we have done, they would chase us down the street and lynch us\" George H.W. Bush, 1992 In early fall of 1976, after a Chilean government assassin had killed a Chilean dissident and an American woman with a car bomb in Washington, D.C., George H.W. Bush's CIA leaked a false report clearing Chile's military dictatorship and pointing the FBI in the wrong direction. The bogus CIA assessment, spread through Newsweek magazine and other U.S. media outlets, was planted despite CIA's now admitted awareness at the time that Chile was participating in Operation Condor, a cross-border campaign ...\nWhen will the Israeli Left Accept the Occupation Started in '48, not '67?\nOne of the negative characteristics of the Israeli \"Left\" is how it terms the military rule over the West Bank and Gaza \"The Occupation.\" Part of the Left even accuses Palestinians who claim there is no difference between Petah Tikva and Ariel of being like the Right, because \"that's what the Israeli Right claims.\" For most Palestinians, however, this exaggerated and Orwellian talk of \"The Occupation\" blurs Israel's real shame, and the skeleton buried deep in the closet: The brutal and criminal occupation of 1948.Ethnic cleansing and massive land expropriation, and then settlement of that land, are the mother of ...\nMemorial Day Ignores Millions of US Imperial Victims\nThe day commemorates lost lives of US servicemen and women sent to war for the wrong reasons \u2013 from the 18th century to today, notably America's so-called War of Independence, its Civil War, WW I and II and all subsequent wars of choice.America's only enemies in the past 70 years and throughout at least most of its history were and remain ones it invents.It could have been a model peaceful nation had it chosen a different path. Instead, its history reflects unbridled militarism, endless wars of choice, related violence and chaos, contempt for rule of law principles, along with unparalleled ...\nRaining on Trump's Parade\nThankfully humanity is freed from the scourge of a third Hillary and Bill Clinton crime family co-presidency \u2013 she in the lead role with her finger on the nuclear trigger as US military commander-in-chief, perhaps eager to squeeze it.Newsweek magazine jumped the gun, printing a special edition, distributing it to outlets before November 8 \u2013 Hillary on the cover below the heading \"MADAM PRESIDENT.\"Shades of November 3, 1948, the Chicago Tribune headlining \"DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN.\" A beaming President HST held up a copy of the broadsheet, saying: \"That ain't the way I heard it!\"Like polls predicted a Hillary victory this ...","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"How might we use the power of communities to financially empower those who need it most?\nPhase: Research Missions: Identify Success\nReal-time crop information through mobile\nA partnership between the Ethiopian government and Ethio Telecom to offer rural farmers real-time crop information in their native language\nWritten by Andr\u00e9 Fernandes\nUpdated on 06:39, Mar 30, 2015\nImagine how to share relevant information to increase the quality of agriculture!\nOne reason farmers in Africa mostly produce so much less than those in other parts of the world is that they have limited access tothe technical knowledge and practical tips that can significantly increase yields. But as the continent becomes increasingly wired, this information deficit is narrowing.\nWhile there are other factors, such as poor infrastructure and low access to credit and markets, that have helped keep average yields in Africa largely unchanged since the 1960s, detailed and speedily-delivered information is now increasingly recognized as an essential part of bringing agricultural production levels closer to their full potential. Another aspect to pay attention to is the reliance on development agents, which means that sometimes agronomic information reaches farmers too late or is distorted.\nThe 8028 hotline was launched as a partnership between the Ethiopian government and Ethio Telecom to offer rural farmers real-time crop information in their native language. The service provides information by automated voice message or SMS, and is designed to increase agricultural productivity by improving the technical knowledge of farmers. In December 2014 \u2013 after five months in operation \u2013 three million people had called the 8028 service.\nThe agriculture hotline was proving popular due to its\"pull\" and \"push\" factors, according to ATA's chief executive officer, Khalid Bomba.Farmers could pull out practical advice, while customized content could be pushed out, such as during pest and disease outbreaks, to different callers based on the crop, or geographic or demographic data captured when farmers first registered with the system.\nThe hotline currently focuses on cereal crops such as barley, maize, teff, sorghum and wheat, but plans are under way to provide agricultural advice on other crops,such as sesame, chickpea, haricot beans and cotton, while incorporating farmers' feedback on needs.\nTake this case of m-farming, how could we imagine technology being used to increase productivity and the quality of the service provided by low-income workers?\nHow could we use technology to improve the technical knowledge of low-income workers?\nHow could we help to improve productivity and technical knowledge throughout offline methods?\nPress 4 for fertilizer \u2013 M-farming in Ethiopia\nMARCH 2015 AFRICA TREND BULLETIN - CANDID CONSUMPTION\nVideo explaning the project\nInspired by (4)\nE-choupal: financial empowerment from access to information\nM-Pesa: mobile money transfer solution\nWhat aspects to consider when using mobile money?\nExploration of the Community's Power.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Frailty predicts medication-related harm requiring healthcare: a UK multicentre prospective cohort study\nRajkumar, Chakravarthi, Ali, Khalid and Parekh, Nikesh (2018) Frailty predicts medication-related harm requiring healthcare: a UK multicentre prospective cohort study. In: 14th International Congress of the European Geriatric Medicine Society: Advancing Geriatric Medicine in a Modern World, 10th - 12th October 2018, Berlin.\nFrailty has been under investigated as a risk factor for medication-related harm (MRH) in older adults[1]. We sought to determine whether frailty is independently associated with MRH in a large multicentre prospective cohort, the PRIME study.\nThe PRIME study recruited 1280 older adults at hospital discharge from 5 hospitals in England between 2013 to 2015[2]. MRH and associated healthcare use within 8-weeks post-discharge were identified by senior pharmacists using (1) hospital readmission data, (2) primary care records, (3) patient telephone interviews. Based on the Rockwood approach[3], we developed a frailty index including 55 deficits from multiple domains (morbidity, cognition, mood, strength and mobility, nutrition, daily function). Frailty was defined using the established cut-off of \uf0b320% deficits[4], and internally validated using Kaplan-Meier plots comparing survival in frail and non-frail patients. We then used logistic regression analysis to investigate the relationship between frailty and MRH requiring healthcare.\n1116 patients completed follow-up (median age 81.9 years, range 65-103 years, 58.4% female). 446 patients (40%) were frail in our cohort. 36% of frail patients experienced MRH compared with 25% in non-frail patients. There was a strong relationship between frailty and MRH (OR 1.67, 95% CI 1.29-2.17, p<0.001). A significant relationship between frailty and MRH remained on multivariable regression, adjusting for polypharmacy, age and gender (OR 1.37, 95% CI 1.04-1.81, p=0.027). Frail patients had significantly reduced 18-month survival (Log-Rank test p<0.001).\nKey Conclusions\nFrailty is a predictor of MRH requiring healthcare, independent of polypharmacy.\nBrighton and Sussex Medical School > Brighton and Sussex Medical School\nBrighton and Sussex Medical School > Clinical and Experimental Medicine\nMarie Shelton\nhttp:\/\/sro.sussex.ac.uk\/id\/eprint\/77388","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Home\/News\/Netflix to Launch in Australia and New Zealand in March 2015\nNetflix to Launch in Australia and New Zealand in March 2015\nNetloid Team November 29, 2014\nNetflix is heading down under, announcing today it will expand into Australia and New Zealand in March 2015. Users in Australia and New Zealand will be able to subscribe to Netflix and instantly watch a curated selection of popular movies and TV shows in high-definition or even 4K where available.\nAt launch, the premium and unique Netflix offering will include such original series as \"Marco Polo,\" \"BoJack Horseman\" and, among many kids titles, DreamWorks Animation's \"All Hail King Julien.\"\nNew Netflix release will also be home to the critically-acclaimed documentaries \"Virunga\" and \"Mission Blue,\" and stand-up comedy specials \"Uganda Be Kidding Me, Live,\" from Chelsea Handler and Jim Jefferies's \"Bare,\" among many others.\nThe Netflix ANZ selection will expand in 2015 to include highly-anticipated original series family thriller \"Bloodline\" starring Ben Mendelsohn, Kyle Chandler, Sissy Spacek, Linda Cardellini and Sam Shepard; the gripping Super Hero tale \"Marvel's Daredevil\" featuring Charlie Cox, Rosario Dawson, Deborah Ann Woll, Elden Henson and Vincent D'Onofrio; \"Sense8,\" a new globe-spanning thriller series from the creators of \"The Matrix\" trilogy and \"Babylon 5,\" and, from the creator of \"Friends,\" \"Grace and Frankie\" with Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda.\nNetflix The End of the Fucking World will be available at launch on smart TVs, tablets and smartphones, computers and a range of Internet-capable game consoles and set-top boxes.\nWatch the New Full First Trailer For Shaun The Sheep The Movie\nVisually Arresting Moleskine Doodles by Kerby Rosanes\nKanye West Pulls A \"Kanye\" Whilst Receiving Honorary Doctorate from The Art Institute of Chicago\nSherri Papini Found After Missing From 3 Weeks\nKathleen Sebelius, The Face of Obamacare is Gone.\nDoctor Who's Bill Potts Gets Openly Gay Companion\n\"Orange Is The New Black\" Writer Divorces Husband, Is Now Dating Samira Wiley (aka Poussey)\nKanye West and Kim Kardashian In Tension For Home Renovation\n20-year-old Cincinnati Mom Beheads 3-Month-Old Baby Daughter in Gruesome Murder\nArkansas Savvy Shields Miss America 2017","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"A new stage in the crisis of capitalism - Part Three\n\u0391\u03bd\u03b1\u03c1\u03c4\u03ae\u03b8\u03b7\u03ba\u03b5 \u03b1\u03c0\u03cc anemosnaftilos \u03c4\u03b7\u03bd 27 \u0391\u03c5\u03b3\u03bf\u03cd\u03c3\u03c4\u03bf\u03c5\nEurope faces a protracted period of austerity, with major contractions in output, consumption and employment. The crisis has started with the smaller, more vulnerable economies like Greece, Portugal and Ireland. But the others will follow, starting with Britain. [Part one]\nEurope faced with a downward spiral\nSome crises can be solved with reforms, which do not go beyond the established limits. This is above all the case after a long period of economic growth when capitalism has accumulated a layer of fat. It can use its accumulated reserves to prevent the crisis from developing into a deep slump.\nIn the recent crisis, the ruling classes of the world, beginning with the USA, was frightened at the social and political effects of a slump, and took extraordinary measures to prevent it. From the standpoint of orthodox capitalist economics these measures were completely irresponsible.\nThese measures had a certain effect, but did not solve anything fundamental. On the contrary, the huge levels of government debt caused by the bail-outs are a finished recipe for new and even more severe crises of an economic, social and political character.\nLong ago Ted Grant predicted that in the event of a deep crisis, the bourgeoisie would use their accumulated reserves, and this is just what has happened. Over a period of more than half a century the capitalists have accumulated a layer of fat that could be used to prevent a deep slump from taking hold. But these reserves are rapidly being used up, and now the governments of the western world have been obliged to resort to the policy of deficit financing to prevent a total collapse. The result has been the creation of new and insoluble contradictions in the form of deficits that have no historic precedent in peacetime.\nIn the period following World War Two, in 1945-7, the USA financed European capitalism to the tune of $200 billion (in modern money). But in the first two years of the present crisis, the US government underwrote the banking system by $800 billion, and Britain (a far smaller economy) handed over $400 billion \u2013 twice the total amount of Marshall Aid. This situation cannot be sustained. The options of the ruling class are severely limited. Interest rates are close to zero, and cannot be further reduced to stimulate borrowing.\nThe huge debts left over from the previous period still have to be repaid, which will inhibit consumption and slow the recovery in Europe and worldwide. The recourse to \"quantitative easing\" is a desperate measure, which, if it continues, will lead to a combination of stagnation and inflation (\"stagflation\"). Thus, the capitalists will end up with the worst of all worlds.\nThe viability of the \"rescue\" package launched by the bourgeoisie in Europe depends on the implementation of brutal austerity measures. Failure to carry these out could lead to cutting off the cash, which is approximately the same as cutting off the vital supply lines that keep a critically sick patient alive. Even if it the plan were to \"succeed\" it would leave Greece with an intolerable public-debt burden. This so-called rescue means years of painful austerity for the people of Greece, without giving other countries any relief.\nIf there is a default in Europe, it will be accompanied by a massive contraction of consumption, which can drag the whole world economy back into recession. It will affect the USA and Asia. None of the contradictions has been eliminated. A new commercial real estate crisis is being prepared in the USA. Some say it might be due this autumn. This involves 6.7 trillion dollar, whereas the last sub prime crisis \"only\" involved 1.3 trillion. It could drag the whole financial system down into a complete collapse.\nFears are growing of a double-dip recession. The Chinese leaders are also worried. The Chinese spent massively to avoid recession but this has created new and insoluble contradictions. China has built up a colossal productive power, which cannot be absorbed by its internal market. If demand shrinks in Europe and the USA, where are they going to export? And since China has been the main engine of global growth as the world struggled to emerge from recession, a sharp slowdown in China could deal a heavy blow to the world economic recovery.\nWhat future for Europe?\nThe euro and the European Union will probably survive this crisis because the consequences of a break-up would be very serious for all. Nevertheless, the crisis is so deep, and the confidence of the bourgeois so shaken, that some of the bourgeois strategists are beginning to contemplate the unthinkable. George Friedman wrote on the intelligence website Stratfor on May 25, 2010:\n\"We return to the question that has defined Europe since 1871, namely, the status of Germany in Europe. As we have seen during the current crisis, Germany is clearly the economic center of gravity in Europe, and this crisis has shown that the economic and the political issues are very much one and the same. Unless Germany agrees, nothing can be done, and if Germany so wishes, something will be done. Germany has tremendous power in Europe, even if it is confined largely to economic matters. But just as Germany is the blocker and enabler of Europe, over time that makes Germany the central problem of Europe.\"\nIf the EU were to break up, where could Germany look? The obvious answer would seem to be France. But historically, France and Germany have been rivals, and even in the context of the EU this rivalry continued, with France aspiring to the political and military leadership of Europe, consigning to Germany the economic primacy. Unfortunately for France, economic power is always decisive in the last analysis.\nFrance's interests look southwards \u2013 towards the Mediterranean, the Middle East and North Africa. Germany, by contrast, looks east \u2013 to Central and Eastern Europe, the Balkans \u2013 and Russia. That is where Hitler looked forLebensraum. What he failed to do by military means, the German capitalists hope to do by economic means. It is not ruled out that Germany in the future will expand its contacts with Russia, which represents a vast potential field for markets and investments, raw materials and cheap labour. But this could only be achieved by subordinating Germany to Russian interests. This would be bitterly resented by Washington and the rest of Europe, especially Poland.\nThe unification of Europe is a necessary task if Europe is not to enter into a path of slow and inglorious decline, as happened to imperial Spain from the 17thcentury onwards. It is a historically inevitable task, which capitalism has posed but is totally incapable of solving. Only the Socialist United States of Europe could succeed in radically abolishing the old frontiers and unite all of Europe, include Russia, the Ukraine and Turkey. It would be able to mobilize the colossal productive potential of what is, in fact, Eurasia, uniting the vast natural resources and agriculture of Russia and the Ukraine with the industries of Europe.\nRobbing the poor to pay the rich\nIn 1939 the capitalists found a way out of the crisis through war. But this avenue is now closed. There is no question of Europe waging war against the USA, for example, or of conquering Russia (as Hitler attempted), still less of conquering China. Europe, despite its colossal potential, remains weak and divided, as the tiny Greek city states were divided in Antiquity, when they ended up under the domination of Rome.\nThe Marxist tendency pointed out long ago that the coming period will be a period of wars, revolution and counterrevolution. The recent upheavals in Iran, Kirghizstan, and Thailand, on the one hand, and Iraq, Afghanistan and Gaza, on the other, show the correctness of this assertion. There is colossal instability at all levels: economic, financial, social, political and military.\nFor reasons we have explained, a world war is ruled out at the present time. But there will be many small wars: wars over markets and natural resources, especially oil. This can be a source of international or national conflict, which inevitably leads to higher military spending. The bourgeoisie of all nations are preparing for the future by arming to the teeth.\nUnder these circumstances, the ruling classes of Europe have no alternative but to attack the working class. For the last half century, they bought social peace by granting reforms. But this option is no longer available to them. From the standpoint of the capitalists, not only can they not afford any new reforms: they cannot afford to maintain the reforms that were won by the working class over the last fifty years. In order to maintain their profits, they must destroy all these reforms, which the workers have come to regard as natural.\nIn reality they are not natural, but the product of decades of class struggle. It is worth remembering that democracy itself was only achieved through a long and bitter struggle. The ruling class, which now often speaks of its commitment to democracy, was opposed to each and every democratic advance. And like every other gain that was won through struggle, the democratic rights of the workers are under threat, beginning with the most important rights: the right to strike and demonstrate.\nIn the last period the capitalist system went beyond its limits. The unbridled expansion of credit (and consequently, of debt) has pushed world capitalism into an abyss of debt from which it is now striving to extricate itself. But in so doing, it has created new and indissoluble contradictions. The central contradiction is that the European working class is now a thousand times stronger than it was in the 1930s.\nThe peasantry, the main social reserve of reaction, has been practically eliminated. In Italy, Spain and Greece, the peasants were a majority and even in France and Germany they were a sizeable force not so long ago. Now they are a tiny minority and the working class is a decisive majority. The workers' organizations are intact and have not suffered a decisive defeat since 1945. The students, who in the 1930s were a recruiting ground for fascism, have moved to the Left and are a now a recruiting ground for revolution, as they were in Tsarist Russia.\nGiven this correlation of class forces, the bourgeoisie regards the prospect of an all-out conflict between the classes with dread. But they have no alternative. The perspective is of a weak recovery, accompanied by high levels of unemployment and ferocious attacks on the living standards of the workers and middle class, the unemployed, the old and the sick. The poorest sections of society will be compelled to pay the bill for the crisis of capitalism. This fact, in itself, will have profound consequences.\nFor a whole historical period the bourgeoisie has had to base itself on the support of the reformist leaders of the unions and mass workers' parties. But in the end, this basis will not be reliable. The crisis of capitalism is also the crisis of reformism. For decades the social base of reformism in the labour movement has been strengthened at the cost of the revolutionary wing, which has been weakened and isolated. Workers are practical people. If, as the reformists assured them, it was possible to achieve what they wanted under capitalism, then why go to all the pain and trouble of revolution?\nThese arguments carried weight as long as the reformists delivered the promised results. Reformism with reforms makes sense. But reformism without reforms, reformism with counter reforms, makes no sense at all. This is the lesson that the Greek Prime Minister Papandreou is learning, to his cost. The Greek workers voted massively for the Pasok in the last elections, because they hoped that the Socialists would protect their living standards. But the depth of the crisis of Greek capitalism ruled this out.\nDespite their intentions, Papandreou and the other leaders were compelled to take drastic measures, not to protect the living standards of the Greek workers and middle class, but to save Greek capitalism. The two things are mutually exclusive.\nPapandreou has promised to push through cuts totaling 45 billion Euros to reduce the budget deficit by an unprecedented 11 percentage points of GDP, to below the EU ceiling of 3 percent. But already there are suggestions that the planned deficit cut of more than 20 billion Euros in 2010 is too ambitious. In the context of an economic contraction of about 4 percent, this is the country's deepest recession since 1974.\nDeep cuts in public spending will make things worse by reducing demand and causing a fall in tax returns. The increase in VAT and public sector pay cuts adds up to an estimated 10 percent loss in purchasing power. This hits small businesses hardest. About 60,000 small businesses are expected to shut down by the end of the year - around a third of the total. This will mean less income from taxes, not more, as the government claims.\nFuel tax increases, which have boosted the price of unleaded gasoline by 36 percent to 1.52 Euros a liter since February, have shrunk sales volume by up to 15 percent. On the other hand, with the collapse of construction, Greek unemployment rose to 12.1 percent in February, the highest monthly level on record and above an average 2010 estimate of 11.8 percent envisaged by the bailout plan. Higher unemployment will force the government to spend more on benefits than expected. And earnings from tourism receipts, Greece's biggest source of foreign currency, are set to shrink for a second consecutive year, by up to 15 percent.\nPapandreou's chances of actually implementing his austerity policy are therefore close to zero. In the end, no matter how much pressure is applied on the people of Greece, they will never be able to pay their debts. The so-called \"aid\" can only postpone the Day of Judgment. And the merciless pressure from Brussels to slash living standards, and therefore reduce demand, will only succeed in pushing Greece further along the road to national bankruptcy and default.\nThe threat of a chain reaction, beginning in Greece, that could drag the whole of Europe into a downward spiral, still hangs over Europe. One country after another will be pushed over the precipice, starting with the weakest ones. The rest, with a greater or lesser delay, will follow. The strategists of Capital are aware of the danger. An article by Thomas F. Cooley, professor of economics and dean of the NYU Stern School of Business, on 2nd June bore the title: This Greek Tragedy Is Only Beginning. In it he writes:\n\"For the next several years Greece will face a huge drop in output and consumption. The magnitude of the drop in Greece will dwarf the U.S.'s experience in its recent recession. It will take years for consumption levels to return to anything close to pre-crisis levels. Wages will fall, and access to capital markets will be limited. Greece will be forced to restructure its debt. Several of the other debt-burdened economies in Southern Europe will face similar, painful adjustments.\" (This Greek tragedy is only beginning, Forbes.com)\nPortugal is a small economy, accounting for only 2% of euro-zone output and public debt. Before they turned their attention to Spain, the bond markets seemed to judge Portugal as the next weakest link in the euro zone chain. Portugal's bond yields jumped to 5.7% on May 5th, an increase of 1.6 percentage points since the start of the year. Its public debt reached 77% of GDP last year. This is about average for Europe, but its budget deficit was 9.4% of GDP \u2013 a very high figure.\nPortugal relies heavily on foreign capital and so is vulnerable to market bullying. Its net international debt rose to 112% of GDP in 2009, after a run of huge current-account deficits. About half of this is public debt; part of it is direct investment in big firms; but a large portion, some 46% of GDP, is channeled through the banking system.\nLisbon protests that Portugal has scrupulously observed the euro-zone's fiscal rules, cutting its budget deficit from 6.1% of GDP in 2005 to 2.8% by 2008. Public-sector jobs have been cut by 10%. In 2006 the Portuguese held down real increases in pensions at a time when the economy was still growing rapidly, and relaxed the rules on hiring and firing.\nThese are the same kind of policies that the markets are demanding in Spain and Greece. But this was all to no avail. For every step Portugal takes to satisfy the markets, the latter demand three more. Portugal has been warned that if it is to refinance its existing debts at tolerable interest rates, it must lower the cost of public borrowing. That means it must undertake far more drastic action to cut the budget deficit.\nThe fall in the euro as a result of the crisis ought to help Portugal sell more in Angola, Brazil, China and America. But a rise in Portugal's exports can only be at the cost of other capitalist economies. In the end, the government will have no alternative but to launch an attack on living standards. It has already pledged to cut unemployment benefit. Public pay could be frozen. Big transport projects could be scrapped and state-owned firms can be sold off to satisfy the implacable demands of the Men of Money.\nThis means that all the gains of the Portuguese Revolution of 1974-5 will be liquidated. But such a counterrevolution cannot take place without arousing fierce resistance from the Portuguese working class, which has never forgotten the revolutionary traditions that burst to the surface in those glorious days. At that time it would have been possible to have carried through the socialist revolution in Portugal, and this could have been accomplished peacefully.\nThe London Times in 1975 published an editorial with the title: \"Capitalism in Portugal is dead.\" This ought to have been the case. If it was not, the fault was not of the Portuguese working class, which behaved admirably. The fault was with the leaders of the Socialist and Communist Parties who were not prepared to take power when they could have done so. As a result, the bourgeoisie succeeded in containing the movement and reasserting its power.\nFor three decades the movement in Portugal has been pushed back. But as Marx explained, the Revolution requires the whip of the Counterrevolution. The attempt by the bourgeoisie to liquidate all the gains of 1974-5 will arouse the Portuguese workers and youth. Already there have been mass demonstrations on the streets.\nThe minority Socialist government has passed its economic programme (the PEC), but it needs the support of the right wing PSD and CDS to carry out an austerity policy. The working class has already reacted with mass demonstrations, beginning with May Day, when 130,000 demonstrators came onto the streets of Lisbon. This was followed up by another mass demonstration of 300,000 against austerity 29th May, mainly organized by the Communist Party, but also Bloco de Esquerda and the trade unions, above all the Communist-controlled CGT-In.\nThe crisis in Spain\nSpain is a much bigger problem for Europe than Greece. It is Europe's fifth-largest economy, and if it follows Greece into a debt crisis the effects will be felt throughout Europe and beyond. The International Monetary Fund has warned that the Spanish economy needs \"far-reaching and comprehensive reforms\" of its labour market and banking sector.\nIn the last few years Spanish capitalism went up like a rocket and is now falling like a stick. More than any other country in Europe, the Spanish capitalists threw themselves into the orgy of speculation with merry abandon. As a result, the collapse of the housing market has hit Spain harder than anywhere else.\nThe Spanish economy had the fastest growth rate in the EU, but has been in recession for nearly two years, and in the first quarter of 2010, grew by only 0.1 per cent. The economic collapse is reflected in the frightful level of unemployment, which stands (officially) at 20 per cent \u2013 the highest in Europe (except Latvia) and one of the highest of any developed capitalist country. The deficit soared to 11.2 per cent of GDP. Zapatero wishes to reduce it to 9.3 per cent this year, 6 per cent next year and 3 per cent by 2013.\nZapatero wanted to avoid a clash with the unions, but under pressure from Brussels and the White House, he has made an about-turn, announcing a programme of painful measures which are supposed to save \u20ac15bn over two years.. \"We need to make a singular, exceptional and extraordinary effort to cut our public deficit,\" he said. Barack Obama made a personal telephone call to Zapatero the day before his announcement to discuss the importance of \"Spain taking resolute action as part of Europe's effort to strengthen its economy and build market confidence.\"\nThis \"exceptional and extraordinary effort\" includes a 5 per cent pay cut for Spain's 2.5 million public sector workers this year, scrapping the \u20ac2,500 (\u00a32,100) \"baby cheque\" for new mothers and a \u20ac6bn cut in public investment. Spaniards living on the minimum pension have seen their cost-of-living increases cancelled, and there will be cuts to state medical expenditure, payments to people caring for elderly parents. The plan also includes cuts to regional governments.\nThe fact that the American President had to ring Madrid shows the deep concern in Washington over the parlous state of the European economy, and the fears that the crisis in Europe will have the most serious consequences for the United States. Brussels welcomed the cuts promised by the PSOE government. The European Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs, Olli Rehn, said that the measures \"seem to go in the right direction\" and that he expected similar announcements soon from Portugal.\nEU Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia, a former leader of the PSOE, called the cuts \"a logical step\" that is necessary \"to avoid greater evils in the financial markets and emerge from the crisis sooner\". Thus, Washington and Brussels loudly applaud the fact that a \"socialist\" government is prepared to do the dirty work for them. Despite this, however, the right wing PP is attacking the PSOE and voted against its economic package.\nUp till now Zapatero has avoided the type of unrest that has brought thousands on to the streets of Athens because he managed to preserve social benefits and protections in the face of repeated calls by economists and business leaders for \"labour reform\". However, the austerity package has angered the unions. In an attempt to placate his base, the Socialist Prime Minister stressed that despite the new austerity measures, \"the pillars of the welfare state will remain untouched\". This is the same song that is being sung by governments all over Europe. But it does not make any sense.\n\"The behaviour of the trade unions has been and is impeccable during these times of crisis and will continue to be so, but [Zapatero's] announcement is a turning point,\" Ignacio Fernandez Toxo, president of the CCOO, has said. The union leaders were desperate to avoid a confrontation with the government. But the union leaders can only keep the unions in check if the government and the bosses offer them something in return. But nothing is being offered except cuts. Therefore, the union leaders are compelled to mobilize.\nUntil now there has been a low level of strikes because the suddenness of the economic collapse and the onset of high unemployment temporarily shocked the workers. This was entirely logical and was foreseen by the Marxists in advance. We had to explain this to the ultra left sectarians who, in Spain as everywhere else, imagined that the economic crisis would lead immediately to a wave of strikes and general strikes. Now a general strike is on the order of the day, not only in Spain but in other European countries. A national strike of civil servants has been called for 8 June and there is talk of a general strike.\nThe PP leaders have attacked Zapatero for letting the economy deteriorate to the point that Washington and Brussels had to push him into action. They are putting party interests before that of the general interests of the bourgeoisie. This fact is a reflection of the deep gulf between the classes in Spain, which was papered over by the Transition, but which has emerged once more. Even before the economy collapsed, the right wing had taken to the streets under the banner of the Church, using the kind of language not heard since the days of the Franco dictatorship.\nAs always, the reformists are preparing the victory of the right wing. The PSOE is losing ground in polls against the conservative Popular Party, despite a corruption scandal involving opposition leaders. According to the polls, the People's Party would win an outright majority in parliament if elections were held now. But a PP government would face a radicalized labour movement. It would be a government of crisis, which probably would not last long and would only serve to deepen the polarization between the classes.\nThe crisis has exposed the deep fault lines that underlie Spanish society and politics, which were papered over, but not abolished, by the so-called \"Transition\" from the Franco dictatorship to \"democracy\". In the next period these fault lines will open into an unbridgeable abyss between the classes.\nThe whole situation is beginning to change. Spain faces a period of heightened class struggle in which the workers will rediscover the traditions of the 1930s and 1970s. By implementing a policy of cuts, Zapatero has capitulated to the bourgeoisie. This is producing a mood of disillusionment among those workers who had changed their vote from the United Left (IU) to the PSOE in the last period, in order to block the advance of the right wing and because the IU leaders were offering no serious alternative.\nNow that process will go into reverse. Through experience, militant workers will come to understand the limitations of economic strikes and turn to politics, and radicalized youth will look for the banner of Communism. Despite all its deficiencies, the IU will increase its vote and begin to pick up new members from the most radicalized layers of society. The audience for genuine Marxist ideas will grow irresistibly.\nIn Italy Berlusconi has just passed an austerity bill off 24 billion euros of cuts over two years. The ruling right wing coalition plans to freeze the wages of public sector workers. The age of retirement for women workers in the public sector will be raised to 65. Ten billion Euros will be cut from the local administration, which will force local councils to carry out deep cuts in social spending: schools, health etc.\nBerlusconi won the elections thanks to the bankruptcy of the Centre Left and only maintains itself in power for the same reason. The Democratic Party shows itself to be completely impotent to take advantage of the crisis of the Berlusconi government. But the latter now has to preside over a programme of vicious cuts. The Italian capitalists are supporting the present package but want the government to go much further. The pressure from Confindustria is aggravating the splits within the ruling coalition.\nThe impotence of the Left means that all the attention of the working class is concentrated on the unions. The union leaders, as in other countries, are no more inclined to conduct a serious struggle than the leaders of the political \"opposition\". At its national congress, the CGIL decided that it was not the moment to lead an offensive against the government. But they were forced by pressure from below to call a four hour general strike in June.\nThis is an early anticipation of how things will develop. The defeat of the Centre Left Coalition caused disappointment and disorientation in the working class. But this mood will not last long. The impotence of the \"Left\" opposition and the vacillations of the union leaders will not prevent the radicalization of the Italian workers. Beginning in the public sector, there will be a series of strikes and demonstrations, which will transform the whole situation.\n\u039a\u03c1\u03b1\u03c7 \u039a\u03a1\u0399\u03a3\u0397 \u039f\u0399\u039a\u039f\u039d\u039f\u039c\u0399\u0391 \u03a0\u03c1\u03b1\u03b3\u03bc\u03b1\u03c4\u03b9\u03ba\u03cc\u03c4\u03b7\u03c4\u03b1","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
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{"text":"The Uses of Imperial Citizenship\nThe British and French Empires\nBy Jack Harrington\nExamines how ideas of citizenship and subjecthood were applied in societies under British and French imperial rule in order to expand our understanding of these concepts.\nHardback ISBN: 9781783489206 Release date: Mar 2020\nEbook ISBN: 9781783489220 Release date: Mar 2020\nPostcolonial Politics and Non-Eurocentric IR\nContemporary citizenship is haunted by the ghost of imperialism. Yet conceptions of European citizenship fail to explain issues that are inclusive of the impact of empire today, and are integral to the reality of citizenship; from the notion of 'minorities' to the assertion of citizenship rights by migrants and the withdrawal of fundamental rights from particular groups.\nThe Uses of Imperial Citizenship examines the ways in which ideas of citizenship and subjecthood were applied in societies under imperial rule in order to expand our understanding of these concepts. Taking examples from the experience of the British and French empires, the book examines the ways in which claims to the rights and obligations of imperial subjects by otherwise marginalised people \u2013 from women activists to 'native' newspaper editors \u2013 shaped the history of British and French concepts of citizenship. Through extensive analysis of colonial and diplomatic archives, parliamentary debates and commissions, journalism and contemporary works on colonial administration, the book explores how governments and people in colonial societies saw themselves within, on the frontiers of, and outside of imperial notions of citizenship and subjecthood.\n1. Introduction: What is Imperial Citizenship? \/ 2 Citizens, Empires and Revolutions \/ 2. The Limits of Freedom: slaves, indentured labourers and emancipation \/ 3. European Freedoms and the Settler \/ 4. Natives: customs, restrictions, protections and rights \/ 5. Imperial Belonging: the transnational experience of the British and French subjects \/ 6. The Limits of Imperial Citizenship: Resistance, anti-colonialism, and revolutionary subjectivity \/ 7. After Imperial Citizenship\nJack Harrington is a Research Manager at the London School of Economics and Political Science and a Research Associate on the Oecumene project at the Open University","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Category Archives: Central African Republic\nby Joel | 20 August 2018 \u00b7 3:21 pm\nSlavery and the Ngaoundere State\nFrom \"Raiders and Traders in Adamawa: Slavery as a Regional System\" by Philip Burnham, in Asian and African Systems of Slavery, ed. by James L. Watson (U. Calif. Press, 1980), pp. 46-48:\nThe Adamawa jihad was undertaken by small groups of Fulbe who were substantially outnumbered by the autochthonous 'pagan' groups of the region. Ngaoundere was certainly no exception in this regard, and the rapid integration of conquered Mbum and other peoples into the Fulbe state, which transformed large numbers of former enemies into effective elements of the state political and economic apparatus, is truly remarkable.\nThe limited information that we possess concerning the organisation of the Wolarbe Fulbe who first penetrated the Adamawa Plateau and attacked the Mbum of Ngaoundere suggests that they were a semi-nomadic pastoral group. Slaves definitely formed a part of Wolarbe society prior to the jihad, and it is possible that some of these slaves were settled in fixed farming villages which served as wet-season foci and political and ceremonial centres for the transhumant families of Fulbe pastoralists. At least a rudimentary system of political offices, with titles for both freemen and slaves, was in operation prior to the jihad and had probably been adopted by the Wolarbe during their earlier period of residence in Bornu.\nOn analogy between the pre-jihad Wolarbe and better-documented cases of similar semi-pastoral Fulbe groups composed of both free and slave elements, it is probable that the initial group of Wolarbe who took Ngaoundere did not exceed 5,000 in number, including women, children and slaves. But in the course of several decades of fighting against the indigenous peoples of the Ngaoundere region, the Fulbe were able to conquer and reduce to slavery or tributary status large groups of local populations who certainly outnumbered the Fulbe conquerors by several orders of magnitude. These conquests were assisted by alliances between Ngaoundere and other Fulbe states as well as by the progressive incorporation of 'pagan' elements into the Ngaoundere army. Conquered 'pagan' village populations located near Ngaoundere town were often allowed to remain on their traditional lands. Their chiefs were awarded titles, and the whole village unit was allocated to the tokkal (political following) of a titled Fulbe or slave official in the Ngaoundere court, who became responsible for collecting annual taxes and raising levies of soldiers for Fulbe war expeditions. In return, the 'pagan' group's loyalty to Ngaoundere was rewarded principally by opportunities to secure booty in war, and this incentive was probably the primary factor which allowed the Fulbe to secure the allegiance of conquered groups so rapidly.\nThe tokke units (plural of tokkal) which formed the basis of the Ngaoundere administrative system, had their origins in the leadership patterns of mobile pastoral society and were not discrete territorial domains ruled by resident overlords. Rather, tokke were sets of followers, both Fulbe and members of vassal peoples, who were distributed in a scattering of different rural villages or residential quarters in town and who were allocated to individual office holders living at Ngaoundere at the whim of the Fulbe ruler (laamiido). Such a spatially dispersed administrative organisation lessened chances of secession by parts of the Ngaoundere state and yet was an effective means of mobilising and organising an army.\nIn addition to locally conquered 'pagan' peoples, the size of the servile population at Ngaoundere was further enlarged by slaves captured at distances of 200 to 500 kilometres from Ngaoundere town itself. These captives were brought back for resettlement at Ngaoundere either as domestic slaves or as farm slaves in slave villages (ruumde). This long-distance raiding, which was a regular occurrence from the 1850s up until the first decade of the twentieth century, was a large-scale phenomenon, and European observers at the end of the nineteenth century estimated that as many as 8,000 to 10,000 slaves might be taken on these raids annually (Coquery-Vidrovitch 1972:76, 204-205; Loefler 1907:225; Ponel 1896:205-207). Those captives who were not settled at Ngaoundere were sold to Hausa or Kanuri traders, and Adamawa soon gained the reputation as a slave traders' Eldorado (Passarge 1895:480). By the second half of the nineteenth century, Adamawa had become the main source of supply for the Sokoto Caliphate (Lacroix 1952:34).\nSumming up the demographic situation at Ngaoundere in the nineteenth century, we can say that at no time following the establishment of the Fulbe state did the proportion of slaves and vassals to freemen ever fall below a one-to-one ratio and that for most of the period, the ratio was probably more like two-to-one. Modern census figures, although they can be applied retrospectively with only the greatest of caution, tend to support this interpretation. Thus, in 1950, there were approximately 23,000 Fulbe living in the Ngaoundere state as compared with 35,000 non-Fulbe who were still identifiable as ex-slaves, vassals, or servants of the Fulbe (Froelich 1954:25). It goes without saying that in modern conditions, when all legal disabilities and constraints on movement have been removed, the proportion of servile to free would be expected to drop. But nonetheless, as late as 1950, we still encounter almost a three-to-two ratio.\nWhatever the exact number and proportion of slaves in the pre-colonial period, they were not all of uniform social or legal status, and it is instructive to attempt a classification of the various forms of servitude in practice in nineteenth-century Ngaoundere. The Fulbe language makes a distinction between dimo and maccudo, meaning respectively 'freeman' and 'slave', a discrimination paralleling the basic one made in Koranic law. Membership in the legally free category was attainable through birth to two free parents, through birth to a slave concubine having relations with a freeman, or through manumission. A slave concubine herself, having borne a free child, would also become free on the death of her child's father. Free offspring of slave concubines were not jurally disadvantaged and as the decades passed after the conquest, many of the Ngaoundere aristocracy and even several of the rules had such parentage.\nFiled under Cameroon, Central African Republic, Islam, language, migration, slavery, war\nby Joel | 6 December 2015 \u00b7 9:40 am\nSectarian Standoff in Central African Republic\nThis update on the sorry state of affairs in the Central African Republic (CAR) is in memory of my closest brother, who died a year ago today just before his 64th birthday. He served as a Peace Corps Volunteer on rural health projects in what was then Emperor Bokassa's Central African Empire during the late 1970s, and later went on to become one of the tiny handful of academic experts on the country. For his memorial service, his old Peace Corps colleagues recommended redirecting contributions to Water for Good, which builds wells to provide clean water throughout the CAR.\nThe following excerpt is from a detailed and depressing firsthand report in Foreign Policy by Ty McCormick headlined 'One Day, We Will Start a Big War': Outgunned by powerful rebels in the Central African Republic, the U.N. can't even protect civilians. Now it's pushing for early elections that could destroy a fragile peace.\nThere are scarcely 200 paces of tarmacked road in Bambari, a sprawling city of rusty tin kiosks and crumbling concrete edifices, smudged with rust-colored clay, deep in the heavily forested interior of the Central African Republic (CAR). They span the length of a single-lane bridge across the Ouaka River, a muddy torrent that cleaves Bambari in half from north to south. They also happen to be the most important 200 paces of road in town, though for reasons unrelated to the quality of the driving surface. The bridge marks the boundary between two dangerously divided communities, a red line across which visitors from the other side risk death, occasionally by decapitation.\nThe east bank of the Ouaka is controlled by remnants of the Seleka, a largely Muslim rebel coalition that pillaged and raped its way across CAR before seizing power over the country for a brief period in 2013. The west bank belongs to the anti-Balaka, the knife- and machete-wielding Christian self-defense militias that sprang up to counter the Seleka but managed to make the Muslim rebel coalition's abuses look relatively mild by comparison. \"Muslims are too afraid to travel to the [west] bank,\" the mayor of Bambari, Abel Matchipata, told me recently. \"Some Christians are traveling to the [east] bank, but they are doing so with a lot of fear.\"\nBambari's stark divisions mirror those in the rest of CAR, a Texas-sized swath of rainforest and savannah that is sandwiched between Chad, Sudan, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, among other troubled neighbors. Even before the latest crisis, CAR was \"worse than a failed state,\" according to the International Crisis Group. Now, after two-and-a-half years of turmoil stemming from the Seleka coup, the country is de facto partitioned: anti-Balaka in the southwest and former Seleka fighters in the northeast, where they fled after the coalition was disbanded and its leader stepped down under intense international pressure in January 2014. (They are now known as ex-Seleka, an umbrella term that refers to a smattering of armed groups lacking an organized central command.) Outside of CAR's capital city, Bangui, virtually nothing is under government control. At least 6,000 people have been killed and 832,000 displaced \u2014 368,000 inside the country and 464,000 abroad. About half of the country's 4.7 million inhabitants are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance, according to the United Nations.\nWhen I visited Bambari last month, ahead of planned elections that many fear could be destabilizing, the city of just under 50,000, the third-largest in CAR, was still reeling from its latest spasm of violence. On Aug. 20, a Muslim taxi driver was plucked from his car outside the city and beheaded by anti-Balaka fighters. The incident provoked a backlash from the Muslim community and a counter-backlash from the Christian community, both of which have acquired a healthy appetite for revenge. By the time the dust had settled, at least 10 people were dead and dozens more wounded, including two aid workers from the Red Cross.\nThe unenviable task of keeping Bambari's residents from each other's throats falls mainly on a single battalion of U.N. peacekeepers from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which is itself home to the largest peacekeeping operation in the world. The Congolese are part of a 12,000-strong U.N. force in CAR known by its French acronym, MINUSCA. Authorized with a robust Chapter VII mandate to protect civilians and support the transitional government that replaced the Seleka, MINUSCA has been dogged by persistent charges of abuse and incompetence since taking over for a beleaguered African Union force in September 2014. U.N. peacekeepers have been accused of rape and of firing indiscriminately on civilians. They have also struggled to halt periodic outbursts of violence, like the spate of clashes and looting in late September that paralyzed the capital for close to a week. \"Plagued by accusations of sexual abuse and facing mounting violence, MINUSCA threatens to turn into a disaster for the U.N.,\" said Richard Gowan, a U.N. expert at the European Council on Foreign Relations.\nFiled under Central African Republic, democracy, NGOs, religion, U.N., war\nA Linguistic Rediscovery Close to Home\nDuring my dissertation fieldwork in Papua New Guinea over thirty years ago, I discovered that a bunch of Austronesian languages in Morobe Province mark their relative clauses in a manner that is pretty rare from a typological point of view: they mark both the beginning and the end of the clauses. An English equivalent would go something like, \"The language [that they were speaking that] sounded vaguely familiar,\" or \"The language [which they were speaking such] sounded vaguely familiar.\"\nThe only other place where I could find languages that did the same was in Central Africa, and my dissertation cited a 1976 article by the great French linguist Claude Hag\u00e8ge which mentioned by name two Nilo-Saharan languages, Moru and Mangbetu, and two Niger-Congo languages, Mbum and M'baka. Over the years, I lost track of anything pertaining to those languages except their names.\nBut I got curious again recently as I worked on updating for publication an old paper on clause-bracketing in PNG Austronesian languages. So, yesterday, after googling those names and finding out that Mbum and M'baka (= Ngbaka) are spoken in the Central African Republic, I emailed my historian brother in Strasbourg, whom I recently visited, to ask whether he knew of any CAR languages that bracketed their relative clauses. He had spent years working in the (at that time) Central African Empire for the US Peace Corps and USAID while I was writing my dissertation in linguistics, and he later wrote a dissertation himself on Japan-Africa relations before World War II.\nMy query didn't ring any bells with him at first, but after some reflection he came up with some examples in Sango, CAR's national lingua franca. And then he emailed to ask his linguist friend Raymond Boyd at CNRS whether he could think of Adamawa-Ubangi languages that used such markers for relative clauses. Boyd replied:\nRight off, I can't think of one that DOESN'T. In languages like Sango and Chamba, opener and closer can be the same. In Zande, the opener is etymologically an indefinite and the closer is a locative. I've been reading a dissertation on Mambay (an Adamawa language closely related to Mbum and Mundang) where there is only an opener, but I take this to be perhaps a Chadic influence (I'd have to check this on a much larger range of data).\nIt was a Eureka moment for both of us.\nI can't believe I never thought to ask my own brother before! Back in January, when he took us to the used book vendors in place Gutenberg in Strasbourg, I discovered a book I couldn't resist buying\u2014despite the 30\u20ac price\u2014for no other reason than that I had mentioned the language it described in my dissertation. It was La Langue des Makere, des Medje et des Mangbetu, par A. Vekens, Dominicain (Editions Dominicaines Veritas, 1928), and the pages were still uncut. But even then, it didn't cross my mind to quiz my brother about the CAR languages he had worked on.\nHere are some examples of bracketed relative clauses.\nMangbetu (Vekens 1928) in Congo\nA belu [si kesia n\u00e9 m\u00f4l\u00f4 ta kira ne] kambuba e faranga m\u00f4k\u00f4tu.\nLes hommes [ceux font le travail avec intelligence ceux-l\u00e0] gagneront des francs beaucoup.\n'Those who work smart get plenty money.'\nSango (my brother, pers. comm.) in CAR\nTene [so mo tene so] ake nzoni ape.\nword [thus you say thus] is good not\n'What you say is no good.'\nJab\u00eam (Dempwolff 1939) in PNG\nLip [tec a\u00ea gawa nec] g\u00eajac mocse\u014b te\u014b.\ntrap [Dem I I-set Dem] it-catch bushfowl one\n'The trap I set caught a bushfowl.'\nSouth Watut (Holzknecht 1989) in PNG\nJek i-ra jiya\u0294 ri naip a [ti ra-gin afu \u014bga]\nJack he-cut tree with knife [Dem I-give to Dem]\n'Jack cut the tree with the knife which I gave him.'\nPatep (Lauck 1980) in PNG\n\u00d4ng ob tyoo yii yuu nuhu [w\u00ea ob lam ge]\nyou will dodge spear two arrow [Rel will come Rel]\n'You will dodge the spears and arrows that will come.'\nFiled under Africa, Central African Republic, language, Papua New Guinea\nby Joel | 10 December 2006 \u00b7 4:50 pm\nDarfur Conflict Spreads into Central Africa\nLydia Polgreen of the NYT reports on the southward spread of yet another conflict not worth stopping, although France has intervened at the request of the current government of the CAR.\nKALANDAO, Central African Republic \u2014 The Central African Republic \u2014 so important as a potential bulwark against the chaos and misery of its neighbors in Chad and the Darfur region of Sudan \u2014 is being dragged into the dangerous and ever-expanding conflict that has begun to engulf Central Africa.\nSo porous are its borders and ungoverned are parts of its territory that foreign rebels are using the Central African Republic as a staging ground to mount attacks over the border, spreading what the United Nations has already called the world's \"gravest humanitarian crisis.\"\nThe situation is so bad in some places that 50,000 residents have fled the Central African Republic to find refuge in Chad, of all places, while starvation threatens hundreds of thousands who remain.\n\"This is the soft belly of Africa,\" said Jerome Chevallier, a World Bank official who is trying to help stabilize the Central African Republic. \"It has little protection from whatever might strike it.\"\nThere's much more on Darfur and the fighting in Chad at Passion of the Present.\nFiled under Africa, Central African Republic, Chad, Darfur, war\nby Joel | 4 March 2004 \u00b7 5:51 pm\nFormer Haitian President Aristide's New Hosts\nCENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: Bangui grants Aristide asylum 'on humanitarian grounds'\nBANGUI, 2 March (IRIN) \u2013 The Central African Republic (CAR) has granted former Haitian President Jean Bertrand Aristide asylum at the request of Gabonese President Omar Bongo and for humanitarian reasons, a government minister said on Monday.\n\"When a man in need knocks at your door, you do not consider his colour, his race or his rank, you welcome him and offer him the little you have,\" Parfait Mbay, Communications Minister, said in a statement read on state-owned Radio Centrafrique.\nHe added, \"At the request of his counterpart and dean of central African heads of state Gabonese President Omar Bongo, the president of the republic [Francois Bozize] accepted to receive the former president of the first black republic in the world, Jean Bertrand Aristide.\"\nBy receiving Aristide, the CAR had confirmed its reputation as a land of asylum for people in difficulties, Mbay said.\nMbay, four other ministers and the CAR army chief of staff, Gen Antoine Gambi, received Aristide when he arrived on Monday at the Bangui-Mpoko Airport.\nMbay said that Bozize had consulted Vice-President Abel Goumba, Prime Minister Celestin Gaombalet and the chairman of the National Transitional Council, the country's law advisory body, Nicolas Tiangaye, before allowing Aristide into the country.\n\"It is with sincere gratitude that we address the Central African Republic's authorities for receiving us this morning,\" the radio quoted Aristide as saying on his arrival in the capital, Bangui.\nReferring to and paraphrasing Toussaint Louverture, the historical Haitian hero who was tortured and killed by French colonisers 200 years ago, Aristide said: \"Today, in the shadow of Toussaint Louverture I declare: by overthrowing me, they have cut down the tree of peace but this tree will grow up again because its roots are Louverturian.\"\nThe CAR government's decision to welcome Aristide is perceived as an attempt to draw the attention of the international community to its own situation. The country is currently in a transitional period since the 15 March 2003 coup that brought Bozize to power. Since then, the authorities have been seeking international recognition. Now, with Aristide in exile in Bangui, the task may likely be easier.\n[This Item is Delivered to the \"Africa-English\" Service of the UN's IRIN humanitarian information unit, but may not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations. For further information, free subscriptions, or to change your keywords, contact e-mail: Irin@ocha.unon.org or Web: http:\/\/www.irinnews.org. If you re-print, copy, archive or re-post this item, please retain this credit and disclaimer. Reposting by commercial sites requires written IRIN permission.]\nCopyright (c) UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs 2004\nFiled under Caribbean, Central African Republic\nFilipino 1st Recon Battalion (Special) in New Guinea","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Airbnb targets hosting double African customers this year\nHotel Industry\nOnline room rental service Airbnb, according to news agencies is planning to maintain its rapid growth in Africa and double its customer digits to 1.5 million.\nData shows, in 2016 the service already increased to 143 percent of more than 700, 000 individuals using the service. According to Nicola D'Elia, the firm's Africa and Middle East chief noted. \"If you just look at 2017, it's going to double, you will have 1.5 million people at the end of this year,\" she added.\nWith several businesses tapping into the African market, the continent is a major win for the service with population spilling over a billion and a plethora of tourist and safari destinations.\nSouth Africa is currently the most popular country when it comes to Airbnb listings and visitors, tourists visiting Africa from the UK, the United States, Germany and the Netherlands prefer staying local homes than hotels.\nCurrently, the top cities synonymous with the service are Cape Town, Marrakesh, Johannesburg, Nairobi, and Casablanca.\nThe thirty-five year old CEO Chesky said, the continent is \"an incredibly exciting emerging market for travel.\"\nCameroon businesses hope to win big as it hosts AFCON {Business Africa}\nWhat is the way forward for the AfCFTA? [Business Africa]\nNamibia's underwater diamond harvest\nAfrica's manufacturing sector in 2021 [Business Africa]\nWhat can you buy with Zimbabwe's new 50 dollar banknote?\nSA: Growth expected in edible insect and mopane worms sector\nSouth Africa: Record transfer for Sundowns\nSouth Africa: Cape Town's Muslim quarter protests gentrification\nSouth African indigenous 'king' released on warning after cannabis arrest\nSA: For 2022 academic year, schools promote vaccination","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"All issues Volume 22 (2020) BIO Web Conf., 22 (2020) 01009 Full HTML\nBIO Web Conf.\nInternational Conference \"Longevity Interventions 2020\" (ICLI 2020)\nProblems of Gerontology and Geriatrics\nhttps:\/\/doi.org\/10.1051\/bioconf\/20202201009\n2 Materials and ...\n3 Study results\n4 Conclusions\nBIO Web of Conferences 22, 01009 (2020)\nPathogenetic substantiation of the combined transplantation use of multipotent mesenchymal stromal cells and hepatic stellate cells to restore the liver morphofunctional state after acute toxic hepatitis in the old body\nIrina Maklakova1,2*, Dmitry Grebnev1,2, Victoria Vakhrusheva1 and Ilya Gavrilov1,2\n1 FSBEI HE Ural State Medical University Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, 620028, Yekaterinburg, Russian Federation\n2 SAHI SO \"Institute of Medical Cell Technologies\", 620026, Yekaterinburg, Russian Federation\n* Corresponding author: makliu@mail.ru\nThe purpose of this study was to study the cotransplantation influence of multipotent mesenchymal stromal (MMSC) and hepatic stellate (HSC) cells on liver regeneration of old laboratory animals in conditions of its toxic damage. Acute toxic hepatitis was caused by single intraperitoneal CC14 injection at a dose of 50 \u03bcg\/kg. The introduction of MMSC and HSC was carried out at doses of 4 million cl\/kg and 9 million cl\/kg respectively 1 hour after toxic hepatitis modelling. The morphofunctional liver state of old laboratory mice was evaluated on the 1st, 3rd, 7th day after combined injection of MMSC and HSC in laboratory animals with toxic hepatitis. As a result of the study, it was obtained that MMSC and HSC cotransplantation leads to cellular and intracellular liver regeneration activation in old mice with acute toxic hepatitis. Also, the introduction of these cell types leads to decreased liver mutagenesis, inhibition of programmed cellular hepatocytes death. Thus, the conducted studies indicate the ability of combined MMSC and HSC transplantation to restore the morphofunctional liver state of the old organism under the conditions of its toxic damage.\nStatistics data analysis from the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, the Department of Monitoring, Analysis and Strategic Development of Health, as well as the World Health Organization for 2018 show an increase in the number of patients with liver pathology [1]. Therapeutic approaches currently used in the treatment of liver failure remain ineffective. This makes finding new methods capable of activating regeneration in a damaged organ relevant.\nThis study examined the ability of two types of stem cells \u2014 hepatic stellate cells (HSC) and multipotent mesenchymal stromal cells (MMSC) to activate liver regeneration in conditions of its toxic damage through the carbon tetrachloride introduction. The choice of these types of stem cells was due to their biological properties. Currently, hepatic stellate cells are seen as contenders for the role of liver stem cell by a number of authors [2, 3]. Their ability to differentiate into hepatocytes, cholangiocytes [3, 4] is shown. Hepatic stellate cells provide synthesis of subendothelial extracellular matrix, which regulates hepatocyte function, produce a wide range of cytokines that increase hepatocytes proliferative activity: hepatocytic growth factor (HGF), stem cell factor (SCF), epimorphine, pleiotrophin. Expressing VCAM-1 and SDF-1a HSC, they provide migration of autologous stem and progenitor cells including MMSC to the liver. MMSC can be compared to the \"factory\" for biologically active substances production. Thus, synthesized MMSC immunosuppressive factors (TGF-\u03b2, IL-10) provide the possibility of allogenic transplantation, significantly reducing the probability of immunological conflicts development [5, 6, 7, 8]. The ability of MMSC through formation of intercellular contacts to induce the production of heat-shock proteins with molecular weight of 70 kD (chaperones) in cells [9, 10, 11] has been proved. This group of proteins supports the conformation of structural and functional proteins. Given these biological relationships between MMSC and HSC, it seems promising to study the effect of combined transplantation of these cell types on liver regeneration in conditions of its damage.\nIt is known that during aging there is not only a decrease in the stem cells number, a decrease in differentiation ability, but also a decrease in their sensitivity to physiologically active substances [12, 13, 14]. This can determine the characteristics of liver regeneration in the conditions of its toxic damage during aging.\nThe purpose of this study was to study the MMSC and HSC combined transplantation effect on the liver regeneration of old laboratory animals in the conditions of its toxic damage.\n2 Materials and methods of research\nExperiments were performed on 84 white male laboratory mice 16-17 months of age, mass \u2013 25\u201430 g. MMSC was released from the placenta chorion of 5 female laboratory mice aged 3\u20144 months, gestation period \u2014 18 days. All experiments, care and management of animals were carried out in accordance with Directive No. 63 dated September 22, 2010 of the Presidency and the Parliament of Europe \"On the Protection of Animals Used for Scientific Research\" and the Order of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation No. 267 of June 19, 2003 \"On approval of the rules of laboratory practice\". The research is approved by the local ethical committee of FSBEI HE \"Ural State Medical University\" Protocol No. 8 dated 20.10.2017.\nThe mononuclear cell fraction was obtained by sequential mechanical and enzymatic (solution of accutase (Millipore, USA)) processing of placenta tissue. The MMSC immunophenotype is characterized by: CD105+, Sca1+, CD29+, CD45- [10]. Immunophenotyping of MSSC suspension was carried out by flow cytometry method using monoclonal antibodies conjugated with fluorochromes (Becton Dickinson, USA). The MMSC content with immunophenotype positive by CD105, CD29, Sca-1 and negative by CD45 was evaluated in the fraction of transplantable cells on the Beckman Coulter Navios flow cytometer using the Mouse Mesenchymal Stem CellMulti-Color Flow Cytometry Kit (Bio-Techne, USA). The number of viable cells with the CD45-, CD105+, Sca1+, CD29+ phenotype was 93.5%. The HSC release was carried out by collagenase-pronase liver perfusion method followed by cell separation in histogenesis density gradient. The MMSC was cultivated under CO2 conditions \u2014 an incubator (Termo Scientific, USA) at a temperature of 370C with 5% carbon dioxide content and 90% humidity. The MMSC of the third passage was used for transplantation to laboratory animals. The HSC introduction was carried out immediately after cells isolation.\nThe study of isolated cells functional properties was carried out by directed differentiation of the obtained culture in directions characteristic of MMSC \u2013 in adipocytic and osteogenic. The HSC identification was performed on the Beckman Coulter Navios flow cytometer by evaluating HSC endogenous retinoid fluorescence. The cell viability was determined by supravital coloration with a solution of tripan blue and amounted to 95 \u2014 97%.\nExperimental group animals were intravenously injected with MMSC and HSC at a dose of 4 million cells\/kg and 9 million cells\/kg respectively, suspended in 0.2 ml 0.9% NaCl solution. The control group animals were injected with 0.9% solution of NaCl \u2014 0.2 ml intravenously. Intravenous injection was performed 1 hour after the simulation of acute toxic hepatitis. Toxic hepatitis was caused by intraperitoneal injection of CCl4 at a dose of 50 \u03bcg\/kg.\nThe influence of MMSC and HSC combined transplantation on biochemical parameters of peripheral blood and morphometric liver parameters under physiological conditions and after subtotal resection on the 1st, 3rd, 7th day. The animals were taken out of the experiment with decapitation under mild ethereal anesthesia.\nHistological liver cuts 3-5 \u03bcm thick stained with hematoxylin-eosin was made. For morphometric data analysis a computer program of image analysis (Biovision, Russia) was used. The following liver morphometric indicators were evaluated: hepatocyte count per 1 mm2, hepatocyte area, hepatocyte nucleus area, hepatocyte cytoplasm area, nuclear \u2013 cytoplasmic index (NCI), number of binuclear hepatocytes per 1 mm2, mitotic index (MI), apoptotic index (AI). Verification of apoptosis severity was carried out using the ApopTag\u00ae Peroxidase In Situ Oligo Ligation (ISOL) (Millipore, USA) method.\nThe evaluation of peripheral blood biochemical indicators was performed on the automatic biochemical and immunoenzyme analyzer Chem Well 2910 (Combi). The following biochemical indicators were studied: total protein, albumin, urea, glucose, total bilirubin, aspartataminotransferase (AST), alaninaminotransferase (ALT), alkaline phosphatase (ALP). \"Olvex Diagnosticum\" (Russia) kits were used in determining biochemical indicators. Determination of fibrinogen concentration was carried out on the hemostasis indicators analyzer APG2-02-P.\nStatistical data processing was carried out using the SPSS Statistics software package (version 17.0). The data is represented as arithmetic mean (M) and standard mean error (m). The sample values distribution normality was estimated on the Shapiro\u2014Wilk test. If there is a normal distribution, the differences estimation in group indicators was conducted according to the Student t-criterion, otherwise -the Mann-Whitney U-criterion. The differences were considered statistically significant at p < 0.05.\nOn the 1st day after MMSC and HSC combined transplantation to old laboratory mice with toxic hepatitis, no reliable differences between experimental and control groups were found.\nIn the study of morphometric liver indicators of old laboratory animals 3 days after the carbon tetrachloride introduction, animals injected with MMSC and HSC had a decrease in apoptosis levels and increasing number of biconuclear hepatocytes. There was also an increase in the hepatocytes' nucleus area and a consequent increase in the nuclear cytoplasmic index. In the analysis of the hepatocytes micronuclei number there was a decrease observed compared to the control group (Table 1).\nIn the morphometric indicators' analysis of laboratory mice on the 7th day after carbon tetrachloride introduction, increased mitotic index and decreased apoptosis severity were noted in the experimental group. Also, after combined MMSC and HSC injection, an increase in the hepatocyte nuclei area was found, which contributed to the increase of the nuclear cytoplasmic index. In addition, there was an increase in the number of binuclear hepatocytes compared to the control group. Analyzing the number of cytogenetically altered cells, their decrease in comparison with the data of the control group was observed (Table 2).\nThus, it was identified that combined MMSC and HSC transplantation to old laboratory mice under toxic hepatitis conditions leads to activation of cellular and intracellular regeneration. Combined MMSC and HSC introduction led to a decrease in programmed cell death. The decrease in the number of hepatocytes with micronuclei in laboratory animals following the MMSC and HSC introduction indicates the ability of these cells to reduce induced mutagenic activity in the liver under toxic hepatitis conditions.\nIn the biochemical parameters' analysis of laboratory mice peripheral blood on the 3rd day after carbon tetrachloride introduction against the background of combined MMSC and HSC transplantation, a decrease in enzymes content characterizing hepatocyte cytolysis: AST, ALT (Table 3) was observed.\nIn the analysis of the peripheral blood biochemical parameters on the 7th day after the combined MMSC and HSC transplantation against the carbon tetrachloride introduction background, there was a noticeable decrease in the level of AST to values of intact animals, decrease in ALT levels, increase in fibrinogen (Table 4) .\nMorphometric liver indicators of old laboratory mice 3 days after CCl4, M\u00b1m injection, n = 7\nMorphometric liver indicators of laboratory mice on the 7th day after CCl4 injection, M\u00b1m, n = 7\nBiochemical blood indicators of laboratory mice on the 3rd day after CCl4 injection, M\u00b1m, n = 7\nBiochemical blood indicators of laboratory mice on the 7th day after CCl4 injection, M\u00b1m, n = 7\nConducted studies indicate the ability of combined MMSC and HSC transplantation to activate liver regeneration in the old body under the conditions of its toxic damage. 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{"text":"Foolish (2011)\nReviewer eatdogs\nFoolish, originally released in 1994 on one of the best indie labels ever, Merge Records, has been carefully remastered and re-released on vinyl\/CD with bonuses and that all engrossing, rich sound that fans have come to know from this muppet rock band of the '90s. It is without a doubt that this is a band worth extreme recognition in D.I.Y. spirit and punk attitude. Superchunk has been a leader in the pop-punk\/indie rock scene since forever; their efforts have inspired many acts like Weezer, Motion City Soundtrack and the Get Up Kids. Staying true to their roots, but going even further, Foolish proved to be their mid-career milestone and an album with fierce intensity hidden behind great pop songs.\nMade with the heaviness of separation and anxiety, Superchunk crafted an album of said emotions and it's filtered throughout the 12 tracks contained here. Songs like \"Keeping Track\" and \"Like a Fool\" give a deeply personal insight to a person's emotional state--\"From stage to stage we flew \/ A drink in every hand \/ My hand on your heart had been replaced \/ And I thought it was you that I chased\"--but of course these types of songs have been written before (Bob Dylan's Blood On the Tracks, for example). What perhaps stands out the most is the time from whence these songs came. The '90s were the upstart to the suburban landscape of emo and indie rock. The insight into making songs of longing and hurt poured out from all directions and they gave kids a sense to make it themselves. There is a reason why so many of these bands emerged from that time period. A rip was made from the mainstream and anyone could do it, but with more integrity and appreciation to the music itself. Superchunk proved that with their previous efforts like No Pocky for Kity and On the Mouth, but it was here that it all came into fruition.\n\"The First Part\" bangs with the reminder of D.C. post-hardcore and it ends with an epic riffing that makes one's fingers hurt just listening to it. \"Water Wings\" is another example of cynical, yet catchy lyrics, but it's \"Saving My Ticket\" that is perhaps the best example of this feat. \"Always expecting the worse \/ My mouth cracked open spit out a curse \/ Well timed and well-rehearsed \/ And that's no surprise.\" The guitars and vocals of Mac McCaughan are so well done that it's a tragedy not many see how he is awesome. The guy sings with a sort of nasally tone, but it fits so damn well that you couldn't think of anyone else doing it (Matthew Pryor could be a close comparison\u2026). The other members of Superchunk complement the music to levels of mastery. Jack McCook accompanies McCaughan well with his guitars and the rhythm section of bassist Laura Ballance and drummer Jon Hurst give the album a very nice groove; never going over the edge. It's an album that's both crunchy yet contained. A statement that's uptempo, but reserved; caring and confused. Listen to final track \"In a Stage Whisper\" for a calmer movement that reflects the somber\/mellow moments of bands like Archers of Loaf and Sonic Youth.\nAs for this reissue, the extras aren't super great, but they do offer a bit more into the time from when this came out. Three acoustic B-sides from their Driveway to Driveway EP and some basement demos recorded by Hurst prior to the album are attached, as well as The Clambakes, Vol. 6: One in a Row, a 64-minute live recording from 1994 of a show at First Avenue in Minneapolis during the Foolish tour.\nOn a final note, this was my first album by Superchunk. Nothing ever really topped it as far as content and energy. To this day, the band is still around and cranking out great music. To think that one of the best bands from the '90s scene is still playing and still crafting excellent tunes is a significant achievement and one to look up to for any person or band. Dig it\u2026\nOpeth: Heritage\nWe Were Promised Jetpacks: In the Pit of the Stomach","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Marichal Monts\nMarichal Monts is an incredibly unique individual who carries a deep message of faith, hope and love. As a native of Hartford, CT, and the oldest son of Margaret and the late James Monts, he attended the Renbrook School (West Hartford, CT), and the Groton School (Groton, MA) and graduated from Wesleyan University (Middletown, CT). With God's help and great encouragement from his mother and grandmother, he has successfully mastered the journey from the dangerous streets of the North End of Hartford to a committed life of service to God and humankind.\nMarichal Monts is often described as one who is consistent, dedicated, and focused with an uncanny ability to overcome virtually any adverse situation. As a student at Wesleyan, he began a radio broadcast on Sunday mornings, and now after over 38 years he has one of the most loyal listening audiences on WESU (estimated at over 1,000,000). It is also noteworthy that Marichal Monts has also served as the conductor and music director of the Ebony Singers of the prestigious Wesleyan University from 1986 until the present.\nMarichal Monts' emergence into full time ministry came full circle in 1995, when he yielded to the call of God to establish a fresh, innovative and progressive ministry, known as The Citadel of Love (www.TheCitadelofLove.org) in the city that would bring positive, life-long change in the lives of all who would be challenged to reach their full potential and destiny.\nHis energetic, informed, and compassionate demeanor has enabled him to effectively communicate God's message of love, power, and deliverance to those in need. As the mouthpiece of God for this generation, Marichal Monts ministers truth that challenges people to embrace the fullness of God's Holy Word and their God ordained destiny.\nMarichal Monts has given his life to the work of the Lord Jesus Christ and the residents of the Greater Hartford community. He has an impressive background as a leader in the private and community sector and has garnered great respect for his work ethic and creativity, and in 2006 received an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree from St. Thomas Christian College . Monts is a leader who is fueled by vision and determination. He has been a key player in the changing spiritual skyline of the Greater Hartford and New England area for over three decades and continues to rise above adversity to accomplish great exploits for the Kingdom of God. In addition to serving as a Chaplain to the Hartford Police Department, Marichal Monts has a five star mentality and has written two life changing books \"Ordered Steps\" and \"Just Like My Father,\" and is currently working on another literary offering. Marichal Monts pushes his members, friends, and associates to pursue and acquire a life of excellence; and in 2020 He will lead the wonderful people of the Citadel of Love in their 25th Silver Anniversary celebration, continuing to hold on to the precept and promise that: \"Jesus Never Fails!\"\nYou can tune in to Marichal Monts on WESU Middletown, 88.1 FM on Sundays from 10am to 11:30am at www.wesufm.org.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"HomeKiaSoul EVNewsGeneral\nKia Soul EV to be Sold in New Zealand Too?\nKia Soul EV to be Sold in New Zealand Too? product 2013-12-19 20:04:42 https:\/\/insideevs.com\/news\/319999\/kia-soul-ev-to-be-sold-in-new-zealand-too\/ Kia Soul EV General\nRedesigned Kia Soul - Non Electric Version\nKia Motors will launch its Soul EV in the US in 2014. After that, the Soul EV will head to New Zealand. Say what?\nAccording to Voxy, the Soul EV may well end up for sale in New Zealand at some point in the near future, but not until after it goes on sale in the UK in late 2014 or early 2015.\nThe reason New Zealand expects to get the Soul EV is because it will be offered in right-hand drive.\nTodd McDonald, General Manager of Kia Motors New Zealand, told Voxy:\n\"The fact that the electric Soul is going into the UK means there is a strong possibility it could be available to us.\"\n\"We are in talks with our parent company in Korea to see if we can turn that opportunity into a reality. The Soul EV is a very technologically advanced vehicle and would showcase the fact that Kia is not just a leader in vehicle design, but also in sophisticated engineering.\"\nRight-hand drive is widely preferred in both the UK and New Zealand, so if you're going to sell a RHD vehicle in the UK, then you might as well make it available in New Zealand, too.\nKnown Kia Soul EV Specs:\n210 Pound-feet of torque\n27 kWh lithium polymer battery pack\nTarget range of more than 120 miles (expect 90 or so for an official EPA rating)\nRecharge in under 5 hours on 240 volt or in 25 minutes via quick charge (likely CHAdeMO, though Kia doesn't specifically mention this)\n0 to 62 MPH in less than 12 seconds\nTop speed of 90 MPH\nKia Soul - Non Electric Version\nSource: Voxy\nSUV\/Crossover","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Family pay tribute to 'amazing' dad Frank MacFarlane killed in Fife crash\nThe family of Frank MacFarlane, from Rosyth, had to make the heartbreaking decision to switch off his life support on Saturday\nSally Hind\nIn heartfelt tributes relatives said Frank MacFarlane was an amazing man (Image: Facebook)\nHeartbreaking tributes have been paid by the family of a man who died after his car collided with a wall in Fife.\nFrank MacFarlane, 61, from Rosyth, was driving his BMW when his car left the A985 at 5.35am on Friday, between the Cairneyhill roundabout and Kincardine.\nHe was taken to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary by ambulance but he died from his injuries on Saturday.\nOn Saturday, Brogan Taylor, Frank's stepdaughter, wrote on Facebook saying the family had made the devastating decision to turn off his life support machine due to the extent of his injuries.\nPolice renew CCTV appeal to trace man linked to violent nightclub assault\n50p coin found to be worth HUNDREDS - here's how find out if you have one\nShe said: \"Myself and the family would like to let everyone know after the difficult decision of turning franks ventilator off he has peacefully passed away with his loved ones at his side.\n\"It was the right decision as he would have been severely disabled and bed bound everyone that new frank would know that is not what he would have wanted.\"\nThe crash happened on Friday on the A985\n\"He was an amazing man and will be in our hearts forever and will be sadly missed by a lot of people but he is finally at peace and out of pain!\n\"If everyone could please give us time to heal and respect the family's privacy at this time!\n\"RIP Franky boy one of the best men in my life I will love you forever until we meet again shine bright my angel.\"\nIn an earlier post, Brogan said her stepdad had suffered a bleed on the brain which caused him to black out behind the wheel and suffer serious injuries.\nShe said: \"His brain is too badly damaged and there is nothing the doctors and nurses can do for him he is currently on life support at the moment until we are ready to turn the machine off.\n\"Frank was a loved man by a lot of people and me and my family are heartbroken.\"\nShe added in another post: \"I honestly can't thank the royal infirmary doctors and nurses enough they were just amazing with frank and with us!!\"\nPolice are investigating the circumstances of the crash and appealing for anyone with dashcam footage to contact them.\nSergeant Alastair Purvis, of Fife Road Policing, said: \"Our thoughts remain with the family and friends of Mr MacFarlane at this difficult time.\n\"Enquiries into the incident are ongoing. We would urge anybody who was driving on the road and may have dashcam footage or witnessed the incident to contact police.\"\nThe Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"\u0391\u03c1\u03c7\u03b9\u03ba\u03aeInternationalAnother record-breaking end-of-year period for the posts\nAnother record-breaking end-of-year period for the posts\nEvery year, the end of the year is peak season for the posts, with millions of greetings cards being sent with holiday wishes for friends and family. Moreover, e-commerce volumes are peaking due to all the online Christmas shopping \u2013 a more recent trend.\nFor instance, between 1 and 23 December 2017, Swiss Post employees processed more than 18m parcels, despite the fact that the calendar left one fewer day for sorting this year than in previous years. On peak days in December, over 1m parcels a day passed through the systems at its sorting centres. On 19 December, Swiss Post set a new record: its three centres processed more than 1.3m parcels, more than ever before on a single day.\nThe record-breaking online sales during the holiday season grew Posti's parcel volume to 37m postal items in 2017. Parcel volume increased by 9% compared to the previous year. Posti also delivered more than 26m Christmas cards were sent this year in Finland.\nbpost announced it would deliver around 350,000 parcels per day, while its letter mail traffic would increase by 30% during the peak season.\nAn Post delivered 1.74m parcels in the five week lead-up to Christmas, which was a new record and up 27% on the previous year. In a statement sent to Post&Parcel on 5 January, An Post said that parcel volumes from Amazon alone showed an increase of more than 30% on 2016.\nRoyal Mail Group reported total parcel volumes in the December trading period were 149m, up 6% over the same period last year.\nTo be able to cope with the peak volumes around the holiday season, posts begin to prepare their operations months in advance.\nThe US Postal Service expected the week starting on 18 December \u2013 the last week before Christmas \u2013 to be the busiest week of the holiday mailing and shipping season. The postal operator expected to process and deliver nearly 3bn pieces of First-Class Mail, including greeting cards, during that week alone. The USPS also expected to deliver nearly 200m packages each week from 11 till 24 December. In total, the post anticipated delivering more than 15bn total pieces of mail during the 2017 holiday season (running from Thanksgiving end of November until New Year's Day). USPS expected to deliver more than 850 million packages, an increase of more than 10 percent compared to the same period last year.\nTo be able to handle these record volumes more efficiently, Swiss Post upgraded its parcel centres with additional high-performance sorting systems, increasing capacity by 25 percent over the past few years. The construction of three additional regional parcel centres in Cadenazzo, Untervaz and V\u00e9troz has already been planned. This will enable punctual processing of parcel volumes, which are growing each year. To keep things running smoothly during the Christmas rush, Swiss Post employees undertook additional assignments on several occasions, with all available staff reporting for work and the machines in the letter centres running almost round the clock, including weekends.\nPosti has ensured the smoothness of deliveries and strengthened its service point network, for instance, by adding more lockers to the Posti parcel locker network and by opening temporary pop-up pickup points for the Christmas season. The number of Posti service points has continued to increase by 40% during the last six years.\nNew Zealand Post was prepared to process an anticipated 41.5m letters and parcels in December \u2013 including 20% more parcels compared to the previous year. NZ Post took on an extra 600 staff, 200 vans, 13 line-haul trucks and operated an additional 737 aircraft to meet the predicted increased Christmas volumes.\nbpost announced 700 additional delivery staff were hired to cope with the increase in both parcel and standard mail deliveries.\nE-commerce is growing year after year and 2017 was yet another record-breaking year. According to MasterCard, US e-commerce sales grew 18.1% during the 2017 holiday season versus the previous year's holiday period, while Adobe Digital Insights reported a 14.7% year-on-year increase. Interesting to note is that mobile commerce is a strong growth driver, with Adobe Digital Insights reporting a 22.2% year-on-year increase during the Thanksgiving\u2013Cyber Monday week at the end of November. Mobile sales accounted for about a third of total e-commerce sales and will continue to grow over the coming years.\nThis surge in e-commerce is driving the increased postal volumes. Finland's Posti, for instance, saw parcel volume grow 9% in 2017 due to record-breaking online sales. \"During the year, e-commerce picked up and the number of e-commerce parcels grew by more than 15%\", said Toni Laaksonen, Vice President, Parcel Services at Posti.\nAustralia Post released an infographic with the key figures from the 2017 Christmas season. They reported a 17% increase in parcel deliveries. Over 37m parcels delivered in December, with 2.7m parcels delivered on 18 December, the busiest day of the year. Cross-border e-commerce deliveries also increased: over 4.3m cross-border parcels were delivered. The main source countries were China, the US and the UK.\nNew Zealand Post also referred to online shopping as a driver behind increase postal volumes. They saw continued strong demand in online shopping, encouraged by popular sale days like Black Friday and Cyber Monday. The growth already started in early November, with NZ Post's busiest days already reaching over 2.7m items in the network, said New Zealand Post's Chief Operating Officer, Mark Steward.\nbpost also reported that on average, they delivered 175,000 parcels a day in 2017 \u2013 a 20% increase compared to 2016.\nOnly on Monday and Tuesday before Christmas, Poczta Polska's customers shipped over 1m packages. During the Christmas period, the number of shipments sent in relation to normal months, like August, increased by an average of 35%. During the most intense week preceding Christmas, package volumes were 81% higher than the 2017 average. Poczta Polska also recorded record volumes of cross-border shipments \u2013 the largest growth was observed in parcel traffic coming from China.\nThe increase in online shopping has also led to an increase in returns, which peaked in the days after Christmas and New Year's Day and broke records in many markets.\nbpost reported a record volume of returned shipments on the days after Christmas and New Year's Day, with around 25,000 returns on both days \u2013 a 65% increase compared to the average return volumes.\nUPS went so far as to name 3 January as National Returns Day, expecting to see up to 1.4m return shipments on that day alone \u2013 up 8% compared to the previous year. In December 2017, consumers shipped more than 1 million returns packages to retailers daily, a pace expected to last into early January 2018, said UPS.\nSpecial campaigns and stamps\nAt the end of the year, millions of people continue to spread Christmas cheer through Christmas cards. In the UK, Royal Mail reported that Christmas cards remain very popular: according to the Greeting Card Association (GCA), over 1.13bn Christmas cards are bought each year in the UK.\nChildren across the world write letters to Santa to tell him how good they've been over the year and what they would like for Christmas. Every year, many posts deliver these letters to Santa Claus and even help answering these letters.\nSwiss Post delivered exactly 20,188 children's letters and cards to the iconic Christmas figure and assisted him in answering his mail. These campaign showcase the posts' positive role in society.\nOther holiday campaigns focus on helping others during this season of cheer, like for instance Swiss Post' \"2 x Christmas\" solidarity campaign. 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{"text":"Gender, Sexuality and Women's Issues\nGENDER, SEXUALITY and WOMEN'S STUDIES\nDiscover Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies\nB.A. with major in Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies\nGender, Sexuality,and Women's Studies Minor\nSexuality and Gender Identity Studies Minor\nGender, Sexuality and Women's Studies\nOne major, multiple perspectives.\nThe Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies Program at UVM offers students an opportunity to think about sex, gender, gender identity and other forms of difference over time and across cultures. The students and faculty of GSWS draw from the social sciences, the physical sciences, the humanities and creative arts to pursue research on questions about gender (the social meaning of the distinctions among sexes) and sexuality (sexual identities, discourses, and institutions). We ask: How have gender and sexual roles been created? How and why are they sustained? Who has benefited from these roles and who has been disadvantaged? How have experiences of sex, gender, sexuality, and gender identity differed by race, (dis)ability, nationality, language, social class, sexual identity? How have these issues changed over time? In what ways are they experienced differently in the United States and in other countries?\nBuilding upon a gateway course, students in the major design a concentration of upper-level courses (often following either a social science or humanities track) and conclude with a senior seminar capstone. Our majors work closely with faculty advisors who encourage students to pursue academic honors by writing a senior thesis and to pursue pre-professional internships. Our two interdisciplinary minors, one in Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies and the other in Sexuality and Gender Identity Studies, are open to all students from across the UVM community.\nAdmitted Student Visit Day:\nVIDEO: Tina Escaja explores how the digital age transformed the meaning of connection? (YouTube)\nFinding a Voice\nLinnea Johnson arrived at UVM with a passion for social justice, but lacked the knowledge and vocabulary to articulate her world view. Four years later, as she graduates with a double major in gender, sexuality and women's studies (GSWS) and philosophy,she is an experienced and articulate advocate.\n\"I developed skills that will be super important in my career,\" she says. \"I just needed to learn the vocabulary\u2014to put names to things I felt strongly about and learn about their history and origins.\"\nEntering UVM as an undeclared major, Johnson found her academic path after taking an introductory GSWS course with Annika Ljung-Baruth.\n\"I always knew deep down I was discontented with my position in society as a woman, but I didn't have the tools or words to express that. The course gave me an understanding of the foundation of that discontent.\"\nDuring her time at UVM Johnson was especially involved in the issue of sexual assault on college campuses. She advocates for more education for sexual violence prevention, more resources for workers tasked with doing prevention work on college campuses, and greater support for victims.\n\"I hope I've helped raise awareness\u2013it really starts with a dialogue. That's something I try to do by asking questions at open forums, speaking at rallies, and just informal conversations.\"\nJohnson found many outlets to apply her knowledge and passion in ways that made a difference at UVM and in the surrounding community.\nRead more of Linnea's story\nCareers in Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies\nGraduates of our program have found jobs in fields as diverse as arts administration, social services, business, city government, and publishing. Others have joined the Peace Corps or gone on to law school, medical school, or graduate programs in such fields as public administration, English, history, and of course women's and gender studies. Through their liberal arts education at UVM, our graduates are equipped with a broad range of transferable skills enabling them to succeed in any profession.\nUVM has a Career Services Center where dedicated professionals help you career plan and job search.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"search filter Books & JournalsAll Books\nLeaving Art: Writings on Performance, Politics, and Publics, 1974\u20132007\nSuzanne Lacy\nSuzanne Lacy is an internationally known artist whose work includes installations, video, and large-scale performances on social themes and urban issues. She is also chair of the Master in Fine Arts in Public Practice program at Otis College of Art and Design. Lacy edited the collection Mapping the Terrain: New Genre Public Art and has published more than seventy articles on public and performance art.\nThis content is made freely available by the publisher. It may not be redistributed or altered. All rights reserved.\nISBN electronic:\nChapter Navigation\nCinderella in a Dragster\nhttps:\/\/doi.org\/10.1215\/9780822391227-006\nTools Icon Tools\n2010. \"Cinderella in a Dragster\", Leaving Art: Writings on Performance, Politics, and Publics, 1974\u20132007, Suzanne Lacy\nThe Bag Lady On Memory\nPicturing a South African Gold Mine\nAppendix Chronology and Selected Performances and Installations\nThe Aftermath \"They Were Enjoying Our Freedom.\"\nLocal Timeline in Relation to National Liberation\nLearning to Look The Seventies\nPostscript Doing Fieldwork at the End of Apartheid","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Home Industries Organisations Map Job Roles Contact My Account\nRichardsons Holidays\nThe Staithe, Stalham, Norwich, NR12 9BX\nJob\/Post\nView Jobs\/Posts\nHome Explore Organisations Richardsons Holidays\nExperience the fun at Richardsons\u2026.. check out our current vacancies for a great opportunity to feel the holiday fun whilst at work.\nRichardson's is a family-run company with over 70 years' experience in providing fun-filled, value for money holidays. We offer family holidays in our seaside holiday park, we also have an adults-only Holiday Village adjacent to our family park, and we are also the owners of the largest fleet of pleasure cruisers on the Norfolk Broads.\nAt Richardson's our aim is to expand and be recognised as excelling in our field, creating opportunities to better ourselves by supporting each other. With an honest approach and belief in our brand we will continue to deliver quality with an exciting passion for fun.\nBoating:\nThe Norfolk broads are one of the best places in the UK for river boating and our company is among the best for boat hire and boating holidays in the UK.\nOur boats are of various berth sizes, sleeping from 2 to 12 persons, cater for everyone and most are also pet friendly.\nHolidaymakers are able to reach the following locations: Norwich, Brundall, Beccles and Great Yarmouth plus many others from our Richardsons' Stalham or Acle boatyards.\nHoliday Parks:\nWe excel at providing fun, affordable and unforgettable holidays for all the family. Getting the summer going is what we're all about.\nOur family holiday park offers week-long breaks and short breaks on the gorgeous Norfolk coast; an unspoilt part of the British Isles renowned for breathtaking views and bracing sea air.\nWe also have a children's club and in-house facilities and amusements. On-site facilities at our holiday park include an indoor heated swimming pool, amusement arcade, fantastic outdoor play and family fun area with racing cars and much, much more.\nThe Copacabana Club is a family-friendly club showcasing live shows and cabarets for all, including competitions for kids and regular bingo for older members of the family.\nHoliday Village:\nSeacroft Holiday Village is an adults only village situated on the Norfolk coast near Great Yarmouth in the traditional seaside resort Hemsby. Refurbished in 2016 Seacroft has a new Harlequin show bar, reception, holiday shop, snooker room.\nWe provide full waitress service and a full daytime and nightly entertainment programme to suit the individual breaks. We offer themed breaks from February to December, Christmas and New Year, including Comedy, 60's, 70's themes and Star Cabarets.\nIf you would like to know more about Richardsons, including any opportunities that we have to offer, follow us here on icanbea... and visit our website.\nContact & Web\nMore about Richardsons Holidays\n3 Industries this organisation is related to\nThe hospitality industry covers everything from bars, restaurants, hotels, coffee shops, contract catering to nightclubs and...\nCan you imagine working in an industry where you can earn money doing something that you love to do, wouldn't that be great?...\nThe Tourism industry is one of the fastest growing industries in the UK as far as employment is concerned, it is worth approx...\nRichardson's is a family-run company with over 70 years' experience in providing fun-filled, value for money holidays.\nMy Page Job Role\nHome Industries Organisations Map Job Roles Explore Contact My Account\nCopyright \u00a9 2020 The Mason Trust\nDesign by InnerShed","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Geospatial News\nData Resources\nAdvertising & Webinars\nWant to write for DM?\nLatitude \/ Longitude Converter\nEngage, inform and inspire the geospatial community. Tell us your story.\nGEOINT\nGeospatial Data\nLocal, State & Federal Government\nLocation Intelligence\nsenseFly Widens Commercial Strategy and Announces New Leadership Structure to Build on eBee X's Success\nThe fixed-wing drone leader heads into 2019 with a more independent approach\u2014its two co-leaders looking to build on the eBee X drone's success by leveraging a wider array of strategic partnerships\nCheseaux-sur-Lausanne, Switzerland, December 6, 2018\u2014senseFly, the industry's leading provider of professional fixed-wing drone solutions and a subsidiary of Parrot Group, today announces the evolution of its commercial strategy and a new collaborative leadership structure as it looks to build on the excellent initial adoption of its eBee X mapping drone.\nsenseFly today reports that its average monthly order book has doubled since the arrival of the eBee X onto the market in late September, with twice as many geospatial and agricultural professionals choosing to purchase an eBee X in October and November than bought previous-generation eBee systems in the previous two months.\nEvolving partnership strategy\nAs Parrot Group adopts a more decentralised and flexible strategy, senseFly is in turn adapting its approach in order to reap the benefits of its enhanced independence.\nWhile the company will continue its close collaboration with its sister companies in Parrot Group, such as Parrot Drone, Pix4D and MicaSense, its leadership team is also looking across the industry with the aim of identifying interesting new commercial partnerships, for example with the providers of other industry-specific software titles.\n\"As the commercial UAV market matures, it is essential that we at senseFly chart our own path forwards in order to best meet the needs of our customers and to bring the productivity benefits that fixed-wing drones offer to as many businesses as possible,\" said senseFly's CEO Gilles Labossi\u00e8re. \"This, of course, means working closely with the other companies within Parrot Group to create further integrated offerings in the style of today's Survey 360 and Ag 360 solutions. However, it also means renewing our focus on wider strategic partnership opportunities, as this will ensure we continue to offer vertically-relevant, end-to-end solutions to the growing number of organisations looking to integrate drones into their businesses.\"\nToday, senseFly operators enjoy seamless compatibility with some of the industry's leading image processing software programs. Users can, for instance, transfer the imagery that any eBee drone captures, seamlessly, from the aircraft's eMotion flight software into Pix4D, Agisoft or Trimble Business Center processing platforms, with just one click.\n\"As we continue strengthening our offer, further industry partnerships will be key to widening such compatibilities and expanding the usability of our solutions,\" Labossi\u00e8re added.\nNew co-leadership approach\nFollowing the announcement of Labossi\u00e8re as the CEO of senseFly in April 2018, Jean-Thomas C\u00e9lette\u2014previously senseFly's Head of Product Management, Business Development and Customer Support\u2014has now been appointed Managing Director of the company.\nThese two experienced executives will work in close synchronisation, as dynamic co-leaders, to build on senseFly's position as the market's fixed-wing leader and drive the company's growth through 2019 and beyond, closely supported by the rest of senseFly's leadership team.\nLabossi\u00e8re will be responsible for driving the company's commercial and product strategy. C\u00e9lette meanwhile will continue to be responsible for senseFly's product roadmap, in addition to now overseeing the company's R&D, customer experience and operational functions.\n\"By adopting an intelligent and carefully-defined collaborative approach, supported by our trusted department leaders, I'm confident that Jean-Thomas and I can increase the scope and capacity of senseFly's leadership function to move the company efficiently forwards,\" Labossi\u00e8re said.\nJean-Thomas C\u00e9lette, the company's new Managing Director, added: \"Since my arrival at senseFly in 2016, I've been blown away by the talent of our team and, in equal measure, by the enthusiasm and professionalism of our thousands of clients around the world. Therefore, I'm excited to be granted this opportunity. I look forward to working shoulder to shoulder with Gilles to help us meet the needs of even more clients across an ever-wider range of industries.\"\nAbout senseFly\nAt senseFly we believe in using technology to make work safer and more efficient. Our proven drone solutions simplify the collection and analysis of geospatial data, allowing professionals in surveying, agriculture, engineering and humanitarian aid to make better decisions, faster. Founded in 2009, senseFly is the commercial drone subsidiary of Parrot Group. 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{"text":"About Axios Twin Cities\nAxios Twin Cities is an Axios company.\nSep 6, 2022 - Politics\nTrail Mix: Survey sheds light on Tyler Kistner's abortion stance\nTorey Van Oot\nIllustration: Lindsey Bailey\/Axios\nWelcome back to Trail Mix, Axios Twin Cities reporter Torey Van Oot's weekly column reporting on the midterm campaigns.\nRepublican congressional candidate Tyler Kistner pledged to support federal legislation aimed at further reducing abortion access in response to a recent issue survey.\nWhy it matters: Abortion has become a hot topic in the rematch between Kistner and DFL U.S. Rep. Angie Craig in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade.\nThe Prior Lake Republican, who touted his \"100% pro-life\" record in his 2020 campaign, said this summer that he does support exceptions for rape or when a pregnant person's life is in danger.\nHe said in June that the issue should be \"left at the states to decide.\"\nYes, but: The \"pro-life\" survey, published this summer by Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life, asked candidates for federal office if they would support so-called \"incremental approach\" bills seeking to reduce abortion as part of \"a strategic plan for creating a pro-life nation.\"\nKistner answered yes to that question, as well as one asking candidates if they'd work to uphold any \"pro-life\" laws or policies in place when they took office.\nA spokesperson for Kistner didn't respond to a request for comment.\nZoom out: Republican candidates around the country have been downplaying\u2014 or in some cases reversing \u2014 hardline anti-abortion stances they took during their primaries in light of signs that the Dobbs decision has energized Democratic voters, Axios' Alexi McCammond and Andrew Solender report.\nEndorsement drama for realtors\nA decision to take a side in the governor's race is lighting up the Minnesota Realtors' listserv.\nWhat's happening: Minnesota Realtors Political Action Committee endorsed DFL Gov. Tim Walz's re-election bid late last month.\nThat announcement prompted a flurry of messages on the association's members-only email chain, with some realtors threatening to pull their support over the move.\nWhat they're saying: \"Looks like we have our own Swamp. Right here in Minnesota,\" one agent wrote, pledging that he wouldn't give \"another dime\" to the group.\nThe response: Other members chimed in to defend the decision and process, which included interviews with both top candidates.\nSome noted that the PAC, which routinely backs candidates from both sides of the aisle, previously endorsed Republican Tim Pawlenty.\nOf note: The CEO of Minnesota Realtors declined to comment.\nWhat it tells us: Tensions \u2014 and emotions \u2014 are running high in this hyper-polarized era of politics.\nQuote du jour... Jensen on tax returns\n\"I'm not interested in having the media divert from the issues of inflation and crime and education in order to do this spitballing,\"\n\u2014 GOP gubernatorial nominee Scott Jensen to MPR News on why he doesn't plan to release his tax returns ahead of the election.\nGet more local stories in your inbox with Axios Twin Cities.\nMore Twin Cities stories\nGet a free daily digest of the most important news in your backyard with Axios Twin Cities.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"NYT: Justice Thomas's Wife Sets Up a Conservative Lobbying Shop\nFebruary 4, 2011- The wife of Justice Clarence Thomas, who has raised her political profile in the last year through her outspoken conservative activism, is rebranding herself as a lobbyist and self-appointed \"ambassador to the Tea Party movement.\"\nVirginia Thomas, the justice's wife, said on libertyinc.co, a Web site for her new political consulting business, that she saw herself as an advocate for \"liberty-loving citizens\" who favored limited government, free enterprise and other core conservative issues. She promised to use her \"experience and connections\" to help clients raise money and increase their political impact.\nMs. Thomas's effort to take a more operational role on conservative issues could intensify questions about her husband's ability to remain independent on issues like campaign finance and health care, legal ethicists said.\nJustice Thomas \"should not be sitting on a case or reviewing a statute that his wife has lobbied for,\" said Monroe H. Freedman, a Hofstra Law School professor specializing in legal ethics. \"If the judge's impartiality might reasonably be questioned, that creates a perception problem.\"\nMs. Thomas's founding of her own political consulting shop, Liberty Consulting, was first reported Thursday by Politico, which said she had begun reaching out to freshmen Republicans in Congress.\nThe move comes a few months after she gave up the top spot at Liberty Central, a conservative Web site that she founded in 2009 and that has strong links to the Tea Party movement.\nTruthout: Wal-Mart Is Not a Person\nCenk Uygur: Boehner A 'Corporation Masquerading as a Person'","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"MSU Tent Theatre Resumes This Summer--Without A Tent\nKSMU | By Randy Stewart\n(Poster design courtesy MSU Tent Theatre)\nAfter cancelling their entire live-performance season last summer due to COVID-19, Missouri State University Tent Theatre returns to action for their 59th season starting June 16\u2014albeit indoors in Craig Hall Theatre, as the patio behind Craig Hall, where the tent has been erected all those years, is undergoing construction for the new John Goodman Amphitheater. Mark Templeton, Managing Director of Tent, visited KSMU's \"Arts News\" to talk about the current season.\n\"We are thrilled to be back,\" said Templeton. The season includes the 1960s-influenced musical \"Beehive;\" the comedy stage parody of Hitchcock's film \"The 39 Steps;\" and, presented exclusively as an online stream, an encore of MSU Theatre and Dance's video-recorded production of \"The Secret Garden\" from the fall of 2020.\nFirst on Templeton's agenda was to announce the \"great news for us\" that all performances of the first production, \"Beehive,\" scheduled for June 16-19, are sold out. \"But that doesn't mean you can't see it. We are live streaming 'Beehive.' People can go online and purchase a live streaming ticket, and you can bring in a whole family and see it for one low price.\" MSU Tent Theatre streaming video access costs $34, no matter how many people are watching the stream. \"And if somebody wants to make a whole season of that, there is a whole-season streaming pass for $90 for all three shows this year,\" said Templeton. He said Tent Theatre officials have been \"pleasantly surprised\" by the ticket sales so far\u2014like everyone else, they were unsure how much interest there would be among theater patrons to gather together and attend live performances again. That said, it should be kept in mind that Tent is only giving four performances of each show this summer\u2014one weekend for each: \"Beehive\" June 16 through 19, \"39 Steps\" June 23 through 26, and the live stream of \"Secret Garden June 29 through July 3.\nAnd Templeton said MSU will continue somewhat socially-distanced seating in Coger Theatre, what he called \"pod seating,\" where groups can be seated together, with distance between groups. \"We're not seating the entire house, but we are very close to it.\" There will be around 350 audience members each night, which is actually \"a little bit more than what we were seating in the tent. So our numbers are really good.\"\nMark Templeton says his office overlooks the John Goodman Amphitheater construction site behind Craig Hall. Of course, with all the recent rain he said \"it's looked more like a pool than a theatre! But it's just like, 'yeah\u2014it's really happening!' It's going to be spectacular, and will hopefully come to fruition in June of 2022.\"\nSince \"Beehive\" is sold out, how many patrons can MSU Tent Theatre accommodate for the online streams? \"Right now we are limited to 30 per performance,\" Templeton said. But as of right now they \"plenty of room.\" And he said experience with streaming other attractions during the school year has taught him that, seemingly, \"everybody tends to be last minute decision makers on those types of things!\" He said they will try to accommodate everyone who wants to buy a streaming pass, and that they will seek permission to add more streaming access if needed.\nMSU Theatre and Dance has acquired good practical experience in multi-camera video production during the past year, with help from Springfield Little Theatre\u2014who have practically made a TV studio out of the Landers Theatre\u2014and the MSU Media, Journalism and Film Department. \"It's one of those times where we've had to rethink and re-envision everything, and where we need to put our money and resources to best help our organizations.\"\nMark Templeton noted that they have \"viable understudies\" for each cast member in \"Beehive\", \"which is something that we haven't done in the past. But considering what's been going on, we thought that that would be a good thing to have. So, in case something were to happen to one of our performers, we're ready to go.\" Performers will not be masked this summer. (\"Secret Garden,\" which was video-recorded last fall, does show performers wearing masks.) But our guidelines for our theater are the same as anywhere else, you know, which is that we recommend masks, but they're not required. And whatever people are most comfortable with, that's what they should do.\"\nAs for \"The 39 Steps,\" Mark Templeton called it \"a fun piece. We have talked about doing that for years. The (actors) in that show, they play dozens of different characters. It's just a romp of a good time. I visited a rehearsal the other day and they were just having a blast.\"\nLike \"Beehive,\" in-person tickets for \"39 Steps\" have also sold \"very well,\" said Templeton. \"Our Wednesday and Thursday performances (June 23 and 24) are full, but we do have availability for live seating on Friday and Saturday (June 25 and 26).\" But even for those dates, he added, seating \"is very limited. So if people were in the planning stages, I would recommend that they call today to get their tickets for that particular show.\"\nThe streaming broadcasts of \"The Secret Garden\" June 29 through July 3 will all be at the regular Tent Theatre curtain time of 8:00pm. \"We are so excited to bring that back,\" Templeton said. \"I know there's a lot of people that did not get to see it (last fall). We had some national press that hit right after we closed that show--and then we were getting calls from people about wanting to see it and view it.\"\nAs has been pointed out before, acquiring video-stream rights from show producers and\/or script publishers can be tricky. In fact, the producers of \"The Secret Garden\" normally require theater companies offering streaming videos of the show to delete the master file once they've completed their run. \"And we had intended to do that, and then we discovered that there was one (copy) that we did not (delete). We explained our situation and told them we were willing to do this immediately, but they were very giving and allowed us to do an encore (this summer).\n\"And this actually has become a fundraiser for our musical theater program. So it's supporting Tent Theatre, but it's also supporting our musical theater program.As one can imagine, most arts organizations during the last year have just taken massive hits financially. And anything we can do to help that, we're going to be open to suggestions. And in this case, we're going to do an encore performance of a show that was very popular. I hope people will kind of search through our website and find the way that they can stream that to their living room and have an enjoyable experience for their family.\"\nVisit https:\/\/tenttheatre.missouristate.edu to find information on Tent's 2021 season, or call 836-7678 (toll-free 1-888-476-8749), to order in-person tickets for \"The 39 Steps\" or a video stream of that show or \"The Secret Garden.\" In-person tickets range from $19 to $32, and each online stream costs $34.\nArts and EntertainmentArts NewsMissouri State University Tent TheatreThe 39 Stepsmark templetonThe Secret GardenCraig Hall Coger TheatreJohn Goodman AmphitheatreBeehive The Musical\nRandy Stewart\nRandy Stewart joined the full-time KSMU staff in June 1978 after working part-time as a student announcer\/producer for two years. His job has evolved from Music Director in the early days to encompassing production of a wide range of arts-related programming and features for KSMU, including the online and Friday morning \"Arts News.\" Stewart assists volunteer producers John Darkhorse (Route 66 Blues Express), Lee Worman (The Gold Ring), and Emily Higgins (The Mulberry Tree) with the production of their programs. He's also become the de facto \"Voice of KSMU\" in recent years due to the many hours per day he's heard doing local station breaks. Stewart's record of service on behalf of the Springfield arts community earned him the Springfield Regional Arts Council's \"Ozzie Award\" in 2006.\nSee stories by Randy Stewart","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Syrian 'scams' have a Nigerian 'flavour'\nAid Worker retrieving a Syrian child from debris following a Syrian Air Force attack - Scammers are cashing in on the plight of innocents!\nFor many years now, we have become accustomed to being seduced by what have become known as Nigerian Scams. The writer first became so acquainted with these in about 1990 via the medium of a fax (remember faxes?) and more closely so when actually in Lagos, probably the most hostile city ever encountered by this columnist during an excess of 30 years travelling experience. Since then, as communications technology has advanced, such solicitations are transmitted via email, SMS, Skype and a whole variety of online media. In November 2013, this column produced an article entitled \"Nigerian Scams from Iran?\" which has been extensively read in many parts of the world subsequently. The latest such attempt has been made via Facebook but this time, perhaps topically it comes from someone claiming to be in a military establishment in Syria. This is what the 'poor widow' has to say after much preliminary platitudes:\n\"I am so happy being your friend after so much talks today I came to a conclusion to open up to you because I understand you are someone with a good heart and may not betray me. So i have to have the confidence in you and i want to tell you everything and all the secrets that i have here. My dear before my husband was killed he was a wealthy man because he served as a top military with his Rank up to (\u0641\u0631\u064a\u0642 \u0623\u0648\u0644 Feriq awwal) before he died, on that day he was bleeding to death he revealed to me that he had hid some 1.3 million Dollars in a security box with Red Cross Diplomatic Agency in Michigan city Indiana State 46360 USA and wants me to start a new life with our kids with it outside Syria.\"\n\"The attack on that fateful day destroy everything we had and I lost my husband, family members and valuables. I have written to Red Cross Diplomat and they have confirmed box with them and they do not have idea on the content. Here, we do not have money to run the expenses on our travel, and our lives so much depend on the box of money. \"\n\"I have so much confidence in you and I want to send the money (box) to you through a diplomat so that you will receive the box and i tell you the security code to open the box. You will collect your delivery expenses money and send us some money through the Red Cross agency to plan our travel arrangement to your place. On our arrival, we plan for establishment and settlement. I know you will not regret helping a poor widow in a war center gain freedom and peace with her two kids. In reciprocating for your kind human gesture on securing the box, we will release to you 30% of the total money. Please write me in confirmation.\" (SIC)\nNeedless to say one has not exactly rushed to the aid of our Syrian 'war-widow' whose given name and email address do not appear to have much connection with that troubled land! \"Leslie Biggs\" with the initial part of his\/her email address being 'erickbiselela' does not give the impression of originating in Raqqa, Alleppo or Damascus but is more likely to arise from some flea-pit internet caf\u00e9 in Lagos, where historically, so many of these vile scams have originated from, milking as they do upon the genuine concerns the real victims of situations that we have witnessed in Syria these past five years.\nThese types of scams, as they are known, are the work of criminal gangs and let us be in no doubt as to this reality as there have been a number of cases where people who have been so duped, they have been enticed to fly to Lagos or wherever, ostensibly to sign documentation and have found themselves taken hostage or worse; but irritating though it is to have ones intelligence impugned by such approaches, the writer believes it to be more than deplorable to indulge in the use of sacred religious text in an attempt to add weight to their solicitation, deeply insulting you would have to think, to those who might be offended in this way. Equally, to come up with a spin involving the loss of a loved one is as nauseous as the former tactic.\nJust as the scam mail received by this column arrived via the internet, this article will be similarly transmitted around the world and throughout the various networks in an attempt to highlight this type of crime and to urge all due caution in internet transactions. Beware of scams, wherever they derive from!\nBe\u015fparmak Media Services\nThe World at War Act III, Part II.\nParis - the aftermath!\nIn the aftermath of the atrocious acts of war that were visited upon France on Friday 13th November, 2015 the wider world has been animated in a response of a mixed nature ever since. For example, the British government have rightly thrown their support towards the French and have furthermore expressed their determination to strike Daesh (An Arabic word for 'Bigotted One') at their apparent heart, in Syria but they are prevented from doing so by parliamentary opposition and the current Labour leader seems to oppose even possessing military capability, much less so actually deploying such forces effectively.\nWhat though, is Daesh and do we understand them enough? The following text gives us a unique insight into this vile, Godless organisation from someone who knows from first hand experience:\nI'm a French journalist and former Isis hostage. I receive emails from The Syria Campaign just like you, but this time they have asked to share an article I wrote in the Guardian recently. It has been shared over 20,000 times. I have given Chris Green my permission to reproduce my words in this article.\nAs a proud Frenchman I am as distressed as anyone about the events in Paris. But I am not shocked or incredulous. I know Islamic State. I spent 10 months as an Isis hostage, and I know for sure that our pain, our grief, our hopes, our lives do not touch them. Theirs is a world apart: Most people only know them from their propaganda material, but I have seen behind that. In my time as their captive, I met perhaps a dozen of them, including Mohammed Emwazi: Jihadi John was one of my jailers. He nicknamed me \"Baldy\".\nEven now I sometimes chat with them on social media, and can tell you that much of what you think of them results from their brand of marketing and public relations. They present themselves to the public as superheroes, but away from the camera are a bit pathetic in many ways: street kids drunk on ideology and power. In France we have a saying \u2013 stupid and evil. I found them more stupid than evil. That is not to understate the murderous potential of stupidity.\nAll of those beheaded last year were my cellmates, and my jailers would play childish games with us \u2013 mental torture \u2013 saying one day that we would be released and then two weeks later observing blithely, \"Tomorrow we will kill one of you.\" The first couple of times we believed them but after that we came to realise that for the most part they were bullshitters having fun with us. (SIC)\nThey would play mock executions. Once they used chloroform with me. Another time it was a beheading scene. A bunch of French-speaking jihadis were shouting, \"We're going to cut your head off and put it on to your arse and upload it to YouTube.\" They had a sword from an antique shop. They were laughing and I played the game by screaming, but they just wanted fun. As soon as they left I turned to another of the French hostages and just laughed. It was so ridiculous.\nIt struck me forcefully how technologically connected they are; they follow the news obsessively, but everything they see goes through their own filter. They are totally indoctrinated, clinging to all manner of conspiracy theories, never acknowledging the contradictions.\nEverything convinces them that they are on the right path and, specifically, that there is a kind of apocalyptic process under way that will lead to a confrontation between an army of Muslims from all over the world and others, the crusaders, the Romans. They see everything as moving us down that road. Consequently, everything is a blessing from Allah.\nWith their news and social media interest, they will be noting everything that follows their murderous assault on Paris, and my guess is that right now the chant among them will be \"We are winning\". They will be heartened by every sign of overreaction, of division, of fear, of racism, of xenophobia; they will be drawn to any examples of ugliness on social media.\nCentral to their world view is the belief that communities cannot live together with Muslims, and every day their antennae will be tuned towards finding supporting evidence. The pictures from Germany of people welcoming migrants will have been particularly troubling to them. Cohesion, tolerance \u2013 it is not what they want to see.\nWhy France? For many reasons perhaps, but I think they identified my country as a weak link in Europe \u2013 as a place where divisions could be sown easily. That's why, when I am asked how we should respond, I say that we must act responsibly.\nAnd yet more bombs will be our response. I am no apologist for Isis. How could I be? But everything I know tells me this is a mistake. The bombardment will be huge, a symbol of righteous anger. Within 48 hours of the atrocity, fighter planes conducted their most spectacular munitions raid yet in Syria, dropping more than 20 bombs on Raqqa, an Isis stronghold. Revenge was perhaps inevitable, but what's needed is deliberation. My fear is that this reaction will make a bad situation worse.\nWhile we are trying to destroy Isis, what of the 500,000 civilians still living and trapped in Raqqa? What of their safety? What of the very real prospect that by failing to think this through, we turn many of them into extremists? The priority must be to protect these people, not to take more bombs to Syria. We need no-fly zones \u2013 zones closed to Russians, the regime, the coalition. The Syrian people need security or they themselves will turn to groups such as Isis.\nCanada withdrew from the air war after the election of Justin Trudeau. I desperately want France to do the same, and rationality tells me it could happen. But pragmatism tells me it won't. The fact is we are trapped: Isis has trapped us. They came to Paris with Kalashnikovs, claiming that they wanted to stop the bombing, but knowing all too well that the attack would force us to keep bombing or even to intensify these counterproductive attacks. That is what is happening.\nEmwazi is gone now, killed in a coalition air strike, his death celebrated in parliament. I do not mourn him. But during his murder spree, he too followed this double bluff strategy. After murdering the American journalist James Foley, he pointed his knife at the camera and, turning to the next intended victim, said: \"Obama, you must stop intervening in the Middle East or I will kill him.\" He knew very well what the hostage's fate would be. He knew very well what the American reaction would be \u2013 more bombing. It's what Isis wants, but should we be giving it to them?\nThe group is wicked, of that there is no doubt. But after all that happened to me, I still don't feel Isis is the priority. To my mind, Bashar al-Assad is the priority. The Syrian president is responsible for the rise of Isis in Syria, and so long as his regime is in place, Isis cannot be eradicated. Nor can we stop the attacks on our streets. When people say \"Isis first, and then Assad\", I say don't believe them. They just want to keep Assad in place.\nAt the moment there is no political road map and no plan to engage the Arab Sunni community. Isis will collapse, but politics will make that happen. In the meantime there is much we can achieve in the aftermath of this atrocity, and the key is strong hearts and resilience, for that is what they fear. I know them: bombing they expect. What they fear is unity.\n~ Nicolas Henin, French Journalist & ISIS Hostage.\nHighly compelling words indeed and however the instincts of some \u2013 including this columnist \u2013 are inclined towards the concentrated and merciless destruction of Daesh, Msr Henin's unique insight cannot be ignored. As for Syria and life in its capital Damascus, again we can read the views from one who is there. A former colleague of the writer re-established contact recently; we had worked together in Damascus in 1999. He tells in a succinct manner what day to day life is like there now:\n\"Here as you maybe heard Damascus in common safe city. From time by time the schools and hospitals and homes even peoples in street hit and killed with the mortar and katiusha by the armed groups at Damascus Country side . There shortage of water and electricity, but it's war , hard war Chris and life become very hard and expensive, but Damascus safe [for now] .\" (SIC)\nOur former colleague has followed up with his take on the recent incident between Turkish and Russian aircraft, but that perhaps is something that we can look at as things develop in that region.\nWith most of Europe and further a-field on the highest levels of alert, the world is at it's most dangerous state since the height of the Cold War. A United Nations effort to destroy Daesh and stabilise Syria has never been more urgently needed.\nPeace is attacked in Ankara: After 10\/10\/15 what next for Turkey?\nAnkara Terror Attacks 10\/10\/15\nThe smoke may have cleared in central Ankara following the 10\/10\/15 atrocity by persons and organisations as yet not revealed, but the pall of grief hangs atop the Turkish Capital as 97 families grieve their losses and many more will be fearful of the fate of those who cling to life in hospital as a result of the cowardly bombings that recently occurred. At the time of compiling this copy, the identities of the bombers even if known, are not yet in the public domain; speculation is rife but IS\/Da'Esh seem to be the likely culprits. PKK have been implicated too, but such an operation would not seem to have their prints on it neither is the timing \u2013 ahead of the snap elections \u2013 helpful to their cause.\nTurkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto\u011flu has suggested that Turkey has a list of would-be suicide bombers but that the authorities are disbarred from intervening and acting upon such intelligence until an action has been carried out! By definition, you would have to think that it is a bit late to act after a suicide bomber has 'hit the button' and furthermore, surely National Security interests would have primacy over the legal niceties of an individuals rights (or otherwise). You could be pretty sure that here in Britain, our Intel Services would be \u2013and almost certainly are \u2013 taking a somewhat active interest in an individual or group that were linked to such deadly organisations and it beggars belief that M.I.T are not similarly inclined. Apparently though and according to Davuto\u011flu, if any legal action is taken against suicide bombing suspects before the criminal act, there may be another act committed in protest by other suspects, quid pro quo. So why not take out the other suspects too!?\nThe terrorist action on 10\/10\/15 was the largest single terrorist action to be meted out upon the people of Turkeyin the history of the Republic and people have reacted angrily as they emerge from the understandable shock that such a thing took place. Following a call from the Confederation of Public Sector Trades' Unions (KESK), the Confederation of Progressive Trade Unions of Turkey (D\u0130SK), the Turkish Medical Association (TTB) and the Union of Chambers of Turkish Engineers and Architects (TMMOB), a march was to be held on Oct. 13, starting at Cerrahpa\u015fa and Sirkeci, two different venues in Istanbul's Fatih district, before joining in Beyaz\u0131t Square, to protest the Ankara bombing and commemorate the 97 victims of the massacre.\nThe governor's office however said, at around 2 a.m. on Oct. 13 that the application filed for the demonstration had been rejected because \"the places where the march was slated to be organized were places citizens use frequently,\" because the route for the demonstration \"was not among the places listed in the law on meetings and demonstrations\" and because of \"the sensibility of the current period.\" Accordingly, police units were deployed to prevent people from reaching the planned demonstration routes.\nIn the meantime, protests were held against the massacre across the country in multiple cities, varying from \u0130zmir and U\u015fak in Turkey's west to Malatya and Adana in the east and south and Giresun and Zonguldak in the north. Among the cities in the south of the country where protests were held, police also used teargas to attack a group of around 30 lawyers and another 150 people who came to support them in front of the courthouse in the Alanya district of Antalya.\nMany interested outside observers \u2013 this column being one - have been predicting an escalation of terrorist actions within Turkey as the Syrian crisis accelerates especially since Moscow initiated unilateral actions in support of the Assad Regime. Russia claims great success in neutralising IS\/Da'Esh targets but we are not being shown evidence of these strikes whilst there is plenty of reason to believe that these 'targets' are actually those that are in direct conflict with the Syrian government which for some 40 years, have been supported by successive Russian governments.\nTurkey is more than 'touched and concerned' by this conflict; given that the shared border between Syria and Turkey is some 820 kilometres in length, it would be impossible to prevent some cross-over in the circumstances. Turkey's geographical and strategic location is critical though for it has become an increasingly important conduit for the passage of many people onwards to Western Europe and many of these will be exceedingly dangerous groups 'on a mission'.\nRussia's motives, opportunistic they so clearly have to be seen to be, are certainly not those to be interpreted as Moscow attempting to destroy IS; on the contrary, this is Russia taking an even more embedded position in Syria and, given their long pre-existing deep water naval facility there, they are looking further. Thanks to South Cyprus, Russian naval vessels are now able to use sea bases there too and perhaps air-bases may follow. Furthermore, for many years Russian influence has been steadily growing throughout the island of Cyprus.\nDivided Cyprus 'united' under Russia?\nTo conclude, the Cyprus Negotiations notwithstanding, what ever may be finally agreed it is quite possible these will count for nothing as a deep 'red carpet' is rolled out over Cyprus from the south northward. There have already been aerial incidents between Russian and Turkish aircraft recently and these may escalate; furthermore if Russian troops are based in Cyprus, the Turkic-Russo wars may launch again as they did in 1877\/8.\nThere is more than enough justification for Turkey to maintain and uphold her military presence in Cyprus irrespective of any deal that might be brokered in some sort of bi-federal, bi-zonal arrangement for the latter may count for nought as the Russian Bear's grip tightens. The strategic shape of the Eastern Mediterranean region could change dramatically during the next 5 years and Turkey has a right to defend her borders. The \"Arab Spring\" is becoming very 'wintery' indeed!\nThe Russians are coming!\nFor Britain, the \"EU Question\" and immigration are linked: The surge to leave the EU is growing.\nGreat Britain to leave the EU in 2017? Why not now?\nThe recent announcement that Britain will take some 20,000 Syrian refugees during the term of the current parliament, whilst in itself hardly a 'swarm' in the grand scheme of things, it nevertheless shows that when pushed, our government have a tendency to buckle under the strain of EU diktat. Granted that Germany have absorbed a considerable number of these displaced peoples recently, but they have more room to accommodate them and, given the relatively low birth rate amongst indigenous German's the argument seems to be that these people can be utilized productively. 'Cheap labour' in other words, which is precisely that status 'enjoyed' by Turkish immigrants in Germany for decades.\nAl Umayyad Mosque - Damascus\nThis column writer has a particular affection for Syria by virtue of a fairly brief but quite dramatic posting to Damascus some 16 years ago which involved conducting runway surveys on Syrian air facilities including Damascus International Airport. At the time and possibly since that occasion, this was the first instance where a Westerner had access to airside aviation facilities in Syria. A wholly unique experience that was not without drama! The historic sites were equally dramatic for different reasons.\nOverall, one developed a feeling for the people many of whom had been and still were, a suppressed people under what has become the 'dynastic kleptocracy' of the Assad Regime. Assad senior was still in power in 1999: His death in June of 2000 brought his eldest son Bashir to the 'throne'. Despite promising beginnings, things are now as we see them and with the dubious assistance of Moscow, Syria burns and millions are fleeing from their ancestral homes perhaps never to return.\nIf we accept that these people have a vital need to re-settle, not all those surging towards the west are so well intentioned. There is a very real danger that Da'esh (IS\/ISIL) will infiltrate those fleeing to the perceived nirvana of the western world, with their own 'murder cells' intent on wreaking havoc within the shores of Europe and Great Britain. To this end, it is wise that the government have decided to continue to take people who are already in established camps in Turkey rather than adopting some form of selection process at Calais where you simply could not know what you are going to end up with! It is furthermore the case, as we have seen in Eastern Europe of late, that whole armies of young men are attempting to swarm westward and it is highly unlikely that these are fleeing for their lives; indeed, some might have committed dreadful crimes themselves and are escaping their just punishment!\nThat such numbers are propelling themselves in our direction is hugely concerning, the human catastrophe notwithstanding. These people are not going to 'fit in' here; intuitively, they 'hate' the West largely because they have been taught to do so and many will wish to destroy us from within. The sight of minarets across the Thames at London and the imposition of Sharia Law are spectres that many will espouse as good enough reasons to deny entry. It is not an unreasonable fear to hold. Surely there are Muslim countries closer to where these refugees are running from that should accommodate them? What, for example is Saudi Arabia doing for these folk? Compared to Lebanon, Jordan and Turkey \u2013 precisely nothing and this needs to be addressed and soon, at UN level.\nIn the meantime, the campaign for Britain to leave the EU is growing a-pace and this movement is enthusiastically supported by this column. Ironically, the migrant question is unwittingly fanning the fire favourably towards the NO-Vote and despite what those clever pollsters may like to think, it is highly likely that those of us who are patriots and who despise our country being governed by an unelected foreign entity \u2013 the EU \u2013 will win the day in 2017. We will NOT, despite the Europhiles protestations otherwise, lose any trade or business opportunities at all but on the contrary, as we will have chosen the Open Seas (as endorsed by Winston Churchill) we will secure even more non-EU, international trade. \"Trade at all Costs, but not at any price\" has long been a mantra of this column and so it will continue.\nTo conclude, on April 25th 1968, a speech was made by a certain politician in Birmingham. It was to pass into the annals of history more for its press-induced infamy than the prophetic statement that it was. The words uttered were right for the times and they resonate now:\n\"Looking forward, I am filled with much foreboding. I am like the Roman viewing the River Tiber foaming with much blood\"\nThe battle for Great Britain is over: 'War' with the EU has begun.\nIn the heady period since the Conservative party pulled off their unexpected but much-needed victory in the British General Election on May 9th 2015, the political scene has undergone significant changes at the cost of one or two key scalps; in other words certain well-known MP's lost their seats perhaps never to be seen again.\nThe natural party of fiscal competence and managerial ability, now unencumbered by their former coalition partners the weak, left-leaning Lib Dems, are now able to govern the country without the handbrake being randomly yanked upwards by way of intervention. More crucially, we can now progress towards that which has been denied the British Electorate by successive governments, a referendum on continued membership of the accursed European Union. This column will join others in aggressively supporting the OUT campaign.\nThe Labour party whose former leader (for want of a more accurate expression) Ed Milliband is now dining alone on his favoured bacon sandwiches, whilst the party machine busies itself in the task of finding a replacement. Veteran hard-Left Wing Jeremy Corbyn has thrown his red hat into the ring at the 11th hour just to add a further entertainment factor into this circus, for not one of the candidates are even remotely statesman-like nor competent. This is good news for the Tories who, if they perform well over the next five years, will renew the tenancy and retain the leys to Number 10 Downing Street for the foreseeable future.\nThe Liberal Democrats however are now extinct, something that this column predicted would be the case many times during the past year or so. UKIP despite having polled millions of votes were victims of our electoral system but hey ho, we needed a Tory government and thankfully we got one. We now need to further stabilise the economy and also to hopefully prepare for life unfettered from governance by an unelected foreign entity, the EU.\nAcross the straits of Dover beyond Calais, which itself is clogged by the worlds unwashed and unwanted -the economic migrants who view Great Britain as the land flowing with milk and honey and who will do anything to set foot here- the EU hierarchy are reeling at the prospect of the inevitable debt default that will be perpetrated by Greece. The EU, in particular France and Germany who were key at ushering Greece into the EEC in 1981, only have themselves to blame.\nThey knew that the then government in Athens had cooked what passes for their books to enter the EU, but the aforementioned nations were keen to supply military hardware to Greece who at that time and probably still now, harbour thoughts of competing militarily with Turkey. Witness that in 1974, Greek and Greek Cypriot Coalition militia were virtually destroyed by the Turkish Intervention forces in respect of Cyprus, the defeated Greeks were still smarting in the early '80's. Similar perfidy applied when Greece entered the Euro Zone and they have been basically proffering their many and various begging bowls ever since.\nIronically, the much-vaunted Grexit once it has happened will play into Britain's hands for Germany in particular does not want to lose the UK as EU members nor the net contribution that we make. If cards are played cannily, treaty change is a strong possibility. That said, Prime Minister Cameron is intuitively pro-EU and his EU counter-parts know this very well. This reality could be our 'Achilles heel' to make use deliberately, of a Greek analogy.\nBack in Britain, with a guaranteed fixed term of government, the ruling party has much to do. They do not enjoy that much of a majority and the SNP hooligans who have invaded former Labour benches are more than just an invasion of rabble-rousing; they will use their 50+ votes cannily, of that there should be no doubt. Nevertheless, the Tories have already suggested ways to strengthen their position by preventing the Unions from financing the Labour Party. This column would go far further by way of a windfall tax on all union assets to the tune of say 40%, the proceeds of which once collected could be transferred to the NHS.\nSurely the union grandees could hardly object given that they are constantly bleating on that the NHS is under threat under a Tory government, whilst conveniently forgetting the enthusiastic manner that PFI was introduced to run our hospitals under the Bliar\/Brown era under Nu-Labour. In the perhaps unlikely event that these initiatives were to be introduced, both the unions and Labour would have their functionality nullified. Furthermore, if Mr Corbyn prevails in the Labour leadership campaign, we can expect a Tory government to remain in power for two or three terms, perhaps more.\nIn conclusion and as we have seen, the pollsters got it badly wrong in respect of predicting the outcome of the recent General Election. They are currently suggesting the OUT campaign will not poll well in the referendum. Well, we shall see, will we not! The signing of the Treaty of Lisbon and ceding the governance of our nation to an unelected foreign entity without a mandate was an act of High Treason. It is therefore our patriotic duty to vote OUT in 2017; to do otherwise is also treason.\nMemories of VE Day (2015)\nOne Sunday morning recently, walking into the vestry of my local church, St Luke's, Headless Cross (Redditch) in Worcestershire, a close friend and fellow member of our choir invited the writer to view that which she had published in our monthly magazine. So moving were her words, this column now shares them with the wider circle this column touches internationally.\nMrs Dorothy Marriott has become a close friend during the past 4 years or so, within the context of our local church and we have shared many thoughts, memories and reflections based on our mutual love of our church, our faith and liturgical music. We have had a few laughs too\u2026\nIn a review of the monumental events of the recent VE Day memorial events, which moved so many of us, given the input of the diminishing ranks of those who were contemporary to the times, Dot has these lines to share\u2026\nWhilst I was watching V.E. Day 70 years celebrations on the television I was at times moved to tears and when the programme ended, I felt the need to write down what it has all meant to me.\nI was seventeen when I started working in a military hospital. After some initial training my boss decided to take me on his ward rounds to train me further in my chosen career. I shall never forget entering a ward of badly wounded service men who had been in tanks blown up by enemy fire. It was a very hot August that year and flies were crawling over their wired faces, as many had suffered fractured jaws and they were unable to flick the flies away.\nTheir arms were encased in bags of saline because of the burns caused by the blazing tanks. The smell of burnt flesh is also something that I shall never forget. In other wards there were wounded men so covered in bandages it was a problem to find some where to get a blood sample. Some wards men were there with horrific injuries and in other wards there were paralysed men with no hope of getting mobility back.\nNevertheless their only thought was to get healed and return to the front and re-join their comrades. Many would laugh and joke with you. War is not glorious, which I fear is a mistaken impression some people feel when watching the parades. I view November Remembrance Sunday with mixed feelings and when we are asked to 'Remember them'- I do. Peace and love, Dot.\nReading and re-reading these anecdotes of events so long ago, but nevertheless seared into Dot's lovely heart, one could be moved to tears. Apparently some people have been so moved and understandably so. Mrs Marriott (Dot) is surrounded by a close-knit family and furthermore is the current 'head honcho' of the local Mothers Union.\nFor obvious reasons, one cannot publish a lady's age, but she is a week or two older than this columnist! She works indefatigably in all she does in a myriad of activities that she pursues, not least singing Soprano in our Church choir. (Yours truly at 57 is the youngest of all of the regular members!... So humbling)\nKnowledge is nothing if it is not shared: Dot has shared, in the most succinct and concise sense, strong emotions that mean a lot to her. Deeply moving emotions that must at times trouble her mind: Suffering and strife are not mutually exclusive to World War II of course, nor to earlier conflicts. For example, the only year in the 20th century when a British Soldier was not lost to attrition was 1968.\nWe continue to be hugely extended militarily now, thanks to arguably the paucity of political leadership that prevails, ad nausea. Our troops simply do not have the budget commitments that even the appeasement government of 1938 allowed the MOD. Scandalous!\nGod bless you Dot darling\u2026 and thank you\u2026.\nThe Gas-Dream is over \u2013 Greek Cyprus looking to Iran?\nAn Oil and Gas Industry professional source close to this columnist, who is based variously between Turkish Cyprus and Iran, recently encountered an official of the Office of the Minister coordinating Investments and Energy Affairs, in the Iranian Embassy in South Cyprus. He, the Greek Cypriot official, was queuing for a visa prequel \u2013 apparently - to flying to Tehran for a meeting with his Iranian counter-parts in the related industry field. Quite what was going on exactly is not yet available to be published, but the question perhaps is, are the GCs considering buying in Oil and Gas from Iran, or are they seeking investments in the Iranian Oilfields? Either way it could be seen as more than just a tacit admission that the great Cypriot Oil and Gas bonanza was just a pipe dream. Contacts in Iran will perhaps know of whatever bi-lateral initiatives might be underway and this will likely leak into this column in due time.\nAs has been observed in analogous articles in this column of late, it would be a truly justice-laden irony if in fact it was a joint Turkish\/Turkish Cypriot initiative that was to discover the sub-marine liquid gold, rather than GC\/France\/Israel for as we know, Total are not continuing with their exploratory activities at the moment although this may have as much to do with the collapse of the international price of oil as anything else. There could of course be far more here than meets the eye, for in as much as Greek Cyprus may be courting Iranian investment so too might the South Cyprus regime be seeking to import Iranian products, oil gas or otherwise. Quite what Washington will make of this is another thing of course given that the sanction-drivers have been primarily Republican USA historically.\nThe detail of delivery, either of physical products or financial investments, would be devilish indeed. Sanctions mean that a highly convoluted method would have to be employed in bringing oil\/gas to Cyprus unless Turkey is involved. The same could apply in respect of financial transfers either by way of gold or other minerals as currency transfers could not, in theory take place and it is pretty unlikely that Turkey is at all likely to 'play ball' unless there is something in it for them such as a settlement on Cyprus, for example. The latter is virtually unthinkable in the current climate and in any event, the South Cyprus regime is rightly not recognised by Ankara. The raising of anti-Iranian sanctions is a prospect, not a certainty.\nAs alluded to in a recent article which was entitled Greek Cyprus \u2013 the 'Prostitute' of the Eastern Mediterranean, the 'irritation' to the south of the Green Line appear now to be 'street walking' in Tehran, so desperate are they to shore up what passes for an economy in their province. The EU has stumped up piles of cash, but they do want it back at some stage and Nicosia, like their elder siblings in Athens do not like having to actually adhere to the terms of the deal. Moscow too has waded in but also with terms that could see neo-Soviet vessels and aircraft in South Cyprus, something that can only add to the instability of the region. If Greek Cyprus really is courting Tehran, this is seriously going to irritate Tel Aviv and the Israeli's are fairly active in Cyprus too. The issues of gas are indeed 'electric'!\nThat a rapprochement with Iran is a matter of common-sense and could promote the re-stabilisation of the region is a given to those of us who understand why. Ham-fisted and one-sided attempts by Greek Cyprus to engage with those who are still somewhat 'outside the temple' could damage the work that is being done in this respect. Desperate people are apt to opt for taking desperate measures. Queuing up for a visa for what is hardly going to be for touristy reasons seems to indicate quite how desperate the government of the state of South Cyprus has become. A deal on Cyprus could and should materially improve the lot of both sides of the Cyprus Diaspora. There is simply none as blind as those who absolutely refuse to see!\nGreek Cyprus \u2013 the 'Prostitute' of the Eastern Mediterranean\nPossible locations for Russian Air-Bases in south Cyprus\nGreek Cyprus has announced the country is ready to host Russia at its aviation and naval bases, marking a split with its fellow EU members, whom are in a deep conflict with Moscow over the Russian military activities in Ukraine, which has led to a violent insurgency within the country. Nato member France, and Israel in particular, both demand access to the airbase in question which is known as Andreas Papandreou Airbase, which was constructed by the southern Cypriot government jointly with Greece.\nNeedless to say, this has drawn marked disquiet from Britain and other EU members but for differing reasons. That Greek Cyprus (and Greece) is aligning themselves ever more closely with Moscow has to be a cause of major concern. Their separate and conjoint raison d'\u00eatre of course is Russian money; in effect, they are once again selling themselves to Russia.\nCyprus historically is an island of huge strategic importance and since time immemorial the island has been fought over, conquered, lost, traded and ultimately divided for that reason. Turkey's continued military presence is not just to provide security to Turkish Cypriots, while Britain's presence since 1878 is not wholly in fulfilling her role as a Guarantor Power of the arguably defunct Republic of Cyprus either. It is for strategic purposes primarily and this is also the reason that Russia and Israel want to gain a military foothold there. South Cyprus will let them too \u2013 in return for cash, of course.\nAs yet, we have not heard a reaction from Ankara as to Turkey's position on a Russian military presence so close to her coastline. Syria is only 100 miles away too and whilst Russia already have a deep-water port there, airbases on Cyprus will further aid Moscow's regional ambitions which are a part of Putin's expansionist policies.\nPutting Britain's case, top British envoy, the British High Commissioner to Cyprus, Damian Roberick Todd who has already had spats with south Nicosia over the gas exploration 'crisis' in the region, has highlighted the position of the EU in relation to Russia and the actions of south Cyprus are out of line with voted EU decisions. As ever, south Cyprus 'olive-pick' the pieces of the EU that suit it and ignore those that it does not such as austerity measures that are in place because of the fiscal incompetence of the Greek Cypriots. The latter is reflected in Athens too where the newly elected government are not only tearing up the wholly vital austerity regime there, but also aligning closely with Moscow. There is surely a case for suspending the EU membership of both Greece and their cultural siblings, Greek-Cyprus.\nSouth-Cyprus have flirted with Russia in search of soft loans in recent times, although in 2013 when Greek Cypriot Finance Minister Michael Sarris visited Moscow to sell his and his state's soul to the Russians, when air bases were then on offer, the Russians did not fall for his dubious charms. His dance did not entice nor lure the Muscovite lucre; what was on offer was not juicy enough. Now the south-Nicosia 'pole-dancers' are weaving their sordid art once again with similar financial ambitions. This time the Russians are 'crawling along the Greek-Cypriot kerbs' because circumstances are now much changed.\nBy way of its proxy on Cyprus, the socialist Akel Party, Russians have always been active in Cyprus diplomacy and local politics. There are some who will claim that the July 15 Greek induced 'Colonels Coup' against Archbishop Makarios, as well as the July 20, 1974 Turkish intervention that the coup triggered, were both a part of a concerted effort to prevent the island from drifting towards the Soviet camp. Furthermore, a Russian military presence in terms of aircraft will inevitably bring both supply and naval vessels too. There is also a Greek-Cyprus\/Israeli defence agreement in place since 2010 so how will that be affected?\nWhatever the outcome of south-Cyprus 'street-walking', the one certain thing is that Turkish Cypriot isolation will be no closer to ending for Moscow has traditionally backed the Greek-Cypriot cause. Cyprus is rammed with Russians now in both the north and the south of the island and no doubt influence much in commercial terms at least in general. One can only imagine that Turkey may bolster her forces in Northern Cyprus to enhance her own security. 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{"text":"Data analytics underused as anti-fraud tool\nData analytics has the potential to be a powerful tool for organisations to use to combat fraud and other financial crimes. But many organisations are failing to effectively use data analytics for this purpose.\nAlmost two-thirds (63%) of 466 senior executives at leading companies around the world say they need to do more to improve their anti-fraud and anti-bribery procedures, including the use of forensic data analytics, according to a recent EY survey.\nAnd despite the proliferation of uses for Big Data in recent years, 21% of 2,100 professionals taking part in a recent Deloitte webcast survey said their organisations have no plans to use Big Data to manage the risk of financial crimes including bribery, corruption and money laundering.\n\"Today, regulators expect organisations to have holistic enterprise fraud and misuse management programmes spanning all business units and international borders,\" Tony DeSantis, a principal in the Deloitte Transactions and Business Analytics LLP data analytics practice, said in a news release. \"However, many organisations are unsure where to begin and how to effectively apply analytics.\"\nA majority of senior executives recognise the potential of data analytics as a tool to fight fraud, according to the EY survey report. Almost three-fourths (72%) of respondents said emerging Big Data technologies can play a key role in fraud prevention and detection.\nNine in ten said forensic data analytics will enhance the risk-assessment process, and 82% said forensic data analytics will lead to earlier detection of misconduct. But just 2% said they are leveraging Big Data technologies, and 11% said they are using statistical analysis and data-mining tools to fight fraud.\n\"While companies may be doing some forms of [forensic data analytics], many could be missing important opportunities to improve their anti-fraud and anti-bribery efforts,\" David Remnitz, global forensic technology and discovery services leader with EY, said in a news release. \"By combining multiple data sources and leveraging advanced [forensic data analytics] tools, companies are now able to gain new and important insights from their business data.\"\nEY's report provides five tips for successful forensic data analytics integration:\nStart with a high-priority, high-return project. The first project will require significant set-up costs, so it is important to begin with a project that will lead to tangible returns, according to EY.\nGo beyond \"rule-based\", descriptive analytics. Companies need to advance beyond rule-based spreadsheets and database applications to use structured and unstructured data sources that consider the use of data visualisation, text-mining and statistical analysis tools, the report says.\nCommunicate. Sharing information across multiple departments about early success will build momentum, according to the report.\nKeep it simple and intuitive. Organisations should avoid cramming too much information into one report and should invest in professionals with the skills to develop and sustain successful data analytics efforts, EY said.\nExercise patience. Although quick-hit projects may be completed in four to six weeks, full integration can take a year or more, the report says. And the programme will need to be refined as business activities and risks change.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"THE GENEALOGY OF JESUS CHRIST\n1 Ana accountb of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the Son of David,c the Son of Abraham:d\nFROM ABRAHAM TO DAVID\n2 Abraham fathered* Isaac,\nIsaac fathered Jacob,\nJacob fathered Judah and his brothers,e\n3 Judah fathered Perez and Zerah by Tamar,\nPerez fathered Hezron,\nHezron fathered Aram,f\n4 Aram fathered Amminadab,\nAmminadab fathered Nahshon,\nNahshon fathered Salmon,\n5 Salmon fathered Boaz by Rahab,\nBoaz fathered Obed by Ruth,\nObed fathered Jesse,g\n6 and Jesse fathered King David.\nFROM DAVID TO THE BABYLONIAN EXILE\nDavid fathered SolomonB by Uriah's wife,h\n7 Solomon fathered Rehoboam,\nRehoboam fathered Abijah,\nAbijah fathered Asa,C\n8 AsaC fathered Jehoshaphat,\nJehoshaphat fathered Joram,D\nJoram fathered Uzziah,i\n9 Uzziah fathered Jotham,\nJotham fathered Ahaz,\nAhaz fathered Hezekiah,\n10 Hezekiah fathered Manasseh,\nManasseh fathered Amon,E\nAmon fathered Josiah,j\n11 and Josiah fathered Jeconiah and his brothers\nat the time of the exile to Babylon.k\nFROM THE EXILE TO THE MESSIAH\n12 After the exile to Babylon\nJeconiah fathered Shealtiel,\nShealtiel fathered Zerubbabel,\n13 Zerubbabel fathered Abiud,\nAbiud fathered Eliakim,\nEliakim fathered Azor,l\n14 Azor fathered Zadok,\nZadok fathered Achim,\nAchim fathered Eliud,\n15 Eliud fathered Eleazar,\nEleazar fathered Matthan,\nMatthan fathered Jacob,\n16 and Jacob fathered Joseph the husband of Mary,\nwho gave birth to Jesus who is called the Messiah.m\n17 So all the generations from Abraham to David were fourteen generations; and from David until the exile to Babylon, fourteen generations; and from the exile to Babylon until the Messiah, fourteen generations.n\nTHE NATIVITY OF THE MESSIAH\n18 The birth of Jesus Christ came about this way: After his mother Mary had been engagedF to Joseph, it was discovered before they came together that she was pregnant from the Holy Spirit.o 19 So her husband, Joseph, being a righteous man,p and not wanting to disgrace her publicly, decided to divorce her secretly.q\n20 But after he had considered these things, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, \"Joseph, son of David, don't be afraid to take Mary as your wife, because what has been conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.r 21 She will give birth to a son, and you are to name him Jesus,s because he will save his people from their sins.\"t\n22 Now all this took place to fulfill what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet:\n23 See, the virgin will become pregnant\nand give birth to a son,\nand they will name him Immanuel,G\nwhich is translated \"God is with us.\"u\n24 When Joseph woke up, he did as the Lord's angel had commanded him. He married herv 25 but did not have sexual relations with her until she gave birth to a son.H And he named him Jesus.w\nAbout Christian Standard Bible\nThe Christian Standard Bible (CSB) is a highly trustworthy, faithful translation that is proven to be the optimal blend of accuracy and readability. It's as literal to the original as possible without sacrificing clarity. The CSB is poised to become the translation that pastors rely on and Bible readers turn to again and again to read and to share with others.\nThe CSB is an original translation: more than 100 scholars from 17 denominations translated directly from the best available Hebrew, Greek and Aramaic source texts into English. Its source texts are the standard used by scholars and seminaries today.\nThe CSB is trustworthy: the conservative, evangelical scholars of the CSB affirm the authority of Scripture as the inerrant Word of God and seek the highest level of faithfulness to the original and accuracy in their translation. These scholars and LifeWay, the non-profit ministry that stewards the CSB, also champion the Bible against cultural trends that would compromise its truths.\nThe CSB is clear: it is as literal a translation of the ancient source texts as possible, but, in the many places throughout Scripture where a word-for-word rendering might obscure the meaning for a modern audience, it uses a more dynamic translation. 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{"text":"WeRunFar\nMorgan Tilton\nOn April 23, 2020, 4:00 am\nCategories: WeRunFar\nWeRunFar Profile: James Varner\nClose to a decade ago, Trail Runner Magazine featured race director and ultrarunner James Varner with the header, \"It's Never Sane with James.\" Varner, now 42, has tempered some of his 'dirtbag' lifestyle choices over the years, he confirms in our interview: \"I've chilled out a good bit. I still drink stream water and get myself into trouble in the mountains. But I've been eating a much more vegan diet, and I'm not wearing short shorts anywhere near as much,\" he says. However, Varner's ambition, adventurous spirit, creativity, humor, and near-endless drive withstand time.\nFor the uninitiated, Varner is the founder of Rainshadow Running, a longtime trail and ultrarunning event company in the United States. Varner's race routes are characterized by challenging features and exquisite landscapes across the Pacific Northwest. He also founded the first-ever Trail Running Film Festival in the U.S. And, he's an impressive athlete with a 20-year list of ultra-distance accomplishments.\nJames Varner. Photo: Matt Cecill\nWhen Varner decided to drop out of college at age 21, he had no idea that ultrarunning existed. Not knowing what to study, he decided to put his energy elsewhere. He became a pizza-delivery dude who enjoyed drinking a lot of cheap beer. That said, Varner also wasn't the lazy type. He was the oldest of four siblings from a household that revolved around sports. His dad was always on a softball or soccer team and simultaneously coached one of the kids' sport teams, too. Varner played basketball, baseball, and soccer. In high school, he also joined cross country. But, they lived in Southern Maryland. Trail systems, mountains, and the quintessential 'outdoor lifestyle' Varner has today didn't exist in his world.\n\"As a kid, my soccer coach would have us run a one-mile singletrack trail after practice\u2014and I totally loved it. That's my earliest memory of trail running, and that was the longest trail I knew growing up. We didn't have formal trails. Otherwise, I'd play in the woods and run on deer and cow trails. We were surrounded by water, and we had a canoe. So, I'd go to the beach or play on the rivers. We would also go car camping as a family in the Shenandoah Mountains. The Appalachian Trail runs through there, so we'd do short family hikes,\" says Varner.\nJames (far right) with his family last year. All photos courtesy of James Varner unless otherwise noted.\nAfter closing his college books, Varner got a wild hair to thru-hike the entire Appalachian Trail (AT). He'd never backpacked. Though plenty of people were already doing this, he didn't know anyone personally who'd had. Social media didn't yet exist. \"I don't even know where I got the idea. It was 1999. The internet wasn't what we have today. Other than reading books, there wasn't a ton of information to figure out the backpack or sleeping bag you should get. I figured it out all on the fly as a beginner in preparation for this big hike,\" says Varner.\nSo, he registered for the Annual Gathering of the Appalachian Long Distance Hikers Association. \"It was a weekend campout reunion for long-distance backpackers and wasn't too far from where I was living at the time. I went and was blown away,\" he says.\nOne of the seminar speakers he watched was none other than David Horton, who talked about his experience running the entire AT, when he became the original fastest-known-time (FKT)-holder.\n\"I didn't know anyone ran on trails for more than just a cross-country distance or that people ran more than a marathon distance. I loved David's stories and talked to him after. He was like, 'Oh yeah, there are 100-mile, 50-mile, and 30-mile races.' David is a godfather of the sport and was one of the big influencers of ultrarunning before the internet was a thing. I became one of many people who can thank him for getting me into the sport of trail and ultrarunning. If I'd never met David and never gone to this campout conference, I wouldn't be where I am today,\" says Varner. The conference was full of characters willing to share their experiences, a welcome vibe, and helpful classes on everything from 'gourmet backcountry cooking' to 'building your own backpack.' Varner left inspired and more prepared to pursue the AT.\n\"In hindsight, thru-hiking the AT was a 180-degree turn for my life. When I found the AT, I found ultrarunning. Then, I discovered microbrews and bluegrass music and met people who are still my best friends. I had amazing experiences I wouldn't have had otherwise. I love the direction my life has gone since spending six months in the mountains,\" he says.\nJames and David Horton in 2019, almost 21 years after Horton told James about ultramarathons. Photo: David Horton\nPost-AT, he moved to Baltimore with a handful of high-school buddies. A year later, he registered for his first ultrarunning race: the 2001 Hat Run 50k in Susquehanna State Park, Maryland. However, safe and accessible trails were few and far between in the city, and he didn't own a car, so he didn't train very much. \"I ran the 50k in soccer shorts and the poly-pro shirt I wore on the AT with a Gatorade bottle. This was before gels and trail running vests were a thing. Succeed! salt capsules were just coming out. I was one of the last finishers. I suffered a lot. I totally loved it,\" says Varner.\nHe signed up right away for his second race that took place five months later: the 2001 Catoctin 50k Trail Run. This go around, he lived and worked as a caterer at a summer camp adjacent to the race course's trails. He trained all summer and was in good shape. The race started with a 100-yard dash across a parking lot to a technical-trail descent. \"I was above average at steep and technical downhill trails and I didn't want to get stuck behind people, so I went out fast. One other guy thought the same thing\u2014but he missed the turn onto the singletrack. I built this huge lead. But, I didn't want to lead my second 50k ever. On the flat, I slowed way down and walked, but no one caught up. I sat down and stretched. I let one guy go by me and got up to go,\" recalls Varner.\nThen things started to fall apart. He didn't know about electrolyte or hydration management. The conditions were hot and humid. He cramped up and slowed down, right as a storm rolled through, so he went hypothermic, he recalls. The next aid station gave him a trash bag to wear. \"I finished nowhere near the top. I met a bunch of runners. I was already hooked from my first one but becoming a part of the community in the second one really got me,\" he excitedly says.\nJames (front row, far left) during his thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail in 1999 at age 22.\nA few months later, Varner moved out west to a small town on the Oregon coast. He wanted to learn how to farm and became an apprentice. He had a ton of fun pursuing trail running and races. He finished the 2002 Hagg Mud 50k and McDonald Forest 50k. He would've done a race a month, he says, but was limited by finances and not owning a car.\n\"Most of my running in the Pacific Northwest at that time was where the big trees and giant ferns grow, and it rains all the time. And right on the other side of the mountains is the rainshadow: On the east side it's dry. It's a positive, cheerful term,\" says Varner. And that's where the name Rainshadow Running came from.\nThe Capitol Peak Mega Fast Ass 34 miler, in January of 2003, was a life-changer. Varner was 25 years old and finished fourth overall. And through that race, he started giving back to the trail running community, which simultaneously spurred his role as an organizer. \"The race director, John Pearch, asked everyone who'd registered to help with trail work, so I helped. He also needed help with setting up the website and marking the course. Next thing I knew, he and I were brainstorming an idea for a 50-mile and 50k race in that same area. We had a good partnership where we were good at different things. So, we started putting on these Capitol Peak races together,\" says Varner, who became the co-director of the race series in January of 2004.\nThen, he crewed Pearch at the Western States 100\u2014and again, his world shifted.\n\"It was my first time going to a 100 miler. I was blown away with Western States\u2014all the hoopla, tradition, and history. And I loved the idea of a point-to-point through mountains, through the night, through crazy conditions. All the fun of a 50k was dragged out in time. Mistakes were costly and rewards were magnified. That changed my racing trajectory from getting better at short races to being like, I want to be a 100-mile runner. Every year after that\u2014up until last year, 2019\u2014my annual goal was to do one 100 miler and all the rest of my racing and training would be geared toward that,\" he says.\nIn September of 2004, Varner ran his first century distance, the Plain 100 Mile, and finished second place.\n\"Plain is famous for a super-low finisher rate. I was the seventh finisher ever. The race had been around about seven years at the time. The race course is not marked. There are no aid stations. You can have one drop bag at the epicenter of the figure-eight course, at mile 60. If you have crew, they can be there. You can't have pacers. They normally don't allow someone to do it as their first 100 miler. But the self-sufficiency appealed to me. I'd been doing two-day training runs where I'd run into the mountains with my sleeping bag in a pack, lay down and sleep, and run home the next day. I felt I was prepared for the challenges of the race,\" he says, so Varner reached out to the race directors. They invited Varner to join for a training run on the race course. If he showed up and finished the run, he could register.\nVarner biked to meet them at the trailhead (he still didn't own a car) but miscalculated the distance. The ride took three hours. When he showed up, no one was there. He'd written down the route description, so he started running. Twenty-five miles later, he caught the group, kept going, and finished the 50-mile run a few hours ahead of everyone. \"The race directors were like, 'You biked here, figured out the route on your own, and you beat us by multiple hours. You can do the race.' I was in a lot better shape back then. I was a farmer. I was doing heavy labor jobs and biking everywhere,\" he says.\nJames while volunteering at the 2005 Hardrock 100.\nAfter the Plain 100, Varner visited his sister for Christmas. She'd moved onto Orcas Island, Washington. He spent a few days exploring the area including trail runs at Moran State Park, where his sister worked.\n\"When I stumbled on Orcas Island, it was so magical. I felt we had to organize a race there,\" says Varner. In 2006, his dream of the Orcas Island race series lifted off and became the first official event of Rainshadow Running.\nVarner was finding his path but wasn't totally settled, yet. The next few years brought a number of adventures and moves, following at times the trails which inspired him. In 2007, this included a six-month stay in Silverton, Colorado. \"I went out to run the Hardrock 100 [for the first time] and didn't come back until Thanksgiving,\" he says. It was an event that he'd return to run five more times over the next 11 years. After his inaugural Hardrock, he returned to Pacific Northwest and worked as a manager for a nonprofit doing stressful, labor-intensive work.\nJames with pacer and crew Kyle Skaggs at the 2007 Hardrock 100.\nBy 2009, he had established multiple races but was still working another job to make ends meet. He remembers, \"A handful of the races I had were doing well. They were selling out and the sport was growing. I thought if I could make a little bit of money for 12 races a year, I could pay the bills and have an idyllic lifestyle. I could be doing something I love, sharing wonderful experiences with people, and I'd get to travel to these great places where the races are located. It was mentally an easy decision for me to make the transition,\" Varner says. At the same time, \"I didn't have college loans. I didn't have a family or a mortgage. I was basically a dirt bag. I didn't need to make a lot of money,\" he says. So he quit his job and doubled down on his race efforts.\nIn 2011, he had close to a dozen races lined up and was a full-time race director. Rainshadow Running now hosts annual races with various distances at 10 locations. \"I was totally not sure but I gave it a shot, and so far it's working out. It's still a little nerve-racking,\" Varner says. Fast forward to the present, where things remain nerve-racking, but now for a different reason. Before the COVID-19 global pandemic, Varner also had four employees. Unfortunately, he had to lay off his staff, which he hopes is temporary. He's on lockdown at his home in Twisp, Washington, with his girlfriend.\n\"Coronavirus has been hard on everybody\u2014our industry is feeling it right now. There's been a major impact for Rainshadow Running. Our revenue has gone down very close to zero. We're at five percent of what we expected for revenue. The little money we had in the bank account has to get us through until people have confidence to sign up for races again. And, no one really knows how long this will go on for. The situation is evolving daily. What works for one race company doesn't always work for another,\" says Varner.\nToday, Varner is also the race director for the Waldo 100k. And he's the course director for the Hardrock 100, as of 2019. \"I'm just totally honored to help this race. It's my favorite race in whole world for multiple reasons. It's so beautiful there. It's such a challenging course. My favorite thing is the people. Hardrock does an amazing job at every aspect of the race. I'm really lucky to be a part of it,\" he says.\n\"In addition to race directing, Varner is the founder of the nonprofit Outdoor Arts & Recreation. Within the organization, he launched The Trail Running Film Festival, founded in 2013. The inaugural event was hosted alongside the Gorge Waterfalls Trail Races and sold out immediately. In March of 2014, they expanded the festival to include a 12-city tour in the Pacific Northwest followed by a 31-city nationwide tour that fall. Certain stops along the film-festival tour are huge, sold-out shows including in Boulder, Colorado and Portland, Oregon while others are smaller and more intimate.\nThis year, in light of COVID-19, he launched the first-ever \"Virtual Edition\" festival event to take place Friday, May 1. The evening will include a two-hour live stream of never-before-seen films and prize giveaways. The ticket price ($10) supports operational costs, but at checkout there is an option to add a donation to support the YWCA COVID-19 Emergency Relief and Community Resiliency Fund. At the time of this article's publishing, the festival has collected more than $10,000 in donations.\nThe Trail Running Film Festival.\n\"It's a really fun idea that me and a few friends from where I live came up with to combine outdoor recreation and the arts. The big idea is to empower people and provide more opportunities for folks through programs\u2014they could experience the arts and outdoors in fun, creative ways. We're still in our infancy,\" he shares.\nOver the years, the sport's growth has been positive overall, he says: \"I love our sport. I love what it's done for me and how it helps get people in the outdoors. It's really good for our physical and mental health. And it's really good for the planet, because the more people that experience the outdoors, the more likely they are to be come stewards. And now, there is a greater variety of races to choose from and they are creative.\" There are tradeoffs to growth, too. \"The impact that some races have on the environment, the overcrowding of local roads, and the mess left behind is the bad side of the growth. I'd rather see 10 races with 200 people than one race with 2,000 people. We always cap our races due to limited parking, limited indoor space, and fragile trails,\" he says.\nOverall, with so many responsibilities on Varner's plate, it's hard to train for his own races and run goals, he realizes. He's DNFed a few races including Hardrock, which hits home for him. \"I put on 25 pounds when I became a full-time race director, because I sit [at the computer] all the time. My own running is the thing that's suffered the most over the last 10 years. When I commit to putting on an event\u2014a film festival or a race\u2014and have a time crunch, I choose work before my own racing or training,\" he says.\nJames with pacers Kerry Dycus (left) and Colton Gerhart at the 2017 Hardrock 100.\nIn 2019, he scaled back a bit. He didn't do a film-festival national tour, and took on a partner to split the festival work 50\/50. \"It's hard to do it all. If I focus on one thing something else suffers. I end up working all night and not sleeping. Other times, I go on three-day running vacation and the work piles up. My goal moving forward is to figure out how to have all these things I want but to keep my sanity and to do a good job. One way I keep balance is by delegating. And with Rainshadow, my co-race director took over so much day-to-day stuff, so I was able to focus on the bigger picture,\" says Varner.\nOn the horizon, he's eager to focus on a few, huge missions he's had in mind since he first attended the Annual Gathering of the Appalachian Long Distance Hikers Association in 1999. He dreams of FKT attempts on all or parts of the AT, Pacific Crest Trail, and elsewhere. Varner says he's motivated \"to go out and attempt things that are too hard for me, or there are too many challenges to overcome.\" He may be more grounded now, but Varner is still reaching for the sky.\nCall for Comments (from Meghan)\nHave you run a Rainshadow Running event? Leave a comment to share your story?\nHow about racing, running, or adventuring with James Varner? Can you share an experience?\nJames (back row, third from right) and volunteers marking the Hardrock 100 course. Photo: Jim Milar\nWeRunFar Profile: James Elson An in-depth profile of ultrarunner and race director James Elson. ...\nUltrarunning Is Dead Geoff Roes explains why he thinks \"ultrarunning\" is dead....\nWeRunFar Profile: Megan Finnesy A profile of race director and ultrarunner Megan Finnesy....\nMuscle Memory \u00bb\n\u00ab To Strive: Musings on Endurance\nTags: James Varner\nMorgan Tilton: is an adventure journalist who writes about the outdoors with a focus in travel, industry news, and human endurance. She is a recipient of multiple North American Travel Journalists Association awards including two double-award articles\u2014\"Wild & Broken: A First SUP Descent of Utah's Escalante River\" and \"A Wild Space\"\u2014that share her first descent on stand-up paddle board of Utah's wild Escalante River, a self-supported journey she shared with four friends. She works with close to 50 publications. Follow Morgan on her website and Instagram account.\nJeff Rome says:\nI remember, at the 2017 HR 100, when James took his turn to speak at the \"graduation,\" or the awards ceremony for finishers. He said he had yelled at another runner who caused some loose rocks to fall near him at Grants Swamp Pass, and apologized to the crowd because he hadn't followed the \"Hardrock spirit\" at that moment. To apologize in front of the whole crowd, without prompt, is very admirable. And I think he embodies the Hardrock spirit, whatever that may be, more than almost anyone. I've always appreciated the thought he puts into his races, and the adventures I've had scouting his courses and doing trail work in the groups he's led. I hope to run many more Rainshadow races once conditions permit!\nI moved to Washington in 2010 with only a few ultras under my belt at the time. On a whim I registered for a Rainshadow race, and was blown away. Always worth it for that finish line hug :) Thanks James, hope to see you soon.\nThomas Bowling says:\nAt the 2018 HardRock 100, I was up on Grant Swamp Pass spectating and waiting to cheer on a friend. Many of the runners were scootching down the scree carefully on their butts. James came over to the drop off and ran down in full strides. It was the most insane and glorious thing to spectate! Like watching a surfer shred a giant wave. I'll never forget that!\nRainshadow races are extraordinary, James and his team do an incredible job. They find excellent courses and the vibe is always great. I'm excited for them to be able to be back.\nI love rainshadow running races. Orcas 50km in 2014 was my first 50km and Sun Mountain was my first 50 miler the following year. And Oregon Coast ultra.. was one of the most beautiful race courses I have ever run. Can't wait to get back on the trails.\nI came all the way from TN last year to run The Sun Mountain 50k just bc it was a Rainshadow event and was not disappointed. Spectacular race with wonderful people. James even recognized the shirt I was wearing from my local running store as I crossed the finish line. Orcas 100 keeps calling my name...\nYitka Winn says:\nWhat a wonderful profile of a fantastic human! I have a thousand favorite James Varner memories, but I'll share a few favorites: Back when I was a professional shoebox slinger at the Seattle REI more than a decade ago, a coworker and friend tried to convince me to sign up for a trail race with him--James Varner's (Rainshadow Running) Orcas Island 25K. At the time, I'd just run my first road marathon, and the idea of attempting a semi-mountainous trail race terrified me. So I told my friend no. Months went by and eventually the race sold out--which was a lot less common in 2010, but the race already had a wonderful reputation by then! FOMO kicked in and so I contacted James to ask whether there was any way I might still be able to get in to his race after all. He said sure, if I would just come out to Orcas for a trail-work party the weekend before the race. I'd never done trail work in my life and I was also very nervous about how to drive onto a Washington State ferry for the first time, haha--but James helped put me in touch with some folks to carpool with (this is how I met Glenn Tachiyama for the first time!) and I had the grandest time of my life that weekend. It was my first time really ever interacting with ultrarunners, and I had little inkling of the trajectory that weekend--and James's generous willingness to give a nervous, procrastinating newb a chance to fall in love with this community--would have on the rest of my life. I am forever grateful to him for introducing me to the wild, wonderful world of trail running!\nMy other favorite James memories involve XC skiing and Swiss Bobbing in the Methow last winter, pacing him at Hardrock in 2015, scrambling up Hawk Peak in my old Colorado stomping grounds, and James generously crewing me and a bunch of other Hardrock lottery rejects in 2014 on our Soft(er)rock adventure that summer. I'll never forget the delicious donuts from Baked in Telluride that James greeted us with at Grouse Gulch, nor the champagne he poured into red Solo cups for us at our finish line in Maggie Gulch.\nThank you, James, for everything you have contributed to this amazing community! I'm so grateful you invited me to do trail work 10 years ago. :D\nTim Mathis says:\nGreat article, and James is great at what he does. At some point or another I've run just about all of his 50ks and they're all well run on beautiful courses. He also deserves a ton of credit for growing trail running as a sport in the Pacific Northwest - he put together the best races at a time when the sport was just growing up and it helped establish a really amazing community in WA. And I can vouch that he never lost the dirtbag spirit.\nnevtrik says:\nOrcas 50K and Gorge Waterfalls are my favorite races! Hope the Gorge is coming back next year. Also Rainshadow Running throws the best afterparties!\nKelsey McGill says:\nThank you so much James for all that you do!!! Your hard work, dedication, encouragement, and inclusiveness to beginners in the running world has gone great lengths to having such a profound community inside and outside of Rainshadow Running! I feel like when I come to the races, I'm welcomed with wide-open arms from so many, and that is directly linked to your positive role modeling. Thank you so much for all that you do and I can't wait to reunite back with Rainshadow once this all blows over!\nIn addition to operating Rainshadow Running, James captains a wild aid station at the Cascade Crest 100. He's a real ambassador of the sport.\nZack G. says:\nEpically nice or nicely epic-- I can't decide which is the best way to describe James. We met at the 2004 Plain 100 and had some great adventures over the next few years. In 2005 he organized a memorial day \"Olympic Epic\" weekend as Hardrock training. The epicness started for me when I had to ride 3 hours in the bed of his truck from Olympia to the trailhead. The first-day loop turned into an out-an-back after we post-holed for miles along a snowy ridge. A group of us started off on another loop the next day and soon realized that the plan was again a bit too ambitious. Never to be deterred, James pressed on into the night as the rest of us turned around and made our way back to the trailhead campsite. We waited around all night, then the next morning, then into the afternoon, our concern growing as we passed 36 hours since he left camp. Just as we broke down and contacted the ranger to report his lateness in returning, he strolled into camp with the biggest smile on his face, having had an epic adventure while completing the loop. A few months later we camped for several days at Mineral Creek outside of Silverton, acclimatizing and learning the trails pre-Hardrock. James was near the top of the wait list and was hanging on to see if he'd get in. He ended up being the last one NOT to get in that year, but I'm so glad he's been able to go back many times since. Fortunately for me he was more than happy to jump in and pace for me that year and I'll never forget our slog through the night and pre-dawn rebirth at Hardrock 2005.\nJonathan French says:\nOne of the best race directors in the country. I've traveled from TX to run Orcas 50K, Gorge 100K, Oregon Coast 50K, and hope to run Secret Beach and Gorge again in the future. Low key events are my go to and even though people know about his destination events, he keeps them to a minimum and they always have that family, local feel. I miss Rainshadow and hope to get back soon. Thanks James for EVERYTHING you do.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
