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Comparison of pending active bills in Congress.
1/11/2018, the bipartisan group of House Representatives pushing for reforms to protect Americans' privacy and civil liberties fell short of votes to get an amendment passed to a bill (S. 139) that will reauthorize the FISA Amendments Act for another 6 years. The House passed the bill, legitimately making the situation worse by not containing enough reform. The bill heads to the Senate for a vote on Jan. 16. You can ACT NOW to stop it in Senate.
1/11/2018, House votes on S. 139 (based on HR 4478, with least reform), along with multiple amendments, including USA RIGHTS Act Amendment (requesting to replace the whole text in of S. 139 with that of House bill H.R. 4124, aka USA RIGHTS Act).
House debate live cast: https://www.c-span.org/video/?439416-1/us-house-set-vote-fisa-reauthorization&live=
1/10/2018. Over 15 Congressional members explain why it is important to vote for the USA RIGHTS Act Amendment. It is critical to protect our national security, as well as our 4th Amendments right. As Rep. Justin Amash (R-MI) put it, "To do a search on Americans, get a warrant!" Sen. Rand Paul threatens to filibuster if the FISA Amendments Act Reauthorization bill does not provide protections for U.S. citizens' private information. Watch the video posted by Fox News.
1/9/2018, in a huge positive development, the USA Rights Act was introduced as an amendment to the bill reauthorizing the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) Amendments Act. We urge you to contact your Member of Congress
On Jan. 11, the House will be voting on the bill.
1/19/2018. The temporary expiration date of FISA Amendments Act of 2008 that was set by the government funding bill on 12/21/2017.
1/10/2018. The House Rules Committee is scheduled to consider a revised measure to reauthorize the FISA Amendments Act, "when it could be advanced to the House floor for a vote", as reported by Bloomberg. The "revised measure" was released by Republicans on 1/5/2018.
12/31/2017. The original expiration date of FISA Amendments Act of 2008.
12/21/2017. Congress passed a stopgap bill that will keep the government funded into January, and also extend FISA Amendments Act through Jan. 19. "Congress will have to return to the issue of whether to impose new privacy safeguards on that program as part of a longer-term extension."
12/13/2017. Thirty five (35) lawmakers in the U.S. House write letter to House Leadership demanding stand-alone bill for FISA Reauthorization, threatening to block any extension of government funding past the end of the year should FISA extension be part of any funding bills. "There may be temptation to attach reauthorization of the FISA Amendments Act to a large end-of-year legislative package, but doing so would undermine representative democracy by effectively precluding most members of Congress from being heard on the important issues it raises and preventing the public from finding out where their representatives stand.", the letter reads, and "It also could further undermine public trust in the intelligence community ...".
12/08/2017. ACLU describes its joint lawsuit with Professor Xiaoxing Xi of Temple University on the "destructive effects of unwarranted government scrutiny on the lives of people who have done nothing wrong, and minorities and activists have historically borne the brunt of these practices."
12/07/2017. The House Judiciary Committee held an oversight hearing on the FBI today. According to a media report, House Judiciary Committee Chair Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) and Fourth Amendment Caucus Co-Chair Ted Poe (R-TX) Tie FISA Data Disclosures to Section 702 Reauthorization. Specifically, "I hope you can provide us that information (how many times the FBI has searched FISA databases for information belonging to US citizens) before we reauthorize FISA, otherwise I'm going to vote against FISA," Poe threatened FBI Director Christopher Wray, receiving the backing of the committee's chairman.
12/6/2017. U.S. Officials Claims that Warrantless Surveillance Can Continue Even if Law Expires. The claim is based on the issuance of the last one-year certification by the FISA court on April 26, 2017. If this claim is accepted, it would extend the expiration date to April 25, 2018.
12/4/2017. Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) responds to the Myths About Reforming FISA's Section 702.
12/2/2017. House Appropriations Chairman introduced a bill to extend government funding for two weeks from December 8 to December 22. There is speculation that FISA reauthorization may be inserted as part of an omnibus bill to force passage instead of voting on a "clean" bill.
12/1/2017. Bloomberg News report on House Foreign Surveillance Turf War Heats Up as Law Sunset Nears.
11/30/2017. Thirty six (36) organizations led by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) write a letter to Congress to express their strong opposition to the House bill H.R. "FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act of 2017" (H.R. 4478). The letter warns the bill "would expand surveillance under Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surve illance Act (FISA), grant the government more authority under other provisions of FISA, and could be read to codify current unlawful surveillance practices. "
11/29/2017. Fifteen (15) major Asian American organizations sent a letter (http://bit.ly/fisaLetter) to Congress urging reauthorization of the FISA Amendments Act with a new sunset date within 4 to 6 years and maximum reforms to more oversight, accountability and transparency to protect privacy and civil liberty. House bill H.R. 4478, the House version of the FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act of 2017, was introduced as the sixth active bill under consideration.
11/16/2017. Senate bill S.2158, the Senate version of the USA Liberty Act, was introduced as the fifth active bill under consideration.
11/7/2017. A joint blog by seven co-authors, Making a Choice in the Legislative Battle of FISA Reauthorization, describes and compares three major bills and four versions of legislative choices in reauthorizing FISA amendments at that time.
10/31/2017. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) joined the Xi family in filing an amended complaint that challenges the government's baseless and malicious prosecution of Professor Xi, as well as the invasive surveillance tools that agents apparently used to spy on him and his family without cause. It also alleges that Professor Xi was subject to the same bias and discrimination that has led the FBI and the Justice Department to wrongly pursue and prosecute several other innocent Americans of Chinese descent.
10/11/2017. The Committee of 100 sent a letter to Congress urging FISA reauthorization only with a new sunset date and protection of privacy and civil liberty by making major reforms to improve the terms, transparency, oversight, and accountability.
7/31/2017. Blog on One Asian American's Perspective on the FISA Amendments Act and Section 702 describes the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 and its implications and impact on all Americans, especially innocent Asian Americans.
6/6/2017. Senate bill S. 1297 was introduced in the Senate Judiciary Committee to make Title VII of the FISA of 1978 permanent.
5/10/2017. Professor Xiaoxing Xi of Temple University, formerly accused of spying for China, filed suit against FBI agents for falsifying evidence in violation of his constitutional rights.
5/2017. The Committee of 100 presented a white paper by South Texas College of Law, titled "Prosecuting Chinese 'Spies:' An Empirical Analysis of the Economic Espionage Act," providing empirical evidence that Asian Americans may be facing unfair and increasing racial prejudice under the Economic Espionage Act.
4/26/2017. Declassified opinion and order by the FISA court cited the government reporting efforts to be lacking in "institutional candor" and represent "a very serious Fourth Amendment issue."
6/2013. Edward Snowden began to disclose secret global surveillance programs conducted by the U.S. that also collect communications "incidentally" from U.S. persons without probable cause and warrant. Section 702 of the FISA Amendments Act was used as the legal basis for these surveillance programs.
12/30/2012. President Barack Obama extended the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 for five years to December 31, 2017.
7/10/2008. President George W. Bush signed the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 into law, adding Title VII to legitimize the targeting and surveillance of non-U.S. persons outside the U.S., but must be conducted in a manner consistent with the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
12/16/2005. The New York Times reported a program of warrantless domestic wiretapping ordered by the Bush administration and carried out by the National Security Agency since 2002.
9/11/2001. Terrorists attacked the U.S.
10/25/1978. President Jimmy Carter signed the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (Pub. L. 95-511) into law, intending to provide judicial and congressional oversight of the government's covert surveillance activities of foreign entities and individuals in the U.S., while maintaining the secrecy needed to protect national security.
12/1, The Bureau of National Affairs: House Foreign Surveillance Turf War Heats Up as Law Sunset Nears
11/14, Sun Times: EDITORIAL: No snooping on American citizens without a court order Editorials
11/11, TechDirt: With Congressional Leaders Blocking Serious Reform, Tepid Section 702 Reform Bill Moves Forward
11/8/17, The Hill: House Judiciary advances warrantless wiretapping reform bill


