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[ "I went to another adoption event yesterday. My foster Fern was adopted, and I took home two 6 month old kittens in exchange: Tinker and Bell.\n\nAlthough they were brought to PetSmart, it was obvious that they weren’t ready yet. Tinker sat in her litter box, and Bell made herself invisible underneath a towel. It was decided that they wouldn’t go for adoption, and instead were there for observation, to see how they act in the environment.\n\nThey’re from a feral colony, so they need socialization work before they’ll really be ready for adoption. At home, we’re affectionately referring to them as Stinker and Plop. Right now, Stinker only hides occasionally. At first, she’d purr whenever you began petting her, and she’s getting to the point where she’ll purr just at seeing you. The true victory will be when she actively approaches us to be pet and purr.\n\nPlop, on the other hand, requires much more work than her sister. Originally, she hissed anytime you picked her up or reached to pet her. This isn’t a malicious I’m going to kill you hiss. It’s very obviously an empty threat done out of fear.", null, "So why take two difficult cats in to foster? On a personal level, I’m reminded of my Bitey Boo, who is also semi-feral. It’s also out of concern that these two might be difficult to adopt. Stinker might do well on her own, but Plop has to go with her sister. As I’ve previously mentioned, people tend to want cuddly outwardly affectionate cats from the get go. This makes adoption unfair for cats who are shy, and nearly impossible for cats who are scared.\n\nMy hope is that with constant socialization work between those of us in my household, we can begin bringing the cats out of their shells. Stinker is already showing signs of progress, and it’s early to tell for Plop. But let’s all keep our fingers crossed.\n\nRecommended: Ways to Help a Semi-Feral Adjust to a New Home" ]

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[ null, "Updated April 21 with start of trading:\n\nThe company late Tuesday sold 23.9 million Class A shares at $56 per share, Reuters reported. That’s above an indicated price range of $52 to $54 per share that the company announced Tuesday, which itself was up from an original price range of $43 to $50 quoted in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission last month.\n\nSome 9.4 million of the shares sold were owned by UiPath, with the remaining 14.5 million sold by existing investors. The shares start trading publicly today on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “PATH,” gaining more than $13 a share to close at $69.22.\n\nThat gave UiPath, at least for now, a valuation of $35.8 billion. Despite worries that the IPO represented a “down round” or lower valuation than its last private fundraising implied, the current stock price closes that gap and then some after all.\n\nThe IPO was hotly anticipated since UiPath is viewed as a market leader in the red-hot robotic process automation sector. The company’s RPA platform is used by enterprises to reduce costs and operational errors by automating repetitive work. It relies on artificial intelligence models to learn how employees perform common tasks in business applications. Those models then create so-called software robots that can replicate employees’ workflow, thereby dramatically reducing the need for manual input.\n\nUiPath, led by Chief Executive Daniel Dines (pictured), says it has saved some enterprise customers hundreds of thousands of person-hours previously spent on repetitive work. According to its IPO prospectus, the company’s software is used by more than 7,000 organizations worldwide, including more than 60% of the Fortune Global 500.\n\nThe IPO valued UiPath at a massive $29 billion, though that was still some way below the $35 billion valuation that was cited in early February when the company announced a final, late-stage venture capital funding round of $750 million.\n\nUiPath’s public debut comes at a busy time for tech listings, with dozens of startups hoping to capitalize on investors’ demand for new, high-growth stocks. However, investors will note that UiPath’s opening price may not be as high as some analysts were expecting, and it remains to be seen if it will see the massive gains enjoyed last year by another cloud software firm, Snowflake Inc.\n\nInvestors have slowly gravitated to different stocks in recent months that are perceived to have more of an advantage should interest rates keep rising. CNBC noted that the cloud index has fallen by more than 7% this year, while the Dow has grown by 10%, for example.\n\nIn addition, some investors may have concerns over UiPath’s longer-term prospects. Brendan Burke, PitchBook Data Inc.’s senior emerging tech analyst, told SiliconANGLE that UiPath remains in his view a limited solution that may lack durable value. He said the company has scaled up rapidly in the last year thanks to high demand for automation, but he views its platform as more of a bridge technology to cloud-native automation that faces competitive risk from AI-native challengers.\n\n“The future of enterprise automation is for front-line users to deploy cloud-native machine learning models that can adapt to dynamic data streams and make accurate decisions,” Burke said. “UiPath’s implementations are not cloud-native and require third-party integrations with around 75 AI model vendors for intelligent decision-making.”\n\nStill, there’s no taking away UiPath’s success in raising more than $1.4 billion from its IPO, especially since its current valuation now matches that of its last private round. CNBC cited FactSet data that shows only two previous business software IPOs in the U.S. have raised more, and both did so in the last seven months. Snowflake was the largest, raising $3.9 billion in September, while Qualtrics Inc. raised $1.78 billion in January following its split from SAP SE." ]

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[ "For West Berlin, the data from the 1990 Forsteinrichtung (Forest Establishment) were evaluated. The Forsteinrichtung is conducted at ten-year intervals as the basis for the Management Plan; however, no projections are made for the interim years. The data is stored at the State Forestry Agency.\n\nThe data for the East Berlin forest and the city forest areas in the state of Brandenburg were taken from the data base of the Forest Fund (DSWF) in the Forest Planning Facility in Potsdam. This data base was maintained centrally for all forestry-run areas in the former East Germany, and contains extensive data on the condition and for the planned management of the areas. The data on conditions were collected every ten years, and projected annually for the interim years with the help of a growth model. The data evaluated for the map show the 1991 status on the basis of the 1990 survey.\n\nDespite different data bases, the data prepared for the illustration of the wooded areas are comparable for both sections of the city, since similar parameters were used for the compilation process. For the presentation shown in the Map, the features listed in Table 2 were evaluated.", null, "The ratio of tree species (in %) at a given position in the East Berlin forests could not be taken directly from the statistical base, but had to be calculated separately." ]

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[ null, "Built high up in the canopy of a huge and ancient baobab (that apparently thinks it’s a mangrove, growing as it does with its roots in the sea), treehouse number one is popular because of the views of the sea out to Kinasi Pass – over the mangroves, enchanted by fireflies at night – and the spacious deck that wraps around the tree. Sometimes guests have other inhabitants, such as nesting Fish Eagles or Kites, sharing the baobab. It is the only treehouse built on a single level, with only the one king-sized bed.\n\nThe shower, built in a bamboo thicket, is a personal favorite.\n\nThe downside of Moja, if there is one, is the toilet. It is one of three that were built by my predecessor and, although they function well, these early toilets are all too small for my liking and (horror of horrors!) the light inside is insufficient to read by.", null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null ]

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[ null, "The Wage Theft Prevention Act requires that employers provide written notice to employees of their rates of pay, designated payday, the employer’s intent to claim allowances (ie: tip or meal allowances) as part of the minimum wage and the basis of wage payment. Employers are then held responsible for paying their employees in accordance with the aforementioned notice and the current labor laws. However, some employers disregard the laws that govern overtime pay and wages, and the result is employees who are insufficiently compensated for their work. This is especially true in the case of unpaid overtime or wages. When an employer does not justly compensate an employee for work that has been done, the employee may be entitled to liquidated or double damages. If you think you may have been underpaid or if you have a wage dispute, you should hire a knowledgeable lawyer with experience in the complexities of wage dispute claims. An expert lawyer can fight for you to receive the wages you are rightfully due.\n\nMinimum wage is the standard of wage that determines the minimum hourly pay to which every worker in New York is legally entitled by the laws set forth by the General Industry Minimum Wage Act. All employees not classified under “wage orders” must be paid minimum wage. Some industries, such as food service, pay a different minimum wage because the employees’ total compensation includes tips.\n\nThe Oshman Firm understand the minimum wage and fair labor laws in New York and can fight for you to receive the compensation you are due, if you have not been paid in accordance with minimum wage laws.", null, "Overtime refers to any amount of time spent working beyond the standard 40-hour workweek established by the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. Non-exempt employees who work more than 40 hours are entitled to overtime pay of one-and-a-half times their normal wages. If your employer failed to pay you overtime or failed to pay you at least minimum wage, you are owed that compensation. Compensation must be monetary and cannot be in the form of time off.\n\nNew York statute of limitations for overtime disputes is two years. If you think you have been under-compensated for overtime, you have only two years from the incident to file a claim. Hiring a skilled wage dispute attorney can ensure a strong case is built for you within the aforementioned time limit. You may be filing a claim against a large company that is accustomed to underpaying employees hiring a legal team to fight such claims. You need an attorney well versed in labor laws who can build a detailed and documented case on your behalf.\n\nHow Others Have Taken Action\n\nIn one of the largest overtime pay dispute settlements in the information technology industry, the Computer Sciences Corporation settled for $24 million with former employees in a class action suit over unpaid overtime wages. Read the legal brief\n\nA Federal judge determined that millions in unpaid overtime over a four-year period is due to 435 managers employed by New York City. The managers, who were among city workers who are not union members, held mid-level positions, uniformed and civilian, in city agencies. Read New York Times story\n\nWhat Can You Do?\n\nIf you or your loved one believes that an employer did not compensate you for work you performed or overtime hours you incurred, you should hire an expert lawyer from a law firm with a stellar reputation for commitment to client satisfaction and maximum compensation. Contact the law offices of The Oshman Firm today for a free consultation to discuss your legal rights and options for pursuing a claim." ]

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[ null, "Howdy folks. This is going to be the last Otherworld stop we have before Christmas, but we’re going out with a bang! We always love to see old friends, and today we’re reconnecting with one who has done an insane amount of work for themselves since we last saw them. We could talk about the incredible catalog (and will), but we’ll let this latest work do the talking for it first. This is Call Me Dragon.\n\nMarc Secchia is a tried and true fantasy scholar. Across his many books, he has honed his considerable talents, and that’s put on full display in his latest, Call Me Dragon, which is as wonderfully written as it is quirky and humorous. Make no mistake, this novel is a spectacular fantasy, but Secchia seamlessly adds layers of wit upon it that makes it stand out as more than just another tale of a bloodthirsty dragon tyrant.", null, "Blitz the Devastator has never done a decent day’s devastating in his life. Fireless, artistic and shunned by his Dragon Clan, he struggles to pillage even the meanest village. A future full of misery and failure beckons.\n\nThis much is true until the day the burly brown Dragon successfully – imagine that – kidnaps the Princess Azania. As a black Princess of T’nagru, this spirited beauty is by definition the most unforgettable woman in the seventeen realms. Knights errant, men-at-arms and sundry Princes expire at her feet in drivelling worship.\n\nUnfortunately, they all want his scaly head on a platter shortly thereafter. Goes with the territory.\n\nTo Blitz’s consternation, the royal nuisance refuses to behave herself and be a typical pampered Princess. With humour, unconventional flair and the odd stomp of her diminutive slipper, she sets out to reform her Dragon.\n\nOne question remains. Who will save the Dragon from the Princess?\n\nReaders who are looking for a little bit more from their stories will find that Secchia’s latest rises to the challenge. His characters are charming and captivating, and the story he weaves around them will keep you guessing, and before you know it, you’ll be itching for the sequel. With the furious pace that Secchia writes his stories, you won’t have to wait long—I Am Dragon will be out in March of 2021. For now, you should check out Call Me Dragon on Amazon today!\n\nAnd as I mentioned in the opening paragraph, there are a ton of Marc Secchia books that you should be checking out. You can take an adventure over to his website, or look at his catalog on his Amazon author page.\n\nAlso, check out this awesome animated book cover Secchia had made up:\n\nOne thought on “Fantasy Promo – Call Me Dragon”" ]

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[ null, "I just finished reading Agamben’s Che cos’è la filosofia? (What is Philosophy?), a beautiful and elegant book both conceptually and as a physical artifact. When I ordered the book, I threw in one of his little pamphlet books, just out of curiosity, and it turned out to contain two of the essays from Profanations, enhanced with some black-and-white photographs (and a dagguerotype, by Daguerre himself as it turns out). Looking online, it then appeared that many of the Profanations essays had appeared in that format.\n\nSuch a publication choice seems strange, but if anything, the odd thing was that he chose to collect them together later. I get the impression that he is reluctant to have English-language publishers group together his shorter essay-length works, though he has allowed it (What is an Apparatus? includes three works published separately in Italian). Two works I have recently translated — Pilate and Jesus and The Mystery of Evil — likely could have been collected together with The Church and the Kingdom to create an attractive, and still small, edition of his “ecclesiastical” writings, but he opted for them to be published separately in translation as well.\n\nI conclude from this that the small publication format must be more important to him as more than a lark or a novelty. Sometimes he includes artwork or even collaborates with a particular artist, sometimes he lets it stand more or less on its own, but when he writes something short and puts it out on its own, he’s doing it on purpose. Agamben’s writing already tends toward the fragmentary and aphoristic, so why not reduplicate that effect on the material level as well?\n\nOne major theme of Che cos’è la filosofia? is the relationship between poetry and philosophy, which he sees as disciplines that take up different but equally necessary stances at the edge of language. And so I wonder if there’s an attempt here to establish the parallel between the two disciplines at the level of publication. Poetry is best enjoyed in small chunks, which can be slowly digested — and the effect can be virtually destroyed by the brick-like anthologies which we inflict on undergrads. Poets can put out short chapbooks, so why not philosophers?", null, null, "It’s almost too obvious to say that the Homeric epics are misogynist. What strikes me is how systematically misogynist they are, how they have to keep repressing a feminine element that always threatens to resurface. Sometimes it does, most dramatically when Hecuba bares her breast in an attempt to dissuade Hector from rejoining the battle, more mundanely when the soldiers chide each other for being womanly.\n\nEvery story that is, on the face of it, about the relationship between a man and a woman is displaced into a story about a rivalry between two men or about the loyalty between two men. The presenting issue in the Iliad combines both moves: Helen is induced to be unfaithful to her rather unimpressive husband, Menelaus, but this marital tension is displaced into a rivalry between Menelaus and Paris (abortively staged in Book 3) and then of course balloons into an international conflict lasting a decade. Achilles’ apparently sincere love for his war captive, Briseis, quickly becomes fodder for rivalry with Agamemnon. This does not explode into violence due to party loyalty, but Achilles can only join back into the captive after the death of his beloved comrade Patroclus (male loyalty) opens up a more serious male rivalry with Hector. That then sets up the uneasy truce between Achilles and Priam — where two men, united in their grief over men, call a temporary halt to the war started over a woman.\n\nThis aggressively homosocial gender politics may work in war, but it starts to fall apart when we turn back toward home in The Odyssey. And that incoherence is brought to a head in the figure of Penelope. On the one hand, Homer seems to be trying to set up some kind of tension through the constant reminders of Agamemnon’s fate — will Penelope really be faithful, or will Odysseus be betrayed? On the other hand, there are only two ways for a human woman to be: either utterly devoted and submissive or maliciously traitorous. (Helen shuttles back and forth, but at any given moment she is either one or the other.) At times this strains credulity, as when we learn how happy Briseis was at the prospect of becoming the lawfully wedded wife of her husband’s murderer, or what Penelope exults after Telemachus basically tells her to shut up because he’s the man.\n\nThere is no room for a woman who is seriously torn, though Penelope sometimes come close. Unable to give her a complex internal life, Homer instead puts her into a complex situation where she can’t be sure whether her husband is dead or alive. If we ask why she doesn’t simply tell the Suitors to leave, the simplest answer is probably that if she did that, she wouldn’t be a proper submissive woman — open wilfulness, even in the service of faithfulness to her husband, is breaking the rules. Her only weapon is passive-aggression, exemplified by the burial shroud trick.\n\nIn the later epic tradition, it is the women who start to get what we moderns would identify as a complex interior life — above all the impressive figures of Medea and Myrrha, who are faced with a genuine internal conflict (whether to betray her father for Jason and whether to seduce her own father, respectively). As for the men, we see profound depths of emotion — to a point that is almost comical from a modern perspective at times, or at least from the perspective of impatient student readers who are tired of all the crying — but never real depth of character. The price they pay for their relentless repression of the feminine is being stuck at the surface of things.\n\nI’m finally getting around to reading Ranciere’s The Ignorant Schoolmaster, and I’m finding it really exciting and helpful. Of particular interest is his emphasis on memorization as a form of intellectual emancipation. Thinking ahead to my Heidegger class for next year, it occurs to me that if I could get every student to memorize one important paragraph from Being and Time, they could conceivably wind up being ahead of a student who passed an exam on the best-ever lecture course in terms of actually understanding how to read Heidegger.\n\nMy colleague Aron Dunlap has suggested incorporating a memorization component into our literature class next semester, and while I was open to the idea before, now I’m positively intrigued. Have any of you incorporated memorization into your teaching, specifically of poetry? What were your experiences?\n\nYesterday in class, we discussed a poem that is virtually obligatory for every introductory literature class: William Carlos Williams’ “The Red Wheelbarrow.” For those who aren’t familiar, it goes as follows:\n\nso much depends\nupon\n\nbeside the white\nchickens\n\nThe discussion in one section became very heated, in part because one student recalled a teacher who “spent an entire class on this because she hated it.” Ultimately, despite my efforts, a sense emerged that the poem was so vague as to be meaningless, or susceptible to whatever meaning one projected onto it.\n\nNow it’s clear that there are many interpretations. Yet I have a simple one, which I advanced in class.\n\nEND_OF_DOCUMENT_TOKEN_TO_BE_REPLACED\n\nIn a certain way, I think the likes of Herman Herman — for whom “‘though in many of its aspects this visible world seems formed in love, the invisible spheres were formed in fright” — might very well agree with the cynicism, much bemoaned & beloved, expressed by Michael Houellebecq about nature.\n\nI have no time for those pompous imbeciles\nWho go into ecstasies before bunnies’ burrows\nBecause nature is ugly, tedious and hostile;\nIt has no message to transmit to humans.\n\nHow pleasant, at the wheel of a powerful Mercedes,\nTo drive through solitary and grandiose places;\nSubtly manipulating the gearstick.\nYou dominate the hills, the rivers, and all things.\n\nThe forests, so close, glitter in the sun\nAnd seem to reflect ancient knowledges;\nIn the depths of their valleys must lie such marvels,\nAfter a few hours you are taken in;\n\nLeaving the car, the irritations begin;\nYou stumble into the middle of a repugnant mess,\nAn abject universe, deprived of all meaning\nMade of stones and brambles, flies and snakes.\n\nYou miss the parking-lots and the smell of petrol,\nThe serene, gentle glint of the nickel counters;\nIt’s too late. It’s too cold. The night begins. The forest enfolds you in its cruel dream. (via Collapse IV)\n\nEmerson was the perpetual passenger who stayed below in bad weather, trusting that the captain would take care of the ship. Melville was the sailor who climbed aloft, and knew that the captain was sometimes drunk and that the best of ships might go down.\n\nWhere the lesson of one such captain, Ahab, drunk with monomania if not drink, was that the “pasteboard mask” covering such truth might ultimately be there for a reason, and that one should strike through it with care; it seems to me that Houellebecq exemplifies one possibility of what becomes of us when there is no mask at all, when it, perhaps, has already been stricken." ]

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[ "We have a lot to look forward to this year. And it’s a good thing, because there are many shows I’m addicted to that won’t be releasing until next year. I’m hoping some of these might curb my needs. lol\n\nIf you loved Breaking Bad and would love to see some of those characters revisited, then this show is definitely for you.\n\nThis show was amazing in it’s original form and I can not wait to see it revitalized with Felicia Day and Patton Oswald.", null, "This is the last season with Peter Capaldi and I’m sad to see him go. I am looking forward to seeing Doctor Who with a fresh start and a new showrunner with Moffat leaving after this season.", null, "I was such a huge fan of Fargo the movie and this show stays true to that same feeling. The casting is always amazing and you can look forward to Ewan McGregor this season!\n\nEveryone’s most beloved childhood educator got his own show and gets to grace the small screen again.\n\nI’m expecting to see Nigma really come into his own this season and truly become The Riddler. It’s difficult to peg a favorite Gotham villain, but The Riddler is claiming a lead on this one.", null, "I’ll be honest, my husband and I were about ready to cancel our Hulu subscription. The content they offered was underwhelming for having to put up with advertisements. Then we blinked and all of the sudden Hulu had presented interesting original content AND all The Golden Girls I could ever ask for. I had the opportunity to watch “Harlots”, another Hulu original, and I was really impressed so I’m definitely looking forward to giving “The Handmaid’s Tale” a shot.\n\nI’m really excited to see Neil Gaiman’s work be given this much attention; god knows he deserves it. I’m even more excited to see Ian McShane give another commanding performance. I just got around to watching Deadwood and now I really need some more of his brilliance.\n\nNot for the kiddies, but a great show that I’m highly invested in.\n\nMy oldest sister is a literature buff and always made sure I read certain books growing up. Anne of Green Gables was a series of novels she insisted upon so I’m really looking forward to watching this one 🙂\n\nApparently this one is about a struggling young adult, but through the perspective of their dog. I’m intrigued enough by this concept to try it out.", null, "If I need to turn something on with the guarantee that it will make me laugh, I always go for Kimmy. I can’t wait to see more genius from the mind of Liz Lemon… I mean… Tina Fey.", null, "A new adaptation of the old insanity.\n\nI really get a kick out of these political dramas.\n\nThe spin off from everyone’s favorite zombie television drama\n\nAbout the LA stand up scene in the 70’s. Stand up comedy has always been an interesting art and I’d love to learn more about it’s history.\n\n-Orange is the New Black (Netflix)\n\nLast we saw in this show, an inmate had a gun to a guards head in a very intense moment of rebellion.", null, "Always pumped for this one.\n\nSeth Rogan should be proud of himself. 🙂\n\nThe creator of Wipeout is the mastermind behind this gem.\n\nI already know y’all are looking forward to this.", null, "From the author of the Sookie Stackhouse books, so True Blood fans should be thrilled.\n\nTHIS! THIS ONE! I’ve been ready for this, but it’s not til Halloween 😦 You can read my blog about what to expect from this one here!" ]

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[ "Home Ownership in Florida: Why it Matters and What Floridians Think\n\nHalf of Floridians (50.1 percent) think it is a “good time” to buy a house according to a survey conducted by University of Florida researchers in October and November of 2016. About 19.3 percent thought it was a bad time while 30.6 percent were uncertain.\n\nThis positive outlook on home purchase comes during a time of record-low homeownership rate (the percentage of homes occupied by the owner). Florida’s homeownership rate reached a peak of 72.4 percent in 2006, right before the Great Recession.\n\nA recently released report from the U.S. Census Bureau shows that as of 2016, the Florida homeownership rate has dropped 8 percentage points to 64.4, the lowest since the government started tracking in 1984.\n\nAmong the survey respondents who said that this is a good time to buy, the most common reason given was favorable interest rates (46.1 percent), a situation that might change in the months ahead as the Federal Reserve increases rates. Other reasons are low home prices (18.7 percent), the availability of many homes (13.6 percent) and favorable economic conditions (12.4 percent).\n\nOf those who thought it was a “bad time” to buy a house, unfavorable economic conditions topped the list (41.5 percent) followed by high house prices (31.1 percent) and difficulty qualifying for a mortgage (11.4 percent).\n\nOpinions varied by gender, with “good time” chosen by 52.4 percent of men but only 47.2 percent of women. Positive attitudes increased with age: Only 37.9 percent of young adults under age 30 said “good time,” compared with 54.4 percent of those age 60 or older.", null, "The purchase of a home depends largely on economic conditions and the purchaser’s lifecycle factors, such as forming a household or the exit of young family members from the home.\n\n“Home ownership is seen as an important way to accumulate wealth and build assets over time, in particular among low-income and minority groups,” said Hector H. Sandoval, director of the Economic Analysis Program at UF’s Bureau of Economic and Business Research and an author of the study.\n\nHe noted that some Floridians may not have the means to invest in the stock market, but their home will likely appreciate in value over time, provides a legacy to the next generation and could be used as collateral for a loan in times of need.\n\nRegardless of volatility in house prices and maintenance costs, owning a home is not only associated with personal financial gains, but it also benefits the community. “Homeowners have greater incentive to care about their community because their home values depend on both the physical characteristics of the house and the neighborhood,” Sandoval said.\n\nSince World War II, home ownership has been considered part of the American Dream. Is that dream still alive in Florida? In the survey, 45 percent of Floridians strongly agreed (14.2 percent) or agreed (30.8 percent) that “owning a home is necessary to live The American Dream.” Over a quarter (26.8 percent) neither agreed nor disagreed while 21.4 percent disagreed and 6.8 percent strongly disagreed.", null, "The survey sample included 362 non-owners who were also asked about their own likelihood of buying a house. Almost a third (32.3 percent) said they were unlikely to ever buy a house, while 10.8 percent planned to buy in the next year, 44.5 percent in the next five years and 12.4 percent in the next 10 years.\n\nNon-owners expressed a variety of opinions about how much they thought about buying a home, with 22.7% saying it was a specific goal that they are determined to reach.\n\n“Following the Great Recession, mortgage lending practices tightened,” Sandoval said. “Slow job growth together with the debt load of young adults, many of whom are paying down student loans, have prevented the entrance of new buyers to a rebounding housing market.”\n\nConducted Oct. 1 to Nov. 30, 2016, the UF study reflects the responses of 1,058 individuals who were reached on cellphones, representing a demographic cross section of full-time Florida residents. These analyses did not include those who were part-time residents or “snowbirds.”\n\nFor people in general, do you think that now is a good time or a bad time to buy a house? Would you say…\n\nAsked only of those who said it was a good time…\n\nPlease tell me the primary reason why you think this is a GOOD time to buy a house. Would you say…\n\n3 There are many homes available on the market?\n\nAsked only of those who said it was a bad time…\n\nPlease tell me the primary reason why you think this is a BAD time to buy a house. Would you say…\n\n2 Mortgage rate are not favorable?\n\n3 There are not many homes available on the market?\n\n4 It is difficult to qualify for a mortgage?\n\n5 Economic conditions overall are not favorable?\n\nQuestion HOME3 Asked of those who do not own a home…\n\nNow thinking about your housing.\n\nBased on what you know right now, do you think you will buy a home….\n\nAsked of those who do not own a home…\n\nWould you say that owning your own home someday is…\n\n1 A specific goal that you are determined to reach?\n\n2 Something you think about a lot?\n\n3 Something you think about sometimes?\n\n4 Something you you don’t think about much at all?\n\n5 Something you never think about?\n\nSome say that owning a home is necessary to live The Good Life and The American Dream. Do you…\n\n3 Neither agree nor disagree?" ]

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[ "“I am Karna”, said a voice on my right. Since I didn’t look up from my sketchbook, he said, “You know Karna, the warrior prince from Mahabharata? ”. When I am sketching in crowded public spaces, I am used to people peering over me, breathing over my neck, appraising my work like art connoisseurs, pointing cameras to my face, nudging friends to take a look, but rarely does one talk to me while I am working, except slipping in a few words of encouragement when they leave, to which I nod or smile in bashful acknowledgement.\n\nBut not Karna, the warrior prince from Mahabharata. He wanted to butt right in.", null, "His gigantic frame in an untucked white pinstripe shirt and loose trousers leaned against the yellow barricade and faced me. A mop of dark curls, slick and shining with oil was pushed back; round dancing eyes like two pingpong balls smiled under the shade of bushy eyebrows and an inch wide moustache revealed the largest, whitest pearls I had seen in a long time. ’The skill you have there’, he said pointing to my sketches and folding his hands and looking heavenwards, ‘is God’s gift’. He scrunched up his eyebrows such that the long tilak on his forehead disappeared between the folds. First time in my four year stay in Singapore, when I finally mustered the courage to watch Thaipusam – a Hindu festival celebrated by Tamils by honouring Lord Murugan – up close, I was victim of small talk.", null, "But, when you’re on foreign soil and want to make sense of the place, it isn’t a bad idea to indulge local voices to tell you their stories, from their perspective, laced with their sentiments. I didn’t want to kill the story yet, if there was one. So waving at the pilgrims, I asked Karna, a question that was on the top of my mind, “Aren’t they in pain?”. There was no blood, it was hard to tell.\n“When you fast and pray for 48 days, your body is prepared to endure such pain”, said Karna, slightly irked at the mushy overtones. But for the uninitiated, Thaipusam is extreme. Thaipusam isn’t for the faint hearted. Even the befuddled spectator needs to keep her nerves. The sight of these men, regular men – perhaps one of them is your office colleague, your school teacher, a neighbourhood grocer – turn into a pincushion overnight, with scores of metal skewers fastened to their chest and back, one going right through the cheek or tongue, a gigantic, elaborately decorated canopy balanced on the head will elicit the question I just asked.\nBut bearing a kavadi or physical burden by undertaking such painful ventures is how one expresses gratitude to Lord Murugan, the god of war and victory. “In return the god, protects you from misfortune.” says Karna. As each devotee passed by, I searched his eyes for signs of exhaustion, discomfort, resignation. All I got was a misplaced sense of calm.", null, "Devotees approaching Tank Road and the supporters are cheering them on, singing religious songs and clapping\n\nI had joined the procession midway on foot from Dhoby Ghaut station, and reached Tank Road, where they were slowing their march and queuing up to enter the Sri Thendayuthapani Temple, which would terminate their 4.5 km trek from Sri Srinivasa Perumal Temple in Little India. Canary yellow barricades had been laid on roads directing the devotees and separating them from the curious spectators, omnipresent photographers and culture-shocked tourists. Volunteers were directing people at road crossings with urgency and handing out water in plastic cups and food from capacious tents pitched along the road, to exhausted participants and their families who were walking with them, cheering them on, singing religious hymns to drum beats. The police were calm and observant from their posts.", null, "Some kavadis are flower and peacock feather embellished wooden structures with arched metal frames that are supported by skewers hooked to the chest and back of the bearers.\n\n‘It wasn’t like this before, you know’, said Karna, when a group of devotees slowed before us, offering a close up. A bunch of supporters, perhaps friends and relatives circled a thickly skewered and canopied man and broke into a perky devotional song, clapping their hands animatedly. The man started swinging and swaying to the chants along with his kavadi. The ankle bells tied to his feet tinkled. The energy was palpable. I don’t understand a word of Tamil but my feet didn’t need to. They were tapping on their own.\n“Even a few years ago, there was much greater fanfare and spirit; now there are too many restrictions on what you can and cannot do”, said Karna, reminiscing. “ The music used to be so loud, it would ring in your ears long after you left.”", null, "A kavadi bearer, swinging to the beat of drums\n\nI was frantically sketching, trying to capture the guy with at least three dozen lemons hooked to his back, quickly outlining the exhausted drummers catching a breather and getting the many kavadi bearers balancing a gigantic mass of flowers, peacock feathers, folded metals and sharp skewers down on paper. The jubilant yet awestruck crowd guarding the fanfare made the scene complete. There was almost a kilometre long wait to enter the temple and at having their subjects come to a halt, the photographers went delirious.", null, "A not-so-extreme kavadi of milk pots balanced on a wooden rod. He still has his tongue pierced.\n\nFew steps away from the temple door, decorated with banana leaves, a pilgrim was approaching with his kavadi on two wheels. It looked like a wooden toy chariot. The steel skewers hooked to his back flexed under the load and stretched his skin, while he negotiated a bump on the uneven stretch. Standing on the sides, we clenched our fists and held our breath. The remaining few steps would end his arduous yet spiritual journey. He tilted his head, arched his back and pumped his chest. Then he pulled hard. The sidekicks cheered him as loudly as they could, their heave-hos bold and distinct, but the kavadi slumped back. Others glided past him with no trouble. Some people have a bumpy ride till the end. Or perhaps he’d asked for a much bigger favour.", null, "Pilgrims exiting the temple, freshly relieved from their kavadis, seemed visibly transformed – smiling and spirited – with only red holes on their body – that they were now proudly flaunting as a proof of their penance.\nKarna didn’t accompany me till the end. In fact, midway through our conversation, he abruptly shook hands, wished me luck and left me alone to experience the festival and make my own stories. When I reached home, the songs, the chanting, the drum beats and fervent clapping were still ringing in my ears. I think Karna would’ve approved.\nAdvertisement" ]