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{"text":"Strikers on the front foot in anti-academies battle in east London\nby Sadie Robinson\nPublished Tue 17 Apr 2018\nOn the picket line at Avenue primary school in Newham (Pic: Socialist Worker)\nThere was an exuberant mood on the picket line at Avenue primary school in Newham on Tuesday.\nNEU union members were beginning a three-day strike against a plan to turn their school into an academy. It was their 14th strike day.\nStrikers chanted, \"We want a ballot and we want it now,\" and, \"Whose school? Our school!\" Parents came to support strikers while passing drivers tooted their horns in solidarity.\nTeaching assistant Azra told Socialist Worker, \"We've always had community schools in Newham. Children do well in them.\n\"But I've heard from children hating their schools when they become academies. We don't want a strict regime.\"\nKaterina is the equal opportunities officer for the NEU at the school. She said, \"This is about privatising the education sector. It's all about financial gain for the trust. The school will not benefit.\"\nNEU president Kiri Tunks spoke to strikers. \"It's brilliant to be here,\" she said. \"This campaign is really making waves, not just in London but outside as well.\n\"These schools are our schools\u2014they do not belong to private companies.\"\nMany strikers said that the school had already changed in the run-up to the academisation plan.\n\"They expect there to be written work in Maths books every day\u2014and for it to be marked the same day,\" said Katerina. \"You end up taking work home. My children keep telling me I'm not a teacher at home.\"\nWorkers will begin a new ballot for strikes this week as their existing ballot mandate expires. Meanwhile NEU members at nearby Cumberland school were set to strike for two days from Wednesday. They are demanding a parent ballot.\nWorkers at both schools plan three-day strikes starting on Tuesday in each of the following two weeks.\nThe fight against academies has already won real victories. The Labour council has voted to oppose academisation and said there should be ballots of parents and workers on any academy plans.\nAnd the high court has granted a group of parents' permission for a judicial review on the consultation process to go ahead. This forced Avenue school to postpone the academisation process.\nAzra said, \"A lot has been going our way. Everything is possible.\"\nSend messages of support to assistant.secretary@nta.gmail.com\nTue 17 Apr 2018, 12:08 BST\nParents and teachers slam governors' drive to make schools academies in east London\nThe Newham struggle against academisation is winning\nNewham victories show we can beat academies and the cuts\nParents, children and striking teachers protest at academies show","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Dim sum Diving in Hong Kong\nPosted by a_bouche_amused in Flashback, Food & Travel\nHong Kong dim sum, Pinoy Eats World\nThe \"ber\" months have arrived. And the slightly cooler temperatures get me dreaming about going over to Hong Kong soon for a food trip.\nThere is no dining destination in Southeast Asia quite as full-on satisfying and culinarily comprehensive as Hong Kong. Last August (appropriately the month of the Chinese Hungry Ghost festival), my friends and I joined the Pinoy Eats World food tour to eat our way through Hong Kong. Although the Philippines and Singapore are great foodie ports of call, they cannot match the wide-ranging diversity and deliciously extensive range and depth of both Chinese and Western cuisines that Hong Kong serves up. From the dingy dai pai dong stalls in Wanchai and yum cha restaurants in Causeway that serve steaming-hot bowls of hand-pulled noodles swimming in broth made from rich mother soup stock that may have been stewing continuously for years to the excellent seafood palaces near the waterfront and the most exciting and even innovative Western restaurants this side of the world.\nThe term dim sum literally means \"point of the heart\" because these tasty nibbles were originally intended to be snacks, not main meals, and thus only meant to \"touch the heart\". According to Wikipedia, \"the unique culinary art of dim sum originated with the Cantonese in Southern China, who over the centuries transformed yum cha from a relaxing respite to a loud and happy dining experience.\" And, indeed, our Pinoy Eats World group definitely enjoyed a loud and happy dining experience throughout the length and breadth of that tummy-and-soul-satisfying morning.\nOur first foray into our food trip was at the small hilly streets and back alleys of Central. There, among the noodle and dim sum houses along Stanley and Wellington Streets, we went \"dim sum diving\" \u2014 sampling roast goose here, spicy beef brisket there, some Beijing-style mutton xiao long bao here and other specialities there. Yat Lok, Nam Kee, Wang Fu, and Maks \u2014 we visited all 4 restaurants, with a walk or a hike in between each restaurant to keep our appetites sharp and at the ready for the next nosh. And yet, we had barely skimmed the surface of the dim sum treasures that this fine city has to offer. That is why I want to go back. Perhaps the next time, I will dive a lot deeper and spend 2 or 3 days exploring the hidden dim sum gems of Hong Kong.\nIf you are interested in joining a food tour organized by the Pinoy Eats World group headed by JJ Yulo, just click on the link, which should take you to their Facebook page. Aside from Hong Kong, they also do Pampanga, Bangkok, and Turkey.\nI need a meat cleaver!\nPosted by a_bouche_amused in Kitchen Essentials\ncleaver, Dexter-Russell cleaver\nDexter-Russell 7\u2033 Cleaver\nNo, I'm not going to Sweeney Todd anybody. It's just that our old meat cleaver is so old, it bounces when we try to cut through bone! It's so old, even our cook's dentures are sharper! But what kind of cleaver to buy? Should I get one with a 6-inch or an 8-inch blade? It's gotta be bad-ass tough, for sure! With just the right heft and balance for me to be able to cut through bones \u2014 to get to them succulent marrows, of course! Or to chop up the Lechon Kawali neatly \u2014 and rip through chicken flesh and sinew\u2026\nMartin Yan, TV celeb chef, said he created the perfect meat cleaver \u2014 not the Chinese cleaver, which is basically a cleaver-shaped chef's knife that Chinese chefs like to use \u2014 but I couldn't find it on Amazon. So I googled. First I found this review of the best cleavers, tested by Denise Landis, author and NY Times recipe tester in the New York Times website : http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/slideshow\/2008\/01\/01\/dining\/20080102_KITC_SLIDESHOW_index.html\nThen I saw this website \u2014 http:\/\/www.seriouseats.com\/2010\/08\/how-to-choose-buy-care-for-a-meat-cleaver.html\nHmmm\u2026Dexter, huh? My favorite serial killer! Sounds real bad-ass to me. Well okay, technically the brand name is Dexter-Russell, but you get what I mean. 6-inch, 7-inch, or 8-inch\u2026? Hmmm\u2026 I think this is the cleaver I want. Now to look for it.\n\"Who is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?\" again\nPosted by a_bouche_amused in Foodie Films\nwho's killing the great chefs of europe?\nWriting recently about some great chefs I've met reminded me of this movie. Who remembers watching this?\nWatching Who's Killing The Great Chefs Of Europe? all over again, since the first time I watched it 3 decades ago, is like rediscovering the unmitigated pleasures of my childhood food favorites. Like \"dirty ice cream\" (queso flavor) or my lola's ube halaya cooked over a firewood stove which she stirred and stirred for hours to decadent sticky smoothness. It was such a joy to experience and relish all over again. Yes, even after all this time, even if some language sounds dated and hokey, it is still very much a joy but in a different way, because now I watch it with the eyes and sensibilities of a well-ripened film and food enthusiast.\nIn a nutshell, the film is a delicious comedy-mystery, spiced with wit and bon mots. George Segal plays the smooth-talking and slightly coarse American fastfood magnate Robby Ross. Jacqueline Bisset is his ex-wife Natasha O'Brien, a renowned and gorgeous patissi\u00e8re \"who may become the last course in an enigmatic killer's lavish platefuls of delicious deaths\". The mammoth (in physical size and thespianic talent) Robert Morley plays the role of Max Vandeveer, \"an acerbic gourmet magazine publisher whose cascading series of chins and stomachs bear witness to his love of fine dining\". Unfortunately, all that gourmandizing has taken a toll on his health and his doctor has commanded him to lose 100 pounds by giving up his most favorite dishes in the world \u2014 like the Pressed Duck of La Tour d'Argent or Natasha's supercalorific Bombe Richelieu. Soon, one by one, the great chefs of Europe who created the fantastic dishes Max craves \u2014 who, not coincidentally, are all French (at the time, it was the French who ruled the culinary universe) \u2014 are murdered in the manner of the their specialities' preparations. Pressed Duck, hence\u2026 you get the picture.\nI admit that the years of devouring movies and even of marinating in the critical and cynical world of advertising have jaded my palate just a soup\u00e7on. 30-plus years since this movie's release is a pretty long time, after all, and taste and sensibilities were different then. Movie-goers were perhaps more naive and less demanding than we are today. And watching this film again, it is easier now to cast a jaundiced eye and see through the tricks of misdirection cooked up by director Ted Kotcheff (he also directed Stallone's \"First Blood\"). Lovely and elegant Jacqueline Bisset may be, carrying off 70s fashion so stylishly, she was great eye-candy. Sadly, however, she couldn't act if her life depended on it. I had to suspend my disbelief at several points about her character. For one, it was odd that she was cast as an American chef, what with her obviously very-British accent. What was even odder was her character not knowing what chicory is! But George Segal, oldish (or D.O.M.-ish) as he was even way back then, played the charming, slightly greasy rogue perfectly. He was definitely one funny jam\u00f3n!\nI would love, though, to see a remake of this movie. I can see the trenchant and wittily erudite food critic for Vogue Magazine, Jeffrey Steingarten, playing the role of Max. And the luscious and voluptuous Nigella Lawson would be ideal in the role of the gorgeous patisserie chef Natasha. And there are many among today's stars who can play the part of the asinine but charming rascal Robby. Robert Downey, Jr. perhaps?\nIf you are food-and-film lover, as I am, this movie is definitely worth watching. Maybe not among the pantheon of Oscar greats, but consider it a delicious cinematically high-caloric romp.\nChef Reynaldo Lim reigns\nPosted by a_bouche_amused in Food Glorious Food, Hail to the Chef, The Grub Club\nChef Rey Lim, grub club, tjioe catering\nWhen you meet Chef Reynaldo Lim, he comes across as bigger than life. And I'm not talking about physical size, mind you. Although he is rather like a tall and happy Buddha with a bouncing belly to match. But I am actually referring to his large and ebullient personality \u2014 he has a childlike charm and infectious vivacity, you just want to hug him. And he is a joy to watch in the kitchen, sometimes serious and stern but most of the time laughing and having the time of his life. His Dom Deluise-ish character and the great fun he derives from cooking is deliciously expressed in the food he serves. Aside from reigning over the kitchen, he also oversees the table decor, choosing the right floral arrangements and decorative touches and even the plateware for the occasion.\nThe Grub Club had the privilege to have been the beneficiaries of his fabulous food. We could tell how passionate he is about his food because every time a course is served, he would come out of the kitchen and hover over us, checking to see if we were digging in, if we liked the food or not. And if he caught one of us pausing, chatting, and generally not giving due attention to the dish before us, he'd loom over that person and ask \"Why aren't you eating? Don't you like it?\" Which gets that person promptly shoveling the food in his or her mouth and nodding approvingly, mouth too full to speak. If satisfied, Chef Lim would take a generous sip of wine and smile appreciatively. Fortunately, every dish was superb and sumptuous. But the scene sorta reminded me of a Mother Superior standing guard over students during final exams and saying \"No talking! Eyes on your own paper!\" Hilarious!\nChef Rey's cuisine has been described as Continental\/French with a strong Asian influence. He prefers to describe it as \"Western comfort food with Asian overtones\". Just imagine fresh king prawns with aligue (crab fat) and pineapple relish, served atop a hefty serving of Arroz a la Cubana. Or his dessert of Zucchini Cake with Lychee Buttercream icing. He learned his craft at the Culinary Institute of America in New York and apprenticed with David Bouley at his restaurant in Manhattan. From there, Lim was everywhere \u2014 on the Today Show, with Lufthansa as its Star Chef, and for more than a decade, in Beijing's premium dining spot The Courtyard. In 2010, he left the Courtyard and is now part of the team of chefs of Tjioe Catering (pronounced \"chew\") with his friends Edwin Tjioe Tan and Chef Jeff \"Jaine\" Teh. (Find out more about them at their website \u2014 http:\/\/tjioethecaterer.ph\/)\nNo doubt, Chef Rey Lim amused my bouche no end. Chef Rey Lim reigns supreme!\nSeiji by Seiji\nPosted by a_bouche_amused in Food Glorious Food, Hail to the Chef, Restaurants\nmodern Japanese cuisine, Pasay Road, Seiji Kamura, Seiji Restaurant\nI first met Chef Seiji Kamura way back in 2009 when he had a small and cozy Italian bistro called Don Eduardo's at the Valuepoint Building in Legaspi Village, together with his partner Ms. Bingbing Santos. The restaurant was named after her father.\nBack then, I wrote of Chef Seiji as an uncharacteristically tall and broad-shouldered Japanese who not only looks Pinoy, but even sometimes talks like one. The tanned and soft-spoken Chef Seiji has been working and living in the Philippines for almost 20 years now, starting as the Executive Chef of Tsukiji at the Century Park Hotel in Malate. I first enjoyed his innovative culinary creations when he had his Japanese-fusion restaurant Joan Mir\u00f3 on Pasay Road way back in the early 90s. Aside from his decades of experience in Japanese cuisine, he had also undergone a 2-year stint in France training with the great master himself, Paul Bocuse (one of the proponents of nouvelle cuisine and for whom the international culinary competition, the Bocuse d'Or, is named). I remember teasing Chef Seiji that time: \"How international can you get! A Japanese from Yokohama who trained in classical Japanese cuisine AND French nouvelle cuisine cooking Italian in the Philippines!\" He was pretty amused himself.\nJust this year, Chef Seiji opened his restaurant Seiji along Pasay Road (now called Arnaiz Avenue). He prepares the most masterfully-done traditional Japanese dishes \u2014 with ingredients air-flown from Japan such as scallops, sanma (Japanese mackerel pike), wagyu beef \u2014 as well as exquisitely inventive and unexpected dishes, our favorite of which was the Foie Gras and Unagi Salad with Aged Balsamic Vinaigrette. Chef Seiji himself will welcome you as you enter and oversees his staff and sous-chefs to make sure everything is just so. In fact, up to now, he wakes up every day in the wee hours of the morning to go to market, usually the Baclaran Seaside Seafood market, to select and buy the freshest ingredients himself, as he has always done since he started working in the Philippines. Although you can order from a selection of premium sakes, he also even makes his own home-brewed sake, flavored with fruits like grapes and pears. And the true professional chef that he is, he holds tasting sessions for his staff so that they can knowledgeably describe to customers what they are like or made of.\nFor sure, my bouche was more than amused. So much so that Seiji merits a return or two or three\u2026\nSeiji Restaurant is located at the ground floor of the Cedar Executive Bldg on 1006 Arnaiz Ave, Makati (across Ayala Center). You may call 478-7550 for reservations.\nphotos from Kinabuhayan Cafe\/B&B\nPosted by a_bouche_amused in Come Taste My Philippines, Flashback\ndolores quezon, kinabuhayan cafe, mt. banahaw, travel\nWe came here to Kinabuhayan Caf\u00e9 and B&B way back in 2005. Owned by movie production designer and self-taught chef Jay Herrera, it is one of the destinations of the Viaje del Sol art and culture tour of the Southern Tagalog region. It is located in the Herrera family's ancestral estate and sits at the toe of sacred Mt. Banahaw.\nThe second photo shows a 3-storey treehouse built on and around a tall and ancient sampaloc (tamarind) tree. It's so high up, the mountain breezes provide free-flowing natural air-conditioning while you snooze!\nYou can tell by the offbeat arrangement of artwork and decorative objects that you are in a very creative space. No corner is left unimagined or artistically put together. A broken blue vase half sunk in a duck pond. Mountain breezes play music on the wood and metal chimes which hang from every cabana. Ornately carved wooden chairs and tables usually found indoors are set out in the open.\nWe stayed in two cabanas \u2014 the ground level area has only 3 walls. What should be the 4th wall is left open. A room-sized net provided the buffer from mosquitos while allowing the mountain night air blow cool and fresh. No TV, no phones or cable (I'm not sure if Jay provides wifi now) \u2013 just the pets and other creatures and your traveling companions to provide entertainment. Each cabana has its own ensuite toilet and bath, which has no roof. In the morning, the sun shines right through while you take your shower and other ablutions.\nIf you wish to stay overnight, you can. For FREE! Simply pay for the day's 3 meals \u2013 lunch, dinner and breakfast, which Jay prepares himself. Each meal costs around P500.\nThe food Jay creates and serves are singular in every way, using locally-grown ingredients. He made us a fantastic dinner with tricolore pastas made up of Penne Arrabiatta (with hot chillis fresh-picked from the Kinabuhayan garden) + Spinach Fettucine with Laing as sauce (Laing is a classic Southern Tagalog dish made of gabi or taro leaves and stalks cooked in fresh gata or coconut cream and chilli) + Fresh Papaya Salad that looks like pasta but is actually made of sweet and semi-ripe (manibalang) papaya fruit, shredded and topped with salsa. He even makes his own desserts like this one that we had: Sweet yam (camote) \u2013 baked, caramelized, and diced \u2013 topped with fresh coconut cream and chocolate sauce. Accompanied with wafer-thin\ncrisp camote chips! And the breakfasts are simply hearty and wonderful.\nTo contact Jay Herrera, you may call or text him at +63916.2215791","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Rep. Kowalko & Rep. Morrison & Rep. Wilson-Anton & Sen. Pinkney & Sen. Sokola\nReps. Baumbach, Bentz, Chukwuocha, Lynn, Osienski, K. Williams; Sens. Ennis, S. McBride\nHOUSE BILL NO. 64\nAN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 30 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PERSONAL INCOME TAX.\nBE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE (Three-fifths of all members elected to each house thereof concurring therein):\nSection 1. Amend \u00a7 1102, Title 30 of the Delaware Code by making deletions as shown by strike through and insertions as shown by underline as follows:\n\u00a7 1102. Imposition and rate of tax; separate tax on lump-sum distributions.\n(a)(14) For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2013, and before January 1, 2021, the amount of tax shall be determined as follows:\n2.2% of taxable income in excess of $2,000 but not in excess of $5,000;\n3.9% of taxable income in excess of $5,000 but not in excess of $10,000;\n4.8% of taxable income in excess of $10,000 but not in excess of $20,000;\n5.55% of taxable income in excess of $25,000 but not in excess of $60,000; and\n6.6% of taxable income in excess of $60,000.\n(15) For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2020, the amount of tax is as follows:\n2.2% of taxable income in excess of $2,000, but not in excess of $5,000;\n3.9% of taxable income in excess of $5,000, but not in excess of $10,000;\n4.8% of taxable income in excess of $10,000, but not in excess of $20,000;\n5.55% of taxable income in excess of $25,000, but not in excess of $60,000;\n6.6% of taxable income in excess of $60,000, but not in excess of $125,000;\n7.10% of taxable income in excess of $125,000, but not in excess of $250,000;\n7.85% of taxable income in excess of $250,000, but not in excess of $500,000; and\n8.6% of taxable income in excess of $500,000.\nThis Act creates the following new tax brackets: at $125,000, with a rate of 7.10%, at $250,000, with a rate of 7.85%, and at $500,000, with a rate of 8.6%.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Home > Opinion > Columns\nThe paranoid style in economics\nNEW DELHI - Why do high-profile economic tussles turn so quickly to ad hominem attacks? Perhaps the most well-known recent example has been the Nobel laureate Paul Krugman's campaign against the economists Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff, in which he moved quickly from criticism of an error in one of their papers to charges about their commitment to academic transparency.\nFor those who know these two superb international macroeconomists, as I do, it is evident that these allegations should promptly be dismissed. But there is a larger question of why the paranoid style has become so prominent.\nPart of the answer is that economics is an inexact science, with exceptions to almost every pattern of behavior that economists take for granted. For example, economists predict that higher prices for a good will reduce demand for it. But students of economics will no doubt remember an early encounter with \"Giffen goods,\" which violate the usual pattern. When tortillas become more expensive, a poor Mexican worker may eat more of them, because she now has to cut back on more expensive food like meat.\nSuch \"violations\" occur elsewhere as well. Customers often value a good more when its price goes up. One reason may be its signaling value. An expensive handcrafted mechanical watch may tell time no more accurately than a cheap quartz model; but, because few people can afford one, buying it signals that the owner is rich. Similarly, investors flock to stocks that have appreciated, because they have \"momentum.\"\nThe point is that economic behavior is complex and can vary among individuals, over time, between goods and across cultures. Physicists do not need to know the behavior of every molecule to predict how a gas will behave under pressure. Economists cannot be so sanguine. Under some conditions, individual behavioral aberrations cancel one another out, making crowds more predictable than individuals. But, under other conditions, individuals influence one another in such a way that the crowd becomes a herd, led by a few.\nThe difficulties for economic policy makers do not stop there. Economic institutions can have different effects, depending on their quality. In the run-up to the 2008 financial crisis, macroeconomists tended to assume away the financial sector in their models of advanced economies. With no significant financial crisis since the Great Depression, it was convenient to take for granted that the financial plumbing worked in the background.\nModels, thus simplified, suggested policies that seemed to work - that is, until the plumbing backed up. And the plumbing malfunctioned because herd behavior - shaped by policies in ways that we are only now coming to understand - overwhelmed it.\nSo, why not let evidence, rather than theory, guide policy? Unfortunately, it is hard to get clear-cut evidence of causality. If high national debt is associated with slow economic growth, is it because excessive debt impedes growth, or because slow growth causes countries to accumulate more debt?\nMany an econometrician's career has been built on finding a clever way to establish the direction of causality. Unfortunately, many of these methods cannot be applied to the most important questions facing economic policy makers. So the evidence does not really tell us whether a heavily indebted country should pay down its debt or borrow and invest more.\nMoreover, what seem like obvious, commonsense policy solutions all too often have unintended consequences, because a policy's targets are not passive objects, as in physics, but active agents who react in unpredictable ways. For example, price controls, rather than lowering prices, often cause scarcity and the emergence of a black market in which controlled commodities cost significantly more.\nAll of this implies that economic policy makers require an enormous dose of humility, openness to various alternatives (including the possibility that they might be wrong) and a willingness to experiment. This does not mean that our economic knowledge cannot guide us, only that what works in theory - or worked in the past or elsewhere - should be prescribed with an appropriate degree of self-doubt.\nBut, for economists who actively engage the public, it is hard to influence hearts and minds by qualifying one's analysis and hedging one's prescriptions. Better to assert one's knowledge unequivocally, especially if past academic honors certify one's claims of expertise. This is not an entirely bad approach if it results in sharper public debate.\nThe dark side of such certitude, however, is the way it influences how these economists engage contrary opinions. How do you convince your passionate followers if other, equally credentialed, economists take the opposite view? All too often, the path to easy influence is to impugn the other side's motives and methods, rather than recognizing and challenging an opposing argument's points. Instead of fostering public dialogue and educating the public, the public is often left in the dark. And it discourages younger, less credentialed economists from entering the public discourse.\nIn their monumental research on centuries of public and sovereign debt, the normally very careful Reinhart and Rogoff made an error in one of their working papers. The error is in neither their prize-winning 2009 book nor in a subsequent widely read paper responding to the academic debate about their work.\nReinhart and Rogoff's research broadly shows that GDP growth is slower at high levels of public debt. While there is a legitimate debate about whether this implies that high debt causes slow growth, Krugman turned to questioning their motives. He accused Reinhart and Rogoff of deliberately keeping their data out of the public domain. Reinhart and Rogoff, shocked by this charge - tantamount to an accusation of academic dishonesty - released a careful rebuttal, including online evidence that they had not been reticent about sharing their data.\nIn fairness, given Krugman's strong and public positions, he has been subject to immense personal criticism by many on the right. Perhaps the paranoid style in public debate, focusing on motives rather than substance, is a useful defensive tactic against rabid critics. Unfortunately, it spills over into countering more reasoned differences of opinion as well. Perhaps respectful debate in economics is possible only in academia. The public discourse is poorer for this.\nCopyright: Project Syndicate, 2013.\n* The author, a professor of finance at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, is the incoming Governor of the Reserve Bank of India.\nby Raghuram Rajan\nMore in Columns\nBuilding pressure on ChinaWhat's Korea's choice?\nSomething is rotten\nSupply, demand and human nature\nA peripatetic president\nMisguided missile comments","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Venom (2005) Pictures, Trailer, Reviews, News, DVD and Soundtrack\nhttp:\/\/www.miramax.com\/venom\/\n85 minute(s)\nJim Gillespie\nJennifer D. Breslow, Scott Faye, Kevin Williamson\nBrandon Boyce, John Zuur Platten, Flint Dille\nJonathan Jackson\nD.J. Cotrona\nFrom the creator of \"Scream\" and the director of \"I Know What You Did Last Summer\" comes \"The Reaper,\" a voodoo horror tale set deep in the swamps of Louisiana centered around a group of teenagers fighting for their lives against a mysterious evil force.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Home \/ Authors \/ Dr. Fereidoun Abtin\nLast Modified January 3, 2022\nDr. Fereidoun Abtin\nRadiation Oncologist & Contributing Writer\nDr. Fereidoun Abtin is a radiation oncologist specializing in thoracic oncological intervention at the UCLA Medical Center in Santa Monica, California. He specializes in pleural mesothelioma, lung cancer and thymomas.\nAmerican Board of Radiology\nAbout Dr. Abtin\nAs an innovative radiation oncologist, Dr. Fereidoun Abtin specializes in minimally invasive, multidisciplinary treatment of pleural mesothelioma, lung cancer and thymomas.\nAbtin serves as the director of the Thoracic Imaging Research Laboratory and the UCLA Health Santa Monica Outpatient Imaging and Interventional Center, where he has built a leading lung biopsy practice.\nThrough his research and various clinical trials, he has helped develop a variety of novel treatments for thoracic diseases.\nAbtin uses microwave and radiofrequency ablation techniques. He also has pioneered the use of cryoablation, also known as cryosurgery or cryotherapy.\nCryoablation involves freezing localized tumors with argon gas or liquid nitrogen. It traditionally has been used for prostate, liver and kidney cancers. Abtin has utilized it in combination with immunotherapy as a second-line treatment for pleural mesothelioma.\nAbtin graduated from Kasturba Medical College in India and finished his education with a fellowship at the UCLA School of Medicine.\nDiagnostic Radiology Role as Medical Reviewer for Asbestos.com\nAbtin also assists patients and families by reviewing pages for Asbestos.com, ensuring medical accuracy and optimal clarity. He uses his research background and expertise in oncological thoracic intervention to make sure information being disseminated is accurate and up to date.\nThe thoracic program Abtin directs is known as the most comprehensive program of its kind in Northern California.\nMedically Reviewed Guide\nAnswers to Your Questions About Mesothelioma\nShare this authors on Facebook\nShare this authors on Twitter\nShare this authors by Email\nKaren Selby, RN\nAsbestos Expert & Writer\nSuzanne Dixon, MPH, MS, RDN\nOncology Medical Writer\nTim Povtak\nSenior Content Writer\n\u00a92022 by Asbestos.com and The Mesothelioma Center. All rights reserved. | Last Modified January 3, 2022","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Afghanistan: Irish emergency mission helps 36 people out of country\nImage source, EPA\nIn recent days 36 Irish citizens and residents have been evacuated from Afghanistan\nAn emergency mission to help remove Irish people from Afghanistan has finished, with 36 leaving the country.\nThis week a group of two Irish diplomats and members of the Irish Defence Forces travelled to the country to carry out the evacuations.\nIt helped 26 Irish citizens and residents to leave the crisis-hit country.\nTen other people were helped out of Afghanistan as part of earlier efforts by the Irish government.\nThe Irish Ranger Wing, the part of the Irish Defence Forces which travelled to Afghanistan, is Ireland's special operations force.\nThe Irish Department of Foreign Affairs said the decision to withdraw from the country on Thursday was \"made against the backdrop of an anticipated deteriorating security situation\".\nIrish Army Rangers go to Kabul to help evacuation\nIt said that in the past 48 hours it had been contacted by more people requesting assistance.\nThe department said it was aware of another 60 Irish citizens and their family members in the country and 15 Afghan citizens with Irish residency.\nIt said it would try to help Irish citizens, residents and their dependants in Afghanistan and advised against anyone travelling to Kabul Airport due to security concerns.\nForeign Minister Simon Coveney said he wanted to thank those involved in the evacuation for their \"excellent work\".\n\"I know there are many in Ireland today with deep concerns for family members, friends and colleagues who remain in Afghanistan,\" he said.\n\"I can give full assurance that the overall consular effort is continuing and we remain strongly committed to assisting those requiring ongoing consular support in Afghanistan.\"","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"About the Ministry >\nThe Ministry of Justice's purpose is to deliver people-centred services to provide access to justice for all. How we do this includes the commitment of our people to provide great service to the public every day.\nOur Customer Charter is a public declaration of this commitment. It is our statement explaining what our customers can expect when they interact with us \u2013 whether that be in person at one of our sites, by phone or email, or on our website.\nPrint version: Customer Charter [PDF, 2.8 MB]\nOur RISE values \u2013 respect, integrity, service and excellence \u2013 define how we treat each other within the Ministry, so it made sense to use these values to define how we treat our customers.\nTe reo M\u0101ori pronunciation\nOur Charter has also been provided in te reo M\u0101ori. If you would like to learn how to pronounce the te reo M\u0101ori in our Charter please listen to our audio translation:\nOur Customer Charter in Te reo M\u0101ori [MP3, 1.9 MB]\nCustomer Charter video\nThe Ministry of Justice has more than 3000 people working in 120 locations around the country delivering justice services. Below is a link to a video from our people explaining what providing good customer service means to them.\nWhere to go for assistance\nIf you'd like to ask a question, give us feedback or make a non-judicial complaint, please contact us.\nPlease note that our people can't give legal advice. For legal advice, you should contact a lawyer or Community Law Centre.\nThis page was last updated: 21st November 2019","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Centre for Journalism releases unique iPad app\nWith so much of the media excited by the opportunities presented by the iPad and other tablet devices, including Rupert Murdoch proclaiming it \"may well be the saving of the newspaper industry\", journalists and trainers are looking at the new technology more and more.\nGenerally only big media companies have been able to take the initiative because of the high development costs needed to work with the new devices, but now Kent University's Centre for Journalism has become one of the first university departments to design its own iPad app and have it approved by Apple.\nThe CfJ app showcases the work of students and staff at the Centre \u2013 including student TV bulletins and video packages. It also includes videos from some of the high-profile masterclasses from media figures including Mark Thompson, Alan Little and Michael Crick. In addition, the app contains a feed from the Centre's web site, and details of all their NCTJ-accredited courses.\nThe app was developed by Ian Reeves, director of learning and teaching at the Centre for Journalism, who plans to develop it further and add more functionality as time goes on. He said: \"I wanted to see whether it was possible for a journalist without specialist programming skills to create an app without the help of teams of specialist developers. It was a steep learning process, and took a couple of months for me to develop.\"\niPads and other devices provide exciting new possibilities as they allow immersive multimedia journalism to be delivered in new and innovative ways to audiences. They also provide options for publishers to charge for it in a similar way to print based media.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"View print copy\nTwentieth century impressions of British Malaya: its history, people, commerce, industries, and resources Page 85\nLondon, Durban, Colombo, Perth (W. A.), Singapore, Hongkong, and Shanghai: Lloyd's Greater Britain Publishing Company, limited, 1908, pg 85\nText on page 85\n57 TWENTIETH CENTURY IM PRESSIONS OF BRITISH MALAY A Hindu title), and secondly as Raja Bsar Muda, son of Iskandar Shah. He is also confused with Muhammad Shah, whose place he ought to be given in the pedigree. It is therefore difficult to say whether he or the first King of Malacca ought to be credited with the numerous rules and regulations drawn up for the guidance of Malay courtiers, and given at great length in the \" Malay Annals \" as the work of \" Muhammad Shah.\" In any case, from this time forward the use of yellow was confined to men of royal birth, the most rigid etiquette was enforced at all court ceremonies, the relative precedence of officers was fixed, and other rules were made regarding the proper attire and privileges of courtiers. The author of the \" Malay Annals \" discusses all these points at great length, but European students are not likely to take much interest in them. Happy is the country that has no more serious troubles than disputes about etiquette ! The first three Sultans of Malacca must have governed well to bring about such a result as this. Sultan Ahmad Shah (Paduka Sri Maharaja) died about the year 1444. His death was followed by a sort of interregnum, during which the reins of power were nominally held by his son, Raja Ibrahim, or Raja Itam, afterwards known as Abu Shahid, because of his unhappy death. This interregnum ended in a sudden revolution, in which Raja Ibrahim lost his life, and Raja Kasim, his brother, came to the throne under the name of Sultan Mudzafar Shah, the Modafaixa of the Portuguese and the Sultan Wu-ta-funa-sha of Chinese records. The new ruler began his reign in the usual manner by sending envoys to China, but he did not go himself to pay his respects to the Emperor. He had to wage war against the Siamese, who seem at last to have made some sort of effort to enforce their claim to suzerainty over the south of the peninsula. Malay records are not very trustworthy, and we need not believe all that they tell us about victories over the Siamese ; but we can see from the change in the policy of the State of Malacca that it must have been successful in its campaigns against its northern foe, since the Malays, suddenly becoming aggressive, carried the war into the enemy's country. FYom this time onwards the town of Malacca becomes a capital instead of an entire State. Mudzafar Shah died about the year 1459 a.d. According to Portuguese authorities he conquered Pahang, Kampar, and Indragiri ; but, if the u Malay Annals \" are to be believed, the honour of these conquests rests with his son and successor, Mansur Shah. Sultan Mansur Shah, we are told, began his reign by sending an expedition to attack Pahang. After giving a good descriptive account of this country, with its broad and shallow river, its splendid sandy beaches, its alluvial gold workings, and its huge wild cattle, the u Malay Annals \" go on to say that the ruler of Pahang was a certain Maharaja Dewa Sura, a relative of the King of Siam. Chinese records also say that the country was ruled by princes who bore Sanskrit titles, and who must have been either Buddhist or Hindu by religion ; but they add that the people were in the habitaotherwise unknown in Malayaa of offering up human sacrifices to their idols of fragrant wood. Their language also does not seem to have been Malayan. Pahang was conquered after very little resistance, and its prince, Maharaja Dewa Sura, was brought captive to Malacca. Of the expeditions against Kampar and Indragiri we know nothing except that they were successful. Sultan Mansur Shah married five wives. By a daughter of the conquered Maharaja Dewa Sura he had two sons, one of whom he designated as heir to the throne ; but a murder committed by the prince in a moment of passion led to his being banished from the court, and to his being sent to rule over Pahang alone, under the title of Sultan Muhammad Shah. By a Javanese wife the Sultan had one son, Radin Geglang, who succeeded his stepbrother as heir to the throne, and was afterwards killed while trying to stop a man who ran amuck. By a daughter of his chief minister, the Bendahara, the Sultan left a son, Raja Husain, who ultimately succeeded him. By a Chinese wife the Sultan left descendants who established themselves as independent princes at Jeram, in Selangor. By his fifth wife, the daughter of a chief (Sri Nara Diraja), MALAY MATTING.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Winston Zeddemore\nFrom GBFans.com\nPlayed by: Ernie Hudson\nAppearances: Ghostbusters, Ghostbusters II, Ghostbusters: The Video Game\nWinston Zeddemore, a large, impressive-looking black man... - Original Script Description\nWinston Zeddemore is the fourth member of the Ghostbusters team who joins when their services are in high demand. Although not a scientist, Winston has extensive training in electronic countermeasures, strategic air command, small arms, and holds a black belt in karate. His no-nonsense approach and level-headedness allow him to act as the voice of reason for the group. Though a devout Christian and initially skeptical about the existence of ghosts, Winston soon becomes aware that the recent surge in paranormal activity may be foreshadowing the end of the world. In the original script for Ghostbusters, Winston Zeddemore was intended to be the smartest and most capable of the Ghostbusters, a former Marine with multiple degrees and a Ph.D., making him more suited for the job than the founding three Ghostbusters. However, in the final screenplay none of these qualifications were mentioned. The changes are discussed in detail in the commentary on the DVD of Ghostbusters, the explanation being Winston allowed the technobabble to be put into layman's terms.\nThe novelization of Ghostbusters mentions Zeddemore's service with the Marines prior to joining the Ghostbusters. Further, in Ghostbusters: The Video Game, while the Ghostbusters are on a mission in the New York History Museum, Zeddemore reminisces about the time he spent studying for his doctorate in the museum's Egyptology wing. (In context, it's unclear if Zeddemore studied for the doctorate prior to joining the Ghostbusters, or sometime between the events of the movies and the game's setting in 1991.)\nWinston Zeddemore's first on-screen appearance was in the movie Ghostbusters, when he applied for a position with the team not long after they were established. Questioned extensively during his application by Janine Melnitz as to whether he believed in a large number of supernatural occurrences and beings (such as UFOs, the Loch Ness Monster and the theory of Atlantis among others), Zeddemore replied, \"If there's a steady paycheck in it, I'll believe anything you say.\" Though Zeddemore had no previous background in paranormal studies and was not initially a firm believer in the existence of the paranormal, he readily accepts the existence of ghosts and the supernatural as he encounters them as a Ghostbuster. However, despite this, he continues to act as an 'everyman' and voice of reason for the team, and when the jailed Ghostbusters seriously propose asking a U.S. federal judge to release them because they must fight an invading god, Zeddemore is the one who reminds the others that they will not be believed.\nZeddemore is a religious man to some extent, saying in a discussion in Ghostbusters that he believes in God and \"loves Jesus' style\". While driving the Ecto-1 with Ray he voices his thoughts that the sudden spike in ghosts appearances might be a sign of the apocalypse.\nAfter working with him the previous year on Trading Places, Dan Aykroyd originally wanted Eddie Murphy to play the role of Winston Zeddemore. Aware of his comic abilities, his characterization of Winston would have been in a semi-improvisational style, similar to Bill Murray's performance as Peter Venkman. Murphy was too busy shooting Beverly Hills Cop to commit.\nFive years after the defeat of Gozer and the disbandment of the Ghostbusters, Winston and Ray are forced to work children's birthday parties (in full uniform and gear) in order to make ends meet. However, with the the river of slime flowing underneath New York and the resurgence in paranormal activity, Winston rejoins his comrades in cleaning up the city's ghosts and ultimately saving the world from Vigo the Carpathian.\n1 The Real Ghostbusters\n2 Extreme Ghostbusters\nVoice Actors:\nArsenio Hall (1986-1988)\nBuster Jones (1988-1991)\n\"Sometimes, between the four of us, I don't think we have the brains God gave a doorknob.\"\nMany details of Zeddemore's personality and character are revealed in episodes of the Real Ghostbusters. The episode \"Cry Uncle\" clarifies that, in the show's continuity, Winston has no doctorate; he also informs Egon's skeptical Uncle Cyrus that, prior to becoming a Ghostbuster, he too doubted the existence of ghosts. In \"Mr. Sandman, Dream Me a Dream,\" Winston states that, unlike his three colleagues, he is not a scientist, causing him to doubt his ability to resolve a crisis when the Sandman traps the others within their own dreams, but with encouragement from a dream-version of Albert Einstein, he meets the challenge and wins the day. \"The Ghostbusters in Paris\" reveals that Winston was once a construction worker prior to joining the Ghostbusters. This idea seems to be further reinforced in the episode \"The Brooklyn Triangle\", when the Ghostbusters respond to a construction site headed by his father; this would indicate that it might have been a family business, until Winston decided to join the Ghostbusters. In the episode \"Devil To Pay\", Zeddemore mentions having a girlfriend, though she is never seen on screen during the series. In \"Night Game\", he is shown to love baseball, and his favorite team is the Jaguars. In several other episodes it is shown that Zeddemore loves mystery novels and detective stories, and in \"Boodunnit\" he is the one who solves the mystery novel left behind by a deceased mystery writer similar to Agatha Christie, allowing her soul to rest. In \"Doctor, Doctor\" it is revealed that Zeddemore also likes classical literature, including the works of Herman Melville and Charles Dickens. He is also a fan of The Alan Parsons Project. \"The Brooklyn Triangle\" introduces Winston's father, Ed, who works in construction. Their relationship is shown to have been strained because of Winston choosing to be a Ghostbuster, but they reconcile by the end of the episode. Finally, in the episode \"The Moaning Stones\", Zeddemore is revealed to be the reincarnation of Shima Buku, a shaman at war with an immortal demon known only as the Undying One.\nExtreme Ghostbusters\nVoice Actor: Buster Jones\nWinston only appears in the two-part series finale. After the closing down of the Ghostbusters, Winston moved to Montana, near his sister, and got his pilot's license, being the first and only Ghostbuster to be a certified pilot.\nWinston: Ray, when someone asks you if you're a god, you say \"YES\"!\nWinston: No offense, guys, but I've gotta get my own lawyer.\nWinston: Ah, if there's a steady paycheck in it, I'll believe anything you say.\nWinston: Ray, has it ever occurred to you that maybe the reason we've been so busy lately is 'cause the dead HAVE been rising from the grave?\nWinston: I love Jesus' style.\nWinston: Since I joined these men, I've seen shit that'll turn you white.\nWinston: That's a big Twinkie.\nWinston: I love this town!\nWinston: We have the tools, and we have the talent.\nWinston: This job is definitely *not* worth eleven-five a year!\nWinston: I hate Jell-O.\nWinston: It's very potent stuff. We made a toaster dance with it.\nWinston: It's always the quiet ones.\nWinston: New York - what a town, huh?\nThe name \"Zeddemore\" is misspelled as \"Zeddmore\" in the closing credits of Ghostbusters. As a result it was also sometimes misspelled in scripts and other sources related to The Real Ghostbusters. The name is spelled correctly on the nametag on Winston's jumpsuit, in the shooting script of Ghostbusters (as published in the book Making Ghostbusters), and in the closing credits of Ghostbusters II. The name is also pronounced correctly (with three syllables) by both Annie Potts and Ernie Hudson in Ghostbusters.\nRetrieved from \"http:\/\/www.gbfans.com\/w\/index.php?title=Winston_Zeddemore&oldid=7370\"\nSlimer and the Real Ghostbusters\nReal Ghostbusters Characters\nThis page was last edited on January 9, 2013, at 03:00.\nAbout GBFans.com","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Here's What You Need to Know About Melania Trump's Parents, Viktor And Amalija Knavs\nBarron's grandparents are now American citizens.\nMANDEL NGANGetty Images\nWhen Melania and Barron Trump moved from Trump Tower in New York City to the White House during the summer of 2017, Melania's parents, Viktor Knavs, 74, and Amalija Knavs, 72, accompanied them on the trip. They've since become familiar faces in the nation's capital\u2014and can often be seen traveling alongside President Trump and the First Lady. Here's what you should know about the couple that raised Melania Trump.\n1 Amalija and Viktor Knavs are now US citizens.\nAFP ContributorGetty Images\nThe Knavses took an oath of citizenship in August 2018 after appearing at the federal immigration offices in New York City. Prior to that time, Melania's parents had been permanent U.S. residents living in the country on green cards.\n2 They regularly travel with the first family.\nPablo Martinez MonsivaisAP\nAmalija Knavs, pictured here, flew back to Washington on Air Force One with the Trumps after they spent the 2018 Easter weekend at Mar-a-Lago.\n3 They may or may not be living in the White House.\nBarron is very close to grandparents, with whom he reportedly speaks Slovenian, and Politico described them as \"hyperinvolved\" in his life. While Politico also reported in 2017 that Melania's parents would \"become more familiar figures around the White House\"\u2014much the way Michelle Obama's mother Marian Robinson did when she moved into the presidential mansion\u2014a White House spokeswoman said she could not confirm the outlet's claim, writing in an e-mail, \"We don't comment on the first lady's parents, as they are private citizens and we want to respect that.\"\nViktor and Amalija Knavs are pictured far left with the rest of the Trump family on stage at the Republican National Convention.\n4 They attend events there regularly.\nViktor and Amalija Knavs sat in the front row, next to Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, at the National Thanksgiving Turkey Pardoning Ceremony in the Rose Garden on November 21, 2017. They traveled to Mar-a-Lago with the first family to celebrating Thanksgiving, too.\n5 They used to split their time between Trump Tower, Mar-a-Lago, and Bedminster.\nPrior to their purported Washington, D.C. move, the Knavs family were in keeping the rest of the Trump family\u2014a pattern they've followed since their daughter married Donald Trump. They reportedly lived in Trump Tower in Manhattan, and are frequent fixtures at Mar-a-Lago, a member of the club explained.\n6 They maintain close ties to Sevnica, their hometown in Slovenia.\nThe first lady was born in Sevnica, a small town with about 5,000 residents that's an hour's drive from Ljubljana, the Slovenian capital. During Melania's childhood, Slovenia was known as Yugoslavia and was under the rule of Communist President Josip Tito. The Knavses reportedly \"still own their house [in Sevnica] and visit two or three times a year,\" according to GQ.\n7 Viktor and Amalija met in Sevnica in 1966.\nFacebook\/Ines Knauss\nAt the time, Viktor was working as the chauffeur for the mayor of a nearby town and Amalija was a pattern-maker at a children's clothing factory. They are shown here in 1967, according to the caption posted by the first lady's sister, Ines.\n8 They didn't start in the penthouse.\nThe couple lived in a two-bedroom apartment in Sevnica.\n9 Their prospects improved.\nAfter his chauffeur job, Viktor became a traveling salesman for a state-owned car company. \"In contrast to the privations that so many suffered in Communist times, the Knavses lived well,\" GQ reports. While Viktor was reportedly a card-carrying member of the Sevnica Communist Party, Trump campaign spokeswoman Hope Hicks told the New York Times that Knavs had never been an \"active member\" of the party. He amassed a collection of Mercedes sedans and a \"coveted\" Maserati, and GQ describes Amalija as \"always impeccably dressed and perfectly coiffed,\" even when \"times were lean\" under Communist rule.\n10 Viktor is 2 years older than his son-in-law Donald.\nBorn in 1944, Viktor is 73 years old. Amaljia is 71.\n11 Victor and Amalija have 2 daughters.\nPhoto by Lucien Capehart Photography, Inc\/Getty Images\nThe Knavses's first daughter, Ines, is about a year older than the first lady. The sisters are shown here at Mar-a-Lago with Palm Beach philanthropist Audrey Gruss. They changed their last name from Knavs to its German form, Knauss.\n12 Donald Trump has only visited his wife's native country once.\n\"I was there about 13 minutes,\" he told Larry King in 2005 of the July 2002 trip to meet Viktor and Amalija. According to the New Yorker, the couple landed on Trump's Boeing 727 in Ljubljana at 8 p.m. and drove to dinner with the Knavses at the Grand Hotel Toplice on Lake Bled, where they ate onion escalope with pan-fried potatoes, and forest blueberries, and Melania interpreted. On the way out, Trump reportedly asked Viktor, \"Is this place for sale?\" The mogul was \"back at the airport before midnight.\"\n13 Amalija and Viktor made their first trip to America in February 2004.\nPhoto by Stephen Lovekin\/FilmMagicGetty Images\nThe couple visited New York City and Mar-a-Lago, where Trump may have asked for their blessing to marry their daughter; he proposed at the Costume Institute Gala at the Met that April. Here, Amalija is pictured with Melania at a Zac Posen fashion show in New York on February 12, 2004.\nMore From The Trump Family\nTrump Weighs in on Meghan & Harry's Announcement\nEverything You Need to Know About Barron Trump\nPresident Trump Is Impeached\nFirst Lady Melania Trump's Style Evolution\nDonald Trump Declares Himself a Florida Resident\nJared and Ivanka Celebrated Their 10th Anniversary\nThe Evolution of Ivanka Trump's Political Style\nMelania Working on a White House Tennis Pavilion\nEric and Lara Trump Welcome a Baby Girl\nEverything You Need to Know About Eric Trump\nThe Trump Family\nGet to Know Ines Krauss, Melania Trump's Secret Sister\n16 Things to Know About Fred Trump, Donald Trump's Father\nMelania Trump's Parents, Viktor and Amalija Knavs, Are Now Legal Permanent Residents\nEverything You Need to Know About Melania Trump\nWhat We Know About Jared Kushner's Family From NJ\nWhat We've Learned About Barron Trump So Far","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Five Weeks' Notice: The Rush to Partition a Subcontinent\nAUTHOR Carol Lobo\n\"I nearly gave you Lahore,\" said the man who drew the map of a new India in 1947. \"But then I realised that Pakistan would not have any large city. I had already earmarked Calcutta for India.\" It was an admission made quite nonchalantly by Cyril Radcliffe to veteran journalist Kuldip Nayar, over a cup of English tea. Nayar recalls Radcliffe's words in his book Scoop! (2006), written after he interviewed him in his Bond Street flat in the 1970s.\nRadcliffe was a London barrister who had \"never travelled east of Paris\", let alone visited the land he was asked to carve up. He had no experience in the matter and yet Lord Mountbatten, the Governor-General overseeing the transfer of power from Britain to India in 1947, felt his very inexperience as a cartographer or administrator made him perfect for the job. He believed Radcliffe would approach it without bias.\nFive weeks is all he was given. Just five weeks.\nRadcliffe arrived in India on July 8, 1947, to chair two boundary Commissions \u2013 one for Bengal and the other for Punjab \u2013 that would partition the undivided Indian subcontinent into two new nations, India and Pakistan.\nHe couldn't have been more ill-equipped for the job.\nAll he had at his disposal were outdated maps and old Census reports. An on-ground study was out of the question as it would have been \"impossible to undertake a field survey in June because of the heat\", said Radcliffe, whose boundary in the west would separate Pakistan from Kashmir, an area he was \"not even aware of\" and would hear about only after he returned to England.\nTwo boundary commissions were appointed to draw the Radcliffe Line \u2013 one for Punjab and the other for Bengal. Each was chaired by Radcliffe and comprised four other members, two from the Indian National Congress and two from the Muslim League. All of them were serving judges.\nThe members of the Punjab Boundary Commission were Justices Mehr Chand Mahajan, Teja Singh, Din Mohamed and Muhammad Munir, while the Bengal Boundary Commission consisted of Justices C C Biswas, B K Mukherji, Abu Saleh Mohamed Akram and S A Rahman.\nRadcliffe was not pleased with their recommendations. One Muslim League member, he later revealed, urged him to include Darjeeling in Pakistan, saying he and his family vacationed there every summer and \"it would be hard on us if the place went to India\".\nWith just five weeks to cleave a massive subcontinent, Radcliffe was bound to make errors and stir controversies. In Bengal, for instance, many Hindu-majority towns and villages found themselves in East Pakistan. The error was eventually corrected, giving these border towns two Independence Days!\nA bitter controversy marked the allotment of two crucial tehsils in Punjab that had first been given to Pakistan but were later awarded to India before the official Radcliffe Line was announced. These were Zira and Ferozepur tehsils, both Muslim-majority areas, which were switched to India to provide the country a link to Jammu & Kashmir. The story goes that the switch was made at Lord Mountbatten's behest, to 'favour India'.\nWhen Nayar met Radcliffe in 1971 and asked him whether he was satisfied with the border he drew, the barrister said he had so little time that he could not do a better job. \"If I had two to three years, I might have improved on what I did,\" said Radcliffe.\nHis understatement continues to echo through the annals of history.\nReferring to the impossibility of Radcliffe's assignment, noted poet W H Auden composed a poem titled Partition (1966), whose lines went thus:\nUnbiased at least he was when he arrived on his mission,\nHaving never set eyes on this land he was called to partition\nBetween two peoples fanatically at odds,\nWith their different diets and incompatible gods.\n'Time,' they had briefed him in London, 'is short. It's too late\nFor mutual reconciliation or rational debate\nThe only solution now lies in separation.\nThe Viceroy thinks, as you will see from his letter,\nThat the less you are seen in his company the better,\nSo we've arranged to provide you with other accommodation.\nWe can give you four judges, two Moslem and two Hindu,\nTo consult with, but the final decision must rest with you.'\nShut up in a lonely mansion, with police night and day\nPatrolling the gardens to keep assassins away,\nHe got down to work, to the task of settling the fate\nOf millions. The maps at his disposal were out of date\nAnd the Census Returns almost certainly incorrect,\nBut there was no time to check them, no time to inspect\nContested areas. The weather was frightfully hot,\nAnd a bout of dysentery kept him constantly on the trot,\nBut in seven weeks it was done, the frontiers decided,\nA continent for better or worse divided.\nThe next day he sailed for England, where he quickly forgot\nThe case, as a good lawyer must. Return he would not,\nAfraid, as he told his Club, that he might get shot.\nRadcliffe is said to have been so disturbed by the violence that had erupted on both sides of his line that he left India on 15th August 1947, the very day it was severed from Pakistan and achieved Independence. He apparently burnt all his documents and maps, and didn't even collect the 40,000-rupee fee that was due to him.\nThe truth is, any line that divided India and Pakistan would have resulted in the violence and bloodshed that followed Partition. Cyril Radcliffe just happened to be the man chosen to draw it.\nCover Image: Members of the Punjab Boundary Commission (Left: Justice Muhammad Munir, Justice Din Muhammad; Centre: Cyril Radcliffe; Right: Justice Mehr Chand Mahajan, Justice Teja Singh)\nNow, get a chance to engage with leading experts from across the world, enjoy exclusive in-depth content, curated programs on culture, art, heritage and join us on special tours, through our premium service, LHI Circle. Subscribe here.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Jan Kuyper Erland\nJanspan\nOn Blogger since May 2009\nJan's Brainy Insight\nCognitive and Memory Research, Instruc; sequential memory slills training\nLawrence, Kansas, United States\nAttended the University of Texas, the University of Iowa, and graduated with B.S. degree in Education from Drake University, majoring in Education, Speech-Drama, and English. Minored in Science and Social Science. Taught grades K-8 in seven Midwestern public school districts. Received a Masters Degree in Special Education - Learning Disabilities from the University of Kansas, and 1980 formed the non-profit 501 C3 Educational Media Therapy Consultants, Inc. This was later changed to Innovative Learning Stratagems, Inc., a national consulting group offering teacher and parent informative workshops and student scholarhships for cognitive skills retraining and Brain-Based Learning. Additionally, formed Mem-ExSpan, Inc. to develop educational cognitive skills retraining content through continuous classes to help individuals ages 9 to adult. Established thirteen national training-test sites, published and documented research from six experiments over five generational developmental levels. Four published longitudinal reports appeared in The Journal of Accelerated Learning and Teaching (JALT) with several demographic groups.\nCreative writing-blogging, coding, data analysis, technology, blended e-Learning, website development, childrens' theater, vocal artist applying puppetry as an instructional tool\nThe old classics\nBaroque-Classical-Jazz -- especially J.S. Bach, Chopin\nDouglas Hofstadter, Godel, Escher, Bach: \"An Eternal Golden Braid\", Leonard Shlain: \"Art and Physics\" and \"Leonardo's Brain\", Pierre Lassus: \"Discovering the Hidden Wisdom of The Little Prince\".\nWhat is the name of your high school? Pella High School, Pella, Iowa","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Evolve IP\nCloud Glossary\nWhy Evolve IP?\nIDC: Statistics on the Financial Impact of Unplanned Downtime\nBlog Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery IDC: Statistics on the Financial Impact of Unplanned Downtime\nAugust 17, 2017 \/ Evolve IP\nBusinesses today survive on information. There is an increasing emphasis on information and applications to do everything from communicating with customers, work remotely, treat patients, sell products and more. But we also see increasingly numerous threats to uptime, not just in the form of natural disasters, but also in physical infrastructure vulnerabilities, rising security threats or just human error.\nResearch firm IDC has found three big realities in today's business continuity landscape:\n\u2014 Disaster recovery (DR) and business continuity (BC) are consistently rated among the top concerns for CIOs and CEOs.\n\u2014 DR and BC practices are being audited and tested more frequently.\n\u2014 Many companies, especially financial service firms, are promoting greater exposure to their DR policies. They are publishing them externally for customers and key stakeholders to review as part of standard operating procedures.\nAll of these trends are with good cause. IDC found that 71% of U.S. businesses in a recent survey experienced less than 10 hours of downtime per year. While that may not sound like a lot, the implications in terms of financial impact can be significant. Projecting forward the annual costs for those 10 hours of unplanned downtime, an SMB could see up to $125,000 in economic impact. For an enterprise? As much as $17 million.\nDisaster recovery testing can go a long way to assuage executive concerns about IT resiliency and ensure that systems are, in fact, ready for any unplanned outage. In the past, DR testing was done annually, at best, even by the largest firms. But today, an optimal scenario has disaster recovery testing occurring regularly and, ideally, several times per year.\nIDC found that, of firms with fewer than 100 employees, 35% are never testing their plans. 41% of midsize firms (up to 1,000 employees) are testing their plans once per year. And, of large firms (1,000 \u2013 5,000 employees), 52% test their plans more than once per year, sometimes semi-annually, or even more often. Of course, there is still room for improvement among each group. The point of these tests is to uncover vulnerabilities, to correct those vulnerabilities, and to possibly lead to upgrades in technology to improve upon recovery objectives.\nFor more information on Disaster Recovery as a Service, check out our product page.\nCategories: Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery\nAbout Evolve IP\nEvolve IP is The Cloud Strategy Company\u2122. Designed from the beginning to provide organizations with a unified option for cloud services, Evolve IP enables decision-makers to migrate all or select IT technologies to its award-winning cloud platform. Evolve IP's combination of security, stability, scalability, and lower total cost of ownership is fundamentally superior to outdated legacy systems and other cloud offerings. Today, tens of thousands of customers across the globe depend daily on Evolve IP for cloud services like virtual servers, virtual desktops, disaster recovery, unified communications, contact centers, and more.\nHalfpenny Technologies\nHow We Can Help Credit Unions\nCredit Union Top Technology Trends\nEvolve IP provides business continuity for The Palm Restaurant Group\nThe Evolve IP Compliance CloudTM\nCompliance is a way to do business \u2026 not an afterthought when clients need it.\nAt Evolve IP we have a dedicated compliance and security practice and work with two of the world's top 3rd-party compliance auditors, Grant Thornton and Ernst & Young, to enable customers to extend their compliance to our fully audited cloud. This focus allows us to deliver the documentation and assurances that other's simply cannot including HIPAA \/ HITRUST, PCI-DSS (all 12 sections), SOC 2\/3 and more. The Compliance CloudTM includes true client isolation, encryption in transit and at rest, private VLANs, firewalls and dozens of other security measures.\nCompliance may vary by region\n\"High-level technology, better compliance, cybersecurity, and communication capabilities are expected of all providers of financial services, regardless of size. With the rate of change and costs involved, it is difficult for any size credit union to keep pace. So when we were looking for a cloud technology partner, we emphasized the need to provide to our members with technology solutions that help them compete with larger banks and financial institutions, at a cost they can afford. Evolve IP offers all that, plus broad financial services industry experience and a pedigree of providing first-rate service to support growth and continually enhance the entire member experience.\"\nDavid Frankil, Chairman of the NJCUL Services Corporation and President\/CEO of the New Jersey Credit Union League\n\"The people that Evolve IP are more personable; you don't feel like there's necessarily a script when you're talking with them, they're easy to understand, quick to get a hold of, and they follow through on what they say they're going to do.\"\n\"Evolve IP has been a vendor partner that has grown with us, that has helped us, and that you know stands by us and stands by their word.\"\n\"I was a bit of skeptical because I've been told that by sales guys before...but you've all came through on every one of their promises and not only that, but even throughout our subsequent years of working with us as partners, you've stepped up to the plate whenever we needed something and provided a helping hand\"\n\"\u2026we were assigned a project manager for our implementation they weren't just force-feeding one process down. they listened, they work with us, they adjusted schedules and they held our hand every step of the way\u2026\"\nWhat the Experts Think\nOur analyst-acclaimed solutions are built on a world-class, compliant architecture that leverages the blue-chip technologies organizations already know and trust.\nWe deploy best-of-breed solutions including: Disaster Recovery, Contact Center, Unified Communications, DaaS, IaaS. Our services are analyst-acclaimed, vendor-validated, client recommended and award-winning.\nEvolve IP is proud to have achieved the honor of being HITRUST CSF certified! Certification to the HITRUST Common Security Framework (CSF) affirms that all of Evolve IP's cloud computing and cloud communications services adhere to the strictest security standards for electronic protected health information (PHI). The HITRUST security standard was developed by and for the healthcare industry as a means of going above and beyond the compliance requirements of HIPAA.\nThe HITRUST Common Security Framework (CSF) was developed to address the multitude of security, privacy and regulatory challenges facing healthcare organizations. The HITRUST CSF was developed by healthcare and IT professionals to provide an efficient and prescriptive framework for managing the security requirements inherent in HIPAA. HITRUST CSF rationalizes healthcare-relevant regulations and standards into a single overarching security framework. An important part of the \"What is HITRUST\" answer is understanding that the CSF is risk-based and compliance-based so that organizations can tailor the security control baselines and vendor management programs that they follow based on their specific organization type, size, systems, and regulatory requirements.\nThe Privacy regulations of the U.S. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) require health care providers, organizations, and their business associates, develop and follow procedures that ensure the confidentiality and security of protected health information (PHI) when it is transferred, received, handled, or shared. This applies to all forms of PHI \u2014 paper, oral, and electronic, etc. Those who fail to adhere to HIPAA can suffer from huge fines climbing into the millions of dollars for major violations.\nThe Compliance Cloud\u2122 fully enables covered entities and their business associates subject to HIPAA regulations to leverage a secure environment to process, maintain, and store protected health Information (PHI) featuring among other controls.\nSSAW 16 Service Organization Control II (SOC 2)\nEvolve IP has received an SSAE 16 SOC 2 Type II report on our internal controls relating to how we assess and address the potential risks associated with the security, availability, and confidentiality of not only the cloud-based services that we provide, but also our physical and logical infrastructure. Evolve IP utilizes the Certified Public Accounting firm of Grant Thornton to perform its annual audit and attestation in accordance with the Statements on Standards for Attestation Engagements No. 16 and the associated Trust Services Principles, as published by the AICPA, to evaluate the effectiveness of Evolve IP's service organizations controls.\nWhile Forbes regularly features coverage and recognition about Evolve IP, they've most recently recognized Evolve IP as being the \"Best Cloud Computing Companies And CEOs To Work For In 2017\". They've ranked Evolve IP in the Top 3 just behind Google and Microsoft in the Cloud Infrastructure classification. (Feb 2017). Forbes also recently recognizes Evolve IP for bringing Singer Equipment Corporation, a mainstream business based in PA, into the cloud by means of unified communication. (Sept 2017). Last year, Forbes recognized Evolve IP's survey of 1,080 executives citing that the number one reason to go to the cloud is the same reason that it is avoided. (Mar 2016).\nUnified Communications Product of the Year\nTMC and Internet Telephony Magazine have named Evolve IP's unified communications platform as a 2017 Unified Communications Product of the Year Award winner. This marks the 6th time Evolve IP has been honored with this prestigious award and follows a series of product innovations that have allowed the company to rapidly expand its international coverage.\nEvolve IP's business collaboration tools and IP phone system dramatically improve employee productivity in the office and on the road with a Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS) platform that fully integrates voice, video, instant messaging & presence (IM&P), desktop sharing, audio\/web conferencing and more. The company also provides a sophisticated Web-based management portal, OSSmosis\u00ae, that allows administrators to easily configure system functions and quickly modify users without the need to reach out to a third party for changes.\nInc. magazine has recognized Evolve IP in the 34th annual Inc. 500|5000, an exclusive listing of the nation's fastest-growing private companies. The list will be unveiled in the September issue of Inc.\nThe story of this year's Inc. 5000 is the story of great leadership. In an incredibly competitive business landscape, it takes something extraordinary to take your company to the top,\" says Inc. President and Editor-In-Chief Eric Schurenberg. \"You have to remember that the average company on the Inc. 5000 grew nearly six-fold since 2012. Business owners don't achieve that kind of success by accident.\nPayment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS)\nEvolve IP has achieved Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard (DSS) compliance covering all 12 sections of the PCI DSS. The PCI data security standard is a comprehensive set of standards that require merchants and service providers that store, process, or transmit customer payment card data to adhere to strict information security controls and processes. It was created by the founding brands of the PCI Security Standards Council, which includes American Express, Discover Financial, JCB International, MasterCard Worldwide, and Visa Inc.\nEvolve IP is also a registered and participating member of the CSA Security, Trust & Assurance Registry (STAR). The CSA was formed to encourage transparency of security practices within cloud providers. It is a free, publicly accessible registry that documents the security controls provided by various cloud computing offerings, thereby helping users assess the security of cloud providers they currently use or are considering contracting with. CSA STAR is open to all cloud providers, and allows them to submit assessment reports that document compliance to CSA published best practices. The searchable registry will allow potential cloud customers to review the security practices of providers, accelerating their due diligence and leading to higher quality procurement experiences. CSA STAR represents a major leap forward in industry transparency, encouraging providers to make security capabilities a market differentiator.\nDeloitte's Technology Fast 500TM\nEvolve IP has been ranked for the second consecutive year on Deloitte's Technology Fast 500\u2122, a ranking of the 500 fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences and energy tech companies in North America \u2013 both public and private. Technology Fast 500 award winners are selected based on percentage fiscal year revenue growth from 2012 to 2015. The list is a veritable Who's Who of technology that has included tech companies like Google, VMware and Facebook.\nTechnology Fast 500 provides a ranking of the fastest growing technology, life sciences, and energy the companies \u2013 both public and private \u2013 in North America. Technology Fast 500 award winners are selected based on percentage fiscal year revenue growth during the period from 2012 \u2013 2016.\nRed Herring has named Evolve IP as one of the Top 100 Companies in North America. Red Herring's Top 100 recognizes the leading and most promising private companies from around the world. Among the over 20 criteria used to analyze companies for the award, Evolve IP was noted for its financial performance, technological innovation, customer footprint, the DNA of its founders and addressable market.\nRed Herring selects the award winners for North America from approximately 1,200 privately financed companies each year in the US and Canada. Since 1996, Red Herring has kept tabs on these organizations and its editors were among the first to recognize that companies such as Facebook, Twitter, Google, Yahoo, Skype, Salesforce.com, YouTube, Palo Alto Networks and eBay would change the way we live and work.\nEvolve IP has been recognized as one of the \"Best Entrepreneurial Companies in America\" in Entrepreneur magazine's Entrepreneur360\u2122 Performance Index, a study involving a comprehensive analysis of private companies in America. Based on this study forged by Entrepreneur, Evolve IP is recognized as a company that exemplifies growth, not just in top and bottom line, but in sustainability and the ability to achieve lasting success.\nAccording to Entrepreneur, after evaluating approximately 10,000 U.S. based firms, the team of editors and researchers behind the E360 Performance Index collected more than 250 pieces of data from the finalists, focusing on growth drivers and challenges, goal setting, resource allocations, and reward systems. The analysis uncovered a class of leading companies, including Evolve IP, whose continued success is largely based on superior value creation for their customers, building an adaptive learning culture, and aggressive geographic expansion\u2014placing them amongst the most dynamic firms in America today.\nVoice2Teams\nWhat is SIP Trunking?\nOmnichannel Communications - The Next Big Thing in Healthcare\nCollaboration and Communications Survey Reveals Organizations Dealing With Multiple, Unintegrated Systems\nJanuary 15, 2020 \/ Evolve IP\nMicrosoft Teams Set to Dominate Collaboration Landscape; Unifying Communications and Collaboration a Key Driver for Majority of Businesses Evolve IP\u00ae, the world's leading provider of Purpose-Built\u00ae cloud solutions, today...\nEvolve IP Named for Third Consecutive Year To Gartner's 2019 Magic Quadrant for Contact Center as a Service, North America\nOctober 18, 2019 \/ Evolve IP\nReceives 4.7 out of 5 stars and a 92% recommendation rate within the CCaaS \u2013 North America Market Based on Independent Client Reviews From Gartner's Peer Insights Website WAYNE,...\nEvolve IP Europe and Evolve IP United Kingdom Exceed 125,000 IP Phone System, Unified Communications and Contact Center Users\nSeptember 27, 2019 \/ Evolve IP\nUnited Kingdom (UK) and European Union (EU) Divisions Capitalizing on Rapid Adoption of Cloud Communications; Private Label and Channel Partners Leveraging New Services to Grow Client Bases in Europe,...\nEvolve IP Named For Seventh Time to the Inc. 5000 List of Fastest-Growing Private Companies\nWorld's Leading Provider of Integrated Cloud Communications and Collaboration, Computing and Identity Management Recognized for Unprecedented Growth WAYNE, Pa.\u2014August 13, 2019\u2014Evolve IP\u00ae, The Cloud Strategy Company\u2122, today announced its inclusion on...\nPhone - +44 (0)203 326 0800\nEmail - sales@evolveip.uk\nFacebook Twitter LinkedIn Instagram YouTube Blog\nUK NL DE\nClick 2 Talk\nUC-One\nSIP Trunking 2.0\n\u00a9 2020 Evolve IP, LLC. 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{"text":"Home\/Alumni\/Awesome Alumni: Astronaut Sunita Williams, M.S. Engineering Management '95\nAwesome Alumni: Astronaut Sunita Williams, M.S. Engineering Management '95\npressable August 16, 2012\nOver 200 miles high above the Earth, Florida Tech alumna and astronaut, Sunita Williams, is conducting experiments on the International Space Station (ISS) as part of Expedition 32. She will stay on the ISS through Expedition 33, where she will take command!\nBefore earning her M.S. in engineering management from Florida Tech, she was flying a little closer to home as a Naval Aviator. Her career sent her overseas to support Operation Desert Storm and Operation Provide Comfort. Sunita also provided aid as part of Hurricane Andrew Relief Operations as the Officer-in-Charge.\nHer career and achievements are truly remarkable:\n\u2022 She currently holds the title for the longest spaceflight among women astronauts for her 195 days spent in orbit.\n\u2022 She was the first astronaut to run a marathon in orbit. It occurred in conjunction with the 2007 Boston Marathon, which she completed in four hours and 24 minutes.\n\u2022 She has logged over 3,000 flight hours in more than 30 aircraft.\n\u2022 She received the Medal for Merit in Space Exploration from Russia in 2011.\n\u2022 Sunita was awarded the Humanitarian Service Medal.\n\u2022 Sunita received a Navy Commendation Medal and a Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal.\n\u2022 Spaceflights completed:\no STS-116 on Space Shuttle Discover as part of Expeditions 14 & 15\no STS-117 on Space Shuttle Atlantis\u2013 return to Earth\no Soyuz TMA-05M as part of Expeditions 32 & 33\n\u2022 Sunita has completed four spacewalks that total over 29 hours. She will complete her fifth spacewalk on August 30, 2012.\n\u2022 Her dog, Gorby, was featured on the television show \"The Dog Whisperer.\"\n\u2022 She loves the Boston Red Sox and bow hunting.\n\u2022 In 2002, she was a crew member on the NEEMO 2 mission, living underwater in the Aquarius habitat for 9 days.\n\u2022 Sunita donated her hair to Locks of Love during STS-116. Fellow Panther grad, Joan Higginbotham, who was also on the mission, was the one who actually helped Sunita cut her hair.\n\u2022 She appeared on the Colbert Report to announce the naming of the ISS's node 3 as \"Colbert\".\n\u2022 Sunita is a licensed amateur radio operator with the call sign KD5PLB.\nIf you are interested on checking in on what Sunita is up to onboard the ISS, check out NASA's Space Station Live site.\nkibirige jamir says:\nthat's great for sunita for having developed her career to that level, and great thanks to Florida tech that has contributed a lot her career.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Summary Judgment & Shifting the Burden of Proof: Court Grants Summary Judgment for Plaintiff and Denies Summary Judgment for Defendant in FDCPA and TCPA Case\nBy Jonathan Turner & David M. Gettings on January 18, 2021\nPosted in All Entries, FDCPA, TCPA\nIn Russell v. Law, Judge Van Bokkelen, of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana, granted summary judgment, in part, to Russell Friend (\"Plaintiff\")\u2013 alleging Taylor Law, PLLC (\"Defendant\") contacted Plaintiff continually in attempts to collect debt after Plaintiff's request that Defendant cease contact, in violation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. Moreover, the Court denied summary judgment for Defendant on Plaintiff's count that Defendant violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act by \"calling [Plaintiff] with an automatic dialing system.\"\nIn that case, Plaintiff opened a credit card issued by Citibank, and Citibank's records showed Citibank later closed the card for non-payment of a $7,381.05 balance. Subsequently, Citibank sold the debt to CACH, LLC, who retained Defendant to collect the debt. After attempts to collect debt from Plaintiff, and Plaintiff's initial willingness to discuss payment, Plaintiff sent a letter to Defendant disputing he owed the debt and demanding Defendant refrain from contacting him for purposes other than confirming \"[n]otification of receipt of this letter,\" \"[n]otification of the results of your verification,\" and \"[n]otification of any legal action taken by [Defendant] against [Plaintiff].\" After receipt of Plaintiff's letter, Defendant continued attempts to contact Plaintiff by phone and letter and, subsequently, sued Plaintiff for the debt. In response, Plaintiff filed suit.\nThe Court found that Plaintiff failed to provide argument in briefing as to three of the five counts brought against Defendant, and accordingly granted summary judgment for Defendant on those counts. However, the Court granted summary judgment in Plaintiff's favor as to one count, finding that \"[Defendant] violated [the FDCPA] by continuing to contact [Plaintiff] after [Plaintiff] demanded that [Defendant] stop.\" Further, the Court denied summary judgment for Defendant regarding Plaintiff's allegation that Defendant violated the TCPA by utilizing an automatic telephone dialing system to call Plaintiff.\nFirst, regarding the FDCPA count, the Court found Defendant's contention that Plaintiff's letter merely \"'invited communication' rather than directing [Defendant] to cease all communication\" was unpersuasive. Specifically, despite Defendant contention that its letter to Plaintiff after Plaintiff's demand that Defendant refrain from contacting him served merely to \"notify [Plaintiff] that we had been unable to reach him and hopefully obtain contact as to the verification of the account,\" the Court found that the language of the letter and other testimony on the record \"blatantly contradicted\" such a finding, and held that Defendant was soliciting debt repayment in violation of the FDCPA. Defendant's letter, in relevant part, stated the following: \"We remain willing to work with you to resolve this account. Please contact us at your earliest convenience to discuss what options may be available to you. [. . .] Payment may be made to [Defendant] . . . with funds made payable to CACH, LLC.\"\nSecond, and more importantly, the Court denied summary judgment for Defendant regarding Plaintiff's allegation that Defendant violated the TCPA by utilizing an ATDS to call Plaintiff's cell phone. Significantly, the Court reasoned that there was a genuine issue of material fact as to whether Defendant called Plaintiff with an ATDS, despite the fact that testimony from Defendant's employee that he (1) \"did not know what software [Defendant] used to make calls, but it was made by a company called LIVEVOX.\" and (2) did not believe the agents made calls to Plaintiff with an ATDS. In other words, although Plaintiff offered no evidence supporting the contention that Defendant called Plaintiff with an ATDS, the Court found Defendant employee's testimony sufficient to show that \"it was possible for [Defendant] to use automatic dialers [and] a reasonable juror might not adopt [the] belief that [Defendant] did not use its automated dialing system to call [Plaintiff].\" Accordingly, the Court denied Defendant's motion for summary judgment on the count.\nDavid M. Gettings\nDave primarily defends consumer class actions. In a client's words with respect to an FCRA class action he was defending: \"He is a forceful and prepared advocate when necessary, but also a peacemaker when that better serves the client. And he never, ever\nDave primarily defends consumer class actions. In a client's words with respect to an FCRA class action he was defending: \"He is a forceful and prepared advocate when necessary, but also a peacemaker when that better serves the client. And he never, ever misses a detail or an angle.\"\nRead more about David M. GettingsDavid M.'s Linkedin Profile","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"New honors system proposal stirs emotions\nAddie Lindenmeyer, Editor-In-ChiefMay 21, 20191 Comment\nMore stories from Addie Lindenmeyer\nWho's that baby?\nAfter only a four year lifespan of weighted grades that was first initiated at the beginning of the 2015-16 school year, the recent proposal of changing the recognition system has become the hot topic of students and faculty alike. Contemplation surrounding the proposal began in the spring of 2018, when the USD 373 Board of Education recommended that the administration look at weighted grades and recognition.\nFollowing the recommendation from the board, a committee of department heads was created to represent each division in the school. From there, departments chairs held discussions with teachers in each department. The majority of staff supported the motion and therefore the proposal was sent to the board.\n\"In my department, there was at least one person that was very opposed to doing away with weighted grades and I stated that at the department meeting. I said 'Well most of my department is on board, not all,'\" Crittenden said. \"A lot of other departments said the same thing, not all people in the department were supportive of doing away with weighted grades, but the majority was.\"\nWith the introduction of the new honors system, administration is hoping to equally recognize students within core academics and CTE courses, as well as encourage students to participate in classes that will contribute to their futures. Counselor Alex Tyler believes that equity in the recognition of students was a main factor in the initiation of a proposal.\n\"I think being able to have students not have to make decisions [between core academics and CTE courses] and for them to be able to take classes that they want to take, not just necessarily because they want to get this recognition, is important,\" Tyler said. \"Maybe they miss out on being able to be in journalism or doing that because they couldn't get all of their AP classes in.\"\nSTEM\/PLTW engineering teacher Brian Rickard agrees with the proposal of unweighted grades claiming that students should take classes that correspond with their desired future career.\n\"I would say that it's important that students understand the value in the course comes from the content you are able to expose yourself to and learn. If the course has value to you and what your goals are,\" Rickard said. \"Whether your goal is to score well on the ACT, whether your goal is to go to Hutch Community College, whether your goal is to get a job in advanced manufacturing, whether is your goal is to go to fine arts somewhere; you need to be able to understand the value of the course and take the course because of the value that the content gives you.\"\nOn the contrary, English teacher Lisa Otter believes that administration and teachers need a way to uphold the value of core courses such as math, English, science and social studies. Otter said removing weighted grades will result in the equal treatment of unequals.\n\"Not all classes are created equal, there are some that are more academically rigorous. People in other disciplines, they get certificates, they get employment right away out of school, you know all of those things,\" Otter said. \"You need a way to recognize academics, core academics in particular, which kind of tend to get shoved off to the side with all the talk about the value of CTE. We lose some of that liberal arts focus and my philosophy has always been getting students to make a life, not just a living.\"\nOtter said she received similar responses from the students within her three honors courses, most of them livid and holding the belief that the proposal was unjust.\n\"The other thing that caused me to take this on, is I'm a trauma responsive coach here at the high school. The initial purpose of the program, especially the weighted grades, was to incentivize taking the more rigorous academic courses,\" Otter said. \"A lot of students, that's kind of a safety net for them, they may be more willing to take an honors or an AP course knowing that there is just that little bit of a cushion.\"\nJunior Mariah McDonald said she thinks that weighted grades motivate students to take 'rigorous' courses, as well as positively affect mental health.\n\"I think we should keep weighted grades. I do like the new cum laude system and all the programs that they are including, however, I think that weighted grades are essential to people's mental health in school or how they value themselves,\" McDonald said.\nNevertheless, freshman Own Mick said he does not believe unweighted grades will have considerable influence on students' futures.\n\"It [unweighted grades] doesn't really have an effect on us overall and when you go into college and you hand in your transcript and stuff, they don't really look at it [weighted grades], they'll look at the classes you take,\" Mick said. \"They won't weight it, it's the class itself.\"\nWith the proposal of a new honors system, some confusion has emerged surrounding the cum laude system, a method in which students are honored as a result of high academic achievement. As opposed to needing a 4.0 GPA to qualify for the current system, the new system will only require a GPA of 3.8. Counselor Jana Crittenden said that changes within the sophomore and junior classes in relation to weighted courses and cum laude recognition are unknown.\n\"I know the conversation was that there had to be some type of transitional plan because speaking for my students in the junior class, they have worked really hard and they have planned their schedules for cum laude. I don't think that should be taken away from them,\" Crittenden said. \"I think there's a lot of gray area yet because we don't know what the board is going to do.\"\nDespite conflicts with sporting events and the district wide orchestra concert, a number of students, parents and faculty members joined in the lecture hall on May 7 to voice their opinions surrounding the best interest of students. Otter said she feels as though students should be instrumental in constructing the grading system.\n\"We still have students who had crafted speeches, we have students with podcasts, we have students who are planning to write and email individual board members, and we do have some students who really don't care one way or another on weighted grades,\" Otter said.\nDespite the May 7 public discussion opportunity, there have been no official decisions for change made within the honors system, although discussion of the topic will not cease.\nCrittenden said administration and faculty still have an abundance of questions. The proposal will be an item of information at the June board meeting.\n\"They may say, 'We don't know' to the way it is currently presented and they may kick it back to us,\" Crittenden said. \"They may come back to us and say ;We want you to have a transition plan before we decide,' so I can't predict that.\"\nWhile there will be no word from the board until June, in the meantime, Otter encourages her students to keep contact with the board.\n\"I think a lot of my passion for what we have done here has been because I want you guys [students] to have a voice, you deserve a voice,\" Otter said. \"As far as what is going to happen after the board meeting, I am encouraging students to keep contacting the board members, they are the ones who will be making the decision ultimately, and so knowing that, we don't want it to slip from their minds.\"\nAddie Lindenmeyer, Newtonian Editor-in-Chief\nAddie is a senior and a third year Newtonian staff member serving as Editor-in-Chief. Her future goals include pursuing a career in sports medicine or...\nOne Response to \"New honors system proposal stirs emotions\"\nCathlina Bergman on May 23rd, 2019 3:33 am\nNicely done, Addie! Great overview of the subject and both sides of the issue.\nA couple of clarifications:\n1. The new system actually raises the GPA requirements from 3.5 to 3.6 (manga cum laude) and 3.8 (summa cum laude).\n2. The Board of Education has this down as a action item (taking a vote) in June, but that may have changed after all the public opposition to the proposal.\nThanks for covering an issue that matters to so many of our students!","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Front Page Politics U.S. WorldFROM JOSEPH FARAH'S G2 BULLETIN\nHuman Rights court to deliver huge ruling on surveillance\nCase alleges government spying incompatible with international standards\nThe European Court of Human Rights Grand Chamber is preparing to deliver a major ruling on government surveillance tactics, reports Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin.\nThe court has agreed to review Big Brother Watch v. U.K., a case that already has resulted in condemnation of federal spying from a panel of the court.\nAmnesty International explained the case centers on Britain's \"bulk surveillance powers\" and will be viewed as a precedent elsewhere.\nAmnesty leads a coalition of human rights organizations seeking a definitive judgment that would end bulk interception of communications.\nThe issue also has been in the courts in the United States, where the bulk interception of cell system data has been challenged.\nLucy Claridge, the director of strategic litigation at Amnesty, said, \"The U.K. government's mass surveillance practices are way beyond the pale \u2026 people's rights to privacy and freedom of expression are not expendable commodities.\"\nJust months ago, Liberty, Privacy International and Amnesty International were among the 14 rights groups and two individuals that won a landmark victory at the ECtHR. After a five year legal battle, judges found the U.K. surveillance regime revealed by the whistleblower Edward Snowden was illegal.\nAmnesty reported the court's decision found the historic bulk interception regime violated the right to privacy protected by Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights and to free expression, protected by Article 10.\nBut the privacy groups decided the judgment did not go far enough with regard to the unlawfulness of bulk interception powers and the fundamental shortcomings in inter-state intelligence sharing based on communications intercepts.\nThey moved to have the court's Grand Chamber take up the case.\nFor the rest of this report, and more, please go to Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"A few months ago I was offered the opportunity to join an organized base-visit to Casement Aerodrome at Baldonnel, the home of the Aer Ch\u00f3r na h\u00c9ireann, the Irish Air Corps (IAC). With the material gathered during this visit and a few pictures from my personal archive I will try to give you an overview of the current air assets of this relatively unknown and relatively rarely seen (on mainland Europe at least) air force.\nOne of the roles of the IAC, as with many other air forces, is Air Defense. For this role, in 2004, 8 Pilatus PC-9M's were delivered. These aircraft have six under-wing hard points and can be armed with either two Belgian-made FN HMP250 gun pods, each carrying a M3P .50 machine gun or with the FN LAU-7 rocket pods, each carrying seven FFARs (Folding-Fin Aerial Rocket). The fleet of PC-9M's is off course also used in the pilot training role and are operated by the Flying Training School, part of the Air Corps College. In 2009 one of the PC-9M's, serial 265 (seen here while landing at Beauvechain, Belgium in 2009), was lost in a fatal accident, but in 2017 a replacement aircraft, serial number 269, was delivered to the unit, the serial '268' was not used for an unknown reason.\nA very important role for the IAC is maritime surveillance, which includes fisheries protection and the monitoring of illegal maritime trafficking. For this the IAC uses two CASA CN-235M-100 patrol aircraft (serials 252 & 253). Unfortunately both aircraft were absent during our visit, but luckily they are regular visitors to the Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford where I saw them in previous years. The aircraft are operated by 101 Squadron, 'The maritime squadron', part of 1 Operations Wing and plan indicate that they are due for replacement with a more capable maritime patrol aircraft. No 1 Operations Wing is also responsible for 102 and 104 Sqn, the other two fixed-wing aircraft squadrons. 102 Squadron, 'Ministerial Air Transport Squadron', operates a single Gates Learjet 45 (serial 258), that was delivered in 2012, and is responsible for VIP transport. 104 Squadron, 'Army Co-Operation Squadron', operates the Reims-Cessna FR-172, of which 8 H-models and 1 K-model were delivered in 1972. During our visit three were seen operationally (203, 208 and 210), another one (206) was preserved in the base museum and a fifth airframe (205) was in a hangar next to the museum, so its status is a bit unclear. The Cessna's prime role is surveillance on behalf of the Irish Army and Utility transport. Their years in the IAC are numbered as in December 2017 a contract was signed with Pilatus for the delivery of three Pilatus PC-12's, who will replace the Cessna's. The first PC-12 was already noted in June 2018, but is currently undergoing installation of its ISTAR (Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance) package, so delivery of the first aircraft is expected to take place in 2019.\nThe second Wing at Casement Aerodrome is 3 Operations Wing, which is responsible for the two helicopter squadrons of the Irish Air Corps. 301 Squadron currently operates six AgustaWestland AW-'139s delivered between 2006 and 2008, when they replaced the venerable A\u00e9rospatiale SA-365F Dauphin. The AW-139's are used for various roles ranging from air ambulance, monitoring of inshore fishing activities, VIP transport, troop transport, general utility and army support, for this last role it can be equipped with the FN MAG 58M heavy machine gun. The second helicopter squadron, 302 Squadron, is equipped with two Eurocopter EC-135P2's, also mainly used in the army support role. During our visit only one of the EC-135P2's was present. The IAC operates two additional EC-135's, 256 & 272, that are operated by the Garda Air Support Unit (GASA), the Irish Police. One of these was present during our visit (as was their Britten-Norman BN2T-4S Islander), but unfortunately we were not allow to photograph these out of security reasons !\nThis completed our visit to the operational part of the Irish Air Corps, but Casement Aerodrome also houses a very nice base museum covering their history and off course we were also allowed to pay it a visit. During our visit we got an extensive explanation about its origins and the various aircraft used in the past.\nOldest aircraft in the museum is an Avro 631 Cadet, serial C7. This biplane trainer was delivered in 1934 and was also used in the coastal patrol role. It eventually ended up in New Zealand where it was recovered by the Irish for preservation in the museum. A second Avro-product is the Avro Nineteen, in fact the civil version of the Avro Anson. The aircraft in the museum entered service in 1946. Due to its proximity, the United Kingdom was a favorite aircraft supplier of IAC-aircraft, as the collection also holds a De Havilland DHC1 Chipmunk T20 and a Percival Provost T51. Final aircraft in this range is a De Havilland DH104 Dove 6. The museum's Dove is not an original IAC aircraft, but will be restored in the near future, probably to represent one of the IAC examples.\nThe first jet to enter service with the Irish Air Corps was the De Havilland DH115 Vampire. In total six were delivered from 1956 onwards and remained in service until 1976 when they were replaced by six second-hand Fouga CM170-2 Magisters. Interestingly some of the Fouga's were initially earmarked for delivery to the AviKat, the Aviation Katangaise, the air force of Katanga, a region that tried to break away from the Congo in the early sixties. During our visit four of the six Fouga's were noted at Baldonnel, a fifth (serial 217) is currently preserved at Zeltweg in Austria, this example used to be an ex-Austrian Air Force example, and the sixth (serial 220) is nowadays used as an instructional airframe at Carlow (Ireland). Also of interest was the presence of a former French Fouga, serial 79\/3-KE, that was delivered to Ireland for use as an instructional airframe (it even was allocated an Irish serial, '221', which it never wore), still wearing its original French colors. Final aircraft I want to mention in the museum section is the Siai-Marchetti SF-260W, of which 12 were delivered. Only one was preserved in Ireland, as the remaining 7 survivors were very popular on the United States second-hand market where they all are in airworthy condition.\nThe future of the Irish Air Corps will be quite challenging as several of the current types are due for replacement. The Cessna FR-172's will be replaced by the PC-12's; they plan to replace the CN-235M's with a more capable maritime patrol aircraft and apparently around 2025 a scheduled replacement for the PC-9M is needed, but until now no firm orders have been placed.\nFinally I want to thank the Irish Air Corps Air Staff for their very kind reception at Casement Aerodrome and of course Grant Robinson from the Oxford Aviation Group for allowing me to join their tour, much appreciated !","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"The HIGH PRIESTS of WAR\n288 in stock (can be backordered)\nThe HIGH PRIESTS of WAR quantity\nCategories: Conspiracy, Israel, Michael Collins Piper\nThe High Priests of War is a non-fiction book that resembles a Gothic horror novel, a classic tale of a haunted house and the evil spirits that dwell within, the story of a wealthy young king\u2014scion of a famous family\u2014ensconced in a stately palace and endowed with great powers, yet surrounded, even possessed, by malevolent demonic forces manipulating him from \"back there in the shadows.\"\nBut the high priests of war exist in real life. The damage these neoconservative war-mongers are doing to America and the world is immense.\nIf these neoconservatives continue in their reign of ruin,we should not be surprised to see the White House end up looking once again as it did after being gutted by British torches in 1814: whether the consequence of a popular rebellion by angry patriotic Americans or the result of an attack by foreign forces determined to stop dead the intrigues of the high priests of war.\nOne thing is certain:\nThe time has come. Something has to be done . . .\nA United States Senator Speaks Out:\nWhy Americans are really dying in Iraq . . .\n\"With 760 dead in Iraq and over 3,000 maimed for life, home folks continue to argue why we are in Iraq\u2014and how to get out . . . Even President Bush acknowledges that Saddam Hussein had nothing to do with 9-11. . . Of course there were no weapons of mass destruction. Israel's intelligence, Mossad, knows what's going on in Iraq. They are the best. They have to know. Israel's survival depends on knowing. Israel long since would have taken us to the weapons of mass destruction if there were any or if they had been removed. With Iraq no threat, why invade a sovereign country? The answer: President Bush's policy to secure Israel.\"\n\u2014U.S. Senator Ernest F. Hollings (D-S.C.), writing in The Charlotte Post and Courier, May 6, 2004\n(For making these forthright remarks, in a column in which he also specifically named several of the \"high priests of war\" described in this book, Sen. Hollings\u2014a longtime friend of the U.S. military\u2014was harshly denounced by the Anti-Defamation League and a host of politicians eager to curry favor with the Israeli lobby. Yet, just shortly before, a respected Jewish newspaper, Forward, stated that Israel had benefited from the Iraq war\u2014\"uniquely\" it said\u2014and that Israeli intelligence had provided information used by the Bush administration to justify the invasion of Iraq. See below for whatForward said.)\nLeading Jewish Newspaper:\nIsrael 'uniquely benefited' from Iraq war . . .\n\"On the eve of the war, Israel was a quiet but enthusiastic supporter of America's war plans. Saddam Hussein's military power, it was universally agreed, made him one of the Jewish state's most dangerous adversaries . . . His overthrow was seen as eliminating Israel's most serious existential threat . . . [and Israel] eagerly cooperated . . . sharing information on Iraqi capabilities and intentions . . . meant to help the American action . . . . But because Israel uniquely benefited from a war that is increasingly controversial in America and around the world, fears of speaking out have grown even stronger than they were before the war.\"\n\u2014The New York-based Jewish weekly Forward, April 16, 2004\nJIM TUCKER'S BILDERBERG DIARY PDF\nForeword by Christopher Bollyn\nPreface: What Is Bilderberg\nChapter 1: The Early Years\nChapter 2: Quebec, 1983\nChapter 3: Saltsjobaden, 1984\nChapter 4: White Plains, 1985\nChapter 5: Gleneagles, 1986\nChapter 6: Cer nobbio, 1987\nChapter 7: Innsbruck, 1988\nChapter 8: La Toja, 1989\nChapter 9: Glen Cove, 1990\nChapter 10: Baden-Baden, 1991\nChapter 11: Evian, 1992\nChapter 12: Vouliagmeni, 1993\nChapter 13: Helsinki, 1994\nChapter 14: Burgenstock, 1995\nChapter 15: King City, 1996\nChapter 16: Lake Lanier, 1997\nChapter 17: Turnberry, 1998\nChapter 18: Sintra, 1999\nChapter 19: Brussels, 2000\nChapter 20: Gothenburg, 2001\nChapter 21: Chantilly, 2002\nChapter 22: Versailles, 200\nChapter 23: Stresa, 2004\nChapter 24: Rottach-Egern, 2005\nAfter word: Masters of the Universe by Willis A. Carto\nAppendix 1: Attendee Lists\nAppendix 2: The Bilderberg Blackout\nAppendix 3: Bilderberg Strikes Back\nAppendix 4: Bilderberg Meeting Sites\nHILLARY (AND BILL) TRILOGY Book Deal\nConfessions of an Illuminati: The Time of Revelation and Tribulation Leading Up to 2020 (Volume II)\nAmerica's Racial POWDER KEG: How a Violent Dependency State Has Been Created Within the Black Community","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"BLM madness: 'I've lost everything'\nBy Gabe Kaminsky, The Federalist\nA year ago Tuesday, George Floyd died. Thereafter, hundreds of businesses across the nation were looted by Black Lives Matter and other radicals. MN Fashion and Jewelry in West Philadelphia was one of them.\nMasum Siddiquee stood in his home at 2:30 a.m. with his eyes glued to the surveillance cameras depicting activity in his store, he said. His two-decade-old shop, which sells cell phones, games, and jewelry, was being ransacked by criminals. Siddiquee was ready to go to the store and burst through the doors to protect it, but his wife advised him against it.\n\"I tried to come to my store but my wife said 'No, don't go, they're going to kill you,'\" Siddiquee told The Federalist. \"I came back four or five hours later after dawn.\"\nWhen he finally arrived, the looters were gone. They had taken $200,000 worth of goods and the windows of the storefront were smashed, he said. He cleaned up the place himself, and said, \"Everyone was watching, but no one was helping.\" The Bangladesh immigrant had worked hard for what he had, and it was destroyed in the blink of an eye.\nBefore the riot that destroyed it, Siddiquee's business was closed for more than two months because of strict coronavirus restrictions in the Commonwealth. After opening, he taped signs to the doorway informing customers that only two people with masks at a time could walk in. Only this month is Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf finally easing pandemic orders. But until 70 percent of Pennsylvanians have been vaccinated, Wolf's mask mandate remains.\nThe shop owner was denied a bank loan and received no coronavirus aid. He has relied on neighbors for help.\n\"I borrowed a lot of money from people and my area and I'm still trying to,\" he said. \"I'm trying to arrange all those things. I'm trying to get back my business.\"\nThe doors are still shuttered to customers. When I spoke to Siddiquee upon calling his store, he answered only because he had happened to stop by and grab an item. He said he \"is suffering profoundly\" and has \"lost everything.\"\nRead more at The Federalist.\n3 thoughts on \"BLM madness: 'I've lost everything'\"\nThursday, May 27th, 2021 at 10:29 pm\nAssuming he has the videos, insist police arrest them\u2026if identified, file charges and\/or sue each of them. And where was his insurance?\nThursday, May 27th, 2021 at 1:06 pm\nHow heartbreaking to lose a business after 20 years due to lawlessness!! How did he not qualify for aide through the CARES Act? The SBA still has money available for him. The Paycheck Protection Program, local county Grants, PUA (Pandemic aide for self employed) just to name a few. He should still apply for help.\nThursday, May 27th, 2021 at 11:14 am\nBLM has been given millions by corporate idiots. Sue them for inciting riots.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"John Major: let's take time out and revoke article 50\nTim Shipman\nSunday January 13 2019, 12.01am, The Sunday Times\nThe former Tory prime minister says 'a new process' of national consultation is required\nJUSTIN TALLIS\nSir John Major today demands that the government should revoke article 50 to halt Britain's departure from the EU and hand control to parliament instead.\nWriting in The Sunday Times, the former Tory prime minister says Theresa May should rescind existing Brexit legislation and call another referendum, arguing that \"a new process\" of national consultation is required.\nMajor warns that it would be \"morally reprehensible\" to slip into a no-deal Brexit, saying: \"The cost . . . to our national wellbeing would be heavy and long-lasting. The benefits are close to zero. Every single household \u2014 rich or poor \u2014 would be worse off for many years to come. Jumping off a cliff never has a happy ending.\"\nCalling for a halt to the","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Scientist win Nobel Prize for Sense of Warmth and Touch\nHome \u00bb News \u00bb Scientist win Nobel Prize for Sense of Warmth and Touch\nDavid Julius and Ardem Patapoutian, from the US, share the 2021 prize in Medicine or Physiology for their work on sensing touch and temperature. They discover how our bodies feel the warmth of the sun or a hug.\nThey unpicked how our bodies convert physical sensations into electrical messages in the nervous system.\nTheir findings could lead to new ways of treating pain.\nHeat, cold and touch are crucial for experiencing the world around us and for our own survival.\nBut how our bodies actually do it had been one of the great mysteries of biology.\nThomas Perlman, from the Nobel Prize Committee, said: \"It was a very important and profound discovery.\"\nProf David Julius's breakthrough, at the University of California, San Francisco, came from investigating the burning pain we feel from eating a hot chilli pepper.\nHe experimented with the source of a chilli's heat \u2013 the chemical capsaicin.\nHe discovered the specific type of receptor (a part of our cells that detects the world around them) that responded to capsaicin.\nFurther tests showed the receptor was responding to heat and kicked in at \"painful\" temperatures. This is what happens, for example, if you burn your hand on a cup of coffee.\nThe discovery led to a flurry of other temperature-sensors being discovered. Prof Julius and Prof Ardem Patapoutian found one that could detect cold.\nMeanwhile, Prof Patapoutian, working at the Scripps Research institute, was also poking cells in a dish.\nThose experiments led to the discovery of a different type of receptor that was activated in response to mechanical force or touch.\nWhen you walk along a beach and feel the sand under your feet \u2013 it is these receptors that are sending signals to the brain.\nProf Patapoutian actually missed multiple attempts by the Nobel Prize committee to let him know he was a winner. His phone was set to do-not-disturb so the flurry of phone calls from Sweden (at 0200 California time) went unanswered.\n\"They somehow got to my 94 year old father who lives in Los Angeles and he was able to call me and wake me up and tell me the news, which was ended up being a fantastic way to find out,\" he said.\nThese touch and temperature sensors have since been shown to have a wide role in the body and in some diseases.\nThe first heat sensor (called TRPV1) is also involved in chronic pain and how our body regulates its core temperature. The touch receptor (PIEZ02) has multiple roles, from urinating to blood pressure.\nThe Prize Committee said their work had \"allowed us to understand how heat, cold and mechanical force can initiate the nerve impulses that allow us to perceive and adapt to the world around us.\"\nIt added: \"This knowledge is being used to develop treatments for a wide range of disease conditions, including chronic pain.\"\nThe pair will share the 10m Swedish kronor (\u00a3845,000) prize.\nPrevPreviousWhy Are Airplane Windows Round?\nNextMexican Train Station built in Harmony With NatureNext","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"COSAFA Women's Championship Day 3 Update\nHome COSAFA Women's Championship Day 3 Update\nAsa, July 5, 2011 January 6, 2014 , News, 0\nCOSAFA Women's Championship In Harare Zimbabwe 2011\nZimbabwe has cruised into the semi-finals of the 2011 COSAFA Women's Championship with a thrilling 8-2 victory over Malawi at the Rufaro Stadium in Harare on Monday afternoon.\nStars striker Rudo Machingura scored five goals as the home side came back from an early deficit to overwhelm their opponents.\nThe match was played in front of an appreciative FIFA President Sepp Blatter, who was on hand to witness a deluge of goals from early on in front of a capacity crowd.\nThe hosts were ahead inside eight minutes as Machingura scored after a pass from Tsitsi Mairosi, but Malawi hit back as Linda Kasenda used her skill to pull her side level.\nAnd the Malawians were ahead soon afterwards when Kasenda scored her second, capitalising on a mistake from Zimbabwean defender Eunice Chidanha.\nBut that was as good as it got for the Malawians as Zimbabwe dominated proceedings from there on in.\nNokhutula Ndlovu brought the home side level with a fine strike, before Talent Mandaza netted from 30-yards with a shot that should have been saved by Malawian keeper Mwase Thoko.\nZimbabwe were further ahead just a minute later as Ndlovu started a finished a great move that saw her dribble past the keeper and finish into an empty net.\nMachingura was then teed-up by Ndlovu for the home side's fifth, before she scored a brilliant solo effort as she dribbled past four defenders to make the score line 6-2.\nMachingura the capitalised on a great cross from Tsitsi Mairosi to score her fourth, and the rout was complete as Marjory Nyaumwe set-up the former to add her fifth of the day.\nThe semi-final places in this year's tournament will be decided on Tuesday, though Zimbabwe, South Africa and Tanzania have already booked their places in the Last 4.\nLesotho could join them if they win or draw against Malawi, and Mozambique don't manage an unlikely victory over the rampant Zimbabweans.\nThe top two sides in each pool advance to the semi-finals on July 7, with the winners there to go head-to-head in the final on July 9. The semi-final losers will play for bronze in a third-place play-off on the same day.\nSource: cosafa\nProviding coverage of women's football from all around the world!\nMatch report: USWNT beat New Zealand 3-1 in front of 17,301 fans!\nWSU, September 16, 2017 September 16, 2017 , International Fixtures, Match report, News, 0\nMatch report: USWNT beat New Zealand 3-1 in front of 17,301 fans! Ertz leads the way with brace as...\nNWSL LIVE STREAM: WNY FLASH V CHICAGO RED STARS (18 JUNE 2014)\nWSU, June 18, 2014 June 18, 2014 , Live Women's Football, News, NWSL, 0\nUSA National Women's Soccer League 2014 season 18 June 2014 Western New York Flash vs. Chicago Red Stars Take...\nOpening Day Results Scottish Women's Premier League 12th March\nAsa, March 13, 2017 March 13, 2017 , News, SWPL, 0\nOpening Day Results Scottish Women's Premier League 12th March Rangers 2 \u2013 4 Hibernian Goals From: Harrison 22\u2032...\nFA Women's Cup Final 2014: Arsenal Ladies 2-0 Everton Ladies\nWSU, May 30, 2014 June 1, 2014 , News, 8\nArsenal and Everton will go head to head on Sunday 1 June 2014, at 4.30pm (local time), in the...\nPia Sundhage names Sweden's Squad for Algarve Cup 2015\nAsa, February 18, 2015 February 18, 2015 , Algarve Cup, News, 0\nPia Sundhage names Sweden's Squad for Algarve Cup 2015 AsaProviding coverage of women's football from all around the world!\nDay Ten at the FIFA Women's World Cup 2015 \u2013 Group Stage (17 June)\nWSU, June 17, 2015 June 17, 2015 , News, WWC2015, 29\nDay Ten at the FIFA Women's World Cup 2015 \u2013 Group Stage (17 June) The teams in Group E...\nLive stream: Thailand v Korea Republic | 21 August 2015 \u2013 AFC U-19 Women's Championship 2015\nWSU, August 20, 2015 August 21, 2015 , AFC U19, Live Women's Football, News, 4\nLive stream: Thailand v Korea Republic | 21 August 2015 \u2013 AFC U-19 Women's Championship 2015 Korea Republic netted...\nUSA 8-0 Costa Rica \u2013 Fan Tribute Tour (1st September 2012)\nWomen's Soccer United, August 31, 2012 January 5, 2014 , International Fixtures, News, 4\nThe opening match of the London 2012 Olympic Gold medallists USA's Fan Tribute Tour kicks off this weekend against...\n24 Hour Charity Football MatchWorld University Games 2011\nJulia Bic 7 years ago\nI was about to post about this! You beat me to it!\nI am currently speechless\u2026","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Home Interviews T.H.E Interview \u2013 Son Savage\nT.H.E Interview \u2013 Son Savage\nAkshay Bhanawat\nSon Savage shared his emotionally charged single 'The River' off of his upcoming album 'Folie \u00e0 Deux' (Madness of Two).\nIt is a song that represents the cycle of toxic love patterns so well from the lyrics to the emotion that you feel pouring out of his vocals he creates a safe space of reflection where you feel heard rather than judged.\nWe caught up with him to learn more about how the name \"Son Savage\" came about, \"The River\", upcoming album and more.\nAditya \u2013 Hey, Welcome to this edition of T.H.E \u2013 Interviews! How's 2021 been for you so far?\nSon Savage \u2013 Hello and thank you for having me! 2021 has been an absolute dream come true so far, and I'm super stoked to finally be dipping my toes into the music industry again.\nAditya \u2013 Right off the bat, I want to ask you the ideation behind your stage (or real) name 'Son Savage'?\nSon Savage \u2013 As strange as it sounds, the name came to me in a dream. What I love about it is the duality that the name represents. A \"son\" is a defined person \u2013 a cis-man who likely has parents. You can totally paint a picture of a \"son\". \"Savage\", on the other hand, is quite abstract and broad. The music itself explores dualities \u2013 mixing traditional pop structures with more abstract interpretations of grassroots influences. It does help that this project was also born in probably the most savage years of my life \u2013 between COVID and the August 4 Beirut blast which almost wiped me and my entire home city off the face of the Earth last year.\nAditya \u2013 'The River', your latest release gives me a very nostalgic feel, a very 80's vibe with a modern approach. Could we know more about this track?\nSon Savage \u2013 'The River' was never developed as a stand-alone track. The entire album, which will be released next month, was developed in a continuous creative train of thought which 'The River' is a part of. Like all the songs on the album, I took a relatively simple pop structure and contrasted it against influences that speak to me on a personal level, and those are usually rooted somewhere in the 60s-80s.\nAditya \u2013 What's your creative process like? How do you deal with writer's block?\nSon Savage \u2013 I don't. I hate forcing myself to make music, so if a song doesn't click on the first go, it's usually a sign that I need to let go of it. My music needs to come organically, naturally, and I usually like to set up the structure of the song in one sitting to ensure a genuine outcome.\nAditya \u2013 I'd like to know about your 'Son Savage' persona!\nSon Savage \u2013 Son Savage is my brain-child and is an amplification of my own personal quirks and ideas. Creating a fresh blank canvas on which I can paint this persona allowed me to truly explore thoughts, ideas and emotions I wouldn't have been able to explore otherwise.\nAditya \u2013 Could you brief us through the direction and production of the 'The River' music video?\nSon Savage \u2013 The music video was directed by one of the most talented creatives that Beirut has to offer \u2013 my good friend Bilal Houssami. Seeing as we're friends to begin with, the entire process from creative conceptualization, pre-production, on-set, and post was an entire thrill and that reflects in the fun and light end result that came about \u2013 which is truly how we all felt during this entire process.\nAditya \u2013 I'm keen to see what your album has to offer, what should the fans expect from your forthcoming album?\nSon Savage \u2013 The album, titled \"Folie \u00e0 Deux\", which is French for \"Madness of Two\", comprises of 12 songs including 'The River'. Like 'The River', the rest of the album plays around hooky pop melodies, hypnotic synth-work, and a lot of grassroots influences. You're gonna hear a gospel choir on one track, a sax solo on another, guitar solos on a couple of tracks and a lot of experimentation with vocoders and talkboxes. As a body of work, the album explores love as a form of \"folie \u00e0 deux\", with each song exploring a different and unique aspect of love, sex, loss and madness.\nAditya \u2013 You're back on the release radar after a 6-year hiatus, is it a 'one step back, two steps forward move'?\nSon Savage \u2013 It's a 1,000 steps forward! I have been so incredibly blessed since the song came out, topping the International Charts on Anghami (which is the MENA region's equivalent of Spotify or Deezer) at number 1 yesterday after debuting at number 5 last week, beating out tracks by Drake, Billie Eilish, Lil Nas X and others. It is also currently the 9th overall song on the full charts (which also includes popular local powerhouses from North Africa and the GCC)\nAditya \u2013 You're based in Dubai now, how's the music scene there?\nSon Savage \u2013 The music scene here is quite timid but evolving. I always believed that the Middle East is a melting pot of cultures \u2013 the amount of cultures I grew up exposed to in Beirut is incomparable to anywhere else in the world and I truly feel that the next big international act to make it into the global mainstream will come from somewhere in this region\nAditya \u2013 Lastly, what's your all-time favorite disco track and why?\nSon Savage \u2013 Tough question but I'll have to say \"You Should Be Dancing\" by the Bee Gees. That entire era of music speaks to me at an existential level, mainly due to the vinyl records I grew up listening to from my dad's collection.\nSon Savage\nPrevious articleMartin Garrix And Maejor Drop \"Followers\" And Announce Release Date For The Area21 Debut Album\nNext articleMarketing In Music: 6 Promotion Tips For Aspiring Musicians\nhttps:\/\/themusicessentials.com\/\nHaving been a fan of dance music and Armin van Buuren since 2003, I was inspired to start my own electronic music publication with a very simple, and clear goal - to share electronic music with old, and new fans alike. Working alongside a great team has made me keep that goal alive, and build on it.\nT.H.E Interview- Max Wassen\nT.H.E Interview \u2013 Jewels\nT.H.E Interview \u2013 Frameworks","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Campus Ambassador\nActuarial ScienceStatistics for Data Science\nTheory of Estimation Or What is Estimation\nAyesha Agarwal\t Feb 22, 2019 0\nOne of the major applications of statistics is to estimate the unknown population parameter. For example what is Estimation, a poll may seek to estimate the portion of adult residents of a city who are unemployed. The process of providing numerical values to the unknown parameter of the population is known as estimation. The theory of estimation was founded by Prof. R.A. Fisher in a series of fundamental papers round about 1930 and includes some important characteristics and methods of finding good estimators of the unknown population parameter.\nBasic Terminologies\nPopulation: A group of individuals under study is called population. The population may be finite or infinite. Eg. All the registered voters in India.\nSample: A finite subset of statistical individuals in a population. Eg. Selecting some voters from all registered voters.\nParameter: The statistical constants of the population such as mean (\u03bc), variance (\u03c32) etc. Eg. Mean of income of all the registered voters.\nStatistic: The statistical constants of the sample such as mean (X\u0304), variance (s2) etc. In other words, any function of the random sample x1, x2,\u2026, xn that are being observed say, Tn is called a statistic. Eg. Mean of income of selected voters.\nEstimator: If a statistic is used to estimate an unknown parameter \u03b8 of the distribution, then it is called an estimator. Eg. Sample mean is an estimator of population mean.\nEstimate: A particular value of the estimator is called an estimate of an unknown parameter. Eg. Mean income of selected voters is \u20b925000 which represents mean income of all the registered voters.\nSampling Distribution: When the total probability is distributed according to the value of statistic then the distribution is said to be sampling distribution. Eg. If we want the average height of a voter, we can randomly select some of them and use the sample mean to estimate the population mean.\nStandard Error: The standard deviation of the sampling distribution of a statistic is known as its standard error and is denoted by 's.e.' Eg. If we want to know the variability of the height of voters, then standard error is used.\nNow, before discussing about different methods of finding estimates of unknown population parameter, it is important to know the characteristics of a good estimator. Here, \"a good estimator\" is one which is close to the true value of the parameter as much as possible. The following are some of the criterion that should be satisfied by a good estimator:\nUnbiasedness\nThis is a desirable property of a good estimator. An estimator Tn is said to be an unbiased estimator of \u03b3 (\u03b8), where \u03b3 (\u03b8) is a function of unknown parameter \u03b8, if the expectation of the estimator is equal to the population parameter, i.e.,\nE [Tn] = \u03b3 (\u03b8)\nExample: If X ~ N (\u03bc,\u03c32), the sample mean is always an unbiased estimator of the population mean, i.e., E [X\u0304] = \u03bc\nAn estimator is said to be consistent if increasing the sample size produces an estimate with smaller standard error (standard deviation of sampling distribution of a statistic). In other words, if the sample size increases, it becomes almost certain that the value of a statistic will be very close to the true value of the parameter. Example: Sample mean is a consistent estimator of the population mean, since as sample size n\u2192\u221e, the sample means converges to the population mean in probability and variability of the sample mean tends to 0.\nThere is a necessity of some further criterion which will enable us to choose between the estimators, with the common property of consistency. Such a criterion which is based on the variances of the sampling distribution of estimators is usually known as efficiency.\nIt refers to the size of the standard error of the statistic. If two statistic are compared from a sample of same size and we try to decide which one a good estimator is, the statistic that has a smaller standard error or standard deviation of the sampling distribution will be selected.\nIf T1 is the most efficient estimator with variance V1 and T2, any other estimator with variance V2, then the efficiency E of T2 is given by:\n[\u2235 Efficiency and Variances are inversely proportional]\nAn estimator is said to be sufficient for a parameter, if it contains all the information in the sample regarding the parameter.\nIf Tn is an estimator of parameter \u03b8, based on a sample x1, x2,\u2026, xn of size n from the population with density f(x,\u03b8), such that the conditional distribution of x1, x2,\u2026, xn given Tn, is independent of \u03b8, then Tn is sufficient estimator for \u03b8.\nMethods of Point Estimation\nSo far we have been discussing the requisites of a good estimator. Now we shall briefly outline some of the important methods of obtaining such estimators. Commonly used methods are:\nMethod of Moments\nMethod of Maximum Likelihood Estimation\nMethod of Minimum Variance\nMethod of Least Squares\nMethod of Moments (MoM)\nThe basic principle is to equate population moments (i.e. the means, variances, etc. of the theoretical model) to the corresponding sample moments (i.e. the means, variances, etc. of the sample data observed) and solve for the parameter(s).\nLet x1, x2, \u2026, xn be a random sample from any distribution f(x,\u03b8) which has m unknown parameters \u03b81, \u03b82, \u2026, \u03b8m, where m \u2264 n. Then the moment estimators \u03b8 \u0302 1, \u03b8 \u0302 2, \u2026, \u03b8 \u0302 m are obtained by equating the first m sample moments to the corresponding m population moments and then solving for \u03b81, \u03b82, \u2026, \u03b8m.\nMethod of Maximum Likelihood Estimation (MLE)\nMLE is widely regarded as the best general method of finding estimators. In particular, MLE's usually have easily determined asymptotic properties and are especially good in the large sample situations. \"Asymptotic'' here just means when the samples are very large.\nLet x1, x2, \u2026, xn be a random sample from a population with density f(x,\u03b8). The likelihood function of the observed sample at the function of \u03b8 is given by:\nNotice that the likelihood function is a function of the unknown parameter \u03b8. So different values of \u03b8 would give different values for the likelihood. The maximum likelihood approach is to find the value of \u03b8 that would have been most likely to give us the particular sample we got. In other words, we need to find the value of \u03b8 that maximizes the likelihood function. In most cases, taking logs greatly simplifies the determination of the MLE \u03b8 \u0302. Differentiating the likelihood or log likelihood with respect to the parameter and setting the derivative to 0 gives the MLE for the parameter.\nIt is necessary to check, either formally or through simple logic, that the turning point is a maximum. The formal approach would be to check that the second derivative is negative.\nIt is also known as Minimum Variance Unbiased Estimator (MVUE). As the name itself depicts, estimator which is unbiased as well as having minimum variance.\nIf a statistic Tn based on a sample of size n is such that:\nTn is unbiased\nIt has the smallest variance among the class of all unbiased estimators\nthen Tn is called MVUE of \u03b8.\nThe principle of least squares is used to fit a curve of the form:\nwhere \u03b8i's are unknown parameters, to a set of n sample observations (xi, yi); i=1,2,\u2026,n from a bivariate population. It consists of minimizing the sum of squares of residuals,\nsubject to variations in \u03b81, \u03b82, \u2026, \u03b8n. The normal equations for estimating \u03b81, \u03b82, \u2026, \u03b8n are given by:\nConfidence Intervals and Confidence Limits\nConfidence interval provides an 'interval estimate' for an unknown population parameter. It is designed to contain the parameter's value with some stated probability. The width of the interval provides a measure of the precision accuracy of the estimator involved.\nLet xi, i = 1, 2, \u2026 n be a random sample of size n from f(x,\u03b8). If T1(x) and T2(x) be any two statistics such that T1(x) \u2264 T2(x) then,\nP(T1(x) < \u03b8 < T2(x)) = 1 \u2013 \u03b1\nwhere \u03b1 is level of significance, then the random interval (T1(x), T2(x)) is called 100(1-\u03b1)% confidence interval for \u03b8.\nHere, T1 is called lower confidence limit and T2 is called upper confidence limit. (1-\u03b1) is called the confidence coefficient.\nUsually, the value of \u03b1 is taken as 5% in the testing of hypothesis. Thus, if \u03b1 = 5%, then there is a 95% chance of the estimate to be in the confidence interval.\nInterval estimate = Point estimate \u00b1 Margin of Error\nThe margin of error is the amount of random sampling error. In other words, the range of values above and below the sample statistic.\nMargin of Error = Critical Value * Standard Error of the statistic\nHere, a critical value is the point (or points) on the scale of the test statistic beyond which we reject the null hypothesis, and is derived from the level of significance \u03b1 of a particular test into consideration.\nConfidence intervals are not unique. In general, they should be obtained via the sampling distribution of a good estimator, in particular, the MLE. Even then there is a choice between one-sided and two-sided intervals and between equal-tailed and shortest length intervals although these are often the same.\nSo, we have learned what the estimation is, i.e., the process of providing numerical value to unknown population parameter. To test whether an estimate is a good estimator of the population parameter, an estimate should have the following characteristics:\nThere are different methods of finding estimates such as method of moments, MLE, minimum variance and least squares. Of these methods, MLE is considered as the best general method of finding estimates.\nAlso, there are two types of estimations, point and interval estimation. Point estimation provides a single value to the estimate, whereas, interval estimation provides confidence interval which is likely to include the unknown population parameter.\nHence, now you have the basic understanding about the theory of estimation.\nActuarial ScienceActuarial Science CareerActuarial Science ExamsMaximum Likelihood EstimationStandard ErrorStatistics for Data Sciencetheory of estimation\nAyesha Agarwal\nI am an avid reader and love to learn new things. I am a graduate in Statistics and have cleared 3 actuarial papers, i.e., CS-1, CM-1, and CB-2. 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{"text":"Espa\u00f1ol Fran\u00e7ais \u0420\u0423\u0421\u0421\u041a\u0418\u0419\nHavana, Thursday 18 de July de 2019 11:59 am\nCuban 5\nOffers Audios\nPhoto Bank\nHome Cuba Foreign Minister reiterates that Cuba will adhere to protocol after breaking off peace talks Colombia-ELN\nForeign Minister reiterates that Cuba will adhere to protocol after breaking off peace talks Colombia-ELN\nCreated on Monday, 21 January 2019 12:46 | Hits: 856 |\nTama\u00f1o letra:\nHAVANA, Cuba, Jan 21 (ACN) Cuba's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla, reiterated, through his official Twitter account, that Cuba will act in strict respect for the Peace Dialogue Protocols signed between the Colombian Government and the National Liberation Army (ELN).\nAn article published this Saturday on the website of the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs states that the announcement of the head of Cuban diplomacy comes after the decision of the Colombian president, Iv\u00e1n Duque, to put an end to negotiations with the ELN and to activate arrest warrants against the negotiators of the Colombian guerrilla stationed in Havana.\nIn his tweet, Rodriguez stressed that the island will abide by the Protocol signed by the parties, which determines the course of action in the event of a breakdown in the negotiation. The Cuban minister assured that his government will consult with the parties and other guarantors.\nHe reiterated his condolences to Colombia regarding an attack that took place in Bogot\u00e1, the Colombian capital, last Thursday, when a car bomb tried to enter a police facility, but at the time it was going to be checked inside, the driver accelerated and hit a wall, which activated the explosive charge.\nIn March 2016, the Colombian government, under the presidency of Juan Manuel Santos, and the ELN formally initiated the peace process to end the armed conflict between the parties.\nThe countries that guaranteed the beginning of this peace process were Ecuador, Venezuela, Brazil, Chile, Norway and Cuba, and the fixed headquarters of the peace negotiations was established in Quito; however, in 2018, Cuba became the headquarters of the process, so the ELN negotiators are in Cuban territory.\nPresident assesses employment program and demographic dynamics\nCuba won two gold medals in Sotteville International Meeting\nCuban Gracial hits his 20th homer in Japanese Professional Baseball\nGranma province works to recover state pork production\nTobacco growers in central Cuba create conditions to start seedbeds\nProducts and Serv\nACN Signal Channel\nWe have over 130 experenced news professionals in 17 offices that give coverage to the entire national territory. (See more)\nPermutas en Cuba\nWho we are? | Contact Us | Archive\nAll Rights Reserved \u00a9 2014. Cuban News Agency CUBA (ACN).","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Size of bus and teeth like bananas: 'Terror crocodile' conquered dinosaurs\nAugust 13, 2020 by Nzegwu\nA creature even more impressive than the imposing dinosaur? Meet the Deinosuchus, a crocodile-like monster with teeth the size of bananas. The beast hid in the water and devoured any dinosaur that ventured too close to the shore. As stated in the academic journal 'Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology'.\nThe Deinosuchus \u2013 which means 'terror crocodile' \u2013 belonged to the genus of giant crocodiles, lived about 75 to 82 million years ago, and mainly ravaged North America. An adult specimen could weigh up to 1,300 kilograms and grow up to 12 meters in length, which is almost the same as the length of a bus: it was the largest carnivore in its ecosystem.\nThis made the Deinosuchus a lot larger than its modern descendant, it also had a much larger skull, which meant it doesn't look exactly like alligators and\/or crocodiles. The American alligator \u2013 one of the largest reptiles in the world \u2013 grows up to 4.5 meters long and weighs up to 350 kilograms.\nWhat the two do have in common is the immense bite force with which they can easily devour their prey. For example, the Deinosuchus may have eaten everything that crossed his path. \"Deinosuchuswas a giant who terrorized mighty dinosaurs that came to the waterfront to drink,\" said vertebrate paleobiologist and research leader Adam Cossette.\n\"Until now, little was known about the animal. But in our research, we reveal a bizarre, monstrous predator with teeth the size of bananas.\" Those teeth marks were found on both the shells of turtles and the bones of gigantic dinosaurs.\nThree kinds\nFurthermore, the American researchers discovered that there were at least three species of Deinosuchus on Earth: Hatcheri, Riograndensis, and Schwimmeri. Two species lived in the west of America, a third species ravaged the Atlantic coastal plain.\nAnd although the crocodile-like dinosaur could easily conquer other dinosaurs, it died out before the definitive end of the dinosaur era. Why is as yet unknown. For this reason, paleobiologist Cossette's research team is continuing the study. In addition, they would like to answer other questions. \"There are two big holes at the end of the muzzle,\" says Cossette.\n\"These holes only occur in Deinosuchus, and we don't really know what they are for. Follow-up research may help us to unravel this mystery and provide further insight into this special animal,\" concludes the research leader.\nCategories Tips Tags Science Post navigation\nRiders in Dauphin\u00e9 get heavy hail showers and battered back\nTired of water? These foods also keep you hydrated","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Solar Panel Cost Guide in Simonton Lake, IN (Jan 2023)\nSimonton Lake Solar Installation Cost: $16,959\nHOME > SOLAR PANEL COSTS > INDIANA > SIMONTON LAKE\nAverage Cost of Solar Panels in Simonton Lake\nWe go over average solar pricing in Simonton Lake.\nCurrently, the national average cost of solar panels is $2.66 per watt. However, in Simonton Lake, the typical cost of solar panels is $3 per watt. The average Simonton Lake homeowner needs a 9.0-kilowatt system, which would cost about $16,959, or $12,550 after the federal solar tax credit of 30% is applied.\nThe prices above are just estimates to give you an idea of the cost of solar panels. The actual cost of installing solar panels can vary depending on a few factors, such as how many panels you need, your energy usage and what company you go with. But, after you've paid the initial cost of installation, the return on investment for most homeowners is usually rewarding, with a net average savings of about $18,000 over 20 years on power bills.\nClick the button below to get connected to a vetted solar company in your area for a custom quote.\nSolar savings over time in Simonton Lake\nTop Solar Installers in Simonton Lake\nAlthough you can install solar panels yourself, it involves extra energy and handiness. For that reason, most people choose to go with a solar panel installer. Some solar installers, particularly local ones, can help you make the most of incentives in Simonton Lake, optimizing your ROI.\nWorking with a licensed solar installer can make going solar easier. Here are our recommendations:\nSee all of the solar companies in Simonton Lake\nFactors that Affect Solar Panel Costs in Simonton Lake\nFor many Simonton Lake homeowners, the decision to go solar rests on cost. However, the range of solar installation costs can be quite wide in Simonton Lake, with typical prices between $20,000 to $40,000. There are several factors that significantly influence the price you'll pay, which we'll go over below.\nWhen it comes to estimating the price of a solar panel system in Simonton Lake, one of the most important factors is the size of the system you need. Solar systems are sized by kilowatts (kW) and are mainly based on your home's energy consumption, which you can determine by looking at past electricity bills. Your total cost can increase by about $2,680 for each additional kilowatt you need. The brand and type of equipment you get for your solar system can raise or lower the price quite significantly. If you prefer a trusted brand name like Tesla or SunPower, these are often more expensive than other brands. Efficiency also matters. Whether you're opting for high efficiency because you have a small roof or just want maximum energy production, you will be looking at a higher equipment cost, but this can typically lead to more savings over time. Plus, if you want additional equipment like an electric vehicle charger or solar batteries, this will also increase the cost.\nMany homeowners find the average cost of solar in Simonton Lake to be prohibitively steep, even if the investment pays off over time. Thankfully, nearly every solar company in the area provides access to financing options. Solar loans greatly decrease upfront costs in most cases, but they also result in paying more over time due to interest. You'll have to consider the long-term cost of loans, including the total interest you'll pay over the length of the loan. If you're only able to get a high-interest loan, then your total can be hundreds or even thousands of dollars more than the principal cost. Making a larger down payment or finding a solar loan with a low interest rate could reduce your costs considerably.\nThe remaining key cost factor you should keep in mind is the installer you choose. Given the booming popularity of green energy solutions in Simonton Lake, you'll have plenty of options to choose from, but each comes at different price points for labor and equipment. Some companies only sell products with high efficiency and therefore a higher price point \u2014 like Maxeon solar panels from SunPower or Tesla Powerwall batteries \u2014 so choosing those installers will generally come with an above-average cost. It's best to do some research and go with the company that has the products, warranties and services you want and also fits within your budget.\nThe company that does your system installation will affect the warranties and brands available to you, and it will also have an impact on your total cost. Since picking a company can be a tough decision, we have some tips to help you, such as:\nContract: Read the contract terms thoroughly to make sure you understand how much it will cost, project completion timeline incentives and warranties.\nWarranty: If you're worried about the durability of your solar panel system, ensuring your company offers a 25-year, all-inclusive warranty can give you some peace of mind.\nReputation: The North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners (NABCEP) is a well-established certification organization for renewable energy professionals. If your solar panel installer is NABCEP-certified, it likely has a solid reputation and is qualified to do the job well. Another way you can verify your installer's reputation is by reading reviews.\nSolar Panel Brands: The type of solar panel you want to get plays a role in which company you should choose, since different companies offer different panels.\nEcoWatch's Simonton Lake, IN Solar Cost FAQs\nHow much does it cost to install solar panels in Simonton Lake?\nThe average cost of solar panels in Simonton Lake is about $13,400 for a 5-kW system and $26,800 for a 10-kW system before the ITC, but the real cost will depend on certain factors such as the kind of solar panels you want, what size system you need and how much energy you consume.\nCost is a crucial factor to consider, but whether it's the most important for you depends on why you decided to go solar. In areas where rooftop space is limited, efficiency can be more important than the cost. Other factors that are important to take into account are the quality and durability of your solar panels.\nHow much can I save on power bills after switching to solar?\nIt is possible to eliminate your electricity bills with solar panels, but for most homeowners throughout Simonton Lake, that will require at least a 10-kW system. Not all homes will have the roof space for that size system, so you'll want to check with a local solar installer to see how many panels can fit on your roof.\nHow many solar panels should I get to power my home?\nThe exact number of solar panels you need depends on your household energy consumption and the amount of sunlight your roof gets. You can look at your energy bills for the past year to get an idea of the solar system size you'll need. The average household has to install between 20 and 35 panels to account for their typical energy usage.\nOther Services in Simonton Lake\nSolar Companies in Simonton Lake, IN\nWindow Companies in Simonton Lake, IN\nHagar, MI\nLagrange, MI\nNappanee, IN\nSt Joseph, MI\nWinona Lake, IN\nMilton, MI\nHobart, IN\nOronoko, MI\nGeorgetown, MI","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Bob Kulick\nBOB KULICK Comments on Kiss Kruise 8 & Future Plans\nSince the success of our KISS Kruise 7 & Indy Expo performances, I had hoped that the Kulick Brothers could play more shows together.\nMany of you have asked why I will not be appearing on KISS Kruise 8 and give you a repeat performance of last years epic show.\nUnfortunately due to a contractual dispute that couldn't be resolved, I will not be on KK8.\nHowever I have 2 Kiss related events coming up:\nI will be producing a song for the campers at Paul Stanley's Las Vegas Rock & Roll Fantasy Camp on Oct 6th\nI will be appearing at The Hangar Pre Kiss Kruise Party Event On October 30 and I have a special surprise for all you KISS fans !!!\nIt has been a busy year for me producing artists and bands , writing music and preparing for some major recording projects which are in pre-Production now. I cant wait to share these new projects with all of you!\nAlso, this past year The Orchard released my first solo cd with 24 guest artists \"SKELETONS IN THE CLOSET \" to incredibly great reviews!!\nI have a video coming out soon of a song I did with David Glen Eisley titled \"India\".\nUK label Cherry Red has reissued my Skull Cd \" No Bones About It' , along with another Skull cd title of unreleased songs titled \"Now More Than Ever \"\nLooking forward to seeing you all soon !!!!\nHopefully in the future there will be other opportunities for Bruce and I to share the stage.\nBob Kulick.\nBOB KULICK Unleashes His 'Skeletons In The Closet'\nFifty years is a long time to have a career in any type of industry. However fifty years in the cut throat music business is a miracle unto itself. Not to mention a relevant, successful run in not only one but several fields.\nGrammy Award winning guitarist \/ songwriter \/ producer extraordinaire BOB KULICK began his musical profession at 16 \u2013 when most high schoolers are still trying to figure out where they're going in life - appearing on the 1966 album, 'Winchester Cathedral' from the Random Blues Band, the \"baby band\" that Bob played in that played The Caf\u00e9 Wha in New York's Greenwich Village alongside Jimmy James and the Blue Flames (later rechristened Jimi Hendrix). \"This was the first club gig I had experienced and it completely changed my world!\" recalls the guitarist.\n1973 saw Kulick make the connection that he has been associated the most with throughout his career. He auditioned for - and got passed over by - KISS. Instead of being dejected the six stringer aligned himself with the band over the years, playing on the studio material on 'KISS Alive 2.' providing solos on the 'Killers' album, co-writing \"Naked City\" from 'Unmasked' and guesting on Paul Stanley's 1979 solo album and tour a decade later. He even suggested his brother to the band. \"It took multiple tries but we finally got him there!\" Bob laughs.\nAside from KISS, Bob has, of course, played with Meat Loaf, Balance, Lou Reed, W.A.S.P., Skull, Murderer's Row and several other bands and studio projects over the years.\nFifty one years after making his recording debut, the well-respected axe slinger has decided it's time to release his first actual solo album, Skeletons in the Closet. Kulick explains, \"I started writing new music in 2015 which then turned-into songs co-written with my former Balance bandmate, Doug Katsaros and my brother Bruce. I've had the thought of doing a solo project using some of the musicians I had worked with in the past for some time. Now armed with 4 new original songs my girlfriend (photographer, Julie Bergonz) introduced me to producer Bobby Ferrari at Vegas View Recording and he loved the idea of working with me, the guest artists and the four new songs and that introduction led to the making of this album.\nA ten song affair, Skeletons in the Closet is half brand new songs and half material from his storied past. \"The idea of doing these new songs \/ retrospective songs as one CD only came to me after the new original songs were done. Then we added our cover of \"Goldfinger\" and pulled five of my all-time favourite songs out from my \"closet\" creating Skeletons in the Closet.\"\nKicking off with \"Rich Man,\" the uplifting track is the lyrical juxtaposition between what we don't have and being \"rich\" because we have \"you\" - a girlfriend, lover or a guitar or whatever it is that makes everything else alright. \"Not Before You,\" co-written with Bob's brother Bruce, is a specific reference to, in this case, a new love. \"London,\" Bob says, \"is Jack the Ripper sideways. Our homage to Sweeney Todd and a 6 \/ 8 tempo and feel that, with Dee Snider's vocal, takes you to that place in London where 'No one hears you scream in the darkness.' Frankie Banali's unique drumming concept helped turn this into a larger than life song. \"Goldfinger\" is a tongue in cheek tribute to James Bond films - a heavy version of the classic Shirley Bassey song. \"Player\" is a theme we're all familiar with - getting \"played by someone.\" This is another take on that story. Bob's back catalogue begins its appearance with Murderer's Row's \"India\" with an Indian \/ mid-eastern metal double bass drum guitar gallop and with a coral sitar solo played by Kulick. With the title track, Bob states, \"I often look to start and \/ or end recorded songs by setting a mood, vibe or sound effect that 'speaks.' In \"Skeletons in the Closet\" you can hear the skeleton sounds in the beginning of the song, helping set the dark mood.\" \"Can't Stop the Rock\" \"was written produced and recorded when David Eisley and I came up with the Sponge Bob song \"Sweet Victory.\" This is another \"rock\" lyric song but a fun one we came up with which went great with \"Sweet Victory\" at that time. From Bob's Skull days, \"Guitar Commandos\" sees him trading lead guitar licks with his brother Bruce. \"It's basically a song about the road and touring,\" he says. Wrapping up the album, \"Eyes of a Stranger\" is a song about how crazy love is. \"The ups and downs of love, ya know, but also an uplifting and driving track to finish things off.\"\nIt's said that the best things always take time. With Skeletons in the Closet BOB KULICK drives that expression home.\nMusicians appearing on Skeletons in the Closet include:\nLead vocalists \u2013 David Glen Eisley, Andrew Freeman, Todd Kerns, Robin McAuley, Dennis St. James, Dee Snider, Vick Wright.\nBassists \u2013 Kjell Benner, Bobby Ferrari, Bruce Kulick, Dennis St. James, Rudy Sarzo, Chuck Wright\nKeyboardists - Doug Katsaros, Jimmy Waldo\nDrummers \u2013 Vinnie Appice, Frankie Banali, Chuck Burgi, Scot Coogan, Brent Fitz, Bobby Rock, Jay Schellen, Eric Singer\nSkeletons in the Closet lineup song by song:\nTodd Kerns - Vocals\nBob Kulick - Guitars\nRudy Sarzo - Bass\nDoug Katsaros - Keyboards & Backing Vocals\nVinny Appice - Drums\nNOT BEFORE YOU\nRobin McAuley - Vocals\nBruce Kulick - Bass\nBrent Fitz - Drums\nDee Snider. - Vocals\nBobby Ferrari - Bass\nDoug Katsaros - Keyboards and orchestration\nFrankie Banali - Drums\nVick Wright - Vocals\nDoug Katsaros - Keyboards\nScot Coogan - Drums\nAndrew Freeman - Vocals\nDavid Glen Eisley - Vocals\nJimmy Waldo - Keyboards\nChuck Wright - Bass\nJay Schellen - Drums\nSKELETONS IN THE CLOSET\nCANT STOP THE ROCK\nBob Kulick - Bass\nEric Singer - Drums\nGUITAR COMMANDOS\nDennis St James - Vocals\nBruce Kulick - Guitars\nDennis St James - Bass\nChuck Burgi - Drums\nKjell Benner - Bass\nBobby Rock - Drums\nDavid Glen Eisley\nRobin McAuley\nJay Schellen\nOne On One With Mitch Lafon - BOB KULICK\nhttp:\/\/www.spreaker.com\/user\/talkingmetal\/1on1-mitch-lafon-141-bob-kulick-kiss-ali\nIn episode 141 of One On One With Mitch Lafon, guitarist and producer, Bob Kulick, sits down with Mitch to discuss his new book, upcoming EP, working as a ghost musician on KISS' Alive II & Killers albums, the making of the Paul Stanley 1978 solo album, touring with Alice Cooper, the 1989 Paul Stanley solo tour, Balance, Meat Loaf, Motorhead, his brother Bruce Kulick and much much more.\nDrummer Allan Schwartzberg co-hosts this episode. Allan is best known to KISS fans for having 'ghost' drummed on KISS' The Elder, Animalize and Asylum albums as well as credited performances on the Gene Simmons and Peter Criss solo albums of 1978. He's also appeared, both credited and uncredited, on multiple Alice Cooper albums.\nQuote from the interview:\nKISS ALIVE II: \"Paul called me and said Ace was dragging.\"\nFeedback from the band on guitar playing during the recording of Alive II: \"It doesn't sound like Ace enough. Try to keep it in the ball park.\"\n\"I had my own band, Balance. I played with Alice Cooper, Lou Reed, Meatloaf, and all these people. I'm just on this train going through all of these artists.\"\nI'd agreed to play on Gene and Paul's [1978 solo albums], but it became an issue. To have the same lead player on two of the records just defeated the purpose of everybody doing a different thing.\"\nBruce Kulick on joining KISS: \"This was his fate.\"\nFor more about BOB KULICK visit:\nTWITTER: @BobKulickMusic\nFacebook: http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bob.kulick.75\nFor more Allan Schwartzberg visit:\nOnline: http:\/\/www.deepdiner.com\nTwitter:@ABSchwartzberg\nFacebook: http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/allan.schwartzberg\nFollow Mitch Lafon on Twitter: @mitchlafon\nOne On One With Mitch Lafon's Official Twitter is: @1On1WithMitch\nAnd Official Facebook page is: http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/OneOnOneMitchLafon\nBruce Kulick","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Navigating Your Career in Computing: A Personal Adventure\nLeng Tan, Senior Vice President, Oracle\nRed Talks - https:\/\/www.cs.wisc.edu\/cdis-red-talks\/\nAre you ready to start your career? Startups anyone? Is there life after work? Navigating a career in the fast-moving computer industry can be challenging, but it's never boring. Join us on Leng's personal adventure and hear how she navigated through big corporations and startups. Learn how she rose from being the sole women engineer to Senior Vice President of Engineering and survived to tell the story.\nLeng was born in Singapore and came to University of Wisconsin-Madison for her B.S. in Computer Science. She also holds an M.S. in Computer Science from Stanford University. Leng joined Oracle in 1989 as the sole women database kernel developer. Upon returning to Oracle after the dotcom bust, she led Oracle's Self-Managing Database effort that created many patents and widely-adopted products. She is currently the Senior Vice President of Engineering for Oracle's system management products that enable customers to manage Oracle software and hardware.\nhttps:\/\/uwmadison.zoom.us\/webinar\/register\/WN_S...\nCdis red talks","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Redefining Webster's\nFebruary 28, 2011 | by Joshua Kendall\n\"Burglaries are very common here of late,\" wrote 19-year-old Daniel Coit Gilman to his sister, Emily, in the spring of 1851. \"Several houses and stores have been entered and robbed in the most scientific manner.\" The Yale junior could not help but admire the ingenuity of the thieves, who studied the accounts of their exploits as reported by the New Haven papers. On one occasion, Gilman observed, after the robbers learned they had missed a plate that had been stashed in a cupboard, \"the next night . . . very thankful no doubt for the information, [they] made a second descent upon the premises with . . . a more thorough investigation.\"\nA reverence for the scientific method\u2014wherever it might be found\u2014would fuel the signature achievement of this budding polymath with the distinctive wit. As the first president of Johns Hopkins University, Gilman created the first American research university. And in turn, the university helped escort American scholarship to the international stage.\nPhoto courtesy of Special Collections and Archives, The Milton S. Eisenhower Library\nAs an educator, Gilman exerted his greatest impact upon the hard sciences; Gilman's first five hires\u2014Hopkins' original faculty\u2014featured just one man of letters, a classicist, who was surrounded by experts in physics, chemistry, biology, and mathematics. And midway through his quarter-century tenure in Baltimore, he also helped found both the Johns Hopkins Hospital and the School of Medicine. But this \"captain of education,\" as The New York Times described Gilman shortly after his death in 1908, still cared deeply about the humanities. \"All sciences are worthy of promotion,\" the Johns Hopkins president declared in his inaugural address on February 22, 1876. \"Or in other words, it is useless to dispute whether literature or science should receive most attention.\"\nGilman had a particular fondness for the emerging discipline of philology\u2014the branch of literary studies that addresses the origin and use of words as well as affinities between languages. Right from the start, Johns Hopkins University harbored a Philological Association, where faculty discussed linguistic matters at monthly meetings open to the public. In 1880, the university began publishing The American Journal of Philology. \"If I should name the languages taught here,\" Gilman noted in a report to the trustees in 1888, \"it would be obvious that language and literature hold their time-honored place.\"\nThis word-lover, who had been steeped in Latin and Greek at Yale, did more than just pave the way for a new generation of literary scholarship while at Hopkins. Gilman's hefty resume also includes a stint as a pioneering lexicographer. A decade before coming to Baltimore, this man of science brought the scientific method to America's preeminent dictionary. As the co-editor of the 1864 edition of Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language\u2014the first major revision of Noah Webster's 1828 masterpiece\u2014Gilman was partly responsible for turning what had been a literary endeavor into the evidence-based dictionary as we know it. While this feat has often been obscured by Gilman's numerous accomplishments in the academy, it is no less impressive.\nGilman's interest in dictionaries dated back to his arrival in New Haven in the fall of 1848. Despite its heady science courses, Yale was at that time \"a veritable storm-center\" of lexicography, he would later recall, as about half of the university's 20 faculty members moonlighted as editors on Webster's Dictionary. After taking a course on eloquence taught by Chauncey Goodrich, the classicist who had replaced Webster as the dictionary's editor-in-chief, Gilman was smitten. By the time he reached Harvard as a graduate student, he toyed with the idea of writing a dictionary of his own.\nIn Cambridge, Gilman took up the study of geography. Afterward, he headed to St. Petersburg to join the staff of the new U.S. minister to Russia, Thomas Seymour. During his two years in Europe, Gilman toured scientific schools in several countries, reporting on his travels for various American periodicals. After a few months of graduate study in Berlin, Gilman accepted a position as a librarian at Yale. Not long after that return to New Haven in 1855, Goodrich, his former professor, invited him to get into the dictionary business.\nAt that time, Goodrich and his publisher, the G. & C. Merriam Company of Springfield, Massachusetts, were facing a crisis: Though universally admired and wildly successful, Webster's was in urgent need of a makeover. The definitions for its nearly 100,000 entries were not systematically organized. They lacked literary quotations to illustrate word usage. Even more significant, the 1847 edition, which Goodrich had edited, failed to incorporate the work of German philologists who had been making systematic discoveries about the roots of words since the early 19th century. \"[Webster] has literally been undermined by the new researches,\" asserted Noah Porter, a consulting editor and a member of the Yale faculty, in 1857. \"In regard to many words and in respect to whole classes of important roots, he is in error and of no authority to modern scholars.\" In short, it was high time for English lexicography to be transformed from an art into a science.\nSince its birth in the early 18th century, the English dictionary had been primarily a literary endeavor governed by the idiosyncrasies of its creators. The great solo efforts by both Webster and his British predecessor, Samuel Johnson, author of the 1755 Dictionary of the English Language, were as much personal statements as repositories of objective truth. For example, Johnson expressed his pique with patrons by defining \"patron\" as \"a wretch who supports with insolence, and is paid with flattery.\" Webster sneaked in his own predilections. The fervent Congregationalist defined marriage, for example, as a custom \"instituted by God himself for the purpose of preventing the promiscuous intercourse of the sexes.\"\nWhile Goodrich had already removed Webster's religious beliefs from the definitions, he hadn't tinkered with his fanciful etymologies. As a born-again Christian, Webster had been convinced of the literal truth of the book of Genesis, which asserted that all human beings once spoke the same language. He had spent a decade relating all languages back to the ur-language, which he called Chaldee, of his biblical namesake. Unfortunately, this assumption had led to wild speculations. For example, Webster had concluded that the verb \"heat\" was related to the Welsh word \"cas,\" meaning hatred, and that the adjective \"loud\" was derived from the Arabic verb \"walada,\" which means to bring forth. Such derivations ignored the major breakthrough in linguistics that Sir William Jones had made at the end of the 18th century. This Welsh Orientalist was the first to formulate the Indo-European hypothesis, which maintained that a common ancestor language lay behind Latin, Greek, Persian, German, the Romance languages, and Celtic.\nIn early 1859, Goodrich was ready to get cracking on the revision. To fix the etymologies, he hired the German scholar Carl August Friedrich Mahn. But the frail Goodrich, then nearing 70, could devote no more than two or three hours a day to the project, so he also needed help with the line editing. He would end up leaning heavily on his colleagues on the Yale faculty in general, and on Gilman in particular.\n\"I understand that the letter A,\" Goodrich wrote to publishers George and Charles Merriam, on May 26, 1859, \"is to be taken up for a commencement by such of these gentlemen (especially Mr. Gilman) as are now ready to commence. This will be done upon a plan marked out by me in conversation with Mr. Gilman.\"\nGilman's wage for that work was initially a mere 60 cents an hour. But the financially strapped librarian, who had to pay for his assistant out of his own pocket and was struggling to support himself on his library salary of $2,000 a year, was happy to have the additional income. Once Gilman demonstrated his literary prowess, his compensation would rise to the top rate of $1.50 an hour, given to another one of the editors, William Whitney, Yale's professor of Sanskrit and one of America's most distinguished philologists.\nSoon Goodrich formalized a chain of command whereby Whitney and Gilman were installed as principal co-editors, responsible for rewriting all the nontechnical definitions. Specialists would handle the scientific terms. The Yale physics professor Chester Lyman was assigned mathematics, physics, and technology, and Yale's internationally renowned zoologist, James Dana, natural history and geology. (Due to a flare-up in his nervous condition, Dana was soon replaced by a young medical student named William Chester Minor. As readers familiar with Simon Winchester's best-seller, The Professor and the Madman, may recall, this is the same lexicographer who, two decades later, would pass on tens of thousands of illustrative quotations to the Oxford English Dictionary's editor\u2014from his cell in England's Broadmoor Asylum.)\nAfter Goodrich's sudden death in February of 1860, Noah Porter reluctantly took over as editor in chief. Conceding that lexicography was \"foreign to his special studies,\" Porter was happy to hand off the bulk of the editing. \"Professors William Whitney and Daniel C. Gilman,\" Porter acknowledged in the preface to the book, published in September 1864, \"have labored at the definitions of the principal words, recasting, rearranging, and condensing them, introducing citations, etc.\"\nThanks to Porter's conscientious co-editors, for the first time, the definitions in Webster's were based on sound philological principles. Whitney and Gilman reorganized the entries from the previous edition to reveal the historical development of a word's significations. And based on a thorough review of eminent English and American authors, they both added new senses and cited thousands of quotations to demonstrate particular usages. As Porter also noted, no previous dictionary contained \"so many apt illustrations from so large a variety of writers.\" For these citations, added Porter, the editors were indebted to a large group of devoted volunteers, \"not a few of the most faithful and judicious of whom were ladies.\"\nWhile it is widely believed that the OED was the first dictionary to employ an army of volunteer readers to supply illustrative quotations, that practice actually began with Webster's. The editors turned to everyone they knew\u2014including friends and family\u2014to comb through the canon of English and American literature. Gilman reached out to his sisters, Emily and Maria. \"I have read over your citations from [Oliver] Goldsmith and those from [William] Hazlitt which Maria sent,\" Gilman wrote to Emily on November 10, 1860. \"I think it is on the whole the most valuable series we have received from volunteer assistants except perhaps Mrs. [Noah] Porter's [Thomas] De Quincey which was extraordinarily rich.\"\nAfter thanking Emily for fishing out several idiomatic expressions during the course of her voracious reading program, the perspicacious wordsmith urged her to keep going: \"You must not let the work bore you. It is a great service to us, and I am afraid a great labor to Maria and yourself.\"\nOne of the citations from Oliver Goldsmith mentioned in Gilman's letter featured the verb \"nail.\" To illustrate how the 1864 Webster's improved upon the previous edition, consider the updated entry for that word:\n1. To fasten with a nail or nails; to unite, close or stud with nails.\nThe rivets of your arms were nailed with gold. Dryden\n2. To fasten, as with a nail, to bind or hold, as to a bargain or acceptance in an argument or assertion; to fix; to catch; to trap.\nWhen they came to talk of places in town, you saw at once how I nailed them. Goldsmith\n3. To stop the vent of, as a cannon, with a nail; to spike. Obs.\nBelow these three definitions, the editors added an explanatory paragraph about a colloquial usage, \"to expose the falsehood [of a lie],\" which, as they noted, was derived from the practice of shopkeepers who nailed counterfeit money to countertops. While the first and third definitions rework the first three definitions listed in the earlier version, the second definition, the Goldsmith reference, and the supplemental paragraph are entirely new.\nUpon its release at the end of the \"public disturbances,\" as the Merriam brothers referred to the Civil War, the monumental 1864 Webster's, which contained definitions for a staggering 114,000 words, elicited raves from nearly every major American literary journal. \"Viewed as a whole,\" Harper's declared, \"we are confident that no other living language has a dictionary which so fully and faithfully sets forth its present condition as this last edition of Webster does that of our spoken and written English tongue.\" The Atlantic Monthly noted, \"Briefly, in its general accuracy, completeness, and practical utility, the work is one none who read or write can henceforward afford to dispense with\" (italics in original). Even Scientific American was impressed, calling it \"a vast treasury of knowledge . . . an encyclopedia in itself.\"\nAnd the makers of that other dictionary across the pond\u2014then still in the planning stages\u2014took careful note. On account of its innovations, Webster's was the gold standard, which the Oxford English Dictionary, whose first fascicle appeared in 1882, aimed to replace. As he made his way through the alphabet, OED editor James Murray would keep close tabs on the \"Webster-ratio\"\u2014the size difference between the two books. The New English Dictionary, as Murray's project was originally called, was supposed to be exactly six times as large as the 1864 Webster's. While the OED, the final volume of which wasn't published until 1928, would eventually encompass 10 times as many words, it wouldn't alter the template Webster's had established. Along with his co-editor Whitney, Gilman had succeeded in creating the evidence-based dictionary.\nJoshua Kendall, A&S '91 (MA), is author of The Forgotten Founding Father: Noah Webster's Obsession and the Creation of an American Culture (Putnam, 2011).","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"BoatUS officer honored for water access efforts\nBoatUS assistant vice president of government affairs Ryck Lydecker was honored with a States Organization for Boating Access Outstanding Service Award at the group's annual conference held last week in La Crosse, Wis.\nThe award is presented to an individual or agency that has made either a one-time or continuing contribution toward improved access on our nation's public waters for boaters and anglers.\nSince 2000, Lydecker has been a member and eventually chaired the Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership Council, which strives to support and increase recreational fishing boating opportunities nationwide and promote the social, economic and conservation benefits of recreational fishing and boating.\nIn 2004, he became chair of the federal Boating Infrastructure Grant Program Review Panel and conducted an evaluation of the program. Originally championed by BoatUS as a way to increase boating access through the building of transient boating facilities around the country, the BIG program is funded through a \"user pay, user play\" concept - money comes from sales and use taxes paid by boaters and anglers.\nToday, Lydecker remains a member of BIG Committee for review of Tier 2 projects such as boat ramps and other launch facilities, and he's also evaluated programs for the US Fish and Wildlife Service and Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation.\n\"Ryck is a tireless champion of boating, boating programs and clean water,\" SOBA awards chairman David Kieffer said in a statement. \"He's always willing to help individuals or organizations better understand boating related grant programs and the role they play in keeping our waters clean and accessible to all.\"","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Woman who binged 32 sushi rolls at all-you-can-eat buffet rushed...\nBetty White's assistant shares 'one of the last' pics of her on...\nMichael Phelps weighs in on NCAA's 'complicated' trans swimmer...\nUCLA grad student fatally stabbed while working at high-end LA...\n'In a state of shock': Family of subway-shove victim Michelle Go...\nJulia Fox reunites with ex Peter Artemiev to celebrate son's...\nCNN reporter Andrew Kaczynski's 9-month-old baby dies on Christmas Eve\nHannah Frishberg\nSocial Links for Hannah Frishberg\nDecember 25, 2020 5:51pm\nFrancesca \"Bean\" Kaczynski tragically lost her fight with cancer and passed away on Christmas Eve this year. GoFundMe\nMore On: cancer\nWoman's 57-pound weight loss allowed her to spot breast cancer early\nUN worker diagnosed with cancer after living near transformer on Roosevelt Island: suit\nWoman died one day after cancer diagnosis, symptoms dismissed as 'hormonal'\nThe simple cooking tricks that could slash your risk of Cancer\nAfter bravely and happily spending her short life overcoming genetic hearing loss and fighting a cancer diagnosis, 9-month-old Francesca \"Bean\" Kaczynski \u2014 daughter of CNN journalist Andrew Kaczynski and Wall Street Journal reporter Rachel Louise Ensign \u2014 died of complications from cancer on Christmas Eve.\n\"We're heartbroken to have to announce our beautiful daughter Francesca passed away last night in the arms of her mom and dad,\" tweeted Kaczynski, who chronicled Bean's battle with cancer on the platform. \"There will always be a Bean-sized hole in our hearts for her. We're so grateful to have known her love.\"\nA GoFundMe that was started for \"Team Beans\" in September has racked up over $115,000. In lieu of flowers, food or gifts of any kind, the family has asked that donations be made in Francesca's honor to a bike-a-thon fundraiser that donates all proceeds to the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Kaczynski also tweeted that people can donate blood or platelets at a Boston Children's Hospital, where Bean was treated with \"remarkable love and kindness,\" he wrote in a Medium post about her passing.\nIn her nine months on this Earth, Bean showed her self to be an \"outgoing, bold and curious baby,\" a big fan of eating, Elmo and being held close in the evenings, Kaczynski wrote in the heartbreaking article. \"A Brooklyn-based Sesame Street fan, Francesca enjoyed taking long walks around New York City and Boston, playing with her toys and balloons, attending speech therapy, and 'petting' (i.e. grabbing) her cat Ryland,\" he continued. \"Her many smiles sent a thrill through the world. She was so generous with them, even when most of the smiles back were covered by masks.\"\nDespite her life being cut short by cancer, Bean managed to spread much joy in her brief time here, including to her doctors and nurses who \"would gasp with joy when they saw her smile.\" She \"showed her parents a kind of love they never knew before and they will never forget\" and inspired thousands through Kaczynski's heartfelt online updates, which were met with a tidal wave of support, prayers and love.\nRead Next Mariah Carey's 'All I Want for Christmas Is You' breaks Sp...","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Published December 3, 2015 1:36am EST\nDetained Greenpeace activists transferred by prison train to St. Petersburg\nA Russian police officer guards police vans believed to be transporting Greenpeace activists to a prison in St. Petersburg, Russia, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013. Jailed Greenpeace activists have been transferred from Russia's far north to the city of St. Petersburg, officials confirmed. (AP Photo\/Dmitry Lovetsky) (The Associated Press)\nA Russian policeman stands as authorities prepare to transfer detained Greenpeace International activists to a prison in St. Petersburg, Russia, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013. Greenpeace ship, Arctic Sunrise, was seized by Russian security forces after some activists tried to scale an offshore oil platform. The 30 activists have been charged with hooliganism by the Russian authorities. (AP Photo\/Dmitry Lovetsky) (The Associated Press)\nST. PETERSBURG, Russia \u2013 Russian officials say 30 people arrested following a Greenpeace protest at an Arctic oil rig have been transferred to St. Petersburg.\nSpokeswoman Svetlana Peskovskaya from the Ministry of Interior's Transport Administration confirmed Tuesday that the 28 activists, a Russian photographer and a British videographer arrived from the northern Russian city of Murmansk in a sealed train wagon\nThe Greenpeace ship \"Arctic Sunrise\" was seized by the Russian coast guard after activists staged a protest outside the oil rig belonging to Russia's Gazprom state energy giant on Sept. 18. In the midst of international pressure, Russia dropped piracy charges and the 30 are now charged with hooliganism.\nGet all the stories you need-to-know from the most powerful name in news delivered first thing every morning to your inbox\nArrives Weekdays","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"The Nobel Peace Prize 1960\nAlbert Lutuli - Explore Facts\nAlbert Lutuli\nAlbert Lutuli - Facts\nAlbert Lutuli - Biographical\nAlbert Lutuli - Nobel Lecture: Africa and Freedom\nShare on Facebook: Albert Lutuli \u2013 Facts Share this content on Facebook Facebook\nTweet: Albert Lutuli \u2013 Facts Share this content on Twitter Twitter\nShare on LinkedIn: Albert Lutuli \u2013 Facts Share this content on LinkedIn LinkedIn\nShare via Email: Albert Lutuli \u2013 Facts Share this content via Email Email this page\nBorn:\t30 November 1897, Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe)\nDied:\t21 July 1967, Stanger, South Africa\nResidence at the time of the award: South Africa\nRole:\tPresident of the African National Congress, in South Africa\nPrize motivation: \"for his non-violent struggle against apartheid.\"\nAlbert Lutuli received his Nobel Prize one year later, in 1961.\nAfrica's First Peace Prize Laureate\nTwenty-five years after the award of the 1936 Peace Prize to concentration-camp prisoner Carl von Ossietzky, the Nobel Committee for the second time chose a prize-winner who was being persecuted by his own authorities.\nThe South African chief, teacher and trade unionist Albert Lutuli was elected president of the African National Congress (ANC) liberation movement in 1952. Inspired by Mahatma Gandhi's philosophy of nonviolence, he became the spokesman of a campaign of civil disobedience directed against South Africa's policy of racial segregation, and spearheaded several demonstrations and strikes against the white minority government. Together with other opponents of racial segregation, Lutuli was arrested and persecuted, and following the massacre of 69 black demonstrators in Sharpeville in 1960, the ANC was banned.\nThe choice of Lutuli meant that the Nobel Committee had placed respect for human rights on the agenda, and that it had joined the international movement against apartheid. This was taken a step further in 1984, when Lutuli's countryman Bishop Desmond Tutu won the Nobel Prize for Peace.\nCopyright \u00a9 The Norwegian Nobel Institute\nMLA style: Albert Lutuli \u2013 Facts. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Prize Outreach AB 2022. Fri. 21 Jan 2022. <https:\/\/www.nobelprize.org\/prizes\/peace\/1960\/lutuli\/facts\/>","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"How to Talk to Your Kids About Pop Culture [PDF]\nPopular Culture, Relational History, and the Question of Power in Palestine and Israel Author(S): Rebecca L\nDziesinski, SOC 459 SPRING15 (WI,E), 16Wks Prov2\n'Resistance,' 'Cultural Radicalism,' and 'Self-Formation'\nThe Culture Industry As Mass Deception Revisited\nChapter 4: Local Culture, Popular Culture, and Cultural Landscapes\nPop Culture: an Overview by Tim Delaney the Term\nRAD2001 Popular Culture Course Outline 2020-2021\nPulp Poets and Superhero Prophets: a Case for Popular Culture in Academic Library Collection Development\nCultural Theory and Popular Culture by John Storey\nCultures Blend in a Global Age\nJews and American Popular Culture Tues: 3-4:55, Thurs: 4:05-4:55\nThe Production of Popular Culture in Twentieth-Century Western Europe\nPhilosophy and Popular Culture: a Philosopher Seeks Value in the Imps Sons Aeon J\nPopular Culture, Media, and Globalization\n1 What Is Popular Culture?\nAPA Newsletters NEWSLETTER on TEACHING PHILOSOPHY\nRacism, Popular Culture and Australian Identity in Transition: a Case Study of Change in School Textbooks Since 1945 Bill Cope University of Wollongong\nThe Impact of Popular Culture on the Social Identity of Young Adults: Harry Potter and the Search for Belonging\nProduct Features and Optimal Differentiation in Music\nSOC 2116 Popular Culture & Media Sociology\nThe Politics of the Romanticization of Popular Culture, Or, Going Ga-Ga\nFAITH in POP CULTURE Religious Representation on Television\nSubcultures, Popular Music and Social Change\nRe-Thinking of Popular Culture Studies As\nUsing Popular Culture In-The Social Studies. How to Do It Series, Series\nPopular Culture and the Denigration of the Self Eric Bain-Selbo [email protected]\nDEPARTMENT of JEWISH STUDIES Programs Undergraduate Major \u2022 Jewish Studies Major (\nHONR 3007 Syllabus (Popular Culture Studies)\nIs Commercial Culture Popular Culture?: a Question for Popular Communication Scholars\n(3) Christianity and Popular Culture Vaughan Roberts, Team Vicar of St Mary'S and Team Rector of Warwick\nSubculture & Popular Culture\nAdorno on Popular Culture\nJewish Studies (JS) San Francisco State University Bulletin 2020-2021\nWhy Is American Popular Culture So Popular? a View from Europe\nMaking Sense of Popular Culture\nPopular Culture and Individual Empowerment in the Global World\nEntangling the Popular: an Introduction to Popular Culture: a Reader\nFrom Soft Power and Popular Culture to Popular Culture and World Politics\nPopular Culture & Globalization: Teacher Candidates\nMixing High and Popular Culture: the Impact of the Communication Revolution\nRhetoric and Popular Culture\n1950S Culture of Abundance and Conformity the Beginning of the Decade Was Marked by the Korean War When Troops from North Korea Invaded South Korea\nJournal of Religion and Popular Culture\nMass Culture, Popular Culture and Cultural Identity - Peter Horn\nWhat Makes Popular Culture Popular?\nChapter 4: Folk and Popular Culture\nReflecting Theologically on Popular Culture As Meaningful: the Role of Sin, Grace, and General Revelation\nThe Folk Culture of Jewish Immigrant Communities\nVolume 3: Pop Culture, Perceptions, and Social Change (A Research Review) by Rachel D\nCommunication 384: Interpreting Popular Culture Course Description\nChristianity and Popular Culture\nThe Leavisites and T.S. Eliot Combat Mass Urban Culture 2\nTheology of the Cross and Popular Culture ERNEST L\nPopular Culture, Popular Religion: Framing the Question\nAmerican Popular Culture\nEducating Jewishly with a Theatrical Flair Getting to Know Jennifer Caplan, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Towson University\nAmericans' Attitudes Towards Cultural Diversity and Cultural Authority: Culture Wars, Social Closure, Or Multiple Dimensions?\nCognition of Mainstream Culture and Subculture in English-Speaking Countries Gaimeizhao Xi'an Peihua University, Xi'an 71012\nPop Culture: an Overview\nHow to Talk to Your Kids About Pop Culture\nCh. 4 Folk and Pop Culture\nHome , MetroLyrics, Popular culture, Red Solo Cup, Walk Away (Remember Me), We Broke the Rules, What Is It\nBy: The Axis Team\n\u00a92013 by Axis\nAcknowledgements:\nWriters: Denise Morris Daniel Ryan Day\nEditors: Matthew John\nResearch: David Eaton Jeremiah Callihan Melanie Mudge Nicholas Gerber Meghan Libassi Daniel Giddings Patrick Wallace\nDesign: Melanie Mudge AJ Virgil\nA special note about Denise Morris and Matthew John:\nDenise:\nWithout Denise's expertise on Jewish history, Axis wouldn't have been able to pull off a book about discipleship. Not only did she contribute to the content of the manuscript, but she's responsible for getting our first eBook off the ground. Her first draft laid the foundation for the entire manuscript you have in front of you.\nMatthew John:\nThe best editors not only correct grammar and spelling -- they help craft a coherent and compelling story. M.J. is responsible for molding this manuscript into an eBook that makes sense and is easy to read.\nThank you Denise and Matthew John for helping Axis' first eBook come into existence. Thank you for pouring your heart and soul into this manuscript and helping us create something we are proud of!\nMy name is David Eaton, and I'm what you could call a culture translator. I'm also the cofounder of Axis, a worldview ministry to students ages 11 to 22. My good friend, Jeremiah, and I began Axis in 2007 because of what I call \"my three.\" Chris, Josh, and Andrew were three of my good friends in high school. All of us traveled together on different mission trips, including a trip to San Luis Potosi, Mexico. I have a picture of the four of us standing on the street, Bibles in hand, preaching about Jesus to people in the local market. We were passionate about sharing our faith with others, and trips like this one were a chance for us to bring the Gospel to those in need. My three friends have all gone on to be successful, intelligent, productive men. Today, Chris has a PhD in anthropology, Josh is a lawyer in Seattle, and Andrew is a teacher in New Jersey. And all three are now self-proclaimed atheists or agnostics. It breaks my heart. Sadly, my three friends are not the only ones from my generation who have abandoned or are abandoning their faith. As studies show, the next generation is unplugging from the church:\n\u2022 Pew: One in three adults have no religious affiliation.1 \u2022 CNN: ... most American teens who called themselves Christian were indifferent and inarticulate about their faith ... though three out of four American teenagers claim to be Christian, fewer than half practice their faith, only half deem it important, and most can't talk coherently about their beliefs.2 \u2022 Barna: Between 40 and 50 percent of graduating high school students, who participated in church or youth group while they were in high school, will fail to stick with their faith in college.3\nThe next generation \u2014 which we define as students ages 11 to 22 \u2014 is making a mass exodus from the institution of the Church and from the Christian faith. That's why what Axis does is so important, and why we are so passionate about rescuing the next generation. But we didn't start Axis because of the statistics; we started Axis because this problem is personal. Each of these statistics represents individual people who are struggling to know what is true and real, what matters. Most likely, you know someone \u2014 a close friend or family member \u2014 who has left the faith. You have your \"three.\" \"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\" 1 http:\/\/www.pewforum.org\/Unaffiliated\/nones-on-the-rise.aspx 2 Christian Smith, Phd, National Study of Youth and Religion, cited by CNN, \"More Teens Becoming 'Fake' Christians\" 3 Kara Powell, Phd and Chap Clark, Phd, Synthesis of the Fuller Youth Institute College Transition Project, The Barna Group, Nation Study of Youth and Religion, LifeWay Christian Resources, and Gallup cited in Sticky Faith, pg 15\nHowever many people you thought of, whether one or three or ten,the problem is real. Something has to change. Before we can reverse the trends, we have to know several things: Why is the next generation migrating away from Jesus? And what are they moving toward? In this eBook, we will look at some of the reasons the next generation is leaving the faith, and we will offer insight and some practical tools for parents to use to help rescue their children and the next generation. But first, let me introduce you to Axis. At the beginning of this letter, I referred to myself as a \"culture translator.\" Though you're likely not familiar with the term, chances are you will be hearing about it in the next few years. Right now, American University in Paris offers a Masters of Arts in Cultural Translation, and in 2012 the first-ever Culture Translation Symposium was held at George Washington University. It's a topic people are beginning to talk about. Cultural translation4 is a growing field of study that combines theories and research methodologies from the fields of anthropology, sociology, geography, philology5, and philosophy of religion. Cultural translators aim to understand the meanings of practices and behaviors of one people group, and then explain them in ways that people of another culture can understand. In short, cultural translators are experts at explaining the differences between people groups. Axis is a culture translation agency. But, unlike most culture translators, our focus is not on different countries or races. Instead, we translate between generations. We translate pop culture and deep Christian truths for teenagers, and we translate teen culture for parents and grandparents. This is how it works: We start by taking the big ideas from Scripture and the most compelling teachings from the most influential Christian thinkers (C.S. Lewis, Tim Keller, Ravi Zacharias, and others), and we translate these big ideas in a way teenagers can understand. And we don't dumb anything down \u2014 we translate it. We also expose and translate the philosophies and big ideas found in movies, music, magazines, and other media. Not only do we identify the philosophies found in popular culture, but we use examples from pop culture itself. Our presentations to students are packed with the very pop-culture content that students spend hours with every day. We also equip you, the parent, to better understand your children and the culture they're immersed in. We know the next generation. We know what they are thinking, what they care about, and how to talk with them about deep truths about God and the world. Our goal is to help you understand your kids and the culture they're living in. That's why we are writing this eBook. It's to use our experience as a bridge between generations and help your family grow strong as you follow Christ together.\nSo what makes Axis good at building bridges? Well, for starters, we are relatively young. We're able to relate to your kids because we aren't that much older than they are \u2014 we're in our twenties and early thirties. Also, we know student culture. We study pop culture. We know the hot songs, the most popular movies, and all the latest trends. \"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\" 4 http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cultural_translation 5 http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Philology\nAt the same time, Axis learns from a lot of older and wiser people because we study their books, essays, and sermons. We make it a point to find and synthesize the best resources on raising the next generation. And we surround ourselves with people who are mature in their faith. It should be noted that we do all this not because we care about the next generation in the abstract \u2014 the idea of a generation of young people who follow Jesus \u2014 but also because we are parents of young children ourselves. We need this stuff just as much as you do! We know firsthand the pressure of wanting to raise children who follow Jesus. Indeed, the other day, I sat down with our staff and asked them a simple question: \"What is your greatest fear as a parent?\" Daniel, who has two kids and one on the way, spoke first: \"My greatest fear is that they would walk away from Jesus.\" Jeremiah, a father to three young boys, echoed Daniel's fear: \"God has called me, as their daddy, to bring them up to follow Jesus. Ultimately, the choice is theirs, but I, with the help of God, am going to fight and pray for that every day.\" I started off this letter talking about \"my three\" \u2014 my three friends who walked away from God. But Jeremiah has a different \"three\" \u2014 his three kids, who, he hopes more than anything, will grow up to love and follow Jesus. I don't know where you are on the journey of parenthood. For me, it just began; my wife and I just had our first child. But I want you to know that I care about your kids. Axis cares about your kids. Our vision is to see the next generation become a generation of disciple-makers who are committed both to the church and to engaging the culture around them. And that is most likely to happen if you have the tools and information you need. Thank you for downloading this eBook. As you read it, take notes. Let us know if there are things that we can add, or issues we should address, to help and encourage you as a parent. Here is my e-mail address so that you can contact me directly with comments, questions, and suggestions: [email protected] Think of this eBook as the beginning of a conversation between you and Axis.\nThank you for your time and for your commitment to saving the next generation.\nDavid Eaton CEO of Axis\nChapter 1: The Epidemic\nI\"want\"to\"live\"the\"way\"of\"the\"world,\" but\"I\"don't\"want\"to\"go\"to\"hell!\" \" \"\n\"I want to live the way of the world, but I don't want to go to hell.\" Melanie took a second look at the letter to make sure she was reading it correctly. She read that line again: \"I want to live the way of the world, but I don't want to go to hell.\" As the car full of Axis team members continued down the road, she decided to read it out loud for the rest of the team. \"Hey guys, listen to this,\" She said. \"'I want to live the way of the world, but I don't want to go to hell.'\" \"What?\" David said as he continued to drive down the interstate. \"What are you reading?\" \"A girl at the school gave this letter to me. The envelope says, 'Please read I need help!' And inside she has a list of questions about God and her life. Listen to this:\nHow did you know when you wanted to be a Christian? How did you decide you wanted to be a Christian? What made you decide to become a Christian? I have lived in a church my whole life and Christian school my whole life \u2014 God always pushed on me, but I don't think it's for me. I know if I go the way of the world my parents will be disappointed in me. I don't know what to do with myself or spiritually. I want to live the way of the world, but I don't want to go to hell.\n\"Wow! She sounds confused,\" Daniel chimed in from the back seat, \"I have to admit, though \u2014 there have been times in my life where I've felt that way.\" From the driver's seat, David said, \"Melanie, Daniel, Bethany \u2014 that's why we are here this week. Even though these kids attend this Christian school, are growing up in Christian homes, and attend Christian churches, they are confused. They have\nquestions. All of the media clips that we show them are full of answers \u2014 answers to life's big questions. These teenagers are confused, and by spending the next two days with them, we can help them see God more clearly.\" Silence filled the car as the weight of both the letter and David's words sank in. When your job is to travel and speak to school after school, church after church, conference after conference, it's easy to get into a routine and forget about the reasons you are traveling all over the country. But that day, while those Axis team members listened to the humdrum of the tires against the pavement, the reason became clear. David, Melanie, Daniel, and Bethany were in Louisiana for one purpose: to help teenagers sift through the clutter of popular culture and the many messages that come with it, and see God clearly.\nWhat Is Popular Culture?\nTo some of you the answer to the question \"What is pop culture?\" seems obvious. But let's define it here so that we're all on the same page. So, when we say \"pop culture,\" we're referring to popular music, movies, magazines, art, fashion, TV shows, Internet memes and fads, newspapers, books, and radio. It includes the content (songs, movies, and so on) and the attitudes, personalities, and lifestyles of the celebrities who create that content. We need to talk about pop culture because teenagers spend so much time taking it in and being influenced by it. Popular culture is everywhere, and it is powerful. It's full of ideas for how your children should live their lives. And chances are, in addition to the Christian culture you're raising your children in, pop culture has become the dominant culture that your children are living in. But just because pop culture is powerful doesn't mean we need to be afraid of it. It just means that we need to be aware of what the next generation is spending time listening to, watching, and engaging with.\nUnanswered Questions vs. Unquestioned Answers\nThe issue \u2014 teenagers walking away from God \u2014 is not caused by, as we like to say, unanswered questions. We'll say it again: The issue is not unanswered questions. We don't think people walk away from their faith because they can't get all their questions answered. Even the smartest people in the world don't have all of the answers. The issue, instead, is unquestioned answers. By \"unquestioned answers\" we mean the answers to our questions about God, ethics, our purpose in life, etc. that we believe to be true without ever really questioning them. And unquestioned answers come at us from everywhere \u2014 from the news, from politics, from investment advisors, from pharmaceutical commercials. For teenagers, one of the most prominent sources of unquestioned answers is popular culture.\nIf you, as parents, are not answering your teenager's questions, popular culture is more than happy to take your place. For example, if your teenager is asking herself, \"What should I do with my life?\" pop culture offers a variety of answers, one of the more prominent ones being, \"Follow your heart. Do what feels right!\"6 You've heard this answer before. One of the more influential personalities of our generation used to preach The\"issue\"is\"not\" this idea from her television show and still does through her magazine and her webcasts and conferences. We're talking, unanswered\" of course, about Oprah. A recent cover story in O Magazine questions,\"the\" encouraged readers to \"Let Your Intuition Be Your Guide.\"7 issue\"is\" During her \"A New Earth\" webcast with spiritual teacher Eckhart Tolle, Oprah said that, \"God is a feeling experience, unquestioned\" not a believing experience. If God for you is still about a answers. belief, then it's not truly God.\"8 Oprah isn't the only champion of the \"follow your heart\" philosophy. Disney, a purveyor of popular culture that's more likely than Oprah to have influenced your kids directly, also preaches this message. Movies about Disney princesses have taught multiple generations to follow their hearts. If you do, all of your dreams will come true, or so goes the message. Disney's most recent princess \u2014 the red- headed firecracker from the Pixar-animated film Brave \u2014 is told by her mom, \"Our fate lives within us. You only have to be brave enough to see it. You must be brave enough to look inside you.\" There's a problem with this idea, of course: What if following your heart conflicts with, say, the law? Or, as an observant mother of a toddler recently tweeted, \"What if your heart is telling you not to wear pants?\"9 \"Follow your heart\" is a prime example of an unquestioned answer. The girl who wrote the letter we mentioned earlier was wrestling with it. She said of Christianity, \"I don't think it is for me.\" Her heart was telling her to walk away from God. Should she listen to her heart? Should she let her intuition be her guide?\nThe Presence of Pop Culture\nPop culture is everywhere. Its influence in teenagers' lives is a big deal. But the issue \u2014 teenagers walking away from God \u2014 is not caused by unanswered questions. The problem isn't that pop culture raises questions your teens can't handle. Instead, the issue is unquestioned answers. Of course, this phrase \"unquestioned answers\" begs its own question: answers to what questions? What are these questions that popular culture provides answers for?\n\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\" 6 Star Trek. Directed by J.J. Abrams: Released by: Paramount Pictures, Apr. 2009 7 Let Your Intuition Be Your Guide. \"O\" Magazine Aug. 2011 8 A New Earth Webcast: http:\/\/www.oprah.com\/oprahsbookclub\/Watch-A-New-Earth- Web-Classes-on-Oprahcom 9 Tweeted by: HonestToddler 2\/27\/13\nChapter 2: Teenagers Have Questions\nA\"person's\"worldview\"determines\"the\"way\" they\"will\"answer\"deep\"questions.\nThe sanctuary was quiet and beautiful. Exposed oak timbers held up the walls and ceiling, oak pews lined the floor, and the slightly raised stage was covered with wood trim and accents. As we walked in and began to set up for chapel, we could hear the air conditioner turn on. We tested all of the equipment, and everything worked. We sat down and waited for the crowd of Christian middle and high school students to enter the auditorium. A few minutes later we could hear them coming down the halls. Middle and high school students take any opportunity they can to talk to their friends, and the walk to chapel was no exception. The hum began in the distance and got louder. Soon the air conditioner was drowned out by a sanctuary full of loud students excited about a break from classes. One of the teachers walked up on stage and grabbed a guitar. As he began to lead the students through a rendition of \"How Great Is Our God,\" most students joined in. Compared to a lot of the schools we've spoken to, they actually sang pretty well. There\nwere only a few pockets of older boys who refused to sing in order to look cool. But the enthusiasm all the students walked in with was gone. After a few more songs, it was time for us to get on stage and begin the presentation. We showed a random video of a panda bear sneezing, and the students laughed. Your\"walk\"talks\" We read a section of verses from Proverbs about wisdom, and\"your\"talk\" and the students listened. And then we played the music talks,\"but\"your\" video of a popular song sung by two popular recording artists, Eminem and Rihanna, about physical abuse. The walk\"talks\"louder\" guy character in the song talks about how he's changed, than\"your\"talk\" and he promises not to abuse his girlfriend anymore, yet talks. tells the audience that he's lying to her so she won't leave. The girl in the song admits that she can't leave the relationship because she doesn't know where to go, and being with him, even though he abuses her, is better than being alone. As the song moved into the chorus, students around the auditorium \u2014 in this conservative Christian school \u2014 began to hum the song. By the end of the song, the majority of the student body was singing loudly. All of their enthusiasm from before chapel was back.10 After the song was over, we put up the lyrics so the students could read what they had just been singing. As the reality of the lyrics settled in, it became clear: The students had no idea what they had been singing about. The students at this Christian school didn't realize that they had memorized and were singing a song about an abusive, codependent relationship.\nAs we intimated in Chapter 1, the world is full of questions. Teenagers themselves are full of questions. In this chapter we are going to look at some of the specific questions that teenagers are dealing with and the answers that pop culture offers for those questions. But before we talk about the questions, we want you to know where we are coming from. We're trying to make the point that everyone, and teenagers especially, are asking deep, meaning-of-life questions \u2014 maybe not consciously, but those issues are on their minds. We are also making the point that pop culture offers some very powerful answers to most of those deep questions, and that those answers are influencing the way they live their lives. That's what the story at the beginning of this chapter is all about \u2014 pop culture offering a vivid answer (codependency) to a very deep question (how do I find fulfillment in life?).\nThe list of deep questions teenagers struggle with is not a small list. If we tried to answer every specific question a teenager has asked us over the past seven years, this would not be an eBook \u2014 it would be an encyclopedia. But at the same time, there are six major categories of questions that we can address. These six major categories, each of which we represent with a single question, are at the root of most issues teenagers struggle with.\n\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\" 10 http:\/\/www.directlyrics.com\/eminem-love-the-way-you-lie-lyrics.html\nWe have also found that these six question categories also do a good job defining a worldview. A worldview, in the simplest of terms, is \"the way you view the world.\" Yes, we broke the rules of definitions by using the word to define itself, but in many ways a worldview is that simple. It's the set of values and principles from which you make decisions and base your life. Your true worldview will not only determine the way you answer the following questions, but it will also influence the way you answer questions about homosexuality, modesty, freedom, social justice, and abortion. We said \"true worldview\" because there is a difference between the worldviews we profess and the worldviews by which we actually live. As we like to say at Axis, \"your walk talks and your talk talks, but your walk talks louder than your talk talks.\" In other words, the way you live proclaims what you truly believe. So here's the foundation of this chapter: 1) Teenagers ask a lot of deep questions; and 2) A person's worldview determines the way they will answer deep questions. And now we want to take those two foundational points and look at the answers that pop culture offers to the big questions. But first things first. You are probably wondering what six questions we are referring to. Here are the six foundational questions that teenagers are asking \u2014 and, coincidentally, the questions that every worldview must answer:\n1. Where did I come from?\nThe question \"Where did I come from?\" is the question of origin. Although most teenagers won't ask us, \"What is my origin?\" they do ask us hypothetical questions that are similar. Questions like, \"What if God didn't create the world? What if the world came about in a different way? What if God used evolution to create the world?\"\n2. What is real?\nThis question is as simple as it sounds, but, as with most philosophy questions, it is also very deep. The question of reality is literally asking, \"Is the tree I see in front of me real?\" Another way we can ask the question of reality is, \"Can I trust my senses?\" This may seem like a silly question, but from a religious perspective, it is not. There are many religions that teach that everything we sense is an illusion, and that there is a spiritual life-force that makes up everything we see, touch, smell, hear, and taste. Other religions teach that what we see in front of us is all that there is. They teach that reality is solely defined through the senses, and that there is no spiritual world.\n3. Who am I?\nThis may be the most common question teenagers ask \u2014 the question of identity. Teenagers want to know who they are. They want to know if their lives have meaning. They want to know if they are worth something. The most obvious examples\nof teenagers searching for identity include trying to fit in and succumbing to peer pressure.\n4. How do I know what is right or wrong?\nThe question of ethics and morality is another vital question. How do we know what is right or wrong? What is the standard by which we know how to behave? Does the government and its laws determine morality? Does the Bible define right and wrong? Underage drinking, drug use, and premarital sex all stem from answers to these questions. Relativism also becomes an issue as teenagers try to define morality in post- modern terms. \"What's right for you is right for you, but not necessarily for me.\"\n5. What is my purpose in life?\nTeenagers will often ask us this question exactly as it's written: \"What is my purpose in life? What is my calling? What am I supposed to do with my life?\" These are important questions because they will determine the way a teenager lives his or her life.\n6. What happens when I die?\nAll of us, on some level, have wondered about the answer to this question. And if we haven't asked this question exactly, we've asked something similar: \"What is Heaven going to be like? What happens if someone who has never heard of Jesus dies? Do all religions lead to the same place? What if this is all there is?\" This may be the most important question because how we answer this question will also determine the way we live our lives.\nNow that we've listed the big six questions, let's take a look at some of the answers pop culture offers to these major questions.\nQuestion #1: Where did I come from?\nOne of the most popular comedies on TV right now is called The Big Bang Theory. It's a hilarious show that features quirky graduate students and scientists trying to live \"normal\" lives. But try as they might, quirky they remain. One character, a mechanical engineer, lives with his mom. Two physicists live as roommates, with a multi-page \"roommate agreement\" that includes, among other things, mandatory apocalyptic preparedness training. And a few other characters are as equally socially awkward and quirky. But they all manage, somehow, to be endearing.11 At the beginning of every episode is the show's theme song. It goes through a Darwinian history of the universe and mankind and ends with the phrase, \"And it all started with the Big Bang \u2014 BANG!\" \"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\" 11 http:\/\/www.cbs.com\/shows\/big_bang_theory\/\nTurns out when teenagers watch TV \u2014 including one of the most popular shows on TV right now \u2014 they're exposed to an answer to the question of their origin \u2014 all to the tune of, \"\u2026 and it all started with the Big Bang \u2014 BANG!\"\nQuestion #2: What is real?\nHave you seen either of the Kung Fu Panda movies? Jack Black, a comedian and actor, is the voice of Po, the title character. The movies follow Po's journey to become a kung fu master. The movies are funny and entertaining \u2014 and full of ideas about the nature of reality.12 In one scene, a warrior comes up to a very wise kung- fu master turtle and says, \"Master, master \u2014 I have very bad news.\" The turtle turns around and tells him, \"There is just news; there is no good or bad.\" In the world of Kung Fu Panda, there is no good or bad, there is just existence. This seems to be a reference to the Buddhist practice of mindfulness, where the practitioner acknowledges their circumstances but doesn't judge them. It's part of the practice of letting go of one's desires, which is a central tenet of Buddhism. Another example comes from reaching back into pop culture history and pulling out the intellectually intense and action-packed trilogy The Matrix. At one point in the first movie, Neo, the eventual savior of humanity, talks with a bald boy dressed in some sort of tan Buddhist monk garb. The boy is bending a floating spoon with his mind. Neo tries to do the same. The boy tells Neo, \"Do not try and bend the spoon. That's impossible. Instead, only try and realize the truth.\" \"What truth?\" Neo asks. \"There is no spoon, \" The boy answers. \"There is no spoon,\" Neo repeats. \"Then you'll see that it is not the spoon that bends, it is only yourself.\"13 In the reality of the Matrix \u2014 when a person is \"plugged in\" \u2014 everything is an illusion. The spoon, a desk, a car \u2014 nothing exists in the real sense of the word, only figuratively. We are not going to flesh this out in this eBook, but the Matrix's perspective -- that everything is an illusion -- is found in many other religions around the world. Yes, the movie is talking about a fictionalized world, but the movie is representing and promoting a real belief from the real world.\nQuestion #3: Who am I?\nFor the past several years, Twilight has dominated the publishing and film industries. If you're not familiar with this series, it's about Edward, a young-looking- but-super-old vampire, and Bella, a high-school-aged girl, who fall in love.The series of four books is based around their attempts to be together.14 \"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\" 12 http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0441773\/ 13 http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XO0pcWxcROI 14 https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Twilight_(series)\nThere are several points in the movies when we hear Edward say things like, \"Bella, you are my life now. You're my only reason for staying alive.\" And at one point Bella says, \"If this is about my soul, take it! I don't want it without you.\" When the two are apart, Edward becomes suicidal, to the point of exposing himself as a vampire to the world. (FYI -- if he had been able to expose himself to the world, he would have been killed by the leadership council of his own people.) Bella becomes self-destructive too, intentionally putting herself in harmful situations \u2014 like riding a motorcycle recklessly fast \u2014 so that Edward will have to come back and save her. Twilight shows that Bella is miserable without Edward, but decadently happy with him. So what's the message teenage girls are likely to take away from these stories? Put yourself in the shoes of a teenage girl. If she indulges in these stories uncritically, she'll probably think she needs to find her own Edward and will be discontent with herself and her life until she does. What impact could this belief have on her sense of worth as a young woman?\nQuestion #4: How do I know what is right or wrong?\nWe mentioned the \"follow your heart\" idea back in Chapter 1, which shows up often in pop culture. But there are also some other answers to the ethics-and-morality question that make frequent cameos. One obvious answer to this question comes up in the recent baseball movie called 42.15 42 follows the heroic journey of Jackie Robinson, the first black player in professional baseball. In one scene, Jackie is playing in the hometown of teammate Pee Wee Reese. As the game progresses, the camera zooms in on a dad explaining parts of the game to his 12-year-old son. As number 42 comes to the plate, the dad stands up and starts screaming vulgarities at Jackie. We see the 12-year-old son look around confused as he tries to make sense of his dad's ranting and raving. After a few seconds, the son stands up and starts screaming vulgarities too. It becomes obvious that the boy doesn't know what or why he is yelling these angry words, but he continues, driven by his dad's example and the consensus of the crowd. A few moments later, Pee Wee Reese, the white hometown hero of the boy, comes on to the field and puts his arm around number 42, making the point that he accepts Jackie even though his skin is a different color. Again we see the boy confused. This story powerfully illustrates a common misconception about truth that is offered by pop culture: that truth is defined by consensus. Whether we look back at the 1400s when it was generally accepted that the Earth was flat, or whether it is a scene from the 1800s when slavery was both accepted and a way of life, there have been numerous times when truth has been defined by what the largest amount of people \u2014 the consensus \u2014 thought truth to be. In the movie, the little boy did not know why he was supposed to hate Jackie; he just knew that he should based on the \"boos\" and curses around him. He was literally looking to the crowd to determine his behavior.\n\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\" 15 http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0453562\/\nIs this the way we should determine truth and morality? Is truth defined by consensus? If the majority of people stand up and claim that African Americans are not humans, does that make it right? Obviously, no!\nQuestion #5: What is my purpose in life?\n\"So what, we get drunk? \/ So what, we smoke weed? \/ We're just having fun \/ We don't care who sees \/ So what, we go out? \/ That's how it's supposed to be \/ livin' young and wild and free.\" Wiz Khalifa, Snoop Dogg (who now calls himself Snoop Lion), and Bruno Mars got together for this 2012 song, titled \"Young, Wild, & Free.\"16 The message about purpose in life? Have fun. If that means doing drugs and getting drunk, awesome \u2014 don't even worry about who sees you. Life is about doing what you want to do, when you want to do it.\nQuestion #6: What happens when I die?\nLately, Liam Neeson has been known for his rolls in the human trafficking thrillers Taken and Taken 2. But he also starred in the 2011 thriller The Grey, in which a plane wrecks in Alaska, and the survivors\u2014Liam Neeson's character, Ottway, among them\u2014are tracked down by a pack of wolves.17 During the movie he repeatedly quotes a poem that hung above his father's desk:\n\"Once more into the fray Into the last good fight I'll ever know. Live and die on this day. Live and die on this day.\"\nWe find out that this poem and Liam Neeson's character believe there is nothing on the other side of death. It's absolute. Permanent. At the beginning of the movie, when the plane first crashes, we are given a glimpse of hope \u2014 hope that they might survive the harsh elements and wolves. But hope wanes with each passing day, and the movie ends with Liam Neeson's character embracing the meaninglessness of life, charging \"into the fray\" and \u2014 spoiler alert! \u2014 to his death.\nAs teenagers navigate the world, they are looking for answers to their big questions. And as we can see, pop culture offers some pretty interesting answers to these questions. In the next chapter we'll discuss how these answers students receive about life will, over time, influence who they become. There's a word for this idea of influence over time. It's called discipleship. So let's talk discipleship and how pop culture is discipling the next generation. \"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\" 16 http:\/\/www.metrolyrics.com\/young-wild-free-lyrics-wiz-khalifa.html 17 http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1601913\/\nChapter 3: What About Discipleship?\nParents\"are\"not\"the\"only\"ones\"discipling\"their\"kids.\" \" \"\nA row of older brick townhomes lined Independence Avenue. Streetlights created patches of shadows on the sidewalk. Light fog hung in the air. And every few minutes a car would flash its red brake lights as it disappeared around the corner. For downtown Philly, it was pretty quiet. But then gunshots rang out \u2014 BAM\u2013BAM\u2013BAM \u2014 killing the silence. And Tyrone. Tyrone was a good friend of Patrick, one of the Axis Team leaders. According to Patrick, he has lost a lot of friends during his life, but Tyrone's death was the hardest for him to take. \"His life was cut short. Like a breath or a vapor, it was gone in a moment.\" A few years later, Patrick's understanding of the brevity of life and his search for meaning led him regularly to a bar near Penn State University, where he would try to wash away his emptiness. One night, God showed up. \"I rested my arm against the bar counter, holding a drink in my hand. Under normal circumstances, I would have downed it and had a few more. But on that night, it was my first and only drink. Leaning on that bar top, a question surfaced in my brain, one that would change my life:\nPatrick didn't finish his drink that night. Instead, he walked out of the bar inspired to live a life that mattered. But as we all know, a decision to change doesn't mean that everything changes right away. Patrick still had the same bad friends and negative influences surrounding him. So he started to pray for something different, for help.\nA few months later he was driving on a back road near Penn State. His car was a junker, and as he and a friend approached a curve, the car sputtered. Not knowing much about cars, Patrick pulled over, lifted up the hood, and stared at a what appeared to him to be only a mess of wires and metal. Luckily for Patrick, though, his car broke down right in front of a house belonging to couple named Steve and Pam. Steve came outside to see if he could help. After getting his car running, Steve stayed in contact with Patrick. Over the next few months, Steve helped Patrick get his car fixed, invited him to church, and began to mentor him. And then, Steve made a radical offer and invited Patrick to live in his house with his family. Steve was a strong believer and loved helping people. Throughout the rest of Patrick's college career, Steve and Pam helped Patrick finish school. They got him plugged into their church, and Patrick joined the choir. When Patrick tells the story, you can see the joy and love he has for Steve, Pam, and their children. \"They walked through life with me,\" Patrick said, \"and, in a way, taught me how to live. Steve became a mentor of mine, and he discipled me. He and his family changed my life. If it weren't for Steve and his family, I don't know where I would be today.\"\nWhat Is Discipleship?\nIn the story above, Patrick mentioned that he was \"discipled\" by Steve. In Chapter 2, we made the claim that the ideas presented to the next generation by pop culture are discipling the next generation. But what is discipleship, and why is it important? Before we talk about what discipleship is, could be, Just\"about\"anything\" or should be in our time, let's consider what discipleship looked like in Jesus' time. \u2014\"whatever\"it\"is\"we\" are\"spending\"time\" Discipleship in Jesus' Time with,\"whatever\"we\" are\"following\"\u2014\"\" Jesus was born into a world of discipleship. In first century Israel, students flocked to rabbis (religious scholars could\"be\"our\"rabbi. and teachers), wanting desperately to study with them. A typical rabbi would begin his career by teaching the crowds, sharing what he had learned about God's law and how he interpreted it. Young men who were interested in the Scriptures would come listen to the rabbi as he preached from a hillside. If one of these young men was interested in studying with the rabbi, he would approach the rabbi and ask if he might learn from him. The rabbi would look the boy up and down, considering if he might be a good student, and then the tests would begin. \"Recite the scroll of Isaiah for me,\" the rabbi might say. And the student would begin reciting the book of Isaiah to the rabbi from memory. If he passed, if he didn't stumble too much, the rabbi would nod and ponder and then begin another test. \"List the birds named in the Scriptures,\" he might command. And the student would flip back through\nhis mind and, beginning in Genesis, list the birds mentioned in Scripture. On and on it would go, the rabbi checking to see if this potential student had what it took to be his follower. If the student passed the test, he would be allowed to study with the rabbi. He could become the rabbi's disciple and glean from the rabbi's wisdom and learn to interpret the law of God the way the rabbi did. This new disciple would then begin to follow his rabbi \u2014 literally. Wherever the rabbi traveled, the disciple would go. Whatever the rabbi did, the disciple would do too. If the rabbi marched through a muddy puddle, the disciple would as well. If the rabbi slept, the disciple would close his eyes. If the rabbi went into the restroom, the disciple would follow, because what if he says something profound in there? Such was the life of a disciple. He was completely and fully committed to being just like his rabbi. Nothing was better than to become a successful copy \u2014 a disciple \u2014 of the rabbi he had committed his life to following. This was the world into which Peter, James, John, Matthew, and the rest of the twelve were born. This is what would have come to mind for Jesus' disciples when he said, \"Go make disciples.\" Jesus wanted people who would follow him, who would know exactly what he had said, who would relate to the world and other people as he did, who would desire to be just like him.\nJohn, when writing to believers who were being challenged by false teachings, talked about the importance of obedience \u2014 the importance of love for God being combined with an active response. When we know the background of discipleship and the passionate faith Jesus called people to, it is no wonder that John points out the seriousness of being a believer: \"Whoever claims to live in him must walk as Jesus did\" (1 John 2:6). But John is not the only one to say this. Jesus himself made a similar statement called the Great Commission. \"All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age\" (Matthew 28:18-20, NIV). Unfortunately, a lot of Christians have oversimplified the Great Commission and stripped it of its meat. Often, when we talk about the Great Commission, we seem to think that saying a prayer makes a person a Christian. And perhaps that's the case. But does that make someone a disciple \u2014 which is what Jesus really called for in the Great Commission? By oversimplifying the Great Commission to a conversion prayer, have we actually committed a \"Great Omission\"?18 Have we omitted the part about \"\u2026teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you\"? YES! We have forgotten that becoming a disciple in Jesus' time meant a complete restructuring of one's life around Jesus Christ \u2014 or as John said, \"to walk as Jesus did.\" \"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\" 18 http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/books\/dp\/0060882433\nIf we want to preach from Matthew 28, and we should, we need to stop using it merely as a command for evangelism and realize that it is a command for much more: discipleship. We're not the only ones who think something's missing from the way we teach about discipleship. Here is a soundbite of a recent sermon by David Platt:\nMaking disciples is the natural \u2014 or maybe better yet supernatural \u2014 overflow of being a disciple. Proclaiming the love of Christ is the overflow of sharing in the life of Christ. And I'm convinced many people in our churches are just simply missing the life of Christ, and a lot of it has to do with what we've sold them as the Gospel \u2014 i.e. pray this prayer, accept Jesus into your heart, invite Christ into your life. Should it not concern us that there is no such superstitious prayer in the New Testament? Should it not concern us that the Bible never uses the phrases 'accept Jesus into your heart' or 'invite Christ into your life'? It's not the Gospel we see being preached. It's modern evangelism built on sinking sand, and it runs the risk of disillusioning millions of souls.19\nSo if being a follower of Jesus is a lot more than praying a prayer, then what is it? What are the key characteristics of being a disciple of Jesus?\nFour Characteristics of Discipleship\nAt Axis, we have identified four basic characteristics of discipleship based on what we know about discipleship from Jesus' time: Time, Leaders, Values, and Life. We will explain those characteristics in detail a little further into the chapter, but before we do, think about the implications of those four characteristics. If those are four primary characteristics of discipleship, just about anything \u2014 whateverwe are spending time with, whatever we are following \u2014 could be our rabbi.\nTwo Qualifiers\nThere are two more things you need to know before we explain our perspective on discipleship in any more detail.\n1) It's our perspective. There's a lot of debate and postulating on what discipleship ought to look like. Many books have been written on the subject, and Axis is using this eBook to describe our perspective on what it looks like to disciple teenagers.\n2) We don't think discipleship can be practiced in today's culture exactly as it was in Jesus' time. Let's face it. We have different stresses, priorities, and restrictions on our lives. Plus, we are a more individualized as a culture. But this doesn't make the discipleship any less vital to our lives today. It just means we need to be prepared to\n\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\" 19 http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-Q9KqP46nPY\napply it a little differently than leaving our homes and following a religious teacher around the countryside. We need to be creative.\nThe Four Questions\nNow we are ready to explore discipleship as it relates to pop culture. By asking ourselves and our teenagers four simple questions, we can figure out who and what we are disciples of.\nQuestion #1: What do I spend the majority of my time doing and thinking about?\nDisciples in Jesus' day, spent all of their time with their rabbi. Like we mentioned above, if the rabbi went into the bathroom, the disciple followed. So the first characteristic of discipleship is what we spend our time on.\nQuestion #2: What leaders do I follow?\nThis is slightly obvious, but a disciple was a follower \u2014 a follower of a rabbi. The rabbi not only taught his disciples theology and doctrine, but he also aimed to live out those principles. Following a rabbi and copying his every move was, in essence, learning how to live life. So the question we have to ask ourselves is: Whom do we follow? Whose teachings, ideas,and lifestyles are we imitating?\nQuestion #3: Where do I get my values?\nThe word \"values\" is charged with political baggage. Whenever you mention it, people automatically think of the \"religious right\" and their attitudes toward abortion and gay rights. But we're using the term \"values\" in a basic sense, to refer to the collection of ideas, practices, and truths that we \"value\" or deem important. With that in mind, let's ask this question: What do our teenagers value? What do we value? Furthermore, who teaches us and our teenagers what to value?\nQuestion #4: How do I live my life?\nAnother way to ask this question could be, \"What are the actual activities that make up my day?\" If we were to list out all of the things that we accomplish in a day, what things would be on that list? If we were to take an inventory of everything we think about, do, pursue, read, listen to \u2014 if we listed the places we visit, the people we interact with, and the activities that fill up our day \u2014 what would be on that list? But we can't just stop at listing activities \u2014 if we do that, we are in danger of becoming a bunch of pietists who think that we have to become monks to be pure disciples of Jesus. Question #4 is about a lot more than simply what we do. It's just as\nimportant to consider how we do what we do. God cares about the way we live just as much as the things we accomplish while living. In a way, Question #4 is the culmination of the first three questions because what we spend time on, the leaders we follow, and what we value will end up determining the way that we actually live out each day of our lives.\nDiscipleship is important. It's important because Jesus said it was important. It's important because it directly impacts and guides who we become as adults. It's important because you are not the only one discipling your children. And if you aren't the only one discipling your kids, that means your kids are students of other things. We already mentioned that pop culture is more than happy to take them on as disciples, and that may be the main reason parents are losing. Pop culture may just be the primary influence on your teenager's life.\nChapter 4: Why Parents Lose\nParents\"are\"not\"the\"only\"ones\"discipling\"their\"kids!\" \" \" \"\nParents tell us they're losing. They tell us that their children are walking away from God, and they don't know what to do about it. Do you remember the stats we gave earlier in the book \u2014 the indications that young people are leaving the church and their faith at alarming rates? Here they are again:\n\u2022 Pew: One in three adults have no religious affiliation.20 \u2022 CNN: ... most American teens who called themselves Christian were indifferent and inarticulate about their faith ... though three out of four American teenagers claim to be Christian, fewer than half practice their faith, only half deem it important, and most can't talk coherently about their beliefs.21 \u2022 Barna: Between 40 and 50 percent of graduating high school students, who participated in church or youth group while they were in high school, will fail to stick with their faith in college.22\nThe stats are mind-blowing \u2014 but like we said earlier, the problem is not primarily statistical; the problem is personal. We don't have to share these stats with the thousands of parents, teachers, and youth leaders we meet each year. They already\n\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\" 20 http:\/\/www.pewforum.org\/Unaffiliated\/nones-on-the-rise.aspx 21 Christian Smith, Phd, National Study of Youth and Religion, cited by CNN, \"More Teens Becoming 'Fake' Christians\" 22 Kara Powell, Phd and Chap Clark, Phd, Synthesis of the Fuller Youth Institute College Transition Project, The Barna Group, Nation Study of Youth and Religion, LifeWay Christian Resources, and Gallup cited in Sticky Faith, pg 15\nknow what's happening. They just want to know what they can do to fix it. But before we can fix it, we need to know why the problem exists in the first place \u2014 why parents are losing. Axis believes that parents lose because of the way teenagers are discipled. That's the reason we dedicated the last chapter to describing discipleship, and that's the reason we exist as an organization. Every presentation we give, every book we write, every newsletter we send out is, at its core, about discipleship. Do you remember the four basic characteristics of discipleship that we mentioned in the last chapter? Obviously, the New Testament version of discipleship is quite a bit different from discipleship today, but regardless of the time period and style of discipleship,the end goal of discipleship is to influence the way someone lives and the things someone believes. After all, aren't the four characteristics of discipleship we listed in the previous chapter \u2014 Time, Leaders, Values, and Habits \u2014 just a fancy way to define influence? So when we look at why parents are losing, we have to consider who and what is influencing influencing our teenagers. We have to consider who is discipling them.\nWhy Parents Lose #1: Time\nThe first reason parents lose is because teenagers spend more time with devices than with their parents. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, teenagers spend almost 11 hours a day with media (this includes multitasking). Here is the breakdown: 23\n- TV\/Movies: 4:54 per day - Music: 2:31 per day - Video Games: 1:29 per day - Computer: 1:13 per day - Print (books\/newspapers\/magazines): 0:38 per day\nNotice that none of the stats above includes cell phone use. Cell phones add another 2hours and 52 minutes consisting of watching TV (0:15), listening to music (0:17), playing video games (0:17), talking (0:33), and texting (1:30). Also, if you add up the stats, you will notice that the grand total of the time teenagers spend with pop culture is around 14 hours a day. Obviously that is impossible since they go to school, play sports, and hang out with friends. The reason the number is so high is because teenagers spend most of their time multitasking or using more than one type of media at a time. So if we factor in multitasking, teenagers spend 7 hours and 38 minutes engaging with their mobile devices and other technologies. That's still a lot of time \u2014 and a lot of influence.\nOf course, it's not the devices alone that are the problem. To claim that would be like blaming a recliner for someone being overweight. It's not the recliner's fault; it's the \"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\" 23 http:\/\/kaiserfamilyfoundation.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/04\/8010.pdf\nfact that we sit on it and watch TV all day, of course. Cell phones, TVs, and computers are not the sole reason students are walking away from the church and their faith. Teenagers walk away from God, in part, because of the ideas and messages from pop culture that they interact with via these devices they spend so much time with. This exposure to pop culture is teaching them who to follow, what to value, and how to live their lives. Technology does share some of the blame, though. Let's go back to the recliner example. A recliner's purpose is to make you very comfortable in front of the television. Some recliners even have small coolers built into their arm rests for sodas or beer. Obviously you could fill that cooler with something healthy like orange juice or bottles of water, but who wants to watch a Duck Dynasty marathon and only drink orange juice? No one! If you're going to watch Duck Dynasty, you need a gallon of sweet tea from Chick-fil-A (and maybe some KFC fried chicken?) \u2014 everyone knows that! It's easy to sit in front of the TV for hours under these conditions. But if you were sitting on a hard wooden chair, you probably wouldn't last nearly as long. Let's take the recliner example a step further: Have you ever been in a furniture store and noticed the marketing that surrounds recliners? There aren't posters of people sitting around watching football enjoying orange juice and celery sticks. Instead, there's usually a huge widescreen HD television, a platter of wings, a bowl of queso, and a cooler full of beer or soda. That is the culture that surrounds recliners. So is it the recliner's fault that you stay sedentary and each junk food? Not completely. A recliner can't make you eat pizza. But what does a recliner stand for? What is the culture that accompanies owning a recliner? What practices do recliners encourage? When you start to ask those questions, you realize that the medium can be just as important as the message. Let's go back to pop culture. Smartphones have one main purpose: to keep us more connected with the digital world. It wasn't very long ago that you had to use a computer to check email. Now your smartphone can send you notifications when a new message hits your inbox. Or what about Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and the vast collection of social media networks? Each of those networks has been formatted specifically for your hand-held device. Now you can stay connected with your social media networks every hour of The\"medium\"is\" every day in virtually every location. So the medium -\u2014 smartphones \u2014 connects us to the message \u2014 pop culture. just\"as\"important\" And the medium (smartphones) is important because it as\"the\"message.\" connects us to pop culture in a way we have never been connected before \u2014 instantly and constantly. Here's the application and the way smartphones relate to the recliner example. The device (or medium) can only keep you connected to pop culture if you give it the attention it \"needs\" (i.e., if you push the correct buttons, open the correct app, or keep it charged). It can't force you to check Facebook, just like a recliner can't force you to eat pizza. So what is the culture that surrounds a smartphone? The answer: instant and continuous connection to pop-culture, which requires a lot of your time and attention.\nWe plan to talk about this in more detail in a future book, but for now just know that mobile devices and other forms technology matter because they are the means by which we, and our teenagers, consume pop culture. The medium is just as important as the message. And to rehash why we are talking about devices and technology in this chapter, it's because teenagers are spending more time with their devices than with their parents. And how we spend our time is a primary indicator of who or what is discipling us.\nWhy Parents Lose #2: Leaders\nThe second characteristic of discipleship is all about sex. Okay, maybe not. But sex does a great job of explaining the second reason parents lose. Did you have \"the talk\" with your teenager? Did you explain sexuality and why it's important to wait to have sex until marriage? How did that go? Was it awkward? And the most important question, how often have you had \"the talk\" with your teenager? For a lot of parents, \"the talk\" is a one-time event. Some parents take their child out for a special dinner, give them a promise ring, and explain \"the birds and the bees.\" Some parents ask their kids to read a book and tell them they can ask any questions they want (as if that's really going to happen). And some parents sit through \"True Love Waits\" with their teen, pray with them, and then tell them something similar to what David's (Axis CEO) mom told him: \"I love you. I'm proud of you. And I don't want you to have sex until you're married.