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Tensions are escalating anew in the East China Sea, as Japan’s coastguard fired water cannon to repel a Taiwanese fishing boat, entering the waters around a group of disputed islands.
The boat, carrying seven people including four Taiwanese activists, gave up a plan to land on the East China Sea islands after being blocked by Japanese coastguard vessels as it sailed within 17 nautical miles of the archipelago.
The activists, who set off in the early hours, had hoped to place a statue of the Goddess of the Sea on the islands, to protect Taiwanese fishermen in the area.
They had also intended to "maintain sovereignty" in defiance of Japan's control, said Hsieh Mang-lin, the Taiwanese chairman of the Chinese Association for Protecting the Diaoyutais (Diaoyu Islands).
As Japan's coastguard fired the water cannon on the Taiwanese boat, Taiwan's coastguard on routine patrol in the area came to the rescue of the activists.
"We don’t provoke, we don’t enter conflict, but we also don’t turn from our firm stance that we will not back down from safeguarding our sovereignty," Taiwan coast guard commander Chen Shi-chuan said afterwards.
The disputed islands, in an area where the seabed is believed to harbour valuable mineral reserves, are known as Senkaku in Japanese and Diaoyu in Chinese. Both China and Taiwan claim them.
As the standoff unfolded, three Chinese surveillance vessels were positioned a few nautical miles off, the Taiwanese coastguard said.
Regional friction
The incident came at a time of growing regional concern over the intensified friction over the islands between China and Japan, with both Beijing and Tokyo recently scrambling fighter jets to assert their claims to the area.
Some fear the fight between Japan, Taiwan and China over the islands could lead to an all out war.
Last September, coastguard vessels from Japan and Taiwan also exchanged water cannon barrages after dozens of Taiwanese boats were escorted by patrol ships into the islands' waters.
The rocky island outposts have been the scene of a diplomatic tussle between Japan and China for months Japan's government nationalised three of them in September by taking them out of private Japanese ownership.
Since then, Beijing has repeatedly sent government ships into the waters.
In December a Chinese government plane overflew them, leading Japan to scramble fighter jets.
Earlier this month both militaries had jets in the area and Japanese newspapers have reported that Tokyo is mulling allowing its pilots to fire warning shots. | 3,400 |
is certainly going to change the narrative of Ovechkin’s career and how he is perceived as a player.
If the Capitals pull this off we are going to hear about how he became a more complete player. How he did something to “change” the way he played for the betterment of the team. Heck, even if the Capitals don’t win we are still probably going to hear that story simply because the Capitals were finally able to get this close.
To a point, it is understandable.
When a team that has come up short so often finally gets over that hump we have to find a reason or an explanation for why it finally happened. It is almost always a culture change, or an attitude change, or getting the right glue guy in the locker room to bring everyone together. Simply acknowledging that a team’s luck finally changed, or things finally fell into place at the right time, or the goaltending was better, or they did not run into a hot goalie for once is not quite as interesting as rebuilding a narrative. But sometimes that is all it is. A change in fortune or luck.
By trying to make it anything else we are short-changing and not really fully appreciating one of the game’s all-time greatest players for just how dominant he has been for as long as he has been. If you look at Ovechkin’s career postseason performance — where he is one of the most productive players in the league, even in defeat — he has consistently brought it for the Capitals.
He has consistently helped put his team in a position to win (and at times has been even more productive than he has been this postseason).
He is doing all of that again and getting the right help and luck around him.
If the Capitals can win two more games in this series we are going to look at him like he did something different to get here.
He really has not.
He has always been this great. He has always been one of the NHL’s must-see players, the type of player that stands out as soon as he hits the ices.
Now that his team is finally winning and on the threshold of finally winning hockey’s ultimate prize he is finally starting to be fully appreciated for it.
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Adam Gretz is a writer for Pro Hockey Talk on NBC Sports. Drop him a line at [email protected] or follow him on Twitter @AGretz. | 3,401 |
London Calling was and is a hugely compelling melting pot of musical styles, driven by a passion for action and a fierce desire for social justice. The album’s music and lyrics remain as relevant today as they were on release.
As well as showcasing influences and context for the writing and recording of the seminal double album, this new exclusive display at the Museum of London will examine how the capital influenced The Clash as they became the most popular British band of the 20th century.
1/4 Joe Strummer's notebook © Casbah Productions 2/4 Paul Simonon's broken bass guitar © The Clash Archive 3/4 Handwritten track listing by Mick Jones © The Clash Archive 5/4 Topper Headon's drum sticks (c) The Clash Archive
To reflect the band’s diverse range of political, emotional and musical interests, a broad range of items from their personal archive can be seen in the display, including:
Paul Simonon’s broken Fender Precision Bass, smashed on stage at The Palladium in New York City on 21st September 1979.
, smashed on stage at The Palladium in New York City on 21st September 1979. Mick Jones’ handwritten album sequencing note.
album sequencing note. Joe Strummer’s notebook from the period when the album ‘London Calling’ was rehearsed and recorded.
Joe Strummer’s typewriter used to document ideas, lyrics and other writings.
To coincide with the opening of the display Sony Music have released the London Calling Scrapbook - a 120-page hardback companion which comes with the album and contains hand-written lyrics, notes, photos and previously unseen material from the period when the record was made.
The Clash: London Calling was co-curated and delivered by the Museum of London in partnership with The Clash and Robert Gordon McHarg III.
If you can't make it to the museum to visit the display in person, you can still experience it for yourself online thanks to the free, exclusive audio tour of The Clash: London Calling in partnership with Smartify. Using a selection of key objects from the display, this fascinating, 15 minute audio tour takes you behind-the-scenes of how the album was made. Click on the link below to play the tour.
You can also head over to BBC iPlayer to watch a film all about our The Clash: London Calling display. This was originally released as part of #MuseumFromHome, a whole day dedicated to helping people enjoy museum collections from home while the buildings were closed.
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In light of recent events within the bitcoin industry, namely the Evolution Marketplace going up in a burst of flames with customer money, it has become clear that cryptocurrency deviates from traditional money in more ways than initially meet the eye.
Bitcoin, among a slate of other cryptocurrencies, violates the principle of fungibility within money - that is, each coin's transaction history differentiates them from every other bitcoin in circulation. With the collapse of the hidden Evolution Marketplace, these coins have now been tainted, and services are wilfully denying their deposit into wallets held by exchange businesses.
Bitcoin fungibility has been called into question and it is becoming glaringly obvious that this poses a threat to the stability and long-term usage of such currency. Exchanges want nothing to do with these stolen funds, and therefore, lessen their value in relation to otherwise identical cryptocurrency units.
“Fungibility is the property of a good or a commodity whose individual units are capable of mutual substitution. That is, it is the property of essences or goods which are capable of being substituted in place of one another." - Merriam-Webster
Cryptocurrencies such as DASH (formerly darkcoin) have come onto the scene with promises of anonymizing transactions by design, something which is not implemented in the core of Bitcoin.
Dash has since seen a dramatic rise in value since the collapse of the Evolution Marketplace and could continue to gain traction as users discover the importance of relatively-untraceable transfers. However, what is becoming more apparent, is that Dash holds a competitive advantage over bitcoin in the very make-up of its monetary characteristic - that of improved fungibility among its coins.
-- Dash has gained momentum following the collapse of Evolution Marketplace
Is bitcoin perhaps too traceable? Does the anonymizing function of Dash and future cryptocurrencies pose a grave threat for the current king of cybermoney?
One could perhaps make the argument that this type of transaction history surveillance will only intensify with bitcoin similarly to how closely watched an individual's social media activity is today. Is it reasonable to believe that, eventually, all transactions will be 'forensically accounted' for?
As we move forward, look for blockchain applications, which map the relationship (and the identities) behind digital money, something where Dash and other cryptocurrencies propose to be the 'Tor' of digital money.
Time will tell all, but it remains self-evident that bitcoin violates the principle of fungibility in a way which is structurally different from any form of money we have seen to date.
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While most of us enjoy Joel Zimmerman for his music, coffee runs and obsession with lamborghinis, there’s a portion of the community that is entertained by his no filter attitude and knack for online clashes with other entertainers. Whether you agree or disagree with all of Deadmau5’s antics, we can all agree that this latest beef is one that hits him close to home.
Every fan of Deadmau5 knows of his affection for his beloved feline favorite, Meowingtons. So much so that he has an official Instagram account for his four legged friend. Mr. Zimmerman has taken great lengths to protect his cat’s brand, going as far as to trademark the cat’s name with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. While the application to trademark his cat’s name was rejected, that’s not stopping him from trying to keep others from using the name.
A Florida woman named Emma Bassiri runs a cat themed gift and accessory business called, you guessed it, meowingtons.com. Like Zimmerman, Bassiri has also taken the necessary steps to trademark the name “Meowingtons”. This is where the plot thickens… When he first heard of this woman’s business, Zimmerman petitioned the USPTO to stop Bassiri’s application for the trademark.
Sample product from meowingtons.com
Bassiri responded this past Monday with a lawsuit against Zimmerman on the grounds of trademark infringement and “unfair competition”. Zimmerman claims that Bassiri is a fan of his music and got inspiration for her company’s name from him. She has since denied Zimmerman’s claim. As you can tell, it’s turning into a literal “he said, she said” legal affair.
Zimmerman’s attorney, Dina LaPolt, has released a statement in regards to this legal case. In the statement, LaPolt says that “deadmau5 has been extremely generous and attempted to resolve this matter amicably, however, as demonstrated by their legal action, they have no intention to address and remedy their intentional infringement and now attempt to extort and deprive our client of his rights and we will take all available measures to protect and enforce his rights.”
While this case looks far from being resolved, nobody can dispute Deadmau5’s love for his feline friend and the lengths he’ll go to protect his brand. Oh, what a world we live in…
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Ex-USA Gymnastics Trainer Arrested In Texas On Sex Assault Charge
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Debbie Van Horn, a former trainer with USA Gymnastics who worked with disgraced sports doctor Larry Nassar, has been arrested in Texas and charged with one count of sexual assault of a child.
Van Horn and Nassar worked together at Karolyi Ranch, the former USA Gymnastics training facility outside of Huntsville, Texas.
Van Horn, who was indicted in June, was arrested Thursday at Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport, according to a statement from the Walker County District Attorney's office. Van Horn was arriving on a flight from China, the statement says.
A lawyer for Van Horn told multiple media outlets that Van Horn returned willingly to clear her name. The lawyer described Van Horn's reputation as "impeccable."
According to county records, Van Horn was booked into the Walker County Jail on Thursday and held on $20,000 bail.
She's due to appear in court on Sept. 24, according to prosecutors.
The Associated Press reports that Van Horn worked with USA Gymnastics for 30 years. She was involved with caring for 8- to 10-year-old athletes, worked with a youth development camp, and was a member of the USA Gymnastics Medical Task Force. That group was founded in 2013 "to provide leadership and oversight of USA Gymnastics' practices, procedures and protocols regarding athlete care," the news service reports.
Nassar also faces charges in Texas for alleged assaults at Karolyi Ranch; he was indicted in June, at the same time as Van Horn, on six counts of assault.
Nassar is currently in federal prison in Florida, serving a 60-year sentence for possession of child pornography. He has also been ordered to serve two sentences in state prison in Michigan, each of which is at least 40 years long.
Walker County prosecutors interviewed Bela and Martha Karolyi, the owners of the training facility where Nassar and Van Horn allegedly assaulted gymnasts, and opted not to file any charges against them, as CNN reported earlier this summer.
Meanwhile, the leadership of USA Gymnastics continues to be in a state of chaos.
The entire board resigned in January. Late last month, a coach who had defended Nassar was promoted to elite development coordinator and then promptly asked to resign.
And just days ago, USA Gymnastics' president and CEO, Kerry Perry, stepped down after just 10 months on the job. | 3,405 |
GODSENT completed their ELEAGUE Major Main Qualifier run with a 3-0 score, making them the first team to secure a challenger spot at the upcoming Major. To hear about the accomplishment, we talked to Markus "pronax" Wallsten.
The Swedish team filled with Major winners, GODSENT, secured a win over the Major Qualifier strugglers HellRaisers to finish their job in Atlanta.
With a Major spot reserved for him and his team, Markus "pronax" Wallsten was happy to chat with us about their games, their playstyle and his spot in the team.
Let's start with the match against dignitas, you faced them on Mirage, one of their better maps and they are considered one of the better teams at the moment. What do you think was the key thing you had that allowed you to totally shut them down on the CT side. Do you feel that they are not as good as people rate them at the moment, them not being in form or something else? I think that they said before the tournament that they didn't practice that much, and at the same time Mirage is one of our better maps as well, the CT side especially. It's CS, best-of-ones. I think they are a good team but everything just clicked for us, we had a good idea about how to play, we talked about how we should play this tournament, that we should try to play simple, have good communication and I think that's why we managed to win. Today's match was against HellRaisers, a rematch of the Minor final, and you also played them in the upper-bracket at the Minor. Let's actually start with the veto, that was actually influenced by that win since you were the upper seed and then had the additional ban. How do you think that influenced the whole thing, and the randomizer ending on Train? We pretty much knew that it would be Cache or Train, so we were very prepared to play them on Train actually, because we know they like Train and we like it as well. We had a pretty good idea at least how they play on the bombsites as CT so we tried to exploit that as much as possible. Other than that we tried to play simple, shoot headshots and go together. So what are your thoughts on the veto format they have here with the random factor? I don't mind it that much, it's ok, it's a good compromise even though I don't like the random map. It's fine.
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One in 10 households in the private rented sector is paying more that 60 per cent of its income on rent, with one in 20 spending three quarters on rent, a report published on Monday warns.
The National Social Monitor: European Edition, issued by the equality think tank Social Justice Ireland, says benefits from the improving economy “have been distributed in a grossly unequal fashion”.
In seven countries across Europe, more people are struggling to make ends meet than before the crisis in 2007. The countries are Ireland, Croatia, Greece, Spain, Italy, Slovakia and France.
“Even in the most affluent European countries at least 30 per cent of people in the lowest income quartile experience difficulties getting by,” the report states.
Tenants in the private rented sector across Europe “are the hardest hit in terms of housing cost burden”.
“In Greece almost 84 per cent are spending over 40 per cent of their disposable income on housing costs with over a third spending over 75 per cent. While rates in Ireland are below the EU average it should be noted that large scale private renting is a relatively recent phenomenon for Ireland.
“Therefore it should be of concern that more than one in five tenants paying market rent in Ireland are paying over 40 per cent of their disposable income on housing, with almost one in 10 paying over 60 per cent and more than one in 20 paying 75 per cent.”
Damp
Substandard housing is a problem across Europe, the report finds. Drawing on Eurostat data throughout the report, it finds Cyprus, Portugal and Hungary have the highest proportion of households living in homes with, for example, leaking roofs, damp walls and floors, or rot.
Finland, Norway and Slovakia have the lowest proportions. In Ireland 12.6 per cent of the population – 611,982 people – were living in substandard conditions in 2017.
The report calls for more social and affordable housing, alongside a significant investment in affordable housing of all tenure types.
Irish greenhouse gas emissions have increased by 12.3 per cent since 1990, compared with reductions of up to 62.3 per cent in other EU states including Latvia.
“Emissions from [Irish] agriculture have increased annually since 2012 as a result of various agricultural policies that are entirely at odds with environmental policy since 2012.”
The report calls for an increase in the proportion of renewable energy resources used; “community based healthcare schemes” to address cost-based inequities in accessing healthcare; and greater investment in programmes to target children at risk of leaving education early. | 3,407 |
President Trump is ‘racist’ and ‘not empathic’, they say?
Try telling these kids that!
The Media (D) couldn’t find any flaws in what Trump actually DID or SAID that they could pounce on for the recovery efforts in Houston.
You know that because they haven’t reported any.
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They had to pull out ‘plan B’. Say he failed somehow in ‘tone’.
Make it about a failure of feelings. And that’s exactly what they did, isn’t it?
Every… Single… Broadcast said the same thing.
Trump’s first visit ‘lacked empathy’.
The little kids who greeted him didn’t get the memo.
How embarrassing for CNN and MSNBC.
Not only did the kids ‘not get the memo’.
They ran to embrace him. Gave him high fives.
Has it not been your experience, as it has been ours, that it’s the people that children do NOT want to be around that we need to be careful around?
We have seen him as campaigner, commmander-in-chief, negotiator and statesman.
But in this moment, we’re not seeing any of that.
We’re seeing a grandfather, who knows how to enjoy the company of little children.
Little children, too young for guile and cunning. And they have a better sense of what is going on than those we turn to for ‘the news’.
Go figure.
No wonder they’re not the ‘trusted news source’ they once were.
The Effeminization Of The American Male
by Doug Giles
Doug Giles, best-selling author of Raising Righteous And Rowdy Girls and Editor-In-Chief of the mega-blog, ClashDaily.com, has just penned a book he guarantees will kick hipster males into the rarefied air of masculinity. That is, if the man-child will put down his frappuccino; shut the hell up and listen and obey everything he instructs them to do in his timely and tornadic tome. Buy Now:The Effeminization Of The American Male
Share if you think those kids are a better judge of character than our news anchors. | 3,408 |
As western media outlets are bursting with horrifying news of Syrian troops and their allies killing civilians in Aleppo, the exact sources of these reports remain unclear. On Wednesday, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov dismissed such reports. Radio Sputnik spoke with Rupert Colville, Spokesman for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.
“These are sources we have worked with for a long time, so we were able to test the quality of the information. They have been given information to the detriment of the fighters on both sides. They are very well aware that putting out propaganda or distortion is counterproductive,” Colville said.
He further said that the United Nations take very seriously the claims they are making and they do believe that the information was credible.
However, he said that he cannot “guarantee it absolutely” because the situation in eastern Aleppo is “extremely chaotic and difficult.”
Talking about whether there are any first-hand accounts of atrocities committed by the Syrian forces against civilians coming right from the UN staff on the ground in Syria, Colville said, “No, UN staff has never been allowed into Syria by the Syrian government since the crisis began.”
“We have been asking, as obviously that would be the best solution because right now as there is a great fear amongst the civilians in Eastern Aleppo and in other parts of Syria,” Colville said.
Talking about if the UN has been able to talk to any civilians that have been evacuated from rebel held areas in Syria, the spokesman said, “No, as I said we are not present in Aleppo at all.”
He further said that they have never been allowed to go into the country and that makes him wonder why there is this hindrance.
Looking at the Syrian peace talks, Colville said that the Human Rights office believes it to be essential.
“We need the fighting, killings and tortures to stop. We want the displacement to stop. The story of Syria over the past five years is one of utter horror, misery and destruction at such a massive scale is an utter shame on the entire international community that it has got to this point,” the spokesperson said.
Over the recent months, Aleppo became a major battleground in Syria between government forces and militants. On Tuesday, the Russian reconciliation center said that the Syrian government army controlled over 98 percent of the territory of Aleppo, with militants surrounded in a 2.5 square kilometer area.
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A new international survey of family doctors gives Canada poor marks, finding patients face longer waits than in nine other industrialized countries, and there is less co-ordination of care and use of electronic records.
The study, based on responses from primary-care physicians in 10 countries, shows Canada comes up short on the majority of measures, and also highlights the variation in care levels among provinces.
These latest findings come as the provinces and the federal government begin year-long discussions on a health accord that are expected to look at standards and system reform.
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Kathleen Morris, vice-president of research and analysis at the Canadian Institute for Health Information, which released the survey on Thursday, said this and other international rankings are important for identifying existing gaps and emerging challenges.
"Understanding where Canada fits in a broader system highlights the big opportunities for us to improve health care," Ms. Morris said. "It allows us to look for ideas beyond our borders."
The survey was conducted by the Commonwealth Fund, a private U.S. foundation, and compares responses of Canadian family doctors with those of their peers in the United States, Britain, Switzerland, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Australia and New Zealand.
While it finds improvements in key measures from six years ago, when the last survey was conducted, Canada continues to rank below average on 19 out of 28 indicators.
Areas for concern include timely access to family doctors and waits to see specialists, as well as price barriers to prescription drugs and other out-of-pocket expenses.
The report also says Canadian family doctors had more difficulty co-ordinating care with specialists, hospitals and home-care providers – a key finding given the increasing emphasis the provinces and the federal government are placing on home and community care.
Almost one-quarter of Canadian family doctors said they wait more than two weeks for information when their patients are discharged from hospital – the highest percentage of any country. In Germany, 68 per cent of doctors said they usually got that information in less than two days.
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"If we see family doctors as a lynch pin of managing care in the community, they need to have that information," Ms. Morris said. "Canadian family physicians are struggling in a much bigger way to get the information they need to manage their patients."
The survey also found Canadian doctors were less likely to use electronic medical records than their peers in other countries, although the rate of use has doubled from six years ago and also is higher in B.C., Alberta and Saskatchewan.
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In the anime fan community, Dragonball Evolution is one of those uncomfortable realities we live with. The film, which hit theaters in 2009, was panned across the board. It seemed like everybody, from anime fans, to the community of critics had their own criticisms and comments on the sheer levels of awful. For those who haven’t seen it, the film is a joke. For those who have, it’s a parade of horribles, which shouldn’t be screened near an open flame.
Perhaps the most damning criticism of all, though, came from series creatgor Akira Toriyama. In an interview with Asahi Shimbun, Toriyama verbally disowned the film to state that he couldn’t call the film Dragon Ball.
Apparently, the criticism hasn’t fallen on deaf ears.
Derek Padula, who penned several books on the series including Dragon Soul, is working on a new book titled USA DBZ. While researching for the book, Padula reached out to Dragonball Evolution screenwriter Ben Ramsay in hopes for an interview. Ramsay responded with a wholehearted apology, which Padula published to his website:
I knew that it would eventually come down to this one day. Dragonball Evolution marked a very painful creative point in my life. To have something with my name on it as the writer be so globally reviled is gut wrenching. To receive hate mail from all over the world is heartbreaking. I spent so many years trying to deflect the blame, but at the end of the day it all comes down to the written word on page and I take full responsibility for what was such a disappointment to so many fans. I did the best I could, but at the end of the day, I ‘dropped the dragon ball.’ I went into the project chasing after a big payday, not as a fan of the franchise but as a businessman taking on an assignment. I have learned that when you go into a creative endeavor without passion you come out with sub-optimal results, and sometimes flat out garbage. So I’m not blaming anyone for Dragonball but myself. As a fanboy of other series, I know what it’s like to have something you love and anticipate be so disappointing. To all the Dragon Ball fans out there, I sincerely apologize. I hope I can make it up to you by creating something really cool and entertaining that you will like and that is also something I am passionate about. That’s the only work I do now. Best,
Ben.