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[ "Living A Nightmare is investigating the execution-style murder of psychiatrist Dr. Paul Jarrett and his adult son Gregg Jarrett at their home in Florida in 2003, in a crime that shocked the community.\n\nIn July 2003, 82-year-old Paul and his son 47-year-old Gregg were sleeping at their home in Coral Gables in southern Florida, when two intruders broke into the house.\n\nThe two criminals were Juan Carlos Fernandez and Jose Barco, and they had been directed to break into the doctor’s home by Maria Catabay, who was Paul’s former office manager. Fernadez was Catabay’s boyfriend at the time, and she had tasked him with recovering an incriminating letter from the doctor.\n\nThe Miami Herald reported that the letter detailed admission of guilt from Catabay that she had embezzled her employer’s money. For reasons that are unclear, Paul and Greg were both shot dead as they slept.\n\nFernandez and Barco accused each other of shooting the Jarretts\n\nWhen the police caught up to them, both Fernandez and Barco blamed each other for the actual shooting. Barco was put on trial and was found guilty of murder and sent to prison for the rest of his life.\n\nThe situation was a bit more complicated with Fernandez as he was deemed to be suffering from mental illness. He was placed in a secure psychiatric hospital for nearly ten years as various judges debated whether or not he mentally fit to stand trial.\n\nHe was eventually put on trial 13 years after the murder; however, his lawyers argued that he was coerced into the crime and that he had been in a fragile mental state which had been exacerbated by a head injury. He was subsequently found guilty and sentenced to 30 years in prison.\n\nAt the sentencing, Fernandez apologized to the victims’ family and asked for forgiveness. He also asked them to pray for him.\n\nMaria Catabay was also sent to prison for 30 years due to her role in setting up the burglary.\n\nJulian Williams from Augusta, Georgia, thought he was going on a date with a woman; unfortunately, Antonio Simpkins and Steven Jackson were just posing as a woman so they could lure him to them. When Julian arrived in Beech Island, SC, he was shot dead and buried in a shallow grave.\n\nJose Oliviera-Coutinho was a long-time friend of the Szczepanik, who snapped following an argument over wages and killed all three members of the family. Vanderlei Szczepanik, his wife Jacqueline, and their 7-year-old son Christoper were murdered before being dumped in the Missouri River in Nebraska.\n\nLiving A Nightmare airs at 10/9c on Investigation Discovery.\n\nThe Bachelorette: Here’s another clue that Katie Thurston is falling hard for Greg Grippo\nRelated Stories", null, null ]

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[ "Will the Sun Set on the American Empire?\n\nA very interesting opinion article was written by Harold James, Professor of History and International Affairs at Princeton University and Professor of History at the European University Institute, Florence. Gulf News of Qatar published the piece yesterday which is a \"must read.\" Few other outlets provided coverage (which we find strange given the significance of the piece).\n\nHere is a quick intro and a few excerpts:\n\nThis article raises many interesting points and a few questions. It should be obvious that the USA plays the role of superpower today, a position held by The British a century ago. Then, the British were concerned about the rise of Germany and the United States, especially economically. It's fairly simple to draw comparisons regarding our concerns with China and the Middle East. At the time, the British held the world's reserve currency.\n\nOne hundred years ago, the phrase \"the sun never sets on the British Empire\" was commonly understood\\. From Wikipedia:\n\nBy 1922 the British Empire held sway over about 458 million people,one-fifth of the world's population at the time. The empire covered more than 33,700,000 sq km (13,012,000 sq mi), almost a quarter of the Earth's total land area. As a result, its political, legal, linguistic and cultural legacy is widespread. At the peak of its power, the phrase \"the empire on which the sun never sets\" was often used to describe the British Empire, because its expanse across the globe meant that the sun was always shining on at least one of its territories.\n\nAs pointed out by Harold James, the British began to use their financial power to maintain their global position. In hindsight, they had clear justification to be concerned about Germany as evidenced by two World Wars. And, interestingly, revelations a couple of years ago indicate that the Americans were also concerned regarding Britain at about that same time.\n\nWar on the ‘Red Empire': How America planned for an attack on BRITAIN in 1930 with bombing raids and chemical weapons\n\nDetails of an amazing American military plan for an attack to wipe out a major part of the British Army are today revealed for the first time. In 1930, a mere nine years before the outbreak of World War Two, America drew up proposals specifically aimed at eliminating all British land forces in Canada and the North Atlantic, thus destroying Britain's trading ability and bringing the country to its knees.\n\n. . . it is fascinating that there were enough people inside the American political and military establishment who thought that such a war was feasible. While outside of America, both Churchill and Hitler also thought it a possibility during the 30s – a time of deep economic and political uncertainty.", null, "After the 1918 Armistice and throughout the 1920s, America's historic anti-British feelings handed down from the 19th century were running dangerously high due to our owing the U.S. £9billion for their intervention in The Great War. British feeling against America was known to be reciprocal. Across the Atlantic, Britain had the largest empire in the world, not to mention the most powerful navy. Against this backdrop, some Americans saw their nation emerging as a potential world leader and knew only too well how Britain had dealt with such upstarts in the past – it went to war and quashed them. Now, America saw itself as the underdog in a similar scenario . . .\n\nEven Winston Churchill said while people regarded a war with the U.S. as inconceivable, it was not. ‘America felt Britain had thrown it under the bus in order to stay top dog,' says Professor Mike Vlahos, of the U.S. Naval War College. ‘The U.S. was forced to contemplate any measure to keep Britain at bay.' Even Hitler thought such a war was inevitable, but astonishingly wanted Britain to win, believing that to be the best outcome for Germany, since the UK could then join his forces to attack the U.S. . . .\n\nTO CONTINUE READING at THE DAILY MAIL….\n\nSo, we know that there was mutual suspicion a century ago between the world's superpower and two emerging powers. Harold James makes the accurate point that this evolved first into an economic and financial war before the nations chose sides in two World Wars.\n\nFast forward a hundred years. Today, we believe that elements in China, Russia, Latin America, and the Middle East (sort of the BRICS nations plus some OPEC members), are feeling as we did at the start of the last century. They view the dollar's reserve currency status as both a threat to their future and sovereignty and a vulnerability that can be exploited.\n\nIn hindsight, the sun did set on the British Empire even though they were on the winning side in two World Wars and the Cold War. Sundown was more than obvious when George Soros used financial markets to break the bank of England in 1992.\n\nNow, is America so arrogant to assume that the dollar will always reign supreme? Or, are we wise enough to recognize the global economic war emerging and respond appropriately? Only time will tell." ]

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[ null, "Brixton police station has London’s busiest front desk when it comes to reporting crime – yet only seven crimes are reported there on average each day.\n\nNow London mayor Sadiq Khan has launched a major consultatation on closing many such front desks so that frontline police numbers can be maintained in the face of government funding cuts.\n\nSince 2010, the Met has had to find £600 million of savings. A further £400m of savings must be found by 2020. On top of this, the government has not agreed to drop its proposed police funding formula, which could see the Met lose an estimated £174 million to £700 million extra every year.\n\nThat 37 per cent of Londoners would rather report crime online – with a 350% increase in online reporting since a pilot began in March.\n\nThe proposals would keep one 24-hour police front counter in each borough.\n\nKhan said government cuts to the Met had left him with “no choice” but to take drastic action.\n\nAbout 70% of crimes are reported on the phone. Three-quarters of those calls use the non-emergency 101 number.\n\nA new online crime reporting service was launched for testing in March after Khan became mayor. He said it has resulted in a 350% rise in online reporting, with 1,200 reports a week made during its initial phase.\n\nWhile Brixton may see only an average seven crimes a day reported, 20 front counters across the capital receive one or no daily reports.\n\nThe number of police front counters in London has dropped from 136 in 2013 to 73 today as the Met sold off “under-used” buildings to cut costs and raise money.\n\nUnder the mayor’s plans, each of London’s 629 wards will have two dedicated ward officers and one police community support officer by the end of this year. By next summer, it is intended that these officers will be using to up-to-date mobile technology to access and input information while on the beat that previously they could only input at a police station desk.\n\nThe officers will also be based at new, smaller hubs closer to the ward and the community they patrol.\n\nIn the coming months, the police will begin holding new community sessions to provide a more flexible and convenient way for Londoners to engage with local officers. These sessions will replace the system of contact points which have an average attendance of one or none.\n\nAlso planned are new methods to progress investigations online and by phone as well as more safer schools officers." ]

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[ "Manuel Pellegrini waited for the ideal time to throw Andriy Yarmolenko into first-team action from the start – and his timing couldn’t have been better.\n\nAfter Michail Antonio toiled out wide on the right for the opening weeks of the season, the Ukrainian international was called upon for the trip to Everton last Sunday.\n\nThe game was already a vital one because of the Hammers’ start to the season and Yarmolenko delivered the goods; two goals to seal three badly-needed points.\n\nYarmolenko has been speaking to the club’s official website as West Ham prepare to host Chelsea this weekend, and his comments prove what a team player he is.", null, "Yarmolenko said: “We played well at Everton. We played like a team, both in defence and attack, and we are very happy for our first win in the Premier League.\n\n“I’m very happy for my team winning. Who scores the goals, I don’t care. We worked hard this week because we had to change around the results and we had to show our fans that we will fight for this club.”\n\nSunday’s victory proved the unity that will be required if the Hammers are to put a run of results together and move towards the upper reaches of the table.", null, "Yarmolenko’s comments reveal a selfnessness and work ethic that will endear him to the fanbase as much as his goals can.\n\nThe importance of fighting; to show the fans that the players are behind Manuel Pellegrini and realise it will take hard work to get to where the club wants to go – is so high.\n\nYarmolenko seems to get it. He has a tough test on the horizon against Marcos Alonso on Sunday, but if he is up for the fight, he can cause Chelsea problems." ]

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[ "One of the bartenders at the famous Floridita bar-restaurant in Havana proudly announces that the daiquiri he has just served me is the same one that Ernest Hemingway used to drink. Or similar, because the Nobel Prize for Literature, now sculpted in bronze by the artist Villa Soberón and who watches with a sly smile from one end of the bar, drank his double daiquiri and without sugar, because he was diabetic.", null, "Be that as it may, the best quality and presentation card of the Floridita is to boast of keeping intact the recipe that made this cocktail popular, in this emblematic site of more than two centuries of existence, located on the corner of Obispo and Monserrate, in La Old Havana.\n\nit’s even better tagline than the one they use to attract tourists. That well-known phrase by Hemingway himself where he alludes to his preferences for places and drinks during his stay in Havana, in the middle of the last century: “My mojito at La Bodeguita, my daiquiri at El Floridita.”", null, "I try the daiquiri. Just one sip and yes, it’s terrific. We have sat with my girlfriend in the middle of the historic 10 meter mahogany bar. It is the original. The same. “This wood has witnessed countless stories of drunks and famous people for more than 200 years,” I tell my partner as we toast.", null, null, "This emblematic place was born in 1819 with the name of “La piña del plata”. It was a still life and its owner was a Spanish merchant. In 1898 it was renamed Floridita, adopting the diminutive to make it more familiar and to differentiate itself from the Hotel Florida, installed very close by.", null, "The daiquiri entered the cocktail list in the second decade of the 20th century. Cuba had everything for that drink, which arrived from Spanish lands, to triumph: rum, heat and a hive of emblematic bars in a city that never slept.\n\nAt that time, precisely in 1922, the use of the blender became popular, a fundamental element for crushing ice. This artifact began to enter Cuba from the United States.\n\nIn this way, the daiquiri began to be prepared with the traditional recipe: an ounce and a half of white rum, a teaspoon of sugar and the juice of half a fresh lemon. As a distinctive touch, it began to be served in a wide-mouthed glass.", null, null, null, "It was the Catalan barman Constantino Ribalaigua Vert who invented his own recipe for a daiquiri for El Floridita. Constante, as regular customers and friends called him, invented daiquiri frappé nº 4: white rum, sugar, lime juice, plenty of crushed ice and a few drops of maraschino.\n\nLike the daiquiri, Floridita’s bartenders became a hallmark. “They have the elegance of a symphony orchestra conductor and the neatness and asepsis of an eminent surgeon when he is going to operate. They are the chemists of the modern era, botanists of the 18th century, alchemists of the Middle Ages who always produce cold and gleaming gold”, wrote the great Cuban journalist Fernando G. Campoamor, in a kind of biography of rum entitled The merry son of sugarcane.", null, null, "Since then, the roar of mixers mixing the formula that became elixir, became part of the soundtrack of the Floridita bar-restaurant along with the musical groups that enlivened the nights of the bar with pure sones, guarachas and boleros.", null, null, "The moment of greatest splendor came in the 1950s. By then all the famous figures who came to Havana passed through Floridita. The list is long: Spencer Tracy, Ava Gardner, Gary Cooper, Marlene Dietrich, the Duke of Windsor, Luis Miguel Dominguín, the boxer Rocky Marciano and Errol Flynn, among many celebrities.\n\nSo far did the popularity of the establishment go that in 1953 the famous magazine Esquire distinguished Floridita as one of the seven most classy bars in the world.", null, "A little earlier, in the 1940s, Hemingway fell in Havana. He begins to frequent the bar-restaurant. He takes all of his friends to try the daiquiri prepared by Constante. He writes standing in the corner of the bar. And they say that he even got involved on one occasion with punches in a brawl with drunks. And so, like any other Cuban, he spends his days in Floridita the famous writer.", null, "Such was his affinity with this place that the book “Islands in the Stream”, his posthumous novel published in 1970, whose manuscript he left among his stationery in Cuba, develops a large part of the plot in a bar in Havana.\n\nThe story tells the life of the painter Thomas Hudson. There he emphasizes about the daiquiri that “the drink could not be better, or even similar, in any other part of the world…”.\n\nIn another part of the book you can also read:\n\n«I had drunk double frozen daiquiris, one of the great daiquiris that Constante prepared, which did not taste of alcohol and which, when drunk, gave a smooth and fresh sensation. Like the skier who slides down from the frozen top of a mountain in the middle of the powder of the snow. And then, after a sixth or eighth, the sensation of the mad rush of a mountaineer who has let go of the rope…».\n\nAnd now, in the 21st century, between talk and talk with my girlfriend and the bartender, elbows at that same bar where at one end there is a sculpture of Hemingway as in the good old days, we have already had three daiquiris each. We review so many stories that we seem to have lived them. This, thanks to the monetary reorganization that, although it has caused many headaches, now allows us to enjoy the tasty cocktail in its cradle at 120 Cuban pesos.\n\nOne of the bartenders at the famous Floridita bar-restaurant in\n\nCubans only need a negative covid test to travel to Spain\n\nSpain modified the requirements for travelers who wish to enter\n\nThus, in the PAN and in each opposition party and\n\nPortugal welcomes with “open arms” Ukraine’s request to join the\n\nCubans only need a negative covid test to travel to Spain\n\nUNE: The situation remains complex and the effects will continue\n\nMADRID, Spain.- The Electric Union of Cuba (UNE) stated this Friday that the situation of the\n\nVangelis and the resurrection ceremony\n\nI read that Vangelis died at the age of 79. I read it several times and\n\n“Perro Sato Art”: the entrepreneurship of a designer mother\n\nDealing with a small child at home, full time and in the midst of a strict\n\nMadrid Spain.- The United States government once again included Cuba in its annual list of countries\n\nVolleyball: Russian club apologizes for its coach’s racist offense against a Cuban player\n\nThe club of volleyball Lokomotiv, from Kaliningrad, apologized this Friday to the Cuban Ailama Cesé, player" ]

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[ null, "It was the second Sunday in January, so it was obviously time to take our pants off. It’s hard to believe it’s the fifteenth anniversary since Charlie Todd started the tradition in New York with a handful of his close friends, which has since turned into a global tradition with tens of thousands of people. Thank glitter for Improv Everywhere.", null, "I made my way to DC for my fourth ride on what turned out to be the coldest day of the year so far in my part of the country. I’m even wearing gloves, which don’t seem to be doing much for my skin peeling like a lizard as you can tell from this photo of me proudly holding my Metro card as we’re about to enter the station from Hancock Park where we rallied together.", null, "Usually, the idea is for us to meet up together and make a plan to meet up at a bar for an after party later. We go over the “rules”, if you will, which are basically just to make an excuse as to why you’re not wearing pants when you’re asked and if a police officer asks you to put your pants back on, you do it. The idea is it’s a scene/flashmob, and we’re all “in character”, so it’s way funnier to say you left your pants at home than explain the entire history of Charlie Todd and his creation of the amazing group Improv Everywhere.", null, "That said, this year due to the severe weather conditions, we had the smallest turnout we’ve ever had and an executive decision was made that we wouldn’t spread out and ride the Metro randomly in pairs and small groups like normal — we’d ride it as a giant group all at once the entire time.\n\nIt was a really interesting difference! It went from a judgmental reaction to more of a “what the fuck” reaction, and it was really interesting to see. Apparently if a group of five or less people aren’t wearing their pants they might be skanks, but if a large group of people are doing it they’re weirdos, or at least weirdos with a cause.", null, "I don’t know what the truth is for us, but I know we all had fun and exploring the whole riding as a group thing was definitely cool for all of us. In cities like New York, you get to experience that vibe because so many people do it at once it’s insane, but in DC there’s such a small turnout that we have the option to choose what kind of vibe we want to cultivate and I think that’s really fantastic.", null, null, "Once again, I got to be on Fox 5 news! You can spot my brightly colored butt (and talking face!) in the below clip multiple times. I also hung out with Liz from WTOP News and love the picture she took of me which you saw above. You can see her whole write-up here.\n\nI also took a little footage of my own during all the fun chaos, which you can check out below! Would you ever participate in the No Pants Subway Ride in your city?\nin Performance 14 Jan 201714 Jan 2017 2 comments\nShare\nPost tagsDCperformance" ]

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[ null, "This has been a great year for new releases from Pelikan. To recap, we’ve seen the M200 Café Crème, M805 Stresemann, M805 Demonstrator, M600 Pink, M205 Amethyst, and M800 Burnt Orange along with the two Maki-e releases, Autumn Flowers and Koi. In addition to new pens, we saw the Edelstein Ink of the Year 2015, Amethyst, released to the community. Finally, we are still expecting to see the re-release of the M200 Green Marbled fountain pen prior to year’s end. This has been one of the most robust and varied years for new products out of Hannover that I can recall for some time. With so many great pens to explore, one hardly has time to contemplate about what next year might bring. While there have been no definitive announcements from Pelikan, rumors have quietly been circulating about what we can expect in terms of new releases for next year. Details are minimal at this point but I thought that I would briefly touch on some of the upcoming products that I’ve heard whispered about. Keep in mind, the following products are just rumored at this point and may not materialize though I’m confident we’ll see a few if not all of these come to pass.\n\nUPDATED 12/20/2015: News of early 2016 releases by Pelikan has helped confirm/deny some of the rumors originally outlined. Also, further credible information has come to light about some other potential product releases so this post has been updated accordingly.\n\nEdelstein Ink of the Year 2016 – Aquamarine", null, "CONFIRMED. Anticipated for release in the Spring of 2016. Aquamarine is a color that is a bluish tint of cerulean toned towards cyan. It is being described as, “neither blue nor green; it’s something in between” by Pelikan. It is named after the mineral aquamarine, a gemstone mainly found in granite rocks. It will be available in both 50mL flacons as well as standard international cartridges. Based on current pricing, the MSRP for a flacon should be 14.90 € ($16.40) and a tin of 6 cartridges 4.95 € ($5.45). This is the fifth ink of the year release following in the footsteps of Turmaline (2012), Amber (2013), Garnet (2014), and Amethyst (2015). The production run will be limited as is standard with the Ink of the Year edition.\n\nCONFIRMED. A pen designed to match the finish of the previously released M800 Tortoiseshell Brown (2013). The brown striped barrel made of cellulose acetate will have subtle orange highlights as well as dark brown resin. The clip and trim rings will be 24-carat gold-plated with a 14 carat bi-color gold nib. I would expect perhaps a roller ball and ball point pen also to be available in this finish. The first M400 Tortoiseshell Brown was released in 1984 with a modern version following though only produced for a very limited time circa 1999. There was also a limited edition M415 Tortoiseshell Brown that came along in 2009. This would be the first Brown Tortoise to grace the M4xx line in seven years.\n\nRUMORED. Initially rumored as the “Forest Green,” new information would indicate “Royal Green” as this model’s designation. Reportedly similar in appearance to the M600 Green O’Green (2011) but in a slightly brighter shade, though not as bright as the M600 Vibrant Green (2014).\n\nCONFIRMED. Reports of a Vibrant Blue M600 appear to have been inaccurate as evidenced by the announced release of the M805 Vibrant Blue. Slated for release in February of 2016, it is described as, “bright blue with a complex structure like the sea.” There should be translucency to the material. Palladium trim will serve to accent the blue barrel and cap as well as the black piston knob and section. Available nib sizes will be EF, F, M, and B.\n\nCONFIRMED. In 2014 we were given the M1000 Raden Starlight. In 2013, it was the Sunlight preceded by Moonlight in 2011. The series was launched by the M800 Kyokko & Gekko set in 2005. Pelikan’s Raden Collection is absolutely stunning though often ultra exclusive and priced beyond the reach of the average collector/enthusiast. Raden is a traditional Japanese decorative craft used for lacquer ware and woodwork. Even though most of us will never own one, it is always exciting to see such beautiful pens. This year is anticipating “Sunrise” as the next addition to the series.\n\nCONFIRMED. This is perhaps the most unusual rumor to grace talk of the 2016 line-up. There is word that Pelikan is considering re-launching the original Green-Black 120 that was popular and in production from 1955-65. Word is that this has been in the pipeline since 2014. Expectations would be that this model would have a gold-plated stainless steel nib similar to the original. This is the rumor that I would eye with the most skepticism but it is certainly not out of the realm of possibility and the source for this one has a reliable track record. Only time will tell.\n\nI would very much love to hear of any more information that you may have about these potential releases or any others anticipated for the 2016 line-up. What do you think about these proposed pens? Is Pelikan on the mark here or are they going astray? Feel free to leave a comment or send me a message through the “Contact” form. If these releases do come to pass, I think 2016 looks to be getting off to a rather solid start.\n\n*All of the above products are merely speculative at this point. I have it on good authority that we can expect several if not all of these in 2016. I have no inside information though so the above should not be taken as confirmation of a definitive release." ]

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[ null, "Sake(酒) or Japanese rice wine is a traditional alcoholic beverage that has been an important part of Japanese lifestyle and culture for centuries.\n\nWith the popularity of Japanese cuisine worldwide, the appreciation for sake has spread to international markets.\n\nAlthough steeped in history, it is unclear when sake began but there has been evidence that sake has been produced as early as the Yayoi period (300 B.C – 250 A.D) when rice cultivation was brought into Japan from China. A special group called the Sake-no-Tsukasa was even formed to produce sake for the Imperial Court. Sake was primarily made in temples and shrines during the Heian Period (794 – 1185) until sake breweries started making them during the Muromachi Period (1333 – 1573). It was also during that time that the Muromachi Shogunate started imposing taxes on sake production as a source of revenue for the government. In late 16th century, sake started undergoing heat sterilization or pasteurization process called hire (火入れ) and large wooden vats were developed for storing large volumes of sake at one time.\n\nIt was during the Edo period (1603 – 1868) that sake became a thriving industry and the process was even further refined with the introduction of distilled alcohol for adjusting the flavor and preserving it longer. In 1904, the National Research Institute of Brewing was formed to conduct scientific research into sake making and discover new ways and technologies to improve its production.", null, "People drank sake on special occasions such as festivals, marriages, and funerals but nowadays it is a beverage enjoyed for almost any occasion.\n\nSake is made from rice, koji, and water and put through the process of fermentation with yeast. The yeast produces alcohol and CO2 from the breakdown of the carbohydrates in rice. The resulting product is a fermentation mash and the alcohol are separated by pressing the mash and removing the solid sediments. The alcohol is then further filtered, sterilized, and stored for aging before it is eventually bottled and sold for consumption.\n\nSince sake is made from rice, there are special varieties of rice that are grown specifically for sake making called shuzo-kotekimai. The rice they use is white, polished rice and since they contain protein, they use koji to break down that protein into amino acids and peptides. These compounds provide umami(旨味), taste. Polishing the rice is important because it removes the outer layer of the rice (bran) to remove any excess proteins and oils and develop its own special aroma. The degree of polish also determines the quality of the sake. Normal table rice is 10% polished but sake rice is usually 30% polished. Special refined rice wines (daiginjo-shu) are polished 50% or more before being fermented. Some of the finest daiginjo-shu is made with 70% polished rice.", null, "After the bran has been polished from the rice, it is then soaked in water to absorb adequate moisture. Sake is made during the winter season and cold water is used so washing the rice becomes a very arduous job. The rice is then drained and covered with cloth overnight before being steamed. Steaming the rice makes it easier for the koji enzymes to break it down. Steamed sake rice is still firm unlike table rice which can get sticky and that distinction is important because koji works best when the rice grains are separated from each other. Of all the rice used for sake making, only 15 – 25% is used for koji making, the rest is used for the fermentation mash.", null, "Koji is made by cooling down the steamed rice and bringing it to a koji room where the rice is spread out on a long table called the toko. The spores of the koji (Aspergillus oryzae) fungus are then spread over the rice. The rice is then mixed together with the koji and covered in a cloth to keep the temperature and humidity constant. The koji will produce heat from its metabolism so the mass is spread out again to regulate the temperature. White areas then form over the rice grains called haze which are areas of koji growth and it completely covers the grains after two days. The koji mold produces enzymes which are a key component in the fermentation process to produce starch from the rice into sugar. The addition of yeast then makes it possible to convert the sugar into alcohol.\n\nThe water used in sake production is equally important since 80% of sake is composed of water. It is also used for making the fermentation mash as well as for washing and soaking the rice. The ideal water constituent for Sake making is higher hardness, higher phosphorus and lower iron. The iron content in the water used for sake production needs to be kept as low as possible to prevent a reddish brown discoloration and an unpleasant aroma. An iron content of 0.02 ppm or lower is ideal (tap water quality standards are at 0.3 ppm) so regions with very low iron content water are usually where sake breweries are put up like at Nada in Kobe and Fushimi in Kyoto.\n\nThere are different varieties of sake and it is up to your individual tastes to find the right one for you. Sake is evaluated based on its color, taste, and aroma. A special ceramic cup called a kikichoko is used by professionals to evaluate sake.\n\nHow to Evaluate Sake Quality\n\nColor: Sake that is dark yellow or brown means it has been stored for a long time. The kikichoko has blue circles at the bottom to help you identify the color and transparency.\n\nAroma: This is evaluated on the basis of their strength and balance. Aged sake tends to be rich with a fruity aroma called ginjo.\n\nTaste: They classify this using the scales of sweet/dry, rich/light, and with/without umami. Sake with lots of sugar tends to be sweet but less sugar content makes it taste dry. Acidity also plays a role so even if the sugar level is the same, acidic sake will taste drier while less acidic sake will be sweeter. Rich sake results from a high content of alcohol, sugar, acid, or amino acids while light sake results from reduced content of these ingredients. Sake with high levels of amino acids will become unpleasant if aged too long.\n\nSake is unique in that it can be consumed at various temperatures and with various dishes. Ginjo-shu has the aroma of apples or bananas and is best taken cool and best drank during the first half of dinner. Junmai-shu usually has a rich taste and is best paired with rich-tasting food that is cooked with soy sauce, sugar, and oils. Honjozo-shu can be taken at any temperature and generally goes well with any dish.\n\nWould you like to improve your Japanese? We have free lessons on our Youtube channel.\nGet you original Hanko @ https://japanese-name-stamp.com" ]

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[ "Yesterday the son of the center's accountant, Ghalib Nubani, got married. He invited the directors of the center and the faculty, their wives, and the service couples to the celebration, which was held in Jericho. Sometimes we find ourselves having experiences that never could have imagined before . . . like being at a more-or-less traditional Palestinian in the West Bank!\n\nThe celebration was held at the Intercontinental Hotel, which was built in the heady days after the Oslo Accords were signed when peace between Israel and the Palestinians seemed imminent and Jericho was one of the first towns turned over to Palestinian administration. While much of that hope has been lost, or at least stalled, the Intercontinental is still in business and serves as the venue for important occasions like large, opulent wedding celebrations.", null, null, null, "Palestinian Arabs, both Muslim and Christian, start marriages with formal, binding agreements between the families, much like the engagement or \"espousal\" of Joseph and Mary in Matthew 1. This allows the man and women to appear together in public, something that is not allowed, particularly in conservative Muslim culture. The marriage is actually formalized in a small ceremony in front if the sheik when the marriage contract is signed. But the big celebration for family and friends occurs when the the new couple comes to the site of the party to make an official declaration that they are married and present themselves as husband and wife. That is what we got to be part of last night.\n\n\nPerhaps the most interesting part to me was the zaffa or procession that occurred outside the ballroom. A group of men, family and friends of the groom, played bendir dums, bagpipes (inherited from the British Mandatory period, apparently) and chanted and sang traditional poems of good luck and blessing. The couple danced and danced, and at one point the groom and his father were both lifted aloft on shoulders.", null, null, null, null, null, "The couple later made a formal entrance to the ballroom, where we were all seated for a full dinner. Everyone was dressed to the nines, but it was interesting, because while many were dressed conservatively (and some were obviously religious), there were other women who were dressed in very Western, even somewhat revealing, attire. The couple and then their families, and then their friends joined in and danced and danced. For the most part men danced with men and women with women, but the couple did dance together, and they were all on the floor together, which would not have occurred in a more conservative celebration, where men and women would actually have been in separate rooms.", null, null, null, null, null ]

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[ null, "The laying of poison bait in the countryside continues to claim lives of animals in Portugal, a terrible and wholesale way to destroy indigenous predators but also the properly controlled dogs in the presence of their owners.\n\nThought to be by those with a need to protect their livestock but also by the sporting fraternity seeking to preserve game, it is against European Union law and also that of Portugal, yet it continues unchecked. Within the past month, I have been told of two cases in the area of Messines while members of a walking club were following the Algarve Way.\n\nIn the first instance, two dogs ate bait laid by the wayside: one died and one survived but with poor health and low life expectancy.\n\nIn the second incident, a small rescue dog died despite attention from a local vet. Agony for the victims and heartbreak for their owners are of no concern to those responsible as I remember only too well when we lost Gemma. She died from Strychnine poison picked up within the area of our holding and despite every effort from the vet, met a slow and horrid death. While animal life seems to be considered fair game and it cannot be equated with that of human beings, there is a parallel here to the cowardly bombers who lay their explosives and sneak away to watch others die.\n\nEaster having come and gone, it is to be expected that a few holidaymakers will have visited some part of the walk that is way-marked from Alcoutim on the Spanish border to Cabo de São Vicente in the extreme west. Now being presented as an Activity Holiday, visitors from other countries might also be accompanied by their dogs and such adverse publicity can only be counter productive for the tourist industry in Portugal.\n\nThe weather was clear and sunny until Easter week apart from thin high cloud, some of which was from vapour trails in the jet stream teased out across the sky to merge with patches of Cirrostratus. Thus tempered, the heat of the sun and its ultra violet rays were just right for some gentle tanning. Being fairly quiet out in the sticks we usually strip off, but the other day we were rudely awakened when a four-track came rattling up the drive and caught us minus everything but our blushes.\n\nWith little chance of sunbathing in the UK, we were making the most of it before having a chilly spring break beside the waters of Milford Haven in Pembrokeshire; a most beautiful place, but frequently veiled in rain according to TV weather forecasts.\n\nMeanwhile, our excellent gardener continues to smarten the place up. An afternoon devoted to painting some scruffy outbuildings combined with rebuilding dry stone walls and strimming, has transformed the place from set-aside land to neatly rustic, with further improvements in the pipeline. We have been thinking about installing solar heating to which end the house and environs were given the once over by a highly qualified young lady, recently graduated in Mechanical Engineering at Faro University.\n\nBecause renewable energy from the sun is an obvious way to reduce pollution of the atmosphere, some countries assist with grants, but Portugal has a system that allows a tax reduction instead. As a result, this rules out any benefit for lower income groups that pay little, if any, tax but which are more in need of financial encouragement.\n\nPerhaps we should go for wind power instead and take a leaf from the Boss’s book. Today accompanied by like minded friends, he found more than enough wind out in Lagos Bay to satisfy the keenest of sailors and, on his return, settled down to some serious virtual racing. This has become a regular feature and certainly keeps thousands of armchair helmsmen happily employed and out of mischief. Rain, having held off until the Easter break, began to fall shortly after holidaymakers arrived for their dose of sun, sea and sand. As we tucked into fish and chips last night within the Marina precinct, it was sad to see parents and children walking back to town under streaming umbrellas, with very little to do but return to their accommodation and watch television.\n\nNo doubt the sun will shine just as we leave for Wales, but the arrival of this much needed rain will help the countryside to hold on to its lush vegetation and the hills to remain green and full of wild flowers well into the month of May.\n\nReed beds along the dry river course now stand shoulder high, once more with their stems in water and offering camouflage to Herons as well as Great Egrets, a fairly common sight standing motionless or stalking an unsuspecting frog with stately concentration. Occasionally one glides in over the house early in the morning to land on our neighbour’s lake and we have to move very quietly if we are to see it before it takes off, circles overhead and flies away toward the Barragem da Bravura. The other day, a large black bird flew up from behind a dry stone wall on our land.\n\nGaining altitude very slowly, it barely cleared the trees and at first glance I thought it was a Cormorant until I saw the bright yellow beak. Someone’s Muscovy duck was off on a jaunt which is unusual because they are very much home birds, excellent mothers and unlikely to wander far.\n\nMargaret Brown can be contacted by emailing [email protected]" ]