\" But regardless of how parents give \"the talk\" to their teenager, it's usually a one-and-done conversation. Something that a parent talks about once and then never brings up again. In contrast, pop culture talks about sex a lot! Take a few minutes and listen to just a few of the songs on the Billboard Hot 100 \u2014 a chart that ranks the most popular songs in the United States. Count how many songs discuss sexuality in one way or another. Now go to Fandango and look at the top 10 box office hits for this week. How many movies are rated PG-13 or R because of sexuality, sensuality, or nudity? Or just spend a few minutes on Twitter. Twitter is a place for people who want to spread their ideas in 140 characters or less to a group of \"followers.\" It's a place for famous and not-so-famous people to share their thoughts and ideas with their fans. Previously, we talked about discipleship in terms of a student following a rabbi. But today, the word \"follow\" has been tweaked by Twitter. \"Following\" now means staying in touch with their favorite artists, musicians, comedians, and celebrities. This is the world teenagers live in. So what are the messages being proffered by these \"leaders\" with lots of followers? Let's start with Lady Gaga's Twitter profile which reads:\n\"When POP sucks the tits of ART.\" 24\n\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\" 24 https:\/\/twitter.com\/ladygaga\nRecently, Gaga tweeted: \"We could be caught, we're both convicted criminals of thought. -Sex Dreams.\" Almost 35 million people saw this post \u2014 20,154 of whom \"retweeted\" it, and almost 11,000 of whom \"favorited\" this post. Like a rabbi, Lady Gaga is teaching her followers about life and specifically about sexuality. Not only is this Tweet inane, but it takes a rather debonair view of the sanctity of sex, which, by the way, is something Gaga does regularly through her music and social media presence. Even more recently, Gaga tweeted a link to her new online community, \"Little Monsters,\" a place where she says you can \"share your passion and creativity in a community full of art, acceptance, monsters, and Gaga.\" Not only does this Parents\"lose\"because\" campaign encourage teenagers to be \"monsters,\" but it teenagers\"don't\" champions one of Gaga's core values: \"acceptance.\" Specifically, Gaga embraces all forms of sexual identity \"follow\"\"them. and exploration. Combine the tweet above with her campaign \"Little Monsters,\" and you will begin to see the way she is influencing, or discipling, the next generation toward a specific worldview about sexuality. 25 To be fair, Lady Gaga is not asking her followers to be monsters in the way we traditionally think about the term. She is not asking them to destroy the playground at McDonalds or scream uncontrollably in the grocery store because their moms won't let them buy candy. Lady Gaga's brand and personality appeals to young people who feel rejected by society. They feel different. In many ways, they feel like Frankenstein's \"monster.\" Lady Gaga is offering a place for people who feel different to be different without judgment. Back to the point of this section: Parents lose because their teenagers spend more time \"following\" Lady Gaga and celebrity culture than they do following them. They lose because they have one important conversation about sex instead of being involved in the ongoing dialogue about sex. Parents lose because teenagers don't \"follow\" them.\nWhy Parents Lose #3: Values\nIn the past, certain Christian leaders and movements have focused on defending \"Christian values.\" What they meant by that was ending abortion, voting Republican, fighting gay marriage, and making pornography illegal. But \"Christian values\" should be about a lot more than a few hot political topics. Christian values are about a worldview \u2014 about seeing the world the way God sees it and valuing what God values. We are not saying that politics is a waste of time or that ending abortion, voting Republican, fighting gay marriage, and making pornography illegal are bad things \u2014 that's not the point we want to argue for or against. We are saying that this is, perhaps, a limited view of \"Christian values,\" and we mean to expand our definition of values beyond political connotations.\n\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\" 25 https:\/\/littlemonsters.com\nA great place to start would be with Jesus himself. What were Jesus' \"values\"? Jesus was known for eating with sinners (Mark 2)26, teaching Kingdom principles (Matthew 5)27, sacrificing his life (Romans 5)28, and accepting little children (Matthew 19). 29 (Jesus was known for a lot of other things too, but we don't have the space to go through all of Jesus' qualities in this eBook.) Would Jesus be horrified by abortion? Of course! Especially because he loves little children. But Jesus also loves sinners. Are we teaching our teenagers to love sinners with as much energy as we are fighting abortion? Teenagers need a much more holistic and complete view of Christian values. They need to be taught about Jesus' life and learn to value what Jesus valued. But they aren't learning a complete picture of what to value from their parents. Parents lose because teenagers are learning what to value from popular culture, among other things. And what are the values that pop culture is teaching? Have you heard of 50 Shades of Grey? It is pornography in book form. Not only does it describe sexual acts quite vividly, but it also takes it a step further by exploring sadomasochism \u2014 in detail. And if you are of the opinion that 50 Shades of Grey isn't that big of a deal, consider the fact that they are making a movie out of it. 30 Sadly, it's not just this New York Times best-selling series of books that explores sadomasochism. Some of the most popular songs in America explore this topic as well. At the time of this writing, Pitbull and Christiana Aguilera have a song at #10 on the Billboard charts titled \"Feel This Moment.\" A few of the lyrics include:\nNow baby we can parley, Or baby we can part-ay She read books, especially about red rooms and tie ups I got her hooked, 'Cause she seen me in a suit with the red tie tied up Meet and greet, nice to meet ya, but time is money Only difference is I own it, Now let's stop time and enjoy this moment 31\nAccording to SongFacts.com, a database of song facts that focuses on \"the story behind the song,\" \"Pitbull makes reference to E.L. James' best-selling erotic novel 50 Shades Of Grey when he raps: 'She read books, especially about red rooms and tie ups.' The book is notable for its explicit sex scenes featuring elements of bondage and female submission.\" Pitbull and Christian Aguilera are teaching the next generation and the people who \"follow\" them to value a dangerous and perverted form of sexuality, namely sadomasochism. 32\n\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\" 26 http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Mark+2&version=NIV 27 http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Matthew+5&version=NIV 28 http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Romans+5&version=NIV 29 http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Matthew+19&version=NIV 30 http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt2322441\/ 31 http:\/\/www.directlyrics.com\/pitbull-feel-this-lyrics.html 32 http:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/detail.php?id=27621\nRemember, this section is about \"Values,\" and we are looking to determine what pop culture teaches us to value. In these books and songs, pop culture is teaching us to not only value sex, but to pursue a very inappropriate and dangerous form of sex that includes physical abuse and bondage. A form of sex that goes well beyond a man and a woman becoming one flesh and that explores techniques that are too inappropriate to even mention in an eBook. That is what 50 Shades of Grey and \"Feel This Moment\" are teaching your teenagers to value. But a perverted form of sexuality is not the only thing pop culture teaches us to value. It also teaches us to value money: \"I want to be a billionaire so f***** bad\" go the lyrics of one recent pop hit.33 Pop culture teaches us to value celebrity influence (i.e. Entertainment Tonight, the Oscars, People Magazine, etc.) And pop culture teaches us to value partying: \"Red solo cup you're more than just plastic \/ you're more than amazing, you're more than fantastic \/ And believe me that I'm not the least bit sarcastic \/ when I look at you and say: 'Red solo cup, you're not just a cup...you're my friend...I love you red solo cup'...Let's have a party.\" 34 So as we look at all of these examples it becomes obvious that pop-culture is teaching teenagers about values. As George Lucas once said, \"Film It is teaching them about what is important. It is teaching them about what gives their lives meaning. And lastly, pop-culture is teaching them how to live their lives.\nWhy Parents Lose #4: Life\nWhen you consider the fact that teenagers spend over seven hours each day consuming media, during which they are following Lady Gaga and Pitbull and learning from them what to value, you can see why we are making the argument that your children are being taught how to live \u2014 being discipled, in other words \u2014 by pop culture. This is one of the main reasons parents lose. Their children are learning how to live life from people whose main goal is to sell records or movie tickets and be shocking in order to get airplay and make money. Teenagers are learning about sex from Lady Gaga and E.L. James, about what it means to have a good time from Snoop Lion (formerly Snoop Dogg), and about the afterlife from Cloud Atlas. They are not sitting under their parents' teaching, learning from their parent's experience and wisdom. They are following their favorite bands on Twitter, interacting with their peers on Facebook, and asking Google about the meaning of life. (FYI\u2014 at the time of this writing, Google currently displays 598 million answers to the \"meaning of life\" in 0.25 seconds.)\n\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\" 33 http:\/\/www.azlyrics.com\/lyrics\/traviemccoy\/billionaire.html 34 http:\/\/www.metrolyrics.com\/red-solo-cup-lyrics-toby-keith.html\nWhat We Didn't Say\nNowhere in this chapter did we say parents are not trying. You wouldn't be reading this eBook if you didn't care about your teenagers and the next generation. Our point is not to blame parents as if pop culture's influence over and discipleship of their teenagers is all their fault. Our point is that the world has changed. Whereas parents used to be the primary influence on a child's life, nowadays pop culture is the primary influence on a child's life. And that is the core reason parents lose.\nAs you consider who your kids 1) spend their time with, 2) follow, 3) learn what to value from, and 4) acquire their habits from, you'll realize that maybe pop culture is doing most of the discipling of your children.\nChapter 5: How Parents Win\nWhat\"if\"discipleship\"and\"leaving\"a\"legacy\"are\"one\"in\"the\"same?\" \" \" \" The sun shines through the windows and onto the floor. An antique lamp sits on an old brown table near a green couch. The lamp wasn't originally a lamp. It was a statue that an old man had discovered at a garage sale and had decided to convert into a beautiful lamp. A thirteen-month-old uses the couch to pull himself up, and he smiles at his mommy and daddy. His daddy is sitting on the floor with his arms out ready to catch him. His mommy has the video camera out and is sitting behind his daddy recording everything. As the boy starts to wobble forward, mom and dad encourage him: \"You can do it!\" \"Come on.\" \"Daddy will catch you.\" The little boy moves his chunky legs and stretches out his hands as far as they can go. He tries to hold on to the couch with one arm and use the other to reach his daddy's hands. But his dad is just out of reach. The thirteen-month-old lunges forward and takes a step before falling into his daddy's arms. This game continues for an hour as his dad moves a little farther away each time. On the last attempt of the day, the little boy puts together five steps in a row. The parents cheer. They praise him. They dance around the room with him. They call their extended family and talk about his first steps. They watch the video they've recorded over and over and over again. They're ecstatic. The toddler senses his parents' pride. All because he took a few steps on his own.\nA year later, that same boy is at the top of the stairs. Fear, coupled with a sense of adventure, shows on his face. Although he can walk and even run without falling, stairs are still a little difficult. But his daddy walks up next to him and reaches out his hand. The little boy grabs his daddy's finger, holds on tight, and begins to walk down the stairs.\nA few years later, that boy is at an intersection. Cars are driving by quickly, and again the boy feels fear and adventure. He reaches up and grabs his daddy's hand. They cross the street.\nThirteen years later, that same boy pulls into the driveway in his green 1998 Jeep Cherokee Sport. It's late. He just finished watching a movie at the theater with his girlfriend. He jumps out of his Jeep, grabs his backpack, and shuts the door. He pulls his keys out of his pocket to unlock the door, but it's unlocked. He walks into the house quietly, supposing that everyone is asleep. But not everyone is asleep. The light of an antique lamp, the lamp that wasn't originally a lamp, illuminates a small part of the living room. His mom is sitting on the couch reading a book. Like her son, she's thirteen years older, with some gray hairs and a few more wrinkles. But the same proud smile illuminates her face as her son walks in the door. For an hour or so, they talk about his day. She asks him about his date, the movie he saw, if he got his homework done, how school was, and if he enjoyed soccer practice. He tells his mom just about everything \u2014 not in a weird sort of way \u2014 but simply because his mom has always fostered a relationship built on conversation with him.\nEight years later, that same boy \u2014 a man now \u2014 walks around to the passenger- side door and opens it for his mom. They have just pulled up to his favorite coffee shop, and he's excited to share the place with his mom, especially since she still likes to pick up the tab. They sit for a few hours and talk about life. He tells her about his marriage, what it's like to be a dad, how work is going. She smiles and listens, just like she's done for twenty-six years. After coffee, they drive back to his house. As they walk in the front door, an antique lamp \u2014 a lamp that wasn't originally a lamp \u2014 illuminates the foyer. A two- year-old boy runs around the corner and yells, \"Nina!\" As she picks up her grandson, her face breaks out into a smile. Meanwhile, a little one-year-old wobbles around the corner repeating \"Na na na\" as he tries to say her name. She picks him up too and holds the two boys. For a quick moment, she closes her eyes and bows her head. It's subtle, nearly imperceptible. She's so happy that tears fill her eyes as she embraces her two beautiful grandsons.\nThe Discipleship Bridge\nChances are, if you're reading this book, you have teens in your life, or you're about to, or you just did. And chances are, you remember the day your son or daughter took his or her first steps. You'll notice that in the story that began this chapter, the parents are teaching their son how to walk \u2014 they are not, however, walking for their son. It would be weird for the twenty-six-year-old son to hold his mom's hand when they cross the street\ntogether or when he walks down stairs. Something would be wrong if he still needed his dad's help to walk across the living room. Why? Because parents teach their kids how to walk so that their children can get around on their The\"goal\"with\" own. It would be unhealthy to never teach them how to walk on their own. discipleship\"is\"to\"teach\" This principle \u2014 teaching kids how to walk your\"kids\"how\"to\"think,\" \u2014 is the way we approach pop culture with not\"what\"to\"think.\" teenagers. At Axis, we find truth in the old adage: \"Prepare your child for the path, not the path for your child.\" Preparing your child for the path is really about leaving a legacy. It's about passing down wisdom and real, holistic Christian values to your kids. It's about discipling them to be more like Jesus so that when they are out of your house and have their own families, they are able to live by that wisdom and then, eventually, pass down the same wisdom and Christian values to their families. The goal in discipleship is to teach your kids how to think, not what to think. Teach your kids how to live, how to be wise, and how to be discerning. Prepare your child for the path, not the path for your child. Parents need to pass down the legacy of \"walking\" to their children.\nMost parents know this, but they don't always know how to do it. In fact, parents ask us all the time, \"How can I win with my kids?\" \"How can I get them to talk to me about this stuff?\" \"How can I engage with them about deep issues or pop culture?\" One parent told us recently, \"I need someone to help me connect with my kids.\" It seems like most parents need a bridge \u2014 something to fill the gap between them and help them and their children get back together. Discipleship is the bridge. Discipleship can bring parents and their kids together. We are not saying that the end goal of discipleship is to bring parents and kids together. We are saying that a by- product of biblical discipleship is a better relationship between parents and their kids. And here's why biblical discipleship can bring families together: because, according to the Bible, parents are responsible for discipling the next generation.\nIn Deuteronomy we read:\nThese are the commands, decrees, and laws the Lord your God directed me to teach you to observe in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess, so that you, your children, and their children after them may fear the Lord your God as long as you live by keeping all his decrees and commands that I give you, and so that you may enjoy long life. Hear, Israel, and be careful to obey so that it may go well with you and that you may increase greatly in a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the Lord, the God of your ancestors, promised you.\nHear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates. 35\nWe are including these verses in this eBook because this passage of Scripture describes, in detail, what discipleship between parents and their children looks like. In this passage, we see parents passing down a legacy to their children \u2014 not a legacy defined by a herd of cattle or flock of sheep, but a legacy of wisdom and of learning to walk with God throughout the remainder of their lives. This legacy of wisdom is discipleship, and at Axis, we describe this legacy of discipleship like a bridge. Picture two islands. One side is Teenage Island filled with technology and pop culture. On the other side is Parent Island, filled with wisdom and experience. Between the two islands is a walking bridge called discipleship. The bridge allows parents to go to the \"isle of teens\" \u2014 to connect with teens in meaningful ways. This bridge also allows teens to go to the \"isle of oldies.\" The bridge is built on biblical wisdom, which is a right understanding of God and the world. And according to Deuteronomy, the purpose of the bridge is for parents to help their teens cross the bridge \u2014 to help their children fear the \"Lord your God\" and walk into mature adulthood and relationship with God. So how do parents win? To win, you need to follow the example laid out in the story that began this chapter and prepare your kids for the path. You need to build a strong relationship with your kids based on communication. You need to ask your teens easy questions and hard questions. You need to be involved in the conversation about pop culture. You need to teach your teenagers how to think. If we only tell teenagers what to think and don't help them learn how to think, we are setting them up for disaster. You can't be with your children all the time \u2014 it's physically and practically impossible. That means that you need to prepare your child for the path, not the path for your child. If you teach your children the wisdom of the Bible via the bridge called \"discipleship,\" your children will flourish. That's how parents win. That's how we keep teenagers from walking away from God. Now, is the discipleship bridge a guarantee? Of course not. Students will still walk away from God; everyone, including our teenagers, has his or her own choices to make. But if we do our part as parents \u2014 discipling our children, teaching them wisdom, and preparing them for whatever they may encounter \u2014 there's a good chance that we could save the next generation, and end up changing our culture along the way.\n\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\" 35 http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=deuteronomy%206&version=NIV\nConclusion !\n\"Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God\u2014this is your true and proper worship. Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is\u2014 his good, pleasing, and perfect will.\" (Romans 12) 36\nPop culture is powerful. It can influence people on a deep level. Teenagers spend a lot of time with their mobile devices and the pop culture content those devices deliver. Pop culture is not only providing teenagers with a new group of leaders to follow, but those leaders are teaching a set of values. Because of the amount of time, the leaders, the values, and habits teenagers are absorbing from pop culture, they are being encouraged to form a worldview that, for the most part, is contrary to biblical wisdom. Considering the way that pop culture influences teens over time, it's not far-fetched to say that pop culture is discipling our kids. You need to teach your children how to live. You need to model and teach your children biblical wisdom. Ultimately, you need to prepare your children for the path and not the path for your children. If we parents disciple our kids, there's a good chance we could save the next generation and end up changing our culture along the way.\n\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\" 36 http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=romans%2012&version=NIV","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Cosmetic surgery patients take time to adjust\nResults of research released by The Harley Medical Group reveals nearly two thirds (64%) of cosmetic surgery patients take up to six months to recognise and feel comfortable with their new look. The remaining third (36%) cannot imagine that they ever looked any different.\nThe research was conducted by the UK-based The Harley Medical Group amongst their patients. Staff at Harley Medical Group use before and after pictures as a tool to help patients become accustomed to their new look.\nLiz Dale from the Harley Medical Group said: \"It is very important for the patient to understand the full extent of what they have gone through and its life-altering effects. It is an essential part of the recovery process.\n\"With the use of before and after pictures we enable the patient to visualise the dramatic change they've experienced. Patients often carry the photos around with them as a constant reminder of what they've been through.\"\nThe Harley Medical Group are now releasing before and after images on their website to show how cosmetic surgery can give patients a new boost of confidence. New before and after images on the site include, breast enlargement and eyebag removal with real life stories from patients.\nA \"before\" picture is taken, at the patient interviewing stage, as a record of the procedure. Before and after pictures from other procedures are also used to help demonstrate the dramatic results that are achievable.\nOnce the surgery is complete the patient is shown their before and after pictures, giving them a continual reminder of what they once looked like, with the ultimately reassuring them that the surgery that they have had was all worth while.\nHarley Medical Group","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Takeaways from Seahawks 22-16 win over Cardinals\nposted by Curtis Crabtree - Nov 9, 2017\nMuch like Seattle's win over the Carolina Panthers last season, a 22-16 victory over the Arizona Cardinals may be secondary compared to the potential loss of one of the team's stars for the rest of the season.\nCornerback Richard Sherman left the game with a \"heel\" injury in the third quarter, but it would prove that belies the severity of the issue. Sherman was seen on the sidelines mouthing \"tore my Achilles\" and \"I'm out for the year\" to teammates by broadcast cameras for NBC.\nSherman hasn't missed a game since assuming the starting job at left cornerback at the midpoint of his rookie season in 2011. Safety Earl Thomas was lost for the season to a broken leg last year in that win over Carolina. Sherman's loss could be just as significant a loss for Seattle's fortunes the rest of the season.\nThe loss of Thomas finally caught up to Seattle in the playoffs. Just how much Sherman's loss will change the story of their season remains to be seen.\nHere are the takeaways from Seattle's 22-16 win over the Cardinals:\n1. Injuries are a serious concern. Thursday Night Football could be a big part of the problem.\nThursday Night Football is incredibly brutal on players to get healthy enough to play with just four days to recover from playing a game the previous Sunday. Most players say it takes them until Thursday for them to just begin to start feeling back to normal from the previous week's game.\nThe game against the Cardinals was a blood bath of injuries to both teams with apparently significant injuries sustained by several key players.\nSherman was injured in the third quarter while covering John Brown. He grabbed at the back of his right calf and was shown on camera on the sidelines talking to teammates seemingly saying \"tore my Achilles.\"\nHead coach Pete Carroll confirmed the news after the game.\n\"He got his Achilles tonight,\" Carroll said. \"So he's got to get checked and all that kind of stuff but the doctors are really clear about it that he ruptured his Achilles.\"\nSherman has been listed on the injury report with an Achilles injury for weeks and has played through the injury. Sherman said he believes he first sustained the injury in the team's Week 5 game against the Los Angeles Rams.\nSherman said he'd tried to stay away from making hard cuts throughout the season as he tried to protect the injury. He's tried to manage this issue ever since before it finally gave away tonight.\n\"When it goes, it goes,\" he said.\nSherman teared up at the end of his press conference as he departed the interview room saying he's \"just got to stay positive\" in the wake of the injury.\nJarran Reed was knocked out of the game with a hamstring injury. Duane Brown and C.J. Prosise left the game with ankle injuries. Russell Wilson had to leave the game after a shot to his jaw. Michael Wilhoite was ruled out with a calf injury. Nazair Jones and Shaquill Griffin were knocked out of the game for stretches as well.\nSheldon Richardson and Frank Clark collided in the fourth quarter and both players left the game as well. Kam Chancellor was taken to the medical tent in the closing minutes as well.\nAdditionally, Cardinals safety Tyvon Branch and left tackle D.J. Humphries sustained knee injuries. Tight end Ifeanyi Momah also left the game and did not return.\nThat's double-digits worth of injuries - several significant - sustained in one game.\nThe Seahawks have 11 days before they have to play the Atlanta Falcons, but the Seahawks will need every one of those days to get healthy enough to play. They got battered all to hell on Thursday night.\n2. Nazair Jones looks like another strong pick on the defensive line.\nFrank Clark and Jarran Reed have become key contributors after being second-round picks in the last two years. Jones appears to be the next in that line of success of young contributors on the defensive line.\nJones had to takeover for Reed, who left the game after just a few early snaps with a hamstring injury. He finished the game with a sack and just three tackles on the night, but was a presence all throughout the game.\nIn addition to collecting one of two sacks of Drew Stanton on the night, Jones was also part of the tackle that stuffed Adrian Peterson for a safety in the second quarter. He lined up on the opposite side of the center, fought off blocks and combined with K.J. Wright and Kam Chancellor to stone Peterson in the end zone.\nHe's played in all nine games for Seattle with 16 tackles, two sacks, an interception and a fumble recovery.\n3. Red zone offense makes some progress.\nThe Seahawks had converted just 12 of 24 red zone drives into touchdowns this season prior to the Thursday night.\nWith a pair of touchdown passes to Jimmy Graham, the Seahawks showed they are still capable of finding the end zone when they get near the goal line. Seattle ultimately finished with points on all four red zone possession Thursday night, with two touchdowns and two field goals.\nThe Seahawks had ranked 28th in the league in scoring percentage inside the red zone entering Thursday. They were one of just five teams in the league to convert less than 80 percent of the red zone possessions into points. Seattle had converted 7 of 9 field goal attempts on drives inside the 20 and came away without points on three separate occasions due to an interception and two drives that ended on downs.\nRussell Wilson converted two touchdowns to Jimmy Graham inside the 20. Wilson beat another all-out blitz with Graham beating Branch for a 6-yard touchdown to get Seattle on the board. The pair connected again on a 2-yard score with Graham out-muscling safety Antoine Bethea for what proved to be the clinching score.\n4. Dion Jordan has encouraging debut in first game with Seahawks.\nDue to so many injuries on Thursday night, Dion Jordan almost certainly played more snaps that anticipated for the Seahawks.\nJordan played in the neighborhood of 30 snaps for Seattle, including many snaps in the fourth quarter as the defense tried to run out the clock. Jordan plowed through backup left tackle John Wetzel for a sack of Stanton for what was Seattle's first of two sacks on the night. While it was his only tackle of the night, he did finish with three quarterback hits.\nIt was Jordan's first game since Dec. 2014 with the Miami Dolphins. He was activated from the non-football injury list on Wednesday\n\"Ecstatic for him,\" Carroll said. \"It's been such a haul. Really proud of that whole thing.\"\nWith Cliff Avril out and Michael Bennett, Sheldon Richardson and Frank Clark all a bit banged up, Jordan's presence - along with Dwight Freeney - could be enough to help Seattle keep their defensive line performing at a high level.\nPhoto Credit: GLENDALE, AZ - NOVEMBER 09: Cornerback Richard Sherman #25 of the Seattle Seahawks reacts after an injury on a play in the second half of the NLF game against the Arizona Cardinals at University of Phoenix Stadium on November 9, 2017 in Glendale, Arizona. (Photo by Christian Petersen\/Getty Images)","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Episode 373 - Ari Shaffir\nComedian Ari Shaffir tells Marc what it was like to grow up in an Orthodox Jewish household, what led him to part with his faith, how his parents reacted and why he turned to stand-up comedy. Plus, Marc and Ari delve deep into the mythos of The Comedy Store. This episode is sponsored by GoToMyPC from Citrix. Try it free by using the code WTF and access your computer from anywhere at any time.\nTagged: Ari Shaffir\nEpisode 171 - Craig Robinson, Pete Holmes, Ari Shaffir, Jim Earl, Eddie Pepitone\nIt's live WTF from The Steve Allen Theater in Los Angeles. Ari Shaffir explains his deep abiding love for the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Pete Holmes tries to make sense of Marc's open hostility toward him. The Office's Craig Robinson reveals his favorite use of Twitter. Plus, Jim Earl remembers the dearly departed and Eddie Pepitone lashes out. This episode is sponsored by Pro Flowers. Click here and use the code WTF for a special Mother's Day offer.\nTagged: Craig Robinson, Pete Holmes, Ari Shaffir, Jim Earl, Eddie Pepitone","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"StudyCorgi Psychology\nSpecial Stages of Childhood Development\nTopics: Child Development, Childhood Words: 1137 Pages: 4 Dec 30th, 2021\nIn the second half of the twentieth century, there appeared a great number of theories on child development investigating this issue from different angles. In particular, in the late seventies of the past century, Urie Bronfenbrenner suggested an ecological theory on child development in terms of cultural and social psychology (Blakemore and et al. 2008). According to this theory, the environment can be divided into several social systems with the child in the center. The layer that is located next to a child Bronfenbrenner is called microsystem consisting of several direct interactions in a family, in school or in a neighborhood. A set of characteristics possessed by a child influence other people in this environment and one of the affecting factors is the child's biology and gender. Other layers are mesosystem, ecosystem, macrosystem, and chronosystem (Bronfenbrenner 2005). Taking into consideration this classification, let us discuss how such a developmental issue as aggressive behavior is revealed at a very early age (for example 2-6 years) and in adolescence.\nVery often, child aggression can be revealed if child observes this phenomenon at home in the form of punishment imposed by parents. Aggression can be also cultivated by the television programs and films displaying violent behavior, which is either approved or rewarded. Owing to the fact that a child of an early age is likely to emulate adult behavior, he\/ she will surely repeat this pattern in future. The aggressive behavior may result in the observed parental violence thus acquiring a wrong association with it. The situation with adolescent aggression is a bit different, as reason for that lies not in heeding but in the lack of understanding on the parents' part. In other words, parents may provide distorted roles models for children thus making children create their own models of behavior. The absence of close family ties may lead to the emergence of violence and aggression as a socially accepted model of behavior (Siegel 2008, p. 95).\nThe mesosystem proposed by Bronfenbrenner's ecological theory implies the interaction of various parts of the environment influencing a child (Bronfenbrenner 2005). Hence, parents may communicate with other children's parents in neighborhood. According to the author, a successful communication of a child in mesosystem requires him\/her to have strong and consistent supportive ground. For instance, if parents, teachers, and different organizations share similar views on family values, child development will be more beneficial.\nConsidering the above, the aggressive behavior revealed in this particular environment is the result of misbalance of moral and social norms among the parents and the parents of peers. A child of a very early age can provoke serious social and emotional problems to his\/her peers for whom this behavior is alien. Such a situation may also generate violence in the kindergartens when a child does not know other methods of communication.\nDue to the fact that adolescent generation is more subjected to the influence of an overt community, the aggressive behavior displayed at this age can even lead to juvenile delinquency and imprisonment. These consequences are first of all predetermined by the psychological atmosphere in the family. However, there is a possibility that aggression is generated by the community itself thus using violence as a usual language of communication. In particular, some of the peers can use aggression to compensate for their feelings of fear, despair, humiliation, and depression that further lead to a social isolation of a child.\nAnalyzing the influences that occurred in the ecosystem environment, children's development can be also affected by indirect factors. Hence, ecosystem may consist of the parents' outside experiences and views imposed by other parents (Bronfenbrenner 2005). Parents and teachers that directly communicate with children are influenced by other micro-and mesosystems. For example when one of the parents is dismissed from the work, he or she can send a negative message to a child. As a result, children can take those displays of aggression for granted. This situation will be even more vulnerable for adolescent children who perceive these acts of aggression at a more conscious age.\nDifferent reactions of children on the displays of external aggression are also explained by the Piaget's theory of child development. According to his cognitive theory, Jean Piaget emphasizes that children's development is predominantly based on the knowledge acquisition. The process itself depends upon the principle of ideas developed as the main factor of maturing. Therefore, children under the age of 6 are at the stage of knowledge perception, which cannot be applied in practice due to the lack of experience (Slee, 2002, p. 64). Children over the age of 11 are more concerned with ideological problems, as they are capable to think logically. In this respect, aggressive behavior cannot be easily eliminated at this age.\nThe last but not the least layer is macrosystem that includes different subcultures a child lives in. This issue may refer to a certain cultural group or a country as a whole (Bronfenbrenner 2005). The analysis of cross-cultural relations between the ethnic groups shows that some communities are more violent and aggressive than others. In this case, a child's cultural environment can serve as the trigger point for acts of aggression (Sadock et al 2007 p. 46). The cultural beliefs usually include different habits and traditions cultivated in one group that can be alien to another. The violence may appear as the result of cross-communication. For example, little children can emulate the behavior when watching some TV programs, or they may display the behavior models that are culturally unaccepted in the kindergartens. In adolescence, a child may harbor misconception in case he\/she fails to understand the actions thus negatively influencing his\/her cultural development.\nThe chronosystem is the most detached part of the environment influencing child development (Bronfenbrenner 2005). Despite that, it is still closely interwoven into a child's behavior shaping. These chronological changes may involve the family moving to another place, or the birth of another child, or one of the parents gets an outside job (Blackmore et al. 2008). These alternations differently influence a child at two stages of development but the common thing is that the problem centers on a child's age. Hence, the child under the age of six can feel more disturbed if he\/she has shared the parents' attention with another child. The same concern refers to adolescent children who are already less controlled by their parents. In both cases, the lack of attention generates aggression.\nAs it can be seen, be Bronfenbrenner's ecological theory make much sense, as it fosters a better understanding of the psychological process influencing child development. The main merit of this research lies in the analysis of psychological behavior of children in different natural, cultural, and ecological contexts. Considering the study of aggressive behavior among children of different ages, this theory has managed to clarify the major reasons for this problem.\nBlackmore, O. J., Benerenbaum, S.A., Liben, L.S. (2008). Gender development. US: CRC Press.\nBronfenbrenner, U. (2005). Making human beings human: bioecological perspectives on human development. US:SAGE.\nSadock, B. J., Sadock, V. A., Levin, Z. (2007). Kaplan and Sadock study guide and self-examination in psychiatry. US: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.\nSiegel, L. J., and Welsh, B. C. (2008). Juvenile Delinquency: Theory, Practice, and Law. US: Cengage Learning.\nSlee, P. T. (2002). Child, adolescent, and family development. Australia: Cambridge University Press.\nParsing the Becoming an Adult Process\nEmotional Regulation From a Cognitive Psychology Perspective\nStudyCorgi. (2021, December 30). Special Stages of Childhood Development. Retrieved from https:\/\/studycorgi.com\/special-stages-of-childhood-development\/\nStudyCorgi. (2021, December 30). Special Stages of Childhood Development. https:\/\/studycorgi.com\/special-stages-of-childhood-development\/\n\"Special Stages of Childhood Development.\" StudyCorgi, 30 Dec. 2021, studycorgi.com\/special-stages-of-childhood-development\/.\n1. StudyCorgi. \"Special Stages of Childhood Development.\" December 30, 2021. https:\/\/studycorgi.com\/special-stages-of-childhood-development\/.\nStudyCorgi. \"Special Stages of Childhood Development.\" December 30, 2021. https:\/\/studycorgi.com\/special-stages-of-childhood-development\/.\nStudyCorgi. 2021. \"Special Stages of Childhood Development.\" December 30, 2021. https:\/\/studycorgi.com\/special-stages-of-childhood-development\/.\nStudyCorgi. (2021) 'Special Stages of Childhood Development'. 30 December.\nDisaster, Crisis, Trauma: Interview with a Victim\nUpdated: Feb 1st, 2022\nCrisis Worker's Intervention Responding to Trauma\nTerrorism and Genocide: Traumatic Impacts\nThe Therapeutic Principles of Group Counseling\nSurvey of Personal Happiness and Personal Life Challenges Resilience\nForensic Psychology for Police Recruitment and Screening\nImages of Defense Mechanisms in the Life\nUpdated: Apr 13th, 2022\nForms of Sex Abuse and Its Causes","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Ensuring the Right Drug at the Right Price\nIndication-specific pricing makes therapy more affordable and accessible for all patients by aligning payment for a drug with the value it delivers to a particular patient population.\nHarold Carter\nVice President, Strategy & Contracting\nThis week, the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) published a white paper analyzing the potential for indication-specific pricing of medications in the U.S.\nAs drug costs continue to rise \u2013 especially for specialty medications \u2013 tools to manage drug trend are critical for payers. Indication-specific pricing makes therapy more affordable and accessible for all patients by aligning payment for a drug with the value it delivers to a particular patient population.\nWith the input of independent thought leaders like ICER's Dr. Steven Pearson, we launched the Oncology Care ValueSM program (OCV) earlier this year. While some oncology medications are indicated to treat multiple types of cancer, the cost of treatment may not align with its outcomes in each type. Additionally, some patients may not respond to therapy. The OCV Program protects payers from unnecessary spending while ensuring patients are treated with the right drug for their condition at the right price.\n\"As manufacturers, payers, and policy makers contemplate the potential merits of indication-specific pricing and approaches to it, it is clear that individual pilots, like that of Express Scripts, will be the most likely next steps forward,\" \u2013 Indication-specific Pricing of Pharmaceuticals in The U.S. Health Care System: A Report from the 2015 ICER Membership Policy Summit\nEstablishing a robust indication-specific pricing system is a complex undertaking that will take time, but it has advantages for patients, payers, providers and pharmaceutical manufacturers alike, according to the ICER analysis.\n\"There remained much support for its general goals and interest in its possibilities\" among experts convened at an ICER Policy Summit, the white paper said. \"Many will be watching (the Express Scripts oncology program) as a sentinel of the prospects for further development of indication-based pricing in the U.S.\"\nTo download the full white paper, click here.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"William Shakespeare's 'The Winter's Tale'\nStory added 27th Oct 2017\nRehearsals from 'The Winter's Tale'\nFollowing the success of Bollywood 'Twelfth Night', where we saw dancing in the aisles, the Build Theatre Company presents a new version of one of William Shakeapeare's most popular plays 'The Winter's Tale' - edited and directed by Petina Hapgood.\nWednesday 6 \u2013 Saturday 9 December 2017: 7:30pm (additional matinee Saturday 9 December: 2:30pm)\nTickets \u00a312 or \u00a38 concession (includes a drink) -\nJohn Lyon's Theatre, Build, 1-10 Keeley Street, London WC2B 4BA\nThis electrifying version of \"The Winter's Tale\" begins in the bleak mid-winter. The story than rages across Europe, from court to country, from high tragedy to low comedy, across a time span of sixteen years. A fast-moving, action packed production, with atmospheric winter music. A modern-day fairytale - a story of jealousy and paranoia but ultimately of redemption and joyous voices joined in winter song. Come and Join us for a celebration of Shakespeare and Wintertime. See below for rehearsal images.\nRehearsals - November 2017\nhttps:\/\/best-cooler.reviews\n\u0423 \u043d\u0430\u0448\u0435\u0439 \u043e\u0440\u0433\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0437\u0430\u0446\u0438\u0438 \u0438\u043d\u0442\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0441\u043d\u044b\u0439 \u0432\u0435\u0431 \u0441\u0430\u0439\u0442 \u043d\u0430 \u0442\u0435\u043c\u0430\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0443 \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0434\u0432\u0438\u0436\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0435 \u0432 \u0441\u043e\u0446\u0438\u0430\u043b\u044c\u043d\u044b\u0445 \u0441\u0435\u0442\u044f\u0445 http:\/\/progressive.ua","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Organising for safety: How structure creates culture\nWelcome to another episode of Embracing Differences with me Nippin Anand where I am joined by the world-leading safety scientist, Professor Andrew Hopkins, who takes the bull by the horns and helps us understand why we should be spending more time and effort to understand the structure of an organisation, in an intelligent but very accessible manner.\n[00:00:00] Nippin Anand: Consider this \u2013 You have been on a Safety Differently, Safety II, New View or a HOP course and you come out absolutely transformed. You found answers to so many questions that have bothered you for so many years as a HSE professional. After a reflective weekend, you get back to the office. Your boss walks up to you and asks \"Hey man! How was the course last week? You tell him everything you have learned and how you spend the entire weekend thinking about how many great ideas you've had in mind for your next site visit and you make a strong business case, not just a safety case for what you say. Your boss looks at you incurious and disinterested and \"Says sounds good! Can you please get that investigation closed out today? The CEO is expecting to present it to the board tomorrow and please keep it simple.\" as he walks away. It's more than six months you've been on the course and you read so many books but you still haven't had a chance to influence the desired change that you aim for.\n[00:01:04]: If you're wondering what you might be missing to bring contemporary safety thinking into your organisation, this podcast will make absolute sense to you. In an organisation where senior leadership is rewarded a bonus that measures five times more than their salaries from bringing in new business and penalised a mere 3% cut in their annual salary when it comes to fatality. Convincing your bosses to switch from old to new view, Safety I to Safety II or human error to human performance, will only take you so far until you realise that you have hit the ceiling. It's a problem that most contemporary thinkers and safety scientists don't contemplate much less, discuss it openly in their world.\n[00:01:47] Welcome to another episode of Embracing Differences with me, Nippin Anand where I'm joined by the world leading safety scientist Prof. Andrew Hopkins, who takes the bull by the horns and helps us understand why we should be spending more time in efforts to understand the structure of an organisation in an intelligent but very accessible manner. What I learned from Andrew Hopkins is that organisations are less about building relationships trust or a common language to communicate over concerns and more about understanding power relationships.\nOf course, Hopkins avoid using abstract concepts like power greed or opacity. Instead, he builds upon a far more comprehensible and intuitively recognisable term \u2013 structure. Meaning, what incentivises or deters people in position of power to do what they do. Talking to another safety scientist and a great friend, Ivan Pupulidy just last week, I brought up my discussion Hopkins to him and said \"Ivan, this is what Hopkins has to say!\" Ivan responded to me saying \"Come to think of it Nippin, we talk about local rationality. Why does it make sense for people to do what they do? How often do we attempt to make sense of board room decisions and the dynamics between the CEO and board members using the principles of local rationality?\" Hmm. Brilliant point! Thank you, Ivan! So why are all our efforts to understand local rationality limited to workers and managers only? Hasn't this discourse about local rationality limited over framework of thinking? Listen to Andrew Hopkins you bet it would make you think and I always say this you have no reasons to believe Andrew or for that matter any so-called expert keep an open mind.\n[00:03:32] Andrew Hopkins: Greetings to you all! My name is Andrew Hopkins, as you probably know I'm fascinated by the world of work, by industry and bring a sociological perspective to that. I am a sociologist; I've spent most of my life in the Australian National University in Canberra. Some of you'll might know of my books so it's a pleasure to be here today!\n[00:03:53] Nippin Anand: Great! We are also very excited to have you. Would you like to give us an introduction to what is it that you want to talk about today?\n[00:04:00] Andrew Hopkins: Yes, certainly. Thanks, Nippin. It's quite an opportunity you give me because I'd like to speak about my latest book* called, \"Organising for safety: How structure creates culture\" and in some respects that encapsulates an argument that I've been making in many of my books for years but I'm making it an all-concentrated way here then I have previously.\n[00:04:22] So, let me start by saying, suppose you want to create a certain culture in your organisation. Say a culture that emphasizes safety, operational excellence or whatever it might be or seeking to create. The argument in my book in a nutshell is that to do this you need to set up the appropriate organisational structure. It's that structure which will give you the culture that you want. Now before I developed that I just want to acknowledge this is a controversial argument that there are other points of view around and then the leading one which I want to just mention is that the way you create a culture is by running educational campaigns the aim of which is to change the hearts and minds of people, to change the way they think, to change their values and that's a very frequent strategy which organisations adopt when they are seeking to change the culture of the organisation.\n[00:05:18] To give you an example that comes from the petroleum company, Shell \u2013 A number of years ago now, they set out to change their culture, increase their focus on operational excellence and they ran what they called a 'hearts and minds campaign'. It was based upon the work of Patrick Hudson. Some of you will know his work and in particular his notion of the organisational maturity ladder or the safety culture ladder which divides the cultures of organisations into five different categories the lowest one is pathological and the highest one is generative which simply means high functioning safety culture.\n[00:05:52] So, their aim was to move their organisation up that ladder. They did this by running their campaign, they put all their 250,000 employees through educational campaign and it was successful in some respects people learned the language of the maturity scale alert about pathological cultures and generative cultures they could use that language but nothing changed significantly in the organisation.\n[00:06:18] Patrick Hudson, the author of this approach of this, wrote later an analysis of it and what he said was that nothing changed because the organisational structure had changed. What they needed to do was to set in place systems of reward and recognition which would encourage those behaviours which they were seeking to create but they hadn't done that so nothing has changed. There are many other stories in BP who had a similar experience which I won't talk about now, but that's the background which leads me to think structural change which is vital.\n[00:07:00] So, I want to give you an example of what I'm talking about. The first one comes from NASA- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration in the US. It concerns the space shuttle, Columbia, that shuttled in 2003 was destroyed when it to return to earth and seven astronauts died. What happened was that pieces of external cladding off an external fuel tank foam cladding fell off the fuel tank at the time of launch and hit the shuttle and dented the surface of the shuttle. Now this was happening routinely at launch so there were a lot of these dents on the shuttle but certainly wasn't the designers but because it happened routinely without damage each had been normalised. This deviation or what I'd call an anomaly had been normalised and it was now seen as acceptable risk. On the occasion in question with this particular launch in 2003, a piece of foam fell off the external fuel tank and hit the leading edge of the wing of the shuttle and made a hole in that leading edge so the wind shuttle returned to the earth atmosphere, the air rushed into that hole and heated up the shuttle and destroyed it.\n[00:08:17] Now there was a major inquiry into this at Columbia Accident Investigation. It was I guess a recognition of the culture of the organisation that was the problem. That was their primary focus as they described. It as a broken culture. The culture of NASA was \u2013 faster, better, cheaper \u2013 with no mention of safety there. So that from safety point of view this was a broken culture. Not it's interesting to me that's their analysis the root cause of the problem is the broken culture. So what's this solution? How do you change a culture? The way you change that culture is by making an organisational change.\n[00:08:59] What they recommended was the creation of particular organisational entity within NASA, a technical engineering authority which would sit outside of the shuttle launch organisation. So it was not constrained by questions of cost or schedule which dominated the operation of the launch of the shuttle organisation. They sit outside that and had the authority to intervene within shuttle organisation on technical questions. It would determine what was anomalous and was not, what needed to be done about anomalies and that would ensure that kind of normalisation which occurred in the Colombia case would not occur again.\n[00:09:38] So that's a very good example I think of what I mean by organisational change which is needed to create the culture you want. It's interesting that the board drew on the US submarine Navy as its primary example. This is a much-celebrated case which many theorists go back to because in 1963 which is more that 50 years ago. The first nuclear submarine was introduced into the Navy and they lost a nuclear submarine in peacetime accident couldn't afford to do this. Turns out they had been losing submarines in peacetime accidents at a remarkable rate about 1 every three years since in the previous 50 odd years. So, a colossal rate of summary loss they put up with and they realised they couldn't continue so they introduced this programme at 'sub safe' which was again an external organisation standing outside of the submarine operations still within Navy of course, but outside of submarine operations and with the authority to intervene within the submarine programme \u2013 It's normal operations.\n[00:10:53] And since that time there have been no submarine losses with one possible exception but basically no submarine losses in peacetime since. So that's if you like a piece of empirical evidence for how effective that kind of intervention is or can be. So that's really the what lies behind my view that a culture of operational excellence does depend on having that kind of organisational structure where there is a technical organisation separated from the routine up day to day operations but that technical organisation has authority to intervene in the way I've described.\n[00:11:32] Now the main case study in my book is BP. I've studied the oil company BP after the Macondo which was the name of the oil well which blew out in 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico. What's really interesting about case study is it's before and after because they entirely changed their organizational structure as a result of the accident. I think it killed 11 people but it also did cost more than 60 billion US dollars and had almost destroyed the company and quite interesting that it's when companies have a near death experience like this that they make the kinds of organisational changes.\n[00:12:13] So, let me just talk about this before and after comparison. Before the accident, BP was a highly decentralised organisation. It was probably the most decent realised all the oil and gas companies. So, its operations in the Gulf of Mexico, of course it's a worldwide company but it had operations in the Gulf of Mexico and that operation functioned as pretty much no autonomous company. it was responsible to head office for making money of course, other than that, the central corporate structure did not exercise control over what was going on in the Gulf of Mexico. In particular, did not exercise any control over the quality of engineering. So, it's engineers there were under control as an independent business unit. These engineers were under constant pressure to save money and cut corners. That's really one of the root causes what happened because when they're under those pressures they do cut corners and they stop asking what is good engineering practise and they start asking a subtly different question which is \u2013 What is good enough?\n[00:13:30] I hope you can understand very different question which leads to the erosion of quality, overtime. So, I would describe the culture of BP in the Gulf of Mexico, the culture of engineers as a cavalier culture or a careless culture. Digging into that a little more deeply to understand why that happened we have to understand the reporting structures within the organisation.\n[00:13:58] So those engineers were reporting directly to line managers and the result of that was that the performance agreements were with the line managers whose primary concern was profitable production. So, their bonuses were determined by cost cutting production. If that's the way you reward your engineers, then overtime, that becomes their mindset and that is what happened in the Gulf of Mexico.\n[00:14:25] That said, the decentralise structure in the way that I've just described was really a very fundamental course clearly BP thought so too and that's why they changed their structure following that accident. The new structure was one in which the engineers, wherever they were in the world were under centralised controls from head office in London. No longer were they answerable to local commercial managers. They were providing services to them but they were answerable up an engineering functional line to a chief engineer, in effect in London and their career prospects would be determined on how well they perform in that context, not by commercial success in the local operation.\n[00:15:13] So, that was one factor and the other was to do with safety in operational risk function which they had created. So, they had a centralise operational risk which means major accidents. So, they created a function called safety and major accident risk which was run out of London and had enormous control over what's going on in BP's far-flung empire. It had several 100 employees in this function who were embedded in business units around the world and sat on management teams in various levels and could influence decision making at various levels but who reported up their own separate functional line to head office operated very much like the technical engineering authority recommended by the Columbia Accident Investigation. To me that is a very important model and the most recent example would be Boeing. Boeing had lost two 737 Max aircrafts just a couple of years ago and again the fundamental cause of that was the decentralised operation business units within Boeing were operating more or less autonomously.\n[00:16:41] However, Boeing has now changed that structure. So, its engineers no longer report to local business unit but there are reports up a separate line to a chief engineer who is independent of any of those business. So, they've learned and implemented the same lesson. There are some qualifications that are needed to make this argument now. For a structure like this, like the safety in operational risks function in BP, cannot guarantee safety, it cannot improve your chances operating safely and BP has had some significant near misses since introducing this new system but it hasn't had another major accident.\n[00:17:25] It had two major accidents before introducing this new system \u2013 The Macondo accident and five years earlier than that we had the Texas city refinery disaster which killed 15 people and cost the company billions of dollars. But since the reorganisation, it has not had a major accident now that's probably not yet statistically significant. It's very encouraging for BP and for those who are following the BP model. But this organizational structural model I'm talking about can be undermined in various ways. The most obvious one is if you don't resource it properly, it won't function properly. So that's something you have to watch out for, you have to be aware that this is expensive. People will resist this model because it costs money and so that's a way one of the problems with trying to introduce a model like this. The second change will undermine his bonus arrangements which operating companies. if you reward or people who are whose primary function is risk management, if you reward those people on the basis of company productivity and profit you undermine the capacity to perform their risk management job integrity.\n[00:18:37] There are many examples to support what I've just said but I don't have time to talk about that now. I think also, if your organisation is the one which discourages the reporting of bad news, if it does not encourage the reporting of bad news, this will also tend to undermine whatever systems you have in place.\n[00:18:58] Finally, the attitude of the board or the company is critically important. If the board's primary concern is to protect itself from bad news then nothing is going to save the organization in the long run. I've had the experience talking to people on boards and I realise that's their primary concern. They don't want me to give them the bad news. The point I'm making it is, the companies which have had these near-death experiences introduced the kinds of changes that I'm talking about and that to me is a very powerful piece of evidence in support of what I'm saying.\n[00:19:42] Before I finish, I'd like to broaden the discussion a bit and say that this notion, that organisational structure creates culture is much broader than safety and applies in situations which have nothing to do with safety. Let me give you 2 examples. One concerns a culture which I've studied or had exposure to is in the railways, is the culture of punctuality or what is often called 'on time running' and it's a very strong culture which is maintained in all kinds of ways.\n[00:20:18] It's one of the striking things about the railway system is that on time running is an absolute value. They don't always succeed but is a very powerful drive to run on time. The way I became aware of it was when I was studying an accident in a railway system, where the driver had been speeding. The cause of the accident was driving speed and when we looked into why the driver did that, was because of power this 'on time culture'. He was running late so he had to speed, result of which was a derailment which killed around seven people. The question I then ask myself is \"Where does this come from?\" about the language that they used to describe this was \"On time running is king!\". That was the question that came up again and again in the enquiry. It was the structure of the organization that created this. First of all, there is public pressure that trains run on time which is translated to political pressure. Often there are regulators who will penalize train companies for not running on time. So, the organization has a whole structure to get people to run on time. There's inspectors, there's a signalling structure, they record the data on arrival time so they got to arrive at their destination say, within three minutes. If they don't there are questions asked, the drivers are interviewed. The company will normally monitor arrival times twice a day at peak hours so they absolutely on to this and that's the reason why this culture is paramount.\n[00:20:51] The second example I want to give is McDonald's \u2013 the fast-food company. McDonald's has a highly decentralised business model. Its individual outlets are franchisers which means that McDonald's itself is the company is not really too committed to the success or failure of those franchisees. It's up to them to make money and to be profitable if they fail that's their problem, not really McDonald's. So, it's a highly decentralised business model from that point of view. What's really important to McDonald's is not the survival of any one of those franchise operations. It's the quality, predictability and uniformity in the service and the product.\n[00:22:36] McDonald's controls that very closely and centrally. It has a system of inspectors and quality control so that anyone going to McDonald's store anyone in the world knows the quality of service which they are going to be receiving. So that's the point is that if something is really important to an organization, they will control it centrally. If it isn't important, they will allow more decentralization. So that is the main argument of my book.\n[00:23:11] It includes more critiques along the way. I do critique of the anarchist school of safety which I associate with the names of Dekker and Hollnagel. That school is basically arguing that safety is best left to the workers and may be true in some circumstances but is certainly not true for major accident risk industries. I make a critique to the concept of 'visibly felt leadership' which is a term that's very fashionable at the moment. So, you'll find a lot of other kinds of ideas along the way. Thank you.\n[00:23:50] Nippin Anand: The terms independence and authority, kept coming back in this conversation and one could argue in some ways that a safety department and most organisation actually is independent and seemingly has the authority to do what they are supposed to do.\nCan you elaborate a bit more on this concept of independence and authority? What kind of authority are we talking about here?\n[00:24:13] Andrew Hopkins: Yes, some of these very large organisations will have a director of safety who sits on the management board and in that they have a degree of independence from any of the business units. So that's a tick in that respect. However, they don't exercise real authority. Their role almost always is ultimately advisory. What you find is they'll say, \"We set the standards we developed, particular standards in the corporate centre but we have a role in enforcing them. From time to time, we carry out audits but our fundamental role when it comes to dealing with the business units is advisory. We are resource which is available for those units if that's what they want but it is not our responsibility to ensure compliance with those standards and we don't have the authority to intervene a shut down AN operation if it's not in compliance with the standards.\" So that's what I mean when I say the role of a safety department doesn't always have the requisite authority.\n[00:25:23] Nippin Anand: Great! Thank you! Thank you very much for that. I really enjoyed talking to you.\nWhat do you think? I thought it was a top provoking session that challenges outdent many levels especially at the time when we have been bogged down by so many competing theories safety Sciences and this complexity narrative. After listening to Andrew Hopkins, I'm thinking why should leadership come to come to terms with admitting that there are recurring patterns of resource constraints or goal conflicts in everyday work or start to accept that there is a significant disconnect between boardroom thinking and control room realities. No matter how well we dress them up these are systemic problems that would always create brushed under the carpet if the rewards and incentives are not designed to make them visible and intelligible.\n[00:26:17] So, thank you professor Andrew Hopkins for so many empirical examples and reminding us that any genuine attempt to improve safety should first begin with understanding and addressing the structure of our organisation and we should always start from the top. What is mode Hopkins's work extends far beyond safety to include quality, reliability, operational excellence, technical excellence and even the long-term survival of an organisation. Fascinating! If you find the podcast interesting, I invite you and encourage you to read and Hopkin's latest book, 'Organising for safety: how structure creates culture' and I've included the link below for you in this podcast transcription. So, thank you once again for listening to the podcast and next week I will bring you something even more interesting till, then bye bye!","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Will This Secret Weapon Wipe Out America? Cause Catastrophic Damage To The Nation's Electricity Grid, Resulting In Long-term, National Power Outages\nAmy S. November 16, 2016 November 16, 2016 No Comments on Will This Secret Weapon Wipe Out America? Cause Catastrophic Damage To The Nation's Electricity Grid, Resulting In Long-term, National Power Outages\nThis Secret Weapon\nAnyone familiar with Nikola Tesla's numerous experiments (especially those in Colorado Springs) would recognize that the strange Soviet super lightning bolts are probably the direct result of Russia's use of the fantastically high power Tesla-style weather warfare attacks, nuclear fusion development, and the related particle beam death ray development. Tesla personally created lightning bolts about 1735 feet long, about 77 years ago.\n19 years after the explosion in 1908 the forest at 13 miles out from the epicenter.The article in the June, 1976 issue of RADIO ELECTRONIC MAGAZINE described current US experimentation in creating gigantic Tesla-style man-made lightning and ball lightning (in the search for a fusion energy solution). However, the U.S. experiment is relatively tiny, compared to the massive Soviet efforts.\nTom Bearden is the foremost Nikola Tesla researcher\u2026\nA nuclear engineer, war games analyst, and military tactician, Lieutenant Colonel Bearden has over 26 years experience in air defense systems, tactics and operations; technical intelligence, anti-radiation missile countermeasures; nuclear weapons employment, computerized war games; and military systems requirements.\nHe is currently with the Alabama division of a large aerospace company where he is involved in determining the future requirements for laser weapons.\nLieutenant Colonel Bearden obtained a Master of Science degree in nuclear engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics from Northeast Louisiana University. He is also a graduate of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College and several U.S. Army artillery and missile schools.\nHe has had direct experience with tube artillery and with the Ajax, Hercules, Hawk, and Patriot missile systems and the production of technical intelligence on Soviet surface-to-air missile systems for the U.S. Army\/Department of Defense.\nRELATED : EMP Rumors of War \u2013 How A Successful EMP Attack Could Bring Down America\nTom holds a Sandan (third degree black belt) in Yoseikan aikido; is a singer, guitarist and songwriter; member of Mensa, Society for the Investigation of the Unexplained, Vestigia, the American Association of Meta-Science: and is on the board of governors of the U.S. Psychotronics Association. In addition, he is Alabama Director of a small nonprofit foundation, the Association of Distinguished American Scientists and is a MUFON adviser on nuclear engineering.\nIn January 1960, Khrushchev announced the development of a new, fantastic weapon\u2014one so powerful it could wipe out all life on earth if unrestrainedly used. The New York Times printed part of the story. Khrushchev, of course, was referring to the newly emerging scalar EM weapons. So in early 1960 the Soviets were in at least what we call the engineering development stage for large scalar EM beam weapons, which would be deployed when finished.\nVideo Source\nOn May 1, 1960 Soviet defensive radars\u2014rigged as prototype scalar EM beam weapons\u2014probably downed Francis Gary Powers's high-flying U-2 reconnaissance plane over the Soviet Union, precipitating a major diplomatic incident. At the time, no Soviet surface to-air missile could reach the high-flying U-2, but of course it was extensively tracked on Soviet defense radars. Powers reported that a flash occurred behind his plane and persisted\u2014almost certainly the signature of time reversed wave real-time holography. Eisenhower first denied, then was forced to admit, the photo-reconnaissance nature of Powers' mission when Khrushchev revealed that the Soviets had captured Powers alive. Khrushchev then cancelled a major summit meeting with President Eisenhower. Powers was imprisoned, and released in February 1962 in exchange for Rudolf Abel, a convicted Soviet spy.\nIn the fall of 1962, with his new super weapons nearing deployment, the ebullient Khrushchev could no longer contain his eagerness. He \"jumped the gun\" and attempted to change the international balance of power at a single stroke. The Soviets started inserting MRBMs\u2014weapons which would blanket the U.S. like a glove\u2014into Cuba at a feverish pace.\nAccordingly, as soon as his new super weapons were deployed and ready, Khrushchev did that \"something dramatic.\" On April 10, 1963 he destroyed the U.S.S. Thresher with one of his new weapons. Scalar EM (electrogravitational) beams, focused through the ocean to interfere on the Thresher under the surface, recreated spurious EM energy in the sub's electrical control circuits, jamming them so that the sub lost control, sank to crush depth, and imploded. Spurious electromagnetic \"splatter\" surrounding the immediate vicinity of the targeted area left a signature of intense EM interference with multiple systems and multiple frequencies of the U.S.S. Skylark, surface companion of the Thresher. This anomalous EM interference was so virulent that it required over 1-1\/ 2 hours for the Skylark to transmit an emergency message back to headquarters that the sub had been lost.\nOngoing Secrecy in Advanced Weapons Research\nIn matters of defence, no government will ever openly disclose its best military assets unless forced to do so. And thus, many military capabilities may be developed and kept secret for a long time. Indeed, even when they are used for the first time, depending upon the technology itself, it may well be the case that disclosure is not a necessary consequence. For even existing and widely known weapons can be used without ever any issues of acknowledgement arising. By way of example, one could attack another country with a reasonably low yield nuclear weapon set off deep underground. The damage would mirror that of a strong earthquake, and thus the fact that an actual weapon was used, or that a specific country was behind the attack, might never become known.\nIf the European Union breaks apart, and it looks like it may, the Euro currency (the second most used currency in the world) will vanish. Neocons, CIA and the \"deep state\" in the U.S.. NATO in Europe. Who else is being aggressive in our world towards other nations? Who else is continually poking Russia and China to provoke a war?\nThe endless ponzi schemes like QE, ZIRP and the US dollar itself. The world reserve currency is the US dollar and this has allowed the US Treasury, in conjunction with the Federal Reserve, to export our inflation to other countries around the world.\nNow is the time to either redouble your prepping efforts or make a serious dedication to getting your preps in order. Ukraine, Syria, Libya, Afghanistan, South China Sea and these are the just the ongoing military wars.\nRussia is preparing to test-fire a nuclear weapon which is so powerful it could reportedly destroy a whole country in seconds.\nThis Secret Weapon is rumoured to be the most powerful ever designed and is equipped with stealth technology to help it dodge enemy radar systems .\nThis terrifying doomsday weapon is likely to strike fear into the hearts of Western military chiefs, as current missile defence technology is totally incapable of stopping it.\nThe Secret Weapon is expected to be capable of delivering up to a dozen warheads, allowing to effectively destroy an area the \"size of Texas or France\", the broadcaster continued.\nIt is expected to have a range of 10,000 km, allowing Moscow to attack European cities including London as well as major cities on America's west and east coasts.\nThat fearsome weapon? An electromagnetic pulse. Pry, executive director of the EMP Task Force on National and Homeland Security, a congressional advisory board, described a scenario in which an adversary could detonate a nuclear device in the atmosphere over the United States, which would in turn generate an EMP that would cause catastrophic damage to the nation's electricity grid, resulting in long-term, national power outages.\nIt is, indeed, a frightening scenario\u2014and it isn't the only threat to the nation's electricity grid. U.S. critical infrastructure is also vulnerable to cyber and physical attacks. The risk of such attacks is real, and, in some cases, growing. But don't run out and stock your bomb shelter with whale oil just yet. In fact, odds are you have far more to fear from nut-obsessed squirrels than nutty extremists when it comes to the reliability of your electricity.\nThe grim power of modern nuclear weapons.The greatest minds of the military-industrial complex have spent the past century devising ever more destructive weapons. In our timeline of terror, we show the horrifying development of modern nuclear weapons, which are now so powerful they can wipe out an entire city in seconds and render much of a country uninhabitable.\nWith tensions between Russia and the West rising, it is said the new bomber will be capable of striking any target on the planet within two hours.\nAccording to the Strategic Missile Forces Academy, the engine will operate in two modes \u2013 using kerosene fuel for conventional flight and a methane-oxygen combination to power the craft into space.\nThe craft's shape also mimics the design of the US Stealth Bomber \u2013 making it invisible to radar.\nDo you think that this weapon could actually wipe out the USA in reality?\nCould you survive after an EMP attack? Would you be able to sustain your loved ones when all hell breaks loose? In this video, I will unearth a long-forgotten secret that helped our ancestors survive famines, wars, economic crises, diseases, droughts, and anything else life threw at them\u2026 a secret that will help you do the same for your loved ones when America crumbles into the ground. I'm also going to share with you three old lessons that will ensure your children will be well fed when others are rummaging through garbage bins. 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{"text":"Tag: Japan ME Association\nAn Outstanding Preview Screening of our ME Documentary Film\nJapan ME Association hosted our first preview screening of \"Hope to these Hands: The Reality of ME\/CFS,\" our original documentary film depicting the situation of severely ill ME\/CFS patients in Japan which we began filming in 2014, at the TKP Shinagawa Conference Center in Shinagawa, Tokyo on October 22, 2017. Despite rain from a typhoon, many people turned out for the event for an outstanding premiere of the film. We are deeply grateful to everyone who attended, as well as to those who worked tirelessly to raise funds to make the film possible.\nWith JMEA board member Dr. Isu Shin, M.D., Ph.D., moderating, JMEA President Mieko Shinohara thanked Director Seiji Arihara for making the film and expressed that the objective of making and screening the film before audiences in Japan was to raise accurate awareness about ME and to advance research for the disease.\nMr. Arihara then gave a candid introduction to the film, revealing that when he and Ms. Shinohara first produced a Japanese-subtitled version of the American documentary film \"I Remember Me,\" many years ago with director Kim Snyder's permission, he had never imagined that he would one day make a Japanese documentary about Japanese ME patients. He explained that making the film required acquiring a deep understanding of the day-to-day reality of the disease. He also expressed his gratitude to the many patients who agreed to be filmed but who did not appear in the final version of the documentary.\nThe film depicts patients who are severely ill with ME amidst a society that does not recognize the illness, the social and financial consequences of patients' inability to obtain Disability Certificates, our patient association, and finally, the hope from recent research developments in the US and other countries to develop effective treatments.\nWe received immediate feedback on the film after the screening: \"Thank you for making this film.\" \"The film captured patients' thoughts and troubles concisely.\" \"It was encouraging to learn about all the research being done in the United States.\" \"I was happy that the film makes clear that 'stress' is not the cause of the illness.\" \"I felt encouraged to overcome the difficulties that I experience.\" \"The film achieved a balance between subjective patient experiences and objective information.\" \"I want the severely ill patients who couldn't make it to the screening to see the film as soon as possible.\"\nAfter a short break, former JMEA Vice President Dr. Miwako Hosoda spoke about the remarkable journey of Japan ME Association's efforts in engaging medical researchers, government policymakers, social scientists, other non-profit associations, and the media to improve the situation of patients' lives.\nFinally, Dr. Takashi Yamamura, Director of Immunology at the National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry (NCNP) gave a presentation entitled \"Directions in ME\/CFS Research.\" Dr. Yamamura, a leading specialist in multiple sclerosis (MS) who is now also engaged in ME\/CFS research, gave the example of developments in MS, where after 25 years of having no effective treatments, there are now around five drug treatments for the disease, with many patients able to work; when one drug emerges, the landscape can change dramatically within 10 years. Neurological diseases often are not detected by standard medical tests, as is the case with ME\/CFS. He emphasized the importance of research on inflammation in the brain and central nervous system and about the potential for major research advances in Japan; Japan should not merely depend on research from the US and Europe, especially with the high quality of Japan's immunological research, with research institutions equipped with advanced technology on par with research universities abroad. He also discussed the importance of detecting the disease early in patients going forward, and the possibility of using existing drugs to treat the disease.\nFinally, we answered questions from the press, including how we planned to make use of the documentary to spread awareness in Japan, whether the name \"chronic fatigue syndrome\" would change, and what steps were necessary to obtain adequate funding to advance medical research.\nAuthor JMEAPosted on October 27, 2017 January 14, 2019 Categories Awareness, UncategorizedTags Awareness, chronic fatigue syndrome, documentary, japan, Japan ME Association, myalgic encephalomyelitis\nDemocratic Party Hosts Study Group on ME\/CFS\nThe Democratic Party's Disability\/Intractable Disease Policy Promotion group held a study group on ME\/CFS at a conference room in the House of Representatives Building on May 11, 2017. The objective of the study group was to discuss ways to help bring relief to patients. 14 Democratic Party Diet members as well as the Secretaries to 23 additional Diet members attended.\nWith Representative Yasuko Komiyama serving as moderator, group chairman Representative Kazuhiro Haraguchi said in his opening remarks that when he disclosed [his] intractable disease osteogenesis five months ago, what surprised him was how many people are suffering, and that the study group would \"give a voice to those who do not have a voice.\" Japan ME Association president Mieko Shinohara then gave brief remarks, reading our request letter, and delivering the letter to Mr. Haraguchi.\nHouse of Councillors member Ryuhei Kawada said, \"When I met Ms. Shinohara six years ago, we discussed the name \"chronic fatigue syndrome\" made it difficult to understand the disease. The disease is now being researched as a neurological disease, and it is classified as a neurological disorder by the WHO. A therapy called rituximab may be emerging. We'd like study this disease as myalgic encephaloymelitis so that we can create a system where research advances may be made.\"\nNext, National Center for Neurology and Psychiatry (NCNP) Director of Immunology Dr. Takashi Yamamura provided an informational brief to the group as a medical specialist. Dr. Yamamura is a neurology specialist who has treated and researched multiple sclerosis (MS). He explained how, having received a request from the patient association to use the technology and learning at NCNP to treat this disease, \"[we] began research and seeing patients with the belief that we have to do this. One problem of this disease is that patients may not be properly diagnosed at a hospital because abnormalities do not show up on current standard medical tests. Hospitals handle this by telling the patients that there are no abnormalities or that they should visit another hospital because they may be suffering from a psychiatric illness. It is a miserable situation, which is why I believe we must develop an objective diagnostic method.\"\nDr. Yamamura explained the state of ME research, indicating that there is increased focus on abnormalities in the brain, including a PET image study indicating inflammation in the brain. Various diseases of inflammation should be treatable using drugs to effectively suppress inflammation. US patients advocated for research and the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) is investigating the disease with the US government increasing the amount of funding. Oncologists in Norway have published two papers in which the cancer drug rituximab had a significant benefit for about 60% of patients. The issue is how to move forward in this research context. Rituximab is a drug that kills tumors of lymphocytes called B cells and is thought to be a drug that modifies the immune system, and the possibility of using immune modulators for ME is something that is discussed by many scientists overseas.\nDr. Yamamura explained his experience with treating the disease optic nerve myelitis, a disease where severe fatigue is a symptom. Inflammation occurs in the eyes and the spinal cord and fatigue is severe. He explained that in optic nerve myelitis, where the inflammatory substance IL6 is elevated in patients, drugs used for rheumatoid arthritis led to dramatic improvement of fatigue symptoms in these patients. Fatigue is closely related to the immune system and it is important to focus on the immune system.\nMany of the ME patients examined demonstrated immune abnormalities. Detailed analysis of patients' lymphocytes using state-of-the-art flow cytometry technology has shown some of the B cells with clear abnormalities. Since the drug rituximab targets B cells, it is consistent with rituximab being effective. There is a need to shift gears from conventional fatigue research to research for treatments that target the immune system, and there is momentum in this direction globally.\nOn June 14 there will be a meeting of the Federation of Clinical Immunology Societies in the United States, and the NIH has organized a special four-hour symposium. There will be a session to study information with other researchers on immune abnormalities in myalgic encephalomyelitis and Dr. Yamamura would participate; there was momentum, and he appealed to the study group that he wanted to bring relief to patients as soon as possible.\nJapan ME Association president Mieko Shinohara gave brief remarks. She recounted that \"I had an onset of ME while studying abroad in the United States in 1990, by 1992 I already knew that I had brain abnormalities by MRI, an immune modulating drug called Ampligen was being tested since 1988. The disease has been treated as the neuro immune disease in Western countries. The NIH study used the Canadian Consensus Criteria as the basis for its research, a document that points to the WHO's classification of the disease as a neurological disorder, as with the clinical guidelines issued by the IACFS\/ME in 2012. It is common knowledge in the West that the disease is a neuro (immune) disease.\"\nShe also mentioned that the phase III trial study of rituximab being conducted in Norway would conclude in October, with patients all over the world awaiting the results. There are many patients who have been ill for 20-30 years. The Ministry of Health survey made clear that 30% of patients in Japan are severely ill patients who are bedridden or close. The patients want more than anything to get better and to have clinical trials proceed. We ask that politicians and Ministry of Health officals understand the situation that patients are in and to act in a way that brings relief to their suffering.\nAfter showing the trailer for the documentary that the Association is filming, Mr. Hiraiwa from the Ministry of Health explained the current intractable disease law and reported on ME\/CFS research so far.\nA lively question and answer session followed. Among the questions asked were whether Japan would be ready to test rituximab if the Norwegian study published positive results; whether there was evidence of infectious disease in light of historical outbreaks; whether there were neurologists prepared to conduct clinical drug trials; whether a specialized outpatient practice at NCNP could be established; whether the disease could be designated as an intractable; and why ME and CFS were described together. Dr. Yamamura explained that if there is a positive study result for rituximab in Norway and it is approved for clinical use, information would need to be submitted by the drug maker to the Japanese review agency PMDA before it could be used in Japan; that while in many cases a virus has been involved in triggering the onset of ME, the abnormality of the immune system continues but there is no increase in the triggering virus in the patient's body; and that the name ME\/CFS is being used for official purposes. The Ministry of Health Disease Control Division expressed that the ministry would continue to consult with Dr. Yamamura and work together with the patient association.\nRepresentative Yasuhiro Nakane gave closing remarks. \"We would like to firmly understand the wishes of the patient association. The budget has been an obstacle in medicine and administration generally, but it is the role of politicians to do something. Please accept our best wishes as we work under the leadership of Mr. Haraguchi.\"\nAuthor JMEAPosted on May 12, 2017 December 29, 2017 Categories Advocacy, UncategorizedTags Advocacy, CFS, government, japan, Japan ME Association, Japanese Diet, ME, ME\/CFS, research, study group\nThe Japanese National Diet Adopts the Association's 2016 Petition\nWe are very happy to report that both Houses of the Japanese National Diet adopted of Japan ME Association's 2016 petition during this year's extraordinary Diet session. With our last petition adopted by the House of Councillors in 2014 and by the House of Representatives in 2015, success on our petitions at the legislature for the third year in a row is a truly remarkable achievement. Our petition was the only one adopted by the House of Councillors' Health, Labour and Welfare Committee during this Diet session and just one of two adopted by the House of Representatives.\nThanks to the hard work of many, 105 bipartisan Diet members across seven political parties and two independent Diet members agreed to introduce the petition, and we gathered nearly 14,000 signatures. The signatories included not only patients and their families, but people who learned about ME for the first time through the petition who wished to help improve the situation of patients. We express our heartfelt gratitude to everyone. The petition will be delivered to the Cabinet, and the Cabinet will issue updates on the petition items to the House of Representatives approximately twice annually.\nWe believe that our October international academic symposium (supported by the Ministry of Health and Japan Medical Association, sponsored by the Nippon Foundation, and where the President of the Japan Neurology Association gave remarks) had a positive impact on the petition's adoption. We continue to hope for advances in research for ME by specialist researchers, the establishing of a national medical system where ME patients may receive medical treatment, and for research into effective treatments for the disease similar to that which is being conducted abroad. We thank you in advance for your continued support towards these important goals.\nAuthor JMEAPosted on December 14, 2016 September 30, 2017 Categories UncategorizedTags Advocacy, CFS, chronic fatigue syndrome, japan, Japan ME Association, Japanese National Diet, ME, ME\/CFS, myalgic encephalomyelitis, petition","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Graham Farmelo is an award-winning science writer and biographer. Formerly an academic and senior executive of the Science Museum from 1990-2003, he also works as speaker and consultant in science communication. Graham is often a guest on BBC Radio 4, has contributed to the New Scientist and Scientific American and written reviews in a wide range of publications, notably The Times, The New York Times, The Guardian, Nature and Times Higher Education. He is a Fellow at Churchill College, Cambridge, and a regular visitor at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton.\nThe Strangest Man, his masterful biography of Paul Dirac \u2013 pioneer in quantum mechanics, the 'British Einstein' and youngest theoretician ever to win the Nobel Prize for Physics \u2013 won the 2009 Costa Book Award for Biography and the 2009 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Science and Technology. It was also chosen by Physics World as their Book of the Year. Graham edited the bestselling It Must Be Beautiful: Great Equations Of Modern Science (2002). He is also the author of Churchill's Bomb (2013), which explored Winston Churchill's role in nuclear research from 1939-1953.\nGraham's upcoming book The Universe Speaks in Numbers: How Modern Maths Reveals Nature's Greatest Secrets will be published by Faber&Faber in May 2019.\nFarmelo was awarded the Kelvin Prize and Medal in 2012 by the Institute of Physics, which elected him a Fellow in 1998. In 2011 he was appointed an Honorary Fellow of the British Science Association. Graham is also an undercover restaurant critic and is based in London.\nGraham's website can be found here.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Home | News | New Chair of Governors for Downside School\nNew Chair of Governors for Downside School\nWe are pleased to announce that the Governors and Trustees have appointed Mr Adrian Aylward as Chair of Governors for Downside School.\nAdrian, an existing Downside School Governor, was educated at Worth School and Oxford University, before spending nine years in the City and in Industry, latterly as CEO of a public company. In 1992 he moved into education and was Head Master of Stonyhurst College (from 1996 to 2006) and subsequently Head Master of Leweston School, Dorset, until 2015. Since then Adrian has been working as an educational consultant; he is therefore eminently qualified to take on the role and will work closely with Andrew Hobbs.\nAdrian Aylward is the new Chair of Governors at Downside School.\nThe Governors have appointed Perrett Laver as recruitment consultants to assist the Governors and Trustees in finding the best possible Head for Downside. Perrett Laver are well known specialists with a global reach. The aim is to make an appointment early in the summer term. We will not rush an appointment and are confident, in the interim, that the School is in very good hands with Andrew Hobbs as acting Head. We shall keep you informed as matters progress.\nAs Downside looks to the future, the Trustees of Downside Abbey are exploring the possibility of the School becoming legally and financially separate from Downside Abbey. At present, senior School Staff are working on a new School Business Plan, in order to provide the basis on which a new School Trust can be built. The anticipated separation will leave the School on a strong footing for the future that puts the safety and wellbeing of pupils at its heart. Downside will remain a Benedictine school in ethos and any new status will not preclude members of the Monastic Community being members of staff. We believe such a separation is in the interests of both School and Monastery and will allow both to thrive.\nClick here to learn more about the governors of Downside School.\nBack to School News","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Trials of Death\nThis is the fifth title in the compelling and chilling saga of Darren Shan, but the second part in a new trilogy, following Darren's initiation into the vampire clan.\nCompelled by his loyalty to Mr Crepsley, Darren Shan, the vampire's assistant, agrees to prove his worthiness to the vampire clan by undertaking a series of trials. Each Trial is set by the Vampire Princes to test agility, cunning and intelligence. Failure means death.\nWhilst their attention is focused on Darren, the vampire clan fail to notice that the vampaneze have infiltrated their mountain stronghold. Who is the traitor helping the vampaneze, and will Darren survive the trials to oust the vampire's greatest foes?\nAnother atmospheric and terrifying tale from the author of Cirque Du Freak.\nCirque Du Freak\n\"\u2026fast-paced and compelling book which leaves the reader hungry for more.\"\n'Brilliant, macabre tale.'\n\"I read Cirque Du Freak last week. I loved it. I love the way you manage to juggle the funny with the unpleasant, the affection with the hurt. It's\ngreat story-telling.\"\nThe Vampire's Assistant\n\"The Vampire's Assistant blazes a thrilling, gruesome trail through a fascinating plot.\"\nThe Good Book Guide\nVampire Mountain\n\"Get your teeth into it!\"\nFunday Times\nDarren Shan is the number-one best-selling author of the series THE SAGA OF DARREN SHAN, the DEMONATA and more recently the SAGA OF LARTEN CREPSLEY and ZOM-B. His books have been read by millions of people around the world and translated into more than 25 languages. Darren lives in seclusion in the depths of Ireland. He is a big film buff, and also loves theatre, comics and books, and collecting art. He loves dreaming up new ways to terrify his readers, but never drinks blood. Or so he claims.\nPUBLISHERS WEEKLY 1 MAY 2003\nThe Cirque Du Freak saga continues in a fifth installment, Trials of Death by Darren Shan. Once again the protagonist takes readers into the heart of the vampire world, where he must face the Trials of Initiation to prove himself worthy of being a half-vampire-or die trying. The gory tale ends with a \"to be continued\" teaser and an excerpt from book six.\nHarperCollinsChildren'sBooks\nMore Books by Darren Shan\nLord Loss\nTunnels of Blood\nBrothers to the Death\nThe Vampire Prince\nHunters of the Dusk\nAllies of the Night\nKillers of the Dawn\nThe Lake of Souls\nLord of the Shadows","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"CLA-2-39:RR:NC:SP:221 I85281\nMr. David Thompson\nGHY USA Inc.\n572 South Fifth Street\nRE: The tariff classification of plastic labels from Canada.\nDear Mr. Thompson:\nIn your letter dated August 14, 2002, on behalf of Sunset Screen Graphics, you requested a tariff classification ruling.\nFour sample labels were provided with your letter. The label on which the words \"Enter Code\" are printed is a self-adhesive plastic label. The \"Polaris\" and \"500 Classic\" are also plastic self-adhesive labels. These two labels will be packaged together. The 500 Classic label is made in the United States. As you requested, these samples are being returned.\nThe applicable subheading for the Enter Code label and the Polaris self-adhesive label, whether or not packaged with labels made in the United States, will be 3919.90.5060, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS), which provides for self-adhesive plates, sheets, film, foil, tape, strip and other flat shapes, of plastics, whether or not in rolls: other, other. The general rate of duty will be 5.8 percent ad valorem.\nYour letter also contained a plastic label with various symbols against a red and black background. This label is not self-adhesive. Before we can issue a ruling for this label, we need to know how and where it is used. In addition, explain how the label is manufactured. This sample will be held on file in this office for 90 days from the date of this letter.\nYou also inquired about the country of origin marking requirement for the Polaris and 500 Classic labels. The marking statute, section 304, Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1304), provides that, unless excepted, every article of foreign origin (or its container) imported into the U.S. shall be marked in a conspicuous place as legibly, indelibly and permanently as the nature of the article (or its container) will permit, in such a manner as to indicate to the ultimate purchaser in the U.S. the English name of the country of origin of the article.\nPackaging the Polaris and 500 Classic labels together does not change the country of origin. The 500 Classic labels are made in the United States, and are not articles of foreign origin. Therefore, the Classic 500 labels do not have to be marked with the country of origin. The Polaris labels or the packages in which they are sold must be marked in such a way that indicates the country of origin to the ultimate purchaser.\nA copy of the ruling or the control number indicated above should be provided with the entry documents filed at the time this merchandise is imported. If you have any questions regarding the ruling, contact National Import Specialist Joan Mazzola at 646-733-3023.\nTariff No.: 3919.90.50 - Self-adhesive plates, sheets, other flat shapes, of plastics, not having a light-reflecting surface produced by glass grains, nesoi","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"domestic-saudi-investor\nDomestic Saudi Investor\nProduct & Performance\nMorgan Stanley Saudi Equity Fund\nSaudi Equity Strategy\nSaudi Arabian Equity Team\nView All Saudi Equity Strategy\nView All Saudi Arabian Equity Team\nDaniel Simkowitz\nHead of Investment Management | 31 years industry experience\nDan Simkowitz is Head of Investment Management at Morgan Stanley. Dan serves on the Firm's Operating and Risk Committees and was Co-Chair of the Capital Commitment Committee. Dan was most recently Co-Head of Capital Markets.\nHis client experience includes several of the largest IPOs in history; General Motors\/U.S. Treasury, Facebook, Dupont\/Conoco, KKR, Accenture and several of the largest financings in history for Citigroup\/U.S. Treasury, Blackrock, Procter & Gamble, Verizon and Wells Fargo.\nDan was the lead capital markets partner for the Firm's assignments for the U.S. Treasury and Federal Reserve during 2008-2012.\nDan is a graduate of Harvard College and holds an MBA from Columbia University. He began his career at Morgan Stanley in 1990 and has worked in Tokyo, Hong Kong and New York. Dan serves on the Advisory Board for the Morgan Stanley Institute for Sustainable Investing. He is on the boards of Theatre Forward and the Investment Company Institute and is a trustee for the U.S. Olympic Committee Foundation. Dan is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, Urban-Brookings Tax Center's Leadership Council and Harvard's Committee on University Resources.\nThe information on this page is for informational purposes only.\nMorgan Stanley Saudi Arabia is authorized and regulated by the Capital Market Authority, license number 06044-37.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"The \"Wrestling Snob\" finds what he was looking for, hangs up mantle.\nEach and every year, since the demise of the NWA's \"Jim Crocket Promotions,\" Adam Leavelle has devoted his time looking for what he calls \"Wrestling Done Right.\" Along the way he's dubbed a few companies just that. Companies like Ring of Honor, Major League Wrestling, New Japan Pro Wrestling, and one of the several independent wrestling companies Adam worked for, Legacy Wrestling. Sadly, Legacy went out of business, and the other companies that had that mantle bestowed upon them, couldn't stay on that track completely. As such, while Adam gave his support to those companies, he also still proudly embraced \"The Wrestling Snob\" moniker because no one company would devote itself fully to \"Wrestling Done Right.\" For all the \"Foundations\" out there, all the Gresham's, Hammerstone's, and Jay White's, there were clowns (sometimes literally), no selling Luchadores, and comedy \"acts' that promoters just had to insert onto their shows in the name of wrestling being for \"everybody.\"\nAround five years ago, sometime in 2017, Adam discovered the historical promotion, still doing shows in Japan, Pro Wrestling Noah. For some time \"The Wrestling Snob\" found great relief, and encouragement in Noah. The only problem was that finding their shows was difficult. Often, when you could find them, they would be weeks, or sometimes even months old. Even then, you couldn't find all of their shows, only some of the bigger shows here and there. Frustrated, Adam gave up, and just continued to watch what he could, often fast forwarding way too much. Finally, in 2021, Adam discovered that \"Wrestle Universe\" carried nearly every Pro Wrestling Noah show, and what they didn't carry, the Japanese television station, ABEMA carried. Both Wrestle Universe, and ABEMA have subscription models that would allow Adam to watch every single Pro Wrestling Noah show!\nAfter a few months of getting back onboard \"The Ark,\" Adam knew this is what he'd been looking for since 1988, the year JCP sold to Ted Turner, and began going downhill. Yes, there were a few more good years left after Turner purchased JCP, but the writing was on the wall. Adam suspected that the day would shortly come where the cartoon like WWE would \"win\" the wrestling war in America, and he would have to search for \"wrestling done right\" amidst tons of wrestling \"ga-ga.\" While being \"The Wrestling Snob\" was fun on some level, it also got tiresome, and sometimes even depressing. Having absolutely loved professional wrestling since he was seven years old (1977) Adam feared it had died, and wh\u200bat many were calling \"evolved\" was actually a metamorphosis into something else entirely. This is where boarding the Ark, Pro Wrestling Noah, saved Adam, and the wrestling business, and lead \"The Wrestling Snob\" down the path of redemption.\nNo longer \"angry\" or \"frustrated,\" Adam has now found intelligent wrestling, he has found wrestling that makes sense, and is presented like a sport, matches that are showcased as \"fights,\" where the wrestlers look like they are struggling to perform offensive maneuvers, and registering pain, and anguish when being hit with, or put into said maneuvers. Most of all, Adam has found wrestling where the pace of the matches are as realistic as can be, in the world of pro wrestling, with said matches being presented as if the wrestlers in them are calculating, and thinking of strategy in what they are doing, and how they are responding to what their opponent is trying to do. While thinking of how best to describe this paragraph as shortly as possible, Adam came up with his bio name on Twitter, \"Noah Noetic Nirvana.\" You see, Pro Wrestling Noah is a company that can be analyzed, broken down, and discussed in an intelligent, rational way. Noetic is defined as \"relating to mental activity or the intellect.\" Pro Wrestling Noah is a professional wrestling company where the wrestlers, and as such the fans, can watch, breakdown, analyze, and discuss the in ring product, thus\u2026..\"Noetic.\" Nirvana is, simply put, \"heaven,\" or, better yet, in regard to Pro Wrestling Noah, \"a state of perfect happiness; an ideal or idyllic place.\" So as of March, 2022, Adam Leavelle, the former \"Wrestling Snob,\" hangs up that mantle and embraces N(3), The Noah Noetic Nirvana\u2026the ideal place where wrestling, and fans alike, apply their intellect to professional wrestling. To say this in a shorter, and even simpler term, Pro Wrestling Noah is 100% \"Wrestling Done Right!\" The search is over, come aboard the Ark and be saved from the deep, murky, scary, waters of professional wrestling everywhere else.\nMount Ararat; A Pro Wrestling NOAH Podcast, Debuts On YouTube\nSalvation From The Great Flood That Has Drowned Pro Wrestling In A Sea Of Ga-Ga\nWhen Ring of Honor brought back the Pure Division, I was so excited that I was almost emotional about it. I covered ROH with a passion that I hadn't felt for wrestling in a long while. As ROH went on, the Pure division seemed to get less and less attention. ROH seemed to focus far more on \"violence\" and over the top, \"car crash\" style of wrestling, that's everywhere today. Now it seems that when ROH returns, the Pure division will be gone once again.\nI spent a decent amount of time promoting, and being excited about Major League Wrestling as well. I loved those times, and I miss what MLW was. While I certainly don't hate MLW now, they've just embraced Lucha Libre so much that it's difficult for me to embrace it like I once had. Don't get me wrong, I want them to succeed, I just really wish they'd get back to the show I fell in love with. A show that had Lucha on it, but it wasn't the strongest or the most featured part of the show. I support their singles champions without question. Alexander Hammerstone and Alex Kane are excellent representatives, but I miss the Von Erichs, and the Lucha Underground stuff is too over the top for me. Maybe MLW will eventually return to what it was when I was loving it, at least I hope they do.\nThankfully, in the mean time, I found Pro Wrestling NOAH again, after a few years away. Wrestling Universe streaming nearly all NOAH shows excited me, as for the longest time I had no idea how to even watch NOAH shows, so I gladly subscribed. Now I watch so much NOAH that my beloved Stardom even pales in comparison. You see, NOAH doesn't do much (any?) over the top flippy stuff. They don't do much \"super destructive moves\" mid match that get no sold like it was a hip toss. NOAH doesn't have hyper (High) speed matches. NOAH referees enforce the rules, and don't get \"bumped\" in every other match. NOAH doesn't over book finishes of matches. NOAH doesn't have a super heel stable that absolutely must interfere, or ridiculously cheat in every single match they are in. NOAH's Junior Heavyweights don't have to work a video game style of match to differentiate themselves from the heavyweights. NOAH doesn't even need \"Pure\" rules because the rules of professional wrestling are actually enforced, and respected! Imagine that.\nI know the vast majority of American Wrestling fans today need the car crash style. They need some sports entertainment, they need overly excitable promos from the very few American wrestlers today capable of giving them. They need English Speaking commentators explaining everything to them. They need some ga-ga. But if you're anything like me, and just want wrestling to be presented like a fight, shows that don't make you cringe, or even feel embarrassed to be a wrestling fan, and you don't want to drown in the sea of ga-ga, know that NOAH has English commentary. Noah has an English Twitter. NOAH has an English YouTube page, and NOAH now was WrestlingDoneRight.com supporting them with \"The Pro Wrestling NOAH Network!\" The doors are open, I'll see you on the ARK.\nWDR, The NOAH Network Announces Podcast\nWrestling Done RIght; The Pro Wrestling NOAH Network, has announced a new weekly Pro Wrestling NOAH podcast, coming to YouTube! Adam Leavelle, will host a weekly show, about all things Pro Wrestling NOAH. News, Reviews, and Opinions, all passionately delivered in a way that only \"The Wrestling Snob\" can! We will announce a start date very soon, stay tuned!\nLink here- Still under Construction!\nMOUNT ARARAT\nThe Wrestling Done Right Network Becomes The Pro Wrestling NOAH Network\nThe Wrestling Done Right Network has been bringing you stories, coverage, and YouTube videos for the past 8 years, of only the best professional wrestling in the world. In that time, rarely has there been a single company that has dedicated itself to what WDR believes is \"legitimate\" or \"worthy\" professional wrestling. Having always been a supporter of Pro Wrestling NOAH, it wasn't until recently that WDR has had the full, and total access to NOAH as we do today, thanks to Wrestle Universe. As such, WDR has taken a bold, and confident change, deciding to focus solely on the one company in the world that has consistently presented, and promoted, \"Wrestling Done Right,\" Pro Wrestling NOAH. WDR plans to still feature, and promote the few amazing professional wrestlers outside of NOAH, but when we do, pieces written about these wrestlers will be done so as a suggestion to Pro Wrestling NOAH to consider bringing in for a tour. Welcome aboard the ARK to all WDR fans and supporters. NOAH found grace in the eyes of the Lord, and Pro Wrestling NOAH found grace in the eyes of the wrestling snob!\nwww.wrestlingdoneright.com\nCalling You To Get On The Ark With Me!\nAs is always the case, when I manage to find a wrestling company (not just random matches) that I can support as \"Wrestling Done Right,\" I have this desire to stand on a rooftop and shout all about it at the top of my lungs. Thinking that I am finding others such as myself, my passion can get in the way of me realizing that 98% of wrestling fans today no longer really like \"wrestling.\" Nearly all fans today like silly, over the top, goofy, drama, where guys smaller than people in the audience, in jeans, t-shirts, and Nike's, participate in choreographed tumble routines. Most fans today love wrestling \"moves,\" the bigger, and the crazier, the better, and instead of being frustrated when these moves do little to no damage, they actually POP for that!\nA sure fire way to get a \"this is awesome\" chant out of a pro wrestling crowd today is to have a wrestler kick out of a top rope Canadian Destroyer (or anything similar). When these \"fans\" watch something like Pro Wrestling NOAH, and see matches that have a good (slower) pace, and where selling is a major part of every match, and instead of it looking like a routine, the match looks like a struggle between two fighters, words like \"boring\" are always tossed around. Today's \"fans\" don't want to watch an entire show where every match is decided cleanly, in the middle of the ring. They don't want to watch a show where not one single table is broken. These fans don't want to watch an entire PPV quality show that doesn't have one single gimmick match. Funny thing, those type of things are exactly what I, and thankfully plenty of fans in Japan, and a few intelligent fans in America, see as \"Wrestling Done Right,\" and I will hype, push, and promote it as if I was the owner of that company. That was a mistake tons of fans made back when Legacy Wrestling existed, so many thought and even told others, that I was the owner of the company, just because who could believe someone who wasn't the owner, would promote anything so heavily? Well, that's what I do for \"Wrestling Done Right,\" and that is exactly what Pro Wrestling Noah is!\nIf you're tired of wrestling matches going 100mph, if you're tired of nothing being \"sold,\" if you're tired of constant gimmick matches, if you're tired of wonky finishes, if you're tired of violent gymnastics and want wrestling to look like a fight, then Pro Wrestling NOAH is for you!\nWill Terminus Save American Pro Wrestling?\n\u200bI have always been convinced that good, solid, well worked, professional wrestling has multiple millions of fans. The problem is, most of them have completely abandoned professional wrestling. I've been a fan of professional wrestling since 1977, and while the stuff that I loved is dead, and almost completely gone, the idea that wrestling COULD still be great, exists in my mind so much, that I can't completely stop being a fan, though I have come close, numerous times. While just about every major company over the last few decades have had great matches, none of them have presented that all of the time. Great matches always have to be surrounded by silliness, comedy, over the top, sports entertainment drivel, that insults wrestling fans that want it to be \"done right.\" As of January 11th, 2022 the only two places where I can find \"wrestling done right,\" are New Japan Pro Wrestling, Pro Wrestling NOAH, and World Wonder Ring, Stardom. I would have once included Major League Wrestling on this list, bust for some time now, it has been a Lucha company, and Lucha isn't something I have much interest in.\nRing of Honor's \"Pure Division\" rose up for a short time, and excited me like I've not been excited over American wrestling in many years. Shortly after though, the company went on hiatus, and from my understanding, when they return, the Pure title isn't coming back. While I love Jon Gresham, and \"The Foundation,\" ROH's lack of support for the title they so recently brought back, doesn't inspire to me lend them a lot of support, but I am not saying I won't give them a chance, time will tell what ROH is going to be in April, when they come back.\nRising up in the place of ROH, and it's Pure Division, is \"TERMINUS,\" a new company started by Jon Gresham himself, and his partner, Baron Black. They recently released the rules, or as they are calling them, \"Directives,\" and they have me excited, they have me hopeful, and they have me ready to embrace the company with every ounce of passion that I have, and trust me, that's a lot of passion! Take a look at the directives here-\nHere is the card for Terminus's first show, this Sunday, January 16th, 2022.\nSingles Match\nLiiza Hall vs. Janai Kai\nImpact Digital Media Title Match\nJordynne Grace (c) vs. Kiera Hogan\nTerminal Eliminator Four Way Match\nInvictus Khash vs. JDX vs. Daniel Garcia vs. Adam Priest\nBandido vs. Baron Black\nTag Team Match\nFred Yehi & Tracy Williams vs. Dante Caballero & Joe Keys\nMike Bennett vs. Moose\nJay Lethal vs. Lee Moriarty\nROH World Title Pure Rules Match\nJonathan Gresham (c) vs. Josh Alexander\nYou can watch the show on FITE\nWill Ospreay Has Arrived!\nMeeting a young Will Ospreay\nI first discovered Will Ospreay in What Culture Wrestling, in his faction The Swords of Essex, and later in the Pacitti Club. It wasn't too long after that, that the picture accompanying this article was taken, at a Ring of Honor show, in Philadelphia. Will was pleasantly surprised when I told him that I enjoyed his work in Swords of Essex, and we spoke about that a little bit. At the time Will was mostly known as a spot monkey style wrestler, by harsh critics such as myself, but I thought I saw something in him that could be more than that. I'll admit, I started backing off of my fandom of Ospreay as the years went on because he didn't seem to be coming out of the \"spot monkey\" stuff at all. However, I saw him take a beating from Matt Riddle in the midst of those years, selling so well for the former MMA star, that he won me over a little bit once again. When Kazuchika Okada took a strong interest in Ospreay, my interest was piqued once again, thinking that one of my favorite wrestlers saw what I saw in the young high flyer, and started paying attention to him again. It was at this time that Ospreay got caught up in a ton of social media drama, and while it didn't cause me to stop liking him, it did deject me to some degree. Wrestling also was overly silly (in this authors opinion) during this time as well, and I was hardly enjoying anything.\nWhen I learned that Ospreay had turned heel on Okada, and formed his own stable called \"The United Empire,\" in New Japan Pro Wrestling, my interest in Ospreay returned, and I especially enjoyed him defeating the beloved Kota Ibushi for the IWGP World Championship. I was still not fully invested in any professional wrestling at that time, but this did start nudging me toward being a bigger fan once again. Finally in January of this New Year, 2022, I decided to embrace New Japan Pro Wrestling, watching Wrestle Kingdom with undivided attention. All of this short article to say that Will Ospreay is no longer a spot monkey. While I am not here to say his matches are always \"fiver star classics,\" or that his main event with Okada was one of the best matches ever (both kicked out of too many things imo) I am here to say that Will Ospreay has arrived at the top of the professional wrestling world as a solid worker in the ring, and on the mic. The United Empire is one of the most \"fun\" factions in the business today, and I always enjoyed Will as a heel, more than a baby face, and I will argue that I saw shades of the United Empire is his early work in Swords of Essex. I can't even say that Will Ospreay is one of my favorite wrestlers (think Jon Gresham, Shibata, Okada, Ishii, etc) but Will Ospreay is worthy of his place in New Japan, and I hope he is in line for an eventual long reign as the IWGP World Champion, and that The United Kingdom lasts for many, many, years.\nHonoring Hana Kimura\nWorld Wonder Ring Stardom wrestler, Hana Kimura, took her own life on May 23, 2020, due to cyber harassment, and bullying. Hana was one of this website's owners favorite modern day wrestlers. At only 22 years of age, Hana had her entire life in front of her, and was on track to becoming one of the best wrestlers on the planet. During her career she was an original member of Stardom faction, Oedo Tai, one of the most fun, and popular heel factions in all of wrestling. After breaking from Oedo Tai, she founded her own faction called \"Tokyo Cyber Squad,\" that quickly became the hottest selling t-shirt, and merchandise seller, in Stardom. Hana Kimura had amazing matches with wrestlers such as Kagetsu, Tam Nakano, Arisa Hoshiki, Hazuki, and Guilia. Hana most recently held \"The Goddess of Stardom\" tag titles with Kagetsu (members of Oedo Tai) and the Artists of Stardom trios titles with Jungle Kyona, and Konami (members of Tokyo Cyber Squad). Hana was absolutely \"Wrestling Done Right,\" and as such, our yearly \"Wrestler of the year award\" will now be titled \"The Hana Kimura Wrestler of the year award.\" This is a small gesture, but wrestlingdoneright.com's attempt to forever remember, and honor, our beloved Joshi princess, Hana Kimura.\nEvolving should also mean a variance of ring work\nAs I keep working on catching up with NJPW, currently watching 2020 New Year Dash, I realized that NJPW caused a major negative in wrestling, much like the Young Bucks have. Japan has had less selling for decades. \"Fighting Spirit\" always gave us wrestlers kicking out of insane moves, and major spots (even things such as pile drivers off the ring apron). It was never that big of a deal, because it was pretty much limited to Japan. It was a novelty. It was different, and thus generally acceptable. Then it spread all over the world, and stopped being special, and started to come across as kind of ridiculous. Gaijins also just aren't as talented as making that style seem \"real\" or \"acceptable.\" The Japanese have been selling that style forever, and others trying to do so comes off as a cheap imitation.\nIn the same way, The Young Bucks used to be the only team that worked their style. It was over the top, overly fast, sort of like a cruiser-weight style on speed. That was their gimmick, special to them, and I accepted it, even enjoyed it. Then we started getting knock offs, copycats, etc. No one did it as good as the Bucks, and even the few that did, just made it too much.\n\"Fighting Spirit\" and \"Young Bucks Style\" were cool when they were limited. Once these two things started being done by nearly everyone, it got to be way too much. Now when you get all these \"wrestlers' combining those styles, it's really difficult to take. Watching two big men no sell killer moves, in Japan, is one thing. Watching tiny little men do it, while also flying all over the place with no rhyme or reason, is just....stupid. In fairness, The Young Bucks are best at what they do, and the Japanese are best at what they do. I just wish those \"styles\" would have remained exclusive with those teams\/groups. This is what makes me appreciate the catch style that wrestlers like Zack Sabre Jr utilize. It's different, fresh, and realistic. I just so wish that there were more wrestlers capable of that style. This is also why I absolutely love the \"Bloodsport\" shows. More diversity of ring work style is what we need for wrestling done right.\nReturn to the home page to learn about the author -\u200bhttps:\/\/www.wrestlingdoneright.com\/","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Share this Story: Sacha Baron Cohen: Borat won't be back\nSacha Baron Cohen: Borat won't be back\nWENN - World Entertainment News Network\nSacha Baron Cohen plays Kazakh journalist Borat Sagdiyev in the \"Borat\" sequel. Photo by Courtesy of Amazon Studios \/Courtesy of Amazon Studios\nSacha Baron Cohen has retired his controversial Borat character, because he can't imagine bringing the oddball Kazakh journalist back after two films.\nCohen released Borat Subsequent Moviefilm \u2013 his follow-up to the 2006 mockumentary Borat, in October via Amazon Prime Video, and in a new interview with Variety, the Brit has confirmed he can't foresee a further movie for the character.\nSacha Baron Cohen: Borat won't be back Back to video\n\"I brought Borat out because of (President Donald) Trump,\" he said. \"There was a purpose to this movie, and I don't really see the purpose to doing it again. So yeah, he's locked away in the cupboard.\"\nSacha Baron Cohen: \"I've been a very reluctant celebrity. I've spent my entire career trying to shy away from publicity. I also am very wary of the concept of someone being famous pushing their views on other people\" https:\/\/t.co\/dxUtz4KgAP\n\u2014 Variety (@Variety) January 6, 2021\nAnd Cohen admits there were times while he was making the Borat sequel, during which he staged a series of questionable stunts \u2013 including dressing up as Trump for a political event \u2013 that made him wonder if he was \"mad\".\n\"There were moments in making this movie where I thought, 'Why the hell am I doing this?'\" he explained. \"This is illogical. You think, 'Am I mad? Have I got something deeply wrong with me?'\"\nEarlier this week, Maria Bakalova, who played Borat's daughter Tutar in the sequel, said she felt it was her \"duty\" to see through a controversial interview scene with Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani, even though it was terribly uncomfortable.\nBakalova posed as a journalist for the interview with the former New York Mayor, and after the chat the pair retreated to a hotel room before Cohen \u2013 as Borat \u2013 burst in.\n\"I was afraid because Rudy is a lawyer, and he is the president's lawyer,\" she told the Los Angeles Times. \"I am not an American and don't know about American politics, but I knew that as an actor, it was my duty to do this scene to save the movie. I also knew that I wasn't alone in the room because Sacha was hiding there. I knew that if something happened, I could make my exit.\"","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Singapore's problem with flying garbage\nby Arno Maierbrugger - Jan 2, 2014\nIn yet another case of garbage thoughtlessly thrown out of apartment windows of Singapore's suburban high-rises, a heavy two-seater sofa falling from the fourth floor of a building narrowly missed a woman who passed by on a pavement below.\nAfter calling police, officers arrested two men who claimed they had accidentally dropped the sofa while moving it up into an apartment.\nSo called \"killer garbage\" has become a serious problem in Singapore's suburban communities, as throwing any kind of small and large garbage out of the window has become a habit among residents of state-subsidised flats, which make up 80 per cent of Singapore's housing.\nThe issue is decades-old. A pregnant woman died in 1984 after being struck by a bicycle thrown from a flat. Another incident caused the death of a young woman who was hit by a flower pot.\nIn the following years, laws were introduced that people who throw rubbish from their apartments would lose their homes, and those who injure people would be jailed for up to five years.\nHowever, nothing much has changed. Residents of public housing districts still routinely cover their heads with bags or newspapers when passing by high-rise buildings because many people throw kitchen waste and other small rubbish just out of the window.\nIn December 2013, a man was arrested for throwing items from the seventh floor of his apartment block, including buckets, an air cooler, a glass tank and a microwave oven. Separately, two young children allegedly threw a speaker and a vehicle battery from their flat. Also in December 2013, a passer-by was injured after a 15-year-old boy allegedly threw a brick out of the building where he lived.\nSingapore introduces book vending machines\nAll ASEAN-5 countries but Thailand drop in world competitiveness report\nSaudi Arabia launches new housing scheme\nMalaysia spent $1.7b on affordable housing\nMorocco launches new housing programme\nSE Asia Stock Indices\nSE Asia Indices\nThailand 1,735.10\nVietnam 982.34\nIndonesia 6,456.54\nSingapore 3,377.96\nMalaysia 1,658.19\nPhilippines 8,270.07\nCambodia 617.95\nMyanmar 453.26\nLaos 772.61\nPhilippines counting on coconuts\nCambodia's top 10 tycoons\nHarley Davidson's new Thailand plant comes at the right moment\nCambodia's construction sector in rapid expansion\nMyanmar's top commercial tax payers: The full list\nInternet speed in Southeast Asia: Singapore, Thailand top, Philippines flop\nThe irony behind low interest rates in Singapore\nAsian stocks surge on Greek elections\nStolen Nigerian oil lands in Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore\nOnline video game tournament begins in ASEAN\nThailand's singing zebra doves can fetch more than $90,000","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"F section courses run from May 12 to June 20\nS section courses run from July 2 to August 12\nFinal date to add or change meeting section: May 19 (F section courses) and July 8 (S section courses)\nFinal date to cancel: June 9 (F section courses) and July 29 (S section courses)\nExamination Periods:\nJune 23-27: Final examinations in courses with an F section code\nAugust 13 -19: Final examinations in courses with S and Y section codes\nCourse Instructor Day & Time Location\nGGR112H1F- Geography of Globalization & Development L. Frederiksen L0101: TR12-2 WI 1016\nEconomic development and underdevelopment are taking shape in an increasingly interconnected global context. This course examines geographic approaches to \"Third World\" development, economic globalization, poverty, and inequality. It pays particular attention to the roles of rural-urban and international migration in shaping specific landscapes of development.\n-Distribution Requirement Status: This is a Social Science course\n-Breadth Requirement: Society and its Institutions (3)\n\u2013Course Syllabus GGR112\nGGR205H1S- Introduction to Soil Science J. Shabaga L0101: TR10-12 SS 2110\nIntroduction to soil science dealing with the chemical, physical, and biological properties of soils; soil formation and development; the classification of soils, and the application of soil science to environmental, agricultural and forestry issues.\n-Recommended Preparation: CHM137Y1\/(138H1, 139H1); GGR100H1\n-Distribution Requirement Status: This is a Science course\n-Breadth Requirement: The Physical and Mathematical Universes (5)\nGGR206H1F- Introduction to Hydrology R. Wang L5101: TR6-8\n(+ practicums) SS 2127\nIntroduction to the hydrologic cycle with emphasis on the physical processes, including precipitation, interception, evaporation, runoff, ground water and soil water. Basic hydrological models will be practiced.\n-Recommended Preparation: GGR100H1; MAT135H1\n-Practicums:\nP0101 R3 (SS 1080)\nP5101 R5 ( (SS 2128)\nJGI216H1S- Urbanization T. Arviv L5101: MW6-8 WI 1017\nExamines the processes of globalization, mass urbanization and economic change that are taking place in cities around the world. This includes an interdisciplinary exploration of the locational and economic shifts that have ensued as a result of globalization, as well as the social and cultural manifestations associated with the emergence of global cities.\n-Recommended Preparation: GGR124H1\n\u2013JGI216 Tentative Outline\nGGR221H1F- New Economic Spaces P. Li L5101: TR6-8 SS 2108\nProvides an introduction to economic geography and economic geography theory from the 1970s on, illustrating the different ways that geographers have conceptualized the restructuring of resource industries, manufacturing and services. The crisis of Fordism and the rise of new production models will be given particular attention, along with the reorganization of finance, the rise of cultural industries and the globalization of commodity chains. New regimes of governance of the economy will also be considered.\n-Exclusion: GGR220Y1\nGGR246H1S- Geography of Canada M. Siemiatycki L0101:MW2-4 SS 1085\nSocial and economic differences have been, and continue to be, a prominent feature of Canada's geography. In this course these differences are examined at a regional and local scale. The course adopts a thematic approach and considers issues such as historical development, urbanization, industrialization, immigration and population change, Canada's cultural mosaic and native issues. Emphasis will be placed on the evolution of social and economic policies and Canada's incorporation into a global economy.\n-Recommended Preparation: GGR107H1, GGR124H1\nGGR252H1S- Marketing Geography S. Swales L0101: MW10-12 MP 202\nThe problem of retail location. The spatial structure of consumer demand and retail facilities. Shopping centres and retail chains. Techniques for site selection and trade area evaluation, location strategies, retail planning.\n-Tutorials:\nT0101 MW12 (SS 1070)\nT0201 MW1 (SS 1072)\n\u2013Course Syllabus GGR252; GGR252 Assignment 1; GGR252 Tutorial Schedule\nGGR254H1S- Geography USA D. Bond L5101: TR6-8 SS 1073\nAfter a short historical overview of the making of America, this course focuses on contemporary issues in American society, economy, politics, race, regional distinctions and disparities, urban development.\n-Distribution Requirement Status: This is a Humanities or Social Science course\nGGR272H1F-Geographic Information and Mapping I D. Boyes On-Line On-Line\nIntroduction to digital mapping and spatial analysis using geographic information systems (GIS). Students learn how to use GIS software to find, edit, analyze and map geographic data to create their own maps, analyze geographic problems and use techniques that can be applied to a variety of subject areas.\nGGR305H1F-Biogeography N. Hewitt L0101: TR12-2 SS 1072\nIdentifies patterns in and explains processes behind plant and animal distributions through space and time. Topics covered include ecological and evolutionary dynamics, disturbance, dispersal, migration, continental drift, speciation, extinction, paleoenvironments and island biogeography. We also examine terrestrial and marine biomes, the meaning of biodiversity, conservation challenges, and recent biogeographic changes associated with human impact.\n-Recommended Preparation: 8.0 FCE's including GGR100H1 or (BIO120H1, BIO130H1)\n-Breadth Requirement: Living Things and Their Environment (4)\nJUG320H1F- Canadian Wilderness R. Hackett L0101: MW2-4 SS 2127 (*room change)\nThe idea of wilderness permeates narratives of Canadian national identity, while policy-makers seek to manage and contain natural areas. This course compares and contrasts historical and contemporary wilderness narratives in literature, painting and film with policies in areas such as conservation, urban planning, land claims and tourism.\n-Breadth Requirement: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)\n\u2013Course Syllabus JUG320\nGGR321H1F- Aboriginal People and Environmental Issues in Canada D. McGregor L0101: TR2-4 SS 1073\nIndigenous views of environment, resource management and governance from pre-European contact times through to the present will be explored in this course. Emphasis will be placed on the emerging role of Indigenous peoples in environmental and resource management in Canada. Topics to be covered include: history of Aboriginal\/non-Aboriginal relations, Aboriginal and treaty rights, Aboriginal world view and philosophy, traditional knowledge, Aboriginal environmental ethics and principles and current environmental issues confronting Indigenous peoples in Canada.\n-Exclusion: JAG321H1\n-Recommended Preparation: 8.0 FCE's including 1.0 FCE in Geography and\/or Aboriginal Studies (SOC SCI\/BR=3)\nGGR327H1S- Geography and Gender D. Seitz L0101: TR2-4 SS 2106\nIntroduction to the work of feminist geographers. The course will explore the relationship between gender and space, emphasizing spatial cognition, architecture, and layout of the city.\n-Recommended Preparation: 8.0 FCE's including 1.0 FCE in Geography (SOC SCI)\nGGR329H1F- The Global Food System C. Levkoe L0101: TR10-12 SS 1073\nExplores the changing global geographies of food by tracing international movements of food through both mainstream and 'alternative' supply chains. The implications for sustainability, food security, community autonomy and health are investigated.\n-Recommended Preparation: 8.0 FCE's\nGGR343H1F-The Changing Geography of China J. Wilczak L0101: MW12-2 SS 1085\nThe evolving physical, social, political and economic landscape of China. Focus on development strategies, industry, agriculture, urbanization and the environment since 1949. Special attention paid to the character and impact of Chinas on-going transition from a planned to market economy.\n-Recommended Preparation: 8.0 FCE's including 1.0 FCE in Geography (SOC SCI\/BR=3)\nJGI346H1F- Urban Planning Process J. Markovich L5101: MW6-8 SS 2110\nOverview of how planning tools and practice shape the built form of cities. This course introduces twentieth century physical planning within its historical, social, legal, and political contexts. Community and urban design issues are addressed at local and regional scales and in both central cities and suburbs. The focus is on Toronto and the Canadian experience, with comparative examples form the other counties, primarily the United States.\n-Recommended Preparation: GGR124H1, INI235Y1\n\u2013Course Syllabus JGI346","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Creating Change is Like Gardening\nIt was a sad day for me. I discovered yesterday morning how difficult it is to change a norm, even if it's a simple change (with not much sacrifice attached to it) and even when making the change would be a gift to the children and their future.\nFor almost a year, I've been a member of a group of teachers who are interested in social justice issues. I sit on the sub-committee that deals with environmental justice issues, so it's normal that we would bring forward environmentally related issues.\nYesterday I presented a simple motion that we transition to meatless meals at our meetings (which would amount to a couple of lunches, the three times per year when we meet). The supporting statement explained that eating lower on the food chain (note no use of the V word) has many benefits.\nMy rationale was that this would lower our carbon footprint and set an example to other educationally-focused groups. It truly is the easiest way we can reduce our personal and collective greenhouse gas emissions.\nIndustrial livestock processing (veganspeak: the inhumane torture and slaughter of almost 30 billion animals every year in the USA alone -- but I didn't use that language, because it's often considered inflammatory) (imagine how it feels to the animals, then compare that to the \"pain\" we feel when we \"feel their pain\" -- we're such wimps at times, eh?) is one of the most carbon-intensive and environmentally damaging human activities on the planet, polluting water, degrading land, and spewing carbon, nitrous oxide and 35-40% of anthropogenic methane emissions.\nIt took me three meetings to get up the nerve to put forward this resolution. I guess I already knew what the reaction would be. And I was right. To be fair, I was encouraged by how many people spoke in favour. But we use a consensus model and that means that one person holding up a red card can scuttle a motion. Four or five people held up red cards. One person tearfully admitted she's not ready to give up meat yet. (For six lunches per year?) Another said she didn't want to lose her freedom of choice. (Forget that billions of people are losing their freedom to choose to live on a habitable planet.)\nThe motion was defeated. I was defeated. Afterwards, I got some advice and had some helpful discussions. I'll rework and reword my motion and present it again the next time we meet. But the bittersweet ending came during our farewell go-round. One of the no-voters thanked the group for opening her up to new ideas that haven't been within her realm of consciousness. \"I might even start eating less meat,\" she said. \"But not quite yet.\"\nWhat do I take from this experience? Creating change is more like gardening than building. We have to plant our seeds (the earlier the better) and then be patient. A lot of the process is outside of our control ... though definitely within our circle of influence. Time for me to tend those seedlings.\np.s. Speaking of food growing, the news from drought-afflicted California grows ever more terrifying!\nFrom 7 States Running Out Of Water: \"At [the current] usage rate, California has less than two years of water remaining.\"\nAnd this, from Cows, Rice Fields and Big Agriculture Consume Well Over 90% of California's Water: \"Agriculture uses 93% of California's water and almost half of that is devoted to growing alfalfa for shipment to the Far East, mainly China, to feed their cows. California is, in effect, shipping almost half its precious water to China.\"\nYou were brave to propose a change of values around eating together. One might think that social justice would be a good motivator to try eating the way half the world does on a regular basis (with no meat as part of a meal). But your gardening analogy is true - you've tilled some soil and planted a seed. Growth doesn't come instantly. It's worth trying again in the future. Shifts in consciousness are special crops. Bravo from Elise.\nSometimes it is hard to see that you are effecting change at all. But you are Julie and you made people stop and think about something in a way that they hadn't before. I haven't eaten beef for 40 years. You just reminded me of some of reasons I made that choice so long ago. And I have to agree with the previous statement from Elise, \"shifts in consciousness are special crops\". Wendy\nGreenHearted September 5, 2014 at 10:54\u202fPM\nI just reread this post and thought, \"No, I'm not going to retry at a future meeting.\" But then I also reread your comments, Elise and Wendy, and am feeling buoyed. Thank you for your moral support!\nYes Greenhearted, I agree with you that compasssion is one route to a solution. And I appreciate your efforts at planting seeds in this direction. Your warmth shows through in the way in which you write up your (sad) story re your raising of the possibility of non-eating of meat in some meetings. Norma\nHi Greenhearted. I too appreciate your effort at planting seeds! All warm wishes, Norma\nFrom Lima to Paris, or Bust!\nLet's Ride This Wave of Rising Awareness All the W...\n\"Our Enemies Teach Us What We Must Do\"","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Swamp politics aids MGM in clash with tribal casinos\nPublished April 23. 2018 3:28PM\nBy The Day Editorial Board\nSo much for draining the swamp. Or respecting state's rights. Or treating Native American tribes fairly.\nReporting by the news website Politico suggests the Trump administration pulled political strings to protect MGM Resorts International and block plans by the Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan tribes to jointly open and operate a casino in East Windsor.\nThe East Windsor casino, authorized by the Connecticut General Assembly as a way to compete with the Springfield, Mass. casino MGM plans to soon open, requires approval by the Interior Department, according to the provisions of the state law.\nAs reported by Politico, Interior was on the brink of authorizing the approval last September, based on staff recommendations from the department's Bureau of Indian Affairs' Office of Indian Gaming. Citing emails obtained under the federal Freedom of Information Act, Politico referenced \"draft approval\" letters concerning the Mohegan-Mashantucket project that were distributed on Sept. 11 by Troy Woodward, a senior policy adviser in the Office of Indian Gaming.\nOn Sept. 14, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and Associate Deputy Secretary James Cason met at the White House with Rick Dearborn, the president's deputy chief of staff for policy. The next day the staff's approval recommendation was countermanded. Instead, Mike Black, acting assistant secretary for Indian Affairs, issued essentially a no decision, stating an Interior ruling was \"premature and likely unnecessary.\"\nHad the Trump administration cooked up an approach that disrupted the plans for the East Windsor casino and, in the process, did MGM's bidding? It sure looks like that.\nMGM has lobbied the administration hard. It hired Gale Norton, Interior secretary for George W. Bush, to work the administration. Sen. Dean Heller and Rep. Mark Amodei, two Republican lawmakers from Nevada, a state where MGM is a major employer, also lobbied Interior officials concerning the Connecticut casino matter. MGM has invested $182,000 in campaign donations to Heller, according to OpenSecrets.org.\nAt this point, no one should be under any illusions about the hardball MGM is playing to block the East Windsor competition. Its ruse about a Bridgeport casino, another delaying tactic, is part of the game.\nA subsequent October meeting that Deputy Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt had with Norton may have violated the ethics agreement Bernhardt signed in May 1, 2017, committing him to stay clear of conflicts, reports the Huffington Post. It also appeared to violate President Donald Trump's executive order prohibiting administration officials from involvement in issues for which they had lobbied, within the past two years.\nBefore taking his current post, Bernhardt had worked for the lobbying firm Brownstein Hyatt Farber & Schreck, which has represented MGM in the Connecticut-related casino dispute. MGM is Norton's only client when it comes to Interior matters. Both Bernhardt and Norton were previously partners at Brownstein Hyatt, and he served as deputy chief of staff when Norton was Interior secretary.\nNo wonder the local tribes were outmuscled when confronting that many swamp monsters.\nBoth Bernhardt and Norton told Huffington their meeting was a social visit. Is anyone going to buy that explanation? Certainly not Public Citizen, which has filed an ethic's complaint about Bernhardt's behavior.\n\"The excuse that the meeting was merely a social visit is not very credible, given that it was an official meeting on government time and on government premises. It seems highly likely that the meeting was about MGM,\" Craig Holman of Public Citizen told the HuffPost.\nThe meeting could have well been an opportunity to get their stories straight as to why Interior had rejected its staff recommendation in failing to act on the Connecticut casino matter. Probably not coincidentally, subsequently on Oct. 30 Norton delivered a 24-page memo to Zinke arguing why Interior's decision was the right one.\nWell-documented is Trump's animosity towards the tribes over the competition their casinos posed for his Atlantic City casino properties. \"They don't look like Indians to me,\" he said in a harrumph during a 1993 congressional hearing.\nThere may be legitimate reasons for challenging the proposed jointly operated casino off tribal land, but the process should be fair. Instead, it looks like a heavy thumb was placed on the scale in MGM's favor.\nConnecticut's delegation in Washington needs to keep up the heat on the Trump administration, having already successfully pushed for an investigation by the Office of Inspector General, now underway. Meanwhile, the state and the tribes have sued the Interior Department in an effort to force it to act.\nUnless forced to break out the pumps, the Trump administration won't be draining this particular swamp anytime soon.\nThe Day editorial board meets regularly with political, business and community leaders and convenes weekly to formulate editorial viewpoints. It is composed of President and Publisher Tim Dwyer, Editorial Page Editor Paul Choiniere, Managing Editor Izaskun E. Larra\u00f1eta, staff writer Julia Bergman and retired deputy managing editor Lisa McGinley. However, only the publisher and editorial page editor are responsible for developing the editorial opinions. The board operates independently from the Day newsroom.\nStarting over in a time of testing\n'Today, on this January day, my whole soul is in this \u2014 bringing America together, uniting our people, uniting our nation. And I ask every American to join me in this cause,' the president declared.\nFinding reason for optimism on historic day\nWe again dare to hope as Joe Biden prepares to take office as president and Kamala Harris as vice president.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"No easy way out of the Congress leadership conundrum\nThe opposition's role in democracy is always very important. Ruling party and opposition dialectics is the core strength of democracy.\nSummer wear for everyone\nUp in arms\nExpo 2020 preparations on perfect track\nThe enthusiasm and amazing speed at which Dubai is gearing up for World Expo 2020 makes it abundantly clear that the event will turn out to be extraordinary and offer endless reasons for participants from across the globe to cheer. Adding to the attraction is the fact that it will be the first to be staged in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia\nBiden pumps up volume on defence of democracies\nThe most important element of Joe Biden's foreign-policy speech last week lay not in the details (which were thin) but in his embrace of one critical idea. \"The overarching purpose of our foreign policy,\" he said at City University of New York, must be to \"defend and advance our security, prosperity, and democratic values that the\nPoor funding may hurt UK's domestic abuse bill\nCharlotte Huggins, 33, stabbed. Leanne Unsworth, 40, head injuries. Christy Walshe, 40, shot. Alison Hunt, 42, stabbed. Rosie Derbyshire, 27, head injuries. Laureline Garcia-Bertaux, 34, strangled. Allison Marimon-Herrera, 15, strangled. Rachel Evans, 46, beaten. Paula Meadows, 83, found dead. These are the names of just a handful of the women\nComing soon: Impeachment for dummies\nRobert S. Mueller III isn't expected to roll out any bombshells when he testifies before the House Judiciary and Intelligence committees on July 24. \"The report is my testimony,\" he said in May, the first time he had spoken in public in nearly two years. But that's OK. The special counsel's on-camera performance will still be useful, even if all he offers\nA loss of credibility\nIt is a real shame that the 2019 Cricket World Cup winner was decided in the way it was. It is hard to digest that after a heart-stopping performance by two teams which gave it their best, an odd rule ruined the party not only for the gutsy Kiwis but also for cricket fans ('England win Cricket World Cup after Super Over drama,' July 15, Gulf Today).\nUAE doing its best for peace in Yemen\nIt's the historic and fraternal bonds between the two countries that prompted the UAE to pursue its efforts to restore security and stability in Yemen. As His Highness Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, pointed out, preserving Yemen's security and stability\nFor President Trump 2020 is no different from 2016\nAs Democratic presidential contenders race to draft the boldest and most detailed policy plans, President Donald Trump has stuck to the signature issues that helped him win last time: \"Build the wall,\" \"jobs, jobs, jobs\" and \"America First.\" In other words, the agenda for Trump's second term is largely a set of pithy slogans that have been\nImran's visit and hopes for end to US-Pak rancour\nPakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's visit to the US next week is meant to reset Pakistan's often stormy relations with the US. The first visit by Khan as Prime Minister of Pakistan had been under discussion for some weeks, but Islamabad got a jolt when the State Department spokesperson refuted Pakistani media reports of a meeting\nJohnson is floating in his own glittering galaxy of lies\nThe author-cum-pop psychologist Malcolm Gladwell made a lot of money from telling the world, through his 2008 book Outliers, that anyone can master any skill at all if they just spend 10,000 hours practising it. Eleven years on, he had better hope no one's been paying too close attention to the somehow still ongoing Tory leadership contest,\nReversing land degradation is on India's radar\nIndia is to host a major UN environmental conference in September that will witness the participation of around 197 countries to discuss global strategies required to combat drought and desertification Events leading up to and the main sessions of the fourteenth session of the Conference of the Parties (CoP) to the United Nations Convention\nThe long read about Mexico and the immigration crises at the border sheds a lot of light on several issues and situations which the media fails to report. The focus on the media is \"migrant crises\" at the US-Mexico border. The author states that hundreds of thousands of Central Americans have passed through Mexico in the last five years,\nMissing out on vaccines not a healthy trend\nAlmost 20 million children missed out on potentially life-saving vaccinations last year, according to the United Nations, and the surging measles cases certainly highlight dangerous gaps in efforts to shield kids from preventable illnesses. Various factors like conflict, inequality and complacency have led to a stagnation\nWhen it comes to fashion, Resort collections have got to be the most fun. From floaty dresses and loose tops to light fabrics and floral prints, this ...\nThe enthusiasm and amazing speed at which Dubai is gearing up for World Expo 2020 makes it abundantly clear that the event will turn out to be extraor...\nIt's the historic and fraternal bonds between the two countries that prompted the UAE to pursue its efforts to restore security and stability in Yemen...\nAlmost 20 million children missed out on potentially life-saving vaccinations last year, according to the United Nations, and the surging measles case...\nNeed to intensify Hong Kong peace efforts\nWith no end in sight to protests, Hong Kong is passing through a rough phase. Millions have taken to the streets over the past month in some of the l...\nDeepening inequalities a cause for concern\nThere are vast inequalities across countries, and among the poorer segments of societies, as per the 2019 global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) ...\nHold Israel accountable for its misdeeds\nMichael Lynk, the UN Special Rapporteur for the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territory occupied since 1967, has rightly voiced concern...\nTimely decisions by UAE to boost economy\nBold and pragmatic decisions are what have helped the UAE race ahead to the top in the region and gain adoration across the globe.\nFour months after the March massacre of 51 Muslim men, women and children in two mosques in the city of Christchurch, New Zealand, gun owners have beg...\nArtificial Intelligence Journalism will provide the main tools to help accelerate Data Journalism\nDo you know how many newsrooms around the world are using Data Journalism?\nOrganised defections debase Indian politics\nIndia's democratic system is going through the worst phase in its 72 years as a free nation. The fate of the Congress-Janata Dal (Secular) government ...\nTrump is a monarch and not president\nDonald Trump's contradictory foreign policies have angered, alarmed and, even, amused both world leaders and concerned citizens who follow his antics ...\nThe most important element of Joe Biden's foreign-policy speech last week lay not in the details (which were thin) but in his embrace of one critical ...\nCharlotte Huggins, 33, stabbed. Leanne Unsworth, 40, head injuries. Christy Walshe, 40, shot. Alison Hunt, 42, stabbed. Rosie Derbyshire, 27, head inj...\nRobert S. Mueller III isn't expected to roll out any bombshells when he testifies before the House Judiciary and Intelligence committees on July 24. \"...\nAs Democratic presidential contenders race to draft the boldest and most detailed policy plans, President Donald Trump has stuck to the signature issu...\nPakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's visit to the US next week is meant to reset Pakistan's often stormy relations with the US. The first visit by Kha...\nThe author-cum-pop psychologist Malcolm Gladwell made a lot of money from telling the world, through his 2008 book Outliers, that anyone can master an...\nIndia is to host a major UN environmental conference in September that will witness the participation of around 197 countries to discuss global strate...\nIt is a real shame that the 2019 Cricket World Cup winner was decided in the way it was. It is hard to digest that after a heart-stopping performance ...\nThe long read about Mexico and the immigration crises at the border sheds a lot of light on several issues and situations which the media fails to rep...\nHow sporting is that?\nWhat a weekend it has been. The longest Wimbledon final and a Super Over cliffhanger of a finish at Lord's, all in a day's play. The winner takes it a...\nDirty game\nThere should be an end to corruption in Pakistan. It's very strange that the rulers are rich and the people of country are poor. Every corrupt politic...\nAwaiting a new champ\nThough heavyweights India and Australia are out of contention, there is much to look forward to as England square up against New Zealand at Lord's ('M...\nThe common man in India may not know much about the Indian Constitution, but when it comes terms like horse-trading and floor crossing, he is much mor...\nDamp squib\nThe Old Trafford tie would have seen India make it to the finals had the batters seen off the new ball without giving away crucial wickets. But credit...\nThere is never equality in the world anyway. Most of the inequalities are man-made. While gender is a naturally occurring inequality, humans have made...","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Oxygen reduction on a modified ruthenium electrode\nAnastasijevi\u0107, Nikola A.\nDimitrijevi\u0107, Z. M.\nAd\u017ei\u0107, Radoslav R.\nOxygen reduction has been studied in alkaline solution on a ruthenium electrode modified by thallium and lead adsorbates. A partially oxidized ruthenium electrode is inactive for oxygen reduction. Thallium and lead adsorbates cause pronounced changes on the ruthenium surface giving rise to a four electron-reduction of oxygen. Disc-ring electrode measurements show a predominant direct four electron-reduction, with a first charge-transfer rate determining step. Mass fractions of various reaction pathways have been calculated and the model explaining a direct four electron-reduction discussed. Once activated, ruthenium retains its activity even in the absence of thallium and lead ions in solution phase.\nadatoms \/ adions \/ electrocatalysis \/ oxygen reduction \/ ruthenium electrode\nElectrochimica Acta, 1992, 37, 3, 457-464\nThe Research Fund of Serbia, Yugoslavia\nThe National Science Foundation through the Yugoslav-American Fund, Contract No. 764\nDOI: 10.1016\/0013-4686(92)87036-Y\nAU  - Anastasijevi\u0107, Nikola A.\nAU  - Dimitrijevi\u0107, Z. M.\nAU  - Ad\u017ei\u0107, Radoslav R.\nAB  - Oxygen reduction has been studied in alkaline solution on a ruthenium electrode modified by thallium and lead adsorbates. A partially oxidized ruthenium electrode is inactive for oxygen reduction. Thallium and lead adsorbates cause pronounced changes on the ruthenium surface giving rise to a four electron-reduction of oxygen. Disc-ring electrode measurements show a predominant direct four electron-reduction, with a first charge-transfer rate determining step. Mass fractions of various reaction pathways have been calculated and the model explaining a direct four electron-reduction discussed. Once activated, ruthenium retains its activity even in the absence of thallium and lead ions in solution phase.\nT2  - Electrochimica Acta\nT1  - Oxygen reduction on a modified ruthenium electrode\nDO  - 10.1016\/0013-4686(92)87036-Y\nauthor = \"Anastasijevi\u0107, Nikola A. and Dimitrijevi\u0107, Z. M. and Ad\u017ei\u0107, Radoslav R.\",\nabstract = \"Oxygen reduction has been studied in alkaline solution on a ruthenium electrode modified by thallium and lead adsorbates. A partially oxidized ruthenium electrode is inactive for oxygen reduction. Thallium and lead adsorbates cause pronounced changes on the ruthenium surface giving rise to a four electron-reduction of oxygen. Disc-ring electrode measurements show a predominant direct four electron-reduction, with a first charge-transfer rate determining step. Mass fractions of various reaction pathways have been calculated and the model explaining a direct four electron-reduction discussed. Once activated, ruthenium retains its activity even in the absence of thallium and lead ions in solution phase.\",\njournal = \"Electrochimica Acta\",\ntitle = \"Oxygen reduction on a modified ruthenium electrode\",\ndoi = \"10.1016\/0013-4686(92)87036-Y\"\nAnastasijevi\u0107, N. A., Dimitrijevi\u0107, Z. M.,& Ad\u017ei\u0107, R. R.. (1992). Oxygen reduction on a modified ruthenium electrode. in Electrochimica Acta\nAnastasijevi\u0107 NA, Dimitrijevi\u0107 ZM, Ad\u017ei\u0107 RR. Oxygen reduction on a modified ruthenium electrode. in Electrochimica Acta. 1992;37(3):457-464.\ndoi:10.1016\/0013-4686(92)87036-Y .\nAnastasijevi\u0107, Nikola A., Dimitrijevi\u0107, Z. M., Ad\u017ei\u0107, Radoslav R., \"Oxygen reduction on a modified ruthenium electrode\" in Electrochimica Acta, 37, no. 3 (1992):457-464,\nhttps:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/0013-4686(92)87036-Y . .","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"RIL up 3% as Abu Dhabi Investment Authority picks stake in Reliance Retail\nHomeStock Market RIL up 3% as Abu Dhabi Investment Authority picks stake in Reliance Retail\nOctober 8, 2020 by Perfviz Stock Market\nShares of Reliance Industries (RIL) gained 3 per cent to Rs 2,287.50 on the BSE on Wednesday after the company said Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) will invest Rs 5,512.50 crore into the company's subsidiary Reliance Retail Ventures (RRVL) for 1.2-per cent stake. RIL's stock had hit a record high of Rs 2,368.80, hit on September 16, 2020.\nThis is the seventh deal to be announced by the Mukesh Ambani-led firm in four weeks, stepping up its stake-sale process that has seen marquee investors back the firm so far. With this investment, RRVL has raised Rs 37,710 crore from leading global investors including Silver Lake, KKR, General Atlantic, Mubadala, GIC, TPG, and ADIA in less than four weeks.\nReliance Retail, a subsidiary of RRVL, operates India's largest, fastest-growing and most profitable retail business serving close to 640 million footfalls across its around 12,000 stores nationwide.\n\"Reliance Retail has rapidly established itself as one of the leading retail businesses in India and, by leveraging both its physical and digital supply chains, is strongly positioned for further growth. This investment is consistent with our strategy of investing in market-leading businesses in Asia linked to the region's consumption-driven growth and rapid technological advancement,\" said Hamad Shahwan Aldhaheri, Executive Director of the Private Equities Department at ADIA.\nMeanwhile, according to a Business Standard report, RRVL is expected to divest only a small stake of 10-15 per cent in its retail holding company, the proceeds of which will be used to fund acquisitions such as the retail and wholesale business of Future Group and others. As part of its initial and ongoing fund-raising exercise, RRVL has already divested 8.48 per cent stake to a bevvy of private equity funds for Rs 37,710 crore","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Dance Teams\nADC Regional Dance Complex\nThe American Dance Center was founded in 1971 and continues to set the standards in dance education.\nIn 1991, the school relocated to Olympia Fields as part of the 20th anniversary celebrations. In 1997, a\ntwo-story, state-of -the- art studio and dance boutique was established in Orland Park. The ADC East\nstudio and dance boutique, in downtown Homewood, opened in 2001. Now, with two locations, the 6 studio regional complex has become one of Chicago's largest and most comprehensive dance environments. Both Centers feature multiple, large, state-of-the art studios with high ceilings, sprung floors, double mounted barres, full-length mirrors, surround-sound, gift and dancewear shop, snack, video and dancer's stretch areas, seated lobby, executive office, costume storage and children's party center.\nTaking Dance One Step Further\nUnique in its concept, the ADC has received Congressional Recognition Awards for the Performing Arts and numerous artistic honors from the Illinois Arts Council and Office of the Governor of Illinois. ADC directors, Jack and Kathleen Villari have been recognized as \"Outstanding Dance Educators of America\" for their innovative program of studies, world-wide literary works, and original productions featuring international dancers including Bolshoi Ballet soloists.\nThe ADC was selected outstanding dance school of Illinois by the Young Americans National Invitational and the only school chosen to represent the state of Illinois at the International Dance Festival in Los Angeles 1995-2019. The ADC was invited to perform their own show at the '96 World Olympics in Atlanta and performed in the 2012 Orange Bowl Half-Time Show in Miami. ADC dancers have consistently received the over-all, \"Best of Show\" awards at regional dance competitions.\nClick this Amazon Link above to support ADC to continue to provide the joy of dance for the community. You shop and ADC earns! Thank You for your support.\nThe American Dance Center\ncelebrates its 49th year in Chicago Southland\nwith commitment and continued growth.\nWe look forward to another exciting year of\ndance education and performances!\n\"Such a loving & happy place. I grew up here. They truly have a passion for dance & their students! They treat each & everyone as their own. ADC was definitely a hallmark of my childhood & teenage years. My second home!\" - Destyni M.\n\"Coming into the studio at an older age I felt very nervous like I would not fit it in. Not even close!!! The students and staff have made me feel very welcome. I have grown so much.\nThis studio has changed my life!\" - Christina R.\n\"There is never any pressure to be perfect, but simply to love dance & keep doing your best, which is why I have continued to take classes here well into my 30's! And believe it or not, there are lots of other women I take classes with at ADC with very similar stories. Dancing shouldn't stop just because you're not in school anymore! I'm sure I'll keep taking classes here until I can't move anymore!\" - Taylor M.\n\"I can't thank ADC enough for being one of the greatest joys of my daughter's life...\" - Kelly S.\n\"I am so grateful to be a part of the American Dance Center family. I grew up at ADC and it truly shaped the person that I am now. There is no question that I learned complete and correct dance technique during my years there. But more importantly, I learned that dance is more than just steps: it's the emotion, feeling, and \"spirit of dance.\" My teachers at ADC taught me how to dance, but they also taught me to be a leader, a hard worker, and a kind, joyful individual by their example and instruction.\" - Carly F.\nEveryone is a STAR and deserves a chance to Shine!\nLet us share the Joy Of Movement with your tiny dancer!\nBridging the gap between classroom studies and the professional stage, the American Dance Center brings recognition and performing outlets to the suburban area. Emphasizing the joy of movement, the school offers nationally recognized programs for pre- school through professional levels. State certified to teach college level classes, the ADC offers one of the most comprehensive opportunities in the area for young men and women to develop their talents. This progressive system of study provides student showcases, professional performances, scholarship opportunities and career counseling.\n*American Dance Center - 10464 W. 163rd Pl. Orland Park, Il - 60467 - 708.349.4964\n*American Dance Center - 1933 Ridge Road Homewood, Il - 60430 - 708.747.4969\n***Copyright 2019- American Dance Center***","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"The Narrations are the Religion\nIt is reported that Mu\u1e25ammad b. S\u012br\u012bn said, \"They used to consider themselves on the [right] path as long as they followed al-athar (guidance of the Sunnah and Salaf as passed down in the narrations).\"\nAl-L\u0101lak\u0101`\u012b, Shar\u1e25 Us\u016bl I'tiq\u0101d Ahl Al-Sunnah wa Al-Jam\u0101'ah Vol.1 p120.\nIt is reported that 'Uthm\u0101n b. \u1e24\u0101\u1e0dir said, \"I said to Ibn 'Abb\u0101s: 'advise me.' He replied, 'It is upon you to be upright, follow al-athar, and beware of innovating [in religion].'\"\nIbn Battah, Al-Ib\u0101nah Al-Kubr\u0101 Vol. 1 p214.\nIt is reported that \u02bfAbdull\u0101h b. Al-Mub\u0101rak said, \"Let it only be the narrations (al-athar) that you rely upon, and take from reasoning and opinion that amount that will help you to understand and explain \u1e25ad\u012bth.\"\nIbn \u02bfAbd Al-Barr, J\u0101mi' Bay\u0101n Al-'Ilm wa Fa\u1e0dlihi Vol. 3 p329.\nIt is reported that Sufy\u0101n Al-Thawr\u012b said, \"The narrations (al-\u0101th\u0101r) are the religion.\"\nAnd it is reported that he also said, \"A man should not even scratch his head except based on a narration.\"\nAl-Haraw\u012b, Dhamm Al-Kal\u0101m wa Ahlih\u012b Vol. 2 p264.\nIt is reported that Al-Musayyib b. R\u0101fi' Al-Asad\u012b said, \"We only follow, we do not innovate; we follow behind and do not start anything [in the religion], and we will never stray as long as we adhere to the narrations.\"\nAl-Musayyib b. R\u0101fi\u02bf Al-Asad\u012b Mu\u1e25ammad b. S\u012br\u012bn Sufy\u0101n Al-Thawr\u012b \u02bfAbdull\u0101h b. Al-Mub\u0101rak \u02bfAbdull\u0101h b. \u02bfAbb\u0101s\nBid\u02bfah \u1e24ad\u012bth Law Sunnah\nFalsehood that leads to Falsehood [Al-Kalam, dialectical, speculative theology]\nNot Even if You Have a Response\nRisking your religion through Argumentation\nWe Take Our Religion from the Companions\nUmar b. Abd Al-Aziz on the Way of the Believers","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Home \u00bb Homeless veteran in Augusta: 'You can't find anything available'\nHomeless veteran in Augusta: 'You can't find anything available'\nSteven York, 59, stands on the Bread of Life Ministries Veterans Shelter on Wednesday. Before he was hospitalized, he had spent many of the previous 10 years, together with winters, in an RV with no warmth, electrical energy or working water. \"I was homeless, didn't have a proper place to live for quite a while, over 10 years,\" the veteran mentioned. Andy Molloy\/Kennebec Journal\nSteven York, 59, previously of Corinna and Dexter's space however has lived on the Bread of Life Ministries Veterans Home in Augusta since August and works 5 days every week Veterans Affairs Medical and Regional Office Center at Togus, simply exterior of Augusta.\nHe works as a warden in a coaching program designed to assist him find a job exterior of the veterans' facility.\nYork moved to the shelter after being discharged from the Veterans Hospital in Toguz, the place he had been handled for psychological well being points. He served in the military from 1989 to 1995.\nBefore he was hospitalized, he had spent many of the previous 10 years, together with winters, in an RV with no warmth, electrical energy or working water.\n\"I was homeless, didn't have a place to live for quite a while, over 10 years,\" York mentioned in an interview. \"I hopped in and out of my brother's home, between there and the RV. And then I made a decision to remain in the camper.\"\nTo hold heat in the winter with out the warmth, \"I just dressed as tightly as I could,\" although he stayed at his brother's home on the worst nights of winter, reminiscent of when a nasty storm blew up.\nHe mentioned he obtained a number of assist for his psychological well being on the VA and at Bread of Life.\nBut regardless of working 5 days every week, he nonetheless hasn't discovered his personal condominium. He want to find an appropriate condominium in the Augusta space to remain near the VA hospital. He's on a ready checklist to get a voucher to pay for his condominium, however with or with out a voucher, he mentioned there merely weren't any areas obtainable to hire.\n\"I've been looking (for my own apartment to rent) since I've been here,\" York mentioned. \"You cannot find anything obtainable. It's not that it is too costly, there are simply too many individuals queuing.\"\nInvalid username \/ password.\nPlease test your electronic mail to substantiate and full your registration.\nUse the shape under to reset your password. If you may have submitted your account electronic mail, we'll ship you an electronic mail with a reset code.\n\" earlier\nPhotos: Skow Whoville parade marches in direction of Christmas\nHomeless in Maine: Record-breaking estimates come as winter's chew threatens the susceptible\ncomparable posts\nPrevious Central Maine restaurant scene welcomes Asian Noodle Bowl and, soon, Jersey Mike's Subs\nNext Best-Sellers: 'The Passenger,' 'The Light We Carry'\nOISS celebrates Lunar New Year with open mic event\nNew Vancouver social club hosting Valentine's Day events\nBill Would Open High School Sports Transfer Portal\nWisconsin PA announcer's 'shut up' message highlights ref shortage\nAmidst a frustrating season, extended minutes for young players provide hope for the future of Cowboy Basketball","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Criminal Quilts began with a commission from Shire Hall Gallery (now closed) in late 2012 to make new work inspired by their building. I chose to work with photographs of women criminals with their hands on their chests which were on display in the historic courtroom building which housed the gallery. The first series of six miniature quilts was purchased by the Shire Hall Gallery for the Staffordshire Museums collection and displayed in the Shire Hall until closure in 2017. Three are now on display in the Staffordshire Record Office. I have continued to make new pieces in this series since 2013 including Criminal Quilts: Hanging (made 2015) which won the Fine Art Quilt Masters competition at the Festival of Quilts 2016, and a number of small and large pieces which were shown in my solo exhibition Narrative Threads and in a number of other galleries.\nIn 2017 I received Arts Council funding to develop Criminal Quilts throughout 2017-18 with exhibitions, seminar and a publication. Find out more about this project here.\nSee below for more information about the research behind the work I created for Criminal Quilts 2012-2015. Original archive photographs are courtesy of Staffordshire Records Office.\nCriminal Quilts: Hanging\nWinner of the Fine Art Quilt Masters competition 2016.\nThis piece uses four layers of transparent cloth with a print of one of the original archive photographs behind. Naturally-dyed silk organza, hand embroidery, reverse appliqu\u00e9 and appliqu\u00e9.\nCriminal Quilts: Patchwork\nRuth Singer. Narrative Threads\nRuth Singer Narrative Threads\nA series of seven small pieces exploring the possibilities of small quilt-like pieces, with a personal & domestic feel. Techniques include trapunto quilting, embroidery and digital print. These pieces were shown in the Textile Art Center, New York, 2013. Two were shown in the Leicester Open 26 exhibition from March 2015 and one in Cank Street Gallery, Leicester 2016.\nTrapunto\nShire Hall Gallery Collection\nThis series of quilts are part of the permanent collection of Staffordshire Museums & Galleries and on display at the Shire Hall Gallery, outside the historic court room.\nBackground to the work\nShire Hall Gallery, Stafford, who were looking for work inspired by their building, an eighteenth century courtroom. When I visited the building, I found the images of criminals photographed with their hands on their chests completely fascinating. Their hands were photographed like this in case of any missing fingers, which would count as identifying marks. I chose to work with photographs of women as I found the details of their clothing so intriguing.I have used the motif of hands to create pieces exploring the layers of history embedded within the building and within the lives of the women shown in the photographs. Some of the pieces take the form of miniature quilts which refer back to the domestic lives of these women and reflect the clothing and fabrics they would have known and worn. Quilts are usually associated with comfort and security, which I imagine would have been lacking in the lives of these women, particularly during their time in prison. The muted colour palette I have chosen also links to the sepia-toned photographs as well as the structure of the building in wood, brick, stone and lead.\nThe commission process\nThe curator was interested in my Monumental Folly pieces and wanted to commission a piece inspired by the Shire Hall Gallery building. The gallery is based in converted 18th century court building with surviving panelled courtrooms, pastel-coloured plasterwork ceilings, holding cells and a whole range of interesting patterns, textures and shapes. Normally, details like this would lead my work. I love texture, pattern and detail like this. But when I visited the building, what really struck me \u2013 almost haunted me \u2013 were the Victorian mug shots of criminals, particularly those with their hands on their chests. I didn't exactly choose them, they chose me. I have used the motif of hands to create a collection exploring the layers of history embedded within the building and within the lives of the women shown in the photographs. Several of the pieces take the form of miniature quilts which refer back to the domestic lives of these women and I am very much influenced by the types of clothing and fabrics they might have known during their life times.\n16 thoughts on \"Criminal Quilts Background\"\nPingback: New Work :: New York | Ruth Singer\nPingback: Natural Dye : Avocado | Ruth Singer\nPingback: Trapunto Quilting | Ruth Singer\nPingback: Cyanotype workshop with Hannah Lamb | Ruth Singer\nPingback: Leicester Open 26 Exhibition | Ruth Singer\nPingback: Winner of the Fine Art Quilt Masters 2016 | Ruth Singer\nPingback: Threads Contemporary Textiles Open Exhibition, Salisbury | Ruth Singer\nPingback: Threads Open Textiles exhibition at Salisbury Arts Centre | Ruth Singer\nPingback: Contemporary Craft Festival preparations | Ruth Singer\nVeronica Aldous\nI really love this installation, wish I could have seen it x\nMuch of the work will be shown at Festival of Quilts 2018 and in subsequent exhibitions into 2019 hopefully.\nPingback: Raising the next generation of historians \u2013 Criminal Historian\nPingback: Criminal Quilts \u2013 Staffordshire Patchworkers and Quilters\nHelen Cowley\nRecently saw the exhibition at the Brewhouse, Burton having read about it in Today's Quilter. I found it very moving, extremely interesting, fascinating to see the photographs of ordinary women who committed crimes mostly quite petty due to poverty.\nLooking forward to the talk on October 23.\nMaggie Malone\nThese are amazing. I am wondering do you give talks I am one of the programme planners for Romsey Quilters in Hampshire.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Ecuador confident of a berth in World Cup\nQuito (Ecuador): Ecuador's President Rafael Correa said he is confident the national football team will succeed in qualifying automatically for the 2014 Brazil World Cup.Ecuador play Chile Tuesday in the final day of the South\nIANS Updated on: October 15, 2013 13:19 IST\nQuito (Ecuador): Ecuador's President Rafael Correa said he is confident the national football team will succeed in qualifying automatically for the 2014 Brazil World Cup.\nEcuador play Chile Tuesday in the final day of the South American Qualifying Tournament, reports Xinhua.\n\"Tomorrow last try in Chile,\" Correa said via Twitter. \"It's almost impossible to be left out\" of football's top competition.\nUsing the team's nickname, Correa said he was \"still happy about the Tri's victory\" last Friday, when it defeated Uruguay 1-0, putting the team just one point shy of qualifying automatically for Brazil.\nBy beating Uruguay, Ecuador held on to fourth place in the regional tournament, behind Argentina, Colombia and Chile. The top four teams advance directly to the World Cup, while the fifth must go to playoffs.\nEcuador heads into its away match against Chile, in Santiago, with 25 points and a goal tally of \u01b3.\nMeanwhile, Chile remains in third place after its 3-3 tie with Colombia.\nRead all the Breaking News Live on indiatvnews.com and Get Latest English News & Updates from Sports and Soccer Section\nIrfan Pathan\nJwala Gutta\nRelated Soccer News\nAlfred Schreuder fired as Ajax's coach after 7 consecutive defeats\nWATCH VIDEO: Fans of Al-Ittihad taunt Al-Nassr's Cristiano Ronaldo with Lionel Messi chants\nEFL Cup: Manchester United record gain vital first leg advantage after dismantling Forrest 3-0\nLionel Messi to part ways with Paris Saint-Germain? Argentina skipper might move to 'THIS' club\nCoupe de France: Kylian Mbappe shatters record books left, right and center to score 5 goals vs Pays","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Showing posts with label Climate. Show all posts\nClimate Change Brings Geopolitical Complications for Australia\nBy Christopher Ryan\nRecent catastrophic fires have made all too apparent the risks Australia faces due to global warming, exacerbated by a lack of coordinated Australian state and federal policy. Australia's vulnerability to climate change is also aggravated by its geography. Australia is surrounded by developing countries such as Timor-Leste that do not have the resources, skills, knowledge, and infrastructure to mitigate the impacts of climate change in the coming decades.\nThe impacts from climate change on developing countries include water and food insecurity, as well as the destruction of homes and livelihoods in catastrophic events. This leads to the potential for environmental refugees and internally displaced people as recently witnessed in Australia and Australia's Pacific neighbors, like Kiribati. To contain regional security threats from climate change will require a budget shift away from Australia's traditional defense resources in order to manage its national, regional, and global responsibilities, as we have witnessed in the recent Australian wildfires.\nWhen climate activism and nationalism collide\nKemal Dervi\u015f\nThere is an overwhelming consensus among scientists that this decade will be the last window for humanity to change the current global trajectory of carbon dioxide emissions so that the world can get close to zero net emissions by around 2050, and thus avoid potentially catastrophic climate risks. But although the massive technological and economic changes required to achieve this goal are well understood, their political implications are rarely discussed.\nWhile climate activists have built an impressive international movement, broadening their political support and crossing borders, the nationalist narrative has been gaining ground in domestic politics around the world. Its central message\u2014that the world consists of nation-states in relentless competition with one another\u2014stands in sharp contrast to the climate movement's \"one planet\" emphasis on human solidarity. And these two trends are on a collision course.\nAlthough greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions do not respect political borders, and climate change affects all parts of the planet, the impact of global warming is decidedly not uniform. An average global temperature increase of 2\u00b0C will create extreme heat stress in India and Africa. Similarly, although rising sea levels will threaten lower-lying areas around the world, and more extreme weather events will affect almost everyone, already poor and vulnerable populations are especially at risk. Another inherently international aspect of the problem is carbon leakage as a result of trade. While GHGs are emitted in one country by the production of, say, steel, it is the use of that steel in importing countries that \"causes\" the emissions in the exporting country.\nAdapt or Perish\nBy \u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200bAlice Hill and Leonardo Martinez-Diaz\nEver since climate change became a concern for policymakers and laypeople alike, the focus of public debate has largely been on mitigation: limiting greenhouse gas emissions, capturing carbon, and transitioning to renewable energy. Those efforts must continue if we hope to keep the planet hospitable. But it is also time to acknowledge that\u2014no matter what we do\u2014some measure of climate change is here to stay. The phenomenon has already affected the U.S. economy, U.S. national security, and human health. Such costs will only grow over time. The United States must build resilience and overhaul key systems, including those governing infrastructure, the use of climate data, and finance.\nOtherwise, the blow to the U.S. economy will be staggering. Assuming that current trends continue, coastal damage, increased spending on electricity, and lost productivity due to climate-related illness are projected to consume an estimated $500 billion per year by the time a child born today has settled into retirement. Other estimates suggest that the U.S. economy will lose about 1.2 percent of GDP per year for every degree Celsius of warming, effectively halving the country's annual growth.\nGood news for climate change: India gets out of coal and into renewable energy\nBy Tim Buckley\nIn the often grim world of climate reporting, there is at least one upbeat story: India has been aggressively pivoting away from coal-fired power plants and towards electricity generated by solar, wind, and hydroelectric power. This means that the amount of carbon dioxide the country emits into the atmosphere should come down dramatically.\nThe reasons for this change are complex and interlocking, but one aspect in particular seems to stand out: The price for solar electricity has been in freefall, to levels so low they were once thought impossible. For example, since 2017, one solar energy company has been generating electricity in the Indian state of Rajasthan at the unheard-of, guaranteed wholesale price of 2.44 rupees per kilowatt-hour, or 3 US cents. (In comparison, the average price for electricity in the United States is presently about 13.19 cents per kilowatt-hour, and some locations in the country pay far more. As recently as 2008, the average homeowner on Block Island, Rhode Island, paid a staggering 61 cents per kilowatt-hour for electricity, before any other fees or charges\u2014which can nearly double the price. And businesses had it even worse, with some business owners reporting electric bills of as much as $30,000 per month.)\nEmpty Gestures on Climate Change\nBJ\u00d8RN LOMBORG\nMALM\u00d6 \u2013 Switch to energy-efficient light bulbs, wash your clothes in cold water, eat less meat, recycle more, and buy an electric car: we are being bombarded with instructions from climate campaigners, environmentalists, and the media about the everyday steps we all must take to tackle climate change. Unfortunately, these appeals trivialize the challenge of global warming, and divert our attention from the huge technological and policy changes that are needed to combat it.\nIf artificial intelligence and other labor-saving technologies come anywhere close to fulfilling the promises of today's techno-utopians and pessimists, we will have to rethink our most basic assumptions about human nature and the good life. We should welcome the challenge as an unprecedented opportunity.7Add to Bookmarks\nFor example, the British nature-documentary presenter and environmental campaigner David Attenborough was once asked what he as an individual would do to fight climate change. He promised to unplug his phone charger when it was not in use.\nWhy U.N. Climate Talks in Madrid Were a Massive Failure\nSagatom Saha\nThe annual United Nations Climate Change Conference wrapped up Sunday in Madrid, after nearly two weeks of wrangling. Despite a two-day extension that made this the longest round of U.N. climate talks ever, the meeting was a massive failure. Instead of setting more ambitious targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, negotiators went home mostly empty-handed, having punted the most difficult climate-related questions to next year's conference in Glasgow, Scotland.\n\"The international community lost an important opportunity to show increased ambition on mitigation, adaptation & finance to tackle the climate crisis,\" U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres declared in a tweet Sunday. The disappointing result was largely due to the unwillingness of the world's largest economies to commit to deeper emissions cuts and hammer out a promised international carbon trading scheme. Meanwhile, warnings from climate scientists are only becoming more dire. According to the latest U.N. assessment, even if countries fulfill their current pledges to reduce emissions, the world is on track to warm by 3 degrees Celsius by the end of the century\u2014a potentially catastrophic result. ...\nClimate Security is National Security\nBy Joanna Rozpedowski\nBetween 2008-2012 over 144 million people were displaced by a sudden onset of disasters in more than 122 countries, a number far greater than the number of refugees and internally displaced by conflict and persecution during the same period. Unpredictable climate-related calamities and the associated socio-economic costs test our current legal frameworks and put significant stress on existing capacities of states.\nInternal government reviews, climate and security conferences, and domestic security reports have increasingly focused on the strategic challenges posed by global climate change. The proliferation of studies suggests that 'the projected climate change is a threat multiplier in already fragile regions, exacerbating conditions that lead to failed states \u2014 the breeding ground for extremism and terrorism.' An overlapping consensus among scholars and policymakers holds that climate-induced crises in the next two to three decades have the potential of aggravating already brittle relations between Sub-Saharan African, the Middle Eastern, and South and Southeast Asian states, destabilizing regions, toppling governments, and issuing in mass migrations, widespread pandemics, and food scarcity.\nThe University of Toronto's Project on Environment, Population, and Security forecasts that environmental change will significantly stress or reduce the supply of vital natural resources, such as freshwater, cropland, forests, fisheries, leading to environmental scarcity and increased probability of conflict. The United Nations Climate Reports have consistently predicted that increased occurrence of droughts, rising sea levels, and flooding will pose significant challenges to national stability, exacerbating global economic vulnerabilities and political instabilities, which may result in internal civil and political unrest. Similarly, a quantitative study conducted by the State Failure Task Force assembled at the request of U.S. policymakers to identify factors associated with serious internal crises, concluded that massive environmental damage provoked by general patterns of global climate change could directly contribute to political collapse and destabilization. Analyses conducted by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the Swiss Peace Institute have echoed those concerns.\nU.N. Climate Talks End With Few Commitments and a 'Lost' Opportunity\nBy Somini Sengupta\nIn what was widely denounced as one of the worst outcomes in a quarter-century of climate negotiations, United Nations talks ended early Sunday morning with the United States and other big polluters blocking even a nonbinding measure that would have encouraged countries to adopt more ambitious targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions next year.\nBecause the United States is withdrawing from the Paris climate agreement, it was the last chance, at least for some time, for American delegates to sit at the negotiating table at the annual talks \u2014 and perhaps a turning point in global climate negotiations, given the influence that Washington has long wielded, for better or worse, in the discussions.\nThe Trump administration used the meeting to push back on a range of proposals, including a mechanism to compensate developing countries for losses that were the result of more intense storms, droughts, rising seas and other effects of global warming.\nThe annual negotiations, held in Madrid this year, demonstrated the vast gaps between what scientists say the world needs and what the world's most powerful leaders are prepared to even discuss, let alone do.\nWhat on Earth Is Going On?\nClimate Change And Financial Risk\nby Pierpaolo Grippa, Jochen Schmittmann, and Felix Suntheim\nClimate change is already a reality. Ever-more-ferocious cyclones and extended droughts lead to the destruction of infrastructure and the disruption of livelihoods and contribute to mass migration. Actions to combat rising temperatures, inadequate though they may have been so far, have the potential to drive dislocation in the business world as fossil fuel giants awaken to the need for renewable sources of energy and automakers accelerate investments in cleaner vehicles.\nBut measuring the economic costs of climate change remains a work in progress. We can assess the immediate costs of changing weather patterns and more frequent and intense natural disasters, but most of the potential costs lie beyond the horizon of the typical economic analysis. The economic impact of climate change will likely accelerate, though not smoothly. Crucially for the coming generations, the extent of the damage will depend on the policy choices that we make today.\nU.S. Military Could Collapse Within 20 Years Due to Climate Change, Report Commissioned By Pentagon Says\nBy Nafeez Ahmed\nAccording to a new U.S. Army report, Americans could face a horrifically grim future from climate change involving blackouts, disease, thirst, starvation and war. The study found that the US military itself might also collapse. This could all happen over the next two decades, the report notes.\nThe senior US government officials who wrote the report are from several key agencies including the Army, Defense Intelligence Agency, and NASA. The study called on the Pentagon to urgently prepare for the possibility that domestic power, water, and food systems might collapse due to the impacts of climate change as we near mid-century.\nThe report was commissioned by General Mark Milley, Trump's new chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, making him the highest-ranking military officer in the country (the report also puts him at odds with Trump, who does not take climate change seriously.)\nThe report, titled Implications of Climate Change for the U.S. Army, was launched by the U.S. Army War College in partnership with NASA in May at the Wilson Center in Washington DC. The report was commissioned by Gen. Milley during his previous role as the Army's Chief of Staff. It was made publicly available in August via the Center for Climate and Security, but didn't get a lot of attention at the time.\nCow Aren't Killing the Planet: The Questionable Link Between Meat and Climate Change\nby Frank M. Mitloehner\nAs the scale and impacts of climate change become increasingly alarming, meat is a popular target for action. Advocates urge the public to eat less meat to save the environment. Some activists have called for taxing meat to reduce consumption of it.\nA key claim underlying these arguments holds that globally, meat production generates more greenhouse gases than the entire transportation sector. However, this claim is demonstrably wrong, as I will show. And its persistence has led to false assumptions about the linkage between meat and climate change.\nMy research focuses on ways in which animal agriculture affects air quality and climate change. In my view, there are many reasons for either choosing animal protein or opting for a vegetarian selection. However, foregoing meat and meat products is not the environmental panacea many would have us believe. And if taken to an extreme, it also could have harmful nutritional consequences.\nSetting the record straight on meat and greenhouse gases\nNew report finds costs of climate change impacts often underestimated\nBy Dana Nuccitelli\nFlooding in Port Arthur, Texas during Hurricane Harvey in 2017.\nClimate economics researchers have often underestimated \u2013 sometimes badly underestimated \u2013 the costs of damages resulting from climate change. Those underestimates occur particularly in scenarios where Earth's temperature warms beyond the Paris climate target of 1.5 to 2 degrees C (2.7 to 3.6 degrees F).\nThat's the conclusion of a new report written by a team of climate and Earth scientists and economists from the Earth Institute at Columbia University, the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, and the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment. It's a conclusion consistent with the findings of numerous recent climate economics studies.\nOnce temperatures warm beyond those Paris targets, the risks of triggering unprecedented climate damages grow. However, because the rate and magnitude of climate change has entered uncharted territory in human history, the temperature thresholds and severity of future climate impacts remain highly uncertain, and thus difficult to capture in climate economics models. Put simply, it's difficult to project the economic impacts resulting from circumstances which are themselves unprecedented.\nThe world needs a grand coalition to tackle climate change\nFatih Birol\nMore than 40 years after the International Energy Agency (IEA) published the first edition of the World Energy Outlook (WEO), the report's overarching aim remains the same \u2013 to deepen our understanding of the future of energy. It does so by examining the opportunities and risks that lie ahead, and the consequences of different courses of action or inaction. The WEO analyses the choices that will shape our energy use, our environment and our wellbeing. It is not, and has never been, a forecast of where the energy world will end up.\nThis year brings many changes. I would like to highlight two in particular. First, we have renamed the 'new policies scenario' as the 'stated policies scenario', making more explicit our intention to hold up a mirror to the plans and ambitions announced by policy-makers without trying to anticipate how those plans might change in future.\nSecond, the sustainable development scenario \u2013 which provides a strategic pathway to meet global climate, air quality and energy access goals in full \u2013 has been extended to 2050 and set out in greater detail. This delivers sharper insights into what is required for the world to move in this direction.\nClimate Change Is also a Health Crisis\nMARIA NEIRA\nGENEVA \u2013 The climate crisis is also a health crisis. The same emissions that cause global warming are also largely responsible for polluting the air we breathe, causing heart disease, stroke, lung cancer, and infections, and affecting every organ in our bodies. Air pollution is the new tobacco, causing as many deaths as cigarettes do. And though it threatens us all, children, the elderly, pregnant women, and adults with weakened immune systems are the most at risk.\nToday, too many politicians offer facile answers, mutually incompatible promises, and a return to purportedly simple and exclusive identities. Instead, the world's democracies need leaders who are able to counter the populist narrative in three main areas.3Add to Bookmarks\nIt is now common knowledge that smoking tobacco severely harms you and those around you. That is why the tobacco industry's lobbying and advertising campaigns have been strictly regulated around the world. Globally, we have taken steps to safeguard existing health policies, and to force these companies to tell the truth: that their product kills.\n'Bleak' U.N. Report on a Planet in Peril Looms Over New Climate Talk\nWith world leaders gathering in Madrid next week for their annual bargaining session over how to avert a climate catastrophe, the latest assessment issued by the United Nations said Tuesday that greenhouse gas emissions are still rising dangerously.\n\"The summary findings are bleak,\" said the annual assessment, which is produced by the United Nations Environment Program and is formally known as the Emissions Gap Report. Countries have failed to halt the rise of greenhouse gas emissions despite repeated warnings from scientists, with China and the United States, the two biggest polluters, further increasing their emissions last year.\nThe result, the authors added, is that \"deeper and faster cuts are now required.\"\nAs if to underscore the gap between reality and diplomacy, the international climate negotiations, scheduled to begin next week, are not even designed to ramp up pledges by world leaders to cut their countries' emissions. That deadline is still a year away.\nClimate Change and South Asia's Pending Food Crisis\nBy Rabiya Jaffery\nAre South Asian governments adapting to climate change's impact on agriculture in the region?\nExperts predict that ensuring food security for South Asia's expanding population will be one of the chief problems the subregion faces in the coming years. Countries of the region will need to place addressing food insecurity among their top policy agendas to ensure stability.\nSouth Asia is currently home to nearly 1.8 billion people \u2014 the majority living in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh \u2014 and has been the fastest growing region for the past five years.The UN estimates that the population of the region will grow by 40 percent by 2050.\n\"The growing population will demand a higher supply of secure food, water, housing, and energy to maintain stability,\" says George Stacey, an analyst working with Norvergence, an environmental advocacy NGO. \"This is why countries in the region need to ensure they have the policies in place to adapt to the increasing number of people living there in coming years.\"\nAnd Stacey, among other climate experts, says that the challenge to secure food for South Asia's growing population is exacerbated by the threats of climate change.\nThe International Politics of Energy and Resource Extraction\nDespite concerns over the environmental impact of industrial mining and the contribution that fossil fuels make to global warming, resource extraction continues to be a major source of revenue for both developing countries and wealthier nations alike. In fact, new data show that the amount of resources being pulled from the earth has tripled since 1970, though the global population has only doubled in that time.\nAmid global efforts to reduce carbon emissions as part of climate change diplomacy, fossil fuels remain among the most prized extractives, for a simple reason: Global demand combined with the wealth they generate continues to give some countries, including members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, outsized global influence.\nRedefining the power industry\nArticle (PDF-16MB)\nThe demands of a changing climate are starting to affect how many businesses operate, from attempting to tamp down their carbon emissions and ramp up energy efficiency, to adjusting to new risks caused by violent weather. Electric utility companies in the United States are no exception.\nHere, we offer four quick takes on the changes in store for the power industry. In the first two, we size up the rising peril to utility assets and show how one US state is aspiring to meet new, tough clean-power mandates. Then we look at the potential of residential batteries and how they might buttress the industry's stressed-out grids.\nFinally, we tap the ideas of one expert who warns that climate change may be shifting the economics of long-term infrastructure investment. Power suppliers and many other businesses will need to be much more resilient in this changing environment.\nThe Uneven Global Response to Climate Change\nRecently published climate science ultimately underscores the same points: The impacts of climate change are advancing faster than experts had previously predicted, and they are increasingly irreversible. The latest blockbuster report, from a United Nations grouping of biodiversity experts in early May, found that 1 million species are now in danger of extinction unless dramatic changes are made to everything from fuel sources to agricultural production. Despite these warnings, however, scientists confirm that the world remains on pace to blow past the goal of restricting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, likely with catastrophic consequences.\nPersistent climate skepticism from key global figures, motivated in part by national economic interests, is slowing diplomatic efforts to systematically address the drivers of climate change. In particular, U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to pull out of the Paris climate agreement immediately undermined the pact but has also had long-term implications. Countries like Russia and Saudi Arabia, who were never eager to participate in the first place, now have cover to back away from their commitments.\nHow Scientists Got Climate Change So Wrong\nBy Eugene Linden\nFor decades, most scientists saw climate change as a distant prospect. We now know that thinking was wrong. This summer, for instance, a heat wave in Europe penetrated the Arctic, pushing temperatures into the 80s across much of the Far North and, according to the Belgian climate scientist Xavier Fettweis, melting some 40 billion tons of Greenland's ice sheet.\nHad a scientist in the early 1990s suggested that within 25 years a single heat wave would measurably raise sea levels, at an estimated two one-hundredths of an inch, bake the Arctic and produce Sahara-like temperatures in Paris and Berlin, the prediction would have been dismissed as alarmist. But many worst-case scenarios from that time are now realities.\nScience is a process of discovery. It can move slowly as the pieces of a puzzle fall together and scientists refine their investigative tools. But in the case of climate, this deliberation has been accompanied by inertia born of bureaucratic caution and politics. A recent essay in Scientific American argued that scientists \"tend to underestimate the severity of threats and the rapidity with which they might unfold\" and said one of the reasons was \"the perceived need for consensus.\" This has had severe consequences, diluting what should have been a sense of urgency and vastly understating the looming costs of adaptation and dislocation as the planet continues to warm.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"METRO CEBU\nCEBU BUSINESS\nCEBU SPORTS\nCEBU LIFESTYLE\nCEBU ENTERTAINMENT\nDOLE invited to city's labor measure hearing\nJean Marvette A. Demecillo\/JMD (The Freeman) - August 22, 2014 - 12:00am\nCEBU, Philippines - Cebu City Council has invited the Department of Labor and Employment-7 to a public hearing to know the legal basis of the proposed ordinance obliging all project contractors to include unskilled or semi-skilled employees in their work force.\nThe measure of City Councilor Alvin Dizon seeks to require private contractors and\/or subcontractors to whom public works projects have been awarded to hire at least 20 percent of unskilled\/semi-skilled labor and at least 10 percent of the skilled labor requirements for every project to be taken from the available bona fide qualified residents in the barangay wherein the projects are to be undertaken.\nThe council has also invited private contractors and other concerned parties during the public hearing set on September 17.\nDizon, council committee vice chairman on labor and employment, said the proposed measure would increase employment opportunities among residents in the city.\n\"Unemployment remains to be one of the critical challenges of the country and local government must strive to help lower unemployment rates in their respective areas because when people have jobs, they have the means to live better lives,\" he said.\nHe cited the National Statistics Office report stating that unemployment in Central Visayas significantly decreased by 1.6 percent as of December 2013 but underemployment in the region increased from 12.2 percent to 13.6 percent.\nHe also cited the Regional Economic Situationer of the National Economic Development Authority-7 that said construction industry in Cebu is \"booming\" since 2011, with \"over 30 planned medium-and high-rise buildings set to be built between 2011 to 2015.\n\"In 2013, the country's construction sector posted an all-time high performance with Cebu identified as one of the highest performers and as per NEDA data, around 4,891 new construction projects were approved in the first semester of 2013 valued at P7.83 billion, and the construction boom is expected until 2020,\" he said.\nDizon has proposed a penalty of non-approval of building permit application by the city Office of the Building Official. (FREEMAN)\nCEBU CEBU CITY COUNCIL CENTRAL VISAYAS CITY COUNCILOR ALVIN DIZON DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT DIZON NATIONAL STATISTICS OFFICE OFFICE OF THE BUILDING OFFICIAL REGIONAL ECONOMIC SITUATIONER OF THE NATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY\nOver 6 thousands farmers in Central Visayas get cash, food aid\nThe Department of Agriculture-7 has started distributing cash and food subsidies to 6,048 farmers in Central Visayas.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Stories from Thursday, September 17, 2009\nIt's offical: Baldwin's a Hog (High School Sports ~ 09\/17\/09)\nDaniel Baldwin, Arkansas Razorback. I don't know about you, but just saying or hearing it gives me goosebumps. But then, I am a sports guy and I can't expect everyone to get as fired-up about it as I am. ...\nMohawk tennis sweeps CRA (High School Sports ~ 09\/17\/09)\nThe Piggott Mohawk tennis teams swept Crowley's Ridge Academy recently in a set played at Jonesboro. With the win the girl's team improved to 2-0-1 overall, while the two-man boy's team remains unbeaten at 3-0...\nJunior, seventh grade Mohawks roll over Bobkittens (High School Sports ~ 09\/17\/09)\nA huge crowd filled Piggott's Parker Field last Thursday afternoon and evening, as the Mohawk junior and seventh grade teams began their 2009 campaigns with wins over Corning. The seventh grade squad built on last year's unbeaten season with a 22-8 wins in their contest, while the junior Mohawks racked-up all their scoring in the first half as they cruised to a 32-0 win...\nLady Mohawks making strides (High School Sports ~ 09\/17\/09)\nThe Piggott Lady Mohawk volleyball teams continue to show improvement as the season progresses, and last week the senior squad showed a lot of character as they battled back from a deficit to beat Harrisburg at home. ...\nMohawks fall to Tigers at home (High School Sports ~ 09\/17\/09)\nTeam speed was the difference in the ballgame Friday night, as the Piggott Mohawks dropped their home opener to the Caruthersville Tigers at Parker Field. Although the Tribe had more total offense on the night, the speedy Tigers took advantage of several big plays to notch the 34-14 non-conference win...\nIt happened here, years ago (Column ~ 09\/17\/09)\n1969 Donna Vester of Corning was named Miss Clay County for 1969; local girls among the alternates were Rhonda Wiley, Jill Litzelfelner and Melinda Hampton. Meanwhile, the grand champion Angus heifer and bull were from Haley Angus Farm and Dick Haley and daughter Diana were pictured; while the Hereford grand champs were from the Aubrey Vangilder Ranch and he was pictured with his twin grandsons Keith and Calvin Evans.. ...\nMy medicine chest (Column ~ 09\/17\/09)\nMy medicine cabinet resembles the Wal-mart pharmacy. If my doctor adds one more pill to my already bulging list, I may have to take a college course in the Logistics of Pill Taking, with a minor in pharmaceutical medicine chest...\nJosephine \"Joy\" (Hatch) Kunnath (Obituary ~ 09\/17\/09)\nJosephine \"Joy\" (Hatch) Kunnath, 78, of Overland Park, Kans., passed away peacefully at 8:25 a.m. Monday, Sept. 7, 2009, in Overland Park. She was born on April 6, 1931, in Omaha, Neb. Joy graduated from South High School in 1947. Soon after, her love for nursing began and she volunteered as a Candy Striper after school and on weekends...\nJuanita Fern Moffitt (Obituary ~ 09\/17\/09)\nJuanita Fern Moffitt, 75, of Piggott, passed away Friday, Sept. 11, 2009, at St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was born May 1, 1934, and was the daughter of the late Walter Pricey and Mollie (Claycomb) Pruett. She also was preceded in death by her brother, Raymond \"Sonny\" Pruett...\nOpal Inis Coburn (Obituary ~ 09\/17\/09)\nOpal Inis Coburn, 92, of Piggott, passed away Sunday, Sept. 13, 2009, in Piggott. She was born Aug. 10, 1917, in Piggott, and was the daughter of the late Walter Lee and Mattie Pearl (Johnson) Thompson. She was united in marriage to Arthur Rogers on Feb. 18, 1939, and he preceded her in death in February of 1955. She married James Richard Coburn on Aug. 1, 1965. He also preceded her in death in 1981...\nCooper retires after long career (Local News ~ 09\/17\/09)\nAfter 26 years of teaching, all at Piggott Elementary School, Mrs. V'Ora Cooper, affectionately known as Mrs. Vee, retired this past spring from the job she absolutely adored. \"I loved every day of it,\" noted Mrs. Vee. \"I got there early and left late. I tried my best to teach them life skills and good manners as well as academics.\"...\nHemingway-Pfeiffer museum donates copy of John Hemingway book to library (Local News ~ 09\/17\/09)\nKeeping with a tradition that began in 2003, the Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum and Educational Center donated a book to the Piggott Public Library last week. The museum donates a book to the library each year in remembrance of the birthdays of Ernest Hemingway and Pauline Pfeiffer, and in tribute to her parents, Paul and Mary Pfeiffer...\nPiggott P.D. gets new bulletproof vests (Local News ~ 09\/17\/09)\nWorking in the field of law enforcement, the members of the Piggott Police Department remain a mere moment from finding themselves in harm's way. Though small communities such as Piggott often take pride in not having the level of crime found in larger cities, the danger faced by the PPD is very real. Last week, the department took an important stride in protecting its officers with the purchase of new bulletproof vests...\nIt's Clay County Fair week in Piggott (Local News ~ 09\/17\/09)\nFriday evening the 2009 Clay County Fair officially began with the annual talent show at the Piggott Community Center. The activities in the eight-day run of the event then continued Saturday with Youth Day, an antique tractor pull and the various pageants. ...\nWhere has all the civility gone? (Column ~ 09\/17\/09)\nWe've got to believe even the most vehement opponents of President Obama, if attempting to be objective, would have to agree his recent health care reform address to Congress was presented in a moderate and reasonable manner...\nCougars looking ahead after difficult defeat (High School Sports ~ 09\/17\/09)\nFriday night's game with Augusta is one the Rector players and coaches are hoping to leave in the past. After beginning play with two strong showings, including a preseason win over Corning and nearly pulling out a victory over Manila in the regular season opener, the Cougars were dealt a mighty blow at home last week, falling to the visiting Red Devils, 42-6...\nMarmaduke council enforcing clean-up (Local News ~ 09\/17\/09)\nProperty matters remain a key discussion for the Marmaduke City Council. While most of the town's residences have been restored and cleaned since the April 2006 tornado, there are still some properties which do not meet city code...\nClay County Fair now underway (Local News ~ 09\/17\/09)\nFriday evening the 2009 Clay County Fair officially began with the annual talent show at the Piggott Community Center. The activities in the eight-day run of the event then continued Saturday with Youth Day, an antique tractor pull and the various pageants. Despite a rainy forecast, the fair schedule continues this week and will wrap-up Saturday evening with a demolition derby...\nKindergarten a vital time in the lives of students (Local News ~ 09\/17\/09)\nFor many children, kindergarten is the first gateway to the world outside their families. As such, this stage of the education process is a vital time in the lives of young students...\nRPD purchases new bulletproof vests (Local News ~ 09\/17\/09)\nWorking in the field of law enforcement, the members of the Rector Police Department remain a mere moment from finding themselves in harm's way. Though small communities such as Rector often take pride in not having the level of crime found in larger cities, the danger faced by the RPD is very real...\nRector students participate in Clay County Fair events (Local News ~ 09\/17\/09)\nThe students of the Rector School District will have a strong presence in the 2009 Clay County Fair. RHS senior Harmony Cagle got things off to a strong start, as she was chosen as the overall winner of the talent show held earlier this week. Cagle, the daughter of David and Karen Cagle of Rector, wowed the crowd with her dance routine...\nYoung buffalo sighted in Rector (Local News ~ 09\/17\/09)\nUnbeknownst to many local residents, Rector has been home to one of the most important icons of the untamed western frontier. For the last 15 years, Darrel Dale has kept young buffalo in the field beside his and wife Shelia's Susan Circle home...