{"text":"Melissa Snover\nFounder of Get Nourished\nDigital Transformation | DAY 1 - 11.25am\nFounder & CEO of Nourished and Scripted (operated under Rem3dy Group).\nMelissa Snover (aka Melissa Burton) is an entrepreneur, visionary, and a trendsetter in the world of food technology and 3D printing. She is passionate about developing innovations which offer solutions to her customers, challenge her competitors and disrupt current market offerings.\nShe is currently the founder and CEO of Rem3dy Group which pioneers personalised health solutions across nutrition and medicine under the brands Nourished and Scripted.\nNourished is the world's first truly customised nutrition product which uses patented 3D printing technology and a vegan encapsulation formula to combine 7 different active ingredients into one personalised nutrition gummy stack.\nScripted is set to be the first 3D printed personalised medicine dispensary and combination solution to the market. The tech start-up has conducted successful human clinical trials in hospitals in Spain and are set to launch their innovative product in the pharmaceutical industry in 2021.\nThe foundations for Nourished and Scripted were set in motion by her first 3D printing food tech company, Katjes Fassin UK Ltd (aka Katjes Magic Candy Factory). Early in 2015 Ms. Snover partnered with the successful German Katjes family corporation and immersed herself in the world of food technology and 3D printing. Katjes Magic Candy Factory is an innovative, pioneering concept which allows the consumer to 3D print delicious vegan gummy candy in anything from Sweet Selfies and logos to 3D messages and shapes in just 5 minutes. Ms. Snover has successfully launched her 3D printers into specialty retail outlets throughout Europe, the USA\nthe Middle East, China, New Zealand and Australia, and often her company is hired to 3D print customised candy at private parties and corporate events all over the world by\nprestigious clients such as KPMG, Facebook and Nickelodeon. Ms. Snover is also frequently asked to give presentations on the benefits of 3D printing in the food industry at exhibitions and to share her entrepreneurial journey with aspiring business owners and students.\nIt was whilst travelling internationally back in 2018 to one such speaking engagement that Ms. Snover first came up with the idea for Nourished. With a keen interest in nutrition and a consumer of supplements, she used to carry a container of personally selected vitamins, supplements and active ingredients with her when she travels. On this occasion, she accidentally spilt them all over the floor at airport security. Crawling around in her suit and heels picking them up, she was inspired to develop her own 3D printing technology which could combine multiple active ingredients into one personalised product without compromising their efficacy. Nourished was subsequently launched exclusively into the UK market in October 2019 and offers its customers the benefit of taking all their preferred vitamins and supplements in one edible stack with less hassle, less waste and lower cost than buying and taking them all individually.\nStill in her thirties, Ms. Snover has already won numerous awards and prizes for her business achievements, having been recognised as Innovator Award Winner 2019 at the Women in Tech Awards, Start Up Entrepreneur of the Year at the Nat-West GBEA in 2017 and Insider Magazine 100 Most influential Women 2014, to name a few. Nourished has also won multiple awards since launching late last year including Best Food Tech Innovation 2019 at the Food Matters Awards, Start-up Company of the Year 2019 at the Silicon Canal Awards and Supreme Champion at the Future Food Awards.\nMs. Snover laid the foundations for her success at an early age. At 23, having studied Business Management and Political Science at the University of Colorado Boulder, USA and the renowned Lancaster University, Great Britain, she co-founded the financial services company Burton Mortgage Services, which she managed to guide to treble-figure growth in its first three years. In 2009, the target-oriented entrepreneur, who has American roots, sold her interest in Burton Mortgage Services and redirected her creativity and skills to the confectionary industry.\nIn 2010 she founded the company FTF Sweets Ltd, UK, creating the world's first vegan, natural and allergen-free fruit gum with the brand name Goody Good Stuff. In 2013, as an owner and Managing Director of Goody Good Stuff, Ms. Snover sold the company to Cloetta PLC. By the time she withdrew from the company in February 2015, Ms. Snover and her team had developed a sales network with 30,000 sales points in more than 33 countries worldwide \u2013 all in less than 40 months; making Goody Good Stuff one of the fastest growing brands in Europe.\nMs. Snover's unique understanding of current trends and a strong interest in technology has created her vision of the future for the food and health and wellness industries, which includes integrating 3D printing with best food practices that can customise products for each consumer's individual needs and desires.\nWhen Ms. Snover isn't working directly on her own businesses she is often invited for speaking engagements and interviews around the world, most notably:\nThe Ian King Live Show, Sky News\nTalking Business with Aaron Heslehurst, BBC World News\nFox 31 Denver Good Morning Show\nSat 1 \u2013 Fruhstruck\nGood Morning Sacramento\nSpeaker for Entrepreneurs at TIPP Agreement Negotiations \u2013 Houses of Parliament\nHer Majesty The Queen's Royal Garden Party (Guest)\nHSBC International Managers Conference\nUK First Women Conference\nNectar Business Awards (Judge)\nUKTI & International Chambers of Conference Speaker (various)\nUK DIGICAL CONFERENCE Free time for Ms. Snover is a rare commodity these days, but she manages to go for a run most days. When time allows, she also enjoys playing golf, reading and supporting her charities.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"US exceeds 164,400 deaths and 5.13 million COVID-19 infections | Society | America Edition\nThe United States reached 5,138,850 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 164,480 deaths on Tuesday, according to the independent count from Johns Hopkins University.\nThis balance at 20:00 local time (00:00 GMT on Wednesday) is 53,029 more infections than on Monday and 1,110 new deaths.\nAlthough New York is no longer the state with the highest number of infections, it is still the hardest hit in terms of deaths in the United States with 32,787, more than in France or Spain.\nIn New York City alone, 23,592 people died.\nNew York is followed in number of deaths by neighboring New Jersey with 15,890, California with 10,528, Texas with 9,196 and Massachusetts with 8,751.\nOther states with a high death toll include Florida with 8,553, Illinois with 7,866, Pennsylvania with 7,343 and Michigan with 6,533.\nIn terms of infections, California has 578,946, followed by Florida with 542,792, the third is Texas with 516,904 and New York is fourth with 422,003.\nThe number of provisional deaths -164,480- has already far exceeded the lower limit of the White House's initial estimates, which at best projected between 100,000 and 240,000 deaths due to the pandemic.\nUnited States President Donald Trump lowered those estimates and was confident that the final number would be between 50,000 and 60,000 deaths, although he later predicted up to 110,000 deaths, a number that was also exceeded.\nIn turn, the University of Washington's Institute of Health Metrics and Assessments (IHME), whose models for predicting the evolution of the pandemic are usually established by the White House, calculates this for the November 3 presidential elections. The United States will have surpassed 250,000 deaths and on December 1, 295,000. EFE\nRelated: Ma\u00ebva Coucke pulls out her old files ... and a lot has changed!\nin \/ eat\nGermany: Payments for victims: dioceses await DBK decision \u2013 Bavaria\nBavaria: man accused of attempted blackmail at FC Bayern \u2013 Bavaria","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"realty check\nBlackstone has contract to buy 49 percent of One Liberty Plaza\nSocial Links for Steve Cuozzo\nTamara Beckwith\/New York Post\nMore From: Steve Cuozzo\nMadison Avenue tower adding 'multi-faceted' dining concept by celebrated COTE creator\nYou, the New York voter, are to blame for city's and state's headlong rush to disaster\nNY's Kathy Hochul silent on '$306B' Penn Station redevelopment plan in State of the State address\nCanadian wealth management firm signs major lease at 101 Park Ave.\nFor the second time in a month, a publicly traded real estate company is selling a big minority stake in a premier Broadway office building \u2014 although the addresses are miles apart.\nBlackstone Real Estate Core+ fund has a contract to buy 49 percent of One Liberty Plaza from Brookfield Property Partners, downtown industry sources told The Post. It will be the first time Brookfield has brought in a minority partner at the iconic skyscraper.\nThe purchase is expected to close by year's end. It's likely to be the buzz of Tuesday night's holiday-season party hosted by Fried Frank at Cipriani East 42nd Street, the annual gala that draws the city's elite developers, landlords and deal makers.\nThe prospective sale values the famous black steel tower at slightly over $1.5 billion, the sources said. The move by traditionally cautious Blackstone signifies confidence in the lower Manhattan office market. At roughly $660 per square foot, it's among the largest investment-sale deals ever downtown on a square-foot basis.\nThe news comes on the recent heels of the sale of a 43 percent interest in 1515 Broadway by SL Green to Allianz SE, which valued the Times Square skyscraper at $1.95 billion including debt, as The Post's Lois Weiss first reported.\nOne Liberty Plaza's 2.3 million square feet on 54 floors make it one of Manhattan's largest towers \u2014 and one of its most unusual. Designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill as the headquarters of US Steel in the early 1970s, its exposed-steel facade is described in the AIA Guide to New York City as \"handsome and somber as the Renaissance of Florence.\"\nBrookfield has owned it since the 1990s. The tower is over 94 percent leased thanks in part to recent commitments by Aon and the city's Economic Development Corp.\nBrookfield tapped Cushman & Wakefield in October to market One Liberty, the Real Deal reported at the time. The team will be led by Doug Harmon and Adam Spies, who also handled the 1515 Broadway sale for SL Green.\nThe impending partial sale of One Liberty nets Brookfield a heap of cash as it continues to develop and lease its office-and-residential complex on the Upper West Side. It also gives the company, led by Chairman Ric Clark, a strong relationship with Blackstone, which boasts $200 billion in gross assets worldwide.\nIn Manhattan, Blackstone owns major stakes in Stuyvesant Town, the JW Marriott and 230 Park Avenue.\nbrookfield properties\nRead Next Ex-Cond\u00e9 Nast cafeteria reopens for new tenants after 5 y...\nTrending Now in Real Estate\nHow Kyle Richards' husband Mauricio Umansky built a $57B real-estate empire\nJulia Fox lives in tiny mice-infested NYC apartment since she doesn't like wealth\nThis story has been shared 700 times. 700\nMassachusetts estate with Vanderbilt ties finally sells for $8M","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"French composer (born 1916, Angers \u2013 died 2013, Paris)\nHenri Dutilleux is a 20th century French composer, among those most frequently performed in France and abroad. His role in contemporary music is defined by a certain continuity with French tradition, great attention to detail in each new composition, and a body of work that, though sparse, is comprised of immensely inspired works.\nDutilleux follows on from the impressionist movement and its main representative, Debussy, and provides a transition between the broadening of the harmonic spectrum in the early 20th century (Ravel) and the spectral music of the latter half of the century (Murail or Grisey). He also adopts a symphonist approach that situates him closer to Mahler or Bruckner, in search of new orchestral sonorities.\n\u00ab Basically, aside from any question of personal inclination, I think I might very well have become a serial musician, momentarily. There's a certain mindset, a sort of rigorousness that was quite in keeping with my character. \u00bb\nHe began studying music in Douai, then entered the Paris Conservatoire. His early compositions reflect a certain cautiousness in the choice of genre, harmony, rhythmic and stylistic content (the sonata form and counterpoint), but at the same time endeavour to break free from the established, formal models. In the 1950s, Henri Dutilleux became increasingly recognised, asserting his originality through measured but decisive innovations.\n\u00ab This concern for musical time can be felt in the form of my scores. I think the broader forms were the result of two quite major, strong influences: first Beethoven's influence (translated quite freely, moreover), then that of the Vienna School, which definitely marked me, not to mention our whole French musical background. I also received a distinctive perception of time from the oriental world: this is where I felt a certain influence from oriental art, more than in timbres or new instruments. \u00bb\nHowever Dutilleux remained on the sidelines of the musical world and was considered old-fashioned by his contemporaries. Dutilleux was popular with international audiences into the 1980s. His works, which were the outcome of a lengthy creative process and painstakingly attention to detail, were performed and sometimes commissioned by leading performers, such as Isaac Stern, Mstislav Rostropovich, the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Berlin Philharmonic.\n\u00ab I've always wanted to work in the field of form and feel I'd discovered something, whether it was by writing 'Myst\u00e8re de l'instant' for Paul Sacher or, in a totally different approach, my symphony \"Le Double\", or \"M\u00e9taboles\". I constantly avoided adjusting my style to a prefabricated form. \u00bb\nDutilleux's body of work is not made up of a large number of pieces. They are inspired by and reflect the composer's thoughts on another work (pictorial, literary or a musical genre), or his work on a specific atmosphere, generated by the performer (a soloist or an orchestra) and the orchestration effects.\nSix landmark dates in the life of Dutilleux:\n\u2022 1935-38: graduated from the Conservatoire in 3 subjects (harmony, counterpoint and fugue) and won the Premier Grand Prix de Rome for his cantata, L'Anneau du Roi.\n\u2022 1943: got a job at Radio France, where Dutilleux worked for 20 years.\n\u2022 1961: became a teacher at the Ecole Normale de Musique.\n\u2022 1967: Awarded the Grand prix national de la musique for his entire body of work.\n\u2022 2004: Received the Grand-Croix de la L\u00e9gion d'Honneur medal.\n\u2022 2005: Ernst von Siemens Prize; awarded to Dutilleux for the \"poetic clarity\" of his body of work.\nSix key works by Dutilleux:\n\u2022 1959: Symphony No. 2 \"Le Double\", written for the 75th anniversary of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. This dialogue between a chamber ensemble and an orchestra is reminiscent of the concerto principle.\n\u2022 1965: M\u00e9taboles, an orchestral work commissioned by George Szell to mark the 40th anniversary of the Cleveland Orchestra. The recording of this work earned Dutilleux the President of the Republic's Grand Prix.\n\u2022 1970: Tout un monde lointain, a concerto for cello in 5 movements, first performed by Rostropovitch and the Orchestre de Paris. The work captures the universe of Baudelaire's poetry, as suggested by the title, which is taken from \"La Chevelure\" (a poem in Les Fleurs du mal). It was a huge success.\n\u2022 1978: Timbres, espace, mouvement, a work for orchestra subtitled \"La nuit \u00e9toil\u00e9e\" (The Starry Night) in reference to the painting by Van Gogh. First performed by the Washington Orchestra conducted by Rostropovich.\n\u2022 1985: Violin Concero, or L'Arbre des Songes (The Tree of Dreams), commissioned by Radio France for Isaac Stern.\n\u2022 2003: Correspondances pour voix et orchestre, commissioned by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Simon Rattle.\nRelated contentHenri Dutilleux\nDutilleux - Symphonie n\u00b0 2 \u00ab Le Double \u00bb\nIngo Metzmacher conducts the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France performing Dutilleux's Symphony no.2 \"Le Double\". Concert recorded live...","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Anastasia Themed Paint & Sip at Uncorked Creations\n\u00ab Second Suitor and more \u2013 Live at The Bundy Museum\nBinghamton Bulldogs Basketball \u00bb\nBroadway in Binghamton and Uncorked Creations are hosting a special event in honor of the upcoming show Anastasia The Musical, making its way to the Forum stage January 30 & 31. On January 21, 2023 at 7:00PM Uncorked Creations will be hosting a painting class for the upcoming Broadway in Binghamton show where attendees will paint a Paris inspired design, and those who attend will have the opportunity to win tickets to the opening night of the Anastasia. Tickets for the Anastasia themed paint & sip can be purchased on Uncorked Creations' website.\nFrom the Tony Award\u00ae-winning creators of the Broadway classic Ragtime, this dazzling show transports us from the twilight of the Russian Empire to the euphoria of Paris in the 1920s, as a brave young woman sets out to discover the mystery of her past. Pursued by a ruthless Soviet officer determined to silence her, Anya enlists the aid of a dashing conman and a lovable ex-aristocrat. Together, they embark on an epic adventure to help her find home, love, and family.\nTickets to Uncorked Creations' Anastasia themed paint & sip can be purchased here https:\/\/bit.ly\/UncorkedAnastasia\nAnastasia The Musical comes to the Forum Theatre January 30 & 31 at 7:30PM. Tickets can be purchased at the Arena Box Office or online at https:\/\/bit.ly\/BINGANASTASIA\nFor more information about the show visit www.BroadwayInBinghamton.com\nFor more information about Uncorked Creations visit www.uncorkedbinghamton.com\nhttps:\/\/bit.ly\/UncorkedAnastasia\nBroadway in Binghamton\ninfo@broadwayinbinghamton.com\nUncorked Creations\n205 State St.\nBinghamton, NY 13901 United States + Google Map\nPursuit Art Class: Still Life with Pastels\nAn event every week that begins at 5:00 pm on Thursday, repeating until February 2, 2023\nWinter Workshop at Downtown by Beer Tree Brew Co.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Interstate quarantine\nQuarantine zones\nMajor pests\nDisposing of produce\nTraveller's news\nMoving plant goods\nQuarantine regulators\nSchedule of National ICA Documents\nQueensland fruit fly (Qfly) is widely recognised as one of the world's worst economic pests of fruit. Apart from lowering production and making fruit inedible, it has severe effects on trade to sensitive local and international markets.\nAbout the pest\nAdult Qfly are about 7mm long and brownish in colour, with distinctive yellow markings. Females lay their eggs into soft and ripening host fruit. Larvae (maggots \u2013 up to 10mm long) emerge from the eggs and cause damage by living and feeding within the fruit, which may appear intact from the outside.\nIt's found in Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria. If you think you've seen Queensland fruit fly any where else in Australia, call 1800 084 881.\nQfly are spread by the movement of uncertified host fruit out of infested areas. A number of management zones have been established to protect horticultural production areas from Qfly.\nWatch the video Australia's fruit fly pest free areas\nAustralian Government Department of Agriculture and Water Resources video: Australia's fruit fly pest free areas\nThis video by the Australia Government Department of Agriculture and Water Resources gives an overview of the quarantine measures in place to prevent the spread of Queensland fruit fly and Mediterranean fruit fly in Australia.\nWatch the video (YouTube external link)\nPrimary Industries and Resources South Australia\nNew South Wales Department of Primary Industries\nAgriculture Victoria","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"A-ho-ho-ho! Alan Partridge to co-present TFI Friday Christmas special\nAlan Partridge is to co-present the TFI Friday Christmas special alongside Chris Evans.\nSteve Coogan will reprise his most famous character for the 90-minute special on Friday 18th December.\nJoining the pair will be James Corden, who is jetting in for his first UK chat show appearance since taking over the Late Late Show in the US, Sir Tom Jones, Fresh Meat and Bad Education star Jack Whitehall and comedian Lee Mack.\nBryan Adams, Lianne La Havas and Elle King will be providing the music.\nEvans said: \"Having staggered through nearly 200 TFI Friday rehearsals and live shows over the years, it'll be a relief to see how it should be done by Norfolk's master of broadcasting.\"\nAlan Partridge added: \"'I was honoured to receive the invitation to co-present 'Thank Frig It's Friday'. The fee being offered was more than generous, and as soon as I received photographic evidence that my dressing room had its own shower, I signed on the dotted line. My only slight niggle is that they refused to pay for my transport.\"\nTFI Friday was commissioned by Channel 4's Commissioning Editor for Live & Events, Tom Beck. The Executive Producers are Clare Barton, Suzi Aplin and Will MacDonald. The producer is Pete Pitwood.\nBroadcasting NewsNews\nMade in Manchester explores Bodies for BBC Radio\nMary McCartney to direct Abbey Road film\nChannel 4 clinches seven-figure sponsorship deal for TFI Friday","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"India tells Pakistan not to be in denial mode on terrorism\nShehbaz Khan and His Trending Strategy Made Him A Jack of All Trades\nMotivational Speaker Steve Holbrook Leverages His Instagram Reach to Influence His Followers\nIs The Mood Of Voters Souring Against BJP in U.P. & Gujarat ?\nThe India Saga > Social Sector > Study Says Addressing Vulnerabilities Of Female Sex Workers Key To HIV-Prevention\nStudy Says Addressing Vulnerabilities Of Female Sex Workers Key To HIV-Prevention\nposted on Oct. 06, 2018 at 2:55 pm June 18, 2020\nVulnerabilities of female sex workers (FSWs) should not be seen from the context of sex work alone, rather their structural, social and financial vulnerabilities need to be addressed to provide them with a safe and enabling environment.\nThis was the among the key conclusions of a landmark study undertaken by researchers from the National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Hyderabad, and Population Council, an international nonprofit that conducts research in public health and biomedicine. The research found that 55% of sex workers surveyed were vulnerable. The study was published in the prestigious journal of PLoS ONE and the findings have important policy implications for programs working with sex workers.\nTitled 'Measuring vulnerability among female sex workers in India using a multidimensional framework,' the study was conducted in four Southern States (Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu) and a Western (Maharashtra) State.\nThe four Southern States were chosen as they are historically known for high HIV prevalence, and large number of FSWs. The HIV prevalence among FSWs in Andhra Pradesh\/Telangana and Karnataka is around 6% each, 7% in Maharashtra, 1% in Tamil Nadu. The living condition of FSWs in these areas was one of the poorest with a large proportion of FSWs being exposed to harsh socio-environmental stress such as lack of proper health care and security. Nearly half the FSWs in Maharashtra, two-thirds in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, one-fifth in Karnataka and two-fifth in Tamil Nadu depended solely on earnings from sex work to make a living.\nMeasurement of vulnerability and identifying the context leading to vulnerability is important for strategic planning for any intervention. FSWs in India face multiple vulnerabilities by nature of their profession.\nSpeaking about the importance of this study, Dr. Ruchira Bhattacharya, Assistant Professor, Centre for Gender Studies and Development, NIRDPR, said, \"this study is of profound importance to a range of development enthusiasts, starting from research scholars who are looking for an appropriate methodology to measure multidimensional vulnerability, to the policy makers who are designing solutions for public health and need appropriate, comparable and yet simple measures to monitor the situations of extremely marginalized communities.\"\nThe study found that not having insurance, in particular, was a key factor in defining the financial vulnerability of the sex workers. Given the increasing emphasis on ensuring access to insurance for all individuals by the Government of India, this is yet another opportunity for the policymakers to leverage and provide this vulnerable group with financial security.\nIt was found that lack of insurance contributed most (32%) to financial vulnerabilities, followed by lack of savings or investment in gold, land or property (26%),lack of alternative income other than sex work (20%) and not having saving accounts in bank orpost office (16%). Loan from an informal source contributed only 6% to the overall vulnerabilities.\nLack of awareness of their legal rights is another area which needs to be addressed, which will enable them to become more resilient to exploitation.\nThe study revealed that the absence of social support and network contributed about one quarter to the overall vulnerability level. The absence of social coherence \u2013 as indicated by the reluctance of community members to come together to offer aid to the FSW in times of crises \u2013 alludes to the need for concerted efforts to building community collectivization.\nIn addition, the findings suggested that 23% of the vulnerabilities among FSWs were due to their personal attributes, with their degree of dependency and being mobile\/migrant for sex work contributing to 42% and 34% of the vulnerabilities respectively. Street based solicitation contributed to only 4% of the overall vulnerability, claimed the study.\nThe study also showed positive associations between vulnerability and HIV-related sexual risk factors suggesting that addressing vulnerabilities of FSWs would eventually lead to better HIV risk behavior among them.\nThe highest vulnerability was among sex workers surveyed in Maharashtra. The study also found that vulnerable FSWs were more likely to engage in risky sexual behaviors. The research is of profound importance for health policy enthusiasts, as higher vulnerability means a greater chance to engage in behaviors that put them at risk of sexually transmitted infections.\nIntervention programs need to adopt a multi-pronged strategy to address multidimensional vulnerabilities and should be specifically designed to address financial vulnerabilities. This can be achieved by facilitating access to formal financial services and helping them to increase their saving habits and make investments in different movable and immovable assets. This study demonstrated that a multidimensional approach to measuring vulnerabilities among FSWs may help in identifying a range of factors that can be prioritized by interventions.\nIn light of the fact that India has been dealing with an HIV epidemic and FSWs continue to be one of the core sources of transmission, the existing interventions aimed at HIV-prevention among this group must continue uninhibited. Further strengthening of these efforts will require the system to address some of the vulnerabilities as mentioned in this study. This will enable and empower the FSWs to adopt safe and free behavior without any compulsion or fear. The first step in this direction is identifying vulnerable FSWs and measuring the degree of vulnerability faced by them.\nBy TIS Staffer October 6, 2018\nIndia and ADB Signs $110 Million Loan to Improve Rural Connectivity in Madhya Pradesh\nFemale Workers' Participation In MGNREGA Higher In The Hills\nLifestyleSAGA CORNERSocial Sector\nIndia is ready to save humanity with two \"Made in India'' COVID-19 vaccines, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday.\nDavid Michigan: Changing the Definitions of Style and Personal Development\nAnimal Booster Nutrition Company \u2013 Love story of Dr Anuj Choudhary and Sports\nSAGA CORNERSocial Sector\nAn amazing journey so far: Ace Photographer Dnyanesh Dongare\nScientists develop free-space optical communication system that is free from atmospheric turbulence\nLow-Fat, Fat-Free Milk Is Devoid of Vitamins\nTestbook.com Crosses 4.5 Million Users, Launches Online Centres For Aspirants of Government Job\nThe World Congress On Adolescent Health To Be Held In India Next Month\nAbortion services need to be strengthened in India\nArmy's Super 30 Sends Students to IITs, Engineering Colleges\nMeet Ankit Singh and Venus Idariya, the talented young Bitcoin Traders\nPerfecting your skincare routine to act as the perfect base for your makeup","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"ABOUT OCHA\nDaily Noon Briefing Highlights: Afghanistan - Ethiopia\nA World Food Programme convoy of trucks prepares to depart for Kandahar, Afghanistan, carrying nutrition supplies.\u00a9 WFP Afghanistan\nDaily Noon Briefing Highlights \u2013 29 September 2021\nThe World Health Organization (WHO) today warned of a deteriorating health situation in the country. Access to health care is decreasing. There are more cases of measles and diarrhoea, and less response to COVID-19. And there is also a resurgence of polio.\nAccording to WHO, only 17 per cent of the over 2,300 health facilities previously supported by the World Bank [Sehatmandi project] are fully functional. Two thirds of these health facilities have run out of essential medicines. WHO is working with donors to sustain these [World Bank-supported] health facilities to prevent a surge in deaths.\nAlso, today, several humanitarian partners working in Afghanistan [Deputy Special Representative to the Secretary-General, Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Afghanistan, the Afghanistan Heads of WHO, OCHA, UNICEF and the International Committee for the Red Cross] reiterated their commitment to continue working together to support Afghanistan's health system.\nYesterday, 28 September, the heads of the World Food Programme (WFP) and UNICEF in Afghanistan said that they will scale up, up to 100 new mobile health and nutrition teams for maximum reach and continuity of services.\nWFP, UNICEF and other partners will support health service providers whose services would otherwise be put on hold at the end of September due to the suspension of funding. This will allow the continued provision of services, including treatment of acute malnutrition.\nAfghanistan's Flash Appeal seeks US$606 million to help 11 million people in the remaining months of 2021. The appeal is 22 per cent funded [$135 million].\nThe UN urges donors to fast-track funding to prevent avoidable deaths, prevent displacement and reduce suffering. The UN also calls on donors to ensure that funding is flexible enough to adapt to the fast-changing conditions on the ground.\nOCHA reports that the delivery of humanitarian supplies, including fuel into Tigray, remains heavily constrained through the only road access route in Afar (the Semera-Abala-Mekelle corridor).\nIn the past week [between 21 and 28 September], 79 trucks with humanitarian supplies arrived in Tigray via the Semera-Abala-Mekelle corridor. This brings the total number of humanitarian trucks that have entered Tigray since 12 July to 606 trucks. One hundred trucks are needed daily.\nThere is still a denial of access into Tigray for trucks with fuel and medical supplies, with trucks waiting in Semera to move to Mekelle.\nCommercial supplies have been blocked since 28 June, causing severe shortages of essential commodities and a sharp rise in prices. The price of cooking oil has increased by 400 per cent, salt by 300 per cent, rice by 100 per cent and teff by 90 per cent.\nHumanitarian partners continue to respond to urgent needs in Tigray, but with a significantly reduced capacity due to the depletion of stocks and resources.\nBetween 16 and 22 September, partners provided food to more than 126,000 people. But more than half of these people received less food than planned due to shortages of stocks. In comparison, more than 242,000 people received food assistance a week earlier. At least 5.2 million people need food aid in Tigray.\nThe UN and its humanitarian partners continue to scale up the humanitarian response in conflict affected areas of Afar and Amhara.\nThe World Food Programme provided food to more than 52,000 internally displaced people in Afar, and to more than 163,000 people in Amhara. International NGO partners also provided food to more than 201,000 people in Amhara.\nThe UN welcomes the arrival of additional trucks to Tigray this week and continues to urgently call on the Government of Ethiopia to allow and facilitate the unimpeded entry of supplies and equipment, including cash and fuel into Tigray.\nTweets by UNOCHA\nSUBSCRIBE TO RECEIVE OCHA'S INFORMATION PRODUCTS\nOCHA Sites\nUNOCHA Twitter\nUNReliefChief Twitter\nGovernments, corporations and foundations: ocha.donor.relations@un.org\nIndividuals can donate here:\n\u00a9 United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"C\u00f3digo 1530 Crowned Tequila Producer of the Year\nC\u00f3digo 1530 Blanco from Mexico won a gold medal and \"Tequila Producer of the Year\" at the 2019 Bartender Spirits Awards held on May 19 in San Francisco, USA.\nThe mouth of Blanco (Silver) is earthy and has a mineral character that balances out the citrusy sweetness. Blanco (Silver) is an expression that reflects the pure taste of C\u00f3digo 1530's perfect inputs. It is unrested and it never touches a barrel so that the rich flavor of agave can be fully appreciated. The makers of C\u00f3digo 1530 Blanco take pride in every step of the production process, carefully sourcing only the best ingredients to produce a spirit that requires no resting. The agave used is made sure to be fully matured over 7 years to ensure each agave's Brix level (sugar content) meets the standards.\nIn Amait\u00e1n, every drop of C\u00f3digo 1530's offerings, Blanco, Rosa, Reposado, A\u00f1ejo, and \"Origen,\" the Extra A\u00f1ejo is perfected over several generations. The Tequila begins with fully-matured agave aged over seven years, which is cooked in stainless steel ovens, fermented utilizing an organic family baker's yeast in Amatit\u00e1n, and distilled twice in stills handmade by the distilling family themselves. The Blanco is perfected over a lengthy, 15-day process. The tequilas are rested in French White Oak red wine barrels procured from the Napa Valley, which ensures that each and every barrel is worthy of bearing the C\u00f3digo 1530 name.\nFor generations, there has been a closely guarded secret among a select group of Mexico's most respected families and Los Bajos' finest jimadors. There are a fortunate few who have had the privilege to taste a private recipe from a little distillery in Amatit\u00e1n, which they now call it - El Tequila Privado. With no commercial pressure to bring this nameless and unlabeled tequila to market, El Tequila Privado only existed to satisfy the discerning palates of its benefactors. In the small village of Amati\u00e1n, a local artisan distilling family has passionately crafted this spirit, never veering from the centuries-old codes and customs of Los Bajos: \"Los C\u00f3digos\"\nThe Bartenders Spirits Awards, organized by the Beverage Trade Network is the leading spirits competition in the USA that rates the spirits with the focus of the bar industry. To evaluate the entrants, the Bartenders Spirits Awards invites Bartenders, On-Premise Buyers and Bar Managers from around the world. These leading spirits experts judge the spirits with the aim to provide independent and honest reviews for brands targeting the US on-premise trade.\nTo check out other winners, click here.\nTo know more about the competition, click here.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"D.L. Hughley explains why Trumpcare failed\nby Nicholas Robinson\nPhoto Credit: Twitter \u2013 @RealDLHughley\nBefore this past week, millions of Americans feared that President Donald Trump would be successful in repealing Barack Obama's much-talked-about Affordable Care Act. But much to the relief of those Americans, this week, Trump's administration pulled their repeal at the last minute, leaving the ACA intact and millions of Americans with the healthcare they've been dependent on for years. And while many have been talking and debating on why the repeal failed, politically vocal comedian and actor D.L. Hughley recently claimed that Trumpcare failed because people realized Obamacare wasn't just for Black people.\nIn a new interview with the paparazzi, Hughley claimed that Trump was never the right man to lead the charge about a healthcare bill that would benefit all people.\n\"That's an oxymoron. Trump has to care before there can be Trumpcare, wouldn't he?\" Hughley asked.\nThe comedian then discussed how the GOP failed to get the repeal to succeed because the GOP tried to get Americans to favor the bill through racist tactics but ultimately failed to provide a healthcare system that could outdo Obamacare.\n\"I think that they were successful making people believe that this was all about poor Black people but it wasn't. When they saw the faces of the people really affected by Obamacare, I think we learned this that people hated the Obama part but the care part they were alright with,\" Hughley explained.\nHughley was then asked where he thinks Trump will lead our healthcare system in the next four years.\n\"I think you just see a contrast. If you voted for President Trump and you have a pre-existing condition like type 2 diabetes, that means you hated the Black dude more than you love your feet,\" Hughley said.\nWell, what do you think of Hughley's comments about Trump's failed Obamacare repeal? Let us know in the comments.\nTags: Affordable Healthcare Act, D.L. Hughley, Obamacare, Trump Obamacare Repeal, Trumpcare\nI'm a lover of quirks and writing compelling pieces for my readers.\nNicholas Robinson March 26, 2017","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Dossal\nDossal Explained\nA Dossal (or dossel, dorsel, dosel), from French dos (back), is one of a number of terms for something rising from the back of a church altar. In modern usage it is generally restricted to, firstly, a cloth hanging or,[1] secondly, a board, often carved or containing a painting, rising vertically from the back of the altar, to which it is attached.[2] Retable and reredos are alternative terms for solid structures, as is altarpiece, all of them rather more commonly used today.\nDossal remains the usual term for an ornamental cloth suspended behind an altar,[3] probably attached to the wall behind. This is often called a dossal curtain, and altar screen is also sometimes used as a synonym for a cloth dossal,[4] as well as, more dubiously, for wood or stone screens in various locations in the sanctuary. Curtains at the side of an altar may be called riddels; these may be suspended between riddel posts at the corners of the altar. More rarely, a cloth dossal may continue as a horizontal \"tester\" hanging immediately over the altar, giving the cloth of honour configuration typical for enthroned monarchs and others in the Middle Ages, and often seen in medieval and Renaissance paintings of the Virgin Mary in particular.[5] \"Dossal\" may also be used for a secular vertical cloth of honour, or the vertical part of one.\nA refinement of the definition of a painted dossal is that it could be easily detached and fitted between poles (or some similar arrangement), and was carried in processions on particular feast-days. This definition is especially found relating to medieval Italy, and the Franciscans, who are thought to have begun this practice, commissioning Berlinghiero Berlinghieri soon after St Francis' canonization in 1228. The Bardi Dossal illustrated is such a piece, typical in that it shows a saint, here Saint Francis of Assissi, as the main image, surrounded by scenes from his life.[6] In a larger altarpiece these would be predella scenes running below the main painting. However, dossal is used of some large polytychs which could not be taken on procession in this way. In academic art history, \"dossal\" is today only likely to be used for such paintings, or the textiles.\nCloth dossals rarely achieve much individual notability, but the \"Lanercost Dossal\" at Lanercost Priory, Cumbria, was specially designed by William Morris and embroidered by local ladies. It is 24 feet wide, in \"worsted wools on a felted ground\".[7] It was removed for restoration in 2012, which was completed by 2014.[8]\n\"Guild\" = \"Dossals, and Riddles and Testers\", The Altar Guild Resource for the Diocese of Rhode Island\nhttps:\/\/www.nationalgallery.org.uk\/paintings\/glossary\/dossal \"Dossal\" in National Gallery Glossary\nGuild; Dossal. 8. 438.\nAltar Screen.\nSzakolczai, Arpad, Sociology, Religion and Grace, pp. 94-95, 2007,, 9781134194506, google books; Franco, Bradley R., \"The Functions of Early Franciscan Art\", in The World of St. Francis of Assisi: Essays in Honor of William R. Cook, eds. Bradley Franco, Beth Mulvaney, 2015, BRILL,, 9789004290280, google books\nhttps:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk\/the-northerner\/2012\/jun\/14\/arts-art \"William Morris and his 'Cumbrian ladies' will be strumming their harps as their masterpiece is restored\"\nhttp:\/\/www.lanercostpriory.org.uk\/priory\/dossal.html The William Morris Lanercost Priory Dossal - History and Conservation\nThis article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article \"Dossal\".","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Losing ground at the wrong time: trends in self-reported influenza vaccination uptake in Switzerland, Swiss Health Survey 2007-2017.\nZ\u00fcrcher, Kathrin; Zwahlen, Marcel; Berlin, Claudia; Egger, Matthias; Fenner, Lukas (2021). Losing ground at the wrong time: trends in self-reported influenza vaccination uptake in Switzerland, Swiss Health Survey 2007-2017. BMJ open, 11(2), e041354. BMJ Publishing Group 10.1136\/bmjopen-2020-041354\nZ_rcher_BMJOpen_2021.pdf - Published Version\nAvailable under License Creative Commons: Attribution-Noncommercial (CC-BY-NC).\nWe studied time trends in seasonal influenza vaccination and associations with socioeconomic and health-related determinants in Switzerland, overall and in people aged \u226565 years.\nThree cross-sectional surveys.\nIndividuals who participated in the Swiss Health Surveys 2007, 2012 and 2017. We calculated the proportion reporting influenza vaccination in the last 12 months, and performed multivariable logistic regression analyses.\nWe included 51\u2009582 individuals in this analysis. The median age was 49 years (IQR 25-64), and 27\u2009518 were women (53.3%). The proportion of reporting a history of influenza vaccination overall was 31.9% (95%\u2009CI 31.4 to 32.4); and dropped from 34.5% in 2007 to 28.8% in 2017. The uptake of vaccination within the past 12 months was 16% in 2007 and similar in 2012 and 2017 (around 14%). In people with chronic disease, uptake dropped from 43.8% in 2007 to 37.1% in 2012 and to 31.6% in 2017 (p<0.001). In people aged \u226565 years, uptake dropped from 47.8% in 2007 to 38.5% in 2012 to 36.2% in 2017 (p<0.001). In logistic regression, self-reported vaccination coverage decreased in the 65-75 years old (adjusted OR (aOR) 0.56, 95%\u2009CI 0.48 to 0.66 between 2007 and 2012; aOR 0.89, 95%\u2009CI 0.77 to 1.03 between 2012 and 2017). Uptake was positively associated with the \u226565\u2009age group, living in French-speaking and urban areas, history of smoking, bad self-reported health status, private\/semiprivate health insurance, having a medical profession and having any underlying chronic disease.\nInfluenza vaccination coverage was low in older and chronically ill persons. Significant efforts are required in preparing for the influenza season 2020\/2021 to reduce the double burden of COVID-19 and seasonal influenza. These efforts should include campaigns but also novel approaches using social media.\n20 since deposited on 17 Feb 2021\n20 in the past 12 months\nJournal Article (Original Article)\n04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM)\nZ\u00fcrcher, Kathrin; Zwahlen, Marcel; Berlin, Claudia; Egger, Matthias and Fenner, Lukas\n300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 360 Social problems & social services\nBMJ Publishing Group\n[4] Swiss National Science Foundation\nDoris Kopp Heim\n10.1136\/bmjopen-2020-041354\nepidemiology infectious diseases public health\nBORIS DOI:\n10.48350\/152398\nhttps:\/\/boris.unibe.ch\/id\/eprint\/152398","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"\u26a0\ufe0fInformation and Updates Regarding COVID-19's Impact on the College of Natural Sciences\nAbout the Observatory\nLocal Astronomy Resources\nTelescope Operators\nAstronomy Club\nLittle Shop of Physics\nInvariant Syllabi\nAtomic, Molecular and Optical Physics\nHigh Energy Particle Physics\nSociety of Physics Students\nPhysics Graduate Courses\nGraduate Degree Plans\nResources and Perks\nDepartment Photos\nCarl Patton\nB.S., MIT (1963)\nPh.D., Cal. Tech. (1967)\nLife Fellow of the American Physical Society\nLife Fellow of the IEEE\nPast President of the American Physical Society Topical Group on Magnetism\nIEEE Magnetics Society Distinguished Lecturer (1994)\nIEEE Millenium Medal (2000)\nIEEE Magnetics Society Lifetime Achievement Award (2003)\nPresident of the IEEE Magnetics Society (2007 \u2013 2008)\nMagnetism and Magnetic Materials\nThe magnetics laboratory is engaged in a variety of basic and applied problems which range from the fundamental understanding of magnetic order to the study of materials and device structures for memory and high frequency applications. The present emphasis is on microwave and millimeter wave excitations, nonlinear processes, thin films, and ferrite materials. These research activities have been supported by numerous government agencies and industrial sponsors, such as the National Science Foundation, the Army Research Office, the Office of Naval Research, the Air Force (RADC), NASA, NATO, IREX, Rockwell International, Seagate, Honeywell, Verbatim, TRW, Ampex, Westinghouse, Pacific Ceramics, and Northrop Grumman. The group has an international flavor, with present and past research students and visiting scientists from Bulgaria, China, England, Germany, India, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Pakistan, Russia, Slovakia, Switzerland, and the Ukraine, as well as from the USA.\nFundamental research in magnetism has been in such diverse areas as domain wall dynamics in thin films, the effect of chemical short range and long range atomic order on the magnetic state of systems with competing ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic order, spin canting in ferrites with nonmagnetic substitutions, microwave relaxation processes in ferromagnetic thin films, microwave loss mechanisms in ferrites, nonlinear dynamics in magnetic systems, magnetism in spin glasses, Brillouin light scattering on magnetic excitations, giant magnetoresistance in thin film sandwiches, microwave magnetic envelope solitons in thin films, composite magneto-electric materials, and ferrite-ferroelectric heterostructures. Applied research has been concerned with studies of lunar soil magnetism, microstructure in ferrites, magnetic films for perpendicular recording and high density storage, metallic powders for absorber applications, new materials for millimeter wave applications, microwave soliton thin film devices, and surface damage effects in recording head materials.\nInquiries are welcome from senior scientists interested in visiting sabbatical appointments or other visiting appointments, recently graduated Ph.D. scientists interested in postdoctoral appointments, and prospective graduate students with an interest in magnetics research.\nThe Magnetism and Magnetic Materials Program offers opportunities for creative basic and applied research, productive work with an international team of students and scientists, individual accomplishment and teamwork toward project goals, archival publications, participation in international conferences, and interaction with scientists and engineers in basic and applied magnetics from around the world.\nCurrent Research Support\nNew magnetic materials and phenomena for radar and microwave signal processing devices \u2013 bulk and thin film ferrites and metallic thin films, Office of Naval Research\nGiga-hertz electromagnetic wave science and devices for advanced battlefield communications, U. S. Army Research Office [Multi-university research initiative (MURI) CSU component]\nFerrite-ferroelectric composite bulk and thin film materials for electric field tunable microwave and millimeter wave devices. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) \u2013 U. S. Army Research Office\nMillimeter wave ferromagnetic resonance system development and AMFer collaboration, University of Idaho\nLinear and nonlinear precession dynamics and spin wave loss in heads and media materials, Information Storage Industry Consortium\nT. Gerrits, P. Krivosik, M. L. Schneider, C. E. Patton, and T. J. Silva, \"MOKE-NLFMR \u2013 Direct detection of nonlinear ferromagnetic resonance in thin films by the magneto-optic Kerr effect,\" Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 207602 1 to 4 (2007).\nJ. Das, S. S. Kalarickal, K. S. Kim, and Carl E. Patton, \"Fundamental magnetic properties and structural implications for nanocrystalline Fe-Ti-N thin films,\" Phys. Rev. B75, 094435 1 to 11 (2007).\nP. Krivosik, N. Mo, S. Kalarickal, and C. E. Patton, \"Hamiltonian formalism for two magnon scattering microwave relaxation \u2013 theory and applications,\" J. Appl. Phys. 101, 083901 1 to 13 (2007).\nK. R. Smith, V. I. Vasyuchka, M. Wu, G. A. Melkov, and C. E. Patton, \"The Cloning and Trapping of Magnetostatic Spin Wave Pulses by Parametric Pumping,\" Phys. Rev. B76, 054412 1 to 6 (2007).\nM. Wu and Carl E. Patton, \"Experimental observation of bona fide Fermi-Pasta-Ulam recurrence in a nonlinear ring system,\" Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 047202-1 to 4 (2007).\nN. Mo, J. J. Green, P. Krivosik, and C. E. Patton, \"The low field microwave effective linewidth in polycrystalline ferrites,\" J. Appl. Phys. 101, 023914-1 to 10 (2007).\nH. M. Olson, P. Krivosik, K. Sirnivasan, and C. E. Patton, \"Ferromagnetic resonance saturation and second order Suhl spin wave instability processes in thin Permalloy films,\" J. Appl. Phys. 102, 023904 1 to 12 (2007).\nM. Wu, P. Krivosik, B. A. Kalinikos, and C. E. Patton, \"Random generation of coherent solitary waves from incoherent waves,\" Rev. Lett. 96, 227202-1 to 4 (2006).\nM. Wu, B. A. Kalinikos, L. D. Carr, and C. E. Patton, \"Observation of spin wave soliton fractals in magnetic film active feedback rings,\" Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 187202-1 to 5 (2006).\nS. S. Kalarickal, P. Krivosik, C. E. Patton, M. L. Schneider, P. Kabos, T. J. Silva, and J. P. Nibarger, \"Ferromagnetic resonance linewidth in metallic thin films \u2013 comparison of measurement methods,\" J. Appl. Phys. 99, 093909 1-7 (2006).\nAR124 Engineering Building\n1875 Campus Delivery\nFort Collins, Colorado 80523-1875\nIn-Office Hours:\nMon - Fri 9a - 2p\nEmail: physics_reception@Mail.Colostate.edu\nCollege of Natural Sciences Contact Details\n117 Statistics Building\nIn-person Hours\nIn-person Hours:\nMon: 1p - 4:45p\nWed: 7:45a - 12:45p\nThu: 12:45p - 4:45p\nRemote Hours\nRemote Hours:\nMon - Fri 7:45a - 4:45p\nEmail: cns_info@colostate.edu\nNewsletter: Subscribe View\n\u00a9 Colorado State University - College of Natural Sciences, Fort Collins, CO 80523","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddee #SLOVENIA: Joker Out To Perform \"Carpe Diem\" In Liverpool\nEurovision Finals 2013\nSPAIN Eurovision 2014 : \"Talent Search Thursday's\" Spanish Edition\nBy eurovisionireland on July 4, 2013 \u2022 ( 4 Comments )\nMonica Naranjo \u2013 one of our picks to represent Spain at Eurovision 2014. Photograph courtesy of MonicaNaranjo.com\nWho will represent Spain at Eurovision 2014? As it is the \"Thursday Talent Search\" here at Eurovision Ireland we thought we would speak to some of our Spanish readers and get their opinions on who would be a strong representative for Spain at Eurovision 2014.\nSo who do we think could bring Spain to the Top 10 at Eurovision 2014?\nRuth Lorenzo\nThere has been a lot of media coverage about Diana Navarro and how she has said publicly that she would like to represent her country and music at Eurovision \u2013 so we thought it would be good to mention the above artists also. There is no doubting that Diana Navarro would be amazing on a Eurovision stage also.\nIn 1994 Monica recorded her debut album, \"M\u00f3nica Naranjo\", after being signed to Sony Music. The album gave Monica many hits including \"Sola\" and \"Fuego de pasi\u00f3n\". Later she was nominated for the \"Eres Awards\". In November 1995 Monica performed at Mexico City's Metropolitan Theater which was a huge accomplishment.\nIn 1997 she released her second album, \"Palabra de Mujer\". The album was a commercial success and managed to sell more than 2 million copies in the United States, Latin America and Spain with songs like \"Entender el amor and Las campanas del amor\".\nIn 2000 she released her third album,Minage which was a tribute to the Italian singer Mina.\nSince then she has released several more albums and scored several #1 singles in Spain like \"Enamorada de ti\", \"Europa\" and \"Amor y lujo\" whilst still constantly touring in Spain and Latin America.\nMonica is a passionate singer and her stage performances are always stunning. She is a Diva but has the amazing husky voice to back up her claim to the title. She would be a visual and vocal feast at Eurovision. Please TVE speak to Monica Naranjo for Eurovision 2014!!\nNow we have already written about Ruth Lorenzo on our site as we are very familiar with her. She appeared on the X-Factor in the UK in 2008 and came 5th. She has said that she would like to enter Eurovision either for Spain or the United Kingdom. She was a firm favorite of music mogul Simon Cowell.\nLorenzo was approached by Spanish TV Channel Cuatro and asked to write a song for the fictional drama \"Valientes\". She accepted and composed two songs for the show, one for the opening ('Quiero Ser Valiente') and one for the end credits ('Te Puedo Ver'). Ruth has also written songs for Dannii Minogues comeback album.\nRuth has released her debut album \"Raspberry Pattern\" in both the UK and Spain. The first song from the album, \"Burn\" was released in Spain and reached #16 in the charts.\nRuth is a rock singer at heart, as she proved on X-Factor, but as you can hear in \"The Night\", she can turn her hand to dance music too. Again another strong female singer that Spain has at the ready for Eurovision \u2013 and she said she would like to perform too at the contest.\nNow it's time for some serious testosterone in the form of David Bustamante. You know you are successful when you are known just by one name and that is the case for David \u2013 as he is more commonly known as \"Bustamente\". He shot to fame on the Spanish talent television show \"Operaci\u00f3n Triunfo\" \u2013 that brought us Rosa and the song \"Europe's Living a Celebration\" and gave Spain it's best placing at Eurovision since 2002. David came third in the contest that year in Spain but has gone on to much success following the show.\nTo date he has sold over 2 million albums in Spain and Latin America and has 2 very well known fans \u2013 Ricky Martin and Mark Anthony \u2013 who would be classed as artists of David's genre of music. Not only this but David has had two of his albums produced by highly successful men. Emelio Estefan (Of The Miami Sound Machine and Gloria Estefan fame) was the main producer on the album As\u00ed soy yo (That's the way I am).\nFrom this, David went on in 2011 to have \"Mio\" produced by Christian Leuzzi who is one of Celine Dion's main producers. David is a Latin Pop singer and this is a sound that will translate well at Eurovision. The man has an amazing voice and certainly knows how to use his handsome good looks on camera \u2013 so you would be assured of a strong performance from him. Again TVE please speak to David Bustamante.\nIn case you needed another reason to like David \u2013 he only recorded the above duet with Spanish Eurovision favorite Pastora Soler. All the Eurovision credentials are there for him to be a success in 2014 at the contest.\nNow we are taking a shot in the dark with this one. \"La Casa Azul\" have to be one of the best acts that have never made it to Eurovision from Spain. In 2008 they came third in the Spanish National Eurovision Final with the amazing song \"La Revoluci\u00f3n Sexual\". When you think that Spain sent Rodolfo Chikilicuatre to Belgrade \u2013 you have to ask \"Why?\". Well ireland sent a Turkey that year so who are we to judge! But this song La Casa Azul is amazing and was one of the most successful Spanish Eurovision related songs in Latin American history.\nLa Casa Azul are a band that remind me of \"Jamiroquai\" with a more defined pop sound to them. Created and fronted by the producer Guille Milkyway \u2013 they also contain David, Virginia, Oscar, Clara and Sergio \u2013 who appear in the videos but never perform live with him \u2013 it is always Milkyway on his own. No matter who is in the band, they are a great funky\/indie band. We are not sure if they are even still performing, but up until last year we saw this great song from them\nThey are an Independent Band and produce their music on their record label ElefantRecords \u2013 so they are a true home-grown talent and rather unique. Personally I would love to see them at Eurovision. TVE \u2013 I hope you are listening!\nSo there you have our selection of possible candidates for Spain at Eurovision 2014. One thing for sure is that there is certainly no shortage of great musical talent in Spain \u2013 TVE just needs to engage with them and get them to enter Eurovision 2014!\nWhat do you think of our selection of Spanish artists for Eurovision 2014?\nAuthor\/Website co-founder and Editor in Chief Garrett Mulhall\nSource \u2013 Eurovision Ireland\nCategories: Eurovision Finals 2013, Spain, Thursday's Talent Search for Eurovision 2014\nTagged as: David Bustamante, Eurovision, eurovision 2014, Eurovision Song Contest, La Casa Azul, M\u00f3nica Naranjo, Ruth Lorenzo, Spain\nNEWSFLASH UPDATE- Herning now out of the running for Eurovision 2014?\nEurovision Friday Favorites \u2013 Ireland V Azerbaijan in the \"Lovely Horse Races\"\nDavid Bustamante please\nPlease Bustamante must represent Espana he has great voice))))\neurovisionireland says:\nWho do you think they will select Dana?\nPingback: SPAIN : Confirm Eurovision 2014 Participation \u00ab eurovisionireland\nThe Pots for the #ESC23 Semi Final #ALLOCATION Draw are here... eurovisionireland.net\/2023\/01\/30\/%f0\u2026 22 hours ago","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Power of 9: India\nStoveTrace provides a mobile-based monitoring device to enable widespread participation in a voluntary carbon market when individuals in India use clean cookstoves: https:\/\/bit.ly\/3CNgOlo via @Qualcomm\nStoveTrace: A Mobile Application to Monitor Use and Promote Adoption of Clean Cooking Technologies\nThe StoveTrace program demonstrates how mobile networks can aid in advancing the economic, health and environmental objectives of individuals and communities. StoveTrace provides an affordable, reliable, mobile-phone-based monitoring device to enable widespread participation in a voluntary carbon market when individuals use clean cookstoves instead of traditional biomass burning cookstoves.\nNearly three billion people, about 40 percent of the world's population, depend on traditional cookstoves that use fuels like firewood, cow dung and crop residues for their cooking needs.1\nThe Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 estimates that four million people die each year as a result of inhaling the smoke and soot produced by cooking over traditional cookstoves.2\nSwitching to clean cookstoves can reduce the amount of firewood used for cooking, as well as the amount of smoke produced indoors and outdoors, reducing pollution and improving health for the women and children who are most exposed to the smoke.\nUnfortunately not all clean cookstoves perform well in the field. Advanced clean biomassburning cookstoves still burn locally available biomass, but dramatically and measurably reduce harmful emissions.\nAt a cost of approximately 2700-6500 Indian rupees (US $42-$100) each, advanced clean cookstoves are currently unaffordable for the estimated two billion people worldwide living on less than US $3 per day.\nRegistered carbon credit programs are beginning to provide financial incentives for reducing carbon emissions through the use of clean cookstoves. However, it is difficult and expensive to verify that these stoves are being used and measure the reduction in carbon emissions that results from use of clean cookstoves, making it a challenge to apply carbon credits for improved cooking technologies.\nTo address this challenge of accurately and affordably verifying the use of a clean cookstove, StoveTrace, a state-of-the-art mobile-phonebased temperature sensing application, has been developed.\nStoveTrace was created to support Project Surya, an international collaboration between the University of California, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) and Nexleaf Analytics. Project Surya is an initiative focused on mitigating climate change by integrating clean cooking technologies with innovative sensing and climate financing for reduction of carbon dioxide and black carbon.\nThe StoveTrace system includes a mobile-phone-based temperature sensing application, a thermal sensor that connects to the mobile device and a web-based analytics dashboard. Each time the clean cookstove is fired up, the StoveTrace senses the cooking event via the temperature probe and stores and uploads cooking event data.\nThe temperature data is wirelessly uploaded from the mobile phone to a central server via a wireless broadband network.\nThe data collected includes the number of times a stove is used and the duration of each use, enabling remote verification of stove usage. This data can be used by carbon market investors as verification of reduction in carbon emissions.\nA web-based dashboard has been developed which shows the number of times the stove has been lit and duration of cooking.\nVodafone mPesa enables remittance of the carbon market payments directly to the clean cookstove users.\nAccurate Tracking: StoveTrace sensors have been determined to be the most accurate in tracking cookstove usage and more reliable than other methods like selfreporting and data loggers.\nOver 140,000 Hours Logged: StoveTrace has been tested and validated in field settings involving more than 700 households in rural villages in Uttar Pradesh and Orissa, India. Participating families have logged over 140,000 cooking hours on clean cookstoves, saving 530 combined tons of carbon dioxide and black carbon.\nInsightful Data: Continuous monitoring of clean cookstoves through StoveTrace improves understanding of cookstove usage and reveals insights to drive behavior change for increased adoption of clean cooking technology without using tedious and unreliable surveys.\nLess Downtime: StoveTrace data has also enabled clean cookstove implementers (including NGOs, manufacturers and entrepreneurs) to detect mechanical breakdowns, allowing implementation teams to quickly repair the stoves resulting in resumed usage by the families.\nMicro-payments: Stove users have been rewarded thus far with a combined total of nearly US $1500 in micro-payments, commensurate with hours of usage, paid directly to their bank accounts. Additionally, remittance of carbon credits to families based on clean cookstove usage has led to increased clean cookstove usage among families.\nSuccessful Collaboration: The Gold Standard Foundation, Nexleaf Analytics, and the University of California San Diego among other experts in climate and development, have collaborated in launching a pioneering methodology for quantifying and monitoring emissions from black carbon and other short-lived climate pollutants which will drive finance into projects that provide an immediate and measurable impact on mitigating climate change at a local level\n1 http:\/\/cleancookstoves.org\/resources\/reports\/fiveyears.html\n2 Lim S.S. et al., 2012, A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010, Lancet, 380: 2224-60.\nTechnology. Innovation & Solutions\nNASDAQ:QCOM\nStoveTrace\nMore from Qualcomm\n5G's Green Footprint Stretches Across 'Railroads, Waterways and Airways of Tomorrow,' Says Qualcomm Exec\nJan 13, 2022 4:40 PM ET\nQualcomm Leads Other Major US Chipmakers in Setting Net-Zero Goal\nSnapdragon Compute Platforms Transform Small Businesses\nDec 13, 2021 1:15 PM ET\nAs Mobile Networks and 5G are Rapidly Implemented, Limiting Energy Use Remains a Focus\nDec 9, 2021 1:15 PM ET\nQualcomm Education-as-a-service: Transforming the Digital and Hybrid Classroom and Campus Experience","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Jason Rosenhouse\nGames for Your Mind\nThe History and Future of Logic Puzzles\nPrinceton University Press 2020\nJason Rosenhouse's Games for Your Mind: The History and Future of Logic Puzzles (Princeton UP, 2020) is about a panoply of logic puzzles. You'll find Mastermind and sudoku discussed early on, and then you'll be hit with an incredible array of some of the most intriguing logic puzzles that have ever been devised. Some will be familiar to you, but some will almost certainly be brain-teasers you have never heard of. It's absolutely amazing what a truly deep field grew from recreational pastimes \u2013 and this book is an absolute treasure trove of stuff you can't help thinking about. If you like logic, you're certain to be sucked in \u2013 but you'll enjoy the ride.\nLogic puzzles were first introduced to the public by Lewis Carroll in the late nineteenth century and have been popular ever since. Games like Sudoku and Mastermind are fun and engrossing recreational activities, but they also share deep foundations in mathematical logic and are worthy of serious intellectual inquiry. Games for Your Mind explores the history and future of logic puzzles while enabling you to test your skill against a variety of puzzles yourself.\nIn this informative and entertaining book, Jason Rosenhouse begins by introducing readers to logic and logic puzzles and goes on to reveal the rich history of these puzzles. He shows how Carroll's puzzles presented Aristotelian logic as a game for children, yet also informed his scholarly work on logic. He reveals how another pioneer of logic puzzles, Raymond Smullyan, drew on classic puzzles about liars and truthtellers to illustrate Kurt G\u00f6del's theorems and illuminate profound questions in mathematical logic. Rosenhouse then presents a new vision for the future of logic puzzles based on nonclassical logic, which is used today in computer science and automated reasoning to manipulate large and sometimes contradictory sets of data.\nFeaturing a wealth of sample puzzles ranging from simple to extremely challenging, this lively and engaging book brings together many of the most ingenious puzzles ever devised, including the Hardest Logic Puzzle Ever, metapuzzles, paradoxes, and the logic puzzles in detective stories.\nJim Stein\nAlso Hosted By Jim Stein\nWho's Counting?\nJohn Allen Paulos\nThe Secret Lives of Numbers\nMathematical Tools for Real-World Applications\nAlexandr Draganov\nThe Story of Proof\nJohn Stillwell\nThe Raven's Hat\nJonas Peters and Nicolai Meinshausen\nMath Without Numbers\nMilo Beckman\nThe Joy of Geometry\nMathematics Entertainment for the Millions\nAlfred Posamentier\nMage Merlin's Unsolved Mathematical Mysteries\nSatyan Devadoss and Matt Harvey\nExtraterrestrials\nWade Roush\nBeautiful Symmetry","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Walking for community impact\nNorlane resident Ben Le Fevre has completed a significant personal challenge to honour lost loved ones, raise money and awareness of suicide prevention activities in Geelong.\nAs well as playing a key role in the annual Geelong Suicide Prevention Awareness Network (SPAN) walk this month, during July he walked 200 kilometres on his way to raising $2791 for RUOK?\nThe RUOK? event raised money to help provide counselling in remote areas and develop programs for schools and workplaces about how to ask RUOK? and know how to follow up if the answer is no.\nThe 200 kilometres, about six kilometres a day, were at night and mostly alone. Sponsors supported his effort and contributed to his fundraising result, which exceeded his original goal of $1000.\n\"I decided to do the kilometres at night because my loved ones were in a dark place at the time,\" he said. \"I also carried a weighted bag, because I know they would have been carrying a lot of emotions with them.\"\nBen, 26, is a Geelong SPAN committee member and has joined its annual walk since it began in 2010. Ben has lost six loved ones to suicide since 2008 and joined SPAN to get support for himself.\n\"I then realised that Geelong still had an issue with suicide and depression being a taboo subject,\" he said. \"I wanted to help raise awareness.\"\nThe traditional SPAN walk was replaced by a virtual walk on September 13, with Ben providing a welcome to participants via a Facebook live feed. He said the walk helps dismantle the stigma around the taboo subject and is a safe place to talk about loved ones lost to suicide.\nBen said he has experienced depression himself and knows what a merry-go-round it can be. He wants everyone to have access to support when they need it most.\nIf you or someone you know needs help phone, Lifeline on 131-114 or Beyond Blue on 1300-224-636. You can support SPAN Geelong by going to its website https:\/\/www.spangeelong.com\/\nHelp is a phone call away\nBethany Community Support has launched a new program to support people as they work through impacts of COVID-19. These include sudden loss of income and jobs, social distancing, working from home and daily messaging in the media that can increase levels of stress and anxiety.\nSometimes you just need someone to talk to. The Bethany COVID-19 Support Line \u2013 1300-655-598 \u2013 is a new and easy pathway to speak with a trained counsellor.\nBethany's support services include the provision of emergency relief to help those who are struggling to cope with financial stress, support for individuals and families including therapeutic counselling, family support and housing services, occupational therapists and speech pathologists to assist with your NDIS journey and support for gambling-related harm.\nBethany is committed to supporting the community and has adapted the way staff deliver all of their services, which are now effectively delivered over the phone; online via secure video conference or video calls; or in person with strict precautions to manage safety.\nTherapists can also invite carers, support co-ordinators, language interpreters and any other people the participant would like to include in the session.\nBethany COVID-19 Support Line counsellors will listen, provide support, advice and helpful strategies as well as guide you to services that might be useful for your particular situation.\nNo problem is too big or small.\nIf you, or someone you know needs someone to talk to, call the Bethany COVID-19 Support Line on 1300-655-598, from Monday to Friday, 10am-3pm.\nKeeping active at home\nThe City of Greater Geelong has put together a health and wellbeing resource to help residents create and live a healthy lifestyle, particularly in times of isolation.\nHealthy at Home shares a range of ideas that can be easily adopted, like nutritious recipes, mental health support, information about positive relationships and tips for keeping active at home.\nIncreasing your daily activity can come from small movements around the house that build up throughout the day. Cleaning and doing laundry, working in the garden, or trying some stretches during TV ad breaks all count.\nAiming for a little more movement whenever, wherever and however you can, is a great way to boost your physical and mental health.\nMayor Stephanie Asher said the Healthy at Home toolkit has been designed to help people support the health and wellbeing of themselves and their families.\n\"It can be a difficult balance, juggling this new way of living, supporting others' wellbeing and trying to eat well, exercise and get enough sleep yourself\" she said. \"The toolkit features a lot of very helpful information and practical tools.\"\nCr Pat Murnane, Chair Community Health, Wellbeing and Safety portfolio is encouraging residents to check out the toolkit, as there's something for everyone.\n\"There are tips on sleeping well, mindfulness exercises, links to online fitness classes, recipes for delicious infused water, and even a meal planning template and sample shopping list,\" Cr Murnane said.\nFind the Healthy at Home toolkit at www.geelongaustralia.com.au\/healthyathome\nResidents without access to the internet can register for a printed toolkit by phoning 5272-5272.\nBarwon Health North is making a difference\nNorthern suburbs residents are turning to Barwon Health North's Urgent Care Centre for treatment for minor illnesses and injuries, as well as x-ray and medical imaging. The new facility, located on the corner of Cox Road and Princes Highway, opened in late January and is a walk-in service for people with minor illnesses and injuries.\nThe Urgent Care Centre is staffed by highly-skilled nurse practitioners, registered nurses, medical imaging staff and patient services assistants.\nNurse practitioners can examine, diagnose illnesses\/injuries, treat wounds including sutures, plaster, prescribe medication\/treatment and make referrals. Nurse practitioners have a direct video link to doctors at University Hospital Geelong's Emergency Department.\nBarwon Health North's Urgent Care Centre is open seven days, 2pm to 10pm, including x-ray and medical imaging. More services including child and family, healthy at home and adult and paediatric specialist clinics will open in the coming months.\nBell Park mother Tiana Dawes used Barwon Health North's walk-in service for a quick result after their two-year-old son Ollie swallowed a coin.\nTiana called her mother in a panic after Ollie lodged a 10-cent coin in his throat, anticipating spending hours waiting at the Emergency Department as a less urgent patient.\n\"I was about to head into town, but Mum told me Barwon Health North was open and it was closer,\" she said.\n\"We came here and by that time he had swallowed the coin. It was two days before he was due for a tonsillectomy, so that was my main concern. The facility is excellent and the staff were great. They made us feel welcome and took us straight through.\n\"The staff observed his breathing while he had a bit of a run around and play, and made sure he was OK before they sent us home with the all-clear.\"\nFor more information about Barwon Health North go to www.barwonhealthnorth.org.au or phone 4215-8000.\nCancer screening in the north\nWestern Victoria Primary Health Network (WVPHN) is leading a Bowel Cancer Screening Project in Corio and Norlane until June 2020 to increase screening participation rates among 50-74 year-olds.\nThe community-led project has funding from the Department of Health and Human Services and is made up of an advisory committee, comprising five community members, who advise and inform WVPHN on initiatives. The Cancer Screening Community Project Officer is also available for group presentations and sets up regular information stalls.\nBowel screening has been recognised as a priority for 50-74 year-olds. Corio and Norlane National Bowel Screening Program rates sit below the national average, according to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2015-16 Cancer Screening Rates.\nTo help prevent bowel cancer in men and women aged 50-74, WVPHN is also running a Peer Education Project in Corio\/Norlane. It is seeking Peer Educators, who will be paid $40 an hour for approximately 8-10 hours of training, peer sessions and evaluations.\nTo get involved or if you are interested in more information or a bowel cancer screening presentation at your organisation\/community group, please contact: Anne O'Callaghan, Cancer Screening Community Project Officer, Western Victoria Primary Health Network, phone 5222-0876 or email anne.ocallaghan@westvicphn.com.au.\nPeace of mind for isolated\nDo you know someone who lives alone and feels isolated? The Community Support Regster can help.\nFirst established in 2006, the Community Support Register operates from the Corio Police Station and is staffed by a dedicated group of volunteers, supported by local donations and sponsorship.\nThe register collects health and other personal information to be accessed if the person cannot provide it themselves due to an accident, fall or illness. Police, ambulance, hospital and fire services can quickly access the register, but only in an emergency.\nInformation may include:\nDoctor\/pharmacist details.\nMedical history and details about any disabilities.\nPeople to contact in an emergency.\nPets and who is to care for them.\nHow access can be gained to property in an emergency.\nParticipants can choose what information they wish to provide. Regular phone calls can be arranged with the volunteers to people who are feeling isolated and would benefit from social contact.\nThe Community Support Register is open to people of all ages and abilities and is a free service \u2013 there is no cost to register.\nTo find out more contact: Geelong register, phone 5275-1607 or email info@geelongregister.org.au.\nPosted in Community, Health\nDay hospice in Norlane\nDay respite is available in Norlane for people with life-limiting illness. Anam Cara Hospice is hosting weekly sessions at Dorothy Thompson Centre in Wendover Avenue.\nThe day program runs every Wednesday from 10.30am until 3pm, co-ordinated by Day Hospice Nurse Manager Tessa Davis, with support from palliative care-trained volunteers.\n\"People with life-limiting illness can come and have quality time with a palliative care-trained nurse,\" Tessa said. \"They can enjoy some time to chat, socialise and meet new people. We can advocate for them in terms of pain management, as well as liaise with their family, GP and specialist.\"\nTessa said day program is the first outreach in the northern suburbs and is also an opportunity to give carers a break.\nFor more information, call 5222-5831.\nGardening: Time to think about winter vegies\nWe've said goodbye to summer and the labour-intensive work in the garden over the warmer months and hello to the lower maintenance time of the cooler weather.\nA crop of onions, leeks and garlic is always a bonus to the home cook and some can be stored after they mature and used during the coming seasons. They are not hard to grow and their flavor fresh out of your garden makes the produce out of the supermarket seem very bland and uninteresting, lacking in looks and flavor.\nAnother keeper is pumpkins \u2013 if they are cut after the vine withers and dies off, stored in a cool, dry place with a constant temperature, they will keep for months and the flavor is amazing.\nTop of the agenda during the winter months are cabbages, cauliflowers and brussels sprouts. Grown from seedlings they seem to take forever to reach maturity, but the wait is worth it.\nThey do need monitoring to make sure that the white cabbage moths don't eat them all for dinner and they must be kept dusted or covered under fine netting to keep them safe. They are at their best both in flavor and in vitamin content when fresh from the garden.\nA spare cauliflower can be used to make a lovely pot of Picalily Pickles \u2013 the recipe is an old one my Gran brought out from England in 1921. It's easy to make and a great keeper, I've kept it for three years in storage.\nNow is also the time to buy in your bulbs ready for spring and summer flowers. Bulbs grow well in pots so they're great for balconies or patios. Look for big, firm bulbs and plant them three times as deep as their height, with their shoot facing upwards. You'd be amazed how many people plant them upside down. Don't overwater them or they may rot.\nPICALILY PICKLES\nStart with: 1 cauliflower, 3 zucchinis, 3 large onions, \u00bd cup salt.\nFinely chop all vegetables and put into a large plastic bowl or bucket with salt. Mix through and cover with water. Leave overnight.\nNext day, tip into large boiler, bring to boil for five minutes, then strain off the water.\nAdd 3 to 4 cups sugar, 1 level tablespoon salt, a pack of pickling spice tied in a cloth and cover with enough white vinegar to cover plus an extra 1.2 centimentres (usually takes 2 bottles). Bring to boil for approximately 15 minutes.\nThicken with a mixture of 1 \u00bd cups plain flour, 2 tablespoons mustard and 1 heaped tablespoon turmeric mixed together with water. Boil a further 10-15 minutes to cook the flour, stirring frequently, remove the spices tied in the cloth and bottle into hot bottles. Seal with paraffin wax.\nIf it's too thick add more vinegar; if too thin add more flour mixture.\nIf it's not spicy enough add more mustard, but remember that flavor will improve and grow stronger when stored before using.\nBarwon Health's Oral Health Service is continuing its early intervention program Wide Smiles, visiting thousands of students across Geelong this year.\nLed by Dr Michael Smith and Sharon Lewis, Barwon Health developed a method to improve the oral health of children by visiting 44 kindergartens and 25 schools.\nDuring the 2018 school year, children received two dental check-ups and were provided with toothbrushes and toothpaste. Students with early 'white spot' decay had fluoride varnish applied.\nParent engagement sessions were also conducted and information on sugar content in different foods was shared. To date, more than 16,000 children have benefited from the program.\nChildren at Northern Bay College requiring dental procedures benefited from Barwon Health's outreach dental van, which is equipped to provide a variety of more complex dental treatments.\n2018 was the third year the program has operated at Northern Bay College's Wexford Campus and the service has now expanded to the school's Peacock Campus. The response from both parents and students has been positive.\nAdults with a Health Care Card or a Pension Card can access dental services at the Corio Community Health Centre Dental Clinic. Appointments can be made by phoning 4215-7240 \u2013 children under the age of 13 years access the service free.\nCoasthaven development to open early 2019\nConstruction at Baptcare Coasthaven Community in Robin Avenue, Norlane is proceeding on schedule and the development will be open to the public in early 2019.\nIt will deliver a 90-bed residential aged care facility and a Community Hub, designed to serve the needs of the local community.\nTo receive updates and news on this new Community, as well as special offers, giveaways and information on the Open Day to be held early next year, visit www.baptcare.org.au to register your interest.\nget_footer();","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"When animals attack: Death databases indicate that our fondest phobias may be misdirected\nBy Rachel Nuwer on January 25, 2011\nLeft: Although this python could probably consume a small child, according to the CDC's death statistics it most likely won't. [Credit: Rachel Nuwer]\nLions and tigers and bears, oh my! Messages warning us of the dangers of ferocious and venomous animals surround us. From the serpent lurking in the Garden of Eden to the critter villains in movies such as Jaws, it often seems the animal world is out to get us. But how many deaths do animals actually cause per year, and which species are really the ones to blame? The answer may surprise you.\nAt the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention's WONDER site, compressed mortality figures for 1999-2007 can be neatly sorted by location, age, race, and gender. The database compiles official death information reported in the United States and assigns a detailed code for cause of death ranging from frostbite to falls.\nFrom these figures, statistics for death caused by furry, scaly, or winged creatures can be calculated based upon the overall population of the United States. For example, the probability of getting eaten by a bear is 0.00007 out of 100,000 people. However, unless you're a backpacker (or the grizzly man), most of us do not encounter bears on a daily basis. If statistics are broken down to include only backpackers, the risk goes up to 0.1 out of 100,000, although this probably isn't enough of a risk to deter most nature enthusiasts from taking the gamble.\nRight: Alligator wrestlers will be relieved to know that only nine people died from alligator or crocodile attacks in the United States between 1999-2007. [Credit: Rachel Nuwer]\nTaking a look at venomous animals, a total of 714 people kicked the bucket after receiving a dose of animal-induced poison. Snakes come to mind as an obvious culprit. Listed as the fourth most common phobia in the United States, ophidiophobia affects millions though scientists disagree on whether this fear is an innate evolutionary hard wiring or a learned reaction. The CDC's figures reveals, however, that only 59 people died from snake or lizard bites in the eight-year period between 1999-2007. Similarly, arachnophobia ranks just after ophidiophobia on the list of common fears, yet according to the CDC venomous spiders caused lights out for just 70 people.\nIf snakes and spiders account for only 18 percent of the venomous animal deaths over the eight year period, just where are these other figures coming from? Anyone who remembers the tragic ending to \"My Girl\" or the equally distressing \"Invasion of the Bee Girls\" is on the right track: bee, wasp, and hornet stings caused 509 of the 714 total venomous animal deaths, or about 71 percent. About 0.5 percent of children and three percent of adults are prone to anaphylaxis after contact with insect venom, a potentially fatal full-blown allergic response that can occur within seconds of exposure to an insect sting.\nLeft: If you encounter a beehive, best leave it alone or risk becoming a statistic! [Credit: Rachel Nuwer]\nLike the bear attack example, though, not all death risks are created equally. Rather than backpackers, it seems that venomous animals such as bees are much more likely to claim the lives of men rather than women. Of the 509 deaths due to bees, wasps, and hornets, 412 of these\u2014or 81 percent\u2014were men. Unfortunately, the CDC does not categorize the scenarios or reasons behind death events, though we can speculate over the statistical discrepancy behind the gender divide. For example, men perhaps put themselves in positions more prone to encounter bees or wasps, like doing yard work, construction, or clearing timber. Stereotypical male behavior, though, most likely accounts for a fair number of these deaths. Just as poor little Macaulay Culkin's first instinct upon seeing a beehive in \"My Girl\" was to poke it with a stick, men seem to be universally prone to such needlessly risky, even dumb behavior.\nAlthough a healthy respect for venomous and dangerous animals can go a long way in avoiding potentially deadly situations, an out-and-out terror of spiders in the attic, alligators in the swimming pool, and snakes on a plane seems mostly unfounded and gives otherwise intriguing animals a bad rep. An accurate understanding of animal dangers\u2014and better yet, how to avoid them\u2014would be much more useful than unfounded phobias. And especially if you're male, you'd better think twice before picking up that stick.\nAbout the author: Rachel Nuwer is a graduate student at New York University's Science, Health, and Environmental Reporting Program. Her keen interest in science and nature was fostered in the bayous of southern Mississippi. Taking this love to an extreme, she investigated illegal wildlife trade in the peat swamp forests of Vietnam for her ecology master's thesis at the University of East Anglia, England. When not writing about science Rachel can be found taking photos, exploring the world, or rehabilitating stray kittens.\nThe views expressed are those of the author and are not necessarily those of Scientific American.\nRachel Nuwer is a freelance journalist and author of Poached: Inside the Dark World of Wildlife Trafficking (Da Capo Press, 2018). She lives in Brooklyn, N.Y. Follow Nuwer on Twitter @RachelNuwer Credit: Nick Higgins\nRecent Articles by Rachel Nuwer\nNot a Normal Killing\nPlumes and Pathogens: Human fascination with birds can jeopardize our health\nDoes debt boost young people's morale?\nCan you hear me now? Animals all over the world are finding interesting ways to get around the human din\nBy Rose Eveleth on January 24, 2011\nBiting the hand that feeds: The evolution of snake venom\nBy David Manly on January 26, 2011","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Choosing Capacitors for Crossover Audio Circuits\nKnowles Reflecting on 2022 and 2023 Plans\nThe article discuses design considerations and applications of capacitors for crossover audio circuits.\nCapacitors have a broad range of applications in audio circuits and systems. One of the main subsystems of a typical audio system is a crossover network. A crossover network is used to separate an audio signal into different frequency-dependent components. The separated components are then sent to specific driver circuits and speakers. The placement of this circuit can vary depending on the design of an audio system.\nCapacitors are key components in virtually all types of crossover networks. Other passive components that are essential in these networks include resistors and inductors. For this article, we will primarily focus on the role of capacitors and the types that are commonly used in crossover networks. The article will also explore some of the key considerations when designing crossover circuits.\nWhy the components of an audio signal are separated\nThe audio frequency ranges between approximately 20 Hz and 20 kHz. Although this frequency range can be handled by a single driver, such a configuration does not yield optimum sound output. Using a single driver usually results in distorted and low quality sound output.\nSimilarly, a low quality sound output is obtained when a single speaker is used for the entire audio frequency. To prevent signal distortion in audio systems, most of today's speakers are designed to operate optimally for a specific audio frequency range. This means that a combination of different speakers is required for optimum performance of an audio system.\nFor a full range loudspeaker, the frequency range is usually characterized by unsatisfactory bass and treble. The frequency response for such a system usually has an irregular frequency response. Due to this poor performance of full-range speakers, they are rarely used in high performance audio systems.\nUsing a single diaphragm for both bass and treble makes it difficult to lower distortion in an audio system. This characteristic makes full-range audio devices unsuitable for systems in which high quality output is desired.\nThe design of a diaphragm has a significant effect on the quality of the sound produced by a loudspeaker. To start with, low frequencies are known to introduce harmonic distortion in the diaphragm. The low frequencies also cause inter-modulation between treble and bass.\nThe distortion caused by low frequencies can be reduced by decreasing diaphragm excursion. This requires the diaphragm area to be increased. High frequency reproduction worsens with an increase in the size of a loudspeaker. To overcome these challenges, it is necessary to separate the components of an audio signal into different components and use audio devices that are optimized for limited audio frequency ranges.\nDesign considerations for crossover networks\nCrossover networks are essential components in most of today's audio systems. In a typical audio system, a crossover network is inserted after the amplifier. It separates and sends the high frequency components to the tweeter, the bass audio signals to the woofer, and the mid-range components to the mid-range speakers.\nFigure 1: A simplified circuit of a typical crossover network; image source: diyaudioandvideo.com\nFilters, low pass and high pass, are the building blocks of crossover networks. These sub-circuits consist of capacitors, resistors and inductors in different configurations. These passive components are selected and configured depending on the frequency range of the audio component.\nA low pass filter allows low frequency components of an audio signal to pass while blocking high frequency components. On the other hand, a high pass filter blocks both the low frequency and mid-range frequency components while allowing the high pass components to pass.\nAlthough various passive components are used in a crossover network, the overall performance of a circuit is mainly determined by the capacitors used. In most crossover networks, inductors and resistors of fixed values are used. Furthermore, there is no need to replace these passive components (inductors and resistors) when upgrading a network. The only time replacement is needed is when a component is damaged.\nChoosing capacitors for crossover networks\nThe types of capacitors that are commonly used for audio applications include ceramic, electrolytic and film capacitors. These types of capacitors differ in design, construction and performance characteristics. It is usually important to consider the unique needs of your audio application when selecting a capacitor.\nAluminium electrolytic capacitors come in a variety of designs but they are not widely used in audio applications. However, the characteristics of these components make them a suitable choice for some audio applications. When operated at a high voltage and high frequency, the temperature of an electrolytic capacitor can increase rapidly. As such, it is important to consider the temperature characteristics of a capacitor when selecting a capacitor for a crossover network.\nSome electrolytic capacitors, for example non-polar electrolytic capacitors, produce distortions and are unsuitable for audio ac applications. Moreover, the high dissipation factor of these components can cause extreme heating in components. Overheating shortens the service life of a component and lowers the overall performance of a circuit.\nFor special miniature designs such as mobile phones, music players, hearing aids also tantalum\/NbO capacitors can be considered, providing excellent audio performance with high stability and reliability. Nevertheless, these are polar devices that has to be considered in the design and thus not preferred in many applications.\nCeramic capacitors have a broad range of applications in today's audio systems. However, their performance characteristics make them unsuitable for use in crossover networks. To start with, these components are susceptible to microphonic effects. This occurs when a ceramic capacitor converts mechanical vibrations into electrical signals. These unwanted electrical signals can significantly distort audio signals.\nThe quality of sound produced by an audio circuit is greatly dependent on the audio frequency response of capacitors used. In general, ceramic capacitors have poor audio frequency response. Moreover, the low insulation resistance and relatively high equivalent series resistance of ceramic capacitors make them unsuitable for crossover networks.\nFilm capacitors are widely used in audio circuits for a wide range of applications. For the optimum performance of a crossover network, film capacitors with low dielectric absorption and equivalent series resistance are commonly used. The characteristics of film capacitors make them the number one choice for audio applications. It is common for circuit designers to use a combination of different types of capacitors.\nAudio devices that are optimized for narrow frequency ranges produce better sound output when compared to full-range audio devices. Audio crossover networks are used in audio systems to separate the different components of an audio signal. The separated components are then sent to different hardware devices (drivers and speakers). This separation helps to optimize the quality of output produced by an audio system. Capacitors are widely used in audio crossover networks. Some of the characteristics of a capacitor that greatly determine the performance of a crossover network include equivalent series resistance, dielectric absorption and insulation resistance. The impressive characteristics of film capacitors make them an unrivalled choice for crossover networks.\nfeatured image source: Duelund Capacitors\nVolatiles Control in Hermetic Electronic Components\nMLCC and Ceramic Capacitors","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"General Cinema \/ Framingham, Mass \/ 1985\nWhat resonated with me most in John's work was his juxtaposition of movement and stillness. I loved that most of the scenes were places that are loud, messy, and full of people (movie theatre, Fenway park, a factory, a diner) or have a clear sense of directional movement (cars on streets, man at the top of a staircase) and they all did have that sense of potential movement but, interestingly, there was a stronger sense of arrested motion. There was such a sense of stillness in almost all of those moments he captured when stillness and absence were the last things you thought you would find. The man at the top of the stairs had both feet planted even though he clearly should have been headed down the stairs; there was no one in the theatre and it was clean, lacking any sense of the messiness of human presence. The baseball game, which should show the cacophony of thousands of people in an intense situation, instead was quiet and introspective. The game was clearly over and the Red Sox lost. Framed in the center of the dugout is a single player, without a face, unaware of the crowd in the stands, alone and introspective, perhaps full of self-doubt. It all felt very human and had that tension that good art has when two things that seem incompatible come together at the same time and you can't stop thinking about them.\nAn observation by Tucker Crum","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Ballot and voting information for San Luis Obispo County.\nSan Luis Obispo County Superior Court\nJudge, Office 2\nCounty of San Luis Obispo\nMeasure B-18 Imposition of Cannabis Business Tax in Unincorporated areas of San Luis Obispo County\nCambria Community Services District\nMeasure A-18\nJudge, Office 2, San Luis Obispo County Superior Court\nHernaldo Baltodano\nAndy Cadena\nTim Covello\nIlan Funke-Bilu\nSuperintendent of Schools, San Luis Obispo County\nJames Joseph Brescia\nSupervisor, District 2, San Luis Obispo County\nBruce Gibson\nJeff Eckles\nPatrick E.B. Sparks\n1,097 votes (6.47%)\nLynn Compton\nJimmy Paulding\nAssessor, San Luis Obispo County\nTom J. Bordonaro, Jr.\nDavid Boyer\nDistrict Attorney, San Luis Obispo County\nDan Dow\nJudge Mike Cummins\nAuditor\/Controller, San Luis Obispo County\nJames W. Hamilton\nClerk\/Recorder, San Luis Obispo County\nTommy Gong\n67,047 votes (100%)\nSheriff, San Luis Obispo County\nIan S. Parkinson\nGregory Morris Clayton\nMeasure B-18 \u2014 Imposition of Cannabis Business Tax in Unincorporated areas of San Luis Obispo County\nShall an ordinance be adopted imposing a Cannabis Business Tax of up to 10% on gross receipts of cannabis businesses operating in unincorporated areas of San Luis Obispo County, estimated to initially raise between 1.4 to 5 million dollars annually, depending on amount of gross receipts, with funds staying...\nFailed1,472 votes yes (53.64%)1,272 votes no (46.36%)\nShall Cambria Community Services District Ordinance 01-2018, which imposes an annual special tax of sixty-two dollars and fifteen cents ($62.15) on each parcel of real property in the Cambria Community Services District to fund three (3) full time firefighters, be approved and shall the Cambria Community...","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Sumo: Grand champion Kisenosato announces retirement\nKYODO NEWS - Jan 16, 2019 - 16:50 | Sports, All\nInjury-plagued grand champion Kisenosato confirmed Wednesday his decision to retire from sumo, making the announcement a day after suffering his third loss of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament.\nThe 32-year-old, who went into the 15-day tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan with his career in jeopardy, decided to call time on his wrestling career after posting a 0-3 record over the first three days of his 12th meet as a top-ranked yokozuna.\n\"I, Kisenosato, will retire as of this basho and train junior wrestlers as a toshiyori (sumo elder) under the name Araiso. Thank you for your support while I was active,\" he said.\n\"Even though it's very regrettable that I wasn't able to live up to everyone's expectations as a yokozuna, I don't regret one bit of my career on the dohyo,\" he added.\nAsked about his handling of his injuries, Kisenosato said he had often considered whether it was time for a graceful exit but kept going out of a desire to repay fans for their support.\n\"I'm very sorry it turned out this way,\" he said.\nRelated coverage:\nSumo: Kisenosato suffers 3rd straight loss in fateful New Year meet\nEmbattled champ Kisenosato to keep going: stablemaster\nSumo: Doubts continue to cloud Kisenosato's future\nOn Wednesday morning, his stablemaster Tagonoura told the media that Kisenosato had decided to retire after the two had a discussion the previous night.\n\"Kisenosato and I spoke for 30 to 40 minutes last night and he said, 'Please, let me retire, I am retiring.' Outwardly, he looked composed like he always does, even though I'm sure a lot was going through his mind,\" Tagonoura said. \"His two years (as yokozuna) went like a flash. I thanked him for his hard work over the years, I could not find any other words.\"\n(Stablemaster Tagonoura speaks to the media)\nDespite saying he was \"close to his ideal shape\" before the tournament, Kisenosato lost to komusubi Mitakeumi on opening day. He was handed his second and third upsets by top-ranked maegashira Ichinojo and Tochiozan.\nThe retirement of Kisenosato, a fan favorite and a big draw, leaves two wrestlers at the top of the banzuke -- Mongolians Hakuho and Kakuryu.\nNot counting his forfeit on Day 5 of November's Kyushu meet, Kisenosato has posted eight straight losses since September, the worst run for a yokozuna since the 15-day grand tournament format began in the summer of 1949.\nIn March 2017, Kisenosato became the first Japanese-born wrestler in 19 years to gain promotion to yokozuna. He won his second straight championship on his yokozuna debut at the following tournament.\nNagging injuries to his knee, ankle, chest and arm, however, forced him to withdraw from a yokozuna-record eight straight grand tournaments between May 2017 and July 2018, raising questions over his ability to continue his career as a grand champion.\nThe Tagonoura-stable wrestler finished with a 10-5 record on his comeback at the September tournament to temporarily fend off calls for his retirement, but he lost four straight bouts to open November's Kyushu meet, the most by a yokozuna in 87 years.\nThe result in November prompted the Japan Sumo Association's yokozuna council to express dissatisfaction with his performance and revived commentary that he would be forced to call time on his career depending on his performance in Tokyo.\nAlthough Kisenosato was unable to meet comeback expectations at the ongoing meet, sumo elder Nishiiwa, a former coach at the Tagonoura stable, gave credit to the wrestler for entertaining the fans with his own drama in the sumo ring.\n\"At the end, people saw him as a weak wrestler but he did enough,\" Nishiiwa said.\n\"It was impressive the way he chased that one win. Unarguably strong yokozuna are okay, too, but I like yokozuna like Kisenosato who look and act desperate on the dohyo,\" he said.\nKisenosato made his professional sumo debut in March 2002 at the age of 15 and joined the top makuuchi division in 2004.\nTokyo Olympic head says another postponement \"absolutely impossible\"\nOlympics: Japan scrambles to deny reports that cancelation possible\nVaccines key for Tokyo Olympics, Suga agrees with Gates\nRugby: Top League season delayed due to COVID-19 outbreak\nVaccines not prerequisite for Tokyo Olympics: gov't spokesman\nLondon 2012 official speculates Tokyo Games \"unlikely\" to happen\nSumo: Daieisho holds onto outright lead after win on Day 10\nSumo: Ozeki Takakeisho withdraws from New Year meet\nFootball: Japan defender Naomichi Ueda joins Nimes on loan from Cercle Brug\nFootball: Takefusa Kubo hopes for more playing time after loan move to Geta\nSumo: Daieisho slips to 1st defeat, ozeki Shodai win behind\nSumo: Daieisho survives tough challenge to remain undefeated\nKYODO NEWS - 8 hours ago - 10:49 | Sports, News, All, Coronavirus","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"You are here: Newsletters > 2006 > November > 8 > The Luxurious, Historic Hungarian Bathhouses: Unusual & Interesting Travel Destinations #6\nThe Luxurious, Historic Hungarian Bathhouses:\nUnusual & Interesting Travel Destinations #6\nHungary is fast becoming one of the world's premier spa destinations, but it has actually been popular since ancient times. The Celts and then the Romans discovered this \"land of abundant waters,\" and they took advantage of the vast thermal springs and waters for under-floor heating and regular bathing at some of the first bathhouses.\nThe mineral-rich water of Lake H\u00e9viz is 85-90 degrees F, year-round.\nLater, during the 150-year Turkish occupation of Hungary, more elaborate bathhouses were constructed, some of which are still standing today.\nThe Land of Healing Waters\nHungary is located in the Carpathian basin, in an area where the Earth's crust is thin and thermal springs are abundant (and can easily flow to the surface). The waters are rich in natural minerals and are known for having therapeutic, healing properties, particularly for rheumatic, inflammatory and muscular ailments.\n\"Underneath some 80 percent of Hungarian territory you can find some kind of medicinal waters,\" says Bela Pal, a state secretary for the tourism office of the Prime Minister's office.\nThe Hungarian National Tourism Office jokes that all you have to do is poke a stick in the ground anywhere in Hungary and up will come thermal water. The country is home to:\n1,289 thermal springs\n39 medicinal baths\nFive medicinal caves\n48 certified mineral or medicinal water springs\nEnough spa facilities to accommodate 300,000 people at the same time\nSpas and baths in Hungary are diverse. Some are historic Turkish baths with elaborate domed ceilings; others are simple bathhouses frequented by locals, while still others are part of newly constructed luxurious hotels and resorts, or outdoor lakes and springs.\nSome of the Most Popular Spas and Bathhouses in Hungary\nThe Gellert Hotel in Budapest holds one of the most historic and most elaborate bathhouses in Hungary.\nNo matter what type of bathhouse experience you are looking for, chances are you can find it in Hungary at one of these popular spa destinations (most of which are very affordable compared to U.S. spa prices):\nLake H\u00e9viz: Located about three hours outside of Budapest, Lake H\u00e9viz is the largest thermal lake in Europe and the second-largest in the world. It boasts 85-90 degree F, mineral-rich water year-round. Fed by hot and cold mineral springs from a cave below the surface, the water is mildly radioactive and said to ease rheumatism and help with relaxation. The waters of Lake H\u00e9viz are said to be so powerful that it's recommended you only soak for 20 minutes at a time.\nThe historic baths of the Gellert Hotel: Located in Budapest, the Gellert Hotel has one of the most well-known and elaborate bathhouses in the area. It's known for its art-nouveau design, complete with spiral marble columns, lion statues that spout water and an ornate steel and glass-domed ceiling. There is an outdoor sunbathing area and wave pool, along with a thermal pool that is filled with jets. Steam baths, massages and other spa treatments are also available.\nSzechenyi Furdo: Also in Budapest, Szechenyi Furdo is a large public spa that is popular with the locals. Housed in a neo-baroque structure, the spa has an indoor thermal pool, steam baths, several outdoor pools (one more quiet, others with jets and waterfalls) and massage services.\nTo Plan a Trip ...\nInterested in planning a trip to Hungary's thermal waters? Check out these informative links:\nGotoHungary.com\nBudapest Tourist Guide\nGuardian Unlimited Travel\nGlobeandmail.com\nExpatica.com","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"China-Europe\nChina-Japan\nChina-Africa\nHome \/ World \/ Reporter's Journal\nNew York takes safety measures spurred by killings of officers in cars\nBy William Hennelly | China Daily USA | Updated: 2017-02-09 12:09\nDetective Wenjian Liu's father, mother and widow (holding bouquets, left), New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (center), Police Commissioner William Bratton and Detective Rafael Ramos' relatives visit the site in Brooklyn, New York, where the two officers were ambushed and slain on Dec 20, 2014. Hezi Jiang \/ China Daily\nNYPD officers Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos died in an ambush in 2014. The tragedy of their deaths, though, has led to a move that will help protect other officers from a similar fate.\nThe city has set aside more than $10 million for bullet-resistant glass and doors on patrol vehicles in its draft $84.7 billion budget for the upcoming fiscal year.\nOn Jan 31, the NYPD demonstrated the glass and doors that will be installed on more than 3,800 patrol vehicles. The doors will be installed by the end of the year; the windows by the first half of next year, Mayor Bill de Blasio said.\n\"You saw that material, very high-tech material, that absorbs the bullet and literally takes the bullet's trajectory and uses it against it to stop it dead in its tracks,\" de Blasio said inside an NYPD training classroom.\nPolice Commissioner James O'Neill said the need to protect officers in vehicles from gunfire was motivated by the 2014 shooting deaths of Liu, 32, and Ramos, 40 - who were ambushed by a gunman as they sat in their patrol car in Brooklyn - and the killing the following year of Brian Moore, 25, fatally shot in his unmarked squad car by a suspect in Queens.\nThe deaths of Liu and Ramos just before Christmas in 2014 stunned the city and came at a time of polarization between police and members of African-American communities across the US, with several incidents of black men dying in confrontations with police, including one in New York. Eric Garner died when he was wrestled to the ground on Staten Island.\nLiu and Ramos' killer, Ismaaiyl Brinsley, 28, claimed on social media that he was targeting police to avenge the deaths of Garner and Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, in the summer of 2014.\nLiu, a native of South China's Guangdong province, came to the United States at age 12 with his parents. He decided to be a police officer after the 9\/11 terrorist attacks in 2001, and joined the NYPD in 2007.\nIn June 2015, de Blasio and then-police commissioner William Bratton attended the unveiling ceremony for \"Detective Wenjian Liu Way\" in Gravesend, Brooklyn. Also in attendance were the officer's parents and widow, Peixia Chen, along with survivors of Detective Ramos and dozens of police officers. Both Liu and Ramos were posthumously promoted to detective.\nTheir funerals drew more than 20,000 police officers from around the country.\nLiu lived in the neighborhood with his wife, Peixia Chen, and also had bought a home nearby for his parents, mother Xiuyan Li and father Weitang Liu.\n\"Our law enforcement officers sacrifice their lives day in and day out, in serving and protecting this great city. This city is our home,\" Chen said at the ceremony.\nThe news about the bullet-resistant glass and doors came on Jan 31 when the mayor and the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association (PBA) President Patrick Lynch announced a tentative contract agreement covering 23,810 NYPD employees.\n\"This agreement provides the compensation and benefits the world's finest police department deserves, while outfitting the entire force with body cameras and delivering the transparency and policing reforms at the center of effective and trusted law enforcement,\" de Blasio said.\nAs part of the deal, the PBA agreed to drop body camera litigation against the city, and the NYPD can expand the use of body cameras to the entire workforce - a step forward for police accountability and transparency.\nAll patrol officers will be outfitted with cameras by the end of 2019.\nContact the writer at williamhennelly@chinadailyusa.com.\nVenice Carnival: feast of masks\nVenice Carnival opens with spectacular water show and masquerade\nSan Francisco welcomes the Year of the Rooster in grand parade\nNice shrugs off terror fears to revel in Carnival\nThe ups and downs of life after politics for former leaders\nUS President Trump seeks to promote 'fair' trade with Japan\nWeekly Photo\nThe world in photos: Feb 6 - 12\nPresident Xi visits Latin America\nPremier Li visits four Eurasian countries\nReporter's Journal\nUsed bookstores play cultural role as national chains leave\nJapan's defense white paper makes irresponsible accusations against China\nBasketball game sparks China-US Tourism Year\nGroundbreaking early photographs of Shanghai head for London\nNew Zanzibar hospital funded by China","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Home \u00bb News & Events \u00bb Wages Chooses OConnor to Support Necessary Roughness\nWages Chooses OConnor to Support Necessary Roughness\nPosted November 30, 2012 .\nBurbank, CA, November 30, 2012 \u2013 Bill Wages, ASC is glad to be shooting USA'sNecessary Roughness on location in his hometown of Atlanta, Georgia instead of commuting to far locations. When the ASC Television Career Achievement Award winner packed for the move back to Atlanta, he made sure that his most vital tools would be on hand for his new series. High on the list was the OConnor 2575 and \"a really old but extremely reliable OConnor 100,\" he adds. \"I won't do a show without OConnor.\"\nNecessary Roughness is a series about a female psychologist whose main practice is the fictional NFL team, the New York Hawks. \"Atlanta for New York,\" Wages laughs. \"You gotta love Hollywood's creativity! Actually, we really do get a lot of mileage out of the various local locations. Since she treats other sports and show business patients, we end up with a wide variety of subjects \u2013 and an even wider variety of challenges. We average 50 to 60 setups per day. One day I'll be shooting a football game, and the next a rock-and-roll concert. Because of the amount and range of set ups, my support is crucial. There is no room for error. That's why I chose OConnor's 2575 \u2013 and no gear heads.\"\nWages says he has never seen a shot that he can't do with the 2575. \"But I've seen a lot of shots that a gear head couldn't do. Sure, there's a place for both but with a large package like ours (four ALEXAs), I have no room for excess, so the OConnor 2575 fluid heads were it.\"\nWhile shooting football scenes, Wages goes for documentary-style shooting that is rather free form. And the OConnor shines. \"It's very intuitive. No restrictions, even when we point almost 90-degrees up and down. My A-camera operator, Steve Andrich, shoots for the NFL so he knows how to follow a passed football with a 500mm lens and fill the frame. He never loses it with the OConnor. Try it with a gear head. Not possible.\"\nWages really puts OConnor into challenging positions. To get a very low angle, he will hang the head and camera upside down on the dolly to get right to the ground. \"Comes in handy when tracking player's feet as they run,\" he says. \"I know, the OConnor isn't designed for this but it gets the shot.\" And in post, the image is inverted with a push of a button.\nSometimes he brings in his OConnor 100, \"once owned by Fouad Said (his name is engraved on it). It was used on the original I Spy,\" he laughs. \"This thing is so strong that when I've used it on other projects, Joe Dunton has built a side-sling rig for me to allow the camera to sit beside the head, just above the ground for an extremely low angle. I've put a Panaflex with an 11-to-1 and 1000 foot magazine on it with no problem. This is a tremendous amount of torque \u2013 on a 50-year-old piece of equipment. You simply can't hurt it!\"\nNecessary Roughness, starring Golden Globe nominee Callie Thorne, will begin airing new episodes on USA in the coming months. Bill Wages, ASC is a two-time winner of the ASC Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography award for Buffalo Soldiers and Riders of the Purple Sage. He has also been nominated for six other ASC Awards and two Emmy Awards.\nOConnor, is part of Vitec Videocom, a Vitec Group company. For further information on OConnor Accessories, or other OConnor products, visit www.www.ocon.com, emailinfo(at)www.ocon.com, become a fan on Facebook, follow the company on Twitter; or contact OConnor, 2701 N. Ontario St, Burbank, CA 91504, Phone: 818-847-8666, Fax: 818-847-1205.\nTags: bill wages necessary roughness","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Tag: ncav\nNotes \u2013 The Snowball, By Alice Schroeder: Part III, Chap. 20-33\nThe following are reading notes for The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life, by Alice Schroeder. This post covers Part III: The Racetrack, Chap. 20-33\nRacing On\nThe third part of The Snowball opens with Warren Buffett on the verge of starting his infamous partnerships, the precursor to his Berkshire Hathaway holding company conglomerate. On the way, he took a few short detours and learned lessons all over the place, some of them completely unrelated to the art of investing. For example, witnessing the implosion of his father's political career and campaign, Warren realized:\nallies are essential\ncommitments are so sacred that by nature they should be rare\ngrandstanding rarely gets anything done\nAnd from his father-in-law, Doc Thompson, the young Buffett learned\nalways surround yourself with women. They're more loyal and they work harder\nMeanwhile, Buffett's young wife and mother-to-be, Susie Thompson, was learning just how deep the rabbit hole went when it came to Warren's insecurities:\nLeila [Buffett's emotionally unbalanced mother] convinced both Warren and Doris that deep down they were worthless\u2026 [Buffett] was riddled with self-doubt. He had never felt loved, and she saw that he did not feel lovable\nThe depth of Buffett's personal insecurities not only explain a lot about his later behavior and public persona, but they also provide a couple of startling questions to ponder, namely:\nhow did a person with such fundamental self-confidence issues nevertheless summon the self-confidence necessary to trust his own investment thinking?\nbeing as insecure as he appeared to be, how much better of an investor might Warren Buffett have been had he not been carrying around such a handicap?\nWho is Charlie Munger?\nIn Part III, we begin to get a more detailed picture of Buffett's soon-to-be-infamous partner, Charlie Munger, as well as the subtle but fundamental ways in which his own thinking about investing and business analysis came to influence and then dominate Buffett's own style. A mathematics major at the University of Michigan at age 17, following the incident at Pearl Harbor, the young Munger enlisted in the military and found himself as an Army meteorologist in Nome, Alaska. He took up poker where he learned to bet big when he had the odds and fold fast when he did not. He later attended Harvard Law School where he claims he graduated \"without learning anything.\"\nAfter law school, he was obsessed with the idea of achieving social prominence, choosing Los Angeles as a place that was growing and full of opportunity but not so big and developed that he'd never be noticed. Munger's life, like Buffett's, was not without personal tragedy. His first marriage fell apart right around the time his 8-year-old son came down with a terminal illness. Munger had to watch these two pillars of his life dissolve simultaneously.\nHe later became obsessed with children and raised eight of them with his second wife. Munger was a compulsive reader and thinker, known to his family as a \"book with legs\" and was constantly found reading books on science and the achievements of great figures. Munger was interested in making money early on. When he was a young lawyer and earning about $20\/hr he realized his most valuable client was himself so, in the style of [amazon text=The Richest Man In Babylon&asin=0451205367], Munger decided to \"sell himself an hour each day\", which he used to pursue real estate and construction projects as well as other investment opportunities. Munger had\na considerable passion to get rich, not because I wanted Ferraris\u2013 I wanted the independence\nBuffett was patient with Munger. Even though Munger was his senior by several years, Munger pleadingly inquired about whether he could do what Buffett was doing in Los Angeles. Not only did Buffett tell him he could and should, he proceeded to build a relationship with him that involved hours of phone conversations everyday as the two came up with different business ideas together. As Munger described Buffett, and his fascination with him,\nThat is no ordinary human being\nIn other words, they seemed to be soulmates, a truly odd couple.\nThe Munger Effect\nCharlie Munger entered Buffett's life and investment world at a critical juncture in Buffett's development as a capital allocator.\nUntil 1958, his straightforward route was to buy a stock and wait for the cigar butt to light. Then he usually sold the stock, sometimes with regret, to buy another he wanted more, his ambitions limited by his partnerships' capital\nBut as his total AUM approached $1M with his partnerships and personal money, Buffett had a new scale that let him branch out into new styles of investing. His investments began to become concentrated, elaborate and time-consuming, such as the Sanborn Maps episode. Munger himself started his own partnership in 1962 with his poker buddy Jack Wheeler who was a trader on the floor of the Pacific Stock Exchange and $300,000 in capital he had accumulated through real estate investments. He eventually gave up his law practice at age 41 and decided to pursue investing full-time. He also used Wheeler's membership on the exchange to lever up (at a ratio of 95\/100) when he felt sure about his investments, something Buffett was not willing to do early on.\nMunger's early investment style involved net-nets, arbitrage and even the acquisition of small businesses. But his real interest lay in buying \"great businesses\", which he identified by:\nstrength of management\ndurability of brand\ncost to compete\/replicate the firm\ndid not require continual investment\ncreated more cash than it consumed\nTo find these businesses, Munger asked everyone he met, \"What is the greatest business you've ever heard of?\"\nAs the market for net-nets dried up in the mid-60s and Buffett's capital swelled, he found more and more he had to look at the kinds of great businesses that Charlie Munger favored, changing his focus from statistical cheapness (quantitative investing) to competitive advantage (qualitative investing).\nWith his capital ballooning, Buffett began looking at the acquisition of entire businesses as a more attractive option. In 1966, this twinkle in Buffett's eye became Diversified Retailing Company, Inc., an 80\/10\/10-ownership holding company owned by Buffett, Munger and Sandy Gottesman, whose first acquistion was a $12M Baltimore department store called Hochschild-Kohn, financed 50% with bank borrowings, a \"second-class department store\" at a \"third-class price\". However, the store had no competitive advantage, as the partners soon learned, and was continually caught up in a game of \"standing tiptoe at a parade\" as every innovation by a competitor had to be quickly imitated (at additional capital expense) lest customers shop elsewhere. It was here that Buffett and Munger learned that the essential skill of retailing was merchandising, not finance, and that retailing, like restaurants, is\na wearing marathon in which, every mile, fresh, aggressive competition could leap in and race ahead of you\nHaving learned their lesson, their next foray into Associated Cotton Shops, \"a set of third-class stores for a fourth-class price\" 80 in number led by Benjamin Rosner, a \"true merchandiser\" found them with a retail operation generating $44M in sales and approximately $2M\/yr in earnings. Buffett made a deal to buy the stores for $6M, a sale which was ultimately made by Rosner in part to screw over his female business partner who drove him nuts, causing him to purposefully sell the business for less than it was worth just to get back at her. Buffett and Munger also insisted that Rosner stay on the manage the company for them.\nIn 1967, Buffett increased his control of the Buffett Partnerships while simultaneously weeding out 32,000 shares worth of investors who preferred a 7.5% debenture to Berkshire stock, ensuring that those who remained were in for growth and the risks that came with it.\nMiscellany of the markets\nAs Buffett's investment strategy changed over the 1950s and 1960s and his level of sophistication rose, he picked up a number of useful techniques for gaining informational edges in the market and making successful investments:\ncoat-tail riding \u2013 Buffett became a notorious borrower of good ideas and was not too proud to keep an eye on people who demonstrated deal-making intelligence in the past, such as Ben Graham and Jay Pritzker, assuming they'd continue to make good judgments in the future\ndetective-work\/sleuthing \u2013 Buffett was the only person digging through the Moody's Manuals at their company headquarters, or going to the shareholder meetings of small companies, or even meeting with executives of small companies to get an idea of who was running these companies\nno self-imposed market cap restrictions \u2013 Buffett looked at EVERY company he came across, no matter how small, looking for opportunities others weren't focused on; he was particularly fond of the \"Pink Sheets\" publications\nconsulting lists of registered shareholders \u2013 Buffett would buy blocks of companies he was interested in by hunting down individual shareholders and convincing them to unload the shares to him\ncollecting scarce things \u2013 Buffett's National American Fire Insurance investment taught him \"the value of gathering as much as possible of something scarce\", both undervalued stocks and information related to said stocks\nproxy-investing \u2013 Buffett would often have his friends buy stocks he was interested in to hide his identity as the main buyer accumulating a position\nbenefit from sentiment \u2013 when the market hit a fever pitch in the 1960s, Buffett went into fundraising overdrive and raised as much capital as he could while people were eager to invest\nuse psychology to your advantage \u2013 as Buffett's success unfolded, he forced would-be partners to ask him to allow them to invest with him, which put him psychologically in control\npreservation of capital \u2013 Buffett would willingly forgo the chance of profit to avoid too much risk, viewing it as a \"holy imperative\"; his partner Munger believed unless you were already wealthy you could afford to take risk if the odds were right\nhaystack of gold \u2013 a concept imparted to him by friend Herb Wolf, the idea was if you're looking for a gold needle in a haystack of gold it is not better to find the gold needle; obscurity was not virtue\nexpense control \u2013 Buffett only took on overhead as needed, and in ways that could be easily turned back off or were free to begin with; he made extensive use of \"soft-dollars\" in his brokerage commissions to buy research from his favorite sleuth brokers\nprofile visibility \u2013 when he was buying small companies early in his career, Buffett valued secrecy and anonymity, but as he began to target bigger companies he saw the value of a public profile and cultivated a relationship with Carol Loomis, a financial markets journalist\nBuffett's partnerships\nBuffett had a total of 9 official partnerships that later became the infamous Berkshire Hathaway. However, he also set up an early partnership with his father, Howard, called Buffett & Buffett, which\nformalized the way they had occasionally bought stocks together. Howard contributed some capital, and Warren's contribution was a token amount of money, but mostly ideas and labor\nWhy was Buffett interested in managing money? Two reasons. One, Buffett had a strong aversion to working for others and he understood that\nThe overseer of capital was not an employee\nTwo, Buffett was obsessed with becoming a millionaire. Managing money for others and collecting a fee on profits generated would allow him to grow his own capital faster than if he were earning a return on just the money that was actually his. In other words, agreeing to manage money for others was a way to leverage his own investment returns.\nBuffett started with 7 official partnerships, which were essentially all mini-hedge funds under his exclusive control, and which he viewed as \"compounding machines\", meaning once the money went in it should not come out, which is why he managed most of his own wealth separately (as he would be living off his trading gains). And Buffett was so obsessed with compounding he decided to rent rather than own his own home, to free more capital for compounding.\nThe seven initial partnerships and several follow-on partnerships were as follows:\nMay 1, 1956, Buffett Associates Ltd., starting capital of $105,100, seven partners: Doc Thompson, Doris Buffett, Truman Wood, Chuck Peterson, Elizabeth Peterson, Dan Monen and Warren Buffett; Buffett charged 50% performance fee on returns over 4% (4% returns being guaranteed as a minimum by Buffett); added $8,000 in capital in 1960 from Buffett's aunt and uncle\nSeptember 1, 1956, Buffett Fund, Ltd., starting capital of $120,000, partnered with Homer Dodge, a former Graham-Newman investor\nLate 1956, B-C, Ltd., starting capital of $55,000, partnered with John Cleary, Howard Buffett's secretary in Congress\nJune 1957, Underwood, starting capital of $85,000, partnered with Elizabeth Peterson; 1960, another $51,000 from connections of Chuck Peterson's\nAugust 5, 1957, Dacee, starting capital of $100,000, partnered with the Davis Family\nMay 5, 1958, Mo-Buff, starting capital of $70,000, partnered with Dan Monen (who had withdrawn his capital from partnership #1 to do a special investment with Buffett on National American), later joined by the Sarnats and Estey Graham with another $25,000 in capital\nFebruary 1959, Glenoff, starting capital of $50,000, partnered with Casper Offutt, Jr., John Offutt and William Glenn\nAugust 15, 1960, Emdee, starting capital of $110,000, partnered with 11 local doctors\n1960, Ann Investments, starting capital of ??, partnered with a prominent member of a local Omaha family\n1960, Buffett-TD, starting capital of $250,000, partnered with Mattie Topp and two daughters plus son-in-law (MT owned the fanciest dress shop in town)\nMay 16, 1961, Buffett-Holland, starting capital of ??, partnered with Dick and Mary Holland, friends he had met through his lawyer Dan Monen\nMay 1, 1962, Buffett dissolves all partnerships into Buffett Partnership, Ltd. (BPL), beginning the year with $7.2M in net assets\nHis total starting capital across all of his partnerships was $580,000 and he\nnever deviated from the principles of Ben Graham. Everything he bought was extraordinarily cheap, cigar butts all, soggy stogies containing one free puff\nTruly, one man's junk is another man's treasure.\nBuffett's investments\nThe \"racetrack\" period of Buffett's life marked Buffett's gradual transformation from a Grahamian \"cigar butt\" (Net-Net) investor to the well-known \"growing franchise\" investor of today. As Buffett's assets under management (AUM) grew and the general market conditions of the era changed, so, too, did Buffett's idea of a good investment. Below is a list of some of Buffett's investments for his partnerships, as well as his personal and peripheral portfolios:\nGreif Bros. Cooperage; originally purchased for the B&B partnership in the early 1950s\nWestern Insurance; purchased for Buffett's personal portfolio in the early 1950s, Buffett actually sold his GEICO position to raise money to invest in this company earning $29\/share and selling for $3\/share, \"He bought as much as he could\"\nPhiladelphia and Reading Coal & Iron Company; controlled by Graham-Newman, Buffett has discovered it on his own and had invested $35,000 by the end of 1954; it was not worth much as a business but was throwing off a lot of excess cash; Buffett learned about the value of capital allocation with this company\nRockwood & Co.; controlled by Jay Pritzker, the company was offering to exchange $36 of chocolate beans for shares trading at $34, a classic arbitrage opportunity; unlike Graham, Buffett didn't arbitrage but instead bought 222 shares and held them, figuring Pritzker had a reason he was buying the stock, \"inverting\" the scenario; the stock ended up being worth $85\/share, earning Buffett $13,000 vs. the $444 he would've received from the arbitrage\nUnion Street Railway; a net-net he discovered through Ben Graham, had about $60\/share in net current assets against a selling price of $30-35\/share, Buffett ultimately made $20,000 on this investment through sleuthing and speaking to the CEO in person\nJeddo-Highland Coal Company (mentioned as an idea Buffett investigated on a road trip)\nKalamazoo Stove and Furnace Company (mentioned as an idea Buffett investigated on a road trip)\nNational American Fire Insurance, earning $29\/share, selling for around $30\/share, Buffett first bought five shares for $35\/share, and later realized that paying $100\/share would bring out the sellers because it would make them whole (financially and psychologically) after being sold the stock years earlier\nBlue Eagle Stamps, a failed investment scheme between Buffett and Tom Knapp, they eventually spent $25,000 accumulating these \"rare\" stamps that weren't worth more than their face value ultimately\nHidden Splendor, Stanrock, Northspan, uranium plays that Buffett described as \"shooting fish in a barrel\"\nUnited States & International Securities and Selected Industries, two \"cigar butt\" mutual funds recommended to him by Arthur Wisenberger, a well known money manager of the era; in 1950, represented 2\/3 of Buffett's assets\nDavenport Hosiery, Meadow River Coal & Land, Westpan Hydrocarbon, Maracaibo Oil Exploration, all stocks Buffett found through the Moody's Manuals\nSanborn Maps, in 1958 represented 1\/3 of his partnerships' capital; the stock was trading at $45\/share but had an investment portfolio worth $65\/share; Buffett acquired control of the board in part through proxy leverage; ultimately he prevailed over management and had part of the investment portfolio exchanged for the 24,000 shares he controlled\nDempster Mill Manufacturing, sold for $18\/share with growing BV of $72\/share, Buffett's strategy as with many net-nets was to buy the stock as long as it was below BV and sell anytime it rose above it and if it remained cheap, keep buying it until you owned enough to control it and then liquidate at a profit; he and his proxies gained control of 11% of the stock and got Warren on the board, then bought out the controlling Dempster family, creating a position worth 21% of the partnership's assets; the business was sliding and at one point he was months away from losing $1M on the investment, but was ultimately rescued by Harry Bottle, a new manager brought in on Charlie Munger's recommendation; the business eventually recovered through strict working capital controls and began producing cash, which Buffett augmented by borrowing about $20\/share worth of additional money and used it to purchase an investment portfolio for the company; he later sold the company for a $2M profit\nMerchants National Property, Vermont Marble, Genesee & Wyoming Railroad, all net-nets he later sold to Walter Schloss to free up capital\nBritish Columbia Power, selling for $19\/share and being taken over by the Canadian government at $22\/share, this merger arb was recommended by Munger and Munger borrowed $3M to lever up his returns on this \"sure thing\"\nAmerican Express, one of Buffett's first \"great company at a good price\" investments, the firm's reputation was temporarily tarnished in the aftermath of the soybean oil scandal; Buffett did scuttlebutt research and realized the public still believed in American Express, and as trust was the value of its brand, the company still had value; Buffett eventually invested $3M in the company and it represented the largest investment in the partnership in 1964, 1\/3 of the partnership by 1965 and a $13M position in 1966\nTexas Gulf Producing, a net-net Buffett put $4.6M into in 1964\nPure Oil, a net-net Buffett put $3.5M into in 1964\nBerkshire Hathaway, the company was selling at a discount to the value of its assets ($22M BV or $19.46\/share) and Buffett's original intent was to buy it and liquidate it, which he started accumulating 2000 shares for $7.50\/share; the owner, Seabury Stanton had been tendering shares with the company's cash flow, so Buffett tried to time his transactions, buying when it was cheap and tendering when it was dear; he continued purchasing stock assuming Seabury would buy him out via tender offers, the two eventually agreed to a $11.50 tender but Seabury reneged at the last moment, changing the bid to $11 and 3\/8, sending Buffett into a rage and causing him to abandon his original strategy in favor of acquiring the entire company; he eventually bought out Otis Stanton's two thousand shares and had acquired enough to gain control with 49% of Berkshire\nEmployers Reinsurance, F.W. Woolworth, First Lincoln Financial, undervalued stocks he found in Standard & Poor's weekly reports\nDisney, which he bought after meeting Walt Disney and being impressed by his singular focus, love of work and the priceless entertainment catalog\nA portfolio of shorts to hedge against a potential market collapse in the mid 60s, totally $7M and consisting of Alcoa, Montgomery Ward, Travelers Insurance and Caterpillar Tractor\nNear the end of 1968, as the market became more and more overvalued, Buffett relented and bought some of the \"blandest, most popular stocks that remained reasonably priced\" such as AT&T ($18M), BF Goodrich ($9.6M), United Brands ($8.4M) and Jones & Laughlin Steel ($8.7M)\nBlue Chip Stamps, a \"classic monopoly\" Buffett and Munger discovered in 1968, the company was involved in a lawsuit that the pair thought would be resolved in the company's favor, and it also possessed \"float\" which could be invested in more securities, Munger and his friend Guerin each purchased 20,000 shares while Buffett acquired 70,000 for the partnership, in part through share swaps with other companies that owned Blue Chip stock for their own stock; the lawsuit was eventually resolved and the $2M investment produced a $7M profit\nIllinois National Bank & Trust, a highly profitable bank that still issued its own bank notes, it was managed by Eugene Abegg, an able steward of the company whose retainer was one condition for Buffett's investment in the company\nThe Omaha Sun and other local newspapers, which Buffett figured he'd make an 8% yield on, his motivation for buying seemed to be primarily connected to his desire to be a newspaper publisher\nThe Washington Monthly, a startup newsmagazine that Buffett lost at least $50,000 on, again, as a vanity project\nBuffett's AUM\nBelow is a record of the growth of Buffett's personal wealth, partnership AUM and performance fees accrued:\n1954, Buffett's total personal capital stood at approximately $100,000\n1956, Buffett was 26 years old and had $174,000 of personal capital, growing his money by more than 61% per year for six years since he entered Columbia with $9,800 in capital\n1959, partnership returns beat the market by 6%\n1960, partnership assets stood at $1.9M and returns beat the market by 29%, and Buffett's reinvested partnership fees had earned him $243,494 (13% of partnership assets belonged to him)\n1962, Buffett was a millionaire and his outside investments totalled over $500,000, which he added with the rest of his money into the BPL partnership; he had acquired more than a million dollars in six years and owned 14% of the partnership\n1964, $5M in new capital for the partnerships, and $3M in investment earnings, Buffett's personal net worth was $1.8M and BPL had $17.5M in capital\n1965, ended the year with assets of $37M, including $3.5M in profit on American Express, Buffett had earned more than $2.5M in fees, bringing his total stake to $6.8M\n1966, $6.8M in additional capital investments in the partnerships, with total capital amounting to $44M, some of which was set aside as cash for the first time in Buffett's career\n1967, Buffett's personal net worth was $9M and he had generated $1.5M in fees in 1966\n1968, the partnership was worth $105M thanks to additional capital infusions and investment returns\n1969, Buffett's net worth was $26M\nThe Desert Island Challenge\nBuffett and his investor friends came up with the following challenge that is a helpful mental tool for thinking about the investment problem:\nIf you were stranded on a desert island for ten years, he asked, in what stock would you invest? The trick was to find a company with the strongest franchise, one least subject to the corroding forces of competition and time: Munger's idea of a great business.\nAuthor The LionPosted on July 28, 2016 February 23, 2019 Categories books, investing, wealthTags business, carpe diem, competitive advantage, contrarians, customer habit, handicapping, information assymetry, monopoly, ncav, networking, notes, psychology, stock market, the edge, value investing, Warren Buffett\nNotes \u2013 The Snowball, By Alice Schroeder: Part II, Chap. 5-19\nThe following are reading notes for The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life, by Alice Schroeder. This post covers Part II: The Inner Scorecard, Chap. 5-19\nThe beginning of Buffett\nIn a letter to a family member from one of Warren Buffett's ancestors, Zebulon, the elder Buffett counsels his grandson to\nbe content with moderate gains\nalmost as if some strain of value investing ethic permeated his lineage from before Buffett himself had even heard of The Intelligent Investor. Buffett's family represents a long line of business minded people. Yet, despite this heritage,\nBuffett always credited most of his success to luck\nIt's an odd, likely guilt-laden existential belief to carry around with oneself! But it is maybe no surprise. Love doesn't sound like it was given much attention in Buffett's childhood home, and self-love is probably included, as we learn that:\nPolitics, money and philosophy were acceptable topics for dinner-table discussion at the Buffett house, but feelings were not. Nobody in the Buffett household said \"I love you,\" and nobody tucked the children into bed with a kiss.\nAny guess as to where some of Buffett's later self-hating charitable giving ideas might have come from?\n[Buffett's mother, Leila's] favorite stories told of her and Howard's sacrifices\u2026 anything for Howard. \"She crucified herself\"\u2026 But Leila's attitude of duty and sacrifice had another, darker side: blame and shame.\nIf you guessed his psychotic, clinically depressed mother, you answered correctly!\nIt is Buffett's relationship to his mother and his vulnerability to her rage as a child that we actually see Buffett in the most sympathetic light. We see as Warren recounts his relationship with his mother this grown, aged man \"weeping helplessly\", and we also learn that despite the savage treatment from his mother, which his idolized father was aware of, Howard \"didn't intervene.\"\nThe most vulnerable people in any society are children\u2013 they're physically, intellectually AND emotionally unequipped to make sense of and thoughtfully respond to the irrationalities and volatilities of unstable and violent adults. It is actually quite touching imagining this young, budding genius, Warren Buffett, suffering at the hands of his psychologically diseased mother and developing a precarious existential belief system that leaves him feeling so guilty for the remainder of his life that after all he has (legitimately) achieved, he is still convinced it was mostly due to luck! What an absolute tragedy of human imagination! It would be nice to imagine the poor, hurting and timid child inside of Warren Buffett eventually being freed to go on his way and let Warren wrestle with these childhood demons no more.\nWhat a different world it would be if Warren was a hero entrepreneur rather than a man so tormented by his past that he carries his fears and anxieties into his public persona and recommendations for society at large!\nWe also see in this information the source of Warren's fascination with other people's mothers (who he often developed crushes on), with motherly women in general and with his tendency to have a cadre of close female friends in both his personal and professional life, all while simultaneously having a troubled and distant relationship with his own wife and children later on. What a sad development for an otherwise triumphant individual.\nThe search for a system \u2013 Buffett the handicapper\nOne of the central themes of Part II is the young Warren Buffett's search for a \"system\": a predictable, confined process for predicting and handicapping the odds of various events in his life. Starting with his bathtub marble race, extending to the racing track (horses) and eventually culminating in his quest for an investment system (part of his initial attraction to Graham, who was especially formulaic, scientific and systematic in his approach to the investment question in general).\nAnd a system, once found, is only valuable if it has a lot of information to process:\nThere were opportunities to calculate odds everywhere. The key was to collect information, as much information as you could find.\nWe also begin to see hints of the later, \"original\" Buffett, with his love of monopoly as a competitive advantage. The anecdotes of Buffett and his friend Russ collecting license plate information in the hopes of eventually providing it to the police to catch a bank robber are examples of Buffett's early obsession with the value of a monopoly. Similarly, while the young Warren was holed up in a hospital with an illness, he took to collecting the fingerprints of the nurses so that if one of them committed a crime,\nhe, Warren Buffett, would own the clues to the culprit's identity\nThis is a pretty astounding conclusion for a young child to reach, even if it is innocently done. It appears Warren had something of an intuitive understanding of the value of a restricted supply granted by a monopoly on a particular resource.\nHe also was perplexed by the way so much valuable information (valuable to someone with a system in place for interpreting and analyzing it) went uncollected and unused. An early example is Buffett's collecting of bottle caps nearby soda dispensers:\nThe numbers told him which soft drinks were most popular\nDo you see the future investor in Coca-Cola beginning to formulate his understanding of the value of consumer habits and patterns?\nIn the 1940s, Buffett started visiting horse racing tracks where he learned\nThe art of handicapping is based on information. The key was having more information than the other guy\nBuffett ended up reading HUNDREDS of books on horse handicapping before he eventually learned the Rules of the Racetrack:\nNobody ever goes home after the first race\nYou don't have to make it back the way you lost it\nBuffett later connected these experiences to his investing and understood\nThe market is a racetrack too. The less sophisticated the track, the better\u2026 the trick, of course, is to be in a group where practically no one is analytical and you have a lot of data\nIn this way, a handicapper or investor can develop informational asymmetries which grant him the all-important edge. Interestingly, Buffett earned a college scholarship in just this way, as he was the only person to show up to a scholarship committee session and thus earned the scholarship by default because he had no competition.\nThis is where the quote about Buffett sifting through the Moody's Manuals company by company, page by page (all ten thousand) comes from, and the famous quote,\nI actually looked at every business\u2013 although I didn't look very hard at some\nIn a similar vein, Warren's classmates at the Columbia Business School completely ignored the opportunity they had, right in front of them, to learn investing from the premier guru of their era, Benjamin Graham. Instead,\nThey were a remarkably homogeneous group of men, mostly headed to General Motors, IBM or U.S. Steel after they got their degrees\nThese young men were being trained to become managers. Meanwhile, Buffett was training to become an owner (and he would later own IBM, while the other two American stalwarts died slow, painful deaths). Or, as Buffett later put it,\nU.S. Steel was a good business\u2026 it was a big business, but they weren't thinking about what kind of train they were getting on\nBuffett also learned the importance of \"swinging at the right pitches\":\nYou're not supposed to bet every race. I'd committed the worst sin, which is that you get behind and you think you've got to break even that day\nSimultaneously, Buffett was realizing the importance of thinking for oneself and not being a mindless trend follower. Granted an opportunity to play \"the echo\" to another trumpeter in the school band, Buffett found himself in a confusing and embarrassing situation in which the lead player played the wrong note and Warren didn't know what to do as his \"echo\". The lesson?\nIt might seem easier to go through life as the echo\u2013 but only until the other guy plays a wrong note\nHe also became enamored with Dale Carnegie and his social system, one of the most important lessons of which he felt was \"Don't criticize, condemn or complain.\"\nIn addition, Buffett studied the biographies of great businessmen such as:\nJay Cooke\nDaniel Drew\nJim Fisk\nCornelius Vanderbilt\nlooking for the keys to their \"system\".\nHistory repeats itself, or at least rhymes\nIn Part II we also get a glimpse into the way that early themes and experiences in Buffett's life replayed themselves as important investments in his later life as the world's best known and must successful investor. For example:\nas a child, Buffett sold chewing gum door-to-door; he later successfully invested in Wrigley's chewing gum\nas a child, Buffett collected soda bottle caps; he later successfully invested in Coca-Cola\nas a child, Buffett was obsessed with model trains and always dreamed of owning a train set; he later successfully invested in Burlington Northern railroads\nas a child, Buffett met Sidney Weinberg, an important figure at Goldman Sachs, during a field trip to Wall St with his father; he later successfully invested in Goldman Sachs\nas a child, Buffett had a paper route in which he distributed, amongst many other papers, the Washington Post; he later successfully invested in the Washington Post and other dailies\nWarren catches the wealth-bug\nIt was on his trip to the Stock Exchange in New York City in 1940 with his father that Warren first understood the money-making potential of stock investing. Witnessing exchange members who had servants roll custom cigars, Warren realized\nthe Stock Exchange must pour forth streams of money\u2026 he worked with a passion for the future he saw ahead of him, right there in sight. He wanted money\nLater, Warren came across a book entitled \"One Thousand Ways to Make $1,000\" or, in Warren's mind, how to make a million dollars. This was it. He was going to be a millionaire. The book had hopeful, helpful and optimistic advice that we would all well consider and pay attention to in the event that we become similarly motivated:\nthe opportunities of yesterday are as nothing compared with the opportunities that await the courageous, resourceful man of today! You cannot possibly succeed until you start. The way to begin making money is to begin\u2026 Hundreds of thousands of people in this country who would like to make a lot of money are not making it because they are waiting for this, that or the other to happen\nBuffett also learned around this time the power of compounding and decided\nIf a dollar today was going to be worth ten some years from now, then in his mind the two were the same\nEarly Buffett investments, and why he made them\nBefore he had even graduated from college, the young Warren Buffett had made a number of stock and private investments:\nCities Service Preferred; bought three shares at $114.75 for himself and his sister, the shares fell and then recovered; Buffett sold at $40\/share for a $5 profit, only to watch the shares rise to $202, lessons learned:\nDo not overly fixate on the price paid for a stock\nDon't rush unthinkingly to grab a small profit; it can take years to earn back the profit \"lost\" through opportunity cost\nBuffett didn't want to have responsibility for other people's money unless he was sure he could succeed\nAround age 15, Warren had invested in \"Builders Supply Co.\", a hardware store owned and operated by his father and his father's business partner, Carl Falk, in Omaha\nAround age 15, Warren bought a 40-acre farm for $1,200 that he split the profits of with a tenant farmer; he sold it when he was in college (5 years later) for $2,400\nBuffett invested \"sweat equity\" in a paper route which earned him $175\/mo in an era when a grown man felt well-paid on $3,000\/yr\nBuffett started a used golf-ball retailing business with a friend, selling golf balls for $6\/dozen, through a wholesaler in Chicago named Witek\nBuffett bought a pinball machine for $25, placed it in a barbershop and recouped $4 in the first day; he went on to purchase 7-8 pinball machines for \"Mr. Wilson's pinball machine company\", learning the principle of capital, money that works for its owner, as if it had a job of its own\n1949, Buffett shorts automaker Kaiser-Frazer, which went from producing 1\/20 cars to 1\/100 in the market; Buffett saw a trend in the statistics\nPreparing to enter Columbia, Buffett invested in Parkersburg Rig & Reel, purchasing 200 shares after discovering the company \"according to Graham's rules\" in The Intelligent Investor\nAt Columbia, Buffett was invested in Tyer Rubber Company, Sargent & Co. and Marshell-Wells (a hardware company) of which he had jointly purchased 25 shares with his father; Marshell-Wells was the largest hardware wholesaler in the US and traded for $200 but earned $62\/share, making it similar to a bond with a 31% yield\nAfter visiting with Lou Simpson at GEICO, Buffett dumped 3\/4ths of his stock portfolio to buy 350 shares of GEICO, which was trading at 8x current earnings at $42\/share and was rapidly growing; Buffett felt his margin of safety was a growing, small company in a large field meaning it had a lot of opportunity ahead of it, especially because it was the lowest cost provider\nGrief Bros. Cooperage, a barrel maker and Ben Graham stock\nPhiladelphia Reading Coal & Iron Company, selling for $19\/share with $8\/share worth of culm banks\nCleveland Worsted Mills, textile manufacturer selling for less than its current assets of $146\/share; the company cut the dividend which was part of Buffett's investment thesis and he sold the stock in disgust\nA gas service station, which he bought with a friend for $2,000; the property never made money as they couldn't entice customers from the nearby Texaco station; Buffett lost his investment and learned the value of customer habit\nRelated to the theme of early Buffett investments is the course of the young Buffett's savings and the accumulation of his capital stock:\nAge 14, his savings totaled around $1,000, \"he was ahead of the game\u2026 getting ahead of the game, he knew, was the way to the goal\"\nAge 15, his savings totaled around $2,000, much of which was from his newspaper route\nAge 16, his savings totaled around $5,000 ($53,000 in 2007 dollars), much of it from his pinball and golfball businesses\nAge 20 (1950), his savings totaled $9,803.70 which was partly invested in stocks, as well as a $500 scholarship and $2,000 from his father for not smoking\nAge 21, his savings totaled $19,738, he had boosted his capital 75% in a single year and he felt \"supremely confident in his own investing abilities\", he also was willing to take on debt equal to a quarter of his net worth, or about $5,000, for total capital of around $25,000\nMiscellaneous Buffett lessons\nOn betting and deal-making in general:\nKnow what the deal is in advance\nWhat Buffett learned from Graham:\nA stock is the right to own a little piece of a business\nUse a margin of safety so the effects of good decisions are not wiped out by errors; the way to advance is to not retreat\nMr. Market is your servant, not your master\nOn influence:\nit pays to hang around people better than you are, because you will float upward a little bit. And if you hang around with people that behave worse than you, pretty soon you'll start sliding down the pole\nBuffett's authorship of the article \"The Stock I Like Best\" on GEICO attracted the attention of a later financial backer, Bill Rosenwald, son of Julius Rosenwald and longtime chairman of Sears, Roebuck & Co.\nAuthor The LionPosted on July 28, 2016 February 23, 2019 Categories investing, wealthTags business, carpe diem, competitive advantage, contrarians, customer habit, handicapping, informational assymetry, monopoly, ncav, networking, notes, psychology, stock market, the edge, value investing, Warren Buffett, wealth\nNotes \u2013 A Compilation Of Ideas On Investing\nHow to Screen for Hidden Champions\nIf I could recommend only one book for value investors to read it would be Hidden Champions of the Twenty-First Century\nReading about Exxon Mobil (XOM) and Apple (AAPL) and Starbucks (SBUX) and thinking you are becoming a business expert is like reading about blue whales and elephants and thinking you are becoming an animal expert. Tiny insects are a lot more common than giant mammals\nScreening for Hidden Champions:\n10 years consistent >= 15% op margin and market cap < $1B\n10 years consistent >= 15% ROE and market cap < $1B\n10 years consistent >= 8% ROA and market cap <$1B\n10 years consistent EPS increase and market cap < $1B\nIf an ultra-conservatively managed family company earns 10% on equity it would probably earn closer to 20% on equity if it was sold to a professionally managed multinational\nSome companies have negative equity, to correct for this, screen for >= 8% ROA regardless of ROE\nThe best place to screen for hidden champions in the UK is SharelockHolmes\nBacktesting Net-Nets: Does It Matter?\nNet-nets are a symptom of the overall stock market's health\nYou should ignore a net-net for two years after you buy it, at minimum\nThe key to a successful NCAV portfolio is to not sell your winners too fast\nIf a stock has low institutional ownership, low short interest, no analyst coverage, and a small number of shares outstanding \u2013 nobody is looking at the company; buy net-nets where institutions own the fewest shares\nInactivity is necessary to really judge your net-net selection skills\nIf you are just taking a profit (or loss) in a net-net within 1 to 2 years of buying it \u2013 I think you've basically just traded a stock on a different basis than you analyzed it\nA good net-net is really just a decent business. Why would insiders still control 10% to 50% of a company that has been public for 10 to 30 years?\nTry to buy the \"best\" net-net available each month with an emphasis on \"safe\" rather than \"cheap\"\nAttractive net-net criteria:\nLong history of consistent profitability\nLong tenured CEO\nHigh insider ownership\nHigh cash relative to share price\nGood capital allocation decisions\nSimple business\nLasting business\nIdeally, you don't want to pay more than the company's own cash for the stock\nHigh insider ownership in a newly public company doesn't have the same meaning as it does at an old company\nDividends are nice, not because they're important but because of what dividends are a symptom of\nRetailers are tough net-nets; a retailer that loses some of its competitiveness is a retailer that could be out of business in a matter of years\nHow to sabotage a NCAV portfolio: sell too soon; if you sell your winners when they go up, you destroy the performance of a net-net; the big winners are needed to outweigh the big losers and the mediocre performers\nThe holding of net-nets is critical\nSlowly assemble a net-net portfolio over a period of a couple years, and don't sell anything for those first two years\nShould You Wait for a Crash \u2013 Or Buy Today's Best Bargain?\nTo get consistently good investment results, follow one of two programs:\nBuy companies that are clearly selling for less than their conservatively calculated value to a private owner\nBuy companies that will earn high returns on capital while growing quickly for many, many, many years to come\nDuring periods of panic, look for obvious mispricings; for example, high quality companies trading at less than 10x FCF; 10x free cash flow is less than stocks are generally worth\nTo fill a portfolio in the midst of a market crash, have a shopping list of companies you like but are overpriced ahead of time\nYou are very unlikely to cause any sort of catastrophic problem for yourself just by overpaying for the right kind of company. Buying the wrong company is your biggest risk\nJust wait for an obviously wonderful business selling for the kind of price a normal stock sells for in normal times\nWarren Buffett Checklist to Invest in a Great Business: KO\nBuffett had 9 criteria he examined when determining whether he was investing in a great business:\nDoes the business have an identifiable consumer monopoly?\nAre the earnings of the company strong and showing an upward trend?\nIs the company conservatively financed?\nDoes the business consistently earn a high rate of return on shareholders' equity?\nDoes the business get to retain its earnings?\nHow much does the business have to spend on maintaining current operations?\nIs the company free to reinvest retained earnings in new business opportunities, expansion of operations, or share repurchases? How good a job does the management do at this?\nIs the company free to adjust prices to inflation?\nWill the value added by retained earnings increase the market value of the company?\nFree Cash Flow: Adjusting for Acquisitions, Capital Allocation and Corporate Character\nMake your Ben Graham investments on an EV\/EBIT basis\nMake your Warren Buffett investments on a price-to-free-cash-flow (P\/FCF or P\/OE) basis\nHow to Read a 10-K: What is the Most Important Part?\nThe only 10-K I read from cover to cover is the most recent 10-K\nPrint out and mark up a hard copy of the latest 10-K, 10-Q, and 14A\nCheck all of the 8-Ks and 13Gs from the last year or so\nIf there was a scandal, a proxy battle, legal case, unconsummated merger, etc. \u2013 read the 8-Ks and other documents surrounding that time period even if it was many years ago\nRead the oldest 10-K as well as the newest\nRead any shareholder letters ever written that are still available\nEnter Balance Sheet, Cash Flow and Income Statement data into an Excel spreadsheet for every year the company reported to EDGAR\nAlways have at least 10 years of data\nLook at the notes to the financial statements most critically\nAsk yourself the following questions:\nWhat is customer behavior in the industry?\nWhy do customers choose what they choose?\nWhat does management really think? What are they really like?\nGannon prefers investing in companies where he understands customer behavior the best\nHow Long Should You Hold a Net-Net?\nAll we need to do is make sure that the stocks we buy are clearly worth more than we pay for them\nForget about trading a net-net a full year after buying it and instead focus on the two things that matter most:\nPicking the right stock (company)\nHolding that stock regardless of what the market does\nNever sell a net-net in less than one year unless:\nYou made a mistake\nYou need to buy something else (that's better)\nA one to five year holding period is the right length for net-nets\nNever sell a net-net just because it reached NCAV; NCAV is still really, really cheap\nHow to Get a Job in Value Investing\nLook for someone trying to build a research team from scratch\nThe best combination is often when the position is brand new and the right person was impressed ahead of time\nDo lots of research for free and then let it get into the hands of someone who can hire an analyst\nTalk to everybody whose work you respect by sending them an email; share your best ideas with them\nSet aside time to writing and reading about value investing every single day\nDon't send your casual thoughts to those you're trying to impress; you want them to think of you as a thorough, insightful researcher\nWhat is the Buffett\/Munger Bargains Newsletter?\nInvesting in net-nets is the best way for a dedicated, \"do-it-yourself\" individual investor to beat the market\nThe newsletter's strategy is to find companies with the following attributes:\nFavorable long-term prospects\nAble and honest management\nConsistent earnings\nGood ROE\nLittle debt\nVery attractive price\nIt is modeled on the Buffett\/Munger of the 1970s\n\"Really good businesses usually don't need to borrow\u2026 they make the most of an already strong business franchise or concentrate on a single winning business theme\" -Buffett\nUse the higher of today's interest rates and long-term average interest rates when considering valuations\nHow I Pick Stocks for the Ben Graham Net-Net Newsletter\nTraditionally, big net-nets have been poor performers\nThe ratio of insider ownership to institutional ownership is actually one of the best predictors of the future stock market performance of a net-net\nWhat makes for a good net-net?\nHigh insider ownership \/ Low institutional ownership\nHigh F-Score\nDecent ROE\nDecent long-term prospects\nThe idea is to get the best business for the lowest price\nHow Should You Divide Your Research Time?\nI put my energy towards whatever is most clearly undervalued\nI keep cash close to 0% when I have good ideas\nThe important thing is picking the exact right company and then picking the approximately right price\nI spent probably half a year thinking about buying DWA before I put in my buy order\nA typical net-net for me is a 10% position held for just over a year\nI spend almost half my time looking at net-nets and almost half my time looking at high quality companies\nI look longer at each high quality company I research\nWhat Would Value Investing 101 Look Like?\nRequired reading:\nWarren Buffett's Letter to Shareholders (1977-Present)\nWarren Buffett's Letter to Partners (1959-1969)\nThe Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life\nBuffett: The Making of An American Capitalist\nPoor Charlie's Almanack\nCommon Stocks and Uncommon Profits (by Phil Fisher)\nThe Interpretation of Financial Statements (by Ben Graham)\nThe Intelligent Investor (1949 Edition)\nSecurity Analysis (1940 Edition)\nBenjamin Graham on Investing\nBenjamin Graham: The Memoirs of the Dean of Wall Street\nOne Up on Wall Street (by Peter Lynch)\nBeating the Street (by Peter Lynch)\nYou Can Be a Stock Market Genius (by Joel Greenblatt)\nThe Little Book That Beats the Market (by Joel Greenblatt)\nThere's Always Something to Do (about Peter Cundill)\nMoney Masters of Our Time\nHidden Champions of the Twenty-First Century\nJim Collins Books: Built to Last, Good to Great, How the Mighty Fall, and Great by Choice\nDistant Force (about Henry Singleton)\nKuhn's The Structure of Scientific Revolutions and The Essential Tension\nSpecific reading on extreme market conditions:\nThis Time is Different\nWhen Genius Failed\nKnowing about historical episodes is understanding what the paper looked like every morning to folks who were as blind to the future as you are now\nCase studies of investments made by investors whose books, letters, etc., the student has read\nSide-by-side comparisons of stocks with the names of the companies omitted, for example:\nBuffett's investment in GEICO, Wells Fargo, Coca-Cola, Gilette, etc.\nGraham's investment in Northern Pipeline, DuPont\/GM (long\/short), etc.\nPhil Fisher's examples in his book\nJoel Greenblatt's examples from his books\nPeter Cundill's investments in his biography\nPeter Lynch's investments in his books\nMSFT at different points in its history, WMT versus Costco, present day modern US railroads, present day comparison of high-quality large versus high-quality small company, comparison of present-day hated companies and historical Warren Buffett equivalent\nValue investing is mostly about doing original research alone\nNew value investors love reading books on theory and technique; they spend too lite time studying specific stocks\nProfessor Geoff's How to #1: How to Analyze a Foreign Stock\nOpen Google Translate\nFind the stock on its home stock exchange\nRead the company's annual reports\nStudy comparable companies in your home country\nEnter the stock's past financials in a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet\nUse the past financials and comparison companies to appraise the stock's value to a private buyer\nCompare the stock's appraised value to its market price\nIf the market price is more than 75% of the appraised value, forget about the stock\nIf the market price is less than 50% of the appraised value, focus on the stock\nOtherwise: use your best judgment\nAuthor The LionPosted on July 20, 2016 January 22, 2019 Categories investingTags digest, Geoff Gannon, ncav, Net-Nets, notes, screens, value investing\nReview \u2013 Deep Value Investing\nDeep Value Investing: Finding bargain shares with big potential\nby Jeroen Bos, published 2013\nBenjamin Graham's Principles Applied\nAlthough it provides a summary introduction to the theory of Benjamin Graham's classic deep value (net-net and discount-to-book value) strategy, Bos's \"Deep Value Investing\" is decidedly a practitioner's guide, not a philosophical work. More accurately, it's a collection of case studies for observation and analysis\u2013 what did and didn't work in various key examples from Bos's own investment portfolio.\nThis is the book's strength, and weakness. It is a strength because any opportunity to peer into the portfolio of a working money manager and see not only what he's done, but why he has done it, is often worth the price of admission. Bos gets hands on with the reader and provides the relevant information in each case study, including the start and end date and price of each trade, the relevant balance sheet information and per share calculations and a helpful chart of price movements over time to put it in perspective.\nMost importantly, though, Bos provides a lot of qualitative detail that helps to flesh out the simple quantitative analysis. Many curious students of value investing will be happy to see Bos not only explains what piqued his initial interest in each security, but that he also talks about how long and why he waited to get involved in each opportunity and how he interpreted business developments in each case (positive and negative) along the way. He also provides an explanation as to why and how he exited each investment, whether it was a winner or a loser.\nThis is something that's missing in most investment case study discussions and it's a real value add with this book. Another value add is the online support materials for the book, including a record of all relevant publicly available information for each investment that Bos used in his analysis (so you can follow along and see if you can see what he saw), as well as a free eBook version of the title accessible with a special link.\nAs mentioned, the weakness of the book lies in the fact that it's mostly a collection of case studies with little else to structure it. In that sense, while the material is approachable and certainly not technical or difficult by any means to comprehend, this is not a \"beginner's book\" but better for a reader who has already read a more philosophical work such as Graham's \"The Intelligent Investor\" or \"Security Analysis\". After reading those, revisiting Bos's \"Deep Value Investing\" should yield many profitable insights and appreciation for what he has managed to accomplish.\nAdditionally, a bit of information that is normally found in these \"how I do what I do\" guides, that being whether or not the author supports diversification or concentration of portfolio positions and how he sizes his positions and manages his portfolio as a whole in general, are noticeably absent. The mere addition of this insightful information might have pushed this book into the \"4-star\" range in terms of usefulness and candor. As it is, it's a \"3-star\", though a strong 3-star candidate. A good read, but not essential in any library and by no means a classic like \"Security Analysis\", though of course it has no pretensions of being so.\nIf you're \"deep\" into deep value strategies, or want to watch over the shoulder of a talented operator, Jeroen Bos's \"Deep Value Investing\" is well worth picking up! Even veteran value guys have something to learn from Bos's \"qualitative-quantitative\" combined approach and especially his criteria for exiting a successful investment as it \"transforms\" over time from a balance sheet to earnings play.\nSome of my other favorite observations worth noting:\n1.) Liquid assets are what we're really interested in, for the strongest margin of safety\n2.) Share prices tend to be volatile, but book values tend to be stable over time\n3.) Service companies tend to offer good value opportunities because they're light on fixed assets and heavy on current assets; they also have flexible business models that can quickly scale up or down depending on business conditions\n4.) Cyclical stocks always look cheapest on an earnings basis at the top of their cycle and most expensive at the bottom of their cycle (which is ironically when they'e a best buy)\n5.) To better understanding accounting statement terms, compare treatment of confusing items across different companies in the same industry\n6.) When evaluating trade receivables, it's important to understand who the company's clients are\n7.) Check lists of new 52-week lows for good value investment candidates\nAuthor The LionPosted on January 11, 2014 January 1, 2019 Categories books, investingTags Benjamin Graham, deep value, ncav, review, strategy, value investing\nHow Did I Come Up With My 16 JNets?\nA couple days ago someone who follows my Twitter feed asked me what criteria I had used to pick the 16 JNets I talked about in a recent post. He referenced that there were \"300+\" Japanese companies trading below their net current asset value. A recent post by Nate Tobik over at Oddball Stocks suggests that there are presently 448 such firms, definitely within the boundaries of the \"300+\" comment.\nTo be honest, I have no idea how many there are currently, nor when I made my investments. The reason is that I am not a professional investor with access to institution-grade screening tools like Bloomberg or CapitalIQ. Because of this, my investment process in general, but specifically with regards to foreign equities like JNets, relies especially on two principles:\nMaking do with \"making do\"; doing the best I can with the limited resources I have within the confines of the time and personal expertise I have available\n\"Cheap enough\"; making a commitment to buy something when it is deemed to be cheap enough to be worthy of consideration, not holding out until I've examined every potential opportunity in the entire universe or local miniverse of investing\nThat's kind of the 32,000-ft view of how I arrived at my 16 JNets. But it's a good question and it deserves a specific answer, as well, for the questioner's sake and for my own sake in keeping myself honest, come what may. So, here's a little bit more about how I made the decision to add these 16 companies to my portfolio.\nThe first pass\nThe 16 companies I invested in came from a spreadsheet of 49 companies I gathered data on. Those 49 companies came from two places.\nThe first place, representing a majority of the companies that ultimately made it to my spreadsheet of 49, was a list of 100 JNets that came from a Bloomberg screen that someone else shared with Nate Tobik. To this list Nate added five columns, to which each company was assigned a \"1\" for yes or a \"0\" for no, with category headings covering whether the company showed a net profit in each of the last ten years, whether the company showed positive EBIT in each of the last ten years, whether the company had debt, whether the company paid a dividend and whether the company had bought back shares over the last ten years. Those columns were summed and anything which received a \"4\" or \"5\" cumulative score made it onto my master spreadsheet for further investigation.\nThe second place I gathered ideas from were the blogs of other value investors such as Geoff Gannon and Gurpreet Narang (Neat Value). I just grabbed everything I found and threw it on my list. I figured, if it was good enough for these investors it was worth closer examination for me, too.\nThe second pass\nOnce I had my companies, I started building my spreadsheet. First, I listed each company along with its stock symbol in Japan (where securities are quoted by 4-digit numerical codes). Then, I added basic data about the shares, such as shares outstanding, share price, average volume (important for position-sizing later on), market capitalization, current dividend yield.\nAfter this, I listed important balance sheet data: cash (calculated as cash + ST investments), receivables inventory, other current assets, total current assets, LT debt and total liabilities and then the NCAV and net cash position for each company. Following this were three balance sheet price ratios, Market Cap\/NCAV, Market Cap\/Net Cash and Market Cap\/Cash\u2026 the lower the ratio, the better. While Market Cap\/Net Cash is a more conservative valuation than Market Cap\/NCAV, Market Cap\/Cash is less conservative but was useful for evaluating companies which were debt free and had profitable operations\u2013 some companies with uneven operating outlooks are best valued on a liquidation basis (NCAV, Net Cash) but a company that represents an average operating performance is more properly considered cheap against a metric like the percent of the market cap composing it's balance sheet cash, assuming it is debt free.\nI also constructed some income metric columns, but before I could do this, I created two new tabs, \"Net Inc\" and \"EBIT\", and copied the symbols and names from the previous tab over and then recorded the annual net income and EBIT for each company for the previous ten years. This data all came from MSN Money, like the rest of the data I had collected up to that point.\nThen I carried this info back to my original \"Summary\" tab via formulas to calculate the columns for 10yr average annual EBIT, previous year EBIT, Enterprise Value (EV), EV\/EBIT (10yr annual average) and EV\/EBIT (previous year), as well as the earnings yield (10yr annual average net income divided by market cap) and the previous 5 years annual average as well to try to capture whether the business had dramatically changed since the global recession.\nThe final step was to go through my list thusly assembled and color code each company according to the legend of green for a cash bargain, blue for a net cash bargain and orange for an NCAV bargain (strictly defined as a company trading for 66% of NCAV or less; anything 67% or higher would not get color-coded).\nI was trying to create a quick, visually obvious pattern for recognizing the cheapest of the cheap, understanding that my time is valuable and I could always go dig into each non-color coded name individually looking for other bargains as necessary.\nThe result, and psychological bias rears it's ugly head\nLooking over my spreadsheet, about 2\/3rds of the list were color-coded in this way with the remaining third left white. The white entries are not necessarily not cheap or not companies trading below their NCAV\u2013 they were just not the cheapest of the cheap according to three strict criteria I used.\nAfter reviewing the results, my desire was to purchase all of the net cash stocks (there were only a handful), all of the NCAVs and then as many of the cash bargains as possible. You see, this was where one of the first hurdles came in\u2013 how much of my portfolio I wanted to devote to this strategy of buying JNets. I ultimately settled upon 20-25% of my portfolio, however, that wasn't the end of it.\nCurrently, I have accounts at several brokerages but I use Fidelity for a majority of my trading. Fidelity has good access to Japanese equity markets and will even let you trade electronically. For electronic trades, the commission is Y3,000, whereas a broker-assisted trade is Y8,000. I wanted to try to control the size of my trading costs relative to my positions by placing a strict limit of no more than 2% of the total position value as the ceiling for commissions. Ideally, I wanted to pay closer to 1%, if possible. The other consideration was lot-sizes. The Japanese equity markets have different rules than the US in terms of lot-sizes\u2013 at each price range category there is a minimum lot size and these lots are usually in increments of 100, 1000, etc.\nAfter doing the math I decided I'd want to have 15-20 different positions in my portfolio. Ideally, I would've liked to own a lot more, maybe even all of them similar to the thinking behind Nate Tobik's recent post on Japanese equities over at Oddball Stocks. But I didn't have the capital for that so I had to come up with some criteria, once I had decided on position-sizing and total number of positions, for choosing the lucky few.\nThis is where my own psychological bias started playing a role. You see, I wanted to just \"buy cheap\"\u2013 get all the net cash bargains, then all the NCAVs, then some of the cash bargains. But I let my earnings yield numbers (calculated for the benefit of making decisions about some of the cash bargain stocks) influence my thinking on the net cash and NCAV stocks. And then I peeked at the EBIT and net income tables and got frightened by the fact that some of these companies had a loss year or two, or had declining earnings pictures.\nI started second-guessing some of the choices of the color-coded bargain system. I began doing a mish-mash of seeking \"cheap\" plus \"perceived quality.\" In other words, I may have made a mistake by letting heuristics get in the way of passion-less rules. According to some research spelled out in an outstanding whitepaper by Toby Carlisle, the author of Greenbackd.com, trying to \"second guess the model\" like this could be a mistake.\nCheap enough?\nUltimately, this \"Jekyll and Hyde\" selection process led to my current portfolio of 16 JNets. Earlier in this post I suggested that one of my principles for inclusion was that the thing be \"cheap enough\". Whether I strictly followed the output of my bargain model, or tried to eyeball quality for any individual pick, every one of these companies I think meets the general test of \"cheap enough\" to buy for a diversified basket of similar-class companies because all are trading at substantial discounts to their \"fair\" value or value to a private buyer of the entire company. What's more, while some of these companies may be facing declining earnings prospects, at least as of right now every one of these companies are currently profitable on an operational and net basis, and almost all are debt free (with the few that have debt finding themselves in a position where the debt is a de minimis value and\/or covered by cash on the balance sheet). I believe that significantly limits my risk of suffering a catastrophic loss in any one of these names, but especially in the portfolio as a whole, at least on a Yen-denominated basis.\nOf course, my currency risk remains and currently I have not landed on a strategy for hedging it in a cost-effective and easy-to-use way.\nI suppose the only concern I have at this point is whether my portfolio is \"cheap enough\" to earn me outsized returns over time. I wonder about my queasiness when looking at the uneven or declining earnings prospects of some of these companies and the way I let it influence my decision-making process and second-guess what should otherwise be a reliable model for picking a basket of companies that are likely to produce above-average returns over time. I question whether I might have eliminated one useful advantage (buying stuff that is just out and out cheap) by trying to add personal genius to it in thinking I could take in the \"whole picture\" better than my simple screen and thereby come up with an improved handicapping for some of my companies.\nConsidering that I don't know Japanese and don't know much about these companies outside of the statistical data I collected and an inquiry into the industry they operate in (which may be somewhat meaningless anyway in the mega-conglomerated, mega-diversified world of the Japanese corporate economy), it required great hubris, at a minimum, to think I even had cognizance of a \"whole picture\" on which to base an attempt at informed judgment.\nBut then, that's the art of the leap of faith!\nAuthor The LionPosted on October 30, 2012 January 1, 2019 Categories investingTags bargains, behavioral finance, bloggers, diversification, heuristics, investment process, Japan, JNets, limitations, margin of safety, models, ncav, net cash, portfolio management, psychology, screens, the dollar, the Yen, transaction costs, value investing\n16 Japanese Net-Nets I Put In My Portfolio\nListed below are the 16 Japanese companies that currently compose my \"basket\" (portfolio-within-the-portfolio) of Japanese net-nets, which I refer to as \"JNets\". While most of my picks were classic Benjamin Graham-style companies trading for 2\/3rds or less of their Net Current Asset Value (current assets minus total liabilities), some were selected on the basis of being a Net Cash Bargain (trading below the value of the company's cash minus total liabilities) or as a Cash Bargain (profitable company with no debt trading for less than the cash on the balance sheet).\nStrictly speaking, a Net Cash Bargain is a more conservative valuation than a Net Current Asset Value Bargain as there are more assets in front of the liabilities, while a Cash Bargain is a less conservative valuation (it may or may not be an NCAV Bargain) but typically you are getting a higher quality company with stronger earnings power as a result. As Graham noted, equities can be analyzed much like bonds and the true safety of a bond comes from the underlying company's earnings power, not necessarily the asset values which are a worst-case fall back measure to protect against loss.\nThe figures in the list below are all in Yen, typically in millions of Yen besides the per share price. At the time of purchase, the approximate exchange value of the dollar against the Yen was 1 USD = 78 JPY. All figures and prices are the most recent available at time of purchase.\nFor comparative purposes, I summarize at the end of the list the metrics for the entire basket (as if it was a conglomeration of 100% of the equity of all companies included) as well as on an average basis as a representative for an individual company within the basket.\nLinks in the name of each company take you to their website, if available. Links in the symbol of each company take you to their Bloomberg business bio page, if available.\n16 Japanese Bargain Shares (Net-Nets, Net Cash and Cash Value)\nName: Sakai Trading\nSymbol: 9967\nIndustry\/product: imports, exports, and wholesales chemical products, synthetic resins, and electronic materials\nMarket Cap (Ym): 2,210\nShare price (Y): 235\nDebt (Ym): 0\nCash (Ym): 2,851\nEV\/EBIT (10yr avg): 12.3x\nNCAV (Ym): 4,973\nName: Shinko Shoji Co. Ltd\nIndustry\/product: sells electronic parts and equipment such as integrated circuits (IC) and semiconductor devices, liquid crystal (LC) display modules, condensers, ferrite cores, coils, power supplies, thin film transistor (TFT) thermal printers, head magnets, transformers, motors, sensors, and connectors\nMarket Cap (Ym): 16,905\nDebt (Ym): 3,000\nCash (Ym): 10,610\nEV\/EBIT (10yr avg): 12x\nNCAV (Ym): 41,899\nName: KSK Co Ltd\nIndustry\/product: develops computer software for various systems related to telecommunication and LSI (Large Scale Integration), provides data processing services for government and insurance group, sells OA (Office Automation) equipment and computer peripheral\nEV\/EBIT (10yr avg): 1.6x\nName: Daichii Kensetsu\nIndustry\/product: constructs railways mainly for East Japan Railway, constructs infrastructure such as sewage facilities, tunnels, and waterways, builds commercial, institutional, and residential buildings\nDebt (Ym): 151\nName: Choukeizai Sha\nIndustry\/product: publishes economics, finance, law, accounting, and tax related books and periodical magazines and business related books, operates a planning center which handles advertising on publishes, provides design & production services for sales promotion pamphlets\nEV\/EBIT (10yr avg): -0.1x\nName: CLIP Corp\nIndustry\/product: operates a network of cram schools in Nagoya, operates soccer school and lunch box delivery services\nName: Noda Screen\nIndustry\/product: processes electrical components such as plastic package substrates and printed circuits boards (PCBs), through a subsidiary, manufactures and sells screen stencils and fluoride chemical products\nShare price (Y): 27,000\nName: Kitakei Co Ltd\nIndustry\/product: wholesales housing materials and home furnishings based in the Kansai area, sells housing facility products such as bathroom units, wooden building materials, special wooden products, housing equipment, veneer boards, chemical products, and housing preservative agents\nName: Ryosan Co Ltd\nIndustry\/product: distributes electronic components, such as integrated circuits (ICs), electronic tubes, semiconductor elements, and personal computers, manufactures heat sinks\nShare price (Y): 1,387\nEV\/EBIT (10yr avg): 7x\nName: Daiken Co\nIndustry\/product: manufactures and sells metal and other material parts for building construction and exterior products including curtain rails, exterior panels, garages, and bicycle parking units, provides installation of these products and real estate leasing service\nName: Ryoyo Electro Corporation\nIndustry\/product: wholesales electronic components including semiconductors, sells workstations, personal computers, and printers, operates offices in Singapore and Hong Kong, trades semiconductors from Mitsubishi Electric\nName: Nihon Dengi\nIndustry\/product: designs, constructs, and maintains integrated building management systems for air-conditioning, security, and electrical facilities, develops integrated production systems for industrial factories\nName: Odawara Engineering\nIndustry\/product: manufactures automatic coil winding machines including micro motor, coreless motor, universal motor, and stepping motor type, provides reconstruction, repair, and parts replacement services for its winding machines\nName: Natoco Co Ltd\nIndustry\/product: manufactures and sells various types of paints including paints for metals, building materials, and auto repair, manufactures high polymer compounds which are used as material for liquid crystal displays\nName: Fuji Oozx\nIndustry\/product: manufactures automobile engine parts such as valves, valve adjusters and rotators, has subsidiaries in Korea, Taiwan, and the United States\nName: Excel Co Ltd\nIndustry\/product: sells electronic products, such as liquid crystal devices (LCD), semiconductors, and integrated circuits (IC), including thin film transistor (TFT) modules, TFT-LCDs, cellular phones, car navigation systems\nTotal Basket\nMarket Cap (Ym): 129,974\nEV (Ym): -15,499\n10yr avg EBIT (Ym): 27,046\nCash (Ym): 148,796\nNCAV (Ym): 291,244\nEV\/EBIT (10yr avg): -0.57x\nP\/NCAV: 0.45x\nP\/Net cash: 0.89x\nP\/Cash: 0.87x\nEBIT yield (EBIT\/Mkt Cap): 21%\nRepresentative Company (Avg)\nEV (Ym): -969\n10yr avg EBIT (Ym): 1,690\nAuthor The LionPosted on October 25, 2012 January 1, 2019 Categories investingTags bargains, Benjamin Graham, diversification, Japan, JNets, ncav, Net-Nets, notes, portfolio management, the dollar, the Yen, value investing\nHow To Think About Retained Earnings\nGrab 15 years of data from EDGAR and compare receivables, inventory, PP&E, accounts payable and accrued expenses to sales, EBITDA, etc.; E.g., if receivables rise faster than sales, this is where \"reinvestment\" is going\nFor a quick comparison, look at:\nBuybacks + dividends\nCompare debt (total liabilities) between the start of the period and the end and subtract the difference to get growth in debt\nThen, sum all dividends and buybacks over the period, and all net income over the period\nThen, subtract the change in debt from dividends\/buybacks; what is left is dividends\/buybacks generated by the business, rather than growth in debt\nThen, compare this to net income to see the ratio of earnings paid out to shareholders\nYou can compare the growth in net income to retained earnings to get your average return on retained earnings\nLook at the change in net income and sales over 10 years and then the ratio of cumulative buybacks and dividends to cumulative reported earnings\nYou're looking for the central tendency of return on retained earnings, whether it is approx:\n5%, bad business\n15%, good business\n30%, great business\nCompanies with single products easily generate high returns on retained earnings, but struggle to expand indefinitely\nOne Ratio to Rule Them All: EV\/EBITDA\nEV\/EBITDA is the best ratio for understanding a business versus a corporate structure\nNet income is not useful; FCF is complicated, telling you everything about a mature business but nothing about a growing one\nGeneral rule of thumb: a run of the mill business should trade around 8x EBITDA; a great business never should\nLow P\/E and low P\/B can be misleading as it often results in companies with high leverage\nP\/E ratio punishes companies that don't use leverage; they're often worth more to a strategic buyer who could lever them up\nThe \"DA\" part of a financial statement is most likely to disguise interesting, odd situations; if you're using P\/E screens you miss out on companies with interesting notes on amortization\nControl buyers read notes; why use screens that force you to ignore them?\nFCF is safer than GAAP earnings or EBITDA because it's more conservative and favors mature businesses\nEBITDA misses the real expense in the \"DA\", but FCF treats the portion of cap-ex that is an investment as expense, so they're both flawed; investment is not expense\nNo single ratio works for all businesses in all industries; but to get started, EV\/EBITDA is the best for screening\nExample: cruise companies have huge \"DA\", but no \"T\" as they pay no taxes\n\"Only you can calculate the one ratio that matters: price-to-value; there is no substitute for reading the 10-K\"\nEmpirical evidence on ratios:\nWhich Price Ratio Outperforms the Enterprise Multiple? @ GreenBackd.com\nWhich Price Ratio Best Identifies Value Stocks? @ GreenBackd.com\nBlind Stock Valuation #2: Wal-Mart (WMT) \u2013 1981\nThere is something wrong with believing a stock is never worth more than 15 times earnings\n\"Growth is best viewed as a qualitative rather than a quantitative factor.\"\nBuffett's margin of safety in Coca-Cola was customer habit\u2013 repeatability\nBuffett looks for:\nRepeatable formula for success\n\"The first thing to do when you're given a growth rate is not geometry. It's biology. How is this happening? How can a company grow 43% a year over 10 years?\"\nStable growth over a long period of time tells you a business has a reliable formula; look for businesses that behave like bacteria\nRecognizing the value of changes after they happen is important, not predicting them ahead of time\nYou can't post the kind of returns Wal-Mart did through the 1970s without a competitive advantage\nBuffett gleans most of his info from SEC reports, things like 10-year records of gross margins, key industry performance metric comparisons, etc.\nGTSI: Why Net-Net Investing Is So Hard\nThe challenge of net-nets is you often have no catalyst in sight and no wonderful future to visualize as you hold a bad business indefinitely\nGraham's MoS is integral\u2013 you can be off in your calculation of value by quite a bit but Mr. Market will often be off by even more\nFocusing too much on time could be a problem in net-net investing\nTwo pieces of advice for net-net investing:\nPut 100% of focus on buying and 0% on selling\nPut 100% of focus on downside and 0% on upside\nMoney is made in net-nets not by the valuing but by the buying and holding\n\"You want to be there for the buyout.\"\nThe hardest part of net-net investing: waiting\nGraham and Schloss were successful likely because they built a basket, so they were always getting to buy something new that was cheap instead of worrying about selling\nFocus on a process that keeps you finding new net-nets and minimizes your temptation to sell what you own\nCan You Screen For Shareholder Composition? 30 Strange Stocks\nShareholder composition can help explain why a stock is cheap\nA company's shareholder base changes as the business itself changes; for example, a bankruptcy turns creditors into shareholders\nShareholders often become \"lost\" over the years, forgetting they own a company and therefore forgetting to trade it\nSome companies go public as a PR ploy, so investors may be sleepy and inactive\nBuffett understood this and understood that a stock could be a bargain even at 300% of its last trade price\u2013 National American Fire Insurance (NAFI) example\nBuying a spin-off makes sense because many of the shareholders are stuck with a stock they never wanted\nAn interesting screen: oldest public companies with the lowest floats (in terms of shares outstanding); a lack of stock splits combined with high insider ownership is a recipe for disinterest in pleasing Wall St\nHow My Investing Philosophy Has Changed Over Time\nInfo about Geoff Gannon\nhigh school dropout\nbought first stock at 14\nread [amazon text=Security Analysis (1940 Edition)&asin=007141228X] and [amazon text=The Intelligent Investor (1949 Edition)&asin=0060555661] at 14\nover time, became more Buffett and less Graham\nmade most money buying and holding companies with strong competitive positions trading temporarily at 6, 10 or 12 times earnings\nI like a reliable business with almost no history of losses and a market leading position in its niche\nGeoff's favorite book is Hidden Champions of the Twenty-First Century, which is part of a set of 3 he recommends to all investors:\nEverything you need to know to make money snowball in the stock market:\nThe Berkshire\/Teledyne stories\nBen Graham's Mr. Market metaphor\nBen Graham's margin of safety principle\n\"Hidden Champions of the 21st Century\"\nOnce you know this, if you just try to buy one stock a year, the best you can find, and then forget you own it for the next 3 years, you'll do fine; over-activity is a major problem for most investors\nBubble thinking requires higher math, emotional intelligence, etc.; that's why a young child with basic arithmetic would make a great value investor because they'd only understand a stock as a piece of a business and only be able to do the math from the SEC filings\nThere are always so many things that everyone is trying to figure out; in reality, there are so few things that matter to any one specific company\nOne key to successful investing: minimizing buy and sell decisions; it's hard to screw up by holding something too long\nLook for the most obvious opportunities: it's hard to pass on a profitable business selling for less than its cash\nExtreme concentration works, you can make a lot of money:\nwaiting for the buyout\nhaving more than 25% of your portfolio in a stock when the buyout comes\nI own 4-5 Buffett-type stocks (competitive position) bought at Graham-type P\/E ratios\n\"There is a higher extinction rate in public companies than we are willing to admit.\"\nMost of my experience came through learning from actual investing; I wish I had been a little better at learning from other people's mistakes\nAuthor The LionPosted on June 8, 2012 January 1, 2019 Categories investingTags Benjamin Graham, competitive advantage, defining risk, expectations, focus, Geoff Gannon, ncav, Net-Nets, notes, screens, value investing, Wall St, Warren Buffett","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Fugitive charged in nine burglaries\nJasmine Stole Weiss\nA man who was wanted by police and arrested over the weekend was charged with nine counts of burglary, according to a magistrate's complaint filed in the Superior Court of Guam.\nThe Guam Police Department on Dec. 1, 2017, issued a wanted person notice for 27-year-old Ronnie Quinata Sanchez. Sanchez was last seen in October, and was wanted for questioning in connection with several burglaries, according to the wanted person flyer.\nOfficers received a tip, and on Saturday they arrested Sanchez at the Harmon Loop Hotel, said GPD acting spokesman Sgt. Paul Tapao.\nThe magistrate's complaint states Sanchez was charged in connection with nine burglaries that took place at different locations around Guam.\n\"(Sanchez) described the methods in which he would enter the residences and he also described what he could remember that he took from each residence,\" the court complaint states.\nSanchez was also charged in two other burglary cases, according to court documents. One of the cases is the alleged burglary of Core Tech International Chairman Ho Sang Eun's home. Court documents state Eun reported $20,000 cash and $80,000 worth of jewelry was taken from his home on Nov. 17, 2017.\nSanchez's co-defendant, Ignacio Aldan, reportedly told officers he drove Sanchez to Eun's home, that Sanchez burglarized the home and they sold items to pawnshops, court documents state.\nSanchez is also charged in connection with a Dededo burglary in which a watch, worth $60, was pawned, according to the magistrate's complaint. The owner of the watch told police his house was burglarized in October and items were taken, including a backpack and his passport, court documents state.\nSanchez was charged with nine counts of burglary, all as second-degree felonies.\nFive charged in burglary of home of Core Tech chairman\nGuam Police seeks Ronnie Quinata Sanchez, suspect in Core Tech chairman's home burglary\nMan charged with burglary, vehicle theft","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"JACKSON: Republicans Have Eyes and Ears But Cannot See or Hear\nby WI Guest Author November 20, 2019 December 21, 2021\nMatt Bevin\nIn the Bible, Job 3:25 states, \"For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.\"\nHow appropriate after last week's Republican loss in the Louisiana gubernatorial race.\nRepublicans have lost two of the three governor's races this year; Mississippi being the only race that we won. The other governor's race we lost was in Kentucky.\nIn Kentucky, the incumbent Republican lost to a Democrat; in Mississippi, the incumbent Republican governor will be succeeded with another Republican; and the Louisiana incumbent Democrat beat a Republican.\nSo, Republicans had a net loss of one seat \u2014 meaning that in January, Republicans will control 26 statehouses and Democrats will control 24.\nNeedless to say, my party is heading in the wrong direction!\nIn last week's column, I wrote about the precipitous decline of the Republican Party of Virginia. Similarly, I predicted we would lose the Louisiana governor's race because the Republican candidate made a conscious decision to write off the Black community.