Source: The Dao of Dragon Ball | 3,411 |
MAMAMOO’s Solar talked about her pre-debut days on the latest episode of “Yoo Hee Yeol’s Sketchbook”!
During the January 17 broadcast of the KBS 2TV music talk show, host Yoo Hee Yeol asked Solar how she ended up becoming a singer. The MAMAMOO leader replied, “By chance, I happened to be singing [at an event] on the street, and someone who worked in the music industry was there. That person contacted me and said, ‘You should definitely try becoming a singer.'”
“But back then, I wasn’t thinking of becoming a singer,” Solar went on. “So I turned down the offer. At the time, I wanted to become a flight attendant, and I was preparing to become one, but I couldn’t stop thinking about [singing] after that. Because I did love singing. So I kept debating whether I should give it a try, and I finally decided, ‘Let’s do this.'”
“So from then on, I started going to lots and lots of auditions,” said Solar. “I think I went through about 50 auditions. But I failed nearly every single one.”
Yoo Hee Yeol remarked, “I heard that you auditioned for every agency except SM. Why did you leave out SM when you were auditioning?”
Solar replied with a laugh, “Because of my appearance, I decided to remove myself from the pool on my own.” Yoo Hee Yeol protested disapprovingly, “What are you talking about?” before asking, “So you just chose not to audition for SM because you thought you wouldn’t get in?”
“Yes,” responded Solar. “I knew all too well that I wouldn’t get in, so I thought, ‘Let’s not give myself unnecessary heartache.’ I decided to audition elsewhere instead.”
Solar then performed a gorgeous cover of Whitney Houston’s “I Will Always Love You,” the song that she sang at most of her auditions before she joined RBW.
Check out Solar’s powerful rendition of “I Will Always Love You” below!
Watch Solar on the full episode of “Yoo Hee Yeol’s Sketchbook” here:
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first season where we went, “Oh, shit, we need two more songs.” So just process-wise, we did 49 pieces of music the first year, and I think 35 pieces this year. When someone hit a cul de sac this year, we had more practice getting unstuck and moving on to a new idea Bloom: We have more of an idea of what works. But I will say Greg’s goodbye song was really hard, because my original instinct in writing that song was, “We need to curse in this song. Because the only way to undercut the sincerity is for him to go, ‘This was a fucking shitshow.’” But we thought we were on a network, so they wouldn’t let us, and we tried writing it without cursing. Finally, we just went to the network and said, “We literally creatively need to curse.” And they literally gave us two “shit”s. McKenna: Yeah, they gave two “shit”s. Are there any kinds of songs you haven’t gotten to yet but want to do on the show? Bloom: ABBA for me. And we want to write a tap something for Donna Lynne [Champlin]. Do you have a concept in mind yet for the season three theme song? Bloom: Yesh. McKenna: The thing I would say that might be interesting to know is Rachel and I work on the show when we don’t need to 24 hours a day. You just have to picture two people making a piece folk art with dripped sand and little figures they’ve made out of pipe cleaners. It’s all we do! When Rachel and I get together, we were talking about a DVD commentary, and they were like, “Ooh, do you have time to do it?” And Rachel went, “This is all we do together.” So we have a weirdly extensive amount of material always going in our minds, and we’re always texting each other with random ideas, from big story ideas to little ones. Rachel had a really rather brilliant idea for the [new] credits sequence, and it’s always a question of whether these things stick or not, but right now I’m feeling pretty good about it. Finally, we have to talk about “Period Sex.” Bloom: Sure, ask away! When you wrote that into the third episode this year, was it intended to be a one-off, or was it always planned to take on this life of its own? | 3,413 |
MILWAUKEE -- A Milwaukee homeless shelter is expanding -- but the construction project was halted after human remains were found on the site.
The construction project is an 8,000-square-foot expansion to "The Guest House" on Milwaukee's north side.
The Guest House expansion project (human remains found)
"Most people know us as a homeless shelter. We shelter 86 men every night. We're always full and always have a waiting list," Cindy Krahenbuhl, Guest House executive director said.
The expansion project is currently on hold.
"We anticipated finding a few grave sites and a few human remains, but we were quite shocked when the number of graves grew up to 44 and counting," Krahenbuhl said.
The construction site was part of a cemetery in the mid-1800s. That's why a UW-Milwaukee archaeological monitor was on site when the project began.
The Guest House expansion project (human remains found)
"When the streets came through, the city asked the church and the cemetery owner to move the grave sites. And from what it looks like, they removed the headstones but left the graves intact," Krahenbuhl said.
UW-Milwaukee crews are now removing the remains, and carefully carting them back to UWM for further study.
"It's extraordinarily time-consuming and labor-intensive," Patricia Richards, Ph.D., UWM associate scientist in the Department of Anthropology said.
They must avoid damaging the bones, and preserve the context of the burials. These officials are hoping the discovery offers a glimpse into Milwaukee's past.
The Guest House expansion project (human remains found)
"People were coming here they were immigrants they were excited about living here and they were undergoing all kinds of stresses that people who are in a brand new area were likely to encounter," Richards said.
UWM officials plan to spend about two to three weeks on site. Then, they'll analyze the remains, and file a report with the Wisconsin Historical Society.
"They are responsible for the final disposition of the individuals that are buried in this cemetery," Richards said.
We're told removing the remains has pushed the cost of the project up by about $100,000.
The Guest House expansion project (human remains found)
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Image copyright NCA Image caption Peter Ward was arrested in October 2013
A major vendor on the illegal Silk Road website and his business partner, were sentenced to five years in prison for drugs offences.
Peter Ward, 54 of Barnstaple in Devon and Richard Hiley, 30 of Tividale in the West Midlands were sentenced at Birmingham Crown Court on Monday.
Ward was given five years and two months, Hiley five years.
The pair pleaded guilty to possession, supply and importation of Class A and Class B drugs.
Peter Ward was known online as PlutoPete. His business specialised in supplying military-grade foil packaging that claimed to hide illegal materials from detection.
He also provided new psychoactive substances, commonly known as legal highs.
Image copyright NCA Image caption Richard Hiley was arrested in December 2013
He was arrested by National Crime Agency officers in Barnstaple in October 2013 following an international operation targeting prominent vendors on dark web marketplaces like Silk Road.
Officers searched Ward's rural home and found class A and B drugs and numerous computers.
Analysis uncovered his close working with an ex-customer, Richard Hiley, who was commissioned by Ward to convert bitcoins into cash.
In December 2013, NCA officers raided Hiley's address in the West Midlands after financial records seized from Ward identified large scale transactions between the pair.
Hiley also pleaded guilty to two counts of importing a prohibited weapon after he imported five stun guns. He said they were for personal protection.
NCA Branch Commander, Ian Glover, said: "Criminals and their customers like to think that dark web market places provide an anonymous haven.
"The reality is that law enforcement works together internationally to identify and pursue these people."
What was Silk Road?
Image copyright Other Image caption Raids in early 2013 closed the Silk Road and led to the capture of its operator
The Silk Road was shut down in October 2013, following raids by the FBI and other law enforcement agencies.
The Silk Road was hosted on the Tor network to help hide it from the authorities and to make it easier for people to use anonymously.
The forums on the Silk Road had helped visitors to the site find and buy drugs and other illegal services.
Over the two and a half years that the Silk Road was running, it had helped drug dealers sell hundreds of kilograms of their wares to more than 100,000 buyers.
Millions of dollars had been laundered via the site, which only accepted payment in bitcoins.
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Vavilov is now actively trying to find a job in Canada and has visited with his Canadian passport. He declined to be interviewed through his lawyer who claims not to know where Alex lives. In court documents he claims to spend as little time in Russia as possible and in an interview with the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. Alex portrays himself as a university graduate who wants to work in Canada’s banking sector and get married and raise a family.
“I don’t pose a threat. I’m a Canadian citizen and I’m here to make my own life,” he told the CBC recently.
DesLauriers, the FBI agent, said in 2010 that Tim may have found out about his parents’ secret life before they were arrested. But this week DesLauriers said he “could not pinpoint the specific facts that led me to make that judgmental decision on that.”
“It’s hard to say what the kids knew and at what point they knew something,” he said.
The brothers weren’t charged and their lawyer said no evidence has ever surfaced suggesting they knew. The FBI believed the parents were building a false identity in Canada in an effort to eventually spy in the U.S. Prosecutors said their father met in 2004 with an employee of the U.S. government to discuss nuclear weapons research.
Alex wanted to return to Canada for university but was denied. The government ruled that Canada would no longer recognize him as Canadian because his parents were “employees or representatives of a foreign government.” Alex appealed but lost at the Federal Court. But the Federal Court of Appeal ruled last June the law only applies to foreign government employees who benefit from diplomatic immunities or privileges. Alex was given his citizenship back.
A hearing in Canada’s Supreme Court is scheduled for early December.
Richard Fadden, the former National Security Adviser to the Prime Minister of Canada and the ex-head of the country’s spy service, said if CISIS, Canada’s spy service, deems they are not a threat they should be allowed to keep their citizenship.
Bob Anderson, a former FBI assistant director, said Canada is are far more lenient than the U.S., which stripped citizenship from Alex and his family after the arrests of the Russian spy ring.
“I was totally for kicking everybody out of the country and not letting anybody maintain their citizenship just because of how nefarious the acts were,” he said. “Canada is much more liberal when it comes to that stuff.” | 3,416 |
MANILA, Philippines — Motorists using the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway (SCTEX) will pay higher toll fees starting Friday.
NLEX Corp., a unit of Metro Pacific Tollways Corp., in a statement yesterday said the Toll Regulatory Board has given the green light for the new toll rate adjustments for the SCTEX that authorizes the collection of an additional P0.51 per kilometer.
The new toll increase, a petition for which was filed by the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) in 2011, will be collected starting at 12:01 a.m. on June 14.
Under the approved adjustments, motorists with Class 1 vehicles (passenger cars) traveling from Mabalacat (Mabiga Interchange) to Tarlac will pay an additional P20 under the new toll fee matrix.
Motorists with Class 2 vehicles (buses and small commercial trucks) using the same corridor will pay an additional P40 and Class 3 vehicles (large trucks/trailers) will pay an additional P60.
Meanwhile, motorists traveling between Mabalacat and Tipo in Subic will be charged an additional P32, P66 and P98 for Class 1, 2, and 3 vehicles, respectively.
SCTEX toll rates have so far remained at 2011 levels, but infrastructure improvements along the 94-kilometer tollway have continued, according to NLEX.
Since the NLEX-SCTEX integration in 2016, the NLEX has been modernizing and bringing world-class features of the company to SCTEX such as smooth pavements, electronic toll collection and up-to-date traffic systems, including a brand of service that has friendly and courteous toll tellers and patrol crews.
The entire stretch of the SCTEX between Tarlac and Tipo underwent a massive asphalt pavement upgrade in 2017.
On the other hand, the Tipo Toll Plaza and the new Mabiga Interchange were boosted with additional toll lanes.
To improve 24/7 traffic monitoring and provision of roadside services, a modern traffic control room, with CCTV cameras and radio communications, was built in Mabalacat.
LED highway lights, emergency call boxes, crash cushions and reflective delineator plates were also installed in key areas of the expressway to enhance motorists’ safety.
NLEX last week said it is investing over P150 million for the repair of bridges and pavement in select SCTEX areas to further enhance motorists’ safety and convenience. – With Ding Cervantes | 3,417 |
A #HimToo demonstration was crashed by a violent group of Antifa members on Saturday. The far-left activists verbally berated and physically accosted a journalist covering the event.
As soon as I entered Chapman Square in downtown Portland at approximately 1:40 pm, I was accosted & pushed around by masked agitators. pic.twitter.com/6uGf8VT0fa — Andy C. Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) November 18, 2018
"Your parents would be embarrassed by you–and your grandparents–who have been oppressed by white men throughout history. You should be ashamed of yourself." pic.twitter.com/CRnq9U2vWI — Andy C. Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) November 18, 2018
In one of the more intense moments at the rally, Ngo was then accosted and had his camera equipment sprayed with silly string.
“A large group of #antifa protesters encircled me,” captioned the reporter. “After I am pushed away, a masked woman sprays my camera equipment & myself w/wet silly string. They then play music & laugh. I want to file a harassment report with but the assailant’s identity is unknown.”
A large group of #antifa protesters encircled me. After I am pushed away, a masked woman sprays my camera equipment & myself w/wet silly string. They then play music & laugh. I want to file a harassment report with @PortlandPolice but the assailant's identity is unknown. pic.twitter.com/U0EWZcw8lF — Andy C. Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) November 18, 2018
"This city f—king hates you." "Look at how pathetic you are." "That's an expensive camera equipment you got there." "He's a loser with no friends." "He's an Islamophobe." "Nobody in this city likes you." "You have no friends." "Thank God you got all these cops around, huh?" pic.twitter.com/TRQdC9UlJO — Andy C. Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) November 18, 2018
Police eventually rushed in to push protesters back to get them further away from the #HimToo rally (in the adjacent plaza). They shouted in response: "Cops and Klan work hand-in-hand." #Antifa pic.twitter.com/9uooSeEXSn — Andy C. Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) November 18, 2018 | 3,418 |
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - The Latest on the fraud trial of former U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown (all times local):
2:25 p.m.
Former U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown has been found guilty of taking money from a charity that was purported to be giving scholarships to poor students.
The jury’s verdict on Thursday came after prosecutors accused the 70-year-old Brown of using hundreds of thousands of dollars from the One Door for Education Foundation for lavish parties, trips and shopping excursions.
She was found guilty on 18 of the 22 counts against her, including lying on tax and financial disclosure forms.
Brown, a Democrat who represented the Florida district that included Jacksonville since 1993, had pleaded not guilty to all charges including fraud.
Brown’s former chief of staff, Elias “Ronnie” Simmons, and One Door’s president pleaded guilty after their federal indictments for misusing the charity’s funds, and testified against Brown.
Simmons said Brown ordered him to take cash and checks from One Door’s account that was put into the congresswoman’s personal accounts.
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2 p.m.
The jury has reached a verdict in the fraud and tax evasion trial of former U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown.
Judge Timothy Corrigan says the verdict will be read at 2 p.m. EST.
Prosecutors say Brown, a Democrat who represented the Florida district that included Jacksonville since 1993, funneled money from One Door for Education into her personal accounts.
She has pleaded not guilty, blaming her former chief of staff Elias “Ronnie” Simmons for stealing.
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9 a.m.
Jurors will return for another day of deliberations in the fraud and tax evasion trial of former U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown.
The jury will return Thursday, a day after the judge excused on panel member who made comments about Brown and “higher beings.” That juror was replaced by an alternate, and the jury had to start its deliberations over again Wednesday morning.
Prosecutors say Brown, a Democrat who represented the Florida district that included Jacksonville since 1993, funneled money from One Door for Education into her personal accounts.
She has pleaded not guilty, blaming her former chief of staff Elias “Ronnie” Simmons for stealing.
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manufacture, import, sell, ship, deliver, possess, transfer, or receive an undetectable firearm.'"
DAYBOOK:
Trump will sit down with HUD Secretary Ben Carson and then meet with inner-city pastors. He also has an afternoon meeting with Senate Republicans.
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “While other nations certainly possessed the capability, the fact is Russia meddled in our 2016 elections. … That is the unambiguous judgment of our intelligence community, and as the president said, we ‘accept the intelligence community’s conclusion.’” — Vice President Pence speaking at a government cybersecurity conference. (Ellen Nakashima)
NEWS YOU CAN USE IF YOU LIVE IN D.C.:
-- Washingtonians should prepare for another day of intense mugginess. The Capital Weather Gang forecasts: “August begins today much like July ended yesterday, with just a passing shower or two possible through much of the day (once any lingering early-morning showers clear out). Mostly cloudy morning skies should give way to partial afternoon sun, helping highs to the mid-80s to perhaps near 90 with enough sun, plus very high humidity. Shower and storm chances increase after 5 p.m. or so and into the evening, although they may try to pass west and north of the metro area.”
-- The Nationals beat the Mets 25-4 (not a typo), bringing Washington’s record back up to.500. (Jorge Castillo)
-- Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) criticized Trump’s trade policy during a visit to Montgomery County. Jennifer Barrios reports: “He said that as newly elected vice chair of the National Governors Association, he would work with other governors to lobby the federal government for ‘common sense’ in U.S. trade policy. ‘Some of the policy isn’t very well thought-out,’ he said.”
-- A federal appeals court ruled Metro can ban religious ads on its buses and trains. The ruling upheld the transit system’s practice of prohibiting issue-oriented advertisements. (Ann E. Marimow)
VIDEOS OF THE DAY:
Stephen Colbert worried that Trump's recent comments on collusion would complicate the chants at his rallies:
Trevor Noah reflected on the state of public education after LeBron James helped to open a new school in Akron, Ohio:
Thieves were caught on camera attempting to steal a shark from the San Antonio Aquarium:
An interaction between a supermarket employee and an autistic man went viral: | 3,420 |
The Homeless World Cup came to a close in Glasgow on Saturday, with Mexico winning both the men’s and women’s finals
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The curtain came down on the Homeless World Cup in Glasgow on Saturday, with both the Mexican men and women’s teams taking home the silverware and retaining their titles.
More than 50 teams took part in the 14th tournament, which was described as a “wonderful success” by the organisers, the Homeless World Cup Foundation, which was set up to support and inspire homeless people through the sport.
Three hearty cheers for the Homeless World Cup | Kevin McKenna Read more
The president and founder of the Homeless World Cup, is Mel Young, who is recognised as one of the world’s leading social entrepreneurs. The Scot co-founded the Big Issue magazine in Scotland in 1993.
The Mexicans beat Kyrgyzstan 5-0 in the women’s final and the men achieved a 6-1 win over Brazil, so Mexico were crowned double winners for the second successive year after winning both events in Amsterdam in 2015.
Up to 100,000 spectators were estimated to watched the 416 matches over seven days in George Square, in the heart of Glasgow.
The organisers said: “It’s been an amazing seven days in central Glasgow with the focus of the football world on George Square this afternoon for the final competitions in this year’s tournament.
Facebook Twitter Pinterest The Scotland women’s team beat the Netherlands 8-3 in George Square, Glasgow. Photograph: Jane Barlow/PA
“Every match has been a corker, with penalty shoot-outs and cracking goals aplenty, warm hugs and handshakes and stands packed with fans cheering on their native and adopted teams.
“The pinnacle of the final day, the two Cup competitions, were played out before a packed house.”
Before the event, the Duke of Cambridge said: “The Homeless World Cup Foundation is taking a unique approach to this problem, using the universal language of football to tackle the issue. Every one of the 512 players in this tournament is homeless. They have each engaged with programmes run by the foundation to deal with some incredible personal challenges to make it here.
“This competition is a celebration of all that they have achieved so far, using football as a means to get back into a more stable life.”
The next Homeless World Cup will be held in Oslo next summer. | 3,421 |
Wire mentions, that two bugs have been found in the crypto > code. Where can I find details on those bugs? > > http://www.itwire.com/opinion-and-analysis/open-sauce/43995-openbsd-backdoor-claims-code-audit-begins These are the first two bugs which were found. The first one relates to the CBC oracle problem mentioned earlier (it got fixed by angelos in the software crypto stack, but the same problem was ignored in all the drivers jason maintained. Neither Jason nor Angelos were working for NETSEC at that time, so I think this was just an accident. Pretty serious accident). CVSROOT: /cvs Module name: src Changes by: [email protected] 2010/12/15 16:34:23 Modified files: sys/arch/amd64/amd64: aesni.c via.c sys/arch/i386/i386: via.c sys/arch/i386/pci: glxsb.c sys/dev/pci : hifn7751.c hifn7751var.h safe.c safevar.h ubsec.c ubsecvar.h Log message: Bring CBC oracle attack countermeasure from r1.32 of cryptosoft.c to the hardware crypto accelerator land. This fixes aes-ni, via xcrypt, glxsb(4), hifn(4), safe(4) and ubsec(4) drivers. Original commit message by angelos: Don't keep the last blocksize-bytes of ciphertext for use as the next plaintext's IV, in CBC mode. Use arc4random() to acquire fresh IVs per message. with and ok deraadt, ok markus, djm CVSROOT: /cvs Module name: src Changes by: [email protected] 2010/12/16 09:56:08 Modified files: sys/crypto : cryptodev.h lib/libssl/src/crypto/engine: hw_cryptodev.c Log message: move CRYPTO_VIAC3_MAX out of cryptodev.h and into the only file it will be used from. requested by/ok mikeb@ Other more recent commits have come out of this as well. Just go look at the Changelog.. [prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread] | 3,422 |
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Eric Trump, the son of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, says it would be “foolish” to release his father’s tax returns while under audit by the government.
“There is no tax attorney in the world who will tell you to release your tax returns while you’re under a standard routine audit. It would never happen. I mean, anybody who thinks that is in la la land,” he said in a Wednesday interview with CNBC.
“You would have a bunch of people who know nothing about taxes trying to look through and trying to come up with assumptions on something they know nothing about. It would be foolish to do,” he added.
The IRS has said individuals are not prohibited from sharing tax information while being audited. There is precedent for doing so: President Richard Nixon released his tax returns during an audit. Moreover, there is nothing stopping Trump from releasing previous returns for years not currently under audit.
A growing number of Trump supporters have also called on the GOP nominee to release his tax returns. Roger Stone, a longtime Republican political operative and current Trump ally, on Monday called on the businessman to release his returns “immediately.” And in a New York Times op-ed earlier this month, Rep. Mark Sanford (R-S.C.) warned his continued ability to support Trump will “in part be driven by whether Mr. Trump keeps his word that he will release his tax records.”
But Eric Trump remained unconvinced by calls to release the information. He swatted down allegations that his father was involved with the mob, and argued that a person’s assets ― not their tax rate, tax write-offs or charitable deductions ― mattered more to the public interest.
