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[ null, "Emma Stone was then home schooled, so that she could audition during the day\n\nEmily Jean”Emma” Stone (born November 6, 1988) is an American actress. Stone was a cast member of the TV series Drive, and made her feature film debut in the comedy Superbad (2007). Stone is claiming her role as one of Hollywood’s most sought out actresses.\n\nStone was born in Scottsdale, Arizona, the daughter of Krista (née Yeager), a homemaker, and Jeff Stone, a contractor. She has a brother who is younger by two years.Stone’s paternal grandfather was of Swedish descent, and his family’s surname was anglicized to “Stone” when immigrating to the U.S. through Ellis Island; her ancestors also lived in Pennsylvania Dutch Country.\n\nShe was a member of the Valley Youth Theatre while growing up, a regional theater in Phoenix, Arizona, where she appeared in her first stage production, The Wind in the Willows, at the age of 11. Emma Stone attended Sequoya Elementary School and then Cocopah Middle School for sixth grade. She was home schooled for two years, at which time she appeared in 16 productions at Valley Youth Theatre, and performed with the theater’s improv comedy troupe.\n\nEmma Stone launched a career in television after winning the role of Laurie Partridge on In Search of the New Partridge Family (2004), a VH1 talent competition reality show. The resulting show, The New Partridge Family (2005), only produced a pilot episode. Stone next had appearances in the television series Medium, Malcolm in the Middle and Lucky Louie. In 2007, she had a regular role on the Fox drama Drive, playing Violet Trimble, until the series was cancelled.\n\nWhen she’s not filming, Stone, is an advocate for Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C), a groundbreaking initiative created to accelerate innovative cancer research that will get new therapies to patients quickly and save lives now. Laura Ziskin, the late producer of The Amazing Spider-Man, started the organization and got Stone involved. In addition to SU2C, Stone is also an ambassador for Gilda’s Club New York City. Named for Gilda Radner, the late comedian and original cast member of SNL, Gilda’s Club offers a place where people dealing with cancer can join together to build social and emotional support. Stone has become an active member in the Gilda’s Club community and continues to do so by engaging with their younger departments for children and teens.\n\nAlthough known as a redhead, Emma Stone is naturally a blonde. She landed her first role as a teenager after dyeing her hair dark brown. Film producer Judd Apatow had her change from a brunette to a redhead for her role in Superbad." ]

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[ null, "In December 2008, Defra signed an outsourcing agreement with facilities management and support services company Interserve. The financial scale and duration of the contract – around £750 million over 15 years – was not particularly remarkable, but the sustainability targets attached to the deal distinguished it from many other facilities management (FM) contracts. It also differed from typical FM contracts in that Interserve is also responsible for more strategic services, such as energy management.\n\nAt the time, the sustainable built environment workplace support contract (SBEWSC) covered 186 sites, including laboratories and offices, and required Interserve to achieve annual savings and continuing cost reductions over the 15-year term of the contract; to invest in the Defra estate to achieve sustainability targets for waste and recycling, energy and water consumption, carbon emissions and biodiversity; and to improve sustainability and environmental performance through, for example, behaviour change and more efficient accommodation use.\n\nAlmost six years into the contract, how is it working? Is Interserve meeting its performance targets? What has changed since 2008? These are some of the questions put to Mark Hoult, head of built environment sustainability at Defra, and Rebecca Vowles, head of sustainability, civil government at Interserve.\n\nMuch has changed since the deal was struck in 2008. New pan-government environment and sustainability targets were set in 2011, while all central government departments have had to make financial savings, which in Defra’s case has resulted in a significant reduction in its estate.\n\nThe targets in the original contract were related to the then administration’s sustainable operations on the government estate (SOGE) goals. Introduced in 2006, the SOGE targets included: a 12.5% reduction in carbon emissions from government offices by 2010/11, relative to 1999/2000 levels; departments to reduce waste arisings by 5% by 2010, relative to 2004/05 levels; and cutting water consumption by 25% on the office and non-office estate by 2020, relative to 2004/05 levels.\n\nSOGE targets were replaced in April 2011 by the greening government commitments (GGC). Like SOGE, the GGCs focus on a number of high-level targets. These are to be achieved across the lifetime of the current parliament (2010–15), and include: reducing greenhouse-gas emissions across the whole government estate and business-related transport by 25%, from a 2009/10 baseline; and cutting the amount of waste produced by government departments by 25%, against 2009/10 levels. The water target is to reduce consumption towards a best practice benchmark of less than 6m3 per full time equivalent employee a year.\n\nIn addition to this, in 2010, the new government set an “in-year target” for central government departments to cut carbon emissions by 10% in 12 months.\n\nDefra’s network estate programme aims to significantly reduce the annual running cost of its estate. This means the department is reducing the number of sites it operates. In London, for example, one office has replaced three; while across the country, Defra and its network bodies are increasingly co-locating with other public sector bodies to make better use of space. The closures have saved money, but have done little to reduce Defra’s total carbon emissions. “We have been downsizing the estate and closing office buildings, but the overall carbon footprint has not been majorly affected,” says Hoult.\n\nThat is because two sites – the Food and Environment Research Agency (Fera) site near York and the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) laboratories site at Weybridge – account for a significant element of Defra’s energy consumption. The Defra estate consists of “office” and “non-office” facilities, such as laboratories. The non-office estate consumes about 75% of the total energy consumed by Defra and its executive agencies; and the York and Weybridge operations consume about 90% of the non-office energy use. “Operations at these facilities dwarf everything else,” says Hoult.\n\nHe points out that the Interserve contract covers only around 40% of the combined floorspace of Defra’s sites, however. “The Environment Agency, Kew Gardens and Forestry Commission are outside contract,” he explains, adding that the agency sites alone constitute around half of the department’s overall floorspace. Sites served by Interserve, nonetheless, account for 50% of Defra’s greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions, which in 2012/13 totalled more than 112,000 tonnes.\n\nThe rationalisation of the estate does present Interserve with a specific challenge. It means that projects to reduce energy use, for example, have to pay back within the lease period. “We understand that rationalisation is the right thing for Defra and is actually producing energy savings. It is about getting the right balance between the potential carbon savings and the return on investment,” says Vowles.\n\nVowles says that while the switch from SOGE to GGC targets did not present too much of a change for Interserve, achieving the interim 12-month target, set immediately by the new government in 2010, was more challenging. “We had 12 months to find a further 10% saving from about 50 offices nationwide, having already been reducing emissions from these sites,” she says. In the event, Interserve needed to reduce carbon emissions from these offices by 10.18%, which is equivalent to 1,298 tonnes of CO2 (tCO2). Across the whole Defra estate, emissions over the 12-month period declined by 11.7% or 1,496 tCO2. “That’s equivalent to driving a diesel-fuelled Ford Fiesta to the Moon and back 20 times,” says Vowles.\n\nThe most recent GGC data (2013/14) reveals that across the Interserve managed estate, carbon savings since 2009/10 total 17.5%, and emissions have declined by 19% across the whole of Defra. Waste arisings over the same period in offices and laboratories covered by Interserve are down 43.6% (32% across all of Defra), and water consumption has been reduced by 6.3%. Water use across Defra as a whole increased slightly (by 1%) in 2013/14 due to a water leak at Kew Gardens in 2013, but is down 15% overall when figures from this incident are removed.\n\nVowles says that the nature of the Defra estate presents unique challenges. She explains that energy consumption and waste from the large laboratory sites, such as Weybridge, can vary enormously, depending on the type of research being undertaken. It can also be difficult to access some areas and implement energy conservation initiatives, for example, energy “shutdowns” during holiday periods such as Christmas, as research tends to be ongoing and to last for several months. “This can present a difficulty when deciding which projects to take forward,” says Vowles.\n\nAn example of the operational demands that can make it difficult to install new equipment is the rainwater harvesting system at the Weybridge laboratory. Livestock drinking water and washing facilities account for 75% of the site’s annual water consumption. Prior to the rainwater harvesting system being installed, this water was drawn from the mains supply. Domestic regulations require animals to have access to clean water, while EU regulations require the water to be suitable for human consumption. Water from the proposed rainwater harvesting system, which Vowles describes as a relatively simple solution to cutting the amount taken from the mains supply, therefore had to meet this criteria. Interserve piloted the rainwater system, using a filtration unit to ensure that the supply met the quality standard.\n\n“We had to prove that the system could provide water that was beyond drinking water quality,” says Vowles. She reports that in the first five months that the system was in operation across the site, just 5m3 of mains water was used to top it up." ]

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[ null, "Remember Betsson had a small competition where you had to find where the photoshopped ball was? Yes, the Where’s the Ball promotion.\n\nBetsson announced the winner just yesterday and it happens to be a Norwegian man named Rolf – a 31 year old from Stavanger, Norway.\nHe was quite lucky since he just opened his account during the World Cup 2014, half way into the tournament. He made the winning guess on his third attempt at the Where’s the Ball game.\n\nAlso, as part of the closing ceremony, Betsson is offering 20 free spins for everyone who made a guess on the game for Gonzo’s Quest – make sure to use the free spins before Friday 18, July at 23:59 CET.\n\nPlay at Betsson by clicking here\n\nPrevious Post: Guts.com 3 New Slots\nNext Post: Yet Another Jackpot Win at Betsson by a Norwegian Man" ]

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[ null, "On one side is Samsung’s stellar, top of the range Galaxy S22 Ultra. On the other, Google’s Pixel 6 Pro, a device built to showcase the best of Android.\n\nBoth utilise the latter to its maximum potential, but which one is best?\n\nRead our complete head to head review between the Galaxy S22 Ultra and Google Pixel 6 Pro to find out.\n\nBoth devices are right at the top of the smartphone game. But the newer Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra takes it for us.\n\nIt has the best screen on any smartphone anywhere, a truly incredible camera (although the Pixel 6 certainly runs it close) and it stands out when it comes to design too.\n\nThrow in better battery life and it’s the clear winner. However, the Pixel 6 Pro is noticeably more affordable, something to consider for budget conscious consumers.\n\nThe Google Pixel 6 Pro features a divisive design. While the hole punch for the front facing camera is standard, it’s round the back where things get contentious.\n\nThere’s a large band around the top of the phone where the main camera sits, giving things a distinctly two tone appearance.\n\nNext to it, the Galaxy S22 Ultra looks much sleeker. It has a neat metal finish that looks superb, while its curved edges ensure it fits well in the hand despite its colossal size.\n\nFor us, only the iPhone 13 series can match it.\n\nBoth Samsung and Google have invested heavily in camera tech and it shows.\n\nThe Pixel 6 Pro has one of the finest smartphone cameras ever made. It’s a triple lens effort, with 50MP, 48MP and 12MP lenses delivering stunning images.\n\nThe 48MP telephoto lens ensures up 4x optical zoom, with crisp detailing even when zoomed in tight.\n\nUnfortunately for the Pixel 6 Pro, the Galaxy S22 Ultra kicks things up a notch. It has a quad camera.\n\nThere’s a main 108MP lens backed up by a 12MP ultrawide lens and two 10MP lenses, one for telephoto and another for periscope telephoto, the latter reaching an astonishing 10x zoom.\n\nExposure is stunning and the new, updated software means that the Galaxy S22 Ultra sucks in even more details than the older S21 Ultra. This is the best smartphone camera right now, no question.\n\nThe Google Pixel 6 Pro has a wonderful screen which is matched and slightly bettered by the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra.\n\nThere’s a 120Hz refresh rate, made for gaming and streaming.\n\nIt has a brightness rating of 1,750 nits compared and a resolution of 1440 x 3088, rendering games and video perfectly.\n\nThere’s also 120Hz refresh smarts and an overall look that seems a bit more detailed than the Pixel 6 Pro for our money.\n\nConsidering it has a massive 5,003mAh battery, the Google Pixel 6 Pro should really perform better in terms of battery life.\n\nSadly, it can only handle about a day between charges in real world situations.\n\nFrankly, it’s a massive disappointment, especially when the Galaxy S22 Ultra can keep going for almost two days and outdoes its Google rival in all independent benchmark tests when it comes to battery life.\n\nAt a time when battery drain seems to have been conquered by some, Google has really dropped the ball here.\n\nPerformance wise though, Google’s Tensor chipset is every inch the rival for Samsung’s Exynos 2200, with rapid and smooth performance.\n\nEven hardcore users will struggle to find any difference between the pair.\n\nBoth phones use Android 12. And while it’s in a clean form on each handset, we prefer the truly pure version on the Google Pixel 6 Pro.\n\nThis is Android as Google intended it, with clean lines, easy menu structures and a great approach for finding what you need when you need it.\n\nThat’s not to say the Galaxy S22 Ultra’s take is bad. But it’s worth remembering that the Pixel 6 Pro will get updates sooner, while the Samsung handset may wait longer for newer, more secure software.\n\nThe Google Pixel 6 Pro is significantly cheaper than the Galaxy S22 Ultra.\n\nSearch Moneysupermarket now and compare Google Pixel 6 Pro and Galaxy S22 Ultra deals. It’s a surefire way to a great price and maybe even a sweetener too.\n\nIt’s great to see how other phones compare, so check out the rest of our head to head reviews." ]

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[ null, null, null, "Still doesn't work after almost a year..\nNot on beta, dev or stable..\n\n@Omar-Os I get your point that it needs to do it automatically, but you can do it manually if needed. Look up to my post above for instructions and pictures how.\n\nI know about your solution but sorry it's useless.. it only moves the bookmarks and without even their icons.\nI need all the data from Firefox: years of histories, hundreds of login info, a lot of extensions and around 1000 bookmarks.\n\nAfter more than 1.5 years I finally fixed this issue by creating a new profile in Firefox then removed it immediately, now Edge detects my default Firefox profile.\nNo thanks to Edge dev team." ]

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[ "Despite nearly one year’s worth of posts about parasite ecology, this blog has never defined the term ‘parasite.’ D’oh! You might think, “Pft, the definition is obvious!” But actually, it isn’t, and it isn’t without controversy, either. I’m going to talk about a bunch of types of natural enemy, and then I’ll present a really good dichotomous key at the end.\n\n1) One predator eats multiple prey during the predator’s lifetime.\n\nYou’ll notice that I said that predators “tend to” be bigger than their prey and “tend to” kill their prey. They don’t always! A very good example of this is a vampire bat that takes blood meals from cows. A single vampire bat will take blood meals from multiple cows during its lifetime. It is eating multiple prey, therefore, it is a predator. But it doesn’t kill the cows, and it isn’t bigger than them. It’s a micropredator.\n\nParasites are different from predators because parasites only take resources from one host, whereas predators eat many prey. A good example of this is the trematode parasite Schistosoma mansoni. An adult schistosome parasite lives inside of just one human host. It is never going to crawl out and go infect a different human.\n\nYou might be thinking, “Waaaaait… Schistosoma mansoni has a complex life cycle! It infects humans AND snails! That’s two hosts!” Yep. But the rule is that parasites only infect one host during each stage of the life cycle. One human. One snail.\n\nHere are some other common characteristics of parasites:\n\nOk, so, the killing bit is confusing and wishywashy. I’ll come back to it below.\n\nLike a parasite, a parasitoid infects just one host per life stage. But parasitoids always kill their hosts.\n\nSo, what’s the difference between a parasite and a parasitoid? If you’re about to take an exam or something and you want a quick answer, say that parasitoids always kill their hosts and parasites don’t usually kill their hosts. You’ll find that in many introductory ecology textbooks.\n\nIn practice, we don’t really use that definition. The term parasitoid is usually applied to certain insects that have free-living adult stages that lay eggs inside a host, and the eggs go on to parasitize and eventually kill the host.\n\nThere are many “parasites” that always kill their hosts, and we still call them parasites and not parasitoids. Why, Scientists? Why do you do this thing? Well, it just doesn’t make sense to have a rule that says that parasites don’t kill their hosts. For instance, if a parasite (say an acanthocephalan) in an intermediate host (a pillbug) makes the host more likely to get eaten by the next host (a bird) in the life cycle, then the parasite is often the cause of the host’s death. Those kinds of parasites are called trophically-transmitted parasites.\n\nLafferty and Kuris (2002) came up with a really nice dichotomous key for classifying natural enemies. They used four dichotomies, but I’m only going to use the first three:\n\n1. “Does the enemy attack more than one victim?”\n\n2. “Does the enemy eliminate victim fitness?” (‘Eliminating fitness’ could be killing the victim or sterilizing the victim so that it cannot reproduce.)\n\n3. “Does the enemy require the death of the victim?”", null, "Figure adapted from Lafferty and Kuris (2002) – link below.\n\nYou might remember from one of my previous posts that we tend to divide parasites into microparasites and macroparasites. As I described in that post, for microparasites, we care about presence/absence of infection, and for macroparasites, we care about intensity of infection. The fourth dichotomy used by Lafferty and Kuris (2002) is “does the enemy cause intensity-dependent pathology?” They include the fourth dichotomy in their figure. It’s really useful, but I didn’t include it here to avoid confusion. Click the PDF link below to see their version." ]

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[ null, "In the 1930s Red Army Command maintained what was often an offensive doctrine. The plan was to fight a bloodless victory on foreign ground. An offensive by the Worker's and Peasant's Red Army was to unfold as per the classic Blitzkrieg - it was with good reason that some of the higher ranking commanders had studied at the German General Headquarters Academy. Furthermore all the technical achievements of the period were taken into account. The assault would begin with air strikes from strategic aviation: armadas of huge bombers would attack key targets deep inside enemy territory. At the same time enormous numbers of airborne troops would be dropped behind enemy lines, armed with a range of equipment. These airborne troops would capture bridges, and roads, and take communications, and transport links out of action. Heralded by a powerful artillery attack, supported by tactical aviation the tanks, armored vehicles, and trucks carrying motorized infantry would advance. There was a basis for such optimistic forecasts. Since the Soviets were in possession of such a quantitative, and qualitative advantage (and this was certainly the case) they were definitely able to advance. In the USSR aviation was undergoing development ahead of schedule, as were armored tank technology, airborne assault troops, and chemical weapons. If the Soviets had tanks, aircraft, and chemical weapons, albeit in small quantities, any potential enemies would possess them too. The airborne assault troops however were a distinctly Soviet innovation. In this respect it was the Soviets that held an unquestionable advantage. It was here that the first groups of airborne paratroopers were dropped, and the first tanks and guns were dropped from the skies. The Red Army was conducting mass airborne assault operations during the course of exercises when no other nation on Earth had airborne assault troops. In other field’s Soviet military science and technology in many cases copied existing Western achievements. Licenses were obtained, or examples of foreign materiel were simply copied. As far as the airborne troops were concerned the Soviet military, and the designers were in unchartered territory, having come up with a number of innovative solutions, which were later adopted by the armed forces of other nations. In this book the armament, equipment, and military hardware developed for airborne troops is described, both in terms of the actual technology, and the clearly fantastical, which only reflected the unrestrained imagination of the designers. A significant amount of attention is devoted to the aircraft, from which it was planned airborne troops would be dropped. The exercises that saw airborne troop drops are described, as well as the role airborne troops played in actual operations in the period up to 1941. This book has been written on the basis of a number of documents that the author has discovered in the archives, and in museum collections. This work draws upon the memoirs of the pioneer military paratroopers in the USSR, some of which have never been published before.\n\nAuthors: Vladimir Kotelnikov\nCategories: History\nIn the 1930s Red Army Command maintained what was often an offensive doctrine. The plan was to fight a bloodless victory on foreign ground. An offensive by the\n\nAuthors: P. J. Finglass\nCategories: History\nThe first collection of essays, by leading scholars, on a major Greek poet whose works have only recently been recovered.\n\nThe Red Book of Michigan\n\nOpinions of the Attorney General of the State of Louisiana...\n\nOpinions and Reports of the Attorney General\n\nAuthors: David P. McMullan\nCategories: Fiction\nSince September 11th, 2001, America has not experienced another major attack on U.S. soil. This is not by accident but due to the diligence of those assigned to" ]

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[ null, "The 10-year veteran lifeguard was taken to a local hospital, where he is receiving stitches for shark bites to the hand and chest, officials said. The incident came as lifeguards were in the middle of a training exercise at around 10 a.m. while preparing lifeguards at the county beach in Shirley, which resulted in a expedited response, officials added.\n\n“He is very grateful that he is doing well,” Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone told reporters Sunday during a news conference at Smith Point, noting that he personally spoke with the lifeguard. He noted that shark bites are rare on Long Island. But shark-related incidents have been on the rise.\n\nThe incident came three days after a 37-year-old man suffered a possible shark bite to the foot while swimming at Jones Beach State Park on Thursday. Agencies across Long Island have been stepping up shark patrols as beach season kicks into high gear for the Independence Day weekend and in the wake of an increasing number of shark sightings in recent years." ]

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[ "Pippa Middleton cut a stylish figure as she stepped out in West London to get some fresh air on Friday, following reports she’s pregnant with her second child by husband James Matthews.\n\nKate Middleton‘s younger sister, 37, was spotted strolling around Chelsea wrapped up warm in a comfortable military green parka as she enjoyed the last rays of sunshine before the icy weekend.\n\nSharing smiles with passers-by and looking relaxed, it was the third time Pippa was spotted out since reports she’s ‘pregnant with her second child.’\n\nFor her the outing, Pippa opted for a green parka with a faux fur collar from Fay from last season, which she wore with mom jeans and an immaculate pair of white Jimmy Choo trainers.", null, "Pippa Middleton (pictured), 37, was spotted having a stroll around Chelsea, West London, on Friday following reports she’s pregnant with her second child", null, "Her long brunette hair, which bounced on her shoulder as she walked down the street, was clipped back by a pin at the back of her head.\n\nRather than a bag, Pippa was seen holding a pair of sunglasses in her hand instead.\n\nThe Duchess of Cambridge’s sister rubbed the glasses to clear the lenses before putting them back on and crossing the road to continue her walk.\n\nIt was reported in December that Pippa, who is already the mother of Arthur, two, may be expecting a second child.\n\nA source close to the Middleton family told Page Six: ‘Pippa and James are thrilled, it’s fantastic news amid a difficult year. The entire family is delighted’.", null, null, "The Duchess of Cambridge’s sister (pictured, left and right), who donned a stylish pair of shades, cut a relaxed figure for the outing\n\nAs well as a trio of royal cousins from their aunt Kate, the new Middleton-Matthews baby will also have cousins on their father’s side.\n\nThe Matthews family owns the Eden Rock resort on St Barts, one of the region’s most exclusive hotels beloved by many famous faces.\n\nPippa and James tied the knot in 2017 at St. Mark’s Church in Englefield, the estate of former Conservative MP Richard Benyon.", null, "Pippa made sure her glasses were clean before putting them off, moments before crossing the street", null, "Taking a brisk walk during the coronavirus lockdown, Pippa looked like any other Londoner as she stepped out for a Winter walk\n\nPippa, who is reportedly expecting her second child with her husband James, opted for a casual look (pictured, left and right)\n\nIn 2018, Pippa welcomed baby Arthur in the Lindo Wing of St. Mary’s Hospital, the same place where sister Kate gave birth to all three of her children.\n\nThe socialite and columnist documented how she stayed active during her first pregnancy for Waitrose Weekend magazine revealing that little Arthur follows in the active family’s footsteps.\n\n‘Now that Arthur is 11 months old and more mobile, I have been trying to come up with different activities to do with him,’ she wrote in September 2019.\n\n‘I needed to find something more than just park walks in the pram. Our local baby gym has been a saving grace. It’s a big space full of fun, soft objects, playmats, stairs, balls, swings, mini trampolines and more to stimulate and physically engage babies and toddlers,’ she added.\n\nSmiling as she crossed passersby, left, Pippa could be seen cleaning the lenses of her sunglasses before putting them on (pictured, left and right)\n\nFTSE 100 eases back from highs after weak US jobs report" ]

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[ null, "THE Scottish Enduro Series has today (15-02-18), officially announced that POC, the leading Swedish manufacturer of helmets, goggles and body armour aimed specifically at gravity sports, will be the series headline sponsor for the fifth year in succession.\n\nGoing into its fifth season, the POC Scottish Enduro Series will once again deliver six races at venues across Scotland.\n\n2018 also sees the mountain bike race series raise the bar just that little bit higher; round six in Fort William was recently announced as the host event for the final round of the recently launched Enduro World Series (EWS) European Continental Series.\n\nThe Scottish Enduro Series is now one of the longest-established Enduro series in the country and few would argue with the claim that it is the UK’s premier Enduro series.\n\nFrazer Coupland from No Fuss Events and the Scottish Enduro Series, said: “2018 is already shaping up to be a super season, with great venues, a great title sponsor and a grand finale in Fort William the home of international mountain biking in Scotland.”\n\nRobyn Bowie, head of Marketing for 2Pure, on behalf of POC, said: “POC and No Fuss partner again. This is my first year working with No Fuss Events, on behalf of POC, and it looks to be the best one yet. A great new look and an amazing set of venues. Bring it on!”\n\nFor 2018, the Scottish Enduro team will continue to work with destinations to ensure that the visiting participants get the best experience of each of the areas that will be visited, whilst also ensuring that local businesses are afforded the opportunity to maximise the economic impact from the visit of the series. The series works well with Forestry Commission Scotland, along with other landowners and managers, to ensure participants get the greatest riding experiences across Scotland and ensuring Scotland maintains its position as a global leading mountain bike destination.\n\nFor 2018 the series will continue to use the Sportident Air Timing System at all of the series events. It will continue to use a format style and rules aligned with the Enduro World Series. For the competitors, the Scottish series guarantees a balanced mixture of technical, physical and enjoyable stages and with the focus on fun and the enjoyment of riding bikes with like-minded people, whilst presenting professionally run, competitive and safe races.\n\nThe series kicks off at Laggan Wolftrax on the 14 and 15 April. Laggan never fails to deliver, with its mix of huge rock slabs, natural gold and lung-busting stages. For the riders, it is going to be game on from the outset. As well as Laggan, the 2018 series will be contested in some of Scotland’s amazing Enduro locations visiting Innerleithen in May, Ae in June, Dunoon in July, Pitfichie in August; and finishing in Fort William in October.\n\nDuncan Nisbet, from the Scottish Enduro Series, said: “Five years ago we had the vision to take the Enduro format around Scotland, showcasing the very best the country has to offer both in terms of mountain bike trails and the vibrant communities that host the individual events.\n\n“The legacy we have created in that short time can be seen in all the venues we visit and we are really excited about our plans to take that to the next level.”\n\nPrices for the 2018 series are £62 per Enduro or £52 for Short Course option. If you enter all six events you will get a £52 Discount (Please note numbers on this offer are limited.)\n\nFurther information on the series can be found here: http://www.nofussevents.co.uk/scottish-enduro-series" ]

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[ null, "You could argue it already deserves that title. After claiming his first world titles last year — in cross country and at 10,000 meters on the track — Cheptegei has already broken two world records in 2020. The first, in which he ran 12:51 in Monaco in February to become the first man to run under 13:00 for five kilometers on the roads, drew some headlines but was nothing new for Cheptegei, who had already broke road records at 10k and 15k.", null, "But his second record of 2020 set the sport on fire. In running 12:35.36 to erase Kenenisa Bekele‘s 16-year-old 5,000-meter world record, Cheptegei took down a mark that had never been seriously challenged and vaulted into a new level of stardom. The question was no longer whether he was the best distance runner in the world, but whether he could one day attain a title Bekele currently holds: greatest distance runner of all time.\n\nThat’s a goal Cheptegei has been chasing ever since he won the 10,000 meters at the World Junior Championships at Hayward Field way back in 2014. And if he can usurp Bekele’s 10,000 record of 26:17.53 — his target Wednesday in Valencia, Spain, at what is being dubbed “NN Valencia World Record Day” — he’ll draw one step closer to that aim.\n\nCheptegei’s pursuit of history is the biggest storyline on Wednesday, but he won’t be the only athlete trying to break barriers in Valencia; American Shadrack Kipchirchir is also entered and seeking to become just the third American under 27:00. And immediately preceding the main event, Ethiopian star Letesenbet Gidey, the reigning World Championship silver medalist over 10,000 meters, will attempt to break the 12-year-old 5,000 meter world record of 14:11.15 held by countrywoman Tirunesh Dibaba.\n\nHere’s what to watch for in Valencia on Wednesday.\n\nCan Cheptegei break another Bekele WR?\n\nCheptegei arrived in Valencia on Sunday afternoon, and while the journey wasn’t quite as circuitous as the 40-hour odyssey that took him from Uganda to Monaco in August, it still involved a five-hour drive from his training base of Kapchorwa to Eldoret, Kenya, and three flights (Eldoret –> Nairobi –> Amsterdam –> Valencia). Now that he’s in Spain, he feels at home. He has already broken one WR in Valencia (the 10k road mark last December) and has plenty of fans in a city quickly becoming known as one of the globe’s finest running cities.\n\n“He’s jogging in the morning in the park, and people are recognizing him, shouting his name, clapping for him,” says Cheptegei’s agent Jurrie van der Velden. “He’s a small celebrity over here, and for him it’s really welcoming and feeding him energy. It’s a good thing for him to be here.”\n\nThere are three factors that determine whether an athlete will break a distance world record: fitness, pacing, and conditions. So let’s break each of them down for Cheptegei.", null, "Cheptegei was forced to quarantine for 14 days upon his return to Uganda in August, which prevented him from participating in full training, but van der Velden says it wasn’t an issue as his body needed to recover from his WR effort. Since then, workouts have progressed well. Cheptegei shared his last “special session” before the attempt on Instagram on September 26 (2×1000, 3×800, 4×600, 5×400, 6×150), and van der Velden says his last hard session before leaving Uganda at the end of last week consisted of five 1000m reps, dropping from 2:43 to 2:30ish at the end (remember, that’s on a rough, uneven dirt track at 6,200 feet).\n\nSave for 2005 Kenenisa Bekele hopping in a time machine and pacing Cheptegei himself, the setup in Valencia couldn’t be much better. His first two pacers, Dutchman Roy Hoornweg (tasked with hitting 1500 in 3:55) and Australian Matthew Ramsden (3000 in 7:52) both did a good job pacing Cheptegei’s 5k WR and will reprise their roles here.\n\nThe final pacer has the hardest job as the target pace at 5000 meters is 13:05, a time only seven men have bettered in 2020. Fortunately, the organizers have wrangled one of those men to do it: Kenya’s Nicholas Kimeli, who ran 12:51 for second behind Cheptegei in Monaco and owns the world lead at 10,000 this year (26:58). Most recently, Kimeli ran 13:08.32 at 5,800 feet at the Kip Keino Classic in Nairobi on Saturday, the fastest 5k ever at altitude. He is very fit, and towing Cheptegei through 6k on WR pace — his assigned task — is well within his capabilities.\n\nThe greatest pacer, however, might be Cheptegei himself. In Monaco, he ripped off 60-second laps with staggering consistency, never varying by more than half a second over the final 2k. In Valencia, 63 will be the key number: 63 seconds per lap works out to 26:15, just under the current record. Should he require them, Cheptegei will also have the Wavelight bulbs (expected to be set to 26:15 pace) on the inside of the track to use as a guide, though their biggest benefit may come early in the race in ensuring that his pacemakers don’t go out too hard.", null, "The bad news: that’s still not ideal for distance running. When Bekele set the current record in Brussels on August 26, 2005, conditions were almost perfect — 55 degrees and a dewpoint of 50.\n\nThe main thing to remember here is that the weather doesn’t need to be perfect for a world record — but the more challenging the conditions, the fitter an athlete has to be to break the record. When Bekele broke the 10k record for the first time in Ostrava, the weather was similar to what Cheptegei will face on Wednesday. Yet he was so fit, it didn’t matter.\n\nThat’s the hope this time around as well. After Cheptegei’s WR in Monaco, his coach, Addy Ruiter, told World Athletics he believes Cheptegei was in 12:30 shape that day, which was important because “we knew the likely hot conditions he would face in Monaco would slow him down a little.”\n\nVan der Velden admits now that the circumstances in Monaco were “challenging,” but, thanks to his superior fitness, Cheptegei was able to overcome them.\n\n“We knew he had a buffer and we were confident,” van der Velden says. “And we know that’s the case for Wednesday evening as well.”\n\nLast time, I bet against Cheptegei and he made me look silly. I’m not making the same mistake again. Cheptegei is a better 10k runner than 5k runner, he’s in monster shape, and he’s got a great team of pacers plus Wavelight. And then there is this quote from Cheptegei in Monday’s pre-race press conference.\n\nThe record is hard, but I am harder. What a line. That record is history.\n\nTen years ago, Chris Solinsky became the first American to break 27:00 for 10,000 meters. You may have heard about it. A year later, Galen Rupp ran 26:48 in Brussels, and to this day, they remain the only two members of the US sub-27:00 club. On Wednesday, Shadrack Kipchirchir will attempt to join them.", null, "Kipchirchir winning the US road 5k champs in 2017\n\nIt’s definitely a possibility. Kipchirchir owns a personal best of 27:07 from the 2017 World Championships, and he’s been in good form so far in 2020. Back in February, he took 10 seconds off his 5k pb by running 13:08 in Boston. And most recently, he clocked 13:39 at 5,300 feet of elevation in Boulder on September 19, which is worth 13:15 according to the NCAA conversion calculator.\n\nSub-27:00 will require better fitness than 13:08 or 13:15, but Valencia is the race Kipchirchir has been gearing his training around. Exactly how long that has been the case is unclear — van der Velden, who also represents Kipchirchir, says he has known about the race since July, whereas Kipchirchir’s coach Scott Simmons told LetsRun they’ve been working on a shorter timeline.\n\n“Shad is ready for an AR attempt,” Simmons wrote in a text message to LetsRun.com. “Of course, the build up hasn’t been perfect as we only had a five-week notice. But he was already semi-fit, and we did some good work and some unique use of altitude. If the race is paced well, we think he can go sub-27.”\n\nPacing shouldn’t be an issue. There will be three pacers leading a group targeting 27:00 pace — 3:38 man Abderrahman El Khayami of Spain, and Australia’s Ryan Gregson (3:35/7:53/13:25 this year) and Stewart McSweyn (3:30/7:28/13:09 this year). McSweyn, originally, was set to race in Valencia rather than pace, but now his plan is to pace this and race a 5,000 in Hengelo on Saturday, where he will presumably chase the Australian record. That plays right into the hands of Kipchirchir, who now has one of the world’s best distance runners to take him through 5,000.\n\nI don’t think Kipchirchir gets under 27:00 (and Rupp’s American record of 26:44.36 is totally out of the question). McSweyn is only going halfway, and once he steps off, it will be up to Kipchirchir (or maybe 13:10/27:47 guy Stephen Kissa of Uganda) to keep the pace going. I think that’s too big of an ask. Solinsky and Rupp were studs, but even they had guys to follow for almost all of their sub-27:00 races. Kipchirchir is a fine runner, but going it alone, in less than ideal conditions, may be beyond his abilities.\n\nOnce the meet added a women’s 5,000, there was some question as to whether Letesenbet Gidey would target the world record. Gidey answered that query definitively in Monday’s press conference.\n\n“I think I will break the record,” Gidey said. “…For six years, I have aimed for this world record. I prepared very hard for Wednesday.”\n\nThere are arguments for and against the 22-year-old Ethiopian. Working in her favor: her personal bests compare favorably to Tirunesh Dibaba’s when she set the WR in 2008.", null, "Two more things worth noting there. First, Gidey’s 1500 and 10k pbs are misleading. She ran her 30:21 pb in last year’s World Championship final, but her final 1500 there was 4:03. If it weren’t for Sifan Hassan, everyone would have been going nuts for Gidey after that race.\n\nInstead, we’ve got the Gidey of 2020, who has raced just once — she ran 14:26 in Monaco on August 14, where she was beaten convincingly by Hellen Obiri, who put four seconds on her over the final 200. That result is our biggest concern, as fifteen seconds is a lot to make up over eight weeks. Many Ethiopian athletes struggled to train early in the summer due to COVID-19 and the riots breaking out across the country. With another two months of training under her belt, she could be significantly fitter.\n\nOne last thing on Gidey. If she breaks the world record, it will require her to do something she hasn’t done in over four years: win a 5,000-meter race. Since her win at the Catalan Championships in Barcelona in June 2016, Gidey has raced 12 times over 5,000 meters and won none of them. Even in her pb race in Rabat in 2018, her 14:23 was only good enough for third. It would be pretty incredible for someone who has never been the fastest in the world at 5,000 to suddenly become the fastest of all time.\n\nBased on her run in Monaco, the safe bet here is no, but I have a good feeling about Gidey. She’s a humongous talent — she won the junior race at World XC twice — and flashed WR potential at the end of 2019. She’s also got some great pacers in Spain’s Esther Guerrero (1:59/4:03 this year) and steeplechase WR holder Beatrice Chepkoech (8:22/14:39 pbs), who will try to get her through 3k somewhere in the 8:30-8:35 range.\n\nI also don’t think Gidey would bother putting this race on the schedule and hype it up in the press conference if she didn’t believe she had a legitimate shot at the record. I’ll go out on a limb and say Gidey gets it on Wednesday." ]