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[ null, "Former TV executive Ian Holmes knew he lived in a special Manly penthouse, but even he was speechless when the property sold at auction for $9 million – a massive $750,000 more than reserve.\n\nThe four bedroom apartment had direct access to Delwood Beach, spectacular water views and was a five minute walk to Manly Wharf.\n\nAgent Anthony Calacoci, of Belle Property Manly, said 3/47 The Crescent had a $7 million guidebook this time around and the two-story apartment attracted 20,000 hits on the net, 160 personal inspections and 18 contracts.\n\nTech-wizz shoots for record in freshwater\n\nThe condo had direct access to Delwood Beach and spectacular views.\n\nThe bidding opened at $6.8 million in the midweek auction and after brisk bidding, the hammer fell to $9 million.\n\nThe buyers were former residents of Manly but had moved to Byron Bay before deciding to return.\n\n“We don’t have enough high-end properties to sell. Buyers are now awaiting approval of the Royal Far West 60 apartments,” he said.\n\nThe result follows a $7.75 million sale of a three-bedroom unit in Dungowan, South Steyne Manly and the $21.5 million sale of an older style home in Reddall St, behind Manly surf club, which are both were traded this month.\n\nIan Holmes was one of the original contributors to Channel Nine when it launched in Melbourne in 1956, and he transitioned from producing and directing to management.\n\nIn his long career he has served as General Manager of Channel Nine, Director of Channel Ten and Chairman of Channel Seven and has led the Grundy Organization for 18 years." ]

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[ null, "It's time to start asking the tough questions.\n\nThe New York Post front page headline was clickbait before there was clickbait, the ultimate troll in giant Bodoni Poster Black italic letters. Over the years, the Post has brought us such timeless classics as “Obama Beats Wiener,” “Tiger Pulls Out,” and “Osama Bin Wankin,’” but Thursday’s headline is perhaps peak Post—applying its trademark tastelessness to tabloid tragedy. After Jared Fogle, the one-time spokesman for Subway, pled guilty to charges of child sexual abuse, the Post condemned him with a rape joke: “Enjoy a Foot Long in Jail.”\n\nTo an extent, Jared Fogle’s affliction was toxic masculinity, the idea that he was entitled to access female bodies, no matter their age or the blatant immorality and illegality of his behavior. “The younger the girl, the better,” Fogle reportedly said in regards to hiring underage prostitutes. According to court documents, the sandwich celebrity admitted to sexual misconduct with two minors, in addition to possessing child pornography, some of which filmed kids as young as six years old.\n\nWhat he did is unconscionable and disgusting on every possible level, leveraging his relative fame to commit wrongdoing. It’s also a familiar pattern. As my colleague Derrick Clifton argued, Fogle is indicative of the “nice guy” syndrome—in which men use their perceived wholesome image to validate awful deeds. This applies to men like Bill Cosby and former Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky. According to Clifton, “Fogle likely believed he could get away with it, because his affable public persona would shield him from any criticism. He thought of himself, as many Americans did, as a ‘nice guy.’”\n\nThat’s likely the case, but we can’t downplay the importance of the victims’ ages in Jared Fogle’s crimes. It’s not just about privilege—it’s about pathology. In a controversial Louis C.K. monologue from Saturday Night Live earlier this year, C.K. shined a light on the twisted logic of sexual abuse: “When you consider the risk of being a child molester… there is no worse life to a human than being a caught child molester. And yet they still do it! Which from you can only really surmise that it must be really good—from their point of view, not ours.”\n\nIt might have seemed tasteless, but he was pointing out something important—in order to commit child abuse, you must really, really, really want to do it. It’s also a much better punchline than the New York Post headline, which is an example of a pretty old, tired joke: If someone goes to prison, they deserve what they get, as if their own sexual assault offers some semblance of justice for their victims. However, there is no justice in rape—especially because it further advocates a model where we punish sex criminals after the fact, rather than reducing harm before it occurs.\n\nThis is the motivation behind a recent decision in Gloucester, Massachusetts, to treat heroin addicts more like patients battling an illness. According to Chief Leonard Campanello, the city’s police force is “committed to the idea of attacking the demand rather than attacking the supply,” and the same could be said for child molesters. Last October, Stephen Collins confessed to a pedophilic pathology that had many of the hallmarks of addiction. I wrote at the time, “What Collins describes isn’t a one-time offense, like a drunk guy at a frat might claim after a same-sex hookup; Collins confessed to a repeated pattern of sexual desires.”\n\nIt might have seemed tasteless, but he was pointing out something important—in order to commit child abuse, you must really, really, really want to do it.\n\nMany pedophiles are like Collins—not just one-time perverts but repeat offenders unable to control their desires. According to the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services, nearly 35 percent of abusers who target young boys will act a second time, while 16 percent of molesters who abuse girls will do it again. Those rates are even higher if the person is convicted of sexual abuse—37 percent of those with a molestation charge will harm another child. Clearly whatever we’re doing to stop men like Stephen Collins and Jared Fogle isn’t working.\n\nAs Sarah Kaplan points out in the Washington Post, this is due to a stunning lack of information around pedophilia and minor attraction—which makes treating it difficult. “The science of sexual disorders, termed paraphilias, is far less developed than other areas of psychiatry, and there are few resources for treating potential abusers,” Kaplan writes. “There’s almost no way to identify child abusers before they commit a crime, at which point it’s already too late.” Even when it comes to research, studying pedophilia is difficult because, as Kaplan explains, there aren’t “enough pedophiles willing to self-report.”\n\nThe overwhelming amount of stigma further prevents pedophiles and minor-attracted persons from speaking up and getting treatment before they commit acts of abuse. Many states, like California, have laws on the books requiring therapists to notify authorities when patients confess to underage fantasies or longings—even if they haven’t committed any sort of actual wrongdoing. What this does is punish desire itself, meaning that those who may be about to commit a crime are unable to seek help.\n\nThis is where Europe appears to be far ahead of the U.S. In Berlin, the Charlté Hospital started a campaign to encourage Germans dealing with unnatural attractions to sign up for one of its therapeutic programs. Around the city, posters asked Berliners: “Do you love children more than you would like?” That inquiry may induce a wince or a shiver among those who would prefer not to discuss it, but according to Germany’s Der Spiegel, it’s an important one.\n\n“The offer is directed at a minority, but the minority is a large one: About one percent of all men aged between 17 and 80 are considered pedophiles, according to the calculations of sexologists and the estimates of international medical panels,” Der Spiegel’s Bruno Schrep writes. “That’s 290,000 men in Germany alone—almost as many as suffer from Parkinson’s disease.” According to Schrep, the hospital’s program is intended to prevent the estimated “14,000 cases of child abuse” that German police see every year. Many more will go unreported.\n\nThis reflects new understandings that show being attracted to children isn’t a choice, and online support groups like Virtuous Pedophiles offer ”peer support and information about available resources to help virtuous pedophiles remain law-abiding, and lead happy, productive lives.” According to the site’s co-founder, Nick Devin, who identifies himself as “in [his] mid-60s and married, with four adult children,“ living with this affliction is possible. “I’ve resisted my sex drive for more than fifty years, and I’m long past the age where acting on it is even a remote possibility,” he writes.\n\nWhile those testimonials are an important step in helping pedophiles and minor-attracted people find community, the shame and overwhelming stigma will ensure many others remain silent. It’s easy to simply demonize people like Jared Fogle as monsters, and given the details coming out about his sexual offenses, it’s more than understandable. It’s easier to lock Fogle up and throw away the key, letting karma have its way in the jailhouse. But if we care at all about the children affected by this issue, it’s time to start asking the hard questions." ]

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[ "You are using an outdated browser. Please upgrade your browser to improve your experience.\nby Bryan M. Wolfe\nMarch 13, 2013\nThe great folks at iFixit have torn down the new Pebble Watch. What they found was a solid device, but one that can’t be repaired. Calling the $150 Pebble Watch, “impossible” to take apart without breaking its e-ink display, iFixit says the watch includes “tons of adhesive.” This makes it waterproof when performing everyday tasks such as swimming in a pool, or washing dishes. Although the watch's battery cannot be replaced, it should last six to 10 years. The Fullriver-branded rechargeable battery is rated at 3.7 Volts and 130 mAh. Finally, while the Pebble Watch cannot be repaired internally, its band can be changed with ease. The teardown confirms that it uses a standard size band. Internals for the Pebble Watch include: The Pebble Watch received $10.2 million in funding via Kickstarter in 2012. The first shipments left warehouses in January. For more on the Pebble Watch, see: Is Apple Set To Acquire Pebble To Create Their Own Watch?, and Pebble Watch To Arrive In Five Colors, Include SMS And iMessage Integration.", null, null, "Mossberg: Pebble Watch Shows Promise But Waiting Might Be Wise\nNothing found :(\nTry something else" ]

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[ null, "I have been hearing and sensing a level of frustration in God’s people, because many have been declaring it’s a time of “breakthrough” and not seeing the end result. I find that many do not understand what breakthrough means. I want to help bring clarity to this area so the enemy doesn’t have a foothold to keep us back from pursuing our destinies. Here’s an illustration I’d like use to help us understand this process and bring more clarity to it so we can be released into our greater levels of God’s destiny for our lives.\n\nBefore structural changes were made to the aircraft, hitting the sound barrier was described like hitting a brick wall in space. (This is how many of you have felt like for a long time.) These airplanes were not properly designed to withstand the forces of breaking through this seemingly impenetrable, invisible, but very real, force in the heavens.\n\nAs I looked into the issues of how aircraft were able to break the sound barrier, they all came down to this: When going through the barrier, the aerodynamic pressures changed, and the old-style planes were not strong enough to hold together through the transition. This is why the first step in being able to break through to the next level is going through the process of change. Simply put: We need to be made stronger through changes in our spiritual structure.\n\nStep 1: God Starts With the Process of “Breaking Off”\n\n“Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you, and break off your sins by righteousness and your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor, in case there may be a lengthening of your prosperity” (Dan. 4:27).\n\nGod is first and foremost interested in the spiritual condition of our souls. “Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, even as your soul is well” (3 John 2).\n\nI sense in the spirit that many of you are going through a process of being redesigned and upgraded to meet the coming challenges. You are being stripped down to the basic components in order to become a vessel with the ability to handle the next level of spiritual warfare.\n\nStep 2: The Ability to ‘Break through’\n\nBreakthrough is the result that occurs after you have allowed God to change you. Your sins and iniquities are no longer holding you down and making you weak in your battle against the enemy. You are now able to take over new territory, having a more effective warfare against him and gaining greater access and entry into the next level of your destiny.\n\n“And they went up to Baal Perazim, and David struck them down there. Then David said, ‘God broke through my enemies by my hand as the breaking through of waters.’ Therefore they named that place Baal Perazim [meaning Master of Breakthrough]” (1 Chron. 14:11).\n\n“Breakthrough” means you have allowed God to change you more into His image and likeness, and this has given you greater strength and the power to defeat the enemy who has bound you and imprisoned you for so long.\n\n“The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me, because the Lord has anointed Me … to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound” (Isa. 61:1). (Strong’s definition for liberty: “from an unused root (meaning to move rapidly); freedom; hence, spontaneity of outflow, and so clear—liberty, pure.”)\n\nBreakthrough means that the prison doors are now opened—no longer standing in the way of you getting to the next level of your destiny. Breakthrough means no more brick wall. No more dam stopping the flow. However, breakthrough shouldn’t stop there. This is where I believe we are misunderstanding breakthrough. It is when we achieve breakthrough, and the boundaries to victory have been removed, that we then need to break out—start pursuing and defeating.\n\nIn 1 Samuel 17, after David knocked Goliath out with the stone, he still proceeded to cut off his head. After that, the Israelite armies broke out from hiding and pursued and overtook the Philistines, defeating them. David provided the breakthrough so the Israelites could break out into the final victory of the battle.\n\nStep 3: The Ability to ‘Break Out’ Into New Victories\n\n“He who breaks through has gone up before them; they will break through and pass the gate and go out by it. Then their king will pass on before them, the Lord at their head” (Mic. 2:13).\n\nBreakthrough opens the way, and breakout pursues the victory. The Gospel of Mark says it this way: “Then they went forth and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them and confirming the word through the accompanying signs. Amen” (Mark 16:20).\n\nI feel the Lord saying this, “2019 is going to be the year of breakout. The storms many of you faced were not sent to destroy you nor to make you disillusioned. They strengthened you and built you up, to be able to withstand the enemies that you will face at this next level.\n\n“Because of the accelerated pace in which I have been proceeding this year, you were hit constantly, and it was hard to get your wind back before you were struck again. But I promise you this, you are now stronger than you were. Therefore, those of you who have allowed Me to do this in your life and have not drawn back, you are the ones who will be able to go on now to take new ground from the enemy. You have been promoted in rank and are now gaining larger spheres of authority.\n\n“The enemy is quaking at this new battalion that I have raised up. They are special ops forces, raised up to go into carefully guarded domains of the enemy and deal a blow to him and his agents of darkness. In 2019, I am going for deeper territory from the enemy. Some of the agents of darkness who thought they were beyond defeat will find themselves in chains and shackles, being dazed by the defeating blows that My special ops battalions are going to hand out.”\n\nVision of a Ship\n\nI see a Victorian-style ship, with large, old-style sails in a storm, rocking back and forth, side to side. It is being severely hammered by winds of resistance. However, it has come to harbor safely and is now secured at the dock. The Lord says, “Storms will not defeat this great vessel, for I have built it to withstand that which is coming its way!” {eoa}\n\nVince Viozzi is the founder of Vince Viozzi Ministries. He has served the Lord with his prophetic gift for over 35 years and was also a senior pastor for several years. His passion is to help to strengthen and bring clarity to God’s kingdom people by operating as a prophet/teacher, delivering God’s kairos rhema word through prophecy and prophetic teaching." ]

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[ null, "4Anime: In the past, anime was difficult to find. Many Japanese series were subtitled or even dubbed extremely slowly, with only the most popular shows, such as Dragonball and Sailor Moon, receiving western versions. This changed with the introduction of the internet and fansubbing networks, which took it upon themselves to record, interpret, and disseminate anime. This amounted to piracy, but it was also the only way to watch anime without importing media that western fans couldn’t understand. This meant that you didn’t have to pay anything for anime, making it a “free” form of entertainment for western audiences. Even today, there are several fansubbing communities that attempt to provide a true translation of a show that is untainted by the industry’s widespread political correctness and censorship.\n\nDespite the fact that it is piracy, many anime fans admire and support their efforts. However, as the community has developed and anime has become more accessible, viewers are still able to support overseas anime efforts by purchasing official dubbed and subbed anime or subscribing to video-on-demand services while watching community fan translations. To combat piracy and provide fans with a genuine means to watch subbed and subbed anime, the western side of the industry has seen an increase in the number of streaming services and publishers. There are numerous streaming websites for anime fans that demand a nominal monthly subscription fee, and some of these websites even allow simultaneous viewing so that they may watch the most recent episodes completely translated as they are released in Japan.", null, "This accessibility has undoubtedly made it simpler for fans to support anime import efforts, and it is also helping to anime’s overall popularity by allowing average entertainment consumers to discover the medium. This is exacerbated by western streaming services like Netflix producing their own anime shows and even purchasing licenses to display popular anime series. 4Amine offers all of the aforementioned services for free. In this essay, we will go through 4Anime in depth.\n\n4Anime is a free anime website known for its quick availability of the most recent episodes that have broadcast in Japan. That means, it will be available on the website one hour after it is shown. It makes it exceedingly simple to find the necessary anime because to its useful categories such as newly added, popular series, genre, and so on.\nThere is a paid edition of 4Anime available if you want to avoid commercials and prefer English audio over subtitles. If you’re not sure where to begin, a trip through the 4Anime platform will solve your problem. 4Anime’s interface is also really cool and is created to deliver a comfortable video watching experience on all devices such as tablets, mobile phones, iOS devices, PCs, UHD TV, and so on.\n\nIs It Safe To Use 4Anime?\n\nAlthough 4Anime is most likely an unlawful service for its owners, viewers don’t have to worry about legal issues on the consumption end. In contrast to torrented piracy, no unlawful files are downloaded to a user’s computer.\nFiles can sometimes be tied to trackers, causing content owners to call your internet service provider for action, but a streaming interface like this will not cause such issues. As a result, after installing and using a VPN service, 4Anime is relatively safe to use.", null, "Fortunately, the Internet and the arrival of massive streaming platforms such as Netflix and Amazon Prime have made access to this important aspect of popular culture far more simple than before. Sites like 4Anime come to the rescue for individuals who do not want to pay for these services. Anime shows were formerly only available to Japanese audiences or in brief episodic bursts on prime-time television. These have now found homes in worldwide anime streaming sites, bringing the anime watching experience to many fans all over the world in its most raw form. Popular episodes such as ‘Dragon Ball Z’ and ‘Naruto’ are now available in unedited version on a profusion of anime streaming sites. In addition, there is a plethora of other anime content on the 4Anime website just waiting to be discovered.\n\nInterface Is Simple To Use\n\nYou will not have a good online presence unless you have a user-friendly interface. Because to COVID-19 constraints, more firms have been obliged to establish an online presence, and user interface design now has the capacity to make or fail a corporation as a whole. Creating a successful UI design entails paying attention to every detail on the website, including the shape of the buttons the consumer will utilize. These minor nuances have the power to affect an audience, motivate action, and appeal to the subconscious of the visitor. The user interface of 4Anime isn’t perfect, but it’s adequate.\n\nStreaming and downloading are both unlimited.\n\nSome anime streaming services provide unlimited streaming and downloads as an added bonus. It allows the user to download everything for later use, in case they are in an area with a poor internet connection but still want to watch their favorite anime series. Users are invited to take advantage of this premium service, which is available for free thanks to the developers of 4Anime.", null, "4Anime adheres to the limits imposed by its users. It does not mine its users’ data and does not even require them to sign up or register in order to access content. This enables healthy user interaction. Users are not harassed with pop-ups requesting that they sign up to watch a 20-minute episode of a TV show. As a result, the viewers’ privacy is meticulously protected and respected. Although there are additional benefits to paying for a membership plan, the free streaming quality is also nothing short of exceptional. It’s just that registering an account and paying the subscription fees allows you to browse the website without being bothered by annoying adverts, which can be easily avoided by utilizing pop-up ad blockers.\n\nMyAnimeList, or MAL, is a notable competitor to 4Anime, which claims to have the largest anime and manga database. It is a website for anime social networking. Before beginning a new anime series, you can read reviews from other people. You can also start a fan club with folks who share your interests. As the name implies, you can make lists of anime series that you intend to watch. MAL also holds contests to encourage people to finish their lists ahead of others. Chia-Anime is yet another renowned anime website that allows you to quickly watch the most latest and all-time favorite anime. The website provides a pleasurable experience for anime viewing as well as browsing for new anime. another really popular kissAnime & 9anime\n\nAnime and manga have long been at the center of Japanese culture, with a steady tide of popularity passing down through the centuries. Anime and its comic strip cousin manga have risen in popularity in the United Kingdom and the rest of the world in recent years. One of the primary reasons anime has withstood the test of time and risen in popularity around the world is its unique ability to grow with its viewers. Takamasa Sakurai, a well-known anime expert, says that the genre has gained popularity due to its unorthodox nature: “Japanese animation violated the stereotype that anime is something that kids watch.” Overseas anime enthusiasts say they enjoy the intensity of the narratives, with the endings being difficult to guess because anime is frequently aimed at adults. Many children in the United Kingdom grew up watching anime TV shows such as Dragon Ball Z, Pokémon, and Yu-Gi-Oh.\n\nWith the rise of the internet and streaming services such as Netflix, anime has become much more accessible and accommodating for adults looking to relive their childhoods through more age-appropriate blockbuster anime films. Spirited Away and TV shows like A Place Further Than the Universe are examples. Skeptics are prone to dismissing Anime’s worldwide appeal as overzealous fanboying over hyper-violent cartoons. Nothing could be further from the truth. Anime is a general term for any type of animated product produced by the Japanese animation industry. The animation differs from its western equivalent by emphasizing vivid, hyper-energetic characters as well as relatively dark, often violent, and mature tales. With the help of anime streaming services like 4Anime, one can actually enjoy the magnificent world of anime for free, all from the comfort of their own homes." ]

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[ "Splendid Beauty In A Chaotic World: The Return of White Door Imminent", null, "A few months ago, we were looking into the one and only [at that time] album by White Door; a shimmering example of synthpop that came soaring out of the dying embers of a Prog band named Grace. Their one album was a little exquisite, if obscure, and was only issued on CD by Cherry Red in 2009. It’s now an OOP rarity. But we have the chance to hear them anew on April 17th of 2020!\n\nAll three original members [Mac Austin, Harry + John Davies] were reuiited along with fourth member/producer Johan Baeckström of Daily Planet, a Swedish I’d not heard of but were highly recommended for any fans of Vince Clarke! Apparently, three years ago on the Daily Planet album “Play, Rewind, Repeat” Baeckström enlisted vocalist Mac Austin to lend his dignified voice to “Heaven Opened,” a track that was White Door in all but name as we can hear below.\n\nFrom this seed grew the new White Door album and judging from the pre-release single of “Among The Mountains,” it’s a seamless fit with their debut album of <whistles> 37 years ago. They even still use Harry Davies flute in the instrumentation! Listen and believe below.\n\nSwedish label Progress Productions will be releasing the eight track album on CD and LP next month and the CD is $17.00 now, but judging from the Cherry Red “Windows” experience, it’ll be trading hands in the future for a lot more than that. The LP will cost more, and if I were a guy who invested in things, maybe I’d buy one to keep around for a rainy day. The 180g edition is in a pressing of just 300 for $27.00. of course, we must factor in shipping from Sweden for both of these physical goods. Immaterial fans who just want MP3/FLAC/WAV can deal directly with the bands Bandcamp store for, uh, 75 Swedish Kroner. Me? I’m a physical guy. That CD has my name on it if I can dare to spend money on music this year. If you are too, hit that button and do the deed.", null, "6 Responses to Splendid Beauty In A Chaotic World: The Return of White Door Imminent" ]

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[ "I absolutely loved my experience attending the 2016 Osaka Grand Sumo Tournament on Thursday. I won’t bore you with all the details of the sport. If you want to know more about sumo wrestling, check out this English guide here. There are six “grand tournies” per year, 3 in Tokyo, 1 in Nagoya, 1 in Fukuoka and in March, they come to Osaka.\n\nIt is such an unusual sport. They maintain many of the traditions and religious aspects that surrounded the sport 1,500 years ago. For example, after each tournament, they publish a banzuke, which is a ranking of all 800 professional sumo wrestlers. Instead of a straightforward list, it is printed in an ancient format. It is like the top 10 college football rankings to be written like the Declaration of Independence, with cursive letters from a quill pen. The ancient customs mean the wrestlers go through the all the rituals like throwing rice to “purify the ring”, the referees where traditional folkloric costumes, etc. The wrestlers choose ring names, like Egyptian wrestler Abdelraham Salel’s “osunaarashi” which means sandstorm in English. He won his match against a Mongolian.", null, "Above is the greatest wrestler in the history of sumo, Hakuho Sho, the winner of 33 grand tournaments, the most ever. He went 86-4 in two consecutive seasons. He is performing another shinto ritual before the matches begin in the final round.\n\nI can see why the guys are so fat. The object of the sport is to push your opponent out of the ring or have a body part other than the soles of the feet touch the floor of the ring. The heavier one is, the harder it will be to move them. I wonder how professional American football players would do in this sport. The sumo guys are big and they must train really hard, but I wonder if one applied the latest techniques in strength training, nutrition, advanced statistics, film analysis, etc. I would like to know more about the different techniques used by the wrestlers.\n\nThe stadium in Osaka is unique in that you can get up close and personal to the wrestlers. You can stand in the hallways as they enter and leave the ring. We also saw many outside the arena, getting lunch at Family Mart or taking a taxi. Hilarious to see these big guys wearing robes and sandals walking through the streets. Their hair smells like chamomile which is another ancient ritual. I wonder if the guys really believe in shinto rituals or they do it because they have to and it is part of the sport. I think it makes the sport more appealing. The top wrestlers make a lot of money and have beautiful wives, which should not have surprised me. Beautiful women seem to come with money.\n\nI will definitely go again, just not with the kids as they didn’t have the patience to sit through so many matches. There are bouts occurring all day, with the lower rounds starting in the morning, culminating with the masters in the late afternoon. It is a 15-day tourney and the wrestlers fight daily in round-robin style. The best record wins.\n\nI will end this post with a portion of Hakuho’s pre-match ritual. He is the greatest off all time!" ]

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[ null, "A diverse group of Mill Valley Film Festival goers share some out-of-the-ordinary lessons learned from the variety of films that have opened at the Festival in a series of ads from Butler, Shine, Stern & Partners created to promote this year debut films.\n\nThe campaign is anchored by the line 'Break Out of Your Bubble,' and features a long form ad of 120 seconds as well as a series of 30 seconds and 15 seconds that will air in theatres around Mill Valley to promote the Festival.\n\n“Although we live in a bit of a bubble here in the Bay area, the role of film has always been to inform, inspire and educate—likewise films that have historically been shown at the Mill Valley Film Festival have helped Bay Area filmgoers to break out of their bubble, and see the world, or issues from a different perspective.” explained John Butler, Chief Creative Officer at BSSP and the Director of the MVFF spots. “We wanted to have fun with that idea.”\n\nThe ads feature all local talent including local improv actors as well as BSSP agency employees, family, friends and clients. Some of the lines were written and others were improvised on the spot. They all speak to the high calibre of films that have been shown and important lessons learned. In one spot, a film goer notes “ever since the King of Scotland, I’ve been careful not to sleep with the spouses of dictators.”\n\nThe MVFF is an annual, non-competitive film festival presented by the California Film Institute. It began in the late-1970s and showcases everything from international features, documentaries, shorts and children’s films." ]

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[ "A win in the ongoing New York trial represented by Shurat Hadin against the Palestinian Authority, would signal a plaintiff-friendly playing field for filing further terrorism cases in the US.\n\nThe stakes are high.\n\nA win by the plaintiffs in the first terrorist trial against the Palestinian Authority could mean a multi-billion dollar judgment, a major diplomatic setback for the PA and possibly even reduce the PA’s enthusiasm for using the legal arena to pressure Israel.", null, "An Israeli Border Policewoman is helped by rescuers after she was injured in a suicide bombing. – Photo: REUTERS\n\nComing only months after the September 23 verdict against Jordan’s Arab Bank for terrorism financing, a win against the PA would signal a clear, more plaintiff-friendly playing field for filing US terrorism cases, despite years without a high-profile victory.\n\nA win by the PA would end a legal saga dating back to 2001-2004, during the second intifada, and block the US terrorism trial’s momentum, leaving the future of that enterprise in a cloud of uncertainty.\n\nRepresented by Shurat Hadin – Israel Law Center and Kent Yalowitz of Arnold & Porter, the plaintiffs’ central points are that a significant number of PA employees, including numerous policemen and commanders, have been arrested and convicted by Israel as having organized, planned and perpetrated suicide bombings and shootings against Americans in Israel, including the six attacks from 2001-2004 in the case during the second intifada.\n\nThey said that the terrorists, many convicted in Israel’s military West Bank courts, continue to get salaries and stipends from the PA despite the fact that they are sitting in Israeli jails for murder, attempted murder and membership of terrorist organizations.\n\nNext, they presented evidence that these convicted terrorists receive regular promotions in rank from the PA as they sit in jail.\n\nAlso, they brought evidence that the PA pays “martyr” payments to the families of suicide bombers and other terrorists who are killed in terrorist attacks.\n\nBut after presenting all of this evidence, the plaintiffs still needed to connect the dots, and the PA has put on a spirited defense that in each case its higher-level decision-makers were uninvolved and did not know about the attacks, or that aspects of the evidence could be interpreted as justifiable liberation-movement style resistance, not terrorism.\n\nAlong that line, the PA brought testimony from a number of top officials favored by the West, including PLO executive member Hanan Ashrawi, the head of the “PA’s CIA” Maj.-Gen. Majid Faraj and, reportedly, a range of other Fatah officials, human rights experts and Palestinian cultural icons.\n\nTheir witnesses accused Israeli attacks, including on PA police stations, of making enforcing the law and keeping terrorists incarcerated difficult, though Faraj said that PA forces still did their best to fight and stop Hamas terrorism.\n\nThe plaintiffs believe they have proved that “providing material support and resources” should be interpreted as providing inducement payments to families of the “martyrs” after an attack has been carried out.\n\nThe defense responded that financial payments to terrorists’ families did not signal support for terrorist acts, but for the families who, though innocent, were left without a wage earner and whose loyalties were being competed over by terrorist groups.\n\nA key interim win for the plaintiffs was convincing New York federal District Court Judge George B. Daniels to accept into evidence IDF military court convictions as legitimate evidence in the case.\n\nThe plaintiffs have also had an emotional advantage, with victims giving heart-wrenching testimony about the impact of terrorism on their families.\n\nShurat Hadin said after one victim’s testimony that, “Jurors left the courtroom openly crying. There was not a dry eye in the house. Even the PLO representatives at the trial were tearing up.”\n\nIn one of several attempts to blunt plaintiffs’ momentum or seek mistrials on a variety of issues, the PA’s lawyer implied that a crying juror might be biased, but was rebuked by Daniels, who said he has had jurors cry in his court before.\n\nThe plaintiffs had many hoops to get through to have a chance in this case and seem to have jumped through all of them, including beating back a pretrial attempt to get the US Supreme Court to halt the case.\n\nIf the jury rules based on emotion, the plaintiffs will likely win hands-down.\n\nIf the jury views the issues more analytically, it could be a closer call and will depend on whether they assess the PA’s claims of a lack of control of some rogue employees and of payments being for terrorists’ family support, rather than to support terrorism, were credible." ]