“I also hear these conspiracy theories all the time. You don’t learn that much from a tax return in all fairness,” he told CNBC. “I heard someone the other day, ‘Trump has ties to the mob. If he released his tax returns you would clearly see that.’ Are you guys kidding me? You learn a lot more when you look at a person’s assets. You know how many hotels we have around the world? You know how many golf courses we have around the world?”
Editor’s note: Donald Trump regularly incites political violence and is a serial liar, rampant xenophobe, racist, misogynist and birther who has repeatedly pledged to ban all Muslims — 1.6 billion members of an entire religion — from entering the U.S. | 3,424 |
For the latest on the EU referendum visit www.dailymail.co.uk/EUref
The government now threatens to sue the Brexit
Use of NHS logo in anti-EU campaign breaches DoH guidelines
ordered to stop using the NHS'logo in campaign
The lead Brexit campaign has been ordered to by government lawyers to stop using the NHS logo in its leaflets - or they will be sued.
The Vote Leave group has been handing out leaflets bearing the NHS's logo in support for the campaign to leave the European Union, which is in breach of usage guidelines.
Despite instructions by the Department of Health to stop using the logo, Vote Leave refused, and government lawyers are now reportedly threatening to sue the Brexit campaign group
Bad Brexiter: Vote Leave, supported by jusice secretary Michael Gove, has been using the NHS logo on its leaflets which is in breach of usage guidelines, and government lawyers now threaten to sue
The leaflets for Vote Leave, which is backed by justice secretary Michael Gove, Commons leader Chris Grayling and culture secretary John Whittingdale, shows the famous white-and-blue public health service logo with the 'Save our NHS' message.
Underneath the logo is a Vote Leave message, stating: 'Help protect your local hospital…' as well as the group's own slogan and red ballot box-logo.
However, as the NHS logo is a registered trademark owned by the Department of Health, it may only be used under a set of strict guidelines.
The guidelines state that the logo and letters can only be used in official NHS communications 'to protect the NHS from being seen as the source of materials that have not originated from the NHS.'
Support: Culture Secretary John Whittingdale, Northern Ireland Secretary Theresa Villiers, Michael Gove, Leader of the House of Commons Chris Grayling, Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith and Employment Minister Priti Patel all support Vote Leave
A spokesperson for the Department of Health said earlier this week that they have 'informed Vote Leave this is an inappropriate use of the NHS brand.'
However, Vote Leave refused to withdraw the leaflets, and instead accused Downing Street of 'bully boy tactics', according to The Observer.
A legal letter was sent to the Vote Leave campaign on Saturday, warning the group of legal consequences unless the leaflets are pulled by March 8, the newspaper added.
'It's shameless of Leave campaigners to use the NHS's much loved brand in this cynical, grubby and underhand manner,' a spokesman for Britain Stronger in Europe told the Independent. | 3,425 |
’m a Catholic, and we are brought up on mysteries. Knowing that there were things that you didn’t understand, the mysteries NOBODY can explain, and learning to live with them—that’s part of my life. Like what’s going on behind the curtain between the seen and the unseeable. As in, on a smaller scale, what happened to the Roanoke colony. Where the crew of the Mary Celeste went, whether they were murdered or drowned or they actually made it to some atoll and there are in fact descendents living in a colony there—there are theories on these events, and berzillion theories on the spontaneous human combustion case that sparked my novel Son of Destruction, but as to physical, scientific HARD FACTS, provable solutions, although science tries—and science fiction tries—although most people claim otherwise, there are no absolute ones.
MG: I love how that leads to the question of overlapping truths—we think of, for example, the sort of truth discovered through hard science, and the sort of truth discovered through historical research, to be identical. In a sense they are—or are they?
KR: Not really, as you demonstrate! History is subjective, seen through the eyes of the beholder; memoir is subjective, and so is the most realistic fiction because it’s filtered by the writers’ choices—which details, which words. Now, science—out of my realm, I fear, but everything is filtered through the humans engaged in whichever work. We supply meaning. A rock is just a rock until somebody bashes you with it or throws it through your window or finds one on top of a mountain and carves an emblem into it.
MG: If we went back into the past in our time machines, which of course we have, because this is the future, we’d either see someone spontaneously combust or we wouldn’t. The Mary Celeste’s crew would drown or they’d swim to safety, or something else entirely. But that wouldn’t tell us all that much about how contemporary people interpreted what they saw, or why they chose to tell the story of what they’d seen to others in quite the way they did. It wouldn’t explain what those stories meant to those who told them.
KR: Or to any given audience.
MG: Speaking of parallels with religion…
KR: Well, yes! There are things we know and things we’ll never know, and learning how to live with it is half the fun. | 3,426 |
�s are being promoted as a potential treatment for a wide range of medical conditions, and although future research may show that CBD’s are effective in treating many maladies, that research must prove that CBD’s are effective and safe. The type of research required by the FDA is very costly and time-consuming, and the future growth of the CBD market may be dependent on the approval of additional medical and nutritional uses.
Much of the stress farmers and ranchers are experiencing today can be attributed to financial risk. This fourth category of risk is defined as a condition of not having sufficient cash to meet expected obligations, generating lower than expected profits, and losing equity. One way to combat this type of risk is to produce hemp under a contract. Without a contract, hemp is considered a speculative crop, and producers should not invest more than they can afford to lose.
If you are approached by someone offering you a contract to grow industrial hemp or buy your hemp related raw products, the prospective buyer must hold a Farm Products and Commodity Handlers license issued by the Colorado Department of Agriculture. A full list of licensed buyers can be found on the CDA website: https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/sites/default/files/June%201st%20Hemp%20FP%20list.pdf.
The final area of risk management is human risk, defined as the uncertainty attributed to the character, health or behavior of the people involved in the business. The U.S. Hemp Industry has been referred to as the “Wild West” or a modern day “Gold Rush” with many people jumping on the bandwagon. With so many “players” involved, it’s difficult to tell the “Good Guys” from the “Bad Guys.” It is very important to carefully vet all potential business relationships before making a deal and to be cautious of those opportunities that seem too good to be true. In the words of Kansas State University Professor Jason Griffin, “… if anyone is promising that you’re going to get rich (with industrial hemp) … walk away!”
Low commodity prices have forced many producers to search for alternatives to traditional crop and livestock enterprises. Many of these alternatives provide their own set of challenges, and farmers and ranchers must do a thorough risk assessment as they consider producing industrial hemp.
If you have questions about this topic or any other agricultural business management issue, please feel free to contact me at (970) 522-7207 or by email at [email protected]. ❖ | 3,427 |
Starting from the second row, Lewis Plato claimed victory in the three-hundrdeth race of the Porsche Carrera Cup GB series since its inception in 2003.
Porsche GB 2018 / 2019 Junior Dan Harper started from pole position after a storming lap in qualifying, ahead of championship leader Dino Zamparelli, Plato and Tom Wrigley.
Zamparelli made the most of the start, passing Harper into Paddock Hill bend with Plato in tow, Ellinas jumped two places up to fourth by the time the field had arrived at Druids.
Pro-Am was being headed by returnee Rory Collingbourne with Jamie Orton and Seb Perez following closely. Iain Dockerill led the way in the Am class ahead of David Fairbrother and Richard Hawken.
With things looking to be going the way of Zamparelli, an incident on lap four saw Dan Vaughan retire from the race after contact, soon after the incident the championship leader ran wide at Hawthorn corner, most likely caused by lost fluid from Vaughan’s car, Zamparelli clipped the grass and spun off, stalling in the process.
While Zamparelli tried to start his car, the safety car came out as the track was cleared and Zamparelli rejoined the field at the back.
Two laps later the safety car pulled in and Harper saw an opportunity to attack Plato in to Surtees, a move that wouldn’t work as he spun out of contention leaving Plato, Ellinas and Wrigley fighting it out for for the top spot.
While the battle for top spot raged on, Peter Mangion spun out of third place in the Am class, ending his race in the gravel trap, bringing out a second safety car.
The race resumed on lap fourteen and Wrigley was still looking for a way around Ellinas for the second spot. The Cypriot would hold on to make the most of Zamparelli’s earlier misfortune as Plato took victory and Wrigley was left to settle for third place.
Collingbourne secured victory in the Pro-Am class ahead of Orton and birthday-boy Perez, who was crowned 2018 Pro-Am champion as a result. In the Am class Dockerill took victory with Fairbrother and Hawken in tow.
Heading in to the final race Zamparelli and Ellinas are tied on points as guest returnee Michael Caine lines up on pole position ahead of Jackson, Gamble, Wrigley, Ellinas and Plato; Zamparelli will start from thirteenth place. | 3,428 |
I remember Michigan fondly as the place I go
to be in Michigan. The right hand of America
waving from maps or the left
pressing into clay a mold to take home
from kindergarten to Mother. I lived in Michigan
forty-three years. The state bird
is a chained factory gate. The state flower
is Lake Superior, which sounds egotistical
though it is merely cold and deep as truth.
A Midwesterner can use the word “truth,”
can sincerely use the word “sincere.”
In truth the Midwest is not mid or west.
When I go back to Michigan I drive through Ohio.
There is off I-75 in Ohio a mosque, so life
goes corn corn corn mosque, I wave at Islam,
which we’re not getting along with
on account of the Towers as I pass.
Then Ohio goes corn corn corn
billboard, goodbye, Islam. You never forget
how to be from Michigan when you’re from Michigan.
It’s like riding a bike of ice and fly fishing.
The Upper Peninsula is a spare state
in case Michigan goes flat. I live now
in Virginia, which has no backup plan
but is named the same as my mother,
I live in my mother again, which is creepy
but so is what the skin under my chin is doing,
suddenly there’s a pouch like marsupials
are needed. The state joy is spring.
“Osiris, we beseech thee, rise and give us baseball”
is how we might sound were we Egyptian in April,
when February hasn’t ended. February
is thirteen months long in Michigan.
We are a people who by February
want to kill the sky for being so gray
and angry at us. “What did we do?”
is the state motto. There’s a day in May
when we’re all tumblers, gymnastics
is everywhere, and daffodils are asked
by young men to be their wives. When a man elopes
with a daffodil, you know where he’s from.
In this way I have given you a primer.
Let us all be from somewhere.
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Despite overwhelming positive reactions from audiences and already rocketing to number one documentary of 2016 in its opening week, establishment critics slammed Dinesh D’Souza’s film Hillary’s America in Rotten Tomatoes with a laughably unrealistic rating of 5%.
“The Left unleashed a whole battery of critics who tried to bash the film into submission through Rotten Tomatoes and through basically misrepresenting what the film is about,” said D’Souza on The Alex Jones Show Thursday. “The great thing is we’ve had people see, they love it, they go nuts, they tell other people. Our film is already in the top ten political documentaries of all time, in one week.”
“We show in the documentary that the Democratic Party is the party of bigotry,” D’Souza continued. “It’s wonderful to see the lifting of the curtain because you can see how they actually think, the way they talk in private.”
“It’s just thrilling to have this film in the theater as a kind of vaccination or antidote to the unbelievable squid-like cloud of rhetoric that’s coming out of Philadelphia.”
In 2012, D’Souza’s highly acclaimed film 2016: Obama’s America grossed $33.5 million, making it the fourth highest grossing documentary and second highest grossing political documentary in the U.S since 1982.
His film America: Imagine the World Without Her was also the highest-grossing documentary of 2014.
Similarly to Hillary’s America, having received an audience score of 87% on Rotten Tomatoes, critics still attempted to bash the film by giving it an 8% rating.
“The very idea that Bill and Hillary, this kind of Bonnie and Clyde operation, that’s in it for themselves, that doesn’t care about domestic policy nor do they care about foreign policy,” D’Souza stated. “They’re just like brokers who want to collect ten percent, and that’s all they care about.”
“So they idea that they can fix problems is just ludicrous… With Hillary the Democrats know and they still put her forward and I think that actually is a referendum on the character of this party that would advance a known crook as their standard bearer for the White House.”
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The Trump administration is closing in on the saboteur responsible for leaking information about planned ICE raids to stop the deportation of illegal immigrants.
Anna Giaritelli reports Friday that acting DHS secretary Kevin McAleenan is being investigated in a non-criminal internal investigation into the damaging leaks.
The border crisis is spiraling out control.
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) confirmed on June 14 that 5,200 adults were quarantined due to mumps or chicken pox exposure. 4,200 of these quarantined people have been exposed to mumps.
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Mumps or chicken pox were confirmed present in 39 different migrant detention centers, according to ICE.
Amid a surge of Congolese migrants at the southern border — many of whom have already gained access to the United States and settled in San Antonio — The Center for Immigration Studies now reports that 35,000 more African migrants are headed to America’s southern border on the same general path trekked by Central American migrant hordes.
Big League Politics reported:
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the National Institutes of Health, as well as New York City and state and local governments began preparing for a possible Ebola outbreak shortly before the current Congolese migrant invasion on our southern border, as the Congo migrants journeyed from Africa to the United States.
The Lexington-Fayette County Health Department partnered with the CDC and the Kentucky Department of Health beginning in February to monitor people traveling to and from the Ebola outbreak region on the African continent, with the local department acting on guidance provided by the federal and state government bodies.
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, which is a branch of the National Institutes of Health, sponsored a clinical trial beginning in late January at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital in Ohio to test Ebola vaccines.
The Congo migrant “surge” at the southern border continues, as recently-landed Congo migrants in San Antonio, Texas described their six-month journey to the United States — during which time the government started making Ebola preparations instead of acting to stop the illegal migrant invasion.
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Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is pushing for a new bill that would grant amnesty to thousands of currently jailed individuals. The bill called Ley de Amnistia or Amnesty Law is expected to go before Mexico’s Senate. If the senate passes the bill, it would lead to the release of thousands of individuals who have been “unjustly jailed”.
Mexico’s leading Senator Ricardo Monreal said the law is part of a process aimed at bringing peace to Mexico, Mexico’s Vanguardia reported. The bill is supposed to target underage teens and women who have been forced to commit crimes by organized criminal groups, women who were forced by their lovers to carry weapons, and farmers who were forced to grow drugs by giving them a chance at freedom and access to jobs, Mexico’s Animal Politico reported.
According to Mexico’s Secretary of the Interior Olga Sanchez Cordero, the bill is not meant as a measure of impunity, because the bill would also look at crime victims and reparations, Animal Politico reported. The politician also said in multiple interviews that the bill would not apply to those convicted of serious offenses such as murder, kidnapping, and crimes against humanity.
The new proposed bill comes at a time when Mexico’s government has been pushing for the legalization of drugs and where earlier this year, AMLO claimed that the war on drugs was over, Breitbart Texas reported.
The news comes as Mexican border cities like Nuevo Laredo and Reynosa continue to be hotspots of violence where violent drug cartels such as factions of Los Zetas and the Gulf Cartel regularly use armored vehicles with mounted machine guns,.50 caliber rifles, and grenade launchers to clash with state police officers. In most of the recent gun battles, federal authorities and military forces have been absent or only made an appearance after the shooting ended. This led the governor of Tamaulipas to publicly call out the federal government for not fighting against cartels, Breitbart Texas reported.
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Undefeated former boxing world champion and pioneer to the sport, Laila Ali who also just happens to be the daughter of the late great Muhammad Ali has a message for Ronda Rousey’s supporters.
Ronda Rousey lost to Amanda Nunes at UFC 207 in stunning fashion. Nunes destroyed the former champion in just 48 seconds of round one, picking up the TKO win. She previously lost to Holly Holm back in October 2015 via round two knockout. Since the loss many of Rousey’s fans have been claiming she is still a legend, and compare her to boxing great Muhammad Ali who also had losses.
Laila Ali is not happy with fans comparing Rousey to her father, she pleads with them to stop.
“I’ve heard people say, ‘Well, Muhammad Ali lost, he’s still great,‘” she said. “First of all, Muhammad Ali never lost like that. He never got in there and was made to look like a rag doll. And when he did lose, it was pretty much after he had been off for three years. He was in his prime, had to take time off, came back, fought the best, then he came back and had rematches against the best, so please don’t ever compare her to my father.”
Ali blamed the false promotion surrounding the star for her downfall. However, she takes nothing away from her Judo or Olympic accomplishments.
“She’s pretty much been exposed,” Ali said. “She can’t take a punch. It doesn’t take anything away from her, what she did as a Judo champion, what she did in the Olympics. But she was basically built up by her promoter to be the best ever to fight, period, in any form of fighting, and it just never was true.”
There is no doubt about it the way Rousey put women’s MMA on the map will forever be commended. However, in terms of fights she is far behind Muhammad Ali and even Laila herself. Rousey only had 14 fights during her five year pro MMA career, which is a relatively low number and short amount of time in the fight game. In comparison Muhammad Ali had 61 fights over 21 years and was 31-0 before being beaten for the first time. Whilst Laila Ali remained unbeaten with 24 fights in nine years.
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Smart contracts will be enabled through the Binance Smart Chain
The news that Binance, one of the biggest names in crypto with 15 million active users, will be launching its Binance Smart Chain smart contract blockchain is huge.
Headed by charismatic CEO Changpeng ‘CZ’ Zhao and focused on rapid technological advance. Binance’s dominance of the crypto exchange market has made it one of the most powerful and profitable companies in blockchain. Ironically too, despite its heavy focus on centralization, it’s also one of the most trusted brands in crypto.
All these facets are being combined within the Binance Smart Chain, which is the logical progression of its Binance Chain. It launched in April 2019, and is currently best known for the Binance DEX dapp.
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Using a staked authority consensus model and the BNB token. The Smart Chain will offer developers a more flexible and open blockchain in which to build a wider range of dapps.
Indeed, given its compatibility with Ethereum Virtual Machines and tools, developers should be able to run their current Ethereum dapps on the Smart Chain with little modification.
Cross-chain bridges will enable tokens to move between the two blockchains too. Something that could be very important to allow the deep liquidity of Binance users to flow into both the Binance Smart Chain and Ethereum dapp ecosystems.
And yet it’s important to understand that no matter how technically advanced a blockchain is and how large (or rich) its community. Creating a successful smart contract blockchain requires more.
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For example, DappRadar currently tracks dapp activity across 11 smart contract blockchains (with more to come). But only Ethereum, TRON and EOS have more than 10 active dapps over the long term. And only Ethereum demonstrates a deep ecosystem with active dapps across all key categories. Such as DeFi, Exchanges, Gaming and Gambling.
Even in the case of DeFi, which would seem to be an obvious win for the Binance Smart Chain. Will the tight-knit Ethereum DeFi community be happy switching their allegiance to a brand that’s so heavily characterized by the success of a centralized crypto exchange and its token?
Winning over these hearts-and-minds could be a tough ask, no matter how much scale the community offers or how much faster Binance Smart Chain is in terms of faster block times and cheaper transaction costs.
You can find out more about the Binance Smart Chain via the Binance website. | 3,434 |
Bush signs housing bill in private, after calling it'socialistic' John Byrne
Published: Wednesday July 30, 2008
Print This Email This In a seeming effort to blunt attention to the fact he was signing a bill he once rebuked as socialistic, President George W. Bush quietly approved a massive mortgage rescue bill shortly after 7 a.m. in the Oval Office and announced his signature by email. "Only a few aides and administration officials were present, including Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Steve Preston and James B. Lockhart III, the Director of the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO)," Politico's Mike Allen remarked. "The White House announced the signing by e-mail moments later." A senior Bush official told Allen the Administration had no desire to herald the Democrats who shepherded the bill through their congressional committees, Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-CT) and Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA). Typically bills are accompanied by a signing ceremony, replete with souvenir pens. "Bush initially vowed to veto the bill as being overly socialistic," Allen notes. "He finally dropped his objection when he decided that it was better than nothing. In a rare split, House Republicans opposed the bill and business interests like home builders and bankers favored it." The White House had said there would be no bill-signing event, with one administration official noting ruefully that they had no desire to trumpet The measure, regarded as the most significant housing legislation in decades, lets homeowners who cannot afford their payments refinance into more affordable government-backed loans rather than losing their homes. It offers a temporary financial lifeline to troubled mortgage companies Fannie Mae (FNM) and Freddie Mac (FRE) and tightens controls over the two government-sponsored businesses. The House passed the bill a week ago; the Senate voted Saturday to send it to the president. Bush didn't like the version emerging from Congress, and initially said he would veto it, particularly over a provision containing $3.9 billion in neighborhood grants. He contended the money would benefit lenders who helped cause the mortgage meltdown, encouraging them to foreclose rather than work with borrowers. But he withdrew that threat early last week, saying hurting homeowners could not wait - and even blaming the Democratic Congress' delays in action for forcing an imperfect solution. We look forward to put in place new authorities to improve confidence and stability in markets, and to provide better oversight for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac," White House spokesman Tony Fratto said in a statement. "The Federal Housing Administration will begin to implement new policies intended to keep more deserving American families in their homes. | 3,435 |
I needed to be serving outside my own home and family. I prayed for help. The Lord directed me and told me what to do. I listened and the Spirit led me to service opportunities outside my knowledge and experience. I have been able to share the gospel and spread light in many different ways. I know that not getting a calling was part of the Lord’s plan to use me where He needed me more. Refrain from criticism. It does not help to dwell on the faults of others. Look for the good in all of the people in your ward. Make your home a holy place. Next to the Temple, the safest place in the world should be the home. Every week, as we partake of the Sacrament, we are promised that if we keep the commandments, then we will always have the Spirit to be with us. We can extend that promise to our homes. If we keep the commandments, we can always have the Spirit in our homes. This means kindness, softer voices, forgiveness, and love abounding. It means being very, very careful about movies, music, and websites. Our family members can and should be our very best friends and the people we can rely on the most. When we feel left out and unwanted at church, it’s a beautiful thing to go home and feel that we are a wanted and a necessary part of our families. Study the scriptures and gain a testimony so strong that if your whole ward left the Church, you would still be standing strong. If all else fails, provide yourself with a firm foundation. In Heleman 5:12, it says, “And now, my sons, remember, remember that it is upon the rock of our Redeemer, who is Christ, the Son of God, that ye must build your foundation; that when the devil shall send forth his mighty winds, yea, his shafts in the whirlwind, yea, when all his hail and his mighty storm shall beat upon you, it shall have no power over you to drag you down to the gulf of misery and endless wo, because of the rock upon which ye are built, which is a sure foundation, a foundation whereon if men build they cannot fall.” Daily scripture study will provide a firm foundation that will be nearly impossible to break down. Make sure that your testimony is based in the scriptures and not in the people at church.