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[ null, "Student Life has been asked to collaborate with the national Samaritans charity on a self-harm inquiry. Earlier this year and pre-lockdown, we met a steering group of MP’s in Westminster. An All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) was being chaired by Liz Twist MP and was undertaking the inquiry by bringing together experts through oral evidence sessions, as well as collecting written evidence, to better understand what services exist for young people who self-harm, how effective these are and how they can be improved. Once this evidence was collected, the APPG produced a report, setting out recommendations for how young people who self-harm can be better supported through services.\n\nThe inquiry explored the experiences of young people who self-harm in accessing support services. In particular, it examined:\n\nThe inquiry focused on the experience of young people up to the age of 25, given the high and rising rates of self-harm among this group and we were proud that 2 of our steering group took part.\n\nIn the past few weeks and following the relaxation of lockdown measures, the project re-started in earnest. Student Life is in the enviable position of having over 1400 young people signed up as collaborators with its main work in schools, colleges and universities across Suffolk, Norfolk and Kent and was therefore able to offer some of those young collaborators the chance to work with Samaritans, on the next phase of the national self-harm awareness campaign. These young volunteers were involved in a recent workshop which was run by Samaritans in conjunction with London-based market research company CRD. The aim of the workshop was to gain an insight into young people’s perception of Samaritans as an organisation and how a self-harm awareness campaign should be produced. The Student Life participants were all young people who had previously self-harmed, as a coping mechanism for periods of mental ill-health.\n\nFollowing this workshop, those young people – and others – took part in a follow up session that looked at the storyboard of a short film which Samaritans is planning on producing and promoting as part of its national self-harm awareness campaign. This is a major collaboration for Student Life and reaffirms our status on a regional and national scale. All of our student collaborators are very proud." ]

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[ null, "The Nevada Supreme Court ruled that the US Supreme Court’s 2015 marriage decision should be applied retroactively when divvying up assets in divorce cases.\n\nThe ruling was prompted by a divorce case involving two Nevada women who were married in Canada in 2003, but subsequently broke up and became embroiled in a dispute over their belongings.\n\nMarriage equality for same-sex couples came to Nevada late in 2014 when the US Supreme Court refused to review a decision by the San Francisco-based Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals holding that the state’s ban on such marriages was unconstitutional. This decision came after Mary Elizabeth LaFrance and Gail Cline had decided to end the marriage that their state had never recognized, but their legal proceeding to dissolve the marriage provided the vehicle for Nevada’s Supreme Court to rule unanimously on December 23 that the marriage these women contracted in Canada in 2003 must be recognized as of the time they were married.\n\nThe women, who are longtime Nevada residents, had gone to Vermont in 2000 to form a civil union under that state’s newly passed law — the first in the nation to establish a legally-recognized status for same-sex couples. They then went back home to Nevada, where their civil union did not have any legal standing.\n\nWhen same-sex marriages first became available in Canada in 2003, they went there and got married, again returning home to Nevada where their marriage was not recognized. Although Nevada later enacted a registration process for domestic partnerships and the women could have registered their Vermont civil union for some limited state recognition, they failed to do so. By the time Nevada began to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples in 2014, these women were ending their relationship and in no mood to get married.\n\nThere is no question that a Nevada court has the authority to recognize their Canadian marriage for purposes of formally dissolving it, but a sticking point in the case was how to divide up the assets of their marriage. Nevada is a “community property” state where anything acquired by either spouse during a marriage is presumed to be “marital property,” subject to being divided up between them upon a divorce. This rule does not apply to property that is explicitly identified as property of one of the parties at the time it is acquired. Otherwise, everything goes into the pot to be divvied up.\n\nHere’s where things got contentious in the LaFrance-Cline divorce. When did their “marital community” start, for purposes of deciding what is marital property?\n\nCline asked the trial court to accept 2000 as the starting date based on their Vermont Civil Union, and Clark County District Court Judge Mathew Harter agreed. LaFrance appealed, arguing that Nevada had never recognized their Vermont civil union as a marriage or even as a legally recognized status, that they had conducted their relationship assuming that each was the owner of anything that individual acquired, and that 2014, the date Nevada was required by court order to recognize same-sex marriages, should be the relevant date for recognizing them as being married.\n\nThe Nevada Supreme Court decided that neither Judge Harter nor LaFrance was correct. Chief Justice Kristina Pickering wrote for the court that the US Supreme Court’s 2015 marriage equality decision, Obergefell v. Hodges, should be retroactively applied to recognize the 2003 Canadian marriage as the start of the parties’ “marital community.”\n\nThe Supreme Court’s rulings interpreting the U.S. Constitution are frequently applied retroactively when they are interpreting old constitutional provisions. In this case, the 14th Amendment, which was added to the Constitution after the Civil War in 1868, provided the basis for the Court’s ruling that same-sex couples have the same right as different sex couples to marry and to have their out-of-state marriages recognized by their home state. Although a marital right for same-sex couples had never previously been recognized by the Supreme Court, it theoretically existed from the moment the 14th Amendment was ratified in 1868, requiring all states to provide equal protection of the laws to all their citizens and recognizing their fundamental rights, including the right to marry.\n\nHowever, the Obergefell decision applies only to marriages. Civil unions did not exist in the United States until Vermont’s statute was enacted in 2000, and they are not marriages. On the other hand, Canadian marriages have traditionally been recognized by courts in the United States. The Nevada Supreme Court concluded that when LaFrance and Cline married in Canada in 2003 and returned home to Nevada, their marriage was entitled to be recognized at that time, and for purposes of community property, this “marital community” began in 2003.\n\nLaFrance protested that this was unfair, arguing that she and Cline had been operating all these years under the assumption that they did not have any legal rights as a couple in Nevada throughout the period of their Canadian marriage, but that argument did not sway the court.\n\n“Nevada must credit the parties’ marriage as having taken place in 2003 and apply the same terms and conditions as accorded to opposite-sex spouses,” wrote Chief Justice Pickering. “These conditions include a presumption that any property acquired during the marriage is community property and an opportunity for spouses to rebut this presumption by showing by clear and certain proof that specific property is separate.”\n\nConsequently, the property division issue was sent back to Judge Harter “to apply community property principles to the parties’ property acquired after their 2003 Canadian marriage.”" ]

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[ null, "“Star Wars” slum John Boyega and Robert De Niro are attached to star in the original feature “The Formula” for Netflix and Buppie Productions.\n\nThe story will follow a Formula One racing prodigy who is forced to become a getaway driver to save the only family he has left.\n\nBoyega, coming off Steve McQueen’s “Small Axe,” is currently shooting “They Cloned Tyrone” alongside Jamie Foxx. He told Cinema Blend today he’s not keen to get back to another franchise, comparing it to “kind of like luxury jail sometimes for an actor when you want to do something else.”\n\nDe Niro is about to shoot David O. Russell’s untitled next film." ]

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[ "All the emotions we thought were dead and buried come rushing in the second an ex’s name lights up on our phone. We can’t stop them. We can’t handle them. They are too intense. They are overwhelming.\n\nOur heart starts pounding, our hands start shaking, and we don’t know how to behave. It’s like our ex is standing right in front of us, and we have to react in the best possible way. Yet we are frozen at this point, unable to make a single move.\n\nThe second we gather up the courage to open his message is the second we realize that we are going to need a million times more courage not to fall under his toxic spell again.\n\nYou see, whether we would like to admit it or not, no matter what our ex has put us through, the second he wants to come back into our life, we think only about the good parts and pretend like the bad ones didn’t happen.\n\nOf course, he misses you right now. How wouldn’t he? He has finally realized what he had all along and didn’t appreciate.\n\nHe had a good woman, willing to go above and beyond for him. A woman who was willing to give parts of herself to make him happy.\n\nA loyal and trustworthy woman who only had eyes for him. A woman who knew how to love. A woman who was much more to him than he ever was to her.\n\nSome people deserve a second chance, but he is not one of those people, and you know it well.\n\nEven though your lonely days might blind your view and make you think that he might have changed, that things might be better the second time around, that’s just not going to happen.\n\nPeople change that’s true, but if their essence is toxic, there is nothing that can be done. They will once again poison your life if you give them a chance.\n\nResist the urge to have him close. That’s not loving. That’s familiarity and habit mixed with bits of loneliness and the memories of amazing moments you once shared.\n\nDon’t look at this as a sign to take him back, to let him into your life. You will only give him another chance to hurt you even more the second time around. Look at this as a test.\n\nA test to see if you learned your lesson the first time around.\n\nA test to see if you became conscious of your own worth.\n\nA test to see if you are aware that your life is so much better without him in it.\n\nA test to see if you know you deserve so much more than he could ever give.\n\nA test to see if you know better than to fall for him again.", null ]

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[ "By Bisi Olaniyi and Precious Dike, Port Harcourt On Mar 18, 2013", null, "Their exit during Akwa Ibom State Governor Godswill Akpabio’s speech was misinterpreted by some party leaders as a walk-out on the meeting presided over by National Chairman Bamanga Tukur to reconcile aggrieved members of the party. The meeting was held at the Alfred Diette-Spiff Centre, near the Government House.\n\nThe Publicity Secretary of the PDP in Rivers State, George Ukwuoma-Nwogba, denied that it was a walkout. He described the exit of Amaechi and Uduaghan as “a mere coincidence”.\n\nUkwuoma-Nwogba, in a telephone interview, said: “Governors Amaechi and Uduaghan did not walk out on Alhaji Bamanga Tukur and other leaders of the PDP. What happened was a mere coincidence.\n\n“Governor Uduaghan had an urgent matter to attend to in Delta State and he took permission from the national chairman to leave the meeting. As the host, Governor Amaechi had to see him off.”\n\nUkwuoma-Nwogba added that the PDP’s meeting would continue at the Brick House (Government House), Port Harcourt last night. He insisted that all was well.\n\nThe PDP controls five of the six states in the Southsouth. Edo is held by the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN).\n\nThe party leadership in the zone was led to the meeting by Deputy National Chairman Dr. Sam Sam Jaja.\n\nTukur told PDP members: “Let’s support the transformation agenda of President Goodluck Jonathan. This, of course, will make us to build one house for the progress of the party.”\n\nAkpabio donated N1million to the PDP chairmen from each of the six states at the meeting “for lunch”.\n\nAkpabio announced the donation after Uduaghan said members of the party should be fed well by the PDP.\n\n“If you want to prevent our members from straying to other parties, you must put food in the stomach of our supporters,” Uduaghan said.\n\nAkpabio enjoined state chairmen to take the N1million donation for their lunch so that they don’t move to other parties.\n\n“My brother Governor Uduaghan said our members are hungry and that we must put food in their stomach so that they don’t stray to other parties. I am giving all the state chairmen of the party N1million each for lunch. Our members must not be hungry,” Akpabio said.\n\nAkpabio urged members of the party to see the success of Jonathan as the success of the Southsouth, adding: “There is a hand of God in every position of leadership. Bayelsa is, perhaps the smallest state in Nigeria, but God decided to choose Goodluck Ebele Jonathan from Bayelsa state to become the president of Nigeria. We must all support our brother to succeed. For us, we shall not fail and we will never fail,” he said.\n\nAkpabio urged Tukur to ensure that reconciliation meetings were held at least twice in a year so that issues can be resolved on time. “If we do this, I can assure you that the PDP will win 30 states in the next election,” he said.\n\nThe meeting was the second in the zonal reconciliation process initiated by Tukur. It started from Ibadan, in the Southwest last week." ]

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[ null, "Technically, the blockchain (“blockchain”) represents a decentralized database mirrored in the network on many computers. It is characterized by the fact that its entries are summarized in blocks and saved. A consensus mechanism used by all computers ensures the authenticity of the database entries. The umbrella term “distributed ledger” is often used synonymously, even if not every distributed ledger necessarily uses a blockchain.\n\nBlockchain is the basic technology and central innovation of cryptocurrency.\n\nBitcoin. It goes back to a working paper that was published anonymously on a mailing list in November 2008. The unknown author or group of authors with the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto describes the electronic payment system “Bitcoin,” which is organized peer-to-peer over the network and does not need a central intermediary. The corresponding Bitcoin system was published as an open-source project ( open source ) in early 2009.\n\nA blockchain database can serve as a decentralized booking system to digitally organize all types of property rights, e.g., land registers or company shares ( share.\n\nSince decentralization potentially makes intermediaries unnecessary, the blockchain could be used in many areas in the future and, as a disruptive technology, displace previously established processes and technologies.). The main drivers of the development are efficiency gains in established processes (e.g., in the post-trading of securities ) and thus considerable forecast cost savings.\n\nThe ownership structure in a blockchain-based database is documented and secured using the public key method from cryptography. In particular, there is the possibility of secure digital signatures.\n\nFor use. In this process, new database entries are cryptographically signed and combined in a block, and appended to the previous block. The new blocks gain general validity through a consensus mechanism. Since the change of a block also requires the change of all blocks generated later, which must also be confirmed via the consensus mechanism, a blockchain entry is considered unchangeable from a certain number of newly appended blocks.\n\nIn the Bitcoin system, the possession of a certain amount of Bitcoin is ensured by knowing only a corresponding private key (public key procedure). To make a Bitcoin payment, the owner signs the transaction with this private key. Using the corresponding public key known in the network, the other participants can verify the transaction in a forgery-proof manner. Although hackers have repeatedly and successfully stolen Bitcoins by attacking Bitcoin exchanges in recent years, the Bitcoin basic system has not been compromised. It thus provides evidence of the practical suitability of blockchain technology in principle.\n\nIn a short period, major representatives of the financial industry have formed global initiatives that are investigating possible application scenarios in various areas (e.g., securities, insurance, etc.). In addition to using the blockchain as a transparent and efficient booking process, intensive research is being carried out, particularly in smart contracts. Since concrete procedures are already being implemented in practice, a very dynamic development continues to emerge.\n\nAlthough there are high expectations concerning the application potential, it is not clear how the spread of blockchain-based technologies will develop in practice. In the financial sector, in particular, many legal, regulatory and technical framework conditions concerning the use of such systems have not yet been conclusively clarified. They are heavily dependent on the design of the respective blockchain. However, there is also potential outside the financial sector. In the emerging Internet of Things, blockchain technology could, for example, efficiently and securely securitize ownership, verify identities, or process micro-payments between devices." ]

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[ "Letterbox Love is a way to show you all of the lovely, lovely books I’ve gotten in the post, bought and everything else over the last week. Summaries are taken from the cover, or Amazon/NetGalley/Goodreads in the case of e-books, unless otherwise stated.\n\nI snagged these two proofs in the goody bag from the YALC Blogger Brunch. Thanks Nina and Kat!", null, "Josephine Montfort is beautiful and rich, and soon she’ll be married off to a handsome, wealthy gentleman. But that’s the last thing she wants. Jo dreams of becoming a writer – an investigative journalist like the trailblazing Nellie Bly.\n\nWild aspirations aside, Jo’s life seems perfect until tragedy strikes: her father is found dead. Charles Montfort apparently shot himself while cleaning his pistol. But as New York City’s wealthiest men – owner of a newspaper and partner in a huge shipping firm – JO knows he was far too intelligent to clean a loaded gun.\n\nUnable to accept that her father could have been so careless, she begins to investigate his death with the help of a smart, infuriatingly handsome reporter, Eddie Gallagher. In their race against time to discover the truth it becomes all too clear how much she stands to lose if she keeps searching for answers. But now it might be too late to stop.\n\nThe past never stays buried forever. Life is dirtier than Jo Montfort could ever have imagined, and this time the truth is the dirtiest part of all.\n\nI’m a bit fussy when it comes to historical fiction, but I’ve only ever heard wonderful things about this author so I’ll give it a go!", null, "My name is Tess Turner – at least, that’s what I’ve always been told.\n\nI have a voice but it isn’t mine. It used to say things so I’d fit in. it used to tell the universe I was something I wasn’t. It lied.\n\nIt never occurred to me that everyone else was lying too. But the words that really hurt weren’t the lies: it was six hundred and seventeen words of truth that turned my world upside down.\n\nWords scare me, the lies and the truth, so I decided to stop using them.\n\nI am Pluto. Silent. Inaccessible.\nBillions of miles from everything I thought I knew.", null, "This morning, Kady thought breaking up with Ezra was the hardest thing she’d have to do.\n\nThis afternoon, her planet was invaded.\n\nThe year is 2575, and two rival megacorporations are at war over a planet that little more than an ice-covered speck at the edge of the universe. Too bad nobody thought to warn the people living on it. With enemy fire raining down on them, Kady and Ezra – who are barely even talking to each other – are forced to fight their way onto an evacuating fleet, with an enemy warship in hot pursuit.\n\nBut their problems are just getting started. A deadly plague has broken out and is mutating, with terrifying results; the fleet’s AI, which should be protecting them, may actually be their enemy; and nobody in charge will tell them what’s going on. As Kady hacks into a tangled web of data to find the truth, it’s clear only once person can help her bring it all to light: the ex-boyfriend she swore she’d never speak to again.\n\nTold through a fascinating dossier of hacked documents – including emails, schematics, military files, IMs, medical reports, interviews, and more – Illuminae is the first book in a heart-stopping, high-octane trilogy about lives interrupted, the price of truth, and the courage of everyday heroes.\n\nThis looks completely fascinating and totally unique, and massive. Thanks Rock the Boat!", null, "He is the Messenger\nBe afraid\n\nA group of people were walking slowly up the road towards us. Four of the men carried something, and I could already guess that this was a funeral procession.\n\n“This is the victim,” Messenger said. “Our business is with the ones responsible. The wickedness we pursue is not murder, but murder’s source.\n\n“It is hatred we pursue. Hatred.”\n\nMessenger and Mara serve the balance. They seek out injustice and punish the wicked. But their world is changing and everything depends on the decisions Mara makes. The Messenger’s apprentice is about to face her greatest test…\n\nWoo, early copy! I can’t wait to read this, even if I am upset it went straight to paperback and I have the first in hardcover…", null, "The witch hunter\nElizabeth Grey may look harmless, but don’t let that fool you. She can take out five necromancers with a single sword and slay a wizard at fifty paces.\n\nAccused of witchcraft\nBut when she’s found carrying witch’s herbs, she’s thrown in jail with no chance of escape. Only magic, which she’s fought against all her life, can save her…\n\nRescued by the enemy\nNow, with Elizabeth’s chances of survival in the very hands of those she has been trained to fight, she faces an impossible choice:\n\nI also bought finished copies of Fire Colour One by Jenny Valentine and The Accident Season by Moira Fowley-Doyle to get signed at YALC. And nabbed a copy of Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo for only £2! Not going to put the summary as I haven’t read books one and two.", null, "In a world where the ancient Great Library of Alexandria was never destroyed, knowledge now rules the world: freely available, but strictly controlled. Owning private books is a crime.\n\nJess Brightwell is the son of a black market book smuggler, sent to the Library to compete for a position as a scholar…but even as he forms friendships and finds his true gifts, he begins to unearth the dark secrets of the greatest, most revered institution in the world.", null, "The Islanders Volume 1: Zoey Fools Around and Jake Finds Out, Katherine Applegate and Michael Grant (paperback)\n\nOn a small island it’s easy to know everything about your friends…except for the truth.\n\nTwo years ago the tiny New England community on Chatham Island was rocked by tragedy – three teenagers had a terrible accident that left one dead. Now Lucas Cabral, the person responsible for the events on that fateful night, has returned. But life on the island isn’t the same, and everyone Lucas once considered a friend refuses to speak to him. Everyone except Zoey Passmore.\n\nZoey knows that Lucas is off limits…but she can’t seem to stay away from him. Even though she knows it would be better for everyone if he had never come back. Even though she is dating Jake, the brother of the boy who died. As Lucas and Zoey grow closer, Zoey risks tearing apart their close-knit group of friends if they discover the truth…that she’s falling for her boyfriend’s worst enemy.\n\nFriendships will be tested, hearts will be broken, and secrets will be unearthed in the electrifying first two books in the Islanders series.\n\nI recently read and loved the new YA reissue of Daphne Du Maurier’s Frenchman’s Creek so I had to order the other two!", null, "On a trip to the South of France, the shy heroine of Rebecca falls in love with with Maxim de Winter, a wealthy, handsome widower. But as they arrive at Manderley, his Cornish mansion, a change comes over Max and the young bride is filled with dread. Friendless in the osolated house, she realises that she barely knows the man she has married, and in every corner of every room is the phantom of his beautiful first wife, Rebecca.", null, "After the death of her mother, Mary Yellan crosses the windswept Cornish moors to Jamaica Inn, the home of her Aunt Patience. There she finds Patience a changed woman, downtrodden by her violent husband Joss Merlyn. Mary discovers that the inn is a front for a lawless gang of criminals, and is unwillingly dragged into their dangerous world of smuggling and murder. Despite herself, she becomes powerfully attracted to a man she dares not trust – Joss Merlyn’s brother. Before long she will be forced to cross her own moral line to save herself.", null, "As If! The Oral History of Clueless as Told by Amy Heckerling, the Cast and the Crew, Jen Chaney (paperback)\n\nWill we ever get tired of Clueless?\nUgh, as if!\n\nChaney explores the influence of Jane Austen’s Emma as the unlikely framework for Heckerling’s script, the rigorous casting process (including the future stars who didn’t make the cut), the functional yet fashion-forward wardrobe, the unique slang that drew from the past and coined new phrases for the future, the sun-drenched soundtrack that set the tone, and – above all – the massive amount of work, creativity and craft that went into making Clueless look so effortlessly bright and glossy.\n\nAs If! illuminates why plaid skirts and knee socks will never go out of style, and why Clueless remains one of the most beloved comedies of all time.\n\nI couldn’t not get this, really! Clueless is one of my all-time favourite films. So looking forward to diving into this.", null, "If the Oxygenator breaks down, I’ll suffocate. If the Water Reclaimer breaks down, I’ll die of thirst. If the Hab breaches, I’ll just kind of explode. If none of those things happen, I’ll eventually run out of food and starve to death.\n\nI’ve been thinking about getting this for ages but I was finally pushed into it by Sarah (Feeling Fictional)’s comments on Goodreads while she was reading it." ]

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[ "Josh Barro makes the case today that unbundling cable channels and offering them a la carte wouldn’t really benefit consumers. This point has now been made so many times that I don’t think it counts as counterintuitive anymore, but Barro makes one additional point that represents my real gripe with channel bundling:\n\nNot everyone would lose out. For example, if you never watch sports, you might be better off not having to pay for ESPN, which charges the highest carriage fee of any basic cable channel. But Mr. Byzalov estimates that sports channel carriage fees would more than triple under unbundling, as most subscribers opt out and only die-hard sports fans buy in. Consumers who don’t care about sports at all would be better off, but casual sports fans would be worse off: They wouldn’t find it worth", null, "paying $37 for an unbundled cluster of sports channels, even if they would have paid the roughly $9 that it costs to get those channels as part of a bundled package.\n\nMost people don’t know just how much sports channels cost them, but they can account for nearly half of your average cable bill in some areas. Not everywhere, mind you, but the explosion of sports channels (Fox Sports 1, the NFL channel, the Golf channel, the NBC Sports Channel, etc.) and rise of dedicated team channels (the Lakers channel, the Dodgers channel, the Pac-12 channel, etc.) have steadily pushed the price of sports skyward in big media markets like Southern California. You don’t pay $9 for that collection. Carriage fees are a closely guarded secret, so it’s hard to say how much you do pay, but it’s probably something like $25 or more.\n\nThis doesn’t hurt me, since I watch enough sports to (mostly) make this worthwhile. And the fact that all you non-sports watchers have to pay for this stuff basically subsidizes my habit. So thanks! But honestly, I don’t think you should have to. When Time Warner demands that the Dodgers channel be part of basic cable—my latest hobbyhorse—it basically amounts to a Dodgers tax on every family in the LA area. But I’m afraid I don’t really see why Time Warner should be allowed to levy a tax on every family in the LA area.\n\nSo go ahead and keep bundling. Maybe it’s more efficient in the end, and doesn’t really cost most of us very much money. But unbundle sports. It’s a big expense, and those of us who are sports junkies ought to be the ones paying it. Plus there’s this: if we all paid the true cost, instead of forcing everyone to subsidize the rest of us, it might finally provoke some serious pushback—and maybe the astronomical and absurd upward spiral of sports rights would finally abate. If this means the Dodgers are worth only $1.7 billion instead of $2 billion, that’s okay with me." ]

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[ null, "“WE will not associate Australia with one-sided and contentious language that singles out Israel or an event that champions such language,” Prime Minister Scott Morrison declared as he confirmed Australia would not participate in upcoming events commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Durban Declaration.\n\nThe move by the Australian government continues its policy of boycotting the event, which began after Israel and America dropped out of the United Nations original World Conference on Racism in Durban, South Africa in 2001, which singled out Israel as racist.\n\nAustralia did not participate in Durban II in 2009 or Durban III in 2011, along with a growing list of nations also boycotting the conferences for its virulent antisemitism.\n\nSpeaking at an Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce (AICC) event in Melbourne on Thursday, Morrison said, “Not that it should come as a surprise from me and my government, but in 2009 and 2011, we did not attend the Durban Declaration meetings. We will not be attending them going forward. Our position is unchanged, a position that successive Coalition and Labor governments have reinforced since 2001.”\n\nHe added, “This is entirely consistent with my government’s very strong voting position on UN General Assembly resolutions in the Human Rights Council and elsewhere. We will continue that same approach to Durban for later this year. As I said at the Sydney Institute in December 2018, I do not accept that antisemitism, cloaked in the language of human rights, serves any justified purpose nor the cause of peace.”\n\n“Prime Minister, our response to this, in Hebrew, is kol hakavod, in English, all the honour to you and your government. It is important for Israel to know that a country as well-respected internationally as Australia has its back,” Leibler said.\n\nAIJAC executive director Colin Rubenstein added, “Australia has consistently taken a stand against attempts by conference participants to single out Israel and slur the Jewish people.”\n\nZionist Federation of Australia president Jeremy Leibler said, “The Prime Minister’s decision is a sign of leadership. It continues his government’s principled position of refusing to cooperate with the UN’s anti-Israel resolutions and activities." ]

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[ null, "Mumbai - This is the tougher of the two groups, and two defeats will mean virtual elimination\n\nSouth Africa and West Indies lost their respective opening matches in contrasting fashion. While South Africa put up a terrific fight against Australia despite being restricted to 118, West Indies were shockingly skittled out for a paltry 55 against England.\n\nThe West Indies batting collapse was the stuff of nightmares. The defending champions are loaded with power hitters, but their performance in the opening match was abject, defying cricket logic and also skipping any sense of responsibility.\n\nAggressive intent at all times has defined West Indies’ cricket in this format, and with significant rewards. They are the only side to win the World Cup twice. But when conditions are adverse for a frontal assault, good teams show the discipline and wherewithal to notch up enough runs to stay competitive.\n\nThe West Indies batsmen tried to bully their way through against a strong side (England are currently no. 1 in T20 rankings). They refused to change their methods despite the fall of early wickets and paid a heavy price. Their bowlers tried hard. But how does a team defend 55?\n\nSkipper Kieron Pollard was candid that his team had played bad cricket, which is a step up in improving in the tournament. It may have been a rare off day against England, but the remedy begins with admitting mistakes. Pollard is a hugely experienced campaigner who knows his players need to shrug off casualness in order to get their campaign back on track.\n\nOn the face of it, South Africa might seem easy opponents, but the valiant fight the Proteas put up against Australia in their first match — defending a paltry 118 — wouldn’t have been lost on the West Indies captain. The batting lacks heft without players like AB de Villiers and Faf du Plessis, which increases the onus on Quinton de Kock and some others like Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen. But South Africa’s bowling is top class. Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje and Dwaine Pretorius make a formidable three-man pace attack. Each is different from the other, which means batsmen are consistently confronted with a new problem, and all have wicket-taking ability.\n\nIn spin too, the two left-arm bowlers, Tabraiz Shamsi and Keshav Maharaj, are completely dissimilar — the former is a wrist-spinner with a well disguised wrong ‘un, the latter is more orthodox, but probing.\n\nFor both teams, this is a do-or-die match. This is the tougher of the two groups, and two defeat will mean virtual elimination." ]

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[ null, "New species of Eimeria found in mourning doves in Kentucky\n\nA UGA-led research team discovered a new species of the parasite Eimeria in fecal samples from a Kentucky population of mourning doves, which is one of the most abundant birds in North America and one of the most harvested game birds in the United States.\n\nsampled intestinal tracts from 100 legally harvested mourning doves collected on a private farm southwest of Georgetown, Kentucky. The team’s discovery of Eimeria lyoni marks the third description of an Eimeria species from the genus Zenaida and the first report of Eimeria in the mourning dove. The team’s findings were published in the July issue of Comparative Parasitology (Vol. 82, issue 2, 2015).\n\nYabsley is jointly appointed to the College of Veterinary Medicine and the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources. Coauthors on the report include Yabsley’s graduate student, Karen Bailey, who is also the founder and president of the Kentucky Wildlife Center; and, baccalaureate student Henry C. Adams of UGA’s Odum School of Ecology." ]

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[ null, "Income inequality is at the heart of the protests currently raging across several Brazilian cities. Originally, the protests were about the twenty-cent price hike for bus fare. Eventually, however, they turned into protests about everything that’s wrong in Brazil.\n\nNext year’s World Cup has added to the public dissent. Brazil’s rampant political corruption has resulted in huge expenditures. The government has spent twice the amount as Germany and South Africa spent on the World Cup.\n\nIt is predicted that FIFA will make over one billion dollars from the tournament, but Brazil will benefit very little. Originally, it was presumed that the Cup would be paid for by private investors and corporations, and that the public funds would go toward bettering the existing infrastructure. But then the Brazilian government lent money to build brand-new stadiums. Essentially, the government is spending billions of dollars on a private event that is so expensive that only the rich can attend.\n\nIt has become a bit of a paradox — a country that is a symbol of soccer to many has turned against the sport’s largest event. The huge public expenditure has left the people wondering: why can the country invest millions on a soccer tournament but can’t seem to find funds to fix the broken healthcare and education systems?\n\nThe independent protestors have balked at any specific political party that has tried to claim leadership in the demonstrations, preferring instead to remain a party-free dissident entity. Even the large Workers Party was shooed away.\n\nThe impact of the country-wide protests have already been felt. President Dilma Roussef went on TV and invited protestors into the head of the government to talk about what’s going on. She met with the Movimento Passe Livre, the university free fare group that started the protests, and ultimately ceded the twenty cent transport fare increase.\n\nWhile the positive impacts have been felt, it is doubtful that any more progress will be made on the issue. With so little political cohesiveness within the demonstrators themselves, it appears that the dissidence will continue into the foreseeable future." ]