\nBlacks are 32% of the state's population and 31% of the voting-age population. Republicans begin their campaigns by writing off nearly a third of the state's voters or 450, 243 potential voters; therefore, they need to get a significant percentage of the white vote just to be competitive; and there are not enough of them to secure victory.\nDid you like this story?\nWould you like to receive articles like this in your inbox? Free!\nOur House D.C. WIN Daily\nThank you, your sign-up request was successful! Please check your e-mail inbox.\nBefore the election, I talked with friends of mine in Louisiana who are political operatives in both parties. The one common theme I heard throughout the state, from both sides, was that early voting turnout among Blacks was at historic levels.\nBlacks accounted for 31% of the early voting last week for the runoff versus 25% during the primary voting, a 6-point increase. This means there were approximately 30,000 additional votes cast by Blacks for the Democrats. The Republican candidate lost by only 40,341 votes. You do the math.\nThe Republican candidate only got 7% of the Black vote in last week's election. Just think if our candidate would have spent time and money to get somewhere between 10-15% of the Black vote; he would be governor right now.\nBecause our Republican candidate had no Black operatives around him, they were totally unprepared and unqualified to respond to the Democrats race-baiting radio spots that ran on Black radio.\nOne Black group ran a series of ads comparing the Republican candidate to notorious racist and KKK member David Duke.\nThe ad stated, \"What is the difference between David Duke, Eddie Rispone (the Republican candidate), and Donald Trump? The only difference is that Rispone will be governor if you don't stop him.\"\nAny Black operative worth his salt would have been prepared for this tried and true Democrat trick and would have prepared the candidate to anticipate this.\nDemocrats have no positive policy proposals for the Black community, so they always revert to the only thing they know \u2014 playing the race card!\nTrump carried Louisiana by 20 points in 2016 and all the statewide offices are controlled by Republicans other than governor; there is only one Democrat in Louisiana's congressional delegation.\nThere is absolutely no reason why a Republican can't get double-digit support from the Black community. Sooner or later they will have to face the fact that whites are increasingly becoming a smaller percentage of the electorate; therefore, Republicans must be able to cobble together a coalition from various ethnic groups to remain a viable party.\nLike Job in the Bible, \"For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.\"\nThis continued Republican strategy of focusing only on white turnout is the thing I am most fearful of, and election after election they make my fears a reality.\nMy readers know that I have written frequently on the need for Republicans to cultivate substantive relationships with the Black community.\nI am reminded of the fifth chapter of Daniel in the Bible. King Belshazzar, the son of Nebuchadnezzar, threw an elaborate party for himself and out of nowhere mysterious handwriting appeared on the wall. The king brought in all of his wise men to interpret the handwriting, but they couldn't do it.\nHis wife knew about Daniel, who was a Godly man; she summoned him and he interpreted the writing and basically told the king that he would be overthrown from his kingdom. He was overthrown that very night.\nBeing Black in this Republican Party makes me feel a lot like Daniel. I have seen the handwriting on the wall for years when it comes to the party engaging with the Black community.\nI talk to any and everyone in the party who will listen to me about the value of engaging with the Black community, the handwriting is on the wall. But, like Belshazzar, maybe we need to suffer a few more loses to see the light.\nI pray that God will open the eyes and ears of this party and let those with eyes to see and ears to hear to see and hear the handwriting on the wall!\nJackson is founder and chairman of Black Americans for a Better Future (BAFBF), a federally registered 527 super PAC established to get more Blacks involved in the Republican Party.\nJESSE JACKSON: Water Crisis in Jackson Reflects Vicious Neglect\nIn \"Op-Ed\"\nHot Races, Big Stakes on Midterm Election Ballot\nIn \"Politics\"\nNews Guide: Primary Elections Tuesday in 6 States\nTagged: black republicans, gop, Op-Ed, raynard jackson, republican party\nWI Guest Author\nThis correspondent is a guest contributor to The Washington Informer. More by WI Guest Author","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"An Imperfect Flow\nI love the fact that she was a friend and compatriot to Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Mark Rothko and other leading lights among the abstract expressionists. I love that she lived to be 98 and, just before her death in 2010, was still engaged enough by the world around her to start communicating through her art in support of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. I love her name, which would have been the perfect alias for an avant-garde artist of the 20th Century but for the fact that it's really hers. Finally, I love her big sculptures, including the 25-foot-tall one in Agnes R. Katz Park in Pittsburgh, Pa. Maybe the only thing about Louise Bourgeois' work I think I don't like is that she decided that the 25-foot-tall one in Katz Park would make a good fountain. I just have to disagree with her decision and don't find myself being satisfied or happy in its presence. The park took shape in 1998 and was dedicated to the memory of Ms. Katz, a prominent patron of the arts. The fountain sculpture dominates the space, which was designed by the renowned architect Michael Graves in collaboration with Daniel Urban Kiley, a distinguished landscape architect, as well as Ms. Bourgeois, who also contributed three paired benches (seen partly in the photo above by Daderot | Wikipedia) that, because of their shapes, have lent the space its nickname: \"Eyeball Park.\" I savor the oddly disturbing eyeball benches and admire the towering nearby structure as a sculpture, but as I mentioned above, I have my problems with it as a fountain. Yes, I get the symbolism of the two flows at the top joining into a single flow down the structure and its supposed reference to the Allegheny and Monongahela coming together in Pittsburgh to form the Ohio River. But the water element nonetheless seems forced: The sculpture existed before its placement was a consideration; Ms. Bourgeois was a committed New Yorker rather than a Pittsburgher; and I can't help thinking that the plumbing might have been an afterthought? Mainly, I'm bothered by the timid way the water flows down through the sculpture's levels: It starts out nicely enough at the top but flows unenergetically downward, sometimes narrowing, sometimes expanding as it drops, leaving the structure mostly dry. I tried to convince myself that this worked; ultimately, however, I just couldn't buy it. Even though it doesn't transport me, however, I do appreciate the fact that the tower runs with heated water and flows a considerate 365 days a year. It was springtime when I saw it, but I wish I'd seen it draped in icicles in the dead of winter (as seen in some photos linked below). I've always been a sucker for the concept of frozen waterfalls, streams and fountains, so, for part of the year at least, this fountain might just win me over. For all my criticism, I still think it's a great little park in the heart of the city's thriving cultural district - well worth a visit. And frankly, I'd be delighted to hear from anyone who can offer a persuasive defense of the project, because it's pretty clear to me that I'm looking for reasons to appreciate this composition as much as I like so much of Louise Bourgeois' other work! To see a video of the fountain in operation, click here. To see the fountain partly covered in ice, click here.\nby Jim McCloskey\n2014\/10.2, October 22 \u2014 Mastering Concrete, Polishing Streams, Mining Client Ideas and more\nTHE ESSENTIAL E-NEWSLETTER FOR WATERSHAPE DESIGNERS, ENGINEERS AND BUILDERS October 22, 2014 www.watershapes.com FEATURE ARTICLE\u2026\nIt's not a story I tell very often, but my wife and I spent our honeymoon not in Hawaii, not in Paris, not even at Niagara Falls. No, instead we went to Pittsburgh. We'd scheduled our wedding for August dates without consulting my eastern relations, the principle among them my Aunt Genevieve, my own family's matriarch and in all ways a formidable woman. As it turned out, she'd scheduled\n2013\/2.1, February 6 \u2014 A Natural Hybrid, Tips on 'Green' Watershaping, Pond Shaving and more\nby James Robyn, Mike Gannon, Scott Cohen, Steve Gutai, Jim McCloskey, Lenny Giteck, Brian Van Bower\n2012\/7.1, July 11 \u2014 Hilltop Beauty, French Lessons, Pool-to-Pond Conversion and more\nJuly 11, 2012 WATERSHAPES.COM ESSENTIAL Woven Beauty The customer wanted it all: a large pool\u2026\nGetting to the Point\nI've spent a considerable amount of time in Pittsburgh through the years. My mother was born up the Alleghany River in Brady's Bend, my father closer by in the suburb of Swissvale; both grew up in the city and attended the University of Pittsburgh, where they met and fell in love. My sister now works at their","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Mission & Strategy\nOur unique offer\nCompetitive Promotion\nOrganisation chart - Rectorate \/ Central Administration\nespace cultures\nJobs @ uni.lu\nHome \/\/ University \/\/ About the Un... \/\/ Organisation... \/\/ Organisation... \/\/ Fundraising Office\nFundraising Office\nThe mission of the University is to transmit knowledge through teaching, but also to produce it through research. In addition to its traditional sources of funding (state endowment, state partnerships, etc.), the University also promotes the conclusion of private funding agreements for the achievement of these missions. The University thus, encourages agreements in the fields of research, training, infrastructure or other more specific projects.\nThe University's objective is to mobilise private resources in the service of organisations and causes of general interest, which can take the form of either patronage or partnership as detailed in the Charter on fundraising (PDF).\nPatronage - Philanthropy\nPatronage and philanthropy therefore consist of material support given, without direct consideration from the beneficiary, a work project or a person for the exercise of activities of general interest.\nThis support is compulsorily documented by the following elements with a full indication of the donations or philanthropic objectives:\nGeneral or specific support for research,\nCurricula,\nGrants or scholarships for students,\nDevelopment of student housing (in-kind donations),\nLegacies.\nUnrestricted donations are also possible.\nSponsorship - business partnership\nThis may be a multiannual commitment (of the order of 3 to 5 years) by a company, for significant amounts to support the development of research and\/or teaching activities in a field of interest to a company.\nSponsorships and partnerships with companies can take the form of chairs, which constitute platforms that allow the organisation of multiple academic and\/or scientific activities through:\nThe commitment of a member of the academic body of teacher-researchers (Academic Chair);\nThe strengthening of a research team in a specific discipline (Research Chair);\nThe promotion of this discipline through scientific symposia and public conferences in the presence of international \"large formats\";\nThe funding of scientific or popular scientific events for students, researchers, professionals and the general public.\nThe Charter on Fundraising of the University of Luxembourg sets out the terms and rules adopted by the University's Governing Board.\nTo find out more: Support the University\nDr. Philippe Lamesch\nHead of Office of Fundraising","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Katkano Interview 2016\nKatkano is a new anonymous project from an international touring DJ, who has several successful aliases. Katkano has previously collaborated with rapper\/producer Dashius Clay (Kendrick Lamar\/Chief Keef\/MMG) & UK rapper JMC (Cassidy\/Sheek Louch) & has just remixed the debut single from Skyler feat. Snoop Dogg. The first Katkano releases have picked up over 4.5 million streams, DJ support from Steve Aoki, DJ Snake, Zedd, Annie Nightingale\u2026Read this exclusive interview below!\n1 \u2013 When did you start this music project?\nI've been DJing & producing music professionally for many years, under several different aliases. I began experimenting with bass music styles in late 2014 & Katkano began in early 2015 & decided to keep this as an anonymous project.\n2 \u2013 Who were your early passions or influences?\nMy early influences were legendary artists like Michael Jackson. My father was a big music fan & had a good collection of records, such as: The Rolling Stones, Kraftwerk, Jean Michel Jarre, Yazoo as well as the odd recorded musical, interviews, sound effects and similar. His hi-fi was in many ways his prized possession when I was growing up.\n3 \u2013 How would you describe your own music style?\nThese days, my musical style is very diverse. I've always been eclectic, yet in my other projects, I felt I got dragged into having a sound & concentrating on just that. As Katkano, I've been adamant that the project will be very musically diverse. That may be; trap, future bass, moombahton, hip hop, house or something totally different. Sometimes it may be hard to pin down, but experimentation is the key, I think especially in this time of Internet saturation. You gotta keep the surprises coming! I feel only doing one sound would bore me at this point.\n4 \u2013 For most artists, originality is first preceded by a phase of learning. What was this like for you?\nI spent my teenage years in & out of recording studios, working on various projects. This was back in the time where you needed a room full of equipment to make a good track. Slowly, as technology permitted, I began producing at home, making awful demos, to be honest. Over time, my production improved. My biggest tip for new producers would be to A\/B your tracks all the time with some of the biggest tracks around. Don't feel you have to copy them musically, but use this comparison to gain knowledge on why your tracks may not be hitting the mark.\n5 \u2013 Have you remixed the debut single from Skyler feat. Snoop Dogg? How did it happen?\nSkyler is a cool new pop artist coming out of LA. Snoop is on her debut single. Before that, I've done Katkano remixes for rapper producer Dashius Clay (Kendrick Lamar\/Chief Keef\/MMG) & also for UK rapper JMC (Cassidy\/Sheek Louch), plus some original tracks which have picked up awesome DJ & international radio support. I've now been approached to remix several very famous acts, which I'm currently working on, plus I'm working on new songs with a couple of them too.\n6 \u2013 Do you have a musical vision that you haven't been able to realise for technical or financial reasons?\nI definitely would say I have a vision for Katkano. I've been lucky in the respect that my other projects have been successful & I've toured the world with those. With Katkano, it all feels fresh, new & exciting. I have a totally different vision for this & it's a lot of fun.\n7 \u2013 What's the best advice you've ever received from a popular artist?\nI think the best piece of advice I've had with regards music, actually came from a very well known manager, who said \"If you feel your development has hit a glass ceiling, change something major such as your musical style, your image or even your production knowledge until you are moving forward again\". Very good advice!\n8 \u2013 What's your creative process to remix a track?\nWhen remixing a track, I always listen to the original mix to hear the artists intention. Then it depends on what individual parts my team have been sent. If it's a remix for a major label act, we'll tend to have the full studio mix, that's everything individually from a single kick drum, to the recordings of different microphones on a choir. If it's an act on an indie label or smaller, more often than not, we'll be sent an acapella (just the vocals) and sometimes a few other musical parts. I'll just decide what to use from there, then start building my own vision for another direction the track can take.\n9 \u2013 Are you open to collaborations with other DJs? How can they contact you?\nI'm always open to collaboration with other producers & DJ's. I'm actually about to collaborate with a couple of really awesome bass music artists. Best thing to do is get in contact with my manager.\n10 \u2013 What are your future plans?\nWe are taking Katkano out on a full US\/European tour this year. As this is an anonymous project, I will be in costume. We found an amazing designer, who works on lots of Hollywood movies. He has built a bespoke cat head, with moving jaw & in built fan system, which we're taking out on tour. Studio wise, I'm producing remixes for some well known acts & I'm in the studio with a World famous pop star working on songs for her new album. Unfortunately, I'm contractually obligated to stay silent on this until it's officially announced. Should be a busy year. Looking forward to see what else 2016 has in store!\nRelated Topics:Artist InterviewInformationKatkano\nFollowing the release of his latest single \"Rise Like The Sun\" along with its proper EP, Dar.Ra also plans to drop a new album in 2021. 'Ballads For The Down-Trodden' has been confirmed to be out by the end of January. In this exclusive interview, the British artist talks about the recent single, the most important details on the upcoming album, but also his various side projects, which include his own radio show.\n1 \u2013 Can you reveal to us the name of your upcoming album?\nI have two new projects out, a single called \"Rise Like The Sun\" with 6 killer remixes. One from Columbia and one from Sri Lanka from a killer Producer called Vidula who did the \"Lights\" remix from the new kinda normal album.\nI did the other mixes which have a tribal House feel and an Ambient 6 am Chill Out mix. All mixes have a Sunshine title, from UK Sunshine mix, Indian Sun mix to Australian, Indonesian, USA, and Columbian mix. It's all about not being dictated too in your time here and \"Rising Like The Sun\" every day of your life.\nThe other project is more of an alias back vibe and is a compilation of slower more Ballad type songs that I have had released over the years. I am doing a radio show called The Kusha Deep Radio show which is going out around the world through various Radio outlets and I did this show which featured some of the laid-back tracks I've done and I thought it would make a great album of torchlight songs. The album is 12 tracks long and is titled 'Ballads For The Down-Trodden' and is out later this month.\nI am also working on a new album of songs for the spring with a new single planned for the first quarter of the year release.\n2 \u2013 Were there specific things that helped you get creative?\nI'm always inspired by life, it's hard not to be unless you shut off from what's going on around you. Even in the middle of a global pandemic, I had two singles out \"Stand Up For The Heroes\", \"Rise Like The Sun\" and the 'Whisky n Honey' EP plus two remixes out. I also started doing a new project which is now syndicated around the world called The Kusha Deep Radio Show, which started off playing tracks that I had out over the past 25 years.\nI also started doing a TV show with a Washington DC-based journalist MJ Godfrey which is a cultural review show looking at things happening in the UK and the USA. I've also written the next album to follow up on 2019's 'New Kinda Normal'. If you stay open to ideas and let them flow it's a natural vibe for staying creative.\n3 \u2013 Are you discovering new sounds on this new record?\nI explore different sounds all the time, I'm getting known for merging styles and creating new hybrids like Rock Step a vibe that featured on the 'New Kinda Normal' album which mixed the elements of Rock and EDM together which you can feel on tracks like \"Nightstepper,\" \"The Beat\" and \"Heart Shape Pill.\" There's also a genre called Gothic Soul which you can hear on tracks like \"The Lights\" and \"Whisky n Honey.\" I was feeling the Latin vibe on \"Rise Like The Sun.\"\nI wanted something uplifting that holds no allegiance to what's happening in the charts but has a classic Santana vibe mixed with that Gothic style vocal.\nThe actual record itself is truly global, the mixes and mastering were done all over the world, the drums recorded in Italy, the Horns in Portugal, the rest in the UK. I love that about the technology vibe that you can work with people everywhere now.\n4 \u2013 How many tracks will there be on the album?\nThe album 'Ballads For The Down-Trodden' has 12 tracks and \"Rise Like The Sun\" single has 6 mixes on it. The new album will have around 12 tracks on it as well, value for money I say!\n5 \u2013 What themes will the new album explore?\nThe new album has some wide themes such as loyalty on a track called \"No Time For Tears\" which has a cool Rock vibe about it. There's a track about power struggles with relationships on \"Don't Make Me Beg.\" There's a track about migrants looking for a safe place to call home on \"Renegade Serenade.\" At the moment, it's looking very love-oriented in one way or another.\n6 \u2013 Did you collaborate with other artists?\nI do work with other artists when the vibe is right. I'm doing a track with a producer called KDX in the UK, a Deep House kinda groove.\n7 \u2013 What makes your latest single \"Rise Like The Sun\" special to listeners?\nIt's honest, it's real and it's played with passion.\n8 \u2013 What exciting projects can we expect from your label Kusha Deep Records?\nAll the above and more.\n9 \u2013 Can you tell us more about your 2021 tour?\nWe were supposed to be doing a US tour last year, not sure how things will pan out this year but would be good to get out on the road again for a bit.\n10 \u2013 The global pandemic forced the music industry to try innovative things. What do you think about private live zoom concerts?\nI played Rock the Lockdown back in May and we had a few thousand people all rocking out to the set. I also did a US online tour in the summer which broadcast shows into the venues from my studio. I've been doing lots of interviews from Brazil to America, Australia, and the UK online which is ace as you don't have to drive anywhere. Less hit on the climate and you can hit so many more people with a live stream if it's set up properly.\nNothing will take the place of a jam in front of people, but I think the live stream is here to say alongside the live gig. I love technology though so it's all good in my book. Be safe out there and looking forward to partying with you all soon!\nCONNECT WITH DAR.RA NOW!\nHailing from Krakow, the cultural capital of Poland, Kuba Kubica aka SOUNDQ carries the flag of innovation when it comes to producing electronic music. The interview below is very clear and gives you a deep insight into his art. Scroll down to read his answers.\n1 \u2013 You've been composing songs since\u2026\nYear 2000. The year when computer records got screwed by the two 0s was the year when I started programming a dodgy Korg workstation.\n2 \u2013 You got involved in the music realm because\u2026\nI found it liberating not to have to depict anything. To be able to express what I feel without saying or drawing what it was.\n3 \u2013 Your sound is\u2026\nAs incomplete as I am. There's always at least one element causing some imbalance. You're never quite sure if it all won't fall apart.\n4 \u2013 Your biggest inspiration is\u2026\nI am most creative when I'm deadbeat and stressed out. So, in a way, pressure inspires me \u2013 or rather makes my creative juices flow faster.\n5 \u2013 People should listen to your new track \"Bad Lot\" because\u2026\nIt offers a glimpse into a complete world \u2013 fatalistic, sexy, and dangerous.\n6 \u2013 If you want to know who SOUNDQ is, listen to the track\u2026\n\"Bad Lot.\" And if you've heard it already, give \"This Heart\" a spin.\n7 \u2013Your most memorable career moment so far has been\u2026\nCrossing the Ural Mountains in -30 degrees Celsius to play a death metal gig in Jekaterynburg.\n8 \u2013 Your dream is\u2026\nLong forgotten the moment I wake up.\n9 \u2013 Your next release is called\u2026\n\"Disco Turista Antifascista.\"\n10 \u2013 Your all-time favourite track is\u2026\nThat's a tough one. I'll go with \"My Kingdom\" by Future Sound of London.\n11 \u2013 Your favourite place to write songs is\u2026\nI love coming up with ideas when I'm traveling. Not a lot of occasions for that in 2020 though.\n12 \u2013 If you weren't an artist, you'd probably be\u2026\nAn Instagram influencer pretending he's a XIXth Century French flaneur. All dressed in epoch clothes doing product placement for travel gear and shit.\n13 \u2013 You'll only stop making music if\u2026\nI don't think I have it in me to stop.\n14 \u2013 In a few years, you want to be\u2026\nAble to go out without a mask, play gigs, laugh together with large groups of people. Travel to big cities and get lost wandering through them.\n15 \u2013 What are you doing for the rest of the day?\nIt's evening already, so I'm going to be busy writing music till late.\nCONNECT WITH SOUNDQ NOW!\nOn March 1st, 2021, IRMIX Radio will be your new alternative to find out the hottest music and your favorite talk-shows. Best of all, it will be in operation 24 hours a day and 7 days per week. The CEO behind this online broadcasting station is singer and songwriter Martone who opens up about this project in the following interview.\n1 \u2013 What should people know about IRMIX Radio, and can listeners expect to hear when listening to the station?\nWhat people should know about IRMIX Radio is that it is not a hobby and that we have a top-notch staff willing and able to conduct serious, fun, and enlightening interviews, plus, shows. Listeners can expect to hear their favorite artists when it comes to RnB, Hip-Hop, Dance, Indie, and Gospel.\n2 \u2013 How many radio shows will you broadcast?\nPossibly ten to twelve in total. We have a stellar show host roster, some of the shows require hosts. While others do not. I am so looking forward to telling you about them.\n3 \u2013 Have you already interviewed artists in advance of its official premiere?\nNo, I have not interviewed artists in advance of the premiere date. That will happen around February for prerecorded interviews for the shows. Lately, I have been interviewing strictly for the website at the moment, and those interviews have been extraordinary, not because I did them, but because of the people that I interviewed and their responses to my questions.\n4 \u2013 Please tell us more about your collaborators or the staff behind IRMIX radio.\nThe staff is amazing, we have Donia Collier, Arricca Oberlin, and LA Jackson who are the account executives for the station. They are in charge of bringing revenue into the station from the banner, and commercial ad sales. They are excellent at what they do.\nLamont Hicks is in a league of his own when it comes to video editing, there is no other that can do what he does, the way that he does it. He created The Legends Panel and Madonna Dearest for VH1. We worked together prior when I did my show Industry Revue in the Mix, so I am proud to welcome him back.\nSo, I will be hosting a show called Spotlight, where I give an in-depth interview with celebrities about their careers, career longevity sort of like the interviews that I post on www.irmixradio.net\/interviews, I will play a few of their songs.\nThe Bridge with Cory George\nCory George is a Certified Clinical Trauma Specialist, he has appeared on Iyanla Fix My Life on OWN. \"The Bridge with Cory George\" was created by the author, mental health practitioner, producer, and award-winning television host Cory George and is the vehicle that showcases what he describes as his \"purpose work\". On-the-air \"soul-work sessions\" with those that have been negatively affected by various forms of trauma, crisis, and other negative circumstances combined with conversations with compelling guests whose stories are compelling and riveting yet also motivational and inspiring are the heart of the show. He believes that every conversation is a conversation that is worth having. It's time to take an honest look at salvageable situations and how information and compassion can lead to remarkable breakthroughs.\nCommon Sense Required\nCommon Sense Required is designed around two girlfriends who have a passion for discussing provocative topics including relationships, pop culture, lifestyle, networking, and more. Throughout their conversations, common sense always comes to the forefront. What happened to good old Common Sense? People are always searching and seeking answers from a variety of sources when Common Sense is readily available, and it is FREE! Olivia Pope says it best\u2026\"What does your gut tell you?\" Where education, intelligence, and street smarts are not necessarily, required, but common sense, definitely is! Stacey and Wanda will be the judge if you have it or not.\nTime Tuesdays with Tee\nTina Spence is a former model and Hollywood actress. She hosts Tea Time Tuesdays with Tina. She will be interviewing actors, singers-songwriters about their latest projects, delving deep into their careers.\nFriday Night Jamz\nFriday Night Jamz with DJ Suspence, DJ Extreme Detroit, and DJ Cos \u2013 they have rotating schedules. Their styles vary when it comes to playing music, generally, it is House music in all of its variations. I am talking about traditional House music, the kind of House music that you would hear walking into clubs in Detroit, Chicago, New York, and LA. DJ Cos has been known to play club mixes of RnB songs which is always appreciated.\nSome shows are host free, like The Drive which will put you in the mind of The Move on XM Radio station back in the day. The Billboard weekly Top 20 countdown from the hot 100 charts.\nI am currently in negotiations with bringing on some syndicated shows, that I really cannot talk about at the moment until the deal is done. I will say that all of these shows are exciting, my team from the administrative staff to the radio show hosts bring the experience and skills to make IRMIX Radio a success. I am very proud of the team I have assembled and their abilities.\n5 \u2013 What challenges did you face since the start of this project?\nMan, I have been working around the clock since the beginning of November, when I decided that I was going to bring the station back. Some of the challenges were building the website on my own, designing the look for the ROKU Channel, writing all of the content that you see on the website, aside from the bios of our show hosts and staff they did that themselves, scheduling interviews for content, listening to the artist's music, then coming up with the questions for the interview.\nFinding the right people who can and will bring revenue to the station, coordinating show schedules, contracts, writing contracts, interviewing potential staff, writing policies and procedures for the staff, and more writing, a lot of writing. Sometimes, I felt that there are not enough hours in the day, but I did all of those things because I believe in what I am doing, I believe in what we are all doing. The funny thing is, I found the time to finish up on my personal development by completing my Life Coaching certification, all within the last 30 days.\n6 \u2013 Will IRMIX Radio be available globally or locally?\nIRMIX Radio is global with a local feel if you can imagine that. We are based out of Detroit, MI but the show hosts are scattered throughout the United States.\n7 \u2013 Are you working exclusively with the ROKU app?\nFor now, yes. But I do have plans to expand to other platforms by summer 2021.\n8 \u2013 Is IRMIX radio a platform for unsigned artists, and being an artist yourself and making the switch back to the interviewer, have you given up on your recording career?\nWe are certainly an unsigned artist-friendly radio station, but we do also play artists that have established careers in music. For what I have in mind in the way that the programming will go, it will blend seamlessly. To answer your question, no, I have not given up on my recording career, I am just on hiatus at the moment, as you know that this is due to COVID. I do not see the need for me to release any new music right now especially since all of my music is performance-based music, if I cannot perform it the way I want to, then it can wait.\n9 \u2013 What type of experience do you have when it comes to interviewing guests? What are some things that artists should expect when being interviewed by you, and how can artists submit their music?\nA lot of people do not know this, but I was 13 years old when my entertainment career started. I started out interviewing guests for a music video show called Video Control, that I produced, directed, and hosted, in Lansing, MI, on cable access channel 37.\nMy guests can expect 100% professionalism, as for indie artists, I will be speaking with them from artist to artist point of view. I have first-hand knowledge of the challenges that artists face when it comes to being heard and having their music supported, so they can expect an in-depth interview. When it comes to submitting music, they must submit their broadcast quality, no more than 4-minute tracks to submissions@irmixradio.net with that, they must also submit high-resolution photos through Google Drive, along with the photo credits so we can post their info on www.irmixradio.net.\n10 \u2013 Finally, what's your ultimate goal with IRMIX radio?\nIt is two-fold, we have a vision and a mission. The vision is To be the number one source for music, news, talk radio, and entertainment worldwide. The mission It is IRMIX Radio's mission to create responsible radio programming that will provoke thought and inspire our listeners through music and conversation.\nCONNECT WITH IRMIX RADIO NOW!","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"The use of Jersey special purpose vehicles in structured finance transactions\nAs a politically stable jurisdiction in the same time zone as London, Jersey is a leading jurisdiction in which to incorporate a special purpose vehicle (a \"Jersey SPV\") for use in structured finance transactions. This briefing sets out some of most commonly cited benefits of using Jersey SPVs in structured finance transactions.\nA variety of legal vehicles are available for use as a Jersey SPV, including cell companies, various forms of partnership and trusts. On the basis that Jersey SPVs most commonly take the form of a Jersey-incorporated company, the remaining references to \"Jersey SPV\" in this briefing should be read as referring to a Jersey-incorporated company.\nJersey has been at the forefront of the global finance industry for over 50 years. It is acknowledged as one of the world's leading international finance centres for banking, capital markets, structured finance and securitisation and has robust and mature legal, financial, corporate and administration sectors.\nJersey SPVs familiar to many investors\nJersey SPVs are common in many international transactions (including, among others, debt capital markets, equity capital markets and private equity transactions) and have been used in a wide variety of structured finance and securitisation transactions including securitisations involving a range of asset classes (such as residential mortgages, consumer loans and credit cards), synthetic securitisations and other structures for the repackaging of financial instruments and off-balance sheet investments. They also remain an extremely popular choice as listing vehicles for global businesses, with many Jersey SPVs being listed on markets in the United Kingdom, the United States of America and Asia. Jersey SPVs are, therefore, familiar to many investors.\nCompliance with international standards\nJersey meets international standards on anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing, tax transparency, fair taxation, anti-BEPS measures, legal substance requirements and information exchange. In particular, Jersey has been cleared by the European Union Code of Conduct Group on Business Taxation, which has confirmed Jersey as a cooperative tax jurisdiction, and has been placed on the ECOFIN \"whitelist\".\nTax environment\nTax neutrality: Jersey provides a stable, tax-neutral environment in which to establish and maintain SPV structures. Generally, no tax should be levied on a Jersey SPV established in connection with a structured finance transaction. The majority of Jersey SPVs are subject to a zero corporate tax rate. Jersey SPVs may also be managed so as to be regarded as not resident in Jersey for tax purposes (subject to meeting certain requirements), avoiding difficulties that may arise in connection with companies having dual tax residence. Material tax filings will not be required, and economic substance requirements will not apply (irrespective of activities carried on and income received) in respect of a Jersey SPV that is regarded as not resident in Jersey for tax purposes.\nNo withholding: payments in respect of debt securities may be paid by a Jersey SPV without withholding or deduction for or on account of Jersey income tax.\nNo stamp duty: no stamp duty is levied on the issue or transfer of shares or debt securities issued by a Jersey SPV.\nCapital: Jersey does not levy taxes upon capital gains or impose capital duty.\nCheck the box: we understand that it is possible to check the box for US tax purposes.\nEase of establishment\nTiming: a Jersey SPV can ordinarily be incorporated very quickly provided all required information has been supplied (e.g. within two hours of filing the incorporation paperwork) and statutory incorporation fees are not significant.\nCapital: there are no minimum capital requirements for a Jersey SPV.\nFlexible and familiar corporate law\nJersey corporate law is based on United Kingdom corporate law but with certain enhancements that allow for a more flexible and practical regime. Businesses can, therefore, operate within a familiar legal landscape but with greater freedom or, if preferred, substantially in accordance with normal United Kingdom practice. Some key highlights include:\nFlexible capital maintenance regime: Jersey has a solvency-based distribution and capital maintenance regime, meaning there is no need to have \"distributable reserves\" or \"profits available for distribution\". Instead, directors must make a prescribed form solvency statement. Most capital accounts (including the share premium account but not the nominal capital account) can be used to fund distributions and it can be possible to run a deficit in the profit and loss account. Redemptions and repurchases may be funded from any source and Jersey operates a dual regime with respect to formal reductions of capital which can either be sanctioned by the court or effected without any court input.\nFlexible constitution: Jersey allows for significant flexibility in the constitutional documents of Jersey SPVs. For example, thresholds for special resolutions can be set at any level greater than two thirds (the default position) and there can be different thresholds for different types of special resolution. It is also possible to \"hardwire\" relevant investor protections as required. Shareholder agreements can be governed by English (or other) law and are usually drafted in a way that does not require them to be filed publicly. A Jersey SPV also has full corporate capacity without the need for a long form memorandum of association or other objects provision.\nPre-emption rights: there are no statutory pre-emption rights on share issuances or transfers.\nFinancial assistance: there are no statutory financial assistance rules in Jersey.\nChoice of GAAP: a Jersey SPV, other than a \"market traded company\", may choose any generally accepted accounting principles for the preparation of its accounts. \"Market traded companies\" must choose from the prescribed generally accepted accounting principles which include, among others, the International Financial Reporting Standards issued by the International Accounting Standards Board, the United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and the United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.\nAudit and filing of accounts: a Jersey SPV that is a private company is not required to audit or file its accounts.\nFlexible reorganisations: Jersey allows many options with respect to corporate reorganisations, including true legal mergers, demergers and migrations\/continuances.\nDebt issuances: A Jersey SPV will require regulatory consent from the Jersey Financial Services Commission to issue debt securities. Where a prospectus is issued, (and where, therefore, the SPV will be, or be treated as, a public company under Jersey law) consent of the Registrar of Companies will also be required. Jersey has a simple approval regime for debt capital markets issuances and consents can be obtained in good time.\nDirectors: a Jersey SPV's directors need not be resident in Jersey and directors' duties are similar to those in the United Kingdom. Corporate directors are permitted provided certain conditions are met.\nBankruptcy remoteness and security\nOrphan structures: off-balance sheet structures are available, typically by way of the entire issued share capital of a Jersey SPV being held by a trustee on charitable trust. Non-charitable purpose trusts are also available. Only a small profit needs to be generated at the Jersey SPV level.\nContractual provisions: subordination, limited recourse and non-petition provisions are recognised and enforced by the Jersey courts.\nSecurity: Jersey has a simplified, modern and efficient legal regime for the creation, perfection, priority and enforcement of security interests in intangible movable property.\nRobust court system\nJersey has a robust court system that is experienced in complex high-value matters and that leads international developments in certain key areas of corporate law. The ultimate appellate court is the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in the United Kingdom, which is comprised of senior United Kingdom judges.\nSecurities issued by Jersey SPVs have been accepted for listing on securities exchanges worldwide. The International Stock Exchange (\"TISE\") is, understandably, very familiar with listing securities issued by Jersey SPVs and is a recognised stock exchange under United Kingdom tax legislation. TISE has streamlined listing rules for specialist securities, including asset backed securities and variable funding notes, and is committed to fast document turnaround with the Listing and Membership Committee meeting daily.\nCarey Olsen's structured finance and securitisation team\nCarey Olsen is a market leader in structured finance and securitisation in Jersey. Our specialised structured finance and securitisation team advises on all types of structured finance and securitisation transactions including master trusts, synthetic securitisations and whole business securitisations.\nWe are the leading listing agent on TISE (both by new issuers and number of new securities issued) having acted as listing agent on more TISE listings than any other listing agent.\nWe are accustomed to working with the structured finance and securitisation teams of major international law firms and we maintain a commitment to the highest standards of service that are expected. Our ability to advise on all areas of law relating to structured finance and securitisation enables us to provide an overall level of service which is unmatched by competitors.\nFor further information or advice on a particular structure, please do not hesitate to contact one of our team listed on this page.\nService Area: Banking and Finance Corporate Corporate Structuring Investment Funds Listing Services\nLocation: Jersey\nPartner, Jersey\nE Email Kate\nSimon Marks\nE Email Simon\nMatthew Ecobichon\nCounsel, Jersey\nAshley Morrison\nSenior Associate, Jersey\nE Email Ashley\nRebecca McQuillan\nE Email Rebecca\nBryony Bird\nE Email Bryony\nFocus on: the Security Interests (Jersey) Law 2012\nFocus on: the benefits of registration under the Security Interests (Jersey) Law 2012\nA guide to structured finance and securitisation in Jersey\nA guide to lending and secured finance in Jersey 2020\nJersey cash box structures\nCarey Olsen Jersey LLP is registered as a limited liability partnership in Jersey with registered number 80.\nPlease note that this briefing is only intended to provide a very general overview of the matters to which it relates. It is not intended as legal advice and should not be relied on as such. \u00a9 Carey Olsen Jersey LLP 2021.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Thousands of Georgia Power Customers Stand Up Against Proposed Fee Hike\nThousands of Georgians are calling on the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) to deny Georgia Power's proposed fee hike.\nChris Carnevale | December 12, 2019 | Energy Justice, Georgia, Utilities\nPhoto Credit: Briont\u00e9 McCorkle, Georgia Conservation Voters\nOver the course of the last few months, thousands of Georgia Power customers have turned out to public hearings and town halls and submitted written comments to the PSC asking them to deny Georgia Power's over-the-top request for a huge hike in the Company's monthly fee. One municipality even passed an official resolution opposing the increase in this fee Georgia Power customers must pay before using any electricity.\nWhat's at Stake?\nAt issue is Georgia Power's proposal to nearly double the monthly fee to $17.95 per month (and actually $23.69 after tacked on charges), which would make it the third-highest fee in the nation among peer investor-owned utilities. As multiple third-party experts have pointed out, the proposed hike is massive compared to peer utilities around the nation; and furthermore, the proposal is based on faulty calculations. Georgia Power is essentially attempting to significantly overcharge customers for basic access to power \u2014 before even flipping the light switch.\nThe impacts would be severe: the steep fee hike would take away customers' ability to control their bills. It would most heavily harm customers who are least able to afford the costly changes, as the fixed charge comprises a relatively larger part of their bills. Similarly, such an increase would disincentivize using energy efficiency methods to reduce energy use, or going solar.\nCustomers have been steadily speaking up in opposition \u2013 their personal stories attest to these looming impact and just how wrong it is for Georgia Power to charge so much money for simple access to electricity.\nThe PSC has held three public hearings about the rate case over the past ten weeks. These hearings have allowed not only parties in the formal process to participate, but the PSC has also taken public comments. Despite the distance and time required to get to these inconvenient, workday-scheduled holiday-season hearings, more than 30 Georgians from Atlanta and Savannah and in between have shown up to make their impassioned pleas to the PSC to deny the fee hike. These comments, although they only show a sliver of the millions of Georgians who would be impacted by Georgia Power's egregious fee hike, have made a strong case to the PSC why they should deny it.\nGeorgia Power customers speak out a town hall in Savannah this past October. PSC Commissioners Echols and Pridemore attended the event. Photo Credit: Chris Carnevale, SACE Staff\nTownhall events with PSC Commissioners took place in Savannah, Athens, Atlanta, Kennesaw, and Carrollton, where Commissioners heard directly from Georgia Power customers who are concerned about the impacts of the proposed fee hike. At these events, dozens of customers spoke in opposition to the fee hike, citing difficulty paying power bills already, the unfair nature of hiking the monthly fee, and how customers are already getting nailed with the costs of Georgia Power's bad decisions on Plant Vogtle.\nSee video of the Athens town hall here and the Kennesaw town hall here and a live-tweet thread plus photos of the Savannah event here.\nDozens of Georgia Power customers hit the streets \u2014 specifically across the street from the PSC building \u2014 at the conclusion of the PSC hearings on Sept. 30 and Nov. 4. They held signs, spoke on the bullhorn and showed that voters are counting on the PSC to side with the consumers over corporate greed.\nSee video of the Sept. 30 rally here and the Nov. 4 rally here on the Georgia Beyond Coal Facebook page.\nWritten Comments\nAccording to a tally by SACE and our partner groups (see list of partner groups below) that have worked with their members to engage in the rate case, more than 3,000 Georgians have submitted comments to the PSC in opposition to the fee hike. You can read a sample of some of the comments that SACE helped deliver in our recent blog post, \"Georgia Power Customers Speak Out Against Fee Hike to the Georgia PSC,\" showing comment after comment from Georgians describing how the fee hike would exacerbate existing affordability issues with power bills of families earning lower incomes, especially seniors; impede customers' abilities to control their bills; and take away a good chunk of the payback that customers with solar panels would otherwise have.\nSee more information about the rate case and many news stories that have come out as a result of customers' engagement in the matter here.\nPartner groups that have worked to engage their members in the rate case include: Partnership for Southern Equity, Sierra Club, Consumer Reports, Georgia Conservation Voters, Georgia WAND, Georgia Solar Energy Association, Environment Georgia, and others.\nChris Carnevale\nChris is SACE's Climate Advocacy Director. Chris joined the SACE staff in 2011 to help with building public understanding and engagement around clean energy solutions to the climate crisis. Chris\u2026\nOn Thursday, January 13, 2022, the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce addressed a letter to the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) outlining areas where the nation's largest public utility\u2026\nThe wolf is always at the door for rooftop solar, this time FPL aims to crush solar choice, and solar jobs once and for all.\nToday, January 7, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper announced Executive Order 246, reflecting the energy and transportation leadership we at the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy (SACE) and other advocates have called\u2026\nsee more related posts >","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"folk music characteristics\nWhat Do You Know About Piano Conservatoires? The characteristics of folk music are given below: 1. The first major composer of this protest music, Woody Guthrie, was said to have composed more than 1,000 folk songs (including \"This Land Is Your Land\" and \"Union Maid,\" the latter set to a traditional German tune); they are identified as folk songs because they voice the concerns of the rural and working-class \"folk,\" are stylistically similar to older folk songs, and were performed with acoustic guitar accompaniment. Characteristics of Country Music. When it is first composed, each song is the work of one composer; as others learn and sing it, it is re-created constantly. Indie bands do heavily influence one another which produces similar sounds. NOW 50% OFF! A familiar song that is sung to welcome in the New Year in England is the Scottish tune called 'Auld Lang Syne' which serves as a fine example of a pentatonic melody. In the course of the 20th century, as the importance of folk music in rural cultures declined in the Western world, folk songs were taken up by political and social movements of many sorts. Nevertheless, a degree of musical professionalism must have obtained; instrumentalists, though not formally educated, were specialists, as were singers of epic narratives (in the Balkans and Finland, for example) and singers of occupational songs such as sea shanties. Folk cultures seem to vary greatly in the internal relationships of their repertoires. The enduring popularity of Jazz may in some part be attributed to the nature of the music \u2026 Jazz in all its various forms has its roots firmly planted in the Blues. The songs and variation belonged to the whole community and were not associated with specific individuals. This makes the structure of many pieces of folk music relatively simple when compared to complexities that exist in classical music. Characteristics of Indie music. Characteristics of Jazz. There are also a number of musicians who dabble in both styles. The repertory of a folk community probably always included songs of very diverse origins. It's simple, acoustic-based music that spins everyday events and common people into mythic status. Prior to Dylan, most folk performers interpreted classic folk songs or wrote broad-based, topical songs. There are also a number of musicians who dabble in both styles. Here's a lovely traditional folk song called The Bold Grenadier. Contemporary Folk refers to post-Bob Dylan folk singer\/songwriters of the 70s and beyond. Here's my list in order of importance; 1. Love songs, murder ballads, pagan carols, rebel songs, songs of struggle and tales of the supernatural, all with enough passion, power, transgression and violence to fuel a thousand contemporary dramas, sit alongside rich and strange tune traditions from across the British Isles. Britannica Kids Holiday Bundle! Folk musicians often have no formal musical training. March 11, 2015 Jeremiah Craig 0 Comments. and conventions. In the United States, the phenomenon began in the Great Depression of the 1930s. Folk music is music that is played or sung by ordinary people (not professional musicians).It is traditional music that people learn by listening to other people playing it and then copying them. There are several characteristics, but they're not agreed upon. 5) Canto de Oregano, simple polyphonic settings You may ask: Why is folk song important to Philippine music? For example, the composer may create new songs by drawing together lines, phrases, and musical motifs from extant songs, possibly combined with entirely new ones and with standard opening or closing formulas. Each country has their own folk music, but the genre usually refers to American and British music that has been passed through the generations by oral tradition. Several versions, not so similar to each other, would constitute a variant. Since there are so many genre of music, we may be a little bit confused of what kind of music we are listening to. Be on the lookout for your Britannica newsletter to get trusted stories delivered right to your inbox. The names of great classical composers were transmitted in the written tradition along with their compositions, but traditional folk songs are anonymous. La folk music d\u00e9signait d'abord dans les pays o\u00f9 la langue anglaise domine (\u00c9tats-Unis, Angleterre, Irlande, \u00c9cosse, Canada), la musique populaire plus ou moins traditionnelle. Instrumental folk music is most frequently an accompaniment to dance. A German variant, for example, may exhibit characteristics of German folk music, while its variant in the Czech Republic, although recognizably related, will assume the stylistic traits of Czech folk music. These four members cooperate and unite to perform a harmonious melody. In spite of its dependence on oral tradition, folk music has tended to be closely related to music in written tradition, and this relationship has intensified in periods of urbanization and revival. On Saturday, I played a show down in Bisbee, AZ at The Quarry with The Upper Strata. And the majority of English folk songs appear to be members of only seven such tune families. The Seven Types of Ballads in Folk Music. Folk rock, hybrid musical style that emerged in the United States and Britain in the mid-1960s. The Seven Types of Ballads in Folk Music. Tips And Techniques On How To Learn Piano Fast. Folk music from across the British Isles has some musical forms in common, but each country has distinct characteristics. Characteristics of Folk Music: An Introduction, How Hard Is It to Learn Banjo? Further, by the 18th century a tradition had become established in urban working-class districts of composing songs, especially ballads, that narrated or commented on current events such as crimes and accidents. Characteristics of Folk Music. Generally those in pastoral areas are floating and wide-ranging. History Early song. Historically speaking, when something happens in our world, musicians are often there to write about it and reflect on it. The Seven Types of Ballads in Folk Music. Many traditional folksongs have no known author, they have simply evolved over the years. Not all of the improvisations you will hear involve extended or extensive solos but could be a subtle melodic or rhythmic variation that is the musical signature of that player or singer. Following the success of The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem in the US in 1959, Irish folk music became fashionable again. This is often reflected in the instrumental pieces too as both instrumental and vocal ranges can be limited. A folk-music tradition is the characteristic expression of a group or community of people. Folk music - Folk music - Performance characteristics of folk music: Although each culture has its distinct style, folk music across Europe has important common features. Folk music - Folk music - Folk music in historical context: Since folk music lives in oral tradition, its history can best be understood through a study of its relationship to other musics. Performance characteristics of folk music, South Asian arts: Folk, classical, and popular music, Japanese music: Biwa, vocal, and folk music, Latin American music: Folk and popular music, Latin American music: Early influences on folk music. Drums and Cymbals. Not all folk songs are written about specific events or issues, but many certainly are, and we think this has been a characteristic of folk music since the beginning. The scale. 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{"text":"Prince Charles won't be making an appearance at the Diana statue's unveiling\nOf course, more royal drama...\nIt's no secret that there are tensions and endless drama within the royal family, but the latest is not what anyone expected.\nWith the unveiling of the Princess Diana statue coming up to mark her 60th birthday, we thought the only drama we'd be seeing would be between Prince Harry and Prince William.\nBut it turns out there's more as it's been revealed that Prince Charles won't be making an appearance at his late wife's memorial statue's reveal.\nPrince Harry and Meghan Markle share first photo of daughter Lilibet\nThe Sun reports that the Prince of Wales won't be in attendance as he's already planned a trip to Scotland.\nAn anonymous source said: \"Charles will leave the boys to it. Harry will need to quarantine for at least five days when he lands in England, most likely at Frogmore Cottage in Windsor.\n\"Charles has made it quite clear he will not be around beyond that because he is going to Scotland. There is no planned meeting between the three of them.\"\nAs he heads off and avoids a meeting with his two sons, another source who says they're a close friend of Charles's told The Times that being there might bring back sad memories.\nPrince Harry writing a tell-all book on his life - we're in for a treat\nThey said: \"He does find it terribly difficult. These moments have the potential to resurface old wounds, and it brings back memories for him; happy, sad, regretful.\"\nThe ceremony is set to take place tomorrow, July 1st to commemorate the late Princess Diana on what would have been her 60th birthday.\nDue to take place at Kensington Palace, Prince Harry is making his way back to the UK to remember his mother, and also undoubtedly have a run in with his older brother.\nprince william,\nBritish Royals,\nPrincess Diana,\nPrince Charles,\nRoyal.\nSpecial mass to be held for Urantsetseg Tserendorj's anniversary\nDeirdre Morley issues medical negligence action against HSE and hospital\nAdele heartbroken as she cancels Las Vegas residency dates\nPrince William comforts grieving schoolboy who lost his mum\nLove Island's Amber Gill could be banned from Instagram over ad controversy\nBen Foden's wife Jackie says it is \"not possible\" for him to cheat on her\nMeghan Markle apologises for forgetting she briefed biography authors\nKaty Brennan\nPrince Harry says 'Megxit' is a misogynistic term created by a troll\nNiamh Maher\nPrince Harry shows off his impression of the Queen in new documentary\nPrince Harry makes hilarious cameo in Meghan's 40th birthday video\n4 revelations Prince Harry is bound to make in his new tell-all book\nMeghan Markle is producing her own Netflix series","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"A woman wearing a niqab walks near the Eiffel Tower in Paris. Photograph\nFrance denies citizenship to Muslim man\nMan failed to assimilate into French society: authorities\nPARIS (AFP)\nA Moroccan man who refused to shake hands with a French female official and whose wife wears the full Islamic veil has been denied French citizenship, the immigration ministry said Friday.\nThe man, who has been living in France since 1999 and married a French woman in 2004, failed to \"assimilate into French society\" and displayed a \"discriminatory attitude toward women,\" said the ministry.\nHe \"refused to shake the hand of a female official whom he met at the state prefecture because it was 'against his religion'\", said a statement.\nThe man's wife wore the full veil and only agreed to uncover herself in a room where no men would be present, the statement added.\nThe decision was announced a few days before the National Assembly is to vote on a bill banning the full-face Islamic veil as part of what the government has described as an effort to assert French values.\nHe refused to shake the hand of a female official whom he met at the state prefecture because it was against his religion\nFrench immigration ministry","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"FolkWorld #57 07\/2015\nCD & DVD Reviews\nwww.aidanandtheastronauts.com\nAidan and the Astronauts \"Young but Growing\" (CD, Own label, 2013). \"Young But Growing\" is the debut album of an ever changing line up of musicians based mostly in Kenmare in the South West of Ireland. Their style is eclectic, encompassing everything from folk to blues to jazz to rock'n'roll, including a song in sean nos style about the life of Jesus Christ, an adaptation of a W.B. Yeats poem, and a poem by William Wordsworth put to music. Check out \"War\" by Aidan And The Astronauts @ YouTube!\nAlgambra \"Algambra\" (CD, Sketis Music, 2014). The Moscow-based world music band Algambra creates minimalistic fusion music from Middle-Eastern, Indian and Mediterranean influences, centred around Yuri Rubin's steelpan-like hang drum. Check Algambra out @ Bandcamp!\nwww.liahalonso.com\nLiah Alonso \"Around the World in 80 Songs\" (Video, 2015). Former New York subway busker turned folk-rock gypsy-cowgirl, Liah Alonso, believes that music can overcome every cultural gap because music is a universal language. She will be travelling with a guitar only to immerse herself into new cultures (80 to be exact!) and create a band and a song that is true to each region in each destination. The subscription-based web series \"Around the World in 80 Songs\" will debut on June 30th, 2015. Watch the \"Around the World in 80 Songs\" teaser @ YouTube!\nwww.adamandrewsmusic.com\nAdam Andrews \"A Thousand Springs\" (CD, Own label, 2015). After returning from the \"Road to Ambo\",[55] Colorado pianist and former folk-pop artist Adam Andrews has created solo piano music that captures his experience of a 24-h retreat into the wilderness. He hopes listeners will enjoy the music as part of their own personal healing and growing process.\nwww.annaandelizabeth.com\nAnna & Elizabeth \"Tiny Desk Concert\" (Video, 2015). A few months back, Appalachian roots duo Anna & Elizabeth[56] toured NPR Music HQ and did a Tiny Desk Concert. \"Anna Roberts-Gevalt and Elizabeth LaPrelle are story-gatherers and storytellers,\" says NPR's Bob Boilen, \"They brought many of us to tears with some of the most yearning harmonies I've heard. If you've never thought your tastes would lean to mountain music, take a deep breath and soak it all in.\" Check it out @ NPR Music!\nwww.bellowhead.co.uk\nBellowhead \"Roll Alabama\" (Single\/Video, 2015). Bellowhead[49] had received their 3rd Best Group nomination from the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2015, ahead of a major UK tour and single release from their Top 20 album \"Revival\". Watch the traditional halyard shanty, telling the true story of the sinking of the Mersey-built sloop-of-war CSS Alabama during the American Civil War, @ YouTube!\nwww.blazinfiddles.com\nBlazin' Fiddles \"Pat the Budgie\" (Video, 2015). 2015 started pretty well for Blazin' Fiddles[36] at BBC Scotland's Hogmanay Live Show. Watch the \"Pat the Budgie\" set @ YouTube! The next band album, ft. new recruits Kristan \"Harve\" Harvey and Rua Macmillan,[42] will be released at the band's week-long fiddle school and festival Blazin' in Beauly in October 2015.\nwww.ryanboldt.com\nRyan Boldt \"Broadside Ballads\" (CD, Dahl Street Records, 2014). American folk singer inspired by the likes of Shirley Collins, Ian and Sylvia Tyson, Bob Dylan, and The Stanley Brothers. On this album, he sings songs mostly of English and Irish traditions, primarily accompanied by guitars.\nPhilip Bradatsch \"Folk Singer\" (CD, Off Label Records, 2015). The singer of The Dinosaur Truckers is diving deep into the melancholy of Folk Music. Life how it is: Dreadful, pretty, sad, enchanting! Music: Dark, vulnerable, angry - and tender!\nwww.grantdermody.org\nGrant Dermody \"Sun Might Shine On Me\" (CD, Own label, 2015). Seattle's Buddhist blues harmonica master Grant Dermody shows the ties that bind the blues - from their Appalachian roots in old-time string-band music to Louisiana's Cajun. As he says, \"Whatever emotion you have, you can get it out through the harmonica as long as you're willing to go there. It's the closest thing to the human voice.\"\nwww.tinadico.com\nTina Dico \"Spark\" (Video, 2015). Danish singer\/songwriter Tina Dico wanted to created a fuller sound at her solo concerts: \"For a long time I've wanted to be able to make more noise when I play solo and that's why I started playing around with drumming with my feet. And then the banjo guitar was standing right there in the studio. And this song just happened!\" Watch the result at her \"Spark\" video @ Vimeo!\nwww.dublhandimusic.com\nDubl Handi \"Morning In A New Machine\" (CD, Own label, 2015). At the center of NYC's \"unexpected contemporary folk revival\" is banjoist Hilary Hawke and percussionist Brian Geltner, a.k.a. old-time duo Dubl Handi (pronounced \"double-handy\") named after an old washboard company, setting rhythmic grooves to traditional songs. Check out Dubl Handi performing \"Red Rocking Chair\" @ Vimeo!\nwww.anaegge.com\nAna Egge \"Bright Shadow\" (CD, Own label, 2015). \"We were always the outsiders,\" says folk songwriter Ana Egge of her hippie roots in a small North Dakota town. Egge has since traded the American Plains for New York City, but some childhood spirit of freedom has matured on her latest album, backed up by roots trioThe Stray Birds.[51] \"Wildflowers don't care where they grow,\" she sings on her cover of Dolly Parton's song.\nwww.cacamba.be\nElles s'y prom\u00e8nent \"C'est la voix de la terre\" (CD, Home Records, 2015); Ca\u00e7amba \"Batendo Cancelas\" (CD, Home Records, 2015). Brazilian-born percussionist Osvaldo Hernandez-Napoles[51] is at the rhythmical heart of many ensembles in his adopted Belgian home. Elles s'y prom\u00e8nent's \"C'est la voix de la terre\" (ft. fiddler Luc Pilartz)[43] touch your soul with traditional songs from both Belgium, France and Quebec. Then close your eyes and take a trip with Ca\u00e7amba's \"Batendo Cancelas\" throughout the Brazilian musical landscapes!\nEnsemble Labyrinthus \"Carmina de morte\" (CD, Bestiarium\/Sketis Music, 2014). The popular Russian ensemble Labyrinthus specializes in medieval and early music of the 12th to 14th centuries. Check them out @ Bandcamp, watch them live in Paris @ YouTube!\nwww.eplemoya.no\nEplem\u00f6ya Songlag \"M\u00f6ya Og Myten\" (CD, Nordic Notes, 2015). Three female voices, and not a iota more, simple as that. Wenche Losnegard, Liv Ulvik and Anja Eline Skybakmoen - one folk singer and two jazz vocalists - fascinate and inspire with their mix of Norwegian folk music and weird improvisation, based on the traditional kveding style. Check out the Eplem\u00f6ya short docu @ YouTube!\nwww.fiddlebanjo.ca\nFiddle & Banjo \"Tunes from the North, Songs from the South\" (CD, Kos Green Music, 2015). The name that Canadian fiddler Karrnnel Sawitsky (The Fretless)[55] and clawhammer banjo player Daniel Koulack chose for themselves is simple and straightforward: FIDDLE & BANJO! On their new album, their goal is to unite the instrumental dance music of the Canadian North (drawing from M\u00e9tis, Quebecois and Canadian old time fiddling) with the songs and tunes of the American South. In this they're helped by folk singer Joey Landreth, creating beautiful versions of classic Appalachian folk songs.\nwww.davidfranklin.com\nDavid Franklin \"Playing with Shadows\" (CD, Own label, 2015). Californian guitarist and pianist (and therapist) David Franklin believes that music is one of humanity's most powerful tools for healing. After several singer-songwriter folk-pop albums his 8th recording is purely instrumental ft. new age bass player Michael Manring: I played with silence a lot. I specifically wrote and arranged these pieces to feature space, openness and simplicity because I felt it gave the music more emotional resonance.\nwww.frazeyford.com\nFrazey Ford \"Done\" (Video, 2015). Don't be fooled by the glittery jumpsuit. Frazey Ford is out for blood ... Watch this break-up anthem with Frazey Ford[56] dancing her rage away @ YouTube!\nwww.finndersandyoungberg.com\nFY5 \"Eat the Moon\" (CD, Own label, 2015). FY5 \u2013 Mike Finders, Aaron Youngberg, Erin Youngberg, Rich Zimmermann, Ryan Drickey \u2013[52] represent the pioneering spirit of Colorado, bridging the gap between the Smokies and the Rockies, old-time and honkytonk of the east and the wide open West, Bluegrass harmonies, virtuosic picking and fiddling.\nwww.bitterapricot.com\n\"Bitter Apricot\" (Documentary, Molly Aida Film GmbH, 2015). Molly Aida Film GmbH is producing a feature documentary called \"Bitter Apricot\" about the legendary Armenian musician Djivan Gasparyan and his unique instrument - the Duduk. The film tells the challenge of how the 86-years old man passes his legacy to his grandson Djivan Junior. To finish the film they started a crowdfunding campaign @ Kickstarter, you can already watch the film trailer @ YouTube!\nwww.lluisgomez.com\nGrazztrio \"Rocky Mountains\", \"Flowin' Fee Blues\" (Video, 2015). Llu\u00eds G\u00f3mez's Grazztrio[56] has some new singles on CD Baby and iTunes. Listen to \"Rocky Mountains\" and \"Flowin' Fee Blues\"!\nwww.toddgrebe.com\nTodd Grebe & Cold Country \"Citizen\" (CD, Own label, 2015). A little bit sad, a little bit weary, a little bit wise, and the hint of a smile at the edges. This is the kind of voice you hear from country singer Todd Grebe in his is hard-driving, electrified honky-tonk out of the Alaskan wilderness.\nwww.ironmountain.bandcamp.com\nIron Mountain \"Unum\" (CD, Own label, 2015). Not the usual stuff from Ireland: Iron Mountain are a group from Limerick adding synths and strings to their core sound of flutes and pipes to create a unique melange of folk, psychedelia, rock and even metal. Please have a listen to \"Enthralldom\" and \"Opium\"!\nwww.jodymoon.com\nJodymoon \"All Is Waiting\" (CD, Rich Lady Records, 2015). After 3 years of intensive writing, Belgian singer-songwriters Digna Janssen and Johan Smeets, a.k.a. Jodymoon,[56] are releasing their new album with very intimate to big, almost orchestral arrangements. The common theme is the long term process of doing what you love most, thanks to and in spite of everything. Watch \"Hitchhike Overdrive\" and \"The Long Way Round\"!\nwww.kaiakater.com\nKaia Kater \"Sorrow Bound\" (CD, Kingswood Records, 2015). Born in Quebec, based in Toronto and studying balladry and traditional dance in West Virginia, just as the Appalachian Mountains run from Canada down to Alabama, 21 years old singer-songwriter Kaia Kater of mixed Afro-Caribbean ancestry traces the connections between Canada and the USA, and between past and present. Check out the title song \"When Sorrows Encompass Me Round\" and the story of its inspiration @ The Bluegrass Situation and the video for \"Southern Girl\" @ YouTube!\nwww.kerani.nl\nKerani \"Equilibrium\" (CD, Own label, 2015). Hypatia, the Greek philosopher, Bouddica, the Celtic warrior queen, Hildegard von Bingen, the Christian abbess and mystic ... Belgian-born pianist Kerani with German-Hungarian roots is honouring the Sacred Feminine with a selection of compositions and orchestral arrangements in the neo-classical and new age music genre. Watch the official album trailer @ YouTube!\nwww.gjermundlarsen.com\nGjermund Larsen \"Reise\" (CD, Galileo MC, 2014). The third album of Gjermund Larsen[35][49] (violin), Andreas Utnem (piano, harmonium) and Sondre Meisfjord (double bass) introduces the novice to the unique world of Larsen's music and its particular blend of Baroque music, jazz and folk. Watch them live @ YouTube!\nwww.stevieraylatham.com\nStevieRay Latham \"Modern Attitudes\" (CD, At The Helm Records, 2015). London based folk singer and BBC Young Folk Award nominee StevieRay Latham grew up in Devon singing self-penned folk songs. Singer\/Songwriter Peter Bruntnell recorded StevieRay in his basement one night and eleven of these tracks became his debut album. Watch \"Modern Attitudes\" single @ YouTube!\nwww.eliselebec.com\nElise Lebec \"Heart Song\" (CD, Own label, 2014). The self-taught Californian pianist raised on new age and world music compares her musical journey of life with sailing vessels and their voyages. Centred around Lebec's piano playing (some solo) \"Heart Song\" is about the concept that life is a gift and a journey, both internal and external, full of adventures -- good, bad, beautiful, sad, uplifting and often incredibly heart-touching.\nwww.laraleliane.be\nLara Leliane \"Free\" (CD, Home Records, 2015). Lara Leliane sings about her close encounter with her demons and desires. The ordinary world seems to convert into a magical place. Watch it @ YouTube!\nwww.petermulvey.com\nPeter Mulvey \"Take Down Your Flag\" (Video\/Download, 2015). On June 17, 2015, a mass shooting took place at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in downtown Charleston, South Carolina. Nine people were killed. Peter Mulvey wrote \"Take Down Your Flag\" two days after and put out an open invitation for other artists to contribute their own verses (YouTube). You can download Ani DiFranco's[55] version @ RighteousBabe, all proceeds will be donated to the Emanuel Hope Fund; you can watch Jess Klein's verse @ YouTube!\nwww.robbmurphy.com\nRobb Murphy \"The Darker Side\" (Video, 2015). The singer-songwriter from Belfast performed \"The Darker Side\" from his second album \"Sleep Tonight\" on The Arts Show (BBC). Here's the link to the video @ YouTube. Robb Murphy received much feedback and decided to record an acoustic version of the song, available as a digital download on all online music stores.\nwww.encore.nyckelharpa.eu\nNyckelharpa Orchestra \"Encore live\" (CD, European Nyckelharpa Cooperation, 2013). 24 nyckelharpa players from 10 European countries, ft. Didier Fran\u00e7ois,[47] Vicki Swan[55] and Ana Alcaide,[55] met at Bertinoro Cathedral in August 2013 and presented 15 new pieces for the keyed fiddle. Check out Lorenzo Ruggiero's \"Foglie al vento\" for example @ YouTube!\nwww.antunopic.com\nAntun Opic \"Shovel My Coal\" (EP, Own label, 2015). I don't feel home anywhere, says German-Croatian singer-songwriter Antun Opic,[52] and this sense of rootlessness and not Balkan music feed into his work. He rather plays a blend of world music, blues and pop; Django Reinhardt meets Paco de Lucia meets Paul Simon!\nSe\u00e1n \u00d3 Riada \"Port na bP\u00faca\u00ed\" (CD, Gael Linn, 1971\/2014). Through his film scores \"Mise \u00c9ire\" and \"Saoirse?\"[34] and recordings with his group Ceolt\u00f3ir\u00ed Chualann, Se\u00e1n \u00d3 Riada[28] played an important role in the renaissance of traditional Irish music in the 20th century. \"Port na bP\u00faca\u00ed\" features Riada's favourite Irish airs performed on piano and harpsichord at his final concert in 1971, just half a year before his untimely death at the age of 40.\nwww.aidanorourke.net\nAidan O'Rourke \"Music for Exhibition & Film\" (EP Series 1.0)\" (EP, Reveal Records, 2015). This builds upon the foundations of the industrial, folk-jazz influenced \"Hotline\" album.[56] In his most uncompromising musical statement yet - one piece commissioned for an installation by Dalziel & Scullion, two inspired by David Abram's \"Becoming Animal\" -, Aidan O'Rourke[39] introduces electronics and filmic structures to his trademark melancholic strings.\nwww.woodypines.org\nWoody Pines \"Woody Pines\" (CD, Muddy Roots Recordings, 2015). It was on the streets as a busker that Woody Pines[51] first cut his teeth, drawing liberally from old American country blues and jugband music. Hillbilly Boogie - that old country dancehall sound that used to be banging out of juke joints in the late 1940s before the birth of rock 'n' roll is dripping out of his new self-titled release. Check out Woody's \"Black Rat Swing\" video @ Vimeo!\nwww.RodGab.com\nRodrigo y Gabriela with \u00d8ystein Greni \"Nature's Way\" (Single\/Video, 2015). Originally released exclusively for Record Store Day in France, Britain and Ireland Rodrigo y Gabriela[54] and Bigbang frontman \u00d8ystein Greni have a small number of 7\" singles of their recording of the 1960s Spirit song \"Nature's Way\" left. Watch the video @ YouTube!\nwww.saorpatrol.com\nSaor Patrol \"Outlander\" (LP, ARC Music, 2015); \"XV - 15 Year Anniversary Edition - Total Reworx Vol 1\" (CD, ARC Music, 2015). Scottish medieval rockers Saor Patrol started when Charlie Allan purchased his first set of bagpipes 15 years ago and, on picking up a drum at a car boot sale, innocently asked his friends 'Who can play the drums?' Saor Patrol are celebrating their 15th anniversary with ARC Music's first LP in 20+ years for their 2015 charting album \"Outlander\",[55] and a compilation of some of the band's favourite tracks and brand new recordings.\nwww.danasipos.com\nDana Sipos \"Roll Up The Night Sky\" (CD, Muddy Roots Recordings, 2015). Spending her formative years in the Canadian subarctic city of Yellowknife, Dana Sipos' songwriting is infused with a real sense of surrealism influenced by the supernatural experiences of Canada's Northern Territories. Dana Sipos draws from a range of musical inspirations - from Appalachian music re-inventors Gillian Welch and Sam Amidon to trip-hop band Portishead.\nwww.skiltron.net\nSkiltron \"The Clans Have United\" (CD, Trollzorn, 2006\/2015); \"Beheading The Liars\" (CD, Trollzorn, 2008\/2015); \"The Highland Way\" (CD, Trollzorn, 2010\/2015). The TrollZorn label is proud to announce the reissue of the first three Skiltron albums with several bonus tracks. Founded in 2004 in Argentina, Skiltron is the leading folk metal band from South America. 2015 will be a milestone for the band as they will be playing at Wacken Open air, some more European festivals and a UK tour in September.\nwww.southerntenantfolkunion.com\nSouthern Tenant Folk Union \"The Chuck Norris Project\" (CD, Johnny Rock Records, 2015). All tracks of British folk\/bluegrass band Southern Tenant Folk Union's[38][51] 6th album are named after different movies from Chuck Norris's career (though have nothing to do with the plots and contain no reference to car chases, explosions or karate chops) with each song taking the title as a starting point to discuss issues such as the gun laws in the USA and school shootings. Check out \"Slaughter in San Francisco\" live on BBC Radio 4 'Loose Ends' @ SoundCloud!\nwww.russellsuereth.com\nRussell Suereth \"Spiritual Haven\" (CD, Haven Tone Records, 2015). E-keyboardist Russell Suereth blends new age sounds and world fusion rhythms, the sounds of Western acoustic instruments augmented by a variety of traditional ancient instrumentation from around the world, to find a spiritual haven. Watch his Music of Spiritual Places video series @ YouTube!\nwww.tronmusic.com\nTron Syversen \"Piano Meditations\" (CD, TK Music, 2015). The Norwegian keyboardist Tron Syversen is regarded as a pioneer in the European relaxation music community, his albums being popular with spa managers, yoga teachers etc. \"Piano Meditations\" features four lengthy tunes aimed as a sanctuary for relaxation, rejuvenation and well-being.\nwww.jacktempchin.com\nJack Tempchin \"Room to Run\" (EP, Blue Elan Records, 2015). Jack Tempchin[50] is known for penning songs performed by Emmylou Harris and Jackson Browne, and, of course, some Eagles classics of the early 1970s. This 4-song EP is the initial offering for what's to come on the full-length LP \"Learning to Dance\" in August 2015.\nwww.thisishowwefly.net\nThis is How We Fly \"This is How We Fly\" (CD, Own label, 2013). This is a Irish\/Swedish folk band consisting of Caoimh\u00edn \u00d3 Raghallaigh (fiddle, Norwegian hardanger fiddle), Se\u00e1n Mac Erlaine (clarinets, electronics), Nic Gareiss (percussive dance) and Petter Berndalen (drums, percussion) drawing on Irish, Swedish and Appalachian music and dance traditions and thus crossing the borders between folk music and contemporary jazz and ambient electronica. Check it out @ YouTube!\nwww.tillersfolly.com\nTiller's Folly \"Stirring Up Ghosts, Vol. 1 & 2\" (CD, Raincoast Records, 2015). Tiller's Folly perform a blend of Celtic, folk and Country&Western music that captures the spirit of British Columbia. \"Stirring Up Ghosts, Vol. 1 & 2\" is an expanded, 2 CD set featuring 24 historically-based songs, originally released in 2008 to commemorate British Columbia's 150th anniversary. Watch videos @ Tillersfolly.com, or YouTube!\nwww.tradarr.com\nTrad Arr \"Cautionary Tales\" (CD, Own label, 2014). As the name of this English band suggests, Trad Arr arranges (primarily) traditional songs, from the British Isles, and turn them into folk rock\/pop numbers. The core band consists of electric and acoustic guitars, fiddles, drums, keyboards, cornet etc., and their sound is more steeped in pop\/rock than in trad.\nwww.troutsteak.com\nTrout Steak Revival \"Brighter Every Day\" (CD, Own label, 2015). Trout Steak Revival's new album comes on the heels of their breakout win at the 2014 Telluride Bluegrass Festival and showcases their post-modern approach to American roots music and original songwriting. Check out the Colorado band's Gondola's Session in Elmore Magazine!\nwww.the-unthanks.com\nThe Unthanks \"Mount the Air\", \"Flutter\" (Video, 2015). The response to the \"Mount the Air\" album has been quite phenomenal,[56] and The Unthanks kick off their 10th year with a once in a lifetime performance at Glastonbury. Watch Nick Murray Willis's animated film to the title track and the video to the second single \"Flutter\"!\nwww.valkyrienallstars.com\nValkyrien Allstars \"Farvel Slekt Og Venner\" (CD, Galileo MC, 2014). The Allstars were and are pioneers of the contemporary Norwegian folk and roots scene.[43] Their 4th album again is proof of their unique sound, spur of innovation and uncompromising attraction. Check out \"Kom Hjem\" @ YouTube!\nFolkWorld - Home of European Music\nLayout & Idea of FolkWorld \u00a9 The Mollis - Editors of FolkWorld","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"New Member: Welcome in our cluster to Max Planck Institute for Medical Research\nWe are happy to welcome in our cluster Max Planck Institute for Medical Research one of 84 institutes of the Max Planck Society and one of four institutes in Heidelberg.\nResearch at the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research has, ever since its founding in 1927 benefited from the work of notable scientists and excellent science on the border between physiology, physics, chemistry and biology. The current central topic of research is to observe in real time and manipulate the complex dynamics of the interactions between macromolecules in the living cell, in health and disease. The four departments contribute their unique expertise in complementary areas: the determination of atomic structures (Ilme Schlichting), optical nanoscopy (Stefan W. Hell), design of new reporter molecules (Kai Johnsson) and cellular material research and biophysics (Joachim Spatz). This involves developing tools for biomedical research, which could lead to new knowledge, insights and medical advances.\nWe are looking forward to see your active participation in the network!\nYou can find here more information about Max Planck Institute for Medical Research.\nNew Member: Welcome in our cluster to Nanostring\nNew Member: Welcome in our cluster to Gyros Protein Technologies","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"You Are Not Alone says Deepika Padukone on depression\nPoorvi Gupta\nAfter coming out in the open about her fight with depression last year, Deepika Padukone now is taking her awareness campaign a step further. 'You are not alone' is the new initiative launched by the actor's NGO The Live Love Laugh Foundation(TLLF), which will turns its focus on educational institutions. Through awareness programs in schools, students as well as teachers will be educated on subjects of stress, anxiety and depression in order to raise the level of understanding of mental health issues. [Feature Image: Udayavani ]\n\"Our aim is to bring the issue of mental health from the shadows and include this discussion in drawing room conversations from being spoken of in hushed tones,\" cited Deepika as being one of the reasons for such an initiative.\nAlso read: My story of battling weight gain, infertility and how I came out of it\nThe awareness campaign is set to begin in schools today with the first session being held at her own school- Sofia's High School, Bangalore. The program aims to cover over 200 schools across the country with a the two-fold program, where there will be one session with the students and the other with teachers separately.\nTLLLF by Deepika Padukone\n\"We believe that schools can be the first line of defence for emotional and mental health disorders in our youth and we look forward to working closely with school management's to enhancing mental health awareness in these institutions. The launch of You Are Not Alone is our humble attempt to equip school students and teachers to deal with mental health challenges that they, their friends or their family members may confront,\" said the actress during the launch of the campaign.\nThe Bajirao Mastani actress, who is poised to make her Hollywood debut with actor Vin Diesel in XxX , made headlines a few months back after she admitted to having struggled with depression inspite of her successful career. Since then she has been actively advocating talking about the issue on social platforms so as to remove the taboo associated with mental health issues.\nDeepika Padukone depressionDepression in IndiaMental depressionThe live love laugh foundation","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"47803W406\nClass I\nAdd to dashboard Add to dashboard Remove from dashboard Error\nWe were unable to modify your dashboard Login to add funds to your dashboard Add fund to your dashboard to save, track, and compare Remove fund from your dashboard\nRetry Cancel\nJVMIX\nShare class Class A Class C Class I Class R2 Class R4 Class R6\nCUSIP 47803W406\nCompare fund\nShare fund\nDisciplined Value Mid Cap Fund\nSearch Additional Funds\nCollecting latest fund data...\nSpecialist in traditional value equity investing based on a time-tested investment process developed in the 1980s that emphasizes investing in companies with attractive value characteristics, strong business fundamentals, and positive business momentum\nSteven L. Pollack, CFA\nSteven is a portfolio manager at Boston Partners. He joined the firm in 2001 from Hughes Investments, where he worked as a portfolio manager of value equity strategies across market capitalizati...\n22 Years on fund\nJoseph \"Jay\" F. Feeney, Jr., CFA\nJay is CEO, CIO, and a portfolio manager at Boston Partners, responsible for strategic and tactical operating decisions affecting the firm and for overseeing all aspects of equity management. He...\nSteven is a portfolio manager at Boston Partners. He joined the firm in 2001 from Hughes Investments, where he worked as a portfolio manager of value equity strategies across market capitalizations and also served as an investment analyst, covering multiple industries and sectors. Prior to that, he was with Remington and Arthur Anderson, where he began his career in 1984. Steven earned a B.S. from the Georgia Institute of Technology, an M.B.A. from the UCLA Anderson School of Business, and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.\nJay is CEO, CIO, and a portfolio manager at Boston Partners, responsible for strategic and tactical operating decisions affecting the firm and for overseeing all aspects of equity management. He joined Boston Partners in 1995 from Putnam Investments, where he managed mortgage-backed security portfolios, after beginning his career in 1985 as a commercial loan officer for the Bank of Boston. Jay earned a B.S. from the University of New Hampshire, an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago, and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.\nFund links\nMorningstar analyst report Proxy voting XBRL files\nRisk disclosures","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Altruism, the Gaza War and the Law of Causality\nBy Peter Schwartz \/ Media-Mind, The Tyranny of Need \/ August 29, 2014 September 11, 2018\nWhen someone is killed because, say, a hurricane made his roof cave in, journalists understand the need to explain that occurrence. They don't simply report that Mr. Jones died when a heavy beam fell on his skull. Rather, they report that a hurricane blew in the roof, thereby making the beam fall. Perhaps they tell us about previous deaths, as well as expected future ones, resulting from the storm. That is, the news reports focus on the primary cause of Mr. Jones' death.\nIn reporting on the current Gaza War, however, many journalists have abandoned this logical approach. Instead, they present effects without the real cause. They show the bombed houses and the wounded children, and attribute it all to the most proximate, perceptually observable \"cause\": Israeli firepower. What is being ignored, of course, is the primary cause of the carnage: the aggression initiated by Hamas.\nWhen police confront an armed robber and gunfire ensues, the cause is the robber. The existence of a police officer does not cause a need for the existence of criminals. The reverse, though, is true\u2014the existence of criminals gives rise to the need for police. Aggression is the cause, self-defense is the resulting response. The Gaza story, if it were based on the principle of causality, would not be \"Gazan Children Are Killed by Israeli Bombs,\" but \"Deaths of Gazan Children Are Byproducts of Hamas Attacks.\"\nAnd if we want to probe further\u2014to find the deeper cause of the cause\u2014we would look at the respective philosophies of Hamas and Israel. Hamas runs a theocratic state, a little fiefdom of Islamic totalitarianism, with a charter that demands the extermination of all Jews. Rape and \"honor killings\" are common and regularly go unpunished, while affronts to the Koran, from apostasy to homosexuality, are punishable by death. The news media in Gaza are controlled by the government and no public criticism of Hamas is tolerated.\nIsrael, by contrast, is an oasis of freedom in that part of the world. It has a free, critical press and an independent judiciary. Religions are freely practiced, as evidenced by the hundreds of mosques in Israel. Pro-Palestinian political parties abound (with some even having been elected to the Knesset). An Arab in Israel enjoys far greater rights than he would living in Gaza, or in any other Middle East nation today.\nA tyrannical government is as hostile toward the rights of its own citizens as toward the rights of people in other countries. In the current conflict, Hamas wants to maximize the number of Israeli casualties, even at the expense of its own citizens. So it showers rockets on Israeli populations centers\u2014and deploys those rockets near or in schools and homes, so that civilians are killed when Israel retaliates. It keeps Gazans from entering bomb shelters (which are reserved for the Hamas military), and it tells its citizens not to leave areas that are being targeted by Israeli missiles\u2014even after they have received advance warnings to evacuate by the Israeli Defense Force. The more dead bodies Hamas can display to the world, the more it believes it can win the propaganda war.\nA criminal has no right to demand to be left free to conduct his illicit activities\u2014and neither does a criminal government (nor does it even have a right to govern). When a free country is threatened or attacked by an authoritarian one, the latter is the cause of the ensuing suffering. In the Gaza War, Hamas is the cause\u2014its rockets are the cause, its threat of terrorism is the cause, its brutal disregard for human rights and human life is the cause. (See \"Israel Has a Moral Right to its Life.\")\nWhy, then, does the world express such compassion toward Gaza and condemnation toward Israel? Why do people ignore this obvious cause-and-effect relationship? Because they are being guided by the code of altruism\u2014a code that disavows the law of causality.\nAltruism does not mean benevolence; it does not mean respecting the rights of your neighbor. Rather, it means servitude. It means that you must subordinate yourself to the needs of your neighbor. It means that you must suffer in order that someone else might benefit. It means that if anyone lacks something you have, you must sacrifice for his sake, because his need constitutes a moral claim against you.\nThus, if you encounter a homeless man who is panhandling on the streets, the doctrine of altruism declares that you have a duty to give him your money. It doesn't matter why he is homeless, it doesn't matter that he is a drug addict unwilling to cure his habit, it doesn't matter that any money you give him will be used for his next fix, it doesn't matter that he is the cause of his own misery. All that matters, according to altruism, is that you have money and he doesn't. All that matters is the sheer fact of his need, regardless of its cause.\nSimilarly, in the fighting between Israel and Hamas, altruism declares that it does not matter which party is the cause; all that matters is that the Palestinians have needs and the Israelis can alleviate them. If sacrifice is a virtue, then the strong must give themselves up for the sake of the weak, the productive for the sake of the non-productive, the free for the sake of the unfree. That's what sacrifice means. (That's why in the early years of its existence, Israel was solidly supported by liberals; back then it was the Arabs who were seen as strong, and the Israelis as outnumbered underdogs.)\nThe same devastating code underlies the accusations about \"innocent\" civilian casualties. Inasmuch as the Gaza population largely supports Hamas and endorses the destruction of Israel, it would be hard to find many innocent civilians there. But let's grant that there are some\u2014at the very least, young children qualify. Nonetheless, when one side in a war is fighting in self-defense, every innocent killed is the responsibility of the aggressor\u2014is entirely the responsibility of the aggressor.\nIsrael's problem is not that it is too militant, but too conciliatory. It is needlessly restricting the scope of its military activities, for fear of being blamed for civilian casualties. It is refraining from wiping out Hamas and its complete arsenal, while placing its own soldiers in greater jeopardy (and if protecting the innocent is one's concern, those soldiers belong in that category). In doing so, Israel is capitulating to the unjust imperatives of altruism. All such casualties are in fact being caused by Hamas. It's as if some gunman knocks on your door and says to you: \"If you don't let me shoot you, I will target some innocent passerby.\" Should you have to sacrifice your life to his demands? Wouldn't the proper response be to repudiate the doctrine of self-sacrifice? Wouldn't the proper response be, not to give in or to negotiate some \"compromise,\" but to annihilate this enemy and prevent him from threatening you, or any other passerby, ever again? Wouldn't the proper response be to uphold the principle that your life is your own, that you have a right to live it and to defend it, and that allowing the terms of your existence to be set by the demands of others\u2014particularly by the demands of vicious thugs\u2014is a perversion of morality?\nHamas knows it can't win militarily. The only victory it can achieve is in the \"propaganda war,\" which actually means: the morality war\u2014the war over which side is morally right. And as long as the doctrine of altruism is the standard, Hamas will continue to draw sympathy instead of unequivocal denunciation.\u2666\u2666\naltruism anarchism Ayn Rand collectivism foreign policy In Defense of Selfishness individualism libertarianism \"non-interventionism\" paternalism Peter Schwartz rational self-interest Ron Paul self-sacrifice selfishness","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"BAB 2020\nIn a dying 1950's town, a mysterious traveler propositions a young farmhand, Donnie, to help take down the town's tyrannical leader in exchange for the release of Donnie's mother from a primitive mind rehabilitation center.\nGenre: Drama, Science Fiction, Thriller\nDirector: Joe DeBoer, Kyle McConaghy\nActors: Nick Heyman, Sarah Dumont, Sterling Macer Jr.\nKeywords:BAB\nSalmonberries 1991\nA young orphaned woman, named Kotzebue, is trying to find out who her parents are in the icy landscapes of Alaska. Kotzebue (K.d. Lang) is helped by a east-german librarian\u2026\nSpencer 2021\nDuring her Christmas holidays with the royal family at the Sandringham estate in Norfolk, England, Diana decides to leave her marriage to Prince Charles.\nCountry: Chile, Germany, United Kingdom, United States\nDope Fiend 2017\nIn a methodical scheme for gentrification in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, money, drugs and violence manipulate the lives of three warring families, forcing them to address their ills or face destruction.\nLee Daniels' The Butler 2013\nA look at the life of Cecil Gaines who served eight presidents as the White House's head butler from 1952 to 1986, and had a unique front-row seat as political\u2026\nPerfect Hideout 2008\nA young couple on the run take a family father as a hostage and are shocked to realize that he actually is a serial killer who just murdered the family\u2026.\nThe historical drama set during the Second World War centres on three people whose paths cross: a Russian aristocratic emigrant and member of the French resistance, a French collaborator and\u2026\nCountry: Germany, Russia\nShithouse 2020\nLonely college freshman Alex has closed himself off from his peers, who all appear to have this whole \"college thing\" figured out. But everything changes one night when Alex takes\u2026\nOne More Chance 2007\nPopoy and Basha had been together forever. Their love story began when they first met as students at university. They had been inseparable and did everything together\u2014eating, studying and attending\u2026\nThe Trip 2010\nWhen Steve Coogan is asked by The Observer to tour the country's finest restaurants, he envisions it as the perfect getaway with his beautiful girlfriend. But, when she backs out\u2026\nFinal Girl 2015\nVeronica, the new girl in town, is lured into the woods by a group of senior boys looking to make her a victim. But the boys don't know that Veronica's\u2026\nBloody Crisis 2002\nJohn Woo's \"The Killer\" meets Shakespeare's MacBeth in this gun barrel, hip-hop drama seen through African eyes. \"Bloody Streetz\" is the story of what happens when a ruthless killer for\u2026\nGenre: Action, Drama, Horror\nThe Invisible Life 2013\nThere is a long night when Hugo, a civil servant, is sitting on the stairs of the Ministry where he works. He can't face going home. The images of the\u2026\nCountry: Portugal, UK","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"U.S. House of Representatives v. Mnuchin\nUnited States District Court, District of Columbia\nU.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Plaintiff,\nSTEVEN T. MNUCHIN, in his official capacity as Secretary of the Department of the Treasury et al., Defendants.\nTREVOR N. McFADDEN, U.S.D.J.\nFew ideas are more central to the American political tradition than the doctrine of separation of powers. Our Founders emerged from the Revolution determined to establish a government incapable of repeating the tyranny from which the Thirteen Colonies escaped. They did so by splitting power across three branches of the federal government and by providing each the tools required to preserve control over its functions. The \"great security against a gradual concentration of the several powers in the same department, \" James Madison explained, \"consists in giving to those who administer each department the necessary constitutional means and personal motives to resist encroachments of the others.\" The Federalist No. 51.\nThis is a case about whether one chamber of Congress has the \"constitutional means\" to conscript the Judiciary in a political turf war with the President over the implementation of legislation. The U.S. House of Representatives seeks to enjoin the Secretaries and Departments of the Treasury, Defense, Homeland Security, and the Interior (collectively, the \"Administration\") from spending certain funds to build a wall along our southern border. The House argues that this expenditure would violate the Appropriations Clause of the Constitution and usurp Congress's authority. This harm, the House suggests, constitutes an \"institutional injury\" supporting Article III standing.\nThe Administration disagrees. The Judiciary cannot reach the merits of this dispute, it contends, because the Constitution grants the House no standing to litigate these claims. The Administration is correct. The \"complete independence\" of the Judiciary is \"peculiarly essential\" under our Constitutional structure, and this independence requires that the courts \"take no active resolution whatever\" in political fights between the other branches. See The Federalist No. 78 (Alexander Hamilton). And while the Constitution bestows upon Members of the House many powers, it does not grant them standing to hale the Executive Branch into court claiming a dilution of Congress's legislative authority. The Court therefore lacks jurisdiction to hear the House's claims and will deny its motion.\nThe House and the President have been engaged in a protracted public fight over funding for the construction of a barrier along the border with Mexico. Following the longest partial shutdown of the Federal Government in history, Congress passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2019 (the \"CAA\"), which provided $1.375 billion for new border fencing in the Rio Grande Valley. See Pub. L. No. 116-6 (2019). The President had sought much more. See Letter from Acting Dir., Office of Mgmt. & Budget to Senate Comm. On Appropriations (Jan. 6, 2019) (requesting \"$5.7 billion for construction of a steel barrier for the Southwest border\").[1]\nOn the same day he signed the CAA into law, President Donald Trump declared that \"a national emergency exists at the southern border of the United States.\" Proclamation No. 9844, 84 Fed. Reg. 4949 (Feb. 15, 2019) (\"National Emergency Declaration\"). The President determined that the \"current situation at the southern border presents a border security and humanitarian crisis that threatens core national security interests.\" Id. He noted that the \"southern border is a major entry point for criminals, gang members, and illicit narcotics\" and that the problem of \"large-scale unlawful migration\" has \"worsened in certain respects in recent years.\" Id. \"Because of the gravity of the current emergency situation, \" he added, \"it is necessary for the Armed Forces to provide additional support to address the crisis.\" Id.\nCongress passed a joint resolution to void the President's National Emergency Declaration. See 165 Cong. Rec. S1882 (Mar. 14, 2019). Explaining the vote, Speaker Nancy Pelosi remarked that \"[w]e would be delinquent in our duties as Members of Congress if we did not overturn what the President is proposing. He is asking each and every one of us to turn our backs on the oath of office that we took to the Constitution of the United States.\" See Speaker Pelosi's Floor Speech on Privileged Resolution, House of Representatives (Feb. 27, 2019).\nThe President vetoed the resolution. See Veto Message to the House of Representatives for H.J. Res. 46, White House (March 15, 2019). Some Members of the House tried unsuccessfully to override this veto. See 165 Cong. Rec. H2815 (Mar. 26, 2019). For the override to be operative, the Senate would have also had to vote to support it by a super-majority. It did not attempt to do so. So the \"veto of the President was sustained and the joint resolution was rejected.\" Id. The House then filed this suit.\nUpon a declaration of a national emergency \"that requires the use of armed forces, \" the Secretary of Defense \"may authorize the Secretaries of the military departments to undertake military construction projects, not otherwise authorized by law that are necessary to support such use of the armed forces.\" 10 U.S.C. \u00a7 2808(a). The White House explained that Section 2808 would be one of three sources of funding the Administration would use, on top of the $1.375 billion Congress appropriated through the CAA, to build the border wall. See President Donald J. Trump's Border Security Victory, White House (Feb. 15, 2019), ECF No. 36-7. It plans to use sequentially: (1) $601 million from the Treasury Forfeiture Fund; (2) up to $2.5 billion in funds transferred for \"Support for Counterdrug Activities\" under 10 U.S.C. \u00a7 284; and (3) up to $3.6 billion reallocated from Department of Defense military construction projects under Section 2808. Id.\nThe House does not challenge the President's declaration of an emergency under the National Emergencies Act. See Compl., ECF No. 1, at 39-43; Hr'g Tr. 81:23-25.[2] Nor does it contest the use of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund to build the wall. See Pl.'s Mot. for Prelim. Inj. (\"Pl.'s Mot.\"), ECF No. 17, at 21. Instead, it argues that 10 U.S.C. \u00a7\u00a7 284 and 2808 do not authorize the use of funds for building a border wall and that the Administration's planned spending therefore violates the Appropriations Clause of the Constitution and the Administrative Procedure Act (the \"APA\"). Compl. 39-42.\nThe Administration rejects the House's interpretation of the statutes. See Defs.' Opp. to Mot. for Prelim. Inj. (\"Defs.' Opp.\"), ECF No. 36, at 57-64. But primarily, it contends that the House lacks standing to raise its arguments here. Id. at 28. There are \"no Appropriations Clause principles at issue in this case, \" the Administration claims, precisely because the parties are contesting the meaning of bills that Congress has validly passed using its Appropriations power. Id. at 37. And quarrels over how to implement a law do not support legislative standing, as the \"Constitution does not contemplate an active role for Congress in the supervision of officers charged with the execution of the laws it enacts.\" Id. at 36 (quoting Bowsher v. Synar, 478 U.S. 714, 722 (1986)).\nThe parties submitted thorough briefing on these issues, and the House's application for a preliminary injunction is now ripe. The Court also heard oral arguments from both sides and has reviewed the memoranda submitted by amici curiae.\nBefore it may consider the merits of the House's motion, the Court must first confirm its jurisdiction over this case. Article III of the Constitution limits the jurisdiction of federal courts to \"actual cases or controversies.\" Clapper v. Amnesty Int'l USA, 568 U.S. 398, 408 (2013). One element of the \"case-or-controversy requirement\" is that plaintiffs \"must establish that they have standing to sue.\" Id.\nArticle III's standing requirements are \"built on separation-of-powers principles\" and serve \"to prevent the judicial process from being used to usurp the powers of the political branches.\" Id. Thus, \"when reaching the merits of the dispute would force [it] to decide whether an action taken by one of the other two branches of the Federal Government was unconstitutional, \" the Court's standing inquiry must be \"especially rigorous.\" Id. (quoting Raines v. Byrd, 521 U.S. 811, 819-20 (1997)). The power of federal courts to hear cases \"is not an unconditioned authority to determine the constitutionality of legislative or executive acts.\" Valley Forge Christian Coll. v. Am. Utd. for Sep. of Church and State, Inc., 454 U.S. 464, 471 (1982).\nAs the plaintiff, the House \"bear[s] the burden of establishing standing.\" Commonwealth v. U.S. Dep't of Educ., 340 F.Supp.3d 7, 12 (D.D.C. 2018). The Court \"presumes that it lacks jurisdiction unless the contrary appears affirmatively from the record.\" Id. (cleaned up). To establish standing, the House must allege an injury that is \"concrete, particularized, and actual or imminent; fairly traceable to the challenged action; and redressable by a favorable ruling.\" Clapper, 568 U.S. at 409. For an injury to be legally cognizable, the dispute must be \"traditionally thought to be capable of resolution through the judicial process.\" Raines, 521 U.S. at 819.\nThe Administration concedes, and the Court agrees, that only the first prong of the standing analysis-injury that is concrete and particularized-is at issue here. See Defs.' Opp. at 28-43. Applying the \"especially rigorous\" analysis required, the Court finds that the House has failed to allege such an injury. So the Court must deny the House's motion.\nTwo Supreme Court decisions-Raines and Arizona State Legislature v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission, 135 S.Ct. 2652 (2015)-guide the Court's inquiry. Neither directly addresses whether one House of Congress has standing to allege an institutional injury to the Appropriations power. Perhaps unsurprisingly, while the House urges the Court to conclude that this case is more like one (Arizona State Legislature), the Administration believes this case is more like the other (Raines).\nIn Raines, six federal legislators sued to contest the constitutionality of the Line Item Veto Act. See 521 U.S. at 813-14. The plaintiffs had voted against it. Id. at 814. They sued the Executive Branch, arguing that the Act \"unconstitutionally expands the President's power, \" \"divests the [legislators] of their constitutional role in the repeal of legislation, \" and \"alters the constitutional balance of powers.\" Id. at 816. They claimed, in other words, that \"the Act causes a type of institutional injury (the diminution of legislative power), which necessarily damages all Members of Congress and both Houses of Congress equally.\" Id. at 821.\nThe Supreme Court found that the legislators lacked standing. Beginning its analysis, it emphasized the \"time-honored concern about keeping the Judiciary's power within its proper constitutional sphere.\" Id. at 820. That concern required it to \"carefully inquire\" about whether the legislators' \"claimed injury is personal, particularized, concrete, and otherwise judicially cognizable.\" Id. The Court concluded that it was not. Id. at 830.\nThe legislators could not allege that \"the Act will nullify their votes, \" the Court explained, because \"[i]n the future, a majority of Senators and Congressmen can pass or reject appropriations bills; the Act has no effect on this process.\" Id. at 824. Their votes on the Act itself \"were given full effect.\" Id. \"They simply lost that vote.\" Id. It therefore held that \"these individual members of Congress do not have a sufficient 'personal stake' in this dispute and have not alleged a sufficiently concrete injury to have established Article III standing.\" Id. at 830.\nBy contrast, in Arizona State Legislature, the Supreme Court held that a state legislature had standing to challenge the constitutionality of a proposition adopted by Arizona's voters by referendum. See 135 S.Ct. at 2659. Proposition 106 amended the Arizona Constitution to remove redistricting authority from the legislature and vest it in an independent commission. Id. at 2658. The legislature alleged that the Proposition violated its authority under the Elections Clause of the U.S. Constitution, which provides that the \"Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof.\" U.S. Const. art. I, \u00a7 4, cl. 1.\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The Court characterized the Arizona Legislature as \"an institutional plaintiff asserting an institutional injury, \" that \"commenced this action after authorizing votes in both of its chambers.\" Ariz. State Leg., 135 S.Ct. at 2664. It noted that Arizona's constitution prohibits the legislature from \"adopt[ing] any measure that supersedes a [voter-initiated proposition]\" unless the measure \"furthers the purposes of the initiative.\" Id. This limitation, when combined with Proposition 106, would \"completely nullify\" any vote by the state's ...","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Home > Animal health in the World > Self-declared disease status\nSelf-declaration\nIn accordance with the provisions of the Terrestrial Animal Health Code (Terrestrial Code) or the Aquatic Animal Health Code (Aquatic Code), OIE Members may wish to self-declare the freedom of their country, zone or compartment from a disease. A Member wishing to publish its self-declaration for disease-freedom, should provide the relevant documented evidence of compliance with the provisions of the relevant chapters of the Codes.\nPublications of self-declaration of disease freedom are handled in an objective and transparent manner, governed by the Standard Operating Procedure here below.\nDownload the Standard Operating Procedure\nOIE Members can also submit for publication, a self-declaration of an Equine Disease-Free Zone (EDFZ). The EDFZ contains an equine population or subpopulation with a specific health status with respect to certain equine diseases for which freedom is declared by the Veterinary Authority. Establishing an EDFZ is a risk-based approach which can be considered by OIE Members planning to host international horse sports competitions. By establishing an EDFZ, disease-risks in the zone can be mitigated in advance for horses to safely enter and return to their countries of origin or to other destinations. Guidelines to support countries in the establishment of an EDFZ and the publication of their self-declaration are available to download: \"OIE EDFZ guidelines\"\nSelf-declarations published since 2000\nThe OIE provides self-declarations published since 2000. These self-declarations are available online here.\nRecently published self-declarations\nSelf-declared freedom from\nCountry\/ zone \/ compartment\n(Link to WAHIS)\nAfrican swine fever (PDF)\nAvian influenza in poultry (PDF)\nNot Active\nKorea (Rep. of)\nInfection with Gyrodactylus salaris (PDF)\nAvian Influenza (PDF)\nInfection with infectious myonecrosis virus (PDF)\nInfection with yellow head virus genotype1 (PDF)\nBrucellosis in bovids (PDF)\nBluetongue (PDF)\nNewcastle Disease (PDF)\nInfectious Salmon Anaemia Virus (PDF)\nHighly pathogenic avian influenza (PDF)\nEquine Disease Free Zone (PDF)\nDourine (PDF)\nGlanders (PDF)\nNew world screw-worm (cochliomyia hominivorax) and Old world screw-worm (chrysomya bezzania) (PDF)\nPullorum disease and fowl thypo\u00efd in poultry (PDF)\nSwine Vesicular Disease (PDF)","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
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{"text":"Ohio judge upholds right to death chamber lawyer\nA federal judge on Friday refused to dismiss a claim by Ohio death row inmates that they have a constitutional right to last-minute consultations with their attorney.\nCOLUMBUS, Ohio \u2013 A federal judge on Friday refused to dismiss a claim by Ohio death row inmates that they have a constitutional right to last-minute consultations with their attorney.\nAt issue is whether lawyers in Ohio can react quickly when they perceive something going wrong with an execution, as with a 2009 attempt in which an inmate was pricked repeatedly with IV needles before the execution was finally called off after two hours.\nLawyers for the Ohio prison system had argued that death row inmates already have ample access to lawyers and that last-minute consultations could open the door to constitutional challenges of the death penalty.\nBut U.S. District Court Judge Gregory Frost said the conditions of an inmate's execution are different than the sentence that put them there.\n\"Pre-execution day inmate-counsel communication and a cell-front visit that can last only until 8:45 a.m. on the day of the execution obviously does not enable an inmate and counsel to address issues occurring from that point,\" Frost said.\nOhio executions take place at around 10 a.m.\nFrost rejected arguments that inmates should be able to have their lawyers witness the executions in addition to the three witnesses allowed by Ohio prison rules.\nHe said it was reasonable for the state to set limits on witnesses and that inmates could use one of those seats for their attorney.\nFrost also rejected lawyers' arguments that they should have access to cell phones in the death house in case something goes wrong. He said lawyers already have access to a nearby phone and that that distance didn't prevent attorneys from contacting him during the 2009 case.\nFrost's decision on the last-minute access still leaves open the practical problem of how to alert the courts immediately if there is a problem, defense attorney Michael Benza said Friday.\nA spokeswoman for Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine said the state's legal motions in the case speak for themselves.\nIn September 2009, in an unprecedented move, the state stopped the attempted execution of Romell Broom after about two hours when executioners failed to find a suitable vein. Broom has sued, arguing that a second attempt to put him to death would be unconstitutionally cruel.\nBroom was convicted of kidnapping, raping and killing a 14-year-old girl in 1984.\nFEMA eyes debt take-back as hurricane season looms\nFeds: Ga. man had recruit sell fake movie posters\nAmerican Airlines jet has engine failure in Ariz.\nWith 'Spygate,' Trump Shows How He Uses Conspiracy Theories to Erode Trust\nMan Linked to Times Square Bomber Pleads Guilty\nFeds: Ex-Conn. Peace Corps helper molested girls","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Extending the theoretical structure of intelligence to counterintelligence\nHenry Prunckun\nAustralian Graduate School of Policing and Security\nThis paper consolidates the author's view on his holistic theory of counterintelligence. Based on the author's previously published research, this paper advances a theory that used a \"grounded theory\" approach. The study's specific purpose was to explore the theoretical base that underscores counterintelligence. Data were collected by means of a survey of the existing intelligence literature and a thematic analysis to develop the theory's propositions. The resulting theory is articulated in three axioms and four principles. The axioms are: surprise, all-source data collection, and universal targeting. The principles are grouped according to defensive counterintelligence (deterrence and detection), and offensive counterintelligence (detection\u2014which is shared with defensive\u2014deception, and neutralisation). The central conclusion is that counterintelligence is not a security function per se. Even though counterintelligence incorporates security, it has at its core analysis and acts as the keystone that holds other forms of intelligence work together.\nSalus Journal\n8901885_Published_ArticleFinal published version, 828 KB\nDive into the research topics of 'Extending the theoretical structure of intelligence to counterintelligence'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.\nintelligence Social Sciences 100%\nneutralization Social Sciences 55%\ndeterrence Social Sciences 44%\ngrounded theory Social Sciences 38%\nPrunckun, H. (2014). Extending the theoretical structure of intelligence to counterintelligence. Salus Journal, 2(2), 31-49.\nPrunckun, Henry. \/ Extending the theoretical structure of intelligence to counterintelligence. 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{"text":"Home Chelsea Mercato Live: Chelsea holds its offensive reinforcement!\nMercato Live: Chelsea holds its offensive reinforcement!\nThe winter transfer window started on January 1. Top Mercato's live stream allows you to read all the day's information (rumors and official announcements) at a glance.\nTransfer window information for Wednesday January 11\n6:29 p.m.: according to SunSteven Gerrard is in the running to become the coach of Poland.\n5:57 p.m.: Aston Villa have announced the arrival of Alex Moreno. The left side has signed a contract until 2026, as part of a transfer estimated at 13 million euros.\n5:53 p.m.: AC Milan have their eye on Raphinha, reveals Calciomercato. The Lombards could attempt an offensive in the coming days to bring him from Barcelona.\n5:30 p.m.: Th\u00e9o Hernandez does not rule out ending his career at AC Milan, according to his agent. The defender feels perfectly well in Lombardy.\n4:31 p.m.: Morgan Sanson could return to France in the coming days. According to The Teamthe Aston Villa midfielder could return to Montpellier.\n3:55 p.m.: Manchester United have agreed with Burnley for the transfer of Wout Weghorst. According to Sky SportsHowever, the Red Devils are awaiting the termination of the player's loan at Besiktas.\n3:27 p.m.: according to The Athletic, PSG are waiting for the end of the season to decide on the possible extension of Sergio Ramos. The current trend would be rather favorable to the idea of \u200b\u200brenewing it.\n3:01 p.m.: Atl\u00e9tico Madrid are said to be targeting Luis Enrique, Mauricio Pochettino and Marcelo Gallardo, for post-Diego Simeone. The former coach seems to be the favorite for his succession.\n2:39 p.m.: Jos\u00e9 Angel Carmona has been loaned by Sevilla FC to Elche until the end of the season.\n\ud83d\udea8 Jos\u00e9 \u00c1ngel Carmona, cedido al @elchecf hasta final de temporada.\n\u00a1Mucha suerte, Jos\u00e9 \u00c1ngel! \u26aa\ufe0f\ud83d\udd34#WeareSevilla #NuncaTeRindas\n\u2014 Sevilla F\u00fatbol Club (@SevillaFC) January 11, 2023\n1:54 p.m.: Picture wonders about the continuation of Manuel Neuer's career. The Bayern Munich goalkeeper would actually suffer from an open tibia-fibula fracture.\n1:45 p.m.: Chelsea have formalized the signing of Joao Felix. The Portuguese was loaned without an option to buy by Atl\u00e9tico Madrid.\nThe time is now! \ud83d\udc4a\n1:30 p.m.: RMC Sports claims that Aston Villa is ready to put 40 million euros, including bonuses, to recruit Matt\u00e9o Guendouzi. Journalist Fabrice Hawkins talks about an initial offer of 30 million euros.\n12:49 p.m.: the DailyMail tells us that Atletico Madrid would think of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, the Chelsea striker, to replace Joao F\u00e9lix, for his part announced with insistence at the Blues.\n12:27 p.m.: according to The last hourClaude Puel has joined the list of profiles on the tablets of the Belgian Football Federation, for the succession of Roberto Martinez on the bench of the Red Devils.\n12:00 p.m.: Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni has answered on Lionel Messi's future. \"I think Messi can play in the next World Cup, for us that would be great.\"\n11:34 a.m.: an elected PCF from Lyon has published an open letter, in which OL leaders are asked for the departure of Croatian central defender Dejan Lovren.\n11:16 a.m.: Sochi has asked for Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 to join its squad. \"Why don't you answer the phone?\"posted the Russian formation on his account Twitter.\n10:58 a.m.: Without a club since leaving Paris Saint-Germain, Mauricio Pochettino would like to replace Graham Potter at Chelsea, according to The Sun.\n10:35 a.m.: according to The Parisian and Progress, AS Saint-Etienne is eyeing Niels Nkounkou, on loan from Everton to Cardiff City. The Greens of Laurent Batlles are aiming for a loan until the end of the season from the French left side.\n10:14 a.m.: Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag gave a clear answer on the future of England striker Marcus Rashford to reporters. \"He's a key player. He won't leave.\"\n09:59: Youssef En-Nesyri sealed his future. Coveted by West Ham United, the Moroccan striker will not leave Sevilla FC during this winter transfer window.\n09:27: Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 would have set a new condition for his future arrival at Real Madrid, according to information from Defense Central.\nOFFICIAL \u2013 08:51: Brighton and Hove Albion have announced the extension of goalkeeper Jason Steele's contract until June 2025.\nWe're pleased to confirm that Jason Steele has signed a new contract that runs until June 2025. \u270d\ufe0f\n\ud83e\udd1d @FirstTouchGames \/\/ #BHAFC \ud83d\udd35\u26aa\ufe0f\n\u2014Brighton & Hove Albion (@OfficialBHAFC) January 10, 2023\n08:35: Courted by Chelsea, Argentinian midfielder Enzo Fernandez hinted that he will not leave Benfica Lisbon this winter, during his goal celebration.\n08:20: Al-Nassr has made a revelation about the contract signed by Portuguese striker Cristiano Ronaldo. The Saudi club denied the existence of a special clause.\nThe Top 3 transfer window news from the day before\nArsenal flies away, Chelsea revives, Newcastle varnished\nWhy Benjamin Mendy should not replay with Manchester City despite an initial favorable verdict\nanger begins to rise against Chelsea\nMahrez, Man City's trump card since the takeover","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Allianz and Decathlon join forces to promote fitness\nBy Barbara M. Sanchez on\t December 24, 2021 Promote Business\nAllianz and Decathlon partner\nAllianz Insurance and Decathlon Ghana, Ghana's leading sports retailer, embarked on Wednesday, December 22, 2021 in a fitness walk to launch a 5-year fitness-health partnership.\nThe 5-year partnership offers free Decathlon vouchers to all customers who take out an insurance policy and extends the Allianz Cares loyalty program and also aims to reward loyal Decathlon Ghana customers.\nSpeaking after the launch, Decathlon CEO Mr. Kwesi Tabury said: \"As a company seeking to increase life expectancy at birth from 67 years today to 77 years by 2030 , it is right that we jump on such partnerships. to help provide Ghanaians with the most affordable sports products in Ghana to practice sport, thus ensuring their life to the fullest.\nHe continued: \"It's a very good partnership, today when you buy insurance you have nothing, but tomorrow when you buy insurance you can have a voucher to buy products for your own health to help you. to have easy access to sport, our main goal At Decathlon we are helpful to people when it comes to health and fitness and I think Allianz helps us achieve the goal.\nAllianz Insurance CEO Mr. Darlington Munhuwani reiterated the need for a life-changing partnership.\n\"At Allianz, we seek to ensure the future of our customers, so this partnership with Decathlon is essential to reiterate our commitment to be\" committed to the future \". We are committed to shaping a better future for our customers. We will therefore continue to grow in our role of natural caregiver; invest in proactive and innovative partnerships that create an enjoyable customer experience, \"he said.\nHead of Operations at Allianz Insurance, Mad. Ekua Asemani-Oku expressed his gratitude to the two entities for their partnership aimed at improving the lives of Ghanaians.\n\"Congratulations to Allianz and Decathlon, this partnership demonstrates the strong commitment of the two brands to improving the lives of customers. We will work hard to position the brand behind the guiding principles of Form, Care and Delivery, \"she said.\nDelawoe Nyanyo, Group Manager, Marketing & Communications, Allianz Insurance said the deal will boost the confidence of Ghanaians.\n\"This partnership gives customers of both brands even more confidence in the future by showing empathy and providing truly innovative care and fitness solutions,\" he said.\nThe Allianz group is one of the world's leading insurers and asset managers with more than 100 million individual and corporate clients in more than 70 countries. Allianz customers benefit from a wide range of personal and commercial insurance services, ranging from property, life and health insurance to support services to credit insurance and insurance. comprehensive business insurance. Allianz is one of the world's largest investors, managing around \u20ac 582 billion on behalf of its insurance clients.\nDecathlon is a French sports equipment and sports clothing company founded in July 1976. It currently has 313 stores in France and more than 1,274 worldwide.\nSend your news to [email protected] and via WhatsApp at +233 244244807\nTo follow Ghana News to Google News\nEconomic recovery after covid18 linked to vaccination\nCalendar | News, Sports, Jobs\nAntivirus software pioneer John McAfee found dead in Spanish prison\nEl Salvador gives citizens $ 30 worth of bitcoin to promote its use\nJoynD app: the perfect way to promote new businesses","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"DBZ Games \/Encyclopedia \/\nAugust 4, 2016November 22, 2016February 27, 2017\nAbout Dragon Ball Fusions\nDragon Ball Fusions is a role-playing game for Nintendo 3DS. The game was released in Japan on August 4th, 2016, in North America on November 22nd (players who preordered the game from Gamestop, were able to get the game on November 18th) and in Europe, the Middle East and Australia on February 17th, 2017. It's a fourth game based on the Dragon Ball franchise released on Nintendo 3DS.\nAll videos (3)\n02:12 Dragon Ball Fusions - #1 Trailer\n4:19 Dragon Ball Fusions - #2 Trailer\nDragon Ball Extreme Fusion Pack available in November in Japan October 6, 2017 Bandai Namco has announced the release of Dragon Ball Extreme Fusion Pack, a pack containing Dragon Ball Fusions and Dragon Ball Extreme Butoden for Nintendo 3DS. For this moment, the bundle will be released only in Japa...\nDragon Ball Fusions is available in Europe and Australia February 17, 2017 Dragon Ball Fusions is available in Europe and Australia! If you haven't the opportunity to check the game so far, now is good time to jump into the world of crazy fusions, where everything is possible. To celebrate the ...\nDragon Ball Fusions: How to become a great warrior February 3, 2017 Bandai Namco has published another video of Dragon Ball Fusions, where the European players can learn the mechanics of the fight, before the official release on the old continent. If you haven't already dealing with Drag...\nDragon Ball Fusions: European release date, Day One Patch January 27, 2017 Dragon Ball Fusions will be coming in Europe on February 17th, 2017 for Nintendo 3DS. That day will be available also Day One Patch, which will include a lot of new free content. This patch will add new characters, cloth...","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Who Plays Jennifer On DAYS OF OUR LIVES\nAfter everything that Jennifer Horton has gone through on DAYS OF OUR LIVES.\nUnderstandably, every new crisis would make fans wonder if this was the last straw.\nHowever, looking back at the epic drama she endured on DAYS, you will see that this woman is a fighter.\nThe character first appeared in February of 1976 and was played by child actress Maren Stephenson.\nThen it was recast with Jennifer Peterson from December 1977 until July 1979, at which point the character was written off the show.\nJennifer returned in October of 1985 and was played by Melissa Reeves.\nThere was a temporary recast from 1995-to 1998 when Stephanie Cameron took over for a little while,\nMoreover, in October 2020, Cady McClain stepped into the role.\nAfter McClain exited in February 2021, Reeves returned to reclaim the role in December for another brief stint.\nHowever, when the character returned in June 2022, McClain played the part.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Huey Lewis and the News \/ Collected\nAugust 15, 2017 by Paul Sinclairtags: 1980s, 1990s, Huey Lewis and The News\nExcellent career-spanning 3CD compilation \u2022 limited red 2LP vinyl\nThe best kept secret in pop\/rock compilations is Universal Music Netherlands' occasional 'Collected' career summaries. These continue in August with a three CD Huey Lewis and the News set (and a 2LP vinyl).\nPerhaps because these are never full international releases (and normally have to be bought as imports) the label has a knack of licensing the tracks that more mainstream compilations normally forego (songs from soundtracks, various artists compilations) and this set looks typically superb.\nIt goes right back to the beginning by including the A and B-side of the band's first single in 1979 when they were called 'American Express' (on CD 3, the disc normally reserved for rarities) and brings the story right up to date with a couple of tracks from their last studio outing, 2010's Soulsville. In between (on CD 1 & 2) is no less than every single the band every released, often in single edit form \u2013 for example the rare Jellybean single mix of Back in Time is included.\nThe third disc mops up plenty of rarities including a couple of tracks by US country\/rock band Clover (when Huey Lewis was a member), the live Trouble In Paradise from the USA for Africa album, B-side Flip Flop & Fly, the band's cover of Oh! Darling from the 1995 compilation album Come Together: America Salutes The Beatles and four extended versions that the label are claiming 'unreleased-on-CD'. They are the Extended Version\/Dance Mix of I Want A New Drug (the song that famously 'inspired' the Ghostbusters theme tune, the Jellybean Remix of both Heart and Soul and The Power Of Love and the Dance Remix of Hip To Be Square.\nThis is all good stuff and vinyl fans can pre-order a 2LP gatefold vinyl edition that has a cut-down version of the 3CD track listing; even better, snap up the limited RED vinyl (1,500 copies) at a great price (see below).\nThe 3CD of Collected is released on 1 September 2017, and the vinyl follows a week later on 8 September.\nPre-order 2LP RED vinyl edition of 'Collected' from JPC.de\nCompare prices and pre-order\nHuey Lewis & News\nCollected - 3CD Deluxe\nPrice gbp\nAmazon fr 49.99 Order\nAmazon ca 154.99 Order\nJPC de 21.99 Order\nCurrency: GBP USD EUR CAD AUD JPY\nCollected - red vinyl 2LP\nAmazon de 89.9 Order\nAmazon usa 159 Order\nAmazon it 87.58 Order\nAmazon es 94.4 Order\nCollected - black vinyl 2LP\nAmazon uk 51.45 Order\nAmazon de 36.06 Order\nAmazon usa 36.8 Order\nAmazon es 78.99 Order\nAmazon ca 55.21 Order\nAmazon jp 4501.00 Order\nHuey Lewis & The News \u2013 Collected 3CD Edition\nSome Of My Lies Are True (Sooner Or Later)\nNow Here's You (Single Version)\nDo You Believe In Love\nHope You Love Me Like You Say You Do\nWorkin' For A Livin'\nTattoo (Giving It All Up For Love)\nHeart And Soul (Single Edit)\nI Want A New Drug (Single Edit)\nThe Heart Of Rock & Roll (Single Edit)\nWalking On A Thin Line (Single Edit)\nBad Is Bad\nBack In Time (Jellybean Single Mix)*\nStuck With You\nJacob's Ladder (Single Version)\nI Know What I Like (Single Version)\nDoing It All For My Baby\nSmall World (Single Version)\nGive Me The Keys (And I'll Drive You Crazy) (Single Edit)\nWorld To Me\nWalking With The Kid\nCouple Days Off (Short Edit)\nIt Hit Me Like A Hammer (Sax Single Remix)\nHe Don't Know\n(She's) Some Kind Of Wonderful\nBut It's Alright\nLittle Bitty Pretty One\n100 Years From Now\nWe're Not Here For A Long Time (We're Here For A Good Time)\nLet Her Go And Start Over (Radio Edit)\nI'm Not In Love Yet (with Wynonna Judd)\nRespect Yourself\nJust The One (I've Been Looking For)\nClover \u2013 Streets Of London\nClover \u2013 Ain't Nobody Own Nobody's Soul\nAmerican Express \u2013 Exodisco *\nAmerican Express \u2013 Kick Back *\nTrouble In Paradise (Live)\nFlip Flop & Fly\nHuey Lewis \u2013 Oh! Darling\nHuey Lewis \u2013 Once Upon A Time In New York City\nHuey Lewis \u2013 Feelin' Alright\nHuey Lewis \u2013 Lonely Teardrops\nStrokeland Superband ft. Huey Lewis \u2013 Work With Me\nBrenda Lee & Huey Lewis \u2013 Oh! Happy Day\nFrankie Miller & Huey Lewis \u2013 Way Past Midnight\nI Want A New Drug (Extended Version\/Dance Mix)*\nHeart And Soul (Jellybean Remix)*\nThe Power Of Love (Jellybean Remix) *\nHip To Be Square (Dance Remix)*\nAdditional track info CD3:\n1: From the Clover album 'Unavailable'\n2: From the Clover album 'Love On The Wire'\n3-4: A & B side from the only American Express release, just before the band changed their name to HL&TN\n5: Live recording, taken from the USA For Africa album\n6: Non-album b-side from the 'But It's Alright' single\n7: From the album 'Come Together: America Salutes The Beatles'\n8: From the 'Oliver & Company' original soundtrack\n9-10: from the 'Duets' original soundtrack\n11: From the Strokeland Superband album 'Kick It Up A Step'\n12: From the Brenda Lee album 'Gospel Duets With Treasured Friends'\n13: From the Frankie Miller album 'Frankie Miller's Double Take'\n14-17: Originally released as 12\" singles\n* previously unreleased on CD\nHuey Lewis & The News \u2013 Collected 2LP\nA1: Some Of My Lies Are True (3:23)\nA2: Now Here's To You (single version) (3:27)\nA3: Do You Believe In Love (3:29)\nA4: Workin' For A Livin' (2:39)\nA5: Heart And Soul (single edit) (3:55)\nA6: I Want A New Drug (single edit) (3:29)\nA7: The Heart Of Rock & Roll (single edit) (4:06)\nB1: If This Is It (3:54)\nB2: The Power Of Love (3:54)\nB3: Back In Time (Jellybean single mix) (3:45)\nB4: Stuck With You (4:30)\nB5: Hip To Be Square (4:05)\nB6: Jacob's Ladder (single version) (3:28)\nC1: Doing It All For My Baby (3:40)\nC2: Perfect World (4:11)\nC3: Small World (single version) (4:39)\nC4: Couple Days Off (short edit) (3:15)\nC5: It Hit Me Like A Hammer (Sax single mix) (4:03)\nC6: (She's) Some Kind Of Wonderful (3:06)\nC7: Little Bitty Pretty One (2:04)\nD1: We're Not Here For A Long Time (We're Here For A Good Time) (3:53)\nD2: Let Her Go And Start Over (radio edit) (4:07)\nD3: Pineapple Express (4:30)\nD4: Respect Yourself (3:42)\nD5: Clover \u2013 Streets Of London (4:30)\nD6: The American Express \u2013 Exo-disco (3:37)\n62 responses to Huey Lewis and the News \/ Collected\nLove this compilat on \u2013 best one yet of Huey Lewis and the News. Remixes are terrific. First time I've seen It Hit Me Like A Hammer on any compilation. Highly recommend\nMark Bumgardner says:\nI pre-ordered this from Amazon.com, hoping it would ship on the day of release (Sept. 1), but it hasn't shipped yet. Has this happened to anyone else who pre-ordered? Just wondering.\nGildas says:\nCan\u00b4t find the CD version on Amazon, only the vinyl set..\nAccording to Amazon this is being released tomorrow ?\nJust bought this from the marketplace on amazon and it's preparing for dispatch. Only thing the estimated delivery is the the 4th September hope it comes a lot quicker.\nGeoff G says:\nI've never owned any Huey Lewis music before, but looking through the song list; I see so many songs that I recognize. I think this might be worth a blind buy!\nPS: The version is not mentioned on the sleeve of the single. The difference can be seen in the lenght (3:53 for the album version, 4:18 for the remix).\nthe version of Power of Love with the extended guitar solo is also known as the Jellybean Single Remix. It has the same enhanced drum sound and sound effects plus more echo on the vocals, just like the 12\u2033 Version. It has been released on single in the UK in 1986 to promote the Fore Album.\nPingback:Saturday Deluxe \/ 19 August 2017 | superdeluxeedition\nRichardB says:\nHi Paul, looks like Amazon.co.uk now have a listing for the CD version. Hopefully the price will come down a bit\u2026\nThe CD is on Amazon now priced at \u00a320.46 and the release date is the 1st September.\nCharlie Waffles says:\nI am glad to see the Gwyneth Paltrow duet is left off! Yeah!\nHey RichardB! That is very interesting indeed. Yeah, it looks very much like this 8-CD set does have the PoL version with the extended guitar solo.\nPlus, I just realized in fact, that extended guitar solo version was on the first German pressing of the Fore! CD, so it actually can be found on a Huey Lewis CD as well.\nAudioDile, oh man, that would be great if it was indeed the 6:42 \"Special Remix\"! I have it on the German 12\u2033 you mention and I think both the 5:49 remix (which is on the Japanese \"Super Selections\" CD) and the 6:42 one are great in their own right. Fingers crossed they picked the 6:42 one for this release.\nAudioDile says:\nWell, bummer. It's just the same old Heart & Soul remix we've already seen released on CD. I guess I'm spending $25 for one remix of Hip to Be Square then, LOL.\nI have a problem.\nAccording to The Second Disc website, in the footnotes of the tracklisting, it suggests that the Heart & Soul remix is in fact the Special Remix (6:42) taken from this German 12\u2033: https:\/\/www.discogs.com\/Huey-Lewis-And-The-News-Heart-And-Soul\/release\/1242354 \u2013 it was also released on some versions of the New Drug 12\u2033.\nAs for the \"Jellybean Remix\" tag, I can't find any real confirmation which of the two remixes is the Jellybean mix, the one that's been released on disc or the \"Special Remix\". Hopefully it's the 6:42 version and not the 5:49, which would make this even better.\nCharlie Shine says:\nJust for your information The Jellybean Remix is called Dance Mix and is included on the U.K. Heart And Soul E.P. from 1985. I can confirm it is 5:49 (https:\/\/www.discogs.com\/Huey-Lewis-And-The-News-The-Heart-And-Soul-EP\/release\/1575510)\nThe 6:42 version is also called 12-inch mix (https:\/\/www.discogs.com\/Huey-Lewis-And-The-News-Heart-And-Soul\/release\/4126459)\nHi Matthias, I could be wrong, but I've got the 8CD set below and the version of Power of Love is different to any other in my collection so could be the 'extended guitar' version you mention above:\nhttps:\/\/www.discogs.com\/Various-Greatest-Hits-Of-The-80s\/release\/9779163\nfj says:\nDid the UB40 Collected album feature single versions?\nVery awesome collection! I'm glad to see a lot of stuff that I've been keeping around on vinyl for many years, especially the American Express tracks.\nAs far as I know, that leaves the following songs unavailable on any official Huey Lewis CD:\nThe Hart of Rock 'n Roll \u2013 Canadian \"West Side\" Version (\"Vancouver\") (4:15)\nThe Hart of Rock 'n Roll \u2013 Canadian \"East Side\" Version (\"Toronto\/Montreal\") (4:15)\nThe Power of Love \u2013 Version with extended guitar solo (4:19)\nDon't ever tell me that you love me (1986 remix) (3:01)\nI want a new Drug (Instrumental from promo 12\u2033) (4:30)\nSome of my Lies are true (1986 remix) (3:23)\nHip to be Square (Dub Mix) (5:12)\nSmall World (Extended Dance Mix) (7:14)\nThe Power of Love (Instrumental) (4:13)\nHeart and Soul (Special Remix) (6:42)\nPlus a bunch of live B-Sides. No matter what, this collection is dynamite! I am looking forward to it.\nAdris says:\njellybean remix of 'the power of love' alrerady released on CD:\nMovie Klub80 (2008)\nhttps:\/\/www.discogs.com\/de\/Various-Movie-Klub80\/release\/1440936\nDance Classics \u2013 Pop Edition Vol. 4 (2011)\nhttps:\/\/www.discogs.com\/de\/Various-Dance-Classics-Pop-Edition-Vol-4\/release\/2811553\na very few days ago i purchased the power of love 7\u2033 single while digging on a bargain bin in a Vienna record shop , cool!! :)\nNice to see the single mix of Back In Time included. But it would have been nice to see the extended version as well.\nI Want A New Drug (Dance Mix) is on So80s 10 as well. Looking on JPC they are asking \u00a320 for this i think i will wait until it appears on Amazon like the Robert Palmer one did which i picked up for \u00a312.\nmichael59 says:\napart from the japanese huey compilation you posted, i think i really saw this jellybean remix on various other various artists compilations already, not just the one to which i linked in my earlier post \u2013 so not really a \"new on CD\" rarity\u2026\nis it true that the jellybean remix of 'the power of love' (7:10 minutes) is unreleased on CD?\ni think i saw it on various 80s compilation like this for example:\nhttps:\/\/www.discogs.com\/Various-Classic-Cuts-The-12-Box-80s2\/release\/2804239\nkiefer2 says:\nNo it was released on this cd:\nhttps:\/\/www.discogs.com\/Huey-Lewis-And-The-News-%E3%83%92%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AB%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B9%E3%82%B6%E3%83%8B%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9-Super-Selections-%E3%83%91%E3%83%AF%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AA%E3%83%96%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B4\/release\/1287122\nThat mix is on that Japanese compilation i linked to above. I have always wished they would have brought out deluxe versions of their albums especially Sports,Fore and Small World. I know they did Sports a few years back but it was rubbish.\nSaw Huey and the News live when they had just released the Small World album. Great live and been following them since. Must buy for the CD set.\nPaul E. says:\nI was always a Huey Lewis and the News fan- but, in 2000, with the (film) release of \"American Psycho\" it pretty much sealed my fandom. Quotes from the movie below [still can't believe this guy\/Christian Bale played Batman!]:\nBATEMAN: You like Huey Lewis and the News?\nALLEN: Um, they're okay.\nBATEMAN: Their early work was a little too new wave for my taste. But when \"Sports\" came out in '83, I think they really came into their own, commercially and artistically. The whole album has a clear, crisp sound, and a new sheen of consummate professionalism that really gives the songs a big boost. He's been compared to Elvis Costello, but I think Huey has a far more bitter, cynical sense of humor.\nALLEN: Hey, Halberstram?\nBATEMAN: Yes, Allen?\nALLEN: Why are there copies of the Style section all over the place? Do you\u2026 Do you have a dog? A little chow or something?\nBATEMAN: No, Allen.\nALLEN: Is that a raincoat?\nBATEMAN: Yes, it is. In '87, Huey released this; \"Fore!\", their most accomplished album. I think their undisputed masterpiece is \"Hip To Be Square\". A song so catchy, most people probably don't listen to the lyrics. But they should, because it's not just about the pleasures of conformity and the importance of trends. It's also a personal statement about the band itself. Hey, Paul!\n[Bateman murders Allen with an axe]\nThere's a brief chapter in the book extolling the virtues of Huey Lewis & The News:\nhttps:\/\/www.e-reading.club\/chapter.php\/79864\/47\/Ellis_-_American_Psycho.html\nThere are further chapters about Whitney Houston and Phil Collins.\nRJS \u2013 I may be forced to read now. Thank you!\nenh says:\nSehr sch\u00f6ne Zusammenstellung und das f\u00fcr nur 17 Euro bei JPC, Danke f\u00fcr den Hinweis!\nEh ?\nThe only 12 inch mix that has not been on CD is Hip to Be Square (Dance Remix). The rest are on this https:\/\/musicbrainz.org\/release\/8827f73c-ed69-4c3a-987a-b370e12ce047\nOnly on some Japanese compilation still means that they are reasonably rare though (albeit not 'previously unreleased' as claimed).\n@Aron\nA list of \"Collected\" releases can be found on the discogs.com website:\nhttps:\/\/www.discogs.com\/label\/1052534-Collected-2?sort=artist&sort_order=\nI don't know how complete this list is, but it's a start :)\nAaron, if you want to see the cd's of the Collected series, then you have watch this Dutch site. https:\/\/www.bol.com\/nl\/serie\/collected\/9200000045471279\/\ndon cooper says:\nI saw Huey and Clover support Lizzy back in the day.Will always have time for him as he gave a moving tribute to Philo on a televised awards ceremony-may have been an early Brit International Award\u2026\nGood Egg.\nWow! They remembered the 12\u2033 mixes. Will be buying :)\nTodd R. says:\nWell, the one duet with Gwen P. isn't on there\u2026.. (giggle)\nTim-meh says:\nThe mullets still look awesome even in silhouette.\nThere was a super hits Japanese import that had all of the 12\u2033 remixes on it with the exception of the remix for \"hip to be square\". I ordered it years ago used on Amazon. I'm not sure if it's still in print?\nWhat other bands have been released under the Collected range?\nIf the rest are as good as this I might swing for a few\nIf you go to the Music on Vinyl website they have a full list if you search for \"Collected\".\nI have UB40, Marvin Gaye, Thin Lizzy and Robert Palmer and they are superb. I missed out on Mamas and Papas, Charles Aznavour etc as the material didn't excite me but the next tranche sounds better.\nthe one I can't seem to find on Vinyl is Paul Carrack which also looks terrific.\nMark Rutherford says:\nI believe Clover were the backing band on Elvis Costello's debut album?\nRussell Emberson says:\nLooks a good collection, Huey Lewis is a guilty pleasure of mine. I remember buying Sports in Cheapo Cheapo in London back in the 80's purely for Bad is Bad as Dave Edmunds had covered it . I was expecting a blues album as Huey played Harmonica but it was a excellent pop\/rock album and have followed him ever since, will certainly get this\nstephen k says:\nFantastic. If only they would do one for Hall and Oates!\nThere's a wonderful box set for Hall & oats that covers all of the rarities and there's also a greatest hits collection that includes all of the single 7 inch mixes along with the video remix for \"out of touch\".\nPeter Brown says:\nUniversal Netherlands releases many interesting compilations. The reason I haven't been buying them for years now, is because of the sound quality. Often they use vinyl drops for tracks that have not been released on cd before. Tracks that have already been on cd, they take from the previously released cd's instead of using the masters. Then they 'level' the bunch. So, if tracks have already been leveled before, for an earlier cd, they are being leveled again. Not a good thing.\nIan Hicks says:\nMy local independent, Banquet Records in Kingston, are stocking the red vinyl for \u00a323.99!\nhttps:\/\/www.banquetrecords.com\/huey-lewis-and-the-news\/collected\/MOVLP1999\nBjarne Laastad says:\nI wasn't impressed by the sound on the Level 42 \"Collected\"-CDs. Hope this one's better \u2013 cause I love the tracklisting!\nAmazon UK has a listing, but only black vinyl version so far.\nThanks\u2026I've added.\nBen Williams says:\nSaw this on Huey Lewis's site the other day (I'm a secret fan of theirs lol!) and was very happy to see this set being released! It'll be nice to own the American Express singles finally and some rare tracks.\nIt did say on their website this will be available worldwide soon.\nThese Collected series are great \u2013 if only the guys that compile these could compile a Peter Gabriel and Phil Collins set with non-CD B sides and 12\u2033 mixes\u2026.\nA Eurythmics Collected that rounded up some of the many, many tracks that were left off the reissue series would be great.\nThat would be excellent\nGisabun says:\nGabriel has a sh?t load of tracks from b'sides, mixes, soundtracks, tributes and other stuff. I'm sure he could fill at least 8 CDs and that might be on the low end\u2026\nI think most of Collins' stuff have been released on this recent [but crappy-ish releases] except for the 12\u2033ers and live stuff.\nNice! Not sure I ever got the New Drug\/Ghostbusters thing, but then I am not a musician. There has been talk of a new HL&TN album for a while, I still cannot see any sign of it. Never heard Exo-Disco or Clover so I will be getting this one.\njsd says:\nThe synth basslines and synth chord stabs are *very* close, albeit in different keys. Anyway, RPJ settled out of court so he either didn't think he had a case, or he just wanted the suit to go away.\nI am a musician and my personal opinion is that they are similar but it doesn't rise to the level of criminal action. It seems a lot like the Blurred Lines\/Marvin Gaye lawsuit, and the jury in that one found for Marvin Gaye. (As much as I loathe Blurred Lines and all the parties involved with it, I think that the jury was completely wrong.)\nLooks like a pretty good set. Definitely on my radar. Surprised, since there are some solo tracks on here, that they didn't license \"Cruising\" with Gwyneth Paltrow from the Duets soundtrack, since that actually had some chart impact, but I think is harder to find right now.\nelliott buckingham says:\nnice to see mov trying to squeeze nearly 25 minutes of music onto a side of vinyl. recently got the extreme reissue and its awful a complete lack of bass and the ub40 collected sounds great at the start but is easily a track too long on each side.\nBenW says:\nI bought \"Sports\" \"Picture This\" and \"Fore!\" LPs off Discogs for about \u00a34 each. Its awash with them, and in great condition too. Still sounds fantastic.\nLeave a Reply to Todd R. Cancel reply","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"KYLE BACK OVER\nKentucky-born, now Nashville-based, Kyle Daniel will be returning to the UK to play the high-profile C2C Country 2 Country 2020 festival. Though hailed as a rising talent in the world of Country, Kyle can't be pigeonholed and differs from artists heard on mainstream Country radio as he brings new rock-sourced ingredients to the party, echoing his heroes The Allman Brothers amongst others.\nPraised by Rolling Stone as having \"the gravely twang of Steve Earle with Chris Stapleton's range, plus bigger hooks,\" the influential magazine listed Kyle Daniel as one of their 10 Country Artists You Need to Know. Their verdict: \"His rich, melodic breed of baritone country is perfect for a moment that finally embraces the Stapletons and the Sturgill Simpsons of the world.\"\nRolling Stone also recognised Kyle Daniel's genre-crossing rock appeal, such as the \"rocking bit of Stones swagger\" in his single 'Hangover Town', showing that whilst his following is strong in the Country and Americana scene, Kyle's range, appeal and fans do reach beyond those picket fence boundaries into Rock, Country Rock and Southern Rock territories.\nA savvy sample of Kyle's style can be heard in his bare bones, live performance video of 'God Bless America (Damn Rock N' Roll)' (https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tJdGtXMRX5c). Filmed in the Mockingbird Theater in Franklin, Tennessee, the video showcases the man's vocals, vibrant energy and talent for harmony and melody, along with power chords and his band's energy, attack, and wall of electric guitars.\nKyle values live performance and approaches it with passion and gusto. \"At our live shows,\" he says, \"we've been taking the songs off the EP to the next level and dissecting them and seeing parts that we can enhance. And that chorus in 'God Bless America' is one of the best sing-along ones we got. It's a snapshot of the rebellious nature of being an American.\"\n\"Wearing his heart on a tattered sleeve,\" said For Folk's Sake (describing Kyle's 5-track EP 'What's There to Say?'), \"he pairs everyman lyricism with a rusty vocal akin to Blackberry Smoke, Will Hoge and Chris Stapleton, bristled with a warm guitar bravado. It comes as no surprise that he's road-dogged as a guitarist for Clare Dunn, Jimmy Hall and Casey James, as well as opened for the likes of Jason Isbell and Miranda Lambert. These are rich, authentic stories told from the perspective of someone who's wrestled with the ups and downs of being a touring musician.\"\nSince Kyle Daniel's first visit to UK shores, during Country Music Week in October 2019, British fans' reaction has been enthusiastic and outstanding, as Kyle himself acknowledges: \"The amount of love that I have received since returning from the UK has been unbelievable! The fans that caught wind of our first appearances over the pond, or those who were able to catch one of our shows, are more than just fans; they're family. I have never been welcomed with such open arms and acceptance in my entire life.\n\"I feel like the family that we are building overseas REALLY get it, and understand me as a person as well as an artist! They appreciate the importance of artistry\/songwriting and I cannot thank everyone enough for the continued support. This time, we are going to have a few surprises up our sleeve, so I really hope everyone keeps a close eye on the schedule to see when we will ROCK this time around!\"\nThis time around, Kyle will be rocking with his full band at the fabled C2C COUNTRY TO COUNTRY 2020 festival, making 4 appearances there, performing on the Spotlight Stage and around The O2 over the festival weekend. A great chance to catch this rising artist in his ascendancy. Kyle will be returning to the studio in May, laying down new tracks, then returning to the UK later in the year, taking them out on the road and back across The Pond.\nDMAS PLAY THE GAME\nKRIS READY TO GO\nSWEET SEX\nNews June 15, 2022","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Home Ford 2023 Ford Maverick Orders Should Open on August 16th, 2022\n2023 Ford Maverick Orders Should Open on August 16th, 2022\nBased on many reports, the upcoming 2023 Ford Maverick pickup truck is expected to be a carryover model. Given that the current truck is still fresh, no significant changes are expected. However, we're expecting some small upgrades here and there, and the same comfortable cabin.\nIf you didn't know, this truck is one of the most affordable hybrids that you can find currently on the market. It comes with a choice of two powertrains, including 2.5-liter four-cylinder hybrid or a 2.0-liter EcoBoost. As reported by Blue Oval, they stopped taking orders of the current model a few days ago due to high demand.\n2023 Ford Maverick Redesign\nThe exterior design of the new 2023 Ford Maverick will come with no significant changes. Considering that this model will be carryover, we're expecting the same design. So, the Ford Maverick will wear the same black mesh grille and LED headlights.\nThe boxy appearance will also remain, with the same proportion. According to Ford, you'll have a choice to go for 17 or 18-inch wheels. The XL as the base model includes steel wheels, while FX4 gets a unique 17-inch aluminum wheel.\nInside, we don't expect some significant upgrades over the current model. The XL base model will probably continue to offer the same 8-inch touchscreen, Apple CarPlay, Android Auto, and a 6-speaker audio system.\nThe seating arrangements will be unchanged, so expect the new Maverick to offer room for five passengers. As before, the manufacture will most likely to equipped this truck with the same pre-collision assists with automatic emergency braking. However, we're expecting more amenities on the upper trims.\n2023 Ford Maverick Engine Specs\nAs the previous model, the new 2023 Ford Maverick will be available with two different engines. The first one is a 2.5-liter four-cylinder hybrid producing up to 191 horsepower and 155 lb.-ft of torque. As you can see, the engine is potent, and it will pull this small truck with ease.\nBesides hybrid powertrain, the manufacture will also offer a 2.0-liter EcoBoost that produces 250 hp and 277 lb.-ft. Both engines will use the new ten-speed automatic transmission, offering either the front wheel drive or all-wheel drive. The hybrid variant will be very economical, which we cannot say for the EcoBoost engine. Still, with EcoBoost setup, the Ford Maverick is more efficient than the Hyundai Santa Cruz.\n2023 Ford Maverick Release Date, Price\nAs reported by Blue Oval, the orders of the current model are closed due to high demand. However, from information that we got, the order books for the 2023 Ford Maverick should open on August 16th, 2022. Ford was offering the Maverick truck to customers with a starting price of $19,995.\nAnyway, the 2023 Ford Maverick may get a slight price increase, but it will probably stay in the same range, which is one of its highlights. When it comes out, it will compete with the Hyundai Santa Cruz and a variety of midsized trucks like the Chevy Colorado and Toyota Tacoma.\nPrevious article2023 Bollinger B2: Everything You Need to Know About the Upcoming All-Electric Truck\nNext article2023 Toyota Tundra TRD Pro: What's New?","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"All-Ireland winner Tony McEntee appointed Sligo senior football manager\nThe Armagh man will succeed Paul Taylor, having been ratified for the position on a three-year term.\nBy Paul Dollery Thursday 26 Nov 2020, 9:18 PM\nNov 26th 2020, 9:18 PM 6,486 Views 1 Comment\nTony McEntee pictured in 2018 during his spell as a selector with Mayo.\nTONY MCENTEE IS the new manager of the Sligo senior footballers.\nThe appointment of the Armagh man as successor to Paul Taylor on a three-year term was announced this evening.\nDuring his playing career, McEntee was an All-Ireland and National League winner with his native county.\nHe also helped Crossmaglen Rangers to win four All-Ireland club titles, before guiding them to two more as joint-manager.\nMcEntee, who also previously worked as a selector with Mayo under Stephen Rochford, will be assisted in Sligo by Joe Keane, with Sean Boyle serving as strength and conditioning coach. Another selector will also be installed.\nFollowing a busy period of managerial appointments, McEntee can now look forward to competing with the likes of Mickey Harte (Louth) and Enda McGinley (Antrim) in Division 4 of the National League next year.\nSligo GAA also confirmed that Dessie Sloyan and his management team will remain in charge of the county's U20 side in 2021.\nBernard Jackman, Murray Kinsella and Gavan Casey pick up the pieces \u2014 all of them \u2014 after Ireland's Twickenham defeat:\nSource: The42 Rugby Weekly\/SoundCloud\nPaul Dollery\n@PaulDollery\npauldollery@the42.ie\nSee more articles by Paul Dollery\n<iframe width=\"600\" height=\"460\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.the42.ie\/https:\/\/www.the42.ie\/tony-mcentee-named-sligo-manager-5280313-Nov2020\/?embedpost=5280313&width=600&height=460\" ><\/iframe>\nEmail \"All-Ireland winner Tony McEntee appointed Sligo senior football manager\".\nFeedback on \"All-Ireland winner Tony McEntee appointed Sligo senior football manager\".\nAll-Ireland winner Tony McEntee appointed Sligo senior football manager Comments","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"2G Scam : Granted bail and ordered to Kanimozhi\nShe's auditors in the country about $ 40bn (\u00a3 24.5bn) that the cost of telecommunications licenses, conspiracy and accepting the bribe allegedly refusing an MIS-sale. Released on bail last week, executives at the company's five Supreme Court prospects had brightened after the release.\nAmong the 14 people charged with the former Telecom Minister A Raja said. They all deny any wrongdoing.\nThe maximum life Asif Balwa, Sarath Kumar, Karim Morani and Rajeev Agarwal - On Monday, the Delhi High Court granted bail to four other people.\nIn the southern state of Tamil Nadu DMK Party-run channel - TV by attorneys artist Ms. Kanimozhi $ 47.6m (\u00a3 29.3m) are taking a bribe.\nLast month, the Investigation (CBI), Central Bureau of Federal criminal conspiracy, corruption, including accepting a bribe and abuse of office, a number of figures accused.\nBefore the trial court \"committed a deliberate crime, crime, economic crime and a very serious nature,\" it was refused bail, saying his.\nSarath Kumar, was given bail on Monday that one, who is managing director of the TV. Earlier this month, a special CBI court of inquiry began in Delhi. It is expected to be lengthy and complex. Some 150 witnesses are expected to appear. If convicted, defendants could face life imprisonment as a maximum.\nWednesday, Sanjay Chandra, Vinod Goenka, Gautam Doshi, Hari Nair and Surendra Pipara were granted bail by the Supreme Court. They belong to all telecommunications and related companies were arrested in May.\nThey were denied bail before the trial court and the Supreme Court. Telecom, which has suffered a series of corruption cases of government corruption, bad reputation, has been damaged.\nLabels: India, News","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"COVID-19 INFORMATION: A NOTE TO OUR COMMUNITY\nWhat type of driver's licence do I need to drive a school bus?\nApplicants usually have a general Class G licence, which enables you to drive your family vehicle. However before you can drive the school bus, you will need to obtain an Ontario Class B Driver's Licence.\nDo you provide special training?\nYes. Langs is authorized by the Ministry of Transportation to provide all training and licensing, including your Class B Driver's Licence. All training and testing is provided in-house by qualified instructors at no cost to you.\nDo I need previous bus driving experience to apply?\nNo. If you are a healthy, mature adult and have a good driving record, we have the training and materials to make you an excellent school bus driver. At Langs, we are more concerned with your desire to work with children, and your rapport with them, their parents and school teachers. Are you community driven?\nBesides the ability to drive a vehicle, what other skills do you look for in a school bus driver?\nWe're looking for reliable, dependable, patient people who enjoy working with kids and want to make a positive impact on these young people's lives.\nHow many hours a day would I have to work?\nOn average you would work four hours each day from Monday to Friday. Your shift is split into two time segments: 7:00 to 9:00 am, and 2:30 to 4:30 pm. These times are approximate, and will vary depending on your particular route.\nCan I drive the school bus for the kids in my own neighbourhood?\nYes! In fact, Langs prefers to recruit and employ drivers to work in the communities in which they live. We have found that those who are familiar with the neighbourhood streets and geographical features, and who know the students and parents are more comfortable, confident drivers. This also minimizes the amount of time it takes you to get to work. We really are community driven.\nWhere is the bus parked when it's not in use? Can I park it in my driveway?\nUsually the buses are returned to one of Langs bus parking lots in the areas we serve. In some cases, if there is an appropriate location, you can park it at home. However, every situation is unique. For example, there may be bylaws restricting the storage of large vehicles on one's property in the city. But if you live in a rural area and you are on the bus route, it may make sense to park the school bus on your property when it's not in use.\nWhat do I do if kids are being rude or disruptive on the school bus?\nThis is a common concern of many applicants. It may surprise you to hear that students on the school bus are better behaved than you might imagine. Should a situation take place on your bus, your training will prepare you to deal with it in an effective way. Usually, a firm warning is all it takes.\nWhat do I do if I suspect someone of bullying?\nThere is an increasing awareness of bullying and this area is addressed in your training. If you suspect a student of being a bully, you and your supervisor would report it to the student's school. School officials will investigate the matter.\nAre parents of children allowed to ride the bus?\nNo. Parents are not authorized to ride the bus. School Boards strictly monitor and control who is riding the school bus other than those who have authorization from the school principal. If a parent asks to ride the bus, provide the parent with our business card, and instruct him or her to call our office.\nI have a pre-schooler. Am I able to bring her on the bus with me so I don't have to find before and after school care?\nLangs does not permit unauthorized passengers such as pre-schoolers on the bus. As a trained school bus driver, your primary concern is for the safety of your passengers and other motorists. Think of how often your child needs you when you're driving your own vehicle. Having your child on the school bus could create distractions that would take your attention away from the safe operation of the bus.\nWhy are there no seat belts on the school bus?\nInstead of requiring seat belts, school buses are designed and constructed differently from passenger cars. School buses protect passengers through \"compartmentalization,\" a design that includes:\nSeats with high backs\nSeats filled with energy-absorbing material\nSeats placed closed together to form compartments\nStrong seat anchorages\nFor more info, visit the MTO site or Transport Canada\nOkay, I'm ready! If I apply today, when can I start?\nWe are recruiting and training now, for employment during the school year.\nApply Online Today!\nWho's Your Driver?\nSchool Bus Laws\nSchool Bus Smarts\nTrip Requests\nTrip Request Form\ncopyright \u00a9 2022 Langs bus lines ltd.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Incidence and Prevalence of celiac disease in Hazara Division, KP Pakistan by anti-tissue transglutaminase antibody as diagnostic tool\nAbdul Haseeb, Azam Hayat, Aamer Ali Khattak, Mujaddadur Rehman, Faheem Jan, Bilal Ahmed, Usman Ayub, Rizwan Ullah, Shafiquer Rehman, Anum Khan\nAims: To check the prevalence of CD among different age groups and across gender in population of Hazara division and to determine the distribution of CD through ELISA technique.\nStudy design: A cross sectional study was designed at department of medical Lab Technology, University of Haripur, Haripur (KPK).\nPlace and duration: Samples were analyzed at Hamdard laboratory from November 2016 to May 2017.\nMethods: we used ELISA technique in our study. According to the company instructions, the ELISA method was used to detect anti-tissue transglutaminase antibodies using this approach, which is sensitive, and specific. We target anti-tissue transglutaminase antibody by this technique which is an optimistic antibody assisting in the validation of the CD diagnostic test.\nResults Total 8000 patients samples were collected from Gastro OPD of district head quarter (DHQ) hospital Haripur, Abbottabad and Mansehra of Hazara Division. Out of 8000 the 6880(86%) male and 1120(14%) females. About 568(7.1%) cases were highly positive while 120(1.5%) cases were weak positive and the rest of 7312 (91.4%) cases were negative. Out of 568(7.1%) highly positive cases 452(79.6%) were males and 116 (20.4 %) were females. Furthermore 120(1.5%) of weak positive cases 74 (61.7%) were males and around 46(38.3%) were female.\nConclusion: For centuries, CD has indeed been kept under wraps, with little to no known about what is a comparatively common health problem. This is only recently that we have improved our knowledge of its Prevalence, pervasiveness, prognosis, and pathophysiology that has assisted in the creation of new CD treatment strategies.\nKey words: Celiac disease, ELISA, Anti-tissue transglutaminase, Gluten.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Previous Post: Pacho y Cirilo: Taste in Music Not a Legitimate Federal Sentencing Factor\nNext Post: FBI Investigating Hack of Democratic National Committee\nHarris County DA Engages in Sex Assault Victim Shaming\nCategory: Criminal Law | Sexual Abuse\nIn 2012, a judge in Sacramento placed a 17-year-old rape victim in juvenile detention because she failed to appear in court on two occasions to testify against the suspected 37-year-old serial rapist who abducted and raped her.\nIncarcerating Victims Will Not Encourage Reporting Sex Assault\nWriting in an April 2012 edition of Ms.blog, Angi Becker Stevens made these observations about the judge's decision to jail the victim:\n\"It is reasonable for judges and prosecutors to be concerned about women refusing to testify against rapists; such testimony is obviously vital in bringing perpetrators of sexual violence to justice. But if we wish to give more victims the courage to come forward, the solution is certainly not to threaten them with incarceration. The only way survivors of sexual violence will be empowered to seek justice is if we create a culture and a legal system that do not engage in victim shaming. Women need to be able to speak out about sexual violence without fear she'll be blamed, ridiculed or disbelieved. A culture in which victims are silenced by fear and shame is one in which sexual violence can continue to occur with impunity. By imprisoning a victim, Judge Brown has done nothing to encourage women to testify against perpetrators of sexual violence. Instead, he has added the threat of jail time to the list of reasons why women might be too frightened to report sexual assault in the first place.\"\nProgressive ideas do not travel to Texas via the interstate. Instead, they meander through back roads, piney woods, and dried up pasture land, much like tumble weeds trying to find an anchor. They travel at speeds comparable the Mule Team Express.\nHarris County DA Jails Victim of Sex Assault to Secure Testimony at Trial\nSo, it should not be surprising that prosecutors sought, and secured, a court order to have a rape victim locked up in jail over the last Christmas holiday season after what the Houston Chronicle called \"a psychological breakdown\" while testifying about her 2013 sexual assault.\nDefense Lawyer Stands for Rights of Victims\nThe newspaper reported that Sean Buckley, the attorney now representing the rape victim identified only as \"Jane Doe,\" delivered a letter on August 1 to Harris County District Attorney Devon Anderson requesting that her office investigate whether the prosecutors responsible for the jailing of Ms. Doe violated state law (\"official oppression\").\nThis letter was preceded by a federal lawsuit filed by the victim alleging that the unlawful arrest and seizure violated her civil rights.\n\"I have made a colorable claim that employees in your office engaged in official oppression in their treatment of my client,\" Buckley said in his letter to Anderson, referencing the lawsuit. \"This is a very serious matter that deserves a full, independent investigation by a neutral prosecutor with no ties to your office.\"\nDA Believes Witness Detention Justified by Law\nWe agree \u2013 and we disagree with the view Anderson expressed during a press conference on Monday, August 1, that \"There is no reason to believe that anyone in this situation \u2013 the prosecutor or the judge \u2013 believed that what they were doing was unauthorized by the law.\"\nThe bare facts of this incident are fairly simple, and cast reasonable doubt on Anderson's view of the situation.\nHomeless and Bi-Polar: A Bad Combination for Justice in Harris County\nJane Doe had a history of being a homeless person suffering from a serious bipolar disorder when called to testify last December against her alleged attacker. She suffered what a local media source described as \"mental health crisis\" while testifying against her accused rapist. She was hospitalized for ten days recovering from this mental breakdown.\nVictim Wanted to be Released\nDuring her hospital stay, Ms. Doe informed prosecutor Nicholas Socias that she would not testify in court again and wanted to be released.\nDA Wants Her Available to Testify\nApparently concerned that Ms. Doe would disappear into the world of homelessness once released from custody, the prosecutor spoke to Ms. Doe's mother about her daughter staying in the mother's home until the trial was over. The mother rejected this prospect, saying it would be \"too stressful\" to have her daughter in the house.\nSo to ensure that Ms. Doe would be available as a witness against her alleged attacker, Socias requested that the court issue what is called an \"attachment order\"\u2014an order that allows a witness to be held in jail without bond pending disposition of the court proceeding. The trial judge issued the order.\nVictim\/Witness Placed in General Population and Assaulted\nJane Doe was then released from the hospital and placed in general population in the Harris County Jail\u2014a facility known for its inmate-on-inmate violence; the same facility where her alleged assailant was housed. She was physically assaulted by another inmate.\nIn effect, the DA's Office allowed its own victim-witness to be attacked for being a \"snitch\" in the eyes of her fellow inmates.\nDA Anderson conceded something \"went wrong\" in the handling of the Jane Doe case and admitted that the \"fault\" for it rested with her office.\nTo prevent such future episodes, the DA plans to appoint an \"inner office tracker\" to monitor jail inmates being held on witness bonds and bench warrants to make sure they are not forgotten as Jane Doe was. She also said her office would be pushing the Texas Legislature to enact a law that would allow inmates like Jane Doe to be appointed an attorney to represent their interests.\nDA Apologizes for an \"Awful Situation\"\nDA Anderson apologized to Jane Doe, saying: \"I'm very sorry about how all of this played out \u2026it was just an awful situation, and I regret it very much.\"\nThe \"situation\" was indeed awful.\nNo witness, especially a victim of a sexual assault, should be treated (mistreated is probably a better word) as was Jane Doe. This is a horrific example of \"victim shaming,\" made exceedingly worse by Ms. Doe's mental health issues.\nHarris County Sheriff's Role\nThere seems to be a lot of victim shaming going around in Harris County these days. Grits for Breakfast recently pointed to the Harris County Sheriff's Department laying the blame for inmate deaths due to \"antibiotic resistant staph infections\" on the inmates themselves\u2014not the deplorable conditions of the jail or its woefully inadequate medical delivery system.\nHarris County jail officials, we believe, are also just as responsible for Ms. Doe's mistreatment as was the DA's office. Her federal lawsuit charges that she was misclassified as a perpetrator of a sexual assault\u2014not the victim of one, as reported in the New York Times. The lawsuit also alleges that she was denied medication and was punched in the face by a jail guard.\nJail officials should not have placed her in general population but rather in protective custody where she would have been more closely monitored. We suspect that jail officials will claim that she was responsible for her own assault and probably should have been disciplined for it. That seems to be the mindset of Harris County jail officials.\nCriminal Justice Reforms Needed\nThe Texas Legislature needs to step up and address the issue of individuals being held in county jails on witness bonds and bench warrants without the benefit of counsel in order to prevent horrible incidents like the Jane Doe case. These individuals, many of whom are victims of violence crimes, come from the ranks poverty and social disenfranchisement. They lack the means to hire an attorney.\nWe would ask this question: would Jane Doe have experienced the same level of mistreatment from the Harris County justice system had she been a person of financial means and social status?\nWe think not.\nAnd therein lies the injustice.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Is Beautiful Country Another Name for America?\nHOME Social Social Issue\nKim Hye-jeong\nKoreans have called the United States of America Mi-guk (\u7f8e\u570b), which means \"beautiful country,\" for a long time. However, there are few people who know exactly when Koreans started calling the USA Mi-guk.\nRecently, a movement to change the Chinese spelling of Mi-guk is spreading among netizens in Korea. It originated from a proposal that the Chinese spelling of Mi-guk be changed from \"beautiful Mi (\u7f8e)\" into \"rice Mi (\u7c73)\" by the Association of Small Stockholders of HAITAI Confectionery & Foods (ASSHCF). They made a survey of 3,598 peoples on and off line and found that 3,217 people approved of the ASSHCF spelling change.\nThis movement has progressed in earnest as the Headquarters of Movement for Correcting the Name of America (HMCNA) was established on April 30. They are conducting a campaign to collect signatures and a survey of netizens on line. 1,699 netizens signed the on-line document and 2,505 out of 2,445 netizens cast favorable votes for changing the Chinese spelling of Mi-guk.\n\"Oh No Festival\" was held by the ASSHCF, the HMCNA, other social groups and netizens in Kyunghee Univeristy on May 3. Anti-Americanism was at a high pitch in Korea after ome questionable officiating at the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. In this atmosphere, the HMCNA conducted a public survey in the form of stickers. Of the 4,237 people who cast votes, 4,194 were favorable. Also, the Pan-Nation Walking Assembly for correcting the name of America was held by the HMCNA and other social groups on May 26. About 200 people including elementary schoolchildren and those in their seventies took part in this event. It's purpose was to inform people about the campaign to correct the name of the USA.\nWhy does the name of America have to be corrected? If you surf the web-site of the HMCNA, you can see the following sentence at the top of the main page. \"It is deplorable that we naturally call and spell America, which caused us pain during the Winter Olympics, FX project and Nogeun-ri massacre, etc., as \"beautiful country.\" Does the HMCNA pursue anti-Americanism?\nYoo Jin-young, a director of the HMCNA, says, \"We don't pursue anti-Americanism impulsively. The Chinese spelling of USA had been \"\u7c73 (it means rice)\" in the Choson Period. Though we don't know for certain, it seems that \"\u7f8e (it means beautiful)\" has been used by Koreans after Korea was under the military administration of the USA. Although many people think that this issue is of no importance, the Chinese spelling of America must be changed to recover the self-respect of our nation. I don't mean that the best alternative Chinese spelling of America is \"\u7c73.\" We are collecting netizens' opinion about this through free board.\"\nKorea has had diplomatic, economic and cultural relations with the USA for a long time. We can feel American culture everywhere. Will American culture disappear from Korean society if we only boycott American goods? American culture is pervasive in Korea. An important thing is \"consciousness.\" The ultimate purpose of the HMCNA is to change the Chinese spelling of America. However, this campaign gives Korean people an opportunity to think about the relations between Korea and America again.\nKim Hye-jeong bbejeoi@dongguk.edu\n<\uc800\uc791\uad8c\uc790 \u00a9 \ub3d9\uad6d\ud3ec\uc2a4\ud2b8, \ubb34\ub2e8 \uc804\uc7ac \ubc0f \uc7ac\ubc30\ud3ec \uae08\uc9c0>","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"The Air War I\nIreland's 'benevolent' neutrality during the second world war\n59 Squadron Ballykelly 1945 (for role NI air bases)2 320x227.jpg\nIn 1939, when the world once again plunged itself into war, Ireland or E\u00edre as it became known in the 1937 constitution, like other neutral countries, found itself being drawn indirectly into situations where the war, no matter how small-scale, was landing on its doorstep. In E\u00edre's case it was her geographical position in relation to the North Atlantic and especially to Britain, that brought the second world war to her shores and even at times caused her officially to breach her neutrality.\nIreland's geographical location only touched British consciousness at times of insurrection or external danger. Throughout the first three years of the war, it was the pressing need for the treaty ports of, Berehaven, Lough Swilly and Cobh which Chamberlain returned to the Free State in 1938 and the fear that Germany might use E\u00edre as a platform for an assault upon Britain that dominated British strategic thinking on Ireland.\nHowever, there was a feeling among British ministers that E\u00edre's benevolent neutrality was of more use to Britain than her participation in the war as an ally. The loss of the treaty ports was compensated for by the use of Belfast and Derry in the North and by 1943 when the British began to turn the tide against the stranglehold the U-boats were having on their convoys, the importance of the southern treaty ports began to diminish.\nThe Taoiseach Eamon de Valera saw the retention of the ports by Ireland as not only a symbol of independence but an establishment of independence. His view was that any tiny qualification of the principle of sovereignty was a denial of that principle. However, the proof of that sovereignty was Britain's acceptance of Irish neutrality, a policy that was thus publicly unalterable inside E\u00edre. In fact, the most impressive aspect of Ireland's foreign and domestic policy during the war was not the act of neutrality nor its later benevolence toward the Allies but the consistency with which that neutrality was expressed until the end of the war.\nBasis of Ireland's neutrality\nThe neutrality of Ireland aroused much ill-informed and often acrimonious comment in Britain and America. The subject bristled with many difficulties and its possibilities for dissension and quarrels were not ignored by Nazi propaganda. E\u00edre's neutrality rested on a solid basis. On April 25, 1938, the then governments of Britain and E\u00edre signed an agreement by which Article 7 and its Annex of the Anglo-Irish Treaty 1921 (which by implication made the Irish Free State a co-belligerent of a Britain at war) 'ceased to have effect' and at the same time gave E\u00edre full and final sovereignty over and possession of Lough Swilly, Berehaven and Cobh, hitherto reserved to the British Admiralty for Naval bases. This and other British legislation put beyond doubt Ireland's legal right to choose between belligerency and neutrality.\nIn September 1939, the Irish Government chose neutrality. Both the people and their representatives showed an almost unanimous approval for this course. The general feeling was that to enter a modern mechanised war that was none of E\u00edre's making and with almost 'bare hands', would be to invite a suicidal risk. Further to assert and maintain neutrality would be one more affirmation of Ireland's sovereign rites (already declared in The E\u00edre Constitution 1937), which is conceived to embrace the whole of Ireland. It was because of the terms of this constitution that de Valera felt bound to record a protest against the landing of American troops in the North in 1942, for the constitution treats that territory as an integral part of Ireland, though conceived to be temporarily severed from the rest by an artificial and externally imposed line of partition unrelated to the wishes of the majority of the Irish people and subject to reconsideration.\nEmergency legislation and censorship (De Valera sympathy towards Britain)\nAt the beginning of the war, de Valera introduced legislation to provide his government with emergency powers to keep E\u00edre out of the war. Despite this, and his strong belief in a United Ireland, when it came to the worst conflict the world has had to endure with the veil of Nazism and everything that entailed, there is no doubt his sympathy lay with Britain. On September 14, 1939, during his first meeting with Sir John Maffey, the British representative to Ireland, he went out of his way to emphasise this sympathy. 'England has a moral position today,' he said. 'Hitler might have his early successes, but the moral position [will] tell.' In reality, the propaganda of de Valera and his party was more Republican than its actions.\nIRA Interned\nWhen de Valera came to power in 1932, all IRA Volunteers imprisoned by the former regime were released. But now he demanded from everyone the recognition of majority rule within the Free State. Once the oath of allegiance to the British Crown under the 1921 treaty was removed, there could be no objection to such a recognition of majority rule and to recognising the Free State parliament as a legitimate body. In March 1932, the new government became the establishment within a state against which they had initially fought.\nThey were keen to woo Republicans, and through their mixture of social and symbolic policies \u2013 together with their offer of pensions to ex-IRA men \u2013 they substantially managed to do just that. During the 1930s, de Valera undid most of what Republicans felt to be unacceptable about the 1921 treaty. These included: land annuity payments to Britain, the oath of allegiance to the British Crown, the office of Governor-General, the right of appeal to the Privy Council, British access to Irish naval facilities, and the 1922 Constitution.\nDe Valera had used and manipulated the Republican movement until he took power. Now, any Republican who did not accept the new establishment was interned as was anyone else who showed the slightest sign of violating his emergency laws. He even interned high profile figures such as Jack Plunkett a brother of one of the leaders of the Easter Rebellion of 1916 and Tom\u00e1s MacCurt\u00e1in son of the Lord Mayor of Cork who had been murdered by an RIC murder squad in 1920. IRA prisoners died on hunger strike and others were executed by firing squads. 'Prisoners [will] not be allowed to dictate the condition under which they[will] be kept in detention,' de Valera insisted.\nThe most horrific experiences of political prisoners occurred in Ireland under de Valera, with prominent members of the IRA and allied Republican groups arrested. Under the Emergency Power (Amendment) Act of 1940 some 500 were interned throughout the war years. You could be arrested for 'refusing to answer questions' and for 'possessing illegal radios' Military tribunals tried men without the rules of judicial procedure, these were revoked. Wartime censorship covered up the brutality and conditions suffered by the prisoners in Portlaoise, Arbour Hill, Mountjoy and the Curragh. Most internees were released from the Curragh by November 1944, but it was not until a change in government in 1948 that the new minister for justice, General Sean MacEoin, who himself had been sentenced to death by the British in 1921, released the political prisoners.\nAirspace Incursion Policy\nDe Valera's Government decided that E\u00edre should be closed to all belligerent aircraft and ships, although they had little means of preventing incursions into their airspace. However, a string of 83 lookout posts were positioned around the coast for plotting aircraft incursions. These lookout posts were manned by the Coast Watching Service, with a central control based at Mount St Joseph monastery, Clondalkin, Co. Dublin. At the start of the war, de Valera promised that the Coast Watching Service would openly broadcast such sightings. Reporting all sightings to both sides may have seemed impartial but it worked against the Luftwaffe on two counts. Germany was too far away to make use of reports of allied flights, whereas British forces could react quickly to sightings of German aircraft and submarines.\nAlso, the messages which were broadcast on a radio frequency agreed with the British, informed Allied planes of their positions if they were lost over Ireland. It must also be stated that the British had the secret advantage of Ultra through which they could infiltrate and de-code German signals, nor must radar and the advantage that gave, be overlooked.\nBy John Quinn\nCulture Norther...\nThe Air War II\nRed Bay Defences in WWII (1)\nBob McMullan describes the slow outbreak of the war for the people of the Glens\nDrew Mitchell fought in WWII's Pacific Theatre\nCatherine Lynagh meets an NI veteran who sought adventure\nJohn Milliken Witnessed WWII's Big Moments\nCatherine Lynagh meets the veteran before his return trip\nArts Events in Northern Ireland\nCulture North West\nCulture NI on Twitter\nTweets by @CultureNI","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Money Talks: OpenSecrets.org's Interview With Top Campaign Finance Attorney Trevor Potter\nExcerpt taken from article.\nAttorney Trevor Potter has been a part of the campaign finance world for two decades.\nDuring the early 1990s, he served as a commissioner on the Federal Election Commission, and was chair of the FEC in 1994.\nDuring the 2000 and 2008 presidential elections, Potter served as general counsel to campaign of Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) -- the Republican whose name immediately brings to mind the campaign finance regulations that were crafted together with Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.) and signed into law by President George W. Bush in 2002.\nPotter is also the founder and general counsel for the Campaign Legal Center, a nonpartisan, nonprofit group that focuses on legal issues surrounding campaigns and elections and typically supports campaign finance regulations.\nMost recently, Potter, who works for D.C. legal powerhouse Caplin & Drysdale, served as comedian Stephen Colbert's lawyer in Colbert's quest to form a super PAC.\nOpenSecrets Blog recently sat down with Potter, one of the nation's leading authorities on government ethics and campaign finance issues, to discuss the changing campaign finance landscape.\nThe wide-ranging conversation touched on the seriousness of Colbert's super PAC, how political speech isn't for \"sissies\" and how the U.S. Supreme Court is made up of \"theorists\" who are \"not in touch with reality\" when it comes to how money is being raised and spent.\nClick here for the interview.\nTrevor Potter\nRelated Practicen Area(s)\nPolitical Law\nView our non-mobile site Menu","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Kounis syndrome due to antibiotics: A global overview from pharmacovigilance databases\nFrancesca Renda, Elena Marotta, Giovanni Landoni, Alessandro Belletti, Virginia Cuconato, Luca Pani\nIRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele\nBackground Kounis syndrome (KS) is characterized by concurrent presence of anaphylactic and cardiac components. Available evidence suggests that antibiotics are frequently associated to KS. We therefore analyzed KS cases associated with antibiotics use from the two largest pharmacovigilance databases. Methods Two pharmacovigilance databases, EudraVigilance and VigiLyze, were searched for cases reporting the adverse reaction \"Kounis Syndrome\" with antibiotics as suspected active substance. We analyzed the period from December 1st, 2001 to February 16th, 2016. For the most reported active substance, proportional reporting ratio (PRR) was calculated. Results A total of 10 cases of KS associated with antibiotic use were retrieved from EudraVigilance database. Mean patients' age was 58.2 years and 70% were male. The most frequently reported suspected antibiotic was the combination amoxicillin\/clavulanic acid (four cases). VigiLyze database reported 13 KS cases associated to antibiotics. Mean age was 56 years and 61% of patients were male. The most frequently reported antibiotic was again the combination amoxicillin\/clavulanic acid (five cases). Seven duplicate cases were identified, leaving a total of 16 cases of KS, with six of them associated to amoxicillin\/clavulanic acid use. The PRR value for amoxicillin\/clavulanic acid against other kinds of antibiotics was 2.62 considering EudraVigilance data and 1.61 considering VigiLyze data. Conclusions This analysis provided a complete picture of the cases of KS associated with antibiotic use and identified a possible association between amoxicillin\/clavulanic acid and KS. Since the number of cases is low, especially considering its wide use, further analyses are needed to confirm the association.\nInternational Journal of Cardiology\nhttps:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.ijcard.2016.09.066\nCoronary vasospasm\nDrug hypersensitivity\n10.1016\/j.ijcard.2016.09.066\nDive into the research topics of 'Kounis syndrome due to antibiotics: A global overview from pharmacovigilance databases'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.\nKounis Syndrome Medicine & Life Sciences 100%\nPharmacovigilance Medicine & Life Sciences 73%\nAmoxicillin-Potassium Clavulanate Combination Medicine & Life Sciences 41%\nAnti-Bacterial Agents Medicine & Life Sciences 37%\nRenda, F., Marotta, E., Landoni, G., Belletti, A., Cuconato, V., & Pani, L. (2016). Kounis syndrome due to antibiotics: A global overview from pharmacovigilance databases. International Journal of Cardiology, 224, 406-411. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.ijcard.2016.09.066\nKounis syndrome due to antibiotics : A global overview from pharmacovigilance databases. \/ Renda, Francesca; Marotta, Elena; Landoni, Giovanni et al.\nIn: International Journal of Cardiology, Vol. 224, 01.12.2016, p. 406-411.\nRenda, F, Marotta, E, Landoni, G, Belletti, A, Cuconato, V & Pani, L 2016, 'Kounis syndrome due to antibiotics: A global overview from pharmacovigilance databases', International Journal of Cardiology, vol. 224, pp. 406-411. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.ijcard.2016.09.066\nRenda F, Marotta E, Landoni G, Belletti A, Cuconato V, Pani L. Kounis syndrome due to antibiotics: A global overview from pharmacovigilance databases. International Journal of Cardiology. 2016 Dec 1;224:406-411. doi: 10.1016\/j.ijcard.2016.09.066\nRenda, Francesca ; Marotta, Elena ; Landoni, Giovanni et al. \/ Kounis syndrome due to antibiotics : A global overview from pharmacovigilance databases. In: International Journal of Cardiology. 2016 ; Vol. 224. pp. 406-411.\n@article{28c929a745b244dc9acda21af50b8a53,\ntitle = \"Kounis syndrome due to antibiotics: A global overview from pharmacovigilance databases\",\nabstract = \"Background Kounis syndrome (KS) is characterized by concurrent presence of anaphylactic and cardiac components. Available evidence suggests that antibiotics are frequently associated to KS. We therefore analyzed KS cases associated with antibiotics use from the two largest pharmacovigilance databases. Methods Two pharmacovigilance databases, EudraVigilance and VigiLyze, were searched for cases reporting the adverse reaction \"Kounis Syndrome\" with antibiotics as suspected active substance. We analyzed the period from December 1st, 2001 to February 16th, 2016. For the most reported active substance, proportional reporting ratio (PRR) was calculated. Results A total of 10 cases of KS associated with antibiotic use were retrieved from EudraVigilance database. Mean patients' age was 58.2 years and 70% were male. The most frequently reported suspected antibiotic was the combination amoxicillin\/clavulanic acid (four cases). VigiLyze database reported 13 KS cases associated to antibiotics. Mean age was 56 years and 61% of patients were male. The most frequently reported antibiotic was again the combination amoxicillin\/clavulanic acid (five cases). Seven duplicate cases were identified, leaving a total of 16 cases of KS, with six of them associated to amoxicillin\/clavulanic acid use. The PRR value for amoxicillin\/clavulanic acid against other kinds of antibiotics was 2.62 considering EudraVigilance data and 1.61 considering VigiLyze data. Conclusions This analysis provided a complete picture of the cases of KS associated with antibiotic use and identified a possible association between amoxicillin\/clavulanic acid and KS. Since the number of cases is low, especially considering its wide use, further analyses are needed to confirm the association.\",\nkeywords = \"Acute coronary syndrome, Antibiotics, Coronary vasospasm, Drug hypersensitivity, Myocardial infarction, Rare diseases\",\nauthor = \"Francesca Renda and Elena Marotta and Giovanni Landoni and Alessandro Belletti and Virginia Cuconato and Luca Pani\",\ndoi = \"10.1016\/j.ijcard.2016.09.066\",\njournal = \"International Journal of Cardiology\",\nT1 - Kounis syndrome due to antibiotics\nT2 - A global overview from pharmacovigilance databases\nAU - Renda, Francesca\nAU - Marotta, Elena\nAU - Landoni, Giovanni\nAU - Belletti, Alessandro\nAU - Cuconato, Virginia\nAU - Pani, Luca\nN2 - Background Kounis syndrome (KS) is characterized by concurrent presence of anaphylactic and cardiac components. Available evidence suggests that antibiotics are frequently associated to KS. We therefore analyzed KS cases associated with antibiotics use from the two largest pharmacovigilance databases. Methods Two pharmacovigilance databases, EudraVigilance and VigiLyze, were searched for cases reporting the adverse reaction \"Kounis Syndrome\" with antibiotics as suspected active substance. We analyzed the period from December 1st, 2001 to February 16th, 2016. For the most reported active substance, proportional reporting ratio (PRR) was calculated. Results A total of 10 cases of KS associated with antibiotic use were retrieved from EudraVigilance database. Mean patients' age was 58.2 years and 70% were male. The most frequently reported suspected antibiotic was the combination amoxicillin\/clavulanic acid (four cases). VigiLyze database reported 13 KS cases associated to antibiotics. Mean age was 56 years and 61% of patients were male. The most frequently reported antibiotic was again the combination amoxicillin\/clavulanic acid (five cases). Seven duplicate cases were identified, leaving a total of 16 cases of KS, with six of them associated to amoxicillin\/clavulanic acid use. The PRR value for amoxicillin\/clavulanic acid against other kinds of antibiotics was 2.62 considering EudraVigilance data and 1.61 considering VigiLyze data. Conclusions This analysis provided a complete picture of the cases of KS associated with antibiotic use and identified a possible association between amoxicillin\/clavulanic acid and KS. Since the number of cases is low, especially considering its wide use, further analyses are needed to confirm the association.\nAB - Background Kounis syndrome (KS) is characterized by concurrent presence of anaphylactic and cardiac components. Available evidence suggests that antibiotics are frequently associated to KS. We therefore analyzed KS cases associated with antibiotics use from the two largest pharmacovigilance databases. Methods Two pharmacovigilance databases, EudraVigilance and VigiLyze, were searched for cases reporting the adverse reaction \"Kounis Syndrome\" with antibiotics as suspected active substance. We analyzed the period from December 1st, 2001 to February 16th, 2016. For the most reported active substance, proportional reporting ratio (PRR) was calculated. Results A total of 10 cases of KS associated with antibiotic use were retrieved from EudraVigilance database. Mean patients' age was 58.2 years and 70% were male. The most frequently reported suspected antibiotic was the combination amoxicillin\/clavulanic acid (four cases). VigiLyze database reported 13 KS cases associated to antibiotics. Mean age was 56 years and 61% of patients were male. The most frequently reported antibiotic was again the combination amoxicillin\/clavulanic acid (five cases). Seven duplicate cases were identified, leaving a total of 16 cases of KS, with six of them associated to amoxicillin\/clavulanic acid use. The PRR value for amoxicillin\/clavulanic acid against other kinds of antibiotics was 2.62 considering EudraVigilance data and 1.61 considering VigiLyze data. Conclusions This analysis provided a complete picture of the cases of KS associated with antibiotic use and identified a possible association between amoxicillin\/clavulanic acid and KS. Since the number of cases is low, especially considering its wide use, further analyses are needed to confirm the association.\nKW - Acute coronary syndrome\nKW - Antibiotics\nKW - Coronary vasospasm\nKW - Drug hypersensitivity\nKW - Myocardial infarction\nKW - Rare diseases\nU2 - 10.1016\/j.ijcard.2016.09.066\nDO - 10.1016\/j.ijcard.2016.09.066\nJO - International Journal of Cardiology\nJF - International Journal of Cardiology","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Comptroller and Auditor General of India & Ors Vs. Mohan Lal Mehrotra & Ors [1991] INSC 263 (11 October 1991)\nYogeshwar Dayal (J) Yogeshwar Dayal (J) Shetty, K.J. (J)\nCITATION: 1991 AIR 2288 1991 SCR Supl. (1) 482 1992 SCC (1) 20 JT 1991 (4) 138 1991 SCALE (2)789\nCITATOR INFO : RF 1992 SC 561 (4)\nIndian Audit & Accounts Department (Accounts Officers, Assistant Accounts Officers, and Assistant Audit Officers) Recruitment Rules, 1963--Filling up of posts by promotion on basis of seniority subject to fitness Reservation of posts for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes-Circular dated 25th January 1973--Validity of--Whether administrative instructions can be issued to supplement the statutory rules.