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Hello, new here and the digital world. I plan on buying a Kodak 5 meg pixel camera. How ever, I am slightly confused about the docking station. I know you can use the dock for recharging the batteries, but do you really need it to down load the pics.?? If you can down load using the ubs cable, why would you need the dock ?? Also, what type of batteries would be the best to get ? Thanks for your help
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If you get a separate card reader for your media, you just remove the media from the camera and download the pics off the card to your pc, without the camera or any software they supply with it. One advantage of his route is getting a USB2 reader which may be a lot faster than the cam, in a USB2 compatible pc.
If you think you are going to use the camera, it will need to be kept powered from the mains, as downloading lots of big files will discharge the batts. V. quick. Is this all the docking station is? Sorry I don't know this cam. VOX
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Climate Science Special Report
The Trump administration released a Climate Science Special Report earlier this month. The report states that human activity is the primary cause of climate change and global warming. Called "the most comprehensive science report in the world" by climate scientists, it comes as the Trump administration works to repeal federal laws that curb our national carbon output. It also draws a sharp contrast between the scientific findings and Trump's decision to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement, which aims to help countries reduce their overall greenhouse-gas emissions by the year 2025 (Mooney, Eilperin, Dennis 2017).
Despite EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, Energy Secretary Rick Perry, and Trump's denial of humanity's contribution to climate change, the Climate Science Special Report is significant and may result in concrete policy change. One such change includes greater support for "the EPA's greenhouse-gas 'endangerment finding' under the Clean Air Act, which lays the foundation for regulations on emissions" (Mooney, Eilperin, Dennis 2017). With emission regulations in place, the United States would be able to maintain lower warming levels, which could lessen the impact of climate change across various regions of the country. Recall our blog post on climate change and overdevelopment, written the same month we saw thousand-year hurricanes ravage Puerto Rico, Florida, and Texas; wildfires burn from Montana to Napa; and an earthquake devastate Mexico.
What You Can Do
- Call the EPA: Find a climate-related topic that you're passionate about and voice your concerns politely to the staffers who answer the phone.
- Call your representatives: New Jersey; Massachusetts. Again, make your voice heard and ask your representatives how they plan to act in order to curb climate change.
- Go to Town Halls. Town Hall Project helps you find a town hall near you by entering your Zip Code into its search query. When you go to these events, prepare what you want to say and demand answers from your representatives.
We are nearing the point of no return when it comes to climate change, but it's not too late for us to turn the tide in the Earth's favor.


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Statistics specialization students become experts in areas that are critical for modern analytics such as statistical computing and programming, visualization, high-dimensional data analysis, classification and neural networks, and data dredging and management. They learn to critically interpret data and draw valuable insights from it.
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text: Today was off to a good start. Kids wanted boiled eggs for breakfast. I served them up but unfortunately one was too large for the eggcup and tottered over to fall in rather a satisfying smack onto the floor. Had to do another one. Unfortunately, when I served it up it was a trifle underdone. To speed up the process decided to pop it into the microwave for a few seconds…where it promptly exploded. Decided niece was better off with a croissant lol.


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"I managed to get a reservation here during a recent business trip to Bangkok. The restaurant was also incredibly accommodating to my schedule as I wasn't sure when I was going to land and get through the airport so I booked it for late, but they were willing to let me arrive earlier than my reservation. The restaurant is small and intimate though the tables were quite spread out so one could still have some privacy during dinner. Most of the patrons though were foreigners though one thai couple did come in during the night. The chef could be seen working closely with his team in the back and more often than not, would also come out to the serving area where another crew of 3-4 chefs would finalize the various dishes. Lots of people would ask to take pictures with the young chef (next time I will as well).
I had their four course menu as I wasn't feeling super hungry and I was happy. I wouldn't have been able to eat the full chef tasting menu (six courses which a near by table ordered). I ordered a white and then a red glass of wine and again it was perfect for me. In the end, I was completely stuffed and very impressed with the quality of the food. It was a mix of thai mixed with western style preparation that just blew me away. I would come back here next time I am in Bangkok.
One interesting note, I originally thought my server was from the US as she had what appeared to be a strong American accent, but it turned out that she had studied at a local international school which I guess were taught by American professors."