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[ null, "The COVID-19 pandemic is still present in the world of sports and NBA could be the niche of a “new chaos” due to the disease, after Indiana Pacers and Toronto Raptors suspend their practices this Thursday as precautionary measures, before the health protocols established by the league to curb the spread of COVID-19, This according to the information published on the social networks of the journalist Shams Charania.\n\nPacers and Raptors have canceled their practices today due to health and safety protocols and abundance of caution.\n\nDespite the fact that the teams entered this protocol, the only player of the two lists entered in the protocol list is the Pacers guard Justin Holiday, who has not played since entering the protocol on November 30. But nevertheless, it has not been specified never if someone else was ruled out to play.\n\nFor their part, the Raptors announced that their president Masai Ujiri she had tested positive for COVID-19 and was isolating herself at home.\n\nIn recent days Indiana had played, on Monday against Washington and Wednesday in front of Knicks; and they planned to receive Dallas this friday. For their part, those of Toronto they lost Wednesday to Oklahoma city, and they are scheduled to face the Knicks.\n\nToronto has not reported any positive cases of COVID-19 since the season started. The raptors They have insisted that all their players are vaccinated with all the required doses.\n\nThe president of the Raptors, Masai Ujiri commented Like the entire squad, he is fully vaccinated and has even received a booster. But he found the niche of his contagion in an event of his non-profit organization Giants of Africa, held last weekend.\n\nAll those attending that meeting had the obligation to be vaccinated, but Ujiri commented that after the gala, found that some guests had tested positive. Shortly after, it was confirmed that he himself had contracted the virus. This being a possible source of contagion for its players.\n\nFor its part, another team that sets off the alarms of a possible massive contagion in the league is Chicago bulls, who sent Derrick Jones Jr., to the protocol list today. He is the fifth Bulls player on the roster in the past nine days.\n\nTags: meridian\nJake Paul Willing To Retire From Boxing If Dana White Accepts These Conditions | Sports Gossip 123\nMick Schumacher and the reason to look for points in the first race of 2022 | Engines 123\nThis is how Venezuelan boxers are doing at the AIBA World Boxing Championship | Other Sports 123\nNBA 1332" ]

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[ null, "I own a racked Two Notes Torpedo VM202.\nAs I couldn’t find a used Torpedo C.A.B. for a bargain price (which shouldn’t come as a surprise considering the product’s high quality), I opted for this AMT which is an IR player allowing to access parameters.\n\nI got the model with the orange inscriptions on while the shop’s website advertised it in white – but that’s juste a detail.\n\nThe idea was to make a transportable pedalboard.\n\nThis tiny black box makes a great job in every situation, but as it’s not MIDI compatible you’ll only get a single cab per preset so you’ll have to get down and load another preset, but sometimes a single cab is well enough for a whole show\n\nYou’ll have to read the manual is you want to understand which IR CAB + MIC you’re loading.\n\nI also let my brother use it. He often works as a FOH engineer and I wanted to see it the Pangea could do the job to replace a mic+cab setting in stage: well, clearly the result is exceptional! Depending on the amp used, it has either been plugged in the FX loop allowing to feed the mixer with a signal level independent from that of the tube poweramp part of the amp, or at the output of a loadbox.\n\nI heard it can even be plugged between the amp’s output and the speaker using the THRU jack plug, but I have no use of such a setup and haven’t tried it in order to protect the amp.\n\nIt’s so small that it can be used indifferently in a home or professional studio, I have already lent it tu be used for remiking tracks.\n\nIt also works wonder with bass IRs, while testing it the bass player ended up saying that with a total 3 pedals (including the Pangea) he couldn’t say whether his sound was that from his amp or from an IR straight out of this tiny black box. In the end, he bought one!\n\nI’ve loaded some free cab IRs in addition to those that come with the device, plus also additional IRs by OwnHammer...\n\nThis small device will easily find its place on your favourite pedalboard, between preamps and dists and before modulations, delays and reverbs.\n\nI think it’s a perfect complement for anyone using many vintage analog pedals but also those not using tubes at all.\n\nI’d love to try this with a FREDAMP pedal preamp, or with a Two Notes LE CRUNCH...\n\nI frankly recommend this product, I first hesitated with LOGIDY EPSI but this AMT-PANGEA suite me better as to the way to access the various parameters.\n\nSmall enough to make it the pedalboard equivalent of what a USB key is to a computer, I still regret the lack of an editor and the absence of a power tube stage simulation (like on products by Two Notes and Fractal), which addition would have made the Pangea perfect.\n\n- Misses a PC preset editor\n- No MIDI\n- You can’t do without reading the manual if you want to understand which IR CAB + Mic you are loading\nDid you find this review helpful?yesno\n»" ]

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[ "Can you name Real Madrid’s XI from their CL win vs Barcelona in 2002?", null, "On April 23rd, 2002, Real Madrid took a giant leap towards the Champions League final with a 2-0 victory away to old rivals Barcelona. How well do you remember that side?\n\nA Clasico for the ages on the European stage, Los Blancos arrived at the Camp Nou with everything on the line.\n\nIt had been an underwhelming season for both sides, who finished third and fourth respectively in La Liga that season, behind champions Valencia and runners-up Deportivo La Coruna. It was make-or-break when they were drawn against one another in the Champions League semi-finals.\n\nCarles Rexach’s Barcelona lined up with the likes of Luis Enrique, Marc Overmars and Patrick Kluivert, but the visitors proved too strong in the first leg – they took a two-goal lead back to the Spanish capital.\n\nA certain legendary midfielder broke the deadlock for Madrid, while Steve McManaman came off the bench to score their second in injury time. We’re asking for the starting XI, though – and the score to beat from the Planet Football office is 02:05.\n\nMadrid ultimately completed the job with a 1-1 draw in the second leg, while a 2-1 victory over Bayer Leverkusen in the final meant that Madrid lifted the ol’ big ears for a third time in six years.\n\nIf you’re looking for another challenge after this one, why not try name Madrid’s top ‘not Cristiano Ronaldo’ scorer every season since 2000?" ]

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[ null, "Local, loyal, and proud to be eastside\n\nStrategically located in the heart of Christchurch’s north-eastern suburbs, Harcourts gold Parklands is the only real estate office with a physical presence in that sector of the city. Full window displays around the perimeter of the office attract potential purchasers to rapidly developing subdivisions and established neighbourhoods in Parklands, Forest Park, Northshore, Queenspark, Tumara Park, and North Beach. Ample parking is provided at our office in Parklands Mall with access from Queenspark Drive and Chadbury Street.\n\nExperienced and empathetic sums up just some of the qualities of the ten consultants and management team comprising the Harcourts Parklands office. So highly regarded is the team’s service ethic that they received national recognition for client service from Harcourts’ Managing Director five years out of the seven years it has been nominated.\n\nMuch of the value and esteem the community attributes to the team at the Parklands office relates back to the support, encouragement and assistance they delivered after the Christchurch Earthquakes. The office has acted as a beacon for locals requiring clarity when dealing with complex property and real estate matters.\n\nThey pride themselves on having extensive knowledge in selling ‘As Is, Where Is’, uninsured properties, and have been hugely successful in then giving their clients the ability to reach a positive result with the sale of their damaged homes, and be able to move forward with their lives.\n\nBe assured that in selecting any of the Parklands consultants, you will get superior support and the entire teams’ goodwill and expertise." ]

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[ "Denver Broncos' Joseph on LB Ray: 'He is motivated and engaged'", null, "The Denver Broncos are bidding that outside linebacker Shane Ray received a wakeup call when the team elected against picking up his fifth-year option earlier this month.\n\nRay has reacted well, according to Broncos head coach Vance Joseph, who hopes the former is motivated by possibly receiving a bigger contract next season.\n\n\"I've been really proud of Shane and how he's responded,\" Joseph told the Denver Post. \"He is really motivated. He understands it's business. And he's ready for a challenge. He wants to be a great player and, in my opinion, before he got hurt last year [early in training camp] he was on his way to having a great year.\n\n\"I am not surprised that he is motivated and engaged. The ball is in his court. He can earn a lot more than what the option offered him if he goes out there and does what we think he can do.\"\n\nHad the Broncos picked up his option, Ray would have received a salary of $9.232 million guaranteed against injury only in 2019.\n\nRay has recorded 84 tackles and 13 sacks in 38 career games since being selected with the 23rd overall pick of the 2015 NFL Draft out of Missouri.\n\nBrought in to eventually replace DeMarcus Ware, Ray collected four sacks as a rookie and eight in 2016, including three in a game against the Cincinnati Bengals.\n\nHowever, the 25-year-old had only one sack last season as he battled a wrist injury and played in only eight games.\n\nNFL // 8 hours ago\nCardinals' J.J. Watt ruled out for TNF game vs. Packers due to shoulder injury\nOct. 27 (UPI) -- Arizona Cardinals defensive end J.J. Watt was ruled out of Thursday night's game against the Green Bay Packers because of a shoulder injury, the team announced.", null ]

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[ null, "Overview:\nSince the PlayStation Vita was released there have been a slew of different titles released for it. Some of them have been good, most of them have been bad and a few of them can be used as a selling point for Sony’s brand new handheld. Now one thing the handheld has been sorely lacking since release is a new RPG worthy of purchase in the West, while Japanese gamers have had a number of RPGs to experience and one such game is Ragnarok Odyssey. Now that XSEED Games has brought Ragnarok Odyssey over to North America, is it worth your time?\n\nStory:\nRagnarok Odyssey pulls on some large pieces of Norse mythology throughout its story and players will step into the role of a new recruit who has joined the fight against giant creatures which have come from across the mountain ranges of Rune Midgard and the people must now fight for their survival against these powerful foes.", null, "As some of you may know, Ragnarok Odyssey is an adventure game based off of the popular Ragnarok Online MMO but do not worry if you happen to have zero knowledge of the game, as Ragnarok Odyssey’s storyline is relatively light in content and players will often go many missions fighting against various creatures without seeing any actual story progression and even then the details about the game’s story is only present through optional NPC dialogue, so people can simply ignore the story entirely if they choose to.\n\nVisuals:\nWhile many games can claim that they have some of the best visuals on a platform let’s just lay it out on the table now. Ragnarok Odyssey is by far the best looking Vita game that I have played to date. The entire game just oozes with charm as the game’s cartoonish atmosphere lends itself well to the art style. Enemies may go through a few palette swaps but they are gorgeous on screen while you fight through a number of different environments.", null, "All of this is made the better thanks to a wide-ranging palette full of vibrant and varying colors and impressive character animations. It is worth noting that Ragnarok Online fans will easily be able to recognize some of the signature monsters from the game, though a few have received some design changes and a number of original creatures have been added in as well. There are even numerous cosmetic headgears that can be crafted that fans of the franchise will adore and normal players can aim for as a way to make their character more unique.\n\nAudio:\nAs players make their way through the various missions in Ragnarok Odyssey it is impossible to not notice how superb the title’s background music is. There are a wide-array of songs that will play whenever you are going through a mission and in fact, you can even purchase these songs form an in-game store using basic money. These tracks can then be applied to any quest you feel like, so if you happen to find a specific background music that you love, then you can listen to it as many times as you wish.", null, "While there is no actual English dialogue in the game XSEED has provided a large number of character voices for the player to choose from as they are creating their character. These voices all have various ranges and provide a certain attitude for your character that is usually portrayed in combat via receiving and delivering damage as well as some in-game poses you can have your character perform.\n\nGameplay:\nOne of the first things that players must do once they start up Ragnarok Odyssey is create a character. Fans of customization will be happy to hear that there are 19 different hair styles to choose from, which can then be colored any color you wish as the entire color spectrum is at your disposal, as well as 18 different faces for both males and females. Players can then choose one of six different character classes to choose from which will provide them with their initial starting equipment and outfit.\n\nThese classes all have various strengths and weaknesses and each of these are shown off thanks to a handy chart that shows attack speed, strength, defense and health. Though it is worth noting that if you were to choose an assassin class, you cannot use long swords or mage staffs, instead you are restricted to one type of weapon only. If you do end up growing tired with the class you are playing it is worth noting that players do have the option to change their class at will shortly into the game.", null, "Players will make their way through the game by selecting various missions from the guild hall in the Fort Hub and each of these missions are rather straightforward. Players must either venture out to kill a certain number of creatures or gather a certain number of items, usually dropped from a specific enemy or from boxes/barrels in the area. It is also interesting to note that these missions are given half-hour time limits and if you cannot finish the mission in time or are knocked out three times, you will fail.\n\nIt is interesting to note that failing a mission is of little consequence however as it can be restarted anytime you choose to and you will still be able to keep all of the various loot drops you obtained in the fight before you failed. This system is rather interesting as it provides challenge while not punishing a player for being unfamiliar with enemies. Older levels can be replayed as many times as you wish, meaning that you can also farm for equipment or items as much as necessary.\n\nAs you venture out onto a mission you will be presented a specific map for that mission which is then made up of smaller maps that will be populated by creatures of all different kinds. These enemies will drop various objects such as crafting material, weaponry and cards which I will go over more momentarily.", null, "Combat within Ragnarok Odyssey is rather straightforward as players will be able to use the triangle button to perform basic combo attacks while the circle button can perform stronger, stunning attacks that vary depending on when you execute them. It is also worth noting that players also have the ability to dash both on the ground and in the air via the square button. This dash mechanic is almost essential for fighting most of the creatures in Ragnarok Odyssey as players can easily use dashes to strike at an enemy then retreat before they can retaliate.\n\nNow it may sound like Ragnarok Odyssey is simply a hack and slash title and in a way you would be right in a way, but also incorrect. While Ragnarok Odyssey can be a rather mundane title early on, the amount of creatures and the attacks you can unleash upon them quickly make the game into one full of high-hitting combos that can launch enemies into the air or across the room. In fact there are even occasions where you are surrounded by enemies and you must defeat a certain amount to escape, making for some intense combat situations.", null, "However it is far from an easy game as the title features a rather interesting leveling system. Or perhaps it would be better to describe it as a lack of a leveling system. The only way to make your character stronger is to find better weaponry or cards dropped from enemies or by finishing a chapter in the story which will automatically increase your character’s health. Players can refine their weaponry using items dropped from monsters and increase their attack while cards provide a number of different bonuses. These cards can be equipped to the player’s costume, with eight cards fitting into a fully upgraded outfit. These cards can add elemental properties to your attacks, increase the length of your dash, increase your attack, increase your defense and much more.\n\nAlthough this card and refinement system is a rather unique take on character upgrades, it does feel like the lack of a leveling system can hold you back at times. There are times that you can come across a rather difficult opponent that halts your progress in the game completely. This then means that you will either need to find some cards to improve your health, attempt a class change or tackle the quest in multiplayer.", null, "Thankfully Ragnarok Odyssey’s multiplayer system is absolutely a blast to play. Players can play either locally through ad hoc or through Wi-Fi in the game’s Tavern. Up to four players can team up at any given time and the matchmaking system is easy to understand. Players can either choose to search for specific rooms or select from a list of existing rooms. As you join a group, each one has a leader that will select a mission for the group to tackle, though it is worth noting that selectable missions are limited by story progression.\n\nAs mentioned before, Ragnarok Odyssey is at it’s best in multiplayer. Four player action is fast paced and highly addictive with smooth gameplay throughout nearly every match. The only time it seems to slow down is when someone leaves in the middle of a mission. Although there is no voice chat in the game, XSEED has provided a number of pre-set emoticons, though there is an in-game keyboard if you have something specific to say.", null, "Now, being on the PlayStation Vita, there are a number of touch controls implemented into Ragnarok Odyssey as well. However you should not be concerned with this fact as the only mechanics delegated to the touch screen is the use of potions and various player interactions. These potions can be used to provide health, clear status effects or boost stats and by including them on the system’s touch screen it makes them easy to use in times of desperation.\n\nOverall:\nRagnarok Odyssey is a title that should be on the must-have list for every PlayStation Vita out there as it not only provides addictive fast-paced action, but it also capitalizes on the fact that the Vita is a portable device with most quests only taking around five minutes or so to finish. While it may have some issues with level progression and grinding, the game’s enjoyable combat, stellar multiplayer and tons of content, those who pick up Ragnarok Odyssey will find it a hard game to put down." ]

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[ null, "Shishir Gupta’s collection Ma in Burnt Sienna was not just an exhibition of a set of paintings but something that tells the story of self discovery. Gupta who is a noted author and journalist says, “I was busy doing so many other things that I didn’t know I had painting in me.” As debut, the works and the choice of colours looked promising but what touched the most was the deep philosophy that each pictures conveyed.\n\nThe dominant shade in each of the oil paintings was a fiery red bringing alive the halo that emanates from the Goddess, removing all the darkness and gloom that dwells on the face of the earth. The paintings reflected that Goddess Durga’s place is not only inside holy abodes especially carved out for her but amidst those spaces which belongs to the common men.\n\nConveying this idea, most of the pictures portrayed an empty sanctum with the Goddess outside under the unbound sky witnessing the usual sights in the lives of the ordinary. One of them shows an artist amidst a dim setting tirelessly making idols with all his dedication, unaware of the Goddess’ standing behind and blessing him.\n\nAnother picture shows anxiety in her calm eyes as she looks down up on a cow and her calf who feels trapped and suffocated amidst a city of high risers and factory towers. In contrast to the white bovines, the picture is completely in shades of oranges and vermilions communicating how the earth is gradually burning down into ashes. There were similar works showing the presence of Ma in the household that worships her image or deep within the soul of the little girl who is deified according to the tradition of Kumari puja (worshipping pre-pubescent girls).\n\nOne of his paintings that Gupta claims to be the closest to his heart shows the empty temple of a lavish zamindari palace. Rather she is dwelling inside a small pandal in the village amidst a huge gathering of the mass where the Goddess seems happier. Just like he expresses his opinion as a journalist, in case of paintings also he feels “It is my democratic right to express my desire to bring Maa out in the open and make her witness where the true spirit of our country lies.”\n\nThis is Gupta’s first exhibition and he hopes to dedicate the entire proceedings of it to the development of Parivarikee, a school for underprivileged children.\n\n“This is my very small contribution to the school and I have decided that in future as well I will paint only for a cause,” he said." ]

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[ "Skip to content\nHome Entertainment what is reason behind the lazy dancing scandal which made Jennie struggle for the past 2 years?", null, "The images of Jennie’s ankle injury were released, explaining the lazy scandal that caused the BlackPink member 2 years ago.", null, "Jennies was fiercely criticized for being lazy to dance\n\nIn 2018, after videos recording Jennie’s superficial performance went viral on Korean and Asian websites, this member was heavily criticized by the online community. They think that her attitude affected the entire Blackpink lineup. Since then, a wave of protests against Jennie appeared.", null, "Blackpink’s management company, YG Entertainment immediately blocked all videos with thousands of views on YouTube with the keyword “Jennie lazy”. Before the wave of attacks from netizens, the singer apologized to the audience on her birthday but did not give a specific reason.\n\nHowever, according to Allpop, recently, a user named @pannchoa shared pictures proving that Jennie has suffered injustice during the past time. According to these pictures, Jennie was badly injured in the ankle and her leg even had to be immobilized with a brace. Because of this injury, Jennie could not dance to great lengths on stage, sometimes she even had to stop because it was too painful.", null, "Jennie stopped performing because of the pain", null, "Jennie had to sit while singing\n\nIt was even reported that she was taken to the hospital while filming Inkigayo due to an ankle injury. But Jennie came back to perform after taking painkillers. It is known that Jennie had a problem with her ankle before, but because of BlackPink’s busy schedule, she was unable to cure her injury. Besides, the group’s choreography for each song is quite strong, adding costumes including high shoes makes Jennie’s ankles even more painful.", null, "Immediately, Blink (BlackPink fandom name) quickly pushed the hashtag #ApologizetoJennie (Sorry Jennie) on Twitter and quickly became the most discussed topic besides the Champions League final between Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain . These articles ask those who have said maliciously to Jennie to apologize to her, and at the same time praise and encourage the female idol for overcoming the scandal and taking the blame.", null, "Finally, the real cause of this scandal has been revealed. Jennie finally received the sympathy and love from her fan.\n“She doesn’t mind the injury but still dances in high heels”, “I really admire Jennie”, “I didn’t know the reason before, but I rushed to criticize, sorry”, “I hope Jennie gets well soon “… are netizens’ comments", null, null, null ]

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[ "People who know me as a Mets fan know that I live, breathe and eat (sleep too, since they can show up in my dreams) all things Mets. So when they ask me “what would YOU do this off-season in regards to…fill-in-the-blank?” (Mostly concerning Jose Reyes, but also how to improve the team)…I really have no clue how to respond.\n\nThe past season wasn’t just one thing that stood out to me. The Mets ranked number six in the National League in runs scored, so scoring runs wasn’t a problem…yet, they didn’t have a 100+ RBI guy at all (and the guy who led the entire team in 2011 was no longer on the team as of the end of July). Plus, even with the scoring run potential, that didn’t mean much since it wasn’t enough to win. This suggests to me that what needs the most revamping is the pitching, from top to bottom. There just needs to be a douching of the entire staff.\n\nFirst things first, I want to address the “Jose Reyes Factor.” I love Jose Reyes, I’d like nothing more than for him to be a Met for life. If you had asked me at the beginning of last season what I thought should be job one, I would not have blinked when I said, “We need to keep Jose Reyes.” Being a big market team is one thing: being a shithead with your payroll and tying it to one player is another. Not to mention, other ownership outliers, which Mike Silva from NY Baseball Digest addresses.\n\nThis post isn’t about Jose Reyes though. It goes into where the crux of the Mets problems has been for the past five years essentially. Pitching hasn’t been horrible, but hasn’t been fantastic or show-stopping either. I love R.A. Dickey, but when he’s your ace, this is a problem. Please, spare me the whole “Well, when Johan Santana comes back…” That is Omar Minaya-esque rationalization, and we have no idea what he’ll be like when he returns from several injury-ridden seasons, and one season where he was out for its entirety.", null, "It’s time to see where Sandy Alderson views as pros, cons, strengths and weaknesses of this team. I had a conversation with Metstradamus a few days ago about how he could have bettered the team going into 2011, like trading Angel Pagan and/or Mike Pelfrey when they were at their highest value. Now they have about as much value as dog poop under a shoe. The point is, in 2011, Alderson was damned if he did, damned if he didn’t…do anything, that is. If he traded Pelfrey, we would have screamed as he had a better in St. Louis or someplace like that. People would have “never rooted for the team again” if Angel Pagan their darling who clearly peaked in 2010, was gone. Of course, I am exaggerating but this was something that clearly could have been something positive for the Mets if Alderson had gone the proactive root.\n\nDon’t misunderstand me: I am happy Alderson is on our side. Yet, with Oliver Perez, Luis Castillo and Carlos Beltran officially off the books, this is now HIS team to run with and improve. If Silva is correct and the money thing is more of a deterrent than we know (I happen to believe Wilpons are holding onto the team for selfish reasons, but don’t believe it will preclude from them spending money this offseason if need be…Selig, warts and all, would never let a large market team go under on his watch), we may not have Reyes, but there are other places I think that need improvement that probably don’t need millions of dollars to revamp or just for the sake of spending.\n\nMy philosophy now is with the official release of the dimensions changing, this is the time to address a big gaping hole in the Mets organization in the last few years and that’s pitching. Getting good starters is one thing, but if you look at the playoff teams this year, they ALL have deep and very strong bullpens. Where have the Mets lost a lot of games these past few years? In back innings. There were two games against the Milwaukee Brewers in the summer where they have late inning leads, just to see them blown by an inconsistent jumpy bullpen. Since we’re on the topic too, why the Hell wasn’t Dan Warthen let go in the coaching shake up this year?? That’s mind blowing. You see the Cardinals, you see Rangers, they have Dave Duncan and Mike Maddux, respectively, as their pitching coaches. We have Warthen. We suck in the pitching department. Bring back Peterson or get better pitchers, goddammit.\n\nSo which way do we go? Barring any catastrophe with Reyes, I will not jump ship, but if pitching is not seriously addressed to go with the new dimensions of the stadium and for a stronger ‘pen, I will go ape." ]

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[ null, "When Pope Benedict XVI announced his resignation in February of 2013, he said he would continue to serve the church \"through a life dedicated to prayer”. He has made few public appearances since he left office, and has said and written even less.\n\nHis relative silence was broken October 21, when his longtime secretary, Archbishop Georg Ganswein, read a 1,800-word statement written by Benedict on the occasion of the dedication of the Aula Magna at the Pontifical Urbaniana University to the Pope Emeritus.\n\nThe Pope emeritus’ statement said that dialogue with other religions is no substitute for spreading the Gospel to non-Christian cultures, and warned against relativistic ideas of religious truth as “lethal to faith”. It also said the true motivation for missionary work is not to increase the Church’s size but to share the joy of knowing Christ.\n\n“The risen Lord instructed his apostles, and through them his disciples in all ages, to take his word to the ends of the earth and to make disciples of all people,” the retired Pope Benedict wrote. “‘But does that still apply?’ many inside and outside the Church ask themselves today. ‘Is mission still something for today? Would it not be more appropriate to meet in dialogue among religions and serve together the cause of world peace?’ The counter-question is: ‘Can dialogue substitute for mission?’\"\n\n“In fact, many today think religions should respect each other and, in their dialogue, become a common force for peace. According to this way of thinking, it is usually taken for granted that different religions are variants of one and the same reality,” he continued.\n\nPope Benedict wrote that some religions, particularly “tribal religions,” are “waiting for the encounter with Jesus Christ,” but that this “encounter is always reciprocal. Christ is waiting for their history, their wisdom, their vision of the things.”", null, null ]

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[ null, "Apple today released iOS 9.3.1 to fix a bug that could cause tapping links to stop working in Safari and other apps. The problems were caused by certain apps with poor implementations of the “Universal Links” feature introduced in iOS 9, as we detailed earlier this week.\n\nIf you’re using an older iDevice and hadn’t already updated to iOS 9.3, version 9.3.1 should also include a fix for an issue where certain devices couldn’t be activated and used if the user had forgotten his or her iCloud password. Apple released a new build of iOS 9.3 earlier this week to fix the problem, though it didn’t bump up the version number of the operating system.\n\nThe update contains no other major changes. It’s available for all devices that support iOS 9, including the iPhone 4S and newer; iPad 2 and newer; all iPad Minis and iPad Pros; and the fifth- and sixth-generation iPod Touches.\n\nAccording to Forbes contributor Amit Chowdry, if you aren’t affected by the links bug I’d advise holding off to be sure iOS 9.3.1 has no nasty surprises given its fast turn around time." ]

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[ null, null, "Lead-in - . zhang haidi. beethoven. mozart. who are they? do you know their names and stories?. stephen hawking stephen\n\nAnchor Text : Dangerous Crossing by Stephen Krensky - Essential question: . how do i explain relationships or\n\nHabit #3 Put First Things First Based on the work of Stephen Covey - . i spend my time on things that are most important." ]

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[ null, "Jets want Jamison Crowder to take at least a 50% pay cut from his $ 10 million salary, compared\n\nThe New York Jets are a team with a lot of interesting stories to follow heading into training camp, but one that deserves special attention is what’s going on with wide receiver Jamison Crowder. The 28-year-old-to-be skipped voluntary OTAs, as head coach Robert Saleh said Crowder and the Jets are “settling” a contract issue. Now it looks like his future with the Jets is really uncertain.\n\nOn Sunday, Rich Cimini from ESPN reported that the Jets wanted to keep Crowder, but were trying to get him to accept “at least” a 50% pay cut on his unsecured $ 10 million paycheck. Crowder led the Jets in receptions during his two years in New York, catching a total of 137 passes for 1,532 yards and 12 touchdowns in 28 games played. Although he was one of the only bright spots on offense, New York has plenty of other intriguing and promising weapons. The Jets signed free agency Corey Davis and Keelan Cole and also signed Elijah Moore from Ole Miss – a slots player who has turned heads since arriving in New York City.\n\nCimini also raises the possibility that the Jets could use the potential savings if they release Crowder to sign an important free agent like former Washington offensive tackle Morgan Moses. Saleh has at least publicly stated that he wants Crowder to be part of his squad in 2021 and definitely have a role on that squad, but it looks like both sides could be headed for a breakup." ]

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[ "Then I recommend this one for you! It’s by William E. Barrett, “A Woman in the House.”\n\nTHIS was actually the first Romance Fiction that had truly touched my heart when I was young as 14 years old. I read it from one of my RD Condensed Books, and, wow! This story is just… FASCINATING!\n\nBACK then, I was not really into Romantic stories and was not interested in having relationships yet (focused on studies and was always advised not to have boyfriends yet, but I was thankful for obeying my family) but at first glance and reading the introducing plot, this interested me. Very much.\n\nI’ll tell how the romance between the two works. Konrad was abandoned in a hut in the woods outside Munich and had no memory of his parents. He was raised by monks in a Russian monastery but when he was a man, he was in pursuit to make a living to the outside world. Stepping out from God’s holy refuge to a different world where violence and other sins were present. On the other hand, Ursula was a lost soul who kept a dark past and she was avoided by many but she had nowhere to turn to and needed someone to sustain her life.\n\nTheir meeting, I say, is interesting. She was ill when Konrad found her in a truck and no one was obliged to help or take care of her for strange reasons. But, as a devoted man of God, Konrad took no concern of what they thought she might be and thus, that’s how “A woman in the house” came to be.\n\nI know the plot is slightly becoming a cliché but, take this one different! Have you ever heard of two forbidden lovers wed themselves alone and establish themselves as one in the eyes of God? It might be sinful to the sight of others but I do think, in my own opinion, that God can only judge whether they were forbidden to love each other. Mmmm… And to add, this is how they looked after their marriage (I think, it has been a long time really…):\n\nI think they need to be given credit! Really! =D\n\nWell, I do agree that the ‘true love’ concept we know from fairy tales was given another heightened definition in this book! Just read it! I gurantee you, that your concept of love will surely change for the better!", null, "What Makes a Good Story?", null ]

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[ "Was The Final Episode Worth The Wait?", null, "Finally the final season of Game of Thrones aired and ended. It was the most awaited shows of this time. Let me simply brief out about the last season.\n\nAfter a number of twists and turns like the death of ned stark, death of little finger and night kings army season 8 became the most anticipated season for the viewers.\n\nAt the starting of the finale it was soothing for the audience to view all the siblings coming to their home land after a long time.Every stark including jon saw the true life beyond the faces in their own ways.On peoples demand the true king jon snow or to say the right heir of iron throne aegon targaryen who was first unaware of this truth became the king in the north and asks Danny to help him fight the dead.It was seen as if Danny and jon both got their real love until the truth of his birth was revealed which left the audience with an open mouth.Even after knowing truth Danny helps them in the war as promised proving she is not like her father, mad king.\n\nThe episode 3 of season 8 was the longest episode in shows history or to say television industry which was the major battle that took place at winterfell.The series goes up and down when the war which seemed to be lost was ended by Arya stark killing the night king,just g.o.t things.(May be this is the reason bran the broken gave her the valeyrian steel knife)Then came the final war between Cersei Lannister and Daenerys targaryen where our beloved queen Danny out of rage and anger follows her father's path and becomes queen of ashes which she said she would not become.The final episode leave the audience with a great disappointment of jon killing Danny his true love.\n\nDragon melting the iron throne into nothing knowing it was the cause of her mother's death is the scene which brought tears in everyone's eyes.No matter what they are but the dragons always loved their mother.Drogon takes his mother's body far away from this dirty politics to find a place somewhere for her to where she can rest in peace.I think the characters of Cersei and Danny very too strong that even the writers didn't know how to end them.I couldn't stop my tears seeing jaime and Cersei hugging each other and dieing together along with their unborn child.Jaime has shown us what true love is.After this storm of deaths of our favourite and strong characters , Tryian Lannister again shows his power of words and makes bran the broken, king of six kingdoms whereas sansa declares north will be independent showing her maturity.\n\nSo at last our favourite series ends with Sansa as she deserves becoming queen of north,our warrior lady arya stark as queen of new world but jon back to nights watch.I think jon deserved much more as he killed his true love for welfare of people.The imp or half man, one of my favourite ends up being the hand of king which no one can do better than him.The final episode with all its pros and cons gave a good justification to some characters like knight brienne showing her love towards her first love jaime which was very heart touching.So even though the show left us a bit disappointed it was an epic which made every ones heart skip a beat every time when they saw the show.\n\n5 Unsatisfying Things In Final Season Of Game Of Thrones\n\n“Got” A Reality In Today’S World?" ]

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[ null, "WASHINGTON ― Homeland Security officials met with major U.S. airlines and a trade group on Thursday to discuss the impact of possibly expanding a ban on large electronic gadgets on planes to flights from some European airports, three sources briefed on the meeting said.\n\nThe afternoon meeting included high level executives from Delta Air Lines, United Airlines , American Airlines and trade group Airlines for America, the sources said. They requested anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly discuss the confidential meeting.\n\nIn March, the United States announced laptop restrictions on flights originating from 10 airports including in the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey because of fears that a concealed bomb could be installed in electronic devices taken onto aircraft.\n\nBritain quickly followed suit with restrictions on a slightly different set of routes.\n\nThe Trump administration is likely to include some European countries in the in-cabin ban on gadgets larger than cellphones and is reviewing how to ensure lithium batteries stored in luggage do not explode in midair, Reuters reported on Wednesday.\n\nHomeland Security spokesman David Lapan declined to discuss the meeting. He said on Wednesday that no final decision had been made on expanding the restriction and there would be no announcement on Thursday.\n\nOne issue that had been expected to come up at the meeting was how much advance notice airlines would get to impose additional restrictions, which some airline officials say would require hiring more staff.\n\nIn 2016, 30 million people flew to the United States from Europe, according to U.S. Transportation Department data.\n\nA broader ban would have a significant impact U.S. and European carriers, which are concerned about the challenges of checking large numbers of devices. Some U.S. and European airlines have been planning for a wider ban, industry officials have told Reuters.\n\nA congressional official said it appeared that Homeland Security was likely to expand the ban soon, but did not say when or to what airports.\n\nKelly said last month the ban was likely to expand, given the sophisticated threats in aviation and intelligence findings that would-be attackers were trying to hide explosives in electronic devices." ]