\nThe respondents, Section Officers in the offices of the Accountant General I, II and III, Allahabad, filed a writ petition before the High Court challenging the validity of administrative instructions contained in Circular No. 172- NGE- 11\/56-72-I dated 25th January, 1973 issued by the first appellant, regarding the reservations for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in relation to filling up of posts by promotion on the basis of seniority subject to fitness, and praying that the first appellant and two others be re- strained from promoting three of the Section Officers, belonging to the Scheduled Castes to the post of Accounts Officer, contending that since the respondents were senior, those three Section Officers could not be promoted to the post of Accounts Officers through seniority quota before the respondents. It was also contended that the promotion to the post of Accounts Officers was regulated by Indian Audit & Accounts Department (Administrative Officers, Assistant Accounts Officers and Assistant Audit Officers) Recruitment Rules 1963 made by the President in exercise of the powers conferred by proviso to Article 309 and clause (5) of Arti- cle 148 of the Constitution after consultations with the Comptroller and Auditor General of India, which laid down that recruitment to the post of Administrative Officers, Assistant Accounts Officers and Assistant Audit Officers in the Indian Audit and Accounts Department was by promotion, that the rules did not contain any specific provisions for reservation for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and hat the administrative instructions contained in the circu- lar could not be said to be rules made by the President after consultation with the first 483 appellant as contemplated by Article 148(5) of the Constitu- tion.\nAllowing the writ petition, the High Court held that there was no reservation for scheduled castes and scheduled tribes made under the rules, that the administrative in- structions contained in the circular in question did not make provision for the proposed reservation in pursuance to the policy decision and that the statutory rules were not silent on the subject of promotion to the post of Assistant Accounts Officers, subsequently designated as Accounts Officers and, therefore, it was not open to the Government to supplement the statutory rules to fill up the gaps, which could be done by only amending the statutory rules in com- pliance with the provisions of Article 148(5) of the Consti- tution. Hence the appeal by the Department.\nHELD: 1.1 The High Court is not right in stating that there cannot be an administrative order directing reserva- tion for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes as It would alter the statutory rules in force. The rules do not provide for any reservation. In fact, they are silent on the subject of reservation. The Government could direct the reservation by executive orders. No doubt, administrative orders cannot be Issued In contravention of the statutory rules, but they could be issued to supplement the statutory rules. In fact, similar circulars were issued by the Railway Board introduc- ing reservations for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes In the Railway Services both for selection and non-selection categories of posts. They were issued to Implement the policy of the Central Government. [491 D-F] Santram Shams v. State of Rajasthan and Anr., [1968] 1 SCR 111 and Akhil Bhartiya Soshit Karamchari Sangh (Rail- ways) v. Union of India & Ors., [1981] 1 SCC 246, referred to.\n1.2 It is true that the President has not issued the circular in question but the first appellant has issued it.\nThere was, however, proper consultation between the Govern- ment and the first appellant for issuing the circular. The infirmity pointed out that it was not issued in the name of the President, therefore, relates only to the form and not with regard to the substance. The circular, of course, ought to have been issued in the name of the President as required under. Article 148(5) of the Constitution, as it 484 affects the service conditions of persons in the Audit and Accounts Department. But since the Government has approved the circular and the circular was in accordance with the declared policy of reservation, the first appellant cannot be restrained from enforcing it. [491 G-H, 492 A-B] The circular in question is valid and binding. The circular by itself provides for reservation. The authorities concerned must take that into account while effecting promo- tions under the rules. [492 B]\nFrom the Judgment and Order dated 21.8.1979 of the Allahabad High Court in Civil Misc. Writ No. 9724 of 1978.\nJ.D. Jain, A. Subba Rao, C.V.S. Rao and Ms. A. Subha- shini for the Appellants.\nS.S. Khanduja, V.J. Francis and N.M. Popli for the Respondents.\nThe Judgment of the Court was delivered by YOGESHWAR DAYAL, J. This appeal by special leave is directed against the judgment of the Division Bench of the High Court of Allahabad dated 21st August, 1979 whereby the High Court allowed the writ petition filed by the four petitioners therein and issued a writ of mandamus directing respondents 1, 2 and 3 (Comptroller & Auditor General of India, New Delhi, The Accountant General, I, U.P. Allahabad and the Union of In&a) not to enforce the circular dated 25th January, 1973 as a rule regarding reservation of Sched- uled Caste and Scheduled Tribes in relation to filling up of posts by promotion on the basis of seniority subject to fitness. The aforesaid respondents were further restrained from promoting respondents 4, 5 and 6 in the writ petition to the post of Accounts Officers on the basis of the im- pugned circular dated 25th January, 1973. We would continue to refer to the parties as per the cause title of the writ petition in the High Court.\nThe writ petition came to be filed by the petitioners, M.L. Mehrotra and three others. The petitioners said to be working as Section Officers in the office of the Accountant General I, II and III, Allahabad and they prayed for re- straining respondents 1, 2 and 3 from promoting Yamuna Prasad Kureel, respondent No. 4, Ram Raj Ram, respondent No. 5 and Ram Dihal, respondent No. 6, in the writ petition, who were working as 485 Section Officers and belonged to the Scheduled Caste, to the post of Accounts Officer.\nThe case of the writ petitioners was that they were senior to respondents 4, 5 and 6 and they cannot be promoted to the post of Accounts Officers through seniority quota before the writ petitioners. Their case was that the promo- tion to the post of Accounts Officers is regulated by the rules made by the President in exercise of the powers con- ferred by proviso to Article 309 and clause (5) of Article 148 of the Constitution after consultations with the Comp- troller and Auditor General of India. These rules are known as \"Indian Audit & Accounts Department (Administrative Officers, Assistant Accounts Officers and Assistant Audit Officers) Recruitment Rules, 1963\" (hereinafter referred to as the Rules). In the counter affidavit filed it was pleaded that the Assistant Accounts Officers and Assistant Audit Officers are now called Accounts Officers and Audit Offi- cers. The aforesaid rules lay down the method of recruitment to the post of Administrative Officers, Assistant Accounts Officers and Assistant Audit Officers in the Indian Audit and Accounts Department. The method of recruitment laid down in these rules in respect of these posts is by promotion.\nThey do not contain any specific provisions for reservation for Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes.\nThe appellants herein relied upon the administrative instructions contained in the circular letter dated 25th January, 1973 issued by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India for the purpose of reservation for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes for these promotion posts. The writ petitioners challenged the validity of these administrative instructions contained in the circular dated 25th January, 1973.\nIt was further pleaded that the lowest post in the Office of the Accountant General U.P. 1, I1 and II1 is of group 'D' employees who are selected directly on the basis of merit. There is a quota fixed for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. Then there are posts of clerks, a fixed quota percentage of which is filled in directly through examination and quota is fixed for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. The remaining posts of clerks are filled in by selection from class 'D' employees by promotion on the basis of seniority. The next higher posts are the post of Auditors. A fixed percentage whereof is filled in directly through examination and a quota is fixed for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. The remaining posts of Auditors are filled in by promotion from clerks on the basis of seniority. The next higher post is of Section Officers in which the writ petitioners and respondents to the writ petition were working. These posts are filled in from the cadre of Auditors and clerks. The Auditors as well as 486 clerks have to pass examination known as Subordinate Ac- counts Service. Normally more candidates pass this examina- tion then the number of posts available for the Section Officers. Here also there is a quota fixed for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes candidates.\nThe post of Accounts Officers (i.e. the posts in question) are filled in by promotion from Section Officers. 50 per cent of the vacancies are filled on the basis of merit (called the merit quota) and the remaining 50 per cent are required to be filled in on the basis of seniority (called seniority quota). Normally the number of candidates avail- able in the merit quota are less than 50 per cent of the posts available; hence the number of posts available in seniority quota is usually more than 50 per cent. It was pleaded in the counter affidavit that the promotion will continue to be made in accordance the existing rules and orders on the subject namely those referred to above includ- ing the circular dated 25th January, 1973, validity of which had been challenged.\nThe High Court took the view\n(1) that there is no reser- vation for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes made under the rules;\n(2) that the administrative instructions con- tained in the circular No.172-NGE-ll\/56-72-1 dated 25th January, 1973 issued from the office of Comptroller and Auditor General of India, New Delhi, inter alia, to all the Accountants General and the offices subordinate to them, on its own did not make a provision for the proposed reserva- tion in pursuance to the policy decision.\n(3) It also took the view that the statutory rules were not silent on the subject of promotion to the post of Assistant Accounts Officer (now called Accounts Officers). This being so, it was not open to the Government to supplement the statutory rules to fill up the gaps. This could be done by only amend- ing the statutory rules in compliance with the provisions of Article 148(5) of the Constitution. The High Court drew support from a Division Bench of the Madras High Court in Accountant General, Tamil Nadu & Others v. Doraswami & Oth- ers, 1974 Labour Industrial Cases 384 and the decision of the Orissa High Court in the Original Jurisdiction cases No. 357 and 359 of 1977, P. Parbhakar Rao v. Union of India decided on 31st of July, 1978. The High Court took the view that the administrative Instructions contained in the circu- lar letter dated 25th January, 1973 cannot help respondents and no reservations for Scheduled Castes and not Scheduled Tribes can be made on that basis. The High Court accordingly allowed the writ petition as stated earlier.\nBefore the High Court the counsel for the writ petition- ers also submitted that the administrative instructions contained in the circular dated 487 25th January, 1973 could not be said to be the rules made by the President after consultations with the Comptroller and Auditor General of India as contemplated by Article 148(5) of the Constitution and referred to the language of the circular letter dated 25th January, 1973. A supplementary counter-affidavit of Shri P.P. Dhir, Accountant General-l had also been filed where it was stated that the language used in the circular in substance, are the orders of the President. The High Court took the view that no other mate- rial has been referred to in the counter affidavit filed, which will show that the instructions contained in the circular dated 25th January, 1973 were based on the decision of the President of India. However, the High Court held that they considered it unnecessary to go into this question any further since they had already held that the administrative instructions contained in the circular were of no avail to the respondents in the writ petition as they could not alter the statutory rules in force.\nIt appears the Department of Personnel issued a memoran- dum No. 27\/2\/71.Estt..(SCT) dated 27th November, 1972 to all Ministries. The subject of this memorandum was reservation for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in posts filled by promotion on the basis of seniority subject to fitness. This memorandum noted in paragraph 2 thereof that the policy in regard to reservation for Scheduled Castes and ScheduLed Tribes officers in posts to be filled by promotion on the basis of seniority subject to fitness now has been reviewed and it has been decided, in supersession of the orders contained in the aforesaid para 2-C of the O.M. dated 11th July, 1968 that there will be reservation at 15 percent for Scheduled Castes and 7 1\/2 per cent for Scheduled Tribes in promotions made on the basis of seniority subject to fit- ness, in grades or services in which the element of direct recruitment, if any, does not exceed 50 per cent and gave detailed procedure how promotions have to be made on the basis of seniority subject to fitness in the light of the aforesaid reservations. It was stated in the memorandum that the Ministry of Finance etc. arc requested kindly to bring the above decisions to the notice of all attached and subor- dinate offices under them and semi-Government and autonomous bodies. This memorandum also stated in paragraph 6 thereof as under:\n\"In so far as officers serving under Indian Audit & Accounts Department are concerned, separate orders will issue in due course.\" Thereafter, Shri S. Krishnan, Deputy Secretary, De- partment of Personnel, Cabinet Secretariat, New Delhi wrote a D.C. No. 27\/2\/71-Estt 488 (SCT) dated 1st January, 1973 to Shri R. Hariharan, Assist- ant Comptroller & Auditor General (N), Office of the Comp- troller and Auditor General of India, New Delhi. In this letter the Deputy Secretary of the Department of Personnel wrote as under - \"Dear Shri Hariharan, Please refer to your D.O. letter No.2859\/NGEII\/56-72 dated the 24th November, 1972 regarding reservations for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in posts filled by promotion on the basis of seniority subject to fitness.\n2. A copy of the orders issued in this Department's O.M. No.27\/2\/71- Est(SCT) dated 27.11.1972 has already been endorsed to the C. & A.G. A copy of the said O.M. is enclosed for ready reference. We shall be grateful to know whether separate instructions which are pro- posed to be issued by C. & A.G. in this regard in respect of persons serving under the Indian Audit & Accounts Department have since been finalised. The draft of the instructions may please be shown to us, if since finalised. I need hardly emphasise that it is desirable to expedite issue of such orders.\nYours sincerely, sd\/- (S. Krishnan)\" Thereafter, the Assistant Comptroller & Auditor General (P) also met the said Deputy Secretary of the Department of Personnel and also sent a draft of instructions proposed to be issued to the offices under the Comptroller and Auditor General of India to Deputy Secretary, Department of Person- nel vide a D.O.letter No.20-NGE-II\/56-72-I dated 5th Janu- ary, 1973 by Shri R. Hariharan, Assistant Comptroller and Auditor General, Office of Comptroller and Auditor General of India, New Delhi. Alongwith this letter a draft of in- structions proposed to be issued to the offices under the Comptroller and Auditor General was forwarded. The Deputy Secretary, Department of Personnel, Shri S. Krishnan vide their communication dated 22nd January, 1973 informed Shri R. Hariharan, aforesaid, that the draft of instructions proposed to be issued were in order and it was requested that a copy of the instructions when issued may be 489 sent to their department. It was in pursuance of these consultations that the impugned circular dated 25th January, 1973 was issued from the office of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India, New Delhi. For facility of under- standing the relevant part of the circular dated 25th Janu- ary, 1973 issued from the office of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India, New Delhi is reproduced hereunder:\nNo.172-NGE-II\/56-72-I OFFICE OF THE COMPTROLLER & AUDITOR GENERAL OF INDIA, NEW DELHI- 1.\nDated the 25-1-1973.\nTo All Accountants General and Offices subordi- nate to them.\nAll Chief Auditors of Rlys. and offices subor- dinate to them.\nAll Regional Directors of Commercial Audit, Chief Auditors of Commercial Accounts and offices subordinate to them.\nThe Directors, I.A. & A.S. Staff College, Simla.\nThe Director of Audit, Defence Services and offices subordinate to him.\nThe Assistant Comptroller and Auditor General (P).\n(For G.E.I, G.E.II, &OE & A.Sections) Subject:- Reservation for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in posts filled by promotion - promotions on the basis of sen- iority subject to fitness.\nSir, I am to invite a reference to para 3(c) of this office circular letter No. 1989- NGE.II\/89-68, dated 3.10.1968 according to which there is no reservation for Scheduled Castes & 490 Scheduled Tribes in appointments made by promotion on the basis of seniority subject to fitness although cases involving supersession of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribe Officers in Class II appointments are required to be submitted for prior approval of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India and the cases involving supersession of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe officers in Class III & Class IV appointments have to be report- ed within a month to the Comptroller and Auditor General of India for information.\n2. The policy in regard to reserva- tions of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe officers in posts filled by promotion on the basis of seniority subject to fitness has now been reviewed by the Government of India in consultation with the Comptroller and Auditor General of India and it has been decided, in supersession of the orders contained in the aforesaid para 3(c) of our circular letter dated 3.10.1968 that there will be reservation at 15% for Scheduled Caste and 71% for Sched- uled Tribes in promotions made on the basis of seniority subject to fitness in appointments to all Class I, Class II, Class III and Class IV posts in grades, of services in which the element of direct recruitment, if any does not exceed 50%.\n3. The above orders will necessitate reservation for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in promotions made on the basis of seniority subject to fitness to the following grades in the I.A. & A.D.\nPromotions from Class III to Class II The existing procedure of promotions to A.Os. grade will not undergo any change, as far as the posts filled by selection is con- cerned. Reservation to the extent of 15% for Scheduled Castes and 7 1\/4% for Scheduled Tribes will, however, have to be made with reference to the number of posts of Accounts Officers filled in a year on the basis of seniority subject to fitness and for this purpose, a roster maintained in respect of such promotions.\n----- ------- ------- ------ ------ -------- 491\n4. The following procedure may be followed to give effect to the decision men- tioned in paragraph 2 above.\n4. The above instructions take effect from 27.11.1972 except where a Select List, if any, for promotion by seniority subject to fitness has' already been prepared by a De- partmental Promotion Committee and approved by the appropriate authority before issue of these orders (i.e. 27.11.1972).\nThe receipt of this circular letter may kindly be acknowledged.\nYours faithfully, Sd\/- (R. Hariharan) Asstt. Comptr. & Ar. Genl.(N) The High Court is not right in stating that there cannot be an administrative order directing reservation for Sched- uled Castes and Scheduled Tribes as it would alter the statutory rules in force. The rules do not provide for any reservation. In fact, it is silent on the subject of reser- vation. The Government could direct the reservation by executive orders. The administrative orders cannot be issued in contravention of the statutory rules but it could be issued to supplement the statutory rules. (See: the observa- tions in Santram Sharma v. State of Rajasthan and Anr., [1968] 1 SCR 111. In fact similar circulars were issued by the Railway Board introducing reservations for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in the Railway services both for selection and non-selection categories of posts. They were issued to implement the policy of the Central Government and they have been upheld by this Court in Akhil Bhartiya Soshit Karamchari Sangh (Railways) v. Union of India & ors. [1981] 1 SCC 246.\nThe High Court has also touched upon the validity of the impugned circular and stated that they were not issued by the President after consultation with the Comptroller & Auditor General. In the present case, the President has not issued the circular, but Comptroller and Auditor General has issued it. There was however, proper consultation between the Government and the Comptroller & Auditor General for issuing the circular. The infirmity pointed out that it was not issued in the name of the 492 President, therefore, relates only about the form and not with regard to the substance. The circular of course, ought to have been issued in the name of the President as required under Article 148(5) of the Constitution, as it affects the service conditions of persons in the Audit and Accounts Department. But since the Government has approved the circu- lar and the circular was in accordance with the declared policy of reservation, we do not want to restrain the Comp- troller & Auditor General from enforcing it.\nWe are thus of the view that the impugned circular is valid and binding. The circular by its own provides for reservation. The authorities concerned must take that into account while affecting promotions under the rules. The result is that the impugned judgment of the High Court is set aside and the appeal is allowed.\nIn the circumstances of the case, however, we make no order as to costs.\nN.P.V. Appeal allowed.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Gates Foundation head of global health talks WHO, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative\nThe spread of Zika across the Americas, on the heels of the devastation caused by the Ebola virus in West Africa in 2015, has many wondering how global health institutions are adapting to combat pandemics.\nTrevor Mundel, president of global health at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, said \"a lot needs to be done\" to prepare now for the next global crisis. From rethinking the World Health Organization's role and funding to embracing health innovations such as the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Mundel, who oversees the Gates Foundation's work in vaccine and diagnostic innovation, is looking for new ideas.\nDevex spoke with Mundel on the sidelines of the 2016 Grand Challenges annual meeting in London last month. Below is our conversation, lightly edited for length and clarity.\nHow do you feel the Ebola response has shaped the response to Zika? How do you balance funding for pandemic response and longer-term work on health systems?\nOne thing that comes up with Zika following Ebola is how do we have a better system for pandemic response? Yes, people are more focused on this issue, but nevertheless there's a lot that needs to be done in the event that we have a real global pandemic and would need to respond to that.\nSource: Devex (link opens in a new window)\nBill & Melinda Gates Foundation, global health, zika","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"BBC TV Drama Writers' Programme 2022\nBy Funding, Jobs No Comments\nApplications to the 2022 TV Drama Writers' Programme are open from Wednesday 28th July 2021 to 12 noon on Monday 13th September 2021 for credited and\/or agented writers.. Please see BBc's invitation to apply below:\nTV Drama Writers Room Programme 2022\nPlease read the full Terms and Conditions of Entry\nWriters must have at least ONE professionally produced piece of narrative scriptwriting work, a minimum of 30 minutes in length, in television, radio, theatre or film. Novels are ineligible and will not be accepted. ALTERNATIVELY writers must have an agent, supplying address and contact details.\nWriters are asked to submit an original spec script (minimum 50 pages) and a one-page pitch outlining a potential series or serial idea for BBC One, BBC Two or BBC Three. The original spec script can be film, theatre, television or radio \u2013 any medium except for novels.\nThe pitch needs to be a different idea from the spec script. It should be as distinctive as possible, bearing in mind the current, competitive TV landscape in the UK and abroad.\nThe aim of the Programme is to give writers their first original television drama series or serial commission.\nWriters must not have an original idea in development (beyond treatment stage) with BBC Television Drama. Writers in development outside the BBC are eligible to apply.\nWriters must not have had a previous original series or serial commission from BBC One, BBC Two or BBC Three.\nWriters must demonstrate a burning desire to write television drama.\nWriters will need to submit their CV highlighting produced credit or credits, an original spec script and a one page pitch (all saved as PDF) via the BBC Writersroom E-Submissions System only. The spec script should be an original, full-length script (minimum 50 pages) and not an episode of an existing drama series.\nTo make their submissions, writers must submit (PDF only) via the BBC Writersroom using this link\nE-Submissions System \u2013 https:\/\/writersroom.external.bbc.co.uk\/opportunity\/202\nDeadline: 12 noon on Monday 13th September 2021\nThere are 10 places; and we shall be shortlisting 15-20 writers for the scheme.\nThe first round of interviews will be held in early 2022 (dates tbc). Shortlisted writers will then have meetings with independent production companies in February\/March 2022.\nWe will then inform the successful 10 writers.\nSelected writers must be free to attend a three day intensive workshop in 2022 (dates tbc) and available to write their script and attend a series of writing workshops, lectures and readings across the subsequent months. They will also receive notes on their pitches and each draft of their treatment and script.\nSCRIPT FEE\nWriters will be commissioned to write a minimum of two drafts of a treatment and a minimum of three drafts of their original script. They will be paid a minimum script fee as agreed by the WGGB\/PMA and the BBC on a favoured nations basis (currently \u00a313,320 for 60 minutes).\nENTRY FAQS\nIt is essential that applicants have an interest in and enthusiasm for television drama. Submissions will be assessed on the strength of the writing and the originality of the pitch.\nApplicants must be resident in the UK or Republic of Ireland.\nThe Logline, medium and genre on the E-submissions form refers to the spec script and not the pitch.\nSubmissions must be the writer's original work, and may not be based wholly or in part, on the work of any other person, whether known, published, produced, or not (i.e. no adaptations).\nAs well as individual writers, writing partnerships of two (maximum) may enter. Scripts submitted must be written by the partnership.\nNo feedback can be given on unsuccessful submissions.\nIf you have any questions, contact writersroom@bbc.co.uk\nFind out more about the TV Drama Writers' Programme and the writers and production companies who have taken part in the scheme\nFind out how the TV Drama Writers' Programme fits into the range of opportunities from BBC Writersroom for writers at different stages of their careers\n*Please Note: This is a separate scheme from our open submission Script Room, with more restricted entry criteria*\nSource: www.bbc.co.uk\nFor more industry information, visit our news page. Or add us on Instagram, Twitter or Facebook.\nJob Alert: 1st Assistant Camera\nBy Jobs No Comments\nExperienced 1st AC is needed asap for a production filming in Birmingham on Friday. Pay is \u00a3200.00 a day plus meals and a good opportunity to work closely with a really experienced Director\/DOP in Birmingham. Applicants should be part of or understanding of the LGBTQ+ community.\nYou need to be registered on the Film Birmingham database to apply (it's free). If you're available and want to be put forward for the job, please then email wpmm@filmbirmingham.co.uk with '1AC' in the subject line. We will then pass your CV onto the production company and they will be in touch with you directly. If you need to update your CV on the database, please follow this link, using your registered email address to login and the password which you created. If you've forgotten your password, just click the 'forgotten password' option.\nJob Alert: Casting AP\nFull Fat produce innovative and popular factual content for British and international broadcasters, platforms and distributors.\nThey are looking for a dynamic Casting AP, able to start immediately, to join an experienced team working on a new 2 part, peak time, documentary series for Channel 4. Extensive experience of casting contributors for documentary series essential, ideally with experience casting people living alternative lifestyles.\nThe role is to start immediately and will initially run up until 18th June. They are a Birmingham based company however, due to current Government restrictions, they anticipate the successful applicant will work remotely.\nFull Fat are committed to sharing job opportunities with creative, diverse talent working in the industry.\nPlease send your CV with 'Casting AP' in the subject line to production@fullfattv.co.uk.\nIf you are happy for them to keep your CV on file, please add the following disclaimer to the top of your CV 'I consent to you keeping my details on file and distributing for employment purposes.' Due to the expected high volume of applicants, please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.\nFor more industry information, visit Film Birmingham's news page.\nOr add us on Instagram, Twitter or Facebook.\nJob Alert: Director\nAre you a director from\/based in Birmingham or the West Midlands? A production is seeking two directors from the region for a four-part Horror anthology feature film being developed by a group of talented West Midlands writers, directors and producers.\nApplicants must have a minimum 2-3 solid short films behind them and\/or narrative driven visually impressive music promos\/ads. The production is especially interested in hearing from female directors with a passion for the genre. Scripts are in place, so applicants must be happy to work on other writers' material.\nNo first-timers or students please.\nIf you are interested, please contact paulgreenbfilmicro@gmail.com with CV and examples of work (preferably whole films and not edited showreels).\nJob Alert: Shooting Producer\nThey are looking for a Shooting Producer, able to start immediately, to join an experienced team working on a new 2 part, peak time, UK Travelogue for Channel 4 . Initially you'll be helping with the final casting and recceing of stories prior to a 5 week shoot in June- early July. The shoot will have a full crew and experienced director. You must be a strong shooter on FS7 or similar, and a good team player. Experience of Travelogues and or immersive presenter led shows, preferably humorous ones, would be ideal.\nThe role will involve remote working initially so good communication and organisational skills will be important. The role will also involve some casting, so experience in targeting, cold calling and setting up and editing Zoom calls is important. The ability to build trusting relationships with contributors is essential.\nThe role is to start immediately and could initially be part time from the 10th May for 2 weeks or full time from the 17th. It will finish at the end of the shoot; currently scheduled to be 2nd July. They are a Birmingham based company however, due to current Government restrictions, we are currently working remotely.\nPlease send your CV with a covering letter to \u2013 production@fullfattv.co.uk\nIf you are happy for them to keep your CV on file, please add the following disclaimer to the top of your CV 'I consent to you keeping my details on file and distributing for employment purposes.' Please note that only successful candidates will be contacted for an interview.\nJob Alert: Production Coordinator\nFull Fat TV is seeking an experienced Production Coordinator from early May to mid-August to work on a new Factual Entertainment series for Channel 4.\nThe ideal candidate must have strong organisational and planning skills with proven experience of setting up location filming and negotiating costs. Responsibilities will include generating call-sheets, booking crews, liaising with research and edit teams along with providing general support to the Production Manager to ensure the smooth running of the schedule and shoots. A thorough knowledge of post-production, with experience of completing post-production paperwork on Silver and Sound Mouse are desired.\nIf you have solid experience in all of the above and think this sounds like you, do apply. They particularly welcome applications from underrepresented groups.\nFull Fat TV is a Birmingham based company; however, due to current Government restrictions, the successful applicant could be working remotely, so applications from across the UK can be considered.\nPlease send a CV and covering letter to production@fullfattv.co.uk with the job title in the subject line. If you are happy for them to keep your CV on file, please add the following disclaimer to the top of your CV 'I consent to you keeping my details on file and distributing for employment purposes.'\nThe company is committed to sharing job opportunities with creative, diverse talent working in the industry. Due to the expected high volume of applicants, please note that we will only be able to contact candidates who are selected for interview.\nJob Alert: Production Manager\nFull Fat TV is looking for an experienced Production Manager ideally from mid-May up until 3 Sept 2021 to work on a landmark 1 x 60' music documentary for BBC2.\nResponsibilities include managing the overall schedule, budget and post-production delivery paperwork whilst working closely with the editorial team to meet Channel deadlines.\nThe ideal candidate will have experience of managing productions that have complex rights clearance for archive and music content and working with high profile talent. Full Fat is a Birmingham based company; however, due to current Government restrictions, we anticipate the successful applicant will work remotely, therefore they can consider flexible working and applications from across the UK.\nPlease send a CV and covering letter to production@fullfattv.co.uk with the job title in the subject line. If you are happy for us to keep your CV on file, please add the following disclaimer to the top of your CV 'I consent to you keeping my details on file and distributing for employment purposes.'\nThe company is committed to sharing job opportunities with creative, diverse talent working in the industry. Due to the expected high volume of applicants, please note that they will only be able to contact candidates who are selected for interview.\nJob Alert: Location Coordinator \u2013 LS Productions\nLS Productions' Location Department is expanding in England or Wales, and they're on the hunt for a Location Coordinator!\nAs LS Productions' Location Coordinator, you will assist the Head of Locations and Location Manager with running the Location Department (all the shoots the Location Department facilitates plus location-related business development on behalf of LS Productions). You must have 3+ years experience working in a Location Department. This is a permanent role.\nRequired skills are: 3+ years experience, Clean Drivers Licence, Confident managing workflow, Impeccable organisation skills, Confident delegating tasks, Creative thinker, Attention to detail\nYou will be responsible for the workflow of each shoot LS facilitates on behalf of the department. This includes overseeing the collation of all information from the client, location images, site plans, information regarding locations and crew pencils. You will take overarching responsibility for the collation of the above.\nAlso, you will:\noversee the addition of new locations to the database and ensure this is being recorded and actioned correctly in line with LS procedure.\nassist the Location Manager to present suitable locations to clients and to contact owners, arrange recces, negotiate fees and carry out all necessary location pre-production where required; ensuring you deal with all enquiries in the most efficient way.\nassist with contacting Location Owners, Scouts and Location Managers for both live jobs and general enquiries and you will ensure that you capture all contacts and notes on the database for future use.\nwork with the Head of Locations to organise content for location-related marketing material and help monitor the location section of our website ensuring locations are kept up to date and current, based on trends in briefs and the acquisition of new locations. You will be responsible for tracking what clients are asking for and feeding this into plans for database development.\nkeep up to date with location news in the industry, and share thiswith the Head of Locations to inform future strategy.\nbe responsible for scouting and arranging scouting for the database as briefed by the Head of Locations.\nbe required to scout, recce and work shoots at various levels within the department as the size of the shoot requires.\n3+ years working in a Location Department. Those with experience in film offices, location agencies, production companies, screen agencies (or similar) and\/or working freelance will be considered.\nConfidence managing workflow, delegating tasks and impeccable organisation skills.\nThe ability to think creatively and find imaginative solutions to location briefs.\nDriving License.\nHigh aptitude for tackling research projects to unearth the seemingly impossible, working with high attention to detail.\nExperience managing a database and a high level of computer literacy, including DAMS, CRMs, Adobe Lightroom and Microsoft Office.\nExperience representing a company to clients and location owners, from the office and on set.\nAbility to manage projects and budgets independently.\nGood connections within the industry, with a desire to build on this.\nYou will report to Head of Locations Amy Morement and in her absence Sarah Drummond, MD.\nYou will work remotely initially with a view to working both remotely and from the LS office in either Manchester or London in future. Applications from candidates based anywhere in England or Wales will be considered, and longer term remote working could be supported for this role.\nYou will be required to travel to meetings and set where required and expenses will be provided for this.\nSend your CV and cover letter explaining why you'd be perfect for this role to locations@lsproductions.com\nIn the subject line: LS Productions | Location Coordinator | Your Name\nDeadline Friday 30th April 2021\nSource: lsproductions.com\nChannel 4's Black to Front Promotes Diverse Programming\nTo amplify the conversations around representation and diversity in the industry, 2021 will see Channel 4 disrupt its regular schedule to broadcast 24 hours of television showcasing Black talent on and off screen.\nBlack to Front features major new commissions and reimagines some of Channel 4's biggest mainstream shows to focus on Black talent and transform Black representation in front of and behind the camera. It aims to amplify Black talent, stories, and voices by bringing them to the forefront on screen and behind the camera.\nThey are currently expanding talent pools for new and existing flagship Channel 4 shows featuring as part of Black To Front and beyond, to include more people from currently under-represented groups.\nJoin Black To Front\nFor unscripted shows, based in Wales, Manchester, Leeds and London we'd like to hear from:\nShow Runners\nStudio Directors\nSelf-shooting Directors\nConsumer Researchers\nAnyone With Live Show Experience\nSenior Talent With Reality\/Docu-soap\/Ob Doc Experience\nDeputy Editors (Must Have A Journalism Background)\nanyone with live show experience and senior talent with Reality\/Docu-soap\/OB doc experience\nIf you would like to be considered for any of the roles below, please send your CV. CVs are welcomed from anyone with the relevant skills or experience, although we'd really love to hear from Black talent as they are less represented\nIf you have the relevant experience or transferable skills and would like to be considered for one of these roles, please email your CV and availability across 2021 to btftalent@channel4.co.uk by Monday 22 March. Please include the ROLE you'd like to be considered for in the email subject. In your email please also include a line on why you'd like to be part of Black To Front.\nRelevant CVs will be shared with indies who will then be in contact.\nPlease ensure your CV includes permission for it to be kept on file and shared.\nAbout Black To Front\nBlack to Front is an ambitious day of programming for Autumn 2021 which will see Channel 4's entire programming schedule fronted by Black talent as part of the Channel's ongoing commitment to improve Black representation both on and off screen. To ensure that the project drives significant and sustainable change within the industry, Channel 4 is working with The Sir Lenny Henry Centre for Media Diversity to help shape meaningful off-screen commitments to ensure the day leaves a lasting legacy.\nThe day's programming will reimagine some of Channel 4's biggest flagship shows including Celebrity Gogglebox, Countdown and the Channel 4 News with an all-Black presenting and reporting team. Hollyoaks will be an hour-long special written, directed and performed by its Black talent and Mo Gilligan will front a one off special of The Big Breakfast.\nCrucially, Black to Front will also launch a series of new commissions including original scripted comedy led by Black talent; a returnable unscripted prime-time popular factual series providing an authentic look at Black lives and a provocative, live late-night topical discussion show.\nBriefs: Unscripted\nAs part of the day of programming we have committed to launching a new 4 part 10pm unscripted series that reflects Black British life. We are totally open to what shape this series takes, it could be reality, docusoap, a new format, constructed, provocative in form and tone or of course broad factual entertainment.\nThe series should be relatable and absolutely authentic in its portrayal of Black lives and the ambition is for this to be something we can grow so it should ideally be returnable rather than a one off.\nThis is a great opportunity in a space no other broadcaster is currently working so what do you think Channel 4, born risky, the home of underrepresented groups should be doing in this space?\nLate Night Topical Live Show\nWe are looking for a bold, provocative new live topical show as part of Black to Front to TX at 11pm. We want to hear ideas for a new late night programme that will feel totally of the moment, disruptive, challenging and full of Channel 4 attitude.\nCombining the unfiltered, unpredictable energy of After Dark with the attitude of Channel 4's best-loved live topical and entertainment shows. We want to be immersed in the most interesting arguments of the day but also to tackle the arguments about race and representation which the Takeover seeks to address.\nWe want the programme to feel dynamic and provocative in the best traditions of Channel 4 \u2013 but don't want it to feel like we're just chasing clickbait. It should feel challenging, surprising, entertaining and intelligent. We want to hear how your live late night topical show will come crashing into a new age, pushing the genre on.\nWe are keen to hear ideas involving the most exciting talents around \u2013 from the established to the new. Please think broadly about people who would really bring an audience and create a buzz. They may well not be from TV, but instead from politics or film, journalism or music. But they must have a point of view and be compelling and charismatic enough to add a tone and flavour to the show that feels C4 and makes you want to watch.\nTalent names should be attached to submissions \u2013 with interest secured if possible.\nInteractivity is important \u2013 but it should flow naturally from the way the show is designed.\nWe want to explore what could be done with the look and layout to deliver a show that's energetic and visually stimulating. We're also keen to know whether you want to include VTs \u2013 and what these would be like. And what would you do that would create a buzz around the show and work across all platforms, not just within the live linear show.\nWe're on the hunt for original scripted comedy ideas that come from, celebrate and support Black talent front and centre.\nThe industry is speaking about race and diversity with a passion that is vital, demanding, timely and exciting and some key themes have emerged in the discourse.\nOn-screen, representation of Black British life and experience is lacking.\nOff-screen, we have an industry wide problem that talent from BAME backgrounds aren't getting enough experience and support to progress in the industry.\nWe want funny, ambitious ideas that take these issues to heart, using them to help shape the pitches we receive. There will be lots of routes to making this happen, so we're open to collaborative, imaginative conversations from indies big and small about how best to do this together.\nIn terms of what type of show, the wider C4 Comedy brief is simple: We want sitcoms that reflect the UK back at itself. Broad, clever, returnable shows, full of memorable characters that help us feel connected to each other. Think about what we make and how that makes us distinctive. Writer performers have a long and successful legacy with us (Catastrophe, Stath Lets Flats, Chewing Gum, This Way Up, Maxxx, Feel Good) but writer led projects that celebrate a specific take on the universal are also a big win for us. (Derry Girls, Friday Night Dinner) The sweet spot for C4 comedy? Surprising, truly original and bloody funny!\nA real gap for us is new family sit-coms. Derry Girls and Friday Night Dinner are two of our biggest shows \u2013 instantly recognisable characters, high gag count, multi-generational and covering universal themes of family and relationships. So we're especially keen to hear ideas in this territory from writers new and established. Ideas will dictate what path development takes.\nProcess for Submissions\nNEW SUBMISSIONS ARE NOW CLOSED FOR THE LIVE TOPICAL SHOW.\nNEW SUBMISSIONS ARE NOW CLOSED FOR THE COMEDY BRIEF.\n10pm unscripted ideas can be pitched to any commissioning editor in any unscripted department.\nAll commissions will need to be ready to TX by September 2021. In light of the ever changing restrictions caused by the pandemic, proposal documents should include an outline of how your production can be produced Covid safe.\nWe want to know how under-represented voices, groups and topics will be involved in your programme on and off screen given the aims of the the Black to Front project.\nWe particularly welcome pitches from production companies where the main shareholders, the leading decision-makers or the creative leaders comprise those from a Black, Asian and minority ethnic background.\nNEW SUBMISSIONS ARE NOW CLOSED FOR UNSCRIPTED.\nSimilar Ideas\u200b\nBy the very nature of this process, Channel 4 may receive different pieces of work from different producers which resemble each other and in some cases similar or identical ideas may be generated independently.\nBy taking part in this process, you are confirming that the idea submitted will be original, owned by you and free of third party rights.\nSource: www.channel4.com\nFull Fat Television Seeks Development AP \u2013 Deadline March 19th\nFull Fat Television is seeking a talented, tenacious and ambitious Development AP to join our expanding development team working across their factual entertainment slate. The company produces innovative and popular factual content for British and international broadcasters, platforms and distributors.\nThey are looking for someone passionate who has a solid track record in development and who is brimming with ideas. Reporting to the Director of Development, the successful candidate will be responsible for generating and pitching new ideas; writing proposals; designing premium decks and cutting sizzles for a range of broadcasters and genres.\nYou should have a strong grasp of the TV\/digital landscape and an in-depth understanding of commissioner needs.\nSkillset and Responsibilities:\nYou must be able to originate entertaining ideas that feel relevant, now and must-have.\nYou must be a strong researcher and fast writer with the ability to format and structure shows as well as execute entertaining proposals.\nYou must have solid experience designing premium looking decks using Indesign\/Powerpoint\/Photoshop.\nExperience of cutting sizzles is desirable.\nYou'll have a strong eye for talent.\nYou'll have experience of casting experts and contributors for sizzle reels.\nYou must be a strong multi-tasker and work well under pressure.\nIf this sounds like you we would love to hear from you. Please send a CV and covering letter with the role you are applying for in the subject line to production@fullfattv.co.uk\nCLOSING DATE 19th March\nImmediate Start. Six months contract.\nFull Fat Television is committed to sharing job opportunities with creative, diverse talent working in the industry.\nThe roles are Birmingham based; however, due to current Government restrictions, we anticipate the successful applicant will work remotely.\nIf you are happy for us to keep your CV on file, please add the following disclaimer to the top of your CV 'I consent to you keeping my details on file and distributing for employment purposes.'\nDue to the expected high volume of applicants, please note that we will only be able to contact candidates who are selected for interview.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Tag Archives: Destro\nProduction and post boutique Destro opens in LA\nIndustry veterans Drew Neujahr, Sean McAllen, and Shane McAllen have partnered to form Destro, a live-action and post production boutique based in Los Angeles. Destro has already developed and produced an original documentary series, Seed, which profiles artists and innovators across a range of disciplines. In addition, the team has recently worked on projects for Google, Nintendo and Michelin.\nDestro's primary focus will be producing, directing, and post on live-action projects. However, with the partners' extensive background in motion and VFX, the team is adept at executing mixed-media pipelines when the occasion calls.\nWith the launch of original studio projects like Seed, Destro sees an opportunity not only to showcase its own voice but to present a case study to forge symbiotic relationships with brands that have real stories to tell about their teams, products, users, and core values.\n\"Great ideas don't always happen at conception,\" says Neujahr. \"When the weather changes during production or the client rethinks the concept in post, being able to improvise and adjust brings about the best work.\"\nNeujahr and the McAllen brothers bring a combined 45 years of experience spanning commercial and film production, post production and entertainment branding\/marketing.\nNeujahr's experience includes features and marketing as both a producer and a creative. He has directed short films, commercials and the documentary series Western State. As a producer, head of production and executive producer at top motion graphics and visual effects studios in LA, he oversaw spots for Ford, Burger King, Walmart, Nickelodeon, FX and History.\nSean McAllen is a seasoned film and commercial editor who has crafted both short-form and long-form work for Ford, Chevy, Nissan, Toyota, Red Bull, Google and Samsung. He also co-wrote and edited the Emmy-nominated documentary feature Houston We Have a Problem. McAllen got his start co-founding a Tokyo\/Los Angeles-based production company, where he directed commercials, broadcast documentaries and entertainment marketing content.\nShane McAllen is a veteran of the film and commercial industry. His feature editing credits include contributions to Iron Man 3 and Captain America: The Winter Soldier. On the commercial side, he has worked on campaigns for BMW, Apple and Nintendo. He is also an accomplished writer, producer and director who has worked on a bevy of projects for Google AR and two product reveals for the Nintendo Switch.\n\"We all got into this crazy world because we love telling stories,\" concludes Sean McAllen. \"And we share a mutual respect for each other's craft. Ultimately, our strength is our approachability. We're the ones who pick up the phone, answer the emails, make the coffee, and do the work.\"\nMain Image: (L-R) Sean McAllen, Drew Neujahr, and Shane McAllen\nThis entry was posted in News, post production, production and tagged Destro, post production, production on November 5, 2019 by Randi Altman.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Get your desired Band score in least possible time\nEmail: info@meoverseas.com\nInternational English Language Testing System is an international standardised test of English language proficiency. It is jointly managed by the British Council and IDP Education Pvt Ltd. There are two versions of the IELTS, the Academic Version and the General Training Version.The Academic Version is intended for those who want to enrol in universities and other institutions of higher education. The General Training Version is intended for those planning to undertake non-academic training, it is widely used for immigration purposes. IELTS is accepted by most English speaking academic institutions Overseas. It may also be used for immigration purposes to Australia, New Zealand and Canada etc. No minimum score is required to pass the IELTS test. An IELTS result or Test Report Form is issued to all candidates with a score from 1 (no knowledge) to 9 (expert user).\nielts CAMB. Book 14 T1S1\nhttps:\/\/eximforms.com\/IELTS\/Camb\/C14T1S1.mp3\nIELTS READING TASKS (ACADEMIC) IELTS Dwarka\nIELTS READING TASKS (IELTS Dwarka)\nIELTS SAMPLE READING TASK 1\nEvery day, all over the world, unwanted waste is disposed of from both domestic and commercial sources, usually with insufficient attention paid to the resulting problems. The increase in excess refuse and how to dispense with it has become a major headache for the government and the environmental agencies.\nThis has certainly been the case in Britain where there has been a steady rise in the amount of rubbish generated in recent years. In industry, the mining, agriculture and construction sectors are the biggest culprits, being amongst the greatest producers of waste. Also, household waste has grown at a rate of 3% a year as a consequence of society becoming more affluent and thus consuming more goods, resulting in more rubbish to discard. As this waste is economically and environmentally costly to deal with, local authorities have been required to ensure that the arrangements made to dispose of the surplus detritus are efficient and practicable, considering social as well as economic implications.\nFor many years, the preferred option for refuse disposal in Britain has been the landfill. In fact, the UK, more than any other European country, makes use of landfills to get rid of its biodegradable waste. However, problems have arisen with this method and alternative solutions have had to be researched IELTS coaching in dwarka .\nOne of the biggest drawbacks to landfills is the cost. In the past this was not the case as land was plentiful and cheap with abandoned quarries and mines often being utilised. But by 2015, since space for approved and licensed landfills will have run out, viable alternatives to waste disposal have to be found. Another disadvantage is the environmental impact made by the acids and hazardous chemicals that are leaked from the landfills. Older sites depended on these substances being diluted naturally by rain but this often did not occur and surrounding agricultural land was affected and livestock poisoned. Nowadays, more modern landfills use liners within the pits to contain any dangerous material and the liquid is then collected, treated and discharged within the site itself. But perhaps the most apparent annoyance for the general public living in the immediate vicinity of the landfill is the nuisance that results from the traffic, the noise, the dust and the unpleasant odours emanating from the site. Although no risks to human health have been verified, symptoms such as headaches, drowsiness and exhaustion have been reported by people living close to landfills. These may have been caused by toxic emissions from the site but they may be connected to the impact that living next to the sites can have on stress and anxiety.\nIn order to reduce the amount of waste being sent to the landfill, a special tax was introduced in 1996, to discourage this practice. The charges range from two to eleven pounds per tonne depending on the type of rubbish being discarded and due to this tax the amount of waste from the construction industry has been markedly reduced. Other targets have been set to reduce biodegradable waste deposited in these sites by 2006 but it is thought that the greatest impact could be made through the introduction of more intensive recycling, which could be funded from the proceeds of the landfill tax.\nIn Europe, Britain is bottom of the recycling table with the lowest rate of 8% compared to the Netherlands where they recycle 72% of their detritus. According to government research, only 7% of plastic was salvaged, as was only 22% of the six billion glass containers manufactured annually in Britain. On the other hand, the same sources found that 90% of car batteries and 66% of lead is recycled. This proportion is high because of the economic value of the material and so reprocessing is an opportunity to gain an income from an environmentally friendly undertaking. Also, of the thirteen billion steel cans produced yearly, about a quarter come from recycled metal. These goods only consume 25% of the energy needed to make the same products from raw materials.\nBiodegradable wastes can be made into organic compost to use as fertiliser for the land. At present less than half the local authorities have facilities for this and about a fifth of municipal waste is being treated but in some areas, schemes are being set up to collect waste from both domestic properties and supermarkets to help effect this procedure.\nYet even now in the 21st century, less progressive authorities are still constructing and employing incinerators to dispose of waste despite the subsequent health hazards. They also have to confront opposition from the public over a policy which has proved to be the most unpopular technology since the introduction of nuclear power.\nSo, what can be done to encourage more recycling? Probably what should be the government's priority is the reduction in the number of landfills in regular use. Even materials that are biodegradable such as paper cannot easily be broken down as the landfill pits are constructed to keep air out and moisture in, thus slowing down the process to degrade this matter. Therefore, more reprocessing plants for refuse must be constructed to replace the outmoded landfills. Also, companies should be encouraged to take a more responsible approach to the packaging of their products, only using the minimum and environmentally friendly recycled materials. Then, the public must be convinced of the benefits of recycling and be made aware of the ecological consequences of not recycling. In Britain, more intensive reprocessing would lower the production of gases harmful to the ozone layer by 12.8 million tonnes of carbon a year, the equivalent of taking nearly five million cars off the road. Also, IELTS Classes in Dwarka strong incentive for the public to support recycling is the prospect of higher employment. In Germany, it has been estimated that 150,000 people are employed in the recycling business, a number greater than those employed in the steel industry. It is believed that up to 50,000 jobs could be created in Britain if recycling was adopted.\nWhat will happen in the future regarding the disposal of waste matter very much depends on the attitude and party policies of the particular government in power. Yet, if reforms to the methods of waste disposal are not made, serious environmental problems will arise in the immediate future, the consequences of which are too dire to contemplate.\nQuestions 1-4\nChoose ONE phrase from the list of phrases A \u2013 I below to complete each of the following sentences.\nWrite the appropriate letters in boxes 1-4 on your answer sheet\nList of Phrases\nA there is a lot of mining in Britain\nB dangerous materials are collected in landfills\nC as the population becomes wealthier, their capacity to consume more increases\nD there is relatively little recycling of degradable matter in Britain\nE landfills poison animals\nF a lot of waste from food shops is made into fertilisers\nG problems for people residing nearby\nH using incinerators is the most popular method of rubbish disposal\nI the most common means of waste disposal is burying refuse\n1) More household waste is produced because\u2026\n2) In Britain\u2026\n3) Landfills create\u2026\n4) Unlike Europe\u2026\nQuestions 5 and 6\nChoose the best answer A, B, C or D.\n5) Landfills are not approved of because\nA they use agricultural land.\nB they have always been expensive to run.\nC they need to have a licence.\nD they produce dangerous emissions.\n6) A tax was imposed in order\nA to encourage recycling.\nB to dissuade people from using landfills.\nC to punish the building industry.\nD to gather money for the government.\nQuestions 7-14\nComplete the summary below.\nChoose NO MORE THAN ONE WORD for each answer.\nWrite your answers in boxes 7-14 on your answer sheet.\nSolutions to the problem of how to dispose of excess rubbish must be found. With the dramatic increase in both 7 \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. and industrial rubbish, the 8 \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. must devise new policies to deal with the matter. The well established 9 \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. are now considered 10 \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. so it is preferable to send the refuse to 11 \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. works in order to 12 \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. the waste products which could then be used to manufacture 13 \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. goods. Also the general public must be better informed of the worrying environmental 14 \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. the planet faces if this matter is not addressed urgently.\nIELTS SAMPLE READING TASK-2 IELTS Dwarka\nHigh-tech crime-fighting tools\nCrime-fighting technology is getting more sophisticated and rightly so. The police need to be equipped for the 21st century. In Britain we've already got the world's biggest DNA database. By next year the state will have access to the genetic data of 4.25m people: one British-based person in 14. Hundreds of thousands of those on the database will never have been charged with a crime.\nBritain is also reported to have more than \u00a34 million CCTV (closed circuit television) cameras. There is a continuing debate about the effectiveness of CCTV. Some evidence suggests that it is helpful in reducing shoplifting and car crime. It has also been used to successfully identify terrorists and murderers. However, many claim that better lighting is just as effective to prevent crime and that cameras could displace crime. An internal police report said that only one crime was solved for every 1,000 cameras in London in 2007. In short, there is conflicting evidence about the effectiveness of cameras, so it is likely that the debate will continue.\nProfessor Mike Press, who has spent the past decade studying how design can contribute to crime reduction, said that, in order for CCTV to have any effect, it must be used in a targeted way. For example, a scheme in Manchester records every licence plate at the entrance of a shopping complex and alerts police when one is found to belong to an untaxed or stolen car. This is an effective example of monitoring, he said. Most schemes that simply record city centres continually \u2014 often not being watched \u2013 do not produce results. CCTV can also have the opposite effect of that intended, by giving citizens a false sense of security and encouraging them to be careless with property and personal safety. Professor Press said: All the evidence suggests that CCTV alone makes no positive ieltsdwarka impact on crime reduction and prevention at all The weight of evidence would suggest the investment is more or less a waste of money unless you have lots of other things in place.' He believes that much of the increase is driven by the marketing efforts of security companies who promote the crime-reducing benefits of their products. He described it as a lazy approach to crime prevention' and said that authorities should instead be focusing on how to alter the environment to reduce crime.\nBut in reality, this is not what is happening. Instead, police are considering using more technology. Police forces have recently begun experimenting with cameras in their helmets. The footage will be stored on police computers, best ielts coaching in dwarka\nalong with the footage from thousands of CCTV cameras and millions of pictures from numberplate recognition cameras used increasingly to check up on motorists.\nAnd now another type of technology is being introduced. It's called the Microdrone and it's a toy-sized remote-control craft that hovers above streets or crowds to film what's going on beneath. The Microdrone has already been used to monitor rock festivals, but its supplier has also been in discussions to supply it to the Metropolitan Police, and Soca, the Serious Organised Crime Agency. The drones are small enough to be unnoticed by people on the ground when they are flying at 350ft. They contain high-resolution video surveillance equipment and an infrared night vision capability, so even in darkness they give their operators a bird's-eye view of locations while remaining virtually undetectable Best IELTS Coaching Dwarka .\nThe worrying thing is, who will get access to this technology? Merseyside police are already employing two of the devices as part of a pilot scheme to watch football crowds and city parks looking for antisocial behaviour. It is not just about crime detection: West Midlands fire brigade is about to lease a drone, for example, to get a better view of fire and flood scenes and aid rescue attempts; the Environment Agency is considering their use for monitoring of illegal fly tipping and oil spills. The company that makes the drone says it has no plans to license the equipment to individuals or private companies, which hopefully will prevent private security firms from getting their hands on them. But what about local authorities? In theory, this technology could be used against motorists. And where will the surveillance society end? Already there are plans to introduce smart water' containing a unique DNA code identifier that when sprayed on a suspect will cling to their clothes and skin and allow officers to identify them later. As long as high-tech tools are being used in the fight against crime and terrorism, fine. But if it's another weapon to be used to invade our privacy then we don't want it.\nThe Reading Passage has six paragraphs A\u2013F.\nChoose the correct heading for each paragraph from the list of headings below.\ni The Spy in the sky vi Lack of conclusive evidence\nii The spread of technology vii Cars and cameras\niii The limitations of cameras viii Advantages and disadvantages\niv The cost of cameras ix A natural progression\nv Robots solving serious crimes x A feeling of safety\nQuestions: 1-5\nExample) Paragraph A ix\n1) Paragraph B\n2) Paragraph C\n3) Paragraph D\n4) Paragraph E\n5) Paragraph F\nChoose the correct letter, A, B, C or D.\n6) Britain has already got\nA four million CCTV cameras.\nB more data about DNA than any other country.\nC the most sophisticated crime-fighting technology.\nD access to the genetic data of one in fourteen people living in Britain.\n7) Professor Press\nA works at the University of Manchester.\nB studies car-related crime.\nC is concerned about the negative impact of the use of CCTV.\nD feels that some marketing departments lie about the crime-reducing benefits of CCTV.\n8) The Microdrone is\nA a type of toy in the shape of a plane.\nB being used by the Metropolitan Police.\nC being used by the government.\nD able to film in the dark.\nAnswer the questions below with words taken from the Reading Passage.\nUse NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.\n9) Give examples of 2 events where technology is used to watch crowds.\n10) According to the passage, who do we not want to use the Microdrone?\nThe Best IELTS coaching in Dwarka\nIELTS Dwarka Listening test\nSection 1. A woman was getting information from a travel agent about accommodation and activities in Vancouver.\nQuestions: filling in a form.\nSection 2. A woman talked about a sport center.\nQuestions: multiple choice, map labelling.\nSection 3. Two students talked about Miao people living primarily in southern China's mountains.\nQuestions: multiple choice.\nSection 4: A lecture about food safety.\nPassage 1. An article about global warming.\nPassage 2. A text about the role of mistakes in studies.\nPassage 3. An article describing a book about pirates.\nIELTS Writing task 2 (an essay)\nSome people claim that governments should take action to ensure that people have a healthy lifestyle. Others, however, disagree and believe that people should decide themselves which way they prefer to live their lives.\nSample Answer\nUndoubtedly, healthy and educated society is the backbone of a successful country. There is a general dispute these days about whether it's a government responsibility to provide health care and education for free or not. I think this situation calls for the concerted effect of government, individual and private organization as well.\nIELTS Dwarka, On one side of the argument, there are people who believe that it is one of the fundamental duties of the government to ensure health care and education for the citizen. The main reason for having such belief is perhaps as people in all categories are required to pay taxes to the government, they should definitely receive service from that money. In addition, if tax revenue is not sufficient, government can perform this responsibility by availing loan from international organisation. At least, government should provide basic health care and education up to secondary school free of cost. For example, Canada's government pays for its citizen's health care and education up to a certain level.\nOn the other hand, there are people who believe that individual public and private organisation should run school and hospital and help to release the economic burden on government. If citizen become dependent upon government for health care and education then they ultimately become dependent on the government for everything in their lives. This could lead to a disastrous outcome in any nation because the government cannot support all of its citizen. For example, in an overpopulated country like India, government may face difficulty or it will be impossible to meet the demand for education and health care free of cost for every citizen.\nTo sum up, education and health care are the basic needs of an individual. I think, government should not be solely responsible ensuring health care and education free of cost. Individual public and private corporations should come along to make government enable to provide free health care and education.\nIELTS SPEAKING TOPICS-SAMPLES\nSpeaking Test-I\nTell me about your home country\nWhich part of your country do you like the most? Why?\nDo you like gossiping? Why?\nLet's talk about animals.\nDo you have pets?\nHow do you take care of them?\nDo you love them?\nCue Card\nTalk about a moment when you had to make a decision to go against your manager at work. 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{"text":"English | Chinese | Contact Us\nHome Company Profile News Center Products Marketing Feedback Contact Us\nAbout Dare Panel\nEnterprise Course\nMDF\/HDF (Medium or High Density Fiberboard)\nMulti-layer Environment-favorable Particle Board\nUrl: www.darepanel.com\nYour Position: Home > Company Profile > About Dare Panel\nDare Wood-Based Panel Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as \"Dare Wood-Based Panels Group\"), is a key state enterprise engaged in agricultural industrialization, a state high-tech enterprise, a national key forestry enterprise, a national ecological demonstration enterprise, one of the first batch of national forestry knowledge property pilot units, owing a listed company \"Dare Power Dekor\" (stock code: 000910), and is ranked among the top 500 Chinese private enterprises. \"Dare\" wood-based panels and \" \" belong to Dare Technology Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as \"the Dare Group\")'s series of well-known brands, were ranked in China's top ten fiberboard brands and China's top ten particleboard brands, voted China panel industry's most influential manufacturing enterprise, China's forestry industry corporate brand of the highest integrity, and other awards, voted as one of China's 500 most valuable brands, along with other awards.\nDare wood-based panels Group is a large sub-group of the green industry chain of Dare Group, and is closely linked to farming issues, the economical use of resources, and the implementation of the industrialization of agriculture and forestry operations. A high starting point, high standards and the introduction of today's world-class artificial board production technology and equipment, all contribute to resource-saving and environmentally-friendly business. Adhering to the principles of ecological protection, and with the \"company + base + farmers\" mode of forest plantation which increases farmers' income, Dare Group is promoting the development of the forestry industry and the basic concept of environmental protection. Since 2002, the company's headquarters in Jiangsu, with branches in Guangdong, Jiangxi, Fujian, Heilongjiang and Anhui, with other forest resources and forest products as the focus area of distribution centers, has invested more than 6 billion yuan, with the way of self-building & leasing, in building eight international-class panel production lines with an annual capacity of 2.7 million cubic meters, which ranks the first on the business scale in Asia and sixth in the world.\nDare Wood-Based Panels Group conducts sales in all major domestic and international markets, with more than 1,000 distribution centers in China, and nearly 3,000 employees from around the world. With regional marketing centers in Shanghai, Guangzhou, Beijing, Nanjing, Wuhan, Chengdu, Shenyang, Dalian and other locations, the products are exported to Europe, America, Southeast Asia and other countries and regions. Dare wood-based panel group promotes home environment protection in China, and is the first to introduce E0 class environmental standards. All group branches have passed the ISO9001: 2000 quality system certification and ISO14001 environmental management system certification, China Environmental product certification marks (10 Central Authentication), FSC-COC certification, JIS F \u2606\u2606\u2606\u2606 standard certification, and the California CARB certification. Dare plywood uses residues and small fuelwood as raw materials to produce high-end panels, to meet consumer demand for healthy and environmentally friendly products which are widely used in flooring, furniture, doors, cabinets, wardrobes, packaging, decorative materials, handicrafts, electronic circuit boards, fan blades and other products, and has become the first choice as a raw material supplier for the related well-known brands.\n\"Inheritance and Innovation, Creating the Future with Wisdom\" - with the Chinese plywood industry as a leader, the DARE GROUP Wood-Based Panels Group will always uphold the pursuit of excellence, the ultimate challenge, innovation and development, the courage to play, the spirit of enterprise and the \"struggle + responsibility\" of the corporate culture, along with Dare Technology Group's \"five strategies\" for guidelines - remaining innovation-driven, focusing on green manufacturing, promoting transformation and upgrades, speeding up the construction and application of \"digital Dare\", and reinforcing the dream cornerstone of \"the Dare century\". The company will respond positively to the central call for building a \"Beautiful China\", revitalizing national industry as its mission to serve the country's industry, protecting limited natural resources through large-scale, intensive management; delivering value, social welfare, and healthcare can lead the industry in sustainable development, committed to the achievements of Chinese plywood panels!\nHome | Company Profile | News Center | Products | Marketing | Feedback | Contact Us | Chinese\nCopyright \u00a9 2009-2010 Dare panel group co.,ltd. \u6caaICP\u5907: 05059707","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Jackson attorney: Verdict form confusing in wrongful death suit\nOn behalf of Mitchell & Shapiro LLP | Jan 8, 2014 | Wrongful Death\nPeople all across Georgia are likely familiar with the details surrounding the death of pop icon Michael Jackson. In 2009, Jackson died after an apparent overdose caused by the anesthetic drug propofol, which had been administered by a doctor, Conrad Murray. After the tragic death, Jackson's mother filed a wrongful death lawsuit against AEG Live for hiring Murray, claiming that they were negligent in that decision.\nThe case was tried in front of a jury who ruled that AEG could not be found liable. However, their ruling has come into question after multiple jurors stepped forward to state that the verdict form they were using was confusing.\nAccording to multiple jurors, the form on which they were supposed to submit a verdict was structured in a way that made it impossible for them to rule in favor of Jackson's mother. There were five questions on the form, and all five had to be answered yes in order for AEG to be found liable. But because of the wording of one of the questions, jurors were unable to consider certain facts regarding Murray's competence which would have allowed them to answer yes. Because of this, they had to answer no to the question and AEG was let off the hook.\nJackson's attorney argued that the use of the verdict form was inappropriate, given the complexity and nature of the case, and requested that the case be retried. But a judge tentatively denied the request and it is unknown if an appeal will be filed.\nLosing a loved one can be devastating for family members to cope with. When that loss is attributed to a negligent party, it can make the situation even more upsetting because there is a possibility that a death could have been prevented. In order to hold a negligent person or group accountable for a tragic loss, family members in Georgia may want to consider filing a wrongful death lawsuit against the appropriate party.\nHowever, this process can be confusing and frustrating. The justice system is not without its flaws and there may be a number of areas where having an attorney who understands this process can be vital.\nSource: Los Angeles Times, \"Jury in wrongful-death trial was confused, Jackson attorneys say,\" Kate Mather, Jan. 4, 2014","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Follow @woejournal\nWilliam Sewell\n369 Voorhies Hall\nCampus Map | UC Davis Home | Log in\nHome \u00bb DM Prize Call 2020\nDM Prize Call 2020\nThe Creative Nonfiction Standing Group of the Conference on College Composition and Communication announces the 2020 Donald Murray Prize for creative nonfiction. The prize is awarded annually to the best work of creative nonfiction on the subject of language, writing, teaching, or the teaching of writing. We seek submissions from current and former post-secondary teachers of writing, including graduate students.\nThis prize was first established at CCCC in 2002 in honor of Donald Murray, Pultizer Prize\u2013winning journalist, professor, and author of numerous books and influential articles on writing and the teaching of writing. The prize is sponsored by Cengage Learning.\nEntries will be judged by members of the CNF Standing Group, the editors of Writing on the Edge, and a specially selected final judge.\nThe winner will receive $300 in the form of an AMEX gift card from Cengage Learning and publication in the Spring 2020 issue of Writing on the Edge. All entries will be considered for publication in the journal.\nEntries may not have been previously published in any form, electronically or in print, including blog posts.\nLength limit: 8,000 words maximum (2500\u20134500 preferred) Entry fee: None\nDeadline: November 1, 2019.\nSubmissions Guidelines: Please submit entries in PDF or Microsoft Word to the WOE online submissions system at woe.ucdavis.edu. Please enter \"Donald Murray Prize Submission\" in the space for abstracts.\nSample Articles\nWOE Store\n\u00a9 2020 UC Regents, Davis Campus. All rights reserved.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Edmonton's Music Scene Is FORGING Ahead!\nAlthough the local music scene has taken a hit in the last couple of years, Edmonton is on the forefront of an exciting new musical landscape by emil tiedemann D ESPITE some disheartening setbacks in Edmonton's music scene over the last couple of years, namely the closure of some beloved performance venues and the \"send off\" of Joe Gurba 's Old Ugly Recordings , there's new hope for live music fans on the horizon. Some of Edmonton's talented musicians! We saw musical landmarks like The Artery, The Pawn Shop, and Wunderbar close their doors for good last year, but there have been others that have eagerly taken the baton. A year ago, The Almanac opened on Whyte, followed by The Sewing Machine Factory this year, while The Needle Vinyl Tavern and The Chvrch of John created some much-needed stage space in the downtown soon after, collectively providing live music seven days a week! In January, YEG Music launched as an effort to support and pro","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"'Big Three' getting old? Djokovic doesn't think so | Inquirer Sports\nsports \/ Tennis\n'Big Three' getting old? Djokovic doesn't think so\nReuters \/ 05:53 PM May 16, 2021\nFILE PHOTO: Tennis \u2013 ATP Masters 1000 \u2013 Italian Open \u2013 Foro Italico, Rome, Italy \u2013 May 15, 2021 Serbia's Novak Djokovic during his semi final match against Italy's Lorenzo Sonego REUTERS\/Guglielmo Mangiapane\nThe 'Big Three' of men's tennis has found some \"fresh energy\" to thwart the charge of younger players on the tour, world number one Novak Djokovic said after setting up yet another title clash against his biggest rival against Rafa Nadal.The 'Big Three' of men's tennis has found some \"fresh energy\" to thwart the charge of younger players on the tour, world number one Novak Djokovic said\nThe last four ATP Masters 1000 events, the most prestigious tournaments outside the Grand Slams, have been won by players outside the grouping of Djokovic, Nadal and Roger Federer.\nBut it will be top seed Djokovic facing second seed Nadal at the Foro Italico on Sunday for the Rome Masters title in a 57th career meeting between the duo, with the Serbian leading 29-27.\n\"Rafa and I had a little laugh today in the locker room after I won against (Stefanos) Tsitsipas,\" Djokovic, 33, told reporters after his semifinal win against local favorite Lorenzo Sonego.\n\"We kind of joked around that the old guys are still not giving up. I saw he said somewhere a few days ago that Roger, him and I are old, but I disagree with him. I think we're showing some different, fresh energy.\n\"We had a laugh about it\u2026I'm really glad that we are showing we're not backing off from the NextGenATP attacks.\"\nRussian Daniil Medvedev, 25, won the ATP Finals and the Paris Masters titles last year and has already displaced the 34-year-old Nadal from second spot in the rankings.\nHubert Hurkacz, Tsitsipas and Alexander Zverev have won the three Masters events this year with Greek Tsitsipas the youngest of them, at 22.\nBut Djokovic and Nadal will return to the Masters winners' circle on Sunday, having survived some stern tests during their previous rounds in Rome.\n\"It's great to play him again in the final,\" Djokovic said of the 20-times major winner. \"He's the guy that I have encountered the most in my career. Definitely my biggest rival of all time.\n\"Playing him on clay in the finals of one of the biggest tournaments in the world is always extra motivating for me. Even after all we have been through in our careers, there's still this excitement when we have to face each other.\"\nZidane to leave Real Madrid at end of season \u2013 report\nTAGS: Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Berrien County Paid Terrible Toll on the Otranto\nOctober 6, 2016 at 5:45 am\t(HMS Otranto, WWI)\nTags: Arthur Harper, Ben Griner, Benjamin Easters, Benjamin F. McCranie, Bennie Griner, Burrell McMillan, Charlie S. Railey, Colon Easters, Elisha E. Davis, Frank Moore, George Bruce Faircloth, George Hutto, George Robert Hayes, Gordon Flowers, Guy G. Coppage, J. Bart Gaskins, Jack Boyett, Jake McMillen, James J. Hancock, James M. McMillan, Jesse W. Zeigler, Jim Boyett, Jim Melvin Boyett, Joe E. Hancock, Joel Wheeler, John B. Wheeler, John F. Moore, John Guy Coppage, John Railey, K.H. Holland, Lafayette Gaskins, Lester A. Hancock, Lester Albritton Hancock, Luke Hutto, Mack Hilton Easters, Moses Greyson Sirmons, Neil E. McCranie, Peter Harper, Ralph Knight, Robert J. Hancock, Rufus Davis, Thomas H. Holland, Thomas Jefferson Sirmans, Thomas Jefferson Sirmons, Thomas Webb, Walter Howard Knight, William C. Zeigler, William McMillan, William P. Hayes\nWhen the troopship Otranto went down on October 6, 1918 near the end of World War I, Ray City and Berrien County, GA paid a heavy toll. Among the hundreds of Otranto dead were dozens of soldiers from Berrien. For weeks news of the disaster trickled into American newspapers. Facts were sketchy at best \u2013 In some cases, soldiers who perished in the sinking were incorrectly reported as survivors. The article below incorrectly reported the Irish coast as the site of the sinking. In actuality, the ship went down off the coast of the Isle of Islay, Scotland. It would nearly two months before the names of the lost were known to the folks at home\u2026\nBerrien County Paid Big Toll On The Otranto\nNashville, Ga., November 27.- (Special.) \u2013 Berrien county paid a terrible toll in the loss of her young men when the ill-fated Otranto went down off the Irish coast a few weeks ago [October 6, 1918]; in today's list seven new names of dead from here were added the to already heavy toll. The names of the dead in today's list include:\nJoe Wheeler, son of John Wheeler, of this city; Lester Handcock, son of Joe Handcock, of Enigma;\nWilliam P. Hays, father unknown [George Robert Hayes, died 1914], of Enigma; James M. McMillen, son of Jake McMillen, of Alapaha; Ben F. McCranie, son of Neil McCranie, of Adel. Mr. McCranie had heretofore lost his son-in-law, Gordon Flowers, killed in action some weeks ago. Shelby [Shellie] L. Webb, son of Thomas Webb, of Ray City; Arthur Harper, son of Peter Harper, of Alapaha.\nThose Berrien county boys reported lost prior to this report include Jim Boyett, son of Jack Boyett, of Milltown; Guy Coppage, son of Guy G. Coppage, of Cecil; Lafayette Gaskins, son of Bart Gaskins, of Ray City; Bennie E. Griner, son of Ben Griner, of this city; Robert J. Hancock, son of J. J. Hancock, of Lenox, George H. Hutto, son of Luke Hutto, of Adel; Mack Easters, son of Benjamin Easters, of Lenox; George B. Faircloth, son of Colon Easters, of Milltown; Thomas H. Holland, son of K. H. Holland, of Adel; Ralph Knight, son of Walt Knight, of Ray City; William McMillen, son of B. [Burrell] McMillen of Enigma; John F. Moor, son of Frank Moor, of Adel; Charley Railey, son of John Railey, of Alapaha; William C. Zeigler, son of J. W. [Jesse] Zeigler, of Sparks; Thomas J. Sirmans, son of Mose Sirmans, of this city; Richard [Rufus] Davis, father unknown [Elisha E. Davis].\nThe dead from this accident bring Berrien county's total to about 45 fatalities from all causes during the war. Based upon population, this county has undoubtedly suffered greater loss in men dead than any other county in this state, because of so many of her boys on board the Otranto. The people here will take steps to preserve the memory of these boys by appropriate construction on the public square, it is said.\nAtlanta Constitution, November 28, 1918 \u2013 Berrien County Paid Big Toll on the Otranto\nOtranto Stories in Ray City History\nSeeking Descendants of HMS Otranto Disaster Victims and Survivors\nHMS Otranto Sank Ninety-four Years Ago\nOTRANTO SUNK IN COLLISION\nOct 12, 1918 ~ 372 U.S. Soldiers Lost in Sinking of Otranto\nOctober 13-15, 1918 ~ RECOVERING CORPSES FROM OTRANTO WRECK\nThe American Red Cross and the Otranto Rescue\nJ.M. DeLoach Jumped from the HMS OTRANTO\nRalph Knight ~ Otranto Disaster\nShellie Loyd Webb \u2013 Lost at Sea\nAlvin Claude Bozeman and the Sinking of the HMS Otranto\nBurial of the Otranto Victims\nIslay Remembered Otranto Soldiers at Christmas Time\nHero of Otranto Rescue Shot Dead\nGideon Gaskins and the Oak View Hotel\nApril 9, 2016 at 12:44 am\t(Gaskins Family, Historic Businesses)\nTags: Albert Padgett, Bank of Willacoochee, Berrien County GA, Brunswick & Western Railroad, Bryant Gaskins, Carter & Ford Grocers, Catherine Gaskins, David E. Gaskins, Elizabeth Clements, Gideon Gaskins, Gidian Gaskins, Henry Moore, Henry Paulk, Ida Gaskins, J. Bart Gaskins, James F. Schearer, Joe Vickers, John C. Clements, John G. Gaskins, John Gaskins, Lourene Clements, M. Corbitt, Mary J. Gaskins, Mary Patten, Mattie Mae Gaskins, Oak View Hotel, R. L. Ford, Ray's Mill GA, Thomas Gaskins, Thomas R. Cox, Willacoochee GA, William Gaskins, William L. Moore, William Thomas Gaskins\nGideon D. Gaskins\nGideon D. Gaskins was born September 15, 1859 and raised in the vicinity of Ray's Mill, GA. His father was William Gaskins and his mother was Elizabeth Clements. The Berrien County tax digests of 1884-1886 show the twenty-something young Gideon Gaskins in the 1144 Georgia Militia District, the Ray's Mill district, although he was not a land owner.\nOn October 17, 1886, Gideon D. Gaskins married Lourene \"Lula\" Clements in Berrien County, GA.\nMarriage Certificate of Gideon D. Gaskins and Lula R. Clements, October 17, 1886, Berrien County, GA\nLula was born September 5, 1866, a daughter of John C. Clements and Mary Patten.\nSome time before 1887, Gideon Gaskins moved his family to Willacoochee, GA where he worked as a merchant. The 1887 property tax digest show \"Giddie\" Gaskins owned property in the town of Willacoochee valued at $135, and $25 worth of household furnishings. His stock of merchandise was valued at $300. The 1890 property tax digests show Gaskins' town property in Willacoochee valued at $200, as well as $50 in household furnishings and $20 in livestock.\nAn 1898 society item from offered a tongue-in-cheek critique of the Willacoochee merchant's physique. Gaskin's fellow businessmen and neighbors were: Albert Padgett, merchant; William L. Moore, merchant; Joe Vickers, merchant; Henry Paulk, merchant. Gid Gaskins was apparently leaner and cleaner shaven than his colleagues.\n1898 personal mention of Gid Gaskins, merchant of Willacoochee, GA\nTifton Gazette\nClever Joe Vickers is waxing fat, selling good goods and eating fish these days. The same would be true of our friends Padgett and Moore, but Gid Gaskins is not quite keeping up with the boys in the matter of flesh. Like Henry Paulk, however, he is better prepared to stand hot weather.\nIn the census of 1900, Gideon Gaskins gave his occupation as merchant and indicated he was working as a wage employee. By 1902, Willacoochee was a growing concern and Gideon was ready to run his own shop. He built a brick store in Willacoochee on the south side of the tracks of the Brunswick and Western Railroad. The Brunswick & Western Railroad ran 171 miles from Brunswick, GA to Albany, GA passing through Waynesville, Waycross, Waresboro, Pearson, Sniff, Kirkland, Pinebloom, Willacoochee, Alapaha, Enigma, Brookfield, Vanceville, Tifton and other towns. In the 1870s and 80s the Brunswick & Western had been the stomping grounds of the notorious outlaw Ben Furlong; in the 1900s Jack Alsea \"Joe\" Furlong, son of Ben Furlong, was residing at Willacoochee, GA in the household of his foster parents Benjamin B. Gray and Ellen Gray .\nA Growing Town\nTifton's sister city Willacoochee is showing more evidence of thrift and interprise than any town along the Brunswick and Western.\nThe Bank of Willacoochee has just finished two handsome brick store rooms on either side of the bank building, and these are occupied by D. E. Gaskins and by Carter & Ford.\nMr. G. D. Gaskins is erecting a handsome brick store, 25\u00d790 feet, as is also Mr. J. J. Vickers, the former on the south and the latter on the north side of the railroad, where his store was burned last Christmas.\nBoth these buildings will soon be completed and occupied. Messrs. M. Corbitt and J. F. Shearer have also put a handsome line of groceries in the post office building.\nSeveral more improvements are contemplated.\nGideon D. Gaskins and Lula Clements had only one child, Mattie Mae Gaskins, born October 10, 1890. A 1904 news clipping from the Tifton Gazette suggests that Mattie Gaskins may have attended the Sparks Institute as a teen ager.\nThe 1910 census records show that Gideon's nephew, Thomas R. Cox, had come to live with the Gaskins in Willacoochee by that time. It was a banner year for Willacoochee in 1910. The opening of the line of the Georgia & Florida on October 1, 1908 had brought a second railroad to the town and by 1910 the town was experiencing a boom in construction. The Peoples Bank building went up, along with half a dozen still-existing brick and wood commercial buildings. and the Willacoochee Electric Plant. And in 1910, the Oak View Hotel was built in Willacoochee; Gideon Gaskins would be the proprietor.\nThe former Oak View Hotel, Willacoochee, GA, with its distinctive jerkinhead (clipped gable) roof line. The jerkinhead design roof was stronger, but more expensive than a conventional hip gable roof.\nThe former Oak View hotel still stands on the corner of McCranie Street and Gaskins Street in Willacoochee, GA. The hotel was built in a prime location, one block south of the tracks of the Brunswick & Western Railroad and two blocks east of the depot of the recently opened Georgia & Florida Railroad. After 1908, the route of the G&F was from Jacksonville, GA to Madison, FL and provided convenient transportation between Willacoochee and Ray City by way of Nashville, GA, a run of about 34 miles. The Gaskins were one of many south Georgia families that shared a Ray City \u2013 Willacoochee connection.\nThe costs of constructing the Oak View Hotel may have strained Gideon D. Gaskins' finances. In 1910 he received a judgment of bankruptcy, but later determined that he would be able to make good on all his debts.\nDoes Not Appear Bankrupt\nBrunswick, Ga., April 23. \u2013 The case of G. D. Gaskins of Willacoochee, recently adjudged to be a bankrupt by the local refferee in bankruptcy, will come up for a hearing in this city on May 2.\nThe schedule of liabilities and assets of the bankrupt were recently filed in the court for this district, and they show that he has assets of about $7,450, while his liabilities are only about $2,982.11.\nSome of the indebtedness has been paid off since the filing of the petition, and it is expected that when he comes to the hearing he will offer to pay dollar for dollar.\nDespite earlier struggles, business was good in Willacoochee. By 1916 Gideon's nephew, Thomas R. Cox, had secured a position as bookkeeper for the Bank of Willacoochee. When Cox disappeared in May, 1916 there were allegations of malfeasance.\nGideon D. Gaskins died at his home in Willacoochee, GA on October 23, 1916.\nDeath of Gideon D. Gaskins reported in the Tifton Gazette\nThe Tifton Gazette\nG. D. Gaskins, Willacoochee.\nWillacoochee, Ga., October 24.-(Special.)- G .D. Gaskins, proprietor of the Oak View hotel and a well-known citizen of this county, died at his home here last night about 6 o'clock. He is survived by a wife, one daughter, Miss Mattie Mae Gaskins, of Willacoochee; four brothers, Bart, Tom and John Gaskins of Ray City, and Bryan Gaskins, of Sparks, and three sisters, Mrs. Ida Sirmans, and Mrs. Catherine Roberts of Nashville, and Mrs. Mary Cox of Ray City. The funeral was held at 3 o'clock this afternoon, followed by the interment here.\nThe grave of Gideon D. Gaskins lies in the Willacoochee City Cemetery.\nGrave of Gideon D. Gaskins, Willacoochee City Cemetery, Willacoochee, GA. Image source: Barbara L. Kirkland\nThe information from the grave marker is somewhat problematic. First, the given name on the grave does not follow the expected spelling \u2013 \"Gidian\" instead of \"Gideon.\" Second, the date of death on the grave -March 21, 1916 \u2013 does not match with obituaries published in local and state newspapers which clearly establish the date of death as October 23, 1916. It appears that the marker on the grave of Gideon D. Gaskins was placed well after the time of his death, perhaps after the time of his wife's death, and that the date of his passing or even the spelling of his name was not well known to those tending his grave.\nAfter the death of Gideon D. Gaskins his widow, Lula Clements Gaskins, operated the Oak View Hotel for a few years, then returned to Ray City, GA with her daughter, Mattie Mae Gaskins. They lived in a house on Main Street, Ray City, until Lula's death in 1947.\nGrave of Lula Clements Gaskins, Willacoochee City Cemetery, Willacoochee, GA. Image source: Barbara L. Kirkland\nHyman Hardeman Sirmans of Ray City, GA\nMarch 18, 2012 at 12:05 am\t(Sirmans Family, WWII)\nTags: Albert Studstill, Beaver Dam Cemetery, Berrien County GA, Billy Clements, Brocy Sirmans, Clyde Miller, Daniel Walker Sirmans, Edith Sirmans, Glen Lee, Herbert Allen, Hyman Hardeman Sirmans, J. Bart Gaskins, Jack Knight, Jackie Giddens, Joe Latham, John D. Luke, Lawson Fountain, Leland Kent, Lerine Sirmans, Liberty Ship, Lonnie Plair, Mamie Sirmans, Margaret Sirmans, Marjorie Garner, Marvin Harris, Merice Lancing Langford, Patricia Ann Sirmans, Ray City Baptist Church, Ray City GA, S.S. William G. Lee, Sam Barker, Thomas Patten, Victoria Sirmans, Walter J. Gaskins\nHyman Hardeman \"Brocy\" Sirmans (1919 \u2013 1969) of Ray City, GA was a son of Mamie and Daniel W. Sirmans.\nHyman Hardeman \"Brocy\" Sirmans of Ray City, GA.\nH. H. Sirmans was born on March 22, 1919 at Ray City just in time to be enumerated in the census of 1920. His father rented a farm on one of the settlement roads near Ray City. Next door was John and Anne Sirmans Matheny, and on the adjacent farm, George W. and Mary Fender.\n1920 enumeration of the household of Daniel W. Sirmans.\nhttp:\/\/www.archive.org\/stream\/georgiacensus00reel338#page\/n372\/mode\/1up\nHyman H. Sirmans was enumerated in the Census of 1930 in his father's household at Ray City, GA. He was 11 years old, and attended school along with his sisters Lerine and Victoria. Edith and Margaret were too young to attend.\nHyman H Sirmans worked on a Liberty Ship during WWII. His service records give his physical description as 5\u2032 6\u2033 tall, and 228 pounds.\nHe began his service at sea in 1940, and served as a Fireman\/Watertender on the S. S. William G. Lee. The William G. Lee liberty ship was built in Savannah, Georgia by the Southeastern Shipbuilding Corporation.\nThe WWII liberty ship S. S. William G. Lee, photographed after the war.\nThe Merchant Marine website provides the following:\n\"Liberty ship\" was the name given to the EC2 type ship designed for \"Emergency\" construction by the United States Maritime Commission in World War II. Liberty ships were nicknamed \"ugly ducklings\" by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.\nThe first of the 2,711 Liberty ships was the SS Patrick Henry, launched on Sept. 27, 1941, and built to a standardized, mass produced design. (2,710 ships were completed, as one burned at the dock.) The 250,000 parts were pre-fabricated throughout the country in 250-ton sections and welded together in about 70 days. One Liberty ship, the SS Robert E. Peary was built in four and a half days. A Liberty cost under $2,000,000.\nThe Liberty was 441 feet long and 56 feet wide. Her three-cylinder, reciprocating steam engine, fed by two oil-burning boilers produced 2,500 hp and a speed of 11 knots. Her 5 holds could carry over 9,000 tons of cargo, plus airplanes, tanks, and locomotives lashed to its deck. A Liberty could carry 2,840 jeeps, 440 tanks, or 230 million rounds of rifle ammunition.\nAs a Fireman\/Watertender on the S.S. William G. Lee, H. H. Sirmans would have been responsible for tending to the fires and boilers in the steam ship's engine room. His duties would have included tending the boilers to maintain steam at specified pressure, and regulating the amount of water in the boiler, observing gauges, and cleaning equipment and work area. He may have also done maintenance and repair work in the fireroom and engine room, and monitored operation of evaporators and condensers used to convert salt water to fresh water.\nThe William G. Lee was launched in July, 1944 and made numerous Atlantic crossings during WWII. According to the ConvoyWeb database for Merchant Ships during WW2, the William G. Lee departed from NYC on July 25, 1944 with Convoy HX.301, and arrived at Liverpool, England on August 8, 1944. She departed Methil, Scotland with Convoy FS.1541 on August 11,1944 for Southend, England, arriving on August 13, 1944. She departed Southend, England with Convoy FN.1455 on August 20, 1944, for Methil,Scotland. Two days later she departed Methil Scotland with Convoy EN.425 on August 22, 1944 bound for Loch Ewe, Scotland, arriving August 24. She joined Convoy ON.250 departing from Liverpool and arrived NYC on September 7, 1944. She departed from NYC on October 5, 1944 with Convoy HX.312, and arrived at Liverpool, England on October 21, 1944. She joined Convoy ON.267 departing Southend on November 18, 1944, and arrived NYC on December 5, 1944. She departed Boston, MA with Convoy BX.138 on December 21, 1944, arriving off Halifax on December 23. She joined Convoy HX.328 departing from NYC on Christmas Eve, 1944, arriving at Liverpool England on January 8, 1945. On January 10, 1945, she made the run from Southend with Convoy FN.1598, bound for Methil, Scotland. Nine days later, she made the return run with Convoy FS.1702. She departed Southend with Convoy ON.280 on January 22 1945, arrived NYC on 9 February 9, 1945. She joined Convoy HX.341 and departed NYC on February 28, 1945, arriving at Liverpool England on March 15, 1945. On 27 March 1945 she departed Southend with Convoy ON.293, and arrived NYC on April 15, 1945. She departed from NYC on May 3, 1945 with Convoy HX.354 and arrived Liverpool on 18 May 1945.\nH. H. Sirmans married Marjorie E Garner in 1944 in Baker County, FL 1944 21268\n1969 Obituary of Hyman Hardeman Sirmans, Ray City, Berrien County, GA.\nLAKELAND, Ga. \u2013 H. H. (Brocy) Sirmans, 49, of Ray City, died at his home early today of an apparent heart attack.\nHe was born and lived all his life in Berrien County. He was a member of Ray City Baptist Church, the National Farmers Organization and the Farm Bureau.\nSurvivors are his wife the former Marjorie Garner; a daughter, Patricia Ann Sirmans of Valdosta; mother, Mrs. Mamie Sirmans of Ray City; four sisters, Mrs. Lerine Harris and Mrs. Margaret Stalvey and Mrs. Edith Peters of Ray City and Mrs. Victoria Bradly of Savannah.\nFuneral services are to be held at 3 p. m. Wednesday at Ray City Baptist Church with burial at Beaver Dam Cemetery. The body is to be taken to the residence late today.\nMusic Funeral Home of Lakeland is in charge of arrangements.\nActive pallbearers are to be Jackie Giddens, Murice Lankford, Marvin Harris, J. Bart Gaskins, Clyde Miller, Albert Studstill, James Swindle and Lonnie Plair.\nHonorary pallbearers are to be Walter J. Gaskins, Billy Clements, Glen Lee, John David Luke, Lawson Fountain, Sam Barker, Joe Latham, Jack Knight, Herbert Allen, Thomas Patten and Leland Kent.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"A repository of recipes and memories\nTime for tea (in Myanmar)\nBurmese tea, how the locals drink it \u2013 very strong, and served with sweetened, condensed milk. It reminded me of Indian Masala tea, but without the addition of spices. As in Laos, it was served with complementary green tea.\nOne of the curiosities of traveling through South-East Asia is that if you enter Thailand over land (as we did, by boat), you are issued with a 15-day tourist visa. If you fly in, you automatically qualify for a 30-day visa, but if you organise a visa over the Internet before you enter the country, you can easily obtain a 60- or 90-day visa.\nWe didn't find out about the 60- or 90-day visas until it was too late, so we were stuck with 15-days. It is possible to arrange extensions (for a fee) by going to the Immigration Department in Chiang Mai or Bangkok, but in our haste to escape to Pai, we didn't think about organising this before we left. When in Pai, we had to make up our minds whether to a) go back to Chiang Mai before the visas ran out, b) wait until we got to Bangkok, and hope that we could organise an extension before they ran out, c) gulp, and pay the fine for overstaying at the airport when we left, or d) make a trip to the northern town of Mae Sai, where we could go over the border into Myanmar (Burma), renewing our Thai visas for another 15 days when we returned.\nClearly, we chose option d. Many tourists get sucked into the lifestyle in Pai and end up staying far longer than they had intended, so such \"visa runs\" are common. It was easy to book tickets on a mini-bus for the 7 hour trip to Mae Sai. The bus left at 5.30am so that it could do a round trip, returning passengers to their safe little haven (Pai) in the same day.\nThe trip seemed to pass blessedly quickly, despite being crammed in like sardines and only making two stops. (I think my absorption in my current read, the \"Talented Mr Ripley\" trilogy had something to do with this). At the border, our fellow travelers headed over straight away as they had about 45 minutes to get to Myanmar and back to the bus. Colin and I had elected to stay overnight in Mae Sai, so we found our hostel, settled in, and then headed to the border.\nHeading over the bridge, towards the Myanmar border.\nThe border crossing is very busy, as it is a major trading point between the two countries. Many Thai people (like this woman and her son) visit the town of Tachileik to shop for bargains at the Chinese market. Thai shopkeepers purchase goods in Tachileik because they can more than double their money back over the border. We bought a small bag of cashews in Myanmar for 30 Baht, and later that day, saw a similar size bag in Thailand for 120 Baht.\nJust over the border, is Tachileik, \"City of the Golden Triangle\".\nThe Golden Triangle refers to the three-country border where Thailand, Myanmar and Laos meet, historically known for its thriving trade in opium. The opium trade is much more heavily policed now, especially in Thailand, but where there is a will, there is a way, and this activity still goes on (although is more centred on methamphetamine now). The border between Thailand and Myanmar doesn't exactly pose much of an obstacle for smugglers, as the photo below shows. The poverty of the hill-tribes in both Myanmar and Thailand, the corruption of authorities, and general lawlessness of this border area also support the drug trade.\nThe river Mae Nam Sai, which forms the border \u2013 Burma to the left; Thailand to the right.\nCrossing into Myanmar involved a stop at Passport Control, where our passports were removed, and we were issued with a permit that allowed us to visit Myanmar for 14 days. In reality, this permit doesn't allow you to travel very far into Myanmar without applying for difficult-to-obtain further permits. For most travelers to Myanmar, applying for a visa prior to flying into one of the two main cities is the safest and most convenient way to travel.\nTachileik is described as \"a seedy frontier smuggling and gambling town\" in Lonely Planet, and it really is just that. As we entered the town, I hung back to take a couple of photographs, while Colin was approached by three men vying with each other to ask, \"you want woman? I can take you to woman?\". When Colin laughed and said he was with his wife, I received embarrassed smiles, although I only discovered the reason for it later. Seconds later, an older man struck up a conversation with us, wanting to know if we wanted to gamble or buy alcohol. We declined his offer, but he seemed like such a nice grandfatherly-type, that I asked him where we could buy a cup of the famous Burmese tea.\nDanny took us to a tea-shop nearby which he said he frequented every morning. He then entertained us with all manner of interesting stories. Danny is a retired marine engineer, who claimed to have invented the hybrid engine, and romantically, had sacrificed marriage and a family for his first love, philosophy. He spent several years working illegally in America, which is where he developed his excellent grasp of English. On attempting to illegally enter the US a second time, he was arrested on the beach where his boat landed, jailed, and sent back to Myanmar.\nWith Danny \u2013 a colourful character indeed! His teeth were pretty colourful too, stained a red-brown from the betel leaves chewed by many people in Myanmar (the leaves are a mild stimulant).\nAfter tea, I agreed to buy a couple of cans of Myanmar beer at a duty free shop (itself the weirdest mix of typical duty-free-glitz set in a background of a dirty, decaying building). Danny then suggested that I might like to sample some local perfume, which he said was \"made without alcohol\". He took me to a shop and I actually did purchase a small bottle because it smelt lovely, and cost only 27 Baht, just over $1 NZ. While there, I asked the proprietor if she could give me my change in Myanmar Kyat, as I have saved a small amount of local money from every country we have visited. The Baht is actually the currency of choice in Tachileik, but I was given a 50,000 Kyat note as a souvenir (equivalent to about 2 Thai Baht, or less than 10 cents NZ).\nAfter we left Danny with a generous tip, we decided to spend some time looking around the market. Colin's \"same, same, but different\" Prada sunglasses that he had bought for a few dollars in Vang Vieng had collapsed while crossing the border, so he was ripe to be pounced upon by two young men at a sunglasses stall. While Colin modeled glasses and joked with them, two other men tried to sell me cartons of cigarettes, and then (with a twinkle), Viagra. This caused a lot of laughter and jokes, with the men highly amused when I pretended to misunderstand, and then to be shy. They had both \"Indian\" Viagra, as well as \"genuine\" Viagra, and even a potion that they claimed was \"Lady Viagra\", which depicted a scantily clad vamp on the box. Colin soon got in on the action, and his animated portrayal of why he didn't need Viagra caused raucous outbursts (if you know Colin, you get the picture!).\nColin with his new sunglasses. The two young guys ran the sunglasses stall, but the man on the left was just a random who got in on the fun. The cigarette and Viagra sellers declined to be in the picture, claiming (I think) that it was illegal for their wares to be photographed.\nAfter this, the man in the left of the picture showed us around the market. A bit like Danny, he just somehow became our guide. He too was full of interesting stories, and had a beautiful smile and gentle manner. He was also clearly poor, and we knew he would probably ask us for money at some point. We spent a pleasant hour with him, wandering through the markets in the sun, sampling little potato samosa from a stall (very delicious), and chatting to stall owners. It was handy having a local guide so we could find out more about the more unusual items for sale, such as dried tiger intestine and deer heart (both used for medicine).\nAround 4pm we decided we should head back to Thailand in plenty of time before the border closed (taking into account also, that Myanmar is half an hour ahead of Thailand). We said goodbye to our guide after giving him some money, which he claimed he needed to bribe an official so he could get into Thailand to work. In the market we had encountered quite a few beggars, and there were many more as we walked back towards the border \u2013 lots of elderly men and women, people with serious physical disabilities, women with young babies, and lots and lots of kids. We were soon completely cleaned out of coins and small notes, and it was hard saying no to the final few we passed. Myanmar has one of the least developed economies in the world, and there were far more beggars here than anywhere else we have visited.\nAt the border, our passports were returned, then we had to pass through Thai immigration again.\nBack in the Thai town of Mae Sai, which was obviously more affluent than Tachileik.\nAfter wandering through the stalls on the Thai side of the border for a while, we took a tuk-tuk back to our hotel and went in search of dinner. Bed wasn't too far away, as we were tired from an early start to the day, and several hours walking around in the hot sun (Pai had been much cooler). Unfortunately, we had a very broken nights sleep due to a loud karaoke bar across the street\u2026\nThe next day we ate something disgusting that resembled breakfast, then caught a local bus for the 90-minute trip to Chiang Rai. On route, the bus was stopped twice by armed Thai police, who first searched passengers for illegal items, then the second time, examined their identity cards. At the second checkpoint, a young Burmese man was removed from the bus. Colin and I weren't searched or questioned at either point, which felt unfair. In fact, the only attention we got was when a woman police officer wanted to have a look at Colin's tattoos, which she said were \"beautiful\". A bit surreal, given that her Glock was only inches away from us!\nAs many of you know, Colin and I have seriously considered extending our trip by another month or so. If we had, we would have gone to Myanmar. We've stuck to our original three-months for several reasons, the main one being that the monsoon will be in full force in Myanmar in June, July and August. But I'm happy that I got to go to Myanmar after all, even if it was only for a few hours. It definitely whetted our appetites\u2026\nStir-fried vegetables, a small plate of barbequed pork, rice, and Chang (with ice). Simple, tasty, and swiftly consumed.\nFiled under: Eat, Travel\nborder crossing, Burma, City of the Golden Triangle, markets, Myanmar, Tachileik, tea\nHI, KNOCK KNOCK, ANYONE HOME\nchezmaree\nStill here! Just been busy in Bali, and Internet is a bit iffy. Will aim to get a post up today on Bangkok.\nHI, WHAT A CRAZY, BUT NEAT ADVENTURE ACROSS THE BORDER. BRO, WHAT IF SHE HAD NOT LIKED YOUR TATTS.\nHi, I'm Chez. Welcome to my place, chez moi, a space for sharing my writing and photographs about eating, cooking, travelling and creating home. Click on the photo for more info.\nChez Moi is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Coach focuses on teamwork\nSeth Millhoan\nWomen's basketball Coach Nancy Winstel's office is small, but somehow spacious. She makes the most of the room that the university gave her.\nIt's what she's been doing her whole life. She is at her best when she gives what she can and makes the most of her opportunities.\nThe Campbell County native sat down with The Northerner for an interview last week and she had some very pointed things to say. She wants people to know about her greatest achievement: creating teamwork.\n\"You're not going to see prima donnas on the floor who don't pass the ball,\" she said. \"The thing I like most about our team is the chemistry we have. Every player wants to be here.\"\nAn important aspect of a great team is to have good chemistry. A rare commodity in sports today is having players that get along and have friendships away from the court.\nHaving players that get along and have friendships away from the playing surface is a rare commodity in sports today. Winstel has found that out. Although, she is not too shy to give her players the tough love they need to be aggressive and motivated.\n\"I always tell my players that just because we had a (disagreement) in the locker room, doesn't mean that I don't care about you.\"\nA want of a player is the chance to play for a nice, caring coach. However, the thing that they want above everything else is to win and be successful.\n\"I tell my players, most of who are from the Greater Cincinnati area, that playing college basketball is special. Getting to play in your own backyard is extra special.\"\nCoach Winstel was born in northern Kentucky and raised in both Newport, KY and Fort Thomas, KY. Aside from a three-year coaching stint at Midway College, she has spent her entire life in Northern Kentucky. She's not about to leave, either.\n\"I've had opportunities to leave and I have chosen not to. This is my home. To have the opportunity to coach at a college that you went to is very special,\" Winstel said.\nNKU has a special place in Winstel's heart. She chose to attend college at NKU, and it came with a price. She feels as if she owes the university her service for being the school that she could afford to attend and was close to home.\n\"If it wasn't for NKU, I probably would have never gone to college,\" she said. \"If I was going to college, I was going to have to pay for it myself. When I got out of high school, NKU was just beginning.\"\nWinstel decided to enroll as a part time student to get a feel for things. She knew NKU was where she would be for a very long time.\nAfter graduating with a degree in physical education from NKU, Winstel earned her master's degree from Indiana University. Her head coaching career began at Midway College before she returned to coach at NKU in 1981.\n\"There are days when I drive in to work and I scan the (area) and I think to myself, 'Wow.' I work here. I do this. I feel very blessed to do what I do, where I want to do it,\" Winstel said.\nNKU means a lot to Winstel. She has been at the university for 29 years. She has earned the right to speak her mind about a multitude of subjects, including school spirit.\n\"To me, I don't understand why NKU's students' number one school is (University of Kentucky). Their number one team should be Northern Kentucky. Is it because we're Division II? That's where they go to school, you know? I like UK, but I don't bleed blue. I bleed black and gold.\"\nWinstel is very adamant when talking about her beloved university. It doesn't matter to her that the teams are Division II.\n\"I think that what a lot of people don't realize is that there are Division II schools that could beat a lot of Division I schools.\"\nWinstel also challenges the student body to come watch the team as they march through the season.\n\"If you love the game, if you're from Kentucky and you truly love the game of basketball, and you come to one of our games, and you don't get excited, then you don't truly love the game,\" Winstel said.\n\"It's not just the women either. Come and watch the men. You'll get excited.\"\nIt's obvious that Winstel's ability to coach women's basketball at NKU has brought her to this point.\nShe won't stop until the entire university is united as one team.\nCenter Chris Vogt transferring from NKU\nExternal review finds abuse allegations against WBB coach 'unfounded'\nDr. Hassan HassabElnaby named College of Business dean\nNKU names Steely Library's next dean\nChase professor cited, quoted in national death penalty case\nMinority health counseling: Could university programs be more inclusive?\nThe current standard for parental leave\nA dad's perspective on paid parental leave","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Four highly acclaimed scholars and researchers join engineering faculty\nImage: Wikimedia Commons\nA $100 million fund at The Texas A&M University System known as the Chancellor's Research Initiative (CRI) is credited for successfully attracting four world renowned scholars and researchers to elevate the engineering research portfolio:\n* Christodoulos A. Floudas, professor of engineering and applied science, Princeton University.\n* E.N. Pistikopoulos, professor of chemical engineering, Imperial College of London.\n* Alan Needleman, professor of materials science and engineering in the College of Engineering, University of North Texas.\n* Peter M. Rentzepis, professor of electrical engineering and computer science, University of California at Irvine.\n\"These are superstars in the academic community in engineering research, respected by their peers as members of the prestigious national academies, and the caliber of scholar that every university aggressively courts,\" said Chancellor John Sharp. \"The CRI seeks to find outstanding researchers who can not only produce amazing work, but also bring in some much needed funding to support that work.\"\nLeveraging vast experience in developing and implementing large, multi-investigator, federally funded programs, each brings strength in key areas: Floudas and Pistikopoulos in process control and optimization, Needleman in computational materials, and Rentzepis in ultrafast spectroscopy and X-ray lasers.\nMore at College of Engineering","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Home Close x\neBook (PDF) $29.99\neBook (EPUB) $29.99\nFor Professors:\nProphets of the Posthuman\nAmerican Fiction, Biotechnology, and the Ethics of Personhood\nby Christina Bieber Lake\n264 pages, 6.00 x 9.00\nPaperback | 9780268022365 | August 2014\neBook (PDF) | 9780268075866 | August 2014\neBook (EPUB) | 9780268158699 | August 2014\nProphets of the Posthuman provides a fresh and original reading of fictional narratives that raise the question of what it means to be human in the face of rapidly developing bioenhancement technologies. Christina Bieber Lake argues that works by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Walker Percy, Flannery O'Connor, Toni Morrison, George Saunders, Marilynne Robinson, Raymond Carver, James Tiptree, Jr., and Margaret Atwood must be reevaluated in light of their contributions to larger ethical questions. Drawing on a wide range of sources in philosophical and theological ethics, Lake claims that these writers share a commitment to maintaining a category of personhood more meaningful than that allowed by utilitarian ethics. Prophets of the Posthuman insists that because technology can never ask whether we should do something that we have the power to do, literature must step into that role.\nEach of the chapters of this interdisciplinary study sets up a typical ethical scenario regarding human enhancement technology and then illustrates how a work of fiction uniquely speaks to that scenario, exposing a realm of human motivations that might otherwise be overlooked or simplified. Through the vision of the writers she discusses, Lake uncovers a deep critique of the ascendancy of personal autonomy as America's most cherished value. This ascendancy, coupled with technology's glamorous promises of happiness, helps to shape a utilitarian view of persons that makes responsible ethical behavior toward one another almost impossible. Prophets of the Posthuman charts the essential role that literature must play in the continuing conversation of what it means to be human in a posthuman world.\nChristina Bieber Lake is the Clyde S. Kilby Professor of English at Wheaton College. She is the author of a number of books, including Prophets of the Posthuman: American Fiction, Biotechnology, and the Ethics of Personhood (University of Notre Dame Press, 2013), winner of the Aldersgate Prize and the Catholic Press Association Book Award for Faith and Science.\n\"Christina Bieber Lake's Prophets of the Posthuman is an insightful and well-written monograph that brings the work of nine American fiction writers to bear on ethical questions concerning biotechnology. . . Lake's text is brimming with insightful readings of fiction in dialogue with thoughtful ethical reflections.\" ~Modern Theology\n\"Bieber Lake's treatment of each prophetic work of fiction shows an expansive awareness of the greater bioethical conversation, with a deft perception of the many implications involving the posthuman condition.\" ~Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies\n\"This is an engaging, timely book: a study of American fiction twinned with an ethical critique of biotechnology. Bieber Lake writes on several important works of narrative fiction, and in each case thoughtfully and incisively raises questions about the technological changing of the human body. The book is highly readable, and Bieber Lake wears her considerable knowledge very lightly.\" ~Kevin Hart, Edwin B Kyle Professor of Christian Studies, University of Virginia\n\"Christina Bieber Lake masterfully integrates fiction and theology in Prophets of the Posthuman: American Fiction, Biotechnology, and the Ethics of Personhood. She asks pressing questions about what it means to be human in an ever braver, newer world.\" ~The Christian Century\n\"On the whole, Lake's argument is key in helping fiction writers, literary scholars, and others engaged in the humanities and arts to make the case for the relevance of fictional narrative to philosophical speculation and scientific pursuit.\" ~Flannery O'Connor Review\n\"The book skillfully interweaves the futuristic predictions of biotechnology advocates, such as Steven Pinker, Daniel Dennett, Lee Silver, Simon Young, Ray Kurzweil, and Rodney Brooks, with selected narratives from nine of our most perceptive fiction writers. . . . All librarians will find its extensive bibliography a helpful guide to insightful books on bioethics and to some great, ethically engaging fiction.\" ~Catholic Library World\n\"Prophets of the Posthuman ought to be heeded as a humane and Christian counter-witness to the powerful forces of consumerism and scientific positivism that threaten to dominate the cultural landscape, especially where matters of healthcare are concerned. To my mind, this book is best suited to ethics classes and to general readers concerned about the implications of biotechnology.\" ~John Sykes, Wingate University\n\"As we attempt to make sense of the technologically accelerated\u2014and 'enhanced'\u2014world in which we find ourselves, Christina Bieber Lake provides incisive analysis of contemporary encroachments upon our common humanity. She demonstrates how centrally significant the inexorable march of science to know and do whatever it can will be to our individual and collective sense of self.\" ~Avis Hewitt, Grand Valley State University\n\"In Prophets of the Posthuman Christina Bieber Lake unfolds in detail her belief that 'fiction is the art of love for persons.' Her aim is, in part, to help scholarly students of literature once again focus attention on the question of how we should live. But she also wants to help us all read in such a way that we see others as persons to be loved rather than as collections of attributes to be reshaped and enhanced. Wide-ranging and discerning, this is a book full of insight.\" ~Gilbert Meilaender, Duesenberg Professor in Christian Ethics, Valparaiso University\nFaith and Science category, Catholic Press Association Awards\nAldersgate Prize\n\u00a9 Notre Dame Press | 310 Flanner Hall | Notre Dame, IN 46556 | Privacy Statement\nCreated by Supadu","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"District Five honored professional development\nIn: Education\nLexington-Richland School District Five has been honored by the University of South Carolina's (USC) College of Education for its work with the Professional Development Schools (PDS) Network.\nDuring a May 7 awards ceremony, Oak Pointe Elementary School received the Exemplary Professional Development School Achievement Award. The award is given to a school whose work creates and sustains genuine collaborative relationships between P-12 schools and higher education.\n\"I am so proud to be a part of a faculty that values life-long learning and collaborating to promote the teaching profession,\" said Kristie Smith, Oak Pointe Elementary School principal. \"It is amazing that others recognize our hard work and dedication to our PDS partnership and the future of our profession.\"\nProfessional Development Schools in School District Five include: Irmo Middle School, Oak Pointe Elementary School, Irmo Elementary School and Dutch Fork High School. Irmo High School International School for the Arts has been selected to join the network in the 2019-2020 school year.\nTwo School District Five teachers were two of the six finalists statewide for the Coaching Teacher Award of Excellence: Amy Collins (Oak Pointe Elementary) and Elizabeth Crocker (Irmo Middle). Collins received the award.\n\"I am truly honored to receive the Coaching Teacher Award of Excellence from USC,\" Collins said. \"Opening the door of my classroom to interns allows me to help create a positive change by doing what I love to do. I am appreciative of the partnership with USC and the opportunities to strengthen my practices as I continue learning.\"\n\"Amy Collins has dedicated her career not only to serving her students but to pre-service teachers,\" Smith said. \"Her passion shines through all of her endeavors.\"\nUSC has a history of sustaining strong PDS partnerships since 1990 when the College of Education became a national leader in starting the Professional Development Schools movement. The mission of the PDS Network is to establish and maintain \"sandboxes\" for research and innovation where University and Public School Partners collaboratively investigate student learning, professional development, clinical preparation, and induction to institutionalize best practices across teacher learning contexts.\n\"The Exemplary Professional Development School award bestowed upon Oak Point Elementary School exemplifies the important and impactful work being done in School District Five of Lexington and Richland,\" said Tamara Turner, Coordinator of Teacher Evaluation. \"Amy Collins, receiving the Coaching Teacher of the Year award is a testament to the critical role she plays in influencing future teachers. Her work and the work of Oak Point Elementary School will have a long-lasting impact on the lives of future teachers and students.\"\nPrevious Post: Leadership Columbia Class completes Babcock Center service\nNext Post: State Museum announces new 4D movie","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Board Members Emeritus\nBECOME A \"FRIEND OF HAS\"\n2019 HAS Conference \u2013 Mass Incarceration and Slavery\n2017 HAS Conference Overview\n2015 Conference Overview\nPast Host Institutions & Organizations\nHAS Abolitionist Insight Channel\nAntislavery Organizations\nSuggested Films\n\"Right and Rationalization,\" by Rev. Dr. Christopher P. Momany\nHome > Education > \"Right and Rationalization,\" by Rev. Dr. Christopher P. Momany\nRecent years have witnessed much understandable examination of the slavery-laced legacies at several American colleges and universities. There are many reasons for this attention, and a number of these institutions are among the oldest and most prestigious in the land. It is one thing to acknowledge the existence of bondage in early southern higher education. It is quite another thing to confront this reality among the Ivy League. Internal research studies (not all of them embraced by professional historians), student movements, and layers of scholarship invite us to look in the mirror. The evidence is damning, but it might also lead to redemption on the far side of injustice.\nThe various explorations document the unconscionable entanglement of economic power (often gained at the expense of those in bondage) and previously venerated figures in American higher education. For instance, there were enslaved people on campus who answered to the capricious behavior of revered academicians. An even greater number of people lived in bondage to create the wealth that endowed chairs, built buildings, and bolstered operating funds. However, if we look closer, we will find that this tainted legacy was more than simply an unexamined practice. Some early American teachers of ethics actually employed well-established theories to justify abusive systems.\nIn the history of modern ethics, 1785 is a watershed year. William Paley published The Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy, and Immanuel Kant released his Groundwork of the Metaphysic of Morals. Paley's theory expressed an early form of utilitarianism, and personally, he arrived at moderately antislavery conclusions. Kant's theory became known later as deontology, an approach that stressed the universal value of all people \u2013 even though Kant retained strangely racist views. In America, these two competing schools of thought were inverted among the slavery debate. Paley's form of utilitarianism was embraced by apologists for slavery who insisted they were protecting some greater \"benevolence\" (a key term for pious powerbrokers). Kant's categorical imperative drove an abolitionist commitment to equality (and not only in Transcendentalist Boston).\nYale University offers one example worth contemplating. Ezra Stiles brought William Paley's theological utilitarianism to Yale by 1791, and even though later New Haven thinkers sought distance from aspects of Paley's ethic, they never managed much of a separation. In the early and middle nineteenth century, Nathaniel William Taylor (Professor of Didactic Theology) made Yale synonymous with a liberalized analysis of the will. One might assume that a stress on agency would lead to antislavery commitments, but such was not the case.\nThis was perhaps demonstrated most forcefully when Nathaniel William Taylor presided over the \"Rhetorical Society\" of Yale's divinity school. In 1842 and during subsequent years, students debated the question: \"Does the greatest good of the greatest number justify the further continuance of slavery at the South?\" At first the students were reticent about affirming this notion. Yet it is clear that their advisor, Taylor, supported the rationalization. By 1848, Taylor's utilitarian \"logic\" prevailed, and the students voted to sustain him in asserting that slavery was some kind of regrettable but acceptable evil.\nUtilitarian language became rationale for leaving slavery in place. Theorists conceded that someone had to pay the price for American prosperity. Of course, privileged intellectuals were seldom made to bear the burden. Moreover, Nathaniel William Taylor's moral flexibility was not that unusual.\nEven at a place like the Oberlin Collegiate Institute, often considered an entirely admirable abolitionist colony, the contrast in moral theories between followers of utilitarianism and followers of Kant demonstrates a distinction in fortitude regarding slavery. Late in the 1840s a controversy erupted between Oberlin President Asa Mahan and Professor Charles G. Finney. Mahan embraced a Kant-inspired deontological ethic. Finney, while generally progressive regarding slavery, wavered because of his more utilitarian reasoning.\nOberlin President Asa Mahan\nWhen fulminating against \"rightarianism\" (Kant's deontology) Finney even suggested that there may be circumstances in which slavery is justified! He wrote: \"All holding men [sic] in bondage for selfish motives is wrong in itself, but holding men [sic] in bondage in obedience to the law of benevolence is not wrong but right.\" Mahan, on the other hand, maintained a remarkable, even courageous, consistency. He insisted that \"if, on the ground of accidental circumstances and relations, we consent to a sacrifice of the rights and interests of a solitary individual . . . humanity is thereby degraded in ourselves.\"\nI do not claim that the link between moral theory and attitudes toward slavery was simple and devoid of nuance. People rarely embrace a theory and then live its demands without qualification. Yet perhaps people do tend to theorize in ways that are consistent with their instincts. Those benefitting from bondage found a lofty (and handy) intellectual justification in utilitarianism. Those inspired by Kant and the universalizing of moral commitment found support for egalitarian impulses. Until we understand the way modern moral theory either confronted or rationalized human bondage, we will not understand the full story among our colleges and universities.\nRev. Dr. Chris Momany is the chaplain and a member of the Department of Philosophy\/Religion at Adrian College. He is a graduate of Adrian College, Princeton Theological Seminary, and Drew University. His writing appears in both academic and more accessible publications. 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{"text":"Malala Warns 'Ideology Of Hatred' Will Prompt More Attacks\nPakistani Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai warned on December 15 that politicians risk encouraging more extremist attacks when they criticize all Muslims.\nSpeaking after a commemoration in England of the Taliban's killing of 134 schoolchildren a year ago, Malala condemned U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's proposal to bar Muslims from the United States.\n\"That's really tragic that you hear these comments which are full of hatred, full of this ideology of being discriminative toward others,\" she told AFP.\n\"I can just highlight one thing,\" she said in an interview on Channel 4 News in Birmingham, England, speaking of Trump's proposal. \"The more you speak about Islam and against all Muslims, the more terrorists we create.\"\n\"So it's important that whatever politicians say, whatever the media say, they should be really, really careful about it.\n\"If your intention is to stop terrorism, do not try to blame the whole population of Muslims for it because it cannot stop terrorism. It will radicalize more terrorists.\"\n\"If we want to end terrorism, we need to bring quality education so we defeat the mindset of terrorism mentality and of hatred,\" she said.\nMalala, 18, underwent extensive surgery and recovery in England after being shot by Taliban gunmen as she rode a school bus in Pakistan's Swat Valley in 2012.\nShe won the Nobel Peace Prize last year for her heroism and for speaking out afterward for the education of girls worldwide.\nMalala's father, Ziauddin Yousafzai, also spoke out against blaming all Muslims after an extremist attack like the one in San Bernardino, California, earlier this month that killed 14 people and prompted Trump's proposal to bar Muslim immigrants from the United States.\n\"It will be very unfair, very unjust that we associate 1.6 billion with a few terrorist organizations,\" he said, citing an estimate of the number of Muslims worldwide.\nWith reporting by AFP, BT.com, BBC News, and Mirror.co.uk","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Will I Lose the Farm? \u2013 Farms in Family Law Property Matters\nFamily farms present a difficulty in family law property settlements. Often, farmers are asset rich, but cash poor. It may not be viable for the farm to remain intact in the course of dividing matrimonial property. The farm itself may need to be sold and its value realised. However, in so doing, one or both parties will be deprived of their livelihood.\nEach family law property matter (whether or not it includes a family farm) broadly involves a four step process:\nidentify the assets and liabilities of the relationship;\nidentify the financial and non-financial contributions of the parties;\nThe Court then assesses a range of additional factors (called \"future needs\" factors) under section 75(2) of the Family Law Act 1975. These factors take into account the needs of each party, both now and in the future.\nconsider whether the proposed division is fair to both parties in all the circumstances.\nSince the 1985 decision of Lee Steere, there are no separate rules relating to farms. However, the characteristics particular to farming cases are:\na) dealing with initial contributions compared with other contributions during the marriage;\nb) dealing with significant needs at the end of the marriage;\nc) the small size of the net property; and\nd) while it is desirable to mould orders around one party keeping the farm, that is only possible where such orders do not intrude upon the legitimate rights of the other party.\nStep 1: Is the Farm in the Asset Pool?\nIf a farm is owned in the names of the parties in their own right, then it will be included in the asset pool.\nWhere the farm is held by a company or a trust, and one of the parties has a controlling position in that entity, then the farm is likely to fall into the asset pool. However, some trust structures prevent the trust assets from being considered a part of the asset pool. The test that the court uses is whether one of the parties has actual or de facto control of the trust. If one of the parties has control, then it is matrimonial property and will very likely be included in the asset pool.\nIf the trust is designed for the specific purpose of defeating Family Court Orders, then the court is likely to deem that trust a sham and draw assets of that trust into the matrimonial pool for division between the parties.\nAn expectation of an inheritance at some point in the future is not property, and the Court will not take any testamentary promise into account. A father's promise to gift the family farm to his son upon the father's death does not increase the size of the property pool available for division.\nStep 1: Value of the Assets\nOnce the property pool has been identified, the assets must be attributed values.\nFarms have particular types of assets, in addition to the farmland itself, that add value to the pool. For example:\na) crops in ground and crops harvested;\nb) plant and equipment;\nc) water rights; and\nd) electricity sold back to the grid.\nThe collective values of these operational assets can be significant, and therefore it is important for any valuations to be clearly itemised.\nStep 2: Contributions to the Farm\nTraditionally, family farms are passed down from generation to generation. If one spouse has inherited the farm, then the Court will consider the farm to be a financial contribution of that party. This will likely increase the percentage of the asset pool to which that spouse is entitled, but the significance of that initial contribution will decrease over time.\nOne or both spouses will very likely have performed labour on the farm, for little or no wages. The Court will take these non-financial contributions into account when calculating each spouse's entitlements.\nStep 3: Future Earning Capacity\nOne of the factors that the Court will consider is the effect of the property division on a party's earning capacity. If the property settlement calls for the farm to be sold, for example, then one or both parties will be deprived of their earning capacity. If the property division calls for the party retaining the farm to borrow additional funds, that will increase their debt, but will not per se affect their earning capacity.\nWhere possible, the Court will prefer settlement options that keep the farm intact. However, those arrangements must also do justice to the spouse who is not living on the farm. One such option may be for one spouse to retain the farm and pay a lump sum to the other spouse. Indeed that is a very common scenario in settling farming matters, and in the Court's determination of these types of matters at trial.\nHowever, there is a limit to this line of thinking that the farm must be preserved intact. The court in Lee Steere rejected the notion of preserving the farm at the wife's expense. In that case, the husband was given the opportunity to keep the farm and had an arrangement for delayed payment (with interest) to the wife. In such arrangements, the court must be satisfied of the wife's immediate financial security if they are to make orders for delayed payment such as that ordered in Lee Steere\nWhile the Court does not have to preserve a family farm, it prefers to do so where possible. However, the Court's priority at all times is to ensure that the division of property is just and equitable to both spouses.\nThe Court will not force a sale unless it is unavoidable in order to do justice to both parties, based upon:\na) the contributions of each party;\nb) the future needs factors of each party; and\nc) any prejudice to the party waiting on funds.\nThis is general information only, and does not constitute specific legal advice. If you would like further information in relation to this matter or other legal matters please contact our office on Freecall 1800 609 945 or email us now.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"In an unusual winter \u2014 Where and why birds\u2026\nIn an unusual winter \u2014 Where and why birds traveled\nPUBLISHED: March 23, 2012 at 10:50 a.m. | UPDATED: May 8, 2019 at 2:37 a.m.\nWhen bird watchers joined this year's Great Backyard Bird Count, they recorded the most unusual winter for birds in the count's 15-year history. With 17.4 million bird observations on 104,000 checklists, this was the most detailed four-day snapshot ever recorded for birdlife in the U.S. and Canada. Participants reported 623 species, during Feb. 17-20, including an influx of Snowy Owls from the arctic, early-migrating Sandhill Cranes, and Belted Kingfishers in northern areas that might normally be frozen over.\n\"The maps on the GBBC website this year are absolutely stunning,\" said John Fitzpatrick, executive director of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. \"Every bird species has a captivating story to tell, and we're certainly seeing many of them in larger numbers farther north than usual, no doubt because of this winter's record-breaking mild conditions.\"\nIronically, a few arctic species also moved farther south than usual as well. Participants recorded Snowy Owl sightings in record-breaking numbers throughout the Great Plains and Pacific Northwest of the United States. Canadian bird watchers saw four times the number of Snowy Owls they reported to the count last year. Experts believe that Snowy Owls move south from their usual arctic habitats in years when prey, such as lemmings, are scarce.\nWarmer weather and lack of snow and ice in some regions set the stage for other spectacles, including more than two million Snow Geese reported on two counts at Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge, Missouri. In Ruskin, Florida, participants reported more than one million Tree Swallows, vaulting this species to the GBBC top-ten list of the most numerous birds for the first time ever.\nSome northern locations recorded high numbers of waterbirds such as Mallards, Ring-necked Ducks, Hooded Mergansers, and American Coots, that either never left or came back early to lakes, rivers, and ponds that remained unfrozen.\n\"Citizen scientists are helping us document changes to birds, starting in our own backyards, which is also where the solution begins,\" said Audubon chief scientist Gary Langham. \"My preschool-age daughter came out with me to count birds in the yard and around the neighborhood\u2013we're still talking about the experience weeks later.\"\nTo find out more about these and other trends from the 2012 count, visit birdcount.org. To report bird sightings all year, visit ebird.org.\nThe GBBC is a joint project of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and National Audubon Society with Canadian partner Bird Studies Canada. The event is sponsored in part by Wild Birds Unlimited.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Home \u00bb YOUR OPINION: President Barack Obama's Cuba Visit Exposes Liberal Hypocrisies\nYOUR OPINION: President Barack Obama's Cuba Visit Exposes Liberal Hypocrisies\nBy Matt Shay \/\/ March 23, 2016\nYOUR OPINION: This week, I joined many fellow sensible Americans who voiced their disgust over President Barack Obama's appeasement of Cuba. Our President's penchant for supporting brutal regimes (Cuba, Iran) over traditional allies (Israel) was highlighted this week by his visit with Raul Castro in Cuba. (Whitehouse.gov image)\nThis week, I joined many fellow sensible Americans who voiced their disgust over President Barack Obama's appeasement of Cuba. Our President's penchant for supporting brutal regimes (Cuba, Iran) over traditional allies (Israel) was highlighted this week by his visit with Raul Castro in Cuba.\nThe very liberals who once espoused standing up for human rights at all costs now applaud the site of our commander in chief capitulating to a family that has murdered and imprisoned non-conformists and freedom-seeking individuals who were bold enough to vocalize their preference for personal liberty to compliance totalitarian regime.\nAs a lifelong conservative, I could take the familiar yet unsophisticated approach to the remainder of this piece by contrasting President Obama's conduct in Cuba to President Ronald Reagan's \"Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall,\" speech in Berlin, but I would rather provoke serious thought among independents by offering JFK, another Democrat with a rapid rise to power and the U.S. Presidency in the midst of volatile international conflicts:\nPresident John F. Kennedy\n\"The first thing we have to do is let the Cuban people know our determination that they will someday again be free. We did not make clear to the Cubans our devotion to freedom during the brutal regime of the Batista dictatorship-and we are not making our position any clearer under the Castro dictatorship.\n\"Secondly, we must end the harassment, which this government has carried on, of liberty-loving anti-Castro forces in Cuba and other lands. Third, we must let Mr. Castro know that we do not intend to be pushed around any longer and in particular do not intend to be pushed out of our naval base at Guantanamo.\"\nToday, Kennedy's policy regarding Castro's oppressive policies and human rights violations parallel the words of leading conservatives including U.S. Senator Marco Rubio, the son of Cuban immigrants.\nAdvocates of Obama's Castro appeasement defend their stance in two common ways:\n1. Citing the age of the policy, as if a statute of limitations on tyranny exists.\n2. They point to polls showing that the majority of Americans don't support sanctions against Cuba.\nNikita Khrushchev\nI would love to see a follow-up poll, where that same sample is asked: Do you know what happened during the Cuban Missile Crisis?; Who was Nikita Khrushchev?; and Where does Cuba rank for human rights violations?\nI'm willing to bet the vast majority of those surveyed wouldn't answer at least two of those questions correctly.\nThey certainly wouldn't be able give you an accurate answer on human rights violations. Why? Because last year, shortly after President Obama announced his new policy with Cuba, Reuters revealed that the U.S. State Department watered-down human trafficking estimates for Cuba so it could upgrade Cuba's standing among the top violators of human rights.\nTrafficking experts were repeatedly overruled and pressured by senior State Department officials into inflating assessments of 14 strategically important countries in this year's Trafficking in Persons report. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry failed to explain why Cuba wasn't included among the leading nations for human trafficking. (Source Reuters)\nOne of the most remarkable double standards employed by Obama's supporters on this issue is in the area of free trade versus human rights. Proponents of the new policy parrot President Obama's talking points regarding cruise and airline tourism economic benefits.\nI can't help but recall the litany of lectures and reading assignments from my unabashed liberal college professors who frequently criticized capitalism and its alleged exploitations of the lower class.\nYOUR OPINION: Join the Multimedia Political Discourse, Neutral Site For Citizens of Brevard County\nAuthor Kevin Bales portrayed global free trade as a new form of slavery in his book, \"Disposable People: New Slavery in the Global Economy.\"\nIronically, Bales' work was widely praised among the same left-wing liberals who now conveniently turn a blind eye to Cuba's human rights violations, all in the name of partisan politics and improving the sinking legacy of their party's current leader.\nThey have sold their souls in the name of political expediency.\n\u2013 Matt Shay, Merritt Island, Florida","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Policies & key documents\nSearch Search For Staff Staff A-Z Leeds.ac.uk Search\nGovernment funding for 2016\/17\nHEFCE to allocate \u00a33.7 billion to 344 universities and colleges for 2016-17.\nHEFCE is publicly announcing the funding for 131 higher education institutions and 213 further education colleges for the academic year 2016-17\nThis announcement follows receipt of its grant letter from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills on 4 March, and the meeting of the HEFCE Board on 9 March.\nThe funding for the 2016-17 academic year will be \u00a33,674 million, allocated for the following main areas of activity:\n\u00a31,578 million for recurrent research\n\u00a31,360 million for recurrent teaching\n\u00a3160 million for knowledge exchange\n\u00a398 million for national facilities and initiatives\n\u00a3478 million for capital funding.\nThe key points to note this year include:\nAn increase of \u00a320 million for mainstream quality-related research (QR) and its London weighting, to a total of \u00a31,070 million\nMaintaining in real terms the total teaching grant budgets for our main high-cost subject allocations\nIntroducing a new fund for geographically focused national collaborative outreach activity that will target those places where students have the educational attainment or potential to succeed in higher education, but where there is evidence that entry rates are below expectations\nDoubling the funding to improve provision for disabled students to \u00a340 million. The increase is to support institutions to meet the rapid rise in the number of students reporting mental health problems and to transition towards an inclusive social model of support for disabled students\nThe overall amount of funding for teaching continues to decline, predominantly as a result of the continuing phasing-out of funding for students who enrolled under the previous lower fees model.\nThe recurrent grants are described in detail in 'Recurrent grants for 2016-17'.\nProfessor Madeleine Atkins, HEFCE Chief Executive, said: \"This year's grant announcement will allow universities and colleges to continue to deliver world-class teaching, research and other activities. We are increasing funding for research to ensure that institutions can carry out ground-breaking work of the highest quality which will contribute to economic growth, health and social well-being.\n\"We recognise that we need to make the greatest possible impact with government funding on increasing the number of young people from disadvantaged backgrounds entering higher education. Our new, highly targeted National Collaborative Outreach Programme aims to achieve that goal. By protecting teaching funding to universities for STEM subjects, we recognise the higher costs of these subjects and the important role they play in the economy.\"\nRead the grant letter.\nPosted in: Higher education news\nEmail Tweet Like LinkedIn\nStaff updates\nSenate minutes\nLeader column\nEstates helpdesk 35555\nIT Service Desk 33333\nSecurity 35494\nSwitchboard 0\n@UniLeedsStaff\nRT @UniversityLeeds: We were delighted to welcome HRH the Princess of Wales to our campus. The Princess attended a lecture from the Chil\u2026\nRT @UoLConcerts: CONTEMPORARY MUSIC FESTIVAL 2023 ------ Stephanie Lamprea | Jennifer Johnston & Joseph Middleton | ELISION | Kate Harrison\u2026\nSend your story or comments on the For Staff website to the Communications team, email internalcomms@leeds.ac.uk or call extension 38562\nCopyright \u00a9 2023 University of Leeds","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"In the loop with Launch Group\nBy 45th Space Wing, Public Affairs \/ Published September 30, 2015\nBrig. Gen. Wayne Monteith, 45th Space Wing commander, visited and met with several members of the 45th Launch Group at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, Sept. 24, 2015, as part of his immersion here. The wing commander was introduced to the facilities they use in daily operations. (U.S. Air Force photo\/Matthew Jurgens\/Released)\nCAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, Fla. -- Brig. Gen. Wayne Monteith, 45th Space Wing commander, visited and met with several members of the 45th Launch Group at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, Sept. 24, 2015, as part of his immersion here. The wing commander was introduced to the facilities they use in daily operations.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Tech Services & Software\nTI extends speed of Extensa to 100 MHz\nTexas Instruments has revved up its Extensa line of value-priced notebooks with the new 100-MHz Mobile Pentium processor in place of the current 75-MHz version.\nBrooke Crothers\nApril 15, 1996 5:00 p.m. PT\nBrooke Crothers Former CNET contributor\nBrooke Crothers writes about mobile computer systems, including laptops, tablets, smartphones: how they define the computing experience and the hardware that makes them tick. He has served as an editor at large at CNET News and a contributing reporter to The New York Times' Bits and Technology sections. His interest in things small began when living in Tokyo in a very small apartment for a very long time.\nTexas Instruments has revved up its Extensa line of value-priced notebooks with the new 100-MHz Mobile Pentium processor in place of the 75-MHz version used in current models.\nAvailable now with an estimated street price of $2,299, the new 5.9-pound models feature:\n--810MB removable hard disk drives\n--PCI-bus architecture\n--8MB of EDO (extended data out) RAM, expandable to 40MB\n--10.4-inch dual-scan LCD screens\n--Windows 95 keyboards with touchpad pointing device\n--Duracell NiMH batteries\n--16-bit sound.\nEach Extensa 510 is preloaded with a \"dual-installation\" option of Windows 95 or Windows for Workgroups. The Extensa 515, which is the model that will appear for sale in retail stores, will also come bundled with Lotus Development's Organizer PIM, Intuit's Quicken personal finance software, Microsoft Works low-end productivity suite, the Microsoft Internet Explorer browser, and the Microsoft Entertainment Pack.\nTI has also upgraded its higher-end Extensa CD and CDT lines--which offer integrated CD-ROM drives and active-matrix LCD screens, respectively--with the 100-MHz Mobile Pentium processor. Prices for the new CD and CDT models range from $2,999 to $3,999.\nGet the CNET Now newsletter","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Articles Featured Interviews\nEXCLUSIVE - Matty Virtue: Trent Alexander-Arnold Motivates me\nApril 18, 2018 George Haberman 0 Comment Champions League, Jurgen Klopp, Liverpool FC, Matty Virtue, Melwood, Premier League, Trent Alexander-Arnold\nNot a lot of professional footballers get the chance to play for their boyhood club, so when the opportunity surfaced to sign for Liverpool, it was an easy decision for Matty Virtue to make.\n\"Well I was born in Epsom and I joined the Chelsea academy when I was 9. A few years after that my dad got a job up in Liverpool, so my family relocated up north,\" Virtue told Anfield Edition.\n\"I trialled at both Liverpool and Everton, and obviously ended up choosing Liverpool.\"\n\"I've been a Liverpool fan since I was really young; my mum is from Liverpool and that's where it stemmed from really, and so to get the chance to play for the team you support, well you can't beat that really.\"\nVirtue has been involved in plenty of first-team training sessions at Melwood and is eager to learn from the world-class talent around him.\n\"It's unbelievable to be in and around top-class players on a regular basis. They help you mature, they treat you as one of their own and obviously you learn loads from them.\"\n\"I'm a midfielder, so I'm always watching the likes of Gini Wijnaldum, Emre Can and Jordan Henderson closely.\"\n\"Ultimately, they're the players whose shirt I'm trying to take, so you have to try and absorb as much as you possibly can from their game and add it to your own. \"\nMatty played in the same youth teams as academy graduate Trent Alexander-Arnold and wants to follow in his footsteps by making the transition to the senior squad.\n\"Last season Trent played loads of games for us at U23 level.\"\n\"Obviously he's a really talented player and a great lad, and he's shown all of us that if you get an opportunity and take it, the boss is going to stick with you.\"\n\"Watching Trent play in the big games like the Champions League ties motivates me, even more, to make that move up.\"\nWhen I asked what J\u00fcrgen Klopp was like, there was no surprise that Matty was full of admiration for the Liverpool manager.\n\"He [Klopp] is a great coach and he's an excellent man manager; he knows all the names and positions of us young lads for when we come up and train with the first team.\"\n\"It's massive that the boss knows who you are and what you're like as a player before you've even joined in with a senior training session.\"\nWhen asked about his career highlight to date, there was one particular game that stood out to Virtue.\n\"I scored a hat-trick for the U23's against Burnley last season, which is something I'll always remember for the rest of my life.\"\n\"I wouldn't say I'm a goalscoring midfielder, but more of an all-rounder, so to score three in one game was something really special.\"\nTo finish the interview, Matty discussed what he aims to achieve in his career as a footballer.\n\"I want to play week in week out in for Liverpool in the Premier League.\"\n\"That's always been the goal ever since I was a lad and I'm going to do the most I possibly can to accomplish that.\"\n\u2190 Loanee Set For Return to Liverpool Through Injury\nNEW: Jorginho's Agent Confirms Interest \u2192\nNotice: It seems you have Javascript disabled in your Browser. In order to submit a comment to this post, please write this code along with your comment: 83f411ac6a4c8c824318042b3cda5084","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"City closes Southwest Industrial Park TIF district\nThe so-called \"donor TIF\" contributed greatly to helping redevelopment projects in other parts of the city, including the Oshkosh Riverwalk.\nCity closes Southwest Industrial Park TIF district The so-called \"donor TIF\" contributed greatly to helping redevelopment projects in other parts of the city, including the Oshkosh Riverwalk. Check out this story on thenorthwestern.com: http:\/\/oshko.sh\/2vQAPIJ\nNate Beck, USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin Published 6:06 p.m. CT Aug. 9, 2017\nThe Oshkosh Common Council unanimously voted Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017, to close the city's Southwest Industrial Park tax incremental financing district. The industrial park was formed in 1989 and lent revenue to other development areas around the city.(Photo: Joe Sienkiewicz\/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin)Buy Photo\nOSHKOSH - City officials said a mournful goodbye this week to its star taxing district, which has helped bring thousands of jobs to Oshkosh while propping up development downtown.\nThe Oshkosh Common Council voted unanimously Tuesday to close the Southwest Industrial Park Tax Increment Financing District. The 600-acre swath of land west of Washburn Street, between 20th and Waukau avenues, welcomed more than 120 companies and some 4,000 employees during its 28-year history.\nRELATED: Aviation Business Park with no taxiway a tough sell\nRELATED: Lamico deal passes despite fear of missing fail-safe\nRELATED: Streetwise: Dublin's owners embark on Granary venture\nIn the late '90s, the city began using robust tax revenue from the district to help downtown deindustrialize, manage environmental contamination and encourage development. No other development district in Oshkosh has performed as well.\n\"This makes me sad; I feel like we should have a proper burial,\" Councilor Deb Allison-Aasby said during the meeting. \"This is a TIF that has done a lot for this community.\"\nThe district was carved out in 1989 to ready roadwork and utilities for a planned industrial park on the southwest edge of Oshkosh. Taxes on new development that cropped up in the years since repaid the cost of the project.\nAnd then some.\nDuring its life, the Southwest Industrial Park TIF funneled some $40 million to five TIF districts in downtown Oshkosh, said Oshkosh Finance Director Trena Larson.\nBy 2010, the Southwest Industrial Park could have paid off the rest of its debt and closed. But city officials opted to keep it open until the end of its life in 2016, then reviving it for an extra year to fund neighborhood improvements.\nClosing out the district will leave a surplus of about $120,000, which will be returned to taxing entities, such as the city, Oshkosh Area School District, Fox Valley Technical College and Winnebago County, Larson said. The district's $144 million in property value generates $3.6 million in tax revenue each year \u2014 money that now will be divided among those taxing entities.\nBut keeping the district open for years longer allowed money to keep flowing to central city development districts that couldn't generate enough tax revenue to support themselves alone.\nFor example, the city pulled revenue from the Southwest Industrial Park TIF to support projects such as the Riverwalk, which improves life downtown, but doesn't pay for itself, said Darryn Burich, the city's planning services director. It's costly, too, to manage environmental contamination and symptoms of a deindustrialized Marion Road. And development there hasn't paid off, either.\nSouthwest Industrial Park was generating enough tax revenue to support itself and other projects in the city's core.\nWith that revenue gone, city staff will need to find money elsewhere to support downtown development districts, Burich said.\n\"There's no other TIF that comes close,\" he said.\nTIF districts supported by Southwest Industrial Park\nMarion Road Redevelopment, TID Nos. 13, 21: This district was created to industrialize a dilapidated stretch of Marion Road, Perl Avenue and Jackson Street.\n100 Block North Main, TID No. 16: In 2007, developers Ben Ganther and Robert Niebauer defaulted on the six-story complex at 100 North Main Street. The city used revenue from the Southwest Industrial Park to help cover debt on the city's $2.2 million investment in the project.\nSouthshore, TID No. 20: Work in this redevelopment area along the Fox River include improvements to Oshkosh's patchwork Riverwalk\nOshkosh Corp. TID No. 24: The Southwest Industrial Park contributed $1 million to a Oshkosh Corp. metal coating plant.\nHealthy Neighborhood Initiative: Oshkosh extended the Southwest Industrial Park TIF in 2017 to fund its neighborhood initiative. About $3 million in tax revenue supported programs like blight removal and housing rehabilitation.\nSource: City of Oshkosh\nRead or Share this story: http:\/\/oshko.sh\/2vQAPIJ","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Health: Blooming Tea, Kombucha and More\nBy Taylor Shook and Ana Piper\nSoaring in popularity today are a growing range of teas, including matcha and kombucha, that have health benefits continually being revealed by science.\nMatcha is made of young green tea leaves that are ground into a fine powder and then whisked with hot water to make a foamy tea, or mixed with milk for a bright green latte. Among its benefits, matcha contains an antioxidant believed to fight cancer and heart disease, according to a study from the American Society of Nutrition.\nWatching the blossoming effect of blooming tea may be the perfect remedy for a frigid winter day. Jasmine blooming tea has various positive effects, including tea's usual boost to the immune system, as well as anti-inflammatory effects found in two Chinese studies done on blooming tea.\nChamomile is one of the oldest and best-documented medicinal plants in the world. Its many healing applications include improving cardiovascular conditions, stimulating immune systems and protecting against cancers, according to the National Institutes of Health.\nKombucha is a bubbly, fermented, tea-based drink originating from Japan and China. A study published in Food Microbiology found a notable amount of probiotic bacteria in kombucha, which has a slight alcoholic content. Probiotics promote gut health including improved digestion, reduced inflammation and weight loss.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"General Assembly Raises $9.8 Million Series B From Tony Hsieh And Expands To Vegas\nAlyson Shontell\nGeneral Assembly employees in their temporary office\nPhoto: General Assembly\nGeneral Assembly, a startup school founded by Brad Hargreaves, Jake Schwartz, Adam Pritzker and Matt Brimer early last year, has raised a $9.8 million Series B round of financing.Investors include Zappos' Tony Hsieh, who invested through Vegas TechFund, John Fisher, Mousse Partners, and previous investors Maveron, Bezos Expeditions and Tom Vander Ark.\nPart of the money will be put towards opening new General Assembly campuses. The school will offer classes in Las Vegas in 2013. GA will also use its Series B to increase its offline and online course offerings.\nSince its last round of financing in 2011, 22,000 people have taken General Assembly courses. It's also expanded to thirteen locations and multiple continents, including Europe and Australia. It has raised more than $14 million to date.\nFor Brad Hargreaves thoughts on fundraising, check out our interview below:\ngeneral assembly sai-us","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Reel M Inn sits on a corner of SE Division street\nMolly J. Smith \/ EPDX\nEater's Guide to the World\nA Love Letter to Reel M Inn, Portland's Most Iconic Dive Bar\nThe people who know the Reel best look back on its long history, how the chicken-slinging bar became so beloved, and how it's faring through the challenges of a pandemic\nby Samantha Bakall Nov 24, 2020, 9:00am PST\nPhotography by Molly J. Smith\nShare All sharing options for: A Love Letter to Reel M Inn, Portland's Most Iconic Dive Bar\nEvery city has that one bar that everyone's got a story about. Like the night Damian Lillard made that clutch buzzer-beater shot while you stood at the L-shaped bar, or the time you had a few too many Jell-O shots and Rainier tallboys and things got wild. Or maybe it isn't one memory, but a decades' worth, preserved in the tchotchkes lining the walls and the cadre of regulars who helped name the bar in the first place. Or maybe it's just the place to get damn good fried chicken.\nFor countless Portlanders and tourists, Southeast Portland's Reel M Inn is that bar. \"It feels like a big hug in there,\" says Carey Bolton, bar manager, owner, and chicken-frying master. The reliable and familiar red stucco building has been a neighborhood watering hole for more than 50 years. The bar has run through myriad names \u2014 Spill M Inn, Hogan's, the Lion's Den \u2014 but for many, it's always (or since about 1994, anyway) been the Reel.\nThe bar closed temporarily on November 18 with no reopening date on the books, a choice made by the team after a new surge of COVID-19 led the state shut down dining rooms once again. \"2020 sucks, but it's not going to take us down,\" the Instagram closing announcement reads. \"This isn't forever.\" Still, after the bar's staff posted the closing announcement, Portlanders swarmed the Reel, quickly knocking through the rest of the chicken inventory, and regulars have been mourning the \u2014 albeit temporary \u2014 loss of one of the city's institutions, a remnant of an older Portland that was more casual, less buzzy, and friendly to its core.\nThe interior of Reel M Inn\nPortland has changed around the Reel, but the Reel hasn't changed much. Hogan's Pub, as it was known in the early '90s, was purchased in 1994 by Bill and Sheri Purdy, a couple who at the time also owned George's Corner Tavern on North Interstate. They renovated the space to what you see now, invited bargoers to help name it, and created the easygoing atmosphere the Reel became so beloved for. And maybe most crucially, the Purdys brought in the famous fried chicken recipe, one so adored it's been publicly praised by food personalities such as celebrated Southern chef Sean Brock and writer Danny Chau.\nBut even before the pandemic, the existence of the Reel has seemed precarious in recent years, as many of Portland's former beloved bars and food cart spaces have been razed to make way for condos; this is particularly true on SE Division, one of the city's fastest-developing neighborhoods and the site of Reel M Inn. In 2015, then-owner Paul Meno was unsure of the future of the bar, as the landlord seemed unlikely to renew the lease once it expired in 2018. In 2017, to the relief of many Portlanders, the Reel was purchased by Carey Bolton, \"quite possibly the hardest-working bartender in Portland,\" according to a 2017 Willamette Week story. Since taking over the bar, Bolton has changed very little about the space, preferring to maintain the bar's seemingly eternal glory. \"Living here for 15 years and being a dive bar fan, I would say that it has emerged over the past decade as probably the sort of essential Portland dive bar,\" says Oregonian critic Michael Russell.\nAt the end of the day, it's not the chicken or the wall art or the cheap tallboys that make the Reel so great. It's the people who work there: Bartender-turned-owner Carey Bolton, her husband and minority owner Alex Briggs, or faithful bartender and right-hand-woman Mel Gonzales. These are faces people know, people who \u2014 in their years behind and in front of the bar \u2014 have been able to absorb, study, and contribute to its magic. In the wake of the closure, we asked Carey, Alex, and Mel to reminisce about the bar's glory days, its national buzz, and the regulars who keep it going.\nFried chicken and jojos at Reel M Inn\n\"Don't screw up, don't burn the chicken\u2026\"\n\"I moved to Portland with a girlfriend of mine, and we got a place on Division. We woke up that first morning and started walking down the street, looking for jobs. We stumbled across the Reel \u2014 it was the very last stop, at 10:30 in the morning \u2014 ordered a bloody mary, and asked, 'Do you know anyone hiring?' The bartender said, 'We are, I'm leaving, can you start tomorrow? It was insanity, I was just given a key and an alarm code with no instructions \u2014 don't screw up, don't burn the chicken. To no fault of anyone \u2014 that's just how it works at the Reel. If you can hack it, you can hack it. If you can't, you leave crying. It's baptism by fire.\" \u2014 Carey Bolton\n\"A glimpse of the way Portland used to be\u2026\"\n\"I grew up five blocks away from the Reel, so it was my first stop when I got a fake ID at 19. I was so curious about what was going on in that bar with no windows, and I wasn't disappointed. That is really just a component of both of our favorite moments of being able to buy the bar from the previous owner. Carey having worked so hard as a bartender to then become the owner and essentially save the place from a wrecking ball of development, and me being a local kid having a hand in being a part of a bar that held such a special place in my heart, as it represented the old SE Portland I had grown up in. The moment we got the keys officially was an overwhelming moment in every sense of the word.\n\"Business seemed to move, with a lot of Portland and Division Street becoming so popular. It really seems as Portland has gotten more cute and 'developed.' People are more interested in finding spots like the Reel, which offer a glimpse of the way Portland used to be and are priced in a way that everyone can enjoy. There has been quite the fried chicken boom around town, with lots of great options, but it seems like it has only made our chicken more popular.\" \u2014 Alex Briggs\n\"The chefs would bring their chef buddies\u2026\"\n\"Right when I started, we were awarded 'dive bar of the year' by some nationwide dive bar association. That got us some good coverage, but I really feel like what happened was we had so many great chefs come into Portland, and then they would give such cred to the Reel. And then Feast would come into town, and those chefs would bring their chef buddies. Sean Brock, Andy Ricker \u2014 we're so fortunate that those guys were as kind, are as kind and complimentary as they are about our tiny little spot that could barely hold their line.\" \u2014 Carey Bolton\n\"That's when I knew that I had the greatest job ever\u2026\"\n\"[Me and my friends] went to this honky-tonk called Hanks [in Indianapolis] and on their menu they had fried chicken. We're at the bar, we get there, and we need to eat dinner. They have fried chicken, I want to try it... So I ask the bartender, 'Hey, are you serving chicken?' And he said, 'No it's only during the week.' So we start chatting and I say, \"Aw, I work at a chicken spot in Portland. I work at Reel M Inn.' And he's like, 'Oh my god, I love it there, it's such a rad place.' So we ordered drinks, sat down, all of a sudden he came out and fed me and my seven friends fried chicken. He had turned the fryer on for us and didn't charge us a single penny because we worked at Reel M Inn... The guy was a brewer, so he used to go to craft beer conferences, and any time he went to Portland, he came to Reel M Inn... That's when I was like, 'Holy shit, I work at a legit-ass spot. That's when I knew that I had the greatest job ever.\" \u2014 Mel Gonzales\nThe cooler at Reel M Inn, still stocked, sits next to the back kitchen of Reel M Inn.\n\"You're solo and have to tend bar, bus, cook, bounce, the whole nine\u2026\"\n\"Watching Carey being able to handle that bar solo, when it was packed and raucous with a two-hour wait on chicken, with her level of charm, grace, hospitality, and logistical skill, just seemed to continuously create such a great vibe in the place. The best nights were always when it was jumping and several groups of strangers would get caught up and start singing together to the jukebox or break out in an impromptu dance party.\n\"This leads to why the place is so special: It's a place where anyone and everyone can feel welcome. The fried chicken brings everybody in, old or young, rich or broke, any race, but the age-old charm, the genuinely welcoming bartenders, the pricing make it so it can be enjoyed by everyone\u2026 I also feel that being majority women-owned and -operated makes the bar special on many levels. It's an incredibly tough bartending job as you're solo and have to tend bar, bus, cook, bounce, the whole nine, and the women we have doing it just really excel in a way that I don't think many men could or have. Having a strong female owner and manager helps create a dynamic, empowering, and safe environment for all the people involved, which is obviously a major problem in this industry.\" \u2014 Alex Briggs\nThe sign at Reel M Inn\nMolly J. Smith \/EPDX\n\"When you gotta pay the bills, we had to figure out something\u2026\"\n\"It was March 16, we closed our doors during the day shift, and we just needed to sit and wait. We were caught so off guard, we didn't think it was what it was. We didn't know how horrific it would be. And it just came down to safety: The girls sat down, and we talked: Nobody wanted to work, but nobody wanted to not work. We were closed for two months, we all got together, and we figured out what our precautions would be. We put in outdoor seating, we put a Dutch door on the Reel so nobody could come in, and we did walk-up service \u2014 no Caviar and DoorDash\u2026 When you gotta pay the bills, we had to figure out something. We make a very narrow profit margin with our chicken \u2014 it's fresh chicken, it's local chicken \u2014 so we had to find a way to make money off of food. Our sales reversed: We sell a ton of booze and a little chicken, but now we needed to sell a ton of chicken and a little booze. A sandwich makes a lot of sense with that. The sandwich really allowed us to keep the doors open, get people back in \u2014 it got a little buzz on the street. \" \u2014 Carey Bolton\n\"In all of this, it's been interesting, because we've met all sorts of people who moved to Portland during the pandemic and are coming to Reel M Inn for the first time, fell in love with us, and kept coming back. [They] don't know the pure magic Reel M Inn holds when you're trying to eat chicken, trying to not get hit with a pool cue while waiting in line for some Jell-O shots. So many first-timers during this pandemic. We can still have this community feel, regular feel. This is a home base even for people who have never waited three hours for chicken.\" \u2014 Mel Gonzales\n\"...It's like a damn family\"\n\"It's so cliche, but it is like a damn family. You see these people, they'll come in every day or every week for years, and then you won't see them for two, three months, and you'll worry about them. You'll text them. That's the heartbeat of that place: the regulars. We have such a wide variety of regulars, from a 21-year-old to a 91-year-old, nobody bats an eye.\" \u2014 Carey Bolton\n\"There's this gentleman, Dave, who comes in \u2014 he's the first person who comes in. Tequila shot and ice water, gambles. It had some sort of feeling normal that he was there [when he came back after reopening]. He's not around as much, but he still makes a point to come in and visit us a couple days a week. He's tequila Dave.\" \u2014 Mel Gonzales\n\"Try and describe the Reel to someone, it doesn't do it justice...\"\n\"You just have to experience it. It's an experience. If you try and describe the Reel to someone, it still doesn't do it justice. I think it's an experience... we are cheap, we are kind. We are friendly and we have a great product. We pour deep and we're one of the cheapest bars in town. Everything we serve is consistent, whether chicken, booze, or Jell-O shots. And our smiling faces.\" \u2014 Mel Gonzales\n\"I don't want to sound cliche here, but that place has magic of its own.\" \u2014 Carey Bolton\nSamantha Bakall is a Chinese-American freelance journalist and photographer specializing in diversity-based food issues.\nEater Travel | From Eater.com\nThe Bahamas Fish Fry Is the Ultimate Caribbean Feast\nThe Definitive Guide to Classic British Foods\nSingapore Street Food Guide: What and Where to Eat\nView all stories in Eater Travel","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Pope John Paul II bibliography\nTitle: Pope John Paul II bibliography\nSubject: Pope John Paul II, Dominicae Cenae, Pastores dabo vobis, Holy Father John Paul II Family Home in Wadowice, John Paul II High School in Tarn\u00f3w\n\u2199Books\n\u2199Plays\n\u2199Poetry\n\u2199Audio\n\u2199Encyclicals\n\u2199Further reading\nReferences and footnotes\nThe Pope John Paul II bibliography contains a list of works by Pope John Paul II, and works about his life and theology. Pope John Paul II reigned as pope of the Roman Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City for nearly 27 years (1978\u20132005). Works written and published prior to his election to the papacy are attributed to Karol Wojty\u0142a.\n3 Poetry\n5 Encyclicals\nThe following is a list of books written by Pope John Paul II.[1]\nQuestio de fide apud S. Joannem a Cruce (The Question of Faith according to St. John of the Cross). Warsaw: Collectanea Theologica. 1950. \u2013 This was the author's first doctoral dissertation at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum) in Rome.\nMilosc i odpowiedzialnosc (Love and Responsibility). Lublin: Sudium etyczne. 1960. \u2013 This was the author's first published book, reflecting his pastoral experience with young people. The book deals with Catholic sexual morality and addresses such issues as attraction, desire, sentiment, sensuality, shame, friendship, and love.\nOsaba i czyn (Person and Act). Krakow: Pol. Tow. Teologiczne. 1969. \u2013 This is a major philosophical work directed to the person, which involves the use of the metaphysics of St. Thomas Aquinas for all that is objective in man and the phenomenological method for the study of man's personal subjectivity.\nUpodstaw odnowy. Studium o realizacji Vaticanum II (Sources of Renewal. Studies on Realizing Vatican II). Krakow: Pol. Tow. Teologiczne. 1972. \u2013 This book is a guide to the pastoral synod of the Archdiocese of Krak\u00f3w in their deliberations, and introduces the reader to the documents of Vatican II and how they can be implemented as a response of faith to God's action through the Council.\nThe Acting Person: A Contribution to Phenomenological Anthropology. Springer. 1979. \u2013 This is the first English translation of Osaba i czyn.\n\u2013 This is the first English translation of Milosc i odpowiedzialnosc.\nThe Way to Christ: Spiritual Exercises. New York: HarperSanFrancisco. 1994. \u2013 This book is a conversational presentation of two retreats Karol Wojty\u0142a gave 10 years apart before becoming pope. During that time he served in Krak\u00f3w as bishop and cardinal.\n\u2013 This book presents the author's many teachings and ideas.\nThe Theology of the Body: Human Love in the Divine Plan. Boston: Pauline Books & Media. 1997. \u2013 This book is a compilation of weekly lectures titled Theology of the Body, delivered from 1979 to 1984 to married couples about the deep meaning of human love and sexuality.\nGift and Mystery: On the Fiftieth Anniversary of My Priestly Ordination. New York: Doubleday. 1996. \u2013 The author's thoughts on the priesthood and how the event of the Incarnation in world history is manifest daily in the lives of priests who have been chosen to follow in His footsteps.\nPope John Paul II: In My Own Words. New York: Gramercy. 2002. \u2013 This book is a carefully selected compilation of words and prayers of the author, compiled by Anthony F. Chiffolo.\nRoman Triptych (Meditation) - 6 March (2003), in Italy published by Libreria Editrice Vaticana ISBN 88-209-7451-7\nRise, Let Us Be On Our Way, Warner Books (28 September 2004), ISBN 0-446-57781-2, mostly addressed to his bishops, although it has been used as source of inspiration for others having knowledge of Christianity.\nMemory and Identity - Conversations at the Dawn of a Millennium, published by Rizzoli (22 March 2005) ISBN 0-8478-2761-5, conversational presentation of John Paul II's views on many secular topics, such as evil, freedom, contemporary Europe, nationalism, and democracy. Included in the book is also a transcript of the Pope's discussion on his assassination attempt in 1981.\nMan and Woman He Created Them: A Theology of the Body [John Paul II; Translated by Dr. Michael Waldstein] Pauline Books & Media, 2006. ISBN 0-8198-7421-3, a new translation in English created from the newly discovered original Polish work written by John Paul II\n(Promulgated by Pope John Paul II), Catecismo de la Iglesia Catolica, Doubleday, 2006. ISBN 978-0-385-51650-1\nThe following is a list of plays written by Pope John Paul II.\nDavid[N 1]\nThe Jeweller's Shop: A Meditation on the Sacrament of Matrimony, Passing on Occasion into a Drama, Arrow, (17 March 1980) ISBN 0-09-140861-X.\nOur God's Brother, Ave Maria Press (1995) ISBN 0-87793-870-9, play written by Karol Wojty\u0142a in Poland during World War II at a time when Nazis were suppressing Polish culture (1944).\nLa Bottega dell'orefice (English: The Jeweller's Shop), 88 min (Canada) \/ 95 min (USA), 1988, colour, directed by Michael Joseph Anderson.[3][N 2]\nOur God's brother (in Polish: Brat naszego Boga), 123 min, 1997, colour, directed by Krzysztof Zanussi.[4][N 3]\nThe following is a list of books of poetry written by Pope John Paul II.\nThe Place Within: The Poetry of Pope John Paul II, Random House; 1st edition (25 October 1994) ISBN 0-679-76064-4, lyrical poetry\nRoman Triptych. Meditations, Libreria Editrice Vaticana, (Vatican) March 2003), ISBN 88-209-7451-7\nThe Poetry of Pope John Paul II, USCCB (1 September 2003) ISBN 1-57455-556-1, poems written in the summer of 2002.\nThe following is a list of audio recordings produced by Pope John Paul II.\nSings at the Festival of Sacrosong (1979), Infinity Entertainment Group\nRosario del Papa (1994), Max Music & Entertainment\nRosario (1994), ISR Records (Spanish)\nA Celebration of Mass (1995), BMG Video\nEl Santo Rosario (1995), Sony Music Distribution\nPope of the Rosary (1995), Trinity Records (English, Spanish)\nDer Papst in Paderborn (1996), Titan (German)\nAbb\u00e0 Pater (1999), Sony Music Distribution[N 4]\nPope John Paul II (2000), Gateway\nPapal Blessing\/Ave Maria (2000), Gateway Records\nDu Bist Petrus (2000), Universal Music\nOrbi Millennium (2003), Beaux\nPiesni Polakow dla Papieza (2004), GM Recordings\nPapst Johannes Paul II in Deutschland (2005), Sonia\nDie Helligen Vater in Deustschland (2005), Delta Distribution[5]\nPope John Paul II issued 14 Papal encyclicals during his reign as Pope of the Roman Catholic Church for over 26 years, from his election on 16 October 1978 until his death on 2 April 2005. Encyclicals (from Latin encyclia, from the Greek \"en kyklo, \u1f10\u03bd \u03ba\u03cd\u03ba\u03bb\u1ff3\", meaning \"general\" or \"encircling\") were originally circular letters sent to all the churches of a particular area in the early Christian church. For the modern Roman Catholic Church, a papal encyclical, in the strictest sense, is a letter sent by the Pope which is explicitly addressed to Roman Catholic bishops of a particular area or to the world, usually treating some aspect of Catholic doctrine. A papal encyclical is generally used for significant issues, and is second in importance only to the highest ranking document now issued by popes, an Apostolic Constitution. The title of a Papal Encyclical is usually taken from its first few words. Pope John Paul II issued his first encyclical, Redemptor Hominis, on 4 March 1979. Ecclesia de Eucharistia, his last encyclical, was issued on 17 April 2003.[6]\n1. Redemptor Hominis \"The Redeemer of Man\" On Jesus' Redemption of the world; the central importance of the human person; the Pope's plan of governance 4 March 1979\n2. Dives in Misericordia \"Rich in Mercy\" On God's mercy given to the Church and the world 30 November 1980\n3. Laborem Exercens \"On Human Work\" On the 90th anniversary of Pope Leo XIII's encyclical Rerum Novarum; the conflict of labour and capital, and the rights of workers 14 September 1981\n4. Slavorum Apostoli \"The Apostles of the Slavs\" In commemoration of Saints Cyril and Methodius 2 June 1985\n5. Dominum et Vivificantem \"The Lord and Giver of Life\" On the Holy Spirit in the life of the Church and the world 18 May 1986\n6. Redemptoris Mater \"Mother of the Redeemer\" On the Blessed Virgin Mary in the life of the Pilgrim Church 25 March 1987\n7. Sollicitudo Rei Socialis \"On Social Concerns\" On the 20th anniversary of Pope Paul VI's encyclical Populorum Progressio; on the social concerns and teachings of the Church 30 December 1987\n8. Redemptoris Missio \"Mission of the Redeemer\" On the permanent validity of the Church's missionary mandate 7 December 1990\n9. Centesimus Annus \"The Hundredth Year\" On the 100th anniversary of Rerum Novarum; on capital and labour; and on Catholic social teaching 1 May 1991\n10. Veritatis\nSplendor \"The Splendor of Truth\" On fundamental questions of the Church's moral teaching 6 August 1993\n11. Evangelium\nVitae \"The Gospel of Life\" On the value and inviolability of human life 25 March 1995\n12. Ut Unum Sint \"That They May Be One\" On commitment to ecumenism 25 May 1995\n13. Fides et Ratio \"Faith and Reason\" On the relationship between faith and reason; condemning both atheism and faith unsupported by reason; affirming the place of reason and philosophy in religion 14 September 1998\n14. Ecclesia de Eucharistia \"The Church of the Eucharist\" On the Eucharist in its relationship to the Church 17 April 2003\n^ According to Pope John Paul II's translator, Boles\u0142aw Taborski, no copy has been found.[2]\n^ This play was also filmed.\n^ This album was recorded for the Great Jubilee.\n^ \"The Pontificate of Pope John Paul II: His Writings\". EWTN. Retrieved February 25, 2012.\n^ Kadison, Dan (May 13, 2007). \"Holy Nights: Pope John Paul II's Plays Revived in Fest\". New York Post. Retrieved May 12, 2008.\n^ http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0094787\/\n^ \"Pope John Paul II Discography\". Allmusic. Retrieved February 26, 2012.\n^ Pope John Paul II Encyclicals, with Study Tool (most in English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish; one also in Arabic and Latin) - from the Papal Archive at the internet site of the Holy See. Retrieved 13 December 2006.\nThe following is a list of works about the life and theology of Pope John Paul II.\nPope John Paul II: The Biography, Tad Szulc, Scribner, 1995.\nHis Holiness: John Paul II and the History of Our Time, Carl Bernstein and Marco Politi, Doubleday, 1996.\nMan of the Century: The Life and Times of Pope John Paul II, Jonathan Kwitny, Henry Holt and Company, 1997.\nThe Hidden Pope, Dacry O'Brien, Daybreak Books (1998) ISBN 0-87596-478-8\nWitness to Hope, HarperCollins (1999, 2001) ISBN 0-06-018793-X.\nUniversal Father, Garry O'Connor, Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2005, ISBN 91-37-12870-1\nJohn Paul II: An Illustrated Biography, Andrzej Nowak, Kluszczynski, Krak\u00f3w, 2005\nLet Me Go to the Father's House: John Paul II's Strength in Weakness, Stanis\u0142aw Dziwisz, Czes\u0142aw Drazek, SJ, Renato Buzzonetti, Angelo Comastri, Pauline Books & Media, 2006. ISBN 0-8198-4522-1\nLolek, The Boy Who Became Pope John Paul II, Mark Hoffman, Mary Hramiec Hoffman, Hramiec Hoffman Inc., 2009, ISBN 978-0-9746901-1-7, ISBN 0-9746901-1-2\nK\u00f6chler, Hans, The Phenomenology of Karol Wojty\u0142a. On the Problem of the Phenomenological Foundation of Anthropology, in: Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, Vol. 42 (1982), pp. 326\u2013334\nButtiglione, Rocco, Karol Wojty\u0142a: The Thought of the Man Who Became Pope John Paul II, Grand Rapids, Mich. & Cambridge, UK, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1997. ISBN 0-8028-3848-0\nSimpson, Peter, On Karol Wojty\u0142a, Belmont, CA, Wadsworth Publishing, 2000. ISBN 0-534-58375-X\nKupczak, Jaros\u0142aw, Destined for Liberty: The Human Person in the Philosophy of Karol Wojty\u0142a\/John Paul II, Washington, DC, The Catholic University of America Press, 2000. ISBN 0-8132-0985-4\nJeffreys, Derek, Defending Human Dignity, Baker \/ 2004 \/ Paperback, ISBN 1-58743-092-4 (pbk.)\nK\u00f6chler, Hans, Karol Wojty\u0142a's Notion of the Irreducible in Man and the Quest for a Just World Order (Saint Joseph College, USA, 2006)\nMannion, Gerard (ed.), The Vision of John Paul II: Assessing His Thought and Influence, Collegeville, MN, Liturgical Press, 2008. ISBN 978-0-8146-5309-8\nMeissen, Randall J., \"Living Miracles: The Spiritual Sons of John Paul the Great,\" Alpharetta, GA, Misison Network, 2011. 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{"text":"red hartebeest facts\nDec,2020\nIt only takes a baby hartebeest about a year to reach maturity. In fact we saw lots of lone animals dotted about or on their own with their young as in this photo of an adult Red hartebeest and its young heading into the trees. Size. Hartebeests Grow Up Fast. Interesting facts about Red Hartebeest: The Red Hartebeest is an attractively coloured antelope. Addo Elephant National Park ~~ Climatology When confronted by danger, they will gallop in a bouncing fashion with all 4 feet about half a metre off the ground, making them appear as if they are floating or running in slow motion. Females tend to weigh around 120 kg. Other articles where Lichtenstein's hartebeest is discussed: hartebeest: Lichtenstein's hartebeest (A. buselaphus lichtensteinii), which inhabits the miombo woodland zone of eastern and southern Africa, has also been treated as a separate species (Alcelaphus lichtensteinii). When hunting Hartebeest, most shots are taken at 150 - 300 yards. Hartebeest have preorbital glands (glands near the eyes) with a central duct, that secrete a dark sticky or in some subspecies colorless fluid. The animal stands at a shoulder height of 48 inches, with horns of up to 22 inches. Both sexes have horns. Hartebeest are mainly found in \u2026 Please feel free to contact us should you need further details or wish to make a reservation. Calves are born October to December, and the mother will move away from herd to a secluded spot to give birth. The rump and upper thighs are paler than the rest of the body. The red hartebeest and Lichtenstein's hartebeest, alternatively considered subspecies or sister species of the common hartebeest, are present in Southern Africa. Ecology \u2022 Marine +27 49 892 6151 +27 49 892 3814 +27 (0) 49 892 5993 The red hartebeest does not have a large frame, but it has an average live weight of 350 pounds. The red hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus caama or A. caama) is a species of even-toed ungulate in the family Bovidae found in Southern Africa. The weight ranges from 100 to 200 kg (220 to 440 lb). The red hartebeest is a big antelope with a sloping back and slim face, reddish-brown \u2026 Both sexes have heavily ringed horns. About Wild Animals. Red Hartebeest And Its Young. Karoo National Park Legs of Hartebeest\u2026 ~~ Geomorphology ~~ Terrestrial Chat Education Both cows and bulls carry horns and they have scent glands below their eyes and between their front hooves. Kalahari Gemsbok National Park Mountain Zebra National Park The \u2026 HABITAT: Open savanna woodland close to water, and associated flood plain grassland. The bulls are extremely territorial and will defend their territory against all intruders at any cost. The main enemy of the red hartebeest is the lion, although young calves are also vulnerable to cheetah, leopard, wild dog and hyena. The hartebeest of Kruger National Park are a very distinctive large antelope. Maps \u2022 Activities & Interests \u2022 Regions & Areas\u2022 Routes \u2022 Clumsy in appearance, it is hump-shouldered, with a steeply sloping back, slim legs and a long, narrow face. ~~ Vertebrates: \u2022 Amphibians Vaalbos National Park Dark-brown or black tail is covered with long hairs. Red Hartebeest have a strong herd instinct, and form flocks of up to 20 animals. Pilanesberg National Park (South Africa) The red hartebeest is an ungainly-looking antelope, with a long narrow face, staring goat-like eyes with a tuft of hair under each one, and crooked horns. The hartebeest is a large, fawn-colored antelope that at first glance seems strangely misshapen and less elegant than other antelopes. Fungi and Plant Kingdoms, Geomorphology, Climatology & Ecology Wildscreen's Arkive project was launched in 2003 and grew to become the world's biggest encyclopaedia of life on Earth. The horns of the Red Hartebeest are of an unusual shape. The red hartebeest, it is the most colorful hartebeest, with black markings contrasting against its white abdomen and behind.\nPercy Jackson Riptide Sword Toy, Sennheiser Hd 280 Pro Vs Audio Technica Ath-m30x, It Infrastructure Upgrade Project Plan, Images Of Economics, Schwarzkopf Keratin Color Platinum Blonde, What Are Literary Devices, Teak Wood Shiplap, Delhi Dress Code, Craigslist Outdoor Furniture,\nProudly powered by | Theme: Mandy by Webriti","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Michael is Co-Lead Portfolio Manager for IA Clarington Focused Canadian Equity Class, IA Clarington Growth & Income Fund, IA Clarington North American Opportunities Class, IA Clarington Canadian Conservative Equity Class, IA Clarington Canadian Conservative Equity Fund and IA Clarington Canadian Conservative Equity GIF. He joined iA Clarington in May 2016, bringing more than 18 years of experience in the financial industry. Prior to joining iA Clarington, Michael was a portfolio manager at Leon Frazer & Associates, a member of iA Financial Group. There Michael served since 2009 on the investment management team responsible for IA Clarington Canadian Conservative Equity Fund. He also had specific responsibility for large-cap pipelines, utilities, industrials, REITs and financials companies and managed a preferred equity and a REIT fund. He received an Honours Bachelor of Business Administration from Wilfrid Laurier University and is a CFA charterholder.\nMichael's philosophy\nMichael's goal is to generate superior risk-adjusted returns by investing in high-quality, growing companies at attractive valuations. He focuses on small- and mid-cap stocks with the potential to become the blue chips of tomorrow, and aims to identify businesses with the ability to thrive in a rapidly changing world.\nIA Clarington Focused Canadian Equity Class\nIA Clarington Growth & Income Fund\nIA Clarington North American Opportunities Class\nIA Clarington Canadian Conservative Equity Class\nIA Clarington Canadian Conservative Equity Fund\nIA Clarington Canadian Conservative Equity GIF","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"SOR\u00c8L LEINBURD\nWe acted for the Canadian distributor of Asian-jurisdiction television programs to halt unlawful copying and distribution of the licensed programs in British Columbia.\nWe acted for clients to cause the cessation of unlawful trademark and copyright infringement by third parties, including the cessation of bidding on client trademarks with search engines offering top placement to the highest bidder.\nFrom time to time, a client may find itself collaborating with a potential or actual competitor. How do you address a client's concerns to ensure that it can offer services and yet not be inhibited in other areas of its business by competing with the competitor? Handling the receipt of confidential information, assigning deliverables and the IP embodied in the deliverables to the competitor, and yet ensuring our client's residual rights to continue its business competing in the market after the collaboration was done, was nuanced. We negotiated the needed contract clauses enabling our client to do its deal\u2014the competitor was satisfied, and our client got the elbow room needed to continue growing its products and business.\nWe were engaged by a prominent innovator in the field who had engaged other law firms to negotiate with an ex-employer, for the transfer of software ownership and data assets after the cessation of employment in a sensitive situation. The client initially approached us to canvass a litigation, trial track. We reviewed the extensive background documents, including a form of agreement prepared by the ex-employer, advised the client that litigation was unnecessary and would be counter-productive to the objective, and that we were confident we could negotiate and close a deal with the ex-employer without the need for litigation. It took some time, but we did it. Our client was very pleased and unnecessary litigation was avoided.