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[ null, "After a twelve-hour rough bus ride during the night from Inle lake I arrived at six a´clock in the morning in Mandalay. I booked a seat in a shared taxi to Pyin U-Lwin for 6500 Kyats (about 5 US$). At nine o´clock the car filled up .with passengers. We left Mandalay in a white Toyota from the good old 1970s. The driver was a hotheaded man without any patience. He drove in a furious speed on the serpentine roads up into the mountains trying to overtake trucks in sharp bends but he usually failed and had to stop quickly. After a couple of hours driving the engine was exhausted and one could smell smoke in the car.\n\nThe driver went into a service station for much-needed rest for the passengers and the car, he filled up motor oil and petrol. An hour later we were on the road again. At lunch time the shared taxi pulled into Pyin U-Lwin and the heart rate could go down to normal.\n\nPyin U-Lwin (1070 m / 3510 ft elevation) is an old classic British hill station from the colonial times in Burma. Pleasant temperatures predominate even during the hot season and in the cold season there is no frost. Pyin U-Lwin offers a line of stylish former British country houses, rebuilt into small 6- to 8 room hotels. One of these jewels is Candacraig, a stylish and yet quite inexpensive hotel and a living museum as well. Every tourist going to Burma knows, one shouldn´t stay at governmental owned hotels, one shouldn´t use governmental services such as boats and trains. Lonely planet has been very successful in bringing this message out to the backpackers. I don´t read Lonely planet much nor do I always follow their travel rules. Candacraig is governmental owned and it was my first choice for the night in Pyin U-Lwin. The taxi pulled in at the entrance, I went into the reception asking for a room. The astonished receptionist couldn’t answer my question. A man standing right behind her said, well the hotel is empty, you can have any room you want. I would suggest one of the two best rooms on the second floor. I will cut the price to 42 US$/ night. I paid and took my luggage and went up to my room on the second floor, to sip in some old classic British colonial atmosphere.", null, null, "I was the only tourist staying at Candacraig. This created problems since they there not used to accommodate any one at the hotel. They had to hire extra personal to clean the room and prepare breakfast. The manager hurried out from Pyin U-Lwin city centre to see who a hell was visiting the hotel? Did you expect a middle-aged man in military uniform as a hotel manager? Well, you are wrong, as so many times before a well dressed middle-aged woman was the governments manager. One can surprisingly often find women in leading positions in Burma, although the military is ruling the country. There are two more things one should do in Pyin U-Lwin. Stroll through the old city centre and visit an old café from colonial times and finish with a colorful horse-drawn carriage to your hotel.", null, null, "I finished my travelling in Pyin U-Lwin with a horse-drown carriage from Candacraig hotel down to the train station. There is a railway line going from Mandalay up to Lashio between Pyin U-Lwin and Hsipaw the train is travelling over the famous Gokhteik Viaduct . This viaduct spans a ravine 300 m deep; when completed in 1903 it was considered a pioneering achievement in bridge-building. I booked a seat in first class to Hsipaw for 4 US$. The train should leave at 8:30 am and take six hours, but it arrived an hour late from Mandalay with a lot of people in the carriages. At Gokhteik the train made a break for about half an hour. It was possible to go to a viewing point and have a nice view of the south bound train when it was slowly crawling over Gokhteik Viaduct in 10 km/ h.", null, null, null, null, "I arrived in Hsipaw in the late afternoon, my choice for the night was Nam Khae Mao guest house for 7 US$. This was a friendly, nice, clean guest house with hot shower in the room. I met the famous mr. Bean later in the evening. He said he was famous because he was in the Lonely Planet guidebook. He had got the name mr. Bean since he was selling beans on the market in Hsipaw, an english tourist created the name. He was well aware of Rowan Atkinson Mr. Bean movies. I paid Mr. Bean 7 US$ for one full day walking to small Chin villages outside Hsipaw. One of the people I met during the chin village tour was a peanut farmer who was a self-made electrical engineer. He had bought electrical equipment from China and created his own water power plant in a small stream. The man was very proud of his achievement and for good reasons. The government newspaper “Light on Myanmar” had an article on the front page about a newly built power plant it delivered power to 3000 bulbs and one TV-set. The military sent one of the highest generals to an opening ceremony!", null, null ]

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[ "Can YOU see what has a carer laughing so hard about a ‘rude’ detail on a Costa Christmas coffee cup?\n\nCan you spot the rude detail on the Costa Coffee Christmas cups that has a carer in fits of laughter?\n\nClaire Fletcher and her postman partner Trevor Brown were watching Bake Off earlier this month when the ads were paused while he went to get a drink, leaving an unfortunate scene on the screen.\n\nThe couple burst out laughing when they noticed the gingerbread cup at an awkward angle, which made the sweet treat’s arm look like a penis.\n\nClaire, 38, from Wakefield, West Yorkshire, thinks the Costa logo’s’s’ makes it look even cheekier, as the Christmas staple appears to be having a “happy ending.”\n\nShe snapped a photo of the scene and posted it on Facebook to see if anyone else noticed the obscene innuendo.\n\n“Wasn’t expecting this during the ad break… c’mon Costa, surely I’m not the only one who sees it…” she wrote, and was flooded with comments from other coffee lovers who said they could “never unsee this.”\n\n“We were watching Bake Off when the commercial break came on,” Claire says.\n\nThe other half had paused it to leave the room, and it was still paused.\n\n“We both laughed as we saw it at the same time.”\n\nBecause of the position of the cup and the’s,’ I said, ‘that’s obviously a penis,’ and they both wondered if it was on purpose.\n\n“It appears that the gingerbread man’s story ended happily.”\n\nClaire, a self-described “latte girl,” said they first noticed the ad around 8.30 p.m.\n\n“I laughed longer than he (Trevor) did because I’m a child with stuff like that,” she continued.\n\n“I believe Paul and Prue would enjoy it.”\n\nAs it was “their campaign,” Channel 4 said it was up to Costa to comment.\n\nWe reached out to Costa Coffee for a response.", null, null, null ]

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[ "After six months conducting counter piracy operations with the Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) in the Gulf of Aden, the Japanese ship Ohnami prepares to return to her home port.\n\nThe Takanami class destroyer has been working in support of the CMF’s Combined Task Force (CTF) 151, a counter piracy task force which is currently led by the Turkish Navy.", null, "During their six month deployment JS Ohnami has accompanied hundreds of merchant ships in convoys to safeguard them from pirate attacks as they transit through the Gulf of Aden. The ship has also participated in a number of focused operations to deter piracy activity as the weather becomes more favourable for the pirates to operate small quick skiffs.\n\n“The JS Ohnami’s dedication and professionalism has been essential for successful counter piracy operations. Thank you very much for supporting CTF 151 in so many diverse ways,” said Rear Admiral Nejat Inanir, commander of CTF 151.\n\nWith such a vast area of operations to patrol, partnership is at the centre of counter piracy operations in the region. The ability to work with other nations, across multiple languages, during operations and exercises is key to is key to the success of CTF 151 in combating piracy activity in the High Risk Area.\n\nLed by Commander Ishidera, the Ohnami crew have also engaged in many Passing Exercises, proving their ability to operate with warships from many nations. These exercises involve sharing information between partner navies securely and effectively, a crucial part of combating piracy.\n\nAs the JS Ohnami prepares to sail home from her successful deployment, the Japanese Maritime Self Defence Force has handed over the baton to another destroyer, the JS Ariake, to continue the vital work to secure freedom of navigation of the millions of tons of merchant shipping that transits through the region annually." ]

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[ "Francis Nijim (born February 15, 1996) commonly known as Doctor Francis Nijim is an Israelian doctor (Pediatrician), businessman and investor. who knew that this DOCTOR will become a successful Pediatrician in his specialty and entrepreneur one day?", null, "Dr. Francis Nijim was born at EMMS hospital February 15, 1996 and was raised in Nazareth (Jesus city/Holy land), he is the son of Dr.Yousif nijim the Head of the neonatal and pediatric departments in the EMMS hospital, Nazareth. Francis graduated from “Salvatorian Sister School” in Nazareth (JUNE 30 2014). at the age of 18 He moved to Moldova, Chisinau (August 30, 2014) to start his medical journey in NICOLAE TESTEMITANU STATE UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMCY, during his studies francis was known as dedicated, thoughtful, brave, decisive, energetic and compassionate doctor, during his studies francis worked as a real estate broker in Moldova and made big profits.", null, "In JUNE 2020 Francis graduated from NICOLAE TESTEMITANU University with a BACHELOR and Master’s Degree in Medicine, and went back to Israel. In November 2020, during the COVID pandemic, Francis volunteered in the EMMS hospital and EMEK medical center in the COVID sections. later on In Winters of 2020, Dr. Francis invested his profits in the luxury cars rental company masterkey in Dubai with the CEO – Mr. Ibrahim Assad. Doctor Francis Nijim is now a partner in one of the biggest and well known luxury cars rental company in DUBAI Known As “MASTERKEY” and a luxury car rental website “www.mkrentacar.co.il”, with a massive respect and thanks to the CEO – of the Masterkey company Mr. Ibrahim Assad.", null, "Francis has attained notable success on investing in several startups and companies, one of them the MASTERKEY luxury cars rental company, later on he donated a total of $40,000 to the animal rescue charity and India children charity. Currently, Dr.francis divides his time between Israel in the EMEK Medical CENTER and Dubai in the LUXURY CARS RENTAL COMPANY." ]

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[ "But the atmosphere is nothing like it used to be when the crowds were thicker.", null, "Hammond has taken his creative savvy to a higher level moving into from the stage to the big screen with the movie, The Gospel. At the Sears store in Schaumburg's Woodfield Mall, a steady flow of customers were browsing the aisles by 8 a. Debbie Steimel, 60, of River Grove, had already stopped at Kohl's early Friday morning before coming to Sears in Oak Brook hoping to get ideas for holiday gifts.\n\nHistory[ edit ] This area was occupied for thousands of years by indigenous peoples, attracted to the advantageous site near the rivers. She drives to Walmart each Thanksgiving to buy gifts for her family, two sons and teachers at her school, \"all in one swoop,\" she said.", null, "During the early years of the U. Throughout his professional career, Hammond has maintained a reputation for excellence and few gospel artists can boast of the consistency of sales, radio airplay and concert appearances that Hammond has achieved over the course of his career independent of the cross-over boost.\n\nMany expressed sadness at Sears' woes.", null, "Maxx, Marshalls and HomeGoods, both reported rising sales, but said margins were hurt by higher costs. Park outside Sears, then hit that store and Kohl's before going to the other shops.\n\nCapital expenditures Capital Expenditures are the cash outflows for long-term productive assets, net of cash from disposals of capital assets. Target is refurbishing its physical stores and adding products from online brands such as Harry's, the subscription shaving club.\n\nThat mentality has given way to a recognition that many people still like to visit stores, where they can touch and feel the merchandise before they buy, and socialize with friends and family. Owners are treated like indentured servants. The willingness to spend on physical stores is a far cry from not so long ago when talk of a retail apocalypse was in the air.", null, "The Cherokee called the forced march the Trail of Tearsas many of their people and African-American slaves died along the way. I have now lost everything that I have worked for the past 20 years to bankruptcy.\n\nThe problem with closing Hometown stores is that most are owned not by the company but by local franchisees who sell products, most of which come from Sears, on consignment. The average first and last occurrences for freezing temperatures are November 5 and March 29, respectively.\n\nThe pages continue to turn for the platinum recording artist. Since their inception, Hammond has served as producer on more than album projects, racking up numerous awards and nominations including the Grammy, BET, N.\n\nLampert seeks partner for Sears bankruptcy financing By Yoel Minkoff Seeking Alpha October 22, Sears Chairman Eddie Lampert is in talks with Cyrus Capital to contribute to a $M bankruptcy loan the U.S. retailer is seeking, which would be separate from another $M bankruptcy loan that Sears' banks have offered to provide, Reuters reports.\n\nAn all-star lineup of speakers from near and far will stimulate your mind and soul, including Bishop T.D.", null, "WNBA Coaches, GMs Tab McCowan for Top Pick in Mock Draft. The Associated Press polled a panel of WNBA coaches and general managers for a mock draft of the first round this spring.\n\nSears Spirals Toward Delisting - Here's What That Means By Tony Owusu The Street August 25, The Nasdaq requires stocks trading on the index close above $1 or face delisting." ]

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[ null, "On Tuesday, the internet was swamped with news of PlayStation Network facing several technical issues. The problems seemed to have begun at around 4 pm CT on April 27 and had impacted all users of the network. The prevalent issue was confirmed by the official page of the PlayStation Network, which told its users about an outage that would not allow people to log in or create accounts.\n\nDownDetector initiated a tracking process where it traced down the issues that had started a little after 5 pm ET, when the page of the PlayStation Network confirmed a series of problems that had adversely affected the PS3, PS4, PS5, including the Vita and Web services. The disturbance in the system had also been verified by social media accounts for popular games including Fortnite, informing its set of loyal players that they may encounter difficulties while accessing the PlayStation Network and playing the game.\n\nUsers of the PlayStation Network took their concerns to social media in a frenzy, where many of them penned down multiple issues faced by them. Most users witnessed the network giving them a WS-116415-8 error message where they were unable to launch the digital games. Players who were in the middle of a heated match failed to understand what the error meant; many of them theorized that a system update had caused the PlayStation Network to go haywire.\n\nAlong with expressing their sentiments on the PlayStation Network outage, many users proceeded to adopt a more superstitious approach on Redditt and claimed that this sudden error comes almost 10 years after Sony had declared a PSN outage that had been caused by outside hackers. However, this was just a plausible theory suggested by a user, and nothing unusual was confirmed about the outage that occurred yesterday.\n\nThe PlayStation Network outage lasted for an hour or so, where many users claimed that they were able to log in successfully by 6: 40 PM ET. By quarter past seven, the official page of the network had also confirmed that the problem had been solved, and users could go back to playing their usual round of games." ]

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[ "A halakhic drama reached its surprise happy ending Wednesday at the Israeli Supreme Court, when the role of ritual bath supervisor, a.k.a. “Mikvah lady,” has been changed from mandatory to optional.\n\nIsrael’s state prosecution on Wednesday submitted to the Supreme Court, in the name of the Chief Rabbinate and the Ministry of Religious services, an official response to a petition by the Itim organization, conceding that “the dipping woman will be allowed to decide for herself whether she wishes to follow this halakhic rule (dipping under the supervision of a Mikvah lady), including dipping alone or dipping in the company of a female friend, and neither the local religious council nor its employees are allowed to condition the dipping on the obligatory presence of the ritual bath supervisor.”\n\nThe response represents a complete capitulation of the relevant state institutions, and the state prosecutor requested that the high court dismiss the original petition because it is no longer necessary.\n\nAt the same time, it cannot be said that the Chief Rabbinate Assembly has given up the fight altogether. They will continue to compel the local religious councils to hire Mikvah ladies, and post a sign in every mikvah explaining the halakhic obligation for supervision during a woman’s dipping. A woman wishing to dip on her own would be forced, every month, to go through the process of publicly showing that she ignores the rules that are posted on the sign for all to read.\n\nThe specific halakhic role of the Mikvah lady, as explained by Chief Rabbi of Ramat Gan Rabbi Yaakov Ariel, is to make sure that a woman’s entire head of hair has gone underwater, because if it didn’t there’s a problem in the dipping and the woman’s availability for intimacy with her husband is questioned. Rabbi Ariel proposes that the dipping woman call on the Mikvah lady once she has immersed in the water, and ask her to watch and see that her entire body of hair went underwater.\n\nIncidentally, it should be possible for a friend to advise the dipping woman regarding the immersion of her hair.\n\nAs to the problem of “knots,” the woman should shampoo and comb her hair prior to dipping so that it isn’t entangled.\n\nThe initial petition was submitted to the court in July 2015, in the midst of what was then a year long, stormy debate within the Orthodox community, between young women who rebelled against the authority of the Mikvah lady and the established Orthodox institutions. The petition, submitted by Itim, represented 13 women who wanted to be left alone when they’re dipping.\n\nOrthodox authorities are concerned not only about the proper execution of the halakhic dipping, but also about the push to permit unmarried women to dip, which the rabbis view as an invitation to lechery.\n\nThe case will be heard by the Supreme Court on Thursday despite the surrender of the Chief Rabbinate and the Religious Services Ministry, because one plaintiff, the Jerusalem Religious Council, is still a holdout, insisting that the Mikvah “is not a bathhouse, but an instrument whose sole purpose is to effect a kosher dipping, which must be determined by an authorized supervisor.”\n\nItim Chairman Rabbi Dr. Shaul Farber praised the Chief Rabbinate for following the Jewish tradition of preferring permission over prohibition. One of Itim’s arguments was the fact that the stern Mikvah ladies were pushing young women away from the mitzvah of dipping in the mikvah at the end of their cycle, thus actually diminishing family purity in the nation.", null ]

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[ "A leak indicates that AMD Radeon RX 500 series are next in the pipeline from Radeon Technologies Group. The leak comes from the latest unveiling of Lenovo's Y520 (via Videocardz) laptop which is designed to feature a new generation of mobility chips such as GeForce 10 series and Radeon RX 500M Series.", null, "The Lenovo Y520 is listed with support for GeForce GTX 1050 Ti and Radeon RX 560M graphics chips. NVIDIA launched their GeForce 1050 series cards just yesterday so it's possible that AMD might do the same in their keynote at CES 2017. Both cards are listed down with a maximum of 4 GB GDDR5 VRAM which makes it some thing interesting as we could be looking at a Polaris refresh here.\n\nThe Radeon RX 560M is the successor to the Radeon RX 460M graphics chip that launched last year. Polaris is the first, truly efficient chip designed by AMD for laptop consumers. It tries to achieve performance parity with desktop based variants which is also something NVIDIA has been doing since Maxwell. Both cards feature 4 GB VRAM which is also something that the RX 460M came with.", null, "Now there are several possibilities, first one is that AMD can simply re-badge their Radeon RX 460M graphics to Radeon RX 560M which has been the case for several non-Polaris chips in the Radeon 400 mobility lineup. AMD could also use a faster Polaris 11 GPU inside Radeon RX 560M such as the full 1024 SP configuration which is used on the Radeon Pro 460 GPU for Apple Macbook.", null, "The third possibility is that AMD could use a better revision of the Polaris 11 chip, rumored to be known as Polaris 12 which should feature faster performance and better efficiency as hinted before. Time will tell if Radeon RX 560M is nothing more than a rebrand or something much better than the first generation Radeon RX 460M chip. Also, there's no way this card is based on the Vega GPU but we have a poll for you to decide which GPU the RX 560 might use." ]

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[ "Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul movie posters and images", null, "Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul. is a satirical comedy starring Regina Hall as Trinitie Childs - the proud first lady of a Southern Baptist megachurch, who together with her husband Pastor Lee-Curtis Childs (Sterling K. Brown), once served a congregation in the tens of thousands. But after a scandal forces their church to temporarily close, Trinitie and Lee-Curtis must reopen their church and rebuild their congregation to make the biggest comeback that commodified religion has ever seen." ]

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[ "Use that spare screen!\n\nThis dude had a good idea, never come across these hdmi dummies before !", null, "There are some sketchy Android apps that let you make your devices additional screens. Tried it and didn’t like something about it, I kept seeing traffic on the Windows computer even when second screen was disconnected and the app not running. One of those, if it seems wrong, ditch it.\n\nAlso there is a feature in Windows 10 that sometimes allows you to send additional screen to a second Windows device How to Use a Laptop as a Second Monitor I’ve not had great luck with this choice, but also haven’t used is extensively either. It did seem to work well going to my TV." ]

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[ "The topic of leadership is both fascinating and fundamental to human society. In Parshas Shoftim,...\n\nThere were once two boys who went ice-skating on a frozen lake in their neighborhood. As they were enjoying themselves, the ice suddenly cracked, and one of the boys fell through into the icy water. His friend started frantically reaching for him, but he was too late, and the boy got swept underneath the ice. Desperate to save his friend, this scrawny boy quickly looked around, saw a tree in the distance, and rushed over to try to pull off a branch. After tugging for a few seconds, he managed to crack off a huge branch, and he then quickly ran back to his friend. He smashed and thrashed at the thick ice until it finally cracked, allowing him to grab onto his friend. He dragged him back to the shore just as the ambulance arrived, and miraculously, they were able to resuscitate him.\n\nDoes the Torah know how to count?\n\nIt might not seem so, as Parshas VaYigash lists the 69 people in Yaakov’s family who came down to Egypt and then refers to them as “the 70 people” (B’reishis 46:27). Rashi (v. 15) explains that the 70th person in Yaakov’s family was Levi’s daughter Yocheved, future mother of Moshe Rabbeinu. She is not listed by name among the other 69 travelers, as she was not yet born when Yaakov began the journey down south(west). It was only as they passed through the gates of Egypt that Yocheved was born, bringing the grand total to 70 people.\n\nIt’s hard to imagine a worse quality\nfor a school teacher than anger.\n\nAnd yet, shockingly, that seems to be the quality that Yaakov Avinu was looking for in Jewish teachers! After reprimanding Shimon and Levi for their rage that destroyed the city of Sh’chem, Yaakov prophesied that these two tribes would eventually be scattered throughout the Land of Israel (B’reishis 49:7). Rashi explains that Yaakov felt Shimon and Levi had the aptitude for teaching young children. By spreading their descendants across the country, Yaakov hoped to ensure a proper education for the whole nation.\n\nOn the one hand, we all believe that we are unique and special. On the other hand, we sometimes struggle to experience our individuality, feeling almost lost in the crowd. If you’ve ever walked the streets of a crowded city, surrounded by thousands of people walking in different directions, you may have felt almost invisible. We live on a planet with over seven billion people; planet Earth itself is a speck in the universe. If our planet is so infinitesimally small – relative to the universe – and within our planet, each of us is only one of more than seven billion people, how are we supposed to feel special and unique?\n\nThe drama continues. A disguised Yosef is keeping Shimon locked up and threatening to deny any more food to Yaakov’s family until the youngest is brought down to Egypt. Desperate and starving, the brothers beg their father to entrust them with precious Binyamin, but Yaakov is unwilling and refuses to be persuaded.", null, null, null ]

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[ "With 9 top 10 Billboard chart topping singles, and three Grammy Awards to his credit MC Hammer is often acknowledged as being a transcendent force in the evolution of hip-hop. Biz Markie, Sisqo, and Kid n’ Play have all also enjoyed success of their own in the music industry. The featured trio of acts has a combined 6 Billboard chart topping singles. Mark your calendars and cancel your plans now to spend a night at Hammer’s House Party in ilani’s Cowlitz Ballroom on September 12th at 8 PM! Tickets on sale NOW! Go to Ticketmaster.com or ilaniresort.com!", null ]

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[ "It was easy for many to see what direction General Hospital wanted to take with little Aiden Webber (Spencer?) from the time he went back to school shopping with Franco.\n\nHe was interested in princess pencils and Franco (Roger Howarth) didn’t care, but Cameron (Will Lipton) made him feel horrible for it.\n\nEventually, we learned Charlotte (Scarlett Fernandez) had been bullying Aiden (Jason David), her cousin, because he was “different” and she claimed to be helping him by giving him orders to fit in.\n\nBut, Charlotte soon revealed she wasn’t the only one bullying Aiden. And, we soon saw it, as did Aiden via interactive messages on his laptop and tablet.\n\nThat’s when Liz and Franco started suspecting Aiden might be gay, even if he doesn’t realize it at the moment. They both feel it’s something he might discover about himself.\n\nSoap Hub asked how you feel about the direction the story is now taking, and more than 7,000 of you weighed in.\n\nLet’s keep this a bullying story, say 62% of you. You know just because a male likes to cook or bake, it doesn’t necessarily mean he’s gay.\n\nYou liked it when this story was just about a sensitive little boy being bullied by kids who feel they are superior to him — or want to “help” him. Bullying is a serious subject, and all too common in real-life schools, regardless of a child’s sexuality.\n\nAnd then, 38% of you applaud GH for tackling this very sensitive topic. It’s the first time a soap has addressed a child possibly coming to terms with his sexual orientation or who he is.\n\nWhether Aiden one day discovers he’s gay or it just turns out he loves to bake, you’re glad GH has addressed the issue that is so true to life for many.", null, "01:40\nFranco Reaches Out To Support Aiden" ]

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[ "Whoever organised the weather for this years VHF National Field Day should be congratulated, and allowed to repeat the task next year. This year saw good weather across the entire weekend, not too hot on our exposed hilltop location, but generally very pleasant", null, null, "We were quietly confident of our ability to get set up in good time for the start of the event and so we went for what is possibly our latest planned start to date with members of the Club arriving in our chosen field around 11:00. Our accommodation this year was something of a departure from the norm. Historically we have operated from a tent which ultimately succumbed to the canvas equivalent of rust, the back of a builders van, a caravan awning, a caravan and this year a horsebox!", null, null, "Although this was slightly unorthodox and viewed with scepticism by some taking part when they were told of the proposals it nevertheless proved to be a good solution. Despite being in the middle of some significant repair work following a prolonged water leak before coming into the current owners possession the horsebox provided operating space, catering space and overnight accommodation. And being wired for mains hookup it was a simple job to connect the generator and operate equipment.", null, null, "It is hoped that this vehicle will be available again next year and that by then its repairs will have been completed giving a far more usable combination of operating and catering space. Despite the rather basic nature of the fittings however the vehicle proved its worth although the winds that we were exposed to on the Saturday did certainly test the stability of the arrangement, we could do with some Star Trek inertial dampers!\n\nAs we were set up and ready over an hour before the start of the contest we elected to contact our colleagues billeted near Abergavenny who had taken a 2m beam and at least one transceiver capable of 2m SSB amongst their activation equipment. This gave them a chance to do some fault finding ahead of the contest although it has to be said that their accommodation and catering arrangements were a cut above ours!", null, "Our antenna arrangements were similar to most of the recent previous years and we seem to have restored the antenna to its full health and operating efficiency although some of the mast arrangements were a little on the strange side!", null, null, "This years operation saw the first outing for our FT991 which certainly proved its worth, as did the various small upgrades we had performed to simplify cabling and connections for peripheral devices such as the rotator controller.", null, null, "And finally, as all news bulletins like to say, a couple of observations from the field. The photo on the left is a lovely landscape shot taken from our operating location looking more or less south east, marked are the Pensford Viaduct about 8 kilometres away and just visible, although the original full definition image is much better in this respect is the Westbury White Horse some 37kilometres away. The picture on the right was taken at about 06:00 on the Sunday morning, the owner of the legs shall remain nameless to protect his dignity but he was less than impressed with the time at which operations resumed!", null, null, "There are some recurring patterns, compared to 2016 it took longer to reach half distance this year than last. When operating we were predicting around 120 – 130 QSOs over the weekend based on the first 3 hours which was exceeded.\n\nAs in all previous years there is the usual flurry of QSOs in the first 2 or 3 hours after which the number of un-worked stations dwindles. We switched between calling and \"hunt and pounce\" throughout the operation.\n\nOnce the first 3 hours were passed the QSO rate in the following hours of Saturday was below the average for the contest which is a trend that recurs from previous years. Sunday morning was again kind to us, once again we were able to pick up useful contacts in the early hours of Sunday.\n\nTables 3 and 4, below, present a summary of the distances worked. The best DX was DR9A at 840km", null, "Although the distances worked are good, there is still a feeling that locations in the centre of the Country or on the east coast are better served in the contest than those of us on the west side of the country. If you consider that the effective working radius of any station is probably in the region of 200 – 300km then in the Midlands it is possible to work 300km in all directions. Similarly on the east coast the distance allows a full 360 degrees of operation into the continent. For us we found that with the exception of EI9E, the Wexford Contest Group, there was nothing of particular note for us to the west, in fact we spent most of our time working from North to South East.\n\nThere were a good proportion of European stations, typically 10% non-UK is the norm so managing over 15% this time shows that the bands were definitely with us this year. The average is well up on last year, although year on year comparisons are not that revealing since the condition are not directly comparable. Looking back over a number of previous years results although we have scored higher averages this years score is an above average performance, especially when it is remembered that in some previous years we have operated in the Restricted rather than Low Power class.\n\nThis year, although we had a good number of continental stations, our UK distribution was unusual. We worked a large number of English stations, a handful of Welsh stations and that was it, nothing in Scotland which is unusual, nothing in northern Ireland, the Isle of Man or the Channel Islands.", null, "Below is the full log submitted following participation in this years event. If any information is received post submission updates will appear in the \"Notes\" column.\n\nThe closing date for log submission was 9/7/2017. By this time some 105 individuals and organisations had submitted logs in the various classes on 2m. Comparing those who took part with our log reveals:\n\nWe worked 3 of these sub 12 QSO operations.\n\nFinishing second in class is our best ever result so well done to everyone who took part. Our score of 27011 is clearly ahead of the third place entry and the few errors that we did make would not have allowed us to overtake Warrington Contest Group.\n\nA quick look at the average points per QSO is informative:\n\nWhen looked at in this light our performance is a little less impressive, our lower average score being offset by a greater number of contacts. Interestingly Warrington Contest Group have a similar if less obvious condition; despite topping the table their average score is not the highest and once again the sheer volume of contacts has helped their position.\n\nHowever, hats off to Loch Fyne Kippers who have managed a truly outstanding average points per QSO some 1.6 times greater than the next highest average and over twice the average for the class." ]

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[ null, "Volkswagen India will officially announce the prices of the Taigun on September 23. Ahead of its market launch, the production of the mid-size SUV started only a few days ago and reservations are also taken at the brand’s authorised dealerships or through the online portal. The Taigun is the first model from VW under the India 2.0 project and it has already spawned a sibling in the form of Skoda Kushaq.\n\nThe Taigun sits on the heavily localised MQB A0 IN architecture and is expected to be priced aggressively against competitors like Hyundai Creta, Kia Seltos, Tata Harrier, MG Hector, Nissan Kicks and the likes in the tightly contested space. It has several commonalities with the Kushaq including the mechanicals and the powertrain lineup.\n\nThe Volkswagen Taign will derive power from a 1.0-litre three-cylinder turbocharged TSI petrol engine developing around 115 horsepower and 175 Nm while the bigger 1.5-litre four-cylinder turbocharged Evo petrol engine kicks out a maximum power output of around 150 horsepower and 250 Nm as in the T-Roc. Both the powertrain will be linked with a six-speed manual transmission as standard.", null, "It also features a chrome garnished rear bumper and a full-width tail lamp cluster. The side profile looks rather clean and the alloy wheels have a sporty appeal. The Taigun has a feature-loaded cabin courtesy of a 10.1-inch touchscreen infotainment system, premium dashboard and centre console finish, My Volkswagen connect application and so on.", null ]