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[ null, "Indonesia is the largest country in Southeast Asia and the world’s third-largest democracy. It is a nation of economic and cultural crossroads, yet the country has made little progress in women’s health, rights and education. One can define period poverty as inadequate access to hygienic, proper menstrual products and proper menstrual education. The prevalence of period poverty in Indonesia continues to lead to discrimination against girls and adversely affects their health, education quality and empowerment. However, some are making progress toward ending the stigma and improving menstrual health management (MHM) for the 24 million adolescent girls who have or will soon reach menarche in Indonesia.\n\nOverview of Period Poverty in Indonesia\n\nIn Indonesia, commercial products, such as tampons and pads, are much less available and are prohibitively expensive. In Indonesian culture, there are many misconceptions surrounding tampon use leading to loss of virginity and blocking the menstrual flow. As a result, women and girls rarely use them. After disposable pads, reusable cloths were the next most frequently used sanitary item, and women and girls more commonly used them in rural areas. It is common for young girls to make their own absorbent hygiene products at home, using materials such as cloths or towels, leaves, newspaper, tissue paper, sponges, sand, ashes and others. Greater access to menstrual products as well as information about menstrual hygiene and management is necessary for Indonesia, especially in rural communities.\n\nThe Stigma and Lack of Knowledge About Menstruation\n\nMany Indonesian communities commonly view periods as dirty and not socially acceptable to discuss. UNICEF Indonesia found that 25% of adolescent girls had not discussed menstruation with anyone before first menses and 17% were not aware that menstruation was a physical sign of puberty. Furthermore, cultural taboos persist in disposing of menstrual products: 78% of girls and mothers washed their disposable pads before wrapping them in a plastic bag and then finally disposing of them. They explained that they washed disposable pads because they considered menstrual blood dirty and wanted to remove the smell and prevent others from discovering that they were menstruating.\n\nAlong with the lack of open communication about periods, data from Plan International has shown that many female students do not receive the correct information on how to manage their hygiene and health during menstruation. In the UNICEF study, only two-thirds of urban girls and less than half (41%) of rural girls changed absorbent materials at least every four to eight hours or whenever the material was soiled. Nearly all of the girls interviewed reported that they never or rarely changed materials at school, due to shame and embarrassment about having their period.\n\nAbout 80% of girls reported missing one to two days of school during their last menstruation. School absenteeism due to periods induces large gender disparities in the quality of education. Girls lack the ability to manage menstruation hygienically in most Indonesian schools. In 2015, UNICEF Indonesia conducted a study that found that nearly every girl never changed menstrual pads or cloths at school due to a lack of suitable latrines, inadequate water for washing pads, uncertainty about how to dispose of pads or lack of discrete means of disposal. Fear of others finding out they were menstruating also contributed to girls not bringing pads to school and reluctance to dispose of soiled pads in school bins where other students could see them. Improving MHM among adolescent girls in Indonesia and implementing effective MHM interventions in school is key to ending the stigma and disparities that periods elicit.\n\nDespite these barriers, people are taking many strides toward ending period poverty. One teen, A 16-year-old Indonesian youth activist, Alisha Syakira Triawan, founded the Jakarta chapter of PERIOD in October 2019, in an effort to end the stigma around periods and eliminate period poverty in her conservative community. In an interview with the Malala Fund, Alisha called on the government, schools and families to “provide menstrual education in communities and schools” to address the gender and health disparities that periods incite. She has also led her chapter in participating in Women’s March Jakarta 2020, where it distributed pads to those homeless people and young girls who could not access or afford menstrual products.\n\nIn addition to Alisha’s advocacy work with PERIOD Jakarta, Plan International Indonesia has been working to destigmatize periods and increase educational resources available in Indonesia since 2017. Collaborating with local school committees and government agencies, Plan International Indonesia is implementing a menstrual hygiene management program across five schools in Ende district, Indonesia. When the MHM program first emerged in schools, communities were uneasy and apprehensive to discuss such tabooed topics. However, students were thankful to learn about these topics. Keeping children informed about reproductive health issues leads to a more inclusive and safe environment for girls in schools.\n\nUNICEF and the Indonesian Council of Islamic Scholars\n\nFollowing UNICEF’s stance that “no adolescent girl or woman anywhere should be denied the right to manage their monthly menstrual cycle in a dignified, healthy way,” in 2018, it implemented a comprehensive initiative in Indonesia to address period poverty. UNICEF teamed up with the Indonesian Council of Islamic Scholars and is currently developing tools and guidance for girls on period health and hygiene based on religious teachings. It is empowering boys and girls with knowledge about MHM creatively through a storybook to provide education about menstrual hygiene and puberty through classrooms throughout the country.\n\nPromoting menstrual equity is fundamental to supporting women and young girls. The tenacity of girls in Indonesia fused with the work of organizations, such as UNICEF and Plan International Indonesia, are aiding in breaking down the stigma and cultural barriers oppressing young women. Yet, there is still much more that people can do to curtail period poverty in Indonesia. Indonesia and the world must eradicate period poverty to empower women and girls, and allow them to fully participate in all aspects of society." ]

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[ null, "When is the GPL not the GPL?\n\nI was recommended an extension for joomla this week via twitter, so naturaly I had a look. The link provided to me was to the Joomla extensions directory where I saw that the extension was both licenced under the GPL and non-commercial.\n\nI read the description and the reviews and it sounded promising so I hopped over to the developers web site to download it for myself and have a play.\n\nAnd that is when my blood started to boil (again).\n\nWhat I do really care about is that the extension has been released under the correct licence and that the developer has actually understood everything that that entails.\n\nAn advert link will be inserted at the bottom of every page created with this extension. It is illegal to remove this advert unless you pay a licence fee.\n\nhide the link in an invisible link\n\nThis hidden advert would of course have seo issues and really is not acceptible.\n\nThe reason I like the GPL, and most other Open Source licences, iis that they give me the freedom, amongst other things, to modify the source code and to be in full control of the code.\n\nOf course if a developer really wants back links and adverts in their outputted code they can add them but I am perfectly entitled to remove them as well. The developer doesn't have to make it easy for me to do this but they can't make it \"illegal\" or brand me a \"criminal\" for doing so.\n\nSo despite the software being released under the GPL the developer was adding a restriction to my freedom that was contra to the license itself.\n\nIf you are wondering what extension I am referring to then don't look here for the answer. I don't believe in naming names, it's not my style. (Unless you are the UN)\n\nI am really glad to report that the excellent Joomla Extensions Directory team took this matter seriously and that within 24 hours of it being reported to them the listing at JED has been updated to show Licence:other and that the code itself no longer states it is GPL but Creative Commons.\n\nWhether CC licences are ever suitable for software is a different matter and for discussion in a different place but at least I will no longer be branded a criminal for doing something that the licence explicitly allowed.\n\nSo what's the moral of this story\n\nIf you are a developer then you need to look closely at the software licence that you have chosen and ensure that it satisfies your needs. If you don't like an aspect of the licence then you will have to chose another one\n\nIf you are a user and you see a restriction like this one just report it to the excellent JED team they do take this seriously and, at least in my experience, act very swiftly to rectify issues like this." ]

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[ null, "A Better Place - Bushman. Лента с персональными рекомендациями и музыкальными новинками, радио, подборки на любой вкус, удобное управление своей коллекцией. Album 2000 15 Songs. A Better Place. Reggae 2000. Bushman - A Better Place 2000. To favorites 0 Download album. Listen album. Label: Artists Only Records AOR-40 Format: CD, Album Country: US Released: 2000. Songs in album Bushman - A Better Place 2000. Bushman - Love Will Turn You Around. Bushman - Doesn't Matter. Bushman - Gangster Life. Bushman - You Got Me Going. Bushman - Higher. One of my favorite Bushman tunes. its from the A Better Place free to Bushman A Better Place Love Will Turn You Around, Doesn't Matter and more. 13 tracks 51:41. With his third album, Bushman continues in the modern roots reggae vein that he began exploring on 1997's Nyah Man Chant. He doesn't stay in a traditional reggae mode throughout the powerful Gangsta Life is derived explicitly from hip-hop, and the much less successful Love Will Turn You Around draws on 1970s loverman soul. But most of the album's best tracks are the rootsiest ones. Play jigsaw puzzles for free Home. A Better Place, 2004. Weed Fi Burn, 03:14. Love Will Turn You Around, 05:36. Unfortunately, the station stopped broadcasting. Perhaps, this is a temporary station problem. You can leave your e-mail and we will let you know when the broadcast of the station will be online again: Or listen to the other country dec name stations. Bushman was a key part of the roots reggae resurgence in Jamaica in the late 1990s, and his rich, sincere baritone give his songs a strong, bedrock appeal. Born Dwight Marvin Duncan in Prospect Beach in St. Thomas on the east coast of Jamaica in 1973. read more. A Better Place to Be is a song by Harry Chapin from his 1972 album, Sniper and Other Love Songs. The song is about a midnight watchman confiding in a waitress, while drinking gin, about a woman that he met a week before and had a one-night stand with. Released as a single, the song reached No. 18 on the Billboard Bubbling Under chart. A live version, from the 1976 album Greatest Stories Live, reached No. 86 on the Hot 100 chart. According to Chapin, it was his favorite song that he wrote. Better Place. Bushman Format: Audio Cassette. 0 out of 5 stars 1 rating. BUSHMAN is often compared to Luciano or Dennis Brown, however accurate this may be these comparisons are unfair because they don't emphasize his own talent. BUSHMAN has versatility and a vocal range that, to these ears, surpasses those to whom he is often compared. His husky, resonant baritone voice can swoop and soar far beyond the clouds. BUSHMAN is one of my favorite artists. His debut album, NYAH MAN CHANT is always finding its way on to my CD player. Critics have praised his first release and went absolutely crazy over his second release, TOTAL COMMITMENT", null, null, "The Elgins - Put Yourself In My Place", null, "Bar-Kays - Your Place Or Mine", null, "Petula Clark - I Know A Place", null, null, null, "System Vertigo - There Is A Place", null, null, "Khamsin - There Is A Place", null, "The Raes - Don't Turn Around", null ]

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[ "Europe must change to prosper in a “contest of systems” with China and the United States, according to Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, the new leader of Germany’s ruling Christian Democrats.\n\nIn an interview with POLITICO, Kramp-Karrenbauer sketched out a vision that would mean changing EU competition policy to create “European champion” companies, giving greater weight to industrial policy, and striking a balance between French President Emmanuel Macron’s calls for greater EU integration and the more cautious approach of Berlin and other member countries.\n\n“What I see and feel is that the world is reordering itself, that old certainties are falling away. I see the challenge for Europe in setting the standards in this process,” said Kramp-Karrenbauer, who was elected in December to succeed Angela Merkel as chair of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), putting her in pole position to also take over from Merkel as German chancellor.\n\n“I’m not entirely sure that we are aware of this challenge and sufficiently prepared for it,” said the 56-year-old former premier of Saarland state, whose low-key style inevitably draws comparisons to Merkel, though her profile is more socially conservative.\n\nTurning to May’s European Parliament election, Kramp-Karrenbauer said the CDU aims to contribute to a majority of “constructive European forces” in the EU legislature. Alongside the European People’s Party, of which the CDU is a key component, she said that majority could include socialists, liberals, Macron’s centrist La République En Marche and possibly Greens — but not populists on the right or left.\n\n“Europe cannot be only the receiver of strategic decisions of others, that is China or the USA. We have to be strong ourselves to shape the global rules” — Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer\n\nKramp-Karrenbauer, known as AKK for short, spoke to POLITICO in Brussels on her first visit to the EU capital as CDU leader. The trip was a chance for Kramp-Karrenbauer — a relative newcomer to national and European politics, having spent most of her career in Saarland — to get better acquainted with EU officials and members of the European Parliament.\n\nIt was also an opportunity for them to get to know her, after 18 years of Merkel at the helm of the Continent’s most important political party. A senior center-right MEP reported strong demand among his colleagues for selfies with the new boss, and there was a long queue for face time at a Brussels reception given for her Tuesday.\n\nThe interview took place on the eve of European Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager’s decision to block a planned merger between Germany’s Siemens and Alstom of France that would have created a European rail industry superpower. Advocates of the tie-up, including the French and German governments, argued Europe needs a company that could compete globally in the sector, particularly with China. Opponents said it would squash competition in Europe and create an inefficient behemoth.\n\nKramp-Karrenbauer made clear she is in the former camp.", null, "“Europe cannot be only the receiver of strategic decisions of others, that is China or the USA. We have to be strong ourselves to shape the global rules. This includes discussions about industrial policy and future technologies. We have to take a very sober look: Today’s competition law is geared to the current situation — but how can it take into account the competitive situation that is developing around us?” she said in the interview, which took place at the EPP’s Brussels headquarters.\n\nAsked if the next European Commission, which will take office later this year, should address the issue, Kramp-Karrenbauer replied: “In my view, yes. I believe that we must attach greater importance to the issue of industrial policy in Europe.”\n\nThe CDU leader’s comments reflected a frequent complaint from European business leaders that they do not compete with China on a level playing field, with Beijing exercising tight control over foreign investments and giving major state backing to its own firms.\n\nKramp-Karrenbauer said her stance is not born out of fear of China. “We accept competition. But this competition must be fair, it must respect the rules. And competition is also about size [of companies],” she said.\n\nAsked how Europe could compete better with China, she said: “We need to be at the forefront of technological development again. We have a time-critical window on AI, and there is an opportunity there, especially in terms of application orientation. But we will only get this off the ground with sufficient momentum if we do it on a pan-European basis.”\n\nAs the new CDU leader, Kramp-Karrenbauer takes up a prominent place in the EPP family of center-right parties. Its leaders have come under fire from opponents and rights activists for keeping the Fidesz party of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in its ranks, despite its strong anti-migrant rhetoric and policies, attacks on EU institutions and crackdown on academic freedom. The European Parliament last year launched disciplinary proceedings against Budapest on the basis that the EU’s core values are at risk.\n\nAsked if Orbán could be part of the constructive pro-European majority she hopes will form after the European Parliament election, Kramp-Karrenbauer said the issue presents “a very difficult situation for the EPP.”\n\n“The strength of Europe at the end of the day has always been that we stuck together and that demands a great amount — probably even more so than in the past — of discussions, of balancing, of bringing along individual countries” — Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer\n\n“There are elements of Viktor Orbán’s policies that very much bind us together — for example the concept of the social market economy, of economic policy,” she said. “But there are positions of Fidesz, or Viktor Orbán, on issues such as rule of law and academic independence on which, rightly in my view, the relevant procedure has been launched by the European Union.”\n\nKramp-Karrenbauer added: “As long as Fidesz remains a part of the EPP, however difficult that may be, there is a chance to argue over these positions in a dialogue. And we would deprive ourselves of this opportunity if we were to separate.”\n\nShe said the Greens could be part of a pro-EU alliance in the Parliament but described some of their policies as “very difficult, in terms of the balance between economy and ecology.”\n\nThe CDU leader also offered strong support for the Spitzenkandidat system, under which pan-European parties select a lead candidate in the election who is also their pick for European Commission president. Many EU leaders dislike the system, arguing they should have a free hand in nominating a Commission chief for approval by the Parliament.\n\nThe system was used for the first time in the last European Parliament election, resulting in Jean-Claude Juncker becoming Commission president. If it is used again this time, EPP Spitzenkandidat Manfred Weber — from the CDU’s Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union — would be in pole position as the center-right alliance is widely predicted to come first in the election.\n\n“We followed the Spitzenkandidat concept last time round, and so it would be a step backwards to say that the second time we deviate from the concept,” Kramp-Karrenbauer said. “We have established that, and it is the position that I represent as CDU chair and, of course, all the more so because it’s Manfred Weber, whom I wholeheartedly support.”", null, "On European integration and the Franco-German cooperation that has been at the heart of the project, Kramp-Karrenbauer signaled continuity with Merkel’s middle-ground approach of edging cautiously forward rather than making great leaps. She said she supports the concept of a European army but envisages it as national militaries working together rather than being replaced.\n\nKramp-Karrenbauer, whose home region borders France, also sought to reassure other EU members that greater Franco-German cooperation is not a threat to the bloc as a whole.\n\n“The strength of Europe at the end of the day has always been that we stuck together and that demands a great amount — probably even more so than in the past — of discussions, of balancing, of bringing along individual countries,” she said. “And for that it’s important that there is a well-functioning [Franco-German] axis – but it’s just as important to make clear it’s not exclusive.”\n\nDespite her recent rise to CDU leader, Kramp-Karrenbauer she said she plans to hold on to at least one tradition from her old life. She will continue to take to the stage in her home region at carnival time in the character of a cleaning woman in the state parliament, to poke fun at politicians. Her only challenge is selecting her material. “So much is happening that I am still collecting ideas,” she said.\n\nEU-friendly chants greet leaders in Prague — except for Orbán, who gets boos\n\nBy Cory Bennett and Suzanne Lynch" ]

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[ null, "Leo Howard’s shoe size and other measurements are visible in the table below. Check it out!\n\nLeo Howard is an American actor and martial artist. He is best known for starring as “Young Snake-Eyes” in the 2009 action film, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, as “Young Conan” in the 2011 fantasy film, Conan the Barbarian, and as Jack on the Disney XD comedy series, Kickin’ It. He also starred as Logan Hunter on Shake it Up in the third season. Howard’s other notable works include Why Women Kill, Freakish, Zeke & Luther, and Leo Little’s Big Show. Born Leo Richard Howard on July 13, 1997 in Newport Beach, California, to parents Randye and Todd Howard, he is an only child. He attended Tri-City Christian Schools in Vista, California. He has been in a relationship with British model Madeleine White.\n\nBeing confident is the key to life. Don’t be afraid to be you! I’m super different from a lot of kids my age with style and personality, and I’m OK with it. And if you are OK with it, everyone else will be, too. Just be yourself.\n\nI love performing, and I love being in front of people. I love the pressure you get and the pleasure performing brings.\n\nIt was fantastic playing Conan; it was such an experience to go out of the country and be this barbaric human savage child for a month or so. It was a blast and definitely a great experience.\n\nBruce Lee only played himself. Chuck Norris is a martial artist that does acting. I want to be an actor that does martial arts.\n\nIf you’re OK with being clumsy, it’s funny. But if you are super embarrassed, people are going to laugh at you." ]

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[ "How an idea made an impact\n\nIt started with land and a grand plan and these words describe the birth of Florida’s 10th state university on a 760-acre spread of pinewoods and wetlands between Fort Myers and Naples just off the southwest coast of the Sunshine State.\n\nWith a commitment to student success, sustainability, technology and innovation inside and outside the classroom, FGCU has proven itself to be a comparatively young, but institutionally confident performer on the higher-education spectrum.\n\nFrom academics to athletics, from infrastructure to impact, from our faculty, staff and students to our Foundation friends and alumni, we have enjoyed 25 glorious years of first changing our region, and now changing the nation and world.", null, "Since our beginning, we have measured success one student at a time. Today our 22:1 student-to-faculty ratio and average class size of 33 students ensures a more personal education experience. Professors know their students by name, and many of our earliest professors continue to be engaged in hands-on learning for current students.\n\nFort Myers banker W.T. “Tommy” Howard had lobbied for a Southwest Florida branch campus of the University of South Florida in the 1970s as a member of the Commission on the Future of Florida’s Public Universities. Howard’s hope became a reality in 1982, when USF opened a branch adjacent to what was then Edison Community College in Fort Myers to begin a four-year institutional presence in the region.\n\nFGCU’s establishment would come along nine years later in 1991. Charlie Edwards was planning committee chair of the state Board of Regents when the push for a four-year school in Southwest Florida took shape, largely due to behind-the-scenes work of local state legislators Reps. Keith Arnold, Mary Ellen Hawkins and Vernon Peeples and Sen. Fred Dudley. Edwards became chair of the Board of Regents and helped persuade the Florida Legislature to pass legislation in January 1991 that recommended Florida’s 10th state university be built in the southwest region, and Gov. Lawton Chiles made it official that May when he signed a bill authorizing the school.\n\nThe following year, the Board of Regents selected a 760-acre site donated by Ben Hill Griffin III and Alico, Inc., on which to build the University. On April 26, 1993, Dr. Roy E. McTarnaghan, who served as the executive vice chancellor for the State University System of Florida, was appointed president of the yet-unnamed “New University of Southwest Florida.” Founding President McTarnaghan and a small group of five employees — including now-retired Barbara Krell, executive assistant to the president; and Susan Evans, chief of staff — set up shop in downtown Fort Myers in space provided by the Lee County Commission.\n\nAlso created in 1993 was a fundraising foundation for the University that Edwards helped form and for which Howard would serve as first board chair.\n\nIn 1994, the up-and-running operation would finally get a banner under which to operate when — after a process that McTarnaghan wrote “entails a legislative endorsement, with hundreds of names and thousands of people involved” — the new institution was officially named Florida Gulf Coast University. That February, the initial phase of campus construction was revealed, and the University started taking physical shape Nov. 28, 1995, when more than 600 people watched student leaders from area high schools turn shovels of dirt at an official groundbreaking ceremony. McTarnaghan would remember that the University finally secured necessary permits to develop the environmentally sensitive site just two days before the groundbreaking, the culmination of what he called a “high-stakes poker game.”\n\nThe Board of Regents approved inaugural degree programs in March 1996, and the building of a campus for students, faculty and staff finally came together when FGCU opened on schedule Aug. 25, 1997, with 2,584 students — including FGCU’s first enrolled student, Mariana Coto — and $38 million in assets collected by the FGCU Foundation.\n\nThe following year, the first official FGCU commencement took place in May with 81 students graduating, and in the summer of 1998, the first phase of student housing opened.\n\nIt would be a transitional year in 1999. McTarnaghan officially retired May 1 after announcing his intent to do so the previous September, having successfully planned and opened the first new state university in Florida in more than 20 years. In June, FGCU celebrated notification it had earned accreditation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) in record time. And in July, the Board of Regents named Salisbury State University president Dr. William C. Merwin as FGCU’s second president, and he hit the ground running from the moment he clocked in on campus Sept. 16, 1999.\n\nArmed with the advocacy that came with the 2001 installation of a University-centric, governing FGCU Board of Trustees with Southwest Florida representatives for oversight answering to a Board of Governors (which succeeded the Board of Regents), FGCU would explode with the advent of the new millennium.\n\nWith the help of a Southwest Florida community that lent its expertise and opened its wallets, in came an athletics program and its accompanying first-class facilities, new academic buildings and residence halls, and expanded degree offerings — not to mention the Renaissance Academy outreach program that took FGCU-sponsored education into the adult community.\n\nIn an eight-year turn as president that would end with his 2007 retirement, Merwin orchestrated seismic growth that almost tripled both enrollment and the number of buildings on campus, and more than doubled the annual operating budget — all due in large part to the almost $220 million in private gifts and donations he is credited with helping to raise during his tenure.\n\nThat incredible track record of growth in enrollment, infrastructure and impact has continued under the leadership of Dr. Wilson G. Bradshaw, who in 2007 took over as FGCU president from interim Dr. Richard Pegnetter, founding dean of the Lutgert College of Business, who stepped in after Merwin’s retirement. Bradshaw was named FGCU’s third president by the FGCU Board of Trustees on Aug. 25, 2007 — the 10-year anniversary of the University’s opening day for students.\n\nUnder the guidance of Bradshaw, who retired as president in June 2017, the university celebrated its 20th anniversary. FGCU has become a catalytic leader in stimulating regional economic growth, as a living laboratory that stays true to its mission of sustainability, and as a cultural and entertainment hub in the fine and performing arts and athletics. From the seeds planted by the local movers-and-shakers who made Florida’s 10th university happen, 2 1/2 decades of visionary progress and innovation have created an institution that has:\n\nWhat started historically as land and a grand plan has evolved today into The FGCU Effect — two-plus decades of meaningful, far-reaching impact." ]

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[ "U.S. Teens Get Less Sex Ed Now Than 25 Years Ago", null, "TUESDAY, Nov. 9, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Sex Ed — it’s been a staple of public education for decades, but new research shows that only half of American teens are getting instruction that meets minimum standards.\n\n“The findings show that most adolescents are not receiving sex education that will enable them to manage their sexual lives,” said study author Leslie Kantor, chair of the Department of Urban-Global Public Health at Rutgers School of Public Health in New Jersey.\n\nKantor and her team analyzed data from nearly 8,000 U.S. adolescents in the National Survey of Family Growth from 2011-2015 and 2015-2019. They found that in both periods, about half the youths received sex education that met national standards. More than 75% of teens received instruction about “how to say no to sex,” while only about 60% received information about birth control.\n\nIn 1995, more than 80% of teens received information about birth control.\n\nAnother concerning finding was that a significant percentage of teens do not receive any information about protecting themselves against sexually transmitted diseases before they begin having intercourse.\n\nFewer Black and Hispanic males than white males are instructed about birth control, HIV and STI (sexually transmitted infections) prevention, and saying no to sex. Queer youth are less likely than straight youth to be taught about HIV/STI prevention and where to get birth control.\n\nThe study was published Nov. 4 in the Journal of Adolescent Health.\n\n“Policymakers at every level must invest in inclusive and comprehensive sex education programs with an eye toward greater equity and inclusivity,” Kantor said in a Rutgers news release.\n\n“The United States is failing adolescents and their families by providing limited sex education to so many of its youth,” Kantor added. “Federal, state and local policymakers must work harder to ensure that sex education is provided that is age appropriate and that education is equitable and meets the needs of all youth rather than leaving some youth less equipped to lead sexually healthy lives.”\n\nThe American Academy of Pediatrics offers advice on talking to children about sex.", null, "Half a Million Chickens to Be Destroyed in Bird Flu Outbreak", null ]

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[ null, "Chipotle Mexican Grill has proven to be one of the hottest fast food chains in the country thanks to their fresh ingredients and reasonable prices. However, the popular food chain has had a rough time this past year, and is officially on the road to winning back customers nationwide. After several reported outbreaks of E. coli, salmonella and norovirus at locations across the country, the negative press started scaring customers away and the company experienced a drop in sales and stocks.\n\nInstead of attempting to cover up the mistakes made, Chipotle publicized the issues and informed the public on how they are going about fixing them. Chipotle temporarily closed over 2,000 locations for a day while they dedicated time to informing employees on the new food safety regulations put in place to ensure no future outbreaks occur.\n\nAccording to Fortune, by closing its locations in the name of food safety, Chipotle is proving to the public exactly how seriously it is taking the recent outbreaks. Suddenly the buzz around Chipotle shifted from E. coli and salmonella to food safety and ethically grown food, not a coincidence, but a well thought out PR plan. The company even live tweeted its meeting to keep the public updated on all the issues being discussed.\n\nNew regulations include a $10 million program that will help local food suppliers adhere to its new safety guidelines as well as DNA testing before ingredients are shipped to restaurants. The company is even offering fully paid sick days to employees in order to ensure further contamination doesn’t occur.\n\nIf that’s not enough to win back customers, during its temporary closure, Chipotle offered a free burrito to any patron who texted “rain check,” to Chipotle.\n\nAccording to Public Relations Specialist, Tyler Barnett, “by combining damage control tactics, positive press, and driving traffic to its locations, Chipotle is well on its way to resurrecting the customer loyalty and trust that was lost, while also attracting some new business in the process.”" ]

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[ "(The Center Square) – Private and public colleges and universities in Virginia can receive up to $25 million to establish a plan and cover the initial startup costs of creating lab schools, under a state budget provision.\n\nThe General Assembly approved Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s lab school program, which allows colleges and universities to run publicly funded K-12 schools. The schools, which will be legally defined as public schools, will develop and test different education models, study how students are affected and implement successful teaching models in the classroom.\n\nColleges and universities can apply to establish a lab school through the Board of Education but, unlike charter schools, they will not need approval from the local school board. They will be funded through the College Partnership Laboratory Schools Fund.\n\nThe fund received $100 million from the budget, and money not needed for the initial startup costs will go to lab schools on a per-pupil basis, according to the budget. If there are any funds remaining by June 30, 2024, all of that money will go back to the state’s general fund.\n\nEarlier this year, Youngkin signed a partnership with 30 colleges and universities in the commonwealth, which jointly stated their support for his effort to create lab schools.\n\n“Education is the gateway to opportunity,” Youngkin said in a statement at the time. “An educated Virginian has a limitless future. And we are about creating future opportunities for every young Virginian. Reestablishing expectations of excellence, funding in the largest education budget, investing in teachers, special education and localities to invest in facilities.”\n\nThe governor initially set a goal for creating 20 lab schools, but the $100 million in funding for the program fell short of his initial $150 million request. He later said the funding would be startup capital for his plan, and he intends to fight for more funding next year.\n\nRepublicans and Democrats both supported a lab school program, but differed on specifics. The Democratic leadership fought to keep private entities from participating in the program, but ultimately failed. However, Democrats succeeded in ensuring lab school funding would not negatively impact funding for traditional public schools.", null ]

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[ null, "Deontay Wilder is fuming with Mike Tyson following a back and forth exchange that has now developed between the pair in the media.\n\nIt all started a few weeks ago when WBC heavyweight champion Wilder said that he would have beaten a prime Mike Tyson.\n\nThe fallout after the comments was considerable.\n\nEven boxing greats like Lennox Lewis and Frank Bruno came to the aid of their old adversary Mike Tyson.\n\nThey did not agree with Wilder’s opinion suffice to say.\n\nMike Tyson himself then went on a podcast weeks later and mentioned that Wilder:\n\nIt appears a beef between heavyweight champions past and present has now developed.\n\n“Instead of hating on these guys coming for the top or worry about their legacy getting run over for what they did in their era, that era is gone! This is the new era over here!”\n\nThat might be true but many will point to Wilder bringing up Mike Tyson’s name in the first place.\n\nIf their era is gone then why bring them up and say you would have beaten them back in their day?\n\nComparing boxing eras and fighters of the past with those of today is difficult to do at the best of times anyway.\n\nBut for some reason when it comes to the heavyweight division, fans just love to debate who would have won between fighters from different eras.\n\nPerhaps the most debated fantasy fight of all is between Muhammad Ali in his prime against a prime Mike Tyson.\n\nThe truth is no one knows the real answer. We’ll never know. Legends of the past are best left in the past.\n\nPast is past. What matters is today – and the future." ]

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[ "According to a statement, the forum was apprised of the latest update on the flood situation in the country. the secretary food presented a detailed update regarding wheat stocks in the country and ensured that no shortage of wheat, rice, maize and sugar is expected in the future as sufficient stocks are already available in the country which remained secured during the recent flooding.\n\nHe also explained that there is no shortage of essential food items in the country and the reports in this regard are false and baseless.\n\nHe said that the available stock is sufficient till the time new wheat production will be harvested. Moreover, he added, early procurement of seeds will be ensured for the next season.\n\nThe forum was also informed that the import of tomato and onion on the fast track is in progress. However, it was told that problems are being faced due to damaged communication infrastructure in flood-affected areas.", null, null, null, null, "Rupee continues to sink against USD, hits historic low of 193" ]

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[ null, "THE Albury Wodonga Bandits managed to outlast the Sutherland Sharks in the weekend’s National Basketball League (NBL)1 action, thanks to a magnificent showing from one of their high-scorers. They went head-to-head at Lauren Jackson Sports Centre on Saturday night, in a matchup that was looking fairly even coming in.\n\nBoth sides had similar success over recent weeks, and it was looking like the contest could go either way. The Bandits managed to jump out to an early lead thanks to a high-scoring first half and never looked back from there. They cruised home to a convincing 18-point triumph, their sixth of the year. On the other hand, it was Sutherland’s fifth loss of the season, and they will be looking to bounce back in their next matchup.\n\nThe win was largely set up by the efforts of Lochlan Cummings, who was dominant on the offensive end all game. He was by far the most damaging player on the court, and managed to conjure a bucket whenever he pleased. Cummings finished with a game-high 35 points and eight rebounds, with a nice mix of inside and outside scoring.\n\nCummings nailed the first shot of the game, driving inside and finding the bottom of the net with his lay-up. He chimed in a few minutes later with a tough and-one inside the paint, pushing through the contact to drain the lay-up and convert the free throw. Showcasing his range, Cummings conjured his first three of the game a couple of possessions later, and suddenly he had eight points in four minutes.\n\nThe defence paid slightly more attention to him in the minutes that followed, but he still popped up for a couple of buckets inside the paint. Cummings nailed another two threes in remarkable fashion (including one nasty stepback), and finished the quarter with a whopping points total of 21 in just 10 minutes of play.\n\nAs expected, the Sutherland defence began to clamp up in a serious way whenever Cummings looked to get the ball. He added another two points to start the second, but many of his shots that followed were contested.\n\nCummings would not hit the scoreboard again until the start of the third quarter, drawing contact with a smart action and nailing both free throws. Confidence began to grow in the talented scorer, as another lay-up came shortly after, and he found a knack of making his way to the charity stripe.\n\nCummings chimed in for another three in the final term with the result of the game well and truly sealed. The defence was still proving suffocating, but Cummings managed to head to the free throw line one more time, taking his points total to 35 in an extremely productive day. More importantly, the Bandits had kept their spot in the top four thanks to a strong triumph.", null, null ]

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[ null, "Similar to His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman where each person’s soul is a visible extension in the form of an animal, the characters of the world Cerea are each accompanied by an animal totem that is selected for them at birth by the local Shaman. Featuring twins Geanna, with her totem Iris the swallow, and Gentian, with Tern the lynx, we observe the traditions and magic of the world of Cerea.\n\nGeanna wants to break with tradition. She is not interested in woman’s work and would rather run the family farm. Gentian wants to keep tradition and marry a young woman from a large farm in the area, expanding his father’s farm, and raising a family in a similar tradition. However, Gentian appears to be blessed (or cursed) with the ability to dreamwalk and to communicate with his deceased mother. The Shaman wants to take him on for training, meaning he would have to break with tradition and give up his dreams of marriage and inheriting the farm.\n\nMeanwhile, drought and animals are damaging the crops, and some people are acting strangely, including the twins’ father Jerrod.\n\nThis story kept me interested in reading, and I was willing to absorb this fantasy world that seems to be from some unknown ancient Earth history or possibly on another planet where the same Roman gods rule: Zeus, Demeter, Hades, etc. Other than the language seeming very modern with its turns of phrase, the conversations flow in a natural pattern and are easy to read. The story seemed to be written toward younger adults with simpler language and vocabulary, though I’m not sure if it is classified as such.\n\n4 Stars –Kept me entertained and curious as to the outcome of the story." ]