\nOur client owned one of the most sought after domains in the world. We helped negotiate and prepare the agreements for an anticipated eight-figure sale.\n2015 - 2020 Sor\u00e8l Leinburd, Law Corporation. All rights reserved.\nTerms of Service Privacy Policy Disclaimer","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"FacebookLinkedInInstagramTwitter\nWhy Certify\nHow to certify\nPrincess Alexandra HospitalMelissa Sengaaga2021-04-30T00:49:38+00:00\nPRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL\nWith around 3 tonnes of food waste each week at Princess Alexandra Hospital (PAH), what began as a way to reduce landfill and improve sustainability has evolved into a shining example of a circular economy that benefits the entire hospital community.\nAs Brisbane's second largest hospital, PAH has more than 1050 beds and serves over 2300 meals each day, with the changing needs of patients each day resulting in substantial amounts of unused food.\nAfter introducing the enrich360\u00ae solution in March 2020, the hospital is now converting that food waste into nutrient-rich fertiliser every 24 hours. It's then used on the hospital gardens and grounds, given to patients for their own gardening projects, donated to community programs and social enterprise businesses such as HELP nurseries, and even sold to generate income for the Princess Alexandra Foundation.\n\"By dehydrating the food waste it's not going to landfill, saving us $50,000 a year. It's new technology in hospitals and we're getting a lot of interest from other hospitals wanting to learn what we're doing.\" \u2013 Noel Matson \u2013 Director, Operational Services\nThe profits from the fertiliser are split between the Foundation, which funds vital medical research, and to fund further sustainability initiatives.\n2.8-3t\nFOOD WASTE PER WEEK\nFERTILISER CREATED EACH DAY\nE550A\nDEHYDRATOR MODEL\n17-22hrs\nCYCLE TIME\n\"We're part of what we call a 360 community, which is a group of like-minded people who want to look at how we minimize our food waste. We've made a concerted effort to look at how we can be more sustainable while also driving cost savings and being more efficient.\"\nNoel Matson\nDirector, Operational Services & Sustainability Committee member\nFOLLOW US @enrich360\nCopyright \u00a9 enrich360 Pty Ltd. All Rights Reserved.\nenrich360 is a registered trade mark of enrich360 Pty Ltd.\n*Please note: the outputs of the enrich360\u00ae dehydrator are not currently approved for direct application to land in NSW, Australia.\nWe do however have collection and disposal arrangements in place for NSW customers and all collected outputs are then composted for use on\nNSW farms and landscaping uses. Direct application approval will be available July 2021.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Amazon one-day sale knocks up to 40 percent off Anker chargers and accessories \u2013 Engadget\nGlobal Semiconductor Shortage Could Last Till 2023 \u2013 HYPEBEAST\nSeptember 6, 2021 admin\t0 Comments\nThe global semiconductor shortages are reportedly not ending any time soon.\nAccording to a new report from Bloomberg, Toshiba has expressed concern that the chip shortages could last another two years, despite previous projections from Cisco that it'd continue for just another six months. \"The supply of chips will remain very tight until at least September next year,\" said Toshiba's Takeshi Kamebuchi, who overlooks the production of semiconductors. \"In some cases, we may find some customers not being fully served until 2023.\"\n\"We usually receive orders weeks and months in advance, but we currently face increasing inquiries for half a year into the future and beyond,\" he added. \"Long-term contracts piling up like this is new to us.\"\nIndustries all across the board are affected by the shortages. Most recently, the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. already announced price hikes due to low production numbers, and the company supplies a whole range of brands including Apple, Toyota and AMD, which itself supplies chips for both the Xbox Series X\/S and PlayStation 5. A host of automakers have also been met with production cuts earlier in the year, including Volkswagen, Nissan, Ford and Subaru.\nElsewhere in tech, Apple has registered a new patent for a flexible, rollable display.\n\u2190 Union survey alleges culture of mistreatment at Paradox Interactive \u2013 Rock Paper Shotgun\nParadox Interactive Accused of a 'Culture of Silence' Around Gender Discrimination \u2013 IGN \u2013 IGN \u2192","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Kimco Realty Corporation\nKimco Realty Corporation High Paying Jobs, Compensation Information and Expert Network Connections\nWhat are the highest paying jobs at Kimco Realty Corporation?\nKimco Realty Corporation is a real estate investment trust that invests in shopping centers. As of September 30, 2020, the company owned interests in 400 U.S. shopping centers and mixed-use assets comprising 70 million square feet of gross leasable space primarily concentrated in the top major metropolitan markets.\nKimco Realty Corporation was founded in 1966 by a group of real estate investors, including Martin Kimmel and Milton Cooper, who merged their retail assets.\nIn 1991, the company became a public company via an initial public offering, raising $120 million.\nIn 1998, the company acquired Price REIT for $535 million in stock.\nIn October 2003, the company acquired Mid-Atlantic Realty Trust for $441 million.\nIn 2007, the company acquired Birchwood Development Company for $92 million.\nEmployees502\nIndustryReal Estate & Construction\nMarket Cap$7.1 billion\nRevenue$1 billion\n5 Year Trend +3.1%\nNet Income$909 million\nNYSEKIM\n...with Kimco Realty Corporation and 1000s of other companies paying $100K+\nTop Experts at Kimco Realty Corporation\nPeter Emsky\nConstruction Director\nJeffrey Stein, MBA, CISSP\nChief Information Security Officer (CISO)\nKhanh Tran\nKimco Realty Corporation Photos\nStock Building Supply Holdings\nOrion Marine Group\nVanir Construction Management, Inc.\nHealthpeak Properties, Inc.\nApplied Technical Services\nRose Associates\nLadders \/ Company \/ Kimco Realty Corporation","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Home > Members > Representative Eliot L. Engel\nRepresentative Eliot L. Engel (1947 - )In Congress 1989 - Present |\nNew York 16 House: 113th-116th (2013-Present)\nNew York 17 House: 103rd-112th (1993-2013)\nNew York 19 House: 101st-102nd (1989-1993)\nhttps:\/\/engel.house.gov\nLegislation Sponsored or Cosponsored by Eliot L. Engel\n1-100 of 7,591 Results per page: 25 per page50 per page100 per page250 per page\nof 76Next Page\nSearch Results 1-100 of 7591\n1. H.R.5664 \u2014 116th Congress (2019-2020) LIFT Act Sponsor: Rep. McCaul, Michael T. [R-TX-10] (Introduced 01\/21\/2020) Cosponsors: (3) Committees: House - Foreign Affairs; Judiciary Latest Action: House - 01\/21\/2020 Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. (All Actions) Tracker:\n2. H.R.5663 \u2014 116th Congress (2019-2020) Safeguarding Therapeutics Act Sponsor: Rep. Guthrie, Brett [R-KY-2] (Introduced 01\/21\/2020) Cosponsors: (1) Committees: House - Energy and Commerce Latest Action: House - 01\/21\/2020 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. (All Actions) Tracker:\n3. H.R.5659 \u2014 116th Congress (2019-2020) Protecting Community Television Act Sponsor: Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-18] (Introduced 01\/21\/2020) Cosponsors: (25) Committees: House - Energy and Commerce Latest Action: House - 01\/21\/2020 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. (All Actions) Tracker:\n4. H.R.5617 \u2014 116th Congress (2019-2020) Taxi Medallion Loan Forgiveness Debt Relief Act of 2020 Sponsor: Rep. Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-5] (Introduced 01\/15\/2020) Cosponsors: (14) Committees: House - Ways and Means Latest Action: House - 01\/15\/2020 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (All Actions) Tracker:\n5. H.R.5543 \u2014 116th Congress (2019-2020) No War Against Iran Act Sponsor: Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17] (Introduced 01\/07\/2020) Cosponsors: (98) Committees: House - Foreign Affairs; Armed Services Latest Action: House - 01\/07\/2020 Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. (All Actions) Tracker:\n6. H.R.5517 \u2014 116th Congress (2019-2020) Gandhi-King Scholarly Exchange Initiative Act Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5] (Introduced 12\/19\/2019) Cosponsors: (19) Committees: House - Foreign Affairs Latest Action: House - 01\/14\/2020 Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific and Nonproliferation. (All Actions) Tracker:\n7. H.R.5451 \u2014 116th Congress (2019-2020) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 599 East Genesse Street in Fayetteville, New York, as the \"George H. Bacel Post Office Building\". Sponsor: Rep. Katko, John [R-NY-24] (Introduced 12\/17\/2019) Cosponsors: (21) Committees: House - Oversight and Reform Latest Action: House - 12\/17\/2019 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform. (All Actions) Tracker:\n8. H.R.5377 \u2014 116th Congress (2019-2020) Restoring Tax Fairness for States and Localities Act Sponsor: Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3] (Introduced 12\/10\/2019) Cosponsors: (52) Committees: House - Ways and Means | Senate - Finance Committee Reports: H. Rept. 116-345 Latest Action: Senate - 01\/03\/2020 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (All Actions) Tracker:\nArray ( [actionDate] => 2019-12-13 [displayText] => Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 116-345. [externalActionCode] => 5000 [description] => Introduced )\n9. H.R.5349 \u2014 116th Congress (2019-2020) Protect SNAP Act Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] (Introduced 12\/06\/2019) Cosponsors: (109) Committees: House - Agriculture Latest Action: House - 12\/06\/2019 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. (All Actions) Tracker:\n10. H.R.5338 \u2014 116th Congress (2019-2020) Global Hope Act of 2019 Sponsor: Rep. McCaul, Michael T. [R-TX-10] (Introduced 12\/06\/2019) Cosponsors: (20) Committees: House - Foreign Affairs Latest Action: House - 01\/28\/2020 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. (All Actions) Tracker:\nArray ( [actionDate] => 2020-01-28 [displayText] => Passed\/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H588-589) [externalActionCode] => 8000 [description] => Passed House )\n11. H.R.5337 \u2014 116th Congress (2019-2020) Disaster Assistance Equity Act of 2019 Sponsor: Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-10] (Introduced 12\/06\/2019) Cosponsors: (11) Committees: House - Transportation and Infrastructure Latest Action: House - 12\/09\/2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management. (All Actions) Tracker:\n12. H.R.5267 \u2014 116th Congress (2019-2020) International Violence Against Women Act of 2019 Sponsor: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] (Introduced 11\/26\/2019) Cosponsors: (134) Committees: House - Foreign Affairs Latest Action: House - 12\/06\/2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations. (All Actions) Tracker:\n13. H.R.5243 \u2014 116th Congress (2019-2020) Closing the Homework Gap Through Mobile Hotspots Act Sponsor: Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6] (Introduced 11\/21\/2019) Cosponsors: (34) Committees: House - Energy and Commerce; Education and Labor Latest Action: House - 11\/21\/2019 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee... (All Actions) Tracker:\n14. H.R.5230 \u2014 116th Congress (2019-2020) Elijah E. Cummings Family Asthma Act Sponsor: Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-16] (Introduced 11\/21\/2019) Cosponsors: (25) Committees: House - Energy and Commerce Latest Action: House - 11\/21\/2019 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. (All Actions) Tracker:\n15. H.R.5221 \u2014 116th Congress (2019-2020) 100% Clean Economy Act of 2019 Sponsor: Rep. McEachin, A. Donald [D-VA-4] (Introduced 11\/21\/2019) Cosponsors: (165) Committees: House - Energy and Commerce Latest Action: House - 11\/21\/2019 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. (All Actions) Tracker:\n16. H.R.5210 \u2014 116th Congress (2019-2020) Refugee Protection Act of 2019 Sponsor: Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-19] (Introduced 11\/21\/2019) Cosponsors: (40) Committees: House - Judiciary; Ways and Means; Budget; Foreign Affairs Latest Action: House - 12\/19\/2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship. (All Actions) Tracker:\n17. H.R.5191 \u2014 116th Congress (2019-2020) Runaway and Homeless Youth and Trafficking Prevention Act of 2019 Sponsor: Rep. Yarmuth, John A. [D-KY-3] (Introduced 11\/20\/2019) Cosponsors: (30) Committees: House - Education and Labor Latest Action: House - 01\/14\/2020 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 28 - 19. (All Actions) Tracker:\n18. H.R.5127 \u2014 116th Congress (2019-2020) Refuge From Cruel Trapping Act of 2019 Sponsor: Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-17] (Introduced 11\/15\/2019) Cosponsors: (59) Committees: House - Natural Resources Latest Action: House - 12\/04\/2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife. (All Actions) Tracker:\n19. H.R.5036 \u2014 116th Congress (2019-2020) Put Patients First Act Sponsor: Rep. Pappas, Chris [D-NH-1] (Introduced 11\/12\/2019) Cosponsors: (116) Committees: House - Energy and Commerce Latest Action: 12\/11\/2019 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (All Actions) Tracker:\n20. H.R.4996 \u2014 116th Congress (2019-2020) Helping MOMS Act of 2019 Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2] (Introduced 11\/08\/2019) Cosponsors: (25) Committees: House - Energy and Commerce Latest Action: House - 11\/20\/2019 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote. (All Actions) Tracker:\n21. H.R.4995 \u2014 116th Congress (2019-2020) Maternal Health Quality Improvement Act of 2019 Sponsor: Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-16] (Introduced 11\/08\/2019) Cosponsors: (26) Committees: House - Energy and Commerce Latest Action: House - 11\/19\/2019 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote. (All Actions) Tracker:\n22. H.R.4955 \u2014 116th Congress (2019-2020) Protecting Access to Safe and Effective Medicines Act of 2019 Sponsor: Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-16] (Introduced 10\/31\/2019) Cosponsors: (3) Committees: House - Energy and Commerce Latest Action: House - 10\/31\/2019 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. (All Actions) Tracker:\n23. H.R.4880 \u2014 116th Congress (2019-2020) Improving Helicopter Safety Act of 2019 Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12] (Introduced 10\/28\/2019) Cosponsors: (7) Committees: House - Transportation and Infrastructure Latest Action: House - 10\/28\/2019 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. (All Actions) Tracker:\n24. H.R.4861 \u2014 116th Congress (2019-2020) Effective Suicide Screening and Assessment in the Emergency Department Act of 2019 Sponsor: Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-12] (Introduced 10\/28\/2019) Cosponsors: (2) Committees: House - Energy and Commerce Latest Action: House - 10\/28\/2019 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. (All Actions) Tracker:\n25. H.R.4822 \u2014 116th Congress (2019-2020) Alice Cogswell and Anne Sullivan Macy Act Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-8] (Introduced 10\/23\/2019) Cosponsors: (18) Committees: House - Education and Labor Latest Action: House - 10\/23\/2019 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. (All Actions) Tracker:\n26. H.R.4794 \u2014 116th Congress (2019-2020) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 8320 13th Avenue in Brooklyn, New York, as the \"Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini Post Office Building\". Sponsor: Rep. Rose, Max [D-NY-11] (Introduced 10\/22\/2019) Cosponsors: (25) Committees: House - Oversight and Reform Latest Action: House - 12\/19\/2019 Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. (All Actions) Tracker:\n27. H.R.4732 \u2014 116th Congress (2019-2020) To establish a Global Climate Change Resilience Strategy, to authorize the admission of climate-displaced persons, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7] (Introduced 10\/17\/2019) Cosponsors: (14) Committees: House - Foreign Affairs; Judiciary; Energy and Commerce Latest Action: House - 11\/15\/2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship. (All Actions) Tracker:\n28. H.R.4722 \u2014 116th Congress (2019-2020) Support UNFPA Funding Act Sponsor: Rep. Houlahan, Chrissy [D-PA-6] (Introduced 10\/17\/2019) Cosponsors: (123) Committees: House - Foreign Affairs Latest Action: House - 10\/17\/2019 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. (All Actions) Tracker:\n29. H.R.4709 \u2014 116th Congress (2019-2020) Take Unsafe Limos Off the Road Act Sponsor: Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20] (Introduced 10\/16\/2019) Cosponsors: (60) Committees: House - Energy and Commerce Latest Action: 10\/31\/2019 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (All Actions) Tracker:\n30. H.R.4708 \u2014 116th Congress (2019-2020) SAFE Limos Act Sponsor: Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20] (Introduced 10\/16\/2019) Cosponsors: (60) Committees: House - Energy and Commerce Latest Action: 10\/31\/2019 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8682) (All Actions) Tracker:\n31. H.R.4695 \u2014 116th Congress (2019-2020) PACT Act Sponsor: Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-16] (Introduced 10\/16\/2019) Cosponsors: (104) Committees: House - Foreign Affairs; Financial Services; Oversight and Reform; Ways and Means; Judiciary; Armed Services Latest Action: Senate - 10\/30\/2019 Received in the Senate. (All Actions) Tracker:\n32. H.R.4691 \u2014 116th Congress (2019-2020) Safe Gun Storage Act of 2019 Sponsor: Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-16] (Introduced 10\/16\/2019) Cosponsors: (28) Committees: House - Energy and Commerce Latest Action: House - 10\/16\/2019 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. (All Actions) Tracker:\n33. H.R.4680 \u2014 116th Congress (2019-2020) Equitable Student Aid Access Act Sponsor: Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-35] (Introduced 10\/15\/2019) Cosponsors: (74) Committees: House - Education and Labor Latest Action: House - 10\/15\/2019 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. (All Actions) Tracker:\n34. H.R.4674 \u2014 116th Congress (2019-2020) College Affordability Act Sponsor: Rep. Scott, Robert C. \"Bobby\" [D-VA-3] (Introduced 10\/15\/2019) Cosponsors: (137) Committees: House - Education and Labor Latest Action: House - 10\/30\/2019 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 28 - 22. (All Actions) Tracker:\n35. H.R.4636 \u2014 116th Congress (2019-2020) Partnering and Leveraging Assistance to Stop Trash for International Cleaner Seas Act Sponsor: Rep. McCaul, Michael T. [R-TX-10] (Introduced 10\/11\/2019) Cosponsors: (16) Committees: House - Foreign Affairs Latest Action: House - 10\/11\/2019 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. (All Actions) Tracker:\n36. H.R.4622 \u2014 116th Congress (2019-2020) Family Asthma Act Sponsor: Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7] (Introduced 10\/08\/2019) Cosponsors: (3) Committees: House - Energy and Commerce Latest Action: House - 10\/08\/2019 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. (All Actions) Tracker:\n37. H.R.4587 \u2014 116th Congress (2019-2020) Truth in Tuition Act of 2019 Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-8] (Introduced 10\/01\/2019) Cosponsors: (11) Committees: House - Education and Labor Latest Action: House - 10\/01\/2019 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. (All Actions) Tracker:\n38. H.R.4568 \u2014 116th Congress (2019-2020) Responsible Body Armor Possession Act Sponsor: Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6] (Introduced 09\/27\/2019) Cosponsors: (10) Committees: House - Judiciary Latest Action: House - 10\/28\/2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. (All Actions) Tracker:\n39. H.R.4548 \u2014 116th Congress (2019-2020) Asthma Care and Prevention in Rural Communities Act of 2019 Sponsor: Rep. Vargas, Juan [D-CA-51] (Introduced 09\/27\/2019) Cosponsors: (2) Committees: House - Energy and Commerce Latest Action: House - 09\/27\/2019 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. (All Actions) Tracker:\n40. H.R.4546 \u2014 116th Congress (2019-2020) Public Housing Emergency Response Act Sponsor: Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7] (Introduced 09\/27\/2019) Cosponsors: (17) Committees: House - Financial Services Latest Action: House - 09\/27\/2019 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. (All Actions) Tracker:\n41. H.R.4540 \u2014 116th Congress (2019-2020) Public Servants Protection and Fairness Act Sponsor: Rep. Neal, Richard E. [D-MA-1] (Introduced 09\/27\/2019) Cosponsors: (107) Committees: House - Ways and Means Latest Action: House - 09\/27\/2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security. (All Actions) Tracker:\n42. H.R.4519 \u2014 116th Congress (2019-2020) Pediatricians Accelerate Childhood Therapies Act of 2019 Sponsor: Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-16] (Introduced 09\/26\/2019) Cosponsors: (28) Committees: House - Energy and Commerce Latest Action: House - 09\/26\/2019 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. (All Actions) Tracker:\n43. H.R.4439 \u2014 116th Congress (2019-2020) Creating Hope Reauthorization Act Sponsor: Rep. Butterfield, G. K. [D-NC-1] (Introduced 09\/20\/2019) Cosponsors: (11) Committees: House - Energy and Commerce Latest Action: House - 09\/20\/2019 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. (All Actions) Tracker:\n44. H.R.4416 \u2014 116th Congress (2019-2020) Lead-Free Future Act of 2019 Sponsor: Rep. Golden, Jared F. [D-ME-2] (Introduced 09\/19\/2019) Cosponsors: (8) Committees: House - Financial Services; Energy and Commerce; Veterans' Affairs Latest Action: House - 10\/02\/2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity. (All Actions) Tracker:\n45. H.R.4400 \u2014 116th Congress (2019-2020) Advancing Education on Biosimilars Act of 2019 Sponsor: Rep. Bucshon, Larry [R-IN-8] (Introduced 09\/19\/2019) Cosponsors: (1) Committees: House - Energy and Commerce; Ways and Means Latest Action: House - 09\/19\/2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (All Actions) Tracker:\n46. H.R.4394 \u2014 116th Congress (2019-2020) Protecting Flores Agreement Act Sponsor: Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-41] (Introduced 09\/18\/2019) Cosponsors: (15) Committees: House - Judiciary Latest Action: House - 10\/02\/2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship. (All Actions) Tracker:\n47. H.R.4390 \u2014 116th Congress (2019-2020) Removing Marijuana from Deportable Offenses Act Sponsor: Rep. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM-3] (Introduced 09\/18\/2019) Cosponsors: (22) Committees: House - Judiciary Latest Action: House - 10\/02\/2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship. (All Actions) Tracker:\n48. H.R.4331 \u2014 116th Congress (2019-2020) Tibetan Policy and Support Act of 2019 Sponsor: Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] (Introduced 09\/13\/2019) Cosponsors: (35) Committees: House - Foreign Affairs; Judiciary Latest Action: House - 01\/28\/2020 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. (All Actions) Tracker:\nArray ( [actionDate] => 2020-01-28 [displayText] => Passed\/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2\/3 required): 392 - 22 (Roll no. 27).(text: CR H594-596) [externalActionCode] => 8000 [description] => Passed House )\n49. H.R.4324 \u2014 116th Congress (2019-2020) Multiple Firearm Sales Reporting Modernization Act of 2019 Sponsor: Rep. Torres, Norma J. [D-CA-35] (Introduced 09\/12\/2019) Cosponsors: (7) Committees: House - Judiciary Latest Action: House - 10\/02\/2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. (All Actions) Tracker:\n50. H.R.4321 \u2014 116th Congress (2019-2020) GET THE LEAD OUT Act of 2019 Sponsor: Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13] (Introduced 09\/12\/2019) Cosponsors: (7) Committees: House - Energy and Commerce; Financial Services; Ways and Means Latest Action: House - 09\/12\/2019 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the... (All Actions) Tracker:\n52. H.R.4272 \u2014 116th Congress (2019-2020) TPS for Victims of Hurricane Dorian Act of 2019 Sponsor: Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9] (Introduced 09\/10\/2019) Cosponsors: (56) Committees: House - Judiciary Latest Action: House - 09\/25\/2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship. (All Actions) Tracker:\n53. H.R.4270 \u2014 116th Congress (2019-2020) Placing Restrictions on Teargas Exports and Crowd Control Technology to Hong Kong Act Sponsor: Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] (Introduced 09\/10\/2019) Cosponsors: (32) Committees: House - Foreign Affairs | Senate - Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Latest Action: Senate - 10\/16\/2019 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (All Actions) Tracker:\n54. H.R.4228 \u2014 116th Congress (2019-2020) Rare disease Advancement, surveillance Research, and Education Act of 2019 Sponsor: Rep. Carson, Andre [D-IN-7] (Introduced 09\/06\/2019) Cosponsors: (54) Committees: House - Energy and Commerce Latest Action: 09\/09\/2019 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1107) (All Actions) Tracker:\n55. H.R.4209 \u2014 116th Congress (2019-2020) Countering Russian Influence Through Interagency Coordination And Leadership Act Sponsor: Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-16] (Introduced 08\/27\/2019) Cosponsors: (0) Committees: House - Foreign Affairs Latest Action: House - 08\/27\/2019 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. (All Actions) Tracker:\n56. H.R.4193 \u2014 116th Congress (2019-2020) Student Loan Disclosure Transparency Act of 2019 Sponsor: Rep. Shalala, Donna E. [D-FL-27] (Introduced 08\/16\/2019) Cosponsors: (41) Committees: House - Education and Labor Latest Action: House - 08\/16\/2019 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. (All Actions) Tracker:\n57. H.R.4178 \u2014 116th Congress (2019-2020) REFUND Act of 2019 Sponsor: Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-16] (Introduced 08\/09\/2019) Cosponsors: (0) Committees: House - Energy and Commerce; Ways and Means Latest Action: House - 08\/09\/2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (All Actions) Tracker:\n58. H.R.4127 \u2014 116th Congress (2019-2020) Broadband Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2019 Sponsor: Rep. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM-3] (Introduced 07\/30\/2019) Cosponsors: (29) Committees: House - Energy and Commerce Latest Action: House - 07\/30\/2019 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. (All Actions) Tracker:\n59. H.R.4118 \u2014 116th Congress (2019-2020) Hate Crimes Commission Act of 2019 Sponsor: Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8] (Introduced 07\/30\/2019) Cosponsors: (37) Committees: House - Judiciary Latest Action: House - 08\/28\/2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. (All Actions) Tracker:\n60. H.R.4108 \u2014 116th Congress (2019-2020) Jumpstart on College Act Sponsor: Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13] (Introduced 07\/30\/2019) Cosponsors: (41) Committees: House - Education and Labor Latest Action: House - 07\/30\/2019 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. (All Actions) Tracker:\n61. H.R.4107 \u2014 116th Congress (2019-2020) Funding Early Childhood is the Right IDEA Act Sponsor: Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-11] (Introduced 07\/30\/2019) Cosponsors: (36) Committees: House - Education and Labor Latest Action: House - 07\/30\/2019 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. (All Actions) Tracker:\n62. H.R.4097 \u2014 116th Congress (2019-2020) Afghan Women's Inclusion in Negotiations Act Sponsor: Rep. Keating, William R. [D-MA-9] (Introduced 07\/30\/2019) Cosponsors: (35) Committees: House - Foreign Affairs Latest Action: House - 10\/08\/2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific and Nonproliferation. (All Actions) Tracker:\n63. H.R.4021 \u2014 116th Congress (2019-2020) FACE Protection Act of 2019 Sponsor: Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-16] (Introduced 07\/25\/2019) Cosponsors: (7) Committees: House - Oversight and Reform Latest Action: House - 07\/25\/2019 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform. (All Actions) Tracker:\n64. H.R.4020 \u2014 116th Congress (2019-2020) Checkpoint Safety Act of 2019 Sponsor: Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-16] (Introduced 07\/25\/2019) Cosponsors: (6) Committees: House - Homeland Security Latest Action: House - 08\/21\/2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security. (All Actions) Tracker:\n65. H.R.4019 \u2014 116th Congress (2019-2020) Smoke-Free Schools Act of 2019 Sponsor: Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-16] (Introduced 07\/25\/2019) Cosponsors: (8) Committees: House - Education and Labor Latest Action: House - 07\/25\/2019 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. (All Actions) Tracker:\n66. H.R.4014 \u2014 116th Congress (2019-2020) Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals Act of 2019 Sponsor: Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1] (Introduced 07\/25\/2019) Cosponsors: (26) Committees: House - Energy and Commerce Latest Action: House - 07\/25\/2019 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. (All Actions) Tracker:\n67. H.R.4004 \u2014 116th Congress (2019-2020) Social Determinants Accelerator Act of 2019 Sponsor: Rep. Bustos, Cheri [D-IL-17] (Introduced 07\/25\/2019) Cosponsors: (23) Committees: House - Energy and Commerce Latest Action: House - 07\/25\/2019 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. (All Actions) Tracker:\n68. H.R.3960 \u2014 116th Congress (2019-2020) Freedom for Americans to Travel to Cuba Act of 2019 Sponsor: Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] (Introduced 07\/25\/2019) Cosponsors: (44) Committees: House - Foreign Affairs Latest Action: House - 07\/31\/2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Civilian Security and Trade. (All Actions) Tracker:\n69. H.R.3918 \u2014 116th Congress (2019-2020) Stop Cruelty to Migrant Children Act Sponsor: Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6] (Introduced 07\/23\/2019) Cosponsors: (32) Committees: House - Judiciary; Homeland Security; Financial Services Latest Action: House - 08\/06\/2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship. (All Actions) Tracker:\n70. H.R.3874 \u2014 116th Congress (2019-2020) Greater Leadership Overseas for the Benefit of Equality Act of 2019 Sponsor: Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1] (Introduced 07\/22\/2019) Cosponsors: (63) Committees: House - Foreign Affairs; Judiciary Latest Action: House - 08\/12\/2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. (All Actions) Tracker:\n71. H.R.3870 \u2014 116th Congress (2019-2020) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 511 West 165th Street in New York, New York, as the \"Normandia Maldonado Post Office Building\". Sponsor: Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13] (Introduced 07\/22\/2019) Cosponsors: (26) Committees: House - Oversight and Reform Latest Action: House - 07\/22\/2019 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform. (All Actions) Tracker:\n72. H.R.3827 \u2014 116th Congress (2019-2020) Hispanic Educational Resources and Empowerment Act of 2019 Sponsor: Rep. Castro, Joaquin [D-TX-20] (Introduced 07\/18\/2019) Cosponsors: (43) Committees: House - Education and Labor Latest Action: House - 07\/18\/2019 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. (All Actions) Tracker:\n73. H.R.3799 \u2014 116th Congress (2019-2020) Reuniting Families Act Sponsor: Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-27] (Introduced 07\/17\/2019) Cosponsors: (75) Committees: House - Judiciary Latest Action: House - 08\/12\/2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship. (All Actions) Tracker:\n74. H.R.3778 \u2014 116th Congress (2019-2020) Cady Housh and Gemesha Thomas Student Suicide Prevention Act of 2019 Sponsor: Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5] (Introduced 07\/16\/2019) Cosponsors: (56) Committees: House - Energy and Commerce; Education and Labor Latest Action: House - 07\/16\/2019 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee... (All Actions) Tracker:\n75. H.R.3760 \u2014 116th Congress (2019-2020) Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Act Sponsor: Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7] (Introduced 07\/15\/2019) Cosponsors: (84) Committees: House - Education and Labor; Energy and Commerce; Ways and Means; Judiciary; House Administration; Oversight and Reform Latest Action: House - 07\/15\/2019 Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, the Judiciary, House Administration, and Oversight and Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for... (All Actions) Tracker:\n76. H.R.3742 \u2014 116th Congress (2019-2020) Recovering America's Wildlife Act of 2019 Sponsor: Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-12] (Introduced 07\/12\/2019) Cosponsors: (168) Committees: House - Natural Resources; Budget Latest Action: House - 12\/05\/2019 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 26 - 6. (All Actions) Tracker:\n77. H.R.3731 \u2014 116th Congress (2019-2020) Strategic and Humane Southern Border Migrant Response Act Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2] (Introduced 07\/11\/2019) Cosponsors: (22) Committees: House - Judiciary; Homeland Security; Foreign Affairs; Agriculture; Ways and Means Latest Action: House - 07\/30\/2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship. (All Actions) Tracker:\n78. H.R.3632 \u2014 116th Congress (2019-2020) Fair and Open Skies Act Sponsor: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] (Introduced 07\/09\/2019) Cosponsors: (133) Committees: House - Transportation and Infrastructure Latest Action: House - 09\/19\/2019 Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote. (All Actions) Tracker:\n79. H.R.3606 \u2014 116th Congress (2019-2020) High Speed Gunfire Prevention Act Sponsor: Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1] (Introduced 07\/02\/2019) Cosponsors: (38) Committees: House - Judiciary Latest Action: House - 07\/30\/2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. (All Actions) Tracker:\n80. H.R.3593 \u2014 116th Congress (2019-2020) Hot Cars Act of 2019 Sponsor: Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13] (Introduced 06\/28\/2019) Cosponsors: (55) Committees: House - Energy and Commerce; Transportation and Infrastructure Latest Action: House - 07\/01\/2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. (All Actions) Tracker:\n82. H.R.3579 \u2014 116th Congress (2019-2020) Keep Mail Safe Act Sponsor: Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6] (Introduced 06\/27\/2019) Cosponsors: (9) Committees: House - Oversight and Reform Latest Action: House - 06\/27\/2019 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform. (All Actions) Tracker:\n83. H.R.3558 \u2014 116th Congress (2019-2020) 21st Century Hospitals Act Sponsor: Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-16] (Introduced 06\/27\/2019) Cosponsors: (1) Committees: House - Energy and Commerce Latest Action: House - 06\/27\/2019 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. (All Actions) Tracker:\n84. H.R.3555 \u2014 116th Congress (2019-2020) Exposing Discrimination in Higher Education Act Sponsor: Rep. Clark, Katherine M. [D-MA-5] (Introduced 06\/27\/2019) Cosponsors: (50) Committees: House - Education and Labor Latest Action: House - 06\/27\/2019 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. (All Actions) Tracker:\n85. H.R.3554 \u2014 116th Congress (2019-2020) End Purchase of Firearms by Dangerous Individuals Act of 2019 Sponsor: Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1] (Introduced 06\/27\/2019) Cosponsors: (24) Committees: House - Judiciary; Energy and Commerce Latest Action: House - 07\/30\/2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. (All Actions) Tracker:\n86. H.R.3553 \u2014 116th Congress (2019-2020) Untraceable Firearms Act of 2019 Sponsor: Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1] (Introduced 06\/27\/2019) Cosponsors: (39) Committees: House - Judiciary Latest Action: House - 08\/15\/2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. (All Actions) Tracker:\n87. H.R.3552 \u2014 116th Congress (2019-2020) Unlawful Gun Buyer Alert Act Sponsor: Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1] (Introduced 06\/27\/2019) Cosponsors: (24) Committees: House - Judiciary Latest Action: House - 07\/30\/2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. (All Actions) Tracker:\n88. H.R.3509 \u2014 116th Congress (2019-2020) LGBTQ Data Inclusion Act Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raul M. [D-AZ-3] (Introduced 06\/26\/2019) Cosponsors: (138) Committees: House - Oversight and Reform Latest Action: House - 06\/26\/2019 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform. (All Actions) Tracker:\n89. H.R.3501 \u2014 116th Congress (2019-2020) Safeguard our Elections and Combat Unlawful Interference in Our Democracy Act Sponsor: Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-16] (Introduced 06\/26\/2019) Cosponsors: (35) Committees: House - Foreign Affairs; Judiciary; Financial Services Latest Action: House - 07\/17\/2019 Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote. (All Actions) Tracker:\n90. H.R.3483 \u2014 116th Congress (2019-2020) Integration of Baseball Commemorative Coin Act Sponsor: Rep. Richmond, Cedric L. [D-LA-2] (Introduced 06\/25\/2019) Cosponsors: (118) Committees: House - Financial Services Latest Action: House - 06\/25\/2019 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. (All Actions) Tracker:\n91. H.R.3464 \u2014 116th Congress (2019-2020) ACTION for National Service Act Sponsor: Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1] (Introduced 06\/25\/2019) Cosponsors: (188) Committees: House - Education and Labor; Ways and Means Latest Action: House - 06\/25\/2019 Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee... (All Actions) Tracker:\n92. H.R.3463 \u2014 116th Congress (2019-2020) Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act of 2019 Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-8] (Introduced 06\/25\/2019) Cosponsors: (226) Committees: House - Education and Labor Latest Action: House - 06\/25\/2019 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. (All Actions) Tracker:\n93. H.R.3457 \u2014 116th Congress (2019-2020) 1969 New York Mets Stamp Act Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-2] (Introduced 06\/25\/2019) Cosponsors: (2) Committees: House - Oversight and Reform Latest Action: House - 06\/25\/2019 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform. (All Actions) Tracker:\n94. H.R.3446 \u2014 116th Congress (2019-2020) National Commission on Scleroderma and Fibrotic Diseases Act of 2019 Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-2] (Introduced 06\/24\/2019) Cosponsors: (44) Committees: House - Energy and Commerce Latest Action: House - 06\/24\/2019 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. (All Actions) Tracker:\n95. H.R.3414 \u2014 116th Congress (2019-2020) Opioid Workforce Act of 2019 Sponsor: Rep. Schneider, Bradley Scott [D-IL-10] (Introduced 06\/21\/2019) Cosponsors: (61) Committees: House - Ways and Means; Energy and Commerce Latest Action: House - 06\/26\/2019 Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 25 - 12. (All Actions) Tracker:\n96. H.R.3400 \u2014 116th Congress (2019-2020) Encourage New Legalized Immigrants to Start Training Act Sponsor: Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-10] (Introduced 06\/21\/2019) Cosponsors: (33) Committees: House - Armed Services Latest Action: House - 06\/24\/2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. (All Actions) Tracker:\n97. H.R.3389 \u2014 116th Congress (2019-2020) Guaranteed 3 Percent COLA for Seniors Act of 2019 Sponsor: Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-16] (Introduced 06\/20\/2019) Cosponsors: (0) Committees: House - Ways and Means; Education and Labor Latest Action: House - 06\/20\/2019 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee... (All Actions) Tracker:\n98. H.R.3375 \u2014 116th Congress (2019-2020) Stopping Bad Robocalls Act Sponsor: Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6] (Introduced 06\/20\/2019) Cosponsors: (237) Committees: House - Energy and Commerce Committee Reports: H. Rept. 116-173 Latest Action: Senate - 07\/25\/2019 Received in the Senate. (All Actions) Tracker:\nArray ( [actionDate] => 2019-07-24 [displayText] => Passed\/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2\/3 required): 429 - 3 (Roll no. 502).(text: CR H7293-7296) [externalActionCode] => 8000 [description] => Passed House )\n99. H.R.3352 \u2014 116th Congress (2019-2020) Department of State Authorization Act of 2019 Sponsor: Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-16] (Introduced 06\/19\/2019) Cosponsors: (1) Committees: House - Foreign Affairs | Senate - Foreign Relations Committee Reports: H. Rept. 116-181 Latest Action: Senate - 09\/09\/2019 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. 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{"text":"+44 (0)1909 488600 enquiries@ddcos.com\nThe DDC Group\nThe Back Office\nMultimedia Response Handling\nBack Office Administration\nKnowledge Processing\nCustomer Lifecycle\nCharity Sector\nUtilities Sector\nLegal Sector\nLocations & Languages\nFind out more about our achievements\nGSA Top Performer 2018\nWe were delighted to have been announced as a GSA Top Performer in the Emerging Players category for 2018.\nNOA \u2013 Strategic Leader of the Year 2016\nIn May 2016 we were delighted to announce that DDC OS UK Solutions Director, John Callachan was awarded the Strategic Leader of the Year Award by the National Outsourcing Association. Beating strong competition from leaders at companies such as WebHelp and Sykes, John was recognised for his strategic vision and his endeavours to create a more positive profile for the outsourcing industry.\nNOA \u2013 Offshoring Project of the Year 2015\nIn November 2015 we were delighted to have won the prestigious NOA Offshoring Project of the Year. Fighting off stiff competition from companies such as Centrica, Firstsource and EXL, DDC OS UK was awarded the title for our Brandbank project, which is processed both offshore in the Philippines and nearshore in Sarajevo.\nBy implementing an Information Security Management System (ISMS) DDC OS UK are committed to having processes and procedures in place to give our clients peace of mind that we have taken every precaution to ensure all their information whether digital or hard copy is in safe hands. We are delighted to have been awarded the certification in September 2015.\nOur ISO 9001:2015 certification forms the foundation for an effective quality management system within our business. At DDC OS UK we take pride in providing the best services we can to all our clients; this is backed up by our commitment for continuous improvement.\nAlthough our impact on the environment is small we feel that by implementing an environmental management system it will keep us focused on the areas where we can make a difference. We chose to further our commitment, and in doing so have been awarded the ISO 14001:2015 certification.\nAt DDC OS UK we believe in investing in our staff as a major part of our ethos. Launched in 1991 Investors in People is a business improvement tool administered by the UK Commission for Employment and Skills and supported by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills\nDDC OS UK is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority as a General Insurance Intermediary.\nNOA - Finalist, Awards 2016\nDDC OS UK were finalists for the following awards; The Outsourcing SME of the Year, as well as, the Utilities Outsourcing Project of the Year.\nEOA \u2013 Finalist Awards 2016\nDDC OS UK were finalists at the European Outsourcing Association awards for; Outsourcing Works \u2013 Award for Delivering Business Value in European Outsourcing.\nLet`s talk\nRead more Can good marketing practices influence your approach to customer services?\nRead more The Evolution of the Modern-Day Outsourcing Partner\nRead more Smart Meter Installation - A Supplier View\nDDC Outsourcing Solutions, Manton Wood Enterprise Park, Worksop S80 2RT\nas CGF Marketing Services Ltd No. 2151319.\nEmail Policy","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Cloning and characterization of the altA \u03b1-tubulin gene of Physarum\nDAVID B. CUNNINGHAM, GARY L. BUCHSCHACHER Jr., TIMOTHY G. BURLAND, WILLIAM F. DOVE, DIETRICH KESSLER and EILEEN C. A. PAUL\n*Author for correspondence. Tel. (608) 262 0982; fax (608) 262 2824.\nFirst Published: 01 January 1993 https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1099\/00221287-139-1-137\nA cDNA clone derived from the altA locus, encoding one of several \u03b1-tubulins in Physarum, was sequenced and used to determine the developmental and cell cycle expression patterns of its corresponding gene. The predicted amino acid sequence of the altA gene product, \u03b11A-tubulin, is 92% identical to the other known Physarum \u03b1-tubulins, \u03b11B and \u03b12B, which are products of two tightly linked genes at the altB locus. The nucleotide sequence of the altA coding region is 82% identical to the two altB genes. Expression of the altA gene was found in all three cell types examined \u2014 amoeba, flagellate and plasmodium \u2014 but at substantially different levels in each. The peak level of altA message detected in flagellates was 14-fold higher than in amoebae, while the peak level in plasmodia was 5-fold lower than in amoebae. The expression pattern of altA and the predicted amino acid sequence of the \u03b1-tubulin it encodes suggest that \u03b11A is the substrate for post-translational acetylation, giving rise to the \u03b13-tubulin isoform found specifically in amoebae and flagellates. Northern blot analysis of plasmodial RNA samples from specific times in the cell cycle showed that the level of altA message varies over the cell cycle in a pattern similar to transcripts from other tubulin genes, with a peak at mitosis and little or no message detected during most of interphase.\n\/content\/journal\/micro\/10.1099\/00221287-139-1-137\nhttp:\/\/instance.metastore.ingenta.com\/content\/journal\/micro\/10.1099\/00221287-139-1-137\n10.1099\/00221287-139-1-137","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"We hope that you have been enjoying summer and the chance to reconnect with family and friends. As parents, PTA leaders and supporters of children across Oregon, summertime is a chance to recharge and reflect on the past year, while planning for the upcoming year. The new school year brings renewed hope that our children will find success and grow.\nAs the summer winds down, we begin to think about preparing for back-to-school, back to work, and juggling our many family commitment and activities. Being prepared and organized can make the transition to the new school year easier on the entire family. In our late summer news you will find some tips on getting back into a routine, planning for the new year and how to continue to be involved with your child's school, especially as they go on to middle and high school. We also want to share a few photos and from the May 2016 Volunteer Celebration, where we honored the hard work that goes into making our schools so great. C oncluding our newsletter, PTA Officers will find information specific to their roles in PTA and opportunities especially for leaders.\nPlease enjoy the remainder of your summer and we wish you a wonderful new school year!\nMember News:\nBack-to-School:\nBack-to-school can be a really exciting time for the entire family! Start your school routine now to help with the transition from summer to the classroom. Find some useful tips here.\nA big part of back-to-school is shopping for supplies and clothing. This can be a challenging time for parents of tweens and teens as you begin to have conversations about clothing. Find some tips here on how to make it a fun time for both kids and parents. As you go through the closets and purge outgrown items, please set aside your donations for the Portland Council Clothing Center. The Clothing Center served nearly 2000 PPS students last school year with gently used and new clothing. For additional information please contact Sharon Meigh-Chang, PTA Clothing Center Director at 503.293.0783 or via email.\nDo you have a strategy to save money and time when it comes to back-to-school shopping? Here are some good tips for smart shopping.\nTeen students need parents to be involved just as much as any other time in their school lives, but parents tend to back off during this time and parent involvement drops. Research shows that adolescents do better in school when their parents are involved in their lives. Here are some tips for staying involved in your child's school life.\nEducation advocacy in Oregon:\nPortland Council PTA supports Measure 97 which will increase the minimum tax for large and out-of-state corporations with more than $25 million in annual Oregon sales and bring more money to schools to help address class size, lack of programming and resources as well as maintenance on buildings. You can read more about Measure 97 here and here.\nOregon Governor, Kate Brown recently endorsed the Measure stating \"Our state cannot move forward and meet Oregon's growing needs over the next decade without a more stable revenue base. Measure 97 is an important step forward, and I will make sure the funds the measure yields go towards schools, health care, and seniors, as the voters expect.\" You can read the press release from Governor Brown's office here.\nOregon PTA Legislative Director, Otto Schell shares his thoughts on Measure 97 and the benefits to our schools here.\nPortland Council PTA\/PPS Volunteer Celebration:\nIn late May, Portland Council PTA and PPS hosted the annual Volunteer Celebration to honor volunteers all across the city. Each school was invited to nominate their best and brightest volunteers to represent their school at the Hawaiian Luau dinner and awards ceremony and over 300 volunteers were honored for their hard work and dedication. Portland Council PTA also awarded three very special awards, Principal of the Year, Teacher of the Year and the Aileen Klingforth Outstanding Service Award.\nThe 2016 Principal of the Year award went to Beth Madison, Principal at Robert Gray Middle School. Principal Beth Madison is an active member of her PTA and her community states that she has \"an engagement with parents that is unparalleled\". Students say she's the best principal the school has ever had and \"not only has she given kids endless opportunities to get involved, she has chosen to teach students that learning is not boring and she makes it as exciting as possible.\" When Staff members speak of her, they say \"her leadership is cohesive, we feel supported and can set goals, take risks and strive to improve while having fun when we give students our absolutes our best\". Portland Council PTA was happy to recognize Beth Madison for her hard work at Robert Gray with the 2016 Principal of the Year award!\nThe 2016 Teacher of the Year award was awarded to Andrea Schmidt of Bridger School. Andrea is an inspiring teacher who works with families to see kids succeed, and is highly committed to her students and her entire school community. Families at the school say that she supports volunteers in many ways, encouraging them to decide where they can best meet the needs of the classroom. Andrea's colleagues feel fortunate to work alongside her and say she is a priceless member of the staff, working with parents and colleagues to make sure all students receive hands-on real to life activities that connect with math, reading and writing in a fun and engaging way. Portland Council PTA is proud to honor Andrea Schmidt as 2016 Teacher of the Year!\nPortland Council PTA was extremely pleased to honor one especially outstanding volunteer for their many years of advocacy and service on behalf of the students of PPS. Otto Schell, has dedicated nearly 20 years of work in the District and his passion and dedication to all students is most inspiring. We were pleased to honor him with the prestigious Aileen Klingforth Outstanding Service Award.\nLeader News:\nLeadership Training:\nTo become a unit in good standing with Oregon PTA, all PTA units must have at least 3 officers attend leadership training each year. There are two training dates scheduled for the Portland area, August 27 and September 24. Find more information and register here.\nPTA Officer Lists:\nTraining and Back-to-School information and other valuable program information will be coming to you soon via email. In order to receive all PTA communication, please ensure that your PTA Officer information is entered at Oregon PTA.\nBack-to-School Kit:\nThe National PTA Back-to-School Kit is a great resource for PTA Leaders! All PTA Leaders will find useful information on running your PTA. It's completely digital and mobile too! Register today here to receive access!\nLeadership Resources:\nPortland Council PTA has a number of leadership resources for leaders:\nFollow our Blog here for guidance and information as you lead your PTA.\nConsult our website for up to date information and news.\nSee our Monthly Leadership Checklists here- we currently have President's checklists available and will be adding additional leader checklists soon.\nFollow us on Pinterest, Facebook and Twitter for resources and information you can share with your communities.\nLeaders, do you know someone who wants a new career helping kids? First Student is looking for new drivers! There is another plus- If a PTA successfully recruits a school bus driver and the driver completes the training course and 90 working days, then First Student will write a check for $500 to your school. Read more HERE.\nPTA Clothing Center & Student Aid Fund:\nThe PTA Clothing Center exists to assist PPS students with clothing needs. This is an absolutely vital program for the students who use the service. Last school year, nearly 2000 students were served by an astounding 4500 volunteer hours! Thank you for all your work this year! The PTA Clothing Center, located at Marshall HS Campus will re-open for students the week of August 22-25, from 9:30 am-1:30 pm. Students will be able to receive clothing prior to school beginning. The Clothing Center will need volunteers that week to assist students. If you would like to schedule to volunteer that week, please contact PTA Clothing Center Director, Sharon Meigh-Chang via email. The Clothing Center relies on our PTA's to provide volunteers for your scheduled day. These volunteers do not have to be PTA members- they can be anyone at the school that wants to help out. Find out when your PTA is scheduled to volunteer here.\nThe PTA Student Aid Fund has a long history, dating back to 1923. It was established to assist students with requests for items necessary for their success, which might not be covered by other services in PPS or via PTA. The Portland Council Student Aid Fund may be used for shoes, eye exams\/glasses, necessary class fees and or materials (not tuition) or an emergency bus pass (once per year) and other special needs. The Student Aid Fund will not pay for general school supplies. Clothing requests are funded only after a visit to the Portland Council PTA Clothing Center, or when the student's needs can't be met. Applications are available at each school's office. If you have questions, please contact Jackee Duvall, Student Aid Director for more information.\nEvery school in PPS last year had students using these worthwhile services, even in the most affluent schools. Both the Clothing Center and the Student Aid Fund rely on PTA and private donations to provide these very necessary services. Please consider earmarking a donation from your PTA this year to assist with these programs. All funds donated go directly to the purchase of clothing and services for students in PPS.\nLisa Kensel\nPortland Council PTA\nwww.portlandcouncilpta.org\nYou are receiving this email because of your relationship with Portland Council PTA. Please reconfirm your interest in receiving emails from us. 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{"text":"Cal Baptist upsets New Mexico State in WAC opener\nThe Lancers, making the transition from Division II, beat defending Western Athletic Conference champion New Mexico State 82-76\nCal Baptist upsets New Mexico State in WAC opener The Lancers, making the transition from Division II, beat defending Western Athletic Conference champion New Mexico State 82-76 Check out this story on lcsun-news.com: https:\/\/www.lcsun-news.com\/story\/sports\/2019\/01\/03\/cal-baptist-upsets-new-mexico-state-wac-opener\/2475287002\/\nSun-News reports Published 11:01 p.m. MT Jan. 3, 2019 | Updated 4:31 p.m. MT Jan. 4, 2019\nNew Mexico State Aggies(Photo: New Mexico State University)\nWelcome to the WAC California Baptist.\nThe Lancers, making the transition from Division II, beat defending Western Athletic Conference champion New Mexico State 82-76 on Thursday in Riverside, California in the WAC opener for both teams.\nNew Mexico State lost its WAC opener at California Baptist on Thursday night. The Aggies return home to host Grand Canyon on Thursday. (Photo: NM State)\nThe Lancers scored the first seven points and never trailed. CBU (9-5) led by as many as 17 in the first half.\nThe Aggies dropped to 11-4 overall.\n\"I'm disappointed starting 0-1 in league after a game I knew would be tough,\" said Aggies head coach Chris Jans in his postgame radio comments. \"It's a heck of a night for their program, obviously.\"\nThe Aggies closed to within four with 1:14 to play, but the Lancers pushed the lead back to eight with four free throws. CBU guard Milan Acquaah was fouled in the backcourt as JoJo Zamora went for a steal. Jans was called for a technical after the play and Acquaah hit all four free throws.\nThe Lancers held off the Aggies by shooting 29 of 33 from the line in the second half.\nThe foul line was NM State's best source for offense for much of the game. The Aggies were 26 of 31 (74 percent) from the foul line for the game and just 31 percent from the field despite 29 more field goal attempts than Cal Baptist after collecting 26 offensive rebounds.\nNM State centers Eli Chuha and Ivan Aurrecoechea were held scoreless in the game on 0 for 9 shooting.\n\"We knew going in that it would be pretty hard to score in the half court,\" Jans said. \"I knew they were going to fight us and defend and they didn't disappoint. We had a hard time getting good looks around the basket.\"\nCJ Bobbitt (13 points) nailed two late 3-pointers, hitting from outside with 29 seconds to play to make it 78-75, but it was as close as the Aggies would get.\nAcquaah scored 36 points against the Aggies and was 10 for 10 from the free throw line.\nTerrell Brown scored 22 points to lead the Aggies, AJ Harris had 15 points, Zamora scored 13 points and Johnny McCants had nine points and 16 rebounds.\nCBU led by 17 with 7:20 to play in the first half as NM State shot just 32 percent in the first half while the Lancers shot 52 percent. Acquaah led CBU with 16 first half points and a 32-29 halftime lead.\nThe Aggies chipped away at the lead with a 7-0 lead, shooting 10 of 12 at the foul line in the first half while California Baptist had three free throw attempts in the first half.\nThe Aggies are off before they host 1-0 Grand Canyon on Thursday at the Pan American Center.\n\"We have to learn from this and unfortunately wait a whole week before we play again,\" Jans said. \"It's going to be a tough few days for our program to try to swallow this pill.\"\nGoing up? Not so fast. NMSU basketball team gets stuck in elevator\nNMSU wakes up from slow start, outlasts Seattle on the road\nAggies blitz Redhawks behind Pack's 30\nNMSU basketball: Can the Aggies rise above the Redhawks?\nNorth\/South All Star games move to Las Cruces\nNMSU conquers Utah Valley, remains perfect in WAC","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Military Hertiage WWII HistoryWWII Quarterly\nEuropean Theater\nOperation Market-Garden\nU.S. Third Army\nJ.E.B. Stuart\nWilliam T. Sherman\nAncient Greece\/Roman Empire\nMedal of Honor Recipient\nFrom Tolkien to Hitler: Famous Soldiers of World War I\nDick Winters and the Band of Brothers\nThe Battle for Omaha Beach: The Men of the D-Day Invasion\nNapoleon Bonaparte's Last Campaign: The Battle of Waterloo\nKilling Adolf Hitler\nAntietam: The Civil War's Longest Day\nOperation Barbarossa: World War II's Eastern Front\nThe Battle of Gettysburg: Turning Point of the American Civil War\nProfiles of the American Revolution\nBiblical Israel & Judah\nWWII History\nRevive Expanding Banner 1500\u00d7510\nPutting the Cork in the Bottle at Los Negros\nGeneral Douglas MacArthur executed a dangerous gamble on the island of Los Negros where American landing forces were outnumbered by the Japanese.\nCarl Gnam\nCategories: WWII\nBy Patrick J. Chaisson\nGeneral Douglas MacArthur gripped the rail of the light cruiser USS Phoenix as the warship bombarded shore positions on the Japanese-held island of Los Negros. Alongside him stood Vice Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid, whose Seventh Fleet was then putting 1,000 U.S. soldiers onto this strategic Pacific outpost.\nWithout warning, return fire from Los Negros began landing all around the Phoenix. One projectile exploded just 200 yards away. As his flagship delivered a deafening broadside in response, MacArthur recalled that the last time he experienced such close-in enemy shellfire had in the Meuse-Argonne during World War I, a full quarter century earlier.\nAboard the light cruiser USS Phoenix, Vice Admiral Thomas Kincaid, commander of the U.S. Seventh Fleet, and General Douglas MacArthur, operational commander in the Southwest Pacific, watch the bombardment of Los Negros in the Admiralty Islands on February 28, 1944.\nYet the Los Negros landings, which took place in February 1944, started off relatively well for the Americans. Kinkaid's fleet quickly silenced pesky shore batteries, while hard-charging GIs took their objective\u2014Momote Airfield\u2014only 95 minutes after the first waves touched down. In mid-afternoon, General MacArthur went ashore to see for himself how this so-called \"reconnaissance-in-force\" was progressing.\nAfter a quick tour of the front lines, MacArthur met with his senior Army commander on Los Negros, Brig. Gen. William C. Chase of the U.S. First Cavalry Division. He then made a momentous decision. Ordering Chase to \"to remain here and hold the airstrip at any cost,\" the general transformed what was meant to be a low-risk raid into an all-out invasion. He did so without knowing the full tactical picture. There were far more Japanese on the island than some Allied officers had predicted\u2014in fact, they greatly outnumbered their American adversaries.\nThat evening, MacArthur returned to his flagship and sailed off for an Allied base on New Guinea. Accompanying Phoenix was the light cruiser USS Nashville and all but two destroyers of Admiral Kinkaid's invasion fleet. This meant Chase's inexperienced cavalry troopers would enter battle on Los Negros armed only with what they had brought with them and a mere fraction of the naval gunfire support deemed necessary to back an island assault.\nThe Japanese waited for full darkness to begin their probing attacks. Some soldiers tossed hand grenades into American foxholes, while others stealthily crept through the lines. Just before sunup, two infiltrators were found and killed scant feet from General Chase's command post (CP).\nWeary U.S. cavalrymen greeted the dawn on March 1 by counting the ammunition remaining in their cartridge belts. They also counted 66 enemy bodies killed in the previous night's fight before starting the arduous task of clearing snipers from their narrow beachhead. It promised to be a long day.\nFrom captured documents, Brig. Gen. Chase realized that more than 4,400 Japanese opposed him on Los Negros and neighboring Manus Island. He could not know, however, that their commanding officer was even then organizing a full-scale counterattack intended to annihilate the lightly equipped invaders. Could Chase's troopers hold out long enough for reinforcements to arrive? Or was Los Negros destined to become another infamous \"last stand\" for the U.S. Cavalry?\nAs supreme commander of the Southwest Pacific Area (SWPA), Douglas MacArthur kept his land, sea, and air forces extraordinarily active throughout the winter of 1943-1944. On December 15, 1943, American troops stormed ashore at Arawe on the southern tip of New Britain. Eleven days later, U.S. Marines landed farther up New Britain's northwestern coast at Cape Gloucester to seize vital airfields there. On January 2, 1944, the Allies made another amphibious assault at Saidor on New Guinea, their objective again a vital airstrip.\nThese actions were all part of Operation Cartwheel, a major campaign designed to overwhelm Japanese air and naval installations at Rabaul, New Britain. Since the start of the Pacific War, Rabaul\u2014boasting a large harbor and network of airdromes\u2014served as the center of enemy activity throughout eastern New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. Allied forces could not safely advance without first neutralizing this threat to their own lines of communication.\nOnce MacArthur's hard-working engineers finished lengthening the runways on Arawe, Cape Gloucester, and Saidor, Rabaul fell well within the operational range of U.S. medium bombers and their fighter escorts. Slowly, inexorably, Allied airpower began choking off the Rabaul garrison's ability to defend itself and receive supplies.\nTroops of the U.S. 1st Cavalry Division land on Los Negros on February 29, 1944. Securing the island turned out to be a bigger challenge than MacArthur initially contemplated.\nThe primary architects of this aerial campaign were two aggressive aviators, Lt. Gen. George C. Kenney and Maj. Gen. Ennis C. Whitehead. Kenney, who commanded the U.S. Fifth Air Force, and Whitehead, his deputy, recognized that the vast distances and resource constraints across the SWPA presented ideal conditions in which to prove a new form of warfare. Both airmen believed the Allies could defeat their enemy without resorting to costly land battles. Rather, strike aircraft would sink every freighter in Rabaul's harbor and render useless all of its airfields. The Japanese would be left isolated and paralyzed, no matter how many troops they had under arms.\nA ground commander by training and experience, MacArthur began to embrace the new capabilities that his air and naval arms were bringing to the fight. By January 1944, Rabaul's garrison of 98,000 Japanese had been left to \"wither on the vine\" by Kenney and Whitehead's relentless aerial attacks. And Kinkaid was growing into his new role as head of the Seventh Fleet, nicknamed \"MacArthur's Navy.\"\nThe Seventh Fleet was a formation like none other in history. Lacking the armada of fleet aircraft carriers and battlewagons in Admiral Chester Nimitz's Central Pacific Area, Kinkaid made do with smaller, more adaptable task groups designed to rapidly put invasion forces ashore and keep them there. The sailors of MacArthur's Navy relied on a bewildering array of shallow-bottomed landing craft and destroyer transports (APDs in naval terminology) to carry assault troops and their gear all across the Southwest Pacific.\nBy the first week of February, Rabaul had become a \"self-feeding prisoner of war camp,\" as described by one Allied officer. General MacArthur's gaze now turned to the Admiralty Islands at the northwest end of the Bismarck Archipelago. Seizing the Admiralties meant accomplishing two key Allied objectives. First, it would cut the last remaining air and sea lanes connecting Rabaul with Japanese bases farther to the west. Second, an excellent though undeveloped harbor there could be transformed into a major staging base for MacArthur's long-anticipated return to the Philippines.\nFor the Admiralty Islands invasion, SWPA planners set a tentative date of April 1, 1944. Staff officers then began the methodical task of gathering data on terrain, weather, and opposing forces. They learned the Admiralties stood 360 miles west of Rabaul and about 500 miles from the nearest Allied bases on New Guinea. There were two major islands, Manus and Los Negros, which together formed the arc of Seeadler Harbor\u2014chief objective of the Allied operation.\nManus was the larger of the two. Resembling an ellipse, it measured approximately 49 miles long by 16 miles wide. A central mountain spine bisected this land mass, which was heavily jungled and unpopulated except along its northern coast. Separated from Manus by a narrow strait, the horseshoe-shaped island of Los Negros stretched 15 miles from end to end. Rugged terrain distinguished Los Negros's southerly regions, but flat land to the north held promise for future airbase construction.\nTogether, Manus and Los Negros framed a natural anchorage known as Seeadler Harbor. Six miles wide, 20 miles long, and with a depth of 120 feet, Seeadler was large enough to shelter an entire invasion fleet. A string of barrier islands\u2014Koruniat, Ndrilo, Hauwei, and Pityilu\u2014guarded the roadstead and its likely landing beaches.\nHolding the Admiralty Islands was a collection of Imperial Japanese Army and Navy outfits commanded by Colonel Yoshio Ezaki of the 51st Transport Regiment. Ezaki's defenders included two understrength infantry battalions from the 1st Independent Mixed Regiment and the 229th Infantry Regiment as well as sailors belonging to the 14th Naval Base Force who guarded Seeadler Harbor with coast artillery positioned on its barrier islands. Total enemy strength exceeded 4,450 combatants.\nThe Japanese constructed two airdromes, one at Momote Plantation on Los Negros and a smaller strip near the village of Lorengau on Manus. They had, however, let these runways fall into disrepair after the Fifth Air Force stepped up its bombing campaign in February. Once Colonel Ezaki realized the Admiralties garrison was indeed marooned, he ordered his men to conceal their numbers, locations, and activities from American reconnaissance aircraft.\nThis story appeared in WWII History magazine.\nEzaki's scheme worked brilliantly. On February 23, three B-25 Mitchell bombers from the 17th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron flew lazily over Los Negros for 90 minutes without drawing antiaircraft fire or observing any other signs of enemy occupation. The entire area looked \"completely washed out,\" pilots later reported to General Whitehead in New Guinea. \"Crews say Los Negros and Manus are evacuated.\"\nWhitehead immediately passed these reports on to Kenney in SWPA's Brisbane, Australia, headquarters, along with an unsubstantiated estimate of 300 Japanese soldiers remaining in the Admiralty Islands. Early on the morning of February 24, General Kenney took this news upstairs to his boss. \"Los Negros,\" Kenney claimed, \"was ripe for the plucking.\"\nEver alert to a strategic opportunity, MacArthur listened intently as Kenney outlined his plan. The aviator proposed sending 800 troops, a \"reconnaissance-in-force,\" out to the Admiralties to occupy Los Negros long enough to ascertain whether or not the Momote airfield was indeed deserted. If Whitehead's information proved correct, this detachment should then immediately go on to seize Manus and its outlying barrier islands. Kenney also suggested sending in a small surveillance element ahead of the main body to confirm his aircrews' observations.\nMacArthur paced the floor, considering Kenney's proposal. Finally, he halted and exclaimed, \"That will put the cork in the bottle!\" The supreme commander then summoned to his office SWPA's operations officer and Admiral Kinkaid. \"We're going to the Admiralty Islands,\" he told them, \"and we go on Leap Day (29 February).\" It was a dramatic moment in a headquarters known for its commanding general's often dramatic presence.\nThe next morning, February 25, orders went out to all subordinate Army, Navy, and air commanders: \"Land on [Los Negros Island] in the vicinity of [Momote airfield] and make immediate reconnaissance in force to determine the enemy strength and disposition.\"\nThis directive surprised many officers, but none more so than Lt. Gen. Walter Krueger of the Sixth U.S. Army. Krueger wore two hats in the SWPA; aside from his responsibilities as head of Sixth Army he also commanded Alamo Force, which coordinated American ground operations in theater. As such, this career officer supervised the planning of every amphibious operation that MacArthur wanted accomplished.\nFour days was not a lot of time to move 1,000 men (Krueger persuaded MacArthur to raise the total number of troops from his original 800), but much preliminary planning had already been conducted. Krueger staged soldiers at bases near Oro Bay, New Guinea, while Kinkaid managed to assemble a flotilla of APDs and fleet destroyers to transport them 500 miles to Los Negros. Reinforcements could be expected to arrive on slower moving Landing Ships, Tank (LSTs) two days after the reconnaissance element made its landing.\nSixth Army intelligence officers questioned the Air Corps' claim that Los Negros and Manus had been abandoned. Their own sources showed that 4,500 Japanese still held on to the Admiralty Islands. Therefore, before dawn on February 27, a six-man team from the elite Alamo Scouts set out in a U.S. Navy PBY Catalina flying boat to evaluate the enemy situation on Los Negros and report back its findings.\nPaddling ashore in a rubber raft, the Alamo Scouts then cautiously made their way through dense jungle toward Momote airdrome. Signs of Japanese occupation were everywhere. After evading several infantry patrols, the team turned around short of its objective and went to ground. That night its leader radioed in a brief but telling message: \"The area is lousy with Japs.\"\nBack in Brisbane, General Kenney discounted the scout team's report as the product of a frightened young lieutenant's imagination. Besides, the invasion fleet was already halfway to Los Negros with a quite senior commander accompanying it. Douglas MacArthur felt strongly that he alone should decide whether to continue to attack or withdraw. Only by seeing things on the ground, MacArthur reasoned, could he make an informed choice.\nNevertheless, MacArthur's hastily organized \"reconnaissance-in-force\" carried with it some tremendous risks. Amphibious doctrine required a three to one ratio of attackers versus defenders, which explains his decision to send 1,000 men up against the 300 defenders that SWPA's air staff believed still occupied Los Negros and Manus. In reality, however, there were four Japanese for every American set to make this dangerous invasion. Worse still, those GIs completely lacked battle experience.\nTroopers of the First Cavalry Division left their horses behind when, in the summer of 1943, they deployed to Australia. There the outfit was reconfigured under a hybrid table of organization. Retaining traditional cavalry unit designations (squadron for battalion, troop for company, etc.), the division armed and trained itself to fight as infantry. Restless months spent in Australian training camps had left the division's men eager for a brawl. They would soon get one.\nThe First Cavalry Division (Special) was commanded by Maj. Gen. Innis P. Swift, who like many of his men had served in the prewar cavalry. His two brigade commanders, Brig. Gens. William C. Chase and Verne D. Mudge, each led about 4,000 dismounted horse soldiers. Field artillery, engineer, signal, medical, and service support elements rounded out the division's 15,000-man combat strength.\nFor the Los Negros mission, General Chase selected the 2nd Squadron, 5th Cavalry Regiment to form the backbone of his assault element. Two 75mm pack howitzers from the 99th Field Artillery went along to provide fire support, while a dozen .50-caliber machine guns crewed by the 673rd Antiaircraft Machine Gun Battery covered the skies. Chase's 1,026-man detachment also included naval and air liaison teams, communications personnel, and recon scouts, as well as medical aidmen from the 30th Portable Surgical Hospital.\nTask Force Brewer (code name for this \"reconnaissance-in-force\") arrived off Jamandilai Point along Los Negros's east coast before dawn on February 29, 1944. Under a steady rain, U.S. Navy cruisers and destroyers began bombarding the shore while cavalry troopers loaded into Landing Craft Personnel, Ramp (LCPRs) for the ride in. They were headed for Hyane Harbor, a narrow channel just off Momote's runway and far from\u2014it was hoped\u2014Japanese coastal defenses.\nColonel Ezaki's men were caught entirely by surprise. Stunned by naval shellfire and a barrage of 500-pound bombs dropped by B-25s of the 345th Bomb Group, \"Air Apaches,\" most of the Japanese holding this sector could only cower in their foxholes. Task Force (TF) Brewer's first wave touched down unopposed on White Beach at 0817 hours, two minutes behind schedule.\nThe eventual securing of Los Negros turned out to be a matter of hard fighting over a period of about a month. Its capture facilitated the development of Seeadler Harbor as an American base of operations.\nEzaki's defenders quickly recovered from their initial shock, though, and soon began shooting back at the approaching LCPRs. Subsequent waves encountered fierce return fire; U.S. destroyers struggled to find and destroy these hidden gunners, obscured as they were by a tropical downpour. Corporal Bill Alcine, a correspondent for Yankmagazine, vividly recounted his run into the beach: \"As we neared the channel, the Navy men in the bow hollered to us to keep our heads down or we'd get them blown off. We crouched lower, swearing, and waited.\"\n\"It came with a crack,\" Alcine's account continued, \"machine gun fire over our heads. Our light landing craft shuddered as the Navy gunners hammered back and answered with the .30-calibers mounted on both sides of the barge.\"\nThe troopers aboard Alcine's LCPR \"piled out quickly at the beachhead\" and went to work. Cavalry platoons advanced rapidly across Momote airfield and 300 yards into the undergrowth beyond. By 0950 they had taken their initial objectives. A few hours later, General Chase's task force finished unloading all men and supplies. For the cost of two soldiers killed and another three wounded, the Americans had established a toehold on Los Negros. But could they stay there?\nStrewn all around them was evidence of a strong enemy presence, including several hastily vacated bivouac areas found about one mile south of the beach. Other patrols carefully investigated a network of bunkers, dugouts, and trenches scattered throughout the Momote perimeter.\nPapers seized in one command bunker indicated there were as many as 200 Japanese antiaircraft gunners assigned to protect this sector of Los Negros. Most of them had run away when the shooting started, but they would be back once Colonel Ezaki organized a counterattack. For now, the only resistance consisted of occasional nuisance fire from a few stay-behind riflemen.\nThese skirmishers were still at it when General MacArthur toured the front lines later that afternoon. A cavalry lieutenant, concerned for his chief's safety, gestured toward one enemy hideout while tugging on the general's sleeve. \"Excuse me, Sir,\" the young officer warned, \"but we killed a sniper in there just a few minutes ago.\"\nUnperturbed, the supreme commander replied, \"Fine, that's the best thing to do with them.\" His remark spread quickly throughout the ranks, affording everyone on Los Negros a much needed chuckle. But the cavalrymen would need all the spirit they could muster, as shortly thereafter they received orders to dig in. MacArthur had made his decision: TF Brewer would \"continue the assault.\"\nWisely, General Chase ordered his men to form a compact 1,500-yard night perimeter along Momote airstrip's western edge. The troops had no barbed wire, and their entrenching tools proved useless against Los Negros's hard coral surface. The task force's dozen .50-calibers, intended for air defense, went up on the line to cover likely avenues of advance. And with no room to emplace their howitzers, artillery crews filled in as infantry. Offshore, destroyers Bushand Stocktonstationed themselves to provide fire support for the cavalry task force.\nThe Japanese possessed a golden opportunity to push their \"arrogant enemy\" back into the sea, provided that Colonel Ezaki could launch a counterattack before U.S. reinforcements arrived. While most of his defenders were badly situated for a thrust against Hyane Harbor, Ezaki's 1st Battalion, 229th Infantry held a key position north of Momote airstrip. At dusk he sent this order: \"Tonight, the battalion under Cpt. Baba will annihilate the enemy who have landed. This is not a delaying action. Be resolute to sacrifice your life for the Emperor and commit suicide in case capture is imminent. We must carry out our mission with the present strength and annihilate the enemy on the spot.\"\nHad Baba been able to concentrate his efforts and punch through the inexperienced Americans' line, things might have gone much differently on Los Negros. Instead, he dissipated his combat power in an uncoordinated series of small, probing skirmishes. Together with a near constant stream of individual raiders, these intruders kept the troopers of TF Brewer awake all night but never seriously threatened General Chase's hold on the Momote perimeter.\nThere were, however, a few harrowing moments when Japanese troops followed U.S. communication wires back to the task force CP. Chase's intelligence officer, Major Julio Chiarmonte, heard two infiltrators whispering outside his dugout and dispatched both of them with a Thompson submachine gun.\nThe GIs knew enough to stay put after dark, shooting or grenading anything that moved. Private Walter E. Hawks of Troop E used his Browning Automatic Rifle to kill eight approaching machine gunners. Later, Hawks waited until a group of 20 charging infantrymen got to within 15 feet of his hole before mowing down the lot of them.\nGeneral MacArthur and Admiral Kincaid, ashore on Los Negros on the first day of the fight for the island, inspect the body of a dead Japanese soldier killed during the initial skirmishes after the American landings.\nBetter weather on March 1 allowed Fifth Air Force to resupply the beachhead with more than three tons of ammunition and blood plasma dropped from B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 375th Troop Carrier Group. Also flying overhead, B-24 Liberator and B-25 Mitchell bombers pummeled the foe's staging areas, especially a narrow spit of land just north of the airfield where natives once dragged their canoes from Hyane to Seeadler Harbor. This so-called \"native skidway\" measured only 50 yards across and acted as a choke point that channeled attacking troops into a deadly kill zone.\nWary cavalrymen devoted the day to \"disinfecting\" their lodgment of any last remaining infiltrators. Around 1600 hours there was a bit of excitement when another Japanese raiding party broke through and headed for General Chase's CP. Again, Major Chiaramonte and his Tommy gun helped wipe out the entire 15-man patrol, one of whom was later discovered to be Captain Baba.\nWith their captain now dead, the Japanese displayed markedly less fighting spirit during the night of March 1. This did not stop a squad of riflemen from sneaking up on Private Andrew R. Barnabei of Battery B, 99th Artillery. Hearing unfamiliar voices outside his foxhole, Barnabei calmly lobbed a fragmentation grenade that killed all five intruders.\nMorale soared among the men of TF Brewer when at 0900 hours on March 2 six LSTs and nine destroyers appeared off Jamandilai Point. Under steady mortar and light machine-gun fire, 1,500 troopers from the 1st Squadron, 5th Cavalry Regiment and 99th Field Artillery Battalion came ashore, unloaded, and marched straight into combat. Meanwhile, bulldozer-equipped Army construction engineers and Navy Seabees of the 40th Naval Construction Battalion (NCB) began improving White Beach for future operations.\nA courier brought General Chase more good news. The entire First Cavalry Division was on its way to Los Negros. Until those forces arrived, though, his mission was to hold Momote at all costs. Chase's freshly arrived reinforcements helped even the odds, but victory remained a long way off. And Colonel Ezaki still had a powerful surprise in store for the American invaders.\nThe soldiers of Ezaki's 2nd Battalion, 1st Independent Mixed Regiment, commanded by a Captain Iwakami, took longer than expected to gather at their attack position north of the native skidway. Allied airstrikes and naval gunfire obliged them to travel from their garrisons across Manus and on the barrier islands mostly during the hours of darkness. Thus, it was not until late on March 3 that Iwakami's men began readying themselves for the climactic battle for Los Negros.\nBy that time TF Brewer had extended its perimeter completely across Momote airdrome. A fresh squadron of cavalrymen was dug in to the left, or south, where General Chase expected the main enemy attack to occur. The 2nd Squadron, exhausted after four nights of near constant fighting, covered the skidway and northern approaches.\nDirectly behind 2nd Squadron the Seabees had dug a long defensive trench. They would occupy it when ordered, backstopping the cavalry. Nearer the beach, a full 18-gun field artillery battalion executed close-in fire missions while Australian and American destroyers standing offshore hammered suspected Japanese troop concentrations.\nThe encounter started in an unusual way. At 2100 hours a Japanese plane buzzed the perimeter, dropping eight bombs that severed phone lines and drove many troopers deep into their foxholes. Then two signal flares shot into the sky, and Iwakami's battalion surged forward.\nFrenzied infantrymen hurled themselves across the skidway, which was now well covered by mortars, machine guns, and artillery. Many soldiers fell to mines and booby traps, while others were slaughtered by ferocious defensive fire. Whenever one wave of Iwakami's attackers stalled, though, another soon took its place. By midnight the weight of Japanese numbers began to tell.\nTroop G took the brunt of their fury. Sergeant Troy A. McGill and his squad of eight troopers held a revetment against repeated assaults; by 0400 all but one of McGill's men had been killed, and that individual was badly wounded. Sending his comrade to the rear, the sergeant then singlehandedly resisted an onslaught by what was later estimated to be 200 Japanese. McGill, clutching his rifle like a club, was found dead in the midst of 130 enemy corpses. For this valorous act he received a posthumous Medal of Honor.\nAutomatic weapons proved decisive in this ugly brawl. The First Cavalry Division history reported that Troop G's Staff Sergeant Clarence D. Sparks \"fired his machine gun \u2026 until it burned out\u2026. Sparks [then] crawled to the rear and procured a new gun which he brought forward and speedily placed into action at his original position.\"\nIwakami's men employed several ruses to bait the defenders. One English-speaking raider called out to Corporal Joseph Hodonsky, \"How you doin', Joe?\" Hodonsky was doing fine, according to a Yankcorrespondent, shooting down the intruder with his .45 automatic.\nOther enemy tricks worked better. Japanese infiltrators managed to tap the communication wires leading to 2nd Squadron's heavy mortar platoon. Imitating a senior officer, they persuaded the green lieutenant in charge there to withdraw at the worst possible time. GIs eventually recaptured their mortars, but by then Iwakami's forces had already pierced the perimeter.\nAn American antiaircraft quad .50 crew poses in position to defend Momote airstrip on Los Negros against Japanese planes. After the capture of nearby Manus Island, mopping up in the Admiralties proceeded until mid-May 1944.\nOne hundred Seabees of the 40th NCB put down their tools and picked up rifles to occupy a secondary defensive position behind hard-pressed Troop G. When enemy infantrymen threatened to overwhelm their left flank, sailors began hauling ammo crates up to fast-firing U.S. Navy machine gunners. The Seabees held firm, even at one point launching a counterattack to help restore the line.\nMeanwhile, several barges loaded with Japanese soldiers tried to slip into Hyane Harbor. Bright moonlight betrayed their approach, however, and these boats were destroyed in short order by antiaircraft cannons, artillery, and heavy machine guns.\nThe final enemy thrust took place just before dawn. A column of 50 Japanese troops, all reportedly singing \"Deep in the Heart of Texas,\" charged straight into a buzzsaw of heavy weapons fire west of the skidway. By 0730 Iwakami's desperate effort had spent itself. \"We hold entire perimeter,\" General Chase radioed to Sixth Army headquarters later that morning. \"Everything is under control.\"\nIndeed it was, although the GIs of TF Brewer paid a steep price for their nocturnal victory. Altogether, 61 Americans perished that night while another 244 were wounded. The Seabees alone suffered nine dead and 38 injured.\nBy the evening of March 4, U.S. troopers had counted and buried the bodies of 779 enemy combatants. Some 168 of them were found in front of Troop G's position. A report captured afterward said that Colonel Ezaki lost 1,400 men during the action of March 3-4, 1944.\nMore U.S. reinforcements arrived that day, and on March 5, Maj. Gen. Swift came ashore to assume command of the Los Negros operation. By then, Hyane Harbor bustled with activity. Army and Navy construction engineers could be seen everywhere, working hard to improve port facilities and rehabilitate Momote airdrome for Allied use. Service units established ever expanding supply dumps, while medical teams tended to those wounded in action.\nMacArthur's forces were on Los Negros to stay. At sunup on March 6, a total of 4,000 men of the First Cavalry Division kicked off an attack. Troopers rapidly seized the native skidway, now clogged with the decomposing remains of several hundred Japanese soldiers, and pushed on toward Seeadler Harbor.\nThat same morning a battle-damaged B-25 made an emergency landing on Momote airfield. Before long, Momote became home to Nos. 76 and 77 Squadrons, Royal Australian Air Force. Their Curtiss Kittyhawks, together with warplanes of the U.S. Fifth Air Force, day after day provided invaluable close air support to Allied ground forces then entering the campaign's final phase.\nOn March 9, the remainder of Maj. Gen. Swift's First Cavalry Division disembarked at a newly established beachhead along the western edge of Seeadler Harbor near Salami Plantation. Following a period of reorganization, they invaded Manus on March 15, 1944. Troopers steadily advanced toward the village of Lorengau while enduring torrential rains that turned jungle tracks into veritable quagmires of mud. It was a slow, grinding attack, one opposed by small groups of desperate Japanese soldiers who were determined to die fighting in their bunkers or from a sniper's treetop perch.\nMore action awaited the division on Manus's barrier islands, small, rocky outposts that had to be captured before Allied shipping could enter Seeadler Harbor. While several islets were left unoccupied, 45 holdouts from the Imperial Japanese Navy strongly garrisoned Hauwei. These gunners ambushed an unwary reconnaissance team on March 12, forcing the Americans to hastily withdraw aboard supporting U.S. Navy Patrol Torpedo (PT) boats.\nOne day later a larger group of cavalrymen returned to finish the job on Hauwei. By noon, aided by an M4A1 Sherman medium tank belonging to the 603rd Tank Company, U.S. troopers crushed all remaining resistance there. The last barrier island, Pityilu, fell into Allied hands on March 30 after a sharp but brief clash with its 60 defenders.\nMopping up the Admiralties took until May 18, when General Krueger finally declared an end to combat operations. Colonel Ezaki and his entire garrison had been annihilated; of the 4,400 Japanese defenders present, not one man surrendered. In this campaign the First Cavalry Division and attached units lost 326 troops killed and four missing; 1,189 Americans were wounded. Both the 2nd Squadron, 5th Cavalry and the 40th NCB received a Presidential Unit Citation for their gallantry on Los Negros.\nIn return, the Allies gained a superb naval anchorage as well as airfields that both supported the isolation of Rabaul and helped enable SWPA's next advances across New Guinea. MacArthur's bold gamble in the Admiralty Islands also hastened another, more personal victory.\nOn March 12, with events on Los Negros progressing satisfactorily, the Joint Chiefs of Staff in Washington, D.C., sent a radiogram to SWPA General Headquarters. Pleased by General MacArthur's gains in the Admiralties, the Joint Chiefs finally authorized his armies to invade Mindanao. It was an emotional moment for the supreme commander\u2014he could soon fulfill his solemn promise to millions of Filipino people. MacArthur was returning to the Philippines.\nPatrick J. Chaisson is a retired U.S. Army officer and historian from Scotia, New York. The author gratefully acknowledges the assistance of Mr. Steven C. Draper and the staff of the First Cavalry Division Museum at Fort Hood, Texas, in the preparation of this article.\nTop Ad Space\nTop Ad Space 2\nThere are moments in military history that forever alter the flow of human events. Times when the very landscape appears to shift. 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{"text":"H001581 MG34\/42 HOT BARREL REMOVAL PAD. (Hei\u00df Gewehrlauf Polster f\u00fcr MG34\/42)\nBACKGROUND: Among other restrictions, the Treaty of Versailles banned Germany from developing any type of general purpose machine gun. To circumvent this, German development of an all purpose machine gun was secretly being done in Switzerland in the early 1930's. By 1934 designer Louis Stange of the Rheinmetall armaments factory had made improvements to the secret machine gun developed in Switzerland and the MG34 was introduced as an all purpose selective fire weapon. In spite of the relatively high production cost, the MG34 was accepted by the HwaA, Heereswaffenamt, (Army Ordnance Office), a subsection of the OKH, Oberkommando des Heeres, (High Command of the Army), that was responsible for testing, evaluation and eventual issue of all ordnance and deliveries of the MG34 began in 1936. In 1937 due to the high cost and manufacturing time of the MG34 development began on another general purpose machine gun which utilized stamped and pressed components making it cheaper and quicker to produce. Further developments resulted in the introduction of the MG42 general purpose machine gun in late 1941. Of Note: With a rate of fire of roughly nine hundred rounds per minute, the MG34 was a formidable weapon with automatic and semi-automatic firing capabilities and production continued even after the cheaper and higher rate of fire, (1,500 rpm), MG42 was introduced. Both the MG34 and the MG42 were manned by a three person crew with one individual being designated the \"#1 gunner\". The gunner was equipped with a specific, gunner's belt pouch which carried special tools and accessories for the weapons and included a hot barrel removal pad. Due to the high cyclical rate of fire of up to nine hundred rounds per minute for the MG34 and fifteen hundred rounds per minute for the MG42 both weapons had the capability of actually melting their barrels. As a result both the MG's were designed with a quickly detachable barrel and came equipped with replacement barrels with specific spare barrel carrying cases and cloths or mittens to protect the operators hands when removing the heated barrels.\nPHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Roughly, 16cm x 13cm, coarsely woven, dual-layered, grey fabric pad with machine stitched outer seams, for removing hot MG barrels. The pad has two diagonally angled rows of reinforcement stitching running to the opposing corners of each side creating a large, \"X\". One side of the pad has a machine stitched on, white canvas, loop to secure the pad to the user's hand. Scarce.\nGRADE **** PRICE $359.00","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Urban Spaces\nShona's Resort\nProject: Tourist\nConstruction Area: 1.105 m\u00b2 \/ 11.890 sqft\nLocation: Koraalspechtweg, Curacao\nHotel Boutique 610\nA new Classic Building in the downtown of Oranjestad, expanding a family home with historical memory, seeks to revitalize the sector with the beauty of Aruba's own architecture.\nIts six rooms and open spaces such as the Salon Cafe on the Ground Floor and the Open Terrace on the top-level aim to provide a new, closer and more intimate experience with its visitors and guests.\nProject: Tourist.\nConstruction Area: 412 m\u00b2 \/ 4.433 sqft\nLocation: Oranjestad, Aruba\nJandi Resort\nOn a lot with three existing apartments, the new owner starts his business as a Mini Resort. The reforms to optimize the internal and external spaces were a real challenge with a tight budget under the clear and precise directions of the client.\nLocation: Cas Grandi, Curacao\nBeach Bar La Mar\nIn a privileged area in the south of the island, a few meters from Baby Beach, this proposal arises in a place that seeks to reactivate the memory of an old local business with an architectural discourse appropriate to the environment.\nLocation: San Nicolas, Aruba\nRecreational Complex La Lagunita\nComplex that contains two diametrically opposed concepts. The recreational areas are developed with the premise of maintaining maximum contact with nature, while in the cabin areas it is intended to recreate the concept of city.\nConstruction Area: 9.450 m\u00b2 \/ 101.682 sqft\nLocation: San Francisco, Venezuela\nLuz de Luna Inn\nInn that is projected on an old farm. It is conceived as a place for meditation and rest; the low environmental impact, balance and harmony are integrated with buddhist metaphors as a philosophy that generates the concept. The Noble Eightfold Path.\nLocation: Chichiriviche, Venezuela\nItam Hotel\nProject on the shoreline of Lake Maracaibo where the city, the lake and the bridge are the molders of the concept.\nA dense city hotel that disintegrates in the lake.\nConstruction Area: 4.200m\u00b2 \/ 45.192 sqft\nAbout | Privacy Policy\n2B1 Architects \u00ae All Rights Reserved","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Squeeze to Release New Recordings of Their Classic Hits With Spot the Difference\nAs teenagers on the South London Scene in the 1970s, teenage friends Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook formed Squeeze, the pioneering UK band that saw them dubbed 'The New Lennon and McCartney.\" Championed early on by the Velvet Underground's John\nEmusician\nAs teenagers on the South London Scene in the 1970s, teenage friends Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook formed Squeeze, the pioneering UK band that saw them dubbed 'The New Lennon and McCartney.\" Championed early on by the Velvet Underground's John Cale, who produced their debut EP, Packet Of Three,\" Squeeze established their position as one of Britain's most beloved bands with 1979's Cool For Cats, setting off a career that would spawn decades and produce hits in the UK and abroad.\nNow, some 35 years later, Squeeze have re-recorded 14 of their classic tracks for Spot the Difference, an album of all their classic hits re-recorded in a way so painstakingly faithful to the originals that they challenge you to spot the difference.. The album will be released August 3 in the US through Anchor and Hope Music. The quality of these \"new\" tracks cements the band's legacy, not only serving as a reminder of how great those songs were but how compelling they sound today.\nAlong with Elvis Costello and Nick Lowe, Squeeze was one of the UK New Wave scene's few US success stories, with \"Tempted\" (which appears on Spot The Difference, with Paul Carrack reprising his vocal) becoming a massive hit in the States. Albums like Argybargy and the Elvis Costello-produced East Side Story led to a spate of UK hit singles which made their way to discerning music fans in the States: \"Pulling Mussels from a Shell,\" \"If I Didn't Love You,\" \"Black Coffee In Bed,\" \"Up The Junction,\" \"Goodbye Girl\" and others.\nAs befits one of the UK's most beloved acts, their witty, kitchen-sink lyricism and clever takes on modern relationships continue to influence current artists such as Mark Ronson, Kasabian, Lily Allen and Razorlight, to name just a few. Squeeze's impressive catalog, with its evergreen, universal appeal, sounds as vibrant as ever on Spot the Difference, with new fans and old flocking to the band's live shows.\nChris Difford's lyrics and Glenn Tilbrook's music have survived everything over the years, from the ever-changing musical landscape to their own internal reshuffles and acrimonious breakups - but Squeeze is here to stay, still going strong and still loving every moment.\nSqueeze will be kicking off the US Tour in July with Cheap Trick, followed by dates with the English Beat.\nSpot the Difference Track listing\n1. Take Me I'm Yours\n2. Slap And Tickle\n3. Up The Junction\n4. Goodbye Girl\n5. Cool For Cats\n6. Pulling Mussels (From The Shell)\n7. Another Nail In My Heart\n8. Tempted\n9. Is That Love\n10. Labelled With Love\n11. Black Coffee In Bed\n12. Hourglass\n13. Some Fantastic Place\n14. Loving You Tonight\nSqueeze US Tour 2010 - with Cheap Trick\n* Squeeze dates only\nFri 9th Columbus, OH @ LC Outdoor Amphitheatre\nSat 10th Highland Park, IL @ Ravinia Festival\nSun 11th Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues\nTue 13th New York, NY @ Radio City Music Hall\nWed 14th Boston, MA @ Bank of America Pavilion\nFri 16th Philadelphia, PA @ Mann Center\nSat 17th Guilford, NH @ Meadowbrook Pavilion\nSun 18th New Brunswick, NJ @ State Theater\nTue 20th Madison, WI @ Barrymore Theatre*\nSqueeze US Tour 2010 - with the English Beat\nWed 21st Milwaukee, WI @ Pabst Theater\nThurs 22nd Minneapolis, MN @ Zoo Amphitheatre\nSat 24th Aspen, CO @ Belly Up\nSun 25th Denver, CO @ Ogden Theater\nTue 27th Las Vegas, NV @ Crown Theater\nWed 28th Los Angeles, CA @ Gibson Amphitheatre\nFri 30th Saratoga, CA @ Mountain Winery\nSat 31st Napa, CA @ Uptown Theatre\nSun 1st San Francisco, CA @ Fillmore\nThu 5th Seattle @ Showbox at the Market*\nSat 7th Niagara Falls, NY @ Seneca Falls Casino*\nDim Mak Releases Greatest Hits 2016\nAES Study: Research Finds Audible Differences With High-Resolution Audio\nNAMM 2013 Gino's Hits\nGold Panda Set to Release Debut Album, Tour With Autolux\nGrouplove to Release Debut EP in January, Tour With The Joy Formidable\nRob Thomas to Release New Album\nThe Black Crowes Re-Release Classic Albums\nARP Plays Select Shows With Caribou in Support of New Album, The Soft Wave","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"How will Eagles handle setbacks in the secondary?\nAs the weeks have passed and the rigors of another NFL regular season present themselves, the Eagles secondary continues to absorb punches. From losing Rodney McLeod for an entire season, to bumps and bruises to Corey Graham and now the uncertainty now surrounding the return of Sidney Jones, what was once a unit boasting depth is now being tested in that area more than ever. The Birds' were able to get by against the Giants, but the injury to Sidney Jones may spark a few more changes.\nThe Eagles reverted to playing more two-safety looks, which is something that had been lost in the storm in recent weeks. No longer were cornerbacks left on an Island 8-yards way from the ball and instead, with comfort and help over the top, they were able to play much closer to the line of scrimmage. The downside was that the Safeties in play were on a different kind of lifeline.\n\"Certainly wasn't ideal because we were \u2014 I mean, that's sort of what we had, and being on a short week, even though we had only done walk-through and stuff like that, he was the guy that we had gotten up to speed right there.\" Jim Schwartz told reporters. :Then we lost Jalen Mills for a play and [S] Tre [Sullivan] went in at safety, so it's literally a situation where it's all hands on deck in a game like that. Whatever it takes to get through you have to do. That's where we were with it. Not ideal going forward but, you know, we'll make the best of what we have each week.\"\nMoving forward, the Eagles will have to make an interesting decision. Avonte Maddox has gone from an underdog rookie who didn't play a single defensive snap for the opening games, to a starting safety and being named the team's sixth-captain in what feels like the blink of an eye. The question is, would they move Maddox back down into the slot, or leave him over the top where he's racked up 10 tackles in two games? We got a taste of what that may look like against the Giants and it's safe to say that his defensive coordinator was beyond impressed.\n\"I really have to take my hat off to [CB] Avonte Maddox the most on that because he had the most on his plate not only as a safety but then having to go in and [play] nickel without taking any reps there, just all mental reps and had a big part of us winning that game, his ability to perform and execute the defense.\"\nThe Eagles have to figure out which combination works best. If Maddox moves down to the slot, it would likely mean that even if Corey Graham returns, Rasul Douglas would be moving up to the Free Safety spot. Douglas finally got his taste of safety experience last game and it shouldn't come as a surprise.\nHowever if they opt to keep Maddox at Safety, then Douglas would be playing in a position of slight unfamiliarity. At 6'2, the young corner is a little tall to be stacked up in the slot and is much more of a natural threat on the outside or around the ball. It will be interesting to see how Schwartz broaches this situation.\nThe wildcards are of course names like Tre Sullivan (who also got his feet wet last week) and Deiondre Hall who was acquired by the team in week two, but is yet to experience a snap in midnight green on defense. The recently-signed Dexter McDougle was once a strong contender to win the nickel role and his return may just give Schwartz the confidence to move some pieces around, knowing there's emergency cover. The only reason McDougle was cut by the Eagles was to make way for veteran linebacker Dannell Ellerbe who was needed to urgently replace the injured Jordan Hicks.\nInstant analysis: Eagles bring back a familiar defensive back to patch secondary wounds\nDespite a wobbly start to the season and a whole new level of adversity, Schwartz remains confident in his group and that says all you need to know.\n\"We're still a work in progress there. Let's not give us any gold stars yet. We've got a long way to go.\" The Super Bowl champion Defensive Coordinator explained. \"But I think all those guys are serious about their craft. They all work really hard. [Eagles defensive backs coach] Cory [Undlin] and [Eagles safeties coach] Tim [Hauck] do a great job of getting those guys ready. There is a lot of pride in their group. I've said a bunch of times, it's not about the individual performance when it comes to our defensive line. I say the same thing with all of our position groups, but our secondary is an especially tight group. They do things together, they really take an all for one, one for all mentality and that serves them well.\"\nSchwartz faces a tricky decision that carries a heavy domino effect over the coming days and how he approaches it may well dictate the success of the defense on Sunday when the team meet Carolina in week 7.\nMandatory Credit: Jim Brown-USA TODAY Sports\nNick Faria | 26 mins ago","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Pens Points\nPens Points: Improved Isles a Big Challenge for Pens\nDuper a game-time decision tonight. Bennett started skating, return to full practice 7-10 days away. Leafs fans continue hurling jerseys to protest the early-season struggles. Can they lure Mike Babcock to Toronto?\nBy Natasha66 Oct 18, 2014, 12:19pm EDT\nShare All sharing options for: Pens Points: Improved Isles a Big Challenge for Pens\nBrad Penner-USA TODAY Sports\nHappy Saturday everyone! Sitting through endless karate practices and French classes, so I thought I'd get you caught up with all the news before tonight's clash with the New York Islanders.\nSaturday night game against the Isles and nobody is yawning or making other plans. The Isles became good in a hurry this offseason, and even down Mikhail Grabovski they will be a formidable opponent for the Pens tonight and all season. Should they win tonight, the Isles would start the season 5-0-0 for the first time in franchise history.\nAfter years of bleeding cash while owning them, Charles Wang made his money selling the Islanders for $485 million after acquiring them for $187 million.\nAfter getting hit by a 75 mph puck in the back of his neck, scaring the heck out of everyone and getting stretchered off the ice, Super Duper has truly shown his superhero powers by returning to the ice on the very next morning. He is a game-time decision for tonight.\nDupuis revealed that he indeed lost feeling in his extremities following impact but that the whole scary protocol was due to the medical staff taking every precaution and Geno yelling at him to not move and lie on the ice. You don't mess around when the big guy yells at you.\nIf Duper can't go, we might see more of Blake Comeau up with Geno and Suttsy, while Ebbett would presumably fill in on the fourth line.\nBeau Bennett has started skating, and although there is no firm timetable for his return to the lineup, the latest estimate is that he could begin practicing in 7-10 days.\nJames Neal scored his first goal as a member of the Nashville Predators. It was a fluky one, but a goal's a goal. With the Preds set to host the 2016 NHL All Star Game, will he get to participate in it again? Once he looked like a perennial All Star. We'll see if that comes to pass.\nThe Detroit Red Wings and the Toronto Maple Leafs are playing a home-and-home set on Friday\/Saturday. Friday night in Toronto the Wings crushed the Leafs 4-1 with Henrik Zetterberg assisting on all 4 goals. Another Leafs jersey found its way to the ice. This is becoming an epidemic of disenchantment, so no wonder that all the talk was centered around the future of Mike Babcock and if he might end up in Toronto.\nAs the series shifts back to Detroit tonight, here is a fond remembrance of times spent at the a Joe Louis Arena, which will be demolished to make space for area development as part of the city of Detroit bankruptcy settlement. Always sad when that happens, but better loved, well used, and remembered for its rich history than built for a snazzy event and never used by local communities like all those venues in Beijing and Sochi.\nShould a goalie get back-to-back starts? An age-old dilemma in the NHL, especially for teams with capable back-ups. Give them a chance.\nBack to tonight's matchup. Sid is the first Penguin to score a goal in each of the first 3 games of a season. Also, his career assist total currently stands at 498, and it would be awesome if he could make it a nice round number tonight. Go Pens!","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Home \u00bb Music \u00bb Keke Palmer: Reverse Psychology\nKeke Palmer: Reverse Psychology\nPosted on 13 September, 2016 Author cheatbook\nAt age 21, Keke Palmer is the youngest actress and the first African-American to portray Cinderella on Broadway, having established herself as one of the fastest rising stars of her generation. Her talents span film, television, and music alike, recently making TV history as the youngest talk show host. \"Just Keke\" premiered in June on BET and covers topics ranging from pop culture and social issues to relationships, fashion and celebrity interviews. Most recently, Keke guest starred in the second season of Showtime's Emmy-nominated series \"Masters of Sex.\" She also starred opposite Cicely Tyson, Blair Underwood and Vanessa Williams in Lifetime's \"A Trip to Bountiful,\" which was also nominated for an Emmy Award. Her credits also include, Akeelah and the Bee, Ice Age: Continental Drift, Joyful Noise, Shrink, The Longshots, The Cleaner, Nickelodeon's \"True Jackson, VP,\" \"90210,\" \"Cold Case,\" \"Law & Order: SVU,\" \"ER,\" the DirecTV miniseries \"Full Circle\" and Lifetime's TLC biopic \"CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story.\" In addition to her acting, Keke has been hard at work in the music studio recording her new album. Keke also believes in giving back to the community, representing The Boys & Girls Club of America, Saving Our Daughters and Embrace Girls Foundation.\nLauren Keyana \"Keke\" Palmer is an American actress, singer, songwriter, presenter and television personality. Palmer was born in Harvey, Illinois and raised in Robbins, Illinois. After Palmer's film debut, Palmer and her family moved to California to help her pursue a career in acting. Palmer released her debut album, So Uncool, on September 18, 2007 through Atlantic Records. The album failed to chart on the US Billboard 200 but did chart at number 85 on the R&B chart. The album was preceded by the lead single \"Keep It Movin'\". Apart from her work in music, Palmer is also a recognized actress. She made her acting debut in the 2004 film Barbershop 2: Back in Business and rose to prominence in 2006 for her breakthrough role in Akeelah and the Bee as well as starring in Madea's Family Reunion.\nPalmer has also starred in films such as The Longshots (2008) and Shrink (2009). In 2012, Palmer starred in four films Joyful Noise, Winx Club: The Secret of the Lost Kingdom, Ice Age: Continental Drift, and Virgin Mary. Besides films, Palmer has also starred in the television films Knights of the South Bronx (2005), Jump In! (2007), and Rags (2012) amongst others. Palmer has also had numerous television roles including the lead role in Nickelodeon sitcom True Jackson, VP. Palmer earned $20,000 per episode of True Jackson, VP, which made her the fourth highest-paid child star on television. She is currently a series regular on Scream Queens, a horror-camp television show, which debuted on the Fox Network on September 22, 2015. Wikipedia\u00ae\nKeke Palmer: Reverse Psychology (Official Video)\nKeke Palmer: Reverse Psychology Lyrics:\nCategory: Music Tag: Keke Palmer, Music\nPrevious PostThe Final Station Trainer\nNext PostDead Rising Trainer","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Life Arts 3\/24\/2017 at 15:05:41 H4'ed 3\/24\/17\nBreslin and Berry, two originals: RIP\nBy Bob Gaydos (Page 1 of 1 pages) (View How Many People Read This) No comments\nChuck Berry and Jimmy Breslin, a pair of pioneers\n(Image by deadline.com) Details DMCA\nBy Bob Gaydos\nA brief look at a few of the significant stories of the week just past:\nJimmy Breslin died. He was 88. And a pioneer. If you're a New Yorker of a certain age -- at least in your 30s, but especially 50-plus -- you know the name and you remember the words. The quintessential big city columnist. Bold, brassy, tender, sarcastic, funny, biting, egotistical, fearless and relentless. For decades, his columns in The Herald-Tribune, Daily News and Newsday were the heart and soul and voice for millions of readers. I began reading his sports columns as a teenager with the Trib and followed him to the News and Son of Sam. I carried his philosophy of bringing a sports columnist's approach to writing about life in general when I left college -- where I was a sports editor -- and got a job as a police reporter. Don't focus on the score. Find the real story. Write it like a novel. Breslin had ego and attitude and an uncanny instinct for people. And he could write like hell. He pegged a fellow New Yorker famously known as the Donald as a phony who played the media (\"the plural of mediocre,\" Breslin wrote) like a fiddle and used other people's money to con still others out of theirs. \"A white Al Sharpton,'' Breslin once called him. I ran into Sharpton when I was writing editorials in Middletown, N.Y., and he was loudly defending 15-year-old Tawana Brawley against non-existent rapists in Dutchess County, across the Hudson. Fake news is not a new phenomenon. You can look it up. \"30,\" Jimmy.\nChuck Berry died. He was 90. He was rock 'n' roll before it became rock, acid rock, punk rock and whatever other kind of rock legions of Berry wannabees dreamed up. He created the beat, the attitude and the philosophy that spoke to 1950s teenagers looking for a music of their own. \"Sweet LIttle Sixteen,\" \"Johnny B. Goode\" and \"Roll Over Beethoven\" were upbeat, hard-driving and unlike anything previous generations had claimed as theirs. Irresistible. Plus, you could understand every word he sang and he could play the hell out of the guitar. Another pioneer. Check him out on YouTube, youngsters.\nShaquille O'Neal said the Earth is flat. The NBA Hall of Famer is known to be a jokester, but he's apparently serious about this. He says his proof is that when he drives from Florida to California his car does not go up and down 360 degrees. And, sorry, Mr. Einstein, Shaq's not convinced about that gravity theory either, even though something made his free throws fall far short of the basket. The flat-Earth theory is gaining traction among NBA players, which may be a commentary on so many of its stars coming out of college too early or not even going to college. Or it may simply be a sign that it's not just fans, but even the players are getting bored with the lack of meaningful games. Maybe if the stars played in all the games when they're healthy it would prompt more interest -- and less resentment -- among fans who pay hefty prices to see them sit on the bench. Put a round ball in your hands, dribblers, and stop thinking the sun rises and sets on your command.\nFBI Director James Comey told a congressional committee in a televised hearing that there was no evidence that former President Barack Obama had wiretapped the residence of his successor, despite that successor's repeated claims to the contrary. Comey also testified that the FBI is investigating possible contacts between the current president's campaign aides and the Russian government during the 2016 presidential campaign with the goal of influencing the outcome in favor of the current president. Republicans in Congress appeared to be most concerned with how this possibly treasonous behavior came to be public knowledge. There was also no indication that the current president would apologize to his predecessor for falsely accusing him of a federal crime. Stay tuned.\nBreslin would say I buried the lead. Not this week.\nBob Gaydos Social Media Pages:\nBob Gaydos is a veteran of 40-plus years in daily newspapers. He began as police reporter with The (Binghamton, N.Y.) Sun-Bulletin, eventually covering government and politics as well as serving as city editor, features editor, sports editor and (more...)\nRelated Topic(s): Al Sharpton; Breslin; Chuck Berry; Columnist; Congress; Fbi Director James Comey; Hell; Music; President; Readers; (more...) Republican; Rock; Shaq; Writing, Add Tags (less...)\nIt's time to un-dumb America\nLook at me, would you believe 'the picture of health'?\nFalling in love with squats, sort of\nFor shame, America, for shame\nOn acting my age, whatever that means\nAlt-Right: A trumped-up label for bigots\n\"Fascinating, eye-opening, and extraordinary, Rob Kall's Bottom Up: Tapping the Power of the Connection Revolution explores the emerging paradigm of our age -- bottom-up thinking -- connecting an enormous range of disciplines and topics from systems, chaos, and complexity theories to the evolving role of technology in our lives. Not merely a cogent exposition of contemporary thinking, however, Bottom Up extrapolates from abstract ideas to derive practical, everyday steps we can take to improve our chances of global survival, peace, and prosperity. Following Rob's lead, we can change habits as individuals to deepen our connection with others across the planet.\"\nWendell Potter, former health insurance executive, co-author of Nation on the Take: How Big Money Corrupts Our Democracy and What We Can Do About It, and Founder of Tarbell.org","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"BECKO Shares New Single and Video \"Darkest Days\" Produced by Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park\nPioneering trap metal artist Becko has shared his hard hitting new single \"Darkest Days,\" produced by Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park fame, live on Twitch as part of his fan-fueled artist development series #ShinodaProduceMe. \"Darkest Days\" is a genre-bending anthem which focuses on escaping from our darkest times in life, discovering our true self, and coming out stronger on the other side.\n\"This track is my best yet,\" says Becko. \"I've put it all out there. All I know of music, life\u2026 everything. Mike Shinoda is one of my biggest overall inspirations and helped shape me into the artist I am today.\"\n\"I've had a lot of fun producing so many new, upcoming artists on Twitch, and Becko was definitely a standout,\" says Shinoda on the collaboration. \"I'm excited for the song's release, and to see what he does in the coming years.\"\nBecko\nDarkest Days\nFiXT Radium\nPrevious articleALIEN WEAPONRY Reveals Charging New Single \"Hatupatu\" and Official Music Video\nNext articleExclusive Premiere: SATELLITE CITI's New Music Video \"Reaper\"\nBobaflex Is Officially Disbanding\nAUGUST BURNS RED Shares Reimagined Version of \"Extinct by Instinct (Reprise)\"\nLIVING DEAD GIRL Announces Pre-Orders for Exorcism Debut and Reveals Album...","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Music \u00bb The Hum\nHappy Merry\nXmas shows, plus the usual rock, jazz, punk etc.\nby Bob Doran\nCast of A Very Playhouse Christmas. Photo courtesy of Arcata Playhouse.\nThere are 12 shopping days until Xmas, but don't start counting those partridges yet, not unless you're part of the Christmas bird count. The \"Twelve Days of Christmas\" you hear about in song start on Christmas Day and run until Epiphany (the day the wise guys came to call).\nWhat with the proximity to the big day, the entertainment is rolling into full holidaze mode, with diminishing club action amid dancing mice and visions of sugarplums. (What other time of year do people attend ballet performances?)\nUp at the Van Duzer Friday, they have *Tom\u00e1seen Foley's A Celtic Christmas,*with Xmas stories and all sorts of Irishness \u2014 pennywhistles, stepdancing, you get the picture. Unfortunately, Riverdance has permanently spoiled Irish dancing for me, and I can't hear a pennywhistle without thinking of those horrid Irish Spring soap commercials.\nI'm thinking A Very Playhouse Christmasmay be more my speed. If you haven't heard about it, it's a holiday-themed music\/comedy review going into its second (and final) weekend at the Arcata Playhouse. The director is David Ferney, who runs the Playhouse wtih his wife, Jackie Dandeneau, who is one of three stars of the show. David explains that it's a direct result of Jackie's feelings for the holiday season.\n\"Jackie loves everything about Christmas,\" David told me, admitting that he just kind of likes it. \"And she's always wanted to do a Christmasy show.\"\nIn the show, Jackie is Mrs. O.R. Ganize, an obsessive\/compulsive type who organizes a Christmas show with help from her aerobics instructor Babbette LeJoie (Elizabeth Masters), an '80s New Jersey type who David describes as \"over-the-top bubbly.\" Dell'Arte vet Tyler Olsen plays Mr. S.K. Rooge IX, who, as you might guess, is the Scrooge-ish anti-Xmas foil, in this case one who's intent on a politically correct holiday. The interactions of the trio provide a framework for slapstick, silliness and songs, with the always-amazing Tim Randles at the keyboard providing soundtrack and backing. They've also worked in a collection of guests including Tara Caraiso, Sarah Cory, Lewis Armin-Hoiland, theBlue Lake Children's Choir and the Arcata Interfaith Gospel Choir. (The AIGC will be at the Playhouse Friday night; they're also singing on the Arcata Plaza earlier for Arts! Arcata. And they have their own holiday show in at the Presbyterian Church in Eureka Saturday evening.) The always enchanting Lila Nelson is in the Playhouse show Saturday. Just confirmed for the Sunday matinee, \"the lovely and talented Beti Trauth\" (David's words), who saw the review last weekend and was recruited on the spot. Come early or stay late for eggnog, hot cider and cookies.\nThe lovely, talented and tattooed alt. chanteuse Universalia Jane writes: \"Jane here to let ya know that we (Universalia Jane and the Jet Set) are playing the Logger Bar with Tanuki (Tanuki is playing last) on the 15th of December. It will start directly after the Dell'Arte holiday show, The Hunting of the Snark, which probably, means around 9:30-ish.\" I've heard good things about Dell'Arte's musical adaptation of Lewis Carroll's strange nonsense poem and about Deric's new band Tanuki. And Jane is just plain great. The combination should make for a fine Saturday night.\nMore seasonality: The theatrical folks fromShake The Bard are taping Static and Starlight: A Holiday Radio Show by Tim McDermond at the Accident Gallery Friday and Saturday. If you miss it or want to relive the experience, tune to KGOE (1480 AM) or KKDS (97.7 FM) on Sunday, Dec. 16, at 4 p.m.\nThe Pearl Lounge celebrates its second anniversary on Saturday, Dec. 15, with a performance by the band that opened the place, Humboldt Time with Michael Curran on drums, Jim Wilde guitar, Sam Maez trumpet, Jimmy Durchslag trombone and Geoff Daugherty bass. If you haven't heard of them and can't figure it out from the array of instruments, Humboldt Time is a jazz band. They also play the night before at Cecil's. \"The world tour,\" says Michael, who's feeling just fine a year after heart surgery laid him low.\nSince entertainment at the Pearl veers from jazz to alt. rock to DJ dance music, the second anniversary weekend also includes a Friday night party with DJ Danny and Zanapod.\nMore jazz? Are you a player? The Graves hosts another Sunday Open Jazz Jam Session on Dec. 17 (starting at 2 p.m.) with a core trio, Al Macy on piano, Shao Way Wu bass, Simon Lucas drums and whoever else shows up. (They're looking for vocalists in particular.)\nIf you're a fan of the Compost Mountain Boys and have been jonesing for the return of their once-a-month bluegrass-Thursday at Humboldt Brews, well this is it. They're back Dec. 13.\nFriday at Humboldt Brews, it's a new band, Humboldt Buds (new name anyway) with master guitar jammer Rubin Diaz, his old friend from Tunesmiths Tim Stretton on keys and a rhythm section with Marty Holland on bass and Mike Meyers on drums.\nSaturday Humboldt Brews jumps to another genre with a show featuring the fine local world beat\/hip hop\/funk fusion band WoMama with special guests Bloco Frimeza adding a spicy taste of samba.\nI got a couple of reminders about that show, one from WoMama frontman Jesse Jonathon and another from Bloco drummer Melody Walker. Melody was worried that I was \"offended by [her] uppityness\" last week re: the trouble at Muddy's (I wasn't) and says she's resigned to an end to music at Muddy's. \"Now I'm trying to think of more creative long-term solutions to the ultimate problem of a lack of venues (esp. all-ages) in Arcata, and where the hell the Menstruals will wander along to now.\" And she wanted me to know about her senior recital this Thursday at Fulkerson Recital Hall (at 5 p.m.). \"I'm doing a mix of classical art song and opera, and South Indian classical, plus a pre-looped presentation of Meredith Monk's 'Panda Chant II.' In the second half of the recital I will be joined by AkaBella and then Bloco Firmeza to do some folkloric singing and playing.\" Eclectic enough for you?\nAnna Banana Hamilton celebrates her 60th birthday Saturday at the Riverwood Inn, singing and rabble rousing with her band The Wild Cattahoulas, named for a breed of dogs that interbred with wolves. Joining in for the fun, local folkies The Hohstadts and SoHum swingers Off the Charts. Happy birthday Anna! (Are you still mad at me?)\nAlong with an announcement of Saturday's show at the Mateel, The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (see calendar section for details), the Mateel sent along a teaser for next year's events, among them a Feb. 8, blast of psychedelic wildness from George Clinton and Parliament\/Funkadelic. Tickets are on sale now.\nNow that The Common Vice have moved on from 19th century rock opera, bandleader Lord Brett Baily (of Que La fame) is celebrating the release of a Victorian Modesty as Performed by The Common Vice CD with a gala event at the Jambalaya Friday night (post-Arts! Arcata). They invite you to \"party like it's 1899.\" And as noted on the poster, \"In addition to their gracious performance you will be astounded by the musical delights of the stately gentlemen of Strix Vega.\" Sounds delightful.\nTheRubberneckers countdown continues: Friday's show at Big Pete's is their third-to-last performance ever. (Didn't Led Zeppelin say they'd never perform again 27 years ago?) Joining the 'Neckers for the show at Pete's is Ghostwriter, aka Steve Schecter, a country blues\/punk songwriter from Oregon\/Texas. I dig his song \"People,\" from a recent album he did with Boxcar Satan. It's a bit scary, however, as he growls, \"People. You can't live with 'em and you just can't kill 'em 'less you want to go to prison.\"\nSaturday night's show at the Alibi is the last rock thing there until next year. What with this being the year of the Portland invasion, it features a doom-psyche-metal trio from the City of Roses called Paranaut along with locals Dragged by Horses. The Arcata rockers have a new album in the can. Deep in the Woods is due out on Chicago's High Wheel Records (home of Walking Bicycles) on Feb. 5, and no, it's not a new CD \u2014 it will be pressed on 180g vinyl (that's heavy) and released as an MP3 collection. (For preview tracks check the DbH MySpace.)\nThe Vista continues its role as home of all-ages punk and\/or metal with a four-band show Thursday including This Moment In Black Historyfrom Cleveland, Kill The Switch, Sick Bitch and Instant Asshole (mostly tending toward punk). Saturday they have a more metallic lineup with Slaughterbox, Conducting From The Grave, Killgasm, Fate and Dungeon Master. In between (on Friday) it's something slightly different: a show featuring SHIM from Seattle, a band with a neo-classic rock sound and vocals that are sung rather than shouted. There's a bit of grunge in there, a touch of metal, kind of garage rocky, but not lo-fi. Since no one goes to shows without a local opener (or so I'm told) the earthy Arcata\/Manila-folk\/punk quartet Henpecker is also on the bill. (Not that they are not worthy in their own right.)\nIt's the time of year for Xmas parties. The Metro is having theirs at Six Rivers Sunday, Dec. 16, and inviting friends and supporters. Gini (the owner) notes, \"Our three in-house Djs: Itchie Fingaz, DJ Red and Masta Shredda will all take turns on the tables and battle for the title of best DJ. (They've been talking about doing this since they were all hired.) God only knows what they'll come up with to play, but no matter what it's gonna be fun!\" Hey, isn't that what the holidaze are all about? And as Little Jimmy from Henpecker says, \"Merry Max Consumerism!\" (Be careful with those credit cards.)\nthe Hum music","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Man's best friend can be worst enemy\n25 May, 2014 - 00:05 2014-05-24T15:34:13+00:00 2014-05-25T00:04:27+00:00 0 Views\nLeisure Reporter\nUnlike other countries, Zimbabwe does not have a Dangerous Dogs Act, and as such, there are no breeds that are illegal to keep.\nIn the United Kingdom, for instance, owners of killer dogs face up to 14 years in jail if their dog attacks someone, even if that attack happens in the dog owner's yard.\nAnd after the recent legislative changes that ended decades of lax rules, it is now possible to prosecute if a dog attacks someone in the owner's home, closing a much-criticised loophole. Since 2005, 20 people in the United Kingdowm were mauled to death by dogs but the owners only faced up to two years' imprisonment.\nBut after the changes to the Dangerous Dogs Act, the sentence for a dog attack that leads to an injury has been increased from two to five years.\nAccording to dangerousdogs.net, the five most dangerous dogs, in order of viciousness, are the Pitbull, Rottweiler, German Shepherd, Huskies and Alaskan Malamutes.\nIn September last year, an 8-year-old child was mauled to death by two boerbull dogs in Bulawayo's Cowdray Park suburb after the pets escaped from the premises they were locked in. They escaped through an open gate while the owner of the house was parking his car.\nOwner Bruce Dhliwayo was reported as having acknowledged that his dogs escaped through the gate without him noticing them and attacked two of his neighbour's children who were playing outside their home.\nIn April, police in Honde Valley area investigated the mysterious death of a 60-year-old man whose headless body was found lying some metres from his head, parts of whose flesh had been bitten off by dogs.\nAcross the country's borders, police investigations in Namibia revealed that Tendai Chiweshe \u2014 son to Judge President George Chiweshe \u2014 fell off a perimeter wall trespassing into private premises housing a tuck-shop from where he intended to purchase some petty groceries and was mauled to death by vicious dogs.\nAccording to Namibian Chief of Police, Inspector General Sebastian Ndeitunga, in his desperate moment of trying to flee the charging dogs, he fell and was mauled by the vicious pets.\nHe was taken to Windhoek Central Hospital where he later succumbed to the injuries.\nInspector Phillip Munyaradzi, the officer-in-charge of the Zimbabwe Republic Police Canine Section, commonly referred to as \"the dog section\", said that all dogs can be controlled, as long as the owners of the dogs understand their behavioural traits.\n\"But we become worried,\" he said, \"when members of society keep rare breeds which they have little knowledge of their history or how they should be kept, these are the dogs that become a danger to society.\"\nHe also encouraged dog owners, especially those who will not be in the know of how to train, handle and feed their dogs, to get in touch with the canine unit, which will gladly help them.\nWHEN CASH BECOMES A CURSE02 Oct, 2022\nSouth African actresses who visited Zimb...01 Oct, 2022\nArrested for lust over mother11 Sep, 2022","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Home Blog Feed Lotto's Bull Charges to Safety as Mas' crashes Scare an Angry Movistar | Relegation Battle\nLotto's Bull Charges to Safety as Mas' crashes Scare an Angry Movistar | Relegation Battle\nbyRa\u00fal Banqueri\nWe have reached the halfway point of the season and the relegation battle is tighter and more exciting than ever in 2022. The upward trajectory of Lotto Soudal and, to a lesser extent, Israel \u2013 Premier Tech is generating a lot of nervousness among other teams at risk such as EF Education-Easypost and BikeExchange-Jayco, who see themselves closer and closer to the relegation zone.\nThe Past Two Weeks\nAs you can see in the graph, Lotto Soudal is now nipping at the heels of BikeExchange and Education First, who are hovering just above the relegation zone. Back in mid-March this year, the gap was around 1200 points between Lotto and BikeExchange, with it now being a meagre 220 points (a margin easily closed by one rider in a .Pro race). Lotto has also added hundreds of points more than Movistar and Cofidis, leaving five teams in a range of less than 900 points with four months to go in a UCI calendar replete with bountiful races. After Bardet's abandonment in the Giro and the lack of scoring in the home ZLM Tour, DSM is treading water whilst the other team's below them continue to score.\nThe current scenario is ideal for a very exciting fight in the months of late August, September and October, when there is a high concentration of races. Unfortunately for Lotto-Soudal, the Benelux Tour, which coincided with La Vuelta and the Tour of Britain, has been cancelled this season. This is good news for teams like Movistar and BikeExchange, who have a paucity of top level riders who can score points, so overlapping races presents them with difficulties. We reiterate our comments in earlier articles, that more important than rider talent itself in the hunt for points is the participation in the races that provide the best opportunity for points \u2013 something that Lotto-Soudal adopted from the beginning of this year and certain other teams are only taking note of now.\nLotto Soudal has been the protagonist team of the last two weeks, thanks to the two victories of the impressive El Toro Arnaud de Lie in 1-day races in Belgium. However, the Belgian team is managing to score with quite a few riders at the same time. Climber Steff Cras scored 90 points between his 5th place in the Mercan'Tour Classic and 14th in the Dauphin\u00e9, while Andreas Kron scored 80 points with his podium finishes in the GP Aargau and the first stage of the Tour de Suisse. Even Caleb Ewan rode last Sunday's minor race Elfstedenronde Brugge, scoring 85 points for his 2nd place, almost twice as many points as in his Giro participation.\nArnaud De Lie (Belgium \/ Team Lotto Soudal) pictured during Ronde van Limburg (1.1) a one day race between Hasselt and Tongeren (202.6 KM) \u2013 Photo: Dion Kerckhoffs\/Cor Vos \u00a9 2022\nIsrael has been able to put its bad feelings from the Giro d'Italia behind it, especially with the double of Fuglsang and Woods in the Mercan'Tour Classic. But the rider who has contributed the most to the team in the last two weeks has been Nizzolo, scoring 165 points in the four Belgian classics in which he has participated, with an outstanding 2nd place in the Heistse Pijl. The Italian sprinter has not been able to shine in the WorldTour this season after an ill-timed crash in Milano-Sanremo, but he could still be very useful for Israel by basing his calendar on smaller one-day races. That is also the strategy of the team with Sep Vanmarcke, who has deleted the Tour de France from his calendar to ride more one-day races in Belgium, Wielerflits reports.\nCofidis has overtaken Movistar in the last fortnight, although its margin with the relegation zone has diminished. As usual, the team has continued to exploit the continental calendar, with Consonni's 2nd place in the Ronde van Limburg and Jes\u00fas Herrada's 4th place in the Mercan'Tour Classic being the best results. The man who is scoring points most consistently is Belgian Piet Allegaert, who has already taken part in 24 one-day races so far this season. Although he has only been on the podium once, he has accumulated 478 UCI points, more than any DSM or EF rider.\nSource \u2013 Procyclingstats.com\nFor its part, Movistar has again lamented a fall of Enric Mas in Dauphin\u00e9, where he should have finished in the top five of the general classification. Between his crashes in Tirreno, Itzulia and Dauphin\u00e9, Movistar have missed out on around 600 UCI points, which would have given them a lot of peace of mind in the relegation battle. Verona's stage win in the Dauphin\u00e9 lifted the team's spirits, but their situation is becoming increasingly dangerous and nervousness is evident in the team. Speaking to Cycling News, general manager Eusebio Unzu\u00e9 described the UCI points system as \"madness\" and \"unfair\" as well as Carlos Verona deriding the points system as a \"disgrace\" on Facebook after his victory .\nLike Movistar, DSM is seeing their gap to the relegation zone shrink rapidly. They have only scored 18 points in the last fortnight, missing a very good opportunity in the ZLM Tour, where there were only 3 WorldTeams. Two specialists like Degenkolb and Welsford failed to make it into the first echelon on the key day of the race and left virtually empty-handed. Despite being a Dutch team, they hardly run any minor races in neighbouring Belgium, but they will probably have to extend their calendar at the end of the season if they do not want to struggle in the relegation battle.\nJohn Degenkolb (Germany \/ Team DSM) pictured during 33rd ZLM Tour (2.Pro) stage 5 between Made and Rijsbergen (168KM) \u2013 Photo: Dion Kerckhoffs\/Cor Vos \u00a9 2022\nHowever, the two teams in the most dangerous situation remain EF and BikeExchange. EF has overtaken BikeExchange thanks to the 250 points from the double top 10 in the Dauphin\u00e9 general classification of Chaves and Guerreiro, but Vaughters' team has not participated in any race on the continental circuit in the last fortnight. On the other hand, BikeExchange continues to suffer from a lack of depth in the team, almost incapable of scoring points without Yates, Matthews or Groenewegen. Moreover, Groenewegen would have been much more useful in the Belgian classics than in a Dauphin\u00e9 without flat stages, where he could not compete in any sprint for the victory.\nAs every fortnight, we share this interactive graphic where you can see which 10 riders contribute points for each team at risk. By clicking on the name of the team, a graph opens with the points of each rider of that particular team. As you can see below, 20 year old neo-pro De Lie, is the highest points scorer of any rider on the teams at risk.\n2023 Wildcards\nIn the fight for the 2023 WorldTour invitations, decided by the 2022 annual ranking, Lotto Soudal and TotalEnergies remain in the two privileged positions that give access to the wildcards for the entire 2023 WorldTour calendar.\nDespite TotalEnergies' two stage victories in the Dauphin\u00e9, Israel has managed to cut the margin by almost 300 points in the last two weeks. The French team will have to maintain its high level until the end of the season to secure the 2023 wildcards, as Israel seem to have changed course to focus much more on accumulating points as compared to earlier in the season. The contribution of Peter Sagan, their star signing, would be very useful for them as well.\nThe Next 2 Weeks (13 Jun \u2013 26 Jun)\nThis week will be dominated by stage races, with four tours taking place simultaneously, plus the one-day Mont Ventoux D\u00e9nivel\u00e9 Challenge. The following week it will be the turn of the national championships. On the other hand, the Tour de Langkawi (2.Pro), which was scheduled for this week, has been postponed from 11 to 18 October, so it will be the last race of the year, along with the Tour de Guangxi (which is perhaps less likely to take place).\nRaces:\nTour de Suisse (2.UWT, 12\/06 \u2013 19\/06) ALL\nMont Ventoux D\u00e9nivel\u00e9 Challenge (1.1, 14\/06) (Israel, EF, Movistar, Cofidis)\nBaloise Belgium Tour (2.Pro, 15\/06 \u2013 19\/06) (Israel, Lotto, Cofidis, DSM)\nTour of Slovenia (2.Pro, 15\/06 \u2013 19\/06) (BikeExchange)\nLa Route d'Occitanie (2.1, 16\/06 \u2013 19\/06) (Israel, EF, Movistar, Cofidis)\nNational Championships, ITTs and Road Races (22\/06 \u2013 26\/06) ALL\nThe Tour de Suisse will be the most important race of the fortnight, with several general classification contenders among the teams at risk. Israel needs a great general classification from Fuglsang to stay close to salvation, Lotto has Kron in very good form, while EF goes with Powless, Ur\u00e1n and Carthy, although they lost a bit of time in the opening stage.\nRigoberto Uran (Colombia \/ Team EF Education \u2013 Nippo) pictured during 61st Itzulia Basque Country (2.UWT) stage 4 between Vitoria-Gasteiz and Zamudio (185.6KM) \u2013 Photo: Miwa iijima\/Cor Vos \u00a9 2022\nThe Mont Ventoux + Route d'Occitanie double is an interesting combination to score points and prepare for the Tour de France. Israel has requested an invitation at the last minute for La Route d'Occitanie and in theory Michael Woods will ride both races. Also Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) has added these two races to his programme at the last minute, under pressure to get UCI points. EF has a good option on Mont Ventoux with its climber Esteban Chaves, who arrives in top form after the Dauphin\u00e9.\nLotto Soudal will focus on the Belgium Tour with Ewan, De Lie, Campenaerts and Wellens supposed to ride, while BikeExchange will only race the Tour of Slovenia in the continental circuit, where Sobrero defends last year's podium. We are quite surprised to see an absence of other WorldTour teams at Slovenia, which offers more points than Occitanie and arguably has a weaker GC startlist in terms of depth. Of course, beating Pogacar in his home race in Slovenia is implausible, but even fourth on GC offers 100 points for just five days of racing. Even if Simon Yates was not in top shape, the race offered him a chance to prepare for the Tour de France as well as possibly finish in the top 3 on GC.\nThe round of National Championships in European countries will also be held prior to the Tour de France. The UCI establishes two categories for awarding points in national championships. According to the UCI regulations:\n\"Category A corresponds to the national championships of nations that had at least one rider starting the road race of the UCI Road world championships in the previous season. Category B corresponds to the national championships of all nations not included in Category A.\"\nThe difference in UCI points is that the A national championships award 100 points to the winner of the road race and 50 to the winner of the ITT, while the B national championships award 50 points to the winner of the road race and 25 to the winner of the ITT. However, almost all national championships of countries that have riders in the WorldTour are Category A, so in the end the same UCI points are awarded for example for the Estonian or Latvian Championships as for the Belgian or French Championships, although their levels are very different.\nAmong the teams in the relegation zone, Lotto Soudal will take most of its riders to the Belgian Championships, with multiple chances to win. Elsewhere, Kron will also be one of the favourites at the Danish Championships. Israel, meanwhile, can use the Israeli championships to score good points, but then their Israeli riders will have to finish in the team's top 10 at the end of the season for their points to be useful. Nizzolo in Italy, Fuglsang in Denmark and Neilands in Latvia are other options at the national championships.\nIn the last two years of COVID, Movistar have preferred not to take their Tour de France squad to the national championships, which takes away many of their potential options for victories. If they maintain that decision this season, they will not take riders like Gorka Izagirre, Garc\u00eda Cortina or Aranburu to the Spanish Championships or Oliveira to the Portuguese Championships. At least Alejandro Valverde will be sure to be in the Spanish Championships, as he is not part of the Tour de France bubble.\nAlejandro Valverde (ESP \u2013 Movistar) \u2013 Gorka Izagirre (ESP \u2013 Bahrain \u2013 Merida) \u2013 Omar Fraile (ESP \u2013 Astana Pro Team) pictured during Spanish Championship roadrace 2018 \u2013 photo LG\/LB\/RB\/Cor Vos \u00a9 2018\nOn the other hand, Cofidis usually takes the national championships very seriously, and this year they will have good options in the French, but especially in the Spanish with Ion Izagirre, Rub\u00e9n Fern\u00e1ndez and the Herrada brothers, as well as in the German with Walscheid and Geschke.\nEF, the world's most international cycling team, will be able to participate and score points in up to 14 national championships, although it will have very few riders in each of them. Their best chances will be Valgren and Cort in Denmark, Bissegger in Switzerland, Bettiol in Italy, Guerreiro in Portugal, Eiking in Norway and Healy in Ireland.\nAs the national championships in Australia and New Zealand have already taken place, a large part of the BikeExchange squad will not compete, but they also have good opportunities with Groenewegen in the Dutch championship, Sobrero in the Italian, Mezgec in the Slovenian and Kangert in the Estonian.\nWe will be back just before the Tour de France with our fortnightly update. An element of this relegation battle we will explore will be the 'points velocity' of certain teams and whether we can expect particular teams to finish the season strongly, with their top riders having an abundance of 'in-form' race days saved for the back half of the season. It is possible that the fast starters have burned through the riders too quickly but equally possible that points were more easily scored in January and February before many teams began to take the relegation risk seriously, with points being much harder to come by in September.\nAs always, make sure to let us know on twitter if you have any thoughts on the article or what teams could be doing differently \u2013 if you enjoyed it, share it with a friend (or a Directeur Sportif in need).\nEditor's Note: This article was prepared by Ra\u00fal Banqueri with contributions from the Editor, Patrick Broe. The cover artwork is by Louemans. Ra\u00fal Banqueri is a Spanish journalist who has been tracking the UCI points system for a number of years, with the UCI often correcting their ranking to accord with his.\nPingback: WorldTour 2020-22 Team Points Ranking - Updated Daily - Lanterne Rouge\nHeribert says:\nAmazing article like always","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Sidney Powell Was Asked By Trump's Team To Intervene In Election Outcome\n(NewsGlobal.com)- The leaker from the January 6 select committee struck again last week, supplying CNN with a series of text messages between former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and Republican Senator Mike Lee and between Meadows and Republican Congressman Chip Roy.\nThe text messages show that both Lee and Roy were making suggestions for legal and constitutional methods of challenging the electoral college votes in several states.\nThey also revealed that both Lee and Roy flatly opposed the crazier ideas that were floating around and the January 6 riot itself. But that wasn't the part that the American corporate media focused on.\nThe text messages aren't all from January 6. In one text from November 7, Senator Lee told Mark Meadows that attorney Sidney Powell was trying to see the president but is being kept away. Lee explains that Powell claimed to have a strategy to \"put several states back in play,\" and asked Meadows if he could help her see the president.\nMeadows texted back telling Mike Lee that Powell was working on that strategy \"at the president's request\" but added, \"she's being kept out.\"\nLee then texted Meadows two days later saying Powell had told him Trump's campaign lawyers were \"obstructing the process.\" In his text, Lee described Powell as a \"straight shooter.\"\nHowever, after Sidney Powell hijacked a campaign press conference on November 19 to float her nutty claims, Mike Lee had a change of heart.\nHe texted Meadows that day expressing his concern about her remarks in the press conference. He told Meadows that there was a significant \"potential defamation liability\" for the Trump campaign and Trump personally \"unless Powell can back up everything she said, which I kind of doubt she can.\"\nMeadows told Senator Lee that he too was concerned about it.\nLike many others, Lee told Meadows he was concerned that Powell jumping the shark may be a \"temptation\" to stop looking into election fraud and \"do nothing for now.\"\nWhen Meadows told him doing nothing isn't \"a good option,\" Lee reiterated that unless Sidney Powell can \"immediately substantiate what she said today,\" President Trump should \"disassociate himself\" from her and refute all unsubstantiated claims.\nSenator Lee warned that if Trump didn't do that, as someone with \"deep pockets,\" Trump would be opening himself up to lawsuits.\nWhile the media has tried to portray Mike Lee as being involved in the so-called \"insurrection,\" the text messages leaked don't back that up.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"STEPHANIE BALDI\nReaders Favorite Five Star Review\nReviewed by Trudi LoPreto for Readers' Favorite\nIn Redemption by Stephanie Baldi, Carrie is the victim. Her life had never been easy, starting with having a mother who abuses her and then takes away her baby boy. Next, Carrie believes that if she leaves home with Travis, all of her problems will disappear but she learns quickly that she is not much better off than being at home with her mother. Carrie steals and kills to survive life with Travis and, after years of misery, finally has the opportunity to start again. She is happy at last living with her Aunt May in a small Pennsylvania town with her new friends until the past comes back to threaten her. Enter Nick; he is both the good guy and the bad guy rolled into one. What follows will keep you reading late into the night or forgetting about your chores because you cannot put the book down without knowing what happens next.\nIf you like a suspenseful story that starts on page one and never ends, then you must read Redemption by Stephanie Baldi. This is a really good story that has all the elements needed to be suspenseful, romantic, mysterious and exciting with nail-biting action throughout. Stephanie Baldi has created characters that are both easy to love and hate. Carrie quickly became my friend, although I did not like Travis at all and saw Nick as both someone I really wanted to meet and, at other times, someone I really wanted to stay far away from. I highly recommend you put Redemption on the very top of your reading list \u2013 I guarantee you will not be disappointed.\nTalk about a page turner! The suspense of what would happen next as this well-written first novel of Stephanie Baldi unfolded kept me mesmerized.\nHer intricate plot made me pay close attention to the relationships of the characters. I feel like I really know these people. Her sense of timing is just the right pace to keep you on the edge of your seat!\nI am eager for the next book.I would shop this book for a television series.\nSue Medeiros\nI loved this book! I became emotionally involved with the characters. The author kept coming up with interesting plot twists that were totally unexpected. Definitely not your ordinary suspense novel. Quite the page turner. I couldn't put it down. Highly recommended!!\nMarianne Johnson\nStarting at a run-down trailer park in Arizona and moving to sweltering Melbourne, Florida, and on to the small town of Laurel, Pennsylvania. Finally ending the journey in the Black Hills of South Dakota, Stephanie takes her readers on a journey not soon forgotten.\nEach destination brings the leading character, Carrie Overton, and the reader, on a trek into the dangerous world of murder, deceit, and discovery.\nThe main protagonist, Carrie, takes the reader on a harrowing journey. It may be argued here that many of this novel's characters are sorely in need of redemption. One may also note that very thing could be said of each of us.\nYes, indeed, In Redemption, the author introduces us to a motley crew of characters. Authentic people, each with their own agenda. True, you might not want to 'hang' with some of these folks, but you will believe they are real. And you will care about what happens to them.\nThis crew of characters, if not all likable sorts, all have one thing in common: They are without exception: unforgettable.\nWe meet Helen, a fallen woman, addicted to cocaine, Nick a former NYPD detective turned professional hit man and Ricardo, the ruthless drug lord he works for.\nWe meet a kid, named Will, who is seeking to escape his abusive father. Last, but hardly least, Carrie Overton, the main protagonist. A woman who from childhood has been put down and abused. Yet within her small body, beats the heart of someone who will not be conquered. A driven woman, strong, with undeniable true grit.\nAn unlikely heroine, Carrie is best defined by one phrase: She is not a quitter. Who would not admire such a woman?\nSo, do yourself a favor, take the trip with Carrie Overton. You won't be sorry. One bit of advice, clear your calendar when you pick up Redemption. It will keep you on the edge of your seat. Put the phone off the hook. Whoever interrupts your reading will likely regret it.\nClaudia Rowe Kennedy\nAuthor of A Time to Sow and A Time to Reap\nRedemption is a fun read with a great cast of very interesting characters. I found myself glued to the book wondering how Nick (the Hero of the story) would deal with the powerful client Ricardo. Would Carrie escape the trap(s) set by Travis? What will happen to Ricardo's beautiful daughter Carmella? Does she really love Nick? What will happen between Nick and Carrie (ah, that is the best part!)\nThe story moves from the opening scene in Florida to a run-down trailer park in Arizona, to the tranquility and \"safety\" of a small town in the Northeast, and finishing up in the Black Hills of South Dakota. The author does a great job of describing both the characters and the places. You really get to know them and how they feel.\nEach chapter is from a specific characters point-of-view. One of the things I really appreciated as I read this book was the name of the particular character being listed at the beginning of each chapter.\nPeter K. Johnson\nReviewed by Ruffina Oserio for Readers' Favorite FIVE STARS!!!!\nReckoning is the third book in the Sicario Files Trilogy by Stephanie Baldi and a spellbinding conclusion to the series. It reads well as a standalone story for those who haven't read the first books in the trilogy, thanks to the author's ability to weave backstories into the narrative without distracting readers. Miguel Medina is determined to get his revenge for the tragic night in which Carmela Santiago was killed in Tahoe. He still bears the scar of that night on his face. The man he plans to bring down is none other than Nicholas D'Angelo, a hitman with impressive skills. Miguel's plan is sophisticated - he is not only going to kill Nick but take Natalia, Carmela's daughter. But can he bring his plan to completion given the high stakes? A fast-paced, engaging thriller filled with action. This is one of those stories that I would love to watch on the screen. The author creates two strong characters, hitmen with rich backgrounds, and writes strong motivations into them. These characters are pitted against each other and as the reader follows them from one page to the next, they are anxious to discover what happens next. The suspense is impeccably written, the internal dialogues and the streams of consciousness adding depth to plot and fleshing out the characters. Reckoning is a gorgeous treat for fans of crime thrillers; the narrative is never lacking in realism and the characters are humanly and genuinely flawed. Stephanie Baldi deftly handles conflict and explores themes of family, love, revenge, violence, and parenting in a context that is sophisticated. Reckoning is a pageturner\nThe Sicario Files Trilogy\nRedemption Excerpt\nRetribution Excerpt\nReckoning Excerpt","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"South Sudan's Leaders Must Act Now to End Suffering\nThree years ago, in July 2011, the world celebrated the birth of South Sudan, the world's newest nation. At a moment of great optimism, people of different ethnic groups and economic classes came together with the international community to celebrate the dream of a united, sovereign nation, and a new flag was raised in the capital, Juba. In December 2013, violence broke out as a result of a political struggle between the President and his former Deputy. One year on, the country is still mired in a conflict that has shattered the dream and threatened this young nation.\nThe fighting has taken a terrible toll on civilians, particularly women and children, who have borne the brunt of the violence. Both parties to the conflict have committed gross violations of human rights and international humanitarian law, including extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances and sexual violence. These violations may, in some cases, constitute war crimes and crimes against humanity. Civilians have been deliberately targeted based on their ethnicity and perceived political affiliation. Since the outbreak of fighting, more than 10,000 people have been killed, 1.9 million displaced and millions more face food insecurity.\nSexual violence has become a key feature of the current conflict, including rape, gang rape, forced marriage and sexual slavery. These crimes have been committed by all parties to the conflict, both soldiers and civilians. As one female activist noted, \"Sexual violence has become something normal here. It is not just about rape, it is to inflict unimaginable pain and destruction.\"\nChildren, who make up the majority of the population, have been disproportionately affected. Since December 2013, thousands of children have been recruited by both sides. There are also hundreds of documented cases of children who have been killed, maimed, raped or subjected to other forms of sexual violence.\nThe culture of impunity in South Sudan has contributed immensely to the current situation. If this young nation is to achieve lasting peace, it is vital to ensure that those responsible for crimes committed are held to account. The African Union Commission of Inquiry was charged with investigating the human rights violations and abuses that have taken place in South Sudan and with recommending accountability measures. The United Nations has supported the work of the Commission and hopes that its report will contribute to promoting justice and accountability in South Sudan.\nThere have been some positive signs. In June, the Government of South Sudan recommitted itself to an action plan to end the recruitment of children by the SPLA and protect children from the impact of war. In May, Riek Machar, the former deputy president and leader of the South Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM\/A in opposition) signed an agreement with the United Nations to protect children, including from recruitment. We are still waiting to see these commitments translated into actions that make a difference in children's lives.\nIn October, the Government signed a joint communiqu\u00e9 with the United Nations in which it agreed to concrete measures for the prevention of conflict-related sexual violence. We urge the SPLM\/A in opposition to do the same and act now to help protect women and children from the horrible scourge of wartime rape.\nUltimately, this is a man-made conflict and the responsibility to protect its population lies with South Sudan's leaders. They need to commit to a comprehensive political settlement which is the only solution to the conflict. We in the international community also have a collective responsibility to ensure South Sudan fulfils its responsibilities, but the only way forward for this young nation is as a united country, at peace with itself. South Sudan can build a brighter future from the ashes of conflict, but that work must begin now.\nBy Zainab Hawa Bangura, Adama Dieng, Jennifer Welsh and Leila Zerrougui *\nThis op-ed was originally published by the Huffington Post on 15 December, 2014 and can be found here: http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/A-View-from-the-United-Nations-\/south-sudans-leaders-must_b_6330254.html\n_________________Zainab Hawa Bangura is the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict.\nAdama Dieng is the Special Adviser of the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide.\nJennifer Welsh is the Special Adviser of the Secretary-General on the Responsibility to Protect.\nLeila Zerrougui is the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"LIBYAN SANDSTORM\nLike the catastrophes, cancers, and madmen to which he's variously been compared, Muammar al-Qaddafi--leader of sparsely-populated, oil-rich Libya and, by force of personality and petrodollars, a major actor on the world stage--is more easily described than understood. Cooley, longtime Middle East correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor (now with ABC News), doesn't really try; neither does he distinguish between the significant and the trivial. But he does treat Qaddafi seriously, with due attention to the important aspects of his career: how he and his colleagues on the Revolution Command Council manipulated Western oil companies competing to exploit Libya's high-quality oil--in the process enriching their country and contributing substantially to the 1970s transformation of the international oil market; how Qaddafi has made Libya into an arsenal of sophisticated weaponry purchased not only from the USSR (of which Libya is the single largest arms customer), but also from the Western powers and even neutral Sweden; how, like his idol Nasser, Oaddafi attempted--with similarly disastrous results--to impose his notions of unity on his Arab neighbors, the Muslim areas of sub-Saharan Africa, and on the Islamic world. At sometimes greater length, Cooley also describes Qaddafi's dealings with former CIA agents Edwin Wilson and Frank E. Terpil (and other shady operatives), and with Billy Carter--shedding little new light on any of these matters, however, despite some not-for-attribution interviews with Qaddafi opponents-in-exile. Nor does he offer any insight into how Qaddafi's adventurism can be constrained if the oil glut which permitted the Reagan administration to curb him in 1981 comes to an end. (Libyan internal politics is still less adequately treated.) But even as an unselective assemblage of information on the Qaddafi phenomenon, the book has no present competition.\nPub Date: Oct. 14th, 1982\nPublisher: Holt, Rinehart & Winston","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Know Your Enemy: Philadelphia Union \u2013 Meeting the First - Part One \u2013 The Lineup and The Form\nThe first half of the latest installment of the Know Your Enemy series, previewing TFC upcoming opponent, the Philadelphia Union, ahead of Saturday's match, focusing on their lineup and form\nBy James Grossi@grawsee_auto May 1, 2015, 3:00pm EDT\nShare All sharing options for: Know Your Enemy: Philadelphia Union \u2013 Meeting the First - Part One \u2013 The Lineup and The Form\nA wave, but no smile. Jim Curtin has had little reason to smile of late.\nEric Hartline-USA TODAY Sports\nFeeling good after last week's win in Orlando, Toronto FC returns to the pitch on Saturday afternoon, closing out the seven-match road trip in Philadelphia with an eye on the long-awaited home-opener, which is finally just around the corner.\nBeginning the season with a long road trip was never going to be easy. A realistic reading of the future hoped that by the time May 10 rolled around, TFC would have collected a handful of points \u2013 one per game seemed like a comfortable target.\nThrough the first six matches, Toronto has achieved that mark, good enough to sit in sixth in the East, primed to climb up the table with solid home form. A point from the weekend will keep that base stable, anything more than that would be sheer gravy.\nFor a while, mired in a four-match losing streak, there was a risk that TFC would find themselves drifting further and further away from the race in the East. It is early in the season and there are many matches still to be played, but one never wants to start in too deep a hole.\nCurrently eight points off the conference leaders, they will have their work cut out for them in hunting down New England, DC, and New York, but with a win in Philadelphia that gap will at least not get any larger.\nThere is of course a danger in looking too far ahead. Philadelphia may be down on their luck, but they are still a very good side, capable of causing trouble and hungry to turn around their struggles.\nA closer look at this weekend's opponent, the Philadelphia Union, is in order.\nAfter replacing John Hackworth in June last season, Jim Curtin impressed sufficiently \u2013 leading the side to a sixth-placed finish, missing out on the playoffs by seven points - to have the 'interim' tag removed, taking over the head coaching duties on a permanent basis.\nIn the off-season, he set about addressing several of the holes in the Union lineup.\nStarting up top in the striker position, Curtin reinforced with the additions of CJ Sapong, acquired in a trade with Sporting KC, and Venezuelan Fernando Aristeguieta, on loan from French club FC Nantes. Conor Casey, the old battering ram, re-signed after having his option declined initially. They also drafted Dzenan Catic 31st overall in the draft.\nThere were however losses in that position as well: Jamaican speedster Brian Brown is no longer with the club, his option was declined, while Pedro Ribeiro, the impressively large rookie forward, was selected by Orlando City in the expansion draft and Aaron Wheeler, the centre-back turned forward, was waived.\nIn the midfield, veteran Brazilian Fred was re-signed, Eric Ayuk Mbo, a lively Cameroonian attacker entered on a free transfer, and Eric Bird was selected 41st overall. Meanwhile Amobi Okugo departed for Orlando in a trade, while Leo Fernandes and Danny Cruz left on loan \u2013 to New York Cosmos and FK Bodo\/Glimt, respectively.\nAt the back, Canadian-born defender Steven Vitoria was acquired on loan from Benfica, and full-back Raymond Lee was selected in the later rounds of the SuperDraft. Carlos Valdes, who disappointed after returning from Colombia, was sent back out on loan to Nacional in his homeland, while Austin Berry was surprisingly loaned to Korean side FC Anyang.\nThey also made changes in goal, sending Zac MacMath on an intra-league loan to Colorado, while signing local product John McCarthy, who excelled in USL with Rochester.\nNo MLS side has utilized the external loan system to the extent that the Union have: they have two players on loan and five out on loans \u2013 it is a curious development that should be interesting to watch.\nFor all those machinations, the Union have cut a very similar look to last season; there is some value in that consistency. And for their struggles this season, there have been myriad reasons.\nInjuries have played a role. The injury report currently lists seven players, with Antoine Hoppenot, the super sub, out, and four potential starters \u2013 Vincent Nogueira, Brian Carroll, Aristeguieta, and Vitoria \u2013 listed as questionable.\nDiscipline too has been a factor. Both Fred and Zach Pfeffer have seen red cards, against Chicago and Dallas, respectively, each leading to losses.\nWhile consistency, or the lack their of, has been to their downfall. Rais M'bolhi has looked horrible and how now left the team, while Philadelphia has been unable to field a stable back-four, forced to draft Mo Edu into a centre-back role as Ethan White struggled to find his form.\nFor all that, their margins of defeat, aside from the Columbus loss, have been small. Fortune has largely not been on their side in close matches.\nFurther complicating the lineup predictions, Curtin stated after the 4-1 loss in Columbus last weekend, that there would be changes.\nTheir projected lineup is as follows: John McCarthy in goal; from right to left \u2013 Sheanon Williams, Maurice Edu, Steven Vitoria, and Ray Gaddis across the back; Eric Ayuk, Michael Lahoud, Cristian Maidana, and Andrew Wenger through the middle; Sebastian Le Toux and CJ Sapong up top.\nAfter going 4-4-2 successfully through much of the preseason, Curtin was forced into reconsidering his plans when Sapong suffered a concussion early in the season. Since then he has flirted with a variety of lineups.\nThe M'bolhi affair having come to an end, MacMath out on loan, and Andre Blake still recovering from a long-term knee injury, has forced the Union's hand into fielding a rookie keeper in the 22-year old McCarthy. He has looked solid, aside from that Columbus result. Blake is likely to take over the starting duties at some point, but Saturday's match comes too soon.\nOn the back-line, Vitoria is a little banged up, but will be risked if he is able. Otherwise White would be drafted back into the starting eleven. Philadelphia has options in the outside back position, with Fabinho a left-sided option and Lee a right-sided one; Gaddis has featured on either side as well, depending on who Curtin has chosen for the other side, providing yet another option.\nCarroll could take Lahoud's spot in that lineup, but given he is nursing a hamstring issue and Lahoud has made himself a presence in recent outings, that is unlikely. Curtin has at times opted for a double-pivot in that part of the field, playing Nogueira or Pfeffer there as deep-lying playmakers, or doubling down on the defensive aspect with both Lahoud and Carroll in place.\nThat would be the most likely formation change, reverting to a five-man midfield in hope of shutting down Toronto's ball-movement.\nIn attack, Maidana makes the side tick, but Pfeffer and Nogueira have both seen time in that central attacking role. Out wide, Le Toux and Wenger have failed to click, while Ayuk has looked lively, if a touch wild. Sapong too is an option, driving in-field from wide.\nAnd up top, if fit Aristeguieta must be watched carefully, while Casey is a pain that TFC should be well familiar with, by reputation, if not experience, though he is more likely to feature from the bench.\nIf Curtin does go with the 4-2-3-1, expect to see Le Toux and Wenger on the wings, with Sapong, or Aristeguieta, if fit, up top.\nThe Union currently sit in ninth place in the East having collected six points from nine matches \u2013 they are tied on points with TFC and New York City. Their horrendous goal difference (minus-seven) is what places them at the bottom of the three-way tie.\nWith seventeen goals conceded, the Union are by far the league leaders in that category, double most teams, and treble what Seattle have conceded \u2013 though, in their defense, Philadelphia has played more matches than most.\nThey have won just once, drawn three, and lost five matches. Their only win came at home, against expansion New York City. They drew their first home match and lost the other two.\nHaving opened the season with a scoreless draw at home against Colorado in which Clint Irwin stood on his head to deny the Union, Philadelphia would draw 3-3 in Salt Lake the following week. Javier Morales opened the scoring, only for Aristeguieta to pounce on a pair of Salt Lake errors. Jamison Olave scored at both ends in a three-minute span to level and then reinstate the visitors lead, but Alvaro Saborio's controversial late penalty kick would ensure a splitting of the spoils.\nA Pfeffer red card for throwing an undisciplined elbow into the face of Mauro Diaz would prove costly against Dallas, the visiting side scoring twice in the second half with the man advantage through Tesho Akindele and Ryan Hollingshead to take home a 0-2 result.\nThe following week it was Fred's red card for a petulant swat at Harrison Shipp in the 72nd minute that limited their ability to respond to a first half Adailton flicked header from a corner kick. Chicago would see out the 1-0 win, their first of the season.\nFurther late dramatics would prove costly in Kansas City. Saborio's penalty may have been a harsh call, but this collapse was entirely of their own doing. Philadelphia twice took the lead inside the opening nineteen minutes \u2013 a Jacob Peterson own-goal and an Aristeguieta header from a free-kick \u2013 only for Dom Dwyer to capitalize on M'bolhi missing a delivery for Sporting in the 16th minute. Protecting that lead into stoppage-time, Philadelphia would concede twice in three-minutes, with Jalil Anibaba scoring in the 91st and Krisztian Nemeth in the 94th, to overturn what would have been a very positive result for the visitors, who remained winless on the season.\nPhiladelphia would respond to that shock, winning their first, and only, of the season against New York City. Pfeffer scored the first, only for David Villa to respond shortly after half-time. But it was the Union's turn for some late-game heroics, with Nogueira nabbing the winner in the 92nd minute.\nFive days later in the return fixture, the two clubs would draw at Yankee Stadium, again thanks to some late magic. Mehdi Ballouchy put the hosts in front in the 57th minute, but Sapong responded, slamming home a goal-mouth scramble.\nPhiladelphia failed to capitalize on that momentum, falling 1-2 to New England on short rest. Maidana opened the scoring in the 42nd minutes, but with the Revolution surging and the Union tiring, Charlie Davies and Teal Bunbury scored after the hour mark to overturn the result.\nAnd most recently, Philadelphia fell 4-1 at Columbus. Kei Kamara, Ethan Finlay, and Justin Meram scored first half goals. Ayuk grabbed some consolation, only for Finlay to restore the three-goal advantage and seal the night.\nThe Union enter Saturday's match on the back of two-straight losses, riding a three-match winless run.\nPart Two, hitting the game film for strengths and weaknesses, will be posted shortly\n2015 Toronto FC StoryStreams: Game 7- Philadelphia Union\nTaking the High Road: TFC best Union\nKnow Your Enemy: Philadelphia Union, Lineup & Form\nAre you smarter than Ryan Nelsen?: Round 7","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Family Dogs\nHow the Shar-Pei Got Its Wrinkles\nby Patty Rasmussen Sep 24, 2019\nOriginally bred as guard dogs and hunters, Shar-Pei are described as intelligent, regal and independent and are noted for their fierce loyalty to their owners. Life On White\/Getty Images\nLooking for a dog that will turn heads or stop passersby in their tracks? Check out the Shar-Pei. With their unique loose and \"wrinkled\" skin and hippopotamus-shaped muzzle, Shar-Pei are a unique member of the canine family.\nThe breed originated in China \u2014 the name Shar-Pei literally translates to \"sand skin.\" And this stocky pooch \u2014 a full-grown Shar-Pei stands about 2 feet (0.6 meters) high and weighs between 45 and 60 pounds (20 to 27 kilograms) \u2014 lives up to its name.\nThe Shar-Pei coat is short and coarse, falling in heavy folds around the dog's head, neck and shoulders. They are typically fawn-colored, but the American Kennel Club (AKC) lists up to 17 different colors. In addition to their prominent muzzle, Shar-Pei have small, deep-set eyes and tiny ears. Their tongues are blue-black.\nBut it's the wrinkles that make Shar-Pei so memorable. In an email interview, Dr. Kerstin Lindblad-Toh of Uppsala University in Sweden writes that a Shar-Pei's wrinkles are caused by the hyaluronic acid synthase 2 (HAS2) gene. \"HAS2 encodes an enzyme synthesizing hyaluronan, a major component of the skin,\" she says. \"The hyaluronan is up-regulated and accumulates in the thickened skin of Shar-Pei.\"\nIn hyper-layman's terms, hyaluronan is a sort of \"gel\" around the cells in the skin. Among other things, it aids in hydration and elasticity of the skin. In a Shar-Pei, the HAS2 gene goes into overdrive creating way too much hyaluronan and that causes the trademark wrinkles, which are especially visible in Shar-Pei puppies. By the time a Shar-Pei is full grown, its wrinkles have settled down and are typically just in the face, head and neck.\nKeeping Your Shar-Pei Ship Shape\nThe genetics of the Shar-Pei's wrinkles helped Lindblad-Toh and other researchers uncover a mystery when they used the breed as subjects in a 2011 study connecting Shar-Pei to a fairly common canine illness.\nThe study linked the HAS2 gene with a tendency of Shar-Pei to fall ill with periodic fever disease, sometimes referred to as Familial Shar-Pei Fever (FSF). Symptoms include episodes of fever that appear to rise out of nowhere, and overall listlessness. Lindblad-Toh says hyaluronan is to blame for periodic fever disease in Shar-Pei and the team's research bears it out.\nHey, someone toss me that blanket! Oops, never mind, that's the dog ...\nLinda Trine\/Getty Images\nFirst, they compared the Shar-Pei genome with other dog breeds, then compared it to healthy and sick Shar-Pei, searching for the mutation to the fever. And each time they came to the same conclusion. \"In the study, a mutation (in a strand of DNA) affecting both the fever syndrome and the wrinkled skin was found,\" says Lindblad-Toh. \"The duplication mutation was seen near the HAS2 gene, more copies the mutation was associated with and more HAS2, as well as the periodic fever syndrome.\"\nWhat does it all mean? In addition to being genetically predisposed to periodic fever disease, Shar-Pei are also at risk for Shar-Pei Autoinflammatory Diseases (SPAID) says Lindblad-Toh. \"Several symptoms are present,\" she says, \"including recurrent fever, arthritis, dermatitis, otitis (ear infection) and systemic reactive amyloidosis (an inflammatory disease in the body's organs).\" Fortunately, Shar-Pei can be tested for SPAID to help owners make better informed breeding decisions.\nThere are other health issues that can be challenging to Shar-Pei. Because of the folds in Shar-Pei skin, they are susceptible to certain skin problems and a serious eye disorder called entropion, when the eyelid (usually the lower lid) folds inward, causing irritation to the cornea. Other eye problems of concern to the breed are glaucoma, pressure on the eye that can cause blindness; retinal dysplasia, an inherited disease that causes a malformation of the retina; \"cherry eye,\" a prolapsed gland in the third eyelid; chemosis, swelling of the lining of the eye \u2014 typical in puppies or young Shar-Pei; and Sudden Acquired Retinal Degeneration Syndrome or SARDS, a rare disease that causes blindness.\nThe Chinese Shar-Pei Club of America also recommends that owners have their dogs screened for a number of health issues including:\nElbow dysplasia\nAutoimmune thyroiditis\nPatellar luxation (dislocation of the kneecap)\nCanine Eye Registration Foundation (CERF) exam to detect eye and vision irregularities\nThe Social Shar-Pei\nShar-Pei look so cuddly. The natural question is are they good family dogs? That depends on what you're looking for. The AKC website suggests Shar-Pei puppies are better with older children. Some describe Shar-Pei facial expressions as scowling while others see a natural smile, but Shar-Pei are almost always described as intelligent, regal and independent; noted for their fierce loyalty to their owners. They were initially bred as guard dogs and hunters. That behavior hasn't changed.\nYour Shar-Pei will need a firm hand. Plan to invest in obedience training and socialization because as much as your Shar-Pei loves you, they are not great with strangers or with other dogs. And don't mistake their natural calm for not caring. If they believe their territory is under threat, they will protect it with \u2014 you guessed it \u2014 dogged determination.\nShar-Pei enjoy a leisurely walk, just not too often. Usually once or twice a day will do. And watch out during the summer months. Shar-Pei don't tolerate the heat well. Owners would do well to take a look at the Chinese Shar-Pei Club of America website. It's chocked full of information about the breed \u2014 everything from health issues to training to showing standards. Expect to pay a pretty penny for a pure bred Shar-Pei. You're unlikely to find anyone willing to quote a price online but a puppy can easily cost you anywhere from $600 to $1,000 or more. But Shar-Pei owners will tell you they're worth every cent.\nShar-Pei have an unusual blue-black colored tongue, a trait they have in common only with the Chow-Chow, another breed originally from China. This characteristic would seem to indicate a shared ancestor somewhere in the canine family tree, but to date there is no evidence.\nHealth \u00b7 Previous Story\nIs Sapiosexuality a Real Thing?\nNext Story \u00b7 Culture\nHow Young Is Too Young to Be Arrested?\nWhat Are Those Microchips That People Put in Their Dogs?\nHow do dogs perceive time?\nHow important is protein in a dog's diet?","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Myanmar: A New Pattern of China-Japan Interactions?\nIf Japan and China focus on different rail systems in Myanmar, can their division of labor create a new pattern for cooperation?\nBy Shang-su Wu for The Diplomat\nCredit: Flickr\/ Clay Gilliland\nMyanmar Railways (MR) has been variously criticized for its low efficiency and increasing costs. Solutions are needed. Since the country's independence, the British colonial era meter gauge rail system has not been modernized much. Antiquated semaphore signals and manual blocking systems are still broadly in service, suggesting both the limited capacity of lines, and the poor maintenance of tracks. Rolling stock operates at significantly reduced speed, only 40km\/hr on average. It takes trains about 15 hours to complete the 620 km journey between Mandalay and Yangon, much slower than buses, which can make the trip in as little as 8 hours depending on the type of bus in question.\nUnsurprisingly, then, MR's share of land transport in Myanmar has been dropping in the last three decades and the company faces rising deficits. Naypyidaw is aware of the challenge, but it has the same dilemma other Southeast Asian countries face: whether to upgrade the existing meter gauge system for practicality's sake, or to establish an entirely new standard gauge system for higher speed connection with China. Based on Myanmar's financial capacity, upgrading the existing system is already a difficult ask, not to mention building an entirely new rail network.\nHowever, thanks to Japanese and Chinese capital, upgrades to the existing system are ongoing, and a standard gauge system is likely to be built.\nTokyo has financially and technologically modernized the MR network, mainly the Yangon circle line and the trunk line between Yangon and Mandalay, in addition to improving five MR maintenance sites. These projects are scheduled to be finished by 2024, after which MR passenger services will reach a top speed of 100 km\/hr, and more than double of the amount of service. Furthermore, more efficient freight services will contribute to Myanmar's blooming inland dry port projects, a considerable factor for import and export costs.\nIt must be noted that Japan is not the sole source of the ongoing MR modernization. China and India are major suppliers of locomotives and carriages. Beijing has also extended loans to Naypyidaw for building two factories for locally manufacturing rolling stocks.\nUnder the China-Myanmar Economic Corridor (CMEC), a part of the larger Belt and Road Initiative, the previously abandoned high-speed railway (HSR) plan was resumed last year with a feasibility study for a line between Muse and Mandalay. That would be followed by construction of a standard gauge rail line allowing a top speed of 160 km\/hr, and eventually connecting to Kyaukpyu, a harbor town with Chinese investment. Due to its location beyond the MR network, the standard gauge rail to Kyaukpyu would not be redundant. China's focus on crafting a rail link to the Indian Ocean is interpreted as creating an alternative route to the Malacca Strait. Rakhine state, where the rail line would end, also borders Bangladesh, allowing the potential extension of the line \u2013 and the BRI \u2014 to yet another country.\nSo far, Beijing and Tokyo are not competing in Myanmar in the way they did over railway contracts in Indonesia and Thailand. This is due to their separate focuses: the additional standard gauge line for China and the existing MR network for Japan. Since Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe highlighted the desire for a beneficial relationship with China last year, including cooperation on overseas infrastructure projects, the situation in Myanmar may be a potential pattern for cooperation. (Another potential model fell through with Japanese companies' withdrawal from a joint venture with their Chinese counterparts in bidding for the HSR project in Thailand's Eastern Economic Corridor.) Japan's upgrade of the MR network will improve land transportation and the overall economy, which may pave the foundation for more demand for the additional standard rail being built by China.\nThese two powers' distinct approaches nevertheless mask a subtler competition over durability and adequacy. Building an additional standard gauge rail system, beside original narrow gauged ones, is China's common offering, as evidenced in completed projects in Ethiopia and Kenya. In contrast, Japan usually takes a more gradual approach with relatively small-scale upgrades. Upgrading an established rail network is naturally much cheaper than building another whole system. The former requires less land, and various existing facilities can be retained or modified rather than built from scratch. In Myanmar, Tokyo's approach is more practical than Beijing's in terms of cost, burden sharing, and economic structure.\nDue to the relatively lower cost, Japan is able to largely support Myanmar through soft loans and official development aid (ODA). In contrast, the Kunming-Kyaukpyu rail will be built from scratch, and the necessary construction of many tunnels and bridges to pass through the mountainous areas in Myanmar's northern states would further increase the costs. As such, the financial toll from Beijing's preferred project would be much heavier than Tokyo's, and Naypyidaw would have to shoulder some of that burden. The HSR project in Laos, with the high portion of loan and investment from China, presents one possible way forward, but it brings the risk of a debt trap. Unlike Vientiane, which has only landlocked territory, Naypyidaw with its coastline and harbors may be less willing to accept large Chinese loans. The funding and loan issues may therefore become an obstacle in the Sino-Myanmar bilateral negotiations, just like in China's delayed HSR project in Thailand.\nFinally, as Myanmar's economy mainly relies on sea transport for international trade, the railway section with the most potential will be between Myanmar's inland and Kyaukpyu harbour, rather than the whole line linking back to China. A direct rail link to the relatively remote Yunnan province in China, with a higher cost than ships, may not signify much economic potential for Myanmar. The capacity of trains could be further limited by the slope; Kyaukpyu is close to the sea level and Kunming is at an altitude of 1,900 meters. However, Beijing's strong geopolitical interest in the line may compensate for these disadvantages. As long as CMEC is strategically important enough, China may be willing to strike a deal acceptable to Myanmar by bearing a great deal of the costs, and even subsidizing the rail transport as it does to the freight services through Central Asia.\nDespite the lack of direct competition, the roles of China and Japan in Myanmar's rail transportation could be summarized as revolution vis-\u00e0-vis evolution. Time will reveal their respective pros and cons.\nShang-su Wu is a research fellow of the Regional Security Architecture Programme at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.\nChina-Japan rivalry\nChina-Myanmar relations\nChinese investment in Myanmar\nJapan-Myanmar relations\nJapanese investment in Myanmar\nKunming-Kyaukphyu railway\nKyaukpyu Port\nMyanmar high-speed rail\nMyanmar Railways\nXi's Upcoming Visit to Myanmar Could Reshape the Indian Ocean Region\nBy Amara Thiha\nWith Xi Jinping's visit, China is on the verge of realizing a 10-year plan: gaining a back door to the Indian Ocean.\nCan Myanmar Afford China's Belt and Road?\nMyanmar's government is hungry for the investment boost, but the costs must be weighed as well.\nChina Faces Increasing Competition in Myanmar\nBy Tridivesh Singh Maini and Sandeep Sachdeva\nJapan and Singapore are stepping up their engagement with Myanmar, where China has long dominated.\nChinese Company Wins Contract for Deep Sea Port in Myanmar\nCITIC Group has won a contract to develop a port in Kyaukpyu on the Bay of Bengal.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Home About Us News\nNew journal to explore the impact of data science on government policy\nA new Open Access journal will explore the role of data science in shaping government policy \u2013 and its possible impact on privacy and public trust.\nLaunched this week, Data & Policy is the result of a collaboration between Cambridge University Press and the annual Data for Policy conference, being held this year at UCL on 11-12 June.\nData & Policy will publish: original, peer-reviewed articles on how data science can improve policy-making, governance capabilities and citizen services; commentaries exploring the ethical implications of data-driven research and its impact on privacy, law and public trust; and replication studies to promote transparent, reproducible research.\nThe Alan Turing Institute \u2013 the UK's national institute for data science and artificial intelligence \u2013 and UCL have pledged support for the conference and the journal, providing funding that will enable unfunded researchers to publish their research on an open access basis. The journal will be free to read on Cambridge Core, the online repository of books and journals published by the Press.\nThe opening manifesto from Data & Policy editors Zeynep Engin (UCL), Jon Crowcroft (University of Cambridge and The Alan Turing Institute) and Stefaan Verhulst (The Governance Lab, New York University) says that while the potential of data \u2013 now generated at a massive scale as a result of digital technologies embedded in everyday life \u2013 and data analytics have been evident for some time, initiatives using data for policy have been the exception rather than the norm. This is due to a number of obstacles, including: the inaccessibility of much data; gaps in technical and conceptual understanding; and a growing lack of public trust about the way that data is collected, analyzed and used.\nThe editors call for deeper understanding of \"Policy-Data Interactions\", in order to reach a \"consistent, symmetrical approach to consideration of systems of policy and data, how they interact with one another\".\nThe Data for Policy conference has initiated such policy-data interactions by bringing together researchers from different disciplines, people with technical expertise and those with knowledge of different policy domains. Data & Policy aims to sustain this debate and extend beyond the conference by linking together other institutions and networks, and providing a trusted venue for researchers, policy specialists and all who are interested in the implications of data for citizens, services and how they are governed.\nBrigitte Shull, Director of Scholarly Communications Research and Development at Cambridge University Press, said: \"We are pleased to be working with Zeynep, Jon and Stefaan, and their international board. Data & Policy is embracing the movement towards more open, collaborative and transparent ways of conducting and communicating research. We are excited to see how the potential of this is realised in their effort to bring together technical, policy and other communities.\"\nAdrian Smith, Institute Director and Chief Executive of The Alan Turing Institute, said: \"We are delighted to support the prestigious Data for Policy conference and the development of its new open-access journal Data & Policy. The Turing is pleased to bolster these ongoing efforts to create a global forum for interdisciplinary debates around data in government and we look forward to continuing this collaboration.\"\n\u00b7 Data & Policy: cambridge.org\/dap\n\u00b7 Data & Policy's opening editorial: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1017\/dap.2019.2\nABOUT CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS\nCambridge University Press is part of the University of Cambridge. It furthers the University's mission by disseminating knowledge in the pursuit of education, learning and research at the highest international levels of excellence. Its extensive peer-reviewed publishing lists comprise 50,000 titles covering academic research and professional development, over 380 research journals, as well as school-level education and English language teaching. Playing a leading role in today's international market place, Cambridge University Press has over 50 offices around the globe, and it distributes its products to nearly every country in the world.cambridge.org\nABOUT DATA FOR POLICY\nData for Policy is a premier global forum for interdisciplinary and cross-sector discussions around the impact and potentials of the digital revolution in the government sector. Established in 2015, it is an independent non-profit initiative registered in the UK as a Community Interest Company. It is supported by a large number of key stakeholders, including prestigious academic institutions, government departments, international agencies, non-profit institutions, and businesses. dataforpolicy.org\nABOUT THE ALAN TURING INSTITUTE\nThe Alan Turing Institute is the UK's national institute for data science and artificial intelligence.The Institute is named in honour of Alan Turing, whose pioneering work in theoretical and applied mathematics, engineering and computing is considered to have laid the foundations for modern-day data science and artificial intelligence. The Institute's goals are to undertake world-class research in data science and artificial intelligence, apply its research to real-world problems, drive economic impact and societal good, lead the training of a new generation of scientists, and shape the public conversation around data. https:\/\/www.turing.ac.uk\/\nAbout UCL (University College London)\nUCL was founded in 1826. We were the first English university established after Oxford and Cambridge, the first to open up university education to those previously excluded from it, and the first to provide systematic teaching of law, architecture and medicine. We are among the world's top universities, as reflected by performance in a range of international rankings and tables, and are committed to changing the world for the better. Our community of over 41,500 students from 150 countries and over 12,500 staff pursues academic excellence, breaks boundaries and makes a positive impact on real world problems.\nwww.ucl.ac.uk | Follow us on Twitter @uclnews | Watch our YouTube channel YouTube.com\/UCLTV\nEmail: press@cambridge.org\nNew Data-Centric Engineering journal launched\nCambridge University Press forms new partnership to improve student progress assessment in schools\nPress awarded highest Timber Scorecard rating from WWF","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Audi officially becomes first German automaker in FIA Formula E\nIt replaces ABT Sportsline on the grid starting in December.\nAndrew Krok\nJuly 7, 2017 8:47 a.m. PT\nThe fourth season of the all-electric FIA Formula E racing series doesn't kick off until December, but Audi's too excited to hold back its news until then.\nAudi announced Friday that it will officially field a manufacturer team in FIA Formula E's fourth season, which kicks off in Hong Kong on December 2. Audi took ABT Sportsline's place on the grid, where it will operate under the team name Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler.\nWe still haven't seen Audi's new livery, but it probably won't be too different than the current one.\nWith this announcement, Audi became the first German automaker to field a factory works team in Formula E. Back in October 2016, Audi announced that it would quit its Le Mans efforts in favor of the all-electric racing series. Over the course of the third Formula E season, Audi slowly grew its presence by adding financial and technical support.\nAudi was an absolute powerhouse in Le Mans, and its Formula E efforts are off to a solid start. Thus far, its drivers have 23 podiums and five victories over the course of 29 races. Anything is possible in the fourth season, though, as Audi is currently developing a new powertrain -- right now, manufacturers are only capable of modifying the motor, transmission, software and suspension. All the remaining components are specified from the FIA, which is the governing body that oversees many different forms of motorsport.\nAudi is far from the first automaker to join Formula E, though. Renault has a team, as does Jaguar. Even Faraday Future jumped in on the action, teaming up with Dragon Racing.\nFormula E does things a little differently. Its cars don't have the juice to complete a whole run, so drivers need to switch cars at some point during the race to receive a fresh battery. The cars hustle to 60 mph in about 3 seconds, thanks to a low curb weight around 1,940 pounds. There's also a strange system called FanBoost, where fans can vote to give three different drivers a small horsepower boost.\nFormula E electric cars race in Long Beach (pictures)\nDiscuss: Audi officially becomes first German automaker in FIA Formula E","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Lost Ark NA Class Tier List\nBy Dillan | February 10th, 2022 | Categories: Lost Ark\nThe Best Class in Lost Ark\nLost Ark has been on many gamers' minds over the past few weeks. Ever since Smilegate partnered with Amazon to release the Korean ARPG to Western regions, people have been waiting anxiously for the game's official release so that they can finally play the damn game. With the ARPG and MMO drought, almost everyone is happy to finally see a new ARPG\/MMO title coming to stores. More than half a million players already have access to the game via early access, but the majority of gamers are still waiting for the official release. Before players jump into the highly popular Korean ARPG, here are some pieces of information about Lost Ark classes to help gamers decide which to go for. This is the definitive Lost Ark Class Tier.\nWhat is Lost Ark?\nLost Ark is a Korean ARPG MMO developed by Smilegate which has been locally available to Korea and Japanese markets since 2019. The popularity and success that the game found have prompted its developers to launch the game to Western regions allowing more gamers to create Lost Ark accounts and access it. The game is highly popular due to its gorgeous visuals, outstanding graphics, excellent character designs, and unique gameplay. The ARPG features an isometric view of the field which is similar to other gaming titles of the same genre such as Path of Exiles and Diablo. Unlike the latter two's dark and grim vibes, Lost Ark features a bright, colorful, and vibrant atmosphere that is more visually pleasing for players.\nThe game is set in the fictional radiant world of Arkesia centuries after the world's battle against the Demonic Legion. In the current timeline, the demon lord Kazeros, who led the Legion, is about to break free from his centuries-long imprisonment in his volcanic jail. Once he is free, he will lead his demonic horde once again to take over Arkesia. Players are plunged directly into the fray as they will be the heroes tasked with locating and obtaining the Lost Ark. This ancient relic was used centuries before to defeat Kazeros and imprison him in his current jail. The heroes must explore dangerous lands and fight hordes of demons and other enemies in order to locate the Lost Ark so that they can bind the demon Lord once again to his volcanic prison.\nLost Ark's Gameplay\nTo further help players make a decision about their initial class, gamers should have an understanding of the game's gameplay. The game has an isometric view that makes use of a point-and-click movement system. This means that moving, targeting, and attacking are all controlled by the mouse. Meanwhile, skills are activated by slotting them at the keyboard's QWERASDF keys. This is currently the most optimal type of system for the game.\nOther than the typical PvE and PvP gameplay, players also have the chance to explore more areas by sailing the seas. Gamers will have to obtain a ship and eventually build their own fleet in order to access more dangerous regions. Shipbuilding and item crafting can be done in the player's stronghold which will serve as their personal base.\nWhat's the most unique thing about Lost Ark is that it uses a feature called the Tri-Pod system. This system allows players to invest their skill points in different abilities of their class. This feature enables characters to develop varying styles of gameplay depending on the invested skills. This means that players do not need to follow a standard or pre-determined build since they can decide how they will play their characters.