\nMrs. Clay County crowned (Local News ~ 09\/17\/09)\nSherri Douglas of Rector (center) was crowned Mrs. Clay County for 2009 Saturday night and was named Miss Congeniality as well. She is the wife of Jeff Douglas. First alternate was Amber Minton of Piggott (second from left), the wife of Mark Minton; second alternate was Lana Mansfield of Pollard (second from right), the wife of Jeff Mansfield; third alternate was Shirley Greer of Piggott (far left), the wife of John Greer and fourth alternate was Brittany McClung of Rector (far right), the wife of Matt McClung.. ...","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Amnesty International is a global movement of more than 7 million people in over 150 countries and territories who campaign to end abuses of human rights. They are a Nobel Peace Prize winning global human rights movement across the world. Since the past five decades, 4 million ordinary people have been Amnesty's extraordinary power. More\nLegis facilitar law firm\nOUR INDIAN LAW Law of India refers to the system of law in modern India. India maintains a common law legal system inherited from the colonial era and various legislations first introduced by the British are still in effect in modified forms today. During the drafting of the Indian Constitution, Indian laws also adhere to\nLive Law in Hindi\nWelcome to Live Law for Hindi lovers. Our members can get update their knowledge and stands for their rights. Whenever you want to get updates, reach to this page and get fresh law judgments. Subscribe to Livelaw Hindi for Loyalty Club Members by Email Subscribe to RSS headline updates from: Powered by FeedBurner","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"> Sun. May 21, 2017\n[EE] Poster\nS (Solid Earth Sciences) \u00bb S-IT Science of the Earth's Interior & Tectonophysics\n[S-IT22] [EE] Interaction and Coevolution of the Core and Mantle in the Earth and Planets\n[SIT22-P45] Experimental investigation into the cause of a high attenuation zone of the lunar seismic waves: A possible partialy molten layer at the lowest lunar mantle\nMako Igarashi1, Yuki Shibazaki2, Rei Shiraishi1, Tatsuya Sakamaki1, *Akio Suzuki1 (1.Department of Earth and Planetary Materials Science, Faculty of Science, Tohoku University, 2.Frontier Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences, Tohoku University)\nKeywords:core-mantle boundary, low-velocity zone, partial melt\nExistence of a partially molten layer at the lunar core mantle boundary is suggested by recent seismic studies. It is important to study experimentally the chemical and physical condition at the boundary. However, the chemical compositions of the lunar mantle are still poorly understood. There is a long-standing hypothesis that dense Ti-rich cumulate minerals were crystallized from the lunar magma ocean at shallow depth (~100 km) at the final stage of the lunar formation history. Furthermore, those minerals subsequently sank deep into the moon because of gravitational instability. Convective mixing of the late and early cumulates could result in a hybrid lunar mantle.\nIn this study, high temperature (1200 - 1500\u00b0C) and high pressure (4 - 5 GPa) experiments are conducted to investigate the solidus of the lunar lowermost mantle which could be composed of the mixture of the late and early cumulates. The composition of the late cumulate suggested by Elkins-Tanton et al. (2011) was selected in this study. The solidus temperatures were determined to 1225 \u00b1 10\u00b0C at 4 GPa and to 1275 \u00b1 25\u00b0C at 5 GPa, defining a slope for the solidus of 5 \u00b0C\/ kbar. Based on the solidus temperatures determined in this study, melting temperature at lunar core- mantle boundary (approximately 4 - 5 GPa) can be extrapolated as 1225-1275 \u00b0C, which is also lower than previous studies (e.g. Van Orman and Grove, 2000; Thacker et al., 2009).\nBecause the lower limit temperature at lunar core-mantle boundary (e.g. Flourish and Nakamura, 2009), which was estimated by terrestrial heat flow and seismic studies, has been reported to be higher than the solidus of the later cumulates determined in this study. Therefore, later cumulate could be a strong candidate for component of partial molten layer at lunar core- mantle boundary.\nCopyright on JpGU-AGU Joint Meeting 2017 site, you agree not to redistribute Japan Geoscience Union.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Indesit Introduces Chore Club To Encourage Housework Sharing\nAug 18, 2020|Indesit\nMajor appliance manufacturer, Indesit has introduced a Chore Club to encourage families to involve children in the household chores through light-hearted learning activities, as part of the brand's wider #DoItTogether campaign. The #DoItTogether campaign continues to focus on the gender imbalance of sharing the domestic duties, as 85 per cent of women claimed to be solely responsible for delegating household chores*, and aims to encourage families to think about how to share the chores fairly.\nThe Indesit Chore Club kicked off on 1st August 2020 and is designed to turn everyday chores into enjoyable and interesting ways to educate children. Throughout August, Indesit will be sharing a range of fun activities on social media that encourage children to get involved in household chores. The activities include recipes that involve mathematical equations and learning Spanish while unloading the dishwasher. Indesit's easy-to-use, family-friendly appliances play a starring role in making housework easier, as families try to balance busy lives with the ever increasing demands of the home.\nIn 2019, Indesit conducted a survey to learn more about family life, how chores are delegated and why parents chose to involve their children in the housework. A key objective of the #DoItTogether campaign is to encourage parents to educate their children on the importance of sharing chores and improving the gender balance for the next generation. The study revealed the main reason for involving children in housework was to make them feel more responsible, which was closely followed by teaching the children the importance of independence*.\nEasy-to use appliances from Indesit include the Aria built-in range of ovens that boast the family-friendly Turn&Cook feature and its Innex range of washing machines that benefit from Push&Wash, a one-button system that commences a dedicated programme with the simple push of a button, making the chore of doing the laundry a simpler, faster and fuss-free operation.\nSara Bazeley, Brand Manager, Indesit, says: \"Involving children in the housework is important for future generations and the Chore Club activities are a fun way of encouraging children to participate. We hope families have fun with the Chore Club and that the increased exposure of the important role appliances have in completing the household chores inspires consumers to invest in the latest appliance technology that can save them precious time and resources.\"\nFor further information on easy-to use appliances from Indesit, please visit the website at www.indesit.co.uk\n*The online survey using a structured questionnaire was carried out between 27th April and 8th May 2019. A representative sample of the population was defined as follows:\n2000 adults, 100 per cent parents, aged between 20-64 in the UK\nImage captions:\nThe Indesit Chore Club is designed to turn everyday chores into fun ways to teach children everyday lessons\nIndesit manufactures intuitive, straightforward appliances that allow all members of the family to get great results with minimal effort\nAbout Indesit:\nIndesit is part of Whirlpool UK Appliances Limited. Reliability, practical and user-friendly design are the cornerstones of Indesit's philosophy, which has seen the evolution and continued development of award winning appliances.\nWhirlpool UK Appliances Limited is the only white goods manufacturer to operate its own independent service and logistics operations.\nWhirlpool UK Appliances Limited is managed by Whirlpool EMEA, part of Whirlpool Corporation, the world's leading kitchen and laundry appliance company.\nWhirlpool Corporation (NYSE: WHR) is the world's leading kitchen and laundry appliance company, with approximately $20 billion in annual sales, 77,000 employees and 59 manufacturing and technology research centers in 2019. The company markets Whirlpool, KitchenAid, Maytag, Consul, Brastemp, Amana, Bauknecht, JennAir, Indesit and other major brand names in nearly every country throughout the world. Additional information about the company can be found at whirlpoolcorp.com or find us on Twitter at @WhirlpoolCorp.\n\u2190 jmm PR's Favourite Articles of the Week\nWhirlpool UK Appliances Limited Supports Sue Ryder \u2192\nIndesit #DoItTogether Study Results \u2013 Chore Sharing During Lockdown Indesit Boosts Awareness Of Chore Sharing With Influencer Campaign Indesit appliances make sharing household chores easy Families Take On The Housework Equality Challenge in Indesit's 'The Big Family Switch Up' Web Series Families Take On The Housework Equality Challenge in Indesit's 'The Big Family Switch Up' Web Series Indesit Works With Influencers to Increase Awareness of #DoItTogether Campaign","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"School Tells Student Battling Brain Cancer Her Wig 'Violates The Dress Code'\nby Sarah Aswell\nOriginally Published: Aug. 29, 2018\nImage via Tyliece Pepper\/Facebook\nWhat's more important: upholding a school dress code, or a student feeling comfortable and confident while she battles cancer?\nA Texas high school student battling brain cancer for the second time was told by school administrators that she couldn't wear a two-toned wig to school because it violated local dress codes. The decision was only overturned after the student wrote an impassioned letter and attracted the attention of the media and the Lieutenant Governor.\nAccording to Dallas News, 17-year-old Katilyn Pepper started the new school year wearing a blue-and-black wig after her hair began falling out the week before due to her cancer treatments.\nImage via Tyliece Pepper\nAfter her principal and the district's superintendent denied granting her an exemption, the teen and her mom, Tyliece Pepper, prepared to go before the McKinney ISD school board, while Katilyn wrote a letter explaining her case and asking for permission to wear the wig.\n\"It honestly sucks for me because I'm not able to express myself through the way I wear my hair as I once did (straight, curly, braided, etc.). Yet a wig is the exception, when my mother and I started looking for a wig I honestly thought that none of them looked good on me, and I would just look ugly until my hair grew back,\" she wrote in her letter.\n\"This wig makes me feel normal, confident and otherwise pretty during a time in my life where I have so many things I can't control, I thought this was the one thing I could, so when my new and old house principals Mr. Ortiz and Mrs. Wood told me that I couldn't wear this wig anymore all of the wind was let out of my sails.\n\"I know there are rules and there are always exceptions, I'm asking for the sake of my sanity please allow this to be one. I'm empowered by wearing this wig although it's subtle in color it gives me an abundance of strength and power to grieve the loss of my hair, and gives me the fortitude I need to fight this battle I'm facing with cancer.\"\nThe girl's letter and the story of her wig soon hit the media, which quickly led to the attention of Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick, who asked on Twitter to give Pepper permission to wear the wig \u2014 which she was granted. He added in a second tweet, \"Let's keep Kate in our prayers.\"\n\"Everyone is just overwhelmed with happiness that she can wear the wig,\" Pepper's mother told Scary Mommy. \"We haven't had any response from the school or district to say sorry, but we're happy that she can wear the wig, and she feels so happy and confident.\"\nTyliece said that while the pair were aware of the rule about hair color, the turquoise wig was the only one that made her daughter feel better about her hair loss.\n\"We went to a few places without finding anything that looks good or feels right, and finally we find this wig,\" she said. \"This is the first wig that she tried on and said, 'I'm feeling myself,' and I said, 'I'm sold.' That's how to wig came into play.\"\nWhen Pepper came home and told her mom that the principal said she could no longer wear the wig to school, Tyliece was flabbergasted. When the superintendent emailed to say he, too, was upholding the dress code, she was even more upset.\n\"I thought to myself, do you understand she has brain cancer, not a head cold? This is the least of our worries,\" she said.\nKatilyn has been chronicling her battle with cancer on YouTube, including the loss of her hair and her feelings about it.\nThis is far from the first time that school districts have come under fire for upholding dress codes that are often sexist, racist, body-shaming in nature, or harmful for those with health concerns or disabilities. A recent report by the National Women's Law Center found that black female students are more harshly punished than other students for dress code violations \u2014 and that they're often suspended from school for these violations, missing vital time in the classroom.\n\"I think that this dress code in particular is antiquated,\" said Pepper's mother. \"School should be a place where you can express yourself and be yourself, especially if you aren't hurting anyone.\"\nAs for how things stand now? Pepper's mother says that her daughter is happy to keep the wig, but that she's been feeling quite sick from the chemotherapy she began this week.\n\"She's feeling yucky from her new treatments, but she's a fighter. And I'm so happy that my daughter fought about this issue. She fought and stood her ground.\"\nTidying Up After Toddlers\nMarie Kondo Now Insists It's Okay To Be Messy\nThis article was originally published on Aug. 29, 2018","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"HomeMigration Voices Oral Histories\nMigration Voices Oral Histories\nEstonian Archives in Australia\nPhysical locations: National Library of Australia, State Library of Western Australia, State Library of South Australia, State Library of New South Wales, Migration Museum, Adelaide.\nMigration voices are a defining characteristic of Australia's story, dating back to the first European settlement. This set of oral histories records the voices and stories of migration to and within Australia since the late nineteenth century. They are held as a distributed national collection at five major institutions: the National Library of Australia, State Library of Western Australia, State Library of South Australia, State Library of New South Wales and the Migration Museum in Adelaide.\nOral History collections trace their origins back to the mid twentieth century and the introduction of portable tape-recording technology. Oral History collecting activity began in Australia at the State Library of Western Australia in the 1960s. The National Library of Australia began acquiring oral history recordings from Hazel de Berg in the 1960s and established its Oral History program in 1973. The State Library of South Australia established its oral history program in 1987 and the State Library of New South Wales followed in 1990. The Migration Museum on Adelaide has been recording oral history interviews since it opened in 1986.\nThe interviews have been collected or commissioned by the custodial institutions according to the conventions of best practice in oral history. Interviews are recorded with interviewees who have been identified as having the relevant personal experiences and credentials to tell their story. Interviews are generally conducted by subject experts, including historians who have specialised in migration history.\nThese oral histories illustrate the long history of cultural diversity through immigration. They tell stories of collective experience which are also deeply individual, unique and personal. They tell of trauma and triumph, adversity and adaptation; maintaining traditional cultures and becoming Australian. That interviewees intentionally recorded account of their lives and experiences for long term public access is a testament to their generosity, pride, sense of self-worth, and belief that accounts of their lived experiences merit not only telling, but keeping, for the nation. Their stories help the nation understand immigration and the value immigrants add to life in Australia.\nEstonian Oral Histories 1952-2020\nThis collection, held by the Estonian Archives in Australia and added to this inscription in 2021, consists of recordings in English and Estonian of the experiences of Estonian migrants to Australia after World War Two, beginning in 1947. They were amongst the first post-war non-British migrants brought to Australia. With accompanying documents the histories constitute a rich historical resource reflecting early post-war Estonian migration as well as the Australian experiences of the Estonian community. These migrants helped create a more diverse Australia, in contrast to the earlier predominantly Anglo-Celtic, non-Indigenous population mix.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Aubrey Rose Mofos\nAugust 13, 2022 by itsthepitsmd.com\nMofos porn is a network of 24 websites that feature pornography. It features quality videos and is made up of 20 channels and threesomes. The sites feature both women and men pornstars, and it's the largest Canadian pornographic network. Although most sites are focused on adult content, some sites also feature reality porn.\nMofos, a porn network that is relatively new, is Mofos. It was started by Brazzers, which is a site that only focuses on reality porn. However, it has quickly branched out into many different types of porn. You will find many petite girls on its sites who do POV sex tapes.\nThere are literally thousands of videos on Mofos. Mofos has a decent video player, and many pornstars. The videos are presented on a single scrolling page which makes it easy to browse. The screen's top section displays the name of the pornstar and the scene. Mofos also has a default setting for auto quality streaming and max volume.\nThe website is mobile-optimized and you can browse through videos by category, rating, or date. To find the video you are interested in, you can filter the videos. The streaming player also has a Timeline tool and Chromecast options. View bios and comment on models can be viewed as well.\nThe network of 24 websites that make up the Mofos porn network has a great variety of high-quality videos. The site is mobile-optimized, and you can easily find the videos you want in a few clicks. The videos are organized by category, and you can use filters to narrow down the search. The site is also fast and does not use a lot of heavy flash. You can comment on videos or create playlists for later viewing. You can also find bios and comments about different models on the site's model index.\nIt has more than 20 channels and is well-known for its high quality videos. Although most channels have ceased to be active, hundreds of videos can still be found on Mofos' website. You can stream the videos in 1080p and download them for later viewing.\nMofos, a porn site that focuses on POV and homemade sex tapes, is called Mofos. It has an extensive library with thousands of videos and photos. But if you want to see these videos, you'll need a VIP membership. This service provides regular updates and a variety of porn.\nVIP memberships give you access to exclusive scenes and other perks. You will also get some good discounts. In fact, the price for a VIP membership is around $10 a month. The membership also includes bonus sites.\nMofos has a small number of categories but a large number of videos, including the latest videos. Its homepage is straight forward, but does not hold back on content. It displays a list of latest videos, their trailer, and the most popular scenes.\nMofos Foursome\nMofos Porn Gif","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Rab1 GTPase and dimerization in the cell surface expression of angiotensin II type 2 receptor\nXiaoping Zhang, Guansong Wang, Denis J. Dupr\u00e9, Yumei Feng, M\u00e9lanie Robitaille, Eric Lazartigues, Ying Hong Feng, Terence E. H\u00e9bert, Guangyu Wu\nThe physiological function of angiotensin II (Ang II) is mediated through the Ang II type 1 (AT1R) and type 2 (AT2R) receptors. Our previous studies have demonstrated that cell surface targeting of AT1R is regulated by Rab and Sar1 GTPases and the F(x)6LL motif in the membrane-proximal C terminus. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying the export of nascent AT2R remain poorly defined. In this report, we determined the role of Rab1 GTPase, which specifically controls protein transport from the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) to the Golgi, and receptor dimerization in the biosynthesis of AT2R. Cell surface expression of AT2R was augmented by transient expression of Rab1 and attenuated by dominant-negative Rab1 mutants and small interfering RNA-mediated knockdown of Rab1. Consistently, AT2R inhibition of epidermal growth factor-activated extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1\/2 was significantly reduced by the Rab1 mutants, indicating that endogenous Rab1 modulates the cell surface targeting and signaling of AT2R. It is of interest to note that Rab1 augmented the overall expression of AT2R and its mRNA, whereas the Rab1 mutants attenuated the total AT2R expression and enhanced ubiquitin-dependent AT2R degradation. Furthermore, our previously characterized ER export-deficient AT1R mutant in which the F(x)6LL motif was mutated formed both homodimers and heterodimers with AT2R. Dimerization of the AT1R mutant with AT2R blocked AT2R trafficking to the cell surface, suggesting constitutive dimerization of both receptors in the ER and an important role of dimerization in ER export of the receptors. These data demonstrate for the first time that Rab1 GTPase and dimerization modulate export traffic from the ER to the cell surface of newly synthesized AT2R.\nJournal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics\nhttps:\/\/doi.org\/10.1124\/jpet.109.153460\n10.1124\/jpet.109.153460\nDive into the research topics of 'Rab1 GTPase and dimerization in the cell surface expression of angiotensin II type 2 receptor'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.\nAngiotensin Type 2 Receptor Medicine & Life Sciences 100%\nGTP Phosphohydrolases Medicine & Life Sciences 79%\nDimerization Medicine & Life Sciences 78%\nEndoplasmic Reticulum Medicine & Life Sciences 66%\nAngiotensin II Medicine & Life Sciences 26%\nrab GTP-Binding Proteins Medicine & Life Sciences 20%\nMitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3 Medicine & Life Sciences 16%\nZhang, X., Wang, G., Dupr\u00e9, D. J., Feng, Y., Robitaille, M., Lazartigues, E., Feng, Y. H., H\u00e9bert, T. E., & Wu, G. (2009). Rab1 GTPase and dimerization in the cell surface expression of angiotensin II type 2 receptor. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, 330(1), 109-117. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1124\/jpet.109.153460\nRab1 GTPase and dimerization in the cell surface expression of angiotensin II type 2 receptor. \/ Zhang, Xiaoping; Wang, Guansong; Dupr\u00e9, Denis J. et al.\nIn: Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Vol. 330, No. 1, 07.2009, p. 109-117.\nZhang, X, Wang, G, Dupr\u00e9, DJ, Feng, Y, Robitaille, M, Lazartigues, E, Feng, YH, H\u00e9bert, TE & Wu, G 2009, 'Rab1 GTPase and dimerization in the cell surface expression of angiotensin II type 2 receptor', Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, vol. 330, no. 1, pp. 109-117. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1124\/jpet.109.153460\nZhang X, Wang G, Dupr\u00e9 DJ, Feng Y, Robitaille M, Lazartigues E et al. Rab1 GTPase and dimerization in the cell surface expression of angiotensin II type 2 receptor. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 2009 Jul;330(1):109-117. doi: 10.1124\/jpet.109.153460\nZhang, Xiaoping ; Wang, Guansong ; Dupr\u00e9, Denis J. et al. \/ Rab1 GTPase and dimerization in the cell surface expression of angiotensin II type 2 receptor. In: Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 2009 ; Vol. 330, No. 1. pp. 109-117.\n@article{a6c84b7406534a27946d1ea1526b17be,\ntitle = \"Rab1 GTPase and dimerization in the cell surface expression of angiotensin II type 2 receptor\",\nabstract = \"The physiological function of angiotensin II (Ang II) is mediated through the Ang II type 1 (AT1R) and type 2 (AT2R) receptors. Our previous studies have demonstrated that cell surface targeting of AT1R is regulated by Rab and Sar1 GTPases and the F(x)6LL motif in the membrane-proximal C terminus. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying the export of nascent AT2R remain poorly defined. In this report, we determined the role of Rab1 GTPase, which specifically controls protein transport from the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) to the Golgi, and receptor dimerization in the biosynthesis of AT2R. Cell surface expression of AT2R was augmented by transient expression of Rab1 and attenuated by dominant-negative Rab1 mutants and small interfering RNA-mediated knockdown of Rab1. Consistently, AT2R inhibition of epidermal growth factor-activated extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1\/2 was significantly reduced by the Rab1 mutants, indicating that endogenous Rab1 modulates the cell surface targeting and signaling of AT2R. It is of interest to note that Rab1 augmented the overall expression of AT2R and its mRNA, whereas the Rab1 mutants attenuated the total AT2R expression and enhanced ubiquitin-dependent AT2R degradation. 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Our previous studies have demonstrated that cell surface targeting of AT1R is regulated by Rab and Sar1 GTPases and the F(x)6LL motif in the membrane-proximal C terminus. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying the export of nascent AT2R remain poorly defined. In this report, we determined the role of Rab1 GTPase, which specifically controls protein transport from the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) to the Golgi, and receptor dimerization in the biosynthesis of AT2R. Cell surface expression of AT2R was augmented by transient expression of Rab1 and attenuated by dominant-negative Rab1 mutants and small interfering RNA-mediated knockdown of Rab1. Consistently, AT2R inhibition of epidermal growth factor-activated extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1\/2 was significantly reduced by the Rab1 mutants, indicating that endogenous Rab1 modulates the cell surface targeting and signaling of AT2R. It is of interest to note that Rab1 augmented the overall expression of AT2R and its mRNA, whereas the Rab1 mutants attenuated the total AT2R expression and enhanced ubiquitin-dependent AT2R degradation. Furthermore, our previously characterized ER export-deficient AT1R mutant in which the F(x)6LL motif was mutated formed both homodimers and heterodimers with AT2R. Dimerization of the AT1R mutant with AT2R blocked AT2R trafficking to the cell surface, suggesting constitutive dimerization of both receptors in the ER and an important role of dimerization in ER export of the receptors. These data demonstrate for the first time that Rab1 GTPase and dimerization modulate export traffic from the ER to the cell surface of newly synthesized AT2R.\nU2 - 10.1124\/jpet.109.153460\nDO - 10.1124\/jpet.109.153460\nJO - The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics\nJF - The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Blank Forms and Pioneer Works present an evening of performances by guitarists associated with the VDSQ label and working loosely within the American Primitive idiom pioneered by the late John Fahey. Guitar solo sets by Alan Licht, Donald Miller and Kristin Thora Haraldsdottir will be followed by a headlining series of solo and duo configurations featuring Bill Orcutt and Sir Richard Bishop.\nSet times:\n7:00 \u2013 Doors\n8:00 \u2013 Alan Licht\n8:45 \u2013 Donald Miller\n9:15 \u2013 Kristin Thora Haraldsdottir\n9:45 \u2013 Richard Bishop + Bill Orcutt, Solo & Duo\nBill Orcutt reimagines the blues for a schizoid modernity. Orcutt developed and refined his approach to the 4-string guitar in the 90's through his work with legendary ecstatic rock band Harry Pussy, whose spasmodic and unhinged dissonance remains unrivaled in noise rock since. Sometimes stuttering and ominous, other times mournful and vulnerable, Orcutt's current output on his haggard acoustic Kay guitar is compared with equal frequency to both avant-garde composers and rural bluesmen. Orcutt continues to discover and invent a unique sonic vernacular built around his raw and tortured tone, ragged minimalism, and inexhaustible improvisational stamina.\nSir Richard Bishop was a founding member of ethnic-improv pioneers and DIY tricksters Sun City Girls, who, during their 26-year existence, perplexed, amazed, and alienated audiences over 50 full length albums, plus over 20 one-hour cassettes and a dozen 7\" records. In early 2005, Richard began touring extensively as a solo artist, performing throughout Europe, Australia, and the United States. Though known mostly for his acoustic playing, he has recently been performing with electric guitars in a solo setting. Bishop's guitar explorations often reflect the shadow worlds of India, North Africa the Middle East, and other points along the Gypsy trail, though many strange and experimental forms have crept into the live shows as of late. One can usually recognize the influences of Omar Khorshid, Django Reinhardt, Ali Akbar Khan, and Ravi Shankar in his playing, though he has fused these and many other influential elements into his own unique style. Bishop was also a co-founder in 2003 of the Sublime Frequencies label, whose mission is dedicated to acquiring and releasing obscure sights and sounds from Africa, India, Southeast Asia, and beyond. He currently has over 65 releases to its credit.\nKristin Thora Haraldsdottir's deeply personal approach to modern guitar takes the listener on a journey of unexpected beauty. A classically trained violist from Iceland, Haraldsdottir picked up the guitar out of curiosity while studying for her master's degree at Cal Arts. She seamlessly blends guitar with field recordings of oceans and rivers to create lush, haunting soundscapes that mirror the natural world and our place within it. She has also organized and performed a number of concerts for meditation and sleep, premiered work by Michael Pisaro, and performed with Sonic Boom, Dog Star Orchestra, and New Century Players.\nAs one third of legendary free jazz noise pioneers Borbetomagus, guitarist Donald Miller has experimented with extreme volume and timbre since the late 70's. His first regular band was the cult group Sick Dick & the Volkswagens, which featured infamous critic Lester Bangs as an auxiliary member. From 1984-99, Miller worked closely with free jazz drummer William Hooker in both duo and larger band formats. Also a gifted solo acoustic composer, Donald will soon release an album of 12-string guitar presents a powerfully profound take on the instrument.\nAt the vanguard of the literary, critical, and musical scenes of New York City for the past two decades, Alan Licht is a key figure in the pantheon of experimental solo guitar players born in the late 60's. As a guitarist and improviser, Licht has lent his talents to dozens of collaborations with the likes of Jim O'Rourke, Rashied Ali, Jandek, Keiji Haino, Michael Snow, and Loren Connors, and has performed in such revered bands as Title TK, Blue Humans, Text of Light, and Arthur Lee's Love. Known for blending the genres of minimalism, noise, and the avant-garde, Licht's most recent album, Currents, features a modern and minimal take on acoustic guitar music.\nSteve Lowenthal is the author of Dance of Death:The Life of John Fahey and founded VDSQ Records, Vin Du Select Qualitite, in 2009 as a vehicle to explore the possibilities inherent in solo acoustic guitar. Dedicated to showcasing various connections and approaches to the guitar, the label has released albums by legendary artists Thurston Moore, Glenn Jones, and Michael Chapman, alongside new talents such as Sarah Louise, Anthony Pasquarosa, and Tashi Dorji.\nThanks to D'Addario.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Manchester United to face West Ham in Carabao Cup 3rd Round\nThe Red Devils will face Premier League opposition early in this season's League Cup campaign...\nBy Colin M. Damms@Colintheshots95 Aug 26, 2021, 12:00am BST\nShare All sharing options for: Manchester United to face West Ham in Carabao Cup 3rd Round\nPhoto by Peter Powell - Pool\/Getty Images\nManchester United will face West Ham United in the 3rd round of the Carabao Cup on September 21, 2021. The match comes just two days after a trip to London Stadium to play the Hammers in the Premier League.\n\u2692\ufe0f\nFind out more about next month's #CarabaoCup tie #MUFC\n\u2014 Manchester United (@ManUtd) August 25, 2021\nThe Red Devils met the Hammers in cup competition last season as well, winning 1-0 in extra time through a Scott McTominay goal on what was a pretty dull occasion. Former United manager David Moyes has turned the West London side into a formidable team over the last couple of seasons, and their midfield duo of Rice and Soucek in particular has become a problem for opponents.\nThis is the first non-league fixture of the new season, but the schedule will start to fill up even more tomorrow when the UEFA Champions League group stage draw is done.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"The social network for anyone into pet play\nForgot Pass\nYou MUST be over 18 to join this website\nDate Of Birth: Day 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 - Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec - Year 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980 1979 1978 1977 1976 1975 1974 1973 1972 1971 1970 1969 1968 1967 1966 1965 1964 1963 1962 1961 1960 1959 1958 1957 1956 1955 1954 1953 1952 1951 1950 1949 1948 1947 1946 1945 1944 1943\nWould you like to recieve our newsletters?\nIf you're not logged in you can only see the public blogs and events. Users can see the more private events and blogs, forums, user profiles, images, and our chatrooms.\nThe site is 100% free to use so why not make an account now?\nThis site is open to all types of pets and handlers from all over the world. We have pups, ponies, cats, and racoons, with users from every continent. Everyone will always be welcome here.\nMembers of the press are requested to email [email protected] and not to make accounts without permission as they will be removed.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Australian adaptive surfers strike gold as sport makes professional debut in Hawaii\nSeptember 11, 2022 \u2022 disability \u2022 Disability Employment Services \u2022 disability law \u2022 disability stereotypes \u2022 intellectual disability \u2022 Living With a Disability \u2022 NDIS \u2022 NDIS Aged Care Approved \u2022 no 'dis' in disability. \u2022 Seeing the ability in disability \u2022 umbrella of disability\nAustralia's adaptive surfing team has scooped the pool at the inaugural Adaptive Surfing Professionals World Championship Tour event in Hawaii.\nFour Australian surfers travelled the Hawaii to compete in the inaugural Adaptive Surfing Professionals World Championship Tour event\nAll four surfers won gold in their respective divisions\nThe tour has gone professional for the first time, offering a prize pool to competitors\nAdaptive surfing allows competitors with additional challenges, such as those with a physical or visual impairments, to use specialised equipment or an adapted surfing experience to match their abilities.\nThere were nine classifications in the event, which was held from June 7-11 in Waikiki.\nMark Stewart, Jocelyn Neumeuller, Sam Bloom and Matt Formston each took out first place in their respective divisions in small conditions at Queen's Beach.\nNorthern Beaches surfer Sam Bloom took out the prone non-assist division.\nBloom said the win was particularly sweet because it was the first time she had ever been out in the water without her husband Cam pushing her onto waves.\nBloom said she was surprised when the competition organisers deemed she had the upper body strength to compete without him.\n\"I was super nervous, but then in my mind I was like, 'OK, what have you wanted to do ever since your accident', and that is to be able to go surfing on my own,\" Bloom said.\n\"So I competed on my own and I did pretty well; I won! I couldn't believe it. It was awesome.\"\nVeteran adaptive surfer Mark \"Mono\" Stewart catches a wave. (Supplied: Mark Stewart)\nHawaiian 'mana' takes hold\nMark \"Mono\" Stewart from Byron Bay, a veteran of competitive adaptive surfing, took out the men's Any Kneeling Kneel division.\nComing off a perfect-score tube ride in one of his heats, Stewart snuck in the overall win by a margin of 0.04.\nIn the midst of treatment for a melanoma tumour in his lung, Stewart said he thought he was travelling to Hawaii to farewell his friends.\nHowever, a month before the competition, a scan revealed the tumour had halved in size.\n\"So I went over there with the full intent of saying, I will see you all again.\"\nStewart said the positive atmosphere of the competition and the Hawaiian \"mana\" helped him go from from being wheelchaired down to the water at the beginning of the competition, to striding into the water.\n\"The gods were looking after me, you have no idea how happy I am at the moment.\"\nFirst professional tour\nTwenty-six-year-old Adelaide surfer Jocelyn Neumueller won the prone assist women's division, only two years after first getting into the sport.\nNuemueller said she was stoked to be involved in the inaugural professional event for adaptive surfers.\n\"It is so great to be recognised as professional athletes, with a world championship tour to compete in, that also offers prize money,\" she said.\nJocelyn Neumueller says it is great to be recognised as a professional athlete. (Supplied)\n\"This is a great step forward for equality in the sport, but also in raising awareness of the sport and its benefits, and getting more people involved.\"\nLennox Head surfer Matt Formston won the men's Partial Vision division, in conditions he described as 'challenging' because of a lack of swell.\nFormston was assisted by his spotter, coach and best mate Michael \"Crispy\" Crisp.\nCrisp said the Australian performance in Hawaii was extraordinary.\n\"It's just amazing to see surfers that are often in wheelchairs, just have such inspiration and touch and feel with waves.\"\nA fifth Australian competing in Hawaii was South Australia's Chloe Murnane, who came third in the prone assist division.\nMatt Formston surfing at Clarkes Beach in Byron Bay. (Supplied: Matt Formston)\nThe team will be ranked in first place as the competitors wax up for the next event to be held in California in September.\nAustralia is also set to host an event when the tour heads to Surf Lakes wave pool in Yeppoon in August next year.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Everything Olivia Jade Giannulli Has Said About Moving on From the College Admissions Scandal\nTrying her best to move forward. In March 2019, Olivia Jade Giannulli and sister Bella Giannulli landed in the middle of the college admissions scandal when their parents, Lori Loughlin and Mossimo Giannulli, were arrested and accused of paying $500,000 in bribes to the University of Southern California in order for their daughters to get into the school as members of the crew team.\nAfter initially maintaining their innocence, the couple eventually pleaded guilty to fraud charges in May 2020. They served separate sentences in prison and paid a total of $400,000 in fines.\nIn December 2020, Olivia Jade spoke out for the first time, joining Facebook's Red Table Talk for an open conversation about what happened.\n\"I feel like a huge part of having privilege is not knowing you have privilege, and so when it was happening, it didn't feel wrong,\" the YouTube star shared during the special. \"I also felt very misunderstood. The picture that has been painted of me, I feel like, is not who I am. I'm not this bratty girl that doesn't want to change anything. Also, I understand why people are angry and understand why people say hurtful things and I would too if I wasn't in my boat. \u2026 When you read it, you realize that there's like some truth. I understood that people were upset and angry, and maybe it took me a little bit longer to understand what for, but man, am I glad I did realize.\"\nOlivia Jade added that she took her \"privilege and all my blessings for granted\" and never thought twice.\n\"We were talking about being in the public and being publicly shamed, and I was like, 'Well, my situation doesn't even compare, I'm not even going to start to compare it to yours,'\" the YouTube star explained during a March 2021 TikTok video. \"And she looked at me, and she said, 'Olivia, it doesn't matter if I'm drowning in 60 feet of water and you're drowning in 30, we're both still drowning.' I think about that quote every day because I think it's so true and it's such a bigger message to our world right now. I think we're all very quick to judge. I think we're all very quick to put people down.\"\nThe influencer stepped even more into the spotlight when she joined season 30 of Dancing With the Stars in September 2021, and was ready to show the world an entirely different side of her.\nThat month, the Full House alum also made headlines as GAC Family announced that she would be reprising her When Calls the Heart role in season 2 of When Hope Calls. While Bella has appeared on Dancing With the Stars to support her sister, Loughlin has not made an appearance.\nScroll through the gallery below for everything Olivia Jade has said about moving on following the scandal:\nThe Best Holiday Gifts From Nordstrom \u2014 Starting at Just $18\nBusy Philipps' Child Birdie and More Celeb Kids Following Their Parents' Acting Footsteps","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Hemp: the old new supercrop\nHEMP could become a more common feature of the countryside, our diets and everyday life, thanks to a new \u00a31.1m research partnership.\nThe two-year project between Aberystwyth University and industry aims to make hemp a more valuable crop by increasing the amounts of compounds used to make a variety of food, health and pharmaceutical products.\nHemp is currently used in specialised fire-resistant fabrics, mattresses, building materials, insulation, animal bedding and biofuel.\nAn environmentally friendly, natural material, it is seen as a crop that can replace petrochemical products.\nHemp fibre has been used extensively throughout history, with production climaxing soon after being introduced to the New World. For centuries, items ranging from rope to fabrics, to industrial materials were made from hemp fibre.\nHemp was also commonly used to make sail canvas. The word \"canvas\" is derived from the word cannabis.\nPure hemp has a texture like linen.\nBecause of its versatility for use in a variety of products, today hemp is used in a number of consumer goods, including clothing, shoes, accessories, dog collars, and homewares. For clothing, in some instances, hemp is mixed with lyocell.\nThe new PHARMHEMP research partnership will develop the crop's compounds sustainably; making them from parts of the plant that are currently left unused.\nThe research will also make the crop more valuable and allow use in more industrial and non-industrial sectors \u2013 making it more attractive to farmers who are keen to include alternative crops when rotating the use of their land.\nAberystwyth University's involvement has benefited from the Welsh Government funded SMART Expertise programme.\nAlan Gay, Senior Research Scientist at the Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences (IBERS) at Aberystwyth University commented: \"We're delighted and excited about this new partnership. We will use our long-established expertise here in Aberystwyth to help spread the benefits of this crop to many more people.\n\"We also hope to contribute to improving awareness of the crop among both consumers and farmers.\n\"The project is also an economic boost: supporting highly skilled jobs in the west of Wales. As well as the cosmetic, food and pharmaceutical uses, we will also explore industrial applications, which would significantly reduce the need for expensive imports.\"\nProfessor Iain Donnison, Head of the Institute of Biological Environmental and Rural Sciences at Aberystwyth University commented: \"The Pharmahemp project builds on IBERS expertise in developing new opportunities for Welsh farming. It also represents an exciting opportunity for us to revisit and tailor a highly sustainable and versatile crop for the 21st century.\"\nThe project links a number of the UK's experienced operators in Hemp with the specialised breeding expertise of IBERS, Aberystwyth University.\nThe commercial partners are: TTS Pharma, specialists in pharmaceutical and health products; Voase and Son, specialist hemp growers; Elsoms Seeds, who develop and distribute seeds to the farming community; and GrowPura\u00ae, experts in controlled growing of plants where high levels of control are required.\nMark Tucker, Chief Executive at TTS Pharma, added: \"This project builds on the foundations we laid in 2018 with Aberystwyth University, along with our other research projects.\n\"The resources and expertise at IBERS in Aberystwyth are particularly well suited to this research. They will help us to develop new cultivars, optimised for the UK climate and the end-use.\n\"We are delighted to have such strong partners to deliver the project's objectives. We are confident that this project will contribute significantly to improving existing yields. It will also accelerate the introduction of a domestic supply chain and help eliminate the importation of illegal and non-compliant materials from China, South and North America.\"\nDavid Coop, Director of Elsoms Seeds Ltd, commented: \"Elsoms Seeds is the UK's leading independent seed specialist and plant breeder. We breed, supply, and treat high quality vegetable and agricultural seed throughout the UK, using the latest in plant breeding research and seed technology.\n\"We are looking forward to working with IBERS and our partners on this project, and one day providing UK farmers with high quality seed of the new and innovative varieties which will result from it.\"\nNick Bateman of Growpura added: \"In the pharmaceutical industry, the all-year-round production of materials under well-controlled conditions is important.\n\"With this project, we are keen to see how this plant can be adapted to growing in our high throughput sterile growing conditions, so that high quality products can be produced right throughout the year.\"\nIndustrial Hemp Grower Nick Voase said: \"We have been growing and processing industrial hemp since 2002 but have seen little development of the crop in the UK.\n\"We are happy to be involved in this project which will adapt the crop to new uses and is specifically aimed at optimising yields from UK grown crops.\"\nDespite a common misunderstanding, the industrial hemp strains grown in the UK are all varieties with negligible levels of the psychoactive substance THC and are selected from an 'Approved List' and only grown under Home Office licences.\nNew Farming Liaison Officer\nNSA Lambing List closes\nJohnson announces end to lamb export ban 'soon'\nWELSH farming industry bodies have welcomed the prospect of Welsh Lamb exports to the US being lifted soon.\nThe Prime Minister claimed the ban would end after meeting with President Biden in Washington last week.\nThe potential market for PGI Welsh Lamb in the USA has been estimated to be worth as much as \u00a320million a year within five years of the export restrictions being removed.\nLIFTING THE BAN\nThe ban on British lamb to the USA has been in place since 1996 following an outbreak of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE).\nThe ban was extended in some countries to sheepmeat because a related sheep disease (scrapie) belongs to the same family of diseases.\nHCC Chief Executive Gwyn Howells said, \"Achieving market access for lamb to the USA has been a long road, and it looks as if we're nearly at the end of the journey.\n\"The ban, brought in back in 1996, has not been necessary or justifiable for many years. But it's taken a long effort and much technical work to overcome the various administrative hurdles.\n\"There is a promising market for high-quality Welsh Lamb in the USA, particularly in the hotel and restaurant trade on the east coast.\n\"Research has shown that the trade could be worth \u00a320million a year for the sector if we can achieve access and work on developing the market.\n\"We look forward to hearing the details behind the announcement and are ready to grasp the opportunity should it arise.\"\nNEWS A BOOST FOR WELSH AGRICULTURE\nWelsh Conservative and Shadow Rural Affairs Minister Samuel Kurtz MS said: \"Farmers across Wales will welcome the news that the US has lifted the ban on the imports of British lamb.\n\"It's now imperative that both the UK and Welsh Governments work in tandem to promote the benefits of Welsh lamb so that its market potential can be fulfilled.\"\nNFU Cymru has welcomed reports that positive progress is being made on lifting a long-standing ban\nNFU Cymru Livestock Board Chairman Wyn Evans said: \"After being shut out of the US market for over 30 years, today's reports that Welsh sheep farmers may soon be able to access this potentially lucrative marketplace are welcome news for the sector.\n\"We certainly want to see this ban lifted so that trade can resume as soon as possible.\n\"Now this vital trade avenue appears to be a step closer to opening, it is crucial the UK Government and the authorities work alongside the whole supply chain so that we are in a position to supply product into the US as soon as the ban is lifted.\n\"We now wait with interest to hear more news from the US Secretary of State for Agriculture to confirm the reports that we have received following the Prime Minister's comments.\"\nVITAL TO OPEN MORE EXPORT OPPORTUNITIES\nThe Farmers' Union of Wales also welcomed the news.\nThe FUW has long discussed the prospect of lifting the unjustified ban with the USDA in various meetings over the past decade.\nSpeaking from his Carmarthenshire sheep farm, FUW Deputy President Ian Rickman said: \"Now more than ever, we need to explore other export markets while also protecting our long-established markets in Europe.\n\"The US market is one we are keen to develop much stronger relationships with and the news that this ban could soon be lifted is most welcome news for our sheep industry.\"\nNSA Chief Executive Phil Stocker commented: \"We are delighted about the announcement that the ban is to be lifted \u2013 the UK sheep industry has been waiting for this for many years.\n\"The sheep industry in the UK has clear potential to grow further, but any expansion must be market and demand-led.\n\"The UK is the third-largest exporter of sheepmeat globally, telling us that we are good at producing sheepmeat and that our supply chains are efficient and able to deliver.\n\"This creates another opportunity for our industry to maximise trade opportunities, and we have always seen the US as being a potentially significant market.\n\"After the domestic market, the EU is still our largest export market and is on our doorstep. However, access is more difficult than it was when we were part of the EU. It's essential to maintain EU access but it is also important to work on any market that gives us future potential.\"\nMr Stocker highlighted other benefits: \"We shouldn't expect to see any sudden surge in volumes going to the US, but we do know there is strong demand for UK sheep genetics \u2013 semen and embryos. Many British sheep breeds are in the US but are numerically too small to have a strong gene pool, so genetics demand is strong.\n\"In addition, with sheepmeat consumption being very low in the US we believe we can help stimulate interest in lamb and quality mutton through exporting high quality British sheepmeat that reinspires interest in the product and helps the US sheep industry to build further.\"\nNo badger cull but bTB strategy change on cards\nDave Glover\nTHE WELSH GOVERNMENT has ruled out controlling the spread of bovine TB through a targeted cull in areas where the disease is endemic.\nA spokesperson confirmed the Welsh Government's position ahead of the publication of a significant review of its TB eradication strategy.\nThe review, led by Professor Glyn Hewinson of Aberystwyth University, is likely to focus on cattle vaccination and the use of improved tests for TB bacteria in cattle.\nFalse positives for BTB can only be detected after death by a post-mortem.\nBOVINE TB DEVASTATES PEMBROKESHIRE FARMS\nThe persistence of the BTB bacteria in the soil and in the protected wild mammal population, particularly badgers, creates a perfect storm for farmers in our county.\nThe area around the shared borders of North Pembrokeshire, the Teifi Valley, and North West Carmarthen is a long-standing hotspot for the disease.\nFarmers in that area have suffered disproportionate and repeated losses throughout the Welsh Government's different approaches to eradicating BTB.\nWhen the disease is detected in a herd, it is standard practice for all of it to be slaughtered. Although farmers are partly compensated for their loss, the loss of their stock leaves farmers with long-term problems for their business's recovery.Herds' loss and slaughter are linked closely to mental health problems among farmers and farming families. The cost of BTB is much greater than balancing profit and loss.\nCURRENT PROGRAMME ISN'T WORKING\nLocal MS Sam Kurtz, who comes from a farming family, told The Herald: \"Since the 1970s, bovine TB has been a dark cloud hanging over our agricultural industry\n\"While it may not have had the impact on the public's psyche as the Foot and Mouth crisis had in the early 2000s, bovine TB has been a long and heavy burden on Welsh farmers, with over 20,000 cattle killed in the last 2 years.\n\"What the Welsh Government have in terms of a policy is the repetition of an outdated and inaccurate testing regime followed by stringent and debilitating restrictions on farmers.\n\"It is clear, from the latest data showing new bovine TB cases in Wales have risen by 3%, that the Welsh Government's current eradication programme is simply not working.\n\"Throughout the pandemic, our farmers have worked 24\/7 to keep food on our tables, despite being laboured with the stresses and concerns of routine TB testing.\n\"The industry is now desperate for some urgency and a change in strategy.\n\"A new testing regime, Enferplex, delivers superior accuracy than the current test.\n\"While it is being undertaken in small pockets of Wales, a dedicated pilot scheme of this new test to collect hard data must be a priority for this Welsh Government.\"\nThe Enferplex Bovine TB antibody test identifies the presence of bovine tuberculosis. Used in conjunction with existing tests, it is far more accurate than current tests in validating positive diagnoses.\nEFFECTIVE PROGRAMME MUST TACKLE ALL ASPECTS OF DISEASE\nThe FUW believes that any future changes to the bTB eradication programme should closely follow the science to develop an effective eradication programme covering all aspects of the disease in Wales.\nAn FUW spokesperson told us: \"Bovine TB continues to suffocate businesses in the high and intermediate areas of infection in Wales and continues to have a significant detrimental effect on the mental health and well-being of our farmers and their families.\n\"September's Quarterly Publication of National Statistics on the incidence and prevalence of tuberculosis in Cattle in Great Britain shows variable results, with no year-on-year change in the number of herds that are not TB free in the High West Area of Wales, and a 26% rise in the number of herds not TB free in the Intermediate North Area.\n\"Such results continue to devastate businesses that have made massive sacrifices\nto comply with the Welsh Government's costly and burdensome bovine TB eradication programme.\n\"The FUW welcomes further research on this devastating disease as part of a science led and pragmatic approach to TB control in Wales. We look forward to the publication of the next TB review and will be discussing the findings of the review at all relevant political and policy levels.\"\nNFU CYMRU: WELCOME REVIEW BUT URGE OPEN MIND ON CULL\nNFU Cymru County Adviser for Pembrokeshire and Ceredigion, Peter Howells, said: \"It is concerning to see the latest bovine TB statistics published by Defra that show a rise in bovine TB incidents and the loss of 10,775 animals in Wales to this dreadful disease in the year ending June 21. This once again highlights that bovine TB continues to wreak havoc on the cattle industry in Wales.\n\"In October 2017, we saw the Welsh Government introduce a regionalised approach to tackling the disease in Wales.\nNFU Cymru is supportive of an approach that allows for the appropriate measures to be introduced depending on the circumstances.\nIn Low TB areas of Wales, we must do all we can to keep the disease out. In areas of the country, such as South West Wales, where the evidence suggests that both cattle and badgers suffer from this disease, we believe that the disease will only be brought under control through a comprehensive package of measures that tackles the infection in both populations.\n\"We continue to urge Welsh Government to take note of the evidence published from England. A peer-reviewed scientific report examining the effectiveness of badger culling in reducing outbreaks of TB in cattle has shown positive results in England.\n\"The Defra-commissioned report revealed an average reduction in the incidence of bovine TB of at least 40% in areas of England that have completed at least four years of culling.\n\"Just across the border in Gloucestershire, the report has shown a 66% decline in new TB breakdowns.\n\"NFU Cymru continues to use every opportunity to raise with the Minister for Rural Affairs our concerns for the emotional and financial impact this disease causes to farming families. Earlier this summer, we wrote directly to the First Minister on this matter.\n\"We are aware that the Minister has said she will make a statement on the TB programme later this autumn and that Professor Hewinson is currently carrying out an internal review of the programme. We are pleased that the Minister has asked someone of Professor Hewinson's experience and expertise to carry out the review and we await with interest the publication of the review.\"\nWG: EVIDENCE OF CULL'S EFFECTIVENESS INCONCLUSIVE\nA Welsh Government spokesperson said: \"TB in cattle is a huge challenge for all concerned and distressing for farmers who have to deal with it in their herds. Part of the solution to the problem is people's willingness to work together, both in Government and the industry.\n\"The Wales TB Eradication programme is built on co-operation, with three regional eradication boards working at a local level to ensure policies are developed collaboratively and communicated effectively.\n\"We have outlined in our Programme for Government we will not permit the culling of badgers as part of measures to deal with bovine TB.\n\"Recent scientific studies did not provide conclusive evidence that culling badgers alone would reduce incidence levels in cattle herds.\n\"It has been proven that more infection is transmitted within species than between species, which suggests that controlling transmission among cattle is a priority in the strategy for eliminating TB.\n\"When the Intensive Action Area (IAA) was established in 2010 with additional measures introduced into the High West TB area, 27.1% of herds were restricted due to TB control. At the end of June 2021, 14.5% of herds were restricted, constituting a decrease in herd prevalence between then and now of 46%.\n\"We are committed to undertaking a review of the current TB eradication programme, and we will announce a refreshed approach later this year.\n\"All aspects of the programme will be considered, and we will undertake a consultation in the Autumn to inform future policy.\"\nVACCINATION AND THE FUTURE\nThe irony is that a largely effective vaccine already exists.\nThe BCG vaccination given to humans is 70% effective when used to immunise cattle. The vaccine uses the TB bacteria to provoke an immune response. Once it's used, however, tests cannot detect the difference between cattle successfully inoculated and infected cattle.\nTherefore, vaccinating cows with BCG is banned in most countries, enabling vets to continue to use the PPD skin test to diagnose the disease in cattle.\nScientists at the University of Surrey believe they could have a solution to that problem.\nBy manipulating the disease's genetic make-up, the scientists created a BCG-minus strain. They then developed a new synthetic skin test that, like existing tests, will be positive for animals that have been exposed to TB. Unlike those tests, however, the new test will show a negative result for animals that have been vaccinated with the BCG-minus strain.\nJohnjoe McFadden, Professor of Molecular Genetics at the University of Surrey, said: \"To control the spread of bovine TB, effective vaccination and accurate early diagnosis of the disease are critical. This new vaccine provides protection against bovine TB. It will help fight against this deadly disease that infects over 50 million cattle worldwide and is economically devastating to farmers.\n\"The next stage of our work will be to demonstrate that both synthetic skin test and BCG-minus vaccine works in cattle herds. If they do, then it will be possible to vaccinate cattle against TB yet retain the value of skin test for diagnosis.\"\nEconomic value of red meat sector rises\nHE VALUE of the iconic beef, lamb and pork sectors to the Welsh economy rose in 2020, as consumers turned to local, sustainable, quality food during the COVID pandemic, according to analysis by Hybu Cig Cymru \u2013 Meat Promotion Wales (HCC).New figures from the Welsh Government 'Aggregate Agricultural Output and Income' report show that the total value of agricultural output in Wales for 2020 is projected to stand at \u00a31.7billion \u2013 a 6.2% (or \u00a399 million) increase on the provisional figure for 2019.\nCattle and sheep account for 44% of this total at \u00a3750million; the highest proportion recorded since 2016. The agricultural output value for Wales's pig sector also increased (by 34.3% or \u00a32 million) to a value of \u00a38 million.\nThe figures reflect the strength of the livestock sector in Wales and sit in contrast to Total Income From Farming (TIFF) figures for the UK as a whole newly released by Defra. Although the TIFF figures are a different form of measuring farm production, the UK data concurs that the livestock sector has had a strong year, but in other parts of Britain, this was more than offset by poor harvests in the arable sector.\nDemand for beef and lamb have been strong in the domestic retail market since the immediate aftermath of the first COVID lockdown in spring 2020. After initial market volatility, marketing campaigns by HCC and other bodies encouraged consumers to recreate restaurant meals at home.\nOver the past 12 months, domestic retail sales of lamb and beef have trended consistently higher, with spending on lamb 20% higher than the previous year. Sales at independent high street butchers are also strong.\nResearch shows many demographic groups, including families with children, buying more beef and lamb than previously, and turning to quality home-grown produce.\nHCC Data Analyst Glesni Phillips said, \"The strong demand for red meat from the domestic consumer has helped drive market prices for beef and lamb at Welsh livestock markets in the second half of 2020 and into the early months of 2021.\n\"It's no surprise, therefore, to see that the overall value of the industry is projected to have grown. We have seen inflation in the costs on farmers, which offset some of the gains from improved market price; however, it's heartening to see consumers' support for quality Welsh produce.\"Welsh Lamb and Welsh Beef remain key drivers of our rural economy, and given their excellent brand reputation, they act as flagship products for the growing Welsh food and drink sector.\"Further analysis of the aggregate output and income figures for Welsh farms are available in HCC's latest monthly market bulletin.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Allergy Symptoms of Mold & Mildew\nNyquil Liquicap Ingredients\nDrugs Used in Nebulizers\nThe Best Allergy Medicine for High Blood Pressure\nHow to Relieve Sinus & Chest Congestion\nMayo Clinic: Allergy Medications: Know Your Options\nMayo Clinic: Migraine--Treatments and Drugs\nTypes of Prescription Nasal Sprays\nNasal Steroid Sprays\nAntihistamine Nasal Sprays\nAnticholinergic Nasal Sprays\nMigraine Medications\nWritten by Dominique Brooks\nNasal sprays can deliver a variety of medications to the nose and sinuses to treat allergies, sinusitis, headaches and nasal dryness. Use of a nasal spray can direct the medication directly to the source of the problem and avoid some of the systemic side effects from medications. Some nasal sprays like nasal saline and many decongestants are available without a prescription, but other medications like corticosteroids, nasal antihistamines and nasal migraine sprays require a prescription.\nOne type of prescription nasal spray contains corticosteroid medications; these sprays can be used to treat nasal allergies. Corticosteroids treat allergies by stopping inflammation, according to MayoClinic.com. These medications generally require regular use for about one week before reaching maximum effectiveness, according to the JacksonSinus.com website. The newer versions of the corticosteroid sprays have less systemic absorption, which leads to fewer side effects. Side effects of corticosteroid nasal sprays include nosebleeds and nasal irritation. Examples of prescription corticosteroid nasal sprays include fluticasone, which may be sold as Flonase, ciclesonide or Omnaris and mometasone furoate monohydrate, which is sold as Nasonex. Some of these nasal sprays are available in generic formulations.\nAnother prescription medication that may be used to treat allergic symptoms is the antihistamine nasal spray. Like oral antihistamines, nasal antihistamine sprays manage symptoms by blocking the release of the chemical histamine, which is important in allergic reactions. According to MayoClinic.com, these nasal sprays have some side effects like dizziness, drowsiness and a bitter taste in the mouth. Prescription antihistamine nasal sprays include azelastine, which is sold as Astelin or Astepro, and olopatadine or Patanase.\nAn anticholinergic medication, ipratropium or Atrovent, is also available in a prescription nasal spray. Atrovent is used to treat the runny nose associated with allergies and other conditions, according to the American Academy of Allergy Asthma & Immunology. According to Monthly Prescribing Reference, patients with certain conditions like narrow angle glaucoma or prostate disease should only use this medication with extreme caution because of the potential of worsening of the condition 1. Side effects of Atrovent include bloody nose, nasal dryness and irritation.\nMigraine treatments are also available in prescription nasal spray form 4. Triptan medications such as sumatriptan and zolmitriptan and the ergot derivative dihydroergotamine can all be used to treat migraines and may be helpful to patients who have nausea symptoms and are unable to swallow a pill, according to the ConsumerReportsHealth.org website. The side effects of triptan medications include dizziness and muscle weakness, according to MayoClinic.com. The side effects of dihydroergotamine include nasal irritation, change in taste and dry mouth, according to the M.A.G.N.U.M. website.\nMonthly Prescribing Reference: Atrovent Nasal Spray\nConsumerReportsHealth.org: Generic Migraine Drug Could Relieve Your Pain and Save You Money\nBellaire Neurology: Migraine Headache\nDominique Brooks has been a medical editor for over 10 years. She has worked in medical education for physicians, nurses and pharmacists as well as consumers. She started writing business articles for Work.com in 2008 and health articles online in 2009. She holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Alabama and a Doctor of Medicine from Vanderbilt University.\nopreaistock\/iStock\/Getty Images","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Andrew Klaus Film Spark\nSpark (update)\nWe're entering the final big chunk of shooting for Spark, with principal photography wrapping by the end of January, which will lea...\nSpark (update) Reviewed by Andrew klaus-Vineyard on 9:22:00 AM Rating: 5\nWe're entering the final big chunk of shooting for Spark, with principal photography wrapping by the end of January, which will leave only the delightful effects shots to pick up and engineer. The films opening sequence, a quite bloody suicide attempt has yet to be lensed, saving the best for last- perhaps.\nThe script has been largely improvised, and wholly unpleasant. It's been a grueling process mentally and emotionally making a film that many will instantly view as autobiographical and at times even I have had a hard time discerning the facts from the fiction of it all.\nMuch has been made of the fact the film is pornographic. I've argued it's sexually explicit but not pornographic since the visceral depictions of real sex in the film are integral plot points meant to provoke and disturb rather than titillate. I argue if it is pornography, then it's the least sexy porno film I can make. The film paints with the sickly tones of addiction with a pseudo-documentary\/verit\u00e9 flair that belies the planning involved to make the film. Shot in three countries and in multiple states on a variety of formats to express the dreamlike (or nightmarish) state of manic depression and sexual depravity the film is the experimental feature that my gallery work has hinted at for years, work that I've been hesitant to fully extrapolate into a narrative film. But no more. There are so many people to thank who've supported this project that I won't start that just yet but I love you all.\nFor those who need a synopsis\nSpark follows a self absorbed artist\/film maker who turns the cameras on himself through a major depressive period and highly active time of sexual addiction. The film is a raw and unflinching look at self destruction and hopefully, recovery.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"737 max cockpit\nWhile the winglets themselves differ in design, it could cause confusion determining the aircraft type for some. Copa is the first non-US airline to take delivery of the MAX since its ungrounding. News & Advice. 737 Max aircraft were grounded in 2019 after two fatal crashes, but resumed flying this month after an overhaul. The system then repeats the process if it detects the plane is still tilted at too great an angle. MCAS. Global regulators and aviation organizations from around the world collaborated to allow the airplane to safely return to service. The crew was proud to fly today's flight with our customers, family members and Robert Isom. Additional Updates. Boeing 737 Max to make its first US flight for almost two years. RESTRUCTURED ORDER: 25 x Boeing 737 MAX 10. The aircraft has a unique configuration three-class layout for the MAX, with 16 seats in business class, 24 in premium economy, and 126 in economy. In March 2019, the Boeing 737 MAX passenger airliner was grounded worldwide after 346 people died in two crashes, Lion Air Flight 610 on October 29, 2018 and Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 on March 10, 2019. Download PDF version; Related Content. China hasn't given any indication of when recertification will come. 30 October 2019 Sensor concerns ignored Changes to the 737 MAX. Photo: Boeing. LEARN MORE. Coronavirus has set aviation back to 1999, leading data analysts say. 25 x Boeing 737 MAX 10. In addition, some countries have closed their airspace to the plane. Today we operated our first commercial flight on the Boeing 737 MAX since its extensive, 20-month recertification process with a flight crew who has 150+ combined years of experience. Boeing 737 Max flying again after being grounded for nearly two years Dec. 29, 2020 02:43 The two were among 189 who died on Oct. 29, 2018, when a Max \u2026 On December 9th, after over a year of the MAX grounding and recertification process, United Airlines became the first carrier in the world to take a MAX jet.Since then, American carriers have received a total of 10 Boeing 737 MAX planes. There are just under 300 737 MAX currently allocated to Chinese carriers, including aircraft on order and not yet delivered. So, while things are certainly looking up for Boeing and its troubled 737 MAX, there is still a long way to go. A former senior manager at Boeing, who urged the company to shut down the 737 MAX factory, has revealed the fleet experienced at least 13 other safety incidents in the aircraft\u2026 United, American, and Southwest have all taken new Boeing 737 MAX aircraft. I N MARCH A Boeing 737 MAX aircraft crashed in Ethiopia, just six months after a similar accident in Indonesia. Tweet. Photo: airbus777 via Wikimedia Commons. First aircraft scheduled to arrive in mid-2023. As the Lion Air crew fought to control their diving Boeing Co. 737 Max 8, they got help from an unexpected source: an off-duty pilot who happened to be riding in the cockpit. With any new technology, there are risks in the early days as we saw with the Boeing 787 Dreamliner batteries. The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) resisted grounding the aircraft until March 13, by which time most other regulators had already done so as a safety precaution. The crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia came within five \u2026 Whilst the Boeing 737 is a tried and true aircraft model, this new version, the 737 MAX is still relatively new. \"Achieving this milestone on schedule is a testament to the success of the 737 and our integrated design and build team,\" says Keith Leverkuhn, Boeing's vice-president and general manager for the 737 Max programme. On Oct. 29, 2018, a Max operated by Indonesia's Lion Air plunged into the Java Sea. Note that China was the first nation to ground the 737 MAX after the second crash that eventually led to its worldwide grounding. The 737 Max was the first new aircraft to benefit from the internal restructuring, so Boeing is keen to show that the company has learned from past mistakes. Boeing's 737 MAX jets have been grounded across the globe since March 2019. This required software function operates in unusual flight conditions only and now relies on two sensors, activates only once and never overrides pilots' ability to control the airplane. First aircraft scheduled to arrive in February 2025 . Although Boeing will undoubtedly be thrilled when Canada and EASA have recertified the MAX, its biggest market is China. Pictures emerge of a Boeing 737 Max due to be delivered to Ryanair with the name 737 Max replaced by 737-8200 on the nose. If the winglets go up and down, the aircraft is a Boeing 737 MAX. Videos. So this carries extra weight both in China and internationally. Both crashed jets were Boeing 737 Max 8s, a variant of the best-selling aircraft in history. Highlights from new Virgin Australia Group CEO Jayne Hrdlicka's first day . Picture: Joe Raedle\/Getty Images\/AFP Source:AFP. Boeing is scheduled to release earnings figures on July 29. The firm is to pay $2.5bn to settle US criminal charges over the 737 Max aircraft conspiracy. Advertisement: The Boeing 737 MAX has split winglets. In the 737 Max, MCAS does this automatically, moving the aircraft back to a \"normal\" flight position. Boeing 737 MAX aircraft are under scrutiny \u2014 and a big focus of attention is on the jet's anti-stalling MCAS feature. Daniel Elwell, acting administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, listens to testimony as the picture of the Boeing 737 cockpit is displayed during a hearing to the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Aviation Subcommittee on 'Status of the Boeing 737 MAX' on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., May 15, 2019. 23 x Boeing 737 MAX 8. The flag carrier of Panama, Copa, has taken delivery of one 737 MAX 9 since the ungrounding. However, some airlines, such as United, also operate non-MAX 737s with the 'split scimitar' winglet. American Airlines and Southwest Airlines operate the 737 MAX 8, and United Airlines flies a slightly larger version, the MAX 9. The airline also retains future purchase options on an additional 52 MAX aircraft. Photo: Getty Images 10 Boeing 737 MAX deliveries. Yet, the oft-discussed per-plane penalty provision in Southwest's contract for each 737 Max aircraft if simulator training was required was actually a vestige of an earlier deal. Boeing's 737 MAX fleet has only recently been recertified to fly by the US Federal Aviation Administration after a technical malfunction caused two planes to crash in the past two years. There wasn't a lot of thought given to it, according to a senior Southwest executive, but it would have profound cultural consequences on the development of the Max. China was the first country in the world to suspend all Boeing 737 Max 8 airplanes and more than 40 countries including Singapore, Australia, and the European Union, Canada, and the US followed suit. First aircraft scheduled to arrive in July 2021. The first airlines began flying the 737 Max in mid-2017. Boeing 737 Max airplanes sit parked at Boeing Field in Seattle, Washington, U.S., on Monday, July 27, 2020.\nBona Floor Cleaner Refill, 3m Command Strip Alternatives, Epson Xp-7100 Setup, Echinacea And Asthma, 7 Parts Of Essay Structure, Silver Maple Composite Decking, Bash Check If String Starts With Hash, Mi Kmaq Creation Story, Southern Tradition Florist, Somewhere Over The Rainbow Tenor Sax, Duet Question Pattern, Boeing And Airbus Market Share 2019, Just Relax Herbal Calming Support For Cats, Mobile Black Market Online,","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"\/ Billy the Kid\nBilly the Kid, 1859\u201381, American outlaw, b. New York City. His real name was probably Henry McCarty; he was known as William H. Bonney. His family moved to Kansas and then to New Mexico when he was a child. He frequented saloons and gambling halls and killed several men during his teens. In 1878 he led a gang in the Lincoln co. cattle war, killed two deputies, and engaged in large-scale cattle rustling. John S. Chisum and other cattlemen secured (1880) the election of a new sheriff sworn to rid the country of the cattle thieves. Billy the Kid was captured, tried, and sentenced to death. He escaped but was again trapped and was shot by Sheriff Pat F. Garrett.\nSee biographies by P. F. Garrett (1882, repr. with introd. by J. C. Dykes 1967), R. N. Mullin (1967), C. A. Siringo (1967), and C. W. Breihan (1970).","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Home \u00bb TV \u00bb 'The Bachelor': Colton Underwood Has Some Dating Advice For The Ladies\n'The Bachelor': Colton Underwood Has Some Dating Advice For The Ladies\nColton Underwood and Cassie Randolph haven't exactly had the smoothest road to love. The two started dating during Colton's season of The Bachelor. He was immediately very smitten. Cassie, however, had some warming up to do. When the two would go on dates, you could tell that Colton was all-in but Cassie was a little more could-take-it-or-leave-it. Eventually, Cassie broke up with Colton before the evening portion of their fantasy suite date. It's what prompted him to jump an eight-foot fence. He only returned to break up with the remaining two contestants (Hannah Godwin and Tayshia Adams) and devote the remainder of his time on the show to winning Cassie back.\nHe was successful and, today, the couple seems to be very happy together.\nColton Underwood was nominated for 'Most Meme-Able Moment' for jumping an eight-foot fence on 'The Bachelor'\nColton was recently nominated for MTV's Most Meme-Able Moment. On the red carpet, he and Cassie were interviewed about the reality star's nomination.\n\"I never thought that jumping a fence would get nominated for an award but it's exciting to be here, it's exciting to be nominated. There are so many people who work so hard to put this show on, and I joked with production the whole entire year, I was like I want this show to win every award possible. Because everybody works so hard and they invest in you and they care for you so I'm very, very excited to be representing The Bachelor franchise,\" he said.\nColton Underwood's dating advice: stop dating boys; start dating men\nhttps:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BzHac6YHikN\/\nThe interviewer went on to ask the couple for some dating advice, as she was experiencing some dating troubles of her own\u2013\"you know, boys.\"\n\"That's your problem: boys. You need to be dating men,\" Colton responded.\n\"This is why you're The Bachelor, because you know what's up,\" the interviewer responded.\n\"Have somebody who has their life together first. You can't fix somebody so you have to make sure that they have their ducks in a row,\" he said.\nCassie Randolph and Colton Underwood are still adjusting to life as reality TV stars\nhttps:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/ByPAv3hnQ8j\/\nThe interviewer went on to ask the couple if they've felt any more adjusted to their new life as of late.\n\"It's so surreal,\" Colton responded. \"It's been kind of a crazy adjustment I think for both of us. It's been a little bit of a change and we're still adjusting to it a little to be normal to be completely honest but we're having fun with it.\"\n\"No, yeah, we're having a lot of fun with it. It's definitely different. Sometimes, like, scary, but it's been very fun. I feel super lucky,\" said Cassie.\nRead more: 'The Bachelorette': Cassie Randolph and Colton Underwood Think Peter The Pilot Should Be The Next Bachelor\nDo the Royals Have Bachelor and Bachelorette Parties?\n'The Bachelor': Are Chris Harrison's Scenes on the Show Real or Scripted?\nThe Bachelor Fantasy Suites preview: Colton contemplates cashing in his V-card\n'The Bachelor': Why Elyse Dehlbom Didn't Return for 'Women Tell All' After Leaving Colton Underwood\n'The Bachelor': Caelynn Addresses The Hurtful Comments Her and Fellow Contestants are Subjected To\n\u00ab Bill Cosby Goes MAGA In Launching Another Appeal To Get Out Of Jail; Wants New 2004 Rape Trial\nGolf Balls! Pencils! Whales! What Makes an Author's Obsession a Thrill, Not a Bore? \u00bb","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Discover Massa Marittima. A picturesque hilltop town off the tourist trail\nMassa Marittima is perched on a hill a few kilometres from the Maremma coast, in Tuscany, central Italy. We visited in early summer when tourists are scarce, the temperature ideal and the atmosphere relaxed and welcoming.\nLeaving the car just outside the city centre, it's a short, steep walk into the main square Piazza del Duomo. This is a fabulous example of Medieval architecture. With picturesque corners, ancient buildings and stunning views, it might be less popular than other more famous towns in Tuscany, but it's no less impressive.\nMassa Marittima, the Cathedral square \u2013 photo @AlessandroSquassoni on pixabay\nMassa Marittima, Italy \u2013 The majestic main square\nThe Cathedral dominates Massa Marittima's main square from the top of a stone staircase. The bright marble illuminates the piazza, which is flanked by some beautifully preserved Medieval buildings. The Palazzo dei Podest\u00e0, adorned with coats of arms by the different ruling podest\u00e0, hosts a small archeological museum, with some Etruscan artefacts. Here you can learn a bit about the pre-history of this area.\nYou'll notice the Palazzo Comunale, which is made up of two Medieval house towers. The central part that unites the two towers is in pure Gothic style, and you can clearly see how it joins the two towers together.\n\u21d2 This is a common feature in Tuscany. When the defensive function of the tower houses was no longer necessary, the edifices changed with the trend and became palaces. This is how the tower houses eventually disappeared. Some original tower houses in Tuscany are still in their original form however, the most famous ones are in San Gimignano, nicknamed \"the Manhattan of the Middle Ages\".\nMassa Marittima \u2013 photo credit @680451 on pixabay\nThe extraordinary Cathedral dedicated to Saint Cerbonius\nThe Cathedral is the artistic gem of Massa Marittima. The lowest most ancient part, is Romanesque, while the upper part of the facade with the three spires shows influences of the Sienese Gothic.\nThe elegant structure and the fine decorations make it a very evocative sight. Take time to enjoy the details of the decorations, and you'll see that the lions that guard the main portal play a meaningful role: protecting the faith (represented by the cub and the calf) and serving as a menacing warning against the enemy of Christianity.\nMassa Marittima Cathedral\n\u21d2 Massa Marittima Cathedral is among the Best Romanesque Churches in Tuscany.\nThe church is dedicated to a very special character, Saint Cerbonius, who was Bishop in the VI century. The story goes that the Pope himself, Gregory I, was so taken by him that he got to his feet when he received him during his visit.\nYou can see his story told in stone in the ark behind the Cathedral's main altar. Cerbonius' symbol is a goose, as a gaggle of them diligently followed him to Rome as he was travelling to pay his homage to the Pope. In the main portal you also find scenes depicting the story of the saint, and his travels by sea to Rome, where the geese were offered to the Pope as a gift.\n\u21d2 Discover all reasons you'll fall in love with the Maremma!\n\u21d2 Trip ideas! Itineraries in Tuscany made for your interests.\nMassa Marittima Cathedral, details of the portal \u2013 photo @lovefromtuscany\nA walk around Massa Marittima reveals many surprises\nTREE OF FERTILITY\nA few steps behind the church you'll find the most curious feature of the town, the Fertility Tree fresco. Dating back to the 13th century, it was only rediscovered in 2000, and depicts a group of women in Medieval guise around a huge tree that has human penises dangling from its branches. A woman is trying to reach one with a pole, others are arguing, while black birds are flying over the scene.\nArt critics don't agree on one single interpretation of the fresco. Some think it's an allegory of fertility, as this was the public fountain bringing life-giving water to the town. Others see it as a political manifesto by the Pope-following Guelphs against the Ghibellini (followers of the emperor) who, the Guelphs thought, would have spread heresy and sexual perversity if they rose to power.\nThe Fertility Tree fresco \u2013 photo @lovefromtuscany\nCHURCH OF SANT'AGOSTINO\nThe Church of Sant'Agostino, set in the high part of town, also deserves a visit. It's a Gothic structure with a simple bare facade, a single nave and some baroque paintings. We particularly loved the 15th century cloister, a peaceful space with a suggestive atmosphere.\nTHE VIEW FROM THE SIENESE FORTRESS\nIf you walk up the steep street to the Sienese fortress you're in for a treat. One of the original gates and the western wall still stand. But the reason to venture up here is the view. From here you can see the coast and Elba island, so head there for the best photo ever. The tower was a symbol of the town's independence and when Siena finally took over, they reduced its height and linked it to the newly built fortress.\n\u21d2 See the weird and wonderful landscapes of Tuscany.\nThe narrow streets of Massa Marittima constantly surprise you, with lovely shops selling jewellery and ceramics, little enoteche and relaxing open air tables. Vicolo Ciambellano is where you'll find \u2013 what they claim \u2013 is the smallest taverna in Italy.\nWould you like more suggestions for your trip?\n\u21d2 10 Charming small towns in Tuscany.\n\u21d2 3 Scenic drives in Tuscany\n\u21d2 Where to go to Travel back in time in Tuscany\nThe view from the fortress, photo @lovefromtuscany\nfiled under: DESTINATIONS\nTags: churches, maremma, massa marittima, offthebeatentrack, romanesque art, tuscan small towns\nOur Featured Posts\nTuscany is famous for its charming small towns, Medieval hilltop hamlets and scenic walled towns rich with atmosphere. 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{"text":"$14 Million in Grants Support Clean Waters and Recreational Boating\nby editor | Jul 1, 2013 | News |\nThe U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced in late June that more than $14.7 million will be awarded to 23 states under the Clean Vessel Act (CVA) grant program in 2013.\nThe first CVA awards were made in 1993. Since that time, the service's Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program has awarded more than $200 million to states for projects funding construction, replacement, renovation and maintenance of facilities that assist recreational boaters in properly disposing of onboard septic waste. The program also provides information and education on the importance, benefits and availability of pump outs.\n\"Clean Vessel Act grants are essential to ensure clean water and healthy environments that allow for recreational boating opportunities,\" said Service Director Dan Ashe. \"The CVA program has a substantial economic impact on local communities, which is a win-win situation for conservation initiatives and businesses across America.\"\nFunds for the CVA program are provided annually from the Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust fund. These funds are derived through the collection of fishing tackle manufacturer excise taxes and boat and fishing import duties, as well as motorboat and small engine fuel taxes. The program supports the user-pay, public-benefit cycle that has led to the successes of the Sport Fish Restoration programs. States apply for CVA funding and they or their partners provide matching funds to complete projects. Sub-grantees often include local municipalities and private marinas.\nIn addition to traditional on-dock pump outs, projects include pump-out boats that travel in designated harbors to make the sewage collection process more efficient and convenient. Some states also install floating restrooms in areas where boaters congregate and no restrooms are available.\n\"The Clean Vessel Act is a critical tool in helping the states to maintain clean and healthy waters for people and wildlife alike,\" said Assistant Director Hannibal Bolton of the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program. \"The pump outs built through these funds ensure clean drinking water, sustainable ecosystems and healthy recreational areas will be accessible to the American people.\"\nRecommended Clean Vessel Act Awards for the fiscal year 2013 in the Heartland area include:\nAlabama \u2013 Coastal $203,983, Inland $81,483 \u2013 The Alabama Department of Environmental Management plans to install six new coastal and four new inland pump outs. They will continue their information and education program by distributing written and electronic materials and participating in workshops and boat shows. The new pump outs will increase the available pump outs along the coast by 22 percent and in inland waters by 9 percent.\nArkansas \u2013 Inland $1,500,000 \u2013 The Arkansas Department of Health plans to construct fixed and mobile pump-out facilities, including purchasing 10 fixed pump-out stations, 12 new pump-out boats, 12 floating restrooms, 10 plumbing docks; renovating four pump-out boats; operating and maintaining 20 pump-out boats; and assisting in marine sewage hauling. They will also continue their campaign to increase awareness, understanding and compliance with the goals of the CVA program in its state. The Arkansas Marina Sanitation Act requires all vessels with marine sanitation devices to lock them to prevent direct sewage discharge, increasing the need for operational pumpout facilities.\nGeorgia \u2013 Coastal $269,566 \u2013 The Georgia Department of Coastal Resources plans to construct at least six coastal pump-out projects in Chatham, Bryan, McIntosh, Camden and Glynn Counties and expand its boater education program.\nIndiana \u2013 Coastal $102,530, Inland $102,530 \u2013 The Indiana Department of Environmental Management plans to construct at least one coastal pump out along Lake Michigan and one inland pump out at Kent's Harbor along Brookville Lake, and provide operations and maintenance assistance for existing pump outs. It will also produce educational materials to raise boater awareness.\nLouisiana \u2013 Coastal $50,000 \u2013 The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries plans to construct three new pump-out facilities along the coast in the Lake Pontchartrain area and conduct a multimedia educational campaign to inform the public about the use of boat waste disposal facilities as a means for reducing water pollution.\nMichigan \u2013 Coastal $200,000 \u2013 The Michigan Department of Natural Resources will issue grants primarily for maintenance of existing pump-out facilities. It currently does not have any marinas that have requested funds for new construction, so it will focus its attention on making sure the existing marinas have operational pump outs.\nMississippi \u2013 Coastal $76,000, Inland $54,000 \u2013 The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources plans to install two coastal pump outs in Hancock, Harrison,or Jackson County, install three inland pump outs, and continue to develop and implement an education program wherein marina operators will receive appropriate signage for their pump-out stations, brochures and other media materials explaining the program and pump-out procedures.\nMissouri \u2013 Inland $48,000 \u2013 The Missouri Department of Conservation plans to use the funds to construct or replace pump outs as marinas come forward with need during the year. It anticipates it can complete three projects with the funds. Marinas that receive CVA funds from MDC must include use of pump outs in their marina contracts with boaters.\nOhio \u2013 Inland $533,315 \u2013 The Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Watercraft plans to install one new pump-out and one floating restroom at the Cincinnati Transient Marina in Hamilton County along the Ohio River and to install one new pump-out facility at the West Harbor Marina in Ottawa County along Lake Erie. It will also continue its information and education program partnering with communities, non-profits and other states.\nOklahoma \u2013 Inland $36,513 \u2013 The Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality plans to install one pump-out project at Point Carlos Marina on the Grand Lake of the Cherokees. The closest existing pump out is over five miles from there and over 90 percent of the boats that visit the marina have onboard sanitary facilities.\nTexas \u2013 Coastal $240,000, Inland $270,000 \u2013 Texas Parks and Wildlife Department plans to enhance the infrastructure of its pump outs by installing seven coastal and 10 inland pump-out facilities, proving maintenance funds to keep pump outs operational and continue its boater education program to inform boaters of the issues associated with human waste and its proper disposal. It will also develop and distribute a map and educational materials, conduct CVA workshops, provide maintenance to existing pump-out facilities and develop plans for future CVA project locations\nShare this story...","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Return to Website > Index > General > Bible Prophecy Forum Postings > Remote Pacific islands slipping below... Recent Posts\nReturn to Website > Index > General > Bible Prophecy Forum Postings > Remote Pacific islands slipping below...\nMar 9, 2012 - 9:42AM\nRemote Pacific islands slipping below the ocean- plan launched to relocate entire population\nhttp:\/\/theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com\/\nMarch 9, 2012 \u2013 FIJI \u2013 Fearing that climate change could wipe out their entire Pacific archipelago, the leaders of Kiribati are considering an unusual backup plan: moving the populace to Fiji. Kiribati President Anote Tong told The Associated Press on Friday that his Cabinet this week endorsed a plan to buy nearly 6,000 acres on Fiji's main island, Viti Levu. He said the fertile land, being sold by a church group for about $9.6 million, could provide an insurance policy for Kiribati's entire population of 103,000, though he hopes it will never be necessary for everyone to leave. \"We would hope not to put everyone on one piece of land, but if it became absolutely necessary, yes, we could do it,\" Tong said. \"It wouldn't be for me, personally, but would apply more to a younger generation. For them, moving won't be a matter of choice. It's basically going to be a matter of survival.\" Tong said some villages have already moved and there have been increasing instances of sea water contaminating the island's underground fresh water, which remains vital for trees and crops. He said changing rainfall, tidal and storm patterns pose as least as much threat as ocean levels, which so far have risen only slightly. Some scientists have estimated the current level of sea rise in the Pacific at about 2 millimeters (0.1 inches) per year. Many scientists expect that rate to accelerate due to climate change. Fiji, home to about 850,000 people, is about 1,400 miles south of Kiribati. But just what people there think about potentially providing a home for thousands of their neighbors remains unclear. Tong said he's awaiting full parliamentary approval for the land purchase, which he expects in April, before discussing the plan formally with Fijian officials. -MSNBC\nA Sinking Nation\nhttp:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8Vywtkqre4c&feature=player_embedded\nMar 9th, 2012 - 9:42 AM","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Insights| October 2, 2019\n1 in 5 Surgeons Plan To Retire Early Due To Physical Strain Of Surgeries\nCMR Surgical report, deficit of doctors, Medical profession, surgeons in the U.S., Surgeons Plan To Retire Early\nNew Study Highlights the Potential Benefits of Gaming for the Brain\nAddressing Shortages in the American Healthcare System\nBest CBD Oils This Year\nUltimate Guide To Big Data In Healthcare\nReasons for the Increase in Obesity Worldwide\nGambling Psychology: How The Brain Responds To Motives & Money\nWhy Large Medtech Investors Demand Thriving Companies\nResults of a new survey show that one in five surgeons in the U.S. plans to retire early due to the physical strain that their bodies go through when conducting certain medical operations.\nThe surgeons said conducting laparoscopic surgery was literally back-breaking work. Of those who responded to the survey, 78 percent said they had experienced muscular or back pain while performing laparoscopic surgery. To illustrate the problem, 13 percent of surgeons in the U.S. said they have had to consult with a healthcare professional due to musculoskeletal injuries.\nKeyhole surgery presents a dilemma for surgeons\nThe survey, by CMR Surgical, presents somewhat of a dilemma for the medical profession. Minimal access surgery has markedly improved patient outcomes. However, the arduous nature of keyhole surgery could force 20 percent of surgeons to retire early.\nMinimal access surgery \"can be difficult to conduct and physically grueling for a surgeon to do, where the surgeon stands in physically difficult positions to conduct procedures including hysterectomy, hernia-repair, and colectomy,\" a statement accompanying the report said.\nWhat was particularly disconcerting for the surgeons is that they had to take awkward positions when conducting minimal access surgery.\nHow does the U.S. compare with UK and Germany\nIt is not just U.S. surgeons, though, who are planning early retirement. The survey showed that 20 percent of their counterparts in the United Kingdom are also thinking of retiring early. Germany fares slightly better, with 15 percent of surgeons in that country planning to retire early due to the physical impact of conducting keyhole laparoscopic surgery.\nThe report said three in four (76 percent) surgeons in the UK have experienced back pain while performing laparoscopic surgery, while 61 percent of surgeons in Germany have experienced muscular or back pain while using this technique.\nIn addition, the report revealed that the most common areas of discomfort are the back, neck, and shoulders for surgeons. It said that surgeons who perform colorectal surgery are significantly more likely to consider early retirement than those who perform gynecological surgery.\nIt said surgeons who are under 5 ft 3\" or over 6 ft 1\" are most likely to experience muscular or back pain during, or as a result of, surgery.\nCMR Surgical surveyed more than 450 general, gynecological and colorectal surgeons across the U.S. and Europe.\n\"Surgeons of all stripes are reporting musculoskeletal pain and injuries as a result of going to work every day. It is hard to imagine that those responsible for any other workplace, let alone one where the stakes are so high, such as in surgery, would tolerate rates of worker injury such as are now being reported by surgeons. Surgeons need to be supported to conduct minimal access procedures sustainably in order to protect the future of the surgical workforce, for the benefit of surgeons, hospitals and most importantly, patients,\" Adrian Park, Professor of Surgery and Chairman at Anne Arundel Health System, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, said.\nMark Slack, Chief Medical Officer at CMR Surgical, said it was unacceptable to conduct laparoscopic surgery and offer its benefits to patients and healthcare providers, while neglecting the impact this technique had on the surgical workforce.\nMedical profession faces a deficit of doctors\nThe CMR Surgical report further sheds light on the problems the medical sector is facing. While the advances in technology have had an immeasurable impact on patients, a report by the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, the Harvard Global Health Institute, the Massachusetts Medical Society and the Massachusetts Health and Hospital Association (MHA) said burnout has become widespread and is driven by rapid changes in health care and in the doctors' professional environment.\nThis is further compounded by projections that the U.S. will have a deficit of more than 7,000 general surgeons by 2050.\nIn addition, the Association of American Medical Colleges predict the U.S. will see a shortage of up to 122,000 physicians by 2032. Among specialists, the report projected a shortage of between 14,300 and 23,400 surgeons.\n\"This is really no longer a surgeons' issue. The data is clear that while the workload of surgeons is increasing, the workforce is decreasing or static at best. To meet this need, the last thing society as a whole can afford is shortened surgical careers,\" Park advised.\nRelated Insights News\nDecember 19, 2020 303\tNew Study Highlights the Potential Benefits of Gaming for the Brain\nNovember 3, 2020 1,204\tAddressing Shortages in the American Healthcare System\nOctober 14, 2020 7,790\tBest CBD Oils This Year","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"New Mexico GOP says election tarnished democracy, faces criticism\nMorgan Lee | Associated Press\nA Dozen GOP Senators To Object To Electoral College Count\nOn Saturday, Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz said he would object to the certification of Electoral College votes on Wednesday. Pres. Elect Joe Biden won the race in November. Trump and a number of his Republican allies have refused to accept the results. Business Insider reports the GOP have used baseless claims of widespread voter fraud. A number of other senators are expected to join Cruz, according to Axios. Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri has already said he planned to object to the certification next week. Fox News reports that Hawley's effort is separate.\nSANTA FE \u2013 New Mexico Republican Party Chairman Steve Pearce said Thursday that democracy has been tarnished by unanswered questions about the 2020 vote count. But he stopped just short of repeating President Donald Trump's baseless claims of election fraud.\nPearce said in a statement that the state Republican Party recognizes Congress' certification of President-elect Joe Biden's victory but has many unanswered questions about the vote count, voting machines and drop boxes for absentee ballots.\nIt echoes objections to New Mexico's voting procedures raised by Trump in a lawsuit filed in Albuquerque. State election officials say the lawsuit is meritless and includes disproven testimony.\n\"Election integrity has been paramount, but there have been anomalies and issues that were never addressed that should have been,\" Pearce said. \"To this end, our democracy has been tarnished.\"\nBy the numbers: President Donald Trump's failed efforts to overturn the election\nAll the states have certified their election results as fair and accurate, by Republican and Democratic officials alike. Biden won the New Mexico vote by nearly 11 percentage points.\nAlex Curtas, a spokesman for the secretary of state's office, said New Mexico's election was independently audited and that Pearce and the Republican Party \"should be ashamed of themselves for continuing false narratives.\"\nNew Mexico's sole Republican delegate to Congress, U.S. Rep. Yvette Herrell, used her first speech to the House to challenge the certification. She objected to the electoral vote in several states, including Pennsylvania, citing changes there to vote-by-mail deadlines and identification rules.\nThe group Common Cause New Mexico urged Herrell to resign, saying she has spread disinformation and sowed distrust in democracy.\nMore: 'It would damage our republic forever': McConnell rebukes attempt to overturn election\nIn New Mexico, the state GOP successfully sued last year to ensure absentee ballots are distributed by request only and resolved a lawsuit before Election Day about absentee ballot drop boxes. The party sued in December to impound and later inspect absentee ballots for Bernalillo County, which includes Albuquerque.\nCongress finished certifying Biden's Electoral College victory early Thursday, hours after pro-Trump rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol. It came after Trump repeated his baseless claims of election fraud to thousands of demonstrators he invited to Washington.\nOtero County Commissioner and Cowboys for Trump co-founder Couy Griffin was among those assembled on the steps to the U.S. Capitol. He posted a video on Facebook that shows him reveling in the crowd.\n\"Anything to get our country back, amen, brother,\" Griffin said.\nHe continued in the video to say that further violence should be expected.\n\"Take heed. Take note. Be on guard and be ready because it may get a lot more western than it did yesterday by the time this is all settled,\" Griffin said.\nOn Friday, the state GOP released a statement distancing the party from Griffin's comments.\n\"RPNM condemns violence and any threats of violence against any person or group. What happened in Washington was wrong and was a stain on our great democracy,\" the party stated.\nAdditions: This version includes another statement taken from Couy Griffin's recorded speech and the Republican Party's response to those statements.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Christians and the Second Amendment\nRecent events have Americans once again debating (more like shouting at each other) the relative merits of private firearms vs. gun control in our country. As usual, the rhetoric is extreme, emotions are high, and friendships are strained over the disagreement. There are legitimate discussions to be had over various policy alternatives, and I have opinions aplenty on many of the issues myself. I'm not going to discuss those on this blog. Contrary to popular opinion in some quarters, I happen not to consider the United States to be a Christian nation, and while I still think we'd be better off following the example of Christ, I believe that issues such as firearms policy are ultimately secular issues to be decided on secular grounds in a secular state.\nAmong my Evangelical Christian brethren, however, my position is not normal. Many would even say it's immoral. Prominent Christian leaders, as well as a good many of my own friends, are speaking out vociferously in support of gun rights and the Second Amendment. It is these, and their faith foundation, to whom I speak. To put it plainly: The Second Amendment is the law of the land, but it is antithetical to the law of Christ. Let's take a look at some of the major justifications Christians I know use to support the second amendment.\nSelf\/home defense. I'm starting with the right of self defense because I think it's actually the one with the least clear opposition in scripture. It's plain that Jesus didn't approve of violent self-defense (Matt. 26:52 is about as direct as it gets) and took a fairly dim view of bearing arms (Luke 22:36-37, in which Jesus says his disciples carrying swords will identify him as \"numbered with the transgressors\"). However, there's plenty of armed conflict and defense in the Old Testament that Christians still point to, and this isn't the place I intend to engage that particular issue.\nSome Christians will point out that a consistent pro-life perspective (which can be Biblical) argues for defense of the innocent. I think that's probably true. I myself have acknowledged that I can't completely rule out the use of force, even deadly force, in defense of the innocent. I would, however, suggest that defense of innocent third parties, of oneself, and of property are distinct issues, and probably need to be considered separately with regard to morality. \"Turn the other cheek\" (Matt 5:39) makes sense if it's me turning my own cheek; less so if I'm turning somebody else's cheek, it seems. And \"Give to him who asks\" (Matt 5:42) does not include a sub-clause of \"unless he tries to take it by force.\" While I'm not prepared to leave my house unlocked and open to all comers, I think it's valid to consider that no inanimate object, however prized or valuable, is worth a human life. Ultimately, in this area, I think the question is \"whom do we trust?\" \"Some trust in chariots and some in horses (still others in AR-15s or Glock-9s), but we trust in the name of the LORD our God\" (Psalm 20:7 with my own twist). In this vein, it seems to me that many Christians have set their hopes on things of this earth when they arm up.\nThere's a corollary form of home defense that deserves special mention, and that is the so-called \"Christian Survivalist.\" I've got good friends who have stockpiled food, water, weapons, and ammo against a dissolution of societal order such as might happen after a cataclysmic natural disaster or attack by a foreign power. These friends are prepared, if society completely falls apart, to hole up in their own personal bunker and fight off any marauders who might approach their castle. Without addressing the pragmatics of the issue (you're really going to hold off an essentially indefinite wave of desperate survivors? Really?), it seems to me that this mentality runs so counter to the \"minister to the least of these\" ethos of Jesus as to be heretical. Whatever we do in periods of chaos and disaster, I can imagine no response more antithetical to the way of Jesus than to wall ourselves off and kill anyone who tries to take our stash. If such disaster ever does befall us, we Christians should be the ones out front ministering to the hurting, not the ones cowering in private fortresses.\nIt's a fundamental, Constitutional right. Another common issue raised by my Christian friends has to do with the fact that the right to keep and bear arms, whatever its purpose, is a right enshrined in our Constitution through the original amendments of the Bill of Rights. And this is true. That matters from a legal perspective, but not really from a Christian one, other than the basic point that it is the law of the land and should be obeyed. Although some of the framers of the U.S. Constitution were Christians, there is nothing about that document nor the government it established that is divinely inspired. Changing an American law is not remotely equivalent to changing a point of doctrine in the faith. The very fact that the right to bear arms appears as an amendment (that is, a change) to the Constitution should be evidence enough that unlike a sacred text, the framers fully intended the Constitution to be changeable, and provided a mechanism for doing so. Far too many Christians treat (parts of) the Constitution as sacred text. This is blasphemy and must be stopped.\nThe right to overthrow an oppressive government. I don't think there's any reasonable doubt that the original founders of this country intended an armed populace to be a buffer against government overreach. They said as much in the Declaration of Independence: \"That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends [that is, the preservation of Life, Liberty, & Pursuit of Happiness], it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it\u2026\" Less than a decade before, the United States had finished a war of independence, and though they developed foreign supply lines during the war, there's no question they'd never have gotten started if the colonists hadn't had arms of their own with which to oppose the British. Like it or not, the concept of armed resistance to government is an authentic part of American history.\nBut it's not part of authentic Christian behavior. In a passage that conservatives used to quote regularly (during the era of the Vietnam war & draft), Romans 13:1-7 is pretty blunt that rebelling against an established government is unacceptable to God. Verse 2 is direct: \"\u2026 whoever rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves.\" (quote from NIV) And lest anyone say that v. 4 & 5 qualify this command in that God only demands submission to just governments, take a little look back at Roman history. The Roman colonial power of the first century was far more oppressive in matters of law, human rights, taxation, and other areas, than the British ever were; both were far more oppressive than the various \"socialist takeovers\" that figure in the vivid imagination of the American Right. To stockpile arms against the possible need to overthrow the American government may be a very American thing to do, but it's baldly anti-Christian and as such, merits the harshest condemnation.\nOf course there is an important caveat to submission to government, and that's best exemplified by Peter and John in Acts 4:19 and Acts 5:29. When a governing authority commands us to do something that is explicitly contrary to God's command (in this case Peter and John were being ordered not to preach about Jesus), we of course must disobey \u2014 and then accept the consequences. Sometimes submission to authority means taking the punishment that authority metes out \u2014 even if unjust. But it never means violent rebellion.\nBasic freedom. Finally, many protest that they simply want their guns, and enjoy their guns, and should have freedom to enjoy them. I get it. I like to shoot too, and though I'm no Olympic marksman I'm not half bad. But when it comes to asserting our freedom in anything that is not in itself a matter of faith, it seems to me we need to take a step back. '\"All things are lawful,\" but not all things are helpful. \"All things are lawful,\" but not all things build up.' So says the Apostle Paul in 1 Cor. 10:23. More to the point, 1 Cor. 8:1-12 goes into some depth on the notion that we ought not allow the exercise of our freedom to be a stumbling block for others. I do not suggest (nor does Paul) that we should necessarily avoid anything simply because it upsets someone else. But our faith does not support liberty for liberty's sake. The freedom offered in Christ is exemplified in Christ-like service and humility, not in the arrogant assertion of our own desires.\nSo: defense, Constitutionality, limitation of government, and freedom. Each of these is a valid, secular, American notion with regard to the question of firearms in the nation. Grounded on these principles, legitimate secular debate is not only reasonable but necessary. But however American these tenets may be, they are not Christian \u2014 in fact in many ways they're anti-Christian. We do violence to the cause of our faith when we fail to see the difference.\n\u00ab Jesus, Christians, and Fear From Cana to Emmaus \u2014 Known in the Bread \u00bb\n2 thoughts on \"Christians and the Second Amendment\"\nOwen Younger March 4, 2018 at 8:24 pm\nExcellent reasoning and thoughtful explanation, Dan.\nNathan J Grills March 14, 2018 at 7:06 pm\nI enjoyed the Biblical perspective","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"(PE) Physical Sciences & Engineering (1171) Apply (PE) Physical Sciences & Engineering filter\nPE1 (118) Apply <label class='research-domain' title='Mathematics'>PE1<\/label> filter\nPE2 (147) Apply <label class='research-domain' title='Fundamental Constituents of Matter'>PE2<\/label> filter\nPE3 (134) Apply <label class='research-domain' title='Condensed Matter Physics'>PE3<\/label> filter\nPE4 (122) Apply <label class='research-domain' title='Physical and Analytical Chemical Sciences'>PE4<\/label> filter\nPE6 (158) Apply <label class='research-domain' title='Computer Science and Informatics'>PE6<\/label> filter\n(-) Remove <label class='research-domain' title='Products and Processes Engineering'>PE8 (100)<\/label> filter PE8 (100)\nLS2 (118) Apply <label class='research-domain' title='Genetics, Genomics, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology'>LS2<\/label> filter\nLS4 (125) Apply <label class='research-domain' title='Physiology, Pathophysiology and Endocrinology'>LS4<\/label> filter\nLS5 (129) Apply <label class='research-domain' title='Neurosciences and Neural Disorders'>LS5<\/label> filter\n(-) Remove Israel (29) filter Israel (29)\n(-) Remove Spain (87) filter Spain (87)\nProject acronym 2D-PnictoChem\nProject Chemistry and Interface Control of Novel 2D-Pnictogen Nanomaterials\nResearcher (PI) Gonzalo ABELLAN SAEZ\nHost Institution (HI) UNIVERSITAT DE VALENCIA\nSummary 2D-PnictoChem aims at exploring the Chemistry of a novel class of graphene-like 2D layered elemental materials of group 15, the pnictogens: P, As, Sb, and Bi. In the last few years, these materials have taken the field of Materials Science by storm since they can outperform and\/or complement graphene properties. Their strongly layer-dependent unique properties range from semiconducting to metallic, including high carrier mobilities, tunable bandgaps, strong spin-orbit coupling or transparency. However, the Chemistry of pnictogens is still in its infancy, remaining largely unexplored. This is the niche that 2D-PnictoChem aims to fill. By mastering the interface chemistry, we will develop the assembly of 2Dpnictogens in complex hybrid heterostructures for the first time. Success will rely on a cross-disciplinary approach combining both Inorganic- and Organic Chemistry with Solid-state Physics, including: 1) Synthetizing and exfoliating high quality ultra-thin layer pnictogens, providing reliable access down to the monolayer limit. 2) Achieving their chemical functionalization via both non-covalent and covalent approaches in order to tailor at will their properties, decipher reactivity patterns and enable controlled doping avenues. 3) Developing hybrid architectures through a precise chemical control of the interface, in order to promote unprecedented access to novel heterostructures. 4) Exploring novel applications concepts achieving outstanding performances. These are all priorities in the European Union agenda aimed at securing an affordable, clean energy future by developing more efficient hybrid systems for batteries, electronic devices or applications in catalysis. The opportunity is unique to reduce Europe's dependence on external technology and the PI's background is ideally suited to tackle these objectives, counting as well on a multidisciplinary team of international collaborators.\n2D-PnictoChem aims at exploring the Chemistry of a novel class of graphene-like 2D layered elemental materials of group 15, the pnictogens: P, As, Sb, and Bi. In the last few years, these materials have taken the field of Materials Science by storm since they can outperform and\/or complement graphene properties. Their strongly layer-dependent unique properties range from semiconducting to metallic, including high carrier mobilities, tunable bandgaps, strong spin-orbit coupling or transparency. However, the Chemistry of pnictogens is still in its infancy, remaining largely unexplored. This is the niche that 2D-PnictoChem aims to fill. By mastering the interface chemistry, we will develop the assembly of 2Dpnictogens in complex hybrid heterostructures for the first time. Success will rely on a cross-disciplinary approach combining both Inorganic- and Organic Chemistry with Solid-state Physics, including: 1) Synthetizing and exfoliating high quality ultra-thin layer pnictogens, providing reliable access down to the monolayer limit. 2) Achieving their chemical functionalization via both non-covalent and covalent approaches in order to tailor at will their properties, decipher reactivity patterns and enable controlled doping avenues. 3) Developing hybrid architectures through a precise chemical control of the interface, in order to promote unprecedented access to novel heterostructures. 4) Exploring novel applications concepts achieving outstanding performances. These are all priorities in the European Union agenda aimed at securing an affordable, clean energy future by developing more efficient hybrid systems for batteries, electronic devices or applications in catalysis. The opportunity is unique to reduce Europe's dependence on external technology and the PI's background is ideally suited to tackle these objectives, counting as well on a multidisciplinary team of international collaborators.\nProject acronym 2DMATER\nProject Controlled Synthesis of Two-Dimensional Nanomaterials for Energy Storage and Conversion\nResearcher (PI) Xinliang Feng\nHost Institution (HI) TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET DRESDEN\nSummary \"Two-dimensional (2D) nanosheets, which possess a high degree of anisotropy with nanoscale thickness and infinite length in other dimensions, hold enormous promise as a novel class of ultrathin 2D nanomaterials with various unique functionalities and properties, and exhibit great potential in energy storage and conversion systems that are substantially different from their respective 3D bulk forms. Here I propose a strategy for the synthesis and processing of various 2D nanosheets across a broad range of inorganic, organic and polymeric materials with molecular-level or thin thickness through both the top-down exfoliation of layered materials and the bottom-up assembly of available molecular building blocks. Further, I aim to develop the synthesis of various 2D-nanosheet based composite materials with thickness of less than 100 nm and the assembly of 2D nanosheets into novel hierarchal superstrucutures (like aerogels, spheres, porous particles, nanotubes, multi-layer films). The structural features of these 2D nanomaterials will be controllably tailored by both the used layered precursors and processing methodologies. The consequence is that I will apply and combine defined functional components as well as assembly protocols to create novel 2D nanomaterials for specific purposes in energy storage and conversion systems. Their unique characters will include the good electrical conductivity, excellent mechanical flexibility, high surface area, high chemical stability, fast electron transport and ion diffusion etc. Applications will be mainly demonstrated for the construction of lithium ion batteries (anode and cathode), supercapacitors (symmetric and asymmetric) and fuel cells. As the key achievements, I expect to establish the delineation of reliable structure-property relationships and improved device performance of 2D nanomaterials.\"\n\"Two-dimensional (2D) nanosheets, which possess a high degree of anisotropy with nanoscale thickness and infinite length in other dimensions, hold enormous promise as a novel class of ultrathin 2D nanomaterials with various unique functionalities and properties, and exhibit great potential in energy storage and conversion systems that are substantially different from their respective 3D bulk forms. Here I propose a strategy for the synthesis and processing of various 2D nanosheets across a broad range of inorganic, organic and polymeric materials with molecular-level or thin thickness through both the top-down exfoliation of layered materials and the bottom-up assembly of available molecular building blocks. Further, I aim to develop the synthesis of various 2D-nanosheet based composite materials with thickness of less than 100 nm and the assembly of 2D nanosheets into novel hierarchal superstrucutures (like aerogels, spheres, porous particles, nanotubes, multi-layer films). The structural features of these 2D nanomaterials will be controllably tailored by both the used layered precursors and processing methodologies. The consequence is that I will apply and combine defined functional components as well as assembly protocols to create novel 2D nanomaterials for specific purposes in energy storage and conversion systems. Their unique characters will include the good electrical conductivity, excellent mechanical flexibility, high surface area, high chemical stability, fast electron transport and ion diffusion etc. Applications will be mainly demonstrated for the construction of lithium ion batteries (anode and cathode), supercapacitors (symmetric and asymmetric) and fuel cells. As the key achievements, I expect to establish the delineation of reliable structure-property relationships and improved device performance of 2D nanomaterials.\"\nProject acronym 2O2ACTIVATION\nProject Development of Direct Dehydrogenative Couplings mediated by Dioxygen\nResearcher (PI) Frederic William Patureau\nHost Institution (HI) RHEINISCH-WESTFAELISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE AACHEN\nSummary The field of C-H bond activation has evolved at an exponential pace in the last 15 years. What appeals most in those novel synthetic techniques is clear: they bypass the pre-activation steps usually required in traditional cross-coupling chemistry by directly metalating C-H bonds. Many C-H bond functionalizations today however, rely on poorly atom and step efficient oxidants, leading to significant and costly chemical waste, thereby seriously undermining the overall sustainability of those methods. As restrictions in sustainability regulations will further increase, and the cost of certain chemical commodities will rise, atom efficiency in organic synthesis remains a top priority for research. The aim of 2O2ACTIVATION is to develop novel technologies utilizing O2 as sole terminal oxidant in order to allow useful, extremely sustainable, thermodynamically challenging, dehydrogenative C-N and C-O bond forming coupling reactions. However, the moderate reactivity of O2 towards many catalysts constitutes a major challenge. 2O2ACTIVATION will pioneer the design of new catalysts based on the ultra-simple propene motive, capable of direct activation of O2 for C-H activation based cross-couplings. The project is divided into 3 major lines: O2 activation using propene and its analogues (propenoids), 1) without metal or halide, 2) with hypervalent halide catalysis, 3) with metal catalyzed C-H activation. The philosophy of 2O2ACTIVATION is to focus C-H functionalization method development on the oxidative event. Consequently, 2O2ACTIVATION breakthroughs will dramatically shortcut synthetic routes through the use of inactivated, unprotected, and readily available building blocks; and thus should be easily scalable. This will lead to a strong decrease in the costs related to the production of many essential chemicals, while preserving the environment (water as terminal by-product). The resulting novels coupling methods will thus have a lasting impact on the chemical industry.\nThe field of C-H bond activation has evolved at an exponential pace in the last 15 years. What appeals most in those novel synthetic techniques is clear: they bypass the pre-activation steps usually required in traditional cross-coupling chemistry by directly metalating C-H bonds. Many C-H bond functionalizations today however, rely on poorly atom and step efficient oxidants, leading to significant and costly chemical waste, thereby seriously undermining the overall sustainability of those methods. As restrictions in sustainability regulations will further increase, and the cost of certain chemical commodities will rise, atom efficiency in organic synthesis remains a top priority for research. The aim of 2O2ACTIVATION is to develop novel technologies utilizing O2 as sole terminal oxidant in order to allow useful, extremely sustainable, thermodynamically challenging, dehydrogenative C-N and C-O bond forming coupling reactions. However, the moderate reactivity of O2 towards many catalysts constitutes a major challenge. 2O2ACTIVATION will pioneer the design of new catalysts based on the ultra-simple propene motive, capable of direct activation of O2 for C-H activation based cross-couplings. The project is divided into 3 major lines: O2 activation using propene and its analogues (propenoids), 1) without metal or halide, 2) with hypervalent halide catalysis, 3) with metal catalyzed C-H activation. The philosophy of 2O2ACTIVATION is to focus C-H functionalization method development on the oxidative event. Consequently, 2O2ACTIVATION breakthroughs will dramatically shortcut synthetic routes through the use of inactivated, unprotected, and readily available building blocks; and thus should be easily scalable. This will lead to a strong decrease in the costs related to the production of many essential chemicals, while preserving the environment (water as terminal by-product). The resulting novels coupling methods will thus have a lasting impact on the chemical industry.\nProject acronym 3D-FNPWriting\nProject Unprecedented spatial control of porosity and functionality in nanoporous membranes through 3D printing and microscopy for polymer writing\nResearcher (PI) Annette ANDRIEU-BRUNSEN\nHost Institution (HI) TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAT DARMSTADT\nSummary Membranes are key materials in our life. Nature offers high performance membranes relying on a parallel local regulation of nanopore structure, functional placement, membrane composition and architecture. Existing technological membranes are key materials in separation, recycling, sensing, energy conversion, being essential components for a sustainable future. But their performance is far away from their natural counterparts. One reason for this performance gap is the lack of 3D nanolocal control in membrane design. This applies to each individual nanopore but as well to the membrane architecture. This proposal aims to implement 3D printing (additive manufacturing, top down) and complex near-field and total internal reflection (TIR) high resolution microscopy induced polymer writing (bottom up) to nanolocally control in hierarchical nanoporous membranes spatially and independent of each other: porosity, pore functionalization, membrane architecture, composition. This disruptive technology platform will make accessible to date unachieved, highly accurate asymmetric nanopores and multifunctional, hierarchical membrane architecture\/ composition and thus highly selective, directed, transport with tuneable rates. 3D-FNPWriting will demonstrate this for the increasing class of metal nanoparticle\/ salt pollutants aiming for tuneable, selective, directed transport based monitoring and recycling instead of size-based filtration, accumulation into sewerage and distribution into nature. Specifically, the potential of this disruptive technology with respect to transport design will be demonstrated for a) a 3D-printed in-situ functionalized nanoporous fiber architecture and b) a printed, nanolocally near-field and TIR-microscopy polymer functionalized membrane representing a thin separation layer. This will open systematic understanding of nanolocal functional control on transport and new perspectives in water\/ energy management for future smart industry\/ homes.\nMembranes are key materials in our life. Nature offers high performance membranes relying on a parallel local regulation of nanopore structure, functional placement, membrane composition and architecture. Existing technological membranes are key materials in separation, recycling, sensing, energy conversion, being essential components for a sustainable future. But their performance is far away from their natural counterparts. One reason for this performance gap is the lack of 3D nanolocal control in membrane design. This applies to each individual nanopore but as well to the membrane architecture. This proposal aims to implement 3D printing (additive manufacturing, top down) and complex near-field and total internal reflection (TIR) high resolution microscopy induced polymer writing (bottom up) to nanolocally control in hierarchical nanoporous membranes spatially and independent of each other: porosity, pore functionalization, membrane architecture, composition. This disruptive technology platform will make accessible to date unachieved, highly accurate asymmetric nanopores and multifunctional, hierarchical membrane architecture\/ composition and thus highly selective, directed, transport with tuneable rates. 3D-FNPWriting will demonstrate this for the increasing class of metal nanoparticle\/ salt pollutants aiming for tuneable, selective, directed transport based monitoring and recycling instead of size-based filtration, accumulation into sewerage and distribution into nature. Specifically, the potential of this disruptive technology with respect to transport design will be demonstrated for a) a 3D-printed in-situ functionalized nanoporous fiber architecture and b) a printed, nanolocally near-field and TIR-microscopy polymer functionalized membrane representing a thin separation layer. This will open systematic understanding of nanolocal functional control on transport and new perspectives in water\/ energy management for future smart industry\/ homes.\nProject acronym 3DScavengers\nProject Three-dimensional nanoscale design for the all-in-one solution to environmental multisource energy scavenging\nResearcher (PI) Ana Isabel BORRAS MARTOS\nHost Institution (HI) AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DEINVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS\nSummary Imagine a technology for powering your smart devices by recovering energy from lights in your office, the random movements of your body while reading these lines or from small changes in temperature when you breathe or go out for a walk. This very technology will provide energy for wireless sensor networks monitoring the air in your city or the structural stability of buildings and large constructions remotely and sustainably, avoiding battery recharging or even replacing them. These are the challenges in micro energy harvesting from (local) ambient sources. Kinetic, thermal and solar energies are ubiquitous at our surroundings under diverse forms, but their relatively low intensity and intermittent availability limit their potential recovery by microscale devices. These restrictions call for multi-source energy harvesters working under two principles: 1) combining different single-source harvesters in one device, or 2) using multifunctional materials capable of simultaneously converting various energy sources into electricity. In 1), efficiency per unit volume can decrease compared to the individual counterparts; in 2), materials as semiconductors, polymeric and oxide ferroelectrics and hybrid perovskites may act as multisource harvesters but huge advances are required to optimize their functionalities and sustainable fabrication at large scale. I propose to fill the gap between these approaches offering an all-in-one solution to multisource energy scavenging, based on the nanoscale design of multifunctional three-dimensional materials. The demonstration of an industrially scalable one-reactor plasma\/vacuum method will be crucial to integrate hybrid-scavenging components and to provide 3DScavengers materials with tailored microstructure-enhanced performance. My ultimate goal is to build nanoarchitectures for simultaneous and enhanced individual scavenging applying photovoltaic, piezo- and pyro-electric effects, minimizing the environmental cost of their synthesis\nImagine a technology for powering your smart devices by recovering energy from lights in your office, the random movements of your body while reading these lines or from small changes in temperature when you breathe or go out for a walk. This very technology will provide energy for wireless sensor networks monitoring the air in your city or the structural stability of buildings and large constructions remotely and sustainably, avoiding battery recharging or even replacing them. These are the challenges in micro energy harvesting from (local) ambient sources. Kinetic, thermal and solar energies are ubiquitous at our surroundings under diverse forms, but their relatively low intensity and intermittent availability limit their potential recovery by microscale devices. These restrictions call for multi-source energy harvesters working under two principles: 1) combining different single-source harvesters in one device, or 2) using multifunctional materials capable of simultaneously converting various energy sources into electricity. In 1), efficiency per unit volume can decrease compared to the individual counterparts; in 2), materials as semiconductors, polymeric and oxide ferroelectrics and hybrid perovskites may act as multisource harvesters but huge advances are required to optimize their functionalities and sustainable fabrication at large scale. I propose to fill the gap between these approaches offering an all-in-one solution to multisource energy scavenging, based on the nanoscale design of multifunctional three-dimensional materials. The demonstration of an industrially scalable one-reactor plasma\/vacuum method will be crucial to integrate hybrid-scavenging components and to provide 3DScavengers materials with tailored microstructure-enhanced performance. My ultimate goal is to build nanoarchitectures for simultaneous and enhanced individual scavenging applying photovoltaic, piezo- and pyro-electric effects, minimizing the environmental cost of their synthesis\nProject acronym 4DBIOSERS\nProject Four-Dimensional Monitoring of Tumour Growth by Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering\nResearcher (PI) Luis LIZ-MARZAN\nHost Institution (HI) ASOCIACION CENTRO DE INVESTIGACION COOPERATIVA EN BIOMATERIALES- CIC biomaGUNE\nSummary Optical bioimaging is limited by visible light penetration depth and stability of fluorescent dyes over extended periods of time. Surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) offers the possibility to overcome these drawbacks, through SERS-encoded nanoparticle tags, which can be excited with near-IR light (within the biological transparency window), providing high intensity, stable, multiplexed signals. SERS can also be used to monitor relevant bioanalytes within cells and tissues, during the development of diseases, such as tumours. In 4DBIOSERS we shall combine both capabilities of SERS, to go well beyond the current state of the art, by building three-dimensional scaffolds that support tissue (tumour) growth within a controlled environment, so that not only the fate of each (SERS-labelled) cell within the tumour can be monitored in real time (thus adding a fourth dimension to SERS bioimaging), but also recording the release of tumour metabolites and other indicators of cellular activity. Although 4DBIOSERS can be applied to a variety of diseases, we shall focus on cancer, melanoma and breast cancer in particular, as these are readily accessible by optical methods. We aim at acquiring a better understanding of tumour growth and dynamics, while avoiding animal experimentation. 3D printing will be used to generate hybrid scaffolds where tumour and healthy cells will be co-incubated to simulate a more realistic environment, thus going well beyond the potential of 2D cell cultures. Each cell type will be encoded with ultra-bright SERS tags, so that real-time monitoring can be achieved by confocal SERS microscopy. Tumour development will be correlated with simultaneous detection of various cancer biomarkers, during standard conditions and upon addition of selected drugs. The scope of 4DBIOSERS is multidisciplinary, as it involves the design of high-end nanocomposites, development of 3D cell culture models and optimization of emerging SERS tomography methods.\nOptical bioimaging is limited by visible light penetration depth and stability of fluorescent dyes over extended periods of time. Surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) offers the possibility to overcome these drawbacks, through SERS-encoded nanoparticle tags, which can be excited with near-IR light (within the biological transparency window), providing high intensity, stable, multiplexed signals. SERS can also be used to monitor relevant bioanalytes within cells and tissues, during the development of diseases, such as tumours. In 4DBIOSERS we shall combine both capabilities of SERS, to go well beyond the current state of the art, by building three-dimensional scaffolds that support tissue (tumour) growth within a controlled environment, so that not only the fate of each (SERS-labelled) cell within the tumour can be monitored in real time (thus adding a fourth dimension to SERS bioimaging), but also recording the release of tumour metabolites and other indicators of cellular activity. Although 4DBIOSERS can be applied to a variety of diseases, we shall focus on cancer, melanoma and breast cancer in particular, as these are readily accessible by optical methods. We aim at acquiring a better understanding of tumour growth and dynamics, while avoiding animal experimentation. 3D printing will be used to generate hybrid scaffolds where tumour and healthy cells will be co-incubated to simulate a more realistic environment, thus going well beyond the potential of 2D cell cultures. Each cell type will be encoded with ultra-bright SERS tags, so that real-time monitoring can be achieved by confocal SERS microscopy. Tumour development will be correlated with simultaneous detection of various cancer biomarkers, during standard conditions and upon addition of selected drugs. The scope of 4DBIOSERS is multidisciplinary, as it involves the design of high-end nanocomposites, development of 3D cell culture models and optimization of emerging SERS tomography methods.\nProject acronym A2F2\nProject Beyond Biopolymers: Protein-Sized Aromatic Amide Functional Foldamers\nResearcher (PI) Ivan Huc\nSummary Nature has evolved ultimate chemical functions based on controlling and altering conformation of its molecular machinery. Prominent examples include enzyme catalysis and information storage\/duplication in nucleic acids. These achievements are based on large and complex yet remarkably defined structures obtained through folding of polymeric chains and a subtle interplay of non-covalent forces. Nature uses a limited set of building blocks \u2013 e.g. twenty amino-acids and four nucleobases \u2013 with specific abilities to impart well-defined folds. In the last decade, chemists have discovered foldamers: non-natural oligomers and polymers also prone to adopt folded structures. The emergence of foldamers has far reaching implications. A new major long term prospect is open to chemistry: the de novo synthesis of artificial objects resembling biopolymers in terms of their size, complexity, and efficiency at achieving defined functions, yet having chemical structures beyond the reach of biopolymers amenable to new properties and functions. The PI of this project has shown internationally recognized leadership in the development of a class of foldamers, aromatic oligoamides, whose features arguably make them the most suitable candidates to systematically explore what folded structures beyond biopolymers give access to. This project aims at developing methods to allow the routine fabrication of 20-40 units long aromatic oligoamide foldamers (6-15 kDa) designed to fold into artificial molecular containers having engineerable cavities and surfaces for molecular recognition of organic substrates, in particular large peptides and saccharides, polymers, and proteins. The methodology rests on modelling based design, multistep organic synthesis of heterocyclic monomers and their assembly into long sequences, structural elucidation using, among other techniques, x-ray crystallography, and the physico-chemical characterization of molecular recognition events.\nNature has evolved ultimate chemical functions based on controlling and altering conformation of its molecular machinery. Prominent examples include enzyme catalysis and information storage\/duplication in nucleic acids. These achievements are based on large and complex yet remarkably defined structures obtained through folding of polymeric chains and a subtle interplay of non-covalent forces. Nature uses a limited set of building blocks \u2013 e.g. twenty amino-acids and four nucleobases \u2013 with specific abilities to impart well-defined folds. In the last decade, chemists have discovered foldamers: non-natural oligomers and polymers also prone to adopt folded structures. The emergence of foldamers has far reaching implications. A new major long term prospect is open to chemistry: the de novo synthesis of artificial objects resembling biopolymers in terms of their size, complexity, and efficiency at achieving defined functions, yet having chemical structures beyond the reach of biopolymers amenable to new properties and functions. The PI of this project has shown internationally recognized leadership in the development of a class of foldamers, aromatic oligoamides, whose features arguably make them the most suitable candidates to systematically explore what folded structures beyond biopolymers give access to. This project aims at developing methods to allow the routine fabrication of 20-40 units long aromatic oligoamide foldamers (6-15 kDa) designed to fold into artificial molecular containers having engineerable cavities and surfaces for molecular recognition of organic substrates, in particular large peptides and saccharides, polymers, and proteins. The methodology rests on modelling based design, multistep organic synthesis of heterocyclic monomers and their assembly into long sequences, structural elucidation using, among other techniques, x-ray crystallography, and the physico-chemical characterization of molecular recognition events.\nProject acronym ADJUV-ANT VACCINES\nProject Elucidating the Molecular Mechanisms of Synthetic Saponin Adjuvants and Development of Novel Self-Adjuvanting Vaccines\nResearcher (PI) Alberto FERNANDEZ TEJADA\nHost Institution (HI) ASOCIACION CENTRO DE INVESTIGACION COOPERATIVA EN BIOCIENCIAS\nSummary The clinical success of anticancer and antiviral vaccines often requires the use of an adjuvant, a substance that helps stimulate the body's immune response to the vaccine, making it work better. However, few adjuvants are sufficiently potent and non-toxic for clinical use; moreover, it is not really known how they work. Current vaccine approaches based on weak carbohydrate and glycopeptide antigens are not being particularly effective to induce the human immune system to mount an effective fight against cancer. Despite intensive research and several clinical trials, no such carbohydrate-based antitumor vaccine has yet been approved for public use. In this context, the proposed project has a double, ultimate goal based on applying chemistry to address the above clear gaps in the adjuvant-vaccine field. First, I will develop new improved adjuvants and novel chemical strategies towards more effective, self-adjuvanting synthetic vaccines. Second, I will probe deeply into the molecular mechanisms of the synthetic constructs by combining extensive immunological evaluations with molecular target identification and detailed conformational studies. Thus, the singularity of this multidisciplinary proposal stems from the integration of its main objectives and approaches connecting chemical synthesis and chemical\/structural biology with cellular and molecular immunology. This ground-breaking project at the chemistry-biology frontier will allow me to establish my own independent research group and explore key unresolved mechanistic questions in the adjuvant\/vaccine arena with extraordinary chemical precision. Therefore, with this transformative and timely research program I aim to (a) develop novel synthetic antitumor and antiviral vaccines with improved properties and efficacy for their prospective translation into the clinic and (b) gain new critical insights into the molecular basis and three-dimensional structure underlying the biological activity of these constructs.\nThe clinical success of anticancer and antiviral vaccines often requires the use of an adjuvant, a substance that helps stimulate the body's immune response to the vaccine, making it work better. However, few adjuvants are sufficiently potent and non-toxic for clinical use; moreover, it is not really known how they work. Current vaccine approaches based on weak carbohydrate and glycopeptide antigens are not being particularly effective to induce the human immune system to mount an effective fight against cancer. Despite intensive research and several clinical trials, no such carbohydrate-based antitumor vaccine has yet been approved for public use. In this context, the proposed project has a double, ultimate goal based on applying chemistry to address the above clear gaps in the adjuvant-vaccine field. First, I will develop new improved adjuvants and novel chemical strategies towards more effective, self-adjuvanting synthetic vaccines. Second, I will probe deeply into the molecular mechanisms of the synthetic constructs by combining extensive immunological evaluations with molecular target identification and detailed conformational studies. Thus, the singularity of this multidisciplinary proposal stems from the integration of its main objectives and approaches connecting chemical synthesis and chemical\/structural biology with cellular and molecular immunology. This ground-breaking project at the chemistry-biology frontier will allow me to establish my own independent research group and explore key unresolved mechanistic questions in the adjuvant\/vaccine arena with extraordinary chemical precision. Therefore, with this transformative and timely research program I aim to (a) develop novel synthetic antitumor and antiviral vaccines with improved properties and efficacy for their prospective translation into the clinic and (b) gain new critical insights into the molecular basis and three-dimensional structure underlying the biological activity of these constructs.\nProject acronym AEDNA\nProject Amorphous and Evolutionary DNA Nanotechnology\nResearcher (PI) Friedrich SIMMEL\nHost Institution (HI) TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET MUENCHEN\nSummary Amorphous and evolutionary DNA nanotechnology (AEDNA) explores novel conceptual directions and applications for DNA nanotechnology, which are based on intelligent, DNA-programmed soft hybrid materials, and the utilization of evolutionary principles for the optimization of nucleic acid nanocomponents. Amorphous DNA nanotechnology first aims at the creation of cell-sized, DNA-programmed microgels \u2013 DNA cells \u2013 with sensor, computation, communication, and actuator functions. Interacting DNA cells will be arranged into chemical cell consortia and artificial tissues using microfluidics, micromanipulation and 3D bioprinting techniques. Spatially distributed chemical circuits will then be utilized to establish collective behaviors such as quorum sensing, pattern formation, and self-differentiation within these consortia and tissues. The approach will be further scaled up to produce multicomponent DNA gel compositions that become active and differentiate upon mixing. In evolutionary nanotechnology, techniques derived from directed molecular evolution experiments will be applied to optimize the arrangement of functional nucleic acids on DNA and RNA nanoscaffolds. Compartmentalization and microfluidics will be utilized to screen for nucleic acid nanostructures capable of superstructure formation, and also for the development of ligand-sensitive components for molecular programming. An evolutionary approach will then be applied to amorphous DNA cells, resulting in DNA cell populations which contain individuals with different molecular identities. The proposal will pave the way for the creation of macroscopic materials with DNA-programmed intelligence, resulting in novel applications for DNA nanotechnology and molecular programming in diverse fields such as environmental and biological sensing, biocatalysis, smart adaptive materials, and soft robotics.\nAmorphous and evolutionary DNA nanotechnology (AEDNA) explores novel conceptual directions and applications for DNA nanotechnology, which are based on intelligent, DNA-programmed soft hybrid materials, and the utilization of evolutionary principles for the optimization of nucleic acid nanocomponents. Amorphous DNA nanotechnology first aims at the creation of cell-sized, DNA-programmed microgels \u2013 DNA cells \u2013 with sensor, computation, communication, and actuator functions. Interacting DNA cells will be arranged into chemical cell consortia and artificial tissues using microfluidics, micromanipulation and 3D bioprinting techniques. Spatially distributed chemical circuits will then be utilized to establish collective behaviors such as quorum sensing, pattern formation, and self-differentiation within these consortia and tissues. The approach will be further scaled up to produce multicomponent DNA gel compositions that become active and differentiate upon mixing. In evolutionary nanotechnology, techniques derived from directed molecular evolution experiments will be applied to optimize the arrangement of functional nucleic acids on DNA and RNA nanoscaffolds. Compartmentalization and microfluidics will be utilized to screen for nucleic acid nanostructures capable of superstructure formation, and also for the development of ligand-sensitive components for molecular programming. An evolutionary approach will then be applied to amorphous DNA cells, resulting in DNA cell populations which contain individuals with different molecular identities. The proposal will pave the way for the creation of macroscopic materials with DNA-programmed intelligence, resulting in novel applications for DNA nanotechnology and molecular programming in diverse fields such as environmental and biological sensing, biocatalysis, smart adaptive materials, and soft robotics.\nProject acronym AEROCAT\nProject Non-ordered nanoparticle superstructures \u2013 aerogels as efficient (electro-)catalysts\nResearcher (PI) Alexander Eychm\u00fcller\nSummary \"AEROCAT aims at the elucidation of the potential of nanoparticle derived aerogels in catalytic applications. The materials will be produced from a variety of nanoparticles available in colloidal solutions, amongst which are metals and metal oxides. The evolving aerogels are extremely light, highly porous solids and have been demonstrated to exhibit in many cases the important properties of the nanosized objects they consist of instead of simply those of the respective bulk solids. The resulting aerogel materials will be characterized with respect to their morphology and composition and their resulting (electro-)catalytic properties examined in the light of the inherent electronic nature of the nanosized constituents. Using the knowledge gained within the project the aerogel materials will be further re-processed in order to exploit their full potential relevant to catalysis and electrocatalysis. From the vast variety of possible applications of nanoparticle-based hydro- and aerogels like thermoelectrics, LEDs, pollutant clearance, sensorics and others we choose our strictly focused approach (i) due to the paramount importance of catalysis for the Chemical Industry, (ii) because we have successfully studied the Ethanol electrooxidation on a Pd-nanoparticle aerogel, (iii) we have patented on the oxygen reduction reaction in fuel cells with bimetallic aerogels, (iv) and we gained first and extremely promising results on the semi-hydrogenation of Acetylene on a mixed Pd\/ZnO-nanoparticle aerogel. With this we are on the forefront of a research field which impact might not be overestimated. We should quickly explore its potentials and transfer on a short track the knowledge gained into pre-industrial testing.\"\n\"AEROCAT aims at the elucidation of the potential of nanoparticle derived aerogels in catalytic applications. The materials will be produced from a variety of nanoparticles available in colloidal solutions, amongst which are metals and metal oxides. The evolving aerogels are extremely light, highly porous solids and have been demonstrated to exhibit in many cases the important properties of the nanosized objects they consist of instead of simply those of the respective bulk solids. The resulting aerogel materials will be characterized with respect to their morphology and composition and their resulting (electro-)catalytic properties examined in the light of the inherent electronic nature of the nanosized constituents. Using the knowledge gained within the project the aerogel materials will be further re-processed in order to exploit their full potential relevant to catalysis and electrocatalysis. From the vast variety of possible applications of nanoparticle-based hydro- and aerogels like thermoelectrics, LEDs, pollutant clearance, sensorics and others we choose our strictly focused approach (i) due to the paramount importance of catalysis for the Chemical Industry, (ii) because we have successfully studied the Ethanol electrooxidation on a Pd-nanoparticle aerogel, (iii) we have patented on the oxygen reduction reaction in fuel cells with bimetallic aerogels, (iv) and we gained first and extremely promising results on the semi-hydrogenation of Acetylene on a mixed Pd\/ZnO-nanoparticle aerogel. With this we are on the forefront of a research field which impact might not be overestimated. We should quickly explore its potentials and transfer on a short track the knowledge gained into pre-industrial testing.\"\nProject acronym AMPCAT\nProject Self-Amplifying Stereodynamic Catalysts in Enantioselective Catalysis\nResearcher (PI) Oliver Trapp\nHost Institution (HI) RUPRECHT-KARLS-UNIVERSITAET HEIDELBERG\nSummary Think about an enantioselective catalyst, which can switch its enantioselectivity and which can be imprinted and provides self-amplification by its own chiral reaction product. Think about a catalyst, which can be fine-tuned for efficient stereoselective synthesis of drugs and other materials, e.g. polymers. Highly promising reactions such as enantioselective autocatalysis (Soai reaction) and chiral catalysts undergoing dynamic interconversions, e.g. BIPHEP ligands, are still not understood. Their application is very limited to a few compounds, which opens the field for novel investigations. I propose the development of a smart or switchable chiral ligand undergoing dynamic interconversions. These catalysts will be tuned by their reaction product, and this leads to self-amplification of one of the stereoisomers. I propose a novel fundamental mechanism which has the potential to overcome the limitations of the Soai reaction, exploiting the full potential of enantioselective catalysis. As representatives of enantioselective self-amplifying stereodynamic catalysts a novel class of diazirine based ligands will be developed, their interconversion barrier is tuneable between 80 and 130 kJ\/mol. Specifically, following areas will be explored: 1. Investigation of the kinetics and thermodynamics of the Soai reaction as a model reaction by analysis of large sets of kinetic data. 2. Ligands with diaziridine moieties with flexible structure will be designed and investigated, to control the enantioselectivity. 3. Design of a ligand receptor group for product interaction to switch the chirality. Study of self-amplification in enantioselective processes. 4. Enantioselective hydrogenations, Diels-Alder reactions, epoxidations and reactions generating multiple stereocenters will be targeted.\nThink about an enantioselective catalyst, which can switch its enantioselectivity and which can be imprinted and provides self-amplification by its own chiral reaction product. Think about a catalyst, which can be fine-tuned for efficient stereoselective synthesis of drugs and other materials, e.g. polymers. Highly promising reactions such as enantioselective autocatalysis (Soai reaction) and chiral catalysts undergoing dynamic interconversions, e.g. BIPHEP ligands, are still not understood. Their application is very limited to a few compounds, which opens the field for novel investigations. I propose the development of a smart or switchable chiral ligand undergoing dynamic interconversions. These catalysts will be tuned by their reaction product, and this leads to self-amplification of one of the stereoisomers. I propose a novel fundamental mechanism which has the potential to overcome the limitations of the Soai reaction, exploiting the full potential of enantioselective catalysis. As representatives of enantioselective self-amplifying stereodynamic catalysts a novel class of diazirine based ligands will be developed, their interconversion barrier is tuneable between 80 and 130 kJ\/mol. Specifically, following areas will be explored: 1. Investigation of the kinetics and thermodynamics of the Soai reaction as a model reaction by analysis of large sets of kinetic data. 2. Ligands with diaziridine moieties with flexible structure will be designed and investigated, to control the enantioselectivity. 3. Design of a ligand receptor group for product interaction to switch the chirality. Study of self-amplification in enantioselective processes. 4. Enantioselective hydrogenations, Diels-Alder reactions, epoxidations and reactions generating multiple stereocenters will be targeted.\nProject acronym AMPLIPORE\nProject Understanding negative gas adsorption in highly porous networks for the design of pressure amplifying materials\nResearcher (PI) Stefan Kaskel\nSummary Negative gas adsorption (NGA) is a new, counterintuitive and paradoxical phenomenon, for the first time reported by my group in 2016: Normal solid materials with significant outer or inner surface area always take up gas when the pressure in the surrounding reservoir is increased (adsorption). NGA networks instead react at a certain point in the opposite direction: They release gas upon external pressure increase, leading to an overall pressure amplification in a closed system. Comparable phenomena have never been reported before. What is so exciting about NGA? We have a unique material in hand, that counteracts to an external force by force amplification. So far NGA has solely been observed in one of our new coordination polymers, featuring a colossal selfcompression associated with a mesopore-to-micropore transformation. Gas pressure amplifying materials could lead to important innovations in gas releasing rescue systems, pneumatic control systems (production, transportation), micropumps, microfluidic devices, pneumatic actuators, and artificial lungs. A fundamental understanding of the physical mechanisms, structures, and thermodynamic boundary conditions is an essential prerequisite for any industrial application of this counterintuitive phenomenon. Combining strong synthetic methodologies with advanced analytical techniques, AMPLIPORE will elucidate the characteristic molecular and mesoscopic materials signatures as well as thermodynamic boundary conditions of NGA phenomena. We will elaborate a generic NGA-materials concept to tailor the pressure amplification and explore temperature and pressure ranges at which NGA can be applied. Developing tailormade instrumentation for kinetic investigations of NGA will give fundamental insights into the intrinsic and macroscopic dynamics of crystal-to-crystal transformations for applications in micropneumatic systems.\nNegative gas adsorption (NGA) is a new, counterintuitive and paradoxical phenomenon, for the first time reported by my group in 2016: Normal solid materials with significant outer or inner surface area always take up gas when the pressure in the surrounding reservoir is increased (adsorption). NGA networks instead react at a certain point in the opposite direction: They release gas upon external pressure increase, leading to an overall pressure amplification in a closed system. Comparable phenomena have never been reported before. What is so exciting about NGA? We have a unique material in hand, that counteracts to an external force by force amplification. So far NGA has solely been observed in one of our new coordination polymers, featuring a colossal selfcompression associated with a mesopore-to-micropore transformation. Gas pressure amplifying materials could lead to important innovations in gas releasing rescue systems, pneumatic control systems (production, transportation), micropumps, microfluidic devices, pneumatic actuators, and artificial lungs. A fundamental understanding of the physical mechanisms, structures, and thermodynamic boundary conditions is an essential prerequisite for any industrial application of this counterintuitive phenomenon. Combining strong synthetic methodologies with advanced analytical techniques, AMPLIPORE will elucidate the characteristic molecular and mesoscopic materials signatures as well as thermodynamic boundary conditions of NGA phenomena. We will elaborate a generic NGA-materials concept to tailor the pressure amplification and explore temperature and pressure ranges at which NGA can be applied. Developing tailormade instrumentation for kinetic investigations of NGA will give fundamental insights into the intrinsic and macroscopic dynamics of crystal-to-crystal transformations for applications in micropneumatic systems.\nProject acronym ANaPSyS\nProject Artificial Natural Products System Synthesis\nResearcher (PI) Tanja Gaich\nHost Institution (HI) UNIVERSITAT KONSTANZ\nSummary \"Traditionally, natural products are classified into \"\"natural product families\"\". Within a family all congeners display specific structure elements, owing to their common biosynthetic pathway. This suggests a bio-inspired or \"\"collective synthesis\"\", as has been devised by D: W. MacMillan. However, a biosynthetic pathway is confined to these structure elements, thus limiting synthesis with regard to structure diversification. In this research proposal the applicant exemplarily devises a strategic concept to overcome these limitations, by replacing the dogma of \"\"retrosynthetic analysis\"\" with \"\"structure pattern recognition\"\". This concept is termed \"\"Artificial Natural Product Systems Synthesis \u2014 ANaPSyS\"\", and aims to supersede the current \"\"logic of chemical synthesis\"\" as a standard practice in this field. ANaPSyS exclusively categorizes natural products based on structural relationships \u2014 regardless of biogenetic origin. The structure pattern analysis groups natural products according to their shared core structure, and thereof creates a common precursor called \"\"privileged intermediate (PI)\"\". This intermediate is resembled in each of these natural products and is architecturally less complex. As a result every member of this natural product group can originate from a different natural product family and is obtained via this \"\"privileged intermediate\"\", which serves as basis for the artificial synthetic network. With ANaPSyS a synthetic route is not restricted to a single target structure anymore (as in conventional synthesis). In comparison with bio-inspired synthesis, which is limited to a single natural product family, ANaPSyS enables the synthesis of a whole set of natural product families. With every synthesis accomplished, the network is upgraded \u2014 hence diversification leads to a rise in revenue. As a consequence, synthetic efficiency is drastically enhanced, therefore profoundly boosting and facilitating lead structure development. \"\n\"Traditionally, natural products are classified into \"\"natural product families\"\". Within a family all congeners display specific structure elements, owing to their common biosynthetic pathway. This suggests a bio-inspired or \"\"collective synthesis\"\", as has been devised by D: W. MacMillan. However, a biosynthetic pathway is confined to these structure elements, thus limiting synthesis with regard to structure diversification. In this research proposal the applicant exemplarily devises a strategic concept to overcome these limitations, by replacing the dogma of \"\"retrosynthetic analysis\"\" with \"\"structure pattern recognition\"\". This concept is termed \"\"Artificial Natural Product Systems Synthesis \u2014 ANaPSyS\"\", and aims to supersede the current \"\"logic of chemical synthesis\"\" as a standard practice in this field. ANaPSyS exclusively categorizes natural products based on structural relationships \u2014 regardless of biogenetic origin. The structure pattern analysis groups natural products according to their shared core structure, and thereof creates a common precursor called \"\"privileged intermediate (PI)\"\". This intermediate is resembled in each of these natural products and is architecturally less complex. As a result every member of this natural product group can originate from a different natural product family and is obtained via this \"\"privileged intermediate\"\", which serves as basis for the artificial synthetic network. With ANaPSyS a synthetic route is not restricted to a single target structure anymore (as in conventional synthesis). In comparison with bio-inspired synthesis, which is limited to a single natural product family, ANaPSyS enables the synthesis of a whole set of natural product families. With every synthesis accomplished, the network is upgraded \u2014 hence diversification leads to a rise in revenue. As a consequence, synthetic efficiency is drastically enhanced, therefore profoundly boosting and facilitating lead structure development. \"\nProject acronym ANISOGEL\nProject Injectable anisotropic microgel-in-hydrogel matrices for spinal cord repair\nResearcher (PI) Laura De Laporte\nHost Institution (HI) DWI LEIBNIZ-INSTITUT FUR INTERAKTIVE MATERIALIEN EV\nSummary This project will engineer an injectable biomaterial that forms an anisotropic microheterogeneous structure in vivo. Injectable hydrogels enable a minimal invasive in situ generation of matrices for the regeneration of tissues and organs, but currently lack structural organization and unidirectional orientation. The anisotropic, injectable hydrogels to be developed will mimic local extracellular matrix architectures that cells encounter in complex tissues (e.g. nerves, muscles). This project aims for the development of a biomimetic scaffold for spinal cord regeneration. To realize such a major breakthrough, my group will focus on three research objectives. i) Poly(ethylene glycol) microgel-in-hydrogel matrices will be fabricated with the ability to create macroscopic order due to microgel shape anisotropy and magnetic alignment. Barrel-like microgels will be prepared using an in-mold polymerization technique. Their ability to self-assemble will be investigated in function of their dimensions, aspect ratio, crosslinking density, and volume fraction. Superparamagnetic nanoparticles will be included into the microgels to enable unidirectional orientation by means of a magnetic field. Subsequently, the oriented microgels will be interlocked within a master hydrogel. ii) The microgel-in-hydrogel matrices will be equipped with (bio)functional properties for spinal cord regeneration, i.e., to control and optimize mechanical anisotropy and biological signaling by in vitro cell growth experiments. iii) Selected hydrogel composites will be injected after rat spinal cord injury and directional tissue growth and animal functional behavior will be analyzed. Succesful fabrication of the proposed microgel-in-hydrogel matrix will provide a new type of biomaterial, which enables investigating the effect of an anisotropic structure on physiological and pathological processes in vivo. This is a decisive step towards creating a clinical healing matrix for anisotropic tissue repair.\nThis project will engineer an injectable biomaterial that forms an anisotropic microheterogeneous structure in vivo. Injectable hydrogels enable a minimal invasive in situ generation of matrices for the regeneration of tissues and organs, but currently lack structural organization and unidirectional orientation. The anisotropic, injectable hydrogels to be developed will mimic local extracellular matrix architectures that cells encounter in complex tissues (e.g. nerves, muscles). This project aims for the development of a biomimetic scaffold for spinal cord regeneration. To realize such a major breakthrough, my group will focus on three research objectives. i) Poly(ethylene glycol) microgel-in-hydrogel matrices will be fabricated with the ability to create macroscopic order due to microgel shape anisotropy and magnetic alignment. Barrel-like microgels will be prepared using an in-mold polymerization technique. Their ability to self-assemble will be investigated in function of their dimensions, aspect ratio, crosslinking density, and volume fraction. Superparamagnetic nanoparticles will be included into the microgels to enable unidirectional orientation by means of a magnetic field. Subsequently, the oriented microgels will be interlocked within a master hydrogel. ii) The microgel-in-hydrogel matrices will be equipped with (bio)functional properties for spinal cord regeneration, i.e., to control and optimize mechanical anisotropy and biological signaling by in vitro cell growth experiments. iii) Selected hydrogel composites will be injected after rat spinal cord injury and directional tissue growth and animal functional behavior will be analyzed. Succesful fabrication of the proposed microgel-in-hydrogel matrix will provide a new type of biomaterial, which enables investigating the effect of an anisotropic structure on physiological and pathological processes in vivo. This is a decisive step towards creating a clinical healing matrix for anisotropic tissue repair.\nProject acronym ANTIBACTERIALS\nProject Natural products and their cellular targets: A multidisciplinary strategy for antibacterial drug discovery\nResearcher (PI) Stephan Axel Sieber\nSummary After decades of successful treatment of bacterial infections with antibiotics, formerly treatable bacteria have developed drug resistance and consequently pose a major threat to public health. To address the urgent need for effective antibacterial drugs we will develop a streamlined chemical-biology platform that facilitates the consolidated identification and structural elucidation of natural products together with their dedicated cellular targets. This innovative concept overcomes several limitations of classical drug discovery processes by a chemical strategy that focuses on a directed isolation, enrichment and identification procedure for certain privileged natural product subclasses. This proposal consists of four specific aims: 1) synthesizing enzyme active site mimetics that capture protein reactive natural products out of complex natural sources, 2) designing natural product based probes to identify their cellular targets by a method called activity based protein profiling , 3) developing a traceless photocrosslinking strategy for the target identification of selected non-reactive natural products, and 4) application of all probes to identify novel enzyme activities linked to viability, resistance and pathogenesis. Moreover, the compounds will be used to monitor the infection process during invasion into eukaryotic cells and will reveal host specific targets that promote and support bacterial pathogenesis. Inhibition of these targets is a novel and so far neglected approach in the treatment of infectious diseases. We anticipate that these studies will provide a powerful pharmacological platform for the development of potent natural product derived antibacterial agents directed toward novel therapeutic targets.\nAfter decades of successful treatment of bacterial infections with antibiotics, formerly treatable bacteria have developed drug resistance and consequently pose a major threat to public health. To address the urgent need for effective antibacterial drugs we will develop a streamlined chemical-biology platform that facilitates the consolidated identification and structural elucidation of natural products together with their dedicated cellular targets. This innovative concept overcomes several limitations of classical drug discovery processes by a chemical strategy that focuses on a directed isolation, enrichment and identification procedure for certain privileged natural product subclasses. This proposal consists of four specific aims: 1) synthesizing enzyme active site mimetics that capture protein reactive natural products out of complex natural sources, 2) designing natural product based probes to identify their cellular targets by a method called activity based protein profiling , 3) developing a traceless photocrosslinking strategy for the target identification of selected non-reactive natural products, and 4) application of all probes to identify novel enzyme activities linked to viability, resistance and pathogenesis. Moreover, the compounds will be used to monitor the infection process during invasion into eukaryotic cells and will reveal host specific targets that promote and support bacterial pathogenesis. Inhibition of these targets is a novel and so far neglected approach in the treatment of infectious diseases. We anticipate that these studies will provide a powerful pharmacological platform for the development of potent natural product derived antibacterial agents directed toward novel therapeutic targets.\nProject acronym APACHE\nProject Atmospheric Pressure plAsma meets biomaterials for bone Cancer HEaling\nResearcher (PI) Cristina CANAL BARNILS\nHost Institution (HI) UNIVERSITAT POLITECNICA DE CATALUNYA\nSummary Cold atmospheric pressure plasmas (APP) have been reported to selectively kill cancer cells without damaging the surrounding tissues. Studies have been conducted on a variety of cancer types but to the best of our knowledge not on any kind of bone cancer. Treatment options for bone cancer include surgery, chemotherapy, etc. and may involve the use of bone grafting biomaterials to replace the surgically removed bone. APACHE brings a totally different and ground-breaking approach in the design of a novel therapy for bone cancer by taking advantage of the active species generated by APP in combination with biomaterials to deliver the active species locally in the diseased site. The feasibility of this approach is rooted in the evidence that the cellular effects of APP appear to strongly involve the suite of reactive species created by plasmas, which can be derived from a) direct treatment of the malignant cells by APP or b) indirect treatment of the liquid media by APP which is then put in contact with the cancer cells. In APACHE we aim to investigate the fundamentals involved in the lethal effects of cold plasmas on bone cancer cells, and to develop improved bone cancer therapies. To achieve this we will take advantage of the highly reactive species generated by APP in the liquid media, which we will use in an incremental strategy: i) to investigate the effects of APP treated liquid on bone cancer cells, ii) to evaluate the potential of combining APP treated liquid in a hydrogel vehicle with\/wo CaP biomaterials and iii) to ascertain the potential three directional interactions between APP reactive species in liquid medium with biomaterials and with chemotherapeutic drugs. The methodological approach will involve an interdisciplinary team, dealing with plasma diagnostics in gas and liquid media; with cell biology and the effects of APP treated with bone tumor cells and its combination with biomaterials and\/or with anticancer drugs.\nCold atmospheric pressure plasmas (APP) have been reported to selectively kill cancer cells without damaging the surrounding tissues. Studies have been conducted on a variety of cancer types but to the best of our knowledge not on any kind of bone cancer. Treatment options for bone cancer include surgery, chemotherapy, etc. and may involve the use of bone grafting biomaterials to replace the surgically removed bone. APACHE brings a totally different and ground-breaking approach in the design of a novel therapy for bone cancer by taking advantage of the active species generated by APP in combination with biomaterials to deliver the active species locally in the diseased site. The feasibility of this approach is rooted in the evidence that the cellular effects of APP appear to strongly involve the suite of reactive species created by plasmas, which can be derived from a) direct treatment of the malignant cells by APP or b) indirect treatment of the liquid media by APP which is then put in contact with the cancer cells. In APACHE we aim to investigate the fundamentals involved in the lethal effects of cold plasmas on bone cancer cells, and to develop improved bone cancer therapies. To achieve this we will take advantage of the highly reactive species generated by APP in the liquid media, which we will use in an incremental strategy: i) to investigate the effects of APP treated liquid on bone cancer cells, ii) to evaluate the potential of combining APP treated liquid in a hydrogel vehicle with\/wo CaP biomaterials and iii) to ascertain the potential three directional interactions between APP reactive species in liquid medium with biomaterials and with chemotherapeutic drugs. The methodological approach will involve an interdisciplinary team, dealing with plasma diagnostics in gas and liquid media; with cell biology and the effects of APP treated with bone tumor cells and its combination with biomaterials and\/or with anticancer drugs.\nProject acronym APHOTOREACTOR\nProject Entirely Self-organized: Arrayed Single-Particle-in-a-Cavity Reactors for Highly Efficient and Selective Catalytic\/Photocatalytic Energy Conversion and Solar Light Reaction Engineering\nResearcher (PI) Patrik Schmuki\nHost Institution (HI) FRIEDRICH-ALEXANDER-UNIVERSITAET ERLANGEN NUERNBERG\nSummary The proposal is built on the core idea to use an ensemble of multiple level self-organization processes to create a next generation photocatalytic platform that provides unprecedented property and reactivity control. As a main output, the project will yield a novel highly precise combined catalyst\/photocatalyst assembly to: 1) provide a massive step ahead in photocatalytic applications such as direct solar hydrogen generation, pollution degradation (incl. CO2 decomposition), N2 fixation, or photocatalytic organic synthesis. It will drastically enhance efficiency and selectivity of photocatalytic reactions, and enable a high number of organic synthetic reactions to be carried out economically (and ecologically) via combined catalytic\/photocatalytic pathways. Even more, it will establish an entirely new generation of \"100% depoisoning\", anti-aggregation catalysts with substantially enhanced catalyst life-time. For this, a series of self-assembly processes on the mesoscale will be used to create highly uniform arrays of single-catalyst-particle-in-a-single-TiO2-cavity; target is a 100% reliable placement of a single <10 nm particle in a 10 nm cavity. Thus catalytic features of, for example Pt nanoparticles, can ideally interact with the photocatalytic properties of a TiO2 cavity. The cavity will be optimized for optical and electronic properties by doping and band-gap engineering; the geometry will be tuned to the range of a few nm.. This nanoscopic design yields to a radical change in the controllability of length and time-scales (reactant, charge carrier and ionic transport in the substrate) in combined photocatalytic\/catalytic reactions. It is of key importance that all nanoscale assembly principles used in this work are scalable and allow to create square meters of nanoscopically ordered catalyst surfaces. We target to demonstrate the feasibility of the implementation of the nanoscale principles in a prototype macroscopic reactor.\nThe proposal is built on the core idea to use an ensemble of multiple level self-organization processes to create a next generation photocatalytic platform that provides unprecedented property and reactivity control. As a main output, the project will yield a novel highly precise combined catalyst\/photocatalyst assembly to: 1) provide a massive step ahead in photocatalytic applications such as direct solar hydrogen generation, pollution degradation (incl. CO2 decomposition), N2 fixation, or photocatalytic organic synthesis. It will drastically enhance efficiency and selectivity of photocatalytic reactions, and enable a high number of organic synthetic reactions to be carried out economically (and ecologically) via combined catalytic\/photocatalytic pathways. Even more, it will establish an entirely new generation of \"100% depoisoning\", anti-aggregation catalysts with substantially enhanced catalyst life-time. For this, a series of self-assembly processes on the mesoscale will be used to create highly uniform arrays of single-catalyst-particle-in-a-single-TiO2-cavity; target is a 100% reliable placement of a single <10 nm particle in a 10 nm cavity. Thus catalytic features of, for example Pt nanoparticles, can ideally interact with the photocatalytic properties of a TiO2 cavity. The cavity will be optimized for optical and electronic properties by doping and band-gap engineering; the geometry will be tuned to the range of a few nm.. This nanoscopic design yields to a radical change in the controllability of length and time-scales (reactant, charge carrier and ionic transport in the substrate) in combined photocatalytic\/catalytic reactions. It is of key importance that all nanoscale assembly principles used in this work are scalable and allow to create square meters of nanoscopically ordered catalyst surfaces. We target to demonstrate the feasibility of the implementation of the nanoscale principles in a prototype macroscopic reactor.\nProject acronym ARTIST\nProject Artificial cell-cell interactions for light switchable cell organization and signaling\nResearcher (PI) Seraphine Valeska Wegner\nSummary The bottom-up assembly of tissue from cellular building blocks constitutes a promising, yet highly challenging approach to engineer complex tissues. The challenge lies in controlling cell-cell interactions, which determine how cells organize with respect to each other, how they work together and consequently whether such a multicellular architecture will be functional. The limited spatial and temporal control over cell-cell interactions current biological and chemical approaches provide severely restricts bottom-up tissue engineering. Here, I propose a new way to control cell-cell interactions. I aim to regulate cell-cell interactions with visible light using proteins that reversibly homo- or heterodimerize under blue or red light. These photoswitchable cell-cell interactions provide sustainable, non-invasive, dynamic and reversible control over cell-cell interactions with unprecedented spatial and temporal resolution. First of all, we will focus on various light dependent protein interactions to mediate cell-cell contacts. The detailed characterization (strength, dynamics, interaction modes and orthogonality) of these new photoswitchable cell-cell interactions will provide the framework for the bottom-up construction of tissue-like structures. Secondly, we will use these photoswitchable cell-cell interactions to assemble cells into multicellular architectures with predictable and programmable organization. The dynamic and reversible nature of the photoswitchable contacts will allow us to locally alter interactions at any point in time, to rearrange and obtain asymmetric multicellular structures, which are typical of tissues. Finally, we will also explore how the photoswitchable cell-cell interactions alter cell behavior and signaling. Ultimately, this will pave the way for the bottom-up assembly of multicellular architectures, enabling us to control precisely and dynamically their organization in space and time as well as regulate how cells work together.\nThe bottom-up assembly of tissue from cellular building blocks constitutes a promising, yet highly challenging approach to engineer complex tissues. The challenge lies in controlling cell-cell interactions, which determine how cells organize with respect to each other, how they work together and consequently whether such a multicellular architecture will be functional. The limited spatial and temporal control over cell-cell interactions current biological and chemical approaches provide severely restricts bottom-up tissue engineering. Here, I propose a new way to control cell-cell interactions. I aim to regulate cell-cell interactions with visible light using proteins that reversibly homo- or heterodimerize under blue or red light. These photoswitchable cell-cell interactions provide sustainable, non-invasive, dynamic and reversible control over cell-cell interactions with unprecedented spatial and temporal resolution. First of all, we will focus on various light dependent protein interactions to mediate cell-cell contacts. The detailed characterization (strength, dynamics, interaction modes and orthogonality) of these new photoswitchable cell-cell interactions will provide the framework for the bottom-up construction of tissue-like structures. Secondly, we will use these photoswitchable cell-cell interactions to assemble cells into multicellular architectures with predictable and programmable organization. The dynamic and reversible nature of the photoswitchable contacts will allow us to locally alter interactions at any point in time, to rearrange and obtain asymmetric multicellular structures, which are typical of tissues. Finally, we will also explore how the photoswitchable cell-cell interactions alter cell behavior and signaling. Ultimately, this will pave the way for the bottom-up assembly of multicellular architectures, enabling us to control precisely and dynamically their organization in space and time as well as regulate how cells work together.\nProject acronym ASMIDIAS\nProject Asymmetric microenvironments by directed assembly: Control of geometry, topography, surface biochemistry and mechanical properties via a microscale modular design principle\nResearcher (PI) Holger Dr. Sch\u00f6nherr\nHost Institution (HI) UNIVERSITAET SIEGEN\nSummary The interaction of cells with the extracellular matrix or neighboring cells plays a crucial role in many cellular functions, such as motility, differentiation and controlled cell death. Expanding on pioneering studies on defined 2-D model systems, the role of the currently known determinants (geometry, topography, biochemical functionality and mechanical properties) is currently addressed in more relevant 3-D matrices. However, there is a clear lack in currently available approaches to fabricate well defined microenvironments, which are asymmetric or in which these factors can be varied independently. The central objective of ASMIDIAS is the development of a novel route to asymmetric microenvironments for cell-matrix interaction studies. Inspired by molecular self-assembly on the one hand and guided macroscale assembly on the other hand, directed assembly of highly defined microfabricated building blocks will be exploited to this end. In this modular design approach different building blocks position themselves during assembly on pre-structured surfaces to afford enclosed volumes that are restricted by the walls of the blocks. The project relies on two central elements. For the guided assembly, the balance of attractive and repulsive interactions between the building blocks (and its dependence on the object dimensions) and the structured surface shall be controlled by appropriate surface chemistry and suitable guiding structures. To afford the required functionality, new approaches to (i) topographically structure, (ii) biochemically functionalize and pattern selected sides of the microscale building blocks and (iii) to control their surface elastic properties via surface-attached polymers and hydrogels, will be developed.The resulting unique asymmetric environments will facilitate novel insight into cell-matrix interactions, which possess considerable relevance in the areas of tissue engineering, cell (de)differentiation, bacteria-surface interactions and beyond.\nThe interaction of cells with the extracellular matrix or neighboring cells plays a crucial role in many cellular functions, such as motility, differentiation and controlled cell death. Expanding on pioneering studies on defined 2-D model systems, the role of the currently known determinants (geometry, topography, biochemical functionality and mechanical properties) is currently addressed in more relevant 3-D matrices. However, there is a clear lack in currently available approaches to fabricate well defined microenvironments, which are asymmetric or in which these factors can be varied independently. The central objective of ASMIDIAS is the development of a novel route to asymmetric microenvironments for cell-matrix interaction studies. Inspired by molecular self-assembly on the one hand and guided macroscale assembly on the other hand, directed assembly of highly defined microfabricated building blocks will be exploited to this end. In this modular design approach different building blocks position themselves during assembly on pre-structured surfaces to afford enclosed volumes that are restricted by the walls of the blocks. The project relies on two central elements. For the guided assembly, the balance of attractive and repulsive interactions between the building blocks (and its dependence on the object dimensions) and the structured surface shall be controlled by appropriate surface chemistry and suitable guiding structures. To afford the required functionality, new approaches to (i) topographically structure, (ii) biochemically functionalize and pattern selected sides of the microscale building blocks and (iii) to control their surface elastic properties via surface-attached polymers and hydrogels, will be developed.The resulting unique asymmetric environments will facilitate novel insight into cell-matrix interactions, which possess considerable relevance in the areas of tissue engineering, cell (de)differentiation, bacteria-surface interactions and beyond.\nProject acronym ATHENE\nProject Designing new technical wastewater treatment solutions targeted for organic micropollutant biodegradation, by understanding enzymatic pathways and assessing detoxification\nResearcher (PI) Thomas Ternes\nHost Institution (HI) Bundesanstalt fuer Gewaesserkunde\nSummary The identification of degradation pathways relevant for organic micropollutants in biological wastewater treatment processes is currently a major gap, preventing a profound evaluation of the capability of biological wastewater treatment. By elucidating the responsible enzymatic reactions of mixed microbial populations this project will cover this gap and thereby allow finding technical solutions that harness the true potential of biological processes for an enhanced biodegradation and detoxification. Due to the multi-disciplinary approach Athene will have impacts on the fields of biological wastewater treatment, analytical and environmental chemistry, environmental microbiology, water and (eco)toxicity. The multi-disciplinary approach of the project requires the involvement of a co-investigator experienced in process engineering and microbiology in wastewater treatment. Athene will go far beyond state-of-the-art in the following fields: a) efficiency in chemical analysis and structure identification of transformation products at environmental relevant concentrations; b) identification of enzymatic pathways relevant for micropollutant degradation in biological wastewater treatment; c) designing innovative technical solutions to maximize biodegradation; d) map and model relevant enzymatic pathways for environmental concentrations. Furthermore, designing biological wastewater treatment processes by understanding enzymatic pathways relevant for organic micropollutants removal represents a paradigm shift for municipal wastewater treatment. In the context of the actual scientific discussion about the relevance of trace organics in the aquatic environment and in drinking water, this topic is deemed as highly innovative: for its potential of proposing new technical options as well as for the gain in understanding compound persistency. Finally enzymatic reactions as well as the treatment schemes will be assessed for there capability to reduce toxiciological effects.\nThe identification of degradation pathways relevant for organic micropollutants in biological wastewater treatment processes is currently a major gap, preventing a profound evaluation of the capability of biological wastewater treatment. By elucidating the responsible enzymatic reactions of mixed microbial populations this project will cover this gap and thereby allow finding technical solutions that harness the true potential of biological processes for an enhanced biodegradation and detoxification. Due to the multi-disciplinary approach Athene will have impacts on the fields of biological wastewater treatment, analytical and environmental chemistry, environmental microbiology, water and (eco)toxicity. The multi-disciplinary approach of the project requires the involvement of a co-investigator experienced in process engineering and microbiology in wastewater treatment. Athene will go far beyond state-of-the-art in the following fields: a) efficiency in chemical analysis and structure identification of transformation products at environmental relevant concentrations; b) identification of enzymatic pathways relevant for micropollutant degradation in biological wastewater treatment; c) designing innovative technical solutions to maximize biodegradation; d) map and model relevant enzymatic pathways for environmental concentrations. Furthermore, designing biological wastewater treatment processes by understanding enzymatic pathways relevant for organic micropollutants removal represents a paradigm shift for municipal wastewater treatment. In the context of the actual scientific discussion about the relevance of trace organics in the aquatic environment and in drinking water, this topic is deemed as highly innovative: for its potential of proposing new technical options as well as for the gain in understanding compound persistency. Finally enzymatic reactions as well as the treatment schemes will be assessed for there capability to reduce toxiciological effects.\nProject acronym AUTOHEPARIN\nProject Automated Synthesis of Heparin and Chondroitin Libraries for the Preparation of Diverse Carbohydrate Arrays\nResearcher (PI) Peter Seeberger\nSummary While heparin, a glacosaminoglycan (GAG) has served as an anticoagulant for more than 60 years, the structure-activity relationship of heparin and chondroitin sulfate for specific interactions with proteins are still poorly understood. It has become evident that defined lengths and sequences or patterns are responsible for binding to a particular protein and modulating its biological activity. Determination of the structure-activity relationships of heparins and chondroitins creates an opportunity to modulate processes underlying viral entry, angiogenesis, kidney diseases and diseases of the central nervous system. The isolation of pure GAGs is extremely tedious and chemical synthesis is often the only means to access defined oligosaccharides. Currently available synthetic methods for the preparation of heparins and chondroitins are time consuming and lack generality. Therefore, it is still impossible to create large collections of GAG oligosaccharides for systematic studies of GAG-protein interactions. The overall goal of the project is the development of all aspects of automated GAG synthesis, the procurement of a large collection of heparin and chondroitin oligosaccharides of 2-10 sugars in length with a linker for ready attachment to microarray surfaces and other tools. These molecular tools will be employed to study the interaction of GAGs with growth factors, chemokines and other proteins. The specific aims include: 1) Synthesis of uronic acid and galactosamine building blocks; 2) Development of a new linker for automated GAG solid phase synthesis; 3) Construction of a new automated oligosaccharide synthesizer; 4) Development of methods for the automated assembly of heparin and chondroitin sulfate oligosaccharides; 5) Synthesis of a collection of defined heparin and chondroitin sulfate oligosaccharides; 6) Construction of synthetic GAG microarrays and SPR; 7) Preparation of GAG dendrimers and quantum dots.\nWhile heparin, a glacosaminoglycan (GAG) has served as an anticoagulant for more than 60 years, the structure-activity relationship of heparin and chondroitin sulfate for specific interactions with proteins are still poorly understood. It has become evident that defined lengths and sequences or patterns are responsible for binding to a particular protein and modulating its biological activity. Determination of the structure-activity relationships of heparins and chondroitins creates an opportunity to modulate processes underlying viral entry, angiogenesis, kidney diseases and diseases of the central nervous system. The isolation of pure GAGs is extremely tedious and chemical synthesis is often the only means to access defined oligosaccharides. Currently available synthetic methods for the preparation of heparins and chondroitins are time consuming and lack generality. Therefore, it is still impossible to create large collections of GAG oligosaccharides for systematic studies of GAG-protein interactions. The overall goal of the project is the development of all aspects of automated GAG synthesis, the procurement of a large collection of heparin and chondroitin oligosaccharides of 2-10 sugars in length with a linker for ready attachment to microarray surfaces and other tools. These molecular tools will be employed to study the interaction of GAGs with growth factors, chemokines and other proteins. The specific aims include: 1) Synthesis of uronic acid and galactosamine building blocks; 2) Development of a new linker for automated GAG solid phase synthesis; 3) Construction of a new automated oligosaccharide synthesizer; 4) Development of methods for the automated assembly of heparin and chondroitin sulfate oligosaccharides; 5) Synthesis of a collection of defined heparin and chondroitin sulfate oligosaccharides; 6) Construction of synthetic GAG microarrays and SPR; 7) Preparation of GAG dendrimers and quantum dots.\nProject acronym B-PhosphoChem\nProject Exploration of the 2D-Chemistry of Black Phosphorous\nResearcher (PI) Andreas Hirsch\nSummary We propose the development of the chemistry of black phosphorus (BP). B-PhosphoChem will constitute a new text book chapter in the realm of synthetic chemistry located at the interface of inorganic-, organic-, and materials chemistry as well as solid state physics. B-PhosphoChem will provide the basis for exciting and so far elusive applications such as ion batteries and stable high performance devices. Thin sheets of BP represent a new class of 2D materials and have recently raised tremendous interest in the scientific community. Outstanding physical properties such as high charge carrier mobility, combined with transparency and the persistence of a band gap have been discovered. However, the chemistry of BP remains still unexplored. B-PhosphoChem will close this gap and will a) provide the opportunity to modulate and fine tune the physical properties, b) allow for considerably improving the processability and increasing the solubility, c) establish concepts for the desired chemical stabilization, d) give access to the combination of BP properties with those of other compound classes, e) reveal the fundamental chemical properties and reactivity principles, and f) provide methods for establishing practical applications. Five work packages will be addressed: 1) Production of Thin Layer BP, 2) Supramolecular Chemistry of BP, 3) Intercalation Compounds of BP, 4) Covalent Chemistry of BP, and 5) BP-Based Materials and Devices. The work packages will be supported by systematic calculations. For our group, whose core competence is synthetic organic and supramolecular chemistry, the orientation towards inorganic phosphorus chemistry constitutes a major step into a completely new direction. However, we are convinced to be the most predestinated research group in the world successfully facing this challenge because of our leadership and well documented interdisciplinary experience in synthesizing and characterizing 0D-, 1D-, and 2D nanostructures.\nWe propose the development of the chemistry of black phosphorus (BP). B-PhosphoChem will constitute a new text book chapter in the realm of synthetic chemistry located at the interface of inorganic-, organic-, and materials chemistry as well as solid state physics. B-PhosphoChem will provide the basis for exciting and so far elusive applications such as ion batteries and stable high performance devices. Thin sheets of BP represent a new class of 2D materials and have recently raised tremendous interest in the scientific community. Outstanding physical properties such as high charge carrier mobility, combined with transparency and the persistence of a band gap have been discovered. However, the chemistry of BP remains still unexplored. B-PhosphoChem will close this gap and will a) provide the opportunity to modulate and fine tune the physical properties, b) allow for considerably improving the processability and increasing the solubility, c) establish concepts for the desired chemical stabilization, d) give access to the combination of BP properties with those of other compound classes, e) reveal the fundamental chemical properties and reactivity principles, and f) provide methods for establishing practical applications. Five work packages will be addressed: 1) Production of Thin Layer BP, 2) Supramolecular Chemistry of BP, 3) Intercalation Compounds of BP, 4) Covalent Chemistry of BP, and 5) BP-Based Materials and Devices. The work packages will be supported by systematic calculations. For our group, whose core competence is synthetic organic and supramolecular chemistry, the orientation towards inorganic phosphorus chemistry constitutes a major step into a completely new direction. However, we are convinced to be the most predestinated research group in the world successfully facing this challenge because of our leadership and well documented interdisciplinary experience in synthesizing and characterizing 0D-, 1D-, and 2D nanostructures.\nProject acronym BEGMAT\nProject Layered functional materials - beyond 'graphene'\nResearcher (PI) Michael Janus Bojdys\nHost Institution (HI) HUMBOLDT-UNIVERSITAET ZU BERLIN\nSummary There is an apparent lack of non-metallic 2D-matrials for the construction of electronic devices, as only five materials of the \"graphene family\" are known: graphene, hBN, BCN, fluorographene, and graphene oxide \u2013 none of them with a narrow bandgap close to commercially used silicon. This ERC-StG proposal, BEGMAT, outlines a strategy for design, synthesis, and application of layered, functional materials that will go beyond this exclusive club. These materials \"beyond graphene\" (BEG) will have to meet \u2013 like graphene \u2013 the following criteria: (1) The BEG-materials will feature a transfer of crystalline order from the molecular (pm-range) to the macroscopic level (cm-range), (2) individual, free-standing layers of BEG-materials can be addressed by mechanical or chemical exfoliation, and (3) assemblies of different BEG-materials will be stacked as van der Waals heterostructures with unique properties. In contrast to the existing \"graphene family\", (4) BEG-materials will be constructed in a controlled way by covalent organic chemistry in a bottom-up approach from abundant precursors free of metals and critical raw materials (CRMs). Moreover \u2013 and unlike \u2013 many covalent organic frameworks (COFs), (5) BEG-materials will be fully aromatic, donor-acceptor systems to ensure that electronic properties can be addressed on macroscopic scale. The potential to make 2D materials \"beyond graphene\" is a great challenge to chemical bond formation and material design. In 2014 the applicant has demonstrated the feasibility of the concept to expand the \"graphene family\" with triazine-based graphitic carbon, a compound highlighted as an \"emerging competitor for the miracle material\" graphene. Now, the PI has the opportunity to build a full-scale research program on layered functional materials that offers unique insights into controlled, covalent linking-chemistry, and that addresses practicalities in device manufacture, and structure-properties relationships.\nThere is an apparent lack of non-metallic 2D-matrials for the construction of electronic devices, as only five materials of the \"graphene family\" are known: graphene, hBN, BCN, fluorographene, and graphene oxide \u2013 none of them with a narrow bandgap close to commercially used silicon. This ERC-StG proposal, BEGMAT, outlines a strategy for design, synthesis, and application of layered, functional materials that will go beyond this exclusive club. These materials \"beyond graphene\" (BEG) will have to meet \u2013 like graphene \u2013 the following criteria: (1) The BEG-materials will feature a transfer of crystalline order from the molecular (pm-range) to the macroscopic level (cm-range), (2) individual, free-standing layers of BEG-materials can be addressed by mechanical or chemical exfoliation, and (3) assemblies of different BEG-materials will be stacked as van der Waals heterostructures with unique properties. In contrast to the existing \"graphene family\", (4) BEG-materials will be constructed in a controlled way by covalent organic chemistry in a bottom-up approach from abundant precursors free of metals and critical raw materials (CRMs). Moreover \u2013 and unlike \u2013 many covalent organic frameworks (COFs), (5) BEG-materials will be fully aromatic, donor-acceptor systems to ensure that electronic properties can be addressed on macroscopic scale. The potential to make 2D materials \"beyond graphene\" is a great challenge to chemical bond formation and material design. In 2014 the applicant has demonstrated the feasibility of the concept to expand the \"graphene family\" with triazine-based graphitic carbon, a compound highlighted as an \"emerging competitor for the miracle material\" graphene. Now, the PI has the opportunity to build a full-scale research program on layered functional materials that offers unique insights into controlled, covalent linking-chemistry, and that addresses practicalities in device manufacture, and structure-properties relationships.\nProject acronym BETACONTROL\nProject Control of amyloid formation via beta-hairpin molecular recognition features\nResearcher (PI) Wolfgang HOYER\nHost Institution (HI) HEINRICH-HEINE-UNIVERSITAET DUESSELDORF\nSummary The aggregation of proteins into amyloid fibrils is involved in various diseases which place a high burden on patients, families, caregivers, and healthcare systems, including Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and type 2 diabetes. While the therapeutic potential of the inhibition of amyloid formation and spreading has been recognized, there is a lack of effective strategies targeting the early steps of the aggregation reaction. In BETACONTROL, I want to establish a structure-guided approach to the control of amyloid formation and spreading. I will develop small molecule and polypeptide-based ligands that interfere with the initial phases of amyloid formation and thereby suppress any toxic oligomeric or fibrillar assemblies. The ligands will target beta-hairpin molecular recognition features, which I found to be readily accessible in disease-related amyloidogenic proteins. Targeting beta-hairpins enables retardation of protein aggregation by substoichiometric amounts of the ligand, affording inhibition of amyloid formation at low compound concentrations. As the strategy addresses the common propensity of amyloidogenic proteins to adopt beta-structure, it will be applicable to a wide range of proteins associated with various diseases. BETACONTROL will yield molecular-level insight into the mechanistic basis of amyloid formation and spreading. Furthermore, it will elucidate the significance of beta-hairpins as molecular recognition features in intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) and highlight the applicability of these features as targets for interference with protein-protein interactions of IDPs. Ultimately, BETACONTROL will provide a novel therapeutic approach to a range of devastating diseases.\nThe aggregation of proteins into amyloid fibrils is involved in various diseases which place a high burden on patients, families, caregivers, and healthcare systems, including Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and type 2 diabetes. While the therapeutic potential of the inhibition of amyloid formation and spreading has been recognized, there is a lack of effective strategies targeting the early steps of the aggregation reaction. In BETACONTROL, I want to establish a structure-guided approach to the control of amyloid formation and spreading. I will develop small molecule and polypeptide-based ligands that interfere with the initial phases of amyloid formation and thereby suppress any toxic oligomeric or fibrillar assemblies. The ligands will target beta-hairpin molecular recognition features, which I found to be readily accessible in disease-related amyloidogenic proteins. Targeting beta-hairpins enables retardation of protein aggregation by substoichiometric amounts of the ligand, affording inhibition of amyloid formation at low compound concentrations. As the strategy addresses the common propensity of amyloidogenic proteins to adopt beta-structure, it will be applicable to a wide range of proteins associated with various diseases. BETACONTROL will yield molecular-level insight into the mechanistic basis of amyloid formation and spreading. Furthermore, it will elucidate the significance of beta-hairpins as molecular recognition features in intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) and highlight the applicability of these features as targets for interference with protein-protein interactions of IDPs. Ultimately, BETACONTROL will provide a novel therapeutic approach to a range of devastating diseases.\nProject acronym BIDECASEOX\nProject Bio-inspired Design of Catalysts for Selective Oxidations of C-H and C=C Bonds\nResearcher (PI) Miguel Costas Salgueiro\nHost Institution (HI) UNIVERSITAT DE GIRONA\nSummary The selective functionalization of C-H and C=C bonds remains a formidable unsolved problem, owing to their inert nature. Novel alkane and alkene oxidation reactions exhibiting good and\/or unprecedented selectivities will have a big impact on bulk and fine chemistry by opening novel methodologies that will allow removal of protection-deprotection sequences, thus streamlining synthetic strategies. These goals are targeted in this project via design of iron and manganese catalysts inspired by structural elements of the active site of non-heme enzymes of the Rieske Dioxygenase family. Selectivity is pursued via rational design of catalysts that will exploit substrate recognition-exclusion phenomena, and control over proton and electron affinity of the active species. Moreover, these catalysts will employ H2O2 as oxidant, and will operate under mild conditions (pressure and temperature). The fundamental mechanistic aspects of the catalytic reactions, and the species implicated in C-H and C=C oxidation events will also be studied with the aim of building on the necessary knowledge to design future generations of catalysts, and provide models to understand the chemistry taking place in non-heme iron and manganese-dependent oxygenases.\nThe selective functionalization of C-H and C=C bonds remains a formidable unsolved problem, owing to their inert nature. Novel alkane and alkene oxidation reactions exhibiting good and\/or unprecedented selectivities will have a big impact on bulk and fine chemistry by opening novel methodologies that will allow removal of protection-deprotection sequences, thus streamlining synthetic strategies. These goals are targeted in this project via design of iron and manganese catalysts inspired by structural elements of the active site of non-heme enzymes of the Rieske Dioxygenase family. Selectivity is pursued via rational design of catalysts that will exploit substrate recognition-exclusion phenomena, and control over proton and electron affinity of the active species. Moreover, these catalysts will employ H2O2 as oxidant, and will operate under mild conditions (pressure and temperature). The fundamental mechanistic aspects of the catalytic reactions, and the species implicated in C-H and C=C oxidation events will also be studied with the aim of building on the necessary knowledge to design future generations of catalysts, and provide models to understand the chemistry taking place in non-heme iron and manganese-dependent oxygenases.\nProject acronym BioMet\nProject Selective Functionalization of Saturated Hydrocarbons\nResearcher (PI) Ilan MAREK\nHost Institution (HI) TECHNION - ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY\nSummary Despite that C\u2013H functionalization represents a paradigm shift from the standard logic of organic synthesis, the selective activation of non-functionalized alkanes has puzzled chemists for centuries and is always referred to one of the remaining major challenges in chemical sciences. Alkanes are inert compounds representing the major constituents of natural gas and petroleum. Converting these cheap and widely available hydrocarbon feedstocks into added-value intermediates would tremendously affect the field of chemistry. For long saturated hydrocarbons, one must distinguish between non-equivalent but chemically very similar alkane substrate C\u2212H bonds, and for functionalization at the terminus position, one must favor activation of the stronger, primary C\u2212H bonds at the expense of weaker and numerous secondary C-H bonds. The goal of this work is to develop a general principle in organic synthesis for the preparation of a wide variety of more complex molecular architectures from saturated hydrocarbons. In our approach, the alkane will first be transformed into an alkene that will subsequently be engaged in a metal-catalyzed hydrometalation\/migration sequence. The first step of the sequence, ideally represented by the removal of two hydrogen atoms, will be performed by the use of a mutated strain of Rhodococcus. The position and geometry of the formed double bond has no effect on the second step of the reaction as the metal-catalyzed hydrometalation\/migration will isomerize the double bond along the carbon skeleton to selectively produce the primary organometallic species. Trapping the resulting organometallic derivatives with a large variety of electrophiles will provide the desired functionalized alkane. This work will lead to the invention of new, selective and efficient processes for the utilization of simple hydrocarbons and valorize the synthetic potential of raw hydrocarbon feedstock for the environmentally benign production of new compounds and new materials.\nDespite that C\u2013H functionalization represents a paradigm shift from the standard logic of organic synthesis, the selective activation of non-functionalized alkanes has puzzled chemists for centuries and is always referred to one of the remaining major challenges in chemical sciences. Alkanes are inert compounds representing the major constituents of natural gas and petroleum. Converting these cheap and widely available hydrocarbon feedstocks into added-value intermediates would tremendously affect the field of chemistry. For long saturated hydrocarbons, one must distinguish between non-equivalent but chemically very similar alkane substrate C\u2212H bonds, and for functionalization at the terminus position, one must favor activation of the stronger, primary C\u2212H bonds at the expense of weaker and numerous secondary C-H bonds. The goal of this work is to develop a general principle in organic synthesis for the preparation of a wide variety of more complex molecular architectures from saturated hydrocarbons. In our approach, the alkane will first be transformed into an alkene that will subsequently be engaged in a metal-catalyzed hydrometalation\/migration sequence. The first step of the sequence, ideally represented by the removal of two hydrogen atoms, will be performed by the use of a mutated strain of Rhodococcus. The position and geometry of the formed double bond has no effect on the second step of the reaction as the metal-catalyzed hydrometalation\/migration will isomerize the double bond along the carbon skeleton to selectively produce the primary organometallic species. Trapping the resulting organometallic derivatives with a large variety of electrophiles will provide the desired functionalized alkane. This work will lead to the invention of new, selective and efficient processes for the utilization of simple hydrocarbons and valorize the synthetic potential of raw hydrocarbon feedstock for the environmentally benign production of new compounds and new materials.