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[ "Sink Your Teeth in These Scary Vampire Movies\n\nThe popularity of films and shows like the “Twilight” saga and “The Vampire Diaries” has changed the way people look at vampires.\n\nNow, they’re just incredibly good-looking creatures of the dark (that sparkle, depending on what you’re watching) who are loaded with money, drive expensive cars and have plenty of angst that will keep you going for centuries. They’ve become handsome and beautiful protagonists with pale skin and award-winning smoldering gazes.\n\nThe “Twilight” sequels’ Edward Cullen and the protagonists of modern vampire movies have romanticized these blood-sucking creatures, but there are still films that portray vampires for what they truly are: horrifying, bloodthirsty creatures.", null, "This unsettling horror indie movie, which was also an official selection in the Cannes Film Festival, told the story of a young, troubled boy who studies vampire films. The protagonist, Milo, takes his obsession with vampires to the streets by actually drinking the blood of people.\n\nHis life, however, takes a drastic turn when he meets Sophie, a young woman with an equally troubled past.", null, "Combining western and noir elements, “A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night” doesn’t look like your typical horror film. But just because it doesn’t have a lot of jump scares, it doesn’t mean it’s not a chilling tale. Set in Iran, the film’s world is a haunting one.\n\nThe film’s protagonist is an anti-hero vigilante with a taste (literally) for bad men. As a vampire, she roams the streets without fear. But we can’t say the same for the men who fall prey to her clutches.", null, "This American supernatural horror black comedy film introduces the idea of vampires as aloof yet incredibly cool badass creatures. But when a vampire becomes obsessed, you’ll want to run for your life (even if you’re not part of the film).\n\nDavid Powers of the Lost Boys becomes very obsessed with turning the hero into a vampire, event after the latter kills David’s gang. Trust us: there is nothing scarier than a young Kiefer Sutherland going on a feeding frenzy.", null, "There’s nothing worse than a month-long polar night when your town is riddled with blood-hungry vampires. This is the story of “30 Days of Night,” a film set in Alaska, which focuses on a community trying to fend of ravaging vampires while dealing with the fact that the sun won’t rise until the month ends.\n\nThe thought of vampires waiting for all the light to fade, so they can terrorize your town and eat you alive is already scary enough. But the idea that the morning can’t save you makes the tale more chilling.", null, "If you’re looking for a different kind of vampire terror, add “Shadow of the Vampire” to your list of must-watch. This film is too meta: it’s about vampires making a film about vampires. Willem Dafoe’s portrayal of Max Schreck (which was so terrifying, by the way) earned him an Oscar nomination. We couldn’t blame the Academy for awarding him a nomination. He took the word “sinister” to the next level while the viewers were engrossed in the blurring line between reality and fiction.", null, "With a tagline like “Work. It sucks the life out of you,” you’d think this film is another comedy about frustrated employees and annoying bosses. But it’s actually one of the scary vampire movies that will send chills down your spine.\n\n“Bloodsucking Bastards” is an office comedy, but add in some terrifying vampires to the mix. The boss is a vampire who needs immediate feeding. Since he’s the boss, the whole office has to oblige. The result is an endless pool of blood and an office full of creepy vampires.", null, "Ever thought about what Cleopatra would be like if she was a vampire? “The Hunger” gives you a sexy yet terrifying idea. Egyptian vampire queen Miriam feeds on her lovers in exchange for immortality for her victims. However, scientist Sarah Roberts is on to her, and she attempts Miriam’s current paramour (aka David Bowie). But here’s the catch: she ends up getting drawn to the vampire queen, too.\n\nIf you want a creepy love triangle and an endless stream of blood, add this to your scary vampire movies list.", null, "Actresses Gemma Arterton and Saoirse Ronan portray two vampires who have been hunted down for more than 200 years. Since the start of the hunt, they’ve kept their secret (which is that human blood sustains them) close to them. However, when they arrive at a small coastal town, the people discover who they are, and the deadly consequences begin.", null, "Technically, this film is a comedy, but the idea that your neighbor is a blood-sucking demon is terrifying. Apart from this film being a love letter to the genre, the producers of the movie added plenty of jump scares that will keep you up at night. It’s the perfect combination of funny and scary.", null, "Menace is plentiful in this 2009 horror film. A medical experiment gone wrong forces a priest to save his life by being infused with vampire blood. When you have a priest infused with the blood of demons, all hell will break loose.", null, "Old-school vampire flicks can still scare the daylights out of anyone. “Vampyr” does this by telling the tale of Allan Gray who is visiting an inn in a secluded place. Later, he discovers that he has been captured by a vampire and must race against time or risk being cursed forever.", null, "Closing this list is a classic. Based on Bram Stoker’s “Dracula,” “Nosferatu” is a silent film that creeps viewers with unnerving horror. Its masterful use of shadow and light without the special effects continues to scare even the newer audience.\n\nModern vampire movies are cool, and yes, Edward Cullen can be hot. But these sparkling vampires have nothing against the OG bearers of terror.\n\nDid we miss anything? Which vampire flick is the scariest in your opinion?\n\nFacebook\nTwitter\nPinterest\nEmail\nPrevPrevious ArticleThen and Back Again: Where’s the Cast of the Lord of the Rings Now?\nNext ArticleSmall and Simple Ideas for Women Who Want Small TATTOOSNext" ]

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[ "SILVERSTONE chiefs are suing contractors who relaid the F1 track for £8million after Lewis Hamilton branded it “the worst job ever”.\n\nBosses spent £2million on the new surface in 2018.\n\nBut the firm they hired, Aggregate Industries, is accused of leaving it bumpy, easily waterlogged and “breaking up” in places.\n\nDuring practice in the run-up to the British MotoGP in August 2018, five riders crashed in the wet. One, Tito Rabat, broke his leg in three places.", null, null, "OUT ON HIS HAAS\n\nMazepin ‘SACKED by Haas’ after being banned from racing British GP\n\nThe loss of the MotoGP cost the iconic circuit, in Northants, at least £3.5million, court papers show.\n\nRelaying the track again with another firm cost £3.7million.\n\nIn a High Court writ, lawyers for Silverstone claim the new track had “microbumps” which made racing vehicles vibrate at speed and visible day joint lines where different sections were laid at different times.\n\nThey allege bitumen seepages led to “fatty” patches, while there was excessive water retention, with the track releasing foaming white liquid at times.\n\nSilverstone called in Tarmac Trading Ltd to relay the surface in time for the 2019 British Grand Prix, the writ states.\n\nSilverstone is suing Aggregate for the cost of the cancelled MotoGP and further resurfacing and for loss of profits of around £624,552." ]

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[ "UPDATE: If you’d like to contribute to the Philippine Red Cross you can do so here.\n\nThe warm-looking image on the left in Figure 1 is of tropical cyclone heat potential for the Northwest Pacific. It made the rounds in numerous alarmist presentations of Typhoon Haiyan. It’s from the NOAA Environmental Visualization Laboratory webpage Deep, Warm Water Fuels Haiyan Intensification.\n\nThe intensification of Super Typhoon Haiyan is being fueled by “ideal” environmental conditions – namely low wind shear and warm ocean temperatures. Maximum sustained winds are currently at 195 mph, well above the Category 5 classification used for Atlantic and East Pacific hurricanes. Plotted here is the average Tropical Cyclone Heat Potential product for October 28 – November 3, 2013, taken directly from NOAA View. This dataset, developed by NOAA/AOML, shows the total amount of heat energy available for the storm to absorb, not just on the surface, but integrated through the water column. Deeper, warmer pools of water are colored purple, though any region colored from pink to purple has sufficient energy to fuel storm intensification. The dotted line represents the best-track and forecast data as of 16:00 UTC on November 7, 2013.\n\nTo explore this data in NOAA View, select Ocean>>Temperature>>Heat Content>>Energy for Hurricanes\n\nClick on the NOAA View link. The viewer is listed as a beta version. Note the disclaimer at the top of the viewer (my boldface):\n\nNOAA View provides access to maps of NOAA data from a variety of satellite, model, and other analysis sources. NOAA View is intended as an education and outreach tool, and is not an official source of NOAA data for decision support or scientific purposes.\n\nThe dataset is the NOAA/AOML TCHP (Tropical Cyclone Heat Potential). See the webpage here. If you were to click on Northwest Pacific from the left-hand menu fields, here, you can select the date you wish. The right-hand map in Figure 1 is the tropical cyclone heat potential for the Northwest Pacific, for November 7, but with the scaling as provided by NOAA/AOML. It definitely doesn’t look as warm, especially where Haiyan was at the time, just southeast of the Philippines. In fact, much of Haiyan’s storm track was through the “yellow” mid-scale bands. It definitely wasn’t toward the high-end of the scale. Also, with the grids marked on the drawing, we can see that the “hotspot” was south of the equator, something that wasn’t apparent in the left-hand map provided by the NOAA Environmental Visualization Laboratory.\n\nFor those interested, Animation 1 captures the maps from October 28 to November 8. You might need to click-start the animation.\n\nIt looks as though some of the global-warming-alarmist hype was simply based on the scaling used by the NOAA Environmental Visualization Laboratory in their webpage Deep, Warm Water Fuels Haiyan Intensification, which is “not an official source of NOAA data for decision support or scientific purposes.”\n\n(Thanks for the link, Anthony.)\n\nThe majority of Haiyan’s track was in cooler regions to the NW, including the period when it was claimed to be Cat5, even past landfall, when wind speeds were reduced:", null, "Another important point is that at the Equator, warmer water (and higher TCHP) is not unusual, it is the norm all around the planet:" ]

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[ null, "Seven months ago we got word that there was such a thing as zombie ants. Ants infected by a fungus named Ophiocordyceps unilateralis lose self-control, die, the fungus then eats its way out from the inside releasing spores and infecting even more ants. The scene surrounding where this fungus attacks basically looks like the antocalypse – dead ant bodies just strewn everywhere.\n\nThe fungus is, as far as we know, not able to infect humans.\n\nNow, we learn that there is another parasite called Toxoplasmosa gondii which has the ability to infect the brains of rodents.\n\nWhat this parasite does to rodents is it causes them to completely lower their defenses around their natural predators such as cats. The parasite does this manipulation because the predator, the cat, is actually the animal in which the parasite really wants to reside.\n\nHow is that bad for humans? Well, you know how drugs and other things are very often tested on rats or mice prior to being made available to for human use? Yeah… you’re starting to follow now, aren’t you?\n\nThe Daily Express reports that scientists believe “half of humans around the world have a dormant version of the parasite on their brains in the form of harmless cysts.”\n\nNonetheless, for some with immune deficiencies, the parasite has taken over which has been linked to schizophrenia and suicidal tendencies.\n\nA study from the University of California revealed that the parasite is more powerful than previously thought.\n\nWendy Ingham, who led the University of California study of T. gondii stated, “The idea that this parasite knows more about our brains than we do, and has the ability to exert desired change in complicated rodent behaviour, is absolutely fascinating. Toxoplasma has done a phenomenal job of figuring out mammalian brains in order to enhance its transmission through a complicated life cycle.”\n\nAs if that wasn’t bad enough, Dr. Ben Neuman, a professor of virology at the University of Reading, told Yahoo! in 2015, “There are parasites out there that get close to making actual walking around zombies. But the real weirdoes locked up in Mother Nature’s basement are the viruses. There are more viruses out there than we will probably ever discover and I bet that somewhere out there in nature something like this is happening.\n\n“If you look at rabies, it completely changes the way a dog behaves. It’s transmitted by bites, it leads to madness, convulsions, and so it’s not really that far-fetched.”\n\nSo are we really just one parasitic evolution away from a real life The Walking Dead?\n\nProbably not, but then again, who would have ever thought there would be a virus that would completely shut down the NBA?" ]

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[ null, "San Pedro Alcántara Fair will take place from 16 – 21 October, 2018 and there will be a lot of great events", null, "On these dates the Fair and Festivities of San Pedro Alcántara 2018 returns. There will be a total of 6 days of fun, music, good atmosphere and a lot of surprises that will accompany us. Do you accompany us too?\n\nFrom October 16 to October 21 will be held the San Pedro Fair 2018. Some parties that will start on Tuesday October 16 with the parade of giants and big heads, fireworks castle and the proclamation of the singer La Negra Mayte (Mayte Martínez ).\n\nOn Wednesday it will be Children’s Day at the San Pedro Alcántara Fair, with popular prices at the mechanic attractions of the Fairground.\n\nAmong the most outstanding performances of this fair are those of the Niña Pastori, David de María and Efecto Pasillo. All these concerts are from 23:30 and free admission. But in addition to this there is much more in the programming of the San Pedro Alcántara Fair 2018. Do we see it?", null, null ]

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[ null, "A Bulgarian court has denied Alpha Bank's request to seize control of Economedia from its allegedly defaulting owners.\n\nEconomedia assets, including business daily paper Capital daily, along with the most influential weekly paper - Capital and the business internet site Dnevnik.bg, as well as the headquarters of the publishing house, cars and equipment, were distrained for the benefit of Alpha Bank.\n\nA loan of over EUR 430 000 borrowed from the bank was due at the end of September, but not paid, according to the reports, a claim that the company vehemently denies.\n\nThe court ruling, issued on Monday, is final, so no door has been left open to taking control.\n\nJudge Desislava Dobreva stated that there is a pending claim proceeding between Alpha Bank and Economedia, which is why no changes can be made in the company.\n\nThe ruling makes it clear that whether Economedia debt was subject to execution, when Alpha Bank launched the claim proceedings, is an issue, which should first be decided in the court room.\n\nEarlier on Monday, at the opening of the seventh annual meeting of the government with business representatives, traditionally organized by Capital newspaper, co-owner Theodor Zahov said:\n\n\"Free speech is not an item that can be bought. This is what we believe in, these are our principles.\n\nTo be a media publisher in Bulgaria is a tough job, unrewarding too, especially when the publishers and the journalists strive to be as independent and objective in their work as possible. One pays a high price to afford that. Injustice seems to reign.\"\n\nThe media owners feared that the Bulgarian unit of Greece's Alpha Bank will seek to sell the company in the near future.\n\nSpeaking to the state-owned radio over the weekend, Zahov refused to disclose the names of the potential buyer, but hinted there is already one.\n\nThe statement fueled rumors that media mogul Irena Krasteva and her son Delyan Peevski, who have been criticized for concentrating Bulgaria's media market in their hands and fawning to those in power, have set their sights on the taking over the influential publishing group having already achieved a near monopoly on the media market in the country." ]

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[ null, "Besides the trumpet, this multi-instrumentalist also plays piano, all the brass, saxophones, and double bass.\n\nAt the age of six he began on piano, at seven, he was given his first brass instrument, at nine he formed his first band and at thirteen he was playing professionally in nightclubs. James Morrison’s international career developed just as quickly. At only age sixteen James Morrison debuted in the USA with a breathtaking concert at the Monterey Jazz Festival.\n\nFollowing this were performances at the major festivals of Europe including Montreux, Pori and the North Sea, playing with many of the legends of jazz; Dizzy Gillespie, Ray Brown, Quincy Jones, Herbie Hancock, Cab Calloway, Woody Shaw, Red Rodney, George Benson, Ray Charles, B.B. King and Wynton Marsalis to name a few. There were also gigs in the world’s most famous jazz clubs – The Blue Note and Village Vanguard in New York, the New Morning in Paris, The Tokyo Blue Note and Ronnie Scotts in London.\n\n….is a virtuoso in the true sense of the word\n\nJames Morrison’s career thus far has been diverse and perhaps not typical of most jazz musicians. James Morrison recorded Jazz Meets the Symphony with The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Lalo Schifrin, performed concerts at the Royal Albert Hall with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden for Princess Anne. Royal command performances on two occasions for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and for US Presidents Bush & Clinton at Parliament House in Australia. James Morrison has also performed his own ‘Concerto for Euphonium’ with the Tonkünstler Orchestra at the Muskverein in Vienna.\n\nOther James Morrison highlights include performing at the Hollywood Bowl with Bill Cosby’s All Stars and Dave Brubeck and guesting with artists as diverse as Phil Collins, Chaka Khan and rock legends INXS. In 2000 James Morrison composed and performed the opening fanfare for the Olympic Games in Sydney.\n\nJames was also the artistic advisor to the Sydney Symphony’s “Kaleidoscope” series, which has included performances by Chick Corea, Dianne Reeves, Gary Burton and Kristjan Jarvi.\n\nJames Morrison spends much time in education, doing master classes and workshops all over the world and presenting the James Morrison Jazz Scholarship at Generations in Jazz.\n\nWhen not writing film scores, composing or being patron of several youth orchestras, James Morrison relaxes in some fairly unconventional ways for a musician – flying his private plane or driving in a rally championship. His love of cars is well known, as he was a host on the TV program Top Gear Australia.\n\n2012: James was appointed Artistic Director of the Queensland Music Festival, a State-wide music initiative whose vision is to “transform lives through unforgettable musical experiences.”\n\n2014: James presented ‘A Tribute to Oscar Peterson’ at the Edinburgh Jazz Festival as part of the Commonwealth Games celebrations.\n\nJames has been recognized for his service to the arts in Australia by being awarded a medal of The Order of Australia by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, with particular mention of his contribution to music education. James Morrison is a Doctor of the University at Queensland Conservatorium of Music and has received a Doctor of Music from the Edith Cowan University Western Australia. He is also an Adjunct Professor at the University of South Australia and Vice-Chancellor’s Professorial Fellow.\n\nThe latest chapter in his diverse career sees James Morrison in Mount Gambier, South Australia, establishing the James Morrison Academy of Music, an innovative school dedicated to teaching jazz and offering an Associate Degree in Music. This exciting initiative involves educators from all over the world, transforming young musicians’ lives with inspiration and a love of jazz.\n\nWhen asked, “What is there left to do?” The James Morrison reply is typically “This is just the warm up!”", null ]

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[ "From Inception to Trending: Explore the Timeline of eSports 21 March 2019", null, "If we talk about the most unique part of the Video streaming industry, it is definitely eSports. And as you have shown your interest to this post, let me first take you to a backward-trail of about 50 years when the journey of today’s most trending and in-vogue industry, eSports, started – 1972…\n\nStanford University organized an event where the students participated in the video game battle of Spacewar. And this droplet of water started waving up into a sea with the first-ever video game competition in 1980 – the Space Invaders Championship. More than 10,000 gamers participated making it one of the most remarkable moves in the gaming industry. With huge media coverage, this very first competitive gaming turned into a mainstream hobby of people around the world.\n\nSince then, the Video Game industry did not have to look back.\n\nThe 1990s brought an ultimate revolution for eSports with the rise of the Internet and the World Wide Web. Gamers, around the world, got connected online resulting in the growth of PC games as well. The first internet team game was Netrek connecting up to 16 players which, in 1993, got credited as the first online sports game by Wired Magazine.\n\nFinally, the end of the 20th century proliferated the eSports in every way – starting from the growing number of tournaments to grand prizes.\n\nAnd now we have reached the 21st century – the generation of millennials where the major part of the global population revolves around the internet. This has led to the substantial growth of the eSports industry. The proof? From around 10 tournaments around the world, the number has now crossed 400.\n\nThe structural developments of eSports are bringing the industry closer to the traditional sports model driving in potential investors and sponsors to generate more revenue. And the unanimity between all of these progressions is making 2019 reach the tip of the iceberg – eSports. According to the 2019 plans of the National Hockey League (NHL) in the US, it has announced to involve all of its clubs to the eSports scene.\n\nAlong with all of these collaborations, the current position of the eSports industry is also because of the increasing number of platforms offering game streaming. The list includes:\n\n[Launch you own Online Game Streaming Platform with Muvi and enjoy an unbeatable amount of benefits.]\n\nThis enhancement of the eSports industry, the dedication and compassion of gamers, the growing opportunities, and the ever-increasing fan-base of over 370 million global viewers are contributing to the prompt entrance of competitive gaming into the mainstream sports industry. This fact has already been made clear by the leading sports organizations like PremierLeague, Uefa, and Formula 1 with the launch of their own eSports leagues.\n\nFurthermore, the International Olympic Committee is in serious talks to include eSports to the Olympics.\n\nIn 2018, eSports was first introduced to the NAB Show. And the amount of appreciation it received from the exhibition has led 2019 to keep the trend going. Esports Experience at the Las Vegas Convention Center will bring forth more about the online gaming trends and content delivery technologies.\n\nYou can understand that the graph of eSports is continuously going upward which talks for itself addressing the enormous you can get by launching your very own eSports Channel.\n\nSo, if you want to know the answers of the ‘WHY & HOW’ of starting up your online gaming channel, stay glued to this place. We will soon come back with the second part of this blog addressing the solution to all of your curiosity. And if you have any specific query regarding this industry and getting started with it, feel free to drop them down in the comments section so that we can answer them with our next blog.\n\nRemember, you can always launch your streaming channel in a simple click with Muvi." ]

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[ "There are plenty of differences between U.S. and Canadian cattle producers, not the least of which is how quickly they have been expanding their herds over the past few years.", null, "There are plenty of differences between U.S. and Canadian cattle producers, not the least of which is how quickly they have been expanding their herds over the past few years.\n\nIn January, the USDA pegged the total number of cattle in calves in the U.S. as of Jan. 1, 2017 at 93.6 million head, up 2% from a year earlier and following on the heels of a 3% increase the previous year. And the year before that, American cattle numbers were up 1%. So since sinking to the lowest since 1951 at the end of 2013, the number of cattle and calves in the U.S. has now grown by roughly 5.8 million head or 6.6%.\n\nNow contrast that with the experience in Canada. A livestock inventory report released March 3 by Statistics Canada put the nationwide cattle herd as of Jan. 1, 2017 at 12.1 million head, up just 0.2% from a year earlier. The previous year’s increase in the herd was similarly miniscule, rising just 0.3% from Jan. 1, 2015 to Jan. 1, 2016. In fact, the Canadian herd is actually still slightly smaller than it was at the end of 2013, when it numbered an estimated 12.22 million head.\n\nSo what gives? American and Canadian cattle producers both shared in the high prices and strong profits that marked 2014 and 2015, so why is expansion so much more aggressive in the U.S. than in Canada?\n\nAccording to Anne Wasko, a marketing analyst at Gateway Livestock in Alberta, the main reason for the difference in expansion is that U.S. and Canadian producers had a much different mindset during the boom times of a few years ago.\n\nAs producers on both sides of the border are no doubt aware, one of the biggest factors behind the big spike in cattle prices was the multi-year southern Plains drought which forced producers in the major cattle production states of Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas to liquidate their herds, eventually leading to a sharp reduction in the number of slaughter animals.\n\nWhen the rains returned and pastures recovered – combined with record high market prices – Wasko said it was a “no-brainer” for U.S. producers to start rebuilding their herds again. Prices have since fallen again, but because it’s common for the American beef herd to be in expansion mode from four to six years at a time, the number of U.S. cattle is still rising.\n\nAs for the situation in Canada, Wasko said the drawdown in the number of cattle was not weather-related as it was in the U.S., but due more to a roughly eight to 10-year period of stagnant domestic markets and weak prices that followed the BSE crisis which began in 2003.\n\nSo when the good times in the cattle business returned again in Canada in 2014 and 2015, Wasko said producers on this side of the border were not so much focused on trying to get bigger and cash in, but in trying to perhaps gain back a little of what they had lost the previous decade.\n\n“The profits that were made by those who were still in business – and keep in mind we lost about 25% of our producers (in the post-BSE period) – they really had a different focus. It was about building back equity, paying down debt, upgrading infrastructure; things that Canadian cattle producers hadn’t done in the previous 10 years that American producers had been doing.”\n\nExpansion still a ways off in Canada\n\nWith cattle prices now back to earth after their earlier record highs, Wasko said it may still be years down the road before Canadian producers once again catch the expansion bug. The growth in the benchmark American cattle herd means prices for the remainder of this year and next year as well will be relatively weak, quashing any incentive Canadian producers may have to rebuild their herds.\n\n“I’d be the last one to stand in front of a crowd and say, ‘ok, now it’s time to expand guys,’” she said. “Because we’re into a phase now where prices and profits are going to get pretty slim again.”\n\nIn fact, if the age-old cattle cycle is any indication, she said producers here will likely have to “batten down the hatches” for the next two to three years before the next upswing in prices occurs. At that time, with the equity rebuilding and debt repayments already complete, Canadian producers might finally be ready to start adding to their herds.\n\nHowever, due to the unique experiences of Canadian cattlemen over the past 10-15 years, increases in beef output in Canada will take place very gradually, even under favourable market conditions." ]

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[ null, "Coal was the most visible cargo on the Severn. Most was conveyed from the Ironbridge Gorge to destinations upstream from the Estuary, movements that were not revealed in the port books. Occasional cargoes of Shropshire coal were taken to Bristol, and Coalbrookdale records show that in 1756 some Dawley coal was hauled up the Wye through the Forest of Dean to Monmouth. Such movements were unusual and were balanced by the upstream trade in anthracite and the culm (anthracite slack) from West Wales used by maltsters in West Midlands towns. The Shropshire ironmaking companies were involved in the coal trade, and it is chiefly through their records that the pattern of trading became apparent. Barge owners collected coal on credit from wharfs in the Ironbridge Gorge, sold it to customers downstream, and were frequently indebted to the coal-producing companies. From 1793, when the Shropshire Canal was opened, three agents handled the trade in coal at the canal/river interchange at Coalport, but company records show that coal continued to be loaded onto barges further upstream. References in various sources show that coal barges were easily distinguished.\n\nMuch of what was written about long delays in the navigation caused by low water referred essentially to the coal trade. It might be viable to lighten the load of a vessel carrying general cargo to enable it to pass shallows, but a coal barge could only operate profitably if fully loaded. When water was low barges waited for long periods, sometimes for many months, and when there was a flush as many as 80 vessels, according to one source in 1784, might leave the Severn Gorge in a morning." ]

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[ "Acting United States Attorney Corey Amundson announced that Senior U.S. District Judge James J. Brady sentenced BRYAN LEE ADDINGTON, age 56, of Ethel, Louisiana, to serve 159 months in federal prison for fraudulently obtaining over $8 million from victim investors in an investment fraud scheme. The Court also ordered ADDINGTON to make restitution payments to his victims in the amount of $5,393,346.63. ADDINGTON will be required to serve a three-year term of supervised release upon his release from prison.\n\nEarlier this year, ADDINGTON pled guilty to mail fraud and aggravated identity theft after admitting that he executed a multi-million dollar investment fraud scheme from January 2010 through April 2016. As he acknowledged in court during his guilty plea, throughout the scheme, ADDINGTON failed to invest victim funds as promised and instead spent the funds on personal expenses. ADDINGTON sent his victim investors false account statements—often addressed from non-existent post office boxes—and issued his victim investors promissory notes which he had no intention of honoring.\n\nADDINGTON previously was registered as a broker with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”), a Washington, D.C.-based organization dedicated to market integrity and investor protection. In March 2011, following an investigation into allegations that ADDINGTON misappropriated client funds, FINRA barred ADDINGTON from acting as a broker or otherwise associating with firms that sell securities to the public. In June 2015, after finding that ADDINGTON had forged documents and misappropriated client funds, the Louisiana Department of Insurance revoked ADDINGTON’s insurance producer license. ADDINGTON continued his scheme, however. In all, through his investment fraud scheme, ADDINGTON fraudulently obtained $8.2 million from more than 30 different victim investors.\n\nActing U.S. Attorney Amundson stated, “For years, the defendant stole from dozens of victims who had placed their trust in him and lied to the victims to conceal his fraudulent scheme. We are pleased that he has finally been brought to justice, and we hope that today’s sentence will send a strong message to other corrupt financial advisers whose unchecked greed may tempt them to defraud their clients. I sincerely appreciate the hard work of the federal and state agencies, and the prosecutors from this office, who worked as a team to bring this defendant’s sophisticated and long-running scheme to an end.”\n\nFBI Special Agent-in-Charge Jeffrey Sallet stated, “The FBI will continue to aggressively investigate complex financial crimes in cooperation with our federal, state, and local partners. Investment fraud is particularly concerning in that these fraudsters often entice our fellow citizens to entrust their entire life savings to them.”\n\nSpecial Agent-in-Charge, Jerome R. McDuffie, IRS-Criminal Investigation, stated, “Bryan Addington lived a life filled with excess and luxury while he robbed his victims of their security, savings, and peace of mind. Now, he will have to serve time for his criminal actions. To those individuals who are looking to grow their wealth by defrauding others, know that the special agents of IRS-Criminal Investigation are policing the financial industries. We stand ready to assist our federal, state, and local law enforcement partners in their efforts to hold fraudsters such as Addington accountable for their victimization of the innocent‎.”\n\nThis matter is being handled by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Louisiana, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation Division, and the Louisiana Office of Financial Institutions, in coordination with the Louisiana Department of Insurance’s Division of Insurance Fraud and Louisiana State Police. It is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Ryan Rezaei and Ryan Crosswell.", null ]

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[ "The first lady of animation is celebrated with two unusual children’s recordings, made generations apart, both as ageless as the talent of June Foray herself.", null, "June Foray would be 101 today. We said goodbye to her last year (Eric Goldberg created the above art for her remembrance celebration program cover). She’ll never leave us in spirit or voice, of course.\n\nJune Foray was one of the stock players for the Capitol Children’s Series at the same time she worked with Stan Freberg on his records, often with the same creative team—Daws Butler and the music of Billy May—and probably the same musicians in bookended sessions. It was a golden time for all of these records.\n\nThe Capitol children’s discs are largely remembered for their licensed character titles, like Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies, Woody Woodpecker and Disney. Capitol also gave the world Bozo the Clown, who was a Capitol Records character before being sold into Larry Harmon’s TV franchise machine.\n\nLesser known, but also significant, are the “Sparky” records. Sparky’s records became very successful before he appeared in animation (he did occasionally appear in comic books with Bozo).\n\nJune Foray is heard on Sparky’s first album, Sparky and the Talking Train (1947). Narrator Marvin Miller (Sleeping Beauty, The Pink Panther Show) introduces Sparky as a youngster taunted by his schoolmates–one of which is played by June–because they can’t hear the trains talking as he can. Eventually Sparky’s strange ability helps him save a train from crashing. Then all the reindeer love him. Marvin Miller tells us, “Even the other children now liked Sparky because he was so famous.” Timely, huh?\n\nThe original Sparky was Henry Blair, the radio voice of Ricky Nelson for the first four seasons of The Adventures of Ozzieand Harriet (David was played by Joel Davis and then Tommy Bernard). In the fifth season, the real-life Ricky and David began to portray themselves, at their own insistence.", null, "The second album, Sparky’s Magic Piano (1948) is the most famous of the series, especially in the UK. It became a beloved tradition on Ed “Stewpot” Stewart’s BBC Radio Junior Choice program for decades.\n\nThis one is a Twilight Zone-like story in which Sparky complains about his piano lessons—predating Dr. Seuss’ The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T by five years. His piano begins to speak, saying it will play for him. Sparky becomes a big success until the piano decides to stop and Sparky is humiliated in front of a huge concert audience. Awakened from this nightmare, Sparky learns he has to practice.\n\nThis album was so successful, Livingston reused the storyline on other albums, including another with Blair called Rusty in Orchestraville (1949). June Foray and Mel Blanc can be heard on 1956’s Jack Benny Fiddles with the Classics (a.k.a. Jack Benny Plays the Bee), in which the comic violinist tells the “magic instrument” story as if it happened to him as a child:\n\nSuccess turns Sparky into a spoiled brat in the animated feature version, which may have been intended as a TV special in 1982, but was released direct-to-video in 1987. The original Capitol Records producer, Alan Livingston, co-produced this adaptation, which was directed by Lee Mishkin of DePatie-Freleng, UPA, TTV and H-B. It’s narrated by William Schallert with the voices of Mel Blanc, Vincent Price, Tony Curtis, Cloris Leachman and even Livingston’s wife, Oscar-nominee Nancy Olson (Sunset Boulevard, Pollyanna).\n\nThe plot of Sparky’s Magic Piano is astonishingly similar to that of a season five episode of I Dream of Jeannie, “Jeannie at the Piano.”\n\nJune Foray finally became Sparky in 1954, with the “Record Reader” album Sparky’s Magic Baton,” with her old friend Daws Butler as the conductor. The Record Reader format had no text, just lush illustrations that the listener looked at as the record played. This is a comparatively pleasant romp for Sparky, without the angst of nasty peers or taunting audiences.\n\nThere was other female who played Sparky, singer Lee LeDoux, for the shorter and more lyrical Sparky’s Magic Echo (1952). It was produced by Mel-O-Toons, a small maker of educational films which often adapted audio recordings for their very limited animation. In 1960, they released it as Sparky’s Magic Voice.\n\nThe Sonovox electronic transmission device, by the way, was used for all these records, as well as for Casey Jr. in Walt Disney’s Dumbo. It was demonstrated by actor Frances Gifford for Robert Benchley in The Reluctant Dragon. Bandleader Kay Kyser starred in a very strange short that featuring the Sonovox.\n\nWhen June Foray was not acting, crusading for other actors, campaigning in political activities, changing the course of show business or otherwise making the world better for having lived in it, she wrote.\n\nTall and Small Tales was something she created to showcase the range of her voice acting talents, as well as her sense of whimsy and warmth. So much of her work was for children, it stands to reason that more of us—and we’re all the kids who loved and love her—should know these unpretentious tales that set out simply to entertain.\n\nGIVE A LITTLE LISTEN\n“June Foray’s Tall and Small Tales”\n\nAs a special treat for June’s birthday, here are her charming original stories, told with her inimitable voices.\nHere are all five." ]