\nLost Ark Classes\nSmilegate's ARPG has five starting classes that players can begin with. These classes will narrow down the type of gameplay or style available to players since each class will have its own specialties and perks. Here is a list of beginner classes in the game:\nWarrior \u2013 This class serves as the front liner in any situation. Strong powerhouses that can soak up damage as well as dish out heavy attacks. Warriors can be tanks or bruisers depending on their preferences.\nMartial Artist \u2013 Another melee class that focuses more on agile movements and combo attacks. Though not as tanky as Warrior, Martial Artists are still durable enough to fight in the frontlines while dealing damage over time.\nGunner \u2013 The dedicated range class of the game. Gunners are experts at mid to long-range combat. They are able to deal significant amounts of damage while staying at a safe distance ready to dash away at a moment's notice.\nMage \u2013 The game's only spellcasting class. Mages can either support their teammates with buffs and heals or deal out huge AoE damage spells that can wipe out mobs with ease.\nAssassin \u2013 Arguably the squishiest melee class in the game. Assassins make up for their lack of defense with their superbly high offense or attack power. These characters rely on speed and swift attacks to take down opponents without giving them a chance to fight back.\nEach of these classes will provide different abilities and different combinations that will alter how the game is played. Also, these classes will further progress into advanced classes when characters level up to a certain milestone. All of these classes will have more than one advanced class, and these more complex jobs will unlock different abilities for the players. Here is the list of advanced classes for each job in Lost Ark:\nBerserker \u2013 Warriors who become Berserkers are the ones that deal the most damage in this melee class. Though they lose a small percentage of their defense to gain more power, they are still more durable than the majority of the other classes. Once these warriors enter Burst mode, they become unstoppable killing machines while wielding their greatswords.\nPaladin \u2013 Paladins are balanced warriors who can serve in the frontlines as both shield and sword to their teammates while also acting as a support. Their ability to buff other people paired with high offense and defense makes them great party members to have.\nGunlancer \u2013 Considered the most durable class in the game. Gunlancers can soak up damage like a sponge in exchange for losing a portion of their offense, making them the best tanks. However, those who prefer to be fighters rather than shields can still become strong attackers due to the class's versatility.\nStriker \u2013 Elemental fighters who can also use physical attacks to deal fast combinations of damage. These martial artists fight like a strong wind.\nWardancer \u2013 Another advanced class that combines elemental and physical attacks. This class focuses on charged-up attacks rather than swift combos to deal huge damage against their enemies.\nScrapper \u2013 These fighters are considered one of the most versatile characters in the game. Their ability to switch between overpowering offense to overwhelming defense makes them hard opponents to face on the battlefield. With their two inverse forms of attack and mobility, they are a force to be reckoned with.\nSoulfist \u2013 These Fighters who make use of energy called Adamance can switch between ranged and melee. Their offensive power and sustainability ensure that they can stay in battle for as long as they want.\nGunslinger \u2013 Gunners who have the largest arrays of guns in their arsenal. These units can switch between their guns to adapt to their current situation. Their agility and quick attacks make it hard for enemies to hit them.\nArtillerist \u2013 These gunners bring explosive power and pack quite a punch. What they lack in mobility they make up for high AoE damage and decent defense in order to bomb their way through enemies.\nDeadeye \u2013 Gunners who specialize in using dual pistols, shotguns, and rifles. They are the most versatile in this ranged class being able to support their allies with crowd control as well as dealing tons of damage.\nSharpshooter \u2013 This class may be one of the squishiest classes in the game, but they are also one of the biggest damage dealers. Using their mechanical bows and agility, Sharpshooters can dish out large damage over time while maintaining their distance away from the center of the battle.\nBard \u2013 These mages are considered the best support class in the game. They can provide various buffs and white spells in order to keep their teammates alive. Though they are widely support-oriented, Bards can still deal tormenting damage with songs.\nSorceress \u2013 Powerful mages that use large AoE spells to deal significant damage in just a few hits. Enemies who are unfortunate enough to get hit by these spells are in for a world of pain.\nShadowhunter \u2013 These assassins tap into the demonic power in order to use the power of the demons against them. Shadowhunters can channel their inner demons to access stronger forms that make them stronger and deadlier.\nDeathblade \u2013 Assassins who wield three blades that can attack swiftly and be deadly. Deathblades can tap into the chaos force allowing them to make quick slash combos that are very hard to avoid.\nBest in PvE\nExploration and dungeons raids are the main features of the game since it progresses the storyline. Though every class can progress easily with their own styles, some classes are better suited for PvE than others. Here are the classes that are more efficient in dungeons and raids:\nBard \u2013 Since this class has the best healers in the game, Bards are very essential to any raiding and dungeon party to make sure that everyone makes it out alive.\nBerserker \u2013 This warrior class is very straightforward and is the easiest DPS class to use. There are not a lot of combos to remember, and Berserkers deal so much damage they are very good for people who just want to focus on PvE.\nGunlancer \u2013 Since this class is considered the best tank class, having Gunlancers in dungeons and raids ensures the success of these ventures. Their high defense, utility, and decent DPS also make them viable for solo playing.\nBest in PvP\nFor players who are more interested in dominating other players than raiding dungeons and exploring, they would prefer to have classes that are more efficient in player-to-player combat. Though any class can do a decent job in this scene, some are just overwhelmingly more efficient. Here are the best PvP classes:\nBard \u2013 For the same reason why they are one of the best PvE classes, Bards can ensure the survival of their allies during fights against other players. Their huge heals and buffs ensure the sustainability of their whole team which makes them high-value targets in most clashes.\nDeathblade \u2013 Running into a Deathblade in PvP might just be one of the worst things any player can experience. These assassins can deal so much damage in just a blink of an eye, and their mobility makes them hard to catch and avoid. This makes this class a huge pain to deal with.\nDeadeye \u2013 specializing in mid to long-range combat, Deadeyes are some of the best PvP dueling classes in the game. Their ability to deal loads of damage while providing annoying crowd-controls is what makes this class stand out.\nBest DPS in Lost Ark\nFor those who are wondering what other classes are most efficient as DPS units, here is the list of the most optimal and effective classes for dealing damage:\nScrapper\nSoulfist\nSome people may not just want to limit themselves to the playstyle of Bards but still want to play as support. Fortunately for them, there are other classes that are very viable for the support role. Here is the list of classes that can help via different kinds of reinforcing abilities:\nGunlancer\nBest Tank\nOther than Gunlancers, there are still other jobs that can take on the tanking role. Here is the list of other viable tank classes:\nFirst Pick Doesn't Really Matter\nFor players who are unsure of what class to take, Lost Ark is very generous and flexible about rerolling into other classes. Once the gamers' first characters reach certain milestone levels and obtain other abilities, subsequent characters created will level up faster. Progressing classes after the initial character will be far easier than anyone expected, so players will have the opportunity to switch between classes at any time. Any class is viable in the game but we hope this Lost Ark Class Tier List was helpful to players. What's important is that the players enjoy farming Lost Ark gold with them.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Centennial Grand Master Visit\nDear Brother Masons of the North Texas Area:\nCOME MEET THE CENTENNIAL GRAND MASTER OF DeMOLAY INTERNATIONAL\u2013Saturday, June 30th, at Richardson Masonic Lodge!!\nTHIS IS A PUBLIC EVENT \u2014 ALL ARE WELCOME TO JOIN US!!\nR.W. M. Boyd Patterson, Past Grand Master of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Texas, and Senior DeMolay & Advisor of the Richardson DeMolay Chapter, is being installed as the Grand Master of the International Supreme Council of the Order of DeMolay, in June 2018 at the DeMolay International Congress in Alexandria, VA \u2014 making him the Centennial Grand Master of DeMolay International (Est. 1919) \u2014 and he will be making an Historic Official Visit to Richardson DeMolay Chapter, on June 30, 2018 (Sat.) at 10:00 am. PLEASE COME WELCOME HIM WITH US!!\nPlease also remain (after refreshments) for the Richardson Masonic Lodge Installation of Officers, where Bro. Lynn M. Little (Senior DeMolay and Chairman of the Richardson DeMolay Advisory Council) will be installed as Worshipful Master of the Richardson Masonic Lodge #1214, and his son, Bro. Chip Little (Senior DeMolay of, and Chapter Dad of, the Richardson DeMolay Chapter), will be installed as Junior Warden for 2018-19!\nYOU WON'T WANT TO MISS THIS HISTORIC OCCASION!! COME ONE, COME ALL!!\nPlease RSVP with the number of guests you plan to bring, so we can plan for adequate provisions.\nSincerely and Fraternally,\nBros. Lynn M. and Chip Little\nWorshipful Master-Elect & Junior Warden-Elect\nRichardson Masonic Lodge #1214 A.F. & A.M.\nChip Little \u2013 (469) 360-6271 \/ chip.little@yahoo.com, or\nLynn Little \u2013 (214) 693-3309 \/ lynn.littlephd@yahoo.com","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Area Ham Radio Clubs\nWhat is RACES\/ARES\nTarrant RACES FAQ\nHow do I Join ?\nRACES Spotter Job Aid\nCrown Weather Services Severe Weather Page\nRACES Files\nWeather Hazard Planner\nFort Worth Radar\nCurrent Watches\/Warnings\n2011 Skywarn Weather Spotters Field Guide\nMember's Sign-Up\n2019 Arlington 4th of July Parade\nThursday July 4, 2019 Arlington,Tx\nhttps:\/\/www.signupgenius.com\/go\/30E0448A9AC2FA2FC1-20192\nIn Memorium Keith Pugh - W5IU:\nKeith Duane Pugh, age 80, died on Friday May 24, 2019 at his home in Fort Worth, Texas. He was born on October 3, 1938 in Dodge City, the son of Thelma Hammer Pugh Clare and Clifford Pugh.\nHe attended public schools in Dodge City, graduating from High School in 1956. He became a licensed Amateur Radio Operator, WN0QMG, between his freshman and sophomore years in high school in 1953. With a conditional license, he became W0QMG in 1954. Amateur Radio strongly influenced his decision to pursue a career in Electrical Engineering. While at Kansas State University, he became of charter member of the Smith Scholarship House, an affiliation he was very proud of. After completing a BS in Electrical Engineering degree at K-State in 1961, he went to work for Convair (later General Dynamics and Lockheed Martin) in Fort Worth, Texas. Upon moving to Texas, he became W5IYH. In the early '70's he upgraded to Amateur Extra and became W5IU. He retired from Lockheed Martin in 2004, after a long career in RADAR and Navigation Systems Engineering.\nIn his successful career in engineering he was involved in many projects. Some notable projects were:\nF-111 on site radar engineer at GE Utica for APG 113 fire control radar development\nF-111 radar flight test at Edwards AFB\nF-111 engineering on-site support in Thailand to support Vietnam war\nF-16 radar support for flight test and development\nRadar support for F-16 cold soak testing at Bodo, Norway\nF-16 block 60 development and flight test\nIn the early 1980s, he became interested in Amateur Radio Satellites. His first satellite contacts were conducted through AO-08 and AO-10. Beginning in the 1980s, Keith served with distinction as an \"Area Coordinator\" representing AMSAT to local communities in North Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas. Keith's enjoyment of amateur radio, his passion for sharing the hobby with others, and encouraging everyone to become involved with space communications is reflected in his personal involvement with AMSAT.\nHis first association with manned satellites came from participation in the Soviet Space Exhibit held in Fort Worth in 1991, where he helped to install the exhibit as well as hosted Musa Manarov, U2MIR's visit to the USA. As a part of this exhibit, regular contacts with Cosmonauts on board the Space Station MIR were conducted.\nKeith enjoyed coordinating contacts between students and the astronauts in orbit flying the Space Shuttle as part of the Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment (SAREX). When initial construction of the International Space Station in space commenced in 2000, amateur radio was installed and the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station program (ARISS) began. Keith served as an ARISS School Mentor since 2004, providing technical support and advice to ensure that schools around the country that were selected for a scheduled ARISS contact had properly prepared their amateur radio communications equipment to successfully conduct two-way communication with the Space Station while the ISS orbited over their location.\nHe gave numerous satellite presentations to local clubs and organizations, provided an AMSAT presence at many small hamfests and swap-meets in Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas as well as coordinated AMSAT's presence at Ham-Com and other larger hamfests in the Southwest. Keith also served as Chairman for the 2002 AMSAT Space Symposium in Ft. Worth and prior to that the 1993 AMSAT Space Symposium in Arlington, TX. His passion for demonstrating \"working the satellites\" was reflected by his annual trips to the Dayton (OH) Hamvention where he setup and operated a fully functional satellite station at Hara Arena on behalf of AMSAT. His activities drew large crowds of amateurs who had not previously witnessed a satellite contact. He did this until 2016 when his medical condition limited his ability to travel and he turned over the reins to Paul Stoetzer, N8HM who has continued the tradition established by Keith. The last hamfest where Keith had an AMSAT presence was the 2019 Cowtown Hamfest in Forest Hill, Texas.\nFor many years Keith served as net control for the AMSAT International HF Net on Sunday afternoons that encouraged amateur radio operators throughout North America to exchange information about amateur radio satellites as well as provided a conduit for reading the weekly AMSAT News Service (ANS) Bulletins.\nKeith joined QCWA (Quarter Century Wireless Association) as soon as he was eligible. He was also interested in casual DX, weak signal VHF\/UHF and Microwave. His passion for sharing and helping others was seen in his final wishesthat his radio equipment be given to the Cowtown Amateur Radio Club to help others continue to pursue Ham Radio.\nKeith held a private pilot license and even took a tour around Australia in a Cessna 172 aircraft. He became a member of First Presbyterian Church Fort Worth in 1998 and served as an Elder. In his retirement, Keith was a faithful member of the committee that met every Monday morning to count the weekly receipts and make a record of contributors. Serving others came naturally for Keith. He was part of the Southwest Care Team, shuttle driver coordinator, and choir member at First Presbyterian Church. In the community, he was a long-time member of the Kiwanis organization. Other volunteer activities included some aspect of radio. He was support radio coordinator for Cowtown Marathon and many other fundraising events for charities for over 40 years.\nKeith never married or had children but nonetheless he was part of a large family, he was proud to be included in holidays by his cousin, Kay Schmitt's family in Kansas, when his immediate family had passed. Spending Christmas with his extended family was a special time. Everyone enjoyed seeing pictures of his travels and hearing stories of talking to astronauts. He was included in a studio family picture one year and he determined he had officially been adopted at 70 years old.\nMemorial service will be held at First Presbyterian Church in Fort Worth at 2:00 pm, Thursday, June 6, 2019. Graveside services will be held at Maple Grove Cemetery in Dodge City at a later date. Swaim Funeral Chapel, Dodge City is assisting the family with arrangements. In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to the Fort Worth First Presbyterian Church or donor's choice in care of Swaim Funeral Chapel. Thoughts and memories may be shared in the online guest book at www.swaimfuneralhome.com.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"(-) Remove IAS Regulation filter IAS Regulation\n(-) Remove Press Releases filter Press Releases\nIFRS Supervisory Convergence (14) Apply IFRS Supervisory Convergence filter\n(-) Remove Final Report filter Final Report\nFinal Report X Press Releases X IAS Regulation X Risk Analysis & Economics - Markets Infrastructure Investors X\n11\/01\/2013 EBA\/BS\/2013\/002 Report on the administration and management of Euribor Risk Analysis & Economics - Markets Infrastructure Investors Final Report PDF\n14\/02\/2013 2013\/212 Trends, Risks and Vulnerabilities report Risk Analysis & Economics - Markets Infrastructure Investors Final Report PDF\n14\/02\/2013 2013\/213 ESMA Risk Dashboard No.1, 2013 Risk Analysis & Economics - Markets Infrastructure Investors Final Report PDF\n06\/06\/2013 2013\/658 Final Report- ESMA-EBA Principles for Benchmark-Setting Processes in the EU Risk Analysis & Economics - Markets Infrastructure Investors Final Report PDF\n03\/07\/2013 2013\/326 Retailisation in the EU Risk Analysis & Economics - Markets Infrastructure Investors Final Report PDF\n20\/09\/2013 2013\/1139 ESMA Risk Dashboard No.3, 2013 Risk Analysis & Economics - Markets Infrastructure Investors Final Report PDF\n20\/09\/2013 2013\/1138 Trends, Risks, Vulnerabilities No. 2, 2013 Risk Analysis & Economics - Markets Infrastructure Investors Final Report PDF\n1.12 MB The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) is publishing its Risk Dashboard No.4 for 2013. The Risk Dashboard provides a snapshot of risk issues in the third quarter of 2013 and covers the following areas: Economic environment and securities markets conditions; Liquidity Risk; Market Risk; Contagion Risk; and Credit Risk.\n12\/03\/2014 2014\/188 Trends, Risks, Vulnerabilities No. 1, 2014 Risk Analysis & Economics - Markets Infrastructure Investors Final Report PDF\n03\/09\/2014 2014\/884 Report on Trends Risks Vulnerabilities No. 2, 2014 Risk Analysis & Economics - Markets Infrastructure Investors Final Report PDF\n03\/09\/2014 2014\/883 ESMA Risk Dashboard No. 3, 2014 Risk Analysis & Economics - Markets Infrastructure Investors Final Report PDF\n22\/09\/2014 JC\/2014\/063 Joint Committee Report on Risks and Vulnerabilities in the EU Financial System Risk Analysis & Economics - Markets Infrastructure Investors, Joint Committee Final Report PDF\n507.84 KB The Joint Committee of the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) published today its bi-annual report on risks and vulnerabilities in the European Union's (EU) financial system. The report identifies a number of risks to financial stability in the EU, including prolonged weak economic growth in an environment characterised by high indebtedness, intensified search for yield in a protracted low interest rate environment, and uncertainties in global emerging market economies. The report also highlights risks related to conduct of business and Information Technologies (IT).\n29\/10\/2014 2014\/1278 Report on the equivalence of the Indian Accounting Standards Corporate Disclosure, IAS Regulation Final Report PDF\nThis report fulfils the mandate received by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) from the European Commission (EC) in February 2014 to provide it with an update on the level of convergence of the Indian Accounting Standards (Ind-AS)1 towards International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and the quality of application and enforcement of the Ind-AS, so that the EC can provide a progress report to the Council and the European Parliament (EP) in line with its obligations under Commission Regulation (EC) 1569\/2007.\n14\/11\/2014 2014\/1341 ESMA Risk Dashboard No. 4, 2014 Risk Analysis & Economics - Markets Infrastructure Investors Final Report PDF\n766.77 KB The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has today published its Risk dashboard for the third quarter of 2014. 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{"text":"Tag Archive: organisation\nThe Marxist theory of the state: Deformed and Degenerated Workers' States and Capitalist States\nThe Marxist theory of the state:\nDeformed and Degenerated Workers' States and Capitalist States\nFrom Socialist Fight (British Section, Liaison Committee for the Fourth International)\nThe post WWII debate in the Fourth International of the late 1940s and early 1950s on the class character of the 'Buffer States' in Eastern Europe was resurrected in 1989-92 with the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the USSR following the Yanayev coup and Yeltsin's counter-coup of August 1991. We will see from the struggles we have outlined below that the Stalinist bureaucracies became divided into three camps following the defeat of the Brezhnevites by Gorbachev in 1989; those Gorbechevites on the left who wished to retain the degenerate and deformed workers' states by opening up the economic plan by glasnost (openness) and perestroika (restructuring), those in the middle (Yanayev and Deng in China) who sought the restoration of capitalism by slow, planned measures, maintaining the Stalinist bureaucracy as the vehicle of restoration and those on the right like Yeltsin who sought a rapid capitulation to western Imperialism and their own enrichment by plundering the state assets in alliance with western transnational corporations. We can observe at least elements of these three tendencies in most of the counter-revolutionary overturns of 1989-92.\nThe first debate on the nature of the East European countries behind the 'iron curtain' in the FI in the late 1940s eventually resulted in the correct conclusion that they were deformed workers' states, but much confusion remained. We will look at the position again as it emerged in the debate over the class character of Cuba in the early 1960s and the debate about the class character of Cambodia in the late 1970s following the invasion by Vietnam on 25 December 1978. And of course, as we have mentioned, the debate following the victory of the counter-revolutionary restoration of capitalism in Eastern European and Asian states in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Continue reading \u2192\nTags: alliance, anarchist, anti-capitalist, austria, bolshevik, britain, committee, communist, cwi, east, fifth, fight, for, fourth, grantism, guildford, ibt, imt, initiative, international, labour, league, lenin, liaison, liberation, london, marxist, Michael Proebsting, Militant, new, north, of, organisation, party, power, rcit, rcp, revolutionary, rkob, sf, socialist, south, stalinism, state, surrey, ted grant, tendancy, the, theory, Trotskyism, west, workers, wp, wpb, youth\nHealth Warning: John Butcher, Surrey County Council and Elmbridge Borough Councillor wants to deny NHS treatment to his constituents! Do not re-elect!\nFiled under: Guildford Against Fees & Cuts, Strictly Local - Issues And Campaigns\nEven fellow Tories distance themselves from this \"crazy fascist\"\nYesterday, The VOAG re-published a story about John Butcher, a Conservative Surrey County Councillor for Cobham ward. He has worked out a brilliant scheme for pushing up property values in the county \u2013 by driving out everyone who is fat, takes recreational drugs, gorges on junk food or has 'self-inflicted' health problems of any kind. As a member of the council's health committee, he has sent an email to staff suggesting a two-speed NHS in which \"patients with self-inflicted morbidity, (mainly smoking, alcohol, narcotics or obesity) or an injury through 'dangerous activities' are placed in a much slower-moving queue\". https:\/\/suacs.wordpress.com\/2012\/06\/04\/john-butcher-surrey-heath-tory-councillor-health-committee-nhs\nIn a response to the Elmbridge Guardian, which first broke the story, John Butcher added: \"If sports can ban performance-enhancing drug use, then entertainment etc. should ban narcotics and alcohol abuse\".\n\"Everyone in, or aspiring to, a position of public responsibility and everyone in a position to influence the public, including entertainers etc, should be asked to sign a voluntary pledge not to take illegal narcotics or consume excessive alcohol, or drive when so affected\".\n\"Anyone who fails to sign that pledge, or who signs it and breaches it, should be excluded from positions of public responsibility and influence. All public organisations, including regulated broadcasters etc, should agree to impose this exclusion\".\nFellow Councillor, Karen Randolph was also quoted in the paper. She said: \"The views expressed by Councillor Butcher challenge the very credibility of Surrey County Council's Health Overview Scrutiny Committee, of which he is a member. It is highly disturbing that the Conservative administration at SCC has deemed it appropriate to appoint to this committee a councillor who clearly does not support the NHS and who holds such extraordinary views about the responsibilities of the state to its citizens.\"\nCllr John Butcher also sits on Elbridge Borough Council, where he lists his chief concerns as \"Challenging wishy-washiness\" and \"nebulous do-goodery\".\nSimon Cook, a Conservative councillor in Cullingworth, Yorkshire called John Butcher \"a real deal health fascist\" and blogged yesterday: \"So if you smoke, drink, drive fast cars round a track or climb rocks (not sure whether Cllr Butcher's 'dangerous activities' includes horse riding and playing rugby) you'll be made to wait longer in the hope that you'll move away from Surrey. Indeed, it seems that Cllr Butcher thinks that, by doing this, all these people with \"self-inflicted\" illnesses will move to places where the authorities believe in equal treatment\".\nThe real question is: How would John butcher's proposals push up house prices in Surrey, and to whose benefit would it be? John Butcher's argument is that people with illnesses will be repulsed from Surrey, whilst \"healthy people will be attracted to the better healthcare that Surrey could afford, having been freed from the burden of treating sick people\".\nWhat the councillor is really saying is drive out the poor and less affluent from Surrey (the sick, disabled, smokers obese et al, who are by-and large the less well off) to make lebensraum for his wealthy friends. Bring on the concentration camps.\nBut let's give the councillor a chance. Let's take his comments on face value. There are 1.08 million residents in Surrey. According to Surrey County Council, one in four adults in Surrey are smokers. Surrey NHS estimates there are 455,000 \"hazardous\", \"harmful\" or \"binge drinkers\" in Surrey. http:\/\/www.surreydaat.org.uk\/pdf\/Alcohol%20Needs%20Assessment.pdf\nThe Obesity rate in Surrey, lower than the national average, is estimated by Surrey PCT to be at 20% of the population. http:\/\/www.guildford.gov.uk\/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=569&p=0 As for drugs use, there are no statistics for Surrey, but in the South East, according to the ONS, 8.6% of the adult population took illegal drugs last year, with 3.3% of the population described as frequent drug users. http:\/\/data.gov.uk\nThe councillor extended his attack on the unfit and unwell to people engaged in \"risky past-times and sports\". It's plainly obvious that this is just a smoke screen to hide his real agenda, which is to chase the less affluent, who have a propensity to be less fit, out of Surrey. I can't believe the Councillor is thinking of his horse riding, rugby playing chums when he talks of \"dangerous sports\". However, taking Cllr Butcher at his word again, we have to take account of horse riding, rugby, perhaps even motor cycling, and a host of other recreational pass-times that might be considered potentially hazardous.\nFor example, according to Surrey County Council's 2007 Rights Of Way report, there are 20,000 horses in Surrey. A 1998 Gallop poll found 6% of Surrey residents had gone horse riding in that year. http:\/\/www.surreycc.gov.uk\/__data\/assets\/pdf_file\/0009\/176058\/ROWIP-main-text.pdf\nWhere's all this going, what's the point of all these statistics? Well, by my reckoning, if the Councillor had his way, they'd be no-one left in Surrey. His policy certainly wouldn't produce the rise in property prices that he and his chums so desire.\nAs an aside to these arguments; according to the ONS, Excise duty & VAT raised by the UK Drinks industry amounts to \u00a322bn annually, whilst alcohol consumption costs the nation, through the health service, crime, lost production etc \u00a320bn.\nEstimates of the costs to the NHS from smoking varies greatly, one study estimated an annual cost of \u00a3610m. Another study (Allender, S- The burden of smoking-related ill health in the UK) estimates the cost to be \u00a32.7bn \u2013 whilst the Centre for Health Economics estimates the cost to be between \u00a31.4bn and \u00a31.7bn. According to the HMRC (Revenue & Customs) Tobacco tax revenue last year amounted to \u00a312.1bn.\nAnother argument, developed by the University of Public Health, Rotterdam indicates that smoking may even save the NHS money. Their study shows that since smokers on average die younger, they do not incur the costs of a lengthy old age or the costly diseases that are associated with it. Their study concluded that the average health cost of a non-smoker was $83,400 whilst the average health cost of a smoker was $72,600.\nThese fiscal arguments, which clearly show the tax payer incurs no cost from smoking and alcohol consumption, can be equally applied to the sporting activities Cllr Butcher appears so against. In each and every case revenue exceeds the costs.\nIt's not the first time John Butcher has hit the local headlines. A council employee lodged an official complaint against him in February 2010.\nCouncil proceedings start with a prayer, during which no one is allowed to enter or leave the council chambers. Cllr Butcher arrived late to the 2010 February council meeting- and finding that prayers had already begun, and the door to the chambers closed and guarded by an attendant- he lost his temper. He aggressively forced his way in to the chambers, thrusting the door in to the face of the attendant, injuring him and bruising his face.\nAn eye-witness told the Surrey Advertiser: \"During prayers I became aware of someone attempting to gain entry to the council chamber, through the door being 'guarded' [by the officer], using his body to keep the door shut. It quickly became apparent that this someone had not been deterred by the efforts and they again tried to enter the chamber in a more forceful manner. I then recall [the officer] turning his head towards the door as if to indicate through the frosted glass to the person on the other side that prayers were still ongoing. A very short time afterwards I recall hearing something of a thud as the door hit [the officer] on the side of the head and I witnessed John Butcher stumbling\/forcing his way into the chamber through the partially opened door.\"\nAfter the incident John Butcher refused to apologise to the attendant and denied injuring him, even though there was a council chamber full of witnesses.\nNot only are John Butcher's views abhorrent, but as I hope I've shown, they don't even make sense or stand up to any kind of reasoning. Rather than exile the less-well-off, the sick and the disabled from Surrey, it's time to kick John Butcher out of Surrey. Do not re-elect John Butcher to Surrey County Council or Elmbridge Borough Council.\n18 Bramble Rise\nCobham Surrey\nKT11 2HP\njbutcher@elmbridge.gov.uk\nTags: 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, alcohol, anti, anticapitalism, ballot, borough, butcher, campaign, cannabis, capitalism, cllr, cocaine, committee, community, conservative, council, councillor, county, crime, democrat, drinking, drug, election, elmbridge, guildford, health, heath, heroine, hospital, illness, in, inflicted, john, labour, lib dem, libdem, liberal, meeting, nhs, obesity, of, organisation, overview, party, police, public, scrutiny, self, service, smoking, sport, surrey, tory, treatment, voag, voice, vote, ward\n2011 August Uprising One Year On \u2013 The VOAG reviews the RKOB's analysis\n2011 August Uprising One Year On \u2013\nThe VOAG reviews the RKOB's analysis\nMarking the anniversary of the 2011 August uprising, The VOAG has received with interest a series of documents from the RKOB (Revolutionary Communist Organisation for Liberation). The Austrian RKOB originated as a left wing split from the LFI (League for the Fifth International), and has since founded the Revolutionary Communist International Tendency of which it is the Austrian section.\nThe VOAG would like to thank the RKOB for coming over to Britain in solidarity with the workers and youth who bravely fought Street battles against the police in defiance of austerity, unemployment, police harassment and oppression.\nThe VOAG would like to applaud the RKOB for its internationalism and sincerity. Whilst the RKOB sent a delegation from Austria, many Trotskyist groups based in London were no where to be seen on the streets of London. Left wing groups in Britain, as the RKOB have pointed out, limited themselves to standing on the sidelines, issuing impotent statements of half hearted sympathy and understanding toward the workers and youth. Many within the Labour movement even condemned the communities that participated in the resistance, labeling them rioters.\nThe VOAG also congratulates the RKOB on its forthright analysis of those August Days and the attitudes of the British labour movement toward them. (4) The uprising was a test which the labour movement universally failed. The RKOB asked the question \"What Would A Revolutionary Organisation Have Done\" (3) The RKOB says a revolutionary party would: \"have criticised all those reformist and centrist forces which restrict themselves to merely explain[ing] why the poor and oppressed take to the streets,(\u2026) or who only call for abstract solidarity without raising a finger for practical participation and support for the uprising.\"\nA revolutionary organisation would have visited the communities, distributed propaganda, and directed those involved in the uprising, as much as was possible, away from targeting small shops and personal property and towards multinational chain stores, police stations and barricades. How embarrassing, how utterly shameful that this work had to be done by a group based in Austria, whilst so called revolutionaries in London stayed at home, ignoring historical opportunities to make connections with working class youth and their communities.\nAs a member of the LFI \u2013known in Britain as Workers Power, (since expelled for being working class and left-wing) I was amazed at the attitude of my own organization toward the protests. The RKOB correctly criticises Workers Power for not participating in the uprising, even though its annual international youth camp was taking place only two miles away from some of the protests.\nThe VOAG agrees with the RKOB's characterisation of the uprising and its conclusion that the lower working classes are central to the struggles to come. The VOAG echoes the RKOB's criticisms of groups like Workers Power for being petty-bourgeois and for turning their back on the poorer, oppressed layers of the working class, in favour of the labour aristocracy and organised workers.\nHowever The VOAG considers the RKOB has strayed too far in the opposite direction. It puts too much emphasis on the youth and the poorer, more oppressed sections of the working class. It is true that: \" after the mass protests of the youth in the education sector and the strikes of the trade unions, the lower strata of the working class and migrants have now entered the battlefield of class struggle with their uprising\". (1)\nAnd further: \"It is precisely the poorer, the lower, the oppressed layers of the working class \u2013 including the young, the racially and nationally oppressed layers \u2013 that are often ready to resist against the massive oppression and exploitation. And this part of the working class constitutes the largest mass, the heart of our class. How absurd is \u2013 given the present development \u2013 the theory of the League for the Fifth International that the labour aristocracy constitutes the core layer of the working class (at least in imperialist countries like the UK). In fact, this part of our class is \u2013 as Lenin put it \u2013 \"the craft-union, narrow-minded, selfish, case-hardened, covetous, and petty-bourgeois \"labour aristocracy\", imperialist-minded, and imperialist-corrupted, (\u2026). That is incontestable. In contrast to the false assumption of LFI, the oppressed, the lower layers of the working class can play a central role in taking the class struggle against capitalist oppression on to the streets. This is what we see today in Great Britain.\"(1)\nHowever, the corollary of the petty-bourgeois tendencies of the labour aristocracy and trades unions is the alienation and lack of leadership of the unorganised precariate, youth and unemployed. Like it or not only the organised labour movement \u2013 however aristocratic- as expressed through the unions, has the ability, organisation and wherewithal to mount effective strike action and economic resistance to capitalism. It still comes down to who has the economic power in society. And it is they, the organised labour movement, in their aristocratic unions \u2013 with their ability to withdraw their labour in a general strike \u2013 that hold the power in society.\nWhilst the poorer and oppressed layers of the working class can provide a vital push from below, the organised labour movement can give their resistance organisation and economic clout. Both these categories of the working class have positive and progressive features as well as negative and reactionary features.\nThe RKOB writes: \"it confirmed to us how serious the political mistakes of the unions are not to organize lower layers of the workers en mass\": These aren't mistakes. The Trades Union bureaucracy wants nothing to do with the lower working class. The bureaucracy is implacably opposed to the radicalisation that would surely follow a serious recruitment drive among the precariate, unemployed and poor.\nFor this reason the VOAG agrees with the RKOB when it: \"advocates that the labour movement organises the most oppressed layers.\" (2) That we need a: \"revolutionary Workers International with nationally rooted combat parties\u2026based on the working class and in particular the lower and middle strata.\" (5) And that our goal must be: \"an indefinite general strike in connection with the organising of youth uprisings\".(2)\nWorkers Power, who along with other pretendy trot groups, have clearly chosen petty-bourgeois and labour aristocratic forces over the precariate, youth and unemployed. We as Marxists choose scientific socialism. We make objective assessments of how the class struggle is playing itself out, based on an analysis of the constantly shifting interplay of class forces. We don't seek to subjectively counter pose one force against another; we seek a revolutionary alliance of these forces.\nNote: The VOAG broadly agrees with the RKOB's analysis. However \u2013 No.4: Five Days That Shook Britain is an excellent document that summarises the attitudes and positions of a number of left groups toward the uprising. If you decide to read any of the original documents linked below, The VOAG recommends you definitely read this one.\nThese Are Not Riots \u2013 RCIT 10-08-2011\nThe August Uprising Report Of The RKOB Delegation \u2013 RCIT 13-08-11\nWhat Would A Revolutionary Organisation Have Done \u2013 RCIT 18-08-11\nFive Days That Shook Britain \u2013 RCIT 01-09-11\nOn The Anniversary Of The August Uprising \u2013 RCIT 07-08-12\nRevolutionary Communist Organisation for Liberation (RKOB)\nTags: 2011, anarchist, anti, anti-capitalism, aristocracy, august, austrian, capitalism, capitalist, communist, fith, for, guildford, in, initiative, international, labour, league, lfi, liberation, london, michael, of, organisation, party, police, power, probsting, rcit, revolutionary, riots, rkob, sociaety, socialist, south, student, suac, suacs, surrey, surrey united anti capitalist society, tendency, the, trotskyist, union, united, uprising, voag, voice, workers\nWhere is the LFI drifting? An Open Letter to Workers Power from Michael Probsting, former leading member of Workers Power, Austria\nWhere is the LFI drifting?\nIn April 2011, a left-wing faction in the LFI, the Bolshevik Opposition, was bureaucraticaly expelled from the League for the Fifth International. The majority of the faction were members of the Austrian Section, who went on to form the RKOB (Revolutionary Communist Organisation) \u2013 and recently founded a new international, the RCIT (Revolutionary Communist International Tendency).\nThe VOAG recieved a copy of an open letter to all present and former comrades of the LFI (published below). Whilst the VOAG doesn't agree with everything in the letter, we support its general line and are in total accord with the specific criticisms levelled at Workers Power.\nThe VOAG is preparing a reply to the letter, which will appear on the blog shortly, but in the meantime, we have taken the step to publish this letter in full because it echoes so closely our own criticisms.\nA Letter from the RCIT (Revolutionary Communist International Tendency) to the LFI comrades, 11.5.2012\nDear comrades of the LFI,\nWe address you in this letter because several of our cadre were member\nof the LFI until recently. In the last 12 months we have seen divisions,\nexpulsion and splits in the League for the Fifth International. In April\n2011 five cadres from the Austrian section, who have formed the\n\"Bolshevik Opposition\" faction, were bureaucratically expelled by the\nLFI's IEC majority. Amongst them were two members of the International\nExecutive Committee (IEC) and three members of the leadership of the\nyouth organisation REVOLUTION in Austria. Around this time a Tamil\ncomrade from the central leadership of the Sri Lanka section,\nresponsible for the union work amongst the plantation workers, resigned\ntoo. And several months later a number of members from the Pakistani\nsection (including a Central Committee member), who had formed the\n\"Left Opposition\" faction, left the LFI. Together with other comrades\nwe have joined forces and formed \u2014 also with former LFI members in the\nUSA \u2014 an international organisation, the Revolutionary Communist\nInternational Tendency (RCIT).\nPolitically our origin is in the struggle against the LFI's majority\nopportunist adaption towards the union bureaucracy, the reformist and\ncentrist left and its lack of orientation towards workers and nationally\noppressed.\nHowever shortly after these expulsion and splits the LFI majority split\nitself. Recently a number of members resigned from the LFI, amongst them\n4 IEC members, central leaders from the British section and the central\nleader of the Austrian respectively the Czech section. They are a\nright-wing centrist, liquidationist split reflecting the pressure of the\nprogressive petty-bourgeois strata at the universities and in the\noccupation movement.\nSo as a result, all in all in the last 12 month the LFI has lost half of\nits IEC members and \u2014 since the congress in summer 2010 \u2014 up to 1\/3 of\nits total membership.\nWhat are the main issues of this letter?\nIn this letter we point out that:\n1. It is the duty of Marxists to make clear which class character\npolitical forces have. The leadership of the LFI has \/NOT\/ made clear\nwhich class character the liquidationist, petty bourgeois split has.\n2. This happens because of the adaption from the leadership of the LFI\ntowards the petty-bourgeois milieu! In the united front Anticapitalist\ninitiatives projects which WPB joined they don't have a sharp\nrevolutionary profile and are very soft in criticizing centrist forces\nor don't criticise them at all in public. They are even talking about\nthe \"revolutionary left\" when they mean the centrist left.\n3. The LFI itself is in its composition dominated by activists coming\nfrom petty bourgeois\/intellectual layers or the upper strata of the\nworking class since many years. It has a massive lack of workers from\nthe broad mass of the proletariat and from the oppressed.\n4. Therefore its political degeneration into centrism is related to the\nreluctance over years to correct the bad class composition of the LFI.\nThe organisation has developed an opportunist approach towards the\npolitics of libertarian and other petty-bourgeois forces!\n5. We characterise the reluctance to win workers and oppressed in deeds\n(not only as promises and intentions) as part of the problem of\n\"aristocratism\" that goes hand in hand with the opportunism. It means\nthe orientation to aristocratic layers and the accommodation to various\npositions and prejudices of the labour aristocracy.\n6. One expression of this was the rejection of the slogan \"\/For a\nSocialist Tamil Eelam\/\" in Sri Lanka. It was a consequence of\naccommodation towards prejudices amongst the petty-bourgeois\nintellectuals and the aristocratic layers in the working class. We as\nRCIT are demanding not only a Socialist Tamil Eelam but also an \"Azad,\nSocialist Kashmir\" and an \"Azad, Socialist Baluchistan\" in Pakistan.\n7. We sharply critisise the LFI leadership for pushing the organisation\nto refuse participate in the August Uprising of tens of thousands of\nworking class youth in Britain in summer 2011. This was criminal\nespecially because it happened in London at the same time as the REVO\nsummer camp, where many comrades from the LFI and REVOLUTION came\ntogether. Active participation was rejected by the leaders of the LFI\nand they didn't even sent a delegation of members to be in the\nproletarian districts where the uprisings happened during the nights.\nThey rather preferred to have a summer camp with the slogan \"summer,\nsun, socialism\" (this was the headline of their report) where the\nfocus was on discussions and drinking instead of being part of the class\nstruggle on the burning streets of London. It is a joke to agitate once\nor twice in the proletarian districts during the day and to hide in the\ncamp by night when the uprising takes place. Such a leadership is not\ncapable to lead sections in semi colonial countries with sharp state\noppression. It demonstrated a lack of revolutionary audacity. This was\ncentrism in deeds and a betrayal of revolutionary principles.\n8. Comrades, mistakes can happen, even grave mistakes can happen. But\nthe worst thing is not to make mistakes, but to fail in recognising\nthem, not to learn from them and not to make the necessary sharp\n9. The LFI has undertaken a sharp centrist degeneration. It is no wonder\nthat the LFI has shrunken massively.\n10. We call all members of the LFI to break with the policy of centrist\ndegeneration which is dominating now the LFI. Comrades, correct these\nfatal mistakes! Reorient the LFI towards the workers and oppressed!\nWhy did this happen?\nLet us see how the LFI leadership characterises the split of the\nright-wing liquidationists around Luke Cooper, Simon Hardy (both from\nBritain), Roman Riedl (Austria) and Martin Mikula (Czech Republic). In\nits Statement on Resignations from the British Section of the League\nfrom 28.4.2012, the International Secretariat (IS) of the LFI correctly\ncriticises the right-wing splitters for their rejection of democratic\ncentralism and the need for a programmatically homogenous organisation.\nThe IS states: \"Their argument was simply copied wholesale from the\nquasi-libertarian critiques of Leninism and Trotskyism presently\nfashionable on the English-speaking left.\" The IS also describes their\nviews: \"The majority correctly characterised these proposals as\nliquidationist, both in the political sense, in terms of dissolving our\nprogramme and principles, and the organisational sense, in terms of\ndissolving our tendency.\"\nIt is however characteristic that the IS, while describing correctly\nseveral features of this right-wing split fails to go beyond such a\ndescription and to give it a clear political class characterisation.\nAs a result it fails to analyse, characterise and understand the context\nof this split.\nWe characterise the group around Cooper, Hardy, Riedl and Mikula as a\nright-wing, liquidationist split. As all political tendencies and\nphenomena in a class society it has a class character. As Marxists we\nhave to point out what sort of class character the liquidationist split\nhas. It is a petty-bourgeois, extreme right-centrist current. It\nreflects their capitulation towards the pressure of the progressive\npetty-bourgeois layers (dominated by university students and (pseudo-)\nintellectuals) who have an important influence in the occupation\nmovement and amongst the left-wing university milieu.\nAdaption towards the petty-bourgeois milieu\nHowever the LFI leadership does not give a clear class character of the\nsplit and indeed is even incapable to understand the need of it. Why?\nFirstly because it would force them to rethink their own orientation\nsince it orientates itself to the same petty-bourgeois milieu since\nyears as the right-wing liquidationists are doing. Secondly because it\nwould force them to ask themselves how it could happen that a\nsignificant sector of its leadership and membership openly repudiates\nLeninism and Trotskyism. And thirdly they would have to ask themselves\nwhy the same leaders with whom together they enthusiastically expelled\nfuture RCIT cadre in April 2011, why these same people desert the\norganisation and Trotskyism only 12 month later (after they had started\nin Britain an internal campaign for their liquidationist views for at\nleast half a year)!\nFor us in the RCIT this development is not surprising and only the\nlogical consequence of the process of centrist degeneration which the\nLFI unfortunately has undergone in the recent past. Already in late 2009\ntoday RCIT cadres who at that time had the majority in the Austrian\nLFI section fought against the liquidationist tendencies which\ncomrade Riedl and others showed during the intervention in a mass\nuniversity strike in Austria. They rejected our proposals to intervene\nopenly as members of the LFI and they refused to publicly criticise the\nwrong policy of the centrists and the left-reformist and libertarian\nforces which provided the leadership of the movement. Similarly we\nfought against the \"new discoveries\" of Riedl and others in 2010 that\nthe IMT (Grant, Woods, Lal Khan) and centrism as such \"are a current of\nMarxism\", albeit not a revolutionary one. And we emphasised against\nRiedl and others that the reformist bureaucracy does not betray the\nworkers because of their \"wrong ideologies and lack of understanding\".\nThis is a false, idealistic explain. As Marxists we say it happens\nbecause as bureaucrats they have a material interest in controlling and\npacifying the working class, they are corrupted and they are therefore\nalso linked with the capitalist state and class.\nThese internal struggles dealt with questions touching the principles of\nMarxism, in particular the relationship between the revolutionary\nvanguard, its petty-bourgeois and labour reformist opponents and sectors\nof the masses. These were debates which anticipated a number of issues\naround which the splits\/expulsion of the Bolsheviks by the LFI majority\noccurred in 2011 and around which the split of the right-wing\nliquidationists in spring 2012 took place.\nThe left-wing inside the LFI and later cadres of the RCIT defended the\ntraditional Marxist position which the LFI, when it was still a\nrevolutionary organisation, had defended too. But the majority of the\nLFI leadership wavered. Several of them sympathised more with Riedls\npositions rather than ours but they hesitated to openly wage a\npolitical-ideological struggle against us. So they all agreed that the\nLFI leadership should not take a position on these debates. In short\nthey proved incapable to understand the task of revolutionary cadres to\ndefend Marxist principles always and from the beginning. They only\nstarted to formally defend some of these principles when the right-wing\nproposed to dissolve the organisation and hence a split was already\naround the corner.\nIt is indicative that the LFI majority planned and executed very quickly\nthe expulsion of the \"Bolshevik Opposition\" comrades only a few weeks\nafter they formed a faction in Austria. On the other hand they didn't\nsee any reason to expel the right-wing liquidationists despite their\nopen renunciation of Bolshevism. Would the Cooper Hardy Riedl Mikula\ngroup have been less determined to build their \"undogmatic\nanticapitalist networks\" and would they have not resigned in mid-April\n2012, they would still have a place in the LFI. In fact the LFI\nleadership actively hopes to win them back as they wrote in their\n\"Statement on Resignations\". \"We can only hope that our former\ncomrades draw this lesson from their own experience quickly, and return\nto our ranks to build a disciplined international organisation with a\nclear programme\". In another statement of the LFI leadership this still\nexisting closeness to the right-wing liquidationist was made even clearer:\n\"We regret their decision, as they are all talented people, many of\nwhom played an important role in the student movement in 2010-11. While\nwe recognise that there has been a significant divergence in our views\nover the last seven months, we had hoped that the debate we conducted at\nour national conference last month and our International Council meeting\nat Easter could have continued within our ranks. We were disappointed\nthat the comrades chose to leave after such a short discussion. We have\nmade it clear to Simon and the others that we will continue to work with\nthem wherever that is practical and principled. Given the continued\nsimilarity of our political views we expect those occasions to be many\nand frequent.\" (Reply from Richard Brenner (LFI) to split statement of\nright-wing, 14.4.2012,\nhttp:\/\/louisproyect.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/14\/a-simple-proposal-for-a-new-anticapitalist-left)\nThe practice of the past 12 month has shown that while the LFI\nleadership is totally hostile to the Bolsheviks it is soft and\nwell-coming to the right-wing liquidationists. They see themselves much\ncloser to the later.\nThis is in itself an expression of the centrist character of the\npresent-day leadership of the LFI. In Trotsky's days the centrist Stalin\nleadership exclaimed that it is \"fighting resolutely both against the\nleft-wing and the right.-wing danger\" inside the Communist Party.\nTrotsky explained that this equation of the currents to the right and to\nthe left of the Marxist line demonstrates itself a petty-bourgeois,\ncentrist position:\n\"The central idea of the present campaign, that Marxist politics in\ngeneral consists in a struggle against the right and against the left\nwith the same irreconcilable spirit, is thoroughly absurd. To the right\nof Marxist politics stands the mighty world of imperialism with its\nstill enormous agency of collaborationists. There is the enemy. To the\nleft of the Marxist line there can be only wrong tendencies within the\nproletariat itself, infantile disorder in the party, and so forth. The\nmost extreme expression of this false 'leftism' is anarchism. But\nanarchism's strength and influence are all the smaller and less\nsignificant the more resolutely, the more determinedly, the more\nconsistently the revolutionary party fights against opportunism. That is\nprecisely the special historical merit of Bolshevism. In its annals, the\nstruggle against the left always bore an episodic and subordinated\ncharacter. The Stalinist formula of the struggle 'with the same\nintransigence' against the right and the left is not a Bolshevik formula\nbut the traditional formula of petty-bourgeois radicalism, whose entire\nhistory has been nothing but struggle against 'reaction' on one hand and\nagainst the proletarian revolution on the other hand.\" (Leon Trotsky:\nCrisis in the Right-Center Bloc (1928); in: Leon Trotsky: The Challenge\nof the Left Opposition (1928-29), p. 302f.)\nIn fact the present-day leadership of the LFI fought with a much more\n\"irreconcilable spirit\" against the left-wing and expelled them when\ntheir leaders posed a potential danger inside the IEC. On the other hand\nthey tried every possible compromise and still sending olive branches\nand appeals to the right-wing liquidationists to come back.\nThe chimera and the truth about the Bolshevik united front tactic\nWhat is the reason for this? It is because the LFI's leadership itself\nis politically confused and has become left-centrist in 2011. (Although\nwe would not say that all members have left the former Bolshevik\ntradition of the LFI and thus it is possible that there might be future\ninternal struggles around key issues in the context of the degeneration\nprocess of the LFI as a whole.) It is no accident that they and the\nright-wingers together attacked and expelled us because of our as\nthey called it \"sectarianism\". They accused the Bolsheviks who later\nformed the RCIT that they have an \"ultra-left understanding of the\nunited front tactic.\"\nWhat the LFI and WPB leadership is hiding behind this chimera is its\nown growing opportunism. As we have shown with a number of quotes (see\nfor this the preface to our essay on the Fifth International in our\nEnglish-language journal Revolutionary Communism No. 2, p. 26-28;\nhttp:\/\/www.thecommunists.net\/theory\/what-sort-of-fifth-international-do-we-need)\nthe comrades see the reasons for the left-reformist trade union\nbureaucrats failure in the recent mass struggles against the Tory LibDem\ngovernment in their \"refusal to think outside the box\" and their\n\"fear of the anti-union laws\" not their inability to struggle in\nthe interest of the workers because of their material interests as\nbureaucrats. They also identify as the main problem of the left not\ntheir petty-bourgeois, centrist or left-reformist policy and\nsubordination to the labour bureaucracy but their \"divisions and\nfragmentations\". In its latest proposal for a political platform of the\nAnticapitalist Initiative WPB repeats this position:\n\"The leaders of the major unions have postponed and fragmented the\nfight back called for by their members. The pensions struggle which\nhad the potential to unify the movement has been cynically sabotaged\nby right wing union leaders, and discoordinated by 'left wing' union\nleaders afraid of the anti-union laws. (\u2026) The failure of the official\nleaderships has been compounded by two key factors: withered and weakened state of workplace organisation, and the inability of the revolutionary left organisations to transcend\ntheir fragmentation.\nInstead they project their division into the\nanti-cuts struggle, building rival anti-cuts campaigns where a powerful\nunited front is needed. \" (Workers Power: Draft Proposal for Political\nBasis for the Anti-capitalist Initiative, 21.4.2012,\nhttp:\/\/southlondonanticapitalists.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/30\/building-a-new-left-a-great-start\/;\nour emphasis)\nIn effect the remaining left-centrist WPB leadership spreads the same\nnonsensical idea that there exists not a centrist left but a\n\"revolutionary left\" and the problem is that it remains fragmented. In\nthe past we in the revolutionary LFI laughed about such nonsense. Today,\nthe Neo-LFI leadership repeats this stupidity itself! If the various\ncentrist groups would be united in one big centrist organisation \u2026 it\nwould be a unified obstacle, and not an instrument to overcome the\ncrisis of leadership. Why? Because the centrist left is not\nrevolutionary, it is centrist. This means they possess a wrong, centrist\nmethod, strategy and tactic. It means that they are politically adapting\nand dependent of the labour bureaucracy. THIS is the main reason why\n\"the left\" cannot challenge the official labour movement leadership!\nIn addition to this the LFI\/WPB leadership also adapts to the\nlibertarian sentiments which are strong amongst the petty-bourgeois\nsectors of the university student and in the occupation movement. In\ncontrast to the past when we intervened in non-revolutionary\norganisations, the WPB proposal does not deal with the question of power\nand therefore lacks the slogan for a workers government.\nThe LFI WPB's leadership whole orientation towards the \"Anti-capitalist\nInitiative\" (ACI) is in itself opportunistically flawed. According to\nall reports which have been published this initiative attracted less\npeople to its foundation conference on 28th April than the number of\npeople who attended the WPB Anti-capitalism event last autumn. About half\nof the 70-80 people present were members of Workers Power and its two\nright-wing splits (the Permanent Revolution group and the Cooper\/Hardy\ngroup). The rest of the participants were in their majority divided\nbetween various organised and unorganised leftists and some libertarian\nuniversity students.\nThis ACI is neither a reflection of the radicalisation of sectors of the\nworking class or proletarian youth. Nor does it reflect sectors of\ncentrism which are moving to the left. It is rather a combination of\ncentrists moving to the right (who are questioning the \"shibboleths\" of\nthe revolutionary pre-party organisations, of Bolshevism, who are\nwondering if Leninism might have been responsible for Stalinism etc.)\nand some libertarian university students. In short according to all\naccounts it is a small petty-bourgeois combination of right-wing\ncentrists and libertarian forces. While the LFI\/WPB's leadership\ncorrectly criticised the right-wing splitters for their capitulation\ntowards libertarian views, they themselves orientate to the same milieu\nand opportunistically adapt their propaganda to it.\nHow we did it in the past\nThis is a break from our revolutionary tradition in the past. While the\nLFI majority (at that time the left-centrists and the right-wing\nliquidationist were united against us, the Bolshevik wing in the LFI)\naccused us of a \"sectarian\" approach to reformism and centrism, the\nopposite was and is true. In the 2000s we had proven in practice by our\nwork in the Austrian section that we are capable much better than the\nrest of the LFI in Europe to intersect with militant sectors of the\nmasses, putting demands on the bureaucracy and repeatedly force the\nreformists and centrists into united front initiatives with us and\ncombine this with an intransigent revolutionary profile. We initiated or\nco-initiated a number of demonstrations and school student strikes with\nthousands of participants. As a result our leading comrades could\nseveral times address in speeches thousands of workers and youth at\ndemonstrations. (Some of them you can see at our youtube channel\nhttp:\/\/www.youtube.com revolutioncommunism\nhttp:\/\/www.youtube.com\/revolutioncommunism\nWe also played an\ninitiating and leading role in an electoral left alliance in summer 2008\n(called \"THE LEFT\"). But in opposite to the LFI\/WPB's leadership policy\ntoday we did this with a revolutionary programme and with a sharp\nprofile from the beginning. Our slogan \"Expropriate the super-rich!\"\nenraged the bourgeois media and annoyed the left-reformists and\ncentrists inside the alliance. But we also won sympathises and through\nour focus on on-the-ground agitation in a working class district in\nVienna we recruited a number of workers and youth. The reports about all\nthis can still be found in the section \"Austria\" on the LFI's website.\nAnd on the RCIT website you will find a report, photos and videos of the\ninternationalist MayDay 2012 demonstration in Vienna with 1.500\nparticipants organised by a united front in which the Austrian RCIT\ncomrades played a leading role. In all these years we had not only a\nsharp, revolutionary, public profile but also a sharp critic against the\ncentrist forces.\nIn contrast when WPB won a leading position in a mass movement as it\ndid in the university student movement in 2010 \u2014 it unfortunately\ncollapsed into opportunist adaption towards the petty-bourgeois milieu.\nWhen the mass movement hit the streets against the austerity plans of\nthe Cameron government in autumn 2010 and the general strike slogan\nbecame an important tactic, the WPB leadership rejected agitation for a\ngeneral strike and even criticised the SWP for raising this slogan as\n\"too advanced\"! Instead of engaging in a sharp political struggle\nagainst the various centrist and libertarian forces, the WPB leadership\nlooked for a peaceful co-existence with them in various left-wing\nuniversity student alliances. In the end LFI\/WPB became centrist itself\nand instead of growing it lost 1\/3 of its members in Britain.\nSimilarly the LFI section in Austria nearly all of them university\nstudents declined politically and organisationally after our\nexpulsion. They announced in public a self-criticism that they want to\ncorrect the \"one-sided\", \"superficial\" positions on Palestine and many\nother issues which the Austrian section published under our leadership\nin the past decade. Since then not a single document has appeared which\nproved the so-called \"one-sidedness\" of our past positions or which\ncontained better, \"more differentiated\" positions. The ideological class\nstruggle against left-reformism and centrism has de facto disappeared\nfrom the LFI Austria propaganda. No theoretical document has been\npublished. They also ceased the publication of their e-mail newsletter,\nsuspended the publication of its paper for half a year and hardly had\nany public meetings in the past 12 months. At the same time the Austrian\nRCIT section has not only published a monthly paper, two issues of its\ntheoretical journal, run a regularly updated website and newsletter but\nalso worked hard and successfully to recruit a number of workers and\nworking class youth (including migrants from the lower strata of the\nworking class). And at the same time it participated actively in the\nformation process of the RCIT. In fact Austria is a model for the\ncharlatanry of the LFI majority's critique against us. They argued for\nour expulsion as a need \"to prevent a damage of the section in Austria\".\nWell, since they \"saved\" the Austrian section from the Bolsheviks, it\nhasn't produced any theory, hardly any kind of propaganda and hardly any\npublic meetings took place \u2014 this is the new work mode of the sections\nsince then. In addition to it, Riedl who was encouraged from the LFI to\nlead the section played a central role in the liquidationist split, and\nthe one or other will follow him soon. If this is a successful way to\nprevent damage, than we hope that we had not learn anything of it.\nWhat is the cause of the centrist degeneration?\nAll these failures and adaption's towards centrism are not accidently.\nThe right-wing split is just the most consistent form of the political\ndegeneration which the LFI has undergone in the recent past. These\nfundamental problems are related to a wrong understanding of the tasks\nof a revolutionary communist organisation in the present period.\nA central task of a communist pre-party organisation is to speak out the\ntruth as it sees it. Unfortunately in the last years a number of LFI\ncadres have shared the post-modernist, neo-Gramscian method of Luke\nCooper which is alien to the materialist dialectic. As a result the LFI\nmajority overthrew at its Congress in 2010 our traditional method of\ncharacterising historical periods. Hence they rejected our analyses of\nthe period after 2001 as \"pre-revolutionary\" and of the present period\nas \"revolutionary\". The same petty-bourgeois method led them to reject\nthe Leninist position that the labour aristocracy is a small top layer\nin the working class which is politically backward and bribed by the\nbourgeoisie. They rather believe that the labour aristocracy is the best\norganised and most militant sector of the class who gets privileges\nbecause of its class struggle. While the LFI leadership\nopportunistically overstate the progressive character of the labour\naristocracy, it underestimates the importance of the middle and lower\nstrata of the working class and of the national oppressed layers. This\nis why they reject our analyses of migrants in imperialist countries as\n\"in their huge majority nationally oppressed and super-exploited layers\nof the working class.\" At the same time they tend to welcome\nassimilation of migrants into the majority nation as progressive. This\nis why we advocate the complete equality of languages of minorities and\nthe abolition of the state language as the Bolsheviks did (again against\nthe opposition of a substantial minority at the LFI congress in 2010).\nThis is why we advocate support for an independent state of oppressed\nnations if they have demonstrated in past struggles that they wish for\nthis. We combine it with the perspective of working class power. This is\nwhy the RCIT advocates a \"Socialist Tamil Eelam\" in Sri Lanka and an\n\"Azad, Socialist Kashmir\" and an \"Azad, Socialist Baluchistan\" in\nThis includes the propaganda and agitation of the necessary strategies\nand tactics for the working class struggle. It also includes the warning\nof the vanguard from its wrong friends \u2014 the right-wing and left-wing\nlabour bureaucrats and the centrists of various colours. It means\ncalling things by their name. That's why the unambiguous advocacy of\nrevolutionary tactics, the sharp criticism of the reformist and centrist\nforces, the class characterisation of movements and political formations\netc. are indispensable for a communist pre-party organisation.\nWhy did the LFI degenerate so quickly in the last years? Why did a whole\nsector of its leadership cadre renounce Leninism and Trotskyism and\ndenounce the task of building revolutionary organisations? Of course\nthere are several reasons but the most important factor is that the LFI\nin most sections has a bad class composition, a dominance of university\nstudents, intellectuals and labour aristocrats since many years. It is a\njoke to have such a composition over years in imperialist countries\nwhere the working class (especially the lower and middle strata)\nrepresents the absolute majority of the population. This is a serious\nproblem particularly in the new historic period where the class struggle\nfrom above and from below is sharpening enormously. In such a period the\npressures not only from the bourgeoisie but also from the various\nsectors of the progressive petty bourgeoisie and the labour bureaucracy\nare increasing enormously. The worse the class composition of a\nrevolutionary organisation is, the more difficult it is to stand against\nthese political and ideological pressures.\nTrotsky once remarked that \"..the more the party is petty-bourgeois in\nits composition, the more it is dependent upon the changes in the\nofficial public opinion.\" (Leon Trotsky: From a Scratch To the\nDanger of Gangrene (1940); in Leon Trotsky: In Defense of Marxism, New\nYork 1990, p. 113;\nhttp:\/\/www.marxists.org\/archive\/trotsky\/idom\/dm\/21-scratch1.htm)\nIndeed the recent degeneration of the LFI is a living proof for Trotsky\nobservation. The right-wing liquidationist split and the shift of the\nLFI to the right is a reflection of the public opinion in the labour\nmovement and the petty-bourgeois intelligenzija (via the occupation\nmovement etc.).\nA bad class composition is not a disaster in itself \u2026 under the\npre-condition that the organisation recognises this situation as a\nserious weakness which leads to degeneration if it is not overcome after\na certain, rather shorter than longer, period and therefore undertakes\nbold and decisive measures to improve the class composition. This is why\nin the years before our expulsion from the LFI \u2014 we proposed and\nfought for a number of measures for the proletarisation of the LFI and\nthe Austrian section. As well as we not only argued but also tried to\ninitiate projects to win more young proletarian people, migrants and\nwomen to the LFI. One of these projects was the building of womens\ncollectives, followed by a womens organisation in Austria which focused\non building roots of the organisation in a proletarian district. While\nseveral LFI leaders expressed agreement in general for some of the\npositions and projects no serious steps were undertaken and in the end\nwe were denounced as \"workerists\". The LFI leaders even made sure to\ndissolve the women organisation in Austria.\nThe leadership explicitly rejected the idea that a bad class composition\nis a problem for the LFI. It claimed that in small organisation the\nclass composition is necessary and unavoidable like this. In a letter to\nthe LSR conference in February 2011 the leadership of the German section\nwrote that the social composition of the fighting propaganda group like\nthe LFI sections \"will have a disproportional high share of university\nstudents or better educated, political interested workers (skilled\nworkers)\". The reason they gave is: \"because of the dominant role of\npropaganda\". The Austrian supporters of the LFI majority argued\nsimilarly in a statement: \"It is perfectly natural that fighting\npropaganda groups tend because of its very high requirements for a\nmembership tendentially not to be dominated by the lowest layers.\"\nIn other words fighting for the working class interest with a communist\nprogramme requires \u2026 \"education\", i.e. bourgeois education. Therefore,\naccording to the LFI leadership, the mass of the global working class \u2014\nparticularly in the semi-colonial world \u2014 which posses a relatively\nlower level of education it is rather difficult to meet the requirements\nof the type of communist organisation the LFI wants to build. For the\nLFI leaders, the well-educated intellectuals and labour aristocrats (of\nwhom disproportionally many live in the imperialist countries) are more\nfit. For us this is no Marxism. Is it really \"perfectly natural\" to\nbuild an organisation which should make the future revolutionary party\npossible, that has the goal to free the working class and all oppressed,\nthat such an organisation is not lead, not even dominated in its\ncomposition by workers, women, migrants, oppressed nations although they\nare the absolute majority in the world? It is only \"perfectly natural\"\nin the halls of the universities in the imperialist countries, but in\nthe rest of the world it is just \"perfectly pervert\".\nAs a side note it is not without irony that exactly those people who\nlectured us about the difficulty for workers from the lower strata to\nmeet the \"very high requirements for a membership\", that exactly the\nsame people who authored these lines deserted the LFI only one year\nlater. The truth is the opposite: it is much more difficult for the\npetty-bourgeois intellectuals to meet the \"very high requirements for a\nmembership\/\" than for the workers! The truth is that for workers\n(excluding the small layer of bribed aristocrats) it is easier to\nunderstand the Marxist Weltanschauung of their class and to fight for\nit than for the non-proletarian layers. We have to ask ourselves: Is it\nhealthier to have an organisation of mainly workers and working class\nyouth, even if some of them leave the organisation due to their hard\nliving conditions and therefore the lack of energy and time? Or should\nMarxist prefer an organisation of petty-bourgeois intellectuals and\nlabour aristocrats who do not carry Marxist positions into the working\nclass but push the organisation to break with Bolshevism and try to\nreconcile the political activity with their lifestyle? Ours is the first\noption. And the LFI? Did we not see in the last years a huge increase of\nmainly university students who instead of dedicating their life to the\ncause of working class liberation struggle preferred to reconcile the\npolitical activity with their lifestyle?!\nTrotsky on the question of the class composition of communist pre-party\nIn contrast to the views of the LFI leadership Trotskyadvised the\nBolshevik-Leninists in all phases in the 1920s and 1930s to orientate\nthemselves mainly to the workers and here in particular the mass of the\nworkers and not to the privileged layers or even the university\nstudents. For example in 1929 \u2014 immediately after the foundation of the\nCommunist League of America \u2014 he wrote about the need to find a way to\nthe oppressed layers of the proletariat:\n\"The trade union bureaucrats, like the bureaucrats of false Communism,\nlive in the atmosphere of aristocratic prejudices of the upper strata of\nthe workers. It will be tragedy it the Oppositionists are infected even\nin the slightest degree with these qualities. We must not only reject\nand condemn these prejudices; we must burn them out of our consciousness\nto the last trace; we must find the road to the most deprived, to the\ndarkest strata of the proletariat, beginning with the Negro, whom\ncapitalist society has converted into Pariah and who must learn to see\nin us his revolutionary brothers. And this depends wholly upon our\nenergy and devotion to the work.\" (Leon Trotsky: A Letter to the\nAmerican Trotskyists (1929), in Trotsky Writings 1929, p. 133f.)\nIn another document in 1932 he argued in favour of a different approach\ntowards intellectuals than towards workers, in particular from the lower\nstrata. What he said would be most likely denounced as \"workerism\" by\nthe present-day LFI leaders if it would come from our pen and not\nfrom Trotsky's:\n\"When ten intellectuals, whether in Paris, Berlin, or New York, who\nhave already been members of various organizations, address themselves\nto us with a request to be taken into our midst, I would offer the\nfollowing advice: Put them through a series of tests on all the\nprogrammatic questions; wet them in the rain, dry them in the sun, and\nthen after a new and careful examination accept maybe one or two.\nThe case is radically altered when ten workers connected with the\nmasses turn to us. The difference in our attitude to a petty-bourgeois\ngroup and to the proletarian group does not require any explanation. But\nif a proletarian group functions in an area where there are workers of\ndifferent races, and in spite of this remains composed solely of workers\nof a privileged nationality, then I am inclined to view them with\nsuspicion. Are we not dealing perhaps with the labor aristocracy? Isn't\nthe group infected with slave-holding prejudices, active or passive?\nIt is an entirely different matter when we are approached by a group of\nNegro workers. Here I am prepared to take it for granted in advance that\nwe shall achieve agreement with them, even if such an agreement is not\nactual as yet. Because the Negro workers, by virtue of their whole\nposition, do not and cannot strive to degrade anybody, oppress anybody,\nor deprive anybody of his rights. They do not seek privileges and cannot\nrise to the top except on the road of the international revolution.\nWe can and we must find a way to the consciousness of the Negro\nworkers, the Chinese workers, the Indian workers, and all the oppressed\nin the human ocean of the colored races to whom belongs the decisive\nword in the development of mankind. (Leon Trotsky: Closer to the\nProletarians of the Colored Races (1932), in: Trotsky Writings 1932, p. 112)\nIn a discussion Trotsky had during his visit in Kopenhagen 1932 he\nadvised comrades about their attitude towards a student or an academic,\nthat \"the workers movement for its part must regard him with the\ngreatest scepticism. (\u2026) When he has worked with the workers movement\nthis way (for three, four or five years), then the fact that he was an\nacademican is forgotten, the social difference disappear. (Leon\nTrotsky: On Students and Intellectuals (1932), in: Trotsky Writings\n1932, p. 333)\nWe in the RCIT have the view that a communist pre-party organisation\nshould orientate itself to the working class and not the petty-bourgeois\nintellectuals and labour aristocrats. Unfortunately the LFI rejects this\nand has become a victim of what wecall \"aristocratism\" the\norientation to aristocratic layers and the accommodation to various\nThis is related to the distortion of the concept of the \"fighting\npropaganda group\" by the present-day leadership of the LFI. In their\nrecent \"\/Statement on Resignations\u2026\" they described their view of the\n\"fighting propaganda group\" as follows: \"We stand by our\nself-understanding as a group whose principal task is to defend and\ndevelop the revolutionary programme and to address the major questions\nof strategy and tactics facing the working class in its living struggles.\/\"\nThis reflects a completely one-sided, un-dialectical understanding of\nthe tasks of a Bolshevik pre-party organisation. Yes, of course its task\nis to \"defend and develop the revolutionary programme and to address\nthe major questions of strategy and tactics\". But this alone is not\nsufficient and even a passive propaganda circle could do this. What is\nthe value of a programme and of strategies and tactics IF they are not\ntransmitted into the class and its vanguard, IF they are not translated\ninto recruiting workers and proletarian youth members who are fighting\nfor this programme and who have roots in the class, IF they therefore do\nnot lead to a communist pre-party organisation with a mainly working\nclass composition?!\nIf a communist organisation does not achieve this, it is not a \"fighting\npropaganda group\" but rather a \"commenting propaganda group\" which is\nisolated from the working class and the oppressed layers.\n*Ignoring the August Uprising in Britain as the synthesis of theory\nand practice of Aristocratism*\nThe wrong analysis of the class positions of the labour aristocracy and\nthe lower and middle strata of the working class as well as the nature\nof national oppression of migrants on one hand and the wrong\nunderstanding of the tasks of a communist pre-party organisation on the\nother hand found their culmination, its test in practice, in the\nposition of the LFI\/WPB\/REVOLUTION leadership during the August\nUprising in Britain in summer 2011. This was an Uprising of the working\nclass youth, black and migrants after the police killed a black father\nof four children, Mark Duggan. According to figures of Scotland Yard,\nmore than 30.000 youth participated in this uprising which lasted for 5\ndays. As a completely spontaneous uprising it included a number of\nlootings. But in the first line it was an uprising against police\nrepression. (Our analysis, perspectives and tactics can be read on our\nwebsite: Nina Gunic' and Michael Pr\u00f6bsting: The strategic task: From\nthe uprising to the revolution! These are not \"riots\" this is an\nuprising of the poor in the cities of Britain!,\nhttp:\/\/www.thecommunists.net\/worldwide\/europe\/britain-uprising-of-the-poor;\nThe August Uprising in Britain \u2013 A Report of the RKOB delegation on its\nvisit in London in August 2011.\nhttp:\/\/www.thecommunists.net\/worldwide\/europe\/britain-report-from-uprising;\/\/Michael\nPr\u00f6bsting: What would a revolutionary organisation have done? August\nuprising of the poor, the nationally and racially oppressed in Britain.\nhttp:\/\/www.thecommunists.net\/worldwide\/europe\/britain-august-uprising\/;\nMichael Pr\u00f6bsting: Five days that shook Britain but didn't wake up the\nleft. The bankruptcy of the left during the August uprising of the\noppressed in Britain: Its features, its roots and the way forward,\nhttp:\/\/www.thecommunists.net\/theory\/britain-left-and-the-uprising\/) This character was, despite some wavering, occasionally acknowledged\neven by the LFI\/WPB leadership itself. After the Uprising the British\ncomrades wrote in a statement \"The August 2011 riots will be remembered\nas a working class youth uprising against repression, racism and the\nrecession. Workers Power stands solidly with the youth and against the\npolice.\" (Workers Power: The political situation in Britain after the\nAugust uprising; Resolution on the political situation after the riots,\n19.8.2011,\nhttp:\/\/www.workerspower.co.uk\/2011\/08\/political-situation-after-the-august-uprising)\nHowever despite this literary recognition of the character of this mass\nuprising (which was contradicted in other statement), the\nLFI\/WPB\/REVOLUTION leadership strongly opposed any participation and a\ncall for this in this Uprising. During the same time as the Uprising\ntook place REVOLUTION had its international summer camp close to London.\nGiven the progressive and mass character of the uprising a number of\nyoung members of REVOLUTION wanted to join and support the uprising. But\nthe leadership \u2014 including Hardy, Cooper, Riedl and the present-day LFI\nleaders \u2014 all categorically opposed any practical support and\nparticipation in the uprising. Despite the words quoted above, in fact\nthe leadership saw the uprising as a predominately backward,\nun-political, and criminal or even reactionary event. This abstention\nfrom an important class struggle event was even legitimised by the\nargument that one does not know the conditions in the area. Leaving\naside that not knowing the concrete circumstances in a city did not stop\nus in the revolutionary past of the LFI to intervene in mass struggles\n(for example in Genoa\/Italy in 2001, in Gleneagles\/Britain in 2005 or in\nHeiligendamm\/Germany 2007), it is a damaging acknowledgment if the\ncomrades do not know and don't have any connection to the area in an\nimportant working class district in London (Tottenham) where the LFI has\nits strongest branch since more than 35 years!\nIn fact this event demonstrated the practical consequences of\naristocratism and a petty-bourgeois decadence of middle class people. In\na report called \"Summer, sun, socialism \u2013 that was our international\nsummer camp this year'\" the comrades told the public about\n\"interesting workshops\" and the \"opportunity of sports and leisure\nfacilities of the camping grounds\". \"Every day we watched the events\nof the 'riots' in London and discussed about it at the Camp plenary. So\nwe adopted for example a resolution and an international united front\ncall against police violence and about the conditions for the British\nyouth. Since as a youth organization we also like to fete, we had in the\nevening parties at a big camp fire or in the community tent.\" (see\nhttp:\/\/www.onesolutionrevolution.de\/?p=1645) How can an organization\ncall itself \"revolutionary\" if it prefers to have parties and drink a\nlot every evening, while at the same time thousands of youth fight\nagainst the police on the streets only a few kilometers away!?\nComrades, mistakes can happen, even grave mistakes can happen. But the\nworst thing is not to make mistakes, but to fail in recognising them,\nnot to learn from them and not to make the necessary sharp corrections.\nIf this happens a constant repetition and deepening of the mistakes are\nunavoidable. And indeed as we have shown in this letter and in other\ndocuments this is what happened with the LFI in the last year. This is a\nshame given the enormous possibilities of class struggle in the present\nperiod to build a strong international revolutionary organisation. But\none cannot achieve this without an unambiguous Bolshevik method and a\nrevolutionary programme which is applied to the concrete practical and\ntheoretical questions of the class struggle. We have summarised our\nanalysis, our lessens and our programme in \"The Revolutionary Communist\nManifesto\" (which can be read online at the moment only in English\nand German language on the RCIT website http:\/\/www.thecommunists.net\nhttp:\/\/www.thecommunists.net). We would welcome to debate this\nprogramme with you.\nComrades, we have drawn our conclusions from the past experience. After\nthe bureaucratic expulsion of the \"Bolshevik Opposition\" in April 2011\nand the left-wing splits in other countries comrades in Pakistan, Sri\nLanka, USA and Austria have joined forces with other militants and\nfounded the Revolutionary Communist International Tendency (RCIT). We\nstand for the continuity of the revolutionary tradition which the LFI\nrepresented in the past. We call all members of the LFI to break with\nthe policy of centrist degeneration which is dominating the LFI.\nBolshevik Greetings,\nMichael Pr\u00f6bsting and Shujat Liaqat (for the RCIT)\nFurther Reading: Workers Power Conference 2012: Divisions, Expulsions, Appeals And Split \u2013 The VOAG Investigates.\nTags: 2012, anti, anti-capitalist, august, bolshevik, capitalist, communist, conference, cooper, division, east, expulsion, faction, fifth, for, guildford, hardy, initiative, international, labour, league, lfi, london, luke, manchester, michael, north, opposition, organisation, party, power, probsting, rcit, revolution, revolutionary, riots, rkob, simon, socialist, south, split, students, surrey, tendency, the, union, workers, workers power, wpb, youth","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"(Redirected from Liu (surname))\nFor other uses, see Liu (disambiguation).\nSee also: Li\u01d4 and Liao (surname)\n\u5289 \/ \u5218 (\/ljo\u028a\/ or \/lju\u02d0\/[1]) is a East Asian surname. pinyin: Li\u00fa in Mandarin Chinese, Lau4 in Cantonese. It is the family name of the Han dynasty emperors. The character \u5289 originally meant 'kill', but is now used only as a surname. Today, it is the 4th most common surname in Mainland China as well as one of the most popular surnames in the world.[2][3]\nLi\u00fa surname in traditional Chinese characters\nLi\u00fa ([lj\u01d2u]) (Pinyin)\nLau4\nL\u00e2u (Pe\u030dh-\u014de-j\u012b)\nChinese, Vietnamese, Korean\nOld Chinese\nVariant form(s)\nLi\u00fa (Mandarin)\nLau (Cantonese)\nLieu (Shanghainese)\nL\u01b0u (Vietnamese)\nYoo, Ryu (Korean)\nYoo (Korean surname)\n2 Origin\n4 Prominent people with the family name \u5289\n4.1 Historical figures\n4.2 Contemporary\nDistributionEdit\nIn 2019 \u5289 was the fourth most common surname in Mainland China.[4] Additionally, it was the most common surname in Jiangxi province. In 2013 it was found to be the 5th most common surname, shared by 67,700,000 people or 5.1% of the population, with the province with the most people being Shandong.[5]\nOriginEdit\nOne source is that they descend from the Q\u00ed (\u7941) clan of Emperor Yao. For example the founding emperor of the Han Dynasty (one of China's golden ages), Liu Bang (Emperor Gaozu of Han) was a descendant of Emperor Yao.\nAnother origin is from the J\u012b (\u59ec) clan of King Qing of Zhou. For example, Duke Kang of Liu [zh], the youngest son of King Qing of Zhou, founded the State of Liu [zh] and his descendants took state names as surname.\nLiu was a place name in ancient China (located in present-day Henan). The Liu family name has two main origins from this place name.\nKongjia, the fourteenth King of the Xia dynasty, was given a male and a female dragon as a reward for his obedience to the god of heaven, but could not train them, so he hired a dragon-trainer named Liu Lei (\u5289\u7d2f), who had learned how to train dragons from Huanlong. Liu Lei was a descendant of Emperor Yao, won the admiration of King KongJia for his skill in raising dragons. In order to reward Liu Lei, King KongJia granted him Liu (place) as his fief. Liu Lei took the name of his fief as his family name. One day, the female dragon died unexpectedly, so Liu Lei secretly chopped her up, cooked her meat, and served it to the king, who loved it so much that he demanded Liu Lei to serve him the same meal again. Since Liu Lei had no means of procuring more dragon meat, he fled the palace. Liu Lei was the first person surnamed Liu in Chinese history, and his descendant Liu Bang founded the Han Dynasty.\nDuring the Zhou dynasty, King Ding of Zhou granted Liu (place) to his younger brother Ji Jizi (\u59ec\u5b63\u5b50) as a fief. Ji Jizi also took his fief name as his family name. Liu became a State and Ji Jizi ruled the State of Liu as Duke Kang of Liu. After more than a hundred years under the rule of the Liu family, the State of Liu was destroyed by the central government of the Zhou Dynasty.\nLiu was the ruling family of the Han dynasty, one of the most prosperous and influential empires in Chinese history. After the Chen Sheng Wu Guang uprising overthrew the Qin, the Han dynasty was founded by Emperor Liu Bang. Later, Emperor Liu Che helped expand the Han dynasty even further, ushering in a golden age for China.\nThe Han dynasty had 30 emperors were surnamed Liu, making it among the Chinese dynasties that had the most emperors. The Han dynasty lasted 400 years, making it one of the longest lasting Chinese empires in history. The Han is what gives its name to the Han people as well as Han characters \/ Hanzi \/ Chinese characters.\nEven after the Han dynasty, several Liu continued to hold power within China including Liu Bei (written about in Records of the Three Kingdoms) and Liu Yuan (Han Zhao).\nOver history, several non-Han Chinese people have converted to the Liu surname, including Xiongnu and Turks.\nProminent people with the family name \u5289Edit\nHistorical figuresEdit\nDuke Kang of Liu [zh], son of King Qing of Zhou and founder of the State of Liu [zh]\nLiu Bang, Founder of the Han dynasty as Emperor Gaozu of Han\nLiu Jiao (King of Chu), the younger brother of Liu Bang and famous scholar\nLiu Ying, Second Emperor of the Han Dynasty\nLiu Heng, Fifth Emperor of the Han dynasty\nLiu Qi, Sixth Emperor of the Han dynasty\nLiu Che, Seventh Emperor of the Han dynasty known for expanding the Han Dynasty to its fullest extent and for a long reign of 54 years\nLiu An (King of Huainan), advisor to his nephew, Emperor Wu of Han. Best known for editing the (139 BCE) Huainanzi compendium of Daoist, Confucianist, and Legalist teachings\nLiu Sheng (King of Zhongshan), the direct ancestor of the Shu Han emperors, had more than 120 sons\nLiu Xiang, government official, scholar, and author of who lived during the Han Dynasty\nLiu Fuling, Emperor of the Han Dynasty\nLiu He, Emperor of the Han Dynasty\nLiu Xun, Emperor of the Han Dynasty\nLiu Shi, Emperor of the Han Dynasty\nLiu Ao, Emperor of the Han Dynasty\nLiu Xin, Emperor of the Han Dynasty\nLiu Kan, Emperor of the Han Dynasty\nLiu Xin, astronomer, historian, and editor during the Han Dynasty\nLiu Xuan, Emperor Gengshi of the Han Dynasty\nLiu Ju, crown prince of Western Han Dynasty\nLiu Yan (Xin dynasty), general and older brother of Liu Xiu\nLiu Xiu, The restorer of the Han Dynasty and the founding emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty\nLiu Dai, politician during the Eastern Han Dynasty\nLiu Yan (Han dynasty warlord), politician and warlord during the Eastern Han Dynasty\nLiu Biao, warlord during the late Eastern Han Dynasty\nLiu Zhuang, Emperor of the Han Dynasty\nLiu Da, Emperor of the Han Dynasty\nLiu Zhao, Emperor of the Han Dynasty\nLiu Hu, Emperor of the Han Dynasty\nLiu Bao, Emperor of the Han Dynasty\nLiu Zhi, Emperor of the Han dynasty\nLiu Hong, Emperor of the Han dynasty\nLiu Xie, Last emperor of the Han dynasty\nLiu Bei (161\u2013223), Founding emperor of Shu Han\nLiu Shan (207\u2013271), Second emperor of Shu Han\nLiu Hong, astronomer and mathematician of the Han dynasty\nLiu Hui, mathematician during The Three Kingdoms period\nLiu Yan (Shu Han), general during the Three Kingdoms Period\nLiu Ji (Three Kingdoms), official of Eastern Wu\nLiu Kun, general, poet and musician of the Western Jin\nLiu Yuan, First emperor of Han Zhao\nLiu He, Second emperor of Han Zhao\nLiu cong, Third emperor of Han Zhao\nLiu Can, Fourth emperor of Han Zhao\nLiu Yao, Fifth emperor of Han Zhao\nEmpress Liu E, Empress of Han Zhao\nLiu Yu, Founder of the Liu Song as Emperor Wu of Liu Song\nLiu Yilong, Emperor Wen of Liu Song\nEmpress Liu, Empress of Northern Song\nLiu Sanjie, folk music singer during the Southern Song Dynasty\nLiu Chuyu, princess of Liu Song Dynasty\nLiu Ziye, emperor of Liu Song Dynasty\nEmperor Ming of Song, emperor of Liu Song Dynasty\nLiu Zhiyuan, Founding emperor of Later Han\nLiu Chong, Founding emperor of Northern Han\nLiu Yan, Founding emperor of Southern Han\nLiu Rengui, chancellor and general of the Tang Dynasty\nLiu Xiangdao, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty\nLiu Ji (general), general of the Tang Dynasty\nLiu Ji (Tang chancellor), chancellor of the Tang Dynasty\nLiu Yan (Tang dynasty), Chinese economist and politician during the Tang dynasty\nLiu Zhan, chancellor and official of the Tang Dynasty\nLiu Chongwang, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty\nLiu Changqing, famous poet and politician\nLiu Yuxi, famous poet and statesman\nLiu Kezhuang, famous poet of southern song\nLiu Xu, chancellor of Later Tang and Later Jin\nLiu Bingzhong, chancellor of the Yuan dynasty\nLiu Bowen, famous poet, statesman, strategist and thinker\nLiu Tongxun, politician of the Qing dynasty\nLiu Yong, politician and calligrapher of the Qing dynasty\nLiu Mingchuan, First Governor of Taiwan\nLiu Ji (politician), (born 1887), 11th Republic-era mayor of Beijing.\nContemporaryEdit\nNatasha Liu Bordizzo, Australian Chinese actress\nClaire Liu, American tennis player\nCecilia Liu, Chinese actress\nAndy Lau, Hong Kong actor, singer\nAndrew Lau, Hong Kong filmmaker and actor\nKei May Lau, Hong Kong engineer\nLucy Liu, American actress\nWill Liu, Taiwanese singer\nLiu Wen-cheng, (born 1952),Taiwanese singer and actor\nSimu Liu, Chinese-Canadian actor\nLaurin Liu (born 1990), Canadian politician\nYoo Jae-suk, South Korean comedian\nIsaac Liu (born 1991), New Zealand Rugby League player\nLexie Liu, Chinese singer, rapper and songwriter\nShaolin S\u00e1ndor Liu, Chinese-Hungarian short track speed skater\nJos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda Liu, Taiwan representative to Spain\nLiu Shaoqi, PRC politician, former Chinese President\nLiu Bocheng, PRC military commander\nLiu Ye, (born 1978), Chinese actor\nLiu Wen (born 1988), fashion model\nLiu Haoran, Chinese actor\nHawick Lau, Chinese actor\nLau Dan, Chinese actor\nLiu Yifei, singer\/actress\nLiu Kwok Wa (born 1978), Hongkonger badminton player\nHenry Lau, Chinese-Canadian singer, member of Super Junior-M\nLiu Chao-shiuan, Kuomintang politician\nAnthony Liu, figure skater\nLiu Cheng-hung, Magistrate of Miaoli County (2005\u20132014)\nLiu Cheng-ying, Magistrate of Lienchiang County\nLiu Chien-sin, Deputy Secretary General to the President of the Republic of China\nLiu Chih-kung, Deputy Secretary-General of National Security Council of the Republic of China (2010\u20132012)\nLiu Chih-yun, Deputy International Commissioner of the Boy Scouts of China\nLiu Ching-chung, Minister of Hakka Affairs Council (2014\u20132016)\nChristine Liu, American artist and neuroscientist\nCixin Liu (simplified Chinese: \u5218\u6148\u6b23; traditional Chinese: \u5289\u6148\u6b23; pinyin: Li\u00fa C\u00edx\u012bn; born 1963) Chinese science fiction author\nLiu Xiaobo, PRC dissident and Nobel Peace Prize laureate\nEvelyn Lau, writer\nLiu Fuzhi, PRC politician\nLiu Guoliang, table tennis player\nLiu Haichao (born 1998), Chinese badminton player\nLiu Huaqing (1916\u20132011), PRC politician\nLiu Huan (born 1963), Chinese singer-songwriter\nLiu I-chou, Chairperson of Central Election Commission of the Republic of China (2015\u20132017)\nLiu Jinru (born 2000), Chinese artistic gymnast\nLau Kar-leung, actor, choreographer and director\nKen Liu, Chinese-American author\nLiu Kuo-chuan, former Deputy Minister of Veterans Affairs Commission of the Republic of China\nLiu Yuh-san, Secretary-General of the Executive Yuan of the Republic of China (2005\u20132007)\nLiu Yu-you, Magistrate of Nantou County (1973\u20131981)\nPete Lau (aka Liu Zuohu; born 1975), Chinese entrepreneur and co-founder of OnePlus\nSidney Lau, Hong Kong linguist\nLiu Sola, singer, composer, and writer\nTai-Ping Liu (born 1945), Taiwanese mathematician\nJohn Liu, New York City Comptroller\nTats Lau, Hong Kong actor and musician\nLiu Wenhui, warlord and PRC politician\nLiu Xiang, Olympic winner and World Record holder\nLiu Yalou, general\nLiu Yunshan, PRC politician\nLiu Zhixuan, Chinese basketball player\nLiu Yunpeng, Chinese high jumper\nAlysa Liu, figure skater\nLiu Kwang-ching Historian of China.\nLiu Hong Mei (1982\u20132005), Chinese murder victim killed in Singapore\nTasha Low (born 1993), Singaporean singer and actress\nLiu Yangyang (born 2000), Taiwanese singer, member of WayV\nLiu Qiangdong (born 1973), internet entrepreneur and founder of Jd.com\nAmber Liu (singer) (born 1992), singer and rapper, member of South Korean girl group f(x) (musical group)\nLiu Yuxin (singer), (born 1997), singer and rapper, member of Chinese girl group THE9\nLiu Shishi, (born 1987), Chinese actress\nLiu Xiaoqing, (born 1955), Chinese actress and businesswoman\nLiu Yan (actress), (born 1980), Chinese actress and singer\nLiu Tao, (born 1978), Chinese actress\nLiu Haikuan, (born 1994), Chinese actor\nLiu Ruilin, (born 1990), Chinese actor\nLiu Yuning, (born 1990), Chinese singer and actor\nLiu Yijun (actor), (born 1970), Chinese actor\nLiu Yue (footballer, born 1975), Chinese footballer\nYu Liu (entrepreneur), (born 1986), Chinese entrepreneur\nLiu Tong (actor), (born 1993), Chinese actor and model\nTony Liu, (born 1952), Hong Kong actor and martial artist\nJohn Liu (actor), (born 1944), Taiwanese actor and martial artist\nEric Liu, (born 1968), American writer, former Deputy Assistant for the United States Domestic Policy Council\nHenry Liu, (born 1932), Taiwanese-American writer and journalist\nLiu Shiwen, (born 1991), Chinese table tennis player, five-time World Cup champion\nLiu Yiqian, (born 1963), autodidact billionaire investor and art collector.\nSam Liu, American animation producer\nLiu Yang (astronaut), (born 1978), Chinese astronaut, a crew member of Shenzhou 9, becoming the first Chinese woman in space\nLiu Xijun, (born 1988), Chinese pop singer\nLiu Liyang, (born 1982), Chinese singer, DJ, producer and actress.\nRene Liu, (born 1970), Taiwanese singer-songwriter, actress, director and writer\nJasper Liu, (born 1986), Taiwanese actor, model, and musician\nLiu Chia-chang, (born 1940), Taiwanese songwriter, singer, screenwriter\nLiu Xiening, (born 1996), Chinese singer and dancer and former member of South Korean girl group Gugudan\nLiu Fang, (born 1974), Chinese\u2013Canadian musician and one of the most prominent pipa players in the world.\nLiu Xin (cyclist), (born 1986), Chinese road bicycle racer\nLiu Xin (news anchor), (born 1975), host and journalist for CGTN\nLiu Xin (badminton), (born 1990), Chinese professional badminton singles player\nLiu Xin (food scientist), (born 1957)\nLiu Yuan (musician), (born 1960), one of the two prominent jazz musicians in China\nLiu Liangmo, (born 1909), musician and Chinese Christian leader\nLiu Zhuang (musician), (born 1932), musician\nLiu Yang (violinist), winner of China's 5th National Violin Competition\nEsther Liu, (born 1988), Taiwanese actress\nSerena Liu, (born 1975), Taiwanese dancer and actress\nLiu Yan (dancer), (born 1982), classical Chinese dancer\nLiu Yan (figure skater), (born 1984), former competitive figure skater\nLiu Yan (scientist), Chinese Antarctic researcher\nYan Liu (geographer), Australian geographer\nLiu He (politician), (born 1952), Chinese economist and politician\nLiu Ji (footballer), (born 1990), Chinese football player\nJi Liu (pianist), (born 1990), Chinese concert pianist\nLiu Chang (tennis), Chinese tennis player\nLiu Nannan, Chinese tennis player\nLiu Weijuan, Chinese tennis player\nLiu Jia, Chinese Austrian table tennis player\nLiu Shuhua, Chinese tennis player\nLiu Yanni, Chinese tennis player\nLiu Shaozhuo, Chinese tennis player\nLiu Fangzhou, (born 1995), Chinese tennis player\nLiu Wanting, Chinese tennis player\nJuan Liu, American table tennis player\nLiu Siyu, Chinese tennis player\nNa Liu, British table tennis player\nLiu Jing (table tennis), (born 1988), Chinese para table tennis player\nLiu Xiaotong, (born 1990), Chinese volleyball player\nLiu Yanhan, Chinese volleyball player\nLiu Dan (volleyball), volleyball player\nLiu Changcheng (volleyball), Chinese volleyball player\nLiu Libin, Chinese volleyball player\nLiu Lijuan (sitting volleyball), Chinese Paralympic sitting volleyball\nLiu Wei (basketball), (born 1980) Chinese basketball player\nLiu Chuanxing, Chinese basketball player for Australia's Brisbane Bullets\nLiu Xiaoyu (basketball), Chinense basketball player\nLiu Jing (swimmer), Chinese swimmer\nLiu Xiang (swimmer), (born 1996) Chinese competitive swimmer\nLiu Daomin, Chinese Paralympic swimmer\nLiu Yaxin, Chinese competitive swimmer\nLiu Zige, Chinese world record holding swimmer\nLiu Ou, Chinese synchronized swimmer\nLiu Limin, Chinese butterfly stroke swimmer\nLiu Benying, Chinese Paralympic swimmer gold medalist\nLiu Yu (para swimmer), Chinese paralympic gold medalist\nLiu Xiaohan, Chinese freestyle swimmer\nLiu Yuntao, Chinese Paralympic swimmer\nLiu Lan, Chinese swimmer\nLiu Fengqi, Chinese Paralympic swimmer\nLeanne Liu, (born 1959) Hong Kong actress\nLiu Wai-hung, Hong Kong actor\nLiu Kai-chi, (born 1953), Hong Kong actor\nLiu Kuan-ting, (born 1988), Taiwanese actor\nBernice Liu, (born 1979), Canadian actress, singer, model\nLiu Jun, (born 1997), Malaysian choreographer\nLiu Xueyi, (born 1990), Chinese actor\nLiu Jiayu, Chinese snowboarder\nLiu Wei (artist), Chinese artist\nK. J. Ray Liu (born 1961), Chinese-American scientist, educator, and entrepreneur\nLiu Yun (actress), (born 1982), Chinese actress\nAnnie Liu, (born 1981), Hong Kong actress\n^ \"Liu Shaoqi\". Collins English Dictionary. Retrieved 1 May 2015.\n^ \u5f20\u3001\u738b\u3001\u674e\u3001\u8d75\u8c01\u6700\u591a\u20142010\u5e74\u4eba\u53e3\u666e\u67e5\u59d3\u6c0f\u7ed3\u6784\u548c\u5206\u5e03\u7279\u70b9. China Statistics Bureau. 23 June 2014.\n^ \u6700\u65b0\u7248\u767e\u5bb6\u59d3\u6392\u884c\u699c\u51fa\u7089:\u738b\u59d3\u6210\u4e2d\u56fd\u7b2c\u4e00\u5927\u59d3 [Latest surname ranking: Wang is the number one surname in China]. Xinhua News Agency (in Chinese). 2013-04-15. Retrieved 2013-11-21.\n^ \"\u65b0\u4eac\u62a5 - \u597d\u65b0\u95fb,\u65e0\u6b62\u5883\".\n^ \u4e2d\u56fd\u56db\u767e\u5927\u59d3, \u8881\u4e49\u8fbe, \u90b1\u5bb6\u5112, Beijing Book Co. Inc., 1 January 2013\nChinese surname history: Liu\nThis page lists people with the surname Liu.\nIf an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name(s) to the link.\nRetrieved from \"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Liu&oldid=1065782556\"","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Fitness & Health, Sport & Exercise Science\nKenyan long distance runners, why do they win marathons?\nKenyan long distance runners and those from Ethiopia have won the London Marathon 8 years in a row now but why? We examine the reasons for their dominance.\nThe phenomenon of Kenyan long distance runners\nMary Keitany of Kenya won her third London Marathon in 2017, while fellow Kenyan Daniel Wanjiru, won the men's race in 2:05:48. It came as no real surprise that Kenyan long-distance runners dominated once again. For the last 15 years, the male winners have all come from East Africa (12 from Kenya, three from Ethiopia). The East African women have been just as dominant too, in the last 8 years all the winners have been born in Kenya or Ethiopia, but why?\nThe dominance of African nations, particularly Kenyan long-distance runners is one of the fascinating topics in exercise performance physiology.\nIn 2015 the International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance published an Analysis of the Kenyan Distance-Running Phenomenon.\nThe data emphasised the emergence of African distance runners is primarily a Kenyan phenomenon, driven by the Kalenjin tribe and in particular the Nandi subtribe. This supports the complex interaction between genotype, phenotype and socioeconomic factors driving the remarkable dominance of Kenyan long-distance runners.\nThe author of the study analysed male track distance events from 800m upwards from all the major global athletics championships from 1964 to 2013 and the annual Top-25 world marathon performances since 1990.\nThe percentage of top-25 marathon performances and medals won by Kenyan and Kalenjin runners have increased over time with Nandi subtribe outperforming the rest of the world outside Africa. However, Europe, North America, Oceania, Asia and South America decreased over time in top marathon performances and track medals won.\nThe complex physiology that underpins running performance is multifactorial, so the rise and subsequent disproportionate success of a relatively small population is unlikely to be explained by any single factor.\nThe aim of the study was to characterise, in detail, the ethnicity of Kenya's most successful international male runners and to track the relative success of various ethnic groups or subtribes over time and in distance-running events (marathons compared with track).\nThe authors found that the tribe and subtribe distribution were different in the marathon than in the track: Maasais were more likely to feature in medals won in shorter track events. This was also the case for Marakwets and Pokots. On the other hand, Keiyos, Kikuyus, Kipsigis, Sabaots and Tugens were more likely to succeed in the marathon than in shorter track events.\nThe Kalenjin tribe, which consists of approximately 12% (about 5m people) of the Kenyan population account for 29% and 34% of all global track medals and elite marathon performances, respectively. Further analysis of ethnic groups reveals that while medals and elite performances originate from six distinct tribes and seven Kalenjin subtribes, one of which, Nandis, consisting of just under 1m people, have won 72 medals (47% of Kenya's total), a number higher than the combined total of North America, South America, Asia and Oceania.\nSince 1990 the Nandi subtribe has outperformed every continent with the exception of Africa in terms of distance track medals won and elite marathon performances. Explanations for this highly concentrated endurance-running success have included physiological, environmental, cultural and genetic factors and have been reviewed extensively. The disproportionate representation of a specific tribe and subtribe among a population's successful runners can be interpreted to support all these factors. In support of genetic and physiological factors, genotypical and phenotypical characteristics that may predispose a person or group of people to running success would be expected to be highly preserved within given subtribes.\nFor instance, it has been reported that there is a strong relationship between performance-mediated attractiveness and reproductive success, which suggests that human endurance capacity has been subject to sexual selection in our evolutionary past. Similarly, although attributing the success of Kenyan long-distance runners to a genetic explanation seems premature, it is noteworthy that Kenyans present high frequencies of desirable genotypes of certain performance-linked genes. A typical example is ACTN3, which encodes the protein alpha-actinin-3 and is almost exclusively expressed in sarcomeres of fast glycolytic type II fibres responsible for the generation of rapid forceful contractions. Two variants in this gene, R and X, have been identified, with the RR variant polymorphism strongly associated with sprint performance. In this regard, Yang et al have found that the XX genotype, which is nondesirable for elite sprint running performance, is almost nonexistent in Kenyans. While single gene associations with performance are oversimplified for numerous reasons, we nevertheless cannot exclude a role for genetics in our findings. In contrast, the authors note that social, environmental, lifestyle and cultural factors would be expected to exert effects on tribes that are, by definition, tightly geographically and linguistically bound.\nAs well as being physiologically gifted it is often argued that Kenyan long-distance runners are mentally tougher than most. Many come from poor families and becoming a professional runner will eradicate poverty for them and their families. Some say Kenyans have just learnt to embrace the pain better than other nations when running.\nIf you'd like to understand more about the Kenyan dominance. Check out the article for further in-depth analysis \u2013 Analysis of the Kenyan Distance-Running Phenomenon.\nDoes running in heat and humidity affect athletic performance?\nThis entry was posted in: Fitness & Health, Sport & Exercise Science\nTagged with: Genetics, Marathon, Physiology, Running\nPingback: Ultramarathon Daily News, Mon, Apr 24 - Ultramarathon News, Podcasts, and Product Reviews\nPrevious PostWin a Kindle Fire and a copy of Daniels' Running Formula\nNext PostSee Dr Karageorghis and Ruth Duncan speak at the Elite Sports Expo","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"(1841-07-13)July 13, 1841\nVienna, Austrian Empire\nApril 11, 1918(1918-04-11) (aged 76)\nVienna, Austria-Hungary\nAustria-Hungarian\nFloodgate, Nu\u00dfdorf, Vienna\nKarlsplatz Stadtbahn Station\nMajolica House\nPostal Office Savings Bank Building\nKirche am Steinhof\nRumbach Synagogue\nViennese Wiener Stadtbahn\nOtto Koloman Wagner (13 July 1841 \u2013 11 April 1918) was an Austrian architect and urban planner. He influenced the development of his hometown Vienna at the turn from the 19th to the 20th century. He also was the architect of important landmarks.\nLife[change | change source]\nOtto Wagner was born in the Penzing district of Vienna. He studied in Berlin and Vienna. After work as brick layer he started as architect. His first buildings were in the historism style. In the late 1880s he became a proponent of the realism style. In 1890 he designed a city plan for Vienna but only the railway netwerk Wiener Stadtbahn was built. In 1894 he became Professor of Architecture at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna.In 1896 he published a textbook entitled Modern Architecture in which he wrote down his ideas about the role of the architect, it based on his first lecture in the Academy. He called for an architecture based on modern materials and modern construction methods. In 1897, he joined Gustav Klimt, Joseph Maria Olbrich, Josef Hoffmann and Koloman Moser shortly after they founded the \"Vienna Secession\" artistic group. He died in 1918 in Vienna.\nWorks of Otto Wagner[change | change source]\nOtto Wagner Villa\nAnker-Haus, Wien;Am Graben\nRailway station; Karlsplatz\nKirche Am Steinhof interior\nOtto Wagner Museum in Vienna\nGreat Buildings Online\nImages of several Wagner buildings\nOtto Wagner at WOKA (de\/en)\nMajolica House in Vienna by Otto Wagner (with drawings and photos)\nAEIOU - Das \u00f6sterreichische Kulturinformationssystem\nDigitized books from the architecture collection of AMS Historica, the digital library of the University of Bologna.\n(German) Einige skizzen 1, Wien, 1905.\nWikimedia Commons has media related to Otto Wagner.\nRetrieved from \"https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Otto_Wagner&oldid=6610776\"\nAustrian architects\nPeople from Vienna\nUrban planners\nPages using infobox architect with unknown parameters","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Spielberg, Streisand for Presidential Medal \u2013 Posthumous honors for Berra, Chisholm\nMadonna performs in concert on Nov 16, in Herning. (AFP)\nLOS ANGELES, Nov 17, (RTRS): Steven Spielberg, Barbra Streisand, Stephen Sondheim, Gloria Estefan and James Taylor are among the recipients of this year's Presidential Medal of Freedom, to be presented at the White House by President Obama on Nov. 24.\nOther recipients include veterans activist Bonnie Carroll, music producer Emilio Estefan, former Rep Lee Hamilton, NASA mathematician Katherine G. Johnson, baseball legend Willie Mays, Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.), conductor Itzhak Perlman and former EPA administrator William Ruckelshaus. Posthumous honors will go to Yogi Berra; Shirley Chisholm, the first African American woman elected to Congress; Indian treaty rights activist Billy Frank Jr. and human rights leader Minoru Yasui.\nThe Medal of Freedom is the White House's highest civilian honor.\nThe list of recipients of each year's Medal of Freedom usually includes a handful from entertainment. Meryl Streep and Stevie Wonder were among the recipients in 2014. Sondheim was a recipient last year, but could not make the ceremony, and Obama said back then that he would receive the honor at the 2015 event.\nThe White House's full descriptions of the recipients are below:\nYogi Berra (posthumous)\nYogi Berra spent over 40 years as a professional baseball catcher, manager, and coach. Widely regarded as one of the greatest catchers in baseball history \u2014 and an all-time Yankee great \u2014 Berra was an 18-time All-Star and 10-time World Series Champion who was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1972. Always quick witted, Berra was famous for his \"Yogi-isms,\" teaching us all that we can observe a lot just by watching. Berra was also a lifelong ambassador for inclusion in sports.\nBonnie Carroll\nBonnie Carroll is a life-long public servant who has devoted her life to caring for our military and veterans. After her husband, Brigadier General Tom Carroll, died in an Army C-12 plane crash in 1992, Carroll founded the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS), which provides comprehensive support to those impacted by the death of their military hero, bringing healing comfort and compassionate care to the living legacies of our nation's service and sacrifice. Carroll is also a retired Major in the Air Force Reserve.\nShirley Chisholm (posthumous)\nShirley Chisholm made history in 1968 by becoming the first African-American woman elected to Congress, beginning the first of seven terms in the House of Representatives. In 1969 she became one of the founding members of what would become the Congressional Black Caucus. Not satisfied, Chisholm went on to make history yet again, becoming the first major-party African-American female candidate to make a bid for the US presidency when she ran for the Democratic nomination in 1972. She was a champion of minority education and employment opportunities throughout her tenure in Congress.\nEmilio Estefan is a passionate and visionary music producer, entrepreneur, author, and songwriter who has won nineteen Grammy Awards and influenced a generation of artists. As the founding member of the Miami Sound Machine, and later through a decades-long career producing and shaping the work of countless stars, Estefan has helped popularize Latin music around the world. He has received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Songwriters Hall of Fame.\nGloria Estefan is a singer, songwriter, actor, and entrepreneur who introduced Latin music to a global audience. The Cuban-American lead singer of the Miami Sound Machine has had chart topping hits such as \"Conga,\" \"Rhythm is Gonna Get You,\" and \"Anything for You.\" Estefan has won seven Grammy Awards and is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, having sold more than 100 million records worldwide. She is an inductee to the Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame and a recipient of the Ellis Island Medal of Honor.\nBilly Frank, Jr. (posthumous)\nBilly Frank, Jr. was a tireless advocate for Indian treaty rights and environmental stewardship, whose activism paved the way for the \"Boldt decision,\" which reaffirmed tribal co-management of salmon resources in the state of Washington. Frank led effective \"fish-ins,\" which were modeled after sit-ins of the civil rights movement, during the tribal \"fish wars\" of the 1960s and 1970s. His magnetic personality and tireless advocacy over more than five decades made him a revered figure both domestically and abroad. Frank was the recipient of many awards, including the Martin Luther King, Jr. Distinguished Service Award for Humanitarian Achievement.\nLee Hamilton has been one of the most influential voices on international relations and American national security over the course of his more than 40 year career. From 1965 to 1999, he served Indiana in the United States House of Representatives, where his chairmanships included the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and the Select Committee to Investigate Covert Arms Transactions with Iran. Since retiring from Congress, Hamilton has been involved in efforts to address some of our nation's most high profile homeland security and foreign policy challenges. He served as Vice Chairman of the 9\/11 Commission and Co-Chairman of the Iraq Study Group.\nKatherine G. Johnson\nKatherine G. Johnson is a pioneer in American space history. A NASA mathematician, Johnson's computations have influenced every major space program from Mercury through the Shuttle program. Johnson was hired as a research mathematician at the Langley Research Center with the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), the agency that preceded NASA, after they opened hiring to African-Americans and women. Johnson exhibited exceptional technical leadership and is known especially for her calculations of the 1961 trajectory for Alan Shepard's flight (first American in space), the 1962 verification of the first flight calculation made by an electronic computer for John Glenn's orbit (first American to orbit the earth), and the 1969 Apollo 11 trajectory to the moon.\nWillie Mays was a professional baseball player, spending most of his 22 seasons as a center fielder for the New York and San Francisco Giants. Mays ended his career with 660 home runs, making him the fifth all-time record-holder. Known as \"The Say Hey Kid,\" Mays was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1979 and landed on MLB's All-Time team. In 1951, Mays became one of the first African-American players in Major League Baseball history and won the Rookie of the Year award. Mays also served his country in the United States Army.\nBarbara Mikulski\nBarbara Mikulski is a lifelong public servant, who has held elected office since 1971. She became the longest serving female Senator in 2011, the longest serving woman in Congress in 2012, and the first female Senator to chair the Senate Appropriations Committee in 2012. Applying what she witnessed in her early career as a social worker and community activist in Baltimore, Maryland to her time in office, Senator Mikulski championed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, and helped establish the NIH Office of Research on Women's Health to include women in federally-funded health research protocols.\nItzhak Perlman is a treasured conductor and sought-after teacher. Among his many achievements are four Emmy Awards, 16 Grammy Awards, and the 2008 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. He was awarded a National Medal of Arts in 2000 and a Kennedy Center Honor in 2003. A native of Israel, he came to the United States at a young age and was introduced to Americans broadly when he appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1958. Mr. Perlman made his Carnegie Hall debut in 1963 when he was 18. In addition to performing internationally and recording the classical music for which he is best known, Perlman has also played jazz, including an album made with jazz pianist Oscar Peterson.\nWilliam Ruckelshaus\nWilliam D. Ruckelshaus is a dedicated public servant who has worked tirelessly to protect public health and combat global challenges like climate change. As the first and fifth Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, under Presidents Nixon and Reagan, he not only shaped the guiding principles of the agency, but also worked diligently to bring the public into the decision making process.\nStephen Sondheim is one of the country's most influential theater composers and lyricists. His work has helped define American theater with shows such as Company, West Side Story, Gypsy, Sweeney Todd, Sunday in the Park with George, and Into the Woods. Sondheim has received eight Grammy Awards, eight Tony Awards, an Academy Award, and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.\nSteven Spielberg is an American film director, producer, philanthropist, and entrepreneur. Spielberg's films include blockbusters such as Jaws, Jurassic Park, E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial, and the Indiana Jones series, as well as socially conscious works Schindler's List,Saving Private Ryan, Lincoln, and his newest film Bridge of Spies. A three-time Academy Award winner, Spielberg is widely considered one of the most influential filmmakers in cinematic history.\nBarbra Streisand is one of our Nation's most gifted talents. Her body of work includes extraordinary singing, acting, directing, producing, songwriting, and she is one of the few performers to receive an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and a Tony. Her performance in 1968's Funny Girl endeared her to Americans for generations, and she won her first Academy Award for her role in that film. In 1984, she became the first woman to win a Golden Globe for Best Director, which she won for the motion picture Yentl. Streisand is also a recipient of four Peabody Awards, in addition to the National Medal of Arts and Kennedy Center Honors.\nAs a recording and touring artist, James Taylor has touched people with his warm baritone voice and distinctive style of guitar-playing for more than 40 years, while setting a precedent to which countless young musicians have aspired. Over the course of his celebrated songwriting and performing career, Taylor has sold more than 100 million albums, earning gold, platinum and multi-platinum awards for classics ranging from Sweet Baby James in 1970 to October Road in 2002.\nPrevious KFH participates in E-Gov forum for 2nd year in a row \u2013 Minister of State honors bank for its sponsorship and continuous contributions\nNext 'Fast & Furious' spinoffs in the works \u2013 'It's a very rich property'","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"The Refuge\nRefuge Compact\nRefuge Extended\nThe future of affordable, energy-efficient housing\nSince its inception more than a century ago, on-site solar energy collection, storage and utilisation has faced limitations in terms of feasibility and reliability. Motivated to develop a better design for the technology, Fluid Solar's founder Roger Davies began researching and developing a series of energy technologies in 2008 for on-site solar thermal energy collection, storage and delivery to homes and businesses. Key components including new methods of solar thermal collection, solar powered heating, cooling and air conditioning technologies have now been successfully developed, patented in Australia, Japan, China, the USA, Canada, India and Europe, and have been operating successfully for over 2 years at Fluid Solar House, the first off-grid solar thermal powered multi-storey building in the world. Improvement and refinement of these systems continues. All these technologies can be integrated with traditional energy solutions for optimum, sustainable, low carbon living. For an overview of how our solar thermal energy collection works, please see Our Technologies.\nThe team at Fluid Solar have been focused since 2015 on bringing the Fluid Solar thermal energy suite of technologies to the consumer and their businesses. A range of affordable, rapid installation, energy-efficient and sustainable building designs are being developed and fabricated in South Australia from locally manufactured components. These homes, additions or commercial spaces function efficiently and reliably with renewably-sourced Fluid Solar energy systems, which produce zero carbon emissions while operating. In 2017, Fluid Solar House was completed\u2013the world's first solar thermal hybrid off-grid office building\u2013demonstrating with resounding success the viability of local solar thermal energy for powering commercial buildings.\nMore commercial building projects have followed, including 20 two-storey town houses now under construction in Northern Adelaide and the installation of single-storey free-standing units for short term accommodation at Gawler, South Australia. The Fluid Solar modular, prefabricated construction method provides an opportunity to tackle the dual challenges of greenhouse gas emissions and housing affordability, and bring sustainable, attainable housing opportunities to Australians and people around the world.\nMeet the Mod Squad\nRoger Davies\nRoger Davies' interest in renewable energy was sparked by a love of flying, looking at engines and waste heat \u2013 which gradually evolved into the research of solar thermal systems, and how they could be used to solve the challenge of affordable and sustainable housing.\nIn addition to Fluid Solar, Roger is also the Director of Adelaide MRI. A qualified Radiologist, Roger has a strong background in the medical sciences, and his innovative approach is also evident in this field through the development of advanced radiology reporting software.\nPhoti Kazis\nPhoti is an architect with 29 years experience in the industry. In the 1990s he joined the 3D simulation revolution and branched out to architectural animation, with a brief foray into theatrical animation, before refocussing on architecture and joining Fluid Solar on its landmark building and energy efficiency projects. He is currently putting his talents to use on projects as diverse as low cost housing to medium scale commercial, with energy efficiency and building longevity being a key focus in the design process.\nRhys Heard\nLouis Chung\nLouis attained his Bachelor's of Engineering (Honours) in Mechanical Engineering from Sydney's University of Technology. With his passion for problem solving, together with a strong belief in sustainable development, working to overcome the inherent challenges in off-grid technologies with Fluid Solar is a natural fit.\nLouis Chung ,Mechanical Engineer\nContact us about your next project\n127 Haydown Rd, Elizabeth Vale SA 5112, Australia\nenquiries@fluidsolarthermal.com\nContact enquiries@fluidsolarthermal.com\n+61.8.8440 7788 +61414450215\n\u00a9 2018 by Fluid Solar Thermal","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"By ESW\nHoly Trinity is an attractive stone built church on the edge of the village looking out across the Trent Valley. It is surrounded by a large churchyard which is still used for burials. Little is known about the early history of the church which underwent a massive restoration in the C19th.\nIt is a typical parish church with a sturdy square tower at the west end with battlements and tall crocketted pinnacles at the corners. There are more crocketted pinnacles on the south aisle, which also has stone carved gargoyles.\nThe church is thought to have been built in the C13th and fabric in the nave is thought to date from that time.The big square windows were added in the C14th or C15th. The tower fell down in the mid C18th and was rebuilt. It contains a ring of six bells.\nThe Vicar, Henry Vincent Bailey funded a major restoration of the church in 1818 when the chancel and south wall were rebuilt. The interior furnishings date from this time. He also acquired a lot of medieval stained glass from other local churches. Messingham church probably has more stained glass than any other church in Lincolnshire.\nInside it is a large church with arcades of round and octagonal pillars and pointed arches separating the nave and side aisles. There is a small window at the top of the chancel arch with Christ crucified with an angel on either side.\nThe small round topped door into the tower is thought to be part of the original Norman church. This leads into the ringing chamber with a wooden ladder giving access to a trap door leading to the bells. On the walls are boards recording details of peel rung in the 1980s.\nThe wooden roof with its carved beams was part of the 1818 restoration. The clerestory windows on the north wall have clear glass in them. Those on the south wall have had their glass removed when the pitch of the south aisle roof was altered.\nJust inside the door is the font which dates from the late C19th. The tall wooden cover with its carved base, is older.\nAt the east end of the south aisle is the Lady Chapel with a stone carving of the Last Supper above the altar. It is separated from the chancel by a modern glass screen.\nThe chancel is reached up steps and has a simple altar with a wooden panel reredos behind it. The East window contains the most medieval stained glass and is stunning when the sunlight shines through it.\nThe church has recently been awarded a Heritage Lottery Grant of \u00a3250,000 to repair the leaking roof and damp problems. There are plans to make the space more flexible for community based activities and to bring the church back to be the focal point of the community.\nThe church is currently kept locked. I emailed the Vicar who arranged for it to be open for me. It was definitely worth visiting. There is parking on Temperance Lane leading to the church. The postal code is DN17 3SB and the grid reference is SE 890048.\nThere are more pictures \"here.\":http:\/\/wasleys.org.uk\/eleanor\/churches\/england\/lincolnshire\/lincolnshire_three\/messingham\/index.html","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"ITVFest\nEmail: festival@itvfest.com\nOverall: n\/a (0.0\/5.0)\nProfessionalism: n\/a (0.0\/5.0)\nFeedback: n\/a (0.0\/5.0)\nSignficance: n\/a (0.0\/5.0)\nReport Cards: 0\nIf instead of making a film, you've created an episodic series (aka, a TV show) and you want to showcase it to TV executives, agents and producers you have limited options. There are a thousand film festivals but they don't accept episodic shows. So where do you take your series to be seen?\nYou take it to ITVFest.\nITVFest (the Independent Television Festival) is a worldwide community of television creators, executives, agents and fans responsible for discovering the best new television programs created on independent (aka, non-network) budgets.\nThroughout the year from New York to Los Angeles and places in between, our global network of creatives, executives and fans gather for seminars, screenings and retreats. Show More\nThroughout the year from New York to Los Angeles and places in between, our global network of creatives, executives and fans gather for seminars, screenings and retreats. It all culminates at the week-long festival in Manchester in October.\nUnlike big city festivals where it can be difficult to interact with the right people, ITVFest in Vermont offers a unique opportunity to meet fellow professionals and make these lasting connections that can lead to prosperous careers.\nExpired. Previous Deadline: 06\/30\/2018\nNotification: Selections will be announced August 15th, 2017.\nPlease see website.\nA development meeting with an HBO executive\nMeeting with Josh McGuire of Underground Management\nZero news items found.\nZero interviews found. If you've finished first, second, or third in this competition, we'd like to interview you.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Giants, Athletics Help Northern California Little League Team With World Series Traveling Expenses\nby NESN Staff on Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 11:46AM\nThe Petaluma Little League team hails from Northern California, so allegiances are probably pretty split when it comes to choosing between rooting for the Giants or the A's.\nFor the next week or two, however, those Little Leaguers will be fans of both clubs.\nThe Bay Area big league clubs, along with Comcast SportsNet Bay Area, have teamed up to donate $15,000 to the Petaluma Little League club, as they get ready to head to Williamsport, Pa., for the Little League World Series.\nLittle League pays for the players' and coaches' accommodations, but families and friends are left to foot their own bills. That's obviously never easy, but fundraising efforts have helped lighten the load. As have the help from the pros.\n\"We look forward to cheering on the Petaluma Nationals and are hopeful that they will bring back a Little League World Series championship to Northern California,\" Comcast SportsNet Bay Area president Ted Griggs said, according to NBC Bay Area.\nPetaluma defeated a team from Hawaii over the weekend, earning the right to represent the West region at Williamsport. They are the first team from Northern California to reach the World Series since 2002.\nScreen shot via NBC Bay Area","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Tag: Tommy Bowe\nThree Key Players for Ireland in South Africa\nBy: Sabena Moylan | June 9, 2016 March 20, 2017\nAs Ireland embark on their Summer Tour around the beautiful South African continent, we have to take note of how long this season has in fact been. From pre-season friendlies games, a massive Rugby World Cup, a Champions Cup and including the prolonged Guinness Pro 12 this season, it has been an eternity. Which stands to question [\u2026] READ MORE\nUlster's Embarrassment of Riches\nBy: Adam McKendry | April 28, 2016 March 20, 2017\nUlster's Embarrassment of Riches in their back line is something to be marveled at. A couple of weeks ago we saw the triumphant return of Tommy Bowe. Having been sidelined during the World Cup with a knee injury, it was a long road back for the Monaghan-born winger but, after six months of gruelling rehab, [\u2026] READ MORE\nIreland Cruise to Victory Infront of Record Crowds\nBy: Molly Smith | September 27, 2015 March 20, 2017\nIt was almost given that Ireland were going to win this (Japan beating South Africa was the a big enough shock) so it was just a question of by how many points. Irish ran the ball but a slip through the hands gave Romania's Calafeteanu an interception, allowing the underdogs their first feel of the [\u2026] READ MORE\nPro 12: Ulster Rugby Season Preview\nBy: John Keogh | September 5, 2014 March 20, 2017\nInterim Head Coach\/Director of Rugby: Les Kiss Captain: Rory Best Position 2013\/2014: 4th Stadium: Kingspan Stadium: Ulster Rugby Season Preview It is difficult to have a clear idea where Ulster are going into the new Guinness Pro 12 season. The departure of David Humphreys as Director of Rugby sent shockwaves throughout the province and [\u2026] READ MORE","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Internet of ThingsWindows 10\nMicrosoft Releases IoT Edition of Windows 10 For Raspberry Pi 2\nBy Kirti Sharma Aug 14, 2015\nMicrosoft on Monday launched the slimmed down version of its latest Personal computer Operating system, Microsoft Windows 10 Internet of Things (IoT) core. Meant for development boards, the latest version will be of a great help to entrepreneurs, developers and students who are looking to develop software for internet-connected devices.\nFirst announced in February this year, the light version is not meant for smartphones, but designed to function on Arduinos, and Raspberry Pi 2 boards. According to a blog post announcement by the software giant, Microsoft Windows 10 now brings support for MinnowBoard Max (MBM board) and Raspberry Pi 2, which is a $35 Linux-based tiny computer.\nMicrosoft has also added support for open-source Arduino in order to let the light new edition of OS communicate with Arduino boards. Reportedly, the company has also gone on to include Wi-Fi and Bluetooth support, and made a massive improvement in the General Purpose Input-output performance for Raspberry Pi 2.\nWith the latest edition of the OS, Microsoft aims to offer a unified code base across all types of computers, which can help developers transform dumb objects into smart ones.\nThe new Microsoft Windows 10 IoT core also comes with support for programming languages, such as, JS, C#, VB and C++ as well as debugging. It also supports Node.js and Python.\nThe latest version of the OS will allow people to create apps for embedded devices such as connected appliances, toys or anything that one might be able to think up using the Windows ecosystem.\nPeople interested in the new OS can download it from the Windows development center. However, the new Microsoft Windows 10 IoT core requires the July 29 versions of Visual Studio 2015 and Windows 10 to function properly.\nOfficially, the only way to install Windows 10 IoT Core is with a computer running Windows 10. There are a few ways around this is with the ffu2img project on GitHub. This Python script takes the special Microsoft .FFU image file format and turns it into an .IMG file that can be used with dd under *nix and Win32DiskImager on Windows.\nA Robotic Air-Hockey tables built using Windows 10 IoT Core\nhttp:\/\/video.ch9.ms\/ch9\/1469\/a6115687-f010-4ad2-b284-b73042151469\/WindowsIoTCoreSnippetAirHockey_mid.mp4\nIn A First Incidence, A Global MNC Found Guilty Of Using Indian Startup's Intellectual Property\nThis Mumbai-Based Startup Working On Enviorment Cleaning Has Just Raised Rs.1 Crore","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Gervinho in talks over Chinese move\nin News Update, Sports\nIvory Coast forward Gervinho could be on his way to China, with his club Roma confirming that they are in negotiations with Jiangsu Suning over a transfer for the player.\nAccording to mtnfootball.com, the Elephants star has scored six goals in Serie A this season, but was left out of Roma's squad for their match against Juventus this past weekend.\n\"I can confirm there are negotiations on-going for Gervinho to China,\" said Roma director Mauro Baldissoni.\n\"When a player expresses the desire to leave, there's no point keeping him.\"\nAn offer of \u20ac18m is believed to have been made, although it is unclear whether that has been accepted.\nIf he does leave, Gervinho would become the latest high-profile player to move to the Chinese Super League.\nTags: Ivory Coasttransfer\nHow to boost economy - Tinubu\nKerosene to sell at N83 - PPPRA","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Home\/austria\/Launch of season 2 on Amazon Prime Video\nLaunch of season 2 on Amazon Prime Video\naustria November 9, 2018 austria, Unterhaltung\nPoster for the second season of \"Patriot\" (c) Amazon Prime Video\nToday begins the second season of the Patriot political drama on Amazon Prime Video. In the following episodes, John has to go undercover to get information on a nuclear agreement with Iran.\nFriday, November 9, the Patriot series returns to Amazon Prime Video after a long absence with the second season.\nThe \"patriot\"It's about two different brothers: one, a folk singer who is spinning, the other one a senator, often cynical, American. But John (Dorman) is not just a musician but also an agent, and his last the mission is Iran and the nuclear agreement. Unfortunately, he goes undercover in a medium-sized company over which the business trip can get information.\nThe question John Tavner has to ask at the beginning of the second season: can he leave John Lakeman behind and save himself? John must decide on the platform if he wants to get rid of his obligations and opponents by taking money from or after Agethe (Aliette Opheim), which may be a risk to him, but his brother, his father and that could save land. His father, meanwhile, has another way out: tracking and killing Calle Walley (Jay Abdo) in Paris.\nWhether there will be a third season, it is not clear yet, especially because too much time has passed between the squadrons and some contracts have expired. Dorman took on a role in the new series for All Mankind.\nNo investor found: Wiener Autobank wants to end banking\nWAC brings Thorsten R\u00f6cher back to the Bundesliga \u00abkleinezeitung.at\n48 megapixel quad camera for only 170 euros\nCholesterol-lowering drugs prevent heart damage through chemotherapy\nThe acceptance of the children increased in Vienna: the father went to the police\n\"Freaks\" \u2013 Former DSDS star gets angry on TV show \u2013 Heute.at \u2013 News and headlines","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"RE\/MAX Premier\nSchellenberg Communities\nWichita Community Resources\nAround Kansas and Missouri\nOur New Office\nOur Competitive Advantage\nRE\/MAX Starts With You\nWhy Join RE\/MAX?\nRE\/MAX keeps its agents on the leading edge of technology.\nRight now, who's keeping you at the forefront of technology? Where do your leads come from? As a franchisor, RE\/MAX maintains state-of-the-art resources that agents benefit from on a daily basis. We invest in productivity - our return on investment is the enhanced performance by you and your team.\nOnce you experience the competitive advantages that RE\/MAX has to offer, you'll know you have found the right home?\nremax.com\nThe RE\/MAX website that generates more than 50 million visits a year, easily eclipsing all other real estate franchise sites.\nOur proprietary lead- management system that has delivered over 12 million leads directly to RE\/MAX agents since 2006, with no fees attached.\nRE\/MAX Global - global.remax.com\nAn unmatched worldwide website that displays RE\/MAX properties to international buyers in their own languages and currencies.\nIt's Almost Overwhelming\nOne thing we hear about our wealth of information and technology is that \"it's almost overwhelming.\" As a result, agents sometimes miss things - they're shocked to discover a resource that would have been helpful earlier.\nOur best advice is to continually re-engage with the resources provided. Take advantage of our tools and stay ahead of the curve. After all, the more you learn, the more you earn!\n2243 N. Ridge Road Suite #105\n\u00a9 2020 Reliance Network and RE\/MAX Kansas-Missouri. All rights reserved. U.S. Reg. Copyright TX-5-910-991, TX-5-910-992, TX-5-910-993, and TX-5-910-994. Equal Housing Opportunity.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"With all my heart I still love the man I killed\nDirected by: William Wyler\nBette Davis, as\nLeslie Crosbie\nHerbert Marshall, as\nJames Stephenson, as\nHoward Joyce\nFrieda Inescort, as\nDorothy Joyce\nGale Sondergaard, as\nBruce Lester, as\nJohn Withers\nElizabeth Inglis as\nAdele Ainsworth\nReviewed on: April 1st, 2009\nBette Davis commits cold blooded murder.\nBette Davis teamed for her second of three movies with director William Wyler for this adaptation of the W. Somerset Maugham play The Letter. It was nominated for seven Oscars including Best Picture, Actress and Director. It features some noir style black and white cinematography and a memorable musical score by Max Steiner. All of these ingredients combined for a classic murder melodrama.\nThe opening scene is one of the most unexpected and intriguing in movie history. We see a full moon then the camera pans down to a rubber tree with a sign identifying our location as Singapore. The camera then continues across some plantation workers lying in hammocks and finally we see the open front door of a large bungalow. A gun shot is heard. A man staggers out the front door of the bungalow. A woman follows him with a gun in her hand. The man falls to the ground as the woman repeatedly fires at point blank range until the gun chamber is empty.\nLeslie Crosbie is one of Bette Davis' great villains. She tells her husband that the man she killed, a family friend, had tried to rape her and she shot him in self defense. He buys it and a lawyer friend takes on her case. But then evidence against her, in the form of an incriminating letter she wrote to the murder victim, surfaces. Without her husband knowing the full story her lawyer buys the letter and Leslie is subsequently acquitted of murder. Eventually her husband finds out what the letter said and that Leslie was indeed having an affair with the man; and what's more shot him in a fit of jealous passion when he tried to end it. Her husband forgives her and asks only if she still loves him. She struggles for a moment and then gives one of the great line readings of her career. \"With all my heart I still love the man I killed!\"\nThis movie is brilliantly acted and directed. Watch how Davis tells her first version of the murder. She is confident but is clearly acting. By that I mean the character is acting her lie. Later when she tells the true version of what happened she is much more relaxed and the truth pours out naturally. Wyler makes master use of his camera movement. He uses shadows and lighting contrasts that are very much film noir at the dawn of that genre.\nThere are only two flaws worth mentioning. One is the casting of Gale Sondergaard as the Asian wife of the man Leslie killed. Her makeup is garish and since all the other Asian characters are played by Asians she stands out. The other even bigger flaw is the ending that Hollywood censors imposed. In the stage version the curtain falls right after Leslie's big line. But here she has to pay for her sins. Therefore a somewhat ridiculous ending was tacked on where Leslie purposely walks out into the moonlight knowing that her murdered lover's wife is waiting in the shadows with a dagger.\nDespite these flaws The Letter is a great movie.\nPhotos \u00a9 Copyright Warner Bros. Pictures (1940)","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"This Week At The Kino: Mexican provocations and Jewish & queer celebrations\nOut of the many releases this week, only one caught our film editor's eye. Find out which one, and get the lowdown on this year's XPOSED and Jewish film festivals.\nNuevo Orden (New Order) \u2013 out in cinemas this week\nThis week's releases are numerous but, for the most part, slightly underwhelming. Only one truly stands out and we're saving it for last. Let's get through the others first.\nWritten, directed and starring Viggo Mortensen, Falling is strong albeit traditional-feeling drama that's essentially about a gay liberal struggling to care for his homophobic father during the final days of his life, after the latter has started showing signs of dementia. It's carried by two fantastic performances from Mortensen and the oft-underrated Lance Henriksen, who gives the performance of his 60-year career. Mortensen does delve into some interesting terrain regarding generational divides and father-son dynamics, but the end result tends to feel more exhaustingly melodramatic than reach-for-the-tissues poignant. Nonetheless, a solid directorial debut that's worth the price of admission for Henriksen's spirited performance alone.\nElsewhere, Tom & Jerry: The Movie can be filed alongside the Garfield films in the 'Kids Deserve Better Than These Uninspired Live Action 'Toon Movies' drawer; Dream Horse is a tooth-gratingly schmaltzy Brit flick that dramatises the real-life underdog tale of a Welsh village's racehorse-funding alliance, one that'll only delight those who consider Calendar Girls and Military Wives as flat out masterpieces. The fifth instalment in the Purge franchise, The Forever Purge, is a lot better than it had any right to be, and we're ashamed to say we haven't seen the Ryan Reynolds-starring Free Guy. We hope it's good.\nAs for this week's standout release, we nominate Nuevo Orden (New Order), the new film by Mexican provocateur Michel Franco. It won big at the Venice Film festival last year, nabbing the Grand Jury Prize for its bleak and distressingly not-so-unfeasibly-dystopian look at class revolt. It's far from subtle on the socio-political allegory front, but it pulls none of its punches during its mean and lean 88-minute runtime. It's worth watching, if you're not averse to stomach-knotting tension and some hard-hitting bursts of violence.\nAngelo Madsen Minax's North By Current, screening at XPOSED Film Festival tonight at Moviemento (20:15) and on the closing night at Wolf Kino (21:10).\nOn our radar events-wise is the 15th edition of the XPOSED International Queer Film Fest, which had its opening night yesterday. The core of the programme kicks off today and lasts until the 15th, featuring 17 feature films and over 60 shorts. Of note are three Berlinale alumnus (click on the titles for our reviews): Alice J\u00fanior (screening tonight at Il Kino \u2013 19:00), The Twentieth Century (also screening tonight, this time at Moviemento \u2013 22:45) and the fantastic North By Current (screening tonight at Moviemento and on the closing night at Wolf Kino \u2013 \u2013 20:15 and 21:10 respectively). The last entry, which screened this year in Panorama, is our top pick: Angelo Madsen Minax's skilfully constructed essay follows the trans filmmaker returning to his Michigan hometown after the mysterious death of his two-year-old niece and the subsequent arrest of his brother-in-law as the culprit. By grappling with the fact that \"when you speak the pain's name, it dissipates\", Madsen Minax movingly delves into themes of childhood, grief, addiction and transgender masculinity. It's a must-see. You can check out the full programme here.\nShiva Baby, screening at this year's JFBB \u2013 Jewish Film Festival.\nAlso kicking off tonight is the 27th edition of JFBB, the Jewish Film Festival (August 12-22). This year, the festival shines a light on the past and present realities between Israel and Palestine, as well as Germany and Poland. Two unmissable entries highlight the festival's diverse line-up and tonal range when it comes to tackling this year's theme: Shiva Baby and The Painted Bird.\nOn the lighter side of the spectrum is Emma Seligman's Shiva Baby, a refreshing and brilliantly scripted coming-of-age comedy that surprisingly manages to out-thrill most thrillers. It sees twentysomething Danielle (Rachel Sennott), who dabbles in both babysitting and sex work to support herself through uni, run into her secret sugar daddy at a shiva (a Jewish wake). As low-stakes as that sounds, the hyper-adrenalised execution would make the Safdie Brothers swoon, with Seligman managing to pull off an impressive tonal balancing act in which deadpan comedy, cringe humour and anxiety triggering claustrophobia have equal say. It screens on the 12th at Potsdam's Thalia (20:00) and the 13th at Delphi Lux (20:00), as well as an open-air screening on the 14th at Sommerkino Kulturforum (21:00).\nOn the much, much darker side is The Painted Bird, Czech filmmaker V\u00e1clav Marhoul's adaptation of Jerzy Kosi\u0144ski's divisive and seemingly unfilmable 1965 novel of the same name. This beautifully filmed monochrome odyssey explores conflict through the chaptered story of a young boy's ordeals through Eastern Europe during World War II. He is a witness to human depravity and the atrocities of war, reminding us that humankind has often shone through its malevolence and lack of humanity.\nThe film comes out early September in cinemas, but if you feel you can stomach it, rush to see this unforgettable piece of filmmaking at JFBB. Fair word of warning: it's an endurance test, but one that reveals itself to be devastatingly cathartic and vital. It screens on the 16th at Passage Kino (17:00), 17th at Potsdam's Thalia (19:00), 18th and 20th at Delphi Lux (20:00; 17:00). Keep an eye out for our full review when the film is released on September 9, as well as our interview with director V\u00e1clav Marhoul.\nEvent Horizon, screening at the Berlin 24-Hour Sci-Fi Film Marathon at Babylon, starting tomorrow evening.\nAnd lastly, if those two recommendations don't strike a chord, you can always head over to the third annual Berlin 24-Hour Sci-Fi Film Marathon at Babylon tomorrow evening. Lasting from 18:00 on Friday to 18:00 on Saturday (for those of you who were thrown off by the whole 24-Hour thing), the programme features genre classics like Flash Gordon, Terminators 1 & 2, They Live, Escape From New York, Event Horizon, and many more. All you need is a good sleeping bag and some comfy pillows; Babylon are throwing in a free breakfast for those who manage to keep awake, bless 'em.\nHappy screenings and see you next week!\nthis week at the kino\nJewish Film Festival","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Cross-Ideological Common Ground on Torture and Discrimination, Sort of\nFormer VP Cheney and others (including a commenter on this blog) have criticized the Obama Administration for releasing the Bush OLC memos authorizing harsh interrogation techniques but redacting information about the supposed effectiveness of waterboarding, etc., as a means of obtaining actionable intelligence. On its face, the criticism is odd because the legal prohibition of torture is a prohibition of effective torture as well as ineffective torture, as even the Bush OLC memos themselves acknowledge. The severity or permanence of injury that some technique does not differ at all based on whether or not it leads to truthful and actionable intelligence or simply leads to the person being interrogating saying whatever he thinks the interrogators want to hear. Thus, it appears that what Cheney and others are saying is: \"Whether or not waterboarding was illegal, it was the right thing to do.\"\nThat's not an inherently implausible claim. Just about everyone who thinks about the question will recognize that there are circumstances in which the right thing to do (judged by whatever moral standards one has for assessing rightness) is to violate the law--even if the law is generally a good law. Jurisprudence scholars debate whether there is even a prima facie moral duty to obey the law, but even if there is one, surely that duty can sometimes be overcome by other moral duties. It takes an awfully strong commitment to the act\/omission distinction to say that it's wrong to torture the terrorist who has hidden a doomsday device. Of course, such scenarios are highly unrealistic, but the point of such \"ticking bomb\" examples is to show that categorical opposition to torture must be rooted in something besides the claim that it is always and in principle wrong (although there are indeed people who think, on Kantian grounds, that torture is indeed always and in principle wrong, even if the consequences of not torturing are catastrophic).\nThe difficulty with the foregoing analysis may be that it gives too much credit to VP Cheney and others, who really do seem to be saying something like \"if it worked, it's legal.\" But we can make some sense of even that sort of claim. The argument goes along the lines of the OLC memos and is rooted in the impulse to resolve legal ambiguity in favor of permitting conduct that looks a lot like torture. If you think that the legal prohibition on torture gets in the way of doing things that are morally best, then you will want to construe that prohibition as narrowly as possible. Although I disagree with the premises of this set of arguments, I do understand their structure.\nIndeed, the structure is broadly similar to the structure of arguments liberals (who tend to be on the other side of the torture debate) make in other contexts. Consider the issue presented by the New Haven firefighter case currently before the Supreme Court, and race-conscious affirmative action more broadly. Conservatives argue that the constitutional guarantee of \"equal protection\" and (even more clearly) the statutory prohibition on \"discrimination on the basis of race,\" forbid all race-based affirmative action and that liberals who favor such programs favor them despite the fact that they are unequal and discriminatory. From the conservative viewpoint, in other words, liberals think it is more important to advance their vision of society (e.g., racially integrated fire departments) than to follow the legal requirement of equal protection and the legal prohibition on discrimination.\nBut from the perspective of (us) liberals, that's mistaken. We say that the meaning of terms like \"equal protection\" and \"discrimination\" is sufficiently open-ended to permit race-based affirmative action. Indeed, we even understand such programs as designed to implement the equality and anti-discrimination norms. In other words, we make the analogous move to the one made by the Bush OLC memos: We see and resolve ambiguity to render our understanding of the law consistent with our vision of morality.\nTo be clear, I'm NOT saying that the moves are equivalent in all respects. I think that the interpretation of \"equality\" to permit some race-based affirmative action is much more legitimate than the interpretation of \"torture\" to permit waterboarding. John Yoo and Steve Bradbury would probably draw the opposite conclusion. 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{"text":"Time for Tea Series\n\u2022 Beloved Black Cosmetics Brand Fashion Fair Is Planning Its Comeback \u2026 And A Showdown With Rihanna\n\u2022 Here's How Horses Are Helping Corporate Types And Entrepreneurs To Stay Focused\n\u2022 Thousands Turn Out For Women's March Across The Country\n\u2022 How Entrepreneurs Are Working Both Sides Of The Sales Street, Online And Brick-And-Mortar\n\u2022 Skin Care Subscription Box Combines Korean Culture And Colombian Heritage\n\u2022 Kids With Deployed Parents Can Get A Free 'Hug-A-Hero' Doll\nWhat Does A Veteran Look Like? Women Who Enlisted Break The Mold\nBy Working Woman Report\n\u2022 November 11, 2018\nWorking Woman Report\nWorking Woman Report is the source for stories about women in business, women in leadership, and news about empowering women. It's updated daily and curated by Emmy Award Winning Journalist, Allison Haunss.\nairforcearmyfemales in the militaryveteranswomanWOmenwomen in the militarywomen who serve\nBy Chris Ehrmann The Saginaw News, Mich.\nWWR Article Summary (tl;dr) On this Veteran's Day meet Beth Alford. The Indiana native served in the Navy in Iraq in 2006 and Afghanistan in 2013. She is also serving in Navy reserves as a naval chief petty officer.\nSAGINAW, Mich.\nWhen people think of veterans, women who serve in the military don't always come to mind.\nMost people think of an older, white male Vietnam veteran with patches and a hat, says Andrea Norton, who served in the U.S. Air Force.\n\"Society at large doesn't recognize women as veterans,\" said Norton, now a woman veterans program manager for the Department of Veteran Affairs in Saginaw. \"I guarantee if you ask anybody what's in your head, what does a veteran look like, they're gonna have one specific image.\"\nBut women who've served their country are out there. The Veteran Health Agency Support Service Center says there are 529 women veterans in Bay County, 986 in Saginaw County and 374 in Midland County.\nBeth Alford, director of military student affairs at Saginaw Valley State University, is one of them. The Indiana native served in the Navy in Iraq in 2006 and Afghanistan in 2013. She is also serving in Navy reserves as a naval chief petty officer.\n\"I've heard in my groups of women that sometimes their service fields may be a little bit more invisible than others,\" Alford said. \"When people think about veterans, they don't think of a 36-year-old female with three kids that works at SVSU, they don't think, 'Oh yeah, she's had two deployments.'\"\nAlford said women veterans aren't seeking recognition for their service beyond what other vets receive during times such as Veterans Day on Sunday, Nov. 11. But she says it's tough when things happen like a group of men at a gas station thank her husband for his service but ignore her.\n\"Honestly, I don't need someone to thank me, I don't expect that, but it is sort of a slap in the face,\" she said. Norton said the point of the military is not to be individualistic, but feels women have to do extra work to get recognized.\n\"We all look the same in the military for a reason, it's about cohesion and being a team,\" she said. But the military can be a \"good old boys club\" and women have to prove themselves to get \"half the amount of respect\" that men get, she said.\nBeing a woman in the military brings its own set of challenges, such as dealing with sexual harassment -- or even sexual assault.\nAccording to a VA fact sheet, one in four women veterans say that have experienced sexual trauma or sexual harassment during their service.\n\"You would be hard pressed to find a single woman who served that didn't experience sexual harassment, it's part of the culture,\" Norton said, adding that she experienced discrimination as well when she served. \"I had a tech sergeant who told me he didn't believe women should be wearing the uniform.\"\nHaley Tacey, a student at Saginaw Valley and a veteran from Saginaw, says she experienced sexual harassment from a superior officer while she was in the U.S. Marine Corps.\nShe and another woman in the service reported him and after an investigation he was forced to retire, she said. Tacey said she faced criticism from others for reporting it.\nSome of the terms used to describe women in the military, Tacey said, included terms like \"wooks\" and \"walking mattresses.\"\nHer advice for women in the military is to stick up and defend your morals in those types of instances and there are avenues for women to follow, like each base having an equal opportunity adviser to address issues such as sexual harassment.\nDespite that incident, she said she is proud to be in the military and to have served her country.\n\"I just learned a lot from the military,\" she said, adding that it made her more mature and helped her to go to college, too.\nNorton said things have gotten better for women over the years as more women are serving in roles that were traditionally held by men, but still more work is needed.\n\"There might be policies, but culture has to catch up to policy and sometimes policy has to catch up to culture,\" Norton said.\nNorton said many women who have finished their service are reluctant to contact the VA, but the agency has made strides in recent years to improve its care to women, like the creation of Norton's role in 2010.\n\"When I was first hired on to this role a little over two years ago, they committed in their facility's strategic plan to prove women's health,\" she said. \"We've been able to expand our staff and develop a more cohesive program.\"\nShe added that women have unique needs and that there should be equitable services because everyone has unique needs and all women want is equality.\nThe VA has services that can help women, and male veterans as well, like talking with a military sexual trauma coordinator who offers counseling, support and help with treatment planning through case management.\nAlford said that there has been a lot of progress over the years like at the Aleta Lutz VA Hospital in Saginaw County, which has a robust women veteran's clinic for medical needs that are unique to women.\n\"I'm the forever optimist, but I think that we've come a long way. I know when I host workshops here, female veterans are always asked about or talked about,\" she said. \"The experience they (women) bring can be so valuable when people might not think that it is.\"\nFidelity President's Message To Women: Break The...\nMeet The Entrepreneur Using Technology To Build...\nAre Women Less Trusting Of Their Bosses And Co-Workers Than Men?\nTater Tots, Indoor Fireworks, Gift Rocks: Meet Newest Wedding Trends\nDifferences That Once Were Appealing May Lead To Problems In A Marriage\nMORE IN LIFE & STYLE\nHow To Move Forward After A Bad Breakup\nBeloved Black Cosmetics Brand Fashion Fair Is Planning Its Comeback \u2026 And A Showdown With Rihanna\nHere's How Horses Are Helping Corporate Types And Entrepreneurs To Stay Focused\nThousands Turn Out For Women's March Across The Country\nHow Entrepreneurs Are Working Both Sides Of The Sales Street, Online And Brick-And-Mortar\nSkin Care Subscription Box Combines Korean Culture And Colombian Heritage\n\u00a9 2015 Site By: Lighthouse Digital LLC\nReceive weekly news reports from Allison:","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"'It Was Killing Me': Doctors Save Vaping Victim On Long Island\nFiled Under:Cindy Hsu, e-cigarettes, Local TV, Manhasset, North Shore University Hospital, Vaping\nMANHASSET, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) \u2014 The dangers of vaping have been all over the news of late.\nOn Thursday, a Long Island man spoke out about nearly dying from it.\nThe Roslyn Heights resident told CBSN New York's Cindy Hsu he's lucky to be alive.\n\"I can't express how much that that basically almost killed me. I thought it was just relaxing me, and it wasn't. It was killing me,\" Jonathan Doneson said at North Shore University Hospital.\nThe 52-year-old was talking about vaping THC, which is the chemical in marijuana that gets you high. He said he had been vaping from a pen every day for several weeks for several months to relieve stress, but then started to feel sick.\n\"Coughing, your lungs feeling tight, sweats, loss of appetite,\" Doneson said, describing his symptoms.\nMORE: N.J. Lawmaker Wants To Ban Sale Of All Vaping Products; FDA Eyes Flavored E-Cigarettes\nDoctors said he was treated for bronchitis, but the symptoms continued. When they learned he had been vaping THC, they found lung damage and realized he also had double pneumonia.\nThey treated him with steroids and antibiotics, and he eventually recovered.\nHis doctors are concerned about the ingredients being vaped.\n\"We don't know what's inside them. A lot of them are counterfeit products. They do have marijuana in them, but they have other things that we don't know, like pesticides, carcinogens, cancer causing agents,\" pulmonologist Dr. Mina Makaryus said.\nDoneson wouldn't say where he bought his THC, but after he got sick, he had it tested. What did they find?\n\"Formaldehyde, pesticide, vitamin E and a little dab of THC,\" he said.\nHe's really concerned about kids in middle and high school.\n\"It alsmose killed me. So don't be the big shot who thinks, 'Oh, I got the THC pen,' and you want to show off to all of your friends, 'look I got the new one.' It's not cool,\" he said.\nHis doctors are warning everyone to stop vaping, whether it's nicotine or marijuana.\n\"We don't know what the long-term affects are of these substances they they are using. We don't know if they're going to cause cancer in 20-30 years from now,\" Dr. Makaryus said.\nCurrently, the Centers for Disease Control is investigating hundreds of cases of illnesses believed to be related to vaping, and so far six people have died.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Department of Economic and Social Affairs\tYouth\nSearch UN DESA\nWorld Programme of Action for Youth\nInter-Agency Network on Youth\nYouth Delegate Programme\nUN Inter-Agency Network\nWorld Youth Report\nWhat is the World Programme of Action for Youth?\nThe United Nations youth agenda is guided by the World Programme of Action for Youth (WPAY).\nClick to view a pdf version of the World Programme of Action for Youth in English, French or Spanish.\nThe WPAY, adopted by the General Assembly in 1995, provides a policy framework and practical guidelines for national action and international support to improve the situation of young people around the world. The WPAY covers fifteen youth priority areas and contains proposals for action in each of these areas.\nEach of the fifteen priority areas identified by the international community is presented in terms of principal issues, specific objectives and the actions proposed to be taken by various actors to achieve those objectives. Objectives and actions reflect the three themes of the first International Youth Year: Participation, Development, Peace in 1985; they are interlinked and mutually reinforcing.\nThe fifteen fields of action identified by the international community are education, employment, hunger and poverty, health, environment, substance abuse, juvenile justice, leisure-time activities, girls and young women and the full and effective participation of youth in the life of society and in decision-making, as well as globalization, information and communication technologies, HIV\/AIDS, armed conflict, and intergenerational issues.\nImplementation of the Programme of Action requires the full enjoyment by young people of all human rights and fundamental freedoms, and also requires that Governments take effective action against violations of these rights and freedoms and promote non-discrimination, tolerance, respect for diversity, with full respect for various religious and ethical values, cultural backgrounds and philosophical convictions of their young people, equality of opportunity, solidarity, security and participation of all young women and men.\nWorld Programme of Action\nHunger and poverty\nLeisure-time activities\nGirls and young women\nHIV\/ AIDS\nIntergenerational Issues\nMore Issue Briefs\nCommission for Social Development\nReports of the Secretary-General\nGeneral Assembly and CSocD Resolutions\nUN Opportunities\nWorld Programme of Action on Youth\nDISD e-Brochure\nUNSDN\nMore DISD Social Media\nYouth Flash Newsletter\nDESA News\nECOSOC News","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"9\/11\/03 - U.S. PLAN FOR IRAQ - 2003-09-12\nRebuilding Iraq will take time and require sacrifices. The United States has experience rebuilding war-torn countries. Following the Second World War, the U.S. devoted the resources necessary to help Germany and Japan establish democratic governments and market economies. The U.S. and its coalition allies want to do the same for Iraq, said President George W. Bush:\n\"That effort [in Germany and Japan] has been repaid many times over in three generations of friendship and peace. America today accepts the challenge of helping Iraq in the same spirit -- for their sake, and our own.\"\nThe first step is to destroy the terrorists. Since the end of major combat operations in Iraq, U.S. and coalition forces have seized many caches of weapons and ammunition. Hundreds of Saddam Hussein loyalists and terrorists have been captured or killed. Of the fifty-five most-wanted former Iraqi leaders, forty-two are now dead or in custody. The message is clear, said President Bush:\n\"Anyone who seeks to harm our soldiers can know that our soldiers are hunting for them.\"\nThe U.S. and its allies are also committed to expanding international cooperation in the reconstruction of Iraq. There are nearly one-hundred thirty-thousand U.S. troops in Iraq and over twenty-thousand troops from twenty-nine other countries. Two multinational divisions are led by British and Polish forces.\nThe ultimate goal is to restore sovereignty to the Iraqi people. More than ninety-percent of towns and cities in Iraq have functioning local governments. The new Iraqi Governing Council is made up of twenty-five leaders representing Iraq's diverse people -- Muslim, Christian, Shiite, Sunni, Kurd, and Turkman. The next step toward self-government will be drafting a constitution. Once written, the constitution will be widely circulated and debated among the Iraqi people. All adult Iraqis will have the chance to vote for or against it. After the constitution has been ratified, elections can be scheduled.\nAs President Bush said, with the help of the coalition, the Iraqi people \"must rise to the responsibilities of a free people and secure the blessings of their own liberty.\"","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