\nProject acronym BIONICS\nProject Bio-Inspired Routes for Controlling the Structure and Properties of Materials: Reusing proven tricks on new materials\nResearcher (PI) Boaz Pokroy\nSummary \"In the course of biomineralization, organisms produce a large variety of functional biogenic crystals that exhibit fascinating mechanical, optical, magnetic and other characteristics. More specifically, when living organisms grow crystals they can effectively control polymorph selection as well as the crystal morphology, shape, and even atomic structure. Materials existing in nature have extraordinary and specific functions, yet the materials employed in nature are quite different from those engineers would select. I propose to emulate specific strategies used by organisms in forming structural biogenic crystals, and to apply these strategies biomimetically so as to form new structural materials with new properties and characteristics. This bio-inspired approach will involve the adoption of three specific biological strategies. We believe that this procedure will open up new ways to control the structure and properties of smart materials. The three bio-inspired strategies that we will utilize are: (i) to control the short-range order of amorphous materials, making it possible to predetermine the polymorph obtained when they transform from the amorphous to the succeeding crystalline phase; (ii) to control the morphology of single crystals of various functional materials so that they can have intricate and curved surfaces and yet maintain their single-crystal nature; (iii) to entrap organic molecules into single crystals of functional materials so as to tailor and manipulate their electronic structure. The proposed research has significant potential for opening up new routes for the formation of novel functional materials. Specifically, it will make it possible for us (1) to produce single, intricately shaped crystals without the need to etch, drill or polish; (2) to control the short-range order of amorphous materials and hence the polymorph of the successive crystalline phase; (3) to tune the band gap of semiconductors via incorporation of tailored bio-molecules.\"\n\"In the course of biomineralization, organisms produce a large variety of functional biogenic crystals that exhibit fascinating mechanical, optical, magnetic and other characteristics. More specifically, when living organisms grow crystals they can effectively control polymorph selection as well as the crystal morphology, shape, and even atomic structure. Materials existing in nature have extraordinary and specific functions, yet the materials employed in nature are quite different from those engineers would select. I propose to emulate specific strategies used by organisms in forming structural biogenic crystals, and to apply these strategies biomimetically so as to form new structural materials with new properties and characteristics. This bio-inspired approach will involve the adoption of three specific biological strategies. We believe that this procedure will open up new ways to control the structure and properties of smart materials. The three bio-inspired strategies that we will utilize are: (i) to control the short-range order of amorphous materials, making it possible to predetermine the polymorph obtained when they transform from the amorphous to the succeeding crystalline phase; (ii) to control the morphology of single crystals of various functional materials so that they can have intricate and curved surfaces and yet maintain their single-crystal nature; (iii) to entrap organic molecules into single crystals of functional materials so as to tailor and manipulate their electronic structure. The proposed research has significant potential for opening up new routes for the formation of novel functional materials. Specifically, it will make it possible for us (1) to produce single, intricately shaped crystals without the need to etch, drill or polish; (2) to control the short-range order of amorphous materials and hence the polymorph of the successive crystalline phase; (3) to tune the band gap of semiconductors via incorporation of tailored bio-molecules.\"\nProject acronym BioSilica\nProject Materials synthesis in vivo \u2013 intracellular formation of nanostructured silica by microalgae\nResearcher (PI) Assaf GAL\nHost Institution (HI) WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE\nSummary Organisms evolved the ability to form a magnificent array of functional materials, which surpass any man-made product. A prominent example is diatoms, marine microalgae that form an intricate cell-wall made of meso-porous silica. Diatom silica is a tough, hierarchically built, and biocompatible material that is environmentally friendly and cheap, making it an exciting target for nanotechnology. Nevertheless, the principles of this regulated formation mechanism remain elusive. A persistent obstacle for elucidating biomineralization processes is the inaccessibility of the cellular environment for structural and chemical investigations. Recently, far-reaching developments in electron microscopy have revolutionized our abilities to investigate chemical processes inside living organisms. It is now becoming feasible to image and analyze, with nanometer-scale resolution, an intracellular mineralization process. This proposal aims to elucidate the intracellular mechanism of silica formation by diatoms. We will study cells undergoing the silicification process in situ, using a suite of state-of-the-art electron and X-ray imaging and spectroscopy tools. The combination of structural and chemical data will enable us to elucidate: 1) The concentration and stabilization mechanism of transient Si phases in the cell. 2) The nanoscale environment in which silica condensation takes place. 3) Genetic and environmental strategies to engineer the silicification process for designed outcomes. Diatom silica is a promising material for applications such as photonics, pharmaceuticals, and catalysis, which require hierarchical, high-surface area, nano-materials. The achievements of this project will inspire synthetic methodologies to produce and design nano-patterned silica, and genetically-engineer the biological silicification process to produce custom-made materials.\nOrganisms evolved the ability to form a magnificent array of functional materials, which surpass any man-made product. A prominent example is diatoms, marine microalgae that form an intricate cell-wall made of meso-porous silica. Diatom silica is a tough, hierarchically built, and biocompatible material that is environmentally friendly and cheap, making it an exciting target for nanotechnology. Nevertheless, the principles of this regulated formation mechanism remain elusive. A persistent obstacle for elucidating biomineralization processes is the inaccessibility of the cellular environment for structural and chemical investigations. Recently, far-reaching developments in electron microscopy have revolutionized our abilities to investigate chemical processes inside living organisms. It is now becoming feasible to image and analyze, with nanometer-scale resolution, an intracellular mineralization process. This proposal aims to elucidate the intracellular mechanism of silica formation by diatoms. We will study cells undergoing the silicification process in situ, using a suite of state-of-the-art electron and X-ray imaging and spectroscopy tools. The combination of structural and chemical data will enable us to elucidate: 1) The concentration and stabilization mechanism of transient Si phases in the cell. 2) The nanoscale environment in which silica condensation takes place. 3) Genetic and environmental strategies to engineer the silicification process for designed outcomes. Diatom silica is a promising material for applications such as photonics, pharmaceuticals, and catalysis, which require hierarchical, high-surface area, nano-materials. The achievements of this project will inspire synthetic methodologies to produce and design nano-patterned silica, and genetically-engineer the biological silicification process to produce custom-made materials.\nProject acronym BORYLENEFUN\nProject The versatile metal-boron multiple bond: application of borylenes to metathesis, catalysis, and macromolecules\nResearcher (PI) Holger Christoph Braunschweig\nHost Institution (HI) JULIUS-MAXIMILIANS-UNIVERSITAT WURZBURG\nSummary Borylated molecules and polymers are of great interest due to their broad application in organic synthesis and materials science. The functionalisation of organic substrates with boryl groups R2B is based on classical synthetic methods e.g. hydro- and diboration of C-C multiple bonds. Likewise, borylenes B-R should be versatile reagents for corresponding functionalisations, however, the chemistry of such species remained unexplored due to their high instability. Pioneering work in our laboratories has proven that complexes of the type [LxM=B-R] not only stabilise elusive borylenes B-R in the coordination sphere of various transition metals but, more importantly, serve as unprecedented sources for these species under ambient conditions in condensed phase. Thus, the major objective of the current proposal is to establish novel reactivity patterns based on B-R fragments for the functionalisation of organometallic and organic substrates. Particular attention will be paid to the synthesis of novel molecular and polymeric species with significant potential as materials. Given the pronounced importance of boron containing species in organic synthesis, catalysis and materials science, the proposed project is expected to have a significant impact on these areas of applied molecular science. In addition, a wide range of fundamental aspects will be covered, targeting e.g. novel conjugated cyclic systems or molecules with unprecedented boron-element combinations. The following subjects will be pursued: 1)Cationic and anionic dimetalloborylenes as complementary building blocks in synthesis 2)Application of borylene metathesis in stoichiometric and catalytic transformations 3)Borylene transfer for organometallic synthesis and borylene based pi-conjugated materials\nBorylated molecules and polymers are of great interest due to their broad application in organic synthesis and materials science. The functionalisation of organic substrates with boryl groups R2B is based on classical synthetic methods e.g. hydro- and diboration of C-C multiple bonds. Likewise, borylenes B-R should be versatile reagents for corresponding functionalisations, however, the chemistry of such species remained unexplored due to their high instability. Pioneering work in our laboratories has proven that complexes of the type [LxM=B-R] not only stabilise elusive borylenes B-R in the coordination sphere of various transition metals but, more importantly, serve as unprecedented sources for these species under ambient conditions in condensed phase. Thus, the major objective of the current proposal is to establish novel reactivity patterns based on B-R fragments for the functionalisation of organometallic and organic substrates. Particular attention will be paid to the synthesis of novel molecular and polymeric species with significant potential as materials. Given the pronounced importance of boron containing species in organic synthesis, catalysis and materials science, the proposed project is expected to have a significant impact on these areas of applied molecular science. In addition, a wide range of fundamental aspects will be covered, targeting e.g. novel conjugated cyclic systems or molecules with unprecedented boron-element combinations. The following subjects will be pursued: 1)Cationic and anionic dimetalloborylenes as complementary building blocks in synthesis 2)Application of borylene metathesis in stoichiometric and catalytic transformations 3)Borylene transfer for organometallic synthesis and borylene based pi-conjugated materials\nProject acronym BOTTOM-UP_SYSCHEM\nProject Systems Chemistry from Bottom Up: Switching, Gating and Oscillations in Non Enzymatic Peptide Networks\nResearcher (PI) Gonen Ashkenasy\nHost Institution (HI) BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV\nSummary The study of synthetic molecular networks is of fundamental importance for understanding the organizational principles of biological systems and may well be the key to unraveling the origins of life. In addition, such systems may be useful for parallel synthesis of molecules, implementation of catalysis via multi-step pathways, and as media for various applications in nano-medicine and nano-electronics. We have been involved recently in developing peptide-based replicating networks and revealed their dynamic characteristics. We argue here that the structural information embedded in the polypeptide chains is sufficiently rich to allow the construction of peptide 'Systems Chemistry', namely, to facilitate the use of replicating networks as cell-mimetics, featuring complex dynamic behavior. To bring this novel idea to reality, we plan to take a unique holistic approach by studying such networks both experimentally and via simulations, for elucidating basic-principles and towards applications in adjacent fields, such as molecular electronics. Towards realizing these aims, we will study three separate but inter-related objectives: (i) design and characterization of networks that react and rewire in response to external triggers, such as light, (ii) design of networks that operate via new dynamic rules of product formation that lead to oscillations, and (iii) exploitation of the molecular information gathered from the networks as means to control switching and gating in molecular electronic devices. We believe that achieving the project's objectives will be highly significant for the development of the arising field of Systems Chemistry, and in addition will provide valuable tools for studying related scientific fields, such as systems biology and molecular electronics.\nThe study of synthetic molecular networks is of fundamental importance for understanding the organizational principles of biological systems and may well be the key to unraveling the origins of life. In addition, such systems may be useful for parallel synthesis of molecules, implementation of catalysis via multi-step pathways, and as media for various applications in nano-medicine and nano-electronics. We have been involved recently in developing peptide-based replicating networks and revealed their dynamic characteristics. We argue here that the structural information embedded in the polypeptide chains is sufficiently rich to allow the construction of peptide 'Systems Chemistry', namely, to facilitate the use of replicating networks as cell-mimetics, featuring complex dynamic behavior. To bring this novel idea to reality, we plan to take a unique holistic approach by studying such networks both experimentally and via simulations, for elucidating basic-principles and towards applications in adjacent fields, such as molecular electronics. Towards realizing these aims, we will study three separate but inter-related objectives: (i) design and characterization of networks that react and rewire in response to external triggers, such as light, (ii) design of networks that operate via new dynamic rules of product formation that lead to oscillations, and (iii) exploitation of the molecular information gathered from the networks as means to control switching and gating in molecular electronic devices. We believe that achieving the project's objectives will be highly significant for the development of the arising field of Systems Chemistry, and in addition will provide valuable tools for studying related scientific fields, such as systems biology and molecular electronics.\nProject acronym C-H ACTIVATION\nProject New Concepts for Utilizing a Ubiquitous (Non-)Functional Group - C-H Bond Activation for Increased Efficiency in Organic Synthesis\nResearcher (PI) Frank Klaus Glorius\nHost Institution (HI) WESTFAELISCHE WILHELMS-UNIVERSITAET MUENSTER\nSummary C-H activations and related reactions can potentially revolutionize the way organic molecules are made and allow a more efficient use of earth's natural resources. Despite the rapid progress of the last couple of years, many problems like limited scope, extreme reaction conditions (temperature, excess of reagents) or low reactivities and selectivities remain in many cases. In this comprehensive proposal containing a number of projects and work packages, we want to develope new C-H activation methods 1) for the efficient synthesis of heterocycles, 2) for the activation of unactivated C(sp3)-H bonds, 3) by employing newly designed Fe-NHC complexes and 4) demonstrating the application of C-H activation for the functionalization of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). The realization of these goals would render organic synthesis greener and more efficient and would have an impact on the preparation of compounds in academia and industry.\nC-H activations and related reactions can potentially revolutionize the way organic molecules are made and allow a more efficient use of earth's natural resources. Despite the rapid progress of the last couple of years, many problems like limited scope, extreme reaction conditions (temperature, excess of reagents) or low reactivities and selectivities remain in many cases. In this comprehensive proposal containing a number of projects and work packages, we want to develope new C-H activation methods 1) for the efficient synthesis of heterocycles, 2) for the activation of unactivated C(sp3)-H bonds, 3) by employing newly designed Fe-NHC complexes and 4) demonstrating the application of C-H activation for the functionalization of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). The realization of these goals would render organic synthesis greener and more efficient and would have an impact on the preparation of compounds in academia and industry.\nProject acronym CABUM\nProject An investigation of the mechanisms at the interaction between cavitation bubbles and contaminants\nResearcher (PI) Matevz DULAR\nHost Institution (HI) UNIVERZA V LJUBLJANI\nSummary A sudden decrease in pressure triggers the formation of vapour and gas bubbles inside a liquid medium (also called cavitation). This leads to many (key) engineering problems: material loss, noise and vibration of hydraulic machinery. On the other hand, cavitation is a potentially a useful phenomenon: the extreme conditions are increasingly used for a wide variety of applications such as surface cleaning, enhanced chemistry, and waste water treatment (bacteria eradication and virus inactivation). Despite this significant progress a large gap persists between the understanding of the mechanisms that contribute to the effects of cavitation and its application. Although engineers are already commercializing devices that employ cavitation, we are still not able to answer the fundamental question: What precisely are the mechanisms how bubbles can clean, disinfect, kill bacteria and enhance chemical activity? The overall objective of the project is to understand and determine the fundamental physics of the interaction of cavitation bubbles with different contaminants. To address this issue, the CABUM project will investigate the physical background of cavitation from physical, biological and engineering perspective on three complexity scales: i) on single bubble level, ii) on organised and iii) on random bubble clusters, producing a progressive multidisciplinary synergetic effect. The proposed synergetic approach builds on the PI's preliminary research and employs novel experimental and numerical methodologies, some of which have been developed by the PI and his research group, to explore the physics of cavitation behaviour in interaction with bacteria and viruses. Understanding the fundamental physical background of cavitation in interaction with contaminants will have a ground-breaking implications in various scientific fields (engineering, chemistry and biology) and will, in the future, enable the exploitation of cavitation in water and soil treatment processes.\nA sudden decrease in pressure triggers the formation of vapour and gas bubbles inside a liquid medium (also called cavitation). This leads to many (key) engineering problems: material loss, noise and vibration of hydraulic machinery. On the other hand, cavitation is a potentially a useful phenomenon: the extreme conditions are increasingly used for a wide variety of applications such as surface cleaning, enhanced chemistry, and waste water treatment (bacteria eradication and virus inactivation). Despite this significant progress a large gap persists between the understanding of the mechanisms that contribute to the effects of cavitation and its application. Although engineers are already commercializing devices that employ cavitation, we are still not able to answer the fundamental question: What precisely are the mechanisms how bubbles can clean, disinfect, kill bacteria and enhance chemical activity? The overall objective of the project is to understand and determine the fundamental physics of the interaction of cavitation bubbles with different contaminants. To address this issue, the CABUM project will investigate the physical background of cavitation from physical, biological and engineering perspective on three complexity scales: i) on single bubble level, ii) on organised and iii) on random bubble clusters, producing a progressive multidisciplinary synergetic effect. The proposed synergetic approach builds on the PI's preliminary research and employs novel experimental and numerical methodologies, some of which have been developed by the PI and his research group, to explore the physics of cavitation behaviour in interaction with bacteria and viruses. Understanding the fundamental physical background of cavitation in interaction with contaminants will have a ground-breaking implications in various scientific fields (engineering, chemistry and biology) and will, in the future, enable the exploitation of cavitation in water and soil treatment processes.\nProject acronym CADENCE\nProject Catalytic Dual-Function Devices Against Cancer\nResearcher (PI) Jesus Santamaria\nHost Institution (HI) UNIVERSIDAD DE ZARAGOZA\nSummary Despite intense research efforts in almost every branch of the natural sciences, cancer continues to be one of the leading causes of death worldwide. It is thus remarkable that little or no therapeutic use has been made of a whole discipline, heterogeneous catalysis, which is noted for its specificity and for enabling chemical reactions in otherwise passive environments. At least in part, this could be attributed to practical difficulties: the selective delivery of a catalyst to a tumour and the remote activation of its catalytic function only after it has reached its target are highly challenging objectives. Only recently, the necessary tools to overcome these problems seem within reach. CADENCE aims for a breakthrough in cancer therapy by developing a new therapeutic concept. The central hypothesis is that a growing tumour can be treated as a special type of reactor in which reaction conditions can be tailored to achieve two objectives: i) molecules essential to tumour growth are locally depleted and ii) toxic, short-lived products are generated in situ. To implement this novel approach we will make use of core concepts of reactor engineering (kinetics, heat and mass transfer, catalyst design), as well as of ideas borrowed from other areas, mainly those of bio-orthogonal chemistry and controlled drug delivery. We will explore two different strategies (classical EPR effect and stem cells as Trojan Horses) to deliver optimized catalysts to the tumour. Once the catalysts have reached the tumour they will be remotely activated using near-infrared (NIR) light, that affords the highest penetration into body tissues. This is an ambitious project, addressing all the key steps from catalyst design to in vivo studies. Given the novel perspective provided by CADENCE, even partial success in any of the approaches to be tested would have a significant impact on the therapeutic toolbox available to treat cancer.\nDespite intense research efforts in almost every branch of the natural sciences, cancer continues to be one of the leading causes of death worldwide. It is thus remarkable that little or no therapeutic use has been made of a whole discipline, heterogeneous catalysis, which is noted for its specificity and for enabling chemical reactions in otherwise passive environments. At least in part, this could be attributed to practical difficulties: the selective delivery of a catalyst to a tumour and the remote activation of its catalytic function only after it has reached its target are highly challenging objectives. Only recently, the necessary tools to overcome these problems seem within reach. CADENCE aims for a breakthrough in cancer therapy by developing a new therapeutic concept. The central hypothesis is that a growing tumour can be treated as a special type of reactor in which reaction conditions can be tailored to achieve two objectives: i) molecules essential to tumour growth are locally depleted and ii) toxic, short-lived products are generated in situ. To implement this novel approach we will make use of core concepts of reactor engineering (kinetics, heat and mass transfer, catalyst design), as well as of ideas borrowed from other areas, mainly those of bio-orthogonal chemistry and controlled drug delivery. We will explore two different strategies (classical EPR effect and stem cells as Trojan Horses) to deliver optimized catalysts to the tumour. Once the catalysts have reached the tumour they will be remotely activated using near-infrared (NIR) light, that affords the highest penetration into body tissues. This is an ambitious project, addressing all the key steps from catalyst design to in vivo studies. Given the novel perspective provided by CADENCE, even partial success in any of the approaches to be tested would have a significant impact on the therapeutic toolbox available to treat cancer.\nProject acronym CAMBAT\nProject Calcium and magnesium metal anode based batteries\nResearcher (PI) Alexandre PONROUCH\nSummary Li-ion battery is ubiquitous and has emerged as the major contender to power electric vehicles, yet Li-ion is slowly but surely reaching its limits and controversial debates on lithium supply cannot be ignored. New sustainable battery chemistries must be developed and the most appealing alternatives are to use Ca or Mg metal anodes which would bring a breakthrough in terms of energy density relying on much more abundant elements. Since Mg and Ca do not appear to be plagued by dendrite formation like Li, metal anodes could thus safely be used. While standard electrolytes forming stable passivation layers at the electrode\/electrolyte interfaces enabled the success of the Li-ion technology, the migration of divalent cations through a passivation layer was thought to be impossible. Thus, all research efforts to date have been devoted to the formulation of electrolytes that do not form such layer. This approach comes with complex electrolyte, highly corrosive and with narrow electrochemical stability window leading to incompatibility with high voltage cathodes thus penalizing energy density. The applicant demonstrated that calcium can be reversibly plated and stripped through a stable passivation layer when transport properties within the electrolyte are tuned (decreasing ion pair formation). CAMBAT aims at developing new electrolytes forming stable passivation layers and allowing the migration of Ca2+ and Mg2+. Such a dramatic shift in the methodology would allow considering a completely new family of electrolytes enabling the evaluation of high voltage cathode materials that cannot be tested in the electrolytes available nowadays. 1Ah prototype cells will be assembled as proof of concept, targets for energy density and cost being ca. 300 Wh\/kg and 250 $\/kWh, respectively, thus doubling the energy density while dividing by at least a factor of 2 the price when compared to state of the art Li-ion batteries and having the potential for being SAFER (absence of dendrite).\nLi-ion battery is ubiquitous and has emerged as the major contender to power electric vehicles, yet Li-ion is slowly but surely reaching its limits and controversial debates on lithium supply cannot be ignored. New sustainable battery chemistries must be developed and the most appealing alternatives are to use Ca or Mg metal anodes which would bring a breakthrough in terms of energy density relying on much more abundant elements. Since Mg and Ca do not appear to be plagued by dendrite formation like Li, metal anodes could thus safely be used. While standard electrolytes forming stable passivation layers at the electrode\/electrolyte interfaces enabled the success of the Li-ion technology, the migration of divalent cations through a passivation layer was thought to be impossible. Thus, all research efforts to date have been devoted to the formulation of electrolytes that do not form such layer. This approach comes with complex electrolyte, highly corrosive and with narrow electrochemical stability window leading to incompatibility with high voltage cathodes thus penalizing energy density. The applicant demonstrated that calcium can be reversibly plated and stripped through a stable passivation layer when transport properties within the electrolyte are tuned (decreasing ion pair formation). CAMBAT aims at developing new electrolytes forming stable passivation layers and allowing the migration of Ca2+ and Mg2+. Such a dramatic shift in the methodology would allow considering a completely new family of electrolytes enabling the evaluation of high voltage cathode materials that cannot be tested in the electrolytes available nowadays. 1Ah prototype cells will be assembled as proof of concept, targets for energy density and cost being ca. 300 Wh\/kg and 250 $\/kWh, respectively, thus doubling the energy density while dividing by at least a factor of 2 the price when compared to state of the art Li-ion batteries and having the potential for being SAFER (absence of dendrite).\nProject acronym CATA-LUX\nProject Light-Driven Asymmetric Organocatalysis\nResearcher (PI) Paolo Melchiorre\nHost Institution (HI) FUNDACIO PRIVADA INSTITUT CATALA D'INVESTIGACIO QUIMICA\nSummary Visible light photocatalysis and metal-free organocatalytic processes are powerful strategies of modern chemical research with extraordinary potential for the sustainable preparation of organic molecules. However, these environmentally respectful approaches have to date remained largely unrelated. The proposed research seeks to merge these fields of molecule activation to redefine their synthetic potential. Light-driven processes considerably enrich the modern synthetic repertoire, offering a potent way to build complex organic frameworks. In contrast, it is extremely challenging to develop asymmetric catalytic photoreactions that can create chiral molecules with a well-defined three-dimensional arrangement. By developing innovative methodologies to effectively address this issue, I will provide a novel reactivity framework for conceiving light-driven enantioselective organocatalytic processes. I will translate the effective tools governing the success of ground state asymmetric organocatalysis into the realm of photochemical reactivity, exploiting the potential of key organocatalytic intermediates to directly participate in the photoexcitation of substrates. At the same time, the chiral organocatalyst will ensure effective stereochemical control. This single catalyst system, where stereoinduction and photoactivation merge in a sole organocatalyst, will serve for developing novel enantioselective photoreactions. In a complementary dual catalytic approach, the synergistic activities of an organocatalyst and a metal-free photosensitiser will combine to realise asymmetric variants of venerable photochemical processes, which have never before succumbed to a stereocontrolled approach. This proposal challenges the current perception that photochemistry is too unselective to parallel the impressive levels of efficiency reached by the asymmetric catalysis of thermal reactions, expanding the way chemists think about making chiral molecules\nVisible light photocatalysis and metal-free organocatalytic processes are powerful strategies of modern chemical research with extraordinary potential for the sustainable preparation of organic molecules. However, these environmentally respectful approaches have to date remained largely unrelated. The proposed research seeks to merge these fields of molecule activation to redefine their synthetic potential. Light-driven processes considerably enrich the modern synthetic repertoire, offering a potent way to build complex organic frameworks. In contrast, it is extremely challenging to develop asymmetric catalytic photoreactions that can create chiral molecules with a well-defined three-dimensional arrangement. By developing innovative methodologies to effectively address this issue, I will provide a novel reactivity framework for conceiving light-driven enantioselective organocatalytic processes. I will translate the effective tools governing the success of ground state asymmetric organocatalysis into the realm of photochemical reactivity, exploiting the potential of key organocatalytic intermediates to directly participate in the photoexcitation of substrates. At the same time, the chiral organocatalyst will ensure effective stereochemical control. This single catalyst system, where stereoinduction and photoactivation merge in a sole organocatalyst, will serve for developing novel enantioselective photoreactions. In a complementary dual catalytic approach, the synergistic activities of an organocatalyst and a metal-free photosensitiser will combine to realise asymmetric variants of venerable photochemical processes, which have never before succumbed to a stereocontrolled approach. This proposal challenges the current perception that photochemistry is too unselective to parallel the impressive levels of efficiency reached by the asymmetric catalysis of thermal reactions, expanding the way chemists think about making chiral molecules\nProject acronym CatCHFun\nProject Sustainable Catalytic C-H Bond Functionalization\nResearcher (PI) Lutz Ackermann\nHost Institution (HI) GEORG-AUGUST-UNIVERSITAT GOTTINGENSTIFTUNG OFFENTLICHEN RECHTS\nSummary The impressive progress in synthetic organic chemistry during the past century has propelled this discipline to its current central place as the key enabling technology in the physical and life sciences. Despite these remarkable advances, our ability to construct molecules of even moderate structural complexity remains unsatisfactory, since these syntheses continue to be inefficient, rely on a high number of reaction steps, and generate undesired, often toxic waste. These features led to the general need for greener transformations that will stimulate the development of more sustainable chemical industries. Conventional approaches in synthetic organic chemistry make use of starting materials displaying specific functional groups, the installation of which results in costly reaction and purification steps. Therefore, an environmentally-sound and economically-attractive alternative is represented by the direct functionalization of ubiquitous carbon-hydrogen (C\u2013H) bonds. These transition-metal-catalyzed processes avoid prefunctionalization strategies, prevent the formation of undesired waste, and thus enable an overall streamlining of organic synthesis. While considerable recent progress has been accomplished in C\u2013H bond functionalizations, available methodologies continue to be limited in scope, and key challenges are still to be overcome. Establishing a full set of sustainable C\u2013H bond functionalization protocols will undeniably have a tremendous impact on various applied areas, such as drug discovery, chemical industries or material sciences.\nThe impressive progress in synthetic organic chemistry during the past century has propelled this discipline to its current central place as the key enabling technology in the physical and life sciences. Despite these remarkable advances, our ability to construct molecules of even moderate structural complexity remains unsatisfactory, since these syntheses continue to be inefficient, rely on a high number of reaction steps, and generate undesired, often toxic waste. These features led to the general need for greener transformations that will stimulate the development of more sustainable chemical industries. Conventional approaches in synthetic organic chemistry make use of starting materials displaying specific functional groups, the installation of which results in costly reaction and purification steps. Therefore, an environmentally-sound and economically-attractive alternative is represented by the direct functionalization of ubiquitous carbon-hydrogen (C\u2013H) bonds. These transition-metal-catalyzed processes avoid prefunctionalization strategies, prevent the formation of undesired waste, and thus enable an overall streamlining of organic synthesis. While considerable recent progress has been accomplished in C\u2013H bond functionalizations, available methodologies continue to be limited in scope, and key challenges are still to be overcome. Establishing a full set of sustainable C\u2013H bond functionalization protocols will undeniably have a tremendous impact on various applied areas, such as drug discovery, chemical industries or material sciences.\nProject acronym CATGOLD\nProject ADVANCING GOLD CATALYSIS\nResearcher (PI) Antonio Mar\u00eda Echavarren Pablos\nSummary We plan to chase new goals by exploring the limits of gold chemistry and organic synthesis. A major goal is to promote copper to the level of gold as the catalyst of choice for the activation of alkynes under homogeneous conditions. Another major goal is to develop enantioselective reactions based on a new chiral catalyst design to overcome the inherent limitations of the linear coordination of d10 M(I) coinage metals. We whish to contribute to bridge the gap between homogeneous and heterogeneous gold catalysis discovering new reactions for C-C bond formation via cross-coupling and C-H activation. We will apply new methods based on Au catalysis to fill the gap that exists between chemical synthesis and physical methods such as graphite exfoliation or laser ablation for the synthesis of nanographenes and other large acenes.\nWe plan to chase new goals by exploring the limits of gold chemistry and organic synthesis. A major goal is to promote copper to the level of gold as the catalyst of choice for the activation of alkynes under homogeneous conditions. Another major goal is to develop enantioselective reactions based on a new chiral catalyst design to overcome the inherent limitations of the linear coordination of d10 M(I) coinage metals. We whish to contribute to bridge the gap between homogeneous and heterogeneous gold catalysis discovering new reactions for C-C bond formation via cross-coupling and C-H activation. We will apply new methods based on Au catalysis to fill the gap that exists between chemical synthesis and physical methods such as graphite exfoliation or laser ablation for the synthesis of nanographenes and other large acenes.\nProject acronym CaTs n DOCs\nProject Chemically and Thermally Stable Nano-sized Discrete Organic Cage Compounds\nResearcher (PI) Michael G\u00fcnther MASTALERZ\nSummary Shape-persistent organic cage compounds consisting only of covalent bonds are fascinating synthetically targets, because they are studied as hosts for the selective recognition of guest molecules, such as artificial lectins, for catalysis in confined space or for the construction of a new type of porous material. For the latter, the shape-persistency and rigidity of the cage cavity is of utmost importance. There are in principle two existing strategies for the synthesis of shape-persistent organic cage compounds. Strategy I: A stepwise approach by irreversible reactions. Here, the advantage is the chemical stability of the target compound due to the intrinsic stabilities of the formed bonds. The disadvantage of this approach is in general the low overall yield, because the system does not allow any 'self-correction' of once formed bonds. This is different for the other approach used in Strategy II: By using dynamic covalent bond formation as synthetic tool, shape-persistent organic cages can be constructed from rather simple molecular building blocks in one step. Here, the yields are usually very high or even quantitatively, because the reversibility of the reaction allows the system to self-correct. Unfortunately, the resulting compounds are more prone to chemical cleavage of the cages than those synthesized by the irreversible approach. Within this project, we will combine the advantages of both strategies to synthesize chemically and thermally stable nano-sized discrete organic cage compounds in a two-step approach in high yields. To demonstrate the versatility and synthetic power of this approach, pure hydrocarbon cages will be synthesized in a few steps in high yields. Finally, this strategy will make for the first time open and closed-shell fullerenes and heterofullerenes that are isomerically pure, accessible.\nShape-persistent organic cage compounds consisting only of covalent bonds are fascinating synthetically targets, because they are studied as hosts for the selective recognition of guest molecules, such as artificial lectins, for catalysis in confined space or for the construction of a new type of porous material. For the latter, the shape-persistency and rigidity of the cage cavity is of utmost importance. There are in principle two existing strategies for the synthesis of shape-persistent organic cage compounds. Strategy I: A stepwise approach by irreversible reactions. Here, the advantage is the chemical stability of the target compound due to the intrinsic stabilities of the formed bonds. The disadvantage of this approach is in general the low overall yield, because the system does not allow any 'self-correction' of once formed bonds. This is different for the other approach used in Strategy II: By using dynamic covalent bond formation as synthetic tool, shape-persistent organic cages can be constructed from rather simple molecular building blocks in one step. Here, the yields are usually very high or even quantitatively, because the reversibility of the reaction allows the system to self-correct. Unfortunately, the resulting compounds are more prone to chemical cleavage of the cages than those synthesized by the irreversible approach. Within this project, we will combine the advantages of both strategies to synthesize chemically and thermally stable nano-sized discrete organic cage compounds in a two-step approach in high yields. To demonstrate the versatility and synthetic power of this approach, pure hydrocarbon cages will be synthesized in a few steps in high yields. Finally, this strategy will make for the first time open and closed-shell fullerenes and heterofullerenes that are isomerically pure, accessible.\nProject acronym CHAOS\nProject C-H Acids for Organic Synthesis\nResearcher (PI) Benjamin List\nHost Institution (HI) MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FUER KOHLENFORSCHUNG\nSummary Enantioselective Br\u00f8nsted acid organocatalysis has the potential to revolutionize asymmetric synthesis. However, the commonly used chiral phosphoric acid catalysts are typically limited to certain, fairly reactive substrate classes such as imines. Recently, more active and stereoselective catalysts have been introduced, which rely on acidic N\u2013H bonds, and which have significantly widened the scope of suitable substrates. Despite the considerable success of these catalysts, however, several important and highly attractive substrate classes still remain out of reach. The applicant's group has now identified C\u2013H acids as novel and highly promising candidates to tackle these long standing challenges. Here, a research program with three major goals is proposed: 1) broadly conceived synthetic studies will be undertaken, which are expected to give access to C\u2013H acids with a wide range of acidity and steric confinement. 2) These C\u2013H acids will be applied to address one of the most general limitations currently encountered in organocatalysis: The enantioselective conversion of small and unbiased substrates. 3) The developed C\u2013H acids, which are expected to enable unprecedented acidities and catalytic activities, will be employed in the activation of increasingly less reactive electrophiles, for example aliphatic aldehydes but also esters and olefins, for which enantioselective organocatalytic reactions are currently very limited or even unknown. Overall, this research program will aim at the design, synthesis and application of C\u2013H acids as platform for solving several long standing challenges in asymmetric organocatalysis. The introduction of C\u2013H acids for organic synthesis is expected to enrich the toolbox of synthetic chemists in both academic and industrial laboratories.\nEnantioselective Br\u00f8nsted acid organocatalysis has the potential to revolutionize asymmetric synthesis. However, the commonly used chiral phosphoric acid catalysts are typically limited to certain, fairly reactive substrate classes such as imines. Recently, more active and stereoselective catalysts have been introduced, which rely on acidic N\u2013H bonds, and which have significantly widened the scope of suitable substrates. Despite the considerable success of these catalysts, however, several important and highly attractive substrate classes still remain out of reach. The applicant's group has now identified C\u2013H acids as novel and highly promising candidates to tackle these long standing challenges. Here, a research program with three major goals is proposed: 1) broadly conceived synthetic studies will be undertaken, which are expected to give access to C\u2013H acids with a wide range of acidity and steric confinement. 2) These C\u2013H acids will be applied to address one of the most general limitations currently encountered in organocatalysis: The enantioselective conversion of small and unbiased substrates. 3) The developed C\u2013H acids, which are expected to enable unprecedented acidities and catalytic activities, will be employed in the activation of increasingly less reactive electrophiles, for example aliphatic aldehydes but also esters and olefins, for which enantioselective organocatalytic reactions are currently very limited or even unknown. Overall, this research program will aim at the design, synthesis and application of C\u2013H acids as platform for solving several long standing challenges in asymmetric organocatalysis. The introduction of C\u2013H acids for organic synthesis is expected to enrich the toolbox of synthetic chemists in both academic and industrial laboratories.\nProject acronym chem-fs-MOF\nProject Chemical Engineering of Functional Stable Metal-Organic Frameworks: Porous Crystals and Thin Film Devices\nResearcher (PI) Carlos MARTI-GASTALDO\nSummary Metal-Organic-Frameworks (MOFs) offer appealing advantages over classical solids from combination of high surface areas with the crystallinity of inorganic materials and the synthetic versatility (unlimited combination of metals and linkers for fine tuning of properties) and processability of organic materials. Provided chemical stability, I expect combination of porosity with manipulable electrical and optical properties to open a new world of possibilities, with MOFs playing an emerging role in fields of key environmental value like photovoltaics, photocatalysis or electrocatalysis. The conventional insulating character of MOFs and their poor chemical stability (only a minimum fraction are hydrolytically stable) are arguably the two key limitations hindering further development in this context. With chem-fs-MOF I expect to deliver: 1. New synthetic routes specifically designed for producing new, hydrolytically stable Fe(III) and Ti(IV)-MOFs (new synthetic platforms for new materials). 2. More advanced crystalline materials to feature tunable function by chemical manipulation of MOF's optical\/electrical properties and pore activity (function-led chemical engineering). 3. High-quality ultrathin films, reliant on the transfer of single-layers, alongside establishing the techniques required for evaluating their electric properties (key to device integration). Recent works on graphene and layered dichalcogenides anticipate the benefits of nanostructuration for more efficient optoelectronic devices. Notwithstanding great potential, this possibility remains still unexplored for MOFs. Overall, I seek to exploit MOFs' unparalleled chemical\/structural flexibility to produce advanced crystalline materials that combine hydrolytical stability and tunable performance to be used in environmentally relevant applications like visible light photocatalysis. This is an emerging research front that holds great potential for influencing future R&D in Chemistry and Materials Science.\nMetal-Organic-Frameworks (MOFs) offer appealing advantages over classical solids from combination of high surface areas with the crystallinity of inorganic materials and the synthetic versatility (unlimited combination of metals and linkers for fine tuning of properties) and processability of organic materials. Provided chemical stability, I expect combination of porosity with manipulable electrical and optical properties to open a new world of possibilities, with MOFs playing an emerging role in fields of key environmental value like photovoltaics, photocatalysis or electrocatalysis. The conventional insulating character of MOFs and their poor chemical stability (only a minimum fraction are hydrolytically stable) are arguably the two key limitations hindering further development in this context. With chem-fs-MOF I expect to deliver: 1. New synthetic routes specifically designed for producing new, hydrolytically stable Fe(III) and Ti(IV)-MOFs (new synthetic platforms for new materials). 2. More advanced crystalline materials to feature tunable function by chemical manipulation of MOF's optical\/electrical properties and pore activity (function-led chemical engineering). 3. High-quality ultrathin films, reliant on the transfer of single-layers, alongside establishing the techniques required for evaluating their electric properties (key to device integration). Recent works on graphene and layered dichalcogenides anticipate the benefits of nanostructuration for more efficient optoelectronic devices. Notwithstanding great potential, this possibility remains still unexplored for MOFs. Overall, I seek to exploit MOFs' unparalleled chemical\/structural flexibility to produce advanced crystalline materials that combine hydrolytical stability and tunable performance to be used in environmentally relevant applications like visible light photocatalysis. This is an emerging research front that holds great potential for influencing future R&D in Chemistry and Materials Science.\nProject acronym CHEMBIOLPBINT\nProject Chemical biology of natural products in plant-bacteria interactions\nResearcher (PI) Markus Kaiser\nHost Institution (HI) UNIVERSITAET DUISBURG-ESSEN\nSummary This project deals with the elucidation of the biological role of natural products in plant-bacteria interactions. Plant-associated bacteria synthesize a vast number of biologically active natural products that modulate the physiology and functioning of their host plants. For example, plant pathogens often cause devastating crop losses by secreting low molecular weight phytotoxins, while some symbiotic bacteria biosynthesize plant-protecting compounds that assist in lowering biotic and abiotic plant stresses. It is therefore surprising that although natural products seem to play key roles in the complex interaction network between bacteria and plants, most of their biological functions and molecular targets are still unknown. To date, almost all studies on plant-bacteria interactions have been performed with biological approaches. Here, we propose to investigate the biological role of plant-associated natural products with the aid of a chemistry-driven approach, relying on the power of chemical synthesis to i) generate these natural products and\/or suitable natural product derivatives, ii) to elucidate their targets in plants, and iii) to apply them in plant-bacteria studies. Although natural products have long been in the focus of chemical research, such a systematic chemistry-driven approach has, to our knowledge, never been performed before in plant-bacteria interactions. Our project will therefore not only serve to i) decipher basic research questions and ii) identify potential lead structures for agricultural and medicinal applications, but will also contribute to iii) the refinement of chemical syntheses strategies, iv) the advancement of target finding approaches and v) the establishment of chemical biology approaches in plant biology.\nThis project deals with the elucidation of the biological role of natural products in plant-bacteria interactions. Plant-associated bacteria synthesize a vast number of biologically active natural products that modulate the physiology and functioning of their host plants. For example, plant pathogens often cause devastating crop losses by secreting low molecular weight phytotoxins, while some symbiotic bacteria biosynthesize plant-protecting compounds that assist in lowering biotic and abiotic plant stresses. It is therefore surprising that although natural products seem to play key roles in the complex interaction network between bacteria and plants, most of their biological functions and molecular targets are still unknown. To date, almost all studies on plant-bacteria interactions have been performed with biological approaches. Here, we propose to investigate the biological role of plant-associated natural products with the aid of a chemistry-driven approach, relying on the power of chemical synthesis to i) generate these natural products and\/or suitable natural product derivatives, ii) to elucidate their targets in plants, and iii) to apply them in plant-bacteria studies. Although natural products have long been in the focus of chemical research, such a systematic chemistry-driven approach has, to our knowledge, never been performed before in plant-bacteria interactions. Our project will therefore not only serve to i) decipher basic research questions and ii) identify potential lead structures for agricultural and medicinal applications, but will also contribute to iii) the refinement of chemical syntheses strategies, iv) the advancement of target finding approaches and v) the establishment of chemical biology approaches in plant biology.\nProject acronym CHEMCOMP\nProject Building-up Chemical Complexity into Multifunctional Molecule-based Hybrid Materials\nResearcher (PI) Jose Ramon Galan Mascaros\nSummary Molecular sciences offer unparalleled opportunities for the development of tailor-made materials. By chemical design, molecules with the desired features can be prepared and incorporated into hybrid systems to yield molecule-based materials with novel chemical and\/or physical properties. The CHEMCOMP project aims to develop new hybrid materials targeting the study of new physical phenomena that have already been theoretically predicted or experimentally hinted. The main goals will be: i) Molecules with memory: Memory effect at the molecular scale is of great interest because it represents the size limit in the miniaturization of information storage media. My goal will be to develop spin crossover molecules with bulk-like hysteretic behavior where the switching between the low spin ground state and the high spin metastable state can be controlled through external stimuli. ii) Bistable organic conductors: Bistable molecules could also be embedded into hybrid organic conductors to induce structural phase transitions. This strategy will allow for the transport properties to be controlled through external stimuli in unprecedented switchable conducting media. iii) Hybrid conducting magnets: Combination of magnetism and electrical conductivity has given rise to new phenomena in the past, such as spin glass behavior or giant magnetoresistance. We propose to incorporate Single Molecule Magnets (molecules with magnet-like behavior) into organic (super)conductors to understand and optimize the synergy between these two physical properties. iv) Chiral magnets and conductors: New phenomena is expected to appear in optically active media. Experimental evidence for the so-called MagnetoChiral Dichroism has already been found. Electrical Magnetochiral Anisotropy has been predicted. I will develop systematic strategies for the preparation of hybrid chiral materials to understand and optimize the synergy between chirality and bulk physical properties.\nMolecular sciences offer unparalleled opportunities for the development of tailor-made materials. By chemical design, molecules with the desired features can be prepared and incorporated into hybrid systems to yield molecule-based materials with novel chemical and\/or physical properties. The CHEMCOMP project aims to develop new hybrid materials targeting the study of new physical phenomena that have already been theoretically predicted or experimentally hinted. The main goals will be: i) Molecules with memory: Memory effect at the molecular scale is of great interest because it represents the size limit in the miniaturization of information storage media. My goal will be to develop spin crossover molecules with bulk-like hysteretic behavior where the switching between the low spin ground state and the high spin metastable state can be controlled through external stimuli. ii) Bistable organic conductors: Bistable molecules could also be embedded into hybrid organic conductors to induce structural phase transitions. This strategy will allow for the transport properties to be controlled through external stimuli in unprecedented switchable conducting media. iii) Hybrid conducting magnets: Combination of magnetism and electrical conductivity has given rise to new phenomena in the past, such as spin glass behavior or giant magnetoresistance. We propose to incorporate Single Molecule Magnets (molecules with magnet-like behavior) into organic (super)conductors to understand and optimize the synergy between these two physical properties. iv) Chiral magnets and conductors: New phenomena is expected to appear in optically active media. Experimental evidence for the so-called MagnetoChiral Dichroism has already been found. Electrical Magnetochiral Anisotropy has been predicted. I will develop systematic strategies for the preparation of hybrid chiral materials to understand and optimize the synergy between chirality and bulk physical properties.\nProject acronym CHEMMINE\nProject Chemical proteome mining for functional annotation of disease relevant proteins\nResearcher (PI) Stephan SIEBER\nSummary Genome sequencing projects have provided unique insights into the cellular inventory of genes and their corresponding protein products. Despite this success, a large fraction of cellular proteins remains functionally uncharacterized. Their annotation represents a major challenge for contemporary research, reaching beyond the power of bioinformatic sequence similarity searches. Thus multidisciplinary strategies consolidating chemical and biological methods are required to close this gap. We here approach the challenge by two chemical proteomic platforms that focus on disease relevant sub-fractions of the uncharacterized proteome. The first platform utilizes functionalized cofactors that exploit cognate cellular uptake systems and report specific binding of large enzyme families. The molecules will be applied to mine cellular proteomes for unknown family members with crucial roles in diseases and assign their function. The second platform exploits phosphoaspartate as an important disease-related post-translational modification. Due to low stability, this transient modification currently escapes detection by established proteomic procedures. Moreover, little is known about the enzymes that catalyze aspartate phosphorylation. We here use specific nucleophilic traps that convert phosphoaspartate into stable modifications suitable for analytic detection. In addition, the complement of currently unknown phosphodonor proteins will be identified with customized tools. With these platforms we aim to functionally annotate sub-fractions of the uncharacterized proteome and utilize our tools for the identification of new drug targets by comparative analysis of healthy and diseased cells. Finally, we apply the camouflaged molecular design strategy in the synthesis of compound libraries to screen for candidate inhibitors against selected, disease-modulating targets. The previous record of my group in chemical proteomics provides a strong basis to achieve these challenging goals.\nGenome sequencing projects have provided unique insights into the cellular inventory of genes and their corresponding protein products. Despite this success, a large fraction of cellular proteins remains functionally uncharacterized. Their annotation represents a major challenge for contemporary research, reaching beyond the power of bioinformatic sequence similarity searches. Thus multidisciplinary strategies consolidating chemical and biological methods are required to close this gap. We here approach the challenge by two chemical proteomic platforms that focus on disease relevant sub-fractions of the uncharacterized proteome. The first platform utilizes functionalized cofactors that exploit cognate cellular uptake systems and report specific binding of large enzyme families. The molecules will be applied to mine cellular proteomes for unknown family members with crucial roles in diseases and assign their function. The second platform exploits phosphoaspartate as an important disease-related post-translational modification. Due to low stability, this transient modification currently escapes detection by established proteomic procedures. Moreover, little is known about the enzymes that catalyze aspartate phosphorylation. We here use specific nucleophilic traps that convert phosphoaspartate into stable modifications suitable for analytic detection. In addition, the complement of currently unknown phosphodonor proteins will be identified with customized tools. With these platforms we aim to functionally annotate sub-fractions of the uncharacterized proteome and utilize our tools for the identification of new drug targets by comparative analysis of healthy and diseased cells. Finally, we apply the camouflaged molecular design strategy in the synthesis of compound libraries to screen for candidate inhibitors against selected, disease-modulating targets. The previous record of my group in chemical proteomics provides a strong basis to achieve these challenging goals.\nProject acronym CHIRALLCARBON\nProject Chiral Allotropes of Carbon\nResearcher (PI) Nazario Mart\u00edn\nHost Institution (HI) UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID\nSummary The aim of the present project is to answer fundamental questions about how to introduce chirality into a variety of carbon nanostructures and how it modifies the properties in the search for new applications in materials science and nanotecnology. Thus, it describes a fundamental and technological research program designed to gain new knowledge for the development of novel covalent and supramolecular chiral carbon nanoforms, and their further chemical modification for the preparation of sophisticated supramolecular 3D nanoarchitectures. Our research activity should reinforce and integrate the strong position of Europe in the knowledge of carbon nanoforms. This important scientific challenge has not been properly addressed so far due to the inherent difficulties to work on these materials and, particularly, to the lack of an efficient chemical protocol to prepare chiral carbon nanoforms.\nThe aim of the present project is to answer fundamental questions about how to introduce chirality into a variety of carbon nanostructures and how it modifies the properties in the search for new applications in materials science and nanotecnology. Thus, it describes a fundamental and technological research program designed to gain new knowledge for the development of novel covalent and supramolecular chiral carbon nanoforms, and their further chemical modification for the preparation of sophisticated supramolecular 3D nanoarchitectures. Our research activity should reinforce and integrate the strong position of Europe in the knowledge of carbon nanoforms. This important scientific challenge has not been properly addressed so far due to the inherent difficulties to work on these materials and, particularly, to the lack of an efficient chemical protocol to prepare chiral carbon nanoforms.\nProject acronym CHMIFLUORS\nProject Carbohydrate Mimesis using Fluorinated Sugars for Chemical Biology: From Reaction Design to Applications in Molecular Imaging\nResearcher (PI) Ryan Gilmour\nSummary The principle objective of this proposal is to validate fluorinated glyco-structures as effective carbohydrate mimics for the next frontier in pharmaceutical research. Herein we propose to capitalise on the major advances in statistical data analysis which are unravelling the complexity of mammalian and bacterial \"glycospace\". Molecular mimicry is a powerful drug design approach. It is therefore envisaged to develop a focussed programme of research to validate fluorinated glycostructures, and in particular 2-fluoro sugars, as carbohydrate mimics for chemical biology, exploiting the ubiquitous role of carbohydrates in molecular recognition. Salient features of the 2-fluoro substituent include (i) enhanced hydrolytic stability to enzymatic degradation, (ii) the presence of a NMR active reporter nucleus (19F) for facile analysis, and (iii) the possibility for molecular imaging application when using 18F labelled glycostructures. Phase one of this project will aim to develop synthetic routes to the target fluoro-glycostructures. This will involve a substantial component of physical organic chemistry including conformational analysis, advanced 19F NMR spectroscopy and the possible isolation of oxo-carbenium analogues by exploiting advances in the development of large, weakly co-ordinating anions. From first principle reaction design and development, through a basic understanding of conformation and reactivity, phase 2 will focus on the application of these materials for chemical biology applications. Phase 2 will then heavily focus on the application of complex oligosaccharides containing the PET active 18F moiety. It is envisaged that by exploiting the ubiquitous role of carbohydrates in molecular recognition that this would conceivably lead to the development of selective imaging agents, thus bypassing the current problem of relying on the metabolically controlled distribution of the commonly used PET tracer 2-fluorodeoxy glucose (18F-FDG).\nThe principle objective of this proposal is to validate fluorinated glyco-structures as effective carbohydrate mimics for the next frontier in pharmaceutical research. Herein we propose to capitalise on the major advances in statistical data analysis which are unravelling the complexity of mammalian and bacterial \"glycospace\". Molecular mimicry is a powerful drug design approach. It is therefore envisaged to develop a focussed programme of research to validate fluorinated glycostructures, and in particular 2-fluoro sugars, as carbohydrate mimics for chemical biology, exploiting the ubiquitous role of carbohydrates in molecular recognition. Salient features of the 2-fluoro substituent include (i) enhanced hydrolytic stability to enzymatic degradation, (ii) the presence of a NMR active reporter nucleus (19F) for facile analysis, and (iii) the possibility for molecular imaging application when using 18F labelled glycostructures. Phase one of this project will aim to develop synthetic routes to the target fluoro-glycostructures. This will involve a substantial component of physical organic chemistry including conformational analysis, advanced 19F NMR spectroscopy and the possible isolation of oxo-carbenium analogues by exploiting advances in the development of large, weakly co-ordinating anions. From first principle reaction design and development, through a basic understanding of conformation and reactivity, phase 2 will focus on the application of these materials for chemical biology applications. Phase 2 will then heavily focus on the application of complex oligosaccharides containing the PET active 18F moiety. It is envisaged that by exploiting the ubiquitous role of carbohydrates in molecular recognition that this would conceivably lead to the development of selective imaging agents, thus bypassing the current problem of relying on the metabolically controlled distribution of the commonly used PET tracer 2-fluorodeoxy glucose (18F-FDG).\nProject acronym CMetC\nProject Selective Carbon-Carbon Bond Activation: A Wellspring of Untapped Reactivity\nSummary The creation of new molecular entities and subsequent exploitation of their properties is central to a broad spectrum of research disciplines from medicine to materials. Most \u2013if not all- of the efforts of organic chemists were directed to the development of creative strategies to built carbon-carbon and carbon-heteroatom bonds in a predictable and efficient manner. But is the creation of new bonds the only approach that organic chemistry should follow? Could we design the synthesis of challenging molecular skeleton no more through the construction of carbon-carbon bonds but rather through selective cleavage of carbon-carbon bonds (C-C bond activation)? The goal of this work is to develop powerful synthetic approaches for the selective C-C bond activation and demonstrate that it has the potential to be a general principle in organic synthesis for the regio-, diastereo- and even enantiomerically enriched preparation of adducts despite that C-C single bonds belong among the least reactive functional groups in chemistry. The realization of this synthetic potential requires the ability to functionalize selectively one C-C bond in compounds containing many such bonds and an array of functional groups. This site selective C-C bond activation is one of the greatest challenges that must be met to be used widely in complex-molecular synthesis. To emphasize the practicality of C-C bond activation, we will prepare in a single-pot operation challenging molecular framework possessing various stereogenic centers from very simple starting materials through selective C-C bond activation. Ideally, alkenes will be in-situ transformed into alkanes that will subsequently undergo the C-C activation even in the presence of functional group. This work will lead to ground-breaking advances when non-strained cycloalkanes (cyclopentane, cyclohexane) will undergo this smooth C-C bond activation with friendly and non toxic organometallic species.\nThe creation of new molecular entities and subsequent exploitation of their properties is central to a broad spectrum of research disciplines from medicine to materials. Most \u2013if not all- of the efforts of organic chemists were directed to the development of creative strategies to built carbon-carbon and carbon-heteroatom bonds in a predictable and efficient manner. But is the creation of new bonds the only approach that organic chemistry should follow? Could we design the synthesis of challenging molecular skeleton no more through the construction of carbon-carbon bonds but rather through selective cleavage of carbon-carbon bonds (C-C bond activation)? The goal of this work is to develop powerful synthetic approaches for the selective C-C bond activation and demonstrate that it has the potential to be a general principle in organic synthesis for the regio-, diastereo- and even enantiomerically enriched preparation of adducts despite that C-C single bonds belong among the least reactive functional groups in chemistry. The realization of this synthetic potential requires the ability to functionalize selectively one C-C bond in compounds containing many such bonds and an array of functional groups. This site selective C-C bond activation is one of the greatest challenges that must be met to be used widely in complex-molecular synthesis. To emphasize the practicality of C-C bond activation, we will prepare in a single-pot operation challenging molecular framework possessing various stereogenic centers from very simple starting materials through selective C-C bond activation. Ideally, alkenes will be in-situ transformed into alkanes that will subsequently undergo the C-C activation even in the presence of functional group. This work will lead to ground-breaking advances when non-strained cycloalkanes (cyclopentane, cyclohexane) will undergo this smooth C-C bond activation with friendly and non toxic organometallic species.\nProject acronym COFLeaf\nProject Fuel from sunlight: Covalent organic frameworks as integrated platforms for photocatalytic water splitting and CO2 reduction\nResearcher (PI) Bettina Valeska Lotsch\nSummary The efficient conversion of solar energy into renewable chemical fuels has been identified as one of the grand challenges facing society today and one of the major driving forces of materials innovation. Nature's photosynthesis producing chemical fuels through the revaluation of sunlight has inspired generations of chemists to develop platforms mimicking the natural photosynthetic process, albeit at lower levels of complexity. While artificial photosynthesis remains a considerable challenge due to the intricate interplay between materials design, photochemistry and catalysis, the spotlights \u2013 light-driven water splitting into hydrogen and oxygen and carbon dioxide reduction into methane or methanol \u2013 have emerged as viable pathways into both a clean and sustainable energy future. With this proposal, we aim at introducing a new class of polymeric photocatalysts based on covalent organic frameworks, COFs, to bridge the gap between semiconductor and molecular systems and explore rational ways to design single-site heterogeneous photocatalysts offering both chemical tunability and stability. The development of a photocatalytic model system is proposed, which will be tailored by molecular synthetic protocols and optimized by solid-state chemical procedures and crystal engineering so as to provide insights into the architectures, reactive intermediates and mechanistic steps involved in the photocatalytic process, with complementary insights from theory. We envision the integration of various molecular subsystems including photosensitizers, redox shuttles and molecular co-catalysts in a single semiconducting COF backbone. Taking advantage of the hallmarks of COFs \u2013 molecular definition and tunability, crystallinity, porosity and rigidity \u2013 we describe the design of COF systems capable of light-induced hydrogen evolution, oxygen evolution and overall water splitting, and delineate strategies to use COFs as integrated platforms for CO2 capture, activation and conversion.\nThe efficient conversion of solar energy into renewable chemical fuels has been identified as one of the grand challenges facing society today and one of the major driving forces of materials innovation. Nature's photosynthesis producing chemical fuels through the revaluation of sunlight has inspired generations of chemists to develop platforms mimicking the natural photosynthetic process, albeit at lower levels of complexity. While artificial photosynthesis remains a considerable challenge due to the intricate interplay between materials design, photochemistry and catalysis, the spotlights \u2013 light-driven water splitting into hydrogen and oxygen and carbon dioxide reduction into methane or methanol \u2013 have emerged as viable pathways into both a clean and sustainable energy future. With this proposal, we aim at introducing a new class of polymeric photocatalysts based on covalent organic frameworks, COFs, to bridge the gap between semiconductor and molecular systems and explore rational ways to design single-site heterogeneous photocatalysts offering both chemical tunability and stability. The development of a photocatalytic model system is proposed, which will be tailored by molecular synthetic protocols and optimized by solid-state chemical procedures and crystal engineering so as to provide insights into the architectures, reactive intermediates and mechanistic steps involved in the photocatalytic process, with complementary insights from theory. We envision the integration of various molecular subsystems including photosensitizers, redox shuttles and molecular co-catalysts in a single semiconducting COF backbone. Taking advantage of the hallmarks of COFs \u2013 molecular definition and tunability, crystallinity, porosity and rigidity \u2013 we describe the design of COF systems capable of light-induced hydrogen evolution, oxygen evolution and overall water splitting, and delineate strategies to use COFs as integrated platforms for CO2 capture, activation and conversion.\nProject acronym COINFLIP\nProject Coupled Organic Inorganic Nanostructures for Fast, Light-Induced Data Processing\nResearcher (PI) Marcus Scheele\nHost Institution (HI) EBERHARD KARLS UNIVERSITAET TUEBINGEN\nSummary The main objective of this project is to design optical switches with a response time < 5 ps, a switching energy < 1 fJ\/bit and compatibility with silicon technology to excel in high-speed data processing at low heat dissipation. This will be pursued by combining the chemistry of inorganic, nanocrystalline colloids and organic semiconductor molecules to fabricate thin films of organic-inorganic hybrid nanostructures. Optical switches play a pivotal role in modern data processing based on silicon photonics, where they control the interface between photonic optical fibers used for data transmission and electronic processing units for computing. Data transfer across this interface is slow compared to that in optical interconnects and high-speed silicon transistors, such that faster optical switching accelerates the overall speed of data processing of the system as a whole. By modifying the surface of the inorganic nanocrystals with conductive molecular linkers and self-assembly into macroscopic solid state materials, new electronic and photonic properties arise due to charge transfer at the organic\/inorganic interface. The multiple optical resonances in these hybrid materials result in strong optoelectronic interactions with external light beams, which are exploited for converting photonic into electronic signals at unprecedented speed. A key concept here is an activated absorption mechanism, in which the nanocrystals act as sensitizers with short-lived excited states, which are activated by a first optical pump beam. Efficient charge transfer at the organic\/inorganic interface temporarily creates additional resonances in the molecular linkers, which may be probed by a second optical beam for as long as the sensitizer is in its excited state. Utilizing nanocrystals with excited state lifetimes < 5ps will reward ultrafast response times to pave the way for novel optical switches and high-speed data processing rates for silicon photonics.\nThe main objective of this project is to design optical switches with a response time < 5 ps, a switching energy < 1 fJ\/bit and compatibility with silicon technology to excel in high-speed data processing at low heat dissipation. This will be pursued by combining the chemistry of inorganic, nanocrystalline colloids and organic semiconductor molecules to fabricate thin films of organic-inorganic hybrid nanostructures. Optical switches play a pivotal role in modern data processing based on silicon photonics, where they control the interface between photonic optical fibers used for data transmission and electronic processing units for computing. Data transfer across this interface is slow compared to that in optical interconnects and high-speed silicon transistors, such that faster optical switching accelerates the overall speed of data processing of the system as a whole. By modifying the surface of the inorganic nanocrystals with conductive molecular linkers and self-assembly into macroscopic solid state materials, new electronic and photonic properties arise due to charge transfer at the organic\/inorganic interface. The multiple optical resonances in these hybrid materials result in strong optoelectronic interactions with external light beams, which are exploited for converting photonic into electronic signals at unprecedented speed. A key concept here is an activated absorption mechanism, in which the nanocrystals act as sensitizers with short-lived excited states, which are activated by a first optical pump beam. Efficient charge transfer at the organic\/inorganic interface temporarily creates additional resonances in the molecular linkers, which may be probed by a second optical beam for as long as the sensitizer is in its excited state. Utilizing nanocrystals with excited state lifetimes < 5ps will reward ultrafast response times to pave the way for novel optical switches and high-speed data processing rates for silicon photonics.\nProject acronym COMBAT\nProject Computational Modeling and Design of Lithium-Ion Batteries\nResearcher (PI) Timon Rabczuk\nHost Institution (HI) BAUHAUS-UNIVERSITAET WEIMAR\nSummary \"Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) are among the most promising solutions for energy storage. Compared with other resources such as bio-fuel, solar cells, fuel cells or lead acid batteries, rechargeable batteries are more portable and allow for quick energy storage and release. The higher power and energy density make batteries suitable as the energy resource for most portable elect. devices including future vehicles. Among the rechargeable batteries, LIBs have the most potential because of their quick charging rate and high power and energy density. However, ageing of LIBs and the related capacity and power fade is a major concern. For the improvement and future development of batteries, computational modeling and design is an important complementary part to experimental testing which is expensive, time-consuming and sometimes unfeasible. In this project, the PI proposes to develop, implement, verify and validate a computational multifield and multiscale framework to support the design and optimization of new batteries. The computational framework will support the design and optimization of new anode, separator and cathode materials as well as their structure inside the battery. The measurable outcome of this research will be an open-source software package that can be used to support the design and optimization of LIBs. Within the computational framework, different (mechanical-thermal-electro-chemical) fields will be linked over multiple scales: from fundamental physics to the design of new battery materials. We will quantify uncertainties in order to provide upper and lower bounds of our predictions and use graph-theory, error-estimation and adaptivity to choose the appropriate model and discretization. The computational framework will be verified and validated by comparison to experiments. Finally, multi-objective optimization over multiple scales will provide a new battery prototype that will be manufactured, tested and compared to the computational predictions.\"\n\"Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) are among the most promising solutions for energy storage. Compared with other resources such as bio-fuel, solar cells, fuel cells or lead acid batteries, rechargeable batteries are more portable and allow for quick energy storage and release. The higher power and energy density make batteries suitable as the energy resource for most portable elect. devices including future vehicles. Among the rechargeable batteries, LIBs have the most potential because of their quick charging rate and high power and energy density. However, ageing of LIBs and the related capacity and power fade is a major concern. For the improvement and future development of batteries, computational modeling and design is an important complementary part to experimental testing which is expensive, time-consuming and sometimes unfeasible. In this project, the PI proposes to develop, implement, verify and validate a computational multifield and multiscale framework to support the design and optimization of new batteries. The computational framework will support the design and optimization of new anode, separator and cathode materials as well as their structure inside the battery. The measurable outcome of this research will be an open-source software package that can be used to support the design and optimization of LIBs. Within the computational framework, different (mechanical-thermal-electro-chemical) fields will be linked over multiple scales: from fundamental physics to the design of new battery materials. We will quantify uncertainties in order to provide upper and lower bounds of our predictions and use graph-theory, error-estimation and adaptivity to choose the appropriate model and discretization. The computational framework will be verified and validated by comparison to experiments. Finally, multi-objective optimization over multiple scales will provide a new battery prototype that will be manufactured, tested and compared to the computational predictions.\"\nProject acronym COMBIPATTERNING\nProject Combinatorial Patterning of Particles for High Density Peptide Arrays\nResearcher (PI) Alexander Nesterov-Mueller\nHost Institution (HI) KARLSRUHER INSTITUT FUER TECHNOLOGIE\nSummary We want to use selective laser melting to pattern a substrate with different solid micro particles at a density of 1 million spots per cm2. First, a homogeneous particle layer is deposited on a substrate and a pattern of micro spots of melted matrix is generated by laser radiation. Then, non-melted particles are blown away. Embedded within the particles are different chemically reactive amino acid derivatives that will start coupling to very small synthesis sites upon melting the particle pattern in an oven. This is done once all of the 20 different amino acid particles have been glued by laser patterning to the surface. Washing away uncoupled material, removing Fmoc protecting group, and repeating the patterning steps according to standard Merrifield synthesis, leads to the combinatorial synthesis of very high-density peptide arrays. The main objective of this proposal is to develop this method up to the level of a semi-automated synthesis machine. In addition, we will use the manufactured very high-density peptide arrays to readout the information that is deposited in the immune system, i.e. find a peptide binder for every one of the 200-500 antibody species that patrol the serum of an individual in elevated levels. These experiments might lead to novel tools to find out the causes of hitherto enigmatic diseases because then we might be able to correlate antibody patterns with disease status without knowing in advance the disease-specific antibodies. Beyond the life sciences, we want to embed 10.000 peptides per cm2 within an insulating layer of alkane thiols, each on a different gold pad of a specially designed screening chip. Then, we could readout I\/V characteristics of individual peptide species, and eventually find peptide-based diodes. These could be modified in their sequence and screened again for better performance. This evolution-inspired screening approach might lead to novel materials that could be used in fuel cells.\nWe want to use selective laser melting to pattern a substrate with different solid micro particles at a density of 1 million spots per cm2. First, a homogeneous particle layer is deposited on a substrate and a pattern of micro spots of melted matrix is generated by laser radiation. Then, non-melted particles are blown away. Embedded within the particles are different chemically reactive amino acid derivatives that will start coupling to very small synthesis sites upon melting the particle pattern in an oven. This is done once all of the 20 different amino acid particles have been glued by laser patterning to the surface. Washing away uncoupled material, removing Fmoc protecting group, and repeating the patterning steps according to standard Merrifield synthesis, leads to the combinatorial synthesis of very high-density peptide arrays. The main objective of this proposal is to develop this method up to the level of a semi-automated synthesis machine. In addition, we will use the manufactured very high-density peptide arrays to readout the information that is deposited in the immune system, i.e. find a peptide binder for every one of the 200-500 antibody species that patrol the serum of an individual in elevated levels. These experiments might lead to novel tools to find out the causes of hitherto enigmatic diseases because then we might be able to correlate antibody patterns with disease status without knowing in advance the disease-specific antibodies. Beyond the life sciences, we want to embed 10.000 peptides per cm2 within an insulating layer of alkane thiols, each on a different gold pad of a specially designed screening chip. Then, we could readout I\/V characteristics of individual peptide species, and eventually find peptide-based diodes. These could be modified in their sequence and screened again for better performance. This evolution-inspired screening approach might lead to novel materials that could be used in fuel cells.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"An uncertain homecoming: When child suffers stroke, Esperanza Center steps in\nBy Maria Wiering\nmail@CatholicReview.org\nCinthia, an immigrant who lives in Baltimore, anticipated an April phone call confirming her two daughters, ages 9 and 12, had made it to the United States from Honduras.\nWhen the call came, she couldn't have anticipated additional news: 9-year-old Gelen had suffered a stroke.\n\"I was very scared. I was screaming a lot,\" Cinthia said.\nFrom the caller \u2013 another immigrant who had accompanied her daughters \u2013 Cinthia learned that Gelen felt ill before the U.S.-Mexico border crossing. She struggled to walk, so someone carried her. Soon after they were on the U.S. side, the girls were taken into custody by U.S. immigration officials and put in a truck.\nInside, Gelen blacked out.\nBy the time her mother received the news, Gelen (pronounced \"Helen\") was in a Texas hospital. Her sister, Maria Bel\u00e9n, was in an immigration detention center.\nMaria Bel\u00e9n eventually joined her mother in Baltimore as part of the U.S. Office of Refugee Resettlement's family reunification program. Gelen, however, remained hospitalized, unable to reunite with her mother because she needed medical care. For help, Cinthia, 31, leaned on relatives and reached out to Catholic Charities of Baltimore' Esperanza Center, where she had been fingerprinted as part of the reunification process.\nCinthia, who asked that her last name not be printed, recounted her story in Spanish. Jerm\u00edn Laviera, an Esperanza client services representative who worked with Cinthia and her daughters, translated for the Catholic Review on her behalf.\nEsperanza's staff members and nursing student volunteers from the University of Maryland connected Cinthia with specialists from Johns Hopkins Community Physicians, who committed to continuing Gelen's specialized care. Securing that commitment was critical for Cinthia to obtain approval as Gelen's sponsor and in reuniting mother and daughter, according to Val Twanmoh, Esperanza's director.\nIn June, Gelen was transferred from Texas to a medical facility in Albany, N.Y., where she continued her recovery and received visits from her mother and sister.\nAfter two more months of therapy, the facility discharged Gelen, and Cinthia took her home to Baltimore Sept. 11.\nNow 10, Gelen is enrolled in school and continues therapy at Johns Hopkins' East Baltimore Medical Center, which charges for medical services on a sliding scale.\nHope for recovery\nAfter Cinthia's parents died, she left Colon, Honduras, about three years ago seeking work to support her family. Her daughters stayed in Honduras with their stepfather, but he moved the girls to different houses and stole the money Cinthia sent for their care, she said. Escalating violence and risk of kidnapping in Honduras compelled her girls' 20-day journey north.\nGelen sat quietly as she listened to her mother recount her family's story. \"Hello\" is one of the few words she can say again. Her right side remains partially paralyzed. Cinthia is hopeful her daughter will make a full recovery.\nA parishioner of Sacred Heart of Jesus-Sagrado Coraz\u00f3n de Jes\u00fas in Highlandtown, Cinthia looks to her relatives and God for support, she said.\n\"Cinthia's was a hard case,\" said Laviera, the Esperanza Center translator, adding that the family's outcome makes her \"feel very, very happy.\"\nMost from Honduras\nWhile youths from El Salvador, Guatemala and Mexico also contribute to the more than 67,000 immigrant minors who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border illegally last year without guardians, most are from Honduras, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection.\nThrough the Office of Refugee Resettlement, many unaccompanied minors are able to reunite quickly with family members already living in the U.S.\nIn 2014, Esperanza reunified 481 unaccompanied minor children with family members. The Fells Point center is one of two places in Maryland where people can be fingerprinted as they work to gain custody of unaccompanied minors who have crossed the border.\nPope Francis has called the surge of unaccompanied minors crossing the U.S.-Mexican border a \"humanitarian emergency\" and has asked for them to be \"welcomed and protected.\"\nIn August, Catholic Charities of Baltimore applied for a federal grant to house unaccompanied minors as they wait to be reunified with family members. It learned in early December that the Office of Refugee Resettlement has deferred a final decision on the proposal, as it \"has adequate capacity among its current shelter providers to meet the current need for transitional shelter services,\" Catholic Charities Executive Director William J. McCarthy Jr. wrote in a Dec. 9 e-mail to the agency's staff that was forwarded to the Catholic Review.\nTrain gardens capture wonder of Christmas\nHyatt, Target wrap Franciscan Center guests in warmth","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Burning Challenges\nJEF webinars\nMEET & INFLUENCE\nABOUT JEF\nJEF 2019 PANEL BIOS\nSTEM for Life Foundation, USA\nRev. Nicanor Pier Giorgio Austriaco\nProfessor of Biology and of Theology\nProvidence College in Providence, Rhode Island\nBenjamin David\nMedical Ethics Doctor\nMsrg. Tomasz Trafny\nOfficial of the Pontifical Council for Culture\nPanel Intro\nETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS AROUND PATIENT CHOICE AND HUMAN ENHANCEMENT IN HEALTHCARE?\nDr. Robin L. Smith, age 54, is a business leader, entrepreneur, medical doctor and philanthropist and is uniquely positioned to assist public companies and health care systems successfully advance in the rapidly evolving health care industry. She received her BA from Yale, MD from the Yale School of Medicine and an MBA from the Wharton School of Business and completed the Stanford University Directors Program. Dr. Smith is a trailblazer in the fields of regenerative medicine and predictive analytics and has focused on turnarounds, M&A and disruptive innovations driving interest and growth. In 2005, she was recruited to turn around Phase 3 Medical a bulletin board company with a non- sustainable plan. She became chairman of the board and chief executive officer in 2006 and created the NeoStem family of companies (NASDAQ: NBS) where she pioneered the company's innovative business model: combining proprietary cell therapy development with successful contract development and manufacturing organization In 2007, Dr. Smith founded the Stem for Life Foundation (SFLF), a nonpartisan 501(c)3 educational organization devoted to fostering global awareness of the potential for regenerative medicine to treat and cure a range of deadly diseases and debilitating medical conditions, as opposed to merely treating their symptoms. In 2016, under Dr. Smith's leadership the foundation launched Unite To Cure, a global health movement that builds bridges among doctors, health systems, patients, business leaders, regulators, investors, politicians, philanthropists, and leaders of faith to collaborate and speed the development of cures, impact human health and save lives. The April 2018 global Unite To Cure event held at the Vatican, reached over 2.5 billion people standing alongside the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland Dr. Smith has coauthored two books: Cells Are the New Cure (2017) and The Healing Cell: How the Greatest Revolution in Medical History Is Changing Your Life (2013). She maintained a regular column for the Huffington Post for six years.\nRev. Nicanor Austriaco O.P., Ph.D., S.T.D. completed his Bachelor's Degree (B.S.E.) in Bioengineering, summa cum laude, at the University of Pennsylvania, and then earned his Ph.D. in Biology from M.I.T. in the laboratory of Professor Leonard Guarente, where he was a fellow of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI). He was ordained a priest in the Order of Preachers in May of 2004. He completed his Pontifical License in Sacred Theology (S.T.L.) in Moral Theology, summa cum laude, at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC, in 2005, and a Pontifical Doctorate in Sacred Theology (S.T.D.), magna cum laude, at the University of Fribourg in Switzerland, in 2015.\nFr. Austriaco currently serves as Professor of Biology and of Theology at Providence College in Providence, Rhode Island, and Director of ThomisticEvolution.org. He is also a research fellow at the Center for Religious Studies and Ethics at the University of Santo Tomas in Manila, Philippines. His NIH-funded laboratory at Providence College is investigating the genetics of programmed cell death using the yeasts, Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Candida albicans, as model organisms. Papers describing his research have been published in PLoS ONE, FEMS Yeast Research, Microbial Cell, Cell, the Journal of Cell Biology, and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, among others. In philosophy and theology, his essays have been published in the National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly, Theological Studies, Nova et Vetera, The Thomist, Science and Theology, and the Linacre Quarterly. His first book, Biomedicine and Beatitude: An Introduction to Catholic Bioethics, was published by the Catholic University of America Press in 2011. It was recognized as a 2012 Choice outstanding academic title by the Association of College and Research Libraries. He is here todiscuss the Ethical consideration around Gene Editing.\nBenjamin David is a Medical ethics doctor who is a Graduate of Paris V Descartes University. He is a specialist rabbi on medical ethics issues in the field of Obstetrics, Genetics and Fertility Gynecology and has been working for twenty years at the Pouah Institute of Jerusalem, which is an organization that addresses ethical questions in the field and supports couples during fertility treatments. He also teaches medical ethics on other academic institutions such as the Tal Institute in Jerusalem in the Nursing School Department and in the Master's Degree for Teachers in Jewish Studies program at Orot Israel in Rehovot.\nHe participated in the publication of several articles in academic journals and recitals of articles in the fields of medical ethics and is a member of the Israeli Federation of Fertility Research, a member of the Ethics Commission of the Kfar Shaul Psychiatric Hospital in Jerusalem and the Helsinki Commission on Medical Research of IDF Israel's Army. He will share with is the implications of Genetic testing before marriage.\nMsgr. Tomasz Trafny \u2013 priest of the Archdiocese of Lublin and Official of the Pontifical Council for Culture (Vatican City State). Born in Dar\u0142owo (Poland) in 1970. He completed his studies in philosophy and theology at the Catholic University of Lublin. He continued his post-graduate studies in philosophy at the same university and afterwards at the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome. From 2006 he serves as the Head of Science and Faith Department at the Pontifical Council for Culture (Vatican City State). Between 2006 and 2012, he served also as the Executive Director of STOQ Project (Science, Theology and Ontological Quest) and Director of the STOQ Project Research Series. From 2013 he serves as the Secretary of the Scientific Committee of the Science and Faith \u2013 STOQ Foundation, and from 2014 as the General Secretary of its Board of Trustees. From 2014 to 2016 he served as a Member of the Advisory Board of the John Templeton Foundation. He is also Deputy Commissioner General ad omnia of the Holy See for Expo 2019 in Beijing and Expo 2020 in Dubai. His interests include philosophy of science, philosophy of religion, epistemology, philosophical anthropology in the context of contemporary science (biology, regenerative medicine, neurocognitive sciences, etc.), topics related to the wide-ranging dialogue between science and religion and their impact on cultures as well as environmental and climate change issues. With Armand Puig i T\u00e1rrech he is co-editor of the volume: God and world. Theology of creation from scientific and ecumenical standpoints, (LEV 2012), and together with Dr. Robin Smith and Dr. Max Gomez he is coauthor of the book: The Healing Cell: How the Greatest Revolution in Medical History is Changing Your Life, (Center Street 2013). He will discuss the Risk and Opportunity we have as technology is giving us the ability to experience Human Enhancement.\nKEYNOTE ROUND TABLE PANEL 2 PANEL 3 PANEL 4 PANEL 5 CLOSING REMARKS\nUniversal-access\nNON-USA:\nR\u00e9seaux & Diffusion: 17, rue de Seine 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt\njerusalemethicsforum@reseauxetdiffusion.com\nDo All Travel: 4620 18th Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11204,\nTel: +1 718-972-6000 \u2013 Ext 4\nemail : jerusalemethicsforum@doalltravel.com\nwww.doalltravel.com","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Greece Economic Crisis Update: IMF Promises More Aid While German Chancellor is Tested\nThe fatal shooting by police of a youth in Greece has sparked days of rebellion against repression and the economic crisis.\nI.M.F. Promises More Aid for Greece as European Crisis GrowsBy\nLANDON THOMAS Jr. and NICHOLAS KULISH\nHoping to quell its biggest crisis since the Asian woes of 1997, the International Monetary Fund promised on Wednesday to increase the 45 billion-euro aid package for Greece to as much as 120 billion euros over three years.\nThe fund is racing to conclude an agreement for more painful austerity measures from Greece by Monday, clearing the way for the government to receive funding and reassuring investors worldwide that European debt is safe. On Wednesday, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the I.M.F.'s forceful managing director, pledged the higher aid amount, equivalent to $160 billion, in a further bid to reassure investors. The funds would come both from the I.M.F. and from other countries using the euro.\nBut as has frequently been the case during Europe's debt crisis, the promise of help was overshadowed by more disturbing news \u2014 in this case a cut in the debt rating of Spain by a major agency just a day after debt downgrades for Portugal and Greece.\nThe growing fear is that the fallout from Greece and even Portugal \u2014 which together compose just 5 percent of European economic activity \u2014 could be a mere sideshow if Spain, with its much larger economy, has difficulty repaying its debt.\nWhile major stock markets stabilized after Tuesday's sell-off and the cost of insuring the debt of Portugal and Spain declined, the euro slid further on the news of Spain's downgrade by Standard & Poor's. Banking stocks in some of the smaller European economies were among the biggest losers on the day. Major stock indexes in the United States rose slightly, with the Dow Jones industrial average ending up 53 points, at 11,045.27.\nIn many ways, the current troubles in Europe go to the heart of the fund's new mission to serve as a firewall in the financial crisis \u2014 an objective that was bolstered by $750 billion in fresh capital from Group of 20 countries last year.\nUnlike its previous efforts in smaller, emerging economies in Asia in 1997, and more recently in Hungary, Romania, Latvia and Iceland, the fund has been hamstrung in its efforts to act quickly and decisively by political concerns within the European Union, which insists on assuming a leading role.\n\"It is a problem,\" said Alessandro Leipold, a former acting director of the I.M.F.'s European department. \"It should not be that difficult \u2014 they did it in Hungary and Latvia. But the egos are different in industrialized countries.\"\nA case can be made that if Greece had sought help from the fund late last year after the forecast for its budget deficit doubled, the amount of support needed to reassure investors would have been much less than the 120 billion euros that even now might not be enough.\nIn that vein, Mr. Leipold said Portugal and Spain should ignore any stigma associated with an I.M.F. program and make the case to the European Commission in Brussels that asking proactively now for aid would soothe skeptical markets and save Europe billions in the future.\n\"The market has seen its worst fears come true,\" he said. \"What it needs is a surprise on the upside.\"\nConcerns have already surfaced in Congress that the broad demands of the sovereign debt crisis will quickly exhaust the I.M.F.'s reserves and leave the United States, the fund's largest shareholder, with the bill.\nRepresentative Mark Kirk, a Republican from Illinois, said such a drain could occur if Portugal, Ireland and Spain sought I.M.F. aid at the same time. Mr. Kirk worked at the World Bank during the 1982 debt crisis in Mexico, which came close to depleting the fund's reserves.\n\"We have seen this movie before,\" he said. \"Spain is five times as big as Greece \u2014 that would mean a package of 500 billion.\"\nMr. Kirk sits on the House Appropriations Committee that oversees I.M.F. funds and said that he had already asked for hearings on the fund's ability to handle a European collapse.\nIn Athens, the Greek government had no choice but to seek an I.M.F. solution after its costs of borrowing skyrocketed, but that has not made the negotiations for aid any easier.\nThe fund has sent one its most senior staff members, Poul Thomsen, who has overseen complex fund negotiations in Iceland and Russia, to assist Bob Traa, the official responsible for Greece, to work out a solution.\nAccording to people who have been briefed on the talks, the aim is to secure from Greece a letter of intent for even deeper budget cuts than the tough measures imposed so far, like reductions in civil service pay, in exchange for emergency funds.\nSteps being discussed include closing down parts of the little-used Greek railway system, which employs 7,000 people and is estimated to lose a few million euros a day; limiting unions' ability to impose collective bargaining agreements, which lead to ever-higher public sector pay; cutting out the two months of pay that private-sector workers get on top of their annual pay packages; increasing the retirement age and cutting back on pensions; and opening up the country's trucking market in an effort to lower extremely high transportation rates that have hindered the country's competitiveness.\nWith Greece now shut out of the debt markets, it has little leverage to resist \u2014 especially in light of the 8 billion euros it needs to repay bondholders on May 19. Analysts expect a deal by next week at the latest.\nBut whether a Greek resolution calms investor fears about the ability of Portugal and Spain to repay their own maturing debt remains unclear.\nIn a recent note to investors, Ray Dalio, founder of Bridgewater Associates, one of the world's largest hedge funds, described the market concern as intensely focused on Spain.\n\"Spain's cash flows (current-account and budget deficit) are extremely bad,\" Mr. Dalio and his colleagues wrote in a February letter. \"Spain's living standards are reliant on not just the roll of old debt, but also on siApril 28, 2010\nMerkel Tested as Escalating Greek Crisis Hurts Euro\nBy NICHOLAS KULISH\nBERLIN \u2014 Chancellor Angela Merkel's strategy for dealing with Greece's untenable debt problem was to stall and hope the crisis did not demand action until after a critical state election in early May. On Wednesday, the clock finally ran out.\nMrs. Merkel's hand was forced by mistrustful credit markets and the ratings agency that downgraded Spain, Portugal and Greece in a matter of just two days. As the crisis worsened, political calculations had to take a back seat to the more basic task of ensuring the stability of the euro currency that replaced Germany's beloved mark.\nMrs. Merkel said after meeting with Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund, that negotiations with the Greek government had to be accelerated and that Germany would do its part to safeguard the euro.\nBut she sounded less than happy about it. At a second news conference later the same day, Mrs. Merkel grumbled that Greece's entry into the euro zone was not based on \"sustainable factors,\" making the present crisis particularly difficult to deal with. She went on to say that \"we cannot allow the same situation with countries as with Lehman Brothers.\"\nOpinion surveys in Germany have for months shown a sizable majority of the population here opposed to any bailout for Greece, with a constant drumbeat of news media coverage about Greek profligacy helping fuel the discontent.\n\"If Merkel said, 'Today we give the money to Greece,' this would be the first domino against Europe in Germany,\" said Wolfgang Nowak, a former senior adviser to Mrs. Merkel's predecessor, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der, and head of Deutsche Bank's International Forum. \"It would invite populists from all sides to attack.\"\nBut the costs of not acting have also grown, and the potential risk of the instability's spreading to the rest of Europe have become clearer as well. \"Why the fire department has been scratching its head for weeks instead of operating the pumps, I don't understand,\" said the former German foreign minister, Joschka Fischer, on Wednesday, according to the German news agency DPA.\nAccording to J\u00fcrgen Trittin, one of the Green Party's parliamentary leaders who sat in on a meeting with Mr. Strauss-Kahn on Wednesday, the cost of the Greek bailout could reach $160 billion over three years, with Germany's share up to $32 billion. DPA quoted Economics Minister Rainer Br\u00fcderle as saying that the overall cost could be even higher, about $180 billion.\nAsked about the sum cited by Mr. Br\u00fcderle, a minister in her own government, a clearly displeased Mrs. Merkel responded, \"I have asked over and over again in the past days that figures not be named, as long as figures are not in conjunction with a completed program.\"\nThroughout the crisis, which broke out earlier this year, Mrs. Merkel has acted with an eye to the crucial local election in North Rhine-Westphalia on May 9.\nThe North Rhine-Westphalia election has the potential to upset the existing balance of power. At stake is not only the state legislature, but also control for Mrs. Merkel's coalition over the little-watched upper house of Parliament, the Bundesrat, which has to sign off on legislation.\nBillions of dollars in assistance for Greece may not play well with voters in a state with its own financial problems. \"There's currently a debate on the finances and budgets of local communities,\" said Andreas Bl\u00e4tte, a political science professor at the University of Duisburg-Essen in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. \"There's a sense that money is really scarce.\n\"In many local communities, fountains are not switched on and flowers are not planted in the public parks because of a lack of money,\" Mr. Bl\u00e4tte said. \"Bridges that need reconstruction work are not renewed.\"\nFrom the very start of Mrs. Merkel's second term, strategists from all the major parties were concerned about the spring vote in North Rhine-Westphalia. The state has more eligible voters than Greece's entire population and produces nearly a quarter of Germany's economic output.\nIt would not escape the attention of a master tactician like Mrs. Merkel that it was defeat in North Rhine-Westphalia, with its 18 million residents, that led to the special parliamentary election that cost her predecessor his job and cleared the way for her to take power.\nFor months Mrs. Merkel played for time, talking tough on Greek debt and the need for Athens to institute strict austerity measures while hoping to stave off a bailout decision that many believe is inevitable until after voters in North Rhine-Westphalia go to the polls.\nBut some analysts say that the German people's desire for stability, and particularly a stable currency, will ultimately outweigh their distaste at bailing out the Greeks.\nGerd Langguth, professor of political science at the University of Bonn, said the political fallout from joining in the rescue of Greece, including on the election in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, would be less than many had predicted.\n\"The people in Germany know that if this operation doesn't work, the whole euro would be damaged and this is damage for Germany,\" he said.gnificant further external lending. 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{"text":"Soul & Motown band\nLike STRAIGHT EIGHT?\nAbout STRAIGHT EIGHT\nPREPARE TO ENJOY YOURSELVES! From Festivals to pub gardens these guys know how to put on a show with the very best of 60's R&B and Soul!\nSTRAIGHT EIGHT are not just musicians, they are entertainers focussed on having fun! Concentrating on upbeat Soul and Blues with an emphasis on danceable songs that audiences love to hear! This band in the colourful Zoot Suits are not afraid to have a good time but the music always comes first, ensuring that the band are always ready to do what they do best: performing to a full dance floor! Festivals, events and parties are our speciality with the band being equally at home playing at the Grand Hotel Brighton, The Grovesnor House Hotel on Park Lane , open air festivals such as the Retro Festival , Rock Bottom or the Saltburn Howzat Music Festival or even a pub garden! Don't take our word for it, read our reviews on Lemonrock or watch our videos by searching for Straight Eight Showreel or Gigshotz Straight Eight on you tube. PREPARE TO ENJOY YOURSELVES!\n1960s era music, 1970s era music\nSoul & Motown band, Festival band, Party band, Cover band\nCorporate event, Bar \/ Club \/ Venue event, Private event, Charity event, Christmas party, New Year's Eve, Birthday party, Hotel \/ Restaurant event, Concert\n5000 YEAR ROCK\nDADDY COOL\/GIRL CAN'T HELP IT\nDOCK OF THE BAY\nGIMME SOME LOVING\nGRITS AIN'T GROCERIES\nI CAN'T HOLD ON\nI GOT YOU (I FEEL GOOD)\nLADY DOCTOR\nLAND OF A THOUSAND DANCES\nMESSING WITH THE KID\nMISTER PITIFUL\nMUSTANG SALLY\nNOTHIN' BUT A WOMAN\nSHAKE YOUR TAILFEATHER\nYOU LEFT THE WATER RUNNING\nLIDO SHUFFLE\nHARLEM SHUFFLE\nWHY DID YOU DO IT\nCAN'T TURN YOU LOOSE\nBAREFOOTIN'\nBREAKIN' DOWN THE WALLS OF HEARTACHE\nBROWN SUGAR SOUL SISTER\nWHERE IS THE NEXT ONE COMING FROM\nIT'S NOT UNUSUAL\nSOMEWHERE IN MY HEART\nMAC THE KNIFE\nJOHNNY'S MAMBO\nYOU CAN LEAVE YOUR HAT ON\nSYSLJFM (LETTER SONG)\nDON'T TAKE MY COCONUTS\nTREAT HER RIGHT\nNEED YOUR LOVE SO BAD\nGIRL I WANNA DANCE WITH YOU\nSOMEBODY HELP ME\nHOLD ON, I'M COMIN'\nTRAVELLIN' SOUTH\nSHE CAUGHT THE KATY\nGET 'EM UP JOE\nWORKIN' FOR A LIVING\nMAMA TOLD ME NOT TO COME\nHEAR THAT GUITAR RING\nLOOKIN' FOR A FOX\nTHAT'S WHAT I'LL DO\nLET'S STAY TOGETHER\nYOUR LOVE IS LIFTIN' ME HIGHER\nNUTBUSH CITY LIMITS\nI WISH IT COULD BE CHRISTMAS EVERY DAY\nBE YOUNG, BE FOOLISH, BE HAPPY\nSTONE COLD SOBER\nLITTLE LESS CONVERSATION\nLOVESHACK\nTELL MAMA\nLOVE POTION No.9\nECHO BEACH\nLONG TRAIN RUNNING\nMERRY CHRISTMAS (S.Stevens)\nMOVE ON UP\nHOW SWEET IT IS TO BE LOVED BY YOU\nI JUST WANT TO MAKE LOVE TO YOU\nNIGHT BOAT TO CAIRO\nSOUL FINGER\nWe have been established as a band for over 30 years. We concentrate on performance and entertainment and all songs are committed to memory - i.e. no unsightly music stands on stage. many of the band members are pro or semi-pro musicians and we always deliver a stunning performance whether to a crowd of 500 or a crowd of 5 - they get the FULL show!\nRetro Festival in Newbury, Saltburn Howzat Music Festival, Grovesnor House Hotel on Park Lane, Grand Hotel Brighton, Bournemouth Pavillion. Wycombe Swan, Maidenhead Leisure Centre, the Colosseum, Watford, Chinnor Motorcycle Festival, Rock Bottom Festival. Marlow, The Chequered Flag, Wembley, Birmingham Universty, Oxford Universty and many others!\nOtis Redding, Blues Brothers, Wilson Pivket - in fact any of the great from Soul and Blues of the 60's and 70's. We have supported Geno Washington and the RamJam band, Nine Below Zero and Wilko Johnson.\nAwards Ceremonies at the Grovesnor House Hotel on Park Lane. Some of the most enjoyable have been the festivals (Retro, Rock Bottom, Chinnor Motorcycle and Saltburn Howzat - these and the Rebellion Brewery Charity weekends)\nWill the singer be the same as who I see in the videos?\nWe have two male lead singers and a female backing singer. We reserve the right to use whoever is available. The band operates as a minimum 6 piece (Singer, Guitar, Bass, Drums, 2 x horns) but can be over 10 depending on availability of members - the price will be the same whatever the line-up. Our usual configuration is as a 9 piece ( + sound engineer\nMinimum is 6 members up to 10+ depending on availability + sound engineer - price will not alter\nWe will always try to accommodate your changes in plan as we understand this can sometimes happen. The more notice we have of changes, the better.\nWe have a DJ that often works with but is separate to the band. If you already have a DJ in mind, we are happy to accept a feed to our PA system - this is a free service but additional cost may be incurred if the PA is required after the end of the band performance. We can provide background music through an IPod between sets if needed.\nWe usually need 90 minutes to set up and soundcheck. We prefer to get into a venue early if possible.\nWe carefully prepare our set lists so that they flow well for the evening and performance, however if you have a particular request ahead of the event we will do our best to accommodate it.\nIs all of the equipment (e.g. PA & lighting) included in your quote?\nWe have a 2500W main rig and some lighting for the use of the band which is included in the price. Minimum stage size is 3m x 6m - bu the more room you can give us the more of a show we can put on! We require at least 6 x 13Amp sockets within easy reach of the stage (i.e. avoiding hazardous trailing leads)\nIf a song isn't included in our song list there may still be a chance we already know it. We are happy to discuss options with you.\nChristine R, 2 years ago\nRating 6\/6 : Brilliant Straight Eight - What a band!!!!!! [Retrofest, Newbury] on Sunday 12 August 2018 The sound, the energy, the colour & the talent were incredible. The songs played during the set were brilliant & everyone was singing & dancing to every song. The vocals were so soulful, the brass section had a blast & the whole band were ready to party! Such fun! Ended up dripping wet I danced so much. Monday 20 August 2018\nJill H, 2 years ago\nRating 6\/6 : Brilliant This band rocked the crowd [Retrofest, Newbury] on Sunday 12 August 2018 Wow, what a brilliant gig at Retro Festival! They got everyone moving from start to finish with epic versions of some great songs. They really looked like they were were enjoying themselves on stage too and their enthusiasm was contagious. If you're looking to go and see a feelgood, uplifting band, check them out. Top entertainment, highly recommended.\nSoul & Motown bands in the UK\nParty bands in the UK\nCover bands in the UK\nSoul & Motown bands in Luton\nSoul & Motown bands in St Albans\nSoul & Motown bands in Milton Keynes\nSoul & Motown bands in Hertfordshire\nSoul & Motown bands in Maidenhead","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"<< Back to: Latest News | School Spotlights\nSaturday, October 13, 2018School Spotlights\nInternational Teaching Positions in India\nFounded in 1961, DSB International School (DSB) is proud to have been the first international school in Mumbai. This kindergarten through Year 13 day school originally catered to the German community, but since 2000, the school has been serving local and international students from 40 countries. DSB comprises two campuses: Garden Campus, for kindergarten to Year 4; and Aurum House, for Years 5 to 13. Both campuses offer modern spaces and state-of-the-art equipment, specially designed to facilitate cross-curricular and collaborative as well as independent learning. DSB's International Baccalaureate (IB) students enjoy the privilege of a brand-new purpose-built IB Center, with individual workspaces for independent study and breakout teaching spaces for small group work. The school also takes pride in its fully-fitted Design & Technology Studio, rooftop sports facilities, well-resourced art studio, and state-of-the-art science laboratories designed and made in Germany. DSB also benefits from being immersed in the rich and diverse cultural environment of the booming city of Mumbai.\nDSB enrolls 201 students, 36% from India and 24% from North America and the U.K. Accredited by Council of British International Schools, the school delivers the British national curriculum through inquiry-based learning, culminating with the International General Certificate of Secondary Education. Students in Years 12 and 13 have the option of enrolling in the IB Diploma Programme. Half of the teaching staff of 45 is from India with the other half from the U.K. and North America.\nEach term, in addition to service activities, DSB offers creative, cultural, sporting, and adventure after-school activities. Students participate in inter-scholastic competitions in swimming, netball, and football. In secondary school, trekking and long-distance running are quite popular. Other offerings to get active include the fitness and running club, martial arts, jazz dance, swimming club, rappelling, and camping. Students are also encouraged to make music a key part of their lives by participating in the choir, forming their own bands, and\/or organizing music for school events. Additionally, students can study guitar and join music clubs, while artists are supported in developing exhibitions of their work. DSB sends delegates to local Model UN conferences as well as the Council of British International Schools Model UN and the Harvard Model Conference Europe. Community service opportunities include Welfare for Stray Dogs (WSD), reading sessions with primary school students, and working with a variety of charities.\nDSB prefers to hire single teachers and teaching interns, but they will consider teaching couples, including those who are not married. The school will also consider exceptional, newly-certified teachers, those certified in non-English speaking countries, and outstanding experienced teachers who lack certification. All candidates must hold an academic degree in the subject they will be teaching. India issues work visas up to the age of 58.\nThe DSB benefits package allows for savings, even for interns! The school provides housing costs, a one-time moving allowance, and round-trip airfare every year. Tuition for up to two children and local health insurance\u2013\u2013including long-term disability and life insurance\u2013 \u2013is fully covered. Each year, DSB designates seven days of professional development for staff. The school also contributes 12% to a retirement plan.\nTo gain access to DSB International School's full profile on the Search Associates database, including a list of all open positions, candidates can apply for membership by clicking here. Candidates already registered can easily access the school profile directly through their dashboards.\nPlease note: The information presented about this school was valid on the date published. This information may change, and the most up-to-date information can be found on the school profile.\nSince 1990, Search Associates has assisted over 40,000 educators to find jobs in international schools around the world.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Hunter Mahan\nToday in Sports History-Tom Brady records 500 TD passes\nOct. 4 1895 \u2014 Horace Rawlins wins the first U.S. Open. Rawlins beats Willie Dunn with 36-hole total of 173 at the Newport Golf Club in Newport, R.I. ...\nToday in Sports History-Week Ahead, Sept. 30-Oct. 6\nBy The Associated Press Sep. 29, 2022 10:00 AM EDT\nSportlight-Simone Biles withdraws from the team final.\nJuly 27 1920 \u2014 Resolute defeats Shamrock IV of Britain to defend the America's Cup title for the United States. 1937 \u2014 The United States...\nOct. 4 1895 \u2014 Horace Rawlins wins the first U.S. Open. Rawlins beats Willie Dunn with 36-hole total of 173 at the Newport Golf Club in...\nOct. 1 1903 \u2014 The Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Boston Pilgrims 7-3 in the first World Series game. Jimmy Sebring hits the first Series homer...\nJuly 27 1920 \u2014 Resolute defeats Shamrock IV of Britain to defend the America's Cup title for the United States. 1937 \u2014...","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Newsroom | 07 August 2014\nAnnual Cigna Forum Brings Denver-Area Business Leaders Together to Explore Health Improvement and Children's Mental Health\nMichelle Vroom, 267-664-0787\nMichelle.vroom@cigna.com\nwww.twitter.com\/cigna\nCigna's behavioral health expert Dr. Stuart Lustig shared insights into the rise of mental health issues among Colorado's children and teens\nSusan Birch, executive director of the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing, encouraged employers and brokers to find ways to improve the health of individuals in their communities\nLocal companies CoBiz Financial, AlloSource and Associates in Family Medicine honored for commitment to employee health and wellness\nDENVER, August 07, 2014 - At a recent conference hosted by Cigna (NYSE: CI), nearly 150 Denver-area employers and brokers met to address two key issues impacting the health of Colorado's population: health improvement in the workplace and the mental health of Colorado's children and teens.\n\"Cigna is committed to driving health improvement and lowering costs by offering our employer clients a variety of benefit options, including consumer-driven health plans, incentivized wellness strategies and networks that reward quality and effectiveness,\" Kim Bimestefer, president and general manager for Cigna in Colorado, stated to the attendees. \"We work closely with each employer client to understand their unique needs and provide customized solutions to meet those needs.\"\nAccording to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), 52,000 children in Colorado live with serious mental health issues. In fact, according to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, suicide is the second-leading cause of death for youth (ages 10-24) in the state.\nDuring the forum, Stuart Lustig, M.D., Cigna's lead medical director for child and adolescent behavioral health, talked about the rise in mental health issues among Colorado's children and teens. He also shared key findings from the Cigna Foundation - NAMI Forum, held in Washington D.C. in June, including the need to expand access to mental health services throughout the community. For example, offering mental health programs in schools gives kids the opportunity to receive care in a familiar environment and can aid in early detection and treatment. To view a full replay of the forum, please visit www.NAMI.org\/childrensmhforum.\nSusan Birch, executive director of the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing, encouraged attendees to consider how they can help improve the health of their communities. Keynote speaker Dr. Terry Wahls, clinical professor of medicine at the University of Iowa, talked about the science behind health improvement and discussed how diet and lifestyle contribute to chronic conditions such as diabetes, high blood pressure, cardiovascular disease and multiple sclerosis.\nAttendees also learned ways to manage health care costs, such as identifying physicians that provide quality, cost-effective care and creating benefit designs that encourage employees to seek care at places that offer the best value. Other topics covered at the forum included an overview of private exchanges and how they can impact employers and an introduction to Cigna's private retail exchange in Colorado.\nPatricia Maley, first vice president and director of human resources for CoBiz Financial, talked about the company's work with Cigna to implement a health and wellness strategy. Notable achievements included increasing the number of employees that completed annual physicals to 95 percent and having more than half of the staff (57 percent) complete health risk assessments.\n\"The key to our success is the support and endorsement of our executive team,\" said Maley. \"Our leaders are directly involved in our wellness program, which helps drive employee engagement in health and wellness activities.\"\nCoBiz Financial was one of three companies to receive the annual Cigna Well-Being Award for their commitment to creating a culture of health through their wellness program. AlloSource and Associates in Family Medicine were also selected as winners. Six companies were among the finalists, including City of Westminster, Oakwood Homes, Sorin Group, Sterling-Rice Group, Sunrise Medical and Weld County Government.\nAccording to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), U.S. employers lose more than $225 billion each year in productivity due to employee health problems. Cigna created the Well-Being Award to recognize employer clients that have a positive impact on the health and well-being of their workforce.\nCigna Corporation (NYSE: CI) is a global health service company dedicated to helping people improve their health, well-being and sense of security. All products and services are provided exclusively by or through operating subsidiaries of Cigna Corporation, including Connecticut General Life Insurance Company, Cigna Health and Life Insurance Company, Life Insurance Company of North America and Cigna Life Insurance Company of New York. Such products and services include an integrated suite of health services, such as medical, dental, behavioral health, pharmacy, vision, supplemental benefits, and other related products including group life, accident and disability insurance. Cigna maintains sales capability in 30 countries and jurisdictions, and has more than 80 million customer relationships throughout the world. To learn more about Cigna\u00ae, including links to follow us on Facebook or Twitter, visit www.cigna.com.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"You are here: Home \/ Politics \/ Long live Jean Charest, says Amir Khadir\nLong live Jean Charest, says Amir Khadir\n06\/13\/2012 by backofthebook.ca Leave a Comment\nA BoB short:\nAmir Khadir says he has no desire to see Jean Charest dead. \"Mr. Charest is quite alive and I wish he stays that way for a long time,\" the Quebec MNA told reporters on Tuesday.\nThe remarks came after artwork depicting a partially nude, fully deceased Jean Charest, lying at the feet of a musket-wielding Khadir, was discovered during a raid on the controversial politician's home. Police were there to arrest his teenage daughter for her alleged acts of vandalism during recent student protests.\nA parody of a 19th-century painting by French artist Eugene Delacroix, \"Liberty Guiding the People,\" which depicts a scene from the French Revolution, the poster was taken from the cover of a 2010 album by a student rock group, Mise En Demure. It also shows the band's front man, \"Bananarchist,\" waving the black flag of anarchy while police officers crouch at his knees.\n\"Go see it on the Internet. It will make you smile, too,\" Khadir's wife, Nima Machouf, told reporters after a bail hearing for their daughter. Charest's cabinet ministers, however, aren't smiling. Culture Minister Christine St-Pierre called the painting disgusting and Health Minister Yves Bolduc said it could send dangerous subliminal messages.\nMise En Demure hasn't been shy about satirizing other right-wing politicians as well. The music video for their dance song \"I Hate You Son \u2014 Margaret Harper,\" below, features the Conservative prime minister's head pasted to the gyrating body of a Chippendales-style male stripper.\n\u2013 Emily Olesen\nFiled Under: Politics Tagged With: Amir Khadir, Jean Charest, music, Quebec, Quebec protests, Quebec student strike","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Majid Al Futtaim launches new accelerator to support regional SMEs\nNews \u2022 08 June, 2022\nUAE-based retail group Majid Al Futtaim and AstroLabs have launched Majid Al Futtaim Launchpad, an accelerator programme that aims to support startups and SMEs in the UAE and the Mena region.\nLaunchpad will provide programme participants with access to business growth incentives and mentorship to strengthen the commercial viability of startups and SMEs across the region.\nFounded in 1992, Majid Al Futtaim is a shopping mall, communities, retail and leisure builder in the Middle East, Africa and Asia regions, while AstroLabs is a technology ecosystem builder in Mena that enables growth of companies through market entry and expansion services.\nMajid Al Futtaim, the leading shopping mall, communities, retail and leisure pioneer across the Middle East, Africa and Asia has announced Majid Al Futtaim Launchpad, an accelerator programme aimed to attract startups and SMEs in strategic sectors to turbo-charge growth plans and support economic development. Accentuating Majid Al Futtaim's role as a collaborative partner in supporting entrepreneurs and startup businesses in the UAE and MENA region, the Launchpad reaffirms the Company's role in the private sector in supporting the growth of local economies.\nIn partnership with AstroLabs, a technology ecosystem builder in the MENA region, Majid Al Futtaim Launchpad focuses on delivering diverse benefits to programme participants. These include unrivalled access to business growth incentives, mentorship programmes, and a vast innovation ecosystem to strengthen the commercial viability of startups and SMEs across the region.\nThe Majid Al Futtaim Launchpad focuses efforts on supporting core growth areas, including Homegrown Brands to attract startups with a unique and fascinating story, focusing on culture and heritage, sustainability, and innovation; Health and Beauty to identify and elevate startups with innovative products and tech solutions designed to elevate the customer experience; and Proptech to target startups that offer innovative and sustainable solutions to help optimise the efficiency of construction, digitise property development, residential communities and hotels spaces, and enhance the experiences in the shopping mall.\nJoe Abi Akl, Chief Corporate Development Officer at Majid Al Futtaim - Holding, said: \"Our new Majid Al Futtaim Launchpad programme aims to facilitate state-of-the-art solutions and services while inspiring, nurturing and growing the startup and SME ecosystem that exists today. The new programme brings a host of significant benefits for consumers, employees, business owners, investors and governments across the region, acutely representing our role in supporting and building an open, efficient, effective, and globally integrated business environment. As a partner of choice for pioneering initiatives and investments in the region, our long-term ambition is to foster entrepreneurship and knowledge sharing to accelerate economic growth throughout the region.\"\nRoland Daher, CEO, at AstroLabs said \"Established organisations like Majid Al Futtaim can leverage market access, and recognize the need to integrate startups into their value chain to stay ahead of disruption. At the other end of the spectrum, SMEs and startups have a solid grip on digitalisation, but find it difficult to infiltrate and grow in their industry. These are two worlds that have cultural and technological differences and organic access between them is still difficult. We have been at the heart of MENA's technology ecosystem since 2013, connecting these stakeholders to improve the odds of success of such partnerships, maximize the outcomes, and provide a gateway to tangible growth opportunities on both fronts.''\nMajid Al Futtaim Launchpad will foster and grow the SME and startup ecosystem, providing knowledge, inspiration, and the critical support companies need to grow their business quickly and conveniently while attracting, developing, and supporting world-class talent. The Launchpad will provide fast, convenient, state-of-the-art solutions and services to customers while offering a gateway to tangible growth opportunities, such as accelerating customer acquisition, improving operational efficiencies, and providing best-in-class mentoring to startups and SMEs from the region.\nAstrolabs\nMajid Al Futtaim Launchpad","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"The Hunger Games themed food event in S'pore\nSINGAPORE - How often does one get to geek out over your favourite movie or movie character?\nNot frequently enough.\nWhich is why Miss Gillian Ang hopes the upcoming food event Panem Forever will be a fantastic opportunity for The Hunger Games fans to get together and spend the night talking about all things related to the popular young adult film franchise.\nMiss Ang, 29, along with Mr Nicholas Yong, are founders of Geek Crusade, a local pop culture website.\nPanem Forever marks the second themed dinner organised by Geek Crusade.\nThe duo held a Game Of Thrones (GOT) dinner called Welcome To King's Landing in April, which saw 80 diners feasting on a five-course dinner featuring dishes that were either described in or inspired by George R. R. Martin's books, like braised boar belly with apple sauce and pear poached in wine.\nAccording to Miss Ang, the warm reception of the GOT event led to the idea for The Hunger Games-themed meal.\nIt helps that she's also passionate about the books and film adaptations, which star Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson.\nPanem Forever will be held on Nov 26 at Bridge Cafe for a party of 50, a week after the release of the highly anticipated third instalment, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1.\n\"I'm such a big fan, so I knew immediately what should be on the menu,\" said Miss Ang, who shared how she made a detour to The Hunger Games filming locations when she went to the US for a holiday last year.\nFood, she said, plays a big part in the story, especially when the female protagonist Katniss (Lawrence) first goes to Panem, the Capitol of the 12 districts set in a dystopian North America.\nKatniss, who hails from District 12 where food is scarce, is immediately taken by a Capitol lamb stew with prunes, calling it her favourite dish ever. So obviously that had to be served at Panem Forever, said Miss Ang.\nThe three-course degustation menu, specially prepared by chef Daniel Drobnik, includes creamy pumpkin brew, a soup that Katniss loves; a choice of the lamb stew or chicken in creamy orange sauce; and a frothy pink soup made of red dragon fruit froth and raspberry drops, which was inspired by President Snow's party.\nIt took Miss Ang, Mr Yong and Mr Drobnik three months to conceptualise the menu.\n\"It was fortunate that Chef Daniel was excited to replicate the food,\" said Miss Ang, adding that he found it a culinary challenge to \"match the dish to its description in the books\".\nBridge Cafe will be decorated to look like what it is in the movies, with Miss Ang's mother acting as the \"props master\".\n\"My mum's making the bows and arrows, and some other things.\"\nWhile Mrs Ang, who's in her 50s, may not be a fan of The Hunger Games like her daughter, she \"loves all things crafty\" and was instrumental in helping the team make the flags and banners and other decorations for the GOT dinner.\nMiss Ang hopes that Panem Forever will be as successful as Welcome To King's Landing, so that Geek Crusade can organise more similar events. \"It's basically a gathering of fans, where strangers become friends over a meal talking about their favourite topic.\"\nThis article was first published on Nov 19, 2014.\nGet The New Paper for more stories.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Home Forums > Science > Biology & Genetics >\nChemical evolution:\nDiscussion in 'Biology & Genetics' started by paddoboy, Aug 7, 2020.\nTraverse Registered Member\nBehe & Dembski are both frauds, and are lucky not to have had their degrees stripped from them for having brought disrepute to their schools.\nTraverse, Jan 22, 2021\nWrite4U Valued Senior Member\nQ-reeus said: \u2191\nLibelous rant now not merely potentially so - #877. Foolish it is to condemn without giving the accused a fair hearing.\nBehe had a fair hearing in the Kitzmiller trial and lost the case, because he failed to present a compelling case for ID as science.\nWrite4U, Jan 22, 2021\nTraverse likes this.\nTraverse said: \u2191\nBut I'm now very curious about your favourite subject, and would be grateful to hear it here.\nLet me refer you to the Pseudoscience subforum OP title ;\n\"Is consciousness to be found in quantum processes in microtubules\"?\nplease go there for a pretty comprehensive library with reference links . It started in reference to consciousness, but proved to be infinitely more important to the existence and homeostasis of living organisms.\nQ-reeus Banned Valued Senior Member\nWrite4U said: \u2191\nAnd you know for a fact the judge making that finding was free of any ideological\/political bias?\nWe've gone over that before. You think one judge's verdict is somehow a final one. A link to Behe's 'A Mousetrap for Darwin' has been posted twice already.\nYou can lead a horse to water but....\nThe relevant section dealing with and tearing apart item-by-item the contrived logic used to make a negative ruling is 108. WHETHER INTELLIGENT DESIGN IS SCIENCE, beginning p482.\nI'm tempted to reproduce a fair chunk of it here but that is probably prohibited by copyright. Either you are prepared to check for yourself what the other side has to say on the matter, or you prefer to remain ignorant of it.\nQ-reeus, Jan 22, 2021\nWHETHER INTELLIGENT DESIGN IS SCIENCE\nOK, I'll use one of James' arguments.\nPresent a theory of Intelligent Design. If you cannot present a theory then all you have is a hypothesis and in this case the hypothesis has not a shred of evidence that would lead to the probability of \"Life via Intelligent Design\", and moreover, as implemented by an Intelligent Designer, a hypothesis which itself has no supporting theory or shred of evidence.\nHow far back do you want to go with unsupported hypotheticals for which there exist no supporting evidence.\n\"Irreducible Complexity\", the sole argument used by Behe was debunked by a cadre of scientific witnesses in that court room. It was on that basis the judge made his decision to find against Behe et al. No prejudice involved.\nAsserts you. The judge may have tried his best to be impartial, but Behe convincingly demonstrates each point made was logically flawed. But since those points were made in conclusion, there was no way then to have them then challenged. Now they are, in easily readable form. Don't presume to know in advance that Behe is wrong. PS I have slightly edited last post - beginning (Kindle version default PC settings at least) page number changed from 485 to 482.\nBehe convincingly demonstrates each point made was logically flawed. But since those points were made in conclusion, there was no way then to have them then challenged.\nSee, now you have to resort to casting doubt on the impartiality of the judge as well as the competence of the scientists, the \"expert witnesses\".\nIn any case, the above is not a logical argument. What you are trying to say is that the opposing scientists convincingly demonstrated each point made by Behe was logically flawed..... etc, etc.\nThe scientific evidence was overwhelming in the favor of the scientists. That was no surprise, it was their area of expertise .\nOf Mousetraps and Men: Behe on Biochemistry\nIn Darwin's Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution, biochemist Michael Behe claims that biochemical systems exhibit a special kind of complexity - irreducible complexity - that cannot possibly have evolved and must have resulted from intelligent design. Like other intelligent-design creationists, Behe is vague about both the identity and methods of his intelligent designer, though he does distinguish between the hypothesis of natural design (by space aliens, perhaps) and that of supernatural design (1996, 248-9).\nAs Behe is aware, postulating intelligent design by space aliens only postpones a confrontation with the problem of the origins of complexity. After all, who designed the designers? Thus the unwary reader is pointed in the direction of a supernatural, undesigned designer. But if you were puzzled by biochemical complexity in the first place, this latter hypothesis, involving as it does an unknown supernatural being that employs unknown materials and methods, can hardly result in a net reduction of mystification.\nLuckily we do not have to settle this matter. It turns out that Behe's intelligent design hypothesis is the result of his failure to consider relevant natural processes when trying to account for the origins of biochemical complexity.\nThis problem arises in turn because Behe thinks about biochemical complexity with the aid of a misleading mechanical analogy - the well-designed mousetrap. The mechanical mousetrap is to Michael Behe what the mechanical watch was to William Paley. And it goes without saying that machines have designers.\nhttps:\/\/ncse.ngo\/mousetraps-and-men-behe-biochemistry\nWell duhhhhhh.....\nIn nature there is NO irreducible complexity. In the end all matter (including chemicals) consists of three families of fundamental electromagnetic quanta which self-assemble and eventually become expressed as atoms in the Table of Elements.\nQuantum field theory\nIn theoretical physics, quantum field theory (QFT) is a theoretical framework that combines classical field theory, special relativity and quantum mechanics,[1]:xi but not general relativity's description of gravity. QFT is used in particle physics to construct physical models of subatomic particles and in condensed matter physics to construct models of quasiparticles.\nQFT treats particles as excited states (also called quanta) of their underlying quantum fields, which are more fundamental than the particles. Interactions between particles are described by interaction terms in the Lagrangian involving their corresponding quantum fields. Each interaction can be visually represented by Feynman diagrams according to perturbation theory in quantum mechanics.\nhttps:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Quantum_field_theory\nNot the competence of the opposing specialists but their outlook being impaired by ideological commitment ('there cannot be any other way').\n???? No I was arguing the exact opposite!\nSee above. Or better yet, get a hold of a copy of A Mousetrap for Darwin, and learn how the game is actually played.\nThe author's argument that mousetrap designs have themselves 'evolved' via 'cultural evolution' is clever but specious. The real problem is how to get any given design of a functioning mousetrap via random processes in the first place. Something Behe neatly explains here: https:\/\/idthefuture.com\/1391\/\nTheir further argument that redundant complexity explains away the need for ID fails because it starts from a base of an already complex entity, not from scratch.\nThat concept has no power to explain the origin of say an integral functional semi-permeable cell membrane that can divide and regrow via complex instructions and material transport directed from the internal cell machinery. Among many other examples.\nThen you were wrong. Behe's \"irreducible complexity of the flagella\" was debunked and it was demonstrated that the flagella evolved from prior functional mechanisms and gradually gained in complexity from a basic secretory gland and the motor mechanism from a self-assembled microtubule system consisting of just two chemical tubulins, a dimer.\nhttps:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Evolution_of_flagella\nI can't go any further in this thread, lest I incur the wrath of mods and accrue penalty points. Incredible but true!\nThanks, I just found it. MTs are certainly interesting features of cells.\nBehe's colleagues at Lehigh are deeply ashamed of him, but he has tenure so they're stuck with him (he'd certainly never get hired anywhere else). Had the University known about his nuttiness during his tenure-tracking, they would certainly never have given him tenure, so he duped them.\nDembski (mathematician) ended up leaving the ID\/creationism field.\nWrite4U likes this.\nI'm sorry that the thread has no defined order . It's just that the more I learned about this ridiculously simple organelle and its two even simpler relatives, the more its astounding versatility and utility becomes apparent. They seem to be present in EVERYTHING, even the bacteria in our human microbiome.\nI like biological things that are simple, functional, & ubiquitous, so it sounds like MTs could qualify to be of significance to the CE story.\nThe origin of the genetic code is still a massive problem (presumably occurring a ways 'downstream' of the nexus between non-living matter and Life), for which some kind of intimate interaction between early genetic oligomers and amino acids \/ oligopeptides would almost certainly have to be entertained\/invoked. I think that there's still a $10M prize up for grabs for whoever can figure out the origin of the genetic code.\nNowhere in that article is a plausible step-by-step transformation process, driven by Darwinian selective advantage at every step, offered. Instead impressive technical terms are put together in a way to hide the fact all that is offered is hand-wavy arguments on the basis of optimistic assumptions. In one paragraph it's first asserted bacterium flagella evolved from a type III secretory system, only to sneak in at the end that idea has been overturned given flagella came before that secretory system. So they postulate a more primitive secretory system was the progenitor of flagella. Which again fails to address the step-by-step Darwinian 'advantage' problem. Devil in the details as ever.\nThe origin of the genetic code is still a massive problem (presumably occurring a ways 'downstream' of the nexus between non-living matter and Life)\nYes, I'm sure the process of adding polymer codes would take millions of years and untold natural trials.\nBut what encourages me in speculation is the fact that DNA only consists of relatively very few parts (in enormous numbers), which should facilitate the gradual addition of polymers to the complete structure.\nThe fact that we were able to decode the structure itself speaks for a relatively simple pattern.\nDNA- Structure, Properties, Types and Functions\nAugust 28, 2018 by Sagar Aryal\nBiology Educational Videos\nDNA stands for Deoxyribonucleic Acid which is a molecule that contains the instructions an organism needs to develop, live and reproduce.\nThese instructions are found inside every cell and are passed down from parents to their children.\nIt is a nucleic acid and is one of the four major types of macromolecules that are known to be essential for all forms of life.\nDNA is found in the nucleus, with a small amount of DNA also present in mitochondria in the eukaryotes.\nFigure: Watson and Crick proposed the double helix model for DNA. (a) The sugar-phosphate backbones are on the outside of the double helix and purines and pyrimidines form the \"rungs\" of the DNA helix ladder. (b) The two DNA strands are antiparallel to each other. (c) The direction of each strand is identified by numbering the carbons (1 through 5) in each sugar molecule. The 5\u02b9 end is the one where carbon #5 is not bound to another nucleotide; the 3\u02b9 end is the one where carbon #3 is not bound to another nucleotide. Source: Lumen Learning.\nhttps:\/\/microbenotes.com\/dna-structure-properties-types-and-functions\/\nIt seems that all reductionist examinations always end up with very simple fundamental structures and patterns which lend themselves to evolutionary chronologies into forming more complex patterns.\nMind, I am no expert, so forgive any naivete in trying to understand the rudiments......\nAn odious political\/ideological correctness punishing anyone in academia deviating from the Official Position is no argument for or against the correctness or otherwise of dissidents. Our 'freedom loving' West is increasingly morphing into a USSR style system of rigid ideological conformity.\nYes, all functional systems had progenitor parents, that is the definition of evolution from simple to complex patterns.\nType III secretory system\nType three secretion system (often written Type III secretion system and abbreviated TTSS or T3SS, also called Injectisome) is a protein appendage found in several Gram-negative bacteria.\nIn pathogenic bacteria, the needle-like structure is used as a sensory probe to detect the presence of eukaryotic organisms and secrete proteins that help the bacteria infect them. The secreted effector proteins are secreted directly from the bacterial cell into the eukaryotic (host) cell, where they exert a number of effects that help the pathogen to survive and to escape an immune response.\nA transmission electron-microscope image of isolated T3SS needle complexes from Salmonella typhimurium\nhttps:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Type_three_secretion_system\nCompared to this;\nComposite electron micrograph of the flagellum basal body and hook, produced by rotational averaging (Francis et al., 1994). The motor proteins and export apparatus\nhttp:\/\/www.talkdesign.org\/faqs\/flagellum.html\nWell that statement was not addressing you but Traverse, who seems a learned fellow.\nWell I for one appreciate your positive enthusiasm in this thread.\nMy particular focus is right back at the nexus between non-living matter on the prebiotic early Earth, and the first recognisable stages of incipient abiogenesis.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Television has changed remarkably over the past few years. It might be time for your viewing habits to change as well. Unless you enjoy paying more than $100 a month for a cable or satellite subscription you only half use, you're probably considering joining the growing ranks of consumers who have \"cut the cord\" and are now getting their favorite TV shows, movies and even live sports through the internet and streaming services. Making this change requires some preparation, though. Here's a step-by-step guide to the cord-cutting process. And once you're set up, hop on over to The New York Times's site Watching for personalized TV and movie recommendations.\nThere's an episode of \"The Glenn Campbell Goodtime Hour\", featuring a performance by Stevie Wonder that you can find around 5 min. and 50 seconds in. Just about every episode of \"Soul!\" has great performances by talents like Al Green and conversations with James Baldwin. His thoughts about race relations are as relevant today as they were back in the '60s.\nFor example, if your TV isn't working, you can designate whether it's grainy, frozen, tiled, blue, or black. After a few more questions about your service, you'll get a specific solution and clear way forward (even if that means scheduling professional help). It's a small convenience, but we love the option to handle simple fixes ourselves, instead of having to parse through outdated forums or spend our lunch break on hold with a technician.\nOne of the advantages of unplugging from the physical cable sticking out of a socket in your home is that you're free to enjoy the entertainment you're paying for on any screen you happen to have handy, be it a laptop, tablet or mobile phone. Many streaming services, like Netflix and Hulu, keep track of what you're watching and will let you pause a show or movie on one device, then pick it up later on another device.\nIt wasn't until 2015, when Ergen introduced Sling TV, that the floodgates truly opened. Sling TV is a so-called \"skinny bundle,\" giving online subscribers the option to buy just a few channels and pay a much lower monthly fee\u2014in this case, about a fourth of the average cable bill. Since its arrival, at least six more online TV services have entered the market.\nSome broadcasters have elected to embrace the concept of cord-cutting by establishing subscription-based over-the-top content offerings of their own, such as HBO Now.[22][23] Alongside the 2014 launch of CBS All Access, Les Moonves stated that there was a \"very strong possibility\" Showtime would also offer an OTT service\u2014a plan which would be realized in June 2015.[24][25][26] On March 31, 2016, Canadian sports channel Sportsnet (owned by media and telecom conglomerate Rogers Communications) announced an OTT service offering its four regional feeds and two main national channels.[27]\nThen find service provider for Internet only, make sure you get high quality\/speeds, download and upload. You can install Speedtest.net in you PC to check the speed so you know you are getting what you are paying for. Spectrum charges $45\/month, but I found out they do not include Wi-Fi which you need for your TV, that will cost an extra $5\/month. I kept Frontier, my provider (it was Verizon before they sold) so it was easy to cancel phone & TV, no need to change equipment, just returned the TV boxes.\nSome people make the assumption that cable or satellite TV limits you to watching live programming from your television set at home. However, most of the nation's largest TV providers offer SO much more than that. Seriously, the perks are endless. Let's say you're Drew. Drew watches all sorts of different networks: sports, reality TV, sitcoms, HBO, you name it. He also hates dealing with commercials. Every Friday Drew has a movie night with friends and family, so he wants lots of on demand options. He travels often and likes to watch TV on his tablet in the hotel room while he's away. Sometimes he misses his favorite premieres while he's on the road. So what can a TV package do for Drew?\nLike PlayStation Vue, AT&T's DirecTV Now has several tiers, starting with $35 a month, going to $50 for 80+ channels, $60 for 100+, and $70 for 120+. That does include Viacom stations and all the networks except CBS; the priciest plan offers up multiple Starz-related channels; HBO and Cinemax are here but for $5 per month extra each; Showtime is $8 per month extra.\nThis evolved into today's many cable-only broadcasts of diverse programming, including cable-only produced television movies and miniseries. Cable specialty channels, starting with channels oriented to show movies and large sporting or performance events, diversified further, and \"narrowcasting\" became common. By the late 1980s, cable-only signals outnumbered broadcast signals on cable systems, some of which by this time had expanded beyond 35 channels. By the mid-1980s in Canada, cable operators were allowed by the regulators to enter into distribution contracts with cable networks on their own.\nFor the technically competent, I'd recommend setting up a Home Theater PC. A $70 AMD A6-5400K should handle all of your HTPC needs. If you'd like to game as well, consider a more expensive A8 or A10. Of course, you need to couple this with a case, PSU, motherboard, RAM, HDD, wireless 802.11n adapter, wireless keyboard\/mouse, and OS. Most people who go this route aren't starting from scratch, but if you are, it's a significantly more expensive option than a set top box.\nSony PS4 (starting at $299.99) \/ Microsoft XBox ($299 to $499): One of the biggest unexpected players in this space has been the major video game console companies. The Sony PS4 and Xbox One X are state-of-the-art in terms of their streaming capabilities, and they're even creating their own services that attempt to serve the same functions as traditional cable TV. (More on that later.) The Xbox One S, Microsoft's previous model, was still for sale as of August 2018, at $200 less than the One X. Click here to compare the two on the Xbox website.\nMore channels and movies, plus plenty of extras and premium options. That's how we roll at Midco\u00ae, so you can command your own personal cable TV entertainment experience. You'll enjoy hundreds of channels, and smooth mobile streaming with TV Everywhere and mobile ON Demand. There's a Midco cable package for everyone \u2013 and you can combine cable TV with Midco Internet and home phone to save even more.\nThe Internet is your friend. As long as you have an internet connection, you can still watch some television. Many of the TV networks post videos of their shows on their websites which are available to watch for free. There are a number of other websites which provide hundreds of television series links, and allow you to browse the shows and watch all from their website. Some of the sites provide the service for free, while others charge a few bucks a month to users but either way, you're going to save a lot of money compared to your existing cable bill.\nI am really excited that I found this site. I am beginning our quest to cut the cord. First, I plan to make the indoor DIY antenna that was demonstrated in the video. Next, I will be calling Verizon to strong-arm them into a serious reduction. We currently pay close to $180 a month for Fios service (cable TV, phone and internet) we do not use DVR service and only have 2 TVs (one with an HD box and one with a standard box. I wish to keep only the phone and internet service. We have an Amazon Fire Stick and are looking to get the most out of it. Wish me luck\u2026 momma needs a new pair of shoes!!!\nSince it's your hard-earned currency on the line, this question is important. You shouldn't go subscribing to just about any of the cable TV providers in your area. Because believe it or not, that's how some of the biggest scams take place. With clever 'service' people taking advantage of their customers. And charging great sums for the most basic of TV packages. On this site, we only deal with the most credible cable TV, internet and home phone vendors in America. And so if you make your subscriptions through us, you can remain assured of fully secure service. One which delivers on quality, reliability, and high levels of value at all times. And every time! But if you're a little skeptical, why don't you pick up the phone and call? The time to have some 'TV fun' is now!\nStreaming: If you have a smart TV, media streamer box or stick (Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Google Chromecast, Apple TV, etc.), or smart Blu-ray Disc player, and subscribe to an internet service, you can access TV program and movie content without an antenna or cable\/satellite service. Popular streaming services include Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, Crackle, Vudu, and YouTube.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Congratulations to WSSDA President Joanne Greer!\nOn November 19th, 2017, at the conclusion of this year's Washington State School Directors Association (WSSDA) annual conference in Bellevue, Joanne Greer transitioned to the role of \"Immediate Past-President\" of WSSDA. After a serving the School Directors Association for many years on various committees and in multiple roles on the WSSDA Board, Joanne completed a one-year term as WSSDA's acting president. Under Joanne's leadership, the Washington State School Directors Association continued to play a critical role in shaping education policy in our state. The State Legislature met in 2017 to consider what proved to be some of the most significant changes to public education in decades. Prior to and throughout the legislative session, Joanne was frequently at the table with key decision makers in Olympia, representing the voice of school directors throughout our state and advocating for the 1.1 million kids served in Washington's public schools.\nJoanne presently serves as Vice President of Deer Park's Board of Directors and has served on the Deer Park School Board for 20 years. While serving on the Deer Park School Board for last two decades, Joanne has frequently been a presence on WSSDA's legislative committee (10 years!) and has also traveled to Washington DC to advocate for our public schools at the federal level.\nWe couldn't be more proud; Joanne's service and capable leadership are of great benefit to our district, our region, and to schools throughout our State. Her steady voice and strong advocacy help assure the present and future quality of our public schools. Way to go, Joanne \u2013 your service is greatly appreciated!\nThe Washington State School Directors' Association is a trusted, respected advocate for public education and student achievement in Washington State. Serving as a unified voice for local school leaders, WSSDA fosters effective relationships with the Legislature, the governor's office, the superintendent of public instruction, members of Congress, federal agencies and myriad educational organizations. WSSDA's legislative reports and analyses are widely read and used throughout the education community. For more information about WSSDA, please explore their website, available at the following link \u2013 Washington State School Directors' Association.\nCongratulations to WSSDA President Joanne Greer!2017-11-272018-01-03http:\/\/www.dpsd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/DPSD-logo.pngDeer Park School Districthttp:\/\/www.dpsd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/DPSD-logo.png200px200px\nWinter Weather is Here!News and Notes\nSTCU and KREM2 Honor Malia Fay!News and Notes","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Home 1 \u203a Jing You cash (seal script, flower hole), Ren Zong (1022-1064), N. Song, China - Hartill 16.88 2\nJing You cash (seal script, flower hole), Ren Zong (1022-1064), N. Song, China - Hartill 16.88\nThe Song Dynasty was a ruling dynasty in China between 960 and 1279; it succeeded the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period, and was followed by the Yuan Dynasty. It was the first government in world history to issue banknotes or paper money, and the first Chinese government to establish a permanent standing navy. This dynasty also saw the first known use of gunpowder, as well as first discernment of true north using a compass. The Jurchen, a subject tribe within the Liao empire, invaded the Song territory in 1125 and another in 1127; in this latter invasion, the Jurchens captured not only the Song capital at Kaifeng, but the retired emperor Huizong, his successor Qinzong, and most of the Imperial court. The remaining Song forces regrouped under the self-proclaimed Emperor Gaozong (1127-1162), and withdrew south of the Yangtze River to establish the new capital at Linan (in modern Hangzhou). The Jurchen conquest of northern China and shift of capitals from Kaifeng to Linan was the dividing line between the Northern Song Dynasty and Southern Song Dynasty.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Unobtrusive JavaScript\n(Redirected from Unobtrusive Javascript)\nTranspilers\nAjax frameworks\nUnit testing frameworks\nJavaScript engine\nServer side\nXMLHttpRequest\nASM.JS\nWASM\nUnobtrusive JavaScript is a general approach to the use of JavaScript in web pages. Though the term is not formally defined, its basic principles are generally understood to include:\nSeparation of functionality (the \"behavior layer\") from a Web page's structure\/content and presentation[1]\nBest practices to avoid the problems of traditional JavaScript programming (such as browser inconsistencies and lack of scalability)\nProgressive enhancement to support user agents that may not support advanced JavaScript functionality[2]\n1 A new paradigm\n2 Separation of behavior from markup\n3 Namespaces\n4 Degrading gracefully\n5 Best practices\nA new paradigm[edit]\nJavaScript historically has had a reputation for being a clumsy language unsuitable for serious application development.[3][4] This has been largely due to inconsistent implementations of the language itself and the Document Object Model (DOM)[5] in various browsers, and the widespread use of buggy copy-and-paste code. Runtime errors were so common (and so difficult to debug) that few programmers ever tried to fix them, as long as the script behaved more or less the way it was supposed to;[6] scripts often failed completely in some browsers.\nSome web developers have been promoting graceful degradation since 1994.[7]\nThe recent emergence of standards-compliant browsers, JavaScript frameworks and high-quality debugging tools have made organized, scalable JavaScript code possible, and the emergence of Ajax interfaces has made it desirable. Whereas JavaScript was once reserved for relatively simple and non-critical tasks such as form validation and decorative novelties, it is now being used to write large, complex codebases that are often part of a site's core functionality. Run time errors and unpredictable behavior are no longer minor annoyances; they are fatal flaws.\nAdvocates of unobtrusive JavaScript see it as part of the larger Web standards movement; much as the demand for cross-browser compatibility has driven the increasing emphasis on standardized markup and style, the increasing demand for rich Internet applications is driving the movement toward better practices with the use of JavaScript. The concept of unobtrusiveness in relation to JavaScript programming was coined in 2002 by Stuart Langridge[8] in the article \"Unobtrusive DHTML, and the power of unordered lists\".[9] In the article Langridge argues for a way to keep all JavaScript code, including event handlers, outside of the HTML. Stuart Langridge has since expanded upon this thought in book[10] and article format.[11]\nOther authors have tried to refine and define the essential elements of the unobtrusive paradigm. David Flanagan's seminal JavaScript: The Definitive Guide says that while there is no specific formula, there are three main goals:\nTo separate JavaScript from HTML markup, as well as keeping modules of JavaScript independent of other modules.\nUnobtrusive JavaScript should degrade gracefully - all content should be available without all or any of the JavaScript running successfully.\nUnobtrusive JavaScript should not degrade the accessibility of the HTML, and ideally should improve it, whether the user has personal disabilities or are using an unusual, or unusually configured, browser.[12]\nThe Web Standards Project describes four benefits of unobtrusive DOM scripting in their JavaScript Manifesto.\nUsability: An unobtrusive DOM script does not draw the attention of the user - visitors use it without thinking about it.\nGraceful degradation: Unobtrusive DOM scripts never generate error messages, in any browser, even when they fail. If features cannot be presented properly, they silently disappear.\nAccessibility: If any script fails, the page still delivers its core functions and information via the markup, stylesheets and\/or server-side scripting.\nSeparation: For the benefit of other and future web developers, all JavaScript code is maintained separately, without impacting other files of script, markup or code.[13]\nFor the Paris Web Conference in 2007, Christian Heilmann identified seven rules of Unobtrusive JavaScript.\nDo not make any assumptions: Defensive programming techniques should allow for the possibilities that JavaScript may not run, the browser may not support expected methods, the HTML may have changed, unexpected input devices may be in use and other scripts may either not be present or may be encroaching on the global namespace.\nFind your hooks and relationships, such as IDs and other aspects of the expected HTML.\nLeave traversing individual DOM objects to the experts, such as to the CSS handler built into the browser where possible.\nUnderstand browsers and users, particularly how they fail, what assumptions they make, and unusual configurations or usages.\nUnderstand events, including how they 'bubble' and the features of the Event object that is passed to most event handlers.\nPlay well with other scripts by avoiding global function and variable names.\nWork for the next developer by using self-explanatory variable and function names, creating logical and readable code, making dependencies obvious, and commenting any code that still might confuse.[14]\nSeparation of behavior from markup[edit]\nTraditionally, JavaScript was often placed inline together with an HTML document's markup. For example, the following is a typical way to register a JavaScript event handler in HTML:\n<input type=\"text\" name=\"date\" onchange=\"validateDate()\" \/>\nThe purpose of HTML markup is to describe a document's structure, not its programmatic behavior. Combining the two can negatively impact a site's maintainability, like combining content and presentation.[15] JavaScript behavior created and referenced in the HTML can be harder to use and maintain, for example when setting handlers for several events on a single element, when setting the same event handler on several elements, or when using event delegation.\nThe unobtrusive solution is to register the necessary event handlers programmatically, rather than inline. Rather than adding an onchange attribute explicitly as above, the relevant element(s) are simply identified, for example by class, id or some other means in the markup:\n<input type=\"text\" name=\"date\" id=\"date\" \/>\nA script that runs when the page is first loaded into the browser can then look for each relevant element and set it up accordingly:\nwindow.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function(event) {\ndocument.getElementById('date').addEventListener(\"change\", validateDate);\nNamespaces[edit]\nUnobtrusive JavaScript should add as little as possible to the global object or global namespace of the environment in which it runs. Other scripts may override any variable or function that is created in the global namespace, and this can lead to unexpected failures that are difficult to debug. JavaScript does not have a built-in explicit namespace mechanism, but the desired effects are easy to produce using the language's facilities. Flanagan suggests the use of the developer's own domain name, dotted segments reversed, as a single global name to publish that is very likely to be unique, in the style developed in the Java language.[16]\nvar org;\nif (!org) {\norg = {};\n} else if (typeof org != 'object') {\nthrow new Error(\"org already exists and is not an object.\");\nif (!org.example) {\norg.example = {};\n} else if (typeof org.example != 'object') {\nthrow new Error(\"org.example already exists and is not an object.\");\nWhile variables, functions and objects of all kinds can be further defined within such namespace objects, it is usually recommended to use closures within the namespace to further isolate what will become private variables and functions, as well as to export what will be the public interface of each module of functionality. The code above could be followed directly by the following:[14]\norg.example.Highlight = function() {\n\/\/ Define private data and functions\nvar highlightId = 'x';\nfunction setHighlight(color) {\ndocument.getElementById(highlightId).style.color = color;\n\/\/ Return public pointers to functions or properties\n\/\/ that are to be public.\ngoGreen: function() { setHighlight('green'); },\ngoBlue:  function() { setHighlight('blue'); }\n}(); \/\/ End closure definition and invoke it.\nFrom any other module, these public methods could be invoked in either way as follows\norg.example.Highlight.goBlue();\nvar h = org.example.Highlight;\nh.goGreen();\nIn this way, each module-writer's code is contained in private or in a unique namespace and cannot interfere with or intrude upon any other code at any time.\nDegrading gracefully[edit]\nMain article: graceful degradation\nWriting an event listener that detects the loading of the HTML page and then adds relevant listeners to other events on the page, as well as other behaviors as required, can solve the problem of separating JavaScript functionality from HTML markup. The use of client-side JavaScript libraries such as jQuery, MooTools or Prototype can simplify this process and help ensure that individual browser and browser version implementation details are hidden and catered for. Keeping most of the JavaScript out of the default namespace helps ensure that it is as unobtrusive as possible in that sense. A further criterion of unobtrusive JavaScript that is often cited is to ensure that added behavior degrades gracefully on those browsers with unexpected configurations, and those on which the user may have disabled JavaScript altogether.[12]\nThis requirement is a basic tenet of web accessibility, to ensure that JavaScript-enhanced websites are not only usable by people of all abilities and disabilities but that all users - whatever their computing platform - get equal access to all the site's information and functionality. Sometimes there is extra work involved in achieving this, but web accessibility is not an optional extra in many countries. For example, in the UK, the Equality Act 2010, while it does not refer explicitly to website accessibility, makes it illegal to discriminate against people with disabilities and applies to anyone providing any service in the public, private and voluntary sectors.[17] While a lot of effort may be put into designing and implementing a slick client-side user interface in unobtrusive JavaScript, it will not remain unobtrusive to a user without client-side scripting if they find that they cannot access published information. To meet this goal, it is often necessary to implement equivalent, albeit clunkier, server-side functionality that will be available without the use of JavaScript at all.\nTake, for example, a webpage where thumbnail images need JavaScript behaviours so that full-size images will appear in front of the page when the mouse is rolled over them or they are clicked. First, server-side markup should ensure that the relevant full-size image is served to users without JavaScript who click on a thumbnail. In this case the basic HTML markup may look like the following, for each thumbnail:\n<a href=\"fullsize-image-001.png\" class=\"manual-link\" title=\"Click for full-size image\">\n<img src=\"image-001-thumb.png\" class=\"thumb\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" alt=\"Image 1 shows... etc\">\nThis will work as it is without JavaScript. Unobtrusive JavaScript, in this case, during page-load, could find all the a elements that have a class of manual-link and remove them from the page DOM. It could then find all the images of class thumb and attach an onmouseover or an onclick event handler that is specified in-line to provide the slick behaviour. For example, when invoked the event handler may send an Ajax request to the server for the full-size image, then add a div to the page DOM invoking existing CSS so it appears in front of existing content, which itself may become partially greyed out. The div will need a close button, perhaps a visual 'spinner' to show that data is loading, etc. Finally, when the Ajax data arrives, the handler hides the spinner and inserts the full-size image into the new div for display.\nThis way, all the client-side functionality depends on the same JavaScript function. If that function succeeds, it begins by removing the basic, manual behavior, and goes on to add the client-side scripted behavior. If the script fails for whatever reason, the manual behavior remains in place and remains functional.\nBest practices[edit]\nThough the essence of unobtrusive JavaScript is the concept of an added separate behavior layer, advocates of the paradigm generally subscribe to a number of related principles, such as:\nDOM Scripting, i.e. adherence to the W3C DOM and event model, and avoidance of browser-specific extensions.\nCapability detection, i.e. testing for specific functionality before it is used.[18] In particular this is seen as the opposite of browser detection.\nMore generally, JavaScript best practices often parallel those in other programming languages, such as encapsulation and abstraction layers, avoidance of global variables, meaningful naming conventions, use of appropriate design patterns, and systematic testing. Such principles are essential to large-scale software development, but have not been widely observed in JavaScript programming in the past; their adoption is seen as an essential component of JavaScript's transition from a \"toy\" language to a tool for serious development.\nGraceful degradation\nProgressive enhancement\n^ Keith, Jeremy (2006-06-20). \"Behavioral Separation\".\n^ Olsson, Tommy (2007-02-06). \"Graceful Degradation & Progressive Enhancement\".\n^ Crockford, Douglas (2007-01-24). \"The JavaScript Programming Language\".\n^ Crockford, Douglas (2006-11-27). \"Advanced JavaScript\".\n^ Crockford, Douglas (2006-10-20). \"An Inconvenient API: The Theory of the Dom\".\n^ Crockford, Douglas (2007-06-08). \"JavaScript: The Good Parts\".\n^ Aaron Gustafson. \"Understanding Progressive Enhancement\". 2008.\n^ \"Building dynamic websites\". 2006-08-09. Retrieved 2010-05-18.\n^ Langridge, Stuart (November 2002). \"Unobtrusive DHTML, and the power of unordered lists\". Retrieved 2008-08-07.\n^ Langridge, Stuart (2005). DHTML Utopia:Modern Web Design Using JavaScript & DOM. SitePoint. ISBN 0-9579218-9-6. (Reference to the first edition, since it shows how the author pioneered the concept.)\n^ E.g.: Langridge, Stuart (2005-06-01). \"DHTML Utopia: Modern Web Design Using JavaScript & DOM\". Retrieved 2016-10-18.\n^ a b Flanagan, David (2006). JavaScript: The Definitive Guide (5th ed.). O'Reilly & Associates. p. 241. ISBN 0-596-10199-6.\n^ \"The JavaScript Manifesto\". The Web Standards Project. Retrieved 8 Feb 2011.\n^ a b Heilmann, Christian (2007). \"The seven rules of Unobtrusive JavaScript\". Archived from the original on 2 May 2011. Retrieved 8 February 2011.\n^ \"The web standards model - HTML CSS and JavaScript\". W3C Web Standards Curriculum. W3C. 2014. Retrieved 16 May 2016.\n^ Flanagan, David (2006). \"10\". JavaScript: The Definitive Guide (5th ed.). O'Reilly & Associates. ISBN 0-596-10199-6.\n^ \"Equality Act 2010\". Her Majesty's Stationery Office. Retrieved 7 September 2011.\n^ \"Dev.Opera \u2014 Using Capability Detection\". Retrieved 19 October 2016.\nESLint\nJSHint\nJSLint\nTranscompilers\nBabel.js\nEmscripten\nGoogle Closure Compiler\nMorfik\nAtScript\nHaxe\nWebSharper\nClient-side\nJavaScript library\nDebuggers\nKomodo IDE\nMicrosoft Script Debugger\nMicrosoft Script Editor\nOpera Dragonfly\nWeb Inspector\nDoc generators\nJSDoc\nEditors (comparison)\nCloud9 IDE\nCodeMirror\nLight Table\nVisual Studio Team Services\nComparison of engines\nDOM support\nList of ECMAScript engines\nComparison of JavaScript frameworks\nList of JavaScript libraries\nPackage managers\nServer-side\nCommonJS\nJSGI\nQUnit\nList of JavaScript unit testing frameworks\nRetrieved from \"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Unobtrusive_JavaScript&oldid=867257590\"\nThis page was last edited on 4 November 2018, at 17:24 (UTC).","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"In This Article Mirabai\nReference Works in Hindi\nPopular Literature and Fiction\nEarly Manuscripts\nMajor Collections\nGender and Feminist Analysis\nExemplary Power for Women\nPerformance, Oral Traditions, and Resistance\nGandhi and Mirabai\nNancy M. Martin\nLAST MODIFIED: 22 February 2018\nMirabai (also known as Meerabai, Mira, Meera) is the most well known of the women bhakti (Hindu devotional) saints of India. According to tradition, this 16th-century royal devotee of Krishna was born in Merta in Rajasthan in the kingdom of Marwar and dedicated to Krishna from childhood, but married into the royal family of Mewar in Chittor, most say against her will. She refused to behave as a woman of her caste and class was required to do and instead fearlessly danced and sang for her Lord in the public space of the temple and kept company with holy men and people from all walks of life. The rana, the ruler of Mewar (identified variously as her husband, her father-in-law, or her brother-in-law), tried to stop her, in many accounts repeatedly trying to kill her for these transgressions. Most famously, he sent her a cup of poison in the guise of holy water, but she remained unharmed and undeterred. Ultimately, she departed to become a wandering religious leader, reportedly traveling to holy places associated with Krishna, including Vrindavan (the land of his youthful incarnation) and Dwarka (the capital of the mature Krishna's kingdom), where she ultimately merged with his image. Though admired by devotees of many different branches of devotional Hinduism, she remains formally unaffiliated and is explicitly rejected by the followers of Vallabhacarya. If she is said to have a guru at all, she is most often associated with the extremely low-caste leatherworker saint Raidas (also known as Ravidas, Rohidas). She is known not only for her story, but also for the devotional songs of love and longing she is said to have composed. A multitude of stories have circulated about her as her fame spread across India, and an immense body of songs are attributed to her, with those that might have been composed by this individual woman inseparable from those composed by others in subsequent centuries in her name and style. She has come to inspire many, her popularity crossing the borders of caste, language, religion, culture, and time.\nHawley and Juergensmeyer 2004 provides the most comprehensive general introduction in English to Mirabai and the scholarship around her. For a concise summary of her life, poetry, and appeal, see Martin 2007, and for a very brief introduction, see Tharu and Lalita 1991. Kishwar and Vanita 1989 also provides a broad and accessible introduction, with an emphasis on the norms for women that Mirabai rejects and the place of women saints in bhakti (Hindu devotion). For the broadest introduction to her poetry in translation, see Alston 1980, though the author uncritically follows Hindi academic literature shaped by nationalist and Rajput formulations of the late 19th century in his introduction to her life (see History and Historiography). In contrast, Mukta 1994 situates Mirabai primarily within low-caste communities and oral traditions. See Martin 1995 for a more extended comprehensive study of the saint, and Hawley 2005 for detailed analysis of current scholarship and selected issues.\nAlston, A. J. The Devotional Poems of Mira Bai. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1980.\nThis influential work includes 201 songs from the most popular edition of Mirabai's poetry in Hindi, that of Parasur\u0101m Caturved\u012b\u2014M\u012br\u0101b\u0101\u012b k\u012b Pad\u0101val\u012b, 18th ed. (Pray\u0101g, India: Hind\u012b S\u0101hitya Sammelan, 1989)\u2013\u2013offering accurate English translations that are faithful to the originals. Alston's introduction follows the vulgate \"historical biography.\"\nHawley, John Stratton. Three Bhakti Voices: Mirabai, Surdas, and Kabir in Their Times and Ours. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2005.\nIn this collection of both previously published and new work, comparative essays explore author and authority, the nirgun\/sagun (formless\/form) distinction, the morality of saints, and the gendered presentation of longing, while those focused primarily on Mirabai examine early manuscript sources, Mirabai as wife and renouncer, and the 1972 \"Mirabai\" Amar Chitra Katha comic book (see Popular Literature and Fiction).\nHawley, John Stratton, and Mark Juergensmeyer. Songs of the Saints of India. Rev. ed. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2004.\nOriginally published in 1988. Contextualizes Mirabai in Hindu devotion and Indian society, outlines her story with variations, details the difficulties that arise in trying to determine her historical biography and original works, and analyzes themes in the poetry attributed to her, as well as offering accurate, compelling translations. Excellent introduction for advanced undergraduates (pp. 118\u2013140).\nKishwar, Madhu, and Ruth Vanita. \"Poison to Nectar: The Life and Work of Mirabai.\" Special Issue: Women Bhakta Poets. Manushi 50\u201352 (January\u2013June 1989): 74\u201393.\nIncorporates legendary material and songs in presentation of Mirabai's story, voice, and symbolic power with particular attention to normative gender expectations, contextualizing Mirabai among other women bhakti saints and addressing the ambivalence that attends Mirabai's character and actions. Includes an inset on \"Gandhi's Mira\" (pp. 86\u201387). Excellent introduction for advanced undergraduates.\nMartin, Nancy M. \"Dyed in the Color of Her Lord: Multiple Representations in the Mirabai Tradition.\" PhD diss., Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, CA, 1995.\nExtended study of Mirabai examining hagiographic and legendary traditions surrounding the saint; the 19th-century Rajput \"historicizing\" of Mirabai's story; contrasting folk epics of her life sung in Rajasthan; her poetry in manuscript, print, and oral performance; and her role as a model for women, including living women religious leaders today called by her name. Reference work.\nMartin, Nancy M. \"Rajasthan: Mirabai and Her Poetry.\" In Krishna: A Source Book. Edited by Edwin Bryant, 241\u2013254. New York: Oxford University Press, 2007.\nThis concise essay provides a brief introduction to the life, poetry, and appeal of the saint together with English translations of sixteen songs, drawn from both written and oral sources and thus reflecting the broad traditions of song associated with the saint. Useful short introduction for undergraduates.\nMukta, Parita. Upholding the Common Life: The Community of Mirabai. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1994.\nGroundbreaking work, examining oral traditions of Mirabai among low-caste communities in Rajasthan and Saurashtra (in Gujarat). Argues that Mirabai belongs primarily to these communities and that her songs provide a language to express solidarity and resistance to patriarchal and feudal authorities, with middle-class and upper-caste appropriations portrayed as inauthentic.\nTharu, Susie, and K. Lalita, eds. Women Writing in India: 600 B.C. to the Present. Vol. 1, 600 B.C. to the Early Twentieth Century. New York: Feminist Press, 1991.\nVery short introduction to Mirabai, including translations of four poems, with attention to feminist scholarship on the saint. Mirabai is presented in this text in the context of a multitude of other women writers in India across time. Useful for undergraduate assignment as a very brief introduction. See pp. 90\u201394.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Meet Dr. Jamal A Khan who treats cancer patients with the miraculous immunotherapy treatment\nDecember 10: When their patients are cured, doctors feel great joy. Yet there are no limits to anyone's joy at the news that a person in the terminal stage of cancer has been cured. Meet Dr. Jamal A. Khan, an MBBS, MD who specializes in immunotherapy and regards the happiness of his patients as more valuable than diamonds.\nSatpal, a Haryana resident, was diagnosed with GBM grade 4 cancer. Satpal sought treatment from numerous doctors and travelled from one location to another, but in vain. He was depressed and tormented because there was no hope left. Satpal met Dr. Jamal A Khan, as if life had something else in store for him. Dr. Khan treated Satpal's grade 4 cancer using a strict treatment protocol.\n\"Today, I'm fine and living a normal life, doing all of the housework myself.\" His medicine is excellent, and I am grateful to Dr. Jamal Khan for treating me and giving me a new lease on life,\" Satpal said.\nAnother patient, Mangala Pandey, who had tongue cancer, stated, \"I went to many doctors and spent lakhs of rupees, but it was useless.\" I had the impression that death was standing right in front of me. I had the good fortune to meet Dr. Jamal A Khan, who treated my tongue cancer and now I live a healthy and normal life.\"\nConsider the case of Mamoon Parvez, a cancer patient from Bangladesh who came to India after visiting several other countries for treatment. \"I was very depressed and had given up hope of ever living.\" When I met Dr. Jamal A Khan, he restored my faith in humanity, and I am now living a happy life.\"\nDr. Jamal A. Khan stated to his patients, staff members, and doctors at his Denvax Clinic, \"Cancer Immunotherapy treatment is simple and has no side effects.\" \"In this method, the original base of the patient's blood cells is changed in the laboratory, allowing them to return to the patient's body and fight cancer cells.\"\nDr. Khan is a successful cancer immunotherapy specialist who has treated thousands of patients with this method over the last two decades.\n\"His mentor has received the world's most prestigious award, the Nobel Prize, for the discovery of the Cancer Immunotherapy treatment,\" Dr. Khan said. Few people worldwide use this method to treat cancer patients.\"\nDr. Khan's clinic has spread throughout India, and his patients can now be found in every state. Dr. Khan was given numerous opportunities to travel to developed countries and conduct research, but he turned them all down.\n\"I like India and want to live here until the day I die.\" \"My country requires me, and I consider it my duty to serve my fellow Indians,\" Dr. Khan stated.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Home \u00bb Information \u00bb Rainbow \u2013 Meaning and Symbolism\nRainbow \u2013 Meaning and Symbolism\nRainbow Symbolism\nRainbows in Ancient Mythology\nRainbows in Films and Literature\nRainbows in Dreams\nRainbow Symbols Today\nWho wouldn't love spotting a rainbow in the sky? Its beautiful burst of colors is surely breathtaking, exuding an air of mystery as it magically shows up on the horizon. As soon as a rainbow appears, you can expect people to pause and admire its beauty. It can bring a smile to the saddest of people and light up just about anyone's mood.\nWhile some may see rainbows as nothing but an optical illusion, no one can deny their elusive beauty. They've also come to symbolize different things, from new beginnings and feelings of hope to peace and equality. Read on to learn more about what rainbows mean when used in different contexts.\nRainbows are a natural phenomenon, that appear after a storm or heavy rain. While they may look solid, these beautiful arcs are caused by the reflection of sunlight on water droplets. Here are some of the most common meanings associated with rainbows.\nHope \u2013 Rainbows appear in the sky after a thunderstorm, signifying the end of a bad period and the look towards a new chapter. This has made rainbows a popular symbol of hope.\nPromise \u2013 In the Bible, a rainbow appears after the flood as a promise from God that the period of flooding was over and that a new day was beginning. Christians often view the rainbow as God's promise to humankind.\nNew Beginnings \u2013 A rainbow appears after thunderstorms, which are chaotic and disruptive weather events that signify a negative stage in life. Rainbows signal the end of these periods and the start of a new beginning. This meaning of rainbows also links to the story of Noah and the Ark, where the rainbow signals the end of flooding and the wiping out of humanity.\nDiversity in Sexuality \u2013 In recent years, the rainbow has been adopted by LGBTQ activists as a symbol of the gay rights movement. In this context, the rainbow represents diversity in sexuality, as well as the pride, defiance, and hope for a better future for this group.\nGood Luck \u2013 Irish legend has it that pots of gold can be found at the end of rainbows. According to the legend, leprechauns hide their gold at the end of rainbows, and if you happen to come across such gold, you are free to take some for yourself. This has made the rainbow a symbol of good luck and prosperity.\nEquality and Peace \u2013 The symbolism of equality comes from the fact that rainbows are made up of several colors. While each color is unique and individual, they can work together to create a beautiful whole.\nImpermanence \u2013 Rainbows don't last long in the sky, quickly dispersing after showing themselves. This associates them with impermanence and transience, making them a reminder of seizing the day and making the most of the time you have.\nThe Deity Heimdallr next to Bifrost, the Rainbow Bridge. PD-US.\nIn ancient mythology, rainbows were often referenced due to the mystery and beauty they represented. While some mythologies had deities who personified the rainbow, others saw rainbows as a bridge between humans and the gods.\nFor example, in the Norse religion, a burning rainbow bridge known as Bifrost is believed to connect the Earth with Asgard, thehome of the gods. It is said that only gods and those killed in battle could use the bridge. This is similar to other world myths that believe that only virtuous people can cross the rainbow bridge to heaven.\nIris Carrying Water of the River Styx. PD-US.\nRainbows play a different role in Greek mythology, where Iris served as a rainbow goddess. She was considered a messenger of the gods, creating a link between humanity and the gods. She was known to relay messages about war and retribution and carried a winged staff on her journeys.\nAnother interesting interpretation of rainbows can be seen in Australian Aboriginal mythology. It's believed that humans, animals, and eternal beings like the Rainbow Serpent are part of the Dreaming, which refers to an infinite period that starts with the world's creation. Australian Aboriginal tribes call the serpent different names, but it is consistently known to be the creator of the world and all living beings.\nMany poems and books refer to rainbows and their elusive beauty. For instance, in Stephen King's 1985 novel It, one of the characters sees a rainbow, commenting that they'll find gold at its end. Some have interpreted the symbolic journey towards the end of the rainbow as a futile goal, particularly because of the belief that tricking leprechauns into giving up their treasure was virtually impossible.\nIn Wordsworth's 1802 classic My Heart Leaps Up, the poet records the joy that the sight of a rainbow brings. In his poem, he used a rainbow to symbolize the joys of his youth, which he expects to be with him until he grows older. He also speaks about how it would feel to lose such joy, living a life that is not worth living.\nIn movies, rainbows have been used to symbolize a wide variety of themes and emotions. One memorable use of this symbol is in the Wizard of Oz, where the protagonist Dorothy sings to the tune of Over the Rainbow.\nIn this iconic scene, she imagines a beautiful place where her dreams can finally come true. Interestingly, this scene was almost deleted before the movie was launched, but the film's associate producer put his foot down and said that the song needed to stay. Years later, it has cemented its status as a cultural touchstone and became one of the greatest songs of the 20th Century.\nIf you dream about rainbows, you're probably wondering what it means. Since rainbows may come in different shapes and sizes in the world of dreams, it's fascinating to note the wide variety of thoughts and feelings that they could symbolize. However, rainbows are usually interpreted as something positive in most dreams. Since it is usually associated with the legendary pot of gold, it is usually interpreted as a sign of hope, good luck, and fulfillment of a wish.\nOther interpretations claim that a rainbow may represent your plans. If you feel a sense of calmness and confidence while staring at a rainbow in your dream, it might mean that luck is on your side. However, if you see a fading rainbow, it might mean that you might not get the thing you're hoping for. The good news is having such a dream doesn't mean that something will never happen \u2013 it might just mean that you'll have to work extra hard for it.\nIf you dream of a rainbow that's missing some colors, it might have a special meaning as well. Whatever color is missing might correspond to something that you're currently missing in your life. For example, since the color red symbolizes passion, dreaming of a rainbow that lacks the color red might mean that you are living a life without passion. Conversely, if one of the colors in the rainbow appears brighter than the rest, it might mean that your life is brimming with that particular quality.\nInterestingly, it is said that walking on a rainbow is one of the rarest dreams that one could get. Some believe that this is a major source of inspiration as it is a sign that you should be pursuing greater adventures.\nToday, different rainbow symbols are used to represent hope and solidarity. For example, during the COVID-19 pandemic, people began hanging banners containing rainbows and short inspirational messages. This trend started in Europe when a series of lockdowns were implemented to help curb the spread of the virus.\nRainbows have also maintained their popularity as a symbol in flags. It dates as far back as the German Peasants' War in the 16th Century, where rainbow flags were used as one of the symbols of the revolution. In the 1961 Peace movement in Italy, people also held similar multi-colored flags as they marched down the streets to protest nuclear weapons.\nHowever, the rainbow flag has become a distinct symbol of the LGBTQA+ community. While people often associate the different colors with the diversity of the gay community, each color actually represents something. Red stands for life, orange for healing, yellow for sunlight, green for nature, blue for peace, and purple for spirit. The original flag had eight colors, but turquoise and pink were removed to ramp up the production of the Pride flag.\nThe popularity of the rainbow flag as a symbol of the gay community started when Harvey Milk, the first openly gay elected official in the US, was assassinated on November 27, 1978. Since then, the symbol has become more visible, and was eventually considered the official symbol of the LGBTQA+ community.\nWhile rainbows may mean different things in different contexts, no one can deny the inspiration and sense of joy that it brings. As an ever-popular symbol of hope and pride, it will always hold a special place in communities that are looking to foster a sense of unity among its people as well as individuals who remain hopeful of what the future may bring.\nSnow - Meaning and Symbolism\nStorm - Meaning and Symbolism\nTags: Ancient Symbols","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"The man who helped to build Moj\u00e1car\nRichard Torn\u00e9 meets the American who played a key role in creating Almer\u00eda's biggest property hotspot.\nA pioneer developer, ardent Hispanophile, writer and explorer, Ric Polansky has enjoyed as colourful a life as a character in a Jack London novel.\nIn the resort of Moj\u00e1car, in the southeast Spanish region of Almer\u00eda, he is best known for being a trailblazing developer who, with his brother Paul, built the first houses along the Moj\u00e1car coastline in the late 1960s and early 1970s. In those days the nearby hilltop village was a backwater and the beach had little more than a few buildings, abandoned farmhouses and a dirt track.\nDonning a distinctive red boina (beret) of the Pamplona bull run, he greets me with a warm smile. At 73, he is less active than he used to be. \"Sometimes I've been locked up in my house for weeks \u2013 it's penance I'm paying now for an earlier life,\" he jokes.\nWith a gravelly drawl reminiscent of Orson Welles and a hulking frame to match, he could be a dead ringer for compatriot Ernest Hemingway. The comparison is not entirely fortuitous. \"When you grew up in Iowa, the most exciting thing in the whole world was reading stories about Hemingway.\"\nHis love affair with Spain, at least in the beginning, was driven more by necessity than a desire to emulate the famous author. Caught up in the maelstrom of the Vietnam War, he tried to escape the draft as a young man, but dodged the bullet only after he failed the physical.\nWhen Paul, who was setting up a construction business in Moj\u00e1car, encouraged him to come over he did not need asking twice and with his wife Karen he sold up and emigrated in 1969, becoming one of the few Americans who settled in this part of the world at the time.\nHe joined Paul's business and before long began selling land. \"About $1,000 would buy you about 800 square metres,\" says Ric.\nSoon after, he set up his own construction business. His big break came when package holidays started taking off from Birmingham, thanks to the company Horizon Holidays. \"It perked up the joint,\" he nods.\nMoj\u00e1car's rise was also due to the visionary mayor Jacinto Alarc\u00f3n, who was instrumental in preventing the shrinking village from being assimilated by the nearby municipality of Turre and badgered Franco's government into building the luxury Parador hotel in 1965. \"He was a wonderful man who took nothing for himself,\" says Ric, although he admits Alarc\u00f3n was not averse to changing planning proposals if it would help to put Moj\u00e1car on the map.\nConstrained by the geography, the old hilltop village or pueblo remained largely untouched, but the barren coastline was a different proposition. \"Thirty apartments became 3,000 and it went on from there.\"\nDOWNLOAD YOUR SPANISH PROPERTY GUIDE HERE\nRic soon realised that the best business deals were struck on the street, mixing with the locals in bars, and he rapidly earned a reputation for being a hard but fair employer. \"If you were the one laying the electricity cables and it went wrong, I would go to you to fix it that day,\" he says. \"Otherwise you would never work for me again.\" He sussed out when suppliers were trying to pull a fast one and recognised the importance of adopting a hands-on approach. \"If there was a truckload of marble, the fifth pallet was unpolished.\nThere was always something like that, like [poor-quality] light switches or cement. \"The architects were also a problem because they'd put in sewage pipes no bigger than this [he makes a circle with his thumb and forefinger]. You had to be on site, get up at six or seven, have a big tea and plan your day.\"\nDiplomacy was often the best approach with a recalcitrant workforce. \"I'd go to the building site in the evening with a crate of beer just as they were about to leave. They were very much like children: if you got mad at them, you wouldn't see them for years.\" His tact was also due in part to the fact that many labourers carried knives. \"In the early days, if you walked by and turned your back on them they wouldn't think twice about waving it in your face.\" On the one occasion he got involved in a bar brawl, he kept a cool head. \"I stayed and bought him a drink and we talked. It's just the way they were.\"\nIf it all sounds a bit like the Wild West, Ric does not let on, perhaps because he experienced bigger hardships while exploring the Amazon in search of the gold of El Dorado, or surviving a sleet storm in the frozen Alaskan wilderness. One lucky escape involved a snake that bit a man while sailing up the Amazon river. \"It was a bit of a mess, but we saved the guy's life,\" he says.\nNotwithstanding his adventurous spirit, the allure of South American gold was not enough to keep Ric away from Spain. He ended up buying the land on what became one of Moj\u00e1car's most sought-after residential areas, La Parat\u00e1, which he describes as \"a little Shangri-La\", and built close to 50 houses. Those properties remain, the largest fetching about \u20ac550,000 on the market today.\nI ask if he was tempted to join the rush to develop the Costa del Sol, but despite sniffing out a few possibilities he was put off by the red tape. \"I decided that this [Moj\u00e1car] was the place and the devil I knew.\"\nOne of the projects built by his brother Paul \u2013 who now lives in Serbia \u2013 was the nine-hole Cortijo Grande golf course, which opened in the foothills of the Sierra Cabrera mountains in 1976. The 2008 economic crash together with financial and legal disputes over land sounded the course's death knell. \"It's locked in one of those banking Gordian knots, but business here has always been a rollercoaster of either famine or feast.\"\nRic eventually found enough time in his hectic schedule to build his own \"pad\" in the mid 1980s, a stunning seafront villa called Casa La Mena, where he and Karen still live. Designed by the late British-American architect Geoff rey Challan, the \u20ac2 million property is perched on a narrow hill overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, offering unrestricted views of the ocean thanks to panoramic windows set in a Hollywoodesque, split-level lounge.\n\"Challan had lots of innovative ideas,\" he says. One was knowing the importance of positioning a building according to the sun's orientation. Consequently, the fi ve-bedroom house is never too hot or too cold, despite not having central heating or air conditioning. A sumptuous pool sheltered from the sea \u2013 another Challan touch \u2013 is the first feature that greets visitors. The glamorous property became the centre of attention for the glitterati.\n\"Director David Lean [of Lawrence of Arabia fame] was going to rent it from me because he was going to make a film.\" Lean managed to shoot a few rushes and to select locations in Almer\u00eda, but he died in 1991 before the film could get under way.\nYears later, the house and pool were used to shoot a video for the British band Queen and for a lingerie catalogue. \"I was in the States at the time, so I missed it, but my son and his friends made sure they didn't!\"\nNow it is easy to see why tourists find Moj\u00e1car such an attractive proposition. The relatively unspoilt coastal town that Ric helped to build with the older and more picturesque hilltop village is within easy access of two airports (in Almer\u00eda to the south and Murcia in the north) and has a variety of excellent restaurants and bars.\nMoj\u00e1car's success is reflected in the size of the population, which has swollen from 1,800 in 1970 to more than 6,300 in 2018, according to the latest figures. Almost 3,000 are foreigners, with British expats making up just over half that number.\nForty-odd years ago, Moj\u00e1car's bohemian appeal attracted mostly bon vivants and artists, including the actor Dennis Hopper, the Colombian concert pianist Enrique Arias and the Queen's former private secretary Sir Michael Adeane. \"He was an easy guy to spot because he was always running around in a suit and tie when it was 115 degrees outside,\" Ric laughs.\n\"Everyone was trying to outdo themselves,\" he adds with a wink, hinting that in the carefree atmosphere of the late 1970s everything was game and that racy parties were a regular feature in the social calendar.\nMulling over the future of Moj\u00e1car, more than half a century since he arrived, he is adamant that there are \"still many cowboy builders around\" but maintains that building today \"has improved a lot\". Property buyers also have far greater choice today compared with four decades ago, but he is critical of the new British settlers who avoid learning the local language. \"They will never get to know the people who are serving them,\" he says wistfully.\nSEARCH FOR PROPERTIES IN Moj\u00e1car\nWe bought a home in Spain's Duquesa after watching A Place in the Sun\nGetting a visa: Good tidings (and the latest tips)\n'We've bought off plan in Spain to have something to look forward to in 2022'","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"The Great God Pan\nLyt med-app\nAllerede lyttet til\nLyttere2\nArthur Machen (3 March 1863 \u2013 15 December 1947) was the pen-name of Arthur Llewellyn Jones, a Welsh author and mystic of the 1890s and early 20th century. He is best known for his influential supernatural, fantasy, and horror fiction. His novella The Great God Pan has garnered a reputation as a classic of horror, with Stephen King describing it as \"Maybe the best [horror story] in the English language.\"\nThe Great God Pan is a horror and fantasy novella by Welsh writer Arthur Machen. Machen was inspired to write The Great God Pan by his experiences at the ruins of a pagan temple in Wales. What would become the first chapter of the novella was published in the magazine The Whirlwind in 1890. Machen later extended The Great God Pan and it was published as a book alongside another story, \"The Inmost Light\", in 1894. The novella begins with an experiment to allow a woman named Mary to see the supernatural world. This is followed by an account of a series of mysterious happenings and deaths over many years surrounding a woman named Helen Vaughan. At the end, the heroes confront Helen and force her to kill herself. She undergoes a series of supernatural transformations before dying and she is revealed to be the child of Mary and the god Pan.\nOn publication, it was widely denounced by the press as degenerate and horrific because of its implied sexual content, and the novella hurt Machen's reputation as an author.\nAmong the most significant works Arthur Machen: The Bowmen, The Great God Pan, The Three Impostors, The Hill of Dreams, The White People, The Green Round and many more.\n\u041e\u041e\u041e \"\u041c\u0443\u043b\u044c\u0442\u0438\u043c\u0435\u0434\u0438\u0439\u043d\u043e\u0435 \u0438\u0437\u0434\u0430\u0442\u0435\u043b\u044c\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e \u0421\u0442\u0440\u0435\u043b\u044c\u0431\u0438\u0446\u043a\u043e\u0433\u043e\"\n\u041c\u0443\u043b\u044c\u0442\u0438\u043c\u0435\u0434\u0438\u0439\u043d\u043e\u0435 \u0438\u0437\u0434\u0430\u0442\u0435\u043b\u044c\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e \u0421\u0442\u0440\u0435\u043b\u044c\u0431\u0438\u0446\u043a\u043e\u0433\u043e\nPeter Coates","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Teaching Overseas: A Cultural Challenge\nOctober 16, 2011 October 5, 2020 by drbexl\nFascinating insight into teaching practice from Dr Jennifer Hill, a lecturer who had a six-month tour of Iraq with the Royal Engineers as a Territorial Army officer: But Dr Hill's time in Iraq was not just about serving Queen and country. Working with a completely different set of students made her a better teacher, she believes. \"We were there doing post-war reconstruction and helping to get their infrastructure back on track,\" she said. \"I was in\u2026","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Do Jews Run Hollywood?\nIn reaction to an Anti-Defamation league poll which showed last month that only 22% of people now believe that Jews run the movie and television industries, compared with 47% in 1964, Joel Stein (who is Jewish) protested in the Los Angeles Times:\"I have never been so upset by a poll in all my life\u2026Jews totally run Hollywood.\" Citing a recent open letter placed in the Los Angeles Times by heads of the eight major studios demanding that the Screen Actors Guild sign its contract, Stein noted that all eight of the studio heads who signed the letter were Jewish. In his search for non-Jewish Hollywood executives, Stein found that,\"the Jews are so dominant, I had to scour the trades to come up with six Gentiles in high positions at entertainment companies. When I called them to talk about their incredible advancement, five of them refused to talk to me, apparently out of fear of insulting Jews. The sixth, AMC President Charlie Collier, turned out to be Jewish.\" Stein called up Abel Foxman, chairman of the Anti-Defamation league, to discuss the implications of the poll. Foxman argued, \"That's a very dangerous phrase, 'Jews control Hollywood.' What is true is that there are a lot of Jews in Hollywood.\" Stein believes \"Foxman would prefer people say that many executives in the industry 'happen to be Jewish,' as in 'all eight major film studios are run by men who happen to be Jewish.'\"\nHow Jewish is Hollywood? (by Joel Stein, Los Angeles Times)\nAnti-Defamation League Survey","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Are telecom carriers ready to bargain?\nby Dan O'Shea |\nSupposedly, we now live in a bargainer's economy, where the price of just about everything is negotiable as retailers, banks, contractors, homeowners and everyone else seem willing to bend just to make a sale. Does that include telecom service providers? The Wall Street Journal has a story suggesting that AT&T, Time Warner Cable and others may be receptive to customers who try to pursue unadvertised discounts and other deals. It's awfully nice of service providers to be understanding during difficult economic times, but, of course, they are just trying to hold onto their customers during what's also a tough time for them.\nHowever, will their new willingness to make a deal come back to haunt them at some point? How do you set up a bargaining table and then determine when to dismantle it again? Service providers' readiness to make deals will teach their customers that there is always a deal to be made-either that, or customers will keep switching to the next best deal. Maybe that's the way it should be, but for telcos at least, it will take some getting used to.\nThe WSJ story features the experience of AT&T customer Alan Weinkrantz, who is a prolific blogger and industry consultant, and probably a lot more savvy than your average customer, but once the word gets out...\n- The Wall Street Journal reports\nBroadband service may be moving toward tiered pricing\nSome have said competition is no telecom cure-all\nDan O'Shea","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Calculus and Beyond Homework\nPlease help with differentiation!\nThread starter toasted\n1. The problem statement, all variables and given\/known data\nThe function f(x) is defined as f(x)= -2(x+2)(x-1)^2 on the open interval (-3,3).\na. Let g(x) be defined as g(x)= abs(f(x)) in the open interval (-3,3). determine the coordinate(s) of the relative maxima of g(x) in the open interval. Explain your reasoning.\nb. For what values of g'(x) not defined? Explain your reasoning.\nc. Find all values of x for which g(x) is concave down. Explain your reasoning.\nI was absent the past few days and so I missed how to do these types of problems in class. Could someone show me how to get through it, so I can complete my other homework.\nRelated Calculus and Beyond Homework News on Phys.org\ntoasted said:\nCan you sketch the graph of y = f(x)? From that it's pretty easy to get the graph of y = g(x); namely any part of the graph of f that is below the x-axis will be reflected across the x-axis. Let's start with that.\nMark44 said:\nOk so I understand part a then, because it makes sense that the f(x) values can no longer be negative. So for the next part I know that a function isn't defined when there's a sharp turn, or vertical tangent. But how do I apply that to the problem?\nAt the places where the graph of f crosses the x-axis, when you reflect the negative portion back across the axis, you're going to have cusps (sharp corners). To represent this idea in text, at a place where the graph looks like this-- \\ -- after you reflect the lower part, the graph will look sort of like this-- V-- and you have a cusp.\nIn particular, this is going to happen at x = -2. It's not going to happen at x = 1.\nRelated Threads for: Please help with differentiation!\nHelp please with Differentials\ncaelestis\nHelp with Differential Equations please!\nPlease help with this Differential equation problem\nRic-Veda\nSolving a differential equation with intial conditions, please help\nskyturnred\nI need help with differential geometry computing connection forms. Please respond!\njdinatale\nStarted by mech-eng\nQuadratic equation to find max and min\nStarted by Lifeforbetter\nTrivial question on differentiating logarithms\nStarted by JC2000\nIntegration from Summation\nStarted by Crystal037\nFind a function less than a fraction of itself\nStarted by joshmccraney","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Renfrew High has received a glowing report after inspectors from Education Scotland visited the school.\nThe report, published this week, outlines the schools key strengths, which include the strong leadership of school improvement to build a positive culture for all young people and the commitment of all staff to promoting positive and nurturing relationships across the school.\nThe school was also praised for its approach to looking after pupil's wellbeing and ensuring that their needs are met. Another key strength noted by inspectors was the very positive environment within the Pupil Support area for young people, especially those with additional needs.\nRenfrew High also saw an improvement in the number of pupils achieving Higher passes and the inspectors, who visited in February, said: \"The headteacher and his senior team are highly committed to driving the school forward. The strong vision of the headteacher in putting young people at the centre of the work of the school has been an on-going focus for school leaders and is driving the agenda for improvement.\"\nHeadteacher Billy Burke said: \"We are delighted with the report which shows the strong commitment of staff, pupils, and parents to work together towards ongoing improvement. The increasingly positive attainment and achievement of our learners was recognised, but most pleasingly for me was the recognition for how the wellbeing of our young people is at the heart of everything we do.\n\"We believe strongly that you can't learn and achieve if you're not at your best.\n\"It also noted how positively young people think about their school and that they really believe in our values of care, fairness, respect and trust.\n\"I would like to thank all members of the school community for the positive part they play in our success, and we now look forward to continuing to drive improvement for our young people.\"\nEducation and Children's Services convener, Councillor Jim Paterson, who visited the school this week said: \"It's clear from the inspection report and also on visiting Renfrew High, how important the wellbeing of the young people who come here is taken.\n\"This is hugely important in ensuring that they have the most positive start in life possible to able to fulfil their potential.\n\"There have also been improvements in attainment across the board and I have no doubt that the school will continue to go from strength to strength.\"\nThe Education Scotland inspection team said that it was confident the school would continue to improve and there are no other visits planned in connection with this inspection.