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[ null, "But True Source has a fundamental shortcoming: it was set up by the businesses it is supposed to control, and these businesses are using True Source to fraudulently control the market, sell fake honey at substantially lower prices than honest beekeepers, and divert sales, revenue, and profits to themselves. (Complaint p. 39). The honey business is self-regulating.\n\nGillian Wade, a Los Angeles attorney, is aiding in the fight against this self-regulation. Wade has filed a class action lawsuit against seven U.S. honey importers, packers, and certifiers—including True Source—who are allegedly engaged in the honey fraud that is actively suppressing domestic honey prices. The crux of the complaint is that these importers, packers, and certifiers are conspiring together in a collective scheme to defraud a class of beekeepers. This scheme involves flooding the U.S. honey market with fake honey at a cheap price, in part through misrepresentation on behalf of the same importers, certifiers, and packers. Gillian Wade spoke to the UCLA Food Law & Policy Clinic (“the Clinic”) about the lawsuit:\n\n“The impact of this massive fraud on domestic beekeepers threatens to make the beekeepers themselves extinct. In fact, our entire food supply is at risk because of the flooding of the U.S. honey market with fake honey. Demand for genuine honey is up, supply is down, yet beekeepers are on the brink of extinction because they cannot get a fair price for honey (if they can even sell it at all), all while exports have increased 95% in the last ten years. The efforts to date by domestic beekeepers and their advocates to clean up the market and stop the fraud have not been successful. By filing this lawsuit, our hope is to bring about industry-wide change that will put an end to the fake honey trade and remove fake honey from store shelves, and ultimately cause a correction in the market so that America’s beekeepers can demand—and receive—a fair price for the genuine honey they produce.”\n\nAccording to the complaint filed on March 29, 2021, True Source is not the watchdog of the honey industry it claims to be, but the mechanism that makes the conspiracy tick. The complaint alleges that True Source purposely fails to monitor its members for compliance with its own certification program, and that the True Source Certified Standard is designed to allow True Source members to a proliferate cheap and adulterated honey throughout the United States. Until a recent surface-level revamp in this standard, True Source Certified companies only used outdated and ineffective testing methods that are incapable of detecting all methods of honey adulteration and fraud. True Source intentionally uses these outdated and ineffective testing methods to bypass fraud detection. When syrup is detected, True Source turns a blind eye.\n\nThe complaint further alleges that although it purports to be a watchdog of the honey industry, True Source is fully aware that its Certification and Participation program is being used by importers and packers to misrepresent the authenticity of their honey products. In a search for the truth, the Clinic spoke to True Source representatives who also work for two of the packer Defendants in the honey lawsuit. Both packers admitted that they re-test their honey once they receive it, despite it already having been True Source certified and tested. Moreover, they both refused to tell the clinic whether their tests showed that honey was always genuine, and they did not explain what they do with the honey they import that turns out to be adulterated. Do Defendants not trust their own certification system? Where does all the adulterated honey go? The complaint points to an answer—it alleges that True Source has intentionally and regularly allowed importers and packers to use the True Source Certified Seal to mislead businesses, consumers, and retailers into believing their honey is genuine honey. In reality, it certainly is not. (Complaint p. 22).\n\nThe reason for this scheme to defraud? Profits. Those affected? Honest beekeepers, honey production companies, and commercial beekeeping farms. Among those affected are the plaintiffs in this case, who continue to suffer declining market share, lost sales, and profits, because they have been blocked from selling their genuine honey in the marketplace. True Source and the other Defendants have undermined the credibility and economy of the genuine honey market to the financial detriment of Plaintiffs. One plaintiff—Adee Honey Farms—is storing over 6 million pounds of genuine honey it has been unable to sell because Defendants simply will not buy it at a fair price that even meets the cost of production. (Complaint p. 29). After years of fighting this fraudulent scheme, the Plaintiffs have had enough. Now, they seek redress in court.\n\nThe class action lawsuit filed by Gillian Wade is a major step in the right direction. It can lead to necessary changes in the industry, including less fake honey and more transparent labelling. Gillian Wade is fighting for beekeepers—with implications that will benefit consumers across the nation. The overwhelming presence of fake honey on the retail shelf endangers the livelihood of people like Chris Hiatt. It is not too late, but time is running out. The American beekeeper is an endangered species.\n\n*Terra Duchene is a graduating LL.M. student at UCLA (2021), and an Ontario licensed lawyer holding a law degree from Windsor Law where she held positions including Editor-in-Chief for the Windsor Review of Legal and Social Issues, Senior Editor of the Canadian Bar Review, and co-organizer of two food law panels. Terra’s interest in food law is praxis oriented and she enjoys foraging and fermenting.\n\nVictoria Russell is a rising third-year law student at the UCLA School of Law enrolled in the Critical Race Studies Program. She is a member of UCLA BLSA and recently participated in UCLA’s Food Law and Policy Clinic. Victoria is passionate about civil rights and public service.\n\nCandace Yamanishi is a rising third year law student at UCLA Law (2022). She currently serves as the Symposium Director for the Journal of Environmental Law & Policy and as a research assistant at the Resnick Center for Food Law & Policy. This summer Candace is working as a summer associate at a large firm in downtown Los Angeles. Candace plans to stay involved with food law issues through pro-bono and volunteer work post-graduation." ]

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[ "The Moon reaches fullness at 16°19′ tropical Pisces, 2:40am UTC on September 9th, and brings the key wound of this Age, the subjugation of the Feminine, into full view. The planetary matrix is showing us the need to embody the role of healer and redeemer towards that wound.\n\nChiron is within one degree of this full Moon and emphasises the significance and nature of the wound itself. In accordance with the myth, which speaks of the need to accept that only by entering fully into life can we redeem our own suffering, we have entered the realm of the wounded healer. The wise centaur points directly towards our global wounds, the gashes in the fabric of Life that need us to bring this awareness to bear. The onus is on us all to own the wound, to see it in our selves, and to let its wisdom speak through us, transform us. To do so is to engender the energy necessary to achieve Critical Mass. Only then can we transfigure our species and heal the wound.\n\nChiron’s animal nature is key. The energy of this full Moon must be a gateway for our instinctive drive-to-survive. If this lunation be about bringing passion to our allegiances then this full Moon shows us what happens when we do. It is time for the strongest forces within us to have their say, the will to protect Life and to be willing to put everything we have into the fight.\n\nVenus opposes Neptune from Virgo at this full Moon. So far, the critical mass has only been demonstrably seen in disconnected outbreaks, achieved in global pockets and lacks the vital impetus that embodies that drive collectively. This disconnection is something of a mirage and is largely down to the fact that the media’s mainstream coverage of these demonstrations of ‘solidarity’ is deeply biased in favour of the ‘status quo’. Neptunian deception is all pervasive, the orthodoxy mispresents facts, its representations designed to engineer a prescribed response in the populace and, by and large, the truth is completely clouded out of the picture. But, if you follow alternative media sources and, as Venus now indicates, you keep an ear to the ground, you will know that there is a critical mass emerging, that there is much underway in the world that is in fact ‘healing’, and that this is rising and expanding. Realism and feet on the ground discernment, this opposition tells us is, however, essential.\n\nIn traditional Chaldean rulerships the second decan of Pisces is ruled by Jupiter, the planet of expansive energy and philosophical largess. The traditions surrounding the middle degrees of Pisces speak of great matters involved in making choices, the kind that really matter. Are we to remain victims or can we champion the greater cause. Mars, preparing to fly through Jupiter’s sign over the coming weeks, is in late Scorpio, out of aspect, and stands to infuse any action undertaken over the coming days with additional depth, passion and meaning. It is also likely that the whole idea of war-making will be questioned with increasing effect through the coming weeks. However you view it, this is not a time to stand on the sidelines.\n\nAs if to hammer the point home Saturn at 18° Scorpio, trines the Moon and sextiles the Sun. Saturn also reminds us of the rigidity that can kill off the life-force, the unbending adherence to structural regimens that ultimately evolves stasis. Scorpionic incalcitrance at the lowest vibration teaches us the harsh truth ~ Stasis = Death. It is the ‘status quo’ that must be sacrificed. However, as temporal gatekeeper Saturn does not necessarily want us to remain locked within stasis, but, rather learn the lesson of the moment ~ ‘how to go forward’. We stand on that threshold. The ancient symbol of transfiguration associated with Scorpio is the Phoenix.\n\nThe lunar disc finds the fixed star Homam marking the azimuth of its maximum luminosity in the 17th degree of Pisces. In the neck of Pegasus, a constellation itself associated with rising above difficulties, Homam lends the full Moon the need to strive upwards, to pull oneself out of victim states and to claim the power of redemption. This is not all it seems ~ luck may have its role to play. As if fate were lending her ear to the moment, Homam, ‘the whisperer’, is also the bearer of the gift of ‘chance’…..\n\nBut, let us not forget, it is the solar disc of conscious volition that lends its light to this Moon. The powers of healing and redemption are reflected back to us on Earth through the Sun’s light, carrying the inner vibration of Virgo, the image of the Maiden and Virgin, through the lunar disc. This is the Menarch moment, where the wound signifies the evolution of the feminine principle to the potent state of Life-bearer, Motherhood, and, in so doing embodies the lunar rhythm and the tidal forces of Time that work through Creation. The feminine measure of ‘time’. And, in many ways, it is the fierce instinct of protection that the mother shows around her off-spring that we are looking to embody. Our role as caretakers of this magical blue orb rests upon our realising it……\n\nThis Moon tells us it is time to acknowledge the wound, and, being in the midst of the last sign in the zodiac, emphasises the fact that we must also look around with clear and level gaze, that if this lifetime is our last opportunity to do so here on Earth, that we are in the transition zone already ~ in some sense this is a timeless moment, one we have visited before, that is burned deep into our core memories. If we are prepared to put our own lives on the line, draw on our deepest resources and go forward fearlessly, in protection of this, our home planet, we must also acknowledge that, after this moment, the greater forces at large in the cosmos take over, the forces of Life and Death. The shaman’s wisdom, which is our prerogative, knows that death furnishes all life with life.\n\n2 thoughts on “The Shaman and the Moon”\n\nThis site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.", null, null, null, null, null, "“As great as the infinite space beyond\nis the space within the lotus of the heart.\n\nBoth Heaven and Earth are contained in that inner space, both fire and air, Sun and Moon, lightning and stars.\n\nWhether we know it in this world or know it not, everything is contained in that inner space.”" ]

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[ null, null, "I am not a history-monuments-tombs obsessed person, yet this must have been my twentieth visit to The Taj Mahal and The Agra Fort. What has been drawing me here time and again? Is it the Divine Love that’s associated with The Taj Mahal, the proud passion of an emperor's love wrought in breathing stones? People have always been fascinated with Divine Love, especially the eternal romance of Shah Jahan and Mumtaz and the excitement and mystery associated with their love affair. Why is the fascination for Divine Love so universal? Is it real? As such, we are mere men and women—mortal, physical, earthbound, and sustained for a few decades by food, water, and the air we breathe. Yet our hearts are filled with “Divine Love”—a driving force of change for the better, giving us hope and something to look forward to—but our bodies are bound by reality. Accounts of people like Shah Jahan and Mumtaz, in a sense, could be an attempt to peer into the great gulf between the two.\n\nThough initially I enjoyed roaming around a very wet Taj Complex, I soon lost interest and headed towards the Agra Fort where I spent close to 7 hours trying to understand another Divine Love- the love between Shah Jahan and his beautiful daughter, Jahan Ara.\n\nUnlike the Taj, there is very little romantic about the Fort; rather it is imposing and overwhelming in that bit-of-this and bit-of-that way. From past experiences, I knew that it’d take many perspiring hours to make a single round of the huge complex. And a single round on my own was not going to do any good as I was looking for some out of the way access to certain restricted areas and a little inside information. The guides I approached seemed a waste of time. Most of them, in their late twenties or early thirties, were trying to prove more intelligent and relevant than they actually are. As I stood there wondering about the next step an elderly guide glided towards me.\n\n“There is an old man who could be of help.” He said.\n\nI nodded, but without much conviction, “How old?”\n\n“Over seventy; he has been a janitor here for close to fifty years. Before him, his father, grandfather and great-grandfather were caretakers here.”\n\n“There is a small tea stall about 100 meters from the main gate. You can catch him there.”\n\nHe gave me a sneering look, “Offer him some money; he’ll come.”\n\n“Ask for Chacha,” He glided away.\n\nThe look of misery and depression on his wrinkled face was enough to invoke pity in the mighty Agra Fort. Abandoned by his grown up sons, he spends most of his day time in this tea stall.\n\nA token advance of Rs. 100 and a solemn guarantee of another 100 afterward brought him to his feet. He placed a comradely hand on my shoulder, asking me to come along. The camaraderie was uncalled for and, to a less secure man would have been outright insulting, but I was happy to trudge along.\n\nAs soon as we reached the Fort I said, “Let’s start with the dungeon where Shah Jahan was imprisoned.”\n\nAs we passed the marble bedroom of Shah Jahan and Mumtaz on the way to the dungeon I couldn’t help but ask, “Why are there no doors?”\n\nHe rolled his eyes, “Doors would have spoiled the exquisiteness of the bedroom; instead there were silk curtains.”\n\nThe bedroom looked impressive even without the rubies and gems that once adorned its walls.\n\nFor long minutes, I stood before the dungeon. It was here Shah Jahan was held a prisoner for eight long years, attended by his faithful daughter Jahan Ara. In vain I tried to visualize the torture and agony the emperor and his daughter must have endured here.\n\n“It was Jahan Ara’s wish to share the dungeon, wasn’t it?” I asked.\n\nHe straightened himself, puffed out his chest- without being aware of it, I felt- and looked disdainfully at me. “Are you thinking what I think you are thinking?”\n\n“I have come across a few reports…” I looked away.\n\nHe shook his head sadly, “This is one of the worst, depraved and unethical efforts to alter and defame a daughter’s love for her father.”\n\nHe was trying to control his emotions. “What do you know about Jahan Ara?” He asked after a few distressing seconds.\n\n“Not much,” I confessed.\n\nWe sat on the marble steps leading to a small garden. I watched the broad and steady Yamuna, its modest but arrogant portion of water roaring between the Fort and the Taj.\n\n“She was the eldest of his surviving daughters, a stunningly beautiful princess, who resembled her mother, Mumtaz a lot. She was also the elder sister of her father’s successor and the sixth Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb. Jahan Ara was Shah Jahan’s favorite daughter. Though the emperor bestowed her with many titles like Begum Sahib (Princess of Princesses), she was simply Janni to him. To the young princess, the look in her father’s eyes, the smile on his face and the warmth of his hugs were much more valuable than the pearls and rubies he had got her as tokens of his love.”\n\nHe stopped, looking towards the Taj. It was some minutes before he continued.\n\n“The princess was seventeen when her mother died. Though grief-stricken she took the place of her mother as the First Lady of the Empire. The death of Mumtaz had traumatized Shah Jahan to such an extent that he lost all interest in the affairs of the mighty Mughal Empire. Entrusting the royal zeal to Jahan Ara the emperor withdrew to his private chambers. Apart from caring for her younger siblings, she is also credited with bringing her father out of mourning and restoring normality to a court darkened by her mother’s death and her father’s grief.\n\nComing out of bereavement, Shah Jahan bestowed upon Jahan Ara with half of Mumtaz Mahal’s personal property worth Rs ten million. Her annual stipend was raised from Rs 600,000 to Rs one million. She became the trusted confidante of the emperor. She was highly educated and well versed in Persian and Arabic, as well as a writer and painter.”\n\nHe stopped only to continue.\n\n“Shah Jahan was close to seventy and seriously ill when he was deposed and imprisoned by his son Aurangzeb. Jahan Ara, in her forties, inconceivably rich and talented pleaded with her brother to allow her to take care of their father. Aurangzeb had only one condition: “If you want to take care of him you must join him in the dungeon.\"\n\nHe sighed, “For eight agonizing years she stayed in the dungeon taking care of her dying father.”\n\nI took a deep breath.\n\nHe looked deep into my eyes, “Do you still believe such nonsense?”\n\nSheepishly I shook the head.\n\nHe nodded. “Taking care of one’s ailing father doesn’t mean there is an affair.”\n\nSilently, we sat there for many seconds\n\nHe continued, “Emperor Shah Jahan died of a broken heart and mind on a chilly January night in 1666. The Taj and the Fort watched silently as four men dragged the stinking corpse out of the dungeon. The daughter looked on at the heartbreaking spectacle from a window of the palace. She pleaded with Khoja Phul (the eunuch in charge of the men) not to take the body for burial in the night.\n\n“Please wait till daybreak,” She begged.\n\n“I have orders from the Emperor (Aurangzeb) to carry the coffin this very night,” He replied before hurrying towards the cortege. The gesture of Aurangzeb, the son Shah Jahan had pardoned many times for atrocities and high treason was one of utter disdain for love and trust.\n\nAfter her father’s death Jahan Ara lost all heart for Agra. With Aurangzeb’s permission, she left for Delhi where she lived till her death in 1681. The epitaph on her tomb in New Delhi reads as follows:\n\n\"He is the Living, the Sustaining.\nLet no one cover my grave except with greenery,\nfor this very grass suffices as a tomb cover for the poor.\"\n\nAround nightfall I left the Fort. I was thinking, in many parts of India, especially in rural areas boys are still treated as more of a premium than girls; parents are crazy about having a boy; if they find out the mother is expecting a girl, they often opt for abortion; baby girls die from ‘mysterious accidents’. Sad but true. When will we realize that a girl child is a blessing and not a burden?\n\nShah Jahan And His Daughter" ]

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[ "A government watchdog group has filed a lawsuit against North Carolina and two of its counties for failing to clean their voter rolls.", null, "The lawsuit also claims that these jurisdictions violated the NVRA by failing to make available to Judicial Watch public records concerning efforts to comply with the law.\n\nMeanwhile, North Carolina resident and WorldTribune.com guest columnist David Goetze noted in a Facebook post: “The Executive Director of the NC State Board of Elections is seeking to broadly expand her ’emergency’ powers pursuant to (Gov. Roy) Cooper’s Declaration of an Emergency. I encourage everyone to express your concerns about the move to voting by mail for November and the removal of many protections put in by the Legislature to prevent ballot harvesting and voter impersonations.”\n\nAccording to Judicial Watch’s analysis of voter registration data, many of North Carolina’s 100 counties have large numbers of ineligible voters on their rolls.\n\n“Dirty voting rolls can mean dirty elections, and Judicial Watch must insist that North Carolina follows federal law to clean up its voting rolls,” said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. “We want cleaner elections, as the law requires, and we expect this lawsuit will cause North Carolina to take the simple steps necessary to clean from its rolls the names of voters who have moved away or died.”\n\nThe NVRA provides for the removal of the names of registrants who have failed to respond to an address confirmation notice and then failed to vote in the next two general federal elections. Federal law makes these removals mandatory.\n\nIn June 2019, the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) released data showing that voter registration rates in a significant proportion of North Carolina’s 100 counties are close to, at or above 100 percent of their age-eligible citizenry – statistics considered by the courts to be a strong indication that a jurisdiction is not taking the steps required by law to remove ineligible registrants. Judicial Watch’s analysis also showed that at the time of the EAC report the entire State of North Carolina had a registration rate close to 100 percent of its age-eligible citizenry.\n\nThe news of Judicial Watch’s lawsuit comes at a time when many states, including North Carolina, are reportedly considering instituting mail-in voting for the 2020 elections due to the coronavirus outbreak.\n\nJudicial Watch has been the national leader in enforcing the NVRA. In December 2019, Judicial Watch provided notice to 19 large counties in five states that it intended to sue unless they take steps to comply with the NVRA by removing ineligible registrations from their rolls. In addition to North Carolina, Judicial Watch sent letters to counties in California, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Colorado.\n\nIn 2018, the Supreme Court upheld a voter-roll cleanup program that resulted from a Judicial Watch settlement of a federal lawsuit with Ohio. California settled an NVRA lawsuit with Judicial Watch and last year began the process of removing up to 1.6 million inactive names from Los Angeles County’s voter rolls. Kentucky also began a cleanup of hundreds of thousands of old registrations last year after it entered into a consent decree to end another Judicial Watch lawsuit." ]

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[ "This describes the design of an electronically-controlled clothes peg.\n\nI needed a clamp I could control from a microcontroller so I decided to make my own actuator using a clothes peg, a car lock actuator and a small power converter I designed. Some of the design choices were made just because I had the parts available and in some cases just for fun so don't expect an optimal design. The power converter uses supercapacitors to store the charge needed to open the clamp. These are charged using a constant current source.\n\nBelow is a description of the project following the design process step by step.\n\nI needed a clamp with a stable closed position that I could control from a microcontroller. The clamp didn't need to be too strong so I decided to keep things simple and use a clothes peg as the basis for the design. I initially thought I'd use an electromagnet from a big contactor to open the peg but I found out car lock actuators (see below) are strong enough and cheap (£3.95) and decided to use one.\n\nThe lock actuator has a \"travel distance\" of around 2 cm. It is meant to be fed short voltage pulses from the car battery (12V). The resistance of the coil is around 2 ohm, which means the motor will draw 6 A and produce 72 W of heat (!!!!) if fed this voltage continuously.\n\nBecause my application only needed the peg to open once or twice a minute, the actual average power I needed was much less than 72 W. I had a compact Tracto Power supply (TMLM10115 -see below) rated 12V at 0.83 A (£11) laying around and I thought I could combine it with a little power converter and use it in my application.", null, "The first thing I needed to do was to figure out how much force I would need to open the peg and how long I would need the actuator to be applying force in order to open the clamp. I designed a laser-cut wooden frame to hold the actuator and the clothes peg in place. Rather than using a 3D modelling software, I drew the design in Inkscape straight-away as the geometry was simple enough.", null, null, null, "Once I got the actuator assembled, I used a signal generator and a power supply to apply voltage pulses. Unfortunately, my supply was unable to give more than 1 A, but I got a rough idea of the amount of time I needed to apply force from the actuator in order to be sure I'd open the peg (around 1 second).\n\nThe need for an energy buffer\n\nFor the design of the power converter, I thought it would be interesting to use capacitors to store the charge I needed to open the peg. A very rough estimation of the capacitance I needed was obtained by assuming I'd completely discharge the capacitors in around 1 second (therefore the time constant RxC needed to be 0.33 s). This gave a capacitance of 0.33 F. Such capacitance is hard to achieve using normal electrolytic capacitors but can be reached with ease using supercapacitors.\n\nSupercapacitors are commonly used nowadays and can be sourced easily. Still, they have low voltage ratings and in many cases their effective series resistance is high as they are meant for low current applications (not my case!). After considering different series-parallel combinations, I found a 1 F supercapacitor rated for 2.7 V with a series resistance between 0.1 and 0.2 ohm (£1 per unit!). By combining 5 of those (£5!) I got an equivalent capacitance of 0.2 F with a rated voltage of 13.5 V and a series resistance of 1 ohm, which was ok for what I need.\n\nThe next step was to decide how I would charge the supercapacitors. I was tempted to use a simple 15 ohm resistor between the 12V source and the supercapacitors, but I thought this would be too easy and I'd rather design something a bit more challenging. I decided to design a little non-linear resistor using BJTs. The circuit is very simple: a resistor in series with a power PNP BJT is used to sense the current, the voltage across the resistor is used to feed current to the base of a signal PNP BJT that will lower the voltage from emitter to base of the first BJT to lower the current (see below).\n\nI tested the circuit in simulation using Droid Tesla simulator for Android, built the thing and surprisingly got very decent results at the first try. By the way, I like Droid Tesla because it is based on Spice and it is one of the few interactive circuit simulators for Android (if not the only) that has decent transistor models (Early effect, etc).", null, "My greatest concern was the potential overheating of the devices. The power BJT...\n\nHi Saabman, this worked well enough for some 4 years now, I just needed the peg to be open for some 1 second so the Arduino that triggers it holds the transistor conducting that amount of time. The circuit, as is, wad never designed to be PWM-controlled (probably the layout is bad, etc). A better design would replace the current limiter by a current-controlled buck converter, which would fix the issue with f heat loss in the converter. The coil driver could be replaced by something capable of high frequency switching so that the current of the motor could be controlled properly. Once that was in place it would make a lot of sense to try your suggestion: deliver a spike of current to get the motor to move and keep a lower steady current to prevent it from closing. This isn't too hard to design and it would make a nice little project. By the way, there exist dedicated integrated circuits for driving relays that are inexpensive and deal with overcurrent protection in case of short circuit and other interesting things.\n\nHi just wondering to reduce the power and potential heating issues would it be feasible to feed the actuator a big current to drive the actuator and then reduce the current to just sufficient to hold the peg open? but then if you only need it to hold for a short period than it may not be worth the effort.\n\nBased on LT3080, capabalble of 10 mV steps\nProject Owner Contributor" ]

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[ null, "Thirteen years ago, Frenchman Romain Jacquet-Lar`egze had an idea for the Lion Rock series. The first introduction came from his girlfriend, now his wife, who told him about the mountain. Lion Rock was his first hike in Hong Kong. The longer he stayed the more he realized what the spirit of this mountain meant to the people living in Hong Kong.\n\nIts visual is iconic, especially when seen from the point of view where it does look like a lion. Mona Chu provides a background of the name, writing in the book’s introduction that accompanies the Blue Lotus Gallery exhibition. This lion rock mountain was popularized in the year 1973. It is the time when RTHK created ‘Below The Lion Rock’, a TV series about the grassroots of the people living in Wang Tau Hom.\n\nShe writes, “Then came the 2002 budget address. Chief Financial Secretary Anthony Leung quoted the lyrics from the theme song, urging Hong Kong people to ‘live the Lion Rock beliefs’ and set aside differences in the face of a dire economic crisis. The name has since stuck.”\n\nThe photo shoot project began in Japan. Romain was a design intern there before arriving in Hong Kong. He saw an exhibition of the 1830s woodblock print series, Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji by Hokusai Katsushika. Hokusai’s prints made Mount Fuji an important part of Japanese identity.\n\nIt became so popular that it led to the global export of these inexpensive prints, an icon of Japan to the world. Many legendary painters such as Pablo Picasso and Claude Monet got inspired and influenced by it.\n\nAs his idea matured, Romain recognized that Lion Rock resembles Mount Fuji, a landmark that represents both Hong Kong and its people. It sparked the idea that maybe this series could boost Lion Rock to a status like Mount Fuji and become iconic not just in Hong Kong but around the globe. However, there were some compositional challenges. Hokusai’s art was not restricted by reality.\n\nLion Rock also represents the spirit of Hong Kong. Time will tell if Romain’s series pushed aloft the mountain to the iconic status of Mount Fuji or the Eiffel Tower. But it is certainly as ambitious as Hokusai’s and Rivi`ere’s series. This exhibition was aimed to represent a new perspective and a reminder to Hong Kong citizens." ]

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[ null, "Ms. MacCallum’s 7 p.m. hosting duties will initially be for the first 100 days of the administration of Donald J. Trump, according to people briefed on the discussions.\n\nIn his current short stint hosting for Fox News, Carlson has already gone viral with his combative yet funny takedowns of liberal writers. Are you more likely to tune in for Tucker than you were for Kelly?" ]

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[ null, "This article is written by Shubham Kumar, a student of Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, on social engineering.\n\nThe relation between the individual, society and the State have been changing and various theories regarding them have been propounded from time to time. In the beginning, society was governed by customs which had only social sanction. Then came the supremacy of the priests. After that, the secular state emerged and dominated all the institutions. As a reaction, the importance of individual was asserted by thinkers and philosophers. There were revolutions and political changes. The necessity of balancing the welfare of the society and individual was realized.[1]\n\nSociety and human life always go together. From childhood to till old age, every human being expects that his or her desire is to be fulfilled for which their arise conflict of desires or claims which comes under the term “interest”. It is impossible to fulfill all the desires of a human being. So to fulfill the desires of maximum human being for the welfare of society the concept of Social Engineering was emerged and which was coined by Roscoe Pound. Social engineering is based on the theory that laws are created to shape the society and regulate the people’s behavior. It is an attempt to control the human conduct through the help of Law.\n\nAccording to Pound, “Law is social engineering which means a balance between the competing interests in society,” in which applied science are used for resolving individual and social problems.[2]\n\nFor the purpose of maintaining the legal framework and its proper functioning, certain interest needs to be considered like individual interests, public and social interests, a definition of limits within which such interests will be recognized and given effect to, and the securing of those interest within the limits as defined.\n\nWhen determining the scope and subject matter of the system, the following things have to be done:\n\nPound compared the task of the lawyer to the engineers. He stated that the aim of social engineering is to build a structure of society as possible which requires the fulfillment or satisfaction of maximum wants with minimum usage of resources. It involves the balancing of competing interests. He called this theory as the theory of “Social Engineering.”\n\nHere Pound has used two words i.e. “Social” which means group of individual forming a society. The second word is “Engineering” which means applied science carried out by engineers to produce finished products, based on continuous experimentation and experience to get the finished product by means of an instrument or device.\n\nFor facilitating the tasks of social engineering, Pound classified various interests to be protected by law in three heads:\n\na. Personality- interest of personality consist of interests in –\n\nb. Domestic relations – it is important to distinguish between the interest of individuals in domestic relationships and that of society in such institutions as family and marriage. Individual interests include those of :\n\nc. Interest of substance- this includes\n\n2. Public Interest– Public interests according to him are the claims or demands or desires looked at from the stand point life in politically organized society. The main public interest according to Roscoe pound are :\n\na. Interests of state as a juristic person which includes\n\nInterests of state as a juristic person i.e. protection\n\nClaims of the politically organized society as a corporation to property acquired and held for corporate purposes.\n\nb. Interests of State as a guardian of social interest, namely superintendence and administration of trusts, charitable endowments, protection of natural environment, territorial waters, sea-shores, regulation of public employment and so on to make use of thing which are open to public use , this interest seem to overlap with social interests.\n\nf. Social interest in individual life.- Meaning thereby each individual be able to live a human life according to the individual’s\n\nIn order to evaluate the conflicting interests in due order of priority, pound suggested that every society has certain basic assumption upon which its ordering rests, through for most of the time they may be implicit rather than expressly formulated. This assumption may be called as jural postulates of the legal system of that society.\n\nPounds confessed that these jural postulates are not absolute but they have relative value. These are ideal standards which law should pursue in society they are of a changing nature and new postulates may emerge if the changes in society so warrant. Thus the jural postulates by Roscoe pound provide guidelines for civilized life and they also seek to strike a balance between reality and idealism as also power and social accountability of men in the community.\n\nIt is concluded that law plays an important role in adjusting conflict of interests. Both the social interest and individual interest co-exist. Both of them have equal priority. Roscoe Pound has given the idea of Social Engineering for the American Society but this concept is followed universally for dispute resolution. India also followed the same concept in establishing a societal welfare. Both Judiciary and Legislators play an important role in enacting the statutes which fulfill the various desires of human being. In this techsavvy society desires of human being grows and to fulfill their desires new policies, strategy has been developed." ]

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[ null, "Denise Lee Richards was born in Downers Grove, Illinois, on February 17, 1971, and moved with her family to Oceanside, California, when she was 15 years old. Following her 1989 graduation from El Camino High School in Oceanside, Richards was signed by a modeling agent and quickly began working internationally, traveling to Paris, Tokyo, New York and other cities to do photo shoots and commercials. She also worked as a make-up artist for Bonne Bell cosmetics.Richards was soon hit by the acting bug and started to audition for various roles in Los Angeles. She scored bit parts on television shows includingSaved By the Bell, Married With Children, Seinfeld, Melrose Place andFriends, but gained wide attention for her first starring role in the 1997 big-budget film Starship Troopers, directed by Paul Verhoeven. The actress gained even more recognition for her next film role, a manipulative rich girl in the 1998 erotic thriller Wild Things, starring opposite Neve Campbell and Matt Dillon. The following year, she won a coveted role as a Bond girl in the James Bond film The World Is Not Enough. Richards continues to be a favorite of men’s magazines—she has consistently been featured in sexy titles like FHM, Maxim and Men’s Health. She posed nude for Playboy in 2004—five months after her first daughter’s birth.", null, null, null, null ]

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[ null, "Based on Wing’s performance Monday as the tournament opened, this might be Cochran’s best chance yet.\n\nHe could not have gotten off to a finer start, scoring 20 points to go with eight assists and six steals against Division, which won the title in 2000 and last year. The 2001 tournament was called off in the wake of Sept. 11.\n\nEntering the tournament as two-time champion must have felt like wearing a bull’s-eye for Division, which later led by as many as 14 points in the first half before losing to Marine Corps Base Camp Butler 82-72.\n\nDespite that experience, Toney said his team is not as loaded as it appears. All-Tournament player Richard Meyers is gone, and defensive stalwart Orven Wooten was sent on deployment at the last minute.\n\nHawaii pours it on against outmanned corpsmen\n\nHow much pouring it on is too much?\n\nThat was the question asked by many an observer Monday after watching Marine Corps Base Hawaii roll up 83 second-half points en route to a 131-41 rout of U.S. Naval Hospital Camp Lester.\n\nThough it had all the appearance of Hawaii running up the score, coach Garland Woodard insisted that couldn’t be further from the truth.\n\n“We didn’t want anybody getting hurt,” Woodard said of a relentless press-and-transition strategy that kept his players running and from relaxing against Hospital, which suited up six players.\n\nThe corpsmen didn’t have the legs to stay with Hawaii, player-coach Eric Shropshire said." ]

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[ null, null, "An 1872 diagram of an early ice axe, showing how the alpenstock was modified by the addition of a pick and an adze\n\nAn alpenstock (German: Alpen- \"alpine\" + Stock \"stick, staff\") is a long wooden pole with an iron spike tip, used by shepherds for travel on snowfields and glaciers in the Alps since the Middle Ages. It is the antecedent of the modern ice axe.\n\nFrench-speaking climbers called this item a \"baton\". Josias Simler, a Swiss professor of theology at what later became the University of Zurich, published the first treatise on the Alps, entitled De Alpibus commentarius. T. Graham Brown described Simler's observations on gear for travel over ice and snow in the mountains: \"In 1574, Simler published a commentary on the Alps which is remarkable for its description of the technique of glacier travel and for its proof that Simler himself had practical experience. He describes the alpenstock, crampons, the use of the rope, the necessity of protecting the eyes on snow by veils or spectacles; and he mentions that the leader on snow covered glaciers sounds for hidden crevasses with a pole.\"[1]\n\nYvon Chouinard quotes Simler as writing, \"To counteract the slipperiness of the ice, they firmly attach to their feet shoes resembling the shoes of horses, with three sharp spikes in them, so that they may be able to stand firmly. In some places they use sticks tipped with iron, by leaning upon which they climb steep slopes. These are called alpine sticks, and are principally in use among the shepherds.\"[2]\n\nOn August 8, 1786, Jacques Balmat and Michel-Gabriel Paccard made the first ascent of Mont Blanc. Balmat, a chamois hunter and crystal collector, had experience with high mountain travel, and Paccard had made previous attempts to climb the peak. Illustrations show Balmat carrying two separate tools (whose respective functions would later be re-assigned to the ice axe): an alpenstock (or baton), and a small axe that could be used to chop steps on icy slopes.\n\nIn the second half of the nineteenth century, seeing that the traditional but unwieldy alpenstock might be a useful aid to climb steep slopes of snow or ice, Victorian alpinists fastened a sharpened blade (the pick) to the top of the alpenstock; this was used to provide stability. On the opposite end, a flattened blade was placed (the adze), which was used for cutting steps in the snow or ice, an essential technique for moving over steep icy slopes before the advent of the crampon. Gradually, the alpenstock evolved into the ice axe.[3]" ]