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[ "How Paid Social Media Advertising Can Work For In-House Programs\n\nIn-house search marketers are often struggling to find ways to grow their responsibilities. For many, the search engine marketing program itself will only get so big or complicated before it settles into a healthy size for the organization that runs like a well-oiled machine. In-house marketers who are looking to grow their skills, expand their […]\n\nIn-house search marketers are often struggling to find ways to grow their responsibilities. For many, the search engine marketing program itself will only get so big or complicated before it settles into a healthy size for the organization that runs like a well-oiled machine.\n\nIn-house marketers who are looking to grow their skills, expand their responsibilities and experiment with something new should make a case for testing paid social media marketing. Here are some ways you can put in-house marketing skills to work on campaigns to drive direct sales, fans, likes, and followers!\n\nFacebook advertising is definitely maturing with the advent of more sophisticated reporting on pages data and bulk upload tools for advertisers. Last year, the in-house column published Facebook Advertising: An In-House Guide to Getting Started, which is a good introduction to running Facebook advertising campaigns.\n\nExperimentation with direct marketing campaigns or other off Facebook advertising is certainly worth testing, but also running campaigns to increase fans and likes on Facebook is worth trying.\n\nFacebook’s greatest asset is the targeting options. Targeting competitor names, product affinities, likes and interests are all powerful targeting areas for advertisers to explore (along with corresponding ad text and images).\n\nAdditionally, new ad formats like Facebook Story ads have much higher click-through rates than the regular Facebook text ads and are great vehicles to test promoting a page to friends of people already connected to you.\n\nSuccess metrics for Facebook ads could be direct sales from a promotion advertised or new fans or likes gained from the ad campaigns.\n\nIn-house marketers can work on valuing Facebook fans based on total referrals and sales from Facebook and having a Facebook fan only sale or promotion is one method for determining a direct revenue value for Facebook fans.\n\nThe Promoted Tweets and Promoted Accounts programs from Twitter are still in a beta phase which potential advertisers can apply for via Twitter’s Business site.", null, "Advertisers can pay on a Cost-per-Engagement basis to promote their tweets. An engagement may be a Retweet, a reply or a click on a link in the promoted tweet.\n\nThe Promoted Accounts program is very straightforward, featuring a Twitter account in the “Who to Follow” section and priced on a per new follower basis from the promoted links.\n\nPromoted Trends are also available, but very expensive, most in-house marketers will find much more interesting and easier to test Promoted Tweets or Accounts.\n\nSuccess metrics for Promoted Tweets could be direct sales from a promotion advertised in the tweet, direct traffic to a site from clicks via the tweet or gauging new followers gained from the tweets. In-house marketers can determine a valuation for a Twitter follower based on total referrals and sales from Twitter.\n\nRunning a Twitter-only sale or promotion is a great way to gauge success and aid in establishing a follower valuation. Also, Promoted Tweets are a great way to advertise a contest or a big company release (like a website redesign or similar).\n\nLast fall, the in-house column also featured How To Get Started With Google Twitter Ads, an article outlining Google AdWords’ Twitter Ad format and how to get started testing it.\n\nThe Twitter ad format still appears to be in beta and the impression and click volumes are not terribly high, but still worth experimenting with as part of a broader Twitter campaign strategy.\n\nWhile many may think of StumbleUpon as a flash in the Internet pan, the website discovery service is still going strong with over 10 million users. StumbleUpon offers Paid Discovery, which promotes a page to be shown targeted to the audience that correlates to interest categories selected by an advertiser. A fee of $0.05 is charged for each display of the page.\n\nFor fancier reporting options and preferential promotion, advertisers can upgrade to higher fees, but generally the $0.05 level will get quite a bit of traffic from people interested in your category.\n\nWhile StumbleUpon might not be the best option for driving deep engagement and sales with a website, it is an interesting way to promote a Facebook page or Twitter profile to gain fans and followers.\n\nThere’s a fairly low threshold to becoming a follower or fan of a site that is in a category of interest to you and StumbleUpon works quite well as a tool to facilitate that at a very low cost.\n\nA Word On Budgets\n\nIn-house search marketers looking to add to their repertoire with one or more of these ideas might find it easiest to lobby their organization for a regular, modest monthly test budget (a couple thousand dollars will go far here), set aside for experimenting on new ad opportunities like these and not directly tied to an ROI metric.\n\nAs the programs grow and clearer ROI valuations of their performance arise, the experiments that proved their value can then move into their own dedicated budgets. This strategy often helps speed up internally getting some of these ideas off the ground and avoiding the budgeting bureaucracy that can sometimes occur in organizations. By the time new efforts need a bigger budget, everyone will have seen the preliminary results and the merit of awarding more to the program.\n\nExperimenting with paid social media marketing is a great opportunity not only for organizations looking to grow their social media footprints, but for in-house marketers looking to enhance and expand their online marketing expertise.\n\nKelly Gillease\nKelly Gillease is Vice President Marketing at Viator, the largest online provider of tours and activities worldwide. In addition to actively managing Viator's in-house search engine marketing efforts, she also oversees Viator's marketing in print, television and email, as well as affiliate marketing and other online channels. A frequent speaker at the Search Marketing Expo (SMX) conferences, Kelly is also a regular editorial contributor for Search Engine Land's 'In House' column. She is also the host of SEMcast, a search engine marketing podcast on geekcast.fm." ]

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[ null, "Aytemiz Alanyaspor remained in the top spot of the standings in Week 11 after drawing goalless with Medipol Başakşehir at home over the weekend.\n\nAytemiz Alanyaspor held on to its leadership of the Süper Lig with 19 points in 10 matches, despite failing to win the last two matches. Demir Grup Sivasspor maintains their flawless start after beating Yukatel Denizlispor 2-0 in an away match. Sivasspor currently sits in second place with 18 points. BtcTurk Yeni Malatyaspor is in third ahead of Fenerbahçe with goal difference following the Yellow Canaries' shocking loss in Kayseri. Süper Lig title contender Fenerbahçe lost to İstikbal Mobilya Kayserispor with a 1-0 score in an away match.\n\nKayserispor gained its first win in the league this season as they are at the bottom of the standings, gaining only seven points with a poor performance. Reigning champions Galatasaray beat Çaykur Rizespor 2-0 at home to stay close to the top spot with 16 points.\n\nAnother title contender, Beşiktaş, defeated Antalyaspor 2-1 to earn its first away victory this season.\n\nGalatasaray is now in seventh place while Beşiktaş sits in the eighth spot on the table with 15 points. Trabzonspor, another team with title desire, dropped three points to Göztepe in its 1-0 defeat." ]

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[ "Property Stories Touring Frankel Estate: Freehold Living In The East For Foodies Next To A Park Connector", null, "This week, we’re back in the East at Frankel Avenue. My first thought on seeing the area was “Hmmm, this reader has a bigger budget!” If you’re wondering why, the tour of Frankel Avenue was actually requested by a reader and many of the houses there are big semi-Ds and detached houses. Within “Frankel proper”, I’m only looking at the streets with “Frankel” in them, most of the terrace houses are confined to Frankel Terrace, which is the road closest to the busy Changi road (it’s the noisiest of the Frankel streets!)\n\nAs there are lots of landed houses in this area, I concentrated my tour around the area with streets with “Frankel” in the name: Frankel Terrace, Frankel Close, Frankel Walk, Frankel Drive, and Frankel Street. These traverse Frankel Avenue perpendicularly. On the West of Frankel Avenue, they are cul-de-sacs that overlook a large drain and Siglap Park Connector. On the East, the streets lead onto Siglap Plain and Siglap Avenue.\n\nWhen I checked the prices of the houses here, the cheapest was around $5 million at the time of writing. (There were a couple of cheaper houses that were advertised as “Frankel Estate” but, on checking the exact location, were really more in the Kembangan area.)\n\nIf you’ve been following this landed estate series of articles, you may have noticed that the areas with larger houses usually come with nicer streets and this is the case at Frankel. The streets are less cluttered, have fewer parking problems, and are easier to drive through. Note, I’m not saying every road is spacious, but that, in general, the roads are less crowded than other estates with smaller houses (and in which house owners end up having to park their cars on the streets.)\n\nAs mentioned previously, Frankel Terrace is the Northernmost “Frankel” street and thus closest to the busy Changi Road.\n\nAt this junction, there are a couple of shophouses.\n\nThere are 2 Thai restaurants in the shophouses across the road, along with some office units (an event planner, interior decorator, and the like).\n\nWhilst the shophouses to the West of Frankel Avenue consist of 2 bicycle shops, a pet shop, a massage shop, and a household goods shop (think taps and a variety of fittings).\n\nFrankel Avenue reminds me of a less busy version of 6th Avenue. It’s quite a busy road: there are 2 car lanes in each direction, so 4 in total. The traffic wasn’t as bad as 6th Avenue, there were enough lull moments that one can easily get over to the other side. Which is good as I didn’t see any zebra crossings/many traffic lights to allow for easy crossing of the road. However, there is enough traffic that the hum of cars is constant.\n\nAs you can see from the above photo, the pedestrian pathways are quite narrow in places, so it’s not a very pleasant walk along this road (and will be difficult for prams and wheelchairs.)\n\nThere is also a Caltex station on Frankel Avenue and an Esso at the junction where it meets East Coast Road. Along East Coast Road, there are obviously many more eateries, such as Isa Your Local Izakaya Bar, Fu Lin Tofu Yuen, Beach Road Prawn Noodle House, etc! (No wonder a reader who lived in the East left a comment on my West Coast article saying that the West Coast doesn’t have many food choices!)", null, "One of the nicest things about Frankel Estate is the proximity to the Siglap Park Connector.\n\nThere are bridges to help you cross to the other side easily (as the path on the Frankel side is super narrow) and that connects you to Telok Kurau and Joo Chiat Place.\n\nThere is an Old Folks Home on the Telok Kurau side, landed houses, as well as the many boutique condos that Telok Kurau is famous for. However, as the condos are low-rise and they’re separated by quite a wide canal, they don’t loom over the houses on Frankel Avenue (i.e. I don’t believe the light and ventilation will be affected.)\n\nFun fact: One Kind House, which provides local cooking classes and sells Peranakan food, is right next to Telok Kurau Park! I reviewed it in this post on Activities in Singapore for Foodies if you want to find out more.\n\nNow that we’ve seen Siglap Park Connector, do you agree with me that it’s a great addition to Frankel Estate? Either way, it’s time to cross back to the Frankel side now.\n\nOnly 1-2 look like they’ve been rebuilt. (Obviously one of the rebuilt units is the one on the left of this photo!) Note that across the Park Connector from these terrace houses is an Old Folks Home and a temple. So these terrace houses have the busy Changi Road up North, the Old Folks Home and temple on the West, Frankel Avenue on the East, and other bigger landed houses to the South.\n\nThose interested in rebuilding will obviously be interested in the plot ratios of the area (see above.) On the subject of rebuilding, do note that there may be many future construction projects in the neighbouring Telok Kurau area, as the houses there are zoned 1.4 (so they have the opportunity to group together and sell their houses to a developer to build a small condo.)\n\nAs previously mentioned, Frankel Avenue and its surrounding streets rank pretty highly when it comes to public transport (which is where many landed estates fall short). There are 3 buses plying Frankel Avenue which take you to Bedok Interchange and Kembangan MRT. Moreover, Kembangan Avenue is only about 15 minutes walk away (or less depending on where your house is situated.)\n\nOn Frankel Avenue, you find pre-schools and daycare whilst for older kids, there are several schools in the vicinity including St Patrick’s Schools, Saint Stephen’s School, and Opera Estate Primary School. The latter 2 are Primary Schools under 1 km from most of the houses (on the “Frankel” named streets) but do check if you’re interested in a particular unit.\n\nRegarding places of worship, although I didn’t see a mosque on Frankel Avenue (there is a church and 2 temples), there are several North of Frankel Avenue. The closest, Masjid Kassim is barely a 5-10 minute stroll away.\n\nIf Telok Kurau Park is too small for you, a 30-minute walk (mostly via the Siglap Park Connector) will bring you down to East Coast Park, which is great for sporty types and nature lovers.\n\nFor shopping, you have Kembangan Plaza up North, and Siglap Centre down South. Both aren’t large modern shopping centres but they get the job done. You can find a 24 hour MacDonalds, florist, optical shop etc at Siglap Centre and a Chinese Physician (apparently famous according to Google reviews), clinics, salons etc at Kembangan Plaza.\n\nThere’s also a Fair Price within 10-16 minutes walk at Lengkong Tiga (slightly past Kembangan MRT) so, all in all, Frankel Avenue seems to have almost everything you need within walking distance!\n\nThere is even a small private hospital, Parkway East, within Telok Kurau Estate!\n\nLet us know what you think of Frankel Avenue and its surrounding streets in the comments.\n\nIn the meantime, for the other foodies out there, there’s George’s Katong Laksa on Changi Road, a 15 minutes+ stroll from Frankel Avenue. According to reviews online, the laksa here is made from FRESH coconut milk and the rempah is still made with a granite mortar! (If you’re a foodie, you’d know how rare this is in Singapore now.) And by the way, this is a totally unsponsored mention, I just happened to see the stall whilst driving back from Frankel and pulled over as there was a car park lot free! (The signboard reads Eunos (MRT) Bak Koot Teh but it’s a laksa shop.)\n\nThere aren’t many car park lots for these shophouses. In fact, when I read the reviews of this laksa stall, many were griping about not being able to get parking, so the residents of Frankel will have the advantage of being able to walk over!\n\nFor the curious, this is what the laksa looks like – there’s fresh hum too!\n\nAnd here’s a quick photo to show you what kind of shops you can expect here. It’s a mix of useful (e.g. restaurants such as Goldhill Hakka Restaurant ) to niche (e.g. pawnshops and an aquarium!)\n\nSee you guys again in next week’s tour. I promise not to talk so much about food in the next post (unless it’s a tour of another foodie haven in the East! I figure most people who want to move to East Singapore are fairly interested in the food offerings there!) In the meantime, hope everyone has a great week ahead!\n\nGreat article and love the coverage. Frankel is actually a big estate , so will be nice if you cover the siglap plain and dunbar area too, maybe as Part 2?" ]

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[ "“Music in “Fella” isn’t just ornament; it’s oxygen, the way it is in operas by Puccini, Strauss, and even Wagner. The score itself keeps wordlessly defining the characters, pushing them and us forward to new awareness.” Ben Brantley ~ New York Times\n\nMARGATE, FL: Stage Door Theatre will follow their recent hit production of Sweet Charity with Frank Loesser’s award-winning musical The Most Happy Fella. The production will open on December 30th, and run through February 5th in the theatre’s larger auditorium.\n\nLoesser (Guys and Dolls, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying) based this touching, dramatic, and intensely personal love story of a May-December romance between an aging Italian grape farmer and a much younger woman on the play They Knew What They Wanted by Sidney Howard. He read the play in 1952 and felt it had ‘musical potential’; however, it took him four years to complete the musical, which opened on Broadway on May 3, 1956.", null, "“The Most Happy Fella isn’t a title that is as familiar to audiences as others from the Golden Age of musical theatre, though it has several very famous songs such as “Standing on the Corner”, “My Heart is So Full of You”, “Somebody, Somewhere”, and “Big D”,” says the production’s Carbonell Award-winning director, Andy Rogow. “What makes this show so interesting to me is that it really is an opera. There are few dialogue scenes so the story progresses through one lush musical number to the next. I often get goosebumps listening to the cast sing through the score. They sound gorgeous.”\n\nIn his book The World of Musical Comedy, Stanley Green noted that the musical is “one of the most ambitiously operatic works ever written for the Broadway theatre.” And Loesser said “I may give the impression this show has operatic tendencies. If people feel that way – fine. Actually all it has is a great frequency of songs. It’s a musical with music.”\n\nShay Weinberg plays the show’s female lead, Rosabella: “She’s a tough yet romantic, girl next door who is not trapped in the bindings of an ingénue role,” Weinberg says. “Rosabella is a blast to play. I love that I get to be a soprano and indulge in a strong character complex.”\n\nOther cast members include Kyle Yampiro as Tony, Kyle Pressley as Joey, Lisa Franklin as Marie, Dean Landhuis as Doc, Ellington Berg as Herman, and Kimberly Abrams as Cleo.\n\nThe Most Happy Fella Trivia Note: The original production was partially bankrolled by Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. The 1957 I Love Lucy episode “Lucy’s Night In Town” focuses on the Ricardos and Mertzes going to a sold-out performance of The Most Happy Fella. Three songs from the show are heard in scenes showing the characters sitting in the theater. At one point Fred Mertz is inspired by the show’s title to remark, “The guy is not married!”\n\nThe Most Happy Fella will run from December 30 – February 5 at Stage Door Theatre. The theatre is located at 8036 Sample Road, in Margate.\n\nTickets for The Most Happy Fella are $38 – $42; $16 student tickets are also available. Tickets may be purchased at the Broward Stage Door Theatre box office at 954-344-7765 or on line at www.stagedoorfl.org" ]

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[ null, "Egmont Press’ MD Cally Poplak and publisher Tim Jones gave us a sneak peek of the next instalment of the War Horse story at October’s The Cross-Media Forum. Having been first released almost 26 years ago as a novel, Cally and Tim talk us through the next phase of the story in a cutting-edge interactive app which was released in November.\n\nWatch the full story unfold below.\n\nWAR HORSE: From page to Stage, Speilberg to Super-App, Cally Poplak & Tim Jones, Egmont Press from Power to the Pixel on Vimeo." ]

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[ "A Sheboygan man charged with making terrorist threats was sentenced to 18 months in state prison.", null, "SHEBOYGAN - A Sheboygan man arrested after purchasing a rifle and creating Facebook posts about school shootings last year will spend 18 months behind bars.\n\nJoshua J. Bagemehl, 21, was sentenced to 18 months in state prison and 24 months of extended supervision by Judge Rebecca Persick after pleading no contest to one charge of making terrorist threats.\n\nAccording to the criminal complaint in the case:\n\nPolice received an anonymous Crime Stoppers tip on Dec. 12, 2016, that said Bagemehl was planning a school shooting. On his Facebook page, Bagemehl had posted about buying a semi-automatic assault rifle and said he thought it would be \"funny\" if a school shooting occurred in Sheboygan.\n\nBagemehl also commented on a separate post with two photos of a rifle and said \"Ima live by the gun, die by the gun, Ima die holding a gun\" (sic).\n\nBagemehl's mother told officers that he is schizophrenic and bipolar.\n\nDuring a search of Bagemehl home, officers recovered what they said was a .22 caliber assault-style rifle, 299 rounds of .22 caliber tactical ammunition and handwritten notes concerning homemade weapons, a plan for a \"hostile takeover,\" and various notes about committing non-specific crimes and not getting caught.\n\nBagemehl told officers that they would find ISIS videos, including a beheading and drive-by shootings, on his computer and cell phone. He said he had been watching videos of that type and other violent videos for five years and that they \"never get old.\"\n\nHe told officers that he gets the urge to shoot people and that watching the videos relieves his stress so that he doesn't shoot people." ]

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[ "Update: Included times of the day for the redemption period.", null, "“Two free games” is a bit misleading, because the first game, Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection, actually has three games in it: Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, and Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception. These were originally released on the PS3 but have been remastered for the PS4. If the remasters are anything like The Last of Us, then we are all in for a visual treat. I never played TLOU on PS3, but the remaster on 4 is just GORGEOUS! The Uncharted series is one that comes highly recommended from my circle of friends. It’s been in my backlog for ages, but it’s nice to see that Sony is offering it for free.", null, "The second game is Journey. I never heard of this one but it scored a 92 on Metacritic. Heck, it’s free so why not. I’ll add it to my backlog.\n\nThere is a limited time to get the free games. They will be available as digital downloads from the online store starting April 15 at 8pm PDT through May 5, 2020 at 8pm PDT. Once downloaded, they are yours to keep. No subscription whatsoever is required. Downloads may take longer than usual as many companies are throttling speeds to keep the internet stable.\n\nThe last part, the fund to help indie developers. Sony will set aside $10 million dollars to help keep indie studios afloat during these uncertain times. More information on how those dollars will be distributed will be forthcoming." ]

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[ "In conversation with Julia Gillard\n\nJoin Julia Gillard, chair of the Global Institute for Women’s Leadership, as she talks to Guardian columnist Zoe Williams.\n\nWhen she was sworn in as the prime minister of Australia for the Labor Party in 2010, Gillard became the first ever woman to serve in that position. During her tenure, she delivered nation-changing policies, including reforming Australian education at every level, improving quality of and access to health care, and creating an emissions trading scheme to combat climate change.\n\nAn impassioned speech Gillard gave in parliament about misogyny in politics was widely praised and came to define her prime ministership.\n\nShe will talk to Guardian columnist Williams about her own career, the challenges women face as leaders and how her work on women’s equality is evolving within the current global pandemic, in a live-streamed discussion where you will have the chance to ask your questions in real time.", null, "Chair of the Global Institute for Women’s Leadership" ]

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[ "UPDATE: Workers back of on the job at health care facilities", null, "striking Nurses at some health care institutions are back on the job pending talks between the NUPW and officials of the Ministry of Health.\n\nThe employees from Sir Winston Scott and Eunice Gibson polyclinics, and the psychiatric and Geriatric hospitals, staged industrial action this morning after not being given hazard pay allowance, like their colleagues at the QEH.\n\nFollowing a meeting, acting General Secretary, Wayne Waldron disclosed the main bone of contention and said the union is hoping for a speedy resolution to the issue.\n\nMr. Waldron told Starcom Network that the union has also called on the National Assistance Board to makes some changes to its rosters for workers.", null, null, null ]

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[ null, "Solana NFT standard creators Metaplex CEO Stephen Hayes has issued apologies for a miscommunicated tweet involving Beeple. Metaplex initial tweet announced Beeple NFTs coming to the Solana blockchain. Since then, Beeple corrected the tweet stating “nothing was set or remotely agreed upon” among both parties. Read on to learn more about the exchange.\n\nContents\nWen Beeple NFTs On Solana?About Render NetworkJoin Our New “To The Moon” daily NewsletterThank you!\n\nAt Solanas Breakpoint event this year, Metaplex CEO Stephen Hayes “accidentally” announced a Beeple launch on the Solana blockchain, in partnership with the Render Network. This was then disputed by Beeple stating that there had been no agreement between either parties surrounding a Beeple collection on Solana.\n\nStephen then went on to apologize to Beeple on Twitter later on. He stated on Twitter, “I’m here to offer my sincere apologies. It was the result of a miscommunication between the organizations involved, but these were my words in the keynote, so I should have confirmed that agreement, directly with you, was announced.” Furthermore, Hayes also apologized to fans and the community for causing further confusion.\n\nAround this time, Jules Urbach a developer on the decentralized computing platform Render Network had also tweeted similar statements. He asked for the community to wait for the special “first look at something amazing” that they were building with Beeple. Since then, no further comments or statements have been put forward by either parties.\n\nThe Render Network is a unique blockchain project. The network allows people to contribute unused GPU power to help projects render motion graphics and visual effects. Render greatly simplifies the standard processes of rendering and streaming 3D environments. For using the network, users get RNDR tokens as a reward. The Render Network is one-of-a-kind building block for the future of the graphics industry.", null, "Beeple is Building a Real Life Studio In Charleston", null, null, "War Between Binance And FTX Heats Up" ]

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[ null, "The promised sequel to Bowl of Heaven (2012), in which a starship containing would-be colonists encounters a vast bowl-shaped construct that’s being steered toward the same destination, using an entire star as its engine.\n\nOnce the humans begin to explore the artifact, they learn that it’s been wandering the galaxy for millions of years, capturing and enslaving other intelligent species and incorporating them into its complex ecology. Since the starship needs supplies, a landing party investigates and becomes separated when the Bowl’s nominal rulers, the bulky, birdlike Folk, attempt to capture them. One group under biologist Beth Marble, assisted by creatures called finger snakes, manages to escape back to the starship; a second group, led by Cliff Kammash, teams up with the alien Sil—yet another species that chafes under the Folk’s arrogant and inflexible governance. Back on the starship, Capt. Redwing attempts to communicate with the Folk and with Cliff, learning of still more powerful aliens whose ambition is to communicate with the advanced intelligences inhabiting the planet that is the Bowl’s, and the starship’s, ultimate destination. Putting less emphasis on the Bowl object itself, the authors make an effort to develop their characters, with notably more success where the aliens are concerned—technical discussions still tend to clog the human interactions. And there are lots of revelations concerning the Bowl’s origins and purpose, even if much of it is reportage with little mystery or tension. The upshot is often impressive—not too surprisingly, given the authors’ stellar credentials—yet only occasionally engaging.\n\nWith the welcome influx of new ideas, a definite improvement on Volume 1." ]

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[ "Bodybuilders And Their Wives - Photos\n\nBy HopeAlive1 (self media writer) | 13 days ago\n\nIn this article, we learn a little about bodybuilding and also see some bodybuilders and their wife.", null, "Bodybuilding is the practice of controlling and developing one's muscles (muscle building) through muscle hypertrophy for aesthetic reasons. It differs from similar hobbies like powerlifting in that it emphasizes physical attractiveness over strength. A bodybuilder is someone who participates in this type of exercise. Competitors in professional bodybuilding line up and perform specific poses (and later individual posing routines) for a panel of judges who grade them on symmetry, muscularity, size, conditioning, posing, and stage presence.\n\nBodybuilders prepare for competitions by losing excess body fat, which is then enhanced at the end by a combination of extracellular dehydration and carbo-loading to achieve maximum muscular definition and vascularity; they also tan and shave to emphasize the contrast of their skin under the spotlights.\n\nTo achieve the desired results, bodybuilding necessitates a significant amount of effort and time. If a bodybuilder lifts for seven hours per week, he or she may be able to gain 8–20 pounds (4–9 kg) in a year. After the first two years, however, weight gain slows to roughly 5–15 pounds (2–7 kg). Gains can be as little as 3–10 pounds (1–5 kg) after five years.\n\nBodybuilders and their wife", null, "1. Ronnie Dean Coleman, a retired professional bodybuilder from the United States, was born on May 13, 1964. He is recognized as one of the finest bodybuilders of all time, having won the Mr. Olympia title eight times in a row. He held the record for most wins as an IFBB professional with 26 titles until it was broken by Dexter Jackson, in addition to his eight Mr. Olympia victories.", null, "Coleman is a passionate follower of Jesus Christ. He met Rouaida Christine Achkar, a French-Lebanese personal trainer, at a sports exhibition in Paris in March 1998, and they married on December 28, 2007, in Beirut. Soon after, they divorced. Coleman married Susan Williamson, an American personal trainer, on April 11, 2016. They are the parents of four children.", null, "2. Phillip Jerrod Heath is an American IFBB professional bodybuilder who was born on December 18, 1979. From 2011 through 2017, he was a seven-time Mr. Olympia winner, having won the tournament every year. His most recent triumph matched him with Arnold Schwarzenegger for third place all-time in Mr. Olympia wins, behind Lee Haney and Ronnie Coleman, who each have eight.", null, "3. Lee Haney, an American former IFBB professional bodybuilder, was born on November 11, 1959. With eight Mr. Olympia championships, Haney is tied with Ronnie Coleman for the most ever.\n\n5 Step To Help Prevent Digestive Problems As You Age\n\nWhy Are Ladies Important in a Man's Life?\n\nWhat Not To Eat If You Have Crohn's Disease\n\nAfter A Man Posted This Photo On Twitter, See What People Are Saying About It\n\nHow To Show Love And Affection To Your Woman" ]

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[ null, "Police say they have brought dog robbers to heel\n\nAccording to multiple reports, the FBI has arrested Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder in connection to a $60 million public bribery case.\n\nU.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio David DeVillers has called a 2:30 p.m. press conference to discuss a “public corruption racketeering conspiracy.”\n\nStay tuned to 614now.com for news on this developing story." ]

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[ null, "As a coach of coaches, this is a question I often get from new agile coaches and scrummasters. Many are familiar with the Tuckman model of teams: Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing. But despite the decades of advice and tools built around this model, some still struggle with how to get their teams through to a better level of performance. They hit a plateau at one of these levels. Or perhaps, they even had a high performing team, but they have back-slided. I find this happens regardless of the type of team also.\n\nFor me, I find the term “high performing” to be so overused and hard for most people to grasp that it is synonymous with unicorns. They have never seen one in the wild and they are not sure they exist. However, I have seen them often and had many opportunities to work with them (high performing teams, not unicorns). When I have worked with such teams, they can accomplish an amazing amount of valuable work. One characteristic that stands out for these teams is that they “resonate”. There is a buzz, or energy, when the team is working together. You can feel it when you walk into the teams space whether they are heads down working on tasks or actively debating an issue.\n\nHow do we get to this point? I recommend taking a look at the Tuckman model in a different way. For me, there are three stages to get to a resonant team. The first is the What’s In It For Me (WIIFM) stage. In this stage, the individual members have just been put together in a new team with a common goal. They may be with some colleagues that are new and some they may know (forming). Then they are starting to probe and struggle to find out how their interests will be met (storming).\n\nThen, they start to come up with agreements on how they will work together to meet some of the interests and preferences (norming). As they start to get confirmation that there are ways to get their personal interests met, they begin to look out for each other’s interests as they work toward their team goal. This is what I refer to as the What’s In It For Us (WIIFU) stage. The team starts to understand not only each other’s interests and strengths, but also their weaknesses. They start filling in each other’s weaknesses with their own strengths or the strengths of others on the team. The team members truly seek out each others’ perspectives before moving together on a key decision and they don’t sweat the small decisions, trusting the individuals that had to make the decision. They seem to work well together, but they are not quite resonating.\n\nThe last stage is when the team truly starts focusing on the goal for the team. They focus on the needs of the people who have asked for the work. They truly empathize with them. This stage is called What’s In It For Others (WIIFO). In this stage, the team looks to stretch itself to meet the needs of those who have commissioned the work and there is a buzz of excitement in finding ways as a team to get the best solution as efficiently and effectively as possible. They listen to feedback from those stakeholders as intently as they listen to feedback from teammates. They will push each other to short term goals to meet longer-term needs while keeping an eye on teammates to make sure the pace of work is sustainable. There is excitement within the team on the problem they are solving and that it is fulfilling a need for stakeholders and for them. They resonate with this energy.\n\nHave you seen teams move through these stages? If so, how long did it take? What helped? What got in the way? I’ll share more of my observations in later posts.\n\nThis site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed." ]

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[ null, "Netflix has found its Count Olaf. Just a few months since the streaming platform announced it was adapting Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events for the small screen, Neil Patrick Harris has been added to the cast list. He will be playing Count Olaf, the narrative's antagonist. Deadline has confirmed the inked deal.\n\nPatrick Warburton, of Family Guy and Ted 2 fame, has also been cast, as Lemony Snicket. Snicket, which is a pseudonym for the series' author, plays the narrator. Much like Jude Law's role in the 2004 silver screen adaptation of the first three novels (you know, that one that starred Jim Carrey and Meryl Streep?), Warburton will predictably not appear alongside any of the main cast. Rather, he'll reside before his typewriter, telling the dismal tale of the three Baudelaire orphans as they try to evade the evil antics of Count Olaf.\n\nNetflix has ordered 13 episodes of the series, perfect for the 13 books that make up the young adult collection. Filming is set to begin this month. Something wicked this way comes, indeed." ]

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[ null, "– text and photos by Christine Redmond\n\nLike many talented, young, singer-songwriters, Mason has been compared to all the greats that came before him. Sure, he dresses like Johnny Cash (white shirt and slicked-back hair) and has a voice sometimes reminiscent of Leonard Cohen or Bob Dylan, but after eight years on the road and three albums, Mason is rightfully in a league of his own.\n\nHe penned his first album Where Humans Eat (2004, Team Love Records) as a teenager in Massachusetts. By 2005 his single Oxygen was a UK chart-topping hit. In 2007 Mason released his second album If the Ocean Gets Rough and in December 2012 Mason released his latest, Carry On.\n\nOn Friday night at the Media Club, Mason opened with the oldie “Gotta Keep Moving”. The crowd was modest and mellow and hung on the singer’s every word. Violet joined him onstage to play viola on new songs such as “If It’s the End”, which were well received by a crowd who seemed to know the lyrics, much to Mason’s surprise. In fact Mason didn’t even realize his new album had already been released in Canada.", null, null ]

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[ null, "We ride from Mekelle to Lalibella on a beautiful road. We don’t make it to Lalibella in one day and we sleep on a mountain pass. There are not many flat places to be found in this area so we’re happy when we finally find a place to pitch our tent next to a little farm. In the morning I’m awoken by children’s voices. I open my side of the tent. The kids of the farm have come to say good-bye before they leave for school.", null, "It’s still very cold but it doesn’t seem to bother them. Because they don’t ask for it like the other kids we meet on the road I give them a pen. They laugh and set off to school. I turn around and try to warm myself up before getting out of my sleeping bag. We pay a little tribute to the blind grandmother of the house. The rest of the family left already when we are ready to go. Like the other members of the family she doesn’t speak a word of English, neither do we know any Amharic. When she feels the banknote she smiles and gives us something I interpret as a blessing.\n\nBefore we turn left on a dirt road towards Lalibella, we stop on top of the mountain pass. The view is astonishing. There’s fog in the valley below us and only the mountain tops on the horizon are still visible. The last 50 km are not paved. We stop in a little village to have breakfast. A bus stops and all of a sudden the market square turns into a chaotic pool for ten minutes. Everybody wants his coffee and his injera at the same time. They’re all pilgrims on the road to the sacred site of Lalibella. After the last sip of coffee has been taken, the bus speeds off, leaving our breakfast and us in clouds of dust. Two older monks decide to walk the last kilometres to Lalibella. The way they walk I seriously doubt if they will ever make it. But if you travel to a holy place you must also believe in miracles, I guess.\n\nThe atmosphere in Lalibella and its rock-hewn churches has something sacred. It is the period leading up to Ethiopian Christmas. More and more pilgrims are flooding into the holy city. They are all draped in white cloaks and scarfs. They all camp around the churches. It’s amazing how these churches are today still used as a pilgrimage. Because of the state of emergency in Ethiopia, the number of tourists is rather low. It seems that the pilgrims have taken over once again these churches, for the better I would say. Our high entrance fee sponsors apparently their yearly pilgrimage. A few impressions of Lalibella:", null, null, null, null, null, null, null, "After our two day pilgrimage it’s time for us to leave. I decide to take a hitchhiker, Jozef the hustler. He is your typical hustler. Scamming tourists seems to be his main activity in life.I personally don’t like those types and like to avoid them. But I think it’s important to also take those types of people on my motorcycle. Everybody deserves a chance and a ride in life. The road is dusty and rough. I almost instantly regret taking him as a passenger. It’s exhausting and hot even without a passenger this road is a challenge. Apart from the fact that he twists and twirls on the back of the motorcycle, which is rather annoying, he’s doing a fairly good job in warning me for the kids that want to throw rocks at us.\n\nHe tells me he earns 200 dollars with each group he travels with. He just delivered a group of Germans and French to Lalibella. Next week he has to be in Gonder to guide a group from National Geographic who want to film some sort of snake.\n\nI nod but somethings don’t add up …If he makes 200 dollar per group, he could make a serious living. Why is he then travelling with only a plastic shopping bag? He will help the team of National Geographic to find a very unique snake, but he doesn’t even now the name of the snake? He has an official guiding company but he doesn’t pay taxes? And last but not least, I never encountered a tourist group of French ànd German tourists? That’s just absurd!\n\nWe eat kilos of dust before we arrive in Ganesha, where we continue on the main tarmac road to the West. We want to buy petrol but there is off course no official petrol for sale. So we buy it on the black market, again… it’s rather polite to state that Ethiopia has a serious petrol shortage. Again there’s the same story, haggling about the price and in the end still paying way too much. Admittedly as an extra service our petrol guy even buys a tea sift to guarantee us clean petrol. It’s not a luxury cause the bottom of his jerry can is full of dirt.\n\nWe leave our two cheaters and head towards the old city of Gondar, ancient place where the Solomonic kings ruled Ethiopia for hundreds of years.\n\nJozef is a bit disappointed when I tell him I can’t take him all the way to Gondar. I pity him a bit. I know he’s making up the stories to give himself credibility as a guide. He definitely wants to guide us and get some money from us in Gondar. But I can see that he knows that I don’t believe him. It’s a bit sad, cause I never got his real story. The façade remains…\n\nWe ride again into the Ethiopian highlands. The new Chinese road is just a few years old but it’s already showing some serious signs of decay… cracks, deep tracks and enormous potholes, all in combination with the cattle that likes to straddle on the road." ]