Remember, we are called to build Zion. Become a builder of that great city. The more we learn of the doctrine of Jesus Christ, and the more we reach out to others, the closer we get to Zion. And in Zion, there are no cliques. | 3,436 |
On Tuesday morning, Tea Party conservative Rep. Tom Price (R-GA) was officially chosen as Secretary of Health and Human Services for the administration of President-elect Donald J. Trump. Trump announced, “Chairman Price, a renowned physician, has earned a reputation for being a tireless problem solver and the go-to expert on healthcare policy, making him the ideal choice to serve in this capacity.”
This pick reflects Trump’s plan to repeal and replace Obamacare, as Price has been a vocal critic of the Affordable Care Act and the Obama administration generally. On Obamacare, Price said, “While President Obama and Democrats have the audacity to tout Obamacare’s ‘success,’ the cold hard facts and figures prove the opposite is true.”
In The House of Representatives, Price sponsored the Empowering Patients First Act, a potential replacement for Obamacare. The EPFA creates and expands tax credits for purchasing health insurance and permits interstate health insurance markets. This pick may quell some of the Republican concerns that Trump will not make repealing and replacing Obamacare a priority.
Price has some practical experience in the healthcare field as well, having worked as a practicing orthopedic surgeon for twenty years before running for office for the first time in 1996. After serving in the Georgia State Senate, Price ran for Congress in 2004 and has held his seat ever since. When Paul Ryan (R-WI) was chosen for Speaker of the House, Price took over Ryan’s role in the House Budget Committee. He also served on the Ways and Means Committee, and the subcommittees on Health and Human Resources respectively.
Price is ardently pro-life, receiving a 100% rating from the National Right to Life. He cosponsored the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act in 2015, which banned abortions after 20 weeks. Price is a strong social conservative, opposing same-sex marriage and voting to prohibit it federally. His voting record indicates strong fiscal conservatism with an aversion to waste, corruption, and runaway spending. He has been tough on crime and drugs, earning him a 0% rating from the National Organization for Reform of Marijuana Laws. He is extremely pro-surveillance, but luckily that won’t be part of the HHS job.
Speaker Ryan called Price,”The absolute perfect choice.” MSNBC labeled him a “scary pick”.
Though more libertarian-leaning conservatives may have some qualms about Price, he is qualified for the HHS Secretary post and is an excellent pick because of his criticism of Obamacare and pro-life record. | 3,437 |
[Glu] apo produced at the wound site(s).
Peptides, oligogalacturonides (OGs), adenosine 5′-triphosphate (ATP), and high mobility group (HMG) box domain–containing proteins have all been proposed as plant damage–associated molecular patterns (DAMPs), i.e., molecular elicitors of defense released upon wounding (22). We show here that Glu is also a DAMP, either leaking from damaged cells or actively released upon wounding. This Glu activates GLR ion channels, eliciting defense signal propagation through altered [Ca2+] cyt, with the vasculature as one key highway for transmission between organs. Despite links between the action of DAMPS to defense and Ca2+ signaling (22), application of neither OG nor the pathogen defense elicitor flg22 initiated systemic [Ca2+] cyt increases (fig. S16), suggesting that Glu may be a critical signal in long-distance propagation of wound signaling events.
Supplementary Materials www.sciencemag.org/content/361/6407/1112/suppl/DC1 Materials and Methods Figs. S1 to S16 Tables S1 and S2 Movies S1 to S13 References (23–35)
http://www.sciencemag.org/about/science-licenses-journal-article-reuse This is an article distributed under the terms of the Science Journals Default License.
Acknowledgments: We thank E. Farmer, E. Spalding, J.-Y. Lee, and T. Kotake for mutant/transgenic lines and chemicals, and W. Wong and S. Swanson for critical reading of the manuscript. Funding: This research was supported by grants from JST PRESTO, KAKENHI (17H05007, 18H04775, 18H05491), NSF (MCB-1329273, IOS-1557439, IOS-1557899, IOS-1456864), DOE (DE–FG02–91ER20021), and NASA (NNX14AT25G). Author contributions: M.T. and S.G. designed the study and wrote the manuscript. M.T., D.S., S.T., W.J., T.Z., A.K., and G.H. performed experiments and analyzed data. All authors discussed the results and contributed to the manuscript. Competing interests: The authors declare no competing financial interests. Data and materials availability: All lines are available by contacting the corresponding author. | 3,438 |
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As you eat your way into your digestive system, you may begin noticing body parts you've already eaten emerging partially digested from the severed, dangly entrails on which you're feasting. Do not feel the need to re-eat these parts, as they will only fall out of your torso again. Once you've eaten your abdomen and there's nothing remaining but the chest, arms, neck, and head, you may find it physically impossible to eat any further, but don't give up! We assure you it is doable. You may actually find that it's surprisingly easy to get past the chest, arms, and neck, although the head, admittedly, is somewhat of a challenge. The most effective way to go about eating your head is to simply open your mouth as wide as humanly possible so as to invert your face and stretch your lips condom-like over the circumference of your cranium until it has been completely swallowed. And once you've done that, you're done | 3,439 |
Mayor Pete Buttigieg wants to defeat President Donald Trump so decisively in the 2020 presidential election that everything the president stands for will be rendered political poison.
“As a candidate for president, the best thing that could happen is to defeat not just Trump, but Trumpism,” Buttigieg said in an interview with CNN’s Chris Cuomo on Thursday.
The South Bend mayor said he was encouraged by Republicans he met who are “furious” with what President Trump is doing in office.
He urged Americans to give “such a thumping in November 2020 against Trumpism and everything associated with it that it creates the shockwaves required to reunite Republicans in elected office with their conscience or lead to the dissolution and reinvention of that party.”
In 2018, Time magazine posited that President Trump had created a political revolution of economic populism that would outlast Trump’s presidency.
The president shared a GIF of the cover on Twitter, joking that he will remain in office after his second term:
Cuomo asserted that Buttigieg is too young and “too nice” to beat Trump, prompting the mayor to talk tough.
“I believe in kindness, but no one should mistake my kindness for weakness,” he said.
Buttigieg expressed confidence that his experience as a mayor would show Americans his leadership abilities, emphasizing his military service and his roots in the Midwest.
“I live in a middle-class neighborhood in the Midwest and drive a Chevy. I don’t helicopter around to golf courses with my name on it,” he said.
Buttigieg added that he could not respect Trump as the President of the United States, saying:
He has done nothing to command my respect, I’ll say that, because he doesn’t respect his own presidency. And, frankly, at a deeper level, I don’t think he respects himself. I think he has created a sort of cartoon character, which is fine if you are a reality TV star where you’re playing a part, even when the part is yourself. When you are President of the United States, lives depend on your integrity, on your wisdom, on your judgement, and I just don’t see it in this White House.
When Cuomo remarked that he was “jealous” of the young South Bend mayor for not having a single grey hair on his head, Buttigieg replied, “Every time I open Twitter, I get a new gray hair.” | 3,440 |
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ISIS bride Shamima Begum has reportedly been granted legal aid to fight the decision to remove her British citizenship.
Lawyers have successfully asked for taxpayers' money on her behalf arguing that the Home Secretary's move to strip the 19-year-old's citizenship was unfair, according to the Daily Mail.
It is understood that the legal bill could run into hundreds of thousands of pounds.
The decision emerged after it was alleged that Ms Begum had been witnessed preparing suicide vests for would-be bombers.
The Mail on Sunday said Prime Minister Theresa May and Home Secretary Sajid Javid had been briefed that she sewed vests onto bombers so that they could not be removed without them going off.
Ms Begum, who is currently in a refugee camp in Syria, fled London when she was just 15.
She had her British citizenship revoked earlier this year and has since been stuck in a displacement camp for months after being detained when leaving ISIS territory.
However the Mail reported that the Legal Aid Agency (LAA) has accepted that Ms Begum's family can initiate an appeal and apply for funding on her behalf.
The LAA apparently agreed to grant funding to lawyers instructed by her family.
The family's lawyer Tasnime Akunjee told the newspaper that legal aid had been granted after an application was made on March 19.
Mr Akunjee passed the case onto human rights solicitor Gareth Pierce, who represented former Guantanamo Bay detainee Moazzam Begg.
He said: "I represent the family who initially brought the case on behalf of Shamima Begum, but the family are not entitled to legal aid – the legal aid is for Shamima Begum alone."
Ms Begum arrived heavily pregnant at al-Hol camp in February, and gave birth shortly after. But her newborn son, named Jarrah, died from a lung infection last month.
He was her third child to have died during her time living in the caliphate.
An LAA spokesman said: “We are unable to comment on individual cases.
“Anybody applying for legal aid in a Special Immigration Appeal Commission case is subject to strict eligibility tests.” | 3,441 |
This is a veritable mechanics of aggression on the nanoscale. Certain bacteria, including Staphylococcus aureus, have the ability to deploy tiny darts. This biological weapon kills the host cell by piercing the membrane. Researchers at EPFL have dismantled, piece by piece, this intriguing little machine and found an assembly of proteins that, in unfolding at the right time, takes the form of a spur. Published in Nature Chemical Biology, this discovery offers new insight into the fight against pathogens that are increasingly resistant to antibiotics.
To attack the host cell, the weapon must first attach. On the surface of the aggressor is a mechanism composed of seven proteins that are folded over and assembled into a ring. The researchers were able to show how, in time, these long molecules unfold to form a kind of spur.
The trigger is just another part of the machine – a peptide, or a small organic molecule. When exposed to the enzymes of the host organism, it detaches. The balance of the assembly adjusts: the proteins adopt a new form, spreading out in a circular motion to form a spur, which then pierces the membrane of the host cell.
Mechanical at the molecular level
No chemical reaction is involved in these biological weapons. This is a mechanical phenomenon, albeit on the molecular level. Matteo Dal Peraro, co-author of this study, also uses the term "nanomachine" to refer to this tool of aggression.
The EPFL researchers have worked on strains of Aeromonas hydrophila – a bacterium well-known among travelers for the intestinal disorders it causes. In Petri dishes the researchers could, at will, cause the formation of these darts, thereby exposing microorganisms to digestive enzymes. They were able to model precisely how each protein dynamically rearranges, once the peptide is missing, to form the spur.
Hinder the attack mechanism
For co-author Gisou Van der Goot, this discovery opens new therapeutic perspectives, for example in cases of nosocomial infection staphylococci. "We could imagine catheters coated with substitute peptides," she says. "They could prevent the formation of the ring and, thus, the spur. We would avoid many hospital infections."
The concept is to address the weaponry of the bacteria rather than the bacteria itself. This is particularly attractive at a time when multiple antibiotic resistances are becoming increasingly common. "This approach would have the advantage of not causing mutations, and thereby resistance, in pathogenic bacteria," says the researcher.
Explore further The tiny, lethal weapon that viruses use to kill bacteria | 3,442 |
Hey, y'all want something to worry about that isn't all over the electric teevee machine? Try the fact that the director of the national census just quit because he might not have enough money to do the job in 2020. From The Washington Post:
John H. Thompson, who has served as director since 2013 and worked for the bureau for 27 years before that, will leave June 30, the Commerce Department announced Tuesday. The news, which surprised census experts, follows an April congressional budget allocation for the census that critics say is woefully inadequate. And it comes less than a week after a prickly hearing at which Thompson told lawmakers that cost estimates for a new electronic data collection system had ballooned by nearly 50 percent. "It's like two trains going down the track toward each other, with Republicans decrying the budget overrun and Democrats saying the census has been underfunded," Phil Sparks, co-director of the Census Project, a watchdog organization, said of the May 3 hearing before the House Appropriations subcommittee on commerce, justice and science. "This puts the census in the crosshairs both ways."
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The crisis here is obvious. This will be the first census since 2010. That census helped produce the congressional districts that produced, in succession, the two worst House majorities in the history of the Republic. In the years since, gerrymandering and voter-suppression has been at high tide out in the states. This all has worked to the benefit of Republican majorities in state legislatures and in the Congress, and now the latter is nickel-and-diming the upcoming census? You'll forgive me if I don't think all this is coincidental.
A former Capitol Hill staffer who is knowledgeable about the census said Congress's mandate for the 2020 Census to cost no more than the 2010 one was unrealistic. "They're not accounting for inflation; they're not accounting for the 30 million more Americans, for the fact that people don't have hard [telephone] lines anymore. And you're going to do the census for the same amount of money? That's not possible."
They do not miss a trick. These really are the fcking mole people.
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The Dodgers will open the 2013 National League Championship Series on Friday night against the Cardinals in St. Louis. We already know that the Dodgers will start Zack Greinke and Clayton Kershaw in Games 1 and 2. The Cardinals haven't yet announced their NLCS rotation, but it's looking like Joe Kelly will start Game 1 for St. Louis.
The Cardinals rotation looks to be Kelly, Michael Wacha and Adam Wainwright in the first three games, with Lance Lynn looming as an option either in Game 1 or Game 4, per Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Wacha has allowed seven runs in his last five starts, dating back to the beginning of September, including back-to-back starts with one hit allowed in his last two outings. He and Wainwright line up to pitch Games 6 and 7 for the Cardinals, if necessary.
Kelly, a Corona native who pitched for UC Riverside, was 10-5 with a 2.69 ERA in 37 games for St. Louis this season, including 15 starts, with 79 strikeouts and 44 walks in 124 innings. He allowed two runs and nine baserunners in 5⅓ innings in Game 3 of the NLDS against the Pirates.
Lynn was 15-10 with a 3.97 ERA in 33 starts during the season, with 198 strikeouts and 76 walks in 201⅔ innings. He allowed four runs and 10 baserunners in 4⅓ innings in Game 2 against Pittsburgh. Both Kelly and Lynn beat the Dodgers in their only start against them in 2013, and Kelly also allowed two runs and struck out six in three innings in a relief appearance on May 25 in Los Angeles. Lynn struck out nine in six scoreless innings one day earlier.
Cardinals manager Mike Matheny didn't want to divulge the starting rotation immediately after beating the Pirates on Wednesday.
"We'll talk about that later," Matheny said, per Chad Thornburg of MLB.com. "We certainly weren't getting too far past today. We respect the game too much to get any further past what we had in our hand, and we had our hands full."
Another Game 4 option for the Cardinals is Shelby Miller, who pitched out of the bullpen during the NLDS and has thrown a career-high 174⅓ innings in his age-22 season (he turns 23 Thursday). Per Goold:
"I have no idea when I’m pitching," Miller said. "Pretty much taking it day by day, keeping it simple. You never know what days you’re going to pitch." | 3,444 |
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hexacopter with their guns, for example?
DUNCAN FRASER: Well, I think that would be counterproductive. I know the temptation is there, but they would be breaking the law themselves, so they don't really achieve anything in the end, so I think cool heads are required here and hopefully we can talk some reason to these animal rights groups and - to better understand their motives.
SEAN MURPHY: Animal Liberation has trained three operators to fly the hexacopter and says it will now be conducting a range of new investigations into other intensive animal industries.
MARK PEARSON: So wherever we're suspicious, or where we get intelligence that there are situations where animals are being abused, then we will use, deploy, the hexacopter to fly over that area and document the evidence - legally.
So that's the beauty of this instrument, is that it is a way of legally obtaining information, which will be admissible to court, and so that the people who are breaking the law will be taken to task by the police or whatever.
SEAN MURPHY: This summer, it says, its key target will be cattle feedlots.
MARK PEARSON: We believe that we have enough veterinary experts who will support the fact that to allow cattle to be suffering from heat stress - just so you want to you know, load them up quickly with weight and not have to spend a lot of money on, you know, space for grazing - that to put them through that day in and day out, in a very hot period of a heatwave, that itself - we're going to take a test case and ask the police to run a test case that that itself - that that itself, that act of allowing those animals to suffer heat stress for three, four or five days, is an offence every day they do it, to every animal. That is a goal for this summer.
DUNCAN FRASER: If they believe there is a - they suspect there might be breaches of animal welfare, then surely they should be talking, rather than taking this sort of action straight away.
And I just say to the general public, would they want these sorts of machines hovering over their backyard or their house or whatever, infringing on their privacy on the suspicion that you might be kicking your dog out the back of the yard? I mean, where do you end up with these sort of things?
So I'd be very concerned if that's the way they're going to extend it and, again, the way they use the footage out of it. | 3,446 |
Following his UFC 218 win over Jose Aldo, featherweight champion Max Holloway claimed a potential rematch with Conor McGregor is dependent on the Irishman's team.
Holloway completed his first successful title defence when he defeated long-time champion Aldo via TKO in the third round on Saturday (2 December).
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It extended the Hawaiian's impressive winning streak to 12 straight wins, having last suffered defeat to McGregor via unanimous decision all the way back in August 2013.
A rematch between the two has long been campaigned for by the fans and media, with Holloway repeatedly stating that he would be happy to gain revenge on the lightweight champion if a fight was offered.
However, in the UFC 218 post-fight press conference, "Blessed" revealed that an agreement has to come from McGregor's side if a rematch is to happen.
"Yeah, for sure," Holloway said when asked if he would like a rematch. "Like I said, I'm the champion of my division and I've got to keep everything rolling. I've got to keep everything going. I've got a throne to defend. I'm not going on hiatus. As long as I get contenders, I'm going to fight."
"But if the UFC call me out for that reason, any reason for fighting him [McGregor], I'll gladly fight him. If the Conor fight don't happen, it's not on my side. I'll tell you guys right now. It's not on my side. It's on their team."
As of now, there is no update on whether McGregor will even return to the octagon with UFC president Dana White recently stating that the possibility of the "Notorious" never fighting again was real.
Holloway, who criticised McGregor in November for never defending his belt, does not seem to think a meeting with the 29-year-old will happen, especially as McGregor was open to facing boxer Paulie Malignaggi in the octagon rather than an actual mixed martial artist.
"Their team is talking about me all the time, talking about how I'm the best guy in the world blah blah and this and that," Holloway added. "Right now, Conor - now, really think about this - right now Conor is talking about fighting Paulie Malignaggi in MMA."
"Let that sink in, you know. Paulie Malignaggi in MMA! I don't know what to say." | 3,447 |
One of the biggest flubs that product teams make is confusing designs that look great with designs that actually work well. It’s a simple mistake, but it can have grave consequences: If your product doesn’t work well, no one will even care how it looks, after all.
The best way I’ve found to get around this confusion is a technique called story-centered design. The idea is to create a series of narrative use-cases for your product that illustrate every step in the user’s journey through it. I’ve used this technique with dozens of startups and it always helps teams move past the surface visual details to make better decisions on what really matters: how their product finally works.
Designs shouldn’t be blueprints
I’ve observed that teams often like to walk through UI designs as they would a blueprint – showing where each element belongs on the plan. Each screen shows how the product might look in a different situation, but the screens are not connected in any way. The problem is that when designs are presented this way, you’re only building an understanding of how the product looks. You’re not focusing on how the product works, and you’re not simulating how customers interact with it. So when teams critique designs as blueprints, it severely limits their ability to reason through the interactivity of the product.
The best product designers practice story-centered design. They begin by crafting stories that show how customers interact with a product, and only after they’ve accomplished that do they design screens as a way to tell that story of interaction.
The process of designing by story
In story-centered design, teams critique work by looking at dozens of sequential mockups that function like frames in a filmstrip (see the photo below). Designers present every sentence the customer reads, every action they take, and every screen that system generates in response. The designs follow a customer from an initial trigger all the way through completing a goal, and they show how the design supports every step in that flow. I’ve coached many startups through story-centered design exercises and seen these techniques work for mobile apps, marketing websites, analytics dashboards, enterprise IT and beyond.
For engineers, this should sound familiar. The core of story-centered design is the same as test-driven development. Only instead of writing tests to exercise our code, we’re creating stories to exercise our designs. Just like test-driven development, story-centered design can have an incredible impact on a team’s execution speed and product quality. | 3,448 |
aside all the non-contraceptive uses for the pill that are also not covered by insurance)!
If women are “having too much sex” that is causing pregnancies, then men must be (wait, let me do the math for a second…oh yeah!) HAVING THE EXACT SAME AMOUNT of sex. And if men’s insurance premiums are slightly higher to cover this, that’s a good thing. It’s a lot cheaper than a kid.
Women’s rights are not just a women’s issue. As men, we benefit when women are given the same rights, opportunities and respect that we receive. Stand up to sexism. Fight it your government, in your workplace, on the street or in your friend’s rape “joke.” It IS a big deal. And ending repression, discrimination, and violence against women is our responsibility too.
So here is my request to men (and women):
Be a feminist. Say, “I’m a feminist.” Take pride in the label and encourage others to as well.
Until men take an equal stand for gender equality, it just isn’t going to happen.
So we need to get working.
[Edit: Yes, it’s fine with me if you share this post. Please do. My hope is to help spread these ideas and make them more mainstream. If you are inspired to pass it on, go for it! ]
[Edit 3/28/12: So the response to this article has been way bigger than I ever thought. This article has gotten more views than the past six months of writing which is either very exciting or a bit depressing 🙂 If I may, I would like to ask you to pass this on. If you know men or women who would like to read this, please share, stumble or email it! Many thanks to everyone who has commented or sent me an email, it has been so interesting to hear what you all have to say!]
So this entry was a little bit different than my usual topics of sword dancing and adventure. I hope that you enjoyed it anyway. I really hope that you will let me know your thoughts on this one. If you enjoyed this, I would appreciate you passing it along! I think it’s important. I will be posting a sword dance update soon. Until then, let’s ensure that women’s basic rights aren’t taken away. Actually, let’s do that after I post too. -Jeremy | 3,449 |
Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, the Pharisees got together. One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with this question: “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?” Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.” (Matthew 22:34–40)
In short, loving God and loving the neighbor is the heart of all religion and of all religious faith and practice. Every legitimate religion tells its people that they must love their neighbor, serve their neighbor, and do good deeds for their neighbor because that’s what God, who rules all, commands us to do. They say this in various ways, according to their differences in history and culture.