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[ null, "(Originally written for and published in Parenting for High Potential Journal)\n\nEvery human child is born with a spark of magic. Tiny and unassuming, it finds safe harbor in the hearts of the just born. When we enter the world it gives us our first breath. That is the gasp, the cry. It is the sound of magic breaking through and shattering everything we thought we understood before.\n\nIf we are lucky, the spark of magic is allowed to grow in us, and it becomes our imagination. If we are not lucky, well, the spark will eventually become dormant, and our imagination will become like dry, cracked earth after a long and terrible drought.\n\nThis is a grave mistake however, for to allow a child’s mind to grow to its full potential, we must attend not only to the intelligence of his mind by imparting knowledge, but to his imagination as well. The reason is this: Only by feeding the imagination of a child, can we help him create pathways to find answers to all of the questions he has yet to ask. In fact, only by engaging the imagination, can he ask the questions that don’t yet exist.\n\nThink for a moment of our world without the complex marriage of imagination and intelligence. From computers to automobiles, telephones to television; our current world of technology is due to the abundant imagination of the creators whose ideas that would have once been viewed as outlandish and impossible. These great thinkers weren’t simply using the knowledge of their forefathers to make a life for themselves. If they had done so, I would be painting this article on the wall of a cave instead of writing it on a computer. No, these forward thinkers were taking the knowledge that was handed down to them, and allowing it to intermingle with their imagination to create new and unheard of possibilities that would have seemed nothing short of magic to previous generations. Without imagination, knowledge would stay stagnant. Without imagination, knowledge has nowhere to go.\n\nHow do we then, as a society, encourage the growth of imagination? In the same manner as our ancestors; we must tell our children stories, give them space to play, and allow them time to create.\n\nThe traditional method of telling stories aloud directly feeds a child’s imagination by forcing him to create a picture where one doesn’t exist. The appearance of the characters, the scenery, the action itself, is all open to interpretation, and individual creation. Children imagine each tiny detail, simply to enhance their own experience of the story. If the same story is told again and again, the details may change as the child’s understanding of the story changes.\n\nThe imagination then changes from one small path through the mind into many paths, each growing off of another. They are connected, yet continue to branch out in every direction, creating endless paths in the mind of the child.\n\nIn the same manner, ample time to play is a necessary part of keeping imagination alive. Through play children learn to problem solve, collaborate, and innovate. They apply the knowledge that they have gathered and combine it with the imaginary scenarios that storytelling has created to invent new situations, new problems that need solving and characters that need saving. Through play, children are able to become the superhero, the dragon slayer, or the dragon itself. There is no limit in how great the imagination can grow when a child is engrossed in play.\n\nIn addition to play, time to be artistically creative encourages imagination to flourish. Art, music, drama, and dance are creative forms that take time to develop. It is nearly impossible to limit creativity to a 30-minute time slot. Therefore, to allow children the time to be creative, feeds the magic spark that keeps the imagination alive. This can be as informal as turning on the music and moving the furniture so there’s room to dance, playing the drums on pots and pans during dinner, or using the recycling to build a sculpture. Open ended opportunities to be creative are the lifeblood that runs through the veins of imagination.\n\nImparting knowledge to a child is important; however feeding the imagination is crucial if we wish for the knowledge to find a path to travel upon. The magic spark of imagination that each of us was given is a gift; it is our responsibility to honor that gift and feed the spark until it becomes a brilliant flame." ]

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[ "Europe is most commonly considered to be divided from Asia by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas and the waterways of the Turkish Straits. Although the term “continent” implies living thing geography, the estate connect is somewhat arbitrary and has been redefined several grow old before its first conception in classical antiquity. The disaffection of Eurasia into two continents reflects East-West cultural, linguistic and ethnic differences which change upon a spectrum rather than behind a smart dividing line. The geographic affix with Europe and Asia does not follow any declare boundaries: Turkey, Russia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Kazakhstan are transcontinental countries. France, Portugal, Netherlands, Spain and united Kingdom are then transcontinental in that the main share is in Europe even though pockets of their territory are located in new continents.\n\nEurope covers approximately 10,180,000 square kilometres (3,930,000 sq mi), or 2% of the Earth’s surface (6.8% of estate area). Politically, Europe is separated into more or less fifty sovereign states of which the Russian Federation is the largest and most populous, spanning 39% of the continent and comprising 15% of its population. Europe had a sum population of more or less 741 million (about 11% of the world population) as of 2016. The European climate is largely affected by warm Atlantic currents that temper winters and summers on much of the continent, even at latitudes along which the climate in Asia and North America is severe. additional from the sea, seasonal differences are more noticeable than near to the coast.\n\nEurope, in particular ancient Greece and ancient Rome, was the birthplace of Western civilization. The drop of the Western Roman Empire in 476 AD and the subsequent Migration become old marked the stop of ancient history and the introduction of the middle Ages. Renaissance humanism, exploration, art and science led to the unbiased era. since the Age of Discovery started by Portugal and Spain, Europe played a predominant role in global affairs. in the midst of the 16th and 20th centuries, European powers controlled at various get older the Americas, on all of Africa and Oceania and the majority of Asia.\n\nThe Age of Enlightenment, the subsequent French rebellion and the Napoleonic Wars shaped the continent culturally, politically and economically from the stop of the 17th century until the first half of the 19th century. The Industrial Revolution, which began in great Britain at the stop of the 18th century, gave rise to radical economic, cultural and social regulate in Western Europe and eventually the wider world. Both world wars took place for the most portion in Europe, contributing to a fade away in Western European dominance in world affairs by the mid-20th century as the Soviet grip and the joined States took prominence. During the frosty War, Europe was separated along the Iron Curtain surrounded by NATO in the West and the Warsaw treaty in the East, until the revolutions of 1989 and drop of the Berlin Wall.\n\nIn 1949 the Council of Europe was founded, like a speech by Sir Winston Churchill, behind the idea of unifying Europe to achieve common goals. It includes all European states except for Belarus, Kazakhstan and Vatican City. further European integration by some states led to the formation of the European grip (EU), a cut off political entity that lies in the middle of a confederation and a federation. The EU originated in Western Europe but has been expanding eastward in the past the drop of the Soviet union in 1991. The currency of most countries of the European Union, the euro, is the most commonly used in the course of Europeans; and the EU’s Schengen area abolishes border and immigration controls accompanied by most of its believer states.", null, null, null, "secretmuseum.net can encourage you to get the latest guidance nearly Map Of Europe During Ww2. restructure Ideas. We find the money for a top character high photo similar to trusted allow and whatever if youre discussing the residence layout as its formally called. This web is made to face your unfinished room into a simply usable room in helpfully a brief amount of time. correspondingly lets understand a augmented rule exactly what the map of europe during ww2. is whatever virtually and exactly what it can possibly accomplish for you. afterward making an ornamentation to an existing habitat it is hard to build a well-resolved take forward if the existing type and design have not been taken into consideration.", null, null, "Collections of Map Of Europe During Ww2 :\n\nRelated Posts of \"Map Of Europe During Ww2\"", null, null, null, null ]

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[ null, "A former “Late Show” intern who recently sued David Letterman over unpaid wages issued a public apology Wednesday to the retiring king of late night — saying she was coerced by stupid lawyer tricks.\n\n“I have nothing but respect for David Letterman and the whole organization,” a contrite Mallory Musallam told The Post. “I wore that internship as a badge of pride.”\n\nThe unemployed 26-year-old NYU graduate said attorneys from the firm Virginia & Ambinder — who have filed at least a dozen similar proposed class-action suits — pushed her into going after CBS and Letterman’s Worldwide Pants production company just four days after approaching her on LinkedIn.\n\nWhile I am ultimately responsible for my actions as an adult, I was caught in a weak, vulnerable time, facing student debt.\n\n- Mallory Musallam, in her apology letter to Letterman\n\nLloyd Ambinder and his colleague Jack Newhouse, who was Musallam’s point person on the proposed class-action suit, were not available for comment. They also did not return messages.\n\nIn her apology letter to Letterman, a copy of which she showed The Post, the Oklahoma native explains, “While I am ultimately responsible for my actions as an adult, I was caught in a weak, vulnerable time, facing student debt.”\n\nShe said she was never contacted by anyone at CBS or Letterman’s shop and her decision to withdraw the proposed class-action lawsuit on Wednesday was solely her own choice.\n\nThe suit says there are 100 other interns in Musallam’s position who had worked 40-plus hours a week running errands, sending faxes and researching without receiving the minimum wage or overtime pay.\n\nMusallam said the lawyers promised she would be joined by other interns and she didn’t realize that she would be the “lone ranger” named plaintiff in the court papers.\n\n“The inveigling suit squad assured me that my intern work was little more than indentured servitude under newly established laws and that I was just one among other participants,” her apology letter reads.\n\n“I feel like I was really duped,” said Musallam, who has also interned at W magazine and for “Entertainment Tonight.”\n\nShe called the lawyers — Ambinder and colleagues LaDonna Lusher and Newhouse and their co-counsel Jeffrey Brown — “a beguiling legion of lawsuit-hungry attorneys.”\n\nBrown told The Post that even though he is lead co-counsel in the suit, he never even talked to the plaintiff, but still insisted she was not coerced.\n\nBut Musallam maintains that the attorneys barraged her with messages — through LinkedIn, email and by phone — just before the six-year statute of limitations was about to end on her 2008 stint, she said.\n\nAmbinder’s firm has also sued Donna Karan and Warner Brothers on behalf of unpaid interns. Those cases are still pending.\n\nMusallam is pleading for Letterman’s forgiveness, though his spokesman told The Post he is “respectfully declining to comment.”\n\nIn her letter, Musallam says, “I’ve had a job since I was 15 and I have always been a hard worker. I was by no means looking for a trap door out by exploiting your established organization and I cannot apologize enough for this debacle.”\n\nWhen the suit was filed in Manhattan Supreme Court on Sept. 4, a CBS spokesman said, “This lawsuit is part of a nationwide trend of class-action lawyers attacking internship opportunities provided by companies in the media and entertainment industry.”" ]

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[ null, "Loop are excited to announce Anna Coddington will be returning to Wellington to celebrate the release of her new album, Beams. Appearing alongside her band The Appreciations, this run of shows will see Coddington performing tracks from the new album, alongside her acclaimed back catalogue.\n\nReleased in late-2020, Beams sees Coddington exploring her place in the world across 10 tracks as a mother, musician, Māori & human being. Combining her indie-sensibilities with a pop-edge, the album will be imagined live by Coddington & her band, which features Mike Hall (Pluto), Fen Ikner (LIPS) & Ryan Prebble (Fly My Pretties, The Nudge), collectively known as The Appreciations.", null ]

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[ "Our new book, Sevenoaks – The Great War and its Legacy is now available. The book is on sale at Sevenoaks Bookshop, at other stockists, and direct from us at [email protected] for £14.99 plus p&p.", null, "The book looks at all aspects of the war in the town, from the men who went away to fight, to the arrival of Belgian refugees and life on the Home Front. Author, Matthew Ball, takes the story of the men who survived up to the 1960s during the 50th anniversary and records how the town has been marking the centenary.\n\nMatthew will be signing copies from 14.30 on Saturday 10th November and will also be at Café on the Vine after the Remembrance Sunday Services (details below).\n\nTo mark the publication of the book, Sevenoaks WW1 is giving guided tours of Greatness Cemetery on Saturday 3rd and 10th of November starting at the chapel at 10.30. Tours last for approximately 1 hour and take in a range of local residents who were involved in the conflict. We visit the grave of a Crimean veteran who was involved in recruitment drives and that of Percy John Brooks, a victim of an early Zeppelin raid.", null, "The Stag Theatre has it’s own Remembrance season, including a play based on the experiences of Belgian refugees in Sevenoaks, researched by Sevenoaks WW1.\n\nPerformances are on 1st and 2nd November with a programme of talks and Q&A from 6.30 before the play begins.", null, "Our twitter feed @7oaksww1 is regularly updated with more information but if you have any queries then please email [email protected]", null, "Half a century ago, the fiftieth anniversary of the First World War prompted many veterans to remember their wartime service or to recall life at home during the conflict. Fortunately, some of these memories have been preserved as the Sevenoaks Chronicle reported the thoughts of these veterans as they either returned to Sevenoaks where they had once been garrisoned, or looked back to their boyhoods to a time when thousands of soldiers were stationed in the town, along with many wounded at the local VAD hospitals, as well as refugees from Belgium.\n\nFifty years after he had been stationed in Sevenoaks as a Private with 5th Battalion King’s Own Royal Lancashire Regiment, between November 1914 and February 1914, Harry Burrow returned to Sevenoaks. Harry was interviewed by the Chronicle during his visit and said\n\nSevenoaks was utterly familiar. I booked into the famous Royal Oak Hotel and it had many of it 1914 qualities. Sevenoaks was still full of riches and Granville Road was no exception. At the junction with Eardley Road, recognisable to me at once, were the two detached houses commandeered for our battalion HQ and Quarter-Master stores. Down at Tubs Hill, to my delight, I found the Elite. This was the local flea pit, a small music hall.\n\nOn Thursday nights the local talent tried out its stuff. Entrance was 2d for men in uniform. The stage was still there but the laughing legion of the 5th King’s Own had long since dissolved. On the other side of Tubs Hill station I found Holyoake Terrace and to reach it I drove over the main bridge where we had assembled on the bleak, historic, wet and cold St Valentine’s Day 1915 to embark for France. At Knole Park, all I could do was peer in the gates and see again in flashback our battalion in trench digging practice. Little did I know that within a few months this was to become a stern reality.\n\nIn 1914 the main shopping street was full of dignified horse and carriage trade and urbanity. Now much of that personality was lost. The Shambles area retained its antiquity and I was delighted to find the pavilion band stand on the Vine had not changed. I was swept back to a Sunday afternoon where we sat expectantly in the gardens, a great concourse of khaki figures, when a lady mounted the platform. She wore a flimsy hat and, to our delight, Lancastrian red roses on her bosom. In a moment she slipped into the rousing, emotionally, recruiting song that was sweeping the country. A thousand cheers, a thousand pair of clapping hands, a thousand hearts wishing she would do the kissing now. And then her encore, ‘you made me love you, I didn’t want to do it’. She was Mrs Reubens, someone said, the wife of Paul Reubens, the composer.\n\nJohn Edward Smith was featured in the Sevenoaks Chronicle in 1966 in his workshop at the foot of Wickenden Road. A local resident and a gunmaker during the war, he was also best man at the wedding of the parents of future Prime Minister, Edward Heath.", null, "John Smith with son, Leslie, in his workshop\n\nSmith worked at Woolwich Arsenal during the war, where he was in charge of a giant steam hammer, which could be adjusted so closely that it would come down on a watch placed on the anvil without breaking the glass. “I used to do it regularly. When the hammer fell, you couldn’t pull the watch out, but the glass was still intact”.\n\nSmith bored 100ft long gun barrels for naval vessels. When the Zeppelin raids came he would climb into a barrel and wait until the bombing as over. “There was never a safer air raid shelter”. He recalled seeing Zeppelins brought down at Potters Bar, Cuffley and Billericay and was closeby when the Silvertown ammunition dump blew up.\n\nFrederick Charles Zealey returned to Sevenoaks from further afield, having emigrated to Australia in 1920. Zealey was born in 1904 at the Limes, St John’s where his father was a well known builder. He attended Cobden Road School before graduating to the school at nearby Bayham Road. Although too young to enlist himself, his brother, Arthur William Zealey (1894 – 1960) served as a corporal with the West Kent Yeomanry and was stationed in India.", null, "Frederick recalled his memories of wartime Sevenoaks, writing for the Sevenoaks Chronicle that\n\nI can remember when the firm of Quinnells, the removalists and contractors had a traction engine which pulled vans and wagons through the town, in 1911 – the Coronation year.\n\nThis engine and three open wagons, all covered in bunting took all the school children up through the town to Knole Castle (sic) where we had a picnic on the green in front of the castle.\n\nI also remember Mr H Hill, the baker at St John’s, with his bread cart and blind white pony – also Mr Kipps, the butcher, with his butcher’s carts and his piebald pony Tetratch It used to pull a governess cart or trap around the town, and in it would be Mr and Mrs Kipps, their daughter, and son George, who was killed in World War One.\n\nI have a photo of the men of the Royal West Kent Regiment on the Tubs Hill Station, waiting for the train to France on about August 4, 1914. Sevenoaks in those days became a garrison town for troops, and many were in billets and empty houses. Regiments such as the Loyal North Lancashires, Yorkshires, and King’s Own were stationed in Sevenoaks. I attended the unveiling of the war memorial at the Vine after the war.", null, "Bat & Ball from Zealey’s own photographs\n\nThe old cinema was opened before World War One and the prices listed in the Sevenoaks Courier were listed as twopence a seat for children and nice plush seats for 6d and 9d and 1s for the gallery. There used to be a pianist to play and sometimes a violinist. You could hear us roar the house down at Charlie Chaplin, Steve Hart, Broncho Bill, John Bunny, and Flo Finch, and other old time film actors.\n\nWe used to play in the old Oast House or hop kiln opposite the cinema, long since pulled down.\n\nI’d be very pleased to hear from anyone related to these men, especially if any photographs from the time are still in their possession." ]

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[ "While the government celebrates the fact that nearly 22 crore bank accounts have been opened under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojna, the Reserve Bank of India has sounded a note of caution: these newly opened accounts could be \"very vulnerable\" to misuse for \"money muling\".", null, "Speaking at a conference of bank officials in Mumbai today, RBI deputy governor S S Mundra said, \"In a recent episode, it was observed that an idle account was used for receiving and transferring large funds without the knowledge of the account holder. The fact came to light only when authorities served a notice to the account holder.\"\n\nThe RBI blames the banks' systems and processes for poor monitoring of these accounts. The central bank has asked banks to be on guard against such practices.\n\nAccording to the RBI, the current systems of alerts and exceptional transaction reporting mechanisms are primitive and generally ineffective against frauds.\n\nIt has now warned that failure to guard against misuse of customers' accounts may result in banks incurring supervisory sanctions and enforcement action.\n\nHigh service charges\nBanks have also been warned against high service charges and penalty for negative balance in savings accounts. They have also been told to stop seeking proof of local address to open bank accounts. The central bank also reiterated the need for using any permanent address to open accounts and meeting Know Your Customer (KYC) norms.\n\nIn what could be a breakthrough in empowering customers, the RBI - with the Indian Banks Association or IBA - is working on a standardised form for customers wanting to open bank accounts. The new guidelines would highlight the list of documents which can be offered as proof and for KYC purposes by customers. This, the RBI says, might be the first step towards bank account portability.\n\nTo provide bank account number portability, the RBI is also studying a \"unified KYC proposal and an unified payment interface in which a customer can be identified with this unique \"virtual address\" mapped to his mobile." ]

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[ null, "Spoilers ahead for True Detective Season 3, Episode 7 Half of the fun of True Detective is doing your own sleuthing on the side — pausing the episode and looking around the screen for stealthy clues. That's basically the whole point of TV reddit, where diehard fans of shows like Westworld and Riverdale try to parse minute details and predict what it means for upcoming episodes. The True Detective Reddit theories are no exception — fans have been enthusiastically theorizing about the show since Season 3 premiered. And after the quick peek of the actual Mr. Hoyt last week, fans are working more furiously than ever to figure out what's what.\n\nEpisode 7 was a doozy in several ways — for one, it looks like Season 1 might actually be connected to the Purcell case, at least tangentially. Although Redditor dreadfuldiego pointed out that in a previous episode, journalist Elisa Montgomery (Sarah Gadon) had an old article about Rust Cohle and Marty Hart pulled up on her computer, it's called out in this episode.\n\nFurthermore, audiences now know that not only did Tom Purcell seemingly (emphasis on seemingly) kill himself in 1990, but Roland and Hays killed Harris James in 1990, which is when Elisa says he went missing. And since there's only one more week, there's only so much time for these theories to be either thoroughly debunked or confirmed, but while there's still time, here are nine convincing True Detective fan theories that could just turn out to be canon." ]

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[ null, "The visit by Pope Francis to the northern Iraqi city of Mosul will be a symbol of hope and an opportunity to join forces for peace and unity, the United Nations cultural agency, UNESCO, said on Thursday.\n\nThe Pope’s arrival, will come a “message of peace and unity supported on a pillar of diversity”, UNESCO said.\n\n“This message is at the core of our mandate, where inclusion and diversity are critical to understanding, mutual respect, and ultimately a more peaceful and just world”, it added.\n\nPope Francis arrived in Iraq on Friday, and is expected to travel to Mosul on Sunday, where, according to media reports, he will pray for the victims of the conflict with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), which left thousands of civilians dead.\n\nThe visit to Mosul carries particular significance, according to the agency, as the city – one of the oldest in the world, and a cultural and religious centre for centuries – suffered extensive damage the occupation by ISIL extremists between 2014-2017.\n\nDuring those three years, various battles took place, leaving Mosul in ruins, its heritage sites reduced to rubble, religious monuments and cultural antiquities damaged, and thousands of Moslawis – as the city’s inhabitants are known – displaced, leaving them scarred and with immense humanitarian needs.\n\nFollowing the city’s liberation, UNESCO together with partners, including the Iraqi Government, has been working to preserve and promote its rich and diverse cultural and religious heritage, as well as prevent violent extremism through education.\n\n“It is through education and culture that Iraqis, men and women alike, will be able to regain control of their destiny and become actors in the renewal of their country”, Audrey Azoulay, UNESCO Director-General, said in a message.\n\n‘Revive the Spirit of Mosul’\n\nUNESCO’s flagship initiative “Revive the Spirit of Mosul”, which was launched in February 2018, sums up the ambition and “full spectrum” of its action, the agency highlighted.\n\nIt focuses not only on reconstructing the city’s iconic heritage sites, but also empowering Moslawis as agents of change involved in rebuilding their city through culture and education.\n\nBeyond the rehabilitation of architectural landmarks, the initiative includes on the-job training for young professionals, strengthening the capacities of craftspeople, job-creation opportunities and technical and vocational education.\n\nUNICEF/Jennifer SparksGirls at a primary school in west Mosul, Iraq.\n\n‘Voices of the children of Old Mosul’\n\nSo far, 26 trainers, 743 primary school teachers and managers, and 307 parents have been trained in preventing violent extremism through education.\n\nThe programme aims to equip learners, of all ages, and notably young women and men, with the knowledge, values, attitudes and behaviours, which foster responsible global citizenship, critical thinking, empathy and the ability to take action against violent extremism.\n\nUNICEF/AnmarChildren and young people at a psychosocial support programme in Mosul, Iraq.\n\nReviving the Spirit of Mosul is also about bringing back cultural life in Mosul, UNESCO said, adding that with its partner the agency is working on reviving music in the city.\n\nPart of a project entitled “Listening to Iraq”, the programme seeks to empower vulnerable populations by celebrating cultural diversity and strengthening social cohesion.\n\nA Moslawi musician, who saw the beauty of music robbed from his city, summed up the importance:\n\n“By bringing back music to Mosul”, Ehsan Akram Al Habib, a 39-year-old violinist, said, “we are trying to bring back life to our city.”" ]

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[ null, "Peugeot 508 Sport Engineered arrives as a production take on 2019’s 508 PSE Concept, a plug-in hybrid performance model at the top of the 508 range.\n\nAt the Geneva Motor Show in 2019, when we still had motor shows, Peugeot arrived with the 508 Sport Engineered Concept, a plug-in hybrid performance take on the regular 508. And now it’s arrived as a production model as Peugeot look to create a new range of Sport Engineered models.\n\nNot quite as powerful as the 400bhp concept, the 508 Sport Engineered nevertheless delivers a fairly potent 355bhp and 384lb/ft of torque from its combination of a 2.0 litre ICE and a pair of electric motors, enough for a lively sprint to 62mph in 5.2 seconds and an EV range, officially at least, of 26 miles.\n\nThe production version looks almost exactly the same as the concept, including bright green ‘Kryptonite’ highlights, with 20″ alloys and butch sills and bumpers and wider track to signal its intent, re-calibrated steering, variable dampers and big brakes. It will be available in Selenium Grey, Nera Black and Pearl White.\n\nYou get the choice of five driving modes, with Electric, Comfort, Hybrid, Sport and 4WD, promising a mode for every need.\n\nThe Peugeot 508 Sport Engineered is also available as an SW model (Estate) but no news yet of when it goes on sale or how much it’ll cost." ]

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[ "Thirty-eight per cent is only a majority in electoral politics.\n\nOn Wedneday, Hamilton Politics Twitter got spicy after a new Nanos Research poll about the city’s long-delayed, contentious urban boundary reviewed was released. The poll of 700 randomly selected residents that was conducted over three weeks in late August and the first half of September found that 38 per cent of respondents want the city of Hamilton to expand the urban boundary into farmland.\n\nPotential ‘no’ camp joiners had two options in the Nanos poll, and their combined responses accounted for 54 per cent of the total. Thirty-two per cent said they do not want the urban boundary to be expanded and 22 per cent want to slow down growth entirely. The remaining eight per cent were unsure.\n\n80% of #HamOnt residents are concerned about the cost of housing in their city and 38% believe expanding the city’s urban boundary is the solution. Read @niknanos full report at https://t.co/eZqd4V1yGr#affordablehousing #BringAffordabilityHome #realtor #housingmarket #orea pic.twitter.com/D7fbHzPTD2\n\nThere was only 6 per cent support support for expansion and 90 per cent opposition during a City of Hamilton-conducted survey held this summer. While Nanos’ reputation as a data scientist is beyond reproach, Ward 8 Coun. John-Paul Danko called the survey “a clear example of how the development industry is able to buy public policy.”\n\nThis is a clear example of how the development industry is able to buy public policy.\n\nDon't like the opinion of 90.4% of 18k #HamOnt residents, with thousands of stop sprawl signs across the City…no problem pay for your own survey and use your paid lobbyists to promote it! https://t.co/EwWHoQD3w1\n\nDanko emphasized that many of the survey’s findings about the home affordability crisis are valid, but urban boundary expansion is not the answer.\n\n“An average household income can not afford an average priced home today!” he wrote. “This is a result of 20 years of record low interest rates, lack of market choice, a broken bidding system (and) real estate investment.”\n\nDr. Mike P. Moffatt of the Smart Prosperity Institute said on Wednesday that Ontario will need to build 1 million homes in the next 10 years to keep up with demand.\n\nThe discord between developers and social justice activists stems from where to, and what to, build.\n\nMore fun data from our report, Baby Needs a New Home, about the need for 1 million net new houses in Ontario in the next ten years. Read the report here: https://t.co/XITsNXqTH9\n\nYes, we are concerned about the rise in investment properties causing house prices & rents to go up, also renovictions. But I’d rather see all the abandoned buildings downtown refurbished before building McMansions on farmland.\n\nConfirmed by yet another poll 80% of #HamOnt residents are concerned about the cost of housing in our city and 62% understand that expanding the city’s urban boundary is *not* the solution for housing affordability. @EnvHamilton @Hamilton_350 @Gasp4Change #stopsprawl https://t.co/2RuTk1rUA8\n\nCities such as Hamilton are also expected to have a plan to meet Ford Government-set population and job growth targets through to 2051 in place relatively imminently. In Hamilton’s case, it has to plan for a net influx of 236,000 people and 122,000 jobs.\n\nThe first two opinions in the summer survey were Option 1, “Ambitious Density,” which called for the boundary expansion that would allow development on 1,300 hectares of farmland. The far more popular choice was Option 2, “No Urban Boundary Expansion.”\n\nAccording to the city’s own projection, there would be potential to build just as many housing units under Option 2. Hamilton would be able to plan for some 110,189 new housing units through development in the existing urban area, for an average intensification rate of 81 per cent across the next 30 years.\n\nUnder Option 1, the intensification rate would be 60 per cent in the existing urban area as 81,520 homes were added. The remaining 28,660 would be built on rezoned greenfields.\n\nThree separate reports were slated to be discussed at a special general issues committee (GIC) meeting later ths month. That has been re-scheduled by 15 days, from Oct. 25 until Nov. 9. The planning division explained the postponement in a media release on Wednesday.\n\n“Additional time has been necessary to complete the modelling of the growth scenarios, and undertake the evaluation of the scenarios,” wrote Heather Travis, senior projecr manager of growth management strategy with the City of Hamilton’s Planning Division.", null ]

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[ null, "Delhi Environment Minister Imran Hussain told the media about the in-depth discussions that took place at the emergency meeting to review and deal with the poisoning pollution in the national capital. The capital has been struggling to breathe under the blanket of pollution with the air quality fluctuating between poor to severe.\n\nThe meeting was called by Hussain to discuss his concerns with other departments. After detailed discussions and debates, the Delhi government has decided to adopt various measures to curb rising pollution. Some of the measures include sprinkling the high rise buildings, and imposing fine on the overloaded trucks and buses running in Delhi without permits. Also, it was decided to extend the blanket ban on construction activities for three more days because of the situation in the capital. The ban was earlier supposed to end by December 26.\n\nAlso, the Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot asked the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) and the senior officials in the ministry to be”fully geared up” for the implementation of the vehicle rationing ‘Odd-Even’ scheme to restrict the number of cars on the road “as and when” it is announced.\n\nThe Centre-run System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR), recorded the overall AQI of Delhi at a deadly 477 on Sunday which was the second-highest polluted day of the year." ]

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[ null, "Helicopter carrier HMS Ocean is being sold to Brazil\n\nThe flagship of the Royal Navy, HMS Ocean, has been sold to Brazil for £84m, the South American country’s government has confirmed.\n\nThe 22,000-tonne helicopter carrier, which returned from her last British deployment to the Caribbean just weeks ago, will be formally decommissioned from the RN in spring this year.\n\nAlthough it was well known that Ocean was up for sale and that Brazil (as well as Turkey) were interested in buying the 20-year-old warship, confirmation of the deal and the purchase price were all \"known unknowns\" until now.\n\nA British Ministry of Defence spokesman told El Reg: \"Discussions with Brazil over the long-planned sale of HMS Ocean are at an advanced stage, but no final decisions have been made. HMS Ocean has served admirably with us since 1998 and the revenue she generates will be reinvested in defence as we bolster our Royal Navy with two types of brand new frigates and two huge aircraft carriers.\"\n\nIn 2012 Ocean was given a two-year, £65m refit, extending her life by three years. While this refit cycle could potentially continue for more years to come, the MoD simply doesn't have the budget to keep her in service – especially as ever more machinery on the hard-worked old ship needs deep maintenance or replacing.\n\nSelling the ship gives a net benefit to the taxpayer over the last three years alone of £20m, which (very approximately) covers the running costs of two frigates for one year. The longer-term financial benefits will be felt by not having to stump up the £12m annual running cost (see \"LPH Ocean Class\") of the ship herself.\n\nSunset of the 'Mighty O'\n\nBuilt for £150m in the mid-1990s and commissioned in 1998, Ocean has a dual role as an amphibious landing ship and a helicopter carrier. Her primary purpose in times of war is delivering a unit of Royal Marines to wherever in the world they are needed, whether by using helicopters flying from her large, flat deck, or landing craft operating from her midships davits and her stern ramp.", null, "HMS Ocean on her last deployment to the Caribbean. Note landing craft hanging from the davits; the stern ramp is folded up in this picture. Crown copyright/LPhot Kyle Heller\n\nSome controversy surrounded her build costs, with one of the bidders being accused of submitting an artificially low bid in order to win. Nonetheless, the ship was built to civilian standards, something which not only made her cheaper but also gave her a shorter expected service life than most British warships.\n\nIt is expected that Ocean will undergo a comprehensive refit in the UK to Brazil's specifications before she departs for a new life under a new name.\n\nThe old helicopter carrier has just been supplanted as the RN's sole flat-top by HMS Queen Elizabeth, the new F-35 aircraft carrier. Though Big Liz will eventually become a capable warship in her own right, she was not designed as an amphibious warfare vessel; the ability to deliver large numbers of British personnel onto a potentially hostile shore now rests solely with the two dedicated Albion-class warships, only one of which is ever in service at any given time. ®" ]

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[ null, "Cooper Van Grootel, a 19-year-old Australian actor, is slated to make his film debut in ‘One of Us is Lying.’ Let’s find out more about this emerging celebrity.\n\nCooper Van Grootel is an actor who has been in a number of films.\n\nHe is most known for his portrayal of Nate Macauley in the television series ‘One of Us is Lying.’ In addition to Mark McKenna, Marianly Tejada, Annalisa Cochrane, Chibuikem Uche, Jessica McLeod, Barrett Carnahan, and Melissa Collazo, he has made an appearance in the film with them.\n\n“Go Karts,” “The Legend of Gavin Tanner,” and “Mystery Road” are among the films in which the actor has appeared on Netflix. In addition, the actor will portray Wyatt in the next film ‘No Running,’ which will be released on November 3, 2021, in which he will star as Wyatt.\n\nCooper Van Grootel’s Height and Age Have Been Revealed\n\nCooper Van Grootel was born in 2002, making him 19 years old at the time of this writing.\n\nAs of right now, he has not revealed his exact birth date. Furthermore, when it comes to his physical characteristics, he is precisely 6 feet tall and weighs roughly 74 kilogrammes.\n\nThe young actor was raised in Australia by his mother Laura Van Grootel and father Robert Van Grootel, who are also actors themselves. As a result, he has been granted Australian nationality.\n\nIt is not yet known if Cooper Van Grootel’s biography will be included in Wikipedia.\n\nHis biography, on the other hand, may be obtained on a few other websites on the Internet. In 2018, he graduated from Carine Senior High School, where he spent his high school years. The ABC series ‘The legend of Gavin Tanner’ gave him his first acting role when he was twelve years old, and it launched his acting career.\n\nDuring the year 2017, his acting career took off as he appeared as Jackson in seven episodes of the television series ‘Unverified.’\n\nIn addition, he is active on social media platforms such as Instagram and Twitter, among others. Cooper Van Grootel may be found on Instagram under the handle @coopervangrootel_.\n\nIn accordance with his social media accounts, Cooper Van Grootel does not seem to have a significant other.\n\nIn our opinion, the young actor is either single or does not want his personal connection to be revealed to the public via the media.\n\nFurthermore, he may be preoccupied with his professional goals rather than his personal relationships at the present.\n\nCooper Van Grootel’s Net Worth Has Been Uncovered\n\nCooper Van Grootel’s net worth is currently being calculated.\n\nHowever, we think that he gets a substantial amount of money as an actor as a result of his work." ]