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[ "Michelin and Portugal: A Match Made in Diners' Paradise", null, "The cuisines of Portugal has always elicited ohs and ahs from its local patrons, expatriates, and tourists for good reasons. Bacalhau, pata negra, Azores caviar, caldo verde and pastel de nata – these are just a few of the local favorites that, when combined with the ethnic and international cuisines in the country, more than satisfy the palate.\n\nAnd then there are the Michelin-rated restaurants in Portugal that take fine dining to a whole new level of sumptuousness and sweetness!\n\nIn the 2014 Michelin Guide, twelve restaurants in Portugal have been awarded the prestigious Michelin stars. The latest guide was presented to Spain and Portugal on Wednesday at the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, said presentation of which had chefs, food critics and journalists in the audience.\n\nThe winners included Ocean Restaurant in Lagoa and Vila Joya in Albufeira, both of which were awarded two stars. These two restaurants retained their stars from 2013 – truly, a sign of their commitment to excellence.\n\nOther restaurants that are keeping their coveted Michelin stars are Feitoria and Belcanto, both in Lisbon); Willie's in Vilamoura, Fortaleza do Guincho in Cascais, Il Gallo d'Oro in Funchal, Henrique Leis in Almancil, Casa da Calçada in Amarante, and The Yeatman in Vila Nova de Gaia.\n\nA new entrant is L'And Vineyards in Montemor-o-Novo, which was awarded a Michelin star for the first time, thanks to the impressive efforts of its chef, Miguel Laffan. An old yet new entrant is Restaurant Eleven in Lisbon, which previously lost its star in 2012 but regained it for the 2014 Michelin Guide.\n\nBut where there are winners, there are restaurants that lost their Michelin stars. An restaurant in Almancil lost its star but considering the immense talents of the Portuguese in the kitchen, it may well make a grand entry for the succeeding year's Michelin Guides.\n\nLet's take a look at a few of the winners in the 2014 Michelin Guide. You should visit and enjoy the food in these restaurants when you come a-visiting Portugal soon!\n\nThe Ocean, with its chef Hans Neuner, offers its diners its original, delicate and delicious dishes that have been raved about by gourmets and gourmands alike. Chef Neuner is well-known for his attention to detail, his creative touches, and his commitment to the perfection of culinary techniques. Plus, the restaurant's elegant yet relaxing ambience certainly adds to a great dining experience in Lagoa.\n\nVila Joya, under the able direction of Dieter Koschina, is widely considered as a gastronomic paradise by its loyal patrons, not to mention that its amazing seaside views add to the dining experience in the most delightful ways. Diners can choose from classic dishes and innovative cuisine – or perhaps combine both for a gastronomic adventure!\n\nWillie's has a cozy dining atmosphere but don't be fooled by its relaxed ambiance. Only the freshest ingredients and the best culinary techniques go into all of the dishes and desserts so much so that once is never enough.\n\nWhy so much ado about the 2014 Michelin Guide in particular and the Michelin stars in general? In the restaurant industry, being awarded a Michelin star is akin to receiving an Academy Award for movies or a Tony Award for theater.\n\nTo put it simply, even a single Michelin star on a restaurant places it on the map for gourmets and gourmands!" ]

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[ null, "'This new edition returns a mercurial, bravura work to the bookshelves, from which it has been absent too long' Dan Jones, author of The Templars. Dubbed the 'stupor mundi' - the wonder of the world - Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, led a life of extraordinary drama and ambition. Born in 1194, Frederick was the son of Emperor Henry II and Constance, Queen of Sicily. He inherited the Sicilian throne when he was only four years old and, in adulthood, the charismatic Frederick fought for control over the lands he considered his birthright to become King of the Germans and Holy Roman Emperor. At the zenith of his power, he crowned himself King of Jerusalem in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, thereby securing an empire which embraced vast areas of Western Europe and the Holy Land. Frederick was a towering figure of his age, but he was a man full of contradictions. For some he was a Messiah, an enlightened monarch and bringer of justice and peace; for others, a tyrant and a devil, bent on absolute power. He led crusades but was excommunicated four times. He was a warrior but also an influential patron of the arts. He welcomed Christian, Jewish and Muslim scholars to his court whilst persecuting Arabs and Jews in his Sicilian homeland. First published in 1927, Ernst Kantorowicz's stylish and absorbing biography of Frederick was one of the first examples of popular narrative history writing, and a classic of its time. This edition, with a new introduction by the bestselling author Dan Jones, rightly brings that life to a new audience." ]

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[ null, "From the franchise that brought in a kicker with the name Blewitt months after the team’s previous kicker was let go after missing what would’ve been a game-winning field goal, I now present the Chicago Bears’ latest transaction.\n\nLet’s get the laughs out of the way now:\n\nBears are signing DB Dee Virgin to their practice squad.\n\nESPN’s Adam Schefter reports the Bears are adding cornerback Dee Virgin to their practice squad. Once we get our giggles out of the way, we can discuss the transaction.\n\nCool. I’m ready. How about you?\n\nVirgin, 28, has NFL experience. The West Alabama product has 21 games (all with the Lions) under his belt, but no starts in games played between 2018-20. In addition to his time with the Lions, Virgin has spent time with with the Texans (2017-18), Rams (2020), and Patriots (2021). But Virgin got no playing time in Houston, Los Angeles, or New England, and has been bouncing around the workout circuit before landing on Chicago’s practice squad. Virgin has forced a fumble and collected 12 total tackles. But has no takeaways in a career in which he has played more on special teams (447 snaps) than defense (2).\n\nSo … why target Dee Virgin for a practice squad spot?\n\nIn short, Bears’ cornerback play has been mostly unsatisfying to this point of the season.\n\nTake Jaylon Johnson’s excellence out of the equation, and you won’t like what you see. Bears cornerbacks have been taking it from the opposition this season. Quarterbacks throwing at Kindle Vildor are posting a 104.4 passer rating when targeting the second-year corner. Artie Burns took Vildor’s place in the starting lineup on Thanksgiving, but didn’t fare any better. Burns allowed three catches, a touchdown, and a 137.5 rating. Duke Shelley began the year as Chicago’s slot corner and was allowing a 104.4 rating before going on IR. It’s all a mess. And it was only a matter of time until the team addressed an obvious issue with an in-season move of some kind.\n\nBetter late than never, I guess." ]

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[ null, "The 1938 apartment building, at 1401 SW Fifth St., being renovated by Dade Heritage Trust Photo courtesy of Dade Heritage Trust\nThe rent is too damn high all across Miami — unless you're one of the lucky residents of a Little Havana apartment building where tenants pay a paltry $900 a month even after their landlord implemented sweeping renovations.\n\n\"Tenants were struggling,\" Rupp tells New Times. \"Ovens were being held together by duct tape, faucets and toilets were leaky — not great living conditions.\"\n\nDade Heritage Trust, a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving historic buildings in Miami, stepped in, bankrolled by a $1 million grant from Miami-Dade County. Among its initiatives, the trust purchases and renovates \"naturally-occurring affordable housing\" — existing buildings in need of restoration in order to become habitable — and then places a covenant on the property to lock in rental rates.\n\n\"There are great older buildings in major cities that provide affordability,\" Rupp says. \"But they're in need of restoration and rehab to provide better living conditions for the tenants.\"\nclick to enlarge", null, "At the Little Havana apartment building, for example, tenants were paying $800 to $1200 a month when the trust bought the building in the summer of 2020. As it prepares to begin work on restoring the fourth and final apartment, the nonprofit has announced that it will rent the units, all of which are one-bedroom apartments, for $900 a month.\n\nWith the exception of one tenant who had a baby and moved to a bigger space, all of the building’s occupants have been able to stay in the building amid the renovations.\n\n\"We really did not want to displace anybody,\" Rupp says. \"Because people had their routines within the neighborhood, we thought we would do the right thing and keep them in place.\"\n\nEven before the pandemic and Miami Mayor Francis Suarez's pitch to lure tech scenesters from New York and Silicon Valley, Miami renters were some of the most cost-burdened in the nation. Now, as rent spikes make headlines from Midtown to Hialeah, officials are scrambling to find space for locals who are being priced out.\n\nIn 2017, the Dade Heritage Trust worked with the National Trust for Historic Preservation to place Little Havana on the latter's list of designated \"national treasures.\" Back then, the national trust cited threats to the neighborhood caused by \"development pressure, demolition of historic buildings, displacement of existing residents, and zoning changes that could impact its affordability, cultural richness, and character.\"\n\nLast October, Rupp says, the county set aside another $1 million for Dade Heritage Trust, with the precise terms to be ironed out in June. Meanwhile, the organization is negotiating the purchase of a few properties for similar renovation projects.\nKEEP MIAMI NEW TIMES FREE... Since we started Miami New Times, it has been defined as the free, independent voice of Miami, and we'd like to keep it that way. With local media under siege, it's more important than ever for us to rally support behind funding our local journalism. You can help by participating in our \"I Support\" program, allowing us to keep offering readers access to our incisive coverage of local news, food and culture with no paywalls.\nMake a one-time donation today for as little as $1." ]

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[ null, "Despite the challenges this year has thrown at us, the Sudbury Christmas Window Display Competition added a pinch of much needed sparkle.\n\n50 shops and businesses within the town centre entered the competition and the standard was exceptionally high, with some really creative windows.\n\nNormally the competition would start when the Christmas Lights are switched on. As this wasn't possible this year, we had to start a little later, but that didn't stop people getting out and voting for their favourites.\n\nEveryone that voted was entered into a prize drawer, to win a stunning Christmas Hamper from Waitrose. I'd like to personally thank Waitrose for supporting the competition again\n\nThe Suffolk Free Press also ran voting slips throughout December, so the public could vote via paper.\n\nIn total, 320 votes were cast. In addition, Sudbury Mayor Jack Owen and Rachel Price, the Town Centre Manager were part of the judging panel, which makes up 50% of votes.\n\nOur winner this year, was Weston's Bakery in Gaol Lane, who were awarded the trophy (sponsored by Cobblers & Keys in Borehamgate)\n\nIn 2nd place was jewellers Angelo Smith & in joint 3rd place was Mandy's Jewellery and Gifts and The Laundry Goddess." ]

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[ null, "Worries about Missouri River flooding won’t end with the coming of a new year.\n\nThe U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is keeping water releases from Gavins Point Dam at 80,000 cubic feet per second through the end of this month in an attempt to prepare for the potential of another wet spring next year. Normally, this time of year, the Corps releases 35,000 cfs from Gavins Point.\n\nChief of the Missouri River Water Basin Management Division, John Remus, says runoff this year is similar to that in 2011 with both the upper and lower Missouri River basins saturated, creating concern for 2020.\n\n“Again, I’m not going to predict what the weather may do six months from now,” Remus tells St. Joseph Post. “I think that, as I said, conditions are out there that would provide for a greater amount of runoff than average right now which is a real concern for us at the Corps and it should be a concern for people really anywhere in the basin.”\n\nNear record and very likely record runoff this year overwhelmed the system, leading to the widespread, devastating flooding along the Missouri River. Heavy rain in southeast Nebraska, northeast Kansas, and northwest Missouri only added to the misery.\n\nA break in the weather, with rain finally easing up this fall, has helped, but both the upper Missouri River basin and the lower basin remain saturated.\n\nRemus says the Corps is being aggressive this fall to create a small amount of extra storage space next year.\n\n“Then again, next spring, weather permitting, we will be as aggressive as we can to preserve some of that storage for later in the year, which would give us a little more flexibility,” Remus says.\n\nFlooding this year has wrecked the Missouri River levee system. Temporary repairs are being made to many levees, with permanent repairs likely to take a year or two. With so many levees broken, the lower Missouri River basin is vulnerable to flooding, especially if the Corps increases releases from Gavins Point.\n\nRemus says the Corps has increased releases this fall in an effort to lower the upstream reservoirs and prepare them to hold more water next spring and reduce the flood risk downstream.\n\n“Through the fall here, if we get a mild December similar to what we had last year, we’re going to continue to be aggressive with our releases from the system to try and create a little bit of extra storage for next spring,” Remus says. “And, next spring, if we get a favorable melt from the Plains snowpack and the river opens up early, we will be aggressive then as well to try and maintain some of that storage space.”\n\nRemus says the Corps will be paying close attention to the National Weather Service Spring Flood Outlook, with the first forecast coming on February 13th." ]

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[ null, "Zoë Condliffe is a data activist, gender advocate, researcher and founder and CEO of She’s A Crowd – a safe and anonymous reporting platform where women and gender-diverse Australians can report their experiences, which are used as data for advocacy and to inform policy and planning on a decision-maker level. The program has support from Google, the Victorian Government, the NSW Government, the City of Melbourne, Layne Beachley Foundation, SheStarts, FYA, the Australian Government and has collected over 10,000 stories to date. She is also a researcher in gender and place at Monash University under a PhD scholarship, and is exploring digital feminist activism to understand the impact on #MeToo on feminist activism.\n\nZoë started her first social enterprise in rural Cambodia and has since gained experience across the university, NGO and start-up sectors, becoming an outspoken leader on gender equality and the prevention of gender-based violence. In 2016, she started working in gender and youth advocacy for Plan International Australia, where she pioneered the digital crowdmapping tool for street harassment, Free To Be, the Youth Activist Series and Girls’ Walks.\n\nShe is a finalist in the Women Leading Tech Awards (2021) and a finalist in the Victorian Young Achiever Awards (2020). At 21, she was listed as one of Melbourne’s most innovative, influential and provocative people by The Age. She has also been listed on the Smart Company Smart30 two years in a row. She has done a TED talk on the gender data gap, and has won multiple pitch competitions, including the City of Melbourne Knowledge Week International Prize.\n\nZoë is a SheStarts alumni, and was sponsored by Google for Startups to travel to San Francisco to participate in the Blackbox Accelerator Program. She was a Young Social Pioneer with the Foundation for Young Australians." ]

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[ "CAIRO, May 2 2011 (IPS) - The collapse of autocratic regimes in Tunisia and Egypt has broken the state’s stranglehold on the local press, but journalists and bloggers must still be careful what they say.", null, "Not as much press freedom as many would like. Credit: Cam McGrath\n\n“The red lines are very blurry at the moment,” says Rasha Abdulla, chair of the journalism and mass communications department at the American University in Cairo. “We’re in a transition period… and there is still no legislation to guarantee freedom of expression.”\n\nRights watchdogs have consistently rated the Middle East and North Africa region as one of the most stifling areas of the world for journalists to operate in.\n\nLast year, Washington-based Freedom House ranked Tunisia ten spots from the bottom – lower than Somalia – in its annual ranking of press freedom around the world. Egypt, which ranked slightly higher at 130 out of 196 countries, saw an increase in legal intimidation against journalists and bloggers to the alarming rate of one lawsuit per day.\n\nThe democracy movements reverberating across the Arab world will no doubt force a radical reassessment of those rankings. Media institutions witnessed an abrupt and jarring change after mass demonstrations forced Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak and Tunisian president Zein Al-Abidine Ben Ali out of power on Jan. 14 and Feb. 11 respectively.\n\n“Before Feb. 11, we had strict orders not to discuss certain topics, such as the Muslim Brotherhood or (Mubarak’s political opponent) Mohamed ElBaradei,” says Ashraf El-Leithy, deputy editor of Middle East News Agency (MENA), Egypt’s official news wire. “Now we have complete freedom to write about anything – without any restriction.”\n\nHe says many of MENA’s journalists and editors backed the revolution, but were afraid of losing their jobs if they strayed from the official line. With Mubarak gone and his ruling party dissolved, the news wire has gone “from being the voice of the government, to being a voice of the people.”\n\nArab dictators have traditionally relied heavily on state media to consolidate their rule. The government dominates the local airwaves and newsstands, putting its spin on news and commentary while drowning out dissenting voices. It also sponsors agents in the “independent” media, using well-placed producers, editors and talk show hosts to carry its message.\n\nMeanwhile, dictators hide their transgressions and failures behind draconian media laws designed to intimidate, silence and wear down critical journalists. Those who speak out against the regime or its policies are subject to tedious lawsuits, heavy fines and prison terms.\n\n“With a repressive climate there is no need for physical censorship – fear drives people to censor themselves,” says media expert Mahmoud Alam Eddin.\n\nAnalysts say the structural changes that followed the collapse of authoritarian regimes in Tunisia and Egypt have loosened the state’s grip on the press and opened the door to a wider range of independent media.\n\nThe interim government also replaced the board chairmen and chief editors in seven state-run newspapers and magazines – a move widely criticised as being purely cosmetic. While many journalists mutinied against the regime in its final hours, their abrupt shift from regime sycophants to revolution cheerleaders has brought their credibility into question.\n\n“The people who work in these institutions are not used to freedom of expression, and many are just waiting to see who the new boss is,” Abdulla told IPS. “Sure they’re now attacking Mubarak just as fiercely as they used to applaud him, but with no professional standards.”\n\nRights groups have lauded the lifting of press restrictions in post-revolution Tunisia and Egypt, but warn that new red lines appear to be emerging. Media watchdog Reporters without Borders noted during its visit in February that while Internet censorship had officially ended, some online controls were still in place. In particular, blogs critical of the behaviour of Tunisia’s security forces remained blocked.\n\nIn April, an Egyptian military court sentenced a blogger to three years in jail for “insulting the military establishment” and “disseminating false information.”\n\nIn a blog post, Maikel Nabil denounced the military’s conduct since Egypt’s revolution began on Jan. 25, citing human rights reports on the army’s alleged use of violence and torture against citizens. In earlier writings, the 26-year-old blogger explained his decision to resist compulsory military service and called for others to do the same – a protest that may have influenced the tribunal’s judgment.\n\n“The harsh sentence was intended to send a message that criticism of the army would not be tolerated,” says Adel Ramadan, one of Nabil’s defence lawyers.\n\nIn a letter sent to newspaper editors on Mar. 22, the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) warned that all coverage of topics involving Egypt’s military establishment must first be vetted by the SCAF’s public relations and intelligence directorates.\n\nRights advocates argue that the military lost its immunity from media criticism the minute it assumed control of the country.\n\n“The rule that you cannot write anything about the military was in effect before the revolution,” Ramadan notes. “But now that the military is the government, people have the right to condemn its abuses of power.”\n\nMedia experts acknowledge the difficulty of dismantling the culture of information control after decades of authoritarian rule. The military – the most secretive and paranoid institution – can hardly be expected to set the bar.\n\nThe challenge will only grow as new media entities enter the arena, including platforms for previously suppressed political and ideological streams.\n\nExperts anticipate a flood of private newspapers and television channels in Tunisia once archaic licensing procedures are relegated to the dustbin. Egypt, which already had a small but vibrant independent press, has dozens of new entrants. Among these are a television channel for the previously outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, and Radio Ta7rir, a youth-led online radio station that aired in March.\n\nRamadan applauds the growth of independent media, but says the real test is whether journalists and bloggers will be free to discuss issues and express their views without fear of recrimination." ]

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[ "Moving Beyond the Labels of Pro-Life and Pro-Choice\n\nFrance’s desire to build a relationship with Algeria may always be thwarted by colonial past.\n\nHistory has a way of making its presence known, years after the events that helped shape it are forgotten by a majority of the world. It is almost as though it wants to remind us that accepting the past is the only way to move into the future. Perhaps the best contemporary example of this fact is President Francois Hollande, president of France, visiting Algeria, a former French colony. France ruled over Algeria for 132 years, and its rulership was largely discriminatory and suppressive towards the indigenous population. Nevertheless, last month President Hollande made a trip to Algeria, with the mission to better relations with the former colony. However, the positive aspect of the trip was overshadowed by the fact that President Hollande never formally apologized to Algerians for French crimes during the colonial period.\n\nThe controversy over France’s lack of repentance cannot be understood unless a little bit of history is drudged up. French colonization of Algeria began in 1830, and by 1848 the country was officially annexed as a départemente of France. Indigenous Arabs and Berbers were displaced from their land, as traditional tribal methods of farming and controlling land were replaced with an agricultural method that was economically beneficial for the French. The much smaller French population became an elite class that quickly marginalized the natives economically, culturally, and politically. Tensions finally came to a head in 1954, when revolutionary sentiments came to a peak, and Algerians began an eight year long war for independence. The violent and bloody conflict eventually ended with negotiations, and Algeria formally gained its independence in 1962. Since then, the country has been fraught with internal leadership tensions, between Islamist political parties, the military, and liberals, and is slowly trying to establish its own identity in the world.\n\nThe violence and goriness of the past has not been forgotten by Algerians today, and many have been pressing France for an apology. These circumstances bring us to the events that occurred last December, when President Hollande stated he was not saying sorry for France’s behavior. However, he did remark that, “For 132, Algeria was subjected to a brutal and unfair system. This system has a name: it is colonialism, and I recognize the suffering colonialism inflicted on the Algerian people.” The quote is most definitely somber and heartfelt, but it brings to mind a myriad of questions. Two of the most pressing questions are why is the president drudging up Algeria’s past, and is it enough to fix relations between the two countries?", null, "The answer to the first question is rooted, unsurprisingly, in politics and economics. Thousands of Algerians migrate to France every year, and President Hollande gave out promises to streamline the visa process, and make a better effort to integrate Algerians into French society. According to the French president, the bettering of human relations on the immigration front will mutually benefit the two countries, particularly France. The French economy has been suffering as the global economy continues on its downward spiral, and President Hollande hopes to increase trade with its former colony. As of today, Algeria and France’s annual trade amounts to only 10 billion euros, a rather low amount seeing as how Algeria has over 12 billion barrels of oil reserves. Other countries, like China and Russia, enjoy favorable relations with Algeria, and this has benefited them economically.\n\nUnfortunately for France, I fear that President Hollande’s words do not match his country’s actions. France has been known for poorly treating its large Arab population, and has become a nation overcome with Islamophobia. Extreme right politicians like Marine Le Pen have made their dislike for immigrants and the presence of “radical Islam” in France obvious, and this sentiment has been steadily spreading throughout the nation. According to a Stanford University research study, Muslims are 2.5 times more likely to experience job discrimination than any other racial or ethnic group in France. These statistics, combined with the overall racism directed towards Arabs, has led Algerians to be wary of France’s abilities to build a positive, sustainable relationship with their country. Perhaps the best way for the French government to prove that it is willing to work on its bond with Algeria is to ameliorate racial tensions at home. Laws against job discrimination must be passed, and the Arab population, many who are second or third generation French, should be integrated into society. Correcting injustice within France will be the most powerful message that can be sent to Algerians abroad, and it may very well be the perfect nonverbal apology. Until this happens, history will continue to remind Algerians of a past that is filled with nothing but disappointment and pain." ]

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[ "As the competition between Instagram and Snapchat continues to heat up, a new blog post by Instagram today has revealed that the company's Snapchat clone \"Instagram Stories\" now has more daily active users than Snapchat itself.\n\nOf its 600 million users, Instagram now has more than 200 million users posting to or interacting with Stories every day, while Snapchat reportedly has around 158 million people using the original ephemeral social networking app, as of the last count. Snapchat's numbers don't specifically tie into use of its own \"Stories,\" and include any interaction with the app, from text messaging to video calls.\n\nThat last Snapchat update centered on data related to the fourth quarter of 2016, so it's likely those numbers are higher, but the growth of Instagram Stories in less than a year is quite noticeable.", null, "Facebook's copying of Snapchat in Instagram has gone far better than the same plan that the company recently enacted within Facebook itself, called Facebook Stories. Following a weak launch, the company updated its iOS app to make it look as if people were posting to Facebook Stories, when in fact they weren't.\n\nIn more general update news, users on Instagram Stories can now create \"Selfie Stickers\" to post on their Story, which can also be pinned to specific places within videos. Today's app update also makes it easier to get to your favorite stickers, includes simplified video controls, and comes with new geostickers for Chicago, London, Madrid and Tokyo.\n\navanpelt\nFacebook Stories needs to be shown the door. If people want that functionality, they can use Instagram. At least give people the option to hide the \"Stories\" from the top of the newsfeed. It's obnoxious.\nScore: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)\n\nThe user interface for snapchat is terrible. It's as if their designers decided to completely ignore Apple's HIG.\n\nYou need to be under 21 to understand how to navigate Snapchat.\n\nThis app makes me feel old.\nScore: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)\n\nv0lume4\nI LOVE Snapchat, and I still am bitter towards Instagram (Facebook) for their blatant copying of Snapchat. BUT -- I use Instagram Stories often, both posting myself as well as watching others'. And I have to say that I'm not surprised that IG has more daily users than Snapchat. It's so much easier to connect with your audience when you can share stories from your life on the same platform that your portfolio is on (I'm talking about popular photographers in this case). It's much more difficult trying to convince your followers to leave Instagram, open Snapchat, add you by username, and then keep up with your stories from there.\nScore: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)\n\nfive04\nThe user interface for snapchat is terrible. It's as if their designers decided to completely ignore Apple's HIG.\nScore: 1 Votes (Like | Disagree)\nRead All Comments" ]

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[ null, "Between the Thunder and the Rain:\n\nChinese Paintings from the Opium War through the Cultural Revolution, 1840-1979\n\nCongress, overriding the concerns of those disturbed by human rights violations, recently passed legislation that facilitates the expansion of trade between the U.S. and China. China is a huge and undeveloped market for American economic interests, which have prevailed over other concerns–not exactly a new pattern in American history.\n\nBut the U.S. is neither the only nor the least-principled economic opportunist to have eyed China with greed. A century and a half ago, the British, in grand imperialist fashion, waged and won the Opium Wars against the Chinese, who had tried to prohibit the British from selling opium in China; China was already experiencing widespread addiction from illegally imported opium brought in by the British. (The British, of course, used their profits from the drug trade to buy Chinese tea for export.) The treaties that followed from British victory opened up the major ports to traders and commerce and the resulting influx of Europeans had deeply unsettling influences as China emerged from eastern insularity onto the world stage.\n\nA century later, the Cultural Revolution once again threw all of China into turmoil, precipitating profound social, economic, and political transformations. Between the Thunder and the Rain is a remarkable exhibition, drawn from a private collection, of some 120 Chinese paintings in traditonal styles created during this historical period of accelerating change.\n\nWesterners, exposed to their own art history, easily distinguish the broad sweep of its periods and styles–from classic Greek to Abstract Expressionism–an incredible array of image, viewpoint, and technique. Those unfamiliar with the history of Chinese art often gain an initial impression of sameness, for Chinese art over the centuries was tradition-bound, with aesthetics and techniques followed within circumscribed parameters. (Many of these painting include in their titles an \"in the style of\" attribution, acknowledgement of the master whose technique was the artist’s inspiration.)\n\nWhile these works rarely display in a direct way the turbulent times in which the artists worked, variations in technique and expression did emerge in this period of cultural change, even within the context of traditional methodologies. It is impossible to view this exhibit without having sameness resolve into astounding diversity. And, aside form the scholarly and historical contexts, Between the Thunder and the Rain offers a sensually rich visual experience.\n\nArranged in three chronological groupings, the exhibit includes hanging scrolls, handscrolls, horizontal scrolls, fans, and albums. Calligraphy is an integral part of most of these paintings, and, indeed, there are examples in which calligraphy is the exclusive content.\n\nWesterners can only wonder at a centuries-old tradition of rock painting as a specialty; painter Zhou Tang took rocks as his exclusive subject matter in the latter part of his life. Rock, 1874, takes this most inert of subjects and injects it with energy that leaps from the scroll, energy generated by the twisting, angular form and the freely applied brush strokes. The dramatic, bold shape, standing alone without background, is at once an abstraction and a paradox in its contrast of subject and technique.\n\nTwo landscapes by Chen Chongguang offer strong contrasts in technique. In a river landscape of exquisite delicacy, the water is suggested by the simplest of rippling lines. A small bridge and two figures in the foreground are achieved with virtuosic economy. The slightest touch of color defines some blossoms on a tree and the robe of the leading figure. The serpentine composition of trees and rocks leads the eye upward to the far shore with a house on a hill, and onwards yet further, fading into a merely suggested distance.\n\nAnother landscape by Chen is in a completely different style, filling the scroll with dense pattern, stronger color, and a blunt brush stroke. A path and then a stream carry the eye once again on a serpentine line from the figures in the foreground, past a strongly defined building to a bridge upstream on which two figures are seated, and on to the looming mountain in the background. A profusion of blossomsis suggested by differing repeated patterns of brushstrokes.\n\nThere are plum blossom paintings (another long tradition), bird paintings, horses, portraits. Paintings from the later periods experiment, play with the traditions, but never abandon them. Fang Yi creates a monochromatic, goggle-eyed dragon, emerging from vaporous clouds, breathingout a stream of water that becomes the waves of the sea. Wang Zhen in \"Cat with Rock and Banana Tree\" and \"Lichee and Rock\" combines powerful brushstrokes with wash as he explores these symbols that have their own resonance in Chinese culture. A handful of the later works even delve into direct social commentary.\n\nWhat might have started out to the unaccustomed eye as sameness is quickly differentiated in an extraordinary range of subject matter, technique, and style, all the more stimulating for its varied connections to a long and distinguished tradition and the complexity of the history from which it emerges." ]