All of the world’s religions are right in their own way because all of the world’s religions teach the same fundamentals that Jesus Christ taught in the Bible. They differ on doctrines and details. But if you look deeply enough, you will see that they all agree about the most basic commandments—on which, Jesus says, all the rest depend.
Jesus has the power to save people of all religions
That’s why Jesus has the power to save people of all religions. Because God has made sure that people of all religions have the basic teachings they need to love God above all, and to love their neighbor as themselves.
And if all power in heaven and on earth has been given to Jesus Christ, as the Bible says, then Jesus Christ is the God of all the earth, and of all the religions. Jesus has the power to save people of every nation, religion, and culture even if some of their beliefs may be faulty and wrong.
And yes, this applies to Christians as well—even though today’s Christianity is vastly void of truth.
Christians who pay attention to what Jesus himself taught in the Bible about loving the Lord our God with all our heart, soul, and mind and loving our neighbor as ourselves will be saved. And they will be saved regardless of the false, non-Biblical doctrines that their preachers have drilled into their heads.
This is the beautiful teaching of Jesus Christ.
This article is a response to a comment and a spiritual conundrum submitted by a reader.
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What is the purpose of open carry? Is it to intimidate? Is it a deterrent? Is it a manifestation of low self-esteem? Is it a manifestation of inadequacy? Is it an anti-government stance. Is it a libertarian ideological exercise?
The answer may be all of the above though deterrence in the aggregate may be debatable. A real criminal will come a guns blazing if he or she wants what the open carrying gun toting individual has. It is a fact that research shows that right-to-carry is linked to increased violent crime. Extrapolating that to open carry should not be difficult and is likely forthcoming.
While it is a fact that our gun touting culture is a clear and present danger to the society at large, the reality is for some that danger is even greater. People of color do not get the benefit of the doubt.
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Ohio is an open carry state. One would expect that police officers in an open carry state would give any gun-toting person the benefit of the doubt before unleashing their ballistic might on said person. Tamir Rice, the 12-year-old black boy with a pellet gun, was not given that benefit. He was shot in less than two seconds. The ruling: the officer feared for his life and the shooting was justified. John Crawford III, the young black man that was gunned down in a Walmart while inspecting a pellet gun, was not given the benefit of the doubt.
Gun-toting white motorcycle gang members shooting up one another were not met with the national guard in Waco, Texas, but were leisurely arrested after the killing massacre. For the second time in as many years the Bundys and their armed terrorists were appeased by the government in Burns, Oregon.
So as many continue to promote their second amendment rights it is important to note that it means something very different to different people. In a society where a police officer has the legal right to kill if he and/or she fears for their lives whether justified or not, the evidence shows that people of color have the right but not the same privilege to carry a weapon. In a society where the average citizen and vigilante can stand their ground even if that ground isn’t theirs to stand on, and kill innocent people of color without the fear of imprisonment, open carry and concealed carry to many are a clear and present danger. In a society where a government allows white terrorists the benefit of the doubt and the ability to challenge “we the people” while unarmed people of color who protest gun violence are met with military action, the second amendment means nothing. | 3,451 |
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Samantha Markle, 53, is calling on her sister to help legalise marijuana for medicinal purposes, Daily Star Online can reveal.
The sister says Meghan would be “foolish” not do so - despite it being a Class B drug - and that it is “in her best interest”,
Samantha’s stunning request comes just weeks after Meghan - now the Duchess of Sussex - wed Prince Harry in a £32million Royal Wedding.
She was not invited though, and having planned to fly to London from her Florida home uninvited, she changed her mind after admitting she had several “fears”.
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But now she is reaching her hand out to Meghan to help thousands of suffering Brits who believe medicinal cannabis can cure pain.
Samantha, who suffers from spinal multiple sclerosis and is wheelchair-bound, says she is a “huge advocate” of medical marijuana.
She said she backs the drug “for its anti-inflammatory and therapeutic benefits for people living with multiple sclerosis”.
The sister, who shares she same dad as Meghan, told Daily Star Online: “That is greatly needed in the UK.
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“In my opinion she (Meghan) should advocate for the use of medical marijuana to alleviate the suffering from a wide variety of conditions but specifically MS because of its prevalence in the uk.
“It would be foolish for her not to advocate for it because MS is known as a genetic condition it lives on the same genetic locus as rheumatoid arthritis.
“…it would be in her best interest to advance MS research and treatment.
“Medical marijuana has been statistically and scientifically shown to have therapeutic and healing benefits - the information is salient.”
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Samantha told how she believes advocating this could even bolster Meghan’s already booming popularity with Brits.
She said: “I feel that it would greatly benefit the UK to push for progress and research and treatment given the high prevalence of MS there.
“It would be an exciting opportunity and wonderful for Meghan to consider a platform that improves the lives of so many around the world but particularly in the UK who live with MS.” | 3,452 |
Today, Valve announced that the Steam gaming platform will no longer accept Bitcoin payments due to high fees and incredible volatility. Valve says transaction fees, which are passed on to the company by Bitcoin payment processor Bitpay, surpassed $20 last week. Transaction fees were only 20 cents last spring when Valve began accepting the digital currency for payment.
The Steam platform began accepting Bitcoin in April 2016, when the currency was trading for around $450. It’s ironic that Valve is complaining about Bitcoin’s high volatility; had they actually held the Bitcoins they received instead of immediately selling them, they would be sitting on an absolute fortune.
Valve wrote, concerning Bitcoin’s volatility:
“Historically, the value of Bitcoin has been volatile, but the degree of volatility has become extreme in the last few months, losing as much as 25% in value over a period of days. This creates a problem for customers trying to purchase games with Bitcoin.”
While Bitcoin’s volatility is certainly problematic in terms of cash flow and business planning, over the long term the currency has always trended up in price. If vendors would retain even a fraction of their Bitcoin receipts, it would more than pay for the currency’s transaction fees, in time.
High fees
Valve also complained, understandably, about high fees for using the Bitcoin network:
“n the past few months we've seen an increase in the volatility in the value of Bitcoin and a significant increase in the fees to process transactions on the Bitcoin network. For example, transaction fees that are charged to the customer by the Bitcoin network have skyrocketed this year, topping out at close to $20 a transaction last week (compared to roughly $0.20 when we initially enabled Bitcoin). Unfortunately, Valve has no control over the amount of the fee. These fees result in unreasonably high costs for purchasing games when paying with Bitcoin.”
Valve is not alone; many in the Bitcoin space have long complained about high fees. Bitcoin’s core developers, after rejecting a proposed blocksize increase, have placed their hopes on a solution called “lightning network.” This network will move transactions off-chain, theoretically maintaining security while drastically reducing fees and confirmation times.
Many in the digital currency industry are advocating Bitcoin’s use as digital gold, rather than as a payment method, per se. Max Keiser believes Bitcoin’s price could go as high as $100,000 due to its usefulness as a store of value, while other digital currencies could be used for payments. Keiser wrote: | 3,453 |
In a wide ranging interview with The New York Times, Trump threw his Attorney General Jeffrey Sessions under the bus for deciding to recuse himself from the Russia probe. A decision Trump called “very unfair” to the president.
But, maybe even more shocking, he claims that FBI Director James Comey tried to hold the salacious dossier over his head, in order to gain “leverage” over him. It had previously been reported that when administration officials briefed the president at Trump Tower in January, Comey pulled him aside and told him about the details of the now infamous dossier which included unverified reports of Trump’s sexual encounters while in Russia.
Why did Comey bring this up? Trump has a new theory.
From The New York Times report:
In the interview, Mr. Trump said he believes Mr. Comey told him about the dossier to implicitly make clear he had something to hold over the president. “In my opinion, he shared it so that I would think he had it out there,” Mr. Trump said. As leverage? “Yeah, I think so,’’ Mr. Trump said. “In retrospect.” The president dismissed the assertions in the dossier: “When he brought it to me, I said this is really, made-up junk. I didn’t think about any of it. I just thought about man, this is such a phony deal.”
The 35 page document, first published by Buzzfeed, was full of uncorroborated allegations that were comprising for the president was reportedly written by former British spy Christopher Steele.
During congressional testimony in June, Comey said he alerted President Trump to the dossier for the following reasons (very different from what Trump contends):
The IC leadership thought it important, for a variety of reasons, to alert the incoming President to the existence of this material, even though it was salacious and unverified. Among those reasons were: (1) we knew the media was about to publicly report the material and we believed the IC should not keep knowledge of the material and its imminent release from the President-Elect; and (2) to the extent there was some effort to compromise an incoming President, we could blunt any such effort with a defensive briefing
Comey was asked by a Senator Richard Burr whether the FBI was able to confirm any criminal allegations contained in the document. Comey told the senators that he couldn’t answer the question in the public forum because it might go into some details of the ongoing public investigation.
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The scene at the Trump campaigns’s “Witch Hunt Party" at Spooky Nook Sport in Lancaster. https://t.co/5swv0ZHDms
The Trump campaign held a "Witch Hunt" Halloween party last night in Pennsylvania 🎃 https://t.co/eWQt7m96Hv pic.twitter.com/3mgr5M7pNZ
The Schlapps are up on stage now, and Mercedes Schlapp just got the crowd to sing Happy Birthday in a video for Ivanka Trump pic.twitter.com/hCG1BXimeh
Doors don’t open for a half hour and we have a big crowd here at Spooky Nook for Trump Halloween Witch Hunt Party. A few supporters have gotten into the spirit and dressed up! #leadright pic.twitter.com/RWhzMncz9H
. @DiamondandSilk take the stage pic.twitter.com/A5bXwmdD3u
Talking national news media outlets like "CNN, MSNBC, HIJKLMNOP," @DiamondandSilk say: pic.twitter.com/I4bXduaiur
Getting ready for the Trump Pence Halloween Witch-hunt party with the beautiful @DiamondandSilk @mschlapp @davidwebbshow pic.twitter.com/UgNJOcdIVN
ICYMI: The Trump campaign held a "witch hunt" Halloween party https://t.co/fCt4UL9azI pic.twitter.com/bqAdPnB5Bx
Trump Campaign holds Halloween Witch Hunt Party at Spooky Nook Sports Complex in Manheim @LancasterOnline @DanNephinLNP @gill_mcgoldrick @TeamTrump @DiamondandSilk @nooksports #TrumpGOP #Trump2020 pic.twitter.com/gygBKqlPKh
MANHEIM, PA — Social media darlings Diamond and Silk headlined the "Witch Hunt" event hosted by Matt and Mercedes Schlapp at the Spooky Nook Sports recreation center Wednesday evening in Manheim. President Trump won Pennsylvania by a narrow margin in the 2016 election and the state's 20 electoral votes will factor largely in the outcome of the 2020 Presidential elections, a fact not lost on the Trump campaign.
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was the real suspect and convinced him to strip search her too.
A month before that a manager at a Taco Bell in Arizona also claimed he was following phone instructions after strip search-ing a 17-year-old girl customer and making her exercise naked. Retired FBI agent Dan Jablonski, who investigated the cases, said the caller exploited the common fear of “the cop in your rear view mirror”.
He said: “You are stopped and your first thought is you’ve done something wrong so your reaction is to be compliant.”
He added that fast-food staff made easy targets. “You and I can say they were blooming idiots. But they aren’t trained to use common sense. They are trained to say and think ‘Can I help you?’”
In all, seven people who executed strip searches at the fake officer’s behest were convicted and jailed.
But dad-of-five David Stewart, the man police believe was behind the calls, was acquitted in 2006 of impersonating a police officer, solicitation to commit sex abuse and unlawful imprisonment because of lack of evidence.
It was only after Louise went to police that the pranksters’s alleged 10-year spree of deception began to unravel.
Mount Washington policeman Buddy Stump discovered the call that began Louise’s ordeal was made from Florida with a pre-paid calling card.
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When he called the WalMart store where it was bought he discovered another officer was also investigating.
After studying CCTV the pair arrested prison officer Stewart who had been turned down for dozens of police jobs.
He denied buying the calling cards but at his house police found one which had been used to call nine restaurants.
Since Stewart’s trial reports of hoaxes have all but stopped – but not entirely.
In March 2009 a caller talked the manager of a New Hampshire KFC into activating the sprinklers, raining fire retardant down on her and staff.
The hoaxer then convinced them all to go into the car park, strip and urinate on one another to neutralise the chemicals.
Those appalled by these stories have been left wondering: What would I do?
But as Walter Nix’s lawyer Kathleen Schmidt said at his trial: “I can understand how people can question what he did. But they weren’t in the same position.
“Maybe you and I wouldn’t have done this. But how do we know?” | 3,456 |
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Interview with Monetha’s Intern | Amanda
Tell us a bit more about your professional background?
I will be graduating with a bachelor’s degree in Sociology in a few months, an educational path that has given me a profound understanding of society, how and why groups of people think and behave the way they do. It has also provided me ample experience with research and writing. On top of that, I had previously tried my hand at corporate communications and realized I enjoyed the marketing nature of the job, which required me to conceptualize ways to promote internal and external outreach of corporate materials.
How did you decide to do an internship at Monetha?
With my final thesis submitted and impending graduation underway, I knew I wanted to explore more career options before I committed myself to a job. Thus when I came across Monetha’s internship posting, I was thrilled at the opportunity to be able to work in a startup environment, not to mention one of the fastest growing blockchain startups. Not only would I be able to participate in the promising and dynamic field of blockchain technologies, I would also be able to apply my research skills to aid Monetha’s expansion efforts.
What do you do in Monetha? What do you like about the product?
I am currently doing research on online buying and selling platforms in South East Asia, understanding the scale and intensity of peer-to-peer transactions in this region, as well as looking for regional opportunities for Monetha to further its brand advertisement.
Monetha is revolutionizing how online peer-to-peer transactions can be made, with its decentralized trust and reputation system that promises greater security, transparency and protection while buying online. I can still remember the days when people had to literally flip through newspaper classifieds and phone the advertiser to ask more about the product. Fast forward many years, Monetha is developing a product where buyer-seller communication will be done on the application itself, and will even provide a payment solution that fills in the cracks of insecurity and fraud characteristic of peer-to-peer online transactions.
Any funny/interesting stories that you can share from your time in Monetha?
Thanks to my great sense of direction (or lack thereof), I was lost trying to find my way to work on the second day and if not for the café on the ground floor, I would probably have never recognized the office building! And trust me, it took me 2 whole weeks to remember and pronounce the names of my colleagues in the same team.. Sorry Juste and Justas! ☺ | 3,457 |
The White House has promised to fight "tooth and nail" efforts to “delegitimize” Donald Trump's presidency as Chief of Staff Reince Priebus blasted the media for its coverage of the inauguration.
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During Friday's inauguration, major TV networks across the country juxtaposed Trump's crowd with that of Barack Obama’s first swearing in ceremony of 2009. News outlets concluded that Trump managed to gather a significantly less amount of supporters that his predecessor.
With the inauguration numbers debate reaching fever pitch, Priebus, in an interview with Fox news on Sunday, said the White House will not just sit idly watch news outlets delegitimize Trump.
"The point is not the crowd size. The point is the attacks and the attempts to delegitimize this president in one day," Priebus said. "And we're not going to sit around and take it."
Priebus then shifted focus to the issue of Martin Luther King Jr’s bust, a day after Trump attacked a Time magazine report which mistakenly said the statue of the American civil rights icon had been removed from the Oval Office.
“It could have had explosive ramifications. … It was shoot first, point later,” he said, adding that the White House will "fight back tooth and nail every day and twice on Sunday."
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Visiting the CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia on Saturday, Trump said one network had estimated a turnout of 250,000 at the National Mall on Friday.
"I made a speech. I looked out, the field was, it looked like a million, million and a half people," Trump told CIA staff. "They showed a field where there was practically nobody standing there. And they said, Donald Trump, did not draw well."
In reference to the Time article, Trump said, “But this is how dishonest the media is.”“Now, big story, the retraction was like, where?” he asked. “Was it a line or do they even bother running it?”
The error was later acknowledged by the publication which said that a Secret Service agent and a door had obstructed their reporter’s view of the bust when journalists were allowed into Trump's new office. Later on Saturday, the new White House press secretary, Sean Spicer, accused the media of "deliberately false reporting" on the crowd’s size.
"This was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration, period!" Spicer said. "These attempts to lessen the enthusiasm of the inauguration are shameful and wrong." | 3,458 |
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JAKARTA, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) -- Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa is on a three-day visit to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) in a bid to expand economic cooperation between the two countries.
Marty Natalegawa, who arrived in Pyongyang on Monday, met Kim Yong Nam, President of Presidium of Supreme People's Assembly of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and his DPRK counterpart Pak Ui Chun, a statement released by the foreign affairs ministry said here on Tuesday.
The minister's visit was the reciprocal visit to Kim Yong Nam, who visited Jakarta in May last year.
During his meeting with the DPRK's officials, the Indonesian minister proposed to send a business mission to DPRK in a bid to explore possible economic cooperation between the two nations following DPRK's plans to open special economic zone.
"Two-way trade between Indonesia and DPRK grew 45 percent in the last five years," the minister said.
Besides exploring more economic ties, the minister said that the two nations see promising opportunities in further developing cooperation in trade and establishing a capacity building partnership.
The minister said that under the instruction of Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, he also held a meeting with DPRK Foreign Affairs Minister Pak Ui Chun to particularly discuss possibilities in creating conducive condition on the Korea peninsula.
The talks include denuclearization and reunification issues, the Indonesian minister said.
"Indonesia now has the DPRK's intact view and opinion regarding the stability prospect on the Korean peninsula," Marty Natalegawa said, adding that he had conveyed a personal letter from President Yudhoyono to DPRK top leader Kim Jong Un during his meeting with Kim Yong Nam.
Marty Natalegawa said that in the letter, the Indonesian president points out the importance of sound relationship that has been established between Indonesia and the DPRK.
The chance to further improve the mutually-beneficial cooperation between the two nations is enormous, the minister said.
"Mr. President (Yudhoyono) underlines the great potential in the relations between the two countries," he added.
The president also stresses the importance to maintain peace and stability, particularly on the Korean peninsula as the precondition to improve the people's welfare, continue economy development in the region and in the advancement of Indonesia-DPRK economy cooperation.
"Indonesian president also noted the need of a breakthrough to intensify communication between the two Korean states, including through non-conventional ways," Marty said. | 3,459 |
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” Because the tooling is just not there to give me confidence that the end product is going to work correctly.
Haskell and these other languages have helped me become a better programmer because I’m way more thoughtful then when I’m using these sloppier languages. I’m considering all the pitfalls as I’m writing. Before I knew Haskell, I’d just write the code and run some tests and think that I did the best I could. Now I’m realizing there’s a whole lot more I could be doing and a lot more I need to be thinking about as a programmer.
DevelopIntelligence/appendTo: If it were possible, would you switch most of what you’re doing to work in purely functional languages?
Peter Jones: Absolutely. If I have a contract and the contract involves, JavaScript, my very first question is, “Hey can we use Elm or can we use PureScript?” Both of those languages are purely functional and compile into JavaScript. And I think there’s a really easy and compelling argument to make from the quality and maintainability standpoint.
DevelopIntelligence/appendTo: If you were teaching functional programming to non-functional programmers, what are some steps or tips or ideas on how would you approach the task of having them understand the functional paradigm?
Peter Jones: The way I would approach it is to gently introduce people to the idea and peel back the layers of the onion slowly one at a time. Show them how to accomplish some kind of everyday programming tasks in the language without really describing what’s all going on in the background, especially when it comes to the type checking. Show them how to accomplish some of the same tasks and then once they are able to at least write a few small programs in these purely functional languages, then go back and say, okay let’s talk about why this is happening, why we did this, what is it providing for us, why do these things have weird names.
Because they come from mathematics and not from computer science.
I would help them to understand what are the points of these things and what’s actually going on behind the scenes to make this program work? Give them that kind of more global view of the language and their run time.
And then for tips: find a mentor, chat room, or a community for help when you get stuck. After you’ve tried to work on a problem and if you’re just hitting your head against the wall, then turn to your mentor for help. | 3,461 |
him point-blank in the back of the head. Lincoln was carried to a boardinghouse across the street from the theater, but he never regained consciousness, and died in the early morning hours of April 15, 1865.
Lincoln’s assassination made him a national martyr. On April 21, 1865, a train carrying his coffin left Washington, D.C. on its way to Springfield, Illinois, where he would be buried on May 4. Abraham Lincoln’s funeral train traveled through 180 cities and seven states so mourners could pay homage to the fallen president.
Today, Lincoln’s birthday—alongside the birthday of George Washington—is honored on President’s Day, which falls on the third Monday of February.
Abraham Lincoln Quotes
“Nothing valuable can be lost by taking time.”
“I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.”
“I am rather inclined to silence, and whether that be wise or not, it is at least more unusual nowadays to find a man who can hold his tongue than to find one who cannot.”
“I am exceedingly anxious that this Union, the Constitution, and the liberties of the people shall be perpetuated in accordance with the original idea for which that struggle was made, and I shall be most happy indeed if I shall be an humble instrument in the hands of the Almighty, and of this, his almost chosen people, for perpetuating the object of that great struggle.”
“This is essentially a People's contest. On the side of the Union, it is a struggle for maintaining in the world, that form, and substance of government, whose leading object is, to elevate the condition of men -- to lift artificial weights from all shoulders -- to clear the paths of laudable pursuit for all -- to afford all, an unfettered start, and a fair chance, in the race of life.”
“Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.”
“This nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom — and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.”