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Feedstock cost is the most important factor determining the competitiveness of the petrochemical producers. As per Globaldata, it accounts for the largest portion of production cost, making it imperative for the petrochemical producers to choose a feedstock that provides a cost advantage. However, feedstock options for the petrochemical producers are limited and depend on the location of the manufacturing facilities. Naphtha, natural gas and coal are the three major feedstocks used in the global petrochemical industry. Most of the regions are dominated by one feedstock. While naphtha is a dominant feedstock used for petrochemical production in Asia Pacific and Europe, natural gas is dominant in the Middle East, Africa, and North America. Naphtha and natural gas are converted into petrochemicals by a process known as steam cracking. Naphtha is a liquid mixture of hydrocarbon produced from distillation of crude oil and is directly used in the steam cracking. Natural gas is not used directly in steam cracking but its components such as ethane, propane and butane are used to produce petrochemical. These components are produced as by-products during extraction of methane from natural gas. Mixtures of these gases are known as Natural Gas Liquids (NGLs) and are most prevalent in the Middle Eastern countries for the petrochemical production. Coal is another major feedstock used for petrochemical production but its use is limited to the Chinese market, which accounted for more than 90% of coal consumption as a feedstock in 2010. The global petrochemical industry is dominated by naphtha feedstock, which accounts for the largest share in the petrochemical production. However, the selection of feedstock depends on many factors, such as the availability of petroleum resources and the production cost of the feedstock in the region. The Middle Eastern petrochemical producers use natural gas as key feedstock as it is available to them at subsidized prices. The subsidies on natural gas in the Middle Eastern countries make it 60-70% cheaper compared to natural gas in Europe and North America. Availability of huge natural gas resources has brought the Middle East to the forefront of global petrochemical industry, making it the most competitive region in the world. The global petrochemical industry is witnessing significant changes in the feedstock supply trend. The most important change is occurring in the Middle East petrochemical industry, which is experiencing a decline in the supply of ethane feedstock. Simultaneously, North American countries are hugely benefitting from newly-discovered petroleum reserves, which are potential feedstock sources for the petrochemical industry. The petrochemical industries in South America, Central America and Europe are also anticipating feedstock availability from pre-salt and shale gas reserves respectively. These developments in the petroleum and natural gas industries will cause a substantial change in the availability and type of petrochemical feedstock used in the major geographies of the world. Newly discovered pre-salt oil reserves in South America are expected to change the face of the global petrochemical industry's feedstock supply, according to a new report by GlobalData. The report found that the new reserves will help balance the feedstock scarcity being experienced by many countries in the Middle East, the world's fastest growing petrochemicals producer, enabling many companies to use naphtha feedstock for upcoming petrochemical projects in the future. Brazil therefore has the potential to become one of the largest crude oil producers in the coming years, representing a potentially huge source of naphtha feedstock.
The Brazilian petrochemical industry is set to start large-scale crude oil production from these pre-salt reserves this year, which will benefit the country by strengthening its oil production and exports. Brazil became a net exporter of crude oil in 2009, and, according to International Energy Association (IEA) Short Term Energy Outlook 2011, Brazil will continue to remain a net exporter of crude oil through to the end of 2012. At the same time, the country's growing crude oil supplies from its new, large-scale activities will dictate naphtha production, creating tremendous amounts of feedstock and elevating the status of the Brazilian petrochemical industry in the global arena. Brazilian state energy company Petrobras' plans to develop its offshore pre-salt oil reserves will contribute in part to a "sizable upward shift" in hydrocarbons production from 2011 through 2020, according to Barclays' Global Energy Outlook. Brazil and Colombia are expected to experience increases hydrocarbons production during that time period, most concentrated in oil versus natural gas, as featured in rigzonenews.com. Petrobras has unveiled plans to spend US$127.5 bln, or 57% of the resources under Petrobras' 2011-2015 Business Plan of US$224.7 bln, on exploration and production efforts. The company plans to increase total oil and gas output from 2.7 mln boe/d in Brazil and abroad to 4 mln in 2015 and 6.4 mln in 2020. Pre-salt output alone will add up to nearly 2 mln boe/d in 2020, pushing the pre-salt's contribution to production from 2% today to 18% in 2015 and 40.5% by 2020. Petrobras will achieve this growth by setting up 30 extended well tests over the next five years, including 20 in the pre-salt cluster, and 10 in the post-salt area. Additionally, the company will spend US$1.3 bln pa on technology, which will include funding for efforts explore new frontiers, oil recovery and develop a new generation of offshore and undersea production systems. Petrobras has also confirmed the commercial potential of its Lula discovery in the pre-salt Santos Basin in water depths ranging from 6,890 feet to 7, 218 feet. Lula produced 28,436 bpd, according to Subsea IQ, and is the first well to produce from Brazil's high touted pre-salt offshore reserves. The well is interconnected to Cidade de Angra dos Reis FPSO and is the first of six production wells to be connected to the FPSO. Petrobras expects for the FPSO to produce around 100,000 b/d d throughout 2012. Other companies are seeing significant potential in Brazil's pre-salt area. BG Group in June upgraded its estimate of its pre-salt Santos Basin interests to some 6 billion boe net to BG Group with an upside potential of 8 bln boe net. The new estimates results from the company's internal analysis of data gathered from drilling, appraisal and other data, including data collected from 29 wells drilled in BG's existing discoveries. Chevron reported that it plans to drill a well later this year in the pre-salt section beneath its Frade field offshore Brazil. The significant distance at which pre-salt reserves lie offshore Brazil means that operators will likely continue to favor floating production systems as field development solutions. Brazilian waters will be the most active region for future floating production projects, with 50 potential floater projects in the planning cycle, according to a recent report by International Maritime Associates Inc. Of the 50 potential projects, 26 are planned for ultra-deepwater, or water depths greater than 4,921 feet; five are planned for deepwater, or water depths between 3,280 feet and 4,921 feet, and 19 for water depths less than 3,280 feet.
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1) The party friend
She's always up for a drink – and she's not happy when you tell her you're doing Dry January.
2) The wise owl
You know you can always go to her for advice.
It doesn't matter whether you're having boy problems, family dramz or just a plain old quarter life crisis.
3) The soulmate
If you invite her over for a sleepover, you know you'll be having deep conversations until 3am.
In fact, you have so much in common, you're basically the same person.
4) The work wife
She's the only one who can cheer you up on rainy Monday mornings.
When she goes on holiday, you basically sob into your keyboard for five days straight.
5) The one that gets you into trouble
She's an overspender, reckless, lives in the moment… and she's a majorly bad influence on you.
6) The boy mate
Because someone's got to decode your dates, right?
7) The drop-out
She cancels on you so often you've pretty much given up on making plans.
8) The wingman
When you two go on a night out together, you're on a constant look-out for guys for each other.
She's also the best gal to double date with.
9) The childhood friend
The photos she has of you could do some serious damage.
10) The sensible pal
She has a mortgage, a wedding ring and a fridge full of kale. Her life is basically where you see yourself in 15 years.
11) The long-distance friendship
She went on a post-uni gap year to Madrid, fell in love with a sexy Spaniard and never returned.
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You may only see her once a year, but it feels like no time's passed at all when you finally get to catch up.
12) The boyfriend-obsessed one
She's just got a new man and they're the definition of 'the honeymoon period'.
Basically, you're not going to see her for six months.
13) The weird one
If you don't have one, it's probably you. Soz.