\nArticle published 21 May, 2018","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"CancelYourMembership May 3, 2019\nAT&T U-Verse is a cable television service offered by AT&T. AT&T was founded in the mid-1980s and is one of the largest telecommunication companies in the world. The headquarters are located in Dallas, Texas. U-Verse services launched in the summer of 2006. The service was first only available to customers within San Antonio, Texas. Originally, phone and internet services were offered under U-Verse but since 2016, they have been separated and offered as separate entities. There are currently over 3 million U-Verse customers throughout the United States.\nAT&T's U-Verse service is delivered via a fiber-to-the-node or fiber-to-the-premises communications network. It is high-speed and digital. There are various packages available. The U-Verse TV package includes 15+ channels and starts at $19 per month. The U-Family TV package includes 200 HD channels and starts at $35 per month. The U-200 TV plan has over 360+ HD channels including Bravo, Cartoon Network, and ESPN. It starts at $55 per month. The U-300 TV plan includes 470+ HD channels. It includes premium channels such as Showtime, Starz, and The Movie Channel. It starts at $60 per month. The highest plan is the U-450 TV plan and includes HBO, Cinemax, and Showtime. It also includes HD-quality and is $110 per month. Pricing usually goes after 12 months. All new customers must sign a 12-month agreement.\nIf you no longer wish to have AT&T's U-Verse, we can assist you with cancelling your account. Simply follow the instructions that we have provided below. The instructions include information you will need to cancel as well as the specific contact details for AT&T. Please continue reading below for more information below.\nThe Answer to the Security Question setup on your account\nPIN or password on the account\nContact customer service at 1- 800-288-2020\nRequest a refund, it never hurts to ask\nAddress 1: P.O. Box 5014\nState\/Province\/Region: IL\nPhone 1: 1-800-288-2020\nTwitter Url: https:\/\/twitter.com\/attcares\nFacebook Url: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ATT\nMain Site Url: https:\/\/www.att.com\nHelp Site Url: https:\/\/www.att.com\/contactus\/index\/digitaltv.html\nWeb Chat Url: https:\/\/www.att.com\/contactus\/index\/digitaltv.html\nTerms Of Service Url: https:\/\/www.att.com\/legal\/terms.attWebsiteTermsOfUse.html\nPrivacy Policy Url: http:\/\/about.att.com\/sites\/privacy_policy\nBilling Descriptors\nA billing descriptor is the description of transactions that appear on your credit card statement. They are meant to help you positively identify your card transactions by including information about the date of each payment and the company from which it was purchased. These descriptors are associated with AT&T U-Verse\nAT&T EASYCHARGE CON MW 800-288-2020 TX\nAT&T *PAYMENT 800-288-2020 TX\nAT&T UVERSE\nAT&T UVERSE Bill Payment\nAT&T UVERSE ONLINE PMT\nAT&T UVERSE ONLINE PMT ***********0POS\nATT*CONS PHONE PMT 800-288-2020 TX\nATT*PAYMENT 800-288-2020 TX\nCHECKCARD AT&T; UVERSE\nCHECK CARD PURCHASE AT T*BILL PAYMENT 08002882020 TX\nCHKCARD AT&T; UVERSE\nCHKCARDAT&T; UVERSE\nDebit Card Purchase \u2013 AT T BILL PAYMENT 08002882020 TX\nDebit Purchase -visa At&t*bill Paymen800-288-2020tx\nDebit Purchase \u2013 Visa Att*bill Payment800-288-2020tx\nMisc. Debit AT&T; UVERSE\nPENDING AT&T; UVERSE\nPOS Debit AT&T; UVERSE\nPOS PUR AT&T; UVERSE\nPOS PURCHASE AT&T; UVERSE\nPOS PURCH AT&T; UVERSE\nPOS REFUND AT&T; UVERSE\nPRE-AUTH AT&T; UVERSE\nRECURRING CHECK CARD PURCHASE AT T*BILL PAYMENT 08002882020 TX\nVisa Check Card AT&T; UVERSE MC","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Filters: Author is Peter T. Doran [Clear All Filters]\nDillon, M. L. et al. Energetic and environmental constraints on the community structure of benthic microbial mats in Lake Fryxell, Antarctica. bioRxiv (2019). doi:10.1101\/687103\nObryk, M. K., Doran, P. T. & Priscu, J. C. Prediction of ice-free conditions for a perennially ice-covered Antarctic lake. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface 124, (2019).\nBergstrom, A. J., Gooseff, M. N., Myers, M. & Doran, P. T. The seasonal evolution of albedo across glaciers and the surrounding landscape of the Taylor Valley, Antarctica. The Cryosphere Discussions (2019). doi:10.5194\/tc-2019-146\nMyers, M. & Doran, P. T. Spatiotemporal impact of snow on underwater photosynthetically active radiation in Taylor Valley, East Antarctica. Department of Geology and Geophysics M.S., (2019).\nObryk, M. K., Fountain, A. G., Doran, P. T., W Lyons, B. & Eastman, R. Drivers of solar radiation variability in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Scientific Reports 8, (2018).\nMyers, K. F. & Doran, P. T. Groundwater and thermal legacy of a large paleolake in Taylor Valley, East Antarctica as evidenced by airborne electromagnetic and sedimentological techniques. Department of Geology and Geophysics M.S., (2018).\nSpigel, R. H., Priscu, J. C., Obryk, M. K., Stone, W. C. & Doran, P. T. The physical limnology of a permanently ice-covered and chemically stratified Antarctic lake using high resolution spatial data from an autonomous underwater vehicle. Limnology and Oceanography 63, 1234 - 1252 (2018).\nGooseff, M. N. et al. Decadal ecosystem response to an anomalous melt season in a polar desert in Antarctica. Nature Ecology & Evolution 1, 1334-1338 (2017).\nLawrence, J. & Doran, P. T. Evidence of Subglacial Brine Inflow and Wind-Induced Mixing from High Resolution Temperature Measurements in Lake Bonney, Antarctica. Department of Geology and Geophysics M.S., (2017).\nObryk, M. K., Doran, P. T., Waddington, E. D. & McKay, C. P. The influence of f\u00f6hn winds on Glacial Lake Washburn and palaeotemperatures in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica, during the Last Glacial Maximum. Antarctic Science 29, 457-467 (2017).\nHawes, I., Jungblut, A. D., Obryk, M. K. & Doran, P. T. Growth dynamics of a laminated microbial mat in response to variable irradiance in an Antarctic lake. Freshwater Biology 61, 396 - 410 (2016).\nDugan, H. A., Arcone, S. A., Obryk, M. K. & Doran, P. T. High-resolution ground-penetrating radar profiles of perennial lake ice in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica: Horizon attributes, unconformities, and subbottom penetration. GEOPHYSICS 81, WA13 - WA20 (2016).\nFountain, A. G. et al. The Impact of a Large-Scale Climate Event on Antarctic Ecosystem Processes. BioScience 66, 848 - 863 (2016).\nJungblut, A. D. et al. Microbial Mat Communities along an Oxygen Gradient in a Perennially Ice-Covered Antarctic Lake. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 82, 620 - 630 (2016).\nObryk, M. K., Doran, P. T., Hicks, J. A., McKay, C. P. & Priscu, J. C. Modeling the thickness of perennial ice covers on stratified lakes of the Taylor Valley, Antarctica. Journal of Glaciology 1 - 10 (2016). doi:10.1017\/jog.2016.69\nCronin, K. D. & Doran, P. T. Noble Gas Radioisotope Constraints on Water Residence Time and Solvent Sources in Lake Bonney. Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences M.S., (2016).\nObryk, M. K. et al. Responses of Antarctic Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems to Changing Ice Conditions. BioScience 66, 864 - 879 (2016).\nSumner, D. Y., Hawes, I., Mackey, T. J., Jungblut, A. D. & Doran, P. T. Antarctic microbial mats: A modern analog for Archean lacustrine oxygen oases. Geology G36966.1 (2015). doi:10.1130\/G36966.1\nMikucki, J. A. et al. Deep groundwater and potential subsurface habitats beneath an Antarctic dry valley. Nature Communications 6, 6831 (2015).\nWarrier, R. B., Castro, C. M., Hall, C. M., Kenig, F. & Doran, P. T. Reconstructing the evolution of Lake Bonney, Antarctica using dissolved noble gases. Applied Geochemistry 58, 46 - 61 (2015).\nAllen, P. P., Hewitt, R., Obryk, M. K. & Doran, P. T. Sediment transport dynamics on an ice-covered lake: The \"floating\" boulders of Lake Hoare, Antarctica. Antartic Science firstview, 1-12 (2015).\nWinslow, L. A. et al. Autonomous Year-Round Sampling and Sensing to Explore the Physical and Biological Habitability of Permanently Ice-Covered Antarctic Lakes. Marine Technology Society Journal 48, 8 - 17 (2014).\nHawes, I., Giles, H. & Doran, P. T. Estimating photosynthetic activity in microbial mats in an ice-covered Antarctic lake using automated oxygen microelectode profiling and variable chlorophyll fluorescence. Limnology and Oceanography 59, 674-688 (2014).\nDugan, H. A. Geophysics, Water Balance, and History of Thick Perennial Ice Covers on Antarctic Lakes. Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences Ph.D., (2014).\nObryk, M. K. Hydrological and Biogeochemical Modeling of Taylor Valley Lakes, East Antarctica. Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences Ph.D., (2014).","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Home About Us Native Historical Sites Native History Events\nNewsletter Store Links Donate\nSupport The Native History Association With AmazonSmile\nFollow @nhaorg Tweet\nLet's Give Native History The Recognition It Deserves\nHelp us accomplish our mission - we can't do it without you\nWhy should you donate to the Native History Association? Our organization formed in 2012, and since then we have:\nIdentified a previously unkown Trail of Tears segment located on federal property in Rutherford County - the Old Jefferson Site.\nDiscovered the last standing structure of Nashville's first bridge - the 1823 Nashville Toll Bridge, used by the Cherokee on the Trail of Tears.\nConducted free public tours of the Sellars Farm, Old Jefferson, and Mound Bottom sites.\nGiven free presentations and participated in programs at local schools and universities, and several community organizations.\nMet with representatives of several local governments to promote the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail.\nSpent hundreds of hours researching and visiting Native American historical sites in Middle Tennessee.\nDeveloped this web site and our Facebook page.\nWe have plans and ambitions to do more. For example, we want to continue to help promote the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail in Tennessee. We want to expand our web site (which we develop and maintain ourselves), and develop print and other electronic media publications, as well as educational software.\nIf you think what the Native History Association has accomplished so far is worthwhile and you'd like to see us continue these efforts, please consider making a donation. Any amount is sincerely appreciated.\nAnother way you can support us is to spread the word about what we're doing - like us on Facebook and share some of our posts, and tell anyone you think might be interested in what we're doing to vist our web site. That would be a huge help and also truly appreciated.\nThe Native History Association is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization amd all donations and membership dues are tax deductible.\nClick the \"Donate\" button below to make a donation. We use Paypal to handle our online donations, so you'll be able to log in to your Paypal account if you have one, or use a credit card if you prefer. You'll be able to enter any amount you wish to contribute, and all donations are sincerely appreciated.\nThe name appearing on your credit card statement will be PAYPAL *NATIVEHISTO. Paypal charges a processing fee of 2.2% + $0.30 for each donation so, for example, from a $10 donation we would receive $9.48 ($10 - $0.22 - $0.30 = $9.48).\nIf you have any questions, please Click Here to send us an email.\nThank you for supporting our work.\nMississippian Platform Mound At Shiloh National Military Park In West Tennessee.\nThe mound above is on a bluff overlooking the Tennessee River.\nBelow is a view from the top of the mound.\nTop of Page Home Contact Us Privacy\nCopyright \u00a9 2012-2020 Native History Association\nAlthough we retain our Copyright, unless otherwise noted, content on this site is licensed under a\nCreative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License\nAttribution should be in the form of: nativehistoryassociation.org","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Transmission of electrical signals by spin-wave interconversion in a magnetic insulator\nY. Kajiwara, K. Harii, S. Takahashi, J. Ohe, K. Uchida, M. Mizuguchi, H. Umezawa, H. Kawai, Kazuya Ando, K. Takanashi, S. Maekawa, E. Saitoh\nDepartment of Applied Physics and Physico-Informatics\nThe energy bandgap of an insulator is large enough to prevent electron excitation and electrical conduction. But in addition to charge, an electron also has spin, and the collective motion of spin can propagateand so transfer a signalin some insulators. This motion is called a spin wave and is usually excited using magnetic fields. Here we show that a spin wave in an insulator can be generated and detected using spin-Hall effects, which enable the direct conversion of an electric signal into a spin wave, and its subsequent transmission through (and recovery from) an insulator over macroscopic distances. First, we show evidence for the transfer of spin angular momentum between an insulator magnet Y 3 Fe 5 O 12 and a platinum film. This transfer allows direct conversion of an electric current in the platinum film to a spin wave in the Y 3 Fe 5 O 12 via spin-Hall effects4-11. Second, making use of the transfer in a Pt\/Y 3 Fe 5 O 12 \/Pt system, we demonstrate that an electric current in one metal film induces voltage in the other, far distant, metal film. Specifically, the applied electric current is converted into spin angular momentum owing to the spin-Hall effect in the first platinum film; the angular momentum is then carried by a spin wave in the insulating Y 3 Fe 5 O 12 layer; at the distant platinum film, the spin angular momentum of the spin wave is converted back to an electric voltage. This effect can be switched on and off using a magnetic field. Weak spin damping in Y 3 Fe 5 O 12 is responsible for its transparency for the transmission of spin angular momentum. This hybrid electrical transmission method potentially offers a means of innovative signal delivery in electrical circuits and devices.\nPublished - 2010 Mar 11\nKajiwara, Y., Harii, K., Takahashi, S., Ohe, J., Uchida, K., Mizuguchi, M., ... Saitoh, E. (2010). Transmission of electrical signals by spin-wave interconversion in a magnetic insulator. Nature, 464(7286), 262-266. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/nature08876\nTransmission of electrical signals by spin-wave interconversion in a magnetic insulator. \/ Kajiwara, Y.; Harii, K.; Takahashi, S.; Ohe, J.; Uchida, K.; Mizuguchi, M.; Umezawa, H.; Kawai, H.; Ando, Kazuya; Takanashi, K.; Maekawa, S.; Saitoh, E.\nIn: Nature, Vol. 464, No. 7286, 11.03.2010, p. 262-266.\nKajiwara, Y, Harii, K, Takahashi, S, Ohe, J, Uchida, K, Mizuguchi, M, Umezawa, H, Kawai, H, Ando, K, Takanashi, K, Maekawa, S & Saitoh, E 2010, 'Transmission of electrical signals by spin-wave interconversion in a magnetic insulator', Nature, vol. 464, no. 7286, pp. 262-266. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/nature08876\nKajiwara Y, Harii K, Takahashi S, Ohe J, Uchida K, Mizuguchi M et al. Transmission of electrical signals by spin-wave interconversion in a magnetic insulator. Nature. 2010 Mar 11;464(7286):262-266. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/nature08876\nKajiwara, Y. ; Harii, K. ; Takahashi, S. ; Ohe, J. ; Uchida, K. ; Mizuguchi, M. ; Umezawa, H. ; Kawai, H. ; Ando, Kazuya ; Takanashi, K. ; Maekawa, S. ; Saitoh, E. \/ Transmission of electrical signals by spin-wave interconversion in a magnetic insulator. In: Nature. 2010 ; Vol. 464, No. 7286. pp. 262-266.\n@article{94ead522f2ea4bb5876d146b6ba6b66f,\ntitle = \"Transmission of electrical signals by spin-wave interconversion in a magnetic insulator\",\nabstract = \"The energy bandgap of an insulator is large enough to prevent electron excitation and electrical conduction. But in addition to charge, an electron also has spin, and the collective motion of spin can propagateand so transfer a signalin some insulators. This motion is called a spin wave and is usually excited using magnetic fields. 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{"text":"Home \u00bb Science \u00bb KeyCorp (NYSE:KEY) Gained 8.66% In One Month...\nKeyCorp (NYSE:KEY) Gained 8.66% In One Month\nIsaac Mitchell\nKeyCorp (NYSE:KEY) has a beta value of 1.28 and has seen 1.69 million shares traded in the recent trading session. The company, currently valued at $15.90B, closed the recent trade at $17.97 per share which meant it lost -$0.1 on the day or -0.55% during that session. The KEY stock price is -50.81% off its 52-week high price of $27.10 and 15.08% above the 52-week low of $15.26. If we look at the company's 10-day average daily trading volume, we find that it stood at 13.52 million shares traded. The 3-month trading volume is 10.89 million shares.\nKeyCorp (NYSE:KEY) trade information\nSporting -0.55% in the red today, the stock has traded in the red over the last five days, with the highest price hit on Monday, 01\/23\/23 when the KEY stock price touched $17.97 or saw a rise of 1.16%. Year-to-date, KeyCorp shares have moved 3.73%, while the 5-day performance has seen it change -0.61%. Over the past 30 days, the shares of KeyCorp (NYSE:KEY) have changed 8.66%. Short interest in the company has seen 18.03 million shares shorted with days to cover at 1.47.\nWall Street analysts have a consensus price target for the stock at $19.53, which means that the shares' value could jump 7.99% from the levels at last check today. The projected low price target is $16.00 while the price target rests at a high of $24.00. In that case, then, we find that the latest price level in today's session is -33.56% off the targeted high while a plunge would see the stock lose 10.96% from the levels at last check today.\nKeyCorp (KEY) estimates and forecasts\nFigures show that KeyCorp shares have outperformed across the wider relevant industry. The company's shares have gained 0.17% over the past 6 months, with this year growth rate of 10.42%, compared to 8.90% for the industry. Other than that, the company has, however, increased its growth outlook for the 2023 fiscal year revenue. Growth estimates for the current quarter are -7.80% and 26.70% for the next quarter. Revenue growth from the last financial year stood is estimated to be 0.50%.\n12 analysts offering their estimates for the company have set an average revenue estimate of $1.96 billion for the current quarter. 8 have an estimated revenue figure of $1.93 billion for the next quarter concluding in Mar 2023. Year-ago sales stood $1.95 billion and $1.74 billion respectively for this quarter and the next, and analysts expect sales will grow by 0.50% for the current quarter and 10.80% for the next.\nIf we evaluate the company's growth over the last 5-year and for the next 5-year period, we find that annual earnings growth was 26.70% over the past 5 years. Earnings growth for 2023 is a modest 108.60% while over the next 5 years, the company's earnings are expected to increase by 0.72%.\nKEY Dividends\nKeyCorp is expected to release its next earnings report on April 20 this year, and investors are excited at the prospect of better dividends despite the company's debt issue. The forward dividend is 0.82 at a share yield of 4.54%. The company's dividend yield has gone up over the past 12 months.\nKeyCorp (NYSE:KEY)'s Major holders\nInsiders own 0.36% of the company shares, while shares held by institutions stand at 85.95% with a share float percentage of 86.26%. Investors are also buoyed by the number of investors in a company, with KeyCorp having a total of 1,116 institutions that hold shares in the company. The top two institutional holders are Vanguard Group, Inc. (The) with over 108.2 million shares worth more than $1.86 billion. As of Jun 29, 2022, Vanguard Group, Inc. (The) held 11.60% of shares outstanding.\nThe other major institutional holder is Capital International Investors, with the holding of over 83.18 million shares as of Jun 29, 2022. The firm's total holdings are worth over $1.43 billion and represent 8.92% of shares outstanding.\nAlso the top two Mutual Funds that are holding company's shares are Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund and Vanguard Mid-Cap Index Fund. As of Jun 29, 2022, the former fund manager holds about 2.94% shares in the company for having 27.45 million shares of worth $473.02 million while later fund manager owns 21.47 million shares of worth $369.9 million as of Jun 29, 2022, which makes it owner of about 2.30% of company's outstanding stock.\nTags: KEY, KEY stock, KeyCorp, NYSE:KEY","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Home \u00bb Medicine\nPublish Date April 6, 2017\nCancer Burden Changing for HIV Patients Through 2030\nHealthDay News \u2014 According to a study presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research in Washington, DC, HIV patients will likely start to mirror other Americans when it comes to the kinds of cancers they develop as HIV becomes a lifetime disease instead of a fatal disease.\nJessica Islam, MPH, a graduate student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and colleagues sought to understand how cancer might affect people with HIV through 2030.\nThe team analyzed information obtained from the HIV\/AIDS Cancer Match Study, a collection of data from state HIV and cancer registries across the United States. The researchers estimated that 7909 cases of cancer were diagnosed in 2010 in individuals with HIV: 2719 were immune-related cancers that are common in AIDS patients, and 5190 were other types of cancer.\nBy 2030, the researchers predict, the number of cancer cases overall will decline to 6495, with an especially large decrease (to 710 cases) in the number of AIDS-related cancers.\nCases of Kaposi sarcoma are expected to drop but still remain higher than normal in HIV-positive people, Islam told HealthDay, while non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and cervical cancer rates are expected to reach normal levels in some age groups. Meanwhile, cases of other types of cancer are expected to increase, to 5794 cases.\n\"The aging of the HIV-positive population will result in certain cancers occurring more frequently,\" Islam said. \"For example, as more HIV-positive men reach an age where prostate cancer becomes more common, the number of cases diagnosed will rise in that population.\"\nCancer Burden May Be Changing for People Living With HIV [press release]. Washington, DC: American Association for Cancer Research; April 5, 2017.\nEliminating Hepatitis B and C As Public Health Threats by 2030\nPerinatal HIV Infections Decreased in US From 2002 to 2013\nMore Progress Needed to Combat Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission\nUS Black Population Still Disproportionately Affected by HIV\/AIDS\nPatient Contracts HIV Despite Long-Term Adherence to PrEP\nSub-Saharan African Children Facing Higher HIV Drug Resistance\nHigher Diabetes Mellitus Prevalence in HIV-Infected Adults\nAddressing HIV Screening and Prevention in Primary Care Settings\nCancer Hiv HIV\/AIDS\nNext post in Medicine\nTrust and Communication Crucial in Optimal Heart Disease Treatment\nClose more info about Cancer Burden Changing for HIV Patients Through 2030\nThanks for visiting The Medical Bag. We hope you're enjoying the latest health care news coverage, and lifestyle and business advice.\nDon't miss out on today's top content on The Medical Bag. Register for free and gain unlimited access to the latest in medical news, and lifestyle and business advice, with personalized daily picks for you. There's something for every health care professional on The Medical Bag.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Jan. 30, 2023 For Immediate Release Three SC State Bulldogs [...]\nThree SC State Bulldogs on their way to Super Bowl LVIICarl A'See2023-01-30T16:30:29-05:00\nORANGEBURG, SC (January 29, 2023) \u2014Former offensive lineman Eric Dickerson, [...]\nAnother Bulldog Apart of the Eagles Coaching Staff Headed To Super Bowl LVIICarl A'See2023-01-30T13:46:47-05:00\nORANGEBURG, SC (January 29, 2023) \u2014Former Bulldog All-American defensive lineman [...]\nFormer Bulldog Standout Hargrave Headed To Super Bowl LVIICarl A'See2023-01-30T13:44:27-05:00\nORANGEBURG, SC (January 29, 2023) - The Claflin Panthers (15-4, [...]\nPanthers Hold Off Johnson C. Smith for 67-65 VictoryCarl A'See2023-01-30T13:29:25-05:00\nTurnovers, Second Half Struggles Cost Lady Panthers in 65-52 Loss to Johnson C. Smith\nORANGEBURG, SC (January 29, 2023) - The Claflin Lady Panthers [...]\nTurnovers, Second Half Struggles Cost Lady Panthers in 65-52 Loss to Johnson C. SmithCarl A'See2023-01-30T13:28:11-05:00\nBulldogs Suffer Setback To NSU On The Road\nNORFOLK, VA-- (January 29, 2023)\u2014Three Bulldogs scored in double figures [...]\nBulldogs Suffer Setback To NSU On The RoadCarl A'See2023-01-30T13:26:20-05:00\nLady Bulldogs Fall On The Road to Norfolk State\nNORFOLK, VA (January 2o23) --\u2014Sophomore guard Nicole Gwynn tossed in a team-high [...]\nLady Bulldogs Fall On The Road to Norfolk StateCarl A'See2023-01-30T13:24:51-05:00\nTRACK TEAMS HAVE STRONG SHOWING AT GAINESVILLE MEET\nGAINESVILLE. FL (January 28, 2023) \u2013 The South Carolina State [...]\nTRACK TEAMS HAVE STRONG SHOWING AT GAINESVILLE MEETCarl A'See2023-01-30T13:20:59-05:00\nSC State Releases Its 2023 Football Schedule\nORANGEBURG, SC (January 27, 2023) -South Carolina State will play [...]\nSC State Releases Its 2023 Football ScheduleCarl A'See2023-01-27T21:43:34-05:00\nCCU Men's Tennis Holds Off SC State\nORANGEBURG, S.C. (January 27, 2023) \u2013 The South Carolina State [...]\nCCU Men's Tennis Holds Off SC StateCarl A'See2023-01-27T21:42:03-05:00","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"elderpark housing association\ngovan housing association\nlinthouse housing association\ngovan thriving place\nunlock employment\nGovan organisations receive \u00a3100,000 to help local people through coronavirus issues\nOrganisations working hard to help the Govan community fight coronavirus have now received a total of \u00a3100,000 to turbo-charge their efforts to deliver assistance to local people.\nThe funding from the Scottish Government has handed out by the recently-set up COVID-19 Temporary Emergency Funding Group which is made up of Linthouse, Govan and Elderpark housing associations and Govan Thriving Place along with four elected representatives from the Govan ward on Glasgow City Council.\nAll in a matter of weeks, the group was created, successfully applied for the funding, and issued the cash to the relevant organisations.\nThe total amount of money to be distributed is \u00a3200,000 and work is under way by the funding group to determine where the remaining \u00a3100,000 should be spent.\nKey highlights of the work which the money will help deliver are:\nProviding hot meals and food packs to the most vulnerable members of the community\nEnsuring domestic abuse \u2013 widely recognised as increasing during the health emergency \u2013 is tackled\nSupport for young people and their families facing financial hardship through issuing of food vouchers and help in paying energy bills\nA significant focus on ensuring people are digitally connected and not digitally excluded\nOnline classes on arts, heritage and wellbeing including creative writing, music and craft production\nFocusing on the impact of COVID-19 on employment by seeking to mitigate its effects and equip people for the workplace.\nCouncillor Richard Bell of Govan Thriving Place said: \"We have moved quickly to ensure this very welcome funding reaches the people in our community most affected by the health emergency. We know it will go a long way to easing the pressure and difficulties so many people are facing on a daily basis.\"\nIrene Campbell, chief executive of Linthouse Housing Association, said: \"It is vitally important to get this money to the organisations on the ground who are doing such an incredible job. We applaud their efforts and know full well how committed they are to our fantastic communities.\"\nFiona McTaggart, chief executive of Govan Housing Association, said: \"In determining where this money should go we have tried to strike a balance between what is needed now by local people in terms of day-to-day living and how we can help mitigate the lasting effects of the coronavirus emergency which has huge implications for people's employment.\"\nGary Dalziel, chief executive of Elderpark Housing, added: \"We are delighted to be making available the first \u00a3100,000 to various organisations whose commitment to fighting the effects of coronavirus is inspirational. From hot food deliveries to fighting isolation and much more, it represents an unprecedented community-wide effort to make a real difference.\"\nLocated in the heart of Govan at Govan Road, Unlock Employment has been helping people find a pathway into work for over two years.\nNow it is to receive \u00a35,000 to support its often life-changing work from the funding secured by the COVID-19 Temporary Emergency Funding Group.\nUnlock Employment receives strong support from Govan Housing Association. It delivers the 'Govan Jobs Match' initiative which is a partnership approach to reduce unemployment in Govan and is funded by Govan Thriving Place.\nLike all organisations with a place of business, social distancing will be a challenge when restrictions are gradually eased \u2013 especially as people seeking employment often call into the premises.\nThere is also the issue of people being reluctant to call into Unlock Employment's office due to an understandable fear of the virus during the health emergency.\nThe money Unlock Employment is receiving will pay for the implementation of social distancing requirements in the office and an additional member of staff to work part-time \u2013 Samantha McDonald.\nGerry Keogh and Samantha McDonald of Unlock Employment\nImportantly, computer tablets have also been purchased to help engage more fully with people. The tablets will help break down the digital poverty barrier - allowing Unlock Employment clients to access job searching and training opportunities.\nUnlock Employment founder Gerry Keogh said: \"We are delighted to receive this money which will go a long way to help us to continue the important work we do in Govan.\n\"The coronavirus pandemic has far-reaching implications for communities like Govan \u2013 not just currently but in the longer term. Jobs remain at risk and this, of course, has the potential to affect people's livelihoods. We are here to help the community overcome the challenges of the health emergency.\"\nCurrently, Unlock Employment has over 300 clients registered on the Govan Jobs Match programme and has helped over 100 find employment in the 12 months prior to the pandemic.\nGerry added: \"At Unlock Employment, we know that looking for or getting back into work can be a difficult and confusing process, so we have a dedicated team of advisers who are there to provide help, advice and support to people. We can help individuals find a job, provide employment training, source learning and development courses and offer career advice.\"\nRead all of our articles relating to COVID-19 here.\nGlasgow City Council leader visits new Gorbals homes\nGlasgow City Council knew about Serco refugee eviction plans 'for months'\nGlasgow City Council staff raise over \u00a311,500 for Sleep in the Park\nGlasgow City Council to outline fuel poverty demographic concerns at Scottish Parliament","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"30,000 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in four days in Northern Ireland\n4 January 2022, 9:37 am \u00b71-min read\nYoung people walk past a Covid safety message from Belfast City Council (Liam McBurney\/PA) (PA Wire)\nMore than 30,000 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed in Northern Ireland in four days across the new year.\nThe latest figures, which cover from midnight on December 30 to midnight on January 3, also notified the deaths of 15 patients who previously tested positive for the virus.\nA total of 30,423 new cases were confirmed on Tuesday.\nSome 50,627 new positive cases have been confirmed in the last seven days.\n\ud83d\udcca30,423 positive cases and sadly, 15 deaths have been reported from midnight 30 December to midnight 3 January 2022.\nDashboard\u27a1\ufe0fhttps:\/\/t.co\/WeZCwyPQnJ pic.twitter.com\/VXseRa0utz\nThere are 112 Covid-19 outbreaks at care homes according to the latest update from the Department of Health\nThe hospital occupancy rate has been put at 105%.\nOn Tuesday morning there were 348 Covid positive inpatients in hospital, of whom 31 were in intensive care.\n'Stuck in limbo-land': restrictions keep bridging visa holders trapped in, and out, of Australia\nUnable to see their families for years, and with no end in sight, many are considering leaving Australia for good\nChina offers to help rebuild Tonga after volcanic eruption\nAsh plume from the explosion may have reached a height of 20 kilometres, say experts\nCOVID-19 restrictions will be eased in Northern Ireland from tomorrow, the first minister and deputy first minister have announced. The guidance on working from home will be relaxed to working remotely \"where you can\", while people will no longer be required to prove they are exempt from wearing a face mask in public spaces. From 26 January, nightclubs will be able to reopen and vaccine passports will no longer be required to attend venues like pubs, restaurants and cinemas.\nBoris Johnson: How electrifying moment in parliament and fuming Tory MPs show toxicity towards PM is spreading throughout the party\nMillions of people tuned in last week across various channels to watch the prime minister give an explanation of that party in No 10 on 20 May 2020. Today, people were no doubt watching to see how he would perform amid building rumours there could be a no-confidence vote against him triggered by his own backbenchers. As one Conservative political operative put it to me on Wednesday: \"Johnson won support because he could reach a wider base of voters as the Heineken politician who polled better than the party, but now he is a drag anchor on colleagues so it really is a question of when not if.\"\nWoman rescued after car crashes through ice on frozen river\nA woman has been rescued after her car smashed through the ice of a Canadian river. Locals used kayaks to retrieve the woman from her sinking vehicle on the Rideau River in Ottawa. Witnesses told local media a car driving on the frozen river crashed through the ice and into the cold water on Sunday.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"New GIGABYTE G5 Series Gaming Laptops With 12th-Gen Intel Core Processors\nWhy Is It Better To Be Treated In Israeli Clinics?\nMiscarriage: Know 5 Causes And Reduce Your Risk\nNetflix Cancels Two Already-Produced Movies\nToyota Crowned Best-Selling Automaker In 2022 For 3rd Straight Year\nTech Business\nBEST FREE YouTube To MP3 Converters\nPayPal Plans To Cut 7% Of Its Workforce In Order To Cut Costs\nElon Musk's Tesla Tweet Trial Probes Investor Damages\nUnlock Your Content's Potential with a Decentralized Content Platform\nHow to Use OpenAI's ChatGPT: The Ultimate Tutorial for Beginners\nWhy Cloud Cost Management Platforms Are Important to Manage Cloud Costs\nTech Business News\nJD.com To Suspend Operations On Indonesia And Thailand Sites\nSony's PS5 To Produce More Games This Year\nAudiophiles Have Been a Bit Sidelined until Now: Non-mainstream Online Music Listening Services\nBenefits of SEO & Why Your Business Needs SEO\nCRM in Real Estate - Do I need Individual Development?\nBaidu Planning To Launch Its Own ChatGPT In March\nA Software Engineering Studio Accelerates Domain Name Selection with AI\nR&D Tax Credit Software: The World of Research and Development\n(CTN News) \u2013 Earlier this year, GIGABYTE launched the G5 series gaming laptops in India as part of their global launch.\nIn addition, there were also models with Intel Core processors of the 11th generation, such as the GD, MD, and KD. In order to meet the needs of the users, the company has updated the G5 laptops with the 12th generation Core chipsets.\nThe latest offerings have different model numbers than the previous generation offerings, for instance, GE, ME, and KE compared with the 11th-generation Core variants that have the same model number.\nThe GIGABYTE G5 series laptops are equipped with a 15.6-inch Full HD+ IPS LCD display that offers a maximum contrast ratio of 10,000:1. In addition, it offers a 144Hz refresh rate as well as a peak brightness of 300 nits.\nIn addition to the backlit keyboard, these laptops are furnished with a number pad that can be used for input. They are equipped with dual 2-watt speakers, dual-array microphones, and DTS:X Ultra 5.1 surround sound technology.\nThe GIGABYTE G5 series is powered by a 12th-generation Intel Core i5 processor, which is part of the Intel Core processor family.\nThere are three variants of the GE, ME, and KE that come with either NVIDIA RTX 3050, RTX 3050Ti, or RTX 3060 graphics cards installed on board.\nThere are sixteen gigabytes of RAM and 512 gigabytes of NVMe SSD storage in these laptops.\nIn addition to the two M.2 slots, there is also a swappable bay with capacity for up to 6TB, which can be used for storing data.\nThe laptops are equipped with WINDFORCE cooling technology that utilizes dual fans, five heat pipes, and four exhaust vents to ensure the laptops are kept cool.\nGIGABYTE's G5 series laptops are powered by a 54WHrs battery unit, and the GE and ME models are configured with the ability to charge at 150W.\nIt is worth noting that the KE variant supports a charging speed of 180W.\nThere are a number of connectivity options available on the laptops, including WiFi 6, Bluetooth 5.2, a USB Type-A port, a USB Type-C port, HDMI, an SD card reader, and a 3.5mm headphone jack, among others\nWith a starting price of Rs 77,887, GIGABYTE's G5 gaming laptops are priced competitively.\nCurrently, they are available on Flipkart as well as in offline retail outlets across the country for purchase.\nIs A gigabyte G5 good for gaming?\nPerformance. The Gigabyte G5 core specs mark it out as a laptop made entirely for gaming, because it uses the relatively old 10th Generation Intel Core i5-10500H CPU.\nDon't get me wrong, this processor is still easily powerful enough to handle video editing, Photoshop and other pro-level apps.\nAn Apple Watch's Blood Oximeter Is Accused Of 'Racial Bias'\nOfficial Honor Router X4 Pro With Wi-Fi 6.0, Three Gigabit Ethernet Ports\nMeta Quest 2 PC Connection\nMore Developers Use Linux Than Macs\nMicrosoft Launches ChatGPT-Powered Teams Premium February 2, 2023\nSouth Sudan Receives Over 300,000 Printed School Textbooks From China February 2, 2023\nFree Fire Redeem Code For Today February 2, 2023: 100% Working February 2, 2023\nWordle Today: Here's The Answers Of Wordle #593 For February 2, 2023 February 2, 2023","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"What Is The Coldest Month In Egypt?\nWhat do people eat in Egypt?\nWhat is the hottest month in Hurghada?\nDoes Egypt get hail?\nHow cold does it get in Egypt?\nWhat is the hottest place on earth?\nIs Egypt a part of Africa?\nDoes Egypt get rain?\nWhat should I wear in Egypt?\nIs Egypt safe to visit?\nWhat is the rainy season in Egypt?\nWhich is the best month to visit Egypt?\nWhat are the winter months in Egypt?\nWhat language is spoken in Egypt?\nIs Egypt hot all year round?\nIs Arizona hotter than Egypt?\nCan I drink in Egypt?\nWhat is the weather like in Egypt all year round?\nWhat are the hottest months in Egypt?\nEgyptian cuisine is characterized by dishes such as ful medames, mashed fava beans; kushari, a mixture of lentils, rice, pasta, and other ingredients; molokhiya, chopped and cooked bush okra with garlic and coriander sauce; and feteer meshaltet..\nThe weather in Hurghada is very pleasant with temperatures rarely dropping below 20\u00b0C. July and August are the warmest months to visit the resort, with temperatures reaching a hot and humid 30\u00b0C.\nAstute students of Old Testament meteorology will know that while hailstorms are uncommon in Egypt, they are by no means unknown, and occur mainly in the winter near the Mediterranean coast.\nWinters are mild and sunny, but nights are cool to cold, ranging from 5\/7 \u00b0C (41\/45 \u00b0F) in the central area (see Luxor) to 10\/11 \u00b0C in the southern area (see Aswan), though the temperature in the coldest nights can approach freezing (0 \u00b0C or 32 \u00b0F).\nDeath Valley, California, USA The aptly named Furnace Creek currently holds the record for hottest air temperature ever recorded. The desert valley reached highs of 56.7 degrees in the summer of 1913, which would apparently push the limits of human survival.\nAlthough Egypt sits in the north of the African continent it is considered by many to be a Middle Eastern country, partly because the main spoken language there is Egyptian Arabic, the main religion is Islam and it is a member of the Arab League.\nThe climate is generally extremely dry all over the country except on the northern Mediterranean coast which receives rainfall in winter. In addition to rarity of rain, extreme heat during summer months is also a general climate feature of Egypt although daytime temperatures are more moderated along the northern coast.\nA) Clothes to wear in EgyptShorts or short skirts as you see fit (covering the knee, if possible)A couple of T-shirts.At least one shirt, blouse or smart looking top.One pair of long trousers.A veil\/shawl (women only; you can buy it at most souvenir shops as well)Swimsuit or bathing suit.More items\u2026\u2022\nEgypt is very safe to travel as long as you stick to certain destinations, work with a reputable local tour operator, and be a smart traveller.\nCairo has dry periods in February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October and November. On average, January is the most rainy. On average, August has the least rainy days.\nThe best time to visit Egypt is between October and April, when temperatures are cooler, but still pleasantly warm across the country. This makes exploring the busy streets of Cairo, visiting the Pyramids in the desert, and exploring ancient Pharaonic tombs more comfortable and enjoyable.\nCommonly the days in Egypt are warm or hot and the nights are pleasantly mild or cool. The country only knows two seasons: a mild winter from November \u2013 April and a hot summer from May \u2013 October. The only differences between the seasons are variations in daytime temperatures and changes in prevailing winds.\nModern Standard ArabicEgypt\/Official languages\nAlthough there are variations within Egypt, the climate across the country is arid, meaning warm or hot temperatures all year-round with very little rain. Summers are hot \u2013 temperatures can reach a sizzling 50\u00b0C! \u2026 Rainfall is limited.\nBoth have a subtropical hot desert climate (BWh). Phoenix, Arizona is in or near the subtropical desert scrub biome whereas Cairo is in or near the subtropical desert biome. The annual average temperature is 1.2 \u00b0C (2.2\u00b0F) warmer. Average monthly temperatures vary by 8.2 \u00b0C (14.8\u00b0F) more in Phoenix, Arizona.\nEgypt prohibits the sale and consumption of alcohol in public places or shops, with the exception of hotels and tourist facilities approved by the Minister of Tourism. While the law doesn't succeed in limiting the sale of alcohol exclusively to hotels, it stymies the growth of the alcohol industry.\nThe climate of Egypt is characterized by a hot season from May to October and a cool season from October to May. Extreme temperatures during both seasons are moderated by the prevailing northern winds. In the coastal region average annual temperatures range from a maximum of 37\u00b0 C (99\u00b0 F) to a minimum of 14\u00b0 C (57\u00b0 F).\nEgypt, annual weather averages July is the hottest month in Cairo with an average temperature of 28\u00b0C (82\u00b0F) and the coldest is January at 13.5\u00b0C (56\u00b0F) with the most daily sunshine hours at 14 in June. The wettest month is January with an average of 14.5mm of rain. .\nQuestion: What Version Of Lightroom Do I Have?\nWhat is the difference between Lightroom 6 and CC?\nWho Is The Best Mathematician In The World 2020?\nWho is the first scientist of mathematics?\nQuestion: Who Should Get Hepatitis A Vaccine?\nHow long does a Hep A and B vaccine last?\nWhat Is Meant By Parable?\nWhat exactly is a parable? English Language Learners\nQuick Answer: What Do Odds Of Mean?\nWhat do odds of +200 mean? 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{"text":"What We Do Now\nHistory of WiLAN\nPatent Portfolios\nUniversity Technology Transfer\nBusiness-oriented Approach\nLicensing Principles\nLicense WiLAN IP\nNews Release Details\nWi-LAN 2003 SECOND QUARTER CONSOLIDATED RESULTS TO BE RELEASED MONDAY, JUNE 2\nDownload this Press Release ()\nConference Call Scheduled for June 3\nCALGARY, Canada - May 28, 2003 - Wi-LAN Inc. (TSE:WIN), a global provider of broadband wireless communications products and technologies, today announced that consolidated results for the three months ended April 30, 2003 will be released on June 2, 2003 after the market close.\nWi-LAN will hold a conference call to discuss the consolidated results on June 3, 2003 at 9:00 a.m. MDT (11:00 a.m. EDT, 8:00 a.m. PDT). The call-in number will be 1-800-419-0128 (North America) or 703-464-5612. The confirmation number is 6493534. Participants are advised to call in 10 minutes early. The call will be audio webcast from Wi-LAN's website at www.wi-lan.com and will be archived there.\nA replay of the call will be available until 9:59 p.m. MDT (11:59 p.m. EDT, 8:59 p.m. PDT) on June 10, 2003 at 1-888-266-2081 (North America) or 703-925-2533 (passcode: 6493534).\nWi-LAN participants will be:\nDr. Hatim Zaghloul - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer\nDr. Sayed-Amr El-Hamamsy - President and Chief Operating Officer\nMr. Keith Bittner - Acting Chief Financial Officer\nMr. Ken Wetherell - Vice President, Corporate Communications & Investor Relations\nAbout Wi-LAN Inc.\nWi-LAN is a global provider of broadband wireless communications products and technologies, specializing in solutions for secure wireless provision of high-speed data and telephony over distance for enterprises and telecom service providers. Wi-LAN's broadband wireless access products are known worldwide for their high quality and industry-leading technology. 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{"text":"Stacey Dooley Biography\nBy Kylie - Jan 10, 2021\nQuick Facts Of Stacey Dooley\nAnastacia Jaclyn Dooley\nBritish-white\nLuton, Bedfordshire, England\nBeing an English television presenter, journalist, media personality, as well as author.\nFor her appearances as a participant on \"Blood, Sweat and T-shirts\" in 2008.\nPopular Features Award\nKevin Clifton\nSource of Wealth\nMedia personality as well as journalist career\n5 feet and 1 inches\n36-26-35 inches\nAnastacia Jaclyn Dooley, better known as Stacey Dooley, is an English television presenter, journalist, media personality, and author who got recognition for her appearance on the British TV documentary series \"Blood, Sweat, and T-shirts\" in 2008. Dooley is also famous for winning the sixteenth series of the British television dance contest \"Strictly Come Dancing\" along with her dance partner and boyfriend, Kevin Clifton in 2018. She also has been presenting the British reality television competition \"Glow Up: Britain's Next Make-Up Star\" since 2019.\nShe also has hosted numerous social-issue-themed BBC documentaries on child labor including Tourism and the Truth: Stacey Dooley Investigates. Besides, she is active in the social media platform with around 928k followers on her verified Instagram account: @sjdooley.\nWhat is Stacey Dooley famous for?\nFamous as an English television presenter, journalist, media personality, and author\nKnown for her appearance on the British TV documentary series \"Blood, Sweat, and T-shirts\"\nWhere is Stacey Dooley from?\nStacey Dooley was born on March 9, 1987, in Luton, Bedfordshire, England. Her birth name is Anastacia Jaclyn Dooley. She holds English nationality. Her ethnicity is White while Pisces is her zodiac sign. She is of Irish-English descent. She is Christain by religion.\nDooley was born in a well-to-do family in Luton. When she was just two years old, her father left the family. So, her mother, Diane raised her as a single parent. She was raised in her hometown, Luton, Bedfordshire. She did her schooling at Stopsley High School before leaving her studies at the age of 15. Then, she assisted her mother by working as a shop assistant, selling perfumes at Luton Airport. In addition to that, she has also worked in a hairdresser's salon in Bramingham\nStacey Dooley Career: Highlights\nStacey Dooley came into prominence in April 2008 after she became a contestant on the documentary TV series \"Blood, Sweat, and T-shirts\". In the show, she was selected to illustrate the typical fashion-obsessed consumer along with other participants.\nShe then started presenting her own show \"Stacey Dooley Investigates\" in 2009 which she got to run after the producers became impressed with her interest in labor laws in developing countries\nIn the year 2011, another series titled \"Tourism and the Truth: Stacey Dooley Investigates\" aired on BBC Three. In the show, she investigated how tourism in Thailand and Kenya affects employees there, in particular concerning wages, corruption, and environmental changes\nThen in 2012, she hosted another documentary series for BBC Three titled \"My Hometown Fanatics\". In the same year, she also presented a three-part documentary series \"Coming Here Soon\"\nShe also narrated the documentary \"2012: Superstorm USA: Caught on Camera\".\nShe presented the British reality television series \"Don't Tell the Bride\" for 4 episodes from 2015-2016.\nIn her successful career, she has created and presented many documentaries series including \"Sex in Strange Places\", \"Stacey Dooley in Cologne: The Blame Game\", \"Sex For Sale In Japan\", \"Canada's Lost Girls\", \", \"Stacey Dooley in the USA\", \"The Natives: This Is Our America\", \"Stacey Dooley Sleeps Over\", and \"Brainwashing Stacey\".\nFrom 2011-2017, she was the presenter of a CBBC documentary series \"Show Me What You're Made Of\". The series focuses on British children as they go around the world to experience some of the world's toughest jobs for themselves.\nDooley has been presenting the British reality television competition \"Glow Up: Britain's Next Make-Up Star\" since 2019.\nShe also was the guest presenter of the British television magazine and chat show program \"The One Show\" for five episodes in 2019.\nSource: @thesun\nIn the year 2018, she participated in a BBC show \"Celebrities on the NHS Front-line\".\nIn the same year, she presented more challenging issues such as child exploitation, sex offenders, war, domestic violence, and pollution in the fashion industry in her 2018 series of Stacey Dooley Investigates. She also won a One World Media Award for coming face to face with an ISIS soldier during the show. Also, the episodes of the series won the title of the Most-Watched Documentaries on BBC iPlayer.\nBesides presenting documentaries, she is the winner of the 16th series of the British television dance contest \"Strictly Come Dancing\" along with her dance partner and boyfriend, Kevin Clifton.\nIn addition to that, Dooley published her debut book \"On the Front Line with the Women Who Fight Back\" in February 2018. The book concerns sex trafficking, domestic violence, gender equality, and child exploitation.\nShe also made her appearance in Jessie Ware's music video for \"Save a Kiss\" in 2020.\nAs of now, she is busy working on her upcoming series \"This Is MY House\" which is set to be premiered in 2021.\nStacey Dooley Awards and Honors\nStacey Dooley was appointed as a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2018 Birthday Honours for her services to broadcasting.\nHer program \"Stacey Dooley: Face To Face With ISIS\" won the 2018 Popular Features Award at the One World Media Awards.\nSource: @celebsnow\nStacey Dooley Boyfriend\nStacey Dooley is not married. However, she is currently in a relationship with her boyfriend, Kevin Clifton. Clifton is a professional dancer on the BBC TV series \"Strictly Come Dancing\".He also was the dancing partner of Dooley in the 16th series of Strictly Come Dancing which they ultimately won. The couple has been dating each other since 2019. At present, she is living a happy life in London.\nPreviously, she was in a relationship with her ex-boyfriend, Sam Tucknott. Dooley describes herself as a feminist and has been making documentaries regarding gender equality.\nStacey Dooley Net Worth\nStacey Dooley has quite good earnings from her career as a television presenter, author, media personality, and journalist. Having made her TV debut in the TV series \"Blood, Sweat, and T-shirts\" in 2008, Dooley has managed to come a long way up becoming one of the popular and successful presenters in her 12 years long career. She has presented various social-issue-themed BBC documentaries in her career. Including all her earnings from shows and documentaries, Dooley has managed to earn a healthy fortune estimated to be around $1.2 million.\nStacey Dooley Height\nStacey Dooley is a beautiful lady with a well maintained average body physique in her early 30s. She stands tall with a height of 5ft 1inches while her body weighs around 48kg. Her body measurement is around 32-26-32 inches. She has a fair complexion with blonde hair and brown eyes.\nGeorgia Senate nominee, Jon Ossoff was the executive producer of Stacey Dooley 2016's Stacey on the Frontline: Girls, Guns & Isis, and the 2018 Stacey Dooley Investigates episode Face to Face with Isis.\nShe got criticized for appointing a Turkish woman as a false Syrian sex worker living in Istanbul in her series \"Sex in Strange Places\".\nShe traveled to India as one of the participants in the documentary television series Blood, Sweat, and T-shirts in 2008.\nShe has been appointed as a member of the judging panel for The Observer Ethical Awards two times.\nDooley has appeared in Jessie Ware's music video for \"Save a Kiss\"\n#TV Shows\n#Documentaries\n#Nationality and Ethnicity\n#Parents and Siblings\n#Personal Life\n#Dating History\nPermalink: https:\/\/gossipgist.com\/stacey-dooley\nLaura Wasser Biography\nKylie \/ January 09, 2021\nJane Levy Biography\nRuby \/ January 10, 2021","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Diversity & equality in business\nWilliam Keegan's in my viewEconomics\nBrexit was making us a joke nation even before the blue passports\nWilliam Keegan\nTheresa May's 'transition' deal is no cause for optimism amid this growing sense of farce\n'The most sensible thing Theresa May could do is to rise to the occasion, and say enough is enough.' Photograph: Geert Vanden Wijngaert\/EPA\nDid I hear aright? Is the new, or rather \"retro\", post-Brexit, true-blue British passport going to be manufactured in France? What a wonderful symbol of the futility and duplicity of the Brexiters' promise to \"take back control\"!\nAnd what is this dire threat from the ubiquitous Jacob Rees-Mogg that the UK risks becoming a \"joke nation\" by giving in on so many fronts to Michel Barnier?\nSurely Mr Rees-Mogg has noticed that, thanks to the disruptive antics of himself, his fellow Brexiters, their puppet master Nigel Farage, and the pernicious sway they hold over Theresa May, the UK is already a joke nation in the eyes of the rest of the world.\nIndeed, it is a laughing stock. As the Financial Times journalists George Parker and Alex Barker commented after following my misguided friend David Davis around: \"The Brexit secretary may be enthusiastic about leaving the EU but, on his tour around European capitals, he has struggled to find interlocutors who think the project is anything other than mad at worst or an unwelcome distraction at best.\"\nNow, apart from their well-publicised objections to the continuation of present fishing arrangements, some of the leading Brexiters have been noticeably sanguine in the face of a \"transitional\" deal heralded by many of my fellow Remainers as a rejection of most of their initial demands. They don't all agree with Farage that it is \"a complete sellout\".\nUnless something turns up, this could well amount to a mere postponement of disaster\nThis, of course, is because unless a great act of prime ministerial or parliamentary statesmanship puts an end to the farce, the Brexiters see the transitional deal as a mere postponement of their plan to take this benighted country to the edge of the cliff.\nIt may seem like a great victory for the Remain campaign that the plan is for us to remain in the customs union and single market until the end of 2020. But I have two concerns about the optimistic approach to this.\nOne is that unless something turns up, this could well amount to a mere postponement of disaster. The second is that, on present plans, we shall actually be departing from the EU on 31 March 2019. How do we know that, for all the patience they have exercised so far, the others would make it simple for us to rejoin the full EU, if there is a change of heart after the official beginning of \"transition\" or \"implementation\"? Some of us are old enough to recall decades of frustrating efforts to join in the first place.\nWhichever way one \u2013 at least this one \u2013 looks at it, the most sensible thing the prime minister could do is to rise to the occasion, to be true to her own instincts (and, I understand, those of her not-uninfluential husband) and make a Churchillian broadcast to the nation. In this she would explain that \u2013 God knows! \u2013 she has tried to honour the referendum result and reconcile the conflicting forces within her party, but enough is enough.\nIt may be that the continuing and mounting damage being wreaked by the government's austerity programme will finally make more of the electorate wake up to the full implications of what 37% of them voted for.\nShadow chancellor John McDonnell recently observed of that shock referendum result on 23 June 2016: \"It was like a byelection where everyone's grievances piled into that one vote.\" I agree. The sad thing is that the vote against the misguided Cameron-Osborne austerity programme should have taken place in the general election of 2015, and not in reaction to their rash decision to call that referendum.\nIt is, incidentally, highly unfortunate for the country that George Osborne, who claims to have had doubts about the wisdom of holding the referendum, did not stand up to be counted at the time. We shall never know, but it is my belief that a strong chancellor \u2013 which he certainly was \u2013 could have put a stop to the whole idea. To be fair, he is now trying to make amends in his new career as a journalist.\nIn this, he differs from that old friend of mine, and predecessor of Osborne's as chancellor, the one and only Lord Lawson of Blaby \u2013 or should I say Lord Lawson of La France Profonde, which is where he actually lives.\nLawson sees Brexit as a chance to complete the Thatcherite revolution \u2013 which I opposed in these columns at the time, and still do \u2013 noting, with some satisfaction, that given so many of the unfortunate economic and social consequences, even the Economist has recently registered doubts about the wonders of the Thatcherism it once espoused.\nHappy Easter to all my readers, even my regular Brexiter correspondents!\nWilliam Keegan's in my view\nJacob Rees-Mogg","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Home Who's Who Francisco Conde: Oriental Defensive Arts Association\nFrancisco Conde: Oriental Defensive Arts Association\nArmy veteran and martial arts pioneer, Francisco Conde served four tours in the Korean War and two tours in Vietnam. He began his military service in 1949. He was discharged for one year, but re-enlisted as he preferred the military lifestyle. Throughout his travels, both in and out of the military, Conde studied an array of different martial arts including Judo, Kajukenbo, Isshinryu, Kyokushinkai, and Moo Duk Kwan to name just a few.\nFrancisco Conde was born in the Philippines in 1931 and as a young boy he lived in Japan for a brief period. In 1948 he moved to the United States and then entered the military. Conde trained in the martial arts in the numerous countries where he was stationed including in the Philippines, Japan, Okinawa, Korea, and United States. He was able to train under highly respected instructors such as Adriano Emperado, Ed Parker Sr., Taek Moon Koo, and others.\nFrancisco Conde founded the Oriental Defensive Arts Association (ODAA) in 1963. Like American Kenpo founder and Conde friend, Ed Parker, Sr., Conde was innovative in developing martial arts for more modern combat by refining outdated techniques.\nOn the East Coast, Conde was a successful tournament director for several years, and, with his strong reputation, his tournaments were will attended. Along with his successful tournaments, Conde designed the chonchaku, a modern day nunchaku made from polypropylene.\nFrancisco Conde was Chinese Karate Federation President, Sean P. Kelley's first instructor. According to Kelley, Conde made him a fighter through intense training. \"He could bring the best out of anyone,\" Kelley explained.\nSean Kelley went from white belt through 3rd degree Black Belt under Francisco Conde, and Kelly was a member of Conde's fight team and and taught at Conde's school. It was Francisco Conde who introduced Sean Kelly to Ed Parker which has had a life long impact on Sean Kelley's martial arts journey.\nMaster Francisco Conde suffered a long-term illness that took his life on August 23, 2010. He was 78 years old. His humility and love for other martial artists, especially the younger generation of martial artists, will never be forgotten.\nPrevious articleMax Schneider Won Judo Gold at Youth Olympic Games\nNext articleJim Wagner's Reality-Based Personal Protection System\nHirokazu Kanazawa Passed Away Peacefully\nSGM Pete Morales Has Passed Away\nDavid Ticky Donovan O.B.E.\nMasatoshi Nakayama: Shotokan Karate\nUSAdojo - December 4, 2013\nGosei Yamaguchi: Goju-Kai Karate-Do\nUSAdojo - September 5, 2016\nHawkins Cheung: Yip Man Wing Chun\nUSAdojo - February 1, 2019","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"About GOY\n3rd Term Agenda\nEducation and Youth Empowerment\nJob Creation and Enterprise Development\nPeople-Centered Representation\nPress Award Album\nMOTIONS, LEGISLATIVE UPDATES AND AD HOC ASSIGNMENTS\nCONSTITUENCY PROJECTS\nTell GOY\nHealth PCR (People)\n'RESIDENTS' WELL-BEING IS MY CONCERN' \u2013 GOY\n\u2013 ORGANISES FREE HEALTH SCREENING IN ETI-OSA\nA two-day free health screening exercise on hypertension, diabetes, eyes, cervical, breast and HIV\/AIDS has been organised for the people of Ikoyi, Obalende and their environs by Honourable Gbolahan Yishawu, member representing Eti-Osa Constituency 02 in the Lagos House of Assembly.\nHe anchored his decision to facilitate the exercise on his belief that a nation can only thrive based on the level of health of its citizens, since only those who have health have the capacity to create wealth.\nThe exercise, he said, is a part of his people-oriented agenda, anchored on his slogan \u2013 \"People first\". He affirmed his readiness to commit as much resources he can harness to ensure that the people of his constituency do not see good health as a luxury but a necessity and a civil right which the people have a right to. He promised to make the exercise a continuous one.\nHon. Yishawu maintained that \"\u2026 the most important asset that every nation has is its human resources and stressed that healthy people are wealthy people\". To him, \"if you don't ensure good health of your people, you are on the verge of losing great people that are supposed to be beneficial to the nation\". He said he decided to take on health to complement several things he had done about education, because health is wealth.\nSpeaking at the event, a Programme Officer for Cancer control in Lagos State Ministry of Health, Dr. Olajumoke Oyenuga called on all the people to always go for medical checks especially from age 40 as this is the period when abnormalities start manifesting in the body. For cervical cancer screening, she advised that it should be done at least once in a year and for women that are over 40 years, they should go for mammography at least once in five years as a preventive measure against cancer. She commended the organisers of the programme for the pain-staking coordination of the event.\nThe two-day event tagged GOY Free Health Programme which held at St. George's Girls Nursery and Primary School Falomo was well attended. Thousands of residents of Eti-Osa and beyond thronged the venue of the programme. The event kicked off on Tuesday 19th with Hypertension, Diabetes, Cervical and Breast Cancer Screening. Doctors and health support staff attended to the residents. More Doctors had to be engaged as the day rolled by because of the large turn-out.\nEyes Screening and treatment with glasses was the highlight of Day 2 of the programme. As early as dawn, many residents had taken their places at the venue waiting eagerly to be attended to. Numerous people were tested and all those who required glasses were provided with them. HIV Screening also joined the fray on this second day.\nHon. Gbolahan Olusegun Yishawu said he decided on the special intervention to alleviate some of the health challenges of the residents of the constituency. He promised a continuation of the exercise pointing out that the essence of the programme was to enable the residents have free access to proper medical care. He implored residents on the need to imbibe the habit of going for regular medical check-up.\nAlhaja Aminat Adeogun, a resident of Takwa Bay Island commended Hon Yishawu, noting that he has always been a blessing to residents. She said the aspiration of residents is for this kind of programme to be regular. Another resident Mallam Salisu believe that Hon. Yishawu is God- sent as all his actions have always been for the welfare of Eti-Osa Residents.\nOn both days of the programme, dignitaries from all segments of the society attended the event and also availed themselves of the opportunity of the screening along with other residents.\nBecause of the huge success recorded at the programme, the second phase of the GOY free health screening has been scheduled to take place with support of the Lagos State government through the Ministry of Health with focus on dental problems. A two-day free health screening exercise on hypertension, diabetes, eyes, cervical, breast and HIV\/AIDS has been organised for the people of Ikoyi, Obalende and their environs by Honourable Gbolahan Yishawu, member representing Eti-Osa Constituency 02 in the Lagos House of Assembly.\nBecause of the huge success recorded at the programme, the second phase of the GOY free health screening has been scheduled to take place with support of the Lagos State government through the Ministry of Health with focus on dental problems.\nLAGOS COMMISSIONS E-LIBRARY CENTRE\nLAGOS STATE COMMISSIONS NEW ASSEMBLY CHAMBER\n\u00a92021 Goyishawu.com","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"<< Previous TITLE 12 \/ CHAPTER 13 \/ SUBCHAPTER III \/ \u00a7 1721 Next >>\n12 USC 1721: Management and liquidation functions of Government National Mortgage Association Text contains those laws in effect on January 18, 2021\nFrom Title 12-BANKS AND BANKINGCHAPTER 13-NATIONAL HOUSINGSUBCHAPTER III-NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATIONS\nJump To: Source CreditReferences In TextAmendmentsEffective DateMiscellaneous\n\u00a71721. Management and liquidation functions of Government National Mortgage Association\n(a) Separate accountability of assets and liabilities\nTo carry out the purposes set forth in paragraph (c) 1 of section 1716 of this title, the Association is authorized and directed, as of the close of the cutoff date determined by the Association pursuant to section 1718(d) 1 of this title, to establish separate accountability for all of its assets and liabilities (exclusive of capital, surplus, surplus reserves, and undistributed earnings to be evidenced by preferred stock as provided in section 1718(d) 1 of this title, but inclusive of all rights and obligations under any outstanding contracts), and to maintain such separate accountability for the management and orderly liquidation of such assets and liabilities as provided in this section.\n(b) Issuance of obligations to expedite substitution of private financing\nFor the purposes of this section and to assure that, to the maximum extent, and as rapidly as possible, private financing will be substituted for Treasury borrowings otherwise required to carry mortgages held under the aforesaid separate accountability, the Association is authorized to issue, upon the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, and have outstanding at any one time obligations having such maturities and bearing such rate or rates of interest as may be determined by the Association with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, to be redeemable at the option of the Association before maturity in such manner as may be stipulated in such obligations; but in no event shall any such obligations be issued if, at the time of such proposed issuance, and as a consequence thereof, the resulting aggregate amount of its outstanding obligations under this subsection would exceed the amount of the Association's ownership under the aforesaid separate accountability, free from any liens or encumbrances, of cash, mortgages, and obligations of the United States or guaranteed thereby, or obligations, participations, or other instruments which are lawful investments for fiduciary, trust or public funds. The proceeds of any private financing effected under this subsection shall be paid to the Secretary of the Treasury in reduction of the indebtedness of the Association to the Secretary of the Treasury under the aforesaid separate accountability. The Association shall insert appropriate language in all of its obligations issued under this subsection clearly indicating that such obligations, together with the interest thereon, are not guaranteed by the United States and do not constitute a debt or obligation of the United States or of any agency or instrumentality thereof other than the Association. The Association is authorized to purchase in the open market any of its obligations outstanding under this subsection at any time and at any price.\n(c) Cutoff date as controlling purchases; total amount of mortgages and commitments\nNo mortgage shall be purchased by the Association in its operations under this section except pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of a contract or commitment to purchase the same made prior to the cutoff date provided for in section 1718(d) 1 of this title, which contract or commitment became a part of the aforesaid separate accountability, and the total amount of mortgages and commitments held by the Association under this section shall not, in any event, exceed $3,350,000,000: Provided, That such maximum amount shall be progressively reduced by the amount of cash realizations on account of principal of mortgages held under the aforesaid separate accountability and by cancellation of any commitments to purchase mortgages thereunder, as reflected by the books of the Association, with the objective that the entire aforesaid maximum amount shall be eliminated with the orderly liquidation of all mortgages held under the aforesaid separate accountability: And provided further, That nothing in this subsection shall preclude the Association from granting such usual and customary increases in the amounts of outstanding commitments (resulting from increased costs or otherwise) as have theretofore been covered by like increases in commitments granted by the agencies of the Federal Government insuring or guaranteeing the mortgages. There shall be excluded from the total amounts set forth in this subsection the amounts of any mortgages which, subsequent to May 31, 1954, are transferred by law to the Association and held under the aforesaid separate accountability.\n(d) Issuance of obligations sufficient to carry out functions; character; purchase\nThe Association may issue to the Secretary of the Treasury its obligations in an amount outstanding at any one time sufficient to enable the Association to carry out its functions under this section, such obligations to mature not more than five years from their respective dates of issue, to be redeemable at the option of the Association before maturity in such manner as may be stipulated in such obligations. Each such obligation shall bear interest at a rate determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, taking into consideration the current average rate on outstanding marketable obligations of the United States as of the last day of the month preceding the issuance of the obligation of the Association. The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to purchase any obligations of the Association to be issued under this section, and for such purpose the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to use as a public debt transaction the proceeds from the sale of any securities issued under chapter 31 of title 31, and the purposes for which securities may be issued under chapter 31 of title 31 are extended to include any purchases of the Association's obligations hereunder.\n(e) Acquisition of mortgages offered by Secretary of Housing and Urban Development\nNotwithstanding any other provision of law, the Association is authorized, under the aforesaid separate accountability, to make commitments to purchase, and to purchase, service, or sell any obligations offered to it by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, or any mortgages covering residential property offered to it by any Federal instrumentality, or the head thereof. These shall be excluded from the total amounts set forth in subsection (c) the amounts of any obligations or mortgages purchased by the Association pursuant to this subsection.\n(f) Transfer of funds\nNotwithstanding any of the provisions of this chapter or of any other law, an amount equal to the net decrease for the preceding fiscal year in the aggregate principal amount of all mortgages owned by the Association under this section shall, as of July 1 of each of the years 1961 through 1964, be transferred to and merged with the authority provided under section 1720(a) 1 of this title, and the amount of such authority as specified in section 1720(c) 1 of this title shall be increased by any amounts so transferred.\n(g) Guarantee of principal and interest on trust certificates and other securities; fees and charges; subrogation; contract for extinguishment of right, title, or interest in mortgages; protection of interests; full faith and credit; commitments limited; limitation on fees or charges\n(1) The Association is authorized, upon such terms and conditions as it may deem appropriate, to guarantee the timely payment of principal of and interest on such trust certificates or other securities as shall (i) be issued by the corporation under section 1719(d) of this title, or by any other issuer approved for the purposes of this subsection by the Association, and (ii) be based on and backed by a trust or pool composed of mortgages which are insured under this chapter, or which are insured or guaranteed under the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, title V of the Housing Act of 1949 [42 U.S.C. 1471 et seq.], or chapter 37 of title 38, or which are guaranteed under title XIII of the Public Health Service Act [42 U.S.C. 300e et seq.]; 2 or guaranteed under section 1715z\u201313a of this title. The Association shall collect from the issuer a reasonable fee for any guaranty under this subsection and shall make such charges as it may determine to be reasonable for the analysis of any trust or other security arrangement proposed by the issuer. In the event the issuer is unable to make any payment of principal of or interest on any security guaranteed under this subsection, the Association shall make such payment as and when due in cash, and thereupon shall be subrogated fully to the rights satisfied by such payment. In any case in which (I) Federal law requires the reduction of the interest rate on any mortgage backing a security guaranteed under this subsection, (II) the mortgagor under the mortgage is a person in the military service, and (III) the issuer of such security fails to receive from the mortgagor the full amount of interest payment due, the Association may make payments of interest on the security in amounts not exceeding the difference between the amount payable under the interest rate on the mortgage and the amount of interest actually paid by the mortgagor. The Association is hereby empowered, in connection with any guaranty under this subsection, whether before or after any default, to provide by contract with the issuer for the extinguishment, upon default by the issuer, of any redemption, equitable, legal, or other right, title, or interest of the issuer in any mortgage or mortgages constituting the trust or pool against which the guaranteed securities are issued; and with respect to any issue of guaranteed securities, in the event of default and pursuant otherwise to the terms of the contract, the mortgages that constitute such trust or pool shall become the absolute property of the Association subject only to the unsatisfied rights of the holders of the securities based on and backed by such trust or pool. No State or local law, and no Federal law (except Federal law enacted expressly in limitation of this subsection after October 8, 1980), shall preclude or limit the exercise by the Association of (A) its power to contract with the issuer on the terms stated in the preceding sentence, (B) its rights to enforce any such contract with the issuer, or (C) its ownership rights, as provided in the preceding sentence, in the mortgages constituting the trust or pool against which the guaranteed securities are issued. The full faith and credit of the United States is pledged to the payment of all amounts which may be required to be paid under any guaranty under this subsection. There shall be excluded from the total amounts set forth in subsection (c) the amounts of any mortgages acquired by the Association as a result of its operations under this subsection.\n(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law and subject only to the absence of qualified requests for guarantees, to the authority provided in this subsection, and to the extent of or in such amounts as any funding limitation approved in appropriation Acts, the Association shall enter into commitments to issue guarantees under this subsection in an aggregate amount of $110,000,000,000 during fiscal year 1996. There are authorized to be appropriated to cover the costs (as such term is defined in section 661a of title 2) of guarantees issued under this chapter by the Association such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 1996.\n(3)(A) No fee or charge in excess of 6 basis points may be assessed or collected by the United States (including any executive department, agency, or independent establishment of the United States) on or with regard to any guaranty of the timely payment of principal or interest on securities or notes based on or backed by mortgages that are secured by 1- to 4-family dwellings and (i) insured by the Federal Housing Administration under subchapter II of this chapter; or (ii) insured or guaranteed under the Serviceman's Readjustment Act of 1944, chapter 37 of title 38, or title V of the Housing Act of 1949 [42 U.S.C. 1471 et seq.].\n(B) The fees charged for the guaranty of securities or on notes based on or backed by mortgages not referred to in subparagraph (A), as authorized by other provisions of law, shall be set by the Association at a level not more than necessary to create reserves sufficient to meet anticipated claims based upon actuarial analysis, and for no other purpose.\n(C) Fees or charges for the issuance of commitments or miscellaneous administrative fees of the Association shall not be on a competitive auction basis and shall remain at the level set for such fees or charges as of September 1, 1985, except that such fees or charges may be increased if reasonably related to the cost of administering the program, and for no other purpose.\n(D) Not less than 90 days before increasing any fee or charge under subparagraph (B) or (C), the Secretary shall submit to the Congress a certification that such increase is solely for the purpose specified in such subparagraph.\n(E)(i) Notwithstanding subparagraphs (A) through (D), fees charged for the guarantee of, or commitment to guarantee, multiclass securities backed by a trust or pool of securities or notes guaranteed by the Association under this subsection, and other related fees shall be charged by the Association in an amount the Association deems appropriate. The Association shall take such action as may be necessary to reasonably assure that such portion of the benefit, resulting from the Association's multiclass securities program, as the Association determines is appropriate accrues to mortgagors who execute eligible mortgages after August 10, 1993.\n(ii) The Association shall provide for the initial implementation of the program for which fees are charged under the first sentence of clause (i) by notice published in the Federal Register. The notice shall be effective upon publication and shall provide an opportunity for public comment. Not later than 12 months after publication of the notice, the Association shall issue regulations for such program based on the notice, comments received, and the experience of the Association in carrying out the program during such period.\n(iii) The Association shall consult with persons or entities in such manner as the Association deems appropriate to ensure the efficient commencement and operation of the multiclass securities program.\n(iv) No State or local law, and no Federal law (except Federal law enacted expressly in limitation of this clause after August 10, 1993) shall preclude or limit the exercise by the Association of its power to contract with persons or entities, and its rights to enforce such contracts, for the purpose of ensuring the efficient commencement and continued operation of the multiclass securities program.\n(June 27, 1934, ch. 847, title III, \u00a7306, 48 Stat. 1255 ; July 1, 1948, ch. 784, \u00a71, 62 Stat. 1209 ; Apr. 20, 1950, ch. 94, title I, \u00a7122, 64 Stat. 59 ; Aug. 2, 1954, ch. 649, title II, \u00a7201, 68 Stat. 618 ; Aug. 7, 1956, ch. 1029, title II, \u00a7209, 70 Stat. 1097 ; Pub. L. 86\u2013372, title III, \u00a7\u00a7305(a), 306(a), Sept. 23, 1959, 73 Stat. 670 ; Pub. L. 87\u201370, title VI, \u00a7601(c), June 30, 1961, 75 Stat. 176 ; Pub. L. 88\u2013560, title VII, \u00a7701(b)(2), Sept. 2, 1964, 78 Stat. 800 ; Pub. L. 89\u2013117, title VIII, \u00a7802(b), Aug. 10, 1965, 79 Stat. 494 ; Pub. L. 90\u201319, \u00a71(k), May 25, 1967, 81 Stat. 18 ; Pub. L. 90\u2013448, title VIII, \u00a7804(b), Aug. 1, 1968, 82 Stat. 542 ; Pub. L. 93\u2013222, \u00a77(c), Dec. 29, 1973, 87 Stat. 936 ; Pub. L. 96\u2013399, title III, \u00a7335, Oct. 8, 1980, 94 Stat. 1654 ; Pub. L. 97\u201335, title III, \u00a7333(a)(3), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 413 ; Pub. L. 98\u2013181, title I [title IV, \u00a7481], Nov. 30, 1983, 97 Stat. 1239 ; Pub. L. 98\u2013479, title II, \u00a7203(a)(2), Oct. 17, 1984, 98 Stat. 2229 ; Pub. L. 100\u201314, Mar. 24, 1987, 101 Stat. 128 ; Pub. L. 100\u2013242, title IV, \u00a7446, Feb. 5, 1988, 101 Stat. 1922 ; Pub. L. 101\u2013625, title III, \u00a7339, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4147 ; Pub. L. 102\u2013550, title V, \u00a7\u00a7531, 532, Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 3793 ; Pub. L. 103\u201366, title III, \u00a73004, Aug. 10, 1993, 107 Stat. 339 ; Pub. L. 103\u2013120, \u00a710, Oct. 27, 1993, 107 Stat. 1151 ; Pub. L. 104\u2013120, \u00a77, Mar. 28, 1996, 110 Stat. 836 ; Pub. L. 104\u2013330, title VII, \u00a7701(k), Oct. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 4050 ; Pub. L. 105\u2013244, title IX, \u00a7972(a), Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1837 ; Pub. L. 107\u2013326, \u00a74, Dec. 4, 2002, 116 Stat. 2793 ; Pub. L. 108\u2013199, div. A, title VII, \u00a7774, Jan. 23, 2004, 118 Stat. 40 ; Pub. L. 115\u2013174, title III, \u00a7309(b), May 24, 2018, 132 Stat. 1350 ; Pub. L. 116\u201333, \u00a72(a), July 25, 2019, 133 Stat. 1038 .)\nParagraph (c) of section 1716 of this title, referred to in subsec. (a), was redesignated par. (4) of section 1716 by Pub. L. 101\u201373, title VII, \u00a7731(m)(1)(B), Aug. 9, 1989, 103 Stat. 435 . Par. (4) of section 1716 was redesignated par. (5) by Pub. L. 102\u2013550, title XIII, \u00a71381(a)(3), Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 3994 .\nSection 1718(d) of this title, referred to in subsecs. (a) and (c), authorizing the issuance of preferred stock to the Secretary of the Treasury, was repealed by Pub. L. 93\u2013383, title VIII, \u00a7806(i), Aug. 22, 1974, 88 Stat. 728 .\nSection 1720 of this title, referred to in subsec. (f), was repealed by Pub. L. 98\u2013181, title I [title IV, \u00a7483(a)], Nov. 30, 1983, 97 Stat. 1240 .\nThe Housing Act of 1949, referred to in subsec. (g)(1), (3)(A), is act July 15, 1949, ch. 338, 63 Stat. 413 , as amended. Title V of the Housing Act of 1949 is classified generally to subchapter III (\u00a71471 et seq.) of chapter 8A of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1441 of Title 42 and Tables.\nThe Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, referred to in subsec. (g)(1), (3)(A), is act June 22, 1944, ch. 268, 58 Stat. 284 , as amended, which was classified generally to chapter 11C (\u00a7\u00a7693 to 697g) of former Title 38, Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans' Relief, and which was repealed by section 14(87) of Pub. L. 85\u2013857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1273 , the first section of which enacted Title 38, Veterans' Benefits. For distribution of sections 693 to 697g of former Title 38 to Title 38, Veterans' Benefits, see Table preceding section 101 of Title 38.\nThe Public Health Service Act, referred to in subsec. (g)(1), is act July 1, 1944, ch. 373, 58 Stat. 682 , as amended. Title XIII of the Public Health Service Act, is title XIII of act July 1, 1944, ch. 373, as added by act Dec. 29, 1973, Pub. L. 93\u2013222, \u00a72, 87 Stat. 914 , which is classified generally to subchapter XI (\u00a7300e et seq.) of chapter 6A of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 201 of Title 42 and Tables.\n2019-Subsec. (g)(1). Pub. L. 116\u201333 struck out \"The Association may not guarantee the timely payment of principal and interest on a security that is backed by a mortgage insured or guaranteed under chapter 37 of title 38 and that was refinanced until the later of the date that is 210 days after the date on which the first monthly payment is made on the mortgage being refinanced and the date on which 6 full monthly payments have been made on the mortgage being refinanced.\" after \"guaranteed under section 1715z\u201313a of this title.\"\n2018-Subsec. (g)(1). Pub. L. 115\u2013174 inserted \"The Association may not guarantee the timely payment of principal and interest on a security that is backed by a mortgage insured or guaranteed under chapter 37 of title 38 and that was refinanced until the later of the date that is 210 days after the date on which the first monthly payment is made on the mortgage being refinanced and the date on which 6 full monthly payments have been made on the mortgage being refinanced.\" after \"guaranteed under section 1715z\u201313a of this title.\"\n2004-Subsec. (g)(1). Pub. L. 108\u2013199, in first sentence, struck out \"or title V of the Housing Act of 1949\" after \"mortgages which are insured under this chapter\" and inserted \", title V of the Housing Act of 1949,\" after \"1944\".\n2002-Subsec. (g)(3)(A). Pub. L. 107\u2013326 repealed Pub. L. 105\u2013244, \u00a7972(a). See 1998 Amendment note below.\n1998-Subsec. (g)(3)(A). Pub. L. 105\u2013244, \u00a7972(a), which directed amendment of subpar. (A), effective Oct. 1, 2004, by substituting \"The Association shall assess and collect a fee in an amount equal to nine basis points\" for \"No fee or charge in excess of 6 basis points may be assessed or collected by the United States (including any executive department, agency, or independent establishment of the United States)\", was repealed by Pub. L. 107\u2013326. See 2002 Amendment note above and Effective Date of 1998 Amendment note below.\n1996-Subsec. (g)(1). Pub. L. 104\u2013330 inserted before period at end of first sentence \"; or guaranteed under section 1715z\u201313a of this title\".\nSubsec. (g)(2). Pub. L. 104\u2013120 amended par. (2) generally. Prior to amendment, par. (2) read as follows: \"Notwithstanding any other provision of law and subject only to the absence of qualified requests for guarantees, to the authority provided in this subsection, and to the extent of or in such amounts as any funding limitation approved in appropriation Acts, the Association shall enter into commitments to issue guarantees under this subsection in an aggregate amount of $107,700,000,000 during fiscal year 1993 and $91,696,000,000 during fiscal year 1994. There is authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to cover the costs (as such term is defined in section 661a of title 2) of guarantees issued under this chapter by the Association.\"\n1993-Subsec. (g)(2). Pub. L. 103\u2013120 substituted \"$107,700,000,000\" for \"$88,000,000,000\".\nSubsec. (g)(3)(E). Pub. L. 103\u201366 added subpar. (E).\n1992-Subsec. (g)(1). Pub. L. 102\u2013550, \u00a7532, inserted after third sentence \"In any case in which (I) Federal law requires the reduction of the interest rate on any mortgage backing a security guaranteed under this subsection, (II) the mortgagor under the mortgage is a person in the military service, and (III) the issuer of such security fails to receive from the mortgagor the full amount of interest payment due, the Association may make payments of interest on the security in amounts not exceeding the difference between the amount payable under the interest rate on the mortgage and the amount of interest actually paid by the mortgagor.\"\nSubsec. (g)(2). Pub. L. 102\u2013550, \u00a7531, amended par. (2) generally. Prior to amendment, par. (2) read as follows: \"Notwithstanding any other provision of law and subject only to the absence of qualified requests for guarantees, to the authority provided in this subsection, and to the extent of or in such amounts as any funding limitation approved in appropriation Acts, the Association shall enter into commitments to issue guarantees under this subsection in an aggregate amount of $84,982,000,000 during fiscal year 1991 and $88,296,000,000 during fiscal year 1992.\"\n1990-Subsec. (g)(2). Pub. L. 101\u2013625 amended par. (2) generally. Prior to amendment, par. (2) read as follows: \"Notwithstanding any other provision of law and subject only to the absence of qualified requests for guarantees, to the authority provided in this subsection, and to any funding limitation approved in appropriation Acts, the Association shall enter into commitments to issue guarantees under this subsection in an aggregate amount of $150,000,000,000 for fiscal year 1988, and $156,000,000,000 for fiscal year 1989.\"\n1988-Subsec. (g)(2). Pub. L. 100\u2013242 amended par. (2) generally. Prior to amendment, par. (2) read as follows: \"Notwithstanding any other provision of law and subject only to the absence of qualified requests for guarantees, to the authority provided in this subsection, and to any funding limitation approved in appropriation Acts, the Association shall enter into commitments for each of the fiscal years 1984 and 1985 to issue guarantees under this subsection for each such fiscal year in an aggregate amount of $68,250,000,000.\"\n1987-Subsec. (g)(3). Pub. L. 100\u201314 added par. (3).\n1984-Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 98\u2013479 substituted \"chapter 31 of title 31\" for \"the Second Liberty Bond Act, as now or hereafter in force\" in two places.\n1983-Subsec. (g)(2). Pub. L. 98\u2013181 substituted \"Notwithstanding any other provision of law and subject only to the absence of qualified requests for guarantees, to the authority provided in this subsection, and to any funding limitation approved in appropriation Acts, the Association shall enter into commitments for each of the fiscal years 1984 and 1985 to issue guarantees under this subsection for each such fiscal year in an aggregate amount of $68,250,000,000\" for \"During fiscal year 1982, the Association may not enter into commitments to issue guarantees under this subsection in an aggregate amount in excess of $69,542,000,000\".\n1981-Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 97\u201335 redesignated existing provisions as par. (1), substituted \"(i)\" for \"(1)\" and \"(ii)\" for \"(2)\", and added par. (2).\n1980-Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 96\u2013399 inserted provisions relating to Federal, State, or local law, and substituted \"The Association is hereby\" for \"Any Federal, State, or other law to the contrary notwithstanding, the Association is hereby\".\n1973-Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 93\u2013222 included mortgages which are guaranteed under title XIII of the Public Health Service Act.\n1968-Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 90\u2013448 added subsec. (g).\n1967-Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 90\u201319 substituted \"Secretary of Housing and Urban Development\" for \"Housing and Home Finance Agency or its Administrator, or by such Agency's constituent units or agencies or the heads thereof\".\n1965-Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 89\u2013117 authorized Association to deal in any obligations offered to it by Housing and Home Finance Agency or its Administrator or by such Agency's units or agencies or by heads thereof as well as residential mortgages offered to it by any Federal instrumentality, or head thereof.\n1964-Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 88\u2013560 substituted \"or obligations, participations, or other instruments which are lawful investments\" for \"or obligations which are lawful investments\".\n1961-Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 87\u201370 added subsec. (f).\n1959-Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 86\u2013372, \u00a7305(a), substituted \"and obligations of the United States or guaranteed thereby, or obligations which are lawful investments for fiduciary, trust, or public funds\" for \"and bonds or other obligations of, or bonds or other obligations guaranteed as to principal and interest by, the United States\".\nSubsec. (e). Pub. L. 86\u2013372, \u00a7306(a), added subsec. (e).\n1956-Subsec. (c). Act Aug. 7, 1956, \u00a7209(a), struck out \"and subsection (e) of this section\" after \"set forth in this subsection\" in last sentence.\nSubsec. (e). Act Aug. 7, 1956, \u00a7209(b), repealed provisions which related to applicability of prior authorized total amount of investments, etc., to functions under this section and section 1720 of this title.\n1954-Act Aug. 2, 1954, amended section generally by substituting new provisions and subdividing section into subsecs. (a) to (e).\n1950-Act Apr. 20, 1950, substituted \"Commissioner\" for \"Administrator\" wherever appearing.\n1948-Act July 1, 1948, amended section generally to provide for liquidation of Association.\nPub. L. 105\u2013244, title IX, \u00a7972(b), Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1837 , which provided that the amendment made by section 972 was effective Oct. 1, 2004, was repealed by Pub. L. 107\u2013326, \u00a74, Dec. 4, 2002, 116 Stat. 2793 .\nAmendment by Pub. L. 104\u2013120 to be construed to have become effective Oct. 1, 1995, see section 13(a) of Pub. L. 104\u2013120, set out as an Effective and Termination Dates of 1996 Amendments note under section 1437d of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare.\nAmendment by Pub. L. 97\u201335 effective Oct. 1, 1981, see section 371 of Pub. L. 97\u201335, set out as an Effective Date note under section 3701 of this title.\nFor effective date of amendment by title VIII of Pub. L. 90\u2013448, see section 808 of Pub. L. 90\u2013448, set out as an Effective Date note under section 1716b of this title.\nConstruction of 2019 Amendment\nPub. L. 116\u201333, \u00a72(c), July 25, 2019, 133 Stat. 1039 , provided that: \"Nothing in this Act [see Short Title of 2019 Amendment note set out under section 1701 of this title] may be construed to restrict or otherwise modify the authorities of the Government National Mortgage Association.\"\nAuthorization To Enter Into Additional Commitments To Insure Loans and Guarantee Mortgage-Backed Securities During Specific Fiscal Years; Temporary Extension of Certain Programs Relating to Housing and Community Development\nFiscal year 1988- Pub. L. 100\u2013200, Dec. 21, 1987, 101 Stat. 1327 , provided: \"That each provision of law amended by Public Law 100\u2013179 [set out below] is amended by striking 'December 16, 1987' each place it appears and inserting 'March 15, 1988'.\"\nPub. L. 100\u2013179, Dec. 3, 1987, 101 Stat. 1018 , provided: \"That each provision of law amended by Public Law 100\u2013170 [set out below] is amended by striking 'December 2, 1987' each place it appears and inserting 'December 16, 1987'.\"\nPub. L. 100\u2013170, Nov. 17, 1987, 100 Stat. 914 , provided: \"That each provision of law amended by Public Law 100\u2013154 [set out below] is amended by striking 'November 15, 1987' and inserting 'December 2, 1987'.\"\nPub. L. 100\u2013154, Nov. 5, 1987, 101 Stat. 890 , provided: \"That each provision of law amended by Public Law 100\u2013122 [set out below], including those provisions amended by section 2 of such Public Law, is amended by striking out 'October 31, 1987' wherever it appears and inserting in lieu thereof 'November 15, 1987'.\"\nPub. L. 100\u2013122, \u00a71, Sept. 30, 1987, 101 Stat. 793 , provided that: \"Each provision of law amended by Public Law 99\u2013430 [set out below] is amended by striking out 'September 30, 1987' wherever it appears and inserting in lieu thereof 'October 31, 1987'.\"\nFiscal year 1987- Pub. L. 99\u2013430, Sept. 30, 1986, 100 Stat. 986 , provided: \"That each provision of law amended by Public Law 99\u2013345 [set out below] is amended by striking out 'September 30, 1986' wherever it appears and inserting in lieu thereof 'September 30, 1987'.\"\nFiscal year 1986- Pub. L. 99\u2013349, title I, July 2, 1986, 100 Stat. 728 , provided that: \"The applicable limitation on additional commitments to insure mortgages and loans to carry out the purposes of the National Housing Act [12 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.] during fiscal year 1986 is increased by an additional $57,580,000,000 of mortgage and loan principal.\" and\n\"The applicable limitation on new commitments to issue guarantees to carry out the purposes of section 306 of the National Housing Act [12 U.S.C. 1721] during fiscal year 1986 is increased by an additional $49,000,000,000 of principal.\"\nPub. L. 99\u2013345, June 24, 1986, 100 Stat. 673 , provided that:\n\"Section 1. Each provision of law amended by Public Law 99\u2013289 [set out below], is amended by striking out 'June 6, 1986' wherever it appears and inserting in lieu thereof 'September 30, 1986'.\n\"Sec. 2. The applicable limitation on additional commitments to insure mortgages and loans to carry out the purposes of the National Housing Act [12 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.] during fiscal year 1986 is increased by an additional $9,500,000,000 of mortgage and loan principal.\"\nPub. L. 99\u2013289, May 2, 1986, 100 Stat. 412 , provided that:\n\"SECTION 1. FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION FUND.\n\"(a) The applicable limitation on additional commitments to insure mortgages and loans to carry out the purposes of the National Housing Act [12 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.] during fiscal year 1986 is increased by an additional $17,000,000,000 of mortgage and loan principal.\n\"(b) Each provision of law amended by Public Law 99\u2013267 [amending sections 1703, 1715h, 1715l, 1715z, 1715z\u20139, 1715z\u201310, 1715z\u201314, 1748h\u20131, 1748h\u20132, 1749bb, 1749aaa, 1749bbb, and 2811 of this title and sections 1452b, 1485, 1490, 1490c, 4026, 4056, 4101, and 5302 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, and provisions set out as a note under section 1701q of this title] is amended by striking out 'April 30, 1986' wherever it appears and inserting in lieu thereof 'June 6, 1986'.\n\"SEC. 2. GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION GUARANTEES OF MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES.\n\"The applicable limitation on new commitments to issue guarantees to carry out the purposes of section 306 of the National Housing Act [12 U.S.C. 1721] during fiscal year 1986 is increased by an additional $60,684,750,000 of principal.\n\"SEC. 3. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION.\n\"(a) The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (hereinafter referred to as the 'Secretary') shall estimate the rates at which the authority to make commitments to insure mortgages and loans under the National Housing Act [12 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.], and the authority to make commitments to issue guarantees under section 306(g) of that Act [12 U.S.C. 1721(g)], are likely to be used for the remainder of any fiscal year. The Secretary shall make these estimates at such times as the Secretary deems appropriate, but not less frequently than monthly.\n\"(b) If an estimate under subsection (a) indicates that either limitation on authority to make commitments for a fiscal year referred to in subsection (a) will be reached before the end of that fiscal year, or in any event whenever 75 per centum of either authority to make commitments has been utilized, the Secretary shall promptly so notify the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs [now Committee on Financial Services] of the House of Representatives.\"\nSpecial Assistance Functions Fund; Transfer of Funds\nPub. L. 98\u2013371, title I, July 18, 1984, 98 Stat. 1218 , directed Secretary to transfer all assets acquired and liabilities incurred pursuant to section 1720 of this title to management and liquidating functions fund established pursuant to this section, and that on Oct. 1, 1984, each outstanding obligation issued by Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to section 1720(d) of this title, together with any promise to repay principal and unpaid interest which had accrued on each obligation, and any other term or condition specified by each such obligation, was canceled.\nEmergency Mortgage Purchase Assistance; Transfer of Funds\nFor transfer of all assets acquired and liabilities incurred pursuant to section 1723e of this title to management and liquidating functions fund established by this section, with provision for cancellation of obligations, see title I [part] of Pub. L. 98\u2013371, set out as a note under section 1723e of this title.\nAdministrative Expenses in Connection With the Sale of Certain Mortgages to the Federal National Mortgage Association\nPub. L. 86\u2013372, title III, \u00a7306(b), Sept. 23, 1959, 73 Stat. 670 , as amended by Pub. L. 90\u201319, \u00a716(b), May 25, 1967, 81 Stat. 25 ; Pub. L. 90\u2013448, title VIII, \u00a7807(a), Aug. 1, 1968, 82 Stat. 544 , provided that: \"In connection with the sale of any mortgages to the Government National Mortgage Association pursuant to section 306(e) of the Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act [subsection (e) of this section], the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development is authorized, and any other official, unit, or agency selling such mortgages thereunder is directed, to transfer to the Association from time to time, from authorizations, limitations, and funds available for administrative expenses of such official, unit, or agency in connection with the same mortgages, such amounts thereof as said Secretary determines to be required for administrative expenses of the Association in connection with the purchase, servicing, and sale of such mortgages: Provided, That no such transfer shall be made after a budget estimate of the Association with respect to the same mortgages has been submitted to and finally acted upon by the Congress.\"\n2 So in original. 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{"text":"View All Schools in Atlanta \u00bb\nEugene W. Stetson School of Business & Economics \u2013 Mercer University\nGoizueta Business School \u2013 Emory University\nJ. Mack Robinson College of Business \u2013 Georgia State University\nMichael J. Coles College of Business \u2013 Kennesaw State University\nMiddle Tennessee State University \u2013 Jennings A. Jones College of Business\nOwen Graduate School of Management \u2013 Vanderbilt University\nScheller College of Business \u2013 Georgia Institute of Technology\nTerry College of Business \u2013 University of Georgia\nAtlanta Full-Time MBA Rankings\nAtlanta 1-Year MBA Programs\nAtlanta MBA Programs that Don't Require the GMAT or GRE\nAtlanta MBA Programs that Don't Require Work Experience\nColes College Introduces New Hall Of Fame Members\nLast Updated Oct 4, 2017 by Matthew Korman[ssba]\nHarry Maziar and Doug Shore, two of most generous supporters of the Michael J. Coles College of Business and Kennesaw State University, have been formally recognized for their philanthropy and success by the business school, announcing each as new entrants to its Hall Of Fame.\n\"Harry Maziar and Doug Shore both are great friends of Kennesaw State University and of the Coles College of Business,\" Dean Kathy Schwaig said in a recent press release. \"Doug and Harry serve the Coles College out of a sincere desire to be examples for and mentors to our students.\"\nShore is the Co-Founder, former Chairman, and former CEO of Shore-Varrone, Inc., an Atlanta B2B institution. Debuting in 1982, Shore-Varrone, Inc. started with just one publication and trade show to its name, eventually sprouting into 11 magazine titles and seven trade shows before Shore sold the company in the late '90s.\nDoug Shore appearing at the Coles Hall of Fame ceremony\/Photo via David Caselli\nShore's entry in the Hall Of Fame comes only a year after he and his wife Robin donated a gift to the business school, forming the Robin and Doug Shore Entrepreneurship Center. He and his family have also previously supporting scholarships and other programs at the business school.\n\"Doug promotes the mission of the College in all that he does,\" Dean Schwaig added. \"He provides guidance to me as well as to so many others on campus. Doug believes in entrepreneurship and capitalism, and wants to help our students prepare for successful careers and lives.\"\nHarry Maziar\/David Caselli\nFor nearly three decades, Maziar was the active President of Zep Manufacturing Company, an Atlanta-based specialty chemical manufacturing institution founded in the late 1930s. After helping fuel multiple decades of growth and a rapid expansion of the employee force at the company, Maizar officially retired as the acting Chairman of the National Service Industries, the parent-company of Zep Manufacturing.\nMazair was the school's first official Executive in Residence. He is also very familiar with the Atlanta philanthropy scene, previously working with the Junior Achievement of Atlanta, the Atlanta Humane Society, and United Way of Metro Atlanta. He and Shore are officially the 9th and 10th members of the Coles College Hall of Fame, which was introduced in 2015.\nFor more on the induction, head over to the official Kennesaw State University website.\nregions: Atlanta\nMatthew Korman\nMatthew Korman is a writer on MetroMBA. Since graduating from Rowan University with a degree in journalism and political science, Matthew has worked as a music industry writer and promoter, a data analyst, and with numerous academic institutions. His works have appeared in publications such as NPR and Sports Illustrated.\nView more posts by Matthew Korman\nReturn to Atlanta region \u00bb\nWebMBA","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
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{"text":"Wealthy Dyer\nF, #74404, b. 20 March 1724\/25\nFather Charles Dyer b. 22 Mar 1696\/97, d. Apr 1768\nMother Elizabeth (Sheriff) Shreve b. 20 May 1698, d. Jul 1778\nBirth* Wealthy Dyer was born on 20 March 1724\/25 in Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island .1\ufffd\nShe was the daughter of Charles Dyer and Elizabeth (Sheriff) Shreve.\ufffd\n[S1377] James Newell Arnold, Vital Records of Rhode Island 1636-1850, Births, Marriages & Deaths Vol.4, Newport County (Providence, RI.: Narraganset Hist. Publishing Co., 1893), 114. Hereinafter cited as Vital Records of Rhode Island, Vol. 4.\nWilliam Dyer1,2\nM, #8607, b. 19 September 1609, d. 18 April 1672\nRelationship 9th great-grandfather of David Arthur Walker\nOccupation* William Dyer was William was Commander in Chief of the British Royal Navy, against the Dutch.\ufffd\nReligion* Religion: William Dyer was William was united with the Boston Church, and became a freeman on 3 March 1636. He was disowned by the Church in 1638 as a follower of Hutchinson and Wheelwright (Quakers), and driven to Rhode Island. Here he was held in high esteem and made Secretary of the Colony.\ufffd\nNote* Baptized Sep.19,1609. Feb.20,1686\/7, his son, William(2) mentions his deceased father in hiswill. NEHGR, Vol 151, pages 408-416 'Walter Blackborne, London Milliner' byJohan Winsser; says (in part): About Midsummer's Day (June 24) 1624Blackborne contracted fouteen year old William Dyer as an apprentice.Dyer, the son of an affluent Lincolnshire yeoman, was the future husbandof Mary (Barrett) Dyer, the Quaker martyr. How the Dyer family came toselect Blackborne is not certain, but it may have been through theHutchinsons of Alford, Lincolnshire, or through the Carres of Sleaford,Lincolnshire, both families with known long standing associations withthe Dyers and with close relatives in London. It may also be that theDyers of Lincolnshire knew of Blackborne through one or more of the manyDyer families living in London, to whom they may have been related. Inany case, William Dyer must have labored on a trial basis for the firstyear, because it was not until 20 August 1625 that his nine yearindenture was enrolled with the Fishmongers, and it was made retroactiveto the previous summer. In assuming responsibility for an apprentice,Blackborne obligated himself to serve as a surrogate father, teachingyoung Dyer his trade, providing him with bed, food, clothing, andbehavioral supervision, and maintaining him in the religious life of theparish. In return, Dyer agreed to serve his master faithfully for the setterm of years, to forgo marriage during his apprenticeship, to keep hismaster's secrets, and to adhere to strict behavorial standards both inhis master's house and abroad in the town. On 10 February 1632, William Dyer signed a lease to rent 'The Globe' inthe New Exchange, formerly occupied by Blackborne, for a term of two anda quarter years. About a year later 1632\/33 William Dyer also assumed the lease forBlackborne's tenement on Mr. Greene's Lane. By the autumn of 1635 William Dyer had set sail for Boston and soon wasprospering in his new home. He was one of fourteen owners of a wharf inBoston. ===================================================== The Weaver Genealogy, Page 56,57 'William Coddington, who had been a crown magistrate at Salem, was chosenGovernor of the Rhode Island colony. Thus, two flourishing settlementswere planted, each having its own government. Absolute liberty ofconscience prevailed, and the persecuted flocked thither from the othercolonies. These people were so-called non-conformists and were Quakers,and they formed a plantation which, with Providence and Newport, obtainedfrom England in March 1644, a charter under the title of 'TheIncorporation of Providence Plantations in the Narragansett Bay in NewEngland.'' Coddington and his party drew up and signed the followingagreement: THE COMPACT 'We, whose names are underwritten, do swearsolemnly, in the presence of Jehovah, to incorporate ourselves into abody politic, and as He shall help us, will submit our persons, lives andestates, unto our Lord Jesus Christ, the King of Kings and Lord of Hostsand to His Holy Word of Truth, to be guided and judged thereby. Exod.XXIV. 3; 2 Kings XI, 17.' William Coddington John Clark William Dyer William Freeborn John Walker Samuel Wilbur Richard Garder William Baulston Edward Hutchinson William Hutchinson Henry Bull John Coggeshall ============================================================ Rhode Island Land Evidences 1648 -1696 Baltimore Publishing Co. 1970 (27) Wm. Dyre to Henry Dyre .........William Dyre of Newport.......Gent......granted to my sonn HenryDyre into that part of my farme lyinge at the northerly and thereof: towitt, from the Stone Ditch. as alsoe from the tree where my sonn MahersTobacco house stood, from the Cave to and by that tree upon an Equidistante line from the said Stone Ditch downe unto and through the swampunto mr. Coddingtons line by the brooke. (the fence is equallydevided)...percell of Land...so...bounded with a free Egress ingress andregress to and through the land of my sonn Samuels...but in case my sonn Henry should have Isueonly Femailes then my sonn Samuell ...after the death of the said Henryshall Give one hundred and fifty pounds starllinge the eldest to have adouble portion the rest an equall dividend of the Residue, but if onlyone...all to her &c besides the Valluation ofthe......houssinge...thereon built...the Land to return to...Samuell...7th day of July 1670[. William Dyre Wit The X marke off. Robert Spinke John Furnell =========================================================== [e-mail from Aurie Morrison] The 20th Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Vol. 3,p.366 Captain William and Mary Dyre, who came from England to Boston, Mass.,and joined the First church there in December, 1635. Captain Dyre wasdisfranchised for 'seditious writing' Nov. 15, 1637, removed to RhodeIsland, and was one of the signers of the compact of government for thatprovince, March 7, 1638. He was secretary the same year, generalrecorder, 1648; attorney-general, 1650-53; member of the general court,1661-62, 1664-66; general solicitor, 1665-66, and 1668, and secretary tothe council, 1669. He was commissioned commander-in-chief upon the sea in1653, and headed an expedition fitted out in Rhode Island against theDutch. His wife, Mary Dyre, was the only woman to suffer capitalpunishment in all the oppression of the Friends the world over. Sheaccompanied her husband on his mission to England with Roger Williams andDr. John Clarke to obtain the revocation of Governor Coddington's powerin Rhode Island and while there became a convert to Quakerism and apreacher in the society. On arriving in Boston in 1657 she was imprisonedand on the petition of her husband was permitted to go with him to RhodeIsland, but never to return to Massachusetts. She returned, however, andwith William Robinson and Marmaduke Stevenson was tried and convicted for'their rebellion, sedition and presumptuous obtruding upon usnotwithstanding their being sentenced to banishment on payne of death, asunderminers of the government.' Robinson and Stevenson were executed, butthrough the petition of her son, Mayor William Dyre, she was reprieved onthe same conditions as before, but in May, 1660, again appeared on thepublic streets of Boston, and was brought before the court, May 31, andcondemned to death. She was executed June 1, 1660.\ufffd\nNote Source: New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 94,July 1940, Page 300 The Marriage Record of Mary Dyre The Quaker Martyr - The Parish Registersof St. Martin in the Fields, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, contain thefollowing marriage record: October 27, 1633 Gulielmus Dyer and Maria Barret There seems no doubt that this is the record of the marriage of WilliamDyre (as he consistantly spelled his name) and wife Mary, the Quakermartyr. The date of their marriage was known to be between mid-summer 1633, whenWilliam Dyre's nine-year apprenticeship in London ended, and December1635, when his son Samuel was baptized in Boston in New England. It was through the professional services of Mr. Richard Holworthy ofLondon that the record of William Dyre's apprenticeship was found.Through his efforts, also, the baptismal record of William Dyre wasdiscovered. Therefore, when Mr. Holworthy wrote: 'There seems to me to beno doubt as to the wife of William Dyre and I want to congratulate you onhaving this information,' there need be no hesitation in offering themarriage record for publication. Mary Dyre's maiden name of BARRETT explains why her son Samuel named ason of his, BARRETT Dyer. The Registers of St. Martin-in-the- Fields record the baptism, October24, 1634 of 'William Diar, son of William and Marie,' These records showthat William and Mary Dyre emigrated to America not earlier than verylate in 1634. The details of the baptismal and apprenticeship records of William Dyreand other facts of his life and that of his wife may be found in anarticle written by Mr. William Allan Dyer and published in the RhodeIsland Historical Society's Collections for January 1937. His effortsquite as much as those of the writer made possible the discovery of themarriage record, and it was Mr. Dyer who conducted the correspondencewith Mr. Holworthy. Acknowledgement is also due the Harleian Society ofLondon, as it was from their publication for 1936 that the Parish Recordsof St. Martin-in-the-Fields were obtained. Brookline, Mass. Theresa E. Dyer ================================================================================== Source: New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 104,January 1950, Page 42 THE TRUE STORY OF MARY DYER By G. Andrews Moriarty, A.M., LLB., F.A.S.G., F.S.A. Finally, we are able to prove who Mary Dyer was, thanks to Miss TheresaE. Dyer, of Brookline, Mass., who published in The Register for July 1940(vol. 94, p.300) the marriage record of William and Mary from the parishregister of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London (cf. also Harl. Soc., 1936). On 27 Oct. 1633 William Dyer married Mary BARRET. In this connection itshould be noted that Samuel Dyer, son of William and Mary, named hissixth son BARRETT, obviously for his mother's family (cf. Austin's Gen.Dic. of Rhode Island, p.291.)\ufffd\nChristening He was christened on 19 September 1609 in Kirkby, Lincolnshire, England .\ufffd\nBirth* He was born on 19 September 1609 in London, Middlesex, England .\ufffd\nMarriage* He married Mary Barrett on 27 October 1633 in St. Martin in the Fields, London, England ; The parish Register of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London, England, contains the following marriage record, \"1633 October 27, Gulielmus Dyer & Maria Barret. L\".3,4\ufffd\nEmigration* William Dyer emigrated on 18 September 1634 from on the Griffin, with the Hutchinsons., London, England .\ufffd\nMarriage He married Catharine (Nee?) Dyer after 1 June 1660 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts .3\ufffd\nDeath* William Dyer died on 18 April 1672, at age 62, in Newport, Rhode Island .\ufffd\nChildren of William Dyer and Mary Barrett\nWilliam Dyer b. 24 Oct 1634\nSamuel Dyer+ b. 20 Dec 1635, d. 4 Apr 1691\nMary Dyer+ b. c 1639, d. a 26 Jan 1678\/79\nWilliam Dyer , Major+ b. c 1642, d. b 5 Jun 1688\nMahershallalhashbaz Dyer b. c 1643, d. b 1670\nHenry Levi Dyer+ b. c 1647, d. Feb 1689\/90\nCharles Dyer+ b. c 1650, d. 15 May 1709\nChild of William Dyer and Catharine (Nee?) Dyer\nElizabeth Dyer+ b. c 1662\n[S2164] The Hull Family in America, Charles H. Weygant, compiler, (Bartlesville, Oklahoma: The Hull Family Association, 1913). Hereinafter cited as The Hull Family in America.\n[S1348] William Allan Dyer, By the Name of Dyer, A Genealogical Record, 1940). Hereinafter cited as By the Name of Dyer.\n[S1815] Clarence Almon Torrey & Elizabeth Petty Bentley, New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1985). Hereinafter cited as New England Marriages Prior to 1700.\n[S2279] The Registers of St. Martin in the Fields, London, , Compendium Set 2: Page 149, (CD 2005). Hereinafter cited as The Registers of St. Martin in the Fields, London.\nWilliam Dyer1\nFather William Dyer b. 19 Sep 1609, d. 18 Apr 1672\nMother Mary Barrett b. c 1610, d. 1 Jun 1660\nBaptism* William Dyer was baptized on 24 October 1634 in St. Martin in the Fields, London, England ; Register entry is \"William Diar s. of William and Marie\".2\ufffd\nHe was the son of William Dyer and Mary Barrett.\ufffd\nBurial* William Dyer was buried on 27 October 1634 in St. Martin in the Fields, London, England ; The burial entry in the Register of St. Martin in the Fields is \"1634 Oct. 27 William Diar so. of William and Mary\", page 290.3\ufffd\nM, #74051, b. 7 March 1662\/63, d. 22 July 1738\nFather Samuel Dyer b. 20 Dec 1635, d. 4 Apr 1691\nMother Anne Hutchinson b. 18 Nov 1643, d. 10 Jan 1716\/17\nNote* 'Gen Dict RI', p281 CONFLICT-BIRTH-DEATH-PARENTS: Berry, Marcelia Dyer Rennard 'The Dyers from England to Cape Elizabeth 1557-1987 - Descendants of Henry, 3rd son of Dr. William Dyer', Manuscript, p9; NOTE: Marcelia says this Wm. is same as Dr. William Dyer who married Mary Taylor.\ufffd\nBirth* William Dyer was born on 7 March 1662\/63 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts .3,4\ufffd\nHe was the son of Samuel Dyer and Anne Hutchinson.\ufffd\nDeath* William Dyer died on 22 July 1738, at age 75.\ufffd\n[S1349] John Osborne Austin, Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island (Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.: Gen. Publishing Co. Inc., reprinted 1978, 1887), 291. Hereinafter cited as Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island.\n[S1363] Liela Morse Wilson, 10 Generations from William & Mary Dyer of Newport, R.I. (Putnam, CT: Privately published, 1949). Hereinafter cited as 10 Generations from William & Mary Dyer of Newport, R.I.\n[S1357] William H. Whitmore, A Report of the Record Commissioners of Boston, Massachusetts, 1630-1699 (Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Rockwell and Churchill, 1883), 88. Hereinafter cited as A Report of the Record Commissioners of Boston.\nM, #74078, b. before 1688, d. 2 April 1752\nFather Henry Levi Dyer b. c 1647, d. Feb 1689\/90\nMother Elizabeth Sanford b. 11 Jul 1655, d. 27 Aug 1718\nNote* The will of William Dyer of Providence RI 22 Jul 1751, proved 14 May1752, says he died 2 Apr last (p 298); mentions wife Abigail Dyer;= inlaw William Tillinghast; my sister's son, Henry Coggeshall. Wittn byStephen Hopkins, Benjamin Cozzins, Job Hawkings.\ufffd\nBirth* William Dyer was born before 1688.\ufffd\nHe was the son of Henry Levi Dyer and Elizabeth Sanford.\ufffd\nMarriage* William Dyer married Abigail Thurston, daughter of Edward Thurston and Susannah Jefferay, circa 1710.\ufffd\nDeath* William Dyer died on 2 April 1752, in Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island .2,3\ufffd\nChildren of William Dyer and Abigail Thurston\nSusan Dyer d. b 26 Sep 1754\nWilliam Dyer b. c Aug 1712, d. 29 Sep 1713\nAbigail Dyer b. 1714, d. 31 Jul 1735\nPriscilla L. Dyer b. c 1718, d. 11 May 1746\nJohn Dyer b. 1719, d. 16 Jul 1737\nEdward Dyer b. 1721, d. 25 Apr 1721\n[S1381] James Newell Arnold, Vital Records of Rhode Island 1636-1850, Births, Marriages & Deaths, Vol.2, Providence County (Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.A.: Narragansett Hist. Pub. Co., 1892). Hereinafter cited as Vital Records of Rhode Island 1636-1850.\n[S1382] Nellie M. C. Beaman, Rhode Island Genealogical Register, Abstracts of Providence, R.I. Wills, Vol.4 (Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, Oct. 1981), 157. Hereinafter cited as Abstracts of Providence, R.I. Wills, Vol.4.\nFather Samuel Dyer b. c 1665, d. 15 Jul 1724\nMother Mary Cotta b. 1 Mar 1667\/68, d. 2 Apr 1729\nWilliam Dyer was the son of Samuel Dyer and Mary Cotta.\ufffd\nBaptism William Dyer was baptized on 6 December 1696 in Second Church, Boston, Massachusetts .\ufffd\nWilliam Dyer\nFather Capt. Edward Dyer Jr. b. 6 Jan 1700\/1, d. 13 Mar 1788\nMother Freelove b. c 1701\nNote* He may have had 3 children; Barrett, Waity & Lucy. PARENTS-SPOUSE-DEATH: FOR KING AND COUNTRY; ;Orange Co. CA Gen Soc, VOLII; pp 81-83; San Diego FHC; NOTE: 'Admin of his estate was allowed 9 Oct1749.'\ufffd\nBirth* William Dyer was born circa 1723.\ufffd\nHe was the son of Capt. Edward Dyer Jr. and Freelove.\ufffd\nMarriage* William Dyer married Deborah Waite, daughter of Samuel Waite and Sarah (Nee?) Waite, circa 1745 in North Kingston, Washington County, Rhode Island .1\ufffd\nDeath* William Dyer died circa 1749, in North Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island .\ufffd\nChildren of William Dyer and Deborah Waite\nWaity Dyer+ b. c 1745, d. 1803\nBarrett Dyer , Capt.+ b. 1745\n[S1519] Sylvester Aylsworth, A Register of the Aylsworth Family beginning with Arthur (Utica, New York, U.S.A.: published by the author, 1840). Hereinafter cited as A Register of the Aylsworth Family.\nM, #74169, b. 2 May 1751\nFather Edward Dyer , Capt. b. 1725, d. 12 Sep 1795\nMother Elizabeth Ann Fish b. 30 Jun 1725, d. 10 Jun 1788\nNote* Had 2 wives.\ufffd\nBirth* William Dyer was born on 2 May 1751 in North Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island .2,3\ufffd\nHe was the son of Edward Dyer , Capt. and Elizabeth Ann Fish.\ufffd\nMarriage* William Dyer married Sarah Baker on 23 September 1770 in North Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island .1,4,5\ufffd\nFamily: William Dyer and Sarah Baker\n[S1366] Editor Maureen McClintock Rischard, For King and Country, Vol II (Orange County, California, U.S.A.: Orange County, California, Genealogical Society, 1976), 81-83. Hereinafter cited as For King and Country.\n[S1392] Inc. 2000 Ancestry, \"Vital Records of Rhode Island, 1636-1930 (database online)\" (Orem, Utah). . Hereinafter cited as \"Vital Records of Rhode Island, 1636-1930.\"\n[S1411] James N. Arnold, Vital Records of Rhode Island 1636-1850, Births, Marriages & Deaths Vol.5, Washington & Bristol Counties (Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.A.: Narragansett Hist. Pub. Co., 1894), 19. Hereinafter cited as Vital Records of Rhode Island 1636-1850.\n[S1756] Family History Resource File LDS, \"Vital Records Index - North America, 1631-1888\" (Salt Lake City, Utah). . Hereinafter cited as \"Vital Records Index - North America 1631-1888.\"\nM, #74183, b. 2 July 1818, d. 7 November 1866\nFather Benjamin Dyer , Capt. b. 16 Feb 1779, d. 21 Jan 1855\nMother Mary Clark b. 30 Apr 1778, d. 20 May 1831\nNote* Went west to live with his uncle William.\ufffd\nBirth* William Dyer was born on 2 July 1818 in Shaftsbury, Bennington County, Vermont .\ufffd\nHe was the son of Benjamin Dyer , Capt. and Mary Clark.\ufffd\nMarriage* William Dyer married Diana Downer on 10 September 1839 in Onondaga County, New York .2\ufffd\nMarriage* William Dyer married Harriet Bigelon Maxson on 8 March 1866.\ufffd\nDeath* William Dyer died on 7 November 1866, at age 48.\ufffd\nChildren of William Dyer and Diana Downer\nJohn Dyer b. 7 Aug 1840, d. 15 Jul 1908\nMary Dyer b. 25 Apr 1846, d. 2 Jun 1846\nMary Jane Dyer b. 26 Sep 1847, d. 2 Feb 1920\nSusan Alma Dyer b. 5 Jun 1850, d. 9 Jul 1934\nEmma Eunice Dyer b. 4 Sep 1856, d. 4 Dec 1934\nFamily: William Dyer and Harriet Bigelon Maxson\n[S1366] Editor Maureen McClintock Rischard, For King and Country, Vol II (Orange County, California, U.S.A.: Orange County, California, Genealogical Society, 1976). Hereinafter cited as For King and Country.\n[S1818] William M. Beauchamp, Early Marriages from Newspapers (Westminster, Maryland: Heritage Books, 2009), 25. Hereinafter cited as Early Marriages from Newspapers.\nWilliam Dyer1,2,3\nM, #74196, b. 1705, d. 19 March 1788\nFather Edward Dyer b. c 1670, d. 1760\nMother Mary Sayles Greene b. 3 Jan 1676\/77, d. 1761\nNote* In the Dyer Lot in Newport, R.I. is also buried Mary Dyer wife of Williamwho died Dec 22 1741 in her 37th year, i.e. born about 1705. Also buriedthere Desire Dyer who, according to her gravestone died Sept. 5, 1767 inher 39th year, i.e. born about 1729. They lived on a farm at Tower Hill, So Kingston RI. William had wife Mercy & sons William & Samuel of Newport ment his willdtd 24 Jan 1781 pvd SK 7 Apr 1788. SK 6A:203. S.K.PROBATE................WILLIAM DYER Bk.6 Pg.203 date 24 Jan. 1781 Ex...son William App. 7 April 1788 Mentions: Wife Marcy Son: William, Samuel (of Newport) this large estateleft him by my uncle. Gr. Sons: John Paine Dyer & William Dyer....The twooldest Gr.Children. A note added, states that, he was probably the son ofSamuel (of Edward & Mary (Greene) )Dyer B.1727 Mar.- 13 Mar. 1745\/6 MercyPaine at her fathers house at Cananicut. She was the dau. of _____Paineand Mercy Carr, a Granddaughter of Gov. Caleb Carr. William Dyer lived on Tower Hill, his farm adjoined the Bull farm. The tradition in the family is that William Dyer, Jr. being encumbered bydebt put his farm in the hands of his friend Bull, who refused to restoreit and then the farms were united and are now known as the Bull & DyerFarm. died age 84 (GS.)\ufffd\nBirth* William Dyer was born in 1705.4\ufffd\nMarriage* He married Mercy Dyer.\ufffd\nWilliam Dyer was the son of Edward Dyer and Mary Sayles Greene.\ufffd\nMarriage* William Dyer married Mercy Paine, daughter of John Paine and Mercy Carr, on 13 March 1745\/46 in Canonicut Island, Rhode Island ; they were married by Rev. Dr. McSparren.1\ufffd\nDeath* William Dyer died on 19 March 1788, in South Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island .1,4\ufffd\nBurial* He was buried in Dyer Lot, Tower Hill Rd., South Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island ; In the Dyer Lot in Newport, Rhode Island, is also buried Mary Dyer wife of William, who died Dec 22 1741 in her 37th year, i.e. born about 1705. Also buried there Desire Dyer who, according to her gravestone, died Sept. 5, 1767 in her 39th year, i.e. born about 1729. They lived on a farm at Tower Hill, South Kingstown Rhode Island. William had wife Mercy & sons William & Samuel of Newport. His will dated 24 Jan 1781 proved 7 Apr 1788. PROBATE................WILLIAM DYER Bk.6 Pg.203 date 24 Jan. 1781 Ex...son William App. 7 April 1788 Mentions: Wife Marcy Son: William, Samuel (of Newport) this large estate left him by my uncle. Gr. Sons: John Paine Dyer & William Dyer....The two oldest Gr.Children. A note added, states that, he was probably the son of Samuel (of Edward & Mary (Greene) Dyer B.1727 Mar.- 13 Mar. 1745\/6 Mercy Paine at her father's house at Conanicut. She was the dau. of _____Paine and Mercy Carr, a Granddaughter of Gov. Caleb Carr. William Dyer lived on Tower Hill, his farm adjoined the Bull farm. The tradition in the family is that William Dyer, Jr. being encumbered by debt, put his farm in the hands of his friend Bull, who refused to restore it, and then the farms were united and are now known as the Bull & Dyer Farm.4\ufffd\nChild of William Dyer and Mercy Dyer\nDesire Dyer b. c 1729, d. 5 Sep 1767\nChildren of William Dyer and Mercy Paine\nSamuel Dyer b. a 1746\nWilliam H Dyer+ b. 11 Oct 1749, d. c 1800\n[S1389] Ph.D Alden Gamaliel Beaman, Rhode Island Vital Records, New Series, Volume 4, Washington County Births (Princeton, Mass.: self published, 1978), 113. Hereinafter cited as Rhode Island Vital Records, New Series, Vol. 4.\n[S1355] Rhode Island Historical Society, Rhode Island Historical Cemeteries, Transcription Project Index (on-line, http:\/\/www.rootsweb.ancestry.com\/~rigenweb\/cemetery\/: Rootsweb, on-going project). Hereinafter cited as Rhode Island Historical Cemeteries.\nM, #74234, b. circa 1665, d. October 1716\nFather William Dyer , Major b. c 1642, d. b 5 Jun 1688\nMother Mary Walker\nNote* [His father's will, Sep.4,1690] To eldest son William, now of Boston, 2000 acres in the Broad Kill,Sussex County, Pennsylvania, 10 cows, and 10 young cattle. Resided in Boston, Mass, New York, NY, Lewes, DE, Appoquidimink, Hundred,DE. [WAD] notes that the children listed, Nathaniel and William werebaptized in Old North Church in Boston, Mass and is not positive of thislisting. NEW CASTLE COUNTY DELAWARE LAND RECORDS 1715-1728 by Carol Bryant: p.16 Sheriff's Deed. On 07 Oct 1717 Anthony HOUSTOWN, Sheriff of the County ofNew Castle to Baldwin JOHNSON of the County of New Castle, gentleman.Whereas Sarah QUARRY, executor of the will of Robert QUARRY, Esq, dec'd,at the Court of Common Pleas recovered against Baldwin JOHNSON & Jane hiswife, administrators of the goods & chattels of William DYRE, late of NewCastle, gentleman, dec'd, lately called Guilielium DYRE de Comitat AloriCastor Genetosum, a debt of 140 pounds & L4.3.4 damages to be levied onthe goods & lands of William DYRE, who died intestate, now in thepossession of Baldwin JOHNSON & Jane his wife. Whereas Anthony HOUSTOWNseized a tract of land containing 400 acres & a negro woman called Elisabeth. Anthony HOUSTOWNfor 66 pounds granted to Baldwin JOHNSON a tract of land containing 400acres being in the forest upon Mark Bird Creek & the negro woman calledElisabeth. Signed: Anthony HOUSTOWN, Sheriff. Delivered in the presenceof John FRENCH, Richard HALLEWELL & Nicholas MEERS. Recorded 30 Jun1720. (E1:339) [Judy Ardine 12\/11\/99].\ufffd\nBirth* William Dyer was born circa 1665 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts .\ufffd\nHe was the son of William Dyer , Major and Mary Walker.\ufffd\nDeath* William Dyer died in October 1716, in New Castle, New Castle County, Delaware .\ufffd\nChildren of William Dyer and Jane Eyre\nNathaniel Dyer b. 24 Jul 1715\nWilliam Dyer b. 2 Jun 1717\n[S1353] Lora Altine Woodbury Underhill, Descendants of Edward Small of New England (Revised Edition) (Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1934), 1254. Hereinafter cited as Descendants of Edward Small of New England.\nM, #74304, b. after 1767\nFather William H Dyer b. 11 Oct 1749, d. c 1800\nMother Sarah Kenyon\nBirth* William Dyer was born after 1767.\ufffd\nHe was the son of William H Dyer and Sarah Kenyon.\ufffd\n[S1371] Bertha Williams Anthony, Roger Williams of Providence, Rhode Island (: Mrs. C. W. Bertha Williams Anthony, 1949), 4. Hereinafter cited as Roger Williams of Providence, R.I.\nM, #74390, b. circa 1671, d. 21 April 1719\nFather Charles Dyer b. c 1650, d. 15 May 1709\nMother Mary Lippet b. 1650, d. c 1690\nLast Edited 1 Nov 2006\nBirth* William Dyer was born circa 1671 in Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island .2\ufffd\nHe was the son of Charles Dyer and Mary Lippet.\ufffd\nMarriage* William Dyer married Hannah Briggs, daughter of Thomas Briggs and Mary Fisher, before 1705.\ufffd\nDeath* William Dyer died on 21 April 1719, in Newport, Rhode Island ; Dyer, William, house carpenter, executed at Newport, Rhode Island, for murdering his wife, Apr.21,1719. [Boston News Letter] [Index of Obituaries 1704-1800]. He was indicted for the murder of his wife Hannah, and executed on that charge. 16 June 1719 - Whereas Samuel Dyer of Newport, yeoman, has petitioned Assembly to release the forfeiture of the estate of his brother William Dyre (who was lately executed in the town of Newport, which was forfeited to this colony) for the subsistence of his children; ordered that after charges of imprisonment, trial and execution of William Dyre are satisfied, real and personal shall be discharged. William Dyer's children were raised by his brother Samuel and his wife Desire Slocum. [Taken from the Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island.] [WFT Vol.3, #5891] [WFT Vol. 5, #1242]3\ufffd\nChildren of William Dyer and Hannah Briggs\nWilliam Dyer , Capt. b. 15 May 1705, d. Sep 1797\nCharles Dyer+ b. 2 Mar 1706\/7\nMary Dyer b. 5 Nov 1709\nSamuel Dyer+ b. 4 May 1712\n[S1380] Benjamin Franklin Wilroth, Little Compton Familes (Little Compton, Rhode Island, U.S.A.: Little Compton Historical Society, 1967). Hereinafter cited as Little Compton Familes.\n[S2484] Index of Obituaries 1704-1800, Boston News-Letter Index of Obituaries 1704-1800, Boston, Massachusetts. Hereinafter cited as Boston News-Letter Index of Obituaries 1704-1800.\nM, #74444, b. circa 1720, d. 10 March 1776\nFather Charles Dyer b. c 1685, d. 7 Jan 1726\/27\nMother Mary Lapham b. 5 Oct 1686, d. a 1735\nMarriage* He married Mercy Randall, daughter of William Randall Jr. and Mercy Williams, in Cranston, Rhode Island .3\ufffd\nWilliam Dyer was the son of Charles Dyer and Mary Lapham.\ufffd\nWill* William Dyer left a will on 22 February 1776; Dyer, William of CR, Yeoman. Will dated 22 Feb 1776, Recorded 27 May1776, Pgs. 67-68. Mentions: Wife Marcy. Sons Thomas and Eseck under 21. 2 daughters Robey &Marcy, no surnames. Edward Fenner Esq. of Johnston exor. Witn: John Dyer,John Dyer Jr., Joseph Borden Jr. [RI Gen. Register, Vol.4, Jan. 1982]4\ufffd\nDeath* He died on 10 March 1776.5\ufffd\nBurial* He was buried in Deacon John Dyer Lot, Cranston, Rhode Island ; he was removed to Pocasset.6\ufffd\nChildren of William Dyer and Mercy Randall\nRoby Dyer\nElizabeth Dyer b. 1738, d. 1746\nEphraim Dyer b. 1744, d. 1745\nThomas Dyer+ b. c 1745, d. 19 Sep 1814\nMary Dyer b. 1750, d. 1840\nEsek Dyer b. c 1758, d. 23 Sep 1842\n[S1478] Nellie M. C. Beaman, Rhode Island Genealogical Register, Abstracts of Cranston, RI Wills (Cranston, Rhode Island, U.S.A.: Cranston Council & Probate Records, Vol. 1, 1754-1772... Vol.2, 1773-1788, unknown publish date), 270. Hereinafter cited as Rhode Island Genealogical Register, Cranston Wills.\n[S1509] Frank Albert Randall, Randall and Allied Familiies (Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.: Raveret-Weber Printing Co., 1943), 60. Hereinafter cited as Randall and Allied Familiies.\n[S2497] Rhode Island Genealogical Register Vol. 4, unknown compiler, compiler, (Newport: Newport Rhode Island Town Council & Probate, Vol. 2, 1707-1712, January 1982). Hereinafter cited as Rhode Island Genealogical Register Vol. 4.\n[S1371] Bertha Williams Anthony, Roger Williams of Providence, Rhode Island (: Mrs. C. W. Bertha Williams Anthony, 1949), 161. Hereinafter cited as Roger Williams of Providence, R.I.\n[S1355] Rhode Island Historical Society, Rhode Island Historical Cemeteries, Transcription Project Index (on-line, http:\/\/www.rootsweb.ancestry.com\/~rigenweb\/cemetery\/: Rootsweb, on-going project), CR087. Hereinafter cited as Rhode Island Historical Cemeteries.\nM, #74753, b. 2 June 1717\nFather William Dyer b. c 1665, d. Oct 1716\nMother Jane Eyre\nNote* Admission & Baptisms of 2nd Church of Boston MA. taken from The Essex Genealogist Nov 1992: Among other Dyers -- Nathaniel of Jane Baptized 24 Jul 1715 and William of ?? baptized 2 Jun 1717.\ufffd\nBirth* William Dyer was born on 2 June 1717.\ufffd\nHe was the son of William Dyer and Jane Eyre.\ufffd\n[S1353] Lora Altine Woodbury Underhill, Descendants of Edward Small of New England (Revised Edition) (Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1934). Hereinafter cited as Descendants of Edward Small of New England.\nM, #74768, b. circa August 1712, d. 29 September 1713\nFather William Dyer b. b 1688, d. 2 Apr 1752\nMother Abigail Thurston b. 3 Apr 1686, d. 16 Oct 1761\nLast Edited 19 Jun 2004\nNote* Died age 14 months.\ufffd\nBirth* William Dyer was born circa August 1712.2\ufffd\nHe was the son of William Dyer and Abigail Thurston.\ufffd\nDeath* William Dyer died on 29 September 1713, in Newport, Rhode Island ; died aged 14 months.3,1,2\ufffd\nBurial* He was buried in Common Burial Ground, Farewell St ->20 ft. E., Newport, Rhode Island .2\ufffd\n[S1364] Compiled by Alden Gamaliel Beaman, Rhode Island Vital Records, New Series, Volume II, Births 1590-1930 (: self published, 1980). Hereinafter cited as Rhode Island Vital Records.\nM, #75221, b. 20 February 1782, d. 10 January 1864\nFather Stephen Dyer b. 10 Jan 1751\/52, d. 27 Feb 1847\nMother Sarah Mathewson b. 24 May 1762, d. 2 Jul 1811\nNote* 1850 Census, Springfield, Windsor Co., Vermont, Roll 931, Page 469 William Dyer, 66, M, Farmer, Real Estate $1500, b. R.I. Sarah, 20, F, b. VT.\ufffd\nBirth* William Dyer was born on 20 February 1782 in Cranston, Providence County, Rhode Island .\ufffd\nHe was the son of Stephen Dyer and Sarah Mathewson.\ufffd\nMarriage* William Dyer married Sarah B. Reed, daughter of Isaac Reed, on 16 June 1812 in Windsor, Vermont .\ufffd\nMarriage* William Dyer married Fanny W. (----) Hayden on 31 October 1851 in Windsor, Vermont .\ufffd\nDeath* William Dyer died on 10 January 1864, at age 81, in Windsor, Vermont .\ufffd\nBurial* He was buried in Pinegrove Cemetery.\ufffd\nChildren of William Dyer and Sarah B. Reed\nHenry Reed Dyer+ b. 27 Apr 1813, d. 13 Sep 1876\nGratia Dyer b. 7 May 1818, d. b 1896\nLeighton William Dyer+ b. 1828, d. 8 Apr 1864\nSarah Dyer b. 21 Oct 1829, d. 9 Mar 1877\nFamily: William Dyer and Fanny W. (----) Hayden\n[S1553] Microfilm, Ancestry, unknown repository address unknown repository, Roll 931, p.469.\nM, #76078, b. 30 January 1815, d. 2 January 1845\nFather Samuel Dyer b. 1 Jun 1792\nMother Lydia Hoxie b. 7 Oct 1791, d. 26 Oct 1870\nNote* 29-11-4 Westport Point Cemetery blacksmith.\ufffd\nBirth* William Dyer was born on 30 January 1815.\ufffd\nHe was the son of Samuel Dyer and Lydia Hoxie.\ufffd\nMarriage* William Dyer married Angeline Macomber, daughter of Varnum Macomber and Lydia A. Davis, on 19 February 1840 in Westport, Bristol County, Massachusetts .1,2,3\ufffd\nDeath* William Dyer died on 2 January 1845, at age 29, in Westport, Bristol County, Massachusetts .2\ufffd\nBurial* He was buried in Westport Point Cemetery.\ufffd\nChild of William Dyer and Angeline Macomber\nAdeline S. Dyer b. 1844\n[S1474] Vital Records of Westport, Mass., to the Year 1850 (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1918). Hereinafter cited as Vital Records of Westport, Mass. to 1850.\n[S1520] Everett S. Stackpole, Macomber Genealogy (Lewiston, Maine, U.S.A.: Press of the Journal Company, 1908), 158. Hereinafter cited as Macomber Genealogy.\nM, #76201, b. after 1798, d. 29 September 1817\nFather Charles Dyer Jr. b. 4 Sep 1778, d. 11 Dec 1862\nMother Hannah Field b. 4 Sep 1778, d. 26 May 1834\nNote* MSA (Maine State Archives) gave his death. Providence Journal Not shown in Field Gen. (Does he belong here???)\ufffd\nHe was the son of Charles Dyer Jr. and Hannah Field.\ufffd\nDeath* William Dyer died on 29 September 1817, in Calais, Washington County, Maine .\ufffd\nFather John Morton Dyer b. 9 Mar 1828, d. 16 Apr 1887\nMother Sarah E. Curtis b. 23 May 1844, d. 5 Sep 1924\nNote* Beatrice Viola Buttles remembers William as a large, gentle man. One day he visited her family's house when she had some friends over. When she answered the door he picked her up in the air to greet her. Her friends were all very impressed. Beatrice thinks he may have been adopted. Could he have been John's son by his first wife, Celia?\ufffd\nHe was the son of John Morton Dyer and Sarah E. Curtis.\ufffd\nM, #79997, b. 26 June 1782, d. after 1846\nFather Capt. Charles Dyer b. 4 Jul 1753, d. 27 Oct 1845\nMother Susannah Wright b. 23 Apr 1762, d. 15 Jun 1820\nBirth* William Dyer was born on 26 June 1782 in of Hanover, Shelby County, Indiana .1\ufffd\nHe was the son of Capt. Charles Dyer and Susannah Wright.\ufffd\nDeath* William Dyer died after 1846.\ufffd\n[S1403] Correspondence with Denise Martelle, 8 May 2000. Unknown repository (unknown repository address).\nFather Barrett Dyer , Capt. b. 1745\nMother Mary (Nee?) Dyer\nHe was the son of Barrett Dyer , Capt. and Mary (Nee?) Dyer.\ufffd\nMarriage* William Dyer married Katreen Young on 17 February 1793 in Prince Edward County, Ontario ; William Dyre, Marysburgh, bachelor, and Katreen Young, Sophiasburgh,spinster February 17, 1793 John Miller, Daniel Young, Sarah Young.1\ufffd\nChildren of William Dyer and Katreen Young\nSilas Dyer+ b. a 1793\nBarrett Dyer b. a 26 Feb 1794\n[S1792] Papers & Records Ontario Historical Society, The Registers of Rev. John Langhorn, Vol. 1 (Toronto, Ontario: privately published, 1899, reprint 1930), 14-70. Hereinafter cited as The Registers of Rev. John Langhorn.\nFather David Dyer b. 1803\nMother Sarah Benedict b. 6 Jun 1806\nBirth* William Dyer was born in 1834 in Vermont .\ufffd\nHe was the son of David Dyer and Sarah Benedict.\ufffd\nFather Aurelius Jay Dyer b. 3 Dec 1849\nMother Nofra Morgridge\nBirth* William Dyer was born in 1878.\ufffd\nHe was the son of Aurelius Jay Dyer and Nofra Morgridge.\ufffd\nResidence* William Dyer lived in 1893; in Madison County, Ohio.\ufffd\n[S1423] C. C. Olin, A Complete Record of the John Olin Family (Indianapolis: Baker-Randolph Co., Printers, 1893), xcv. Hereinafter cited as A Complete Record of the John Olin Family.\nWilliam Dyer , Capt.1\nM, #74432, b. 15 May 1705, d. September 1797\nFather William Dyer b. c 1671, d. 21 Apr 1719\nMother Hannah Briggs b. 1 May 1676, d. 13 Feb 1718\/19\nNote* He is said to have been the Captain of the 'Sea Flower' Aug. 11,1742.\ufffd\nBirth* William Dyer , Capt. was born on 15 May 1705 in Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island .2\ufffd\nHe was the son of William Dyer and Hannah Briggs.\ufffd\nMarriage* William Dyer , Capt. married Mercy Mumford, daughter of George Mumford and Mary Robinson, on 12 April 1733.3\ufffd\nDeath* William Dyer , Capt. died in September 1797, at age 92, in Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island .1,4\ufffd\nBurial* He was buried in Dyer Family Burial Ground, Newport, Rhode Island .4\ufffd\nFamily: William Dyer , Capt. and Mercy Mumford\n[S1377] James Newell Arnold, Vital Records of Rhode Island 1636-1850, Births, Marriages & Deaths Vol.4, Newport County (Providence, RI.: Narraganset Hist. Publishing Co., 1893), 94. Hereinafter cited as Vital Records of Rhode Island, Vol. 4.\n[S1356] James N. Arnold, Vital Records of Rhode Island 1636-1850, Births, Marriages & Deaths Vol.7, Friends & Ministers (Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.A.: Narragansett Hist. Pub. Co., 1895), 133. Hereinafter cited as Vital Records of Rhode Island 1636-1850.\nWilliam Dyer , Major1,2,3\nM, #74042, b. circa 1642, d. before 5 June 1688\nNote* Resided Newport RI; Nevis, West Indies; New York, NY; Lewes, Sussex, Co.,De [WAD] 'William's birth date (1640) based on speculation, not proof.' [JohanWinsser] ================================================================ Database: Full Context of Sussex County, Delaware Probate Records,1680-1800 Prim Name: William Dyre, Major Admin Name: Will Made Date: 20 Feb 1687\/88 Will Loc: Heirs Name: wife Mary Dyre; eldest son William Dyre, of Boston; youngestson Edmund Dyer, son James Dyre; dau. (eldest) Sarah Dyer, (youngest)Mary Dyer Exec\/Trus Name: wife Mary Dyer, son William Dyre, John Hill and SamuelGray (friends); New England property, Sir Edmund Andross Wit Name: Charles Sanders, Will Rodeney Will Probate Date: 05 Jun 1688 Will Book: Penna. Hist. Soc. Papers, vol. AM 2013; Arch. vol. A70; Reg.of Wills, Liber A Page: 95-97; 27; folios 85-88 Comment: [Note:--Arch. vol. A70, page 27 mentions dec'd father William] ============================================================ 'Capt. NATHANIEL WALKER, (from N.E., as shown by his will), gives to hisbro.-in-law, Capt. Wm. Dyre, 'all my lands in the Gov't of Penna., at thePLACE formerly called the WHOREKILL, since NEW DEAL, and now LEWIS,(LEWES).' Northampton, Va., 27 Apr. 1683-29 Oct. 1683. (xv-26) (TheCounty Court Note-Book, Feb., 1927, Vol. VI, No. 1, p. 6.) In Delaware, Capt. William Dyre was exalted to Major William Dyre, orDyer. [First Settlers of Ye Plantations of Piscataway and Woodsridge OldeEast New Jersey part 5] =========================================================== NATHANIEL WALKER, b. say 1642 (called 'Mr.' 9 June 1663 when Robert Starrrecalled that Nathaniel sailed on the Swallow [EQC 6:35]); wrote fromVirginia in 1671 to his brother Obadiah, referring to 'brother Dyer'[LynnHSR 14:112, citing Middlesex court files]; administration granted inSussex County, Delaware, on 20 July 1685 to Major William Dyer [LeondeValinger, ed., Calendar of Sussex County Delaware Probate Records,1680-1800 (Dover, Delaware, 1964), p. 10]. (The Great Migration Begins,p.918) ============================================== Page 725-726 NEW JERSEYITES BECOME FIRST SETTLERS OF DELAWARE BEFORE 1700 (From the auth., listed supra.) Those of New Amsterdam and New Jersey first appearing in Delaware were: MAJOR WILLIAM DYER, of R. I. Sarah Dyer. Mary Dyer. [First Settlers of Ye Plantations of Piscataway and Woodsridge Olde EastNew Jersey part 5] Page 880 MAJOR WILLIAM DYER, COLONIAL NEW YORK (Identical with N. J., and Delaware man.) (Vide, ante, this PART, pp. 821and 865.) CAPT. WILLIAM DYRE, a N. Y. Colonial, Mar. 10, 1680, (vide, ante, PARTTWO, p. 155). 'Dyer's Commission, Date 4th January, 1682, ffor Coll. of his MatiesCustoms, as well as of this Province of East New Jersey as Sezaria(Caesariae), with Pensilvania--wch was Read, allowed and ordered to berecorded.' (ARCH., Vol. XIII, p. 142.) [First Settlers of Ye Plantationsof Piscataway and Woodsridge Olde East New Jersey part 5] NEHGR Vol 146 p294 & Vol 145 p22 'Mary (Dyre) Ward, Mary Barrett Dyre'smissing daughter traced' by Johan Winsser says; William, 2nd survivingson, in Oct 1659 sent a plea for his mother's life to court in Boston, in1674 became collector of customs at New York, in 1681 was indicted forhigh treason because of irregularities in his collector job, Had chargestransferred to England where case was dropped due to lack of witnesses.Owned land in NY, RI, vast acres in PA and Sussex Co. Del. where he diedin 1688.' NEHGR Vol 48 p143 - The complete will of William Dyre, son of William &Mary (the Quaker martyr). Land in Sussex Co., PA; NewCastle Co.,PA;Narraganset Country in New England;,Providence,RI;Dyers Is,RI;Readingin New England; the Clabbord Islands in Cascoe Bay, New England; andlarge sums of money. NEHGR vol 98 p25ff 'Tradition of Mary Dyer, Quaker Martyr' says William2d was member of the Governor's Council, and two years later mayor of theCity of New York. In 1674 he was appointed by James, Duke of York, ascollector of customs in New York for America. CHILD: Wm. Heller Dyar, 'The DYAR (DYER) Families', ms. from Natl GenSoc. NOTE: A son of Williams married a Bradford and their descendantssupposedly have the relics of Mary Dyer. These records are in CatherineCornelia Joy-Dyer 'Some Records of the Dyer Family', NY: T Whitaker, 1884. [e-mail from Aurie Morrison] The 20th Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Vol. 3,p.366 Dyre, William, mayor of New York, was a son of Captain William andMary Dyre, who came from England to Boston, Mass., and joined the Firstchurch there in December, 1635. Captain Dyre was disfranchised for'seditious writing' Nov. 15, 1637, removed to Rhode Island, and was one of thesigners of the compact of government for that province, March 7, 1638. Hewas secretary the same year, general recorder, 1648; attorney-general,1650-53; member of the general court, 1661-62, 1664-66; generalsolicitor, 1665-66, and 1668, and secretary to the council, 1669. He was commissionedcommander-in-chief upon the sea in 1653, and headed an expedition fittedout in Rhode Island against the Dutch. His wife, Mary Dyre, was the onlywoman to suffer capital punishment in all the oppression of the Friendsthe world over. She accompanied her husband on his mission to England with RogerWilliams and Dr. John Clarke to obtain the revocation of GovernorCoddington's power in Rhode Island and while there became a convert toQuakerism and a preacher in the society. On arriving in Boston in 1657she was imprisoned and on the petition of her husband was permitted to gowith him to Rhode Island, but never to return to Massachusetts. Shereturned, however, and with William Robinson and Marmaduke Stevenson wastried and convicted for 'their rebellion, sedition and presumptuousobtruding upon us notwithstanding their being sentenced to banishment onpayne of death, as underminers of the government.' Robinson and Stevensonwere executed, but through the petition of her son, Mayor William Dyre,she was reprieved on the same conditions as before, but in May, 1660,again appeared on the public streets of Boston, and was brought beforethe court, May 31, and condemned to death. She was executed June 1, 1660. Mayor William Dyre was appointed to the military service under the crownand proposed the conquest of New York from the Dutch in 1673. He was made collector of customs ofhis territories in America by the Duke of York, July 2, 1674, and took uphis residence in New York. He was a member of the governor's council, andin 1680 was elected mayor of the city. He was arrested on charge of high treason by the merchants of New York in 1680 and indicted in 1681. He wasplaced upon trial, denied the authority of the court, and was sent toLondon for trial, which was delayed by Samuel Winder, his prosecutor, andhe was given his liberty by the council, Sept. 30, 1682. He was advancedby King Charles II., Jan. 4, 1682, to the position of surveyor-general of hismajesty's customs in America and held the office till his death. He wasalso made king's collector of customs for Pennsylvania and New Jersey andremoved to Penn's province, settling on a large tract of land in Sussexcounty (now in Delaware). In 1687 he was elected a provincial councillor ofpennsylvania for three years, but was not allowed to take his seat. Hiswill, dated Feb. 20, 1688, was probated June 5, 1688. and proved inLondon, Sept. 4, 1690. He left surviving him, his wife, Mary, andchildren, William, Edmund, James, Sarah and Mary. He bequeathed his estate of 2500 acres in Sussex county(Del.), and Dyre's island, between Providence plantations and RhodeIsland, and two islands in Casco bay, to his wife, and 2000 acres inSussex county to his son William, who was elected to the Pennsylvaniaassembly in 1699, and helped to found the Episcopal church in New Castle, Del. The date ofMayor William Dyre's death is not known the time being only fixed asbetween the dates of making and probating his will.[p.367] Court Records 1680-1682 and 1693-1701 ==================================================== From The New York Historical Society Collections, this 1912 volumefeatures preceedings of the General Court of Assizes, held in the city ofNew York from 10\/6\/1680 to 10\/6\/1862, and minutes of the Supreme Court ofJudicature, 4\/4\/1693 to 4\/1\/1701. Bibliographic Information: Court Records 1680-1682 and 1693-1701, The NewYork Historical Society, 1912. The Bill or Accusacon against Capt William Dyre found by the Grand Jury. William Dyre standeth Charged and accused by the name of Wm Dyre Late ofthe Citty of New Yorke Gentlm for that he the said Wm Dyre Severall timessince the first of May Anno: one thousand Six hundred and Eighty att theCitty aforesaid as a false Traytor to sd Soverigne Lord the King hathTratorously Maliciously and Advisedly used and Exercised Regall Power andAuthority over the Kings Subjects; for the Better Support and upholdingwhereof he the said Wm Dyre hath Traiterously Maliciously and advisedlyPlotted, and Contrived Innovacons in Governmt, and the Subversion andChange of the Known antient and fundimentall Laws of the Realme ofEngland by Virtue of which Arbitrary and Unlawfull Power he the said WmDyre (Together with other some false Traitors Unknowne) hath many timesSince the first of November Last Past Establish't and Imposed UnlawfullCustomes and Imposicons on the Goods and Merchandizes, of his MajtisLeige People trading in this Place by force Compelling them to Pay thesame, and hath Imployed and made use of Souldiers to maintaine and Defendhim in these his Unjust and Unlawfull Practises Contrary to the GreateCharter of Liberties, Contrary to the Peticon of Right and Contrary toother Statutes in those Cases made and Provided, and Contrary to theHonor and Peace of ye most Soverigne Lord the King that now is his Crowneand Dignity. Billa Vera Samuel Winder Robert Vicars. =========================================.\ufffd\nBirth* William Dyer , Major was born circa 1642.4\ufffd\nMarriage* William Dyer , Major married Mary Walker, daughter of Richard Walker and Sarah, circa 1662 in Newport, Rhode Island .5\ufffd\nDeath* William Dyer , Major died before 5 June 1688, in Sussex County, Pennsylvania (now Delaware) .6\ufffd\nWill Proved* His will was proved on 4 September 1690 in London, England .7\ufffd\nChildren of William Dyer , Major and Mary Walker\nWilliam Dyer+ b. c 1665, d. Oct 1716\nEdmund Dyer b. c 1666, d. 1700\nSarah Dyer+ b. 17 Feb 1668\/69\nMary Dyer+ b. 4 Sep 1673\nJames Dyer+ b. 23 Oct 1681\n[S1349] John Osborne Austin, Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island (Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.: Gen. Publishing Co. Inc., reprinted 1978, 1887). Hereinafter cited as Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island.\n[S1351] Orra Eugene Monnette, First Settlers of Ye Plantations of Piscataway & Woodsridge Olde East New Jersey, Part 5 (California: The Leroy Carman Press, 1931). Hereinafter cited as First Settlers of Ye Plantations of New Jersey.\n[S1352] Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, 3 vols. (Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealgical Society, 1995), 918. Hereinafter cited as The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633.\n[S13233] New England Historic Genealogical Society, \"Genealogical Gleanings from England,\" in New England Historic Genealogical Register, Edited by John Ward Dean, editor. (Boston, Massachusetts: published by the New England Historic Genealogical Society, January 1894). Hereinafter cited as \"Genealogical Gleanings from England.\"\nWilliam Albert Dyer1\nM, #79587, b. 11 April 1861, d. 27 December 1943\nFather Seymour Dyer b. 5 Jun 1835, d. 4 Nov 1901\nMother Angeline Mayham b. 29 Sep 1833, d. 24 Mar 1904\nNote* Lived in East Jefferson for thirty five years and in Worcester, N.Y. for twenty more.\ufffd\nBirth* William Albert Dyer was born on 11 April 1861.\ufffd\nHe was the son of Seymour Dyer and Angeline Mayham.\ufffd\nMarriage* William Albert Dyer married Harriet Adeline Foote, daughter of Charles L. Foote and Jane Hamilton, on 19 December 1884.1\ufffd\nDeath* William Albert Dyer died on 27 December 1943, at age 82, in Milford, Otsego County, New York .\ufffd\nBurial* He was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Jefferson County, New York .\ufffd\nChild of William Albert Dyer and Harriet Adeline Foote\nEthel Dyer b. 15 Dec 1886, d. 20 Oct 1911\n[S1775] Grace Raymond, The Family of Henry Maham of Blenheim Hill, Schoharie County, New York (n.p.: Mayham Family Reunion Committee, 1950), 35. Hereinafter cited as The Family of Henry Maham of Blenheim Hill.\nWilliam Andrew Dyer1\nM, #80330, b. 1 May 1868, d. 15 October 1952\nFather Andrew Jackson Dyer b. 6 Mar 1837, d. 1 Nov 1911\nMother Phoebe Odell Mitchell b. 26 Nov 1837, d. 25 Aug 1912\nBirth* William Andrew Dyer was born on 1 May 1868 in Bangor, Van Buren County, Michigan .\ufffd\nHe was the son of Andrew Jackson Dyer and Phoebe Odell Mitchell.\ufffd\nMarriage* William Andrew Dyer married Augusta Louise Bowers on 8 September 1889.1\ufffd\nDeath* William Andrew Dyer died on 15 October 1952, at age 84.\ufffd\nFamily: William Andrew Dyer and Augusta Louise Bowers\nWilliam Bert Dyer1\nM, #80292, b. 2 April 1912, d. 5 May 1962\nFather Bert Dyer b. 6 Dec 1872, d. 6 Jun 1941\nMother Edith Holmes b. 27 Feb 1883, d. 1974\nBirth* William Bert Dyer was born on 2 April 1912.\ufffd\nHe was the son of Bert Dyer and Edith Holmes.\ufffd\nDeath* William Bert Dyer died on 5 May 1962, at age 50.\ufffd\nBurial* He was buried in Maple Hill Cemetery, Van Buren County, Michigan .\ufffd\nChild of William Bert Dyer\nWilliam Jackson Dyer b. 10 Sep 1935, d. 1953\nWilliam Cleveland Dyer\nM, #77704, b. 8 March 1904, d. January 1991\nFather William Osmond Dyer b. 17 Mar 1861, d. 20 Jan 1928\nMother Mary Angell Arnold b. 20 Jun 1867, d. 20 Aug 1948\nBirth* William Cleveland Dyer was born on 8 March 1904 in Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island .1\ufffd\nHe was the son of William Osmond Dyer and Mary Angell Arnold.\ufffd\nMarriage* William Cleveland Dyer married Dorothy Darling Towne in 1929.\ufffd\nDeath* William Cleveland Dyer died in January 1991, at age 86, in Jamestown, Newport County, Rhode Island .\ufffd\nBurial* He was buried in Quidnessett Cemetery, North Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island .2\ufffd\nFamily: William Cleveland Dyer and Dorothy Darling Towne\n[S1462] Inscription.\nWilliam Edward Dyer\nM, #75633, b. 2 September 1824, d. 25 February 1850\nFather John Dyer b. 28 Oct 1802, d. 12 Oct 1853\nMother Elizabeth Tilden Morton b. 2 Aug 1802, d. 8 Feb 1874\nBirth* William Edward Dyer was born on 2 September 1824.\ufffd\nHe was the son of John Dyer and Elizabeth Tilden Morton.\ufffd\nDeath* William Edward Dyer died on 25 February 1850, at age 25, in Middlebury, Addison County, Vermont .1\ufffd\n[S1589] New England Historic Genealogical Society, Record of Deaths at Middlebury, Vermont (Boston, Massachusetts: NEHGR, Vol. 71, 1917, 1917), 54. Hereinafter cited as Record of Deaths at Middlebury, VT.\nWilliam F. H. Dyer1,2,3\nM, #75531, b. 24 February 1890, d. 12 July 1948\nFather Isaac Deforest Dyer b. 31 May 1846, d. 21 Nov 1912\nMother Carrie Estelle Potter b. 17 Jul 1861, d. 9 Jul 1932\nNote* Served in WWII.\ufffd\nBirth* William F. H. Dyer was born on 24 February 1890.\ufffd\nHe was the son of Isaac Deforest Dyer and Carrie Estelle Potter.\ufffd\nMarriage* William F. H. Dyer married Bessie C. Kenney, daughter of Curtis Kenney and Sarah Barker, on 27 April 1918 in Rhode Island .4,5\ufffd\nDeath* William F. H. Dyer died on 12 July 1948, at age 58, in Cranston, Providence County, Rhode Island .\ufffd\nFamily: William F. H. Dyer and Bessie C. Kenney\n[S1363] Liela Morse Wilson, 10 Generations from William & Mary Dyer of Newport, R.I. (Putnam, CT: Privately published, 1949), 24. Hereinafter cited as 10 Generations from William & Mary Dyer of Newport, R.I.\n[S1434] Edith Austin Moore, A Genealogy of the Descendants of Robert Austin of Kingstown, Rhode Island self published, 1951), 462. Hereinafter cited as A Genealogy of the Descendants of Robert Austin.\n[S1392] Inc. 2000 Ancestry, \"Vital Records of Rhode Island, 1636-1930 (database online)\" (Orem, Utah). , 24:365. Hereinafter cited as \"Vital Records of Rhode Island, 1636-1930.\"\nWilliam Grinnell Dyer1\nM, #76349, b. 14 November 1824, d. 29 May 1827\nFather Cyrus Dyer b. 3 Nov 1797, d. 22 Mar 1864\nMother Mary Ann Grinnell b. 30 Nov 1799, d. 2 Feb 1854\nBirth* William Grinnell Dyer was born on 14 November 1824.\ufffd\nHe was the son of Cyrus Dyer and Mary Ann Grinnell.\ufffd\nDeath* William Grinnell Dyer died on 29 May 1827, at age 2, in Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island .2\ufffd\nBurial* He was buried in Swan Point, Blackstone Blvd., Providence, Rhode Island .2\ufffd\n[S1348] William Allan Dyer, By the Name of Dyer, A Genealogical Record, 1940), ND245. Hereinafter cited as By the Name of Dyer.\nWilliam H Dyer\nM, #74281, b. 11 October 1749, d. circa 1800\nFather William Dyer b. 1705, d. 19 Mar 1788\nMother Mercy Paine b. 1721, d. 15 Oct 1788\nBirth* William H Dyer was born on 11 October 1749 in South Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island .1\ufffd\nHe was the son of William Dyer and Mercy Paine.\ufffd\nMarriage* William H Dyer married Sarah Kenyon, daughter of Thomas Kenyon and Katherine Nye, on 19 July 1767 in Richmond, Washington County, Rhode Island .\ufffd\nDeath* William H Dyer died circa 1800.\ufffd\nChildren of William H Dyer and Sarah Kenyon\nJohn Paine Dyer+ b. 1765, d. 19 Aug 1847\nWilliam Dyer b. a 1767\n[S1411] James N. Arnold, Vital Records of Rhode Island 1636-1850, Births, Marriages & Deaths Vol.5, Washington & Bristol Counties (Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.A.: Narragansett Hist. Pub. Co., 1894), S. Kingstown, p.43. Hereinafter cited as Vital Records of Rhode Island 1636-1850.\nWilliam H. Dyer\nFather Leman Wright Dyer b. 1808, d. 1855\nMother Philena F. Green b. 11 Jun 1806, d. 25 Jun 1885\nWilliam H. Dyer was the son of Leman Wright Dyer and Philena F. Green.\ufffd\nWilliam Henry Dyer1,2,3\nM, #75486, b. 17 December 1815, d. 10 February 1886\nFather Samuel Dunn Dyer b. 5 Aug 1784, d. 6 Jun 1873\nMother Hannah L. Northrup b. 6 Mar 1786, d. 19 Jan 1866\nBirth* William Henry Dyer was born on 17 December 1815 in North Kingston, Washington County, Rhode Island .\ufffd\nHe was the son of Samuel Dunn Dyer and Hannah L. Northrup.\ufffd\nMarriage* William Henry Dyer married Mary Clapp, daughter of Silas Clapp and Sylvania Andrews, on 9 October 1837 in Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island .4,1,5,6\ufffd\nNote* 1844 Providence Directory: Dyer William H., house-carpenter, cor. Pine &Stewart. 1850 Census Providence, Providence, RI., William H Dyer 35 Carpenter;Mary C 33; William H Dyer, Jr. 1.) (living with them was George Dyer 37Carpenter; Sophia Dyer 38) his brother & wife?? died age 70 (GS) 1880 Census, Providence, RI: William H. DYER Self M Male W 65 RI House Carpenter RIRI Mary C. DYER Wife M Female W 61 RI Keeping House RI RI William H. DYER Son M Male W 31 RI Ticket Seller RI RI Gertrude DYER DauL M Female W 25 RI At Home RI RI Corinne S. DYER GChild S Female W 4 RI RI RI.\ufffd\nDeath* William Henry Dyer died on 10 February 1886, at age 70, in Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island .7,8\ufffd\nChild of William Henry Dyer and Mary Clapp\nWilliam Henry Dyer Jr.+ b. 1 May 1849, d. 6 Dec 1919\n[S1485] 1880 US Census Providence, Providence, Rhode Island,, microfilm Film 1255-211...213, , 496D, unknown repository address, unknown repository.\n[S1631] LDS, \"International Genealogical Index, North America\" (Salt Lake City, Utah). . Hereinafter cited as \"International Genealogical Index.\"\n[S1567] Edwin M. Snow, Births, Marriages & Deaths Recorded in Providence 1636-1850 (Providence, Rhode Island: Sidney S. Rider, 1879), 164. Hereinafter cited as Births, Marriages & Deaths in Providence 1636-1850.\n[S1381] James Newell Arnold, Vital Records of Rhode Island 1636-1850, Births, Marriages & Deaths, Vol.2, Providence County (Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.A.: Narragansett Hist. Pub. Co., 1892), 64. Hereinafter cited as Vital Records of Rhode Island 1636-1850.\nWilliam Henry Dyer , Capt.1,2,3,4\nM, #75112, b. 12 August 1817, d. 3 February 1899\nFather Daniel Pearce Dyer b. 25 Dec 1793, d. 10 Jun 1875\nMother Abby Williams b. 22 Nov 1785, d. 21 Nov 1863\nNote* 1850 Census Cranston, Providence, RI., William H Dyer 33 Farmer $2000;Mary G 32; William S 12; Maria E 8; Daniel P 5. (all b. RI) 1880 Census, Cranston, Providence, RI: Wm. H. DYER Self M Male W 62 RI NursuryMan RI RI Mary G. DYER Wife M Female W 62 RIKeeping House RI RI Wm. S. DYER Son M Male W 42 VA At HomeRI RI The 20th Century Biographical Dictonary of Notable Americans, Vol.3,p.365 Dyer, William Henry, silk culturist, was bom on the farm of his=onPocasset Neck, R.I., Aug. 12, 1817-_son of Deacon Daniel P. andAbby(Williams) Dyer, and a descendant in the sixth generation fromWilliam andMary Dyer through har es, who settled on Ashuntick Neck,R.I., knownafterward as Pocasset Neck. Deacon Daniel P. Dyer was adescendant on thefemale side by marriage from Roger Williams, andAbby Williams was adirect descendant from the same worthy=William H. attended the districtschool, a private school inProvidence and [p.366] Kingston academy. Hewas educated as a farmerand nurseryman, his father being proprietor ofthe Dyer nursery. In1836 he became interested in the propagation ofmulberry trees tofurnish food for silkworms and in the production andpreparation ofsilk for the manufacturers. He conducted this business oneyear inProvidence, R.I., and three years in Fredericksburg, Va. In 1840hewas captain of the state militia, and in the Dorr rebellion took=withthe law and order party. In 1861 he joined the Federal army andwas maderecruiting officer, his age exempting him from active fieldservice. Heserved in this capacity for two years. In 1875, on thedeath of hisfather, he became sole proprietor of the nursery and=on Pocasset Neck. Hewas married May 1, 1836, to Mary Groton,daughter of Christopher and Sarah(Williams) Tanner. She was a=descendant in the sixth generation fromRoger Williams and was bom=married in the house built by Roger Williamsfor his son. Of theirsons, William S. was an officer in the civil war andsubsequentlyIndian agent in Dakota. Daniel Pierce was a soldier in theFederalarmy during the civil war and succeeded to the management ofthenursery business and Edmund Tanner became joint proprietor withhisbrother, Daniel of Mulberry Grove, on the death of theirfather.Captain Dyer died at Pocasset, R.I., Feb. 3, 1899. He was in the recuiting service in the Civil War in 1861 for theFederalArmy.\ufffd\nBirth* William Henry Dyer , Capt. was born on 12 August 1817 in Cranston, Providence County, Rhode Island .5,6\ufffd\nHe was the son of Daniel Pearce Dyer and Abby Williams.\ufffd\nMarriage* William Henry Dyer , Capt. married Mary Gorton Tanner, daughter of Christopher Tanner and Sarah Williams, on 1 May 1836 in Cranston, Providence County, Rhode Island .5,7\ufffd\nDeath* William Henry Dyer , Capt. died on 3 February 1899, at age 81, in Cranston, Providence County, Rhode Island .5,6\ufffd\nChildren of William Henry Dyer , Capt. and Mary Gorton Tanner\nWilliam Smith Dyer b. 28 Oct 1837\nMaria Elizabeth Dyer+ b. 19 Sep 1841\nDaniel Pierce Dyer II+ b. 1 Mar 1844\nEdward Tanner Dyer+ b. 16 Jun 1850, d. 19 May 1882\n[S1540] Editor Rossiter Johnson, 20th Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans (Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: The Biographical Society (on-line, Ancestry 1998), 1904), vol. 3, p.365. Hereinafter cited as 20th Century Biographical Dictionary.\n[S1512] 1850 US Census, Cranston, Providence County, Rhode Island, , on CD CD# 308 (Family Tree Maker), , unknown repository address, unknown repository.\n[S1541] 1880 US Census Cranston, Providence, Rhode Island, , microfilm Film 1255214, , 114D, unknown repository address, unknown repository.\n[S1542] George C. Tanner, The Genealogy of William Tanner published by the author, 1905), 106. Hereinafter cited as The Genealogy of William Tanner.\n[S1472] Lucius E. Weaver, The Weaver Genealogy (Rochester, New York: The Du Bois Press, 1928), 104. Hereinafter cited as The Weaver Genealogy.\nWilliam Henry Dyer Jr.1\nM, #75488, b. 1 May 1849, d. 6 December 1919\nFather William Henry Dyer b. 17 Dec 1815, d. 10 Feb 1886\nMother Mary Clapp b. 1818, d. 4 Jul 1901\nBirth* William Henry Dyer Jr. was born on 1 May 1849 in Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island .2,3,4\ufffd\nHe was the son of William Henry Dyer and Mary Clapp.\ufffd\nMarriage* William Henry Dyer Jr. married Gertrude Spink, daughter of William Spink and Dorcas Barney, on 20 April 1875 in Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island .5,6\ufffd\nMarriage* William Henry Dyer Jr. married Hannah B. B. Castner on 31 December 1901 in Rhode Island .1,7\ufffd\nDeath* William Henry Dyer Jr. died on 6 December 1919, at age 70, in Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island .8,9\ufffd\nBurial* He was buried in Swan Point Cemetery, Blackstone Blvd., Providence, Rhode Island .8\ufffd\nChild of William Henry Dyer Jr. and Gertrude Spink\nCorinne Spink Dyer b. 16 Feb 1876, d. 30 Jan 1939\nFamily: William Henry Dyer Jr. and Hannah B. B. Castner\n[S1567] Edwin M. Snow, Births, Marriages & Deaths Recorded in Providence 1636-1850 (Providence, Rhode Island: Sidney S. Rider, 1879), 20. Hereinafter cited as Births, Marriages & Deaths in Providence 1636-1850.\n[S1381] James Newell Arnold, Vital Records of Rhode Island 1636-1850, Births, Marriages & Deaths, Vol.2, Providence County (Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.A.: Narragansett Hist. Pub. Co., 1892), 222. Hereinafter cited as Vital Records of Rhode Island 1636-1850.\n[S1392] Inc. 2000 Ancestry, \"Vital Records of Rhode Island, 1636-1930 (database online)\" (Orem, Utah). , 19.191. Hereinafter cited as \"Vital Records of Rhode Island, 1636-1930.\"\nWilliam Howard Dyer1\nFather George Frederick Dyer1\nMother Katherine Eldora Tanner1\nBirth* William Howard Dyer was born in Falconer, New York, U.S.A. .1\ufffd\nHe was the son of George Frederick Dyer and Katherine Eldora Tanner.1\ufffd\nMarriage* William Howard Dyer married Delila Ethel Thompson.1\ufffd\nChild of William Howard Dyer and Delila Ethel Thompson\nWinford William Dyer+1\n[S10946] Correspondence with Kelly (Dyer) Olsen E-mail message. Unknown repository.\nWilliam Jackson Dyer1\nM, #80303, b. 10 September 1935, d. 1953\nFather William Bert Dyer b. 2 Apr 1912, d. 5 May 1962\nBirth* William Jackson Dyer was born on 10 September 1935 in Hartford, Van Buren County, Michigan .\ufffd\nHe was the son of William Bert Dyer.\ufffd\nDeath* William Jackson Dyer died in 1953.\ufffd\nWilliam James Dyer1\nM, #77798, b. 1854, d. after 1880\nFather John B Dyer b. Mar 1804, d. 19 Nov 1856\nMother Jane Susannah Mitchell b. 1 Sep 1814, d. 10 Apr 1873\nBirth* William James Dyer was born in 1854 in Blissfield, New Brunswick .\ufffd\nHe was the son of John B Dyer and Jane Susannah Mitchell.\ufffd\nMarriage* William James Dyer married Ida E Mooers, daughter of Thomas Mooers and Elizabeth Jane Mitchell, on 5 September 1876 in Anoka, Anoka County, Minnesota .1\ufffd\nDeath* William James Dyer died after 1880, in Seattle, King County, Washington .\ufffd\nChildren of William James Dyer and Ida E Mooers\nInes J Dyer b. 1877\nEugene L Dyer b. 9 Oct 1879\n[S1615] Punta Gorda Joseph W Pehousek, Descendants of Jones Dyer, Sr. and Hannah 'Herrington' (: self published, October 1999). Hereinafter cited as Descendants of Jones Dyer, Sr. and Hannah 'Herrington.'\nWilliam Jones Dyer1,2,3\nM, #74488, b. 16 February 1850, d. 17 November 1915\nFather Elisha Dyer Jr., Gov. b. 20 Jul 1811, d. 17 May 1890\nMother Anna Jones Hoppin b. 1814, d. 29 Mar 1884\nBirth* William Jones Dyer was born on 16 February 1850 in Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island .\ufffd\nHe was the son of Elisha Dyer Jr., Gov. and Anna Jones Hoppin.\ufffd\nMarriage* William Jones Dyer married Lillian Pitman Greene on 23 April 1879.\ufffd\nCaste* William Jones Dyer was belonged to the (30 living with father; Lillian G; Harriett G. & Anna J. 5\/12 twins] caste in 1880 in Providence, Rhode Island .\ufffd\nDeath* He died on 17 November 1915, at age 65, in Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island .4,5\ufffd\nChildren of William Jones Dyer and Lillian Pitman Greene\nHarriett Greene (Twin) Dyer+ b. 22 Dec 1879\nAnna Jones (Twin) Dyer b. 22 Dec 1879\nWilliam Jones Hoppin Dyer b. 19 May 1895, d. 31 Mar 1964\n[S1407] J. H. Beers, Representative Men of Old Rhode Island Familes (Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.: J. H. Beers & Co. \/ Higginson Books, 1908). Hereinafter cited as Representative Men of Old Rhode Island Familes.\n[S1408] Frederick A. Virkus, Abridged Compendium of American Genealogy, CD 113 (Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1925), Vol. 1. Hereinafter cited as Abridged Compendium of American Genealogy.\nWilliam Jones Hoppin Dyer\nM, #74525, b. 19 May 1895, d. 31 March 1964\nFather William Jones Dyer b. 16 Feb 1850, d. 17 Nov 1915\nMother Lillian Pitman Greene b. 17 Oct 1856, d. 25 Mar 1930\nBirth* William Jones Hoppin Dyer was born on 19 May 1895 in Rhode Island .\ufffd\nHe was the son of William Jones Dyer and Lillian Pitman Greene.\ufffd\nCensus* William Jones Hoppin Dyer appeared on the census of 1900 in Providence, Rhode Island .\ufffd\nDeath* He died on 31 March 1964, at age 68, in Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island .1\ufffd\nWilliam Leighton Dyer1\nM, #76235, b. 1 May 1847, d. 7 November 1928\nFather Henry Reed Dyer b. 27 Apr 1813, d. 13 Sep 1876\nMother Lucy Ann Miller b. 14 Jan 1818, d. 15 Nov 1870\nNote* Civil War Veteran. He was superintendent of the Santa Fe & PacificRailroads.\ufffd\nBirth* William Leighton Dyer was born on 1 May 1847 in Windsor, Vermont .\ufffd\nHe was the son of Henry Reed Dyer and Lucy Ann Miller.\ufffd\nMarriage* William Leighton Dyer married Jenny Emma Boutell on 7 September 1874 in Rutland, Rutland County, Vermont .\ufffd\nDeath* William Leighton Dyer died on 7 November 1928, at age 81, in Rutland, Rutland County, Vermont .\ufffd\nFamily: William Leighton Dyer and Jenny Emma Boutell\nWilliam Mclean Dyer1\nM, #75840, b. 19 January 1815, d. 29 September 1817\nFather Samuel Dyer b. 29 Jun 1790, d. 12 Sep 1883\nMother Margaret Duke b. c 1797, d. 28 May 1843\nBirth* William Mclean Dyer was born on 19 January 1815 in Calais, Washington County, Maine .1\ufffd\nHe was the son of Samuel Dyer and Margaret Duke.\ufffd\nDeath* William Mclean Dyer died on 29 September 1817, at age 2, in Calais, Washington County, Maine .2\ufffd\n[S1614] Sharon Howland, Vital Records of Calais, Maine Prior to 1892 (Camden, Maine: Picton Press, 1998), 159. Hereinafter cited as Vital Records of Calais, Maine.\nWilliam Nichols Dyer1\nFather Jonathan Dyer b. 6 Jan 1792, d. 26 Feb 1875\nMother Hannah Dwinell d. 17 Apr 1859\nBirth* William Nichols Dyer was born on 12 August 1821 in Clarendon Rutland, Vermont .\ufffd\nHe was the son of Jonathan Dyer and Hannah Dwinell.\ufffd\nMarriage* William Nichols Dyer married Josephine Norton, daughter of David Norton and Lucy Hodge, on 12 March 1847 in Litchfield, Connecticut .2\ufffd\nChildren of William Nichols Dyer and Josephine Norton\nEmma D. Dyer+ b. 27 Dec 1848\nAurelius Jay Dyer+ b. 3 Dec 1849\nRolla Dyer+ b. 21 Sep 1851\nGertrude Dyer+ b. 21 Jun 1854\n[S1423] C. C. Olin, A Complete Record of the John Olin Family (Indianapolis: Baker-Randolph Co., Printers, 1893), 78. Hereinafter cited as A Complete Record of the John Olin Family.\nWilliam Osmond Dyer\nM, #77694, b. 17 March 1861, d. 20 January 1928\nFather Edward Franklin Dyer b. 3 Oct 1832, d. 17 Nov 1897\nMother Eunice Cooke Simmons b. 24 Aug 1832, d. 27 Dec 1910\nBirth* William Osmond Dyer was born on 17 March 1861.\ufffd\nHe was the son of Edward Franklin Dyer and Eunice Cooke Simmons.\ufffd\nMarriage* William Osmond Dyer married Mary Angell Arnold on 18 August 1888 in Rhode Island .1\ufffd\nDeath* William Osmond Dyer died on 20 January 1928, at age 66, in Cranston, Providence County, Rhode Island .2\ufffd\nBurial* He was buried in North Burial Ground, North Main St., Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island .2\ufffd\nChildren of William Osmond Dyer and Mary Angell Arnold\nArthur Arnold Dyer b. 3 Mar 1891, d. 18 Apr 1976\nHoward Simmons Dyer b. 18 Nov 1894, d. 6 Apr 1983\nEdward Angell Dyer+ b. 27 Apr 1898, d. 23 Jun 1985\nGladys Dyer b. 30 Jan 1902, d. 3 Dec 1987\nWilliam Cleveland Dyer b. 8 Mar 1904, d. Jan 1991\nFrederic Jackson Dyer b. 29 Nov 1907, d. 2 Jun 1994\nMary Dyer b. 18 May 1910, d. 24 Jan 1912\nDr. William Penn Dyer\nM, #79524, b. 22 August 1874, d. 15 August 1955\nFather Ambrose Spencer Dyer b. 19 Jun 1845, d. 13 Mar 1926\nMother Martha Ellen Vance b. 22 Mar 1854, d. 12 Jul 1942\nNote* Family History, Volume S(4), Sylvester, Daughters of the American Revolution library, Washington, DC., p.4. List him as '? Dyer.' Olson Family Record, December 6, 1998. Confirms the link of Nellie Sylvester & William Dyer to the source listed above. Dr. William Dyer, son of Martha Ellen (Vance) Dyer and Ambrose Spence rDyer, taught school and served as Superintendent of Schools in several Minnesota towns. He received his Doctorate from Columbia University and then served as Administrator of Student Teacher Training at the New Britain Normal School which became Central Connecticut State University. Source: Howder's Site. \ufffd\nBirth* Dr. William Penn Dyer was born on 22 August 1874 in La Crosse, La Crosse County, Wisconsin .\ufffd\nHe was the son of Ambrose Spencer Dyer and Martha Ellen Vance.\ufffd\nMarriage* Dr. William Penn Dyer married Nellie Matilda Sylvester, daughter of George Washington Sylvester and Matilda Cook, on 3 January 1900 in Plainview, Wabasha County, Minnesota .\ufffd\nMarriage* Dr. William Penn Dyer married Annie Isabel Robertson, daughter of Lafayette James Robertson and Mary Charlotte Brown, on 23 January 1926 in Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut .\ufffd\nDeath* Dr. William Penn Dyer died on 15 August 1955, at age 80, in New Britain, Hartford County, Connecticut .\ufffd\nBurial* He was buried in Roselawn Cemetery, St. Paul, Minnesota .\ufffd\nChildren of Dr. William Penn Dyer and Nellie Matilda Sylvester\nAlice Sylvester Dyer+ b. 22 Oct 1902, d. 7 Sep 1990\nGeorge Vance Dyer b. 12 Sep 1905, d. 1 Feb 1914\nFamily: Dr. William Penn Dyer and Annie Isabel Robertson\nWilliam R. Dyer1\nNote* Aged 24 yrs at marriage, born Westport, son of Albert and Christianna.\ufffd\nBirth* William R. Dyer was born circa 1837 in Westport, Bristol County, Massachusetts .\ufffd\nMarriage* He married Adeline S. Dyer, daughter of William Dyer and Angeline Macomber, on 29 December 1861 in Tiverton, Newport County, Rhode Island .1\ufffd\nFamily: William R. Dyer and Adeline S. Dyer\n[S1556] Elder James A. McKensie's Marriages , 542. Hereinafter cited as Elder James A. McKensie's Marriages.\nWilliam Samuel Dyer1\nM, #75842, b. 14 December 1823, d. 19 October 1871\nBirth* William Samuel Dyer was born on 14 December 1823 in Calais, Washington County, Maine .2\ufffd\nCensus* William Samuel Dyer appeared on the census of 1850 in Calais, Washington County, Maine .\ufffd\nCensus He appeared on the census of 1860 in Calais, Washington County, Maine .\ufffd\nDeath* He died on 19 October 1871, at age 47; he died at sea aboard the schoonerJohn McAdam off Gay Head, Dukes County, Massachusetts.3\ufffd\n[S1614] Sharon Howland, Vital Records of Calais, Maine Prior to 1892 (Camden, Maine: Picton Press, 1998). Hereinafter cited as Vital Records of Calais, Maine.\n[S1616] Calais Advertiser Newspaper (Calais, Maine: Calais Advertiser Newspaper), Calais Free Library, Union Street, Calais, Maine. Hereinafter cited as Calais Advertiser Newspaper.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Tag: Star-Crossed\nMonday TV Ratings: HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER Drops, THE FOLLOWING Hits Another Series Low, and BELIEVE\u2026\nby Adam Chitwood March 11, 2014\nTV ratings for Monday, March 10th, are in. Here's a brief rundown: The series premiere of NBC's new drama Believe, with a pilot directed by Alfonso Cuaron, garnered a 2.7 rating in the 18-49 demo and scored 10.7 million viewers. \u2026\nMonday TV Ratings: HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER and THE BLACKLIST Dip; THE FOLLOWING Rises\nby Adam Chitwood March 4, 2014\nMonday evening's TV ratings are in. Briefly: NBC's The Blacklist dipped 13% from last week's 3.1 rating to a 2.7 rating in the 18-49 demo and 11.07 million viewers. Over on CBS, a rather shocking episode of How I Met \u2026\nMonday TV Ratings: THE BLACKLIST Returns Strong; THE FOLLOWING Hits Yet Another Series Low\nby Adam Chitwood February 25, 2014\nMonday evening's TV ratings are in as the networks have returned to their regularly scheduled programming following the close of the Winter Olympics. Here's a brief look at the highlights: NBC's The Blacklist returned incredibly strong, notching a 3.1 rating \u2026\nGrey Damon Talks STAR-CROSSED, How Grayson Fits into the Human\/Alien World, Creating His Own Backstory for the\u2026\nby Christina Radish February 24, 2014\nThe new CW drama series Star-Crossed tells the story of Emery Whitehill (Aimee Teegarden), a teenager who had an alien spacecraft crash-land in her small town when she was six years old. Ten years later, she's reunited with Roman (Matt \u2026\nMonday TV Ratings: THE FOLLOWING and CASTLE Match Series Lows; STAR CROSSED Improves on DIXIE Numbers\nMonday evening's TV ratings are in as we head into the final week of Winter Olympics coverage. Briefly: NBC's Monday night coverage of the Winter Olympics hit a 5.6 rating in the 18-49 demo and scored 23.46 million viewers. Over \u2026\nAimee Teegarden Talks STAR-CROSSED, Joining the Show, Emery and Roman's Relationship, Human\/Alien Drama, Alien Envy, and the\u2026\nThe CW Sets Mid-Season Schedule for ARROW, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, and More, with New Series Premiere\u2026\nby Dave Trumbore December 12, 2013\nArrow closed out the first half of its second season run on The CW last night (read the episode recap here), and the newly released mid-season schedule reveals the Hooded Hero will return mid-March. In addition to scheduling other mid-season premiers \u2026\nNew Trailers for The CW's THE 100, THE ORIGINALS, REIGN, STAR-CROSSED, THE TOMORROW PEOPLE\nby Brendan Bettinger June 3, 2013\nThe CW previously released clips and short previews for the new series on their 2013-14 schedule. If you are eager to see more, The CW obliged with 3-4 minute trailers for: The 100 \u2013 \"After a nuclear apocalypse, civilization on \u2026\nTrailers for New CW Shows Including VAMPIRE DIARIES Spinoff THE ORIGINALS, Paranormal Series TOMORROW PEOPLE, & the\u2026\nby Adam Chitwood May 16, 2013\nThe CW announced its fall 2013-14 slate earlier today, and now the network has released trailers for its new series. Briefly: The Originals \u2013 The highly anticipated Vampire Diaries spinoff centers on The Original Vampire family and stars Joseph Morgan, \u2026","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Two Meat Loaf albums making US vinyl debut\nBuddy Iahn | January 15, 2019 | Notable Releases, Rock News\nMeat Loaf's quintuple platinum-certified 1993 album, Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell, and his platinum-certified 1995 album, Welcome to the Neighbourhood, will make their U.S. vinyl debuts with new 2 LP vinyl editions to be released worldwide on February 8th by Geffen\/UMe. In the U.K., both albums are making their first return to vinyl since their original release.\nBat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell is available now for pre-order on black and limited edition translucent blue 2 LP vinyl. Welcome to the Neighbourhood is available now for pre-order on limited edition black 2 LP vinyl.\nReleased 25 years ago after studio sessions spanning two years, Meat Loaf's sixth studio album, Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell was the highly anticipated sequel to one of the bestselling albums of all time: his blockbuster 1977 debut, Bat Out of Hell. Revisiting the themes of its 14-times platinum-certified predecessor, Bat Out of Hell II returned Meat Loaf to the top of several charts around the world, fueled by its GRAMMY-winning international smash single, \"I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That),\" which hit No. 1 in 28 countries.\nMeat Loaf's first two Bat Out of Hell albums were written and produced by the GRAMMY-winning songwriter and producer Jim Steinman. Meat Loaf recorded Bat Out of Hell II from 1991 to 1993 at Ocean Way Recording in Los Angeles and at Power Station in New York. The album features many of the same musicians from the first Bat Out of Hell album, including Roy Bittan on keyboards and piano, as well as Todd Rundgren, Ellen Foley, Rory Dodd, and Kasim Sulton returning for background vocals.\nMeat Loaf's seventh studio album, 1995's Welcome to the Neighbourhood, is a concept album, weaving a narrative about a relationship over time. With three singles \u2014 \"I'd Lie for You (And That's the Truth)\" (a duet with Patti Russo), \"Not a Dry Eye in the House,\" and \"Runnin' for the Red Light (I Gotta Life)\" \u2014 the album achieved platinum sales certification in the U.S. and U.K.\nMeat Loaf: Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell \u2013 2 LP | Colored 2 LP\n1. I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)\n2. Life Is A Lemon and I Want My Money Back\n1. Rock And Roll Dreams Come Through\n2. It Just Won't Quit\n3. Out Of The Frying Pan (And Into The Fire)\n1. Objects In The Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are\n2. Wasted Youth\n3. Everything Louder Than Everything Else\n1. Good Girls Go To Heaven (Bad Girls Go Everywhere)\n2. Back Into Hell\n3. Lost Boys And Golden Girls\nMeat Loaf: Welcome to the Neighbourhood \u2013 2 LP\n1. Where The Rubber Meets The Road\n2. I'd Lie For You (And That's The Truth)\n3. Original Sin\n1. 45 Seconds Of Ecstasy\n2. Runnin' For The Red Light (I Gotta Life)\n3. Fiesta De Las Almas Perdidas\n4. Left In The Dark\n1. Not A Dry Eye In The House\n2. Amnesty Is Granted\n1. If This Is The Last Kiss (Let's Make It Last All Night)\n2. Martha\n3. Where Angels Sing\nOzzy Osbourne, Jeff Greenberg honored at 10th MusiCares MAP Fund\nBilly Ray Cyrus announces 'SnakeDoctor Circus'\nThe Band Perry set 'Pioneer' for April\nQueen, Tina Turner among Recording Academy honorees","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Beth L'chaim!\n\"Oh, by gosh, by golly,\nIt's time for mistletoe and holly.\"\nThis season may be for you, as Dickens wrote, \"the best of times.\" You have a job, there's harmony at home, and you're in good health. But sadly for others it's \"the worst of times,\" wracked by shattered dreams, plagued by infirmity, with no hope.\nLong ago a young couple found themselves in a strange, humanly inexplicable dilemma. He was a typical, hard-working guy, headed for a bland, anonymous existence in a dusty, backwater village. His heart belonged to a quiet lass, with child and in her early teens, about to be his bride. Hardly candidates for \"The Bachelorette.\" No honeymooning at a 5-star resort in the Greek islands. No, they settled for a manger.\nSurely, this was the worst of times. But their story gets even worse before it rises to heights loftier than even the best of times. Stay tuned, world!\nWhere are you in this epic drama?\n\"Today in the City of David a Savior has been born to you. He is Christ the Lord! And this will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.\" Luke 2:11,12\nState of your Unions","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Clients \/ Case study\nWorking in partnership with Serco\nHow do you create an environment of trust between new matrix partners?\nFollowing the shift in the delivery of Adult Social Care from local authority to an external provider, we were asked to help to develop the new matrix leadership team than spanned both organisations. Our challenge was to ensure strong relationships across the whole extended team with people working effectively together as equal partners to deliver the best possible result, as well as providing an effective service.\nWith Serco and the local authority working in partnership, most of the local authority staff had successfully transitioned across to their new employer but there were areas where both performance and behaviour needed to be reviewed openly and discussed further. Many of people now working with Serco had spent several years working in a local authoity and were taking time to adjust to the new working environment and culture. By developing a strong and effective matrix leadership team, they hoped this would encourage people to achieve a more open culture by role modelling the behaviours they wanted to see more consistently.\nThrough a programme of senior leadership team development sessions, we worked together to help everyone understand and embrace the future vision, encouraging the whole team to work together more effectively in a relationship of trust. Sharing open feedback played a significant part of the programme and while challenging, proved to be a real catalyst for change.\nFeedback showed clearly that through this ongoing programme we were able to help this newly formed leadership team work together to address challenges, but also to grow and develop. In doing this, we are confident we played a significnat part in developing greater clarity of the role of the Serco led Adult Social Care team within the Council and in moving the group forward to deliver the high quality service required for the future.\nNew team development\nLearn more about the common challenges we solve and how we can help you to Master the Workplace.\nChallenges we solve\nCommunity \/ latest\nHybrid working- help or hindrance?\nFollow us on Twitter Join us on Facebook\n\u00a9 2022 The Art of Work | Registered Company 07849988","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Because our focus is humankind, we are connected to research partners throughout Notre Dame and the world.\nCenter for Environmental Science and Technology (CEST)\nThe Center for Migration and Border Studies, at the Institute for Latino Studies\nCenter for Network Sciences and Applications (iCeNSA)\nCenter for Social Concerns\nDepartment of Africana Studies\nEck Institute for Global Health\nFord Family Program in Human Development Studies and Solidarity\nGender Relations Center (GRC)\nGender Studies Program\nInstitute for Asia and Asian Studies\nInstitute for Structure and Nuclear Astrophysics (ISNAP)\nJohn J. Reilly Center for Science, Technology and Values\nKellogg Institute for International Studies\nKeough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies\nKlau Center for Civil and Human Rights\nKroc Institute for International Peace Studies\nNanovic Institute for European Studies\nWilliam J. Shaw Center for Children and Families\nPartners Throughout the World\nAmerican Center for Oriental Research \u2013 (Amman, Jordan)\nBiological Anthropology Medical Imaging Laboratory, Quinnipiac University, (Hamden, CT, US)\nCardno JFNew (Walkerton, IN, US)\nCenter of Theological Inquiry (Princeton, NJ, US)\nCrow Canyon Archaeological Center (Cortez, CO, US)\nField Museum (Chicago, IL, US)\nIllinois State Museum (Springfield, IL, US)\nL'\u00c9cole Biblique et Arch\u00e9ologique Fran\u00e7ais de J\u00e9rusalem, (Jerusalem)\nMesa Verde National Park (Montezuma County, CO, US)\nMidwest Archaeological Center, National Park Service (Lincoln, NE, US)\nMinistry of the Environment and Gibraltar Ornithological and natural History Society, (Gibraltar, United Kingdom)\nNanyang technological University, (Singapore)\nNational Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (Washington, DC, US)\nNational Parks Board of Singapore, (Singapore)\nUniversity of Durham (UK)\nWF Albright Institute of Archaeological Research \u2013 (Jerusalem)\nWashington State University Department of Anthropology (Pullman, WA, US)\nYonsei University (South Korea)","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Law Reports of Trials of War Criminals: United Nations War Crimes Commission\nhttps:\/\/www.loc.gov\/rr\/frd\/Military_Law\/law-reports-trials-war-criminals.html\nThe Library of Congress' Military Legal Resources has a section on its website that highlights war criminal trials from World War II that offer \"major points of municipal and international law that were raised and settled during the trials as well as the potential for the greatest legal interest.\" The trials cover the time period of 1947-1949, and comprise 15 volumes, each with an introduction by the chairman of the United Nations War Crimes Commission. Visitors will find that each volume's table of contents contains the breakdown of each case, including \"Outline of the Proceedings\" which is typically comprised of facts and evidence, defense of the accused, and the findings and resulting sentences. The \"Notes on the Case\" name and discuss the appropriateness of the laws or statutes applied to the case. Visitors interested in World War II history will find these cases provide an interesting perspective by which to view the war.\nhttps:\/\/scout.wisc.edu\/Reports\/ScoutReport\/2010\/scout-100416#6\nLibrary of Congress. Federal Research Division\nWar crime trials\nGEM Subject\nSocial studies -- Human relations\nSocial studies -- World history\nApril 16th, 2010 at 10:49am","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"BILDERBERG MEETING - JUN 01, 2019\nA Day In The Life of A Journalist Covering\nBILDERBERG - JUN 01, 2019\nby ADMIN in PRESS FOR TRUTH\nThe 67th annual Bilderberg conference is nearly coming to an end in Montreux Switzerland.\nUS Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and his predecessor, Henry Kissinger\nWhen it comes to journalists who cover Bilderberg you'll often see the edited footage after the fact but not usually raw clips which shows what it's truly like confronting globalists. In this video Dan Dicks of Press For Truth shows the viewer what a typical day covering the Bilderberg conference looks like, everything from stake outs to confrontations to police detainments and much more!\nBILDERBERG VIDEO I >\nUS Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and his predecessor, Henry Kissinger, have arrived in Switzerland for the 67th annual mysterious Bilderberg conference.\nThe pair were captured arriving at and leaving the luxurious Fairmont le Montreux Palace hotel on Saturday, with Kissinger, 96, needing assistance to get into his vehicle. The were joined by the likes of French Minister Bruno Le Maire and the former chairman of Google, Eric Schmidt.\nThe key topics for discussion this year are:\n1. A Stable Strategic Order\n2. What Next for Europe?\n3. Climate Change and Sustainability\n5. Russia\n6. The Future of Capitalism\n8. The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence\n9. The Weaponisation of Social Media\n10. The Importance of Space\n11. Cyber Threats\nBILDERBERG VIDEO II >\nAbout 130 world leaders from 23 countries, ranging from royalty to industry and everything in between, have been lined up to attend the four-day 2019 Bilderberg event. The group is expected to discuss topics including Russia, Brexit, and the future of AI.\nUS Secretary of State Mike Pompeo\nBilderberg 2019: Who's going and what will they be discussing?\nThe notoriously secretive meeting was established in 1954 with the aim of improving US-European relations. However, attendees are forbidden from disclosing any information derived from discussions, resulting in various conspiracy theories speculating as to what might really be going on behind closed doors.\nBILDERBERG VIDEO III >\nThe luxurious Fairmont le Montreux Palace hotel in Montreux - Switzerland\nAll articles contained in Human-Synthesis are freely available and collected from the Internet. The interpretation of the contents is left to the readers and do not necessarily represent the views of the Administrator. Disclaimer: The contents of this article are of sole responsibility of the author(s). Human-Synthesis will not be responsible for any inaccurate or incorrect statement in this article. Human-Synthesis grants permission to cross-post original Human-Synthesis articles on community internet sites as long as the text & title are not modified.\nThe source and the author's copyright must be displayed. For publication of Human-Synthesis articles in print or other forms including commercial internet sites. Human-Synthesis contains copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available to our readers under the provisions of \"fair use\" in an effort to advance a better understanding of political, economic and social issues. The material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving it for research and educational purposes. If you wish to use copyrighted material for purposes other than \"fair use\" you must request permission from the copyright owner.\nSilvija Seres, investor and techie\nSeres, Silvija (NOR), Independent InvestorSilvija Seres is a mathematician and technology investor. She has a background in algorithm research and PhD from Oxford University, development of the Alta Vista search engine, strategic management\n20 top researchers in a unique call: carbon dioxide does not affect the climate\n- Lars Bern receives heavy support from scientistsLars Bern 10 Feb 2015 | Photo: Torbj\u00f6rn SasserssonOriginally published on NewsMill.se: 2008-12-17 at 20:12 NEWS VOICE ARCHIVE. There is no correlation between increased carbon","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/buffalo-bills-nfl-sports-new-york-fe9b9cb5bb218ce50d25a05aceb8cbb2\nParts of NY dig out after potentially 'historic' snowfall\nBy MAYSOON KHANNovember 20, 2022 GMT\nA truck makes a turn at an intersection in the Elmwood neighborhood of Buffalo, N.Y., Sunday, Nov. 20, 2022. Many side streets remained uncleared after two days of lake-effect snow. (Libby March\/The Buffalo News via AP)\nNEW YORK (AP) \u2014 Parts of New York finally caught a break Sunday after a storm spent days dumping a potentially record-setting amount of snow on cities and towns east of Lake Erie and Lake Ontario.\nMany businesses in the hardest-hit areas remained closed, but highways reopened and travel bans in many areas were lifted, though bands of lake-effect snow were expected to bring up to 2 feet (0.6 meters) by Monday morning in some parts of the state that were largely spared in earlier rounds.\n\"This has been a historic storm. Without a doubt, this is one for the record books,\" New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said at a briefing Sunday.\nSnow began falling Thursday in towns south of Buffalo. By Saturday, the National Weather Service recorded 77 inches (196 cm) in Orchard Park, home to the NFL's Buffalo Bills, and 72 inches in Natural Bridge, a hamlet near Watertown off the eastern end of Lake Ontario.\nSimilar multiday storms have brought bigger snowfall totals than that in the past to New York, but the ferocity of the storm on Friday appeared to threaten the state's record for most snowfall in a 24 hour period: the 50 inches (127 centimeters) that fell on Camden, New York, on Feb. 1, 1966.\nNational Weather Service meteorologist Jason Alumbaugh, who is based in Buffalo, said it was too early to say whether any of this year's snowfalls exceeded that record.\nNFL playoffs: Vegas believes some classics could be coming\nPanthers hire Frank Reich over Steve Wilks as head coach\nHochul is asking for a federal disaster declaration for the affected areas, which would potentially unlock some aid. She said teams were checking on residents of mobile home parks in areas that got enough snow to potentially crumple roofs.\nDue to the heavy snowfall, a Sunday football game between the Buffalo Bills' and Cleveland Browns was moved to Detroit.\nNew York is no stranger to dramatic lake-effect snow, which is caused by cool air picking up moisture from the warmer water, then releasing it in bands of windblown snow over land.\nThis month's storm is at least the worst in the state since November 2014, when some communities south of Buffalo were hit with 7 feet (2 meters) of snow over the course of three days, collapsing roofs and trapping drivers on a stretch of the New York State Thruway.\nMaysoon Khan is a corps member for the Associated Press\/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues. Follow Maysoon Khan on Twitter.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"How do professional accompanying musicians (seem to) figure out songs instantly?\nSometimes, when I'm watching any TV show which has a live hired band for accompanying and they have a musician guest, the host will ask for them to sing something on spot (that wasn't really planned), and they'll say to the band \"please give me C Major [or whatever key]\".\nThen they'll start singing and the band will typically join him\/her after a few notes. How do these guys figure out the entire chord progression for the song instantly?\n(I'm obviously interested in situations like this that aren't staged.)\nperforming chord-progressions\nTamara Wijsman\nRafael AlmeidaRafael Almeida\nIn addition to legitimate answers to how musicians develop and access this skill, TV producers aren't against staging the show to seem like this is the first time the musicians are seeing it. Some shows will pretend, some will be legitimate. Top studio-quality musicians need to have this versatility though. \u2013 SRiss May 16 '11 at 6:07\nI'm sure that sometimes it is really staged. I failed to state the premise that, for the sake of the question, I'm obviously interested in the situations that aren't staged =D \u2013 Rafael Almeida May 16 '11 at 13:22\nI suspect the main trick is to be lazy, and follow the lead. After one repetition of the chord pattern, often just 4 bars, you got it and can join in properly. \u2013 Lennart Regebro May 16 '11 at 14:38\nShould this be made a community wiki? \u2013 Rafael Almeida Aug 28 '11 at 12:40\nThere are formulas and sets of harmony formulas that musicians know of. ie. Chord Formation. I, IV, V7 sets of harmony; Chord Substitution; Fifth Motion, Dominant motion; Diatonic Cycles of Fifths, Chord Tone Substitutions, etc.\nEach chords in each set have their own characteristics that you need to know what they represent. I can be indicative of what each chord's character are like but the fastest way to teach you that is through you experiencing it.\nWith that, once someone says: Gimme a C or whatever, immediately the musician knows the set of harmony ideas they must employ. And with their sense of feelings and hearing they will know what the next chord should be.\nOf course they do make mistakes. That is where they correct themselves along the way in real time. In my place, we call it 'bluffology\" - bluff our way through. Done properly, most people will not know our mistakes.\nIt does takes time to acquire such skill but the mindset must be tuned that way first.\nPlay By EarPlay By Ear\nThe musicians are \"faking it\" based on their knowledge of theory. This notion may be romantic but in my experience it is rather unlikely. There's simply too much that could go wrong. This isn't a jam session or a concert, it's a TV performance to showcase a singer. That said, in other situations they might be perfectly willing and able to \"fake it\" (that's where the term \"fake book\" comes from, after all), in which case Play By Ear's answer applies.\nThe musicians have played the song before (probably in a different key and are transposing it in real time). Rather likely. Professional musicians have a repertoire in the hundreds or thousands of songs and are fully capable of transposing.\nThey knew about the song before the show started, i.e it was staged. Very few things on TV are totally \"on the spot\" and unrehearsed. I find this to be the most likely explanation for this particular case.\nRein HenrichsRein Henrichs\nFor an example of what happens when performers are really put on the spot, VH1 had a series \"Cover Wars\", the first round of which was \"The Human Jukebox\", where the band had to play (or fake) each song given by the judges, on the spot. \u2013 KeithS Mar 2 '12 at 15:51\nThe short answer is - because they can hear how the song goes, and they know how to translate those pitches into a chord progression on their instrument that quickly. Because they went to music school or because they have many years of experience or both.\nIt's not faked or rigged or a trick.\nWhile it does look like magic, it is a surprisingly common skill for professional musicians at the level you suggest - appearing on a national television broadcast for example. One would imagine that a certain level of recognition of proficiency is required to be invited there in the first place. In fact, it is expected that they would be able to do that. Just like you expect your dentist to recognize gum disease when he looks in your mouth.\nWould one ask \"How did my plumber know were to find the clogged drain I had, he had never been to my house before?\" or \"How did my doctor know that I was deficient in Vitamin D?\". Because they have years of training and experience and know what to look for and how the system that they work with functions.\nBelieve it or not, being able to aurally recognize a chord progression is a learn-able, teachable skill. It takes practice, just like medicine or computer programming or chemistry, but there is a stepwise reproducible method to learn how to do it. So couple the knowledge of how music works with years of experience and you get someone who can hear a song for the first time and play along with it.\nThis skill is one of the many you are taught when you go to a music school and spend 4 years there. You take classes like \"Ear Training\" for semesters and semesters. And they even test you. They play songs at a piano and you sit in the class and have to write down how they go, just by listening to them.\nhttp:\/\/www.berklee.edu\/departments\/ear_training.html\nhttp:\/\/www.berklee.edu\/core\/eartraining.html\nHere is an example test:\nhttp:\/\/classes.berklee.edu\/et\/et1c1.htm\nThe instructor would play those phrases, and you would sit in class and have to write what he played. Then you turn it in and get graded. As you progress through your four years of music school, the examples get more and more complex until you have to listen to things like entire string quartets or symphonic pieces and notate them. All the parts. Of every instrument.\nDespite music being an art, there is a great deal of the mechanics about it that humans have been thinking about and documenting for more than one thousand years, so most of \"how do I do X\" has long since been written down and is very well figured out and documented. It isn't magic, just 1000 years of ten million-million collective man hours of human beings thinking about this subject, writing things down and passing it on.\nWhile from the outside it does sometime look like voodoo when someone does it, if you sat with a teacher who said \"First you do this, then you do this, then you do this\" every day for four years (or much much longer), it would not look so magical.\nBasso RidiculosoBasso Ridiculoso\nYour answer makes a lot of sense. However, a piece of music is not as spontaneous an event as a clogged pipe or mouth condition. Somebody created it. I just think your answer was too \"ultimate\" regarding the previsibility of music in general. Of course, the very question I asked implies that this previsibility exists in some degree, though. \u2013 Rafael Almeida Oct 3 '11 at 0:14\n@RafaelAlmeida Music certainly can be that spontaneous. The simple answer to your question is, the musicians know what sound they want to make, and they know how to make that sound. \u2013 slim Mar 2 '12 at 11:04\nYou are very trusting! \u2013 Laurence Payne Dec 9 '16 at 13:00\nAssuming they don't already know the specific song (it's quite likely they do), it's possible it's a contrafact: a song based on the chord progression of a jazz standard; e.g. 12-bar blues or rhythm changes. Or a pop song using a common progression with just 3 or 4 chords; e.g. I I IV V or I V IV V or I IV vi V or I iii IV V, etc\nI've seen this mostly with pop songs. I imagined that they probably base their progression choice on a \"standard\" song. But this leaves the question, how do they decide which? Not less importantly, how do everyone agree in the choice, seemingly wordless? \u2013 Rafael Almeida May 16 '11 at 13:51\n@Rafael: I can't resist spreading this as a demonstration that you can go a long way with 4 chords (even 3). \u2013 ogerard May 18 '11 at 7:07\n@ogerard - Your link says it all :) \u2013 Hubert Czerski Jul 26 '11 at 9:22\nTV-show bands research the music of guest artists beforehand, including the keys in which they work. They do this for a few reasons, not the least of which is the off chance that there is an improvized request for a tune. But on the whole everything is staged including what looks to be a spontaneous jam. The best perfomer in the world will sound bad with bad accompanyment or being forced to sing or play (especially sing) in an unfamiliar or just plain wrong key. They earn their keep by their reputation and media exposure, and nobody takes a chance on messing with their rep.\nCalabiyauCalabiyau\nLet alone without warming up for live TV. \u2013 yossarian Jul 27 '11 at 21:21\nNo they don't. Certainly not to the degree of polish we see in these 'spontaneous' performances. It's showbiz! \u2013 Laurence Payne Dec 9 '16 at 13:01\nYou can make a pleasing accompaniment to most melodies using three chords: I, IV, and V.\nThe reason this works is that between them, those chords have all of the notes in a standard scale.\nFor example, if the song is in the key of C major, then the I chord has the notes C, E, G, the IV chord has the notes F, A, C, and the V chord has the notes G, B, D. All seven distinct notes of the major scale are represented: C D E F G A B\nSo if the person singing or playing the melody plays a B, then you can play the V chord, and it will sound ok because B is in the chord. If they sing or play a G, you can choose between I and V because both chords contain the note G.\nAs you listen, you can get a feel for where the song is heading, and when the note G comes up, that prediction about where the song is going next helps you decide whether I or V seems like a better fit. For example, if it seems like the piece is nearing the end, you probably are going to encounter a V-I cadence or a IV-I cadence.\nAs you get more skilled, you can change it up a little bit, use different chords, make it more complex, but in a pinch, you can harmonize almost anything with I IV and V. There are exceptions, but for pop songs exceptions are rare.\nPart of the neat thing about harmony is that there are many different ways to harmonize a melody that can be pleasing. So there are many possible ways to accompany a melody that will work. If there is more than one person accompanying the melody, they will have to coordinate a little bit. If they are in a band and have done this before, they will probably have a sense of which chord progressions the other band members like to use. It is possible for there to be mixups though, where some band members play one chord, and other band members play another. It is also possible to guess wrong about where a melody is heading and play a dissonant chord. However, dissonance is part of music, and if this happens, you can continue on to a more consonant chord with some filler notes and pretend you meant to do it all along.\nSo in summary, the accompanists probably don't know the chord progression for the whole song all at once. They probably can project a little bit into the future. They probably have a standard set of chords that they use in these situations, (For example, I, IV, and V, or another set of chords that covers all of the notes of the scale,) and they fit the chords to whatever notes the person sings or plays. The resulting harmony may not match the way that the person singing or playing the melody would usually harmonize the song, but it will sound pleasing nonetheless.\nStrange AttractorStrange Attractor\nI'm an accompanying musician and I do this all the time with the musical styles that I'm familiar with. Have you ever faked singing along with a song that you've never heard before? It's the same thing with musicians writ large.\nThe very brief gap in the first bar is where the musicians establish the key, the style and the general form of the song. All songs are composed of cliches, predictable chord progressions, rhythms and melody fragments that make up the style of the song. That's why reggae doesn't sound like Xmas carols.\nOnce the key and style are established, the musicians will very cautiously start adding suitable harmony, hanging back from the very front of the beat so that they have a few hundredths of a second to determine if they need to change their guess. In various musical styles there are also certain figures that are common for going to a particular chord. Once the song has been played through once, the form, style and harmonic progression have been established and the accompanying musicians can play with confidence.\nAs an audience member, this whole process can be difficult to pick up, unless a song takes an unexpected turn. As performing musicians my wife and I take great enjoyment in watching live performers fake their way out of the occasional \"clam\" to avoid a \"train wreck.\"\npropro\nReflecting upon the above answers, if a song is in a major key, using only the 3 major chords available i.e. I IV V when the part of the song you are playing feels like it is about to change chord (experience tells) there's a 50:50 chance of hitting the right chord next. Pretty good odds!! By using the other 3 chords as well -IIm IIIm VIm a fairly comprehensive choice of chords is available. If the player feels the tune needs to go from maj. to min., there's still a 33% chance of hitting it right. Experience is all....However, when you try to busk something which modulates wildly, expect trouble unless you know the map of 'new keys'.\nI should make reference to the Nashville Number System, a system of pop music notation developed for country music performers, both background singers and instrumentalists, for use in places like the Grand Ole Opry stage show and widely used in the Nashville, Tennessee music industry by recording studio session musicians in accompanying singers. The premise is that once the chord progression for a song has been notated in the Nashville Numbers System, the performers can instantly transpose the song and perform it live in any key asked for by the singer. This presupposes some skill on the part of the performers, although country music is known for not being very complex.\nThe link above is to a commercial textbook devoted to explaining the Nashville Number System.\nIt is actually possible to practice sight-reading. What you do is you get as much new music as possible and try sight-reading it. It's good to start with music that is easy; I began with the Reader's Digest songbooks. And\/or music you really like and are motivated to learn; for me that was Bach's Preludes and Fugues... But don't spend too long on each piece, move on to the next one. After a while you find that you're getting better and better. I did this when I was about 14-15 years old on piano, because I realised my music reading wasn't very good. After a while I found I could sight-read better. Eventually I became a piano accompanist - for many years this was my main musical job - and these days I can sight read very well. The answers above are correct, in that one tends to recognise patterns and automatically play them, also tend to use 'bluffology' when it goes wrong, as it sometimes does. But I thought I could add something to those articles, by saying how you can actually get to the point of being able to sight-read.\nAndrew P PartingtonAndrew P Partington\nI do this. Basically it comes down to developing your ears. I can offer twelve useful tips:\nLearn to recognise all intervals instantly.\nLearn all your scales and arpeggios without needing to look at sheet music.\nPractice often with no written music. Challenge yourself to improvise in a certain style and key (or sequence of keys) convincingly for a few minutes at a time.\nLearn songs. Then learn more songs. After that, learn a few more songs. Actually memorise them, and now and again go back and revisit the ones you forgot.\nDon't worry about \"perfect pitch\", it doesn't really matter, but have GREAT relative pitch. So when you hear fragments of melody on the radio, in a shop, whatever - get the habit of mentally \"playing them\" on your instrument. (This is a follow on from 1.)\nListen actively to music - meaning, really observe what is happening, what different musicians are doing to support the overall performance, how the song is structured, when sections repeat and so on. Avoid \"passive\" listening as that creates a bad habit.\nStudy different styles and what great players on your instrument do in those styles. I play sax and clarinet - I used to play in a band doing funk, soul, reggae and so on, and a lot happened spontaneously. I developed a vocabulary of licks in those styles based on listening to classic records. (Sax players do certain very common things in a reggae band which are different from funk or blues.) Steal mercilessly from every possible source!\nIt helps to play some piano, guitar or bass - then you can look at their fingers which gives you more clues! Anyway you need to play a harmony instrument to learn harmony, And you must know harmony, and common chord sequences.\nPut yourself in situations where you can develop this skill. You will screw up sometimes. Don't worry, just keep doing it. Learn to make your mistakes sound like you meant them!\nKeep practicing.\nKeep listening.\nBonus tip : put on a recording and see how quickly you can pick up what is going on and play something that fits with the other players on the tune.\ndanmcbdanmcb\nHmmmm ...\nA TV show\nMusician guest (obviously everyone would know who the musician guest is) Spontaneous singing\n.. you can bet the band would be primed, for several popular tunes, otherwise they all look terrible on TV. Forgive my cynicism.\nHowever if a musician does know a song (ie has heard it, perhaps can hum the tune) then there'sa a good chance of being able to \"find\" it spontaneously on an instrument, using experience.\nIt's a bit like singing : If you've heard a tuneyou can probably sing it spotaneously. It's one more level of experience to be able to play the basic chords etc on the instrument, especially if it's a simple song.\nMy speculation would also be that the singer would do well to pick a song which can fit a common chord progression, because they don't want to look stupid when the band go wrong because they chose to sing something which modulates in an unusual manner. But on live TV... they probably did improvise it in rehearsals, and now they're going to just do the same thing again. \u2013 Matthew Walton May 21 '14 at 10:10\nSimple: a lot of education and a lot of experience. Over time, we are exposed to every sort of music variation and oddity. Eventually we get to the point where a piece, even though unknown, can be rather predictable. Notice when people are jamming they seem to manage some pretty tight endings simply because they've played a lot of endings.\nRichard BestRichard Best\nIn my case it was a skill I developed by participating in countless jam sessions both with friends and strangers. I can follow others as they improvise and they can follow me as I take the lead. Chord leading comes into play quite often, as does having an extensive repertoire, and knowing how to transpose from one key to the next on the fly. Also having a strong sense of relative pitch and knowing chord structure and the resulting sound of it's harmonies helps a lot. Often one or two members of the orchestra can take the lead and others almost instinctively know how to go along. This can happen with varying degrees of success with almost any group of players, but it's only the proficient players that collect a check from the broadcasting companies.