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stating she’s “appalled” by Republicans attacks on the Affordable Care Act, which she believes cannot be repealed until there’s a superior alternative. “I know what it’s like to sit in a government hospital holding my daughter for three hours and waiting to see a doctor,” she says. “I believe that if everybody has good health care, it will help our economy.” Haaland also tackles climate change, specifically how to make New Mexico a renewable energy leader in the country. “We have almost 300 days of sun per year — that is one area that if we do it right, will create thousands of jobs for people across the state,” she explains. In the last few years Haaland focused on “getting big dark money out of politics,” criticizing out-of-state SuperPACs’ influence on New Mexico politics. She publicly pledged to avoid accepting any corporate PAC money, instead relying mostly on grassroots donations. However, she was recently the beneficiary of 7Gen Leaders, a new superPAC which provides support to Native American candidates. That, she stresses, is different: “Indian tribes are most underrepresented group of folks [in America].” Haaland won the primary in early June–with 39% of the vote–to replace Representative Michelle Lujan Grisham, who vacated her seat to run for governor. Haaland will now compete against GOP nominee Janice Arnold-Jones and Libertarian candidate Lloyd Princeton in November’s general election. New Mexico was once considered a swing state, though Barack Obama won it by 10 percentage points in 2012, and more recently, Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton by 16.5 points. The 1st congressional district mostly leans blue. She is quick to point out her humble beginnings (“neither one of my parents graduated from college…. I’m not well-connected”) and her proud hurdles (her opponent outspent her 3 to 1 on TV ads), which are in line, as a whole, with her Native American struggle. She’s not the first Native American woman to run for Congress, but she certainly hopes she can be the first to win a seat.
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“I’m here because I worked hard,” says Haaland. “I hope that when I win, I could help other Native women navigate their path and also run for office. I’m advocating for us to run in every level–school board, city council, county commission, state legislature. We need diversity at every level of government.” | 3,463 |
The most effective response to the nerve gas attacks in Damascus would be to arm the people with antidotes and information
THE horrors of the Iran-Iraq war, in which tens of thousands were killed by chemical weapons, leave no doubt of the danger Syrians face from further atrocities like last week’s in Damascus.
Now that the line has almost certainly been crossed, further attacks seem likely. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime is thought to be holding stockpiles of the nerve agent sarin, and clearly there is willingness (from whichever side) to use it.
If, as also seems likely, the West decides to intervene, what action should it take? It is highly improbable that the threat can be reduced by bombing the stockpiles (see “Wind and rockets key clues in Syrian chemical puzzle” and “Iraq offers grim lessons for Syrian gas survivors“). Giving people the means to protect themselves is much better.
Iranian toxicologists who studied the victims of the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s found that administering antidotes to nerve agents – mainly atropine and pralidoxime injected into muscle – in the hours and days after a sarin attack can save lives and reduce the chances of chronic symptoms in survivors. Even cheap alternatives such as sodium bicarbonate and magnesium sulphate can help.
Advising people on what to do during a sarin attack makes a huge difference, too. Many people died in Damascus because they hid in basements, when they would have been safer on the top floors: sarin vapour is heavier than air. For those who have been exposed, the medical advice is clear. Remove clothing, wash with soap and water – and seek out an antidote.
Many people died in Damascus because they hid in basements: sarin vapour is heavier than air
Atropine and pralidoxime are not expensive or hard to administer. They are freely available in Western countries and are standard issue for British and US soldiers in the Middle East. But there is a dire shortage in Syria, and until recently they were not included in emergency medical packages distributed by the WHO and other humanitarian agencies.
Amid the calls for military action, it is easy to lose sight of what would most benefit the Syrian people. In the short term, Western governments are likely to save most lives by supplying the antidotes and educational materials that people desperately need – either by persuading Assad to open supply routes, or by dropping medical parcels and leaflets rather than bombs.
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Dawning realization spread across the turian's face.
"You know, Shep had the same reaction when he saw it up close." Kasumi said. She didn't know what it was until Shepard mentioned it in the briefing room but she decided to leave that part out. "He just stood there for a minute, staring at it. It really spooked him. Is it significant?"
Garrus leaned back into the couch, worry on his face. "Very."
"What does it mean?"
"Well... This is going to sound hypocritical after everything you've told me, but I can't tell you. Not until we know what we're dealing with."
There it is, Kasumi thought. The seventh trigger. Finding out what it it was, though, didn't tell her how to disarm it. "Well, isn't this a turn of events. If I had to guess, Shepard wants to find out how the geth got it without anyone else listening in. Including Tali."
Garrus stared at Kasumi for a few seconds before responding. "I think you may be right."
"Well, I hope this puts your mind at ease about him being indoctrinated. Or me, for that matter."
"It helps. But it poses different question."
"What does the geth know?" Kasumi shrugged. "I'm afraid I don't have the answer to that one, officer."
"That's okay." Garrus climbed to his feet. "I know who does, and I know where he lives. Thanks for filling me in. You've been a big help."
"No problem," Kasumi said and stepped aside from the hatch. "Hey, um, listen. Do me a favor. When you talk to him, don't tell him I told you. I don't need you giving me a snitch jacket."
Garrus actually smiled, which was a welcome sight. "I've never once given up an informant."
"You're a darn good cop, Vakarian," Kasumi said as he exited to the corridor. "No matter what the chief says."
Garrus walked down the corridor and called the elevator to take him up to Shepard's cabin. Do Not Disturb obviously didn't apply to everyone. Kasumi admired Garrus in many ways, especially the loyalty he showed his friends. If only his powers of observation were as strong, he might have noticed the slight folding of light next to him as they rode to the top level of the ship to visit their Commander. | 3,465 |
You have every right to shout at me for leaving this project untouched for so long. I’d like to think I had a good reason for doing so. All materials were gathering dust-up until now. So what has changed? NAS-pi build log can move to the next stage, as I finally got a solution to cut perspex neatly. Sometime next week the cutting will commence!
Raspberry Pi NAS build log part 3
Currently in BETA
You can see from the attached pictures that the CAD skills are not strong in me. I would never let this stop me from completing the build. There was a hover box in my garage and I can say, that my hoarding habits are officially justified.
I have (hopefully) enough perspex to complete the build. Not enough to make any errors. To avoid this I decided to handcraft a mock-up box for the NAS-pi. If you are confused about what it does, and how it performs you can read more about it here and here. A short breakdown:
RAID1 (hot-swap) 150GB
PLEX server 1.5 TB
DLNA stream (if you don’t want PLEX)
I made few small mistakes when creating the design out of cardboard, but it was easy to correct it, or simply just cut another piece. This was the exact purpose of this stage.
The Box
Everything is powered by a single power brick, so you don’t see any extra cables apart from the Ethernet one. This keeps the box nice and presentable. I mean the final perspex design, not the cardboard imitation with my markings on it.
The HDD enclosures open up and you can swap the drives or add new ones if you are not using full 3 drive capacity. At this stage, I’m not sure if I want to open up the access to the HDMI and 3.5mm audio jack at the top of the box. I don’t believe I would use it, and it will break the aesthetics of the design. You can access the guts via back panel, this is where the cables are and the access to each drive. I will also consider a heatsink and some vent’s once the temperature of the box is tested.
Shopping for components:
Conclusion
Regardless of the current shape, I’m proud and hopeful that the final design will look just like I want it to be! With a little bit of patience I will get there and the NASpi will be totally worth it! | 3,466 |
Here’s What Happened When Ray J Filed For Divorce From Princess Love
Ray J getting princess love to call of the divorce only to turn around and file for divorce is exactly the kind of behavior I expect from someone who said his glasses were unbreakable and then just said “I don’t care” when said glasses were broken pic.twitter.com/0eJAIBbq0I — Dicks with coffee (@coffee_dicks) September 14, 2020
Everyone’s buzzing over Cardi & Offset’s looming divorce that’s wayyy less messy than Ray J slapping Princess Love with divorce papers just 4 months after talking her out of divorcing him–whew, that Willie Norwood, Jr. is somethin’ else.
According to reports, the Scoot-E-Bike savant filed to dissolve his 4-year marriage to Princess Love citing “irreconcilable differences.” The Blast, who obtained the documents, reported Ray J’s request for joint custody of the couple’s two children, Epik Ray and Melody Love.
You may remember Princess Love slapping Ray J with divorce papers back in May before dismissing the papers in July without revealing why she changed her mind.
“It’s a very difficult time for both Princess and Ray J and we are asking that we just let them have their privacy as they work through and deal with this very trying situation,” the couple’s rep told PEOPLE at the time.
The couple’s issues spilled onto social media when Princess, who was pregnant at the time, accused her estranged husband of cheating and abandoning her. Ray J publicly pleaded with Princess, even creating a sit-down style show–“The Conversation: Ray J & Princess Love–where Princess actually told Ray J she didn’t love him anymore.
But things seemed to be getting better between Ray & Princess the past few months with Princess promoting Ray J-related projects and even sharing an intimate photo with him on her IG page (that’s is still up).
not ray j persuading princess not to divorce him just for him to turn around and file for divorce himself pic.twitter.com/LTn3oEONy3 — Leezy (@youngharpo) September 14, 2020
How do you feel about this latest divorce filing? Should Ray & Princess be done for good? Tell us in the comments and peep the petty chitter-chatter on the flip.
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Dale, who writes the comics.
Valentines Day Quiz! Happy Valentine's Day readers! To celebrate the disgusting events of love making, that divine sticky handshake, and the strange pairs it shapes, I've devised this simple quiz you can take with your partner: 1. When you are dreaming and make that whimper do I…? a) stop spooning you. b) make it too? c) burrow under the covers d) never mention it.
2. Do you remember that day? a) no. b) Well, I felt differently then. c) Did you find that in the pockets of your coat? d) Was it raining outside?
3. Was it better or worse? a) much better b) worse c) divine d) deep unapproachable sorrow
3. Has your face changed? a) yes, I think so. b) I can't tell. c) here you look different. d) It's your cheeks and your eyes.
4. Did (s)he mean a lot? a) I can't tell. b) at the time c) more than you. d) it was just different.
5. Would you like to be alone forever? a) yes b) I'm unhappy no matter what... c) please, no. d) sometimes its difficult to think about it like when I'm coming home in the evening and face the long climb up the staircase to my apartment.
6. Why won't you talk to me? a) I'm not sure. b) I think I'm angry. c) I'm asleep d) what?
7. Touch here. a) no. b) ok. c) is that too rough? d) no promises. 8.) Did you receive my letter? a) I've torn it in to tiny pieces which rained on my livid face. b) tears struck it in many places c) why? d) stop it. Well? How did you do? Time to crunch those numbers! For each (a) give yourself five points, for each (b) ten, for each (c) 20, for each (d) fifty 35-100 You are hurting everyone you know. 101-200 You are hurting as many people as hurt you evenly. 201-300 Half eaten bits of food, orange peels and bread crusts, are sprinkled around your bed. The columns of sunlight are filled with dust. Do you ever leave? 301-350 Whose grave are you gripping to weep on, Casanova?
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In the lead up to this year’s most anticipated clone of a game, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, Activision is doing some advertising for it in a matter that will help many other people. It is announcing a two week event, surrounding the release of Advanced Warfare called the Race for 1,000 veteran jobs which aims to provide employment assistance for military veterans.
It will begin on November 2 through 7 with 5 Twitch Streamers (Ernest Le, Goldglove, Goldenboy, iiJERiiCHOii, TmarTn) who will broadcast Advanced Warfare on a special Twitch channel while raising money for the Call of Duty Endowment. Starting on November 4, limited edition dog tags will go on sale, with all profits going to the endowment.
Beyond donating or buying dog tags though, players will be able to participate by signing up for a gameathon on Veterans Day (November 11th, known as Remembrance Day in Canada). Players sign up at the official site, and then ask for donations while they play their gameathon, all of which would of course go to the endowment.
Activision has intelligently worked in rewards for those who participate with those who are able to raise $100 getting a copy of Advanced Warfare for either the Xbox One or Xbox 360. Those who are able to go beyond that to $1000 additionally get the chance to win a Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare limited edition Xbox One, though we do not know how many are available for that prize. The top fundraiser will get a trip to San Francisco to meet up with the game’s developers at Sledgehammer Games.
After The Race to 1000 finishes, the Call of Duty Endowment will work with noted consultancy and auditing firm Deloitte to give money to organizations that have a track record of hiring veterans.
The Call of Duty Endowment has been around for a while and has had some notable success getting veterans hired in general, with an average cost of placing a veteran in a job being less than half that of the governments. In 2013 they launched their Seal of Distinction program which judges charities that place veterans in jobs. The winner of the Seal, receives a $30 000 grant as well as additional funds that can potentially be given from the fund. Those who are applicable for it must be a non-profit charity, have a mission focusing on veterans finding jobs, and accept and go through a verification process by Deloitte. There were 13 winners for it in 2013 and it is processing its 2014 applications right now.
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ilation had been directed at Harris and the politics of the Democratic primary, the reactions to this phenomenon were nothing new.
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A previous article I wrote for The Atlantic that called attention to the scheduling discrepancies went viral as it elicited a similar set of responses. Some motherhood-focused publications lauded the piece for naming a problem working mothers acutely felt.
Others, like famed American psychologist and author Adam Grant, called for a shortening of the workday. "We can be as productive and creative in six focused hours as in eight unfocused hours," he wrote on Twitter.
A worldwide parental plight
The plight of the American working parent is a familiar one around the world, and countries have tried to address it to varying degrees.
The UK has similar parameters on its school year and day - students attend school for 190 days per year and days generally run from 9:00 to 15:00. But like the US, schools generally don't provide free after-school care, leaving parent similarly scrambling for options.
In Germany, students attend school for a brief five-hour day that begins around 8:00 and ends around 13:00. French students, who only attend school for 162 days a year, have a day that closely mirrors the French workday. They're in school from roughly 8:30 to 16:30, but get two breaks and a lunch period that lasts at least an hour and half.
In both countries, nation subsidies help to pay for before- or after-school care available to most parents. In general, European nations also offer substantially more vacation time than the US.
The European experience offers a sharp contrast to some Asian countries, where students spend much more time in school.
School is in session in China from September to mid-July for a whopping 245 days per year. Their school days run long, from 7:30 to 17:00, but have a long two-hour lunch break in the middle.
Parents, too, work long days, and care for children after-school historically fell to grandparents. These days, parents increasingly pay for expensive after-school tutoring to give their children an academic edge on their peers.
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The correlation between school day length and students' productivity is a tenuous one.
China outperformed the US and European countries on an international assessment of students' science, maths, and reading, but not by much.
Kara Voght is a journalist with Mother Jones based in Washington DC. Her work has appeared in The Atlantic, Nieman Storyboard, and Politico. | 3,470 |
Now that they’ve disrupted one TV genre after another with dramas and comedies like “House of Cards” and “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt,” Netflix has set its sights on another staple of the medium: news programming.
In a video-conference session following its third-quarter earnings call, CEO Reed Hastings and chief content officer Ted Sarandos made clear they were headed in that direction. After Sarandos answered affirmatively a question regarding Netflix’s interest in programming news content, Hastings followed up with a question of his own for Sarandos.
“What is the likelihood we compete directly with Vice in the next two years?” Hastings said to Sarandos.
“Probably high,” Sarandos answered.
A Netflix rep clarified after the call that neither Sarandos nor Hastings intended to suggest the streaming service was attempting to get into the “reporting and live news business.”
The streaming service has already edged up to news in terms of another genre where the company has been very aggressive in the past few years: documentaries.
“On the news side, we are definitely being more adventurous about the genres we are going into,” said Sarandos.
Netflix has cut deals for several documentaries, including “Our Planet,” an eight-part nature documentary exploring remote wilderness areas across the globe from the creators of the “Planet Earth” series slated for 2019.
As for sports, however, Sarandos, again averred that Netflix has no interest in bidding for live sports rights. “Sports on demand is not as exciting as sports live,” he said.
Sarandos also compared his interest in news programming to another genre that Netflix is set to disrupt next year: talk shows. A deal with Chelsea Handler will bring the former E! talk show host to the streaming service, though little is known about the exact format.
“We are interested in being able to improve the viewing experience of whatever kind of content people are watching,” said Sarandos.
Vice, in addition to its digital distribution, has had a deal with HBO for a weekly documentary series and is gearing up to launch a daily news program for the premium cable network. On Wednesday, the company said it hired Bloomberg Businessweek veteran Josh Tyrangiel to lead production of the daily half-hour news show expected to debut early next year.
No specific projects that Netflix is considering in the genre are known, nor just what kind of formats Netflix is eyeing for news programming. | 3,471 |
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Britain wants to ensure business relations with the United States are not disrupted and will seek negotiations on an “ambitious” trade agreement with the United States, UK trade secretary, Liam Fox, told Trump administration officials at the launch of discussions on Monday on post-Brexit planning.
Britain's International Trade Secretary Liam Fox speaks during an interview with Reuters at the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva, Switzerland, July 20, 2017. REUTERS/Pierre Albouy
Fox and his U.S. counterpart, Robert Lighthizer, jointly chaired the first meeting of a U.S.-UK trade and investment working group, which will start work on a bilateral trade agreement between the countries after Brexit.
Britain is not free to enter into new trade deals until it has left the EU in 2019. It has indicated, however, that it wants to get legal documents in place to ensure that such things as flights and data flows between the countries are not interrupted.
“The immediate priority is to give businesses on both sides of the Atlantic certainty and confidence,” Fox told the working group in opening remarks made available to the press. “Early discussions will focus on providing commercial continuity for US and UK businesses as the UK leaves the EU,” he added.
On Tuesday, as part of Britain’s Brexit transition campaign, Fox is due to address U.S. lawmakers on Capitol Hill and launch a report detailing British trade and investment with 435 congressional districts in the United States.
Trade between the United States and Britain is about $200 billion annually.
“We have begun to look at our continuity agreements to maintain as open and flexible relationship as we can,” Fox told the American Enterprise Institute think tank earlier on Monday.
“We’re looking at bilateral ways, while we’re still members of the European Union, to achieve trade liberalization on a number of fronts on science and technology, and we are looking to scope out the future free trade agreement with no preconceptions attached to that,” he added.
Fox defended Britain’s decision to leave the bloc and said those still hoping to change the 2015 British referendum result, which supported Brexit, “are dreaming.”
U.S. President Donald Trump has said his administration would work hard to get a quick bilateral trade deal done.
Trade was a major issue during the Brexit campaign when former U.S. President Barack Obama said Britain would have to go “to the back of the queue” for a deal if it voted to leave the EU. | 3,472 |
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BOULDER, Colo. – Boulder is moving forward with plans to enact an ordinance that would ban so-called “assault” weapons, bump stocks and high-capacity magazines in the city.
The city council voted unanimously in favor of the ban during its first reading Thursday night. The council will continue to discuss the issue and is likely to vote on it at least one more time before the ordinance is enacted.
More than 150 people signed up to speak at Thursday night’s council meeting, voicing opinions in favor and opposed to the ban.
“I feel that banning assault rifles entirely is taking it too far, particularly I'm bothered by the registration aspect of it,” one speaker said, referencing a proposal that people who already own assault weapons would have to register them with Boulder police.
A young woman who was in favor of the ban spoke about how students and teachers often live in fear of gun violence.
“My class time is eaten up by the fact that there’s a very real fear a person with a firearm will enter my school to harm myself and my peers,” she said.
The measure was proposed by Boulder City Councilwoman Jill Grano just days after the Marjory Stone Douglas High School massacre in Parkland, Florida.
Another speaker brought up homicide statistics to support his argument that guns aren't the real problem.
"[There are] 19 times more handgun homicides than rifles," he said. "There are four times as many homicides by knives than by rifles. This is FBI statistics."
Currently, there are two businesses in Boulder that sell the products that the council is considering for a ban, according to a city council agenda on the ordinance.
While Boulder begins the discussion on an assault weapons ban, Denver has had one in place since 1989. Grano said they will use Denver as a starting point, but she hopes to create a stricter policy.
But while the City of Denver recently enacted a ban on bump stocks, Denver police say zero have actually been turned in.
Boulder Police Chief Greg Testa said last month he would support a ban on assault rifles.
The University of Colorado Police Department, the other police department that operates within city limits, did not take a stance on the issue. | 3,473 |
BEIJING (Reuters) - China on Thursday dismissed accusations from Taiwan that it engaged in “dollar diplomacy” to get Sao Tome and Principe to ditch ties with the self-ruled island, saying a petty Taiwan was besmirching China’s good name.
The tiny West African state’s decision this week has angered Taiwan, which says the move will not help already strained relations with China.
Taiwan says China took advantage of Sao Tome’s financial woes to push its “one China” principle, that states Taiwan is part of China, ineligible for diplomatic recognition, adding Taiwan would not exchange cash for diplomatic favors.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said on Thursday the “one China” principle was a common consensus of the international community, and that China welcomed Sao Tome back on to the correct track of recognizing this.
“How can the ‘one China’ principle be traded for money? The Chinese government has never traded away its principles,” she told a daily news briefing.
“As for what certain people say in Taiwan, I can only say don’t gauge the heart of a gentleman with your own mean measure.”
Despite Sao Tome’s announcement, China has yet to formally say if it has now established formal diplomatic relations with the former Portuguese colony, and Hua said she had no further information on that.
She did however confirm that China had established a liaison office in Sao Tome in November 2013 for trade and cultural exchanges, and that trade between the two was worth just $8 million in 2015.
Sao Tome and Principe’s tiny island economy is heavily dependent on cocoa exports but its position in the middle of the oil-rich Gulf of Guinea has raised interest in its potential as a possible oil and gas producer.
China and Taiwan have over the years tried to poach each other’s allies, often dangling generous aid packages in front of developing nations.
China is deeply suspicious of Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen, who it thinks wants to push for the island’s formal independence, though she says she wants to maintain peace with China.
China’s claim to Taiwan has shot back into the spotlight since U.S. President-elect Donald Trump broke diplomatic protocol and spoke with Tsai this month, angering Beijing.
Trump has also questioned the “one China” policy which the United States has followed since establishing relations with Beijing in 1979, under which the United States acknowledges the Chinese position that Taiwan is part of China. | 3,474 |
Here’s the umpty-umpth op-ed I’ve read in the New York Times with the same basic theme:
From the NYT:
I Don’t Need a DNA Test to Tell Me How Black I Am
Tests like 23andMe are a fad that distracts us from the reality of race in America.
By Erin Aubry Kaplan
Contributing Opinion Writer, April 16, 2019
When my sister called me a few months ago to say, a little breathlessly, that she had gotten back her results from 23andMe, I snapped at her, “I don’t want to know!” …
I’ve never been interested in DNA tests. I have nothing against people discovering they’re 18 percent German or 79 percent Irish, but I think the tests are a fad that distracts us from the harsh realities of race and identity in America. They encourage us to pretend that in terms of shaping who we really are, individual narratives matter more than the narrative of the country as a whole. There is no test for separation and tribalism, and yet they are baked into our cultural DNA.