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QT Hotels & Resorts has unveiled the artist impressions of its new Queenstown property.
The 69-room lake view resort will feature inspiring sights over the crystal clear lake and magnificent peaks of the Southern Alps, a quintessentially Queenstown setting.
QT Queenstown follows the design-DNA of QT's predecessor properties, with its identity inspired by the surrounding environment along with a touch of signature QT quirk.
The property embraces the city's iconic landmarks, Lake Wakatipu and The Remarkables, and encompasses a mixture of nostalgic alpine and après ski lifestyle, a central narrative running through the public spaces, designer suites and re-imagined hotel dining experience.
Its onsite dining precinct, Bazaar Interactive Marketplace and Reds Cocktail bar, will entice adventurous foodies looking to sample a mosaic of international cuisines.
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A history of brands hacking Wikipedia
The North Face found itself in hot water this week when it hacked Wikipedia for its own marketing stunt.
Violating Wikipedia's paid advocacy guidelines, The North Face's Brazilian office, working with Leo Burnett Tailor Made, switched images on Wikipedia pages of popular outdoor travel destinations to images of athletes wearing its products in order to appear higher in Google search. In response, Wikipedia updated The North Face's Wikipedia page with a section linking to information on its Wikipedia deception. Rearing from plenty of backlash online, The North Face has apologized and ended the campaign.
The hacking attempt is nothing new to Wikipedia. Since Wikipedia launched in 2001, multiple brands and agencies have manipulated the site's open format, which allows anyone to edit articles, for their own marketing gain. Among brands previously called out are Burger King, SeaWorld and NBC News.
Violations of trust
Of course, Wikipedia has conflict-of-interest and paid-disclosure policies in place to eliminate articles that that mislead its large audience. After all, it's accessed by more than 1.5 billion unique devices a month and is edited more than 350 times a minute. That's according to Zack McCune, senior global brand manager at the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit that operates Wikipedia and its 250,000 volunteer editors, who have greater editing powers than the general public. But clearly, such policies haven't stopped brands like The North Face.
"When brands or other actors manipulate Wikipedia for their own personal gain, it violates the trust we have with our readers to provide neutral, fact-based knowledge," says McCune, "and it creates more work for volunteers who have dedicated themselves to a monumental project for the public good."
McCune says that while the Wikipedia Foundation doesn't have specific numbers on how often conflict-of-interest edits occur, it has created a Wikipedia page of its running list of violations. These include: companies updating their own Wikipedia articles to paint themselves in a better light; garnishing their information to boost a marketing stunt; or even paying Wikipedia editors to do their dirty work for them.
Whopping misdemeanor
Perhaps one of the most well-known examples of a brand hacking Wikipedia is Burger King. In 2017, Burger King released an ad from David Miami that triggered Google Home to read off a list of ingredients from a Whopper article on Wikipedia. An open letter signed by nine Wikipedia editors asserted that the burger chain had edited the site with "hidden ads" that broke Wikipedia policies. At the time, many in the industry applauded Burger King for its inventive use of the Google Home, without considering how it abused Wikipedia's terms. For the most part, brands that take advantage of sites like Wikipedia in the name of a campaign are hoping to cause a stir to generate free publicity and, therefore, expect the backlash they receive.
Besides blatantly using Wikipedia for marketing stunts, multiple companies have been called out for manipulating their profiles either by text that didn't exist before or deleting content—either making the edits themselves or paying an existing Wikipedia editor to do them.
WikiScanner, a public searchable database created by Virgil Griffith that existed from 2002 to 2007, uncovered a lot of attempts to alter company Wikipedia pages. It also named companies, like Disney, Dell, Pepsi, Boeing, Nestle and Anheuser-Busch, among others, that were allegedly caught doing so. Griffith decided to create WikiScanner after it was revealed in 2006 that the staff of the United States Congress were editing Wikipedia articles of politicians like Joe Biden and Marty Meehan. Griffith correctly assumed that corporations might be doing the same. WikiScanner was able to connect company-owned IP addresses to Wikipedia edits, but it was impossible to track which individuals had made those edits and whether they were even employees. In 2007, The New York Times reported on the examples, one of which involved SeaWorld, then owned by Anheuser-Busch, which deleted a paragraph that stated the amusement park showed a "lack of respect toward its orcas."
Rewriting history
The ability to edit company articles and those about significant individuals have become stricter over the years. In order to make a change to the Donald Trump Wikipedia page, for instance, one would have to make a suggestion to Wikipedia and an editor dedicated to the page would decide if it is warranted. As a result, companies have shifted to pay outside sources to make those suggestions.
As recently as 2018, HuffPost reported that Facebook, Axios, NBC News and Nextdoor had paid lawyer Ed Sussman to lobby Wikipedia editors to make changes to their articles about public-facing individuals at their companies, such as Sheryl Sandberg, Jonathan Swan, Chuck Todd, Andy Lack and Noah Oppenheim. In one of the suggested edits, Sussman argued that criticism appearing on NBC News' Wikipedia page violated Wikipedia's rules because it did not give an opposing point of view. The content under contention was about how NBC News handled the sexual misconduct allegations against Matt Lauer. There have also been instances where companies or PR firms have paid Wikipedia editors directly to change pages. One PR firm, called Wiki-PR, created more than 300 fake accounts for clients. In 2014, PR firms like Edelman and Burson-Marsteller committed to abide by Wikipedia rules and not edit clients' pages.
Working with Wikipedia
Despite a history of abuse from brands, agencies and PR firms, Wikipedia is eager to partner with companies in ways outside of marketing on its site. For instance, the Wikipedia Foundation worked with Universal last year to design Wikipedia T-shirts promoting Lil Wayne's album release with proceeds going to the Foundation.
At a time when consumers are calling for more transparency, if brands attempt to hack open-source sites like Wikipedia for commercial gains, they may end up actually lowering the perception of their brands among consumers.
"As we've seen from the responses to The North Face's marketing stunt," says McClune, "brands that unethically manipulate Wikipedia for their own gain also harm their reputations."