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{"text":"The Discovery Of Ones Heritage\nMadrigal Kaguya\nStat Page : Here\nClan Specialty : Taijutsu\nValen awoke in the morning ready to go talk to the deputy Hogokage about his concerns regarding his eyes and abilities with light. He dressed himself in his usual attire of crimson cloak, black undershirt, black cargo pants and shinobi boots. He proceeded to tie his blade to his waist before rolling his shoulders and stepping out the door, making sure to reset his traps when he did so. He began to turn toward The Unseen University, where he would be able to find the Deputy Hogokage in most situations unless she was baking as he heard she enjoyed doing. As he turned toward the direction however he found himself shaking his head and turning back to go toward his usual training ground. He moved quietly down the street toward his preferred place of practice, taking slow strides and getting some fresh air as he moved toward the training ground. 'What's wrong with me?' He'd begin to think as he shortly came within view of the church that stood nearby. 'Why didn't I just go toward the Deputy Kage's Office as I had intended to? Why did I turn away?' He'd ask himself as he stepped onto the field and began to mill around, pacing back and forth, trying to figure out why he was hesitating. 'Am I afraid to find out about myself? If she knows, would I somehow find out more about my parents? Am I ready to find out what I am? What this is?' He'd ask himself as he paced around the training ground. The sun was high up in the sky and he soon decided it would be good to get out of the heat. He turned toward the church and walked toward it, taking a seat on a nearby bench that was shadowed by the structure. He would sigh in relief of the shade before placing his elbows on his knees and nervously moving his feet up and down in a rapid manner. He simply didn't know what to do, should he go ask her? Should he wait until he thought he was ready? \"What is this power is dangerous to other people around me?..What if I accidentally harm civilians?..That settles it, I need to speak to the Deputy Kage..Denkiteki Sama would probably be too busy, but I'll bug him about it if I need to instead.\" He would say aloud, mainly to himself before nodding and standing up to leave. He'd look back up at the church before leaving, staring at the structure that seemed to be a constant fixture in his training.\nAkihana Akari\nRe: The Discovery Of Ones Heritage\n\"The Commoner Queen\"\nThat was the word Akihana had been hearing a lot lately, and she wasn't entirely sure if it was a good or bad thing. Certainly Queen Shiera would not have liked to be referred to as the Commoner Queen and Princess Tehniyat may have simply found it an insult of the highest degree. Yet Akihana, when she did give into instinct in times of non realization, found herself warming up to the title. There were definitely grander versions of it. Queen of the People, Mother of Haven, The Princess that was Promised. But all those names never really described her, they described an image the common folk had of her.\nAn image that most days had to be more real than the kunoichi was, because in this world, there was little room for a woman who baked and prayed and mourned. She had to be kept out of sight in favor of the beautiful Queen who exuded confidence in her people and hope for the future. The Commoner Queen allowed for a little bit of Akihana to leak into the persona her royal image had created.\nShe had always been just one of the people, and that title reminder her that she would always be one of them. She sometimes wondered if that was how Youka felt, playing a part for his people as much as she played one for hers. The pain that came with thoughts of her husband was welcome at this point. It had been almost half a year since she had last seen him on the battlefield created outside Kumogakure's gate. Half a year since she'd heard anything from him, half a year since she'd asked him if he'd eaten, or slept, or had more work pending, or simply sat with him in silence.\nNow, the pain was the only reminder that the silence had once existed, so it would always be welcome in her heart. if all she had to remember him by was the pain and the promise that rested on her ring finger, she was really one of the lucky ones. Someone had told her once that tokens didn't matter, but they had not clarified what forms tokens could take. Would she miss her heart if someone took it away? Or would she learn to live without it, reminded of its former existence only by the ache and emptiness it left behind?\nThe tear that threatened to escape her golden eyes was hidden expertly as Akihana bowed her head in prayer, seated in the back rows of the pew without her guards. There was no need, for it was Ser Kyousuke who was giving the sermon today. The knight had been so diligent in his duties to her, she hadn't realized he was neglecting his church. The Queen had insisted on attending one of his sermons and here they were. The church was beautiful, modest and catered to all who wished to learn the ways of a loving and merciful God. Ser Kyousuke's deity of choice welcomed everyone, the rich, the poor, the healthy and sick, the men and the women and ninja too.\nIt was the only place she felt right praying for the man who may never wish to lay eyes on her again. He may have been a sinner by many counts but this church welcomed sinners, and Akihana could only hope her silent plea for Youka's well being would be heard. As the bell for midday mass ending rang, the blonde rose to her feet, gathering her modest pale peach gown around herself. If she stayed, there would soon be a queue of people lining up to pay their respects and the last thing she wanted was the attention drawn from her Queensguard's excellent sermon. He deserved the spotlight today for his tireless duty to the crown.\nMaking her way out of one of the side doors to throw off any attention, the blonde found herself underneath the scorching midday sun. The heat felt cleansing on her back, travelling through the thin material of her gown to envelope her slender frame and make her golden locks glow. There were benches outside but those would soon be crowded by the church goers stopping for a word, a gossip, a favor or to simply congratulate someone on a wedding, a birth, even a death. A lonely shadowy figured was the only person that occupied the area of the benches and the kunoichi wandered why he hadn't gone in.\nFeeling bolder than she would have before she had prayed for a man who many believed was beyond prayer, she made her way towards the ambling shadow up head. If he was a commoner, he would recognize her by her hair, if not, well, she was the Commoner Queen. Might as well be the \"common\" bit for a while.\n\"Good Morrow,\" she called out, raising a hand to the male slowly looming in view. \"You should attend the service one of these days, they really are lovely.\"\nValen realized during his small mental breakdown that he didn't even know what the woman looked like. That would mean he would need to speak with her during anytime she might be in her office. This drove him absolutely mad as while a great deal of his being was a nervous wreck over actually learning something about his heritage. The other part of him wanted to know, badly. But unless he knew of someone that knew the Deputy Hogokage herself and could introduce him he doubted he'd be able to get a meeting with her easily. After all she must have been one incredibly busy woman. What with paperwork and having to deal with Hogokage-sama as well. A job which was probably a full time job in it of itself. So, while he wanted nothing more than to dash to the offices in The Unseen University he knew full well that'd he'd probably be a bit of a fool for doing so. This would lead to a long drawn out sigh right before he heard someone call out to him under the blistering afternoon sun. He turned to face the melodic voice to see a slender woman with striking blonde hair that seemed to be illuminated by the sun as she moved. She had deep brown eyes and wore a simple peach coloured gown that went perfectly with her hair.\nAfter rudely staring at her when she called out to him, a fact he become all too aware of. He would blink a few times before realizing that she would be waiting for a response from the crimson haired young man. He would nod his head in her direction, not bothering to stand or move from the bench, but also not blocking the available seat on it if the fair haired woman decided to occupy the lone spot that remained. She must've been inside, so she was a civilian church goer? This made him nervous because his sword was currently strapped to his waist. This meant that this particular civilian might notice it and try something. He couldn't physically hurt her if she did, but at this point there was much on his mind that he simply didn't care if she tried to strike him, or belittle him or not. At this point he'd realize that she had told him that he should attend a service at some point. It seemed that she herself was a fan of them. Personally however, they simply weren't Valen's thing. Especially since most of the people that would go would absolutely love to see him and every other shinobi burn for all they cared.\nTherefore he'd shake his head at the suggestion, while the lack of hostile words for the a moment was a kind respite, he wouldn't put himself so obviously in the middle of their world. \"I think not, the majority of my kind are not welcome in most of the churches.\" He would say, not making eye contact mainly out of a minor bit of nervous tension. He didn't really understand why he felt so nervous about this woman. Perhaps it was simply him being worked up over his earlier thoughts. That could very well be it. Still it didn't really fix the issue he had but it didn't really matter. Someone had taken time out of their day to speak to him so he would at least be polite enough to not anger her. \"I am however glad to know that people really do find peace in there.\" He would say as he continued to move his leg up and down in a nervous fashion. His mind was running too quickly for him to keep up at this point. He needed to calm down left he make HER nervous.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"https:\/\/www.stamfordadvocate.com\/news\/article\/Greenwich-dealer-unveils-new-Rolls-Royce-3671683.php\nGreenwich dealer unveils new Rolls-Royce\nNicole Narea\nAt right, David Archibald, president of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars North America, during the unveiling ceremony of the Rolls-Royce Phantom Series II in the recently renovated showroom at Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Greenwich Wednesday night, June 27, 2012. less\nAt right, David Archibald, president of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars North America, during the unveiling ceremony of the Rolls-Royce Phantom Series II in the recently renovated showroom at Rolls-Royce Motor Cars ... more\nPhoto: Bob Luckey\nGreenwich resident Michael Colnes took a sip of wine and boasted of once being the proud owner of a Rolls-Royce -- a toy-sized model that decorated his childhood bedroom, that is.\nNevertheless, as a longtime admirer of Rolls-Royce's unique brand of luxury, he knows that its \"combination of history, tradition, and the leading edge\" never goes out of style, he said.\n\"No one will ever ask what year Rolls Royce you have,\" Colnes said. \"It is simply timeless.\"\nThe latest addition to Rolls-Royce's 108-year lineage of luxury vehicles is the Phantom Series II, which was unveiled Wednesday evening in the newly remodeled Rolls-Royce Motor Cars of Greenwich showroom on West Putnam Avenue. The cocktail chatter faded to whispers as David Archibald, president of the company's North American division, addressed the crowd of 50 car enthusiasts, revealing the Phantom's gleaming, spacious cobalt body.\nIt is easily the size of a small bus and would seemingly require a \"commercial license to drive,\" joked Greenwich resident Niki Bloom.\nManhattan resident Beverly Ehrlich made the trek to the Greenwich dealership, the nation's biggest seller of Rolls-Royces, to experience the car before her own custom Phantom arrives in October. The car's most basic model is priced at nearly $400,000.\n\"The Queen of England will be driven in this car,\" Ehrlich said as other guests whipped out their smartphones to record footage of the Phantom. \"This is the top of the top -- the Mount Everest of cars.\"\nThe Phantom Series II represents \"an evolution, rather than a revolution\" for Rolls-Royce, Archibald said.\nIt maintained all of the basic attributes of the acclaimed Series I model, but saw significant technological upgrades. It boasts the first LED headlights to be offered as standard on a production car and a new 8-speed automatic gearbox that lowers fuel consumption by 10 percent, as well as updated navigation and driver assistance services.\n\"The major appeal of Rolls-Royce is that the driving experience is effortless,\" said Archibald, who drives a range of Rolls-Royces, including the Phantom, depending on his mood. \"I was stuck in traffic on the way from the George Washington Bridge to the Throgs Neck Bridge yesterday, and sitting there in the Rolls with a big smile on my face because I was completely relaxed.\"\nIndeed, Rolls-Royce claims to be closely engaged in its customer experience and acts upon feedback, though it does not conduct formal market research.\n\"We do our market research in casual, intimate gatherings like this one where we can talk directly to loyal customers,\" Archibald said.\nThe Northeast remains the second-strongest market in the country for the brand, second only to the West Coast.\nThe addition of the Phantom Series II and the newly renovated showroom, updated as part of a Rolls-Royce corporate identity commission, bodes well for sales at the Greenwich dealership, which snagged the title of the country's \"Dealer of the Year.\"\nIt is the only Rolls-Royce showroom in Connecticut and one of 37 in North America.\n\"Opening the showroom will breathe new life into the brand,\" said dealership General Manager Bailey Vanneck, who presided over three sales after the new showroom opened this week.\nIn addition, the dealership opened up the nation's largest Rolls-Royce after-purchase facility in Stamford, which heralds an opportunity for expansion.\n\"We are anticipating steady growth, incremental growth,\" said Sales Manager Tom Roach.\nDealership employees anticipate that some of that growth will stem from an increasingly diversified customer base. Luxury cars companies' target demographic used to be male entrepreneurs, but now about 10 percent of Rolls-Royce's customers are women, Archibald said.\nStamford resident Beth Dempsey claims to be among those women just beginning to dip their toes into the world of luxury vehicles.\n\"I've always wondered why men have such a fascination with cars,\" Dempsey said. \"I'm exploring.\"\nNicole Narea is a special correspondent for Greenwich Time.\nJennifer Dulos case: Judge sets deadline in grandmother's custody request\nPolice: Five arrested after fight at Stamford taco bar\nStamford judge won't budge on lawyer's $500K bond\nVIDEO: Man returns home to find hundreds of land crab invading house\nWoman blames racism for New Canaan parking ticket\nUnfunded pensions, unions sinking CT (op-ed)","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Florida bill would have students learn alternatives to climate change, evolution\nNews \/ January 30, 2019 January 30, 2019\nA bill that would allow school districts to teach Florida students alternatives to concepts deemed \"controversial theories\" \u2014 such as human-caused climate change and evolution \u2014 has been filed in the state Legislature.\nThe language of the bill sounds fairly unremarkable, requiring only that schools \"shall\" teach these \"theories\" in a \"factual, objective, and balanced manner.\" But the group that wrote the bill, the Florida Citizens Alliance, says the bill is needed because curriculum currently taught in Florida schools equates to \"political and religious indoctrination,\" according to their managing director, Keith Flaugh.\nThe bill's sponsor, Sen. Dennis Baxley, R-Ocala, said that schools need to teach \"different worldviews\" on issues like evolution and climate change. He asserts that textbooks now skew toward \"uniformity\" of thought.\nBoth evolution and climate change are well-established fact in the scientific community.\nRead the full article at The Tampa Bay Times\nRelated Issue(s)\nEvidence-Based Education","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Share this Story: Third annual Global Citizenship Summit planned for Nov. 18\nThird annual Global Citizenship Summit planned for Nov. 18\nTyler Kula\nNov 05, 2015 \u2022 November 5, 2015 \u2022 2 minute read\nMisconceptions, stereotypes and prejudices will be targets at a gathering on global citizenship later this month in Sarnia.\nRuth Geurts is one half of the Lambton College duo that formed the annual Global Citizenship Summit three years ago \u2014 a way to promote knowledge about different cultures and different challenges that people worldwide face, said the international community development instructor.\nIt's \"to bring a sensitivity and awareness to the general public, as well as to our student population,\" she said about the summit, this year set for Nov. 18.\nHelping to do that, a pair of humanitarian activists are booked to tell their stories at the ticketed event at Lambton's event centre.\nGilad Cohen, with Canadian charity Jayu \u2014 which means \"freedom\" in Korean \u2014 is to speak about the agency's work bringing human rights awareness through art.\nLeo Johnson, with Empowerment Squared \u2014 focused on effecting sustainable change in Liberia \u2014 is also set to speak about his agency's work, Geurts said.\nIt's timely given the recent attention paid to the Syrian refugee crisis, she said, noting Johnson, a former Liberian refugee, will be able to shed light on his experience of being displaced by civil war.\nHe lived for eight years in refugee camps in Ivory Coast and Ghana, his agency bio says.\nA pair of local Muslim women will also speak about stereotypes they face, Geurts said, with all the talks tying in to this year's theme: 'debunking the myth.'\nThat means breaking down stereotypes and building understanding about different cultures, she said.\nIt's $30 per ticket to the 4:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. affair, which includes a buffet selection of various international cuisines until 6:30 p.m., Geurts said \u2014 noting local food establishments are offering Greek, Italian, French, Indian, Thai, and First Nations food, among others.\nLast year's summit, she said, sold out.\nEarlier in the day, Nov. 18, a group of about 300 college students will also take part in awareness building activities, said Geurts, who established the annual summit with student activities coordinator and English as a second language teacher Amy Weiler as a way to expose people to different cultures, and to open minds.\nLambton College currently has 446 international students from 21 countries studying at its Sarnia campus, a college spokesperson said.\nLocal businesses, the Awesome Foundation, Lambton College, the Sarnia-Lambton Local Immigration Partnership, and YMCA Immigration and Settlement also help put on the event, Geurts said.\nTickets are available via Bluewater Nutrition, by emailing amy.weiler@lambtoncollege.ca, or calling 519-542-7751 ext. 3579.\ntyler.kula@sunmedia.ca\nThird annual Global Citizenship Summit planned for Nov. 18 Back to video","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Police crack down on family-run drug gang in Brussels\nCredit: \u00a9 Belga\u00a9 Belga\nPolice have arrested twenty-one people and seized a dozen cars and tens of thousands of euros after dismantling a drug gang operating out of a Brussels municipality for years, law enforcement authorities announced Thursday.\nThe dismantlement was part of a major drug operation involving Belgian and international police, who managed to trace a family-operated drug gang operating out of the municipality of Anderlecht and importing cannabis from Spain and Morocco into France and Belgium for years.\nPolice carried out the arrests on June 27 after around 200 agents carried out thirty different house raids and detained a total of 21 people, among which they said were the main members of the gang.\nSince the arrests, 11 people have been charged and four of them remain in preventive detention, Denis Goeman, spokesperson with Brussels public prosecutor told La Derni\u00e8re Heure.\nA dozen kilos of cannabis, \u20ac65,000 euro, three firearms and around a dozen cars were also seized during the operations, according to the spokesperson.\nThe operation was part of the \"Global Drugs Plan,\" in which members of federal and local police units work together with public prosecutor offices to crack down on criminal drug gangs active in the Brussels territory.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"LYNX Technik AG Appoints Stefan Gnann as New CEO\nWinfried Deckelmann, Chairman of the Supervisory Board and Stefan Gnann, CEO of LYNX Technik\nLYNX Technik AG\u00ae, provider of modular interfaces for broadcast as well as professional AV signal processing applications, announces changes to its executive management team with the appointment of Stefan Gnann as the company's new CEO, effective immediately.\nWinfried Deckelmann, Chairman of the Supervisory Board and former LYNX Technik CEO said: \"I want to personally welcome Stefan to the LYNX Technik team as our new CEO. He brings with him invaluable business acumen, leadership, technology knowledge, and experience having worked in the Broadcast industry for so many years. Stefan has a clear passion for technology and innovation and is an excellent fit to lead our team and achieve the vision of LYNX Technik. We have maintained a strong relationship with Stefan over the years, and his input as a customer and partner has been influential in a number of our key product developments.\"\nMost recently, Stefan has been immersed in the evolving world of 4K UHD and IP technologies. His work with broadcasters and standards groups has involved coordinated efforts to generate new enhanced methods and approaches for Broadcasters to make a smooth transition to IP sports & event production, as well as IP studio applications.\nThroughout his extensive career in the Media & Entertainment Technology industry, Stefan Gnann has served in many leadership roles, helping drive financial growth, develop new production processes and facilitate the development and launch of new products and projects. Stefan led VTS Videotechnik Selhuber GmbH as Managing Director, where he was instrumental in building the company into a leading systems integrator and technology provider. Stefan also directed the merger between VTS with sono Studiotechnik GmbH to form sonoVTS GmbH.\n\"This is an exciting time for me to join LYNX Technik at such a pivotal time in the industry as new technologies and markets are evolving,\" comments Stefan Gnann, CEO of LYNX Technik. \"One of my key roles here at LYNX, backed by our exceptional global team, will be to drive product development and market share leadership to meet both the short- and long-term demands of our production, post-production, contribution, and content distribution customers.\"\nStefan can be reached at: Stefan.Gnann@lynx-technik.com and +49 6150 1817130.\nAbout LYNX Technik\nLYNX Technik AG\u00ae is a technology provider of modular interface solutions for broadcast and professional use. LYNX Technik AG is an independent privately owned company with its headquarters, research and manufacturing facilities based in Weiterstadt, Germany. Sales and Support is covered through secondary distribution channels managed from its headquarters in Germany, USA (California), and Asia (Singapore).\nProduct brands include: the greenMachine\u00ae APP based signal processing platform, yellobrik\u00ae standalone plug-and play modules, Series 5000\u00ae rack and card-based series, APPolo control system and the Testor | lite 3G digital test signal generators.\nProducts include: audio \/ video \/ fiber conversion, audio \/ video distribution, fiber splitters, CWDM mux\/demux, audio embedding \/ de-embedding, audio delay, image processing, frame synchronizers, test generators, 4K transmission solutions, as well as a line of rack frames and accessories.\nLYNX Technik's greenMachine Wins Awards\nLYNX Technik Signs Major Partnership with Centron Europe\nLYNX Technik signs a major partnership with AVC Group\nLYNX Technik","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Bulls Continue To Dominate Cresco Labs Inc (OTCMKTS: CRLBF)\nBy Jim Bloom\nOur last two updates on Cresco Labs Inc (OTCMKTS: CRLBF) acknowledged the robustness of the stock amid positive market sentiment. In particular, the stock has been on a roll since January and it promises to give even more gains to investors.\nCresco Labs Share Price Analysis\nThe stock opened the year at $6.73 and went on to achieve this year's high at $13.21 on April 24, 2019. However, the stock breached the 50-day moving average trend-line at $11.78 on May 22 but later bottomed out at $10.77.\nLooking at the performance of the stock year-to-date, there is immense potential in terms of returns. To be sure, the stock is up 70.58% year-to-date and the desire to add more value is demonstrable. In particular, the current bull market has been buoyed by a spike in sales which was noted when the company released its earnings report for Q1 2019.\nCRLBF Daily Chart\nIn the quarter, Cresco Labs generated $21.1 million in revenues which implies a rise of 311% year-on-year. In Q4 2018, the company reported a rise in revenue in the region of 411% YoY. Basically, this is an indication of the strong sales momentum which is supported by a robust business model and a general bull market in the cannabis industry.\nNonetheless, Cresco Labs missed consensus estimates for Q1 revenues. In particular, Thomson Reuters polled analysts before the earnings report and the estimated revenue for Q1 2019 which emerged from the consensus was $22.6 million. Also, the earnings underperformed estimates when it comes to anticipated loss. While the reported loss for the quarter amounted to $7.6 million, the estimated loss was $4.2 million.\nLike earlier noted, the Cresco stock has grown 70.58% so far this year. Comparably, the Horizons Marijuana Lifesciences ETF has grown 42.6%. As such, Cresco has outperformed key market indicators and still looks poised to stretch the lead.\nAbout Cresco Labs\nCresco prides itself in having an experienced management team which is capable of executing its growth strategy. The company grows, processes and retails premium cannabis and with a multistate business presence. Particularly, the company identifies and enters markets which have a lot of demand potential. Also, it boasts a remarkable speed-to-market which enables Cresco to replicate the model and grow its national reach expeditiously.\nVoluntary lock-up agreement\nIn a demonstration of shareholder confidence in Cresco's long term growth strategy, holders of a little over 205 million common shares agreed not to sell their shares until December 3, 2019 and June 3, 2020. According to Charlie Bachtell, Co-founder and CEO of Cresco, the voluntary lock is the purest demonstration of shareholder confidence in management. This confidence should inspire the management to deliver greater value to shareholders and to execute the company strategy more efficiently.\n\"Our ability to deliver on the vision we have for building Cresco into one of the most important company's in the U.S. cannabis industry has instilled a high level of trust among our investors that we can continue executing on plan, responsibly manage the increase of the Company's liquidity and continue to preserve and create long-term shareholder value,\" Bachtell explained.\nThe Social Equity & Educational Development (SEED) program\nAt the core of Cresco's business strategy is to touch the community in a way that makes its continued growth much more meaningful. To this end, the company announced the unveiling of a community-oriented program dubbed Social Equity & Educational Development (SEED).\nParticularly, the vision for the SEED program is built around the belief that the cannabis industry is a potential job-creating industry and that it could help many people lead meaningful lives in the future. Therefore, the principal outcome of the program is to prepare the members of the society for this massive industry in terms of skill, knowledge, and mindset which befits the industry.\nFor starters, the SEED program is three-pronged where the targeted areas are Social equity, a business incubator program, and workforce development through education initiatives. Towards social equity, Cresco Labs has several initiatives which are already underway in about three states. Also, the company has developed a model which will guide the business incubator program to provide the necessary support for individuals who would like to enter the cannabis industry. Lastly, the workforce development initiative will incorporate the provision of internship opportunities, placement assistance, and job training. This initiative will be undertaken in collaboration with colleges and universities.\nIn light of the developments herein discussed, we still believe the Cresco stock is poised to make a bull run in the near term. Also, despite the recent miss in revenue estimates, the company's financials are still robust enough to support an upside price action going forward.\nAdditionally, the SEED program should further generate positive market sentiment, especially when thinking about the long term strategy for the company. Basically, Cresco is strong both in the near and the long term. 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{"text":"Bonus 032: How to Scale a Coaching Business Beyond 10k per Month Without Burning Out\nHave you been looking for ways to earn more without necessarily working more as a coach? Do you fear that taking on more clients than you usually have may increase your 10K income but could lead you to burnout? In today's episode, I share how you can scale a coaching business beyond 10k per month without burning out, so...\nBonus 031: How to Start an Online Coaching Business SIDE-HUSTLE While Working Full-Time\nDo you struggle with your online coaching business because of your 9 to 5 job? Do you feel a little overwhelmed in building a coaching business side-hustle while working full-time? In today's episode, I share my ideas on how to start a coaching business as a side-hustle even while working a full-time job! If you like to...\nBonus 030: How to Get Over Imposter Syndrome as a New Coach\nDo you struggle with imposter syndrome because you think that you are just new in the coaching business industry? Are you scared to market yourself as a coach because you feel like a fraud? In today's episode, I share the ways, even my secrets on how you can overcome imposter syndrome as a new coach! If you're tired...\nBonus 029: The 5 Best Coaching Business Models (How to Get Paid as a Coach)\nDo you struggle with hitting your financial goal because you can't figure out if you're doing things right in your business? Do you think your business model is the best way to earn an income as a coach? In today's episode, I share the Best Coaching Business Models, even the secrets on how you get paid as a coach! If...","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"by Laura - M\u00fasica - 8 junio, 2013 13 marzo, 2019\nBritish singer and songwriter Jake Bugg. Picture by: \u00c1lex Soto.\nIt was exactly 337 days after its first show (or 11 months and two days after his first concert, if you want to put it that way) when young British singer and songwriter Jake Bugg debuted in Ibiza Rocks as Ben Howard's support act. Bear in mind that, when he introduced Brit award winner in Ibiza Rocks, his first album was not even out. However, his talent had already mesmerised Noel Gallagher, Stone Roses or The Killers, who all picked him as his opening act. This time, he was the main act at the opening concert of Ibiza Rocks' 8th season.\nBut his is not an overnight success. He started performing for an audience in the roughest possible way, that is, in front of his High-School classmates. (Tough enough!). Later on, he started playing all around Nottingham, his hometown. What happened between that and his debut in Glastonbury is the perfect mix of talent and luck. You know, being at the right place at the right time.\nHe signed with Mercury Records and he recorded some singles like Lightning Bolt, Two Fingers, Trouble Town or Taste It. Bugg's eponymous debut album was released on 15 October 2012. Talking about Bugg and his debut Clash hailed the \u00abprecocious talent fusing retro folk with blistering contemporary rock riffs\u00bb.On 21 October 2012 the song Two Fingers charted at 28 in the UK while his self-titled album reached number one in the UK charts.\nHe states that his formative musical moment was hearing Don McLean's Vincent on an episode of The Simpsons. His uncle Mark got him a guitar, taught him a few chords and that was the beginning of romance.\nIf music was ever created. If talent was ever precocious, it was because Jake was supposed to exist.\nI remember his show last year. I got to Ibiza Rocks just in time to see him perform Lightning Bolt. I must confess it was the only song by him I knew back then. Something clicked. I knew I would be seeing a lot of him, most probably as a headliner, maybe somewhere else, probably at many other festivals but he would always be \u00abmoving forward\u00bb, as he says constantly.\nFor more info on his tour dates, click here.\nbrit\u00e1nico british composer concert concierto country music disco eivissa entrevista espect\u00e1culo festival ibiza ibiza rocks interview jake bugg live music m\u00fasica performance producer productor record rick rubin rock show singer songwriter summer","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"School of Health & Care Professions\nFaculty of Science & Health\nEmailshssw@port.ac.uk\nWebsitehttp:\/\/www.port.ac.uk\/school-of-health-sciences-and-social-work\/\n2 King Richard 1st Road, James Watson West\nPO1 2FR Portsmouth\nResearch outputs (1039)\nResearch outputs per year 1991 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022\n30 Abstract\n12 Comment\/debate\n10 Other contribution\nYoung men in Israeli Haredi Yeshiva education: the scholars enclave in unrest\nHakak, Y., 2012, 19 ed. Leiden: Brill. 190 p. (Jewish identities in a changing world; no. 19)\nIsraeli 100%\nrabbi 88%\ncharisma 75%\nreligious community 71%\ndrop-out 55%\nWhat is the impact of contraceptive methods and mixes of contraceptive methods on contraceptive prevalence, unmet need for family planning, and unwanted and unintended pregnancies?\nMacKenzie, H., Drahota, A., Pallikadavath, S., Stones, W., Dean, T., Fogg, C., Stores, R., Kilburn, S., Dewey, A. & Ogollah, R., Nov 2013, London: EPPI-Centre, Social Science Research Unit, Institute of Education, University of London. 163 p. (EPPI report; vol. 2108)\ncontraceptive 100%\nfamily planning 95%\ndeveloping country 24%\nThe limits of quantification: critical perspectives on measuring and enumerating of people, their behaviors and achievements\nHakak, Y., Kacen, L. & Krumer-Nevo, M., 2010, Beer-Sheva: Ben Gurion University of the Negev Press.\nThe Healthcare Students' Academic Companion\nMoutrey, S., 1 Jun 2020, 1 ed. London: Open University Press. 94 p.\nHealthcare 100%\nCareer development 33%\naudit 32%\nThe Fundamentals of Surgical Instruments: A Practical Guide to their Recognition, Use and Care\nMoutrey, S., 1 Oct 2017, TFM Publishing.\nSurgical instruments 100%\nnavy 19%\ntheater 19%\nhealth science 18%\nmedical student 16%\nSocial pedagogy in the UK: theory and practice\nHatton, K., May 2013, Lyme Regis: Russell House Publishing Ltd. 120 p.\nsocial pedagogy 100%\ncreativity 14%\nyouth work 12%\npersonalization 10%\nPsychosocial Interventions in Mental Health Nursing\nWalker, S. (ed.), 1 Nov 2014, SAGE Publications Inc. 176 p. (Transforming Nursing Practice Series)\nPsychiatric Nursing 100%\nHand Strength 38%\nPsychology for Nurses and Caring Professions\nWalker, J., Payne, S., Jarrett, N. & Ley, T., 2012, 4th ed. Open University Press.\nWalker, J., Payne, S., Smith, P. & Jarrett, N., 2007, 3rd ed. Open University Press.\nProblems of ageing: the problems of ageing for Bangladeshi families in London Borough of Croydon, England\nHossain, M., 20 Aug 2012, Germany: Lambert Academy. 92 p.\nHealth Economics 100%\ncultural difference 71%\ninterview 67%\nParamedic Post-Graduate Curriculum Guidance 2017\nStreet, K. (ed.), Harris, G. (ed.), Berry, M. (ed.), Taylor, J. (ed.), Petter, J. (ed.), Horsfield, C. (ed.), Barrett, K. (ed.), Rolfe, U. (ed.), Bradfield, M. (ed.), Woodford, P. (ed.), Che Bruce, M. (ed.), Lowery-Richardson, K. (ed.), Rutland, S. (ed.), Taffler, R. (ed.), Webber, A. (ed.), Dady, S. (ed.), Aitkin-Fell, P. (ed.), Tough, D. (ed.), Cooper, M. (ed.), Armstrong, F. (ed.) & 7 others, Mcfarlane, A. (ed.), Jones, A. (ed.), Harrison, S. (ed.), Burbidge, D. (ed.), Rhodes, J. (ed.), Teague, I. (ed.) & Donaghy, J. (ed.), 27 Jan 2017, Bridgwater: College of Paramedics. 54 p.\nNew directions in social work practice\nHatton, K., 2014, 2nd ed. Exeter: Learning Matters. 192 p. (Transforming social work practice series)\nsocial work 100%\nedition 39%\nprofession 29%\nHatton, K., 2008, Exeter: Learning Matters. 176 p. (Transforming Social Work Practice)\nNational Policy 61%\nService delivery 57%\nManaging sleep problems in children with Down's syndrome\nStores, R., 2008, Teddington: Down's Syndrome Association. 10 p. (Medical and Health Publications)\nLearning and Using Languages in Ethnographic Research\nGibb, R. (ed.), Tremlett, A. (ed.) & Danero-Iglesias, J. (ed.), 31 Oct 2019, Bristol: Multilingual Matters. 264 p. (Researching Multilingually)\nEthnographic Research 100%\nAcademic Careers 24%\nEthnographers 19%\nGeneral Radiography: Principles and Practices\nHayre, C. (ed.) & Cox, W. (ed.), 15 Jul 2020, 1st ed. New York: CRC Press Inc. 272 p.\nRadiography 100%\nFood intolerance and the food industry\nDean, T. (ed.), 2000, Cambridge: Woodhead Publishing. 231 p. (Woodhead Publishing series in food science, technology and nutrition)\nfood intolerance 100%\nfood industry 51%\nfood research 18%\nfood allergies 17%\nhypersensitivity 13%\nFood hypersensitivity: diagnosing and managing food allergies and intolerance\nSkypala, I. & Venter, C., 2009, Oxford: Blackwell Publishing Ltd. 384 p.\nallergy 100%\nfood 52%\nnutrition 44%\nnutritionist 35%\nExploring Indian Modernities: Ideas and Practices\nChoukroune, L. D. (ed.) & Bhandari, P. (ed.), 2018, 1 ed. Springer Singapore. 334 p.\nmodernity 100%\ndynamism 20%\ncultural studies 17%\nanthropology 15%\nEngagement and Therapeutic Communication in Mental Health Nursing\nWalker, S. C. (ed.), 1 May 2014, London: SAGE Publications Ltd. 160 p. (Transforming Nursing Practice)\nnursing 100%\ncommunication theory 81%\ncommunication 69%\ncommunication skills 61%\nDigital imaging: a primer for radiographers, radiologists and health care professionals\nOakley, J. (ed.), 2003, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 212 p.\nHealth care professionals 100%\nmanipulation 40%\nelectronics 31%\nBetter together: the TRAIL user participation toolkit for Living Labs\nBeamish, E., McDade, D., Mulvenna, M., Martin, S. & Soilemezi, D., 2012, Ulster: University of Ulster. 108 p.\nColor 100%\nAssessment and Decision Making in Mental Health Nursing\nWalker, S. C., Carpenter, D. & Middlewick, Y., 27 Aug 2013, London: SAGE Publications Ltd. 136 p. (Transforming Nursing Practice)","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Time to bridge the gap\nBy Oluwashina Okeleji\n09 September 2016 | 3:18 am\nTo further deepen a nation's woes, the Golden Eaglets (the under-17 side) led by Manu Garba dashed whatever hope Nigerians had of seeing a national team fly the flag on the continent when they lost to Niger 3-2 on aggregate.\nGolden Eaglets\nThe next two years will be dark for Nigerian football \u2013 this period will see its male national teams at all levels absent from competitive football on the continent.\nThe country has typically excelled at youth tournaments; at under-17 level, they have been world champions a record five times, while at under-20 level there have been two second-place finishes in FIFA competition, as well as continental dominance.\nNigeria's under-20 team \u2013 the Flying Eagles \u2013 failed to qualify for the 2017 CAF Youth Nations Cup in Zambia after falling to a shock 5-3 aggregate loss to Sudan in July. Having won away from home in the first leg, many had expected the Flying Eagles to seal their place on home soil, but the team coached by Emmanuel Amuneke failed to finish the job.\nWith the now accepted failure of the Super Eagles to qualify for the African Cup of Nations at senior level, 2017 will mark the first time in history that all three men's national teams will be missing from CAF competition in the same year.\nThe repercussions of this no-show could be grave in the long run. While success in age-grade tournaments has come with whispers of age falsification in some quarters, Nigeria's youth teams have proven a proper channel of talent feeding into the senior team, the Super Eagles.\nIn the past, the reaction to similar failures has been swift and brutal \u2013 it is the custom to 'disband' teams that fall short in qualification for either the African championships or cadet World Cups. This reasoning is indicative of where administrative priorities lie with regard to youth competitions: winning at all costs, often to the detriment of development and a holistic long-term approach.\nHowever, it would be wise for the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to keep both age-grade teams together in spite of the pervading disappointment. When the Golden Eaglets failed to qualify for the 1997 under-17 World Cup hosted by Egypt, the team was fortunate to attend the invitational UEFA-CAF Meridian Cup, which they won by beating Spain (featuring, notably, Xavi Hernandez) in the final.\nPlaying in this competition bridged the gap and continued the flow of talent to the senior teams. For instance, defender Gbenga Okunowo came to the attention of scouts from FC Barcelona at this tournament. He went on to sign for the Spanish giants, and played for the Flying Eagles at the 1999 FIFA Youth Championship hosted by Nigeria, as well as the Olympic Games football tournament a year after. He was also a part of the senior national side that lost the final of the Africa Cup of Nations on home soil to neighbours Cameroon in 2000.\nIt is easy to imagine how differently things might have turned out had that under-17 team been cut loose at an early stage.\nThe Flying Eagles, for example, clearly have players with potential to make the progression to the senior side, having played in and won the under-17 World Cup as recently as 2015. Tournament MVP Kelechi Nwakali was the subject of heated speculation before signing with Premier League side Arsenal, and it is instructive he has been moved out on loan immediately \u2013 his first team prospects are clearly bright. Indeed, tournament top scorer Victor Osimhen has already earned a senior call-up under new national team manager Gernot Rohr, so highly is he rated.\nHowever, the same cannot be said for the Golden Eaglets. Crashing out so early would mean being termed another 'lost generation', as some are already doing. The harsh reality for these kids is a choice: either wait for the convocation of the next U-17 group for the 2019 tournaments (if they remain within the age limit), or choose a different career path.\nThe cash-strapped NFF would do well to put together nationwide tours, where these teams can play competitively and the players can put themselves in some kind of shop window for the national teams. As a means to keep these players limber, and considering some of them are yet to secure professional contracts, it would go some way to ameliorating the failures of both teams.\nThe NFF more than ever before needs to put its house in order, wear its thinking cap and fashion out a proper programme that will attract sponsorship and engender the development of schools' sports in order to develop the right talents for our age-gated national teams. A nation of over 170 Million people with raw talent, ready and willing to be harnessed should not be experiencing a dearth of talent.\nEmmanuel Amuneke\nGernot Rohr\nManu Garba\nSuper Eagles\nEkpo canvasses support for Eguavoen's campaign at AFCON\nFormer international, Friday Ekpo, has appealed to Nigerians to support Super Eagles' Interim Coach, Austin Eguavoen, as he begins preparation for the African Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Cameroun next month.\n'Cameroon 2022 AFCON, a job interview for Eguavoen'\nIf Super Eagles Interim Coach, Austin Eguavoen, eventually leads Nigeria to the forthcoming Cameroon 2022 African Cup of Nations, the competition will serve as a job interview for him, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has said.\nNapoli may stop Osimhen from 2022 African Cup of Nations\nSuper Eagles Striker, Victor Osimhen's hopes of playing in Nigeria's opening game at the Cameroon 2022 African Cup of Nations against Egypt is hanging on the balance as his club's doctors...\nSupporters Club hits Cameroon January 5 with 100 members\nSuper Eagles Supporters Club advance party will depart for Garoau, venue of Nigeria's Group matches in Cameroon 2022 African Cup of Nations, on January 5.\nChukwu tips Eagles for success, questions timing of Rohr's sack\nFormer Super Eagles Coach, Christian Chukwu, believes the team's interim head coach, Austin Eguavoen, has the experience to lead the side to a successful outing at Cameroon 2022 African Cup of Nations\nAgents are your major problems, Adelabu tells Eguavoen\nFormer international, Adegoke Adelabu, has warned Super Eagles' Interim Coach, Augustine Eguavoen, to beware of football agents, saying the middlemen can ruin his dream of success in Cameroon.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Expert to Offer Global and Local Climate Change Update on Sunday\n(LEE, Mass.) \u2013 Frank Lowenstein, director of global climate adaptation for The Nature Conservancy, will give a talk on the latest international climate change negotiations and impact on the Berkshires at the Spectrum Playhouse (former St. George's Church), at 20 Franklin St. in Lee on Sunday, January 15 at 2 pm. This event, presented by Project Native, is free and open to the public.\nLowenstein recently returned from the 18th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Durban, South Africa, where participating nations agreed to reduce their carbon emissions. The convention underscored the tension between industrialized nations whose economies generated most pollution in the past and developing nations whose growth will generate most pollution in the future.\nLowenstein will put global climate change policy and politics into local perspective and share strategies for coping with disruptions in water cycles and extreme weather events.\nThe Nature Conservancy is the leading conservation organization working around the world to protect ecologically important lands and waters. Frank Lowenstein is Climate Adaptation Strategy Leader for The Nature Conservancy's Global Climate Change Team.\nIn this role he heads up the organization's work on how natural systems can contribute to helping people adapt to climate change. Previously he was Director of Forest Health for the Conservancy's North America Conservation Region. In this role he heads the organization's collaborative work with many partners to protect America's forests from non-native insects and diseases.\nLowenstein has worked for The Nature Conservancy for 19 years, concentrating first on Berkshire preservation, and then expanding his scope to the international scene. He serves on the board of directors of Project Native, the horticultural farm and wildlife sanctuary in Housatonic, Mass., which provides landscape restoration services using native plants.\nA Harvard graduate, Lowenstein received his master's in botany from the University of Vermont. He lives in Sheffield with his wife, Sheryl Lechner, and their three sons.\nThe talk is co-sponsored by Berkshire Environmental Action Team(BEAT), Berkshire Grown, Berkshire Natural Resources Council, GreenBerkshires, and The Nature Conservancy.\nFor more information contact Karen Lyness LeBlanc at Project Native 413.274.3433\nTags:climate change frank lowenstein nature conservancy\n\u2190 Natalie Merchant to Perform at Colonial Theatre\nEnglish Folk-Rock Prince Teddy Thompson Performs at Club Helsinki \u2192","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Other Fine Arts & Art Studies\nTotal Degrees\u200b\nAwarded in 2019\ndeclining 9.76%\nMedian In-State\u200b\nPublic Tuition\ngrowing 1.5%\nMedian Out-of-State\u200b\ngrowing 3.99%\nAverage Wage\nPeople in Workforce\nAverage Employee Age\ngrowing 0.276%\nThe locations with the highest concentration of Other Fine Arts & Art Studies degree recipients are New Kingman-Butler, AZ, San Francisco, CA, and New York, NY. The locations with a relatively high number of Other Fine Arts & Art Studies degree recipients are Wilmington, DE, New Kingman-Butler, AZ, and Brookline, MA. The most common degree awarded to students studying Other Fine Arts & Art Studies is a bachelors degree.\nVisual & Performing ArtsFine & Studio Arts\nInformation about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Other Fine Arts & Art Studies and the types of students that study this field. Mohave Community College awards the most degrees in Other Fine Arts & Art Studies in the US, but Pine Manor College and New York Academy of Art have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Other Fine Arts & Art Studies.\nTuition costs for Other Fine Arts & Art Studies majors are, on average, $8,705 for in-state public colleges, and $38,926 for out of state private colleges.\nThe most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Other Fine Arts & Art Studies programs are Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above institutions (79 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above (463 completions).\nInstitution with the Most Degrees Awarded in Other Fine Arts & Art Studies\nMohave Community College\nAcademy of Art University\nThe most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Other Fine Arts & Art Studies, is Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above (463 completions).\nThe following chart shows the share of universities that offer Other Fine Arts & Art Studies programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.\nTuition Costs for Common Institutions\nState TuitionOut Of State TuitionTotal Graduates\nMedian In-State Public\nMedian Out of State Private\nMohave Community College has the most Other Fine Arts & Art Studies degree recipients, with 115 degrees awarded in 2019.\nThe following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Other Fine Arts & Art Studies.\nSpecialized Colleges\nHighest Concentration Institution\nPine Manor College\nNew York Academy of Art\nPacific Northwest College of Art\nOut of all institutions that offer Other Fine Arts & Art Studies programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, Pine Manor College has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Other Fine Arts & Art Studies, with 27.1%.\nDegrees Awarded by County\nCounties with the Most Degrees Awarded in Other Fine Arts & Art Studies\nMorris County, NJ\nThis map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in Other Fine Arts & Art Studies by year.\nGrowth in Awarded Degrees\nCounties with the Fastest Growing Number of Degrees Awarded\nLake County, OH\nKay County, OK\nTulsa County, OK\nThis map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest growth in degrees awarded for Other Fine Arts & Art Studies.\nInformation on the businesses and industries that employ Visual & Performing Arts graduates and on wages and locations for those in the field.\nThe average salary for Visual & Performing Arts majors is $60,149 and the most common occupations are Graphic designers, Elementary & middle school teachers, and Postsecondary teachers.\nThe industry that employs the most Visual & Performing Arts majors is Elementary & secondary schools, though the highest paying industry, by average wage, is Clay building material & refractories manufacturing.\nYearly Income for Common Jobs\nThe closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course Other Fine Arts & Art Studies is from the 2 Digit Course Visual & Performing Arts.\nAverage Wage in Workforce\n\u00b1 2.39%\nThis chart shows the average annual salaries of the most common occupations for Visual & Performing Arts majors.\nHighest Paying Locations\nHighest Paying Pumas\nDubuque City PUMA, IA\nCollier County (Northwest) PUMA, FL\nNorth Hempstead Town (North) PUMA, NY\nThis map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States colored by the average salary of Visual & Performing Arts majors.\nNote that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Visual & Performing Arts majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.\nThe most common occupations Visual & Performing Arts majors, by number of employees, are Graphic designers, Elementary & middle school teachers, and Postsecondary teachers.\nCompared to other majors, there are an unusually high number of Visual & Performing Arts majors working as Commercial and industrial designers, Graphic designers, and Interior designers.\nThe highest paid occupations by median income for Visual & Performing Arts majors are Physicians, Magnetic resonance imaging technologists, and Chief executives & legislators.\n2019 Workforce\n\u00b1 36,120\nThe number of Visual & Performing Arts graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 2.01%, from 2.15M in 2018 to 2.2M in 2019.\nThe largest single share of Visual & Performing Arts graduates go on to work as Graphic designers (5.11%). This chart shows the various jobs filled by those with a major in Visual & Performing Arts by share of the total number of graduates.\nThe most common industries that employ Visual & Performing Arts majors, by number of employees, are Elementary & secondary schools, Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges, and Specialized design services.\nThe highest paying industries of Visual & Performing Arts majors, by average wage, are Clay building material & refractories manufacturing, Computer & peripheral equipment manufacturing, and Internet publishing, broadcasting & web search portals.\nIndustries by Share\nThe industry which employs the most Visual & Performing Arts graduates by share is Elementary & secondary schools, followed by Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges. This visualization shows the industries that hire those who major in Visual & Performing Arts.\nSpecialty Locations\nPUMAS with a relatively high number of Visual & Performing Arts majors\nCarr 2-Carr 111 PUMA, PR\nCarr 2 (Noroeste) PUMA, PR\nThis map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States where there are a relatively high population of Visual & Performing Arts majors.\nDemographic information for those who earn a degree in Visual & Performing Arts in the United States.\nThe average age of a person in the workforce with a degree in Visual & Performing Arts is 41.1.\nThe most common degree type these workers hold is a Bachelors Degree. Female employees are more likely to hold Visual & Performing Arts degrees, and White students are the most common race\/ethnicty group awarded degrees in Visual & Performing Arts (703 students).\nWorkforce Age\nAverage Age in 2019\n\u00b1 0.215 Years\n1 Year Change\n\u00b1 0.747%\nThis chart shows distribution of ages for employees with a degree in Visual & Performing Arts. The most common ages of employees with this major are 30 and 29 years old, which represent 3.56% and 3.35% of the population, respectively.\nThe most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Other Fine Arts & Art Studies are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and 1 to 2 Year Postsecondary Certificate.\nWorkforce Degrees\nThe most common degree types held by the working population in Visual & Performing Arts are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Professional degree.\nGender Imbalance for Common Institutions\nMost Common Gender with a Degree in this Field\nThis chart shows the granted degrees by gender at the 5 institutions that graduate the most students in Other Fine Arts & Art Studies.\nRace & Ethnicity by Degrees Awarded\nNon-resident Alien\nThis chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Other Fine Arts & Art Studies for each race & ethnicity. White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.\n< 1 Year Postsecondary Certificate1 to 2 Year Postsecondary CertificateAssociates Degree2 to 4 Year Postsecondary CertificateBachelors DegreePostbaccalaureate CertificateMasters DegreeResearch Doctorate\nMost Common Race\/Ethnicity and Gender Combination\nHispanic or Latino Female\nThis chart illustrates the differences by gender for each race & ethnicity of Bachelors Degree recipients in Other Fine Arts & Art Studies. White Female students, who earn most of the degrees in this field, are the most common combination of race\/ethnicity and gender.\nPeople in WorkforcePeople in Workforce (RCA)\nMost Common Countries of Origin\n29,152 degree recipients\nHigh Relative Number of Students\n5.42 times more than expected\nThere are a relatively high number of people that were born in Singapore that hold Visual & Performing Arts degrees (5.42 times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is Korea (29,152 degree recipients).\nData on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Other Fine Arts & Art Studies field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Other Fine Arts & Art Studies majors need many skills, but most especially Speaking. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Other Fine Arts & Art Studies majors need more than the average amount of Installation, Repairing, and Management of Material Resources.\nThese two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for Other Fine Arts & Art Studies majors. Toggle between \"value\" and \"RCA\" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Installation is very distinctive for majors, but the Speaking, Instructing, and Reading Comprehension are the three most important skills for people in the field.\nRadar Distribution\nValueRCA\nCIP2\nFine & Studio Arts\nBilingual & Multilingual Education\nSuperintendency & Educational System Administration\nMaster Aesthetician\nOther Computer & Information Sciences","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Film & Theater Personalities\nEli Craig Biography\nDID WE MISS SOMEONE?\nCLICK HERE AND TELL US\nWE'LL MAKE SURE\nTHEY'RE HERE A.S.A.P\nActors #4669\nDirectors #1202\nScreenwriters #811\nAge: 49 Years, 49 Year Old Males\nAlso Known As: Elijah Matthew Craig\nBorn in: Los Angeles County, California\nFamous as: Screenwriter\nActors Directors\nSpouse\/Ex-: Sasha Williams (m. 2004)\nfather: Steven Craig\nmother: Sally Field\nsiblings: John Craig, Peter Craig, Samuel Greisman\nchildren: and Colin, born in 2006, born in 2014, Noah\nU.S. State: California\nAmerican People\nWho is Eli Craig?\nEli Craig is an American-Canadian director, actor, and screenwriter. He is best known for writing and directing the 2010 comedy horror film 'Tucker & Dale vs. Evil.' The film was premiered at the 'Sundance Film Festival' and went on to gather positive responses from critics. The film increased Craig's popularity as it received many nominations and awards at various film festivals and award ceremonies. Craig started his career as an actor, playing minor roles in films, such as 'Deal of a Lifetime' and 'The Rage: Carrie 2.' He made his directorial debut in 2004 when he directed a short film titled 'The Tao of Pong.' Subsequently, he went on to direct films like 'Little Evil' and 'Zombieland' (TV movie). Apart from acting, directing, and writing, Craig has also produced a couple of short films, such as 'Fast Money' and 'Art Thief Musical!'\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RUGHTjuCQxc\n( Film Independent)\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=m59yaHjBJdY\n(SXSW)\nhttps:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Eli_Craig.jpg\n(che)\nAmerican Men\nCalifornia Actors\nGemini Actors\nChildhood & Early Life\nEli Craig was born Elijah Matthew Craig on May 25, 1972, in Los Angeles, California, USA, to Steven Craig and Sally Field. His parents got divorced when he was just three years old. When his father moved to Oregon, he started living with his mother who encouraged him to pursue filmmaking. However, Craig started working as a mountain guide for 'Outward Bound' after graduating from college. As an 'Outward Bound' instructor, he led several mountaineering expeditions to mountains, such as 'Pico De Orizaba,' 'Aconcagua,' 'Denali,' 'Mt. Whitney,' and 'Mt. Rainier.' Simultaneously, he started making short comedy videos along with his brother Peter Craig. He then decided to pursue a career in filmmaking and got himself enrolled at a film school.\nCelebrities Who Have Insane Phobias\nLast Monarchs Of Historical Kingdoms & Empires\nThe Sexiest Men Of 2020, Ranked\nWho Is The Most Popular BTS Member?\nAmerican Actors\nAmerican Directors\nActors Who Are In Their 40s\nAmerican Film & Theater Personalities\nEli Craig made his acting debut in 1999 when he was cast to play Kevin Johnson in the Paul Levine-directed romantic comedy film 'Deal of a Lifetime.' In the same year, he also played Chuck in the supernatural horror film 'The Rage: Carrie 2.'\nIn 2003, he worked as an editor for a short documentary film titled 'Intertwined Lives.' The following year, he wrote and directed a short film titled 'The Tao of Pong' which marked his directorial debut. But it was not until 2010 that he became famous as a director.\nHis 2010 comedy horror film 'Tucker & Dale vs. Evil,' which has Tyler Labine, Alan Tudyk, and Katrina Bowden playing important roles, received favorable reviews from critics. It also won several awards, giving Eli Craig the much-needed recognition as a filmmaker. Awards won by the film include: 'Best Film' at 'Sitges Film Festival,' 'Best First Feature' (Jury Prize) at 'Fantasia Festival,' 'Audience Award' at 'SXSW Film Festival,' 'Best Feature Film' at 'Ampia Awards,' and 'Best Screenplay' at 'Fangoria Chainsaw Awards.'\nIn 2010, he directed an episode titled 'Get a Room' for the popular American television drama series 'Brothers & Sisters.' In 2013, he directed an adventure-comedy TV movie titled 'Zombieland.' In 2017, he wrote and directed a comedy-horror film titled 'Little Evil' which starred Adam Scott and Evangeline Lilly.\nGemini Men\nFamily & Personal Life\nEli Craig's mother, Sally Field, is an award-winning American actress and director. His father, Steven Craig, worked as a contractor in Oregon. Craig is close to his older brother, Peter Craig, who currently works as a screenwriter and novelist. He also has a half-brother named Sam Greisman who was born from his mother's second marriage with Alan Greisman.\nEli Craig dated Canadian actress Sasha Williams before marrying her in 2004. In 2006, Craig and Sasha were blessed with a son named Noah Craig. In 2014, Sasha gave birth to her second child, a son named Colin Craig.\nFilm & Theater Personalities #10558\nFamous Beautiful Women With Brown Eyes\nQuote Of The Day | Top 100 Quotes\nSee the events in life of Eli Craig in Chronological Order\nEli Craig Bio As PDF\nTranslate Wiki to Spanish, French, Hindi, Portuguese\n- Eli Craig Biography\n- Editors, TheFamousPeople.com\n- TheFamousPeople.com\n- https:\/\/www.thefamouspeople.com\/profiles\/eli-craig-44658.php\n20th Century | 21st Century | Celebrity Names With Letter E | 21st Century Actors | 20th Century Actors | Actors Names With Letter E | 20th Century Directors | 21st Century Directors | Male Celebrity Names With Letter E | 20th Century American Actors | 21st Century Film & Theater Personalities | 20th Century Film & Theater Personalities | 20th Century American Film & Theater Personalities | 21st Century American Film & Theater Personalities","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Home \u00bb News \u00bb U Part of World's Ultimate IT Team\nU Part of World's Ultimate IT Team\nThe world's most important scientific facilities, from the CERN Large Hadron Collider to the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, deal with massive amounts of data every day that are mined, stored, analyzed and visualized. It's a colossal task that requires help from the top minds in data management to handle.\nSo the National Science Foundation (NSF) is turning to expert computer scientists from the University of Utah's School of Computing and five other top universities, to help these facilities and other research projects manage their data in faster and more affordable ways.\nThe CERN Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland is one of many of the world's most important scientific facilities and research projects that will get help from team members from the University of Utah's School of Computing and five other universities on how to best manage their scientific data.\nMembers of the U's School of Computing are part of the new CI Compass, an NSF Center of Excellence dedicated to helping these research facilities cope with their \"data lifecycle\" more effectively.\n\"The NSF has invested hundreds of millions of dollars in large facilities, such as massive telescopes and oceanographic observatories. The problem is that each have become a technological island, and it's difficult for them to complete their scientific mission and get up to speed in their data needs,\" says U School of Computing professor Valerio Pascucci, who is director of the U's Center for Extreme Data Management Analysis and Visualization and co-lead on the CI Compass project. \"They don't have sufficient internal expertise. So we work with each of them to advise them on the latest solutions and modernize their software infrastructure, to do things faster or cheaper, and to make sure they don't become stale and outdated.\"\nJoining the U in this new center are researchers from Indiana University, Texas Tech University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the University of Notre Dame, and the University of Southern California. In addition to Pascucci (pictured), the U team also includes School of Computing research associate professor Robert Ricci, and researchers Giorgio Scorzelli and Steve Petruzza.\nThe team will be helping as many as 25 of the NSF's major facilities and research projects including the IceCube Neutrino Observatory in the South Pole, the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory in Michigan, the Ocean Observatories Initiative, and the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory at the California Institute of Technology.\nEach of these facilities and projects deal with terabytes and even petabytes (one petabyte is a million gigabytes) of data that goes through a \"data lifecycle\" of being mined, analyzed, stored and distributed to the public, Pascucci says. CI Compass will not only help them update to the latest hardware and software to manage the data, the center's team will also train facility and project researchers \"to empower them to do things on their own,\" he says. \"Our goal is to make sure they don't depend on us long term.\"\nThe center will also help ensure that each of the facilities are not duplicating problems, are more easily sharing information, and not using incompatible technologies.\nThe idea for the CI Compass began three years ago with a pilot project that worked with five NSF-funded facilities. The goal was to identify how the center could serve as a forum for the exchange of cyberinfrastructure knowledge across varying fields and facilities, establish best practices, provide expertise, and address technical workforce development and sustainability.\nDuring the pilot, the NSF discovered that each of the facilities differ in types of data captured, scientific instruments used, data processing and analyses conducted, and policies and methods for data sharing and use. However, the study also found that there are commonalities between them in terms of the data lifecycle. The results of the three-year evaluation led to CI Compass, its mission to produce an improved cyberinfrastructure for each facility.\nCI Compass is funded by an $8 million, five-year NSF grant and will work in conjunction with another NSF center, the Center for Trustworthy Cyberinfrastructure, that will advise these facilities on all issues of cybersecurity.\nMore news from the School of Computing","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"HomeNorth Asia, Russia & JapanRussia holidaysPlaces to visit in Russia\nVisit Moscow, Russia\nRussia Overview\nOld world elegance, highbrow culture, Soviet austerity and capitalist ostentation collide in Moscow, Russia's capital and the country's largest city. It's a political, economic and cultural powerhouse and a city of immense contrasts where the bright fairytale domes of St Basil's Cathedral sit next to brutalist Soviet-era blocks and gleaming skyscrapers. World renowned opera houses and galleries full of Old Masters co-exist with brash designer malls that cater for the city's extravagantly wealthy. Yet, this inconsistency of character merely adds to the city's vibrant and spirited nature. Moscow is anything but predictable and, consequently, a fascinating place to explore.\nMoscow is the heart and soul of Russia with all its complexity, history and culture, but what I love most is its contradictory character with the nouveau riche partying under the watchful eye of Soviet icons.\nRussia specialist Nick\nThings to see and do in Moscow\nThe Moscow Kremlin\nEnclosed behind imposing walls, the Kremlin is a colossal fortress that has been at the heart of political and historical events in the city for centuries.\nAs a home to the tsars and a bastion of state and religious powers, its palaces, churches and museums were designed by leading architects and its eclectic collection of buildings spans several centuries of style. You can explore many of the monumental buildings as well as the Armoury and Diamond Fund, which contain a superb collection of riches from lavishly decorated thrones, crowns and carriages to a glittering hoard of Faberg\u00e9 eggs.\nSt Basil's Cathedral\nLording over Red Square, St Basil's Cathedral's fairytale onion domes are a whimsy of riotous patterns and colours. It's unlike any other building in the country and its inspiration remains a topic of debate among architectural historians to this day.\nThe church was commissioned by Ivan the Terrible to commemorate the capture of Kazan and was built between 1555 and 1561. It came close to demolition during Stalin's premiership, when he decided it interfered with a clear procession route for his tanks through Red Square.\nInside, eight smaller chapels surround the larger central Church of the Intercession with its soaring roof and golden iconostasis. The chapels are connected by a warren of narrow passageways and staircases whose walls are decorated in ornate floral and geometric patterns.\nNovodevichy Convent\nOne of Russia's most beautiful religious complexes, Moscow's Novodevichy Convent was established in the 16th century and showcases a glorious collection of Russian Orthodox architecture. Known as 'New Maiden's College', it became a retirement home for the country's female nobility and a prison for rebellious or unwanted wives who were forced to take holy orders.\nThe museum displays rare Russian artworks and illuminated manuscripts and describes how the noblewomen lived in much comfort despite their enforced stay. Adjacent to the convent is the Novodevichy Cemetery, the final resting place of some of Russia's most notable artists and politicians including Khrushchev, Chekhov, Gogol and Mayakovsky.\nLeafy Gorky Park in central Moscow was designed as part of a grand plan to promote 'culture and leisure' in the city. It's a vast green space where locals flock to walk, ride or skate, paddle across ponds, play tennis or enjoy the funfair rides. In winter, the ponds freeze and seemingly the whole city comes out ice-skating.\nThere are children's playgrounds, formal gardens, woodland and an artificial beach, as well as a host of restaurants, open-air bars and street entertainers, making it a great place to wander and observe everyday life. The park also hosts regular events, including exhibitions and concerts.\nOne of Russia's most significant and controversial political figures, Vladimir Ilyich Lenin lies preserved in an austere mausoleum on Red Square. Although he was a highly divisive politician, he was revered by his own people and upon his death in 1924 he was embalmed using secret methods.\nA visit to his tomb is a surreal experience that allows you a brief look at his carefully preserved body, kept behind bullit-proof glass in a dimly-lit, temperature-controlled room. Guards move visitors along quickly but outside you can examine the busts and headstones of other political leaders, including Stalin and Brezhnev.\nKnown the world over, the Bolshoi Theatre is renowned both for its beauty and its ballet. The current theatre was built in the mid 18th century and has a neoclassical design with a striking portico surmounted by a statue of Apollo. This famous Moscow landmark is equally opulent inside after an extensive renovation.\nWe can arrange tickets to a show here, but you can also take a backstage tour. It reveals much about the theatre's history and design, and may even offer a glimpse of rehearsals in progress.\nThe Moscow metro\nMoscow's metro system is one of the busiest and most beautiful in the world, carrying over nine million passengers each day and providing an intriguing insight into Russia during Soviet times.\nLavish depictions of military victories or happy Communist living adorn the station walls along with baroque stucco-work, elaborate mosaics and deliberately atmospheric lighting. Combined with crystal chandeliers, stained glass and life-size marble figures, it feels more like a series of museum pieces than a public transport system.\nA guided tour takes you to the most remarkable stations and offers an essential overview of the history of the metro.\nFormerly a secret military training facility, Star City is a complete town home to the Gagarin Cosmonauts Training Centre and to Russian cosmonauts and their families. Located about 25 km (15 miles) from Moscow, it's a captivating destination if you're at all interested in space travel.\nIn a day trip, you can learn about the history of Russian space exploration, watch astronauts in training and even try the G-force simulator. The Space Museum houses a full-scale mock up of the Mir space station, Yuri Gagarin's office and an impressive collection of space suits and vehicles.\nSanduny Baths\nSteam baths are one of Russia's oldest and most treasured customs, and this traditional banya, or bathhouse, is a place to relax and unwind with a hot steam bath and a vigorous massage.\nSanduny Banya is Moscow's oldest and grandest public bathhouse and is housed in an opulent building with richly decorated rooms, elaborately carved panelling and the air of grace and elegance. The steam rooms here are extremely hot and you'll be offered a felt hat to help you regulate your temperature and oak or birch twigs to stimulate your circulation.\nIzmailovsky Market\nRow upon row of Russian dolls, fur hats, hand-carved chess sets and Soviet paraphernalia line the stalls at this huge market just outside the city. It's the best place to shop for souvenirs as well as being an intriguing place to wander, with antiques, rugs, pottery, jewellery and religious art in among bric-a-brac and second-hand clothes. The market is at its best and busiest at the weekend, when the volume and variety of stalls increases. It's worth spending a day here, stopping for a lunch of fresh flat breads and shashlik (skewered meat) cooked on an open grill.\nRitz-Carlton rooftop bar\nBoasting panoramic views of central Moscow, the rooftop lounge in the Ritz-Carlton hotel overlooks the Kremlin and St Basil's Cathedral and offers a fairytale perspective on this historic part of the city.\nThe hotel is just a couple of minutes' stroll from Red Square, and the stylish, modern bar has become a fashionable haunt for the city's well-heeled elite. An impressive vodka menu is accompanied by champagne, cocktails and sushi, while the restaurant serves a modern Peruvian menu.\nSip a drink on the terrace, watch the twinkling lights of the city below and just soak up the atmosphere of Moscow old and new.\nZiferblat anti-caf\u00e9s\nA counter-culture movement started in Moscow, the Ziferblat, or clock face, caf\u00e9s offer everything for free except your time. A visit has the frisson of a clandestine activity as the caf\u00e9s are generally unmarked and you must ring a door bell to gain access.\nOn arrival, you choose from a collection of clocks, help yourself from the wide array of coffees and herbal teas, Russian cakes and biscuits and then hand back your clock as you leave, paying per minute for the time you spent there. Relaxed, unconventional and well-hidden, these underground caf\u00e9s offer a glimpse of modern youth culture in Russia.\nBest time to visit Moscow\nLate spring and early autumn are the best times to visit Moscow, with mild weather and fewer visitors. Although the summer months are warmer, they can be extremely busy and prices are consequently higher. Moscow can be brutally cold in winter, but the city looks at its most romantic under a sprinkling of fresh snow.\nFestivals, events and seasonal reasons to visit\nWinter: from December to February the city is covered in a soft blanket of snow and, although bitterly cold at this time of year, it's when Moscow looks at its finest.\nNew Year: the start of the year is rung in on Red Square with fireworks exploding against a backdrop of Moscow's most famous landmarks. Book early.\nStart planning your tailor-made trip to Moscow by calling one of our Russia specialists on 01993 838 230\nof our Russia clients would recommend us to a friend.\nSuggested itineraries featuring Moscow\nOur itineraries will give you suggestions for what is possible when you travel in Moscow, and they showcase routes we know work particularly well. Treat them as inspiration, because your trip will be created uniquely by one of our specialists.\nClassic Russia tour\nRussia family adventure\nMoscow, St Petersburg & the Golden Ring\nChina, Mongolia and Russia\nTrans Siberian journey - Beijing to Moscow\nA private Trans-Siberian journey - Beijing to Moscow\nRussia and Mongolia\nLuxury Rail: A journey across Russia with the Golden Eagle\n18 days from \u00a317,075pp\nOur expert guides to exploring Moscow\nWritten by our specialists from their own experiences of visiting Moscow, these guides will help you make the most of your time there. We share both our practical recommendations and the best ways to appreciate Moscow at its best.\nGo slow in Moscow and St Petersburg: experiences worth lingering over\nLess is more when it comes to Moscow and St Petersburg, Audley Russia specialist Lucy says. She picks some of the best experiences to focus on in each city, and explains which places are worth visiting with a private guide.\nGo slow in Moscow and St Petersburg\nRetracing Romanov Russia in St Petersburg, Moscow and Ekaterinberg\nDiscover famous places in Russia associated with the Romanov era, from palaces and art to lesser-known exhibits and poignant churches. Audley Russia specialist John recommends what to see on a St Petersburg holiday or a trip to Moscow.\nRetracing Romanov Russia\nVisiting Russia's St Petersburg and Moscow in winter\nVisiting Russia in the depths of winter? Absolutely, says Audley specialist John, and it can enhance your experience of the country. He also suggests what to see and do in Moscow and St Petersburg during the colder months.\nWinter in St Petersburg and Moscow\nAccommodation choices for Moscow\nWe've selected a range of accommodation options for when you visit Moscow. Our choices usually come recommended for their character, facilities and service or location. Our specialists always aim to suggest properties that match your preferences.\nGolden Eagle luxury train\nThe Golden Eagle is the most luxurious private train in Russia. It travels throughout the country, including the more remote areas, while achieving exceptionally high levels of service not found anywhere else along the Trans-Siberian route.\nMarriott Tverskaya Hotel\nThe Marriott Tverskaya is probably Moscow's best located 4 star property. It offers 24-hour room service, a fitness centre, the Seasons Restaurant, and the 24 hour Tverskaya Caf\u00e9 & Bar.\nKaterina City Hotel\nA small hotel with a distinctive Scandinavian style, the Katerina is a good three star option in Moscow. Modern, bright rooms are of a good size.\nBaltschug Kempinski\nSet on the banks of the Moskva River, the Baltschug looks directly on to Red Square, St Basils Cathedral, and the Kremlin. It offers modern facilities, fine dining, and the level of five-star service that Kempinski properties are renowned for.\nIdeas for experiencing Moscow\nOur specialists seek out authentic ways to get to know the places that could feature in your trip. These activities reflect some of the experiences they've most enjoyed while visiting Moscow, and which use the best local guides.\nExcursion to Star City\nStar City can be visited when in Moscow and is home to a cosmonauts training centre.\nTrans-Siberian Railway\nThe Trans-Siberian Railway, linking Moscow to Beijing, is not only one of the classic train journeys, it is also the longest continuous rail line on earth.\nSergiev Posad Excursion\nKnown as Zagorsk during the years of communism, Sergiev Posad is a small town at a small distance from Moscow. The town is centred around its golden heart - the exalted monastery of St Sergius.\nThe tour of Moscow takes you through the most important sights of this great city - places that hearken back to the days of the 'Hammer and Sickle' or beyond into earlier Russian history, as well as the modern, energetic, and hugely divided city that is present-day Moscow.\nVolga Dream Cruise\nDiscover the highlights of the Russian countryside on board the luxury river cruiser, Volga Dream.\nPlaces near Moscow\nThe Golden Ring 56 miles away\nVladimir 112 miles away\nSuzdal 119 miles away\nYaroslavl 156 miles away\nKostroma 189 miles away\nPhotos of Moscow\nSt Basils, Moscow\nRed Square, Moscow\nKremlin Clock Tower, Moscow\nChrist the Saviour church domes\nKremlin domes, Moscow\nStart planning your tailor-made holiday by contacting \u200bone of our Russia specialists...","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Team Lead, HIV, STI and viral hepatitis, Division of Country Health Programmes, World Health Organization regional office for Europe\nDr Nicole Seguy is a medical doctor with expertise in public health and epidemiology. She has been working for WHO since 2005 in Cambodia, China, India and at the regional office for Europe, on HIV and other communicable diseases.. She was trained in medicine in Paris, and has a Masters degree in Public Health from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and a degree in epidemiology from the US CDC. She has also practiced clinical care in France, Africa and Asia. Since April 2019, Dr Seguy is the Team lead for HIV, STI and viral hepatitis at the WHO Regional office for Europe and supports countries of the Region to eliminate HIV and hepatitis as public health problems by 2030. Dr. Seguy has more than 20 years of public health experience in HIV, STI, viral hepatitis and other communicable diseases prevention, treatment and strategic information\n5 May 2021 Opening Session: Representing the WHO Regional Office for Europe in the live discussion\n6 May 2021 PLENARY\/ABSTRACT DRIVEN SESSION 1: SPECIAL SESSION: Impact of COVID-19 on prevention and testing services for HIV, viral hepatitis, STIs and TB: Building back better: Moderator\n7 May 2021 Closing Session: Integrating disease areas and settings: Panellist","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Legal & Tax\nKMC Solutions Opens Serviced Offices in Fort Bonifacio\nHome General KMC Solutions Opens Serviced Offices in Fort Bonifacio\nBy Admin General February 6, 2011\nKMC Solutions, a sister company of Makati-based real estate brokerage firm, KMC MAG Group, recently opened a 1,050 square meter business center in Fort Bonifacio, Metro-Manila. This business center was specifically created to cater to the unique needs of Philippine companies looking to avail of seat rentals and serviced offices in major Metro-Manila business districts. KMC's business center also targets foreign-based multinational companies setting up business operations in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City. The office complex, located at the 20th floor of the Picadilly Star Building in 4th Avenue corner 27th street, Bonifacio Global City, boasts affordable rental rates and exclusive amenities, including Internet-enabled workstations, VOIP PBX for local and international calls, high-tech security systems, on-site technical support and complimentary beverages, among others.\nAccording to Michael McCullough, Director of Manila real estate brokerage firm KMC MAG Group, \"We've already received a lot of interest in the Picadilly Star center, with nearly 40% of the available offices having already been pre-leased. The Picadilly center is able to offer a 24\/7 solution at prices up to 50% below that of the current competition.\"\nStandard BPO units, which may accommodate up to 10 to 100 workstations, are now available from February 1 onwards. Workstations are inclusive of desks, chairs, file cabinets and desktop computers, depending on the type of package availed of. KMC Solutions currently offers two types of standard packages to BPO units in Fort Bonifacio, both of which are operational for 9 hours a day\/5 days a week and comprise 12.38 square meters of commercial leased office space. The going rate for a workstation inclusive of desk, chair and file cabinet, is Php 12,000 per month, with a special rate of Php 132,000 per month for 11 employees. Workstations that also include Core 2 duo desktop computers are priced at Php 15,000 per month, and have a special rate of Php 165,000 per month for 11 employees. Set-up fees are priced at Php 2,000 per employee, while the average lease term starts at 3 months.\nRental rates are also inclusive of the following amenities: Internet-enabled workstations, cubicles and chairs, 100% back-up power in case of outages, multiple Internet connections and gateways, 4.5 Mbps PLDT DSL connections, VOIP PBX for local and international calls, Cisco 2801 Routers and Firewalls, 4 hours per month complimentary access to conference rooms, air conditioning 24\/7, high-tech security systems, on-site technical support, access to restrooms, shared pantries, and server rooms, complimentary beverages, power and water utilities, and cleaning services from Mondays to Fridays, among others.\nKMC's expansion to Picadilly Star in Fort Bonifacio makes it the 2nd largest serviced offices provider in Metro-Manila. The firm currently holds 1,000 square meters of commercial leased office space in Rufino Pacific Tower, Ayala Avenue, Makati City.\nBonifacio Global CityCommercial Office Spacefort bonifacioKMC MAG GroupKMC SolutionsMakatiMetro ManilaPhilippinesPicadilly Starseat rentalsserviced office providerserviced offices\nBPO Watch: Philippine Outsourcing Industry Soars to New Heights\nBusiness Process Outsourcing (BPO) is one of the fastest-growing industries in the Philippines today. Since it's advent, the industry has experienced steady growth in annual revenue, boasting a 23% increase in 2009 alone.\nPublic-Private Partnerships to Boost Philippine Economy\nby: Jason dela Torre In a bid to renew investor confidence and create more job opportunities to bolster the Philippine\u2026\nZuellig Building: A green footprint for Makati's Commercial Real Estate Market\nby Yves De-Luis In 2009, Bridgebury Realty Corp, an affiliate of the Zuellig Group, announced that it will be investing\u2026\nEstablishment of ICT Department in the Philippines passed on third reading\nOffice Space Solutions: Serviced Offices in Makati and Manila, Philippines\nServiced offices offer a much needed convenience to foreign and local companies setting up business in the Philippines. These offices usually\u2026\nTourism Enterprise Zones Take Global Competitiveness to New Heights\nby: Jason dela Torre Republic Act (RA) 9593, or the Tourism Act of 2009 passed by the Arroyo administration, cements\u2026\nKMC MAG Group releases Real Estate Market Report Philippines for Q3 2011\nLease Rates and Stable Office Supply Assured by BPOs\nThe Business Process Outsourcing sector will continue to create majority of the demand for real estate, supported by a wide market of residential buyers, property consulting company CBRE Philippines said on Wednesday.\nPhilippine BPO: Exploring Metro Manila's Cyber Parks\nCyber Parks (Techno Parks, IT Parks, Ecozones) are ideal destinations for setting up a BPO or call center in the Philippines\u2026.\nAquino Vows to Improve Foreign Investments in the Philippines\nIn his first state of the nation address (SONA) on July 26, 2010, newly elected president Benigno Aquino III vowed\u2026\nAccreditation for Green Buildings: LEED\nBy Yves De-Luis There is increasing awareness and support to saving the planet. 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{"text":"On Curing a Symptom\nLet us start out by saying that no all symptoms are caused by repressed emotions but a good deal of them are. The question then poses itself, \"What does it take to cure the symptom?\" Can counseling do it? Yes, but with reservations. You see each level of consciousness--brainstem, limbic system and neo-cortex, contribute its specific kind of pain to the system. And they contribute the most when survival is at stake. That is why the most pain lies deep in the neuraxis where insult can affect whether we live or die. Now let us suppose that a migraine takes a level of 10 for it to be manifest. And we take away current stress that brings the pain level to eight. Have we cured it? No, we have taken away just that valence that originally put the system over the top and into a symptom. But we still have deeper levels of pain. We can only say we have \"cured\" it when we arrive at the very heavy valence pain that was at the origin of it all. In depression there are levels of hopelessness that finally result in overt depression. But until we arrive at the intrauterine trauma of a heavily drugged mother, for example, we cannot be said to have cured the problem.\nWhat too much of current psychotherapy does is manipulate the current burden, leaving the heavy-duty pains untouched. But that manipulation may have been enough to keep the symptom from manifesting itself (biofeedback, hypnosis, cognitive therapy, etc.). That might lead to the false notion that this method of manipulation is curative of such and such symptom. It is the same as in alcoholism. Enough support and warmth in the present can take just enough of the pain load away to snuff the habit. The reason that there is always a tendency toward the illness is that the underlying pain waits in its cage. When the system is weak and vulnerable again the symptom may spring forth. Cure is always tied to original causes. When the symptom is matched through feeling to its advent we have succeeded.\nPosted by Arthur Janov at 9:49\u202fAM 7 comments:\nThe Inheritance of Acquired Characteristics: Epigenetics\nIn the early nineteenth century a French scientist named Jean Baptiste Lamarck decided that we acquired characteristics from experiences that our parents underwent. Russian communists applied this to agriculture but, no matter, it was a widely discredited theory\u2026..until recently. Now this avowed Marxist position may have been resurrected a bit. There is a new field called epigenetics that states pretty much what Lamarck believed. So what is the evidence? And what exactly is it? What Lamarck said was that individuals acquire characteristics as a result of their environment, and now, these characteristics can be passed on to the offspring.\nMuch of the work in epigenetics has to do with diet; a mother's diet influences the offspring's physiology. Epigenetics has to do with how genes are regulated and influenced by the experience of the baby. I believe it has more to do with the fetus who resides in the womb; that his experience is influenced forevermore by the mother's diet but also by her moods, her anxiety and depression. Has the genetic switch been delayed or was it premature? This can happen without making a radical change in the gene itself but rather in how it is expressed, whether it is shut off or on. What we are discussing is how a mother's interaction with her environment can pass this on to her offspring. I think we need to understand that a fetus in the womb is always trying to adapt to his environment and that how genes will evolve and be expressed depends on that adaptation. For example, a mother who is anxious and who has depleted much of her serotonin supplies cannot fulfill the young fetal need for his own serotonin supplies. He may well grow up deficient in inhibitory or repressive capacity and be an anxiety case forevermore; this evolves into attention deficit in his youth and his continued inability to have a cohesive cognitive ability. I think it is extremely important that all this occurs while the fetal brain is rapidly developing and needs proper input to evolve normally. An anxious mother is so agitated that the neuronal input into the baby she is carrying is so extreme that he cannot adapt and integrate this input. Thereafter, this is the kind of person who cannot accept too much stimulation because the internal input is so great that anything from the outside, just two terms papers, can be overwhelming.\nI have discussed the work of Michael Meaney of McGill University who has worked with mice and found that very early neglect by the mother results in lifelong alterations. In thirteen men who had committed suicide, all of whom suffered from child abuse, there were epigenetic effects. Abuse has many forms but to me those most deleterious is the abuse of a mother who smokes, drinks or takes drugs during pregnancy. Abuse means adversely affect a child's development. Meaney found the same changes in thirty five people who suffered from schizophrenia. Here, several of the genes involved with the unfurling of key neurotransmitters (which ordinarily help to repress pain or noxious stimuli) where affected. New work has related epigenetics to the occurrence of cancer. What has been called the effects on epigenetic settings I call changing the set-points of many biologic states; this includes the set-points of the neurotransmitters that w\nIll later make us chronically comfortable or uncomfortable. Not feeling good in our skin is one way to state it. What is very new is that experiences of the mother affects the sperm of the offspring, and that may affect how the grandchildren develop. It may be that smoking or drug taking in while the embryo is just forming can later affect sperm production. The meaning of all this is that what happens in the womb while the organism is getting organized can affect the baby for a lifetime. It is so important that we not neglect this period when we attempt to understand and treat those with emotional problems. The more remote the imprint the more widespread the later effects, in my opinion. When a carrying mother is under stress her stress hormone level is high. When the levels remain high for a long time the immune system is compromised, and that might well affect the immune status of the offspring. And as I note elsewhere, a strong immune system (natural killer cells) is needed to stay on the lookout for newly developing cancer cells. It is not that a deficient immune system can lead to cancer, it is that a weak maternal immune system does not impart a strong immune capability to the baby; and the same dislocated physiology of the mother can also affect the fetus, setting the stage for later catastrophic disease. Womb-life has largely been neglected in the psychological literature. It is time to reorient ourselves.\nSMALL FEET AND SMALL BREASTS: CANCER?\nAre small feet and small breasts desireable? Is it good or bad? It's more serious than that. It is neither good nor bad but whether that size has arrived at its genetic destination. That is, due to heredity has the size fulfilled the genetic intention? If not, there can be serious repercussions. What it means to me, and now we leave the arena of strict science, is that repression has interceded to slow down or inhibit growth. How do I know? Some of my patients have reported foot growth, chest growth, breast growth and other kinds of growth after about a year of therapy. (We have a letter of a former patient who reported foot growth of several sizes after therapy). All that has happened in my therapy is lifting repression and liberating pain. If we reason backward we might say that repression probibited proper growth from taking place. That means to me constant pressure in key sites against growth; against genetic destinations. And that again can mean the possibility of serious illness, possibly cancer. Pressure on the cells to stop this unfolding can be enormous. Until one has seen the liberation of pain it is difficult to comprehend.\nSo we can only say that one's breasts are too small when we see if they grow as a result of this liberation. And I believe that will only happen when the patient arrives at deeply implanted pain, at birth and before, when so many hormones are affected; where so many set-points are dislocated and fixed. I think that, in this sense, the therapy may have an anti-cancer effect. Can you imagine the pressure our biology exerts to fulfill its genetic promise? That pressure continues against a constant pressure to hold it back. The result too often can be disease as the cells become deformed and dislocated. It is not only the obvious breasts and feet, which are, after all, measureable, but there my be so effects we cannot measure; for example, the kidneys, heart or liver. We see that wherever we have looked, (serotonin\/impramine: natural killer cells) there are significant changes. We would expect the same with key organ systems. In other words, pain and repression are laid down as total experience, which means that just about every system is involved in the imprint of the memory. So we would expect that all key organ systems would be affected. That remains to be studied. But we would also expect that those systems, which are inherently weak and vulnerable, would be seriously affected by that repression. The answer? Have a good gestation and birth and infancy. Failing that, relive the key pains set down and undo the massive repression.\nThere are effects we cannot measure; for example, the kidneys, heart or liver. We see that wherever we have looked, (serotonin\/impramine: natural killer cells) there are significant changes. We would expect the same with key organ systems. In other words, pain and repression are laid down as total experience, which means that just about every system is involved in the imprint of the memory. So we would expect that all key organ systems would be affected. That remains to be studied. But we would also expect that those systems, which are inherently weak and vulnerable, would be seriously affected by that repression. The answer? Have a good gestation and birth and infancy. Failing that, relive the key pains set down and undo the massive repression.\nIn writing about the imprint, I will note again that one way we know that very early imprinted pain endures is that many entering patients have high stress hormone levels which normalize after one year of the therapy. What this may mean is that the imprint endures, is a constant danger, and must be fought against. That danger is signaled by the high cortisol (stress hormone) levels. Why is it, then, that the levels come down to normal after a time? Because the imprint is no longer a force; It is now simply a memory. The force of the pain has been felt and integrated. It is not as though there is a reliving of the memory and then we find changes in the imprint; it is that the way the memory is held and engraved is through these various changes such as in stress hormone levels. The danger is no longer in evidence; the system can relax. The battle is over. As all systems normalize it means that there is no longer an irrevocable memory to deal with. The imprint as a total physiologic event no longer exists. Can we become neurotic again? Not in the same way because the harmful memory is gone. What we often cannot change are the secondary changes already in evidence due to the damage inflicted beforehand.\nPosted by Arthur Janov at 9:47\u202fAM No comments:\nOn Reliving\nPrimal therapy involves a careful procedure \u2013 paced by the patient \u2013 toward bringing sensations and feelings from trauma in one's early history safely into a conscious experience. The apex of this procedure is total reliving of a traumatic experience. Primal therapy avoids distracting or interrupting the patient in this process. We seek to draw attention to sensations and feelings, and allow the patient, when he and his body is ready, to go into the pain, and fully relive it. This time, in contrast to the time of the original trauma, the patient can finally experience the feelings, and finally be relieved of their neurotogenic energy.\nThe reliving that occurs in primal therapy may be hard to imagine by those who have not seen it. In reliving incest, for example, not only are the vital signs exceptionally high, often into near-lethal levels, but the physical posture reflects what happened in the original event, the wrists bound together behind the back, for example. Why, one would question, do we allow these dangerous levels to exist in therapy? The patient, on the lip of feeling a great trauma, runs a fever. One hundred three degrees is not unusual. We don't desire it except that without it there is no healing. Secondly, these elevated levels were the reason for the repression, in the first place. Sustained blood pressure in hypertensive regions would have killed the newborn. What the neuroinhibitors such as serotonin\/endorphin do is keep reactivity within survival bounds and thereby save one's life; a key function of repression. Now as an adult the individual is stronger, and may begin to relive the trauma, if only in small titrated doses.\nPost session vital signs indicate some degree of integration and resolution after a reliving episode (known as a \"primal\"). They usually drop below baseline after the session. If they move either up or down sporadically we are dealing with abreaction\u2014the discharge of the energy of a trauma without proper connection. This is never curative.\nReliving yields insights and cognitive changes automatically. Reliving never being touched as a child makes immediately clear the reason for one's nymphomania. It puts the need for touch in the past so that it is no longer acted-out in the present. The patient does not need to be told how to appreciate the trauma; everything is understood within the feeling, provided it is a full reliving.\nDiscussing the past trauma is, by and large, a cortical operation that remains in the area of thought. It is the inordinate pain portion that is stored in the brain's limbic system and brainstem that is the culprit to be relived. And that is what constitutes the unconscious. It is that portion of pain that must be relived. If one could see the amount of pain engendered in a primal she would understand right away how important reliving is to the therapeutic process.\nPrimal Therapy differs from most other therapies extant in approach of reliving past traumas rather than discussing them. The patient seems to be in the grip of an ancient brain during the reliving which results in an integration of the feeling. In the reliving, the whole system will be engaged as it was when the memory was registered. This is why in our research we found an average 24-point drop in systolic readings in our high blood pressure (hypertensive) patients after six months of therapy. It is why in a parasympathetic dominant patient (often, a depressive) who enters a session with a radically lowered body temperature, we will see rises of two or three degrees after the session, as feelings normalize the system. Normalizing blood pressure is very important if we want to avoid cerebral strokes later on. We can \"normalize\" with medication but the force is still inside doing its damage elsewhere. There is a major difference between normalizing the symptom and normalizing the system. The latter has great import for longevity. If we normalize one aspect of the system, the rest of the body must compensate, and that is the danger with medication. It achieves apparent results, but not profound effects. So long as the generating source of the problem stays active it is forever a threat...a stroke is not the least of the consequences. Again, if we try to \"cure\" high blood pressure with pills we are depriving the patient of one aspect of the memory; and she needs the totality of response to the memory in order to fully relive and get better. That is, if we suppress part of the memory there can never be a full reliving because the whole memory is not completed.\nWhy We Must Relive As A Total Experience\nA reliving of preverbal imprints will evoke the exact same reactions as at the time of the original trauma. In the absence of a reliving, the reactions or fragments of the memory will persist, such as a fast heart rate or high blood pressure. When we relive a complete early birth memory of which a high blood pressure was a part, then in the total reliving, that fragment of the memory will also be included, and the patient should consequently see relief from the intrusive symptoms. If aspects of the original reaction are missing the reliving is not complete and therefore not curative. When patients relive enough of their painful history, they no longer need alcohol, drugs, cigarettes, or painkillers. Less pain, less pain-killers\nWhen a patient relives early terror, then ceases to compulsively check the locks on his doors twenty times a day, he has solved a key mystery. This, without any prolonged discussion of the obsession. He felt unsafe, profoundly unsafe early on; the obsessions controlled the terror that he didn't even know he had. The left frontal cortex was saying, \"I'd better check the locks. It makes me feel more comfortable.\" Since the terror is there he never can feel safe for long, the obsessions go on. The feeling of being unsafe was seeping up in small increments from the right brain. It was immediately staved off by the obsession on the left. \"I'll be safe if the house is locked.\" If we were to prevent the obsession we would see terror, which is what we do in our therapy. But it must be done in a safe, controlled atmosphere. In order to feel deeply unsafe one has to feel totally safe in the present. That safety, dialectically, turns into its opposite.\nReliving means to be in the grip of the child's or infant's brain; it is different from discussing childhood pain with the adult brain. It means to be immersed totally in an old traumatic memory; it also involves connection of lower forces to top level brain tissue, as well as right brain feeling information to the left prefrontal cortex. There should be brain changes as a result of connection, which is what we want to discover.\nBirth Trauma and Psychosis\nA report about the relationship between prolonged labor and its complications to schizophrenia has been issued by Reuters Medical News and can be found on the internet. (\"Obstetric Complications Correlate with Brain Differences in Schizophrenia.\" http\/\/psychiatry.medscape.com) This is a report by Dr. T.F. McNeil of the Malmo University Hospital in Sweden. (American Journal of Psychiatry. 2000, 157:203-212.)\nUsing the magnetic resonance technique to study aspects of the limbic system (hippocampus) in 22 pairs of twins in which only one had diagnosed schizphrenia, they found that the mentally ill twin had smaller hippocampi. There was a significant correlation between labor complications and brain shrinking. Prolonged labor was one central culprit. The authors write, \"Trauma at the time of labor and delivery and especially prolonged labor appear to be of importance for brain structure anomalies associated with schizophrenia.\" (Reuters. 2\/22\/2000)\nWhat the authors contend, something I have described for decades, is that the birth trauma has something to do with later mental illness. Further, that the feeling system is grossly affected by this trauma. This means that birth trauma affects all manner of feeling states later on, whether of suicidal tendencies or criminal proclivities. So the central questions: \"Why does one twin become mentally ill and not the other?\", can be partially answered by reference to the birth trauma. Not only the birth trauma, but most importantly, what happened in the womb. We must consider the background, historical effects that made the neonate vulnerable to the birth trauma.\nWomblife and Serotonin. The Origins of Mental Illness\nLet's begin with the poor lonely mouse. Regarding its womb-life: it is only after several months of gestation that the fetus produces adequate amounts of inhibitory\/repressive chemicals such as serotonin. A mouse fetus does not make its own serotonin until close to the third trimester. It seems like the mother supplies what is needed until the baby can take over. But when the mother is low on supplies, she cannot fulfill what the developing baby lacks. Now if we extrapolate a bit to human mothers. But first a caveat: it seems to me that the principles or laws of biology apply pretty much across many species so that what is true in the physiologic evolution of mice might also be true in our own biologic evolution, as well, and as the following discussion indicates, it is true; the lag between the ability to experience pain and the ability to repress it can be considerable.\nWhereas the beginnings of serotonin production in mice are sometime in the third trimester, in humans it seems to begin slightly earlier. Research on a fetus seems to indicate that it can experience pain after thirteen weeks from conception but that it really fully experiences pain after 20-24 weeks of gestation--bout five months of life in utero. It is fully sensitive to adverse events at this time. (see Paul Ranalli, \"The Emerging Reality of Fetal Pain in Late Abortion.\" www.nrlc.org) My guess is that it begins even earlier. What is critical here is there is a time during gestation when the fetus can not produce repressive\/ inhibitory chemicals and must \"ask\" for help physiologically from his mother. When the fetus does begin manufacturing is own neuro- chemicals it sends some of it to the mother. It says, \"I can soothe myself now. Thanks for the help.\" Above all, serotonin is a soother.\nAllthough the pain-killing aspects of serotonin are well known, less is known about its role in affecting appetite, gastric symptoms and heart function. In short, it has a role in normal development and evolution. In particular, new evidence points to its role in actually shaping some brain structures early in fetal life. (see Cote. F. et al. \"Maternal Serotonin is Crucial for Murine Embryonic Development.\" 2006 National Academy of Science.) Traumas very early on, before the secretion of serotonin is evident in the fetus, impact later serotonin output and can change who and what we are significantly. One reason we see serious mental illness arising during adolescence is that the hormonal turmoil going on and the weakening of defenses permits some of the fetal pain to rise and affect thought processes. Hence delusions and hallucinations.\nInterestingly, in its early secretory life serotonin functions to control and shape anatomic structure. Later on, it carries on as a pain controller. It too evolves and changes. Thus, we as humans may have a significant delay in secreting serotonin during gestation. And we rely on our mother to pitch in before we start making our own. She needs to have an adequate supply for both herself and her baby. If she is chronically depressed she is apt to have low levels of serotonin, used up in the fight against her pain. In this way the mother cannot fulfill the fetal needs for a way to blunt the impact of adverse events; i.e,. of pain. Thus, the fetus has developed a residue of unblocked, free floating pain and terror early in his gestation. This makes him much more vulnerable to trauma at birth and in infancy. He is defective in coping mechanisms. Any later trauma can have double the impact on the relatively undefended system.\nThe low serotonin output is an imprint that remains pretty much the same throughout our life, making us not up the task of everyday living. That is why we so desperately need serotonin enhancing medication later in life. (Prozac. Zoloft) The medication is blocking pain that happened before we set foot on this planet.\nWe know from current research that an imprint during gestation remains pristine pure for all of our lives, whereas an imprint from after birth can produce compensating secretions that blunt the impact of trauma during infancy. My very notion of the imprint means events that they create irreversible dislocations of function in the neurobiologic sysems. The only way it can change is if we return to the origin of the dislocation and right the ship. It needs a push from below not a cry from above.\nIt seems to be another biologic law that whatever happens during gestation can alter basic physiologic set points, which is rarely the case after birth where there can be compensatory mechanisms to make up for the dislocation of function associated with the original trauma.\nSo we have a developing fetus who has no effective repressive mechanisms trying to borrow some of mother's serotonin to help out, but to no avail. A completely na\u00efve physical system has no frame of reference that tells it that basic physiologic processes are deviated. During gestation the system deviates and then considers that deviation as normal. So the baby is born with inadequate serotonin\/gating capacity, and that deficiency follows him throughout life. But it is an already wounded organism, a wound that almost no one can see or even imagine. He will grow up chronically anxious, unable to concentrate or focus. He may well be ADD and be unable to sit still because the activation goes on incessantly. It shows itself in the panic attacks that happens when the system is vulnerable and gating weak; the imprint from gestation rises to the top and shouts out its message which almost no one can decipher. It is such a mystery because its origins are so arcane.\nAn example: a girl is born in wartime to a mother who is chronically anxious because her husband has been sent to war and left her all alone. The anxious mother transmits some of that to her baby who is then considerably weakened. He cannot fully repress to hold down pain. By the time infancy happens there is already a weak, vulnerable baby who is chronically agitated. This may be the beginnings of serious mental illness. It is not obvious to the human eye but the damage is done.\nToo often this is ascribed to heredity because no one can imagine what has already happened in the womb. It is kind of a free- floating anxiety that seems to have no specific time of origin. Remember, this is a purely physiologic reaction originated at a time when there was no higher brain centers to process the event. To recapture it we must retreat to that primitive brain.\nWhat we may see many decades later are panic and anxiety attacks, and then much later a cerebral stroke. This imprint would militate against cancer because for cancer to develop we often need massive repression; and for that we need massive secretions of neurojuices such as serotonin. What would exacerbate the risk of cancer is events later in infancy and childhood with unloving, stern parents. The result is a person who never had outlets for his pain. What further shuts down the person is growing up with a violent father or mother, a strict religious household, and no one to turn to. The force of the imprint may well affect the brain when the person is in his sixties. How on earth can we access such remote experiences, a time when there were no ideas to help out?\nWe do know that each high level of brain function can incorporate the previous lower level. That is, early memories become elaborated on higher levels of brain function and are incorporated into those levels. So when we relive a non-verbal pain or trauma in infancy we are at the same time reliving the residue from earlier in womb-life. The events are united under a resonance factor that makes a higher level of brain function trigger off a deeper and more remote feeling. To put it differently, each early preverbal imprint is ramified on higher levels so that feeling fully on the higher level automatically has us feeling the earlier aspects of the feeling. Because of this we can over-react to events in adult life. As we see in our therapy, it may be one cause of erectile dysfunction\u2014the feeling of being overwhelmed because of even slight pressure to function in the present. Or the inability to get going at work.\nSo to summarize: there seems to be a time in gestation when pain or noxious stimuli impinge, but we are not yet able to produce our own gating chemicals, such as serotonin and endorphin, resulting in un- gated pain. When I refer to gating, I refer to electrochemical process that blocks the transmission of the pain message across the synapse. This residue will continue and may lead to bouts of anxiety later on in life. It becomes free-floating, unbound fear or terror. It can then be focused on elevators and a phobia is born. This is not due to heredity but rather to experience in the womb. Part of our in-utero life, therefore, takes on hurt at a time when the system can do nothing about it; nevertheless, it affects all later development. At 30, we may suffer from panic attacks that began its life in the very early months of our mother's pregnancy. It is pristine, ready to spring forth whenever we are vulnerable. No talk therapy can make a dent in it because it involves a vegetative primitive nervous system which was adequate to register pain and terror during womb-life. This is a nervous system impervious to words; it doesn't understand them and does not respond to them. So insights leave it absolutely indifferent. The womb experience leaves us fragile for a lifetime so that any insult or lack of love in infancy and childhood weakens us all the more. That is why we need drugs that work on lower brain centers below the intellectual in order to suppress these imprints for a time.\nSo much severe mental illness has its causes so early in our lives; and then nature later provides us with useless intellectual tools to address them. When all we have to do is let the primitive nervous system take charge and lead the way. It knows the path to liberation.\nPosted by Arthur Janov at 5:06\u202fPM 2 comments:\nShocking the Brain: Electroshock Therapy\nLast week a sixty-year-old woman came to us from a small town in England. She was severely depressed. What does depression feel like, Numb, Not getting anything out of life. Despair, She was depressed like that twenty years ago. She had no idea what brought it back.\nAs she started her three weeks of therapy we had the big Los Angeles earthquake (January 1994) and her bed and she shook uncontrollable. That event reawakened something that changed all the rules of the game. She stopped crying and reported the following relentless symptoms: a constant hissing sound in her ears, night and day; numbness in the face, a feeling of electricity all over her body (she shook and jerked all the time), a complete feeling of discomfort.\nHer session changed complexion. She lost her motor control in her legs and in the session when she tried to stand up she started to collapse. There were no words to her agony, she felt disconnected and had no idea what was going on in her. She began flopping uncontrollably exactly like the triggering event of the earthquake. She was reliving electroshock therapy she had undergone twenty times some twenty years before.\nWhen we pressed on her temples (where the original electrodes were placed) she arched back and flopped and jerked exactly as though she were again undergoing shock thereapy. She relived pieces of the experience each session for weeks, and had to do so before she could get to the feelings that had lay behind her depression; the very feelings that had led doctors to shock her in the first place. Sometimes when I put my fingers on her temples the right side of her face went numb, something that no doubt occurred originally. When a pencil was put in her mouth at the appropriate time she clamped down on it as hard as one could imagine, her face grimaced in agony, and she was back there in shock again reliving the time they put cotton or a rubber device in her mouth to keep her from biting her tongue or breaking her teeth during the experience.\nSo what's the first lesson about this?; a lesson very important since electroshock is making a comeback particularly with children, believe it or not---what goes in must come out. The electroshock is like any shock, a trauma, a trauma that must be relieved in its entirety. What does the shock do? It does what any shock does; raises the level of serotonin, the inhibitory brain chemical which enhances repression. It therefore does what any state of souped-up repression. It therefore does what any state of souped-up repression does; it renders the person ahistoric, bereft of emotional memory for days, weeks, and sometimes forever. Again we see that it is the overall charge value of an electrical impulse that produces an overload and shutdown.\nElectroshock is a neutral electrical stimulus but it has the same effect as a ten year old seeing his mother killed in a car crash. They both add up to an overload, increased serotonin to meet the overwhelming input and finally, shutdown. The memory is blotted out and unconsciousness sets in. In electroshock it is global unconsciousness. In the accident it is the same; the situation is blotted out, and above all, the meaning of the situation is hidden away, I'll never have a mommy again in my life. There will be no one to protect and take care of me. What matters in both cases is the level of electrical charge of the stimulus. The content is simply the vehicle for the power of the incident. As we see in electroshock, there need be no content whatsoever.\nAfter a time of reliving the shock we will be able to get to the traumas below. So long as that event is superimposed on childhood pain it will take precedence in the primal reliving sequence. It's charge value is such as to blot out almost anything else. Interestingly, as she relived more and more of the shock therapy she began covering her head and hearing the bombs over London during the blitz in World War II. After that, we expect her to begin to relive traumas even earlier, finally arriving down deep to the imprints that caused the depression that originally precipitated the necessity for ECT.\nWe systematically measure the vital functions, heart rate, body temperature and blood pressure, before and after each session. This woman came in with consistently high vital signs, body temp of over one hundred every day. They would drop only moderately, which is as it should be since the event could only be felt a small piece at a time; therefore, we would not expect major drops after any single session. We would expect major drops toward the end of the feeling, some weeks or months later when the full charge value of the twenty shocks had been experienced and integrated. Along with this moderate drop was the picture of a disconnected, fragmented human being. She had no idea what she was undergoing, had no idea why her body was shaking or why her face went numb, had no insights and seemed blank. In short, the whole shock experience was still on its way to consciousness, disrupting it, blotting out memory and preventing deep access; after all, that was the point of the shock, in the first place; to prevent deep internal access to one's pain. It would seem that her face went numb in the original experience because during the Primal when I tapped strongly on her right cheek she reported feeling only pressure but no pain.\nAgain, we are not going to expect a connected lucidity until a major portion of the electroshock therapy is relived. Then automatically, it will all fall into place and no one will have to offer her any understanding or insights. It is no different than a child reliving losing her mother early on. The catastrophic meaning of it will be lost until months into Primal Therapy when the whole event with its painful meaning will finally be fully experienced. The original event blasted third-line coherence just so the whole meaning would no longer be apparent. It fragmented through patterns, cut short attention span and ruined the ability to concentrate. The shock was doing what it was supposed to do; reducing the coherence of the third-line. If a shocking trauma did not do this and the person were to feel the shock in a focused way in its entirety the level or reactivity such as blood pressure and heart rate could be lethal. Thus, a fragmented response is necessary, and that has implications for things such as poor physical coordination. To be fragmented means not to have your body, not to be connected.\nThe original doctors, either through belief, lack of time or technique did not bother to talk to her about the possible causes of her depression. All they knew was that she was crying all of time. They did not seem to understand that childhood pain lay below the surface, and they did not make an effort, therefore, to penetrate deep down to see what was bothering her. When that happens there seems to be no alternative but to shock someone's brains. The problem is that afterward she carried around that shock inside her just as if she had the shock at ten of watching her mother die in an auto accident.\nThe need for shock often happens when ordinary pills aren't adequate. That is, when the underlying pain is so great that simple medication won't suppress it. Then the big guns of electroshock are called in to blast the pain and memory and history out of existence. In a society where results are paramount, shock offers a quick fix. One can see it, the patient attests to its benefits and everyone seems happy. Meanwhile, churning below the surface is that very shock, doing its damage by stealth. The aim in conventional therapy is to get people productive again; back to the factory, the office and the computer. Part of the person is back at work; she has the emotional her back at the shock room in the hospital. So she is now a productive member of society, a robot in the service of results; eviscerated, devitalized, desensitized, hollow and dehumanized at work churning out product while her real feelings grind away in the deep unconscious. She can work but she can't love.\nThe effects of electroshock therapy are monstrous and unnecessary. We must talk to the patient, allow her to feel. Be concerned and realize that there is a history in human beings that must be addressed.\nThe Importance of Good Care on Child Development\nFrom New Scientist 23 Sept 2000 page 18, You Are What You Eat. by Claire Ainsworth: \"A mother's diet in the first few days after conception could determine the health of her unborn child for life\". An embryo sets its growth rate according to its environment. If a mother is malnourished the growth rate is slower as part of the adaptation for survival. This leads to low birth weight. Babies that are born small are subject to high blood pressure, diabetes and strokes in later life. This is the work of Tom Fleming of the University of Southampton England. This is an extrapolation from rat research. Source: Development (vol 127, page 4195)\nExcerpt from \"New Scientist\" 16 December 2000 by Meredith F. Small, professor of anthropology at Cornell University. Her book, Kids: How Biology and Culture Shape the Way We Raise Our Children, will be published in April 2001 by Doubleday.\nHuman young are dependant on their carers to help them navigate through their crucial early years. So to get the emotional and physical help they need, they must be highly sensitive to the behaviour of their carers-and that makes them particularly vulnerable to family strife. Several studies have shown that it is unpredictability that really stresses kids. British researchers found, for example, that the cortisol levels of some children are lower at school, where life is predictable and stable, and higher at home, where they believe anything can happen.\nNormally, their reaction to stress helps kids cope by directing energy to parts of the body that need it most, but if stressful situations are not resolved, the damage can be far-reaching. Megan Gunnar, an expert on stress in children at the Institute of Child Development at the University of Minnesota, points to a growing awareness that stress in childhood is a major mental and physical health risk.\n\"One reason to worry about stress in childhood is that this is the time when we learn how to manage stress-patterns that we will carry forward into our adult lives,\" says Gunnar. \"And we don't take the hit on some of the health consequences until we are older. Increasingly, we are finding that many of those adult diseases that knock us down when we are 40 or 50- heart disease, high blood pressure and so on-are detectable in childhood, when the patterns are set.\"\nGunnar and others have shown that when very young children are abused, neglected or bond poorly with their carers, their cortisol levels are high even in mildly stressful situations such as play and they are unable to cope. And several recent studies of women who had been abused as children show that they are biologically vulnerable to depression and anxiety as adults because early experience permanently altered their hormonal responses, making them hypersensitive to stress.\nFlinn has uncovered two abnormal patterns of cortisol production in children under continued stress from family trauma. Usually, kids have a constant low background level of cortisol, which peaks when they are under stress. But some highly stressed children have chronically high levels of cortisol. They are also shy and anxious. Another group of children has abnormally low basal cortisol levels interspersed with spikes of unnaturally high levels. They also show what Flinn calls blunted cortisol responses-their levels don't rise as they should during physical activity. Just as worrying, they are less sociable and more aggressive than kids with normal profiles.\nSome of these kids have been stressed since they were conceived and they probably missed certain sensitive periods for obtaining normal cortisol profiles, though how exactly the response develops is still unknown. These children also have weakened immune responses, fall ill more frequently, are easily fatigued and don't sleep well. Looking at his record of children who are now adults, Flinn is finding that some of them seem to be permanently affected by stressful events that happened while they were in the womb, in infancy or during early childhood.\nThere is a new book out by a specialist in ADD which claims that there are at least five different kinds of ADD, each diagnosis peculiar to certain kinds of individuals. I often wonder what do these specialists believe is actually in the brain. Are there five different disease forms of ADD? Perhaps some genetic and some not? Are there five different areas involved in different kinds of ADD? I don't think so. The brain is complicated but it is not mystical, holding five different aspects of the same disease in its reservoir. ADD is first and foremost a failure of repression. There are not many different kinds of repression. There is one mediated by various kinds of neuroinhibitors. It is pain that overwhelms frontal cortical function and fragments its abilities to contain impulses from below. Certainly, there are differences in personality so that some manifest ADD in one fashion while others manifest it in another. But it is still ADD at its base. And it all can be treated in the same way: diminish the power of deep-lying imprinted pain by reliving early traumas, allowing the frontal cortex to develop and control because it is no longer bombarded by lower level shattering input. It all depends on how severe the early trauma was that compromised the development of the frontal cortex, and how much cortical tissue was implicated. As I discussed elsewhere, very early severe trauma can leave a cortex so impaired that the person is awash in impulses which cannot be controlled so that he is violent and can kill. In any case, the deficit is not just \"psychological.\" It is a deficiency in frontal tissue. When someone like this is described as not \"having all his marbles,\" now we know what that means. It should read, \"not having all his frontal marble.\"\nThe Inheritance of Acquired Characteristics: Epig...","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"> Energy & Environment\n> Energy\n> Solar Energy\n> Photovoltaics Market Trends\nPhotovoltaic Materials Market Analysis By Materials, By Product, By Application, By Region And Segment Forecast, 2014 - 2025\nPhotovoltaic (PV) Materials Market Analysis By Materials (Polycrystalline Silicon, Monocrystalline Silicon, CIGS), By Product, By Application, By Region, And Segment Forecast, 2014 - 2025\nThe global photovoltaic materials market is expected to reach USD 36.23 billion by 2025, according to a new report by Grand View Research, Inc.\nThe growing PV installations coupled with rise in module manufacturing facilities in Asia Pacific is driving market demand.\nThe demand for photovoltaic materials is the highest in the construction of solar cell. The growing number of PV projects commissioned by the government is boosting the consumption. The government incentive offered on building integrated photovoltaics is expected to further augment market demand.\nAsia Pacific accounted for the maximum market share owing to the presence of a large number of module manufacturers in China and India. The slowdown in the Chinese manufacturing sector due to sanctions imposed by the government is expected to force module manufacturers to turn towards other developing countries. The growing exports of solar cells from Asia Pacific to North America and Europe are expected to have a positive impact on market demand.\n\u2022 Polycrystalline silicon dominated the material segmentation with a market share of 62% in 2016.\n\u2022 Copper Indium Gallium Selenide material segment is projected to grow at a CAGR of 13.3% from 2017 to 2025 owing to research on new materials to be used in the construction of solar cell.\n\u2022 Encapsulant products are anticipated to grow at a CAGR of 11.8% from 2017 to 2025 due to high demand for these products in thin film and silicon wafer modules\n\u2022 Europe market share is expected to decrease to around 14% in 2025 owing to growing exports of PV modules from Asia Pacific.\n\u2022 Middle East & Africa is anticipated to grow at a CAGR of 8% from 2017 to 2025 owing to governments in these regions investing heavily in solar PV installations.\n\u2022 The industry participants are engaged in research on new materials used in the manufacturing of solar cells.\n$5950 - 1 User License - PDF\t$6950 - Site License - PDF\t$8950 - Corporate License - PDF\nSolar PV Modules and Inverters, Update 2020 - Global Market Size, Competitive Landscape and Key Country Analysis to 2024\nSolar PV Modules and Inverters, Update 2020 - Global Market Size, Competitive Landscape and Key Country Analysis to 2024 Summary latest report \"Solar PV Modules and Inverters, Update 2020 - Global ...\nSolar Generation\nSpain Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Analysis - Market Outlook to 2\u2026 $ 2500 December 2020\nIsrael Power Market Outlook to 2030, Update 2020 - Market Tr\u2026 $ 2500 November 2020\nRomania Solar Energy Market - Growth, Trends, and Forecast (\u2026 $ 3250 December 2020\nGlobal Residential Solar PV Systems Market 2021-2025 $ 2500 January 2021\nSaudi Arabia Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Analysis - Market Outlo\u2026 $ 2500 December 2020\nUnited Arab Emirates (UAE) Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Analysis \u2026 $ 2500 December 2020\nPortugal Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Analysis - Market Outlook t\u2026 $ 2500 December 2020\nGermany Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Analysis - Market Outlook to\u2026 $ 2500 December 2020\nItaly Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Analysis - Market Outlook to 2\u2026 $ 2500 December 2020\nPhotovoltaics in Europe\nPhotovoltaics in the World\nPhotovoltaics in Asia\nPhotovoltaics in North America\nPhotovoltaics in the United States\nPhotovoltaics in East Asia\nPhotovoltaics in Western Europe\nPhotovoltaics in APAC\nPhotovoltaics in China","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Over the past 25 years, Lauren Greenfield's documentary photography and film projects have explored youth culture, gender, body image, and affluence. In this fascinating meld of career retrospective and film essay, Greenfield offers a meditation on her extensive body of work, structuring it through the lens of materialism and its increasing sway on culture and society in America and throughout the world. Underscoring the ever-increasing gap between the haves and the have-nots, her portraits reveal a focus on cultivating image over substance, where subjects unable to attain actual wealth instead settle for its trappings, no matter their ability to pay for it.\nActors: Limo Bob,\nLimo Bob\nGeorge W. Bush,\nGeorge W. Bush 6 July 1946, New Haven, Connecticut, USA\nParis Cronin,\nParis Cronin\nMichael Douglas,\nMichael Douglas 25 September 1944, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA\nBret Easton Ellis,\nBret Easton Ellis 7 March 1964, Los Angeles, California, USA\nDJ Esco,\nLauren Greenfield,\nChris Hedges,\nChris Hedges 18 September 1956, St. Johnsbury, Vermont, USA\nFlorian Homm,\nFlorian Homm\nKate Hudson,\nKate Hudson 19 April 1979, Los Angeles, California, USA\nCaitlyn Jenner,\nCaitlyn Jenner 28 October 1949, Mount Kisco, New York, USA\nDirector: Lauren Greenfield\nDon't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot [Sub: Eng]\nThe King (2017)","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"A Whisp Of The Atlantic - SOILWORK - \u043d\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0438 \u043d\u0430 :::RockBy.Net:::\nA Whisp Of The Atlantic - SOILWORK\nFirstly, let's briskly dispense with the notion that \"A Whisp Of The Atlantic\" is an EP. The whole concept of EPs has been widely abused in recent years: the fact that this five-track effort lasts roughly nine minutes longer than \"Reign in Blood\" should push it way past whichever marker one requires for album status.\nDoes it matter? In normal circumstances, probably not. But as this is one of the finest records SOILWORK have made in a long time, it seems a shame to reduce it to borderline stopgap status.\nIn truth, \"A Whisp of The Atlantic\" would be an EP were it not for its colossal title track. Sixteen minutes in length and easily the boldest and most inventive thing the Swedes have ever recorded, it crams in multiple cherished aspects of their sound while pushing the whole experience into sparkling new territory. The melodies are, as you might expect, uniformly huge and yes, Bjorn \"Speed\" Strid continues to mesmerize with his extraordinary vocal talents, but this is manifestly a team effort and the whole band have excelled themselves here, both in terms of composition and performance. Gripping from start to finish, \"A Whisp Of The Atlantic\" brims with brilliant ideas: a lesser band would have milked each one for a stand-alone song, but SOILWORK have created something far more immersive, intriguing and powerful instead. The song's plaintive, jazzy trumpet coda is a particularly neat bit of mischievous rug-pulling.\nAfter that, the other four songs can hardly fail to be overshadowed, but each one of them points to yet more evolutionary steps being taken by this classiest of notable melo-death bands. \"Feverish\" is a sublime mini symphony that wrings endless drama from SOILWORK's nuanced but thunderous ensemble performance. \"Desperado\" and \"Death Diviner\" are both instant anthems, with Strid switching effortlessly from barbarous roar to syrupy croon. But it's important to note that this incarnation of the band seem to have jettisoned all formulae in favor of a multifarious metal approach. Doubtless there will always be some old-school fans still praying for a return to the straight-ahead brutality of SOILWORK's early albums, but their breadth of vision and fearlessness simply won't allow that to happen. Instead, as they demonstrate on \"The Nothingness And The Devil\" \u2014 a gleefully deviant blend of old-school tropes and cutting-edge fury \u2014 these veterans are still perfecting their craft and continuing to grow as songwriters. That title track is the clincher, though: it's hard to imagine any of SOILWORK's more obvious peers pulling off such a dizzying indulgence with anywhere near the same level of flair.\n04.12.2020 SOILWORK Releases Music Video For 'A Whisp Of The Atlantic' Title Track\n13.03.2020 SOILWORK Releases New Single, 'Desperado'\n14.02.2020 SOILWORK To Release Two New Singles This Year\nAleks, Charon, Darkes, Elen, Lelik \u0411\u0430\u0442\u044c\u043a\u043e\u0432\u0438\u0447, Mantis, Mitry Kith, TiTBiT, \u0419\u043e\u0436\u0438\u043a_\u0441_\u0431\u0435\u043d\u0437\u043e\u043f\u0438\u043b\u043e\u0439, \u041c\u0435\u0434\u0432\u0435\u0434\u044a\nMetallicA, SYSTEM OF A DOWN, KORN, Nirvana, Bullet For My Valentine, Children of Bodom, Dark Tranquillity, GUANO APES, IN FLAMES, NIGHTWISH, PAPA ROACH, Sepultura, Slipknot, \u0410\u0440\u0438\u044f, \u041a\u0418\u041d\u041e, ANIMAL \u0414\u0416\u0410Z, Arch Enemy, Cradle Of Filth, Deathstars, LACRIMOSA, Marilyn Manson, P.O.D., PANTERA, The Offspring, \u041a\u043e\u0440\u043e\u043b\u044c \u0438 \u0428\u0443\u0442, \u0421\u043f\u043b\u0438\u043d, 7\u0440\u0430\u0441\u0430, AC\/DC, Annihilator, APOCALYPTICA, Atrocity, AVRIL, Behemoth, Blind Guardian, DEEP PURPLE, Demon Hunter, Dimmu Borgir, Disturbed, DRAGONFORCE, Dream Theater, EverEve, FEAR FACTORY, FL\u0401UR, Gorgoroth, Green Day, Hammerfall, HIM, I.F.K., IDOL, Billy, Iron Maiden, Kittie, Kreator, KROK, LIMP BIZKIT, Linkin Park, Lumen, Manowar, Napalm Death, Nasic, Sandra, Nevma, NICKELBACK, Oomph!, Osbourne, Ozzy, Pain, partyzone, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Scar Symmetry, Slayer, SOiL, Soulfly, Static-X, Tankian, Serj, The RASMUS, TRISTANIA, Turunen, Tarja, WILLIAMS , Robbie, \u0410\u0413\u0410\u0422\u0410 \u041a\u0420\u0418\u0421\u0422\u0418, \u0410\u041b\u0418\u0421\u0410, \u0411\u0430\u0448\u043b\u0430\u0447\u0435\u0432, \u0410\u043b\u0435\u043a\u0441\u0430\u043d\u0434\u0440, \u0416\u0435\u043d\u0449\u0438\u043d\u0430 \u0441 \u0411\u043e\u0440\u043e\u0434\u043e\u0439, \u041a\u0418\u041f\u0415\u041b\u041e\u0412, \u041a\u0418\u0420\u041f\u0418\u0427\u0418, \u041a\u0443\u043a\u0440\u044b\u043d\u0438\u043a\u0441\u044b, \u041b\u0418\u041d\u0414\u0410, \u041b\u042f\u041f\u0418\u0421 \u0422\u0420\u0423\u0411\u0415\u0426\u041a\u041e\u0419, \u041d\u0410\u0418\u0412, \u041d\u0435\u0439\u0440\u043e \u0414\u044e\u0431\u0435\u043b\u044c, \u041f\u0418\u041a\u041d\u0418\u041a, \u0421\u0435\u0440\u044c\u0413\u0430, \u0422\u041e\u041b, \u0422\u041e\u0420\u0411\u0410 \u041d\u0410 \u041a\u0420\u0423\u0427\u0415, \u0422\u0422-34, \u0427\u0410\u0419\u0424, \u042d\u043f\u0438\u043a\u0440\u0438\u0417","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Avoidable U.S. healthcare costs due to delayed treatment by disease 2012\nThis statistic depicts the estimated avoidable healthcare costs due to delayed evidence-based treatment practice in the United States in 2012, by disease. In that year, atrial fibrillation was estimated to create a total of 0.7 billion U.S. dollars in avoidable costs. Total avoidable delayed evidence-based treatment practice healthcare costs reached 39.5 billion U.S. dollars in that year. Expected increase in insurance coverage, chronic diseases, and an aging population may place further stresses on the need for proper medication use to prevent avoidable healthcare costs.\nAvoidable healthcare costs due to delayed treatment practice in the U.S. in 2012, by disease (in billion U.S. dollars)*\nAvoidable costs in billion U.S. dollars\n* Delayed evidence-based treatment practice. 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{"text":"Keith's Lewis Hender will reach a significant football milestone when he plays his 100th SANFL League game against Central District on Saturday. Born in Keith, the North Adelaide premiership player has had to wait nine seasons to reach the milestone, but is now starting to flourish under coach Josh Carr. Speaking to SANFL media producer Zac Milbank on SANFL Radio, Hender said he's \"excited\" to reach the milestone, but it's probably something he'll reflect on more after he retires. \"I am obviously excited (about the game), but saying that, I'll probably look back on it when I finish up, more so than right now,\" Hender said. Before turning into the mercurial forward many Roosters fans flock to see, Hender started his football journey in the junior ranks for Keith Football Club. Starting in the Under 14 competition, he showed plenty of promise, eventually receiving the call-up to represent the Glenelg Under 16's in 2009. He praised the dedication shown by both of his loving parents, driving to Adelaide consistently to allow him to follow his footballing dream. \"Mum was my number one supporter. I was very lucky that mum and dad were very supportive from the get-go,\" Hender said. \"They were always willing to put in the time to give me the best opportunity to play at the highest level I possibly could.\" It was clear from a young age that he had the potential to not just become a good SANFL player, but a potential AFL draftee. As a 17 year-old he impressed coaches and recruiters with his power and speed but unfortunately, like many other potential draftees, didn't have his name read out on draft night. The 26 year-old spent five inconsistent seasons at Glenelg, only playing 37 games and kicking 39 goals for the Bays, before moving to North Adelaide for the start of the 2016 season. The move proved a masterstroke, blossoming in Josh Carr's side and becoming one of the most damaging forwards in the competition. Since moving to the Roosters, he has booted a total of 114 goals in 62 appearances, including 42 in last year's premiership season. After contributing to a number of highlight reels across the last 18 month, the forward was rewarded with a call-up to the West End State team, kicking two goals in a seven point win against the WAFL in Perth on May 12. Lewis' meteoric rise is no surprise to many, and with 18 goals to his name this season, he will look to continue to be the spearhead in attack for North Adelaide for years to come. 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{"text":"Marvin Bonjour\nWednesday, January 12, 2022 from 6:00pm to 8:00pm\nPenwell-Gabel - Mid-Town Chapel\n1321 SW 10th Avenue\nThursday, January 13, 2022 at 2:00pm\nMount Hope Cemetery & Funeral Chapel\n4700 SW 17th\nMarvin Bonjour, 87, Topeka, passed away Saturday, January 8, 2022.\nHe was born May 16, 1934, in Onaga, Kansas, the son of Lester and Helen (Banta) Bonjour.\nHe graduated from Washburn Rural High School and attended Washburn University where he played on the football team. He also played football for the United States Army after joining the military.\nFrom 1968 to 1969 he served as a deputy for the Shawnee County Sheriff's Department. In 1969, he was recruited to start a school safety program and became Chief of Security for Topeka Public Schools, where he retired in 1999. Marvin received Recognition of Outstanding Service as Director of Communications by the National Association of School Safety and Law Enforcement Officers from 1990-1992. After retiring, he was a security officer at Stormont-Vail Hospital.\nMarvin was a member of the First United Methodist Church, Topeka and the Fraternal Order of Police.\nOn September 9, 1997, he married Eileen Marie Bonjour in Las Vegas, Nevada. She preceded him in death on June 4, 2020. He was also preceded in death by his parents.\nSurvivors include his children, Robert Boyd, Bill (Gabi) Bonjour, Rhonda Bonjour, Kathi (Brent) Sweet, Mitchell Bonjour, and Sonja (Mike) Pressgrove; grandchildren, Adam, Brian, Hannah, Arthur, Ashley, Adrienne, Austin, Amber, Britni, Bayli, Blake, Aja, Taylor, Matthew, and Abby; and 21 great-grandchildren.\nMarvin was an avid sports fan and knew every stat for every game and player. He was a very successful coach for the American Legion Baseball League, having several of the players he coached go onto play professionally. You could always find him watching one game on TV and listening to another game on the radio.\nFamily will greet friends from 6-8pm Wednesday, January 12, 2022 at Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home. Funeral services will be 2pm Thursday, January 13, 2022 at Mount Hope Cemetery & Funeral Chapel. Entombment will follow at the mausoleum.\nTo leave a message for Marvin's family, please click the Share Memories button above.\nAdd your memories to the guest book of Marvin Bonjour.\nSo sorry to hear about Mr. Bondurant. I always thought that he was a good guy, and he seemed to look out for us at Topeka High. Prayers for the family and friends.\n~ Kevin Stovall - January 12, 2022\nI lived next door to Lester and Helen Bonjour, Marvin's parents. They were truly \"bonus grandparents\" to me. I remember how much I loved visiting them. I even remember Lester's dad Jasper and Helen's mother Grandma Banta. I cherish all my memories of these wonderfully kind people.\n~ Terri Cunningham Hearrell - January 12, 2022\nAs a student of THS I highly respected Mr. Bonjour. He was a great listener, a gentle soul, with a sense of humor.\nHe helped me thru some difficult times, when no others were willing.\nI will forever be grateful he was an important part of my school life. Much Respect Sir!\n~ Diane Williams - January 12, 2022\nMarvin hired me in October of 1978 for a position at Topeka High School. During my job interview and after I started working he reiterated several times that our primary functions were to keep students and staff safe and to make sure the facilities, parking lots and grounds were secure. He said we want the students to feel safe so they can concentrate on their education. He told me outsiders were the most common issues the department dealt with but he said there will be times when I would have to take a student into custody (Intake, sometimes JDC) for various reasons.\nHe said to always treat students with dignity and respect even when I would have to deal with one in any kind of disciplinary issue. He said when a student returns from a suspension to treat them like it never happened, welcome them back and move on like before. Kids will be kids he would say.\nMarvin came in many times at the beginning to observe me. I was always amazed at how he and THS Coordinator Dave (Barney) Fansler, who was my immediate supervisor, interacted with the kids. He would occasionally come in before school started and he and Dave would hang out near the west main entrance to monitor who was coming in. They greeted the students and would talk, laugh and joke with them, but he and Dave were serious, direct and respectful when the occasion required it.\nI learned right away that Marvin coached kids in community sports programs. Numerous THS students were kids he coached. They would talk sports and they would thank him for being there (at the school to keep them safe). Being an avid sports fan he also followed THS football and basketball. He knew many of the players by name and would congratulate them when he saw them after a win and he would pump them up if they lost or had a bad game.\nMarvin was a great mentor. I learned a lot from him and Dave and couldn't have worked for a better boss (or Coordinator). He really cared about our youth. He remained a good friend to me after he retired. He will be missed.\n~ Mike Homan - January 12, 2022\nOur deepest Sympathies to the family. Remembering our great conversations, jokes, and great times at family reunions, birthdays, and get togethers. We will miss you. Love you, RIP.\nJudy Claycomb and family\n~ Judy Claycomb - January 11, 2022\nRemembering the times at Topeka High when you would pull me from class just to visit and see how the family was doing. Also visiting and laughing with you at reunions. We'll miss you!\nJeff and Jan\n~ Jeff and Jan King - January 11, 2022\nMay a smooth sea and following wind aid you on your journey.\nTed Rake and Gloria Obregon\n~ Ted Rake - January 11, 2022\nMy condolences to Marvin's family & friends. I was saddened to read of his passing. I first met Marvin in 1964 when we worked together at the \"gas shack\" at Billard Airport. I recall that Lester (Marvin's dad) was the security guard there at the same time. A great co-worker, Marvin was always upbeat & positive. A real baseball fan, he always spoke about the great future Mike Torrez would have in the big leagues (he was right). After law school, I would occasionally run into Marvin at the courthouse when we would reminisce about the old days. He was still his friendly, positive self.\nTopeka is a lesser place with his passing.\nWarren Hummer\n~ Warren Hummer - January 11, 2022\nI send my sincerest and utmost condolences to the Bonjour family.\nMarvin coached me in the American Legion Post 1 baseball team. I really enjoyed being around him and our other coach Chuck Revelle. Great coach and super guy. Marvin will be missed.\nRay Ortega\n~ Ray Ortega - January 11, 2022\nMarvin was a very good man. Peace be with you my friend\n~ Fredrick Stebbins - January 11, 2022\nI am sorry to hear of Marvin's passing. I didn't know him long but I really liked him. He was a very sweet man. I enjoyed watching football and visiting with him. He was fun to joke with.\nYour family is in my thoughts.\n~ Chris Thompson - January 10, 2022","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Jackson County's \"Big Bang\" Fourth of July Celebration proved to be a big hit. Approximately 20,000 people attended the event at Longview Lake.\n\"This is the third year Jackson County has hosted a Fourth of July event, and each year we've been able to deliver a celebration bigger than the one that proceeded it,\" said County Executive Mike Sanders. \"We're already planning next year's celebration, so it'll be even bigger and better.\"\nWhile the largest fireworks finale in the Midwest capped off the 2014 Fourth of July \"Big Bang\" in dramatic fashion, the highlight of the evening might just have been Jackson County's Salute To The Military. The county honored both veterans and active duty personnel in each branch of the Armed Forces. Taking center stage -- literally -- were local World War II vets, many of whom recalled their service in the famous D-Day invasion 70 years ago in a special video aired on large screens adjacent the stage.\n\"The fireworks were certainly spectacular,\" said Sanders, \"but I'll always remember meeting those heroes of the Greatest Generation who helped save the world. I'm glad that we had a chance to honor them.\"\nThe Salute To The Military included taking flag-waving to new heights as Skydive KC parachutists jumped from a plane -- one while attached to a giant flag.\nThe Arkansas-based country rock band Backroad Anthem performed a live concert throughout the evening, which also featured games, inflatable slides and concession stands. The county also continued the Stand Down drive to assist homeless veterans.\n\u21d0Previous Jackson County to save taxpayers $32 Million by refinancing Truman Sports Complex bondsNext\u21d2 ACLU Suit Against County Recorder of DeedsChallenges State's Same-Sex Marriage Ban","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
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Why none of the heads of either Police, the Rangers, Often using illegal number plates, For this purpose special provisions were incorporated in Waseela-e-Haq and Waseela-e-Rozgar Programme to benefit women. who has been awarded Hilal-e-Imtiaz for her dedicated service to the poor and needy people of Pakistan,The Fed's extraordinary money-printing has helped drive stocks to record highs and sparked sharp gyrations in foreign currencies,PHILADELPHIA: The US Federal Reserve is no less committed to highly accommodative policy now that it has trimmed its bond-buying stimulus\n\u7559\u8a00\u8005: Christian Louboutin Bottes\nson of Faiz-ur-Rehman resident of Hana,If this is supposed to inspire the confidence required for Iran to agree to strong and sustained nuclear concessions, If the US is offering limited and reversible sanctions relief to Iran's negotiators, Islamabad and Peshawar took part. 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{"text":"splif d tv\nMusic Video Reactions\nSuge Knight's Son Worried About Father's Health Following Plea Deal\nBy Splif D TV September 21, 2018 September 22, 2018\nLeave a Comment on Suge Knight's Son Worried About Father's Health Following Plea Deal\nLos Angeles, CA \u2013 Suge Jacob Knight, son of former Death Row Records CEO Suge Knight, is speaking out following news that his father struck a 28-year plea deal in his murder case.\nAccording to the younger Knight, his father has been treated unfairly and quite simply \"It's time to give him a break.\" Despite the current predicament, he is optimistic, revealing that despite the plea deal it's possible that they can \"beat this.\"\n\"It's still a way that we can probably possibly beat this. There still is some positivity we can focus on right now\u2026I just don't wanna give up right now,\" Knight said while speaking with TMZ.\nKnight also referenced his father's numerous health issues, which include diabetes and blood clots. He explained that due to his ailing health he needs constant care.\n\"With all those health issues, I'm very worried about my father,\" he said. \"I'mma be honest. Because he's a strong dude, but he's human man. It's stresses that's causing his health to be fucked up. It's set up for him not to make it out. And that's just the sad part because he doesn't deserve it. I don't wish this on anybody\u2026He needs attentive care all the time.\"\nEarlier this week, it was reported that Knight struck a plea deal that led directly to the former music exec receiving 28 years behind bars. As part of the deal, he plead guilty to voluntary manslaughter and admitted that he used his truck as a deadly weapon.\nTags: 28 years health hip hop music News prison rap sentenced suge knight\nPublished by Splif D TV\nView all posts by Splif D TV\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UBfEBn_M39Q\nDrip God\nPrevious Entry 2 Eleven \"My Money\" Reaction\nNext Entry Suge Knight Sentenced To 28 Years After No Contest Murder Plea\nFollow splif d tv on WordPress.com","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"D\u0113mos \u00b7 Classical Athenian Democracy \u00b7 a Stoa Publication\n[ link colors: Demos | External Source | Citation to Evidence| Word Tools ]\nhome | single page view | home\nDemos Home\nGeneral Principles.\nEligibility and Selection.\nScrutiny of Councilors.\nThe Bouleutic Oath.\nPresidents and Chairman.\nRewards for Service.\nTimes and Places of Meetings.\nAgenda for Meetings.\nProcedure for Meetings.\nCouncil Decrees.\n\u2192 Independent Action.\nIntroduction to Probouleumata.\nExceptional Decrees.\nProbouleumata Voted Down.\nOpen and Closed Probouleumata.\nExpiration of Probouleumata.\nLegislation.\nJurisdiction.\nPowers to Punish.\nAdministration of Attica.\nPublic Finance.\nForeign Policy.\nSecondary Works Cited.\nIndex of Citations\nChristopher W. Blackwell, edition of January 23, 2003\n\u00b7 Independent Action \u00b7\nRead about the evidence\nApollodorus (Dem. 47).\nIn some circumstances, the Council could pass decrees that went into effect directly, without the participation of the Assembly. For example, a speech by Demosthenes deals with the case of a man named Theophemus, who had served as trierarch (\u03c4\u03c1\u03b9\u03ae\u03c1\u03b1\u03c1\u03c7\u03bf\u03c2), an official responsible for the upkeep of a warship. At the end of Theophemus' term, the speaker alleges, he failed to return some of the equipment that belonged to the ship. The speaker says that he brought this problem to the Council. He then approached Theophemus and demanded the equipment, \"since now this decree had passed in the Council, and no one had charged it with illegality, and it had gone into effect\" (\u03b3\u03b5\u03bd\u03bf\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c4\u03bf\u03af\u03bd\u03c5\u03bd \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03c8\u03b7\u03c6\u03af\u03c3\u03bc\u03b1\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2 \u03c4\u03bf\u03cd\u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 \u1f10\u03bd \u03c4\u1fc7 \u03b2\u03bf\u03c5\u03bb\u1fc7, \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03bf\u1f50\u03b4\u03b5\u03bd\u1f78\u03c2 \u03b3\u03c1\u03b1\u03c6\u03bf\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u03b1\u03bd\u03cc\u03bc\u03c9\u03bd, \u1f00\u03bb\u03bb\u1f70 \u03ba\u03c5\u03c1\u03af\u03bf\u03c5 \u1f44\u03bd\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2) (Dem. 47.33-34). So in this case, the regulation of trierarchs, the Council's decrees were immediately valid.\nInscriptions use special language to indicate that a decree came from the Council, as in the case of an inscription recording a Council decree establishing a special relationship between certain foreigners and the Athenian state: \"It seemed best to the Council, when the tribe of Oineis held the Presidency, and Dexippus was secretary, and Democles was Chairman, and Monippides made the motion\u2026\" (\u1f14\u03b4\u03bf\u03be\u03b5\u03bd \u03c4\u1fc6\u03b9 \u03b2\u03bf\u03bb\u1fc6\u03b9\u00b7 \u039f\u1f30\u03bd\u03b7\u1fd2\u03c2 \u1f10\u03c0\u03c1\u03c5\u03c4\u03ac\u03bd\u03b5\u03c5\u03b5, \u0394\u03b5\u03be\u03af\u03b8\u03b5\u03bf\u03c2 \u1f10\u03b3\u03c1\u03b1\u03bc\u03bc\u03ac\u03c4\u03b5\u03c5\u03b5, \u0394\u03b7\u03bc\u03bf\u03ba\u03bb\u1fc6\u03c2 \u1f10\u03c0\u03b5\u03c3\u03c4\u03ac\u03c4\u03b5\u00b7 \u039c\u03bf\u03bd\u03b9\u03c0\u03c0\u03af\u03b4\u03b7\u03c2 \u03b5\u1f36\u03c0\u03b5\u00b7) (IG II2 6). Because the inscription does says \"It seemed best to the Council,\" as opposed to \"\u2026to the Council and the People\", we can conclude that this was another matter on which the Council could act independently.\nIsaeus (Isaeus 6).\nA speech by the orator Isaeus refers to decrees passed by the Council concerning an individual woman, who (according to the speaker) was not allowed to participate in certain religious rites because of reputation for scandalous behavior (Isaeus 6.49-50).\nAthenaeus.\nA passage in Athenaeus suggests that the Council could give itself a vacation by means of a Council decree: \"So that the Council might celebrate the Apaturia with the rest of the Athenians, according to the traditional ways, it has been decreed by the Council that the Councilors be dismissed for those days that the other offices have off, that is, five days starting from the day on which the Protenthae celebrate the opening feast of the Apaturia\" (\u1f45\u03c0\u03c9\u03c2 \u1f02\u03bd \u1f21 \u03b2\u03bf\u03c5\u03bb\u1f74 \u1f04\u03b3\u1fc3 \u03c4\u1f70 \u1f08\u03c0\u03b1\u03c4\u03bf\u03cd\u03c1\u03b9\u03b1 \u03bc\u03b5\u03c4\u1f70 \u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd \u1f04\u03bb\u03bb\u03c9\u03bd \u1f08\u03b8\u03b7\u03bd\u03b1\u03af\u03c9\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u1f70 \u03c4\u1f70 \u03c0\u03ac\u03c4\u03c1\u03b9\u03b1, \u1f10\u03c8\u03b7\u03c6\u03af\u03c3\u03b8\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c4\u1fc7 \u03b2\u03bf\u03c5\u03bb\u1fc7 \u1f00\u03c6\u03b5\u1fd6\u03c3\u03b8\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c4\u03bf\u1f7a\u03c2 \u03b2\u03bf\u03c5\u03bb\u03b5\u03c5\u03c4\u1f70\u03c2 \u03c4\u1f70\u03c2 \u1f21\u03bc\u03ad\u03c1\u03b1\u03c2 \u1f05\u03c3\u03c0\u03b5\u03c1 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03b1\u1f31 \u1f04\u03bb\u03bb\u03b1\u03b9 \u1f00\u03c1\u03c7\u03b1\u1f76 \u03b1\u1f31 \u1f00\u03c6\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f00\u03c0\u1f78 \u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2 \u1f21\u03bc\u03ad\u03c1\u03b1\u03c2 \u1f27\u03c2 \u03bf\u1f31 \u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03c4\u03ad\u03bd\u03b8\u03b1\u03b9 \u1f04\u03b3\u03bf\u03c5\u03c3\u03b9 \u03c0\u03ad\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5 \u1f21\u03bc\u03ad\u03c1\u03b1\u03c2) (Athen. 4.171e).\nAeschines (Aeschin. 2).\nPlot on a Map\nThe Council could issue decrees regarding official embassies from Athens to other states. The orator Aeschines describes an embassy of which he was a member, and how its departure from Athens was delayed, and cites a decree of the Council as evidence supporting his assertion: \"As witness of this I will present the Council, for there is a decree of theirs which commands the ambassadors to set out in order to receive the oaths. Please read the decree of the Council\" (\u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03c4\u03bf\u03cd\u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c4\u1f74\u03bd \u03b2\u03bf\u03c5\u03bb\u1f74\u03bd \u03bc\u03ac\u03c1\u03c4\u03c5\u03c1\u03b1 \u1f51\u03bc\u1fd6\u03bd \u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u03ad\u03be\u03bf\u03bc\u03b1\u03b9\u00b7 \u1f14\u03c3\u03c4\u03b9 \u03b3\u1f70\u03c1 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2 \u03c8\u03ae\u03c6\u03b9\u03c3\u03bc\u03b1, \u1f43 \u03ba\u03b5\u03bb\u03b5\u03cd\u03b5\u03b9 \u1f00\u03c0\u03b9\u03ad\u03bd\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c4\u03bf\u1f7a\u03c2 \u03c0\u03c1\u03ad\u03c3\u03b2\u03b5\u03b9\u03c2 \u1f10\u03c0\u1f76 \u03c4\u03bf\u1f7a\u03c2 \u1f45\u03c1\u03ba\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2. \u03ba\u03b1\u03af \u03bc\u03bf\u03b9 \u03bb\u03ad\u03b3\u03b5 \u03c4\u1f78 \u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2 \u03b2\u03bf\u03c5\u03bb\u1fc6\u03c2 \u03c8\u03ae\u03c6\u03b9\u03c3\u03bc\u03b1.) (Aeschin. 2.91).\nEretria (in text as \"Eretrians\").\nSyracuse.\nThere is some evidence for more substantial decisions made by the Council alone. An inscription recording a \"treaty of military alliance between the Eretrians and the Athenians\" (\u1f18\u03c1\u03b5\u03c4\u03c1\u03b9\u03ad\u03c9\u03bd \u03c3\u03c5\u03bc\u03bc\u03b1\u03c7\u03af\u03b1 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f08\u03b8\u03b7\u03bd\u03b1\u03af\u03c9\u03bd) begins with the phrase \"It seemed best to the Council\" (\u1f14\u03b4\u03bf\u03be\u03b5\u03bd \u03c4\u1fc6\u03b9 \u03b2\u03bf\u03bb\u1fc6\u03b9) (IG II2 16). Had the Assembly been involved in this treaty, we would expect to see the phrase \"It seemed best to the Council and the People.\" Likewise, another inscription having to do with relationships between Athens and Dionysius, tyrant of Syracuse, also begins \"It seemed best to the Council\" (\u1f14\u03b4\u03bf\u03be\u03b5\u03bd \u03c4\u1fc6\u03b9 \u03b2\u03bf\u03bb\u1fc6\u03b9) (IG II2 18).\nLysias (Lys. 13).\nNevertheless, the Assembly of all Athenian citizens was the definitive institution of the democracy, and the democracy carefully guarded against giving the Council of 500 too much authority. Early in the 4th century BCE, the orator Lysias expresses lingering suspicion about the Council and its role in the oligarchic coup of 411 BCE and the Tyranny imposed by the Spartans in 404 BCE (these events are described more fully in the article on the history of the Council): \"The Council which held session before the time of the Thirty had been corrupted, and its appetite for oligarchy, as you know, was very keen. For proof of it you have the fact that the majority of that Council had seats in the subsequent Council under the Thirty. And what is my reason for making these remarks to you? That you may know that the decrees issued by that Council were all designed, not in loyalty to you, but for the subversion of your democracy, and that you may study them as thus exposed\" (Lys. 13.19-20). According to Lysias, even in the period between the oligarchy and the tyranny, when Athens was democratic, the Council was dominated by Athenians who favored oligarchy.\nIt is not surprising, then, that the Council under the democracy had only limited authority to pass resolutions on its own, without the approval or cooperation of the Assembly. We have an inscription that lists various kinds of decisions that the Council was not allowed to make without getting the approval of the Assembly; these include matters of war and peace, death sentences, especially large fines, stripping an Athenian of citizenship, and perhaps (the inscription's fragmentary state makes this uncertain) the administration of public finances and foreign policy (IG I3 105).\nDemosthenes (Dem. 19).\nThrace.\nIllyria.\nPaeonia.\nOften, it seems, the Assembly would pass a broad decree, and leave management of the details to the Council. So, a decree of the Council and the Assembly (\u1f14\u03b4\u03bf\u03be\u03b5\u03bd \u03c4\u1fc6\u03b9 \u03b2\u03bf\u03c5\u03bb\u1fc6\u03b9 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03c4\u1ff6\u03b9 \u03b4\u03ae\u03bc\u03c9\u03b9), recorded on an inscription dating to around 356 BCE, includes the provision that, \"If this decree should omit anything, the Council is authorized to act\" (\u1f10\u1f70\u03bd \u03b4\u03ad \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03c3\u03b4\u03b5\u03ae\u03b7\u03b9 \u03c4\u03cc\u03b4\u03b5 \u03c4\u1f78 \u03c8\u03ae\u03c6\u03b9\u03c3\u03bc\u03b1, \u03c4\u1f74\u03bd \u03b2\u03bf\u03c5\u03bb\u1f74\u03bd \u03ba\u03c5\u03c1\u03af\u03b1\u03bd \u03b5\u1f36\u03bd\u03b1\u03b9) (IG II2 127.34-35 = Tod 157; source for date: M.N. Tod, A Selection of Greek Historical Inscriptions, vol. 2 [Oxford, 1948] 168). This decree, establishing an alliance between Athens and the kings of Thrace, Illyria, and Paeonia, is also mentioned at Dem. 19.86.\nAdriatic.\nAnother inscription also gives the Council the right to manage details by decree, but with more cautious language. The decree of the Assembly, in 325 or 324 BCE, has to do with the Athenian fleet and a colony that the Athenians were sending out to the Adriatic sea (\u03c0\u03b5\u03c1\u1f76 \u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2 \u03b5\u1f30\u03c2 \u03c4\u1f78\u03bd \u1f08\u03b4\u03c1\u03af\u03b1\u03bd \u1f00\u03c0\u03bf\u03b9\u03ba\u03af\u03b1\u03c2). Here, the decree grants the Council limited powers to manage details, but only within the terms established by the Assembly: \"Should this decree regarding the expedition omit anything, the Council is authorized to issued decrees, as long as it does not violate any of the decrees passed by the People\" (\u1f10\u1f70\u03bd \u03b4\u03ad \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03c3\u03b4\u03ad\u03b5\u03b9 \u03c4\u03cc\u03b4\u03b5 \u03c4\u1f78 \u03c8\u03ae\u03c6\u03b9\u03c3\u03bc\u03b1 \u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd \u03c0\u03b5\u03c1\u1f76 \u03c4\u1f78\u03bd \u1f00\u03c0\u03cc\u03c3\u03c4\u03bf\u03bb\u03bf\u03bd, \u03c4\u1f74\u03bd \u03b2\u03bf\u03c5\u03bb\u1f74\u03bd \u03ba\u03c5\u03c1\u03af\u03b1\u03bd \u03b5\u1f36\u03bd\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c8\u03b7\u03c6\u03af\u03b6\u03b5\u03c3\u03b8\u03b1\u03b9 \u03bc\u1f74 \u03bb\u03cd\u03bf\u03c5\u03c3\u03b1\u03bd \u03bc\u03b7\u03b8\u1f72\u03bd \u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd \u1f10\u03c8\u03b7\u03c6\u03b9\u03c3\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03c9\u03bd \u03c4\u1ff6\u03b9 \u03b4\u03ae\u03bc\u03c9\u03b9) (IG II2 1629.264-9 = Tod 200; source for date: M.N. Tod, A Selection of Greek Historical Inscriptions, vol. 2 [Oxford, 1948] 284).\nMacedon.\nDemosthenes notes another, special, circumstance in which the Council could act without involving the Assembly. He describes an instance when all of the regularly scheduled meetings of the Assembly in one month had passed, but there was still a need for a decree authorizing an embassy to depart from Athens to meet with Philip of Macedon: \"Finding that you had got to the end of the regular Assemblies, and that there was no meeting left, and observing that the envoys were still wasting time at Athens instead of starting at once, I proposed a decree as a member of the Council, to which the Assembly had given authority, directing the envoys to sail immediately, and the general Proxenus to convey them to any place in which he should ascertain that Philip was to be found. I drafted it, as I now read it, in those express terms\" (Dem. 19.154). So if there were pressing business, and the Assembly could not meet, the Council could act on its own.\nWhen using this article as a resource, cite it thus:\nChristopher W. Blackwell, \"The Council,\" in C.W. Blackwell, ed., D\u0113mos: Classical Athenian Democracy (A. Mahoney and R. Scaife, edd., The Stoa: a consortium for electronic publication in the humanities [www.stoa.org]) edition of January 23, 2003. Contact: cwb@stoa.org.\n\u00a9 January 23, 2003, Christopher W. Blackwell. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"\u2014 Top Menu \u2014ENGLISH ESPA\u00d1OL\n\u2014 Main Menu \u2014National>Entertainment National>Local Economics National>Local Politics National>Society National>Sports\nNational>Entertainment\nNational>Local Economics\nNational>Local Politics\nNational>Society\nNational>Sports\nCouncilor Hern\u00e1n Ulloa asks to suspend printing of ballots for the elections\nDiana Atamaint, Enrique Pita, Jos\u00e9 Cabrera and Luis Verdesoto were dismissed by an ECA judge\nOffice of the UN Human Rights Committee advocates the presidential candidacy of \u00c1lvaro Noboa\n\u00c1lvaro Noboa's team files a complaint with the Comptroller's Office and the IGM\n\u00c1lvaro Noboa cannot be selected as a candidate in the primaries\nWithout \u00c1lvaro Noboa, ballots are printed for the elections \u2013 Today's informative forecasts\nEcuadorian Journalist Day, a date to remember the victims of violence and covid-19\nGuayas Medical Association asks that flights from Europe be suspended\nFaced with an increase in COVID-19 cases, Guayaquil will install tents to care for patients who arrive from other locations\nEcuador will encourage the sale of agricultural products in virtual stores\n\/\/August 3, 2018\nTerra Aventura celebrates title in Huairasinchi\nEcuadornews: Team Movistar Terra Aventura was placed a year later in the first place of Huairasinchi, which had the town of Ba\u00f1os de Agua Santa, in the center of the country, as a stage. This was the 15th edition of the maximum adventure race and had the participation of...\nEcuador will expose its cheeses to the world\nEcuadornews: The largest producers of artisan cheeses from Ecuador will meet in Cayambe, north of Pichincha, to exhibit their best creations. An immense variety of mature, fresh and semi-ripe cheeses, with different flavors, such as spicy made with cow's and goat's...\nMore than 450 fishermen benefit from dock in Cojimies\nEcuadornews: In the marine enclave of Cojim\u00edes, of the canton Pedernales, in the northwest of Manab\u00ed, this Thursday, August 2, was inaugurated the artisanal fishing facility. The ceremony took place after noon. With an approximate investment of $ 5 million of resources...\nFormer secretary of the law firm of Carlos Pareja Cordero is already at home\nEcuadornews: At 12:42, left the Women's Prison of Guayaquil, Carolina Lorena Astudillo Santos, former secretary of the law firm of Carlos Pareja Cordero, who on the afternoon of this last Wednesday was declared innocent of the crime of money laundering by the...\nElectronic commerce grew $ 1,000 million\nEcuadornews: In Guayaquil, the 8th edition of eCommerce Day Ecuador was held at the Hilton Guayaquil Hotel. Event that brings together the greatest experts in electronic commerce worldwide. In the framework of eCommerce Day, the Observatory of Electronic Commerce of the...\nThe IDB believes that the country is walking to an opening\nEcuadornews: The president of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the Colombian Luis Alberto Moreno, said yesterday that Ecuador is in a process of economic openness with special focus on the private sector as a driver of development. \"I see that the president...\nRefinery in Manab\u00ed arouses the interest of four international consortiums\nEcuadornews: The Minister of Foreign Trade, Pablo Campana, informed that the strategic project will generate investments that will reach $ 10,000 million. The official explained the importance of Ecuador integrating the Pacific Alliance. A fourth foreign consortium wants...\nDiana Atamaint: \"If there is affinity to political parties, balance is guaranteed\nEcuadornews: What issues do you think should be prioritized in the body? I will raise three issues before the plenary: first, ignore the call for the election of the Citizen Participation Council, which was approved by the previous National Electoral Council, with only 2 votes...\nA battle of programmers\nEcuadornews: What is the use of computer programming? The answer is simple: to optimize work through computers; from the registration of purchases in a supermarket, the operation of a calculator, to the control of a robot. This need for programming motivated nine...\nFour weeks of intensity\nEcuadornews: The Council of Transitional Citizen Participation has 28 days left to conclude with the evaluations of 17 public officials appointed by the previous organism, which was ceased in the referendum on February 4. In five months, the Participation Council has...\nCopyright \u00a9 2010 - 2019. All Rights Reserved. EcuadorTimes.net","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Man Has 'Nightmares' After Almost Swallowing Slug Found In Beer At Restaurant (Photos)\nA grandfather in England said he might have suffered psychological damage after almost swallowing a slug that was unknowingly in a beer he ordered at a restaurant.\nAccording to reports, 49-year-old Grant Knight was with his wife, Linda Knight, at a restaurant called Harvesters in West Sussex, England, for a friend's daughter's birthday party, when he ordered a pint of Strongbow beer.\n\"We were all chatting and he went to drink his drink, then coughed and spat something back into the glass,\" Linda said. \"He thought there was a big slice of onion, because it was floating upside down and it was white underneath.\"\nWhen Grant examined the mysterious item further, he discovered that it was a large slug. Horrified, Linda took the drink to the manager to complain.\n\"He was like 'well it probably came in from outside,'\" she said. \"I told him that it was really not good enough and it could have been a child. If that was a glass of coke we might not have seen it. I asked him what the procedure was, but he didn't have a clue.\"\nAccording to Linda, the party guests quickly lost their appetites from the disgusting creature. The restaurant reportedly refused to cover Grant's bill.\nAfter the incident, Linda said the close call with the slug began to have a psychological impact on her husband.\n\"When he woke up this morning he said he had a dream about it and he woke up thinking about this slug in his mouth,\" she said.\n\"I definitely didn't ask for lemon and slime in my pint,\" Grant said. \"But I will check every time I get a pint to see if anything else is trying to drink it. I'm also never going back to a Harvesters again.\"\nA representative for Harvesters ultimately responded to the incident, apologizing for what occurred.\n\"We apologise [sic] for any upset this has caused the guest when visiting the Harvester at Haywards Heath on Sunday May 24,\" the rep said. \"The guest was given a substantial discount, which reflected the importance to us of the issue, and a replacement pint of beer at the time.\"\nSources: Daily Mirror, Metro\nPhoto Credit: Daily Mirror\ndrinkslugharvestersstrongbowNightmaresrestaurantBeergrant knight\nWoman Left Completely Stunned After Seeing The Note A Waiter Wrote On Her Receipt (Photo)\nPhoenix Family Claims Restaurant Gave 3-Year-Old Alcohol In Kids Cup\nPolice Use DNA To Prove Waiter Spit In Customer's Drink At New York Chili's\nMan Apologizes After Cousin Leaves Rude Remark In Lieu Of Gratuity On Restaurant Bill (Photos)\nMan Suing Mexican Restaurant After Biting Into Thumbtack Found In His Nachos (Photos)\nAnonymous Customer Leaves $2,000 Tip At D.C. Restaurant (Photos)\nMan Allowed To Eat At Restaurant With Snake After Calling It 'Service Animal'\nChinese Restaurant Owner Caught With Frozen Dog Carcasses Used For Meat Pastries (Photos)","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"What's Left\nHas The Gay Movement Failed? by Martin Duberman, University of California Press, 2018 evaluates the status of Gay Liberation Front radical politics today.\nDuberman is an academic with a prodigious body of work but this book begins with three dubious assertions. He says that Gay Liberation Front spread to a half dozen cities and college campuses, that the Gay Revolution Party began in London, and Gay Activists Alliance broke from GLF in November 1970.\nOut Of The Closets edited by Karla Jay and Allen Young, Douglas Books, 1972 lists over 75 Gay Liberation Front groups. I was one of the founding members of Gay Revolution Party in New York. And Wikipedia marks 21 December 1969 as the founding date of Gay Activists Alliance.\nFortunately none of these errors are necessary for the main thesis of Has The Gay Movement Failed? Duberman correctly cites Gay Liberation Front that began in New York following the Stonewall Riots of June 1969 as a touchstone of gay left politics.\nMarriage equality is certainly the antithesis of the ideals espoused by GLF because it involves acceptance of and inclusion into a flawed institution rather than demanding its dismantling and replacement by a more just and equitable social arrangement.\nThe book concludes with examples of current straight left attitudes relating to LGBTQ issues that seem not to have changed much over nearly half a century. Ignored, trivialized, denigrated. And at the end the question in the title remains unanswered.\nHas The Gay Movement Failed? Is an interesting read but not the definitive work about an important subject that merits more comprehensive study.\nI'd like to see a closer look at Gay Liberation Front politics and strategies, including both its successes and failures. Also a more detailed analysis of other radical and progressive LGBTQ groups and individuals outsides the mainstream.\nIt's obvious to me that within weeks of its founding, there were individuals in GLF eager to abandon the ideals of transformative personal and societal liberation for the comforts of mere rights and acceptance of the status quo.\nOur current challenge remains how to achieve the benefits of a better world for everyone instead of continuing to privilege just a few.\nTagged gay, gay liberation front, left, lgbtq, new york","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Home \/ About \/ APS Membership\nThe mission of the American Psychosomatic Society is to promote and advance the scientific understanding and multidisciplinary integration of biological, psychological, behavioral and social factors in human health and disease, and to foster the dissemination and application of this understanding in education and health care.\nMembership in the Society includes specialists from all medical and health-related disciplines, the behavioral sciences and social sciences. There are five categories of membership:\nPrint and online copies of the APS journal, Psychosomatic Medicine.\nReduced registration fees for the APS Annual Meeting.\nNetworking opportunities with other professionals in the field.\nNewsletter (3 times a year) and e-newsletter communications (3 times a year).\nDynamic national Council comprised of leaders in the field who have set an aggressive agenda for our future.\nOpportunity to participate in committees.\nEligibility (depending on age and experience) for Herbert Weiner Early Career Award for contributions to psychosomatic medicine.\nAPS Awards programs for students and trainees enrolled in medical, graduate or undergraduate school, or in residency, internship, or post-doctoral fellowship programs, and from developing countries.\nOnline Membership Directory of professionals throughout the world.\nMembership Levels and Fees:\nRegular Membership | $230 annually\nRegular membership is open to professionals in medical, behavioral, scientific and related fields concerned with the treatment and study of psychosomatic processes in health and disease and who are qualified representatives of their respective disciplines. Regular members will normally hold the highest degree appropriate to their field. Evidence of noteworthy contributions to psychosomatic medicine or a comparable level of professional achievement will be acceptable in lieu of these requirements. Annual dues are $230, which include a subscription to Psychosomatic Medicine.\nEarly Career Membership | $150 annually\nEarly Career membership is available for two years following the conclusion of training, to support individuals as they transition to their first independent position. Early Career membership provides the same benefits as Regular membership, but with reduced dues. Annual dues are $150 and include a subscription to Psychosomatic Medicine.\nAssociate Membership | $80 annually\nAssociate Membership is open to students and trainees in medical, behavioral, and related fields concerned with the treatment and study of psychosomatic processes in health and disease who are enrolled baccalaureate through post-doctoral. Annual dues are set at a reduced rate of $80, and include a subscription to Psychosomatic Medicine. Applications must include proof of student\/trainee status.\nEmeritus Membership | Dues waived with proof of status\nEmeritus Membership shall be granted upon request of the member to individuals with at least 15 years of Regular membership in the Society, and upon reaching either the age of 70 or retirement. Dues are waived while still receiving all benefits of Regular membership, except the ability to hold office within the Society.\nCorresponding Membership | Dues waived with proof of status\nCorresponding membership may be extended to professionals who meet the criteria for Regular membership and also reside in developing countries. Corresponding members pay reduced, or no, dues as set by the Council. A subscription to Psychosomatic Medicine is available at the reduced rate of $50. Corresponding members cannot hold office within the Society.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"catvalente \u2014\nLiving for the Revel ( catvalente) wrote,\nLiving for the Revel\ncatvalente\nPoetry Is the Blood-Jet\nThat used to be my favorite way to describe my writing. It's a line from Sylvia Plath. I felt it encapsulated everything. I just cut my veins open and bled onto a page. And it was true. I didn't think about technique or structure or anything like that. I did it all by instinct, wheeling through by the set of my pants--really, as though some long silver line was attached to my waistband, holding me up so that I could barely touch the earth with my toes, dragging me along so fast I could barely keep up. It made me happy to write like that. It felt honest and visceral. It felt bloody and raw and real.\nTrouble with writing like that, though, is that eventually, you bleed out.\nMy early career, which was not a career at all, but a lot of me not understanding why dinky college mags didn't want to publish my poetry, was entirely wrapped up in confessional poetry. I had a lot to confess. The blood-technique worked for me--especially since I was mainly writing when I was feeling sanguine. A terrible relationship that became a worse marriage, a comically awful childhood, and various traumas fueled my work, and pretty often, that work was pretty good.\nBut there's really no way for a working writer to go around with their veins open all the time. There is simply too much work. Eventually, you run out of confessional. A couple of armfuls of books are as good as decades of therapy. Of course, new trauma comes along, but once you get to a certain point, there is no way to re-traumatize yourself and drag up the same hurts every day to pour onto the page--firstly, it means spending all your time in a state of emotional exhaustion, and second, it just won't be as good anymore. Like drugs, you need more to get to the same place, after awhile. You can't rise to the same heights as the first time you wrote about your stepmother cracking your head against the wall, or your girlfriend leaving you for a man. It won't be as raw, it will even start to feel tired. Even the most horrific of experiences can become pedestrian after being evoked over and over. Ask an actor--the sense memory that could reliably make them cry on command at twenty just doesn't have the same punch at forty.\nOn top of that, anthologies and magazines will be so very rude--they'll ask for stories on the topics they're covering, not my personal grief. And my workload these days is several stories a month, even before getting to the novels.\nSo where does that leave me? Because I also don't believe in writing hacky stories about the news item of the week just to sell it\/make wordcount\/have a publication this month. I've been feeling odd about this lately, as I've had a rash of very specific story requests: New Weird, please! Fairy tale villain! Science fiction space opera! Pulpy steampunk! YA vampire story! How do I take those and make them real and emotionally honest, how do I make them cut close to the bone when my private travails just don't translate so well to contemporary lesbian werewolf tales? I feel guilty, that I can't always find a real-life experience to lay on top of the genre shiny and make with the mythpunk every single time. I remember when poetry was the blood jet. Was I better then, purer?\nI don't think I was. I think we all evolve. And sooner or later, one way or another, I was going to have to find another way.\nI thought about this a lot while writing the pulp steampunk story. Because damn did I not have any deep-seated emotional horror to exorcise that would swash its clockwork buckle.\nBut I did have a lot of feelings about steampunk. Bitterness and frustration, for one. Admiration, lust and disappointment, for others. They were deep, complex feelings. And I could make a story out of that. Brain is just as valid as blood, as heart. In every assignment, I have to find the thing that makes my pulse quicken--and it isn't always expunging some past pain any more. Short stories are for me much more often than not assignments, though novels are the unconstrained, freedom-loving hippies of my eternal colony. They answer to nobody but themselves.\nOf course, sometimes it is. One of my poems up for the Rhysling this year is anguish in a column.\nTen years ago I would have been horrified to hear myself say these things--writing is only valid if it is the blood-jet, right? There is definitely a school of thought that that's the case. Of course, people have been telling me I can't write well if I write fast, or while being young, or while bleeding in that very fashion. It's amazing how often I used to hear about the ironclad rules of being a writer. Part of me hates even writing this post. It's taken me hours. But I think part of growing up as a writer is learning to use your whole body, all your tools, learning how to start with bleeding on the page, but not end there, to shape and craft that flow into something more complex than pure miasma. And sometimes learning how to start with something other than your own personal history, how to tell other people's stories. How to expand your capabilities beyond the confessional. I think this is especially important when it comes to creating characters who are more than an obvious mirror of the author. I think I'm a better writer for these things--certainly one more able to make deadlines. I don't think I've lost anything--I've gained, if anything, a measure of control I didn't have before.\nThough most, I think, would say that it's a cut-brakeline on a race car kind of control, even now.\nDon't get me wrong--I write pretty nakedly most of the time and always have. Always will. It wasn't so long ago I wrote this, and I still agree with every word of it. I'm never going to stop being myself. I think if you know me well enough, you can trace the parts of my real life that flicker and stretch through all my fiction. Even the occasional story about winemaking still comes from my obsessions, my need to create complex systems. But I'm not just writing out my innards anymore, without a care for anything beyond pretty words and private flagellation. Writing about pulpy steampunk from a totally different perspective than I'm used to, having to go to another place to fulfill my obligation to the publication, made me realize how far I've come, how different my process is now--like making lace instead of just knitting and purling. I think, now, I'm a laboratory desgined to channel and transmogrify the blood-jet, to extend a metaphor. I've got a lot further to go--at best I'm in my second stage as a writer. I can't say what the next step is, the next iteration.\nBut if I weren't fascinated by my own evolution, I wouldn't be a writer at all.\nHappy Book Birthday to The Glass Town Game!\nMy middle grade fantasy featuring the Bront\u00eb children, a talking newspaper stand, twelve wooden soldiers, two sentient suitcases, and Napoleon\u2026\nThe Mad Fiction Laboratory on Patreon\nWe're excited to announce that Cat is now a Patreon creator, offering you exclusive content and goodies via Patreon's flexible\u2026\nTraditional Awards Eligibility Post\nHappy New Year, all, and welcome to Awards Season! It's that time when every author should share what they've written that's eligible\u2026","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"The Israelites' real estate holdings in Egypt\nReligious Zionist yeshiva students on the week's Torah reading: The Israelites acquired land in Egypt, causing some to desire to remain.\nEretz Yisrael Yomi\nDec 27, 2020, 2:06 PM (GMT+2)\nReligious Zionist YeshivasEretz Yisrael Yomi\nEretz Yisrael YomiCourtesy\n\u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05b5\u05bc\u05a7\u05e9\u05b6\u05c1\u05d1 \u05d9\u05b4\u05e9\u05b0\u05c2\u05e8\u05b8\u05d0\u05b5\u059b\u05dc \u05d1\u05b0\u05bc\u05d0\u05b6\u05a5\u05e8\u05b6\u05e5 \u05de\u05b4\u05e6\u05b0\u05e8\u05b7\u0596\u05d9\u05b4\u05dd \u05d1\u05b0\u05bc\u05d0\u05b6\u05a3\u05e8\u05b6\u05e5 \u05d2\u05b9\u05bc\u0591\u05e9\u05b6\u05c1\u05df \u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05b5\u05bc\u05d0\u05b8\u05d7\u05b2\u05d6\u05a3\u05d5\u05bc \u05d1\u05b8\u0594\u05d4\u05bc \u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05b4\u05bc\u05e4\u05b0\u05e8\u05a5\u05d5\u05bc \u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05b4\u05bc\u05e8\u05b0\u05d1\u05bc\u0596\u05d5\u05bc \u05de\u05b0\u05d0\u05b9\u05bd\u05d3:\n\"And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt in the land of Goshen, and they held property (vayea\u1e25azu) in it, and they were prolific and multiplied greatly.\"\nDvar Torah written by:Nir Shaul, presented by:Rabbi Mordechai Gershon\n\"\u05db\u05dc \u05e4\u05e1\u05d5\u05e7 \u05d6\u05d4 \u05d1\u05d0\u05e9\u05de\u05ea \u05d1\u05e0\u05d9 \u05d9\u05e9\u05e8\u05d0\u05dc \u05d4\u05d5\u05d0 \u05de\u05d3\u05d1\u05e8 \u05db\u05d9 \u05d4\u05e7\u05d3\u05d5\u05e9 \u05d1\u05e8\u05d5\u05da \u05d4\u05d5\u05d0 \u05d2\u05d6\u05e8 \u05e2\u05dc\u05d9\u05d4\u05dd \u05db\u05d9 \u05d2\u05e8 \u05d9\u05d4\u05d9\u05d4 \u05d6\u05e8\u05e2\u05da, \u05d5\u05d4\u05de\u05d4 \u05d1\u05d9\u05e7\u05e9\u05d5 \u05dc\u05d4\u05d9\u05d5\u05ea \u05ea\u05d5\u05e9\u05d1\u05d9\u05dd \u05d1\u05de\u05e7\u05d5\u05dd \u05e9\u05e0\u05d2\u05d6\u05e8 \u05e2\u05dc\u05d9\u05d4\u05dd \u05d2\u05e8\u05d5\u05ea... \u05d5\u05dc\u05d0 \u05db\u05da \u05d0\u05de\u05e8\u05d5 \u05d0\u05dc \u05e4\u05e8\u05e2\u05d4 \u05dc\u05d2\u05d5\u05e8 \u05d1\u05d0\u05e8\u05e5 \u05d1\u05d0\u05e0\u05d5 (\u05d1\u05e8\u05d0\u05e9\u05d9\u05ea \u05de\u05d6, \u05d3)? \u05de\u05dc\u05de\u05d3 \u05e9\u05de\u05ea\u05d7\u05d9\u05dc\u05d4 \u05dc\u05d0 \u05d9\u05e8\u05d3\u05d5 \u05dc\u05d4\u05e9\u05ea\u05e7\u05e2 \u05e9\u05de\u05d4 \u05d0\u05dc\u05d0 \u05dc\u05d2\u05d5\u05e8... \u05d5\u05db\u05dc \u05db\u05da \u05e0\u05e9\u05ea\u05e7\u05e2\u05d5 \u05e9\u05de\u05d4 \u05e2\u05d3 \u05e9\u05dc\u05d0 \u05e8\u05e6\u05d5 \u05dc\u05e6\u05d0\u05ea \u05de\u05de\u05e6\u05e8\u05d9\u05dd...\"\nThe entire posuk (verse) speaks to the detriment of the Israelites, for the Holy One, blessed be He decreed \"Your descendants will be strangers in a land not theirs\" , yet they sought to be residents in the place where it was decreed that they be strangers \u2026 Hadn't they said to Pharaoh \"We have come to sojourn in the land\" , indicating that they did not go down to Egypt to settle there? Yet they were so well settled that they did not want to leave Egypt. [Kli Yakar]\nWhere in Egypt Did the Israelites Settle?\nThe Apparent Contradiction\nThere is an apparent contradiction within our chapter of Bereishit (Genesis) concerning the exact location within Egypt of the Israelites' settlement. The posuk we quoted presents Goshen as the locale for the Israelites' settlement. It was to Goshen that Yoseph directed his brothers, as the posuk states: \"And you shall dwell in the land of Goshen,\" and \"That you may dwell in the land of Goshen.\" As well, when God brought the plagues of wild animals and of hail, God announced \"And I will separate on that day the land of Goshen, upon which My people stand\" , and \"Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, there was no hail.\"\nYet, we find that Yoseph gave his family holdings in the land of Ramses: \"Yoseph settled his father and his brothers, and he gave them property in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Ramses.\" As well, the Torah's description of the exodus relates that \"The Children of Israel journeyed from Ramses.\" Rabbi Yo\u1e25anan Luria (c. 1440-1514) in his work Meshivat Nefesh notes an additional problem in the posuk's statement that it was Pharaoh who commanded that the Israelites settle in the land of Ramses , a statement apparently unsupported by other pesukim (verses).\nTwo Answers\nRashi [Ibid.] writes that Ramses is part of the land of Goshen. Ramses was either a city or a county within the land of Goshen. Thus, the verses refer to the Israelites living in Ramses which is within the land of Goshen.\nSecond Answer\nRadak comments that Yoseph settled his family in Goshen and gave them agricultural fields in the choicest land of Egypt, which is Ramses, close to Goshen, in accordance with Pharaoh's instructions. Ramban, as well, is of the opinion that Ramses was a separate land from Goshen, but it was there that the Israelites received exclusive agricultural rights to the land, while they dwelled in the land of Goshen, which was not an Egyptian residential area.\nWhat Changed in the Manner of the Israelites Dwelling in Egypt?\nIn any event, the pesukim (verses) imply that the Israelite settlement in Egypt in practice differed from what was intended. The posuk \"\u05dc\u05d2\u05d5\u05e8 \u05d1\u05d0\u05e8\u05e5 \u05d1\u05d0\u05e0\u05d5\" (\"We have come to sojourn in the land\") implies that the Israelites did not intend to strike deep roots within the land, yet they settled in Egypt for many years. The Israelites' original intention is conveyed by Chazals' (our Sages') elucidation of the posuk \"\u05d5\u05d9\u05e8\u05d3 \u05de\u05e6\u05e8\u05d9\u05de\u05d4\" (\"And he went down to Egypt\") \u2013 compelled by Divine decree; \"\u05d5\u05d9\u05d2\u05e8 \u05e9\u05dd\" (\"And sojourned there\") [Ibid.] \u2013 teaching that our father Yaacov did not descend to Egypt to settle there, but merely to sojourn. [Haggada]\nKli Yakar infers his critical comment from the posuk's wording \"\u05d5\u05d9\u05d0\u05d7\u05d6\u05d5 \u05d1\u05d4\" (\"They held property\") which implies a strong connection. Indeed, Chazal taught that many of the Israelites did not want to leave Egypt and were killed during the plague of darkness [Mechilta d'Rebbi Yishmael, Parashat Bo].\nHow did it come about that the Israelites changed their plans and chose to settle more permanently in Egypt? How did they forget their obligation to yearn to ascend to their own Land? On the technical level, as the authors of the Haggada noted, and we quoted above, the Israelites were forced to stay in Egypt by Divine decree, and this decree enjoined them from returning to Eretz Yisrael (the Land of Israel).\nHowever, the question is: how did the Israelites reach the point of feeling at home in Egypt, forgetting that their true home is the Land of Israel?\nFirst Answer \u2013 Living Conditions and the Power of Habit\nThe Sons of Yaacov\nWithout doubt, being careful to not forget Eretz Yisrael, the Holy Land constituted a difficult test, both for the children of Yaacov and for the subsequent generations until the exodus. Yaacov's children were received graciously by Pharaoh. Ramban suggests that Pharaoh encouraged the Israelites to settle in Egypt, instructing Joseph to give them homes, fields and vineyards, in order that the family of the viceroy not be despised by the Egyptians, and this made the Israelites feel at home in Egypt.\nThough Yoseph's intention was to protect his family from disgrace and embarrassment, he too inadvertently contributed to the Israelites settling in Egypt. The posuk tells us that he \"Transferred the populace to the cities, from (one) end of the boundary of Egypt to its (other) end.\"\nOstensibly, Yoseph moved the Egyptians around as a demonstration of the fact that he had purchased their land on behalf of Pharaoh and had acquired them as the monarch's servants. However, Yoseph's also intended to protect his family from the disgrace of being seen as refugees. [Rashi, ibid.] On some level, the intention was to make the Israelites feel more at home during their temporary stay in Egypt.\nAlso from a spiritual point of view, Yaacov sent Yehuda to Egypt ahead of the rest of the family in order to establish study houses in Egypt, so the Israelites would not feel the lack of Torah in their exile.\nUndoubtedly, it is difficult for one to leave the good conditions of his dwelling place, to abandon everything with which he is familiar and move to a strange place, without resources, with no source of income and without emotional support from those who surround him.\nAll of the above factors influenced the Israelites to ignore the fact that Egypt is not their home. When one is well received, he feels closeness to those who receive him. The Israelites felt closeness to the Egyptians and to their land and forgot that their true place is in Eretz Yisrael. The abundance of the land of Egypt was available to the Israelites and they forgot their own Land.\nAm Yisrael (The Nation of Israel)\nGiven that the sons of Yaacov were affected by the conditions in Egypt, it was certainly even more difficult for the subsequent generations of Israelites in Egypt to leave everything they were used to and ascend to Eretz Yisrael. One who has not had the experience of leaving his familiar surroundings and immigrating to a new land cannot imagine how complex it is.\nThe Israelites grew up in Egypt, they knew the land well and developed affectionate feelings for some of its landscapes; some felt connected to their Egyptian neighbors and developed friendships and commercial connections with them. Certainly, the Egyptian oppressed the Israelites, who suffered from the Egyptian decrees and persecution. Nonetheless, many looked for rays of light in their setting, and most did not seek places of refuge from their Egyptian oppressors. Chazal taught that the sons of Ephraim attempted to identify the time of the redemption and, as a result of miscalculation, engaged the Egyptians in battle before the appointed time. However, the majority of the Israelites did not take action.\nChazal praise the Israelites for changing neither their names nor their language during their years in Egypt, and thereby maintaining a distance from the Egyptians which prevented theirs from assimilation into Egyptian culture, nonetheless, there were Israelites who did connect to Egypt. Midrash Sho\u1e25ar Tov elucidates the posuk \"\u05d2\u05d5\u05d9 \u05de\u05e7\u05e8\u05d1 \u05d2\u05d5\u05d9\" (\"To come and take a nation from the midst of another nation\") with a parable: \"As one who removes a fetus from the womb of an animal the appropriate time. So God removed the Israelites from Egypt.\" Shem miShmuel writes that the essence of the exile was in intermingling with the nations and in Egypt, the Israelites were as a fetus in the womb, as the Midrash says.\nSecond Answer \u2013 Land Holds those who Acquire It\nRabbi Shimshon Raphael Hirsch offers a novel insight to our posuk: \" \u05d0\u05d7\u05d5\u05d6\u05d4 (A\u1e25uza) occurs exclusively referring to landed property which is just what cannot be grasped \u2026 the object is not gripped by the owner, but the owner is gripped and held fast by the object, and that in fact is the case with the possession of land. Land holds its owner, he is chained to it.\" In essence, real estate acts upon and asserts control over its owner.\nThis is particularly true of one's home, which is his natural place. Indeed, the word '\u05de\u05e7\u05d5\u05dd' [\"makom\" (place)] is related to the word '\u05e7\u05d9\u05d5\u05dd' [\"kiyum\" (existence)]. One's home is the place which allows him to exist and holds him, preventing him falling into the abyss. This is an especially strong spiritual effect.\nThis approach is manifest in the Halakha, for example in the halakhic dictum that land cannot be stolen [Gemara Sukka 31a] and that the laws of fraudulent sale (ona'ah) do not apply. [Gemara Bava Metzia 47a] These halakhot indicate that land is not merely a monetary matter, but on some level is connected to its owner's identity and becomes part of the owner. Thus, just as one's identity cannot be stolen, neither can his land. Since there is, if you will, an emotional connection between land and its owner, it is not possible to assess monetary value to determine whether fraud has been committed in its sale.\nConcerning the word \"makom\" Chazal comment \"Why is the Holy One, blessed be He called 'Makom'? Since He is the place of the world, while the world is not His place.\" The Holy One, blessed be He is the eternally existing God, Who existed before anything else was in existence, and He exists in our world and outside our world. God does not require anything in order to continue to exist. He maintains the existence of the universe, rather than the universe maintaining His existence.\nWe can summarize since a place affects its residents, the Israelites in Egypt were adversely affected by the place, bringing them to forget the national hope and yearning to return to Eretz Yisrael as soon as possible.\nSummary of the Answers\nWe saw two approaches to explain the Israelites' forgetting Eretz Yisrael during their Egyptian bondage:\n1) The Israelites initially received especially excellent conditions when they settled in Egypt and therefore accepted their stay in the land of the Nile.\n2) The land of Egypt held onto the Israelites and influenced their self-identity.\nThese two explanations allow us to understand how the Children of Israel reached the status which the verses criticize, of settling in Egypt and forgetting that their true inheritance is Eretz Yisrael.\nThe Situation in the Diaspora Today\nGod promised us in the Torah that He will return us to the Land of Israel, saying:\n\"\u05d0\u05dd \u05d9\u05d4\u05d9\u05d4 \u05e0\u05d3\u05d7\u05da \u05d1\u05e7\u05e6\u05d4 \u05d4\u05e9\u05de\u05d9\u05dd \u05de\u05e9\u05dd \u05d9\u05e7\u05d1\u05e6\u05da \u05d3' \u05d0\u05dc\u05d5\u05e7\u05d9\u05da \u05d5\u05de\u05e9\u05dd \u05d9\u05e7\u05d7\u05da. \u05d5\u05d4\u05d1\u05d9\u05d0\u05da \u05d3' \u05d0\u05dc\u05d5\u05e7\u05d9\u05da \u05d0\u05dc \u05d4\u05d0\u05e8\u05e5 \u05d0\u05e9\u05e8 \u05d9\u05e8\u05e9\u05d5 \u05d0\u05d1\u05d5\u05ea\u05d9\u05da \u05d5\u05d9\u05e8\u05e9\u05ea\u05d4 \u05d5\u05d4\u05d9\u05d8\u05d1\u05da \u05d5\u05d4\u05e8\u05d1\u05da \u05de\u05d0\u05d1\u05d5\u05ea\u05d9\u05da\"\nEven if your exiles are at the end of the heavens, the Lord, your God, will gather you from there, and He will take you from there. And the Lord, your God, will bring you to the Land which your forefathers possessed, and you (too) will take possession of it, and He will do good to you, and He will make you more numerous than your forefathers.\nRambam understands from these verses that one of Messiah's functions, beyond reestablishing the Israelite monarchy and rebuilding the Beit Hamikdash (Temple), is to gather the dispersed of Am Yisrael and lead them back to the Land\nUndeniably, building up the Land is in full swing. We see the fulfillment of the words we say in ta\u1e25anun on Mondays and Thursdays (according to the Ashkenazi version):\n\"\u05d0\u05d1\u05d9\u05e0\u05d5 \u05d0\u05d1 \u05d4\u05e8\u05d7\u05de\u05df, \u05d4\u05e8\u05d0\u05e0\u05d5 \u05d0\u05d5\u05ea \u05dc\u05d8\u05d5\u05d1\u05d4 \u05d5\u05e7\u05d1\u05e5 \u05e0\u05e4\u05d5\u05e6\u05d5\u05ea\u05d9\u05e0\u05d5 \u05de\u05d0\u05e8\u05d1\u05e2 \u05db\u05e0\u05e4\u05d5\u05ea \u05d4\u05d0\u05e8\u05e5\"\nOur merciful Father, show us a positive sign and gather our dispersed from the four corners of the earth.\nGod has shown us this sign. The majority of Jews in the world live in Eretz Yisrael, and the Land is continuously being built up. Our hearts should cry out loudly: \"\u05de\u05d0\u05ea \u05d3' \u05d4\u05d9\u05ea\u05d4 \u05d6\u05d0\u05ea \u05d4\u05d9\u05d0 \u05e0\u05e4\u05dc\u05d0\u05ea \u05d1\u05e2\u05d9\u05e0\u05d9\u05e0\u05d5\" (\"This was from the Lord; it is wondrous in our eyes.\")\nIndeed, Rabbi Yehuda Alkalai (1798-1878) writes in his book Min\u1e25at Yehuda that we must announce in a firm voice that the time has come to ascend to the Land rather than waiting for Messiah to bring us to the Land in a miraculous manner.\nIt is true that the Land binds its residents to it, and that abroad at times there are comfortable and pleasant conditions. Any move from place to place is difficult, all the more so, moving to a new country. At times age is a complicating factor, with the difficulties greater for children or older people.\nMay we be privileged to see the righteous Mashiach (Messiah) leading all of us back to the Land, our natural habitat, in a pleasant manner, with ease and in joy. And may he purify our hearts to serve God through the purity and sanctity of Eretz Yisrael.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Dr Matthew Rosen-Marsh\nCompassion Focused Therapy:\nhttps:\/\/www.goodtherapy.org\/learn-about-therapy\/types\/compassion-focused-therapy\nhttps:\/\/compassionatemind.co.uk\/about-us\nNeuroscience and Therapy:\nhttps:\/\/www.rickhanson.net\/the-science-of-positive-brain-change\/\nPower of vulnerability:\nhttps:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/brene_brown_listening_to_shame\/transcript?language=en\nThe voices in my head:\nhttps:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/eleanor_longden_the_voices_in_my_head?language=en\nIrving Yalom:\nhttps:\/\/www.yalom.com\/biography\n\u00a9 2023 by Curtis Arnold-Harmer","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Often the companies combine IT operations, or purchase fuel and aircraft as a bloc to achieve higher bargaining power. However, the alliances have been most successful at purchasing invisible supplies and services, such as fuel. Airlines usually prefer to purchase items visible to their passengers to differentiate themselves from local competitors. If an airline's main domestic competitor flies Boeing airliners, then the airline may prefer to use Airbus aircraft regardless of what the rest of the alliance chooses.\nLocated in southern Thailand, this semi-off-the-map island is one of my favorites and the month I spent here remains one of my most fond memories. Here on Ko Lipe, the super-friendly locals bring in the daily catch for amazing seafood, as the island's water is teeming with life. Accommodation is still basic, and most places turn off the electricity around midnight.\nWhether you're booking at the last minute, you're not sure what is a good deal, you're departing from a remote city with few options, or you need any help at all, give us a call. We're here 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Flight Network is a member of TICO and has been awarded a rating of A+ by the Better Business Bureau of Canada which we've held for the last 10+ years.\nTo sum up: a lot depends on your own stamina because island hopping means packing and unpacking, getting on and off buses and ferries. Limit your choice of islands to perhaps one or two less than you think you can manage. Maximise transport links to avoid backtracking or port-transferring and since you are traveling high season be aware that you will usually need bookings ahead at most places. It is possible to turn up on an island and not find a place to stay or have to make do with a third-rate option.\nNaturally, there are some amazing coral reefs for snorkeling and diving and pristine beaches (my favorite is Whitehaven Beach). Upon arrival, you'll instantly see why this is one of the best tropical islands in the world \u2014 and why over half a million people visit a year. One of the most popular way to see the islands is via a multi-day sailing tour (which is what I did when I visited). It was an amazing experience \u2014 especially diving! Prices start around 450 AUD for multi-day sailing tours.\nIn postcard-pretty Artemonas, all roads lead to Theodorou, purveyors of nougat wafers and almond sweets since 1933. You can eat in your bikini at Omega 3, where locally foraged and fished ingredients are given an exotic twist: baby-calamari tempura, smoked eel in chilled melon soup with wasabi, and chickpea sorbet with wild apricot jam and pine nuts. Lobsters are plucked straight from the sea at Heronissos, then served with spaghetti on the jetty. It's just the right balance of low-key luxury and unspoiled authenticity. Rather like Sifnos itself.\nWhere to stay in Mykonos: Pale and interesting, Bill & Coo Coast on Agios Ioannis beach has dusky views across to Delos. Santa Marina resort tumbles down a private peninsula with a full-blown spa, a secret sandy beach, and a Riva to whisk you off to Nammos or Scorpios, if you can peel yourself off your canopied sunbed. If you prefer to be in the thick of it, The Belvedere is the gold standard in Chora, the glittering port capital.\nU.S. citizens don't need a passport to explore this trio of Caribbean islands (St. Thomas, St. John and St. Croix). While the 133-square-mile chain has history in spades \u2014 Christopher Columbus touched down in 1493 \u2014 2017 marks a banner year as the USVI celebrates its Centennial, with special events (festivals, parades and presumably lots of rum cake) continuing throughout the year. Also historic, Caneel Bay, the 60-year-old, 170-acre escape in St. John's Virgin Islands National Park founded by environmentalist and preservationist Laurance Rockefeller, just celebrated its diamond anniversary. The property is bringing back the original beauty of its pared-down, 1950s-inspired Scandinavian style.\nHi dave \u2013 very cool and informative site! We're a family of 6 (all adults) traveling to Greece for the first time\u2026and most likely the last time. We'd like to visit some historic sites, but more interested in experiencing Greek life in small towns. Beaches and nightlife are not important. I'm looking to put together a balanced itinerary covering 10 days (11 nights) and had the following in mind:\nA throwback to a gentler, slower, more elemental way of life, Astypalea is surprisingly easy to get to (daily one-hour flights from Athens). Every gap in the burnished hills frames a different view of Hora, cascading from the Venetian castle to seaside Skala. The scent of saffron biscuits wafts through the whitewashed lanes. Tucked beneath the battlements, Castro bar has a magical terrace that seems to float above the archipelago.\nA more recent development is the airline alliance, which became prevalent in the late 1990s. These alliances can act as virtual mergers to get around government restrictions. Alliances of airlines such as Star Alliance, Oneworld, and SkyTeam coordinate their passenger service programs (such as lounges and frequent-flyer programs), offer special interline tickets, and often engage in extensive codesharing (sometimes systemwide). These are increasingly integrated business combinations\u2014sometimes including cross-equity arrangements\u2014in which products, service standards, schedules, and airport facilities are standardized and combined for higher efficiency. One of the first airlines to start an alliance with another airline was KLM, who partnered with Northwest Airlines. Both airlines later entered the SkyTeam alliance after the fusion of KLM and Air France in 2004.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Skeleton of Suspected Medieval King Undergoes Testing\nBy Stephanie Pappas published 15 November 12\nUniversity of Leicester archeologists are digging in the Leicester City Council parking lot in search of the grave of King Richard III. (Image credit: University of Leicester)\nA mutilated skeleton unearthed from a medieval church in Leicester is undergoing testing to determine if it belongs to Richard III, an unlucky king of England who died in battle in 1485.\nArchaeologists unearthed the skeleton in the choir of Grefriars, a medieval church that had been buried under a parking lot. Though the church had been lost, historical records suggest that Richard III was buried there after his death at the Battle of Bosworth Field, during the War of the Roses, an English civil war.\nIf the body is Richard's, archaeologists hope the find will shed light on a person known best through William Shakespeare's fictionalized account in the play \"Richard III.\"\nSuspected king\nRichard III and his queen, Anne of Neville, appear in a stained glass window in Cardiff Castle. (Image credit: University of Leicester)\nThe skeleton is a good candidate for the lost king. It was found in the choir area of the church, matching historical records of the burial. The skeleton appears to be an adult male, and has a wounded skull \u2014 as if someone had cleaved it with an axe or sword. That would be consistent with a death in battle. A barbed arrowhead was also found in the skeleton's spine.\nThe skeleton also shows signs of scoliosis, or an abnormally curved spine. This would have made the man's right shoulder pop up higher than his left, which matches contemporary accounts of Richard III. (In later accounts, he's often incorrectly portrayed as a hunchback.) [Gallery: The Search for Richard III's Grave]\nOngoing analysis\nHowever, researchers have to be sure before they make any pronouncements on the skeleton's identity. They're currently subjecting the skeleton to a barrage of tests, including a computed tomography (CT) scan, which will allow them to reconstruct a three-dimensional image of the skeleton with flesh and skin overlaid. They eventually plan to reconstruct the man's face, though this procedure can be somewhat unreliable.\nSoil samples from around the skeleton where the body decomposed, along with dental plaque, will help researchers find out more about the man's health and diet. Scientists have also extracted samples from the teeth and bones to attempt a DNA test on the skeleton. They'll compare any usable DNA with that of Michael Ibsen, a living descendent of Richard III's sister Anne of York.\nSimultaneously, researchers are radiocarbon dating the skeleton to confirm the time of death \u2014 within about 80 years, that is. Specialists in medieval weaponry are consulting on the man's possible battle wounds.\n\"We are looking at many different lines of enquiry, the evidence from which all add up to give us more assurance about the identity of the individual,\" Richard Buckley, the director of the University of Leicester Archaeological Services, said in a statement. \"As well as the DNA testing, we have to take in all of the other pieces of evidence, which tell us about the person's lifestyle \u2014 including his health and where he grew up.\"\nA second female skeleton found in the church may be one of the church founders, researchers suspect. Results for the male skeleton are expected early next year.\nFollow Stephanie Pappas on Twitter @sipappas or LiveScience @livescience. We're also on Facebook & Google+.\nStephanie Pappas\nStephanie Pappas is a contributing writer for Live Science, covering topics ranging from geoscience to archaeology to the human brain and behavior. She was previously a senior writer for Live Science but is now a freelancer based in Denver, Colorado, and regularly contributes to Scientific American and The Monitor, the monthly magazine of the American Psychological Association. Stephanie received a bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of South Carolina and a graduate certificate in science communication from the University of California, Santa Cruz.\nRare octopus video shows 'once-in-a-lifetime encounter'\nHuge Tonga underwater volcano eruption captured in stunning satellite video","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Paris 2024 Launches Charitable Ticketing Initiative To Ensure Open and Accessible Games\nNORTHAMPTON, MA \/ ACCESSWIRE \/ January 31, 2023 \/ International Olympic Committee newsThe Paris 2024 Organising Committee has\nNFL notes twist in Stetson Bennett story, 'obviously he's not in a great place'\nMike Griffith, DawgNation Staff@mikegriffith32Posted 1 hour agoATHENS \u2014 Stetson Bennett is no stranger to overcoming adversity, having done\nBronson Reed vs. Dolph Ziggler \u2013 Elimination Chamber Qualifying Match: Raw, Jan. 30, 2023\nBronson Reed vs. Dolph Ziggler - Elimination Chamber Qualifying Match: Raw, Jan. 30, 2023 WWERollins, Gargano, Reed\nHome \u00bb Celtics announce head coach Ime Udoka banned for season over improper relationship\nCeltics announce head coach Ime Udoka banned for season over improper relationship\nThe Boston Celtics have suspended Ime Udoka for a full year, banning the coach who led them to the NBA finals last spring for the entire 2022-23 season over what two people with knowledge of the matter said was an improper relationship with a member of the organization.\nThe people spoke to the Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the team did not reveal that detail publicly. In a statement issued Thursday night after a full day of wrangling over the terms of the punishment, the Celtics said Udoka violated team policies and left open the possibility that a longer separation could follow.\n\"A decision about his future with the Celtics beyond this season will be made at a later date,\" the team said.\nAssistant coach Joe Mazzulla will take over as interim coach, one of the people who spoke with the AP said. The defending Eastern Conference champions are scheduled to hold media day on Monday and open training camp on Tuesday in preparation for the 18 October season opener.\nIn a statement published by ESPN, Udoka apologized \"to our players, fans, the entire Celtics organization, and my family for letting them down\".\npic.twitter.com\/ySo5wGKrfX\n\u2014 Boston Celtics (@celtics) September 23, 2022\nn\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/celtics\/status\/1573120786403102723\u2033,\"id\":\"1573120786403102723\u2033,\"hasMedia\":false,\"role\":\"inline\",\"isThirdPartyTracking\":false,\"source\":\"Twitter\",\"elementId\":\"23b228a6-a1f5-4cbd-ad87-1ede962852ff\"}}\"\/>\n\"I am sorry for putting the team in this difficult situation, and I accept the team's decision,\" he said. \"Out of respect for everyone involved, I will have no further comment.\"\nA longtime assistant in his first NBA head coaching job, Udoka led Boston to a 51-31 record last season \u2013 going 26-6 in the final 32 games. The Celtics beat Brooklyn, Milwaukee and Miami on the way to the NBA finals, where they lost to the Golden State Warriors in six games.\nThe developments stunned the NBA and shook up a team that had been among the favorites to contend for a championship this season. It would be an unprecedented 18th title for the franchise.\nBut in Boston, the story was reminiscent of the shakeup across town in 2020, when Red Sox manager Alex Cora was suspended by Major League Baseball for a year for his role in a sign-stealing scandal at his previous job, with the Houston Astros. Instead, the sides parted ways.\nAfter a last-place finish under Ron Roenicke in the pandemic-shortened season, Cora was re-hired a year later and welcomed back.\nIt is unclear if Udoka and the Celtics will be as eager to reunite.\nThe 45-year-old Udoka spent the bulk of his NBA playing career with San Antonio and then joined Spurs coach Gregg Popovich's staff as an assistant. Udoka was on the Spurs' staff from 2012 through 2019, winning it all in '14, and he quickly found his way onto short lists for open head coaching jobs.\nHe spent the 2019-20 season in Philadelphia and the 2020-21 season in Brooklyn before the Celtics hired him in June 2021 as the successor to Brad Stevens \u2013 who moved up to the front office. In year one, Udoka finished fourth in coach of the year voting and the Celtics came within two wins of the championship.\n\"The future is bright and we're just getting started,\" Udoka said after the NBA finals.\nPerhaps not.\nThe bombshell on the eve of training camp is the latest twist heading into what was supposed to be a promising season for the NBA's most decorated franchise.\nIme Udoka, center left, talks with players during the first half of Game 2 of the NBA finals in June. Photograph: Jed Jacobsohn\/AP\nThe Celtics bolstered their runner-up roster by acquiring guard Malcolm Brogdon in a trade from Indiana, then added sharpshooting veteran forward Danilo Gallinari as a free agent. But last month, Gallinari tore the ACL in his left knee and will be lost for the coming season.\nCenter Robert Williams, a key part of the Boston defense scheme who played through injuries during last season's playoffs, is still dealing with knee soreness and is expected to miss the start of the season.\nThe Celtics were also mentioned in speculation over a new home for Brooklyn forward Kevin Durant, a perennial All-Star who asked for \u2013 and then backed off \u2013 a request to be traded. Although the talks amounted to nothing, it raised questions about Boston's commitment to young star Jaylen Brown.\nIt's also the second major disciplinary situation in as many weeks in the NBA: commissioner Adam Silver decided last week to suspend Robert Sarver \u2013 the owner of the Phoenix Suns and WNBA's Phoenix Mercury \u2013 for one year and fine him $10m after an investigation showed his pattern of disturbing workplace conduct, including abusive and racist language. Sarver said Wednesday he intends to sell his teams.\nMazzulla interviewed for the Utah Jazz coaching job this summer, a position that ultimately went to Will Hardy \u2013 another of Udoka's assistants in Boston last season.\nMazzulla's only previous experience as a head coach is a two-year stint at Division II's Fairmont State in West Virginia, where he went 43-17 and made the NCAA tournament in his second season. A native New Englander from Rhode Island, Mazzulla played at West Virginia, was an assistant for the Celtics' G League team before taking over at Fairmont State, and then got hired by the Celtics again in June 2019 to be part of Stevens' staff.\nMazzulla's last game at Fairmont State was against Mercyhurst. His first real game with the Celtics will attract a bit more attention: Boston is scheduled to host longtime rival Philadelphia in the opener, when they will tip off a year-long tribute to Hall of Famer Bill Russell.\nRead More: Celtics announce head coach Ime Udoka banned for season over improper relationship\nTopics: announce banned Celtics coach Ime improper relationship season Udoka\nPrevious Post Thursday Night Football on Amazon Prime: How to stream Steelers at Browns, updates and\nNext Post Julio Rodr\u00edguez Undergoing MRI Due To Lower Back Tightness","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Predictions for Mother's Own Milk Breasteedings after NICU Discharge\nCarol Chamblin, DNP, APN, RN, IBCLC \/ September 2019\nThe American Academy of Pediatrics recommends exclusive breastfeeding for infants for the first six months of life and continued breastfeeding for one year or longer (AAP, 2012). Breast milk has many health benefits for infants, including decreased rates of respiratory infections, asthma, ear infections, and gastrointestinal illnesses. For preterm infants in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), breast milk feeding has decreased the risk of necrotizing enterocolitis by 77% (AAP, 2012).\nAlthough rates are going up, according to the latest Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report (2016), 81.1% of women initiate breastfeeding their infants. Breastfeeding exclusivity and duration rates decline rapidly, and only 22.3% of infants are exclusively breastfeeding at six months after birth (CDC, 2016). The Surgeon General's Call to Action to Support Breastfeeding addresses the necessity for health care providers to be educated about delivering evidence-based lactation care and support (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2011).\nAnatomy and Physiology of Lactating Breasts\nThe anatomy and physiology of the lactating breast begins its development during pregnancy (Neville, M. & Morton, J, 2001). Progesterone levels elevate and the ductal lobules within the breast increase in number and size. During pregnancy, secretory differentiation occurs as fat globules increase in size in the cells of the mammary gland, referred to as stage I Lactogenesis. High levels of circulating progesterone during pregnancy inhibit the release of prolactin. At the time of birth, progesterone levels\ndrop upon delivery of the placenta, and the onset of copious milk secretion occurs, referred to as stage II Lactogenesis. As prolactin secretion takes place by either the newborn's suckle at breast, or in the absence of direct breastfeeding, the effective use of a hospital-grade (multi-user) breast pump, milk removal occurs and milk secretion is maintained. Failure of efficient milk removal at this time can lead to breast involution and insufficient milk volume.\nPreterm infants in the NICU demonstrate immature suckling capability for adequate milk removal (Geddes et al, 2017). Recent ultrasound studies indicate that oral vacuum is instrumental in milk removal. For the preterm infant, the degree of vacuum strength is compromised compared to the term infant, and this impacts feeding effectiveness. Until the preterm infant can overcome limitations caused by neurological or developmental immaturity, and respiratory conditions such as immature coordination of suck-swallow-breathing, effective pumping allows a mother to maintain milk expression.\nEarly Breast Milk Expression\nResearch demonstrates improved health benefits for all infants, especially infants weighing < 1500 g at birth, or very low birth weight (VLBW) infants (Parker, L.A. et al. 2012). Decreased morbidity associated with prematurity, feeding intolerances, sepsis and necrotizing enterocolitis are a few examples. Providing the nutrition of exclusive breast milk for premature infants in the NICU can be very challenging for mothers, despite its heightened necessity for this vulnerable population of newborns to receive their mother's own milk (MOM).\nDr. LA Parker at the University of Florida in Gainesville, FL has performed extensive research on the subject of early initiation of breast milk expression on the impact of milk volume (Parker et al, 2012; Parker et al, 2015). Lactogenesis stage II occurs with the change from production of small quantities of colostrum to copious amounts of breast milk. For mothers delivering term infants, this stage takes place after delivery of the placenta with a decrease in progesterone, effective removal of milk from the breast, and ongoing prolactin levels. Preterm delivery and a delay in breastfeeding have been associated with a delay in Lactogenesis II. Mothers of preterm infants may be affected by decreased mammary gland development and decreased exposure to prolactin, cortisol and other hormones that occur during term pregnancy. Delayed lactogenesis can lead to inadequate milk volume and discontinuation of milk expression, or breastfeeding.\nSecretory activation, initiation of copious milk secretion, occurs 30-40 hours after birth for the term infant who is capable of efficient milk removal. There are rapid increases in milk secretion at this time such that infant milk transfer increases from less than 100 mL\/day on day one post-delivery to between 500-750 mL\/day by day 5, and reaching 750-800 mL\/day on average by one month (Saint, Smith, Hartmann 1984). Transition from Lactogenesis II to a sufficient milk output at two weeks for exclusive breastfeeding has been termed \"coming to volume\" (CTV) by Dr. Paula Meier and her research team at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, IL (Meier et al, 2016). Once CTV is achieved at two weeks post-birth, some pumpdependent mothers are able to decrease pumping frequency and still maintain adequate milk output (Edwards & Spatz, 2010).