But that didn’t explain the panic I felt during that phone call. I was a little embarrassed that I couldn’t take the news, whatever that news turned out to be. And then I realized that was it: I didn’t want to “turn out to be” anything more than what I was. I didn’t want my blackness divvied up or deconstructed any more than it has already been, not just in my lifetime but in the history of the Creole people of Louisiana I descend from.
… I always saw Mr. Obama as an honorary Creole, a reminder to all of us black folk along the spectrum — a vast majority of whom have white ancestry — of where we belong.
My own wariness about knowing what my sister had found out never abated. But being a lawyer, she persisted, and I recently learned what the results turned up: slightly less than half African, the rest not. Relatively little French — a mild surprise, given Louisiana’s history. And a dollop Jewish. Interesting, amusing even, but I’m still black in America. What a relief.
Erin Aubry Kaplan, a contributing opinion writer, teaches writing at Antioch University, Los Angeles, and is the author of “Black Talk, Blue Thoughts and Walking the Color Line” and “I Heart Obama.” | 3,475 |
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President Barack Obama was warmly welcomed at Notre Dame’s commencement today. Obama used his speech to not only called for a reduction in abortions performed, and for two sides of a debate that will probably never agree on the issue, but they can have an open hearted and minded debate.
Obama said, “Maybe we won’t agree on abortion, but we can still agree that this is a heart-wrenching decision for any woman to make, with both moral and spiritual dimensions. So let’s work together to reduce the number of women seeking abortions by reducing unintended pregnancies, and making adoption more available, and providing care and support for women who do carry their child to term. Let’s honor the conscience of those who disagree with abortion, and draft a sensible conscience clause, and make sure that all of our health care policies are grounded in clear ethics and sound science, as well as respect for the equality of women.”
He continued, “Understand — I do not suggest that the debate surrounding abortion can or should go away. No matter how much we may want to fudge it — indeed, while we know that the views of most Americans on the subject are complex and even contradictory — the fact is that at some level, the views of the two camps are irreconcilable. Each side will continue to make its case to the public with passion and conviction. But surely we can do so without reducing those with differing views to caricature. Open hearts. Open minds. Fair-minded words.”
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Obama certainly didn’t sound like the baby killing radical that religious right has painted him to be. Obama once again demonstrated that the worst thing his political opponents can ever do is to paint him as a radical. He excels in the middle. Obama emerged as the real winner of this controversy today. He used the radical right’s protests as an opportunity to position himself in the middle of America’s toughest cultural issue.
The protests and outrage were an outside manufactured creation, which didn’t materialize inside the university community. Before the speech some experts said that Obama’s remarks could hurt him with Catholics, but I don’t think that is what happened here. By voicing his desire to reduce the number of abortions performed in the country, while calling for a respectful dialogue, Obama appealed to the people on both sides of the debate that aren’t zealots. His position may not be popular on the fringes, but it works quite nicely for those in the middle.
Full Text of Obama’s Speech | 3,476 |
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Former cop accused of contacting victim’s mother
Former Trumbull Police Officer Michael Gonzalez. Former Trumbull Police Officer Michael Gonzalez. Photo: Contributed Photo / Contributed Photo Photo: Contributed Photo / Contributed Photo Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Former cop accused of contacting victim’s mother 1 / 1 Back to Gallery
BRIDGEPORT — A retired Trumbull cop charged with using a department computer to track down a teenaged girl he had met through a department Cadet program was accused Thursday of attempting to contact the girl’s mother.
Superior Court Judge Tracy Lee Dayton told Michael Gonzalez that she will not hesitate to order him jailed if he has any further contact with the victim or her family.
The judge then extended the protective order on the victim to include her family and friends.
During a brief hearing on Thursday, Senior Assistant State’s Attorney Tatiana Messina told the judge that Gonzalez had attempted to contact the girl’s mother on her Linked In page.
The judge continued the case to Sept. 6.
Gonzalez, 40, who retired from the Police Department last year after being arrested for assaulting a female officer, is accused of using the Police Department computer to get the address and car registration information for a teenaged girl he is accused of later sexually assaulting at her Trumbull home.
He is charged with third-degree computer crime, a felony; he was not charged with the alleged sex assault.
State police, who took over the investigation, said Gonzalez was not charged with sex assault because the girl’s mother reported the alleged incident 20 days after the statute of limitations on the charge, fourth-degree sex assault, had run out.
On Aug. 24, 2018, the teen’s mother contacted Trumbull Police Sgt. Brian Weir and reported that her daughter had been sexually assaulted by Gonzalez in 2017, according to the arrest warrant affidavit. Gonzalez had met the girl when he was a supervisor in the Police Department’s cadet program, to which she had been a member.
Internal affairs investigators for the police department interviewed the 18-year-old girl on Aug. 27, 2018. On Oct. 31, 2018, the case was turned over to state police who again interviewed the teen, the affidavit states.
The affidavit states that police were able to confirm that Gonzalez’s patrol car was parked at the teen’s home when she said the assault occurred. The teen’s boyfriend also confirmed that the teen had told him of the incident, the affidavit states. | 3,478 |
SEATTLE -- Drug deals are nothing new at Cal Anderson Park in Capitol Hill but a father dealing drugs with his two children in tow takes it to another level.
The city has increased security at the park but residents say the park is still too dangerous.
“I feel like the activity that has come to the park has kind of come to a heinous level,” Yolt Kilgore said.
Most recently a man was busted for dealing meth out of a stroller carrying his 1- and 2-year-old children.
“Wow, when people are getting creative, how do you combat that?” Grant Hanson said. "That's terrible."
Seattle Police allege Paul Asher tried to sell meth to an undercover cop. The father of two allegedly had about 8 grams of meth in the stroller with his kids.
“That was pretty stupid,” Alexander Allen said.
Allen says he used to bring his son to the park's playground all the time until the criminal element at the park got really bad.
“They have needles out here on the floor - all these drug addicts and stuff out here,” Allen said. "This is crazy."
“We’ve had several stabbings in this park - assaults, rapes,” Aaron Morrison said.
The park is also packed with transients with nowhere to go.
Aaron Morrison with Lifelong Aids Alliance is trying to reach out to homeless youth afraid they will fall victim to the same fate.
“I’m very worried,” Kilgore said. "I’m a little scared for them. Where do you send them?"
The group says the community has given up on cleaning up the Capitol Hill landmark.
“This used to be a homey place you could bring your kids to the park,” Kilgore said. "As you can see there are no kids here."
Last summer, the city hired more park rangers to help deter crime. Those rangers now visit the park up to 15 times a day. But neighbors say it hasn't helped much.
“They say never carry a backpack in this area you know that usually means you have a laptop and you will get mugged,” resident Anna Christopherson said. "It is just a shady area don’t walk here at night."
Asher has been previously convicted of selling meth. | 3,479 |
Young gay and bisexual men under the age of 26 are six times more likely to attempt suicide or self-harm compared to men in that group aged over 45, and twice as likely to be depressed or anxious, according to a paper in the Journal of Public Health.
Using data from the Stonewall Gay and Bisexual Men's Health Survey, the researchers analyzed responses of 5,799 gay and bisexual men aged 16 and over living in the UK. Depression, anxiety, attempted suicide and self-harm were examined against a range of life factors. Age, ethnicity, income and education were all found to have a large impact on mental health. The authors from London School of Hygiene&Tropical Medicine say the results reinforce the importance of mental health interventions reaching those who need them most, as well as people who actively seek help.
Confounders are that survey participants were not a random sample of the population and were not representative of U.K. gay and bisexual men.
Black gay and bisexual men were twice as likely to be depressed and five times more likely to have attempted suicide than the white majority. Men in the lower wage bracket were more likely to be depressed, anxious, attempt suicide or self-harm. Those with lower levels of education were twice as likely to experience one of those issues compared to those with degree level education, only in part due to earning a lower wage.
The authors speculate that older men are able to cope better with homophobia and that homophobia is more prevalent in the lives of younger men. They further believe that gay and bisexual men may experience discrimination or marginalization unrelated to their sexuality.
Lead author Dr. Ford Hickson from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine said, "Our study showed that among gay and bisexual men, age and ethnicity had a significant impact on mental health, as did income and education. This is possibly because men are better able to cope with homophobia the older they are, or if they are relatively privileged in other areas of their lives."
The researchers also discovered cohabitation is key for positive mental health, with men who are living with a male partner 50% less likely to suffer from depression compared to gay and bisexual men living alone. Living in London was also shown to be advantageous, perhaps because London has the largest population of gay men in the world and isolation and discrimination are less common there.
Hickson said, "Minority groups are usually thought to be more homogenous than they actually are, when in fact there is great variation in health and life situations among this group. What's clear is that health inequalities among gay and bisexual men mirror those in the broader society. | 3,480 |
There's only a few of them, but Winnipeg's most dedicated disc golfers are set to battle it out against each other — and the cold — in an annual winter tournament on Sunday.
The Happyland Winter Memorial will pit the city's toughest players against each other in a bragging-rights tournament set to take place at noon at Happyland Park in St. Boniface.
Disc golf — a version of golf using discs and baskets instead of clubs, balls and holes — is usually a summer sport, but tournament organizer Greg Hanec says it doesn't have to be.
"It's just fun to play in the winter," he said.
"We live in a city that hates winter for some reason. You can improve your marriage or change your job, but you certainly can't change the fact that it's 30 [C] below when you wake up. Might as well relate to it."
Small but dedicated group
Winter disc golf isn't as popular as its summer counterpart, Hanec said.
"Not too many people do play in the winter, but there's a good, hardy, 10 to 20 people that go out and try to play," Hanec said.
He said he expects to see 10 to 12 people at Sunday's tournament.
If you're new to disc golf, it's not far off the traditional version.
Players can choose from a variety of discs, including a driver, a fairway driver, a mid-range and a putter. Each style specializes in a certain movement, but Hanec says individual discs develop their own quirks over time.
"They have, like, personalities, each individual disc," Hanec said. "When you lose it, it's just like — I call it the 'dead pet' feeling. Maybe more of a gerbil than, like, a dog, but you get the idea."
The aim of the game is to sink the discs into metal baskets, which stand on poles throughout the course.
Hanec said you can purchase starter kits for around $30 and play for free at four different courses in the city.
"It's a very accessible sport," he said.
"You just go out and it's free. There's no charge to play.... It's just very family-friendly, I would say."
If you want to try your hand at disc golf or watch the experts play, you can check out the Happyland Winter Memorial at 12 p.m. on Sunday at Happyland Park on the corner of Marion Street and Archibald Street in Winnipeg. | 3,481 |
No Permissions Android app shows three giant security loopholes
The Leviathan Security Group have released a proof of concept application for Android which shows three ways an application can readily scan and use your data without any permissions granted to it. As all Android users know, whenever you download an app from the Google Play App Store, you’ve got to tap through a screen which asks you if it’s alright that an app has certain permissions to access your phone or tablet’s abilities. The app you’re about to witness has no permissions necessary to click through, yet it does have the ability to bypass your device’s security – unsettling, yes?
What you’re seeing above is all the app really consists of on the visual end. The three permissions this app has that are not included in Google’s App Store requirements for an OK by you are these: SD Card Contents, App Data, and the ability to upload this content to a third party server. In the app itself, you’ve got to tap a button to make these actions occur, of course, but each of these abilities could very well be built-in without a users knowledge and deployed automatically once the application is downloaded to your device.
The SD Card can be read, first of all, by any app without your permission – here lies all the app data your apps have decided to keep there, unprotected. Also here are your photos and videos as well as some external configuration files – Leviathan even found their OpenVPN certificates in this space for easy consumption.
Your data/system/packages.list file can be access by this app, no permissions needed. This list shows what apps are on your device and where they are, this allowing the app to then potentially seek out and read all files that are publicly available in app directories across the board. This app can also grab identifiable information about the device itself including GSM and SIM vendor IDs, kernel, ROM, and the Android ID – a 64-bit number randomly generated the first time the device is booted, sticking to the device forevermore.
The last button then should be rather obvious, transmitting this data to the web whenever the device has access to the internet. The URI ACTION_VIEW Intent network call can by activated by any app without your permission – GET parameters can then be used to pass data to whatever location the app calls for.
You can grab the source code as well as the APK file for this app from Leviathan Security if you wish to fiddle around with them. Meanwhile hope that these holes are blocked up in one way or another soon!
[via Leviathan Security] | 3,482 |
A thorough evaluation of costs, ridership potential, and operational feasibility of various alternatives, as well as broad public conversation in 2019, will inform the ultimate vision for the future of the Commuter Rail—one that the MBTA will then begin to turn into a reality.
MBTA Rail Vision will identify cost-effective strategies to transform the existing Commuter Rail system into one that better supports improved mobility and economic competitiveness in Greater Boston.
As part of our $8 billion, 5-year capital investment plan, we're renovating stations, modernizing fare collection systems, upgrading services for our buses, subways, and ferries, and improving the accessibility of the entire system.
Advisory Committee
The role of the Rail Vision Advisory Committee is to provide informed advice to MBTA leadership and the project team. The members represent diverse perspectives of the MBTA service area.
Download roster of Rail Vision Advisory Committee Members
Our Process
Over the past year and a half, through October 2019, the Rail Vision team has focused on learning about effective Commuter Rail service around the world, identifying service models we can test on our system, and understanding the constraints and opportunities with our current infrastructure.
This included:
Reviewing more than a dozen domestic and international peer rail systems
Developing clear objectives for a future MBTA rail system
Evaluating more than 60 service concepts across all 14 Commuter Rail lines to project potential ridership benefits and required infrastructure changes
Developing 6 service alternatives, featuring a range of service approaches and technologies, to move forward into the next phase of analysis
Hosting 7 Advisory Committee meetings to gather feedback about our objectives, service concepts, initial results, and the service alternatives
Rail Vision Alternatives
The Rail Vision team evaluated 6 alternatives for how the Commuter Rail could operate in the future. These range in service frequency, vehicle technology, and level of capital and operational investment. We used several modeling tools to evaluate their feasibility, cost, ridership benefits, and any potential effects on regional land use.
To learn more about the alternatives, download the fact sheet for each one below.
Each PDF includes a map of the service area, service features, and a summary capital investments needed to deliver the proposed service and the benefits for riders.
Alternative 1: Optimize Current System
Alternative 2: Regional Rail to Key Stations (Diesel)
Alternative 3: Regional Rail to Key Stations (Electric)
Alternative 4: Urban Rail (Diesel)
Alternative 5: Urban Rail (Electric)
Alternative 6: Full Transformation | 3,483 |
Image caption Robert Gates said Turkey was being denied an "organic" link to the West
Turkey's growing hostility to Israel may have been partly caused by its effective rejection by the European Union, the US defence secretary says.
Robert Gates said Turkey may have been "pushed by some in Europe" away from the EU and into closer partnerships with states like Iran.
Turkey has been put on the path to EU membership, but countries like France and Germany are openly opposed.
Turkey and Israel's once-close alliance has come under severe strain.
Their relations were already deteriorating before Israeli troops stormed a ship carrying aid to Gaza last month, killing nine Turks.
'Matter of concern'
Turkey's President, Abdullah Gul, said relations between the two countries would "never be the same", while Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc accused Israel of "piracy" and "barbarism and oppression".
I think we have to think long and hard about why these developments in Turkey [occurred] Robert Gates, US secretary of defence
Turkey has also strengthened ties with Iran, firmly opposing sanctions over its nuclear programme.
"The deterioration in the relationship between Turkey and Israel over the past year-or-so is a matter of concern," Mr Gates said during a visit to London.
"I think the two had a pretty constructive relationship and one that contributed to stability in the region, and I hope that, over time, that kind of constructive relationship can be re-established," he added.
"I personally think that if there is anything to the notion that Turkey is, if you will, moving eastward, it is, in my view, in no small part because it was pushed, and pushed by some in Europe refusing to give Turkey the kind of organic link to the West that Turkey sought."
"I think we have to think long and hard about why these developments in Turkey [occurred] and what we might be able to do to counter them."
Migration fear
The issue of whether Turkey should join the EU strongly divides European governments.
It started formal membership talks in 2005, but has only been allowed to open 12 of the 35 chapters that candidate countries must complete.
Some, like Britain, firmly believe Turkey should be encouraged to modernise and westernise, and that welcoming a big Muslim country would strengthen Muslim moderates. The US has also supported this view.
But other countries, like Germany and France, fear Turkey could destabilise the EU, not least with mass migration, and think it should be offered no more than a "privileged partnership". | 3,484 |
Phoenix Based Hip Hop Artist Zotic Is Delivering Exemplary Hip Hop & Rap Musicality
Forthcoming artist and rapper Zotic is making the fans groove to his lively hip hop and rap musicality. His tracks are already viral and streaming on the gala.
Phoenix, Nov 26, 2018 (Issuewire.com) - If hip hop and rap music is the only music genre that excites you, then you must listen to this Phoenix based hip hop artist Zotic a.k.a Zotic BenJammin’s unique hip hop and rap blends. This artist also owns his own production house AO. His flexible vocals and versatility is making his tracks stand out among the crowd. His passion and dedication towards creating music will help in earning a place among top artists in the music industry. His music is already viral in top social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram.
The up and coming artist Zotic pushes his limits on his latest project which consists of mesmerizing set of hip hop and tracks. He drives with a simple but effective riff-centred riffs that offer an exciting as well as calming ambience. The rhythmic drum-line comes off as minimalistic yet unexpectedly strong melody-line that adds further charm and character to the whole thing. The first track ‘Zotic X Foreign X Flame God- Keep Away’ is an easy track to chill to and get familiar with the style and attitude of the artist. The chilled-out and enchanting aura created by this track is enough to get anyone lost in its rhythms.
His second track named ‘Zotic- Big Bank’ brings to the forefront the auto-tuned aura to the listeners which firmly plant the song among the bulk of other contemporary hip hop and rap releases from other rappers. His other tracks like ‘Zotic – My Needs (Official Audio)’, ‘Zotic X TheOffDays – Sauce’, ‘Zotic – High Asf (Freestyle)’ and ‘Zotic – Hydro (FreeStyle)’ feature high intensity of energy, passionate rap performance and high confidence briongs a whole new edge to this artist’s music. The selling points of this artist’s work are deftly highlighted. The concept, hook section and the style of delivery will get any die-hard hip hop and rap fan hooked.
Check out the latest track Zotic :
https://soundcloud.com/z-t-c-hernandez/zotic-x-foriegn-x-flame-god
Media Contact | 3,485 |
need to talk about how it’s created and why it’s created.
Now onto financial reform. I’ve realized that the worst sources for any sort of information on economic matters are CNBC, FOX Business, Bloomberg, or any other business channel. None of them will report what actually caused the collapse, or what needs to be done to ensure that it will never be done again. They can’t. Watch the commercials that air on these networks, and you’ll see why they can’t. When a company is spending $50M a month on advertising on your network, are you really free to report them in a negative light? Have you ever wondered why you see commercials on TV for products you can’t buy? Why would Dow Chemical, Lockheed Martin, or Boeing spend money on prime time ad buys when you can’t buy their products? Because they’re buying insurance. The networks they advertise with would never risk losing that giant pile of ad dollars, just to keep you informed.If you’re watching news or commentary on television, you need to pay more attention to the advertisers than you do to the content.
Here’s a great clip of audio from a comedian named Jimmy Dore, talking about NBC’s reporting on the financial reform bill. It’s thirteen minutes long, but well worth the listen:
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I’m depressed because a freaking comedian is more informative than any of the news outlets that are available to me. He makes an excellent point about how network news is completely devoid of anything resembling investigative journalism anymore. They have become stenographers, relaying information from both sides, making sure that they create a false equivalency in the process.
Our media is handcuffed by financial interests.
Ironically, the best source of legitimate criticism for the Obama administration on television comes from Jon Stewart. Rachel Maddow and Keith Olbermann come in second and third to the comedian.
My favorite source for intelligent, unbiased analysis is The Young Turks. Give them a listen. You can get the first hour of their podcast for free through iTunes. I didn’t love them when I first started listening two years ago, but they’re the first thing I listen to every day now. They aren’t handcuffed in the same way that everyone else out there is.
I’m depressed that comedians are doing a better job of informing Americans than traditional media is. These ideological and financial handcuffs that plague our media is the reason why most Americans have no idea what’s what anymore.
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The US and South Korea launched military manoeuvres involving three American aircraft carrier strike groups on Saturday in a massive show of force that drew the anger of rival North Korea.
The war exercises off the tense Korean Peninsula aim to strengthen the alliance's policy of "extended deterrence" against Pyongyang's nuclear and missile threats, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement.
The USS Ronald Reagan, USS Nimitz, and USS Theodore Roosevelt converged in the region for the four-day manoeuvres, also involving 11 American Aegis vessels and seven South Korean warships, including three destroyers.
South Korea's Yonhap news agency described the exercises as an "unprecedented show of force" off the peninsula. The last time such a convergence of military power occurred was in 2007 in waters off the US territory of Guam.
The military drills come as tensions remain sky-high as US President Donald Trump visits the region with the nuclear threat from North Korea dominating discussions.
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Speaking at the APEC summit in Da Nang, Vietnam, on Friday, Trump again called out North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and urged countries to "stand united" against the "greater and greater danger" posed by Pyongyang.
"The future of this region and its beautiful people must not be held hostage to a dictator's twisted fantasies of violent conquest and nuclear blackmail," said Trump, referring to Kim.
North Korea's foreign ministry issued a statement via the official Korean Central News Agency on Saturday describing Trump's trip as "a warmonger's visit for confrontation".
"It is also nothing but a business trip by a warmonger to enrich the monopolies of the US defence industry by milking the moneybags from its subordinate 'allies'," it added.
Pyongyang detonated its sixth and most powerful nuclear bomb in September after months of ballistic missile tests that riled Washington and its allies Japan and South Korea. The North says it needs nuclear weapons as a deterrent to prevent "invasion and plunder" by the US.
"The DPRK's possession of nuclear weapons was a righteous and inevitable choice to defend our national sovereignty and dignity and our people's rights to existence and development from increased nuclear threats and blackmail by the US and its hostile moves," the foreign ministry statement said, using the acronym of the country's official name, Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
Analysts say its only a matter of time before the North will gain the ability to fire a nuclear-tipped missile capable of reaching the United States.