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John Hickenlooper on Tax Reform
Democratic Presidential Challenger (withdrew, Aug. 2019); CO Governor
He supports a carbon tax where to proceeds are passed back to citizens to help pay for increased energy costs.
A: When you look at the mess that President Obama inherited--losing 800,000 jobs a month--in the first few months of his presidency, he's turned that around. He's got 32 straight months of job creation, 5.2 million jobs, the national export initiative in the first two years, exports were up 38%. I think people are going to hear that and I think they are also going to recognize that Governor Romney's plan of adding $2 trillion to military spending and at the same time promising $5 trillion of tax cuts largely skewed to the wealthier parts of the population without any specifics, right? I mean, what are those deductions and tax credits he's going to get rid of? Are we going to lose the home mortgage deduction? Are we going to lose the deduction from giving to philanthropic organizations like churches that are in many cases our best partners at fighting poverty?
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Bob Beauprez
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Tom Tancredo
Victor Mitchell
Walker Stapleton
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Do you know that your beloved canine may also suffer from heat stroke?
Like people, dogs are also prone to heat stroke. However, do you know that there are tips you can follow how to prevent this?
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Jay writes in the video comments:
Darn it.. them kids and dogs are louder then you voice.
Your usual activity with your dog may be harmful for him. Before you know it, your dog is already sick or worse dead.
Watch the video below about how you can prevent heat stroke in dogs. First, you should not leave your dog in the car. Second, never place your dog at the back of your truck.
Third, you should always put identification tag and collar in case something wrong happens to him. Lastly, you should know the signs and symptoms of heat stroke.
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A restaurant in New Orleans charged white customers an extra $18 in order to raise awareness about the "racial wealth disparity."
The restaurant, Saartj, was a temporary, quick-serve lunch counter launched by Nigerian chef Tunde Wey that closed on March 4. Due to the venture's success, he plans to reopen the pop-up shop in Detroit from April 29 to May 5.
White patrons at Saartj were presented with two options: pay $12 for lunch or a suggested $30. The extra $18 would later be redistributed to a black customer.
Seventy-eight percent of white customers chose to pay the extra fee, Mr. Wey said, citing white guilt as a key factor.
"Refusing to pay more comes off as anti-social and people don't want to be judged for that," Mr. Wey told Civil Eats. "People look on the other side of the till and see me standing there and they're thinking that I'm judging them."
Mr. Wey said white people frequently asked, "Where does the additional money that I'm paying go?"
He said this reveals a mistaken tendency on the part of white people to perceive their wealth as justly acquired.
GOPUSA Editor's Note: Mistaken tendency? As if white people are going around all across the country and robbing people at gunpoint??? How about those who learn a trade or get a degree and get good jobs? They go about their daily lives "justly acquiring their wealth.
"The ownership of wealth has been contingent on taking from someone else," the chef said, "and money doesn't distill virtue on you."
When prompted to take the extra money, 76 percent of black customers refused.
"A lot of the Black folks said, 'I don't need that money, give it to someone else who needs it,'" Mr. Wey said.
According to pre-meal surveys, a majority of Saartj diners had household incomes of about $65,000, while the median household income in New Orleans is $39,000.
Mr. Wey said the experiment's results may have been different in a more economically diverse neighborhood.
Households headed by Asians have the highest median income in the United States at $77,900, according to data published in 2016 by the Pew Research Center. The white median household income is $71,300, while the median black and Hispanic household incomes are about $43,300.
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Rainbow Eruption
I have 2 very active and growing boys. Reed will be 10 next month and Jack 8 in August. When they were younger, I'm thinking 3, 4, 5 and 6 years old, I set up a lot of fun science-y type activities for them. We used to sit around the kitchen table and do them together. They still ask to do those types of activities from time-to-time. Usually on a rainy day when I've taken away the PS4 and they've had enough of playing mini-sticks!
One of their favourite (yes, that's how we Canadian's spell it!) activities was always the ever popular "Rainbow Eruption!" Click for more fun Science activities and experiments.
- a thick cookie sheet or a deep baking dish (to hold the mess)
- clear glasses-the amount is up to you (Mason jars and baby food jars also work)
- baking soda
- food colouring
- vinegar
Line the glasses up side by side and add 2 TBSPs of baking soda to each glass.
Then, add 5 or 6 drops of food colouring to each glass (1 colour per glass).
Finally, in a quick fashion, fill each jar with vinegar and watch the rainbow eruption appear before your eyes!
This is also a great experiment to do outside where you don't have to worry as much about the mess!
My boys had so many laughs and so much fun doing this one! They would just keep on adding more and more baking soda and vinegar to the jars-eruption after eruption. Also mixing the colours together until the supplies were all gone!! Good thing they're all pretty cheap to buy. Nothing like spending $5 for an hour of fun!
What are some of your family's favourite Science activities to do together?


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This is the first post in a series on writing cleaner code in your WCMS Velocity formats.
Next month, I'll be starting work on my 6th (!) Velocity-powered framework in the WCMS.
This new framework will be my largest and most widely-used since I started developing for the WCMS back in 2014. Because of this, I've been thinking a lot about how to write my Velocity formats in a way that will make the framework easy to maintain and extend in the future.
Unfortunately, neither Hannon Hill nor Apache have made code standards or style guides available (that I could find), and the Velocity language itself doesn't do much to nudge you toward any kinds of best practices.
This sort of thing makes me super anxious, so I decided to fall back on my two favorite resources when it comes to code quality: Clean Code by Robert "Uncle Bob" Martin, and the PSR Standard by the PHP Framework Interop Group.
In this series on writing cleaner Velocity code, I'll pull out some practices from both Clean Code and the PSR Standard and talk about how we can apply them to write WCMS frameworks that are less of a headache to manage.
Side effects
In an earlier post, I wrote about why it's important to reduce and isolate side effects in our code — that is, things that push things to or grab things from the world.
While the above post was talking about side effects in the context of functional programming, I believe that the Velocity code powering our WCMS frameworks can benefit a lot from a clearer separation of formats that define the parts of our templates and how they work with data and the formats that actually snap those templates together and render them out to a thing the user sees.
In the most basic level of the PSR Coding Standard, the authors lay out the following best practice:
Side Effects: A file SHOULD declare new symbols (classes, functions, constants, etc.) and cause no other side effects, or it SHOULD execute logic with side effects, but SHOULD NOT do both. The phrase 'side effects' means execution of logic not directly related to declaring classes, functions, constants, etc., merely from including the file.
There's 2 really good reasons for this recommendation:
- It enforces the separation of code that describes data and process with the code that actually does something to the world. Tangling this code together can cause problems.
- It ensures that you can use other people's code (or your own code from another project) without worrying that the code will create unwanted output or mess with your program's state.
Velocity isn't as elaborate a language as PHP — it's just a templating language that takes XML and turns it into something else (usually HTML). Still, the above recommendation can be applied to our Velocity code to help make it easier to think about, fix, and re-use — especially when we combine this recommendation with 2 others I'll talk about in future posts:
- Treat Velocity macros as pure functions
- Keep Velocity formats at one level of abstraction
PSR-1, applied to Velocity
Here's my restatement of the principle for Velocity:
A Velocity format SHOULD define a macro and cause no other side effects, or it SHOULD render output to the browser, but SHOULD NOT do both.


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A bookmarklet for searching delicious
This has been long overdue for me. A way to quickly search delicious.com without relying on third-party apps (which often you have to pay for). And it's got to be super simple too: something like a bookmarklet that you click on and then takes you there. Just one of those things you never have the time to do….
So today I got around doing it. I didn't know much about bookmarklets but a few google searches gave me all I needed. These are a few links I found useful while working on this little thing:
So I set off to create a bookmarklet for opening delicious at a specific tag-page. This button will take whatever you have highlighted on the web page and search for that string on delicious as a tag (not as a search string! but obviously you can modify that). If you have nothing selected the script should ask the user for a value to use.
The bookmarklet would look something like the following:
search on delicious
Mind that the bookmarklet above won't work if you drag it to your browser button-bar, 'cause WordPress stripped off its behaviour (for security reasons I suppose). Too bad – you can easily recreate it yourself.
The source code was something like this (note that it should be all on a single line,):
search on delicious
The script above worked for me on Apple's Safari – the only other thing I had to do was url-escaping it. Thus the code would look as follows (again, make sure it is on a single line):
You can paste the code above onto a browser's url bar to test it :-).
But if you want to save it as a bookmarklet do the following: copy this code, open up the 'Show all Bookmarks' window on Safari and create a new bookmark named 'delicious search' (or anything else), right click on the newly created bookmark and hit the 'edit address' command. Finally, in the address field paste the code you have copied and you're ready to go!
That's it!
Last thing: you might want to search only through your personal tags on delicious (that's what I do most of the time). All you have to do is modify the search string by replacing the '/tag/' ending with '/username/', where 'username' is your delicious username.. that's the standard url format delicious.com accepts for searching personal tags. So:
In conclusion, using the same approach you can create bookmarklets of all sorts!