\nskinny peacockskinny peacock\nNot the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged performing chord-progressions or ask your own question.\nIn chord progressions, how can I refer to a chord that's out of the scale?\nHow to make a career out of music?\nHow to make songs with chords that don't belong in a scale?\nHow to transition between chord progressions of two songs in different keys?\nEar Training: How to figure out the key signature and chords used in a song\nHow to figure out piano chord progressions while playing?\nHow to sample live and loop with live musicians without a laptop?","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Thursday, January 16th, 2020 (20:32)\nThe Document That Reveals The Remarkable Tactics Of Trans Lobbyists\nby James Kirkup\nA great deal of the transgender debate is unexplained. One of the most mystifying aspects is the speed and success of a small number of small organisations in achieving major influence over public bodies, politicians and officials. How has a certain idea taken hold in so many places so swiftly?\nPeople and organisations that at the start of this decade had no clear policy on or even knowledge of trans issues are now enthusiastically embracing non-binary gender identities and transition, offering gender-neutral toilets and other changes required to accommodate trans people and their interests. These changes have, among other things, surprised many people. They wonder how this happened, and why no one seems to have asked them what they think about it, or considered how those changes might affect them.\nSome of the bodies that have embraced these changes with the greatest zeal are surprising: the police are not famous social liberals but many forces are now at the vanguard here, even to the point of checking our pronouns and harassing elderly ladies who say the wrong thing on Twitter.\nHow did we get here? I think we can discount the idea that this is a simple question of organisations following a changing society. Bluntly, society still doesn't know very much about transgenderism. If you work in central London in certain sectors, live in a university town (or at a university) or have children attending a (probably middle-class) school, you might have some direct acquaintance. But my bet is that most people don't know any trans people and don't have developed views about how the law should evolve with regards to their status.\nSo the question again: how did organisations with small budgets and limited resources achieve such stunning success, not just in the UK but elsewhere?\nWell, thanks to the legal website Roll On Friday, I have now seen a document that helps answer that question.\nThe document is the work of Dentons, which says it is the world's biggest law firm; the Thomson Reuters Foundation, an arm of the old media giant that appears dedicated to identity politics of various sorts; and the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Intersex Youth & Student Organisation (IGLYO). Both Dentons and the Thomson Reuters Foundation note that the document does not necessarily reflect their views.\nThe report is called 'Only adults? Good practices in legal gender recognition for youth'. Its purpose is to help trans groups in several countries bring about changes in the law to allow children to legally change their gender, without adult approval and without needing the approval of any authorities. 'We hope this report will be a powerful tool for activists and NGOs working to advance the rights of trans youth across Europe and beyond,' says the foreword.\nAs you'd expect of a report co-written by the staff of a major law firm, it's a comprehensive and solid document, summarising law, policy and 'advocacy' across several countries. Based on the contributions of trans groups from around the world (including two in the UK, one of which is not named), it collects and shares 'best practice' in 'lobbying' to change the law so that parents no longer have a say on their child's legal gender.\nIn the words of the report:\n'It is recognised that the requirement for parental consent or the consent of a legal guardian can be restrictive and problematic for minors.'\nYou might think that the very purpose of parenting is, in part, to 'restrict' the choices of children who cannot, by definition, make fully-informed adult choices on their own. But that is not the stance of the report.\nIndeed, it suggests that 'states should take action against parents who are obstructing the free development of a young trans person's identity in refusing to give parental authorisation when required.'\nIn short, this is a handbook for lobbying groups that want to remove parental consent over significant aspects of children's lives. A handbook written by an international law firm and backed by one of the world's biggest charitable foundations.\nAnd how do the authors suggest that legal change be accomplished?\nI think the advice is worth quoting at length, because this is the first time I've actually seen this put down in writing in a public forum. And because I think anyone with any interest in how policy is made and how politics works should pay attention.\nHere's a broad observation from the report about the best way to enact a pro-trans agenda:\n'While cultural and political factors play a key role in the approach to be taken, there are certain techniques that emerge as being effective in progressing trans rights in the \"good practice\" countries.'\nAmong those techniques: 'Get ahead of the Government agenda.'\nWhat does that mean? Here it is in more detail:\n'In many of the NGO advocacy campaigns that we studied, there were clear benefits where NGOs managed to get ahead of the government and publish progressive legislative proposal before the government had time to develop their own. NGOs need to intervene early in the legislative process and ideally before it has even started. This will give them far greater ability to shape the government agenda and the ultimate proposal than if they intervene after the government has already started to develop its own proposals.'\nThat will sound familiar to anyone who knows how a Commons select committee report in 2016, which adopted several positions from trans groups, was followed in 2017 by a UK government plan to adopt self-identification of legal gender. To a lot of people, that proposal, which emerged from Whitehall looking quite well-developed, came out of the blue.\nAnyway, here's another tip from the document: 'Tie your campaign to more popular reform.'\n'In Ireland, Denmark and Norway, changes to the law on legal gender recognition were put through at the same time as other more popular reforms such as marriage equality legislation. This provided a veil of protection, particularly in Ireland, where marriage equality was strongly supported, but gender identity remained a more difficult issue to win public support for.'\nI've added my bold there, because I think those are very telling phrases indeed. This is an issue that is 'difficult to win public support for' and best hidden behind the 'veil of protection' provided by a popular issue such as gay rights. Again, anyone who has even glanced at the UK transgender debate will recognise this description.\nAnother recommendation is even more revealing: 'Avoid excessive press coverage and exposure.'\nAccording to the report, the countries that have moved most quickly to advance trans rights and remove parental consent have been those where the groups lobbying for those changes have succeeded in stopping the wider public learning about their proposals. Conversely, in places like Britain, the more 'exposure' this agenda has had, the less successful the lobbying has been:\n'Another technique which has been used to great effect is the limitation of press coverage and exposure. In certain countries, like the UK, information on legal gender recognition reforms has been misinterpreted in the mainstream media, and opposition has arisen as a result. \u2026.Against this background, many believe that public campaigning has been detrimental to progress, as much of the general public is not well informed about trans issues, and therefore misinterpretation can arise.\nIn Ireland, activists have directly lobbied individual politicians and tried to keep press coverage to a minimum in order to avoid this issue.' (Emphasis added).\nAlthough it offers extensive advice about the need to keep the trans-rights agenda out of the public's gaze, the report has rather less to say about the possibility that advocates might just try doing what everyone else in politics does and make a persuasive argument for their cause. Actually convincing people that this stuff is a good idea doesn't feature much in the report, which runs to 65 pages.\nI'm not going to tell you what I think of the report, or the agenda it sets out. I'm not going to pass comment on it or its authors. I'm just going to try to summarise its nature and contents.\nA major international law firm has helped write a lobbying manual for people who want to change the law to prevent parents having the final say about significant changes in the status of their own children. That manual advises those lobbying for that change to hide their plans behind a 'veil' and to make sure that neither the media nor the wider public know much about the changes affecting children that they are seeking to make. Because if the public find out about those changes, they might well object to them.\nI started my first job as a researcher in the Commons in 1994. I've been studying and writing about politics and policy ever since. And in my experience of how changes in the law are brought about, the approach described in that report is simply not normal or usual. In a democracy, we are all free to argue for whatever policy or position we wish. But normally, anyone who wants to change the law accepts that to do so they need to win the support or, at least, the consent of the people whose authority ultimately gives the law its force. The approach outlined, in detail, in the Dentons report amounts to a very different way of lobbying to get the laws and policies you want. Even more notably, it suggests that in several countries people have been quite successful in lobbying behind a 'veil' and in a way that deliberately avoids the attention of the public. That, I think, should interest anyone who cares about how politics and policy are conducted, whether or not they care about the transgender issue.\nI'm going to conclude with an observation I've made here before, but which I think bears repeating in the context of that report and the things it might tell people about other aspects of the trans issue: no policy made in the shadows can survive in sunlight.\nvia The Spectator\nagenda biology female gay rights gender homosexuality LBGTQ lobbyists male non-binary reality sex sexuality tactics transgender transgenderism\nThe Bravery of Hong Kong's Freedom Fighters\nYair Netanyahu: Soros' Organizations Destroying Israel from the Inside","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"- PaulCraigRoberts.org - https:\/\/www.paulcraigroberts.org -\nThe American Collapse Accelerates\nPosted By pcr3 On May 1, 2019 @ 5:51 pm In Guest Contributions,Other | Comments Disabled\nHomeless Hordes take over elite California neighborhoods, camping in the gardens of multi-million dollar homes and making the prized beaches unusable.\nLA, San Francisco, and Seattle becoming unlivable.\nMurderous MS-13 El Salvadoran gangs taking over Long Island. Rich elites arming themselves and constructing safe rooms inside their homes.\nJust wait until the millions of Americans displaced by robotics are thrown into the streets.\nAmerica is a dead man walking. It no longer works even for the elites.\nhttps:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2019-04-29\/wealthy-elites-freak-out-homeless-hordes-take-over-west-coast-neighborhoods [1]\nWealthy Elites Freak Out As Homeless Hordes Take Over West Coast Neighborhoods\nAuthored by Michael Snyder via The Economic Collapse blog, [2]\nThe elite are very \"tolerant\" of the homeless until they start showing up in their own neighborhoods. Even though the mainstream media keeps telling us that the U.S. economy is \"booming\", the number of Americans living on the streets continues to grow very rapidly, and this is particularly true in our major west coast cities [3]. More than half a million Americans will sleep on the streets of our cities tonight, and they need help, care and shelter. Sadly, as economic conditions deteriorate that number is likely to double or even triple. Of course many among the elite are all in favor of doing something for the homeless, as long as they don't have to be anywhere around them.\nFor example, let's talk about what is going on in Los Angeles. No city on the west coast has a bigger problem with homelessness than L.A. does, and many in the homeless population enjoy camping out on the beautiful beaches in the L.A. area at night.\nBut of course many of the elite that paid millions of dollars for beachfront property are not too thrilled about this. Sex Pistols frontman Johnny Rotten was a key symbol of anti-establishment rebellion in the 1970s, but now he is freaking out because homeless people are making life very difficult for him and his wife in Venice Beach, and what he recently told Newsweek's Paula Froelich is making headlines all over the nation [4]\u2026\nHe told her the homeless situation in his swanky LA neighborhood is so bad that thieves are tearing the bars from the windows of his multimillion-dollar home, lobbing bricks, setting up unsightly tent cities and littering the beach with syringes.\n\"A couple of weeks ago I had a problem,\" the former punk prince opined. \"They came over the gate and put their tent inside, right in front of the front door. It's like .\u2009.\u2009. the audacity. And if you complain, what are you? Oh, one of the establishment elite? No, I'm a bloke that's worked hard for his money and I expect to be able to use my own front door.\"\nIt is more than just a little bit ironic that a man that used drugs, sex and rock and roll to shoot to global fame now sounds like a tired old crank that just wants to get the hippies off of his front lawn.\nAnd he also says that the beach in front of his home is almost unusable because of all the needles and human poop in the sand [4]\u2026\nRotten added of the punks: \"They're aggressive, and because there's an awful lot of them together they're gang-y. And the heroin spikes .\u2009.\u2009. You can't take anyone to the beach because there's jabs just waiting for young kids to put their feet in \u2014 and poo all over the sand.\"\nWell, Johnny might as well become accustomed to his new neighbors, because the situation is only going to get worse as our national homelessness crisis intensifies.\nIn Los Angeles, the number of homeless people that have died has risen 76 percent [5] over the past five years, and this has happened during supposedly \"good economic times\".\nSo how bad will things get when the economy really starts going downhill?\nUp the coast in San Fransisco, some wealthy residents are fighting tooth and nail to keep a proposed homeless shelter out of their wealthy neighborhood. The following comes from CBS News [6].\nSome San Francisco residents are turning to crowdfunding to raise money to fight a proposed homeless shelter in their wealthy neighborhood. As of Monday morning, the effort [7] had raised over $80,000 of its $100,000 goal.\nCalling itself \"Safe Embarcadero for All,\" the organizer is appealing to residents of South Beach, Rincon Hill, Bayside Village, East Cut and Mission Bay, saying the money will be directed to a legal fund to pay for efforts to fight the homeless shelter. San Francisco Mayor London Breed has sponsored [8] legislation to fast-track the building of the Navigation Center, which would house 200 homeless people a stone's throw from Google's San Francisco offices and Gap's headquarters.\nHow wonderfully \"tolerant\" of them, eh?\nOf course it is hard to blame them. The streets of San Francisco are littered with thousands upon thousands of used syringes [9], and the number of official complaints about human feces in the streets is going up with each passing year [10].\nBut instead of changing course, it looks like San Francisco officials will probably extend their free syringe program [11]\u2026\nSan Francisco officials are debating if they should continue a needle exchange program that has left city streets littered with hazardous waste.\nWe have made an uncomfortable observation on social media: Thousands of needles are scattered on city streets, most likely came the Department of Public Health's needle exchange program.\nSan Francisco Board of Supervisors expects to approve a seven-year extension of the exchange program, could cost taxpayers a whopping $26 million.\nOverall, the city handed out 5.8 million free syringes [9] in 2018, and a large number of those were simply thrown on to the streets when addicts were done using them.\nUp in Seattle, neighborhood after neighborhood has been taken over by homeless encampments, and many residents are saying enough is enough [12]\u2026\nIn the past two weeks, Seattle Is Dying has garnered 38,000 shares on Facebook and nearly 2 million views on YouTube. The report has clearly resonated with anxious, fearful, and increasingly angry Seattle residents. Exhausted by a decade of rising disorder and property crime\u2014now two-and-a-half times higher than Los Angeles's and four times higher than New York City's\u2014Seattle voters may have reached the point of \"compassion fatigue.\" According to the Seattle Times [13], 53 percent of Seattle voters now support a \"zero-tolerance policy\" on homeless encampments; 62 percent believe that the problem is getting worse because the city \"wastes money by being inefficient\" and \"is not accountable for how the money is spent,\" and that \"too many resources are spent on the wrong approaches to the problem.\" The city council insists that new tax revenues are necessary, including a head tax on large employers, but only 7 percent of Seattle voters think that the city is \"not spending enough to really solve the problem.\" For a famously progressive city, this is a remarkable shift in public opinion.\nWith all of the money that they have, you would think that the major cities on the west coast would be showing the rest of the nation how to deal with homelessness, but instead things continue to get worse with each passing year.\nAnd of course what we have seen so far is just the beginning [14]. During the next recession, the homelessness crisis will be far, far worse than it is today.\nAmerica should not have more than half a million people living in the streets, but we do, and those in power do not seem to have any solutions.\nArticle printed from PaulCraigRoberts.org: https:\/\/www.paulcraigroberts.org\nURL to article: https:\/\/www.paulcraigroberts.org\/2019\/05\/01\/the-american-collapse-accelerates\/\n[1] https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2019-04-29\/wealthy-elites-freak-out-homeless-hordes-take-over-west-coast-neighborhoods: https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2019-04-29\/wealthy-elites-freak-out-homeless-hordes-take-over-west-coast-neighborhoods\n[2] Authored by Michael Snyder via The Economic Collapse blog,: http:\/\/theeconomiccollapseblog.com\/archives\/wealthy-elitists-freak-out-as-hordes-of-homeless-people-take-over-their-neighborhoods-all-over-the-west-coast\n[3] in our major west coast cities: http:\/\/theeconomiccollapseblog.com\/archives\/san-francisco-los-angeles-and-seattle-3-formerly-beautiful-west-coast-cities-have-literally-been-transformed-into-festering-hellholes\n[4] is making headlines all over the nation: https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2019\/04\/26\/johnny-rotten-wants-cops-to-stop-homeless-punks-says-wife-cant-cope\/?_ga=2.3198960.1123146593.1556366603-2054665944.1534505881\n[5] has risen 76 percent: https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2019-04-26\/we-need-take-action-now-la-homeless-deaths-jump-76\n[6] CBS News: https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/san-francisco-homeless-shelter-fight-residents-raise-80000-to-stop-homeless-shelter-in-wealthy-area\/\n[7] effort: https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/safe-embarcadero-for-all\n[8] sponsored: https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/politics\/article\/New-laws-could-expedite-opening-of-Navigation-13701577.php\n[9] with thousands upon thousands of used syringes: https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2019-02-04\/2-million-syringes-still-missing-san-franciscos-drug-addicts-outnumber-high-school\n[10] is going up with each passing year: http:\/\/theeconomiccollapseblog.com\/archives\/nobody-does-it-better-the-amount-of-human-feces-on-san-francisco-streets-is-going-up-every-single-year\n[11] extend their free syringe program: https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2019-04-22\/san-fransisco-needle-exchange-leaves-streets-littered-toxic-syringes\n[12] are saying enough is enough: https:\/\/www.city-journal.org\/seattle-residents-rebelling-homelessness\n[13] According to the Seattle Times: https:\/\/www.seattletimes.com\/seattle-news\/homeless\/homeless-poll-results\/\n[14] is just the beginning: https:\/\/amzn.to\/2L9Wm7C\nCopyright \u00a9 2020 PaulCraigRoberts.org. 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{"text":"Aesthetics of Everyday Absurdity: A Post-Soviet Fairy Tale\n1950s Latvia. A peaceful if murky idyll framed by a grayscale sunset over the Baltic Sea is interrupted by the rumbling of a Soviet patrol vehicle. The next morning panic breaks out as three Russian soldiers discover a woman's shoe on the beach, and leap to the only apparently logical conclusion \u2013 \"the border has been violated.\" So begins The Shoe, a subverted Cinderella tale that exchanges princes for ineffectual military underlings. Here, the prize for having the right sized foot is the gulag rather than the ball.\nThe narrative, insofar as there is one, follows the three hapless soldiers around the small town of Liepaja as they search for women to subject to the paradigmatic trial by shoe. (Liepaja is director Laila Pakalni\u0146a's actual home town, which may in part account for the impressive physical use of the town layout). However, it is clear from very early on that the driving force behind the film is not the fulfillment of this quest, but rather the futility and ineptitude of their attempt. As a satire on Soviet inefficiency and misplaced paranoia, the film is unrelenting, from the depiction of the Russians as idiotic caricatures to their nonsensical approach to carrying out an illogical task, underpinned by the bizarre imagery of the nicknames assigned to them for radio communications (\"Pine tree\", \"Bell-flower\", etc.).\nIn contrast to the frenetic bustling of the soldiers, the daily life of the locals continues to meander along largely unaffected, creating a juxtaposition between the naturalistic setting and the farcical nature of the events taking place and also establishing a dominant sense of \"us and them\" (or arguably \"them and them\", since the audience is never fully aligned with the town dwellers). This alienating effect is heightened by the audio, which is strictly diegetic with no score, but emphasizes commonplace sounds, especially machines and animals, which acquire a distorted, uncanny quality. Similarly, the representation of the characters is fragmented, with intimate but anonymous glimpses. We observe the locals at home, work and leisure with an almost ethnographic eye that ultimately serves only to create further distance rather than personal knowledge. The most significant amount of exposition is devoted to the soldiers, but as they are generally shot either at a distance or extreme close-up they are largely indistinguishable from one another, as if forming three heads of a bickering Soviet Cerberus.\nThe most striking and accomplished element of these stylized aesthetics of the everyday is the mise-en-sc\u00e8ne. Long, lingering shots unfurl with carefully composed frames that play on foreground-background contrasts. The alternatingly static and drifting camera seems passive, as if observing indiscriminately, then suddenly reacts to a person or an event, acquiring agency. Although ostensibly tailing the soldiers at work, the camera often precedes their marching or hangs back after they have passed, revealing what is hidden to them \u2013 evasive women, tantalizing untested feet scurrying in and out of shot. This places the camera in an interesting position that falls short of omniscience and sometimes coincides with the point of view of the soldiers, yet maintaining an air of complicity with the locals, which in turn it extends to the audience.\nWith its combination of naturalism and wry absurdism, The Shoe would not look out of place among the Czechoslovak films of the late 1960s, which raises the question of why the director felt compelled to paint a damning portrait of Stalin-era inadequacy in 1998, almost a decade after Latvia regained its independence. Of course, historical revisionism and reassessment was widespread through the newly independent states of the former Eastern Bloc, and seven years is not an excessively long time for this process, especially given the collapse of the formerly centralized film industry. It is not surprising then that some of the most successful Latvian films of the Post-Communist years have embraced the trope of the nation as a group of plucky underdogs who triumph against imperialistic superpowers, Defenders of Riga (R\u012bgas sargi) from 2007 being the most evident example of this.\nIn The Shoe, the disassociation of the Soviets and Latvians is very clear. Early on in the film the soldiers are seen as shadows hovering over the streets, and they go on to infiltrate every institution, from the school, to the slaughterhouse and the local factory. In one particularly memorable scene, the patrol searches an apartment building floor by floor, and as it opens each door all activities and sounds come to a sudden halt, and the residents stand awkwardly frozen. A linguistic clash also permeates the whole film, adding further layers of estrangement. However, while the occupier-occupied relationship is made patently apparent, the characters show no trace of heroism, at least not in the conventional sense. Their form of resistance rather lies in their dogged continuation of normal life, as exemplified by the true owner of the shoe, who is revealed in the final scene to be nothing more than a young, free-spirited pleasure seeker.\nThe subtle intersection of representational modes is thus neatly embodied by the titular shoe \u2013 an everyday, banal object that ultimately undermines the political meaning ascribed to it within a fantastical trope through its very banality. Whatever the message Pakalni\u0146a intended to impart to the Post-Soviet world with this tale, it remains an impressive example of a story driven by aesthetics and atmosphere.\nUldis Brauns' 235 000 000 (1967)\nPeter Bebjak's The Line (\u010ciara, 2017)\nKaljo Kiisk's Vagabond (Nipernaadi, 1983)","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"ARE WE LOSING OUR MORAL HIGH GROUNDS?\nWhen you control massive resources even if it is not yours it gives one some aura of power and control. The Small, the Big and the Mighty will always try to be on your side.\nThe office of the Minister of Finance of the Federal Republic Nigeria is powerful because it has the awesome power to dispense funds to the various arms of governments, individuals and companies, that is why even fellow Ministers are cautious when they speak on matters that affects the Minister.\nWhen the Finance Minister speaks, the big and mighty fall in to line for fear of being strangulated of flow of funds.\nIf its true that the National Assembly detected that the Minister of Finance submitted fake NYSC certificate and yet she was cleared to hold public office then something must be wrong in the way we are fighting corruption.\nAmazingly also is how the Minister waggled her way through all the agencies responsible for vetting individuals that are being prepared to hold public office?\nThe actions of the NYSC headquarters in trying to sweep the matter under the carpet by not responding to the enquiries of the press to simply determine whether the certificate of exemption used by Minister Finance to secure her employment as minister is fake or not is to say the least disturbing.\nIn addition the in action by the executive and the failure of the relevant agencies of the state such as the ICPC to wane in to the controversy and do the right thing is regrettable.\nThe reason why I am saying this is because the law regarding somebody who violates the provisions that establishes the NYSC is so clear and it does not require further interpretation of the courts to apply.\nTo wit the law states that ;\n\"The year-long service, organised by the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC), is compulsory for all Nigerians who graduate from universities or equivalent institutions at less than 30 years of age.\nIn addition to being a requirement for government and private sector jobs in Nigeria, the enabling law prescribes punishment for anyone who absconds from the scheme or forges its certificates.\nEligible Nigerians who skipped the service are liable to be sentenced to 12 months imprisonment and\/or N2,000 fine, according to Section 13 of the NYSC law.\nSection 13 (3) of the law also prescribes three-year jail term or option of N5,000 fine for anyone who contravenes provision of the law.\nASubsection 4 of the same section also criminalises giving false information or illegally obtaining the agency's certificate. It provides for up to three-year jail term for such offenders.\nThe only category of Nigerians are qualified for exemption are\tthose;\n1. who graduated after turning 30.\n2.\tholders of national honours;\n3.\tpersons who served in the armed forces or the police for up to nine months.\n4.\tstaff of intelligence agencies, or the armed forces.\nIn all these the Hon. Ministers Finance did qualify to be exempted from the one year mandatory period of the NYSC.\nAvailable educational records of the Minister which has not been denied by her or spokes person shows that;\nMrs Adeosun graduated from the Polytechnic of East London in 1989, at the age of 22.\nThe curriculum vitae, of Mrs Adeosun shows that she was born in March 1967.\nHaving graduated at 22, it is obligatory for Mrs Adeosun to participate in the one-year national service, for her to qualify for any job in Nigeria.\nBy this it is indisputable that Minister knows the certificate of NYSC she is holding is fake.\nConsequently, for the Minister to say that she was swindled by a third party, whom she requested to handle the exemption request with the NYSC is not only a lie but an abuse to our collective psyche.\nHer explanations are therefore disrespectful, absurd, disgraceful and arrant non sense.\nThe only moral high ground that remains for the Minister is for her to voluntarily resign.\nI am saying this because when the Minister was having her running battles with the embattled Director General of the Nigerian Stock Exchange, She based her arguments on moral high ground.\nShe claimed that the DG was involved in activities that are un expected of a public officer. These are some the reasons she gave in suspending the DG;\n\" she alleged the DG is a Director in Medusa Investment Limited which is in violation of Public Service Rule 030424.\n\" she alleged DG was involved in awarding contracts to the same company and others to which he was related, thus resulting in a conflict of interest\".\nSo we believe what is \"good for goose is good the gander\"\nMr. President you must know that the conspiracy theorist are going the round postulating that you refused to act because of the dark clouds hanging over your head on issues bordering certificates forgery.\nThe third columnist are urging you Mr. President to end this national embarrassment by releasing the signed copy of the Minister's resignation letter under your custody and end matter.\nMr. President, your body language on the matter is giving agencies of government responsible to handle this case some discomfort in holding the minister accountable for the criminality of her actions.\nMr. President if the Minister in spite of the clear position of the law on her actions still wish to cling to her position. In this regard you may wish to do the needful by sacking the Minister in order come out clean on the matter and remain on the moral high ground.\nAny thing short of this will expose the in sincerity of your government in its fight against corruption.\nBEFORE THE COUNTRY GOES ON FLAMES :","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"PREVIEW: Dundee @ Guildford\nThe Kitmart Dundee Stars are aiming to take both points in Surrey tonight after their comeback effort came-up short in a shootout on Saturday night in Nottingham.\nPicture: John Uwins\nLast night, the Stars lost 5-4 to Nottingham Panthers after penalty shots but made an outstanding comeback after falling heavily behind early on.\nOmar Pacha's side were 3-0 down inside eight minutes but goals from Matt Marquardt and Colton Kroeker (Shorthanded) cut the deficit to one before the first break.\nA late second period goal by Jagger Dirk tied the game at 3-3 but in third period the Panthers re-took the lead with five minutes to play.\nHowever, a powerplay for Dundee with less than four minutes to go allowed Kevin Dufour to tie the game once more.\nIn overtime both goaltenders continued to make key saves before the Stars let a one-goal lead in the shootout slide and three straight conversions from Nottingham meant they took the win and extra point.\nNow, Dundee are looking to continue their spirited performance against Guildford Flames as they aim to pack-up two more points and bring a total of three back to Tayside.\nThis will be the Stars third match of the season with Guildford and after a double header with Paul Dixons' men back in September both teams came away with a win each.\nAt home, Dundee doused the Flames but were burnt by the backdraft on the road.\nGuildford currently sit fifth in the league standings, just 11 points ahead of the Stars but they have struggled for consistency in their recent performances, as they have picked up only a single victory in their last six games.\nA 2-1 defeat at home to Manchester Storm on Thursday was followed up by a 6-2 loss at Sheffield Steelers on Saturday.\nIan Watters and Jamie Crooks scored the Flames two goals in last night's defeat but the squad was at full strength with spare goaltender, Wouter Peeters the only player sitting out.\nMeanwhile, Dundee are still just one player short of a full roster as Kris Inglis continue his recovery form an upper body injury.\nLooking ahead to tonight's clash with the Flames, Stars boss, Pacha added: \"It is a funny one, the first time we went down to Nottingham, the game was 2-2 and the puck hits a referee and goes back into our zone for them to score.\n\"But in the other game I thought Nottingham played a really solid home game and we made some critical mistakes.\n\"So, we have to limit our mistakes all weekend against two very good teams.\"\nDiscussing the Flames, he added: \"Our squad has changed since we last saw Guildford and they have had a few months now of playing together.\n\"It will be an interesting match-up because we have to play them four more times this season, so it is going to be a big test on Sunday but right now our attention is fully on Saturday in Nottingham.\"\nSpeaking after last night's shootout defeat, Stars forward, Craig Garrigan said: \"Despite having a bad start to the game, the boys are happy to come out with a point.\n\"Coming back from 3-0 down just shows the great character we have and the fight we have throughout the team.\n\"Coming out with a point away to Nottingham will help motivate the team for tomorrow's game against Guildford.\n\"We can finish the weekend with three out of four points, so that's huge for our playoff push.\"\nTalking about his side's chances tonight, Craig added: \"Guildford are a highly offensive team with a lot of skill, we just need to limit our mistakes and play solid defensively then the offence will come.\n\"If we use our speed to our advantages and play within our systems, we will have a great chance to come out with the two points.\"\nFace-off time for this Sunday's match in Guildford is at 6pm.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"WILLIAM FERREL\nClick here for audio of Episode 2421\nToday, serendipity in the whirlwind. The University of Houston's College of Engineering presents this series about the machines that make our civilization run, and the people whose ingenuity created them.\nThis world is sometimes more odd than we imagine. When people ask me how I get program ideas, I say that I follow threads of context. Well, a while ago I XeroXed some pages about a little-known 19th-century meteorologist -- William Ferrel.\nThat was before Hurricane Ike disrupted the Gulf Coast. After Ike, I finally took those pages off to lunch and read about Ferrel's work on tides and cyclonic action. Suddenly, he seemed very timely. Then the Internet revealed that the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA, had given his name to a small ship, The Ferrel. Perhaps he was not so obscure after all.\nThat evening we went to a play with a geophysicist whose company does subsea acoustic oil exploration in the Gulf. Before the curtain, I asked if he'd heard of Ferrel. He said, \"Oh yes. I have a ship named after him -- I bought it after NOAA decommissioned it in 2002.\" \"You what!\" I said. (After all, you might find coincidences like that at the movies -- but not in real life.)\nHe went on to say, \"I try to name all my ships after great scientists, but this one already had a fine name.\" So I guess you and I need to find out what this Ferrel actually did. He was born in remote south central Pennsylvania, in 1817. His family moved down into West Virginia where he attended a one-room schoolhouse. Ferrel was shy, very smart, and he hungered to learn about science. He learned enough to become a school teacher himself; then he taught until he'd earned enough to pay for college. He finally graduated from Bethany College in West Virginia.\nAfter that, he went back to teaching while he studied the works of Newton and LaPlace. And he realized that LaPlace's theory of tidal action was oversimplified. LaPlace had ignored friction. Ferrel included friction and found that it not only affects tides, but also constantly slows Earth's rotation slightly. Ferrel created an early analogue computer that could predict tidal motions.\nThen he saw that his methods for analyzing tides could also be applied to atmospheric movement. He showed that, hot air rising while Earth rotates will induce a secondary acceleration -- a so-called Coriolis acceleration. That's what creates the rotational motions of winds. He'd shown us how cyclonic storms work.\nProminence finally caught up with Ferrel. He took a high post with the Coast Survey. He was made a member, not only of the National Academy, but of several European academies as well. He truly was a giant in American science a century-and-a-half ago.\nNow, thanks to Ferrel, when hurricanes come, we can predict them far enough ahead to seek cover. We have a basis for deciding to evacuate or to hunker down. And my friend's ship, the Ferrel, served as a refuge to its crew's families while Ike battered the Louisiana coast. It proved to be a sturdy safe haven against the very winds that its namesake had shown us how to anticipate.\nI'm John Lienhard at the University of Houston, where we're interested in the way inventive minds work.\nH. L. Burstyn, Ferrel, William. Dictionary of Scientific Biography, C. C. Gillispie, ed., Vol. IV (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1975): pp. 590-592.\nI am most grateful to Alton L. (Jerry) Warren, CEO of Reservoir Geophysical Corporation, for his counsel -- and for having rescued the fine NOAA ship Ferrel from a scrap yard in Norfolk, VA, where its distinguished career as a research vessel would otherwise have ended. Warren has continued to use the vessel in the service of government and university oceanographic research. The image of William Ferrel is courtesy of Wikipedia Commons. Warren kindly provided the three ship photos.\nFor a detailed account of The Ferrel and its service as a NOAA vessel, see: http:\/\/www.moc.noaa.gov\/fe\/index.htm\nNote added, September 22, 2017: A final crowning irony. The Warrens finally retired and sold the William Ferrel ship. Then, a British family of four took it to sea during the terrible Hurrican Maria. The storm capsized it on the shores of Puerto Rico, killing the husband. The wife and two boys were saved in a dramatic rescue by the combined forces of the US Coast Guard and the Royal British Navy. But the ship perished in a storm whose coming its namesake had helped to predict.\nThe Ferrel refurbished and reoutfitted\nThe Ferrel in dry dock, having just received a new coat of paint\nPrevious Episode | Index | Home | Next Episode","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"The new guy at Freddie Mac\nMany wondered why Charles\nFirst, Haldeman clarified what Freddie Mac's business is, and dispelled some common misconceptions. As a player in the secondary market, the company doesn't deal with families who are applying for mortgages; instead, it buys mortgages from banks and mortgage originators, packages them and issues mortgage-backed securities, which are then offered on the public market. \"We do that so there's a flow of funds, so the originator has more funds that it can re-lend and put out into other mortgages,\" he said. \"Liquidity, stability and affordability,\" are a real mantra for the company, he added. They underscore Freddie Mac's purpose.\nIn America's single-family and multi-family apartment mortgage space, Freddie Mac holds 23 percent of 55 million mortgages. However, Haldeman noted that public perception paints Freddie Mac and fellow mortgage giant Fannie Mae as the primary culprits in the mortgage crisis. \"The data suggest the opposite,\" he argued. Although 10 percent of all mortgages are at least 90 days overdue and vulnerable to foreclosure, Freddie Mac's delinquency rate is only 4 percent. \"That's an indication that we've done a reasonable job over the years of underwriting, and we've done a reasonable job of working with families to keep them in their homes,\" he said. Overcoming this negative image was just one of several uphill battles Haldeman had to fight when he arrived on the scene last August.\nBesides being blamed for the housing crisis, Freddie Mac had a leadership vacuum. Its 6,000 employees had no CEO, CFO or COO. And there had been significant turnover among senior management. \"When I took the job,\" Haldeman said, \"I was the sixth CEO in six years, and the prior CEO had left the company after being in the job for six months.\" In addition, the company owed the government $50 billion it had borrowed at 10 percent interest. \"Just to stay even, we had to earn $5 billion,\" observed Haldeman, who noted that the company's situation created a sense of hopelessness among employees.\nEffecting significant change was slowed by the layers of approvals needed to carry out a strategy, since Freddie Mac is government-owned and regulated by the Federal Housing Finance Administration (FHFA). At a traditional company, a CEO must win support from a board of directors to carry out major initiatives. At Freddie Mac, however, not only is board approval needed, but also the go-ahead from the FHFA. In addition, for \"really significant decisions, the major owner has to be involved \u2013 the U.S. Treasury Department.\" For compensation decisions, the Obama administration's \"pay czar,\" Kenneth Feinberg, must also sign off, and recent public criticism of pay packages in the financial industry makes compensation issues all the more nettlesome. \"The louder the noise, the more difficult it will be to get fair compensation,\" Haldeman pointed out.\nAdded to those challenges is the fact that Freddie Mac's fate is uncertain. The company is still in \"conservator-ship,\" or under the control of the FHFA \u2013 \"not too different from being in receivership,\" Haldeman said \u2013 so climbing out of that $50 billion hole at 10 percent interest is difficult at best. After the federal government proposes a new business model for the company, that plan will be debated in Congress. As a result, Freddie Mac could become a federal agency; it could be broken up or it could be abolished outright. \"Think about being an employee of the company and hearing statements like that on a regular basis,\" Haldeman noted.\nGiven all the strife, Haldeman is commonly asked why he agreed to take the reins at Freddie Mac. \"First, I thought the mission of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae was really important, and we ought to keep it together.\" The companies already had a strong infrastructure, and employees brought a vast institutional knowledge about the mortgage markets, he added. Haldeman also considered the company's goal of keeping people in their homes to be vital during a recession. Finally, he thought the job presented \"an interesting management challenge: how to energize and motivate 6,000 people to stay the course and get the job done, given all the negatives.\"\nHaldeman applies the same management principles to any company he joins. \"The first day you come in,\" he said, \"you literally don't know one person. You've got to have a template, some philosophy to bring\" that can be applied to an organization and the culture that already exists. Haldeman said his ideal management model has eight necessary ingredients:\n-Make integrity and high ethics prerequisites. A lot of business people think there's a trade-off between ethics and making money, Haldeman said, but \"in my experience it's not that way. Integrity and ethics are a sort of precondition for business success.\" He encouraged leaders to establish \"a personal brand\" that is based on those qualities. When Haldeman was brought in to manage Putnam, the company had \"an ethical problem\" that ultimately killed the brand. \"It cost us billions of dollars\" in market value, Haldeman recalled. \"If you are contemplating an action and your instinct is to go to the company's compliance manual, don't take that action.\"\n-Create a workplace that's open, direct, candid and honest. Haldeman emailed all his employees when there was a House Financial Services Committee meeting, saying, \"It's likely they're going to trash us, so be ready for it.\" He faced up to the uncertainty of the next two years, telling staff to focus on what they can do today. \"We let employees feel that they know what we're thinking, what our strategy is.\"\n-Make sure employees understand the company mission. A person's job is about more than making money, Haldeman stressed, and \"to really motivate people, you need to have them believe that they're doing something worthwhile.\"\n-Develop a business plan that all employees can understand and repeat. As an example, Haldeman cited a time at Putnam when morale was low, there was a run on the bank and clients were leaving. He directed employees to think about what the company actually did, that their job was \"taking care of other people's money.\" Then he developed a clear, four-step business plan: Reestablish the public trust; bring great investment professionals on board; deliver great investment results and bring funds flowing in with better marketing and distribution.\n-Communicate the mission and plan constantly. In one of his weekly dinners with company officers, Haldeman was asked, \"So basically what you do is schmooze all day, right?\" He accepts that characterization as critically important in his job \u2013 to transmit the values, the sense of mission and the business plan, not only to employees, but also to \"directors, the regulator, Congress, customers and clients.\"\n-Give other people autonomy. As a former asset manager, Haldeman said, he felt this was the only way to manage people. \"If you want to attract and keep great people at any organization, you've got to give them a sense of autonomy, of ownership. The really good people won't tolerate being micromanaged.\"\n-Enforce teamwork. Not enforcing it makes for dysfunctional management. Employees know \"when a senior team is working together or when they are not aligned. If teamwork stays bad, you've got to get rid of some people.\"\n-Senior managers must spend time walking around. \"You can't stay in your office,\" he advised. \"Too many CEO operations are cocooned and separated.\" Not only does circulating make employees feel more connected to management and the company, in many cases it's the best way to hear what's really going on.\nHaldeman doesn't know what the future holds at Freddie Mac. As part of his business plan, he focuses on taking care of its two hugely important jobs right now: maintaining liquidity in the mortgage market to keep things flowing, and keeping people in their homes. Last year, more than 70 prtcent of all mortgages were handled by Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, up 30 percent from just four years earlier. The companies filled the gap left by the fall-off among private market lenders. To help staunch the bleeding in foreclosures, Freddie Mac has shown forbearance and modified mortgages by lowering interest rates or extending the mortgage from 30 to 40 years, \"to allow that monthly payment to be more suitable for the borrower.\" Haldeman explained that this is not principal forgiveness, but rate readjustment. Helping the company's efforts are the government's Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP) and Home Affordable Refinance Program (HARP). Typically, a refinance would cover only up to 80 percent of a home's value, but following massive devaluations in the home sector, HARP now allows refinancing up to 125 percent of the assessed value. Haldeman stressed that this has broadly expanded the number of refinancings Freddie Mac can do.\nAlso in Freddie Mac's business plan is achieving compliance under the regulatory protections put in place by the 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley Act, which the company has been trying to do for four years, as well as meeting new federal accounting standards that require companies to \"take all the off-balance-sheet assets and put them on the balance sheet,\" Haldeman said. That effort involved 900 employees in a $25 million technology project to put 12.5 million mortgages on Freddie Mac's balance sheet. Finally, Haldeman wants \"to do a major restructuring of our infrastructure, our systems \"and our business processes to make ourselves much more efficient.\"\nAuthor: Consortium of professors at knowledge@wharton, affiliate of University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Business\nMay June 2010\nPrevious articlePhil Carlock set to be inducted into National Apartment Association's Hall of Fame\nNext articleSmart measures\nApartments hold steady despite uncertainty\nMHP Reflections\nAn inside job\nLand prices drop\nYardi Matrix now projects that the national average asking rent growth in 2023 will be 2.6 percent, down from their previous estimate of 3.1...","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Home \u00bb What Have We Learned in Thirty Years of Covering Climate Change?\nWhat Have We Learned in Thirty Years of Covering Climate Change?\nAbout a year ago, the editor of The New Yorker, David Remnick, called to ask if I thought it might make sense to publish an anthology of the reporting on climate change that has appeared in the magazine's pages. Since he works at a breakneck pace, that volume appears in print this week, under the title \"The Fragile Earth.\" It's a wonderful book, demonstrating not only the depth of The New Yorker's commitment to this planet but also the ever-growing sophistication with which writers have taken on this most important of topics. The dark splendor of Elizabeth Kolbert's pieces alone is worth the thirty dollars.\nThe book opens with a piece of mine called \"The End of Nature,\" an excerpt from a book of the same title that appeared in 1989. It's been a while since I read the words I wrote as a twenty-eight-year-old, and it made me nostalgic to climb back inside that young and perhaps overly earnest mind. The essay is a combination of reflection on the sadness of living in a world where the human imprint could be measured in every cubic metre of the atmosphere, and of straightforward reporting about what we then knew about climatic disruption. In the late nineteen-eighties, I could fit every scientific report on global warming on my desk. The articles and monographs published since then would fill an airplane hangar, but what's amazing is how little has changed.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Sen. Kamala Harris defends Pelosi, saying she has been 'very respectful of women of color'\nDemocratic presidential candidate, Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., speaks to supporters Wednesday, July 10, 2019, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (Frank Franklin II\/AP)\nBy John Wagner\nNational reporter leading The Post's breaking political news team\nSen. Kamala D. Harris defended House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in an interview that aired Friday, saying she has found her fellow California Democrat to be \"very respectful of women of color,\" an assessment at odds with comments earlier this week by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.).\nDuring an appearance on the New York-based radio show \"The Breakfast Club,\" Harris was asked about Ocasio-Cortez's assertion in a Washington Post interview that Pelosi had been \"just outright disrespectful\" with \"the explicit singling out of newly elected women of color.\"\n\"That's not my experience with Nancy Pelosi,\" said Harris, a Democratic presidential primary hopeful. \"And I've known her and worked with her for years. I've known her to be very respectful of women of color and very supportive of them.\"\nThe question about Ocasio-Cortez's comments followed a discussion of legislation that she and Harris have been working on together. The interview was recorded Thursday.\n[Pelosi defends handling of 4 House women as Democrats fume about Ocasio-Cortez's top aide]\nTensions have flared in recent days between Pelosi and a group of four liberal female lawmakers known as \"the Squad\" \u2014 freshman Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.), Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) and Ocasio-Cortez.\nIn an interview with the New York Times, Pelosi said that the four \"didn't have any following,\" citing their lonely votes last month against a Democratic-crafted bill to address the southern border crisis. She has also made other remarks dismissing the group and their far-left proposals on the environment and health care.\nAnd Pelosi stood up for moderates in the House Democratic caucus after Saikat Chakrabarti, Ocasio-Cortez's chief of staff, referred to members of moderate Democratic groups in a tweet last month as \"New Southern Democrats\" who are \"hell bent to do to black and brown people today what the old Southern Democrats did in the 40s.\"\nPelosi's comments to the Times this week prompted Ocasio-Cortez's accusation in The Post that Pelosi was targeting \"newly elected women of color.\"\nOcasio-Cortez is of Puerto Rican descent, Pressley is African American, Omar is a Somali immigrant and Tlaib is Palestinian American.\nHarris is the daughter of a Jamaican father and an Indian mother.\nThe \"Squad\" won backing Thursday from some liberal allies.\nRep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), a co-chairman of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, said she and co-chairman Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Wis.) have requested a meeting with Pelosi \"to talk about the general relationship of the progressives to the Democratic caucus.\"\nBut several other minority lawmakers said it wasn't Pelosi who was in the wrong. Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D-N.Y.), a member of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, called Pelosi a \"proven leader with a lot of experience and maturity\" and questioned the relevance of Ocasio-Cortez's remarks.\nMike DeBonis, Paul Kane and Rachael Bade contributed to this report.\nWhite identity politics drives Trump, and the Republican Party under him","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Home \u203a Feminism \u203a Translation and Gender\nTranslation and Gender\nBy NASRULLAH MAMBROL on January 13, 2018\nThe interest of cultural studies in translation inevitably took translation studies away from purely linguistic analysis and brought it into contact with other disciplines. Yet this 'process of disciplinary hybridization' (Simon 1996: ix) has not always been straightforward. Sherry Simon, in her Gender in Translation: Cultural Identity and the Politics of Transmission (1996), criticizes translation studies for often using the term culture 'as if it referred to an obvious and unproblematic reality' (p. ix). Lefevere (1985: 226), for example, had defined it as simply 'the environment of a literary system'.\nSimon approaches translation from a gender-studies angle. She sees (p. 1) a language of sexism in translation studies, with its images of dominance, fidelity, faithfulness and betrayal. Typical is the seventeenth-century image of les belles infid\u00e8les, translations into French that were artistically beautiful but unfaithful (Mounin 1955), or George Steiner's male-oriented image of translation as penetration in After Babel. The feminist theorists see a parallel between the status of translation, which is often considered to be derivative and inferior to original writing, and that of women, so often repressed in society and literature. This is the core of feminist translation theory, which seeks to 'identify and critique the tangle of concepts which relegates both women and translation to the bottom of the social and literary ladder' (p. 1). But Simon takes this further in the concept of the committed translation project:\nFor feminist translation, fidelity is to be directed toward neither the author nor the reader, but toward the writing project \u2013 a project in which both writer and translator participate. (Simon 1996: 2)\nSimon gives examples of Canadian feminist translators from Quebec who seek to emphasize their identity and ideological stance in the translation project. One of these, Barbara Godard, theorist and translator, is openly assertive about the manipulation this involves:\nThe feminist translator, affirming her critical difference, her delight in interminable rereading and re-writing, flaunts the signs of her manipulation of the text. (Godard 1990: 91)\nSimon also quotes the introduction to a translation of Lise Gauvin's Lettres d'une autre by another committed feminist translator, Susanne de Lotbini\u00e8re-Harwood. The latter explains her translation strategy in political terms:\nMy translation practice is a political activity aimed at making language speak for women. So my signature on a translation means: this translation has used every translation strategy to make the feminine visible in language. (de Lotbini\u00e8re-Harwood, quoted in Gauvin 1989: 9; also cited in Simon 1996: 15)\nOne such strategy discussed by Simon is the treatment of linguistic markers of gender. Examples quoted from de Lotbini\u00e8re-Harwood's translations include using a bold 'e' in the word one to emphasize the feminine, capitalization of M in HuMan Rights to show the implicit sexism, the neologism auther (as opposed to author) to translate the French auteure, and the female personification of nouns such as aube (dawn) with the English pronoun she (Simon p. 21).\nOther chapters in Simon's book revalue the contribution women translators have made to translation throughout history, discuss the distortion in the translation of French feminist theory and look at feminist translations of the Bible. Among the case studies are summaries of the key literary translation work carried out by women in the first half of the twentieth century. Simon (pp. 68\u201371) points out that the great classics of Russian literature were initially made available in English in translations produced mainly by one woman, Constance Garnett. Her sixty volumes of translation include almost the entire work of Turgenev, Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Chekov and Gogol. Similarly, key works of literature in German were translated by women translators: Jean Starr Untermeyer, Willa Muir (in conjunction with her husband Edwin) and Helen Lowe-Porter.\nThe important role played by women translators up to the present is emphasized by Simon's reference to the feminist Suzanne Jill Levine, the translator of Guillermo Cabrera Infante's Tres tristes tigres. In contrast to the self-effacing work of some of the earlier translators mentioned above, Levine collaborated closely with Infante in creating a 'new' work. From the feminist perspective, however, it is not only Levine's self-confidence but also her awareness of a certain 'betrayal' \u2013 translating a male discourse that speaks of the woman betrayed \u2013 that fascinates Simon. She hints (p. 82) at the possible ways Levine may have rewritten, manipulated and 'betrayed' Infante's work in her own feminist project.\nThe Translation of Gay Texts\nMore recent research in translation and gender has increasingly problematized the issue of language and identity. One example is Keith Harvey's study Translating Camp Talk (Harvey 1998\/2004), which involved combining linguistic methods of analysis of literature with a cultural-theory angle, enabling study of the social and ideological environment that conditions the exchange. Harvey draws on the theory of contact in language practice and on politeness to examine the homosexual discourse of camp in English and French texts and in translations. Contact theory1 is used by Harvey to examine the way 'gay men and lesbians work within appropriate prevailing straight (and homophobic) discourses' (p. 404), often appropriating language patterns from a range of communities. Thus, he describes (pp. 405\u20137) the use of girl talk and Southern Belle accents (Oh, my!, adorable, etc.), French expressions (ma b\u00e9b\u00e9, comme \u00e7a) and a mix of formal and informal register by gay characters in Tony Kushner's Angels in America. Such characteristics are typical of camp talk in English. Harvey points out (p. 451) that French camp interestingly tends to use English words and phrases in a similar language 'game'. Importantly, Harvey links the linguistic characteristics of camp to cultural identity via queer theory (pp. 409\u201312). Camp is then seen not only as exposing the hostile values and thinking of 'straight' institutions, but also, by its performative aspect, as making the gay community visible and manifesting its identity.\nHarvey brings together the various linguistic and cultural strands in his analysis of the translation of camp talk in extracts from two novels. The first (pp. 412\u201317) is the French translation of Gore Vidal's The City and the Pillar. There are significant lexical and textual changes in the French translation:\nThe same pejorative word, tante\/s ('aunt\/s'), is used for both the pejorative pansies and the more positive queen.\nThe phrase to be gay is translated by the pejorative en \u00eatre ('to be of it\/them'), concealing the gay identity.\nHyperbolic gay camp collocations such as perfect weakness and screaming pansies are either not translated (faible, = 'weakness') or else rendered by a negative collocation (voyantes, = 'showy').\nIn general, therefore, markers of gay identity either disappear or are made pejorative in the TT. Harvey links these findings to issues of the target culture, discussing how, for instance, the suppression of the label gay in the translation 'reflects a more general reluctance in France to recognize the usefulness of identity categories as the springboard for political action' (p. 415) and a 'relative absence of radical gay (male) theorizing in contemporary France' (p. 416).\nThe second extract analysed by Harvey is from the translation into American English of a novel by the Frenchman Tony Duvert. Here, he shows (pp. 417\u201321) how the translator's additions and lexical choices have intensified and made more visible some of the camp and turned a playful scene into one of seduction. Harvey suggests that the reason for such a translation strategy may be due to commercial pressures from the US publishers, who were supporting gay writing, and the general (sub)cultural environment in the USA which assured the book a better reception than it had enjoyed in France.\nSee M. L. Pratt (1987), 'Linguistic utopias', in N. Fabb, D. Attridge, A. Durant and C. McCabe (eds) The Linguistics of Writing: Arguments between Language and Literature, Manchester: Manchester University Press. Harvey discusses how contact theory is used in Rusty Barrett (1997) 'The homo-genius speech community', in A. Livia and K. Hall (eds) Queerly Phrased: Language, Gender and Sexuality, Oxford: Oxford University Press.\n\u2039 World Systems Theory\nMarxist Feminism \u203a\nCategories: Feminism, Gender Studies, Literary Criticism, Literary Theory, Translation Studies\nTags: After Babel Aspects of Language and Translation, Angels in America, Barbara Godard, Constance Garnett, Encounters: Intercultural Movements : American Gay in French Translation, Gender, Gender in Translation: Cultural Identity and the Politics of Transmission, George Steiner, Gore Vidal, Guillermo Cabrera, Helen Lowe-Porter, Jean Starr Untermeyer, Keith Harvey, Lettres d'une autre, Lise Gauvin, Sherry Simon, The City and the Pillar, Tony Duvert, Tony Kushner, Translating Camp Talk, Translation Studies, Translation Theory, Willa Muir","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"North Carolina State Supreme Courtroom Makes a Daring Transfer\nNorth Carolina State Supreme Courtroom Makes a Daring Transfer \u2013 #historical past #conspiracy\nThe North Carolina state supreme court docket likes to play with fireplace.\nJust some months in the past some Republicans had been speaking about the potential of impeaching members of that court docket because it deliberated on whether or not to strike down legislative maps drawn after the 2020 census as unconstitutional partisan gerrymanders. The court docket ultimately break up alongside partisan strains to strike down the Republican drawn maps, and the case is now earlier than the U.S. Supreme Courtroom.\nRight this moment the state court docket once more break up alongside partisan strains in one other extraordinary case. The electoral map that the state legislature had drawn after the 2010 census had beforehand been declared unconstitutional attributable to racial gerrymanders, however legislators had been allowed to be elected and serve out their phrases till a brand new map could possibly be accredited. The court docket in the present day declared that these legislators had solely restricted authority given the flawed maps and a few legislative duties they weren't allowed to carry out. Particularly, the bulk decided that the legislature was barred from proposing some constitutional amendments. Though the case was remanded again to the trial court docket for additional proceedings, the clear implication is that the state constitutional modification that had been proposed by that legislature and ratified by the voters that had empowered the legislature to undertake a voter ID legislation is invalid.\nThe rules of common sovereignty and democratic self-rule as embodied in article I, sections 2 and three imply that people can solely train the sovereign energy that the individuals have transmitted to the legislature in the event that they validly maintain legislative workplace. The structure defines and constructions the processes by which people assume places of work that let them to train sovereign energy, and sovereign energy can solely be lawfully exercised by people who've come into workplace by the processes established by the structure for that very function. Burke v. Elliott (NC 1844). The legitimacy of any particular person officer's declare to train sovereign energy relies upon upon the legitimacy of the method by which that particular person got here to imagine the workplace to which sovereign energy has been delegated.\nIn step with the rules of common sovereignty and democratic self-rule, solely the individuals can change the way in which sovereign energy is allotted and exercised inside North Carolina's system of presidency. And, by their structure, the individuals assigned the Normal Meeting an important function within the modification course of. Particularly, the structure authorizes the Normal Meeting to provoke the method of enacting constitutional amendments by \"undertake[ing] an act submitting the propos[ed] [constitutional amendments] to the certified voters of the State for his or her ratification or rejection,\" supplied that \"three-fifths of all of the members of every home shall undertake [the] act.\" is undisputed that three-fifths of the members of every home adopted acts submitting the proposals so as to add the Voter ID and Tax Cap Amendments to the North Carolina Structure, and {that a} majority of voters ratified each amendments in 2018. The only query earlier than us is whether or not the legislators who handed the payments submitting these two amendments to the voters might validly train the authority conferred upon the legislature by the individuals in article XIII, part 4.\nThe court docket lays out a brand new check for figuring out whether or not a constitutional modification proposed by a legislature and ratified by the voters ought to nonetheless be struck down as constitutionally invalid.\nThus, when the votes of legislators elected due to an unconstitutional gerrymander might have been decisive in enacting a invoice proposing a constitutional modification, courts should assess whether or not there is a substantial threat that the challenged modification will (1) immunize legislators from democratic accountability; (2) perpetuate the continued exclusion of a class of voters from the political course of; or (3) deliberately discriminate towards a specific class of residents who had been additionally discriminated towards within the political course of resulting in the legislators' election. If any of those components are current, then the steadiness of equities requires the court docket to invalidate the challenged modification. If these components are usually not current\u2014or if the legislators elected attributable to an unconstitutional gerrymander weren't so quite a few as to be probably decisive within the vote to place a proposed modification to the individuals\u2014the challenged modification should be left in place.\nThe bulk concludes,\n\"We should always ever be conscious that the Structure to a fantastic extent is the rudder to maintain the ship of state from off the rocks and reefs.\" Hinton v. Lacy (NC 1927). Though the questions raised on this attraction are novel, the solutions can be discovered within the rules which are the muse of North Carolina's system of authorities as expressed in a number of provisions of the North Carolina Structure, the individuals's elementary legislation. The individuals have reserved to themselves the ability to amend or exchange these rules and provisions. Whereas they've assigned the legislature a function in the modification course of, the probably transformative penalties of amendments that would change fundamental tenets of our constitutional system of presidency warrant heightened scrutiny of amendments enacted by a course of that required the participation of legislators whose declare to symbolize the individuals's will has been disputed. In step with these constitutional rules and provisions, we conclude that acts proposing constitutional amendments handed by a legislature composed of a substantial quantity of legislators elected from unconstitutionally racially gerrymandered legislative districts, after the unlawfulness of these districts has been conclusively established, are not mechanically shielded by software of the de facto officer doctrine.\nThe three justices in dissent virtually begged the U.S. Supreme Courtroom to overturn this case as a possible violation of the republican assure clause of the U.S. Structure.\nBreathtaking. Will probably be fascinating to see what comes subsequent.\nThe opinion might be discovered right here. I've already edited the case for the companion website to the Howard Gillman, Mark Graber, and Keith Whittington American Constitutionalism casebook. Completely happy to share it for anybody .\nPrevious: Every day Information and Updates for August nineteenth, 2022: \"Attention-grabbing Transfer: Trump Posts Declassification Memorandum of \"Supplies Associated to FBI's Crossfire Hurricane Investigation\"\"\nNext: Ninth Circuit Sends the Hawaii Hid Carry Problem Again Right down to District Courtroom","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Do You Believe the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Hype?\nBy Bask Iyer Chief Information Officer, VMware; General Manager, Edge\/IoT, Dell Technologies\tJune 25, 2018\nTraveling between Silicon Valley, Austin and Boston, I am hearing about artificial intelligence and the future of work from so many angles and couldn't be more excited about the opportunities ahead. The strategies and applications are enticing and the next wave is promising. However, as we rush to embrace AI, I can't help wondering whether we are maximizing its full potential or just riding from technology wave to technology wave.\nFor instance, today our walls talk to us \u2013 almost everything in our lives talk to us. With a modest investment, smart technology sensors capture data we use to monitor, measure and manage our energy usage and efficiency (and more). I've done this in my own home. Unfortunately, I now have too much data and can only make minor choices around my consumption. The application I used sent me too many notifications, so I turned it off.\nHave you experienced this as well?\nWe are in the early days of AI. However, I am looking forward to how artificial intelligence will automatically filter, analyze and provide insight needed to enhance both my personal and professional life. As Dell and VMware's CIO, I weigh these innovations to determine what is real, relevant and worth investing in as part of our digital transformation. We are doing this by identifying some tangible, short term use cases we can pursue that will deliver value today and determining the best way to transform our technology, processes and people for the future.\nLet me share how we are doing that.\nFirst, we must consider how the numerous innovative waves of technologies intersect and interact together. This is especially true with artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things. To be successful, AI depends on consistent, high quality, real-time data. However, with multiple approaches and systems, it is challenging and time-consuming to find, access and make sense of the data available throughout a company.\nWhich brings me to my second point.\nWe must also collaborate across the company. IT isn't the only organization thinking about AI. Our partners in sales, engineering, marketing and other areas of the business are also exploring the potential of AI. If we're not collaborative, we will create more complexity and conflicting systems that delay our time to value. To get ahead of this, we are embracing what we call the Dell Digital Way, a cultural shift and approach that leverages Pivotal and agile methodologies, pair programming and the latest technologies like Pivotal Cloud Foundry. Rather than numerous disparate approaches, this enables us to work closely with our business partners to deliver better AI innovations and applications even faster.\nI'm looking forward to how AI will automatically filer, analyze and provide insight needed to enhance both my personal and professional life.\nAnd finally, as CIOs and IT professionals, we must foster an innovative, cross-functional AI-minded culture throughout the company, so we created the Artificial Intelligence Center of Excellence at Dell. Working together, this team of data scientists, data engineers, IT professionals and others from across Dell Technologies are determining the right platform and the governance structure for enhancing data quality. The Center also host events and contests for team members to collaborate and crowdsource innovative ways to solve a variety of challenges and goals related to our data and Internet of Things. This will this help us embrace AI faster and inspire our brightest minds and expand their career opportunities.\nMachines may not take over the world yet, but they are rising. In the near term, AI will be essential for automating and eliminating painful and time-consuming processes like patches and enable us to focus on more innovative and interesting business opportunities. So while many people talk about how artificial intelligence will eliminate the need for human intervention, we don't have to worry just yet. There is plenty we need to do as humans, and IT professionals, to unleash the full potential of AI.\nFor now, AI is enhancing human potential rather than replacing it.\nWatch me address 'cutting through the AI hype' at the 7 Artificial Intelligence Revelations from The Economist Innovation Summit or listen to Dell Technologies' Jeff Clarke, Vice Chairman of Products & Operations Luminaries Podcast.\nagile AI artificial intelligence internet of things IoT machine learning ML PCF Pivotal Cloud Foundry The Dell Digital Way\nArtfully Managing Complexity \u2013 The Dell Digital Way\nModernizing Apps for the Cloud to Accelerate the Digital Journey\nListening Like Never Before: Tailoring IT Experiences to User Needs\nPaving the Way to Digital Transformation with Senior Support and Sponsorship\nAbout Bask Iyer\nChief Information Officer, VMware; General Manager, Edge\/IoT, Dell Technologies\nBask Iyer is the CIO at VMware. He joined VMware in March 2015 and now leads its global information and technology organization, a group that manages critical technology systems supporting the company's worldwide business operations. In August 2018, Iyer added the responsibility of general manager, Edge\/IoT for Dell Technologies. From December 2016 to August 2018, he also held the role of chief information officer for Dell.\nA respected industry veteran, Iyer brings more than 25 years of experience in executing and driving change in traditional Fortune 100 manufacturing companies and Silicon Valley-based high technology firms. Prior to joining VMware, Iyer served as senior vice president and chief information officer at Juniper Networks, where he was responsible for the company's technology and business operations, which included critical services around business transformation, global business services, IT and real estate, and workplace services. Before joining Juniper Networks, he served as chief information officer at Honeywell, and chief information officer at GlaxoSmithKline Beecham for consumer healthcare research and development, where he was also the company's e-commerce leader. Iyer holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Annamalai University in India and a master's degree in computer science from Florida Institute of Technology.\nThought you might be interested in this article I found on Dell Technologies InFocus.\nThree Years on Dell and EMC's IT Integration Journey: Tales from the Largest Merger in Tech\nHow Dell is Evolving Online Buyer Experience with PCF and Pivotal Labs Methodology\nStrategy for a Brave New Multi-Cloud World: Navigating the Public, Private, Hybrid Cloud Frontier","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Jim Cramer on the Stock Market: Investors Need to Own Up and Regroup\nYou missed the rally. Now pick your spots.\nNEW YORK (Real Money) -- Two questions define this moment: \"What should I buy?\" and \"Have I missed the rally?\"\nIt's up to the individual to answer these questions, but you have to try to develop some consistency and some discipline.\nI learned this the hard way. Many a time when I ran a hedge fund I would miss a 4% rally like we just had. The tendency, though, is never to say \"I missed it,\" and instead is to just say, \"What should we buy?\"\nThat's why you need a disciplinarian in the room. Or you have to develop discipline yourself. For me, I was lucky enough to have Karen Cramer in the room, a tough-as-nails trader who spoke truth and didn't mind how upsetting it was.\nWe would review our portfolio every couple of hours back then and the meetings were really intense. Brutal. But we were successful, over 14 years tripling the market's performance after all fees. So, you have to presume we did many things right and one of them is endlessly reviewing to test conviction and check information and deciding whether opportunities had come and gone.\nSo, I am going to let you be a fly on the wall in one of these meetings.\nOn a day like Friday, I would come in to our morning meeting, held before the market opened, and say, \"Is it time to buy?\" She would look at me with scorn and say, \"Time to buy? You are kidding. The time to buy was Tuesday when everyone hated the market.\"\nI would then say, \"But we didn't.\" And she would say, \"Well, we were stupid, we got it wrong and now we must be patient and wait for something to come in.\"\n\"Wait,\" I would say. \"What if it doesn't come in? What do we do?\"\nShe would respond: \"Nothing, because we missed it and we have to own up to that and pay the price.\"\nNow, after a few years and many missed rallies, I pretty much could intuit the response, so I stopped asking. Instead, I tried to find stocks that would come in a bit as part of the everyday nature of equities and buy them, provided it was just the stock that was damaged, not the company.\nNow, these days, when I go on Twitter and mention this kind of discipline and the market goes higher, I am trashed by people who are many years my junior and have not been put through the performance mill. I find their reactions painful because they are so adamant, like I was when I first started, that it was not too late to buy. I just want to show them how much better it has been to wait probably 90% of the time. They don't understand discipline, though. And they will no doubt be blown out of the game as all people with no discipline are eventually. It's the nature of the beast.\nSo, you pick your spots. What would have been acceptable to buy today? How about some Nike (NKE) - Get NIKE, Inc. Class B Report , betting that expectations are just too high? That's OK. It acts badly, so that may mean someone's going to downgrade it Monday (remember, you have to be cynical). Maybe Deckers (DECK) - Get Deckers Outdoor Corporation Report or Skechers (SKX) - Get Skechers U.S.A., Inc. Class A Report ? They are down in sympathy with Nike, as well as the incredibly disappointing Finish Line (FINL) . I think you make your peace with one and use the collateral damage weakness to buy some, maybe half, and the rest on Monday if some jittery analyst cuts and runs.\nThat is how it is done. You see you missed the rally. You are now a beggar. And beggars can't be choosers.\nEditor's Note: This article was originally published at 12:30 p.m. EST on Real Money on Dec. 19.\nAction Alerts PLUS, which Cramer co-manages as a charitable trust, had no positions in stocks mentioned.\nOpinionRetailConsumer StaplesStocksInvesting\nSponsored Story\nTax Preparation Checklist\nBy TurboTax","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Review: Jack and the Beanstalk - York GOH\nCaroline Barnes and Russ Spencer as Princess Jill and Jack Trott in York Grand Opera House panto Jack and the Beanstalk. Picture: David Harrison\nYork's Grand Opera House relies on audiences who like a traditional theatrical fare at Christmas.\nAnd New Pantomime Productions' 17th visit to the city, this time with Jack and the Beanstalk, has all the old favourites - plot, good guys, a witch baddie, songs, dance routines and audience participation.\nThe cast of Jack and the Beanstalk at York Grand Opera House. Picture: David Harrison\nIt may be nothing we haven't seen before - especially the ghost routine, pantomime cow, costumes and Twelve Days of Christmas - but it is well received, especially by the young.\nThe creation of the Giant, Natham Haymer-Bates, was an innovative and refreshing costume addition to the show.\nBut the old routines are the favourites and the highlight was the chaotic yet hilariously funny Twelve Days of Christmas with five flying toilet rolls and cast falling over, which had the audience in hysterics.\nUnfortunately there wasn't enough of this kind of humour which the actors seemed to relish playing out.\nInstead there were just a few tired old gags and song and dance routines were shovelled in, often with no link to the plot.\nThe songs seemed to be there to give a platform for its stars, such as 2013 X Factor finalist Jade Ellis to justify being an attraction.\nBut Scooch Eurovision pop act members Leeds-born Caroline Barnes (Princess Jill) and Russ Spencer (Jack Trott) sang an uplifting and outstanding rendition of Yazoo's Only You that was a welcome scene in the show.\nStuart Wade, as Tilly Trott, was the glue to keep everyone together. Given his TV (Emmerdale) and stage experience he could have done more with ad-libs and the plot if given the chance.\nAnother stand-out performance came from newcomer to the York Grand Opera House Chris Casey as Simple Simon.\nHis extensive stage, film and panto experience, shone out and made him a firm favourite with the audience.\nThirsk's Ionica Adriana put her all into being Witch Blackweed and it felt better when she turned from bad to good character in the end as she had given an outstanding performance.\nMore could have been done with the costumes, sets and script but Jack and the Beanstalk is comfortingly familiar for traditional audiences.\nJack and the Beanstalk runs at the Grand Opera House York until Sunday January 3.\nFor tickets phone 0844 871 3024 or online at www.atgtickets.com\/york","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Honorable Thomas P. Zampino (Ret.), Of Counsel\nTZampino@snydersarno.com\nJudge Thomas Zampino (Ret.) served as a Family Court Judge for over two decades. During part of his tenure, he also served as Presiding Judge of the Family Court. Since his appointment to the bench in 1989, he has settled or decided thousands of divorce cases.\nJudge Zampino (Ret.) has taught Judges and attorneys throughout the State and the Country on behalf of the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education and the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges where he also served as a trustee of the organization.\nAs a practicing attorney, he was a past chairperson of the Family Law Section of the New Jersey State Bar Association and a member of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. He is the past chairperson of the New Jersey Child Support Commission and a past member of the Supreme Court Family Practice Committee.\nHis practice is limited to the successful mediation and arbitration of matrimonial cases upon referral and appointment by the Court.\nJudge Zampino (Ret.) received the 2017 Serpentelli Award presented by the Family Law Section of the New Jersey State Bar Assocation. He is a member of the New Jersey and New York bar.\nClick here to learn more about Mediation & Arbitration\nLegal Assistant: Melanie Mucchiello\nmmucchiello@snydersarno.com\n425 Eagle Rock Ave, Suite 100\n(973) 274 - 5200 | Fax: (973) 274 - 5202\nAwards, Accolades, & Professional Associations\n1. Thomas Zampino has been listed in Martindale Hubbell's Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers of 2019. The Register is generated from evaluations of lawyers by other members of the bar and the judiciary in the United States and Canada. A further description of the selection methodology can be found here. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey.\n2. Thomas Zampino was also selected by his peers for inclusion in Woodward White's The Best Lawyers in America; in the field of Family Law each year for 2021 (Copyright 2021 by Woodward\/White, Inc., of Aiken, SC). The list is generated entirely on peer review. A further description of the selection methodology can be found here. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey.\nEmily R. Carstensen\nCynthia A. Walters\nArnaldo Pacheco\nMichael J. Weil\nMitchell Dornfeld\nOf Counsel\u200b\nHonorable Thomas P. Zampino","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Memory suppliers\nMicro-processor\/-controller suppliers\nMCUs powered by Arm Cortex-M23\n30 January 2019 DSP, Micros & Memory\nGigaDevice Semiconductor released the GD32E230 series of Arm Cortex-M23 based MCUs (microcontrollers), which support security extension requirements to run the latest embedded application solutions. The product family comprises 18 product types, including package options of LQFP48, LQFP32, QFN32, QFN28, TSSOP20 and QFN20 with a chip dimension from 7 x 7 mm to 3 x 3 mm.\nAs the first series of the GD32 MCU family based on the latest Cortex-M23 core, the GD32E230 series is manufactured using 55 nm low-power technology, focusing on ultra-low cost applications. With its small size and power efficiency, it can compete with traditional 8-bit and 16-bit product solutions while delivering improved performance and power efficiency over the Arm Cortex-M0\/M0+.\nArm Cortex-M23 is the successor of the Cortex-M0 and Cortex-M0+, and is based on the latest Armv8-M architecture of embedded microprocessor cores. It adopts a Von Neumann two-stage pipelined structure and supports the complete Armv8-M reference instruction set while maximising code compactness. Moreover, it is compatible with all Armv6-M instructions, allowing engineers to easily transfer code from Cortex-M0\/M0+ processors to the Cortex-M23.\nAdditionally, the new core is equipped with independent resources such as single-cycle hardware multipliers, hardware dividers, hardware frequency dividers, nested vectored interrupt controllers (NVICs), enhancing debug error correction and traceability for easier development. Subsequent products can also benefit from TrustZone technology designed to support trusted and non-trusted software isolation and protection in hardware, and to meet multiple security requirements.\nGD32E230 series products have a system frequency of up to 72 MHz and are equipped with 16 KB to 64 KB of embedded Flash memory and 4 KB to 8 KB of SRAM. While running under the highest frequency, they can achieve a working performance of 55 DMIPS and their CoreMark test score can reach up to 154 points. Compared to the same frequency on similar Cortex-M0 and Cortex-M0+ products, the code execution efficiency of the Cortex-M23 is 40% higher and 30% higher, respectively.\nThe MCUs also provide flexible interfaces to enhance connectivity, with up to five 16-bit general-purpose timers, a 16-bit basic timer and a multi-channel controller, while the universal interface includes two USARTs, two SPIs, two I\u00b2Cs and an I\u00b2S. In addition, there is a 16-bit advanced timer that supports three-phase pulse width modulation PWM output and a Hall acquisition interface.\nFor signal conditioning, a high-speed, rail-to-rail input\/output analog voltage comparator and a 12-bit, 2,6 MSPS sampling rate analog-to-digital converter (ADC) with multi-channel high-speed data acquisition support mixed-signal processing for motor control and industrial application requirements.\nThe GD32E230 is powered by a 1,8-3,6 V supply voltage and the I\/O ports are 5 V tolerant. The maximum operating current is only 118 A\/MHz with all peripherals enabled at full-speed operation mode. While in deep-sleep mode, the current is reduced by 86% and the standby current is only 0,7 A when the battery is used to power the real-time clock (RTC).\nWith its 6 kV ESD protection and electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) capabilities, it is suitable for industrial automation, motor control, LED display, household appliances and electronic toys, smart cities and smart homes, electronic payments, electric vehicles, drones, robots and other applications.\nArticles: More information and articles about MB Silicon Systems\nFujitsu FRAM and ReRAM now available from Mouser\nTRX Electronics DSP, Micros & Memory\nFujitsu Semiconductor Memory Solution's ferroelectric random access memory (FRAM) and large-density resistive random access memory (ReRAM) products are now being distributed by Mouser Electronics. Fujitsu ...\nFunctional safety packages for Microchip MCUs and DSCs\nEBV Electrolink DSP, Micros & Memory\nSafety is a primary concern in automotive applications to ensure reliable operation and end users' wellbeing. Microchip Technology is offering newly certified functional safety packages to enable engineers ...\nMCU with enhanced security and innovative sensing features\nEnabled with Bluetooth Low Energy wireless connectivity, onsemi's new low-power RSL15 microcontroller (MCU) addresses the growing demand of connected industrial applications for security without sacrificing ...\nDiscovery kit for IoT nodes using STM32U5 MCU\nAltron Arrow DSP, Micros & Memory\nThe B-U585I-IOT02A Discovery kit provides a complete demonstration and development platform for STMicroelectronics' STM32U585AI microcontroller, featuring an Arm Cortex-M33 core with Arm TrustZone and ...\n200 MHz MCUs backed by TrustZone security\nHi-Q Electronics DSP, Micros & Memory\nRenesas Electronics now offers a 200 MHz RA6E1 microcontroller (MCU) which uses a high-performance Arm Cortex M33 core and TrustZone. The device is built on a highly efficient 40 nm process and supported ...\n32-bit MCU for IoT edge applications\nNuVision Electronics DSP, Micros & Memory\nSilicon Labs launched the EFM32PG22 (PG22) 32-bit microcontroller (MCU), a low-cost, high-performance solution with an optimised combination of energy efficiency, performance and security. With easy-to-use, ...\nCrossover MCU with 3D camera\nNXP Semiconductors has announced the expansion of its NXP EdgeReady solution portfolio, adding a solution for secure face recognition that leverages a high-performance 3D structured light module (SLM) ...\nMCUs for secure and connected automotive gateways\nThe SPC58 Chorus H Line is part of STMicroelectronics' portfolio of general-purpose automotive power architecture microcontrollers (MCUs). It is designed for high-end body, networking and security applications ...\nLow-power multiprotocol wireless MCU\nThe STM32WB15CC multiprotocol wireless microcontroller (MCU) embeds a powerful and ultra-low-power radio compliant with the Bluetooth Low Energy SIG specification 5.2. It contains a dedicated Arm Cortex-M0+ ...\nMCU evaluation and development kits\nRS Components (SA) DSP, Micros & Memory\nRS Components announced availability of a new range of evaluation and development kits for Infineon Technologies' AURIX family of microcontrollers (MC), which are based on the manufacturer's 32-bit TriCore ...","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Home \u00bb Rodrigo de Luis Garcia, PhD\nRodrigo de Luis Garcia, PhD\nAssistant Professor (Profesor Contratado Doctor) with the ETSI Telecomunicaci\u00f3n,\nUniversity of Valladolid\nResearch Affiliate LPI (Valladolid, SPAIN)\nResearch Fellow LMI, Harvard Medical School\nPublications of Rodrigo de Luis Garcia: [by year][by type]\nETS Ingenieros de Telecomunicaci\u00f3n,\nUniversidad de Valladolid\nCampus Miguel Delibes sn. 47011 Valladolid, SPAIN\nTel: (+34) 983-423660, ext 5590. Fax: (+34) 983-423667\nE-mail: rodlui@tel.uva.es\nShort Bio:\nDr. Rodrigo de Luis Garc\u00eda received the Ingeniero de Telecomunicaci\u00f3n and the Ph.D. degrees from the University of Valladolid, Spain, in 2002 and 2007, respectively. He is an Assistant Professor with the E.T.S.I. Telecomunicaci\u00f3n, the University of Valladolid, where he is also with the Laboratory of Image Processing (LPI). His research interests include medical image analysis and processing, with a special focus on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and diffusion MRI. In 2008, he was awarded with a Fulbright Scholarship for a two-year stay as a Research Fellow with the Laboratory of Mathematics in Imaging at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston. He is author or coauthor of more than 30 publications in international peer-reviewed journals and conferences, and is currently a participator or principal investigator of several funded research grants and contracts.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"jy chap. 8 p. 24\nThey Escape From a Wicked Ruler\nJesus\u2014The Way, the Truth, the Life\nEscape From a Tyrant\nThe Greatest Man Who Ever Lived\nHe Protected, He Provided, He Persevered\nImitate Their Faith\nJESUS' FAMILY FLEES TO EGYPT\nJOSEPH MOVES HIS FAMILY TO NAZARETH\nJoseph wakes Mary up to give her urgent news. Jehovah's angel has just appeared to him in a dream, telling him: \"Get up, take the young child and his mother and flee to Egypt, and stay there until I give you word, for Herod is about to search for the young child to kill him.\"\u200b\u2014Matthew 2:13.\nRight away, Joseph, Mary, and their son make their escape by night. They do so just in time, because Herod learns that the astrologers have tricked him. He had told them to report back to him. Instead, they left the country without doing so. Herod is filled with rage. Still wanting to kill Jesus, he gives orders to put to death all the boys in Bethlehem and its surroundings who are two years of age and under. He bases this age calculation on what he learned earlier from the astrologers who had come from the East.\nThe slaughter of all the boys is a horrible thing! We cannot know how many young boys were killed, but the bitter weeping and wailing of the bereaved mothers fulfills a Bible prophecy given by Jeremiah, God's prophet.\u200b\u2014Jeremiah 31:15.\nIn the meantime, Joseph and his family have fled to Egypt, and they continue living there. Then one night Jehovah's angel again appears to Joseph in a dream. \"Get up, take the young child and his mother,\" the angel says, \"and go into the land of Israel, for those who were seeking the life of the young child are dead.\" (Matthew 2:20) So Joseph now concludes that the family can return to their homeland. In this way another Bible prophecy is fulfilled\u200b\u2014God's Son is called out of Egypt.\u200b\u2014Hosea 11:1.\nApparently, Joseph intends that his family settle in Judea, perhaps near the town of Bethlehem, where they were living before they fled to Egypt. But he learns that Herod's wicked son Archelaus is now the king of Judea. In another dream, God warns Joseph of the danger. So Joseph and his family travel farther north and settle in the city of Nazareth in the territory of Galilee, away from the center of Jewish religious life. Jesus grows up in this community, which fulfills another prophecy: \"He will be called a Nazarene.\"\u200b\u2014Matthew 2:23.\nWhen the astrologers do not return, what does King Herod do, and how is young Jesus protected?\nOn returning from Egypt, why do Joseph and his family not go back to Bethlehem?\nWhat Bible prophecies are fulfilled during this period of time?","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"MP3.com squares Universal with $53.4m payout\nAnything for a quiet life\nBy Linda Harrison 14 Nov 2000 at 23:59\nMP3.com is to cough up $53.4 million to settle its copyright infringement case with Universal Music Group.\nRecord label giant Universal was upset because it claimed MP3.com had infringed 6,700 of its copyrighted CDs.\nToday's settlement, though fierce, is still better than feared - the San-Diego-based company faced up to $167.5 million in damages. And at one point Universal was after $450 million from the online music-sharing service.\nThe trial to decide the number of infringements was due to start in New York this afternoon.\nIn September, Judge Jed Rakoff ordered MP3.com to pay $25,000 for every copyright infringement on CDs sold by Universal.\nMP3.com has already settled out of court with music industry majors EMI, Sony, BMG and Warner. \u00ae\nMP3.com losses down two-thirds\nMP3.com settles with Paul McCartney, NMPA\nMP3.com launches email war on Congress\nMP3.com bans hacker song\nMP3.com seeks to placate Universal","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Colchester United badge - Link to home\nColUTickets.com\nMatchday Info & Travel\nSeasonal Permits 20\/21\nMatch Credits\nCashless Stadium\nCol U Privilege Cards\nFixtures & Teams\nSky Bet League Two Table\nU23s Information\nU18s & Academy\nOnline Room Bookings\nJobs At Colchester United\nJobs 4 Col U Fans\niFollow Col U\nFootball in the Community\nComing To The Game\nMatchday Clubs\nBig Prize Draw\nEvents At Col U\niFollow Sign in\/Register\nYoung Duo Make Debuts\nMatt Hudson\nTwo academy products earn international bow.\nThe work of Colchester United's Academy continues to bear fruit, with two of its young talents making their international debuts in the past two weeks.\n15-year-old Milo Downey and 14-year-old Louis Dunne have represented Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland respectively, as the U's efforts to develop the best in young talent step up another level.\nPrimarily a deep-lying central midfielder, Milo has been a regular within the U16s squad this season and attends Philip Morant School in Colchester.\nMilo has been with the club since the age of 8, progressing through each of the schoolboy squads and was offered an academy scholarship at the start of this season, guaranteeing his future at Colchester United at least until he is 18.\nMilo earned three caps with Northern Ireland during an international training week, following up substitute appearances against Wales and Iceland with a first start against Faroe Islands.\nHis progress saw him become one of the youngest players ever to be offered a youth scholarship at Colchester United in September and earned him a call-up to a Republic of Ireland training camp earlier in the season, from where he was promoted to the U15s squad, making his debut in the recent fixture versus Finland.\nLouis Dunne - son of first team manager Joe - has played up in age groups this season, featuring regularly in U15s games this season as well as tasting U16s football.\nLike Milo, Louis has been coached at the club since the age of 8 and in 2011 joined the club's Elite Football Programme at Thurstable School in Tiptree.\nAcademy Head of Youth Tony Humes was delighted with their progress, saying: \" \"I hope that this is only a small part of a long and successful career in football with both Colchester United and the countries they have represented.\n\"They both deserve huge credit for the attitude and application they have shown and fully deserve the international recognition they have received.\nBoth Louis and Milo have been in our Academy programme for a number of years and have shown a real determination and desire to develop their natural ability and to improve their game knowledge and understanding.\n\"Everyone at the Club is extremely proud and this demonstrates that we have players within our Academy capable of playing at a high level and is testimony to the hard work being done by all staff and coaches involved in the Club and Academy.\"","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"COLD WAR REMAINS AT PADARSKO, BULGARIA\ntext and photography by Anthony Georgieff\nVisit spooky site of Communist-era jammer of BBC and Radio Free Europe\nIf you ever find yourself in the Thracian Plain northeast of Plovdiv, Bulgaria's second largest city that holds many enticements to both expats and casual visitors alike, you will probably be bored. You will be doing the 20-mile drive over farming flatlands with little to distract the traveller's attention than the occasional roadside vendor selling tomatoes and peppers, or sometimes a mini traffic jam caused by a tractor going too slow. Then, quite surprisingly for a Bulgarian flatland where you are usually able to see for miles around, you will enter a thick grove. The road, of decreasing quality, will eventually end up in front of some derelict buildings with strange concrete installations around them. Most of them will be overgrown with lush Bulgarian vegetation. No one will be in sight: the place has long been abandoned and left to the elements.\nYou are at the Padarsko Jamming Facility, a Communist-era state operation that in the course of several decades tried to prevent the radio broadcasts of the BBC and Radio Free Europe from reaching the people they were targeted at.\nTo appreciate the historical significance of the site you will need some background.\nYoung people of the 21st century are usually glued to their smartphones and other interconnected \"devices.\" They swish messages on WhatsApp and at least a dozen other \"sharing platforms,\" and freely exchange any kind of information with friends, families and completely unknown individuals that can be located on the other side of the world. Usually, their judgment of what is right and what is wrong, what is just plausible and what is a verified fact, and the different measures of truth, half-truths, half-lies and plain nonsense a piece of news may consist of is based mainly on its headline \u2013 or the number of characters (spaces included) that the various messaging apps allow.\nFor the young people of the 21st century it would be difficult if not entirely impossible to imagine that just over 30 years ago Europe was divided in two by something called the Iron Curtain. West of that \"curtain\" life was not very different from what it is today. Travel was free, people were not scared to exchange opinions, tell political jokes, dress any way they liked, sport long hair and engage in whatever activity they wanted as long as it did not violate the law.\nEast of the curtain life was very different. You couldn't buy Beatles records. Pink Floyd's The Wall was banned because of the references to Brezhnev and Afghanistan. Those lucky few who could travel abroad had to undergo strenuous vetting checks with a unclear outcome. Families might be allowed to travel as long as at least one of their kids stayed behind, as a flesh-and-blood guarantee they would return.\nBulgaria, unfortunately, was on the east side of the Iron Curtain. Several generations of Bulgarians \u2013 all of the over-40s men and women you are likely to meet in today's Bulgaria had to live the humiliating life of citizens of a Communist country. They belonged to the Second World.\nSignificantly, one of the most important differences between life east and life west of the Iron Curtain was the lack of information. While people in the West had a plethora of news sources to choose from, all of them offering varied commentary and multifaceted opinion, the people east often did not even realise their governments deprived them of one of the most basic human rights, the right to free and independent media. In Bulgaria, they had to do with a handful of newspapers inevitably controlled and censored by the Communist party. And the two national TV channels they had carried mainly \"news\" about farming and industrial \"conquests.\" Occasionally, a Western movie would be broadcast, attracting a huge number of viewers. But overall the media picture in Communist Bulgaria was as dull as life under Communism itself.\nHere come the BBC World Service in London and the US-sponsored Radio Free Europe, collectively referred to by the Communist propagandists at the time as the \"enemy\" radio stations. While very different from each other in terms of editorial policies, goals, funding and so on, what they had in common was that they broadcast uncensored news and commentary to the people behind the Iron Curtain, including Bulgaria. And they did that in Bulgarian.\nPredictably, the Communist authorities in Sofia did not like that. The Politburo, the secret police and various other agencies of the Communist state went to great lengths to silence the voices of freedom that the BBC and Radio Free Europe had turned into. For one, they developed an elaborate \"counterpropaganda\" classification system where they tagged the various Western radio stations according to the \"harm\" the Communist Bulgaria they could inflict. There was the \"white propaganda\": The Voice of America, an arm of the long defunct United States Information Agency beamed from Washington DC. With its Music-and-More model it was considered pretty innocuous. Then there was the BBC World Service, located up until the 2000s in Bush House, in Central London. The BBC was \"grey propaganda.\" It did broadcast news about the British Commonwealth, but also sent out commentary and analysis on international developments \u2013 the Soviet Union invading Czechoslovakia and Vaclav Havel being put in jail again, Andrei Sakharov being confined to a psychiatric asylum in the USSR, Chernobyl blowing up and Gorbachev hushing it up, and so on and so forth \u2013 that drove a serious wedge in the Communist propaganda machine at the time. Yet \"worse\" was the \"black propaganda.\" That was Radio Free Europe, which broadcast to Eastern Europe, and Radio Liberty, which sent out its programmes to the peoples of the Soviet Union. Since its inception in 1949, Radio Free Europe was supposed to be a \"surrogate\" radio station. In plain language, it was meant to send out uncensored news, commentary, responsible discussion and independent analysis to the peoples in the East bloc that they could have obtained themselves had they had free and independent media.\nAn early ad for Radio Free Europe\nThe governments in every country in the East bloc, including Bulgaria, spent a considerable amount of cash and human resources to prevent Radio Free Europe's airwaves from reaching the people they were supposed to reach. One relatively easy way to do that was by \"jamming.\" Setting up jamming facilities across the East bloc was seen as a major method of \"counterpropaganda.\" Up until 1989 the East bloc countries acted in coordination to prevent their citizens from being able to listen to Radio Free Europe's news. Bulgaria, for example, jammed Polish language and Czech-language broadcasts, while the Soviet union jammed Bulgarian-language broadcasts \u2013 up until 1989.\nPadarsko was the main jamming station among at least half a dozen similar facilities in the People's Republic of Bulgaria.\nAs you walk among the ruins of the former Communist-era facility you will find little to indicate either Communism, or Radio Free Europe or jamming as such. Pieces of broken equipment scattered on the floor, empty mineral water bottles, remnants of chairs \u2013 everything you will find in other post-Communist ruins with which Bulgaria abounds.\nDr Martin Luther King Jr gives talks to RFE\/RL in the 1960s\nOutside you will see the former concrete pylons, in severe state of dilapidation, that used to prop the antennas.\nWestern demands to the East bloc in general and Bulgaria in particular to stop jamming as it violated the universal human right to free information were never taken seriously. In fact, in the 1970s and 1980s Communist Bulgaria repeatedly lied it was about to stop jamming \u2013 but didn't. At long last, jamming was halted as late as the end of 1988, less than a year before the collapse of Communism.\nThe Padarsko facility was then used to relay the foreign language programmes of the Bulgarian National Radio \u2013 up until 2012, when the GERB government pulled the plug on those too, and Padarsko was abandoned for good.\nSo now, if you ever go to Padarsko, whose Bulgarian name translates as the Village of Goatherds, close your eyes among the ruins and the destruction and think that fortunately you live at a time when you get your news from your smartphone \u2013 and no one, hopefully not in the predictable future, is going to jam it.\nVibrant Communities: Spotlight on Bulgaria's Living Heritage is a series of articles, initiated by Vagabond Magazine and realised by the Free Speech Foundation, with the generous support of the America for Bulgaria Foundation, that aims to provide details and background of places, cultural entities, events, personalities and facts of life that are sometimes difficult to understand for the outsider in the Balkans. The ultimate aim is the preservation of Bulgaria's cultural heritage \u2013 including but not limited to archaeological, cultural and ethnic diversity. The statements and opinions expressed herein are solely those of the FSI and do not necessarily reflect the views of the America for Bulgaria Foundation or its affiliates.\n\u041f\u043e\u0434\u043a\u0440\u0435\u043f\u0430\u0442\u0430 \u0437\u0430 \u0424\u043e\u043d\u0434\u0430\u0446\u0438\u044f \"\u0424\u0440\u0438\u0439 \u0441\u043f\u0438\u0439\u0447 \u0438\u043d\u0442\u0435\u0440\u043d\u0435\u0448\u044a\u043d\u044a\u043b\" \u0435 \u043e\u0441\u0438\u0433\u0443\u0440\u0435\u043d\u0430 \u043e\u0442 \u0424\u043e\u043d\u0434\u0430\u0446\u0438\u044f \"\u0410\u043c\u0435\u0440\u0438\u043a\u0430 \u0437\u0430 \u0411\u044a\u043b\u0433\u0430\u0440\u0438\u044f\". \u0418\u0437\u044f\u0432\u043b\u0435\u043d\u0438\u044f\u0442\u0430 \u0438 \u043c\u043d\u0435\u043d\u0438\u044f\u0442\u0430, \u0438\u0437\u0440\u0430\u0437\u0435\u043d\u0438 \u0442\u0443\u043a, \u043f\u0440\u0438\u043d\u0430\u0434\u043b\u0435\u0436\u0430\u0442 \u0435\u0434\u0438\u043d\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0435\u043d\u043e \u043d\u0430 \u0424\u0421\u0418 \u0438 \u043d\u0435 \u043e\u0442\u0440\u0430\u0437\u044f\u0432\u0430\u0442 \u043d\u0435\u043f\u0440\u0435\u043c\u0435\u043d\u043d\u043e \u0432\u0438\u0436\u0434\u0430\u043d\u0438\u044f\u0442\u0430 \u043d\u0430 \u0424\u043e\u043d\u0434\u0430\u0446\u0438\u044f \u0410\u043c\u0435\u0440\u0438\u043a\u0430 \u0437\u0430 \u0411\u044a\u043b\u0433\u0430\u0440\u0438\u044f \u0438\u043b\u0438 \u043d\u0435\u0439\u043d\u0438\u0442\u0435 \u043f\u0430\u0440\u0442\u043d\u044c\u043e\u0440\u0438.\nIssue 181 Urbex Bulgaria America for Bulgaria Foundation dark tourism Communist Bulgaria PostCommunism\nWHY IS NESEBAR A UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE?\nSILENCE OF THE CARYATIDS\nNo matter how diverse and interesting Thracian heritage is, time, destruction and rebuilding in war and peace, continual habitation and treasure-hunting have wiped out a lot of it \u2013 reducing it to a tomb here, a treasure there, and a shrine in what today ap\nWINTER TALES IN TRYAVNA\nWood-beamed houses, cobbled streets, mystic religious art and even some snow... you do not need to travel to France or Germany to immerse in the atmosphere of Christmas in a cosy town that has changed little over the centuries.\nST NICHOLAS DAY, SOZOPOL STYLE\nIn Western Europe, the 6th of December, or St Nicholas Day, is a time where the first whiff of Christmas gets felt. After all, the saint with his white beard and penchant for bringing gifts to good children is the draft of the modern Santa Claus.\nFIRST KINGS OF EUROPE\nWho were the first kings of Europe? Homer heroes such as Agamemnon are the first to pop up in the minds of educated Westerners, but hierarchical societies on the continent predate the ancient Greeks.\nBULGARIA'S VERSION OF CANNERY ROW IS IN CHENGENE SKELE\nAny chance visitor who has detoured midway from the Burgas-Sozopol highway, on the southern Bulgarian Black Sea coast, will end up in an odd location.\nSURPRISE, SURPRISE IN... PERNIK\nWhen you plan a trip in Bulgaria, Pernik is rarely on the list (except for one event, more on this below).\nWHO WAS ALEKSANDAR STAMBOLIYSKI?\nWhen you visit the Sofia Opera and Ballet House you will see an imposing bronze statue of a heavy-set man beside the grand entrance.\nALL AROUND KARDZHALI\nWhen you have a long weekend ahead and the weather looks good for a trip, heading to Kardzhali is a great option.\n(RE)BUILDING BULGARIA'S PAST\nWhen Bulgaria joined the EU in 2007, the expectation was that membership would bring the struggling former Communist country closer to the more developed economies in Europe.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Wisconsin's Cigarette Tax Inspires Many To Quit.\nJan 10, 2008 11:32 AM (1 day ago) AP\nMADISON, Wis. (Map, News) \u2013 The increase in Wisconsin's cigarette tax seems to have inspired many to quit.\nThe week after the tax went up, the state's tobacco quit line received as many calls as it got all of last year. Nine-thousand people called the toll-free line in the first week of January. Usually only about 200 people a week call the Wisconsin Tobacco Quit Line.\nThe cigarette tax increased by US$1 per pack on Jan. 1.\nOn New Year's Day, the tax for a pack of cigarettes in Wisconsin increased by $1. Wisconsin residents are now paying $1.77 in taxes for a single pack of cigarettes. The tax on a single pack of cigarettes in Michigan is $2. Maureen Busalacchi, executive director for SmokeFree Wisconsin, said the organization estimates 33,000 adults will quit for good because of this tax increase.\nThousands of people are calling 1-800-QUIT-NOW looking to quit, she said. The demand for quitting is high, and two-week starter kits of medication are being offered to help smokers kick the habit.\n\"With the support people are getting from the quit line, hopefully, that number will be higher but that is our projection,\" Busalacchi said. Wisconsin has a population of 5.5 million, and there are 900,000 smokers in the dairy state.(HK has 7 million population and 840,000 smokers hence the comparison)\nA smoker usually does not quit the first time he or she tries. \"The more you quit, the better you get at it. If you're not successful, try again because your success rate increases,\" Busalacchi said. Among carcinogens and other harmful chemicals, cigarettes contain nicotine, a highly-addictive substance. \"Your brain is calling for this,\" Busalacchi said. \"We should support (people) and help them so they can be successful in quitting.\" Busalacchi said Smoke Free Wisconsin was one of the biggest proponents of this tax increase. \"We support it because it is the best way to reduce use from starting a lifetime of 66,000 kids won't get started smoking because of this tax,\" Busalacchi said. \"We hope that it exceeds our expectations in the number of people that quit smoking. With health care costs and how much Wisconsin spends a year, that can be nothing but a good thing.\"\nWisconsin currently spends $10 million a year for tobacco prevention, according to Smoke Free Wisconsin. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends the state spend between US$31.2 million and $82.4 million a year to have an effective, comprehensive tobacco prevention program.\nMoney generated from the increased tax on cigarettes will go into the state's general fund. \"It originally was suppose to go into Medicaid, which is really the best place for taxpayers \u2026 we spend over a half a billion dollars in Medicaid treating tobacco related diseases. That is just Medicaid,\" Busalacchi said. Wisconsin is the 12th highest taxed state for cigarettes in the nation. Six states have cigarette tax rates of $2 or more with 22 states that have cigarette tax rates of $1 or more. New Jersey is the highest at $2.28 in taxes for a pack of cigarettes.\nUS Anti-Tobacco Efforts\nU.S. falls short in anti-tobacco efforts \u2013 report\nThu Jan 10, 2008 12:00am EST \u2013 Reuters\nBy Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor\nWASHINGTON, Jan 10 (Reuters) \u2013 The U.S. Congress and President George W. Bush have stymied efforts to tighten regulation of tobacco and discourage smoking and states have not spent nearly enough to battle cigarettes, the American Lung Association said on Thursday.\nThe group implied that heavy lobbying and spending by tobacco companies was influencing at least some politicians and urged Congress to give the Food and Drug Administration the authority to regulate cigarettes.\n\"While many states have failed to make meaningful progress at protecting their most vulnerable citizens, the tobacco companies are spending billions of dollars annually marketing their deadly products,\" the report reads.\n\"A report issued by Common Cause and the Tobacco-Free Kids Action Fund found that the tobacco industry made almost $3 million in Political Action Committee contributions to federal candidates during the 2005-2006 election cycle, including more than $1.7 million in contributions directly to federal candidates,\" it adds.\n\"The Institute on Money in State Politics found that tobacco companies and retailers gave over $96 million to state-level candidates, committees and ballot measure campaigns during the 2005 and 2006 election cycle.\"\nIn 1998, states reached a settlement with tobacco companies in which they received $246 billion over 25 years to pay for the costs of smoking-related illnesses.\nBut anti-smoking campaigners say states have raided these and other tobacco-prevention funds to cover budget deficits, build roads or pay for non-tobacco related projects.\nPRESIDENTIAL VETO\n\"While the American Lung Association applauds the U.S. Congress for increasing the federal cigarette excise tax by $0.61 to $1.00 per pack, unfortunately it was vetoed by the president and will not take effect,\" the report read.\n\"The increased tax would have resulted in current smokers quitting and fewer children starting to smoke.\"\nThe report praises efforts by some states.\n\"Twenty-one states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico have now approved comprehensive smoke-free air legislation,\" it reads.\n\"In 2007, seven states \u2014 Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Mexico, New Hampshire, Oregon and Tennessee \u2014 significantly strengthened their smoke-free air laws. Tennessee is the first traditional tobacco-growing state to pass strong restrictions on smoking in public places and workplaces.\"\nBut states are slower to raise tobacco taxes \u2014 which several studies show can deter smokers. And they also do not spend nearly as much as is recommended on programs to prevent smoking and to help smokers kick the habit, the Lung Association complained.\n\"More than half of states have not passed comprehensive laws prohibiting secondhand smoke in workplaces and other public places,\" the report reads.\n\"Until the political will can be found to implement the proven and effective policies graded in this report, over 438,000 people each year will continue to die from tobacco-related diseases.\"\nThe Lung Association report accuses tobacco companies of marketing to youths and even to children with new flavored cigarettes and brightly colored packaging.\nNearly 21 percent of Americans smoke \u2014 a total of 45 million people, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.\n(Reporting by Maggie Fox, editing by Todd Eastham)\nChinese Tobacco Economy\nEffects of cigarette tax on cigarette consumption and the Chinese economy.\nHu TW, Mao Z. \u2013 University of California at Berkeley, California 94720, USA. thu@uclink4.berkeley.edu\nOBJECTIVES: To analyse a policy dilemma in China on public health versus the tobacco economy through additional cigarette tax.\nMETHODS: Using published statistics from 1980 through 1997 to estimate the impact of tobacco production and consumption on government revenue and the entire economy. These estimates relied on the results of estimated price elasticities of the demand for cigarettes in China.\nRESULTS: Given the estimated price elasticities (-0.54), by introducing an additional 10% increase in cigarette tax per pack (from the current 40% to 50% tax rate), the central government tax revenue would twice exceed total losses in industry revenue, tobacco farmers' income, and local tax revenue. In addition, between 1.44 and 2.16 million lives would be saved by this tax increase.\nCONCLUSIONS: Additional taxation on cigarettes in China would be a desirable public policy for the Chinese government to consider.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Hypocritical Tories pay tribute to Prime Minister they hated\nBy Andrew Learmonth @andrewlearmonth Journalist\nTheresa May received a standing ovation from both the Tories and Liberal Democrats. Photograph: Jessica Taylor\nTORY MPs jumped to their feet to give Theresa May a rapturous send off at her last Prime Minister Questions yesterday.\nThe many attempted coups, numerous parliamentary defeats, and even occasionally violent language, was all seemingly forgotten as backbenchers stood up to applaud their outgoing leader.\nWhile the SNP, Labour, and Plaid Cymru mostly remained seated, Jo Swinson's Lib Dems joined in on the ovation.\nIt was a bumper edition of question time, with the half hour session lasting 63 minutes, making it the longest PMQs in history.\nBut rather than May's legacy dominating, it was the prospect of Boris Johnson's premiership that agitated most MPs.\nREAD MORE: Lest we forget Theresa May's legacy of nothing\nThe SNP's Ian Blackford paid tribute to the outgoing Tory leader and wished her and her husband, Philip \"all the best for the future\".\n\"It is fair to say that we have had our differences \u2014 it has not often been a meeting of minds,\" he said.\nBlackford told May that her successor Boris Johnson had \"no mandate from the people\" as Prime Minister.\nHe added: \"The Government he is busy forming have no mandate in Scotland. Scotland deserves better.\n\"A snap YouGov poll shows that 60% of people in Scotland are dismayed and disappointed by the new Prime Minister.\"\nRaising fears Johnson might prorogue Parliament in a bid to get a no-deal Brexit through, Blackford urged the outgoing Tory leader to back an SNP motion \"rejecting the idea of this House being shut down before November\".\nLabour's Yvette Cooper said that while she disagreed with May, she had \"long respected her resilience, commitment to public duty and seriousness, as well as her work on national security.\"\nCooper added: \"She knows that I once said to her that I believed she was not the kind of person who would take this country into a chaotic no-deal scenario, not least because of the advice she had had on the risks to our national security.\n\"I am fearful about her successor, so can she reassure me that she really thinks, in her heart, that her successor will take those national security warnings as seriously as she has?\"\nMay said she had \"every confidence that my successor will take all the issues that he needs to look at in making these decisions and others across Government as seriously as they need to be taken.\"\nIn response to a question from Jeremy Corbyn's May started on what appeared to be a tribute to the Labour leader.\n\"He and I are very different people and very different politicians and we approach the issues the country faces in different ways.\n\"I have spent all but one of my years in the House on the Front Bench trying to implement the policies I believe in, while he has spent most of his time on the back benches campaigning for what he believes in, often against his own party, but what we have in common is a commitment to our constituencies.\n\"I saw that after the terrorist attack in Finsbury Park mosque in his constituency. Perhaps then I could finish by saying this: as a party leader who has accepted when her time is up, might I suggest that perhaps the time is now for him to do the same?\"\nMay's call was backed by former Labour MP Ian Austin, who quit the party in February.\nHe said: \"Can I start by associating myself completely with the final answer the Prime Minister gave to the Leader of the Opposition about his need to consider his future.\n\"And can I tell her this as well\u2026 it is absolutely clear to me that the vast majority of Labour MPs agree with her too.\"\nStanding alongside her husband, Philip, outside No 10 with staff and aides watching, May gave a brief farewell address before heading off to tender her resignation.\nDuring the speech, a protester outside the gates of Downing Street shouted \"Stop Brexit\", prompting May to pause. Philip said: \"That wasn't me.\"","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Man who threw a brick at Domino's in Kettering was 'taking it out on the streets'\nHe committed the act of criminal damage in the early hours of May 24\nTom Hitchenor\nDomino's Pizza on Rockingham Road in Kettering\nA man who threw a brick at Domino's in Kettering was \"taking it out on the streets\", a court heard.\nThe Kettering man committed the act of criminal damage in the early hours of today, Monday, May 24 at around 1.45am.\nNow he has been told to cough up \u00a3400.\nThe man - who magistrates were told has mental health issues - admitted to hurling the brick at the window of the popular pizza franchise on Rockingham Road during a hearing at Northampton Magistrates Court today.\nJulie Costello, prosecuting, said: \"The defendant was seen on CCTV to pick up a brick which he launched at Domino's Pizza, causing the window to smash.\n\"The police arrived moments later and the defendant approached the officers, saying 'it was me: I smashed the window' and he is arrested.\"\nThe court heard that he has similar previous convictions, with the last occurring in January 2020.\nHowever, this act of vandalism was \"a means to an end for him\" after becoming homeless and sleeping rough.\nControversial plan for Northampton block of flats 'could cause harm to local heritage'\nVan 'abandoned' on Northamptonshire junction for a day leaves locals confused\nLaura Illingworth, defending, said: \"He was originally living with his mother and working in a warehouse.\n\"However, following an argument with his mother, he was asked to leave.\n\"He lost his job at the warehouse, was already suffering from depression, anxiety and a history of self-harm.\n\"He decided to simply take it out on the streets and caused this damage to the window.\"\nSentencing, magistrates said they took into account his limited means when paying compensation and issued a conditional discharge.\nThey said: \"You have had a night in the cells now to reflect on this. I hope that's focused the mind on not re-offending.\n\"You're applying for Universal Credit so there will be no court costs today. We appreciate you are on limited means.\n\"We don't want to see you again.\"\nHe was ordered to pay \u00a3400 in compensation to Domino's Pizza to fix the broken window.\nNorthamptonshire Police\nLost property search for \u00a3600 coat ends in threats to kill\nCourtsWilliam White, 50, said he would \"smash your head off of his\" to the two members of staff","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: Making a Difference Tomorrow\nPublished1 Jan 2011\nReviewed1 Jan 2011\nAuthor Aalok Mehta\nAlthough PTSD treatment options \u2014 and their effectiveness \u2014 have increased, the condition still cripples millions each year. And more than a third with the condition fail to completely recover. At the same time, incidence of PTSD may be increasing due to the ongoing conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan; these veterans have PTSD at nearly twice the rate of the general population.\nPTSD doubled among adults living within several miles of the World Trade Center after Sept. 11, 2001. Similar jumps in PTSD rates occur after major natural disasters, such as the Dec. 26, 2004 tsunami in Asia and the 2010 earthquake in Haiti.\nAdapted from The New England Journal of Medicine, 346: 982-987; 2002.\nBut with continued funding from the National Institutes of Health, the U.S. military, and other organizations, researchers hope to find ways to diagnosis PTSD before symptoms appear, better methods for reducing vulnerability to PTSD, and superior therapy and drug treatment options for resistant cases.\nResearch Brings Hope for the Future\nMuch work focuses around discovering why certain people have a greater risk of developing PTSD. The risk of PTSD after a traumatic event is only around 9.2 percent, even though most people suffer from a trauma at some point in their lives. Such information may allow military commanders to reassign vulnerable soldiers to less stressful positions.\nStudies of twins indicate that genetic factors play a substantial role in PTSD susceptibility, and brain researchers are attempting to identify those genes and their functions. An altered stress-related gene may increase susceptibility to PTSD in children with a stressful childhood, for instance. Environmental factors also are important. Children who were sexually abused are more susceptible, and studies show that if parents have PTSD-like symptoms, their children's risk of mental illness increases.\nOther studies are looking at ways of preventing PTSD from occurring entirely. Although antidepressants have not shown such a preventive effect, scientists are looking at whether drugs known as beta-adrenegic blockers might achieve this. Another line of work involves disrupting memory consolidation, in which short-term memories are transferred into long-term storage, to reduce the intensity of stressful memories.\nNeuroscientists also are studying brain-scanning methods and biochemical tests for detecting people vulnerable to PTSD or about to develop it. By identifying the characteristic brain changes of PTSD, doctors could make easier, quicker diagnoses and start treatment earlier, when it is more effective.\nNeuroscientists are looking at new, more powerful treatment options for PTSD. For instance, targeting corticotropin-releasing factor or other stress hormones might offer an effective means of controlling symptoms. Many other classes of drugs, such as opiates, anticonvulsants, and tranquilizers, also have shown some effectiveness in treating PTSD and are being tested more rigorously.\nOther treatment methods aim to reverse PTSD-associated brain changes. One approach is memory manipulation, which involves drugs and other methods for altering or removing an existing memory to eliminate symptoms.\nHope for Other Diseases\nPTSD is part of a cluster of common diseases that often occur together, strike the same people repeatedly, and have overlapping symptoms. Continued funding for PTSD research could offer new diagnostic and treatment options for the millions suffering from these related conditions, which include depression, anxiety disorders, phobias, and bipolar disorder.\nAalok Mehta\nAalok Mehta is a science writer and editor and works as a freelancer for the Society of Neuroscience.\nAlso In Archives\nPutting Stem Cells to Work\nHumanoid Robot \"Russell\" Engages Children With Autism\nNeuroscience Minds\nA Foundation for Innovation\nWhat Do You Think About When You Think About Brains?\nThe Moral Brain","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Symantec launches cloud-based storage service for the masses\nConfidence in the Cloud\nLatest cloud storage hiccups prompts data security questions\nCloud Storage Illuminated\nConsumers in the Cloud\nWhich online service is right for you?\nBy Lucas Mearian\nJohn Chunta had spent four and a half years writing his doctoral dissertation when, two weeks before its expected completion, his laptop's hard drive crashed and he lost the 200-page document.\n\"The 'blue screen of death' is what the tech guy called it,\" says Chunta, a cancer researcher. \"It was a freak-out moment.\"\nSo Chunta bought a new hard drive and installed it in his laptop, then tentatively reinstalled the cloud storage service backup software he'd purchased from Carbonite Inc. just a few weeks earlier. It took close to two days to restore everything, but he was able to rebuild his dissertation.\nChunta, who now has a Ph.D. in anatomy and cell biology, is one of a growing number of consumers who are choosing to use online storage services because they are relatively inexpensive, can automate the backup process and offer massive amounts of ubiquitous storage. But choosing the right cloud storage offering can be tricky: You could end up with a complicated user interface or tools that don't meet your needs.\nOnline storage services such as Carbonite and MozyHome, which is available through Decho Corp., an EMC company, are designed to provide simple continuous data protection so that each time a file is saved, the changes are replicated to the vendor's data center. But the services available can vary widely depending on the types of features they offer. For example, some can encrypt data in flight or adjust how much bandwidth a backup should use.\nA Magnum Opus Restored\nAt the prodding of his professor, Chunta had been using CDs and USB flash drives to back up his work, but he admits to being undisciplined and not backing up often enough. Even so, Chunta says he had more than 100 iterations of the dissertation and related research files.\nSo one day, while listening to a Carbonite ad that had been playing ad nauseam on the radio in his school's laboratory, he decided to try it. Chunta says he couldn't have been more pleased with his experience, particularly because he isn't computer savvy and the service was practically \"plug and play.\"\n\"Often, we're juggling a lot of different pieces of information, project proposals and grant submissions, and seeing how it all fits together. Having to remember where and how all the data is backed up amounts to mental minutiae,\" says Chunta, who is on a fellowship at William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Mich.\nCarbonite is among a handful of consumer storage services that are essentially just hard drives in the cloud -- simple, no-muss-no-fuss services. And the formula has worked for Boston-based Carbonite. Even through the recession, the company has grown its revenue at least 36% quarter over quarter.\n\"It's targeted at consumers and small businesses with probably 10 to 50 employees. The idea was simple: Pay $55 a year, and we back up all your data,\" says Carbonite CEO David Friend.\nMany large corporate backup vendors have been immersing themselves in the consumer market as well. EMC Corp. is among the leaders with its MozyHome product, which it added to its product line with the acquisition of Berkeley Data Systems in 2007.\n1 2 3 Page 1 Next","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Lewis Buxton\nBorn in 1993, Lewis Buxton is a writer and theatre maker. His work has appeared in The Independent, Poetry Review, Football Pink, The Rialto, Ambit and Magma amongst others. He has won the Winchester Poetry Prize, received the UEA Literary Festival Bursary and is the Co-Director of TOAST. His first collection Boy in Various Poses was published by Nine Arches Press in 2021. His debut theatre show 'Workout!' will be on tour in 2022. He lives in Norfolk.\n\"Buxton is a performer in full control of his craft, combining the confidence of an arena comedian with the sensitivity of a poet\u2026brimming with talent\u2026don't be surprised if you see him on your television screens soon.\"\nRob Auton\nRob Auton is an award-winning writer, actor and podcaster, named the 'Brian Cox of Comedy' by the Guardian. Rob has written eight hit Edinburgh Fringe shows, which have led to nationwide tours and television\/radio appearances.\nSalena Godden\nSalena Godden FRSL is one of Britain's best loved poets and performers. She is also a broadcaster, memoirist and essayist and is widely anthologised.\nLuke Wright\nLuke is adept at taking poetry places it doesn't normally go. His poems can be tender, riotous, caustic and romantic and he delivers them with the ferocity and panache of a raconteur at the top of his game.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Frozen super-earth discovered six light-years away\nAn artist's impression of the surface of Barnard's start b, a cold Super-Earth discovered orbting Narnard's start 6 light-years away.\nAstronomers have found a frozen exoplanet more than three times the mass of Earth, orbiting a star that's only six light years away.\nThe exoplanet is orbiting Barnard's star, the closest solitary star to our sun.\nThis makes it the second closest known exoplanet to us. Previously, an exoplanet was found orbiting in the three-star Proxima Centauri system.\nThe exoplanet was found after stitching together 20 years of data, including 771 individual measurements, from seven instruments. The analysis that led to the discovery is detailed in a study published yesterday in the journal Nature.\nFor years, astronomers thought they would find a planet around the nearby star, but it eluded them.\n(CNN)\n\"The biggest 'kick' about this discovery is the host star,\" Paul Butler, study co-author and astronomer at the Carnegie Institution for Science, wrote in an email. \"Barnard's star is the 'great white whale' of planet hunting.\"\nThe planet, known as Barnard's star b, is probably dimly lit by its star and slightly colder than Saturn. The researchers believe that it is an icy desert with no liquid water, a hostile environment where the average surface temperature is around minus -134 degrees Celsius.\nThe red dwarf star itself emits only about 0.4% of our sun's radiance, so the planet receives about 2% of the intensity that Earth receives from its sun. This is because Barnard's star is in the class of M dwarf stars, cooler and less massive than our sun. It's also an old star that predates our own solar system.\nAnd to look at it through a telescope, the star appears to be moving the fastest among the other stars in the night sky. This is because it's moving quickly in relation to the sun, and it's the nearest single star in the sky to us, Butler said.\n\"The star is named in honour of the great American astronomer Edward Emerson Barnard, who was a pioneer of stellar photography and astrometry,\" Butler said. \"He recognized that this star had the largest known proper motion a century ago.\"\nThe planet is about the same orbital distance from its star as Mercury is from our sun, making a full pass around the star every 233 days. This places it in the \"snow line\" of the star, where it's cold enough for water to freeze into solid ice.\nThis region in a planetary system is where the building blocks of planets are thought to form, collecting material to become cores. As they migrate closer to their host stars, gathering more material, they become planets.\nIt's the first time a planet this small and distant from its star has been detected using the radial velocity technique, which Butler helped pioneer.\nThis method is sensitive to the mass of the exoplanet and measures changes in the host star's velocity. Instruments can be used to detect tiny wobbles in the star's orbit that are caused by the planet's gravity.\n\"I think this discovery shows the power of the [radial velocity] technique for detecting longer period, small planets that are much harder or not possible to detect with missions like Kepler and TESS, which focus on finding transiting exoplanets in shorter orbital periods,\" Johanna Teske, study co-author and Hubble Fellow at the Carnegie Institution for Science, wrote in an email.\n\"This study sets a wonderful example of collaboration and coordination across multiple teams and multiple data sets, something that doesn't always happen successfully in exoplanet research. It is only by combining data and working collaboratively that this very challenging detection was possible.\"\nThese methods haven't always been available to astronomers searching for exoplanets. For most of the past hundred years, the only way was the astrometric technique, in which astronomers look for the host star to wobble relative to background stars, Butler said.\nIt worked only for the nearest stars and was achieved by taking photographs of the star and measuring its positions in relation to one another.\n\"This made Barnard's star the most important star in the sky because it is the nearest single star in the sky,\" Butler said.\nIn the 1930s, Dutch-American astronomer Peter van de Kamp began a quest to study Barnard's star that lasted for most of his 93 years.\nHis claims of how planets could fit in orbit around the star were refuted, and he died five months before the first verifiable discovery of an exoplanet was made in May 1995, Butler said.\n\"He worked hard at improving the only technique at that time that had a prayer of finding planets, and spent decades collecting the data,\" Butler said. \"Van de Kamp is a true pioneer in extrasolar planets.\"\nGiven its proximity to our solar system and its long orbit, future missions and telescopes will be able to provide new insights about Barnard's star b.\n\"Future space-based telescopes like WFIRST might be able to observe reflected light from Barnard's star off of the planet, and thus tell us something about the composition of the surface and\/or atmosphere of the planet,\" Teske said.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"You are here: Home \/ The Artistic Liberation Front (A.L.F)\nThe Artistic Liberation Front (A.L.F)\nMarch 29, 2014 \/in News \/by matmcivor\nI was sorting through some old photos the other day, and came across some images from my Fine Art degree course at Derby University, showing the very first mural that i produced for my degree show! This was back in 1996, and there were no digital cameras or camera phones, so i shot this on an old camera and had to join together 3 photographs to be able to capture the entire wall in the university Fine Art studios!\nThe mural was inspired by the propaganda murals you see around Belfast in Northern Ireland, and was based on the activities of The Artistic Liberation Front (A.L.F). I used character portraits from old Letrasets from the 60's and 70's, for the main bulk of the mural, to represent people around Derby reacting to a broadcast made by the Artistic Liberation Front on a local radio station.\nThe Artistic Liberation Front was actually created by myself and Adam Boyfield, as part of our Fine Art degree course. We'd been doing a module on the course in public art, and had decided to tie in a piece of work for our course with appearances that we'd been making on a local radio station, presenting a student programme. For one of our assessments, we got the tutors to listen in to one of the shows, which they thought we'd just be playing records on! We then proceeded to take over our own radio show, as the Artistic Liberation Front, and broadcast our manifesto about public art on air. We filmed the whole thing on video camera, hooked up to look like CCTV footage, and also distorted our voices by using effects pedals on the microphones to disguise our identity! We even filmed ourselves in the studio of the radio station wielding fake machine guns and smoking cigars, whilst sporting balaclavas!\nThroughout the broadcast, we constantly drew attention to other students work around Derby city centre, which were also part of our public art course. We even played a recording of tapped phone conversations that we had pre recorded with various galleries around the country. These conversations consisted of prank calls from A.L.F asking galleries if they were in the market for buying or swapping work with ourselves, for example, we asked the National Portrait Gallery in London if the needed any Landscape paintings for their collection, and the Henry Moore Institute in Leeds if they also needed paintings to hang behind sculptures! We also got serious advice from smaller galleries about how to go about getting exhibitions on their premises, and how to structure proposals, which was important info for art students about to go out into the real world!\nWhen i started at University, i never envisaged myself taking over a radio station as an art terrorist! I'm just thankful that we got to be creative in such a fantastic way, especially on a Fine Art Degree! I think it's safe to say that, i'm sure we wouldn't be able to get away with this sort of caper in this day and age, we'd probably have been shot, or exposed by the press as anarchists trying to over throw popular culture, or maybe even turned into some kind of parasitic documentary style show! Maybe the Artistic Liberation Front might rear it's ugly head again someday, but until then\u2026.. Long live A.L.F!","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"President Serzh Sargsyan participated at the inaugural ceremony of Tatev airtram\nOn October 16, the second day of his working visit to Syunik marz, President Serzh Sargsyan visited the newly constructed cardiology center in Goris. This medical facility will be providing immediate medical care to the patients from the southern regions of Armenia and the population of Nagorno Karabakh.\nIn Goris, the President of Armenia attended also festivities dedicated to the Town's Day. The statue of Grigor of Tatev was unveiled in the framework of celebrations.\nToday, President Sargsyan met also with over a hundred journalists and editors from Spyurk, who have arrived to Goris to meet with the President of Armenia. They came from the capital of the NKR Stepanavan, where they participated in the works of the 5th All-Armenian Journalists Conference.\nFrom Goris, President of Armenia arrived to Halidzor where the \"Tatev Renaissance\" program was initiated. Here, the ceremony of inaugurating technical operations of the longest in the world airtram, which connects Halidzor and Tatev villages, took place. The airtram, which is stretching for 5.7km over the picturesque Vorotan gorge, opens new opportunities for the visitors of the monastery compound, making it more accessible. The program is aimed at the development of the areas neighboring Tatev, reestablishment of the celebrated and glorious spiritual, scientific and cultural traditions of this terrific ancient monastery compound. At the ceremony of inauguration of the airtram, the President of Armenia was accompanied by His Holiness Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin II, the President of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic, representatives of social, political and cultural circles, officials, hundreds of guests from all over the world, many of whom are sponsors of the program. On the occasion of the inauguration of the airtram in Tatev, President Sargsyan made a statement, in which he particularly said,\n\"Your Holiness,\nEsteemed Guests,\nFellow Citizens,\nI welcome you all to one of the most picturesque places in Armenia. The inauguration of the \"Tatev Renaissance\" program is a nice opportunity to visit once again and take pleasure in the incomparable views of Syunik and masterpieces of the Medieval Armenian architecture. Today, those views will be augmented by a modern airtram, which is called upon to add new charm to the Vorotan Gorge and present the visitor with unforgettable impressions.\nBy building the longest airtram in the world we didn't aspire to surprise anyone. The objectives we were following are modest by world standards; however they have crucial importance for Tatev and adjacent areas. The \"Tatev Renaissance\" program is a strategic component of the comprehensive development program of the Southern regions of Armenia and constitutes a serious impetus for the economic, scientific, and cultural development of the region.\nThis is one of major initiatives going on in Armenia today, in which state and private sectors joined hands in one project. First, the unrivaled nature of this stunning gorge was crisscrossed by human thinking. Later, that soaring thinking inspired many individuals. Today, that soaring thinking is embodied in the airtram, which bridges the past and the future, the traditional and the modern, culture and business. The airtram is vivid evidence of the fact that even the most improbable dreams become reality when there is a clear purpose and faith and also when the right and important thing is being done obstacles sooner of later give in.\nLadies and Gentlemen:\nToday, a momentous and festive occasion has brought us to Syunik - one of cradles, one of the oldest centers of the Armenian science and culture. Here, in Syunik the past is hemmed by the light of future. Here, wounds are silent, and stones are articulate. Many have dreamed of leaving their vicious footprints here, the footprints of destruction. But Armenian monuments have reigned and will reign here; stones here have been speaking and will continue to speak Armenian.\nThe Monastery of Tatev and Tatev University are among the most celebrated centers of our science and culture. Tatev has been deservedly enjoying high repute thanks to the prolific activities of Grigor Vardapet of Tatev, who was a disciple of Hovnan Vorotnetsi. It is emblematic that the 600th anniversary of the canonization of the luminary of the Armenian and world theology Grigor of Tatev and the \"Tatev Renaissance\" program coincide in time. Giving new life to this ancient cradle of the Armenian letters and nearby areas is also an excellent gift for the 500th anniversary of the Armenian book-printing, which we will be celebrating soon.\nI congratulate us all. As the saying goes \"A good start half the job done\". The\n\"Tatev Renaissence\" Program was initiated by the Competitive Armenia Fund, and was enthusiastically supported by our Government, Armenian Apostolic Church, and benefactors. I thank Mr. Rouben Vardanian who has become a true leader of the project and its driving force. I also thank all individuals and organizations that have been involved in this enterprise \u2013 an enterprise that seemed impossible \u2013 for their faith, disregard for difficulties, ability to work shoulder to shoulder and for the present result. I believe that every visitor will also think with gratitude of the construction workers, who have done a marvelous job.\nTo become competitive on the international arena, we sometimes have to travel abroad and learn there, and it is quite natural. However, there are some lessons that are to be learned here. Those who built Tatev were the most spirited architects of their times. The University of Tatev was one of the most competitive educational centers of its times, and Saint Grigor of Tatev still remains one of the most brilliant thinkers of the world. Rebirth of Tatev means the rebirth of Syunik, hence - competitive Armenia.\nCongratulations to us all and thank you.\"","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"IMCA is a long established trade association and exists for the benefit of its members across the offshore, marine and underwater engineering industry.\nIMCA operates with a global focus via a structure of technical committees made up of experts elected from member companies, supported by a small, focused secretariat in London. They are a respected voice around the world promoting good practice, particularly in the areas of health, safety and environment, quality and efficiency, as well as providing technical guidance.\nIn common with other trade associations, IMCA provides its members with guidance, allowing them to 'self-regulate' rather than look to clients, or governments for setting rules and procedures. While governments legislate on a range of issues in the public interest, they cannot produce legislation for every part of an industry's operations \u2013 nor may that be desirable. A key benefit of industry guidance is that it can be implemented and updated more quickly than legislation, which is vital in an industry with rapidly advancing technology.\nAs a trade association IMCA must also comply with international competition law (competition, antitrust and similar laws). IMCA uses strict guidelines to ensure compliance.\nIMCA was founded in 1995 through the merger of the Association of Diving Contractors (AODC) and the Dynamically Positioned Vessel Owners Association (DPVOA).\nIMCA Main website\nIMCA eCMID website","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Talent Hot Beds of America February 25 2018, 0 Comments\nThe fabric of America is not a spiraling city metropolis, rather it's small towns. Some of sports biggest icons are natives of small towns. Michael Jordan, Jim Thorpe, Pele, Jerry Rice, Bo Jackson, and Wayne Gretzky all grew up in places with fewer than 60,000 residents. About 25 percent of the United States population resides in cities with under 50,000 people, but nearly half of the players in the NFL are from areas that size. The trend is less significant but continues into the NHL (39 percent), MLB (38 percent), NBA (28 percent) and PGA tour (50%).\nHow are small towns able to produce an abundance of talent? It could be the cultural importance placed on sports in the community. It could be a chance to get away from their rural environments. It all got us to wondering, what small towns produce the best pro sports talent? We take a look at our 12 favorite.\nThe Muck, Florida\nPahokeee, a small town in southeastern Florida is home to 5,600 residents. The closest town, Belle Glade has a population of 17,000 residents. Together these two communities are known as \"The Muck\". They hold a unique tradition that is something out of a comic book. Located on the eastern southern coast of Florida. The cities have a rough reputation and both cities are well below the poverty line. While it may lack state funding and a solid infrastructure, it does posses a legendary football legacy. Two school's Glades Central and Pahokeee, have sent at least 48 players to NFL over the last four decades. Pahokeee has won five state championships in last 6 years, Glades central has won six since 1971. Each year the Muck Bowl is decided between Glades Central and Pahokeee high. While the game is for bragging rights, it symbolizes much more.\nMany wonder why Pahokeee & Glades could produce the ridiculous number of NFL players it does. Sugar Cane fields spread right up to the levees of Lake Okeechobee, known as the Muck for its dark rich soil and three feet of coffee grounds. Pahokeee holds a unique football tradition each year, they burn the sugar cane harvest, the burn drives the rabbits out of the fields. During the burning, players from the city will come out and try to catch the rabbits. If they catch a certain number of rabbits (45 in one day) they are fast enough to be a position player for the football team. Many think the tradition provides a quick separation of the players and non-players. Anquan Bolding, Janoris Jenkins, Perneell McPhee, Antone Smith, Bill Bently, Rickey Jackson and Andre Water have all chased the rabbits. Adidas made an ad campaign based around the cities rabbit chasing tradition (which can be seen here).\nThe Muck has a reputation for producing tough no-nonsense players. NFL hall of fame linebacker Ricky Jackson may have been the first star of \"The Muck\". The 4x All-Pro selection attended Pahokee high school before going on to Pittsburgh. As a member of the New Orleans Saints he was a member of the famed \"Dome Patrol\".\nFour time pro bowl running back Fred Taylor was born in Pahokee and attended Glades Central. Taylor initially played linebacker, but switched to running back in his junior season. As a senior, he ran for 1,700 yards and 22 touchdowns. Taylor played at the University of Florida before being drafted in the 1st round with the 9th overall pick.\nIn an area known for producing receivers, Anquan Boldin may have been the best. The future Hall of Fame wide receiver stared at Pahokee high from 1993 to 1995. Boldin caught for over 14,000 yards in his NFL career and has stared in 2 Superbowl's.\nSuperbowl champion Santonio Holmes also attended Glades Central high school. He was a Letterman in football, basketball, and track. In football, he helped lead his team to two state titles and a 12-1 record as a senior. Santonio graduated from Glades Central High School in 2002 before winning a National Championship at Ohio State. During his pro career he produced over 6,000 receiving yards and 36 touchdowns in 9 seasons.\nRecently star cornerback, Janoris Jenkins stared for The Muck. He caught the rabbit in 2006 before being drafted by the Rams in 2012.\nKelvin Benjamin was originally a basketball player, before he took up football his junior season. Everyone was impressed with Benjamin, at a camp Randy Moss told him he reminded him of himself at the same age. Benjamin played 3 seasons at Florida State before being drafted in the first round.\nOther elite football players that come out of \"The Muck\" include Alphonso Smith drafted in 2009, Kevin Bouie in 1995, Eric Moore in 2005, Pernell McPhee in 2011, Dwight Bentley in 2012.\nA town of only 27,000 residents, located 8 miles west of the Hoover river. The town is still stained of the mining and steel making decline of the early 1900's. Without Bessemer, the history of college football would change dramatically. The town has the distinction of being home to 2 different Heisman winners, Bo Jackson and Jameis Winston.\nWinston grew up in Bessemer and played his high school football at nearby Hueytown High School. As a high school senior, Winston threw for 2,424 yards and 28 touchdowns. And ran for another 1,065 yards and 15 TDs as a senior. As a redshirt freshman, Winston won the 2013 Heisman Trophy with Florida State. The next season he led his team to the 2014 BCS National Title and a 14-0 record. He went 26-1 as the starting quarterback at Florida State. True to his roots, Winston held a draft night party in Bessemer, rather than attend the NFL Draft in Chicago.\nBefore he was the most famous athlete on earth, Bo Jackson called the city home. He attended school in McAadory, where he rushed for 1175 yards as a running back as a high school senior. Jackson hit twenty home runs in 25 games for McAdory's baseball team during his senior season. Bo was also a two-time state champion in the decathlon, in which he built up such a commanding lead that he never had to compete in the 1500 meter race of event. In 1982, Jackson set state school records for indoor high jump (6'9\") and triple jump (48'8\").\nBeside the two Heisman winners, Bessemer has produced a ton of football talent. DeMeco Ryans attended Jess Lanier High. In his senior season, he had 135 tackles, 11 sacks, two forced fumbles and two interceptions. Ryans eventually played college football for the University of Alabama, and received unanimous All-American honors. He was chosen by the Houston Texans in the second round of the 2006 NFL Draft. In Houston, he was named the AP NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year in 2006, he was also selected to two Pro Bowls.\nJerome Rhodes was a starting quarterback and honor student at Jess Lanier High in Bessemer. During his senior season, Rhodes threw for more than 1,600 yards and ran for another 850. He was also selected first team All-state in basketball, after he led his team to the 6A title game. He was drafted by the New York Jets in the fourth round of the 2005 NFL Draft. Rhodes was named to All-Pro teams by three publications after the 2006 NFL season. If that's not enough, rap legend Gucci Man hails from Bessemer.\nMiddleton, Ohio\nA town of 48,000 people, halfway between Dayton and Cincinnati. Bleak and gloomy weather burden the city, that was once famous for it's steel production. During the 1950's and 60's it was one of the best basketball cities in America. Their outdoor court \"Sunset Park\" was home to some of the most legendary street games of all time, featuring future pros like Oscar Robertson and Jerry Lucas. Hundreds of fans lined the court to watch the area's greatest high school and college players. Middletown high school had already won five state championships from 1945\u201355. Residents have taken pride in its plethora of amazing athletes that have been born and raised in the city.\nBy the time he was 15, Sunset Park was one of the best summer basketball scenes in the midwest. By then, Jerry Lucas had grown to 6'7\" and had the opportunity to scrimmage against college players, improving his game significantly. He led the 1956 Middletown team to an undefeated season and co-national high school champion. The 1956\u201357 team also went undefeated and won the Ohio state title. By then, Lucas had set several all-time Ohio records for scoring and shooting accuracy. Lucas entered his senior year as the top-rated high school player in the country. When Middletown lost to an undefeated Columbus North team, 63-62, in the 1958 state playoffs, his high school career ended with a 76-1 record. Lucas went on to a standout career, playing 14 NBA seasons before being selected for the Hall of Fame.\nThe most notable family of Middleton was the Carters, the eldest brother Butch stared for Middleton High School from 1973-1976. As a senior Butch was Mr. Basketball of Ohio. He went on to play for Indiana University and was drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers. He played in the NBA for 6 seasons before going on to coach professionally.\nThe youngest of the Carter brothers, was Chris. The two-sport star attended Middleton high from 1980-83. Many thought of him as a superb basketball talent that was destined to follow his brother's path to the NBA. The little brother was heavily recruited in both football and basketball. He chose to attended Ohio St, where he planned to play both sports. After his freshman season he decided to focus entirely on football. As a junior he was an All-American before declaring for the draft. He played 15 seasons in the NFL and left as one of the greatest wide receivers of all time. Carter was known for his ridiculous hands, racking up over 13,000 receiving yards and 130 touchdowns.\nTodd Bell was a standout football player for Middletown, recruited by Ohio State as a defensive back. In 1981 Todd Bell was drafted by the Chicago Bears, playing for them from 1981 to 1987. He signed a contract with the Philadelphia Eagles, where he played an additional two years before breaking his leg against the Bears in 1989.\nJalin Marshall attended Middletown high school, where he played wide receiver and quarterback. During his career, he rushed for 4,759 yards and had 54 total touchdowns. Marshall was rated by Scout.com as a five-star recruit and committed to Ohio State University to play college football.\nBaseball standout Kyle Schwarber attended Middletown High School in Middletown, Ohio. During his four years, he hit .408 with 18 home runs and 103 RBIs. Gary Brewer, a professional golfer on the PGA Tour from 1961 to 1972, was the winner of the 1967 Masters Tournament. Brewer retired from the PGA Tour with 11 tournament wins. Produced a various other division 1 college basketball players like Purdue's current star Vincent Edwards. Most recently Luke Kennard came out of the city, he set the Ohio high school basketball scoring record before staring at Duke University for 2 seasons. He's currently in his rookie season with the Detroit Pistons.\nKinston, North Carolina\nJust off the coast of the Atlantic, Kinston only has 21,000 residents. At one point they were the tobacco capital of America. Another time they had a bomb threaten the entire existence of their city. Since then gangs, drugs and violence have overwhelmed the community. A town of about 20,000 people produces more high-level basketball talent than major cities. The odds of making it to the NBA are pretty minuscule, only three out of every 10,000 high school players make it to the highest level of basketball. But Kinston's numbers resonate way differently. Since 1972, 1 out of 53 varsity players play in the NBA. Making it the top producer of talent per capita of any city in the United States.\nHolloway rec. center was a proving ground for the top Kinston players. The center was opened and is still owned by Brandon Ingram's Father. The skill level was separated by two courts. One court for the adults and one for the kids. Everyones aim was always to play on the adult court, that's how you proved you belong. As a youngster Jerry Stackhouse had intense battles with Mr. Ingram, trying to prove his rank at the center.\nCedric \"Cornbread\" Maxwell started off the tradition for Kinston. He was only good enough to make the varsity team as a senior, before earning a division 1 scholarship. Cornbread was drafted in the first round by San Diego in the 1977 draft. He went on to play with Larry Bird and the Boston Celtics winning an NBA championship in 1981. Maxwell has served as a mentor to many in the community.\nJerry Stackhouse may have claim to the greatest athlete out of Kinston. The 18 year NBA veteran set all scoring records at Kinston before heading off to Oak Hill Academy as a senior. Heres a bonus video of Stack dominating at Kinston in the early 90's. Stackhouse scored over 24,000 points in his NBA career. He has claimed Kinston as his home throughout his career. Stackhouse has also been an adviser for several athletes from Kinston after him.\nRecently Brandon Ingram has continued the tradition after scoring over 2,500 points in high school. He headed off to Duke where he was the ACC freshman of the year, before being drafted 2nd overall in the NBA draft.\nReggie Bullock also grew upon Kinston. He said there were a number of people who looked out for him as a young ball player growing up in a place he has described as \"gangland.\" Bullock said gang members helped dissuade him from a life of crime and went as far as to shelter him from danger.\nTony Dawson is a retired NBA small forward who attended Kinston High School. He's played with the Sacramento Kings and the Boston Celtics before playing some basketball overseas.\nWhile the city produces mostly basketball talent they have produced other notable athletes. NFL hall of famer, tight end Dwight Clark was born in Kinston. Kinston was home to NBA veterans Herbert Hill, Charles Shackleford, Mitchell Wiggins and NFL veteran Dwight Coples.\nUNC Coach Roy Williams commented, \"You know it is incredible the size of the town but yet you think about those players that have been there and what they've accomplished. It's phenomenal.\" Williams also added that \"I'm more likely to travel to Kinston to see a player than I would be in New York City\".\nDonora is a decaying town, another in a long line of once-flourishing Rust Belt boroughs along the river in West Pennsylvania. Agriculture, coal-mining, steel-making, wire-making, and other industries were conducted in Donora's early history. Home to the 1948 smog that killed 20 people and sickened another 7,000. Donora has a collection of hall-of-famer's that would even put the bigger cities to shame. Stan Musial, Ken Griffey Junior and Joe Montana. The population as of 2010 was a mere 4,781.The steel mills closed long ago. A broken-down bridge that was Donora's last business life line was imploded last year. \"It's really depressing, and basically, everybody moves out of this town,\" said Dennis Lomax, 64, who grew up in Donora.\nStan \"The Man\" Musial was the first superstar to hail from Donora. While growing Musial lived next to a former minor league catcher who taught Musial valuable lessons in baseball. He played one season on the Donora High School baseball team, where one of his teammates was Buddy Griffey, father of MLB player Ken Griffey Sr. and grandfather to Ken Griffey Jr.. One of the greatest hitters in the history of baseball had a lifetime average of .331 over his 22 big league seasons. Musial faced hometown tragedy when the Donora Smog attack killed a brother and a cousin. Although it was a tremendous loss for Musial he continued to support his home town. \"The Man\" helped put Donora on the map and has never forgotten when he came from, giving the residents of the city a great source of pride.\nBoth Ken Griffey Jr. and Ken Griffey Sr. hail from Donora. Senior went to high school right there in Donora before staring for the Reds and Mariners. His contemporaries in Donora did not think he would become a baseball star; they considered his best sport football, where he was a star wide receiver. At times, he would even compete in track meets during baseball games, rushing up the hill between Donora High School's baseball field and track between at-bats when it came time for his track events. Junior didn't play his high school ball in town but went to Archbishop Moeller of Cincinnati. Still Senior thought it was best if his family lived in the same town he grew up in. Both still call Donora home to this day, the town recently gave the town an official Ken Griffey day.\nJoe Montana \"Joe Montana was from New Eagle, but he played his high school football for Ringgold at Legion Field here in Donora,\" he said. Maybe think the magic of Donora may have rubbed off on Montana.\nWhile the city hasn't produced a great athlete in a number of years, the community is still heavily rooted in sports. Donora is a decaying town, yet another Western Pennsylvania borough hit by hard times. But it's also the birthplace of the Griffey's and Stan Musial, and that's something that keeps its residents going.\nLocated only 29 miles outside Pittsburgh, this tiny town of 10,000 was able to give starts to 4 future NFL hall-of-famers. In the early 1980's when the steel mills started moving away, people found multiple generations of their families out of work. With no other jobs, most people moved away from the area. This caused the city's population to drop drastically. Those who stayed found themselves struggling just to feed their families. It has one of the highest violent crimes rates in the nation, regardless of city size.\nThe towns original sports hero might be Pete Maravich's father, Press Maravich. From his early time as a player, Press was a basketball hero in his hometown. After his brief professional career he returned to coach the high school boys team.\nBefore the sweater vest and cigar, future hall-of-famer Mike Ditka was a 3 sport star at Aliquippa High School. Under head coach Press Maravich, Ditka started at forward on the basketball team. Ditka went on to be a hall of fame NFL tight end and a Superbowl winning coach with the 1986 Chicago Bears.\nEight years after Ditka departed, Press Maravich's son was ready to star for the city. It was Aliquippa, where Pete first honed his basketball wizardry, even throwing an under the legs pass as a 12 year old on the high school's varsity. Maravich and Press eventually formed the greatest father-son college tandem of all time. Maravich scored a record 44 points a game for his dad at LSU, before staring for 10 seasons in the NBA.\nRunning back Tony Dorsett attended Hopewell High School and set the school rushing record with 2,272 yards. While attending Pittsburgh University, he was the Heisman winner in the 1976 season. Dorsett was an all-world running back in the NFL where he accumulated 4 Pro Bowl selections and a first team All-Pro nod in 1981.\nThe early 90's saw Ty Law emerge on the scene for Aliquippa high. Law was MVP of the school's basketball and football teams. He was a top 50 recruit nationally and chose to attend Michigan before his hall of fame NFL career.\nAs a senior Sean Gilbert was a Parade Magazine All-America and the USA Today Prep Defensive Player of the Year and the Associated Press named him to its First-team All-state after leading the \"Quips\" to a 14\u20131 record and a Western Pennsylvania AAA championship.\nThe greatest football player to come out of Aliquippa may be Darrelle Revis. In the State Championship game, he led Aliquippa to a come-from-behind 32\u201327 win by scoring 5 touchdowns. In his junior and senior years of high school he led Aliquippa to WPIAL basketball championships, leading the team in scoring both years, culminating with a 25.2 PPG average his senior season. He stared at Pittsburgh before his 5x All-Pro career in the NFL.\nOther NFL players that came out of the city include, Carmine DePascal, Anthony Dorsett Jr., Charles Fisher, John Tzel, Josh Lay, Curt Singer, Paul Posluszny, Richard Mann, Bob Liggett, and Willie Walker. These kids don't have a lot, most have nothing to look forward to but football, so they put all of their pride into that game.\nCompton, California\nDepending on who you ask, Compton is both clouded in gang violence and filled with family ties. Ask those outside LA and they instantly think of gang activity. Natives tell a tale of close-knit community. Similar to other cities, Compton has seen a serious change over the last 50 years. While the namesake provides plenty of cache, the city itself has produced a countless amount of pro stars. A rich history of sport has always ran parallel with the city.\nThe city's biggest stars may be sisters, Serena Williams world No. 1 ranked female tennis player with 23 Grand Slam singles titles and 14 Grand Slam doubles titles. And her sister, Venus Williams \u2013 former world No. 1 tennis player with seven Grand Slam titles and four Olympic golds. The sister honed their game in Compton learning the game at an early age from their father. Heres some footage on Venus and Serena on their upbringing in Compton.\nDennis Johnson was one of the first truly dominant basketball players from Compton. The glamour of NBA stardom was a long way from Johnson's childhood in Compton, Calif. He was the eighth of 16 children, the son of a bricklayer and a social worker. As a 5-9 guard at Dominguez High School, Johnson played only a minute or two each game. After graduation he grew 6 inches and eventually found his way to Pepperdine University, before going on to a hall of fame career with Seattle and Boston.\nIn 2000 a kid named Aaron Afflao started attending Centennial High in Compton. Afflao went on to be a two time All-State selection and a top 20 player nationally. After leading UCLA to the Final 4 in his junior season, he declared for the draft. Later prompting Compton rapper Kendrick Lamar to include tails of Afflao, in his hit album Good Kid Mad City.\nDemar Derozan blew up as a 13 year old playing with Master P's All-Star team, that featured the likes of Brandon Jennings. Jennings who started his freshman year at Compton's Dominiguez, then transferred to Oak Hill Academy his sophomore season amid cash allegations. Meanwhile Derozan stayed home attending nearby Compton High School for 4 seasons before attending USC. As teenage stars the duo knew just about everyone in Compton, including fellow basketball star James Harden. The Beard attended Artesia High School a far drive away from the inner city of Compton. Although he didn't attend a Compton basketball factory he did lead his team to two state championships. The cities other NBA players include Cedric Ceballaos, Dwayne Polee, Tyshaun Prince, Patrick Christopher, Josh Childress, Titto Maddox and Jeff Trepagnier.\nAll-Pro NFL corner Richard Sherman played for Dominguez high from 2003-2006. As a senior in 2005, he accounted for 1,030 all-purpose yards, including 870 yards on 28 catches and three punt returns for touchdowns. Sherman was even named an All-American track and Field player as a high school senior. Sherman played at Stanford before being drafted in the 5th round by the Seattle Seahawks.\nCompton's only Heisman winner was USC running back Mike Garrett. Garrett was a star running back during his reign with the Trojans. He went on to star in the NFL for 10 seasons. Notable ESPN personality and NFL pro bowler Marcellus Wiley also hails from Compton. Wiley played for the Bills and Chargers for 11 NFL seasons. James Lofton was a standout linebacker with the Washington Redskins. Lofton helped them to 3 Super Bowl titles after growing up in Compton.\nEddie Murray was a big time slugger in the major leagues, tacking up over 500 home runs. Murray started his baseball career at Compton High before moving on to college. As a senior the outfielder was one of the most sought after prospects in the country. Murray is far from the only great baseball player Compton has produced.\nDuke Snider Started the tradition, the MLB hall of famed had a great career with the Brooklyn Dodgers. Snider stared at Compton high in the late 1930's. The city has also produced various other coaches and people close to sports. Ex NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle is a native of Compton.\nThe western most city in the Florida Panhandle has a population around 55,000. Known for their dangerous exposure to hurricanes and their title of \"The Cradle of Naval Aviation\". Home to a large United States Naval Air Station, the first in the United States. The football king of talent could also be Pensacola. Home to all time greats Emmit Smith and Derrick Brooks, the city gets little credit for its football dominance. A respectable number of basketball and baseball stars also called the city home. The youth program was thought to have some of the best coaches in america.\nThe NFL's all time leading rusher Emmitt Smith, attended Escambia High School where he played high school football and ran track. During Smith's career he rushed for 106 touchdowns and 8,804 yards, which was the second most yardage in the history of American high school football at the time. Emmitt rushed for over 100 yards in 45 of the 49 games he started for Escambia. In track & field, Smith competed as a sprinter and was a member of the 4 \u00d7 100 m (42.16 s) relay squad. For his efforts, Smith was the USA Today and Parade magazine high school player of the year for 1986.\nFollowing Smiths stellar high school career, the city birthed another Football legend in Derrick Brooks. Brooks attended Washington High School in Pensacola where he was a USA Today All-American. During his senior season in 1991, Brooks carried Pensacola to the state playoff semifinals, where they lost to the eventual champion Manatee. Brooks would eventually star in the NFL where he was All-Pro 11 times, he was elected to the hall of fame in 2014.\nDoug Baldwin hails from the city, where he stared at two sports in high school. The wide receiver had a big senior season with 682 yards and 6 touchdowns. Once at the pro level, Baldwin broke out racking up over 5,900 receiving yards and 80 touchdowns in just 7 seasons. Recently running back's Trent Richardson and Alfred Morris stared for high schools in Pensacola. Both running backs made it big in the NFL, even though Richardson flamed out rather quickly. Richardson was an All-American during his high school career. While Morris was an unheralded recruited, he excelled at the pro level.\nNot known for corner backs, Cortland Finegan also attend Pensacola high. An underrated recruited Finegan proved himself at the highest keel once he got the chance. Several other outstanding football players call the city home including Ladius Green, Josh Sitton, Ahtyba Rubin, Adron Chambers, Fred Robbins.\nBaseball is another speciality of Pensacola, which produced the likes of Addison Russell, Josh Donaldson, Jay Bell, Travis Fryman, Buck Showwalter, Josh Sitton and Don Sutton. The town has even produced a few NBA players, Bob Williams, Tom Sweell, Rich Peek, Clifford Lett and most recently Reggie Evans.\nInfamous boxer Roy Jones Jr. hails from Pensacola. Before he went on to 6 different weight titles, he trained right there in downtown Pensacola.\nNorcross, Georgia\nA fast growing city in northern Georgia, in only 5 years Norcross went from 9,000 residents to over 16,000. The recent explosion in population has helped an already robust basketball city take the next step. Norcross has recently started to produce high quality players. Before 2003, no NBA player ever came out of Norcross. Since then Jodie Meeks, Trey Thompkins, Gani Lawal, Jeremy Lamb, Al-Farouq Aminu and Malcolm Brogdon have all made it to the league via Norcross. Putting out NBA players is nearly impossible and Norcross is making it look routine. Outside of prep schools, there are not many talent-rich public high school basketball factories. Norcross High is a public school that continually produces college & NBA level basketball players. Racking up multiple state championships while sending countless players to the college and NBA level. Head Coach Jesse McMillan, has sent over 45 players to division one college since 2002.\nJodie Meeks started the recent trend of successful players when he started at Norcross High in 2002. His senior season culminated in Meeks averaging 25 points and leading Norcross to it's first state championship. As a top 50 recruit nationally, he drew numerous college scholarships before choosing Kentucky. As a junior he earned All-American honors and was a first round draft pick in the NBA.\nAl-Fariuq Aminu was a bona fide star as a high school star at Norcorss high. A top 10 recruit nationally, Aminu averaged 23.1 points, 11.2 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game as a senior. Aminu is currently in his 8th NBA season with career averages of 9 points and 5 rebounds. Norcross went 30-3 during Aminu's senior season where he paired with future NBA player Gani Lawal.\nLawal teamed with Aminu to make one of the best front lines in the history of Georgia high school basketball. Lawal was named a McDonalds All-American as a senior before staring at Georgia Tech.\nBefore he won the 2009 NCAA championship with the UCONN Huskies Jeremy Lamb was leading Norcross to a regional championship. After his two years at UCONN, Lamb was an NBA lottery pick in 2012.\nRecent NBA sensation Malcolm Brogdon graduated in 2009 before staring at the University of Virginia. As a high school senior he averaged 25.7 points, 12.9 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 2.3 steals per game. Brogdon was Rookie of the Year in 2016 after being drafted in the 2nd round by Milwaukee.\nVarious college basketball stars also came out of the city. Trey Thompkins had a cup of tea in the NBA after staring at Georgia. Jordan DeMercy paired with Aminu and Lawal before playing at Florida State for 4 seasons. Chris Allen was a college star at Michigan State. Rayshaun Hammond's like countless other players played at Georgia. Jordan Goldwire is a sophomore at Duke University. Most recently Norcross high's Lance Thomas committed to Louisville.\nTrue to its state tradition, the city has produced some great football talent. Before tearing up the NFL, running back Alvin Kamara called Norcross home. The pro bowl running back and Crimson Tide alumni, attended school at Norcross high. Wide recover Brice Butler, Denver Broncos center Max Garcia and Detroit Lions Tackle Jeff Backus all stared at Norcross high in the past 20 years. Recently Georgia's Lorenzo Carter attended Norcross high.\nPine Bluff, Arkansas\nWith a population of about 50,000 people, Pine Bluff has been a hidden gem in the world of sports. With roots in the civil war, early industry help build the cities infrastructure. Once those industries left and jobs were gone, the community took a serious hit. Now the town has major problems with its economy and dying infrastructure. At one time, it was one of the major producers of athletic talent in the country.\nEarly football star Don Hutson help put Pine Bluff on the map. As a senior at Pine Bluff High School he was an All-State basketball player, he was famously quoted as saying \"I'm like most, I'd rather see football, but I'd rather play basketball.\" Hutson only played one year of football at Pine Bluff before he went on to play for the Alabama Crimson Tide. He then signed a contract with the Green Bay Packers where he stayed for 10 seasons. He was an 8 time first team All-Pro at the wide receiver position and won three championship. Hutson was named league MVP twice, leading the league in receiving yards 7 times.\nJoe Berry Caroll was perhaps Pine Bluff's biggest basketball star. The 7'0 Center stared at North Carolina State in college before becoming at NBA lottery pick. A naturally gifted player, Caroll struggled with substance abuse issues and was never able to fulfill his true potential.\nOne of the NBA's first big point guards was Lafayette Lever, better known as \"FAT\". The 6-3 Lever had a long and skinny frame that allowed him to shoot and see over the top of smaller defenders. His best year came in 1987 when he averaged 19 points to go along with 8 assist for the Denver Nuggets. The best part of Lever's game might have been his rebounding, as he averaged 8 or more rebounds 4 different times in his career.\nThe cities most well-known star was Torii Hunter, the former MLB center fielder stared at Pine Bluff High school where he played baseball, football, basketball and track. During his high school career he was named to the US track team. Eventually he was selected out of high school in the 1993 MLB draft by the Minnesota Twins.\nWillie Roaf was a longtime NFL lineman that also grew up in Pine Bluff. Roaf was a star tackle in high school and had numerous division 1 college choices. Roaf might even receive some consideration for the Hall of Fame.\nThe mid size city has also produced a countless amount of division 1 football and basketball players. Recently those in the area think that the talent pool has dropped off quite a bit. Mostly due to families moving away from the area. Locals question when that problem will be solved.\nEast Chicago, Indiana\nLocated against the south end of Lake Michigan, East Chicago is cold, tough town in the northern most part of Indiana. Home to 30,000 people, the frigid town has produced great athletes. East Chicago was once powered by a booming steel industry. Near by, Gary is another basketball hot bed that has produced numerous talents. East Chicago's has a rich high school basketball history which includes four basketball state championships, 7 NBA players and more than 100 Division I players.\nBefore Kenny Loften was big time in the major leagues, he called East Chicago home. Loften was a huge two sport star in baseball and basketball. The future MLB All-Star broke several school records. He started at point guard for the schools basketball team, while playing center field for the baseball team.\nGreg Popovich grew up in East Chicago before playing in the NBA and coaching 5 championship teams. He spent his summer nights at Glen Park on 39th and Broadway in south Gary, going against the top players in the area. As a junior he started on the varsity team, where he improved each day. Eventually he caught a scholarship and made his way to the NBA. Recently Popovich had his No.21 jersey retired by his high school, prompting him to say, \"I don't know why they want to do it now. My scoring average hasn't changed in 40 years.\" Here is some bonus footage of Popovich talking about growing up in East Chicago.\nNBA player Junior Bridgeman was the 7th overall pick in the 1982 draft. Bridgeman was a star recruit for East Chicago high. NBA journeyman Etwann Moore continued the basketball tradition in East Chicago. The 6-3 scoring guard was a top 50 recruit nationally before attending Purdue University.\nRecently Carolina Panthers Star Kawann Short attended East Chicago high from 2004 to 2007. Short was under recruited but was a two time all Big-Ten selection at Purdue. Besides Short, the town has produced long time NFL veterans Jim Bradley and Ron Smith. They even produced MLB players Larry Fritz and Bob Anderson.\nLamar, South Carolina\nLamar with a tiny population of 989, has produced four NFL football players in the past 25 year. All of them attended the one and only high school in town. Linebacker Levon Kirkland (Class of 1986), defensive end John Abraham (1996), safety Mike Hamlin (2004), linebacker Marshall McFadden (2005) and B.J. Goodson (2011) all came up in Lamar. Known as a town where two school busses were toppled over in a desegregation protest in 1970, Lamar remade its image with football.\nThe odds of a town that size producing 5 NFL players in 25 years is off the charts. Jeffrey Forrester, an associated professor of math at Dickenson College in Pennsylvania put the chances at 0.000000000797. Being dealt a royal flush is 20,000 times more likely to happen. Dominic Yeo, an Oxford math student, set the probability at \"1 in ten million billion.\"\nJohn Abraham was a star in the NFL, making 5 pro bowl teams as a defensive end. The future first team All-Pro selection played only one season of high school football where he was good enough to earn a scholarship to the University of South Carolina.\nMost recently Lamar native B.J. Goodson made his way to the NFL. The Clemson linebacker was drafted in the 4th round by the New York Giants in 2016. In his 2 seasons with the Giants, he has recorded 62 tackles.\nLevon Kirkland, a former Pittsburgh Steeler and second-round draft pick, is now an assistant coach with the Arizona Cardinals. Before his coaching days he was a 2x All-Pro selection at linebacker. He believes the no-frills life in Lamar has a real effect on the success of the players in the city \"there were no movie theaters or fast food restaurants and that led to a blue-collar work ethic. The guys from Lamar are workers.\"\nMount Vernon, NY. Tyler, TX. Gavelston, TX. Tuston, CA. Martins Ferry, OH. Gastonia, NC. Marietta, GA. Griffin, GA. Stone Mountian, GA. Bernice, LA. Lufkin, TX. Gastonia, NC. Glen Ridge, NJ.\nWe Reflect on Pistol Pete Maravich April 01 2015, 0 Comments\nPete Maravich revolutionized the sport of basketball in the 1970's. Way before his time, his fancy no look passes and isolation dribble moves would forever influence future generations. Players such as Magic Johnson, Tim Hardaway and Steph Curry were all influenced by the Pistol. Although his NBA career was up and down, few can deny the success he had on the college level (Maravich holds the NCAA all time scoring record). Check out this retrospective on Pete's career.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Life \/ Secret History\nSister Act: Meet the Nun who Gave Pop Art a Soul\nCorita Kent's work in LA's 1960s artistic community attracted the attention of everyone from Roy Lichtenstein to Andy Warhol. Words by Steve Taylor\nCorita Kent, 1955, Corita Art Center\nIn 1962, the burgeoning art department that Sister Corita Kent ran at the Catholic Immaculate Heart College on Los Angeles' Franklin Avenue had outgrown itself. The productivity and popularity of the 'Pop Art nun' necessitated the addition of 'her' studio: in theory, a collaborative art-making space, in actuality a room where her working practices led the cohort and the results adorned the walls.\nThe utilitarian concrete-block double storefront, which for the previous 30 years had housed a dry cleaning business, was granted Historic-Cultural Monument status on 2 June 2021 as the space in which Kent produced \"the body of work that establishes her as a major, and uniquely significant, figure in the history of Pop Art.\"\nAlso in 1962, Kent is believed to have discovered Pop Art at a show of Andy Warhol's Campbell's Soup Cans in LA's Ferus gallery. Critic Susan Dackerman inverts the usual explanation of how the influences flowed, describing Warhol as \"then a little-known commercial artist from New York,\" while Kent was \"a nationally recognised artist, with her prints appearing in exhibitions across the country\".\nWonderbread, 1962\nDackerman records how a fellow nun, having travelled with Kent to the opening of one of her annual winter exhibitions at New York's Morris Gallery, wrote that \"the opening is crowded with her fans. Andy Warhol is there (He would be captivated by the idea of an artist-nun, especially one who uses Wonder bread wrapping as a symbol for the Eucharist).\"\n\"The massive liquified natural gas tank she adorned with the 'Rainbow Swash' is still the largest copyrighted artwork in the world\"\nWarhol's 'captivation' with Kent's prints reflected both his devout Catholic faith and the subject matter of his own art, which scholar Eugene McCarraher has described as a celebration of \"the humble matter of everyday life, a realm where, in Orthodox tradition, the divine always manifests itself sacramentally.\" Kent similarly believed that Pop artists \"work with the same stuff artists have always worked with, the stuff that is around them.\" Making Pop Art was a process not just of transformation but of transubstantiation. \"By taking bread out of its ordinary form and presenting it as his body, He [Christ] originated Pop Art,\" Kent wrote.\nIn the piece round wonder, one of Kent's series of screen prints that appropriated the logo and colours of Wonder Bread packaging, the two words are seen within, and through, a roughly circular shape that represents the communion Host, evoking both the religious significance and the social value of bread. The Wonder of a mass-produced supermarket product merged with the wonder of Christ.\nBread connected the opening of the Market Basket grocery opening directly across the street from Immaculate Heart College in 1963, and the liberalising pronouncements of the Second Vatican Council the same year, which included the right to the means of life, \"particularly food\". \"Groceries\", Kent declared in her ecstatic, epiphanic way, \"became a revelation.\"\nMarket Basket, 1964\nShe shared the practice of appropriating the imagery, iconography and language of consumer products with several contemporary artists, many of whom were featured in another show she saw in September 1962: New Painting of Common Objects, at the Pasadena Art Museum. Warhol featured, along with Roy Lichtenstein, Jim Dine, Wayne Thiebaud and Ed Ruscha.\n\"Kent's art deployed the vernacular visual language of her time to simultaneously liberate and reaffirm faith\"\nA year later, the same gallery hosted a Marcel Duchamp retrospective, his concept of the readymade reaffirming the artistic validity of the ordinary object. LA was experiencing a cultural explosion. Pop Art was the driver and the art department at Immaculate Heart College became one of its epicentres. Its annual art fair took the form of an avant-garde 'happening', attracting Kent admirers including John Cage, Ray and Charles Eames, Alfred Hitchcock and futurist Buckminster Fuller, who called it \"one of the most fundamentally inspiring experiences of my life\".\nword picture: gift of tongues, 1955. Courtesy Corita Art Center, Los Angeles\nKent roamed the Hollywood streets with a pack of students, selecting views through a cardboard frame, spending afternoons in the gallery quarter around La Cienega Boulevard, and taking hundreds of photographs. Making serigraphs in the college workshop with the help of students, fellow nuns and volunteers, she insisted on 'pulling' the prints herself. Production at populist scale became her hallmark; her LOVE stamp for the US Postal Service sold 700 million copies, her 'Rules for Artists' poster was in every studio, the massive liquified natural gas tank she adorned with the 'Rainbow Swash' is still the largest copyrighted artwork in the world and an enduring Boston landmark.\nWhile her art delighted the public, it had the opposite effect on the conservative archbishop of Los Angeles, Cardinal James McIntyre. His impatience with the Order and its melding of Sixties counterculture and religion condensed into outrage with the issuing of Kent's 1964 print, The Juiciest Tomato of Them All, which compared the Virgin Mary to the ripe red fruit. Despite MacIntyre's hostility, though, Kent continued to make prints, her concerns becoming more overtly political as the decade progressed.\nhighly prized, 1967. Courtesy Corita Art Center, Los Angeles\n\"Kent produced the body of work that establishes her as a major, and uniquely significant, figure in the history of Pop Art\"\nHer 1967 work Stop The Bombing was held aloft in protests against the Vietnam war, while News of the Week combined a Life magazine cover featuring American soldiers and a diagram of a slave ship with Walk Whitman's words \"I am a hounded slave\". There may have been echoes of her own predicament in that 'hounded'. She left the Order in 1968 and moved to Boston, a couple of years before the Order and the College themselves broke with the Church. When she died in 1986 she left most of her estate to the community, which founded the Corita Art Centre 11 years later.\nThere had been artist nuns before Kent, including the 16th-century Florentine Plautilla Nelli mentioned by Vasari in his Lives of the Artists, but the following half a millennium of predominantly male art history ignored them, along with many other women artists. It took the work of female commentators to acknowledge Kent's foundational role in Pop Art with the publication of Come Alive! The Spirited Art of Sister Corita (2005) by artist and activist Julie Ault, and Dackerman's meticulously researched Corita Kent and the Language of Pop (2015), in which she calls The Juiciest Tomato of Them All \"an iconoclastic gesture that dismisses the long history of figurative depictions of the Virgin\".\nWarhol's final body of work, the Last Supper paintings and prints, reprised religious figuration in the hope of transcending the depredations of the AIDS crisis. Kent's art worked the other way around, deploying the vernacular visual language of her time to simultaneously liberate and reaffirm faith, a calm devotional voice speaking from within the maelstrom of consumer culture.\nSteve Taylor writes about cities, music and urban culture. He recently started a PhD on underground music scenes and the future city\nElephant discovers the art world's forgotten stories","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Q&A: *Twilight'*s Edi Gathegi\nBy Cassandra Handley\nThe cast of Twilight: Robert Pattinson (Edward), Elizabeth Reaser (Esme), Kellan Lutz (Emmett), Peter Facinelli (Dr. Cullen), Nikki Reed (Rosalie), Kristen Stewart (Bella), Ashley Greene (Alice), Jackson Rathbone (Jasper), Cam Gigandet (James), Edi Gathegi (Laurent), Taylor Lautner (Jacob), Rachelle Lefevre (Victoria). Photograph by Peggy Sirota.\nEdi Gathegi, 29, plays Laurent, a vampire who temporarily relinquishes his thirst for human blood and leaves Forks, Washington, in search of a more human-friendly coven when fellow vampires James and Victoria decide to hunt Bella Swan. Gathegi was in the film Gone Baby Gone and has appeared on House and C.S.I. Miami.\nVF Daily: How did you initially become interested in acting?\nEdi Gathegi: At U.C. Santa Barbara, I was undeclared as an undergraduate and I was interested in playing basketball. I was training with some of my teammates and I blew my knee out. I decided that I wanted to take a somewhat easy course because I was depressed, so I took an acting class. I fell in love with acting. I auditioned for their conservatory, got in, and called my parents and told them that this is what I wanted to do with my life. They supported me, and the rest is history. As for grad school, I applied to a lot of schools and by the graces of God or whoever, I got into N.Y.U., which I am told is the best one.Had you read the \"Twilight\" books before getting the script?\nI found out that I was going to get the part of Laurent, so I read Twilight and got the script right after. I had not heard about the books until I knew that I was up for the part.\nWhat did you do to prepare for your role?\nThere were several stages of preparation that I went through. There was a physical preparation\u2014I wanted to make sure that I resembled a vampire that could exist in the world that Stephenie Meyer created. For my character preparation, I knew that it was going to be a challenge to learn a slight French accent, so I felt that it was a smart move for me to learn as much French as I could and then just tone it down. I just sort of immersed myself in all things French. I even tried to get myself a French girlfriend, but that didn't work out.\nWhat did you do to create the dark vampire persona?\nI think that different actors go about their preparation differently, but when it comes to acting, I use my imagination. I also have the belief that we have all emotions in us and that we each have darkness within us. It depends on what we choose to access. I have found that because I am generally a happy person, it is kind of fun for me to explore that darker side. Villains are fun to play.\nDo you think the characters in the book resemble the characters in the film?\nI think that I can safely say that all of the characters in the film are very close to what Stephenie Meyer has written in her first \"Twilight\" book. She was a consultant on the film, so I think that she was around to ensure that we stayed very close to her vision. And I think that is why she ultimately went with this studio to make the film and this production. In my opinion, as a fan of the book, I think it is as similar as it is going to get.\nDid you meet Stephenie Meyer?\nYes. Stephenie is a doll. I totally adore her. I did not meet her on set, but we ended up meeting at a dinner that the studio threw for the producers, the actors, the lot, and Stephenie. I ended up sitting next to her for the majority of the night and got to know her. She is just as great in person as she is in her interviews, and I am so happy that this success has fallen in her lap because she worked hard for it.\nHometown?\nAlbany, California.\nSiblings?\nTwo siblings, \"Betty G\" and \"Nate Dawg.\"\nEducation?\nU.C. Santa Barbara, N.Y.U. graduate-school acting program (Tisch School of the Arts).\nNew York or L.A.?\nThat is a tough question. I prefer New York, to be honest. New York is the only city that I have ever lived in that I have felt at home.\nTrademark style?\nI rock a baseball cap all the time. I want to have a collection of tons of hats.\nWhat book are you reading?\nDennis Lehane's The Given Day. However, I think I am going to put that one on hold for a couple days, because I told myself that I was going to read The Host while completing the Twilight junket tour.\nCelebrity crush?\nJessica Rabbit.\nFavorite kind of music?\nI have eclectic taste. I appreciate anything that makes me feel good.\nFavorite movie?\nKung Fu Hustle, but I cringe when I have to give one title, because I have literally 13 to 15 favorite movies. I guess the right answer would be Twilight, but I haven't seen it yet.\nFavorite cause?\nRight now, it is getting Barack Obama into office.\nDo you play any instruments?\nNo longer.\nMac or P.C.?\nI am a recent Mac convert.\nDo you have any piercings or tattoos?\nTV shows that you TiVo?\nEntourage, Rescue Me, The Shield, Nip\/Tuck, and Life on Mars.\nSignificant other?\nWhat are some of your interests outside of acting?\nI am sort of an adventurer. I like to explore new places. I don't get to travel as often as I would like but I love it. I also love sports, reading, and watching films.\nHow do you think participating in this film series will affect your future as an actor?\nI am managing my expectations. I am hearing every day how big this film is going to be, and believe me, I want it to be huge. The best I can hope for is that I begin to work really consistently on a bunch of high-profile projects as a result of this movie. That is the ultimate dream.\nDo you have any upcoming projects?\nI play Deputy Martin in My Bloody Valentine, which is coming out on January 16. It is a 1980s horror remake and it is in 3-D. It is technically my first lead role, so I am really excited.\nMore Twilight, only on VF.com:\nInterviews: \"Twilight Mania,\" featuring interviews with 12 cast members.\nArticle: \"The Twilight Zone,\" by James Wolcott.\nArticle: \"A Spotlight on Twilight at the Apple Store,\" by Andi Teran, featuring a video interview with Robert Pattinson and director Catherine Hardwicke.\nVideo: \"Twilight Idols,\" behind the scenes on the Vanity Fair photo shoot.\nGet the Hive Newsletter\nThe freshest-and most essential-updates from Washington, Wall Street, and Silicon Valley.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"National leaders\nYou are good, a refuge in times of trouble. You care for those who trust in You.\nThe Pilgrims at Plymouth relied on prayer during their first and darkest winter. Our founding fathers also called for prayer during the Constitutional Congress. You have blessed our nation in more ways than we can know.\nWe pray that President Obama and Vice President Biden will turn to You and place their trust in You. Care for them and protect them from all assaults of the enemy as they lead our nation. Amen.\nNahum 1:7\nLeave a Comment \u00bb\t| Elections \/ For Our Country\t| Permalink\nAnglican Diocese of Jerusalem\nA report of ecclesiastical conflict within the diocese. Today, Passover is being celebrated in Jerusalem. Let us take up the heavenly hyssop and apply the Blood of Christ over the doorposts and lintel of the Anglican household in Jerusalem.\nFather,\nWe pray for the peace of the Anglican Diocese of Jerusalem:\n\"May those who love you be secure. May there be peace within your walls and security within your citadels.\" For the sake of our brothers and friends, we will say, \"Peace be within you.\" For the sake of the body of Christ, we will seek your prosperity.\nLeave a Comment \u00bb\t| Global South\t| Permalink\nSudan election articles\nHurdles include a complex balloting system in a population who has never voted, the rainy season, and land mines.\nFrom Catholic Information Service for Africa:\nLast week 17 opposition parties pushed a memo to the presidency requesting that April elections be postponed until next November in order to allow for major reforms in a number of laws primarily relating national security and media. They gave the government until next week Thursday April 1 to respond positively or else face the possibility of boycotting the elections.\nMeanwhile the SPLM revealed that Salva Kiir, the President of Southern Sudan has rejected a request by Taha and NEC chairman Abel Alier to have the Northern army transport voting slips to the south.\nThe United Nations (UN) was due to transport the ballots by helicopter around the war-ravaged south but Bashir's ruling National Congress Party (NCP) has delayed the pilots' visas, a U.N. source and opposition party officials told Reuters.\n\"They are sabotaging the coming of the U.N. pilots. They want to control the whole election process,\" said Yasir Arman, the SPLM candidate for the national presidency.\nA U.N. source, who declined to be named, said the visa problem was eventually resolved but that the U.N. was aware of the NEC request to allow the northern army to transport the ballots. \"It didn't make any sense and we made that clear in our discussions,\" the source added.\nFrom Daily Nation:\nIn reports released in Nairobi on Wednesday clearly timed to send a statement ahead of the polls, Human Rights Watch accused the two governments of gross violation of human rights.\nThe agency said studies conducted between November 2009 to March 2010 in Sudan found that both the Government of National Unity and the Government of South Sudan have been restricting freedoms critical to a fair poll, including freedoms of expression, assembly press, and equal access to the media. . . .\nThings are not any different in the south where intimidation, arbitrary arrests, detention and torture of those opposed to the ruling Sudan Peoples' Liberation Movement have been reported. . . . There is also concern over intimidation of journalists.\n1 Comment\t| Uncategorized\t| Tagged: Sudan\t| Permalink\nThen they came again to Jerusalem. And as he was walking in the temple, the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders came to him. (Mark 11:27)\nDear Jesus, please let the Presiding Bishop and the bishops and teachers of the Episcopal Church come to you.\nAnd they said to him, \"By what authority are you doing these things? And who gave you this authority to do these things?\" (Mark 11:28 )\nHoly Spirit, please help the leaders and teachers of the Episcopal Church to acknowledge and accept Jesus' authority.\nBut Jesus answered and said to them, \"I also will ask you one question; then answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things:\" (Mark 11:29)\nJesus, please help all of us respond with faith when you ask those questions that search our hearts and minds.\n\"The baptism of John\u2013was it from heaven or from men? Answer me.\" (Mark 11:30)\nFather, John was your man, your prophet \u2014 he spoke your word to the people. Please help us this Holy Week hear his call to repent and receive the baptism of fire that Jesus offers us.\nAnd they reasoned among themselves, saying, \"If we say, 'From heaven,' He will say, 'Why then did you not believe him?' But if we say, 'From men'\"\u2013they feared the people, for all counted John to have been a prophet indeed. So they answered and said to Jesus, \"We do not know.\" (Mark 11:31-33a)\nFather, please set the leaders and teachers of the Episcopal Church free from weasel-worded answers, from \"carefully nuanced\" answers that deny what you have said and done.\nAnd Jesus answered and said to them, \"Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.\" (Mark 11:33b)\nSt. Augustine, the revered Bishop of Hippo who lived in the 3rd and 4th centuries AD, said, \"I believe in order to understand\" (credo ut intelligam). St. Anselm, who lived primarily in the 11th century AD, echoed this: \"I do not seek to understand in order that I may believe, but I believe in order to understand.\" Clearly, these two men answered the question by emphasizing faith. If these statements are any indication, St. Augustine and St. Anselm held to this axiom in Hebrews: \"Through faith we understand\u2026\" (11:3). (From http:\/\/cshayden.blogspot.com\/2005\/05\/credo-ut-intelligam.html)\nLord, give the leaders and teachers of the Episcopal Church the gift of faith so that they may believe and understand what you have said and done. Thank you.\nTuesday: 94; Lamentations 1:17-22; 2 Corinthians 1:8-22; Mark 11:27-33\nWednesday: 74; Lamentations 2:1-9; 2 Corinthians 1:23-2:11; Mark 12:1-11\nNotes from the Front Line\n***** Please pray for the ministry of the Cathedral Church of Down Patrick in the Diocese of Down and Dromore in Northern Ireland and for its rector Henry Hull.\nThe grave of St. Patrick beside the Cathedral Church of Down Patrick.\n***** Pray for the ministry of Marriage Encounter. Please pray that God will strengthen the marriages of his people in this diocese.\n***** Please join the Good Friday Stations of the Cross through Hamilton Hill in Schenectady. It begins at Christ Church Schenectady and ends at the City Mission. There are rides back from the City Mission back to Christ Church. The walk takes about two hours. There are rides for those who cannot do the whole distance.\nLeave a Comment \u00bb\t| Uncategorized\t| Permalink\nIsaiah 62:1, 6, 7 (New International Version)\nFor Zion's sake I will not keep silent,\nfor Jerusalem's sake I will not remain quiet,\ntill her righteousness shines out like the dawn,\nher salvation like a blazing torch.\nI have posted watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem;\nthey will never be silent day or night.\nYou who call on the LORD,\ngive yourselves no rest,\nand give him no rest till he establishes Jerusalem\nand makes her the praise of the earth.\nWe pray for a safe and peaceful Passover for the Jewish people. Amen.\nYou are currently browsing the Lent & Beyond blog archives for the day Tuesday, March 30th, 2010.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Syrian Activists: Women, Children Massacred in Homs\nA handout picture made available by the General Committee of the Syrian Revolution shows destroyed buildings in Inshaat district of Homs, March 7, 2012\nThe Syrian government and opposition activists traded accusations Monday for the killings of dozens of civilians in the embattled city of Homs. Syrian government troops, meanwhile, continued their offensive in northern Idlib province.\nActivists say the bodies of at least 45 women and children have been discovered in the central city that has been a flashpoint for an anti-government uprising and retaliatory attacks and shelling by Syrian forces.\nShowing gruesome videos of bodies in three locations, the opposition accuses pro-government militiamen known as ?shabiha? for the killings.\nSyrian officials confirm the deaths, but the state news agency SANA blamed \"terrorist armed groups\" for kidnapping, killing and mutilating civilians in order to show their bodies to media outlets.\nSyrian state TV interviewed a handful of people who gave conflicting accounts of what happened.\nWatch related video of Homs violence\nThe discovery of the corpses in Homs comes days after United Nations humanitarian coordinator Valerie Amos visited the devastated Baba Amr neighborhood, and after U.N.-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan's weekend meetings with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.\nMiddle East scholar Fouad Ajami of the Hoover Institution blames the deaths in Homs on the Syrian government.\n\"What's so surprising? It was known that [Bashar] wanted to break Homs, he wanted to break Baba Amr, he wanted to make an example of them,\" said Ajami.\nAjami said Annan's mission to negotiate with the Syrian government is ?diplomatic theater? and gives Assad's forces ?more time to crush the rebellion.?\n?Any time a regime with big guns and big weapons and completely unmoored from international morality faces a civilian population, the regime will win, barring foreign intervention. So, the question is: Will there be a massacre large enough and decisive enough and brutal enough that awakens the powers of the world asks Ajami.\nIn northern Syria, witnesses described a multi-pronged government offensive against opposition strongholds in various parts of Idlib province near the border with Turkey.\nThe continued attacks come as the U.N. Security Council, meeting in New York, debated the Syrian government's crackdown.\nJoin the conversation on our social journalism site -\nMiddle East Voices. Follow our Middle East reports on Twitter and discuss them on our Facebook page.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Hawaii pushes back against presidential immigration order\nBy Max Dible West Hawaii Today mdible@westhawaiitoday.com | Tuesday, January 31, 2017, 10:05 a.m.\nKAILUA-KONA \u2014 Hawaii's native Middle-Eastern and Muslim populations represent only a small faction of its overall demographic, but President Donald Trump's Executive Order on immigration has inspired backlash among politicians, lawyers and residents of the state \u2014 both from those who identify as Muslim and those who don't.\nThe order, signed by the president Friday afternoon, blocked any citizen of Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen from entering the United States for a period of 90 days. The most commonly practiced religion in all of those countries is Islam.\nThe order also suspended the entry of refugees to the U.S. from any country for a 120-day period, while imposing an indefinite ban on the entry of Syrian refugees.\nWhile no language in the Executive Order expressly states the temporary action is a ban on Muslims, several prominent members of the Aloha State say it can't be viewed as anything but.\n\"Donald Trump can deny it all he wants, but we understand him loud and clear,\" Hawaii Sen. Mazie K. Hirono said in a press release Sunday. \"This is a Muslim ban, and it's deeply wrong.\"\nSen. Brian Schatz of Hawaii made similar comments after his office announced Monday public support for legislation introduced by Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut that would block the president's order, declaring it illegal based on the stipulations set forth in the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965.\n\"This executive order is immoral and antithetical to our history and our values, and I will do everything I can to try to reverse it,\" Schatz said in a press release. \"The world is watching. History is watching. And we have to ask ourselves \u2014 what do they see? Do they see Lady Liberty? Or do they see something darker? The choice is ours. We can fix this.\"\nRepresentative Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii took a different approach to solving the problem \u2014 stop contributing to situations that create refugees in the first place.\n\"The most humane, compassionate thing we can do to help refugees is to stop fueling the chaos and carnage that is forcing people to flee their homes in search of peace and security,\" Gabbard said Monday in an email to the WHT. \"That means ending the destructive U.S. policy of counterproductive regime change wars, as we've seen most recently in Iraq, Libya, and now in Syria.\"\nBut refugees are still fleeing war-torn areas all over the world, and the order issued by President Trump also creates barriers for immigrants not classified as such.\nMateo Caballero, legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii, said his organization was not aware of anyone being detained because of the Executive Order either at Honolulu International Airport or Kona International Airport \u2014 the only two international airports in the state.\nCaballero said the ACLU has asked the U.S. Attorney's Office to confirm the existence of detainees in Hawaii one way or the other, but said that office had yet to make a definitive statement on the inquiry as of Monday afternoon.\n\"The answer is, we don't know,\" he said. \"But we haven't heard anything.\"\nSeveral attempts by the WHT to reach a duty officer line at the U.S. Customs and Border Control Station in Hawaii were unsuccessful. No phone calls were answered, and a message was left but was not returned.\nGov. David Ige issued a statement on Sunday in an effort to reassure those who were unsettled by the immigration policies coming out of Washington.\n\"I have been in contact with Attorney General Doug Chin regarding several orders issued by the federal courts in the last 24 hours,\" Ige said. \"We believe these orders apply to all U.S. international airports, including those in Honolulu and Kona, and expect legal travelers to this country to be welcomed in Hawaii without being detained unlawfully by the federal government.\"\nCaballero said, however, the ACLU of Hawaii is still concerned that some residents of state may be stuck abroad \u2014 those with visas or other documentation that should allow them re-entry into the U.S., but who can't get back to their loved ones in Hawaii because of the president's decree.\nHe said further that his office had been contacted by several foreign nationals of the countries in question who are concerned about leaving the U.S. for purposes of travel and being denied re-entry \u2014 a policy he said is isolating family units spanning international borders.\nCaballero went on to condemn the Executive Order as an attack on the aloha spirit and civil rights history of \"the most diverse state in the United States.\"\n\"People in Hawaii know firsthand the terrible consequences of judging people by their countries of origin and not by any actions they've taken,\" he said, referencing organized resistance in Hawaii during World War II to the seizing of all Japanese and Japanese-Americans as threats to the state.\n\"We are a nation of immigrants, a nation of refugees. We've always been a refuge for people fleeing violence in their countries. We always aspire to treat people equally, no matter where they come from, no matter who they worship, no matter how they look. Those values are in our Constitution. Religious liberty, due process, equal protection under the law \u2014 those are foundational commitments we made to ourselves in the Constitution.