\nInitiate and Maintain Maternal Milk Volume\nEstablishment of breastfeeding for the very low birth weight (VLBW) preterm infant is fraught with many obstacles (Parker et al, 2012; Geddes et al, 2017). Often these infants are too ill to directly breastfeed immediately after birth. The method of initial oral feeding is often per feeding tube. A main priority at this time is the initiation and establishment of maternal milk volume. Recent evidence demonstrates expressing breast milk within an hour of delivery has a significant impact on how much milk volume mothers are able to produce at six weeks post-delivery. It has also been demonstrated that there is a strong correlation between the frequency of pumping and milk volume.\nResearch studies demonstrate mothers of infants in the NICU who are breast pump-dependent experience problems with delayed lactogenesis and inadequate milk volume. Only 29% of mothers of preterm infants were able to provide exclusive mother's own milk throughout the NICU stay in one study (Schanler et al, 2005). Recent studies comparing different breast pump suction patterns and implementation of pumping within 1 hour of birth may reduce the number of mothers who cannot produce enough milk volume (Meier et al, 2010; Meier et al, 2012).\nThe first two weeks are a critical time for the initiation of an adequate milk supply (Meier et al, 2011). \"Milk production is enhanced with pumps that mimic infant suckling patterns in the first few days of life\" (Meier et al, 2012). Term infants exhibit an irregular, intermittent sucking pattern of rapid sucking bursts followed by long pauses (Santoro W., Jr. et al, 2010). Dr. Diane Spatz, a renown researcher and Director of the lactation program at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia outfitted all breast pumps in the NICU with Medela\u00a9 Symphony Plus\u00ae breast pumps featuring the Initiation Technology\u2122 to facilitate the removal of colostrum and support the establishment of milk supply. (Fugate et al, 2015). While it is beyond the scope of this article to describe more fully the evidence-based breast pump technology, mothers using this technology had significantly higher milk volumes by day 14 post-delivery.\nTo facilitate early initiation of pumping, it is the primary responsibility of the nursing staff to educate the mother on pump use and the safe handling of human milk (Fugate et al., 2015). Expressed breast milk needs to be used in the order pumped for the first two weeks to maximize protein intake and immunological properties. NICU mothers are educated to label the bottles of their expressed milk in pumping session order from 1 to 60 (Meier et al., 2011). After these bottles are used, fresh nonfrozen human milk is preferable to frozen milk since immunomodulatory proteins are reduced by the freezing process (Akinbi et al., 2010).\nHuman Milk Oral Care\nHuman milk oral care is the process of applying fresh breast milk to an infant's oral mucosa with a swab. Performing this care by mothers of infants hospitalized with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) was determined to have an impact on mothers to remain motivated to keep pumping and build their milk supplies (Froh, E. et al, 2015). Though research was performed for infants with CDH, it applies to all infants separated from mothers by hospitalization.\nEvidence-Based Best NICU Practice\nThe ability of mothers to have adequate milk volume to exclusively feed their infants mother's own milk (MOM) feedings from the NICU days through to discharge is based on best practice changes within NICU settings. All of the aforementioned implementation strategies are based on in-depth evidence for optimal lactation care. Between February 2008 and December 2012, 402 VLBW infants and their mothers were involved in a study at Rush University Medical Center to determine predictors\nof MOM feeding at NICU discharge (Hoban et al, 2018). Findings demonstrated achievement of CTV by postpartum day 14 as the strongest predictor for infants receiving MOM feedings at NICU discharge in breast pump-dependent mothers. Clinical practice incorporating effective pumping technique and technology to prevent low MOM volume should be targeted during the first postpartum week.\nRevised Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative\nWorld Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) published the Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding in 1989 for implementation of policies and procedures for facilities providing maternity and newborn services in support of breastfeeding. WHO and UNICEF launched the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) in 1991 to motivate facilities offering maternity and newborn services in the implementation of the Ten Steps. The latest revision of the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative was released in April 2018. A key statement of this publication is: \"The first few hours and days of a newborn's life are a critical window for establishing lactation and providing mothers with the support they need to breastfeed successfully.\" Breastfeeding is described as a biological norm for healthy moms and newborns. However, interruptions such as necessary medical procedures, and separation of mothers from their infants in the NICU population may pose an increased risk for breastfeeding challenges and the initiation and maintenance of milk supply.\nThe updated guidance of the Ten Steps continues to cover the protection, promotion and support of breastfeeding healthy term newborns rather than the needs of the sick or preterm infants. However, it does mention that small, sick and\/or preterm newborns have their own set of needs and that more specific guidance is available elsewhere. In 2004, Dr. Diane Spatz adapted the Ten Steps for Vulnerable Infants, and as a result, there was an increase in the percentage of infants receiving mother's own milk (MOM) at initiation of feeds and at discharge (Fugate et al., 2015).\nThe revised Baby Friendly Initiative has several key points inclusive of support for the initiation and maintenance of breast milk in times of common difficulties:\nPractical support for preterm or late preterm infants is critical to establish and maintain milk production\nMothers of preterm infants often have health problems and need extra motivation and support for milk expression\nLate preterm infants are generally able to exclusively feed at the breast, but are more at-risk for jaundice, hypoglycemia and feeding difficulties, requiring increased vigilance\nMothers of multiples need extra support\nMothers need to be taught how to express their breast milk as a means to maintain lactation if separated from their infants\nMothers must be supported and encouraged to express their own milk as a priority\nMothers should have adequate space to express milk adjacent to their infants\nFor preterm infants unable to breastfeed directly, non-nutritive sucking (pacifier use) may be beneficial until breastfeeding is established\nNICU Breastfeeding Case Scenario\nA primiparous 27 year old had preterm labor at 32 weeks gestation and delivered a baby boy who was admitted to the NICU. During this mom's pregnancy, contact with a lactation consultant in private practice was established. Mom signed consent to give permission for information and\/or photos of breastfeeding-related nursing care to be anonymously used for professional articles or studies for professional education. Another aspect of the consent covered the use of emailing or texting for non-urgent care and treatment. The following is a partial exchange of texting between mom and the author.\nMother: New doctor on rotation today and she came in and was like WOW look at all that milk!\nAuthor: Great! Because you have enough breast milk, your baby will tolerate his feedings well. He most likely will gain weight and be discharged earlier than if he was being fed formula.\nIf the amount of milk you are expressing is filling the small containers close to the level of the yellow valves, you should start using the larger containers. Soon you will have enough breast milk to start storing it in the freezer because you will have more milk than your baby will need in the NICU.\nDecember 5, 2018 \u2014 On day seven post-delivery, mom was able to express 10 ounces from 11pm-12N and texted the author to ask if this was a good milk volume.\nDecember 9, 2018 \u2014 On day 11 post-delivery, Mom was expressing a little over 600 mL's.\nAuthor: You are doing great! The goal by day 14 is to be expressing 750-850 mL in 24 hrs. You are increasing your milk supply by continuing to pump seven times in 24 hours and are right on track! Do you have any questions about putting your baby to breast next week? You had said yesterday that you were told you would have the opportunity to put your baby to breast.\nMother: Not yet. I'm sure I'll have questions once we try it.\nMother: We latched and licked today but mostly just spooned my breast milk to Andy. I'm expressing 650-700 mL\/24 hours.\nMilk output is 675-820 mL\/24 hours\nBaby Andy was discharged from the NICU at age six weeks. There were some feeding issues related to anemia which postponed his discharge by a few weeks. Mom had initiated and maintained adequate milk volume by effective pumping. Andy is a robust, healthy five month old and has only been fed MOM. This mom continues to express her breast milk for her now five month old.\nInitiation and maintenance of adequate milk volume is based on ongoing effective infant suckle at breast, or effective pumping technique for infants in the NICU. Early milk expression using effective breast pump technology within one hour of birth in the absence of an infant at breast significantly alters a mother's ability to achieve a full milk supply by 14 days; known as \"coming to volume\". Evidence-based NICU practice adheres to the goal of achieving mother's own milk feedings in the NICU\nand at discharge from the NICU. Many NICU settings do not have unit protocols that support the latest breast pump technology for support of optimal mother's milk volume. There is opportunity for continuous process improvement projects in the area of breast milk feeding and pumping in the NICU population because every preterm infant in the NICU deserves to receive mother's own milk (MOM).\nThis article was previously published in Neonatal Intensive Care, Vol. 31, No. 4 \/ Fall 2018\nAkinbi, H., Meinzen-Derr, J., Auer, C., Ma, Y., Pullum, D., Kusano, R., Zimmerly, K. (2010). Alterations in the host defense properties of human milk following prolonged storage or pasteurization. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, 51(3), 347-352.\nAmerican Academy of Pediatrics Section on Breastfeeding (2012). Breastfeeding and the use of human milk. Pediatrics 129(3), e827-e841. doi: 10.1542\/peds.2011-3552\nCenters for Disease Control and Prevention (2016). Breastfeeding report card United States\/2014. Atlanta, GA: Author. Retrieved from http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/breastfeeding\/ pdf\/2016breastfeedingreportcard.pdf\nEdwards T., and Spatz, D. (2010). An innovative model for achieving breast-feeding success in infants with complex surgical anomalies. J Perinat Neonat Nurs, 24(3), 246-253.\nFroh, E., Deatrick, J., Curley, M., & Spatz, D. (2015). Making meaning of pumping for mothers of infants with congenital diaphragmatic hernia. JOGNN: 44(3), 439-449.\nFugate, K., Hernandez, I., Ashmeade, T., Miladinovic, B., & Spatz, D. (2015). Improving human milk and breastfeeding practices in the NICU. JOGNN: 44(3), 426-438.\nGeddes, D., Chooi, K., Nancarrow, K., Hepworth, A., Gardner, H. and Simmer, K. (2017). Characterisation of sucking dynamics of breastfeeding preterm infants: a cross sectional study. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 17:386. DOI 10.1186\/s12884-017-1574-3\nHoban, R., Bigger, H., Schoeny, M., Engstrom, J., Meier, P., and Patel, A. (2018). Milk volume at 2 weeks predicts mother's own milk feeding at neonatal intensive care unit discharge for very low birthweight infants. Breastfeeding Medicine, 13(2): 135-141.\nMeier, P., Engstrom, J., Patel, A., Jegier, B., and Bruns, N. (2010). Improving the use of human milk during and after the NICU stay. Clin Perinatol. 37(1), 217-245.\nMeier, P., Engstrom, J., Janes, J., Jegier, B., & Loera, F. (2012). Breast pump suction patterns that mimic the human infant during breastfeeding: Greater milk output in less time spent pumping for breast pump-dependent mothers with premature infants. Journal of Perinatology, 32(2), 103-110.\nMeier, P., Patel, A., Hoban, R., and Engstrom, J. (2016). Which breast pump for which mother: an evidence-based approach to inidividualizing breast pump technology. J Perinatol. 36(7):493-499).\nNeville, M. & Morton, J. (2001). Physiology and endocrine changes underlying human lactogenesis II. Journal of Nutrition, Nov. 13(11): 3005s-3008s.\nParker, LA., Sullivan, S., Krueger, C., Kelechi, T., and Mueller, M. (2012). Effect of early breast milk expression on milk volume and timing of lactogenesis stage II among mothers of very low birth weight infants: a pilot study. Journal of Perinatology, 32, 205-209.\nParker, L., Sullivan, S., Krueger, C., and Mueller, M. (2015). Association of timing of initiation of breastmilk expression on milk volume and timing of lactogenesis stage II among mothers of very low-birth-weight infants. Breastfeeding Medicine 10 (2): 1-8.\nSaint, L., Smith, M., and Hartmann, PE. (1984). The yield and nutrient content of colostrum and milk of women from giving birth to 1 month post-partum. Br J Nutr. 52: 87-95.\nSantoro W. Jr., Martinez F.E., Ricco, R.G., Jorge, S.M. (2010). Colostrum ingested during the first day of life by exclusively breastfed healthy newborn infants. J Pediatr, 156(1): 29-32.\nSchanler, RJ, Lau, C., Hurst, NM, and Smith, E. (2005). Randomized trial of donor human milk versus preterm formula as substitutes for mothers' own milk in the feeding of extremely premature infants. Pediatrics, 116(2): 400-406.\nSpatz D. (2004). Ten steps for promoting and protecting breastfeeding for vulnerable infants. Journal of Perinatal & Neonatal Nursing, 4, 385-396.\nU.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (2011). The Surgeon General's call to action to support breastfeeding, 2011. Washington, DC: Author. Retrieved from http:\/\/www.surgeongneral.gov\/library\/calls\/breastfeeding\/calltoactiontosupport breastfeeding.pdf\nWorld Health Organization, UNICEF, (2018). Protecting, promoting, and supporting breastfeeding in facilities providing maternity and newborn services: the revised Babyfriendly Hospital Initiative 2018\nCarol Chamblin has spent over 30 years caring for mothers and infants in pediatrics, lactation, PICU and NICU settings. She became certified as an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant in 1995. Her successful private practice specializing in lactation-related care began over 17 years ago. In 2010 Carol extended her role as an Advanced Practice Nurse in a pediatric office, teaching prenatal breastfeeding classes and providing clinical expertise. Carol earned her Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) from Rush University in 2012.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"5 Minutes with\u2026 Taehan Yoo\n5 minutes with...\nThe Accenture Song design director speaks with LBB's Delmar Terblanche about how his work has helped him find himself and change the world\n\"I was always a very quizzical or philosophical child,\" says Taehan Yoo.\n\"Clay-making was something I liked a lot. Normally, children would make cute dinosaurs or clay boats, but I kept making very sharp mountains, often making them sharper and sharper. Craft was something that I've always been interested in. I would ask myself what makes things beautiful, and I would make mountains repetitively in different shapes and curvatures.\"\nThe design director has a gentle smile as he recalls his childhood creativity, one which does not waver as those memories become slightly more serious.\n\"I'm a Japanese Korean \u2013 born and raised in Japan but I hardly speak any Korean. Since I was little, I questioned my existence. Why I exist, why am I different from other people? I was always a very quizzical and philosophical child. I keep going back to the question of what makes me different all the time \u2013 during my kindergarten days, the art projects I made such as the little clay sculptures, were always attempts to express my individuality.\"\nThis search for individuality and self-expression would guide Taehan throughout his design career. Not only did he want to create work that helped him find himself through its creation, he was determined to create work which might, one day, help others struggling with those same questions.\nLBB> How did you then take that love of creativity further into your studies?\nTaehan> In high school I played a lot of basketball and I liked art classes. The interest in design was reignited when I went to college. When I enrolled in university, computers were the \"in\" thing, so I studied computer programming.\nI started building websites, dabbled in photography, drew my own artwork and uploaded them to the websites. I was really drawn to web design and that's when I started studying art and design properly. After I graduated from college, I went on a six months' exchange in Canada to study English.\nLBB> You mentioned thinking a lot about beauty earlier. Did your ideas of beauty evolve during your time there?\nTaehan> I was exposed to the notion of inner beauty as a kind of uniqueness. I saw everybody expressing themselves in their own way and yet were still resilient. That was to me a type of self-expression.\nLBB> What does self-expression mean to you?\nTaehan> It's my reason for existence. My raison d'etre. There are times I express myself more, and sometimes less. It gives me a sense of identity and presence in society.\nLBB> Can you tell us any more about your experiences in Canada?\nTaehan> It was a very enriching six months. I was in Toronto which is a very diverse place compared to Japan. There were also significant differences. For example, in Japan, it was a requirement to include your photo on all CVs and resumes as well as gender. In Canada, this practice is optional. Suddenly, those questions I always asked as a child about who I was and why I was different were put in a new light. The experience in Canada made me rethink conformity and self-expression as the latter was acceptable as long as I was considerate of others.\nBeing a minority living in Japan, my experience in Canada made me reflect a lot about the Japanese society and I wanted to positively impart some of the great Canadian practices back home. So I started thinking about what kind of job would enable me to do that.\nBeing a politician came to mind but it was challenging to be one straight out of college. I started thinking about design and advertising due to its reach. If I wanted to change something in society, then it's important to be able to create something that a lot of people will see. I can also blend my thoughts and perspective into the work.\nLBB> Tell us about how you started doing that work.\nTaehan> I started working a lot in the field of website design, general advertising, and designing children's books. While these were capabilities I possessed, I wasn't as engaged as I'd like to be. I wanted to be able to work on projects that allowed me to influence societal changes. Through mutual friends, I joined Accenture. Accenture worked with the top global companies in Japan and I saw it as an opportunity for me to do work with great impact and global scale.\nLBB> Could you elaborate on work you did at Accenture that tapped into that desire to change society?\nTaehan> We created Japan's first digital bank, Minna Bank. Financial literacy in Japan is very low compared to other countries. It did not help that financial products and functions are often full of jargon and it can be daunting for the younger generation to understand. We wanted to create a bank where the younger generation would want to enter, like to keep and love to have. We knew it was not enough to be a trustworthy or beneficial bank for customers. So we focused on a smooth, accessible, easy customer interface; and to make things as direct and easy to use as we could. We focused on creating value for people rather than products.\nLBB> Let's talk about your process. When you receive a brief, how do you break it down into the set of key ideas you want to communicate?\nTaehan> It doesn't matter whether there is a brief. We always start with research and with the audience in mind. With Minna Bank, we knew that the younger generation were not as interested in banking-related matters, find it a complicated and formal affair and would rather not think about it. It was important for us to approach the topic from a \"non-banking\/ financial\" lens. Instead of focusing our research on the financial experiences of our target audience, we deep dived into their interests, lifestyles and cultures.\nBack in the day, it was enough to have a functional bank. Today, there's so much information out there, and people are making decisions, not just about the bank, but in terms of how a bank can integrate in their lifestyle, and become a part of their lives. They are making different financial decisions for multiple different reasons. So we need to understand each person's life to understand what problem we need to solve.\nLBB> When it comes to your design work, how much is experiential, and how much is visual or aesthetic?\nTaehan> Visual design is important to me personally. People get 80% of the information visually. First impressions of a product or service \u2013 regardless of how great they may be \u2013 are made based on what people see. With Minna Bank, we focused on its visual design, making sure not to over-complicate the design. It had to look usable.\nLBB> Tell me about your process with visual design. Are there any particular aesthetics or movements or artists that you tend to draw inspiration from, or does it vary depending on the individual project?\nTaehan> I draw inspiration from all genres and types of artists, photos, and illustrators. It's not skewed towards anything specific. In fact, I strategically design my artwork. With Minna Bank, I knew that the target audience liked Manga, so I decided \"well, why don't we write comics?\" I also decided to do it all in black and white, because there wasn't a bank in Japan that had a monochrome aesthetic.\nLBB> When you say you strategically design it, is that because the size of your goals means you need to be very strategic, or is it just a process that works for you?\nTaehan> I think both apply. I tend to think strategically so that works for me. At the same time, I know that for a design to bring about social impact and social change, it can't just be beautiful. It needs to be something that will become more widespread. That's where strategy comes in.\nLBB> If you could go back in time and speak to the version of yourself that was in high school, playing a lot of basketball, and trying to find his own identity; what advice would you give him?\nTaehan> I would just tell myself to be myself. I worried about identity and all these issues ad nauseam for a long time; I worked for nine years at a single firm, drawing a stable salary and doing the work I've been assigned. But now, with projects like Minna Bank, I'm doing work that can change the world. So, I would tell myself that I don't have to change. Because I will end up doing the things that I love to do.\nview more - 5 minutes with...\nAccenture Song, Fri, 18 Nov 2022 07:59:11 GMT\nAccenture Song\nNews from Accenture Song\nGovernment's Rising Opportunity to Listen and Communicate More Effectively\nRunning the Race for Business Growth and Relevance\nAccenture Life Trends 2023: Control and Power\nAccenture Acquires Fiftyfive5\nWork from Accenture Song","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Published on International Communist Current (https:\/\/en.internationalism.org)\nHome > World Revolution 2000s - 231 to 330 > World Revolution - 2006 > World Revolution no.296, July\/August 2006 > Extract from Bilan, no.36: The meaning of the new institutions...\nExtract from Bilan, no.36: The meaning of the new institutions...\nThe following is an extract from a much longer article on the events of July 19, 1936 written by Bilan, which can be found here: ir\/006_bilan36_july19.html [1]\nWhen the capitalist attack came in the form of Franco's uprising, neither the POUM nor the CNT even dreamed of calling the workers to go out into the streets. They organized delegations to go to Companys for arms. On 19 July the workers came out spontaneously \u2013 by calling for a general strike the CUT and UGT were simply acknowledging a de facto state of affairs.\nSince Companys, Giral, and their ilk were immediately regarded as allies of the proletariat, as the people who could supply the keys to the arms depot, it was quite natural that when the workers crushed the army and took up arms no one would think for a moment of posing the problem of the destruction of the state which, with Com\u00adpanys at its head, remained intact. From then on an attempt was made to spread the utopian idea that it is possible to make the revolution by expropriating factories and taking over land without touching the capitalist state, not even its banking 'system.\nThe constitution of the Central Committee of the militias gave the impression that a period of proletarian power had begun; while the setting up of the Central Council of the Economy gave rise to the illusion that the proletariat was now managing its own econ\u00adomy.\nHowever, far from being organs of dual power, these organs had a capitalist nature and function. Instead of constituting a base for the unification of the proletarian struggle \u2013 for posing the question of power \u2013 they were from the beginning organs of col\u00adlaboration with the capitalist state.\nIn Barcelona the Central Committee of the militias was a conglomeration of workers' and bourgeois parties and trade unions; not an organ of the soviet type arising spontan\u00adeously on a class basis and capable of pro\u00adviding a focus for the development of prole\u00adtarian consciousness. The Central Committee was connected to the Generalidad and disap\u00adpeared with the passing of a simple decree when the new government of Catalonia was formed in October.\nThe Central Committee of the militias repre\u00adsented a superb weapon of capitalism for leading the workers out of their towns and localities to fight on the territorial fronts where they are being ruthlessly mas\u00adsacred.\nSource URL: https:\/\/en.internationalism.org\/wr\/296_july19\n[1] https:\/\/en.internationalism.org\/ir\/006_bilan36_july19.html","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Austrian economist predicts Slovak economic stagnation in 2010\nThe Slovak economy will stagnate in 2010 even if the economies of Slovakia's biggest customers, such as Germany and the Czech Republic, recover, TASR was told by Zdenek Luk\u00e1\u0161, an economist from the Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies, on Sunday, October 11.\nLuk\u00e1\u0161 views the fact that the government wants to reduce the public-finance deficit in 2010 to 5.5 percent of GDP as positive. He views the tools with which the government wants to do this as insufficient, however.\n\"It's illusionary to expect that tax incomes for next year will grow without reforms. A significant recovery in the economy would be necessary for this. We don't expect one, however,\" said the economist.\nAccording to Luk\u00e1\u0161, no substantial consolidation of public finances, by which the Government aims to cut the deficit to 3 percent of GDP by 2012, will be possible without increasing tax incomes. \"This can be achieved by radical changes on the side of incomes, including by raising taxes,\" he added.\nThe government expects that it will manage to draw \u20ac3.5 billion from EU funds in 2010 but Luk\u00e1\u0161 views its chances of success as low. \"Completely-prepared and clearly-defined projects and lobbying in Brussels are missing in particular,\" he said, adding that these problems are common among new EU-member countries. TASR\n12. Oct 2009 at 14:00","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Objectivism or Marxism\nUtopia and Revolution\nWSWS launches smear campaign\nShallow moralizing not Marxism\nCase of the disappearing letter\nSterile flowers, poisonous weeds\nWSWS 'curious fumble' in Iraq\nPSG and the EU elections\nPSG and Berlin elections\nPSG: A case of magical thinking\nThe deadweight of sectarianism\nDistorting history of ICFI\nDavid North and Soviet History\nNorth and Service on Trotsky\nA case of abandoning dialectics\nThe gutter politics of David North\nEmpty place of psychology in Marxism\nFrom Alienation to Revolution\nGender and materialism\nFreudianism in Soviet Union: I\nFreudianism in Soviet Union: II\nFreudianism in Soviet Union: Exchange\nMental illness and American dream: I\nMental illness and American dream: II\nHeidegger: Philosopher and Nazi\nHeidegger and Nazism: Comment Part I\nHeidegger and Nazism: Comment Part II\nEnd of Irony or the Irony of Ends\nTurkish economy: illustion and reality\nA Charlatan Exposed\nOpportunism and Empiricism\nPlekhanov and Russian Marxism\nTrotsky's Philosophical Notebooks\nTrotsky: Philosophy of Superman\nMarxism Without its Head...\nMWHH: Chapter 1\nMWHH: Chapter 10\nMWHH: Conclusion\nAfterword: Vulgar Critique\nDownward Spiral of the ICFI\nDownward Spiral: Chapter 1\nDialectical Path of Cognition\nUtopia and socialist consciousness\nCrackpot Philosophy and Double-Speak\nEspiral descendente Cap\u00edtulo 1\nDer Fall Heidegger: Teil 1\nHeidegger: Zwei Briefe Teil 1\nPsychoanalyse in der Sowjetunion\nDer WSWS beim Irak-Krieg\nDie PSG und die Europawahl\nDer Ballast des Sektierertums\n\u0414\u0435\u043b\u043e \u041c\u0430\u0440\u0442\u0438\u043d\u0430 \u0425\u0430\u0439\u0434\u0435\u0433\u0433\u0435\u0440\u0430 \u0427\u0430\u0441\u0442\u044c 1\nNew York Mayor evicts Occupy Wall Street protesters\nThe New York City Police raided the Occupy Wall Street encampment last night and evicted the protesters who had been there since Sept 17. This followed by one day the eviction of protesters at Occupy Oakland in what was acknowledged by police officials as a carefully coordinated assault undoubtedly stemming from the White House. But by this afternoon (Nov 15) the protesters were back at Zuccotti Park, though without their tents or their property, which had been confiscated and wantonly destroyed by the NYPD during their carefully planned raid in the middle of the night.\nProtester shouting at police\nThe scene at Zuccotti Park was at once both tense and hopeful. The protesters were not demoralized by the loss of their encampment. They have once again shown their capacity for inventiveness and organization by reconfiguring their governing bodies so that they could continue their functions under the new circumstances. The kitchen was back in operation, this time from the back of a truck parked in front of the Trinity Church cemetery two blocks south on Broadway. Housing arrangement were being made for hundreds who need a place to sleep for the night. Most of the housing arrangements are in the homes of sympathetic New Yorkers but some might be going to other encampments in other cities. Whether the encampment reemerges at Zuccotti Park or elsewhere, the protesters are not going away. A statement from one of the speakers made it clear that they see their struggle as transcending the immediate symbol of an encampment in downtown Manhattan:\n\"Such a movement cannot be evicted. Some politicians may physically remove us from public spaces \u2013 our spaces \u2013 and, physically, they may succeed. But we are engaged in a battle over ideas. Our idea is that our political structures should serve us, the people \u2013 all of us, not just those who have amassed great wealth and power. We believe this idea resonates with so many of us because Congress, beholden to Wall Street, has ignored the powerful stories pouring out from the homes and hearts of our neighbors, stories of unrelenting economic suffering. Our dream for a democracy in which we matter is why so many people have come to identify with Occupy Wall Street and the 99% movement.\"\nProtesters clash with New York Police after being removed from Zuccotti Park Photograph: Lucas Jackson\/Reuters\nThe General Assembly at Zuccotti Park tonight was much larger than recent ones. I would estimate the crowd at between 1000 \u2013 3000 people. One ironic outcome of Mayor Bloomberg's eviction is that now that tents are gone there is plenty of space for holding a public meeting in this square. The General Assembly resolved to stage a massive march on the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday, Nov 17, the two month anniversary of the start of Occupy Wall Street.\nToday's meeting took place as the square was surrounded by hundreds of police, many of them wearing riot helmets. It was also barricaded so that the police could closely monitor the one entrance point protesters were allowed to pass through. Dozens of police vans and news trucks surrounded the square.\nOne curious fact that I noticed both today and on previous occasions is the almost complete absence of any of the left groups. To be sure some of them are there as individuals and occasionally as Internet \"journalists\", but they hardly ever have any sort of organized presence. I did see literature tables from two small groups representing different factions of what used to be the \"Militant\" group in the UK, lead by the late Ted Grant. One would think that if a socialist political movement was interested in battling over its ideas among the Occupy Wall Street protesters it would have at least set up a literature table. But groups like the SWP, Spartacist, or the Socialist Equality Party are nowhere to be found.\nThe idea of the 99% comes out of America's populist and radical traditions. But given the absence for at least two generations of a tradition of Marxism and socialism, and the quiesence of the labor movement, it was all but inevitable that the idea of the 99% would be articulated as an initial, if vaguely formulated stand in for the working class. Nevertheless the articulation of widespread sentiment against social inequality marks an important step forward in the American political psyche. It means that the myth of America as a society that has escaped the class systems of the older countries of Europe, and where anyone, as long as they apply themselves with hard work and energy, can become the next Warren Buffet, is once and for all put to pasture. The remarkable thing about the Occupy Wall Street movement is that despite all the political confusion its leaders evince, it has placed capitalism itself on the agenda of political discourse. That is no small accomplishment considering that the full weight of the ideological and state apparatus has worked overtime for decades to keep that question off the agenda. Suddenly there is an openness to a consideration of an alternative economic system the likes of which have not been seen since the 1960s.\nThe movement as it stands now is still far from being able to induce fundamental social change. That will require the entry of the working class onto the political stage and a break from the two party system that has trapped politics within the confines of capitalism. It will also require the conscious articulation of socialist policies and the development of a revolutionary leadership, something that is currently anathema to the anarchist-minded leadership of Occupy Wall Street. However, these are mostly young people who are still developing their political outlook. Whatever differences we Marxists have with them, we do not place them in the same camp as the professional political operatives and cynics who populate various left and liberal organizations. Outfits like the Nation Magazine and Moveon.org as well as the bureaucrats of unions like the UAW come to mind in this context. In short, what we have in this movement is just a beginning, but one that has already captured the imagination of millions and has the capacity to spread and mature politically.\nThe following are interviews at Occupy Wall Street that I conducted this past Saturday, prior to the eviction.\nAlex Steiner, Nov. 16, 2011\nPosted by Alex Steiner at 2:46 AM\nLabels: Occupy Wall Street\nThomas Cain said...\nAlex, (or Mr. Steiner if you prefer)\nThanks for the writings you have contributed that pertain to the Occupy movement. Reading through all the other negative articles can, whether one tries to stay objective or not, rub off on the reader. I really appreciate the optimism that you display, despite the political limitations of the protestors.\nI just have a quick question about a previous comment of yours in another post. You said that in order to build a revolutionary movement,\n\"...we must find the bridge between where they are and the objective requirements of the situation.\"\nI apologize if I am displaying ignorance, but can you explain that a bit?\nAlex Steiner said...\nThe reference to a \"bridge\" is an allusion to the Transitional Program of the Fourth International, written by Trotsky:\n\"It is necessary to help the masses in the process of the daily struggle to find the bridge between present demand and the socialist program of the revolution. This bridge should include a system of transitional demands, stemming from today's conditions and from today's consciousness of wide layers of the working class and unalterably leading to one final conclusion: the conquest of power by the proletariat.\nClassical Social Democracy, functioning in an epoch of progressive capitalism, divided its program into two parts independent of each other: the minimum program which limited itself to reforms within the framework of bourgeois society, and the maximum program which promised substitution of socialism for capitalism in the indefinite future. Between the minimum and the maximum program no bridge existed. And indeed Social Democracy has no need of such a bridge, since the word socialism is used only for holiday speechifying.\"\nLink to Transitional Program\nOne can add that it is not only the Social Democracy and its descendants that have no use for transitional demands. Sectarian abstentionists have no use for them either. We previously reprinted an important essay by Trotsky on this topic:\nSectarianism, Centrism and the Fourth International\nAlex Steiner\nCuba: International Conference on Trotsky\nFirst International Conference on Trotsky: Part I\nFirst International Conference on Trotsky: Part II\nInterview with Frank Garc\u00eda Hern\u00e1ndez, Part I\nInterview with Frank Garc\u00eda Hern\u00e1ndez, Part II\nEntrevista con Frank Garc\u00eda Hern\u00e1ndez: I\nEntrevista con Frank Garc\u00eda Hern\u00e1ndez: II\nOctober Revolution Broadcast Special\nListen to broadcast celebrating the 100th anniversary of the October Revolution.\nOctober Revolution Centenary\nOctober Revolution Broadcast (complete)\nTrotsky: Preface to History of the Russian Revolution\nOctober Revolution dramatic narrative\nInterview with Sharon Smith\nInterview with Alexander Rabinowitch\nTranscript of interview with Alexander Rabinowitch\nThe World Socialist Web Site (WSWS) edition of May 17 featured a hysterical diatribe against me by the leader of that organization, David North.\nHere we are today, 33 years after the split with Healy. Does the fact that North was on the right side of that split confer upon him the legitimacy of a hereditary monarch? Reading North's comments, one would think that for him the Fourth International is some kind of franchise that he alone can operate. If the continuity of the Fourth International is to have any meaning, other than a ritualistic invocation meant to shore up the flagging morale of one's followers, it can only be in one's adherence to the program and theoretical conceptions of the Fourth International. If we examine the political conceptions and organizational practices of the group North has led for all these years it is clear that in all respects it bears little resemblance to the organization Trotsky founded in 1938. It is in fact our exposure of the hollowness of North's claims to be the inheritor of the mantle of Trotsky that has so infuriated him. Why else would he be spending more time writing about me and Frank Brenner, two individuals, than about the Stalinists, Pabloites and state capitalists?\nRead More ----> The gutter politics of David Norh\nTrump and the crisis of liberalism\nby Frank Brenner\nIt is tempting to say that 2016 marks the death of liberalism, but that's probably wishful thinking. What is dead, though, is the old 'centrist' political consensus, i.e. the pendulum swings from centre-left to centre-right that made mainstream politics in the West about as predictable (and stable) as an old grandfather clock. Now the swings are much more extreme - or rather the swings to the right are. (One might add that what led up to this was a major shift rightward of the 'center' itself from Reagan\/Thatcher on \u2013 what Tariq Ali rightly dubbed the \"extreme center\".\nLink to full essay: Trump and the crisis of liberalism\nLink to Greek translation: \u039f \u03a4\u03c1\u03b1\u03bc\u03c0 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b7 \u03ba\u03c1\u03af\u03c3\u03b7 \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c6\u03b9\u03bb\u03b5\u03bb\u03b5\u03c5\u03b8\u03b5\u03c1\u03b9\u03c3\u03bc\u03bf\u03cd\nGerry Healy: A Charlatan Exposed\nThe Crackpot Philosophy of David North\nA Case Study in the Neglect of Dialectics\nComment on Heidegger Part I\nComment on Heidegger Part II\nWhat Comes Naturally: Evolution and Human Nature\nDialectical Biologists against Positivism\nNotes on Marxism, Alienation and Teleology\nThe Dialectics of Revolutionary Strategy\nYour Brain is not a Computer\nThe Crisis in Cosmology\nGreece at the Crossroads\nGreece at the Crossroads Part I\nGreece at the Crossroads Part II\nGreece at the Crossroads: Epilogue\nPanel discussion of 'Greece at the Crossroads'\nResponse to an attack on 'Greece at the Crossroads'\n\u0397 \u0394\u03b9\u03b1\u03bb\u03b5\u03ba\u03c4\u03b9\u03ba\u03ae \u03c4\u03b7\u03c2 \u0395\u03c0\u03b1\u03bd\u03b1\u03c3\u03c4\u03b1\u03c4\u03b9\u03ba\u03ae\u03c2 \u03a3\u03c4\u03c1\u03b1\u03c4\u03b7\u03b3\u03b9\u03ba\u03ae\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03a4\u03b1\u03ba\u03c4\u03b9\u03ba\u03ae\u03c2\nSectarianism and the Greek working class\nBattle for the referendum: Days 1 and 2\nBattle for the referendum: Day 5\nBattle for the referendum: Final Day\n\u0397 \u039c\u0391\u03a7\u0397 \u0393\u0399\u0391 \u03a4\u039f \u0394\u0397\u039c\u039f\u03a8\u0397\u03a6\u0399\u03a3\u039c\u0391 \u03a3\u03a4\u0397\u039d \u0395\u039b\u039b\u0391\u0394\u0391\nThe working class in fantasy and reality\nA postscript on sectarianism and the Greek referendum\nStatement for Jan. 2015 Greek election\nExperience in scare quotes\nThe Greek people have shaken the world\nA letter from Greece\nWorkers Self Management at Occupied Studios\nDefend VIOME workers\nPlan C: The Socialist Alternative for Greece\n\u03a3\u03c7\u03ad\u03b4\u03b9\u03bf \u0393: \u0397 \u03c3\u03bf\u03c3\u03b9\u03b1\u03bb\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03b9\u03ba\u03ae \u03b5\u03bd\u03b1\u03bb\u03bb\u03b1\u03ba\u03c4\u03b9\u03ba\u03ae \u03bb\u03cd\u03c3\u03b7 \u03b3\u03b9\u03b1 \u03c4\u03b7\u03bd \u0395\u03bb\u03bb\u03ac\u03b4\u03b1\nCaravan of Struggle and Solidarity\n50 Years of Austerity\n\u0395\u039b\u039b\u0391\u0394\u0391: 50 \u03a7\u03a1\u039f\u039d\u0399\u0391 \u039b\u0399\u03a4\u039f\u03a4\u0397\u03a4\u0391\nThird Euro-Mediterranean Conference\nBefore the snap Greek election\nA Pyrrhic victory for Syriza\nImperialism and War: Russia, China, the Ukraine\nWhither Ukraine\nComment on whither Ukraine\nProblems of Ukraine\nTrotsky on lessons of Ukraine\nTrotsky on independence of Ukraine\nAn empty resolution on war\nThe nature of Russia and China\nRussia as an imperialist power\nLecture: Dialectics of Revolutionary Strategy and Tactics\nAlex Steiner gave a talk at the Locomotiva Cooperative Cafe in Athens, Greece on July 9, 2015, shortly after the historic vote for NO - OXI -in the Referendum of July 5. The event was a huge success attracting a packed audience of about 50 people. The talk was sponsored by the Workers Revolutionary Party of Greece (EEK) and was chaired by Savas Michael-Matsas. A Greek translation of this talk is now available. The translation was first published in the theoretical journal of the EEK, Revolutionary Marxist Review, in the issue of November 2015-February 2016. The translation was the work of Eve Manopoulou.\nLink to English version: --->Dialectics of Revolutionary Strategy and Tactics\nLink to Greek translation: ----> \u0397 \u0394\u03b9\u03b1\u03bb\u03b5\u03ba\u03c4\u03b9\u03ba\u03ae \u03c4\u03b7\u03c2 \u0395\u03c0\u03b1\u03bd\u03b1\u03c3\u03c4\u03b1\u03c4\u03b9\u03ba\u03ae\u03c2 \u03a3\u03c4\u03c1\u03b1\u03c4\u03b7\u03b3\u03b9\u03ba\u03ae\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03a4\u03b1\u03ba\u03c4\u03b9\u03ba\u03ae\u03c2\nSearch Permanent Revolution\nTrump and the train wreck of American liberalism\nTwo essays by Frank Brenner\nPDF of 'Trump and the train wreck of American liberalism'\nPDF of Brenner on Trump -$1\nNew from Permanent Revolution Press\nOXI: Greece at the Crossroads\nSpecial OXI: Greece at the Crossroads bundle\nOrder 'OXI:Greece at the Crossroads' now and get a complimentary copy of 'Crackpot Philosophy and Double-Speak'\nPermanent Revolution Press\nPrint edition of Crackpot Philosophy\nOrder 'Crackpot Philosophy' Now!\nPDF of Crackpot Philosophy\nNow available as a PDF, the polemic Crackpot Philosophy and Double-Speak: A Reply to David North. 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{"text":"Bernie Sanders' awkward Vatican junket\nPeter Weber\nSpencer Platt\/Getty Images\n10 things you need to know today Today's best articles Today's top cartoons The good news newsletter The week's best photojournalism Daily business briefing Daily gossip newsletter Parenting newsletter\nOver the weekend, Sen. Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton both decamped from New York, just days before the Tuesday New York Democratic primary they both view as must-win. Sanders went to the Vatican on Friday to speak about \"moral\" economics at a conference hosted by the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, and Clinton attended a big-money fundraiser at George Clooney's house on Saturday. If you stop reading here, that alone seems to reinforce everything Sanders has been saying about Clinton and her dependence on the almighty dollar.\nThat is certainly the impression the Sanders side of the Democratic nomination brawl wanted to focus on. But like many things in this presidential campaign, if you did a little deeper, things start getting a little weird.\nOn Saturday, outside the Studio City home of a wealthy Sanders backer, a group of Sanders supporters threw 1,000 $1 bills at Clinton's motorcade as she approached Clooney's house for the Clinton-Democratic Party fundraiser. (\"The overwhelming amount of the money that we're raising is not going to Hillary to run for president,\" Clooney told NBC's Meet the Press. \"It's going to the congressmen and senators to try to take back Congress\" \u2014 a claim PolitiFact rated \"mostly true\" \u2014 so they can approve a Supreme Court justice who will \"overturn Citizens United and get this obscene, ridiculous amount of money out so I never have to do a fundraiser again.\")\nOf course, big Hollywood fundraisers are pretty mundane as far as presidential politics go. A quick jaunt to the seat of the Roman Catholic Church isn't. And Sanders' trip to the Vatican was controversial from the moment he announced it.\nFirst, Sanders' political allies expressed confusion about his decision to leave New York for 36 hours when he is trailing Clinton in the polls, all to give a 15-minute speech to a group of people who can't vote for him. \"Some things are more important than politics,\" Sanders campaign manager Jeff Weaver shrugged. \"When you get invited by the Vatican, I think you go.\"\nThen the president of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, Margaret Archer, accused Sanders of inviting himself to the conference for political gain. \"Sanders made the first move, for the obvious reasons,\" she told Bloomberg. \"He may be going for the Catholic vote but this is not the Catholic vote and he should remember that and act accordingly \u2014 not that he will.\" (Archer, who is English, says she \"quite liked\" Sanders' views on helping the poor, but that failing to go through her office was \"a monumental discourtesy.\")\nThe chancellor of the academy, Bishop Marcelo Sanchez Sorondo, then said he had invited Sanders, and papal spokesman Fr. Federico Lombardi clarified that Sanders had been invited \"not by the pope but by the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences.\" Right before the trip, Lombardi said, \"There won't be a meeting with the Holy Father,\" seemingly dashing Sanders' hopes of meeting the pope.\nThe brouhaha over who invited Sanders can be chalked up to murky Vatican intrigue and bureaucratic scuffling. But it's pretty clear that the Vatican did not want Sanders to drag the pope (further) into the 2016 U.S. presidential race. Sanders did not seem to take the hint.\nOn Saturday morning, Sanders did meet the pope, as Francis was on his way out to visit Syrian refugees in Greece. Sanders quickly told The Associated Press that he and his wife \"had an opportunity to meet with him this morning,\" adding, \"It was a real honor for me, for my wife and I to spend some time with him. I think he is one of the extraordinary figures not only in the world today but in modern world history.\" Here's more on how Sanders described the meeting:\nCompare that to how the pope described their meeting to reporters on the flight to Greece:\n\"This morning when I was leaving, Sen. Sanders was there, he had come to the convention,\" the pope said. \"He knew I was leaving at that time and he had the courtesy to greet me. I greeted him, his wife, and another couple who were there and were sleeping in Santa Martha,\" the hostel where Francis also lives. \"When I came down, I greeted him, I shook his hand, and nothing more. This is called good manners and it is not getting involved in politics.... If anyone thinks that greeting someone is getting involved in politics, I recommend that he look for a psychiatrist.\"\nThat's awkward.\nThere is no photograph of the meeting. This pope is generally not camera-shy. Sanders was obviously very excited to have met with a man he greatly admires. But his trumpeting of the meeting does not speak well of his diplomatic skills. Indeed, the entire trip was downright bizarre.\nSet aside the weirdness of Sanders using his campaign funds to charter a 200-seat Boeing 767-300 to fly 8,500 miles to Rome with his family and a small Secret Service detail so he could briefly talk about income inequality and climate change before the Vatican equivalent of a think tank, for a celebration of an encyclical by Pope John Paul II that is critical of socialism and includes favorable nods to market capitalism. Instead, let's look at why Sanders made the trip in the first place. He and his aides are adamant that the journey wasn't motivated by politics or courting Catholic Democrats in the heavily Catholic, delegate-rich northeastern states where Sanders is struggling. Let's take him at his word \u2014 Pope Francis is very popular among liberal Catholics, but more as a moral figure than a celebrity, and certainly not as a campaign prop.\nBut if Sanders isn't trying to touch the political hem of the pope's garment, what then?\nChad C. Pecknold, a theology professor at Catholic University, speculated that Sanders is preparing for whatever role he will play if he doesn't get the nomination. \"Let's say that he is realistic and that his path to the nomination is extremely slim,\" Pecknold told The Washington Post. \"Then he must say, 'Well, what is my role after this campaign?' It seems clear that he is in a position now to highlight his new profile.\"\nOthers note that foreign trips during campaigns are generally supposed to raise a candidate's international profile and make him appear more statesmanlike. Barack Obama visited Israel during his 2008 campaign, and Mitt Romney went to both Israel and Britain in 2012 \u2014 though, of course, those two nations are major U.S. strategic and economic allies, while Vatican City is neither.\nBut the explanation Sanders gives is that the trip was a \"once in a lifetime\" opportunity. \"I am deeply impressed by the commitment of the pope to speak out about economic and social and environmental injustice and I would be kicking myself if I refused this opportunity,\" he told AP. \"I would be kicking myself forever if I did not seize the opportunity,\" he repeated to The Washington Post. That suggests his motivation was \"more fan boy than presidential,\" Sarah Posner says at Rolling Stone.\nSanders is the underdog, and underdogs have to take risks. But presidential campaigns are job auditions. Taking time off before a big deadline to meet a personal hero on company money is nice work if you can get it, as the Gershwins said. But it does leave some questions about how committed you really are to the job.\nMore Perspectives\nJeff Spross\nOf course Davos loves Trump\nMore from Peter Weber\nA brief timeline of the Trump whistleblower saga\n7 lingering questions about Jeffrey Epstein's death\nWhat Trump learned from Hollywood about playing president\nKathryn Krawczyk\nBrendan Morrow","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Twitter Inspires New Online Niche Communities\nIn the past two years Twitter has grown from an online community of big techies to a community that is inclusive of many niche audiences including moms and political junkies. Twitter has also empowered people across the world to use their API as well as launch similar micro blogging sites such as Frazr, the French and German version of Twitter, and Jisko in Spain.\nBy Allyson Kapin 1 minute Read\nJust this past month two new community niche sites Gospelr.com and Twittermoms.com launched and rely heavily on Twitter's technology. Gospelr, a microblogging community for Christians was started by John Saddington in hopes of challenging people to take their faith and broadcast it to the world wide web. The site is growing at approximately 100 users a day and people are using the site to meet other Christians.\n\"Some of the users have expressed that they've been encouraged by the service, and have been able to meet others they would not have ever had the chance to meet,\" said Saddington. \"Some are using it as a digital prayer wall. Others are using it to communicate news and updates about their offline ministries and organizations.\"\nGospelr was built using Twitter's API, as well as Open Source technology, MySQL, and PHP.\nTwittermoms.com, built on Ning, was launched in early September to simply connect with other mom's. \"As a stay at home mom, you sometimes don't get enough grown-up interaction during the day,\" says Founder Megan Calhoun. \"Twitter was great for connecting with people, and I noticed a lot of moms on it \u2013 but no easy way to learn more about them.\"\nIn just three weeks, the site has grown from 4 members to over 1500 moms and over 20,000 unique visitors mostly through word of mouth and a small amount of online advertising. 78% of users on twittermoms.com manage their own blog, and nearly all are connected to followers on Twitter.\nCurrently, Calhoun is working on creating a Twittermoms Holiday Catalog for women to feature their blogs, wares, products, and services in an electronic catalog (with descriptions of 140 characters or less \u2013 like a tweet). The catalog will go live November 1, and will be distributed on the site.\nHow does Calhoun feel about Twittermom's success? \"When moms unite, it's powerful.\"\nAllyson has been named one of \"Top Tech Titans\" by the Washingtonian, one of the Most Influential Women In Tech by Fast Company and one of the top 30 women entrepreneurs to follow on Twitter by Forbes for her leadership role in technology and social media. As Founding Partner of Rad Campaign she leads the firm's client and online strategic services. For over a decade Allyson has helped non-profit organizations and political campaigns create dynamic and award-winning websites and online marketing and recruitment campaigns","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Bowers & Wilkins updated its Pi7 and Pi5 earbuds with better battery life\nThe company also improved Bluetooth range and added new colors.\nBilly Steele\n\u00b7Senior News Editor\nPi7 S2 (Bowers & Wilkins)\nBowers & Wilkins debuted its first true wireless earbuds in the spring of 2021. In fact, it announced two models at that time: the Pi7 and Pi5. Today, the company revealed updated versions for both which will carry the S2 label Bowers & Wilkins typically uses for retooled but not entirely brand new products. While the Pi7 S2 and Pi5 S2 aren't rebuilt from the ground up, there are still some notable upgrades to both.\nThe Pi7 S2 and Pi5 S2 now both offer five hours of battery life on a charge. That's up from four hours on the Pi7 and Pi5. A 15-minute quick-charge feature still gives you two hours of use and the included cases carry an additional 16 hours for the Pi7 S2 and 19 hours for the Pi5 S2. Both still have wireless charging capabilities, though the case for the Pi7 S2 is equipped with Wireless Audio Retransmission. Like it did for the Pi7, the case can connect to can external audio source \u2014 like in-flight entertainment \u2014 and wirelessly send sound to the earbuds. This isn't novel to Bowers & Wilkins earbuds, but it is a handy feature nonetheless. Bowers & Wilkins says it also updated the antenna design on the Pi7 and Pi5 to increase Bluetooth range up to 25 meters.\nThe key difference between the two models is audio quality. The Pi7 S2 supports aptX Adaptive with 24-bit\/48kHz streaming from compatible devices and services. 9.2mm balanced armature dynamic drivers are paired with Bowers & Wilkins' digital signal processing tech for higher quality audio that what the Pi5 offers with CD-quality sound and regular aptX. The Pi7 S2 also packs one additional microphone per earbud which should make it the preferred option for calls. And while both feature active noise cancellation (ANC), the Pi7 S2 has an adaptive setup that automatically monitors your surroundings to adjust the audio as needed for \"the best possible, uninterrupted listening experience.\"\nBoth the Pi7 S2 and Pi5 S2 are available starting today, replacing the Pi7 and Pi5. The $399 Pi7 S2 comes in black, white and dark blue color options while the $299 Pi5 S2 offers light grey, dark grey and purple. A green version of the Pi5 S2 is slated to arrive later this spring.\nPi5 S2\nAussie reporter breaks down in tears on live TV: 'You don't care'\nThe reporter is hopeful the attention his area is getting will lead to meaningful, longterm change. Find out more here.\nNSW parties vow domestic violence support\nNSW domestic violence victims will have easier access to housing through concessions on stamp duty and rental bond loans if the Perrottet government is re-elected.At the same time, Labor has pledged to build a domestic violence support centre in Sydney's southwest for migrant and refugee women.\nLeadership challenge on for WA Liberals\nThe decision by Western Australia's opposition leader to stand down has prompted one of the state's two Liberal MPs in the lower house to challenge for the party leadership.WA opposition leader Mia Davies announced her resignation on Friday, saying she didn't have enough \"fuel left in the tank\" to go on.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"The quantum ohm comes from PTB\n(Nanowerk News) With its new molecular beam epitaxy facility, PTB continues to be the only metrology institute to produce primary quantum Hall effect resistance standards.\nFor a long time, the electrical units are feeling at home in the quantum world. In the endeavour to trace the entire International System of Units (SI) back to natural constants, they have long been in the lead \u2013 because, among other things, the resistance can be realized with the aid of the quantum Hall effect. The Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) is the only metrology institute worldwide that can produce the respective primary standards. So that this would still be the case after the purchase of a more modern molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) facility, the scientists had to come up with some tricks.\nThe new facility is to primarily serve for single-electron tunnelling research \u2013 and thus, for instance, for the question of whether also the unit of current ampere can be traced back to natural constants. At first it seemed less suited to the quantum ohm. But by means of the specific alteration of the growth parameters and the layer structure of the crystals, PTB scientists succeeded in the feat of making the facility equally fit for both tasks. Thus, PTB was able to safeguard its competence to also in future be able to produce its own quantum resistance standards.\nThe new molecular beam epitaxy facility in vertical design. Especially noticeable is the large flange-mounted cryogenic pump on the right which is responsible for the extremely good vacuum. The huge dimension of this pump can be seen in comparison to a \"normal\" cryogenic pump which is flange-mounted on the left and serves here only as a replacement pump.\nSince 1990, the unit of resistance \"ohm\" has been traced back to a natural constant, i.e. the von Klitzing constant RK. Five years before, its discoverer of the same name had been awarded the Nobel Prize, because he had found out that a phenomenon already observed before (i.e. steps of constant voltage which are generated at low temperatures and strong magnetic fields vertical to a current) does not depend on a material property or the magnetic field strength, but only on the natural constants \"Planck's constant\" h and \"elementary charge\" e. The ratio h\/e2 was given the name \"von Klitzing constant\" and became the universal reference quantity for resistance measurements which can be exactly reproduced anywhere in the world - provided that the suitable technique and sufficient know-how are available.\nThe required precision measurements are rather sophisticated, as they must be performed at low temperatures of 1.4 K (also \u2013 272 \u00b0C) and very high magnetic fields of 10 T. At PTB, the value of the von Klitzing constant can be measured up to a relative measurement uncertainty of \u00b1 2 \u00b7 10\u20139, i.e. exact to nine decimals, and serves in practice for the calibration of test resistances. Starting point for these calibrations are quantum Hall primary standards which have so far been prepared at PTB in an older conventional molecular beam epitaxy(MBE) facility.\nDecisive for the properties which a quantum Hall standard will have later is a so-called two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG), an ultra-thin (only approx. 10 nm in width) conducting layer in a semi-conductor layer structure of GaAs and AlGaAs. The density of the electrons must have a specific value and their mobility must not be too high. These parameters are already determined during the GaAs crystal growth - and this has for years already been successfully performed in the facility used so far.\nWhen PTB bought a new MBE facility especially for highly mobile electron systems for additional research tasks - among other things for single electron tunneling - the question arose whether a fundamental problem could be overcome. With the facility, electron mobilities of more than 10 million cm\u00b2\/Vs can be achieved and there are almost no residual impurities any more which impede the flow of the electrons. Up to now, it has not been possible to simultaneously generate low-mobility samples in such a facility.\nFor the investigation, quantum Hall resistances were generated in the new MBE facility at modified growth conditions: at lower temperatures and with a much smaller distance between the electron gas and the doped layer. This leads to a lower mobility without additional impurities. The values of these quantum Hall resistances were compared with the best quantum Hall standard of PTB from the conventional MBE facility. The result of the precision measurements is rather impressive, because the resistance values of the two samples agree within the excellent measurement uncertainty of \u00b1 2 \u00b7 10\u20139.\nThe new MBE facility is, thus, regarded as validated and the supply of PTB with quantum Hall standards has been put on a wider basis. The results will be presented at the forthcoming international conference for electro-magnetic precision measurements (CPEM) which will take place from June 13 to 18, 2010, in Daejeon\/ Korea.\nSource: PTB","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Don't knock tsunami response | The Honolulu Advertiser | Hawaii's Newspaper\nDon't knock tsunami response\nBy David Shapiro\nIt's incredible that there are even smatterings of criticism in the community about the emergency response to last month's mini-tsunami.\nNow that the costs have come in for scrambling Civil Defense teams on a weekend \ufffd more than $760,000 in the four counties alone \ufffd there's grousing that the mobilization unnecessarily inconvenienced coastal residents who had to evacuate and was unduly expensive for the state and counties as they struggle to balance their budgets.\nIt was initially estimated that the tsunami generated from an earthquake in Chile could bring waves as high as 8 feet to Hawai'i, but it ended up doing little more than roiling the water in Hilo and Kahului harbors.\nThe thing is, that roiling was pretty powerful for those who saw video of it, and it wasn't difficult to imagine the damage it could have done if waves had come in at the size predicted or bigger.\nTsunami tracking is as much an art as a science, with all kinds of wild cards depending on the direction the wave comes from and the angle it hits land.\nThis was a real event and the response was appropriate; we're never going to be certain about the size of a tsunami in advance and it's always better to be safe than sorry.\nCivil Defense is a core public safety function where we can't cut corners. Instead of grumbling about unavoidable costs, we should be grateful that state and county agencies, as well as the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, performed so efficiently in keeping residents informed and getting us out of harm's way.\nWe only have to remember the 61 dead in the 1960 Hilo tsunami to remind ourselves of the real cost of being caught unprepared.\nTsunami forecasters get it from both sides. In the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami that killed nearly 230,000 people, they were harshly criticized for not sounding enough of an alarm.\nScientists refine their accuracy with data they gather from each event like this one and have advanced light years from my teen years in Hilo, when we had to evacuate virtually every time there was a big earthquake anywhere in the Pacific basin. But they'll never get to 100 percent accuracy because of the many variables in a very big ocean.\nThis was a time when government worked. Some citizens could reduce their own inconvenience by not taking every Civil Defense siren as a signal to rush out and buy enough Charmin to freshen half the bears in Yellowstone.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"News World Trump says he never asked ambassador to bring British Open to his...\nTrump says he never asked ambassador to bring British Open to his golf course\nFILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump holds a meeting on \"opportunity zones\" in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., May 18, 2020. REUTERS\/Leah Millis\/File Photo\nU.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday denied reports in U.S. media that he had asked the U.S. Ambassador in Britain Woody Johnson to try to bring the British Open to his Golf resort in Turnberry, Scotland.\n\"I read a story about it today, and I \u2026 never spoke to Woody Johnson about doing that, no,\" Trump told reporters at the White House.\n(More to follow)\nBy Annie Charalambous\nPrevious articleWorldwide coronavirus cases cross 15.01 million\nNext articleTalks of Cyprus, French presidents to focus on Turkey's provocations","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Flash Fiction Magazine\nDaily Flash Fiction Stories\nDownload Free Book\nFlash Fiction Masters\nBy Paul Negri\nOn vacation, Joe took Ellen and their little son Jackie on a private excursion to swim with the manatees. It was expensive, but Joe had had a good year selling industrial plastic wrap to companies in South America. The tour guide said that, at four years old, Jackie was at the perfect age to bond with nature, and there was nothing like a hands-on adventure with one of God's most lovable creatures to do that.\nThey went out on a boat, just the three of them and the guide, and waited in a shallow, sheltered bay, a secret place, the guide said, that was known only to him and the manatees. Out on the deck, they sat and waited for the manatees to arrive. Jackie said he wanted to go home, and Joe promised to buy him a toy if he would be a good boy and wait patiently, and not bother his mother. The guide showed Jackie how to tie sailor's knots, including one that looked just like a cross and that he could wear around his neck. But Jackie did not want to put a rope around his neck. After a while, just as Jackie was falling asleep, the manatees appeared. The guide put Joe and Ellen and Jackie in life vests and gave them face masks\u2014the small one for Jackie was yellow and shaped like a shark's open mouth\u2014and helped them off the rear platform of the boat and into the clear, still water.\nAlthough the guide told them the manatees were perfectly safe\u2014gentle giants, he called them\u2014Jackie was afraid of them. Ellen too seemed uneasy. She said they looked like giant embryos from another planet. Joe tried to see them as cute and friendly, but found their gray, lumpy bodies hardly bodies at all, repulsive.\nThe guide told them they could touch the manatees only if the manatees approached them, and then they could touch them with only one hand. It was a rule for the manatees' safety. Jackie clung to Ellen and averted his eyes. One of the manatees kept circling around and looking with his tiny pinpoint eyes into Jackie's face. Joe took Jackie's hand and held it out until the manatee came close and touched it with his nose. Joe was almost glad when Jackie became hysterical and they had to cut the activity short.\nStill, he told Jackie there was nothing to fear and, back in the gift shop of the marina, bought him a toy as promised\u2014a big manatee plush toy half as big as Jackie himself\u2014to sleep with.\nBack home, the toy gave Jackie nightmares. Ellen said they had to get rid of it. Joe told Ellen that was ridiculous. First of all, he maintained, there was nothing to fear. And secondly, if Jackie was afraid, he needed to get over it. He was a boy, after all. And, Joe added, as far as he was concerned, Ellen, who was plainly afraid of the manatees herself, had set a very bad example for their son. Ellen glared at Joe. She took the toy, wrapped it in a plastic trash bag, and took it outside to the trash bin.\nThat night, Joe lay restless in bed, and sometime before dawn, resentment still simmering in him, he got quietly out of bed and, his feet bare, went outside to the trash bin. He retrieved the toy, went to Jackie's room, and gently placed it next to the sleeping child. Jackie would be surprised to see it, Joe thought. It would be like magic and Jackie would love it.\nThe next morning, Ellen woke first. She poked Joe until he too was awake. She told him it was now she who was having nightmares. Joe told her to stop being a child, turned over, yawned, and tried to go back to sleep, but Ellen insisted he get up. Then he remembered how he had returned the plush toy to Jackie's bed. He did indeed want to go and check the bedroom, anticipating the look on Ellen's face. They tiptoed to the bedroom and slowly opened the door.\nEllen screamed and covered her eyes. Joe fell back against the wall. The manatee was fat and bloated. Jackie was gone.\nwolf says\nI believe manatees are only vegetarians, but the idea of that plush toy keeping fear alive is a great premise, like evil and the devil, but in this story the fear is a cute manatee rather than Jaws. I hope the boy is just under the bed pranking his parents, right Paul? cool story\nPaul Negri says\nThanks, Wolf. I'm afraid Jackie is now truly bonded with the manatee, in a rather alimentary sense. Glad you liked this little piece.\nCathy Cade says\nTake a pair of scissors to it. Good premise \u2013 some of those big toys are scary. (And dads always know best, dont they?)\nSometimes dads are dummies\u2013rather like stuffed toys. Glad you liked this.\nPaul Smith says\nNice twist at the end. I didn't see it coming.\nThanks, Paul. I've been writing some horror stuff lately and the endings are always the hardest part to do well. Glad this worked for you.\nReally good premise and you had great tension. I had a clear picture of Ellen and Joe.\nHard to do in 1000 words.\nNice job Paul\nThanks, Kirk. I do find the 1K word limit a challenge. I've written stories as long as 12K words, my average is about 6K. The flash stories force me to get down to essentials.\nIt's a real challenge to get the essence down in 1,000 words. Great job Paul and thanks for a fun read.\nThanks, Art. Part of the fun is the challenge.\nSearch Authors and Stories","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"receive the next issue\nWant to hear about what lwsf is doing in your school community?\n\u200bSign up for an Impact Update!\nPlenty to be thankful for at lwsf\nWhat are you thankful for?\nHere at LWSF, we're thankful for the generosity of our donors who make the programs that we fund possible. We're thankful for the compassion of the volunteers who give their time to help children. And we're thankful for the hard work and dedication of the staff, teachers, and administration in the LWSD.\nTogether, we're helping our students succeed in and out of the class room. In this issue of the Impact Update, we're highlighting a few more opportunities for you to get involved.\nRight now, we're seeking Ambassadors to help us share LWSF's events and programs with every school in the district. It's a fun gig that doesn't require a ton of time, but brings a lot of benefit to your school. Interested? Join us at our Ambassador Information Tea tomorrow, Friday, November 8, from 9:30-10:30 at the LWSD Resource Center. If you can't it tomorrow, we'll be hosting another one before the end of the year. Email Katy for more info.\nWe're also hosting another free Find Your Fit college workshop on November 28. Spaces are still available, but reserve your seat today. These popular workshops always fill up.\nDo you have an extra hour each week to be a mentor to a local student? LINKS is LWSD's one-on-one youth mentoring program, and they're holding training sessions for prospective adult volunteers throughout the remainder of the year. Email Victoria Goetze-Nelson for more information.\nCan't be there in person? Is there room in your budget to support someone who can? If you haven't already, please consider donating to our Be the Difference campaign to support LINKS youth mentoring in LWSD this November. We just posted several video interviews with current LINKS volunteers to our website--trust me, if you want to see something heartwarming today, you'll want to check them out.\nBut do it soon: the Be the Difference campaign ends before the turkeys hit the oven!\nLarry Wright\nP.S. We are excited to report that we received $2,743 from the new Whole Foods in Kirkland as a result of our 5% Community Giving Day on October 18! We loved greeting customers and meeting supporters in person at the new Whole Foods store in the revitalized Totem Lake area.\nThank you to Whole Foods and to everyone who supported us with their shopping list on our big day!\nHOW CAN YOU BE THE DIFFERENCE FOR\n\u200bA LOCAL KID?\n\u200b\"I volunteer because I know that spending just an hour a week to talk to my little buddy about his day can make an impact that lasts a lifetime.\" -- LINKS volunteer Davin Alsin\nRedmond, WA, November 5, 2018 \u2013 At first, it might not seem like meeting with a local student for lunch once a week can make that much of a difference. \"From the get-go, my Lunch Buddy and I would do crafts together,\" recalled local resident Laura Spencer, who volunteers as a weekly LINKS mentor at Juanita Elementary School. \"We'd sit there quietly and do crafts and we wouldn't talk much. And then after a couple weeks...\" \u200b\nWE'RE LOOKING FOR A FEW GOOD FRIENDS \u200b\nWant to help your school take advantage of the programs and resources offered by LWSF? Could you share LWSF news and events with your school? Not 100% about what an \"LWSF Ambassador\" does?\nJoin us at an upcoming Ambassador Information Tea! These casual events help you learn more about the role of school ambassador and give us the chance to get to know YOU!\nWhat: LWSF Ambassador Information Tea\nWhen: November 8, 2018 from 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM\nWhere: LWSD Resource Center\nCan't make that one? Email Katy to be put on the list for the next one!\nFIND YOUR FIT WITH OUR FREE COLLEGE WORKSHOPS! \u200b\nDoes your high school student need a little College 101? Join Mary Pat O'Neil of True Fit College Counseling at a free interactive workshop that will not only help students and their families understand the steps involved in applying to college, but also how to find the perfect college fit.\nWhen: November 28, 2018 6pm-8pm\nSpaces are limited, secure your spot today!\nCLICK TO RESERVE A SEAT!\nFALL ISSUE OF CROSSINGS MAGAZINE\n\u200bAVAILABLE NOW! \u200b\n\u200bNew to the area? Wondering what \"Choice Schools\" and \"Skyward\" and \"PowerSchool Learning\" are? Check out the Fall issue of LWSF's Crossings magazine (available in English and Spanish), and be sure to join the conversation online on our Spanish Crossings Facebook page. Paper copies of our magazine are also being distributed directly to students engaged in English-learner programs in LWSD.\nTopics covered in our newest issue:\nYear-by-year checklist for high school students who want to attend college\nHow to load up your student's school lunch account, report an absence, and check grades\nExplaining LWSD's Choice School Program\nread crossings magazine!\nGIVE BACK WITH AMAZON THIS HOLIDAY SEASON \u200b\n\u200bAMAZON SMILE\u200b\nBefore you head into your holiday shopping, take a moment to set Lake Washington Schools Foundation as your Amazon Smile beneficiary, and Amazon will donate 0.5% of your purchase price to LWSF.\nset lwsf as your amazon smile charity!\n\u200bPANTRY PACKS AMAZON WISH LIST\u200b\nEver need just one more item to fill your Amazon cart before you can add that \"add-on\" item to your cart? Want an easy way to donate food to Pantry Packs? Bookmark the Pantry Packs Amazon Wishlist!\npantry packs wish list!\nFall at the foundation means...\nApples are ripening, you need your heavier coat, and traffic is snarled (worse than usual). Welcome back to fall in the Northwest!\nWe love this season here at the Lake Washington Schools Foundation because we get to run our annual campaign to help kids Start Strong. A hearty thank-you to the compassionate donors who helped us raise $40,000 for programs to benefit children in our schools. (Did you want to give to this campaign or share the link with someone who might? Click here).\nThe Start Strong campaign benefits programs like Pantry Packs, our volunteer-run weekend food program that undertook a big move to a new storage facility off Willows Road over the summer. Want to get involved? Check out our Pantry Packs information page, especially the links at the bottom of the page. You'll find everything you need to run a food drive, volunteer at a packing party, or get your child signed up to receive a pack.\nHave you submitted your charitable contributions to your employer for a match? Many local employers match employees' charitable contributions dollar-for-dollar. Ask your human resource or employee services manager for details on how to submit your donation for a match. Let me know if you need a fresh receipt for your last donation to LWSF.\nFinally, I want to send a special thanks to Darrin Helfrecht, Director of Nutrition Services for the Lake Washington School District through Sodexo, who volunteers his time to write (and win!) grants for Pantry Packs. Three cheers for Darrin!\nP.S. Cookies for Kids is back! Chick-fil-A Totem Lake is donating $0.25 to LWSF for every Chocolate Chunk cookie sold at their location in October. Buy a treat for yourself or take a whole platter home this month from Chick-fil-A Totem Lake (12026 NE 124th St Kirkland WA 98034). \u200b\nSave your shopping list! LWSF's 5% day at whole foods kirkland is October 18.\u200b\n\u200bThanks to the generosity of the Whole Foods philanthropic team, LWSF will receive 5% of net sales processed at their new Kirkland location on October 18. This amounts to several thousand dollars in a single day, and it's truly one of the easiest ways to make a donation to LWSF...just show up and shop!\nWhat: Community Giving Day, 5% of all proceeds benefit LWSF\nWhen: Thursday, October 18, 2018\nWhere: Whole Foods Kirkland, 12501 120th Ave NE, Kirkland, WA 98034\nLWSF RAISES $40,000 IN START STRONG CAMPAIGN \u200b\nRunning a fundraising campaign in the first month of school is a tradition for the Lake Washington Schools Foundation. Raising $40,000 in a month almost entirely on an email-based community donations campaign, though, isn't an easy task for a small non-profit.\n\"Without this funding, we can't run our programs. Thankfully, our community has extraordinary compassion for kids in need,\" notes Lake Washington Schools Foundation Executive Director Dr. Larry Wright. \"When we tell people what we're doing for children right here in the Lake Washington School District, most people want to help.\"\nFIND YOUR FIT WITH OUR FREE COLLE\u200bGE WORKSHOPS!\u200b\n\u200bDoes your senior need help with her college application essay? Join Mary Pat O'Neil of True Fit College Counseling at a free workshop designed to help high school seniors craft a personal and compelling college application essay.\nWhen: October 10, 2018 6:30pm-8pm\nWhen: October 17, 2018 1:00pm-2:30pm\nWhere: Redmond High School Library\nSpaces are limited, so reserve your seat today!\nWE'RE LOOKING FOR A FEW GOOD FRIENDS.\nWant to help your school take advantage of the programs and resources offered by LWSF? Consider signing up to be your school's LWSF Ambassador. We'll send you monthly updates that you can forward to your PTSA and school communications liaisons, flyers you can post on your school's message boards, and other opportunities and campaigns for you to share with parents and teachers.\nEmail katy@lwsf.org for more information!\nA $350,000 Investment in our children's future...\nAs we head into summer and look back upon an incredible year, we consider with gratitude the hundreds of compassionate people who donated funding, time, and social support to help the Lake Washington Schools Foundation create opportunities for student success.\nFor all you've done for students, thank you. We simply cannot do this work without your help.\nIn this Impact Update, you'll find details on our commitment to invest more than $350,000 in our schools next year, be introduced to our $10,000 college scholarship recipients, and learn the results of our spring FAN campaign to benefit summer school scholarships.\nI hope you enjoy your summer. Let's talk again in August about how we can best support students, teachers and families. Together, we truly can give every child in the Lake Washington School District the opportunity to flourish.\nP.S. Our summer Find Your Fit workshops covering college applications and application essays are full. We see that families want more of these free events, and we'll try to get a few more on the calendar. Want to be the first to know if we do? Follow us on Facebook or\nTwitter. \u200b\u200b\nLwsf in the news\u200b\nFoundation invests more than $350,000 in schools\n\u200bLake Washington Schools Foundation support ranges from classroom grants to district-wide programs.\n\u200bKirkland Reporter, June 21, 2018\nIt was a red-letter day in local schools as the Lake Washington Schools Foundation announced its grant recipients for the 2018\/2019 school year.\nThe Lake Washington Schools Foundation has pledged more than $350,000 in classrooms grants and district-wide programming funding to support students, families, and teachers in the coming academic year.\n\u200b$37,500 in scholarships awarded to\n\u200blocal students \u200b\nOutstanding character and achievement earn post-secondary funding for local students.\n\u200bRedmond Reporter, June 18, 2018\nLake Washington PTSA Council and Lake Washington Schools Foundation have announced a combined total of $37,500 in scholarship awards to sixteen local students.\nThrough a joint application process that received more than one hundred applications and required more than thirty community readers, the LWPTSA Council conferred fourteen individual $1,250 student scholarships in the categories of merit, education and perseverance. The LWPTSA Council bestowed an additional $500 each to exceptional teachers Eleanor Jones at Thoreau Elementary and Steve Okun at Redmond High School.\n\u200bSummer school scholarship campaign a resounding success! \u200b\n\u200bWhen we heard that the LWSD was expanding its summer school catalog, we knew we had to make sure every kid had the chance to attend--money shouldn't be a barrier to educational opportunity. So this spring, we ran a community Fund-A-Need campaign that gathered more than $15,000 in donations to sponsor every kid who applied for need-based summer school scholarships.\n\"This scholarship campaign has made an incredible difference for kids,\" wrote Heather S\u00e1nchez, LWSD director of Accelerated Programs, Choice and Innovation. \"These scholarships enable the students to participate in Jr. DigiPen courses, STEM, Drama and Integrated Art\/Writing Camps and a wide variety of core academic courses. These students will experience academic support and unique enrichment opportunities this summer. We are so thankful to the Foundation and all the individual donors for making this a special summer for kids.\"\nThank you to everyone who donated to this incredible grassroots campaign. It isn't often that you get to say you sponsored every kid who needed a scholarship--but this year, you did!\nNickels, summer school, and a kite...\nSpring may be a break for some, but it's one of the Foundation's busiest seasons.\nThanks to everyone who helped our March benefit luncheon raise more than $210,000. If you donated and your employer offers matching gifts, don't forget to submit your donation for a match. Just this week we received nearly $3,000 in corporate matches for the spring lunch.\nMarch also marked the deadline for our Reach for Success grant applications. The evaluation process is underway and we'll be notifying applicants of their status by the end of the school year.\nDid you miss the application deadline? Keep in mind that we occasionally make off-cycle grants. Last week, in fact, we awarded $1,000 to Juanita High School to help with fees for students taking Cambridge exams.\nReducing financial obstacles to educational opportunities is a priority for us. If you agree, you'll be interested in our new FAN campaign to sponsor need-based summer school scholarships in the LWSD. With the district's newly expanded programming options, summer school really is for everyone. With the community's support, we'll make sure that finances are no barrier to participation.\nWe're also helping local students pay for college. In a couple of days, we'll be announcing the deserving recipients of two $10,000 LWSF college scholarships. Follow us on Facebook or Twitter to hear the announcement when it happens.\nWe're committed to ensuring that all kids in the LWSD achieve their full potential. With your support, we'll continue to help students achieve success in and out of the classroom.\n\u200bLarry Wright\nP.S. I'm leading a Youth Mental Health First Aid seminar on May 24 and 25 at Juanita High School. Youth Mental Health First Aid USA is an 8-hour public education program which introduces participants to the unique risk factors and warning signs of mental health problems in adolescents, builds understanding of the importance of early intervention, and teaches individuals how to help an adolescent in crisis or experiencing a mental health challenge.\nRight now, this class is for teachers and staff, but space may be available for other community members. If there's enough interest, we could add another session. Let me know if you're interested.\nLake Washington Schools Foundation luncheon focuses on 'bridging gaps'\nFoundation aims to bring equal opportunities to students from all income levels.\n\u200bby Nicole Jennings, Redmond Reporter\n\u200bPoverty. Hunger. Homelessness.\nThese are not words that one normally associates with Eastside schools, but the Lake Washington Schools Foundation's annual benefit luncheon on March 27, attended by 400 people, drew attention to the population of Lake Washington School District students who come from families struggling to make ends meet.\nSummer school is for every kid.\nSummer school in the Lake Washington School District is expanding! Now, along with opportunities to re-learn previously taught content, students can undertake accelerated coursework and engage in enriching experiences. From STEM and drama camps, integrated art\/writing, and sustainable design, to multiple Jr. DigiPen courses (including game design, art and animation, music and sound design, and fictional worldbuilding) there's something to interest every kid.\nBut not every kid can afford to go.\nThat's why the Lake Washington Schools Foundation is sponsoring need-based scholarships for summer school. With your help, we'll raise $12,000 this May and secure summer school opportunities for students who would otherwise be unable to attend.\nSponsor a student, register for summer school, or apply for a scholarship:\n\u200bEvery nickel makes a difference...especially when you have 14,000 nickels.\nIt all adds up. When you bring your reusable shopping bags to your local Whole Foods, you have the opportunity to donate a $.05 per bag credit to a local non-profit. We were honored to be one of the options at Whole Foods Redmond for the first quarter of 2018.\nWe weren't sure what to hope for, but more than 14,000 reusable bags were used at the Whole Foods Redmond in just three months, raising more than $700 for LWSF! We're astonished and grateful to everyone who not only donated their credit to the Foundation but remembered to bring their bags (sometimes, that's half the battle).\nSpecial thanks also to the dedicated team at Whole Foods Redmond, who continually think of innovative ways to support our mission. We're lucky to have their partnership.\nFINAL WEEK of the Kite Stem Challenge!\nHave you heard the excitement surrounding the KITE STEM Challenge? We've teamed up with Google and Kirkland Parks Foundation to encourage students in the LWSD to use their STEM skills outside of the classroom by answering STEM questions via an iOS or Android app. Not only can you win money for your school but there are prizes available each week for participating students.\nIt's not too late to participate in the challenge, so what are you waiting for? Download the app, have some fun outdoors while winning prizes for your school and your student! But hurry, the competition ends May 13 with an awards ceremony at Google Kirkland on May 23!\nKids are changing the world...\nThese beautiful spring days have us here at LWSF feeling invigorated and inspired--just in time for our annual benefit luncheon on Tuesday, March 27. If you haven't already registered, please take a moment to reserve your seat. We'll welcome keynote speaker Lt. Governor Cyrus Habib and an array of local heroes who are making a difference in our community. I hope to see you there.\nI'm delighted to share this third issue of the Impact Update (see past issues here). Read on for the inspiring origin story of the Girl Power group, as well as news and events to help you get involved and make a difference.\nDid you recently donate to LWSF? We've been honored by our community's generosity this year. In January, our FAN campaign to fund music arts in schools met with enthusiasm, raising over $5000. And for Valentine's Day, LWSF helped parents and students to send messages of appreciation to 114 teachers in our schools.\nTogether, we can help all students in the LWSD achieve success in and out of the classroom.\nP.S. Don't forget to reserve your seat at our March 27 luncheon!\n\u200bRemember, this is our only spring benefit this year, and we're limited by the Marriott Redmond Town Center to 400 attendees. We have about 100 seats left but we do expect to hit capacity and close to registrations soon. Register today! I'd hate for you to miss your opportunity to be a part of this joyful community event.\n\"It's about students making a difference; children helping children.\"\n\u200bWe were excited to interview Carrie Steedly, a facilitator of the group known as Girl Power. Girl Power is a part of the WE organization that started over 20 years ago with two Canadian brothers wanting to empower local youth and encourage them to make a difference in their community and abroad.\nThe WE Girl Power group consists of a few parent leaders, however, the girls do the vast majority of the work. They started out as a girl scout troop which then grew into Girl Power, consisting of 10 middle school students and one high school student. These WE service groups are given the opportunity to support a cause at a local and global level. For their global cause, they sell rafikis which are beaded bracelets created by women in Kenya known as \"mamas\". These Rafikis are sold for $10 where $5 goes to the \"mamas\" to benefit their families and livelihood, and the second $5 (chosen by the group) was to support education in India.\nAs for the local cause, the girls chose a program very close to home...\nReach for Success grant applications are due Monday, March 19!\u200b\n\u200bKnow about a great school program or project that could use funding? Take the weekend to fill out a Reach for Success (RFS) grant application! Applications are due by 5 PM on Monday, March 19. These grants fund creative educational initiatives that enhance or expand Lake Washington School District's curriculum. With awards up to $3,000, proposed projects may benefit an individual classroom, a specific grade level, or an entire school.\nTake the KITE STEM Challenge!\nLWSF is proud to co-sponsor the KITE STEM Challenge, a Google-sponsored challenge between Lake Washington School District schools to encourage students to use their STEM knowledge outside of the classroom. The challenge begins on April 23, 2018 and runs for three weeks, during which students will have the opportunity to answer STEM-related questions to earn entries towards winning up to $10,000 for STEM programming at their schools. Students who answer questions on the app while in a geofenced Kirkland park will earn additional entries.\nThe challenge runs from April 23, 2018 through May 13, 2018, with an awards ceremony at Google Kirkland on May 23, 2018.\nIntroducing Crossings Magazine!\n\u200bLWSF has partnered with Tableau Software Foundation and Cultural Nexus to create a bi-lingual magazine for families in the Lake Washington School District. This English\/Spanish magazine shares information about community events and provides updates on what's happening in the Lake Washington School District.\nThe very first publication will arrive soon at all LWSD schools. Have any questions? Want to tell us about an educational opportunity? Email us today or connect with us on Facebook.\nA Mother and a daughter making a difference...\nI hope you had a peaceful and merry holiday season.\nHere at the Foundation, 2017 finished with grace and generosity, as supporters like you gave nearly $2,800 in our Zero Balance campaign to erase school lunch debt.\nWe've hit the ground running in 2018. With upcoming Reach for Success grants to benefit classrooms, our new FAN campaign to fund music arts in schools, and a Find Your Fit presentation LWTech on January 31, we're finding more ways to help you bridge the gaps between what our students have and what they need to succeed.\nIn this second issue of the Impact Update, I'm excited to share with you the moving story of Kim and Bailey, a mother and daughter who are making a difference in our community. Read on to learn about our upcoming events and campaigns, and don't forget to register to attend our annual spring benefit luncheon.\nPlease note that we're hosting just one spring event this year--a luncheon at the Redmond Marriott on Tuesday, March 27. Lt. Governor Cyrus Habib is our keynote speaker and Juanita High School student Grace Harrington returns as an MC. It promises to be an inspiring afternoon. I hope to see you there.\n\u200bLarry Wright, PhD\np.s. bring your bags!\nAn easy way to give: use your reusable shopping bags when buying groceries at Whole Foods Redmond and tell them to donate your five-cent credit (per bag) to the Lake Washington Schools Foundation. We're one of two selected recipients this quarter. Program runs through March 31, so remember your bags--and tell them to \"Give it to LWSF!\" \u200b\nWhole Foods Redmond is located at 17991 Ne Redmond Way, Redmond, WA 98052.\n\"mOM, I THINK MY FRIEND IS HOMELESS.\"\nBy Elizabeth Russell\nBailey, then just a little girl, spoke out of the blue. Her mother, Kim, replied, \"What do you mean?\"\n\"I think they're sleeping in their car. Mom, do you think they can stay at our house sometimes, just so that they can have breath?\"\nKim didn't hesitate. \"Of course they can come over and stay with us, and get breath.\"\n\"Breath\" is a bit of shorthand between mother and daughter. In their household, \"breath\" can describe a space where one can manage some of life's obstacles. Kim says that sometimes it's about \"finding your breath for a moment, and that will help you navigate whatever is overwhelming you.\"\nread the rest of their inspiring story!\nWHEN IT COMES TO YOUR CHILDREN, YOU CAN DO BETTER THAN DUCT TAPE.\nsupport music arts now!\nLake Washington School District music programs win awards and enrich our children's lives. So when the school district let us know that our high and middle schools needed nearly $300,000 in instruments in the next five years, we knew you'd want to help.\n\u200bBecome a \"FAN\" and fund-a-need for music arts in local schools. Direct your support to the school or learning community of your choice, or make a general donation to support LWSD's circulating instrument library.\n\u200bIt's hard enough for a child to play a tuba. Let's make sure it isn't duct-taped.\n\u200bLearn more about the need in your area...\u200b\nregister now for local college presentation on January 31, 2018\nLake Washington Schools Foundation is pleased to partner with Lake Washington Institute of Technology to present the next step in its \"Find Your Fit\" series. Free and open to all Lake Washington School District families, this presentation and Q&A session (with tours available after) will introduce the array of workforce-ready programs available at this vibrant local college.\nGet ready to think outside of the classic college box at this exciting presentation. Sign up today and arrive on time for a free chicken sandwich; this event will fill up! \u200b\nreach for success with\n\u200bclassroom grants \u200bup to $3000\nDo you know a teacher, school club, or other school-associated need that could benefit from a little extra funding? Lake Washington Schools Foundation funds innovative educational programs that enhance or expand district curriculum, support a school's goals, and are in line with the Foundation's mission to support academic excellence and success for all district students. A grant application can be written up to a $3,000 maximum request per project, and applications will be available on the LWSF website the last week of January.\nNeed help with your Reach for Success application? Have questions about the program? Visit our information page for grant guidelines, frequently asked questions, and more.\u200b\nreserve your seat at our annual benefit luncheon on march 27, 2018\nreserve your seat today!\nSign up today to engage with like-minded community members and be inspired by remarkable speakers while enjoying a delicious luncheon at the Marriott Redmond Town Center.\nThis year, we're honored to welcome Lt. Governor Cyrus Habib as our guest speaker and the fabulous Grace Harrington has agreed to return as a student MC...with a little co-hosting help from KOMO meteorologist and Redmond High School alumna Shannon O'Donnell. Hear from an inspiring group of everyday philanthropists and learn just what it takes to build a bridge in our community.\nEmail us now to become a Table Captain or Corporate Sponsor. Only a few tables are left. \u200b\nAnd remember\u2e3ajust one spring event this year!\nDid you hear about this hero fourth-grader?\nIt's Pantry Packs day.\nEvery Friday, all over the Lake Washington School District, more than eight hundred children will walk into their school counselor's office or open their locker and pick up a non-descript grocery bag filled with nourishing food.\nIf you donated to our fall campaign, Pantry Packs is one way you're making an impact. If you've given an unrestricted donation, you're also contributing to the steady progress a student makes while working with his Avid tutor, the connections made between a high schooler and his LINKs mentor, and dozens of other programs and grants.\nHere, in Impact Update, we'll gather stories and report back to you on the impact you're having, and give you opportunities for more. I hope you enjoy this first issue.\nLarry Wright, PhD\nP.S. Reach out to me anytime--I'd love to hear your ideas.\ndonor spotlight:\none good kid inspires another.\nLocal hero Barrett with his \"big check\" for Pantry Packs from GoFundMe.\nLocal fourth-grade student Barrett was inspired to act when he heard about another kid's philanthropy efforts to raise money for children who need hearing aids. He and his mom contemplated how Barrett could give back to his community. Back in September, Barrett's mom had received an email about LWSF's Pantry Packs campaign, and she told Barrett about it. Barrett said, \"I was very surprised that 815 students go hungry each week in the LWSD.\" Together, they created the material for a GoFundMe page with a $250 goal--which was surpassed in 3 days!\nSo far, Barrett's page has raised nearly $1900 dollars in about a month's time and received an additional $1,000 from GoFundMe when they selected Barrett as one of their Kid Heroes. He was also honored with an award given by his school at Rockwell Elementary. Barrett's mother said this award is given to students \"who give their 'Beagle Best' by being safe, respectful, responsible, and kind in all aspects of school life.\" He's also participated in a Pantry Packs \"packing party.\" We asked Barrett about his future plans with helping Pantry Packs and he replied, \"My idea for future ways to help Pantry Packs is to donate gift cards for groceries for breaks, especially Winter break!\"\nThank you Barrett for all that you've accomplished. You are what makes the world a better place!\nFollow us on Facebook or Twitter to hear these stories as they happen!\nTogether, we can zero balance school lunch debt in the lwsd.\nWe know you care about children. We've seen your generosity before, in campaigns like Pantry Packs and others like it. This one's different. This time, we're asking you to give a little to make sure every family starts the new year with a Zero Balance.\nA fresh start for all students. Isn't that the best gift you can imagine?\nregister now for local college presentation on January 31, 2018.\nGet ready to think outside of the classic college box at this exciting presentation. Sign up today; this event will fill up!\n\"I'd tell them, hey, we've got 300 LWSD homeless students. They were like, 'Really?'\"\nMarlene Vacknitz (right) with Colleen Wolfe, volunteer Pantry Packs driver for Redmond Middle School. (Photo by Anne Young with Young Reflections Photography, 2017).\nYou may have already heard of Pantry Packs by now but what about the volunteers that run it day in, day out? For this story, we chose to interview one of the Pantry Packs Volunteer Leadership Team Members, Marlene Vacknitz, to learn about the roots of Pantry Packs.\nWhen Marlene first began advocating for the Eastside's homeless population, she'd chat with friends and colleagues about her work and was often stunned by the lack of awareness she encountered, even among well-intentioned and compassionate people who are were already working to help youth in the area.\nsave-the-date FOR OUR ANNUAL BENEFIT LUNCHEON ON MARCh 27, 2018\nMark your calendars for our biggest annual event. The Spring for Learning luncheon invites local philanthropists (that's you!) to engage with like-minded community members and be inspired by remarkable speakers while enjoying a fabulous luncheon at the Marriott Redmond.\nThis year, we're excited to welcome Lt. Governor Cyrus Habib as our guest speaker.\nEmail us now to become a Table Captain or Corporate Sponsor!\nclick here to receive the next impact update\nCrossings Magazine\nKid Heroes\nKITE STEM\nLWTech\nMarlene Vacknitz\nReach For Success Classroom Grants\nSpring Event\nSpring Luncheon\nZero Balance","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Vote \/ Enter\nEntries and voting now closed for 2020\nThe three Grand Finalists in each of our ten categories will be announced in March and invited to the Sussex Food & Drink Awards Banquet on 29th April.\nVoting closed on 18th January 2020.\nSussex Food Producer of the Year 2020 \u2013 sponsor Southern Co-op:\nSussex Food Producer of the Year 2020 \u2013 sponsor Southern Co-op\nSussex Drink Producer of the Year 2020 \u2013 sponsor Natural PR\nSussex Eating Experience of the Year 2020 \u2013 sponsor Lloyds Bank Cardnet\nSussex Farmers Market of the Year 2020 \u2013 sponsor Harvey's Brewery\nSussex Food Shop of the Year 2020 \u2013 sponsor Sussex Food & Drink Network\nSussex Butcher of the Year 2020 \u2013 sponsor RP Meats Wholesale Ltd\nVote NOW for Sussex Food & Drink Awards 2017!\nEntry is now closed for the below four categories in the Sussex Food & Drink Awards 2020! Our judges will be in contact with you soon if you have made the shortlist! Grand Finalists will be announced in March 2020.\nSUSSEX STREET FOOD OF THE YEAR\nOur winner will offer great food to be eaten in a mobile situation, including as many local ingredients as possible. Finalists will participate in a live competition at Horsham on 27th October.\nSUSSEX YOUNG CHEF OF THE YEAR\nOur winner will be aged 25 or under on 31\/01\/20, working or studying in Sussex, with a talent for creating a wonderful menu of creative dishes using local ingredients.\nSUSSEX NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR\nOur winner will be an innovative business from any part of the food and drink sector, supporting local produce, which has been trading for up to 3 years by end 2019; has the ambition and determination to succeed; and can demonstrate a realistic and sustainable business plan.\nYOUNG SUSSEX FARMER OF THE YEAR\nOur winner will be a young farmer aged 35 or under by end 2020. They can come from any sector within agriculture, horticulture or viticulture and must be involved in food or drink production. They could be part of the family farm (owned or tenanted), a student, an employee or self-employed. This young person should display the following attributes: vision; leadership; innovation, creativity, entrepreneurship; ability to incorporate new ideas and practices; ability to inspire others; and the desire to succeed and grow business.\n\u00a9 Copyright 2019 Sussex Food & Drink Awards. All Rights Reserved\nWebsite Designed & Built by Digital Fuse\nRegister For Foodie News\nYes, I would like to receive emails from Sussex Food & Drink Awards 2017. (You can unsubscribe anytime)\nBy submitting this form, you are consenting to receive marketing emails from: Natural PR Ltd, Ivy Cottage, Brighton, BN45 7AG, http:\/\/www.naturalpr.biz. You can revoke your consent to receive emails at any time by using the SafeUnsubscribe\u00ae link, found at the bottom of every email. Emails are serviced by Constant Contact","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"\u2190 Only in Dreams\u2026\nThe Danish Double-Take \u2192\nLukewarm Patootie\nIt's a mystery to me\u2026 I like Jane Lynch, I like musicals, and I have a big crush on Lea Michele\u2026 so why do I find Glee so utterly unwatchable? I don't know\u2026 I can't really pin it down\u2026 there's just something about the glibness of the humour that irritates me. Still, the show has somehow managed to become a huge success without my endorsement, and has grown so ravenous that it's even started to consume other theatrical\/movie musicals whole! Last night \"The Rocky Horror Glee Show\" aired here in the UK, and as a big fan of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, I forced myself to sit through it, out of morbid curiosity.\nIn the interest of full disclosure, I'll admit to having watched the Britney special a couple of weeks ago\u2026 and then watching it again when it was repeated, so I could ogle over Heather Morris's dancing, and giggle over her deadpan surrealism. I also have to say, she looked damn fine dressed up as 'Columbia' for this episode\u2026 while gal-pal Naya Rivera looked ridiculously hot as 'Magenta' (gotta love those lips!)\u2026 and I laughed out loud at their contribution to the 'Touch-a, Touch-a, Touch-a, Touch Me' scene, so top marks to them on the being-very-funny-and-beautiful front. Meanwhile, I thought Michele made the perfect 'Janet', but I also really liked Jayma Mays's take on the aforementioned song, so I'd hate to have to pick between them if I was actually casting a production! As for the rest of the cast\u2026 meh. To be fair, I must have heard the movie's soundtrack album a million times, so it's ingrained pretty deep in my brain, and the original cast had such distinctive voices, that it would be impossible for anyone to ever replace them in my ears\u2026 especially Little Nell, who was a true one-off.\nAs for whether the showrunners should have even attempted such a thing in the first place, well\u2026 that is the question. I first saw the movie when I was in my early teens, and it left a huge dent in my psyche (in a good way, I mean) It's unlikely that this episode will have the same watershed effect on many young viewers, but if it leads them to rent\/borrow\/buy the original, then it will have served a useful purpose as a gateway, I guess. Is it ironic that they cut the word \"Transsexual\" from 'Sweet Transvestite', and then got into so much trouble for using the term \"Tranny\" in the script? I can understand why they had to change some of the lyrics, especially within the context of the story, but I find it dispiriting that such watered down, wishy-washy versions of the songs should also prove to be the most successful financially! Does O'Brien get a cut of that wedge? If so, then I'm all for it, because dude deserves to get paid\u2026 and hopefully it will salve the pain of the whipping they've inflicted on his creation!\nThis entry was posted in Rants about Films, Rants about Music, Rants about TV and tagged Brittany Pierce, Glee, Heather Morris, Jayma Mays, Lea Michele, Little Nell, Naya Rivera, Rocky Horror, Santana Lopez, The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Bookmark the permalink.\n1 Response to Lukewarm Patootie\nPingback: The Gleek Effect\u2026 | Thalia's Garden","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"True Horror, Channel 4, Thursday 10pm.\nhttp:\/\/www.channel4.com\/programmes\/true-horror\/on-demand\/62853-003\nThis is my guilty secret, takes me right back to my childhood. I'm a BBC 4 kinda guy. The kinda guy that sneers at people that watch soap operas like River City, Coronation Street, Emmerdale or Question Time. Yet, here it is, factual stories based on a recipe borrowed from Hammer House of Horror. Remember the rule. Vampires. Scary Christopher Lee. Wrap the blankets around your neck and hope they bite your wee brother in the bed next to your own. Sit in the sunlight. Or if it's a shark, do that Billy Connelly thing and hold up two fingers with your feet planted firmly on the ground.\nTerror in the Woods. Do not get lost in woods with a capital W and camp beside the most haunted cathedral in the world which has access to a long forgotten plague pit and the gate to hell. Two teenagers that like to mess about in front of the camera and play at being dead gay with each other, but not in that way, spend a night in a wood. There's a mock-up of what happened. Scratching on the tent. The portable DVD doesn't work. Your torch doesn't turn on. And you keech your pants as the ghost of a wee lassie with no eyes floats through the tent. Who need the Blackpool rollercoaster?\nThen you go home \u2013 with a big scary ghost in your haversack. Aye, the ghost knows where you live now. Ghost sat-nav. So you call in the Scooby Doo bunch of ghost busters. What do they do? Whistle it down. Hi, silver bullets. Crosses. Exorcisms and priests. Nah, tell the ghost to go and shaft itself, but it doesnae.\nAnd you get the two wee guys, now a bit older saying we kidded on about ghosts until we met a real one. See telly, that's educational, doesn't need to be BBC 4 or a version of Ghost on Benefits. Smoking.\nGhost in the Wall. So you've got this woman with dyed red hair telling you, aye, I'd seven kids and eh, my man's dad died in that chair. We could smell his cigarette smoke and he was doing a bit of haunting. He dragged my baby daughter through the walls and held her like a rat in the spaces. When I dragged her out her eyes were black. You know what they say, don't go into the cellar. Move house. Nah, hang about. He was only kidding on. He's settled down to baby sitting and making knocking noises. Families, eh, they fuck you up.\nHellfire Farm is right next to Terror in the Woods, but without the trees. It's deepest darkest Wales, boyo. Look out for a massive electricity bill hitting you right in the eye. Ghosts are murder on the electricity. Shining pupils in the corner of the room. Farmyard animals that mysteriously hang themselves and a pig that does laps of the farm and runs itself to death. The focal point seems to be the dad. He seems cursed, but quite likes it. He's like a pig on speed, drawing all these pictures that look vaguely like something you don't want to look at, but can't look away. Option A, go to the local cinema and watch The Shining, or jump in the car and fuck off. No. This couple and their children carried right on. It nearly cost them. They brought in an exorcist. He burned the Harry Potter books and the Satanic Bible and all of da's painting and the outstanding electricity bill no one on earth could pay. You know what happened next, don't you? It followed him home. I want a legless leyless lined map where these places with capital letters are so I can avoid them. No floaters. Can't wait until next week.\nMay 5, 2018 odonnelljack52\nBilly ConnellyChannel 4Chirstopher LeeCoronation StreetEmmerdaleGhost in the WallHammer House of HorrorHellfire FarmQuestion TimeRiver CityTerror in the WoodsThe ShiningTrue Horror\nBlack Lake, BBC 4, 9pm, 9.40 pm, Directors: Jonathan Sjoberg, David Berron, Peter Arrhenius.\nhttp:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/b081clh5\nhttp:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/b0821s1b\nI watched episodes one and two of Black Lake last night. I'll be following the other six episodes. I'm a bit of a Wallander anorak, loved wooly jumpers and The Killing, so a Swedish thriller with subtitles is a must see. A group of friends meet and drive to the Black Lake hotel complex, a remote ski resort that is so near the Norwegian border they joke they're not even sure they've crossed it. Johan (Filip Berg) is the young, hip financier that plans to make a killing on the land and property and takes his friends along for the ride. His girlfriend and later fianc\u00e9e, Hanne (Sarah-Sofie Boussnina) who look like a young Winona Ryder isn't sure about the hotel, isn't sure about the noises coming from the basement and therefore isn't sure about him. Her sister Mette (Mathilde Norholt) who is doctor ask Hanne if she's still taking her meds. Their brother drowned when Hanne was twelve and she has never got over it. She's off-kilter as some of the locals. The caretaker Erkki (Nils Ole Oftebro), for example, refuses to open the cellar door and threatens to punch the putative owner Johan when the latter gets a bit stroppy and challenges his lame excuses for doing nothing. Then there's the appearance of those strange children's drawings (a dramatic device I used in my novel (Lily Poole https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Lily-Poole-Jack-ODonnell\/dp\/1783522356) and the way Jessan (Aliette Opheim) suffers from mysterious pains in her bloodshot eye, sleepwalks and is drawn to the cellar door. Her boyfriend, Frank (Philip Oros) seems powerless to help when she sleepwalks and when she becomes possessed by drugs or something more malevolent. Nobody can offer any answers. Osvald (Victor von Schirach) cook and bottle- washer in the hotel complex is filmed entering the cellar, but he claims he too sleepwalks and has no recollection of it. He also claims to have no knowledge of another party making a bid for the complex, but Johan doesn't trust him. The key to what happened twenty years ago is the local Lippi (Valter Skarsgard). He's nearer in age to Hanne that the distant Johan and teaches her to ride a motorised snow-ski. It doesn't take much delving to uncover the facts and guess they'll get together. Here we are in Stephen King's The Shining territory. Isolated hotel. Hannah's psychic presence and the backstory of murders that took place in the hotel when it first opened. Father, mother, and children, holding hands as they were all smothered. An open and shut case. Helgesen (Christian Skolmen) is shown confessing to the crimes on an old betaxam tapes Hannah watches and replays. Then she spots it. He said something made him do it. The hotel is built on the grounds of an old mental sanatorium. Local myth is that murdered children return to capture souls. Johan is also captured kissing Elin (Anna Astrom) by Hanna's sister. He'll be punished for his sins.\nSeptember 17, 2017 odonnelljack52\nAliette OpheimBlack LakeChristian SkolmenDavid BerronFilip BergJonathan SjobergLily PooleMathilde NorholtNils Ole OftebroPeter ArrheniusPhilip OrosSarah-Sofie BoussninaStephen Kingthe killingThe ShiningValter SkarsgardVictor von SchirachwallanderWinona Ryder","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"What is the coaches name of the french rugby team?\nMarc Lievremont\nQ: What is the coaches name of the french rugby team?\nHow many coaches is there for one rugby team?\nThis depends on the level of the team. If in the higher levels you will have a main coach, then attack coaches, defense coaches, strategic coaches, fitness coaches\nWhat is the name of the french womens rugby team coach?\nentra\u00eeneur\nWhat is the French rugby team name in English?\npooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooolp pooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooolp\nWhat is the french rugby team name?\nnicknamed Les Tricolores or Les Bleus\nNames of french rugby team?\nl'\u00e9quipe de France = French national rugby team les Bleus = the Blues (nickname)\nWhat is a famous french rugby team?\nWhat is you love the French rugby team in French?\nVous aimez l'\u00e9quipe de France de rugby\nWhat Rugby teams are there near perpignan?\nPerpignan (a city located in France) has a rugby team by the name of USA Perpignan. The team is a French rugby club that plays in Pyr\u00e9n\u00e9es-Orientales.\nDo people get paid to play rugby?\nYes. There are hundreds of professional rugby players as well as coaches and team instructors who are paid to play the game.\nWhat is the nickname of the French national rugby team?\nThe nicknames for the French national rugby team are Les bleus, Les tricolores and XV de France.\nWhat is the name of the Irish rugby team?\nThe Ireland National Rugby Union Team.\nWhat is the team name for the english rugby team?\nIt's the Rugby Football Union.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Watch This Never-Before-Seen Cold Open From The Office\nBY Michele Debczak\nJim invested a lot of time and money in pranking Dwight on The Office, but one of his most elaborate gags never even made it onto the air.\nThe Office's official YouTube channel posted this never-before-seen cold open from the NBC show. In it, Jim convinces Dwight that he's living in a simulation with help from a trained cat, a pair of twins, and a cryptic computer message. The bit goes full Matrix when Hank (played by the late Hugh Dane) introduces himself as Dorpheus\u2014Morpheus's brother.\nSince The Office premiered in 2005, viewers have been treated to bloopers and deleted scenes that didn't make the final cut. This piece of bonus content was released nearly eight years after the series finale in 2013. For fans of Jim-and-Dwight hijinks and Hank the security guard, the clip is a great way to start the new year.\nAfter watching the cold open below, check out more deleted scenes from The Office's nine-season run.\nComedy entertainment funny News Pop Culture Television The Office tv","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Chinese lifestyle product retailer Miniso continues growth in Europe and opts for Cegid Retail unified commerce platform to open new stores in France\nBack to the customer case list\nFor the grand opening of France's first Miniso store in October 2020, a long line of patient shoppers eagerly awaited the discount treasure-trove for household appliances, cosmetics and Japanese-inspired home furnishings. \"Useful but cute\", beckoned the slogans.\nThe Chinese retailer known for its stylish yet affordable household products, mostly crafted by an in-house team of designers, is forging ahead with an ambitious expansion strategy. In just over six years, the chain has already amassed 4,800 stores worldwide, with 2,600 in China. Europe is firmly in its sights and many new stores have been opened during the last year, including in France, Italy, Spain and Portugal.\nAccording to the three executives we interviewed in France \u2013 Jonathan Siboni, Ariel Wizman and Nicolas Rey \u2013 this first French store opening is only the start of the journey.\nThey believe that shoppers will be lured by the quality of goods displayed on shelves, getting a much better experience than those faced with the ubiquity of so many inferior products viewed online:\n\"When you come to Miniso, you don't necessarily know what you want to buy,\" said Siboni. \"In our stores, you're more likely to find something and be drawn by a product's captivating design and good value for money.\"\nThe success story behind Miniso\nMiniso was founded in 2014 by Ye Guofu, a Chinese businessman generally put off by the poor quality of mass produced commodities found online. His vision was to open a number of physical stores offering a wide range of affordable yet well-designed household products and toys.\nThe average price of products is 5,90 euros and the group boasts 16 design centres across the globe to refine the selection of products on offer. Every Monday, between 800 and 1000 new products are put forward as part of the 500 new items offered each week in its stores.\nIt's a format that's proven popular with shoppers and helped establish the retailer on a global scale.\nCegid Retail assists store expansion\nSince the first Miniso store opening in France last October, another has since opened its doors in Paris, as well as a concession in a popular Fnac store in Paris. So, even though the impacts of Covid-19 and successive lockdowns have slowed things down for Miniso's expansion plans across Europe, a further 50 new stores are still expected over the next two to three years.\nThe company is relying on the Cegid Retail unified commerce platform to help manage its growing network of stores and concessions.\n\"We were looking for an integrated and proven retail solution to cover everything from store sales, CRM and back-office management \u2013 for optimising stocks, replenishment, inventories and reporting. We did not want to disparate solutions, we needed a single solution to manage the retail operations,\" said Nicolas Rey. \"It was also easier and quicker to transition to Cegid because it was already being used by colleagues abroad (in R\u00e9union).\"\nSiboni added: \"We handle a large variety and volume of products, so we wanted a strong and agile provider that could grow with us.\"\nCloud, M-PoS, Inventory tracking, BI\u2026various tools to boost operational performance\nMiniso France has followed in the footsteps of other partners abroad (like in R\u00e9union) and opted for Cegid Retail omnichannel solution in SaaS.\n\"A SaaS solution was an obvious choice for us and gives us the flexibility to add tools as and when we need them for the best options in retail,\" said Siboni.\nAfter quickly implementing the core modules of Cegid Retail Y2 \u2013 sales, merchandise management, order management, inventory management and store management \u2013 Miniso is adding CRM, M-PoS, Inventory Tracking and Business Intelligence solutions.\nThen comes e-commerce, with Miniso deploying various omnichannel services that will include e-reservations and click-and-collect. Home delivery is not considered essential, given the low value of most goods on sale:\n\"Most products retail at 5.90 euros and one of our best-sellers is a stuffed teddy-bear the size of a man, which throws up its own logistical challenges.\"\nThe new reporting and BI tools provided by the Cegid Retail Intelligence solution save the company a lot of man-hours. Automated replenishment and mobile PoS devices will also lead to further time savings, as well as increased revenue thanks to better service and availability of products.\n\"The reporting tools allow us to automatically generate dashboards, analyse results and set benchmarks,\" said Rey. \"We estimate time savings that equate to about 1 month.\nWe're delighted to help Miniso with their continued international expansion and share their vision for developing physical and experiential retailing, with the cloud being the obvious choice to always stay at the forefront.\nNathalie Echinard\nDirector of Cegid Retail.\n3 steps for growth in physical retailing\nMiniso France is building firm foundations for future growth and sees a mix of company-owned and franchise stores in city centres and shopping centres, as well as concessions in popular shopping locations like train stations and department stores. It plans around fifty stores within 2 to 3 years, with \"the franchise concept likely to take over once things become more established.\"\nThe second stage will see more outlets opening in train stations:\n\"We will soon be opening at Paris Gare de Lyon and Nantes station in France, because we want to be close to consumers,\" said Siboni. \"Mobile pop-up stores are planned on the subways and we're working on this with RATP (the public transport operator in Paris).\"\nThe third and final part of Miniso's strategy of opening more outlets centres on strategic partnerships with core retailers like Fnac and Galeries Lafayette in France.\nMiniso will soon be present in around ten Fnac stores in the form of smaller shop-in-shop concession areas; and a pop-up store will soon be added to Galeries Lafayette, the leading department store chain in France.\nIt's a strategy that's sure to win over the hearts and minds of consumers who've spent months during lockdown starved of shopping trips on the high street!\n#Retail the new way\nI would like a demo\/a proposal\/product information","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Bristol Area Code: 0117\nThe UK telephone area code for phone calls to the city & county of Bristol is 0117.\nTo phone a personal or business contact number in the South-West England city & ceremonial county of Bristol you should first dial their default area code which is 0117, followed by the remaining 7 digits of the number. Phone numbers registered to addresses in the surrounding area of the city will also use the 0117 area code.\nAll Bristol districts & surrounding hamlets, villages and towns covered by Bristol's 0117 area code\nAvonmouth Easton Kingswood\nBedminster Eastville Patchway\nBishopsworth Filton Redcliffe\nBitton Fishponds Stoke Bishop\nBristol Henbury Westbury-on-Trym\nDownend Keynsham\nPhone call costs to 0117 (Bristol) numbers\nPhone calls made to Bristol numbers using the 0117 area dial-in code should cost the exact same as calls of equal duration to other UK 01 & 02 local area code numbers. Therefore phone calls to Bristol will normally cost a maximum of 12p per minute from a BT landline as well as an additional call connection charge. If you are calling an 0117 number from a mobile it will usually be free, provided you are using the free inclusive minutes that are part of your mobile call package, however please check with your provider as calls can cost up to 45p per minute if you aren't using those minutes. Overseas calls to Bristol will almost certainly cost more than phone calls made within the UK, with the exact cost varying depending on which country you are calling in from.\nSome popular Bristolian phone numbers\nPhone calls received from numbers containing the 0117 area code are more highly regarded throughout the UK than calls from nationally-registered phone numbers or premium business-rate lines. This is because 0117 numbers are usually registered to a local person or business in Bristol, rather than a national sales team or an unscrupulous cold-calling business. A few phone numbers for some popular attractions and helpful general enquiries units within Bristol are given to you here:\n0117 974 4664 \u2013 This is the tour guide number for the famous Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol, designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel.\n0117 974 7328 \u2013 This phone number is for Bristol Zoo Gardens, a 400-species zoo set within 12 acres of award-winning gardens.\n0117 922 2000 \u2013 Phone the general enquiries team at Bristol City Council by calling this switchboard helpline.\nHow to dial a Bristol number from another country\nThe first step in calling an 0117 number from abroad, or indeed any other local UK 01 & 02 number, is to take away the initial zero '0' from the area code, in this case leaving you with 117. You then replace that zero with the UK's international dialing-in code which is '+44', which gives you a new prefix of +44 117. Therefore if you wanted to dial Bristol City Council from overseas: instead of dialing 0117 922 2000 you would dial +44 117 922 2000.\nA snapshot of Bristol\nBristol is a city & small ceremonial county situated in the Southwest of England, bordering Somerset and Gloucestershire. Bristol is well known for a variety of reasons such as its architectural heritage, with Bristol being the site of the famous Clifton suspension bridge. Bristol also has a strong maritime history and this, coupled with beautiful surrounding landscapes, make it an ideal city for sightseeing. Furthermore, Bristol is the most populous city in Southern England, meaning it has a huge amount of activities, attractions, restaurants and caf\u00e9s, as well as a thriving nightlife.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"User Guides and Drivers\nAudeze Planar Magnetic Technology - End Game Audio\nWhat you need to know about sensitivity, Impedance and Amplifier Power\nThe Problem with Frequency Graphs and EQ Compensation\nWhat's the Deal with Electrostatic Headphones?\nOther Technology Articles\nWhy We Use Adhesive to Attach Earpads on our Upper-end Headphone Models\nContoured Earpads - One Step Beyond\nDiaphragms and Voice Coils - Nano-Scale, Ultra-Thin, Parallel Uniforce\nWhy do Fazor wave guides improve the sound?\nRayshaun Thompson is a film composer, record producer and EMMY nominee whose work spans a wide spectrum, but always aims to stir emotions and create a strong vibe.\nChris Henderson is the owner and designer for Hendyamps studio gear and guitar amplifiers, a platinum certified mastering engineer, musician, music sync artist, score composer, studio owner, and videographer.\nDavid Sanford has composed, arranged and studied music for over 45 years and is currently the Elizabeth T. Kennan Professor of Music at Mount Holyoke College.\nClaudia Engelhart has been doing live sound for over 40 years, and has been the Sound Engineer\/Tour Manager for Bill Frisell since 1990.\nAudeze Artists\nAudeze Journal\nAudeze Podbay\nAudeze LCD-5, LCD-X & LCD-3 Make Moon Audio's Best Audiophile Headphones List\nMusic Manta Reviews Audeze's LCD-X\n\"the quality is clearly there,\" Says Gearspace of MM-500\nHeadfonics Reviews The MM-500\nPro Audio Reviews\nFlagship Series\nCRBN Electrostatic\nLCD-5\nLCD-4z\nMM Series\nReference Series\nLCD-MX4\nLCD-X\nLCD-XC\nGaming & Multimedia\nLCD-GX\nOrigins Series\nLCD-2 Classic\nLCD-2 Closed Back\nLCDi4\nAudeze Software\nAudeze Reveal+ Plugin\nAudeze HQ\nAudeze Extras\nHome \/ Audeze Artists\nAudeze speaks to producer, engineer and mixer Jonathan Hucks\nJonathan Hucks is a producer, engineer and mixer based between London and Liverpool, engineering sessions for other producers and artists as well as producing bands and anyone that makes lots of loud noise with guitars and drums. He's worked with artists such as Years & Years, Sigrid, Burna Boy, The Rills, Voodoo Bandits, Fearn, Orchards, Sheafs, and Breezer.\n\"They allow me to monitor with confidence in places where beforehand I would be really having to second guess what I was hearing... Never been blown away with headphones before but these have done it. They're indispensable!\" - Jonathan Hucks\nHere's our chat with Jonathan:\nCan you pick out any highlights from your work that you're particularly proud of?\nI'm really proud of everything I work on but a few recent stand outs would be the tracks I mixed for an artist called Fearn. The minute I heard a 30 second snippet of music on Instagram I knew I had to speak to him and that chance conversation turned into us working together on a run of singles that are still being released. They're very different records to most stuff I work on so they acted like an audio pallet cleanser and I am so thrilled with the results. Beautiful soundscapes, diverse arrangements of electronic and organic sounds and intimate vocals (some even recorded through an iPhone).\nI've also just wrapped up an EP with a band I'm super excited about called Voodoo Bandits. It's out and out garage\/surf rock, brilliantly written tracks, super tight and energetic band. We had so much fun in the studio and I think that shines through on the record, can't wait for that one to drop.\nHow would you define your main role on most of the projects you work on these days?\nAt the moment my main role is split depending on the project. Often I'm engineering for other producers where I'm making sure the session runs well and we record and capture the sounds the producer and artists are looking for but when I'm producing bands and artists my role opens up as producing now is all encompassing. I'll be engineering, editing and mixing; all whilst producing at the same time. As I'm often working with bands on my own without other engineers or assistants I'll try and keep the engineering on 'autopilot' as much as possible, so I can park the technical side of my brain and stay creative as much as possible. Artists don't want to be watching me messing around with patchbays and mics for hours, they want to be making noise so the quicker I can get the signals going and we're able to hit record and find tones the better. Preparation is key for this approach, but it's incredibly freeing because it opens up your brain to be creative, focusing on the song and artist, and also listening a lot more which I think is the most important thing.\nHow did you get started in music? What kind of music did you listen to while growing up and how has that progressed?\nI started out interning at a beautiful small music venue in the middle of rural Essex that had a recording studio attached. When I started there I had never even seen a mixing desk before! I'd always been massively into music but had never connected the dots about how it gets made until then. From there it was simply a lot of luck, meeting some amazing people who let me ask questions\/learn from them and then a lot of hours in the studio working my way up.\nI've always been a huge lover of live music so I think it's important to make the time to get to gigs, it can be hit or miss but there's nothing more exciting or a better way of understanding a band than seeing them play in a small sweaty packed out venue.\nGrowing up I listened, like most kids, to a lot of stuff my parents had in the house that I picked up from the CD rack. In my teens I went through a huge metal stage which led to some phenomenal gigs, learning guitar but also meant I inadvertently missed out on the huge indie scene in the 00's. Now I listen to a huge variety of music which I think is super important because it lets you draw influence from anywhere but also as a producer and engineer it's cool to learn techniques that apply to one genre and try to bring that across to a whole different genre of music.\nWe're also living in a time with playlists and streaming where people aren't defined by one genre like they used to, which I think is actually brilliant for music because it's really pushing the boundaries of genre and stopping minds and music from being so closed off. If you can bring influences from a whole other type of music into your genre it can only be a good thing in my opinion!\nCan you name any factors that influenced the course of your musical life? Heroes, role models, moments, interactions, etc?\nBeing given my first opportunity to work in music is one of the biggest factors that got me where I am today. I was looking for some summer work so I applied to a local music venue. I didn't get a job but did get invited down to hang out with the sound and lighting team. I had never even seen a mixing desk in real life before so to get to hang out, see gigs and learn the ropes was a huge opportunity. The venue had a small studio on the side, so I was quickly learning how to use the desk and run ProTools. From then I was hooked and I didn't look back. I owe a huge amount to the venue and its owners Kate & Chris for giving me that opportunity because without them I wouldn't have started down this path in life.\nIt's really hard to nail down specific moments or interactions that influence me, but I've been incredibly lucky to work with a huge amount of talented, experienced and brilliant people and I always find myself coming away from a session having learnt something that will help me on the next session.\nCan you briefly describe a moment of frustration from your past work, and what you may have done to overcome the obstacles? Would you approach it differently now?\nFrustration for me comes from chasing perfection, whatever that might be! By relaxing more, trusting my own instincts and remembering that if it sounds good when you're tracking, it more than likely is!\nI often found I'd be buzzing after a session, that feeling at the end of the night where you play back the track after you and the band have spent hours working on it and everyone is bouncing off the walls - if you could bottle that up you'd be a very rich person! But I found that when you're spending lots of time on it after, editing, mixing and going through things with a fine tooth comb, you can start to lose that feeling of excitement as it becomes a more technical job. Because of this I try to get the post production work done as quickly as possible, keep that excitement and energy up and also focus on making things less perfect and referring back to the above, 'if it sounded good when we tracked it, it most often is.'\nThe best test for me is if I can listen to a track whilst doing something else; cooking, scrolling on my phone, answering emails etc, and not notice anything wrong with it, that's a good sign it's all good to go!\nIs there any gear you find yourself turning to most when working on a project? What are some of your favourite tools\/instruments recently?\nI've been lucky that throughout my career I've worked in a variety of incredibly equipped studios so have gotten to use a lot of the gear that us audio nerds dream of using however I still don't think much can beat classic Neve pres and EQs, they sound absolutely amazing on everything. Super musical, easy to use and sound incredible. Vocals, guitars, drums, bass, synths, you name it they will make it sound amazing. If the studios got some you can bet I'll be using them on something.\nRecently my favourite tools have been sending stuff out my reamp box into my (ever expanding to the displeasure of my wallet) pedalboard, a little 9V cigarette box guitar amp or my Homegrown Devices Spring Ting. Plugins are brilliant but you can't beat mangling audio and playing with the controls in real time. Recently I've been using my Boss RE-201 pedal for vocal delay throws. I've got a plugin but automating the delays and feedback is quite a faff, I'd much rather send it to the pedal, manipulate it in real time and record the results back in. It's also nice to not look at a computer screen for a bit too!!\nI was also very lucky to be working at a studio recently with an EMT140 plate directly hooked up into ProTools, found myself sending no end of sounds to that thing, it sounded absolutely incredible.\nDo you have any words of wisdom for people who might aspire toward a similar path for their own careers?\nDo it. The time has never ever been better to get into producing and recording. Sure the old path of starting as a runner and working your way up through the studio hierarchy might be rarer than ever with the demise of a lot of large studios; but the amount of incredible tutorials, learning resources and the cheapness and ease of getting equipment that only a few years ago would have been insanely expensive means the barriers to entry are so low. What I would have given to have access to something like Mix With The Masters when I was starting out!\nIn more practical terms though, just get out there, find artists you love to work with, don't let setbacks stop you (and there will be setbacks the entire way through your career), learn from them and keep going. You're only as good as your last record, and as long as you're always improving, learning and having fun doing it you can't go wrong.\nRecording may look super technical (and it can be) - but at the end of the day it's a people business, be kind, positive, supportive and enthusiastic. Be fun to be around, help push other people up around you and the same will come back in return!\nHow long have you been working with headphones, and how do you typically use them in your workflow?\nI've always had headphones in the studio and in the past have used them to double check mixes on. Recently I've had to travel a lot more so find myself having to do mix revisions and editing in less than ideal places so started the hunt for a pair of headphones I could truly trust as much as I do my monitors. Audeze kept coming up with everyone I spoke to so I had to try them out and was instantly blown away. They allow me to monitor with confidence in places where beforehand I would be really having to second guess what I was hearing. Not only that but I have also started to use them when I'm working in the studio almost like a secondary pair of monitors. Alongside this, I've also started using them when I'm tracking an artist in the control room. Before I was using LCD-Xs I was never completely confident that what I was hearing was sonically right, but now with the LCD-Xs I can be as confident in this situation as I would be when I'm tracking through my monitors.\nHow have your Audeze headphones affected your work?\nThe LCD-X's have been an absolute game changer. I've been using them every single day editing and prepping sessions for mix on a number of up coming releases both in the studio but also when having to work remotely, and not only have they delivered sonically, allowing me to trust exactly what I'm hearing, but they have also been super comfortable even when wearing them for 8+ hours a day. Never been blown away with headphones before but these have done it. They're indispensable!\nMail: support@audeze.com\n3412 S. Susan St, Santa Ana\nCalifornia 92704, USA\n\u00a9 2023 Audeze LLC. Powered by Shopify","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Kubacki earns shock normal hill win as Norway claim 10th straight relay crown at FIS Nordic World Ski Championships\nPoland's Dawid Kubacki upset the odds as he sealed his first major individual title with a shock triumph in the men's normal hill ski jumping event at the International Ski Federation Nordic World Ski Championships in Seefeld.\nThe 29-year-old had claimed team medals at the 2017 World Championships and last year's Winter Olympic Games but had failed to taste individual success at an international event.\nThat all changed today as he stunned the rest of the field, recovering from 27th after the opening jump to finish on a total of 218.3 points.\nKubacki jumped 93 metres and 104.5m to secure the gold medal ahead of Olympic large hill champion and compatriot Kamil Stoch.\nStoch recorded efforts of 91.5m and 101.5m to end on 215.5 points, 2.8 adrift of his victorious team-mate.\nThe bronze medal was claimed by Austria's Stefan Kraft, whose jumps of 93.5m and 101m were rewarded with a total of 214.8 points.\nKubacki's dream of individual gold appeared to have ended when he languished in 27th after the first round.\nBut it proved to be a blessing in disguise as his second jump took place in good conditions, which worsened as the round went on.\nThe weather seemingly played a part in Stoch and Japan's Ryoyu Kobayashi, who led Kubacki by 19 points going into the second stage, being unable to usurp the Polish athlete.\nNorway secured their 10th straight cross-country 4x10km men's relay title \u00a9Getty Images\nThere was a familiar winner in the other event held today as Norway won the men's 4x10 kilometres relay for the 10th consecutive World Championships.\nThe team of Johannes H\u00f8sflot Kl\u00e6bo, Emil Iversen, Sjur Roethe and Martin Johnsrud Sundby clocked 1 hour 42min 32.1sec to beat Russia by 38.8 seconds.\nAndrey Larkov, Alexander Bessmertnykh, Alexander Bolshunov and Sergey Ustiugov were forced to settle for silver having finished the course in a combined 1:43.10.9.\nAdrien Backscheider, Maurice Manificat, Clement Parisse and Richard Jouve of France earned silver, a further 1.8 seconds off the pace.\nVictory for Norway saw the country maintain its dominance of the 4x10km cross-country relay, with their winning run stretching back a decade.\nThe event in the Austrian resort continues tomorrow.\nMarch 2019: Athletes arrested in raids at Nordic Ski World Championships provisionally suspended as Estonian admits doping since 2016\nFebruary 2019: Riiber ends long wait for Norwegian gold with Nordic combined triumph at FIS Nordic Ski World Championships\nFebruary 2019: Son of double Olympic champion among athletes arrested at FIS Nordic World Ski Championships\nFebruary 2019: Nine arrests made after police smash \"international doping network\" at World Nordic Skiing Championships\nFebruary 2019: Johaug secures second title as Germany win first women's team ski jumping event at FIS Nordic World Ski Championships\nBrazil's Moellhausen beats China's Lin to women's ep\u00e9e title at World Fencing Championships","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Wagon Assembly Plant to be established in Ogun State, Amaechi reveals\nThe Hon. Minister for Transport, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, has revealed that a Wagon Assembly Plant, is about to\nBy: Ossai Rita Ashinedu | on 11\/5\/2019 | 577 views\nTopic: News\nRt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi\nThe Hon. Minister for Transport, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, has revealed that a Wagon Assembly Plant, is about to be established in Kajola, Ogun State, along the Lagos-Ibadan Railway Corridor.\nHe explained that the factory is part of the Federal Government's resolve, \"to bring home rail technology and have our own people produce, develop and maintain rail transport equipment and facilities\".\nWhile noting that the Federal Government have been able to, \"convinced our Chinese partners to establish a Wagon Assembly Plant here in Nigeria\", Hon. Amaechi disclosed that Vice President Yemi Osibanjo will perform the ground-breaking ceremony of the Plant scheduled for November 8.\nOperators seek sustainable solutions to power challenges\nNNPC Saves Over $3bn from Arbitrations\nOssai Rita Ashinedu\nOur Correspondent , Ossai Rita Ashinedu, has Ordinary National Diploma in Mass Communication from Delta State Polytechnic, Ozoro. She can be reached on 07061927586\nRead other stories by Ossai Rita Ashinedu","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"9-12, AfterClass, Reading\nAs I reflect on the past year, I am awestruck with the kindness and generosity that my colleagues in the Dysart Unified School District have shown me. The last few years of my personal life have been very challenging. My husband was diagnosed with young-onset Parkinson's disease at age 40, and had to leave his job. This left me, a school teacher, as the sole breadwinner for our family. I was holding it together financially, but it was tough.\nNational Women's History Museum\nUse this Instagram account to gather bite-sized information to share with students. You'll find amazing primary sources and interesting historical anecdotes that are easy to digest, yet meaningful. Social media options like this one also show students that they can follow educational content across all platforms.\nCreated by a graduate student in 2015, this Instagram account contains stories of historical women that students may not have read about in class. Learning about lesser-known historical figures can help your students understand that everyday acts of heroism and kindness can have far-reaching effects well into the future.\nDeadfeminists.com\nThe Dead Feminists series combines original art and quotes by historical feminists, connecting them to current political and social issues. While the site offers art prints for sale, you and your students can also learn a lot from the free blog content.\nNevertheless Podcast\nThis podcast celebrates women who are \"transforming teaching and learning through technology.\" Browse through two seasons' worth of episodes, including transcripts, extended reading, and quotes. And consider listening to Episode 4 during Women's History Month, as it features inspiring and resilient women.\nNevertheless STEM Role Model Posters\nDisplay these free downloadable posters in your classroom, and use them in tandem with this podcast episode that explores why young learners need STEM role models from all walks of life.\n200 Women: Who Will Change the Way You See the World\nIn this book by Ruth Hobday, 200 inspirational women were asked five questions: What really matters to you? What brings you happiness? What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery? What would you change if you could? Which single word do you most identify with? These are great questions to use in classroom discussions, too. You could even ask students to answer them from the perspective of historical figures.\nWonder Women: 25 Innovators, Inventors, and Trailblazers Who Changed History\nUsing whimsical illustrations and an engaging writing style, Sam Maggs tells the stories of women who have broken barriers. It also sets the stage for a future research project by introducing students to a variety of historical figures, at least one of which is likely to resonate with each student.\nRad Women Worldwide: Artists and Athletes, Pirates and Punks, and Other Revolutionaries Who Shaped History\nThis New York Times bestseller by Kate Schatz uses powerful illustrations and quirky content to bring women's history to life. It's the kind of book that you might recommend to students (especially girls) as a free reading option, but you can also use it to teach minilessons during Women's History Month.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"HomeFeaturesThis final farewell feels like the funeral of an old friend\nThis final farewell feels like the funeral of an old friend\nThere won't be a dry eye in the house when it's time to say goodbye\nMay 2, 2016 BRIAN WILLIAMS Features 0\nPlease tell me I'm having a bad dream. Th is can't really be the end for my beloved Boleyn Ground? Ever since the closure was first announced I knew it would be hard to accept when the time finally came, but I didn't think it would be this difficult. It feels like a funeral\nI can picture the priest as he turns from the coffin to a mourning congregation: 'We are gathered here today to remember a beloved friend, to give thanks for her life, to commend her to our merciful redeemer, to commit her to the bulldozers and to comfort one another in our grief.' What, I wonder, would he take as the theme for his sermon? Perhaps he might be inspired by the words of Timothy in the Book of Job: 'We brought nothing into the world, and we take nothing out. Th e Lord giveth, and Karren Brady has taken away.'\nActually, to be fair to Timothy, he didn't mention Baroness Brady by name \u2013 but you don't get quoted in the Bible by badmouthing members of the House of Lords. Maybe the clergyman would even throw in a psalm from Hymns Ancient and Modern (well, Modernised in this case). Th e Lord is my shepherd\/ He leads me by still waters like the River Lee and will guide me in the paths of righteousness to Stratford\/ Th ough I walk through the valley of the shadow of Westfi eld\/ I will now have to change at Mile End and get the Central Line\/ Or take the fast train from St Pancras\/ Although that costs a small fortune\/ You are my rod and comfort still\/ You have anointed my head with oil and my cup shall be full\/ But not the FA Cup this year sadly\/ Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life\/ And I will dwell in the Olympic Stadium for ever.\nIf this were a funeral, it would be the final farewell to a proper lady. Some say that, at the ripe old age of 112, her time had come. But there are those of us who believe she still had plenty of life left in her, and could have gone on for many more years had she been given the love and attention she so richly deserved.\nI first got to know her more than 50 years ago, and it's fair to say she's had a few facelifts since then. She had a few \"gentlemen friends\" in her time as well. Bobby Moore; Sir Trevor Brooking; Sir Geoff Hurst; Martin Peters; Billy Bonds, John Lyall \u2013 she knew how to hobnob with the very best. She had to put up with a few less appealing characters, too. But a funeral is not the place to go into all that. We'll save the gossip for the wake in the pub afterwards.\nLike all memorable characters, there are various sides to this particular lady. I first became acquainted with her via the North Bank \u00ac\u2013 complete with concrete terracing, crash barriers, the peanut man, pushing and shoving, singing, more singing, and no idea that one day it would all be gone. Then I discovered the Chicken Run and a brand of humour so dry you could have been in the Sahara Desert.\nOver the years I have explored all parts of the Boleyn Ground. Each section has a distinctive feel about it. It's like any family: we may not all be the same, but we have a common cause. We are the West Ham family \u2013 and she was a mother to us all. It's not uncommon at a funeral for the mourners to be asked to spend a moment or two in quiet reflection, recalling the cherished moments they shared with the loved one they have just lost. We will all have our own memories of this wonderful old lady: goals, glory, disaster, disappointment, triumph \u2013 she's given us all of those. And a whole lot more besides.\nWhen I close my eyes I see the imperious Bobby Moore leading out his team, ball under arm, the personification of self-belief; I see the main gates draped in all things claret and blue to mark his untimely death; I see Hurst and Peters in the centre circle leading the official tribute to our greatest ever fallen hero before a bitterly sombre game against Wolves.\nI see another captain \u2013 the awesome Billy Bonds \u2013 buccaneering through the mud to make a crucial tackle. He slides in, wins the ball, springs to his feet and immediately looks for Sir Trevor. Brooking angles his body to receive the pass, allows the untouched ball to slide past him as he uses his muscular frame to shield it, and then brings it under instant control as he turns and powers away from a desperate defender. Look again and I see Paolo Di Canio's unforgettable goal against Wimbledon; I see Liam Brady scoring with his last shot in his last game, leaving the ref no choice but to\nblow the final whistle a minute early as ecstatic supporters piled on to the pitch in celebration. I see Pat Holland run half the length of the field to score a brilliant solo effort and save us from FA Cup humiliation against the giant-killers of Hereford. The images of times gone by flash up so quickly it's hard to record them all. I see Gordon Banks saving Sir Geoff 's penalty to deny us a place in the League Cup final; I see Ray Stewart smashing home a spot kick at the other end to send us into an FA Cup semi final \u2013 and ultimately on to Wembley itself; I see Adrian ripping off his gloves with the swagger of a matador before converting the winning shoot-out penalty against Everton.\nNow the memories are cascading like a waterfall. I see the knowing smiles on the faces of all around me when Mr Moon is in the ground \u2013 and the even wider grins when he leaves the stadium. I see an ocean of claret and blue scarves hoisted high as Bubbles reverberates around the terraces of yesteryear; I see replica shirts swelling with pride as the same anthem rises in tribute from the modern all-seater stands that followed.\nAnd still the recollections come flooding back. The unlikely 4-1 victory under lights against Liverpool in the League Cup; the sickening relegation from the top flight six months later. Phil Parkes and Allen McKnight. Julian Dicks and Rigobert Song. Pop Robson and Marco Boogers. Alan Devonshire and Nigel Quashie. David Cross and David Kelly. Good times, bad times. The ups and downs. The West Ham way.\nClearest of all is my memory of a game long-forgotten by most. It was against Bolton Wanderers in 1997 \u2013 the first time I took my son to Upton Park. My fabulous father-in-law was in the next seat. Three generations, side by side at the home of the Family Club. You never forget that.\nBut now there can be no new memories of the Boleyn Ground. It really is over. The time has finally come to commit her body to the pages of history. Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. Please, forgive the moisture in the corner of my eye. Farewell, my old friend. We will remember you. Rest in peace. * Brian Williams is the author of Nearly Reach The Sky \u2013 A Farewell to Upton Park BBM\nWhy England may have just done West Ham a big favour\nBoleyn memories","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"The Page 69 Test\n\"The Nesting Dolls\"\nGail Bowen's Joanne Kilbourn mysteries have made her one of Canada's most popular crime writers. The first book in the series, Deadly Appearances (1990), was nominated for the W.H. Smith\/Books in Canada award for best first novel. Bowen has also written five plays that have been produced across Canada, and several of her mysteries have been made into TV movies starring Wendy Crewson as Joanne.\nBowen applied the Page 69 Test to The Nesting Dolls, the 12th Joanne Kilbourn mystery, and reported the following:\nTwo significant themes are introduced on page 69. One is the love between Joanne Kilbourn and her husband, Zack Shreve, a brilliant hard-hitting paraplegic trial lawyer who has, in the words of his doctor, lived like an 18-year-old with a death wish until his marriage to Joanne, two years earlier. Zack has a great lust for life, but he is fifty-one years old, and Joanne is aware that the average time between a trial lawyer's first court appearance and his or her first coronary is 20 years.\nJoanne notes that \"During the early months of our marriage our most serious quarrels had centred on Zack's determination to shut me out when his body betrayed him and my determination not to be shut out\u2026 I convinced him that caring for one another's bodies could be a sensual pleasure\u2026but despite his promises to cut back, his hours were long and there were mornings when after his customary five hours of sleep, he awoke grey and drawn. This morning was one of them, but I had long since learned not to comment.\"\nThe second theme centres on the identity of the woman who walks into a Christmas concert, hands her 6-month-old son over to teenaged Isobel Wainberg, daughter of one of Zack's law partners, and disappears into a blizzard. Zack is at the event snapping pictures of his stepdaughter and her friends and he unwittingly photographs the tableau.\nOn page 69, the Shreves are looking at the morning paper. The picture of Abby Michaels on the front page is one Zack took at the concert Saturday afternoon. The headline beneath it is stark: \"MOTHER MISSING\".\nJoanne characterizes the story about the missing woman as \"standard journalism\u2026the five W's and one H with no answers to why and how and a deliberate obfuscation of who. The search for the answer to these questions drives the plot of The Nesting Dolls.\nIn Talking About Detective Fiction, P.D. James discusses the mystery author's challenge to pick a victim that readers will care about who is \"powerfully alive\" to readers and for whom there is a good reason to be murdered. As readers learn about Abby Michaels, the term \"Mother Missing\" gains a powerful resonance. There is hurt in her violent death and in the dark secret that brought about her death.\nRead an excerpt from The Nesting Dolls, and learn more about the book and author at Gail Bowen's website and blog.\nCheck out the complete list of books in the Page 69 Test Series.\n--Marshal Zeringue\nPosted by Marshal Zeringue at 2:34 PM\nFeed Me The Page 69 Test\nThe CftAR Network\nCampaign for the American Reader\nMy Book, The Movie\nHEPPAS Books\nAt the Page 99 Test:\nMike Goldsmith's \"Discord: The Story of Noise\"\n\"Too Many Clients\"\n\"Blue Lightning\"\n\"The Killing Storm\"\n\"Strangers\"\n\"Rogue Island\"\n\"The Sleepwalkers\"\n\"Mourn the Living\"\n\"Death Notice\"\n\"Unholy Awakening\"\n\"Draculas\"\n\"Mister X\"\n\"Murder on the Bride's Side\"\n\"Innocent Monster\"\n\"A Curable Romantic\"\n\"And Then There Was One\"\n\"Penelope's Daughter\"\n\"Dream Queen\"\n\"The Mistaken Wife\"\n\"Esperanza\"\n\"Crystal Death\"","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"in Family, Life, Work\nDaycare Owner Called Ageist For Setting A New Policy For Her Elderly Employee After Accident\nYusuke Murata\/Getty Images\nManaging multiple employees is a difficult, nuanced task.\nA good manager must have one ear in the realm of business or organizational success, and the other trained on the wide-ranging needs and tendencies of the employees who look to them for direction.\nFor one Redditor, known as Acceptable-Jump4191 on the site, that task grew complicated on a recent workday. She posted about the experience on the \"Am I the A**hole (AITA)\" subReddit.\nThe Original Poster (OP) clarified the particular sticking point right in the post's title.\n\"AITA for my 'discriminatory' instructions to my elderly employee?\"\nShe began with a quick rundown of the workplace and the personnel situation.\n\"I know the title seems absurd, but hear me out.\"\nI [27-year-old female] am the head of a childcare-related business. We're relatively small (only about six employees) but the ones I'll be mentioning are K [17-year-old female] and B [86-year-old female].\"\n\"B, though in excellent shape, is elderly and isn't able to move around as well as she once did. She often plays with the kids and allows them to be physical with her.\"\n\"We employ her as an as-needed worker, meaning she generally comes later in the day when K is working.\"\nOne slight impasse would be the sign of more to come.\n\"A few weeks ago, B was playing with the children and allowed them to get rough with her (pull on her clothes, push her around, etc).\"\n\"K tried to intervene, but B assured her it was all fine and that she could take care of herself.\"\nOP explained how that was only the beginning.\n\"Well, later that day, one of the children hugged her so hard that she tripped and fell into the wooden playhouse. She ended up being virtually incapacitated on the ground.\"\nMeaning K, the seventeen year old, had to call 911 and help B as best she could, all while having to wrangle over a dozen young children.\"\n\"B ended up being totally fine, and was released from the hospital the next day.\"\nBut B wasn't the only one who took a blow.\n\"However, that event was extremely hard on K.\"\n\"She's an extremely capable worker, but seeing someone she cared about hurt combined with having to call 911 and being virtually alone with the kids was hard.\"\n\"She asked me privately if I would be okay with instructing B and the kids to not get too physical with B. K has said she's terrified of having another event like that, and I don't blame her.\"\nOP gave her best attempt at conflict resolution.\n\"I talked with the kids and parents to make sure they understand that playing with K is different than playing with B, and they need to be more gentle.\"\n\"However, when I discussed this with B, she accused me of being ageist and said she could do everything she used to do just fine.\"\n\"Our coworkers are divided. AITA?\"\nPlenty of Redditors agreed with B.\n\"YTA. You had good intentions but by framing it solely aimed at B it becomes an age discrimination thing. You should have sent a general email reminding parents\/staff about boundaries with rough play.\"\n\"Also despite her being energetic, in this capacity B is, as callous as this may sound, a liability. If she has an accident in the work place you're the one liable for it.\" \u2014 Dangerfyeld\n\"It really sounds like you're more concerned about K's feelings in this situation than you are about B's physical well-being. At least with the way you've written this. If this is true, YTA.\"\n\"B sounds like she can, and wants to, take care of herself. But this is also a workplace injury and should be treated as such- as in your company should be covering the cost and also finding a way to prevent these things in the future.\"\n\"In order to do that, I would maybe sit down with B and come to a solution together, rather than you making decisions on your own that make her feel excluded\/discriminated against.\" \u2014 gnarwhalbb\nMany Redditors criticized OP, though not for the reason she expected.\n\"YTA. The kids roughhousing with any of your employees is a liability. They shouldn't be playing like this with any of your employees. You really should rethink this policy and extend it to all employees not just B. What you are doing is ageist.\"\n\"You're already responsible for B's medical bills. This is a workers comp nightmare. A bad fall can kill an elderly person (or even a young person). Had B hit her head hard on that wooden playhouse, you could be looking at a death claim on your insurance.\"\n\"If the kids are roughhousing with all your employees, the employee doesn't have to be old to be hurt.\"\n\"If one of the kids were hurt, then you could be sued. I hope you have good liability insurance with umbrella coverage.\" \u2014 PotatoLover-3000\n\"YTA. You run a child care facility not a doggy daycare. Why are you teaching kids it's okay to rough house and get physical with any of your employees at all instead of keeping their hands to themselves????\" \u2014 captnunderpanties\n\"YTA because it's inappropriate to allow students to manhandle a teacher\/staff of any age. You need to be teaching boundaries and personal space and, yes, respect for the elderly, which she is whether or not she acknowledges it.\"\n\"It's not ageist to set safety guidelines as long as they're consistent with everyone.\"\n\"As a former preschool teacher, I'm honestly pretty appalled that you've allowed the children to do this. Who is the boss here, you or B? Make the rule, make it clear and make it universal.\" \u2014 Underwater_20897477\nOthers couldn't believe OP's management decision that led to the mishap.\n\"YTA why are you scheduling a 17 year old and an 86 year old on the same shift?\" \u2014 katherinemma987\n\"Holy moly, you have an 86 yr old and a 17yr old minding kids, is that even legal? You need to have 2 fully appropriate adults at all times. 17 is not an appropriate adult. Both these women need to work with a qualified cc professional. YTA\" \u2014 SnooChickens5652\n\"YTA here. There's 2 things I think you did wrong:\"\n\"1.) You made it ageist against B. She is absolutely right. She said she she can handle herself, and you decided that she can't because she is too old. That's ageist.\"\n\"2.) It's incredibly irresponsible to have 2 employees of their ages, being the only people working with 12 kids. K has every right to be terrified of having to make that call again- she shouldn't have even been in that position in the first place.\"\n\"And just throwing it out there: I would never trust your daycare to watch my son knowing you leave a 17 and a 86 year old alone with the kids.\" \u2014 jxcegxhris\nWe'll never know if OP takes this feedback to heart, but perhaps the onslaught of Reddit criticism will result in a few scheduling changes at the daycare.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Published on National Catholic Reporter (https:\/\/www.ncronline.org)\nMost immigrants with temporary protected status face its expiration\nEnter your email address to receive free newsletters from NCR.\nby Maria Benevento\n20180108T1456-13525-CNS-TPS-SALVADORANS (1000x667).jpg\nSalvadoran immigrant Mirna Portillo listens during a news conference Jan. 8 at the New York Immigration Coalition in Manhattan following President Donald Trump's announcement to end temporary protected status for Salvadorans. (CNS\/Reuters\/Andrew Kelly)\nOf the estimated 318,860 immigrants who had been shielded from returning to their dangerous home countries under the temporary protected status program at the time President Donald Trump was inaugurated, over 97 percent will soon lose legal status due to a series of decisions that advocates say are based more on anti-immigrant ideology than on facts.\nWith almost no hope that the Trump administration will voluntarily reverse its decisions or even grant the status to countries experiencing new crises, immigrant rights groups continue to advocate for legislative protections, challenge the decisions in the courts and offer legal aid to individual temporary protected status holders.\n\"I am aware that we are fighting against a machine that is investing resources in a rhetoric to create fear, to create more uncertainty such as the uncertainty that I have,\" said Yanira Arias, a national campaign manager for immigrant network Alianza Americas and a Salvadoran immigrant whose temporary protected status will permanently expire Sept. 9, 2019.\n\"But again, I do believe that collective voices are speaking on a more positive outcome,\" Arias added, \"elevating the contributions that TPS holders give to the United States.\"\nOnly 7,070 temporary protected status holders from Syria and South Sudan have had their status renewed under Trump, while 310,540 status holders from El Salvador, Sudan, Haiti, Honduras, Nicaragua and Nepal have had that status canceled and 1,250 from Somalia and Yemen are still waiting for decisions.\nThe temporary protected status program is meant to offer work permits and temporary protection from deportation \u2014 but not a path to permanent legal status \u2014 for immigrants who would otherwise be undocumented.\n\"TPS has been utilized for numerous reasons by Republican and Democratic administrations,\" said Lisa Parisio, an advocacy attorney for the Catholic Legal Immigration Network Inc. (CLINIC). The program embodies American and international principles including \"non-refoulement, which is the commitment for a country not to return people to countries where their lives or their freedom may be at risk.\"\nThe protection is granted when the Department of Homeland Security designates a country as too dangerous to receive returning immigrants due to natural disaster, violent conflict or other temporary conditions, and can be renewed in six-, 12- or 18-month increments, as many times as necessary until conditions improve.\nTemporary protected status is only available to migrants who are already in the U.S. when their country is designated \u2014 which usually happens very shortly after the disaster that prompts the designation. This arrangement means that those immigrants who receive temporary protected status have been in the U.S. for an especially long time, in some cases decades. Many hold jobs, own homes and have children who are U.S. citizens.\n20180503T1016-0091-CNS-HONDURAS-TPS-EXTENSION crop.jpg\nPeople hold a Honduran flag while sitting on the border fence between Mexico and the United States in Tijuana, Mexico, April 29. The Trump administration is ending temporary protected status for more than 50,000 Hondurans. (CNS\/Reuters\/Jorge Duenes)\nHonduran and Nicaraguan status holders have been in the U.S. at least 19 years, while Salvadorans have been here at least 17 years. (More than 250,000 status recipients come from Honduras, Nicaragua or El Salvador.)\nSudan and Somalia have been protected even longer, nearly 22 and 27 years, respectively, although some status holders from those countries are more recent arrivals since DHS has pushed up the required arrival date in a process known as redesignation.\nTrump's administration isn't the first to cancel the status for a particular country. George W. Bush's administration ended Liberia's status in 2007, and Barack Obama's administration terminated the status for Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone in 2017 after putting it in place during a 2014 Ebola epidemic. (Both Bush and Obama maintained protections for Liberians under the Deferred Enforced Departure program, protections Trump ended in March.)\nHowever, the scale of cancellations and the decision-making process under the Trump administration are a sharp break from past policy, advocates said, even raising doubts that any circumstances could lead the administration to designate a new country for the status. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Florida) has called for Venezuela to be protected and has been ignored.\n\"What the current administration is doing is unprecedented,\" said Kevin Appleby, senior director of international migration policy at the Center for Migration Studies. \"It seems as though they haven't even considered all the factors on the ground in these countries in making their decision. That has been driven by ideological or political concerns.\"\nAlthough the program is provided for by U.S. immigration law, and could therefore rebound relatively quickly under a more sympathetic administration, that possibility would come too late for current status holders. Even with the 12- or 18-month delays in termination each country has been granted, their status will expire between November 2018 and January 2020.\nRelated: Editorial: Stop mass deportations now\nThe U.S. lacks resources to deport all undocumented immigrants, Arias pointed out, and temporary protected status holders won't be a priority, but losing status will mean the immigrants will be vulnerable to being picked up in raids.\nJill Marie Bussey, director of advocacy for CLINIC, also explained that temporary protected status holders may be especially at risk because many applied for their status \"defensively\" after coming into contact with immigration enforcement, meaning they may already have removal proceedings in progress that were halted.\n\"Those wheels in motion go right into work again as soon as the TPS is stripped from them,\" Bussey said, and they will likely be the \"first wave\" to be deported.\nDespite the administration's lack of transparency, Bussey said, CLINIC is trying to discover how many immigrants are in that position so they can provide legal aid. She and other advocates also recommend immigration screenings for any status holders to see if they might be eligible for legal status through another avenue.\nA solution that would protect the majority of those losing status, though, would have to come through legislation or the courts. The administration has repeatedly called for Congress to provide permanent protection for the status holders, a call advocates echo even as they doubt its sincerity or its practicability.\n20171122T1156-0585-CNS-TPS-HAITI-TERMINATE crop.jpg\nA woman participates in an immigration rally for Haitians Nov. 21, 2017, in New York City. The previous day, Trump administration had announced that Haitians with temporary protected status must leave the country by July 22, 2019, or face deportation. (CNS\/Reuters\/Eduardo Munoz)\n\"I don't think in the near future it's realistic, given the political landscape,\" Appleby said, but administration officials publicly support a path to citizenship. \"Whether they were just saying that to get people off their backs or not ... you can point to the fact that they've said that and that Congress should include them in any immigration reform package.\"\nAnother avenue of hope for temporary protected status holders is the court system. At least four lawsuits have been filed challenging the cancellation of particular countries' statuses and seeking injunctions preventing DHS from implementing terminations.\nAll four lawsuits allege racial or ethnic discrimination; some point out disparaging comments Trump made about Haitians and other temporary protected status holders when a bipartisan group of legislators last approached him with an immigration compromise that included legal status for some temporary protected status holders.\nThe lawsuits also accuse the administration of not following proper procedures in making status determinations.\nRecent reports say DHS ignored advice from senior diplomats that some of the countries were unprepared to accept returning immigrants and that the Trump administration pressured officials to end countries' statuses.\n\"It's not surprising that this is being driven by the White House and by an ideological agenda ... despite advice from career diplomats who know the situation on the ground,\" said Appleby. \"These decisions were made in contrast to our best interests and to that of nations in our hemisphere.\"\nWhile previous administrations have interpreted the statute that established temporary protected status as allowing them to consider all factors that might make the country dangerous, such as gang violence or subsequent disasters, the Trump administration insists it can only consider recovery from the disaster or conflict that prompted the original designation.\nA backgrounder from CLINIC tracks irregularities in the administration's process, such as ignoring information, investigating unrelated concerns and failing to publish essential information for temporary protected status holders in a timely matter.\nThe reports that are \"bringing to the light the diplomats' advice to President Trump not to cancel the program because none of the countries are prepared makes me feel that I am not wrong with the feeling that I have of uncertainty if I am ordered to be deported back to El Salvador,\" said Arias.\n\"I continue to have that feeling of uncertainty. What if there is not a solution?\" Arias said. \"But also it gives me the energy and the hope to continue with the organizing effort.\"\nOne of the most concerning aspects of the situation is that the government has disregarded the fact that people's lives could be at risk if they are sent back too early, Bussey said, even though by law the government should consider it. \"It's heartless, it's cruel, it's immoral to send individuals back to that type of high level of risk and fear for their lives,\" she said.\n\"Very few people who have been here for decades are going to voluntarily want to leave and separate from their families,\" Bussey added. \"There's nothing to go back to, and in fact there's not just nothing to go back to, going back would put their lives at risk.\"\n[Maria Benevento is an NCR Bertelsen intern. Her email address is mbenevento@ncronline.org.]\nSend your thoughts and reactions to Letters to the Editor. 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{"text":"ROCO (River Oaks Chamber Orchestra, Houston, TX) is thrilled to announce its 15th season, \"Coming of Age\". ROCO's Unchambered series will feature a concert curated by violinist Scott St. John, concertmaster of ROCO. On November 2, St. John will present an afternoon of selections from string quartets, including pieces by Haydn, Mozart, Dvorak, Hindemith, Webern, Reger, and a premiere by Robert Maggio. Maggio and St. John met in the late 1980's when Maggio was a graduate student at the University of Pennsylvania and St. John was a student at The Curtis Institute of Music. St. John gave the premiere of Maggio's Solo Viola Suite in 1988, and later premiered Maggio's Duo Concertante on St. John's Young Concert Artists Series recital at the 92nd Street Y in 1991. He is also featured on two of Maggio's CD's: Seven Mad Gods and Riddles.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"On 10 Sep 2022 11 Sep 2022 By MattIn Carlos Alcaraz, Casper Ruud, Commentary, Frances Tiafoe, U.S. Open\nAnother absolute head-scratcher masterpiece from the Carlos again. That drop shot on his first MP in the fourth set! Uhg. But Frances came-up with the goods there too, so I can't give Alcaraz too much grief.\nThis SF wasn't nearly as taxing as the Sinner QF though I could be mistaken. I think the Spaniard finds enough recovery to be able to have enough for the final against Ruud.\nQuick couple of thoughts on Tiafoe. I have been writing about this kid for years. Like I said yesterday, this sea change of sorts in the business-end of the tournament sans the Big 3 took too long to get here. This has been a big part of my inelegant and even insipid approach to watching and writing about tennis. We have been charting the rise of the replacements for a long time. No need to go into that at this point.\nThis article from the 2019 Aussie Open sheds some light on both my thoughts on Tiafoe, even then, as well as a reference to that Dimitrov v Kyrgios comparison I referenced recently. A short passage on Tiafoe's tennis, as he was preparing to play Nadal in that tournament:\nMore on Tiafoe tomorrow. What an enormous talent. His game has grown. He's not one-dimensional. He can get a little careless, \"lazy\" perhaps, but he is a monster and should become an absolute terror on this tour. Rest-up, my fellow American.\nThe note on how Tiafoe can get a little careless is spot on with that kid. He's coming (loved his comment at the end of yesterday's match about winning the USO one day, sorry for letting down the fans, etc.), but he has that wayward FH on occasion and the DFs really affected him (actually, looking at the service numbers of both players yesterday did not seem to bode that well for Alcaraz: Tiafoe's serve was pretty bad, yet still a topsy-turvy five setter).\nStill, the respect shown by both Carlos and Frances for each other and the crowd and the game was such a pleasure to watch. We have loved the American's game for a while and listening to Johnny Mac suggest that he and Kyrgios have similar styles \u2014 I said that years ago too. Ho hum.\nI nailed the Ruud v Khachanov call and am emboldened in my frustration for Khachanov's unplayable game in the QF against Kyrgios. There is some history between those two, so the Russian had a little extra motivation \u2014 I will give him that. But clearly that was a one-off. He didn't have any big wins coming into that QF. That was purely a one-off. Watch Karen go away for another year or so.\nAs for the Final, we have to like the Spaniard (maybe I get more Spanish readers now \u2014 there are always a couple, most likely checking-in on my latest installment of Nadalism \u2014 ha ha). Tough not to like this kid's game, demeanor, the whole bag. Unreal resilience. He has survived some big tennis from some big hitters. What he has to deal with against Ruud is being more effective at closing-out games, sets and the match!\nWe have certainly seen Carlos get a little tight (if you want to call it that) in these last two matches. The Sinner and Tiafoe matches should have been four setters. But that's tennis, and these are competitive guys putting everything on the line. Still, Ruud's claim to fame is his professionalism. He's got that Nadal gene: he consolidates the break, he doesn't make many errors, he's good at what he does, plays a clean, unspectacular game and it works.\nIn short, Carlos should win tomorrow's U.S. Open Final. No question.\nLooking forward to this match, actually \u2014 trying to stay positive and optimistic about this sport, during this changing of the guard (slight hint at the change now taking place in the British monarchy).\nEnjoy the Final!","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"About Talent Systems\u2122\nTalent Systems, LLC is the leading technology solution provider for casting and auditioning to the entertainment industry. Casting directors and agents worldwide use Talent Systems' portfolio of products to source and manage talent across film, television, commercials, theater and digital projects, powering an unparalleled, global casting software ecosystem. Talent Systems is headquartered in Los Angeles and operates in the US, Canada, UK, Australia, Ukraine, India and Poland.\nCasting Networks' flagship casting software is used by thousands of casting directors on a daily basis. It offers communication, talent submission, scheduling, audition management and secure video sharing. More than 1.3 million performers have used Casting Networks to schedule 14 million auditions since 2002.\nFounded in 1927, Spotlight connects professional performers with roles in theatre, television and film productions. Casting professionals choose Spotlight to cast their projects because performers on Spotlight are recognised as the industry's best. With studios in London's famous West End and a team of people across Europe, Spotlight is at the heart of the performing arts industry.\nEvery major film and TV studio uses Cast It to make their casting decisions. Thousands of studio executives, producers, directors and casting professionals, including every major studio and network, log into Cast It daily\u2014to create briefs and roles, collaborate with casting offices and securely recover and share audition videos.\nCast It Talent gives actors the opportunity to join the Cast It database and make their info readily available to the thousands of Casting Directors that use Cast It Systems. Over 260,000 actors use Cast It Talent to submit for TV, film and commercial projects. Cast It Talent's Worldwide Open Call powers global searches for the largest studios and networks.\nThe industry's premier technology solution is designed to satisfy every need of today's top Model, Talent, Artist and Photo Rep Agencies. Modasphere provides you with all of the tools you need to succeed in a single, all-inclusive, web-based system.\nCasting directors nationwide use Casting Frontier to find, audition and book top talent. The platform streamlines the audition process with easy-to-use digital tools for actors, casting directors, producers and talent representatives, and maintains one of the largest talent databases and casting call listing services in North America.\nLos Angeles (HQ)","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Board Elects New Officers\nFrom the Board of Governors \/ By IAC Staff\nBoard Elects New Officers By a unanimous vote of the Board of Governors at its last meeting, the following officers were elected: Chair of the Board \u2013 Shirley Anderson, MS, Certified Masteries Coach, MCC Owner and President of Coach Miami, Inc. www.coachmiami.com President \u2013 Barbara Mark Ph.D. Founder and Principal of Full Circle Institute www.BarbaraMark.com \u2026\nBoard Elects New Officers Read More \u00bb\nMeet IAC's 6000th Member\nAbout IAC Members \/ By IAC Staff\nMeet IAC's 6000th Member: Chadwick Whitney from Hampshire IL He may be a new member of IAC, but Chadwick Whitney has been \u2014 in his words \u2014 \"an unofficial coach for quite a while.\" Currently he coaches a few real estate investors and four business majors from his Alma Mater, Northern Illinois University. \"I have \u2026\nMeet IAC's 6000th Member Read More \u00bb\nPresident's Message \/ By IAC Staff\nPresident's Message By Barbara Weiland-Mark, Ph.D. Welcome to spring: a time for warmth, new beginnings, and growth. There have been some changes in the leadership of the IAC. I would like to express our deepest thanks for the people who have served on the Board of Governors and have taken IAC from the initial vision \u2026\nPresident's Message Read More \u00bb\nIAC VOICE, Vol 1, Num 2, March 5, 2004\nNewsletters \/ By IAC Staff\nMarch 5, 2004, Vol 1, Num 2 Sent to our 6,057 members We Now Have 6,000 Members IAC has gained 442 new members in the past two months! It has been full-speed-ahead in our goal of becoming the largest coaching association in the world. We don't know if we're the largest yet \u2013 The \u2026\nIAC VOICE, Vol 1, Num 2, March 5, 2004 Read More \u00bb\nIAC VOICE, Vol 1, Num 1, January 27, 2004\nJanuary 27, 2004, Vol 1, Num 1 January 27, 2004, Vol 1, Num 1 Sample Exam Now On-line IAC members can now practice taking the Phase I certification exam on-line by going to http:\/\/www.certifiedcoach.org\/sample.html. Here you will find a sample coaching scenario featuring a 49 year old physician approaching burn-out and feeling resentful \u2026\nIAC VOICE, Vol 1, Num 1, January 27, 2004 Read More \u00bb","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Featured Features\nStudent suicides in Pakistan: More than a mental health issue\nRamesh Kumar January 18, 2019\nSuicide rates in students are burgeoning day by day.\nHundreds of students have attempted and at least a dozen have committed suicide in the past two years. Suicide is a social and psychological issue. Every time a student commits suicide, there is one question that comes to mind and that is that why are we constantly failing as a society?\nLast day, a 3rd year MBBS student, Mohammed Atif Arain allegedly committed suicide in his room in Ibn-e-Sina hostel, LUMHS, Jamshoro.\nThough initial reports suggest it was a suicide but investigations are raising many questions. It is reported that Atif was depressed due to two main issues: One, because one of his brothers died of cancer and another is suffering from same disease and two, he was exhausted by pressure of supplementary exams in each semester.\nVia a thorough research of daily papers in Pakistan, I found 10 apparent suicide events in medical campuses in the country during the past 2 years.\nFor example, pressure of studies and time management took life of Abdul Basit of Hamdard College of Medicine and Dentistry, pressure of supplementary exams took life of Nargis from Sahara Medical College and bad terms with academia took life of Usman Javed of Rehbar Medical College. In Aga Khan University, 5 students have committed suicide in recent past. Moreover, Shahnawaz of QAMC hanged himself to death for failing two papers, while Anam Rustam of FMDC took her life within 10 days of house job posting.\nIt's an alarming situation when youngsters, pursuing a career in health sciences and supposed to save the ailing humanity from despair of illnesses, have themselves been taking their own lives out of apparently masked but not so hidden epidemic of depression and alienation that is product of today's neo-liberal consumerist social order.\nREAD TLP calls off violent strikes after an agreement with the govt\nEducational institutes, like all other social spaces, have been turned into a repository of traditional wisdom and lack of any critical discourse turns them into factories producing money-mongering machines.\nHumanitarian and social sciences improve the mental and social life of students and make them politically and socially mature. It's saddening that our academia, including parents and media culture, discourage students to participate in humanitarian and social sciences (either as academic career or part-time hobby) because of the so called state hegemony to place no value for the aforementioned subjects in the job market. When you have a look at the syllabus of different campuses, you find no element to address and enlighten the social and mental aspect of students' training.\nAlthough students commit suicides all around the world, and there are myriads of reasons, academic reasons top all others. In third world countries like Pakistan, the recent monopoly of neo-liberal policies, western NGOs and other organizations have strengthened the concept of class-based education system.\nIntroduction of first world social activities like Model United Nations leadership programs among others are some examples that apparently serve no social purpose here but rather create an environment of alienation and depression for lower and middle class students.\nThis is to fill the void created by state through banning students unions which otherwise can serve a purpose of healthy discourse and bonding among students and academia. The toxic environment of competition for good grades, all-pervasive plagiarism to have good number of publications, career counseling sessions and to make it a matter of life or death to travel abroad are a few strong reasons that overwhelm youngsters and put unnecessary pressure on them.\nMoreover, students are judged by three choices: An excellent academic record, a first world type social life in campus, and being part of out-of-campus indigenous social organizations or mainstream political parties.\nREAD Public Places In Kashmir Should Not Be Appropriated By India\nIn today's scenario, none of the 3 options address the factors that shape an individual student's personality; issues such as family conflicts, financial problems, peer pressure, social stigma are left unconsidered but expectations from students are raised.\nAll of this creates a certain cognitive dissonance. Many students consult religious clerics for comfort who can offer them nothing but placebo. In return, thousands are radicalized by fundamentalists. But final abode of most such students is a life of despair and depression that leads to suicide.\nOnce suicide among medical students was considered an unthinkable act. Studies have been showing that medical syllabus used in campuses across the sub-continent has become stress trigger that needs to be updated and made student-friendly.\nDepartments of student affairs are not serving the purpose of student welfare too, rather they are busy organizing events on state holidays.\nIt's the need of time to have student counsels in campuses. Establishing literary societies and organizing stress management seminars or suicide prevention events can be redeeming as well. Pakistani medical universities need to consider the fact that instead of wasting time and money on unproductive events, they must turn their attention to student welfare and mental health.\nActivist Allegedly Shot Dead By UC Chairman In Karachi. Mother Dies Upon Hearing News\nDid You Know YouTube Disabled Comments On Videos Featuring Kids?\nIn pictures: The life and death of Benazir Bhutto\nRamesh Kumar\nThe author is a fresh MBBS graduate from LUMHS, Jamshoro. He writes in protest to ignorance and injustice. He can be reached at [email protected]\nStudents suicide in Pakistan\nSuicide in Pakistan\n'He will prove to be an asset': Pakistanis react as Justice Khosa takes oath as CJP\nIn Defence of Truth: Censorship vs. Manto\nSheraz Ahmed January 18, 2019","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"School Watch\nAssistant Arts Professor of New Media and Photography\n\u2022 New York University\nView of Rebecca Arthur, The House That Built Me, Tisch Photography & Imaging senior show 2018.\nApplication deadline: December 1, 2018\nTisch School of the Arts at New York University (NYU)\ntisch.nyu.edu\nTwitter \/ Facebook \/ Instagram\nThe Department of Photography and Imaging, New York University\/Tisch School of the Arts seeks applicants for a full-time, non-tenure track Assistant Arts Professor to teach undergraduate-level courses in new media and photography effective September 1, 2019, at the rank of Assistant Arts Professor.\nThe Department of Photography & Imaging at Tisch is a four-year BFA program centered on the making and understanding of images. Our mission is to provide student artists and photographers with an opportunity to explore and develop their own creative voice and ideas while contributing to the larger world. It is a diverse department embracing multiple perspectives; the 170 majors work in virtually all modes of analog and digital photo-based image making and multimedia. The department has 9 full-time faculty and 15 part-time faculty.\nThe department invites new media professors and artists to apply for the position in the field of new media to be appointed at the rank of Assistant Arts Professor (full-time, non-tenure track). The ideal candidate must be versed in hybrid intersections that include new media, photography, video, and web-based photographic work\u2014teaching undergraduate level studio classes, critical studies seminars in new media, and other courses within the specialization of the successful candidate. Candidates should have proven professional experience and thorough knowledge of the latest digital media technologies, and comprehensive knowledge of photographic and new media histories. The ideal candidate will hold a MA, MFA or equivalent degree and have at least 4 years college-level teaching, or professional recognition in the field. Candidates are expected to have an active career, exhibition and\/or publication record in the expanded definition of contemporary photography studies, including new media. An interdisciplinary approach to teaching new media which could contribute to courses across the specializations such as time-based media and projects courses is desirable. Successful candidates must demonstrate a commitment to research and teaching, and possess the ability to participate in new curricular initiatives, including strategic planning for the department.\nIn addition to teaching undergraduate critical studies seminars and studio classes in new media and other courses within the specialization of the successful candidate, service at the department, school, and university levels; responsibilities will include department and school committees, advisement and supervision of undergraduates. Teaching load, over a 9-month academic calendar, is 5 courses per year. Applicants with a broad range of photographic and new media experiences are invited to apply. It is anticipated that the successful candidate will make a valuable contribution to the development of the courses in the department through building relationships with the larger University, as well as support an integrated approach of the curriculum. They will encourage students to consider their future careers within a local, regional and international context and ensure that they are equipped to take up this challenge. The successful candidate should demonstrate versatility and forward thinking. The candidate's approach and experience in engaging students in new media tools and digital skills should be evident within their teaching materials (statement of teaching philosophy, syllabi and samples of student work). Duties will include service on department and school committees, advisement and supervision of undergraduates.\nPlease submit application materials by December 1, 2018 via apply.interfolio.com.\nNew York University is an Equal Opportunity Employer. New York University is committed to a policy of equal treatment and opportunity in every aspect of its hiring and promotion process without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, pregnancy or childbirth (or related medical condition), sexual orientation, partnership status, gender and\/or gender identity or expression, marital, parental or familial status, caregiver status, national origin, ethnicity, alienage or citizenship status, veteran or military status, age, disability, predisposing genetic characteristics, domestic violence victim status, unemployment status, or any other legally protected basis. Women, racial and ethnic minorities, persons of minority sexual orientation or gender identity, individuals with disabilities, and veterans are encouraged to apply for vacant positions at all levels.\nAnnouncements Dec 13, 2022 \u2022 XE: Experimental Humanities & Social Engagement \u2022 New York University\nAnnouncements Dec 17, 2019 \u2022 Faculty positions in the Integrated Digital Media program \u2022 New York University\nAnnouncements Nov 21, 2019 \u2022 Full time Clinical Assistant or Associate Professor in Visual Arts \u2022 New York University\nAnnouncements Feb 14, 2019 \u2022 Two Industry Assistant Professor Positions in Integrated Digital Media program \u2022 New York University\nAnnouncements Sep 11, 2018 \u2022 MA in Arts Politics \u2022 New York University\nAnnouncements Feb 14, 2018 \u2022 International Leadership Program in Visual Arts Management (ILPVAM) application deadline extended \u2022 New York University\nAnnouncements Jan 26, 2018 \u2022 Center for Experimental Humanities Faculty Fellows \u2022 New York University\nAnnouncements Dec 15, 2017 \u2022 Apply now: International Leadership Program in Visual Arts Management (ILPVAM) \u2022 New York University\ne-flux\nArtforum\nThe latest announcements from top art and educational institutions worldwide.\nThere has been an error. 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{"text":"Texas Health Resources\nInsurance & Costs\nAbout Texas Health\nTexas Health Medical Associates\nResidencies and Internships\nTexas Health HEB\nNote: Facility Access Is Limited during COVID-19 Restrictions | See Map\n1600 Hospital Parkway\nBedford, TX 76022\nWelcome to Texas Health HEB\nTexas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Hurst-Euless-Bedford is committed to providing Northeast Tarrant County with a patient and family-centered approach to care. As a valuable health care resource to the community, we are pleased to offer complex care treatments and medical advancements in a variety of services. In addition to being a designated Level III Trauma Center, we've also added new behavioral health therapies at Texas Health Springwood Behavioral Health. Our dedication to your health and well-being goes beyond our hospital walls through established patient education programs to meet all of your needs.\nFree parking is available for all patients and visitors on the Texas Health HEB campus. For more information on where parking is available, view or print a copy of the campus map.\nHospital Inpatients\nEffective 11\/24\/2020, one visitor per patient per day.\nLabor & Delivery\/Postpartum\nA support person and\/ or doula may be allowed depending on the COVID-19 status of the mother, support person and\/ or doula.\nNeonatal ICU (NICU)\nTwo parents\/guardians may be allowed depending upon their COVID-19 status.\nNo visitors.\nFor safety, positive\/suspected positive COVID-19 patients will not have visitors.\nPre-Register for Service\nMaternity Experience\nLocation Map & Guide\nView Quick Guide\nNote: Dining Options currently limited; Gift Shop temporarily closed.\nLocation: Basement level\nMonday through Friday: 7 a.m. \u2013 2 p.m.\nClosed weekends and holidays.\nH.E. Beans\nLocation: First floor, hospital lobby\nMonday through Friday: 6:30 a.m. \u2013 2 p.m.\nClosed holidays.\nFresh Market Caf\u00e9\nLocation: Second floor, waiting area\nAvailable at all times, the Fresh Market Caf\u00e9 offers traditional vending options along with fresh fruit, sandwiches and healthy snacks. Credit and debit cards are accepted.\nTexas Health Pharmacy Kiosk\nLocation: First floor, Emergency Department\nStocked with medications to save you a trip to the pharmacy. Talk to your ED Provider or call 682-236-2500.