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Find sunglasses you love at Jarvis Vision Center.
When it comes to picking out sunglasses, there are a lot of options out there. You want a pair that will fit comfortably, protect your eyes, and give you clear vision. Here are some key tips on how to pick sunglasses for your face shape, lifestyle, and visual needs.
A good rule of thumb for choosing glasses for your face shape is to contrast strong features. If you have a round face, find glasses with straight lines and edges. For an angular face, softer shapes will look best on you. If you're having difficulty, ask your optician for help! They have tons of experience fitting glasses and will be able to point you in the right direction.
We'll help you find the perfect fit.
Try to identify what you'll be using your sunglasses for on a daily basis. Driving sunglasses or sunglasses for use on a motorcycle are best in a high-wrap frame with very little light filtering in the sides. If you're out on the water, choose a pair with a mirror coating to reduce glare. For those who wear their sunglasses any time they're outdoors, then it comes down to a matter of personal style and comfort.
Your sunglasses should fit well and make you feel great!
Last is choosing the right lenses. This process will be done with the help of your optician, who knows your prescription and will build the lenses specifically for you. Here are a few things you should know about sunglass lenses:
Tinted lenses
These lenses darken the sunlight instead of reflecting it away from your eyes and often do not protect from harmful rays like ultraviolet radiation and blue light radiation. Be sure to ask about the protective qualities of your lenses before you purchase!
Polarized lenses
Polarization refers to an advanced design of lens that blocks out harsh angles of glare that are painful to our eyes. These types of lenses are best for driving or water sports, or anyone with extreme light sensitivity. Most polarized lenses block UV radiation naturally, and some block blue light as well.
Prescription vs. Non-Prescription
If you wear contacts or don't have a high prescription, then non-prescription lenses will work well for you. If you wear glasses or have a high prescription, then you'll want to match your prescription lenses as closely to your everyday glasses as possible.
Adding a mirror coating to your sunglasses is recommended for anyone who is light sensitive or spends a lot of time in high-glare environments like driving or out on the water. The mirror coating reflects light away from your eye and helps to reduce glare.
Protect your vision with the perfect sunglasses.Are you ready to pick out the perfect pair of sunglasses for your summer? Then come to Jarvis Vision Center. Our team of opticians will help you find the perfect fit and ensure you leave feeling and looking your best! Contact us today.


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Russian Hacking: Was it a Proportional Response? Retaliation for State Deptment Sponsorship of Anti-Putin Protests in Europe?Posted: December 18, 2016 Filed under: Mediasphere, Politics, Russia | Tags: Barack Obama, Democratic Party (United States), Donald Trump, Elections in the United States, Enlargement of NATO, Hillary Clinton, John Podesta, President of Russia, RUSSIA, Vladimir Putin Leave a comment
Did Vladimir Putin specifically target Hillary Clinton through a Russian email hack? Or was she a convenient target for a greater goal? AEI Resident Scholar Leon Aron explains.