\"\nCaballero said the ACLU is prepared to stand up and fight for those commitments that define the U.S. as a nation, and called on the people of Hawaii to do the same.\nJohn Egan, an immigration attorney, witnessed what he guessed were between 100 and 200 of Hawaii's residents doing just that at a protest outside Honolulu International Airport Sunday.\n\"It was boisterous, but well-contained and pretty congenial,\" he said.\nEgan added he, too, has been contacted by more than one Hawaiian resident expressing concern and trying to get ahead of potential challenges to their rights to live in America and to travel freely without fear of being unlawfully isolated from their loved ones.\nAccording to migrationpolicy.org, roughly a quarter million residents of Hawaii in 2014 were foreign-born, up more than 38,000 from 2000.\nOf those, only 0.9 percent were of racial origins other than white, black, Asian, native American Indian or Alaskan, and native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander.\nDespite the small tally, Caballero said, the issue is still relevant to Hawaii.\n\"Even if it's a small number of people, these are members of our community,\" he said. \"It matters.\"\nSeveral members of the small group of foreign-born Muslims both Egan and Caballero referenced are part of the student-body at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, where Dr. Tamara Albertini serves as a professor of Philosophy and the director of the Undergraduate Certificate in Islamic Studies.\nOver the weekend, she received several emails from students asking particularly about international travel, as they now feel more isolated from their families who live half a world away.\nAlbertini added the Executive Order has become another line item on a long list of aspects of American life as a Muslim that make those who identify as such feel like \"the other.\"\nThat's especially true for Muslim women, she explained.\n\"I haven't seen any anger, but a lot of concerns. It's particularly hard on the women if they are veiled, because your identity is clearly visible,\" she said, adding that those women now expect comments or inquiries about whether or not they will leave the country, or if they are afraid to stay. \"(It signals to them) 'I'm different, and I obviously look it.'\"\nNazeehah Khan, 23, a Muslim born in Hawaii who served as president of the UH-Manoa Islamic Society before graduating with a degree in political science in 2015, said concern and alienation for her began months before the Executive Order was signed.\n\"My reaction when Donald Trump was elected was fear,\" she said. \"When this started to actually happen, and he started to actually act on those things he said he was going to act on, it was a mixture of fear that turned into anger. It's upsetting to know that our efforts to try to bridge the gap between the American public and Muslims who live in America kind of went in vain because of what he did to further distance us from each other.\"\nKhan's family, which she said is mostly Indian and originate from Fiji, are not directly affected by the immigration policy.\nBut, she explained, other students and friends of hers are less concerned with getting kicked out of the U.S. \u2014 or leaving it and being unable to return \u2014 than with what they'll face if they stay.\n\"They're more confused than concerned,\" Khan said. \"They've come to this country with a certain idea of what it's going to be like, and then to know the country is acting this way toward people they identify with \u2014 they're more just concerned about what's going to happen to them while they're here.\"\nKhan acknowledged Americanism is subjective, but to her, the president's order was the opposite of American. The protests in the aftermath of it, the kindness of her friends offering their support if things go bad \u2014 that's her definition of Americanism.\nBut not everyone necessarily agrees.\nPhillip Keuhlen, a semi-retired consultant in the nuclear industry who has lived on Hawaii Island since June, took exception with the characterization of the Executive Order on immigration as a Muslim ban.\nIn his opinion, most people don't understand the order or understand that in the short-term, it will make the country safer.\nHe said the hardships some legal, foreign-born residents may face \u2014 either trying to remain in or return to the U.S. \u2014 may be necessary to protect against terroristic threats.\n\"I think reasonable people can disagree on that, but within my perspective, that is a reasonable trade-off,\" he said.\nBut Bronsten Kossow, a Big Island native and a college student who ran unsuccessfully for Kona's District 6 seat in the Hawaii House of Representatives, said perspectives like Keuhlen's aren't just anti-Hawaiian, but anti-American.\n\"We are all immigrants here to this land, so it is not an American thing to do,\" he said. \"American ideals are to accept. We had immigrants from Italy, from Ireland. So the notion of the immigration policy being put in place now \u2014 I don't think it's the right thing to do. It should be that concept of aloha \u2026 It's acceptance. And the United States should be the example throughout the world.\"\nAs opposition outcry grows, Trump defends immigration order\nFlorida airport shooting suspect pleads not guilty\nMysterious objects discovered at the center of the galaxy","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Blucher Methodist Church\nWelcome to the page for Blucher Methodist Church\nWe have a morning service of worship on Sundays at 10:45am and an alternative evening service at 6pm on the second Sunday or the month. We are a very friendly bunch, and you're more than welcome to join us anytime!\nWe are about to welcome our new minister the Rev Tim Thorpe soon, the picture below is sadly out of date but hopefully that can be remedy that shortly\nFor general church inquiries email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.\nWhy not check out our Chapel and our 'Messy Church' Facebook page!\nThe History of Blucher Chapel\nBefore Blucher Chapel was built services were held in one of the pit houses in the village, so in 1904 the Mine owner Sir William Stephenson went to the pit and asked for four men to volunteer to dig foundations for the Chapel which opened in 1906 with lines of eager people waiting at the door, this is the earliest Baptism in the church log and to this day we still have people coming to look at the records for baptisms, marriage etc. because they had family here who had moved and they are doing family research and our Senior Church Steward John Satterthwaite (Jack) is always on hand to oblige\nThe Roman Vallum runs under the Chapel and on through the garden at the back of it.\nJack Satterthwaite our Senior Church Steward was born in Blucher and has always been associated with the Church. In fact his mother was its caretaker in its earliest days, the church then had a coal fires for heating and Jack as a lad would come and light the fires for her, he has been organist since 1964.\nBefore 1972 the services were accompanied by Jack on the harmonium but he rescued our lovely pipe organ from a church that was closing and we used this and he plays this to this day.\nThe foundation stone for the new church extension was laid by Jack in 2003 and the money was raised for it by donations from past and present church member and we now have a lovely small downstairs room and an large upper room with stair lift and modern toilet facilities, as well as a large hall for functions.\nWhat's on at Blucher?\nMONDAY FELLOWSHIP\nMeets from 1-30pm until 2-30 pm followed by refreshments\nThe fellowship started in the 1930's as a Ladies Fellowship and changed to a mixed group about 7 years ago and renamed the Monday Fellowship.\nWe have a membership of 17 at the moment and hope this will increase; we have a variety of activities including speakers, members afternoons, quizzes, talks by our minister, outings and many other activities.\nBlucher - Current Monday Fellowship Program\nSupper Club:\nEvery Thursday we normally run a supper club from 6-30 pm until 8 pm in the upper room of the new building. The format for the evening is supper first followed by a bible study. It is open to everyone and there is a set charge of \u00a32-50 per person to cover the cost of providing supper. However this is now at an end until the bettere weather in May 2017\nA very warm welcome is extended to all!\nPolio Fellowship:\nOur hall is home to the Polio Fellowship who meet every Wednesday afternoon from 1-30pm until 3pm. New members are always welcome.\nWednesday Youth Club:\nFor ages 7 to 16 years old\nRuns from 6-30pm until 8pm\nWith table games, tuck shop and refreshments!","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"wch twitter\nWorking Class History\nNovember 9, 2022 January 5, 2023 Working Class History Podcast\nWCL 5-6: DD Johnston's proletarian apocalypse\nIn this two-part episode, Working Class Literature speak to DD Johnston about his new novel, Disnaeland, about a working-class Scottish community's response to societal collapse. We also discuss his previous novels and his participation in McDonald's Workers' Resistance, a radical collective of angry employees at the world's biggest fast food chain.\nOur podcast is brought to you by patreon supporters of both Working Class Literature and Working Class History. Our supporters fund our work, and in return get exclusive early access to podcast episodes, bonus episodes, free and discounted merchandise and other content. Join us or find out more at patreon.com\/workingclasshistory\nPart 1: Darren talks to us about working-class writing; his involvement in McDonald's Workers' Resistance and the broader anti-capitalist movement; his first novel, Peace, Love and Petrol Bombs, and his new novel, Disnaeland (including readings from both). He also discusses depictions of societal collapse in popular culture, and how his new novel is different.\nWCL5: DD Johnston's proletarian apocalypse, part 1 \u2013 Working Class History\nPart 1 bonus: We go into more detail about McDonald's Workers' Resistance, including Darren's invitation to the Canadian Labour Congress and the 2002 International McStrike \u2013 available now, exclusively for our supporters on patreon.\nPart 2: Darren discusses his new novel's relationship to the Scots language, the apocalyptic prophecies of radical, pre-Enlightenment Christianity, and its focus on mutual aid as a response to disaster. Darren also performs two further readings from his new novel.\nPart 2 bonus: Darren talks about his novels' relationship to older forms of working-class writing, and how they relate to changing ideas about class and possibilities for transforming society \u2013 available now, exclusively for our supporters on patreon.\nFor more information on DD Johnston, check out his website.\nClick here to buy a copy of Disnaeland from an independent bookshop.\nSee also the links below to buy his previous novels.\nPeace, Love and Petrol Bombs\nThe Deconstruction of Professor Thrub\nThe Secret Baby Room\nMcDonald's Workers' Resistance\nAlternative Crew Handbook \u2013 The notorious 'alternative crew handbook' produced by rebel McDonalds employees, containing everything a disgruntled worker and needs to know to get on in the job.\nThe International McStrike, 2002\nMcDonald's Workers' Resistance speech to Canadian Labour Congress, 2003\nMcDonald's Workers' Resistance archive on libcom.org\nOld MWR website backed up on web.archive.org\nDD Johnston essays\nOn Bathos\nOn Working-Class Fiction\nShould You Buy Peace, Love and Petrol Bombs?\nBregman, Rutger. 'The real Lord of the Flies: what happened when six boys were shipwrecked for 15 months,' The Guardian, May 9 2020. Available here (accessed: November 9 2022).\nGould, Steven Jay. 'Kropotkin Was No Crackpot.' Available here (accessed: November 9 2022).\nHilliard, Christopher (2006). The Exercise Our Talents: The Democratisation of Writing in Britain. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press.\nKropotkin, Peter. Mutual Aid: A Factor in Evolution. Available here (accessed: November 9 2022).\nLawrence, DH (1992). Sons and Lovers. Ware: Wordsworth Classics.\nLawrence, DH (2007). Lady Chatterley's Lover. Ware: Wordsworth Classics.\nOut of the Woods, 'Disaster Communism,' libcom.org, May 8, 2014. Available here (accessed September 30, 2022).\nSartre, Jean Paul (2010) 'Why Write?' from 'What is Literature?' in The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism. New York: Norton, pp. 1199-1213.\nSolnit, Rebecca (2010). A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster. New York: Penguin.\nAs always, huge thanks to our patreon supporters who make this podcast possible. A special thanks to Stone Lawson and Jazz Hands.\nOur theme tune is Bella Ciao, thanks for permission to use it from Dischi del Sole. You can purchase it here. Or stream it here.\nThis episode was edited by Jesse French.\nListen and subscribe to WCL in the following ways: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | Anchor | Castbox | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | Overcast | Pocket Casts | Podbean | RSS\nListen and subscribe to WCH in the following ways: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | Anchor | Castbox | Google Podcasts | Overcast | Pocket Casts | Podbean | Radio Public | RSS | Stitcher | TuneIn\nMatt: In his new novel, Disnaeland, DD Johnston tells the story of a working-class Scottish community in the midst of a global blackout. Faced with a harsh winter and total societal collapse, residents have the choice of either turning on each other in a war of all against all, or coming together on the basis of mutual aid and cooperation to build a new world from the ruins of the old. This is Working Class Literature.\nMatt: Before we start, a quick note to say that we're only able to continue making these podcasts \u2013 both Working Class History and Literature \u2013 because of the support of our listeners on Patreon. If you like what we do and want to help us with our work, join us on patreon.com\/workingclasshistory where you can get benefits like early access to episodes, exclusive bonus content, discounted books, merch and more. Link in the show notes.\nThis is the first part of a double-episode with an author that we've been big fans of for a while. DD Johnston's new novel, Disnaeland, is a blackly comic tale of proletarian apocalypse, but he's also going to speak to us about some of his other works as well as his life, political activism, and thoughts on working-class writing more generally.\nWith regards to working-class writing, Darren brings up a number of issues not just in relation to how we think about what working-class writing is, but also what we want it to do, and even the different ways we think about (and experience) class itself.\nDD Johnston: I think the term 'working class' is a funny one because it means different things in different contexts and in common usage, in the UK certainly, it tends to be associated with people and families that derive their income from manual or unskilled work. Because of, I guess, changes to the sort of labour that capitalism requires, increasingly, 'working class' refers to a disadvantaged minority in our society in terms of popular usage. At the same time, working class also refers to what Marxists would call 'the proletariat'; that great majority of people that have no way to access society's resources except through selling their labour power. So I'm proletarian and if I'm going to pay for my housing, my food and the ever-rising fuel costs and what have you, I've got to sell my labour power.\nI've done various jobs in food, like I worked at a pizza place. I worked for Burger King for one month and they fired me. I worked for McDonald's for quite a few years. I worked in a coach station. I worked as a bouncer a couple of times which is weird. You can't see me on this but I'm a scrawny wee guy. So just various jobs like that and then I ended up doing a PhD and getting a gig teaching writing.\nI'm also middle class. I work at a university. There are all sorts of people who maybe fit into one definition of working class but not the other. There are people who'd fit into the idea of working class in that they're maybe low-waged and maybe working unskilled but they're not proletarian. They might be self-employed and running their own wee business, etcetera. I should say when I say that I'm middle class, I should be clear that I don't have very much money just now. That's mainly because I mainly look after my wee boy. I don't do very much paid work just now but cultural capital\u2026 it's oozing out of my pores. I enjoy contemporary theatre [laughter]. I like watching Michael Haneke films.\nThat's a complication, I guess, with just the general population and then when it comes to thinking about what makes a working-class writer, there are other things going on. First of all, you've got the whole question of representation. Who gets a chance to tell their stories? I think there's important stuff about where a writer is coming from, where they want us to go and what they want their work to do. In terms of where a writer is coming from, the baggage that they bring with them as a writer, their life experience, that's really relevant and that's often related to class.\nThe stuff that I write about\u2026 I've seen a disproportionate amount of violence in my life. I think I've got one of those faces that people just can't help skelping [laughter] I'm just really annoying. So when I was younger, I got hospitalised way more often than I should have done. I was beaten up lots, and stabbed, and set on fire and all this sort of stuff and that comes out in the work. I write a lot about violence. I write a lot about addiction. I also write a lot about love. These themes that come out of our life experiences are relevant and that can be a lot to do with class.\nThere's then the question of what a writer wants their work to do and what their ambition is with it. Again, the two aren't necessarily aligned; where a writer is coming from and certainly not in class terms simply. I often think if you had to choose one as an example of a working-class writer, who are you going to go for? DH Lawrence or George Orwell, say? DH Lawrence was the son of an illiterate miner but certainly, in his younger days, he didn't think that working-class folk should even vote. George Orwell went to Eton. But what did they want their writing to do? Sartre talked about the 'committed writer' and that seems to me relevant as well when we're thinking about what it means to be a working-class writer. In whose interests are we working towards? I write fiction from the same place of anger and optimism that I used to write graffiti and I suppose that's why, ultimately, I'd probably choose Orwell, or John Berger, or Ursula Le Guin, or someone like that as a working-class writer, maybe over DH Lawrence.\nMatt: Indeed, while DH Lawrence was an incredible writer, and hugely important for other working-class writers in the 20th century, his work is often filled with the kind of disjuncture Darren talks about between an author's background and their content. For instance, in Sons and Lovers, the main character, Paul, is filled with bitterness towards his coal miner father, who basically ruins the life of his middle-class wife by marrying her. And even in Lady Chatterley's Lover, which is a scathing critique of industrial capitalism, he describes the conflict between coal miners and employers as a \"wage-squabble\", with both miners and bosses equally taking part in \"triumphing or being trodden down in the rush of mechanised greed\".\nIn contrast, Darren mentions some middle-class authors who can be thought to fulfill the idea of Marxist philosopher, Jean-Paul Sartre, about the 'committed writer', in that they explicitly put their writing in service of the workers' movement: George Orwell's Homage to Catalonia, for instance, is an account of his experiences during the revolutionary upheaval of the Spanish Civil War. Ursula Le Guin's sci-fi novels frequently imagine the possibilities of alternative utopian societies. And when John Berger's experimental novel of transnational rebellion, G., won the Booker Prize, he used the opportunity to denounce Booker's exploitation of the Caribbean and donated half the prize money to the London Black Panthers. In contrast to Lawrence, then, the theme underlying these writers' works (despite their backgrounds) is that working-class people can organise society themselves for their own benefit.\nThat being said, the publishing industry is still one riddled with inequality, and dominated by the middle and upper classes, with the effect that working-class writers are frequently locked out.\nDD Johnston: If you go to meet a literary agent or something, it's not going to be over a couple of Carlsberg in a local Spoons. It's skinny lattes at somewhere that does great vegan patisseries and you talk about your yoga classes. I'm a wee bit awkward but I've got many deficiencies and feelings as a human being and I couldn't necessarily pin them on a particular demographic. With regards to the elitism of the publishing industry, there's been a lot of attention in terms of looking at the gender and race balance of prize lists and that's changed a huge deal in 40 years. Class is probably a bit slower to change.\nDo you know the list of Best Young Writers Under 40? They did one in 1983, 1993, 2003, 2013 and I'm guessing they're going to do one next year. Those lists are hugely influential in terms of shaping who gets critical attention within each generation. At least once they've included a writer, Monica Ali, who, at the time, had never published anything, so they're very influential things. I think, in total, 75 people have appeared on those lists because some people have been on them more than once and only two of them never went to university. Maybe even more striking than that is that 14 of them attended University of London colleges, 16 attended Cambridge and 22 attended Oxford. So more than well over two-thirds of all these people went to just three institutions. That's a striking demonstration of how our literary culture continues to be built around a wee elite.\nMatt: Despite this culture of elitism in publishing, Scotland has an extremely rich history of writing by and about the working class, which was hugely influential on Darren when he was getting interested in literature.\nDD Johnston: How did I get into writing? I suppose, for one thing, I was probably lucky that in Scotland, there are a lot of role models and a lot of writers that I looked up to. When I was at school, we had to do a book review and we got to go into the school library and choose a book. Sort of at random, I picked out a collection of William McIlvanney stories and that really sort of blew me away. I'd not read anything like that. You've got this tradition of Scottish\u2026 and for me, as a young man, I was particularly identifying with male writers probably but guys like William McIlvanney, Jim Kelman, Alasdair Gray and later, Irvine Welsh. I mean Irvine Welsh\u2026 fair play to the guy, Trainspotting was read widely, certainly around Edinburgh, in a way that very few books are. A lot of people read that book.\nSo I had that sort of influence but then what really happened was that I was living in France and my girlfriend left me for the branch secretary of the local anarcho-syndicalist trade union. I should say that she had very good reasons for doing this. It's almost 20 years now and I'm almost over it, you know. In fact, she's coming to visit me later this month with her family and it will be very nice to see her. So I'm not bitter but at the time\u2026 oh, gutted and I realised that the only way that I could heal was to write these awful, melancholic sort of love laments like a sort of anti-capitalist, Scottish Sorrows of Young Werther or something like that. But as I began to get myself together, I started to think, 'Right, what can I actually do with this?' It seemed to me that writing fiction was a sort of\u2026 a fuller way to explore life than maybe just writing political theory of whatever.\nMatt: So, aside from Irvine Welsh (who became world famous because of Trainspotting), Darren mentions a few writers here, who people might not be familiar with: William McIlvanney, for instance, was a multi-award winning novelist and son of a miner who wrote the Laidlaw detective novels, and his works often see troubled characters in conflict with themselves and their surroundings. Alasdair Gray, whose novel, Lanark, is considered a classic of Scottish writing, was the son of a warehouse worker and builder's labourer from Glasgow while Jim Kelman, another Glaswegian, is known for his aesthetically innovative novels, such as How Late It Was, How Late, which won the 1994 Booker Prize (and upset a lot of middle-class critics as a result!).\nDarren also mentions writing anti-capitalist love laments in the style of The Sorrows of Young Werther, which is an 18th century novel by German writer, Johann Goethe, about a young man's response to heartbreak.\nThe radical politics of Darren's novels come from his own experiences as an activist. One group he was involved in was McDonald's Workers' Resistance (MWR), a rebellious collective of McDonald's workers, which in the early days of the internet managed to spread around the UK and internationally, leading to interviews in popular magazines like Face and Loaded, and an 'International McStrike' in 2002. We go into more detail about MWR in our bonus content for this episode, available exclusively for our supporters on patreon.\nAt first, however, things at McDonald's started far more locally for Darren and his workmates.\nDD Johnston: There were particular things that were happening at our restaurant where we worked. Often, there are wee things or antagonisms in a workplace. It was the sort of thing with the system where sometimes you'd have to stay all through the night, clean up the store and polish everything if somebody from the head office was going to come and visit. And the managers would say, 'I want you to work all through the night but I'll give you a \u00a310 bonus in your wages.' You'd go, 'Alright, fair enough,' and you'd do it and then you'd never get the bonus.\nSo that was really annoying folk. I think a version of this is in my first novel. One day, this customer died. He was just queuing for his burger and I think he had a heart attack. It was a sort of bizarre spectacle because for a while, nobody really knew what to do and so people were still selling burgers. Other customers were sort of stepping around this guy while they were trying to resuscitate him. It went on for quite a while and eventually, the ambulance came and tried to revive him but couldn't do it and he died. So they closed the restaurant while they took the body away and we all went outside and we were all having a smoke and just thinking about what had happened. We're talking about workers who are 16, 17 and 18 and hadn't probably seen somebody die before and everyone was a wee bit shook up. We decided we were going to go across the road to the pub.\nAfter a wee while, the manager comes across the road and says, 'Right, we're reopening the restaurant,' and we all said, 'No, we're not coming back.' They couldn't really do anything because we'd all gone. They just waited until the next shift came in and they reopened but it was a wee thing.\nWe then got talking and then we started to say, 'What about starting a trade union?' because that's what you think first of all. So we went round and we collected all the signatures to join a trade union and I think we got 40 signatures out of the 60 folk that worked there. But actually, it takes a long time to work out what to do with them and how to apply and you've got to go through all this legal process. Of course, by the time we started to do that, the staff turnover was so high that we certainly didn't have the majority anymore, so we started doing something different instead, and we started doing it secretly and having a wee bit of a laugh with it.\nMatt: Because of this, McDonald's Workers' Resistance was very different from traditional union campaigns: MWR never tried to present themselves as hard-working staff members, and humour was always a big part of everything they did, from prank calling Richard Branson to writing fan-fiction about Ronald McDonald making balloon phalluses at children's birthday parties.\nDD Johnston: I think for one thing, we were openly antagonistic to the company. Most unions, even when they're on strike, they have to say, 'This is going to build a better service,' or 'It's going to make this company stronger in the long run.' We were quite explicit that we hated McDonald's. We knew we had to do it anonymously because if we didn't, we were just going to get sacked straightaway. The next day, they'd have said, 'Right, you're out.' So we had to do it secretly which made it really hard. There are things you just can't do when you're trying to be anonymous but it also really frees you up to say whatever you think and not worry about it. All our material was really pretty offensive looking back on it [laughter] but it was all very confrontational.\nI suppose it was in a cultural moment. This was the late '90s and it was just after Grunge culture and we were writing guides on how to slack off. We'd always be taking company propaganda and changing words to do funny things with it and messing around with texts and images. Of course, postmodernism was in the cultural sphere at the time and we were all watching Tarantino films and all that sort of messing around with texts came to us pretty naturally. It was a time of 'new lad' culture and we were writing obscene jokes about Ronald McDonald and doing prank phone calls and all this sort of thing. Looking back on it, and I didn't really think this at the time, it strikes me that for young men (and it was a mainly male workforce) in Scotland at that time, it was a pretty macho culture. You were sort of expected to stand up for yourself. If somebody was looking at you funny, then you were sort of meant to\u2026 give them the square goes or whatever\u2026 even if they were much bigger than you. Here, we had this huge big company relentlessly taking the piss out of us and so it was fairly natural to stand up to them.\nWe gained very little, especially once we broadened it out. Quite near the end, we tried to do a campaign to increase the wage and it never really got going. I'd say we gained a lot in dignity for ourselves. Certainly, in the early days, we just did it at a little, local level. We could just do things. Like the way that the kitchen worked in McDonald's, or at least did then, you'd have somebody who was in charge of what they called 'Wrap and Call.' They'd be shouting out, 'Call! I need four fish. Come on! Come on! Hustle, hustle, hustle!' They were the boss of the kitchen. So we just applied direct democracy and said that they should be an instantly recallable delegate and things like that [laughter]. Most of the time, it would carry on pretty much as usual but the sense of fun to it all was really important, certainly looking back.\nMatt: Darren's involvement in McDonald's Workers' Resistance led him into the broader anti-capitalist movement.\nDD Johnston: I got involved in that through the McDonald's stuff in that I went looking for help for the McDonald's stuff to a place called the Autonomous Centre of Edinburgh. If anybody who's listening has lots of money going spare, then the Autonomous Centre of Edinburgh would definitely appreciate your donations just now. Like many social spaces, it's struggling to survive and it's out of its current premises. They've been running a long time since the mid-'90s and before that when it was the Unemployed Workers Centre in Edinburgh.\nThat was a very important place for me. I went in there looking for help and they gave a lot of practical support to the McDonald's stuff. There's a history in Scotland, certainly, of anarchist printers which I suppose makes sense because, before the internet, that's how you got your stuff out. So they'd print our magazines, and stickers, and all of that. The first email that I ever sent was to the McLibel defendants, Dave Morris and Helen Steel. I went into this place, the Autonomous Centre of Edinburgh, and said that I needed to send an email. A guy there said, 'Well, our computer isn't working just now but there's a feminist comrade down in Leith and she's got a computer.'\nI phoned her up, I got two buses, went all the way down there, met her and I sent this email. Times have changed. Yeah, that was the first email I ever sent. Through hanging round that space, I started meeting all of the weird punks and crusties and really fell in love with the movement. I loved the way that I'd be trusted to do things and even though I was new, people would say, 'Do you want to write this?' and I'd say, 'I don't know how to do it,' and you were just really encouraged.\nThrough that, we did a lot of community campaigns like local strikes and local neighbourhood struggles against developments. I did some anti-fascist stuff which maybe meant something a wee bit different then. Of course, the anti-capitalist movement was in full swing and there were these huge protests at leaders' summits at the G8, the WTO, and the World Bank. There was always this frustration that the energy of these big protests didn't translate more into grassroots struggles in the communities and workplaces but looking back, it's pretty amazing the scale and the militancy of these protests and the fact that it became impossible for governments to meet in cities. It's an amazing thing. They had to go off and hide in places like Gleneagles because they couldn't safely meet in the cities and that's pretty amazing.\nMatt: These experiences make up a lot of Darren's first novel, Peace, Love and Petrol Bombs, swhich (as far as I know, anyway) is the only work of fiction to be set around the action of the anti-globalisation movement.\nDD Johnston: I think, like a lot of first novels, it's pretty autobiographical. It's about a young guy that is working flippin' burgers and he and his pals start a resistance movement. He then gets mixed up with the anti-capitalist movement and then he gets dumped by his French girlfriend [laughter].\nMatt: Peace, Love and Petrol Bombs is also a novel that engages with older forms of working-class writing, not just in ways that draw out parallels between past and present working-class life and struggle, but also the ways they've changed. Darren is about to read a passage that overtly pays homage to Robert Tressell's classic socialist novel, The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropists, specifically referencing Tressell's famous 'Great Money Trick'. But in Darren's novel, the 'money trick' is reworked and updated to connect it to the present day.\n[DD Johnston reading from Peace, Love and Petrol Bombs]\nWant to hear Spocky's explanation of capitalism? Of course you don't. Nobody wanted to hear Spocky's explanation of capitalism. Still, once he got talking, it was impossible to shut him up. In his \"money trick,\" he used chocolate flakes to represent the world's raw materials and a discarded tomato slicer to represent the technology that industry uses to turn those raw materials into commodities. Lucy and I were the global proletariat, and he was supposed to represent the entire capitalist class. As such, he owned all the raw materials and all the machinery used to turn those raw materials into commodities.\nBecause Lucy and I were wage labourers, we needed jobs if we were to share in the wealth of the world. Spocky said he would pay me to work in his factory, and so, at his instruction, I put a chocolate flake between the blades of the tomato slicer and cut the flake into five chunks. Lucy also needed a job, and Spocky agreed to employ her in the accounts department of his office\u2014bear with us, I know the guy was no David Blaine. At Spocky's instruction, Lucy gave ten pence to me and twelve pence to herself. This is where it got tricky. Spocky agreed to sell us the chocolate for twelve pence a morsel, and when I complained that I only had ten pence, he said I could buy the chocolate on my credit card.\nSo while Lucy and I each ate a morsel of chocolate, Spocky reclaimed his twenty-two pence, ate two morsels, and told us to chop another flake. Same thing happened. Lucy gave me ten pence, she and I each ate a chunk of chocolate, and Spocky, after eating two chunks, reminded me that my debt was now four pence, plus one penny interest. You can see where this is going: by the time we'd chopped another five flakes, Spocky, representing the entire capitalist class, had acquired a reserve of seven morsels of chocolate. He also had all the money he'd started with and was owed an additional thirty-two pence that the global proletariat had incurred in debt. He then declared that Lucy and I were redundant since his warehouse was full and production had exceeded demand. However, since I was now unemployed and unable to meet the interest repayments on my debts, Spocky employed Lucy to repossess my flat. When I asked where I was supposed to live, he said he was prepared to let me my old flat for five pence a week. When I asked how I was supposed to afford rent, he said he'd employ me to build a new house for Lucy. When Lucy asked how she was supposed to pay for it, he said he'd lend her the money at a very reasonable rate. Soon, with each round of chocolate cutting, Lucy and I could afford only crumbs of the chunks we were producing.\nThe truth is that Spocky's explanation of capitalism was like death: you could only avoid it for so long. He explained capitalism to everybody\u2014taxi drivers, hairdressers, outbound telesales agents. It got to the stage where the Jehovah's Witnesses were afraid to knock at our door: if Spocky caught them in the stair, they'd start making excuses why they couldn't stay and talk. Worst of all, he had an answer to everything. \"Okay,\" you would say, \"if you don't like being a wage labourer, why don't you start your own business?\" And this would only set him off again.\n\"Let us suppose,\" he'd say, \"that Lucy tires of working for wages and decides to open a wine bar. This is great news for Wayne,\" said Spocky, \"because in opening the wine bar, Lucy will be creating employment. However, Wayne will have to admit that he is in no position to help Lucy with the start up costs. Now, let us suppose that after viewing her business proposal, the Bank of Scotland is prepared to lend Lucy sufficient funds to launch her brasserie. This is very good news for the economy, which was, frankly, in danger of stagnating. One problem, however, is that because of the interest charged on loans, the amount of money owed is greater than the amount of money in circulation. The global proletariat and the petite bourgeoisie now have combined debts of fifty-two pence, yet only twenty-two pence exists. And the only way to make new money without sparking hyper-inflation is to encourage economic growth.\"\nIn other words, according to Spocky, every year, globally and nationally the economy has to grow. Otherwise, he said, businesses (such as Lucy's wine bar) will be unable to repay their investors, workers will be made redundant, and bankers will transfer funds to other economies. If some workers are made redundant then all workers are affected. The unemployed workers have less money to spend, so more businesses go bust. People worry about losing their jobs, consumer confidence collapses, and the economy stagnates; no growth means poverty, recession, negative equity, plagues of locusts, etc. Meanwhile, a growing population means more people are competing for fewer jobs. No wonder everybody wants to see jobs created. It doesn't matter whether we need or want more jobs doing; all that matters is that we find new ways of making money out of each other. This is why so much money needs to be spent on advertising and telesales, so that we want to buy shit, which ultimately we're going to have to produce. So, in the UK, despite all our technological advances, we're working longer hours today than forty years ago.\nThe paradox is that we're facing an ecological crisis caused by production levels that are already unsustainable. Globally and nationally, we're not short of resources: people starve while food they've produced is thrown away on the other side of the world; in Britain, people sleep on the streets while 800,000 homes sit empty. The planet can't sustain the indefinite production of more stuff and we don't want to have to make it. Right now, according to Spocky, it's like we're on a runaway train and the guard is shouting at the stoker to work harder and harder. We can keep grafting until we hit the end of the line; or, with a collective leap of imagination, maybe we can jump off the train.\nMatt: Darren's updated 'Great Money Trick' plays with similarity and difference from Tressell's original in ways that make us think about the similarities and differences in working-class experience between then and now. And despite the passage poking fun at Spocky, ultimately, by the end, we still want to take part in that collective leap of imagination.\nThere's also a playfulness in the passage, not least in its contrast between the two workers cutting up chocolate flakes with a tomato slicer and the entire global proletariat that they're supposed to represent. This kind of comic juxtaposition is something Darren uses a lot in his writing; but rather than being a way of mocking grand ideas about changing the world, for Darren, it's a central part of it.\nDD Johnston: First of all, I'm always struck by how comic being in a revolutionary movement is because there is this absurd juxtaposition. If you're in a sort of grassroots organisation, on the one hand, you're talking about something absolutely enormous like the total abolition of wage labour, the construction of a classless society and a revolutionary utopia and the next item on the agenda will be \u2013 'Dave didn't order the gas canister so we do need to replace that.' They're these tiny little things and it can seem utterly ridiculous. That sort of absurdity crops up in so many ways.\nI can remember me and another guy, who was in McDonald's Workers Resistance, went to a No Borders camp in Strasbourg and it must have been in 2001\/2002 or something like that. We were camping on the banks of the river that separates France and Germany. Is that the Rhine? I'm not sure. We were demanding the end to Fortress Europe, free movement for all human beings and the total opening of all borders. Quite a radical change. We started marching into the centre of Strasbourg and left the camp and we were met by an enormous crowd of riot police, hundreds of them. The French riot police are quite open about the fact that they're there for a fight. And the French riot police said that we had two options; either we returned to the camp immediately, stayed there and did not leave or they would beat us all severely and throw us in jail [laughter].\nSo we started walking back towards the camp but then we got to this bridge over to Germany and someone said, 'Why don't we just go over the bridge?' Of course, the French riot police stopped at their side of the bridge. They didn't want to create a major diplomatic issue and restart the Franco-Prussian war or something and invade Germany. On the other side of the bridge, there were two local German bobbies but we hadn't learnt any chants in German. We'd got our French chants like 'Police partout, justice nulle part. Solidarit\u00e9 avec les sans-papier!' But German chants\u2026 we were walking round this wee little German town and some German autonomist started chanting 'Kein mensch ist illegal!' It was a powerful slogan. Nobody is illegal. But we didn't hear it right and for the next hour, we were going round this wee town going, 'Klein mensch ist illegal!' Small people are illegal, small people are illegal!' All these Germans were looking. It's just so absurd.\nThe reason why I say it's an essential feature of revolutionary politics is that everything was on a big scale. If everything was serious and properly organised, then that would tend towards centralisation and despotism and if everything was only at a local scale and if it didn't have these grand ambitions, then that would tend towards nimbyism and it would have a lack of ambition about actually changing things. So it's necessarily the case, I think, that a revolution would be a macro event that's made up of all these tiny little things. It's made up of the folk that forgot to order a gas canister and the protesters that couldn't get the words to the chant right and yet all these little wee acts, though they may seem silly and insignificant in themselves, millions and billions of them add up to a total transformation of society.\nMatt: This idea of macro events being made up of an uncountable number of micro events runs through Darren's first two novels: so, in Peace, Love and Petrol Bombs, you get big anti-capitalist protests in various major European cities, but also the lives and struggles of a small group of young workers at a fast food restaurant in the fictional Scottish town of Dundule. Similarly, Darren's second novel, The Deconstruction of Professor Thrub, follows a Belfast woman's journey of love and political awakening as it intersects with working-class rebellion from the Battle of Cable Street to the Spanish Civil War and the 1956 Hungarian uprising, all told through the PhD thesis of a graduate student whose disaffected professor is trying to avoid him.\nDisnaeland, however, moves away from that kind of broad international and historical sweep. In this novel, Darren returns to the Dundule of his first novel to focus on a single working-class community and how it deals with a power cut during a freezing Scottish winter. In the passage that Darren is about to read, a small group of residents decide to hole up in a flat together, for warmth, and for safety from the events outside as society begins to crumble.\n[DD Johnston reads from Disnaeland]\nLong story short, that evening Giorgio padlocks shut the Lord of the Fries, then he struggles up the stair wi his mattress, his blanket, and Marjorie. He's surprised Marjorie can manage the stair. He carries her walking frame and she shuffles sideways, gripping the bannister wi baith hands, then Giorgio goes back doon tae shouder up the pish-scented mattress, which bends and dips like a giant fish.\nBut though he never slept the night afore, though it's warm \u2013 relatively speaking, like \u2013 and though he's tired as Hell, Giorgio cannae sleep. It gets dark so early, and yet it's strangely bright, ken? The skies have cleared, and the moonlight's reflected by the snow. For the first hours efter the sun goes doon, he's disturbed by Tam and Mac's bullhorn whispers, their snorts and neighs and whinnies. But even when they at last pass oot, he lies awake, listening tae them aw snoring. Ruth makes a noise like a deflating bike tire, Donna sounds like a hospital respirator, and Douglas spits words in his sleep: bastard, bugger, cancer, death.\nThen Giorgio sees by the moonlight that wee Ava's awake and aw. She's lying next tae her ma, looking at him, and he's struck by how terrifying aw this must be for her. And right then he's pure raging at her ma \u2013 at Donna \u2013 cause that wee lassie deserves better than lying alone wi her worries, and he thinks again aboot Gianfranco Jr and how there isnae anything he wouldnae dae tae see him.\nGianfranco Jr wis still playing peekaboo when Giorgio last seen him, so he disnae ken anything aboot bairns Ava's age. Her furry hood's up and she's wearing salopettes and mittens. \"Are you awright?\" he whispers. \"Are you warm enough?\"\n\"Aye, thank you.\"\nOotside, a bottle smashes. A drunk man sings The Sash, adding \"Fuck the Pope\" whenever he cannae mind what line he's on.\n\"Are you wanting tae talk?\" says Giorgio.\nAva sits up in her sleeping bag, puts her chin on her knees. She says, \"It's like we're in a fairy tale.\"\n\"And Ava's like, \"Aye, stories always get worse afore they get better. You've just got tae wait for the ending.\"\n\"Here,\" says Giorgio, no sure if his idea's gaunae seem patronising. \"You wanting a story afore bed?\"\nBut Giorgio cannae mind any stories, so he just makes up some mad shite based on the stuff Marjorie's been havering aw day. He's like, \"Have you ever been tae London?\"\nAva isnae sure.\n\"I ken you'll have seen it on the telly. It's where the Queen lives in a big palace wi aw the princes and princesses, and there's aw sorts of baddies that live in a big hoose wi a massive clock, and they've got vast treasures \u2013 diamonds and jewels, geese that lay golden eggs, wheels that spin money fae nothing.\" Then Giorgio explains how everybody kens that in the middle of London there's a bunker below the Ministry of Defence \u2013 she can look this up when the internet's back on, he says \u2013 and a few people even ken that it's connected tae ither bunkers under ither important buildings. But what naebody kens, cause it's a secret, is aboot the Ark.\nSee, says, Giorgio, when something goes wrong \u2013 a wee bit like what's happening the noo \u2013 aw the sodjers in London \u2013 fae the SAS tae aw they numpties on horse wi the big funny hats \u2013 huftae build waws roond a green zone. The zone's on the bank of the Thames, where you see the pictures of the big wheel and the clock and aw that. When aw the big wigs are inside, they blow up Westminster Bridge \u2013 bang! And they shoot anybody that gets tae close. They've got cellars full of food, fuel, water, emergency oxygen, medical supplies \u2013 aw the stuff folk up here dinnae have.\nCause here's anither secret, says Giorgio: they're gaunae turn Scotland intae a theme park and they're gaunae call it Disnaeland. They're gaunae call it Disnaeland, he says, cause it disnae vote for them, it disnae like them, and it disnae F-ing matter. He pauses, waiting tae see if Ava will laugh, but Ava's awready asleep, her breath heavy, her wee legs twitching in her sleeping bag.\nMatt: The sense of fear and threat from outside is palpable: from the cold, the smashing bottle, the sectarian singing. However, what Disnaeland does is turn the traditional structure of the apocalyptic or social collapse novel on its head: rather than showing how society descends into dystopia and people start turning on each other, Disnaeland starts with our current dystopian society and imagines how ordinary people pull themselves out of it.\nDD Johnston: Overwhelmingly, books and films\u2026 our culture is obsessed with the end of the world and prophesying it constantly, although we're maybe not yet doing masses to avert it. Almost always, something goes wrong and fairly quickly, folk turn to a state of savagery and it's the war of all against all. Basically, the telly goes off one day and the next day, you try and eat your neighbour.\nCuriously, the protagonists of these novels almost always stay pretty good and decent while everyone goes crazy all around them and I think we all imagine, every person imagines that in a disaster scenario, 'I'd not be the one going around trying to kill other people. I'd be alright.' It's a wee bit like when they do surveys and they say, 'Do you think you're a better than average driver?' Something like 95% of people think they're better than average drivers. It's the same way people think but they're very afraid of other people.\nIn fact, even beyond the post-apocalyptic genre, I think that an awful lot of our literature is devoted to the idea that there's something quite frightening inside us. Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness or Lord of the Flies, 'the beast is inside us all' and yet actually, you look at real-world examples of disaster and that sort of prophecy of it being an outlet for human barbarism doesn't really seem to be the case at all.\nMatt: Funnily enough, in the 1960s, there was actually a real life Lord of the Flies situation when six boys, aged 13 to 16, found themselves stranded on an island in the Pacific ocean for 15 months. But while the kids in Lord of the Flies soon regressed into barbarism and turned on each other due to the absence of a powerful authority figure, these real-life children worked together to survive on the island, sharing cooking and guard duties, building shelter and maintaining a communal garden. All in stark contrast to the assumptions around human nature contained in Golding's novel.\nDD Johnston: There's a good book by Rebecca Solnit called A Paradise Built in Hell and it's mainly American stuff but it looks at a few examples and I think the last one is Hurricane Katrina. If you remember when it was going on, there were all these media stories about gangs who were looting, pillaging and murdering and in fact, that was just partly driven by racism but also driven by our collective beliefs about how people will behave in a time of crisis and the reality was totally different. In fact, people were practising mutual aid and trying to help each other out.\nMatt: Indeed, in her book Solnit stresses the difference between working-class responses to disasters from those of the state. For instance, following the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, while local residents were self-organising search, rescue and firefighting efforts, the government sent in the army who killed between 50 and 500 survivors. Solnit's work builds on groundbreaking research of Charles Fritz, which showed that in disaster situations, most rescue and relief efforts are undertaken by survivors themselves. And while the media often talks about looting, in fact rates of theft and burglary actually decline during disasters, and far more goods are given away than are stolen. This spontaneous, self-organised meeting of human needs, without money, markets and often in opposition to capitalists and the state, is sometimes referred to as 'disaster communism' (referring to communism from below, rather than the ideology of a party governing a dictatorial state).\nSimilar tendencies could also be seen during the Covid-19 pandemic.\nDD Johnston: I think with the first lockdown with Covid, we've always got to remember what it was like because we've had so many others that were a wee bit partial but that first one was really frightening. If you went out for a job and you realised you'd been for a walk that morning, you were terrified you were going to get lifted. It really was a bizarre sort of scenario. We were all outside on the street on a Thursday night and you can be sceptical about all that for many reasons but everyone was out there singing together, going round to your neighbours, people checking and putting things through your door to see if you needed any help getting your messages, or what have you.\nEven just at that very, very basic level, when something goes a wee bit wrong\u2026 you're stuck on a train and there's a bad rail problem. You're in a busy carriage and you've been held there for two hours. You see how long it takes for people to start talking and they'll start saying, 'I was really hoping to get to Birmingham by such and such time. I'm meeting my sister. If I'd have known this\u2026 I didn't pack any water.' See how long it takes for someone to say, 'I've got some water. Do you want some?' People will start talking and they'll start sharing.\nMy interest is in the wee things that people do, the improvised solutions, and the silly things. I hope that's in the novels. I'd maybe even try to make a claim that there's something that you can find in a lot of\u2026 you look at really great writers and I think you find that bathetic juxtaposition a lot. I'd say that Tolstoy, for instance, Tolstoy in War and Peace, is looking at enormous changes of a global significance but when he looks at how battles are decided, it's the unplanned, daft actions of individuals caught in a crowd that really shape things. In James Joyce's great study of everyday life in Ulysses, he also takes Homer's Odyssey, takes this epic form, to structure it all around. It's about a guy going to the shops, having a dump and all the rest of it. I suspect there's something important there about understanding how society works and how it can be changed.\nOur lives are epic to us. Maybe that's the novel's great achievement is to take ordinary lives and show them on an epic scale because for us, each of us, there's nothing grander than our own life and struggle.\nMatt: That's all we've got time for in this episode. Join us in Part 2 where we'll have more readings from Disnaeland, and will discuss the novel's use of Scots language and dialect, and its utopian vision for social change. We also have some bonus content exclusively for a patreon supporters: the first which goes into more detail about the history of McDonald's Workers' Resistance, and the second in which we discuss more aspects of Darren's writing that we weren't able to fit into the main episodes.\nIt is only support from you, our listeners which allows us to make these podcasts. So if you appreciate our work please do think about joining us at patreon.com\/workingclasshistory, link in the show notes. In return for your support, you get early access to content, as well as exclusive bonus content, discounted merch, and much more. If you can't spare the cash, absolutely no problem, please just tell your friends about this podcast and give us a five-star review on your favourite podcast app.\nIf you'd like to read some of Darren's novels, check out the webpage for this episode where you'll find links to buy them from an independent bookshop. You'll also find a link to his website, ddjohnston.uk\/, as well sources, further reading and more. Link in the show notes.\nThanks again to our patreon supporters for making this podcast possible. Special thanks to Stone Lawson and Jazz Hands.\nOur theme tune is Bella Ciao, thanks for permission to use it from Dischi del Sole. You can buy it or stream it on the links in the show notes.\nAnyway, that's it for today. Hope you enjoyed the episode, and thanks for listening.\nMatt: Welcome back to part two of our double podcast episode with author, DD Johnston, about his new novel, Disnaeland. If you haven't listened to part one yet, I recommend you go back and listen to that first.\nMatt: Before we get into the episode, just a quick reminder that we are only able to produce these podcasts \u2013 both Working Class History and Literature \u2013 thanks to support from our listeners on patreon. Our supporters fund our work, and in return get exclusive early access to podcast episodes, bonus episodes, free and discounted merch and other content. Join us or find out more at patreon.com\/workingclasshistory, link in the show notes.\nIn Part 1, Darren started talking to us about his new novel, Disnaeland, which imagines the response of a Scottish working-class community to the end of the world. One thing which listeners would have picked up on is that Disnaeland is written entirely in a Scots-inflected dialect of English. The use of Scots has a long tradition in Scottish literature so we spoke to Darren about his motivation for writing the novel in the way he did, and about the relationship between Scots, Scottish English and what is generally considered 'Standard English'.\nDD Johnston: Disnaeland is written in an East Central Scottish dialect of English. The first thing I'd say is why would you not because I do think that that language is really beautiful and it's got rhythm and verve and it can have a harshness to it at times. It's just very, very rich I think.\nYou get that development of language and that's something that's always happened and that's not something I think to be afraid of at all because, in fact, it's finding new diversities of language and new cultures and it's out of our exchange and meeting. When I say it's written in an East Central Scottish dialect, loads of those words are Romany words like barry, gadgie, and jougal. I think that's really rich that sort of diversity. What concerns me is that almost all of the internet is written in the same American English that Friends was in. It's like, 'Hey! Hi! How are you doing?' There's a sort of monoculture there.\nThe relationship between Scots and English is pretty complex and at what point do you say something is Scots and at what point do you say it's a dialect? It's the sort of thing folk get into arguments about. As I say, what I'm writing in is as a dialect of English. If you think of other dialects of English and their uses in literature, there's a similarity and a difference. If you were to look at writers from Liverpool and writing in Scouse dialect, to an extent, there are a lot of similar issues that apply in terms of why you'd do that but there's a big difference in that Scottish has this written tradition. Going back to the 14th to 16th centuries, it was the language of the nation in terms of literature and official business. You have these written forms and although after the Act of Union, you get an effort at anglicisation, there's a legacy. Guys like Burns or Ferguson are writing in a Scots vernacular as a reaction against that anglicisation and although you get various points of which the use of Scots is seen as being a revival of it, it never really goes away.\nIn that sense, it's a wee bit different from the case if you were looking at Geordie or whatever but in other ways, it's similar in that there's a period in modernity where there has to be a linguistic and cultural centralisation as part of nationalism. That's true of English but also the same process happens in other countries. There's a quote from an Italian nationalist at the time when the Italian state was created. I think his name was Massimo d'Azeglio and he said, 'We have made Italy. Now we have to make Italians.' Because I think something like only about 1.5% of the people in that area of Italy were actually speaking what we now consider Italian. When everybody is living in their own wee glens and doing a bit of crofting, it's alright for them all to be speaking a bit of lowland Scots here and a bit of Gaelic up there and probably struggling to communicate with each other. You get them all in one city working in one factory, they've got to start speaking the same language and so you get this centralisation. If you want to be part of the share of power and you want to participate in that, then you have to use the dominant form of language. Other forms come to be sort of repressed and marginalised and using them comes to either mean that you're sort of disadvantaged because you don't have the skills to participate in the discourse of state and power or it's a sort of an act of rebellion to an extent.\nI think attitudes towards Scots are changing a lot. Certainly, when I was at school and growing up, you'd be encouraged to speak \"correctly\" and \"correctly\" meant not using local words and local grammar. I think James Kelman has been really influential for me in terms of how he's, over many years, advocated for the idea that Scots can be used for the whole story. There's this tradition that goes back at least to Walter Scott of you have the dialogue being in Scots and then the narration is English. That's what I did in my first novel where the Scottish character speaks Scottish and then the narration is in standard written English.\nIn terms of how it interacts with nationalism, again, I probably share Kelman's suspicion towards all forms of nationalism, including Scottish nationalism, but that doesn't necessarily mean\u2026 like Kelman, I think has said that if he was going to vote in another independence referendum, he'd vote yes for an independent Scotland. I've never voted in any election in my life. I don't live in Scotland and so if there's another Indy Ref, I'll not be voting in that one either but it's a difficult question given the different political feelings in Scotland and the lack of representation for that in a UK government. If you're opposed to government, it's not easy to know how to align yourself with that.\nThe only other thing I'd say about wanting to use Scots or any other form of nonhegemonic language is that much as there is that process of nationalist centralisation in terms of what language can be used during modernity or postmodernity, whatever we want to call it, there's something similar happening at a global level. In recent years, the extent to which US economic and military power is being translated into political cultural linguistic power is massively accelerating. That's been facilitated by the internet. It almost parallels to me that the destruction of cultural diversity is almost like the destruction of biodiversity.\nMatt: In Part 1, we also talked about the influence of apocalyptic or dystopian fiction on Disnaeland. However, another (less obvious) influence both on the structure and content of the novel are the apocalyptic prophecies of the radical, pre-Enlightenment Christian tradition.\nDD Johnston: The apocalypse has become this awful, terrible thing and I think that we've lost our enthusiasm for the apocalypse. This used to be something that we were, in many ways, to look forward to. Yes, it's a terrible time of reckoning but ultimately, it was going to deliver us a kingdom of heaven on Earth.\nA while back, I got really into, reading about and actually going to visit places that were associated with a lot of older revolutionary movements from before the Enlightenment. I got interested in the radical Christian groups that came about around the Reformation and millenarian groups, and people like Thomas M\u00fcntzer, Johan Mathis and all these quite crazy guys often but with this faith that there was going to be some great reckoning and that the evil-doers, that were often the princes and the lords, the people that kept the peasantry oppressed, they were going to be just smited away by god. Come on! That's pretty appealing, is it not?\nI think modern political thought, to a large extent, comes out of the Enlightenment and the French Revolution and that includes the anarchists and other libertarian traditions as well. They tend to be fiercely secular but that idea is still there. There's that famous quote from Buenaventura Durruti during the Spanish Civil War when he's saying 'The bourgeois may blast and destruct its world before it leaves the stage of history forever but there's a new world growing in our hearts. We're not in the least afraid of ruins.' It's that similar sort of idea that there's going to be this rupture and then something new is going to be born. Of course, I'm not wishing for a cataclysmic rupture in the world. That would be terrible but as a metaphor for some sort of radical reassessment of how we're going or some sort of reckoning I think is interesting.\nIt is a book about faith to an extent. For many years, I thought you could change the world by appealing to people's self-interest. You'd argue and you'd say, 'Well, you should join the union and we'll go on strike because you'll get more money.' That doesn't follow at all. In fact, it's in no individual's interest to join a union and go on strike. Let other people do it. You'll still get the pay rise. The reason why you'd do that is because of some belief because you feel it's right and I don't think that you can ground that belief in some sort of objective morality. I sort of agree with Nietzsche about that. They say, 'You should join the strike because if the union does well, it's going to lead to a more equal society and that's fairer.' Well, why should it be fairer? There's no way to end those sorts of questions, except that you believe in it and it requires a wee bit of a leap of faith. So all that was going on with the book and I wanted to start with the sort of apocalyptic disaster scenario that we see play out so often but give it back its fun element and get some laughs in there.\nMatt: One source of laughs in the novel comes from a group of characters dubbed the 'Survivalists of Dundule', led by a misanthropic fantasist called Hobbes.\nDD Johnston: I've got a character in the novel, Hobbes, who is a prepper or a survivalist and he's been one of those guys who's been getting his guns ready and he just can't wait for the end of the world to come. He's convinced that it's basically going to go down like a zombie apocalypse movie. Him and his buddies go out and they camp in an adventure playground and they're sort of satirised and ridiculed. But that name, of course, comes from Thomas Hobbes, the English Civil War era philosopher, and his idea that in the absence of strong authority, we can revert back to our natural state which is the war of all against all. That warning, I think, runs throughout a lot of disaster fiction, a lot of post-apocalyptic fiction and a lot of our literature generally.\nMatt: Darren is about to read out a passage that exemplifies and makes fun of that kind of trend in post-apocalyptic fiction. In this passage, Hobbes and his two followers that make up the Survivalists of Dundule, begin their eager preparations for the end of the world and the war of all against all that that entails.\nAnyways, as you ken, on the night of the rioting Kieran goes tae meet Hobbes oot at the adventure playground. Noo, Hobbes chose the adventure playground as the site of Camp Survival when they used tae train there. He'd time them as they climbed intae the tree hoose, zoomed doon the flying fox, edged along the balance beams, galumphed across the tyre traverse, hopped fae log step tae log step, scrambled ower the clamber-net, and sprinted up the slide intae the play fort. But parents gave them grief for thudding up the slide in airmy boots. Some bairn's da went mental when Kieran knocked his toddler offae the balance beam. In the end, they had tae quite the playground efter bodkins received a Sexual Offenders Prevention Order.\nNanetheless, on their first night, when the ignorant masses \u2013 the zombies, as they call them \u2013 are aw looting and burning, SoDs lash tarpaulins across the roof of the play fort and climb intae their shelter via the kiddie-sized ladder. Kieran lies awake, listening tae the thundersnow, feeling aw snug and proud. Cause while the likes of Ruth are getting hypothermia, the survivalists are prepared; they've got bivvy sacs, Arctic-grade sleeping bags, Gore-tex camo suits.\nWhile the zombies are aw shiteing themsels aboot what they're gaunae drink, the survivalists drink the water fae the Dule Burn, either boiled or purified wi tablets.\nWhile Giorgio's supplies are being looted by a gang, the survivalists are surroonded by natural defences: tae the north, the playgroond's protected by the canal; tae the west, it's fortified by Breast Mountain; and tae the south, across a thicket of hawthorn, nettle, and bramble, a barbed-wire fence surroonds flat grazing fields. The only weak spot is tae the east, where the playgroond's car park is fed by a weeroad that comes roond fae behind the museum. Noo, this road crosses a tributary of the Avon, near where the burn meets the canal, so Kieran and Hobbes barricade the bridge wi a flytipped cooker, a rotten sofa, the springs of a mattress, a rusted fridge-freezer \u2013 aw this kind of thing.\nWhile the zombies are risking typhus cause they cannae flush their cludgies, Bodkins digs a toilet trench in a copse of elder and hawthorn. And Bodkins, right, basically looks like a bairn offae a biscuit advert \u2013 aw freckles and dimples and blue-eyes \u2013 so he's forever trying tae make his appearance less boyish. Many times a day he checks the progress of his tache, like a gardner checking on a prize marrow, but naebody else even kens he's supposed to have a tache. So, as he digs the cludgie, he takes a moment tae wipe streaks of dirt on his cheeks, cause he thinks that'll make him look mair manly.\nAnyways, when the trench is deep enough, Bodkins spikes the spade intae the excavated dirt and invites Hobbes tae christen the new toilet. Well, Hobbes slips doon his ower-troosers, unbuckles his belt, yanks doon his combats, drops his anti-microbial keks, and stands exposed in the frozen air. He hunkers doon, feet astride the trench. Tae begin wi, nothing happens. Then you can hear a wee trickle of piss. Hobbes stays squatting, arse pointing intae the trench, and they aw stand aroond till he manages tae produce. \"Brothers,\" he says, wiping his arse wi a frosty dock leaf. \"The new world is born.\"\nMatt: This passage is obviously mocking the grown-up fantasies being acted out by the survivalists. But the novel is also making a broader, more serious point in its contrast between the survivalists and the wider community, about cooperation versus competition, and how humanity organises itself to survive catastrophe. This contrast can even be seen in how Kieran imagines the ignorant masses succumbing to violence and hypothermia, and the reality of how Giorgio and others come together to support each other in the passage read out in Part 1.\nThere are some parts of Disnaeland which even seem to parallel the work of Russian anarchist, Peter Kropotkin, and his book, Mutual Aid: A Factor in Evolution, about which famous paleontologist, Stephen Jay Gould, maintains that, while flawed in places, \"Kropotkin's basic argument is correct\". That is, Kropotkin argues that even in nature, survival isn't just a case of 'the strongest will survive' in the sense of 'all against all'. Instead, using a range of studies, Kropotkin concludes that mutual aid is \"the surest means for giving to each and to all the greatest safety, the best guarantee of existence and progress, bodily, intellectual, and moral\" and, moreover, that \"those species which best know how to combine, and to avoid competition, have the best chances of survival [\u2026] while the unsociable species decay\".\nDD Johnston: I wouldn't go further than that and say that human nature is essentially benign or that we're innately good or anything but what I would say and what I think is the flaw with all the arguments about our supposed human nature is that our only nature is our necessary sociality. We're born ridiculously early and totally unable to look after ourselves for years and increasingly into our mid-20s it seems [laughter]. So there's just no possibility and there has never been and will never be a human that is nature. It's always to do with how they're nurtured and part of that is\u2026 you just look at a baby and the ways that they want to reciprocate and respond to other humans, and they want to share their food, and share their toys\u2026 and they have this capacity for love. We probably don't spill as much ink thinking about our capacity for love and kindness as we do thinking about our capacity for savagery.\nMatt: Indeed, one key theme in the novel is precisely this potential for love and kindness. Moreover, it shows how, even if started for reasons of pure practicality (like just keeping each other warm, as in the passage read out in Part 1), the act of cooperation has the power to transform people.\nRuth never used tae like talking. It wis one of they things that had tae be done, like putting oot the recycling or periodically changing tariff wi your energy provider. See, everybody lived separate lifes, raised separate families, lived in separate hames in distant neighbourhoods, pursued esoteric hobbies, and devoted themsels tae jobs so specialised or alienated that they seemed pure pointless tae anybody no employed in the same field. She'd go tae dinner parties and dae the whole \"and what do you do?\" thing and huftae listen tae some poor bastard try and explain the highs and lows of being an equity derivative flow trader. Or, and this wis even worse, she'd huftae watch them glossing ower as she blethered on aboot her monograph on John Dryden and millenarianism. Or she'd be like, \"So what do you do to relax?\" and then she'd be stuck for follow up questions when the guy turnt oot tae be an ornithologist that wis eager tae tell her aboot a white-winged scoter he'd spied at the Esk Mouth some year back.\nAnd cause such conversations were so grim, folk understandably resorted tae the one thing they shared: consumption. Like, sometimes men would discuss their consumer choices as car buyers, or wummin would discuss their consumer choices when choosing new claes or kitchens. Mixed groups discussed the cost of membership at different spa clubs. Or they shared their consumer experiences holidaying on different Greek islands or dining at a new restaurant where the food wis cauld or the service wis slow or you had to try the tarte tatin.\nBut maist of aw they discussed their consumption of culture. They talked aboot who'd read that year's Booker winner and was it no awfully good or rather dull or just so sad at the end. They debated the social importance of Motown, whether Kurt Cobain wis the last rock star, whether Rima Laidlaw wis feminist. They talked aboot a new Guardian article on CGI or a Times piece on the Metropolitan Opera.\nAnd you ken yoursel how it goes: cause they'd nae ither way tae relate tae each other, they talked aboot these things like they mattered. They fell oot \u2013 politely \u2013 cause somebody agreed wi a five-star review for a new Tarantino film, or said Leonard Cohen shouldnae have got the Nobel Prize for Literature. They politicised their responses tae entertainment, made them intae points of morality. They disdained alternative viewpoints the way union members had once disdained scabs, or congregations had once disdained heretics.\nBut ken what? Though these conversations were repetitive and pointless and acrimonious, they thought them way superior tae the mundane chit chat they owerheard fae ither tables in bars and restaurants and coffee hooses. They scoffed when they heard a table of co-workers gossiping aboot their manager or debating the best strategy for restructuring the office. It wis a truism that there wis nothing sadder than going oot and talking aboot work.\nBut noo Ruth sees that shared endeavour is the sole basis for meaningful conversation. Much of the work that she and others devoted their lifes tae wis Sisyphean in its pointlessness. But the conversations such work generated were nanetheless the best conversations they had. Noo, every conversation is underwritten by shared endeavour, by collaborative effort. Ruth cannae stop chatting, cannae stop listening, cannae stop asking questions. She's laughed mair these past ten days than she's laughed in aw the preceding decade. It's enormous.\nMatt: This is actually one of my favourite passages from the book not just because of how it captures the way our relationships are structured by capitalist society, but also the way it imagines how they could be different. In particular, the line about shared endeavour being \"the sole basis for meaningful conversation\" points to how even our interpersonal relationships might change if society were organised differently. It's also a change that we can find glimpses of today, as anyone could tell you who's experienced the excited conversations that take place as a union drive or community campaign heats up. And it's an excitement that infects us as readers as we watch Disnaeland's characters build a new society where shared endeavour begins to underwrite every interaction.\nThis idea of radically restructuring society comes across far more urgently in Disnaeland than it does in any of Darren's previous novels.\nDD Johnston: I think that sense of urgency in the new novel comes from just a feeling that time is short and the stakes are incredibly high. Talking about direct action ecological movement and anti-capitalist movement 25 years ago, at that time, we were saying, 'This is going to happen. You've got to watch out for this. It's on the way!' Now you can feel it. You can feel it on your skin. You can see it again, and again, and again that the climate is changing. You can see it in the wildfires and everything else and that's really frightening. The speed at which our ways of living and interacting with each other are changing is frightening.\nIt's quite possible, I think, to be simultaneously concerned about the virus and its effects on vulnerable people and deeply frightened by this unprecedented extension of state power and what it means that you can have a society where there has been that experiment in people never leaving their homes. With having children, again, it makes the stakes higher because it's just worse when things are going to happen to someone that you love. If the world's going in a terrible direction, you know, I'm a middle-aged guy [laughter] and I don't want to write myself off yet but I've not got masses to lose but when I look at my wee boy, it does feel urgent. At the height of the pandemic, my work started a redundancy process by email which was totally unnecessary and it was just a periodic thing. I had that faceless tyranny of bureaucracy to deal with and getting poorer is a shock. If you're used to being fairly comfortable and doing alright and suddenly, you're thinking about the cost of living, it's not what you expect. You expect that prosperity is going to increase. That's the promise of capitalism. This is probably the first time in a fairly long time that people are feeling that prosperity isn't increasing and we are, in real terms, getting a whole lot poorer. So it does feel urgent and sometimes it's hard to see sources of optimism and maybe that's partly why I've turned to this fantastical idea of a parallel society, a big collapse and finding a happier world through that; whereas, the first novel was about the failures and possibilities of a political movement that really existed.\nMatt: Ultimately, a powerful core of optimism remains at the heart of Darren's novel in how characters come together and form bonds of solidarity. This isn't because any of the characters are uniquely 'good' individuals; but what Darren does so well is to imagine the entirely plausible reasons why flawed, and at times selfish, people would cooperate to build a better world. One great example of this is Giorgio, a character who returns from Darren's first novel. Giorgio's character arc between these two novels is fundamentally one of redemption and seems to suggest something about the capacity of even the most flawed individuals for positive transformation.\nIn this part, Darren mentions the French writer, Michel Houellebecq, who it should be noted is an Islamophobe and supporter of France's centre-right president, Emmanuel Macron. However, as frequently happens in literature, even reactionary authors are capable of using their talents to provide moments of great insight (the poet, TS Eliot, probably being the most famous example of this).\nDD Johnston: I think that, to an extent, your characters are always elements of yourself. You observe the external details of all sorts of people and these characters' mannerisms and all that on what people do but in terms of their inner world and motivations, you can only really know your own. There's a great quote from Gustave Flaubert. He was getting hassled to reveal who he'd based Madame Bovary on and someone was saying, 'Who's the real Madame Bovary? You've got to tell us. Who's she really based on?' He said, 'Madame Bovary c'est moi.' She's me.\nIn the same way, the characters at the start, when they're not very nice, that's all me and then there's this healing process as they develop. It's maybe a sort of therapeutic thing like that. Bringing Giorgio back\u2026 he gets a bit of a rough deal in the first novel, doesn't he? He's portrayed as a bit of a loser and then he gets horribly beaten up. Generally, I feel enormously, warmingly forgiving towards individuals. There are very few individuals that I don't have sympathy and empathy for and most of my anger is always displaced onto systems. I know that systems are just the actions of individuals but maybe because I've so often felt powerless with the way that systems shape my life, that's where I tend to feel anger. So I don't have a grudge against Giorgio or anyone else. I wanted to bring him back and I wanted to redeem him.\nWe've talked a lot about politics, jobs, class struggle and all of that but mainly, what do you write about? You write about love and death. There's nothing else that really matters and Disnaeland is a book that's born out of how much I love my son and I hope that there's something of my love for people who can often seem obnoxious and annoying and are trapped in systems that aren't of our choosing but I continue to have a great deal of faith in them. There's another book about the end of the world as we know it which is, as a writer, maybe an unlikely one for me to mention but I'm thinking of Michel Houellebecq's Atomised. Michel Houellebecq is a very provocative, right-wing French author but kind of brilliant [laughter]. Near the end of that, he writes 'tortured, contradictory, individualistic, quarrelsome \u2013 the human race was capable of extraordinary violence but it never quite abandoned a belief in love.'\nMatt: That's it for our double episode in conversation with DD Johnston about his new book, Disnaeland. As well as our previous bonus content about Darren's involvement in McDonald's Workers' Resistance, we also have another bonus episode in which we discuss more of Darren's writing and where Darren reads another passage from his new novel. Both of these available exclusively for our supporters on patreon.\nIt is only support from you, our listeners, which allows us to make these podcasts. 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{"text":"October 23, 2015 Adam Glass\nStephen Soderbergh not only directed his 2000 drug drama Traffic, but stepped behind the camera as well in order \"to get as close to the movie\" as possible. That is a weird metaphysical way of describing it, but sure. The film itself, based in part on the Channel 4 series Traffik, paints a sprawling portrait of the US drug trade as it stood -- and in many ways still stands -- at the turn of the century. Other films may do better to condemn the failure of the War on Drugs, but Soderbergh manages to drive home that the current angle just doesn't work.\nTags stephen soderbergh, traffic, 2000, united states","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"UST got the 9th largest donation in the history of an NCAA school today!\nThread starter Wet_Blanket_Guy\nI am wrong on this. I thought they were in the WCHA, but that is only the women's team. But, the top of the CCHA seems to be pretty good over the last few years and have made deeps runs, as deep as the Big10... Mankato was in the title game last year, Bemidji State has made deep runs lately.\nSide-note: Mankato State made the final in 2022, the last Big10 team to make the NCAA Title was Minnesota in 2014, the first year of the Big10 conference.\nDid I miss something? I thought they were going to put this complex near the old Ford plant. Do they own that site?\nbaseball and softball I believe are going down there.\nThe title game as UMD vs Notre Dame (I didn't know they counted Norte Dame in the B10 Hockey -- I see what they did there, not enough teams so had to steal an independent)....which I am all for as maybe they help get Norte Dame full time in the Big10...but Norte Dame also plays Basketball in the ACC\nYeah it seems like the way CFB is going that Notre Dame might get forced into a conference more or less, but we'll see.\nND's hockey history is interesting because they were part of the pre-big ten CCHA, then had a short stint in Hockey East before joining the B1G.\nHates Monikers\nFrom an article in MinnPost:\nEsten said UST added basketball to the plan last July after abandoning efforts to build the arena in the Highland Bridge development in Highland Park. Men's and women's basketball play on campus at 1,800-capacity Schoenecker Arena, one of the Summit League's smallest venues. Both teams need more seating to generate additional revenue and attract better non-conference opponents.\n\"As we pivoted from Highland Bridge and looked at bringing hockey to campus, we looked real hard at whether it would work for basketball as well,\" Esten said. \"We just thought it made financial sense, and it was economical prudent to double down on that and make sure that those facilities are used in an efficient way.\"\nReactions: Gophers_4life and Bob_Loblaw\nRoland Brooks\nScheduling can't be easy.. Summit hoops men's and women's teams are never home on the same weekend. So one those teams Will be playing at home Thursday and Saturday every week\u2026 not sure how the hockey schedules align? Two different hockey conferences for their men and women??\nReactions: Full Speed Ahead\nshort ornery norwegian\na couple of interesting notes from an article in the Strib:\nThe hockey teams currently play off campus at St. Thomas Ice Arena in Mendota Heights, which has seating for only about 1,000 spectators. The basketball teams play on campus at Schoenecker Arena with capacity for about 2,000. The new arena would have capacity of 4,000 to 6,000, the university said.\nThe university anticipates the entire project \u2014 including demolition, as well as design and construction of the new building \u2014 will cost about $175 million. Administrators said they hope to raise at least $131 million from donations, more than half of which has already been donated by the Andersons.\n4,000 to 6,000 is still fairly small for D1. by comparison, the arena at MSU-Mankato seats 4,800 for DII.\nand if my math is right, they still need to raise roughly $56-Million in donations.\nBleedGopher\nHow many $600 bricks does this get the donor?\n#AskingForANeighboringAD\nGo Gophers!!\nReactions: WindyCityGopher, DarrenTheGreek, Spottedmuskie and 3 others\nAmazing what the U coulda been had they not shat in sports in the 70s 80s 90s and on and on\nReactions: BarnBurner, LesBolstad, Bob_Loblaw and 1 other person\nRoland Brooks said:\nOn the women's side the WCHA never disbanded?\nSeems suspect that the Big Ten didn't have to also sponsor women's hockey??\nReactions: Roland Brooks\nBleedGopher said:\nBet the donor got enough of the UST equivalent of the Gopher points to stand in the bench at the hockey rink for multiple pregame warm-ups.\nReactions: Hates Monikers and BleedGopher\nThe requirement is that there are at least 6 teams within the Big Ten that have a team. On the Mens side there are enough. This was triggered when Penn St had a large donor pony up to fund the Mens team. On the women's side, the only teams at Big Ten schools are Minn, Wisconsin, and Ohio St. This is why they are part of the WCHA. If three more schools pony up then the Womens Big Ten will become a reality.\nOutsider said:\nHow do Mich, Mich St, and Penn St get away with not having a women's team??\nTitle IX?\nIf you don't know, that's fine. Just an open question. Thanks for your info!\nRegardless, UST has (and as far as I know, plans to keep) a women's team.\nThis new arena will be very busy during the winter!\nThey do still have the current arena that only seats 1k (or so?) for bball. I guess it will be used mainly for volleyball and possibly some (women's) bball games.\nI think the new arena also is going to have a 2nd sheet of ice that will be used for practice and can be used by the community (high school and club team games?). So possibly some (women's) UST games could be played in there if there were major conflicts.\nOpe3\nPenn St does have Women's ice hockey. They play in the CHA.\nPenn State Nittany Lions women's ice hockey - Wikipedia\nThe way I understand it, there are no Title IX issues (for Mich & Mich St) as long as the school offers equal athletic opportunities through out all sports sponsored. So having sports like volleyball, field hockey, rowing & gymnastics for women, offsets football, wrestling or ice hockey.\nReactions: GopherBlood666, Outsider and Gophers_4life\nOpe3 said:\nMichigan and Ohio State are the only Big Ten team's that have varsity teams for every single conference sport (over both men's and women's). Penn State is one off, missing women's rowing.\nBut Ohio St and Penn St each also have varsity teams in a plethora of additional sports, while Michigan only has one such additional team (women's water polo).\nhttps:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Big_Ten_Conference#Men's_sponsored_sports_by_school\nDamian Johnson chimes in:\nReactions: GopherBlood666 and Bob_Loblaw\nThey've had 2000 in the new Shoe for Tommie-Johnnie, but haven't had that packed of a crowd in the D1 era.\nIt's true. I hope we take it as a challenge rather than ignore that it's happening.\nReactions: Mizzopher, GopherBlood666, BleedGopher and 1 other person\nDoes Madison ignore Marquette?\nDoes Lincoln ignore Creighton?\nI consider it to be the same, even if they aren't in that conference (yet).\ndex8425\nMonikerSchmoniker45 said:\nWill they be D1 in hockey too?\nThey are already D1 in hockey.\nDepending on the arena design, it should be able to host a hockey game at noon and converted to a basketball game at 7:30 pm or vice versa.\nAs mentioned in later posts, it's not unusual for different hockey conferences such as Big 10 for the Gopher men and WCHA for the women.\ngopherguy15\nKinda like how St Thomas fans are coming for Gopherhole.\nGoodasGold\ngopherguy15 said:\nI'm feeling vulnerable. \ud83e\udee3\nUnpopular opinion (but mine): Gopher basketball should move into Mariucci. It looks a heck of a lot like what St. Thomas is planning.\nhoweda7 said:\nCan we just add a St. Thomas forum to this website so we don't need a new thread about them every 3 days on the Gopher basketball board?\nI don't mind some threads about St. Thomas.\nWhat's annoying is their fans posing as Gophers fans while slinging mud constantly.\nReactions: Wet_Blanket_Guy\nReality isn't mud\nIs the D2 D3 thread ok..\nReactions: I'm A Maroon 2! and GopherBlood666\nNorCalGopher\nIt only raises the profile of Minnesota basketball.\nImagine a holiday basketball tournament with the Gophers, UST, Badgers, Marquette and others.\nReactions: Mizzopher, Gophers_4life and GopherBlood666\nIt's mud.\nIt's constantly spinning everything about the Gophers negative. Even spinning our highest rated recruit ever negative. Slinging mud at everything.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"(-) All\/General\n(-) Surgical or Experimental Procedure\nHedenqvist, P., Trbakovic, A., Mellgren, T. et al. 2020. The effect of housing environment on bone healing in a critical radius defect in New Zealand White rabbits. PLoS ONE 15(5): e0233530.\nIn animal studies on bone healing, the effect of housing space and physical activity are seldom taken into account. Bone formation was evaluated in New Zealand White rabbits (mean \u00b1 SEM BW: 3.9 \u00b1 0.11...\nLarson, C. M., Wilcox, G. L., Fairbanks, C. A. 2019. Defining and managing pain in stroke and traumatic brain injury research. Comparative Medicine 69(6), 510\u2013519.\nNeurologic conditions such as stroke and traumatic brain injury are challenging conditions to study in humans. Animal models are necessary to uncover disease processes and develop novel therapies. When attempting to model these or other...\nWang, R., Liu, R., Li, L. et al. 2020. Fasting is not required for measuring plasma lipid levels in rabbits. Laboratory Animals 54(3), 272\u2013280.\nPlasma lipid and glucose levels are important parameters for evaluating the onset and development of metabolic and cardiovascular diseases. In clinical and experimental studies of humans or mice, fasting is often required before testing plasma...\nRaillard, M., Detotto, C., Grepper, S. et al. 2019. Anaesthetic and perioperative management of 14 male New Zealand white rabbits for calvarial bone surgery. Animals 9(11), 896.\nCalvarial bone surgery on rabbits is frequently performed. This report aims to document a simple and practical anaesthetic and perioperative management for this procedure. Fourteen male New Zealand white rabbits were included in the study...\nCurrie, G. L., Angel-Scott, H. N., Colvin, L. et al. 2019. Animal models of chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy: A machine-assisted systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS Biology 17(5), e3000243.\nWe report a systematic review and meta-analysis of research using animal models of chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN). We systematically searched 5 online databases in September 2012 and updated the search in November 2015 using machine...\nWolfe, A. M., Rahman, M., McFadden, D. G. et al. 2018. Refinement and successful implementation of a scoring system for myxomatosis in a susceptible rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) model. Comparative Medicine 68(4), 280\u2013285.\nMyxoma virus is a member of Leporipoxviridae whose tropism is tightly restricted to lagomorphs. In susceptible Oryctolagus rabbits, the virus causes a highly lethal disease known as myxomatosis, which begins as a localized infection but...\nHopper, L. D. 2016. Automated microsampling technologies and enhancements in the 3Rs. ILAR Journal 57(2), 166-177.\nData collected in vivo is essential for advising decisions on drug screening and development and basic research, and animal models are used extensively for acquiring experimental measurements. Traditionally, collection of specimens has been invasive, stressful...\nMcEntee, D., Borg, K., Markiewicz, V. 2016. Establishment of a home-cage in vivo method of New Zealand white rabbit urine collection. Laboratory Animal Science Professional 4(4) (December), 44-46.\nThe most common methods for rabbit urine collection are newborn stroking, cystocentesis, and transfer to a metabolism cage.2 None of these options allow for a significant, quality amount of urine to be collected in vivo...\nNicholson, G., Sheldon, E. L., Hamilton, J. et al. 2014. Sand pools as a novel enrichment for rabbits. American Association for Laboratory Animal Science [AALAS] Meeting Official Program, 571. (Abstract #P83).\nFor anyone who has housed rabbits in an artificial plastic environment, what to provide as a nonfood enrichment can be an issue. Nonfood enrichment, or environmental enrichment, can be any toy, engaging sights or sounds...","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Art, indonesia, indonesia art project, NFT art, nft competiton, pintu, Solana\nSolana and Pintu announce the Indonesia Art Project \u2013 an NFT competition for talented artists and creators\nBy NFT News Today\nThis week, Solana Indonesia and Pintu announced the Indonesia Art Project, an NFT competition for Indonesian visual artists and creators to celebrate the vibrant and diverse local art scene.\nIn this 4 week long competition visual artists and art enthusiasts of all skill levels can submit their artwork to showcase their craft directly to a stellar lineup of local and international art collectors, judges, and creators to win the prizes from the prize pool of over $70,000. They are joined by local and global partners, such as Serum, Metaplex, Magic Eden, USS FEED, Eizper Chain, Project SEED, Coinvestasi, Indonesian NFT artist Izzy, NFT, and crypto enthusiast Arnold Poernomo.\nNFTs have created an inflection point for artists and creators, allowing them to monetise their work directly with their audience. The Indonesia Art Project is a launchpad for local artists to showcase their art to a global audience with NFTs on Solana. Solana is a fast and scalable blockchain, delivering a low fee environment that creates a massive opportunity for the artists and creators to NFT stores without spending thousands of dollars on gas fees.\n\"Blockchain knows no geographic bounds, and has shown that, no matter where artists are based, there's a global community behind them\" said Matthew Beck, partner at Solana Ventures. \"We're excited to support this collaboration, and introduce new people to the power of NFTs and digital art.\"\n\"Visual arts have always been a big part of Indonesian culture. We have many talented artists whose work may not get the exposure and appreciation that it deserves. Through blockchain technology, we believe artists can express their works to a global audience in the form of digital arts (NFTs) and get rewarded in crypto assets. Pintu and the Solana network share this same vision to support artists in Indonesia\" said Timothius Martin, Chief Marketing Officer at Pintu.\nInterested visual artists and creators may sign up for the Indonesia Art Project by clicking through the link here.\nAbout Solana\nSolana is a global state machine, and the most performant blockchain in the world. It gives developers the confidence to build for the long term by delivering predictable scaling without compromising security or composability. Solana's performance is driven by a single global state, which is capable of processing tens of thousands of smart contracts at once, and by Proof of History, a distributed clock that unlocks low-latency, sub-second finality across the global state. To learn more, please visit https:\/\/solana.com\/.\nAbout Pintu\nPintu is a mobile-first crypto wallet and trading platform in Indonesia. We are one of the very few crypto exchanges in Indonesia that is officially licensed by the Bappebti, Ministry of Trade. Pintu aims to make cryptocurrency easier to understand by anyone as well as help bridge the Rupiah to the crypto world. We are focusing on the intuitive user interface, ease of use, and in-app educational content predominantly for new and casual crypto investors.\nWomen, life, Web3: How patriarchy became a hot topic at Miami Basel\nVictoria Zavyalova December 15, 2022\nThe state of Fine Art: How Non-Fungible Tokens are changing the scene\nMorningstar Ventures Invests $5M to Open 37xDubai, a Novel NFT Art Gallery in Central Dubai\nPress Release December 13, 2022","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Posted inFeedback File, Music+Clubs\nJohnny Delaware's The Artisanals to open for Band of Horses on NYE\nby Kelly Rae Smith December 2, 2016\n[image-1]\nOn the heels of Johnny Delaware announcing his departure from SUSTO, he has also revealed his new project, The Artisanals, which comprises Delaware, Brave Baby's Jordan Hicks, and local newcomer Clay Houle.\n\"Clay Houle and I have been writing together for well over a year now, and Jordan Hicks just decided to become an Artisanal like \u2026 last week,\" Delaware says. \"So the songs are there, but the band is still forming and in a very early stage.\"\nBut babies or not, this band will make its debut in style when they open for the Band of Horses on Fri. Dec. 30 and Sat. Dec. 31 at Washington D.C.'s renowned 9:30 Club.\nAs for the Artisanals' sound, we're so far placing it on the lo-fi indie-rock spectrum and calling it 1970s falsetto folk. But all we have to go by so far is the teaser video below \u2014 and these words from Delaware:\n\"We're going to be a rock band with melodic and dynamic songwriting, with various cultural influences,\" he says. \"Think Ween without the heroin, or Petty on more marijuana than usual.\"\nThe Artisanals will have download cards available at the the Band of Horses shows, which will allow you to access the band's demos on their website. \"Our EP should be out by late spring or early summer and a first album will soon follow that.\"\n[embed-1]\nTagged: Johnny Delaware, Susto, The Artisanals\nBlack History Month webinars focus on Gullah connection with West Africa January 30, 2023\nPhotographer Thorvaldson offers one-on-one darkroom classes January 30, 2023\nState: Murder weapon known, but can't be found in Murdaugh case","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Consumer Products & Services Consumer Product Manufacturing Consumer Services Consumer Affairs\nMarketing & Ads Products & Services Retail & Wholesale Service Sector\nHow to navigate new privacy features in Apple iPhone update\nIn this Sept. 10, 2019, photo, Phil Schiller, Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing, talks about the new iPhone 11 Pro and Max, during an event to announce new products in Cupertino, Calif. Apple's iOS 13 software update comes with plenty of privacy enhancements - though in some cases, you need to take the time to understand how they work. Among the changes: You'll be able to sign in to third-party services with your Apple ID account rather than Facebook's or Google's. The free update is available for existing iPhones on Thursday, Sept. 19 and will ship with new models out Friday, Sept. 20. (AP Photo\/Tony Avelar)\nNEW YORK \u2014 Apple's iOS 13 software update comes with plenty of privacy enhancements \u2014 but in some cases, only if you take the time to understand how they work.\nAmong the changes: You'll be able to sign in to third-party services with your Apple ID account rather than Facebook's or Google's. You'll also get more notices and warnings about apps tapping location data.\nThe free update is available for existing iPhones on Thursday and will come with new iPhone 11 models out Friday.\nHere's how to navigate the new privacy features and make the most of them.\nAPPLE SIGN-IN\nGoogle and Facebook have long made it easy to sign into third-party services without having to create new accounts \u2014 and new passwords to remember. Trouble is, by leaning on those companies, you're also opening the door for them to collect more data about you. You may find that disheartening given numerous privacy lapses , especially involving Facebook.\nApple is offering an alternative. The company doesn't have the same need to collect data, as it doesn't count on profits from data-driven targeted ads the way Google and Facebook do. Apple promises it won't track you when you use \"Sign in with Apple.\"\nOne attractive feature is the ability to mask your real email address. Apple can give you a new, unique email for every service you use, and will automatically forward messages to your own email account. You can reduce junk mail by disabling forwarding from specific companies, while still using that Apple email to sign in. Apple says it won't snoop on messages.\nApps that offer an outside sign-in system, such as Facebook's, must also include Apple's to be on iPhones. But Apple's system is limited to sharing your name and email address. If the app needs more information, you'll have to provide that on your own \u2014 or fall back on Facebook or Google anyway.\nBut don't stray from Apple's garden. You'll need to sign in through a web browser if you use the service on Android, Windows or other non-Apple devices. That eliminates much of the convenience.\nMaps, ride-hailing and many other apps need your location data to work. But does your drug store or coffee shop really need to know where you are and where you've been?\nPreviously, Apple gave you just a few choices on the matter. You could share your location continuously with an app, provide it only when you were using the app, or deny the app access to any location information. (The last choice breaks many apps, and it can be a challenge to turn location back on if you change your mind.)\nNow Apple will let you grant location permission temporarily. If you close the app or restart the phone, you'll have to grant permission again. You can keep doing that until you're more comfortable with the app and its use of location, at which time you can make permission permanent.\nBut permanent doesn't mean sharing while the app is in the background. After you've used an app for a while, the phone will prompt you with details on where and how many times it has tapped your location. Only then can you grant \"always allow\" access. You can also take it back if you've given it before. The idea is to arm you with more information before deciding.\nUnfortunately, there's no \"reject once\" option to see how well an app works without location. Once you reject it, you'll have to go into settings to turn location back on.\nLOCATION, THE SNEAKY WAY\nEven if you've denied location access, apps might be able to infer it through Bluetooth connections. A retail store, for instance, might have Bluetooth beacon trackers to detect people who have its app installed. Now, apps must specially ask for that permission. (There are exceptions when a music app, for instance, wants to stream to headphones you've already paired with the phone.)\nApps that have been updated for iOS 13 must tell you specifically why they need Bluetooth. Citi's app, for instance, says it's to enable after-hours entry to ATM lobbies without pulling out your card. You're left guessing with older apps. If you're not sure, just say \"no.\"\nApple is also clamping down on apps' ability to infer your location by identifying nearby Wi-Fi networks, which can be matched to location databases. Apps that want that information must already have location permission from you or meet Apple's criteria for needing that information. This won't affect your ability to use apps over Wi-Fi, as that's set up through your phone, not the app.\nWhen sharing photos through the Photos app, you can now remove embedded location information by tapping on the small \"Options\" link at the top of the screen. Location is shared by default, and you need to turn it off each time.\nYou can disable the camera's ability to embed location information to begin with. To do that, go to \"Privacy\" in the phone's settings, then \"Location Services,\" ''Camera\" and finally the \"Never\" option. This feature exists in earlier versions of iOS as well.\nREDUCING ROBOCALLS\nA new setting lets you silence unknown callers. You'll still hear from numbers you've recently called or ones stored in your contacts, as well as from numbers the digital assistant Siri finds in other apps, such as within your emails. But the iPhone will assume everything else is spam and send it straight to voice mail.\nThis option is off by default; you need to turn it on under \"Phone\" in the settings. Apple will also suggest the option when you look through your recent and missed calls.\nGap offers muted outlook for annual earnings, lower profit\nGap offers a downbeat annual profit outlook after reporting a 43 percent drop in net income for the second quarter\nBeer mega merger: what court ruling means for troubled deal\nA British court has recommended that two classes of shareholders be created and vote separately on AB InBev's 79 billion pound ($104 billion) takeover of SABMiller\nAP NewsBreak: Feds want to ban swimming with Hawaii dolphins\nFederal regulators are proposing a ban on swimming with dolphins in Hawaii\nDelphi, Mobileye join forces on autonomous car platform\nAuto parts and electronics company Delphi Automotive is joining with Israeli software maker Mobileye to develoDelphi and Mobileye plan to build a complete autonomous driving platformp the building blocks for a fully autonomous car in about two years\nBest Buy posts higher profit, better online and store sales\nBest Buy's profit has jumped 21 percent for the second quarter\nSome vacation spots quietly benefit as travelers avoid Zika\nZika fears are leading some to book away from the Caribbean and Florida\n#Businesses Tweets\nEmporium Post fulfils the need to know all things about consumers and how businesses can take this opportunity to reach their own customers.\nContact us: sales@emporiumpost.com\nHome All Stories Press Releases About Emporium Post Advertise With Us Contact Us\nCopyright \u00a9 2015 - 2020 Emporium Post. 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{"text":"Congratulations to Yutong Wu for winning the Anson H. Rowe Award and Cordelia Jin for winning the Kenneth John Bissett Award. We are so proud of the both of you! Read more about the awards\nLeft to Right: Carmen Chan, Cordelia Jin, Yutong Wu\n\u200bOur undergraduate students, Carmen Chan, Cordelia Jin, and Yutong Wu, recently attended the Ivy League Undergraduate Research Symposium to present their research. \u200b\nHuge congrats to Yutong Wu who will be starting her PhD program at Northwestern University in Communication this Fall!\nProfessor Poppy McLeod has been named the next University Marshal. She will lead the commencement procession and emcee the ceremony for 2020. Congratulations, Professor McLeod!\nProfessor Poppy McLeod was honored with Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellowship Award in recognition of her excellence in teaching and mentoring undergrads. Congratulations, Professor McLeod! Read More\nProfessor Poppy McLeod took on the role of Chair of the Department of Communication.\nOur undergraduate students, Cordelia and Yutong, presented their poster \"Effects of Avatar Gender on Negotiation Strategy and Outcomes in an Immersive Virtual Environment\" at the 68th Conference of the International Communication Association in Prague, Czech Republic, May 24-28.\nLeft to right: Yutong Wu and Cordelia Jin\nProfessor Poppy McLeod was the program chair for the 2017 INGRoup conference in St. Louis, MO, July 20 - 23.\nAngel (Yi-Ching) Liu, Ph.D. has completed her degree and taken a job as Assistant Professor in the National Taiwan University College of Management.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Please select... Australian Institute of Music Belmont University Berklee College of Music Boston College Boston University Bowdoin College Box Hill Institute Bridgewater State University Brock University Brown University Bucknell University Capital University Carleton College Carleton University Carnegie Mellon University Central Queensland University Christchurch City Libraries Colby College Columbia College Columbia University Cuyahoga County Public Library DePaul University Dickinson College Duke University Eastman School of Music Emerson College Fairfield University Flagler College Forsyth Technical Community College George Washington University Griffith University Harvard University Inholland University of Applied Sciences KU Leuven Lafayette College Las Vegas-Clark County Library District Library of Congress Loyola Marymount University Lund University (Lunds universitet) MacEwan University Macquarie University Manchester Metropolitan University McGill University Middle Tennessee State University Monash University Nasjonalbiblioteket - National Library of Norway New England Conservatory of Music New York University NUI Maynooth Ohio State University Penn State University Popakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg Princeton University RMIT University Saline District Library San Francisco Public Library San Jose Public Library Skidmore College Smith College St. Louis Public Library St. Marys College of Maryland Stanford University Syracuse University Texas Christian University The School of the Art Institute of Chicago Truman State University Tufts University Union College Universite Laval University at Buffalo University of Agder University of Alabama University of Alberta University of Auckland University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Santa Cruz University of Central Oklahoma University of Cincinnati University of Colorado Boulder University of Colorado, Denver (Auraria) University of Houston University of Illinois at Chicago University of Massachusetts Amherst University of Melbourne University of Miami University of Michigan University of Notre Dame University of Oslo University of Otago University of Ottawa University of Pennsylvania University of Queensland University of Richmond University of Southern California University of Sydney University of Texas at San Antonio University of the Arts, Pennsylvania University of the Pacific University of Virginia University of Windsor Vanderbilt University Vassar College Victoria University of Wellington Washington University in St. Louis Wellesley College Wesleyan University Western Oregon University Western University Yale University York University, Canada\nAC\/DC: Flick Of The Switch\nBarney Hoskyns, New Musical Express, 3 September 1983\nFOR THOSE about to cry \"Oh No Not AC\/DC\", I refute you. I'm really sorry about this, but they've made some fine records and remain one of the most dynamic live acts of rock. Of course, the greatest thing about them is dead \u2014 the awesome Bon Scott is missed not just in AC\/DC but metal quarters generally \u2014 but each album sees old Brian Johnson getting that little bit closer to Bon's hirsute tonsilitis. Back In Black is their great record but For Those About To Rock\u2026 was drainingly powerful stuff.\nback to AC\/DC ARTICLES\nback to ARTICLES ABOUT AUSTRALASIAN MUSIC\nback to ARTICLES ABOUT METAL\nback to ARTICLES BY BARNEY HOSKYNS","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Jersey City is divided into the following neighborhoods: Newport, Bergen-Lafayette, Downtown, Greenville, Hackensack Riverfront, Journal Square, Liberty Park, Lincoln Park, McGinley Square, The Heights, and West Side.\nJersey City is in northeastern New Jersey. Its eastern waterfront faces the Hudson River where it meets Upper New York Bay. Liberty State Park has panoramic views of the Manhattan skyline, the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island, the former immigrant gateway. The park's Liberty Science Center features interactive exhibits, live animals and an IMAX Dome theater. Bars and ethnic eateries line downtown's Grove Street.\nJournal Square is a business district, residential area, and transportation hub in Jersey City, New Jersey, which takes its name from the newspaper Jersey Journal whose headquarters were located there from 1911 to 2013. The \"square\" itself is at the intersection of Kennedy Boulevard and Bergen Avenue\nDelia 201.918.9573\nHotels: Ramada by Wyndham Jersey City, Sleephub At Jersey City, Hampton Inn, Academy Hotel, Tacla Blue Hotel","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Largest U.S. Grocery Company Rolls Out Discount Drug Program\nKroger and about a dozen other grocery store brands now offer exclusive discounts on common prescription drugs. Here's how it works.\nPhoto by Nestor Rizhniak \/ Shutterstock.com\nThe Kroger Co. is launching a new program that promises to slash prescription drug prices by up to 85 percent for folks across the country, the corporation recently announced.\nThe program is called the Kroger Rx Savings Club and will be available at multiple chains that are part of the Kroger Co., including the Kroger grocery store chain. Others in the program include:\nMariano's\nPick 'n Save\nThe Kroger Co. developed the Rx Savings Club in partnership with GoodRx, a free tool we detail in \"6 Websites That Will Slash Your Prescription Drug Costs.\" The company says it's rolling out the new program nationwide this month.\nHow the Kroger Rx Savings Club works\nMembers of the Kroger Rx Savings Club can get discounts of up to 85 percent on commonly prescribed generic medications for conditions that are common in the U.S., according to the Kroger Co.\nThere are three main tiers of discounts for the drugs included in the program:\n30-day or 90-day supplies (free)\n30-day ($3) and 90-day ($6) supplies\n30-day ($6) and 90-day ($12) supplies\nThe drugs that will be free through the program are:\nLisinopril-HCTZ\nMetformin IR\nYou can search for specific drugs on the Kroger Rx Savings Club website to find out if medications that you or your household takes are available through the program and what they would cost.\nYou can also search for participating pharmacies on the program website. The Kroger Co. is the second-largest retailer and the largest grocery store company in the U.S. by sales, according to the National Retail Federation. So, the chances are good that its new program is available at a pharmacy near you.\nJoining the Kroger Rx Savings Club costs $36 per year for an individual and $72 per year for families of up to six people. According to the program's website, individual members would save $461 per year, on average, and families would save $1,064.\nMore ways to save on prescription drugs\nYou don't need to join the Kroger Rx Savings Club to get medications for free. Several unrelated supermarket chains offer medications to customers for free, as we detail in \"5 Grocery Store Chains That Offer Free Prescription Drugs.\"\nFor plenty of other ways to find cheaper medications, check out \"10 Expert Tips for Slashing Prescription Drug Costs.\"\nWhat's your take on this news? Would you pay an annual membership fee for access to drug discounts? Let us know why or why not \u2014 comment below or on our Facebook page.\nDon't Get Conned by These 5 Common Work-From-Home Scams\nScammers and con artists prey on your hopes of earning money from home. But you can spot these crooks with a little know-how.\n8 Amazon Picks Under $30 for Coffee Lovers\nWe've brewed up a list of amazing Amazon products that are sure to perk you up.\nThese Are the 9 Best Benefits of Amazon Prime\nHow to Stop Living Paycheck to Paycheck in 8 Steps\n9 Free Things That Used to Cost Us Money\nThe 3 Worst Money Mistakes You Are Making at the Gas Station\n8 Key Steps to Planning for Retirement as a Couple\n26 Things Everyone Should Keep in Their Car\n5 Monthly Bills You Can Easily Negotiate Down","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Leupold & Stevens, Inc. Acquires Anodize Solutions\nCareers | Leupold\nNational Shooting Sports Foundation Launches...\nLeupold Announces Partnership with John Dudley\nAuthor: Leupold Staff\nLeupold & Stevens, Inc. has acquired Anodize Solutions, effective immediately.\nOregon-based Anodize Solutions provides anodizing services to outdoor-related manufacturers across North America. The company will operate as a subsidiary of Leupold & Stevens and continue to report to its current management team. Anodize Solutions and its leadership team have been longtime, key strategic partners supporting Leupold's U.S.-manufactured products.\n\"Our partnership with the founders and key members of Anodize Solutions has spanned over 25 years,\" said Bruce Pettet, president and chief executive officer of Leupold & Stevens, Inc. \"The strategic acquisition protects a critical component of our supply chain and will allow us to use their expertise to improve upon the design and manufacture of our products. I'm proud to welcome their entire team to the Leupold & Stevens family.\"\nRichard Bretherton, President of Anodize Solutions, will continue to run the company's operations as general manager. The company will remain in its Tualatin, Ore., facility.\nPrevious Article Back to Blog Next Article","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"ORGANIZE YOUR TRAVEL\nFocus Qatar\nFrancavilla al Mare, (Chieti)\nFrancavilla al Mare is a comune and town in the Province of Chieti in the Abruzzo region of Italy.The area was inhabited since prehistory, and early remains have been found at St. Cecilia. In 1162 the village was granted immunity from taxes for 12 years, and this episode also gave origin to the name \"Francavilla\" (meaning \"free town\"). The harbour was a flourishing commercial key point in the Adriatic Sea, but in the 16th century was plundered by Turkish troops. The town was held by families such as the Caracciolo and D'Avalos in the following centuries. In the late 19th century Francavilla was already a well known seaside resort and the seat of an artistic literary circle with relevant figures as Francesco Paolo Michetti, Gabriele D'Annunzio, F.P. Tosti, who met at the \"Conventino\", in the former monastery of Santa Maria di Ges\u00f9.ReferencesExternal linksOfficial website\nFONDAZIONE MICHETTI \"MU.MI.\"\nThe Foundation named after Francesco Paolo Michetti was insituted in 1952, a few years after the foundation of the Michetti National Painting Prize. It is situated...\nMUSEO MICHETTI\nSituated in the rooms of the convent which used to be the meeting point of the group of artists assembled around Francesco Paolo Michetti, the Museum puts on display...\nVisualizza tutti (2)\nFrancavilla al Mare and surroundings\nBASILICA DI SAN GIOVANNI IN VENERE\nMUSEO MUSICALE D'ABRUZZO ARCHIVIO F.P.TOSTI - PALAZZO CORVO\nMUSEO PALAZZO DE TITTA\nCATTEDRALE DI SAN TOMMASO APOSTOLO\nMUSEO DELL'ABRUZZO BIZANTINO ED ALTO MEDIOEVO\nSerramonacesca\nABBAZIA DI SAN LIBERATORE A MAJELLA\nSantuario del Volto Santo\nAntica Teate - Anfiteatro Romano (Civitella)\nANSAViaggiArt\nCasa Giulietta 'albergo' per una notte a San Valentino\nAl MANN 4 topolini mai visti per il Capodanno cinese\nA Palermo i lingotti di \"Oricalco\" scoperti a Gela\nA Rimini per i cent'anni di Federico Fellini\nViaggiArt is a project of\nFind your next destination","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"> ARTISTS > WORKS > GUIDO MANCUSI\nGUIDO MANCUSI\nWILLIAM KERSTEN\nTHE FAUXHARMONIC ORCHESTRA\nHANS G\u00c1L\nPrometu Fanfare\nCranici - A Nice Dream\nCranici - End Title\nMagus - Main Title\nHerb Tucmandl presents early film music of Guido Mancusi\nWriting about this project has special significance for me as it takes me back to my origins in the world of music and film, which formed the basis of my later career. Guido and I were classmates at the Musikgymnasium Wien (a special upper-secondary academic school with an emphasis on music) and we both finished in 1985 with the \"Matura\" (A-level). At that time, Guido was a great admirer of American film music, especially of John Williams' scores. His extraordinary talent as a young composer enabled him to write outstanding music in the \"Hollywood style\" as an 18 year-old student!\nSince I am also a fan of John Williams and the works of Jerry Goldsmith and John Barry (to name a few) there was no question that Guido would compose the soundtrack for my first feature-length fiction film, \"I Cranici dell'Ibico\". It was an epic score for large symphony orchestra, played by the orchestra of the Musikgymnasium Wien.\nLooking back today \u2013 27 years later \u2013 and after intense studies of Guido's scores of that time I realized the outstanding achievements inherent in these early works. They are particularly noteworthy when you think of the so-called \"classical\" university studies of composition and conducting at that time in Vienna. American mainstream film music didn't play a role in those studies, and nothing comparable was composed or produced.\nManuscript of \"Prometu Fanfare\"","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Remington Threatens Move Over Microstamping\nby Dan Zimmerman |\nAmong the great mysteries of the world (why do people drive on a parkway and park on a driveway?) one that has bedeviled gun owners and gun rights advocates for decades is the preponderance of gun manufacturers that are located in decidedly anti-gun states. For some companies, this is due to history and inertia. Colt's been in Connecticut for almost 200 years and it's frickin' expensive to move a business, particularly a manufacturing operation. But at some point, the fact that you aren't wanted begins to outweigh the costs of re-location and Remington may be reaching that decision point . . .\nThe Freedom Group holding has sent a letter to New York's Governor Andrew Cuomo threatening to redirect new business \u2013 and possibly move their existing facilities \u2013 if the state's proposed microstamping legislation becomes law in the Empire State.\n\"Mandating firearms micro- stamping will restrict the ability of Remington to expand business in the Empire State,\" company chief strategy officer Stephen Jackson Jr. wrote to Cuomo.\n\"Worse yet, Remington could be forced to reconsider its commitment to the New York market altogether rather than spend the astronomical sums of money needed to completely reconfigure our manufacturing and assembly processes.\"\nBut nydailynews.com reports that one of the primary sponsors of the proposed regulation is willing to call the company's bluff.\nSenate bill sponsor Jose Peralta dismissed Remingtons warning as \"just another tactic being used to try and block microstamping, which is supported by many crime-fighters.\"\nHe said gun manufacturers didn't leave California and Massachusetts when those states enacted ballistic identification rules.\nCuomo during his 2010 campaign called microstamping a \"common-sense\" and \"pro-law enforcement\" gun safety law.\nThe governors position has not changed, even with Remingtons threat to leave, Cuomo spokesman Josh Vlasto said.\nIn a competitive marketplace among states to attract thriving businesses and jobs, it certainly hasn't escaped Remington's managers that there are plenty of more hospitable options out there.\nIf the company actually announced a move, they would have to hand out line tickets to all of the representatives beating a path to Remington's door from states that would not only welcome a gunmaker with open arms, but would also dangle significant business-friendly economic inducements such as tax breaks, free land, infrastructure improvements, lower individual tax rates and manufacturing-friendly right to work laws.\nNew York's microstamping bill's not expected to become law \u2013 at least not now \u2013 as it probably doesn't have the votes to get through the Republican-controlled Senate. But Remington evidently felt a warning shot from Iliona was good insurance. And whether the law passes nor not, if I were running the economic development authority of a gun-friendly state that wanted to bring a thousand or so good-paying manufacturing jobs home, I'd have a trip to western New York penciled in on my calendar.\nUPDATE: Click here for news of the NY State Legislature's latest move on microstamping.\nI understand that South Dakota has made numerous overtures to various firearm manufacturers in gun-averse states.\nSome Sock Puppet says:\nI wish they'd make those same overtures to gun owners located in this craphole state. I'd move to South Dakota in a moment if they'd help.\nDrewR55 says:\nYou've mentioned Colt's existing facilities located in CT. but they announced recently that they'll be opening production plant in Florida. Would you say that Colt is reading the writing on the wall?\nhttp:\/\/www.coltsmfg.com\/About\/NewsEvents\/tabid\/71\/articleType\/ArticleView\/articleId\/32\/Colt-to-Open-New-Facility.aspx\nDan Zimmerman says:\nIf you were going to expand your company's operations with a brand new facility and you could do it anywhere, would you choose a location that has onerous regulations on the products you produce, high taxes and demonstrates that it hates your very existence? Or would you do it in a place where your business is welcomed, there are no individual income taxes and you're free to hire anyone you want?\nI think he was asking whether the company's future destination was already a foregone conclusion. Namely, Florida.\nDerek says:\n\"\u2026thousand or so good-paying manufacturing jobs\u2026\"\nNot to mention property tax, utilities services, the workers families ( even more income and sales tax) moving as well.\nMatt Gregg says:\nGood for the Freedom Group, let's hope Rey follow through and completely pull out of New York.\nAnd just how many firearm manufacturers are there in California and Massachusetts? If there are any in CA then I imagine they haven't left yet because the micro stamping law hasn't been enforced yet. Is MA enforcing their law yet?\nIt is not law in Mass yet. (Correct? I hope?) I was at the committee hearing on June 22 last year, and have heard nothing about it since. Unless there was some rip van winkle operation going on, I assume I would have heard something from GOAL or NRA, or even on the forums.\nThe microstamping law was passed but never went into effect because of the absence of technology to allow implementation. As I understand it, there is one guy who has the patent, and believing he's sitting on a gold mine, refuses to license or sell. On top of that, no technology has been shown to be reliable.\nMrJest says:\nMore specifically, the law is written such that micro-stamping will go into effect \"when the AG says so\"\u2026 so, although it's on the books in CA, it will likely never be put into effect. And yes, there are several (smaller) firearms manufacturers in CA and yes, they will most likely flee in a heartbeat if the AG starts the program.\n-MJ\nF-them. After years of the gun industry experiencing NY and certain other state's (Il, CA, MA, etc) anti-gun and anti-freedom politics, the Freedom Group is now making threats? They just recently relocated Marlin (a once great arms maker) to NY. Real smart FG boys. Couldn't they see the distant writing on the wall?\nRuger not only makes their guns in America (not Austria, Germany, Japan, China), they manufacture them in Arizona and New Hampshire two states that believe (more than others) in liberty and in the RKBA.\n\"New York's microstamping bill's not expected to become law as it probably doesn't have the votes to get past the Republican-controlled Senate\".\n\u2014 I'm not a supporter of when the media features stories with sensationalist leaning headlines only to later read disclaimers that the upcoming events probably won't happen. I do think a post covering the irony of so many gun makers being located in anti-gun states is fine by itself to read.\nBLAMMO says:\nAlmost funny. Most of the ghost towns in upstate NY (and there are many) became ghost towns during the first Cuomo regime. I doubt Andrew could find Ilion on a map that isn't labeled.\nDr. Kenneth Noisewater says:\nSpeaking of which, sending a letter to Mario Cuomo probably won't be worth much.. Then again, neither would a letter to the current governor, his son Andrew Cuomo..\nD'oh! Text amended.\nI know he couldn't find Iliona even with labels.\nif this passes, i hope Remington makes good on their promise.\nPlease enlighten me. Does this law force putting an identifier on the firing pin, or is it laser etching of each cartridge? In the latter case, the patent holders made a huge lobbying effort to force ammunition manufacturers to adopt the patented method, which no doubt would make billions for the patent holders. I suspect that the firing pin identifier has the same underlying motives.\nIm not quick sure either, but just like the serial numbers that criminals care so much about, couldnt and etching on a cartridge or any stamping on the firing pin be removed by anyone who can field strip a gun? And what does this mean for reloaders? Lastly, i already paid 25 bucks to gun, if its the cartridges that are unique how much will they inevitably try charges to \"register\" those?\nOr just use a brass catcher on the gun, then stop at the range to pick up someone else's cases and leave them at the crime scene. This law is a joke.\nRevolver use will have to become against the law too. No cases will be left at the scene of the crime.\nIt's hard to see why any company still makes stuff in New York when there are so many options available.\nWhat hasn't Henry moved yet? It's a short jump to Pennsylvania.\nFreedom Group says \"we'll move if you go forward with microstamping,\" but what they mean is \"we're losing our shirts so we have to consolidate plants, but it sounds better to the gun community if we blame microstamping.\"\nMay I say from the bottom of my heart: FU FG. Oh, wait. Jose Peralta already said that.\nHey, I said that above too.\nThat makes three FUs.\nUnfortunately, only Peralta's counts. \ud83d\ude41\nmikeb302000 says:\nShouldn't we all be investing in the stock market? Aren't Ruger, Remington, Smith and Wesson liable to go through the roof between now and when Obama wins the election, and even for a while after?\nYou gun lovers would have no moral dilemma like I might. Are you all invested? How come I never hear about it?\nActually, I have invested in gun companies. I also have investments in energy, medical, technology, and the service sectors. I like investing money in successful companies, because I like making more money to buy guns and ammunition.\nDo you have your money in a bank that is part of the Federal Reserve System the private banking cartel whose monetary policies make it impossible for the poor to feed their children or do you belong to a free independent credit union? Do you use FRN (greed paper banker monopoly money) rather than barter with physical gold, silver, and trade? Will you vote for Obama again who is ultimately responsible for Fast and Furious, and therefore hundreds of dead Mexican civilians? Since guns in America save and protect far more innocent good people than other users harm I am in full support for investing in gun makers. BTW, buying government bonds puts future generations into deeper debt slavery so never buy those bonds.\nAZRon says:\nWhy yes, since you ask, I am invested.\nI started with a meager outlay in the mid-90's, continually bought shares, and retired at the age of 40. I'm still enjoying the only thing that Obama has ever done that benefits an honest, self-reliant man.\nPlease, PLEASE don't tell him that I'm a cracker, lest I be assessed reparations on top of capital gains taxes.\nI'm invested in commodities, such as precious metals and guns and ammunition. I need the latter to protect the former.\nborekfk says:\nIf you ask some of the politicians, I'm pretty sure some of them believe they're doing the factory workers a service by having the evil gun company move and lay them off.\nI'm with the Democrat \u2013 they're not going to do it. Companies stopped having principles decades ago. They'll whine and throw a fit and then bend over and take it in the ass because they're run by cowards who'd rather run the business (and eventually the entire industry) into the ground than lose a few cents off their stock price in the short term.\nThey bend over, as you so colorfully put it, and then take a tax break to make themselves feel better. Think of a tax break as an anesthetic suppository.\nIt's hard to say whether they'll move, but you're probably right. Companies that move tend to do so much less fanfare. I've seen two Silicon Valley companies, one a moderately large player and one a huge player in the tech industry, expand their operations dramatically in the (non-Californian) area where I live. They aren't jumping up and down squealing about the hostile business climate or leftist nutjobs running the state (and in many cases local) government; they're just quietly taking their business elsewhere while their California operations wither.\nMany of you may be aware that Para (formerly, 'Para-Ord') left Toronto, Canada, after the former anti-gun Mayor (David Miller) banned firearms manufacturing in the city. Para is now located in North Carolina, having taken good jobs and tax revenues with them.\nAnd Para is now owned by the Freedom Group, so you can kiss Para quality goodbye.\nProbably Remington is blowing smoke, but they are playing politics like about everyone else. Get a bunch of offers to relocate and see if any are worth while. See what other states will offer in aid, environmental, labor, and infrastructure. I thought Ithaca being in Ohio makes more sense than NY. I know Ithaca is really a different company now. I think liberal anti-gun New England States blow and I would move the stuff to the Mid-West or West. Illinois does not count. Aw\u2026heck move it all to Indiana.\nLevi B says:\nMaybe they should just do it now and get it over with. They're going to be forced to at some point, might as well be when the gun industry is strong as hell!\nRusty Shackleford says:\nI don't think anyone could find \"Iliona\" on a NY map haha.\nBru Zulsdorf says:\nWith record sales and record profits, now is the perfect time to move out of the anti-gun NY and to a pro-2nd Amendment state.\nThink of all the tax write offs for moving and constructing a new manufacturing facility! I'm guessing Remington could also get special tax incentives from their new \"home\" state.\nDo it, otherwise Obama and the Dems will tax and spend your profits, anyway.\nCommenterfromTX says:\nAll you execs keep in mind there are no income taxes in TX.\nBring the NYSE while you are at it.\nIts just a matter of time until finance moves as well.\nMark Turner says:\nI would not want to be holding Freedom Group stock after November when Obozo gets his clock royally cleaned.\nMark, is that just wishful thinking or do you really think Obama will lose big?\nConsider the bozo candidates on the GOP side, is such a thing really possible in your mind?\nMr Buckeye says:\nPlease move to Ohio, we could use the jobs!\nDaveL says:\nIn this context, \"Common Sense\" means \"Appeals to the prejudices of a particular constituency, but cannot withstand even moderate scrutiny.\"\nGeorge B says:\nRemington headquarters are located in North Carolina and they already manufacture some guns in Kentucky. Remington is part of the Freedom Group family of companies which also includes Bushmaster with facilities in North Carolina. I could see Remington moving more manufacturing to North Carolina or Kentucky to be closer to both management and customers.\nTulsa Jack says:\nBy the way, what is \"micro-stamping?\"\nGene Zimmerman says:\nI live in Ilion, NY home of Remington Arms since its founding back in 1816. Generations of my family have worked there and my brother currently works there right now. I actually went to Remington grade school the large building on the bottom right of the picture. I'm extremely mad about the new laws. It's not just about the negative effect this will have on my community and the value of my home. It's about our freedoms and the principals of the founding fathers being eroded away.\nI listened to the SOTU. Obama pushed his anti-gun agenda during his speech saying the dead deserve a vote. My immediate response question: You say the dead deserve a vote. What about the millions who died fighting to preserve our Constitutional freedoms? What would they say to and about a president who betrays his presidential oath of office?\nJon Boa says:\nLet me put it to you this way. I will not buy products from manufacturers who pay taxes to state governements that continue to restricts or hinders the rights given to all Americans by the USC. If the big logo brands will not stand up for my rights, there are PLENTY of the local gunsmiths and dealers who will. I am sorry, but I will not allow my purchase to be taxed by the liberal fascist state governements.\nThe Obama-nation removed God from their platform until a national outrage forced them to put it back in. Obama-nation college professors want to rewrite the USC because they feel it is outdated? Obama-nation fascist liberals want more gun laws the criminals will not obey, but law abiding citizens will have to. So, criminals will still have guns and citizens will not. Gun bans have failed in EVERY blue state that has them, but the they insist we need a national ban. Fact: Crime actually went down in states where the gun bans were lifted \u2013 why? Because the criminals knew the citizens were no longer hapless sheeps for the picking. They had to think twice before comitting a crime because the sheeps may actually shoot back. The Obama-nation always wanted to ban guns and was just looking a reason to do it! The liberal fascists know it it harder to oppress a \"well armed militia\"! That's why we have the 2nd Amendment! Think America!\nAll LE Agency's should be made to have all their firearms micro stamp retrofitted in order to protect the public and officer in case the officers gun is stolen and used in a crime.\nAnyone that went along with this is a Nazi.\nDid you ever wonder if any of those non-booked guns from the phony and illegal gun buy backs ever made it back on the streets ? No way of knowing because they were not purchased legally through an FFL and entered into an A & D Book ? Good way for criminals to have evidence go missing.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Ford suspends production of F-150 trucks\nUpdated: 7:08 PM EDT May 9, 2018\nFord Motor Co. is suspending production of the F-150 truck, its best-selling and most profitable vehicle, after a fire at a supplier's plant in Michigan last week.Ford announced that it will suspend production of the F-150 truck at its plant in Dearborn, Michigan Wednesday night. It has already suspended truck production at a plant in Kansas City, Missouri. Those are the only plants that make the truck.A company spokesperson said he doesn't know when production will begin again. Ford doesn't expect any disruption for customers or dealerships because it has an 84-day supply of the truck in dealers' inventories.\nFord Motor Co. is suspending production of the F-150 truck, its best-selling and most profitable vehicle, after a fire at a supplier's plant in Michigan last week.\nFord announced that it will suspend production of the F-150 truck at its plant in Dearborn, Michigan Wednesday night. It has already suspended truck production at a plant in Kansas City, Missouri. Those are the only plants that make the truck.\nA company spokesperson said he doesn't know when production will begin again. Ford doesn't expect any disruption for customers or dealerships because it has an 84-day supply of the truck in dealers' inventories.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Sugar caster: C.2435 & A-1928\nCurrent Location: Gallery 27 (Glaisher)\nProduction: Metal Pot Factory\nProprietor: Lambertus van Eenhoorn\nSugar caster\nsugar castor\nTin-glazed earthenware\nTin-glazed earthenware painted in blue\nBuff earthenware, moulded in two parts, the upper pierced, tin-glazed overall, and painted in blue. The cylindrical lower part has fluted sides and a recessed base. The upper part has straight fluted sides and a domed fluted top, both pierced by circular holes. The finial or knob is in the form of an inverted cone. There us a thread on the inside top edge of the lower part, and the inside lower edge of the top part permitting them to be screwed together. Both parts are decorated overall with sprays of hawthorn-like leaves and berries, with larger sprays of flowers and foliage at intervals. The lower edge of the cover has a border of white spoted ovals reserved in a blue band, and the lower edge of the body has a border of blue semi-circular motifs with smaller blue spots between them. The finial has a blue summit with a blue zig-zag border below.\nHistory note: S.E. Mossel of Amsterdam, 6 Manette Street, Charing Cross Road, London, from whom purchased on 9 November 1900 (with seven other pieces)\nDr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest\nDelft \u2abc Holland \u2abc United Provinces of the Netherlands\nMethod of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr\nCirca 1694 CE - 1721 CE\nLabel text from the exhibition 'Feast and Fast: The Art of Food in Europe, 1500\u20131800', on display at The Fitzwilliam Museum from 26 November 2019 until 31 August 2020: Sugar caster with sprays, berries and flowers. Metal Pot Factory, Delft, Netherlands, 1691\u20131724. Tin-glazed earthenware\nDecoration composed of cobalt\nbuff Earthenware\nTin-glaze\nMoulding : Buff earthenware, moulded in two parts screwing together, the upper part pierced, tin-glazed, and painted in blue\nTin-glazing\nInscription present: the V is formed by the upstrokes of the L and E which are joined\nText: LVE\/4\/IK\nMethod of creation: Painted in blue\nType: Factory mark\nReferences and bibliographic entries\nCatalogue of the Glaisher Collection of Pottery and Porcelain in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge page(s): 316\nFeast & Fast. The Art of Food in Europe 1500-1800\nDelfts aardewerk, Geschiedenis van een nationaal product page(s): pp. 154-97\nFeast and Fast: The Art of Food in Europe (1500-1800)\nAccession number: C.2435 & A-1928\nOld object number: 1158\nCreated: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 27 November 2020 Last processed: Wednesday 11 January 2023\nThe Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) \"Sugar caster\" Web page available at: https:\/\/data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk\/id\/object\/73511 Accessed: 2023-01-27 13:51:57\n{{cite web|url=https:\/\/data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk\/id\/object\/73511 |title=Sugar caster |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2023-01-27 13:51:57|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}\n<img src=\"https:\/\/data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk\/imagestore\/aa\/aa40\/c_2435_20_26_20a_1928_1_201403_amt49_dc2.jpg\"\nalt=\"Sugar caster\"\n<figcaption class=\"figure-caption text-info\">Sugar caster<\/figcaption>\nAccession Number: C.2311-1928\nBotanical Dessert - Tin plate\nUniversity of Cambridge - English Breakfast Tea\nPineapple grown in Sir Matthew Decker's garden - Art print\nDeath on a Pale Horse - Art print\nPuzzle jug\nSugar basket","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"The journey of an undocumented Filipino immigrant struggling to survive in the US. Facing homelessness, racism, drug rings, and INS, Andrew seeks to find his place not only in America, but in the world.\nDirector: Marcial Chavez\nActors: Carlos C. Duarte, Craig Cooper, Famious Stephenson, Jose Rosete, Louella Boquiren, Marcus Natividad, Mon Confiado, Olivia Hultgren, Ryan Walker, Shaw Jones, Timothy Castillo\nKeywords:Stateside\nLittle Accidents\nIn a small American coal town living in the shadow of a recent mining accident, the disappearance of a teenage boy draws three people together\u2014a surviving miner, the lonely wife\u2026\nM.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story\nThe film is based on the life of Indian cricketer and the current captain of the Indian national cricket team, Mahendra Singh Dhoni.\nAn ex-mercenary known for finding missing children is hired by a mixed martial arts fighter whose daughter has been kidnapped.\nThe story of a pair of children born within moments of India gaining independence from England, growing up in the country that is nothing like their parent's generation. A Canadian-British\u2026\nA wife and mother is consumed by the thought that her husband's co-worker is trying to win him away from her and their family.\nA Royal Night Out\nThe re-imagining of VE Day in 1945, when Princess Elizabeth and her sister, Margaret were allowed out from Buckingham Palace for the night to join in the celebrations, and encounter\u2026\nGenre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller\nA teacher opens a time capsule that has been dug up at his son's elementary school; in it are some chilling predictions \u2014 some that have already occurred and others\u2026\nGenre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Science Fiction, Thriller\nPsycho BFF\nLedokol\nThe story is based on the real events of 1985. The team of a Russian polar icebreaker \"Mikhail Gromov\" discovered a giant iceberg. The ship came into collision while attempting\u2026\nSurviving Compton: Dre, Suge & Michel'le\nDiscovered at a young age, the shy, squeaky-voiced Michel'le was plucked straight from South Central, Los Angeles and catapulted into the spotlight while riding N.W.A.'s rocket ride of early success\u2026.\nCold War spy Greville Wynne and his Russian source try to put an end to the Cuban Missile Crisis.\nGenre: Drama, Thriller\nJournalist Michael Ausiello embarks on a rollercoaster ride of emotions when Kit Cowan, his partner of 14 years, is diagnosed with terminal cancer.\nBuried in Barstow\nFollows Hazel King, a single mother determined to protect her daughter from the life she once had while defending and protecting those who can't protect themselves.\nJohnny Mnemonic\nA data courier, literally carrying a data package inside his head, must deliver it before he dies from the burden or is killed by the Yakuza. In a dystopian 2021,\u2026\nGenre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Science Fiction, Thriller\nLiberated '70s couple seduce another couple into experimentation with bisexuality and group-sex.\nGenre: Adult, Comedy, Drama\nNannbenda\nSathya falls in love with Ramya at first sight and starts wooing her. But how will he take the revelations of his girlfriend's past?\nWhen a sudden plague of blindness devastates a city, a small group of the afflicted band together to triumphantly overcome the horrific conditions of their imposed quarantine.\nGenre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Science Fiction, Thriller\nKin: Fallen Star\nFor two decades, Hollywood psychic Kioma Son has lived apart from her destiny. This night, she meets a tall dark stranger and everything changes \u2013 Forever.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Paul Ogle\nPaul Richard Ogle, 84 years, of Indian River, MI passed away on Wednesday, January 13, 2021 in St. Luke's Hospital, Maumee, OH, near Toledo.\nThe son of Paul Scott and Leona L. (Brubach) Ogle he was born October 10, 1936 in Toledo, OH. Paul was a 1956 graduate of Woodward High School in Toledo. Career Military, he served in the U.S. Army from 1960 to 1962 Regular Army then served as a staff administrative assistant in the 983rd Reserve Unit until his retirement in 1993.\nPaul loved to camp in his Scamp camper traveling all over the country, going to the annual truck show in St. Ignace, lake freighters, and lighthouses. He was in declining health the past several years, but always had the energy to drive from Indian River to Toledo on a moment's notice. He enjoyed staying at his nephew, Todd's, and was very fond of Toddy, Caleb, and Kimberly Ogle, Todd and Kelli's children. His niece, Lynn Zeitler, gave him the nickname, \"Energizer Bunny\". Paul was the character Uncle of the Ogle Clan.\nHe was preceded in death by his parents, and siblings, Sharon M. Pfaff, Thomas W. Ogle, and James B. Ogle.\nHe is survived by his sister, Gayle H. (Norm) Smith and nephew, Ryan Smith. Also surviving are nieces and nephews, Virginia Cunningham, Lynn (Fred) Zeitler, Michael (Diane) Pfaff, Terry (Kristen) Ogle, Todd (Kelli) Ogle, Tina Wagenhauser (Rick), and Tami Miller (Jeff); and many great-nieces, nephews, and friends, Dave and Brenda Nash. We will all miss him and cherish his memory.\nVisitation, with social distancing guidelines, will be held on Saturday, January 23, 2021 from 12:00 noon until the time of the funeral service at 1:00 p.m. in the Urbanski's Bedford Funeral Chapel 8300 Lewis Avenue Temperance, MI where masks will be required. Burial will follow in Toledo Memorial Park Cemetery, Sylvania, OH with Military Honors conducted by Lambertville VFW Post #9656.\nPaul Richard Ogle, 84 years, of Indian River, MI passed away on Wednesday, January 13, 2021 in St. Luke's Hospital, Maumee, OH, near Toledo. The son of Paul Scott and Leona L. (Brubach) Ogle he was born October 10, 1936 in Toledo, OH. Paul was a 1956 graduate of Woodward High School in Toledo.Continue Reading","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Cannon \"Sincerely Concerned\" after sorry, meeting\nBy Sammy Edwards Last updated Oct 23, 2021\nCORRECTED DATE UNTIL JULY 16, NOT JULY 17 \u2013 This picture by Rabbi Abraham Cooper shows Cooper, left, and Nick Cannon after a conversation on Thursday, July 16, 2020 in Burbank, California. (Rabbi Abraham Cooper via *)\nA prominent rabbi who has met with Nick Cannon says the TV host and producer is \"genuinely concerned about the damage\" he has caused by anti-Semitic utterances and they intend to work together to repel hatred.\nCannon *ologized to the Jewish community this week for his \"hurtful and divisive\" words the day after ViacomCBS cut ties with him over commenting on a podcast discussing racial prejudice and after speaking to Rabbi Abraham on the phone Cooper, the Simon Deputy Dean of the Wiesenthal Center.\nCooper asked him to post the *ology on social media and then met him for a three-hour chat on Thursday at Cannon's corporate headquarters in Burbank, California.\n\"He seems like someone who is sincere in his desire to make sure people understand his *ology,\" Cooper told The Associated Press.\n\"But also \u2026 so as not to move forward and say, 'OK, I have to get back to my normal things, thank you for giving me a lifeline after making this terrible mistake.' It wasn't. The push was: \"OK. What do we do now? How do we roll up our sleeves? What can we do together? '\"\nCooper said he was confident that Cannon will use its widespread social media presence to openly talk about mistakes, fight for social justice, and reject hate messages.\n\"It could have a very, very positive impact on young people,\" said Cooper.\nCooper said he will meet with Cannon again next week and show him historical documents kept at the Wiesenthal Museum, including a 1919 letter from Adolf Hitler depicting Jews as Germany's enemies after World War I.\nCannon was fired as producer of the improvised comedy series \"Wild 'n Out\" on VH1, ViacomCBS's own cable channel, for comments he made on an episode of the podcast \"Cannon's Class\".\nOn the podcast, Cannon and Richard \"Professor Griff\" Griffin, formerly of the r* group Public Enemy, claimed that blacks are the real Hebrews and that Jews have usurped that identity.\nCannon then argued that fair-skinned people \u2013 \"Jews, whites, Europeans\" \u2013 \"are a little less\" and have a \"deficiency\" that in the past has led them to act out of fear and commit acts of violence in order to survive.\nJewish leaders, including the Anti-Defamation League, and prominent rabbis criticized the statements.\nCooper said he raised the \"problem of alleged Jewish privilege\" during his meeting with Cannon on Thursday.\n\"Six million Jews weren't white enough for the Nazis, so the idea of \u200b\u200bdressing Jews in racial and racist terms is just not acceptable,\" he said. \"In fact, it's angry for me personally.\"\nCannon *ologized in a series of posts on Twitter, saying his words \"reinforced the worst stereotypes of a proud and great people and I am ashamed of the ignorant and naive place those words came from.\"\nCannon said the *ology came after talking to Jewish leaders. He thanked Cooper and assured the Jewish community that this was just the beginning of his training.\n\"I am committed to deeper connections, deeper learning and strengthening the bond between our two cultures today and every day in the future,\" he said.\nRequests for an interview or further comments from Cannon's communications team were not immediately addressed.\nCannon is also the host of Fox's \"The Masked Singer\" and the former host of NBC's \"America's Got Talent.\"\nAssociated Press religion coverage is supported by the Lilly Foundation through the Religion News Foundation. The * is solely responsible for this content.\nSchool disruptions hit vulnerable students hardest | National \/ world news\nPG&E gear set off deadly California wildfire\nGiuliani employee sentenced to one year in foreign donor case","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Last modified 37 days ago (Dec. 9, 2020)\nReturn to Marion County Record\nThese offense reports were released this past week by law enforcement agencies:\nLisa M. Slater, rural Peabody, reported a 2006 Articat ATV worth $5,000 was stolen between 5 p.m. Nov. 24 and 8 p.m. Nov. 25 on Needle Rd. near 59th Rd. in rural Peabody.\nBattery of law enforcement officer\nMarion assistant police chief Steve Janzen reported being kicked several times by a woman while he was responding to calls of reckless driving and a possible stolen 2015 Ford F-250 between 5:30 and 6 a.m. Friday at the Country Inn Motel.\nJulie E. Starks, 38, Marion, was arrested on suspicion of battery of a law enforcement officer, criminal deprivation of property, disorderly conduct, and driving with a suspended license.\nThe Ford was registered to CK Oil & Gas, Herington.\nLast modified Dec. 9, 2020\n\u00a9 2021 HOCH PUBLISHING | Marion County Record | Hillsboro Star-Journal | Peabody Gazette-Bulletin | Checkerboard","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Mississippi University for Women related articles\nNew Administrative Roles for Five African Americans at Colleges and Universities\nTaking on new administrative roles are P. Brandon Johnson at the University of Texas at Dallas, Iika McCarter at the Mississippi University for Women, Darryl Jones at Hudson County Community College, Romona West at the University of Arkansas, and Brice Yates at Baylor University in Waco, Texas.\nColleges and Universities Announce the Appointments of 13 Black Administrators\nHere is this week's roundup of African Americans who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States.\nJul 12, 2019 | 2 comments View Post\nFive African Americans Who Have Been Appointed to University Administrative Posts\nThose appointed to new administrative positions are Assata Zerai at the University of New Mexico, Sean C. Garrick at the University of Illinois, Alexis Smith at the Mississippi University for Women, Bulaong Ramiz-Hall at the University of Kansas, and Christopher Jefferson at Pennsylvania State University.\nJun 14, 2019 | 0 comments View Post\nFive African Americans Appointed to New Administrative Posts at Colleges and Universities\nTaking on new duties are Greg Hunley at Mississsippi University for Women, Janet Wormack at Houston Community College in Texas, Tommye Sutton at the University of Virginia, Sheriah Dixon at Syracuse University and Crystal L. Wheeler at Howard University.\nNew Administrative Posts for 13 African Americans in Higher Education\nSix African Americans Taking on New Administrative Duties in Higher Education\nTaking on new roles are Jimmy Teriell Tate at North Carolina Central University, Crystal A. deGregory at Kentucky State, Jenae Jones at Mississippi University for Women, Leon Jones at Oklahoma State, Danita Brown-Young at the University of Illinois, and Ulysses Williams at Voorhees College.\nAug 18, 2017 | 0 comments View Post\nSix African Americans Appointed to High-Level Administrative Posts at Universities\nThe appointees are Angela Jones at Eastern Washington University, Joseph Ballard II at the University of Minnesota, Kim LeDuff at the University of West Florida, Anika Mitchell Perkins at Mississippi University for Women, Pamela Goines at the University of Cincinnati, and Wanda Fleming at Alcorn State University.\nAug 11, 2017 | 1 comment View Post\nUniversities Take Steps to Remove Symbols That Many African Americans Found Offensive\nThe University of Texas removed an inscription from a wall that paid tribute to those who fought for the Confederacy and Cornell University renamed its 3,500-acre Cornell Plantations to the Cornell Botanic Gardens.\nSep 05, 2016 | 0 comments View Post\nThree African Americans Named to Key Administrative Posts in Higher Education\nThe new administrative appointees are LeAnn Alexander at the Mississippi University for Women, Debra Daniels at the University of Utah, and Dion Lewis at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania.\nBlack Enrollments at State Universities in Mississippi\nThere are 3,285 African Americans enrolled at the University of Mississippi this fall. They make up 14.2 percent of the total enrollments. Blacks make up 37.4 percent of the state's population.\nSep 30, 2014 | 1 comment View Post\nUniversity Project Creating a Database of Runaway Slave Advertisements\nChristian Friar, a student at the Mississippi University for Women, is spending the summer chronicling runaway slave advertisements in pre-Civil War newspapers from Alabama and Mississippi.\nMississippi University for Women Undertakes an Oral History of the Local Civil Rights Movement\nEleven students are conducting the interviews which will be digitally stored at the Columbus-Lowdnes Public Library.\nApr 12, 2012 | 0 comments View Post","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Centenary Stage Company\nCSC Merchandise\nWPS: Badlands\nWomen Playwrights Series\nWednesday, November 11 at 7:30 pm\nKutz Theatre : Lackland Performing Arts Center\nby Nora Leahy\nThe play follows three library employees in the heart of \"The Badlands\" who have become first responders to the opioid crisis and witness to a changing neighborhood. Badlands examines what we owe to each other, and to the places we come from.\nAdmission by donation.\nAdvanced reservations require a $5.00 minimum donation.\nDue to COVID-19 restrictions and requirements seating is limited. Advance reservation recommended.\nAbout WPS\nLIVE STREAM! In addition to the in-person live performance Centenary Stage Company's Women Playwrights Series events will be live streamed during the presentation.\nEnjoy our WPS program? Please consider making a WPS donation using our secure on-line service or PayPal. Your contribution in any dollar amount goes a long way in supporting this unique program!\nCSC Portal\nAbout the Playwright: Nora Leahy\nA Chicago-based playwright and theatre artist. Nationally, her work has been developed or produced at Lean Ensemble Theater (Hilton Head, SC); The Shuler Theater (Raton, NM); Nashville Story Garden (Nashville, TN); The Arden (Philadelphia, PA); Actors Theatre of Charlotte (Charlotte, NC). In Chicago her work has been seen at The New Colony, The Greenhouse Theater, Victory Gardens, and Jackalope Theatre Company.\nHer plays have been nationally recognized, including BADLANDS (Relentless Award Honorable Mention, 2019); IF YOU FORGET ME (Princess Grace Award Semi-Finalist, 2019); and THE BRIDGE (Woodward Newman Award Finalist, 2017). Nora was the recipient of the 2020 Haas Fellowship at PlayPenn in Philadelphia on behalf of BADLANDS.\nNora currently serves as Managing Director of Jackalope Theatre Company in Chicago, a company committed to cultivating theatre that manifests the adventure deeply rooted in the American mythos. Previously she served as Business Manager of Lookingglass Theatre Company and Managing Director of Two Pigs Productions. In 2018, Nora was named one of the \"50 People Who Really Perform For Chicago Theatre\" by NewCity Magazine.\nLackland Performing Arts Center\n715 Grand Ave. Hackettstown, NJ 07840\nboxoffice@centenarystageco.org\ninfo@centenarystageco.org\nMonday - Friday: 1:00pm - 5:00pm\nSaturday: 2 Hours Prior to any Event\u200b\nSunday: 2 Hours Prior to any Event\n\u00a9 2019 by Centenary Stage Company.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Home\/News\/20 Percent for MSEs is a Must from April 2015: Kalraj Mishra\n20 Percent for MSEs is a Must from April 2015: Kalraj Mishra\nSMEStreet Desk Follow on Twitter Send an email December 9, 2014Last Updated: December 9, 2014\nWhile showcasing yet another strong evidence of Government's action oriented approach towards MSME's reforms, Union Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), Kalraj Mishra in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha informed that all Central Public Sector Units (CPSUs), Central Government Ministries and Departments must procure 20 percent of products and services from micro and small enterprises (MSEs).\nWhile Public Procurement Policy emerged as a great motivational boost for MSMEs, but this statement from the Minister himself at the highest forum of Indian democracy is undoubtedly a great news for Indian MSMEs.\nMr Mishra stated, \"The Government has issued directions under the Public Procurement Policy for Micro and Small Enterprise (MSEs) Order 2012, to all the Central Public Sector Undertakings (CPSUs), Central Government Ministries and Departments for an overall procurement of minimum of 20 percent of products and services from Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) units.\"\n\"This 20 percent procurement from MSEs will be mandatory with effect from 1st April, 2015,\" he added. According to an official government release, the brief details of some of the efforts made by the Government to enhance procurement from MSEs are as follows:-\nThe communications are being issued from Ministry of MSME to all Central Ministries\/Departments\/CPSUs to comply with all the provisions of the Public Procurement Policy for MSE, Order 2012.\nOne to One interaction meetings with CPSUs for enhancing procurement from MSEs by CPSUs are organized.\nStakeholder consultation workshops has been conducted for the awareness and better understanding of the policy.\nVendor Development programme are organized by Field Institutes of this Ministry spread all over India, as well as by CPSUs for developing of MSE Vendors.\nFor facilitating Match making of buyers and suppliers, a software based upon ITC HS Code has been developed which is a copyright of this Ministry.\nGrievance Cell has been opened in this Ministry for sorting out grievances\/problems related to procurement.\nReview Committee has been constituted to review and monitor the achievements made under the policy.\nMSME sector contributes 8 percent of GDP and accounts for around 40 percent of the total exports and around 45 percent of the manufacturing output.\nAs per the Fourth All India Census of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, total number of Enterprises of the MSME sector is 361.76 lakh of which 15.64 are registered Enterprises. The sector provides employment to 805.24 lakh persons. MSME sector is the largest job provider after agriculture sector.\nKalraj Mishra Ministry of MSME MSMEs Procurement Policy\nHappy Hours India: A Foodie Delight on Mobile\nUS SMEs ready to Invest in India","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Tiny Tests Seek the Universe's Big Mysteries\nexperimental physics\nBy Joshua Sokol\nHuge supercolliders aren't the only way to search for new physical phenomena. A new generation of experiments that can fit on a tabletop are probing the nature of dark matter and dark energy and searching for evidence of extra dimensions.\nVideo: David Moore of Stanford University describes how, inside this chamber, silica spheres probe for distortions of gravity.\nPeter DaSilva for Quanta Magazine\nJoshua Sokol\nContributing Correspondent\natomic physicsdark energydark matterexperimental physicsextra dimensionsoptical physicsphysicspodcaststring theory\nTo answer some of the biggest unsolved questions in the cosmos, you might not need a supercollider. For decades, theorists have been dreaming up a Wild West of exotic physics that could be visible at scales just below the thickness of a dollar bill \u2014 provided you build a clever-enough experiment, one small enough to fit on a tabletop. Over distances of a few dozen microns \u2014 a little thinner than that dollar \u2014 known forces like gravity could get weird, or, even more exciting, previously unknown forces could pop up. Now a new generation of tabletop experiments is coming online to look into these phenomena.\nOne such experiment uses levitated spheres of silica \u2014 \"basically a glass bead that we hold up using light,\" according to Andrew Geraci, the lead investigator \u2014 to search for hidden forces far weaker than anything we can imagine. In a paper uploaded to the scientific preprint site arxiv.org in early March, his team announced that they had detected sensitivities of a few zeptonewtons \u2014 a level of force 21 orders of magnitude below a newton, which is about what is needed to depress a computer key.\n\"A bathroom scale might be able to tell your weight to maybe 0.1 newtons if it was very accurate,\" said Geraci, a physicist at the University of Nevada, Reno. \"If you had a single virus land on you, that would be about 10\u201319 newtons, so we're about two orders of magnitude below that.\"\nThe targets of these searches feature in some of the most compelling questions in physics, including those that center on the nature of gravity, dark matter and dark energy. \"There's a whole panoply of things these experiments could look for,\" said Nima Arkani-Hamed, a physicist at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, N.J. For example, dark matter, the massive stuff whose existence has been inferred only on astronomical scales, might leave faint electric charges behind when it interacts with ordinary particles. Dark energy, the pressure powering the accelerating expansion of the universe, might make itself felt through so-called \"chameleon\" particles that a tabletop experiment could theoretically be able to spot. And certain theories predict that gravity will be much weaker than expected at short range, while others predict that it will be stronger. If the extra dimensions posited by string theory exist, the tug of gravity between objects separated by a micron might exceed what Isaac Newton's law predicts by a factor of 10 billion.\nJanet Conrad, a physicist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who is not directly involved with any of these small-scale searches, thinks that they complement the work done at massive accelerators such as the Large Hadron Collider. \"We are like dinosaurs. We have gotten bigger, and bigger, and bigger,\" she said. But experiments like these offer the chance for a more agile kind of fundamental physics, in which individual researchers with small devices can make a big impact. \"I really do believe that this is a new field,\" she said.\nVideo: David Moore explains why we might expect to find strange things when we study gravity at small scales.\nFor theorists like Arkani-Hamed, what happens just beyond the limits of our vision is interesting because of a curious numerical connection. The Planck scale, the infinitesimal size scale in which quantum gravity is thought to rule, is 16 orders of magnitude smaller than the weak scale, the neighborhood of particle physics explored in the Large Hadron Collider.\nTheories that blend these length scales often compare the two. (Physicists will take the length of the weak scale, square it, then divide this number by the length of the Planck scale.) The result of the comparison yields a range of distances matching what may be another fundamental scale: one that runs between a micron and a millimeter. Here, Arkani-Hamed suspects, new forces and particles may arise.\nSimilar sizes arise when physicists consider the dark energy that fills empty space throughout the universe. When that energy density is associated with a length scale on which particles may be acting, it turns out to be about 100 microns \u2014 again suggesting this neighborhood would be an auspicious place to look for signs of new physics.\nOne such search started in the late 1990s, after Arkani-Hamed and two colleagues suggested that gravity may be leaking into extra dimensions of space, a process that would explain why gravity is far weaker than the other forces known to physics. At scales smaller than the extra dimensions, before gravity had a chance to leak away, its attraction would be stronger than expected. The researchers calculated that these dimensions could be as big as a millimeter in size.\nThis inspired Eric Adelberger and his colleagues to search for those dimensions. They already had the device to do it. In the 1980s, Adelberger and the so-called E\u00f6t-Wash group at the University of Washington had built a device called a \"torsion balance\" that would twist in response to small forces. At first the group used the balance to search for a \"fifth force\" that had been proposed based on century-old experimental results. They failed to find it. \"We built an apparatus, and we found that this thing wasn't true,\" Adelberger said. \"It was so much fun, and it was much easier than we thought it would be.\"\nNow they set out to work on Arkani-Hamed's prediction that gravity would be much stronger at small distances \u2014 before it has a chance to leak into extra dimensions \u2014 than when objects are farther away.\nSince 2001, the team has published results from four torsion balances, each more sensitive than the last. So far, any diminutive dimensions haven't revealed themselves. The team first reported that gravity acts normally at a distance of 218 microns. Then they reduced this number to 197 microns, then 56, and finally 42, as reported in a 2013 study. Today, their data come from two different instruments with pendulums. One pendulum twists at a rate determined by the strength of gravity; the other should stay still unless gravity behaves unexpectedly.\nBut they haven't been able to shrink their measurements much beyond 42 microns. Currently, they're tweaking the 2013 analysis, and they hope to publish updated numbers soon. While Adelberger is hesitant to cite the new limit they're pushing for, he said it's unlikely to be under 20 microns. \"When you first do something, the bar is relatively low,\" he said. \"It gets so much harder when you make the distances shorter.\"\nTechniques borrowed from atomic physics may indicate another way down the ladder, even to nanoscopic scales.\nIn 2010, Geraci, then a physicist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Boulder, Colo., suggested a scheme to probe hidden forces at tiny scales. Instead of using the pendulums at Washington, small-force hunters could use spheres of silica levitated by lasers. By measuring how nearby objects change the position of a floating bead, this kind of experiment can look at the forces spanning just a few microns.\nThe experiment is able to probe scales of smaller lengths, but there's a catch. Gravity is most easily measured using massive objects. Geraci's design, now built, uses spheres just 0.3 microns in size. David Moore, a physicist at Stanford University who works in the lab of Giorgio Gratta, has his own working version that uses larger silica spheres about five microns in diameter. Compared to the E\u00f6t-Wash team, which uses torsion balances that are a few centimeters wide, both experiments trade away the larger gravitational signals for more precision at close range.\nGeraci's and Moore's masses are so light that the teams are not yet able to directly measure the gravitational pull of nearby objects; they can only see it if it turns out stronger than predicted by Newton's law. That may make it harder to determine if gravity or something else is behind anything strange they might see. \"One thing we always like to point out about gravity is that having the force sensitivity to see gravity is basically table stakes to play the game,\" said Charlie Hagedorn, a postdoc at Washington. Adelberger adds, \"If you want to know what gravity does, you've got to be able to see it.\"\nBut to Geraci and Moore, the levitated beads are a general platform they can use to investigate small physics beyond just gravity. \"The vision here is that once you're able to measure these tiny forces, there's a lot you can do,\" Moore said. At the end of 2014, Moore conducted a search for particles with electric charges much smaller than one electron. Some models of dark matter suggest these \"millicharged\" particles could have formed in the early universe, and could still be lurking in ordinary matter.\nTo try to find these particles, Moore held positively charged spheres between a pair of electrodes. He then zapped the entire apparatus with flashes of ultraviolet light to knock electrons off the electrodes. These electrons then attached to the positively charged spheres, turning them neutral. Then he applied an electric field. If any millicharged particles were still stuck on the spheres, they would impart a small force. Moore didn't see any effects, which means that any millicharged particles must have an exceedingly small charge, or the particles themselves must be rare, or both.\nIn a more recent test published in April, Moore, working with his colleagues Alex Rider and Charles Blakemore, also used the microspheres to look for so-called \"chameleon\" particles that may explain dark energy. They didn't find any, a result that echoed one published last year in the journal Science by a team at the University of California, Berkeley.\n\"These small-scale experiments are \u2014 I don't know what it's called in English \u2014 'wild goose chase'?\" said Savas Dimopoulos, a physicist at Stanford who was a co-author of the paper with Arkani-Hamed that proposed the search for millimeter-size extra dimensions. \"You don't really know where to look, but you look wherever you can.\"\nFor Dimopoulos, these tabletop searches are an appealing cottage industry. They offer a cheap alternative way to study provocative theories. \"These ideas have been proposed over the last 40 years, but they've been staying on the back burner, because the main focus of fundamental physics has been accelerators,\" he said.\nIt's a pitch Dimopoulos has been honing in talks over the last three years. Several experiments like those aimed at short-range forces are in the works, but they're underfunded and underappreciated. \"The field doesn't even have a proper name,\" he said.\nWhat might help is what Dimopoulos calls a \"super lab\" \u2014 a facility that would bring many such tabletop experiments together under one roof, like the research communities that have built up around high-energy projects like the Large Hadron Collider. Conrad, for her part, would like these endeavors to be better supported while still remaining at universities.\nEither way, both argue that more effort is warranted in the search for lower-energy particles, especially those predicted to lurk at scales only a little smaller than the width of a human hair. \"There is a whole zoo of these things,\" Dimopoulos said. \"High energy is not the only frontier that exists.\"\nEntanglement Made Simple","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
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This request must be legible and contain adequate information to the satisfaction of the Town CAO to ensure that Council is able to deal with the matter.\nCorrespondence Requirements:\nName, address, and telephone number of the person or organization wishing to make the presentation.\nClearly identify the topic being discussed.\nClearly identify the request being made to Council (if applicable), and include any background information to support the request.\nOnce the request meets the satisfaction of the Town Manager, the person or group will be notified with a time and date to attend a meeting of Council.\nThe Mayor or presiding officer shall have the authority to set a time limit and number of times that a delegate may speak on the same question or resolution.\nCouncil shall hear all delegations who have brought their items of business in accordance with Section 2(d) in the order in which they are placed on the agenda. The order may be changed by a majority vote of members present. 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{"text":"EPSRC Network for Japan \u2013 UK Nuclear Opportunities\nPump priming\nThe overarching aim of the JUNO project is to nurture and network the UK and Japan academic communities in civil nuclear energy, leading to the collaborative development of novel methodologies and tools, to address common challenges in decommissioning and waste management, reactor safety and regulation, nuclear energy policy, public communication and engagement, and environmental safety.\nThe JUNO Network will build on the existing portfolio of bi-lateral projects established through the EPSRC \/ MEXT sponsored UK \u2013 Japan Civil Nuclear Research Programme [1-3], to facilitate enhanced networking, collaboration, and annual engagement, between the UK and Japan academic communities. The Network investigators will leverage their experience and existing links to lead Network activities in their domains of expertise. The priority objectives of the Network were established with due regard to development of the UK \u2013 Japan Nuclear Dialogue [4-6]:\n1) To deliver an annual meeting for grant holders in the UK \u2013 Japan Civil Nuclear Research Programme, to promote collaboration and knowledge exchange between these projects.\n2) To effectively network the wider UK and Japan research communities in the core themes of the Network, maintaining an agile approach to new priorities, within the framework of the UK \u2013 Japan Nuclear Dialogue.\n3) To hold scientific meetings \/ conferences which bring together researchers in the core themes of the Network, in the UK and Japan, together with practitioners in industry and decision makers from government agencies.\n4) To deliver activities and initiatives to stimulate and pump-prime innovative ideas and develop research collaborations and proposals in the challenge themes.\n5) To engage and bring together, where possible, ongoing research projects, CDTs and Networks in the EPSRC nuclear fission portfolio, to enhance UK \u2013 Japan collaboration\n1. UK Japan Civil Nuclear Research Programme, 2014 (link).\n2. UK Japan Civil Nuclear Research Programme Phase 2, 2015 (link).\n3. Japan Civil Nuclear Research Programme Phase 3, 2016 (link).\n4. Second Annual UK-Japan Nuclear Dialogue, 2013 (link).\n5. Third Annual UK-Japan Nuclear Dialogue, 2014 (link).\n6. Fourth Annual UK-Japan Nuclear Dialogue, 2015 (link).\nEPSRC Network for Japan - UK Nuclear Opportunities","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"US Affordable Care Act boost to Mexico\nLegal, Regulation\nIn an article in Skift, Josef Woodman, CEO of Patients Beyond Borders, estimates 1.4m Americans engaged in medical tourism in 2017, and that the Affordable Care Act has encouraged some people to shop around for healthcare.\nThe article claims that medical tourism to Mexico is rising, in part due to the Affordable Care Act (ACA).\n'The ACA really encouraged people, and sometimes forced people, to shop around for care, which is something that Americans were just not used to doing,\" said Josef Woodman, adding that some doctors began lowering fees to retain patients. Woodman also said that he believes that the over-cautious US travel advisory for Mexico could hinder medical visitation. Medical tourism is however designed to be \"a very protected experience,\" said Woodman \u2014 many providers pick up travelers at the airport and shuttle them around.\nThe article says that while many Americans \u2014 often those older than 50 who live in border states \u2014 rely on medical tourism, it still hasn't permeated the public consciousness. It quotes Paul McTaggart, founder of agencies Medical Departures and Dental Departures, who says Medical Departures' revenue comes from the care providers, not the shoppers, and in Mexico, he has seen 40% growth year-on-year. \"For us, for healthcare, we're quite happy with that,\" he said, adding that low-cost airlines strengthen his business.\n\"We're a largely xenophobic culture,\" Woodman says, of some Americans' distrust of care in Mexico, which could be waning.\nIn 2006, Mexico had no facilities accredited by Joint Commission International, a nonprofit that accredits health care organizations, according to Patients Beyond Borders. Now it has eight. Mexico welcomed between 1.4 million and 3 million medical tourists in 2016, the discrepancy likely arising from undocumented individuals returning home for care.\nVisit the USA IMTJ Country Profile for a more detailed analysis of outbound US medical travel.\nADD A NEWS ITEM\nDo you have some news or a press release that you'd like to share with the medical travel industry?\nA Spanish model of medical tourism\nQuir\u00f3nsalud's commitment to excellence in international healthcare\nDubai medical tourism\nDHA suspends Iranian hospital\nChina outbound medical tourism growth\nNext vaccine scandal will add fuel to outbound Chinese medical travel\nRussia IVF clinic accreditation\nFirst Temos 'Quality in International Reproductive Care' award in Russia\nMalta outbound medical travel\nMaltese government will pay for flights for treatment abroad","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Posted on December 15, 2020 AuthorPat HamsaLeave a comment\nFollowing the example set by Black Lives Matter (BLM) funders, the Highlander Center is also using the less-than-transparent fiscal sponsorship model to expand the reach of its Marxist agenda more rapidly.\nFiscal sponsorship is a fast way for a new \"non-profit\" entity to solicit and accept tax-deductible donations using the 501(c)(3) umbrella of its fiscal sponsor who is responsible for reporting to the IRS. This arrangement has been criticized as potentially enabling tax-deductible donations to flow quickly to an entity ultimately deemed not qualified to receive this money.\nFor example, in 2016, the Thousand Currents Foundation agreed to act as the fiscal sponsor for the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation (BLM GNF), the money chest for the BLM movement. Since the BLM GNF was not a 501(c)(3), the fiscal sponsorship shielded it from \"having to file regular Form 990 reports with the IRS, [or] disclos[ing] comprehensive financial data in the same way a tax-exempt nonprofit must.\"\nInstead, the BLM GNF operated as a \"project\" of the Thousand Currents Foundation. Under this arrangement, millions of dollars flowed into the BLM GNF.\nBLM co-founders Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors and Opal Tometi served as advisors to the BLM GNF which has been noted for its lack of transparency. Between 2017 and 2019, the BLM GNF spent about $4.6 million dollars on travel, consultants and personnel versus a measly $328,000 granted to outside organizations including some BLM chapters.\nAs of 2018, Garza and Tometi have moved on to other projects.\nGarza founded the Black Futures Lab (BFL) whose fiscal sponsor is the Chinese Progressive Association (CPA) which the Heritage Foundation says is a promoter of the Community Chinese Party.\nThe Black Futures Lab supports the BLM GNF and the Movement 4 Black Lives. Recall, that Highlander co-director Ash Lee Henderson is on the policy team of M4BL and that Garza, considers Ash-Lee Henderson \"fam.\"\nThere is plenty of cross-pollination in funding sources for these \"social justice\" organizations with money funneled through a spider web of foundations. Highlander's donors listed by Influence Watch include several Soros-funded front groups including Tides and the Proteus Fund. Other organizations in Tennessee including TIRRC and the American Muslim Advisory Council have received money from the Proteus Fund.\nHighlander's last available 990 from 2018, shows an annual revenue of over $4 million dollars and the other Highlander Fund showed an end of year balance of almost $3 million. Flush with money, Highlander's co-directors are ready to hire an executive assistant. They are also advertising for a full-time digital strategist and a person to expand Highlander's Economics & Governance program.\nThe Center's 2016 annual report showed continued financial support from TN-ACLU director Hedy Weinberg and her Vanderbilt sociology professor husband Dan Cornfield, the Southern Poverty Law Center and the TN Arts Commission.\nHighlander Center gets into fiscal sponsorship game\nTo date, Highlander is acting as the fiscal sponsor for seven organizations which include, BOLD (Black Organizing for Leadership and Dignity), National Bail Out, People's Advocacy Institute, Power U Center for Social Change, SiOP (Standing in Our Power), Southern Connected Communities Project, and The STAY Project.\nAll of these organizations are doing their part for \"transformative justice\" and community organizing. Highlander describes its fiscal sponsorships as \"Incubating & Innovating Radical Work \u2013 Highlander incubates and innovates radical work by offering fiscal sponsorships and high capacity support to projects and networks.\" (see December entry).\nPower U's \"principles of unity\" mimic much of Ash-Lee's M4BL's policy platforms \u2013 \"the systems of White Supremacy, Capitalism, and Heteropatriarchy are the roots of oppression in our society.\"\nAmong Highlander's fiscally sponsored organizations, Power U and The Stay Project target young people, complimenting Highlander's own youth programs \u2013 Children's Justice Camp (ages 6 -12, to \"work toward a society that celebrates diversity and equity through the brilliant minds of our youth\"), Seeds of Fire (ages 13 -17, to train youth into social justice warriors \"to build collective power and influence critical shifts in policy decisions and practice\"), and training programs for college students.\nIn 1935 Hitler reminded us that \"he alone, who owns the youth, gains the future.\"\nThe concept was simple \u2013 children of the Hitler Youth movement would be immersed in the ideology of Naziism using education and Nazi propaganda to ensure that Naziism would control Germany's future.\nIt appears that the Highlander Center agrees with Hitler about molding young minds. It is using fiscal sponsorships to expand its reach and help raise a new generation of Marxists.\nThere are legitimate reasons to be concerned about the Highlander Center's use of its\nfinancial growth combined with its national reach and connectedness to its Marxist leadership.\nFor example, in 2018, the TN Immigrant & Refugee Rights Coalition (TIRRC) had Highlander use its \"local and national relationships\" to bring an intense and negative focus to ICE arrests of illegal aliens working at a meatpacking plant in Bean Station, Tennessee.\nAsh-Lee Henderson is the driving force for the Highlander Center, committed to using her national connections and growing resources to create the \"new America.\" She explains it this way \u2013 if the \"Breathe Act\" which she worked on with Congress squad members Ayanna Pressley and Rashida Tlaib, which \"uses federal dollars to reward cities and counties that defund their police departments\" doesn't get signed into law then, she \"promise[s] that you will continue to see the kind of fervor and rigor of peaceful and passionate and righteously rageful protests in the streets until Black people get what they want.\"\nBLM leader Patrisse Cullors, a self-described Marxist, puts it more simply \u2013 if their demands aren't met, then \"burn everything down.\"\nAnd they have proven that they mean it.\nCategoriesHighlander CenterTagsAsh-Lee Henderson, BLM, Marxist\n\u2190 Previous Previous post: Gov. Lee Wants Closer Ties to Communist China Despite Warnings\nNext \u2192 Next post: Hagerty & Blackburn Were Against Election Fraud Before They Certified It","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Vouchers Pass a Test\nA recent study tracking the performance of urban schoolchildren who'd been given the opportunity to attend private schools was not an unqualified boost for government education vouchers.\nIt found impressive gains among black students who received privately funded tuition grants awarded by lottery in three cities. They outpaced peers who also applied for the grants but failed to win them. The difference was an average 6.3 points on standardized exams.\nObviously, better schools can help lift the academic performance of black children. But are vouchers to private schools the only way to do that?\nThe advantages experienced by the children in private schools included smaller classes, a more disciplined atmosphere, more emphasis on homework, and greater parental involvement. These elements are not exclusive to private schools.\nExceptional public schools - including publicly funded charter schools and special academies - make a point of trying to build them into their operation. But since public governance of urban schools is often difficult to reform, that makes vouchers for black children all the more appealing.\nOne surprising finding in this study, even to its authors, was that not all kids showed improvement. White and Latino children in private schools showed no comparable test-score leap. This may indicate that black kids leaving deficient schools have the most to gain from better ones.\nThe disparity also suggests that voucher programs, should they become more widespread, would have widely varied impact and appeal.\nSuch studies are useful as different parts of the United States experiment with vouchers, and their legality is tested in courts.\nBut the US is a long way from giving up on public schools, especially in urban areas. Parents and political leaders can still push for educational reforms that emphasize academic basics and accountability - and that build as much choice and quality as possible into the public system.\nDo private school vouchers help? New study offers data.\nIn Florida, vouchers win ground, but courts may have ultimate say\nIndiana's expansive school voucher program upheld: A model for others?","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Josefine Cronholm\nBack to Release Details\nSongs Of The Falling Feather\nDownload deutsch (PDF)\nDownload english (PDF)\nJosefine Cronholm - \u00a9ACT \/ Steven Haberland\nJosefine Cronholm \/ vocals\nHenrik Lindstrand \/ piano, guitars, keyboards, programming\nGustaf Ljunggren \/ guitars\nGunnar Halle \/ trumpet\nThommy Andersson \/ bass\nPer Ekdahl \/ drums\nString quartet: Julie & Emilie Esk\u00e6r , Anna Gwozclz , Iben Teilmann\nMusic and lyrics by Josefine Cronholm\nArranged by Josefine Cronholm and Henrik Lindstrand\nProduced by Henrik Lindstrand\nExcecutive Producer: Siegfried Loch\nRecorded by Henrik Lindstrand at Sorthus Studio, Copenhagen, 2009, and Krus\u00e5 Appartment, Copenhagen, 2008\nTrumpet recorded by Gunnar Halle at Gunnars Room, Oslo, 2009\nString quartet recorded by Lars H Nissen at Sorthus Studio\nMixed by Lars H. Nissen & Mastered by J\u00f8rgen Knub at Timeless Recording, Copenhagen\n\"I grew up in the middle of a big forest. You could shout without anyone hearing you, which is something wonderful. For me, everything began with quietness, with the quietness of nature surrounding me. This will always remain rooted deep within me,\" explains Josefine Cronholm, the Swedish singer, composer and resident of Copenhagen for many years. On hearing her ACT debut, Songs of the Falling Feather, listeners will quickly understand what she means by this. There hasn't been a singer like her - someone who makes quietness so enchantingly audible - for a long time. Cronholm's clear, high voice comes from out of nowhere, developing and weaving around sounds and melodies with a calmness which is quite unique.\nSubstance, rather than effect, is Cronholm's credo and could well be the reason why this breathtaking voice is only just starting to conquer the music world outside Scandinavia - at the age of 37. \"I don't tend to think in the categories of success which are measured by reaching as many people as possible. I do things according to my instinct,\" she says, and her instincts were usually right. During her vocal studies at Copenhagen's conservatory, Django Bates asked her to join his Quiet Nights band, with whom she subsequently spent four years travelling the world. The collaboration which followed with percussionist Marilyn Mazur, one which continues today, was also defining. Two CDs with her own songs and her own band, Ibis, brought the breakthrough she had been waiting for between 2002 and 2004, when she won two Danish jazz Grammys and the Swedish Jazz Award as \"Artist Of The Year\". The press described her as \"diverse, highly musical and bold\" and her enthralling voice was compared to that of greats like Cassandra Wilson and Dianne Reeves.\nYet even at this point Cronholm followed her instinct and temporarily put her highly promising career on hold: \"My father died and I had my second son which resulted in a much more radical change than I had anticipated. I had to concentrate on being a mother whilst at the same time finding out who I really was again.\" She started to write songs again, \"this time at my own, slow pace.\" The result of a good five years of introspective reflection is now her impressive comeback Songs of the Falling Feather. The search for the essence, the essential element of a feeling, a moment or a sound, is reflected in every moment of the album.\nCronholm's song texts are filled with many personal experiences in which you can hear a love of impressionist painting. \"I always had a kind of mysterious impressionist painter in my head,\" says the singer. \"The songs found me, not the other way around, it was almost a compulsion.\" They tell of the mystery of love (\"Mystery\"), the search for lasting happiness (\"Angel\"), saying goodbye (\"Sailor\"), and at the album's beginning on \"Paralyzed\", of the paranoia of everyday modern life.\n\"When I had finished the texts and the melodies, I felt quite lonely and looked for musical companions.\" She found this in Henrik Lindstrand, an old friend of hers with whom she had collaborated many years previously in the ambient band, Factum Est. Lindstrand, who later became well known with the rock band Kashmir and who had done a lot of work for film and television, played not only most of the instruments from the piano and e-guitar to percussion and programming, but also took on most production duties. Further companions from the past also joined in: Thommy Andersson, the bassist from Cronholm's band Ibis, the well known Norwegian trumpeter Gunnar Halle and, from her time in Sweden, Gustaf Ljunggren on the lap steel and acoustic guitar, as well as drummer Per Ekdahl.\nFor the dialogue with the vocals, Cronholm and Lindstrand consciously chose a particular instrument for every piece. \"I wanted to avoid any filling and to penetrate through to the soul of the song, to its pure core.\" And indeed she has, impressively succeeding in finding the perfect background for her lyrical sound \"paintings\" - be it a violin, a piano, a trumpet or a high 1970s e-guitar. Often it is the eclectic sounds, familiar to the ear from musical history, which guide us safely into her world.\nThe singer shines brighter than ever before with her intuitive, original vocals which are able to almost endlessly enrich every individual sound, with the most delicate variations. \"I was really scared before my first singing lesson that I would lose the intuitive contact to my voice, and with this a part of myself, but this didn't happen. All my teachers helped me in the technical sense but above all they supported me in finding my own expression.\" Songs of the Falling Feather proves just how successful this was","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Home Video Usain Bolt leads Jamaica to 4x100m gold as error ruins Great Britain...\nUsain Bolt leads Jamaica to 4x100m gold as error ruins Great Britain hopes\nBright future \u2013 Bolt says Racers Grand Prix in good hands despite his absence\nExternal Article Previously Published:\nhttp:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2015\/aug\/29\/usain-bolt-jamaica-4x100m-great-britain\nAs Justin Gatlin passed the baton to Tyson Gay with a lead in the 4x100m relay at halfway, he must have thought a measure of redemption was in sight. But if these championships have taught us one thing, it is this: never, ever write off Usain Bolt.\nBy the end, Gatlin looked on dismayed as Bolt stormed home again to win his third gold of these championships, his third victory over Gatlin and his 11th world title.\nThere was worse news to come for the Americans when they were disqualified altogether following a botched final changeover, handing the silver to China amid delirium among the home crowd.\nIf the sight of Bolt streaking down the home straight to in the Bird's Nest wasn't enough to induce a feeling of deja vu, then the British team's own snafu on the final changeover when well placed to take bronze was even more familiar.\nAfterwards, there were furious recriminations among the British quartet as they blamed a late switch to the team, with CJ Ujah coming in for Harry Aikines-Aryeetey and running the anchor leg.\nJust as at the last two world championships and here in the Bird's Nest in 2008, their failure to get the baton round cost them a medal.\nLong after Bolt had joined his team-mates Nesta Carter, Asafa Powell and Nickel Ashmeade in wild celebrations the British baton was still lying on the track.\n\"It's just heartbreaking, we were clearly in bronze,\" said the lead-off man, Richard Kilty. \"It's teamwork. As soon as you start to switch things and take risks that's what happens.\"\nFor Bolt, who came into the world championships amid intense speculation about his form and under pressure from his 33-year-old American rival, there was no explosion at the finish, just a broad smile and a nod of the head, as if to acknowledge a job well done.\nContinue to full article\nPrevious articleUsain Bolt Wins 100m World Championships Athletics 2015\nNext articleRacers Grand Prix Organizers Host Luncheon to Woo Sponsors\n'Media is our number one partner!'\nExternal Article RGP Admin - May 26, 2018\nThe Queen is back! \u2013 Fraser Pryce set for JN Racers Grand Prix\nJN-Racers Grand Prix Online Ticket Sales Start\nNotice Served\nExternal Article RGP Admin - April 25, 2019\nKirani James and rising star Brianna Williams added to Racers Grand Prix\nPress Release RGP Admin - June 10, 2019\nWorld Athletics has today announced details of the 2020 World Athletics Continental Tour, a series of the world's best one-day meetings outside the Diamond...","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"33\u00b0 Few Clouds\nAll clear given at Fern Creek High School after report of a gun\nWATCH LIVE | President Trump's impeachment trial unfolds in the US Senate\nWDRB.com reporter Marcus Green covering the Ohio River Bridges Project, 2015.\nCourtesy: The Courier-Journal\nThe Abraham Lincoln Bridge\nGREEN | A decade of bridges, tolls and lessons learned\nMarcus Green\nDigital Reporter\nLOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) \u2013 As 2009 was about to roll into 2010, I wrote another in a seemingly endless series of updates on Kentucky and Indiana's plan to build two new Ohio River bridges.\n\"Bridges project suit moving to Ky.,\"proclaimed the December 23 headline in The Courier-Journal, where I was in my fourth year of covering an idea that promised to remake the Louisville area's transportation landscape.\nThere was just one thing standing in the way: Money. Or, rather, the lack thereof.\nThe federal government had signed off on the Ohio River Bridges Project in 2003, but for the previous six years there had been little to show for it.\nConsultants and planners consulted and planned. Engineers refined drawings. Bridge designs were chosen. Community groups met, and met again. Kentucky and Indiana bought land and slowly met goals meant to preserve properties \u2013 historic and otherwise. And the River Fields group, which opposed the East End bridge, filed a federal lawsuit seeking to reevaluate the whole thing.\nLet me take a rare moment to offer a reporter's opinion: I think most people at the time \u2013 even those in the halls of power \u2013 doubted this project would actually happen.\nOver and over, I recall using lines like these from that December newspaper story a decade ago: \"The $4.1 billion project \u2013 new spans in eastern Jefferson County and downtown, and a redesigned Spaghetti Junction interchange \u2013 has been hampered by delays because of funding difficulties. Construction has yet to begin\u2026..\"\nOf course, the bridges project did happen. It required the then-governors of Kentucky and Indiana \u2013 Steve Beshear and Mitch Daniels \u2013 and Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer to agree to changes in cost and scope, and ultimately the use of tolls.\nI spent the last 10 years writing about this project, first for the C-J and for the last six years for WDRB.com. My colleague Chris Otts likes to joke that I know more about bridges and tolls than almost anyone. I don't. I've just been doing this a while.\nWhen you cover a topic long enough, there are stories you're proud of and stories you wished you'd spent more time digging into. The bridges project is the largest transportation venture in Kentucky's history. So, yeah, I've got some regrets.\nI regret that I didn't shine more light on the environmental cost of adding more roads to a city with one of the worst urban heat islands in the U.S. I regret not being more skeptical of a plan when it was clearly floundering. I regret not bringing more attention to the potential health consequences of new traffic patterns.\nRemember \"8664,\" the group that pushed to tear down I-64 in downtown Louisville and build only one bridge? I fielded plenty of angry phone calls and emails from people who accused me of giving 8664 too much influence, quoting their leaders too much, suggesting it could work.\nTo me, I was just reporting the news as it happened and including different perspectives. But I do regret not raising more questions about why our award-winning waterfront was getting more concrete and whether our community was choosing the smartest way forward.\nThese are important questions. Transportation decisions affect all of us, whether we drive, take public transit, walk, cycle, ride-share, use a wheelchair or get around in another way. And let's be honest: No one moves in one way alone.\nI'm proud of the work we've done at WDRB since the bridges project wrapped up in 2016 and Kentucky and Indiana launched the RiverLink toll system on those spans. As construction ended, one of my sources said to me, \"Well, the bridges are done. What are you going to do with all of your free time?\"\nI didn't hesitate. \"Over?\" I recall saying with a laugh. \"Now is when the real story begins.\"\nFor the last three years, my WDRB colleague Travis Ragsdale and I have tried to tell the real story of RiverLink. Yes, it's true that the toll revenue is meeting its goals \u2013 the real bottom line for the state governments that have ponied up money and debt.\nBut it's also true that RiverLink customer service got off to a rocky start. And that RiverLink contractors have failed to get billing details for hundreds of thousands of drivers from across North America.\nWhile Kentucky and Indiana drivers must pay their tolls or face registration holds, we uncovered that RiverLink has no way to require drivers from other states to settle their bills. We used a leaked study to show that vehicle crossings over the Ohio River actually declined after the toll bridges opened. We revealed the abandoned plans to move dozens of call center jobs from Texas, Puerto Rico and central Indiana to the Louisville area.\nThese are just a few of the stories we've pursued so that the people largely paying for these bridges \u2013 you and I, the residents of Kentuckiana \u2013 will know how this toll network is truly operating. We've got more reporting planned. Stay tuned.\nNow, about those regrets.\nIn covering the bridges project during its slow-moving development phase, I learned that stories that seem incremental and bureaucratic are far from pointless. In many cases, they're about decisions that will have an impact for generations.\nLook around. Kentucky is weighing a new bypass around Louisville through areas that would be forever changed \u2013 in ways good and bad, no doubt. The state soon plans to begin widening I-71 and the Gene Snyder Freeway. Louisville Gas & Electric wants to run a pipeline across Bullitt County, including on land owned by Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest.\nWe'll continue to cover these stories in the new year and decade ahead. We'll dig into the details and show how these projects might benefit our community \u2013 and scrutinize their consequences.\nIf I learned anything from the bridges project, it's this: Now is the time to ask questions.\nReach reporter Marcus Green at 502-585-0825, mgreen@wdrb.com, on Twitter or on Facebook. Copyright 2019 WDRB Media. All rights reserved.\nOhio River Bridges Project\nThe Courier-journal\nWdrb\nRiverlink\nGreg Fischer\nRiver Fields\nMarcus Green joined WDRB News in 2013 after 12 years as a staff writer at the Louisville Courier-Journal. He reports on transportation, development and local and state government.\nFollow Marcus Green\n1 dead after double shooting in Russell neighborhood\nSouthern Indiana chief says volunteer department can't respond to emergency calls\nFormer UofL basketball player Chane Behanan picked up in Louisville after missing court date\nRetired KSP detective encourages organ donation as he waits for a life-saving kidney","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"support@smabroad.com\nNEET UG State Authorities\nMBBS in USA\/Caribbean\nInternational American University ,St.Lucia\nAmerican University of Antigua ,Antigua\nSt. George's University (SGU)\nTrinity School of Medicine,St. Vincent\nSpartan Health & Sciences University\nMedical UG - Germanay\nMedical PG - Germanay\nAltai State Medical University\nBashkir State Medical University\nCrimea Federal University\nOrenburg State Medical University\nDagestan State Medical University\nKazan State Medical University\nSt. Petersburg State Medical University\nPeoples's Friendship University of Russia\nPirogov Russia National Medical University\nIP Pavlov Ryazan Medical University\nHuazhong Univ of Sc. Tech.\nCapital Medical University\nDalian Medical University\nHebei Medical University\nChina Medical University\nTianjin Medical University\nKunming Medical University\nQingdao Medical University\nJiangsu University\nFujian Medical University\nJilin University\nIvano-Frankivsk National Medical University\nKharkiv National Medical University\nO.O. Bogomolets National Medical University\nBatumi Shota Rustaveli State University\nEuropean Teaching University\nTbilisi State Medical University\nNew Vision University, Georgia\nBashkir State Medical University, abroad education consultants, MBBS Admission in Bashkir State Medical University, study mbbs in russia, mbbs admission in russia, medical colleges in russia, russian medical universities, best mbbs college in world, mbbs in abroad, top medical schools\nHistory - Bashkir State University :\nBashkir State University has 15 faculties & 3 branches located in Sibai, Sterlitamak & Neftekamsk with total 27,000 students enrolled at present. A staff of more than 2,000 teachers, 310 doctors & 960 candidates of Science are always engaged in training of students in all departments. The university offers courses in 150 programs and has over 100 laboratories with a library of 1.5 million books. Since its inception, Bashkir State University has graduated more than 1,13,000 students in its century of existence. The university also offers more than 55 majors to graduates to choose from for post graduate education. On an average, every year 500 graduates are enrolled in the university which is 1\/3rd of the total number of post graduate students enrolled in Bashkortostan. In addition, the university also 3 candidate dissertation councils & 10 doctoral course majors.\nIn recent years the university has introduced English language also as the medium of instruction for international students which has especially attracted a huge number of students from Indian sub-continent for MBBS in Bashkir State University. International students find themselves at ease with highly qualified and fluent English speaking professors & lecturers at university. The university invites some renowned professors from around the world for enhancement of student knowledge base including Prof. Prashantha Dutta (Washington State University, USA), Prof. Werner Lauteborn (University of Goettingen, Germany), Dr. Silvestre Gonzalez Avila (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore), Prof. An Tuan Tran& Prof. Ramani Dyuraisvami (University of Matyland, USA).\nToday - Bashkir State Medical University\nThe Bashkir State Medical University is among the largest centre for postgraduate and undergraduate courses which offers operating of 8 scientific majors in doctoral courses & 56 scientific majors in postgraduate courses. There are 3 candidates and10 doctoral dissertation councils responsible for defence and awarding degrees.\nThe Bashkir State University offers opportunities not only professional skills and high-quality knowledge, but also offers students to live an exciting, active and bright life. The students currently studying at the Bashkir State Medical University are the members of many student associations and creative teams.\nThere are 615 faculties training students at the Bashkir State Medical University. There are over 8000 Medical Students and more than 500 faculties at the school of dentistry, Nursing, General Medicine (MBBS), Pharmacy, Preventive Medicine and Paediatrics.\nThe General Medical faculty trains students in, surgery, gynaecology, obstetrics, internal disease, psychiatry, dermatology, venereology, infectious diseases etc.\nThe different departments are fully equipped with modern technologies. International consultants and scientists deliver lectures to the students at the university.\nThe Bashkir State Medical University owns 7 Buildings, university hospital, out-patient healthcare centre for dental and medical, well-equipped laboratories, large library, five dormitories, sports facilities, a sanatorium and a summer camp. Over 33 thousand doctors have been trained at the university.\nThe university offers international students with course in English medium too, especially for students willing to do MBBS in Bashkir State University. The number of students who showed interest to take MBBS admission in Ufa has shown a steep rise in last 5 years mainly due to the low cost of course as compared to other colleges offering MBBS in Russia. The duration of MBBS in Ufa is 6 years with equal coverage of theoretical & practical subjects with regular hospital visits during the last 3 years of course at Bashkir State University. The university is located on the \"Street Zaki Validi\" very close to the bank of \"River Belaya\". The location of university is in prime center of Ufa and is surrounded by theatres, stadiums, monuments, malls, restaurants, etc.\nStudents Life at Bashkir State University :\nThe Bashkir State University has separate hostels constructed especially for international students. The students can choose to opt between 2 & 3 seater rooms as per their ease. Additionally, university also allows students to rent apartment by themselves and stay somewhere in city if they wish too. The government hostels provided by university to students who come for MBBS in Ufa, have free electricity, cooking gas, hot & cold water, round the clock security and a fixed time for entry & exit from hostel. Hostels are situated close to the university building and students choose trolley bus as the most convenient & economic mode of transport for reaching the university main building.\nBashkir State University organizes different types of games both indoor and outdoor for students during summer vacations. Outdoor sports include football, basketball, volleyball, boxing, etc. Students from India play cricket matches in grounds of city. The university has a \"Student Club\" which manages the students participation and has dedicated officials to administer this club. The students often visit the river side during their vacations to enjoy some time and can also visit forests in the outskirts of the Ufa city. The university also has its own Sanatorium-Preventorium for those who want to get their health checked, sports & fitness camp & the Student Club also provides vouchers to students who wish to go on a recreation trip to other cities free of cost.\nStudents from India who come for MBBS in Bashkir are mostly allotted the new hostels which have better facilities as compared to hostels that are allotted to local students of Russia. During their whole duration of stay at Bashkir State University, the students get 2 months each year i.e. July \u2013 August to visit their home country & return to university to continue their MBBS in Ufa from September further. In addition to summer vacations, the university also gives 15 days winter leave during the month of January each year. The university is always open to talented & bright students who want to serve the world by choosing to do MBBS in Ufa, Russia.\nBashkir state university is provided thousands of amenities within and outside the campus.\nWi fi facility throughout the campus.\nAccommodations for both men and women.\nLibrary which includes- 7 electronic information access \u2013halls, reading halls\nlending libraries;\nMethodological Department;\nDepartment of Document Integration;\nDepartment of Scientific and Technical Processing of Documents;\nReference Department;\nBook Storage Department consists of hand written books;\nInterlibrary loan;\nAutomation Department.\nSports academy for students.\nResearch laboratories with excessive amount of research resources available.\nPress centre including photocopying section, manual printing sections.\nElectronic classroom with digital projector system.\n25 reequipped computer labs.\nUniversity provides post-graduation preparatory course of duration 8 months.\nBashkir State University Fees 2019:\nTuition Fees of University\nFee Pattern Tution Fee (In Russian Ruble)\nFirst Year 450000\nSecond Year 308000\nThird Year 335500\nFourth Year 365750\nFifth Year 399000\nSixth Year 435600\nTotal Fees 2293850\n* Yearly fee includes tuition fee, hostel fee & medical insurance fee.\n* 1 USD equals to INR 68 used at the time of fees calculation & is subject to variation as per currency rates.\n* Fees can be revised by university anytime with or without prior notification.\nDocuments Required for Bashkir State Medical University\n10 th and 12 th marksheets\n6 Passport-size photographs\nMedical insurance and HIV reports by recognised hospital\nEligibility certificate issued by Medical council of India\/if NEET not passed as of 2019.\nAdmission Procedure for Bashkir State Medical University\nThe Admission Procedure for Bashkir State Medical University is easy all you need to follow these simple steps :\nAfter going through all the details of the university, choose the course. A student can fill all the details and send us the documents via email.List of the Documents Required For Enrolling in the University\nCopy of the transcripts of Grade 10\nCopy of School leaving certificate\nCopy of Valid Passport\nSTEP 2: Get the Invitation Letter\nAfter the evolution of the documents, the student will be notified about rejection and acceptance of the application. If a student's application form is accepted then he\/she will be notified after within 1-2 working days. Also, the student will be issued the admission confirmation within the same time period.\nSTEP 3: Pay Enrolment Expenses\nAfter receiving the confirmation letter, a student can pay the fees through net banking or other payment methods.\nSTEP 4: Apply For the Visa\nAfter receiving the invitation letter, student need to apply for the Visa as soon as possible because the Visa process could take time.\nDocuments required for the Visa:\nInvitation letter issued by the university.\nInternational passport (With minimum validity of 2 years)\nDuly attested certificates of high school.\nMedical certificates confirming that the student doesn't possess HIV\/Aids and other STDs.\nSTEP 5: Arrival at Russia\nThe student has to pay fees for the first year before arriving at Russia. Also, a student is supposed to send us the flight details. So, that our executive can receive and guide a student after arrival. In case, a student doesn't inform us about the arrival then he\/she could be deported back to the home country by the authorities of Immigration.\nSTEP 6: Commencement of Classes\nIt is mandatory for every student to bring a complete of original documents and payment receipts of first year. It is important for a student to register himself\/herself at the college after 3 days of arriving in the country. After the completion of the registration process and admission process, a student will be allowed to attend the classes.\nMake sure to apply to the University before the application deadline. Once you get admission to the University you will most likely depart from your home country in the 1st week of September itself.\nSignup to get started 750+ students and parents signed up last year on smabroad to study abroad.Make an informed decision about your abroad education.\nAbroad MBBS - Top College\nAssociate Patner Section\nMCI Section\nRules & Notification\nFMGE Coaching Pricing\nFMGE Coaching\nAbout us | Company Profile | Services | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | Contact us\nCopyright \u00a92019 SMAbroad - A Unit of Vaktr Meditech Pvt Ltd. All rights reserved.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}