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[ "The winters in the Netherlands can be pretty dark. You could sleep just through the winter or go to Spain on holiday.\nIf you don't have that options the next logical thing to do is, make a daylight lamp :-)\n\nIf some one is interested in were I optained the parts or another question let me know.", null, "After using some tests setup I managed to burn out the red color of a rgb led.\nI found out that the rgb controller wasn't stepping down the voltage and red needs 16-18v Blue and Green 24-28v.", null, null, "So I added the power resistor to lower the voltage on the red color of the rgb leds, 7 Ohm drops the voltage about 8 volts.\nRed is running at 16 volts and still going strong.\n\nAnother thing was the heat dispensation while being more power efficient then light bulbs, these power leds still produce a lot of heat.\nRGB led is giving 0.30W/W so around 0.70W heat is produced for every 1W power put into the leds.\nThat is about 30% efficiency for leds against 5% for traditional light bulbs.\nHaving a power supply of 156W it produces at full power of 109W of heat. This is average dispensation and depends on the color usage of the rgb led.\n\nThis table is copied from a wiki page about led\n\nI started with two pw leds and to get ride of the heat I tried using a cpu cooler with a fan. But that resulted in fast overheating and burning of my fingers.\nTo terminate this problem I searched for a low budget solution, something big, nice enough to put in the living room.\nAt the local cooking supplies shop I found a aluminum baking tin with non-stick coating. Nice :-)", null, null, "In the picture above on the left you see the four power leds with two extra reused cpu coolers. On the right you see the rgb controller,the power resistor and some quick assembly ;-)\nThe wire used is old power wire from the power supply of a pc.\n\nThis baking tin is giving enough cooling surface for normal lighting levels in my living room of 32M².\nAt 30W there is enough light to read in every corner of the room. During the day when it's dark and rainy I'm running it at 40W to compensate the lack of daylight.\nThis setup never runs at the full power of 200W this because of the powers supply, when running at full power the cooling surface isn't enough and in 15 minutes it running really hot.\n\nBut full power isn't needed even at the lowest settings you can't look directly into the leds. And during operation I only exceeded the 60W when I want to show of my lamp :-)", null, null, "Below you see the power supply, this is a separate unit in a wooden box with some ventilation holes.\nA nice feature is the colored light, in the morning I use orange light to make waking up something easier.", null, "This unit is running for a year now and is very successful. The daylight compensation in the winter is really working and blends really nice in with the daylight.\nThe power saving is really nice, it came down from 100W to average 30W to light the whole room.\n\nWhen you are inspired nice :-)\n\nBut here come some warnings this is an experimental setup and it can not run unattended!\nAnd there is a serious risk of electric shock, burns, damage to your eyes and a fire hazard!", null ]

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[ null, "A race that will likely decide the balance of power in the Washington State Senate next year is virtually tied based on early primary results released Tuesday evening.\n\nOnly Dhingra and Englund will advance to the general election.\n\nSince Harris’s support is believed to be from Republicans, it is expected that much of his support would go to Englund in a two-way general election.\n\nAssuming those who voted for Parker are likely to vote Republican in the general election, the Republican/Democrat vote difference is only 300 votes.\n\nLate arriving ballots, which tend to favor Republican candidates, could push Dhingra below the 50% mark when all votes have been counted.\n\nRegardless, all indications are that this race will be very close. It is also expected to break all-time spending records in a state legislative race.\n\nRepublican control of the Senate for the last five years has allowed them to negotiate as equals with the Democrats.\n\nA Democrat victory in this race would give them control over every branch of Washington State’s government and likely re-energize Governor Inslee’s far left priorities.\n\nSeveral taxes – capital gains tax, real estate excise tax, and an energy tax – proposed by Governor Inslee but rejected by the Senate in the last budget negotiations could get new life in a Democrat controlled Senate.\n\nAlso, many far-left social policies including regulation of pro-life pregnancy centers, efforts to force businesses to pay for abortions, and attempts to regulate speech for licensed therapists have failed to become law only because of the current Senate leadership.\n\nWhile much of Washington State believes 2017 is an “off-year” for elections, in reality, this special-election in Redmond, Woodinville, Kirkland, Duvall, and Sammamish will decide the direction of our state for the foreseeable future.\n\nMaybe the Dumbest Headline Ever\nScroll to top" ]

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[ "Now joining our list of MedTech-IQ Affiliates we are adding:\n\n\nCheck Them out ... Both can be found on the homepage.\n\nECRI officials said the list represents important technologies and technology-related issues that private and public payers should pay close attention to in 2010.\n\nThe trends as listed are:\n\nWhile most of the discussion over public health these days surrounds the Congressional debate over health care reform, there are a number of advances in health care that have already been made, and could be further implemented with an increase in broadband access and adoption.\n\nHigh-speed Internet access creates several advantages for both doctors and their patients. Patients can create a personal health file online that can be accessed by their primary doctors, specialists or… Continue\n\nThe Fourth Star: Four Generals and the Epic Struggle for the Future of the United States Army\n\nBOOK OF THE WEEK\n\n\nThe Fourth Star: Four Generals and the Epic Struggle for the Future of the United States Army\n\nby Gregg Jaffe and David Cloud.\n\n\nThe book is a fascinating insight into today's Army, written by Gregg Jaffe and David Cloud. Jaffe is the Pentagon correspondent for the Washington Post and… Continue\n\n\nA week ago I had a chance to sit down for a hour-long one on one interview with Google CEO Eric Schmidt. There ...\n\nHow to Quantify Connectivity & Networking “Success”\n\nPlease see the link below for one example of how to measure the impact of an individuals publications, scientific collaborations, partnerships, scholarly output, quality of work, etc. The criteria used here is based on the network of collaborations that result, how many people one works with or brings into his or her specific arena of research (“Integrated semantic community platform). Clearly, the impact of a scientist’s work is more than simply the number of Google “hits”!.…\n\nPlease see below a video review by John Caddell, author of the \"Customers Are Talking\" blog, on Andrew McAfee's new book (November 2009) \"Enterprise 2.0: New Collaborative Tools For Your Organization's Toughest Challenges.\" I think this is one of the best of a new genre of books on \"Web 2.0\", and how it can be interactively used to advance business \"Global Brand Identification, \"Thought Leadership\", Collaboration and Communication.…\n\nThe reports say the president is most likely to back a plan to send between 30,000 and 35,000 additional U.S. troops to the country.\n\nThe top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan earlier this year told the president that up to 40,000 troops are needed to combat Taliban and al-Qaida militants in the region.…\n\nHappy Thanksgiving ... From MedTech-IQ to You & Yours\n\nAs the U.S. members of MedTech-IQ enter the Thanksgiving season, please accept our best wishes for a peaceful and prosperous year ahead. This past year has been one of serious challenges. But, we are all still here and kicking.\n\nContinue to fight the good fight ... Don't let \"them\" get you down ... Do let your family and friends know how much you appreciate them ... Eat Food ... Not too much .... Mostly plants… Continue\n\nHow to improve healthcare services with Visual Communication Technology\n\nObama to Visit India Next Year\n\nPresident Barack Obama has hailed bilateral relations with India, and says he has accepted an invitation to travel to the country next year.\n\nMr. Obama is hosting Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the White House for the first state visit of his presidency.\n\nThe president said he and the prime minister made progress in talks on climate change, and will work together to fight terrorism and other transnational threats. He said the two countries can cooperate in…\n\nYes indeed. I remember it well. 22 November 1989 (10:15 AM). My first of six Congressional testimonies. Waxing poetic on the sorry state of Federal preparedness and response to disasters (this was just after both the catastrophic earthquakes in Armenia and San Francisco (Loma Prieta or \"World Series\" quake). If I had to give the same testimony today, there would be very little that I would change. Sad. But true. But it was the first real break in my \"disastrous\" career:…\n\nThank you to MedTech-IQ member, Elihu El El, for the link...\n\n\nFounded in 1964, the White House Fellows program is one of America's most prestigious programs for leadership and public service. White House Fellowships offer exceptional young men and women first-hand experience working at the highest levels of the federal government.\n\nHundreds of private e-mails and documents hacked from a computer server at a British university are causing a stir among global warming skeptics, who say they show that climate scientists conspired to overstate the case for a human influence on climate change.\n\nThe e-mails, attributed to prominent American and British climate researchers, include discussions of scientific data and whether it should be released, exchanges about how best to combat the arguments of skeptics, and casual… Continue\n\nLast night we experienced a spam attack from a member who had just joined MedTech-IQ, and immediately began a \"search for true partnership\" by emailing many of you. Though we have no problem with true companionship in general, that is not the purpose of this network. We have banned the spamming member.\n\nInteractive e-learning in Medicine - A study.", null, "It is a very complicated process,\" Health and Human Services Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response Nicole Lurie said at the House Energy and…http://www.abcnews.go.com/Politics/h1n1-virus-congress-examines-response-vaccine-distribution/story?id=9115167… Continue" ]

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[ "Konstantin Sonin, professor at HSE Department of Institutional Economics, spoke about HSE on its 20th anniversary.\n\nThe Higher School of Economics in Moscow, one of the true academic wonders of our time, celebrated its 20th anniversary this week. In those 20 years, many of its departments have become the leading research centers in their respective fields and the educational program stands head and shoulders above its closest competitors in Russia. In many ways, the Higher School of Economics is the first university in the country to reach global standards.\n\nAmong other things, the university hires professors through open, international competition, just as the process is done by the rest of the world and by only two other Russian universities. Ever more surprisingly, some of the greatest accomplishments have been made in fields that were previously dominated by other universities. Although the university's mathematics department came into existence quickly, it has already gained a reputation as perhaps the best in Russia and is on its way to earning a high spot in international rankings as well. While the Higher School of Economics' mathematics and other departments have excelled, more prominent mathematics departments have declined over the past 20 years.\n\nAs former academic citadels like Moscow State University lost their leading scientists and plummeted in the rankings, the Higher School of Economics opened new departments, established a transparent hiring policy and created decent working conditions. The result is that young academics with doctoral degrees from all over the world submit their applications to the Higher School of Economics to join the faculty, and the numbers continue to grow each year.\n\nSeveral new departments, including history and philology, were opened in the past two years, and now the university attracts the best specialists from other leading Moscow universities. This is not so much because the salaries are higher at the Higher School of Economics — many Moscow universities pay their \"star professors\" as much — but because it has created a true \"university atmosphere,\" which we have only read about in books on 19th-century Russia and that until recently only existed abroad. The professors and students run the university, the administrators are serious professionals, and the courses are not only on par with the world's leading universities but also constantly change and adapt to the latest innovations.\n\nWhile other universities talk about internationalization, the Higher School of Economics has offered exchange programs to allow hundreds of students to study abroad and return home to Russia. It has also hired dozens of prominent foreign instructors, including visiting professors and fellows.\n\nTo be included in international rankings as a full-fledged research university, an institution must also offer education in difficult disciplines, such as medicine, biology and chemistry. They are difficult because they are expensive to equip and difficult to manage. I think the Higher School of Economics directors are not planning this move, but if they do, I am certain that the departments they create will be no worse than the very best in Russia.", null, "Konstantin Sonin\nAll news by the author" ]

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[ null, "The colors pop, bursting out of a barn that’s faded to gray after so many harvest moons. Three large, diamond-shaped paintings, each on a wooden panel, add a touch of wow! to the earth tones along Buck Mountain Circle on the outskirts of West Jefferson.\n\nOne diamond is filled with a big yellow flower, its edges in orderly triangles, shining like the noonday sun. Another painting depicts an actual sun, rising over a pointy green hill. The third radiates with triangles and squares, a pattern called the Carpenter’s Wheel, colored in greens and reds and yellows.\n\nAt first, these splashes of art might look out of place, yet at second glance — and there’s always a second glance — they fit in so perfectly. Unlike a billboard thrust against the countryside, barn quilts complement the scenery, add warmth to it, and embrace those of us passing through it. Drive the country roads around West Jefferson, among the many Christmas tree farms and rolling pastures and wooded coves, and you’ll see haylofts dabbed with color, brightening even the gloomiest winter day.", null, "Artists Dale Sheets and Hannah Abee painted the Carpenter’s Wheel that serves as the centerpiece of this trio. photograph by Jon Eckard\n\nDrive on into West Jefferson and you’ll come across not only the occasional quilt square on a building wall, but also more than a dozen murals. Check out the one — a big one — on the corner of West Main Street and North Jefferson Avenue: It’s a banjo picker and a fiddle player in mid-note against a backdrop of the New River, farm fields, and mountains. Classic Ashe County.\n\nWest Jefferson, with a population of around 1,300, has a distinctly artsy vibe — downtown is home to 18 art galleries and craft shops — but it’s still small and unvarnished enough for mud-on-the-fenders pickup trucks to rumble by. Here in downtown, you can sip espresso at a coffee shop called Bohemia or stock up on Mason jars at the True Value Hardware. You can take a rug hooking or basketry class at the Florence Thomas Art School. You can do a wine tasting, or a gourmet oil and balsamic vinegar tasting, or buy a used novel, or get your banjo fixed, or get a new pair of work boots.\n\nThe town is a tapestry of contrasts, much like the barn quilt Syndi Brooks is painting at her little studio on East Second Street.\n\n“I think it can be said that this world is divisive enough,” she says while taking a break from the half-painted geometric shapes at her workspace. “I look at the quilt as piecing communities together.” Quilts, after all, are sewn deeply into the fabric of Ashe County, and of Appalachia. Across these mountains, you’ll hear stories of mothers and grandmothers and great-grandmothers who gathered ’round after supper to sew quilts. Their handiwork protected their families from the cold of deep mountain nights.", null, "Marianne DiNapoli Mylet’s New River Traditions is one of a number of murals in downtown West Jefferson that, together, tell the story of life in Ashe County. photograph by Jon Eckard\n\nIn Ashe County these days, there’s a group of women — and, yes, men — who make up the Ashe County Piecemakers Quilt Guild. They get together regularly to sew and chat and learn. “I think it’s a wonderful celebration of women’s work through the years,” Brooks says. “To take the old fabrics and the feed sacks and provide for their families warm quilts for the winter.”\n\n“I look at the quilt as piecing communities together.”\n\nBrooks and her spouse, Renée, were born in Ashe County but went off to stretch their horizons and earn a living. They returned in 2007 to care for Syndi’s ailing grandmother and were beguiled by all the barn quilts dotting the landscape. Renée painted one herself and hung it up on the side of their house. The neighbors loved it and, of course, had to have one, too. And so it began: Syndi and Renée went into business as the “Quilt Square Girls.” Brooks figures they’ve painted more than 1,500 barn quilts of all different shapes and sizes.\n\nQuilts began decorating barns around here in 2005, when the Ashe County Arts Council brought together locals to design, paint, and hang them. “It was something very personal to people in the patterns they would choose and the colors they would choose,” says Jane Lonon, executive director of the Ashe County Arts Council. “It was just a perfect extension of the work we had done in downtown West Jefferson with our murals project and public art.”", null, "But how did this little town, all snug in its mountainous corner of the state, blossom into such an arts enclave? Southern Appalachia does have a long history of arts and crafts — weaving, woodworking, pottery making — but 18 art galleries within eight blocks is, well, a lot. West Jefferson must have a certain something to attract so many creative types. “The overall quality of life in a small rural community,” Lonon says, “certainly lends itself to artists and to many of their lifestyles, and the ability to find the time, the peace, the beauty.”\n\nThe town’s artistic repute really began to sprout with the fresco paintings inside St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, one of West Jefferson’s most popular stops for visitors. It’s a quaint, white church south of town that houses three magnificent frescoes painted by North Carolina native Ben Long in 1974. The paintings are titled Mary Great With Child, John The Baptist, and The Mystery of Faith. This little sanctuary, open to the public 24 hours a day, is a wonderful place to sit down in dim light, shut out the noise of the outside world, and bask in quiet contemplation.\n\nArt has brought out the color in West Jefferson, making its components shine a little brighter.\n\nThe frescoes were the first created in North Carolina by Long, and “the first significant works of public art in Ashe County,” Lonon says. They became a means for West Jefferson to market itself as a place to see and appreciate art, leading to what she calls an “aha moment”: As more people arrived in Ashe County to admire the frescoes, the more the town wanted to expand its art offerings. Soon, locals began to look at empty brick walls as something else … a canvas. “The downtown murals were the beginning of the revitalization of West Jefferson,” Lonon says. “The art itself was sort of a vehicle for attracting interest and effecting change in our downtown area.”\n\nFlorence Thomas was among the area’s most renowned artists. Born on a farm in 1909, she created hundreds of paintings — of landscapes, flowers, farm animals. When she died in 2007, she left behind money to start a nonprofit art school in town, which hosts workshops throughout the year.\n\nArt has brought out the color in West Jefferson, making its components — longtime businesses to newly opened boutiques — shine a little brighter. Before long, you’ll see the art in every pursuit here, whether it’s growing Fraser firs or separating curds from whey.\n\nStep inside the Ashe County Cheese store and sample a cube of sharp Cheddar from a toothpick. Cheese is an art form here. There’s cheese with garlic, parsley, and chives. Cheese with tomato and basil. Cheese with garden vegetables.\n\nAnd it’s not just cheese and quilts that are made with artistic flair here.\n\n“I’m not a chef, but I like to play with my food,” says Ann Rose, who opened the Rose Mountain Butcher Shoppe last year. All of her meat — beef, pork, lamb, duck, quail — comes from local farmers. When she says that she plays with her food, what she means is, she lets her imagination run free. So why not throw some maple syrup and blueberries into the sausage? She’s done it, and it’s a hit.\n\nThat creative, let’s-try-this impulse infuses so much of West Jefferson, from crafting a Belgian witbier at Boondocks Brewing to working with oil sticks and pastels at the Florence Thomas Art School. It’s all part of the patchwork, the texture, of this town. And just like a quilt, West Jefferson has a crafty way of wrapping you up, making you feel comfortable, and putting you in no hurry to leave.\n\nA Bite and a Brew\n\nFrom cheese to beer, the signature flavors of West Jefferson only get better with age.\n\nThe Hotel Tavern\nThis cozy restaurant is located inside the historic Old Hotel, which was built to service passengers of the Virginia Creeper train that once ran through West Jefferson. Black-and-white photos, original front doors, and an old support beam repurposed as a bar top honor the history of one of the city’s oldest buildings. thehoteltavern.com\n\nBoondocks Brewing\nBoondocks founder Gary Brown loved the fresh, natural taste of Ashe County spring water so much that he would transport it across the state to Rocky Mount for his home brewing. Now, Gary owns Ashe County’s first commercially licensed craft brewery, where you can grab a bite — and beers that you’ll only find here. boondocksbeer.com\n\nWhether you’re looking for classes or a work to hang, the art scene in West Jefferson has what you need.\n\nCatchlight Gallery\nEach of CatchLight’s 21 fine-art photographers spends the occasional day working in the gallery and interacting with visitors, including students from Ashe County High School’s photography class. The gallery provides space for these up-and-coming photographers to showcase their work, with 100 percent of the proceeds going to the student. catchlightgallery.net\n\nFlorence Thomas Art School\nThis nonprofit art school continues the legacy of Florence Young Thomas, an Ashe County native famous for her prolific painting and dedication to art education. The school offers workshops for children and adults, exhibition space, special events, and resources for those interested in the arts. florenceartschool.org\n\nOriginals Only Gallery\nWhen Joan Bell needed a place for the stacks of paintings she had sitting at home, the Ashe County Arts Council encouraged her to move into an empty storefront downtown. Now, her western North Carolina- and UK-inspired paintings are in the spotlight alongside other local paintings, textiles, pottery, and woodworks. originalsonlygallery.com" ]

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[ null, "It is not at all surprising to learn that Lewis Hamilton is the best paid in Formula 1 . The British driver has become the winner of this season in history by winning his seventh World Championship in the premier class of motorsport and equaling the number of titles of Michael Schumacher . What is striking is the large gap that exists between his salary and that of other competitors.\n\nAccording to the French publication Business Book GP , which analyzes the economic side of F1 every year and publishes financial data from the motorsport elite, Hamilton received a salary of USD 55.7 million this season . Logically, that figure only corresponds to the salary that Mercedes pays him , but does not include his bonuses for objectives and the money of the sponsors.\n\nThe top-paid competitors podium is completed by German Sebastian Vettel , who earned USD 41.5 million from Ferrari this campaign, and Australian Daniel Ricciardo , who had a salary of USD 23.7 million . Both will probably change their income next year because they will start racing for another team: Vettel at Aston Martin and Ricciardo at McLaren . In fact, the Gazzetta dello Sport recently reported that the German four-time champion will significantly reduce his salary, he would receive around 14 million.\n\nThis ranking also shows that there is a big gap between Hamilton and his teammate, the Finn Valtteri Bottas , who earns less than half the salary of the British competitor: he earns just $ 10.6 million . And logically the difference is even greater with the drivers who earn less money on the grid.\n\nItalian Antonio Giovinazzi (Alfa Romeo) ranks as the driver with the lowest salary in Formula 1 , with an income of USD 600,000 , behind George Russell and Nicholas Latifi , the members of the Williams team , who have a salary of 900,000 .", null, null, null, null, null, null ]

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[ null, "Participants undergo the ceremony of \"Taffy-95.\"\n\nInterview with the president of the \"New Company\" A.Mitroshenkova.\n\nWinners of Taffy on stage.\n\nFlowers in the greenhouse.\n\nInterview of the Deputy Director General of \"Green Line\" A.Borilovoy bouquets of nominees for Taffy.\n\nWere members of the jury, the director V.Hotinenko.\n\nS.Bodrovu (the youngest) is awarded the prize Festival.\n\nK.Muratova other prizewinners a reply.\n\nFragment of rehearsal with A.Dzhigarhanyana." ]

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[ null, "Although Cobblestone Hotel opened their doors on March 12, 2021 the hotel was forced to put all of their activities on hold due to the snow storm and events that followed.\n\nThe Cobblestone Hotel was finally able to host their grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony.\n\nThere was quite the list of activities to do on Wednesday. There were several speakers including, but not limited too, the President and CEO of Cobblestone Hotels Brian Wogernese and Pine Bluffs Mayor Allen Curtis.\n\nThe hotel staff had designated six specific rooms for tours. One was called the extended stay room. These rooms a..." ]

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[ null, "Employees at the following Ohio Edison service centers were honored for their safety dedication on a team and individual basis:\n\nMacedonia and Fairlawn employees received the President’s Safety Excellence Award at separate luncheon events. “It was great to celebrate with these teams and thank them for their commitment to safety,” said Rich Sweeney, regional president, Ohio Edison/Penn Power. “A number of these employees have worked OSHA-free for more than 40 years. They have dedicated their careers to working safely and are proving that this achievement is possible.”\n\nBargaining-unit employees at Macedonia and Fairlawn are represented by Utility Workers Union of America (UWUA) Local 126.\n\nMacedonia and Fairlawn were among the FEU work groups featured in the Jan. 17 issue of the Safety Milestones newsletter." ]

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[ "Penpushing reports that Bankole in her explanation to journalists said that the accusation was the handwork of his political enemies who are guilty of the allegations, describing the allegations as false, malicious and targeted to tarnish her good image.\n\n“How would the Chief Security Officer of the Council hired thugs to attack his people? Tewure people have been living peacefully before the incident,” she said, stressing that the law enforcement agency has started investigation into the matter, disclosing that all the culprits has been arrested and remanded.\n\nThe council chairperson said that peace has been restored back to the community through the security agency, calling on the people of the community to continue to go about their lawful business without any fear or molestation.\n\nPenpushing further reports that, it is recalled that some suspected hoodlums reportedly invaded Tewure’s community where many people were allegedly beaten and injured over a land dispute.", null, null, null ]

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[ null, "We have to build a stronger economy. In the past few days, we’ve had more small energy companies, a huge jump in gas prices, Tesco warning of a rise in food prices over Christmas, BP petrol stations running out of fuel and warnings of food shortages.\n\nWe also fear that there won’t be enough fireworks for a bonfire night or enough Christmas trees and, to make up for this, two crumpet factories will have to be closed due to a lack of CO2.\n\nIt’s funny. It’s great to talk about our electricity industry being hit by several problems at the same time: rising global gas prices, a fire that has put one of the cables connecting it with France out of work, much less Maintenance of air, nuclear plants etc. is being done.\n\nRethinking: If the shelves are really empty at Christmas, the government will be to blame\n\nHowever, it begs many questions, such as why didn’t we create more gas storage? Is it really a good idea to import that much electricity from France? Why are delivery drivers not paid more? And so on. Besides, we all know that the wind doesn’t blow sometimes.\n\nIt was great to try to introduce more competition into the gas and electricity industries, but the way it has been done has forced many small enterprises, often with insufficient financial support, to offer low-priced deals to gullible customers. For, go down only when things get tough.\n\nAnd while it’s okay to blame the lack of HGV drivers on supply problems, it’s a long-standing problem because not enough young people are getting licenses. Maybe they should be paid more.\n\nThis is not just a matter of Britain. There are supply-chain issues around the world. German car plants have had to cut production due to a lack of computer chips.\n\nBank of America has just warned of America’s problems, saying that ‘Christmas for retail will largely be about empty shelves’.\n\nOne reason Russia restricts its gas exports to Europe is that it must first rebuild domestic stocks, as they have run right down.\n\nSo what to do?\n\nCompanies all over the world have spent 30 years and more focusing on reducing costs rather than building a security of supply.\n\nSo small local plants have been closed in favor of a bigger factory farther away from the world. Warehouses have switched operations from time to time, and stocks have been kept to a minimum.\n\nThe UK has been particularly hard hit, with a relentless expansion of manufacturing for a generation, but we didn’t realize how fragile things were until the pandemic hit.\n\nNow the mood has changed. There are three main ways companies are trying to reorganize themselves. One is to buy locally.\n\nOf course, there are some products that we always have to import. You can grow pineapples in a heated greenhouse in the UK, but it makes more sense to import them from somewhere warm.\n\nBut there are a lot of products that are made here and one of the side effects of Brexit disruption is encouraging local suppliers.\n\nAnother way to tackle labor shortages, one aspect of the problem, is to invest in more automation, made easier by 5G telecommunications networks.\n\nA third is for companies that have any additional logistics capacity to sell to other enterprises, making the entire distribution system more efficient.\n\nAll this will take time and cost money. Making the economy green is commendable, but it takes time and also money.\n\nAn entire generation of managers who have spent their careers trying to reduce costs will have to learn new tricks for building a stronger, more localized, network of suppliers.\n\nThere will be winners, which include firms that manage their logistics efficiently, and are specialist suppliers of top-end products. And there will be losers, companies that cannot cope. It will not be the only third-rate energy companies that fall under this.\n\nThe really big message here for businesses is that globalization, the major force driving the world economy, is changing direction. Things started getting more localized before the pandemic hit, but now that change has accelerated.\n\nThe big message for governments is that they need to think about the consequences of every law they bring in: Does it make our economy stronger or less? If the shelves are really empty at Christmas, they’ll get the blame, too.", null, null ]

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[ null, "Gold Coast SUNS midfielder Jeremy Sharp has been awarded the Round 18 NAB AFL Rising Star nomination after a career-high 30 disposals in just his sixth AFL game against the Western Bulldogs on Saturday afternoon at Metricon Stadium.\n\nTo go with his 30 disposals, the 19-year-old took 10 marks, laid two tackles and had seven rebound-50s to be one of the SUNS best players in their 11-point loss.\n\nSharp made his AFL debut in Round 10, 2020 and played two games in his debut season before making his 2021 debut in Round 15 against North Melbourne. He’s played four games on the bounce averaging over 21 disposals, six marks and kicked his first goal against Richmond in Round 16.\n\nThe Gold Coast SUNS traded up the draft order to secure the Western Australian with selection 27 in the 2019 NAB AFL Draft from East Fremantle. Sharp represented Western Australia at the 2018 and 2019 NAB AFL Under-18 Championships and earnt All-Australian honours on both occasions after impressive representative carnivals. In his draft year he averaged over 15 disposals in the WAFL for East Fremantle in his six matches at senior level.\n\nSharp played his junior football with the Attadale Bombers in Perth.\n\nA NAB AFL Rising Star nominee will be named following each round of football in the 2021 Toyota AFL Premiership season.\n\nFollowing each round of the Home and Away season, a panel of judges select a NAB AFL Rising Star nominee. At the completion of the season, one of these nominees will be chosen as the 2021 NAB AFL Rising Star. The panel takes into account the performance in that round first before comparing the performances in previous rounds when deciding who is the best performed ‘eligible player’ for that week.\n\nThe 2021 NAB AFL Rising Star winner will be awarded the Ron Evans Medal, along with $20,000 from NAB and a dedicated private banker. NAB continues to support footballers by recognising the junior clubs that helped foster the early careers of the nominated players. Jeremy Sharp junior club, Attadale Bombers Football Club, will receive a NAB Club Recognition Award valued at $2500, comprising financial and practical resources, as a result of his Round 18 nomination. Since supporting the NAB AFL Rising Stars Program, NAB has donated over $900,000 worth of resources to junior football clubs through this initiative.\n\nNAB has been supporting footy from grassroots to the elite level since 2002, providing boys and girls with a clear pathway from NAB AFL Auskick through the NAB AFL Rising Stars Program all the way to the big time.\n\nA NAB AFL Rising Star nominee will be named following each round of football in the 2021 Toyota AFL Premiership season." ]

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[ null, "Cool image time! In today’s download of new images from Curiosity was a large number looking at the sky. by one of the rover’s navigation cameras. As noted in the science team’s most recent update, their aim was to “watch for clouds in the sky at twilight.”\n\nThey were apparently very successful. The picture to the right, reduced to post here, is one example. The other pictures show these clouds and other clouds as they change over time.\n\nI don’t have much more to add, other than to say it is quite breath-taking to be able to sit here on Earth and routinely gaze at the weather on Mars.\n\nUPDATE: I do have one more thing to say. If you have any skills at programming and want to figure out how to process the raw images from Curiosity and Perseverance to bring out their color, you might find the video at this link of interest: How Can You Color Process Mars Rover’s Images In DaVinci Resolve?\n\nI am not a computer programming geek, so some of its details went over my head. Nonetheless, it opened a window into the photo-engineering used to turn the rovers’ black-and-white digital data into color.\n\nHat tip to Patrick Inhofer, who calls himself the photon wrangler at MixingLight.com." ]

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[ null, "Today technology is the main part of the cricket or any other sport. There was a time when there were no review systems so umpires had to take all the decisions. But then technology made a revolution and today it is decided on the basis of centimetres whether the batsman is out or not out. Now, a new technology smart cricket ball is around the corner to revolutionise cricket.\n\nDespite having the technology still on some occasions, umpires fail to conclude the right decision. So, ICC keep updating the technology in cricket. In the past two decades, we have seen the evolution of the hawkeye system, hotspot system, DRS system etc. Now, we have LED stumps and bails which easily tells you when the bails dislodge.\n\nWhat Is Smart Cricket Ball?\n\nCricket ball manufacturing company Kookaburra keen to bring this technology in upcoming Big Bash League season. A microchip will be embedded inside the ball which will give accurate analytics. The data calculated by these balls like speed, release point, pre-bounce and post-bounce will be more accurate than the normal radar.\n\nEngland’s Jos Buttler said when asked if he would like to see the ball used in Tests. “It’ll be a great coaching tool and for viewers as well, it’s amazing to see that instant feedback. It seems to behave exactly the same as a regular ball.”" ]

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[ "Stewart Cink in Command at Midway Point of RBC Heritage", null, "Stewart Cink hasn’t totally lapped the field through two rounds at the RBC Heritage, but he has done a pretty good disappearing act.\n\nFriday’s second consecutive 8-under-par 63 leaves Cink, the former Florence resident, with a five-shot lead at the midway point of a tournament that he’s won twice.\n\nThrough 36 holes, Harbour Town Golf Links has been Cink’s personal playground. At 16-under 126, he not only shattered the tournament’s 36-hole scoring record by three shots, but leads Corey Conners by five shots, Emiliano Grillo by six shots and four other players by seven shots heading into Saturday’s third round.\n\nIt’s how he’s gotten to 16-under that could spell trouble for those in pursuit. For the second straight day, Cink was nearly flawless. He made six birdies and one eagle in a bogey-free round.\n\nCink said the key to following up his opening 63 with another 63 was “solid planning, discipline and that combined with good execution.”\n\n“A lot of times when you have a super low round out here on the PGA Tour, it’s because a lot of crazy stuff happens,” he said. “You hole out from the fairway or maybe you hole a bunker shot or you make some long putts, but that really didn’t happen the last couple days. There hasn’t been a day of crazy makes and hole-outs.\n\n“I’ve had a lot of really good looks at birdies, and I’ve felt very comfortable on the greens.”\n\nCink said par saves at Nos. 9 and 12 were crucial to keeping momentum. He credited his son/caddie Reagan Cink with providing advice on No. 12 that kept him from trying a riskier shot.\n\nInstead of trying to play a low shot through trees near the green, Cink said Reagan talked him into playing a safer layup shot. Cink did, and he ended up with a 40-yard pitch that he got up and down for par.\n\n“He said, ‘Dad, you don’t have to get this ball all the way to the green if you go that direction; you can easily leave it 20 or 30 yards short of the green and have a pitch right up the green.\n\n“‘I think that’s your goal here,’” Cink recalled his son saying. “So instead of trying to hit it 160, I hit it 130, left myself 40 yards and had a straightforward shot. Now, I still had to execute the shot and make par, get up-and-down, but that was an example of how a caddie and somebody like Reagan with a comfort level to suggest that can influence a player who may be thinking other ways. So that was a good example of how Reagan really made a difference.”\n\nCink said he came into the second round with no specific score in mind – he just wanted to keep doing what he did in the first round. In control of his game, he made the quirky Harbour Town Golf Links look like an easy track, which it isn’t.\n\n“We’ve got a really good plan going between Reagan and myself, and just wanted to come out here and just continue just – we call it bludgeoning,” he said. “We’re just bludgeoning that plan almost to death. When you can manage yourself around a course like that and execute, the golf course will just yield.”\n\nNow, the goal is to stay ahead the rest of the way to earn what would be his eighth victory on Tour and second this season. His plan – keep doing what has him 16-under through two rounds.\n\n“I don’t see any reason to change what I’m doing. I can only control what I can control, and there’s a lot of stuff that those other guys are going to do that I don’t have anything to do with, so I’m just going to try to do my best, stay committed to my thing and hopefully — I told Reagan, let’s just try to make the first two days our highest scores of the week.”" ]