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By Pleasure Panel reviewer Kikka_jennie
I received the Daisy (be fresh as) Douche and have to say it was not what I thought it would be. The Boneyard Daisy Douche Water Bottle Attachment Anal Douche is so small and compact and since I have a lot of anal play in my life I was excited to see how this would convert any bottle to being a douche.
The packaging for this Anal Douche is sweet and appealing, with bubbles and a daisy on it making it light and sweet, means it doesn't look as so imposing as some douches. It is also appealing to the green side of my life where its reusable and means you can throw away the used bottle afterwards and just sterilise the end. I had real issues getting into the item, the packaging was really strong and wasn't easily ripped, I had to then pierce next to the item through the back to open it. It was very strong plastic over the cardboard which makes it less green, in my eyes.
Since the nozzle is so small, the Boneyard Daisy Douche Water Bottle Attachment Anal Douche easily fits into pockets and small carry cases for travelling, since the item is plastic it wouldn't set off any sensors.
Once the douche was opened, I tried to remove the covering on the sweet little douche end but it didn't budge, I used multiple items to try this but to no avail. Once the blue end was on a bottle it removes in a swift pull motion. I tried this on a couple of water bottles and it seemed to fit them all easily, varying in sizes from 500 ml to 2 litres, for those wanting to feel fuller and maybe do enema play.
The nozzle area is really smooth and can easily be inserted but I used a thicker gel cream lube to help the insertion go smoother. It is a nice length so goes in a good finger size (see picture of it in my hand), it will be good for both beginners and the more experienced to anal play. The bottle didn't leak at all, I did test this by moving the bottle in many angles.
Upon using the nozzle, I found it to dribble from the end as its a simple design with no stopper, I placed some of the thick lube to help prevent this but the dribbles become a bit quicker on a steeper angle and pushed this out the way. I also found the harder plastic bottles didn't have the squash factor to push up the liquid used to clean out or enema play, so I do suggest using a easily squashed bottle for this. Also because of the open nozzle the liquid can flow back a little bit into the container but this is why you throw them away afterwards and I presume was the idea of the douche attachment.
After using the Boneyard Daisy Douche Water Bottle Attachment Anal Douche, it was cleaned using toy cleaning and warm water and then I used a baby sterilising fluid to make it fully clean again and ready for another fun time.
Good points- small, fits most bottles
Not so good points- packaging hard to get into and the nozzle dribbles at the end
– Kikka_jennie
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A blast from the past
Having sold 450,000 displays over a 20+ year period, the appetite to further expand Airwave's reach in the UK and Europe is still fresh and keen. A 2017 acquisition by the SCCI Group only served to strengthen a pursuit to be the go-to company for AV and display media in hospitality and healthcare.
The future looks bright as evolving technology underpins the guest's insatiable appetite for content and a "home-from-home" experience in the bedroom. In short, it's an exciting time and an exciting future for Airwave and the hospitality technology sector.
However....sometimes it's nice to take a step back and reminisce the good old days..
Imagine our delight when, as if by magic, the very first TV sold by Airwave appeared in the office.
Ahead of a 68 unit deployment to Winchester's Marwell Zoo Hotel, the Philips 14HT3304/05 was sold as a sample by Airwave founder, Tim Worrall.
14-inches of hotel television history.
With integrated clock display, built-in FM radio, wake-up alarm and a wireless smartloader for smart cloning, the Philips display was cutting-edge.
As if that wasn't enough to titillate and tantalise zoo-bound guests, Airwave also implemented a "set-time" movie package - four blockbuster movies and adult content played at set intervals throughout the day.
Forever flexible, Tim and Airwave offered a rental package, giving Marwell Zoo top drawer technology at a reasonable monthly cost.
Airwave's very first vision - delivered!
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BRUSSELS, Belgium – (UPDATED) Greece hurtled towards default and a possible euro exit Saturday, June 27, after Europe responded to the leftist government's announcement of a surprise referendum by refusing to extend Athens's desperately needed bailout.
The most dramatic day in the 5-month crisis saw long lines of people queueing at cash machines in Greece after the announcement by radical Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, amid fears of a bank run and possible capital controls.
In Brussels, Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis had asked eurozone colleagues to stretch the aid plan for a few days past its June 30 expiry date and until after the July 5 referendum vote on a creditor reform plan, but they unanimously rejected his appeal.
The move leaves debt-laden Athens struggling to meet a crucial 1.5 billion euro IMF debt payment on Tuesday, putting Greece's place in the single currency at risk and threatening the entire post-war European project.
"The Greek government has broken off the process, has rejected the reform proposal and is now putting the question in a negative way to the Greek people, which is an unfair way of putting the question," Eurogroup president Jeroen Dijsselbloem told a press conference.
"Given that situation, I think we might conclude that however regretful, the programme will expire Tuesday night," the Dutch minister said.
Underscoring Greece's perilous position in the currency union, Dijsselbloem said the other 18 eurozone finance ministers would now hold fresh talks without Greece present to discuss the "consequences" and "prepare for what's needed to ensure the stability of eurozone remains at its high level."
Greece fears 'permanent' damage
The Greek parliament will vote on whether to go ahead with the referendum at midnight (2100 GMT), after an address by Tsipras.
The outspoken Varoufakis warned that the decision could permanently damage the single currency, formed in a bid to bring unity to a once fragmented continent.
"The refusal of the Eurogroup today to endorse our request for an extension of this agreement for a few days or a couple of weeks ...will certainly damage the credibility for the Eurogroup as a democratic union and I am very much afraid the damage will be permanent," Varoufakis said.
But he said he was "still fighting" for a deal, and insisted the radical leftist Syriza government would "honour the verdict of the Greek people" in the referendum.
A Eurogroup statement issued after the meeting said it was "supported by all members... except the Greek member."
Greece's negotiations with its international creditors that have dragged on since January, when Tsipras's Syriza party first took power on a promise of ending austerity after two EU-IMF bailout programs since 2010, worth 240 billion euros.
Syriza has repeatedly refused to make cuts to pensions and changes to the VAT system demanded by Greece's bailout monitors: the European Commission, European Central Bank and International Monetary Fund.
A week of intensive talks in Brussels ended with Greece's creditors on Friday offering Athens a 5-month, 12-billion-euro ($13.4-billion) extension of its rescue program, on condition it committed to fresh reforms.
Germany's hardline pro-austerity finance minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said the Greek government had "ended the negotiations unilaterally" and rejected that offer.
ATM queues
The European Central Bank will now play a crucial role in ensuring Greece's banks have the cash to open on Monday, and two top Tsipras aides were meeting ECB head Mario Draghi in Brussels on Saturday.
The governing council of the ECB was also reported to be meeting on Sunday, and was "closely monitoring developments," the bank said.
Greece was stunned by the referendum announcement by radical leader Tsipras, which came just hours after he had been at a summit with European leaders in a bid to end the crisis.
"The people must decide free of any blackmail," the 40-year-old prime minister said in a televised address to the nation late on Friday.
"We were asked to implement austerity measures... allowing the deregulation of the labour market, pension cuts, and an increase in VAT on food products, targeting the humiliation of an entire people," Tsipras said in his address.
Queues built up at cash machines in Athens. In Greece's second city, Thessaloniki, some banks have run out of money, according to an Agence France-Presse reporter, while a National bank branch had a queue of 50 people.
"I have a shop. I came to the bank to withdraw as much money as I can in order to cover the needs of my shop for next week," 42-year-old Maria Kalpakidou told Agence France-Presse.
Demand at petrol stations was also said to have "heightened" but there were no fuel shortage problems, according to state news agency ANA.
Draghi has been keeping the Greek banking system alive with near-daily cash infusions as it is frozen out of the capital markets.
The Eurogroup will now discuss worst case scenarios, ranging from a Greek default next week to a possible exit from the eurozone and even, as suggested by the Greek central bank, the 28-nation European Union. – Danny Kemp, Alex Pigman, AFP/Rappler.com


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Residents of Utah are set to go to the polls next month to vote on a ballot initiative to legalize medical marijuana, but it turns out their opinions may not actually matter.
Utah lawmakers, pro and anti-marijuana advocates, the state's governor and the Mormon Church reached an agreement yesterday on a bill to legalize medical marijuana. Governor Gary Herbert said he will call a special legislative session after next month's ballot initiative and, regardless of the result, will get this bill passed.
Essentially, if the ballot initiative fails, this bill will still legalize medical marijuana. But if the initiative passes, the Utah legislature will revise the initiative to more closely resemble the compromise deal. The new deal would not allow people to grow their own marijuana and it will not allow certain types of edibles that could appeal to children.
Pro-marijuana groups seem split on the compromise deal. Some pro-cannabis groups support it to avoid a complicated process if the ballot initiative passes where the state legislature could potentially butcher the new law. But others think that the will of the people in November should win out, and the new medical marijuana laws should resemble the initiative as much as possible.
It's also not clear how much resistance the ballot initiative will receive now. The Mormon Church previously opposed the initiative, along with several other groups and organizations. Will they still campaign against it or will they just ignore it knowing that this compromise deal will become the law either way?
Many are calling this a major development that a mostly conservative state would come to this type of agreement, but considering other more conservative states like Oklahoma have also legalized medical marijuana, this really doesn't seem to be that big of a breakthrough.
(h/t Associated Press)


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Icelandair recently announced their latest in-flight beer option inspired by Icelandic winters – Snæbjört! This American Pale Ale represents Iceland's snowy season and the glimmers of light that shine through the Icelandic darkness.
Snæbjört is brewed by Boyne Brewhouse in Ireland, using American hops Azacca, Mosaic and El Dorado, and American Ale yeast. The beer is a perfect compliment to your flight as you enter Iceland's stunning winter scene. Replacing the 737 IPA that was previously offered, Snæbjört has a sweet flavor mixed with tastes of pineapple, mango and passionfruit.
Be sure to try this delicious new pale ale on your next Icelandair flight! You can try Snæbjört on board and in the Icelandair Saga Lounge at Keflavík International Airport.
Let us know what you think about this new in-flight beer option in the comments below or on Twitter!