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[ "The Real People Who Have Been Raped By Robert Mueller\n\nAs stated before, this thread has nothing to do with the rape allegations and whether they're real or fake. Don't know, don't care (at this point it is all speculation.)\n\nSo here it is, coming in at just under 50 pages, this details the corruption laziness and sloppiness of old bob. I'll give a small summary of each point in this document. Let's dive in:\n\nThe most well known is, of course, whitey bulger - Mueller allowed three innocent men to rot in prison (two of them died there) for crimes committed by a murdering mobster, to protect his inside sources. Not only that, mueller wrote letters to the parole board for these men and recommended against their clemency. That's messed up.\n\nThen there's his targeting of FBI critic, congressman Weldon (R-PA) - Weldon blamed the FBI for 9/11. He said many times that FBI bore responsibility for the number of lives lost because they ignored the warning signs. Mueller obviously didn't like that much and later decided to come after Weldon. What was the strategy? Just before his re-election they would leak, raid, profit. First mueller's team at the FBI leaked a story that Weldon was under investigation (anonymous sources, as always). Then they showed up for an early morning raid of weldon's family home (sound familiar?). Of course the media had been tipped off so they could be there to cover it, two weeks before the election. Weldon's 6 point lead dwindled as speculation about why he was being investigated took off. He lost re-election. There were never any indictments or grand jury assembled for this and a year later they had weldon's daughter come pick up the personal property that was removed during the raid.\n\nThe case of Congressman William Jefferson (D-LA) - We all remember the refrigerator full of cash ($90k) found in his home, but what most people don't remember is that the mueller decided he wanted to be able to raid congressional offices instead of get a conviction on a corrupt senator. They had a slam dunk case. They had Jefferson on tape admitting to the crime. They had the money. So what did mueller do? Well he decided to judge shop for someone who would allow him to raid a congressional office (big no-no). In the end all of the evidence collected from williams office was thrown out as the raid was found to be illegal (not surprising), but he did send a message to congress, don't mess with the Mueller.\n\nBy now you can see the trend emerging of disregard for the law, a complete lack of ethics, and a streak that demands revenge. But Mueller has not only these flaws, his policy was poor as well. While FBI director he decided to introduce the 5 year up or out policy, which basically meant if you made it to the top of your field office you had to move to DC and take a desk job after 5 years or leave the FBI. This depleted the ranks of seasoned FBI agents/bureaucrats and put in place a whole bunch of people whose goal was to move to DC. I wonder why they would want to move there? Hmmmmmm.... The result was a bunch of 'yes men.' In law enforcement, yes men are the most dangerous.\n\nThen there were the national security letter abuses which happened under his watchful eye - National security letters are a way around the constitutional due process. They're supposed to be used rarely and in true matters of national security, where time is a big factor. Well, in 2007 it came out that Mueller's FBI was abusing NSL's and using them routinely to simply avoid having to give people due process. There was an IG report on it and boy was it hairy. It found abuses you can't believe. Here's the report, if you'd like to read it. It's damning.\n\nThen there was the Ted Stevens witch hunt - Stevens was alleged to have gotten special discounts on some improvements to his cabin. Mueller decided the time to go after him was 100 days out from the election. So they did, they indicted him, they even got a conviction on him a wonderful 8 days before the election. Then the truth came out. The truth was the mueller team was paying witnesses and using false documents to get a conviction. In reality Ted had overpaid for the improvements in question. To make things worse, team mueller hid documents which proved Ted was innocent. Here's the kicker, Eric Holder's DoJ had to vacate the conviction because it was such a corrupt process even they couldn't handle it.\n\nThen there was the Steven Hatfill debacle - Remember the anthrax scare that killed five people in 2001? That was mueller and his buddy comey. They found a guy they wanted to pin it on named hatfill and ignored the tip given to them which named the real killer. So obviously they had good reason for wanting to pin it on hatfill right? Wrong, it was lazy and bad police work. Surely they had evidence, right? Wrong, their sole piece of evidence was two dogs (forensic bloodhounds) responded favorably to hatfill petting them. I'm not joking. That's all it took for comey and mueller to set their sites on hatfill and unload. When later it came out that hatfill was wrongly convicted and the investigation was botched, here was mueller's response:\n\n\n“I do not apologize for any aspect of the investigation,” he said, adding that it would be erroneous “to say there were mistakes.”\n\nNow we change scenes to scooter libby - I'll be brief on this one since it's well known. Comey and Mueller found out early in the investigation who the actual leaker was but instead of going after Armitage, they decided to go after the vice president. How? Pressuring scooter libby into false testimony. That was the plan. They offered scooter to drop all charges if he'd deliver the VP to them.\n\nThen there's the FBI information purge - This is where director mueller decided that anyone providing a tip that mentioned radical islam was probably an islamophobe so they needed to be dealt with as though they were the problem. This policy is believed to have led to successful terror attacks on the US since the FBI is looking to protect islamic people. It's why all of the suspects were already interviewed by the FBI or were \"on the radar\" before they commit their acts of terror but they're rarely stopped beforehand.\n\nFinally we arrive at the current situation - Mueller's acceptance of the special counsel role. He has conflicts of interest out the wazoo. Trump fired his friend and close confidant, James Comey, just two weeks before the SC was appointed. Then there is uranium one, which brings into question his impartiality on russia. Then he hired biased attorney's. Then he hired people like strzok, whom he had to know their biases, they were pretty open with them according to the IG report.\n\nFlynn - Of course we got to see all of Muellers tactics on display in the flynn debacle. Lie and intimidate, then bully with money until you get a guilty plea. Of course we're also seeing the back end of his investigations as well as flynn's sentencing seems to mysteriously get pushed back further and further and mueller has been told to turn over exculpatory evidence. The first judge had to recuse due to conflicts of interest... oops.\nedit on 31-10-2018 by Dfairlite because: (no reason given)\n\n727Sky\n+7 more\nposted on Oct, 31 2018 @ 02:56 AM\nlink\nBack in the 50s and early 60s I honestly did believe in equal and fair justice for all. We had T.V. shows telling us every week how great the FBI and law enforcement was... I hate to say it but the shows were fiction and propaganda just like my once honest belief in blind justice for all.\n\nIt would seem to me, that an individual with such hubris, lack of ethics, and disregard for the law...forcing unwanted sexual advances on a woman is not a far leap.\n\nBut we'll see what comes of these allegations.\n\nI think there are just too few people who can handle the power of a position like that without abusing that power. Most of the people that could, avoid those positions like the plague. It's quite a conundrum.\n\nThere's actually more but I'm out of space in my OP, so if you want to read more, click the link at the top. Or HERE\n\nMueller acts like a megalomaniac who may yet receive a strong dose of \"karma.\" However, there are people with power who possess moral fortitude because they choose not to listen to the devil on their shoulder. I think we know what shoulder Mueller gets his advice from.\n\n“Power is neither good nor evil. It just is. It's what people do with power that matters.”\n― C.J. Redwine, The Traitor Prince\n\noriginally posted by: Lagomorphe\nWhat was that bloke called?\n\n\nI thought you were done with ATS?\n\n\noriginally posted by: Lagomorphe\nWhat was that bloke called?\n\nI thought you were done with ATS?\n\nIf you read my posting history you will umderstand.\n\noriginally posted by: IgnoranceIsntBlisss\nHe was involved in the planning of the Fast & Furious Scandal.\n\n\nOh the sweet deliciousness of watching Republican's turn on their own the moment the wind blows against Cheetolini.\n\noriginally posted by: Lagomorphe\nAh it has come to me... Mcarthy...\n\noriginally posted by: Wide-Eyes\na reply to: Wayfarer\n\n\nOh the sweet deliciousness of watching Republican's turn on their own the moment the wind blows against Cheetolini.\n\nOh boy, looks like I gotta give another remedial lesson on basic concepts. You see, a dream is when someone is sleeping and imagining something that isn't real or hasn't happened.\n\n\nIn this case, I'm awake, Robert Mueller is a lifelong Republican, appointed by Trump's justice department to spearhead the investigation into Russian Meddling, and Republicans are now attacking him with fabricated sexual assault stories to sink his investigation (precisely as I claimed above). I'm sorry to inform you that those facts are all real, and not in fact a dream as you had wished.\nedit on 44am18famWed, 31 Oct 2018 08:22:45 -0500America/ChicagoWed, 31 Oct 2018 08:22:45 -0500 by Wayfarer because: (no reason given)\n\n\nRobert Mueller is a lifelong Republican,\n\noriginally posted by: Wide-Eyes\na reply to: Wayfarer\n\n\nRobert Mueller is a lifelong Republican,\n\n\nOkay.\n*Cough STILL A REPUBLICAN NO MATTER WHAT FLAVOR OF ICE CREAM YOU CALL HIM Cough*\n\nDuring his tenure as FBI Director, Mueller made a request to Congressman Bob Barr during congressional hearings on the Waco siege. According to Barr, Mueller said, “don’t go too hard on these guys. We know most of them, and they’re good people.”\n\nDirectly or indirectly, they were responsible for the deaths of those men, women and children.\n\nAnd when everyone was dead, they raised their flag in \"victory\"...", null, "Keep in mind, the FBI began as Hoover's personal mafia, which is how he was able to stay in power right up until the day that he died.\n\nNew information: FBI was with the terrorists at the Garland attack." ]

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[ "Re: Resolution in Support of Repealing the Jones Act\n\nWe understand that the Board of Directors of the American Legislative Exchange Council (“ALEC”) is planning to vote on a resolution next week that supports the repeal of the Jones Act, a law that provides that American-built, American-crewed, American-owned and American flagged ships provide transportation between two points in the United States.\n\nWe are writing to you the undersigned groups and the millions of Americans who we represent. We strongly oppose the adoption of this model resolution. The Jones Act is an important law for U.S. national security, and the adoption of this model resolution would undermine U.S. security and homeland security at a crucial time when we face perhaps the greatest threat to our nation in generations.\n\nWe the undersigned believe in many of the same principles that ALEC supports: individual freedom, limited government, and the free market. One of our core beliefs is that the most basic obligation of the federal government is to defend the United States against attack through a strong military. That is why we support the Jones Act. This resolution does not take into account the importance of the Jones Act to national security, and it instead focuses on the so-called “protectionist” aspects of the law.\n\nEven Adam Smith, the father of free trade, recognized that certain “protectionist” laws were critical for national security reasons, and even highlighted shipping laws akin to the Jones Act as the rare exception to his general beliefs about free trade. Now is precisely the wrong time to outsource essential American industries, especially with China waiting in the wings to exploit.\n\nThe Jones Act is the quintessential America First law. The Department of Defense and the U.S. Navy rely on the American commercial maritime industry for military sealift support, particularly when it comes to having access to a ready pool of American mariners in time of conflict. A strong commercial maritime industry—shipyards, mariners, and vessel operators—is critically important, and that is why military leaders have consistently spoken about the importance of the Jones Act and related laws. It is also not difficult to see what would happen if there was no Jones Act, and foreign countries were able to take over U.S. shipbuilding and operations within U.S. borders.\n\nCOVID-19 has shown how dangerous it can be to depend on China (one of the largest, if not the largest, commercial shipbuilding presences in the world) for our basic needs. The Jones Act ensures that the day does not come when we are dependent on other countries for our basic defense and supply.\n\nWe encourage you to vote against adoption of this model legislation. China’s maritime ambitions cannot be overstated, and the maintenance of a strong U.S. domestic fleet should be a particularly important priority for the United States.", null, null, null, "What is DIKE Ransomware?", null ]

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[ "Three Most Memorable Cheltenham Stayer Hurdles In The Last 10 Years", null, "STAYERS’ HURDLE HEROES: We thought it would be good fun to reminisce over some of our favourite Stayer’s Hurdle winners.\n\nSince the Cheltenham Festival went to a four day meeting, perhaps the Thursday isn’t viewed in the same light as the other three days. You can understand why when the Champion Hurdle, Champion Chase and Gold Cup are such great occasions, but we’ve had some incredible Stayers Hurdle moments too!\n\nWe’ve looked back at the last ten years and picked out our three favourite races. There have been some crackers.\n\nIt’s hard to look back over the last ten years and not include Paisley Park winning in our top three moments. What an incredible story. Perhaps we look on it with rose tinted glasses, but isn’t that what horse racing is all about – having favourites!\n\nThe way Paisley Park took off up the Cheltenham hill was impressive. He was unbeaten in the season leading up to this and he delivered on the big day. It’s hard to get away from what a great story this is with his owner and although it was a shame he couldn’t repeat the win this season, this moment will never be forgotten.\n\nAnnie Power was one of the most talked about horses heading into the Festival in 2014 but it was More Of That who came out on top. There were no excuses for Annie Power too, she was just beaten by the better horse on the day. It was such a shame that after 2015 More Of That was never the same horse, but this was an incredible race.\n\nAnnie Power went off clear favourite and the legendary Big Buck’s was well beaten too. This was an epic battle up the Cheltenham hill as Annie Power came to challenge in between the two JP McManus runners but it was More Of That in command at the finish.\n\nWho could forget the brilliant Big Buck’s? It was very interesting that Ruby Walsh actually said at Cheltenham this year that he used to pretend that he hit a flat spot on Big Buck’s not to get to the front too early! What do you think, could that be true?\n\nBig Buck’s was a winning machine over three miles and this was his fourth Stayers Hurdle. We’re unlikely to see that again any time soon. The commentary was superb here too “Big Buck’s and Ruby Walsh want to look the rival in the eye.” Ruby knew Big Buck’s would battle all the way to the line – this was 16 wins in a row! What a legend and an all-time Cheltenham Festival great.", null ]

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[ "“You have to see the miracles for there to be miracles.”\n― Jandy Nelson", null, "Many years ago, I had the opportunity to interview SARK for a profile in an inflight magazine. You’ve probably seen her “How to Be An Artist” poster. Stay loose. Learn to watch snails, etc. It was a perennial favorite (along with Farrah Fawcett in the red bathing suit) in dorm rooms around the nation back in the 80’s. I still have a copy framed and hanging in my guest bathroom.\n\nBack in the catsup sandwich days, when cash wasn’t yet flowing, she started using this affirmation: “Miracle, find me now.” She’d repeat it again and again.\n\nOne day, when feeling rather desperate to pay rent, she began her favorite mantra in earnest. She was walking down the street in San Francisco, where she lives, and six $100 bills floated down to her out of nowhere.\n\nSo here’s the question I pose to you.\n\nIs your response a) “Well, duh! She asked for a miracle so, of course, she got a miracle or b) “You’ve got to be kidding me.”\n\nIf it’s A, you’ll love the following stories that recently popped into my inbox:\n\n#1: “A friend suggested my husband and I read your book, E2. My husband read it first and told me it was basically what I’ve already been experiencing for many years. My life has been a series of playful synchronicities for the past two decades, but the experience I had this afternoon with experiment #8 was particularly poignant.\n\n“I was taking a walk and thought about two friends from high. I have maintained contact with one through Facebook. The other one was my best friend who died nearly 15 years ago.\n\n“After Sue’s memorial service, the song Browned-Eyed Girl by Van Morrison was playing in the car. That song always reminded me of Su, whose favorite flowers were Brown-Eyed Susans. On my walk this afternoon, I thought of Sue, and the Van Morrison song.\n\n“I left it at that and mentally figured that I had until about noon on Sunday to hear back from Sue. When I went through the posts on Facebook this afternoon, I saw the post from Rebelle Society that was entitled, “You, my brown-eyed girl.” That was just too great a response from FP that had to be shared with you.\n\n#2: “I just wanted to share my FP story with you. I’ve been on an airplane all day reading your book. It just happens to be 7/17/17. Today I woke up at 7:17 and my flight gate was C17 coincidence? So I’m finishing reading your first experiment on my way to Vegas and contemplate what it is I’d like to ask the FP for within 48 hours.\n\n“Now I’m not specific as you suggest, I’m just expecting. Of course with all of my 17 occurrences today Though, I plan to put money on the number 17 while playing roulette. While this has worked a couple of times before, I have never put this much money or walked up to a table and just played 1 number only, NEVER.\n\n“But determined I was and to my surprise 17 hit!! This happened within maybe 5 hours of asking the FP for a sign. I just wanted to thank you for your amazing book and how excited I am to read more.”\n\n#3. “Last night I read E-cubed straight through. As I was reading the first couple of chapters where you recap E-Squared, I read “the dude abides” and the “VW Jetta” principles. I stopped for a second and asked myself what exactly would I need to see to be convinced of the validity of what you say.\n\n“I decided that in 48 hours I would need to see the name “Mimi” in real life — not on TV or the Internet — as this was the obscure nickname my mom used to call me when I was a child,55 years ago! Only she used it and it’s obscure enough that, to me, it sure beats butterflies or something like that. I finished your book last night and, since I wasn’t ready to go to bed, I picked up an English mystery novel I’d gotten at the library. I opened it and on the opening page was a quote the author used to set the tone of his novel:\n“Knock hard. Life is deaf.”–Mimi Parent\n\nThanks everybody who showed up for my FB Live debut yesterday. It’s available on my Facebook page and the Hay House page if you’re interested.\n\nPam Grout is the author of 18 books including E-Squared: 9 Do-it-Yourself Energy Experiments that Prove Your Thoughts Create Your Reality and the just-released, Art & Soul,Reloaded: A Year-Long Apprenticeship to Summon the Muses and Ignite Your Daring, Audacious, Creative Side.\n\n← The Deuce of Clubs is not the only card in the deck: Change your story, change your life\nWhy perfectionism is a no-fly zone →" ]

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[ null, "In the penultimate day of pool matches at the FIH Men's Hockey Junior World Cup, Pakistan kept their hopes of a place in the last eight alive with a win against Egypt. The Pakistan team must now defeat Argentina if they are to finish in the top two in Pool D. France continued their fine form making it three wins from three matches with a convincing victory over Canada. South African hearts were broken when Malaysia snatched the win with just three minutes left on the clock. The final two matches of Day Four set the scene for the final eight when Belgium sealed top spot in Pool A, meaning they will meet India in the next round. The host nation beat Poland in the final match of the day to finish second in Pool B. The encounter will be a repeat of the 2016 Junior World Cup, where India beat Belgium to become Junior World Champions.\n\nThree goals for Ali Rizwan kept Pakistan’s hopes of qualifying for the quarter-finals alive as they beat Egypt 3-1 in the opening match of the day. The penalty corner specialist hit his stride in the 19th minute and then fired in two more in the third and fourth quarter to give Pakistan their first win of the competition. Egypt rallied with a fine goal from Hussein Awad, but the Asian team pressed on to take the all-important points.\n\nWith Germany already qualified from Pool D, Pakistan now face a must-win final match against Argentina, with both teams needing a win to qualify for the final eight.\n\nPakistan’s Moin Shakeel, who was Player of the Match, was quick to point out the benefits of a good penalty corner routine. “Our coaches had asked us to take the short corners and we have the plus point in the short corners. We did it in the second half, so we got opportunities and we scored the goals. Now we are focusing on our next game, targeting that we have to win it to qualify for the quarter finals. This is our opportunity to get goal scoring and get the ball possession. We will play like this again against Argentina.”\n\n“I’m very proud of my teammates, said a reflective Mahmoud Seleem of Egypt. “They tried their best. They fought well. Today we were in better spirits. We tried to do efforts as a team, as one unit, and that showed a different story from two days ago.”\n\nFrance continued their impressive progress through the competition with a convincing win over Canada. The French, under the guidance of Head Coach Aymeric Bergamo, have been nothing short of sublime as they have won three from three to secure a place in the quarter-finals. In this performance, they took the game to Canada, playing a high tempo game which only slipped slightly in the third quarter, when Canada were able to pounce on some sloppy play to score through Sean Davis.\n\nSpeaking after the match, Player of the Match Antonin Igau said: “We played very well throughout the pool stage. So, we are very happy. Clinching the top spot of the pool is really hard, especially with India in the same pool. We’re very proud of this performance. Winning against India is always amazing, and even more so in India. So, for sure, this has given us confidence for the rest of the tournament.\"\n\nFor Canada, coming to terms with three losses is tough but Christopher Tardif was philosophical about the result: “Looking at our pool stage matches, I think we did some good things but also some bad things. Our best performance is yet to come. Not a lot of our guys have international experience so there is so much that we’ve learnt such as the speed of the game, the fitness component, just much more. So, when we go back, we’ll become better hockey players and can play at the international level.”\n\nMalaysia secured a place in the last eight after a nail-biting encounter with South Africa. Malaysia took the lead in the 29th minute through Muhammad Khalid only to see South Africa bounce back just after half-time through captain Guy Morgan. The Asian side took the lead again in the 41st minute only to see two quick goals from Jared Campbell give the lead to the African contenders. Three yellow cards in the final quarter indicate the fiercely competitive nature of this game. Eventually, hero of the day for Malaysia was captain Akhimullah Anuar who put away a penalty corner to snatch the lead and put his team into the quarter-finals.\n\nPlayer of the match was Malaysia’s Kamarulzaman Kamaruddin. He said: “I’m very happy. My teammates and my coaches gave 100 per cent and give the spirit of the team. We fought all together. We fought for every ball, for everything in this match and so we managed to win.\n\nSouth Africa’s captain, Guy Morgan, said: “First, congratulations to Malaysia. But I think we let ourselves down today, especially with cards at the end. We had so many opportunities. We controlled the majority of the game. That’s fairly frustrating.”\n\nBelgium came into this match determined to seal a first place finish in Pool A and Lucas Putters answered that particular demand with a well taken goal in the third minute. Player of the Match Thibeau Stockbroekx doubled the lead just before half-time and Nelson Onana sealed it with a third in the 48th minute.\n\nThe result means that Belgium finish top of Pool A, ahead of Malaysia on goal difference and will meet India in the quarter-finals.\n\nReflecting on both today’s game and the next challenge, Belgium’s Thibeau Stockbroekx said: “We came here for the first spot in the pool. It was difficult but I think we did the right things. Today was a hard game for us. Yesterday also. Really good defending from our opponents, so it’s difficult to score goals but we did manage. It’s always nice to play India here. I think it will be a really good opportunity for us to show our best level and see where we’re at.”\n\nThe result means Chile finished in fourth place in Pool A and will meet Poland in their classification match. Nicolás Abujatum said his side were learning with every match: \"I think we have had a pretty good evolution during the tournament. At the start we had to get into the rhythm, but I think we ended up playing a very good match against Belgium. We have to keep working on where we are failing, namely the short corners.\n\n“We haven’t accomplished our first goal which was to be in the top eight but we will keep on trying, set ourselves a new goal and finish as high as possible. It was a very good match to prepare for what is coming.”\n\nThe reigning champions and host nation overcame a determined and challenging Polish team to book their place in the final eight. Despite a scoreline of 8-2, this wasn’t an easy game for India and a number of yellow cards in the second half may concern Head Coach Graham Reid.\n\nThat said, it was an energetic performance with goals flying past Maciej Wieczorek in the Poland goal with regularity. Sanjay, who has enjoyed a fine competition so far, opened the scoring in the fourth minute and added to his talk in the 58th minute. Player of the Match Sudeep Chirmako also got among the scoring players with a double.\n\nFor their part, Poland will be left rueing a number of missed chances, something their captain Gracjan Jarzynski emphasised in the post-match interview: “The problem for our team is scoring from penalty corners, we should have scored more goals. We made simple mistakes in defence, but we also made lots of opportunities to score.\n\n“Now we have two days which gives us time to look at penalty corners and improve things. We have time to prepare and train for the next match against Chile. We will try to surprise them.”\n\nPlayer of the Match Sudeep Chirmako said: “This was an important match for us because we had lost one match but we executed well today. Regarding the quarter-finals [against Belgium], it is very important as it is elimination. But we have a plan and we will try to execute it.”\n\nThe Junior World Cup action continues on Sunday (27 November) with the final four matches being played. While the final placings in Pool A and B are settled, there remains unsettled business in the remaining two pools. Korea take on Spain in Pool C in the first match of the day at 12:00. Indian Standard Time (UTC +05.30). The Netherlands then face USA, also in Pool C at 14:30. The Dutch must win this match to ensure they top the pool, because a loss – and a win for Spain – could see Spain overhaul them on goal difference. This is followed by an all-important match between Pakistan and Argentina in Pool D at 17:00. The winner of this game will take the second qualification spot behind Germany. The final pool match sees Germany versus Egypt in Pool D at 19:30." ]

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[ null, "“The human imagination, in conjunction with technology, has become a force so potent that it really can no longer be unleashed on the surface of the planet with safety.” [COMMENT by Lorenzo: This statement was made before Terence discovered virtual reality in cyberspace.]\n\n“This is where I think the psychedelics come in because they are anticipations of the future. They seem to channel information that is not strictly governed by the laws of normal causality. So that there really is a prophetic dimension, a glimpse of the potential of the far centuries of the future through these compounds.”\n\n“This is the nature of going forward into being: A series of self-transforming ascents of level.”\n\n“I believe that the place to search for extraterrestrials is in the psychic dimension.”\n\n“It seems to me far more likely that an advanced civilization would communicate inter dimensionally and telepathically.”\n\n“There is an angel within the monkey struggling to get free, and this is what the historical crisis is all about.”\n\n“It’s possible to see the whole human growth movement of the 1970s as a wish to continue the inward quest without having to put yourself on the line in the way you had to when you took 250 gamma of LSD. And I think all these other methods are efficacious, but I think it’s the sheer power of the hallucinogens that puts people off.”\n\n“I think that being imposes some kind of obligation to find out what’s going on.”\n\n“The movement of a single atom from one known position to another known position changes an experience from nothing to overwhelming. This means that mind and matter at the quantum mechanical level are all spun together.”\n\n“I think there’s a shamanic temperament, which is a person who craves knowledge, knowledge in the Greek sense of gnosis. In other words, knowledge not of the sort where you subscribe to Scientific American, and it validates what you believe, but cosmologies constructed out of immediate experiences that are found to be always applicable.”\n\n“The leading edge of reality is mind, and mind is the primary substratum of being.”\n\n“Certainly the central Platonic idea, which is the idea of the ideas, these archetypal forms which stand outside of time is one which is confirmed by the psychedelic experience.”\n\n“ Certainly neoPlatonism, Plotinus and Porphyry and that school are psychedelic philosophers. Their idea of an ascending hierarchy of more and more rarefied states is a sophisticated presentation of the shamanic cosmology, which is the cosmology that one experientially discovers when they involve themselves with psychedelics.”\n\n“The shaman has access to a superhuman dimension and a superhuman condition, and by being able to do that he affirms the potential for transcendence in all people. He is an exemplar, if you will.”\n\n“Skywalker is a direct translation of the word shaman out of the Tungusic, which is where Siberian shamanism comes from. So these heroes that are being instilled in the heart of the culture are shamanic heroes. They control a force which is bigger than everybody and holds the galaxy together.”\n\n“I connect the psychedelic dimension to the dimension of inspiration and dream.”\n\n“We have changed. We are no longer, as I said, bipedal monkeys. We are instead a kind of cybernetic coral reef of organic components and inorganic technological components.”" ]

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[ null, "Nancy and Richard Langert – the victims\n\nIn this faith walk with Almighty God, there are times that leave one speechless in the midst of the incredulity of God’s grace. This article is one of those times.\n\nThere are several reasons why this particularly hits home to me. First and foremost, our dear Lord years ago opened up wide door service to dozens of men in the jail and prison system Florida, the third largest state in America. Second, I grew up in the actual city of Chicago but I’m familiar with the high school that David Biro attended in an affluent Chicago suburb. Lastly, the depths of God’s loving grace never cease to amaze me in the power of His Holy Spirit.\n\nThis is a tale also of demonic infestation and control. Most western Christians never see it in that vain. But full deliverance from demon oppression should be the goal.\n\nMay we all fully be ministers of reconciliation. For His glory and His kingdom.\n\nOn April 7, 1990, David Biro broke into the affluent suburban Chicago home of Nancy and Richard Langert armed with a glass cutter and a revolver. When the Langerts returned home that night, Biro, then 16, was waiting. He rejected the couple’s attempts to negotiate, which likely included money; police discovered ­$500 in cash abandoned at the scene. Biro shot Richard in the head and Nancy, who was pregnant, three times. He left her bleeding in the couple’s basement.\n\n“It was Palm Sunday,” remembers Jeanne Bishop, Nancy’s sister. Bishop was at choir rehearsal at Fourth Presbyterian Church in Chicago. “The secretary came and said, ‘You have a phone call.’\n\nBishop immediately thought of her elderly father. But it was his voice she heard over the phone: “Nancy and Richard have been killed.”\n\nAn image of a truck crushing the couple’s compact car on the expressway flashed through Bishop’s mind.\n\n“What do you mean, killed?” she said.\n\nA week later, Bishop learned the details of her younger sister’s last moments. Nancy had remained alive for roughly 10 minutes after Biro shot her in the elbow, back, and abdomen. Before she died, she crawled over to her husband’s body and used her own blood to draw a heart and the letter U.", null, "Six months after the murders, the police arrested Biro. An honors student at New Trier High School in Winnetka, Illinois, Biro had once been admitted to a psychiatric hospital for trying to poison his family. He had bragged to his friends about the Langert murders.\n\nIn 1991, shortly after Biro was sentenced to life in prison without parole, Bishop had already decided that she needed to forgive him.\n\n“If you look at the Gospels, you see Jesus over and over again saying, ‘You have to forgive because you have been forgiven,’ ” said Bishop, a lifelong Christian, citing the parable of the unforgiving debtor (Matt. 18:21–35).\n\nBut because Biro was permanently behind bars, Bishop thought she could move on without ever informing him that she had forgiven him in her heart. She thought she would never have to say his name aloud.\n\n“I had built this wall that was convenient for me,” Bishop told CT. “I thought, ‘Because you haven’t apologized to me, that absolves me of the responsibility of reaching out to you.’ ”\n\nThen, in 2012, Bishop read Forgiveness: Christian Reflection. It contained an essay by J. Randall O’Brien, the president of Carson-Newman University, a Baptist school in Tennessee. “No Christian is ever in the position of privilege, wronged one or wrongdoer, where he or she is excused from the responsibility of working for reconciliation,” he wrote.\n\nBishop disagreed—so much so that she arranged a meeting with O’Brien to challenge him. O’Brien reminded her that Jesus prayed for his own murderers from the cross.\n\n“I felt my heart, hard and rigid, cracking open,” said Bishop. “I had always made a divide between Nancy’s killer and me. Him: bad murderer. Me: innocent victims’ family member. The truth was, there was no division between us before God—we were both flawed and fallen.”\n\n“Wouldn’t it be amazing,” O’Brien told her, “if God used you to bring this man into relationship, if he joined you in heaven one day?”\n\nAfter their meeting, Bishop began to pray for Biro, saying his name aloud for the first time. In January 2013, she made contact with Biro through a letter, asking if she could visit him.\n\nOne week later, Biro—who had never admitted to the murders, far less shown remorse—wrote back. In the course of 15 pages, he confessed to the crime for the first time and accepted her offer to meet.", null, "The day before Bishop first made the 100-mile drive to Pontiac Correctional Center, she had coffee with an 83-year-old man who had been making the same journey every other week since 1991.\n\nNicholas Biro, David’s father, gave her handwritten directions to the prison, including a tip for a nearby McDonald’s if she wanted a beverage before entering the jail. He also gave her two quarters, explaining that she’d need them for the locker at prison to hold her car keys.\n\nWhen Bishop first sat across from David Biro in prison, Bishop did not find the person she’d expected. “I’d turned him into a monster. I’d mythologized him as a thing called a murderer. He’s a 40-year-old man.”\n\nIn their first meeting, Biro didn’t explain how someone raised in a loving, well-to-do home could take “a magnum revolver and put it to the back of a grown man’s head. But he did admit to the crimes.” He recounted the details of April 7, 1990, as Bishop asked questions.\n\nSince then, Bishop has returned to meet with Biro 15 times. Before each visit, she prays on the drive that she will be able to communicate that “he’s loved and valuable and that God has a purpose for him.”\n\n“The more I get to know you, the worse I feel about what I did,” Biro told her recently.\n\n“What I wanted for him before was to rot in prison and suffer, and that would make him sorry,” said Bishop. “But what made him sorry is to experience the unconditional love of God and the forgiveness of his victims’ family member.”\n\nBishop believes that all who are sentenced as teenagers should have a chance at some point while in prison for a comprehensive review. But it’s likely that Biro will spend his life in prison. While the Supreme Court ruled in 2012 that juvenile mandatory life sentences without the possibility of parole were unconstitutional, the judge at Biro’s trial gave him a discretionary life sentence, which remains constitutional. A governor could pardon him, but that’s unlikely given the severity of the crime.", null, "“To say to a person who commits this crime at age 16 or 17, ‘We know that you need to be locked up forever for us to be safe,’ is contrary to what we read when we open up the Bible,” said Bishop. There, “we see stories of people who killed and were restored, starting with Moses and David and later Saul, who became the apostle Paul.”\n\nBishop doesn’t sugarcoat Biro’s murder of her sister, brother-in-law, and their unborn child. She calls it “horrific, heinous, and merciless.” In a new book, Change of Heart (Westminster John Knox Press), she goes into detail about what happened. “I want people to understand that I’m not forgiving him because it wasn’t so bad.”\n\nFacing the gravity of the situation, in fact, is what allows Bishop to keep making the treks to Pontiac.\n\nMorgan Lee is CT’s editorial resident and lives in Chicago.\n\nYou can read the original article here.", null, "Our God is constantly working to bring His chosen people, the Judeans (Jews) into His eternal kingdom. We first heard of brother Marty through a person we knew, and then had the opportunity to see him live in Florida and talk as well.\n\nHe’s an anointed psalmist, and his vocal range is extra-ordinary. But his love for Yeshua is clear and undying. This is a song that very well might bring you to tears as it has me on many, many occasions. Stay with it as it starts out much different than one might expect. Jesus Christ is our Prince of Peace! Amen…\n\nAs a young man I would meet some people who would claim\nThe Prince of Peace already came, Y’shua was His name\nBut that is not what I’d been taught, I thought “How could that be?”\n‘Til one day by grace He found a place for His peace to reign in me\n\nSee the other music videos here.\n\n“Serve the LORD with gladness; come before Him with joyful singing,” Psalm 100:2\n\nYou may view our Archives here: MUSIC VIDEOS TO PRAISE THE LORD – “MUSE” ON GOD – ARCHIVES; Complete Archives. May our Father richly bless you with Your grace, through Jesus Christ our Lord, in order to walk worthy of Your name." ]

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