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[ null, "Romanian groove rockers The Different Class are streaming their new full-length, »Skins«, which was just released on March 24th, 2022.\n\nWatch their latest video for the second single and title track »Skins« below!\n\nRock & roll trendsetters The Different Class has released »Skins«, a journey of finding out who you are by using all the wrong methods.\n\n»Skins« is available now on all streaming platforms!\n\n»Skins« is an album that is made out of short stories of someone trying to find its essence while leaving itself to sink in the crevasses and shadows of its own core. What comes out is a board of intense feelings and a search for freedom out of the infinite skins we wear in our everyday lives. The Different Class has always written with startling candor on emotions and identity – topics which are now taken to greater heights on their new album.\n\nFrontman Cris Paul comments on »Skins«: “The band was caught halfway into this album by the pandemic, and living indoors we got an insightful look inside The Different Class and we finally had the time to sit down and search more within. We picked 13 out of 30 songs for this album, songs that we made in the pre-pandemic period, intending to find our sound in this group together.”", null, "The Different Class deals with an extreme range of emotions on »Skins«, as a result of being in constant conflict with oneself. Moreover, it’s about living in two worlds of dream and reality at the same time, while mixing love and lust, unraveling the spirit, and being corrupted by passion and desire. Going further, the album serves as an emotional catharsis for the band, capturing the feeling of being trapped and restrained by the good and bad, facing themselves in the mirror not knowing if they are telling themselves the full truth or just another lie.\n\nWhile doing »Skins«, The Different Class deconstructed all of these concepts and established a sound between the songwriters who collaborated for the first time together in this formula on a full-length album: Cris Paul, Seian Scorobete, and Michael Vuscan. They take the compositional structures and develop them into a more mature and contrasting form, all while hypnotizing us into a visual vortex. Their first single »Ping Pong« is walking you through the streets of Eindhoven into an exotic-steampunk-inspired catwalk.\n\nAs if that wasn’t enough, The Different Class continues to satiate their fans by gathering the most talented people around the globe to offer them an unforgettable experience. »Skins« was mixed in Toronto by Rob Anders, one of the most active and acclaimed mixing engineers in the Canadian film industry." ]

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[ "As mentioned earlier, the feedback control method is controlled according to the deviation. It is characterized by the deviation of the extension of the expected value of the accusations from the expected amount of control. The amount of control is consistent with the expectations. It can be said that the feedback control system composed of feedback control methods has the ability to inhibit any internal and external disturbances on the control of the control, and has high control accuracy. However, there are many components and complicated structures used in this system. It is more troublesome to hold the performance analysis and design of other systems. Nevertheless, it is still an important and widely used control method. The main research object of automatic control theory is a system composed of this control method.\n\nAccording to a premium -controlled opening control system, its control effect is directly generated by the system input. Given a given input that there is an output corresponding to it. The control accuracy depends entirely on the components and calibration accuracy used. In the plane speed control system, if you only consider the parts in the dotted frame, you can be regarded as an open -loop control system that is controlled by a presented quantitative control.\n\nCF’s control voltage is determined. In this way, in the process of work, even if the speed of plane deviates from the expected value, it will not affect the control voltage. Therefore, this type of opening control does not have the ability to automatically modify the deviation and has poor antipity. However, due to its simple structure, convenient adjustment, and low cost, this control method still has a certain practical value when the accuracy requirements are not high or the irritation effect is less impact. At present, some automated devices used in various departments of the national economy, such as automatic vending machines, automatic washing machines, product production automatic lines, CNC lathes, and traffic lights in directing traffic, are generally a ring control system.\n\nThe opening control system based on disturbance control is a compensation effect using the measurement that can be measured to reduce or offset the impact of disturbance on the output volume. This control method is also called smooth feed control. For example, in the general DC speed control system, the speed often decreases with the increase of load, and the decrease of its speed is caused by the decrease of the voltage of the agent circuit. If we try to cause the load\n\nThe change is measured and produced an additional control effect according to its size to compensate for the speed decrease caused by it, so that it can constitute an open -loop control system that is controlled by disturbance. The opening control method is to obtain information directly from disturbances, and to change the amount of control. Therefore, its antipity is good and the control is slightly higher, but it only applies to the occasion that can be measured.", null ]

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[ "An 8-hour fishing period was allowed today from the Johnson River up to Chuathbaluk; this opening allowed the use of 6″ or smaller mesh sized gear with the intent that fishermen target chum and sockeye salmon. Up until today only 4″ mesh or smaller has been allowed; the purpose for the restrictions have been for the conservation of the king salmon which have returned in very low numbers the past few years.\n\nLast year the Kuskokwim experienced the lowest return on record with only about 47,000 kings reaching the spawning grounds; much lower than the 65,000 minimum escapement goal set by the Department of Fish & Game.\n\nFishermen in Aniak reported that the fishing today was not exactly fast and furious, with at least up to seven boats fishing the normal drifts near town during the course of the opening.\n\nOne group of successful fishermen caught 5 kings, 21 chums and 1 red in three hours of fishing (several drifts produced nothing). Another fisherman caught 6 chums on the first drift at 10:00 am but had to quit due to motor problems.\n\nLast night, several friends and myself tried our hand at dip netting but came up empty after an hour’s try; considering the report from today, the chums and reds likely weren’t around in great numbers either.\n\nThere were some people that had more success than others. One fisherman from Chuathbaluk caught over 100 chum and several kings and reds during the opening. Another person caught 30 chums, 3 reds and 1 king several miles downstream of Aniak.", null, "Getting ready to pull the net.", null, "Six of the seven boat close to the ending time vying for the few fish that were caught today during the 8-hour opening." ]

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[ null, null, "Pictured here with the Yankees, Enos 'Country' Slaughter made his name as a member of the St. Louis Cardinals. He played for the Cards for 13 seasons beginning in 1938 with a three year break for military service during WWII. During his tenure in St. Louis Slaughter made 10 NL All Star squads and finished in the top ten in MVP voting several times.\n\nHe hit .305 for the Cards and thought he was going to remain with them for his entire career. He was extremely disappointed (to the point of tears it seems) when he was dealt to the Yanks just prior to the 1954 season for three players including a young Bill Virdon. After a disappointing '54 season in pinstripes he was traded to Kansas City in May of 1955 but came back to the Yanks via waivers in 1956. (There's that Yankees-Athletics underground railroad again.)\n\nHis days as a regular over, Slaughter played part time for the Yanks until he was waived and claimed by the Braves for the final weeks of the '59 season. That was his last fling on the ball field.\n\nDuring his long career Slaughter played in five World Series, winning one with the Cards and three with the Yankees. He compiled a .291 post season average. In the 1956 Series win over the Dodgers Slaughter went 7 for 20 with a homer and four RBIs. At one time or another during his Cardinals career he led the league in hits, doubles, triples, extra base hits, outfield assists, fielding % as an outfielder and RBIs. In 1959 he was the oldest player in either league.\n\nIn the 1946 Series his Game Seven 'Mad Dash' accounted for the deciding run in the Cards' win over the Red Sox. The video is below.\n\nSlaughter was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1985. There is speculation that his election wasn't done sooner because of the reported issues he had with Jackie Robinson debuting with the Dodgers. Slaughter was said to have led (along with teammate Terry Moore) a movement to strike in protest of Robinson's playing. Slaughter always maintained he had no part in that and that the on the field incident (a hard slide) was just a routine part of playing his no holds barred game. That aspect of his career, and a lot more, is detailed here. As usual a great bio of Slaughter can be found on the SABR site.\n\nIn his 1959 Topps picture Slaughter looks like he's still upset at being traded off by St. Louis. Standard Yankee Stadium backdrop in a red frame makes this a nice card of a Hall of Famer. I believe it's his last regular Topps card. I'm sure one of the three readers on this blog will correct me if I'm wrong on that." ]

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[ "\nHuawei will unveil its P50 series smartphones today in China. The event will start at 7:30PM local time, and you can follow it live on Huawei’s website here.\n\nHuawei hasn’t revealed much about the P50 lineup in advance, but thanks to leaked renders, we know what the P50 and P50 Pro will look like. We also saw the P50 Pro 4G’s leaked specs sheet yesterday, which left little to the imagination.\n\nThe report claimed that the Huawei P50 Pro 4G will be powered by the Kirin 9000 SoC and come with 8GB RAM. It will have 256GB and 512GB storage options, and you’ll also be able to add another 256GB storage externally with an NM card.\n\nOn the software front, the P50 Pro 4G is expected to run HarmonyOS, making it the first smartphone to run Huawei’s in-house OS out of the box.", null, null, "The P50 Pro 4G will sport a 6.6″ 120Hz OLED screen of 2700×1228-pixel resolution, having a fingerprint scanner underneath for biometric authentication, and a punch hole in the center for the 13MP selfie camera.\n\nThe P50 Pro 4G will be IP68 rated, have stereo speakers onboard, and pack a 4,360 mAh battery that will draw power through a USB-C 3.1 port at up to 66W. However, you’ll also have the option to charge the phone wirelessly at up to 50W." ]

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[ null, "The indie breakout band of the year, according to some critics, Faderdaze’s intimate and magnetic tunes will make for strong show in Hong Kong.\n\nThe brainchild of Amelia Murray, Fazerdaze began as a string of bedroom recordings created late in the night, emerging fully formed in 2014 as her debut eponymous EP.\n\nA succinct collection of dream-pop written, produced and performed by Murray herself, the band’s latest album Morningside was released this year. It contains layers of softly crunching guitars swirling over consistently driving drum machines, and sparse electronica.\n\nFaderdaze will be supported by Hong Kong’s own dream pop band, Thud!" ]

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[ null, null, "When the sabbath came he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were astonished. Mark 6:2.\n\nToday’s gospel includes this deadly observation: “Is he [Jesus] not the carpenter, the son of Mary, and the brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? And are not his sisters here with us?” And they took offense at him.” Jesus was so familiar to them that they could not believe that he, being so lowly born, could aspire to such a height as preaching in the holiest building in town. In other words, they stereotyped him; he was a common man, so he could not be a good preacher (despite the evidence of their own ears and eyes). Sound familiar? Stereotyping is, I believe, responsible for an enormous amount of suffering in the world, all of it unnecessary. Denying the humanity of a person because of incidentals (or accidentals as philosophers might call them), such as skin color, accent, type of work, education level and so on, is to deny that person’s God-given humanity. It is wrong, evil and sinful. Jesus was to be stereotyped later as the messiah as desired by the Jews, he who would rid them of the despised Roman occupiers and restore the kingdom of David. He wasn’t, and as he had failed to live up to that stereotype, he was put to death. Stereotyping is remorselessly evil.\n\nAlso, this passage, and the similar one in Matthew 13:55, is where Jesus is identified with a specific family in Nazareth, with mother, father and relatives enumerated. But the phrase “son of Mary” might also be an insult, as men were always called sons of their fathers, in this case it should have been Jesus son of Joseph, Y’shua bar-Yosef. But on this occasion he was called Y’shua bar-Miriam, almost certainly meant to be demeaning.\n\nThen there is the very interesting statement about Jesus’ brothers and sisters, found in passages from Mark and Matthew. We have been brought up to believe that Jesus was an only child, born of a virgin who remained such forever, and was never married. The tradition that Jesus was an only child is extremely old and the Catholic Church has very old teaching surrounding that. However, the term “brother” can be very wide. For example, in Shakespeare’s play “Henry V”, before the battle of Agincourt, which was a spectacular English victory over the French, the king, rousing his reluctant troops, concludes by saying:\n\nWe few, we happy few, we band of brothers;\nFor he to-day that sheds his blood with me\nShall be my brother; be he ne’er so vile,\nThis day shall gentle his condition;\nAnd gentlemen in England now a-bed\nShall think themselves accurs’d they were not here,\nAnd hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks\nThat fought with us upon Saint Crispin’s day.\n\nSo what has all this to say to us today? I think it is this. Too many times in my life I have been reluctant to speak of God’s presence within us and around us. I fear being condemned, just as Jesus was perhaps in today’s scene in the Synagogue, because I am just a regular fellow, nothing special, and afraid to hear words such as “Who does he think he is talking to us like that?” So I have remained many times silent. Jesus, on the other hand, did not remain silent, even though such words hurt him, resulting in He was not able to perform any mighty deed there, as it says in today’s gospel. Spiteful words can hurt deeply, and it takes courage to speak out about certain things, such as God’s mercy and love, when there is a danger of provoking a response like that. But, on reflection, and not wanting to be condemned as a holy Joe, carefully chosen words might be wholly salutary, deeply beneficent to those hearing them. Ezekiel was emboldened to speak by God’s strength in the first reading, and Paul actually states that when I am weak, then I am strong, able to speak with the power of Christ dwelling in him, not relying on his own power. That same power dwells in us. We too should be God’s mouthpiece when we are called to bear witness, for when we are weak, then we are strong, possessing the strength of God!", null, "Jesus Christ preaching on a boat on the sea of Galilee, megapixl.com.\n\nPlease send this webpage to those you think would appreciate it. Thank you." ]

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[ "- Bayelsa's new governor-elect, Duoye Diri, has made his first statement after receiving the certificate of return\n\n- The senator went on to say that with this development, the state has been healed and restored\n\nOne of the first things Duoye Diri, the new governor-elect of Bayelsa, said after receiving his certificate of return is that God has restored and healed the state.\n\nDiri made this statement in Abuja on Friday, February 14, after he was declared the rightful winner of the gubernatorial election in the state.\n\nHe said that he will never forget the judiciary since it has once again proven itself as the last hope of the common man.\n\nDiri stated: “I will never forget the judiciary, it is the last hope of the common man. With what happened, God has healed our state Bayelsa. Within this time, God has taken us through a journey of reconciliation and forgiveness.”", null, "The governor-elect was issued with the certificate of return alongside his deputy, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjiakpo, by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).\n\nMeanwhile, Legit.ng reported that in anticipation of the issuance of the certificate of return, members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and supporters of Diri, had stormed the Abuja office of INEC.\n\nMembers of the PDP who were in front of the office were allowed into the building for a closed-door meeting with top officials and commissioners of INEC.\n\nHowever, Diri, the PDP candidate of the last Bayelsa governorship election, was prevented by security officers from entering the office. He was later asked by an official of INEC to stay away from the building until after the meeting.\n\nIn another post, Legit.ng reported that INEC had declared Diri as the governor-elect of Bayelsa. The chairman of the INEC, Mahmood Yakubu and some national commissioners were in a closed-door meeting at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja.\n\nAlthough there was no official statement to why they were meeting, it was gathered that it was to further study the Supreme Court judgment which sacked David Lyon.\n\n2023: What I must do to Dino Melaye after my tenure as minister - Keyamo spits f...\n47 minutes ago\nDid Emeka Ihedioha call Peter Obi ‘crafty’? Truth emerges\n2 minutes ago\nAPC thrown into mourning again as as prominent ex-guber aspirant dies\n5 minutes ago\n\"Pharmsavi has interest in me but he's confused:\" Evicted Christyo speaks about experiences in BBNaija house\n5 minutes ago\n\"My dearest wife is equal to my life:\" Okiki Afolayan goes emotional as his actress wife Bimbo marks birthday\n5 minutes ago\n\nPeter Obi sends powerful message to ‘Obidients’ who stage 1m-man-match in powerful northern state\n11 minutes ago\nCISLAC advocates for enforcement of laws guiding political party finance\na day ago\nWhat APC is doing to ensure Tinubu defeats Atiku in 2023, House of Reps deputy speaker reveals\na day ago\n\nTop 10 African countries with lowest unemployment rates\n16 hours ago\nFrom 2003 to 2022: List of strong Nigerian politicians who defeated incumbent governors\n11 hours ago\n\"The guy wan vex\": Wife wears husband's red suit and Italian shoes, hubby 'flares up' in viral video\n2 hours ago\n\"She no dey disappoint\": Amaka watches in disbelief as Khalid and Daniella get 'freaky' under the sheets\n14 hours ago\n\"You go collect\": Mother tells baby with funny serious face, kid points finger at her in viral video\n2 hours ago" ]

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[ null, "Diana Butler Bass will spend a morning at VST next week.\n\nTwo visiting speakers and a new book co-authored by a local professor offer some valuable insights into the state of the church these days.\n\nDiana Butler Bass has been a favourite in mainline church circles for years, with a message that things are not only not as bad as they seem, but that there are in fact many signs of hope. Her website notes that Christianity for the Rest of Us (2006), for example, pointed out that many of those churches “are flourishing, and they are doing so without resorting to mimicking the mega-church, evangelical style.”\n\nShe will speak at God in a Post-Religious Time at the Vancouver School of Theology next Monday (October 19), as she travels the continent sharing insights from her latest book, Grounded: Finding God in the World.", null, "This is what Bass will be covering, according to the organizers:\n\nThe headlines are clear: religion is on the decline in North America as many people leave behind traditional religious practices.\n\nDiana Butler Bass will explore ways in which what appears to be a decline actually signals a major transformation in how people understand and experience God, along with the ways churches can respond to and participate in this shift.\n\nShe elaborated on some potential signs of hope in her recent ‘Finding God in the Neighborhood’ article in The Atlantic. Referring to The New Parish – and covering some of the same ground – she said (in part):\n\nOur neighborhoods are not as often in decline as they are invisible, taken for granted and ignored. . . . We do not pay as much attention as we should to these places that we make, communities by happenstance of proximity, where every day we are presented multiple opportunities to practice the Golden Rule.\n\nThis event appears to be full at this point.", null, "Joel Thiessen says the “demand” for religion is waning.\n\nToward the end of the month (October 29), Joel Thiessen, a professor of sociology at Ambrose University in Calgary, will speak at Trinity Western University. His talk will address The Meaning of Sunday: The Practice of Belief in a Secular Age.\n\nHis message may be a little bit less upbeat than that of Bass. Following is his abstract for the talk:\n\nFewer Canadians identify with a religion, believe in a god, or attend weekly religious services than in past decades. What explains higher and lower levels of religiosity? Is secularization a myth or reality? What impact does religiosity or secularity have on a society’s social and civil fabric?", null, "My central argument is that the “demand” for religion is waning regardless of what religious groups do to their “supply” of religion, and that secularization theory remains a useful way to describe and explain the current and future state of religion in Canada.\n\nHosting Thiessen’s talk will be Michael Wilkinson, who teaches sociology at Trinity Western and is director of its Religion in Canada Institute. He himself is co-author, along with Sam Reimer, of a new book: A Culture of Faith, on evangelical congregations in Canada (McGill-Queen’s, 2015).", null, "Michael Wilkinson has co-authored a book on evangelical congregations across Canada.\n\nWilkinson and Reimer are featured in the current issue of Faith Today. In a recent blog posting on the site, Wilkinson was positive about the state of evangelicalism in Canada:\n\nThe study asked pastors a series of questions about congregational vitality including those on priorities and purposes, programs, finances, health and well-being of staff, among many others. . . .\n\nWe discovered that religious participation continues to decline all across Canada with one exception: evangelical Protestants.\n\nWhat we learned is that evangelicals have higher levels of participation than all other groups with congregational life focused on worship and teaching. Many congregations are young, urban and increasingly multicultural. Youth and children are very important and programs reflect this priority.", null, "Not everything is rosy, however. Rural congregations are not growing, and clergy are aging while enrolment in theological schools is declining. As well, youth pastors and children’s pastors are less satisfied than lead pastors, and there are lower levels of giving since the economic downturn in 2008.\n\nIn the Faith Today interview with Sam Reimer, he concurred with Wilkinson that despite some serious challenges, there is plenty of room for evangelicals to be hopeful:\n\nBut I think if there is a decline in evangelicalism, it will be less dramatic, and that is because there is still an emphasis on evangelism. Even though proselytization might not always be successful, it still revitalizes the church.\n\nWorldwide evangelicalism has a huge growth factor, and the world is coming to us. We are seeing evangelical immigrants come who are revitalizing churches that might otherwise be dying.\n\nLeave a Reply to John B. MacDonald Cancel reply" ]

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[ "Q and A: Nancy Linehan Charles has shared the screen with Tom Hanks, Tom Cruise and Julia Roberts", null, "You have definitely seen Nancy Linehan Charles perform, maybe even in your favorite television show or movie. Her credits are too numerous to list, from iconic television like “Seinfeld,” “The West Wing” or “Criminal Minds,” to Hollywood blockbusters like “Minority Report” and “Charlie Wilson’s War.” Her roles are small, but her work is constant — no small feat for an actor. At 75, this 1961 Hillcrest graduate is not slowing down anytime soon. She launched a Shakespearean flash mob, which breaks out the Bard’s work in elevators and, once, the Los Angeles County Jail after the troupe got arrested during a protest. “We were in there for 12 hours or so with nothing to do. So we did Shakespeare in jail, thank you very much. I got a standing ovation. The people in there were so bored I think they’d have given us a standing ovation for reading the yellow pages.”\n\nWhat are your most prominent memories of growing up in Preston Hollow?\nI remember Saturday movies at the Inwood and malted milks at the country club pharmacy. We used to go to the movies every single Saturday. It was a good childhood. We also went to Preston Hollow Presbyterian Church, and I liked it for the social aspect more than the religion. It was a really wonderful community with a lot of young people.\n\nDid you start your acting career at Hillcrest?\nI remember the day that I actually got into this lifelong love affair with acting and with Shakespeare. I was at Dallas Theater Center, and they were in company with “Hamlet.” I didn’t know Shakespeare at all, but I fell in love with the language right there. I can tell you what I was wearing, every detail. That was it; I decided I wanted to be an actor. And then I started doing theater at Hillcrest.\n\nWhat drew you to the craft?\nI think I craved attention. Once I got into it, I just loved the process of becoming somebody else. Even to this day, when I’m doing a role, I will walk around the house and do all the work I have to do, like wash the dishes, as the character.\n\nDid you have a breakout role that helped propel your career?\nNot really. I did a lot of voiceover work at first. I did some commercials in New York, but nothing too major. It wasn’t until I moved to LA that things took off, and I realized I was going to do this for the next 25 years.\n\nYou have done a little bit of everything, from film to television to theater. Do you have a first love in acting? A medium you prefer most?\nIf I could make as good a living at theater as I do in film and television, I would probably do it full time. But I don’t know anyone who makes a full-time living on theater, which is sad. I am thankful for television. It’s how I pay the rent.\n\nWhat is it like working with America’s most famous directors like Francis Ford Coppola and Steven Spielberg?\nIt’s special. Spielberg is a real actor’s director. He sets a good tone for the set. But unless you’re playing a major role, Spielberg doesn’t give you a full script. So you have to fill in some blanks. In “Minority Report,” I played the bad guy’s wife. I knew she was rich. I knew she really loved her husband. You just hope they don’t cut everything.\n\nDo you ever get starstruck?\nYou know, I don’t. I so admire the work of Tom Hanks, particularly, and Philip Seymour Hoffman. I just thought he was one of the most incredible actors. But I’ve never been one to get autographs or pictures.\n\nWhat type of roles do you love playing most?\nI love strong women. Ironically, I just played a homeless woman on “Better Things,” the Louis CK production. But I love strong women, and I’m pretty good at it. I’ve played a lot of lawyers and judges.\n\nConsistently working for 30-plus years as an actor is rare. What’s your secret?\nI will tell you. The secret is that you learn not to take auditions personally. I don’t believe I ever do a bad audition anymore. I’m just a red dress, and they’re looking for a blue dress. Mostly, as a person, I think wherever my feet are, that’s where I am supposed to be.\n\nWhat are the best and worst things about being a professional actor?\nThe best thing, this is really sad to say, is when people see you on television. People say, “Oh, I saw you on blah blah,” and that feels good. The downside of that is it’s very hard to plan stuff. You have to be available for auditions if you want to make a living.\n\nWhat do you have coming up that people can see you in?\nI’m on “Life in Pieces” on Jan. 18. I’m pinned for a role in “Young Sheldon,” but I don’t know when it airs.\n\nDo you ever come back to Preston Hollow? If so, has it changed drastically from what you remember?\nI don’t get back to Dallas too much, and I have some great friends there. I don’t see them enough. You know what’s different about Dallas? I cannot believe those huge houses. I went to one. I swear you could fit the country of Yemen in this one house.\n\nInterview edited for clarity and brevity" ]

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[ "Is Legislation in Malaysia sufficient post Enron & Worldcomm? Abstract Directors being pillars of corporate governance (Cowan, 2004) should at all times act honestly and use reasonable diligence in the discharge of their duties. This is more so in light of recent major corporate issues like ENRON & Worldcomm in the United States and the Transmile case in Malaysia. In essence directors are agents of the company and as agents, they owe a duty of trust to the company and shall do their utmost to put the interest of the company first before personal ones.\n\nCowen (2004) wrote that since directors are agents of the company, they are accountable to shareholders and to stakeholders in various guises. It is also clear that as a custodian of something that does not belong them, directors owe a fiduciary duty of care to safeguard the company’s assets and maximize returns for shareholders and to ensure that the other stakeholders needs are met as well. The principle that a company is a legal entity by itself and separate from its shareholders, directors and managers also lent to the need for directors to act honestly and diligently in the position that they are entrusted to.\n\nThe statement in Section 132(1A) of the Companies Act 1965 in Malaysia states that a director of a company shall exercise reasonable care skill and diligence. Section 132(1) of the same act further states that a director of a company shall at all times exercise his power for a proper purpose and in good faith in the best interest of the company. The statement is more obvious when seen in the context that a company is a legal entity and it exists independently from both shareholders and staff. Playing the role of the middleman, directors are the link between the providers of capital and the company together its operational management team.\n\nHowever, it must be noted that a director can also be a shareholder because although physically one person, the director plays the role of two distinct legal identities. This principle of separate and legal entity between the company and shareholders was first established in the landmark case of Salomon vs Salomon & Co. Ltd. (1985) where the term “Veil of incorporation” was established. Fok (1996) , mentioned that a director is a person elected by the shareholders or appointed by the board to participate in management of the company.\n\nIt goes without saying then that directors should safeguard the shareholders’ investment in the company and at all times act honestly and use reasonable diligence in the discharge of his duties to shareholders. Cowen (2004) wrote that since directors are agents of the company, they are accountable to shareholders and to stakeholders in various guises. It is also clear that as a custodian of something that does not belong them, directors owe a fiduciary duty of care to safeguard the company’s assets and maximize returns for shareholders and to ensure that the other stakeholders needs are met as well.\n\nDirectors are stewards of the company and who provide the company with leadership, guidance and directions. All companies in Malaysia are required to have a board of directors and the minimum number is two. In essence the two originating directors of a company would most likely also be the shareholders as well. It is also common for shareholders to continue to hold office as directors and the board to be illed with trusted associates and relatives. Therefore we tend to take the issue of due diligence and honesty on the part of directors as a non-issue.\n\nWhy would someone cheat themselves or their relatives? However, when a company grow and it attracts capital apart from the original shareholders, the responsibilities of directors to act honestly and with proper diligence cannot be taken for granted any longer. They are now working for others rather than just themselves or family members and the need for them to act honestly and diligently is quite real.\n\nIn most countries, specific laws relating to companies are enacted to govern the administration of such companies and the role of company directors is usually part of the enactment. In public listed companies this becomes even more pronounced as public’s funds are involved.\n\nTo safeguard shareholders various provisions were made in laws related to duties and responsibilities of directors and in particular of listed companies. For example; Companies Act 1965 of Malaysia including sections to prevent bankrupts from acting as directors (Sect (125(1), restraining certain persons from managing companies as directors (Sect 130(1) ) and the disqualifications of directors of insolvent companies (130A(1)). Similar provisions exist in company enactments in most countries.\n\nThere are also adequate provisions in the Penal code to prosecute director for not acting honestly and such provision related to the agency relationship between the directors and the company. For example, Section 409 of the Penal code in Malaysia deals if criminal breach of trust which applies to directors as well as agents in general. Some companies also have provisions in their memorandum or articles of association which provides for the appointment of directors who are required to hold a specified numbers of shares as prequalification for board membership.\n\nIn Malaysia, Section 124 of the Companies Act 1965 states that if the articles of association of the company requires that a directors must hold a specific number of shares to ‘qualify” as director. This is to ensure that the value of other shareholders are looked after since the director, as a shareholder himself, will have every reason to discharge of their fiduciary duties and maximize shareholders funds. However, not all issues can rely on legislation to ensure that directors act in the best interest of shareholders. Some issues are caused by director’s lack of dedication or capability and this brings us to the issue of accountability.\n\nJust as other employees can be terminated by the company due to poor performance and directors too can be terminated by shareholders at shareholders meetings. . Removal of directors can be touchy affairs but the one can rely on provisions in various company laws and acts to do so. In Malaysia, removal of directors can be done under section 128(1) with the use of an ordinary resolution at the annual general meeting (AGM), Extraordinary General meetings (EGM) or any properly constituted shareholders meeting\n\nHowever, it must be noted that it since reports to shareholders are not very frequent and not in full details, it might be sometimes too late for shareholders to take appropriate actions . It is therefore incumbent on directors to act diligently to ensure that they lead the company well thus achieving the company’s objectives and ensuring a reasonable rate of return for the shareholders. Directors must dedicate themselves fully to the company’s cause and to ensure disclosure and transparency to all shareholders.\n\nCowan (2004) states that shareholders have contributed their funds to the company and, in return, have the right to expect reasonable treatment and protection in exchange for the risk exposure of their funds. One of the remedy for wayward directors is to have independent non-executive directors providing alternative views and oversight capacity. In addition they might bring in additional skills and expertise to complement the executive directors in improving the board’s performance and in doing so spurring the company to greater heights.\n\nParagraph 1. 1 of the Listing requirements of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad and Practice note No 13/2002 noted that an independent director is one who is independent of management and free from any business or other relationship, which could interfere with the exercise of independent judgement or the ability to act in the best interest of a listed company . However, we must also bear in mind that many independent non-executive directors have other positions in industry as well and may not be in position to understand the business let alone improve performance of the company.\n\nHowever, it must be noted that listing requirements nowadays requires the appointments of independent non-executive directors. Furthermore they are expected to form the majority of members in audit committees and other oversight board level committees.\n\nIn summary, it is clear that directors should act honestly and diligently in discharging their duties especially in listed company or in instances where directors are not shareholders. Not doing so would mean that they are not fulfilling the professional and legal responsibilities that they are paid for. Various legislation and acts have been formulated in many countries to ensure that directors act honestly and diligently although in some cases it is just as simple as to terminate the directors or hope that they change their ways.\n\nRecent cases like the ENRON affairs and Worldcom’s collapse illustrates to us how important it is for directors to act honestly and diligently in their duties towards shareholders. It can also be seen that there are many safeguards available to ensure that directors carry out their duties honestly and diligently and these measures carry both legal and moral bearing on the errand director.\n\nDirector’s Responsibilities – the Malaysian Experience. (2018, May 02). Retrieved from https://graduateway.com/directors-responsibilities-the-malaysian-experience-essay/", null, "Directors Use of Techniques in “Chocolat”\n\nRole of Board of Directors Within a Nonprofit\n\nIndependent Directors in an Organisation" ]