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Téma: Jaguars CB Josiah Scott provides durability, detail in direction of te
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Do you have a self story? You know, a story you tell yourself and others on a regular basis. A story that's probably not true, but because you've told this story so many times you don't recognize it as a fairy tale. That self story.
Self stories can be empowering or destructive. We get to choose which ones we tell or which ones we ignore. These stories can be reinforced by the media we consume or experiences we've had in life.
In any case, they're all stories we tell ourselves on a regular basis. But are they true?
Years ago I read about a man who never got sick. His theory was that he told himself he didn't get sick and that was that. He didn't get sick. On the flip side, I know people who say "I get sick all the time" and sure enough they get sick all the time. Whatever germ is around is theirs to share.
I know it sounds weird right? Well, it didn't hurt to try, so I tried it with something that seemed more controllable, my timeliness.
Instead of being controlled by and being late for appointments, I told myself "I'm always on time" and ditched the watch. What happened, I'm usually on time.
Could it be that our self stories are alterable? Wouldn't that be awesome!
Stories we tell ourselves
There are a ton of stories we can tell ourselves, here are a few I hear A LOT:
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- I'm bad at math
- I'm a terrible cook
- I'm not very athletic
- I can't lose weight
- I can't gain weight
- No one wants to hear from me
- I'm not very interesting
In my experience, most of these are stories we tell ourselves so we don't have to try hard to change them. Instead of owning our power, we give it away.
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Past events Forio
Wednesday 28 October 2020
Musical meetings
Category: Concerts
Time: From 26/03/2016 to 31/07/2016
The event is dedicated to music lovers and features many concerts by Italian and international musicians.
Where: Giardini La Mortella
Web-site: www.lamortella.org
Concerts at the Greek Theatre
Category: Concerts
Time: From 23/06/2016 to 28/07/2016
The event features concerts by youth symphinic orchestras.
When: 23, 30 June; 7, 14, 21, 28 July
Where: Greek Theatre
Web-site: www.lamortella.org
Musical meetings
Category: Concerts
Time: From 03/09/2016 to 30/10/2016
The event is dedicated to music lovers and features many concerts by Italian and international musicians.
Where: Giardini La Mortella
Web-site: www.lamortella.org
Ravino gardens
Category: Shows
Time: From 01/07/2009 to 30/08/2009
Many events are scheduled during the moth of July and August: art, music, show and guided tours.
Where: Ravino gardens
Web-site: www.ravino.it
Il respiro del mare
Category: Art exhibitions
Time: From 30/01/2016 to 15/02/0216
The exhibition presents works byPaola Casull.
Where: Museo civico del Torrione
Category: Shows
Time: From 20/03/2016 to 28/03/2016
During Easter week, in the island religious events and re-enactment are scheduled. In particular in Forio on the Good Friday a parade in costume of the Passion and Death is staged. Then on Sunday there is the Angel's run and on Monday it is performed the 'Ndrizzata of Buonopane with groups of dancers re-evoking picturesque fights.
Where: Forio and other towns
Web-site: www.infoischiaprocida.it
Scheriacup 24
Category: Sport
Time: From 15/04/2016 to 19/04/2016
24 hours of sailing around Ischia island.
Where: Ischia
Web-site: www.scheriacup24.it
Ischia sunset triathlon
Category: Sport
Time: On 22/05/2016
Athletes compete in 3 disciplines: swimming, cycling and running.
Where: Forio
Web-site: www.tourtrophy.it/ischiatriathlontrophy.
San Vito
Category: Shows
Time: On 10/06/2020
The event features religious and cultural events to celebrate the feast of San Vito. The main events are processions in the sea and band concert.
Where: Forio
Renato Barisani
Category: Art exhibitions
Time: From 12/08/2009 to 30/09/2009
The exhibition presents a selection of 40 recent works by Renato Barisani.
Where: Del Monte gallery


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On This Day – January 25
Posted on: Thu 25 Jan 2018
On this day in 1881 writer Virginia Woolf was born. She was one of the most well-known modernist writers. She set the bar high for literature in the 20th century.
The Mars Opportunity Rover landed on the Red Planet on this day in 2004. Opportunity has exceeded its expected lifespan and it is still rolling around on mars.
Today marks the beginning of the Egyptian Revolution in 2011. Tens of thousands of Egyptians hit the streets protesting the government of President Hosni Mubarak who had been in power since 1981.
Finally, on this day in 1776 writer Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann was born. A writer of horror, fantasy, and science fiction. Hoffmann is best known for penning the novella that inspired Tchaikovsky's ballet The Nutcracker.
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Romesco sauce is a savory Spanish topping made of almonds, garlic, and veggies. It adds delicious nutty flavors to a low-cal dinner.
Preparation time: 20 minutes
Cooking time: 6 minutes
Makes: 4 servings (serving size: 2 skewers and 3 tbsp Romesco sauce)
- 2 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil, plus additional for brushing grill
- ¼ tsp kosher salt
- ¼ tsp freshly ground black pepper
- 3 tbsp fresh lime juice
- 225 g Findus salmon fillets, cut into 8 equal pieces
- 225 g or 8 sea scallops
- 8 (20 cm) wooden skewers, soaked in water for at least 1 hour
- 1 red onion, cut into 2.5 cm chunks
- 1 red bell pepper, cut into 2.5 cm chunks
- 1 poblano chile, cut into 2.5 cm chunks
- Romesco Sauce
- 1 tbsp coarsely chopped blanched almonds (8–9 almonds)
- 2 garlic cloves, coarsely chopped
- 110 g roasted red bell peppers, chopped
- 75 g cherry tomatoes, roasted
- 2 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 tbsp sherry vinegar
- ¼ tsp kosher salt
- ¼ tsp freshly ground black pepper
- Preheat grill or grill pan.
- In a baking dish, combine first 4 ingredients with lime juice.
- Add salmon and scallops to dish, and stir with a wooden spoon to coat all pieces. Cover and refrigerate for 10 minutes.
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- Remove the salmon and scallops from the marinade, and discard liquid. Pat dry each scallop and chunk of fish with paper towels. This will let the outside get crisp.
- Thread each wooden skewer lengthwise with scallops, salmon, onion, red bell pepper, and poblano chile pieces.
- Lightly brush grill rack or grill pan with oil. Cook skewers over indirect heat 2–3 minutes, then turn gently so that the fish doesn't break and fall into the fire. Using a vegetable or fish basket makes it easier.
- Continue to cook 2 minutes more or until salmon feels firm to the touch and scallops show light grill marks. Remove skewers from grill or grill pan.
- Arrange 2 skewers on each plate, and spoon the Romesco Sauce over them, or pile the skewers on a serving platter and serve the Romesco Sauce on the side. Serve immediately.
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