Washington has said it will never accept a nuclear-armed North Korea. | 3,487 |
Maldonado: It seems every time I crash it’s my fault
Lotus driver Pastor Maldonado seems to be losing the battle in trying to shake off his ‘Crashtor’ nickname.
One dedicated website mischievously asks ‘HasMaldonadoCrashedToday.com’?, but until now it has been assumed the Venezuelan driver’s lucrative, government-backed sponsorship almost guarantees him a place on the grid.
But Lotus chief executive Matthew Carter this week insisted “no driver” is immune from the need to perform in formula one, even though Maldonado undoubtedly helps to balance the budget.
“Pastor’s had a bit of an eventful start to his season and his car seems to have a target painted on it for other drivers,” deputy team boss Federico Gastaldi argued recently.
Maldonado, meanwhile, told Sky that all the criticism doesn’t bother him, “Not at all. For sure, sometimes you are reading it and looking at the social networks, but it’s normal.
“It seems like every time I have a mistake or a crash, even coming from other drivers, it’s my fault.”
Maldonado does not only blame his racing critics, but also “political opponents” of the ruling party in Venezuela, given his controversial backing by the state-owned oil company PDVSA.
“For sure it’s a big pressure, but at the same time you survive with it. Formula 1 is like that — it’s all about pressure, isn’t it?” the 30-year-old added.
But some of that pressure may now also be coming from within the team itself, perhaps as it weighs up Maldonado’s personal contribution against the rumoured $30-40 million he brings to the bottom line.
This year, Lotus is trying to bounce back from its dismal 2014 season with a top Mercedes engine and a tidy car, but Maldonado is yet to score a single point compared to teammate Romain Grosjean’s 12.
“Pastor is clearly helping the team financially,” Frenchman Grosjean told F1’s official website in Barcelona.
“And he is quick as well. Of course we need both cars to score points, but that is not something I can influence. So I am doing my thing, and no hard feelings,” he added. | 3,488 |
A Southern California high school student says she was "saddened, disgusted, hurt and embarrassed" when the school yearbook printed the name "Isis Phillips" next to her photo, in which she is wearing a hijab.
The student, who is not being named because her family asked for privacy, took to social media to call out Los Osos High School in Rancho Cucamonga. She first pointed out the error on Twitter, then posted a photo of the yearbook page on Facebook with the following caption:
"I am extremely saddened, disgusted, hurt and embarrassed that the Los Osos High School yearbook was able to get away with this. Apparently I am 'Isis' in the yearbook. The school reached out to me and had the audacity to say that this was a typo. I beg to differ, let's be real."
The photo drew attention from many who criticized the school's mistake. As of Monday, the post had been shared more than 3,500 times.
Chaffey Joint Union High School District Superintendent Mat Holton told the Los Angeles Times the student was misidentified as a peer with the name of Isis.
Osos High School principal Susan Petrocelli offered an apology on Twitter Saturday, saying the school was taking steps to correct and investigate the misprint. [[378581756, C]]
The Osos High School yearbook also responded on Twitter, admitting fault in the error.
"We should have checked each name carefully in the book and we had no intention to create this misunderstanding," the yearbook staff said.
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Attorneys with the Greater Los Angeles office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA) have been in contact with the student and her family and were investigating the incident.
"We join with the family in their concern about a possible bias motive for this incident and in the deep concern for their daughter's safety as a result of being falsely labeled as a member of a terrorist group," said CAIR-LA Executive Director Hussam Ayloush. "No student should have to face the humiliation of being associated with a group as reprehensible as ISIS."
According to CAIR-LA, some 200 yearbooks have been distributed to students at Los Osos High School.
The organization said the student will not likely return to school "until the issue is resolved appropriately."
Holton told the Los Angeles Times yearbook distribution has been halted until the error is fixed. | 3,489 |
It's that time of year: Temperatures drop outside and people gather for the holidays, treating themselves to a cornucopia of savory foods and decadent treats. Our clothes fit a little tighter in response. Bears, squirrels and other mammals do it, too, stuffing their cheeks and bellies with anything and everything to prepare for hibernation. A chubby squirrel is hilarious, by the way, if you've never seen one.
But, do bugs get fat? Do arthropods gorge themselves on newly found food sources that might disappear? Ever seen a chunky butterfly or a tubby roly-poly? Is The Hungry Hungry Caterpillar a work of nonfiction? Or do insects have a survival instinct to not overeat, since it could come with survival detriments?
Like most answers in life, it's not a straightforward yes or no.
A researcher in Florida overfed mosquitoes enough to turn half their weight into fat. In the wild, fat dragonflies have been found alongside average specimens. And, just like humans, being an obese insect has harmful effects. Males cannot properly protect territory since they are a little more sluggish than the competition, they struggle to find mates and don't live as long.
Here's the catch: Insects can build fat reserves but they never look overweight. Their outermost layer, the exoskeleton, is a hard, protective shell that doesn't grow like our skin does when we get bigger. Adult insects don't shed this layer like when they were babies, so the fat just builds up underneath and puts pressure on the insides more and more. It is kind of like 18th-century corsets that ladies wore to fit the definition of femininity at the time.
Some insects, to us, might look overweight, like that plump caterpillar that's eating all those new plants in your garden. It looks squishy like fat, feels spongy like fat, but it is simply the nutrient-rich storage the caterpillar larvae need to turn into a pretty butterfly during metamorphosis. It's chemically very different than your average human tummy after too many slices of pie.
While humans and insects share the same struggles after overindulging in luscious foods, we humans carry it differently thanks to our elastic-like skin as opposed to an insect's chitin-based exoskeleton.
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Can you spot the car in this photo? Under all that junk there is a 1975 Corvette which has been parked since 2000. It is far from perfect, but with the most powerful engine option and a manual gearbox, we think it is worth some consideration. The fact that it is offered here on eBay without a reserve is also nice. There are a few issues that need addressing though. Thanks goes to Chip Lamb for the submission!
We love unrestored cars and this Corvette is presented as such. Unfortunately, it has suffered a color change and stereo upgrade at some point so we wouldn’t consider it “unrestored” or original. Still, if you take it for what it actually is, we think it is a good find. This is the sort of vehicle we would buy if we actually wanted to drive it. You would feel guilty ringing out a survivor car, but this one can provide guilt-free fun.
Since this car has been parked for about 13 years, it obviously needs some attention. The seller was able to get it to fire up, but the brakes need an overhaul. The pedal drops to floor and the parking brake is stuck. A rebuilt master cylinder may fix the pedal problem, but we would also want to replace any consumables (rubber hoses, pads, rotors, etc.) while we were at it. The seller mentions that the fuel doesnt smell too bad, but we would go through the fuel system anyway to ensure the maximum performance possible.
By 1975 emissions control systems were stifling output. This Corvette may have the optional L82 engine, but it was only rated at 205 hp. Even so, this was one of the most powerful cars on the market at the time. Luckily, this one is equipped with a four-speed so it should be a little more lively than a comparable automatic.
The interior looks great. We would do a thorough detailing and call it a day. Later down the road we would probably source a more period looking head unit. I mean, who really needs a CD player when you have a V8 and a four-speed? A vintage CB would be a nice addition though for those long distance trips and low-budget rallies.
This was originally a dark red car, but we like the white over red look so we would leave the exterior alone. We would instead focus our attention on everything under that fiberglass skin. After repairing the brakes and cleaning up the fuel system, we would start driving it. We have found that once you put a car into daily driver duty, the problems preset themselves quickly and you are much more likely to get them fixed. | 3,491 |
The House Intelligence Committee investigating the Russian government’s role in last year’s White House race secretly dispatched two Republican staffers to London this summer to locate Christopher Steele, the former British intelligence operative attributed with compiling a controversial and largely unverified dossier detailing President Trump’s alleged ties to Russia, Politico reported Friday.
The previously undisclosed trip has heightened tensions on Capitol Hill, where multiple investigations devoted to Russia’s involvement in last year’s election are simultaneously unfolding in tandem with a Justice Department probe led by special counsel Robert Mueller, Politico reported.
Republican organizers hid the trip from Democratic colleagues in the House panel as well as members of the Senate Intelligence Committee investigating last year’s race and Mr. Mueller’s office, seemingly widening the information gap between the three separate but similar probes.
“They’re doing their path, we’re doing ours,” a congressional official told Politico regarding the House and Senate inquiries.
Mr. Steele, a former member of Britain’s MI6 foreign intelligence service, gained infamy this side of the Atlantic earlier this year for compiling a sensational dossier detailing Mr. Trump’s alleged ties to Russia prior to last year’s election.
It was ultimately published online by BuzzFeed in January and was subsequently denounced by the president as “fake news,” but the document and its origins are nonetheless of interest to investigators from either side of the aisle probing Russia’s role in the 2016 race.
The Republican staffers left their contact information at two addresses associated with Mr. Steele, including his attorney’s office, Politico reported, citing three sources familiar with the matter.
Mr. Steele was at his lawyer’s office when the staffers arrived, but the envoy followed instructions from Washington not to speak with him directly, Politico reported. His lawyer has since been in contact with House Intelligence Committee, the report said.
The U.S. intelligence community blames the Russian government with interfering in last year’s race, and congressional and federal law enforcement officials are currently investigating whether any Trump associates were in cahoots with Russian actors. Both the Kremlin and White House have denied involvement.
The unverified 35-page dossier compiled by Mr. Steele suggests that Russia possess compromising information concerning Mr. Trump that Moscow could potentially use in its favor, including allegations of sexual and financial misconduct.
Mr. Steele has not spoken publicly since the dossier became public in January.
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As Mitt Romney’s campaign seeks to humanize him in the eyes of prospective voters, one issue beyond his policy stances or his stump statements continues to follow him – his treatment of the family dog Seamus during a family vacation in 1983.
Criticism over Romney’s decision to place Seamus in a dog carrier and strap him to the top of the family’s car during a 12-hour drive to Canada has gone so far as to lead to the creation of a “super PAC” to raise awareness of the incident.
In an interview with Diane Sawyer, aired on ABC’s “World News With Diane Sawyer” and “Nightline” on Tuesday night, both Mitt and his wife, Ann, defended their treatment of Seamus.
“It was, to me, a kinder thing to bring him along than to leave him in the kennel for, in a kennel for two weeks,” Ann said.
When Sawyer brought up that Romney took Seamus down from the carrier when the dog fell ill to hose him down before putting him back up on top of the car again, Ann minimized the attention paid to the incident.
“We traveled all the time, and he ate the turkey on the counter. I mean, he had the runs. But he would see that crate and, you know, he would, like, go crazy, because he was going with us on vacation.”
The questions on Seamus’ treatment were prompted by a campaign led by the group “Dogs Against Romney,” which requested that its Facebook followers bombard ABC News with requests to ask Romney about it. Sawyer said that it was one of two issues that prompted the most requests from its audience, the other being Romney’s Mormon faith.
Romney, when asked whether he would repeat his actions during the family vacation, said he wouldn’t, “certainly not with the attention it’s received.”
In an interview with the Huffington Post, Scott Crider, the creator of Dogs Against Romney, showed no indication of being deterred by the candidate’s remarks.
“The pack wants answers and, honestly, we keep hoping the Romneys will begin to understand the cruelty and illegality of what they did to their dog. Sadly, the Romneys keep falling short,” he said.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Green Party of the United States congratulated filmmaker Mark Webber and his mother, Cheri Honkala, on the debut of his semi-autobiographical film "Flesh and Blood." The movie opened on March 11 to widespread praise from critics and audiences.
Cheri Honkala, who plays a role in "Flesh and Blood," was the Green Party's 2012 vice-presidential nominee, running with Jill Stein. She is currently running as a Green for Pennsylvania State Representative in Philadelphia's 197th District, in a special election on Tuesday, March 21.
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Ms. Honkala is co-founder and leader of Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign. "Flesh and Blood" covers many of the same themes that she has addressed in her own life and throughout her history as an activist for the rights of poor people in Philadelphia and across the U.S.
"We hope that 'Flesh and Blood' finds a wide audience. Mark is clearly at the beginning of a long career trajectory as film director. Cheri deserves national recognition for her leadership on behalf of the country's neediest and most vulnerable -- as well as a seat in the Pennsylvania Statehouse. We are proud to have her with us in the Green Party," said Darryl! L.C. Moch, co-chair of the Green Party of the United States.
Ms. Honkala's candidacy has received numerous endorsements from local and national organizations, union leaders, clergy, and progressive activists.
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A community meeting was held Thursday night to discuss plans for a proposed Major League Soccer stadium McKalla Place. The city council let concerned residents have the floor to voice pros and cons of bringing an MLS team to Austin.
Top concerns from folks attending tonight's meeting was not only improvements when it comes to transportation, but affordable housing as well. "So far Precourt has let its interest be known that they'd like to bring its team to the City of Austin. We've had several city council meetings with steps along the way trying to find a site. We are now operating under a city council resolution that was passed that said negotiate terms of the McKalla site."
FOX 7 Austin talked to Richard Suttle with Precourt Sports Ventures.
Read Council decides on $925 million bond and MLS negotiation
Precourt has proposed paying for a $200 million stadium on city-owned land called McKalla Place which would be located near The Domain. Part of that resolution Suttle mentioned, said to have a meeting to gather more info from the public on community benefits of this specific project.
It was a packed house at Thursday night's meeting at the Austin Public Library, where members of the city council, Precourt Sports Ventures, and fellow Austinites expressed concerns about the McKalla Place project. "I think the goal is now to get this done in time for the team to get here by 2019. A lot of things have to happen."
The City of Austin says they sent out a survey that asked if Austin were to pursue a Major League Soccer franchise, what would be potential community issues.
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41 % of people said transportation improvements. Followed by affordable housing, recreation and open space, mixed use development, and jobs and employment centers.
FOX 7 Austin also spoke with Rebecca Giello, interim director of the economic development department for the City of Austin. “There are a lot of community benefits whenever we redevelop city owned land one of which is affordable housing a number of others is creative space. Community benefits really are identified from the community and one will be touched on during negotiations."
But on the flip side, some residents agree there are big benefits to the potential McKalla / stadium partnership. Including support for youth sports and using the stadium for community events.
Read If Austin gets MLS, could 2026 World Cup bring soccer activity here?
There's a city council meeting on Thursday August 9th where a decision will be made to either move forward with the development of the McKalla site related to the stadium, or if the site will be used for something else. | 3,495 |
A group of men in their 20s in Spokane, Washington are seeking a specific type of guest for their Father's Day weekend party: 'BBQ Dad.'
College student Dane Anderson posted a Craigslist ad looking for a generic dad to grill burgers and hotdogs during an end of the year gathering.
Anderson and his friends, who range from ages 21 to 26, told KHQ-TV that their fathers don't live in the area and wanted to find a dad up to the unique challenge.
A group of men in their 20s posted a Craigslist ad looking for a 'generic' dad to grill and drink beer for a June 17th party
College student Dane Anderson, who made the ad with his friends, said their real fathers don't live in the area and wanted to fill that role
Though the group mentioned that they can't pay in money, they are prepared to provide the dad with food and cold beer.
In terms of what is expected of the dad during the June 17th party, the boys wrote out a list of detailed instructions in their ad.
'Grilling hamburgers and hotdogs (whilst drinking beer), bringing your own grill (though this is subject to change. We will provide all of the meat), refer to all attendees as "Big Guy", "Chief", "Sport", "Champ" etc. (whilst drinking beer).'
The ad also suggested that the chosen candidate 'talk about dad things, like lawnmowers, building your own deck, Jimmy Buffet, etc. Funny anecdotes are highly encouraged. All whilst drinking beer.'
The friends said candidates are also required to 'talk about dad things like lawnmowers and building your own deck'
Qualifications include a minimum of 18 years of experience as a dad and 10 years of grilling experience. Preference will be given to applicants named Bill, Randy, or Dave.
Anderson said several potential barbecue dads have already responded.
'His name is Jerry but he said we can call him Dave or Bill,' Dane told KHQ-TV, pointing to a candidate on his phone. 'There was one guy Stan who sent us a message but then he stopped replying.'
The group may even up their dad count to three, as 40 people are set to attend the backyard party.
But at the end of the day, Anderson says it's about quality, not quantity.
'We're just looking for a dad to come and crack a cold one with the boys,' he said.
Any interested dads are urged to apply with a selfie and a little information about themselves. | 3,496 |
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An online poll has resulted in a portion of Pluto being informally named Cthulhu in honor of Rhode Island author H.P. Lovecraft's horrifying elder god.
Look, fellow nerds, I get it. You really like Cthulhu. Between tabletop games, plushies and inflatable tentacle beards, you've proven there are few products relating to Lovecraft's calamari-face you won't buy.
But remember when nerds were better-known for their idiosyncratic intelligence rather than a slavish devotion to merchandise, and for their encyclopedic knowledge of geek culture that the rest of the population is only vaguely cognizant of? Let's use some of that right now.
Lovecraft's Cthulhu mythos might be his most popular work, But in the 1931 story The Whisperer in the Darkness, Lovecraft turned more to science-fiction, writing that there was another planet on the edge of our solar system called "Yuggoth."
Pluto was just discovered the year before, and Lovecraft's narrator stakes a claim on the planet in the story.
Astronomers, with a hideous appropriateness they little suspect, have named this thing “Pluto”. I feel, beyond question, that it is nothing less than nighted Yuggoth—and I shiver when I try to figure out the real reason why its monstrous denizens wish it to be known in this way at this especial time.
Other features of Yuggoth include:
The alien Mi-go, who like to steal humans' brains and wear their bodies Buffalo Bill
Black rivers of pitch that flow under mysterious cyclopean bridges.
The outer god Cxaxukluth (his progeny Hziulquoigmnzhah, Ghisguth and Tsathoggua used to live there as well).
Cxaxukluth, however, is not the catchiest name. Let's stick with Yuggoth. The New Horizons probe may not have found any black rivers of pitch (yet), but that dark spot on Charon is worrying.
Yuggoth, fellow Lovecraft scholars, is the name we should have given to that section of Pluto. It's what Lovecraft would have wanted, right there in his work. Let's keep the name Cthulhu free in case scientists ever discover a sunken city in the South Pacific Ocean made up of bizarre non-Euclidean architecture; for now, let's honor the Lovecraftian canon and give Yuggoth its place on the dwarf planet. | 3,497 |
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The head of the Toronto Police Association says a new policy on carding will effectively end the controversial practice, despite the fact that it will still be allowed under limited circumstances.
On Thursday, the Toronto Police Services Board approved the new policy, which is designed to comply with new provincial regulations that go into effect on Jan. 1.
Under the new policy, police will only be allowed to stop and collect information from an individual if they “reasonably suspect” that identifying the individual could assist with a specific investigation or help with the “gathering of information for intelligence purposes.”
Officers will also have to inform individuals that they are attempting to collect information from that they are not under a legal obligation to comply.
“I can’t see our officers following this procedure in the sense of (still) doing street checks,” TPA President Mike McCormack told CP24 on Friday afternoon. “It is too cumbersome. It is going to put officers at risk and it is going to put the relationship with the community at risk so we are not going to do street checks period.”
McCormack said that the 10-page policy approved by the TPS board is too “ambiguous” and is ultimately a “flawed policy” that could put his members at risk if they choose to continue conducting street checks.
For that reason, McCormack said he will be advising members to stop conducting street checks entirely.
“What is reasonable suspicion? Who is going to be judging that?” he said. “Officers are going to go out there trying to interpret this and there will be third-parties reviewing what they do? It is not going to make getting the information easier and it is not going to make the relationships with the community better so why bother doing it?”
Though McCormack said that street checks, or carding, has historically served some investigative purpose he said that concerns raised about the negative impact the practice has had on police-community relations have effectively “trumped” whatever value it may have served.
“Let’s just get rid of it,” he said.
In addition to laying out specific circumstances in which carding would be allowed, the new policy also prohibits offices from collecting information from individuals because they are a member of a “particular racialized group” or because they happen to be in a high-crime area.
The policy also preserves historic carding data but restricts access to it. | 3,498 |
and Philadelphia, intensive city-sponsored explorations of municipally-owned banks are underway.21 Related Articles Can Cities Counter the Power of President-Elect Donald Trump? Benjamin Barber How to Stop Trump Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener The Political Power of Takin’ it to the States Katrina vanden Heuvel
In several hundred municipalities, community-wide broadband networks have been established. Sustainable energy strategies have become common, often developed in ways that expand cooperative or municipal ownership. Renewable energy cooperatives are springing up across the country; in hundreds of communities publicly owned companies or public-private joint ventures are capturing methane from garbage collection to generate electricity and provide jobs.22
In Cleveland, the Evergreen Cooperatives complex of worker-owned enterprises has begun to open up larger possibilities for transforming the economy. The cooperatives are linked through a single nonprofit corporation, which aims to create broader community development. Directed purchasing by universities and hospitals that are highly dependent on public funding has begun to provide support for this new experiment in economic planning.23
Progressives often forget that the New Deal of the 1930s drew on developments in state and local “laboratories of democracy” in the decades prior to Franklin D. Roosevelt’s election. Similarly, what’s developing just below the surface in many cities today is important both as a means of resisting Trump’s policies and as a new foundation on which we can build a new progressive politics.24
Historically, labor unions have provided the institutional power base of traditional progressive politics. But beginning with the Taft-Hartley Act in 1947, through Reagan’s attack on the air-traffic controllers’ union in 1981, and accelerated most recently by Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s assault on public-sector unions, union membership has dwindled from 34.7 percent of the labor force to a mere 11.1 percent now (only 6.7 percent in the private sector). If there is ever to be a renewal of progressive political power, it will require the steady construction of a new institutional power base. This can be accomplished only at the local and state levels.25
The development of democratized institutions offers that possibility. Over time, as political and economic pain deepen—as they are sure to do in the Trump era—these institutions might even suggest how we can begin building a decentralized, community-based form of democratic socialism. We need to expand them, and link them to active organizing. That’s how these new experiments become the laboratory for the longer-term development of larger forms of democratic ownership at state, regional, and national levels.26 | 3,499 |
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