\nSaturday: 10:30 a.m. \u2013 2:30 p.m.\nPeople of all faiths are welcome to use the chapel, located on the first floor of the hospital. If you need a chaplain, please ask the nurse or call 817-848-4000.\nYour Upcoming Hospital Visit\nWe have modified many of our procedures to help keep our patients, their visitors, our care teams, and the entire North Texas community safe. Find information to help you prepare for your surgery or procedure.\nDon't suffer needlessly!\nThe Texas Health HEB\nHeartburn & Reflux program\noffers a wide range of services,\nfrom diagnosis to treatment.\nHave a Texas Health HEB Baby\nThe first gift to your newborn should be the right hospital. Learn more about having a baby at our hospital.\nNeuroscience Program\nIf you or a loved one is facing a brain, spine or nervous system disorder, Texas Health HEB offers comprehensive and advanced care for a variety of neurological and neurosurgical conditions.\nFraser Hay, President\nFraser Hay\nFraser Hay, FACHE, serves as president of Texas Health HEB. Hay was promoted to president in January 2018 after serving as vice president of professional and support services at Texas Health Plano. In this role, he provided oversight for all non-nursing operations and led strategic business development activities and service line development.\nHay was instrumental in the starting up of a physician-led Surgical Services Operations Committee to improve Perioperative Services' access and efficiencies. He also oversaw the development and implementation of a systematic campus refresh plan and furthered the hospital's service-line strategies to increase acuity and regional reach of care provided. Prior to joining Texas Health Plano, he served as the professional services officer at Texas Health Southwest.\nHay holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in finance from the University of Oklahoma and a master's degree in health administration from Trinity University in San Antonio. He completed a residency with INTEGRIS Health in Oklahoma City.\nHay remains active in his professional and personal communities by serving on the boards of the North Texas Chapter of the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) and Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council (DFWHC). He also serves his local church, Good Shepherd Catholic Community in Colleyville, as a member of the Pastoral Advisory Council. Hay has been honored as Young Healthcare Executive of the Year by the North Texas Chapter of ACHE in 2015 and DFWHC in 2017.\nOutside of work, he enjoys spending time with his wife, Lindsay, and their three young children.\nJulie Balluck, Chief Nursing Officer\nJulie Balluck\nJulie Balluck, M.S.N., R.N., NEA-BC, serves as chief nursing officer at Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Hurst-Euless-Bedford, having moved into that role in Feburary 2020.\nBalluck began her tenure with the system in 1999, starting as a staff nurse and rising through the ranks at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas to become director of surgical services from 2010 to 2017, and then associate chief nursing officer in 2015. She subsequently served as interim chief nursing officer in 2019.\nBalluck improved the consumer experience at Texas Health Dallas by increasing patient experience scores for two inpatient post-surgical departments from 55th percentile to 80+ percentile (one of highest in the hospital) in less than two years. She also oversaw consistent year-over-year ambulatory surgery patient experience scores within threshold or above.\nBalluck planned and oversaw significant facility construction projects there, including a perioperative services expansion and renovation of the sixth-floor medical-surgical unit. She also advanced and grew strategic initiatives, including planning for that hospital's fourth American Nurses Credentialing Center Magnet designation in 2020, and oversaw market growth for service lines including orthopedics, trauma, heart and vascular, neurosciences, surgical services and women's and infants.\nShe holds an honors in nursing diploma from Sheridan College School of Nursing in Mississauga, Ontario, a bachelor of science in nursing at Ryerson University in Toronto, Ontario, and master of science in nursing from the University of Texas at Arlington. She is currently enrolled in the doctor of nursing practice (administration) program at the University of Texas Health Sciences program in Houston.\nBalluck lives in Dallas with her husband, Terry, and their three school-age sons. The family stays busy attending the boys' activities including academic competitions, lacrosse and soccer. The Ballucks also like to travel and camp at state parks, and make a drive to her childhood home in Canada every summer.\nScott David Lloyd, Chief Medical Officer\nScott LLoyd\nScott David Lloyd, M.D., M.B.A., is chief medical officer of Texas Health HEB.\nHe was previously medical director for care management at North Texas Specialty Physicians (NTSP)\/Silverback for four years. In this role, he provided medical oversight of the utilization management, disease management and complex case management for over 80,000 Medicare Advantage members. During this period, he also was medical director of the Care N' Care Insurance Company.\nWhile at NTSP\/Silverback, Lloyd developed a nationally recognized community paramedicine program with emergency medical services provider MedStar that closes gaps in care for many local Medicare members. He also led the development of a palliative care program for the plan membership.\nLloyd also served as a hospitalist with Texas Health Physicians Group, working primarily at Texas Health Fort Worth. He is board certified in internal medicine and is a veteran of the United States Air Force.\nHe is a graduate of the University of Texas Medical School at San Antonio and holds a Master of Business Administration degree from the Neeley School of Business at Texas Christian University.\nHe and his wife, Jennifer, live in Arlington.\nOpen AllClose All\nTexas Health Hurst-Euless-Bedford Community Health Needs Assessment\n2020\u20132022 Texas Health Resources Implementation Strategy\n612 E. Lamar Boulevard","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"CMT Cody Alan\nChris Stapleton, Thomas Rhett Lead ACM Nominations\nposted by Dustin Stout - Mar 1, 2018\nChris Stapleton and Thomas Rhett lead the country pack in nominations at the 53rd Academy of Country Music Awards.\nThe \"Broken Halos\" singer snagged more nominations than anyone else in 2018 with eight total, including his first for Entertainer of the Yer.\nRelated: Reba Returns to Host the 53rd ACM Awards\nReigning Male Vocalist of the Year Thomas is nominated in the category once again and is also up for five additional trophies.\nKeith Urban and songwriter Shane McAnally follow with five total nominations each, while Miranda Lambert and Maren Morris each earned four total nominations.\nA surprise nod went to Tim McGraw and Faith Hill in the Vocal Duo of the Year category. The country couple released their first ever joint album, The Rest of Our Life, in late 2017.\nAmong the nominees in the New Artist categories include Carly Pearce, LANCO and Russell Dickerson--just to name a few.\nRelated: See the Full List of ACM Awards Nominations\nFourteen-time host Reba McEntire will return to the ACM helm in 2018.\nThe 53rd Annaul ACM Awards broadcasts live from Las Vegas on Sunday, April 15, at 8 P.M. ET on CBS.\n{\"position1\": {\"artist\": {\"bio\": \"\", \"id\": 901714, \"name\": \"Chris Stapleton\"}, \"catalog_type\": \"artist\", \"description\": \"\", \"id\": 901714, \"name\": \"Chris Stapleton\", \"related\": [{\"bio\": \"\", \"id\": 34173, \"name\": \"Eric Church\"}, {\"bio\": \"\", \"id\": 41859, \"name\": \"Jamey Johnson\"}, {\"bio\": \"\", \"id\": 30406307, \"name\": \"Luke Combs\"}, {\"bio\": \"\", \"id\": 903385, \"name\": \"Cody Jinks\"}, {\"bio\": \"\", \"id\": 58716, \"name\": \"Zac Brown Band\"}, {\"bio\": \"\", \"id\": 672651, \"name\": \"Lee Brice\"}, {\"bio\": \"\", \"id\": 89555, \"name\": \"Brooks \\u0026 Dunn\"}], \"tagged\": true, \"type\": \"catalog\"}}\nWant to know more about CMT Cody Alan? Get their official bio, social pages & articles on CMT Radio Live + CMT After MidNite + CMT All Access! Read more\nCall 1-866-877-4CMT","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Summary and book reviews of Smoke Screen by Kyle Mills\nby Kyle Mills\nSep 2003, 368 pages\nOrdinary People (Thrillers)\nMills explores the controversial subject of Big Tobacco in a chilling and timely business thriller.\nThe Firm meets the tobacco industry in this wildly compelling corporate thriller.\nThrough a series of unwanted promotions, Trevor Barnett has become the lead spokesman for the tobacco industry just as it's on the verge of extinction. Plaintiffs' attorneys have finally found the weakness they'd been searching for and have filed a $200 billion lawsuit that the industry will be unable to appeal. America's tobacco companies react by doing the unthinkable - they close their plants and recall their products from retailers' shelves. The message is clear: Not another cigarette will be manufactured or sold until the industry is given ironclad protection from the courts. As the economy falters and chaos takes hold, Trevor finds himself the target of enraged smokers, gun-toting cigarette smugglers, and a government that has been cut off from one of its largest sources of revenue. Soon it becomes clear that this had always been his function - to take the brunt of the backlash and shield the men in power from the maelstrom they've created. As he is slowly abandoned by an industry that his own ancestors helped to create, he begins to hatch a plan to fight back.\nKyle Mills continues to explore the controversial subjects that have won him legions of fans and accolades around the globe. Fascinating in concept, rich in characters, and broad in appeal, Smoke Screen has all the trademark flair of his previous novels.\n\"So do you have to be naked to use the foosball table?\"\nAt least that's what I think she said. The house's half-million-dollar sound system was being pushed to its limit by one of those repetitive, mechanical-sounding drones people slightly younger than me liked to listen to. I focused on her mouth as she spoke, trying to read her lips through the smoke and chaotic lighting, but found myself concentrating on their plump perfection instead.\nI managed to turn slightly, bumping someone behind me and sending most of his beer down my back. It felt pretty good, so I shrugged off his apology and looked out across a dance floor so full that it made nonvertical motion completely impossible. On the downbeats, I could just make out some bare skin over the top of the pogoing crowd.\n\"I'm not really sure,\" I shouted loud enough for her to hear but not so loud as to shower her with spit. \"I think it's more of a guideline.\"\nShe mulled that over for a moment. \"Why?\"\n.. a timely and chilling tale hinging on the power of Big Tobacco...The novel's plot is carefully crafted and original...an absorbing business thriller.\nBooklist - Wes Lukowsky\nHe does an exemplary job of presenting both sides of the issue--essentially, health versus choice--and presents a Swiftian solution designed to bring both warring factions to their knees. This may disappoint a few of the author's usual fans but will gain him many new ones.\nLibrary Journal - Jane Jorgenson\nIn his latest thriller, Mills mines familiar territory with completely new and powerful tools....Readers who are convinced that they know where they stand on the tobacco issue may have to think again. Highly recommended.\nFunny, near-credible fantasy about an unlikely hero who takes on Big Tobacco and cuts it down to size....Fast, lively, provocative. If at resolution time Mills blows a little smoke, you'll at least have been thoroughly entertained.\nMore books by Kyle Mills\nIf you liked Smoke Screen, try these:\nby Richard North Patterson\nA compelling story made even more intriguing by its detailed insight into the world of special-interest politics in Washington, D.C.\nA young public defender stumbles on a conspiracy too horrible to believe, and soon finds himself in the middle of a complex case against one of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies looking at an enormous settlement that would totally change his life - making him the newest king of torts.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Home \u00bb Entities \u00bb Army's Communications-Electronics Command\nProfile: Army's Communications-Electronics Command (CECOM)\nRelated Entities:\nChild US Department of Defense\nArmy's Communications-Electronics Command (CECOM) was a participant or observer in the following events:\nSeptember 18, 2001: Investigators Reported to Have Detected a Signal from One of the Crashed Planes' Black Boxes at Ground Zero\nLogo of the New York State Emergency Management Office. [Source: New York State Emergency Management Office]Investigators searching the debris of the collapsed World Trade Center towers are reported to have detected a signal from one of the black boxes from the planes that crashed into the WTC on September 11, although government officials will later say that these two planes' black boxes were never found. [New York State Emergency Management Office, 9\/18\/2001 ; Philadelphia Daily News, 10\/28\/2004] The two \"black boxes\" carried by all commercial aircraft\u2014the cockpit voice recorder and the flight data recorder\u2014can provide valuable information about why a plane crashed. [CBS News, 2\/25\/2002; PBS, 2\/17\/2004] A report published today by the New York State Emergency Management Office states that \"[i]nvestigators have identified the signal from one of the black boxes in the WTC debris.\" [New York State Emergency Management Office, 9\/18\/2001 ] Furthermore, a team from the Army's Communications-Electronics Command (CECOM) arrived at Ground Zero on September 13 \"and scoped the area using classified signal equipment,\" according to Federal Computer Week magazine, and according to Toni Quiroz, chief of the computer networking branch at CECOM, \"The team managed to get some signals that could have emanated from the black boxes.\" Quiroz will add, however, that \"it was never determined if they were the recorders.\" [Federal Computer Week, 9\/16\/2002] But a report published by the New York City Office of Emergency Management on September 25 will state that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has been \"[u]nable to detect any 'pinging' from either 'black box'\" at Ground Zero. [New York City Office of Emergency Management, 9\/25\/2001 ] A firefighter and a volunteer who are involved in the recovery effort at Ground Zero will say they helped federal agents find three of the four black boxes in the WTC debris (see October 2001). [Swanson, 2003, pp. 108; Philadelphia Daily News, 10\/28\/2004] But the 9\/11 Commission Report will state that the black boxes from the planes that crashed into the WTC \"were not found\" and the FBI will, in 2004, make the same claim. [9\/11 Commission, 7\/24\/2004, pp. 456; Philadelphia Daily News, 10\/28\/2004]\nEntity Tags: Toni Quiroz, Federal Aviation Administration, Army's Communications-Electronics Command","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"View Obituary Donaldsonville Chief Obituaries\nCarolyn Dolores (LeBlanc) Songy\nCarolyn LeBlanc Songy, native of Donaldsonville and resident of Thibodaux, passed away on December 31, 2017, at the age of 90. Carolyn was a friend to everyone she met. She taught for many years in the public and parochial schools of Donaldsonville. She was a graduate of Ascension Catholic High School and Nicholls State University. Carolyn was an avid bridge player, and achieved the status of Life Master in the American Contract Bridge League. Carolyn is survived by her four children, Lynne Songy of Thibodaux, Donald Songy (Kerry) of Prairieville, Randall Songy (Nancy) of Lafayette, and Nancy Toups (Douglas) of Thibodaux; daughter in law, Audrey Songy of Huntsville, Alabama; a sister, Patricia Judice Ruckstuhl; 14 grandchildren; and 17 great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband of 51 years, Claude Songy, Jr.; son, Claude \"Skip\" Songy, III; her parents, Adam and Viriginia Dill LeBlanc; and a sister, Loyce Waguespack Black. The visitation will be held on Tuesday, January 2, 2018 at Ourso Funeral Home, Donaldsonville, from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. and will resume on Wednesday, January 3, 2018, at Ascension of Our Lord Catholic Church, Donaldsonville, from 9:00 a.m. until Mass of Christian Burial at 11:00 a.m. Entombment to follow in the church mausoleum. Pallbearers will be her grandsons. We would like to thank Ethel Joseph and the staff at St. Joseph Manor, who gave her wonderful care. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made in her honor to your favorite charity. To offer your condolences to the family please visit www.oursoDonaldsonville.com.\nOurso Funeral Home\n134 Houmas Street\nDonaldsonville, LA 70346\nAscension of Our Lord Catholic Church cemetery\nDonaldsonville, LA\nAscension of Our Lord Catholic Church\nTuesday, Jan 2\n134 Houmas Street, Donaldsonville, LA 70346\nAll arrangements are locally delivered to Ourso Funeral Home by a local Donaldsonville, LA florist.\nEternal Affection Arrangement- BASKET INCLUDED\nThe Eternal Affection\u2122 Arrangement is a peaceful offering of heartfelt sympathy. White gladiolus, Peruvian lilies, carnations, mini carnations and lush greens are beautifully arranged in a round whitewash handled basket to create a beautiful display of soft serenity.\nStandard basket is approximately 15\"H x 12\"W.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Update on war against wild dogs\nThe National Wild Dog Action Plan 2014-2019 is now well underway, with a number of notable achievements under its belt. These include the improved alignment of state wild dog management strategies, a more robust and consultative governance framework and the development of a skill set in wild dog management for professional pest animal controllers.\nThe Australian and Queensland Governments also announced a joint offer of more than $5.2 million dollars to assist landowners in Central Western Queensland manage wild dog populations. This commitment captures the plan's emphasis on a collaborative, multi-pronged approach to combat wild dog predation.\nHowever, despite the plan's significant progress in improving wild dog management, this feral pest remains a major biosecurity problem that imposes substantial costs on cattle, sheep and goat industries. Therefore, it is crucial for producers to employ techniques on their property to reduce the economic and personal impacts of wild dog populations.\nAnimal Health Australia's Executive Manager Biosecurity Services, Duncan Rowland, said that the most important action producers can take to combat wild dogs is to work with neighbours, their local community and other producers in their region to develop a coordinated approach to feral animal control.\n\"Wild dogs don't respect state borders or property boundaries, so isolated or individual action isn't always successful in addressing the problem.\n\"Instead, a collaborative approach adopted by several producers in a particular region can be a more effective way to manage the impacts of wild dogs, especially as the producers involved can select strategies that suit their needs and local area,\" said Mr Rowland.\nSome of the strategies available to producers are coordinated baiting (including aerial) and trapping, exclusion fences (including electric), trained doggers, trappers, licensed shoots and a financial bounty for wild dogs.\nOther measures include regularly checking and mending broken fences, ensuring farm buildings are in good repair, protecting feed and water sources and disposing of any carcasses properly and promptly.\nProducers may also see the value in monitoring and recording wild dog incidents as part of a wild and feral animal control program for their property or consider guardian animals such as donkeys, alpacas or Maremma dogs to reduce the risks associated with feral pests.\nFor more information visit our ferals and weeds page or Wool Producers Australia National Wild Dog Action Plan.\nMore from Farm Biosecurity.\nGet your hands on a Goat National Kid Rearing Plan\nAustralia elected Chair of International Plant Protection Convention\nCelebrate and collaborate, Feds President tells farmers\nTuesday, July 16th, 2019 at 12:56pm\nGovt agriculture climate plan cautiously welcomed https:\/\/t.co\/TZ6tJ6WRzt\n#Farmers committed to reducing #greenhouse #emissions https:\/\/t.co\/MrRTBMtARs","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Who to Watch: Karimah Westbrook\nMagazines Press\nA Chicago-raised actress reveals our common threads in CW's new \"All American.\"\nby Kelly Aigion for Chicago Splash\nPhoto by David Higgs\nLIVES IN: Los Angeles. GREW UP IN: Maywood, Broadview & Forest Park. AGE: 40. CLAIM TO FAME: Westbrook leapt into her big-screen debut in Paramount's \"Save the Last Dance.\" She can currently be seen in the CW's new series \"All American,\" playing the mother of a South Central L.A. football player recruited to play for Beverly Hills High.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Malaysian Shares Frustrating Experience of Ignorant Man \"Human Parking\" in 1 Utama\nPui Fun\nMalaysian parking styles have always been rather creative (double parking, anyone?), but nothing can ever beat the most annoying 'human parking' tactic.\nA Facebook user Calvin Kwok shared his experience when he was looking for a parking in 1 Utama Shopping Centre, which has caught many users' attention.\nhttps:\/\/worldofbuzz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/18414041_425251841190465_3662107193534054400_n.mp4\nSource: Calvin Kwok\n\"This is the first time I encountered someone in 1 Utama, who tells me that public car parking bays can be booked. We made a few rounds and found a spot where the car was coming out but out of nowhere, this man appeared and stood in the empty lot and motioned to us that the space was no longer available.\n\"I already knew that he wanted to book the parking space but I wanted to find out the reason he was doing so. So I got down from the car and approached him to ask him. I asked him why was he standing there as I wanted to park at the empty lot and it was dangerous for him to do so.\"\n\"He replied me saying, \"I have already booked here. I am standing here. I am waiting for my friend to come here. They are looking for an empty parking bay. You can take my photo or whatever you want.\n\"I knew that he wouldn't give up the spot but I just wanted to irritate him and we continued in this vein for more than 20 minutes, with me filming him and he also filmed me.\n\"So here you have it, the handsome guy who made my day at 1 Utama. And during the entire time I was having my debate with him, there was no sign of the security guards at all.\nHe posted his experience on a public page but he wrote a more detailed account of his encounter on his Facebook profile where it turns out that the guy disappeared after some time and they saw a lady driving a Mercedes Benz parking in the spot.\nCalvin says, \"She claims she is a Datin and wanted to know why we were taking photos of her car. We explained to her about the incident before that but she wasn't satisfied with the answer and even called her husband who had a conversation with us. He tried to educate and scold us like little kids even though we tried to explain about the incident to him. I guess he got bored after a while and he just agreed with us and hung up.\"\nWell, it certainly sounds like Calvin had a helluva distressing night just to look for a parking spot!\nAnd guys, please please please don't be a human parker. It'll only bring shame to your family!\nAlso read: Malaysian Shares Frustrating Moment When Woman 'Steals' Parking Spot By 'Human Parking'\nRelated Topics:1 utama1Uarguebaybookcardebateemptyguylotmalaysiaparkparkingphysicalpublicreservespacespotstand","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"The Nordic News: Sabbatical Over, Season On\nIt's back, baby.\nBy Meredith Foster Oct 3, 2019, 11:00am EDT\nShare All sharing options for: The Nordic News: Sabbatical Over, Season On\nvarsbergsrolands\nAfter taking an extended wellness holiday to rest, recharge, and really find itself, The Nordic News is back. Since it's been *indiscriminate muttering* since the last time, a little refresher course is in order. This is The Ice Garden's weekly (-ish) look the happenings in Nordic women's hockey, including leagues, national teams, and players abroad.\nLast season's Naisten Liiga champions Kiekko-Espoo are right on top of the standings with 21 points and seven wins in eight games. They raised their most recent banner on September 23.\nRiku Laukkanen \/ Leijonat.fi\nIt's tight at the top, though; KalPa and K\u00e4rp\u00e4t are next with 19 points. Ilves is regrouping after losing veteran forwards Linda V\u00e4lim\u00e4ki and Riikka Noronen. The team sits at fifth place currently with 13 points, but they're never a team to be discounted.\nKalPa forward Matilda Nilsson was selected as the Naisten Liiga Player of the Month for September. In the league's opening eight-game stretch she already has 22 points: 10 goals and 12 assists. She and teammate Elisa Holopainen (20 points) currently lead the league in scoring.\nThe national team strike continues. After almost days, the Four Nations Cup tournament on home ice cancelled, and offers rejected, the deadlock between the Swedish Ice Hockey Association and the Damkronorna carries on.\nMeanwhile, the SDHL standings are delightfully weird after six games for most teams. All conventional wisdom is out the window; as a result of retirements, new homes, and new international acquisitions the field is wide open. Personally, I love the oddball standings. It's too early to make a definitive call, but this could very well point to increased league parity. We'll know more as the season carries on.\nBryn\u00e4s had arguably the most notable offseason of all 10 teams, picking up big names like Lara Stalder, Maja Nyl\u00e9n-Persson, Michela Cava, and most recently Team USA World Champion Melissa Samoskevich. So far it's paying off, as they're second in the league as of Oct. 2. Time will tell if they can keep it up.\nPerhaps the biggest surprise so far comes in the form of SDE, currently in third place with 12 points. While this may not seem remarkable, keep in mind that SDE has battled relegation for their SDHL tenure. Only six games into the 2019-2020 season and they already have two-thirds as many points as they finished with last year.\nSDE's roster isn't without controversy, though. They have the most foreign-born players in the league with 14. Only eight Swedes are currently rostered, fuel to the fires of those who oppose imported talent in the SDHL. All of this year's leadership positions are occupied by foreigners: Captain Leanne Ganney is from the United Kingdom, Julia Zwarthoed is from the Netherlands, and rookies Kelly Murray and Kelty Apperson are from Canada.\nDet h\u00e4r \u00e4r v\u00e5rt kaptensteam s\u00e4songen 19\/20 - Kelly Murray, Julie Zwarthoed, Leanne Ganney och Kelty Apperson \u2600\ufe0f #sdecaptains #sdedam #sdehockeydam #sdhl #snarts\u00e4songspremi\u00e4r #damhockey\nA post shared by SDE Hockey Damlag (@sdehockeydam) on Sep 12, 2019 at 8:21am PDT\nAny team's leadership group extends far beyond letters stitched on a sweater and there are no doubt Swedish leaders in the SDE locker room. If the team's place in the standings manages to hang on and their fortunes aren't a flash in the pan, then it'll get easier to entice Swedish talent to Enebyberg.\nSomething is awesome in the state of Denmark.\n(No, I won't apologize for that joke. Deal with it.)\nLegendary Swedish coach Peter Elander took over national team head coaching duties in mid-September after Fredrik Glader departed.\nThis is an excellent get for the Danish program. Elander is experienced, well-spoken, well-liked, and knows how to get results. A coaching change going into a historic first year of top-level IIHF competition is never ideal, but this really is as good as it gets and bodes well for Denmark.\nA Conversation With Peter Elander","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Run game key to ASU's game plan at Michigan State\nPac-12 Networks' Mike Yam and Yogi Roth look at what Arizona State must do to knock off No. 18 Michigan State on Saturday in East Lansing.\nSun Devil Football and Pac-12 Announce 2020 Football Schedule\nSun Devil Football and the Pac-12 Conference have announced the 2020 football schedule and ASU's six home games for the campaign, which features league games against Oregon State, UCLA, Cal and Utah and non-conference matchups with Northern Arizona and BYU.\nASU Extends Head Football Coach Herm Edwards' Contract Through 2024\nArizona State University Head Football Coach Herm Edwards' contract has been extended for two additional years through 2024, Vice President for Athletics Ray Anderson announced Monday.\nSun Devil Football Forces Six Turnovers in 20-14 Victory in Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl\nWillie Harts recorded ASU's first pick-six of the season to go ahead with 10:06 left and Cristian Zendejas matched a Sun Bowl record with four field goals as ASU defeated Florida State, 20-14, in the Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl in El Paso on Tuesday afternoon.\nSun Devil Football Adds Chris Hawkins as Defensive Backs Coach\nChris Hawkins - who most recently worked as a graduate assistant at Southern California - will join the Sun Devil Football program as defensive backs coach, head coach Herm Edwards announced today.\nSun Devil Football Readies for Florida State in 86th Sun Bowl\nThe Sun Devils will conclude the 2019 campaign in the 86th Tony The Tiger Sun Bowl on Tuesday, Dec. 31 at Sun Bowl Stadium in El Paso, Texas.\nArizona State vs Michigan State\nArizona State takes on Michigan State in Football. Tune in on FOX at 1:00pm on September 14, 2019. Live Stream on foxsports.com or the FOX Sports GO app.\nGet the latest news on your favorite Pac-12 teams straight to your inbox.\nArizona State General","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Facebook Takes Legal Aim at Man Who Claims 50% of Zuckerberg's Shares\nUhhh...yea\nFacebook has finally filed a formal legal response to Paul Ceglia, the convicted felon and woodchip salesman who claims Mark Zuckerberg promised him a stake in Facebook in return for a $1,000 investment during the site's early days.\nCeglia's lawsuit was filed last year and refiled in April, bolstered by emails allegedly confirming his story, although no one has been able to confirm the authenticity of those emails. It claims Ceglia gave Zuckerberg $1,000 to fund \"the face book.\"\nSupposedly Ceglia was to receive 50% of the site in return, in addition to 1% of the company each day the project was delayed past a given deadline. By the end of their dealings, Ceglia says, Zuckerberg owed him 84% of the company, and the two settled for 50% of Zuckerberg's stake \u2014 though he waited until the company was worth billions to take the claim to court.\n\"This is a fraudulent lawsuit brought by a convicted felon, and we look forward to defending it in court,\" a Facebook spokesman told Mashable in April. \"From the outset, we've said that this scam artist's claims are ridiculous, and this newest complaint is no better.\"\nOn Thursday, the company filed its official legal response in United States District Court in Buffalo, New York. Evidently, Zuckerberg's lawyers have spent the past month upping the ante on their language. \"This lawsuit is a brazen and outrageous fraud on the court,\" says the company filing. \"Plaintiff is an inveterate scam artist whose misconduct extends across decades and borders. His latest and most far-reaching fraud is the amended complaint filed in this action, which is based upon a doctored contract and fabricated evidence.\n\"Plaintiff alleges that he recently 'discovered' a purported contract that now supposedly entitles him to ownership of 50 percent of Zuckerberg's interest in Facebook. The purported contract was signed in 2003, yet plaintiff waited until 2010 to file this action \u2014 a seven-year delay during which plaintiff remained utterly silent while Facebook grew into one of the world's best-known companies. Plaintiff has now come out of the woodwork seeking billions in damages.\"\nNote the subtle dig at Ceglia's current occupation, selling woodchip pellets for fuel? That's why these guys get paid the big money. It's also a sign that Facebook has learned its lesson from the long-running Winklevoss legal drama: Don't give your opponents an inch, or they'll take you for $65 million \u2014 and keep hammering away at you in the courts.\nMore About: facebook, lawsuit, mark zuckerberg, paul-ceglia\nFor more Social Media coverage:\n* Follow Mashable Social Media on Twitter\n* Become a Fan on Facebook\n* Subscribe to the Social Media channel\n* Download our free apps for Android, Mac, iPhone and iPadFacebook has finally filed a formal legal response to Paul Ceglia, the convicted felon and woodchip salesman who claims Mark Zuckerberg promised him a stake in Facebook in return for a $1,000 investment during the site's early days.\n* Download our free apps for Android, Mac, iPhone and iPad\nOriginal Link: http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Mashable\/~3\/2h9YeIYxte0\/\nLabels: Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, Paul Ceglia, Social Media\nFive Things to Know about Online Grocery Shopping\nSI investigation reveals eight-year pattern of vio...\nMemorial Day comes as troops fight in Afghanistan\nHistory and Evolution of Memorial Day - A National...\nFTC Plans New Online Advertising Rules\nInternet Advertising Revenues Hit $7.3 Billion in ...\nFacebook Takes Legal Aim at Man Who Claims 50% of ...\nToo Good To Be True? Groupon Users Crowdsource Sus...\nThe War on Sharing [Infographic]\nBudweiser to Launch Online Reality Fan Competition...\n'Break News On Your Website, Not On Twitter' [Voic...\nJamestown, Virginia, Founded (1607)\n11 Digital Marketing \"Crimes Against Humanity\"\nWhy Do Affluent Consumers Connect with Brands on S...\nHouse Releases 'Do Not Track' Bill [Voices]\niPads Have Big Potential for Retailers - eMarketer...\nTime Inc. Reaches iPad Deal","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Provenance \u2013 Part 2: Danke Schoen\nPrevious Scenario: Provenance \u2013 Part 1: Hell's Half Acre\nRun Date: February 19, 2005\nCharacters: Oberleutnant Johann Kimmel (Alana Goodall); Feldwebel Dieter Mather (Jimmy Pope); Agent MICHAEL\/Major Werner Speer (Jason Gallagher)\nSaturday, February 19, 1944, 11:30 a.m. CET\nSt. Pierre Eglise, France\nThe spinning stopped and the fog around Agent MICHAEL lifted. He stood in a concrete room. It was cool and dank. The acrid stench of European cigarettes filled the air. Before him were two men in gray-green pants and rolled up gray shirts. They wore boots just above the ankles. Their pants were held up with suspenders. Each had short, severe haircuts. They stood on either side of a board mounted on a saw horse, and the board stood in front of a large bucket. Strapped to the board was a man. The board had been elevated so that his head was in the bucket. The bucket was full of water.\nThe man on the board thrashed around. After some twenty seconds of this, the two men tipped the board back up. The man gasped for air, having come close to drowning. The man coughed and cried as he tried to drain his throat and lungs.\nMICHAEL looked down. He was wearing a gray-green uniform. He recognized it instantly: it was a World War II German officer's uniform. He expected the boots to be taller, the uniform to be more gray. He suspected that these were late war uniforms. He shifted as he stood. A dull pain shot up from his left leg.\nThoughts slipped into MICHAEL's conscience, thoughts from the body he inhabited. He was Werner Speer. He was born in Munich, Germany in 1909, but spent most of his life in Frieburg. He was a major in the German Wehrmacht\t, commanding 1st Battalion\/169th Panzergrenadier regiment.\nSpeer's battalion had been relocated to the Cotentin peninsula in France a couple of months earlier. It had been on the Russian Front, where it had bled down from a full-sized battalion to less than company strength. Their location was considered a plumb assignment, a reward for the battalion's hard fighting and high casualty rate. MICHAEL thought about the date and the location. It was February 19, 1944. They were 4 months and only a dozen miles from the invasion beaches of Normandy.\nThe regiment kept its edge by patrolling the area. The night before a squad crossed a stone bridge in a truck after conducting a patrol through a handful of small towns. Just before the truck left the bridge, a mine exploded sending shrapnel through the back of the truck. Submachine gun fire raked the truck. The Panzergrenadier veterans counter attacked, driving off the French partisans. Four of Speer's men were killed. They managed to capture a single Resistance fighter. He was the man two of Speer's soldiers were \"interrogating\" at that moment.\nTwo additional men walked into the room, Oberleutnant Johann Kimmel, and Feldwebel Dieter Mather. The two soldiers at the board dunked the man again. He thrashed a moment then stilled. Less than two minutes later he thrashed again. The soldiers pulled him out. He was gasping and crying. In French, he pleaded for them to stop. MICHAEL was surprised that he understood the man. Apparently Speer was fairly adept in the language. It made sense, considering he grew up near the French border.\nThe man started babbling to the Germans' questions. MICHAEL\/Speer stood back and listened, silently. The man's name was Jacques Lalonde. He was from the town of Toureau, a tiny hamlet thirty kilometres away. With additional \"persuasion\" Lalonde admitted that the Resistance cell was centered in the hamlet. Time had mostly slipped past Toureau. The streets were overgrown and many houses were abandoned. Few German patrols have gone anywhere near it, and no German troops were stationed within five miles. He added that there was a single road into Toureau, and it crossed a bridge over a small creek. MICHAEL\/Speer believed Lalonde.\nMICHAEL\/Speer called his men over after Lalonde was removed from the board and tied to a chair. The two at the board both lost friends in the attack, which is why Speer had selected them for the interrogation. MICHAEL told them to leave the man alone for two hours while they \"checked the information\". Then, quietly, he explained that they would not bother checking the story. Instead, they would begin interrogating him again to see if he changed his story after he had a chance to rest. Meanwhile, two others would watch him while those present caught up on their sleep. They had all been awake for over twenty-four hours. Although mentally aware, MICHAEL\/Speer felt physically exhausted. He told Kimmel and Mather to grab some sleep. He, too, went for a nap.\nMICHAEL\/Speer woke up a little more than two hours later. He went back to the room, and found that they were interrogating Lalonde again. MICHAEL\/Speer was joined by Kimmel, and Mather. There was no change in Lalonde's story, so he was probably telling the truth. He ordered a halt to the interrogation and told them to throw Lalonde into a cell in the manor's basement.\nMICHAEL tried to think about his predicament pragmatically. He was simply doing what Speer did in the original timeline. If he altered Speer's behavior too much he could miss his opportunity to save the Major Arcana cards of Madame Sosostris' Tarot deck. However distasteful, he had to maintain his persona as Major Werner Speer.\nThey laid out a map of the area. They found Toureau on the map. It was surrounded by woods. There used to be a couple of other roads into town, but they were overgrown. There was now just one operational road. In the center of hamlet was the town hall, and near that was a church. MICHAEL\/Speer decided to use the entire regiment. They would drive to the town in their halftracks. They would detach two squads, led by Mather, to outflank the hamlet from the west. Once they were in place, the rest of the regiment would drive into the town, hitting the closest building with suppressing fire. Two halftracks would move to the west while the rest would go south at the first intersection. One of the first two halftracks would link up with Mather, the second halftrack would pacify the northern perimeter of the town. The three that went to the south would converge on the town hall, clearing out resistance as they went. They were to fire if fired upon, but MICHAEL\/Speer wanted as many prisoners as possible. They would move out right away, attacking before dusk.\nSaturday, February 19, 1944, 4:20 p.m. CET\nToureau, France\nThe regiment stopped before the bridge into town. Mather and his two squads jumped out of their halftrack and crept through the woods, heading for the western edge of Toureau.\nAbout an hour went by before the battalion radio squawked. Mather was in place. MICHAEL\/Speer and Kimmel were in the same halftrack, the third one in the line. MICHAEL spoke into the radio's microphone and told the lead halftrack to advance. The halftracks lurched forward one at a time. MICHAEL\/Speer stood up in the halftrack, while Kimmel crouched down for cover. MICHAEL noticed Kimmel crouching and decided to do the same.\nAs the lead halftrack rumbled over the bridge, it fired on the first building with it's MG-42 machine gun. The halftrack ceased fire as it passed the front of the building, only to have the suppressive fire taken up by the second halftrack. As the first halftrack cleared the first building, gunshots rang out from a house, the one now directly in front of it. The halftrack opened up on this house while it continued on to the west. The second halftrack stopped, fired it's machine gun into the house, too, and disgorged its troops.\nKimmel heard from Mather that there was some resistance on the western edge of the town, but so far it wasn't anything they couldn't handle.\nMICHAEL\/Speer's halftrack turned at the house and drove directly to the town hall. The troops in his vehicle jumped out and burst into the town hall. MICHAEL\/Speer, carrying an MP-40 submachine gun, followed his troops into the building. It was empty except for a cache of weapons and explosives. Lalonde had told the truth. When he came out of the building, MICHAEL saw that his men were rounding up townsfolk. Most of them seemed particularly poor: the children were little more than urchins, the women were haggard, and all were under nourished.\nGunfire from the west told MICHAEL that Mather's squads were approaching against stiffening resistance. MICHAEL saw movement near the church. Someone in a priest's hassock was running for the rear of the church. MICHAEL ordered the squad with him to rush for the church. He was pretty sure that this wasn't quite what Speer would have done, and hoped that this change would alter history.\nWhen he reached the church, MICHAEL heard someone crashing into the sanctuary's rear entrance. MICHAEL\/Speer and his squad immediately burst through the front door. Off to MICHAEL's right was a small office. Two soldiers, Schmidt \u2014 a corporal in one of Mather's squads \u2014 and Mather were at the door to the office. Schmidt jumped back, instinctively, at the sound of MICHAEL\/Speer's squad rushing in. Shots spilled out from the room. A bullet passed a couple of centimetres from Schmidt's head. He and Mather both fired back into the office, then rushed in. MICHAEL\/Speer followed.\nIn the room were two dead priests, one in his mid-20s and one in his early 60s. The younger priest was near the front of the room. The older priest was near the back of the room, where there was a fireplace. Scattered about the floor in front of the fireplace was a deck of Tarot cards. MICHAEL\/Speer immediately recognized the cards as those belonging to Madame Sosostris. He moved into the room and gathered up the cards.\nMICHAEL sorted the cards and put them in a wooden box that he found lying nearby. He quickly looked around, but there was no swirling miasma engulfing him. He was still in the past. Obviously he had more to do in order to secure the cards.\nMICHAEL\/Speer ordered the rounding up of the remaining townsfolk. He told his radio operator to contact the Gestapo and let them know they had captured a town of Resistance members. As unsavory as this order was, MICHAEL knew it was exactly what Speer would have done. He also ordered medical attention be given to the wounded, Germans and French alike.\nOnce the administrative tasks were done, MICHAEL\/Speer searched the priest's study. The floor was made of slate slabs. One of the slabs was loose. He pried it open. Inside was a large, old book. He carefully opened it to the first page. The title was Cthaat Aquidingen. He took the book and replaced the slab. He shoved the book and the cards into a sack. He went back to the business of securing the town.\nThe Geheime Staatspolizei, popularly known as the Gestapo, showed up in a staff car, with a series of trucks operated by Waffen SS men following behind. The leading Gestapo officer greeted MICHAEL\/Speer with a hearty \"Heil, Hitler!\" MICHAEL gave a half-hearted salute back. The Gestapo officer seemed rather jovial, completely against the Gestapo stereotype he was used to from Hollywood. He introduced himself as Obersturmbannf\u00fchrer Gunther Hearn, and shook MICHAEL's hand.\nMICHAEL\/Speer explained all that had happened. Hearn was pleased, and told him that there would be a commendation for him and his men. The Gestapo would take the prisoners, including Lalonde. MICHAEL\/Speer agreed to post a guard of 20 men to watch for more Resistance fighters. After assigning a guard and the order that they would be relieved, MICHAEL\/Speer had his men load up and head back to their base.\nSaturday, February 19, 1944, 11:30 p.m. CET\nIn spite of being exhausted, MICHAEL took the time to study the cards.\nThe full set of Minor Arcana cards were present, but so were 14 Major Arcana cards. MICHAEL found that he could understand the French words Le Mat (The Fool), Le Bateleur (The Magician), Junon, L'Imperatrice (The Empress), Jupiter, L'Amoreux (The Lovers), Le Chariot (The Chariot), La Force (Strength), L'Ermite (The Hermit), La Roue De Fortune (The Wheel of Fortune), La Justice (Justice), Le Pendu (The Hanged Man), La Mort (Death), and Temperance. From what MICHAEL knew of the Tarot, Junon represented The High Priestess, and Jupiter replaced The Heirophant. The Le Mat card was unnumbered. The others were numbered 1 to 13, respectively, in Roman Numerals.\nHe put down the cards and looked at the book. It appeared to be 200 years old. The text seemed to be older than that, written in what appeared to be Middle English, the language of Chaucer. The margins were covered in footnotes written in Latin.\nMICHAEL\/Speer closed his eyes. The cards were safe, surely he could go home now. He opened his eyes. He was still in 1944. He cursed Alzis. He thought about what to do with the book and the cards. The book was extraneous. It was unlikely that keeping the book had anything to do with saving the cards. In fact, he was pretty sure he had saved the cards, for he was almost certain that the priest destroyed the Major Arcana cards in the fireplace in the original timeline. All MICHAEL had to do was make sure they were put somewhere safe. He would hand the cards, and the book, into brigade headquarters the next morning.\nSunday, February 20, 1944, 8:25 a.m. CET\nMICHAEL drove to Toureau in a staff car. He pulled up to the church, and went inside. There was something he had to try before he handed the cards over to brigade headquarters. He pulled up the slab and placed the cards in the hole. He covered the hole with a slab, then walked out of the church. Nothing happened. He was still in 1944. Cursing, he went back in and picked up the cards. He drove back to battalion headquarters.\nMICHAEL\/Speer summoned Schmidt. Schmidt had been the first soldier in the room. He saw the cards first, and presumably he was the first to see the priest and the cards. When Schmidt arrived, MICHAEL\/Speer pointed to the cards and the book on his desk and asked Schmidt what he thought they should do with them. Schmidt, surprised at being asked, suggested that the major keep the items, or turn them in to brigade headquarters. MICHAEL agreed and told Schmidt to get his car ready. MICHAEL called for Mather and Kimmel to accompany him.\nThe four soldiers drove to brigade headquarters, which was 5 miles away. They were eventually ushered in to see the brigade commander, Oberst Sigel. MICHAEL\/Speer gave a full report about the attack on his squad and the battalion's pacification of Toureau. He handed over the cards and the book.\n\"Obershutze Schmidt found them,\" said MICHAEL\/Speer, making it clear that he had nothing to do with the book or cards.\nSigel was very pleased with his performance. He said that he would put in for a commendation. He thanked Speer for the book and the cards, and said that they would be sent to the proper authorities. He dismissed Speer and his men.\nThey left the brigade headquarters building, and climbed into the staff car. MICHAEL was still in 1944. Apparently he didn't save the cards after all.\nDamn, thought MICHAEL, now I have to go back and kill the oberst! They drove back to battalion headquarters.\nMICHAEL \u2014 acting as Speer \u2014 spent the next few weeks running the battalion. MICHAEL learned a lot about the inner workings of the Wehrmacht, letting the Speer part of his mind fill in the details. In his spare time, he read as much as he could to see if he had missed something. He searched for reports of anything smacking of occult activity, but he didn't find anything. When he wasn't reading reports, he was reading the news.\nEach morning he hoped that this would be the day he would return to the future, and each day he was disappointed. He had no idea what he did wrong, if anything, nor how he could save the cards. At the same time, he knew that there was an important date looming: June 6, 1944, D-Day. He did not want to be in this position on that day...\nMonday, April 9, 1944, 10:25 a.m. CEST\nTwo Opel trucks and a Mercedes staff car rolled into the drive way of the battalion's headquarters. MICHAEL\/Speer, and some of his men, came out to meet the new arrivals. The men in the trucks were Waffen SS.\nThe commanding officer, who did not introduce himself, was an SS Oberf\u00fchrer. MICHAEL\/Speer greeted them. In reply, the no-nonsense Oberf\u00fchrer told Speer in a gruff voice that his men needed rooms for the evening, and that he needed an office.\nMICHAEL\/Speer gave the necessary orders to comply with the Oberf\u00fchrer's order. He then went back inside to finish some paperwork, while watching the SS men to find out what they were up to.\nMonday, April 9, 1944, 6:15 p.m. CEST\nSpeer was summoned to the office now used by the Oberf\u00fchrer. MICHAEL\/Speer knocked on the door and was told to enter. The Oberf\u00fchrer sat behind a desk. Lying on the desk were the Tarot cards! MICHAEL tried very hard to look disinterested.\nThe Oberf\u00fchrer noticed some of MICHAEL\/Speer's interest nonetheless. He asked Speer if his men found any other items in the town of Toureau of a similar nature. MICHAEL answered that they hadn't, and then MICHAEL\/Speer asked if the cards were special or important.\n\"They are of no consequence,\" answered the Oberf\u00fchrer.\nThe Oberf\u00fchrer asked him some more questions about the town and the priests, but MICHAEL\/Speer wasn't able to add any additional information. The Oberf\u00fchrer then gave MICHAEL\/Speer orders. The SS were conducting an operation down at the beach that evening. They had additional supplies arriving by train, which they would transport to the beach in trucks. Speer's men were needed to seal off the roads to the beach behind the SS. No one, including Speer's men, were to approach the beach while the operation was being conducted. It was all very \"hush hush\", the orders came from the F\u00fchrer himself, etc., etc.\nMICHAEL\/Speer said that he would comply with the order immediately. He was dismissed. Once downstairs, he issued the the necessary orders to his men.\nOver the next couple of hours the Waffen SS left the battalion headquarters, and most of Speer's men moved out to comply with Speer's order. The headquarters was quiet. Only those few men who were not needed for guarding the roads were left in the building.\nWhen he thought it was safe, MICHAEL\/Speer sneaked up to the room used by the Oberf\u00fchrer. He picked the lock and slipped into the study. After fifteen minutes of searching he was unable to find the cards. It was possible the Oberf\u00fchrer took them with him, but he didn't want to make that assumption. He needed help.\nMICHAEL\/Speer went downstairs and got Kimmel and Mather to join him. Neither had any great love for the SS, and they were safe choices for him to search the room. He brought them upstairs and all three searched the study. After ten minutes, Mather found the Tarot deck. It still contained the Minor Arcana and 14 Major Arcana cards. They searched some more, but they were unable to find the book.\nMICHAEL\/Speer said that they had to find out what the SS were up to. The other two agreed, but Mather suggested that they hide the cards first. Mather found a loose stone in the surround of the study's fireplace. Mather pulled out the stone. There was just enough room for the cards' box to fit. He slipped the box into the opening and pushed the stone back into place.\nThe three men left the building. They found one of the battalion's Kubelwagens. MICHAEL thought it looked like one of the old Volkswagen Things from the 1970s. They climbed into the car, with Mather driving, and set out toward the coast.\nThey came to a roadblock consisting of a wooden barrier and a couple of soldiers guarding it. Grenadier Paatz ordered them to halt. The private moved up to the driver's door, and then recognized Speer and the others, and saluted. MICHAEL\/Speer said that they were just checking on the men to make sure the roadblocks were in place. He told the private to move the barrier in order to let them pass. The private did as he was ordered.\nMather drove quickly down the winding road. They could smell the salt in the air as they got closer to the sea. Mather turned a corner. Suddenly a truck loomed in front of them. He slammed on the brakes, but wasn't able to stop in time. The Kubelwagen collided with the truck, badly denting the car's fender and lightly denting the truck. None of the occupants were harmed. The soldiers grabbed their weapons and got out out of the car. They inspected the truck.\nThe truck was not a standard military transport. The back consisted of a metal box with a reinforced door. In the door was a small, barred window. The door was padlocked on the outside. MICHAEL\/Speer looked inside. There were two metal benches, and a barred window so that someone in the cab of the truck could look inside. MICHAEL looked down the road. There were perhaps a half dozen of these trucks taking up half the width of the road.\nMICHAEL\/Speer pulled out a map. They were near the cliff edge, which ran parallel to the beach. There was grass and scrub along the top of the cliff. They could sneak along the cliff edge and watch the SS.\nThe three men quietly moved across the top of the cliff, near the edge. As soon as they got a good view of the beach, MICHAEL\/Speer halted them. He pulled out his field glasses. The Oberf\u00fchrer was on the beach, holding a book. There were two other SS officers standing beside him. Before the Oberf\u00fchrer were a group of civilians, numbering between 50 and 60. The rest of the SS troops were guarding them.\nThe Oberf\u00fchrer was gesturing toward the sea. Suddenly the surf began to churn. Figures appeared out of the surf. At first it looked like divers, but as they proceeded out of the water MICHAEL recognized them. They were Deep Ones, the same fish-men that unhinged him when he encountered them on Plum Island. A few of the civilians on the beach shrieked. Several stood up and tried to run away, only to be gunned down by the SS. The rest cowered away from the SS and the Deep Ones as best they could.\nMather had much the same reaction to the Deep Ones that MICHAEL had on Plum Island. He started to freak out at the sight of the creatures. He pulled out a knife, looked around wild-eyed, and lunged at MICHAEL\/Speer, who was nearest him. The two wrestled. Mather hit MICHAEL\/Speer. Kimmel got behind Mather and hit him hard, stunning the sergeant. Kimmel then bandaged MICHAEL\/Speer's wound, and treated Mather. Mather came too. MICHAEL\/Speer took away Mather's gun and knife \u2014 just in case Mather had a relapse \u2014 even though Mather seemed to be recovering.\nOff to their left was the hollow thumping sound that the Speer portion of MICHAEL's consciousness recognized as a mortar. It was accompanied by three other, similar sounds. Mortar rounds detonated on the surf and on the beach, killing Germans and Deep Ones alike. Gunfire erupted from the top of the cliff, aimed at the Waffen SS.\nMICHAEL\/Speer gave the other two soldiers hand signals, indicating that he would lead them to investigate the shooting from the top of the cliff. They crept along the cliff edge. The Waffen SS were firing back at their assailants, but the cliff was too steep, with most of the bullets hitting the edge or flying past them. MICHAEL\/Speer risked a glance down at the beach. The civilians were running for the cliffs. Some of the civilians were shot by the SS as they ran away, but most of the SS concentrated on their attackers on the heights. The Oberf\u00fchrer was lying face down on the beach, a victim of the first mortar attack.\nThey got closer to men at the top of the cliff. The guns that were firing didn't sound familiar to Speer. They weren't German or Russian guns. MICHAEL\/Speer pushed aside some brush. He and Kimmel saw one of the attackers. He was wearing a khaki uniform, with a woolen cap. Speer had attended tactical lessons in France. He recognized the uniform as that of an American Ranger. MICHAEL\/Speer caught site of something else. On the American's shoulder was a unit patch. The patch was a single green triangle. His eyes widened in understanding. This is a Delta Green op!\nMICHAEL\/Speer indicated to the others to withdraw. He wasn't going to stop the Delta Green men. Even the Speer part of his mind tended to agree with this. The Americans were stopping something that went beyond the conflict between Allies and Axis.\nAs they retreated, a short lull in the firing descended around them. At this exact moment, one of MICHAEL's companions stepped on a dry piece of brush. Suddenly bullets started zipping through the brush. Kimmel was hit multiple times. He collapsed. MICHAEL felt the thud of bullets slamming into flesh. His left leg gave way and he fell as another bullet hit him in the upper arm.\nHe looked up to see Mather continue toward the road. Bullets kicked up at Mather's feet. He jumped down onto the road, in relative safety. MICHAEL heard Americans shouting. The mortars had stopped but the gunfire had picked up again. MICHAEL\/Speer felt no pain, but he was getting light headed. He closed his eyes.\nIt looked like Mather got away. Mather was the only person left, assuming Kimmel was dead, who knew where the cards were hidden. Mather was also one of the first two people to run into the priest's study back at the church. Had Mather found the cards in the original timeline, only too late to save the cards? Maybe originally Speer's plan had been different enough from MICHAEL's that Schmidt and Mather were slightly delayed by the young priest. This would have given the older priest time to destroy some of the cards.\nOr maybe someone else entirely had come across the cards in the original timeline. For all he knew, Mather might not bother recovering the cards. Did he succeed, or did he fail? Perhaps he would simply die here on the French coast in 1944.\nMICHAEL\/Speer became very cold, and then he lost consciousness altogether. A fog formed around him. MICHAEL started to spin, clockwise, through a swirling vortex of cloud. He felt himself swirl up through the clouds. \"Up is good,\" he said to himself.\nNext Scenario: Provenance \u2013 Part 3: The Auction","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Readers build\na better world.\nWorldreader works globally with partners to support vulnerable and underserved communities with digital reading solutions that help improve learning outcomes, workforce readiness, and gender equity.\nWe believe reading is transformative\nHow does reading change our lives? It develops our minds and helps us make sense of ourselves and the world around us. People who read improve their earning potential, achieve better educational success, and lead healthier, happier lives.\nOur values guide us as we work to help readers build a better world.\nWe are courageous, experimental, and determined in our quest to support readers so they can build a better world.\nWe hire and invest in smart and tenacious people who are committed to our mission and a fun, inclusive work environment.\nWe look to the communities we serve to continuously improve our programs and strengthen our partnerships.\nWe build strong teams internally and create long-term, sustainable partnerships that amplify our impact.\nDavid Risher, CEO and Co-founder\nAfter a career as a general manager at Microsoft and an early-stage executive at Amazon, David recognized early on how e-readers and digital books could give kids in under-served parts of the world better access to the life-changing experience of reading. Since co-founding Worldreader in 2010, David and the Worldreader team have expanded the organization to have impact in more than 47 countries, delivering high-quality books in 52 languages to over 16 million readers. Together, they've demonstrated how digital technology\u2013combined with high-quality books, smart programming, strong partnerships\u2013can accelerate reading around the globe and unlock the potential of the world's next scientists, teachers, innovators, and explorers. David has degrees from Princeton University and Harvard Business School, is a Schwab Foundation Social Entrepreneur of the Year Awardee, a Draper Richards Kaplan social entrepreneur, an invited member of the Clinton Global Initiative, and a Microsoft Alumni Foundation Integral Fellow . He has two daughters and lives in San Francisco, California, with his wife\u2013 author Jennifer Risher. Read David's full bio here.\nColin McElwee, Co-founder and Senior Director, Strategic Partnerships\nAs co-founder of Worldreader, Colin focuses on developing and growing key partnerships, putting to good use his for-profit and nonprofit experience across the globe. Most recently, Colin was the first director of marketing at ESADE Business School in Barcelona, where he helped establish the school's reputation as a world-class business education provider. Prior to that, he started his career as an economist for several Brussels-based lobbies to the European Commission, and later worked in global marketing in the consumer goods sector for Scottish & Newcastle PLC.\nHe has two young daughters and like them is an avid reader of books (now there's a surprise!). Colin has a degree in economics from the University of Manchester and an MBA from ESADE Business School. He has previously acted as an invited member of the Global Agenda Council on Africa of the World Economic Forum (WEF) and in 2016 Colin was recognized as one of the Social Entrepreneurs of the Year by the Schwab Foundation of the WEF.\nDonate today and help people read >\nYour donation will help deliver a library of digital books to more children and young adults around the world.\nGet the latest updates from Worldreader >\nSign up for our newsletter and enjoy the latest stories from the field, and learn more about the power of digital reading.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Measures of Disease Frequency Nigel Paneth FRACTIONS\n\u0421\u043a\u0430\u0447\u0430\u0442\u044c \u043f\u0440\u0435\u0437\u0435\u043d\u0442\u0430\u0446\u0438\u044e Measures of Disease Frequency Nigel Paneth FRACTIONS\n0032468f23b4fb10a64546ff78fed1dd.ppt\nMeasures of Disease Frequency Nigel Paneth\nFRACTIONS USED IN DESCRIBING DISEASE FREQUENCY RATIO A fraction in which the numerator is not part of the denominator. e. g. Fetal death ratio: Fetal deaths\/live births. Fetal deaths are not included among live births, by definition.\nPROPORTION A fraction in which the numerator is part of the denominator. e. g. Fetal death rate: Fetal deaths\/all births All births includes both live births and fetal deaths. \u2013 Synonyms for proportions are: a risk and, (if expressed per 100) a percentage. \u2013 Most fractions in epidemiology are proportions.\nRATE Ideally, a proportion in which change over time is considered, but in practice, often used interchangeably with proportion, without reference to time, (as I did previously for fetal death rate).\nMEASURES OF DISEASE FREQUENCY PREVALENCE RATE Divided into two types: 1. Point prevalence rate 2. Period prevalence rate\nPOINT PREVALENCE RATE Proportion of individuals in a specified population at risk who have the disease of interest at a given point in time.\nPERIOD PREVALENCE RATE Proportion of individuals in a specified population at risk who have the disease of interest over a specified period of time. For example: \u2022 annual prevalence rate \u2022 lifetime prevalence rate. (When the type of prevalence rate is not specified it is usually point prevalence, or its closest practical approximation)\nINCIDENCE RATE Like prevalence, divided into two types: 1. Cumulative incidence rate 2. Incidence density\n1. Cumulative incidence rate: Number of new cases of disease occurring over a specified period of time in a population at risk at the beginning of the interval.\nEXAMPLE OF CUMULATIVE INCIDENCE RATE If we count all new cases of influenza occurring in MSU undergraduates from September 1, 1997 - August 31, 1998, and we take as the denominator all undergraduates enrolled in September 1, 1997, we would be describing the cumulative incidence rate of influenza.\n2. Incidence density: Number of new cases of disease occurring over a specified period of time in a population at risk throughout the interval.\nThe numerator does not differ between the two types of incidence However, the denominator can differ in incidence density from cumulative incidence because it takes account of (in the example): \u2022 Students who left school during the year \u2022 Students who died \u2022 Students who had influenza once and will not have it again the same season \u2022 Students who entered school later in the year\nIncidence density requires us to add up the period of time each individual was present in the population, and was at risk of becoming a new case of disease. Incidence density characteristically uses as the denominator personyears at risk. (Time period can be person-months, days, or even hours, depending on the disease process being studied. )\nThe mortality rate is a type of incidence rate which we will discuss in more detail next week. It is the most widely used public health measure, but it has limitations.\nUSES OF INCIDENCE AND PREVALENCE 1. Incidence is generally used for acutely acquired diseases, prevalence is used for more permanent states, conditions or attributes of ill-health. 2. Incidence is more important when thinking of etiology of the disorder, prevalence when thinking of societal burden of the disorder including the costs and resources consumed as a result of the disorder. 3. Incidence always requires a duration, prevalence may or may not.\n4. In incidence, the unit of analysis is the event, in prevalence, it is the person. Thus incidence may exceed 100% (e. g. annual incidence of colds) unless a convention is adopted to count only first episodes of an illness that can occur more than once. 5. Prevalence can never exceed 100%. 6. Incidence generally requires an initial disease-free interval before counting starts, because incidence is measured only in those at-risk of disease.\nUSES OF INCIDENCE DENSITY AND CUMULATIVE INCIDENCE \u2022 Incidence density gives the best estimate of the true risk of acquiring disease at any moment in time. \u2022 Cumulative incidence gives the best estimate of how many people will eventually get the disease in an enumerated population.\nRELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INCIDENCE AND PREVALENCE In a STEADY STATE (i. e. if incidence is not changing, and the population is stable) Prevalence rate = incidence rate times the duration of disease (P = I x D)\n\u041f\u0440\u0435\u0437\u0435\u043d\u0442\u0430\u0446\u0438\u044f Web Index Report 201201\n\u041f\u0440\u0435\u0437\u0435\u043d\u0442\u0430\u0446\u0438\u044f Wilson-Disease-Testing\n1 FREQUENCY ELECTRONICS, INC. Rb and Quartz Oscillators\nLecture \u2116 5 Theme: Pathogenesis in parasitic diseases.\nCongenital Heart Diseases \u0412\u0440\u043e\u0436\u0434\u0435\u043d\u043d\u044b\u0435 \u043f\u043e\u0440\u043e\u043a\u0438 \u0441\u0435\u0440\u0434\u0446\u0430 DRLUCASOPITZClinical management\nSTAT 6202 Chapter 1 2012\/2013 1 STAT 6202:\nIN V E S T IG A T\nLecture 5. Thyroid and Parathyroid disorders.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"The Fluffy Movie (2014)\nThe Fluffy Movie DVD and Blu-ray release date was set for October 21, 2014.\nRating: 4.1\/5 (31 users) *New - please help rate it\n$2.8 mil\nGenre(s): Comedy\nJeremy Ray Valdez\nJuliocesar Chavez\nJay Lavender\nRon DeBlasio\nWilliam Bindley\nThis is a documentary following the rise and success of the comedian Gabriel \"Fluffy\" Iglesias. Well known in America as one of its most popular comedians he performs year-round to sold out venues throughout the United States and around the globe. From his humble beginnings the audience can see the hard work and focus needed to turn this young man into the person Forbes magazine placed on its \"Ones to Watch list.\" Parodies, skits, sound effects and creative storytelling are all used in \"The Fluffy Movie\" to bring this man's story to life.\nRelease Date October 21, 2014\nJustin Bieber's Believe\nimdb: 1.6 PG\nThe Fluffy Movie","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"High Fives 2015 \u2013 Allan's Gigs\nSo how about five great gigs this year? Well, I've had plenty to choose from and I can't say that I've seen a bad one, so it hasn't been an easy choice to whittle it down to the top five (and no cheating this time either). These are all gigs that I walked away from feeling elated, feeling that I'd seen something special that I wanted to tell the world about. So I did, and here's a reminder of how good these gigs were.\nJohn Fairhurst @Rich Mix\nOn a freezing February Friday night in Shoreditch, Rich Mix was a welcome respite from bars full of bankers and 'exclusive' lap-dancing joints. The venue is a social enterprise where the motivation isn't purely profit and programming of events is always interesting. On this particular night, John Fairhurst, along with Pete Episcopo (bass) and Toby Murray (drums) played a raw and raucous set of blues focussing on the 2014 album \"Saltwater\". Some of the album versions of the songs were fairly big production numbers but the live performance was strictly a power trio affair with John's blistering guitar topping off the mixture. The journey back through Shoreditch didn't seem quite so bad after a night of proper blues with electric guitars playing way up loud. You can see some photos from the gig here.\nMollie and Izzy\nMollie Marriott @The Half Moon\nThis one was firmly in the eagerly-anticipated category. Mollie's been working quietly for some time putting together a great band for live and studio work featuring her Jim Stapley bandmates Izzy Chase-Phillmore, Sam Tanner and Johnson-Jay Medwik-Daley. After an interesting acoustic support set from her nephew, Mo Evans, Mollie's full band made their first live appearance in a Half Moon packed with fans and a few well-known faces as well. It was obvious from the start that this isn't just a bunch of hired hands; this is a bunch of really good mates as well. None of their playing is showy or attention-seeking; everything serves the songs and underpins Mollie's phenomenal voice, and it all works perfectly. The audience were onside anyway, but Mollie and the band gave a great performance of material from the upcoming debut album and a couple of covers as well. Here are some photos of this one.\nMad Dog Mcrea and Sound of the Sirens @The Half Moon\nThis was a very special gig. I'd been invited along to see Mad Dog Mcrea and I had no idea about the support on the night, Sound of the Sirens. It's such a great feeling when you see an artist for the first time and you know instantly that they're something special. And it's not just me; apparently Chris Evans was quite impressed with them as well. Anyway, they played a storming set completely winning over the audience with their powerful songs, dynamics, and harmonies. If the night had stopped at that point, I would have been perfectly happy, but we still had Mad Dog Mcrea to come, with an energetic run through material from their album \"Almost Home\" plus a few old favourites and crowd pleasers. Two great bands with enough in common to appeal to the whole audience but with enough differences to create a very varied night. And there are some photos here.\nSqueeze and Dr John Cooper Clarke @Indigo2\nAnother interesting double bill, this time with two very different artists, linked by the era which saw the start of their careers. John Cooper Clarke (now making the most of his honorary doctorate) has been doing poetry and comedy events for a few years but the tour with Squeeze put him back in front of big audiences filled with people who remembered him from the first time round. He throws more one-liners and gags into his routine now but a lot of the old favourite poems are still there, although some of them, particularly \"Twat\", have evolved over time. On this night he was a barnstorming crowd-pleaser, building up the audience nicely for the headline act.\nThis year Squeeze had a new album to promote so the setlist was varied, to say the least, with material covering almost forty years from \"Take Me I'm Yours\" to new songs like \"Cradle to the grave\" with the usual smattering of different interpretations of Squeeze classics. What made this performance so special was the group of musicians (mainly Glenn Tilbrook's Fluffers) now making up the rest of Squeeze who add upright bass, melodica and other esoteric instruments to the mix as well as adding rich vocal harmonies. Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook have never sounded better and what an incredible set of songs. Guess what, some photos here.\nUnion Chapel 050515\nGraham Parker and Brinsley Schwarz & The Union Chapel\nAnd finally. One of the greatest talents never to break through in the seventies and eighties, Graham Parker, who toured twice this year; once with The Rumour and once with Brinsley Schwarz. With a songbook which again covers almost forty years and a new album to promote as well, Graham Parker mixed up some established classics, some surprises and some new songs to delight an audience which might have been a little biased anyway. His voice is still remarkable and the songs are all strong enough to work in stripped-back arrangements. This wasn't just a nostalgia thing; there were new songs to promote and they all sounded as good as anything he's done before. He's a remarkable man and it was a real pleasure to hear these songs in such a beautiful venue. How about a look at GP in the seventies and now?\nPosted by mckaya on Monday, December 14, 2015 at 8:40 pm\nFiled under Featured, Features \u00b7 Tagged with almost home, brinsley schwarz, Chris Difford, Chris Evans, Glenn Tilbrook, Graham Parker, izzy chase-phillmore, jim stapley, John Cooper Clarke, john fairhurst, johnson-jay medwik-daley, mad dog mcrea, mo evans, mollie marriott, pete episcopo, rich mix, saltwater, sam tanner, sound of the sirens, Squeeze, The Fluffers, The Half Moon, the union chapel, toby murray\nMollie Marriott @The Half Moon 23\/02\/15\nAs ways to start the night go, having a chinwag with Joe Brown in the toilets at The Half Moon is a pretty good, if slightly surreal, one. So what's he doing there on a Monday night? Perfectly obvious really; both Mollie Marriott and her support act Mo Evans are family and Joe's there to support them. And he's not the only one. Judie Tzuke (one of Mollie's writing partners) has shown up as well. There's a bit of a buzz around this show because it's the debut for Mollie's full band, and most of the audience is anticipating some new material as well.\nBut before we get to that, there's a short set from Mollie's nephew, Mo Evans, who's a singer-songwriter in the confessional mould. Armed with only an acoustic guitar, a capo and some interesting tunings, he manages to grab the audience from the start. It's a difficult job at the best of times, particularly when your songs don't have too many happy moments, but they're a pretty good crowd and he gets them onside. There's a particularly nice moment at the end of the set when his guitar amp gives up and he reacts by jumping down from the stage and gathering the audience around him to finish the set completely unplugged.\nMollie's been doing acoustic gigs and radio appearances recently with Johnson-Jay Medwik-Daley (guitar and backing vocals) and Izzy Chase-Phillmore (backing vocals) and this line-up is augmented for the album material by Sam Tanner, Alex Reeves and Henrik Irgens (keyboards, drums and bass). There's an assurance about the band's performance that only comes from putting in the hours in rehearsal; there should be some nerves showing on the first outing with new material but they're well hidden. The band are all great individual musicians but this is about working together to showcase the songs and Mollie's voice. Oh yes, that voice; it's powerful and pure and strong (which you would expect from someone who's worked extensively as a backing singer) but when she pushes it towards the limit, there's a raw emotional edge there that you only find in the truly great blues and soul singers. On top of all that, she's a genuinely engaging stage personality who has a great rapport with her band and the audience.\nThe set features the two singles \"Ship of Fools\" and \"Transformer\", the Alanis Morissette cover \"Mary Jane\" and a selection of new material from the album, including \"Give Me a Reason\" which features some lovely harmonies from Izzy and Johnson-Jay; the audience loves it. There's a huge amount of love and mutual respect on stage but also between the band and the audience, which all helps to create a perfect live music experience. The Half Moon isn't full by any means, but anyone who was there will be spreading the word.\nSo, is 2015 the breakthrough year for Mollie Marriott? It certainly looks like this is the right time for the big push; she's been around the music business for a few years now and she's highly respected as a backing vocalist, but she now has an album's worth of songs, a tremendous band behind her, a label and a good support team. And, in case I hadn't mentioned this already, a phenomenal voice. \"Transformer\" is already generating media attention and picking up local radio playlistings, and with the album coming out later this year, this just might be Mollie's time; I really hope so.\nPosted by mckaya on Wednesday, February 25, 2015 at 10:35 am\nFiled under Featured, Gigs \u00b7 Tagged with alanis morissette, alex reeves, half moon putney, henrik irgens, izzy chase-phillmore, joe brown, johnson-jay medwik-daley, judie tzuke, mary jane, mo evans, mollie marriott, sam tanner, ship of fools, transformer","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"The truth about Sustainability and Transformation Plans:\nby Stewart Player\nHow Simon Stevens imposed a reorganisation designed for transnational capitalism on England's NHS.\nRecently shadow health secretary Jonathan Ashworth said his first job in government would be to launch an independent review of every single Sustainability and Transformation Plan (STP) and to halt service closures. He said plans for service changes had \"been decided behind closed doors, with no genuine involvement of local people.\" In response Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt said, 'These local plans are developed by local doctors and communities, backed by the top doctors and nurses of the NHS.\"\nBoth can't be right, and indeed casting the net a bit wider suggests a different origin than either politician is suggesting \u2013 the World Economic Forum.\nIn early 2012 the World Economic Forum considered that national healthcare systems were increasingly caught between a rock and a hard place. Fiscal crises were creating pressures to curb expenditure while it was also acknowledged that countries rely on healthcare systems for economic growth and national development. The Forum also thought there was little agreement about how to progress and \"help existing models become sustainable\", and set itself the task of building such a consensus.\nTwo reports, co-scripted with McKinsey & Co, were produced. The first, entitled The Financial Sustainability of Health Systems(1), aimed not only to examine this tension between cost and development, but also the extent to which this was compounded by ageing populations, improved technology, and rising consumer expectations, and also by the wider economic context of high levels of public debt and stagnant state revenue. The second report, entitled Sustainable Health Systems: Visions, Strategies, Critical Uncertainties and Scenarios(2), took this a stage further, examining structural scenarios of the future which could be used to inform present-day thinking. These will be considered in a subsequent article, particularly as they relate to the evolving shape and content of STPs.\nAs well as offering an overall diagnosis, the first report also identified various strategies and levers available to governments to resolve the above-mentioned tension. These included various forms of rationing and shifting the cost burden onto individuals and employers through, for example, mandatory private insurance, or at the other end of the spectrum, increasing tax revenue. A third option, raising healthcare productivity through delivering more services with fewer resources would, it was argued, \"go a long way to ensuring their financial sustainability\" while avoiding the \"fierce political contest\" inherent in making either of the first two choices.\nSuch productivity improvements would, however, also prove \"challenging\", not least because of \"the public resistance that blocks radical change with the result that inefficient providers remain\". Moreover health services can't be outsourced to low-cost locations in other parts of the world, and the labour-intensive nature of healthcare makes it difficult to substitute capital for labour. Sustainability therefore must be achieved through transforming supply: the various levers with which to accomplish this could include payment innovations related to value rather than volume, with financial incentives aligned to secure good performance for both health and social care; boosting clinicians' productivity through greater use of digital technology; and an emphasis on preventive care, and on more integrated care pathways.\nAbove all the report advocated a complete re-invention of the delivery system via new models of care. These would be in \"capital-light settings\" using \"leveraged talent models\" and low-cost channels, such as home-based, patient-driven models. However this shift \"must be accompanied by capacity reductions in higher-cost channels\" (such as hospitals) and the new systems \"must become more agile in leveraging the opportunities for more self-care\".\nObservers will readily recognise that the Five Year Forward View of October 2014, which STPs are now set to implement, is drawn directly from the World Economic Forum's diagnosis of the healthcare crisis, and also reproduces the Forum's prescription for supply-side change and the various levers available to policy makers. NHS England's updates on the FYFV are aimed at embedding such processes, particularly with regard to notions of clinical value, and to the design features of the new care models, where 'leveraged talent models' can be translated as more flexible roles carried out by less qualified, cheaper staff. Similarly, the planned capacity reductions entail not only cutting acute bed numbers but also selling off parts of the NHS estate.\nThe three components of the World Economic Forum, namely transnational business, governments, and media\/intelligentsia, are organised in a hierarchy. The CEOs of the top 1000 transnational corporations occupy key positions and are called 'Foundation Members'; key policymakers from national governments and international organisations are known as 'World Economic Leaders'; while select academics and experts are called 'Forum Fellows'.\nThese distinctions were reflected in the composition of the three groups assigned to study the 2012 healthcare sustainability reports. A Steering Board comprising \"eminent health systems leaders and experts\" provided \"overall direction\", with a predominance of health corporations, while a Working Group of experts \"supported the project's approach and methodology\". The members of these two groups remained the same throughout the project's life. The permanent members were complemented by some 200 stakeholders from all three levels of World Economic Forum membership who participated in a series of roundtable events in England, China, Spain, Germany and the Netherlands.\nSimon Stevens himself, who at that time was head of UnitedHealth's Global Division, acted as Project Steward of the Steering Board for the first World Economic Forum report, working with chief executives of leading healthcare companies including Apax Partners, Novartis, Merck, Medtronic and Kaiser Permanente, as well as the Directors of Health at the World Bank, the WHO, and the European Commission.\nSome of the personnel of the WEF's healthcare groups reappear in the policy direction, project support and implementation of both the FYFV and STPs in England. Michael MacDonnell, for example, who at Davos was then a Senior Fellow at Imperial College's Centre for Global Health Innovation is now acting as head of policy for the STP framework as a whole, while among the other workshop participants we can identify at least two, Ron Webster and Amanda Doyle, who are leading individual STPs in West Yorkshire and in Lancashire and South Cumbria, respectively. However it seems reasonable to assume that the WEF agenda has been effectively disseminated among other STP 'leaders', with a curriculum that can always be accessed at the various leadership academies offered by global consultancies, domestic think tanks and privately partnered government agencies.\nThe list of other UK participants at the Davos meetings reads almost as a Who's Who of the people who regularly win leadership awards from healthcare management journals in England. It also includes ex-health ministers and leading participants in government reviews, as well as Treasury officials and former members of health committees. Among the prominent figures in recent NHS policy-making who took part are Alan Milburn, Dame Julie Moore, Mark Newbold, Sir Robert Naylor, Sir Bruce Keogh, Niti Pall, Paul Bate, Paul Corrigan, Nick Seddon, and various representatives of the NHS Confederation, not forgetting selected representatives of UK private healthcare companies such as Jill Watts and David Mobbs. Two English MPs were also involved: Stephen Dorrell, who was then chair of the Parliamentary Health Committee, and now working for KPMG; and the former Labour leadership candidate Liz Kendall.\nThe truth about STPs: transnational capitalism for England NHS\nBack in 1998 Kees Van der Pijl suggested that the WEF had reached the status of a true International of Capital, and that the \"organisation stood out as the most comprehensive planning body of the transnational capitalist class\", where \"concepts of control are debated, and if need be, adjusted on a world scale\", and whose aim is \"enhancing competition to the full and eliminating whatever niches remain protected from the full discipline of capital\". Public healthcare systems are evidently notable 'niches' in this sense.\nWhether or not this is a fair description of the WEF and its aims, it is clear that the basic strategy now adopted for the NHS in England has its origins in the business-dominated international policy circuit, of which the WEF is the apex, rather than in either the Department of Health or NHS England \u2013 let alone in the creative input of local communities, doctors and nurses, as fancifully proposed by Mr Hunt. No one believes Mr Hunt's claim because few doctors and even fewer nurses, and no 'local communities', report having been seriously engaged in the development of STPs. What a comparison of the FYFV with the WEF reports suggests, instead, is that what is now planned for the NHS in England is not a home-grown response to meet distinctively English circumstances, which the FYFV presents itself as being, but what the global policy-making elite at Davos sees as a way of avoiding further growth of spending on publicly-provided health care.\n(1) World Economic Forum. The Financial Sustainability of Health Systems. A Case For Change. In collaboration with McKinsey & Company.\n(2) World Economic Forum. Sustainable Health Systems: Visions, Strategies, Critical Uncertainties and Scenarios. A report from the World Economic Forum. Prepared in collaboration with McKinsey & Company.\nStewart Player is a public policy analyst and co-author (with Professor Colin Leys) of The Plot Against the NHS (Merlin, 2011).\n\u00ab 5 Significant Health Benefits Of Cycling That You Did Not Know Before \u2022 The Differences In Healthcare Between The UK And The USA \u00bb\nwestnab says:\nVery enlightening. But is it doesn't do what it says on the tin \u2013 it doesn't explain Simon Stevens' role fully. He is only mentioned in the sub-title and once in the body of the article. I guess the article assumes we know who he is. I don't, for one.\nOf course I do now that I've googled him!\njcashbyblog says:\nI will bet the best expert on health services, Don Berwick, was not there.\nUna-Jane Winfield says:\nPlease can the author tell us when he became aware of the existence of these explosive reports?\nI want to publisize this article and the underlying reports for the NW London campaign (www.Saveourhospitals.net) and need background facts, please. Thank you.\nStewart Player says:\nHi Una-Jane,\nI've been doing some research on transnational capitalist class formation and its implications for healthcare. Quite a few authors have identified the WEF as the purest form of this, if you will, and I came across these reports by the Forum on healthcare sustainability about a month ago. Please feel free to ask for any more information.\nBest wishes for your campaign!\nPiyush Pushkar says:\nHi, thanks for the article. Any other references on transnational class formation?\nBarbara Harvey says:\nThe \"crisis\" in the nhs has been deliberate, to create a need for a \"solution\" every country is under threat from neoliberism\nWe stand for:\nUniversal Healthcare meeting patients' needs, free at the point of use, funded by taxation.\nDemocracy based on freedom of information, election not selection and local decision making.\nEquality based on equality of opportunity, affirmative action, and progressive taxation.\nThe views on this blog or tweets do not necessarily represent the views of the Association.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"I Want A Come Back, Star Tells Club\nPosted in 2015-2016 Season, Arsenal News, Transfer news By Admin On April 21, 2016\nGoonersden brings you news from top football news sites from the likes of ESPN, SkySport, Daily Mail, Daily Star and Metro\u2026 We also Analyse football, player, transfer and predict Arsenal starting line-up.\nArsenal Legend Gilberto Silva has revealed he would love to return to the Emirates in the future.\nSilva was a fan favourite at the club between 2002 and 2008 with his committed displays winning the hearts of the fans and club.\nThe midfielder retired from active football last year and is already working on taking up a football related role in the future.\nWhen questioned about life as a retired footballer and his plans for the future by Insidefutbol, Silva revealed he is doing a course on management which would help him take up a role as a sporting director in the future.\nThe midfielder also talked up the chance of returning to Arsenal. Though he said he is yet to receive an invitation from the club, he still loves the club till date.\n\"I follow football and I am trying to find a way to be involved. I am studying a course of general management to prepare myself.\n\"I want to be prepared if I decide to one day return to football as sport director or in another role. That will help me a lot\" , he added.\n\"You never know, anything can be possible. I haven't received an invitation at the moment, but if one day I get an. invitation I will think carefully, because Arsenal is a team I really love\" , Silva said.\nSilva was part of the invincibles squad that won the Gunner's last league title in 2003\/2004 season.\nHas Wenger Discovered the Secret to Winning the EPL Title?\n\u20ac20m-rated Ligue 1 defender set to become Arsenal's first signing this winter January 18, 2020\n25-year-old England international could become Arsenal's first January signing January 18, 2020\nOzil, Nelson and Lacazette START- Arsenal vs Sheffield United January 18, 2020\nArsenal set to make major signing this week January 18, 2020\nArsenal Lineup \u00a36m Bid For 27-year-old Player January 17, 2020\nArsenal Move For \u20ac25m Midfielder In Doubt January 17, 2020\nMedicals soon as Arsenal in talks over \u20ac35m-rated Premier League defender January 17, 2020\nArsenal join the race to sign \u20ac35m-rated Premier League defender January 17, 2020\nArsenal are closely monitoring \u20ac30m-rated Serie A midfielder January 17, 2020\nArsenal in the hunt for \u20ac25m-rated Belgium international January 17, 2020\nArsenal are closely monitoring \u20ac20m-rated Ligue 1 defender January 17, 2020\nArsenal keep a close eye on 25-year-old England international January 17, 2020\nLacazette to start in 4-2-3-1: Arsenal predicted lineup vs Sheff Utd January 17, 2020\nBruno Guimaraes to Arsenal: The likelihood of sealing \u00a325.7m transfer, Edu talks, 'agreement' January 17, 2020\nLayvin Kurzawa to Arsenal almost a done deal January 17, 2020\nGoonersden Copyright \u00a9 2020.\nTheme by Design Team. Back to Top \u2191","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Search results for \"sandra bullock\"\nOctober 2, 2013 by mavrix\nGeorge Clooney & Sandra Bullock \"Gravity\" NYC Premiere\nSuperstars George Clooney and Sandra Bullock walk the black carpet at the \"Gravity\" NYC Premiere which was held at the AMC Lincoln Square Theatre. Sandra looked classic in a lovely white draped dress with white matching high heels. George looked quite dapper in a slick black suit.\nin\tCelebrity \/ Entertainment \/ Events \/ George Clooney \/ Sandra Bullock\t0\tcomments\nJuly 2, 2013 July 2, 2013 by mavrix\nSandra Bullock Brings The Heat To Sydney\nWearing a simple embroidered and sequined dress, actress Sandra Bullock walked the red carpet at the premiere of her new movie \"The Heat\" in Sydney Australia yesterday.\nin\tCelebrity \/ Entertainment \/ Events \/ Fashion \/ Features \/ Sandra Bullock\t0\tcomments\nApril 18, 2013 by mavrix\nSandra Bullock & Melissa McCarthy 2013 CinemaCon Vegas\nFunny ladies Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy made an appearance at the 2013 CinemaCon which was held at Caesars Palace Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. Sandra and Melissa who both wore black, showed off their playful side as they posed for pictures while making funny faces. The comedic duo are promoting their upcoming comedy [\u2026]\nin\tCelebrity \/ Entertainment \/ Events \/ Melissa McCarthy \/ Sandra Bullock\t0\tcomments\nSandra Bullock is Super Generous\nIt's being reported that Sandra Bullock donated $1 million to help the victims of the Haitian earthquake yesterday. According to the reports, Bullock made the donation to Doctors Without Borders' emergency operations in Port-Au-Prince, one of the most devastated parts of the country. Three of the organization's facilities were damaged in the Haitian capital by [\u2026]\nin\tCelebrity \/ Events \/ Sandra Bullock\t0\tcomments\nThe glitz and glamour could be found in every corner of the red carpet area as celebrities arrived for this year's Oscars ceremony at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood tonight. The stars were out and shining bright as they arrived for one of the most anticipated Academy Awards ever. Angelina Jolie looked as elegant as [\u2026]\n2014 Screen Actors Guild Awards\nSofia Vergara, Sandra Bullock, Matthew McConaughey with wife Camila Alves, Cuba Gooding Jr, Jennifer Lawrence, Julia Roberts, Jennifer Garner, Mariah Carey with husband Nick Cannon, Cate Blanchett, Amy Adams, Tom Hanks with wife Rita Wilson and Emma Thompson along with many other celebrities at the 20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards held at the Shrine [\u2026]\nin\tCelebrity \/ Entertainment \/ Events\t0\tcomments\nMeryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Leonardo DiCaprio, Sandra Bullock, Christina Applegate, Jessica Chastain and other celebrities attend the 19th Annual Critics' Choice Awards held at The Barker Hangar at the Santa Monica Airport in Los Angeles.\nin\tCelebrity \/ Christina Applegate \/ Entertainment \/ Events \/ Jessica Chastain \/ Julia Roberts \/ Leonardo Dicaprio \/ Meryl Streep \/ Sandra Bullock\t0\tcomments\nJanuary 5, 2014 by mavrix\nThe Palm Springs International Film Festival Award Gala marks the beginning of the 2014 Award Season. Walking on the Cartier sponsored red carpet looking dashing was Julia Roberts, Bradley Cooper, Matthew McConaughey with is lovely wife Camila Alves, Sandra Bullock, 'U2's' Bono with The Edge, Tom Hanks, Amy Adams, Colin Farrell, Meryl Streep, Ewan McGregor [\u2026]\nin\tAmy Adams \/ Bono \/ Bradley Cooper \/ Camila Alves \/ Celebrity \/ Colin Farrell \/ Entertainment \/ Events \/ Ewan McGregor \/ Julia Roberts \/ Matthew McConaughey \/ Meryl Streep \/ Sandra Bullock \/ The Edge \/ Tom Hanks \/ U2\t4\tcomments\nOctober 22, 2013 October 22, 2013 by mavrix\n17th Annual Hollywood Film Awards\nThe stars came out last night for the 17th Annual Hollywood Film Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. Honorees Sandra Bullock and Jake Gyllenhaal were joined on the red carpet by fellow superstars that included Matthew McConaughey and Camila Alves, Harrison Ford, Jane Fonda, Julia Roberts, Angela Bassett, Jared Leto and Juliette Lewis.\nin\tCamila Alves \/ Entertainment \/ Events \/ Features \/ Harrison Ford \/ Jake Gyllenhaal \/ Jane Fonda \/ Jared Leto \/ Julia Roberts \/ Juliette Lewis \/ Matthew McConaughey \/ Sandra Bullock\t1\tcomments\n84th Academy Awards Red Carpet Fashion Highlights\nIt was a star studded night, which included the biggest and brightest actors at the 84th Annual Academy Awards held in the luxurious Kodak Theater in the heart of Hollywood. Fan favorites, Best Actor nominee George Clooney brought girlfriend Stacy Keibler to her first Oscar ceremony where she was decked out in a gold Marchesa gown [\u2026]\nin\tBrad Pitt \/ Celebrity \/ Entertainment \/ Events \/ Fashion \/ George Clooney\t0\tcomments\nDecember 19, 2011 December 20, 2011 by mavrix\nNew Bombshell For Michelle 'Bombshell' McGee In The Form Of Raunchy Sex Tape\nMichelle \"Bombshell\" McGee's sordid ways were first brought to the limelight last year when news broke that she had been carrying on an extramarital affair with reality TV star and husband to Sandra Bullock, Jesse James. Now she's back in the news and according to sources, the tattooed minx will is the focus of two [\u2026]\nin\tCelebrity \/ Entertainment \/ Events \/ Fashion \/ Jesse James \/ Michelle Bombshell McGee \/ Paris Hilton \/ Sandra Bullock\t0\tcomments\nKat Von D Kisses Jesse James\nWith rumors that his ex-wife Sandra Bullock may be nurturing a relationship with recently split actor Ryan Reynolds, motorcycle buff Jesse James seems to want the world to know he's over his Oscar winning ex. Jesse appeared on the red carpet last night with on-off girlfriend, reality TV star and tattoo artist Kat Von D, [\u2026]\nin\tCelebrity \/ Events \/ Jesse James \/ Kat Von D\t0\tcomments\nJune 6, 2010 April 14, 2011 by mavrix\nGuys Choice\nCelebrities came out last night for Spike TV's fourth annual 'Guy's Choice' Awards. Walking the red carpet were Liam Neeson, Bradley Cooper, Brooklyn Decker, Ozzy, Sharon, Kelly and Jack Osbourne, Adrien Brody and Marisa Miller. Award recipients of the night included quintessential action star Sylvester Stallone, who was honored with the Guycon Award, Robert De [\u2026]\nin\tAdrien Brody \/ Bradley Cooper \/ Celebrity \/ Entertainment \/ Events \/ Jack Osbourne \/ Kelly Osbourne \/ Ozzy Osbourne \/ Sharon Osbourne\t12\tcomments\nApril 9, 2010 August 30, 2011 by mavrix\nExclusive! Did Bombshell Get to Pink's Husband, Too?\nIt's being reported that prior to her alleged affair with Sandra Bullock's husband, Jesse James, tattooed bad girl Michelle \"Bombshell\" McGee had a brief relationship with rocker Pink's husband, Carey Hart. According to the reports, in September 2008, during the time that Hart was estranged from Pink, he met McGee at the ASR convention in [\u2026]\nin\tCarey Hart \/ Celebrity \/ Features \/ Michelle Bombshell McGee \/ Pink\t0\tcomments\nMarch 20, 2010 April 15, 2011 by mavrix\nJesse James Goes Out In Public\nWith all the drama that's surrounding Jesse James right now, you'd think he'd stay inside and chill on the couch for a few weeks. There's nothing that a marathon of The Price Is Right, The People's Court and Maury can't fix \u2014 except maybe Sandra Bullock's anger. Anyway, our cameras spotted Jesse James as he [\u2026]\nin\tCelebrity \/ Jesse James\t0\tcomments\nAll About Steve Premiere Pics\nLast night, Grauman's Chinese Theatre played host to the All About Steve premiere. Bradley Cooper (love him!) and Sandra Bullock was there, but don't be fooled by the 2nd thumbnail from the left\u2026Sandra probably wasn't actually making out with that Diane Sawyer look-alike. Probably. In semi-related news, where's Sandra's hot piece of a husband? I [\u2026]\nin\tBradley Cooper \/ Celebrity \/ Events \/ Sandra Bullock\t0\tcomments\nPics from The Proposal Premiere\nSandra Bullock (LOVE HER!), Ryan Reynolds and Anne Fletcher were all at the premiere of The Proposal last night at the El Capitan theatre in LA. I'm a pretty big fan of Sandra and Ryan (and Ryan's abs\u2026), so I'll probably see this at some point in the near future. Seems like a good date [\u2026]\nin\tCelebrity \/ Entertainment \/ Ryan Reynolds \/ Sandra Bullock\t0\tcomments\nKeanu Reeves is Still Hot\nThe Day The Earth Stood Still is about to come out in theaters, and I'm uber psyched about it. Yeah, it's kinda sci-fi and that's not really the genre that makes my toes tingle, but it has Keanu Reeves in it! You can take just about any movie and make it better by adding a [\u2026]\nin\tCelebrity \/ Entertainment \/ Keanu Reeves\t0\tcomments\nMarch 13, 2007 May 3, 2011 by mavrix\nPremonition Premiere\nPrincipal cast members Sandra Bullock, Amber Valletta, Julian McMahon, Nia Long and director Mennan Yapo attend the premiere of Premonition in Hollywood on March 12.\nin\tAmber Valletta \/ Celebrity \/ Events \/ Julian McMahon \/ Sandra Bullock\t0\tcomments","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Interesting: Souter takes on originalists at Harvard\nPublished June 2nd 2010 by\nFor those who watch the U.S. Supreme Court, a theory of constitutional interpretation\u2013so-called \"originalism\"\u2013is now in vogue. The theory, which is often mouthed by politicians, suggests that the only way to interpret the U.S. Constitution is to look at what the founders wanted and thought and felt back when they wrote the document.\nIt's got simplistic appeal, even if it's a fairly goofy notion. It's goofy, in that history is rarely anything if not subjective, such that anyone who claims to know what the founders thought centuries ago is necessarily guessing. Sometimes it's an educating guess, but it's a guess all the same. As well, it presumes that all should be set in stone, without considering the tremendous changes brought over the centuries by technology, population growth, culture and the like.\nMaybe I can explain what I mean better by asking this simple question: What would Thomas Jefferson or James Madison have thought about Google? Originalists claim to be able to apply the founders' intentions to free speech issues in the Google-era. I think that's fanciful at best. \"My answer, for what it's worth, is, \"Who knows?!\"\nOriginalist thinking seems to go beyond constitutional adjudication. For that reason, the airy concepts are more important to consumers than we might realize.\nSo all of that is background for big props to CBS legal correspondent Andrew Cohen, a Twitter friend, who wrote this thoughtful piece on Justice Souter's commencement speech at Harvard. Justice Souter, who retired recently, takes a reality-driven view of the constitution. He understands that much of work of constitutional interpretation is difficult because the values embodied in the constitution co-exist in tension. That tension creates ambiguity, which is necessarily at odds with originalists and sound-bite politicians whose world is black and white.\nI'm a fan. If the U.S. Constitution and the Supreme Court matter to you, it's worth a read. Hats off to Andrew Cohen for noting and explaining what many of us missed.\nAddendum: Link to the text of the Souter speech\u2026I would credit a particular Philadelphia rock star lawyer who passed it along, but that would be wrong for reasons I can't begin to explain.\ninfo@sugermandahab.com\n707 SW Washington Street Ste 600","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"UbuWeb Film\nMusic with Roots in the Aether - Pauline Oliveros 1975\nBack to Music with Roots in the Aether\nMusic with Roots in the Aether - Pauline Oliveros (1975)\nProgram 5. PAULINE OLIVEROS\nLandscape with Pauline Oliveros (57:40)\nincluding \"Unnatural Acts Between Consenting Adults,\" a collaboration with Carol Vencius\nLandscape with Pauline Oliveros (continued) and The Music of Pauline Oliveros (57:40)\n\"\"Rose Mountain Slow Runner\"\nMusic with Roots in the Aether is a music-theater piece in color video. It is the final version of an idea that I had thought about and worked on for a few years: to make a very large collaborative piece with other composers whose music I like. The collaborative aspect of Music with Roots in the Aether is in the theater of the interviews, at least primarily, and I am indebted to all of the composers involved for their generosity in allowing me to portray them in this manner.\nThe piece turns out to be, in addition, a large-scale documentation of an important stylistic that came into American concert music in about 1960. These composers of the \"post-serial\" \/ \"post-Cage\" movement have all made international reputations for the originality of their work and for their contributions to this area of musical compositions.\nThe style of the video presentation comes from the need I felt to find a new way to show music being performed. The idea of the visual style of Music with Roots in the Aether is plain: to watch as closely as possible the action of the performers and to not \"cut\" the seen material in any way--that is, to not editorialize on the time domain of the music through arbitrary space-time substitutions.\nThe visual style for showing the music being made became the \"theater\" (the stage) for the interviews, and the portraits of the composers were designed to happen in that style.\" \u2014 Robert Ashley\nPauline Oliveros in UbuWeb Sound","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"New Problem Emerges From Altering Opioids: Hep C Rates Soared When People Switched To Injecting Heroin\nWhen people could no longer grind Oxycontin and snort it or inject, some switched drugs, a new study from Rand says, and that is leading to the spread of disease and costly treatments taxing Medicaid. Other news on the opioid epidemic looks at safe injection sites and palliative use of marijuana, also.\nStat: Study: 'Abuse-Deterrent' OxyContin Switch Helped Drive A Hepatitis C Spike\nWhen Purdue Pharma reformulated its signature pain drug OxyContin in 2010, its aim was to make the pill \"abuse-deterrent.\" But the change may have had an unanticipated and disastrous public health impact, according to a new study: accelerating a nationwide spike in hepatitis C infections. When the new version of OxyContin became far more difficult to crush or ingest nasally, many opioid users switched to injecting illicit heroin after 2010. That shift, researchers found, caused hepatitis C rates to spike three times faster in states with the highest non-medical OxyContin use. (Facher, 2\/4)\nCQ: Changes In Opioids May Have Driven Hepatitis C Infections\nThose findings, in a paper published Monday in Health Affairs by researchers at the RAND Corp., imply that the opioid crisis has also been a factor in another issue that Congress, the administration and the states are struggling with: drug prices. Hepatitis C treatments cost around $20,000 to $30,000 per course of treatment, putting a huge burden on state Medicaid budgets. \"Even if we could find a way now to stop all overdoses, we're going to carry the burdens of these infectious diseases for a really long time, and they are very expensive,\" said David Powell, a senior RAND economist who led the study. \"That's just kind of another cost of this crisis that hadn't really been captured before.\" (Siddons, 2\/4)\nSan Francisco Chronicle: California Bill Allowing San Francisco Safe Injection Site Reintroduced\nThe bill, AB362, was authored by Assemblywoman Susan Eggman, D-Stockton, and co-authored by Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco. It's the second time the duo have worked together to launch a safe injection pilot program in San Francisco. A similar bill they co-authored was vetoed by Gov. Jerry Brown in October, but Gov. Gavin Newsom has said he is receptive to the idea of a safe injection site. (Fracassa, 2\/4)\nThe CT Mirror: Lawmakers Consider Bill To Permit Marijuana Use For Opioid Withdrawal\nMembers of the legislature's Public Health Committee heard testimony during a public hearing Monday from those for and against Sen. President Pro Tem Martin Looney's proposed bill to add opioid use disorder and withdrawal as conditions that qualify for the palliative use of marijuana. (Megan, 2\/4)\nSyndicated from https:\/\/khn.org\/morning-breakout\/new-problem-emerges-from-altering-opioids-hep-c-rates-soared-when-people-switched-to-injecting-heroin\/\nPost Tags: #Pharmaceuticals#Public Health#States\nAs Study Shows Hospital Price Growth Is Main Driver Of Health Care Spending, Experts Warn Consolidations Will Make It Worse\nMost Common Adult-Onset Food Allergies Are Shellfish, Wheat\nFor Nurses Feeling the Strain of the Pandemic, Virus Resurgence Is 'Paralyzing'\nFor Christina Nester, the pandemic lull in Massachusetts lasted about three months through summer into early fall. In late June, St. Vincent Hospital had resumed elective surgeries, and the unit the 48-year-old nurse works on switched back from taking care of only COVID-19 patients to its pre-pandemic roster of patients recovering from gallbladder operations, mastectomies\u2026\nRead More For Nurses Feeling the Strain of the Pandemic, Virus Resurgence Is 'Paralyzing'Continue\nHard-To-Obtain Information From Nursing Homes Frustrates Families In Massachusetts Where Infections Soar\nThe state launched a new hotline, but families are still unable to obtain information about how many cases exist in individual nursing homes. And in many cases, they can't get updates on parents. News on nursing homes is reported from California, Pennsylvania and Ohio, as well. Boston Globe: 'They Will Not Tell Us How Bad\u2026\nRead More Hard-To-Obtain Information From Nursing Homes Frustrates Families In Massachusetts Where Infections SoarContinue\nFlorida | News | Texas\nKHN's 'What the Health?': Booster Time\nCan't see the audio player? Click here to listen on SoundCloud. You can also listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Pocket Casts or wherever you listen to podcasts. As covid-19 cases in the U.S. continue to rise, the Biden administration is countering with new strategies. The latest efforts include preparing for vaccine boosters starting this\u2026\nRead More KHN's 'What the Health?': Booster TimeContinue\nAnalysis: A Procedure That Cost $1,775 in New York Was $350 in Maryland. Here's Why.\nFor the past 18 months, while I was undergoing intensive physical therapy and many neurological tests after a complicated head injury, my friends would point to a silver lining: \"Now you'll be able to write about your own bills.\" After all, I'd spent the past decade as a journalist covering the often-bankrupting cost of U.S\u2026.\nRead More Analysis: A Procedure That Cost $1,775 in New York Was $350 in Maryland. Here's Why.Continue\nFarmworkers, Firefighters and Flight Attendants Jockey for Vaccine Priority\nThis story also ran on NBC News. This story can be republished for free (details). With front-line health workers and nursing home residents and staff expected to get the initial doses of COVID vaccines, the thornier question is figuring out who goes next. The answer will likely depend on where you live. While an influential\u2026\nRead More Farmworkers, Firefighters and Flight Attendants Jockey for Vaccine PriorityContinue\nKHN's 'What the Health?': Who Will Run the Biden Health Effort?\nBy December 3, 2020\nCan't see the audio player? Click here to listen on SoundCloud. The quadrennial guessing game about who will get what health job in a new presidential administration has taken on a new urgency in 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to rage. Meanwhile, as two promising vaccine candidates inch closer to approval, the federal government is\u2026\nRead More KHN's 'What the Health?': Who Will Run the Biden Health Effort?Continue","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Sycamoretimes\nChange the mind\u2026 change the world\n#ElectionMonitor\n#AskOnyinyechi\nBH Strikes In Yobe..Kills 3 at construction site January 16, 2021\nMakinde says he hopes to get as many COVID-19 vaccines as possible for Oyo resid... January 16, 2021\nHow We Caught, Raped Our Victim While Grazing Cattle \u2013 Fulani Herdsmen Teenagers... January 15, 2021\nCOURT SENTENCES TRICYCLE RIDER WHO ASSAULTED FRSC PERSONNEL TO 3 MONTHS IMPRI... January 15, 2021\nWe are Not Afraid Of Malicious Lies\/Management Rufus Giwa Polytechnic Management January 15, 2021\nAtiku:I'll End Boko Haram, Herdsmen Killings If Elected President , identifies poverty as cause { good..now lets discuss how ths poverty and illiteracy will go|\nFormer Vice President and now aspiring for President on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has vowed and promised to end the lingering Boko Haram crisis and other criminal activities such as the herdsmen\/farmers clashes within shortest possible time if elected as President of Federal Republic of Nigeria come 2019.\nAtiku made the vow on Tuesday while addressing PDP supporters in Borno at the Forshams Hall, Maiduguri.\nHe said \"Nigeria ended its civil war in only 2 and half years despite the thick forest in the south-east. I wonder why the war against insurgency took us 9 Years without headway, there must be something wrong somewhere.\" Atiku stressed.\nContinuing he said, \"if elected as President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, I will not allow any commander to tell me stories, we must end insurgency within shortest possible time because the insurgency has crippled everything in the Northeast\", he added.\nHe said Nigeria is one of the most poorest nation in the world, characterized with abject poverty, unfortunately, insurgency is associated with poverty. So given the mandate, he will also address poverty which is more prevalence in the Northeast.\nAtiku alleged that the increasing cases of criminal activities associated with herdsmen\/ farmers clashes, leading to loss of lives and property, was as a result of bad governance under the present administration, noting that, unless Nigerians team up and voted against the present ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) government at National, states and local government levels, the situation the country found itself will even be worst in near future.\nAlso Speaking at the occasion, Director General, Atiku campaign Organization, ACO, Senator Gbenga Daniel said the former Vice President and his entourage were in Maiduguri as part of the ongoing consultation tour with PDP stakeholders across the country.\nHe therefore called on the people of the state to give their block votes and massive support to Atiku, who is the only person that will take them to the promised land.\nIn his welcome address, the Borno State Coordinator Borno state ACO, Alhaji Mohammed Imam said Atiku is like a son of Borno, adding that majority of people of the state are solidly behind Atiku come 2019 general elections. He said, \"You are welcome to Borno which is your second home, you need not to campaign, we the people of Borno are strongly behind your candidature. Imam said.\nWomen in Ekiti state protest against injustice, subverted will of the people and threat to democracy. All shouting Fayemi Ol\u00e8 (thief)\nRotimi Amaechi will still go back to pdp\nShivai Global Agro Ind.\nA nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves.\nWebsite Designing by Cheap Websites in Nigeria","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Verelogic Group are incredibly proud of our continued support to our local club, Swindon Town FC - including supporting Head Coach Ben Garner.\nNow that the start of 2022 is in full swing, Verelogic want to emphasise their support once again to Swindon Town FC. As a sponsor of the club for nearly 13 years, it's no surprise that we like to show off our support to the club, and that now includes the sponsorship of the first team head coach Ben Garner.\nAt the start of the 2021\/2022 season, Verelogic's CEO Kevin Metcalfe was given the choice of player\/management sponsorship and chose to support Ben Garner for the season. Having faith in the new management, including the new chairmen, there was a real buzz at the start of the season.\nKevin said \"Its an honour to sponsor our head coach leading us this season and hopefully for many more. Ben is a top coach and is doing a great job with the team. We look forward to watching his tactics throughout the year\"","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Greek Orthodox Parents Can't Exempt Children from Religion Classes\nHigh school students sit inside a class room at Glyfada, suburb west of Athens, Monday, April 12, 2021. (AP Photo\/Yorgos Karahalis)\nATHENS \u2013 Only parents who are not Orthodox Christian can ask to have their children to be exempted from religious studies classes in Greece, a tiny fraction of students.\nThat was the ruling of Education Minister Niki Kerameus from New Democracy who was to take questions in Parliament for that decision at the request of a former education minister, Nikos Filis from the major opposition SYRIZA, said Kathimerini.\nThe decision states that atheists, agnostics and students of other denominations and religions don't have to take religious studies and can submit an application to their school for an exemption okay.\nFilis said it was a violation of rulings from the country's Data Protection Authority and the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) with SYRIZA having wanted during its 4 \u00bd year reign to separate Church and State but never did.\nFilis said the data authority has ruled that it is sufficient to invoke reasons of conscience so that Christian Orthodox students can also be exempted. He added, moreover, that the \"ECHR ruled that member-states have no right to require citizens to disclose their religious beliefs.\"","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Your express stop for the latest news\nLink light rail turns 10!\nThe commemorative Link 10th birthday ORCA card\nThank you for a great first 10 years!\nBy Bruce Gray\nHappy 10th birthday to Link light rail!\nThank you to everyone who has made Link a huge success over the past 10 years.\nIt was on a sunny Saturday 10 years ago today when Mayor Greg Nickels and a host of dignitaries cut the ceremonial ribbon to open Link to the travelling public.\nSince then, Link has had more than 134 million boardings and has become part of the fabric of the community in Seattle.\nExcited riders on board one of the first opening day trains on July 18, 2009.\nSpecial 10th birthday commemorative cards\nTo celebrate and thank our riders for making the first 10 years of Link a success, we loaded 1,000 special 10th birthday commemorative ORCA cards into the ticket vending machines at Westlake, Mount Baker and Tukwila International Boulevard stations.\nThe ORCA cards have all been snatched up but keep an eye out for future commemorative cards.\nWe're just getting started\nIn the next five years, Link will add 22 stations and expand to more than 50 miles of rail service.\nIn 2021, we open light rail service to the University District, Roosevelt and Northgate.\nIn 2023 trains will reach Mercer Island, Bellevue and Overlake.\nAfter that, new lines to Lynnwood, Federal Way and downtown Redmond open in 2024.\nFuture Link extensions approved by voters in 2016 as part of ST3 are planned for West Seattle-Ballard (2030), Tacoma Dome (2030), Everett (2036), South Kirkland and Issaquah (2041).\nWith these additions, the system will grow to 116 miles and is projected to serve about 600,000 riders every day.\nThank you again to everyone who has made Link's first 10 years successful.\nHere's to the next 100 years as we look back one more time to a narrated slide show from The Seattle Times that first aired the week leading up to opening day.\nBack to The Platform\nLink 10th Birthday\nLink turns 10: A look to the future\nLink turns 10: A look back\nAirport Travel\nBellevue Downtown\nConstruction tech\nEast Link\nFederal Way Link\nHilltop Tacoma Link\nInside Sound Transit\nLink vehicles\nLynnwood Link\nNorthgate Link\nTransit tips\nWest Seattle and Ballard Link Extensions\nReceive our latest posts in your inbox","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Firstsource to strengthen its commitment to the UK through North of England investment\nCategorized: England investment | UK\nMumbai, November 9, 2020: Firstsource Solutions Limited (NSE: FSL, BSE:532809), a global provider of Business Process Management (BPM) services and a RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group company will expand its presence and strengthen its commitment to Middlesbrough from later this year.\nThe firm will take three floors of the striking One Centre Square Building. This new building is Grade A office space and one of the region's most ambitious regeneration projects.\nThe 10-year deal expands Firstsource's capacity in Middlesbrough, and the company expects to create over 100 new jobs in coming months.\nDr. Sanjiv Goenka, Chairman, RPSG Group and Firstsource Solutions, said: \"The UK is a strategic market for us. Our centre in Middlesbrough is a centre of excellence particularly for serving financial services sector clients, and we are pleased to move to bigger premises.\"The new centre was announced as part of Minister for Investment Gerry Grimstone's virtual tour to India.\nMinister for Investment Gerry Grimstone said: \"The UK and India have a strong investment relationship, with UK and Indian investments supporting over half a million jobs in each other's economies.\n\"Firstsource's commitment to expand in the North East will bring further jobs and economic prosperity to the region and contribute to growing the UK-India relationship. I look forward to seeing the firm's continued success in the UK.\"\nFirstsource Solutions Limited, a RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group company (NSE: FSL, BSE: 532809, Reuters: FISO.BO, Bloomberg: FSOL@IN), is a leading provider of transformational solutions and services spanning the customer lifecycle across Healthcare, Banking and Financial Services, Communications, Media and Technology and other industries. The Company's 'Digital First, Digital Now' approach helps organizations reinvent operations and reimagine business models, enabling them to deliver moments that matter and build competitive advantage. With an established presence in the US, the UK, India and the Philippines, Firstsource acts as a trusted growth partner for over 100 leading global brands, including several Fortune 500 and FTSE 100 companies. (www.firstsource.com)\nSarika Rath\nSarika.rath@firstsource.com\n(+91 98863 78198)","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"National Institute for Labor Relations Research\nNILRR Research\nSupport NILRR\nNILRR Weekly News Clips March 22, 2013\nMarch 22, 2013 by CLJ\nPrivate sector union decline dates to the late-50s\nWashington Examiner Online, March 21, 2013\nSlate columnist Matt Yglesias posted the above chart yesterday as part of a post arguing that \"America's Private Sector Labor Unions Have Always Been in Decline\". He notes:\n[P]rivate sector labor unions have been in decline in the United States pretty consistently since World War II. There was a little uptick associated with the Great Depression, but really mass private sector labor unionism in the United States was an element of wartime economic planning. Then, in the immediate postwar years, we were at something of a political economy tipping point. We could have become a country where the overwhelming majority of large private sector firms were unionized, but instead congress passed the Taft-Hartley Act. It's been a long steady decline since then, partially masked by the unionization of a large swathe of public sector workers in the 1960s.\nGerman union backs UAW effort to organize VW's Tenn. plant\nChicago Tribune Online, March 20, 2013\nThe United Auto Workers has won the backing of the head of an influential German union in its effort to represent the hourly workers at Volkswagen AG's Chattanooga, Tenn., assembly plant.\nTime To Strike? 'Quite Possibly' City Union Leader Says\nmyfoxphilly.com, March 21, 2013\nEarlier this week, we talked to the mayor, who said: \"The unions have said, specifically DC 33, we don't want to talk about anything other than give us more money in raises, give us more money for our health and welfare, and we don't want to talk about anything else. That's not negotiating \u2013 at all. And what they've said is no to everything else. So, you know, I'm not going to get into a back-and-forth. That's just a fact. That's what it is. That's what's been going on. We're trying to get a resolution, and they're just trying to maintain the status quo.\"\nCorrections officer unions at odds with prison reformers\nEfforts to close prisons and end use of solitary confinement are getting pushback from the American Federation of Government Employees, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, the Teamsters and the Service Employees International Union. Their argument: Hey, the closures affect our members' jobs and solitary is needed to isolate the worst prisoners:\nUnion, district reopen talks after appellate court ruling\nConnectStoughton.com, March 21, 2013\nThe Stoughton Area School District and its teachers' union have reopened contract negotiations after a state appellate court last week left in place, at least for now, a lower court ruling that struck down parts of the state's controversial collective bargaining law, school officials said Monday night.\nCollective bargaining transparency bill HB 2689 shot down in House Committee\nIllinois Policy Institute, March 14, 2013\nYesterday a bill that would allow the public to see union contracts and comment on them before they are signed stalled in committee, becoming yet another victim of pressure from union officials who want to keep the public in the dark about the deals they make. The bill actually had both supporters and opponents from both parties (votes are listed below). If a handful of lawmakers had been more willing to take a stand in favor of the public's right to know, the bill might have made it to the House floor.\nIs Indiana's Right to Work Making an Impact?\nBarnes & Thornburg LLP, March 21, 2013\nEarly statistics indicate that Indiana's passage of Right to Work legislation is already showing benefits to the state, according to the Indiana Economic Development Corporation (IEDC).\nLabor Board Alleges Repeated Retaliation at Walmart's Top US Warehouse\nThe Nation Online, March 20, 2013\nThe National Labor Relations Board has issued a complaint against four companies involved in staffing and managing Walmart's largest distribution center in the United States. The NLRB complaint\u2014similar to an indictment\u2014alleges that the companies repeatedly threatened and punished warehouse workers for labor organizing, including by firing activists involved in a September strike that helped to inspire November's Black Friday retail walkout.\nUMaine System claims some faculty members' labor tactics illegal\nBangor Daily News, March 20, 2013\nIn an effort to put pressure on the system to accept a 4.5 percent cost-of-living increase for faculty, which a fact-finding panel appointed by the labor relations board recommended in November, AFUM chapters at the different campuses have voted to adopt what's known as a \"work-to-rule\" arrangement.\nCentral Coventry Fire Union Officials Misleading Taxpayers, Says Rep. Morgan\nCoventrypatch.com, March 21, 2013\nState Representative Patricia Morgan (R-Coventry, West Warwick, Warwick) charged Wednesday that officials of the Central Coventry firefighter's union were misleading taxpayers who are now being asked to accept a whopping 36% increase in their fire district taxes.\nNAIOP event focuses on \"right-to-work\" law, March 21, 2013\nAlbuquerque Business First Online, March 21, 2013\nThe New Mexico chapter of NAIOP \u2014 Commercial Real Estate Development Association is hosting a national expert to speak on the \"right-to-work\" law March 25.\nMark Mix, president of the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation is scheduled to keynote the NAIOP event. Mix also serves as president of the National Right to Work Committee, a 2.6 million-member public policy organization. He is a frequent guest on Fox News, CNBC and CNN.\nThe Free Press is suddenly OK with political shenanigans where right to work is concerned\nDetroit News Online, March 21, 2013\nIn December, they were shocked \u2013 shocked! \u2013 by the Republican Legislature's decision to push through right to work in a lame-duck session. It was an abuse of the process! It was a subversion of democracy! No way the editors of the Detroit Free Press would stand for such legal maneuverings.\nNow? Well. Now is different. Writes the Freep:\nLawmakers should fully fund CalSTRS, LAO says\nSacramento Bee Online, March 20, 2013\nIn a 13-page report to the Legislature, the nonpartisan LAO said the time has come for California to remedy the $73 billion funding gap confronting CalSTRS.\nThe funding gap represents an estimate of the long-term shortfall in money needed to pay benefits. Hurt by the recession and a decision more than a decade ago to raise benefits, CalSTRS has plenty of cash to meet needs for the foreseeable future, but it's projected to run out of money in 2044.\nHouse panel passes bill to temporarily shutdown NLRB\nThe House Committee on Education and the Workforce passed a bill today on a 23-15 vote to require the National Labor Relations Board to cease all activity until the question of whether it has a legal quorum to act is resolved by the Supreme Court.\nAccording to a statement by the committee, the bill would require the NLRB \"to cease all activity that requires a three member quorum. The bill also prohibits the board from enforcing any action taken after January 2012 or making any interagency appointments that require a quorum.\" The bill \"does not prevent the NLRB regional offices from accepting and processing unfair labor practice charges filed by an injured party \u2013 worker, employer, or union.\"\nNo Matter How You Measure Jobs and Incomes, They're Growing Faster in Right to Work States\nRight to Work States Have Better Job Climates For Public- as Well as Private-Sector Employees\nEasy Donation Link\nSearch NILRR.org\nRecent NLRB Board Decisions (click to download)\nCategories Select CategoryCivil Enforcement Actions (1)Criminal Enforcement Actions (4)Davis-Bacon (8) Prevailing Wage (6)FOIA Archives (1)Forced-Dues for Politcs (24)Issue Briefs (13)New Jobs (2)News Clips (1,095)News Releases (15)NILRR Research (208) Critical Pensions (3) Fact Sheets (108)OpEds (8)Papers (25)Right To Work (235)site policy (1)Uncategorized (24)Union Criminal Activities (3)Union Financials (1)\nRecent NLRB Judges' Decisions (click to download)\nAct 10 AFL-CIO AFSCME Barack Obama Big Labor California economic growth in Right to Work States forced-unionism states forced dues forced unionism government employee pension funds government employee unions Harris v. 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{"text":"Home>Healthy Living>Beauty\nBeauty Perspectives\nGearing Up for Summer Beauty Needs\nTAGS: Archive Healthy Living\n<p>June 21 will mark the first official day of summer 2015, which also marks a change in consumer demand when it comes to beauty products. This means good news for companies launching hair and skincare products that protect against heat, humidity, UV damage and pesky clogged pores.<\/p>\nKate Lloyd | Jun 05, 2015\nJune 21 will mark the first official day of summer 2015, which also marks a change in consumer demand when it comes to beauty products. This means good news for companies launching hair and skincare products that protect against heat, humidity, UV damage, and those pesky clogged pores resulting from an increase in sweat production\u2014let's be honest, it happens.\nSimilar to how different seasons cause changes in diets (anyone else a fan of summer watermelon?), shifts in seasons also bring about new beauty trends, according to a whitepaper Mintel launched in March. The whitepaper, \"Seasonality,\" reports beauty manufacturers are now introducing innovative products based on consumers' needs during a particular season; specifically, they are launching products to protect against certain weather conditions affecting skin and hair.\nSeasonal products made up 11.1 percent of all beauty and personal care product launches in 2014, the report and stated, which rose from 9.8 percent in 2011. In addition, seasonal product launches for facial skincare rose from .5 percent (globally) in 2009 to 1.2 percent in 2014. Mintel's consumer research also shows consumers around the globe want different products based on season changes, with 80 percent of German consumers reporting their facial skincare needs change throughout the year. Similarly, almost half of Chinese females who are facial skincare users said they choose different brands during different seasons.\nWinter weather means consumers want products to hydrate dry skin, according to Vivienne Rudd, director of insight, beauty and personal care, Mintel. But the sizzling summer temps bring on a whole different set of needs.\n\"Extreme summer conditions are calling for products which protect the skin from heat and humidity, as well as UV damage, and which build up resilience against the forthcoming autumnal changes,\" Rudd said. \"By creating these seasonal options, brands have a chance of building year-round loyalty.\"\nSpecialty chemical companies such as Croda and Clariant are already tapping into the seasonality trend with beauty ingredients to help consumers gear up for summer.\nCroda launched an advanced surfactant for oil-based facial cleansing, called Cithrol 10GTIS, during the in-cosmetics 2015 show in Barcelona. The mild surfactant allows formulators to create gentle cleansers that are efficient at removing consumer's long-wear and waterproof makeup. The makeup and dirt built up in pores are readily dispersed into the oil, then water is applied to skin and instantly emulsifies. Once rinsed, the skin feels clean, renewed and soft after sweaty summer days.\nClariant also recently launched a new line for creating tailored skin care products. The company's set of 100-percent natural Plantasens\u00ae serums, which are ready-made lipidic blends packed with nutrients, can help personal care formulators provide each skin type with the treatment it needs. In addition to moisturizing, the liquid gels also provide sensorial benefits in formulation to best address each skin type. For example, consumers who develop especially oily skin in the summer can use Plantasens Grape Serum to unblock pores, normalize the oil gland functions and protect against transepidermal water loss (TEWL).","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Home Broadcast News Media diversity issue absent from party platforms\nMedia diversity issue absent from party platforms\nRBR-TVBR\nMMTC was able to cite numerous platform planks in party platforms since 1980 that addressed the issue of diversity of media ownership in one way or another \u2013 and laments the fact that the issue is absent from both planks this year.\nIt can't be because at long last the issue has been resolved, because nothing could be further from the truth \u2013 the fact is that the numbers are going in the wrong direction.\nAccording to MMTC's Jacqueline Clary, the first broadcast license was awarded in 1909. It took another 40 years for a license to go to a minority-owned entity. Likewise, she says, the first minority-owned license for a television station wasn't awarded until 1973.\nThe result has been a regimen of \"structural discrimination\" that has the minority community starting out decades behind the mainstream, and often left with slim pickings in terms of quality licensed facilities.\nThe issue was a feature of party platforms, usually but not always on the Democratic side, and the Democratic Party had a pledge to work toward greater diversity of ownership during the 2008 election. But this year \u2013 nothing.\nClary wrote, \"Why should you and your candidate for public office care about this issue? Three reasons: (1) demographics are shifting toward a majority-minority U.S. population, (2) the exclusionary broadcast pattern is repeating in emerging industries, and (3) the FCC is facilitating a massive shift in spectrum licensing to move spectrum from broadcasters to telecommunications services in the next few years. We cannot afford to have minority-owned businesses locked out of the telecom industry.\"\nBoth parties recognize the importance of telecommunications, says Clary, but \"skirt around\" the diversity issue. She concluded, \"Both political parties ought to address this issue before November 6. For its part, the FCC needs to ensure minority ownership is addressed during its incentive auction rulemaking proceeding. If we fail to take this opportunity to include minority inclusion as priorities now, minorities will continue to fall behind in the years ahead \u2013 and so will our nation.\"\nRBR-TVBR observation: The intractable nature of this issue is demonstrated by the fact that even when it has been on a platform, little has been done to forward the cause, often in spite of willing regulators in favor of action. The courts have not helped, making it very difficult to write regulations in such a way that minority entities can be given a leg up when competing in the licensing process, and the abolishment of the tax certificate program, which helped minorities deal for existing stations, was another step backwards.\nA number of suggestions from MMTC are likely being considered even as we speak as part of the quadrennial review. It will be very interesting to see if any of them become part of a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking.\nMeanwhile, while it's nice to have a platform plank on diversity, the simple fact is that as hot as some broadcast issues can get from time to time, including the Michael Powell 2003 dereg attempt and the indecency brouhaha kicked up by Janet Jackson, they never ever figure meaningfully in presidential politics. So ultimately, we'd be watching the quadrennial a lot more closely than any party platform when it comes to this issue.\nPrevious articleFCC defends policies to promote rural radio\nNext articleKingsley to host one-hour album premiere special\nCelebration of Service to America Awards Entry Window Opens\nLibrarian of Congress Reappoints CRB Judge","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Constitution, Washington\nBiden Launches New DHS \"Disinformation\" Scheme after Original Board Shut Down by Public Outcry\nSenator James Lankford (R-OK), lead Republican on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Government Operations and Border Management, sent a letter to Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, regarding the Department's ongoing needless pursuit of a \"disinformation board\" after their first attempt failed. On August 24, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced\u2014after being heavily scrutinized by Lankford and others for their vague scope and potentially dangerous objectives against Americans' free speech\u2014that they would terminate the highly controversial Disinformation Board of Governance.\nLankford writes in his letter, \"Despite the Homeland Security Advisory Council's (HSAC) preliminary findings on July 18, 2022, that there is 'no need' for the Disinformation Governance Board's existence, the Office of Inspector General recently made a recommendation that DHS establish a unified strategy to counter disinformation on social media and operate it through the Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans (PLCY). After the OIG report was made public, HSAC released its final recommendations that notably doesn't recommend a role for PLCY. Therefore, I write to urge you to set aside the OIG's recommendation and not add authority to PLCY's broad mandate.\"\nLankford goes on to cite in his letter several questions that remain unanswered by the Secretary about their ongoing pursuits to address \"disinformation.\"\nFrom the beginning, Lankford stood firmly against the creation and continuation of the Board and demanded hearings from the Senate Homeland Security Committee to provide oversight after an alarming description of what the Board would be tasked to do. Lankford led a letter to Secretary Mayorkas requesting the immediate release of all documents related to the Board. Lankford has pushed to ensure that no funding for the Board is included in the Fiscal Year 2023 appropriations bill, and he introduced stand-alone legislation to stop federal funds from being used to establish it. Lankford grilled Secretary Mayorkas at a Homeland Security hearing about the questionable scope and nature of the Board's creation. Following the hearing, DHS announced the resignation of the Board's executive director and has paused all actions until an internal review is complete.\nYou can read the full letter HERE and below:\nDear Secretary Mayorkas,\nI remain concerned by the US Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) ongoing efforts to centralize agency authority for countering disinformation. Despite the Homeland Security Advisory Council's (HSAC) preliminary findings on July 18, 2022, that there is \"no need\" for the Disinformation Governance Board's existence, the Office of Inspector General recently made a recommendation that DHS establish a unified strategy to counter disinformation on social media and operate it through the Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans (PLCY). After the OIG report was made public, HSAC released its final recommendations that notably doesn't recommend a role for PLCY. Therefore, I write to urge you to set aside the OIG's recommendation and not add authority to PLCY's broad mandate.\nMy growing concern with DHS' efforts to combat \"disinformation\" stems from its evident politicized nature and attempt to silence certain viewpoints. Immediately upon his confirmation, Under Secretary of PLCY Robert Silvers started the framework for the Disinformation Governance Board, which was made public through whistleblower documents revealing that on September 13, 2021, the Under Secretary lead a memo to you with the subject \"Organizing DHS Efforts to Counter Disinformation.\" The additional documents show a lengthy paper trail of meetings and deliberations that, if implemented, would eventually end in PLCY being the central authority of disinformation for the Department.\nWhile I appreciate your direction to the Homeland Security Advisory Council (HSAC) to review the Disinformation Governance Board, which as I previously mentioned, affirmed that the Board is not needed, it's clear that Under Secretary Silvers still believes this work should continue. It does not come as a shock that he publicly agreed with the OIG's recommendation, pending the public release of the findings from HSAC, to give his office within DHS responsibility to coordinate a unified strategy to counter disinformation on social media over the course of the next year.\nIn fact, the whistleblower documents give us further insight into his efforts in this space. One specifically distressing revelation from the documents, specifically pertaining to social media was a scheduled meeting organized by the Under Secretary with Twitter executives to \"discuss operationalizing public-private partnership\" and an \"analytical exchange\" created by DHS. Regardless of whether the meeting ever happened, the intent of the Under Secretary and his office is extremely telling. It is only logical that DHS remain cautious and skeptical of the OIG's recommendation to task PLCY with anything related to disinformation on social media.\nConsidering the broad authority of PLCY in tandem with the Under Secretary's publicly-known efforts to centralize the office's authority over \"combatting disinformation\" Department-wide, it's only a matter of time before PLCY turns this effort into a de facto Disinformation Governance Board. The American people do not need a sub-department to be the sole authority on what is true.\nFinally, it's my understanding that much of the delay for getting information to Congress gets stuck within PLCY's bureaucracy after it's gone through clearance from the other Department components. I hardly think it is wise or reasonable to task this office with another job which will inevitably only cause further delays in Congressional responses.\nNotably, I have still not received answers to questions for the record I submitted from the May 4, 2022, HSGAC hearing where you were questioned and testified on the Disinformation Governance Board and DHS's efforts to \"combat disinformation.\" As such, please provide your responses to the following questions no later than COB, September 9, 2022.\nHSAC's Final Report from the Subcommittee for Disinformation Best Practices and Safeguards did not explicitly outline a role for PLCY in any recommendations. However, the DHS-OIG recommended that PLCY establish a unified strategy to counter disinformation on social media. Undersecretary Silvers concurred with the OIG's recommendation pending HSAC's final report and gave a completion deadline of August 2023. Given the dueling recommendations, what, if any, role are you going to assign to Undersecretary Silvers?\nPlease provide a detailed chart on the roles and responsibilities of each DHS office and component in the clearance process.\nPlease provide a detailed chart on the roles and responsibilities of Under Secretary Silvers and assistant-secretaries in PLCY and how they conduct the clearance process and coordinate with DHS components.\nPlease ensure the chart reflects Under Secretary Silvers', and his chief of staff's, and any other political appointee's role in clearing information to Congress.\nPlease provide the number of requests from Congress that are awaiting clearance in PLCY.\nIt's my understanding that DHS assigns items with deadlines. How many Congressional responses have been completed on time? How many have not been completed on time?\nHow many Congressional responses have had their deadlines extended during the clearance process, and how many times was each Congressional response extended? Who approves the decision to extend a deadline in the clearance process, and for what reasons may a deadline be extended?\nIn God We Trust,\nPrevious Previous post: Congress Moves to Stop Biden from Pressuring Social Media Companies to Censor Americans\nNext Next post: PGR Blasts Tim Scott for Backing Anti-gun Incumbent Lisa Murkowski","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"PUSH! Pop-Up: Screening of The Ballad of Shirley Collins\nThe Birthplace of Country Music and PUSH! Film Festival present a film screening of the documentary filmThe Ballad of Shirley Collins, a meditative and carefully textured piece of portraiture of one of the 20th century's most important singers of English traditional songs.\nAdmission is free, and seating is first-come, first-served.\nTrivia Tour\nDo you feel the need...the need for film trivia? Participate in our Trivia Tour during the month of September leading up to the festival. View locations on our Facebook page here:https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pg\/pushfilmfest\/events\/\nEntry drop-off: October 6, 2019 from 10am-2pm\nState Street Brewing Company | 801 State Street, Bristol, Virginia\n$10-20 per entry\nIn cooperation with the PUSH! Film Festival, the Twin City Photo Club presents PUSH+2 \u2014 Photography Competition & Show 2.0. Over $1000 in prize money!\nEntries of the PUSH+2 \u2014 Photography Competition 2.0 will be publicly displayed at State Street Brewing Company from Monday through Saturday.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Last Updated: Saturday, 7 July 2007, 12:18 GMT 13:18 UK\nAre UK's imams modern enough?\nBy Robert Pigott\nBBC News, religious affairs correspondent\nA week after the failed attacks in London and Glasgow, the Muslim Council of Britain has called an emergency meeting of imams and Muslim community activists to work out a strategy for combating extremism.\nBritish mosques are dominated by foreign imams\nTheir particular concern will be young Muslims, and the radical groups trying to recruit them to their hard-line understanding of Islam, with all its disdain for the Western way of life.\nThose meeting in London on Saturday - and in a separate gathering in Oxford - are likely to see imams as a vital part of the task.\nThey are the official interpreters of Islam, and the public officials of the Muslim world whose word should carry maximum authority.\nBut a BBC study has led some influential figures in British Islam to doubt their imams are equal to this most urgent of tasks.\nUrdu sermons\nThe survey, carried out among 300 imams by the University of Chester, painted a picture of a rapid influx of imams from India, Bangladesh, and especially Pakistan, with limited ability in English, and rudimentary professional qualifications by Western standards.\nThe survey found that although half of Muslims in Britain were born here, nine out of 10 of their imams came from overseas, 70% of them within the last decade.\nGetting on for 90% speak a South Asian language as their mother tongue, and, perhaps more significantly, more than half of sermons are in Urdu. English comes some way behind.\n\"Too many imams cannot speak adequate English\", says Ajmal Masroor, an imam at Wightman Road Mosque in London.\n\"How can they expect to get the message across to young people, or to speak to people of other faiths?\n\"I'm worried, and the Muslim community is very concerned about it.\"\nIsolation fears\nAjmal Masroor preached this week on the injustice of violent attacks against the innocent, a counterblast to terrorism that came straight out of the Koran.\nHis is a modern interpretation of the faith and its holy text suited to a modern, Western, secular, and multicultural democracy. It also included criticism of other mosques that restrict access for women.\nBy their very nature they weren't designed for a 21st Century secular democracy like Britain\nProfessor Ron Geaves,\nChester University\nCall to ban foreign imams\nBut many other imams are failing to grasp the nettles growing on the fringes of their congregations.\nKhayer Chowdhury, a student in east London, said of his imam: \"To be fair he doesn't speak very good English... and he talks about things that interest older people, like the family.\n\"He doesn't talk about things that concern young people... like how to behave on the street, and integration.\"\nMuslim leaders such as Muhammad Raza, the director of the Imams and Mosques Council, fear that the isolation of imams from young Muslims places the whole community in jeopardy.\n\"I fear, and it's a real fear, that they could become the tools for further violence\", he says. \"And for that we need imams who can show their ability... their authority.\"\n'Medieval'\nThe author of the BBC report, Professor Ron Geaves of Chester University's department of theology and religious studies, says many imams lack that ability and authority because they were educated for a different world, and, arguably, a different era.\nThe Muslim Council of Britain is meeting to tackle extremism\nHe says that overwhelmingly imams in Britain were educated only in traditional seminaries, nearly all of them in the Indian subcontinent.\n\"They're medieval, and provide learning by rote of the Koran, and other religious texts\", he says.\n\"By their very nature they weren't designed for a 21st Century secular democracy like Britain, where Islam is a minority religion. Imams educated in them tend to see Islam as good, and everything else as bad.\" Prof Geaves says very few imams are making any effort to upgrade their academic or professional skills.\nMosques, often dominated by first and second generation immigrants to Britain, continue to seek imams from their ancestral countries rather than British-born imams.\nAjmal Masroor points out an uncomfortable reality about Islam in modern Britain.\n\"In the Ottoman times, an imam's job was highly respected and would attract a high number of extremely talented people\", he says.\n\"Today, on the contrary, an imam's job is poorly paid and attracts the least talented people.\"\nIt may seem a harsh judgement on a body of people serving their communities - and the Almighty - to the best of their ability. But the social and political realities in which imams now operate are themselves increasingly harsh.\nImams to give citizenship lessons\n17 May 07 | Education\nArmed forces Imam 'doing duty'\n01 May 07 | UK\nMuslim Council of Britain\nTOP UK STORIES\nMajor manhunt for Afghan soldier\nUnemployment dips to 2.47 million\nPM condemns sympathy for Moat","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"By Dan Waddell Hard Cover, Paper Back and eBook.\nPages 191 Cost \u00a39.99\nPublisher BBC Books, Random House Group, 2014\nThis book is the essential pocket guide to tracing your family history. 2014 is the 10th anniversary of the celebrity UK TV program about family history which now celebrates its 100th episode. The idea for this very successful show has its roots in 1988 when TV producer Alex Graham read an interview of fellow Scot Billy Connolly's working-class family history in a Sunday Magazine. However, it was not until 12 October 2004 that the first episode was aired with Bill Oddie as the subject.\nThe book contains eleven case histories with some family secrets and surprises being uncovered along the way. Billy Connolly discovered he had Anglo\u2013Indian ancestry by using civil records, parish registers, census returns and military records. Jason Donovan, the actor, had one ancestor who was transported to Tasmania for receiving stolen goods, and another ancestor who travelled to Australia as a soldier who was in charge of the convicts. Patsy Kinset had to search criminal records and at the same time discovered a Good Samaritan who founded a charity to look after the poor. Samantha Womack actress and singer started out her search with a blank canvas. By checking army records, newspaper reports, passenger lists to the USA and census records she found her long lost family who had been performers like she was and this gave her a sense of family pride.\nAlexander Armstrong comedian discovered that his ten-times great-grandfather was a close friend of King Charles I of England. Also at the College of Arms Alexander learned that William the Conqueror was his twenty-seven-times great-grandfather. While not many people will be able to trace their ancestry back that far yet it's worth while to do your unique family history research and rejoice in the findings whatever they reveal.\nMargaret N Loftus B A, Certificate in Genealogy UCD.\nPrevPreviousTracing your Limerick Ancestors Second Edition 2013.\nNextIrish Mystery To Family History: A Forgotten HeritageNext\nNational Library of Ireland (NLI) Opening Hours and Services Update\nDuty Librarian can be contacted at info@nli.ie and the Duty Archivist on mqueries@nli.ie , Tuesday\u2013Friday, from 9.30-5pm. Opening Hours The Main and Manuscripts Reading Rooms\nWe wish our members all the best for Christmas and the New Year and hope that some element of normality will soon return to our\nMichael Van Turnhout\t13 Dec 2021\nFindmypast's New Subscriptions\nFMP have introduced three new subscriptions. There will be three types of subscriptions \u2013 Starter, Plus and Pro. These will cater for the different stages\nMaura Flood\t29 Nov 2018\nRepresentative Church Body Library (RCBL) New Guidelines\nThe RCBL has issued new guidelines for copying and transcribing Church of Ireland parish records and headstone inscriptions. Please refer to their guidelines here","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Tom Holland to play Fred Astaire in biopic\nDate Posted: 07 December 2021\nFrom web-slinging to tap dancing\n7 Dec \u2013 Tom Holland recently confirmed that he is set to portray Fred Astaire in a new movie.\nThe \"Spider-Man\" actor shared the news with AP while promoting the latest \"Spider-Man\" movie on 5 December, saying that the script for the upcoming project has already arrived but that he has yet to read it.\n\"They haven't given it to me. I know Amy Pascal has the script. She Facetimed me earlier when I was in the bath and we had a lovely Facetime. But I will be playing Fred Astaire,\" he said.\nThe upcoming movie reportedly will be produced by Sony. However, the studio is still keeping mum about it for the time being.\nHe's got Fred's big tap shoes to fill\nIt is noted that Pascal previously mentioned that she has been eyeing Holland for the role during an interview for GQ magazine.\nThe actor could be a great choice to play the legendary dancer, singer and choreographer, who was most known for his movies like \"Shall We Dance\", \"Holiday Inn\" and \"Easter Parade\".\nOther than web-slinging, the actor had previously displayed his dancing prowess by performing Gene Kelly's \"Singing in the Rain\" as well as Rihanna's \"Umbrella\" dance on the Comedy Central show, \"Lip Sync Battle.\"\nGet ready to be bowled over by Tom Holland's dance performance by clicking to Comedy Central's YouTube video here:\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=b0nNTklOKRA\nSpider-Man: No Way Home (16 Dec 2021)\nSpider-Man: Far From Home (03 Jul 2019)\nSpider-Man: Homecoming (06 Jul 2017)\nAvengers: Infinity War (25 Apr 2018)\nMarvel's Captain America: Civil War (28 Apr 2016)\nDailymotion article page COMY\n`; scr.replaceWith(div); dailymotion .getPlayer(\"dm-player\") .then((player) => { player.off(dailymotion.events.VIDEO_END); player.destroy() });\nHow Tom Holland came to lead the new \"Spider-Man\"\n\"Spider-Man: No Way Home\" breaks TGV pre-sales record post-MCO era\nSony and Marvel to continue \"Spider-Man\" collaboration\nTom Holland to play Spider-Man in six movies\nOprah reveals a Sidney Poitier documentary","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"What is Call Sumo?\nWhat is Call Tracking?\nImprove Your Marketing\nCall Sumo Caller ID\nCall Tracking for Dentists\nEnterprise Call Tracking\nMobile Call Tracking\nCall Recordings\nHome\/Artificial Intelligence\nUnderstanding Communications Intelligence and Analytics\nAnalytics, Artificial Intelligence, Business Intelligence, Call Tracking, Conversational Marketing, Marketing, Sentiment Analysis\nBy Ahmed Reza|2018-08-02T13:35:27-08:00August 1st, 2018|Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Business Intelligence, Call Tracking, Conversational Marketing, Marketing, Sentiment Analysis|\nAlthough the technology for speech recognition has existed for [...]\nArtificial Intelligence in Communications\nArtificial Intelligence, Conversational Marketing, Customer Experience, Marketing\nBy Ahmed Reza|2018-07-17T05:14:02-08:00July 7th, 2018|Artificial Intelligence, Conversational Marketing, Customer Experience, Marketing|\nIt wasn't that long ago that people took it [...]\nHow AI Promotes Personalized Communication\nBy Ahmed Reza|2018-07-31T13:59:39-08:00June 30th, 2018|Artificial Intelligence, Conversational Marketing, Customer Experience, Marketing|\nWhen people first heard the term artificial intelligence (AI), [...]\nEnhanced Business Communications with Artificial Intelligence\nArtificial Intelligence, Business, Conversational Marketing, Customer Experience, Marketing, Sentiment Analysis\nBy Ahmed Reza|2018-07-17T05:17:58-08:00June 24th, 2018|Artificial Intelligence, Business, Conversational Marketing, Customer Experience, Marketing, Sentiment Analysis|\nToday's consumers inhabit an omnichannel world. Unfortunately, many companies [...]\nBetter Online Communication with Artificial Intelligence\nArtificial Intelligence, Conversational Marketing, Marketing, Sentiment Analysis\nBy Ahmed Reza|2018-07-17T05:19:52-08:00June 20th, 2018|Artificial Intelligence, Conversational Marketing, Marketing, Sentiment Analysis|\nMany people have false assumptions about artificial intelligence (AI) [...]\nImprove Your Customers' Experience & Boost ROI with AI\nArtificial Intelligence, Customer Experience, Marketing\nBy Ahmed Reza|2018-07-17T05:21:33-08:00June 5th, 2018|Artificial Intelligence, Customer Experience, Marketing|\nIn the modern age of commerce, many customers expect [...]\nAnalyzing Customer Sentiment with Artificial Intelligence\nArtificial Intelligence, Conversational Marketing, Customer Experience, Sentiment Analysis, User Experience\nBy Ahmed Reza|2018-07-17T05:29:17-08:00May 30th, 2018|Artificial Intelligence, Conversational Marketing, Customer Experience, Sentiment Analysis, User Experience|\nSentiment Analysis is a term used to describe the [...]\nHow Artificial Intelligence Can Enhance Customer Experience\nArtificial Intelligence, Marketing, User Experience\nBy Ahmed Reza|2018-07-17T05:30:42-08:00May 25th, 2018|Artificial Intelligence, Marketing, User Experience|\nIn recent years, technologies such as algorithms and cloud-based [...]\nThe Phone's Importance and Analyzing Your Calls\nCaller ID: Beyond Call Tracking\nCall Transcription\nCopyright \u00a9 YiB.io | Call Sumo | All Rights Reserved","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Tour Diary: Hitting SXSW with Campbell Burns and Newcastle's Vacations\nHi, hello.\nMy name is Campbell Burns and I'm based in Newcastle, NSW. I lead Vacations, a music project I started about two years ago. I sent out an application to perform at SXSW towards the end of 2017, about two weeks before the closing date, completely on a whim. About a week later I woke up to an email saying that I had been accepted. I ran out of the house screaming and telling my housemate-at-the-time, Jon.\nIn the lead up to SXSW it became clear that I was going to be flying over without my band. Money was an issue, VISAs were a hassle, and the timing wasn't right for everyone. Despite this, I was still adamant to go. Being accepted made me feel like I was running in the Olympics. There was so much excitement and buzz and I didn't want to let anyone down.\nThanks to the internet, I was able to organise a backing band from Chicago. I followed a solo project called Warik on Soundcloud\/Instagram for about a year and we'd exchange ideas and demos back and forth. I explained the situation to him with SXSW and Malik (Warik) was able to round up some friends (Chris\/Jack) who were keen to come along.\nFlying to the other side of the world by myself, to meet up with some people who I've never met, and who we're going to be my guides and band mates for one of the largest showcases in the world was probably one the most daunting prospects of my life.\nThe first rehearsal we did in Chicago washed away every single worry I had. I didn't even send any tabs\/videos to help them and yet they could play every single song flawlessly, and each with their own individual flair and technique.\nAfter our brief time in Chicago was over we drove 18 hours straight to Austin, Texas.\nWe arrived at 2am and slept in a Walmart parking lot*, the next day was SXSW.\n*(don't worry, we had a hotel booked for the week)\nOur first showcase was a house party organised by Melted Magazine, from Washington, D.C. Playing at a low-key DIY space was definitely the best way to ease into SXSW. It gave us a chance to unwind after the long drive. We passed the time mingling with the locals, and getting to know the other bands and artists, while we drank cheap beer and eagerly waited to play our first set.\nJosh Andrews from Human Sound Records, my US record label, making friends.\nMy first set overseas is a moment I'm never going to forget. The room was completely packed out with people dancing, singing along, and taking photos\/videos. The atmosphere was incredible and it set the tone for the rest of the week, morale was high.\nAl Smith from Melted Magazine.\nJack, Malik, myself, and Chris.\nMARCH 13th\/14th\nWe were back-to-back with two showcases, one offical and one unofficial. 720 Club at 10pm and then Hotel Vegas at 1am. We were in good spirits from yesterday and excited to play downtown with the city starting to go into full swing.\nOne of my favourite shows. 720 Club reached capacity and just like the house party, the crowd had the same energy and enthusiasm, all singing, all dancing. Shortly after our set, a lot of people came up to me afterwards to talk and it was extremely an reassuring\/rewarding feeling.\nAfter the first song I was so stoked that I asked everyone to pose for a group photo, I also spelt out my email address to the crowd after seeing a lot of phones and cameras in the air.\nWe played to a strong and enthusiastic crowd at Hotel Vegas and we were only getting better as a band. This showcase was fun and bit more relaxed than 720 Club, a nice touch was being outdoors on a big stage. I think we got home around 3am and proceeded to crash and recover\nWe played Australia House that morning and I was relieved to be greeted with an endless supply of Tim Tams, flat whites, and over-the-top Aussie accents. I was in my element.\nThe crowd was small that morning and more industry focused than what we were starting to get used to, it was a nice change of pace being challenged in that way.\nAfterwards, we were able to cure our hangovers with a free cocktail and some sangas. We had a lot of time to kill that day so we spent it in downtown to catch up with what was happening around SXSW.\nOur final showcase, Love Goat, was another highlight and a great send off. The room was full of people, many of them who came out just to see us. Easily one of the most enthusiastic crowds I've ever performed and the first crowd we played to in the US that cheered for an encore.\nPhoto by Pat O'Hara\nThe realisation that SXSW was over for all of us started to settle in. The gang all got together and spoke about the ups and downs and how we bonded so well in such a short space of time. It was an incredible experience and one I'll hold close to my heart, I can't thank my band mates and good friends Malik, Chris, and Jack enough for putting in so much effort and helping SXSW become achievable.\nI ended up sleeping for almost the entire 16 hour flight, when I arrived back in Australia at 7:30am I got ready to play a show with FRITZ at Oxford Art Factory at midday, the same day.\nI was very tired.\n[print_gllr id=54712]\nStay up to date with Vacations, here!\nAussies Abroad: Newcastle's Vacations announce world tour dates for April & May\nThe Road to SXSW 2018: Vacations\nTour Diary: Jaguar Jonze takes us on her Australian tour and Like A\u2026\nPhoto Gallery: The Vaccines + Vacations - Croxton Bandroom, Melbourne (03.01.19)\nGuest Playlist: Vacations share the inspiration behind their new album\u2026\nTour Diary: The Pinheads take us behind the scenes of their SXSW adventure\nTags: AU at SXSW, Featured, SXSW, Vacations","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Home Bike News Okinawa Oki100 electric motorcycle to launch in Q4 2020\nOkinawa Oki100 electric motorcycle to launch in Q4 2020\nNithyanandh Karuppaswamy\nOkinawa claims that the motorcycle will be a 100% localized product, except for its battery cells\nOkinawa Autotech, one of the prominent electric scooter manufacturer in the country, is gearing up to enter launch its maiden electric motorcycle later this year. The company has announced that the Okinawa Oki100 electric motorcycle which was showcased at the Auto Expo 2018 as a prototype will go on sale in India in Q3 FY20-21 (in the last quarter of 2020).\nThough the company says the Oki100 will be 100% made in India, it also says the battery cells will be imported. The 100 in the name denotes the electric motorcycle's top speed in kmph. The EV will be equipped with lithium-ion based battery pack but the final specification has not been revealed yet.\nThe final production version is said to be different from the prototype in terms of power and technology but the claimed range is expected to be same at 150 km. The 2018 prototype was supported by a 72V 63 Ah swappable battery pack that can be charged in two hours using a fast charger. The power output of the electric motor was a meager 3.3 hp but the final version is expected to offer more.\nOkinawa says that the prototype has received widespread positive feedback for its aesthetics. With trellis frame and small wheels, the Oki100 looks like a funny bike version of the Ducati Monster. The source of inspiration is indisputable. We hope Okinawa will revise the tailpiece to include a usable pillion seat.\nThe Okinawa Oki100 is equipped with conventional telescopic front fork and rear monoshock suspension. The electric motorcycle is equipped with front and rear disc brakes. We expect Okinawa to offer single-channel ABS as standard equipment. The alloy wheels look a size too small for the motorcycle.\nLike most premium electric vehicle offerings in the market, the Oki100 will come with fully digital instrument cluster, LED headlamp and taillight, smartphone app and connectivity features (probably using an on-board SIM card). The feature list would be at par with its competition.\nSpeaking of competition, the Okinawa Oki100 will be pitted against the Revolt RV400 which is already on sale and the Tork T6X which is set to be launched soon. The near 100% localization is expected to keep the pricing competitive. We expect the price tag to be in the vicinity of INR 1 lakh (ex-showroom). The motorcycle will be manufactured at the company's Rajasthan plant. This year is expected to witness several electric scooters and motorcycles to enter the market at regular intervals.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"AirAsia ready for klia2\nAirAsia Bhd is prepared for its impending shift to the new low-cost airport, klia2, says Chief Executive Officer Aireen Omar.\nShe said the low-cost airline was set and was awaiting the nod from Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd to occupy the new airport, which was slated to start operations in May.\nSince the commencement of the new airport's infrastructure development, the airline has been gearing itself to move in all areas inclusive of operations, logistics and ground handling.\nAireen said AirAsia, which would be the biggest tenant at klia2, was closely monitoring developments at the airport.\n\"We have an operational team to monitor developments. I am also in the team and we meet quite often to discuss issues pertaining to the new airport.\n\"However, we will always make sure that every aspect in klia2 such as the runway and other facilities will be suitable for a low-cost business module. For that, we will have continuous engagement with the airport operator (Malaysia Airports),\" Aireen told Bernama.\nShe also said the current low-cost carrier terminal (LCCT) has reached its maximum capacity of 15 million passengers per annum.\n\"Malaysia AirAsia even carried 20 million passengers this year. The LCCT will not offer us and guests the right environment in coming times,\" she added.\nThe RM3.6 billion klia2, built to cater for the explosive growth expected in low-cost travel, is sprawled over 257,000 square metres and is envisaged to handle a maximum of 45 million passenger a year.\nThe airport will have 60 gates, eight remote stands, 80 aerobridges, plus a retail space of 32,000 square metres to accommodate 225 retail outlets. \u2013 Bernama\nSource: www.btimes.com.my\nPrevious Previous post: MARC: Integrated complex near KLIA2 gets 53% tenancy commitment\nNext Next post: A tale of two airlines","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Mariners give Ichiro his wish\nBeyond Golf \u2014 24 July 2012 by Jim Street\nA phone call the Mariners received shortly after the All-Star break seemed to come out of left field. . er, better make that right field.\nAt the other end of the connection was Tony Attanasio, the agent who represents right fielder Ichiro Suzuki.\nThe message: \"Ichiro wants you to consider trading him.\"\nWe'll probably never know if club executives gulped and said, \"Oh no!\" Or whether they exhaled and said, \"Oh yes!\"\nRegardless, the process of trading Ichiro to a contender began immediately and a deal was consummated Monday afternoon when the Mariners sent him to the Yankees for two minor league pitchers.\nThe deal also removed a potential super-sized headache for the Mariners down the road.\nLet's face it. The only way the 38-year-old Ichiro could be traded had to be on his terms. If he had said he wanted to stay with the Mariners until death do them part, believe me it would have happened. My guess is that there are about as many fans who wanted this to be Ichiro's final season with Seattle as there are that want him to finish his career here several years from now.\nBut for him to make the decision to move on couldn't have worked out any better for the (still) rebuilding franchise. It was obvious to everyone, even Ichiro, that the playoffs are a long way off \u2014 perhaps four, five or more years.\nHe is making (not earning) $18 million in the final year of his contract with the Mariners. There has been talk of bringing him back next season and rumors that he could land another multi-year deal, but for considerably less than $18 million per season.\nBut even half that would, in my opinion, be way too much.\nThis sudden turn of events will give general manager Jack Zduriencik more financial room to improve a team that is heavy on youth, strong on pitching, and woefully short on offense. The players Seattle received won't help score runs, but it does remove any future debates on whether or not to keep Ichiro for one, two, or three more seasons.\nEven so, there were sad eyes at the podium on Monday afternoon in the Safeco Field interview room when the trade was discussed by CEO Howard Lincoln, club president Chuck Armstrong and Ichiro, whose comments were translated by his former interpreter Ken Barron.\nIchiro spoke at length in Japanese (longer than the English version at least) before Monday night's game.\n\"When I imagine taking off my Mariner uniform I'm overcome with sadness,\" Ichiro said through Barron. \"It's made this a very difficult day.\"\nWell, at least until he looked at the AL standings.\n\"I'm going from a team having the most losses to a team with the most wins,\" he said. \"It's hard to contain my excitement in that regard.\"\nThe Mariners did the right thing by trading the \"me-first, team-second\" Ichiro. Sure, he had a lot of hits, scored a lot of runs, and set a lot of records. But, for the most part, he was never comfortable with the idea of being a team leader, something the club has desperately needed the past two seasons, especially.\nAs usual, club executives took the high road.\n\"As we moved forward with this thing, for us, you have to look at what this player has meant to the Seattle Mariners and this city, this franchise and where he's at in his career,\" Zduriencik said. \"So you just had to do the right thing. And for the player, this is the right thing to do.\"\nAs usual, Ichiro made light of a question tossed his way. Not from a reporter, but from former Mariners second baseman Harold Reynolds, who now works for the MLB Network.\nHarold suggested that the crowded interview room was a harboring of things to come as a Yankee, especially in New York, and was he using this stage for future reference. Ichiro snidely said the question wasn't worth answering.\nI guess he could have said, \"That's a clown question, bro,\" a sentence Nationals rookie sensation Bryce Harper recently came up with.\nFrom a sheer numbers standpoint, Ichiro was superb. He was selected to 10 All-Star Games and is the franchise leader in hits, runs scored, triples and at-bats. He won both the American League Most Valuable Player Award and Rookie of the Year Award in 2001.\nHe broke an 84-year-old MLB record in 2004 with 262 hits and collected at least 200 hits for a record 10 consecutive seasons.\nAs the team began to lose regularly after the 2003 season, Ichiro often said the fans were his primary incentive and he tipped his cap to them on Monday.\n\"I would like to express my gratitude to the fans. Thank you for the last 11 1\/2 years,\" he said. \"Starting in 2001, whether the team played well or bad, whether I played good or bad, I am overcome with emotion when I think about my times and feelings when that time was spent together with the fans.\n\"During all those times, the fans were a big foundation for me. When I think about this long period, it is hard for me to concisely express my feelings. When I think about the last 11 1\/2 years, about the time and feelings of the last 11 1\/2 years, and when I imagine taking off a Mariner uniform, I was overcome with sadness. It has made this a very difficult decision to make.\"\nEntering Monday, Ichiro had a .322 lifetime batting average and has compiled 2,533 (mostly soft) hits in his career.\nSure, there is sadness in Seattle regarding Ichiro's departure. But I feel worse for several of the Japanese reporters who were informed that they, too, would be moving to New York ASAP, perhaps without their families. Most of them have called Seattle home for the past 11 1\/2 years, as well.\nJim Street\nJim's 40-year sportswriting career started with the San Jose Mercury-News in 1970 and ended on a full-time basis on October 31, 2010 following a 10-year stint with MLB.com. He grew up in Dorris, Calif., several long drives from the nearest golf course. His first tee shot was a week before being inducted into the Army in 1968. Upon his return from Vietnam, where he was a war correspondent for the 9th Infantry Division, Jim took up golf semi-seriously while working for the Mercury-News and covered numerous tournaments, including the U.S. Open in 1982, when Tom Watson made the shot of his life on the 17th hole at Pebble Beach. Jim also covered several Bing Crosby Pro-Am tournaments, the women's U.S. Open, and other golfing events in the San Francisco area. He has a 17-handicap, made his first and only hole-in-one on March 12, 2018 at Sand Point Country Club in Seattle and witnessed the first round Ken Griffey Jr. ever played \u2013 at Arizona State during Spring Training in 1990. Pebble Beach Golf Links, the Kapalua Plantation Course, Pinehurst No. 2, Spyglass Hill, Winged Foot, Torrey Pines, Medinah, Chambers Bay, North Berwick, Gleneagles and Castle Stuart in Scotland, and numerous gems in Hawaii are among the courses he has had the pleasure of playing. Hitting the ball down the middle of the fairway is not a strong part of Jim's game, but he is known (in his own mind) as the best putter not on tour. Most of Jim's writing career was spent covering Major League Baseball, a tenure that started with the Oakland Athletics, who won 101 games in 1971, and ended with the Seattle Mariners, who lost 101 games in 2010. Symmetry is a wonderful thing. He currently lives in Seattle and has an 8-year-old grandson, Andrew, who is the club's current junior champion at his home course (Oakmont CC) in Glendale, Calif.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"European PE Firm CVC Eyes $700m Deals In Middle East, North Africa\nCurrently, around 25 per cent of the firm's funds come from Asia and the Middle East.\nEuropean private equity firm CVC Capital Partners is looking for deals in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) with a price tag around $700 million, its co-chairman said on Tuesday.\nHowever, Steve Koltes declined to comment on a potential joint bid with peer KKR & Co for a majority stake in Kuwait Food Co, better known as Americana.\n\"Americana benefits from a lot of trends you see in the region \u2014 growth of the young population and, unfortunately, eating habits that are changing for the worse,\" Koltes told reporters on the sidelines of an investment conference in Dubai.\nHaving shown limited interest in the region's private equity space, Western firms are becoming more involved in MENA dealmaking as activity picks up after a fallow period in the wake of the global financial crisis and the number of companies of a size that would draw in international players grows.\nU.S. firm Blackstone Group made its first investment as part of a group which took a minority stake in United Arab Emirates-based GEMS Education, it was announced last week, while rival TPG Capital is close to its maiden transaction, in partnership with Abraaj, for Saudi fast food chain Kudu.\nA target deal size of around $700 million means that opportunities for CVC to invest have so far been limited, according to Koltes.\n\"We have looked at a few (assets) in the region and we'll continue to do so,\" he said, adding the consumer sector and parts of the economy further from government influence were most attractive to the firm.\n\"(The) Emirates is one thing but \u2026 Egypt, Morocco are places with very good demographics and prospects, which just need more stability and more wealth.\"\nWhile it may not have been an active dealmaker in the MENA region, CVC has raised a lot of cash from local investors to be deployed elsewhere, with around 25 per cent of its funds now coming from Asia and the Middle East.\n\"We have had a very loyal following from very big investors in the region for a very long time and that continues. They have assets and no liabilities, unlike U.S. pension funds, so it's a very interesting market for us to raise money from,\" he said.\nCVC has total worldwide assets under management worth $70 billion.\nAarti Nagraj October 22, 2014","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Find Saatva Classic Vs Dreamcloud Premier 2023\nThe Saatva Mattress, also called the Classic, combines 2 layers of coils, two layers of polyfoam\u2026Saatva Classic Vs Dreamcloud Premier\u2026and a thin layer of memory foam. The comes in 3 firmness alternatives, which it calls Plush Soft, High-end Company, and Company. These choices correspond to soft (3 on the 10-point firmness scale where 10 is firmest), medium company (6 ), and firm (8) respectively.\ntoday i'm going to tell you everything you ought to know about the timeless mattress it's called a high-end only with an affordable price so what makes this so special we're going to put it through a number of tests in our nerd sleep lab we're going to dive deep into the building and construction and most of all we're going to help you decide if this is the right for you however first for our list of our top nerdy picks on es go to nerd.com there you'll discover reviews of es bed linen and accessories you'll even get unique offers on our site as well as in the description listed below and if you hang out till completion of the video i'm going to do lots of frequently asked questions about the timeless and we'll even compare it to the competitors so let's get going so first you must understand that this originates from a business which started in 2011. it right away set itself apart in the online market by providing your and setting it up for free for you it's white glove\ndelivery service's best selling by far is the classic and you'll see that it has this relaxing foam layer on top and a double coil system underneath now also offers 3 other luxury es you have actually got your satsa hd solaire and your latex hybrid but today we're going to focus squarely on the traditional and just what makes it so glamorous let's dive into the building and discover why so let's speak about construction building is the very best sign of how long a will last as well as how it will feel so let's have a deep look at the traditional now first of all you're going to see this is a breathable natural cotton cover on the top and then you enter into your first main convenience layer it's not just this organic cotton cover but you have a mix of polyfoam and memory foam inside so you have a little cushioning on the top and then you're going to get down to this part here it's gosh it's a truly thick foam encasement which's going to go all the way around the criterion of the for edge support we're going to talk more on that later on now inside here you have a transitional layer of these individually wrapped coils about 884 to be precise and oh you can't even see this in the\nmiddle of the bed there is a spinal assistance layer that your you can't even see there is a lot to this and then you would decrease much deeper hi here's your base here's your resilient inner springs these actually large strong coils which's going to be the foundation for the whole bed so this is a really resilient so what does all of this mean for you to start with you have great deals of choices here this comes in two heights you're going to get 11 and a half inches here or you can go thicker you can go to up to about 14 and a half inches high and you're going to begin with your pillow top this is your convenience layer on top it's going to have lots of cushioning in fact we at geek discover that this pillow top has above average cushioning so it belongs to our best pillow top es roundup now as we go deeper into this we're going to keep in mind that you're going to have three firmness choices with this pillow top that's going to affect simply how firm the is as we go lower and we get to these separately wrapped coils these are going to react to your body they're going to contour and truly shape to the body and support you and considering that this bed has great deals of bounce great for mix sleepers great for airflow and breathability and now as we get to the bottom the base coils this is your sturdiness once again this is a really strong we would state this is going to last you at least 10 years so that's an excellent investment firmness and feel are both major considerations when buying a now as to firmness the classic is available in 3 firmness levels first you have a plush soft then you have a luxury company and after that you have a firm now we at nerd we rank es from 1 to 10 with 10 being the firmest so for the high-end soft we offer it a 3 out of 10. so that's a soft for the luxury company we're right in the middle at about a six point 5 out of ten and then for the company we're up at eight out of ten so likewise remember the way this is crafted it's going to feel firmer to light weight people and it's gon na feel softer to heavier weight people Saatva Classic Vs Dreamcloud Premier\nnow to talk about the feel of the this is a more responsive bouncy on top you're going to get more freedom of movement less feeling hugged by memory foam and to show that i'm going to do that with my magic nerd ball you're going to see that there's a great deal of bounce in this ball on the flooring so now i'm going to bounce it on the now you see that's kind of a lot of bounce for a right so for combination sleepers out there you move a lot around throughout the middle of the night and you alter your sleep positions this is going to be terrific for you another significant consideration when buying a bed is your own sleep positions now the back sleepers out there you are the most popular sleep position and this classic is wonderful for back sleepers why since you have an active wire support group in the middle of the and then you have a double coil support group at the base of the for extra assistance and it's also according to your weight so for the light-weight sleepers out there and typical weight sleepers we're going to advise for you the luxury company or the company but for you heavy weight sleepers out there if you're 230 pounds plus you'll definitely require more support so we would opt for the firm for all the side sleepers out there you need more cushioning at your shoulders and your hips so in the timeless model we would recommend in fact the plush soft variation of this so you get that additional cushioning if you remain in the light-weight or average weight classification and after that for you large size sleepers 230 pounds plus then you can go up a level to the high-end company variation and that's going to benefit you for you stomach sleepers out there excellent news this software application classic is best for stomach stomach sleeping due to the fact that you have a lot of assistance that you need to\nkeep your hips in alignment with your with your shoulders you do not want the hips to bail out and your spinal column to come out of positioning so for you typical and light-weight weight folks out there you can absolutely opt for the high-end firm version and for the plus size sleepers you're going to wish to go up a notch to the firm variation but you're going to get plenty of assistance with this mattress at mattress nerd we like a good science-backed test so we use a pressure relief map to show where the pressure points are for the 3 main sleeping positions your rear end and stomach now what we're searching for all blue and green that signals an even pressure distribution when we get into seeing yellow and red that signals high pressure which might\nThe is likewise available in 2 height options: 11.5 inches and 14.5 inches. While the 11.5-inch variation falls in the typical thickness variety, the 14.5-inch alternative is prominent, so it may require deeper sheets.\nThis review will go over the Mattress in-depth. We'll cover its building and construction, efficiency, sizing, pricing, client reviews, and company policies. We'll also highlight how the various versions of the mattress vary in efficiency and who each might be best for.\nFind Requesting Medical Records Betterhelp 2023\nFind Betterhelp Gift Certificate 2023","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Report from the YEP expedition to Antarctica\nWritten by Roswitha Stolz\nMy name is Henry Stanislaw and I am from the USA. Together with Maria Puig Ribas from Spain, Nora Hasselbach and Vincent Butty from Switzerland, Alexandra Le Dily from France and Carlien Wolmarans from South Africa, I joined the Young Explorer Program within Mike Horn's PANGAEA Expedition.\nThis program is created to introduce young adults to exploration, but also to scientific working and learning about the environmental conditions and threats. The first trip in this program took us to Antarctica. Mike is starting his expedition here, where he will walk alone from the Peninsula to the South Pole and back.\nFor all of us this is the first contact with a polar environment. We started in Ushuaia \/ Tierra del Fuego, South Argentina. Ushuaia is the most southerly city in the world and known as the \"world's end\". It is located at the famous Beagle Channel which stretches east-west across the southern tip of South America and is separating Tierra del Fuego from the continent. The PANGAEA yacht (a 100ft ketch) had already arrived when we got to Ushuaia. She came the long way from New York down to Ushuaia.\nAfter storing all provisions and technical checks, we started our trip and left Ushuaia at about 8 pm, sailing down the Beagle Channel in perfect conditions. In the early morning we passed Cape Horn in the distance, we had reached the well known Drake Passage. The wind gods stayed with us and we sailed with a north westerly wind of 20 \u2013 30kt southward. During the second night at sea we had snowfall. The deck was covered in snow and we got a new crew member:\nAfter two and a half days we could see Trinity Island, our first destination (63\u00b055'S, 60\u00b058'W; Mikkelson Harbour, southern end of Trinity Island). The sea became oily and patches of grease ice developed. Everybody kept watch for the first iceberg. When we had Trinity Island in our vicinity, we had a look at our first big one. Sailing into Mikkelson Harbour was spectacular, we were surrounded by big Icebergs, glaciers and in the middle a small island with an old Argentine shelter and a large colony of Gentoo Penguins.\nMikkelson Harbour is a sheltered place, only exposed to the south. But as many of the Antarctic bays, it is deep and the ground is shingle, so finding a good spot to anchor is not easy. While looking for a good anchorage, something unpredictable and scary happened: We ran aground! The ocean floor showed a sudden rise from more than 50m to below 2m. We tried hard to get the boat off the bank, unfortunately the tide was going out! The only possibility we had was to lighten the boat and wait for the next high tide the next day.\nWhile the crew was exploring for a deep channel, we went ashore to the penguin colony, well briefed about proper behaviour around wildlife. It was fascinating how close we could come to the penguins without threatening them. We also took the time to explore the abandoned building.\nThe old Argentinean shelter is a mess. Parts of the roof have collapsed, the door is broken and the penguins just walk in and out.\nHowever, there is still some food in and of course the Argentinean flag. Originally it was planned to clean up the place and to do some repairs. But this would take weeks. The old antenna, old barrels and other garbage are still buried under snow and ice, for it is too early in the year. The next day, we planned to embark on a two-day crossing of the island including a night on the ice. Unfortunately, an incoming storm with gusts up to 45kt and intense snowfall stopped our plans. So we just had another visit to the \"penguin island\". During the night the storm diminished and the next day was just gorgeous.\nWe set sail and went to Orleans Strait. Here we conducted our first Plankton sampling. (Position: 63\u00b055.3' S, 60\u00b036.8' W). We also took a temperature and salinity profile down to 100 m, tested the visibility using a Secchi-disc and took Plankton samples from 10m, 30m, 50m and 100m depth, storing them in the fridge to have later a look.\nAfter some hours, we reached Lancaster Bay on the Antarctic Peninsula \u2013 the real continent! The scenery was breathtaking, all that we could see were calving glaciers, high mountains, deep blue and turquoise ice bergs. However, the ice closed in and we had to leave.\nTurning north, we found a safe anchorage at the southern end of Charcot Bay and here we finally could go on the ice. We hurried to get out crampons, ice axes and the other gear ready and went ashore. We climbed a small, but quite steep mountain at position 63\u00b046.35' S and 59\u00b047.44' W. Since it has no charted name and probably has not been climbed before, we named it Pangaea Horn.\nThe view was fantastic: we could see along the coast, over to Trinity Island and below the giant yacht PANGAEA looked very small tucked about the mighty icebergs. At an area sheltered from the wind on the summit, we conducted our first snow measurement.\nAt a suitable place near the summit of \"Pangaea Horn\", Roswitha Stolz showed us how to conduct snow measurements. She is from the Geographical Department of Munich University and was the scientific and educational advisor during our trip.\nWe dug a 170 cm deep snow pit, down to the last summer's snow layer, which was indicated by a very hard ice layer. We checked for different layers, the snow structure of each layer and the snow-water equivalent.\nHeading down the mountain we had a short break aboard and turned around to spend a night on the Peninsula at the northern end of Charcot Bay. We climbed up in the evening on to a ridge and set up a tent. It was amazing.\nMost impressive is that there is now human created sound, no airplanes, traffic, nothing. Only crashing ice echoed through the quiet. The only lights were our headlamps and PANGAEA's mooring lights, far below us. Mike and Erwan prepared us some food on a stove, it is amazing how good 2-minute noodles can taste. The night was cold, but in our sleeping bags surrounded by people, it was quite comfortable.\nThe next morning we headed down. More strong winds were predicted and it was time to find more protected anchorage. The next destination was Deception Island (63\u00b000' S, 61\u00b020' W). We could not figure out why it is called Deception. Does anybody know? It was a rough passage with wind from the N-NW. About 10 miles ahead of the island we saw a whale! We are not sure what kind it was. Some said they spotted a big fin \u2013 so it would have been an Orca, some said that it looked more like a Minke Whale. In the rough sea it was hard to get a good look and decide.\nThe entrance to Deception is like none other, huge black and red cliffs, which drop to the sea, leaving only a narrow entrance.\nWe anchored in Whaler's Bay and had a first stroll over the permafrost beach. It was quite misty and cloudy, which set an eldritch tone over the abandoned whaling station and British meteorological station. The whaling station was abandoned in the 1930s but the British stayed on until after two volcanic eruptions at the end of the 1960s sent a colossal mudslide down and destroyed many of the remaining buildings.\nAs we continued down the shore, we were told that there was still volcanic activity on the island. Testing what we were told, Erwan, one of our mountain guides, dug a hole and had a bath in the up to 48\u00b0C warm water. The air temperature was around 0\u00b0C!\nDuring the night the storm with strong westerly winds caught up with us, and we sailed over to Fumerole Bay to find more shelter. It was a rough night. The anchor dragged and the crew was up all night while we slept. The next day, the storm burned off and left us with beautiful blue skies. In the morning we took more plankton samples and analysed them under the microscope. The phytoplankton, which is in bloom, proved the most prominent. The foam rimming the beach also showed this.\nAfterward we went back over to Whaler's Bay. Where we dug two big holes so everybody could enjoy the thermal baths.\nAs we took turns, some strolled along the beach and observed Skuas having a bath in a pond (just as we had), Cape Petrels, Giant Petrels feasting on a seal carcass, Gentoo Penguins, a lonely Chinstrap Penguin, and a Weddell Seal with a newborn.\nWith all this life, we also experienced the other side of nature. We came across an abandoned, half dead baby seal, which was lying in shallow water and being attacked by two Giant Petrels.\nIn the afternoon we set sails again and sailed towards King George Island, our last destination. We left the cliffs of Deception Island behind us and headed along Livingston Island and the other islands of the South Shetlands. As we sailed we experienced our last sun set in Antarctica, and it was undoubtedly the most beautiful one any of us had ever seen.\nDuring the night we arrived in Maxwell Bay on King George.\nThe next day, before we went to the small airstrip, scientists from the Chilean Station Eduardo Frei invited us for a trip to the penguin colonies on Ardley Island. Large colonies of Gentoo and Adelie penguins are breeding on the ice free areas of the island and the scientists are expecting chicks in a couple of weeks. We went slowly along the beach, keeping a good distance to the nests, to avoid any disturbance and got some incredible looks at the nesting birds.\nIn the afternoon we had to say goodbye to Antarctica. A small twin-engined plane brought us from King George back to Ushuaia. Now we are all home, re-entering into our day-to-day lives, after one of the most incredible trips any of us has ever had. However, this is not the end of our connection with Antarctica. It is now our turn to go out and tell all our communities, friends, and families what we have seen and what we all can do. Our relationship with Antarctica is only beginning.\nMore in this category: \u00ab IPY Peacock Dome A Traverse and Kunlun Station \u00bb\nL'estat del malestar","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"Backgrounder: G7 Summit in Cornwall, UK\nBackgrounders - June 14, 2021\nBy Geopolitical Monitor\nA three-day G7 summit was convened on June 11 in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It represented the first in-person meeting of G7 heads-of-government since COVID-19 emerged last year, and the summit was significant for other reasons as well. For one it represented the first high-profile opportunity for President Biden to stem the bleed in trans-Atlantic relations, which had withered for four years under the Trump administration. The summit was also an opportunity roll out the central plank of President Biden's China policy, which stresses group action among like-minded democracies as a way to counter bilateral intimidation by Beijing. Cornwall was billed as a coming out party for a revamped G7, one imbued with a new sense of democratic purpose and new actionable imperatives in hitherto national purviews like tech, climate, and tax regulation.\nDid the reality match up to the hype?\nJoin Now to continue reading\nGlacier Watch: Indus Basin\nBackgrounders August 23, 2019\nWith Aramco IPO, Riyadh Doubles Down on Economic Diversification\nBackgrounders October 17, 2019\nGeopoliticalmonitor.com Reports from the Crans Montana Forum","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
{"text":"HomeGalleryAsus Zenfone 5Z in Pictures\nAsus Zenfone 5Z in Pictures\nBy The Mobile Indian Network\nAsus Zenfone 5Z has been launched today in India as a Flipkart exclusive.\nThe phone comes in 6GB RAM and 8GB RAM models with 128 GB and 256GB storage respectively. It comes with an expandable memory up to 2TB via micro SD card slot.\nThe Asus Zenfone 5Z (ZS620KL) will be available exclusively on Flipkart.\nThe Asus Zenfone 5Z (ZS620KL) has a 6.2-inch full-HD+ (1080\u00d72246 pixels) display with a 19:9 aspect ratio.\nThe phone comes with 3300 mAh battery with ASUS BoostMaster fast charging and AI charging.\nThere is a dual rear camera set up of 12 MP and 8 MP sensors in its back. The main 12 MP sensor has Sony IMX363 sensor, f\/1.8 aperture, 83-degree field of view, 24mm equivalent focal length, and a Softlight LED flash. The 8-megapixel sensor has 120-degree wide-angle lens, a f\/2.2 aperture, and a 12mm equivalent focal length in a 35mm film camera.\nFor selfies, there is an 8-megapixel resolution, with a f\/2.0 aperture, 84-degree field of view, and a 24mm equivalent focal length in a 35mm film camera.\nIt runs on Android 8.0 (Oreo) with ZenUI 5.0 which is said to be upgradable to Android P.\nThe Asus Zenfone 5Z offers fingerprint sensor, 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11ac, Bluetooth v5.0, NFC, GPS\/ A-GPS, FM radio, USB Type-C, and 3.5mm headphone jack.\nIt is powered by Qualcomm by Snapdragon 845 processor with Adreno 630 GPU.\nPrevious articleHuawei working on a Watch that stores your earbuds\nNext articleAsus Zenfone 5Z launched in India, price starts at Rs 29,999: Cheapest device with Snapdragon 845\nMORE PICTURE STORIES\nTop fastest charging phones\nLatest Action Movies on Netflix\nLatest Action movies on Amazon Prime Video\nMetaverse Explained: Things you should know\nTecno Pop 5 Pro to launch soon in India with 6000mAh battery","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}